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311 total words

12:00 am

flip

flip!

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flip

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FLIPSIES!

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flip

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yikes

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flip!

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311?

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another monster

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no way

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woohoo! i'm first again! :P

12:00 am

flippity do dah!

Don't fret, clues will be soon!

12:00 am

firefly... hi there

12:01 am

11 left - lol!!!!! thanks all for your efforts!

12:01 am

ooh -- not even going to start -- too busy tomorrow -- see you Friday :)

12:01 am

firefly, were you looking for me the other day?

12:01 am

nicely done maynegirl!

12:01 am

Oh MY G-D!!!!!!!!

12:01 am

bye nan

ears

12:01 am

Holy #@$@!!

12:01 am

NOt happening for me - too much to do tomorrow!

12:01 am

I can't believe it! and my flip message eaten up too! Flipping heck

12:01 am

nrkii - YES! wanted to chat a sec about your evening with 3 fine writers (yes i read your blog already)

12:02 am

oh okay

12:02 am

are you on IM?

woops. & eeek!

12:02 am

Well put Kahlua

12:02 am

nice try,MG - I gave up in the c's

12:02 am

i am going to go as fast as i can for a few minutes

12:02 am

NONONONO

12:02 am

Race mom.....how many in 15 min

12:02 am

see ya helen

12:02 am

not again....

12:02 am

OK race youi

12:02 am

no fun

12:03 am

stid, stop stomping your feet, it'll be okay...

12:03 am

nrkii - sorry, i'm not...really I just wanted to say that I got to see it on MSN Video and it was really neat!

12:03 am

Apparently flipping heck was not found in the dictionary

12:03 am

oh great!

12:03 am

good night all -- again.

12:03 am

that's the spirit, MG and Kahlua

12:03 am

I changed the blog so now anyone can comment -- I know it was a pain before

phantom canaries

12:03 am

I'm glad you saw the video -- that said so much more than my summary!

12:03 am

good night stid!

12:04 am

your summary was great though - and i was also surprised by Irving's reading, cracked me up!

12:04 am

he was funny :_

12:04 am

:)

12:04 am

I've never read any of his work, but now I think I must!

12:04 am

good night, stid -- a demain, peutêtre?

12:04 am

his stuff is odd, but very good

12:05 am

okay, gotta go grab water to fortify for this grid

12:05 am

see ya later!

12:05 am

odd is good, i like odd ;)

12:06 am

this grid looks scary, the x, the m, two f's...too many a's....argggh

A word for every letter on the grid - Even with the X. Clues are posted. Good luck everyone - nice biggy!

BTW Intranet is NOT a word in Dr_God's dictionary ;-)

12:08 am

neither is internet

12:08 am

100 words 1079 points

12:08 am

thank you Lickety!!!!

yeah - but Intranet is on the grid today ;-)

12:09 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

oh - so is internet

12:09 am

114 words 1765 pts

12:09 am

dang man !!!!!!!!!

Roc - you're flying!

12:09 am

bragass.....lol

12:09 am

wow helen you move fast!

12:09 am

!!!lickety!

12:09 am

not as fast as our buddy roc here !

12:10 am

Roc - looks like congrats are in order...do you know the sex?

12:11 am

oh yeah roc - any news on the baby front?

12:11 am

roc - has the little one arrived?

12:11 am

it's a boy. still waiting...

12:11 am

tomorrow we're having another ultrasound

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holy crap. 311????

12:12 am

hi stfran

12:12 am

hi jill

12:12 am

how soon then Roc?

12:12 am

overdue?

12:12 am

it was due on monday

12:12 am

any of ya'll watching our "marquee marc" on big brother?

12:13 am

no

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i am saintfran

12:13 am

ahhh, i was 8 days overdue, so don't panic yet :)

12:13 am

i'm disappointedin him helen. he's been mean to janie, who i still like for some reason.

12:14 am

i love janie - she's wonderful!

12:14 am

texan not allowed (no comment)

12:14 am

halfway mark!

12:14 am

me too. am watching her talk to james right now - who is a Total Worm. she's so trusting.

12:14 am

times up mom 57

got my 1st - & maybe my last - 8 - this is a thankless grid :(

12:15 am

train

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79 but I had ibb to help!

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opps

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no fair

12:15 am

I have that one already!

12:15 am

ooh, an 11!

12:15 am

Dilly - you still there?

12:16 am

I could get a lot more if I had help :P

12:16 am

new icon for tomorrow - refresh!

12:16 am

Kahlua - great icon! i love frogs

12:17 am

Are you whining Kahlua?

12:17 am

Thanks firefly...me too

12:17 am

yes I am MG ;P

12:18 am

*whispers that she doesn't know what :P means*

12:18 am

yes, kahlua, cute froggie

12:18 am

it's a tongue sticking out smiley

12:18 am

MG - I think it's rudely sticking out tongue

12:19 am

Hmmm - so you can be cheeky long distance too!

12:19 am

jilli's got it

12:19 am

yup!

12:19 am

oh jilli, it's not rude! it's more like an elbow nudge...

12:19 am

Kids - what are you gonna do?

12:19 am

Now I'm spitting at you :P~~~

12:19 am

lol. kahlua!

12:19 am

hehehe

12:20 am

*speechless*

12:20 am

that

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that's a first

12:20 am

I hope your grandmother's not listening in!

12:20 am

jillibus - gawgeous kitty...i've always been partial to calicos (as they are uniquely always female, and very pretty too)

12:21 am

Isn't it time for you to be in bed?

12:21 am

yes mom :( (that's a frowning face )

12:21 am

thanks, firefly - your triangle is gorgeous too - unless you're in it!

12:22 am

You're very expressive tonite!

12:22 am

night all

12:22 am

hmmm....good thinking jilli - and now, i'm off to bed without even having touched this silly looking grid

12:22 am

*hugs to Ibb and cheater i mean MG)

12:22 am

Night *hugs Kahlua even tho she's been a naughty girl*

12:23 am

lol

12:23 am

ulululu

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ululululuyl

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g'night, firefly - this grid is discouraging indeed. I have 2 words and no interest in finishing. Just as well - I have other work to do

12:27 am

Morning everyone.

12:27 am

morning, verna - welcome to 311 words

12:28 am

150 - no match for roc, gonna change icons & call it a nite

12:28 am

amazing to get 150 already, hk!!!

12:29 am

night hk

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tent

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tents

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oh dear, dunnit again!

12:30 am

I seem to be the only Brit in the chat log. Hope you like my new icon. I can actually see this from my window . The grid is a bit daunting today. I have things I should do!!!!!

12:30 am

love your icon, verna -- just what is it?

12:31 am

st 8/45

12:32 am

more st6/21

12:33 am

Its the country's most famous work of art. Done by Antony Gormley. Its has a wing span of 54m. It is right by the side of a major road so thousands of people get to see it daily.

12:34 am

st7/28

12:34 am

Are you near Durham Cathedral?

12:34 am

Its called the Angel of the North. It being in the north of England.

12:34 am

amazing, verna

12:35 am

i have two st7/28's, both follow the previous 5/10.

12:35 am

Yes I am very near to Durham Cathedral.

12:35 am

there's two of them, Jilli

12:36 am

Ah! The Venerable Bede!

12:36 am

taxa

12:37 am

haven't found the 2nd st7/28, or the 8. I'm no good at long words.

12:37 am

sorry -- sorry -- sorry

12:37 am

You obviously know a bit about Durham. Do you live around that area or have you travelled there.

12:38 am

erda - glad -- glad -- glad

12:38 am

No, I travelled there in 1987 actually. We stayed in the dorms in the University. I remember it as a very beatiful town. I live in Canada.

12:39 am

lol Jilli

i have 2 st 28s - don't see how either would lead to an 8 letter word

12:40 am

200

12:40 am

We have Canadian friends who live in Etobicoke Toronto and we took them Durham when they stayed with us. Like you they loved it.

taDah, roc!

12:41 am

Really, I live in Etobicoke!

12:42 am

roc - how do you do it?????

12:43 am

This is getting spookie. Their area code is M8V 1X8.

12:43 am

We normally holiday with them every year but had a break this year for the first time in 8 years.

12:43 am

played lots of tangleword over the past decade

12:43 am

got that st8!

12:45 am

hats off to roc the Great!

12:45 am

cane

12:46 am

dang

12:47 am

I'm M9B 6A9

12:47 am

what was your name in Tangleword, Roc?

12:47 am

They are probably nearby.

12:47 am

clubber / xiao_zheng / rocdragon

12:48 am

I used to play as Erda and as Trazom

12:48 am

Trazom = Mozart backwards

12:49 am

My friend Donna was a school teacher and has taught at quite a few schools in the area. She is now retired. They have 2 American retrievers which take up quite a bit of their time.

12:49 am

and what does xiao_zheng mean?

got the an 9

12:49 am

What school?

12:50 am

American retrievers???? Chesapeake Bay retrievers? (I've been a dog show person)

12:50 am

it's what the teacher called me in chinese class. "little zheng"

12:50 am

very late fliparooni ! hello everyone !

12:50 am

chinese class? Are you Chimese?

12:50 am

*Chinese

12:50 am

american-born chinese

12:51 am

I thought you might ask me that, unfortunately I can't remember her last school, but the next time I speak to her I'll find out.

12:51 am

RocDragon is a translation of my chinese birth-name

12:51 am

What a small world, eh?

12:51 am

great that you keep in touch with the language, roc

12:52 am

Sorry I only have a few words (see my profile)

12:52 am

It s certainly is, if you do live close by the chances are I have walked her dogs by your house as I walked the dogs for miles all around the that area.

12:53 am

There is a very large park near my house; perhaps she walks there.

12:53 am

ok i'm stuck. going to lickety's..

12:54 am

She lives off Royal York rd. There is a park close to her beside a tennis courts and the park has a baseball area.

12:55 am

you're giving me a well-deserved inferiority complex, wikth my 40 words found!

12:57 am

By the school on the hill?

12:58 am

I should have said Royal York road and Lakeshore.

12:59 am

Oh, down there. I am up at the other end, near Eglinton, but I do know that area fairly well.

1:00 am

verna and godthaab, this is amazing. I lived in Toronto eons ago and know a bit about the area you're talking about.

1:00 am

Where did you live?

1:01 am

In Leaside

1:01 am

Nice area of town!

1:01 am

Had friends in Etobicoke

1:02 am

I guess the whole world knows someone in Etobicoke!

1:02 am

If we keep this up we might turn out to be related!!!

1:03 am

Our part of Leaside was little boxes on the hillside, cheap post-WW2 housing, right by a railroad line - not fancy but convenient!

1:03 am

That's funny!

1:04 am

it's not just me the site being nutty - is it?

1:05 am

We paid $10K in 1948 and heard much later (60s)that this tiny house had sold for $300K!

1:06 am

Housing prices in TO are ridiculous, although I hear it is even worse out in Vancouver. I think real estate is the most expensive in Canada. That house is probably worth 500-600 now

1:07 am

godtaab I think I know the park you mention. Does it have a small passenger train running through it and a small collection of caged animals???

1:08 am

absolutely nuts!

1:10 am

No, you are thinking of High Park, the biggest park in the city. The place I was referring to was a school on the Kingsway whick is one block west of Royal York, north of Dundas.

halfway! just one 8 & one 9 - laila tov, everyone!

1:11 am

congrats melon

1:11 am

sleep tight, melon, and congrats on your mediocrity <g>

1:12 am

Ok. Got you. Its been very nice talking to you, and hope we will catch up again sometime. I going to have some breakfast now and maybe try the grid later.

1:12 am

Full English breakfast, Verna???

1:12 am

Bye.

1:13 am

No just tea tea and toast. Got to wacth the figure you know.

1:13 am

roc, haven't you finished YET???? LOL

1:14 am

Marmalade, verna?

1:14 am

still 87 left

1:14 am

and I only have 261 left

1:14 am

morning all

1:14 am

Well ok could probably stretch to marmalade.

1:14 am

lol jilli

1:14 am

hi mva

1:15 am

Hi MVA!

1:15 am

enjoy, verna!

1:17 am

Thanks jillibus. Must say I like your icon. I'm a big cat person.

1:20 am

hi all!

1:22 am

hi kierlex

1:24 am

i love cats but my 14 yr old moggie has started waking me up 3/4 times a night!

1:26 am

Morning MVA

1:27 am

morning jfb, are you packed yet?

1:30 am

ok time to stop. 75 left.. night all.

1:34 am

thx, verna - prrrrrr

1:34 am

Nite, rocdragon

1:49 am

Not packed - time for that later! Are you?

1:50 am

no, later will do for me too!

1:51 am

MVA, my 17-year-old does that too - really yells loudly! She can no longer jump up on the bed but wants an ear-and- neck-rub before settling down beside it

1:56 am

where are MVA and JFB going?

1:59 am

my cats been worse since she's been to the vets!, she's taking it out on me!!

2:01 am

i'm off to cornwall for a long weekend

2:01 am

And JFB lives in cornwall...

2:02 am

and jfb is off to london at the sametime!

2:04 am

oh, so you're not meeting somewhere! What a pity! Have you met?

2:06 am

We share the same birthplace and parentage!!

2:18 am

hi

2:21 am

Morning everyone. My two phantom words for the day : titanic and treacle

2:22 am

breakfast calls, bbl

2:23 am

rare

2:23 am

OOOOPS

2:25 am

hmmm - sisters, I expect

2:26 am

You got it jillibus!

2:26 am

how clever of me <vbg>

2:27 am

nearer

2:27 am

2:27 am

2:27 am

2:27 am

2:27 am

2:27 am

Hello frances!

2:27 am

got you all excited at my cleverness, jfb?

2:27 am

JFB You've found the treacle. Got some on your typing fingers?

2:28 am

If I knew how I did that I would know how NOT to do it again!

2:28 am

Morning jilli Just a quick ten minute babble this morning

2:28 am

hello everybody

2:28 am

Hi maddison

2:28 am

hello maddison

2:30 am

how many words are in this grid?

2:31 am

311

2:31 am

ok, thanks, jillibus

2:41 am

i ve got 53 words so far thats my highest score ever

2:41 am

Well done maddison. Keep going.

2:43 am

Morning all Want a clue for the m8/50? - The film "The Italian Job" and the preferred modes of transport.

2:45 am

Morning FMitch Only here for a few more minutes and then off to be with four year old granddaughter

2:45 am

Thanks FMitch - thats taken me past the 100 mark.

2:46 am

Hi Frances, sounds like a lovely way to spend some time yw JFB

2:46 am

tartar

2:46 am

phantom - elixir

2:47 am

Oooops!

2:47 am

thanks, jfb

2:47 am

:) thanks JFB

2:47 am

I usually spend three of four days a week with her and we spend all day laughing and having fun. WONDERFUL! They have just come back from holiday so I have a lot of fun time to make up.

2:48 am

At least it was an actual word not like some I've tried!

2:49 am

byeeeeeeeeeeeee i have 62 words and am going to go to dinner

2:50 am

I wish I were a moviegoer for that m8! No idea

2:50 am

Bye maddison. Well done.

2:50 am

bye, maddison - well done, and have a good dinner!

2:50 am

jilli What did they drive?

2:50 am

Bye maddison

2:51 am

jilli - think tiny little vehicles.

2:52 am

The first part also describes short skirts.

2:52 am

ooh, that's better, FMitch - thanks!

2:53 am

frances - didn't see the movie so didn't know what they drove but I do now, thanks!

2:54 am

I'm off. May be back tonight if not too late home. Bye.

2:54 am

bye frances

2:55 am

HAve a lovely day Frances

2:58 am

153 to go off to work bye all

3:00 am

Have a good day all those leaving - I must go too.

3:01 am

bye sha - good job!

3:01 am

bye jfb - I must go too -- to bed!

3:12 am

Mornin' All...

3:13 am

hey odin

3:13 am

Hey Beebee

3:16 am

i've been on about 30 mins and have a mere 78 words- this is going to be a long grid esp. since it won't accept my made-up words ;)

3:18 am

I see what you mean. Some many to find and I'm afraid my brain is mush. I need caffeine!

3:19 am

:)

3:19 am

I'm having the same problem...there are a lot of phantom words in this puzzle and you never know if you can ____ier a word

3:20 am

You are right pinecone

3:20 am

Morning everyone. There are a host of phantom words today, like relax.

3:21 am

Mornin' Hydra

3:21 am

Hi Odin. Did you finish yesterday? I didn't cos I couldn't get back on the grid.

3:22 am

No Hydra...I left for work with good intentions of returning but I was delayed last night and never made it back.

3:23 am

I grid was weird yesterday mornin' for me.

3:23 am

hey pine and hydra

3:23 am

I had to work till midnight to make up for my Babbling.

3:24 am

Yo beebee

3:25 am

I told you the other day it wouldn't work for me. I would be sneaking on every few minutes until I had it done. I woek on a lap top in my car but can't get to this site...lucky for me and even luckier for the boss!

3:25 am

What do you do, Odin?

3:25 am

Government relations and business development in the ambulance industry.

3:26 am

hydra- magnolia, gardenia or water lily

3:26 am

Wow. Really worthwhile job, Odin. Beebee, it's a Clematis Montana.

3:28 am

It keeps me busy. Always growing unfortunately.

3:28 am

oh- not exactly sure what that is, but it looks very peaceful and like it would smell yummy

3:28 am

Thanks, beebee. My boyfriend has it in his garden to I took a photo. Bout time I changed my icon, but I like it.

Morning - big grid today- what's it like?

3:30 am

matty- it's kind of trying

3:30 am

Hi matty. I got 93 in half an hour and now I'm stuck, so a bit awkward, I'd say.

3:30 am

Mornin' Matty

3:32 am

Anyone have the 11?

3:32 am

What does it start with? Haven't looked at the lists yet.

3:33 am

I haven't looked yet either

3:33 am

Well obviously I haven't got it or I'd be boasting!

3:34 am

Mee too!

3:34 am

I try not to look at the lists....it is better for me to stumble around on my own and see what damage I can do first!

3:35 am

it's an in in 5/10 + st6/18

3:35 am

Thanks Kateq

3:35 am

Like your SOH, Odin. And thanks, Kateq. Congrats on getting it.

3:36 am

ty

3:37 am

Got it. Wheeee!

3:37 am

wtg hydra

An 11? Sigh.

Kim - you here?

What's today's theme?

3:45 am

matty- Unexplained Phenomena

I'll stick with my icon, then. Cats and dragons both defy explanation!

3:46 am

matty- :)

3:48 am

Oh dear, another BIG one, I don't think I am in the mood for this. But I thought I would show off my icon.

3:49 am

Mornin'g ExWren

Still strugginging with the 11. Hi Wren!

3:51 am

in 5/10 + st6/18

3:52 am

kateq gave great clue at 3.35am

3:52 am

Yes she did...she bailed me out

3:54 am

well, must go and do some work. See you all later and happy babbling.

3:54 am

Later Hydra...enjoyed talking this mornin'

4:17 am

Morning all. Whether or not I do today's grid on line depends on whether we get the thunderstorms the weather lady 'promised' today. Big grid, busy day... hope to be back later.

4:18 am

Morning all. What a nice grid for my last babble day before leaving for Germany!

4:20 am

spritey? cos Anakin is copyright George Lucas *SIGH*

4:22 am

*Sighs too* What happened to the freedom of the arts? How can one copyright work from somebody else... *kicks George Lucas*

4:23 am

I know! its madness!

4:24 am

You think God copyrighted all pictures of Jesus?

4:24 am

O.O that's a thought!

4:25 am

Thanks kateq for the 11. I've just come back and scrolled back through the chat. Though I wasn't going to come back but the computer must have a magnetic field around it!

4:27 am

JFB: that is a well proven fact!

I can't find the proper st6 for the 11. I'm assuming the in5 is the normal one.

4:28 am

I'm fighting the magnetic field now...I HAVE to go to work...I will however be forced back without a doubt before the day ends.

4:28 am

there are 2 normal in5s matty

4:29 am

I'm supposed to be cleaning up house, sorting sleeping arrangements for house sitters and packing to go away and what am I doing? You guessed!

4:30 am

Same here, JFB. I have to pack for the holidays in Germany, we leave tomorrow. But I am not packing. Not yet. Almost... only 252 words to go.

By normal, I meant the one that often is the start of longer wrods...

4:31 am

And me! I am taking my husband to Rome as a suprise for his birthday, and I havent done a thing yet!

4:31 am

so did I ;)

4:31 am

Welcome to the other side, spanner ;)

4:31 am

I've only 182 to go so I might reach the suitcase before you sprite. I doubt it though as I've slowed up. Have a great time.

4:31 am

hi sprite, just saw your comment re 252 more words, how many are there!!

4:32 am

311, Beast!

4:32 am

wow thats huge

4:32 am

i would have to be up all night

4:32 am

Do we all live on the planets Babble and Ironsuduko?

4:32 am

i have 31 at the moment

4:33 am

That's the first 10 percent already, Beast. We do, spanner... at least some of us.

4:33 am

No I'm only on planet Babble - no good with numbers but love words.

4:34 am

nrkii got me hooked on quotepuzzler as well...

4:34 am

i am yet to try iron soduko, am too scared as got addicted to regular sudoku

Oooh - the hairnosed dolphin is here. I only have one in5 - struggling to find the other, because I'm looking for the 11.

4:35 am

Im not nationalised yet! Not good enough for either, but enjoying the visits!

4:35 am

No I mustn't ask about that one. I really mustnn't but........?

4:36 am

I love that dolphin word. It is so dolphinlike, somehow. Such a light word that I see it jumping out of the waves right away.

4:37 am

yes :) its a lovely word

I'm really struggling here with the 11...

4:39 am

Me too, matty, I think I don't have the right in5 yet either.

4:39 am

Morning everyone! Has the site been OK this morning? I just about gave up on Babble permanently yesterday afternoon - and for the first time in nearly three months I din't finish the grid.

Hey Sue - how's you! Big grid today.

4:40 am

The site seems to be back to normal, Sue. *keeps fingers crossed*

4:40 am

Struggling a little, Matty. It is a big grid. Did we ever find out what was the problem yesterday, Sprite?

4:41 am

woot! got the 11!

4:41 am

Not me, Sue! I believe drG fixed it.

4:41 am

Well, so long as it's fixed. Well done Ata!

4:42 am

Got it too! Did have the right in5, just not the right St6. Think stress for the last part, matty.

4:42 am

its a dumbass word

Thanks Sprite - that was it! Fab thanks.

It is a dumbass word.

4:44 am

yw :)

4:44 am

And I agree. A stupidhead word, to quote Griffs. God, I really hope she is alright, haven't seen her online for ages.

This is the first grid I've seen that uses every letter in the grid as a first letter.

4:49 am

Even the X. I never can think of words starting X. Except some chemical ones.

4:49 am

good morning everybody:)

Gawd - I've no idea what the X could be.

4:50 am

Morning Jean!

4:50 am

Hi jean :)

4:50 am

nor me matty!

Morning Jean

4:50 am

x=Of, characterized by, or adapted to an extremely dry habitat

Thanks Kate!

My first greyed out letter.

4:52 am

Oh dear, we had that one before. I forgot again!

4:52 am

Wow--a large grid today!

4:52 am

yw

4:52 am

Hi, all

Hi Pam

4:52 am

I have still resisted the grid so far (?), but I felt it my duty to find the '11'

4:52 am

morning pam

4:53 am

WTG ExWren! We all succumb to the lure of babble (right Ata?), lol.

4:53 am

utterly ;)

4:55 am

OK, had to go for the 11--yep, stupidhead indeed!

4:57 am

Thats it, Im off, have to pack, blah, blah, blah. Have a great time in Germany, meet you on this planet again. Take care all.

4:59 am

take care, spanner!

5:00 am

have fun!

5:00 am

And yet another word with no definition!

5:01 am

Hate that, JFB! I then google them "to death"

5:03 am

Wht part of massachusetts are you from Pam? My sister used to live in a tiny place called Shirley but has moved to NH now.

5:04 am

Shirley is nice! I am near Boston. And, I work in Newton

5:04 am

What's the theme? Atalante and JFB, you haveintersting icons...

5:04 am

Today, i kind of wish hieronymous bosch was the theme

5:04 am

We've only been over once - loved it. We were there in the fall of 2000.

5:04 am

pam: for words without def try http://www.infoplease.com/

5:06 am

Coool, sprite, thanks! I really spend a heck of a time trying to suss out any word--I will have to book mark that link!

5:06 am

I have it bookmarked as well. I just can't stand it finding a word and not knowing the meaning.

5:06 am

My icon is the Cornish crest - I don't know what today's theme is.

5:06 am

With you there, sprite

5:07 am

Well, you have one on me, JFB, I've never crossed the Pond

5:07 am

ermmmm I tend to continually have Anakin unless a theme comes up of particular interest :P

5:07 am

Now I really must go and put afew things in a suitcase!

5:08 am

gotcha, altalante and jfb... just that they (icons) seemed somehow connected....

5:08 am

See you late, JFB

5:08 am

oh, another biggie... morning all :)

5:09 am

hi sherb :)

5:09 am

hi, sherb

Hi all!

5:10 am

hi, mrp!

5:10 am

hi mrp :)

5:10 am

Found a very sad Te9/54 (compound)

5:11 am

Ha mrP (hug)

5:11 am

well clued sprite... thanks :)

5:11 am

wow, sprite, you said that and all I had to do was look at the grid... tis sad indeed!

Nice to see you all! **hugs to you too**! thanks for the clue!

5:12 am

phantom--exultant

5:12 am

Argh, yes pam! Keep seeing that one too.

Did you hear about the fish that went deaf?

5:13 am

Ohoh...

Huh?

I think I've got the first half of the nine, but not the second half.

OldRottenHat is our muse...

maddison played earlier, she got 60 odd words all on her own!! she was so happy!

He had to buy a herring-aid.

5:19 am

matty: when you go out on a date with your best clothes on, and the guys is a jerk, you might end up with some 9s on your blouse ;)

HAHAHA! love it!

5:19 am

Hehehe, OldHat

5:20 am

*groans* :)

Got it, thanks Sprite! LOL

I want to try to get eight more words before going to the list...

have you got the fish sauce??

5:25 am

ooops, lost track of time... see you all later!

Fish sauce?

5:26 am

later pam :)

do you have the ta6 that you put on fish?? has lovely anchovie and stuff in it!! :)

Ooh - you mean the white condiment, that doesn't actually contain the ingredient it's named after :D

yes!! add some frozen water cube to it, minus the last letter !!

Hello everyone

and you get some more of the same non descriptive stuff!!

Thanks Pres! Hi Becca.

5:28 am

Hi Becca

Hi Becca

Huge grid today - I don't think I'll be finishing today

5:29 am

Huge, but for the most part easy, Becca.

5:29 am

morning Becca :)

have you got all the st8's?? more st6/21 and more st6/18??

5:30 am

Down to 78 and not yet really slowing down.

Hi Sherb - your icon is great today

Is that the theme?

re8/40 and re9/54 people who are not working anymore and enjoying their old age

ends with a little picnic insect

5:31 am

thanks Becca :) ...theme is unexplained phenomena... why have one crop circle when you can have dozens...

Again - thanks Pres! How about the ac8?

acris

Sorry!

There was one near our house recently - never seen one near us before

5:33 am

Ac8 = Ac5/12 with latin ending.

sure! ac + metal + radio active!

5:33 am

Done! At last! Any clues before I go?

5:34 am

Great job, Kateq!

yay Kate!!

Fantastic Kate!

Hmmm...radioactive? There's no H for hot... LOL

ac8 can also be described as A radioactive element found in uranium ores

Got it - thanks!

Pres, great clues.

no prob!!

5:35 am

Have a great day everyone!!

acinier

Sorry!

the al8 contains al****** foil, but change the last letters

5:36 am

Good morning everyone! There's a tr7 with the same ending as the ac

5:36 am

could you put actual words in here

British spelling or American?

oh matty, you are precious tonight!! we need words darling heart!!

Sorry Phand!

5:37 am

Loose two letters of that one from matty and you got one, phand :)

I need the American!

5:37 am

sallright

Hello Eva!! nice to see you :)

5:38 am

Hi Eva

I want 7 more words before I go to the list

oh the in11 is a doozie!!

in5/10 + st6/18 to all heave ho!! together!

5:40 am

mrp-the al8, I have the al4/6 which is the root, and an al6/24 from that, but don't get the 8

eva, add the frozen cube to the end, minus the last letter

5:41 am

Thanks mrp!

no problem!

Thanks MrP - I got those too, and made it to 100!

5:42 am

After that one there comes a not-related An9/66. An + vowel + important female part that babble doesn't count valid + that broken frozen cube.

woohoo!!

stria

Ooh, great clue Sprite!

oh crap! sorry!

BTW Sprite, I also tried the important female part!

5:43 am

Oh, nice combo: tiny vehicle(s) Mi7/36-8/50.

5:43 am

I know, we keep trying, Becca, and babble stays stubbornly stupid!

5:43 am

an+vowel+chocolate+ic? interesting word!

5:44 am

LOL Ata! But babble does recognize chocolate, at least.

Hello Atalante!

5:44 am

which a are you starting with?

5:44 am

hi all!

5:44 am

the one in the middle column, Eva.

5:44 am

hi mrp!

Hi Fran!

5:44 am

Hey Fran

5:45 am

thanks

5:45 am

hi mrp!

Hi Fran. Have you been to the Nazca lines?

5:45 am

hi Fran :)

hiya every 1 iz rolin on

5:45 am

just picked all those beautiful clues! thanks!!

5:45 am

hi sherb!

5:46 am

no i haven't becca! haven't been to south america yet.

5:46 am

Not at the moment, sammy.

5:46 am

great word, that an9-actually knew it from long ago psych studies. an_______depressioin.

5:46 am

rolin is away on holiday

So many phantoms today - must be related to the unexplained phenomena

5:46 am

Morning all

Hi Fmitch

Hey FMitch!!

Hey Fi.

Fran - they're amazing, but an in-flight sick bag is necessary!

5:47 am

morning FMItch :)

5:47 am

phantom-antarctic

5:47 am

Greetings :) Another rather , er, large one today!

5:47 am

thanks becca, i'll remember that if i ever go.

5:47 am

hi fmitch!

5:48 am

Hi FMitch :)

5:48 am

Lovely to see everyoneon this rather thundery/monsooney day

Whereabouts are you FMitch - feels like spring here in Yorkshire

5:50 am

i'm loving all the unexplained phenomena, sherb and becca, great icons!

My husband's at the cricket. It's rainging.

5:50 am

It's cloudy, but dry and quiet here in Holland. But either Jac is very silent today, or the thunderstorms she was expecting are on her now.

5:50 am

I'm in Berkshire. Where in Yorkshire Becca?

Thanks Fran - rather gruesome, don't you think?!

5:51 am

time for a walk and to check the melons. Never grew then before and am like a kid, checking them 3 times a day to see whether they are ripe yet.

5:51 am

Becca's icon is a complete story in a picture... someone just needs to write it...

FMitch I'm in Sheffield at the moment - I work here week days, then home to Stafford

5:51 am

yes becca, the untouched foot is a great touch.

5:52 am

Hi and bye Eva

5:52 am

bye eva!

5:53 am

later Eva :)

Bye Eva

5:53 am

Becca, I have some family roots in Middlesborough

Bye Eva

5:53 am

woot! 100 words!

5:54 am

Yeah phand!

WTG Phand

5:54 am

gooo phandmd!!!

5:54 am

there's only one O in Boro FM... ;)

FMitch, I have family roots all over the place - we're like brambles!

ac7?

5:55 am

ac 7 clue?

5:55 am

well, well...

5:55 am

lol sherb you should know how bad my typing is by now, lucky I didn't put 3 in there :)

Please?

ac + li5/10 but change the last letter to c

5:56 am

A + Cl6/24

I will say it again!! I hate C's!!!!!!! arrgghhhh!

5:57 am

need the li 5 & the cl 6...

5:57 am

So far I have 3 Cs ending in X! Argh!

5:58 am

thanks sprite!

Waah, what happened - it's all stopped!

5:58 am

cl6 is where you go to see a doctor phandmd.

5:59 am

CL6 is like a hospital.

5:59 am

hello everyone. another slow nite - in more ways than one.

5:59 am

thnx

how nasty can the C's get!! two days in a row!

5:59 am

ah... that one... there's another cl6 with the female part...

5:59 am

hi lynxxx!

hello lynxxx!!

Hi lynxx

6:00 am

Hi lynxxx

I think we're becoming obsessed with the female part!

6:00 am

hi lynxxx :)

Hi Lynxxx

Ertia should so be a word.

6:00 am

sherb, must be the opposite of the an9

Time to do more work, bbl, bye everyone

6:01 am

bye becca!

6:01 am

Becca, we are probably inspired by the art of Ta6/18 and perhaps Ti4/4.

6:01 am

Bye Becca - but what on earth is your logo - not you I hope !

6:02 am

As opposed to inertia, I agree, matty.

6:03 am

Good day

6:03 am

Blimey - 311 today eh!

Lynxxx, it's spontaneous combustion - today's theme is unexplained phenomena. Def not me! Bye

6:03 am

hi souleh

6:03 am

later Becca... and hi souleh :)

6:03 am

Hi souleh

6:04 am

hello souleh

6:04 am

star

6:04 am

oops

6:05 am

Hi everyone.......my goodness the grids are getting BIGGER by the day........HELP!!!!

6:05 am

hi flask

AKK. I must need a break. I can't even find the easiest wrods.

6:06 am

Actually it's not a bad grid, Flask. Lots of nice endings.

6:06 am

hi Flask :)

so fireworks for me :(( but I have entered all the words

6:07 am

Hi all! Is the site feeling better today?

6:07 am

Fireworks! And I got to run too, must go pack for the holidays now.

6:08 am

yay sprite and mrp!

6:08 am

hi amanda!

6:08 am

bye sprite!

I didn't get fireworks!

6:08 am

Hey amanda, yes, seems that way.

6:08 am

YAY MRP & SPRITE !**!**!

6:08 am

Nice one guys

6:08 am

hi amanda :) ...still a bit slow...

it won't give it to me!! I have entered all the words, but no, I am missing 1 apparently

6:08 am

oh, sorry mrp, thought you had.

6:09 am

just look at tile and word stats for ungrayed boxes

6:09 am

How's that possible, mrP? With 311/5.36/5242?

I am apparently missing a c5??? I have 310/5230

and I can't find it for the life of me!!!

6:10 am

a c5/12

6:10 am

Perhaps the a la ca5? Or Ca5 blanche?

oh Sprite!! that was it!!!

6:10 am

:D WTG!

*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

6:11 am

wow sprite, how did you know?

6:11 am

yay mrp!!!!

6:11 am

Woohoo MrP and sprite

6:11 am

The only one that was a bit odd, Ca5/12 I mean.

6:11 am

Did I read that right - 311 words?

thank you thank you thank you!

6:12 am

treat

6:12 am

treats

6:12 am

Perfectly right, amanda :)

6:12 am

true, the rest (at least the ones i have) are logical.

you have a wonderful trip Sprite!!

6:12 am

sorry sorry sorry!

6:12 am

another 310 to go amanda ;)

6:13 am

*tears herself away from the site NOW! and starts packing* Have fun in my absence, kids, and try to behave, LOL!

6:13 am

have a wonderful holiday!

6:13 am

enjoy your break sprite :)

6:13 am

have a good trip!

bye sprite!! bon voyage!

6:13 am

HAve a great trip sprite and family

6:13 am

have fun sprite!

6:15 am

I would like 2 moire words before leaving for awhile; can I have 2 an 5/10 clues, the middle 2

6:16 am

right, 54 words enough for me, work to do! bbl ;)]

6:17 am

phantom word, antic

6:20 am

phand, i only have one of th

6:21 am

an5/10, sounds like a main dish, different beginning

6:21 am

I've got one that sounds like the main course

6:21 am

lite

6:21 am

got that one, need 2 before it

a + close by an5/10 a cavern

6:21 am

gotta stop doing that!

6:22 am

don't have them yet

6:23 am

have both of those I think mr p.

an5's architectural design greek, and bone structure plural

6:23 am

there should be 2 inbetween

I am going to watch Bones now!! enjoy your day!! nearly Friday here so need to break! bye all!

6:24 am

bye mrp!

6:24 am

bye mrp :)

6:24 am

thnx for the clues mr. p have a great one

6:25 am

Nite MRP - take it easy!

6:25 am

3000 points... seems like a good place to take a break... later all :)

6:25 am

bye sherb!

6:25 am

bye sherb

6:25 am

I try it every time and it's still not accepted - t5/10+n. Aren't we all?

6:26 am

i know amanda, i try that word every time! don't know why it's not a word.

ai5/10 - will I need a fish?

6:27 am

only if you already have the ai4/4

6:27 am

unless there are two ai5/10's, no you won't need a fish. It's a babblet, generally occuring in singular form

Wrong ai 5/10 - I need the first.

6:27 am

what about a clothes dryer or ai***

Pass the fish, please!

Thanks

6:28 am

when you're finished, pass it on over here matty!

6:31 am

ok then 140 words down and off to do chores before dr. appt. bbl

6:32 am

bye phandmd!

6:33 am

going to bed with 129 words to go! see you all later!

6:34 am

see ya phan, nitey fran!

6:34 am

nite Fran - sleep well.

6:36 am

okay - morning all - and this icon to me represents unexplained phenom - why she is popular, I don't know. :-)

6:36 am

nite Fran!

6:38 am

hello wolvie - v. cute !

6:38 am

Hi all

6:38 am

site seems to be behaving today, TG

6:38 am

Hi Dianne

6:39 am

I think that's a phenomenon too, Wolvie. I guess if you can buy your own spotlight...

6:39 am

Morning, all! Well, any other time I'd be freakin' over such a huge puzzle but since I fractured my ankle and they put a big old cast on it yesterday and I'm on crutches and can't do ANYTHING, this is GREAT!!

6:39 am

amen, amanda

6:39 am

Good morning, Une - sorry to hear about the ankle

6:39 am

do't be too sure about that - it was not good when I started an hour ago wolvie

6:39 am

thanks, wolvie

6:40 am

Oh poor Uni, how did you do that?

6:40 am

Oh dear, Une! How'd you manage that?

6:40 am

shhhh - lynx - I didn't get to finish yesterday's with all of the down time. :-(

6:40 am

Fell in my own garage like an idiot!

6:40 am

I'm puzzled (duh)......I'm looking for a la5/10 that comes before the stuff you tat - how can that be? Any help?

6:41 am

hello Une - 'every cloud has a silver lining?' but I don't envy you

6:41 am

Are you sure it wasn't dancing in those gold stilettos Une?

6:41 am

Hah! LOL!

6:42 am

haven't gotten to the l's yet - just signed on. sorry

6:44 am

Fellow babblers FIY - just had an email from Haz who has had PC probs all week and is off on hols this w/e so we won't see her back on line until the beginning of September.

6:44 am

thanks, FM

6:44 am

oh, no--we'll miss her!

6:44 am

Dianne - go with a double vowel for the L word

6:46 am

lyn - thank you so much.

6:47 am

Oh no - Babble with out haz?

6:49 am

She is so frustrated, no babble no email - she was at the local library using their PC to email me.

6:50 am

I know the feeling--was doing the same thing a couple of weeks ago--was able to fix the problem via a 90 minute phone call with a Dell tech in India!

6:51 am

Don't you just love those outsource helpdesk options Une? At least you were able to get sorted though.

6:52 am

It was pretty crazy but I was just so ecstatic when I had my email and web access back!

6:52 am

isn't is amazing how dependent we are on computers now?

6:52 am

I have to change this icon - makes me ill. :-0

6:53 am

what's the theme? bimbos?

6:54 am

phantom word: extract

6:54 am

I can't imagine being w/o my PC/email/internet - I would have serious issues including not being able to work.

6:56 am

LOL - unexplained phenoms, une - this should be better

6:57 am

good morning everyone......une hope you heal quickly, a long grid to keep you busy

6:57 am

must be off for a bit - need to take my Mom to get her driver's license - hope the line isn't huge! bbl

6:58 am

thanks, Annie :-)

6:58 am

good luck with that, Wolvie!

7:09 am

lots of phantoms today: literate, ministrant. luxuriate

7:09 am

hi amanda

7:09 am

arts

7:10 am

oooops ..sorry

7:10 am

Hi Annie

I just wanna finish the As before dealing with my laundry and making some lunch. I must be stupid today...

7:13 am

Matty!!!!!!! thank you for the instructions re: changing my icon!!!

You're very welcome, Annie! Hope it helped...

7:14 am

let the laundry stink- do it much later-lol

7:14 am

I will try it later have to go out in a while but will def. try later, did I hear the theme today is bimbos????

7:15 am

lite

No - theme is unexplained phenemonenenenenononon

7:15 am

did it again, sorrry

(I can never remember how to stop spelling that word)

7:15 am

"internet" was not found in the dictionary!

7:15 am

Hi all, May I have clues for the 11 ad the 9's please

7:16 am

oh that is funny, wolvie had a pix of paris hilton ( I get it ) and someone said the theme was bimbos. Im laughing so hard I going to split

ar6/30?

7:16 am

*i'm

7:18 am

see you all later

7:18 am

bye annie

Bugger. I'm going to have to give up for now - more later.

7:20 am

matty - a museum might be ar6/30

Thanks amanda!

7:22 am

oh no, Babble is slowing down! I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Too many words today for it to be slow

7:23 am

Doesn't anyone have the 11 or any of the 9's

7:24 am

Clues of the 8's would be appreciated too

7:24 am

sorry peri, don't have tham yet

7:24 am

glad it's slow for someone else, was starting to think it was my network

7:24 am

no, just started

7:24 am

not yet Peri

7:24 am

Hi All

7:24 am

hi Jaiel

7:24 am

in11 = in prefix + injury to a muscle

7:25 am

Hi abe, jaiel

7:25 am

arena

7:25 am

thanks Grace will look for it

7:25 am

Hey Babblers - another hugh grid today huh

7:25 am

my mistake

7:25 am

Peri - the 11 was clued nicely earlier... in5/10 + st 6/18

7:25 am

Hi amanda :)

7:25 am

thanks jaiel, looking for it

7:25 am

thanks Mom! I always miss that one

7:26 am

i just hope the server behaves!

7:26 am

g luck peri

7:26 am

...oh - but it's not there after all

7:26 am

thanks so much jaiel and Grace, found the 11!

7:26 am

What about the 9's?

7:26 am

I forgot to switch back to the puzzle. I wish it had been there but alas ...

7:27 am

te9-- what you get from crying

7:27 am

thanks for the 11 clue

7:27 am

didn't have any luck w/the 9's yet...

7:27 am

I've got 2 of the 8's: tiny autos, where your organs are

7:27 am

amanda and Grace, thanks will look for them

7:28 am

tx Grace

7:28 am

ac8/55 clue anyone?

7:28 am

Grace, thanks, found te9/54 with your great clue

7:29 am

Ignore my last posting, Ive got it now.

7:30 am

me too now, hydra - an element for thespians

7:30 am

can ask for a clue hydra?

7:30 am

amanda's just given one!

7:30 am

yep, just saw :D

7:33 am

anyone have the x?

7:35 am

It's a dead man whose name is 4 letters beginning with e!

7:36 am

wonderful clue hydra thanks

7:36 am

Hello Babblers :)

7:36 am

yr welcome :)

7:36 am

Hi Faeriekae

7:36 am

hi faeriekae, good morning everyone

7:36 am

Hi Abe

7:36 am

Hello Faerie

7:36 am

{{{{{{{{FAERIE}}}}}}}}

7:36 am

Hi Faerie! Hmmm, hydra - I'm sure I'll understand your clue when I find the word...

7:37 am

{{{{{{SHORTY}}}}

7:37 am

x word = cross cantona

7:37 am

Shorty I love your icon

7:37 am

artier

7:38 am

ty

7:38 am

oops sorry about that

7:38 am

oh no already shes entering words :)

7:38 am

love your icon faerie

7:38 am

Ahhh - that's the one from a couple of weeks ago that I swore I was going to remember...

7:39 am

How are you? I miss you and eveyone soooo much. I'm using my friend Cathys computer so maybe it will work better for me

7:39 am

Thanks Ata :)

7:39 am

LOL amanda

7:39 am

oh, and thanks Ata, and now I get it Hydra

7:40 am

yester my computer wouldnt do nothing it took me 2 hrs to get back on babble

7:40 am

yesterday*

7:40 am

shorty - I'm going to try downloading messenger so I'll see what happens maybe we can talk for a bit before I have to go to work

7:40 am

Is this game working better today than yesterday? Half way through yesterday all my words were lost :(

7:40 am

sure it was your computer Shorty? There was loads of trouble with the site yesterday

7:41 am

do you work today faerie?

7:41 am

No kidding yesterday sucked and that is being very nicely put

7:41 am

It's very fast today.

7:41 am

no im not sure so maybe it was babble

7:41 am

12 - 8 so YES

7:41 am

I have the te9/54, any clues for the other 9's

7:41 am

Yesterday was a disaster

7:41 am

oh

7:42 am

Peri I don't have them sorry

7:42 am

Hi and thanks faerie

7:42 am

for responding to my post, that is

7:43 am

Peri - If I had a clue I'd sure give it to you.

7:43 am

faerie I have my babies today :)

7:43 am

8-)

7:43 am

the an9/66 is girl's name minus an n, + Japanese reviewer of the arts

7:43 am

Babies? What a good time to come in XD

7:43 am

awwww - your going to be busy today :)

7:44 am

Hi Miya! Long time no see!

7:44 am

{{{Miyavi}}} Hi

7:44 am

hydra, got the first part of your clue, but don't get the second part

7:44 am

That was the best I could do. Trying to think of another way of putting it; Japanese referred to pronunciation. Didn't mean to be racist!

7:44 am

well there leaving today :( I've had them since Tues. :)

7:44 am

Hi Miya

7:45 am

Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi ^^ that should be enough for everyone. If not, share with your neighbour.

7:45 am

speaking of my babies here comes one

7:45 am

Who goes to first nights and writes about them? What is he or she known as? Then change 3nd letter, peri.

7:45 am

Hydra...great clue...thanks

7:45 am

got it, thanks hydra - tee hee

well hi miya! : )

7:46 am

Hi TO

7:46 am

heeeey ^^ how are you?

7:46 am

Hi TO

7:46 am

k m ........n

i'm good - hi all!

7:46 am

Temple...that's one intriguing profile...XD

7:46 am

Shorty I'm going to try and do the messenger thing now so hang on

7:46 am

BRB

7:47 am

that was my matthew

7:47 am

ok

7:47 am

thanks hydra

you have heard of t-rex? leftover from dinosaur day...

7:48 am

T-rex? nooope...unless you're talking about the large reptilian version? XD

7:48 am

hydra, must be dense today, still can't get the an9

lol! no - early glam rock pre-bowie

7:50 am

have you heard of marc bolan, miya?

7:51 am

dead rock star guy

7:51 am

ahhh, unfortunately the only glam-rock I'm really familiar with is Daigo Stardust and the unforgettable sheeny-shiny spandex.

7:52 am

Atalante, my world is full of dead rock star guys XD hide for one, and of course it was the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death a few weeks or so ago, but...Marc Bolan, nope >.>;

7:52 am

exactly :P that's why I thought you might have heard of him LOL. go loook him up on google!

7:53 am

The world is my google XD hi-yo, silver, away... *coughs*

work intrudes on my babble again...bbl

7:55 am

ahhh, cocaine...>.> the other day I managed to write "Kurt Cocaine". Freudian slip? o.o

7:56 am

I must draw him one day

7:57 am

*nods* I just saw, you had an account on DeviantArt! I'm too shy of my "masterpieces" to set up one of my own, but my best friend Hayley has one there...

7:57 am

you should miya!

7:58 am

...Good Lord. You're amazing O.O

7:58 am

mornin babblers!

7:59 am

mornin evan!

7:59 am

Good Morning, all. *hyperventilating from the word count* Are they trying to Kill us?

7:59 am

HI there CJ!

7:59 am

Hey Eva!

7:59 am

gm Peri!

7:59 am

hi evan!

8:00 am

Hi Judy

8:00 am

looks like its gonna be another babbling-free day for me...heh

8:00 am

Hi Amanda!

8:01 am

Atalante, your art is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I love the Briar Rose O.O

8:03 am

Yowser! I'm not sure I know that many words!

8:03 am

bbl

8:03 am

cu later peri

8:04 am

hi ... glurph .....bye ...... to many words and job interview to get ready for....... have fun all..... I'll try to get back later

8:04 am

atalante what is your art under?

8:05 am

thanks Miya *blushes* :)

8:05 am

Shorty I'm still working on trying to download messenger

8:05 am

ok

8:05 am

its here shorty: http://elegaer.deviantart.com/gallery/

8:06 am

ok...today's icon theme is just too creepy for me.

8:06 am

is all that yours?

8:07 am

yup. mine. :)

8:07 am

hi cathyar

8:07 am

are there more than 3 f's from the bottom corner?

8:07 am

wow awesome

8:07 am

Cath I agree so I'll stick with my usual LOL

8:08 am

amanda there are 6 f's from the bottom corner

8:08 am

i'm staying with yesterday's for now

8:08 am

what *is* today's icon theme?

8:08 am

Me too Cath

8:08 am

unexplained phenomena

8:08 am

lol...abe, yours is bizarre ;)

8:08 am

my monkeys are getting a workout! Thanks, abe - will hunt them down

8:08 am

I'm sticking with the Meevs, because...I'm amused by my gif. deal with it XD or "dil wis it", as he would say. Shut up, brain.

8:08 am

span...unexplained meat?

8:09 am

there are 6 fr words from the corner

8:09 am

unexplained phenomena? looks like I'll have to change the picture to Kyo, then XD

8:09 am

i question how spam came to be in existence

8:10 am

amanda- i'll let you know if i find any weird fr's. so far i've found normal ones!

8:10 am

does Anakin count as an unexplained phenomenon?

8:10 am

parts of different animals (pigs nose, hoofs, etc.) that people don't eat in a cut of meat are in spam bologna, weiners, etc!

8:11 am

spam is no longer a mystery!

8:11 am

thx faerie

8:11 am

thx faerie

8:11 am

sure, why not atalante? oh thank you cathyar, i have been enlightened :)

8:12 am

lol...guess they had to do something with all those extra parts abe ;)

8:12 am

I've got one strange one - misspelled 'throw oneself into the fr**' or 'fr**ed ends of yarn'

8:12 am

and it has quite the following too!

8:12 am

any excuse to keep my anakin pic!

8:12 am

yw

8:13 am

thanks amanda!

8:13 am

Ciocia how are you doing with the grid? I'm loosing my mind

8:14 am

and I think 'frexin' should be a word - "What are those frexin' f-words?!?!"

8:14 am

there are f words? lol

8:15 am

Ata 7 fi's and 6 fr's

8:16 am

*performs my icon*

8:16 am

ahahaaaa...took me long enough but I finally selected a picture out of my millions. I had to fight hard not to get one with Kyo wearing a bucket on his head XD

8:17 am

any help with the fr 7/56? it is driving me crazy

8:18 am

that would be one of the ones I'm missing, inge

8:18 am

wow. there's just a few t words today

8:19 am

Hullo Everyone

8:20 am

Hi Tiny

8:20 am

hi tiny

8:20 am

Hi Shade

8:20 am

Hi Inge

8:20 am

Hi Tiny

8:21 am

hi Faerie, perfect weather again. Our bromeliad show and sale is at Matthaei Botanical garden this weekend. Are you passsing by?

8:21 am

There are some strange words tonight LOL

8:21 am

hey faerie

8:21 am

fr7/56 - "and each particular hair to stand on end, like quills upon the fr7 porpentine..."

8:21 am

gm Inge

8:22 am

oh duh - fr7: what a sick child often is (stick a prefix on one of the 4's)

8:22 am

Inge I wish I were sounds beautiful. I'm still in KY and won't be coming to Mi until the end of Sept.

8:23 am

*suffix - sorry

Can anyone clue the ar6/18 between the operatic solo and the clever person (or what might describe a museum)

8:25 am

matty - like a knight, start with a

8:26 am

got it amandacath

Not me, though.

8:26 am

Hello everyone...has anyone else had a problem with their screen? I was playing a bit ago, had 170 words, just signed back in and now its only show 75 words. Ack!

8:26 am

me either Matty

8:27 am

there's an e-word in the grid for the knight, change it to an a-word

Is there? An e word for night?

8:28 am

K-night, like Lancelot

8:28 am

try refreshing snark

That's what I meant.

8:28 am

I've been trying, but no success.

8:29 am

it's a kind of knight, not a synonym for it

8:29 am

maybe reboot? babble does steal words, but usually not so many

Got it - thanks!

8:30 am

I guess I'll have to - thanks Mab.

8:30 am

no prob

8:34 am

how come we can have a person who looks at you for a long time but not the plural st6/18

8:34 am

'cause there's only one s?

8:36 am

duh of course why did I not realise that must be cause I'm Tired

8:41 am

Any hints please fu6,33

ax5/20? My monkey seems poorly.

8:42 am

matty - tool + mineral ending

8:43 am

thx Amanda! *sneaks in to pick up clues that other people ask for*

Ya know, I could have sworn I'd already tried that, Amanda - thanks!

8:44 am

that's precisely what I'm doing, Judy!

8:44 am

I know what you mean matty - I swear it eats words sometimes

8:45 am

ah, found the fu6 - more smelly? having more smelly things?

8:46 am

thx again Amanda!

8:47 am

thank you amandacath I thought I was going mad. I'm not doing too well today.

8:48 am

Verna - not feeling well, or not getting on with the grid?

8:49 am

Not getting on with the grid. See what I mean I can't even make myslef understood!!!!

8:50 am

aw, don't beat yourself up

8:50 am

Now I can't spell correctly either. Do you thjink I should just call it a day.

8:51 am

I had to laugh when I saw my attempt at correcting myself.

8:51 am

Deep breathing, Verna. In, out, in out. You can do it.

8:52 am

I think my skin has taken in water during my aqua lesson!!!!

8:52 am

8:56 am

miniret - model of a mosque

8:56 am

It's way tooooooo quiet

8:57 am

so many words, too little time. lol

8:57 am

I understand. I have to be a work in less than 2hrs so I'm nose to the grid also.

8:57 am

minirat - Mickey's evil girlfriend

8:58 am

lol

I'm trying to avoid asking for too many clues. I seem to be a real moron today.

8:58 am

oh go on, matty - chances are it's something we can all look for!

8:59 am

Matty - you hush that up right now.

8:59 am

*slaps Matty on the side of the head* Get that out of your head this instant!

9:00 am

ask for clues so I don't have to LOL

OK - ca5/22?

9:02 am

see, don'T have that one either - goes off to find it!

9:02 am

me too going looking for it now

9:02 am

just got it matty - ca + what a dog does to your face with his tongue, different spelling

9:03 am

Got it - think of what DNA looks like, same ending

9:03 am

excellent clues got it thanks :)

Yep - got that one now.

Thanks!

9:03 am

ca+ what a dogs does to your face (phonetic)

There's another.

9:04 am

we're cookin' now! lol

Which I have now too.

9:05 am

you mean a second ca5/22?

9:05 am

I don't have the 2nd one Amanda

9:08 am

me either - what is it, matty?

Autombile plus Tyrannosaurus

9:09 am

verna, wonderful icon!

9:09 am

$3.11? Just bash me over the head, why don't you? . .

9:09 am

ah, found it - was going from the wrong c

9:09 am

thx Matty!!!!

9:10 am

thanx got it

9:10 am

me too Amanda

Can anyone help wit the first ca5/18?

9:10 am

Hi torgone!

9:10 am

Morning Torgone!

9:11 am

Hi Tor :)

9:11 am

is it the oriental ruler, matty?

9:11 am

Good morning! No problems today?

9:12 am

so far so good...

9:12 am

so far so good, Tor

9:12 am

Amanda, are we twins?? LOL

9:13 am

maybe so, judy!

9:13 am

I need 2 ar 5's (after the ist ar 5) and the s 6's

Yep, it is, Amanda!

9:14 am

Hi phandmd!

9:14 am

Hey there Phand

Hey Phan

9:15 am

Hi Ciocia; just got back from the docs off and tring to find a few more words before hunkering into chores

9:15 am

Hi everyone else

9:15 am

Hope all went well at the doc's

9:15 am

any clues for the an9/66

9:15 am

Uneaixoise I'm pleased you like my icon. I can actually see this from my window. Its called the ANgel of the North.

9:15 am

phand- ar5/10= a +opposite of fake

9:15 am

don't have the ar5's phan - I've got 3 s6's, any idea which ones you need?

9:15 am

yes fine, I went for a follow up on my stress fracture in my ankle

9:16 am

thx bb

9:16 am

hi greg37, not busy at the moment then!!!

9:16 am

the 1st 2 6's

9:16 am

phand- ar5/10=a+ what people refer to their den as a r** room(add an extra vowel in it)

9:16 am

thnx beebee

9:17 am

Beebee thank you fantastic clue

9:17 am

ar 5 - what you breathe + not him but h**

9:17 am

thnx again

9:17 am

first one I've got is the person who ogles, but I doubt that's it

9:17 am

not really no,

9:17 am

duh! strike that

9:17 am

I need more coffee!!!

9:18 am

Daniel is having a sleep, will be getting him up shortly, won't let him have too long

9:19 am

faeriekae- an9/66= an+ what you run in the summer to keep u cool+stick letter+3rd vowel+ nasty little insect in woods that gives you lyme disease(drop last letter)

9:19 am

i thought it was hard work looking after him all day!!

9:21 am

he has been ok today, see you tonight xx

9:21 am

Ah - found the first s6 (I think) - Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe were st... (sounds like)

9:21 am

Beebee bless you......(smooch) <grin>

9:22 am

need ist ar 6/18 and ar 6/30 pls

9:23 am

phantom word - relax

9:24 am

phan-ar6=ar+ ra4/4(or r+an4/4 drop the s)

9:25 am

thnx

9:25 am

need to jump into the shower and get ready for work but I'll be back :)

9:25 am

ar6/30 - a museum might be this

9:26 am

bye faerie

9:26 am

cu Faerie

9:27 am

is there an f in the word?

9:27 am

yep

9:27 am

phan- take 2nd ar6/18- use first 3 letters+ you are ***l of sh$$

9:28 am

The A6/30 Dodger

9:28 am

thnx again beebee

9:28 am

and Amanda!

9:28 am

thx Amanda!

9:29 am

by faerie

9:30 am

yw

9:30 am

that 1st ax is aluding my monkies as well. I swear I have tried every combination. what am I missing?

9:31 am

eek! there's more than one ax? I've got the one with the mineral ending...

9:31 am

phan- the same as the 2nd- different vowel

9:31 am

yep, I didn't try that before... You have been a big help BeeBee :-)

9:32 am

and the car wheel thing

9:34 am

nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

9:34 am

uh oh . . .

My computer decided to hick up.

9:35 am

can i buy a vowel , please?

9:36 am

can we all say a brief prayer (or what have you) for the server?

9:37 am

so did mine

Lickety's is screwed up too, at least on my machine....anybody else?

9:38 am

not again!! :O

9:39 am

not with a 300 + board...

9:39 am

anyone have a goat we can sacrifice to the server gods?

9:39 am

311 words, 5,242 points...Fireworks!

Ha!

9:39 am

how about some spam?

9:39 am

yay angelsong!

9:39 am

well done angelsong!

9:39 am

woohoo Angelsong

Congrats Angel! I'm not quite halfway through.

9:40 am

Wow Angel! Guess it helps if you don't chat, huh?

Yay Angel!

9:40 am

wtg-angel

9:40 am

uh oh, looks like we need to say a prayer to St Iggy... and sacrifice a nanobite or two...

9:40 am

I haven't made it to halfway yet either, Matty.

9:40 am

man! i could those points..... <---Dives into the Grid!

9:41 am

after yesterday, I was afraid to do much besides getting the words in.

9:41 am

congrats Angel! i am impressed!

9:41 am

If I were a god, I wouldn't take spam - but then I really don't think I'd want a goat, either

9:41 am

how many people have finished so far, any idea?

9:42 am

k, need 3 ca words then I have to go...

9:42 am

ca 5/12 - after nurses are ca*

9:42 am

**~~**~~**FIREWORKS**~~**~~** for Angelsong Ciongrats

9:42 am

and the 2nd 6/7 pair

9:43 am

whoo hoo Tiny!

9:43 am

yeah for Angelsong

9:43 am

and tiny

9:43 am

ca 5/12 - another spelling for what Bugs Bunny chews on

9:43 am

woohoo Tiny! Awesome!

9:43 am

ca 5/12 WOMEN love the big numbers!

9:44 am

like what diamonds are measured in? have that one

9:44 am

change the last vowel, ph

9:44 am

ok thnx

9:45 am

there are two spellings for that one (well, they mean different things, but they sound the same)

9:45 am

the ca7/32 has a latin plural ending.

9:45 am

not me for Angelsong I only have 76 words and have to go to bed as I have to go to the Brisbane Ekka Tomorrow so good night all or is it goodmorning after all it is 12:45 am Here

9:46 am

of the 6? still need a clue for that 6

9:46 am

night Tiny...you deserve the whoo hoo's anyway, just cuz

9:46 am

good work Tiny

9:46 am

((((((ANGEL))))

9:47 am

ca + girls name, change vowel ( actress t*** yothers from family ties)

9:47 am

try this for a clue: feline + unit of measure in printing + first vowell

9:47 am

thank you at least I got some done not home much at the moment with the exhibition (EKKA) on

9:47 am

faerie!!! I just fiinished this grid.

9:48 am

Angel - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

9:48 am

I didn't make it to Flash's yesterday. He wasn't at home :(

9:48 am

did you get to do yesterdays, faerie? I had an adventure at the doctor's.

I'm missing a ca5/12 between the people using horse boxes and my real name but with a C

9:49 am

yay! done with ca's I have 162 words. BBL

9:49 am

No I didn't get to finish

9:49 am

yea-phan

9:50 am

hey Faerie, I'm in the grid today!!!

9:50 am

cu ph

9:50 am

what happend at the Dr?

9:50 am

okay, gonna squeeze in some beore I take the kids to a playdate!

9:51 am

matty- their are 2 5/12's that could be horse boxes do you have both

9:51 am

morning. BTW

9:51 am

morning klaurel

9:51 am

matty- i don't know your name- so, i'm not sure which other you are talking about

9:51 am

you don't mean the plural buggy, do you matty?

9:51 am

Angel thanks I didn't have YOU yet LOL

My name is short for Katherine...

Actually, it's short for Katherina, but that's another story.

9:52 am

matty- add an vowel to the end of your horse box

9:53 am

the woman at the front desk would not let me see the doctor b/c I had no referral. She wouldn't call my Dr to get a referral, and would not let Jay use the phone to call for it. We had to drive all the way back to my doctor's office, talk to the nurse there about the referral (and she couldn't figure out why the first woman hadn't just called. She was very rude. I made a verbal complaint to the doctor about it.

Someone who drive a horse box I have, and I have blanche, and I have kinda my name...I'm missing the ca5/12 after the ca7/32

9:53 am

matty-or an s- if it's neither of those let me know

9:54 am

plural of the horst box matty

9:54 am

My goodness sounds like you really did have an adventure. Good for you for filing a complaint

I'm an idiot. I had it all along. But hadn't entered it in lickerty.

9:54 am

I was so mad!

9:54 am

rude receptionists are such a pain!

9:54 am

matty- i know the feeling :)

9:55 am

Angel - sounds almost like California health "care"

I'm always having problems with Dr's receptionists. I think they're worse here in England (apologies to any Doctor's receptionists here)

9:55 am

would have taken less than five minutes over the phone....but we had to drive for an hour to get it done and get back to see the doctor.

9:55 am

Is this a good grid to dive into? ** sticks toe in grid to test **

9:56 am

that is just crazy. Sorry you had such a crappy doctor day.

9:56 am

gwen- don't do it unless you have a few hours and don't mind getting an ulcer(phantom)

9:57 am

I ended up helping my Mom can tomatoes yesterday. 25qts. of tomato juice and 20qts of whole tomatoes

9:57 am

will be doing tomato juice soon too

9:57 am

oh, well, she isn't going to be happy when the supervisor and the doctor gets done wirh hwe.

9:58 am

*her

9:58 am

Ciocia - there is nothing like your own tomatoes

9:58 am

angel- just start calling her up all the time with silly ?'s and get your friends to help- high school acting yes, but it's fun

9:58 am

Angel - that is for certain LOL

9:58 am

Hausmeister-Sydrom - what I like to call it here. People who like to make themselves important because their jobs are so unimportant

9:58 am

we make homemade spaghetti sauce with the juice. Yum. Tastes much better than store bought.

That's the Cs done, and over halfway through - 161 words found. 150 yet to find!

9:59 am

Thanks for the advice, beebee. I decided I DO have time and deserve a break -- I've been playing nurse all week. (Hubby had triple bypass last Tuesday, and came home Saturday)

9:59 am

ROFL Ciocia excellent idea

10:00 am

idiot woman told me 8 times: "You don't have a referral. you can't see the doctor, and it's not my job to get a referral for you."

10:01 am

how rude!

10:01 am

yea gwen- jump in misery loves company ;)

10:01 am

*splash*

10:01 am

she should be fired.

10:02 am

people like that should not work in a field where they have to help people

10:02 am

angel- u must be very nice- cause i would have had to inform her it would be her job to get my foot out of her a$$

10:02 am

I've been a patient of his for three years. she's been there for a year..

10:02 am

There are 3 ar6's, and I'm blessed if I can find he second one (ar6/30)

10:03 am

hetty- painting, drawing, etc + not empty

10:03 am

hi hetty! The Ar6/30 Dodger

10:03 am

Oliver Twist's Ar**** Dodger

10:04 am

Ar6 18: something that is more arty

10:04 am

ROFL Beebee

10:05 am

i hate the c's- i'm missing 3- what or who they are- i haven't a clue

10:05 am

tint

10:05 am

oops

10:05 am

I restrained myself pretty severely.

10:06 am

Thank you dear friends. I must remember to read upwards.

10:06 am

faerie, are you still here?

10:06 am

good morning everyone

10:06 am

I already have that one cauzneffct.

10:06 am

Yep

10:06 am

morning Wyrd

10:06 am

and it would be really nice if you people would come help me with my garage sale this weekend

10:07 am

angel- good for you, i'm not capable of restraint and that's why no one wants to go anywhere with me.

10:07 am

So I finally give up and go to the list, and I can't get the very first two words - ac5/12 and 7/36

10:07 am

oh-oh, has it slowed suddenly and again?

10:07 am

gm wyrd

10:07 am

news, Faerie! my daughter had her dr appt yesterday. She's 13 weeks now, and it's a girl; due on February 21, exactly one week on either side of my birthday and Dylan's.

10:08 am

hi faerie, Juday

10:08 am

Wyrd - Oregon is a bit far for me but it sounds like fun :)

10:08 am

Is this going slowly for anyone else?

10:08 am

Is this going slowly for anyone else?

10:08 am

OMG - Congratulations!!!!!!!

10:09 am

angel- good for you, i'm not capable of restraint and that's why no one wants to go anywhere with me.

10:09 am

Yep

10:09 am

s------l-----o------w

10:09 am

That is so awesome. You will be spoiling a little girl now.

10:09 am

Yep.

10:09 am

she showed me the sonogram pictures. so tiny...

10:10 am

Hiya Munner

10:10 am

en5/12? Will I need a fish?

10:10 am

Yep - I do. Got it!

10:10 am

Gosh, I'm slow today.

10:10 am

Hi, everyone. Working on getting halfway. I'm the one who always wants a bigger puzzle..

10:10 am

have her email them to you and you can send them to me. How about that?

10:11 am

so you're the cause of this munner

10:11 am

Yep.

10:11 am

Hi Munner

10:12 am

Hi, abe. Love your Spam. It was a standby when we used to do a lot of camping. Fried Spam with a can of pineapple chunks. Yum Yum!?

10:13 am

i'm off to get the dog from the groomer- i'm sure when i return the babble fairy will have finished up the grid for me(hope- pray -hope) happy babbling and good luck y'all

10:13 am

the sounds kind of good Munner! My mom used to make it with eggs sometimes.

10:14 am

Ok, if anyone is interested, I finally figured out what my problem was with Licketey's.....my old words from yesterday remained in the boxes, even though the new letter/number pairs were there! so I was seeing stuff like....ar 5/10 = canso Almost blew my poor little blonde brain to pieces!

hi babblers

10:17 am

hi whitewitch!

finally my icon for yesterday's theme shows up...a bit too late

what is today's theme?

10:19 am

Hey White!

10:19 am

Good morning Munner. The Spam brings back memories of food parcels from the States during the second world war

10:21 am

Theme is "Unexplained Phenomena"

10:22 am

My favourite needlecase is almost there.

10:22 am

Afternoon all!

hi jacs!! rofl!

10:23 am

Hi jac!

10:23 am

Why am I finding the ca words SO DIFFICULT?

10:23 am

a clue for fi5/20 would be nice please

10:23 am

TO - I thought it fitted the theme quite well.:))

because this whole #@!!$%##! grid is difficult?

10:24 am

TO - I thought it fitted the theme quite well.:))

10:24 am

Hi Jac. Great icon.

10:24 am

Hi TO

10:24 am

Can't comment on the grid yet as I'm only just typing in words found on paper...

10:25 am

Hi Judy. Glad you like it.

anyone have the 11 or any of the nines?

10:25 am

ac 8/55 pls? so it will quit taunting me? ty

10:25 am

E's down - onto the Fs

What happens when a T-Rex bites you?

10:26 am

ac 8 is the alloy + t** tac toe

10:26 am

fi5/20 - I've heard of phy***, I think - genus, species...

10:27 am

ac8/55 - an element for thespians?

You get a dino-sore.

10:27 am

Hi Kim!

10:28 am

for ac8, tndaiy, take the word for performin and lop0 off the "g" , then add a "chemical" ending as in al**in***--Brits spelling

what alloy? all together now - GROAN at orh

10:28 am

LOL & groan, ORH.

10:28 am

alright, get the fish ready - I can't for the life of me find the an4/4, 5/10 in the middle

10:28 am

got it! amanda, that was a cute clue :)

10:28 am

what the soda cans are made of - use the first 6 letters

10:28 am

You mean, as in an** retentive???

10:28 am

My clues seem harder to work trhgrough than the word list itself. Sorry

10:29 am

the 8 has been conquered :) now for those other monsters....*sigh*

10:29 am

nope, not that one, Erda. After come closer

10:30 am

an + what many (mostly Brits) say upon leaving; then the Latin plural

10:31 am

Anyone have the ca5/12 and the ca6/21 between pl. of ca4/5 and ca term meaning love?

10:31 am

Oh thank you Erda - I thought I was going blind!

10:31 am

Oh--I think I have those, thanks

10:32 am

the diamond ones, hetty?

10:32 am

Looking at my wedding ring did it. Thanks Amandacath

10:32 am

hello hello!

10:32 am

yw

10:33 am

Hi Stidmama

10:33 am

Hey Stid

10:33 am

hi spam!

10:33 am

errrr abe!

10:33 am

{{{{{Stid}}}}

10:33 am

I am NOT happy about the number of words today...

10:34 am

{{{daisy}}}

10:34 am

it's a beast

10:34 am

but a beast that's almost half conquered here!

10:34 am

go daisy go!

10:34 am

morning Stid

hi stid

10:35 am

hello everyone! :-)

10:35 am

How are you doing today TO? I finally finished last night. Not so sure about today's grid.

10:37 am

i love your icon tndaisy :)

i have 130 to go...tha's a whole other grid!!!

10:37 am

what do the tile stats mean?

10:37 am

I have 202 left...

10:37 am

good for you TO. I still have 173!

10:37 am

I have 199 left and its time for me to go to work see everyone later

10:38 am

jagman -- tile stats tell you how many words from that particular tile there are -- and how many you have so far

10:38 am

later Faeriekae!

10:38 am

by faerie {{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

10:38 am

fr5/16?

10:38 am

See you faerie!

10:38 am

see ya faerie!

by faeirekae!

10:38 am

stidmama - thanks

10:39 am

jagman, if you haven't already, DO check out Angelsong's Resource page, link at bottom of the "Friends of Babble" below... she has pulled together the basic rules of the game, helpful hints, websites that are useful... :-)

10:39 am

cu faerie

10:39 am

matty - where boys are boys?

10:39 am

I'm SURE I tried that.

10:39 am

Thanks Amanda.

10:39 am

short for opposite of sororities

10:41 am

dear amanda, boys are boys in the living room, in the bathroom (only too true)< at the dining table, and in the car on the way to visit grandparents...

10:41 am

That's the Fs...onto the Is Are we on go-slow again?

10:41 am

Testing...

10:41 am

yes we are

10:42 am

now that you mention it, Stid - where AREN'T boys boys?

10:44 am

*giggle* I thought for a minute I broke babble with that silly comment of mine!

10:47 am

wow -- quiet all of a sudden...

10:48 am

. . *Too* quiet . . .

Am I the only one has trouble to change the icon?

10:48 am

Sometimes quiet is nice.

10:49 am

wasn't complaining, actually, just checking to be sure things weren't frozen!

10:49 am

Whitewitch - a fellow German, or in-Germany-liver. Where are you?

10:49 am

Maybe it's partly due to the large number of words that need to be found.

10:49 am

whitewitch, what icon are you trying to load? did you know that after loading a new icon you need to refresh the monitor to see it in the chat log?

phatom words: nectar itinerant hi tor

10:49 am

IN5/26?

gwen - i am german but living in St. Maarten

10:50 am

I have to wait for Stidmama to show me AGAIN! Icon changing and theme-finding are not easy for me.

10:50 am

hello all

10:50 am

Thanks for that info, whitewitch, but it was amandacath that was asking! :)

10:50 am

Stid, what's your email addy?

10:50 am

hello mother dear! glad to see you this morning!

i refreshed stid...didn't work...i wanted to upload an icon for today's theme

10:50 am

Hi TO ..

10:50 am

matty, in + repair

sorry gwen

10:50 am

oops, hit enter to soon. When do you want the elder grandchild for a few hours?

10:51 am

I am up and thinking about going to see friend in Yelm today. Join me?

10:51 am

Thanks Nrk!

10:51 am

whitewhich, you have an icon that looks like a very pale alien

10:51 am

Hi Nrkii

10:51 am

Oh. Oh well, I'm American and living in Germany. Guess that sorta balances out

10:52 am

okay, I have 148 left to go, and must get on the road to travel in about 40 minutes... hmmmm... this does not compute

10:52 am

Yes, I will have to change my clothes. just a sec, I will call you .

10:52 am

later everyone else!

hi nrk!

10:52 am

cu Stid

10:52 am

What's the stupid fr6/27?

10:52 am

Hi nrkii

10:52 am

I will take my 7 words and go.

bye stidmama

10:52 am

Yikes! 311 words - should I even start??

10:52 am

I'm really struggling with the i words. I'm now looking for the in7s and 8s after the in4/4 that isn't a dolphin...

10:54 am

matty - like someone who signs up for a contest (or goes through a door), start it with i

10:54 am

come on in pup. Join our misery.

MMMMMMMWWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHA

10:55 am

Hm?

10:55 am

how can internet not be a word

at judy's invite to pup

10:56 am

gm chj

10:56 am

same was fest isn't, chj. We just have to live with it

10:56 am

*way

10:56 am

hey cj...hows the grid coming

10:56 am

Internet? Is that thing still around?

10:57 am

Hi everyone

10:57 am

enable was prob written in 1950

10:57 am

nobody wants to clue me on the fr6/27?

10:57 am

dreadful for me. I actually have work to do today! only have 151 words. :( How's it with you?

10:57 am

they never take internet, but they take it if you drop the last letter

10:57 am

in7,8 to stir up a riot perhaps

10:57 am

don't have it amanda

10:58 am

Good icon nrkii. ROFL

10:58 am

me either Amanda

OMG NRK!!! i was going to pick thasame icon!!!

10:59 am

Amandacath, it builds on the f/4/7 just before it; I monkey typed it. ( I think it's been in babble before.)

10:59 am

I've been waiting to use Joan for a whle now...

lol!

11:00 am

FR 6/27 builds on the FR4. It's a connecting fold of membrane. Add how some people say "no" to the FR4.

11:01 am

Whew! Finally - thanks Sue, that gave it to me!

11:02 am

I have all the words starting with the in5/10, and the ones before - it's the last four in words I'm looking for - probably starting with the in4/4

11:02 am

oh -- I am going to visit Mother's friend this morning, so up and at 'em -- but before I go, Mother pointed out that the story is getting long in BabAnon. I am going to split it into volumes and eventually move it onto it's own site so it doesn't use up so much of BA's bandwidth.

11:02 am

Anyway -- outta here for now, and back later. :-)

11:02 am

have fun Stid

bye stid

11:03 am

Byeeee.

11:03 am

cya stid

11:04 am

help with second tr 5 12 please

11:04 am

the two last in7/28s and the related 8/40s?

11:04 am

matty - the first pair after the last 4/4: one who has entered an contest is an en***** - change it to an in

11:05 am

not there yet nrkii, and don't have yet

11:05 am

the genetic one, nrkii?

11:05 am

Ahh. thanks

11:05 am

I have a genetic one that is 5/10

11:06 am

bbl

11:06 am

matty, the other pair is in + trick or *****

11:06 am

...and the last in pair: same as an en-pair

bye abe

11:06 am

Thanks! I'm sure Babble's eating words today.

11:07 am

hey nrkii

11:07 am

oh sorry, you said 5/12 - don't have those yet

11:07 am

how are you doing on the grid

11:07 am

hey chj

11:07 am

nrkii = tr5/12, prefix for 3 then beginning of high card

11:08 am

Any clues please last ca6,21

11:08 am

thanks muse!

11:08 am

I have to leave for the library, but I'd love to finish the c's first and I have just one left--the second cl6/24

11:08 am

is joan rivers your uneplainable phenomena

11:09 am

*leaps to the stage in a split, shouting into mic* Hello Babbleland!

11:09 am

yes she is chj... do you even have to ask

11:09 am

sorry verna don't have yet

11:09 am

hetty - change the middle letter of the other one. Like a part of the female anatomy (that isn'T accepted as a word)

11:10 am

whoooo hoooo fiz!

11:10 am

the last ca6/21, verna, is ca4 sing followed by the ending of ar***--the place where we wach football etc.

11:10 am

verna - feline + first part of our favorite word list

11:10 am

thanks anyway mymuseisme

11:10 am

and lat. pl

11:11 am

Aerial on a kitty?

11:11 am

good one, torgone!

11:11 am

for my icon today, I was torn between the Loch Ness Monster, and Corn Circles, but the latter won

11:12 am

Hi Fiz. Hope you didn't hurt yourself.

11:12 am

Thanks, amandacath. Verna I posted the Bonfire Night story on babanon for you

11:13 am

nice wren

11:13 am

I'd like to get to 200 before popping to the pub - any clues for the ir and it?

hi wren!

11:14 am

the it7 is repetitive

11:15 am

Hi TO and Nrkii, I have taken another day off, didn't play yesterday either, but can't stay away completely

11:17 am

... and the ir is fake

11:19 am

not finding the it 7

11:19 am

nm

11:19 am

just found it

11:19 am

was trying to end with ate

11:19 am

Hetty thank you but I don't know anything about babanon Sorry

11:21 am

Thanks guys - that's the i words - Need 7 more (onto the Ls) then I'll have 200 and can go to the pub.

11:21 am

mattygroves, if it were me, I'd forget babble and go direct to the pub.

11:22 am

You're right - that would be the sensible option...but just 6 left for my 200...

11:22 am

morning all... how many total today?

11:22 am

looks like a big number?

11:22 am

311 walnutchen

11:23 am

thanks jacula... yeah. big puz today...

11:23 am

hello, te 7/28 after those who rip things up (or just before that)

11:23 am

Well, I have 186 words so far and only the 'n' in the top r/h corner greyed out!

11:23 am

more wet-eyed?

11:23 am

jac, I haven't found either of those two words!

11:23 am

been trying

11:24 am

thanks amanda

11:24 am

I have 2 te7, one is land, the other like the alien

11:24 am

hey everyone !

11:24 am

Verna, don't thin you must, but there's a lot of good stuff to read on babanon. Scroll down to "Babblers Anonymous". click on it, and follow the various links there

11:24 am

hi HK

11:24 am

can some one tell me a clue for in 11 please

11:24 am

hi helen

11:25 am

11: exertion in the middle?

11:25 am

hi helen!

11:25 am

Thanks Hetty I might as well I've come to a dead stop on the grid still haven't got ca6,21

ni 7/40 clue, please?

11:26 am

The Gunpowder Plot story is in "Other Interests"; Stid's tale-telling is there also and a host of good animal stories from Haz

11:26 am

TO: cooler

11:26 am

Good Grief! I feel like I've been at this all day and still have 79 words left. This game has a way of making me feel stoopid!

11:27 am

Me too - I've 112 left - just one more to go to the pub - but I can't even find the first la5 (I can't imagine what it can be, given the second la4)

11:27 am

Meanwile, Verna, the ca6/21 is our feline friend followed by the last 3 letters of the nov*** Catholics say

11:27 am

TO - ni7/40 - more speedy (of a car, usually)

ty for those! : )

11:28 am

jac, n's from top right?

11:28 am

hetty - i am loving your new profile - bubt also at the same time i am sorry for those who will not have read the previous - which was equally fascinating in an altogether different light :)

11:29 am

I don't get the ni...

11:29 am

Yes I do. Sorry.

11:29 am

'cause I want him to live next door to me, Helen!

11:29 am

Well, Helen, we are all a lot of different people--depends on the day and the mood when writing--I'll update again soon

11:31 am

LOL amandacath! - you are welcome to move two houses away from me - i'm not really fond of those people anyway, lol

11:31 am

LOL amandacath! - you are welcome to move two houses away from me - i'm not really fond of those people anyway, lol

11:32 am

nrkii - na5/10 - Nigerian currency, na5/12 - acronym for a national centre for rehabilitation.

11:32 am

Thank you Hetty. Its the old finger trouble again trying to put 7 letters into a 6 letter word. I'm sure I'm getting worse at this damn thing.

11:32 am

OK, dumb question - the la4/4 before the doily fabric

la 7/32 please?

11:32 am

thanks Jacula!

Uh oh. I broke the site again.

11:33 am

I meant la5/10 of course.

11:33 am

i just froze up - anyone else having a problem?

11:33 am

Yep, Helen.

11:33 am

oooh. something weird happening in babbleland....

double vowel - sounds like one of the three stooges

11:33 am

Helen - yes. Same here.

11:34 am

nice going leigh!

11:34 am

Thanks TO!

11:34 am

great clue, TO!

11:34 am

Babblespasms, fiz . .

11:34 am

*twitch, twitch*

hey leigh!

11:35 am

sounds good, Helen - I'm willing to share him!

11:35 am

jac, matty, fiz, leigh, tor - it's frustrating all these glitches, but feeling relieved to know i'm in good company - in other words - glad it's not just me!

11:36 am

definitely not you - this time, anyway!

11:36 am

amanda - okay, it's a deal *hk shakes amandacath's hand in ladies agreement to share ar*

11:36 am

Right, I'm shutting down and going to the pub - see you later!

11:36 am

Helen - the site was down for about 2 hours yesterday (UK lunchtime). I think Dr_G must be on holiday.

11:37 am

bye matty - hoist one for me!

11:37 am

Hi, back for about 30 min need a clue for the ce 7/32 pls

11:37 am

'Bye matty.

11:37 am

brb

later, matty!

11:37 am

love the icon, jac!

11:37 am

Thanks, Une.:)

11:38 am

ce - coin + form of the verb to be

11:38 am

lol, jac, that's hilarious!

11:38 am

I'm gonna sign off for a while too - dinner's being offered, and who am I to say no? bbl

11:38 am

cu amanda

11:38 am

thnx ciociaJudy

11:38 am

bye amandacath

11:40 am

ea 5/10?

11:41 am

ok...clue on the xe please?

ok - later all - lunch is over!

11:41 am

bye to!

11:41 am

bye TO

11:42 am

phan, past tense of consume food

11:42 am

Cathy think of the comedian Morecombe

11:42 am

now why couldn't I see that before?

11:43 am

comedian morecombe...never hear of him/her

11:43 am

cathy - means related to a dry habitat - xe+ ***k james the superfreak

11:43 am

sorry, maybe only an English name

11:44 am

ty TQ and Fiz

11:44 am

Morecombe & Wise - E*** & Ernie. Try Mr. Clapton instead, Cathyar.

11:44 am

thought i'd tried every combo, but apparently i did not

11:44 am

yw cath!

11:45 am

Thanks TheFiz - at last I have a grey box - evenif it is only 1/1!

11:45 am

yay jfb - yw! that's the only one i have, too...

11:47 am

ty Fiz!

11:48 am

two grey boxes for me. finally over half way!

11:48 am

yw, judy - for what?

11:48 am

the xe clue!

11:49 am

oh, yw. i'm big on gardening and it's a hot thing right now. *looks sadly at grid containing 230 as yet unlocated words*

11:49 am

Just monkeyed the U so thats 2 grey boxes!

11:51 am

ec 5?

11:52 am

ta 7 28 after the baby powder?

11:53 am

i just got it..nrkii...think of the sauce u put on fish for the 6 then plural it for the 7

11:53 am

(and btw - ta4um is a total phantom today)

11:53 am

uh huh

11:54 am

judy.. dictionary says 'Of, characterized by, or adapted to an extremely dry habitat' for xe

11:54 am

rits

11:54 am

opps

11:54 am

nrkii...it works off the bottom right t

11:54 am

cathy, nope, looking for the one before that

11:54 am

oh

11:55 am

but thank you anyways :)

11:55 am

sorry...don't have that one myself

11:55 am

i'll hang off any clue ya get for it tho nrkii! ;)

11:55 am

there is a ta 4/4 that this one might work off of, not sure... ta + **ve and let **ve

11:56 am

either that or it starts with the ta** where scarlet ohara lived

11:57 am

ooh, wait... found another option

11:57 am

there is a ta 6/18 that is latin plural of hissy fits that little children have

11:58 am

yes!

11:58 am

okay, ta 7 28 = browned by sun + where scarlet ohara lived

11:59 am

ec ?

12:00 pm

and ... done with the T's

12:00 pm

okay, must pack up the car and hit the road...

12:00 pm

93 left, maybe will do them late tonight

12:00 pm

bye nrkii

12:00 pm

see ya!

12:00 pm

Nrkii, I didn't get the children

12:00 pm

sorry phand, don't have the ec yet

12:00 pm

lol...ty nrkii... see later

12:00 pm

ok, gotta go to a meeting - brb

12:00 pm

me neither Chas

12:00 pm

sorry - children hissy fits

12:00 pm

Later nerky

12:01 pm

bye

12:01 pm

ah, sorry -- = t + in meditation, OM is a m*****

12:01 pm

bye!

12:01 pm

thanks, bye!

12:02 pm

ty again nrkii!

12:02 pm

ec5/12 - acclaimed success. (Once meant notoriety.) Think of a long, thin cream cake with chocolate on top.

12:02 pm

thanks and bye nrkii

12:03 pm

I could use help with en7,28 please.

12:04 pm

thnx

12:04 pm

en + tr5/10 chiley

12:04 pm

en + tr5/10 chiley ooo...things are slow again

12:05 pm

to beg some one for help

12:05 pm

what is the en 5?

12:06 pm

got it

12:06 pm

hey all - i'm back

12:06 pm

anyone have the xe?

12:06 pm

Hi Helen.

12:07 pm

hey jacula !

12:07 pm

Jaime - x + Mr. Clapton or Mr. Burdon.

12:07 pm

i am immediately going to lickety

12:07 pm

no point wasting time

12:07 pm

Hi Helen

12:07 pm

yay, thanks! i knew there would be a c in it

12:07 pm

LOL, Helen. Just looked at your icon & read the comment.:)

12:07 pm

ciociajudy!!!! long time, no see - how are you?

12:08 pm

same here jacula - yours is soooo tooooo true, lol

12:09 pm

doing well helen. Crazy life but other than that . . . How are you?

12:10 pm

He doesn't live next door to me, either, Helen! LOL

12:10 pm

i will never, as others have said in the past, understand why internet is NOT a word!

12:10 pm

Well, Helen, I figured everyone else would choose Nessie, the Yeti, crop circles, UFO's & aliens, or the Bermuda Triangle and so I thought... why not pick the biggest mystery of all? LOL.

12:11 pm

Cathyar - I agree!

12:11 pm

judy - lately not enough hours in the day, am having house rewired, chimneys tuckpointed & new roof -

12:12 pm

BBL. I need to prepare dinner.

12:12 pm

jacula - MEN???? ROFL!!!!

12:12 pm

cl5/18 anyone please?

12:12 pm

Wow, Helen. That will keep you out of trouble. My Dad moved in with me in June. Haven't had a free moment since. He has done a lot around the house but no time to myself!

12:13 pm

mymuse- Hi! try actor montgomery cl***

12:13 pm

also - i just waited 8 weeks for a new picture window - oversized so had to be custom (seal on old one compromised, so all foggy inside) they installed it yesterday & there's a scratch on the glass - so they have to replace it, another 3 weeks

12:13 pm

merci, muchas gracias abe, was going crazy

12:13 pm

anyone have teh tr 8/60 or the tr 7/36?

12:13 pm

Hi all If I had been able to play today my icon would have said "Enable Dictionery" one of the greatest unexplained mysteries of our time :)

12:13 pm

next time someone speaks with Dr. G, please ask him why?

12:13 pm

no prob mymuse :)

12:14 pm

alt spelling for a suspensful moment in a book or t.v. show where you are left hanging. add a cross letter to it

12:14 pm

lol FMitch

12:14 pm

hmm, phandmd, which word are you referring to? more clues?

12:14 pm

that's a good one, FMitch

12:15 pm

er 6 & both 7's

12:15 pm

cl 5

12:15 pm

think mountain

12:15 pm

ahh judy - one of those blessing/curse situations, good luck! - but i think that's great of you - too many people our generation stick their parents in nursing homes - i have no respect for that at all - time to pay back the piper

12:16 pm

Hi FMitch!

12:16 pm

Helen, will they replace the window for you?

12:18 pm

yes judy they are & i feel kinda bad about it because the scratch really is very minor, but beside the cosmetic thing, i also worry that a golfball-sized piece of hail will hit it at just the right angle, 10 years & 1 day from now when the warrenty expires & then i will regret not having it replaced

12:18 pm

did you get it jamie?

12:18 pm

nope. i got lost as to what you were referring to. one more time?

12:19 pm

that & also for $1800 i think it should be free of flaws just like it said in the contract

12:19 pm

Absolutely, Helen! better safe than sorry later.

12:19 pm

cl 5 - mountains have sharp drops, or a t.v. show might have a cl* hanger, change the last letter

12:19 pm

ahhh, thanks!

12:20 pm

do you have the tr 8 or tr 7?

12:20 pm

nope

12:21 pm

Hi everyone.. not much time for me to chat today.. wow, another big grid!

12:21 pm

I need er 6 & er 7/32

12:22 pm

go the er 6

12:22 pm

how about the fi 6/27? My fingers are tired. *sigh*

12:22 pm

Hi Aloyisius

12:23 pm

Hi Aloy!

12:23 pm

comes to a definite end

12:23 pm

hi abe, CJ: the fi is the end of the in****** mysteries in life... make any sense?

12:24 pm

Duh! Thx ph!!

12:24 pm

and thx aloy

12:24 pm

sure would like to get 8 more quick words need to leave again in 5 min

12:24 pm

hi everyone

12:25 pm

hiya sha

12:25 pm

hi......

12:25 pm

hi bg, sha & arlene

12:26 pm

Here's one of life mysteries. I buzzed my 7 yo don Jaun's hair and now the girls want to touch and feel it. I was hoping for a Samson effect...

12:28 pm

hi all...could someone please help me with the la7/28?

12:29 pm

rae, la76 means dormant..plural it for the la7

12:29 pm

hi all - site still behaving?

12:29 pm

(i think it means dormant)

12:29 pm

bg - sometimes it doesn't work....

12:30 pm

oops la6 then plural it for la7. sorry

12:30 pm

ok I'll keep looking, I know they are related. It would just be nice to make some headway...this thing is a monster

12:30 pm

ar - I think I am just going to give up

12:30 pm

I got it Cath. thx

12:31 pm

ty cath!

12:31 pm

was i wrong about the word dormant?

12:31 pm

li8 = yahoo's name for scrabble

12:31 pm

no cathy

12:31 pm

no cathy

12:32 pm

tks

12:32 pm

anyone have the en7 please?

12:32 pm

rae, think of bla*a** disregard for another's feelings.

12:33 pm

aw man. it's right there, right in front of me

12:33 pm

en 7 to beg for help

12:33 pm

you were right, it does mean dormant...but not in the zzzz's sense

12:33 pm

thanks phan, just can't see it in grid

12:34 pm

mymuse: to beg, I en***** you to try to finish!

12:34 pm

en + tr5

12:34 pm

aaah see it now

12:34 pm

thx all

12:35 pm

up to 197 gotta go again

12:35 pm

bye, ph

12:37 pm

did you guys hear about the jonbenet thing?

12:37 pm

200! see ya

12:37 pm

cu ph

12:38 pm

later, ph

12:38 pm

bye phan

12:39 pm

ok...takin a break....this is tiring

12:40 pm

Half way! Woop de crap!

12:40 pm

hiya sha

12:40 pm

lol - hi, torgone - and ruthy.

12:41 pm

see ya cath

12:41 pm

LOL Torgone!

12:41 pm

cu later Cath

12:41 pm

hi wolvie

12:41 pm

hi helen!

12:42 pm

Heyas W & CJ ..

12:42 pm

tor is funny!

12:42 pm

Hi there! Helen, that Alan Rickman?

12:43 pm

My fan .. Thanks!

12:43 pm

you betcha chic!

12:44 pm

one of your favorites, I know....so who goes tonite in BB7?

12:44 pm

truly, madly, deeply. ;-)

12:44 pm

chic - what is your pic? bermuda triangle from space?

12:44 pm

that's correct, Helen...

12:44 pm

:) wolvie

12:45 pm

chic - yes weird to actually see the triangle part - i thought it was just roughly the shape

12:45 pm

why can't we have exlax - just once! ;-)

12:46 pm

BB7, Helen, who goes tonite?

12:47 pm

chic - are you getting the live feed? i hope the robe goes, that's all i got to say

12:48 pm

no I didn't do the live feed; and that would be Marcie?

12:49 pm

well - i'm torn bet the 2 - pros & cons for each - who are you wanting out?

12:50 pm

BB7??

12:50 pm

i did the feed this year - 1st time - have really tapered off cause they are boring, lazy, mean, very mean - but marci wears that robe ALL THE TIME it's annoying, the man rarely gets dressed

12:51 pm

internet and intranet aren't words :(

12:52 pm

really wanted James out; Jannie is being so naive this time around..Marcellas should go, he's turned into such a rat....

12:52 pm

Yes, they are, Calqhoon... just Enable won't accept them! But TRY not to let Babble distort you view of reality too badly!

12:52 pm

la 5-10 please the 1st one?

12:52 pm

what is bb7??

12:52 pm

and the producers really do a great deal of heavy editing - they all hate being there, most have really bad attitudes, they make fun of the competitions, they aren't excited about rewards, they complain all the time - and many are veyr mean drunks - jase & dani in particular

12:53 pm

big brother wolvie

12:53 pm

Big Brother 7 on CBS

12:53 pm

sorry wolvie - big brother7

12:53 pm

oh - brother. ;-)

12:53 pm

USA Big Brother, that is.

12:54 pm

I love watching Dr Will and Boogie; they are so evil...and funny...

12:54 pm

sha: la + a number after nine

12:54 pm

not much of a television watcher - CSI - Vegas, yes. Stargate, yes. Football (american) yes...ott - not much.

12:54 pm

chic - ITA james out!!! what a total ass! i am really hoping it's all an act on janie's part - i am beginning to suspect that much of this season is scripted & people walked into the house already having intact alliances - there are runors that boog & erika were living together, or at least dating prior to show

12:55 pm

Wolvie, Love Stargate

12:55 pm

i love stargate too! & atlantis!

12:55 pm

yep - I got hooked on Daniel from day one. :-)

12:55 pm

love stargate too

12:55 pm

of course, the story lines are great, too - lol

12:56 pm

I'm a Richard Dean fan

12:56 pm

lol - babble stargate fanclub - i prefer o'neal -he cracks me up

12:56 pm

he's good too - got my fix with McGyver tho

12:57 pm

Helen, I agree that some of it seems scripted, esp when Will and Boogie do their thing in the diary rm..

12:57 pm

see, i never saw any mcgyver - not even part of one episode - think i need to fill this pop culture hole in my life

12:58 pm

ra7/28?

12:58 pm

It's still running everyday probably twice a day on TVLand channel; McGuyver that is...

12:58 pm

chiley the one I have is more wet as in weather

12:58 pm

nevermind.....I found it

12:58 pm

chic- i mean more than that - i mean competitions are designed to favor certain people & the hg's think that too & re-doing a comp is easily fixed too - you can always have a 'malfunction' & then re-do if you don't like who won - bb7's rating will suffer bigtime when janie leaves & the producers know that so they are invested in keeping her around

12:59 pm

yes you do, helen - it's a hoot.

chic - i do not get the expanded cable, maybe i should look into that - or get my neighbor, who is not ar!, to tape it for me, huh

1:00 pm

hiya sha

1:00 pm

hey, chiley - share?

1:00 pm

really! that's quite a conspiracy theory going there, Helen. but this last POV contest was so easily not fair but fixed...

1:01 pm

yep - or get direct TV - that's what I have

which pov - they are all running together in my mind

1:01 pm

hey ruthy

i think everyone has direct tv but me, lol

1:02 pm

the only channel I don't have that I want is the SCi-Fi one; I just don't want all the drek that comes with it...

1:02 pm

I don't Helen, just cable

1:02 pm

worth it - much better than cable - and you don't even have to use me as a referral. ;-0

1:03 pm

chic - drek anyway you go these days - like the old springsteen tune...

1:03 pm

cire

1:03 pm

Tues nite's POV, where they had to bid who could last the longest in the spinning chair, mech. bull etc.

1:03 pm

Hi mom!

1:03 pm

excuse me - did it again

1:03 pm

HI Wolvie

1:03 pm

how are you

1:03 pm

much better than yesterday - how about you?

but i need to have the cable anyway for my computer & the basic package is just $20/mo more - but yeah i don't get scifi either, which i would love to have, maybe a good thing to stay away from more tv though

1:04 pm

doing good. I was hoping for a smaller puzzle.

1:04 pm

u ok sha

1:05 pm

I have cable for the puter, direct TV for TV. you can do both with drtv tho

1:05 pm

that's what Dvr is for; I tape a lot of shows so we can zip thru in half the time...

1:05 pm

Mom - ha! I don't mind as long as the site stays up.

i'm sorry chic - i did not include the 'thrown comps' aspect into my theory - producers know who is going to throw comps in which direction so they can set it up ahead of time to make those outcome occur/occur easier

1:06 pm

I spend way too much time doing this. But I am enjoying it and the family isn't fussing

1:06 pm

hi all

1:06 pm

hi MaMa

1:06 pm

hi MaMa

1:06 pm

well that's certainly making sense now but too bad. I'd rather see them all battle it out for real..

1:06 pm

hi MaWa

1:07 pm

wow i just logged on and this grid is begger than yeaterday

man i sound paranoid, don't i - but this is the common thinking in the feed chat rooms & there are A WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE there

1:07 pm

Bigger i mean

1:07 pm

and they are probably right...

1:08 pm

anyone gett the 11 yet?

1:08 pm

at least it seems like site is working better today

chic - it would be boring for feed subscribers then & they would lose $$$, but i agree - the problem with this season is that they already all know each other so there is none of that 'testing the waters' & 'getting to know you' intrigue

1:08 pm

yes thanx ruthy u?

1:08 pm

Chic, there was a clue earlier -- in 5/10 + st 6/18

1:08 pm

yes chic

hi mama

1:09 pm

yes thanx

1:09 pm

sha u goin on msn

1:09 pm

@

1:09 pm

?

1:09 pm

hi helen

1:10 pm

its the in 6-18 + wot thomas the tank is

1:10 pm

Im gonna dig in while the 3yr old and the puppy are both napping

1:10 pm

ur not on msn ruthy

1:10 pm

yer i am im on hans

i am going to sudoku, bbl nice chatting bb with you chic :)

1:11 pm

thanx Mom and Sha that clinched it for me!

1:11 pm

anyone have the 7 and 8 ac's?

1:11 pm

Brb, rice pudding is done....

1:11 pm

bye Helen

1:11 pm

bye helen

1:14 pm

a7 a + type of service in hospital where you have to wait

1:15 pm

ac8 = ac + soft metal + baseball stad***

1:15 pm

axcan

1:16 pm

OOps! Sorry.

1:16 pm

thank you, muse

1:16 pm

Oh Judi - thanks

1:16 pm

Enter a good word next time . .

1:17 pm

I agree torgone!

1:17 pm

Like the 11 .. ..

1:17 pm

As soon as I find a good word, I'll let you know. Stuck at 158.

1:17 pm

precisely!

1:18 pm

in11 = prefix for between + cooking utensil for ridding vegetables, pasta of water

1:19 pm

just drop the er at the end

1:19 pm

re 5-10 before the 6-18

1:19 pm

thx mmim. Didn't have that in 11.

1:19 pm

please

1:19 pm

don't have yet sha

1:20 pm

thanks mymuse!

1:21 pm

intertowel??

1:21 pm

sha try re + spanish for aunt

1:22 pm

lol no torgone it also means when you really exert your muscles you might ****** them

1:22 pm

rhymes with the wet weather

1:23 pm

*sticks tongue out at Torgone*. I got the 11. Just thought I'd let you know.

1:23 pm

dont know any spanish sorry mymu

1:24 pm

Aaaaah .. Thanks! You put it in terms I understand; st6/18ed muscles . .

1:24 pm

lol you need to spend more time in the kitchen!

1:24 pm

Well nonny nonny poo poo! I got now too

1:24 pm

sha there is a liquer *** maria

1:24 pm

sha, if you have the re6/18 part of the eye, drop the last consonant.

1:25 pm

n1 gwen

1:25 pm

I've got 229 and I'm giving up. Had enough now. The brains gone on holiday just need my body to follow and I'll be Ok. Good luck you brave souls.

1:26 pm

Nonny nonny poo poo? I know you are. But what am I?

1:26 pm

got that one my mu tried ur one gwen it wont accept it

1:26 pm

I spend a LOT of time in the kitchen; I was trying to find colander . . .

1:27 pm

theres one either before or after the ones ur clueing me

1:27 pm

lol well that's the fancy name, was describing the act

1:27 pm

does

1:27 pm

ha ha - cute!

1:29 pm

I only have 2 of the 3 re5/10's, so perhaps I'm missing the one you're wanting, sha.

1:30 pm

I have three re5/10's - brings up children, raced again, and the one with the Spanish aunt. Do any of those help?

1:30 pm

I'm a bit slow, but I got it now. Thanx ..

1:30 pm

Ah! Now I have the three re5/10s!

1:32 pm

thx gwen!

1:32 pm

I helped? Cool! :)

1:34 pm

any other clue for the bringing up children one vic please

1:34 pm

r + what you listen with

1:34 pm

Sure, sha, it could also be what a horse does when it's trying to throw its rider

1:35 pm

Or it could be tushes...

1:36 pm

thanx all duh how obvious was that

1:36 pm

Clues for re8/40 & 9/54, please?

1:38 pm

persons who have finished working, agewise

1:38 pm

just finished the re's and deserve a very long break

1:39 pm

tyvm inge

1:39 pm

when you get social security payments you are a re******

1:40 pm

just started m's

1:40 pm

I see your new bromeliad today, inge. Very nice! Enjoy your break!

1:40 pm

bbl only 34 to go

1:41 pm

There aren't enough e's for "retiree".

1:41 pm

forget the e and use a garden pest

1:41 pm

Gwenski, it sounds like it might mean "dictator again"

1:41 pm

last e

1:41 pm

gwen - a different "one who" ending ..

1:42 pm

Got it. Thanks, all!

1:42 pm

Hi all, clue for the an9 please

1:42 pm

Funny word. Perhaps it means a grumpy old person collecting social security?

1:42 pm

(the re's, I meant)

1:44 pm

an 9 = first part sounds like a girl's name, then add person who reviews movies is called and change the r to another consonant

1:47 pm

fi 5/20 clu pls

1:48 pm

fi + don't be a ***p on a log

1:48 pm

vn clue mymuseisme, thx!

1:49 pm

:)

1:49 pm

good one; thnx!

1:50 pm

Take the girl's name off of the 11 for a 6

1:50 pm

I mean off the an9

1:50 pm

or the 9 even

1:50 pm

thanks mymuse, working on the an 9

1:51 pm

I'm not a smart man . . .

1:51 pm

this grid is enough to get everyone cross-eyed

1:52 pm

mymuse, could you tell me how many letter in the girls name in the an9

1:52 pm

3

my head hurts....

1:52 pm

does anyone have anything from the top right n?

1:52 pm

nope. ;-0

and i don't have either the an 7 or the an 9...

1:53 pm

thank you, muse

1:53 pm

na5/10 is NIgerian currency

1:53 pm

thanks mymuse!

1:53 pm

an + vowel + movie ****** (one who reviews/censors) but change the r to another consonant

1:54 pm

nica

1:54 pm

na5/12 is na + ***ky, Lucy's hubby

1:55 pm

finally got the an9, was looking at the wrong A

1:55 pm

oops

*tears at hair*

1:55 pm

thanks mymuse, i would have never gotten those...

1:57 pm

ac8/55?

1:57 pm

mymuse - so by asking for help, we are an+vowel+movie***** (change cons)??

perhaps a definition?

1:57 pm

temple said a word-oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh

i DID??? WHERE???

1:58 pm

ac8 = "A radioactive element found in uranium ores, used in equilibrium with its decay products as a source of alpha rays. Its longest lived isotope is Ac 227 with a half-life of 21.6 years. Atomic number 89; melting point 1,050°C; boiling point (estimated) 3,200°C; specific gravity (calculated) 10.07; valence 3."

1:58 pm

i didn't see it owl

1:58 pm

temple, psychological dependence on others for the an 9

1:58 pm

an9 means having a physical or emotional dependence on someone

tor: i have that one

1:59 pm

mymuse, its not addiction, will keep looking, thanks for the clue,

1:59 pm

temple-an9=an+what you run in the summer to keep cool+straight letter+3rd vowel+the insect in the woods that gives you lyme disease(drop the last letter)

1:59 pm

torgone, your clue went completely over my head

1:59 pm

hey torgone!!

i can see where being a loner will be a definite handicap for this one....

2:00 pm

if you are having trouble with the movie part, just think of female sexual organ

2:01 pm

an9 = girl's name + Chinese movie reviewer

2:01 pm

CLIT

2:01 pm

what am I doing? I already have the an9 :)

2:01 pm

what am I doing? I already have the an9 :)

2:01 pm

OOOOPPS!!!

2:01 pm

al8 = beginning of tin foil and ending with **e cream

2:01 pm

Heya tracymoo!

2:01 pm

al8 = beginning of tin foil and ending with **e cream rofl torgone

2:01 pm

Heya tracymoo! =O

LOL TRACYMOO!!!!

2:02 pm

and iT"s not even a word in the disctionary.... who knew

2:02 pm

peri- what do you need?

2:02 pm

good clue, torgone (as usual)

2:02 pm

I dunno! It's always the 'rude' words that end up being typed in upper case on the log. Last week it was 'penis'. LOL.

2:03 pm

jacula - my turn in the box, as it were

2:03 pm

=O

2:03 pm

Yes, tracymoo... so to speak *grins*

2:04 pm

so - help with the "x" word (not the x-rated word, the one that starts with "x")??

2:04 pm

x + Mr. Clapton.

2:04 pm

xe + e*** clapton

2:07 pm

thx all!! got he "x"

2:07 pm

time to rest my eyes - this is going to take a while. be back later on

back to throw in a few more words - still 113 to go :(

2:07 pm

after blushing, now I get to smile!! y'all are too good to me!!

2:08 pm

Slapped that sudoku around, didn't you hk?

2:08 pm

mymuse - Are you using your gold toes sock icon today for the unexplained mystery of where missing socks go?:)

2:08 pm

hi again helen

2:08 pm

can nayone help with the in11

2:08 pm

Hi Helen. 100 to go here...

2:08 pm

later, mom

2:09 pm

lol sounds good jac, didn't take the time to look for something sadly

lol tor - not too bad - always a good thing when not neccessary to guess :)

2:09 pm

in11 = between + ******ed muscles (overexertion)

wolvie - where is apex?

2:10 pm

At the top?

2:10 pm

North Carolina - near Raleigh

tor on a roll today - lol

wol- i dont knwo where that is either - friend's sister lives in leicester, do you know where that is?

2:11 pm

hey tor - everything around here does say "peak" ;-0

2:12 pm

i need help with the ac words please

2:12 pm

uh - the only one of those I can think of is across the pond. Do you know where Durham is?

nope - i would need to look at a map

2:13 pm

ac + not out + vowel

2:13 pm

ahhh - well - Raleigh is the beginning of the research triangle park - where all of the companies are moving these days. Sort of middle

2:13 pm

ac + *** man from Oz

2:13 pm

a + where you go to get an immunization

ah - she is on the west side of charlotte cause i know she is 40 minutes from ashville

2:14 pm

ac + *** man + baseball stad***

2:14 pm

My ex lives in that area. If you see her, shoot her please ..

2:15 pm

okay - ashville is south and west of me - charlotte is about 2 hours away.

lol be careful tor - i think they really do that in those parts

2:15 pm

Good.

2:15 pm

no no - just moved here - even nicknames are no longer allowed on dl's - a big change, I assure you.;-0

2:16 pm

anyone have the second ac 5/12

2:16 pm

You are all being so helpful tonight I have gots lots of words just eavesdropping on your chat!!

LOL

2:16 pm

a different clue for in,11 please. I didn't get the last one

2:17 pm

mymuse - you're now in the running with torgone for BEST CLUES EVAH!!

2:17 pm

Jaime - what thespians are doing on stage minus the last letter.

well deeha - a tally is being kept - you will get a bill at the end :)

2:17 pm

in11 = prefix for between as in in***national + kitchen item what it does to relieve veggies of water

2:17 pm

lol helen

2:17 pm

thanks!

yeah - it's not like i'm not scamming these clues either, lol

2:18 pm

KMS - in*** (between, as in 'between state' highway) + what you do to your muscles from working out too much or what you do to vegetables.

2:18 pm

thanks

2:19 pm

oh man - I saved the ca's for last - here we go...

2:20 pm

I will give you a false address for that bill! Just paid £80 today to have a tooth extracted. That hurts for us Brits with the NHS!!!!

hey tor - i finally got the an 9!

2:21 pm

best to everyone - gotta run!!

clitic

2:21 pm

bye, moo

2:21 pm

TO = that's great. ;-)

oops

2:21 pm

LOL - cute

2:21 pm

Don't YOU start, TO! LOL

2:21 pm

BYE ANNIE!! (now you've done it owl!!)

* *

2:22 pm

WTG TO!

lol deeha - i believe that is fairly cheaped compared to what millions of americans who cannot afford health insurance would have to pay - but i think those people are using the old string & door technique

yea i guess so...

i wish we had national health insurance

2:23 pm

Sure it is but we just arent used to having to pay!! My dad never had a tooth is his head and he could eat anything!!!What a disappointment 'tartier' isnt in the dictionary!!

i wish healthcare wasn't tied to employment

bite your tongue hk!

2:24 pm

I tried "tartier," too, Deeha. After all, some girls are clearly tartier than others.

2:25 pm

(And some desserts are tartier, too.)

hi vi!

2:25 pm

Having bragged it was free our hospitals are getting like Third World ones now, many are dirty and infected with superbugs

2:25 pm

i wish we did too, helen. Big time

2:25 pm

Hello, TO! :)

2:25 pm

You speak for yourself Vicuna!!!!

2:25 pm

phantom word to match the teeth talk: extract

seriously - it's insane - healthcare should not be treated like a luxury item, those who can afford the best get the best, that's not right

2:25 pm

gee - just like ours deeha.

2:25 pm

Deeha's not exaggerating. It's true, sadly.

2:25 pm

Phantom word for Deeha's healthcare: extinct.

2:25 pm

I'm not kidding either

or tartar

2:26 pm

any clues for the la 7/32?

2:26 pm

My phantom words today are inertia, intricate & itinerant. Also, 'malfunction' was the first word I 'saw'.

2:27 pm

judy, pl of the one before it

2:27 pm

inertia was the one I wanted

2:27 pm

TO just gave a great clue!!

2:27 pm

TO - that is a word!

2:27 pm

TO: That's NOT a phantom word!!

2:27 pm

I've been seeing tenant at every turn, plus financier.

*slinks off to naughty corner*

i just had a hip replacement - went to a top guy, got the minimally invasive procedure, excellent care, excellent results - but i had to pre-pay his surgeon's fee of $8800 because he's fighting the insurance companies to code this procedure differently from the old way - now not everyone can afford to lay out that kind of cash - it's not right

2:28 pm

it is - just make sure you get the plural!

2:28 pm

Poor TO! If it's any comfort to you, I was convinced that was a phantom, too.

2:28 pm

CJ: first 3 letters of a bride's material + alt spelling of a 13 year old

2:28 pm

Time Out, TO! 10 minutes for you. LOL.

lol vic - your 2:25

okay * hk steps gingerly off the soapbox*

2:29 pm

wow helen - sadly, i would have thought it would cost more. Glad it went well.

ok jacs! as long as it isn't one minute for every year of age! LOL!

that was just his surgeon's fee, discounted from $14,000

brb

2:29 pm

altho' ours is free you can still get refused treatment - on cost- that the next door hospital trust will give you. It epends on your post code and is really unfair

2:29 pm

ty Aloy! Perfect clue!!

2:29 pm

hi helen - i'm glad someone else gets on the soapbox - it's usually me

2:29 pm

whoopee!

2:30 pm

Well, helen, if you can jump on and off a soapbox this nimbly, that hip replacement MUST have been a success!

2:30 pm

whooo - okay. Man

2:30 pm

Tee,hee Temple.:) Speaking of time out, I must take some to feed the bunnies and g/pigs, and then to play Snakes & Ladders with P's 11-yr-old daughter. BBL.

2:30 pm

ok need to take a break, back later

2:30 pm

LOL, Vicuna!

2:30 pm

helen, I cant believe you had to prepay a surgical procedure b/c the surgeon is fighting a code. What a terrible state our health system is in. Glad everyting went well for you.

2:31 pm

have fun Jac

2:31 pm

cu later mmim

2:31 pm

see you later Mymuse and Jacula

2:31 pm

Later, muse and jac

bye jacs bye muse

2:31 pm

Bye, to those who are leaving!

2:31 pm

A friend had straightforward operation and then spent 15 months battling MRSA which needed plastic surgery to repair the damage done.

2:32 pm

bye mymuse, jac, etc. ;-)

2:32 pm

back for my last 34...i hiope

ai 6/18 clue, please?

2:33 pm

plural of the ai 5/10

2:33 pm

pl of the ai 5 before it

2:33 pm

ai6/18 - pl of ai5 meaning those who open up the windows

2:33 pm

first one

2:33 pm

ai6/18 pl of previous sounds like another word for nuder!!

2:33 pm

plural of the people who make the oxygen fresher to breathe

2:33 pm

hi inge!

2:34 pm

A chap they all call Aloysius, Of his wife and a guy grew syspysius. And quicker than you'd think He found them by the sink But they were only doing the dysius. (Ididn't make this up)

2:34 pm

lol

2:34 pm

Hello all...

ooh - plural fish...

2:34 pm

ROFL Jilli

2:34 pm

Jilli, very clever and thanks for the instructions!!!

2:35 pm

LOL... where did it come from, jilli?

2:35 pm

Jilli, that poem was delysius!

2:35 pm

lol, vic

2:35 pm

a website full of limericks, aloy - some really awful

2:36 pm

hi jilli

2:36 pm

Good one, vicuna!

2:36 pm

well, it was a much needed lift; this grid is getting to me.. (-:

2:37 pm

Jilli, did you get my email re: the instructions you sent me

2:37 pm

Yes, thank you, annie -- now I'm waiting for your icon change!!!

2:37 pm

Thsi grid is downright vysius!

2:37 pm

LOL

2:38 pm

Not today, jilli, but soon....

2:39 pm

can't seem to monkey the li 8/40. clues anyone?

2:39 pm

li 8: famous book people

2:39 pm

high brow term, CJ for bookworms

2:40 pm

put the first person sing. at the end, CJ

or the scrabble -like game some of us play on line

2:41 pm

got it Aloy & Rae. Thx. That's been in the grid before. Should have known it. grrrr

2:41 pm

finally below 100. *fanning self*

2:43 pm

I think chocolate tastes better when you're frustrated.

2:44 pm

I refuse to worry about this huge grid. I'm just sitting here sopping up the neat clues you're giving :^)

2:45 pm

Chocolate ALWAYS tastes better!

2:45 pm

does anyone have the first ta 7/48?

2:47 pm

abe, if you are careful about what you say, you are being ta*****

2:47 pm

oh duh. thanks Aloyisius!

2:48 pm

glad the clue worked.

2:48 pm

texan isn't a word. what-ev.

but texas is

2:49 pm

cl-6-24 please not medical place

2:49 pm

I thought texas was a state....of mind...lol

2:49 pm

last tr 7/ 36?

2:49 pm

or tr 8/60?

2:49 pm

cl6/24 - movie reviewer with a Chinese accent?

or a state out of its mind...

2:50 pm

Yeah, it's the state of mind exemplified by the current White House.

2:50 pm

just substitute a t in the middle of the word, sha

2:50 pm

as a Canadian I can't comment on that

2:50 pm

Wonderful clue Vicuna - and a great icon!

2:51 pm

jaime: the choochoo is loaded with people!

2:51 pm

Thanks, JFB!

2:51 pm

Vicuna, my sides are splitting

2:51 pm

that was a rubbery clue vicuna!! thew old jokes are the best!!

2:51 pm

is that euphemism for going to the bathroom??

'nuff politics...always a divisive topic

2:52 pm

thanx

2:52 pm

rae - we CAN comment about our own politicos!

2:52 pm

enough of staring at the grid, be back later

2:52 pm

thankyou 72 Temple Owl

2:52 pm

coool let's comment!

2:52 pm

tr 7/36

2:53 pm

the foonie: totally bad idea

2:53 pm

whew - about 15 to go - saved those ca's, but got them all. Now a few l's, and r's, and I should be done

2:53 pm

trouble is finding a consensus -- you know the definition of Salt Spring Island - a difference of opinion surrounded by a large body of water

2:53 pm

bye, everyone: FIREWORKS at last; I have spent way too much time on this beautiful day.. good luck to all!

2:54 pm

oh boy, is that ever true

2:54 pm

woohoo Aloy!

2:54 pm

anyone have the first 2 ti 6 words?

2:54 pm

Hooray aloy!

2:54 pm

ancient is my phantom today

2:54 pm

congrats Aloy!

2:54 pm

YAY Aloy!!!!

2:54 pm

congrats Aloy

2:54 pm

I've lived on the island 14 years and never been to saltspring!

2:54 pm

Yay for Aloyisius! (Vicuna said enviously)

2:55 pm

is anyone else bored of this?

2:55 pm

WTG Aoyisius says I through gritted teeth

2:55 pm

YES!

*raises both hands*

2:55 pm

You'll have to rectify that, rae

see you all later - happy babbling all!

2:56 pm

later TO

2:56 pm

Bye, TO.

2:56 pm

cu later TO

2:56 pm

horny anyone?

2:56 pm

bye to

2:57 pm

Time to go - off for a long weekend tomorrow so it will be withdrawal symptoms until midweek. Thanks for all the clues.

2:58 pm

you know, it's the old I've been meaning to go bit...I even live in sidney.

2:58 pm

I don't know what my problem is

2:58 pm

bye JFB Enjoy the long weekend.

2:58 pm

im naked

2:58 pm

everyone get naked!

2:58 pm

oh de sea

2:58 pm

fireworks at last

2:58 pm

Goodbye, JFB!

2:59 pm

Hooray for sha!

2:59 pm

Congrats, sha!!

2:59 pm

i just lost the game

2:59 pm

how you doing ruthy?

2:59 pm

anyone have the last tr 7?

2:59 pm

HIP hooray sha!!

2:59 pm

firewortk

2:59 pm

miaow

2:59 pm

Bravo Sha!

3:00 pm

www.theultimatecomment.com

3:00 pm

congrats, sha!

3:00 pm

Sorry, Jaime. I don't.

3:00 pm

bye JFB -

3:01 pm

let's play charades

3:01 pm

thats me finished

3:01 pm

wtg sha

3:01 pm

congrats ruthy

3:01 pm

Congrats, ruthy.

3:02 pm

tr 5-10 -the last vowel +3rd vowel +last vowel = letter in top left corner

3:02 pm

i like

3:02 pm

thats the last tr 7 jaime

3:02 pm

hooray ruthy

3:02 pm

lets play a gam tommy i don;lghjmvtfikyvkyufkvubhjlgkvi8 i

3:03 pm

congrats, ruthy!

3:03 pm

Woohoo Ruthy!

3:03 pm

thanks so much, sha

3:03 pm

do we have some trolls on tonight

3:04 pm

ur welcome jaime

3:04 pm

wow, te 7/28 help?

does trolls = idiots here?

3:04 pm

lol yes

*fills room with Troll B Gone*

3:04 pm

afternoon, all. have I arrived at an inauspicious moment?

3:05 pm

i need all 7 te 7/28 words!

3:05 pm

bye everyone

tenar

3:05 pm

bye sha off to do my essays

3:05 pm

hi charm!

3:05 pm

bye ruth

3:05 pm

hi, jillibus. bye ruthy

3:05 pm

absolutely not Charm - a measure of Charm would do the room nicely just about now.

3:05 pm

Hi Charm!

3:06 pm

bye, all who are leaving

3:06 pm

Hey, Cadfan, Judy. looks like a toughie today....

3:06 pm

te 7-28 alt spelling of rotate+had food

3:07 pm

I'm exhausted. *fanning self* Still have 83 to go.

3:07 pm

Yea, I have no chance of finishing... classes begin next week I am ridiculously busy - so only have time while on lunch hour - or on the phone on hold!

3:07 pm

rae - sorry, went away for a bit (email arrival) - I knew you live in sidney - lovely town - we almost bought there back in 1996

3:07 pm

awesome, got it sha

3:08 pm

2 of the te -7 sound like an area of land with different spellings

3:08 pm

ares of land?

3:08 pm

yeah I'm at work...so I had to .. you know..go to the washroom

3:08 pm

hi charm

3:08 pm

sorry areas of land

3:08 pm

hmm, i'm confused

3:08 pm

Hi, Wolvie.

3:09 pm

jilli I remeber you saying that now...

3:09 pm

or u can get an all te-7 bike

3:09 pm

all te***** vehicle

3:09 pm

terain

3:09 pm

a series of rock formations

3:09 pm

uh oh

3:09 pm

almost

3:09 pm

ahhh!!!

3:10 pm

oops...do I have to get shot now?

3:10 pm

te 7-people who rip things are te-7s

3:11 pm

wow, that was so obvious!

3:11 pm

te-7 sounds like a type of dog with alt spelling

3:11 pm

how many u need now jaime

3:12 pm

hmm, working on the last 3 te words.

3:12 pm

you've been really helpful!

3:12 pm

any clues for the re 8 & 9?

3:13 pm

re +alt spelling of nasty boss

3:13 pm

slave driver

3:13 pm

I think I know the te type of dog but can't figure out the alt spelling

3:14 pm

the 9 is a plural of the 8

3:14 pm

awesome Sha! thx much

3:14 pm

yw

3:14 pm

Hi all, ac55 please

3:14 pm

ac8/55, I meant

3:14 pm

think cry, jilli

3:15 pm

Hi Peri. Glad to see you back.

3:15 pm

or what crying causes

3:15 pm

u cry a te-4 +3rd vowel+2nd vowel+18th letter of the alphabet

3:15 pm

I have 173 to go :(

3:15 pm

I'm totally on the wrong track, then -- never mind!

3:16 pm

extend the ac-5-12 peri

3:17 pm

lol I just got the chinese critic joke...that

3:17 pm

is funny

3:17 pm

sha, I am trying to do that with no luck so far

3:17 pm

hello all! back from running errands... Andrea -- are you still here?

3:17 pm

hi stid

3:17 pm

hey Wolvie -- bow's it going?

3:17 pm

hi stid :)

3:18 pm

ac-5+3rd vowel+5th vowel + letter in top left corner peri

3:18 pm

does anyone have a clue for ul4,5?

3:18 pm

peri - it's not an ism, but close

3:18 pm

I logged in earlier from a friend's house to show her what babble was, and left it up for her to try out. We'll see if she comes back or if this monster grid scares her off!

3:18 pm

hi stid - pretty icon!

3:19 pm

have u got it peri?

3:19 pm

shan, thanks for the dumbed down clue, got the ac8, never would have found it myself

3:19 pm

thanks Jill -- it's the one I made for mandala day a while back. Thought I would use it today.

3:19 pm

loong, day, doing work as I babble - so also slow

3:19 pm

yw peri

3:19 pm

chinese disney character minus the "m"

3:19 pm

I still need the other ac5/12 and the ac7 any clues for those, anyone?

3:20 pm

Hi, Stid.

3:20 pm

finally got the "dog" clue!!!

3:20 pm

hey Judy -- how are you doing today?

3:20 pm

a +cl-6-24 the 1st one

3:20 pm

ac5/12 : short for what thespians do

3:21 pm

yea jili!

3:21 pm

oh-- there's the water for my "pot noodles" *listens for the gasps of horrified shock from across the pond* actually pilipino ramen today :-)

3:21 pm

brb

3:21 pm

ac+ another word for a can

3:21 pm

any help for ac7/36

3:21 pm

a + a smalll hospital

3:22 pm

gorgeous kitty, jillibus!

3:22 pm

merci bien, une!

3:22 pm

gtg now happy babbling

3:22 pm

mon plaisir, jillibus!

3:22 pm

bye, sha

3:23 pm

merci encore, une!

3:23 pm

anyone have the st 5/10 and st 7/28 in the middle?

3:23 pm

dthanks got the ac7 but still need the first ac5/12

3:24 pm

NM found it

3:24 pm

an9/66?

3:24 pm

Need help with al words, just have the al4/6

3:25 pm

peri, I need help with ALL words too! LOL

3:25 pm

later sha@

3:25 pm

peri, think 'foil'

3:26 pm

peri, the first 6 letters of foil, then add the beginning of **e cream to it

3:26 pm

gwen, I am but can't seem to make a word

3:26 pm

thanks Jaime, got it

3:26 pm

Start with just the first four letters, then the first six.

3:27 pm

ooh gwen and Jaime, good clues!

3:28 pm

al4/7?

3:28 pm

al + a preposition.

3:28 pm

what a fairie does. al+ what you call a baby if you don't know the gender yet.

3:28 pm

al + as**!

3:29 pm

Al + No **s, and's or but's!

3:29 pm

does anyone have the 9s?

3:29 pm

anyone have the last 3 re words?

3:29 pm

thanks gwenski

3:29 pm

I think my goal today is halfway...

3:30 pm

re + choo choo is the last one.

3:30 pm

me too, stid, if I can get there :)

3:30 pm

I wish I could do that, Stid. But I'm a Type A. Gotta do it ALL!! LOL

3:30 pm

*thanks lucky stars that she is NOT Type A!*

3:31 pm

Well I am halfway already, will play a little longer, no way will I finish. too many other things to do

3:31 pm

re8/40 & plural: Add alternate spelling of a dictator. Sounds like someone who is old enough to no longer work. Ends in picnic pest.

3:31 pm

hi all! love your pic, stidmama!

3:31 pm

fantastic, gwenski

3:31 pm

thanks, Ata -- how goes it today?

3:32 pm

an9: sounds like girls name + small medical facility

3:32 pm

Tiny hint on the te9? . .

3:32 pm

Jilli, I have one 9--an9/66--whic combines the first 3 letters of an4 with cl6/24--second one

3:32 pm

hello dear hetty! how's our Perky?

3:33 pm

torgone, what you get after you cry, compound word

3:33 pm

torgone, what you get after you cry, compound word

3:33 pm

that is the first an4/4

3:33 pm

I had a dream last night where Perky was jumping over Buffy, over and over and over... LOL

3:33 pm

hints on any of the in8 please

3:33 pm

torgone, te******ed cheeks

3:33 pm

"stanine" is so close to being a word!

3:34 pm

hi hetty, and thanks - I tried that and it "was not found in the dictionary"

3:34 pm

anyone have the ra 6/18? i just can't see it

3:35 pm

At the moment, Stid, Perky is jumping over and over me. She's in fine fettle. Just got back from the library, now have 1565 words to find, so see you all later!

3:35 pm

in8/40: on the inside.

3:35 pm

evening all. how u all doing.

3:35 pm

hi oggy!

3:35 pm

in 8/45: plural of 7/32, people who cause riots.

3:36 pm

thanks gwen, will look for them

3:36 pm

Time to close up shop and head home. Pedicure tonight. *ahhhhh* Have fun all. 57 left.

3:36 pm

anar

3:37 pm

later Judy!

3:37 pm

in8/40: plural of to beg. (or + tasty things)

3:37 pm

fireworks. finally!

3:37 pm

it goes well now the site is letting me type in words! I'm trying to come up with Clever Ideas for tattoos ...

3:37 pm

thanks gwen got the in7/32 and in8/45

3:37 pm

YAY wolvie!

3:37 pm

Last night at the click, jilli, I was busily complaining that the box had eatejn my words, anbd O started with "flippin' heck"--only to find the words "flippin' 'heck is not found in he dictionary" shong up in my "Add Word" Box!

3:37 pm

Aaah! .. Like my pillows .. Thank you all!

3:38 pm

I'm still missing one set of in7/28,8/40. Maybe you can find it for me?

3:38 pm

are you still there, Hetty? I got the an9- had been using the wrong cl6/24

3:38 pm

I laughed myself silly until Alan sad ," You'd better come to bed!"

3:39 pm

gwen, still workin on the in8/40's

3:39 pm

LOL Hetty!

3:39 pm

that was so silly, hetty! I saw it briefly before I disappeared for real. I was really looking forward to a smaller grid today. Oh well. All the points add up!

3:39 pm

Good, jilli. At the library today I tried to interest Murray Shoolbraid in babblers--he may show up!

3:40 pm

gwen - I would normal spell this other in 7/8 with an en - think contestant

3:40 pm

aw, tor.....:(

3:40 pm

Well, he's clever with words, all right!

3:41 pm

poor Tor -- are you okay?

3:41 pm

poor Tor -- are you okay?

3:41 pm

It's doing it again!

3:41 pm

I shoud say. Today we were declining Latin verbs a deal of the time.

3:41 pm

that's the combo I , not the total. ;-)

3:41 pm

I shoud say. Today we were declining Latin verbs a deal of the time.

3:41 pm

I shoud say. Today we were declining Latin verbs a deal of the time.

3:41 pm

Thanks, Wolvie.

3:41 pm

now I must try for the 3 ar6's

3:42 pm

Thanks, Wolvie.

3:42 pm

It's swallowing my words again!

3:42 pm

It's swallowing my words again!

3:42 pm

It's swallowing my words again!

3:42 pm

*note: I ALWAYS decline Latin!* *giggle*

3:42 pm

gwen thanks for the clues, found one of the in8 (I thought contestant :) and got it, don't have the ohter in8 yet though

3:43 pm

Hello, stidmama.

3:43 pm

And hetty, and others who arrived while I was administering snack.

3:44 pm

hello Vi!

3:44 pm

Speaking of snacks, hubby wants one. (He hasn't been out of the house since getting home from the hospital.) So, it's (short) roadtrip time!

hey everyone ! i'm back - sorry for bugging out like that - roofer came with samples

3:45 pm

holy monster of a grid!!!

3:46 pm

yes, nut, and you expected pablum?

3:46 pm

you can say that again evanonut

3:46 pm

later gwen

3:46 pm

A little pablum is nice from time to time (she says wistfully)

3:46 pm

Hi vicuna. Resurfaced to beg for the ex5/20, please

3:46 pm

up to 160 time for another break, bbl

3:46 pm

bye gwen

3:46 pm

i can't start this one...maybe i'll just help jam the log instead

3:47 pm

ugh, where will i find 40 more words?

3:47 pm

Ex5/20, Ex5/20, read all about it!

99 bottles of .... no wait, that's 99 words, hmmm, beer might make this easier to bear

3:47 pm

boy this is a big one, not sure where to start

3:48 pm

hello helen!

beer might make alot of things easier to bear...*sigh*

3:48 pm

The grid of a thousand words starts with a single letter.

3:48 pm

{{[daisy}}}

3:48 pm

The distorted view from beer may help find words.

3:49 pm

somebody said that Marquee Marc is on a reality TV show? Does anyone know which one?

3:49 pm

hello moule - don't think we've met before -- ?

stid - i think that's marcellas on big brother

3:50 pm

hi Moule -- Ottawa?

3:50 pm

Hi Stidmama

3:50 pm

hungry - going to get lunch - back soon

3:50 pm

oh, thanks helen, I was just trying to figure out which one he might be... never saw a picture of him before .... brb

or as he is known among the chatters who get the feed - marcell ass because he has been mean toe everyone's favorite janie & no one likes him anymore, plus he wear the same white silk robe most of the day, never seems to get dressed

3:52 pm

stid - where's your flag gone?

what??? me??? a rumor-spreader!!!!

3:52 pm

I read all about it, Vicuna! Ta.

3:53 pm

hi all

3:53 pm

wowza- on the puzzle!

hi kim!

3:53 pm

Hello, kimberblue. Yes, it's a doozy.

3:53 pm

still don't know, jill -- it's been a few weeks. I also don't have a purson of any color any more. That's okay... it makes me mysterious.

3:53 pm

you said it, kimberblue!

so stid - did you go check him out?

3:55 pm

I noticed the purson absence too - and your profile doesn't say if you're male or female

3:55 pm

no Jill -- but does it really matter?

3:55 pm

With a name like "mama," I think I have a guess as to her gender...

3:55 pm

LOL as if my screen name and my chat topics didn't give it away!

stid-incognita

3:55 pm

no, stid - and I think people can figure it out from the mama bit - lol

3:56 pm

Helen, I am trying to figure out how that game is played... I have never watched a "reality" TV show... so far I am stymied!

3:56 pm

going for lunch NOW - bbl

well stid it's pretty awful - i realized what it was that kept me watching these shows, like bb & the bachelor & that is the pure horror of it all - & since i am allergic to scary movies, this has substituted for that genre

in bb - 15 people are locked in a house & must live together & each week they vote one person out, until there are 2 left & then the last 7 voted out (the jury) vote on who wins the big prize

3:58 pm

later Jill!

i say it's mean because there is lying, conniving, tone of swearing, deceit left & right, & people's true natures come out on natioinal tv for all to see - it is the epitomy of inappropriate disclosure

4:00 pm

Helen, it seems like a very silly thing to me. I can't imagine taking that much time out of my life for something like that -- I guess I am really just a stick in the mud. give me "Green Acres" or "Looney Tunes" any day!

stid - $1,000,000 - does that give you pause

4:01 pm

I don't need to watch people being mean to others and acting like total trash... not even for a million dollars. It is not in my nature, and it makes me sad when people put money over relationships.

4:01 pm

You testify, stidmama! Hear hear!

4:01 pm

popped up for help with the ca 5/12 , the one after the autos, please

4:02 pm

a la ca5/12

4:03 pm

hmm, got that one, what precedes it ( a 5/12)?

well, they are at best fake relationships - but if you mean their real life relationships, i can see where for some people that much money really means a long-term change in circumstance - which can be great for large families struggling, etc. - but your point is taken, most are greedy, single young people

4:03 pm

hello inge. I am ten words from halfway...

4:03 pm

ca 5/12 diamond measurement?

4:03 pm

Anyoe have the fr7, please?

4:04 pm

I am 15 to go, and loosing my sanity

4:04 pm

no, it goes autoas, a ca4/5 wagon, and then a la ca5/12. The next 5/12 is the pl of wagons.

4:04 pm

I am glad to not live in a soap opera! LOL

4:04 pm

go inge go!

4:04 pm

*what is sanity?*

me too stid!

4:04 pm

got that one too, maybe I will wait till chj shows up

4:04 pm

carts

4:05 pm

wrong box

4:05 pm

maybe chj was smart today and stayed away, inge?

4:05 pm

well, I got all those, maybe licketys list is off???

4:05 pm

unlike me, drawn in even with no hope of finnishing.

4:05 pm

*finishing...

4:06 pm

Well, my c's match up with lickety.

you will finish stid!

4:07 pm

carrs

4:07 pm

wrong box again

4:07 pm

is there a 5/12 before the autos?

ty cauz!

4:07 pm

fr7/56, please?

4:07 pm

okay, new product for the Babble Store: "LUXAN" add instant glamour and polish to your babble icons... apply "LUXAN" (c)(tm)(mr) over the finished icon and sit back to be admired. Available from all fine Babble Stores (and a few trucks in back alleys) wherever ROLECKS watches are sold!

4:08 pm

I think that's what cauz just "clued"!

LOL stid

4:08 pm

Hetty add suffix to 4/7, what children are sometimes

4:09 pm

fr7/56 - "each particular hair to stand on end like quills upon the fr7 porpentine"

4:10 pm

oops, I thought cauz was a misspelling!!! Thats what I needed

4:10 pm

Vicuna, beautiful quotation, ta

4:11 pm

and thanks, inge. I somehow always miss the top left hand corner

gotta run - bbl

4:12 pm

later helen

4:12 pm

Bye, helenk!

4:12 pm

three more words and I will pass halfway

4:14 pm

go stid! go!

4:17 pm

(Duty calls. But I'll be back for more punishment later.)

4:18 pm

clue for 1st la 5pls?

4:20 pm

one more...

4:21 pm

I think "calixte" ought to be a word. it just looks cool. *sigh*

4:22 pm

farts

4:22 pm

hee!

4:22 pm

phantom word

4:22 pm

nope tor, not in the grid today... *grin* try again tomorrow!

4:23 pm

I know .. Just making a statement ..

4:23 pm

whatsa matter tor

4:23 pm

yippee! I got to 156 words! now I am going to accomplish some ART! back later at storytime... *vanishes in cloud of paint and brushes*

4:24 pm

happy creating

4:24 pm

no clues for the 1st la 5 then?

4:25 pm

Byee stid .. Nothing phand, just in a farty mood ..

4:25 pm

double ist vowel, ends in 3rd vowel ph

4:25 pm

oh...

4:25 pm

Yes, phandam--just found it--double first vowel and then go to hook and second vowel

4:25 pm

starts with l, of course. ;-)

4:25 pm

thnx

4:26 pm

2nd? I (ahem) have it as the third. ;-)

4:30 pm

this grid is making me cry.

4:30 pm

i feel like it should be my "unexplained phenomenon"

4:31 pm

Don't cry, little Fiz ..

4:32 pm

It has the opposite effect on me - I want to throw the laptop across the room, stomp on it, then come back and try again - of course.

4:33 pm

*snifffffff* ok, tor, but just cause you're so nice.

4:33 pm

i'm just having one of those days where everything is taking 12 times as long as they should to finish. no exception here.

4:34 pm

There there . . You don't want your blouse to get te9/54ed ..

4:34 pm

here, Fiz, have a cookie.

4:34 pm

*tries stomping on laptop* hey charm, that works great. i feel better already!

4:34 pm

yes, but does your laptop?

4:35 pm

we're not talking about the laptop's feelings, we're talking about mine. *deep breath, bite of cookie, delicate swan dive into grid*

4:36 pm

we've kept one off the ledge....

4:36 pm

*flurry of nilla wafers floats through the air*

4:37 pm

finally made it back. :)

4:38 pm

hi klaurel

4:38 pm

and stop talking about breaking laptops! I am considerng the same . . . because I want a new one but I am not scheduled for another one for 6 more months!

4:38 pm

have a nilla wafer, klaurel - they make facing the grid easier!

4:38 pm

ist li 6 pls

4:39 pm

yummy! I might have to attack my pickle supply.

4:39 pm

hi.....anyone need clues?

4:39 pm

li + er4/4

4:39 pm

thnx

4:40 pm

angel, I am staring the the grid and thinking I am SOOOO fried after having too many kids on a playdate and thinking, feel free to just start tossing clues. :)

4:40 pm

mmmm. i love pickles. i can eat a whole jar of those little gherkins in a sitting.

4:40 pm

Fiz, I got a :Bucket of Pickes from Jimmy Johns

4:41 pm

lu 6 pls

4:41 pm

sounds tasty!

4:42 pm

ta 8/45 and ta 7/28 please

4:43 pm

love pickles, toss one to me

4:43 pm

sorta like ultra, ph - just minus the middle uri...

4:43 pm

lu + high pointer and consumed

4:43 pm

ultra like a day at the spa

4:43 pm

sigh - much better clue mymuse. :-)

4:44 pm

back from gym, hope it helps my brain cells :)

4:44 pm

excellent!

4:44 pm

it does - I just took the doggie for a looonnng walk - finally a nice evening.

4:45 pm

evening everyone hope your all o.k,can anyone help me out a bit with the last 4 IN's please im well stuck on them,cheers

4:46 pm

damn, muse! I need that!

4:46 pm

first set of in 7 /8 - alternate spelling of contestant

4:46 pm

second set - plead.

cl 5/18 pls? ty

4:47 pm

both 8's are plurals.

4:47 pm

cheers wolvie

4:47 pm

in college, some use cl**notes, and add a t

4:48 pm

Hi sandr, and that clue was for you. :-)

ty Wolvie:)

4:49 pm

ummm - forgot to say - minus the last letter - or replace last letter with a t

4:49 pm

yw daisy

oh I got it; no worries :)

4:50 pm

off to fix dinner - hope to bbl!

4:51 pm

see you later wolvie, enjoy dinner!

4:51 pm

mu clues?

4:51 pm

can you also help with the te6/18 and the 2 7/28's between te 4/4 meaning to weep and te 5/10 to weep plural,cheers

4:52 pm

need the 1st one

4:53 pm

straight down left side mu5

4:53 pm

soz for the hassel guys just got them answers thanx anyway

4:53 pm

yeah, found that one, need the other one pls

4:55 pm

phand mu5/20 is first 3 letters of a fur role to keep your hands warm + **ne's on your fork

4:55 pm

thnx, Fiz

4:55 pm

fireworks

4:56 pm

yw. did you get that? i had a little brain fart on the clue.

4:56 pm

yay oggy!!!

4:56 pm

wtg oggy!!

4:56 pm

it was perfecto

4:56 pm

I asked for clue for ta 8/45 and ta 7/28 . Did I miss it? or are theclueers overworked???

4:57 pm

i don't have those 2 inge.

4:57 pm

I don't have it inge, was hoping Angelsong would clue

4:57 pm

yay oggy!

4:57 pm

OK lets all wait for an inspiration from avove

4:57 pm

*above

4:57 pm

na 5/12?

4:58 pm

na + e*** clapton

4:58 pm

ta 8 is ta6/18 + frozen water minus last letter

4:59 pm

thx oggy!

5:00 pm

tx oggy - weird word

5:00 pm

up to 248 words, gotta go, hope to bb after dinner

5:00 pm

30 left here

5:01 pm

the ANs are going to kill me! That does not bode well for my 232 other words

5:01 pm

ta7 is skin colour from the sun + type of headwear minus the i if that helps.

5:01 pm

103 to go here. klaurel i've got all the ans if you need help

5:01 pm

thanks Oggy, how abut the ta 7/28?

hi again all! clue plese for ce6/21 - i have the middle one...

5:02 pm

clued at 5.o1

5:03 pm

to - last ce6/21 is british spelling of middle - change last vowel on the one you have.

the last cl 6/24 pls? ty I've been all over the map...

5:03 pm

ce6/21 just change the last letter for diff vowel

5:04 pm

Anyone have the na5/12?

ty oggy, fiz

5:04 pm

is there another ta 7/28 right after the 8/45 you clued for us?

5:04 pm

cl6 change the n for a t

5:04 pm

first ca6/21 is a feline+2nd vowel+first 3 letters of a little rest the feline might take

ok ty oggy :)

5:04 pm

ta7 pl of ta6/18?

5:05 pm

yes there is

96 left...time to rest a bit

5:05 pm

got it dodge

5:05 pm

5 to go

5:06 pm

na5 is na + ...e the stuff u have with curry

en5/12 please?

5:06 pm

na5/12?

5:06 pm

na5 = na + e*** clapton

5:07 pm

en5/12 to put into law

5:07 pm

TO, en5/12 is another verb for performin gon a stage--you en*** a role

5:07 pm

ar6/18 before the ar6/30 dodger?

ty muse...struggling here...ex5.20 please?

5:08 pm

I have that one-must be the na5/10 I'm looking for

5:08 pm

ex5/20 = more

5:08 pm

ar + complain (ends with picnic pest)

5:08 pm

na5/10 is the NIgerian money

5:08 pm

sounds stupid, but I am missing a ca 4/5 , the one right after the 5/12 that ends in x

same as er 6/18 only with an a instead of an e

5:09 pm

ex5/20 newsboy call? or standby actor?

5:09 pm

inge take out the last vowel on the 5.

ty roc - i am beyond seeing words in this ggrid...

5:09 pm

which I've never traded with--is there another clue before I google?

5:09 pm

which I've never traded with--is there another clue before I google?

5:09 pm

which I've never traded with--is there another clue before I google?

5:09 pm

oh, sorry inge, ca4/5 is what you might use to walk with a bad leg - or how sugar grows

5:09 pm

ca+ double hook letter

5:09 pm

no, that is not the one I need

5:10 pm

3 times lucky!

5:10 pm

YAY! there is hope for me yet, I managed the ANs

5:10 pm

n + what we breathe + vowel

yay for klaurel

5:10 pm

back to finish this thing off!

5:11 pm

larlielou are u there

5:11 pm

good work klaurel!

5:11 pm

inge ca auto double last consonant

5:11 pm

thanks Oggy

5:12 pm

fifh minkey caught it, ta

5:12 pm

Dear Dr_God, May we please have a somewhat smaller grid tomorrow, please? Thank you.

5:12 pm

ok...i whittled it down to one , so now im gonna beg for a clue...pleeeeeeaase, could someone clue me for the ir6

smart ...aleck. some us of HAVE no life....

5:13 pm

ir + opp fake

5:13 pm

fake, chj.

5:14 pm

ty...fireworks here

i know i just LIVE for these monster grids...

5:14 pm

yay chj!

5:14 pm

congrats chj!!

5:14 pm

wtg chj

5:14 pm

tanks fiz, muse

congrats chj

5:14 pm

i was just so tired

5:14 pm

:P Who has a life?

5:14 pm

pyros chj!

5:14 pm

Hoorayee chj!

5:15 pm

no life here, tor. i'm still @ work.

hey hey ren!

5:15 pm

rennie! how's it going?

5:15 pm

hey t-owl!!!

5:15 pm

life? what's that?

5:16 pm

you and that dishy marc!!!

5:16 pm

yay chj - and hello everyone - sneaking on at work

5:16 pm

hi ya ren!

5:16 pm

hi debb!

5:16 pm

shhhhh! hi debb

5:16 pm

renrenrenrenrenren & ren!

hi deb - you had your revenge today...

5:17 pm

hi deb

5:17 pm

jeez - finally

5:18 pm

thanks all

5:18 pm

yeah mets finally win one

5:18 pm

everyone doing good? i didn't finish yesterday (cause of computer problems and i had a dinner - excuses, excuses - i have to finish today)

5:18 pm

how good does maine look chj

5:18 pm

the AR 6/18 after the opera song and the 6/21 right after?

5:19 pm

looked great today

so disappointed...love to see phillies get their butts kicked

5:19 pm

and delgado had 2 and beltran 1

5:20 pm

ar + complain for ar6/18

5:20 pm

theres no 6/21

5:20 pm

final-freakin-ly fireworks

5:21 pm

whoops AR 6/30

5:21 pm

complain,. muse? :)

5:21 pm

wtg roc

well for the in words i only have one 7/8 pair...the ones that are are those who sign up for contests

5:21 pm

it's NOT been a good week - i felt bad cause glavine pitched really well yesterday - to no avial - lol TO

yay roc!

5:21 pm

yay for roc!!!

5:22 pm

how is everyone doing on the grid...it was a long slog today, especially since i didnt do any at the flip

5:22 pm

yay roc

5:22 pm

TO - another in-pair is just like an en-pair

5:22 pm

ar6/30 the ar---- dodger from Oliver Twist?

5:22 pm

sorry dinner just arrived

5:22 pm

i mssed you at the flip chj

5:22 pm

Hear ye, hear ye, Inge is about to enter her last word, a lousy ti 5. Moment of silence please for my Fireworks.

well chj - i could use a clue for the7/8

5:22 pm

thanks, roc

5:22 pm

i was there but went to bed immediately

5:23 pm

ar6/18 ar + **** and rave (ends w/ picnic pest)

5:23 pm

you left coasters have a big advantage

5:23 pm

ihave the an9 - does anyone have the re9 or the te9?

5:23 pm

**i was late))

5:23 pm

staying for the flip and working on the grid has ruined my sleeping patterns

5:23 pm

can we cheer now inge?

5:23 pm

i bet it has!!

5:24 pm

te (is compound word of drops you cry, and the spot they make on your skirt

5:24 pm

re + sounds like another name for dictators spelled differently

5:24 pm

re9 sounds like people that no longer need to work

5:24 pm

te9 is te4/4 + st5/10

5:24 pm

bbs have to eat :)

5:24 pm

hello everyone.........back to try and finish this bad boy

5:24 pm

yes please do, I never worked so hard before, and wont do tomorrow if it exceeds 150 words

5:24 pm

thanks, muse. How could I have missed my Knigh ar****

5:24 pm

clue on that an9 please?

ty inge!

5:25 pm

Yay Inge!!!!

5:25 pm

hi to

5:25 pm

ta, rocdragon

5:25 pm

who needs clues

5:25 pm

te9 you've been crying and now your dear john letter is covered with these

5:25 pm

me too kalea, and promptly got stuck on a stupid ra6/18 - anyone?

5:26 pm

got to put on supper, bbl for clueing

5:26 pm

an + first vowel + movie reviewer with second consonant changed

ty amanda!

5:28 pm

roc - that takes me to the te5/10 - how do I get to the 9?

5:28 pm

ra6 is rodent + anagram of tie

5:28 pm

jilli, add the st5/10 to that

5:29 pm

thanks kalea

5:29 pm

thanks oggy!

5:29 pm

yw

5:29 pm

hi jilli

5:30 pm

hi chj - you being good?

5:30 pm

im off to bed, happy hunting, bb 2morrow.

5:30 pm

I'm back -- 59 to go. Just looked at the definition of an9: "Having a physical and emotional dependence on another person". Doesn't that describe all of us?

5:30 pm

lol gwen

5:31 pm

bye oggy

5:31 pm

(or at least, just those of us who chat!)

bye oggy

5:31 pm

you bet, gwenski

en 7/28 pls?

first li6/18 clue, please? ty!

5:32 pm

im always good jilli

5:32 pm

how many left jilli...or have you finished already?

5:32 pm

en7/28: to beg.

5:33 pm

that's a nasty one TO - it wore my monkeys out. li + an ever-present babble bird

ty gwenski....*will have tartar sauce with that*

5:33 pm

chj - I only have 150 words, 161 left, and I don't care!

ty amaanda - i knew the first four letters so it was easy with your clue!

5:34 pm

have you finished, good chj?

5:34 pm

jilli crack corn and i dont care

5:34 pm

No problem. (And there's a word in your reply!)

daisy said a wo-ord

5:34 pm

quite so

5:34 pm

yes just a few minutes ago

5:35 pm

congrats chj

5:35 pm

YAY chj!!!!

5:35 pm

hooray for chj!

*goes and stands in the corner*

5:36 pm

thanks...hope everyone else is within reach

good job chj :)

92 left here...

5:37 pm

that corner gets crowded sometimes, daisy

i am missing the last three re words...

5:37 pm

163

5:37 pm

67 left, here

5:37 pm

re + choo choo

5:37 pm

I'm only reaching for half way

5:37 pm

57 left for me

5:37 pm

het daisy...keep going...you too debb

well now i have the 7

33 left

5:39 pm

they have to do with not working anymore, TO

5:39 pm

TO: add a variant spelling of a dictator. Or, sounds like an older person on social security.

5:40 pm

any help with the 1st CA 5/18? Right after the biblical character?

ty amanda, gwen - odd words but the r words are slain

5:40 pm

Sadly, some of my r's are still alive. :(

5:40 pm

ca.........a varied spelling of arab chieftain

5:41 pm

go to...need any help

5:41 pm

or abbr for the golden state

5:41 pm

got them! Forgot the CAL and then found it and found them all

well bring it on gwen! we'll stomp on those little buggers for you!

5:42 pm

Does anyone have the re8/40and the re9/54, please?I assume they are related

5:42 pm

TO, please help me slay my re words

5:43 pm

RA 6/21? (I'm NOT going to ask for help on my missing ra4/4 just yet.)

hetty just clued - those no longer working

evening all can someone clue me for the ac 8 pls and ty

sexier

5:44 pm

re8.....funny way of saying person over 65

5:44 pm

gwen, ra6 is more ra** than other runners in life's race

5:44 pm

and the plural

gwenski

5:44 pm

Thanks, TO! And I found the missing 4, so my R's are slain!!

yay for dead r's!!!

5:45 pm

ac8...........to perform + not out + mineral suffix

5:45 pm

the last 6/24?

5:46 pm

yay gwenski!

first st word please? 6/21

5:47 pm

a woman with big boobs is st6/21 - if you can't spell

5:47 pm

st + perform + cross letter + second vowel

5:47 pm

lol amanda

ty for st - that has been in grids before

5:48 pm

LOL Amanda

5:48 pm

lol amanda!

kalea i must be dense, got the first 5 letters but can't figure out the end any help

5:48 pm

the last CL 6/24

5:48 pm

glad to entertain

5:49 pm

I never knew Babble would be such a turn on!

5:50 pm

or such a burden

5:50 pm

sheryl, add personal pronoun + what people say when tongue is tied

5:50 pm

but it won't take the shortened form of the female part

there are some bogus st words i this grid!

5:50 pm

Now I'm stuck on the final re7--also to do with no longer working?

5:51 pm

nope, hetty -- choo choo

5:51 pm

klaurel.........movie reviewer with second consonant changed

no hetty- if those pepole wanted to change careers this is what must happen

5:53 pm

thanks, kalea

5:53 pm

*suddenly dancing around the room as "funky cold medina" comes on the radio*

5:53 pm

thanks, kalea

i give up not coming to me at all

moving on

5:55 pm

yw, klaurel

site is slowing down again

5:55 pm

ta7/52?

5:56 pm

oh-oh, suddenly slowing down

5:56 pm

is everyone experiencing a return to the 'creeping along at a snail's pace'???

5:56 pm

adj of the one before it, gwen

5:56 pm

uhhhhh...........ohhhhhhhh.........slo oooooooo

5:56 pm

yep

5:57 pm

thanks, amandacath!

5:57 pm

yep........it's almost as slow as my typing, and that's baaaaaaaaaaaad

5:57 pm

yw - those ta's are giving me a headache

they're giving me a pain in the a** - literally

5:59 pm

Speaking of ta's, I just found my college colors: ta**** plaid!

5:59 pm

*ouch*

5:59 pm

ca7/32 is giving ME a headache

6:00 pm

the second one, jilli?

twio are plurals of ca6 above them

6:00 pm

do you have the two ca7's that are plurals?

la 5/10?? pls?

6:00 pm

let me relieve you of your pain, jilli - aerials on a kitty?

6:01 pm

la + mr onassis

6:01 pm

amanda, you are toooooo clever!!

6:01 pm

did i say ca7/32? silly me, I meant ce7/32

6:01 pm

(I stole that one from torgone)

it was in yesterday's grid, hetty

ok ty kalea :)

6:02 pm

ce...........penny + to be

6:02 pm

oh, in that case - misspelled greek creatures?

6:02 pm

lol.........or misspelled star

6:02 pm

i'm missing ra6/18 btw "not common" and rodents - help?

6:02 pm

FA 5/20

6:02 pm

whoops., FI 5/20

6:02 pm

and FI 6/27

6:02 pm

TO, why are you telling me somethng was in yesterday's grid? Did I ask a question i've forgotten already?

6:03 pm

ra + misspelled not loose

6:03 pm

thanks, all

6:03 pm

klaurel - fi5/20 looks like "phylum" - i'm a biogeek

the ca that you sought - aerials on a kitty?

6:03 pm

fi + ***p of coal

6:03 pm

fr6/27.....brother in latin + to ***ct legislation

6:03 pm

this grid can't spell - fi5/20, think genus, species, etc.

6:03 pm

if it was the choo choo clue, I got that, thanks TO

6:04 pm

frena

6:04 pm

TO - I goofed - it was a ce and I got it, thanks to helpers

6:04 pm

shoopt

6:04 pm

fi6/27 is limited - often used as infi6/27 to mean unlimited or expansive

sorry it was for jili!

6:05 pm

so someone return the favor and tell me what the ta7/28 is after the t***ban

6:05 pm

ty kalea

6:05 pm

yw

6:05 pm

thanks, fix

6:05 pm

fiz

6:05 pm

I would if I could, but I can't. Sorry, amandacath.

6:06 pm

my ta's are few, amanda...........sorry

6:06 pm

yw klaurel. amandacath - like the kind of sex sting has - stick an extra vowel in the ta6/18 before the last 2 letters

6:06 pm

it's all so twisty-turny down there in the right-hand corner

6:07 pm

okay gonna make dinner and hope to get back!

6:07 pm

ta7/28 to brown in the sun + scarlett's home

6:07 pm

gosh..........what kind of sex DOES sting have?

6:07 pm

ta7/28: bronzing of the skin at the beach plus where Scarlett O'hara lived

6:08 pm

the kidn that takes a lot of practice, kalea.

6:08 pm

*kind

6:08 pm

chj, love your icon caption!

6:08 pm

oh, thank you, thank you all! One more ta....

6:08 pm

thnx une...it was in honor of rennie

6:08 pm

lol Fiz

6:09 pm

totally salivating just thinking about Cheetos!

6:10 pm

Ta's are slain!

6:10 pm

go amandacath!

6:10 pm

wow!

6:10 pm

...on to the te's...

6:11 pm

chj - you joined babble on my son's 58th b'day!

6:12 pm

evening everyone.

6:12 pm

hey, charm!

6:12 pm

july 19....a belated happy bday to your son

6:12 pm

hello Charm

6:12 pm

Hi charm!

6:12 pm

Help with the ta6 after the ta4 mountain lake? (It could be my last ta, but I'm not sure.)

6:12 pm

gdevening charm 9afternoon here)

6:12 pm

your son is a year older than moi

6:12 pm

Hi, Unea, kalea, amanda.

6:12 pm

(ta6/18)

6:12 pm

quite a crowd for this little grid today.

6:13 pm

also the bday of my friend jennifer the md

6:13 pm

I saw that, chj

hi charm - imust go take a walk. i am developing babble butt

6:13 pm

hi charm!

6:13 pm

Quite a grid for the crowd, too.

6:13 pm

when's your b'day, chj?

6:13 pm

Hi, Fiz. bye, TO.

6:13 pm

ta6/18 beige + *** la la

6:13 pm

april

6:14 pm

Got that one, chj. It's the next one I'm looking for.

6:14 pm

lol to - i think me too!

6:14 pm

that was the one stumping me too, gwen. My monkeys found it - like ca**** knowledge (the Sting Sex is stuck in my mind...)

6:14 pm

in7/28 in the middle please

6:15 pm

mmmm...its been almost a month of babbling for me...next week i should join the 1030 club on the hot list

6:15 pm

Took me a bit, but got it, amanda. Thanks again.

6:15 pm

ta6/18 a plane lands on the ***mac + car*** knowledge

6:16 pm

too bad it's not july 19 too - you sound like kindred spirits

6:16 pm

pabtrek - in+cross letter+ ra4/4 and rave

6:16 pm

im a taurus what is july 19

6:16 pm

bb in a mo

6:16 pm

thanks Fiz

6:17 pm

yw pabtrek

6:17 pm

jilli...rennie also has a cat as her unexplained phenomena

6:18 pm

brb........door

6:19 pm

how sick is it that i've got 57 left and they are all S and T words? this grid is out of control!

6:20 pm

By any chance, do the last 7 te's all start with the same four letters?

6:20 pm

any clues for the word starting with U ?

6:20 pm

this is my first game ! :)

6:20 pm

no

6:21 pm

no u's and no the last 7 te's dont all start with the same 4 letters

6:21 pm

ul4/5 batur is the last stop on the transsiberian railroad - it's a city in mongolia. *dissapears in a flash of useless knowledge*

6:21 pm

U*** Bator

u + what your computers hook to like internet but not

wow Roisin! talk about a baptism by fire! this is huge for your first game :)

6:21 pm

the first 6 do, the 7th starts with different letters

6:22 pm

sorry i missed the one u

6:22 pm

but the 6 before the last te do...

6:22 pm

im only on 83...muh

6:22 pm

im only on 83...muh

6:22 pm

im only on 83...muh

6:22 pm

OK. I've got 4 with the same four letters. I'll keep looking...

6:22 pm

oops

6:23 pm

in the last 2, the vowel changes

6:23 pm

There's an st5/10 I can't get-- not the mess and not the steps--what can it be?

6:23 pm

whats the tile stats thing supposed to tell you ?

6:24 pm

it tells you how amny words start with each tile

6:24 pm

hetty a homophone of the mess

6:24 pm

and also how many of those have you gotten

6:24 pm

thanx chj

6:24 pm

Evening all. I'm back for my last 82...

6:24 pm

jac

6:25 pm

jac is back

6:25 pm

Hi chj.

6:25 pm

hi Jac!

6:25 pm

Last te7/28, please?

6:25 pm

but there isn't an "e" to make the homophone with

6:25 pm

go down, not up, hetty

6:26 pm

Thanks, gwenski

6:26 pm

Hi amandacath.

6:27 pm

gwen, every third day - if that helps...

6:27 pm

Thatshould be written on my firehead--go down not up, go left not right--

6:28 pm

te7/28 the famous venetian painter but replace first vowel with emergency room

6:28 pm

Wow! te's down! WooHoo! (Gotta take pleasure in small things in the large grid)

6:29 pm

ok. 46 left. ALL Ts. that's just wrong.

6:30 pm

AAARRRGGHHH! I've missed one word somewhere!

6:30 pm

ar6/30 please?

the 1st of the mi's...the 7/36 pls?

6:31 pm

Oliver Twist's Ar6/30 Dodger

6:31 pm

aarrgh - thanks, gwenski!

6:31 pm

I forgot that 'f'.

6:31 pm

ar5/12 please

6:32 pm

*also waiting on daisy's clue*

6:32 pm

mi7 that spicy pie was mi****** than the others

6:32 pm

ar5/12 - ar + anagram of frozen water

ty chj...what a word!

6:33 pm

No wonder I didn't see it -- we always had pumpkin pie, not that mi stuff!

I don't even like the SOUND of that mi stuff myself

6:34 pm

i found that whenever there was a 6, 7, or 8 word with no relatives, it ended in ier

6:34 pm

Yeah -- it couldn't possibly be meat, right?

mmm, meat

oh, and evening, folks :)

6:34 pm

lets not mi*** words

6:37 pm

FIREWORKS!!!!!

6:37 pm

*gets out onion and chef's knife*

6:37 pm

Yay amandacath!!

6:37 pm

yay amandacath!

6:37 pm

yay amanda

6:37 pm

Well done, amandacath!

6:37 pm

congrats amanda.........and hello frazer

6:37 pm

are you making mi*** pie fiz

6:38 pm

Phew! That was a long haul!

6:38 pm

yep right here on my laptop. mmmm.

6:39 pm

last ti7/28 & ti8/40?

fireworks! but i just cannot stand to be here any more (not the company) - ty for the help and see you tomorrow!

6:40 pm

sorry gwen.........don't have them

6:40 pm

congrats, TO

6:40 pm

ti 7/28 breast + to spew anger

6:40 pm

gwen - a fit about boobs?

6:40 pm

yay to

6:40 pm

good one amanda

6:40 pm

I was trying 'boobier', but not 'fits'. THanks!

6:41 pm

lol...thanks for the descriptive clue

gwen: ti4/4 singular + ra4/4 and ra4/5

bye!

6:42 pm

only monkeys think of words like that!

6:42 pm

amandacath - Thanks. Got it/them straight off from you descriptive clue.:)

6:43 pm

*your

6:44 pm

anything to make this grid more enjoyable!

6:44 pm

Dead T's!! (but 33 more words still live)

6:45 pm

ar5/12 please

6:45 pm

ar + anagram of ice

6:46 pm

thanks chj

6:47 pm

I think I'll join TO and sign off - I really can't stand to look at the grid anymore either. Not that I don't enjoy the company!

6:47 pm

Bye amanda. Thanks again for your help

6:47 pm

see you later amandacath. have a good rest!

6:47 pm

night amanda

6:48 pm

hi again - fading in and out of the grid. 100 more blankety-blank words....

6:48 pm

'Night Amanda (& TO - didn't see her go!). Sleep well.

6:49 pm

na5/10 and ni7/40??

6:49 pm

68 to go.... (words, not Babblers).

6:49 pm

hello

6:49 pm

hi scv!

6:49 pm

OMG such al big grid, i just started (what was I thinking!) 271 to go and how many hours =O

6:50 pm

hello scv

6:50 pm

lol Jacula

6:50 pm

na5/10 na + *** ocasek of the cars

6:50 pm

need a cl6/24 - have the small hospital, Hi everyone

6:50 pm

49 to go for me

6:50 pm

145 here and will not finish and that is okay with me

6:50 pm

Sorry chj -- that meant nothing to me.

6:50 pm

ni7 your idea was ni***** than mine

6:51 pm

take that word, peri, and change the middle consonant

6:51 pm

peri change the center consonant.

6:51 pm

na + e*** clapton

6:51 pm

gwenski - na5/10 = Nigerian currency. ni7/40 = more quick or agile.

6:51 pm

thanks should have known that from the an9

6:51 pm

gwenski - na+**k james the superfreak

6:51 pm

i won't finish either but its worth a try

6:52 pm

ohhhh, i'm finishing. only 7 to go....

6:52 pm

sorry i was giving na 5/12

6:52 pm

GOt the ni. Still struggling with the nigerian currency

6:52 pm

na5/10 n + what you breath + great grade

6:53 pm

Got it! thanks

6:53 pm

en5 and en7 please

6:54 pm

en7: to beg. (Also an in7 like that)

6:55 pm

peri, en7 = en plus tr5/10

6:55 pm

thanks gwenski, got them both

6:56 pm

the 2nd er7/32?

6:56 pm

yay! done!

6:56 pm

yay fizzer

6:56 pm

anyone need a quick clue? then off to dinner

6:56 pm

yes please -- see below!

6:57 pm

this grid was a real....tr5/10

6:57 pm

YAY Fiz!

6:57 pm

fu6? That's been bugging me for a while

6:57 pm

er7 your behaving er*****ly

6:57 pm

er7/32 is irregular, or not straight - an er7/32 pattern

6:58 pm

fu+ do re **+ **ic clapton

6:58 pm

bbl

6:59 pm

bye chj

6:59 pm

thanks fiz

6:59 pm

'Bye chj.

6:59 pm

a clue for the x word

6:59 pm

please

6:59 pm

(Just typed that in the 'add word' box. LOL.

6:59 pm

and thank you

7:00 pm

yw gwenski. aknitter - xe+ ***k james. means dry

7:00 pm

aknitter - x + Mr. Clapton or Mr. Burdon (of The Animals).

7:00 pm

pondering those er7 clues. Are they for the 2nd er7? not the one that ends in a tirade.

7:01 pm

ahhh ty for that x it was bugging me

7:01 pm

Jillibus - Yes. If a driver his drunk, he might drive in an er***** fashion.

7:01 pm

en5/12 please

7:01 pm

His drunk?? Meant is drunk.

7:02 pm

Think it's time I had a drink!

7:02 pm

and i HAVE to get something to eat - see you all later. Jilli - the 3rd er7 - you asked for the last (only) er7/32

7:02 pm

need help with ex words, have the way to go out

7:02 pm

sounds like a good idea. see you all tomorrow!

7:02 pm

ooh, got it - thickheaded me - thanks jacula

7:03 pm

EX5/20 EX5/20 Read all about it!

7:03 pm

ex5/22 precise

7:03 pm

ex4/9 is to leave

7:03 pm

peri - en5/12 - police sometimes re**** a crime scene.

7:03 pm

peri the newspaper headline -- ex*** read all about it

7:03 pm

bye fiz (there are only 2 er7s)

7:03 pm

IR6 and It7? I've been dancing all around them to no avail.

7:04 pm

thanks have all the ex words now

7:05 pm

any clues for the 11 letter word ?

7:05 pm

peri how many ex words are there?

7:05 pm

Jacula, don't get your clue

7:05 pm

en5: en + to perform

7:05 pm

Jacula, got it, thanks

7:05 pm

3 ex words aknitter

7:05 pm

gwenski - ir6 is imaginary or like a dream. it7 is repetitive.

7:06 pm

Howdy!

7:06 pm

woo hoo! the E squares are gray! but lots of empty ones left

7:06 pm

ty peri

7:07 pm

Howdy pam. (Nearly typed 'pardner' then!)

7:07 pm

lol, jac!

7:07 pm

dream-like??? repetitive?

7:07 pm

Jac, I'm close on the it7, but just not getting it. (Not close at all on the ir6, yet).

7:08 pm

Roisin - in11 - in*** (between, like a highway between states) + what you do to your muscles if you over-exercise, or what you do do vegatables to get rid of the water.

7:08 pm

vegetables! I'm definitely in need of a drink! LOL

7:08 pm

eeeeks, got the it7 this a.m. and forgot, LOL

7:08 pm

interstrain

7:08 pm

lol pam - i thought the same thing iwth the ir/it

7:08 pm

oops

7:08 pm

oops

7:09 pm

DON"T have the ir--I checked!

7:09 pm

ty roisin, needed that one LOL

7:09 pm

Okay - ir6/18 - if something is imaginary, it is not r***.

7:09 pm

can you clue it pam?

7:09 pm

entered it in the wrong place - sorry

7:09 pm

aaaah jac! thanks

7:09 pm

Correct Roisin! (On both counts.)

7:09 pm

Does the it end in picnic pest?

7:10 pm

you'd never guess this was my first game....hmmm. still im on 122 words now

7:10 pm

gwenski - the it word does, yes.

7:10 pm

yes gwenski

7:11 pm

finally, the ir 6! Thanks for the help!

7:11 pm

Arrrgh!! I was doubling the r! No wonder I couldn't get it! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

7:11 pm

got them - thanks pam and jac -

7:11 pm

(i'mhiding behind gwen taking her clues)

7:12 pm

NFL--Giants and Kansas City

7:13 pm

LOL debbinla. Hello.

7:13 pm

Well then, I'll just have to ask for more! :)

7:13 pm

i'm avoiding again today!

7:13 pm

i was HOPING you'd say that gwen!

7:14 pm

come on feather jump on in, your bound to get a word or 2, there are so many

7:14 pm

lagging - only working on the fi words - the 2 fi6's...

7:14 pm

can anyone help with the te954

7:14 pm

ha, right! there's NO way i'll be sucked in this time! this is a grid you need a whole day for

7:14 pm

one fi 6 is one who repairs

7:14 pm

this morning's phantom: exultant this evening's" ulcerate

7:14 pm

and since i've been gone all day, no grid

7:15 pm

*mutters- I need a whole week, methinks*

7:15 pm

just one tiny little word feather ... let me help you

7:15 pm

jilli - there are 3 fi6's.

7:15 pm

One of the last two mi6/21? I have a plural. (Need that one, debbie?)

7:15 pm

ha, i've seen your kind before knitter! not listening!

7:15 pm

Naughty aknitter; trying to lure folks in!;)

7:15 pm

besides, i'm planning on scrabble later, if any of my good buddies are up to it

7:15 pm

in 11 == in between + to drain the water from your patsa

7:16 pm

it's the 1st 2 I need - I have the repairing set

7:16 pm

Feather has her fingers in her ea4/4's and is humming 'La, la, la,' loudly.

7:16 pm

lol, yes jac!

7:16 pm

heh...internet is not in the dictionary

7:17 pm

fi6/42: To study intently. Like those of us who have been on this grid all day!

7:17 pm

ok, well i just popped in to say hi. going to go read message boards elsewhere. later!

7:17 pm

feather ....don't fr 4/7, you can do this puzzle

7:17 pm

cya, feather!

7:17 pm

ridiculous, eh blowfish?

7:17 pm

jilli - 1st is having bounds, a set time before ending. 2nd is what Babblers and stalkers do!

7:17 pm

or, repair + consumed food

37 left..alllll T's!

7:17 pm

true true

7:18 pm

Together we can conquer this! I have 24 left, and none are t's!

7:18 pm

208 here and lots of t's

7:19 pm

I have 55 left so I'd better concentrate on finding them. I'm supposed to be taking my step-daughter to a matinee showing of Pirates of The Caribbean II later!

7:19 pm

how many fi 6's? I have 2, the repairer and the focussed on something...

7:19 pm

thanks, jac and gwen - got the babbler part (and food) but still puzzling over the bounds

7:20 pm

Mind you, she saw it with her Mum on Wednesday. The trip's for me really. *Sighs* Aah, Johnny Depp.

7:20 pm

fi6/27 - does not go on forever

7:20 pm

ooo jac johnny depp -- yummy

7:20 pm

great clue, vicuna, thanks!!!!

7:20 pm

gotcha, vicuna, ta

7:21 pm

Hands off, aknitter. He's mine, all mine! LOL

7:21 pm

oh know, johnny loves me ......

7:21 pm

No. He loves me, ME, ME! *grins*

7:22 pm

Actually, I believe he's to be married soon.

7:22 pm

No, he's just hungry!

7:22 pm

marcia....john, marcia ..john nope me

7:22 pm

LOL

7:22 pm

hungry for a little lamb stew???

7:22 pm

jacula- like that would stop anyone anyway

7:22 pm

my 6'2" 27-year-old grandson looks like johnny depp

7:23 pm

27 you say? ;)

7:23 pm

there are 7 fi's. fi 4/7 is latin plural for thread, hence the word fi**ment (inside of bulbs for ex) the next fi is the Latin singular

7:23 pm

jilli -- i'll be by later to pick him up (dashes off to pack)

7:23 pm

jilli - get your grandson over. I'll be right there! *sound of bat wings outside jilli's door*

7:23 pm

yep, and he's brainy and funny and charming -- and taken

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Damn!

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surprise surprise!

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i am brainy, funny, charming .... soft

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(Gosh, I'm gonna be in big trouble when/if my OH reads this log.):)

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please can anyone help with the te9.....i can't seem to get anywhere

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don't have it drom

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Sorry, dro, don't have it myself yet.

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dr--T******** on the pillow from crying yourself to sleep

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thanks anyway

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(Too busy playing tug of war with aknitter for Mr. Depp.)

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Inge--looking for that fi--seems like a fun clue!

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te9: compound word. water from your eyes plus a spot.

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te.........what is left on paper after crying

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thank you so much

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jac... let's duel, size 10 knitting needles at 20 paces

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i spent the last hour on htat one word....thanks

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here he is - a couple of years ago

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fr6/27 and fr7/56?

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Ah, got it! Aw, how sad! *wipes te4 from eye*

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uh-oh - refresh!

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another way of looking at the fi 7, please?

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Ooh, I see what you mean jilli.

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ooo jilli,

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fr7/56 - "each particular hair to stand on end like quills upon the fr7 porpentine"

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huh

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Hi all: Down to my last 3 Finally!! One is the second cl6/24 I have the one where you seek medical help Pls any clues on other

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jilli - It's okay, it comes up on your profile when clicked on.

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the cl is like the one above it, but change the middle consonant

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freak long time no see

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cl6/24 - think of a film or theatre reviewer with a fake Chinese accent

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fi + do,re, mi, fa, so **

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aknitter - I've been meaning to say for ages... it's about time you finished that red knitting. You need to play with your paintbox and get some new wool. LOL

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distorted picture of Mr Gorgeous - kittykat coming back -- the one in the profile is distorted too - he's leaner than that

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pam, there isn't any fi7.

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ah, have it inge, I misread--Thought it was an fi with 7 letters

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Thx Vicuna laughing while typing that one!!!

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I am off my game....

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good idea jac, johnny would look better in blue

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thanks, gwen!

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she meant 4/7

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fr6/27, anyone?

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And just what are you knitting for him, aknitter??

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a little something sexy for ME

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fr 6/27 : fr 4/7 + **tional

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Thanks inge

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fr6/27 - a bridle or (anatomical) a supporting bridge, i.e. of the base of the tongue or the foreskin.

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gwenski whose house are you featuring in your icon?

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I'm intrigued, aknitter.

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lovely house. gwenski

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Mine! The unexplained phenomena must be why the picture shows nicely mowed grass, when I didn't mow it this week (yet)!

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heheheheh

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LOL, gwenski.

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are there more than one fr 4/7?

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our house in Detroit looked very similar. We moved to the burbs in 1993

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There are 3, pam.

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three, pam

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no Pam just that one

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thanks, Inge

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sorry Pam I misread your question. Jacula and Une are right.

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guess the fr 7 letter word will take some more work...

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ahhhh,,,,thanks!

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fr4/7 - Scottish 'from'. fr4/7 - short word for college brotherhood. fr4/7 - what's on a guitar neck or 'to worry'.

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thanks--got them as you wrote, Jac!!!!

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Anagram of 'ear fan', pam.

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ear fan is the fr 6/27?

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jac, i am starting a new sock refresh

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Yes Pam.

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Sexy socks, aknitter??

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It stems from the Scottish word, pam.

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IN 11/88>

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Sorry - meant debb.

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do you mean debb, jac? I am all set

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very sexy, as long as they cover my fat ankles

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al mets fans sound alike, LOL

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LOL pam! i'm still working on that one -

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ok back to finish the last 50+ words, clue me on the NI 6/21 pls

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in11 - in*** (between, as in between state highway) + what you do to your muscles if you overdo it or to vegetables to get the water away.

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LOL, aknitter.

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ni + ****k or treat

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well duh! thnx

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If you care to scroll back a bit, klaurel, someone actually typed the word in the chatlog after it was last clued.

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indeed

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imagine that LOL

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in11 = prefix for between + overworked muscles are ******ed (or what a colander does)

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first mi7, please?

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mifter

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the ones who make coins, une?

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compound word for small + auto

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thanks, Jac

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Still hanging in there the, Roisin. Good for you. BTW, you are not the first to type a word into the chatlog and you won't be the last. Most of us have done it since the Beta site began.

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sorry wrong one

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the one before small car

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first mi7 what you might do to garlic but more so

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aww i just keep leaving the cursor over here... doh !

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ahhhh, thanks!

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im on 133 - but its 01:48 here in Ireland

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Une - mi7/36 - or what an over femine chap might be.

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last ca6/21 & 7/32?

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jac, LOL!

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lol, jac

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ca6,7 = feline + sports ar***

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then latin plural

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Roisin - a hint. After you type a message in the chatlog or a word in the add word box, you can hit the tab (<-) key. That takes your cursor out of both boxes.

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And yet another gray block! Thanks.

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thanks, mymuse

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*feminine

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thanx Jacula :)

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God! I can't type tonight (and me a professional, too)! I'm definitely going to get a glass of wine. BRB.

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la7/32 please

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himymuse!

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137 left!

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hi debb la7/32 beginning of milk and ending of oc*** (Atlantic/Pacific)

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jacula - useful hint about the cursor - will try to remember to do it!

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muse, what kind of word is that, she mutters...

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thanks muse

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lol you got me

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milk-like, I looked it up, lol

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For anyone who's curious about mymuse's icon. She is investigating the mystery of where the Missing Socks go.

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my goal was 200 words and I am there, but will play a little bit longer

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good job, peri!!

7:55 pm

50 words to go... *straightens shoulders, gird loins and lifts wineglass...*

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fi5/20 please, thanks pam

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you can do it Jacula

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(And, no, before anyone says it, it is NOT one of those glasses that holds a full bottle of wine!)

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fi + don't be a ***p on a log

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Peri - I'll try!

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but is it endless, jac?

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love your icon Jacula

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muse--fun clue!

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*Dreams of seeing Johnny Depp in the morning fade to ones of seeing him mid-afternoon.* LOL

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Thank you, peri. (re the icon)

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:)

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new phantom: treacle

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mymuse I don't get your clue :(

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Pam - it is fi6/27. Has to be when I'm looking after my step-daughter.

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fi+ L***P of coal

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try adding ***p of coal to the fi, peri.

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it's an idiom, sugar comes in this form

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gotcha, jac!

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mymuse, thanks another new word for me

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thanks gwenski

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Peri, keep that stick letter after the fi in the word

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fr6/27

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fr + sports ***n*

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ax4/9? Have the one that sounds like a car part.

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fr 6 is fr 4/7 plus **tional

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ax + Mr. Gore

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ax + sick - l

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Thanks... Closing in on the goal, with just 4 to go!

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thanks inge and mymuse

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te 5/10 after camp dwelling please?

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LA 5/10 and LA 7/32?

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go gwenski, go gwenski!!

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WOW gwen - go go go

8:02 pm

plural! or the next 5/10 after the set?

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hi debb la7/32 beginning of milk and ending of oc*** (Atlantic/Pacific)

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thanks, muse

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re 6/18?

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how abou that first LA?

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2nd fr4/7 and fr7/56 please

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re6/18 light receiving part of the eye

8:04 pm

I only have 6 of the 8 letter words

8:04 pm

`la 5/10 is opp. of early plus consonant

8:04 pm

first LA is currency. Contains a double vowel and ends in a vowel.

8:04 pm

la + acronym for what you breathe

8:05 pm

te5=te + anagram of what you breathe

8:05 pm

Thnx, I thought I tried that word

8:05 pm

thanks, phan

8:05 pm

thx gwen!

8:07 pm

2nd fr4/7 and fr7/56 anyone, please

8:07 pm

2nd fr4/7: group of college boys

8:08 pm

fr7: contains much fr4

8:08 pm

thanks gwen, I already had the fr47

8:08 pm

1114

8:08 pm

Speaking of Batty Natty (she was Nitty Natty once, but an electronic comb soon put paid to that), we've had great fun tonight. We played Snakes & Ladders and I beat her (she's 11, btw). Then we played it back to front (up the snakes and down the ladders). I beat her again. 'Let's play something else!' she said. We played 'Frustration'. A straight game of only one set of pegs each. I beat her. A more complicated game of 2 sets of pegs each (where you can end up knocking one of your own pegs off the board). She beat me. (She was happier now! LOL) Then we played a game she calls, 'Girl Boy' - it's a list of boy's name, girl's name, fuit, flower, animal, bird, country, colour, clothing, food. One of you picks a letter of the alphabet and each word in your list has to begin with that. You get 3 points for each word you don't coincide with and 1 point for any you do. After that, there was another paper game where each player draws a head an neck and then folds the paper over, you swap papers and then draw the trunk and arms to the waist, fold & swap again, below waist and legs, ditto former things, draw feet.

8:09 pm

go gwen go!

8:09 pm

hi Jacula!

8:09 pm

hello stid!!

8:10 pm

** furiously trying to determine which 2 L words are missing**

8:10 pm

I met my goal already -- 156 words found, 155 left. Taking a quick break before putting together a peanut sauce for our shrimp and rice.

8:10 pm

hi debb!

8:10 pm

can't figure out the fr7 even with the clue

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Hi stidmama. Didn't see you come in. I was too busy typing about the fun games I've been playing.

8:10 pm

is there only one fr 7? (haven't check a list yet)

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hi folks!

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peri-- guitar f*** + loaded down...

8:10 pm

hi ladies!! peri think of a house that college boys live in

8:11 pm

they join a ***ernity

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Stidmama - get your finger off the send button! LOL

8:11 pm

stid - there are three fr4/7's

8:11 pm

hi, stid

8:12 pm

stid, what did you do..you wipe out the chatter

8:12 pm

I didn't! I didn't! It freaked out on me and I didn't do anything wrong (this time)!

8:12 pm

fr4 - Scottish 'from', fr4 - college brotherhood. fr4 - what's on a guitar neck or to worry.

8:12 pm

the last te6/18 please

8:12 pm

Actually, I didn't do anything yesterday either... :-( Dr. God is going to kick me out of the club....

8:13 pm

t + Tom Sk***** the actor

8:13 pm

get in line, stid, way behind those of us (ME) who seem to type in chat a grid word on a daily basis

8:13 pm

NVM got it

8:13 pm

te6/18 same 4 letters as last word, then add he/she/**

8:13 pm

Well you just knocked my story off the page, stid. LOL

8:14 pm

Last word -- li7/28. I have the plural of the cotton fiber word. Help, pretty pretty pretty please?

8:14 pm

that hardly ever works for me, ask for a clue then find it

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Love that actor, bamabam!

8:14 pm

pab - works for peri all the time! LOL

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But sometimes it works! FIREWORKS!!!

8:15 pm

WOOOO HOOOOOOOOO, gwen

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YAY gwen!!!!

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and I guess you got it, gwen

8:15 pm

i like your icon Pam..... maybe W should have a look at it

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LOL gwenski. WELL DONE!

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woohoo, gwenski!!!! I've still got 28 to go . . .

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Jacula, not now, I still can't figure out that fr7 even with the clues

8:15 pm

Hooray for gwenski!

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congrats gwen!!

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go Uneaixoise go!

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WTG gwenski!

8:15 pm

W wouldn't know a peace sign if it throttled him, but thanks, bambam

8:15 pm

peri - the glass is not half empty, it's half-***l. Add that to the last fr4

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106 left

8:16 pm

go peri go!

8:16 pm

thanks ever so much gwen, finally got that fr7

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i have 10 left and my brain is about to explode like a Fembot on Austin Powers

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fr7/56, peri? What a child might be if it's restless and crying.

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Thank you, thank you. You all played a part in my success tonight.

8:16 pm

st 7 after beginning pls

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stidmama, you gotta be kidding, no way am I finishing this grid

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bambabm, you can do it

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phandmd ... the person who does it!

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yes i will do it but need to go for a walk back soon!

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hello everyone...back again

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gwenski - are you about to cry lots and make a speech naming everyone you've ever known? My God! Gwenski is Gwyneth P. in disguise.

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No! Really! I was finished!!! :)

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I couldn't see it I tried, but until you said so, it wasn't happening

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but does gwenski have a child named after a fruit, jac? ;-)

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howdy, all!

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Nope -- no fruits in my family! :)

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careful, gwen, some of us resemble that remark, LOLOL

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Mi 7/36 and MI 7/50 after the other word for small

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hi, jen!

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CHANGE OF SUBJECT: News flash -- I'm going to be joining the ranks of grandparents in the spring!

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that's amazing, gwen.........my family must have gotten all the fruits.....errrrrrrr.........make that fruitcakes

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Pam - your surname is Apple??

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right its 2.19 here and im off to bed - got 138,not bad for my first game i think. good luck :)

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ni 7/40 please?

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congrats gwen

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congrats, gwen!

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gwenski - Congrats!

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Klaurel, small vehicles

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congrats, gwenski, that's wonderful!

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that's great, gwen!

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good night roisin!

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No, jac, I would be a fruit...

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Hello Babblers

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hello Munner!

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klaurel: mi7/36: small motor vehicles

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yay gwen

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talc

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hello tingy

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teal

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good job and good nite, roisin!

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tent

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tear

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Well done, Roisin. Same time here. Are you in Ireland or on the mainland?

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tears

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how are the grand-munners? :-)

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tearer

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Do...I am an idiot...sorry!!

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tingy - move your cursor.

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thanks, gwen

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tingy..........at least give us words we DON'T have.......lol

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i am in the republic, that's the mainland for me ;)

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wow! 94 left, I might actually finish

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Haha....Sorry guys!..

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what is the U word please? My new goal for the evening is to get at least one from each box... :-)

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near

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go, klaurel!!!!!

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nears

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tingy? are you feeling okay?

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tingy!!!! 8-)

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i have 27 left, and i don't think i'll EVER finish

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stid, U + ***d of the free, home of the brave

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20 to go and sooooo tired from dragging this stupid cast around . . .

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Okay...I'm not gonna talk her anymore!!

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Go Kalea!

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My brain is obviously broken!!

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first an 5/10, anyone?

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you quit and I quit, Kalea! So, it will all be YOUR fault!

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you quit and I quit, Kalea! So, it will all be YOUR fault! We will finish this together!

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cast, Une?

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45 to go here.

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you can do it, kalea!

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thanks Jen!

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yikes, klaurel.....ohhhhhhhhhh, the pressure

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Hi Stid, not ignoring you. I am frantically searching for words to finish this grid.

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Roisin - I take your point.

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yw, stid :)

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jen - not afar

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yep, fractured my ankle Tues AM and am on crutches 4-6 weeks . . . ugh . . .

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tr8/60 please

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an...........a + close

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ty, gwen!

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Lots and lots of people in Douglastown, I think it is (?) with my surname.

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Stid, ul 4 is a russian Cavalerist (sp?)

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oh my, Une......so sorry to hear it

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. . . and kalea!!

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Oh, Une. Bad luck! How did you do it?

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tr8: not an empty choo choo

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was only messin anyway :)

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tr8/60 - an unempty Orient Express.

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am i the only one that can't see the ax words?

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I hate asking for smaller words, but my monkeys are beginning to mutter threats under their breath . . . the last li 5/10, plz?

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fell in my own garage like a total klutz

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oh, never mind, the monkeys came through on that one . . .

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thanks gwen and dianne never thought of putting that ending on tr5/10

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li5 is a metric measurement of fluid

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li8/40 please

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what would we do without the monkeys!

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may i have a clue for the last te 7/28? thanks!

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last st 6 & 8?

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last te7: occuring every three days

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abe, i think the definition for the te 7 is happening every three days . . . maybe?

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oh, yea, I was right!

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last te 7; means third

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Une! I just read your last couple entries... *horrified expression* OH NO!

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thanks Jen and Gwenski and Inge :)

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Roisin - Douglas Bridge? It's a while since I looked at my family tree, but, since my surname is from the Isle of Man, Douglas being the capital, the proliferation of people with my surname in what seems like a small place in N. Ireland intrigued me.

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yw :)

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can I plz have a clue for the ti 5/12?

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yep, stid, just as I was about to start a new job that would require lots of standing!

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i'm looking for that one too jen

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st6: very precise; tough on discipline. st8 is even more so.

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thnx

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thanks, gwen!

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ti5..........dinosaurs are ex*****

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ti **** ure of iodine

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doesn't anyone have the li8/40

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merci!!!

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ti5/12 - a color, when it ends in -ure it's a colored chemical as in ti----ure of iodine

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not i, peri!

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thanks kalea!

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peri, change the ending vowel for word that means can read and write

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li 8 is the google name for scrabble

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li8: group of high-brow educated people. Ends in a vowel

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So Uneaxioise, to give you something to do while you recuperate, here is a strange plant we saw in Victoria, B.C. last month. The leaves are somewhat like a viburnum...

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li8/40 - fancy schmancy word for bookworms

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is the ti 6 related to the 5/12?

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:-D

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NA 7/40?

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thanks for all the help found the li8

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the ti5/12 is not related to any other word in this grid

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ti6/18 - littler

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klaurel, isn't that ni 7/40? I need that one.

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I don't have a na 7/40 . . .

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no na 7/40 in my grid

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ni7/40: groovier, man

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yeah, it is NI, I am losing my mind tonite

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thanks, vicuna, but there's a 6/30 right before that that I'm missing . . .

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ni 7 - more neat/cool

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ta8/45 please

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ni7 means speedier, really.

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okay, gwen, we are too young for Groovier, man! :)

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okay, gwen, we are too young for Groovier, man! :)

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you're pretty groovy yourself, gwen. thanks.

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Oh, I don't have that either, then, Jen.

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klaurel--ummmm, I beg to differ, lol

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ti5/12 please

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peri, add the frozen water, minus the last letter to the fish sauce

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:) Okay, some of us, Pam. :) Though my children will disagree

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vicuna, maybe some kind soul will clue it for us . . .

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thanks Jen

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ac7,36 and an9.66 anyone ?

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ti6/30? not an empty can??

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my first request with 8 left!

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but I did get it. :)

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okay, got it. ti6/30 - metal of the woodsman in oz plus suffix meaning it's got lots in it...

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ok, resorting to shameless begging.......ax 4/9 and 5/20?

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I can't be a kind soul for a while - have 42 words still to find and so much switch you lot off. SORRY!

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*must

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stid, hubby says it is definitelyin the vibernum family, you should google Vibernum and study their images

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BBL.

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sorry, been paying attention to TV, good story on

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okay, time to make that peanut sauce.... back later. Am I correct in assuming that folks want story even if they are still searching for words?

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ax4.9 ax + Mr. Gore or ax + sick - l

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i heart gwen . . ty!

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bbl

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:)

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thanks inge! I will do that! :-) (so nice to have friends who are smart about plants)

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what did you ask for that I missed?

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an9 = an + vowel + movie/art reviewer but change the middle consonant.

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ax 4/9 is tool + ** Gore

8:36 pm

Anyone have another clue for ni 7/40 please?

8:36 pm

ac7: a + small medical facility

8:36 pm

sorry, for that an9, change the 2nd consonant.

8:37 pm

Hi Stidmama and jilli and all. Hope my picture is correct. I've been trying to get in unexplainable.

8:37 pm

missing last in8/40 please

8:37 pm

thre other 4/9 is ax + sick minus last letter,

8:37 pm

munner - think of a slang term for great, cool, first-rate. But make it more so.

8:37 pm

Nope. Not different. Hmmm.

8:37 pm

ni7/40 = means first rate as in that's a real ni**y idea, then add "more so" ending 3 letters+

8:37 pm

my last word . . . tr 5/12 (the 2nd one) . . . there's a big chunk of chocolate in it for you . . .

8:37 pm

ni7 = fin going the other way + ti4/4

8:37 pm

munner, more ni4/7, unfortunately the root word is not enabled:)

8:38 pm

peri, do you have the in 7/28, to beg? It's the plural of that . . .

8:38 pm

ax 5/20 is ax + ex***

8:38 pm

Yes! This is a strange little building in Tacoma, Washington on the historic register.

8:38 pm

RA 6/21

8:39 pm

thanks Jen

8:39 pm

tr5/12 prefix for 3 + high card - e

8:39 pm

yw :)

8:39 pm

thank you, thank you, everyone......you are jewels all

8:39 pm

220 and quitting, see you all tomorrow

8:39 pm

got it!

8:39 pm

Chocolate? tr5/12: a piece of land. Add 'to perform'.

8:39 pm

thanks all for the ni 7. Finally got it into my thick head. FIREWORKS!

8:39 pm

cya, peri

8:40 pm

congrats, munner

8:40 pm

bye, Peri. 87 left and bleeding all over the place....

8:40 pm

congrats Munner

8:40 pm

congrats munner!

8:40 pm

the an 9 is eluding me...

8:40 pm

yay, Munner ! ! ! !

8:40 pm

yay munner

8:40 pm

yay fireworks!! *throws a car-sized chunk of chocolate to gwen and muse*

8:40 pm

WTG Munner!!

8:40 pm

an9 = an* (girl's name) + small medical facility but change the middle consonant.

8:41 pm

an9 = sounds like girls name + Chinese movie reviewer (change r to another consonant)

8:41 pm

tx charm and gwen!

8:41 pm

yay, Jen!

8:41 pm

*chew...chew... gulp... burp* excuse me

8:42 pm

pam, girls name+ female happy part+ the frozen water without the last letter

8:42 pm

sorry mymuse should have said the second tr5/12

8:42 pm

pam, girls name+ female happy part+ the frozen water without the last letter

8:42 pm

This is supposed to be fun, not torture -- I'm outta here...

8:42 pm

congrats, munner!!!

8:42 pm

This is supposed to be fun, not torture -- I'm outta here...

8:42 pm

congrats, munner!!!

8:42 pm

got it, thanks, all!

8:42 pm

an 9 : girls name + cl 6/24

8:43 pm

hahaha klauret you naughty girl!

8:43 pm

hey babblers

8:43 pm

pabrtek: 2nd tr5/12 is prefix for 3 plus what keeps you cool in the summer.

8:43 pm

hi, chj

8:43 pm

lol.....naughty, but happy

8:44 pm

hi, ch

8:44 pm

hi chj

8:44 pm

hi pam

8:44 pm

thanks gwenski that was my last word

8:44 pm

thank you, <takes a bow>

8:44 pm

hey, I write romances, what do you expect?

8:44 pm

Hi Everyone, just finished! I sure hope tomorrow's grid is smaller.

8:44 pm

congrats, pab

8:44 pm

Well, gang, I'm gonna close out for tonight. It's been fun helping y'all tonight! Still we meet again...

8:44 pm

firewords, pab!

8:44 pm

hi annie

8:45 pm

*Till

8:45 pm

hi inge

8:45 pm

night gwen

8:45 pm

ciao gewn

8:45 pm

*gwen

8:45 pm

congrats, pab

8:45 pm

Congrats, pappou

8:45 pm

i'd like to read one klaurel hahahah ;-)

8:45 pm

Giants are up!!!!

8:45 pm

hi pam, thanks

8:45 pm

Hurrah! Finally got the lu words.

8:45 pm

yay pab!

8:45 pm

(Pam -- don't tell anyone, but my name was misspelled like that once, and my old college roommate will still call me that!)

8:46 pm

Brand of soap begins them, if you hadn't all already guessed.

8:46 pm

My D Rays were winning a few innings ago, not anymore

8:46 pm

lolol, gwen

8:46 pm

see everybody tomorrow, hopefully the grid won't be so grueling

8:47 pm

http://www.triskelionpublishing.com/Mo dules.asp?Mod=ShoppingCart&Page=Result s&SearchMod=ShoppingCart&search=blaesk e

8:47 pm

34 to go... and I'm still trying. (Well my OH says I'm 'trying'. LOL)

8:47 pm

never say I won't prmote myself

8:47 pm

bye, pabtrek.

8:47 pm

i'm missing two er's the er5,12 and the er7,32

8:48 pm

er5............first name of author jong

8:48 pm

er7.........random

8:48 pm

Well I got some words plunking around. Someday I'll be more disciplined. Not today. Good night all.

8:48 pm

night stidg

8:48 pm

bye stidgmere

8:48 pm

good night, mere

8:48 pm

bye, stidgmere

8:49 pm

night, stidgmere

8:49 pm

tks kalea, got the 7 but dunno the author (fish!!)

8:49 pm

hi and goodbye, stidgmere - sorry I missed you!

8:49 pm

e*** the red plus a vowel, bam

8:49 pm

mr clapton + vowel

8:50 pm

I do not BELIEVE the mi7/36 & 8/50! Living not far from where the blessed cars were made, I know those two words are NOT words, other than separate words.

8:50 pm

character on

8:50 pm

oh yeah i have heard of her now that i got it ahahhah

8:50 pm

All my children

8:50 pm

YAY pabtrek!

8:50 pm

YAY Penny!

8:51 pm

A change of subject briefly; two 8 year olds who come to me for German did not know the term "margarine". When I brought out my Country Crock, they claimed that that is their butter....

8:51 pm

hi/bye Mother... :-(

8:51 pm

Anyone who needs a clue for those 2 words, think of the film, 'The Italian Job'.

8:51 pm

ugh, Inge...

8:51 pm

Hi everyone

8:51 pm

By Stidmama!

8:52 pm

bye stid

8:52 pm

Inge - really? So they add oil to the natural product?

8:52 pm

hello bgmadden

8:52 pm

hi bg!

8:52 pm

hi bg

8:52 pm

margarine is unhealthier than butter, at least butter tastes so good

8:52 pm

hi again stid! Is it nearly storytime or are you skipping it today because of the Monster Grid?

8:52 pm

hi bg

8:53 pm

morning bg! :) How are my boys

8:53 pm

fr6, anyone please?

8:53 pm

inge -- I looked up viburnums and I think it's similar to (or exactly) a "Korean Spice" -- thank you so much! :-)

8:53 pm

The girls all want to touch aramis's hair now...

8:53 pm

i need the ar6,18 between the musical piece and the dodger, pretty please

8:53 pm

I was just dumbfounded that they had never experienced the difference, and they lived in Germany with their families for two years.

8:54 pm

Jill, I am thinking of doing the story, even if it's just a short bit. I am not even trying to finish these monster grids any more. Maybe in the winter when I am inside anyway...

8:54 pm

Aramis is a very nice aftershave/cologne. LOL.

8:54 pm

<LOL> I need a pic of that

8:54 pm

I think I will have some wine and become an ostrich with them

8:54 pm

Jac, its also her 5 year old

8:54 pm

Drinks are on me ...

8:54 pm

Stid - you do what you want. Grid or story.

8:54 pm

go Jacula go!

8:54 pm

thanks Stid, I will inform my hubby as well

8:54 pm

whoops, he is like 7 now, ain't he?

8:54 pm

think of the er****knoght, and change the first vowel

8:55 pm

lol......knight

8:55 pm

A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; of the tongue

8:55 pm

Yeah he's 7 and now looks cute in football pads

8:55 pm

bgmadden, those drinks look lovely. Would you like to be bartender at Chez When?

8:55 pm

that was for the fr6

8:56 pm

BG, hubby says hi and he says I have to finish fast because he wants to pla

8:56 pm

RE 7/28 (last one)

8:56 pm

thanks kalea, the 2nd and 5th te7,28?

8:56 pm

The bar's always open here jilli. K what does hubby want to play?

8:56 pm

Jilli, is Chez When open tonight, if yes, i will have a margarita on the rocks

8:57 pm

and RE 5/10 after the thing you control a horse with.

8:57 pm

sorry Papp.........i must be brain dead

8:57 pm

You want me to go, Stidmama? LOL. I understand.

8:57 pm

re plus choo choo

8:57 pm

:) think about it BG

8:57 pm

Ok, I am doing so poorly at this tonight that soon I will be SUBTRACTING words....

8:57 pm

kalea, I just copied the definition, I couldn't think of a way to describe it

8:57 pm

I didn't need that image....

8:58 pm

tmi K

8:58 pm

LOL pam!

8:58 pm

stid - I'm with you. My goal too was half way and -yippee! - I've exceeded that with 191 words and 120 left so far. Didn't get much else done though, and have a calendar to finish and a bridge writeup to do for the local paper. Addiction to babble????

8:58 pm

74 more

8:58 pm

asta luego

8:58 pm

te7..........topography of land..........

8:58 pm

wow, good for you, Jill! so will you be staying for story?

8:58 pm

later, pam...

8:58 pm

bye pam manana

8:59 pm

manana, pam

8:59 pm

night, pam

8:59 pm

and RE 5/10 after the thing you control a horse with.

8:59 pm

I am amazed and impressed by how many people have finished already...

8:59 pm

RE 7/28 (last one)

8:59 pm

Could I get a clue for the cl6/24 that isn't the place you go to please?

8:59 pm

re5.............played a show again

8:59 pm

te 6/18 & 7/28 pair after singular of what comes out of your eyes

8:59 pm

re+ spanish aunt, klaurel

9:00 pm

Of course, stid - and yes, Chez When is open - but I don't want to take business away from bg...and one margarita on the rox (huh???) coming up for annie - salt or no salt?

9:00 pm

thanks y'all i got just the last te7,28 to get now...

9:00 pm

salt, please

9:00 pm

stid, hubby says you should call up viburnum lantana, which has the same berries and leaves

9:00 pm

scuse me while I get my vodka - ;^)

9:00 pm

cl6 same as the place you go, just change the middle consonant to the letter that comes after s

9:00 pm

BG, The womans' happy part + frozen water without the last vowel

9:01 pm

bg........just change the second letter of the cl6 you have

9:01 pm

oops........middle letter, i mean

9:01 pm

okay, inge, will do! (then I will start the story...)

9:01 pm

Hey Jilli we have a whole fridge in the basement devoted to party stuff...

9:01 pm

thanks, kalea

9:01 pm

and how about the last RE?

9:01 pm

re plus locomotive

9:01 pm

re...........to teach again

9:02 pm

te 6/18 & 7/28 pair after singular of what comes out of your eyes

9:02 pm

Thanks K I tried that one I swear...

9:02 pm

last re: re + chocho

9:02 pm

GRR! I've just got that damned 'unreponsive script' thingey 9 times!

9:02 pm

"the woman's happy part"... that is precious i'll have to remember that!

9:02 pm

That is the worst ever. Dr_God, where ARE you??

9:02 pm

as soon as i get this last te7,28 i'm giong to look on the net for your book!

9:02 pm

lol Bambam

9:02 pm

:) yes, you learn something new every nite Bam Bam and I put the link in for my book

9:03 pm

chocho?

9:03 pm

Hey bambam she's good.

9:03 pm

and i've written it down for later

9:03 pm

Bambam - is that the clit word that's been bandied about n the log all day? Sorry, not scrolled back yet.

9:03 pm

yes, Jac. :)

9:03 pm

thats a drunk choochoo

9:03 pm

choo choo OK

9:03 pm

Bambam - if you've had to write it down, you need practice! LOL.

9:03 pm

i got it god i'm stupid..... well that was almost too many words -- thank god my job is so boring!

9:04 pm

lol

9:04 pm

lol Jac

9:04 pm

last te Recurring every other day

9:04 pm

so, Bambam -- done?

9:04 pm

yep KaBOOOM!

9:04 pm

okay, I am still not getting that last RE

9:04 pm

actually, every third day or year or century

9:04 pm

stidmama - he might be done, but is SHE??

9:04 pm

inge -- yes, that v. lantana is also definitely a candidate! will just have to get a "sample" from that bush when I go back... ;-)

9:05 pm

te 6/18 & 7/28 pair after singular of what comes out of your eyes

9:05 pm

re + locomotive

9:05 pm

yeah i'm sure i can cut n paste Jac.... but i err on the side of manual unless i need to

9:05 pm

thanks!

9:05 pm

Sorry! A bit smutty, that. Huge apologies. Torgone would be wetting his pants laughing, were he here.

9:05 pm

phandmd - do you have the one who produces the eye product and pl?

9:05 pm

re + transportation on tracks

9:05 pm

stid - just went to Rankings for the halibut and I see you're not listed as a pro - just your name in black - weird - have you asked Dr_God about this?

9:05 pm

I was ignoring you, Jac. *fingers in eyes* lalalalala

9:06 pm

Jac, I missed a smutty bit? <scrolls back furiously>

9:06 pm

I was looking at the wrong T; didn't think that was in there; thnx

9:06 pm

Jac i always go last... just the gentleman in me

9:06 pm

lol Charm

9:06 pm

Jill -- I have not asked Dr. G about it, seems there are so many other things WAY more important. I will play around someday with my profile and see if I can get them back. But very LOW on my list of things to do!

9:06 pm

that's why Greg Norman is the world's best lover... he always comes 2nd!

9:07 pm

*falls off chair laughing*

9:07 pm

Bambam - we really don't need details of the gentleman in you. ROFLOL. But, if you go last, then good for you. ((HUGS))

9:07 pm

I'm waaaay too young for this chat....

9:07 pm

you started it Jac!

9:08 pm

you guys are horrid

9:08 pm

but fun

9:08 pm

*Picks kalea up off her chair but also asks, 'Can you retrieve my Siberian Tiger print slippers from under the desk, whilst you're there?' Thank you!

9:08 pm

Hey K you write worse....

9:08 pm

don't you start klaurel, you actually started it if you go back a bit hahahahaah

9:08 pm

i'm just the cat among the pigeons

9:09 pm

or at least read it...

9:09 pm

OK, Mystery ManWoman Stidmama!

9:09 pm

why thank you, Jac....*hands over the slippers, albeit slightly dusty*

9:09 pm

**Today the story continues with more of Paul's adventure, but we need to bring the family back together...**

9:09 pm

Oh, there's the Aussie guy trying to play the victim now! ROFLOL.

9:09 pm

kalea - what book?

9:10 pm

As Owain and Otto went about their business in the market that morning, they heard the rumor that the doctor had been called to their mother's house.

9:10 pm

book, jilli?

9:10 pm

ooh just in time for story time...hope i can stay for it all

9:10 pm

kalea - is that 'cos since you discovered Babble you don't dust in every corner, or do you mean I don't? I don't!

9:10 pm

"Probably Doris again," opined Otto. "I bet she ate too much again," agreed Owain.

9:10 pm

didn't you say your were going to put a link in your book?

9:10 pm

had to swap batteries

9:10 pm

that was klaurel, jilli

9:11 pm

Wow K is hubby that impatient?

9:11 pm

oh - well, both start with k!

9:11 pm

*winks at Jac* i'll never tell, but the bunnies are growing larger than my dog

9:11 pm

Off to find more words. Stidmama - will catch up with you in Babanon.x

9:11 pm

lol jilli

9:12 pm

They continued on, helping merchants set up stalls, bringing in straw for the cart animals to stand on (made clean-up easier), helping older people carry their purchases home.

9:12 pm

http://www.triskelionpublishing.com/Mo dules.asp?Mod=ShoppingCart&Page=Detail Page&ProductID=59606&CategoryID=2916&D ep=

9:12 pm

Okay, later Jac!

9:12 pm

there we are

9:12 pm

**and a reminder, keep tossing out those clues, folks! I have 141 to go!**

9:12 pm

FIREWORKS!! Now if I can just hobble over to the bed . . . see you all tomorrow!

9:13 pm

bye, Unea

9:13 pm

Mid-afternoon, a new rumour began to circulate, that the doctor had been driven home by a stranger.... in Gilly's cart.

9:13 pm

"Texas Hearts"... sounds good! congrats on being published !

9:13 pm

ladies and gentlemen we will be back later need to take care of business

9:13 pm

woo - hope I can copy that URL and have it come out ok!

9:13 pm

See you tomorrow, Une, take care.

9:13 pm

ti 6 after the iodine word?

9:14 pm

stid! you used a Brit spelling!!!

9:14 pm

anyone have the al8?

9:14 pm

Owain looked at Otto, and Otto grinned. They said nothing about the strange man, but listened to the rumors grow as the afternoon wore on.

9:14 pm

the metal used for Coke cans, take away the last two letters and put a C instead

9:14 pm

add frozen water - e to the 6 before it

9:15 pm

See, Jill? I TOLD you you and Hetty are a bad influence on me!

9:15 pm

klaurel, is that it? Texas Hearts?

tr 5/10 right after the 8/60 pls?

9:15 pm

actually that clue only works for brits/aussies.... we spell it -ium not -um

9:15 pm

yep

9:15 pm

ty!

9:15 pm

Or is that Haz and Jacula who are a bad influence? LOL

9:15 pm

if you like romances with strong heroines, that is your book

9:15 pm

Oh the ru word, re Stidmama. Not every American uses the shorter spellings!

9:15 pm

is that a writer's name or is that really you?

9:16 pm

I have had enough. 293 words but I just don't care anymore...

9:16 pm

ti 6: metal cookie container + opp. of empty

9:16 pm

I can see why I might be a bad influence, Stid. But Haz? What has she done??

9:16 pm

no PHAN!

9:16 pm

though i am getting there too

9:17 pm

the STs are driving me nuts

9:17 pm

hi everyone, hi son

TR 5/10 after the 8/60?

9:17 pm

hello Andree

9:17 pm

g'day mum did you get your share update on email?

9:17 pm

Finally, the merchants were loaded up, the stalls cleaned, the old straw tossed out and the tables wiped down. Otto and Owain wearily walked through town toward their mother's home.

9:17 pm

Hello Andree

9:18 pm

tndaisy - tr5/10 - it might be a family tr***. To look or act alike, or something.

9:18 pm

Okay Klaurel, I got the pics to you.

9:18 pm

actually, I read somewhere that the Brit "u" insertions are from the French (Norman) influence and the American elimination is based on Latin.

9:18 pm

the last two STs?

9:18 pm

yay bg

ok thanks Jac :)

9:19 pm

the last 2 st's are harsh, severe... and more so

9:19 pm

They were greeted at the gate by an excited Andy and Gray, full of news. Jokingly, they grabbed the boys and swung them upside down, pretending to get more information by shaking them.

9:19 pm

not yet Bambam, I haven' checked my emailst

9:19 pm

ahhh, BamBam, makles some woman parts happy

9:19 pm

ok have a look did a minor reshuffle

9:20 pm

Nan and Olivia came to the edge of the porch, dolls in their arms and waited their turn.

9:20 pm

st 6/21 stern disciplinarian, st 8 : more so

9:21 pm

klauret do i have to just download it or can i buy an actual copy of it?

9:21 pm

jilli - traditonally we in Britain 'hate' the French but we also 'hate' the Romans. Thing is, they gave our language such fluidity that they must have made us crossword champions of the world.

9:21 pm

The twins put the boys down and picked up the girls, carrying them around the house to the back, the little boys trailing behind -- and in front and in circles.

9:21 pm

bam - you have to download it. It is an epub, unfortunately

9:22 pm

i think the american elimination is based on lack of need for the extra U, and simplicity, and wanting to be unique ... which is why you call all sorts of things something different (boot/trunk for example)

9:23 pm

faucaet/tap.

9:23 pm

facet

9:23 pm

and Jac, who likes the French?

9:23 pm

faucet

9:23 pm

The commotion brought Anna to the back door with a fussy Sarah in her arms. "Boys, can't you keep it down a little? Some of us were taking a nap." But her eyes were twinkling and a smile broke through.

9:24 pm

Got it right at last! I really will open a bbottle of wine now. 26 words to go... it's been a long day!

9:24 pm

Otto sent Andy inside to get a couple of towels, and Owain set up a basin in the shade to wash the worst of the grime off.

9:24 pm

54

9:25 pm

sidewalk = pavement.... Jello = jelly.... jelly = jam .... hood = bonnet .... porch = patio/verandah ..... gas = petrol ..... gas station = service station/garage .... the list is endless

9:25 pm

Bambam - je n'cromprenz pas? I think! It's been a long time since I tried out my French.

9:25 pm

the first li6/18, please?

9:26 pm

My wine had better be a good bottle, since it began with a double b when I typed about it!

9:26 pm

Paul poked his head out of the stable, "Hello boys, John and I are just reshoeing the donkey. We'll be in soon."

FIREWORKS!

9:26 pm

hi all

9:26 pm

congrats, daisy

9:26 pm

YAY daisy!

9:26 pm

yay tn

9:26 pm

hi nrk!

9:26 pm

Well done, Daisy! Hi nrkii!

9:26 pm

hello nrk

9:26 pm

hi nrkii! yay Daisy

9:26 pm

je ne comprends pas.... come on you brits should know better french than that, they're just next door!

9:27 pm

yay daisy!!!

9:27 pm

90 to go here... must hurry

9:27 pm

Hi, nrkii

9:27 pm

congrats to the diehard solvers! i quit at 201

9:27 pm

In no time, it seemed, The family was again gathered around the table in the front room. Doris sat in a comfortable chair in the corner, sipping broth from a large mug.

9:27 pm

Oh, shurrup. Bambam! LOL.

Well I suppose I should go back to my "other" life for a little while. maybe later tonight I'll be back.

9:27 pm

be well, daisy

9:28 pm

to be honest i went around europe a bit, and i've never felt so unwelcome as in france, even though i speak OK french,,,, they just plain don't like the english (or any dirivative) despite the fact that if not for us they would all be german... and i'm stopping now just in case i dig myself too deep a hole!

9:28 pm

The twins were soon brought up to date on the story, and Paul continued.

9:28 pm

italy, on the other hand, was WONDERFUL!

9:28 pm

bye daisy

9:28 pm

**The next bit leaves off all quotes on what Paul says...**

9:28 pm

later daisy

9:28 pm

All right we have to be nice everyone. My 9 yo is eaves dropping

9:29 pm

Bambam - you've got the point most succinctly!

9:29 pm

They are very rude people!

9:29 pm

*gags Bambam for the child*

9:29 pm

lol

9:30 pm

they have massive chips on their shoulders that english became the global language, and not french... i think it really irks them!!

9:30 pm

When we woke that morning in the loft of the tavern in the walled town at the base of the mountains, we found that several men from another party had lost their pockets.

9:30 pm

thanks kalea

9:30 pm

Bambam - I agree/.

9:30 pm

truck = lorry, trunk = boot and on and on<I calim to be semi-quadrilingual - educated Brit aand American and Canadian, with school French plus a smattering of Québécois thrown in -- oops, visitor arriving..bbl

9:30 pm

quelle domage! hahahahah

9:30 pm

*lost their pockets?*

9:31 pm

They have never gotten over Napoleon's defeat.

9:31 pm

jill, how about "da" = "the" hahahaahha

9:31 pm

Fortunately, we had been reminded to sleep lightly and with our bags under our heads. Still, it left us with an uneasy feeling.

9:31 pm

If there is anyone truly from France here, then please come in and speak your piece.

9:31 pm

*lbd: it used to be that pockets were something tied on to a belt that was worn under clothes....*

9:32 pm

anyone have the first li6/18? pleeeeeeease?

9:32 pm

how many people does it take to defend paris? no-one has ever tried! boom boom!

9:32 pm

*thanks Stid...i thought that was an odd turn of words.*

9:32 pm

we will defend paris, right down to the very last american!

9:32 pm

li6/18 = one who collects that dusty stuff out of the dryer.

9:33 pm

li 6: like the li 4 before it plus **ettles will sting you

9:33 pm

sorry, wrong li....

9:33 pm

thank you!!!!!

9:33 pm

We soon had our wagons and carts hitched up and made our way to the center of town, to learn whether the supplies we needed could be acquired there. Our intention was to gather the foodstuffs we needed on our way back, but we had lost some large chain and metal fittings in the storm that blew us off course.

9:34 pm

the first li6,18 is li4,4 + bird's **st

9:34 pm

We had been told that mines in that region produced good quality materials. And with the ship's quartermaster and first mate along, we were confident we could describe our needs to any competent blacksmith.

9:34 pm

clue for 1stti5/10 please

9:35 pm

BG! Hubby wants you

9:35 pm

*ang****, capital of libya

9:35 pm

does anyone have the last tr 7?

9:35 pm

Why did he have to wait until after I move. Men and their timing! lol

9:35 pm

no thats the wrong country, hang on... **mental blank** i think its algeria

9:36 pm

We were disappointed to learn that a mine had collapsed the week before, and all available hands were busy lifting and digging to get to the trapped miners.

9:36 pm

yah, I know!

9:36 pm

ti..........diamond crown

9:36 pm

BR he wants to know how far along you are

9:36 pm

oh im having a shocker... its not even a capital and its in morocco... and my geography is my pet subject OOPS!!!

9:36 pm

tiara

9:37 pm

What's up with DH?

9:37 pm

good one mum!

9:37 pm

lol Bambam

9:37 pm

oops

9:37 pm

British troops defending Paris, bambam? Let's go back to WW1 first, to my grandad's 2 brothers who died in the trenches doing just that.

9:37 pm

not much. and your DH?

9:37 pm

Naturally, we offered our services, but with no experience in mines we would have been ineffective.

9:37 pm

yes full respect there Jac.... sorry.

9:38 pm

Ummm How far along who is K? My Dh is fout of town agin for next week/

9:38 pm

those trenches.... what a fate...

9:38 pm

Yes, not the glory those young lads imagined, were promised or got, Bambam.

9:39 pm

now i've got the tune for Tip Top bread in my head.... Good onya Mum, Tip Top's the one! good onya mum hahahaah

9:39 pm

ahhh, which iis why you are here. :) And how far along in the puzzle

9:39 pm

same in australia, people lying about their age to get over there, it was seen as a big chance for glory, but for way too many it was just a horrible fate

9:40 pm

So we decided to leave some of the men and wagons behind to help haul the debris from the mine, including the quartermaster and first mate; and the rest of us pressed on.

9:40 pm

Mind you, the Vietnam fighters were treated badly when they got home, too. See the film 'First Blood' for an example of that.

9:40 pm

We followed the river for a day, moving parallel to the mountains. It was a nice change from the climbing of the previous two days.

9:40 pm

there is one town in france that loves Aussies, and even celebrates Australia Day.... some place we liberated, but far too many others with short memories make it very difficult ... even when we try to speak French (and they bloody-well understand me too!!)

9:41 pm

mu 5/16 help please?

9:41 pm

I have 139 left. He Flies out to Iowa on Tues. and comes back on Sun..

9:41 pm

Bambam - cannon fodder, all. Dispensible. According to the Government. Dunno why I gave them a capital letter back there; cowards, all.

9:41 pm

i think vietnam was worse for the mental state of the POW's, definitely... in the world wars they were all heroes, but the vietnam war was so unpopular by the end that even the veterans were not lauded

9:41 pm

nrk.............go straight down

9:42 pm

yay him

9:42 pm

The weather was nice, and we shared stories and jokes as we walked along.

9:42 pm

thanks kalea

9:42 pm

yw

9:42 pm

mu 5: donkey minus last vowel + abbreviation for Connecticut

9:42 pm

good clue inge, that was a stupid word!

9:43 pm

Toward dusk, we found a farm we had been told of; not too big nor prosperous, but the farmer was pleasant enough and had an extra barn we could shelter in. He invited us to dine with his family.

9:43 pm

anwyay off the French subject, it's Friday and I wanna be in a good mood

9:43 pm

just looked it up , it measn penalty

9:43 pm

hi all

9:43 pm

We brought out some of our supplies, and shared some preserves with them for the biscuits.

9:43 pm

hello asculptor

9:44 pm

hi asculptor, long time no see!

9:44 pm

It was a pleasant evening, and passed quickly.

9:44 pm

hi asculptor.

9:44 pm

na 5/10 help please anyone?

9:44 pm

Bambam - you are wrong re the POW's being heroes. Unles they tried to escpe they were not tought of as heroes. But, truth is, not every guy can do the Colditz thing. Sometimes, they just want to keep their heads down and get back in one piece to their families. At times, in the 194o's and 50's, that made some people think they were cowards. Unbelievable really!

9:44 pm

ack, been busy slamming my hand in car door...

9:44 pm

na 5: na + anagram of air

9:44 pm

na5/10 = n + stuff we breathe + vowel.

9:44 pm

oh no!

9:44 pm

typing one handed for a couple of days now

9:45 pm

na + mr levin

9:45 pm

I'm at my mom's... she says "HI! and ooh!"

9:45 pm

okay, the last TE?

9:45 pm

HI NRKII's MOM

9:45 pm

hi nrk and mom!

9:45 pm

thanks charm!

9:46 pm

yw. how goes it.

9:46 pm

nrkii, are you getting your mom hooked on babble?

9:46 pm

asculptor, she's been watching for you online, and now she understands why you haven't been on

9:46 pm

sliding minivan door at soccer practice. broke middle finger of left hand in half plus 4 stitches!

9:46 pm

lbd, I tried to keep her away, but she did not listen to my advice

9:46 pm

ra7/28 please?

9:46 pm

last te means third, from the Latin

9:46 pm

OOOOH, sculptor! Did that, broke finger

9:46 pm

Thinking ourselves safe, we fell asleep...

9:46 pm

Jac i feel much sorrier for people who are conscripted, going somewhere to fight when they really don't want to,,,, at least if you join the army you are aware that this is a possiblity

9:46 pm

OWWWWWW

9:46 pm

Hi Aunt N!

9:46 pm

owie!!!*curls fingers under in empathetic pain*

9:46 pm

I'll pass your "Hi" along...

9:47 pm

klaurel...how long did it take to heal?

9:47 pm

{{{asculptor}}} you and Uneaixoise... hope you feel better soon, kiddo!

9:47 pm

ra7 - Mt. RA***** or prince RA of Monaco (I think that's the spelling of his name)

9:47 pm

all my uncles were very lucky not to go to vietnam.... they had the right birthdays (they just announced birthdates to pick people)

9:47 pm

they say splint for 6-8 wks....

9:47 pm

merci, stid. i am fairly clutsy anyway, but this took the cake.

9:47 pm

as a point of trivia, Australia is the only country in the world to fight with the US in every war of the past 100 years

9:47 pm

**back to story** and were rudely awakened before it was light by huge men with dull stares and large clubs.

9:48 pm

asculptor, from one who has been there... take the physical therapy seriously ... do your exercises at home and everything ... it really helps!

9:48 pm

Bambam - I also cannot believe the number of mean who wereshot by their own in the WWI as 'deserters' etc.. Surely mankind had been long enough on the earth to realise that not always everyone can shrug everything off? Effin' 'ell!

9:48 pm

thanks Charm..........i should have known

9:48 pm

asculptor -- I thought the clutsiness was on my Mom's side of the family, not my Dad's!

9:48 pm

yw....

9:48 pm

Sorry! Sorry for the swearing Babblers.

9:48 pm

That last thing I was on about really gets to me though/

9:48 pm

hmm, they sent me home with a BLANK instruction sheet. what exercises?

9:49 pm

Anzac Day (our equivalent of the american Veteran's Day) is getting bigger and bigger in australia, even young people go to the dawn service... Lest We Forget

9:49 pm

{{{Jacula}}} war is not an easy or pleasant topic.

9:49 pm

probably after a few weeks -- you should ask your doctor though

9:49 pm

my favorite was using silly putty-like stuff

9:49 pm

that probably means, asculptor, that you are to do NOTHING right now until the bones are setting properly!

9:49 pm

and i know Australia is the small partner in the Allied Powers, but it is really the US-UK-Australia friendship that is keeping this world semi-together if you ask me

9:50 pm

ha, i had to stay back in kiddie gymnastics because i couldn't do a straight log roll.

9:50 pm

but basically, your goal should be to get your left finger to do everything your right finger can do

9:50 pm

my great uncle was Anzac of the year last year! (by marriage but i'll take it!!)

9:50 pm

is this chapter ending with them getting clubbed???

9:50 pm

yes, as stid says, don't do anything without talking to doctor.

9:50 pm

cnt do nothing! been dongeverything! not well, but doing.

9:50 pm

I had to go for physical therapy for my pinkie finger, and I felt silly about it, but it really helped!

9:50 pm

*story again** The men didn't speak, just kicked us awake and pointed to the animals and carts. We were outnumbered, and hitched up in record time.

9:51 pm

also, oldest cat died today, a long day...

9:51 pm

*oooh, those mean men!*

9:51 pm

I broke mine playing indoor volleyball (wallyball) a couple years ago... sigh... not born for team sports I'm afraid

9:51 pm

oh, so sorry about the cat...

9:52 pm

sorry to hear about your cat asculptor. (((hugs)))

9:52 pm

Good night everyone. It's pat my bedtime and I need at least 4 hours of sleep to function...

9:52 pm

rotten bluecross hmo, they probably don't offer it but i will check, thanks!

9:52 pm

night bg

9:52 pm

night night bg

9:52 pm

nrkii, i bet that hurt...did you hit the ball with it?

9:52 pm

np... hope you're well enough to send an email sometime soon, but I understand if not...

9:52 pm

the ball hit me!!!

9:52 pm

The farmer's house was dark as we left the yard, no movement or light, nor even smoke from the chimney. It was dark and cold, and the plants that in the evening had seemed well cared for; in the light of the dawn were shriveled and dry.

9:53 pm

good night bg

9:53 pm

dislocated and fractured my finger

9:53 pm

night bg!

9:53 pm

thanks. Special cat.

9:53 pm

Jac,,, a famous quote (possibly misatributed to Patton)... "I'd rather have a German tank in front of me than a French one behind me!"

9:53 pm

dislocated???!!!yikes, they would have to knock me out 4 that one

9:54 pm

wikiquote.com says it wasnt him but was falsely attributed to him

9:54 pm

Bambam - small partner? Not in my eyes! If only our Government would take a leaf from yours....

9:54 pm

it was ugly looking when it happened, but more gross than pain... till they put it back in place!

9:54 pm

Rather than keeping to the broad, easy road along the river, the men soon directed us over a rickety bridge and up a rocky path toward the mountains.

9:54 pm

Our island, Bambam, is far smaller than yours... I think you get my drift?

9:55 pm

Bambam - re the quote - LOL.

9:55 pm

It soon became clear that the larger wagons would not make it. So they were abandoned and pushed off the side of the path, skittering and falling apart as they hit trees and rocks below. The huge men laughed every time another wagon had to be abandoned.

9:57 pm

Further and further into the mountains we climbed, stopping only once when we reached a dry meadow with a bitter spring at the edge. Our captors seemed comfortable enough to let us wander while they rested in the shade of the only tree.

9:57 pm

have a look at Patton's quotes on wikiquote.com... some classics in there ... e.g. "give me a bunch of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle, give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war!"

9:57 pm

TA 7/28 please?

9:58 pm

The donkey was the only animal left, and my little cart the only conveyance. As much of our foodstuffs as we could pack were loaded in, and our bedrolls.

9:58 pm

The rest of the trunks and bags we lugged as best we could between us.

9:58 pm

Just got back and scrolled down - BAMBAM - are you completely forgetting about Canada???????????

9:58 pm

nrkii i will send you email so stid can continue lovely story without so many interruptions.

9:58 pm

klaurel.... ta7,28.... to sun your skin, plus scarlett o'hara's house's name

9:59 pm

Strangely, the mute men did not seem interested in anything we carried.

9:59 pm

okay, be well!

9:59 pm

or the Kama Sutra thing with an A in there

9:59 pm

thanks, bam bam

9:59 pm

asculptor, I do not mind you having a conversation. I am almost done anyway...

9:59 pm

jilli, did you ever read the book Rilla of Ingleside?

9:59 pm

jilli we in UK have not forgotten the Canandians' input.

9:59 pm

Jill, I am not forgetting about Canada at all, just it seems they have dropped out of it for now

9:59 pm

TA 5/10 before *** and feathers

10:00 pm

Goodnight all, thanks for well wishes: those plus my cousin's Joan Rivers pic made me smile!

10:00 pm

stid, seeing she's only got one hand to type with, probably tiring anyhow!

10:00 pm

oooh, stidmama, keep going!

10:00 pm

good night aim!

10:00 pm

iIt was a world war, for God's sake! Our allies our ilmost inborn now.

10:00 pm

got that

10:00 pm

ty stid, but i will tell cousin gory details and spare you all! :)

10:00 pm

both canada and australia were fighting in WWII for King George VI (I know this because a great uncle died and he got a certificate -- now framed -- thanking him for losing his life in the name of King and Country!)

10:01 pm

does anyone have the last tr 7? thanks!

10:01 pm

and my father (andree's ex-husband) has his exact name

10:01 pm

asculptor - see my icon for today - I watch my dear old cat every time she goes to sleep, hoping she's still breathing...

10:01 pm

as he died shortly before my Dad was born

10:01 pm

All too soon, it was time to move on. There were just eight of us: the young man who had seen a tree move, the sailor who had seen a face in the pool on the second day, three men from a place far from our home who spoke a language more like music than speech; and myself and three others from around our mountain here.

10:02 pm

and it's really the only thing I wish (or realistically hope) to inherit from him!! **mum will get a laugh out of that**

10:02 pm

hey everyone - finally made it back to finish - 81 to go

10:02 pm

haha

10:02 pm

finite

10:02 pm

BG, DH wants to know how many you have left

10:02 pm

told ya

10:02 pm

trite

10:03 pm

ty nut - got that one already

10:03 pm

Bambam - I know all about WW1 an 2. Well, not ALL about, but.... It seems we can't leave all tis behind us yet because it is still new and too raw.... people's grandfparents lost at the very least.

10:03 pm

crap

10:03 pm

that one too!

10:03 pm

thanks Nut! for the fi6

10:03 pm

The youngest among us looked more and more frightened the further we went. And he started to lag behind.

10:03 pm

any time nrkii

10:03 pm

HELEN, love the icon and the explanation

10:03 pm

I am now playing Melanie Safka's song, 'Peace Will Come, According To Plan'.

10:03 pm

and Jill, might I add, despite the fact that Canadians are very quirky... we have more in common with you than any other country..... former colony, large country, small population, most of it unusable (desert in our case, tundra in yours), etc.... very similar indeed -- have lots of canadian friends (and ex-girlfriends!!)

10:04 pm

okay, here we go! TI 6/30 and TI 6/18 (first one)

10:04 pm

ty nrkii

10:04 pm

It wasn't too long after the rest in the meadow that he dropped out of site completely. Rather than go back and get him, though, our captors urged us forward with gestures and swings of their clubs.

10:04 pm

Helen - 25 to go here, so I guess I'd better get off my soapbox!?

10:05 pm

ready Jac, we'll jump off together... 1... 2.... 3.... go!

10:05 pm

metal + not empty - ti 6/30

10:05 pm

good soapbox to be on - that's what my parents always told me - never forget what happened

10:05 pm

thanks,. abe, got that as you were typing

10:06 pm

At the close of the day, we came to a pass in the mountains. Broad and wide, with many tumbled down rocks, the wind blew fiercely here.

10:06 pm

Bambam - Canadians are NOt "out of it" - they're getting killed every day in Afghanistan

10:06 pm

what kind of soap box is it jac?

10:06 pm

no prob klaurel!

10:06 pm

Lest We Forget.... can't sum it up better than that

10:06 pm

and got the last

10:06 pm

ti 6,18 smaller

10:06 pm

NINE!

10:06 pm

sorry, stid

10:06 pm

61!

10:07 pm

jili, that cat is gorgeous

10:07 pm

The men pushed us toward an overhang, mostly hidden by scraggly trees and twisted shrubs.

10:07 pm

74!

10:07 pm

They directed me to go in first, pushing the cart over some rocks that were too big for the wheels.

10:07 pm

Holding my mose now, Ba,bam. amd jumping off! May I ask whst I'm jumping off INTO?

10:07 pm

41. we can do it!

10:07 pm

Thank you, nut, not only for the compliment but for changing the subject

10:08 pm

The overhand was just high enough for them to walk without hitting their heads, and went back further and further. It became very dark.

10:08 pm

jill you mean as part of the UN peace-keeping thing? i had the impression that they had distanced themselves a bit from the Anglo-American alliance... as have the Kiwi's

10:08 pm

help with first mi7 please?

10:08 pm

i can't resist a beautiful cat

10:09 pm

see my cat

10:09 pm

Just before the light failed completely behind us, I could see a bit of gray ahead. And the men kept pushing us forward as day turned to night and the light faded in both directions.

10:09 pm

more meaty, nrkii... mi + finan**** (banker)

10:09 pm

**back to normal mode**

10:09 pm

yeah ren

10:09 pm

Not recently, Bam, thanks to our new PM

10:09 pm

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenie

10:09 pm

clue me clue me clue me!!! :)

10:09 pm

nutty buddy!!!!!!!!!1

10:09 pm

thanks stid, and Gute Nacht

10:10 pm

did you make up your bio

10:10 pm

TR 8/60?

10:10 pm

the only clue i have is the movie

10:10 pm

nrk...need clues?

10:10 pm

he he, thought maybe you and mama quit talking to me

10:10 pm

Paul sat back, and Gilly brought out tea and fruit tarts for dessert. The children were eager with questions, but Paul had talked enough. Instead, he asked questions about their school, their friends and their work.

10:10 pm

no did you?

10:10 pm

chj - how ya doing???

10:10 pm

tr 8- choo choo + not empty

10:11 pm

yes please chj

10:11 pm

mi7 (first one)?

10:11 pm

i pretty much always make mine up...yes

10:11 pm

thanks, abe

10:11 pm

stid, I really must get the flow tonight from babanon.

10:11 pm

yw klaurel

10:11 pm

It was a pleasant evening, and soon everyone was headed to sleep -- to dream of strange places and strange peoples.

10:11 pm

mi that spicy pie was mi***** than the other one

10:11 pm

i'll make one up again....give me a word

10:11 pm

treat

10:11 pm

anyway Jill, apologies for any offense, you are definitely part of my club!

10:12 pm

thanks!!!

10:12 pm

hey cheetos

10:12 pm

sh@t

10:12 pm

hey nut

10:12 pm

**end of story for tonight** I have noticed that last night's chapter (and this one will be when I load it) are now on page 2 of the "storytime with stidmama" thread at babanon...

10:12 pm

hungry?

10:12 pm

you want me to do a bio on treat???

10:12 pm

I am out for a while. See you all later!

10:12 pm

no prob

10:12 pm

i will not do a bio on that word nut!!!

10:12 pm

please

10:12 pm

later stidmama

10:12 pm

night Stid, thank you for the story!

10:12 pm

I was interrupted by a dear friend with a newly adopted older dog -- such a darling (both)

10:12 pm

bye stiddie

10:13 pm

Tx, stidmama. So nice to have you enable my escape!

10:13 pm

nite stid

10:13 pm

Good evening everyone. I think I'm giving up. Down to 20.

10:13 pm

later stid

10:13 pm

bye stid

10:13 pm

what'sthe count nrk

10:13 pm

a stray dog just killed my moms chickens rennie

10:13 pm

25 words tp go now... don't think I can do it.

10:13 pm

cu tomorrow stid

10:13 pm

no no dont give up cj

10:13 pm

I know the feeling Jac

10:13 pm

yes you can Jacula

10:13 pm

well get you there

10:13 pm

OH! CRUD! I have 1 left accprding to lickety and 2 according to Babble!

10:13 pm

It's past my bedtime chj

10:13 pm

31 words.

10:13 pm

56 to go chj

10:13 pm

oh no!!! not the rooster 2!!!! not my rooster buddy!

10:13 pm

and now, i'm off to find a snack or just off to bed. i hope the next grid is nicer! nighty night

10:13 pm

does anyone have the last tr 7?

10:14 pm

its a goner

10:14 pm

night lb

10:14 pm

jac...keep going

10:14 pm

I have 25 left to find.

10:14 pm

I was on road for half day, then at brothers for dinner, so didn't do much on this today

10:14 pm

goodnight lbdawger

10:14 pm

TR 7/36 the last one?

10:14 pm

slow going

10:14 pm

judy & jac - you hang in there - you CAN do it!

10:14 pm

and the stray is tied out back, trying to decide what to do with it

10:14 pm

past your bedtime? ive been staying up 3 hours past my bedtime for the last 3 weeks

10:14 pm

TR& was a snazzy car in UK onc. LOL. Not a clue though.

10:14 pm

I need clues! ac 7/36

10:15 pm

bookwyrm... I just read your profile. We had a Chesapeake Bay-golden lab mix when I was a child. I love those dogs!

10:15 pm

But you're retired chj! Some of us work for a living. LOL

10:15 pm

if anyone wants any clues, just mail me at tony.bradley@credit-suisse.com.... no one should have to go thru this kinda grid !!

10:15 pm

good night, Judy, et all who are leaving...

10:15 pm

tr..........the last tr5/10 minus the last letter, adding a mineral suffix

10:15 pm

they think the dog was dropped off. oh...we'll drop it at a farm where it will be happy. never mind the poor innocent animals/pets that the happy dog might be killing.

10:15 pm

bambam - no offense - please read my profile - it's just that Canada gets so overlooked and has given so much to the world

10:15 pm

Judy- don't have a go ay chj.

10:15 pm

ac 7/36 a +cl6/34

10:16 pm

thanks kalea!

10:16 pm

It's not Babble etiquete.

10:16 pm

yw

10:16 pm

jilli - i would never underrate canada

10:16 pm

you mean you dont get a check from dr. god every two weeks for playing babble

10:16 pm

thanks Jill, agreed, and see the week after next... next week i'm pretending to be a pro golfer in an amateur event.... cheers all have a great w/e!!

10:17 pm

And, yes, I spelled that wrong.

10:17 pm

thanks! now I have to figure out which one I am missing!

10:17 pm

bye Bambam

10:17 pm

it's a great country that we have the longest unguarded border in the world

10:17 pm

bye bam

10:17 pm

25 to go... do I wan to bother?

10:17 pm

oh boy. I already had the ac 7/36. See what I mean? Fatigue!! okay. how about the first ar 6/18

10:17 pm

nite bam

10:17 pm

bi Mum xoxox.... need to pretend to do some work now

10:18 pm

ar + to spew anger

10:18 pm

good nite bambam :)

10:18 pm

I also need fr 6/27

10:18 pm

brb nutty buddy

10:19 pm

bye bam

10:19 pm

got the ar chj thx

10:19 pm

Bambam - I have big Aussie connections - check with Mr President!!!

10:19 pm

fr6 /27 frescoist *** angelica + ge*** davis

10:20 pm

woohoo chj! another one down. how about the dreaded 11 in11/88

10:21 pm

also need the ir and it

10:21 pm

in11 in5/10 + st6/18

10:21 pm

may i have a super remedial clue for the ending to the li 8? :)

10:21 pm

ge*** davis?

10:21 pm

FIREWORKS! Thank goodness my missed word was early

10:21 pm

ir6 ir + the **** mccoys

10:21 pm

25 words short of a completed grid, I am offf. Sorry! lONG DAY AND EARLY STRAT LATER.

10:21 pm

yay klaurel!

10:21 pm

congrats klaurel

10:21 pm

START

10:21 pm

good luck with the golf, bambam Tiger!

10:21 pm

wtg klaurel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:21 pm

good night jacula

10:22 pm

i still have 9 to go

10:22 pm

it7 stalagm*** + to spew anger

10:22 pm

you can do it kalea!

10:22 pm

yay laurel

10:22 pm

thanks abe........i'm drowning here.......lol

10:22 pm

night jac

10:23 pm

ty very much chj. Still working on the in11. Missing some of the st's yet

10:23 pm

yay kalae you can do it

10:23 pm

good nite jacula - sleep cooly :)

10:23 pm

i have 27 left kalea, i'll be here with you!

10:23 pm

go abe and kalea

10:23 pm

you can do abe!

10:23 pm

you can do IT abe

10:24 pm

thanks :)

10:24 pm

spam...good one abe

10:24 pm

ham eggs and spam

10:24 pm

It's been fun, but I quit for now with 117 left to find. Time to do my stir-fry and love my beautiful old cat for a while. Back for the flip

10:24 pm

thanks chj. my mom used to make that for us!

10:24 pm

ewwww ..child abuse

10:25 pm

i got a postcard last year from my friend who vistied the spam museum

10:25 pm

lol

10:25 pm

lol

10:25 pm

nutty buddy...double dog dare

10:25 pm

i've heard good things about spam museum

10:25 pm

in minnesota, helen?

10:25 pm

lol abe!

10:25 pm

what town was low enough to let that be put in their town

10:26 pm

triple dog dare her

10:26 pm

The flip, what time zone is that?

10:26 pm

hmm kalea, could be, they took a long road trip from chicago - west to mt rushmore, sturgis, yellowstone - so very well could be

10:26 pm

nutty buddy...

10:26 pm

1200 cdt

10:26 pm

lol chj.........austen minnesota......home of hormel

10:27 pm

fi 5/20?

10:27 pm

ahhh, my time zone

10:27 pm

fi5/20 fi*ament + bubble g**

10:27 pm

brilliant! thx

10:28 pm

we always had spam in the house - my dad loved spam, but then of course there were always weird things in the refrigerator also - brains, tripe, carp in aspic with the one creepy eye staring at you - yuck

10:28 pm

okay, time to sleep

10:28 pm

nite nite all

10:28 pm

i had a very caring a thoughtful mother who NEVER served us spam

10:28 pm

good night klaurel. great job today

10:28 pm

you missed out, chj :)

10:29 pm

nite laurel

10:29 pm

hi again everyone

10:29 pm

not kosher - never had to worry about spam spam spam spam

10:29 pm

kalea - then that would be it - they said they had a great time there too - both over-educated & hubby is a total intellectual snob, go figure !

10:29 pm

hello deb

10:29 pm

i'm with you on that ren

10:29 pm

yes and i missed out on vegamite and marmite

10:29 pm

Night all, too many words, not enough time

10:29 pm

hey ya debs

10:29 pm

you done ren? kalea?

10:30 pm

lol helen........whoda thunk, spam bringing the classes together

10:30 pm

nite bub

10:30 pm

no deb...........8 to go

10:30 pm

how about ms. met...did you finish

10:30 pm

i'm missing a set of in 7/8. i have the one in + beverage letter + spewing anger

10:30 pm

And just what is wrong with spam?! other than the high sodium content

10:30 pm

not me debs...i'm slow...i would need a 2 week vacation to do this grid

10:30 pm

the TASTE

10:30 pm

* last set

10:30 pm

wolf!!!

10:31 pm

i have 90 to go - second day in a week i had to work at work !

10:31 pm

in7.........in plus trick or ******

10:31 pm

But that is what condiments are for, chj

10:31 pm

fr6/7 anyone? tearing my hair out in large chunks here

10:31 pm

also when prepared properly, it can be pretty good

10:31 pm

in + trick or *****

10:31 pm

i've had to work at work all week too... thanks kalea

10:32 pm

that would be 6/27

10:32 pm

yw

10:32 pm

working at work is not convenient for 300 grid

10:32 pm

getting loopy

10:32 pm

fr7 the ridge on a guitar neck + 888l of crap

10:32 pm

abe is loooooooopy

10:32 pm

exacly abe!

10:32 pm

***i of crap

10:33 pm

too true, abe -- I worked on it during my break until I broke 100 and then had to quit til I got home

10:33 pm

too esoteric for me chj! :)

10:33 pm

Hey nut!

10:33 pm

hey wolfie!

10:33 pm

kool nut - this cat;s on a hot tin roof!

10:33 pm

looking for some st's now. the first and last four.

10:33 pm

Oh yeah, and HI to everyone else!! {{*Hugs for all*}}

10:33 pm

fr7 to worry + ***l of crap

10:33 pm

Hey GW. How are ya?

10:34 pm

thanks ren, wassup with the corsage? is that some kind of painful memory?

10:34 pm

me too. i'm ignoring my hubby right now ...but must. finish. grid.

10:34 pm

the first tr6/18 and the third tr6/18 please?

10:34 pm

fr7 to worry + the glass is half ***l

10:34 pm

I have that one , chj it's the 6/27 I need

10:34 pm

hello GW

10:34 pm

another thing that is not conducive to finishing a monster like this is IMing with someone you haven't talked to in a long time

10:34 pm

yes....no one really wanted to take me to the prom so my cousin paid a friend

10:34 pm

ac 8 help please?

10:34 pm

first tr 6/18 is the plural of the 5/10 above it Kalea

10:35 pm

Ah the prom - hell nite for some us! I skipped school that day!

10:35 pm

really? my friend had to blackmail her brother...

10:35 pm

the third tr is more of the tr 5/10 above it

10:35 pm

fr6 fr + ins company ae*** minus the cross

10:35 pm

everyone was afraid of me

10:36 pm

ac 5/12 + two vowels and double hump

10:36 pm

i'm not scared of you!

10:36 pm

Judy - in a word, exhausted!! Seb finally cut all four teeth over the weekend, but that meant that he was up every hour and a half or so during the entire weekend so no rest for daddy or mommy

10:36 pm

duhhhhhhhhhhhhh on the first

10:36 pm

nor i

10:36 pm

muchos thanks

10:36 pm

i ended up dating that date for a while

10:36 pm

but i pobably should be

10:36 pm

i know nut...*-D

10:36 pm

so this is a rest for you GW? LOL

10:37 pm

I'm too tired I guess -not getting the ins company reference

10:38 pm

okay, maybe a little

10:38 pm

fr6 fr*n dresser + ge*** davis

10:38 pm

pretty much, Judy -- I use babble to destress during the day at work -- I spend my entire half hour lunch grid hunting (unless the site wipes out, like it has a couple of times this week)

10:38 pm

te

10:38 pm

geez Judy......thank you, and pass the fish please

10:38 pm

kalea do you have the first st and last four st's. I'm stuck there.

10:38 pm

Then if I get back to it when I get home, I do my best to finish, but usually I am so tired I just end up going to sleep once the kids are down

10:39 pm

I am sooooo hooked on this game GW. Not a good thing--I stay up past my bedtime (like right now!)

10:39 pm

a couple of times I have quit with less than then to go

10:39 pm

chj! got it! that must be the ONLY combination I didn't ry. tyvm!

10:39 pm

hi, GW.

10:40 pm

st6........sounds like what they call a big busted woman

10:40 pm

{{{{***Charm***}}}}

10:40 pm

GW, is your icon iconic of your mental state at the moment? How are the kids? How are YOU?

10:40 pm

last st6...........very harsh with discipline, and the 7 is more so

10:41 pm

Duh! Fish for me too Kalea! It must be our fatigue!!

10:41 pm

an 9/66 anyone?

10:41 pm

Judy -- before Seb was born, I finished EVERY grid every day except for the first few when I started -- then I got the new job and the new son and lost the time to play

10:41 pm

lol

10:41 pm

[nrkii obviously with nose in the grid]

10:42 pm

Well, GW, I'll be down pretty much tomorrow and next week. Have to do some real work during the day. LOL

10:42 pm

ta 6/18, before the little pies?

10:42 pm

an9 = an* (girl's name) + last c6/24.

10:42 pm

nut sis you go away?

10:43 pm

an9 ana* retentive + short for a female body part +intensive care

10:43 pm

kalea- l ike sauce for fish, change a vowel

10:43 pm

change the last vowel in the 6/18 before it kalea

10:43 pm

thanks charm

10:43 pm

what happene* to my D?

10:43 pm

not me...no way...well, maybe soon

10:43 pm

thast should be an*l

10:43 pm

what'd I miss?

10:43 pm

ta6/18 before the little pies = ta4 before it + Mr. Gore.

10:43 pm

may i have a clue for the later part of the li 8? gracias

10:43 pm

whats your count

10:43 pm

down to 9. *yawn*

10:43 pm

nrkii!!! hiya crazy lady

10:43 pm

22

10:44 pm

ta6 sourer

10:44 pm

5 A 17 C

10:44 pm

lets get to work

10:44 pm

ty Charm......now i KNOW i'm fried......lol

10:44 pm

li8 = to be well read and well spoken - Italian pl.

10:44 pm

11 left

10:44 pm

it7 clue please?

10:44 pm

yw

10:45 pm

thanks chj

10:45 pm

this is embarrassing...........i have 4 left, and 3 are te's in the middle...........a 4, a 5, and a 7

10:45 pm

it7 =say that again? re****ate the clue + picnic pest.

10:45 pm

it+second vowel + rave

10:46 pm

st 8/40?

10:46 pm

ar 6 18 before the one who is creative and ***l of creativity

10:46 pm

I swear I tried that ... thanks, maynegirl

10:46 pm

my count is only 134 -- my goal is to reach the half way point and find the 9's

10:46 pm

and charm

10:46 pm

50

10:46 pm

(psst! Judy! thought you were going to sleep...)

10:46 pm

st8 bering st**** + emergency room

10:47 pm

st8/40 = add an ending to the st6/18 before it - one who st6's.

10:47 pm

more so than the 6/18, Judy

10:47 pm

fish for me, chj. I thought I already tried that!!

10:47 pm

ar + to spew anger

10:47 pm

I was, Stid. Now my Type A personality as kicked in.

10:48 pm

tx!

10:48 pm

third te7/28?

10:48 pm

mi 7/36 and two mi 7/32's??

10:48 pm

okay, only the c's left, must go spend qual time with parents before they go to sleep

10:48 pm

bb later to grab last 17

10:48 pm

te is the bird + past tense of to eat

10:48 pm

3d te7/28 = the te4/4 before it + dined.

10:49 pm

what color

10:49 pm

oops

10:49 pm

mi7/32 mi** julep + emergency rooms

10:49 pm

mi7/36 = mi***meat pies at christmas - even more so.

10:49 pm

i still can't get the an 9 -- i think i have it but i dont

10:49 pm

mi7/32 = one who makes money at the mi5.

10:49 pm

mi7/32 that jlep was mi***** than the first one

10:50 pm

I must be totally losing it chj & charm. Thx

10:50 pm

mi7/32 = even more flavor of the herb.

10:50 pm

debbinla, try this: your ac5 right above it, then add 3rd vowel, 5th vowel, and a consonant

10:51 pm

an9 an + great grade + cl6/24 (small hospital) but change small hump to cross

10:51 pm

la 5/10 (first one) and la7/32?

10:51 pm

first li 6?

10:51 pm

next up is the ta 8/45 and ta 7/28 right after it

10:51 pm

la + number

10:51 pm

dang...........gotta find which one i'm missing

10:51 pm

oooooh - got it -- thank you!!!

10:51 pm

ta8 fish sauce + **e cream

10:52 pm

la + nickname for Onassis

10:52 pm

ta7 fish suace pl

10:52 pm

got that one Judy, thx tho - it's other la 5/10 I need

10:52 pm

li6 = li + e4/4.

10:52 pm

OMG chj. Just shoot me now. I got the hard ones and am missing the easy ones.

10:53 pm

bang bang

10:53 pm

the ax5 please? last one

10:53 pm

*falls off chair*

10:53 pm

thanks Charm

10:54 pm

thank you charm!

10:54 pm

ty judy *helps Judy back up- needs her for clues!*

10:54 pm

ooh, got it

10:54 pm

ax5/20 = ax + stalagm***/stalact***.

10:54 pm

first ac5/12 please?

10:54 pm

yw, abe!

10:54 pm

ax + term***

10:54 pm

The curse of Babble, Judy -- the odd becomes so normal, the normal becomes invisible :D

10:54 pm

*falls over in victory*

10:54 pm

*applying pressure bandage to wounds* thx Mayne

10:54 pm

ac5/12 = a + por**** mushroom

10:55 pm

la 7/32 pls :)

10:55 pm

ac + vodka mart***

10:55 pm

woohoo Kalea

10:55 pm

*pours Judy medicinal glass of wine*

10:55 pm

ah, thanks chj and charm!

10:55 pm

ty everyone.........my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, etc

10:56 pm

just what I needed Mayne. down to 3.

10:56 pm

fireworks!

10:56 pm

(I lied, I didn't leave)

10:56 pm

yay nrkii!

10:56 pm

woohoo nrkii

10:56 pm

was too close

10:56 pm

yayayayayayay nrkii

10:56 pm

la7/32 = la prefix meaning dairy + James D*** (dead teen idol)

10:56 pm

yay nrkii!!!!

10:56 pm

last 2- an 5 after the 9?

10:56 pm

okay, now really going as father is grumbling bout the darn computer having stolen his family

10:56 pm

41 for me but still trucking...

10:56 pm

woohoo nrk

10:56 pm

wtg nrkii !!!!!!!!!!!

10:57 pm

first li 6/18

10:57 pm

go MG, go

10:57 pm

see ya later (maybe) or tomorrow!

10:57 pm

congrats nrkii!!

10:57 pm

oh nrkii congrats!!!! How about a clue for the ta6/18 that immediately follows the ta4/4 (small mountain lake) ??

10:57 pm

li + e 4/4

10:57 pm

li + sea eagle

10:57 pm

okay nrkii, I know you have to leave... someone else?

10:57 pm

bye nrkii

10:57 pm

1st an5/10 = a + not far.

10:57 pm

tata nrkii

10:57 pm

thx Kalea

10:58 pm

fireworks

10:58 pm

hi all!

10:58 pm

add mr gore to the lake

10:58 pm

yay, abe!

10:58 pm

st 8/4?

10:58 pm

woohoo abe

10:58 pm

YIPEE FOR ABE !!!

10:58 pm

wtg abe !!!!!!!!!!!!

10:58 pm

my eyes are watering with exhaustion

10:58 pm

last st 5/10 (I can't think anymore)

10:58 pm

re9?

10:58 pm

thanks to all for fabulous clues

10:58 pm

way to go Abe!

10:58 pm

more so than the 6/18 before it

10:59 pm

lthx Charm!

10:59 pm

(the only other st i dont' ahve)

10:59 pm

plural of re 8 above it GW

10:59 pm

st 8/45 more rigid

10:59 pm

judy, narrow grooves i think

10:59 pm

oooh, got it !

10:59 pm

Yay -- Buckaroo Banzai is on Movieplex!!

10:59 pm

i need help!!

10:59 pm

st5..........st + rivulet

10:59 pm

ty

10:59 pm

st8/40 bering st**** + emergency room

10:59 pm

Hi Fran! thx

11:00 pm

yw judy!

11:00 pm

Hey, Fran.

11:00 pm

Okay so how about the re8 then, smartypants? :P :D

11:00 pm

first ar6/18 anyone?

11:00 pm

whatcha need, Fran?

11:00 pm

hi charm!

11:00 pm

lar + rave Fran

11:01 pm

thanks, kalea -- I got kicked off for a moment, but got it

11:01 pm

that's ar + rave

11:01 pm

Can you guess I am feeling the effects of sleep deprivation :)

11:01 pm

ar6/18 = ar + rave.

11:01 pm

ar + have a tantrum

11:01 pm

thanks MG!

11:01 pm

ar + throw a fit

11:01 pm

and everyone else!

11:01 pm

can NOT monkeytype the first li6/18. Help!

11:02 pm

Hi Fran

11:02 pm

re 8 gw is to finish working minus the last vowel + small picnic pest

11:02 pm

fr6/27 anyone?

11:02 pm

hi wolfie!!

11:02 pm

re8/40 = ones who have finished in the workplace. and pl.

11:02 pm

HELLO fran!

11:02 pm

li + sea eagle

11:02 pm

thank you most kindly, Judy :)

11:02 pm

hey debb!! got sidetracked today, still need 16!

11:02 pm

fr + stadium minus the r

11:03 pm

fr6 fr*nk sinatra + ge*** davis

11:03 pm

good night all

11:03 pm

i got sidetracked and need 70 :-(

11:03 pm

night abe

11:03 pm

ty kalea - my eyes! My eyes!

11:03 pm

hang in there.........you can do it

11:03 pm

best of luck to all who are finishing. you can do it!

11:04 pm

I think I'm done in, folks. have fun babbling. and see y'all some time tomorrow....

11:04 pm

night Charm

11:04 pm

ty abe!

11:04 pm

thanks chj and kalea!

11:04 pm

good nite charM good nite abe

11:04 pm

night charm!!

11:04 pm

g'nite Charm

11:04 pm

nite charm

11:04 pm

so long, abe

11:04 pm

nitey nte abe

11:05 pm

brb........need a drink

11:05 pm

night abe!

11:05 pm

tr 6/18 first one

11:05 pm

bye abe

11:05 pm

first st6/21 anyone?

11:06 pm

plural judy

11:06 pm

sounds like what you do to books when you put them one on top of the other with a vowel at the end Fran

11:06 pm

st6 st**k of records + te**** ball

11:06 pm

tr 6/18 = pl of the tr 5/10 - features

11:07 pm

The chorus is singing . . . . * FIREWORKS * ty Fran and throw me a fish!!!!

11:07 pm

help with the te9 now, please

11:07 pm

thanks judy!!

11:07 pm

and chj!

11:07 pm

wtg auntie !!!!!!!!!!!!

11:07 pm

yay judy!!!!!

11:07 pm

wooooooohoooooooooo Judy

11:07 pm

yipee jucy!!

11:08 pm

te9/54?

11:08 pm

te 9 GW - what falls down your cheek when you cry + a mark on your clothing

11:08 pm

dont know them...what era

11:08 pm

* attempts to curtsy and falls over *

11:08 pm

thanks Judy -- these compound words are always my downfall

11:09 pm

*picks Judy up, and brushes her off*

11:09 pm

te5/10 after plural canvas dwellings?

11:09 pm

obviously you haven't fully recovered from being shot earlier, Judy -- here take my chair.... I insist

11:09 pm

thanks for that te9 also judy!

11:09 pm

it is now after midnight. I'll be falling asleep in court tomorrow. Thank you allllll for your help. I pray the grid will be smaller tomorrow.

11:09 pm

JUDY DOOD IT! YAYAYAYAY!

11:09 pm

te + ***nfall

11:10 pm

night judy!!

11:10 pm

how thoughtful of you gq and kalea.

11:10 pm

ty Stid

11:10 pm

good nite judy

11:10 pm

that was gw not gq

11:10 pm

mi 7/36 (first one) nad mi 6/21 (last one)

11:10 pm

the chapter is up at babanon, on the second page of the thread.

11:10 pm

;)

11:10 pm

thanks kalea!

11:10 pm

(oh I dunno Judy, gq probably fits him, too!)

11:10 pm

30

11:11 pm

thank you stid!!

11:11 pm

WTG Judy! 37 and still rolling

11:11 pm

go helen go!

11:11 pm

(true Stid)

11:11 pm

good luck Mayne. You can do it!

11:11 pm

MG, small vehicles (compound)

11:11 pm

mi........more of the stuff in mi***meat pie

11:11 pm

sorry, wrong one MG!

11:11 pm

not by a long shot, stid --- I am a simple blue jeans and t-shirt kinda guy

11:11 pm

Though I have been told I clean up pretty good ;D

11:12 pm

te7/28 after rough te*****

11:12 pm

Fran thanks - why am I missing the obvious ones tonite?

11:12 pm

mi6.........misspelled mi****** than the sword

11:12 pm

LOL Woulf! If good looks run in the family, I bet Seb takes after you!

11:12 pm

Oh -- btw, how did your daughter like her birthday party and presents?

11:13 pm

I think I'll give up with 123 to go - good luck to you all who are still going !

11:13 pm

ty kalea - but makes me itchy!

11:13 pm

lol

11:13 pm

bye lynxxx!

11:13 pm

later lynxxxx... I have 134 remaining.

11:13 pm

MG -- it is as I said earlier -- Once you play Babble long enough the wierd becomes normal, and the normal becomes invisible

11:13 pm

night lynxxx

11:13 pm

how about lu 6/36?

11:13 pm

good nite lynxxx

11:13 pm

lol wolfie! so true.

11:14 pm

Norad - are you there?

11:14 pm

And she loved her presents, stid -- the table is a hit because she can open and close the umbrella on it all by herself

I'm trying to not get into onling gambling, but the thought of winning is just...irresistable.

11:14 pm

MG, sort of make more luxurious

11:14 pm

LOL Grey woulf!

11:14 pm

But the rollerskates she got were an even bigger hit

11:14 pm

oh that makes a kid feel so grown-up! well done, Daddy-type Guy!

11:14 pm

lu.........delu* accommodations = past tense of eat

11:14 pm

first ti5/12?

11:15 pm

leigh! and how is the thought of losing? ;-)

11:15 pm

te7/28 after the rough te7/28?

11:15 pm

ti.......metal plus abbr for connecticut

11:15 pm

ti5/12 ti*can + connecticut

11:15 pm

Thanks stid --*blushes slightly* -- I didn't even think of it from that angle -- just got the set because it has the Backyardigans on it

11:15 pm

Hey Mg are you going to make this grid?

11:15 pm

rollerskates? Oh my! I still have the scars on my elbows (don't ask) from when I had rollerskates at age four...

I know, I know, but I can't help it...

11:16 pm

thankds chj and kalea! forgot about that word!

11:16 pm

te7.............sounds the same as the rough one

11:16 pm

stid -- she was like a baby fawn -- she fell down so many times in the first few minutes I lost count, but she didn't let that stop her at all

11:16 pm

Do you have a large supply of bandages and popsicles, Woulf? (that's what my mother used to do for all my boo-boos)

11:17 pm

I bet she was darling, hope you got some nice pics!

11:17 pm

I have taught her that falling is nothing to be afraid or ashamed of... it just happens

11:17 pm

Kahlua! ibb and i have been taking turns all day (been back and forth from ag hall) - 34 left and my brain is mush!

11:17 pm

how bout the very last te 7?

11:17 pm

The bandages we have, though I haven't introduced her to popsicles yet

11:17 pm

leigh -- the other night you left because of "stupid boyfriend troubles". The query is, was it a "stupid boyfriend" trouble, or stupid "boyfriend trouble"...

11:17 pm

te + little green men - ma*****s

11:18 pm

Not getting the lu - tried ier and ite no luck

11:18 pm

you guys are die hards...or losers one or the other ;)

A bit of both.

11:18 pm

And I got a few pix, I need to get a better camera though -- the refresh rate before I can take another with the one I have is agonisingly slow

11:18 pm

Yes, because my back was so bad, my kids learned to say "oopsie" and pick themselves up, dust themselves off and come sit on my lap for inspection. :-)

11:18 pm

NORAD - are you there?

Kahlua- Perhaps a group of die-hard losers.

11:18 pm

lu + sideways cross + past tense of eat

11:18 pm

MG, kalea had a better clue, lu*ury + consumed

11:19 pm

They are still pretty tough fellas!

11:19 pm

hope you got things sorted out properly, then, leigh.

11:19 pm

thank kalea

11:19 pm

I believe the term you are looking for is "beneficially insane", Kahlua

11:19 pm

Kahlua - we end up staying up late (idiots!) and then have this drive to finish it! *prefers die hards to losers*

11:19 pm

ti6/0 anyone?

11:19 pm

ooooooooh, i LIKE that, GW

Not really. *laugh* I seem to be going in circles.

11:19 pm

Greywoulf - that's exactly it!

11:20 pm

an 5/10?

11:20 pm

*walks quiety to the podium and announces with a megaphone* TOMORROW IS MG'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

11:20 pm

ti6/30 anyone?

11:20 pm

6/30, Fran?

11:20 pm

hehehe

11:20 pm

well leigh, eventually it'll get worked through. Is your family back from vacation and is your mouth all healed now?

11:20 pm

metal + not empty

11:20 pm

helen, which one?

11:20 pm

ty Fran and Kalea - finally got it!

11:20 pm

ti 6/30 filled up with metal

11:20 pm

fran - any & all

11:21 pm

thanks kalea!!

11:21 pm

OOH! Another Babble birthday! *counting candles...* how many dozens of candles will we need?

11:21 pm

1st one is a + not far

11:21 pm

I have officially hit my goal of halfway with all the 9's found!!

Unfortunately, everyone is home. But my mouth is healed, yes. Thanks. I'm not quite the same as before, but it's okay. I'll get over it.

11:21 pm

lots!!! hundreds

11:21 pm

2nd one, latin plural of an4/4

11:21 pm

woo -hoo Woulf!

11:22 pm

last an5/10 sounds like main dish

11:22 pm

Oh! I forgot my goal of finding one from each block...

11:22 pm

Hohoho!

*wanders on over to a couch*

11:22 pm

the final an5/10 just change the last vowel of the last one n the list.

11:22 pm

santa????/

11:22 pm

*relaxes a bit* I need something from the bottom E... any ideas, folks?

11:22 pm

ta 7/28?

11:23 pm

*hops on MG's knee*

11:23 pm

tyvm fran

11:23 pm

me too, stid -- I still need to locat an I and and E

11:23 pm

Not that old, Kalea!

11:23 pm

*giggle* poor MayneGirl...

11:23 pm

happy bithday to Mg, happy birthday to mg, haaaappppppyyyy biiiirrrthdaaay to mg, what's it like to be old hehehhe

11:23 pm

the right I and the lower E to specify

11:23 pm

en7 beg/plead

11:23 pm

ta.........more than one fish sauce

11:23 pm

*falls to ground in agony*

stid- listen to me?

11:23 pm

last ti7/28?

11:24 pm

Stid - thanks for sticking by me in my hour of need...

11:24 pm

yw helen!

11:24 pm

four martinis with dinner and I'm feeling bratty

11:24 pm

sorry MG *picks her up, and gives her a margarita*

11:24 pm

??? leigh? something to do with a a listening organ?

I need a drink in this hour.

11:24 pm

You don't even like martinis!

11:24 pm

ti7/28 thing you put in solution drop by drop

11:24 pm

ti.....breast + rave

11:24 pm

it's okay, MG. we can be "oldish" together... I know for a fact dear Jill has us beat!

Yes, mama. You said you needed a word down there. I was just trying to give you one.

11:25 pm

I like raspberry ones!

11:25 pm

ty kalea - this grid is driving me to drink

11:25 pm

lol

11:25 pm

it's the first ta7/28 that i need

11:25 pm

okay, I am trying to think, leigh -- but I am pretty slow tonight. *rust falls out of listening organ as gears turn*

11:25 pm

thanks kalea!!

11:26 pm

ta7/28 beige + o'hara residence

11:26 pm

OMG - I raised a child who can destroy a martini!

11:26 pm

diplomacy + not empty, MG

You have the word. Or maybe I had the wrong letter for the right word.

11:26 pm

great clue hurshy thx!

11:26 pm

I didn't desroy it...the bartender did...I just drank it :) *hic*

11:26 pm

oops....sorry, wrong one

11:26 pm

hi hurshy! you blended in with MayneGirl to my bleary eyes...

11:27 pm

tr8/60?

11:27 pm

lol Kahlua

You could always e*** your keep around here by telling stories. I think that's the e that got me the bottom block.

11:27 pm

nonempty choochoo

11:27 pm

tr8/60 did jesse james shoot that whole tr8 of people?

11:27 pm

I think the word that fits your clue comes from the middle E, leigh.

11:27 pm

nope, leigh -- that is off the top e

11:27 pm

*shocked and awed*

11:27 pm

stid, you may have missed me saying en7 beg/plead.

11:27 pm

So Mr. G. Woulf, what am I looking for?

11:28 pm

Need a whole lotta ti's

Damn.

11:28 pm

thanks hursh and kalea!

*yawn*

11:28 pm

what hurshy just said stid :)

11:28 pm

tr5/12 after the tr4/4?

11:28 pm

oooh! I got one, leigh! It means "to beg" -- like I was just doing...

11:28 pm

or put a law into effect, or ec5

11:28 pm

um. yep. what you said, hurshy!

11:29 pm

tr5/12 3 prefix + what keeps you cool in summer

11:29 pm

tr...prefix for three + summer cooling machine

11:29 pm

NORAD NORAD NORAD - are you there?

11:30 pm

*skips around waiting for the flip* lalalala

11:30 pm

okay, new goal. the 11 please...

11:30 pm

thanks again hursh and kalea, tried to use fan at first, doh!!

11:30 pm

in11, 5 letter prefix + st6

11:30 pm

so how about an I that originates from the rightmost one, please

11:30 pm

Obviously G has left the building

11:30 pm

thanks hurshy *looking*

11:31 pm

in11.........between + pulled muscle

11:31 pm

last tr7/thirty-six?

11:31 pm

whee! so many good cluers tonight!

11:31 pm

in5/26 or in11

11:31 pm

ti 5/12 and ti 6/30

11:32 pm

tr7/36 sounds sciency, like an atom

11:32 pm

Woulf -- person who is in college but works at a big office to learn the ropes is an in6

11:32 pm

tr...........the tr5/10 before it, minus last vowel + mineral suffix

11:32 pm

ti5.........plot of land

11:32 pm

or maybe that comes from the other I on the top... now *I* am getting all turned around!

11:33 pm

ti5/12 little bit of color

11:33 pm

ti6/30..........not empty metal can

11:33 pm

ti 6/30 i'd like a ti6 of sardines, please

11:33 pm

so far no luck here, but haven't found the 5/26 yet

11:33 pm

which one, GW?

11:34 pm

ty kalea - got the 6/30 but don't get plot of land clue

11:34 pm

AN 9 please?

11:34 pm

the in that hurshy mentioned, kalea

11:34 pm

thank you, thank you, thank you hursh and kalea!! firewords!!!

11:34 pm

got it!!

11:34 pm

an9 sounds like a person who thinks about things logically, but with a c stuck in it.

11:34 pm

MG..........how about digestive tr****

11:34 pm

YAY Fran!

11:35 pm

wohoooo Fran

11:35 pm

CONGRATS FRAN!!!

11:35 pm

YAY for Fran!

11:35 pm

you don't get the plot of land clue because it's tr, and you wanted ti, which is a little bit of color.

11:35 pm

Hello Everyone -- how are you doing with this giant?

11:35 pm

in5...........in + repair

11:35 pm

it's ti's I'm after, Kalea

11:35 pm

ti5/12 is metal + abbrev for connecticut.

11:35 pm

oops..........sorry MG

11:35 pm

in 8/40

11:36 pm

which one, deb?

11:36 pm

first one is in8/40 organs debb

11:36 pm

first in8/40, liver, kidney, etc are in8 organs. other 2 are pls.

11:36 pm

thinking about it hurshy, thanks.

11:36 pm

ty Fran!

11:36 pm

yw MG!

11:37 pm

sorry - the last one - the in7/28 and in 8/40 before the bottom two

11:37 pm

in7/28 is in + somthing nice (trick or ...)

11:37 pm

you can't possibly know that, debb. i think you need the ones before that, that sound like people who register for a contest, but with i instead of e.

11:38 pm

the pair bfore that

11:38 pm

aaaah

11:38 pm

ar 5/10? both

11:38 pm

both based on prev 4/4

11:38 pm

where you at now mg?

11:38 pm

helen, latin plural of ar4/4

11:39 pm

thank you - sorry for the confusion!! i got em!

11:39 pm

and a + genuine

11:39 pm

and a + not fake

11:39 pm

goooo debb!!!

11:39 pm

lol Fran

11:39 pm

ty

11:39 pm

I am NOT getting the AN 9 -- more help please? I think it starts with the 4-letter word for point of extrusion...

11:39 pm

goooo helen!!!

11:40 pm

close, stid. stick the c in 3rd posish.

11:40 pm

ar 5/12?

11:40 pm

an + first vowel + movie reviewer with second consonant changed

11:40 pm

Alas - Kahlua - I seem to be stuck at 29 - what a coincidence as it is my bday tomorrow! *laughs gaily*

11:40 pm

*thinking* thanks again hursh and kalea

11:40 pm

helen, a + anagram of **** the red (viking explorer)

11:40 pm

ar5/12 - babblet - i am, you *** + fudge ripple

11:41 pm

ar........to be + frozen water minus e

11:41 pm

yippee! I got it!

11:41 pm

ty fran

11:41 pm

ty fran

11:41 pm

????? your turing 29 again???? isn't this the 40th year in a row that you done that

11:41 pm

goooo stid!!!

11:41 pm

lol

11:41 pm

yw helen, yw helen

11:41 pm

go stidmama go!

11:41 pm

lol, lol

11:42 pm

*ignoring rude child*

11:42 pm

*giggle nervously while she waits to get the #$@#!@# kicked out of her by MG*

11:42 pm

er 5/12?

11:42 pm

right. I have only 119 remaining. That's a mere 5 words per minutes or so... LOL

11:42 pm

er 5/12, girl's name

11:42 pm

helen, er*** kane on soaps

11:42 pm

er.........author jong

11:42 pm

Kahlua, if you want ANY B-day cake tomorrow, you had best simmer down... *stern look*

11:42 pm

ty

11:42 pm

lol stid - i have 47 - and am going nowhere - yet, i still try

11:43 pm

gooo debb!!!

11:43 pm

*sits sheepishly in the conner*

11:43 pm

how bout the first tr8/60

11:43 pm

*confused look* who's conner?

11:43 pm

As if!

11:43 pm

not empty choochoo

11:44 pm

debb, choo choo filled to capacity

11:44 pm

corner?? can't type

11:44 pm

thank you both - i'm dumb today

11:44 pm

tr8 rr + the glass is half ***l

11:44 pm

te 6/18 & te 7/28? at end

11:44 pm

not dumb debb, overwhelmed!! i felt the same way!

11:44 pm

not dumb...........looking at a 300 grid does that

11:45 pm

te 6/18 rhymes with worth

11:45 pm

i'd been on a run of getting them all done - then told my nephew i get them every night - that was yesterday -- jinxed myself !

11:45 pm

helen, rhymes with what you do with a ticket stub

11:45 pm

only one dummy allowed here...moi!

11:45 pm

LOL Kahlua. thanks for all the help, folks, I met my goals and now really really must go get the things off my bed so I can sleep tonight (have been sorting old kid books into toss-giveaway-keep for the hoped-for-someday-not-too-soon grandkids)

11:45 pm

and plural

11:46 pm

night stidmama!!

11:46 pm

good night all!

11:46 pm

lol debb!!

11:46 pm

gnite stid - i'm looking forward to catching up with the story

11:46 pm

nite stid...take care

I should hope not too soon....night, stid

11:46 pm

hi rennie!

11:46 pm

sweet z's atid

11:46 pm

hey ya fran!

11:46 pm

te6........te + = consonant + puttin on the ***z

11:46 pm

26 - still breathing

11:46 pm

hi again ren!

11:46 pm

clue for the in8/45?

11:47 pm

NIte Stid - see u tomorrow

11:47 pm

hey again deb!

11:47 pm

but it can't find a rhyme for putsitinmypocket

11:47 pm

in8/45 people who foment riots

11:47 pm

g'nite stid

11:47 pm

no, just kidding, i got it , ty

11:47 pm

in.......those who in6

11:47 pm

thanks

11:47 pm

tr 7/36? i couldn't get it from previous clues

11:47 pm

plural wolfie, for the ones who start riots

11:47 pm

hello ((GW))... and to one and all

11:48 pm

Your probably not going to make it MG...but you should be darn proud that you got that many!!

11:48 pm

tr7/26 take a very strong metal and remove "an"

11:48 pm

helen, prefix for three + outdoor a*r***

11:48 pm

hi blaze

11:48 pm

{{*Blazee*}}

11:48 pm

tr.........tr5/10 before it minus the e + me + not sure what to say

11:48 pm

Is IBB still with you?

11:49 pm

Thanks, Kahlua! It's really too big a grid! That's my story...

11:49 pm

ta8/45? I know it was clue just recently, but I missed it

11:49 pm

Indeed he is!

11:49 pm

It's crazy big...I didn't even attempt it.

11:49 pm

I am so glad there is only 6 minutes left on this grid... I only have 203 owrds left to NOT find

11:49 pm

ta 8/45 adj form of prev 6/18

11:49 pm

tr 8/50 anyone?

11:49 pm

got 100 and gave up

11:49 pm

ta........fish sauce + ***k springsteen

11:49 pm

wolfie, add "sort of" suffix to ta6/18

11:49 pm

ty - got it from hurshy

11:50 pm

sorry helen, my clue wasn't very good.

11:51 pm

FIREWORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:51 pm

yay helen!!!!

11:51 pm

PLEASE! tr 8/50

11:51 pm

wohooooo helen

11:51 pm

yipeeeeee for helen wgt

11:51 pm

YAY for HELEN

11:51 pm

that's okay fran - it's hard when there are way more *****'s than letters, lol

11:51 pm

thanks

11:51 pm

Hip hip horray for Helen %%%%%

11:51 pm

tr8/50, MG?

11:51 pm

tr8/60 is choo choo filled to capacity

11:51 pm

tr 8/60 - amtrak peopled to capacity

11:52 pm

yes pls

11:52 pm

ty,ty,ty

11:52 pm

I'm an IDIOT! thx helen

Made it to halfway.

11:53 pm

mi8/50?

I just haven't been in a babble mood lately. *sigh*

11:53 pm

wolfie, plural of small vehicles

11:54 pm

little autos, GW

11:54 pm

GW small autos

11:54 pm

ir 6/18

11:54 pm

sorry to hear that, leigh -- but the pride should be in the play not in the finish so take heart!! {{Hug}}

11:54 pm

how bout the t 6/33 and ta 7/52 after the cab - do they build off the 4/9 - cause ie been monkey-ing that for hours

11:54 pm

ir 6/18, fake

11:54 pm

ir + not fake

thanks, gw..

11:55 pm

ty hurshy and kalea!

11:55 pm

Thanks all -- since I was staying up way past my bedtime I revised my goal to get the 8's as well and I did!!

11:55 pm

ta6......those who impose levy

11:56 pm

good for you gw

11:56 pm

I am glad I caught you GW

11:56 pm

yes debb, the 6 ends like ci4/5, and the 7/52 is adj form.

11:56 pm

Race again at the flip MG?

11:56 pm

me too, Blaze -- I miss all my late late night buddies

11:56 pm

well, finished supper (not the dishes yet) and back for the flip with 194 words found and 117 left, and I don't care. I'm in awe of those who have finished this horror and hope tomorrow's won't be a huge one too.

11:57 pm

Is all well with the family ?? and the new job ??

11:57 pm

wb jilli

11:57 pm

brb

11:57 pm

thank you hurshy

11:57 pm

Hi Jilli I caught you before you headed off to bed...LOL

11:57 pm

family are all well, Seb just cut four teeth at once

11:57 pm

Kristianna celebrated her 3rd b-day on Sun

11:58 pm

Lucky boy... poor mom and dad...

11:58 pm

almost flip time

11:58 pm

happy birthday

11:58 pm

very funny, blaze - you know I hardly ever head for bed!!!

11:58 pm

For sure, Kahlua - but can't call names if you lose!

11:58 pm

and the job is going well -- I have long days, but I am allowed overtime unlike any other place I have ever worked

11:58 pm

just about seven times a night... lOL

11:58 pm

yeah, i have 40 left - doubtful i'll get them in a mintue

11:58 pm

whose birthday???

11:58 pm

how big do u think the next one will be?

big

11:59 pm

Stuck at 20

11:59 pm

good job mg!

11:59 pm

178

11:59 pm

premature flipster

11:59 pm

promise no name

11:59 pm

19 and flipis coming ican feel it

11:59 pm

flip

12:00 am

hey, she's deaf and dumb, she needs to be psychic to make up for it

12:00 am

you're on kahlua!

12:00 am

lol deb

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