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flip!

12:00 am

flipzees

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

fliparoooooni

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

go mg

12:00 am

going to get new icon

12:00 am

and, we have a z

12:00 am

Goodnight to my fellow Babblers! I will see you tomorrow

sh..... 2 words were left

12:01 am

oh nooo whie - you'l do it today!!

12:01 am

flip

nite min

12:01 am

see yall later, closing chat

12:01 am

nite min - sweet dreams

12:01 am

nite nrkii

12:01 am

flip

nite nrkii

12:02 am

oh man... I wasn't paying attention to where I was in the puzzle before it flipped... how can I check to see if I beat my on or not... just the stats for the puzzle that just ended

12:02 am

Flip it changed quick BB Later

12:02 am

hi bye nrkii

ty debb

12:02 am

oops, missed flip again -cat wanted attention

12:02 am

Bye All

12:02 am

agghh, another biggie on a busy day, blegghh

12:03 am

Hi. For the 1st time ever I'm here at (or at least close to) the flip. Can't sleep. Tomorrow is going to suck. Baby wakes up early. How are you all doing?

got to go my huppy wants the laptop....see you again later today

12:04 am

came back for the flip, am i too late? 285, oh boy

12:04 am

hi minski !

12:04 am

hiya annie - bye whitewitch - see you later

12:04 am

hi, back with my new icon

12:05 am

Shalom everyone

Silly ge 8!

12:05 am

shalom, arv

12:05 am

arb

12:05 am

shalom, ar b

12:05 am

very cool and interesting fran.

12:05 am

shalom arb!!

12:05 am

nitey nite, debb

12:05 am

Morning dear gang :)

12:05 am

thanks debb!

12:06 am

hi sprite! you're here early!

12:06 am

shalon aleichem, ARB (hope I got it right this time)

12:06 am

Here I am and ther you are Sprite

12:06 am

hi sprite!!!

12:06 am

Hi. Changed my icon with an updated picture from this past weekend.

12:06 am

shalom

12:06 am

Isn't it great ;)

12:06 am

hi sprite - im still hanging out annie .....bad icon annie -- i'm craving a cupcake now

12:06 am

what is the theme today?

12:06 am

annie, starts with Z

12:07 am

tov Jillibus -- very good

12:07 am

thanks fran!!!

12:07 am

minski, she's getting big!

12:07 am

merci, ARB!

12:07 am

debb, im sending mine to you through cyberspace

12:07 am

She's 20 months old now. I can hardly believe it.

12:08 am

what a cutie minski -

12:08 am

She was crawling around on the floor making funny sounds. It took me a while to figure out that she was pretending to be a doggie.

12:08 am

yum, got it annie -- delish!

12:08 am

Her toes are in her mouth almost as often as her thumb.

12:09 am

She is lovely!

12:09 am

minski, they grow too fast! my daughter just turned 15 months

12:09 am

thanks guys. She is wonderful and so much fun and so amazing. I learn from her every day.

12:09 am

its after one in the morning so i'm heading toward my bed and book, night!

12:09 am

night annie!

12:09 am

night, annie

12:09 am

gnight annie - enjoy your book

12:10 am

Night Annie :)

12:10 am

I think I'll try to sleep again also. Nighty-night all.

12:10 am

okay folks, have to work without the chat or i won't find anything, see you all later!

12:10 am

night minski!

12:10 am

Somehow it is fitting, the Ha5 next to the E4 :D

12:10 am

see you later fran!

12:11 am

Jilli, your icon is fabulous and so true!!! i am really leaving now otherwise I will be walking into walls tomorrow

12:11 am

Fran, Fran, how can you say that? We HELP you find words. We always do ;)

12:11 am

okay, i'll stay then

12:11 am

but i always talk too much and not concentrate on the words!

12:12 am

yay! we gotcha back

12:12 am

I think Annie was looking at yesterdays's icon <g>

12:12 am

So... only post after you found a new word ;)

12:13 am

ok

12:13 am

I'm the one who chats too much at this hour - not one word yet

12:13 am

Hmz... how was your week? "Soso" Very valid answer. Not a valid word.

12:13 am

the chat log is going so fast, i am only at 47 words found...LOL

12:13 am

soos

12:14 am

I did not do that ?? LOL

12:14 am

hahahah *hysterical laughter, blaze

12:14 am

LOL

12:14 am

I can't even give away a valid word....

12:15 am

extry, extry, get all the latest noos?

12:15 am

times up mg 62 557

12:15 am

hooray for the british ampire

12:16 am

I hear ye, jilli!

12:16 am

I see the grid adapted to the theme!

12:16 am

hey mg your cheating now.....time is up

12:16 am

86 850, kahlua

Clues are up everyone

enjoy!

12:17 am

you're a doll lickety!

12:17 am

yeah but you kept typing after the time was up!! hehe

12:17 am

Hey lickety, how are you doing?

12:17 am

I mean congrats again

12:17 am

*snickers*

12:17 am

lickety you're WONDERFUL!

12:17 am

ty lickety!

12:18 am

Bravissimo Lickety!

12:18 am

WOW for the Great Lickety!!!! How are you feeling today?

12:18 am

When you're hot, you're hot, Kahlua. What can I say :)

12:18 am

you're absolutely right mg you too are hot...and have beat me yet again

12:19 am

There are two of us, you know - so I think you're prolly the winner, my dear

12:19 am

*barfs in a corner*

12:19 am

phantom cheese of the day- parmesan

12:19 am

Chat is going so fast questions disappear. Lickety, how are you feeling today?

12:20 am

no no...you are the winner

12:20 am

n7, more despicable

12:20 am

*attemps a gracious smile*

12:20 am

hi sprite

12:20 am

lno... I insist *makes noble gesture*

12:20 am

ta, fran

12:21 am

lol jilli, hi... have been around for a while already ;) *hug*

12:21 am

yw jilli

12:21 am

*barfs again*

12:21 am

Something you ate?

12:21 am

*wipes her mouth* no you are the winner truly

12:21 am

the chat log is on hi test expresso...or something ??

12:21 am

8 8s and a9, oh dear!

12:22 am

kahlua, you are a riot!

12:22 am

phantom: minaret

12:22 am

hey everyone!

12:22 am

Hi all.... found one of the 8's so8/45

12:23 am

100

12:23 am

or something you're drinking?

12:23 am

i got an sn8/40, ge8/55, and a gr8/55

12:24 am

so7/28

12:24 am

wow roc!

12:24 am

Pa9/60: even if you suffer from those, it is not sure they are NOT after you.

12:24 am

new pic roc -- soooo cute

12:24 am

no....this being a gracious loser is just giving me nausea

12:24 am

just found that G8

12:25 am

So new for you...

12:25 am

haha mg

12:25 am

Great clue Sprite!

12:25 am

And singular is Pa8/45, of course

12:25 am

thx sprite

12:26 am

thx sprite!!

12:26 am

There is also a very well hearing So8/45.

12:26 am

found the sn8

12:29 am

Having Ag7/36 (Ag8/50) would be very bad for the So8. (Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, such as sounds or images)

12:30 am

going to bed now hugs and lulul u to mg and IBB

12:31 am

Night Kahlua

12:31 am

*hugs Kahlua and mops up rest of barf*

12:31 am

thanks spritLoss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, such as sounds or images!

12:31 am

thanks sprite!

12:32 am

LOl

12:32 am

nite kahlua - I enjoyed some of you on the rox after dinner

12:32 am

thats the ag - right?

12:32 am

that was my loss of the ability to type an e! which i have to paste in!!

12:32 am

Yups

hello, cant play till later as i have to due work stuff, so hello and ill be here later

12:32 am

hi infernal

12:32 am

hello herin

12:32 am

and bye

12:32 am

LOL Fran... that should have a name all of its own, that inability, don't you think? Hi lady!

12:33 am

hi lady - guess I'll be gone when you get back, but good luck anyway

12:33 am

thanks for cleaning up for me mom

12:33 am

I'm not getting your 8s, smarties!

12:34 am

my keyboard is broken sprite, i have to cut and paste my e, then if i copy something else i have to remember it's there!

12:34 am

it should have a name!

12:34 am

That is not pleasant, Fran!

12:35 am

No prob, dear. Talk to u tomorrow. ulululu from ibb!

12:35 am

re8/40

12:35 am

missing one 8 now

12:35 am

Fran... hold down your alt key and enter 0101 instead, for your e's

hey jilli i say hello as day people usually arent here at night

i am going to do the zs then go

12:36 am

thanks hugabugs! i'll remember that! do you know what the number three is? that one is not working either

12:36 am

0051

12:37 am

For 8s I have so far: Ag: that inability to sense Am: beverages of immortality Gr: most fruitlike Pa: possibly justifiable fears Sn: more dogface like So: he who listens

12:38 am

ge8 sprite, most uncleanly

12:38 am

ok i'm missing that Am8. also the ge8 and re8 - another sound word

12:39 am

Thanks, got them all now :)

12:39 am

Oooohhh... who's the beautiful lady on that icon, Roc? Your daughter? She's great!

12:40 am

more of a clue for re8, am8 and so8 please?

12:40 am

he's a boy, sprite, but thanks :)

12:41 am

LOL! He is great, then! Absolutely beautiful!

12:41 am

wow roc - we are getting to watch him grow right before our very eyes :)

12:41 am

good evening all!

12:41 am

hi hk and chic!

12:41 am

hiya chic

12:41 am

hello chic!

12:42 am

hi fran

12:42 am

and helen

12:42 am

Hi helen, hi chic :)

12:42 am

hey chic

12:42 am

Hi ya Helen, fran and debb and chj!

12:43 am

helen, any more fallout over the dani thing?

12:44 am

like it never happened - although they are just now winding down from their 5star meal - lots to drink - we shall see

12:44 am

Well, for strange words... Se7/32. either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, of southern Brazil, or of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly. Starts like there is a whole lot of them. Ends in mother.

12:45 am

wait til you see the show - jani=knockout, just gorgeous

12:45 am

Hi Sprite!

12:45 am

Hey chic! Nice icon, lol.

12:46 am

brb

12:46 am

I thought that was cool of the Christmas visitor to say that Jani was even more beautiful in person...

12:46 am

I think this movie is hilarious; a cult classic...

12:46 am

thanks sprite!

12:47 am

I promised you, Fran ;)

12:47 am

i know, what was i thinking?

12:48 am

Jillibus, did you see that your British amp is really there?

12:49 am

be back in a bit, time for dinner

12:49 am

Enjoy your dinner, Fran!

12:50 am

enjoy dinner fran - gnight - see you tomorrow

12:50 am

yes, sprite, when I got serious! also the extry extry thing! Embarrassing!

12:51 am

LOL! No, it is not. There are so many words today, you can't possibly see them all at once ;)

12:51 am

happy dins, fran!

12:52 am

I've got to hurry, will leave with the family for a last holidays outing today and won't be back until tonight. Argh, 49 more to go!

12:52 am

Yet I can't see the so8 or the ag8 or the am8 etc

12:53 am

sprite, I have 245 to go, blecchh

12:54 am

jilli: So is a compound. Think of sound detecting and of a male. Ag + protruding thing in face minus last letter, then make it sound like an affliction at the end. As like the word for not being able to sleep (you know it well)

12:56 am

Am is harder to clue. Am + what sounds like a female name, alt. spelling. Or Am + abbrev. for 'what this is about' + et4/4

12:57 am

heavens, go the so8 unword - already had the 1st part. Yikes.

12:58 am

Not seeing the words for the letters... hey, you also suffer from babblitis! ;)

12:59 am

also go the ag8 - sounds irreligious! Great clues, sprite - will work on the others

1:00 am

Oh, much better clue! You are right, so close to that word!

1:02 am

why can't I write the word got instead of go? Duh

1:02 am

Why bother? We all understand just as well, lol.

1:03 am

halfway home

1:04 am

congrats chj - i'm at 127

1:04 am

Good job! Just found some compounds (I always have trouble with compounds) starting with an extremity.

1:05 am

sprite - you were leaving in a hurry -- thanks for the help - I'll work on it - git goin'!

1:06 am

149 debb

1:06 am

well done, chj

1:06 am

And that Am8 I just clued is also there with the normal spelling for the female's name! I am hurrying with the game, jilli, will not leave before it is done, lol.

1:06 am

zots

1:06 am

morning all

1:06 am

sorry

1:06 am

awesome chj

1:07 am

is the am part of the name sprite? or just the m?

1:07 am

I only have 5 of 8 8's; anyone have others?

1:07 am

No, it is Am + name.

1:08 am

thanks sprite

1:08 am

why be sorry for zots, chj?

1:08 am

The 8s are all covered for. Not too long ago in the chat, I think?

1:08 am

Morning everyone.

1:08 am

it was a monkey rty that was unsuccessful

1:08 am

morning, jfb

1:09 am

hmm sprite - i get a am 7 out of that .....

1:09 am

not as if were a real word

1:09 am

I copied from the chat, mine, Fran's and Roc's: For 8s I have so far: Ag: that inability to sense Am: beverages of immortality Gr: most fruitlike Pa: possibly justifiable fears Sn: more dogface like So: he who listens ge8 sprite, most uncleanly re8 - another sound word

1:09 am

Go

1:10 am

debbinla: correct. Now try alt. spelling for the other combo.

Think of that lovely redheaded moviestar...R*** Hayworth...follows the am...and spelled two different ways..

1:10 am

aaah - thanks sprite - thanks for being so patient

1:10 am

thanks, sprite *still baffled - too sleepy, not insomniac

1:11 am

thanx, sprite missing the ge and the re

1:11 am

Hey, I have been blind for much more obvious words! No patience needed here.

1:11 am

chic, ge8 is most uncleanly (think many one-celled things)

1:12 am

hi all, caught up with those clues, thanks!

1:12 am

Lots of babblets today!

1:13 am

just found the greek temple words

1:13 am

got the am7, not 8

1:13 am

thanx, fran! got the ge's

1:13 am

But the vulcano is a phantom today :(

1:13 am

jilli, use two vowels in place of the i

1:14 am

jfb, are you babbling?

1:15 am

the am8 is a plural of the alt spelling am7

1:15 am

Trying to get half a weary brain cell in action MVA!!

made it to 200

good nite everyone :)

1:16 am

wtg hk! see you tomorrow!

1:16 am

me too, jfb, what with a child and a geriatric cat !!!!

1:16 am

nice helen!

1:16 am

just got to 201... going to bed

1:16 am

Checking my list for forgotten ones. Why is it so hard for me to remember to enter a singular for every plural? And so on?

1:16 am

nite, helen!

btw chic - will & jani in hoh bed - he started playing music-so cameras are off -- hmmmmmm

1:16 am

night nrk!

1:16 am

see you all in chat tomorrow...

nite-nite :)

1:16 am

Bye nrkii

1:17 am

nite

1:17 am

gnight nrkii

1:18 am

oh boy, finally got that am8! Thanks sprite and susan-vic

1:19 am

nite, helen, nrkii

1:19 am

wtg jilli :)

1:20 am

and thanks fran, for the clue i didn't see in time but monkeyed eventually

1:20 am

thx sprite for rest of the 8's!

1:20 am

yw ;)

1:22 am

could someone help me with the re8 word?

1:22 am

It sounds and sounds again, Erda.

1:22 am

okay, just checked chat and picked up a couple more lovely 8's (thanks sprite!)

1:23 am

I can't seem to see the so8 though, and I'd sleep so much easier if I had it

1:23 am

Ahh... I missed the fireworks...

1:23 am

never mind

1:23 am

I just found it

1:23 am

shoot, no I didn't

1:23 am

Good job, nrkii. And fireworks :)

1:24 am

LOL! Okay, device to detect things by sound + male

1:24 am

wow! well done!

1:24 am

YAY amazing sprite!!! WOW!!!!

1:24 am

ohhh, was trying to end it with gr**

1:24 am

thanks!

1:24 am

and congrats!!!

1:24 am

SPRITE ___ CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!

1:25 am

okay now really going to bed ... 72 for tomorrow, with a lovely list to help me through...

1:25 am

good night all!

1:25 am

How can anyone get 285 words in such a short time????

1:25 am

biggish but fun today. A couple of strange words, but not too many. Any clues needed before I get ready for the family outing?

1:25 am

(no need to say good night again -- I'll take the earlier ones, lol)

1:25 am

nite nrkii

1:26 am

Hehehe, sweet dreams then, nrkii ;)

1:27 am

practice, jilli. Lots and lots of practice, LOL! I had to hurry through today, because of lack of t4. Will do better and more sociable next round!

1:28 am

i dont' think one could do better

1:28 am

and you were most most helpful as you sped thru - thanks srite

1:28 am

congrats sprite!!

1:29 am

sprite, you're always sociable and helpful even though you're battling through the grid - fantastic

1:30 am

Have a great day/night/whatever, all of you, *hugs* *poof*

1:34 am

recopying sprite's list of 8s - 1:09 amsprite I copied from the chat, mine, Fran's and Roc's: For 8s I have so far: Ag: that inability to sense Am: beverages of immortality Gr: most fruitlike Pa: possibly justifiable fears Sn: more dogface like So: he who listens ge8 sprite, most uncleanly re8 - another sound word

1:36 am

hello again

1:36 am

I still haven't figured out the re8

1:36 am

i have the ag - i have the inability to sense words!

1:36 am

hi sylvia

1:36 am

i know i say this all the time but it feels like a never ending string of hello and hello agains.. the days blend!

1:36 am

jilli - deep voices re********

1:37 am

I think I've been looking at the wrong r

1:37 am

got it - thanks, MG

1:38 am

its the pa 8 i haven't got

1:39 am

fears that may or may not be rational

1:39 am

MVA the reason you haven't got it is it's being hidden from you by the CIA

1:39 am

MVA - don't listen to the voices they won't clue you

1:39 am

while they watch you!

1:39 am

MVA - you obviously are not getting messages from transmitters implanted in your tooth fillings

1:40 am

the walls have ears!!

1:40 am

thanks , slow or what!

1:40 am

just distracted by all those voices, mva - lol

1:40 am

once the pa8 is found don't forget to pl it for the 9

1:42 am

i told you i had the inability to sense words!

1:45 am

285? ugh!

1:45 am

and sprite has already finished!

1:46 am

i know, i don't know why i started.. i only have a an hour or so now for the whole day

1:46 am

typical! :)

1:46 am

freeman, you there?

Is the goal to finish; or to have fun?

1:47 am

good point!

1:47 am

finish! finish!

1:47 am

but i've only recently been able to finish grids regularly and i rather like it :)

1:48 am

actually, that's not true. i've only finished twice, but both very recently.

1:48 am

at least now i know i CAN. man, i'm basically spamming. sorry about that.

1:49 am

i haven't finished very often but i enjoy the game and the chat!

1:50 am

Too big for me today but even when I'm not playing I pop in for some chat.

1:52 am

mementomori - finish or fun - take you pick - and there's lots offun to be found in Babblers Anonymous Other Subjects ( see the Store)

1:52 am

I shouldn't start today, cos I've so much to do, but hey ... :)

1:53 am

I won't have time to finish either, ata, but maybe will get half way...maybe

1:54 am

my phantom today is toast or does that mean it's time for breakfast?

1:54 am

breakfast, definitely!

1:55 am

jili how is it going... I just got back from being taken away...

1:55 am

Gues what Ata - Haz is back from holiday soon!!!

1:55 am

i'm turning in - bye all -- hope to see you tomorrow ! happy babbling

1:55 am

oh cool! seems like she's been away for ever!

1:56 am

nite debbinta

1:56 am

nite, debb!

1:56 am

night debb!

1:57 am

blaze - taken away? I only have 76 words but all the 8s and the 9. Library day tomorrow so again no hope for a biggie - always seems to happen on library day.

1:58 am

jilli, you should talk to dr_g about that!

1:59 am

oh sure, fran, he'll change everything to suit me - lol!

1:59 am

phantom: ampere

2:00 am

well only by reality.... family, food and things... back for a bit not much hold out for a finish on this one ??OL

2:00 am

nose

2:00 am

sorry!!

2:00 am

ty!

2:00 am

sniff

2:01 am

oh good, at least it helped someone!

2:01 am

*throws hanky at jilli*

2:01 am

hi everyone

2:02 am

*wiping tears of laughter with hanky8

2:02 am

hi andree!

2:02 am

Hi Andree

2:04 am

be back in a bit, bath time

2:06 am

Must pass on something I mentioned earlier when there was a conversation about the demotion of Pluto from planetary status. This was a Letter to the Editor of the Victoria paper: 'If they got rid of Pluto because it's slow, gassy, irregular and not very bright, I'm going into hiding.' D.H., Victoria

2:06 am

So I think I'll do just that - goodnight all ;D

2:06 am

wonderful!!

2:07 am

lol jilli

2:10 am

my kitten is suddenly obsessed with paint. every time I get my watercolours out, she *lurks* and tries to eat them

2:10 am

breakfast calls, bbl!

2:11 am

cat paw paintings could add another dimension to your portfolio

2:11 am

wow. never thought knowing z6/33 would be an advantage!

2:16 am

wow, only 199 left. let me get myself a cookie.

2:16 am

cookies ... mmmmmmmmm

2:19 am

what was that clue for the ag8? unable to sense?

2:20 am

inability to sense.

2:22 am

Time for food BBL

2:26 am

how can sprite have finished this already! *grumble grumble* :)

2:28 am

scv, starts like one who doesn't believe in God

2:30 am

nice Tolkien word today - Mearas

2:30 am

and ends like food of the gods (last 3 letters)

2:31 am

well at least i get the second part ;p

2:33 am

hi all! back from bathing kids

2:33 am

I thought the food of the gods was a brand of rice pudding and I can't see that here!

2:34 am

haha

2:34 am

actually, like food of gods but instead of amb use ag + cons + ending of amb word

2:34 am

and now you can see why i don't clue very often!!

2:35 am

Well I got it from that MVA.

2:35 am

ah ha! thanks :)

2:36 am

but food of gods is fish and chips! (morning / evening all)

2:36 am

marmite on toast!

2:36 am

hi faunus

2:37 am

Good morning all....

2:37 am

hi flask!

2:37 am

Morning flask

2:37 am

hi flask, hi faunus

2:38 am

Hi Fran....How are you?

2:38 am

I think I'd prefer fish and chips to rice pudding if I were a god

2:38 am

great flask! and you?

2:38 am

pfft. corn dogs.

2:39 am

How are you sopposed to work miracles on rice pudding and custard?

2:39 am

am good thanks.......busy getting ready for my holiday in Spain!

2:39 am

haha, ew, it looks grosser than it sounds. don't think i've ever typed/written that before

2:39 am

wow, sounds great? have you ever been?

2:39 am

can't comment on that one - never had one!

2:40 am

Oh yes......I love the place.....my dream is to retire to there.....

2:40 am

Whats a corn dog?

2:40 am

aye, what *is* a corn dog?

2:40 am

can't wait to hear how it was flask!

2:41 am

haha. well.. gross american concoction, i suppose. hot dog on a stick, battered with something resembling corn bread

2:41 am

a corn dog is a hot dog on a stick that's been dipped in a corn meal batter and then deep fried

2:41 am

I shall keep you posted...

hello

2:41 am

better explanation from fran there.

2:41 am

Hi Herin

hows it going

2:42 am

sounds delightful - much like a battered banger.snag

2:42 am

they sound horrible but wonderful

2:42 am

i've actually never had one fresh, but i've had the frozen ones that you nuke, those aren't bad.

2:42 am

thats what i had today

mmm corn dogs

2:43 am

Hmmmmm - think I'll pass on that!! Especially as its only breakfast time here.

2:43 am

i usually wait until october when we have our annual fair, but i saw them in the store and couldn't help myself

2:43 am

lol sylvia!

2:44 am

i'

2:44 am

i'm sure the fresh ones at the fair are much better though

2:44 am

definitely

what is todays theme?

2:45 am

starts with Z lady

2:45 am

haha, ive managed to get you lovely people to discuss corn dogs. terrible!

is that the one ending in 'a'

2:46 am

sylvia, i think food is a favorite topic

2:46 am

well it's mine at least

2:47 am

Definately most peoples favourite theme!

2:48 am

i don't think my Z is in the grid today lady

2:48 am

i may have to get early elevenses if you carry on about food!! and it's only 9 am here!!

i thought it was a zoetrope but i thought it might a vase i wasn't sure. its tea time here

2:49 am

how long do you have to hack at this babble lark before you stop being a hack, and start being a wordmonger?

2:49 am

i always come unstuck at around 20 words :'(

i'm always a hack faunus keep trying

2:53 am

i'm turning in. gnight everyone

2:53 am

come to a stop, bbl , bye all

night scv

2:55 am

Just changed icon for todays theme.

i like that one jfb, its odd how many words start with z but you never think of them

2:56 am

See you later MVA and scv

2:57 am

is this written in ruby ?

2:57 am

same here :) well, my pic is *nearly* in the grid ....

2:58 am

had to see your change of icon jfb, good one! bye

2:59 am

down to 15

2:59 am

think ill finish tomorrow

3:01 am

bzikofski - not sure, the viewsource doesnt give any kind of indiction ;)

3:01 am

ahh yes it does - PHP

hi chj

3:03 am

Faunus, i wouldnt be so sure. how do you know ?

3:05 am

right click the page, view source, and do a word search for "php"

3:05 am

true tht

3:07 am

i thought it's ruby, it could be a perfect example...

3:08 am

anyway gotta crash. 54 words.. that's it :)

3:12 am

Managed to get to91 and as its a day off work must get on to boring things like removing a weeks dust, laundry etc........ bbl

Hey all - Nice grid?

hey lickety split

3:29 am

hi lickety! so far it's great

Nice size - Not TOO big, not too small

3:30 am

There's a few very nice words; not too hard, not too easy

I think the phantom words today outnumber the actual words

3:33 am

Mornin' All!

3:34 am

hi odin! nice icon!

3:34 am

TY Fran

3:34 am

gmta

3:36 am

whats gmta?

3:37 am

great minds think alike

3:37 am

is your icon the z6 that you found?

3:38 am

kind of ... its z6 plus a letter on the end

3:38 am

do you have a def for it?

3:38 am

i found all the rest, need that one more

3:39 am

the actual z6 is herpes z***** - sciencey name for shingles

3:39 am

eww, thanks!

3:39 am

and the sea grass is z*****a

3:39 am

just fyi :)

3:40 am

found it by googling, thanks ata!

3:41 am

horrid word! though it was my first one today LOL

3:42 am

funny what jumps out at you, eh?

3:43 am

I know! it was only because of the sea grass name though, not the herpes!

3:44 am

oh good!

3:45 am

a friend of mine had shingles in her ear, it was very painful and caused her to have vertigo also. not a good thing

3:46 am

ouch! shingles is meant to be a horrid thing

3:47 am

i hope i never get them, same virus as chicken pox though, quite common i think

3:47 am

yeah "adult chickenpox"

3:48 am

The virus is dormant for years in an adult (had to have had a severe case as a child) and one day...shingles.

3:49 am

aston

3:49 am

sorry

3:49 am

blech!

3:49 am

oh good, i has a very mild case of chicken pox so hopefully that means i'm safe.

3:50 am

at least make it a real word odin!! :-) i did it earlier and gave ata a word.

3:51 am

well he did apologise for it not being a real word ;)

3:52 am

that's true. :-)

3:52 am

I was caught up in scrounging or as I like to say trolling for words.

3:53 am

isn't that what we all do?

3:54 am

I have to admit it is my style but after chatting I belive many of the babblers don't need to troll as much as I do.

3:55 am

I have been extremely impressed with many.

I hear that. Some of the people on this forum have minds qquicker than mine has ever been

3:55 am

i think there are a handful that can get by without any help, sprite is my idol

3:56 am

Absolutely!

3:56 am

even sprite needs help occasionally ;)

3:56 am

very seldom, but yes, even sprite needs a nudge in the right direction.

3:57 am

there were people who were even better than sprite as well ... they just don't chat much or hang around any more

3:58 am

yes, if you look in the archives at the list of scores you see names that never appear in the chat.

3:58 am

a lot of them used to chat a bit but faded out when the site got much busier

3:59 am

i guess it used to be more 'exclusive' around here

4:00 am

morning all, I was hoping for a small grid, no such luck.

4:00 am

I found it by "stumbling" on Foxfire.

4:00 am

oh yes :P then the mob descended LOL

4:00 am

Mornin' Pap

4:01 am

hi penny!

4:01 am

i think boing boing did an article on it, that's how i found it

4:01 am

let's see how many I can find before 6:00

4:02 am

Raining pretty hard now as Ernesto makes his way up the state. Not too windy yet. Rain in Tampa Pap?

4:02 am

odin, I don't hear any wind, we had some storms last night though

4:02 am

penny, thank goodness the storm weakened!

4:03 am

we're just lucky it's nothing more than a TS

4:03 am

oh, didn't know you were in Fla too odin!

4:03 am

East coast...north of Plam Beach

4:03 am

good morning everybody:)

4:04 am

Hey jean

4:04 am

i grew up in Guam which has a bullseye drawn on it for all the Tropical Storms and Typhoons that start in the south pacific

4:04 am

hi jean!

4:04 am

fran, I worry because my mom lives with me and she has a heart condition. She needs the a/c to be able to breath. When my dad was alive, we were really worried because he was on dialysis and we had to make sure he could have his dialysis

4:04 am

yikes, fran

4:04 am

tong

4:04 am

do you have a generator penny?

4:04 am

we do now

4:05 am

sorry folks

4:05 am

thanks, odin

4:05 am

that's better odin! at least it's in the grid. :-)

4:05 am

I thought you'de appreciate it Fran

that sea grass z*****a, i googled it but it wont work on babble

4:06 am

everyone in Guam has a generator or gas or kerosene appliances, otherwise we'd all be screwed

4:06 am

take the A off kurt

4:06 am

I checked it to kurt

4:06 am

oh i guess you did that

4:07 am

the Z6 is Z + popular brand of blender

4:07 am

have it without the a but thought thr onr with the a should be a word here

4:07 am

I always want to make the word stire, duh, it's not a word

ahh, i already had it without the a, but thought there was another with the a lol

4:08 am

no kurt, it's not even in the dictionary!

4:08 am

I have one of those as a meat grinder, doesn't work, LOL

yea i realised that when i wouldnt work lol

4:09 am

those all-in-one jobs are never as good

4:09 am

it'll be in the dictionary under eelgrass instead

4:10 am

yep, that works, just not in the grid

4:13 am

maybe it will be one day :)

4:13 am

*stores word away to use another day*

4:14 am

these useless bits of info are useful to know :)

4:15 am

and my brain is quite good at storing them...useless bits of info that is.

4:15 am

same here! one day it'll remember useful things like dr appointments and stuff too ...

4:16 am

ugh, don't remind me, we missed my daughter's 15 month checkup last week

4:17 am

I'm always missing mine. My Dr phones me up a few hours before now to check I've remembered!

4:17 am

okay, there is no way i still need 40 more 4 letter words!

4:17 am

that's very nice of him/her!

4:17 am

I need 37 ...

4:17 am

I still have a loooooong way to go, 239 left

4:18 am

gooo penny!

4:18 am

but 53 5 letter words! URGH!

4:18 am

that's better than 85,LOL

4:18 am

44 5 letter words left for me

4:19 am

phantom: mitosis

4:19 am

ooh, good one

4:20 am

awwww pup is snoring. there;s nothing as cute as a fast asleep dog snuffling away

4:20 am

I just put in my cousin's name as a joke and it took it, LOL

4:20 am

that is nice

4:21 am

cool penny, what letter and length?

4:21 am

ma5, 16

4:22 am

cool, i would never have tried that!

4:22 am

oh yes LOL thats always amusing

4:23 am

it means edge, like in ma**in of the page, interesting

4:24 am

now I can tell her, ma.... you are on the edge, LOL

4:25 am

lol

4:25 am

poor lady had a knee replacement in april and is still suffering

4:26 am

oh, that's tough

4:26 am

her own fault, she has a pool right in her back yard and she doesn't use it for exercise

4:27 am

so the suffering is from not getting the knee working?

4:28 am

yes, she's not working it out like she should, plus the older you are the harder it is. It's not really her fault, she's a widow, lives by herself and mopes around most of the day

4:29 am

she lives too far for me to visit when I'm working

4:29 am

i see

4:29 am

now, if she would only get a computer, she could learn to babble, LOL

4:30 am

i was just curious because every time stid talks about her knees bothering her, we're always saying she should look into knee replacement whiles she's young

4:30 am

off for now bbl have a good day everybody:)

4:30 am

bye jean!

4:30 am

bye jean

4:31 am

oh yes,, the younger the better

hello again

4:32 am

hey infernal!

4:32 am

hi herin

hey im back for a bit until the adults in the house go of to role play

4:34 am

role play?

um d n d

4:35 am

oh, i played that for a while (as an adult)

dungeons and dragons but the game is called mutants and masterminds, they are the good guys that are mutants, kinda like xmen

4:36 am

that's cool

4:36 am

yay for DnD

4:38 am

do you still play ata?

yep they do that also, eberon setting, also genseed and demon um a whole bunch of other stuff, they are part of Dandenong Role And Wargammers Federation, D.W.A.R.F I sometimes play mutants and masterminds

4:40 am

sometimes. sometimes I play Magic the Gathering too, but mainly - kinda obsessively - myself and a few friends have a huge Middle-earth based role play set up that we write

4:40 am

cool

4:41 am

an 5/14 anyone?

4:41 am

ire odin

4:42 am

ag7?

4:42 am

ok, I'm off for a bit. need a nap! BBL :)

4:42 am

penny, it's a condition where you lose the ability to smell or taste

4:42 am

bye ata!

4:43 am

ty

4:43 am

actually, that's the ag7, ag8 is the plural

4:43 am

let me know if you need more

4:43 am

ire Fran...

4:44 am

an5/14 odin, getting mad

4:44 am

Sorry...I see it now

4:44 am

cool

4:44 am

well, time to get ready for school, I'll be finishing up tonight, everyone have a good day, odin, stay dry

4:45 am

bye penny!

4:45 am

Thanks Pap...have a good day

bye those that are leaving now.

4:45 am

Hi, All!

I had to find the earphones hi pam

4:46 am

hi pam!

4:48 am

Hey Pam

hello everyone

4:50 am

hi mrp!

4:50 am

mrp

4:50 am

hi, mrp

hi mr pres

this one looks abit tough :[

4:55 am

it is mrp.

mr pres i finished the 414 grid with 30 seconds to spare as the site kept crashing on the weekend

good lord!! glad you had time to spare herin!! close one!

lots of fist shaking at the computor i tell you how are you mr pres

I am good... looking after sick presidents here... misspresident is down and out with gladular fever, and mrspresident has spleen issues... luckily, masterpresident is in fine form and I am just dandy playing nursemaid

4:59 am

sounds awful mrp!

4:59 am

it does indeed!

4:59 am

Hope all heal well

yeah, but they have taken care of me for years!! my turn to heal the masses

oh thats not good, im slacking of instead of working as i was up most of monday night tending to a g/fs broken heart and eating choc and watching zombie flicks and generally being stupid. Its hard to sleep when you are on the edge of a bed with 2 others

Poor miss pres gladular fever is nasty

5:00 am

good for you mrp!

chocolate and zombie flicks and three in a bed!! bad combination herin!! been there too.... hope she is ok

5:03 am

good evening all

hello lynxxx!!

5:03 am

hi, lynxxx

5:03 am

hi lynxxx!

no thats a good combination as you try to sleep then someone gigles and then mass hysteria, water bed too, not comfy, hi lynxx

herin... don't make me jealous

5:06 am

hare

5:06 am

gah, wrong box. >_<;;

what the heck is the 9??? I am lost with that one

evening jen!

5:07 am

hi jen!

5:07 am

hiya!

5:07 am

mrp, plural of a fear that may not be unfounded

5:07 am

hi, jen

5:07 am

pa8 and pa9

mr press cadbury have brought out these pringal like choc chips and they are addictive and full of sugar, they are in a box and i think they are called stacks, solves sadness

5:08 am

pa8 will destroy ya

5:08 am

a song by ozzy osbourne also

5:08 am

lol pam!

5:08 am

8-)

5:08 am

was it ozzy? i wasn't too sure

5:08 am

thought it was the kinks?

*scratching head* (from stupidity) hmmmmm??

5:09 am

i think you're right pam

yes black saboth did that

5:09 am

one has pa8 when one thinks the world is out to get you...

um sabbath

5:09 am

mrp, if you think people are after you, you may be right

ah, black sabbath... why didn't you just say that!! Thanks!!!!!

5:10 am

but ozzy did sing it

**stupid** but a heavy metal fan!!

5:13 am

okay, solved it, destroyer is the kinks song which has pa8 in the lyrics

5:13 am

black sabbath did pa*****d

mr pres written in 1970 was going to call the album war pigs but due to vietnam couldnt

5:14 am

thanks, fran!

5:14 am

well, i have 94 to go, time for QP and bed, night all!

too good! bye fran!!

5:14 am

see you, fran

5:14 am

yw pam, wouldn't have been able to sleep if i didn't look it up

5:15 am

i was googling away!!!!! QP?

herin... when are you going pro child??

5:17 am

oh! bye Fran (deep in grid)

the on5 and 6 make a reappearance today... true to form!!

5:19 am

well, gotta get ready for the day, will try to figure out the on's later

on5 and 6.... smelly vegetable... nice on pizza!!

5:19 am

and their close relative an 5&6 is there too - much cuter

5:20 am

oh, duh! got those. will r*** easier!

thanks lynxxx

nite pam!!!

or g'day!

5:21 am

bye Pam

5:21 am

see ya, Pam

mr pres pantera also covered planet caravan

aussie aussie aussie

mr pres i am totally and uterrly broke plus im not that often meant to be at my partners house.

oi oi oi

:D

herin, if you need a sponser... I will happily sign you up

5:23 am

pantera rule herinfernallady

odly enough ozzy wrote the song to, and despite him being nearly brain fried and remembering hardly nill he never forgets words to his songs, OH really mr pres what do i have to do

ilandrah have a signed drumstick from the 1996 concert

5:24 am

Hi all! Laid out for a couple of days after the monster-grids last week, but I couldn't stay away for long. Besides, how could I resist having the stats - and maybe the fireworks?

5:24 am

i m totally jealous -- would love just to see one of their concerts

hi amanda

email me herin.... my address is in my profile. I will let the dr know and get you a pro account

ilandrah they aren't perfoming anymore due to dimebags passing due to a nut job in 2004

ok mr pres do that right now.

ok :)

5:26 am

yeah that sucked big time - didnt know they had stopped touring though

amanda!! good to see you back!

mr pres what do you need to know?

just email me so that I can forward to dr_g... I need your user name in the email... that's all!! :)

ok cool doing that know youll get on email from her_infernl_ladyship@yahoo

opps bugger scratch that, her_infernal_ladyship@yahoo.com

no prob!

done and sorted mr pres

thanks! will let you know when it is up and running

ilandrah vinnie does play every now and then but they broke up and dimebag went to play with damageplan where he was killed, he also was in rebel meets rebel and vinnie brought that album out in may 2006 and pantera 3 vulgar videos and cowboys from hell has been converted to dvd ok sorry about that guys back to puzzel stuff

thank you mr pres

5:34 am

im7.36 - I haven't heard of ones of these for decades!! Its a type of account I think - petty cash or trust (?).

that got me stuxk to lynxx

clue please for 5 16

errr that was clue for the ge 5/16 and if any one has a spare clue i need that too

5:36 am

thanks infernal - i appreciate the info, love the bands but that style doesnt really make news releases : D

google is there for useful and totally useless info

5:38 am

ge5/16 - ge + 3 letter "cheer" word.

5:38 am

ge5/16 is an ancient hebrew weight and coin = 1/20th of a shekel

ok ta dianne

ilandrah ill look that up

got it thanks i just couldn't see it

what else is going on today?

5:44 am

gtg - happy babbling all

bye ilandrah nice chatting

u still here everyone else?

5:46 am

I'm still around. Concentrating on the grid a bit though. :D

5:47 am

morning y'all- got a few minutes before the rush to get kid and husband out the door

morning bee

5:48 am

but from the look of the grid- i might need alot longer :)

5:48 am

hey lady- how's it going?

shaking fist at the screen trying to find words

5:49 am

lady-lol

meant be studying but cant be bothered

5:51 am

why isn't nots a word? aren't their flowers caleed- forget me nots? or is it with a k- i don't know

5:51 am

Good morning Babblers

5:51 am

morning scrabbler

um it hink that forget me nots is one word

morning scrabbler

5:52 am

hiya

5:52 am

Just hitting the grid to knock off some words early

5:52 am

oh- i see, no word for me :)

5:52 am

What time is it in Oz?

5:52 am

toos

5:52 am

it won't take soso ! (hows it going? reply - so so!)

5:52 am

dang it, did it again. >_< *switches to the word box*

5:53 am

brb- gotta get everyone out the door- so i can have peace while i babble

5:53 am

Hi beebee jencatd scrabbler

5:53 am

io4,4 is driving me nuts--I have the other io4 and io5 that are related

5:54 am

It seems that I have monkeyed every possibility

not there yet scrabbler cant help you

5:55 am

That's OK, I'm just asking

5:55 am

io4.4 is the charged particle (plural)

5:55 am

Yes, duh, I could have looked to the left!

5:56 am

TY, lynxxx

5:56 am

hi lyn scrabbler her bb an jen :)

5:56 am

hi marso!

5:56 am

Good morning

hi marso

5:57 am

So, lynxxx, what time is it where you are?

am calling it quits when i get to ir

5:57 am

8.57 pm Wednesday nite

Hello everyone

5:57 am

hi marso

5:58 am

hi becca :)

5:58 am

Becca, your icon is a beautiful picture

5:58 am

hi Becca

5:58 am

hi Becca

Thank you Scrabbler - it's the Fens - it was a babble clue ages ago, but I liked the picture so I haven't changed it

5:59 am

Thanks, lynxxx. It is always interesting to see different collections of names here, and some of us say Good Morning, others Good Afternoon, and others Good Evening. Others say HELP ME

5:59 am

lol scrabbler

can i have a clue for the ha 4/7

6:00 am

First do no ha**--rule for doctors

6:01 am

harm

6:01 am

Or the other one= ha + (to get your attention) ah**

i just need the ha 7/7

6:01 am

soooorry thats the ha4.6 !

fudge ha 4/7

6:03 am

I suppose I should pay attention to the points, (says ah** to herself)

Ha 4/7 - what some places still do to criminals, and I fail to do with my clothes!

6:04 am

TY Becca for finally providing the correct clue

thanks becca fish slap here

YW Scrabbler

Took me a while to see it too

6:04 am

It's another one of those "duh" words

6:05 am

It's always a proud moment when the clue reveals an obvious word

6:05 am

soot

LOL Very true Scrabbler

6:06 am

sorry !!!!

6:06 am

Yes, that's right, marso

6:06 am

lol

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

Congratulations mrp!!!!

6:06 am

congrats mr p an good afternoon :)

6:06 am

Yippee, mr president, I have only 225 to go

whoo hoo presidenta

6:06 am

GO MRP!!! YAY !!!!!

thanks guys! I just realised I am in the grid :D!!

6:07 am

congrats!

6:07 am

Yes, shine in the glory!

6:09 am

Could someone explain what "enable" words are?

6:09 am

I must go bank an pay bills but game is holding me back lol

right im off i have to study. poo

Bye herinfernallady

6:10 am

somebody turn game off plz!!!!!!!!

6:10 am

This game always holds me back---"Just one more word. Got it. OK, just one more....."

study hard herin!! poo poo!

6:10 am

lol

6:11 am

Then, "I must grey out that box before I can leave..."

I have to drag myself away or I get no work done at all!

6:11 am

bye herein have fun lol :)

we are so sad!! :D

6:11 am

Scrabbler - Enable is the word-list that the program uses. It was evidently put together by very strange people

6:11 am

must go all NOW!!!

6:11 am

We could atke medication for this disease, but I am having too much fun.

6:11 am

bye all tc bbl :)

We are , mrp, we are :)

bye marso!!

6:12 am

TY, amandacath

6:12 am

doesnt work scrabbler lol

is there a babblet tablet?? I'll pay $1000 for it!!

6:12 am

OK, I MUST prepare for work---I need a paycheck to pay for internet access so that I can play Babble

I thought "geas" was a word - weird dictionary won't let me have it :(

LOL mrp!!

LOL scrabbler!!

we pay and play.... such is life!

6:14 am

Bye folks---I'll be back tonight. Have a great day, or night, wherever you may be.

Bye Scrabbler

bye scrabbler!

6:14 am

bye scrabbler

6:14 am

aha, I got one more.......bye

sad sad sad!! bye scrabbler!! LOL

ok people! I am off! have a lovely day/evening and see ya today/tomorrow!! byeeee!!

Bye mrp

6:21 am

ooroo MRP - hope the family all start to improve healthwise

6:24 am

see ya, Mrp

6:24 am

hi evr 1!

Hi Alee

ooroo. See yer termorrer.

6:27 am

Hi and Bye Mr P :)

6:28 am

Hello Babblers!!!!

Hi faeriekae

6:28 am

hi faerie, hi all!

Hi Wolvie

6:29 am

Hey Wolvie :)

6:30 am

hello Faeriekae & Wolvie

6:30 am

hi becca and lynx - nice grid today, eh?

6:30 am

hiya Faerie and Wolvie

6:31 am

hi jen

Yeah, going along nicely today Wolvie

Although there's lots of words it won't allow that I know are real!!

6:31 am

Yes - bit a bit big for midweek - I need to get it all done tonite

6:32 am

that happens quite a bit - and yep, big, too. I'll do what I can early, and hope to come back tonite.

6:32 am

thats - 'but a bit too big'

Woo hoo - 100 words!

6:33 am

congrats, becca!

Thanks Wolvie

6:38 am

Congratulations Becca !!!!!!!!

6:38 am

LOL

TY faerie

6:39 am

hi again :)

6:39 am

hi ata

6:39 am

Hi faerie!

Hi Ata

6:39 am

Hi Ata and Amanda :)

6:39 am

hi amanda

6:39 am

...and Ata!

6:39 am

I was hoping the rest of the words would suddenly leap out at me after a break. But ...

6:40 am

...and wolvie! Was on the phone so I missed all of your entrances

6:40 am

Hi Ata

Any clues for ag 7/8 combo?

6:45 am

Sorry Becca I'm just now getting started.

becca - partial or total inability to recognize objects

{{faerie}} where ya been?

6:47 am

thanks for that , mrp!

Thanks mrp!

lickety is playing xbox live and I am stranded in insomnia... I am cluable!

6:47 am

great clue mr. p --thanks!

6:47 am

{{{Mr P}}} I have to work for food now.

6:50 am

and they don't have a computer for me to play with in the Ladies Dept at the store where I'm working. can you beleive that crap?

faerie!! hope all is well and your job is treating you good?

6:50 am

how dare they, Fairie!!

6:50 am

it

that is just disgusting!! where do I lodge a complaint!!

6:51 am

any z clues for me before I head ut to work for "the Man" as well?

6:51 am

it's good my feet get tired but the job itself is mindless really

6:51 am

I already have

6:51 am

uh oh faerie - not good.

there is the catherine z*** jones

6:51 am

LOL

and the ze***** lemon on the block

and catching ze** when you sleep

6:52 am

and my icon minus the last letter

6:52 am

thanks mr. p --i only had the sleepy one

and the unattractive herpes z

6:53 am

not the herpez

6:53 am

the herpex?

no one wants the herpez!!

6:54 am

Can someone please give me a clue for the Z words?

6:54 am

atalante... your icon?

6:54 am

I have a pair of pajamas that says "Got Crabs" joes crab shack - LOL

6:54 am

look down the log a few entries aleksia

6:54 am

What does that mean??

LOL faerie!!

6:55 am

i still don't get the herpes...clue

6:55 am

LOL faerie!

6:55 am

scross down where we're chatting aleksia

6:55 am

mee either, jbp

aleksia... check the log entries... there are clues for the z

6:55 am

my icon? the big green blob by my name :P

6:55 am

you'll see that we were just talkiing zzzzzs

6:55 am

hi Amanda!!!

6:55 am

Mr P soooo how are YOU doing?

6:55 am

hi!

6:56 am

that looks like an underwater seascape? or am i being dense?

screwed badly faerie

6:56 am

its eelgrass ...

6:56 am

jp and amanda - think of an list word with ro, then sub the z for the r

6:56 am

a list word, not an

6:57 am

yay - gray z-box! Thanks wolvie, that did it

6:57 am

thanks wolvie!!!

6:57 am

or I should have said ro word that means list

6:57 am

i have 2 Z words but have no idea what they mean :D

lickety is in pain... looks like an inflamed organ of types... and it is not his heehaw! maddison has gladular fever... they are home and I am playing nursemaid

6:57 am

oh good - I am not a good typist or cluer. ;-)

6:57 am

so what does eelgrass have to do with zzzs?

6:58 am

OH NO!!!!!!!! I'm sooo sorry to hear that..

6:58 am

well guys - I must be off - see you this evening - mrp - hope everyone gets well!

6:58 am

when you say glandular fever, ,r P, do you ean what we here cal mononucleosis?

6:58 am

if so, that sucks

6:58 am

the official name of eelgrass is the z6 + a letter at the end

thanks wolvie!! see ya later!

6:58 am

bye wolvie

mononucleosis...yes! that is it

6:58 am

by wolvie

Bye Wolvie

6:59 am

you tell Lickety that I'm sending him Faerie Hugs and to recover soon

6:59 am

I'm waiting for the day when that word is in the grid - mono, I mean

6:59 am

OOOH, thanks atalante.

thanks faerie!!

6:59 am

urf poor maddison

7:00 am

mono: push flueids, and let sleep as much as possible

7:00 am

the ze 7 is alot more of the ze 4/9

7:00 am

my favorite thing I was told when I had it was "no contact sports"

7:00 am

and Maddison must be miserable Faerie Hugs there also

Thank you faerie - that was my last z!

well, his soccer career is over!!

7:00 am

ROFL Jbp

7:00 am

as if?! I felt like total crap, and I was what, gonna run out and play rugby or something? I could barely stand!

7:00 am

yw becca

maddison is only 8 years old... she is suffering!! bored sh**less let me tell you!!

7:01 am

I was thinking the bedroom sports LOL

7:01 am

well, hang in there mr. p.

7:01 am

don't forget to take care of yourself, too!!

7:01 am

so Maddison is the one with Mono?

7:01 am

didnt care what I was told when I had it, I just wanted to sleep!

oh faerie!! I am suffering!! thanks for your thoughts!!

7:01 am

FAERIE!!

7:01 am

'glandular fever' always sounds so much worse than mono! It sounds like you need to be put in quarantine and are on the verge of death

7:02 am

Druesenfeber in german, if I remember correctly

7:02 am

I can't help myself jbp - I just say what comes to mind

7:02 am

which somehow, sound like you got to go fast or something

7:02 am

batck atcha Faerie

7:03 am

ok, gotta go to work and steal all the underpants

7:03 am

i got the Z 7 letters and 48 points YIPPEE and im only 11 ( one of Miss ABS students)

7:03 am

Mr P - yes TAKE CARE of YOURSELF *teehee*

congrats aleksia!

7:03 am

:D thanx mrp

7:03 am

ROFL jbp

oh faerie!!

7:04 am

I think that's it, jbp - druesen = glands, fieber = fever. My case of mono was very mild - not enough to stay out of school, but it did get me out the stupid marching band christmas parades!

Gotta go back to work guys. may get back later - depends if anyone is watching me!

7:04 am

OH didn't realze we had a youngster among us I need to dive into the grid and hush for a bit *lips are sealed*

bye becca!!

7:04 am

hurry back Becca

becca, what do you do... window dressing??

LOL mrp! No I am a research assistant at the moment (but my contract ends in 3 weeks). Sharing room with nosey type at the moment!

LOL becca! i was wondering about that!!

7:07 am

LOL

7:07 am

researhing what??

Therapy for a speech disorder called Apraxia

7:08 am

ooh! interesting!

7:08 am

Ok what is Apraxia ?

Yeah, it's OK, but I'm looking forward to going back into real therapy - actually seeing people with speech problems instead of computers all day

apraxia! cool!! we have a speech therapist amongst us...

Apraxia - a motor speech disorder not associated with muscle weakness, but characterised by poor sequencing of speech movements, typically groping or clumsiness of movements

7:11 am

Sounds very intresting. But I understand wanting to get back into seeing patients.

Yeah - I miss the contact with people. I like talking too much!

becca... do you know much about asperger... semantic/pragmatic disorder?

A little bit. I used to work with adults with learning disabilities, but now mainly focus on acquired disorders (after stroke/head injury or Parkinson's/MS - stuff like that)

ah, that would be very interesting!! hope you get onto chatting with you patients!! you seem like a lovely person who enjoys a chat!!

7:15 am

Becca what a wonderful career.

Thanks Mrp!

7:16 am

Becca, how does Apraxia differ from Dyspraxia? I'm not familiar with the former term

Yeah, it can be Faerie. I think getting out of the glorious NHS will do me lots of good and remind me why I went into speech therapy in the first place.

Bigshow - one and the same.

7:17 am

aah I see

I better go drug lickety and call the ER as he is still suffering too much.... sorry to bail on you but need to sort him out or there is no more clue!! (crap)! chat later guys!

7:17 am

I have no doubt that you are a blessing to many people Becca. Bravo to you.

7:18 am

Bye Mr P hope Lickety feels better soon

7:18 am

Later Mr P {{{HUGS}}} to Lickety

Bye mrp - love and light to Lickety. Also bye everyone - I really must get back to work now. And thank you Faerie - that's really knid of you to say that.

7:19 am

ramp

7:19 am

Later Becca :)

*kind* not knid!

jst dscvrd tht y cn rd wtht vwls... g fgr!

love ya all! bye!!!

7:21 am

ugh - I've got CNN on, and they keep showing Bush in New Orleans being all pious and caring. At least they're also showing critics, but still - it's enough to turn your stomach

7:22 am

Good Evening All

7:22 am

Hi Tiny :)

7:22 am

Hi Tiny. Hi everyone

7:22 am

hideous man

7:23 am

Hey, didn't Simple Simon meet a pieman going to the fair?

7:23 am

Yes Munner he did

7:23 am

I already tried that LOL

7:23 am

He certainly did, Munner! Guess enable hasn't read it's Mother Goose!

7:23 am

But Enable does

7:24 am

if tinman is a word, t hen pieman should be too

7:24 am

But Enable doesn't know it!

7:24 am

Munner cute icon LOL

7:28 am

word that i want in the grid: pretzel

7:28 am

hi abe!

7:29 am

brb gotta tak my dog for quick walk brb

7:29 am

Hi Abe

7:29 am

faerie, I like it so much that i decided to keep it all the time.

7:29 am

and I want prize accepted

7:29 am

hi amanda and faerie!

7:30 am

prize would also be nice

7:30 am

I keep seeing 'vampire'

7:32 am

mitosis, meiosis, notochord, premier, hangman ....

7:32 am

and isn't the guy who rows a boat called an 'oarman'?

7:34 am

just a warning to all: I'm feeling very loopy today

7:34 am

you'd have thought

7:35 am

i do not want to sit at work today. i am grateful for a big board. ok, back to the grid...

7:40 am

That sounds dangerous abe79

7:42 am

i think i'm feeling cooped up by all the rain we've been having

7:45 am

Afternoon all. I'm hoping that the rain holds off here for a few hours, as I'm intending to go blackberry picking with my Mum.

7:46 am

Hi Jacula

7:46 am

oh no what are you on abe?

7:46 am

Hi abe. Isn't it odd that the icon theme should be 'z' on a day we have 6 z words in the grid?

7:47 am

hi jac!

7:47 am

on? oh no, i'm not on anything! just fed up with work!

7:47 am

Jacula- it is odd! i thought of making my icon one of the z words in the grid

7:48 am

you said you were feeling loopy so i thought maybe you hurt yourself or something and was on drugs

7:49 am

oh thanks for asking shorty :) it's just been such yucky weather and i'm losing my job so i feel kind of bleaah today

7:49 am

My icon is a 'zebu'. (One of my daughter's favourite high-scoring Scrabble words.)

7:49 am

oh no!!!!!!

7:49 am

Zebu! imagine that on a triple!

7:49 am

abe - So sorry to hear about your redundancy. I hope you find a new job soon.

7:50 am

abe - She always does get it on a triple!

7:50 am

thanks Jacula and Shorty. I've been job-hunting lots. and, now i can babble guilt free at my current job :)

7:51 am

is a zebu related to a yak?

7:53 am

...they are...

7:54 am

Apparently, there are 75 breeds of zebu (cattle with a hump) and some do have yak genes. They originated in India.

7:55 am

ha, i just learned about zebu's the other day

7:55 am

morning abe

7:56 am

zebu are very resistant to heat as well...hey bluephlox

7:57 am

abe - I think you've just Googled the same site as I did re zebus.

7:57 am

Hi AmandaCath.

7:57 am

wikipedia? lol

7:57 am

Hi bluephlox.

7:57 am

morning jacula

7:57 am

abe, yes.

7:59 am

i can't wait to play scrabble again now :)

8:00 am

good luck to everyone today, i'm off to work and hoping my kitten will stop eating my sweater. abe, lets play scrabble on friday:)

8:00 am

abe - Do what my daughter does and hold back the tiles for a triple.:)

8:00 am

(Then stick an 's' on the end when you get a chance.)

8:00 am

it's a date phlox! good luck with kitty :). oh, i will Jacula!

8:01 am

thanks:) adios babblers!

8:01 am

and then i will explain the history of the zebu

8:01 am

good morning everyone!!!

8:01 am

'Bye bluephlox. Watch out for those zebus!

8:01 am

Hello Annie.

8:01 am

hi Annie

8:01 am

Morning Annie!

8:02 am

hi Jacula and abe and amanda

8:02 am

is it EVER going to stop raining? The sun will come out tomorrow, tomorrow

8:03 am

Amen, Annie!

8:03 am

send some of that rain down south - Mom says they haven't had rain since May!

8:04 am

she can have some of ours as well!

8:13 am

well, I am good and stuck at 207 words - missing one o and one i...

8:13 am

I've still got 133 words to find!

8:15 am

Jacula, I scrolled back to see your beast of burden...first I learned of a zebu

8:16 am

One of Larry the Cucumber's Silly Songs from Veggie Tales is a song about zebu

8:16 am

Aha - found the missing o - it's not really related to jac's beast, but it sort of goes into the same category

8:16 am

Annie - as you willhave read, it's a great word for a triple score in Scrabble.:)

8:17 am

amanda - ooh, thanks! Hadn't spotted the on6/24 before you mentioned it.:)

8:18 am

Most definitely when you have a good spot to put the Z onto.....I usually get the J, X, Z, Q at the very end. so frustrating

8:18 am

I've never played Scrabble on-line. We use the board game at home, though.

8:18 am

thank goodness for xi!

8:18 am

nothing worse than getting stuck with that q, especially when you have no vowels

8:19 am

Jacula- bluephlox and i used to play everyday online (we were coworkers)

8:19 am

Ata - yes, indeed! Mind you, I don't like to play with anyone who insists on using one of those Scrabble dictionaries...

8:19 am

I havent played in a while---hope I didnt forget those useful little helpers

8:20 am

same here!

8:20 am

i find that babble has 'repressed' many of the two-letter words i know

8:20 am

abe - I know what you mean!

8:21 am

Yes, that's true abe. There was a great game online called wordox but they closed the site.

8:21 am

2 letter *and* 3 letter words

8:22 am

agreed Atalante. online scrabble is fun, but babble is better

8:22 am

much better

8:25 am

except there are 106 words hiding in the grid that won't show themselves to me ...

8:28 am

good morning :)

8:28 am

Hi Raelite

8:28 am

hi raelite

8:29 am

Ata, do you have the babblets?

8:29 am

Hi raelite.

8:30 am

I've probably got all the babblets and am missing the normal words LOL

8:31 am

Probably, Ata.

8:31 am

and I've got (at least) 5 pairs of words that are alt. spellings

8:32 am

hi

8:32 am

urf. hate alt spellings

8:32 am

...of each other - does that make any sense?

8:32 am

hi thatonekid

8:34 am

makes sense, amanda!

hey everyone !

8:34 am

hi hk!!!

8:35 am

Hi thatonekid and Helen.

8:35 am

hi helen

jacula, how are you doing to day?

8:35 am

hi helen

8:36 am

hi helen!

8:36 am

hi helen

8:36 am

Hi Helen and thatone!

8:36 am

Helen - 104 words to find. When it's 100 I'm going off blackberry picking (weather permitting).

8:37 am

105 left here Jac :)

jacula - that sounds nice! it's 8:30 am here, i have tuckpointer who have been grinding & pounding for an hour already - oh have i mentioned I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON - so i came to babble to relax me - 85 to go from last night

8:39 am

LOL helen. A friend bought me a fridge magnet that reads 'I don't do mornings!' She knows me well.:)

i need that magnet !!!!

8:39 am

What's a tuckpointer?

LOL

tuckpointing is repairing the mortar that is between the bricks of your house - usually they just fill in the cracks- but because my chimenys are in bad shape, they have to grind the old mortar out before they fill in with new

8:40 am

Ata - I take it you've found the ar6 & 7? (Where one applies deodorant.)

8:41 am

yes! excellent words!!

8:41 am

thanks, jac!

and i am getting the chimneys done now because i am getting a new roof - that's the thing i really, really need & have to do the chimenys first so they don't walk all over & get the new, expensive roof all messy :)

8:41 am

helen - Ah! I see. We're having cavity wall insulation done in about 3 weeks. It'll be a noisy job.

8:41 am

y/w, Une.:)

and what is cavity wall insulation?

8:42 am

grining out mortar? eeeeee! That sound is unbearable!

8:42 am

thanks, Jacula

8:42 am

hi Une!

8:42 am

morning, une

8:42 am

hey amanda!!

8:42 am

and annie!!

8:42 am

holy cow...I just found the 9 all on my own...I am getting better at this!

8:43 am

good job

8:43 am

rae, what are the first two letters

8:43 am

Cavity wall insulation is poly beads pumped into your wall cavities. It warms the house by 35% and keeps it 10% cooler in summer.

8:43 am

pa

raelite = showoff :)

8:43 am

lol

8:43 am

thanks

8:43 am

Our council is giving us 60% discount to get it done.

8:43 am

I wish we could get that, Jac. but our walls are utterly solid. No cavities to fill in :(

jacula - sounds expensive - is it? i guess depends on the size of your house - so this poly goes between the bricks & the wood/plaster part?

hey - can i get me one of those councils? i could use a discount here!

8:45 am

Helen - a cavity wall is 2 brick walls built about 3-4" apart with metal ti4/4 between. The space between the walls is filled.

8:47 am

Ata - A friend of mine in Wales (also with solid walls) lined the insides with polystyrene. Don't know if it worked though (was a long time ago).

8:47 am

I suppose solar panels will be the next step in a couple of years (when the council discounts it).

that's how your house is built? interesting - mine is brick & then a space, prob. 3-4 inches - then wood beams, then plaster walls - not drywall, but the good old-fashioned, sturdy plaster

8:48 am

oh! might have to look into that. this place is like an ice box in winter and an oven in summer - the joys of foot thick flint walls ...

what is this fabulous council of which you speak?

8:48 am

helen:

8:48 am

helen:

8:48 am

anyone have the 8's? Ive got the ag, sn, pa

yes carrie? :)

8:49 am

helen: I'm an expat--you don't want a council--they take a lot in taxes and don't seem to do much.

8:49 am

helen: I'm an expat--you don't want a council--they take a lot in taxes and don't seem to do much.

am 8/45

8:49 am

Houses in England aren't built with insulation as they are in the States.

8:49 am

re8/40

8:49 am

ge8/55

8:50 am

gr8/55

8:50 am

sn8/40

is the city divided in areas & each area has a council? is thta how it works *hk shows ignorance of brit gov system - but admits she watches brit parlimentary proceedings late at nite on c-span cause she really likes the accents*

8:50 am

pa8/45

8:51 am

that's it helen.

8:51 am

Refresh to see a diagram of cavity wall insulation on my icon.

i only have insulation in the attic - not in the walls

8:51 am

so8/45

LOL jacula - tx!! gee, i hope there's not going to be a test later - going to take a more in-depth look now

8:52 am

LOL, Helen.

that's very interesting jacula! i bet that will save you a fortune on heating & cooling!

8:53 am

that should keep me busy for a while, thanks all

8:54 am

that so8 is insane! :-)

8:54 am

So when do we, like...

8:54 am

Helen - a neighbour over the road had it done last year and says it's paid for itself already! That's what persuaded me and my next-door neighbour to have it done (plus the discount, of course!)

8:55 am

Something you don't have enough of in your closet

one more question - i've heard references to council estates - i'v always gotten a not so positive impression about them, even though the term estate conjours up something large, elegant & manorly - what exactly is a council estate?

8:55 am

Loser in fabulous race

8:55 am

oh geez - you're right Une, that so8 it ridiculous!

8:56 am

is he a new superhero??!!

8:56 am

afternoon all :)

8:56 am

hey, marso

hi marso

8:56 am

A council estate is an area of housing where the houses are owned by the council and the tenants pay rent to occupy the houses. Not all council estates are bad (i.e. sink estates) but some are.

8:56 am

he seeks out evil sea creatures

8:57 am

I don't live on a council estate, btw.

8:57 am

LOL!

ah - i believe that is what we here refer to as section 8 - low income housing

8:58 am

they do *tend* to have fairly negative connotations - some are deserved, some aren't. some council houses are *gorgeous*, it really depends on the area - what part of the country and whether its inner city housing or not

ok - just one more question - the # of people on a council (i'm guessing they're elected) is proporational to the number of people in the district? is that accurate?

atlante - ahh - that wonderful thing known as equality

9:01 am

I've no idea, helen. There are city, town and parish councils. I'm not very au fait with their inner workings.

9:02 am

Good morning all - happy Z day :)

9:02 am

morning, ch1212

9:03 am

happy z day

9:03 am

hi ch

9:03 am

how do u mean Helen?

9:03 am

helen - there's a 'guide to government' section in the UKGov website.

well thank you one & all - & thus concludes our lesson on homebuilding & the brit gov system - lol

9:04 am

u can have our gov system if u like lol

9:04 am

...And I've got my zebu back.

tx - i may actually look that up - always been curious

9:04 am

trade you governments :0

i am going to check on the tuckpointers now

9:05 am

afternoon babblers

9:05 am

sorry, that was cruel....

9:05 am

hi seano

9:05 am

lol an urs is better???

9:05 am

is ok

9:05 am

cool icon, mab

9:05 am

tuckpointer sounds like someone out of Tolkien

yes - i will trade for a government where you can get affordable healthcare

marso - where are you?

9:06 am

as much as I dislike Tony Blair, I wouldn't trade our government for most others

9:06 am

I'd love to have UK's govt, but I'm sure they wouldn't want ours.

9:06 am

Liverpool England

& mab - i don't think that was cruel at all - i had a bumper sticker in my icon yesterday that i actually had on this car i owned - but if i hadn't already have had that picked out, i was going to go with:

BUCK FUSH

9:06 am

yeah but r gov is only good with sorry to say but immigrants

9:06 am

ditto!!!

9:07 am

tuckpointer sounds like one of the fairies in A Midsummer's Night Dream

9:07 am

I think that tony and W might be sleeping together. not completely sure....

9:07 am

they are certainly too close

9:07 am

give the country to us an we could run it better than tony

well - i must go check on my very masculine faeries then LOL

9:07 am

marso, I was going to go with a bumper sticker yesterday that said "Was Columbus a Terrorist or an Illegal Alient?"

9:07 am

they do seem to be quite friendly...

9:08 am

hi Ch and Marso

9:08 am

lol mayb tony could answer that for u lol

9:08 am

and Mab and Une

9:08 am

hi abe :)

9:08 am

hey abe!

9:08 am

tony looks at W the way nancy reagan used to look at ronnie - sort of dreamy-eyed

9:09 am

ewww he does. its disgusting!

9:09 am

oh, it's cute...poor little dubbie will never have Tony's length of time in office

9:10 am

God forbid . . . he's done enough damage to last many lifetimes already

9:10 am

i've lost it: i'm typing babble words into my work database. yikes

9:10 am

Okay, I'm now down to 100 words to find. Time to go blackberrying. BBL. Happy Babbling!x

9:10 am

but really, tony is not so bad, our govt just ruined him by unilaterally deciding to start a war and then expecting the UK to be there. What coud he do. ok. I'm stopping now.

9:10 am

une, just reading about our pr** gives me a stomache

9:11 am

bye jac :) still waiting fo t!!!

9:11 am

happy blackberry picking Jacula!

9:11 am

jeez, i know, annie

9:11 am

but tony didn't have to asslick *quite* so sycophantically

Hello again folks, back again after computer freak out!

9:12 am

wb becca :)

9:13 am

Our pr** has the power to even ruin a perfectly good babble morning....maybe there are WMDs hidden in the grid...OMG I am losing it, I must stop!!! arrrggghhhhhhh

9:13 am

hobbling off to fix breakfast--BBL

my tuckpointing faeries are hard at work & tell me all is going well :)

bye une

Hey marso

9:13 am

what have u done une?

9:13 am

well, ata, on behalf of the u.s., i do apologize for the war....

lol annie !!

9:13 am

(broke my ankle 2 weeks ago)

you know, there may be some who do not appreciate your Bush bashing. you have the right to your opinion, but for the last couple of daysi t's gotten worse around here. our government may not be perfect, but ask any immigrant to compare.

9:14 am

zeet

9:14 am

or IEDs!

Hi torgone!

i am with mab - and i agree too, too much damage has been done

ty torgone :)

9:14 am

zeet to you too, torgone :)

9:14 am

hi torgone!

9:14 am

bigbird, it is not the government I complain about, it is our leader...

bigbirdboss - perhaps you ought to look up the word 'bashing' in the dictionary - no one was bashing here at all

9:15 am

*sigh* Bush and Blair should be dropped into Iraq with no food and no shelter and left there

our leader was chosen by the people...accept it

9:16 am

Any of our Floridian friends about?

9:16 am

that's brilliant ata!!!

oh sorry there - figures - sw texas - overly sensitive HAHAHAHA

9:16 am

atalante, I heart you, hear! hear!

9:16 am

Yes, Bigbird, there may be some who don't tlike the Bush-bashing, but there are more of us who simply don't appreciate the Bush, period. And the chosen by the people business - ever heard of Florida?

southeast Texas.hurricane rita

no - bbb - the vote was pretty much 50/50

9:17 am

luckily we live in democracies where we *can* complain about our leaders!

he was elected, right?

9:17 am

And the court gave it to him and

9:17 am

As difficult as it is at times, I think it's important that we all respect each other's right to free speech -- both pro and con and every issue. That's one thing that makes this Babble community so rich, is our diversity! :)

9:17 am

am7/32 both clues anyone?

9:17 am

We don't have that excuse - more people voted on Big Brother/Xfactor than voted for the government - sad or what?

9:18 am

love your icon, shorty!

I agree ch

9:18 am

well said ch :)

9:18 am

thx :)

9:18 am

true jfb

bbb- if he was elected is debateable - that he is an irresponsible moron who has caused the deaths of thousands of young people is not!

9:18 am

and yet - as bbb says - he still has a huge fan base ...

9:19 am

the long and the short of it is that we can criticize till the cows come home - we can't change anything right now. Bush is in power and that's the way it is

9:19 am

30% is not huge

9:19 am

so does Paris Hilton, Ata

9:19 am

more people in the u.s. know the names of the seven dwarves than know the names of the supreme court justices.

9:19 am

wooohoooo well said helen :)

9:19 am

am7/36 clues plz

9:19 am

lmao amanda :)

yes ata - frightening & uncomprehensible to me

9:19 am

agree!!! helen

9:20 am

sorry, shorty - I don't have it yet.

9:20 am

Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Chief Justice Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Stevens, Souter, Breyer

9:20 am

n 80 year old man once said that it doesn't matter who wins the election the government always gets in! Very philosophical!

9:20 am

and dopie

9:20 am

bush is an idiot- is there anything else to say?

Shorty -I don't have them yet

9:20 am

well done, douglas

sleepy, dopey, grumpy, doc

9:20 am

doc, bashful, dopey happy grumpy sneezey

9:20 am

good quote, jfb!

9:21 am

no there isnt bb

douglas - you must go spread the word now :)

9:21 am

morning babblers. floridian here. bush is the illegal president.

9:21 am

I think a lot of people have stopped voting cause they don't see any changes for the better. Kinda feel like bashing head against wall to get rid of a headache

9:21 am

hey, mama, congrats on dodging Ernesto!

9:21 am

am7/32= am+a girls name or hurricane(drop the i double the vowel) for the 8-plural

9:21 am

I think you're right, hootowl

9:22 am

well done, by the way, douglas :)

9:22 am

thanks. it's the storm that wasn't. dh got off work because of it though.

9:22 am

I think it would be interesting to ask those serving in the military their opinion.

forget it......helenkeller, you look up bashing...verbal abuse

9:22 am

Let the record show that I actually did remember them, I didn't look it up just now...

9:22 am

the girl's name is Ms. Moreno's first name

9:22 am

or Lovely **** Meter Maid . . .

9:22 am

Verbal abuse is when you use surrulous names - not when you tell the truth

9:23 am

scurrulous!

i was not being abusive & up to the point when you joined in the conversation no one else was either - i think it was your knee jerk -reaction that caused the rest of this antagonism

mama--the storm that wasn't? you don't know what you're talking about

9:23 am

can't we all just get along?

Thanks all for the am clues

sorry all - that last comment was directed at bigbird

9:23 am

so is bashing saying their are wmd- or is that just slander?

9:23 am

most of us do, HiThere

9:23 am

and not when you discuss ... I can't see anyone from babble not listening to another's opinion, even ifthey don't necessarily agree with it

9:24 am

agreed, helen

9:24 am

depemds on whos saying it. Not one forund

9:24 am

found

ty mab

9:24 am

that's just plain 'ol lieing - lying? - beebee

9:25 am

Just think how boring it would be if we all thought alike - or worse - if we couldn't express different opinions'

9:25 am

noone is going to change anyone's mind here...there are plenty of political blogs you can go to to discuss.

9:25 am

Well, it bugs me when everyone starts on this topic. I just usually tune it out. Everyone including bigbird is entitled to their opinion and I'm entitled to roll my eyes and lurk.

9:25 am

exactly JFB!

9:25 am

not sure what you mean, bigbird. i'm sitting where the eye is supposed to pass later today. been here 36 years. ernesto isn't anything compared to others.

9:25 am

bbb- the storm that wasn't? i'm confused on your comment cause i far as i tell ernesto isn't much

9:26 am

Hi Smithchick and mama and beebee

Smithchick - may I lurk with you?

9:26 am

Hey abe...

9:26 am

hey abe

you mentioned rita...the storm that wasn't

9:27 am

Yes, Becca...let us lurk together!

9:27 am

no bbb- we were referring to ernesto

9:27 am

I'm over 2*2*2*2*2*2 words! Woo-hoo!

*sneaks around pretending she's not here*

9:27 am

sorry. une made a comment about dodging ernesto and i was responding to that. rita was certainly bad.

9:28 am

President Bush read 60 books this year, including "The Stranger" by Albert Camay, the noted French philosopher and soapmaker...

9:28 am

going off at a random tangent about things called ernesto - has anyone else here seen "The Motorcycle Diaries" film, about Che Guavara? I saw it the other day, and its the most wonderful thing!

9:28 am

you bad, douglas....lol

9:28 am

hey ppl

9:29 am

Becca Lorum I'm sneking too

9:29 am

fun fact: did you know that if you type "failure" into the google searchbox the first hit is a biography on Mr President Bush?

9:29 am

Gee - isn't he too busy to read that many books? Did he understand it?

9:29 am

Haven't seen it yet, atalante, but it's on our 'must see' list

I've seen it Ata -I agree it's brilliant

9:29 am

a thug off my estate has just been shot!!!!

9:29 am

atalante, yes, I saw that film, it was wonderful!

9:29 am

i'm with you Becca

9:29 am

Or even sneaking!!

9:29 am

rae- LOL

9:29 am

police everywhere right outside my house!!!!!

9:29 am

it's true...try it

9:29 am

isnt it fab, Annie! I just had it on cos there was nothing on TV, and I was soon absolutely entranced

smithchick - hi! what i find interesting is that people can't help but discuss these topics - all this conversation grew out of tuckpointing --> housing --> council estates --> goverment decision making ---> what is the phrase? eventually all roads lead to rome :)

9:30 am

ah, marso, big brother has been monitoring the babble chat -- now you're in for it! :D

9:30 am

I don't know...I don't think there's anyone requiring a book report of him...

Wow Marso - that's pretty scary

9:30 am

Hey, helen!

9:30 am

really omg i am sittin here watchin it all

9:30 am

hi smithchick

9:31 am

Drama at marso's! Hey Annie!

9:31 am

Maybe someone should, Douglas - it would keep him busy and away from the important stuff!

9:31 am

Been out so I may be repeating whats gone before but whats tuckpointing?

9:31 am

raghn

9:31 am

I think that's kinda true with most conversations among a group of intelligent and interested people - you always gravitate towards changing the world!

marso - thank goodness we had our earlier discussion on estates - lol - i'm trying to picture the scene now

marso what did YOU do now

atalante - exactly ! that's what i was trying to say

9:31 am

lmao herein!!! wasnt me !!!!

looks suspiciously at you Marso: sure it wasn't

9:32 am

It pains me to have to tear myself away and do some things that must be done, see you all later....

9:32 am

Don't forget to duck marso!

9:32 am

going to get my kids in out of the way

jfb - tuckpointing is repairing the masonry on brick houses - sometimes they just fill in the gaps in the mortar caused by erosion/weather & other times, like now, when my chimney are really bad, they must grind out alot of the old mortar & refill

Bye Annie

9:32 am

NOT GUILTY YOUR HONOUR

9:33 am

bbl folks with the jangle

9:33 am

bye all

Good idea Marso

9:33 am

Oh geez - as if CNN showing Bush in New Orleans wasn't bad enough, now they're showing Rumsfeld - time to turn off the TV before I vomit!

hah hah make sure u and kids safe, bye marso

9:33 am

Bye Annie

9:33 am

Bye marso

nerf ball the tv amanda

9:33 am

ragea

bye marso, bye anni

9:34 am

cnn can cause stomach problems.

9:34 am

it makes me car sick with that scrolly thing on the bottom

9:34 am

Thanks - it must be a US expression because my builder husband didn't know. What an educational site this is!

9:34 am

The poor TV can't help it - but it needs a break. Off it goes!

9:34 am

phantom eonian

9:34 am

talking of Bush and amusement - http://tinyurl.com/lmeuk

jfb - ahhhh, the old - separated by a common language problem, LOL

Douglas my phantom is street

9:35 am

my phantom is preemie

9:35 am

not a phantom, mama

my phantom is pretzal

9:35 am

I've never seen preemie in the grid. Does the dictionary accept preemie?

9:35 am

Fun though isn't it helen!

9:36 am

strip is mine

9:36 am

try it, douglas ;)

jfb - sure is!

9:36 am

oh dear. sorry. someone slap me

douglas - a belated hahaha on the camus story

*hands mama a fish*

9:36 am

your hunch was right, mama, thanks!

9:36 am

Well, that settles that...

9:37 am

mama- got any more phantoms?

9:37 am

lol, beebee

9:37 am

lol

9:37 am

i have 45 left- i need all the help i can get

my partner just finished 16hrs work and his boss raided his dads wine cellar, i think the people at his work polished off about $1500 in wine, burbon and beer. 2 bottles were worth at least $500 each, no one drove home and the son will pay dearly tomorrow if dad finds out

9:38 am

goose is my phantom

herinern, rut-roh

9:40 am

mine is parameter (among many others!)

9:40 am

When I drive that slow you know it's hard to ***** And I can't get my car out of second ****

yep helen its funny cause the old man was my dads boss in the 70s and i know they are mega rich so i don't think he'll care. They were trying to plan for summer sales, aircon/heating sales is what he does

9:40 am

When I drive that slow you know it's hard to ***** And I can't get my car out of second ****

9:41 am

Go on & write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license n' all that jive I can't drive 55!

i'm getting some lag, anyone else?

yep

9:42 am

a bit, helen

9:42 am

me too

Me too helen

9:42 am

me too

i think my brain is lagging

9:43 am

had to refresh

always glad to know it's not just me :)

9:43 am

me too

9:43 am

Good morning all; Doug do you have some good thoughts from Mad Margaret today?

9:43 am

nme

smithchick - any faster with the refresh?

9:43 am

Hi Hetty

i had that script errror again

Time to concentrate on work again. Back later Babblers

hiya hetty!

9:43 am

hi hetty

9:44 am

hey hetty bye becca

and im off as my brain is failing

9:44 am

Bye Becca

9:44 am

Afternoon all! Has the rubber band been running slack again?

9:44 am

bye lady

9:44 am

bye herinfern...hi Sue

bye herinern

hi sue

9:45 am

Hi Abe.

9:45 am

Bye Becca and herin

9:45 am

Hi Helen.

9:45 am

Hey hetty and Sue

9:45 am

hey sue

9:45 am

Hi Sue - not really, just now there was a bit of a slowdown, but otherwise it's been fine

9:45 am

http://www.booktv.org/misc/081706_bush .asp is President Bush's summer reading list...

9:45 am

hi Sue!

9:46 am

Why does it always happen when I have a few minutes to spare? No - don't tell me! Hi Ata!

9:46 am

my word list isnt showing up...but it tells me I have 91 left to find...what is wrong?

9:46 am

Try refreshing Ouwachita.

9:46 am

yea mine shows the first word I entered but none of the others

9:46 am

the server just freaked Ouwachita

dang - i'm having trouble finding the time to just get through fannie flagg's 'coming attractions' much less have a summer reading list AND lead a country - damn!

9:47 am

that happens to me all the time

9:47 am

I have refreshed twice

9:47 am

nothing works to fix it

9:47 am

I'm so there with you, helenkeller...I've read two books this year...

9:48 am

onyx/ ouwachita- can you get the link for Dr. God at the bottom of the page?

9:48 am

I have a booklist too but dang! Life keeps interferring!

9:48 am

i've e=mailed him before, his answer was to refresh

9:50 am

Ok..let's get real....we all know Bush either read the Cliff's Notes OR had someone read TO him...

9:51 am

no that's luxury...having someone read to you...

9:51 am

noter

9:51 am

oops

9:51 am

I didn't want to say that! Did he read The Cockroach?

9:52 am

Is it cheating if you use audiobooks? It is known that Bush uses an iPod for exercise purposes...

9:53 am

Then there wouldn't be anyone to explain the big words

9:53 am

Here are the books at the link I mentioned...Quick Red Fox by John D. MacDonald

9:53 am

but he would still need for someone to explain the books to him, wouldn't he?

9:53 am

Is that a primer?

9:54 am

The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald

9:54 am

Sorry - meant to say the words

9:54 am

Those are mysteries aren't they?

9:54 am

ohhhhhhh- hoot said a word

9:54 am

reet

9:55 am

I did? Which one?

9:55 am

hoot- can you say 1 i don't have ,please

9:55 am

They are both Travis McGee mysteries

9:55 am

I'll try>:D

9:56 am

After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader by Brian Latell

9:56 am

may I have a hint for the ge 8 please?

9:56 am

I'd rather read an old Ellery Queen book. Real detecting.

9:57 am

Chinese Military Expansion: What an Awakening Giant Should Have for Breakfast, by Ty Wann

9:57 am

ge8....the MOST ge4/7

9:57 am

ok, ok, I made that one up...

9:57 am

What don't you have. I'm not finished but I may be able to help. Can't babble and babble at the same time

9:58 am

You people are making me feel dumb as a rock. LOL Douglas!

9:58 am

Shucks I wanted to now if they planned on having us for breakfast

9:58 am

Challenger Park by Stephen Harrigan

9:58 am

I remember when I was in high school, we had a summer reading list. I wonder who assigned the list to Bush? Laura?

9:58 am

Probably her list to start with

9:59 am

well, she was a librarian wasn't she?

9:59 am

Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser

9:59 am

Why smithchick? Because we read?

9:59 am

a children's librarian, I think

10:00 am

Where did they find these books? Never heard of half of them

10:00 am

which would be perfect, wouldn't it?

10:00 am

That would be about right

10:00 am

Well there you have it

10:00 am

sure would, lol.

10:00 am

If he kept it right side up

10:00 am

Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Quenton Fisher

10:01 am

Of course he does take a lot of vacations...

10:01 am

reets

10:01 am

*&%%$#%

10:02 am

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different by Gordon S. Wood

10:02 am

The Bridge at Andau by James Michener

10:02 am

Finding Fish???!!!!!!!

10:02 am

They used their brains?

10:03 am

they had brains to use?

10:03 am

Flash for Freedom by George MacDonald Fraser

10:03 am

Mayflower : A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick

10:03 am

yup

10:03 am

oug, my husband is asking if we have any of these books at our local library Heaven knows why he'd want to check them out. Prefer a trip to Basingstoke with Mad Margaret mysef

10:04 am

I've seen quite a few of these books at my local Barnes & Noble

10:04 am

Ata - I think that's a biography

10:05 am

reteem

10:05 am

Through a Glass, Darkly : A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon

10:05 am

*^%&$^$#^%@$^%#$%&%*&%

10:05 am

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson - I heard Booth escaped and ended up in Granbury, Texas

10:05 am

maybe he'll actually learn something about u.s. history.

10:06 am

Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History by Craig L. Symonds

10:06 am

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville

10:07 am

i learned something today, i hate word that start with RE

10:07 am

Nah. He'll see what he wants to see and ignore the rest

10:07 am

Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss

10:07 am

Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky

10:08 am

i learned something today, i hate word that start with RE

10:08 am

The Stranger by Albert Camus

10:08 am

Yeah. Thats where most of my gaps are too

10:09 am

Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural by Ronald C. White, Jr.

10:09 am

Promised Land, Crusader State by Walter McDougall

10:10 am

Cinnamon Skin: Travis McGee Mysteries by John D. MacDonald

10:10 am

Hi everyone! Any clues for the z, please?

10:10 am

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

10:10 am

doug - i had to go check on my tuckpointers - is this the official summer readling list?

10:10 am

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

10:10 am

Macbeth! LOL!

10:11 am

The link says it was provided by the White House press office, but I think there are more books on the list...

10:11 am

dang - i gotta git me one of them country-leading jobs so's i can have time to read these books too!

10:12 am

I love the idea of Bush sitting round reading Macbeth

10:12 am

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/arti cles/060817/17bushbooks.htm has a few more...

10:12 am

...than he has read in his lifetime?

10:12 am

Cliffnotes for sure - if he reads those......

10:12 am

free insulation, tuckpointing & healthcare - that's gonna be my platform

10:12 am

bilt- cathing ze**(sleeping) /lemon ze**/ the most ze**/ catherine ze** jones/ plural

10:13 am

I was thinking you would find Bush's reading Macbeth to be ironic...

10:13 am

*highly* ironic!

10:13 am

ty, beebee

10:13 am

I find the Macbeth hilarious - am still trying to come up with a smart-a** comment for it (not having much luck)

10:13 am

maybe i'll change my platform tomorrow - but for today, give me a country & i'll give you tuckpointing!

10:13 am

bilt- zo+ what makes a pearl(drop the y)

10:14 am

I find the idea of him reading ironic. Doesn't learn anything from them though

10:14 am

hootowl - comprehension - that's a whole different thing

10:15 am

He's got this competition thing going with Rove...I heard about it through my implant...

10:15 am

AMEN!

10:15 am

thanks again, beebee.

10:15 am

LOL

10:15 am

having trouble finding the last Z - I have 3 ze 4's a ze 7 and a ze 5... help?

10:16 am

How about this qutation, atalante--:"I am so steepedo in gore /that returning were tedious as go o'er. . ."

10:16 am

"Monkeys read philosophy, Otto. They just don't understand it."

10:16 am

It's a zo 6/33 - shingle like desease

10:16 am

cadfan- you need a zo6/33

10:16 am

ze6-33: z+ brand name for a blender

10:17 am

or, from the lady, "A little water clears us from this deed..."

10:17 am

make that zo6-33!

10:17 am

lol hetty!!

10:17 am

millerhead - that's the kind of blender i own!

10:18 am

lol

10:18 am

great clue Millerhead

10:18 am

I have to start Babbling instead of babbling! Breaking my own rules!!!

10:18 am

ahhh, found the one I wanted: "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."

10:18 am

chilly amanda

10:18 am

another ze6 clue please Im having a brain fart!

10:18 am

rather - chilling

10:18 am

sangre

10:19 am

more ze4

10:19 am

oops! go to go ... BBL :)

10:19 am

NUTS!

10:19 am

hi everyone, big puzzle today

10:19 am

it's zo6, not ze6.

10:19 am

oh excuse me

10:20 am

i am so not a morning person - 59 to go, be back in a bit

10:20 am

Ironic, isn't it, the difference between what the lady says after the murder odf Duncan and what her diseased mind says as she walks in her tormented sleep. . .

10:20 am

Shorty- zo 6 kind of rhymes with thing you cook bread in in the morning

10:20 am

But I'm sounding like Cliff's notes myself. Sorry

10:21 am

there is just so much subtext...it's like eating a really fab chocolate cake!

10:21 am

thank you abe:)

10:22 am

yw shorty

10:22 am

shorty CUTE!

10:22 am

thank you !:)

10:23 am

Yes she is ..

10:23 am

I needed that t-shirt when I was called "the substitute teacher from HELL!'

10:23 am

does anyone have a clue for the z7?

10:23 am

LOL torgone

10:23 am

dang. nevermind

10:24 am

Thanks MillerHead - got the Z

10:24 am

more ze 4/9

10:24 am

(That was for Abe)

10:25 am

thanks CadFan

10:31 am

Greetings, fellow Babblers.. how goes the grid?

10:31 am

Hi Aloy. the grid is large and challenging, but fun

10:31 am

morning aloy

10:32 am

Hi Aloy!

10:32 am

Yeah, this is a pantload of fun ..

10:32 am

hi babblers - tough grid today, eh?

10:33 am

well, I don't see a volcano, but I do see a couple of old nuggets.. diving in.. (-:

10:33 am

But fun ..

10:33 am

HI Fiz

10:33 am

raelite is that zooboomafoo? (sp?)

10:33 am

anybody get those am7 and am8 in the middle there?

10:33 am

yes it is!!!!! thanks for noticing!

10:34 am

hi abe. zaire?

10:34 am

I'm in love with Chris Kratt...I want to marry him and have his babies

10:34 am

close, zimbabwe

10:34 am

lol rae! as long as they're not specimens for study...

10:35 am

*looks at abe's map close up and realizes that assuming, indeed, jakes an ass of you and me...*

10:36 am

miller-am+girls name **** (drop i double 2nd vowel)/for the 8 plural

10:36 am

lol Fiz

10:37 am

chris is the one on the left

10:37 am

what girl???

10:37 am

what girl?

10:37 am

of coures, rae - the cute one...

10:37 am

ms. hayworth or ms. rudner

10:38 am

no. I need the 7 and 8, not the 6 and 7

10:38 am

of course!

10:38 am

beebee, what girl?

10:38 am

good wednesday all!

10:38 am

The lovely meter maid

10:38 am

Change the spelling for Ms Hayworth's name to get the 7 and 8.

10:39 am

happy hump day stidmama!

10:39 am

Oh. Got it. Thanks.

10:39 am

hi stid!

10:39 am

Hi Stidmama and Vicuna

10:39 am

hiya stid

10:39 am

and vicuna

10:39 am

Hi Stid. What's a hump day?

10:39 am

Hello, all.

10:39 am

Nerd? lmj?

10:39 am

lol at lmj's icon!

10:39 am

Hi Vicuna. We are lost among meter maids at the present

10:40 am

hump day is wednesday - over the hump in the work week.

10:40 am

the hump in the middle of the week, Hetty -- it's all downhill to the weekend from here!

10:40 am

Fab icon Vicuna

10:40 am

ooh -- Fiz beat me to it.

10:40 am

Thanks, JFB. hetty, I'm parked in my driveway - the meter maids can't get me here!

10:40 am

great z words everyone!

10:40 am

Vi -- did you do that one, too?

10:40 am

lo, Stid, and rae and amandacath and anyone I missed while buried in the grid.. chat is going swiftly today..

10:40 am

hi Aloyisius!

10:40 am

Since retiring I've given up humps forever--it's TGIF every day

10:40 am

anyone need clues before i go clean the house?

10:41 am

Yes, I did, stidmama.

10:41 am

*jealous of hetty - looking forward to a dottage spent bagging groceries in a desperate attempt to maintain health insurance*

10:41 am

No, but will you come clean the house for me, beebee?

10:41 am

*bowing to Vi's artistic greatness*

10:41 am

i may have to get on the "Z" bandwagon

10:41 am

beebee i've still got 214 so thanks for the offer but i'm not ready yet.

10:42 am

You latecomers have missed a wonderful chat about Bush's summer reading--go browse for Doug's latest pedagogy

10:42 am

You are sooooooo clever Vicuna.

10:42 am

I don't plan on retiring. When I decide what I want to be when I grow up, it's gonna be something I don't want to retire from!

10:42 am

vi- no, i can't keep up with my own- always working on it never finishing :)

10:42 am

Aww, thanks, stidmama. You can get up now! :)

10:42 am

Don't worry Fiz - there now - They automatically enroll you and deduct it from your SS!

10:42 am

*now ROFL at Fiz's comment*

10:43 am

They hate to give you even your own money!

10:43 am

Like me, Stid, you'll join all those grousp you wouldn't want to join if you were in them

10:43 am

hoot i'm the perfect age to pay in for my entire working life just in time to have SS and medicare collapse when i need them. yay!

10:44 am

ooh, I found a herpes word! *grin*

10:44 am

You got it! 45 years down the tubes!

10:44 am

*hold hand out to keep stid at bay* please, i've made it this far without cold sores - stay back!

10:44 am

They will collapse before I am eligible -- ergo, I have no reason to assume any other "retirement *plan*" is stable...

10:44 am

Yes, Fiz, I am assuming there will be no SS or medicare for me, either.

10:45 am

oh! hootowl, it's you! I hadn't seen you in so long ... are you well? have missed you!

10:45 am

taos

10:45 am

is that your retirement plan, hootowl?

10:45 am

Nuts!!!! Wish it wouldn't do that!

10:45 am

=o

10:45 am

*frantically shoveling money and prescription drugs into mattress*

10:46 am

Whoa, Fiz! Those prescription drugs are awfully lumpy for sleeping on!

10:46 am

lol @ fiz

10:46 am

makes me feel like the princess and the pea, vi - i kinda like it.

10:46 am

Good morning all. Sorry I haven't been around but been traveling a lot and still adjusting to combining 2 households.

10:47 am

great Fiz, that'll go great with the money from your "emergency storm fund"!

10:47 am

(Caourse if you take enough, I guess you'll sleep no problem anyway...)

10:47 am

I still know lots of drug reps, I could get you some free samples, fiz

10:47 am

Why not Vi? If you work there'll be something - if not on hudbands

10:47 am

lol rae! thanks, i may take you up on that.

10:48 am

*calling travel agent and planning once-in-a-lifetime world tour* would you like me to send you a postcard or two, Fiz? ;-)

10:48 am

No, hootowl. I'm afraid it doesn't matter how much money my husband and I pay in. The baby boomers will have used it all up before it's our turn to have any.

10:49 am

Have had limited time mama so I do grid and go. Today I couldn't resist discussion so here I am and still 68 left!

10:49 am

sadly stid, you may only be able to cover your travel expenses there and back. i work in nonprofit...

10:50 am

and having just bought plane tickets to your neck of the woods it's no bargain!

10:50 am

I hve a mere 231 to go, hootowl -- haven't been finishing the bigger grids lately... chat is more interesting!

10:50 am

Of course, while we're in this vein, we may as well point out that long before that issue comes along, the terrorists will have blown us up, and if they haven't the global warming will have flooded us, and if that hasn't happened the fossil feuls will be gone and we'll be back to the dak ages, and if we avoid that the computers will have taken over and enslaved us all...

10:50 am

Vi I think that has been exaggerated but I understand. I was laid off 3 years before retirement age and had to to get money to live. # years made a BIG difference! And then they started taking it back!

10:50 am

we have more than enough fossil fuel we will never use it all

10:51 am

*sigh* I guess you're right *stashing the rolls of quarter back under flower pots* I wouldn't enjoy it anyway, all those "furriners" *replaces flower right-side up*

10:51 am

*Vicuna breaks down on her computer keyboard in a miserable shivering heap*

10:51 am

*scans barcode on forearm, plugs in back of neck to jack in wall* vi, sounds great to me - like living in bladerunner!

10:52 am

ZZZZAP! vicuna, that is just silly talk! Don't you know there is NO global warming? Technology will save us! *fingers crossed*

10:52 am

I saw a really interesting theory that says the earth's gravitational field is going to reverse soon and that all of this warming is perfectly normal

10:52 am

Except no one in command seems to know anything about technology except how to make money from it! :(

10:53 am

Yeah, I've seen some really interesting theories, too, raelite.

10:53 am

Raelite there have always been alternate warm & cold cycles but this is faster and more extreme.

10:53 am

yes rae, we've had a relatively stable climate for quite a long time, in geological terms - we are due for some sort of global climactic upheaval, human-induced or otherwise.

10:54 am

Hello. I'm back for the third and final time today!

10:54 am

the gravity thing would be really neat...warm places would be cold and cold places hot. everyone would have to get new compasses

10:54 am

hi becca - welcome back and good luck!

10:54 am

Nah! Just read them backwards

10:54 am

Thanks Fiz

10:54 am

lol

10:54 am

Now I'm back to the grid!

10:54 am

lol hoot!

10:55 am

So, umm, if necessary I can gather up those worms and start stuffing them back in the can, everyone!

10:55 am

the reversal of the poles won't affect gravity, it will just affect magnets... and for a short time the field that protects most inhabited regions from the more dangerous solar radiation would be unprotected.

10:55 am

Hi Becca!

10:55 am

Hi Stid! How's it going today?

10:55 am

*slathering on sunscreen just in case*

10:56 am

So, *Vicuna says innocently,* isn't it nice we have a Z in the grid here on Z icon day!

10:56 am

going well, Becca! It didn't rain here last night, so the work Tom is doing on the roof is still dry and he can put up the roofing tiles when he gets home from work... *fingers crossed*

10:57 am

teemer

10:57 am

yay for z! stid, your family is so multi-talented. i have to pay someone to do things like that - don't trust myself and *certainly* don't trust lauren!

10:57 am

Wow, he's doing the roof himself - I'd never let my fella on my roof. You nevr know what might happen! ;)

10:57 am

(Whaddya know, hootowl's word really worked!)

10:58 am

well, if I had money, I would pay someone to do it, Fiz! My Tom is a master at procrastination... had all summer to do this, but waited until I nagged at him last weekend to get a start!

10:58 am

it did? *rushes to enter hootowl's word*

10:59 am

ok, when i say "pay someone" i mean "put it off until the last possible moment before the house collapses around our ears". roof, new paint job, and blown-in insulation on the list - we're on a fierce budget for the forseeable future to be able to do it.

10:59 am

Yep, that sounds like my Tom, Fiz! LOL and crying at same time.

11:00 am

hey, check this out: http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/ 14/2006/08/japanese_paris_.html

11:00 am

okay rae, brb

11:01 am

*joins in stid's laugh/cry - dual-purpose te4s running down face*

hi everyone! : )

11:01 am

Rae - that's so funny!

11:02 am

lol I know!!!!

11:02 am

Hi TO

11:02 am

specially crabby!

11:02 am

my heart are, indeed, thirsting for wishness to be like paris. thanks, rae!

11:02 am

we should all thirst for wishness

11:03 am

that was funny... so glad I am not a youngster trying to figure out what's right and wrong in life.

11:03 am

hi TO!

11:03 am

I think Tinklebell is a fabulous name for an untrained puppy.

11:03 am

hi TO!

11:03 am

it's areal doll too...if you live in Japan you can actually get one

ooh vi - now i have to go - BRB!

11:04 am

lol vi!

11:04 am

"argh" is so a word, pirates (and babblers) use it all the time!

11:04 am

lol, TO!

11:04 am

Oh "argh" is most definitely a word. One of my top ten.

11:05 am

there are alot of phantom words today

11:05 am

Any clues for the st 5/10 after the part of a flower?

11:05 am

st + l*** citrus

11:06 am

thanks lmj!

11:06 am

oops, that's a 5/12

11:06 am

Thanks lmj *goes off to beat monkies into working harder*

11:07 am

i'm down to 174 and may go to the list already!

11:07 am

I have 198, and already have the list loaded, just haven't used it yet..

11:07 am

No, Becca, be kind to your monkeys! The monkey that loves its master works twice as hard!

11:08 am

I give mine a whole half day off every other month!

11:08 am

Oh, OK Vi, I'll just glare at them, so they know who's boss!

11:08 am

i think i'm missing some ag's - i have the playwrite, the getting-older, and get along with. any hints/clues?

11:09 am

The ag7/8 combo is an inability to recognise objects Fiz

11:09 am

my monkeys would like to be in the garden more, but if I go out there, I am certain to try to weed, and then I will get hurt again. *must resist call of the sun and flowers*

11:09 am

hmmm. gotta think about that one, becca, thanks.

11:10 am

I think I have that ag 7/8 -- as in, in afflicts me!

11:10 am

Afternoon all.........

11:10 am

It starts a bit like people who can't decide if there is a god

11:10 am

morning folks!

11:10 am

hi caitlyn, bore da!

11:10 am

hi cait!

11:10 am

Hi Caitlyn and Firefly

11:10 am

hi firefly

11:11 am

hi firefly, pretty girl in bonnet... perfect for today's theme!

11:11 am

got it, becca, thanks!

11:11 am

I like your z word, caitlyn!

11:11 am

thank you stiddy

11:11 am

YW Fiz

11:11 am

Actually, I'm enjoying everybody's!

11:11 am

I thank everone for help but with 53 left my eyes need a rest. Have fun. BBl

11:11 am

later hootowl, have a good afternoon!

11:12 am

firefly Zoe is lovely

11:12 am

hi cait and firefly - sorry, i was busily word-hunting.

11:12 am

But how long will it be before someone sports Catherin --- Jones?

11:12 am

bye hoot, nice to see you

11:12 am

Bye, hootowl!

11:12 am

I was tempted Vicuna

11:12 am

hi anyone who's come in while my nose was to the list - anyone have the se7/32?

11:13 am

hi amanda, sorry, not there yet.

11:13 am

thanks caitlyn!

11:13 am

HI all, have the ag8/50 and the sn8/40 may I have clues for the others please

11:13 am

Hi Firefly

11:14 am

I am NOT getting that AG combo. *sigh* I am going to go drink my coffee and get dressed and maybe have better luck with this later.

11:14 am

see you later stid. i gotta get back to work myself - see you all later tonight.

11:14 am

peri am 7/8 - am + ms. hayworth or ms. rudner (double vowel). i'll trade you for the ag 8 :)

11:14 am

hi abe79!

11:15 am

amanda se7/32 nearlly a se....on tv loose the last letter and add ashort name for mother

11:15 am

peri - so8/45 is a compound word. so5/10 + male

11:15 am

Peri - gr8 - think of the fruit of the vine - and make it the most!

11:15 am

peri: so8: male who listens to underwater sounds

11:16 am

great - thx cait!

11:16 am

who knew that was a word. interesting.

11:16 am

YW amanda

11:16 am

thanks for se 732 caitlyn

11:16 am

Wow! thanks for all the clues, will start looking now

11:16 am

Caitlyn - great clue

11:17 am

ag7/36 - a + Greek root for "knowledge", but end like "How do you solve a problem like Mar--"

11:17 am

thanks got the so8- why is that a word and not pieman and other words that should be in this and other grids, and why am I bothering to even ask? 8-)

11:18 am

Simple Simon met a pieman.

11:18 am

thanks Vicuna

11:18 am

So they must exist!

11:18 am

thanks got the gr8

11:18 am

hi all...hows it going

11:18 am

FIREWORKS!!!

11:18 am

Hi chj

11:18 am

oh the mystery of the dictionary...

11:18 am

thanks for that vicuna , good clue

11:19 am

YAY amanda!

11:19 am

yay amanda

11:19 am

bravo, amandacath !!!!!

11:19 am

YAY amanda!!!!!

11:19 am

Hi chj Yeah for amanda

11:19 am

hey chj, spiders from mars!

yay amanda! hi chj

11:19 am

TO...

11:19 am

Hi Chj. Congrats to Amanda!

11:19 am

and thanks for the flurry of clues, folks! I got all of them this time, but still heading out. see you later!

11:19 am

spiders from mars?

11:19 am

wtg amanda

11:19 am

... and howdy, chj

11:20 am

hi al

11:20 am

line from ziggy stardust song, you should know

11:20 am

Bye stid

11:20 am

vicuna: root for knowledge? help!

am7/32 please? ty!

11:20 am

Bye Stid

11:20 am

abe, can't get that am7 and 8

11:20 am

Bye, stid!

11:21 am

of course...im not thinking too clearly this morning

11:21 am

am7 - am + prefix meaning again + ubiquitous volcano minus n

11:21 am

s'kay chj :)

11:21 am

am + sounds like a nasty hurricane's name

11:21 am

(In Hindu mythology, the beverage of immortality, in case that should happen to help anyone know it.)

11:21 am

think double letter on the vowel

11:22 am

got the am7 and 8, was confused cause the woman's name is usually spelled with an i in the middle

11:22 am

thanks everyone for the am7 and 8 clues

11:22 am

Hey peri thats my name!!

11:22 am

ok, going to the list

11:22 am

periwinkle, try that other spelling for the am 6 and 7

11:23 am

pardon me while i review last night's chat for clues

ty!

11:25 am

have fun all - am going to take a shower and wait til the sun is off of my monitor (I've been squinting at it all afternoon, but I just couldn't leave!)

11:25 am

thanks Norad

11:25 am

Bye amanda

11:25 am

bye, amandacath..

11:25 am

yw peri

11:25 am

Bye amanda

11:31 am

hi all

11:31 am

hi nrkii

11:31 am

hey nrkii!

11:31 am

hi nrkii

11:31 am

Hi nrkii

11:32 am

Hi nrkii

11:32 am

lo, nrkii

11:32 am

ooh, zoot suit, me likey

11:32 am

Hi nerky

11:32 am

ar 7/32 anyone?

11:32 am

and Becca has a zither ;)

11:33 am

thanks

11:33 am

Odin - the bits on the ends of sofas

11:33 am

Well spotted Firefly!

11:33 am

becca, thanks for ar 7 32!

11:33 am

YW nrkii

11:34 am

compound word, odin.. body part, take a break

11:34 am

TY Becca...don't know how I missed it

11:34 am

awwww firefly had a built-in Z already

11:34 am

good picture firefly!

11:34 am

Hey gang back for just a few mins.

11:34 am

Hey faerie

11:34 am

hi faeriekae

11:34 am

thanks nrkii :)

11:34 am

Nrkii I was reading your bio and saw that you read John Irving *have you read "A Prayer For Owen Meany*?

11:35 am

Hi faerie

11:35 am

one of my favorite books faerie

hi nrk. hi faeriekae!

11:35 am

Hi TO !!!!

11:35 am

hi TO

11:35 am

Hi Caitly :)

11:35 am

Catilyn :) sorry

11:36 am

hi owl!

11:36 am

faerie, did you see the MSN videos of the readings?

11:36 am

No I didn't

11:36 am

hi nrkii and faerie and temple

11:36 am

Hi Abe

11:36 am

oh, they are worth watching...

11:36 am

you can still see those readings on MSN video - found them a couple days ago, but they're all split up and jumbled around

11:36 am

I'd love to see them.....I really live John Irving

11:37 am

Irving read from Owen Meany and he was fantastic

11:37 am

hang on, will get you the link

11:37 am

and the other mentioned of course

11:37 am

ok thanks :)

11:38 am

hi nrkii

11:39 am

Okay, here it is:

11:39 am

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=01ba 972b-80ff-40ed-b26d-62d9e2b49029&f=msn -l&fg=copy

11:40 am

That should be the readings. THere is a second video with the Q and A

11:40 am

and if you search, they also have shorter videos with each individual author's reading

11:40 am

hi chj

11:41 am

Thanks Nrkii I'm going to go check it out right now

11:43 am

chj are you finished?

11:44 am

6 left nrk

11:45 am

a five , 4 sixes and a seven

11:45 am

you?

11:45 am

I left last night with 70 to go... down to 64 now

11:47 am

You did well last night nrkii

11:47 am

5

11:47 am

yep, I got a lot of words fast, but then I crashed at 2:30... but sprite had already gotten fireworks by then!!!

11:48 am

i'm off to a meeting, bbl

11:48 am

see you lmj

11:48 am

Bye lmj

11:48 am

help with ge 5/16 anyone?

11:49 am

I'm out at 185 words. Need to go home and eat! Bye everyone

11:49 am

ooh, got it

11:49 am

see ya becca!

11:49 am

add a cheer, nrkii

11:49 am

Bye Becca

11:51 am

thanks aloy, sometimes all I have to do is put the question in the log, and the word jumps out at me :)

11:51 am

Autumn seems to have come to Wales already..the leaves are turning colour ,its colder and now its raining!!

11:52 am

ge5,16 ?

11:52 am

the leaves are starting to turn here in NY too Caitlyn...:(

11:52 am

odin, it is what aloyisius just clued

11:53 am

4

11:53 am

add a cheer, odin ! (-:

11:53 am

GO chj Go

11:54 am

ok i want to go out so im gonna beg for clues [crawling on my hads and knees]

11:54 am

we're here for you chj

11:54 am

the first im7/36?

11:54 am

same as the second chj, but change last letter to a vowel

11:54 am

Where are your hads chj ?LOL

11:54 am

Dond hurd your hads

11:55 am

the last me 6/21?

11:55 am

lose the t from the second change to a vowel

11:55 am

comparative ending, nrkii

11:55 am

im 7/36 chj

11:56 am

ah, that tricky little i, thanks aloy!

11:56 am

me6/21 fild of work

11:56 am

yw

11:57 am

thanks nrk

11:57 am

3 left

11:58 am

two are na's which i hate...they are my nemeses

11:58 am

I'm missing one NA, but can help you with rest

11:58 am

na + olive ***?

11:58 am

I'm missing na 6/18

11:58 am

me too

11:59 am

and the 5/10

11:59 am

which other one are you missing chj?

11:59 am

plural of mr hawthorn's nickname

11:59 am

plural of boys name for na 5/10

12:00 pm

na6/18: one na**** under god, change middle cons.

12:00 pm

im sure i put that in...thanks

12:00 pm

the 6/18

12:00 pm

ooh, was starting from wrong N, thanks aloy!

12:00 pm

ha6/24 anyone

12:01 pm

i do that all the time, nrkii... helps to start with the right letter!

12:01 pm

maj, same as ha 5/14 just after it, but double last vowel

12:01 pm

you have it in your closet, I'll bet majmom

12:01 pm

ha6/24 where aircraft are kept

12:01 pm

ha6-24 is like the group of wives, but double the vowel

12:01 pm

Majmom--Double the vowel in the midle of the ha 5/14

12:02 pm

oops, wrong ha.. sorry.. back to the "s" hunt

12:02 pm

ha6/24 double the second vowel in the ha5/14

12:02 pm

TY millerhead-wouldn`t have got that without help

12:02 pm

1

12:03 pm

chj... chj... chj... (the crowd chants...)

12:03 pm

*holding breath for chj*

12:03 pm

*waves at everyone else in greeting*

12:03 pm

sneaking on at lunch - go chj go ---

12:03 pm

hi stid!

12:03 pm

*still holding breath, looking a little pink*

12:03 pm

Waiting for chj Hi stid!!!

12:03 pm

(i mean work, not lunch - wish it was lunchtime)

12:04 pm

na 6/18 like the word for the American/British/French na--- but with the consonant changed for the plural consonant

12:04 pm

stid, better to breath I think

bye all! see you later! good luck chj

12:04 pm

*getting dizzy....*

12:04 pm

breathe

12:04 pm

Hi debbinta

12:04 pm

stids turning a bit blue - hurry chj hurry

12:04 pm

bye temple!

12:04 pm

hi cait!

12:04 pm

(chj can do it.... I hope)

12:04 pm

Bye TO

12:04 pm

Shalom Everyone.

12:04 pm

*turning purple*

12:04 pm

shalom arb!

12:04 pm

good god man, ask for a hint before the woman dies!!!

does anyone know cpr?

12:04 pm

Shalom ARB

12:04 pm

(hi ARB, holding my breath for chj to finish...)

12:04 pm

hi arb!

12:05 pm

Hi Arb

12:05 pm

*sneaks breath while no one is looking*

12:05 pm

How much more chj -- want to know how much o f an emergency this is.

12:05 pm

(whew - happy to hear that stid)

12:05 pm

only 1

12:05 pm

okay, we can all relax now... nothing to see here...

12:05 pm

it stands to re6/18 that i should ahve gotton re6/18 a long time ago...i have liftoff

12:05 pm

which one?

12:05 pm

arb, he's looking for his last word

12:05 pm

*things are getting swimmy*

12:05 pm

whattaya need chj?

12:05 pm

*passes out in relief*

12:06 pm

yay chj!!!!!!!

12:06 pm

YAY chj!

12:06 pm

wahoo, chj !

12:06 pm

CONGRATS CHJ _- breathe stid breathe

12:06 pm

yay chj!

12:06 pm

yay Chj!

12:06 pm

stidmama have you thought of taking up formation swimming??

12:06 pm

I'm breathing already, debb! LOL

12:06 pm

Hooray CHJ -- thank God Stid can breathe now

12:06 pm

woohoo chj

12:06 pm

Yeah for chj stid are you okay ?

12:07 pm

I used to be able to swim the length of a pool underwater. Now I float on top and it's too much effort to submerge...

12:07 pm

*tosses chocolate to everyone to celebrate chj's finish*

12:07 pm

mmm, thanks Stidmama

12:07 pm

yum - thanks stid

12:07 pm

oh, hey Debb

12:07 pm

ooh, chocolate... hungry nrkii debates between chocolate and a nice healthy lunch...

12:07 pm

Thanks stid...MMMMM lovely!!

12:08 pm

sorry stid

12:08 pm

Thanx for the choccies, stid ..

12:08 pm

Toda

12:08 pm

hi there abe

12:08 pm

both nrkii!

12:08 pm

i was chatting on im while doing the grid and watching the chat

12:08 pm

take the chocolate, nrkii

12:08 pm

can i clue anyone before i go

12:08 pm

okay, taking the kids to my mom's and then to visit "The Lady Washington" -- a local tall ship that was an "extra" in _The Black Pearl_ ... they are docked downtown and giving tours! *bounce bounce*

12:09 pm

nrk -- chocolate is a PART of a healthy lunch!

12:09 pm

sounds like fun - have a nice day stid

12:09 pm

can someone point me in the right direction for the 9 please?

12:09 pm

see you later Stid

Oh you lucky!! Maybe Johnny Depp will be there - Fainting at the thought!!

12:09 pm

Have a good day -- summer's almost over

12:09 pm

later all! *exits downstage right, practicing pirate "argh"*

12:10 pm

That sounds great stid I always remember seeing The Cutty Sark

12:10 pm

have fun stid!

12:10 pm

42 left...

12:10 pm

9 is pl of pa8

12:10 pm

bye, stid..

12:10 pm

Shalom Ishult. the 9 is pa 9/60

12:10 pm

I would ishult, but they're watching me ..

12:10 pm

goooooooooooooooooo nrkii

12:11 pm

Ishult, Torgone's answer is a wonderul hint/clue.

12:11 pm

irrational fear that someone's after you. to

12:11 pm

ishult, why do you ask? why do you need to know?

12:11 pm

lol, torgone.. (-:

12:11 pm

torgone you only think they are watching!!

12:11 pm

no they are they are!!

12:11 pm

thanks guys

12:12 pm

fear of the georgetown bb team...hoya pa*****

12:12 pm

Just because you don't have pa8/45, doesn't mean they're not out to get you ..

12:12 pm

lol chj

12:13 pm

LOL torgone

12:14 pm

hey guys - signed on just in time to see tor's great clue. :-)

12:14 pm

So did I :)

12:14 pm

Hi guys, I had a dream last night that there was a grid with 868 words today. I realize that's weird, but I'm also glad it's not true. :)

12:14 pm

Leslie - perish the thought!

12:14 pm

Hi Wolvie and Hydra and LeslieAnn

12:14 pm

yikes leslie - a true nightmare!

12:15 pm

lol leslie ann, thank goodness!

12:15 pm

Hi Wolvie ,hydra and Leslie

12:15 pm

hi abe!

12:15 pm

and caitlyn, hydra, et al!!

12:15 pm

Hi abe, Wolvie, LeslieAnn and everyone else.

12:15 pm

I'm not playing today, I've told you before, I don't like the big grids.

12:16 pm

Hi ExWren

12:16 pm

you definately wouldn't have like leslies dream

12:16 pm

ok - who put this chocolate malt on my desk????

12:16 pm

Oh come on ExWren you know you want to!!Just try one little word

12:17 pm

The chocolate fairy

12:18 pm

hmmm arb- i love that chocolate fairy

12:18 pm

It's no good me putting even one word in, I would HAVE to find the other 284

12:18 pm

is that a complaint rennie?

12:18 pm

no debs - a thank you!

12:19 pm

Mmmmm . . chocolate malted . . .

12:19 pm

:-) - now i want a nestles crunch bar

12:19 pm

i'll take a bag of m&ms

12:19 pm

They don't have those in Israel, sorry.

12:20 pm

do have one when you come to the states arb - yummmmmm

12:20 pm

I be done and that was fun! (-: Off to the real world of cleaning an attic... ugh. see y'all anon!

12:20 pm

I am just going to have a pre supper wine!!Catch you all tomorrow..Happy Babbling all..LOL BYE

12:20 pm

congrats alo!!

12:20 pm

Why don't you do what I do, ExWren, and set yourself a

12:20 pm

congrats Aloy!

12:20 pm

congrats to aloy. bye caitlyn

12:20 pm

nite caitly - see you tomororw

12:20 pm

bye cait!

12:21 pm

Depends on how nostalgic I want to be -- an old fashioned Hershey bar with almonds takes me back to my childhood. Chocolate Halvah is even more evocative -- I can out-Proust Proust.

12:21 pm

congrats aloy!

12:21 pm

(cont...) target? Mine is 1000 and if *I score that, I'm happy.

12:21 pm

yay aloy!!!

12:21 pm

hey torg!!! my mst3k arrived monday!!! party!!

12:21 pm

lol arb!

12:22 pm

Arb, you can get both crunch bars and M&M s here!!

12:22 pm

lol, arb

12:24 pm

oh great - now the tamale fairy is at the door!!!

12:24 pm

Ishult, here I go for the Belgian stuff.

12:25 pm

Rennie, you lead a magical life.

12:25 pm

busy day at rens!

12:25 pm

i guess so arb! so much for the treadmill today! now all i need is someone to ask me to go surfing!

12:27 pm

i hope the money fairy is close behind, ren

12:28 pm

oh leslie - that's even better!!!

12:29 pm

23 to go...

12:29 pm

91 for me

12:29 pm

ren, if you see the money fairy, please tackle and stuff in box and ship to me in NJ

12:29 pm

gooo nrk!

12:29 pm

good going nrk!

12:30 pm

There's no money fairy. MOney grows on trees.

12:30 pm

i have a green thumb arb- tell me where to plant!

12:33 pm

Bye everyone. Off to the airport for a looooooooooong flight to New York. Hope to babble there too.

12:34 pm

hey Deb! its yo sistah.

12:34 pm

bye arb - safe flight!

12:34 pm

bye arb... happy travels

12:34 pm

No water. No toothpaste. No moisturizer. Yippee.

12:34 pm

safe safe travels arb - have a wonderful vacation

12:35 pm

all available here, arb - no worries. :-)

12:35 pm

goota run...nrk, deb can i clue you one before i go?

12:36 pm

hi and bye, chj

12:36 pm

i'm going thru list now chj - but i'm sure to bug you later :-) -- hgave a nice day !

12:36 pm

see you later i hope

12:36 pm

chj, se 7 32?

12:37 pm

that is a tough one a tv se***s + short for mother

12:37 pm

rennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

12:38 pm

thanks chj, I was trying same with T instead of R

12:38 pm

14 to go...

12:38 pm

been there done that

12:38 pm

ok, chj - the te 6/21 - the first one????

12:39 pm

(knew i'd be bugging you)

12:39 pm

tr6 golfers peg + french for sea

12:40 pm

te6

12:40 pm

aaah - kept using an a near the end - thanks chj

12:42 pm

ok ....poof

12:42 pm

evening all, any clues for im7s pls?

12:43 pm

IM 7 past tense of made to join the army, or struck someone favorably

12:43 pm

the other IM7 is same, but change last letter to a vowel

12:44 pm

hey, thanks nrkii - needed thsoe too

12:45 pm

thanks, nrk!

12:45 pm

thanks nrkii, now i'll see what they mean!

12:45 pm

sure!

12:46 pm

wow, i never knew the first one!

12:46 pm

z help anyone? i have the virus and the lemon rind

12:46 pm

do you have the most rind, ak?

12:47 pm

catherine z*** jones and plural are 2 more

12:47 pm

why no i don't wolvie but now i do ty

12:47 pm

sure - and the only other one I have is sleep. :-)

12:48 pm

oooo now i have all the z's thanks to yu

12:48 pm

yw - I got the virus one from mrp. :-)

12:48 pm

would have looked for that all day.

12:49 pm

=0 i didn't know that mr p was contagious LOL

12:50 pm

rofl - I was hoping that would slip by - my bad.

12:50 pm

your secrest is safe with me

12:50 pm

and my cat

12:50 pm

woh is helping me type

12:50 pm

LOL

12:51 pm

knew someone was. ;-)

12:51 pm

virus???

12:51 pm

he keeps putting his paws ofn the touch pad and sliding around UGH

12:52 pm

the zo word, nrk - like an ro word for list, just use the z instead of the r

12:52 pm

yes nrkii - herpes, chicken pox, shingles, that one

12:52 pm

thanks!!

12:52 pm

hey - your kittie typed that one fast!!

12:52 pm

yw - glad I could return the favor

12:53 pm

he is sleeping on the key board at the moment

12:53 pm

sounds like my kittie. :-)

12:57 pm

fireworks!

12:57 pm

congrats, nrk!!

12:57 pm

way to go nrkii

12:57 pm

congrats nrkii!!

12:57 pm

Hooray nerky!!

1:01 pm

CONGRATS NRKII!!!!!!!!!!!! WTG

1:01 pm

ty ty...

1:02 pm

okay, must go find food now... bbl

1:02 pm

have a nice lunch

1:02 pm

bye nrk

1:03 pm

hey just got on.... this is a fun one

1:03 pm

hi stev0

1:08 pm

anybody have a hint for pa9,60?

1:08 pm

somebody is after you, steve, and it's plural

1:08 pm

Why do you ask???

1:08 pm

LOL, torgone!

1:09 pm

lol

1:13 pm

Hi everyone!

1:13 pm

hi charm!

1:13 pm

Hi Charm!

1:13 pm

hello

1:14 pm

Hi, Wolvie, Tor, Steve

1:14 pm

still haven't found pa9,60...

1:15 pm

think of people who just know folks are out to get them, stev0

1:15 pm

pa 9 pleural of unreasonably afraid and singular

1:15 pm

plural

1:15 pm

thanks! got it now.

1:16 pm

is it a good grid?

1:16 pm

yep!

1:17 pm

Is pleuralsy an infection in both lungs?

1:18 pm

hello all. a clue for the ag 7 and 8 please

1:19 pm

hmmm - I see we don't agree, tor ;-)

1:20 pm

hi, magzel

1:20 pm

hi charm, how are you today.

1:20 pm

ag 7: definition: partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

1:20 pm

oh - and hi, mag

1:20 pm

about what?

1:21 pm

it's hot - hot - hot down here today. glad to finally be back home and under the ac.

1:21 pm

the grid!

1:21 pm

hi wolvie. i have an announcement. today is my last day toi work and then i'm retired. yeeeessssss

1:21 pm

WOO HOO!! major congrats!!

1:21 pm

congrats to you magzel!

1:22 pm

wow - wonderful magzel!

1:22 pm

Congrats mag!

1:22 pm

ooh that's great magzel! i've been retired for 5 years now myself.

1:22 pm

hi, abe!

1:22 pm

congrats to you too, hurshy - belated. ;-)

1:23 pm

oh well... i didn't earn it though, i retired at 24 :)

1:23 pm

must go for a bit - bbl - have fun!

1:23 pm

later, Wolvie!

1:23 pm

Hi Charm!

1:23 pm

cya wolvie ..

1:23 pm

hey - not everyone is lucky enough to hit the lottery. lol

1:24 pm

no lottery, just laziness

1:24 pm

i need long 'uns. i have sn8 and i just got those ag's but i need the rest of the 8's and the 9. welcoming any and all clues, except lame ones.

1:25 pm

congratulations magzel - you have no idea how jealous I am !

1:25 pm

clue that sn8 please hurshy?

1:25 pm

hurshy- am 7/8. am + ms. hayworth

1:25 pm

*tries to think of a way to tease hurshy with an em6/24 strikes back ref ... thinks better of it ...* Hi hurshy!

1:25 pm

ooh you tor you

1:25 pm

more uppity, charm

1:25 pm

thanks, hurshy

1:26 pm

i can't get th ag from that clue. more help please

1:26 pm

abe - thanks, i did need those, but that's 6/7, just so we're all clear

1:26 pm

hurshy- play with the vowels for the 7/8

1:27 pm

okey dokey

1:27 pm

loverly, i'm over 90% now!

1:27 pm

magzel like the food of the gods amb..... but start with ag

1:27 pm

hurshy, what else do you need? i have all but the re 8

1:28 pm

magzel - the ag also sounds like a non-believer but ends differently

1:28 pm

i need every 8 but ag8 am8 and sn8

1:28 pm

Think of someone who beleives it is impossible to know whether God exists .. make it a disease

1:28 pm

re8 must start from the bottom, in case that helps anyone

1:29 pm

re to echo, or to resound

1:29 pm

gr 8- fruit on the vine, most

1:29 pm

late congrats for magzel!

1:30 pm

thanks MVA

1:30 pm

thanks i got them

1:32 pm

abe, how silly of me, i got the comparative but not the superlative.

1:32 pm

congrats magzel ! i jus

1:32 pm

Hii everyone!

1:32 pm

hurshy- knowing you, you may not want a clue for the pa b/c it's a fish (if an 8 is considered a fish)

1:32 pm

i just pressed the enter bar too quick!

1:33 pm

there is a pa - helpful, thank you abe :)

1:33 pm

yw :)

1:33 pm

is it para something? i have been wracking my brains, paranoid, parakeet, paradigm, parallel...

1:34 pm

hi-- go with your first instinct hurshy

1:34 pm

=o

1:34 pm

based on that pa you just thought of hursh

1:34 pm

oh yes, i was so close there

1:34 pm

Hi Dorens

1:34 pm

speaking of which, i heard there was a lovely discussion of bush earlier today ;)

1:34 pm

now i need the last 4 long am words please

1:34 pm

hi, Dorens

1:35 pm

okey dokey that leaves 2 more 8's.

1:35 pm

hi abe & charm---please don't let me get in trouble again (bush)

1:35 pm

so 8, ge 8

1:36 pm

was there mention of an em8? is there a clue?

1:36 pm

another case of comparative but not superlative! golly!

1:36 pm

so, so...

1:36 pm

Magzel - am + **** Hayworth

1:36 pm

Yes, Hursh, you missed a long list--thanks to Doug--of Bush's summer reading (you can guess the comments.) About being paranoid--your hunch--just seek tyhe noun behind the adjective

1:37 pm

Sorry if this was mentioned but is there a clue for the Pa/9 word?

1:37 pm

no em8, although there could be emirates if it was arranged a little diff.

1:37 pm

pl of the pa8 people have been cluing me

1:37 pm

yes read hettys entry

1:37 pm

thanks hurshy, have to figure out which I'm missing....

1:38 pm

well i'm still missing so8. does it start from the top or the right?

1:38 pm

thanks hetty good clue for the pa8

1:38 pm

wisedoggy--got the plural?

1:39 pm

there's a sn8

1:39 pm

wisedoggy?

1:39 pm

so8, hursh, is so5/10 plus the non-woman

1:39 pm

guy on a submarine, hurshy

1:39 pm

soteri...?

1:39 pm

oh then i'm way off :)

1:39 pm

thanks to

1:39 pm

tor!

1:39 pm

so8 - male who uses underwater echoes

1:40 pm

just keep on going down the left, hirsh

1:40 pm

thanks, Vic!

1:40 pm

i miss a z, what is the weirdest one?

1:40 pm

Splendid, Vicuna

1:40 pm

your icon is lovely vicuna

1:40 pm

my pic, hurshy

1:41 pm

Thanks, MVA. Yw, Charm.

1:41 pm

zeaweed?

1:41 pm

lol

1:41 pm

zo6/33 - apparently a virus, rhymes witha brand of small appliances

1:42 pm

this is the trouble with having a marine biologist friend

1:42 pm

zo 6 is the weirdest (to me)

1:42 pm

another name for eelgrass ...

1:42 pm

kitchenaid, hamilton beach, dang...

1:43 pm

my icon - roa

1:43 pm

Yes, it's zamiltonbeach!

1:44 pm

ok, i now have a z icon...want to see what it looks like

1:44 pm

eskimos in borneo? and who is your icon?

1:44 pm

If you prefer, it rhymes with a sign you draw on a piece of cardboard...

1:44 pm

Eeew, Dorens, that must be the zo6?

1:44 pm

yeah, i was afraid it might be too disgusting...what do you thnk?

1:44 pm

the CRIMEAN war? you are very old tor

1:45 pm

yes it is....but too gross?

1:45 pm

a prophet from Persia

1:45 pm

aha! thanks vi!

1:45 pm

Is that Zoroaster, tor?

1:45 pm

zoroaster!

1:45 pm

my icon is Zany

1:46 pm

Yes! .. and yes I am

1:46 pm

(i can make this dali icon fit practically any theme, it's great)

1:46 pm

20 to go!

1:46 pm

i'm sure if we look hard ehough we'd find a z---but who can see that small?

1:46 pm

come to a stop, see you tomorrow, nite all

1:46 pm

bye MVA

1:46 pm

Goodnight, MVA.

1:47 pm

bye, MVA

1:47 pm

bye mva

1:47 pm

i get list now.

1:48 pm

what is the theme today please

1:48 pm

Z

1:48 pm

hey tor...whatcha wearin?

1:49 pm

HI Flosey

1:49 pm

hello kids!!!

1:49 pm

hi abe

1:49 pm

boreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetos!

1:49 pm

hi flosey, boreetos

1:50 pm

hey hurshy!! long time ono see.

1:50 pm

Something sexy, as always ..

1:50 pm

thanks

1:50 pm

sorry I got called away. What did I miss

1:50 pm

Hello, Flosey. hHello, boreetos.

1:50 pm

(Didn't mean to stutter at you, boreetos.)

1:50 pm

Hi Boreetos

1:50 pm

how do I see the conversation after it crolls away?

1:51 pm

i thought as much... i sing you some norah jones... "like a flower waiting to bloom... like a lightbulb in a dark room... i'm just sittin' here, waiting for you to come on home... and turn me on..."

1:51 pm

hi Vic, Abe!

1:51 pm

Hi all, may I please have a clue for the 9

1:51 pm

clues for am 7 and 8 please

1:51 pm

*faints*

1:52 pm

Hurshy, I'm going to go ahead and pretend that singing was for me. :)

1:52 pm

am7 - the Hindu drink of immortality. am + prefix meaning again + ubiquitous volcano minus the n. Pl for am8.

1:52 pm

*kneels over tor with smelling salts*

1:52 pm

wisedoggy- clock on the top right corner of the chatlog- you can 'view ' it

1:52 pm

pa9 - pl of pa8 meaning irrational fear

1:52 pm

pa 8/45 - excessive anxiety! (pa 9/60 is plural)

1:53 pm

thanks Vicuna and Dippnall, will look for them now

1:53 pm

* I might need cpr....*

1:53 pm

found the pa8 and pa9 right away with your great clues, thanks Vicuna and Dippnall

1:54 pm

boreetos, dontcha just hate it when someone serenades you under your window... and then turns out to be at the wrong house!

1:54 pm

aw tor, if you want a kiss, all ya gotta do is ask

1:54 pm

torgone, you make me :)

1:54 pm

thanks so much vicuna-good clues

1:54 pm

Well hullo, Dippnall where've you been hiding?

1:54 pm

ah vicuna, but you get to enjoy while it lasts

1:54 pm

My pleasure, magzel!

1:55 pm

clue for the re8 please

1:55 pm

True enough, flosey! What a good attitude you have! :)

1:55 pm

*faints again*

1:55 pm

been playing early in day recently - but too busy today - so it's an evening finish :)

1:55 pm

i do indeed hate that, vic, that sucks the big one.

1:56 pm

torgone, hope you are landing on a soft surface, otherwise you might hurt yourself 8-)

1:56 pm

tor is turning into sleeping beauty... in a manly way of course... i shall have to be the princess who awakens him with a kiss

Hey, I have stats today

1:56 pm

and and since I'm here and impatient to wait for a more opportune time to mention it, It's my birthday today!

1:57 pm

happy, happy birthday!!

1:57 pm

ooh, happy birthday boreeeeeeeeeeeeetos! birthday kiss :) mwwwwwwwwahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

1:57 pm

well happy birthday boreetos!

1:57 pm

maybe hurshy will sing for you

1:57 pm

happpy birthday boreetos!!

1:57 pm

drinks are on me!

1:57 pm

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TO YOU, BOREETOS!

1:57 pm

hi dippnall, like my icon??

1:57 pm

all right body shots!

1:57 pm

Hapy Birthday, boreetos. I'll make you a cake

1:57 pm

:) thanks! all!

1:57 pm

happy birthday, happy birthday, dear friend we sing to you, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you!

1:57 pm

Here's a little serenade just for boreetos: Happy Birthday, boreetos, to you! What can we say, we all love you. We wish you more pretzels than you can eat, Since that seems to be your favorite treat.

1:58 pm

happy birthday...boreetos

1:58 pm

:) vic!

1:58 pm

He swiped my kiss! Oh well ..Happy Birthday! . ..ZZZZZ

1:58 pm

Happy Birthday Boreetos!

1:59 pm

May I please have a clue for the re8 amidst all the birthday greetings

1:59 pm

*kisses tor to wake him up*

1:59 pm

I'm finding it tiresom ehaving to click on everyone's profiel to read their bumper stickers. Yours is a hoot, flosey, rewards the effort.

1:59 pm

Birthday greetings Boreetos

1:59 pm

These words aren't going to find themselves, now are they, peri!

1:59 pm

hey seano! is that your son? (bringing him up well!)

2:00 pm

i thought today's theme was 'begins with z'?

2:00 pm

thanks hetty - have it on IM for my kids to get a chuckle

2:00 pm

waiting , not very patiently for clue for the re8

2:00 pm

re8 = re echo (like underwater).

2:00 pm

Peri, if zI giv euyoiu a clue do you promise to stop badgering? re8 is what sound does in an echo chamber

2:00 pm

good heavens, what is wrong with me... ge 5 assistance?

2:00 pm

of course, his fave player...stevie g of course!, was his 5th birthday yesterday hence the liverpool cake!

2:00 pm

re 8/40 - to sound out

2:00 pm

er 7/28 please

2:00 pm

hursh, I love your icon. I'm somewhat of a Dali fan myself.

2:00 pm

*wakes up ready for more ..*

2:01 pm

*pulls tor into the closet again*

2:01 pm

Hursh, ge5 is like "quey serah, serah" with a g"

2:01 pm

thanks boreetos :)

Well, I got a bit of good news today

2:01 pm

fab, seano!

2:01 pm

if you ever find yourself on LongBoat Key in Florida, check out the Salvador Dali museum there. It's fantastic.

2:01 pm

HI Lady! what's the good news?

2:01 pm

i cannot go to florida. too scary.

2:02 pm

er7/28 - like being worn away by wind or water, but change second vowel

I get to keep my job through the end of Sep, instead of through the 15th

2:02 pm

are you scared of tourists, or old people hurshy?

2:02 pm

hey there hetty, you hurt my feelings, I was just asking for a clue and saw that my first attempt was overlooked due to the birthday salutations

2:02 pm

well, don't go TODAY! but you know in the winter or something.

2:02 pm

What are you two doing in that closet?

2:02 pm

tourists, heat, reptiles...

2:02 pm

best not to ask, hetty

2:02 pm

that's great Lady, that gives you more time to look

2:03 pm

torgone and i have a steamy affair, didn't you know hetty?

and two more weeks of health insurance

2:03 pm

what did you need peri?

2:03 pm

Sorry peri didn't mean to hurt your tender feelings. Do yuo have thge word noe? Re****ing in your head?

2:04 pm

*Do you have the word now?

2:04 pm

you needed some good news this week, Lady

2:04 pm

I am looking for the re8 and have found re6/21 and re7/32, is the re8 along the same lines. and no hetty I don't have the re8 yeet

2:04 pm

meant yet.

2:04 pm

hetty, I am fine, you really didn't hurt my feelings, just thought your comment was inappropiate

2:04 pm

peri, your frustration re******s with me some days.

2:04 pm

O'K' Peri--to sing well you have t have a voice that re******s--means resounds

2:05 pm

hetty was inappropriate? i find that hard to believe...!

2:05 pm

guess i missed something

2:06 pm

That hetty. She's such a troublemaker!

2:06 pm

Well, what do you know, finally got that darned re8, thanks hetty and Charm

2:06 pm

i thought i was the one being inappropriate in the closet with tor...

2:06 pm

Kind of like s5/10 without the "r" and with a past tense of to eat ending

2:06 pm

lucky hurshy:)

2:06 pm

yw, peri

2:06 pm

Entirely appropriate, hurshy. Please continue ...

2:07 pm

As long as you keep the door well shut, we don't mind!

2:07 pm

Oh good, so glad you have it peri. And I only make trouble for those I love best

2:07 pm

hey, y'all had a chance... just cause i was the one to truly appreciate torgone's sterling qualities and snap him up...

2:08 pm

have the ge7 but not the ge8, help please

2:08 pm

I* have a vivid imagination--no need to expound on closet behaviour

hi, diurnal babblers!

2:08 pm

ge8 is superlative, peri

2:08 pm

peri - the most of that ge7

2:08 pm

thanks Charm

2:08 pm

and Vicuna

2:08 pm

hi melon

2:09 pm

yw yw

2:09 pm

na6? (i am dumb today)

hey, abie baby.

2:09 pm

Stupid perhaps, but not dumb!

ramp

empire

empires

2:10 pm

so what's this ge7 i hear all the talk about?\

2:10 pm

that's true, i am talking a lot...

2:10 pm

na6 was clued as one na**** under god with a changed middle consonant

2:10 pm

Just kidding. na6 is like country or state, with a diff consonant in the middle

oooooooooh - so sorry!

2:10 pm

ty seano

2:10 pm

na6/18 - something connected with the nose?

2:10 pm

Chatter on, hurshy! :)

2:10 pm

ge7 is more virusy or bacterial

2:10 pm

come on, melon - at least some words I don't have yet. pleeeeease?

2:11 pm

a na***** nose perhaps

2:11 pm

thanks hurshy!

i keep seeing gamete!

2:11 pm

I see 'gamer'

2:12 pm

vampire

2:12 pm

why no garam? if there can be naan?

2:12 pm

pretzel

2:12 pm

steerage

2:12 pm

pretzels?!

2:12 pm

and i feel that if you can disparage, you can parage

2:13 pm

mitosis and meiosis

2:13 pm

I swear I keep seeing prize

paragon is almost there

2:13 pm

Certainly. And as I'm sorry for disparaging you a minute ago, hursh, I will now parage you: Hurshy's so smart, witty, entertaining, and kind to animals!

2:13 pm

these PRETZELS are makin me THIRSTY

2:13 pm

ampere

2:13 pm

paradiddle isn't

2:13 pm

amperage

2:13 pm

ha6/24 please

2:14 pm

lol, thanks vi. and tor can parage my kissing skills

2:14 pm

ha6-24: a bunch of wives, but double the vowel

2:14 pm

peri, like the Lakers basketball player diagnosed with AIDS -- only with an h

2:14 pm

armoire

2:14 pm

ha6/24 - I assume an alternate spelling of the ha5

2:14 pm

ha5/14 with an extra 2nd vowel

2:14 pm

ha6 = alt spelling of the many wives of the sultan.

2:14 pm

(or rhymes with abdul-jabbar's first name

2:14 pm

well everyone, thanks again for the warm b-day wishes. I'm out, I hope everyone has a great rest of the day! Hope to see you all tomorrow!

2:14 pm

thanks Vicuna and Dippnall and Charm, found it

2:14 pm

and I don't mean lew alcindor!

2:15 pm

or the actor who played dwayne wayne's first name too!

2:15 pm

have a great birthday, boreetos!

2:15 pm

bye boreetos -happy birthday!

2:15 pm

Bye, boreetos!

2:15 pm

bye Boreetos

2:15 pm

thanks!!! bye!

2:15 pm

*kisses boreeeeeeeeeeetos goodbye*

2:15 pm

bye boreetos - have a drink or two on us!

2:16 pm

can anybody clue me the two im's?

2:16 pm

color me im7 that you found that british past tense on your own!

2:16 pm

and then make the last letter a vowel instead.

2:17 pm

come on, that's no word! (thaks hursh)

2:17 pm

thanks hurshy

2:19 pm

is the se7 normal or weird?

2:19 pm

na7 please

2:19 pm

se7/32 is wierd to me

2:19 pm

na7 = more dirty, ewwww

why isnt "asian" a word?

2:20 pm

thanks Charm

2:20 pm

proper noun (i know, i know, ge6 - it must have some other meaning)

2:20 pm

clue vi?

2:20 pm

proper noun lady

2:20 pm

Vicuna is it possible to clue the se7

2:20 pm

se7/32 - some bird. Start with TV se----, remove the s and add Laura Ingall's mother

2:21 pm

thanks, vic

2:21 pm

speaking of whom - one of her finest moments was on last night... in the episode where pa tells laura and almanzo they have to wait 2 years to get married...

2:21 pm

ge6 is not only from a European nation, but also a geneology term meaning having the same mother and father

2:22 pm

ewww gross

2:22 pm

oh, no, i see

2:22 pm

my sister and I have the same mother and father....

2:22 pm

like me and my brother are ge*****

2:22 pm

then you're german!

2:22 pm

oops

2:22 pm

forgot myself

2:22 pm

I am going around in circles about the re 8/40. Cant find it. Any help?

2:23 pm

there might be some germans who'd be surprised to know that....

2:23 pm

so like almost everyone is ge6!

2:23 pm

and we're all hussites!

2:23 pm

re8 - to echo/sound out

2:24 pm

re8/40 - re + the word meaning underwater echoes minus the r + first two letters of non-coffee hot drink

Dipp, can you clarify?

2:24 pm

Talking of being german, my mother married my husband's fat her and our children were very worried for a while

2:24 pm

you husband's fat her, hetty?

2:24 pm

ooooh nvm

2:24 pm

thanks Vicuna

2:24 pm

*father

2:24 pm

hetty's husband has an obese mistress?

so how can ge**** be word, but asian isn't?

Once you go fat, you never go back Hursh

2:25 pm

*groans at lady*

2:25 pm

lol, funny hurshy!

2:25 pm

lol lady

2:25 pm

can't figure out how to spell the ge6

Sorry, couldnt help myself

2:26 pm

thanks Hurshy, I got it

Its the Vicodin talking

2:26 pm

Fortuately my sainted mother ( mydouble-dad never had any kind of mistress, thank you) is m no longer around to take offence

2:26 pm

love vicodin, may I have some?

2:26 pm

peri - you're joking. right?

2:26 pm

hi, all, bTW

sure ... *passes bottle around**

2:27 pm

thanks, Lady

2:27 pm

hi, klaurel

2:27 pm

hey klaurel

Hello Gang

2:27 pm

peri, how do you spell the race that has Ge****y as a home?

2:27 pm

thanks Vicuna and Dippnall

2:28 pm

of course I am joking, thought there was another ge6 that I did not have, that one was pretty obvious espec since it was in the log

2:28 pm

<whimper> I hurt.

2:28 pm

hi klaurel.

2:28 pm

for the women, I went out and had to get Cranberry Juice!

2:28 pm

what is wrong, klaurel?

2:28 pm

oooohhhhh. lady, give laurel some vicodin

2:28 pm

my condolences, klaurel

2:29 pm

:) thanks, but who am I to complain, its been like 20 years since I last had one

Sure, have some Laurel

Oh dear, KL, sorry to hear

hopefully some antibiotics too

2:30 pm

yep, got a nice dose of Cipro. :) the pain only started around 8 this morning, in the doc by 10 and had drugs by noon

2:31 pm

**passes out chocolate to everyone, double serving for klaurel**

Excellent KL

mm, chocolate

2:31 pm

thanks, abe. :)

sugar free, right?

2:32 pm

Godiva.com was having a sale recently - 50% off some stuff....

2:32 pm

chocolate good

2:32 pm

Did I miss anything??

2:32 pm

it's no- cal chocolate that makes your skin beautiful, mind you

oh Charm, thats just too good to be true

what no meer? as in Harlem Meer in CentralPark???!!

2:32 pm

wow abe i gotta get me some of that

that explains my lack of wrinkles then - pass that box!!

2:33 pm

*gives tor one last kiss to build a dream on, before heading off to do housework*

39 in Oct and no wrinkles (yet)

2:33 pm

<LOL> Get that box over to me

2:33 pm

Lady - it's still going on, but only about 6-8 products still available on sale.

2:33 pm

take more, please. it's healthier than carrots

there's a Godiva store in the mall here, wonder if they're having a sale to

2:34 pm

not sure if it's only online - sorry (but I stocked up!)

2:34 pm

hi all

probably a good thing its only online - I'd be in trouble

2:35 pm

hi, Fran

2:35 pm

*dreams*

2:35 pm

Hi, Fran!

2:35 pm

HI Fran

2:35 pm

hi klaurel!

2:35 pm

Hello, FranMag

2:35 pm

hi abe, charm!

2:35 pm

hi vicuna

2:35 pm

Any hints fo se 7 ?

2:36 pm

be right back guys. I want to check on my laptop, I can;t see it taking TWO days to be put into a freakin' box

2:36 pm

How about so 7 ?

2:36 pm

se7/32 - some tropical bird. Start with television se----, take away s and replace with Laura Ingall's mother.

2:36 pm

wisedoggy, it's a type of bird, starts like world se***s of baseball and ends in another word for mother

2:37 pm

so7 - blacker with chimney deposits

2:37 pm

What Was Laura's mother's name?

Caroline

2:38 pm

Olivia?

2:38 pm

Not her name, Scrabbler, but what Laura called her.

2:38 pm

great clue with Laura Ingalls mother. thanks.

2:38 pm

Hey Old Lady?

2:38 pm

(That was in the unpublished books)

What was the clue again

2:39 pm

"Yo, dudette!"

2:39 pm

Pa's baby momma

2:40 pm

what a smartalic! :-)

2:40 pm

am 6/21 please?

2:40 pm

am + ms. moreno

2:41 pm

unless there is another one i haven't found yet

2:41 pm

thx, Fran

2:41 pm

TY

2:41 pm

yw inge2 and scrabbler, don't forget the plural and the alt spelling 7 and 8

2:42 pm

have those, tx

2:42 pm

Hmm...alternate spelling for a word I never heard of before? I'll try.

2:43 pm

use two vowels in place of the i scrabbler

2:43 pm

thanks, fran!!

2:44 pm

yw une!

2:44 pm

yay i got the first rsvp's for the wedding in the mail today!

2:44 pm

TY.

2:44 pm

of course i got those from the chat last night!

2:44 pm

LA, did you get mine?

2:45 pm

Hi, Unea

2:45 pm

love your zamboni!

2:45 pm

guess it takes more time to box the order than to build the computer <sigh>

2:45 pm

hmmm, not yet franmag, probably takes a long time to get across the ocean

2:45 pm

i sent it by dolphin! :-)

2:45 pm

cannot find sa 5?10, I have the plastic wrap, Please help

2:45 pm

I like your Z icon, franmag -- interesting. Mine is a Zbruch idol, which is a statue of an ancient Slavic diety. clue please for the ae5?

2:45 pm

I sent it to "FranMag, Oahu" That'll get to you, right?

2:45 pm

cool ch!

2:46 pm

of course LA!

2:46 pm

inge, same first three letters, then double vowel

2:46 pm

i figure everyone knows you there

2:46 pm

don't have any ae words yet ch

2:46 pm

ae5/10 = pl of the ae4/4 (a long time, alt spelling)

2:47 pm

alas i lead an anonymous existence here, big change from Guam

2:47 pm

oh good heavens, thanks charm -- looking at the wrong a (slaps head with trout)

2:47 pm

TY

2:47 pm

thanks charm!

2:47 pm

yw - again, too many vowels.

2:48 pm

THANKS CH2323, ONLY 2 2 GO

2:48 pm

goooo inge!

2:48 pm

okay, of the final 3 st5/10's, I have the one that ends in two vowels, and the one that is the plural of st4/4 ... what am I missing please?

2:48 pm

*1212, DID I promote you???

Inge, how do you do it so fast

2:48 pm

Wow--you've been working hard, Inge. Mach schnell!

2:49 pm

Didn't know I was enlisted inge :D

2:49 pm

he, I worked on this grid this morning for 2 hours

any clues for the ag7 and ag8?

2:49 pm

please clue for that st from my 2:48 posting? It's my last word and it's driving me batty!

2:49 pm

man, I just can't find anything today!

2:50 pm

sorry ch, don't have them all

2:50 pm

ag 7 definition is "partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses." then plural

2:50 pm

another plural form

2:51 pm

ch- do you have st that rhymes with "come h***?"

Ch, that didn't really help, but I"m looped on Vicodin

2:51 pm

I'll go hunting, torgone -- thought I had both with the latin and the regular ... abe, thanks, I'll look

2:51 pm

I am not reading chat, because I am hunting for my two missing words

2:51 pm

thanks, ch!

2:51 pm

lady, try google on the def, and you should find it, but let us know if you need more

2:51 pm

ch, do you have the st that rhymes and is an anagram of the beef cattle?

2:52 pm

ch, maybe it's the splotch on your shirt that can't come out?

2:52 pm

ag + (we breathe thru our ***e) + magnol** tree, also pl

2:53 pm

it's an st5/10 that is one of the last three, so it's sto ... I have the latin ending and the plural, and torgone thinks it's another plural, so I'm hunting...

2:53 pm

ah, found it!

thanks SCrabller

2:54 pm

Wowee! Fireworks , was misisng two plurals, one Latin,

2:54 pm

yay inge and ch!

2:54 pm

I swear I tried that combo (don't we all?) CONGRATS inge!! I'm done too

2:54 pm

yay inge!!

2:54 pm

yay ch!!!

2:54 pm

duh, i only had the latin plural

2:55 pm

the promotion idea came from my using the wrong numbers after your ch

Which st5 is that?

2:55 pm

ah, now I get it! Funny :D!

2:55 pm

there's an st4/4 and it has two plurals lady

nvm, got it

2:56 pm

Anyone here from Massachusetts?

2:56 pm

*makes curtsy to thank all those helpful people out there. When I cam to the US from GErmany in 1950 peple would do things for me, just so they could see me curtsy. :) :) :)

its a talent Inge

2:57 pm

Massachusetts represents :)

2:57 pm

That's wonderful, inge! I have a friend from Southern Germany with similar sensibilities -- she is, as we say, 'charming'.

2:57 pm

Inge2, does that mean you live there? We are going to be moving there soon, and I've never been anywhere on the east coast.

2:58 pm

see you all later!

2:58 pm

bye abe!

2:58 pm

Yes, and we like it very much. Not cheap, tho, especially near boston

2:58 pm

bye, abe

2:58 pm

bye abe!

2:58 pm

where will you be moving ch1212?

2:59 pm

We will be living in either Athol or Orange, I think about 80 miles from Boston?

2:59 pm

oh, it's quite nice out there, and less expensive.

2:59 pm

What is your weather like?

3:00 pm

Try Petersham, near Orange, if you can. Lovely very rural

3:00 pm

hmm. where are you from?

3:00 pm

I would liketo boost everyone's BSE (Babble Self-Esteem) by reporting that I still have to find 186 words.

3:00 pm

South Central Idaho --- high desert, very hot and dry in the summer, very cold and snowy in winter.

3:01 pm

Ok, it will be not quite as cold and windy, and much much more humid int he summer

3:01 pm

scrabbler said a word?

3:02 pm

snow is very variable since global warming set in last 15-20 years

3:02 pm

I didn't even realize it--TY

3:02 pm

much more bugs here too!

3:02 pm

ah, humidity... I lived in Hawaii as a young girl and loved the humidity. Have also lived in Portland, Oregon and along the coast where it is quite humid. I am looking forward to that! Not looking forward to missing Babble for the week we are taking to drive there, in early September.

3:02 pm

I'm feeling much better about myself now

3:02 pm

Bugs? !!! BUGS? What kind of bugs?

3:02 pm

cool

3:02 pm

poor we have still 218 to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:03 pm

Sept. is a great time to visit.

3:03 pm

Mosquitoes...lots

3:03 pm

But not in Sept.

3:03 pm

Idaho is currently #1 in the U.S. for West Nile Virus this year -- is it bad out there too?

3:03 pm

I won't finish, but I would like to hit 50%

3:04 pm

you will, just keep at it, scrabbler

3:04 pm

no, very few cases, mostly near Boston. Must go now, but welcome to the state, ch!

3:04 pm

bye inge!

3:04 pm

We'll help with clues, scrabbler - just ask! I'm gone too -- thanks, inge2! Bye all

3:04 pm

bye LeslieAnn

3:04 pm

dorens what is your icon?

3:05 pm

Looks like a dermatitis of some sort

3:05 pm

bye ch!

3:05 pm

the z 6, kind of disgusting, tho...think i should change it?

3:05 pm

shingles?

3:05 pm

Herpeszo****!

3:05 pm

oh i don't have that word yet, will keep looking

3:05 pm

yes...both

3:05 pm

Hey I am from Massachusetts. Sturbridge to be exact.

3:06 pm

LA, google shingles, that's how i got it

3:06 pm

use my pic, dorens - its zo6 with an a attached - and much prettier! :P

3:06 pm

hi atalante!

3:06 pm

hi fran :)

3:07 pm

i will switch it....don't need to clue people that way anyway, do I? be back soon

3:07 pm

I am going to my cousin's to see her veggie garden. I will return tonight. Good luck everyone.

3:08 pm

bye scrabbler!

3:09 pm

"Just 1 more word. Just 1 more word......"

3:09 pm

this is better....later, scrabbler

3:09 pm

dorens, much more pleasant to look at!!

3:09 pm

If something can be gr7/40, hows come it can't be oa*ier?

3:10 pm

are you looking for reason here? in enable?

3:10 pm

thanks fran

3:10 pm

Just a retardical question . .

3:12 pm

the 1st pa please?

3:12 pm

oa** are badly treated in enable

3:13 pm

But you can watch an oa5/10 on tv . . .

3:13 pm

nm - found them....

3:14 pm

yup. otherwise it might make sense that no oa** words are allowed

3:14 pm

hello again all !

3:14 pm

hi wolvie!

3:14 pm

Hi, Wolvie

3:14 pm

hiya fran!

3:14 pm

hi wolvie

3:15 pm

hey dorens!

3:15 pm

i think it's time to get the list out, i'm stalled

3:15 pm

this is an impossible one without list

3:15 pm

amen to that

3:16 pm

i'll be back in a bit, i have to close the chat or i end up inputting into the chat and not the list!!

3:16 pm

but look at the words you give us that way!

3:16 pm

that's ok, if you put the "right" words

3:16 pm

You'd be the only one who ever did that, fran!

3:17 pm

you guys are all hilarious! later!

3:17 pm

you're right torgone. i've certainly never done it

3:17 pm

no, nor I!

3:17 pm

hey, to all those that just joined us.

3:18 pm

I agree ..

3:18 pm

ah no, never - not within rea***, dorens. ;-)

3:18 pm

if you can degas, why cant you regas?

3:18 pm

some folks do regas, ata - and hi klaurel!

Hey, Wolvie, cool icon

Hows the weather in Apex?

3:19 pm

hi lady!

3:20 pm

a few days old on the icon, but - that's life. Weather - some rain, some sun - how about you?

some pretty good thunderstorms rolling through RTP

Doing ok here, losing my job the end of Sep

3:21 pm

yes - was just out in the mess - good to be in tonite, I think

3:21 pm

bummer, lady.

3:21 pm

oh, sorry to hear that lady

So, keep your fingers crossed for me

3:23 pm

Evening/Afternoon to you all..any help with the pa 9/60 please..My brain has gone on strike

3:24 pm

will do

3:24 pm

a virtual finger crossing for you, lady

3:24 pm

when you think everyone's out to get you, izzy

3:25 pm

fingers crossed,lady

3:25 pm

Thank you LeslieAnn, could see it straight away when you said..been looking for ages..wish i'd asked for help before silly me

3:28 pm

finally down to my last 100--need a break...see you later

3:29 pm

bye dorens

3:29 pm

bye dorens

3:29 pm

ttfn dorens

3:32 pm

LA - love your zamboni! I always wanted to drive one of those things...

3:34 pm

me too!

3:34 pm

firefly your daughter is adorable!

3:35 pm

thank you ;)

Okay, I'm back - the salt mines called again

Any clues for the am's, I'm having a brain lapse

I have the french word for freind

3:40 pm

arab chiefs

3:40 pm

i only have one, lady - am 4/5, am + spanish "to go"

3:40 pm

..2 spellings..

3:41 pm

I left the big am's for last - didn't see them right off, so I have just moved on - sorry

dont speak spanish, sadly

3:41 pm

oh ok then am + third vowel + hook letter

hook letter?

3:42 pm

done. clues before I go?

The am7 and am8?

3:43 pm

Congrats Charm !

3:43 pm

um the middle one in the bottom row

3:43 pm

congrats, charm - yeah - the am 7's/8's. :-)

3:43 pm

hooooray charm!!

3:43 pm

am + Miss Hayworth, pl.

oh, duh, I have that one

3:43 pm

am7 = am + alt spelling of Miss Hayworth's 1st name. and pl.

3:43 pm

am + rhymes with Miss Hayworth, pl.

3:43 pm

ar6.24 pls - the second one

3:44 pm

Hi lynxxx

3:44 pm

got those thanks tor and charm!

thats the am6 and am7

3:44 pm

thanks tor

3:44 pm

ar6/24 = where you put deodorant. and pl

how about the am5?

3:45 pm

oh my goodness ! TY Charm

3:45 pm

oddly, those I had. ;-) forgot - hadn't put them on lickety.lol

3:45 pm

alt. spelling of am4/5

3:45 pm

i myself only put it on one ar 6/24 ;)

Thanks for the am clues torgone, didn't know those ones helped me along a little bit..

3:46 pm

am5/12 = am + before (old spelling)

3:46 pm

it's like playing russian roulette, which side of me to stand by

3:46 pm

LA - don't put any on when you go for the mamogram....

3:47 pm

yw jeannie

3:47 pm

am5/12 = pl of fr for female friend?

the am5 before the french words

3:48 pm

alt. spelling of am4/5

still don't get it torg

3:49 pm

am5/12 = alt spelling of the arabian ruler?

3:49 pm

do you have the am4/5?

the french word for friend, yes

Finally! Thanks

Told you I was slow today

3:50 pm

Put anotheR letteR on the end of the FRench woRd for fRiend

3:51 pm

ToR, you'Re evil!

got it, Torg, but thanks for the humoRous hint

3:51 pm

I'm an imp!

imps are only a little evil lol

3:52 pm

I think imps are mischievous, not evil.

3:52 pm

I'm a Class 5 imp ..

3:52 pm

is that a class by itself?

3:53 pm

pr7.36 hint pls

3:53 pm

i seem to be 0/6 on the Z words...bummer

3:53 pm

pr7/36 = a baby born before term?

3:53 pm

ze4 = the rind of citrus?

3:54 pm

ze7 = more of the rind (to have more spice, actually)

3:54 pm

thx Charm, got the one that goes with it too

3:54 pm

:)

3:54 pm

spell out the letter plural

3:54 pm

ze4/9 = Greek letter. and pl.

3:55 pm

TY Charm

3:55 pm

zo6 = pater no**** except for the 1st letter....

3:55 pm

aha, like Catherine Z*** Jones

3:55 pm

my icon -roa

3:55 pm

torgone, I swear I tried that!

3:56 pm

hey guys

3:56 pm

done with the Z's then - thanks all!

3:56 pm

what's the antonym to "schematic" ?

3:56 pm

Hi, bzi....

3:56 pm

chaotic?

3:56 pm

non-schematic?

3:56 pm

I've come to the ususal grief in the valley of the re's. Could somei=on epleae help me find the second re7/32?

3:57 pm

i'm writing a cv.. i need to present myself well :)

3:57 pm

2nd re7/32 = pl of the re6/21 before it.

3:57 pm

bzikofsk, best I can do for antonym of schematic would be homogeneous

diagram?

3:58 pm

the re6/21 before it, in my list, is already plural

3:59 pm

hetty, thanks. i was thinking as in "not schematic approach to a problem"

3:59 pm

re + hi, nice to **** you. and pl.

anti-schematic?

3:59 pm

the first re7/32 is to once more let something (like a belch!)free

non-linear?

3:59 pm

yeah somfin like htat ladynoire

4:00 pm

Thanks, Charm, that did it.

as in, thinking outside the box-type approach?

4:01 pm

yeah

4:01 pm

"non-linear problem approach" - that's how i put it

4:02 pm

that's how i wrote it actually. sounds fair to me.. ;)

non-linear approach to problem solving

Hetty I don't understand your clue

4:03 pm

fantastic. thanks ladynoire ! :)

I should make this a new career, writing resumes for folks

techno jargon, paid by the word

4:05 pm

exactly

4:05 pm

listen, ladynoire, the cover letter is still ahead of me :)

4:05 pm

can i get a clue for os 4/4?

Of course, I'm still having trouble with the ARs, so what do I know?

4:05 pm

Sorry, lady--I didn't think I'd given a clue--I was simply explaining which re7 I had already--do you need it?

oh no, Bzi - those are the worst

yes, please

4:06 pm

yeah i know, ladynoire, but i'll handle it. i just needed some perfect english phrases

4:07 pm

lmj, think of the edge of land before the ocean and drop the first letter

4:07 pm

evening all

4:07 pm

I'm still in the doldrums in the middle of the re's. there are 2 re5's after mapping again and personing again

4:07 pm

os4/4 = os + what a pirate says

4:08 pm

Meanwhile, lady, the first re7 is to once again let something out that had been kept in, like a belch

4:08 pm

thank torgone, klaurel

4:08 pm

re plus em4/5

ah!!! Thanks Hetty

4:09 pm

bye all. have fun babbling. see y'all tomorrow.

KL, not getting your ocean clue either

I must be really stupid today

4:10 pm

bye charm ( finally looking up from grid)

4:11 pm

No more than I Where are those wretched re5's?

Hetty in the same bushes at those dratted AM words

Any clues for the at4/4?

nevermind, found ti

4:19 pm

ag5/please, hi everyone

to feel or think the same way about something

I totally ag*** with what yo're saying

4:20 pm

ge 5/16?

4:20 pm

thanks lady that was an easy one to miss :(

hey, I can't find 4 letter words today

Havent got all the ge's yet

4:22 pm

ge 5/16 = ge + a cheer

4:22 pm

2nd am5/12 please

am*** = "****kat Manor" on animal planet

4:23 pm

thanks munner - that was the one g I was missing.

4:23 pm

lady I don't watch animal planet

4:23 pm

Hi, Munner don't get your clue

4:23 pm

me niether

4:23 pm

nor me

mmm, ****kats, look like weasels, sort of, stand up on their hind legs and look around like sentries, very cute

4:24 pm

like mere, but rearranged

4:24 pm

doggie hospital makes me too sad

thanks Wovlie

4:24 pm

they are cute little things, yes? :-)

4:25 pm

lady, after all that, I have that am5/12, need the other please

4:25 pm

thanks Wolvie for your help

french word for friend, feminine, plural

4:26 pm

ge 5/16 = ge + itchy skin condition minus the s

mon am***

4:26 pm

peri - you need the other am 5/12?

4:26 pm

lady I had that am5/12 as the first one

or rather, mes am***

4:26 pm

thanks lady

plural of am4/5

Any clues for the es6?

4:27 pm

you have some for yourself, lady - should be high

4:27 pm

to hold in high es****

4:27 pm

that was the es clue. :-)

4:27 pm

an5/14 please

got it, Thanks Lynx and Wolvie

4:28 pm

to be mad peri

4:28 pm

well - not exactly, but what you feel when you are mad

4:28 pm

thanks Wolvie, I am not doing my best today :(

I know the feeling Peri

4:28 pm

other than insane - which I am. ;-)

4:29 pm

ar7.32 pls

4:29 pm

taking another break - 45 left - must go fix supper - hope to bbl tonite!

4:30 pm

lynxx, that place you shave under your arm or the other 7, that place you stick your arm when tired

ag + what you smell with - second vowel + third vowel + first vowel

4:30 pm

I will never finish, 114 bbl

I feel your pain Peri, 137 left

4:31 pm

TY Laurel - I knew that was going to be a fish!

Anyone get the GN word?

4:32 pm

I have only 20 to go - but need to go now and won't be able to get back before the flip! Bye and thanks

4:32 pm

as i leave - like a knot in wood lady, gn**l, just leave off the l

4:33 pm

bye lynx

4:33 pm

PA 5/12? the one after peeling an apple

4:34 pm

klaurel, -chute?

4:34 pm

lady, think of the annoying insect but change the last letter to R

4:34 pm

gnot

4:34 pm

after that, eliza

Thanks KL

Any help with the gr's?

4:37 pm

oh! plural

4:37 pm

got that, too, eliza

the gr7 and gr8

4:38 pm

lady think of a guy who grabs your butt, a lot, but change the first vowel, and then make it even worse

4:38 pm

lady: more like wine fruit, and most like wine fruit

4:39 pm

hay, gol, that is ab better clue then mine!

KL, that was the weirdest clue - but it made sense

Thanks Go

4:39 pm

You talkin' bout me?

4:39 pm

yes, torg, we are

4:39 pm

and if you have the last PA 5/12 and the 6 after that, I would kiss you

4:40 pm

klaurel: your pa5 is like extra-la*** clothing

4:40 pm

i need ar 5/12 amd 6/21 the second one please

4:41 pm

back for just a minute, need an ea5 - have avid?

4:41 pm

extra clothing? are we thinking the one after peeling an apple?

ar + the NY ****, sports team

4:42 pm

yep klaurel. pa5 rhymes with la*** and in cha***

4:42 pm

oh! I have that one! sorry, before that. :)

4:42 pm

oh.

4:42 pm

hm. don't have that one yet

4:43 pm

:) same boat, go

4:43 pm

thanks lady

Help with the ha's?

4:43 pm

why isn't asian in the dictionary?

4:44 pm

but you say it's after peeling the apple?

4:44 pm

pa5/12 - add a hoop to the pa4/5

I asked the same question Eliz

4:44 pm

proper noun, eliz

4:44 pm

thanks, jil, just got it! :)

4:44 pm

add 4th vowel to peel apple

4:44 pm

jillibus: thanks. soopid monkeys forgot to check that one

4:44 pm

happy afternoon, all!

4:44 pm

yw!

4:45 pm

hi stid - from the library (quiet just now)

anyone get the first Ha?

4:45 pm

how's business today, Jill? have you had a pleasant jog through the stacks?

4:46 pm

lady - HA + dorothy's Auntie **

Thanks KL

4:47 pm

I don't do much jogging throughthe stacks - mostly setting up new membershjips and handing out access to computers

How about the ha6?

4:47 pm

i need ha 6/24 please

4:48 pm

hi. all

4:48 pm

oh, that's okay -- but seems when I helped at the school library (long time ago, in high school) I found lots of cool books just reshelving things!

nevermind, got it

4:48 pm

magzel, that is like the 5/14 with an extra vowel in there

4:48 pm

hi Dorens! how's our Phoebe? haven't had an update in ages.

4:49 pm

utterly delightful, stid.. but left her after our week in martha's vineyard and won't see her again until Sept 16th! How are you doing? crutchless yet?

4:49 pm

thanks dorens

4:49 pm

oh, that's a long time to be Phoebe-less! Yes, off crutches for two days and trying to take it easy...

4:50 pm

Don't want to be back on the sofa any time too soon!

4:50 pm

Thats me done for today - work at 6.00am tomorrow. Thanks for the clues and the chat

4:50 pm

the way I look at it,, some people have grandchildren across the country....4 hour drive isn't all that bad... and do keep taking it easy....

4:50 pm

YAY JFB!

4:50 pm

congrats jfb

4:50 pm

bye JFB

4:50 pm

anose

4:51 pm

sorry

4:51 pm

you see i DON'T have the an5/10, right?

4:52 pm

me neither, Dorens...

4:52 pm

ah...never mind...I do have it...always miss that one

4:52 pm

like the on veg, stid

4:53 pm

thanks Dorens!

4:53 pm

which of the last three ar's would you like to clue me on?

4:53 pm

AM 7 and 8 anyone? Then I can turn my back on that letter...

4:54 pm

the AR 6 and 7/36 combo are where you put antiperspirant, Dorens

4:54 pm

am + miss hayworth

4:54 pm

am7 - Hindu drink of immortality. am + prefix for again + ubiquitous volcano minus n

4:54 pm

am- then sounds lie a metermaid with two ee's

4:54 pm

i thought i had tried that...was going to put it in as a phantom!!! fish, maybe

Well, folks its time for me to go home

See you all tomorrow

4:55 pm

thanks Vi and Deeha! got 'em!

ag 7/36 pls?

4:55 pm

bye lady...

4:55 pm

thanks stid..now will monkey for the ar6/24...i should be able to find it

4:55 pm

ag7/36 - a + Greek root for knowledge, but end with "How do you solve a problem like Mar--"

4:55 pm

begins like one who may or may not believe in God.. add two vowels, tndaisy

ty Vi and Dorens :)

4:56 pm

too many p's and r's ugh!

4:57 pm

pa-6-21? the last one

4:57 pm

plural of 5/12

4:57 pm

hi daisy, was just about to go lie down. We had an outing and I walked a bit. It was worth it... but I am tired. You?

lol my blog sez it all :) have had a nice day of p & q

4:59 pm

clue for the re 8/40?

5:00 pm

re8/40 - to make a full, echoing sound, re + male chile + past tense of eat

5:00 pm

i'd try, lmj, but my voice might not re****** enough for you to hear

5:00 pm

I will peek in your log then, see you soon.

5:00 pm

i think i'm close to it, but not quite right

5:00 pm

thanks, vic and dorens. :)

5:01 pm

doren, does it build off the re 6/18?

5:01 pm

lmj, when you talk and it kinda echoes off the walls, the sound re?

5:01 pm

re + not daughter + past tense eat

5:01 pm

i got it now, i was on the wrong r

5:04 pm

RE 6/21, the first?

5:04 pm

reis

5:04 pm

whoops. :)

5:06 pm

klaurel, give off light again

5:06 pm

hi fran, klaurel, imj

5:07 pm

hi chj!

5:07 pm

sorry, fran ? Hi CHJ

5:07 pm

hi dorens

5:07 pm

hello all - sneaking back on for my last 4

5:07 pm

hi chj

5:07 pm

hi deb

5:07 pm

the first re6/21 is give off light again klaurel

5:07 pm

debb.....go for it

5:07 pm

hi fran and chj - i think i came in right behind you -- and hello dorens!!

5:07 pm

hi debb!

5:08 pm

evening sha

5:08 pm

hi ruthy!

5:08 pm

hi franmag

5:09 pm

I envy you debb, I have 56 left...and hello ruthy and hi fran

5:09 pm

you'll be there soon enoug dorens - i know it!!

5:09 pm

ummm, to give off light again? :)

5:09 pm

hi again dorens!

5:09 pm

hi dorens

5:09 pm

re + e4 word that means to give off

5:10 pm

clue for ea5/14? i have the one that's "antsy"

5:10 pm

I have that one, Fran. :) kinda like to Pay A Bill?

5:10 pm

sam word...different spellimng

5:11 pm

lmj alt. spelling

5:11 pm

that was the first re6/21

5:11 pm

lmj. sflip the last two letters

5:11 pm

thanks torgone, dorens, chj

5:12 pm

thanks, Fran, I was an idiot

5:12 pm

but now I have seen the light!

5:12 pm

lol klaurel!

5:12 pm

i found on6/24, my last word...firewords!!!!!

5:12 pm

yanks won 2-0 in first of a day night doubleheader

5:12 pm

i have a feeling like i'm going to need 4 fish for my last 4 words....but can someone clue me the em 5/12 - the first one

5:13 pm

hooray! Fran!!!

5:13 pm

yay fran

5:13 pm

making jokes, guess the antibiotics are kicking in

5:13 pm

yayayayayayayay FRAN!!! congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:13 pm

a middle east prince

5:13 pm

good job fran

5:13 pm

em5--arab ruler alt spelling deb

5:13 pm

Hooray fran!

5:13 pm

antibiotics - are you sick klaurel?

5:13 pm

all eeeee's

5:13 pm

for the girls, I had to get cranberry jiuce today. :)

5:13 pm

debb, first em5/12 is an alt spelling of the asian ruler

5:14 pm

a + m***cat

5:14 pm

enough said klaurel!! :-)

5:14 pm

hope it's doing it's trick klaurel

5:14 pm

first fish please

5:14 pm

isn't it m***kat chj?

5:14 pm

aw ! i hope you feel better - those of us who know - know it sucks

5:15 pm

I'm in no position to throw fishh today! eo 5/10 please?

5:15 pm

right fran

5:15 pm

it does suck. :(

5:15 pm

dorens, eo + evil deed

5:15 pm

i saw them at the bronx zoo last year...should have known

5:15 pm

glad you went to the dr. and have antibiotics - they'll do the trick

5:16 pm

see, i do need fish myself...thanks fran

5:16 pm

how bout the very last ra - the ra 6/21

5:16 pm

we have them at our zoo too, Disney made them look cute, but if you look at them carefully they have very sinister faces.

5:16 pm

he had a ra**** like whit

5:17 pm

deb, it's a type of sword

5:17 pm

a small sword

5:17 pm

so, fran, how a bout a little clue for that on 6/24 you found

5:17 pm

debb, a sharp sword, used to describe someone that is clever

5:17 pm

a donkey

5:17 pm

got it - thank you - i was trying that one forever!! thanks fran, lmj and carrie

5:17 pm

dorens, on + a4/6

5:17 pm

or a wild as

5:18 pm

yw debb

5:18 pm

ahh, thanks...and that one looks familiar too

5:18 pm

can I just NOT see the REs? RE 5s?

5:18 pm

yeah, once you write them out and see them in the list they look familiar dorens!! :-)

5:19 pm

first re5/10, a nap with an extra e

5:19 pm

i hate re's - i have one more to go

5:20 pm

okay, found that one, Fran

5:20 pm

re5/14, rules and re*s + **p (short sleep)

5:20 pm

re was my last one too debb

5:20 pm

re5/12, re + male

5:20 pm

I am totally missing all the REs from nap with an erxtra E to paying a bill

5:21 pm

re5/14 re + chart of a geographical region

5:21 pm

re6/21, greet again and re7 plural

5:22 pm

re5/12, re + one of debb's favorite team

5:22 pm

yay! fran used me as a clue!!

5:22 pm

that's it klaurel, let me know if you need clarification

5:23 pm

I lost my tan with this week of rain....where is retan? which is what I would do if the sun would only shine!

5:23 pm

yes debb! you're the first person i think of when i see that word!

5:23 pm

i know dorens, i tried it too!

5:23 pm

thanks, fran! I am working them

5:23 pm

:-)

5:23 pm

good clues fran, thanks

5:24 pm

yw lmj!

5:25 pm

thanks, Fran, got them all!

5:26 pm

final jeopardy question comin up....shakespeare characters

5:26 pm

maybe a better clue for re6/21,re7 combo is introduce again

5:26 pm

oh good klaurel!!

5:26 pm

theywere good, fran, but unfortunately i had most of them and they weren't for the ones I"M trying for... but that's ok--i am muddling along

5:26 pm

too easy

5:27 pm

fireworks!! thank you all (and thanks for that last group of re 5s fran)

5:27 pm

yay debb

5:27 pm

dorens, just yell!

5:27 pm

YAYYYYYYY Deb!

5:27 pm

yay debb!!!!!!

5:27 pm

down to 35 here..i can see the light!

5:27 pm

goooo dorens!

5:27 pm

go dorens go!

5:28 pm

what color is the light dorens

5:28 pm

actually the last word i put in rhymes with white, so I'll go with that, curtis

5:29 pm

It seems I've missed some clues for the wretched re's and there are just 3 left for e to find: re5/10 after the chocolate and before the queeen, please

5:29 pm

It seems I've missed some clues for the wretched re's and there are just 3 left for e to find: re5/10 after the chocolate and before the queeen, please

5:30 pm

hetty, take a nap with an extra e in it

5:30 pm

to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish) is re5/10

5:30 pm

or add a consonant to the end of the chocolate

5:31 pm

there's chocolate in the grid?

5:31 pm

lmj, it's almost chocolate, re4/4

5:32 pm

Thanks, Franag, got my almost chocolate

5:32 pm

i see it, i have it but didn't get it, haha

5:32 pm

cool hetty!

5:33 pm

Now I need the re6/18 following my nap

5:33 pm

almost chocholate?

5:34 pm

Yes, shorty, minus an es

5:34 pm

re4/4 is almost a chocolate peanut butter cup to be precise

5:34 pm

Dear precise Franmag--LOL

5:35 pm

hetty, women re**** water at certain times of the month

5:36 pm

Oops! Almost typed it in wrong box.

5:37 pm

im7/36?

5:37 pm

i have one of them

5:37 pm

and my last elusive "re" is the re5/12 between ripping again and tying my shoelace again

5:38 pm

re + check my ***p if i'm sick

5:38 pm

one is im + pr5/12, the other has a vowel at the end instead of the T

5:38 pm

o the 2 "im"'s one looks almost like how ii feel about frnmag (im*******)

5:39 pm

thanks fran & hetty!

5:39 pm

the other is as fran says--same but with a closing vowel

5:39 pm

yw lmj!

5:40 pm

hetty, did you get dorens clue?

5:40 pm

yvw imj--just limpingalong here after Fran

5:40 pm

cool..... they gave me the tile stats for free again? how come?

5:40 pm

hetty, RE + use a thermometer to check your ***p

5:40 pm

shutter, there was supposed to be an email from dr_g about it

5:41 pm

Yes, thanks Doren. Thought I had that, The res always drive me nuts

5:41 pm

you get 2 weeks of free stats

5:41 pm

as they do all of us, hetty...maybe we could declare a ban on re's?

5:41 pm

and 2 weeks is all it takes to make you go pro

5:41 pm

There probably was, but my mom changed her a-mail a while back, so he wouldnt have her new one.

5:42 pm

*e-mail*

5:42 pm

Thanks Fran & Dorens--come dance with me at the firewords. Could never finish without you.

5:42 pm

well, it started this week shutter

5:42 pm

yay hetty!!!!!!

5:42 pm

are you done now Hetty? hooray!!

5:43 pm

YAY hetty! Just passing through... *fades out*

5:43 pm

But I already had my two weeks free a WHILE ago. and, it didnt make my mom let us go pro then!

5:43 pm

SO 5/10, after flying?

5:43 pm

Yay Stid

5:43 pm

hi stid!, bye stid!

5:43 pm

yay hetty

5:43 pm

bye stif

5:44 pm

klaurel, device for finding things underwater

5:44 pm

clue for the gr8/55??

5:44 pm

I need ar5/10 - I have the one that's sort of like a vegetable

5:44 pm

atalante, most like a purple fruit

5:44 pm

thanks, fran

5:44 pm

im7/36 clue?

5:44 pm

urf! stupid word!

5:45 pm

remluc, ar or an?

5:45 pm

i would be im***** if you foundd this past tense yourself, shorty

5:45 pm

i know ata!

5:45 pm

yw klaurel!

5:46 pm

shorty, im + pr5/12 (two different ones) one ends in T one ends in A

5:46 pm

oops, shorty..forgot... ALT spelling

5:46 pm

fran - sorry I mean ar5/10. Ignore the vegetable deal

5:46 pm

thx :) got it

5:47 pm

remluc, they are both plurals of the ar4/4, latin and regular plural

5:49 pm

ty fran!

5:49 pm

yw remluc!

5:49 pm

fran... could you clue differently --latin is not my strongest language

5:50 pm

jbp, add a vowel to the ar4/4 for the latin plural (the first vowel)

5:50 pm

but i don't have the 4/4...

5:50 pm

aran

5:50 pm

oops

5:50 pm

sorry!!

5:50 pm

ar4/4 is length x width

5:51 pm

oh good god(s)

5:51 pm

thanks.

5:51 pm

(smacks self with large grouper)

5:51 pm

:-)

5:51 pm

ooh watch out jbp, those things are huge!!'

5:52 pm

luckily, i just happened to have one here at my desk!

5:53 pm

in my grouper holder

5:53 pm

a common desk accessory these days

5:54 pm

on special at office depot of bait & tackle

5:54 pm

lol

5:55 pm

re-8?

5:55 pm

sha, deep voices re****** through the room

5:55 pm

fireworks for me

5:56 pm

yay ruthy!!!

5:56 pm

hooray ruthy!!

5:56 pm

wtg ruthy thats me finished 2

5:56 pm

thanx fran

5:57 pm

yeah ruthy!!

5:57 pm

yay sha!!! i was going to say sha shouldn't be too far behind if ruthy is done!

5:57 pm

huzzah sha!!

5:57 pm

was looking for that 8 letter r for ages

5:57 pm

ok, i'm looking for resounds, reverberates... notgetting it

5:57 pm

congrats sha

5:58 pm

it's very twisty sha, not easy to see even when you know the word

5:58 pm

thanx ruthy see u tomorrow

5:58 pm

rre + not daughter + past tense of eat

5:58 pm

jbp, there's a male child in the middle

5:58 pm

ok see u 2morrow sha

5:58 pm

night everyone

5:58 pm

bye all

5:59 pm

night ruthy and sha!!

5:59 pm

bye sha

5:59 pm

Blah

5:59 pm

awesome, thanks fran!

6:00 pm

yw jbp!

6:00 pm

dorens, you changed your icon again, is the chimp a Z word?

6:01 pm

yes, that was my sister's favorite stuffed animal...it actually came up on google, but only people of my generations would recognize zippy!

6:01 pm

which z do you need fran?

Crikey. Too many for me today, sadly - I'm visiting friends, so can't dip in - I didn't finish yesterday just because I didn't have the time. Still, how is everyone?

6:02 pm

i'm done jbp, just here to clue

6:02 pm

i thought it was curious george!

hey everyone!

6:02 pm

fine matty...and you?

6:02 pm

ah, my misunderstanding

6:02 pm

hey helen!

6:02 pm

hi matty!!

6:02 pm

hi matty. how you doin'?

6:02 pm

hi HK!

6:02 pm

I'll take the zo clue please...

hiya dorens, fran et al

6:03 pm

wow...helen, my husband had that car, in another life.. but it was a 77 I think

6:03 pm

Hey, who has the fish and can smack me with it?

6:03 pm

gadget, it rhymes with a popular blender brand

6:03 pm

gadget, ii had another icon earlier, a hideous skin disease.

We went fishing today - Sarah caught a big blue fish, I caught a load of fluke, but the 8 year old with us made us throw them back. I'd love to have had fish tonight :D

6:03 pm

you could smack us with a couple of them...it's been that kind of day

6:04 pm

jbp has a handy grouper holder laurel

dorens - yep a person definitely had to have another life to drive that baby - vroooom, vrrrroooooommm

6:04 pm

jdp, can you whack me with the grouper, please?

6:05 pm

cool matty! too bad to you had to put them back!

6:05 pm

I loved it!!! he replaced it with a porsche 944, and I did kinda like that one too.

6:06 pm

laurel, you could have been smacked with fresh fish, but dorens let them go!

6:06 pm

FIREWORKS! :)

6:06 pm

okay folks, i have to do some laundry, be back in a bit

6:06 pm

yay klaurel!!!!!

6:06 pm

:( Doren! Why did you let the fish go?

6:07 pm

yayyyy klaurel!!!

6:07 pm

i mean matty let them go

dorens - geez, your guys has excellent taste in cars - i, on the other hand, replaced mine with the more practical (& less expensive) toyota celica - 12 years i've had that celica now !

6:07 pm

i don't like to see them die (don't remember letting them go anyway, think that was matty, but who cares?)

6:07 pm

oh, well, no fish for me

6:08 pm

helen, there's a sportscar in your future, i'm sure of it

6:08 pm

hiya everyone!

6:08 pm

I have a minivan. :( And my hubby has a VUE

6:08 pm

hey feather

6:09 pm

hmm. anyone know the proper temperature setting for a pair of soaking wet sneakers in the dryer?

6:09 pm

no, but thanks for reminding me....mine have been in the washing machine all day!

well, i got the pa 8 & 9 but i'm sure the government recorded my answer!!!!!!!

6:09 pm

lol!

6:09 pm

Hi everybody. Been working on the grid for a while.

oh, & looky, i passed halfway - mediocre once again!

6:10 pm

ok, i give up...the first te 6/21 isn't teeman, so what is it? hi nef

6:10 pm

featherbee; I usually put them on regular heat with some towels and a fet tennis balls

6:10 pm

why tennis balls? to make it noiser?

hi, nef.

hiya feather!

6:11 pm

hi HK!

6:11 pm

no, they help dry them (and the towels) faster... I don't know; maybe they beat them up or fluff them better?

6:12 pm

te 6/21 is more te4/5

6:12 pm

hmm, i'll have to remember that!

hi, hk - do you ever sleep?

6:12 pm

Hi Melon, Dorens and all

6:12 pm

Or someone who te4/5s.

6:12 pm

thanks dawn, now i KNOW i tried that twice....

6:12 pm

ok, gotta go do bathtime.

say hi to the Flipper Club for me - now that it's back to school, i'm in the sack by 11 Eastern Time

don't forget - "Melon sez 'hi'"

6:13 pm

(I'm supposed to be doing some "work" work, not babbleing; I'm addicted to this game and don't finish the stuff I HAVE to do for my different committees I'm on! Don't tell anyone I'm here, okay? ;)

here's a thing for all you people !!!!! you never, ever, ever wash your tennis/gym shoes, sneakers, whatever the kids are calling them nowadays - the reason is because the material comprising the sole (no longer just plain old rubber) has millions of tiny air bubbles in it for shock absorbtion & cushioning - when you get the soles wet, the moisture permeates the material & over time lessens the intended springy-ness of the sole

6:14 pm

later feather

6:14 pm

yes helen, that's true for the fancy and expensive ones, but what about the cheapies I get?

hey melon - funny you say that - i'm a night person, but i had to get up at 7:30 am - OMG - for tuckpointers coming to do my chimneys, then . . .

i don't wash my son's old sneakers - i keep vampires away with them.

6:15 pm

lol melonhead

--& noone understands why i won't buy a house - it's all those pieces-parts.

----then?----

i got on babble & had to explain a few times to our overseas friends what tuckpointing was - this led to a discussion of different building styles there & here, council estates, local gov & finally bush/blair, and then----

6:16 pm

clue for the first re5/14 pleeeease? its driving me mad!

The phantom words today outnumber the actual words-- parmesan and parents are at the top of the list though

anyone - what's the 3rd letter for the PAs that precede the 1st pa 4,5? is it pam****?

phantom word(s), gollywhopper(s)

and then i was actually, intentionally evil to a fellow babbler - first time ever :(

meteorites, too.

Gee, helen. What happened?

6:19 pm

good evening everybody:)

oooooh, hk, bummer. was it a newbie getting snarky (no offense to newbies, please)?

Hiya

6:20 pm

HelenKeller, as a nurse I have even resorted to washing leather work shoes in my washing machine when I've had bodily fluids gush all over them. I just don't put them in the dryer and let them aire dry instead. (Oh, and don't use bleach on them; that isn't so good for the leather either).

6:20 pm

hi jeam. samantha, etc

6:20 pm

clue for the first re5/14 pleeeease? its driving me mad!!

sam - i shouldn't repeat, but you can read the log sometime around 9am, i think -ahhh melon - that was the kinda sad thing - not a newbie, a really old timer, but hey, i gotta call em like i see em - mab agreed with me so i felt completely vindicated :)

6:21 pm

ata--re + pesky insect ***t

sad. i come to babble to get away from politics.

6:21 pm

I agreed too, helen :)

6:21 pm

TYTYTY Dorens!

6:21 pm

it got a little dicey for me yesterday too...about buck fush bumpersticker

6:22 pm

ooh there was a fight? i'll have to go check that out ;)

6:22 pm

ywwwwww ata

yeah!!!! atalante !!!!!! yep - these good folks made my morning much better!!! ty ata :)))

6:23 pm

and fireworks :) *flops*

6:23 pm

melonhead did you ever get an answer for those pa's? i need them too....horray atalante

Yeah, stay away from politics, but dive right into gossip

6:23 pm

hoooooray ata!

6:23 pm

well, apparently the tile stats are not correct because It says that I have 0 out of 6 A words, and I really have 7 out of who knows how many A words!!!!!!

6:23 pm

words to live by, memento ;)

oooh dorens - it was i who introduced that - no harm intended there - actually i liked it for the twisted consonants - sorry to offend you

6:24 pm

pae :)

6:24 pm

ok, now I'm off to bed! night all :)

6:24 pm

no, not at all helen. I LOVED it and said so, then someone else got offended

6:24 pm

Helen said a WOOOOOORRRRDDDDD!

6:24 pm

night atalante!

6:25 pm

so8/45 please

6:25 pm

shutter, you have none of the A words that start with that tile.

no Dorens i didn't - but it's time to pick up my boy from his dad's - the Great American Divorced Parents Wednesday Night Kid Swap.

good nite ata -tx for being there for me :)

6:25 pm

and she complained that another person who liked it had no right cause she wa from a didffereent country...so it turned into a thing about freedom of speech? ("they hate us for our freedom")

6:25 pm

pab, a guy who runs the so5/10, compound word

6:25 pm

i used to have to do that melon....but it's over now

ah dorens - then i missed that part -darn!

6:26 pm

Oh.... DUH! Thanls fran, I DID know that, just never thought about it. thanks!

6:26 pm

thanks FranMag

6:26 pm

oh for pete's sake

6:26 pm

yw pab!

shutter - rats, a word i already have too!!!

6:26 pm

it's over....but people do get offended by the damnedest things

6:26 pm

and yw shutter, didn't want you to think you had defective free stats!

tx FranMag - i have 7 out of 8 8s :) - oh. yeah. the kid. bye!

6:27 pm

fran!!! i need you... ar7/32 thought I'd be able to get it myself...down to 6 and getting antsy

6:27 pm

boy... I REALLY thought I did!

it's not so bad Doren - we live a mile and a half (& a world and a half) apart. my ex was my 3rd child {sigh}

6:29 pm

dorens, compound word, what you put your elbow on when you drive

6:29 pm

thanks....should have gotten that one

nef - i am going to think about your shoe problem - i used to work as a pedorthist & i remember this hospital issue coming up- gee, if only my memory cells would engage properly - but washing really ruins the integrity/longevity of shoes - i have to go mow the lawn soon, i will think on it there, but i seem to recall something that was helpful to folks in your situation . . .

6:29 pm

yw dorens!

6:29 pm

na6/18 please

6:30 pm

pab, misspelling of country

6:30 pm

it sounds like spanish for our great na**** (country)

lol melon - see you later, bye :)

6:31 pm

thanks again FranMag

6:31 pm

later HK!

6:31 pm

oh melon that sounds so familiar

6:31 pm

yw pab!

6:32 pm

hi all

6:32 pm

fireworks

6:32 pm

hi penny!

patrek - hi! again, i gotta say - what is it with your name that automatically reminds me of alex trebek???

6:32 pm

hi pappou

6:32 pm

yay penny!!!!!

6:32 pm

congrats!!!!

wtg papp !!!!!!!

6:32 pm

hi, fran, dorens

6:33 pm

ty helen

fran - i am not leaving just yet , a few more minutes

6:33 pm

well, we didn't get much rain and it's just now getting a little windy. Not too bad, glad it's over

hi everyone! : )

6:34 pm

oh, sorry hk, i take back my bye then

6:34 pm

hi owl

6:34 pm

hi temple

6:34 pm

hi TO!

dorens - you've had zippy as your icon before, haven't you? was it with you i had the conversation about how valuable those apes are now?

hi TO

6:34 pm

no, that wasn't me....but zippy was a large part of my childhood

6:34 pm

hey hey hey hey hey

6:35 pm

nutty!

6:35 pm

fran, doren, hk, pappou - and all else...hello

6:36 pm

hey nut, nice llittle story there!

nut !!!!!! LOL read your bio - you & ren can take this show on the road!! :)))

6:36 pm

thanks dorens...true story, i swear.

6:36 pm

yes, a very nice story!

6:36 pm

i believe everything you say, always!

6:36 pm

hi evanout

hey nutty buddy!

6:37 pm

hk, you can laugh, but she was a terror through and through

6:37 pm

((((OOOOOWWWWLLLLL)))))

dor - then long story short, helped friend with mom's estate sale - we found a zippy on e-bay - bidding at $200

6:37 pm

i can't wait to see what rennie's profile says

lol fran - i know

6:38 pm

you should put her in your my friends list so you don't have to wait for her.

hk i have a zippy

6:38 pm

my sister still has hers, and wouldn't part with it for 2 thousand

6:38 pm

nice hk!

6:38 pm

she is there, i'll go check it now

6:38 pm

lol nut if i may ask, how did this you and ren business start?

6:39 pm

well, we thought it best to let babblers know that we were related after all (lest one should talk about us to the other)

my littte brother chewed its fingertips off

amazing the bonds people have with their zippys - both women & men! i think we got $75 for hers

LOL temple!

6:40 pm

what are zippys?

6:40 pm

ewwwwwwwww, hope you're making that up owl

6:41 pm

i don't have a zippy

6:41 pm

my icon leslie...from another era

6:41 pm

you're too young nut

mine has no hat

6:41 pm

i think they phased them out in the late 50's?

dorens that zip looks relatively recent

6:41 pm

my sister's is well loved, and a bitt raggedy, but has all clothes and toes

6:42 pm

dorens, this explains a lot about you, that thing is creepy.

6:42 pm

just read rennie's profile. all i can say is...you guys are a couple of nuts!!

6:42 pm

got it from google...probably a picture of a pristiine one that was never loved.

6:42 pm

are they all monkeys?

6:42 pm

nut...are you telling stories on me again???

6:42 pm

rofl.....it was my sister's, most definitely... they are chimps

6:42 pm

not so fran, just ren is nuts

no no, nut. alf is creepy. zippy is cute.

6:42 pm

hi rennie!

6:42 pm

think it might be genetic?

6:43 pm

nutty buddy!!!!

6:43 pm

right, that is true..zippy was very lovable!!

6:43 pm

alf is creepy too, and so are cabbage patch dolls

6:43 pm

hey ya fran!

6:43 pm

that's right, because you were adopted away to a better life, right nut?

6:43 pm

RENNIE MCSTILTSKIN

dorens: the proportion is wrong and the costume is definitely different

6:43 pm

that's right fran

all dolls are creepy

6:43 pm

nut likes ducks and has a family of cabbage patch dolls - she relates to them

6:44 pm

(((((b-u-r-p))))))

especially collectors dolls

6:44 pm

HK, have you left yet?

6:44 pm

night everybody:)

6:44 pm

(((BBBUUUURRRRPPPPP))))

6:44 pm

bye jean!

6:44 pm

hi jean!

6:44 pm

tenple, i think you're right...i'll check and see what i can come up with

6:44 pm

that is not very ladylike, folks

6:44 pm

later jean

6:44 pm

B****U*****R******R*******P!!!!!!!!!!!

6:45 pm

night jean!

6:45 pm

nut started it

6:45 pm

I was checking the archives, came back and saw you'd posted about the shoes, then had to go check archives to see what you said as it flipped off the bottom of the chat column!

6:45 pm

did not...oh wait, i did.

6:45 pm

just like you always do little pest sister!

6:46 pm

do not

6:46 pm

do to

6:46 pm

do to infinity

6:46 pm

not

6:46 pm

i said infinity! do to

6:46 pm

*flings pie at rennie*

6:47 pm

oh look...perfect aim

6:47 pm

ya missed me ya missed me now ya gotta kiss me

good night jean!

6:47 pm

temple refresh, i think this is much more like it!

6:47 pm

check your bum ren, tis covering in lemon pudding

still here nef

6:48 pm

ewwwwwwwwwwww

6:48 pm

na na n a na naaaaa naaaaaaaaaaa

6:48 pm

speaking of ladylike, someone sent this to me today re: getting married, it is mildly entertaining: http://www.knowitallgirl.com/housewife .html

YES YES DORENS! THAT"S MY ZIPPY!

6:48 pm

hi all...got here just in time for the sisterly love i see!!! ;)

6:49 pm

cath- nut is trying to make me look bad! as always!

6:49 pm

yes, and it looks much more like my sister's i feel better now...thanks for remarking that the color was wrong!

nef - that always happens to me too - i am going to give you problem some thought - i seem to remember some helpful piece of advice - what it actually was, that's a whole nother thing

except he has fingertips

6:49 pm

haha..don't you remember back to when yours did?

6:49 pm

cath - she lies

well there is some discussion about whom zip belonged to...

6:50 pm

i don;t lie

6:50 pm

i still say zip is creepy, like the kind of thing i'd hide in a dark corner of rens house for her to find.

6:50 pm

lol... i WAS adopted out of a family where there would have been 7 of us!!!

6:50 pm

HK, I've now switched to crosstrainers for work. You ruin a pair or 2 of leather shoes and it starts to cost *a lot* of $$

6:50 pm

one of my favorite photos of my sister has her hugging zippy, but of course it was black and white film

6:51 pm

now girls!!!

6:51 pm

But are you saying that you can't step in puddles in tennies?

6:51 pm

i like zip

6:51 pm

i would love zip

6:51 pm

nut...u in one corner...ren...u in the other!

sure does nef!

dorens, what show was zip from?

6:51 pm

*points closely at rens face* - i'm not touching you.

6:52 pm

k...we northerners haven't the foggiest idea what zip is!!!

6:52 pm

see what you did nut

6:52 pm

so, how can people do cross country running?

nef - uh, yeah. time to grow up :) take care of your shoes & they'll take care of you, lol

6:52 pm

i don't remember...was it a show? not everything was that commercial then...do you remember seeing himon tv?

6:52 pm

cath, not my mom! he he he he (sinster sounding)

6:52 pm

now we're in trouble and it is always your fault

6:53 pm

sorry cath....a very beloved stuffed animal from the 50's

6:53 pm

i'm the self appointed babblesitter girls!!! ;)

6:53 pm

geez, can't have any fun at all (I really LIKE splashing in puddles when running!)

6:53 pm

*runs around log waving arms in the air* - not my mom, yooooou can't tell me what to dooooooooo-ooooo

6:53 pm

ahh... tks for making me feel young dorens!! ;)

6:54 pm

hmmm...ren must be the eldest sister?

dorens - he was i believe an answer to the original today show's j fred muggs

6:54 pm

ah, but you are young cath

6:54 pm

*pbthhhhhhhhhhhh*

nef - those serious runners go through shoes like you wouldn't believe - for regular folks, your athletic shoes are good for 6 months tops- then soles are shot, but i know runners who replace every month or less

6:54 pm

RAIN puddles, that is; NOT the types of puddles I *might* run into at work! (Thought I should clarify that)

6:54 pm

and that is why mom gave nut away!

6:54 pm

you're right!!!!!

6:54 pm

lol....u girls are a riot!!!

6:54 pm

oh, i got my fireworks..but between the burp sisters and zippy reminiscences, i forgot to say...

6:55 pm

can't beat em ...join em.... *grabs a pillow and biffs it at nut*

6:55 pm

yay dorens!!!!

LOL nut - i love the 'runs around log ' part hahaha

6:55 pm

congrats zippy!!

6:55 pm

get her cath

6:55 pm

*hangs kick me sign on rens back* - sure we are cath

now if i could only remember what i had to do at work today...

6:55 pm

CONGRATS DORENS!!! HOORAY!!!

wtg dorens !!!!

yay dorens! wtg!

6:55 pm

Yay Dorens

6:55 pm

*grabs dorens for a celebratory jig*

6:56 pm

thank you, thank you.....<dancing away with zippy and nut too>

gotta go mow that lawn - bbl

6:56 pm

bye HK!

6:56 pm

bye helen

6:56 pm

c ya helen! too dark here to mow

6:56 pm

*jumps away at sight of zippy*

6:56 pm

but REN likes zippy

6:56 pm

go dance with ren then

bye hk! 8ppicks up her own beloved zip with the fingers amputated at the first joint* hey hey nut!

6:57 pm

zippy is as creeepy as a collectible doll

6:57 pm

oh, i wouldn't spurn you, nut, you were the first to ask for a dance! zippy can sit this one out

6:57 pm

*runs away from dorens and owl*

6:57 pm

bye temple

6:58 pm

monkey lovers!!!

bye dorens!

6:58 pm

awww... i think zippy's adorable!

6:58 pm

(and he is not collectible, just my sister never got rid of him)

6:58 pm

chimps are NOT monkeys

6:58 pm

he is, he really is...but I haven't lived with him siince 1970

6:58 pm

buncha monkey sympathisors, and banana eaters

has anyone had antonio as zorro for an icon today?

6:58 pm

every time i enter a word my page is refreshing... anyone else having this issue?

6:59 pm

sorry leslie...no

6:59 pm

not having that problem leslie ann since at the moment i can't seem to find any owrds to enter

I'm having lots of issues, leslie, but that's not one of them

6:59 pm

me neither

well miss nut - i think yourmonkeys will remember that next time you are stumped for a word.

6:59 pm

it is interferring with my lightning-fast word entry

7:00 pm

not here either leslie... had a dream last nite my puter got a virus tho!

7:00 pm

my monkeys all get drunk and pass out on the floor when i need help

7:00 pm

cathy i told everyone earlier that i had a dream last night that there was an 868-word grid today

*no wonder* nut, try keeping the liquor cabinet locked.

7:00 pm

well, good luck with your monkeys nut...but don't call them chimps! and good night everyone i am out

7:01 pm

taking zippy with me too!

7:01 pm

bye dorens!

7:01 pm

no way, i kicked those drunken monkeys to the curb

7:01 pm

nite o dorens

*gees who wouldn't* then they can't get drunk

7:01 pm

that'd be like a nightmare leslie...!!!

bye dorens!

7:02 pm

owl, are you mocking me???

well ihave been here 35 min and entered no words...

7:02 pm

not me, i got a whole pile...fifty five

7:02 pm

can anyone clue the 9? other than the fact that is comes from the 8 i don't have either ;o;

*remain calm* nut, me?

7:02 pm

p8 - to think everyone's out to get you, knitter

ea5 not the one that describes a beaver? ty!

7:03 pm

hey everyone

7:03 pm

i have 43

knitter, I'd tell you but I have to run now--they're really, really out to get me this time

7:03 pm

you mean they are not? looks over shoulder

7:03 pm

owl, are you aware that your thoughts are appearing inbetween the asterisks???? :<

7:03 pm

i'm beating rennie...bwa ha ha ha ha!

7:04 pm

94 here

7:04 pm

here, sj and knitter... *hands over foil hats*

7:05 pm

eyes everyone suspiciously

7:05 pm

hi rae

7:05 pm

*looks suspicious*

I think knitter's on the right track

7:05 pm

:*)

please? ea5?

Two of them, temple--drop the first letter from the me6

7:07 pm

sorry to, only have the beaver

ty sj - i have that one

7:07 pm

you know there's a doctor around here named Dr Beaver...

There are two of them--do you have spellings from both sides of the pond?

7:08 pm

raelite - not going to comment

7:08 pm

those brits and their strange spellings lol

aha! now i do ty!

7:08 pm

lol...........not the kind of doc you'd think he is either

7:08 pm

okay, i will! what kind of dr. is dr. beaver....LOLOLOLOL

7:09 pm

gynecologist of course (sorry couldn't help it )

well why can't it take both spellings for the me word?

7:09 pm

sorry, couldn't resist?

7:09 pm

he is a GP

7:09 pm

gynecological practitioner????

It does. Check for typos

It does. Check for typos

7:09 pm

TO is doews take both spellings for theme

7:09 pm

the me

7:10 pm

rofl!! nooooo general practitioner

7:10 pm

i was half right, silly canadians and their silly dr. terms

7:10 pm

doctor doctor doctor doctor

7:10 pm

but you'll never guess what Dr Cox does...

7:10 pm

nurse

7:11 pm

no, nut gynocological PERSON.

7:11 pm

urologist

i - don't - need - NO DOCTOR!!! sing it ren

7:11 pm

those nasty bum exams?

7:11 pm

or gynocological pig, if he is being rude

7:11 pm

boob smasher?

7:11 pm

no, Dr Cox is a gyno.

7:11 pm

ewwwwwwwwww!

7:12 pm

better than my gyno...bill murray

7:12 pm

dinner, bbl

7:12 pm

wow bill murray is really going a different route these days

bye la!

7:12 pm

not a specialist in "male issues"

7:12 pm

no, dr cox only does ladies

7:13 pm

so does bill murray i guess

7:13 pm

he comes in and tells the nurse not to cross the beams

ha6/24?

7:13 pm

i have a dishy doctors

7:13 pm

am i happy with 70 words for today?

7:13 pm

good times good times :)

7:14 pm

not me, i have normal dr.s

7:14 pm

argh! the very first EM 5/12 (and 124 others) continues to elude. help please?

7:14 pm

ren doesn't chose hers for talent, she choses them for their degree of hotness

7:15 pm

well shouldn't everyone?

alt sp am5/12 and am 4/5

7:15 pm

renfield... Took the boys aboard the "Interceptor" today, Capt. Jack was not aboard, but the crew were most interesting. :-)

7:15 pm

stid not using the list but i have an em 5 to give off heat

7:15 pm

thanks TO

7:16 pm

thanks knitter!

7:16 pm

hi stidmama!!!

7:16 pm

i got to see precisely 30 minutes of daylight today

7:16 pm

Hi all,how is everyone tonight?

7:16 pm

hi Cathy!

7:16 pm

open your fridge nut - there's light in there

7:16 pm

Nut? Is it no longer daylight back east?

7:16 pm

the sisters are out here conducting sisterly battles again!

7:16 pm

hi hodag

7:16 pm

Hi stid.

7:16 pm

can't complain

7:16 pm

ok - going home bbl

7:16 pm

no stid, i was just working that stinking long

7:16 pm

hodag, love your icon, my first cat was a chocolate siamese

pl pl pl ?

7:16 pm

no stid ot os dark here

7:16 pm

bye rennie

bye ren.

7:17 pm

dark here...9:16 p.m.

7:17 pm

later ren!

7:17 pm

dark here, 817 pm

7:17 pm

Cathy -- are you way I have to look at a map is Novia Scotia that much further east?

7:17 pm

ge516 please

7:18 pm

later ren... that's some pretty fancy dancing in your pic there nut. i guess the one who's on two feet leads

7:18 pm

hi Cathyer, my chocolate point (Ming) was my life,He is gone now but, not forgotten.

7:18 pm

hi hodag! hope you're more sane than the rest of us!

7:18 pm

dark here too 8:17 and I don't like it, like the long summer days

7:18 pm

mab, dancing my butt - fighting for my life as ren attacks me!

7:18 pm

atlantic time here stidmama

7:19 pm

*nods head in agreement with peri*

os 4 please?

7:19 pm

Hi stid,don"t count on it.

7:19 pm

i want long summer days with fall temps...perfect world

7:20 pm

I get so confused with time zones. But I have to admit at least I know what time it is where my sister-in-law lives in near Chicago because I now operate on game time!

7:20 pm

did anyone see my request for ge5/16

7:21 pm

hi all i have been playing for about a year and i dont chat but i love listeneing to you all and i feel all your ups and downs, I am female and I have just lost my mum does anyone want to talk to me, I am in the UK, sorry to interrupt your game

7:21 pm

it's only 5:20 here

7:21 pm

I am trying to find it too, peri... no luck yet.

7:21 pm

okay

7:21 pm

sorry peri...i don't have it either

7:21 pm

hello she!

7:21 pm

hi she

7:21 pm

Sorry you lost your mother.

nut are you here?

7:21 pm

ge5 ge + what cheerleaders shout

7:21 pm

yes owl, still here

7:22 pm

she, sorry to hear that.

7:22 pm

ge 5/16 ends like singer Mclachlan

she - i am sorry for your loss.

7:22 pm

hi she...sorry for your loss :(

7:22 pm

stidmama i know you from the chat

7:22 pm

oh, that worked, abe! Thanks!

7:22 pm

wow she...what was she like? were you close?

7:22 pm

thankyou all

7:22 pm

stid is famous she

7:22 pm

yw Stid

7:23 pm

My condolences to you She

7:23 pm

I must be dense cause I can't find the ge5/16 even with the clue

7:23 pm

me niether peri

may i have a clue please for the ha6/24? ty

7:23 pm

evanout I know!!

7:23 pm

abe, don't know that singer

7:23 pm

i'm aspiring to be like stid...only me of course.

7:23 pm

ha6 is ha5/14 with the "internal" vowel doubled

I had to Google McLachlan to figure it out. I am so out of it . . .

7:24 pm

don't have either the ge 5 or ha 6 yet

7:24 pm

Hi She, sorry about your loss its hard but things will brighten up one of these days! I lost my mom 5 years ago,and I think of her every day.

7:24 pm

TO- many women with double vowel in there

7:24 pm

i don't know what that means . . . double the second vowel

7:24 pm

peri- try singer vaughan

7:24 pm

periwinkle, remember the first name of the Dutchess of York, also known as "Fergie"? the first three letters of the microscopic "bug" + the last two letters of Fergie's name

ty peri! : )

7:24 pm

yw TO

7:25 pm

well...gotta run for now folks...son's bath time...then he's off to bed.

7:25 pm

london bridge runs thorugh my head now

7:25 pm

happy bathing cath

7:25 pm

cya cath

7:25 pm

I've come back from hols and I need 221 words to find help!!

7:25 pm

ugh i must be thick as pudding i still can't get that ge

7:25 pm

finally got the ge5 thanks

7:25 pm

good night little one.

7:25 pm

rae!!! you have zaboomafoo!!!

7:25 pm

later Cathy!

7:26 pm

it's not geeoo then?

7:26 pm

darn

7:26 pm

yes I dooo

7:26 pm

rear

7:26 pm

rear

7:26 pm

knitter -- what do cheerleaders say -- "siss boom b**" those are the last two letters you want

7:26 pm

I love Chris Kratt!!

bye cath! hi une!

7:26 pm

them brothers are hotties!!! ;)

7:26 pm

peri can you spoon feed the word to me

7:26 pm

oops

7:26 pm

trys again

7:27 pm

(i know...improper grammar, but they are cute)

7:27 pm

oops too !!

7:27 pm

oh she -- 221 is a lot for a UK person -- I know it's really late there. What specifically are you looking for, and have you checked the archives for clues?

7:27 pm

oh so cute

7:27 pm

aknitter, stids clue at 7:24 did it for me

os 4.4 clue please?

7:27 pm

OMG got the ge, that is my friends last name LOL

7:28 pm

LOL knitter1

7:28 pm

chris was always my fav...watched zaboo with my son and drooled every episode!!! lol ;)

Anyone have clues for the last for AMs? The big ones? are they related

7:28 pm

oh yeah...I'd like to hunt him down in the bushes

7:28 pm

rrrrrrRRRrrrr

7:29 pm

there is an am 5 that is the cheif

7:29 pm

lol... rae... well better go for real this time...bye for now

7:29 pm

chief

7:29 pm

All of the last four AM words are related... am + woman's name R*** hayworth, then plural; then instead of the first vowel substitute a double vowel, then plural

7:29 pm

need an ea5/14 - have the avid one

7:29 pm

Stidmama, I love playin but dont do the list most of my time is taking up with all your chat and clues! just ignore me this is the first time I have felt comfi with chatting sorry!!

7:29 pm

evenin babblers!

7:29 pm

sorry temple, don't have the os 4 yet

yes the last four are - alt sp 7 plurals

7:30 pm

peri switch the last 2 letters

7:30 pm

peri, same word, just transpose last two letters

7:30 pm

hello evanadine!

7:30 pm

she, i never chatted for a long time either...but it is fun and there are lots of great people here as i'm sure you've seen

7:30 pm

thanks Une and aknitter, keep forgetting to do that

7:30 pm

that's okay, she -- I play more to chat too!

7:31 pm

cathy, I though you were leaving!

7:31 pm

how is everyone tonight?

great evaN! how are you?

7:31 pm

You are a great crowd, happy babbling Im going looking for words now

7:31 pm

cooool

7:31 pm

lol...i know, then someone says something that entices me bk to the keyboard to put in my 2 cents

7:31 pm

zoot-a-riffic! hehe

7:31 pm

just woke up from a nap, evanadine, not too bad at the moment!

7:31 pm

I like yer two cents

7:32 pm

need an em4/5 - have the prince

7:32 pm

see you when you come up for air, she!

7:32 pm

k...now i'm gone

later, she!

7:32 pm

about to go down for my "8-hour" nap...hehe

7:32 pm

Duh, found it

7:33 pm

hi everyone

7:33 pm

hey, ima

Thank you for your help stid!

7:34 pm

nice meeting you, she!

7:34 pm

don't have either eo word, help please

7:34 pm

eo: means to blushin latin

7:34 pm

eo a very long time

7:34 pm

did it work Samantha Joy?

7:35 pm

NA 6/18 please? I have the other NA words.

7:35 pm

are there 2 eo's?

7:35 pm

thanks aknitter, must be getting tired when I can't find those kind of words

7:35 pm

Thanks hodag maybe I'll chat again, how do you do a smiley?

7:35 pm

eons

7:35 pm

eo5/10

7:35 pm

yes Cathy?

7:35 pm

eons

I got it, yes

7:35 pm

oop...sorry

7:35 pm

oh, i am trying to go list less again

7:35 pm

it does seem like forever when we're apart... LOL

7:35 pm

eo 5/10: to blush, or the dawn, also a blood cell type

7:36 pm

*giggles at cathy* that was a great clue! ;)

7:36 pm

OR eo: eo+ original *** (the movie)

7:36 pm

lol

7:37 pm

She, I'm sorry about the loss of your Mother. I just lost the Auntie who raised me this past April; I miss her terribly; but I know that she's still *here* with me in my heart.

7:37 pm

And I don't chat often lately because I can't keep the chat in the chat box and the words in the word box either! :)

7:37 pm

Thank you Nef

7:38 pm

peeked at the clue between running the bath and getting the kid into it...flubbed it by forgetting yet again to move my cursor *slinks bk to bathroom in shame*

7:38 pm

hello ladies!

7:38 pm

hey hey

7:38 pm

hello Bambam, your mother's been playing a lot lately! She's quick on the grid!

7:38 pm

but -- where have you been?

7:39 pm

i was off last week playing golf... have been around a bit this week tho!

7:39 pm

i'm missing the last 4 am's!

i hate re words...

7:40 pm

Who's your Mum, Bambam?

7:40 pm

i've got em all temple, which ones you need? (my mum is andree)

7:40 pm

The last four AMs I think are all related. AM + film star R*** hayworth and plural, then remove the second vowel and substitute a double vowel and plural

hmm bambam...ty just now i woulldn't know where to begin....

7:41 pm

Thanks! I have seen the name, but haven't chatted with her yet.

7:42 pm

does anyone have the last sa 5/16? thanks!

how about thr re 7'' and re 8?

7:42 pm

can't see any of the ON words

7:42 pm

thanks Stid! the last sa5,16 is golfer Vijay with a different vowel

7:42 pm

on5 and 6 make you cry

common words well hidden

7:43 pm

great clue Bambam! thanks

7:43 pm

Good evening Babblers. How is everyone?

7:44 pm

re7,32 to send again, and to see again, and the re8 is re + boy child + consumed

7:44 pm

hi Scrabbler! are you any better today? getting enough good tea and juice?

hi scrabbler! Ty bam bam!

7:44 pm

how about ar5,12?

7:44 pm

on6/24 - is it similar to the other ON words

7:44 pm

Yes, I felt better by yesterday. Thanks.

7:44 pm

hi, all

7:45 pm

hi Angelsong!

7:45 pm

any clues for the last pr6?

7:45 pm

good thing, Scrabbler! (I hate being ill)

7:45 pm

I looked at the store for ginger tea but could not find any--what brand do you have?

7:45 pm

well I passed my goal which was 200 I have 202, that's all for now, see you all tomorrow

7:45 pm

I actually do my own. slice fresh ginger root and boil it under the water starts to turn yellow.

7:46 pm

So clever!

7:46 pm

When I have a sweet tooth, I add a bit of sugar to the water and it makes a nice sweet drink that is as good cold as hot!

7:46 pm

the last pr6 is what you paint on before the overcoat, and its an extension of the pr5 before it

7:46 pm

Didn't know you could do that stid, I have fresh ginger. how much do you use per cup

7:46 pm

yippee peri!

bye peri!

7:47 pm

Hello Everyone I'm finally back to try and get my last 90 words for the day.

7:47 pm

Oh, maybe four or five slices for a cup? __thin slices__ but I usually do about a quarter cup of root slices to a quart or so of water.

7:47 pm

brb phone

7:47 pm

re 7 don't get the earlier clue please

7:47 pm

hey, faerie

hi faeriekae! : )

7:48 pm

thanks stid, how do you store the ginger, I read somewhere to store it in sherry and that is what I have done, wonder how it would taste as a tea \

7:48 pm

Hi Angelsong, TO, Peri, Bambam, Stid, Scrabbler and Une

7:48 pm

aknitter... satellites em** signals.... do it again

remet

7:48 pm

hi, faerie

7:48 pm

hi faeri

7:48 pm

Go Faerie!

7:48 pm

yes temple, and double the vowel for more!

7:49 pm

ty bam bam

7:49 pm

me4 me for lunch (again!)

7:49 pm

Thanks I'm gonna need it. Fighting with the Re's right now.

7:49 pm

who's got ar5,12?

: D

7:49 pm

byeee

7:49 pm

TY Temple

7:49 pm

only ar 5 10's so far

7:50 pm

Sorry Bambam, I've been looking since your first request and still don't see it

7:50 pm

and there are 2 ar6,21's ... i have the military forces but missing the other

7:50 pm

ar5/12..........upper limb + phone home **

7:50 pm

ha got tha ar 6 24 -- any one want a clue

7:51 pm

There's anar 6/24 that's a compound word for a body part though! :D

7:51 pm

thanks kalea

7:51 pm

yw

7:51 pm

don't forget to stick an s on that ar 5 12

7:51 pm

pl it for 6/21

7:52 pm

ok 3 to get.... eo5,10 se7,32 zo6,33

7:52 pm

eo + transgression

7:52 pm

zo 6 is the virus herpes

7:53 pm

zo 6 type of herpes or shingles

7:54 pm

i'm not overly experienced with herpes so having trouble with that one haahahahah

7:54 pm

got the eo thanks kalea

7:55 pm

sorry I missed your last query, peri. see you tomorro!

7:56 pm

se 7 world se***s + pa's mate

7:56 pm

I can't figure out the se 7/32 either, Bambam

7:57 pm

last pr6/24?

7:57 pm

hey all - bambam, hi, haven't seen you in a while

7:58 pm

pr.............what you use before painting

7:58 pm

angelsong- the old reading books for youngesters; or the "one who" ending on a number with only itself and one for factors

7:58 pm

pr + egg t**** .... an extension of those numbers that are only divisible by 1 and themselves

7:58 pm

i have a pr 6 24 that is the first coat of paint

7:58 pm

hi ping!

8:01 pm

Anybody have the pa9?

8:01 pm

yup

8:01 pm

pa..........they are out to get me

8:01 pm

I'm looking for that also, Scrabbler and the 8 of course!

8:01 pm

I won't finish tonight, but I would sure sleep better if I got the 9

8:01 pm

pa 8 and 9 -- i could tell you but everyone is talking about me (looks over shoulder)

8:02 pm

I have 4 of the 8's so far

8:02 pm

i hear voices

8:02 pm

if you are suffering from pa8 (and pa9 is the plural) then you probably suspect Big Brother is watching you right now!

8:02 pm

paranoias

8:02 pm

oh! thanks, all!

8:02 pm

i need a less herpes-related clue for the zo6, and then i'm done!

8:03 pm

especially Scrabbler, LOL! :-)

8:03 pm

Oops......see we are looking over your shoulder, and I read this off of your list!

8:03 pm

bam bam go up 3, turn left the down one and go diagonally

8:03 pm

Bambam, it rhymes with bananas Fo***!

8:03 pm

Bambam... to keep a list of personnel is to keep a RO****, change out for the Z

8:04 pm

thanks aknitter! fireworks! .... and i have learned something new too!

8:04 pm

YAY Bambam!

8:04 pm

Yeah Bambam!

8:04 pm

next time i see someone with a bad case of coldsores i can say hey zo6-mouth!

8:05 pm

Gets a winner with herpes!

8:05 pm

ewww gross

8:05 pm

the first guy ever to achieve anything by getting herpes!

8:05 pm

Nope, that's a different type of herpes, Bambam

8:06 pm

**mental note -- nef knows far too much about herpes**

8:06 pm

does anyone have the first re 5/14?

8:07 pm

coldsores are caused by herpes simplex, herpes zoster are from chicken pox and also causee the shingles (that I hope no one here ever gets since it is very painful!)

8:07 pm

hi kids - back for my last 64! *backs slowly away from nef*

8:07 pm

Bambam, I'm a NURSE! :D

8:08 pm

abe79.... a highly ***ulated **tion is not a very free country

8:08 pm

go Fiz go!

8:08 pm

What causes herpes herpes then?

8:08 pm

HAHA ok Nef you're off the hook !

8:08 pm

I've hadd too many patients over the years who have suffered from shingles

8:08 pm

thanks Bambam!

8:08 pm

herpes simplex B, stid. A=above the waist, b=below the waist

8:09 pm

i though shingles was adult chicken pox

8:09 pm

doh...should read down ...

8:09 pm

isnt HSB an STD?

8:10 pm

sure is bambam - i do some std prevention education as part of my job, that's why i know that stuff.

8:10 pm

Shingles are the same virus that has laid in wait in the body from a case of chicken pox and it causes severe pain along a nerve when it's reactivated in an adult

8:10 pm

we call it the gift that keeps on giving.

8:11 pm

I had chicken pox as a child, and again as an adult when I was about 35

8:11 pm

now called sti's (infections, not all are diseases)

8:11 pm

I am so glad I don't have any of the herpes thingys -- except the chickenpox which I hope never comes back...

is anyone else bothered by the near-existence of the word "astonish" in the puzzle?

8:12 pm

What do you do Fiz?

8:12 pm

my boys were both vaccinated for varicella, one got a mild case of chickenpox a couple years ago, the other didn't. So I guess it worked for both of them.

8:12 pm

evening all -- got a late start 160 more to go

8:12 pm

hiv prevention education, nef - they call it "capacity building" but basically i help people get the info and training they need to be better at their jobs.

8:12 pm

go pbr go!

8:12 pm

zoser is chickenpox-- it lurks in the body & gets reawakened...

8:12 pm

go pbr! you can do it!

8:13 pm

zoster*

8:13 pm

stidmama -- gonna try

8:13 pm

I work in HIV/HEP C prevention

8:13 pm

lib used a word gasp

8:13 pm

shhh lib! that zo (spelled correctly) is in the puzzle!

8:13 pm

lib that's the zo6! whoops!

8:13 pm

That's an area that *I* don't get involved with at all

8:13 pm

aprild - where in the world do you work?

8:14 pm

oooops!

8:14 pm

Hep C is a nasty one, just had a friend who's a haemophiliac go thru 6 months of chemo for that (got it from a dodgy blood transfusion)

8:14 pm

I work for this countries first legal needle exchange

8:14 pm

he got thru it really well but he was lucky

8:14 pm

had shingles once-- aaarrrggghhh!

8:14 pm

which country is that April?

8:15 pm

oops, USA

8:15 pm

where, april? so few states can keep them going.

8:15 pm

Washington state

8:16 pm

it's up for vote in MA...

8:16 pm

we fight daily to keep it afloat

8:16 pm

yeah there's one in sydney too, in King's Cross... i'm not sure how successful it is, to be honest.

8:16 pm

I just try to give my kids the info they need to make informed decisions -- I know that so much they learn in schools and from friends is flawed. I don't know everything, but I know where to look for the info!

8:16 pm

the most widely studied and controversial in the states

8:16 pm

bambam your friend is lucky - the disease can be bad but the treatment is pretty awful too, and not highly effectively.

8:16 pm

yeah it can be fatal so he was lucky

8:17 pm

april - have a colleague here in RI who used to work for one in olympia - she sorta sniffs her nose at our little, conventional, fixed-site jobby here.

8:17 pm

any site is a good site TheFiz

8:17 pm

Stid that's all you can do... hope when they are confronted with these things they make good decisions...

8:17 pm

I hope they never have to take advantage of needle exchanges and such... but I really hope if they do they will know where to turn.

8:18 pm

FIZ, are you familiar with NASEN? (north american syringe exchange network)

bye everyone! see you tomorrow!

8:18 pm

ciao TO

8:18 pm

yeah, april - when i was an active site volunteer we got a lot of publications and info from them. but i haven't been active in a couple of years.

8:19 pm

later TO!

8:19 pm

bye Temple

8:19 pm

I work for that company, they have two projects, NASEN and the parent company of that. I do street outreach and office work for NASEN

8:19 pm

lib - there aren't any in MA right now, correct?

8:19 pm

bye to!

8:20 pm

right Fiz

8:20 pm

maybe not legal ones Fiz

8:20 pm

many states have underground exchanges

ps 8/45 pls?

8:21 pm

april i admire you. (and good point - we used to ship syringes across the border under the table). I did outreach for about 5 years and got totally burnt. now i get paid much better to do a much cushier job. go figure.

pa 8/45...tired..

8:22 pm

*looks left, looks right* I'd tell you but they might be watching, daisy...

8:22 pm

daisy they're watching you!!! (that is a clue)

8:22 pm

daisy- think of the voices in your head (or my head)

8:22 pm

Fiz, I am sure that will be me someday too. It isn't easy doing outreach and I love love love it but I know I won't be able to do it forever. Thinking 'case management' uggghhhh

8:22 pm

I am below 100, taking a break. Back in half an hour for storytime.

8:22 pm

P....... will destroy ya

lol and here I am...a charter member of the Fox Mulder fan club...and I missed that??

8:23 pm

does anyone have the first or second pa 5/12?

8:23 pm

*shudders* nooooo, april, don't do it!

ty all :)

8:23 pm

April and Fiz..... congrats on that line of work. I work for a big bank making rich people richer -- so I have nothing but admiration for your vocational choice

pa 5/12... a first-generation pokemon. probably not a good hint, but it's worth a shot.

8:23 pm

gotta pay the bills (with zombie voice)

8:24 pm

bambam feel free to make this solidly middle class person richer if you've got a little extra.....

pa 5/12 sounds like a place you love in the spring.

8:24 pm

when all my kids (10,9,7) are older I will do something to help others too -- in the mean time i can just donate to good causes while i battle with the incredible cost of educating the kids and keeping the family fed

8:24 pm

thanks for the clues Art!

8:24 pm

my computer crashed so am trying to catch up with the chat I missed. I have a LOT of respect for you guys who do that

no problem.... i'm actually surprised any one of them worked... i'm not the best cluegiver

8:25 pm

bambam, it is amazing what a 5 dollar case of water at a place that helps the needy does for morale

8:25 pm

art begotti . . . must be a veggie tales fan . . .

wow! someone knows the name reference!

8:26 pm

or a bag of socks

8:26 pm

i hear ya april. after a while i just couldn't take having my regular clients disappear and never knowing if they were dead, in jail, or clean....much more of the first 2 than the second, sadly.

8:26 pm

yeah i went to an orphanage in cambodia recently (my uncle was working there for a year as a volunteer helping them with their little farm) .... and bought them a few things for their music room and gave them a few dollars each.... it doesn't take much

8:26 pm

just back from the library and picking up on the safe-injection site talk. There is a highly successful one in Vancouver which is saving many lives and turning many around, so of course it's in jeopardy because of our Bush-clone new Prime Minister.

8:26 pm

lol. . . my husband and I have all the DVDs . . . even though we don't have kids :)

8:27 pm

Fiz, if you see in the Washington news about a lady shot in the head in Tacoma Saturday night, I knew her....it is very difficult

8:27 pm

very true bambam. and family volunteering is a good way to get your kids invested in their community, too - serving meals, sorting donations, easy stuff...

8:27 pm

And Stid, as a parent I found that giving the kids all of the correct information, setting a good example and pointing them in the right direction (over and over again) and praying like crazy that they will make it through their teens okay was the best I could do. They are now adults and I *think* sometimes that we did fairly well.

8:27 pm

jill, we are in AWE of the Van sites....

8:28 pm

{{{{{April!}}}}} now my clients are the program staff - not much more functional than the clients but less likely to totally disappear or accidentaly OD.

8:28 pm

yes was a good eye-opener for the kids, but this particular orphanage was quite well funded, they were all getting 3 square meals a day, learning music and dance, and going to school .... so the kids thought it was like a fun camp.... so the intended shock tactics failed miserably,,,, it was a very impressive set-up and in no small part to my uncle who teaches agriculture in high school in australia and took 1 year unpaid leave to go help them....

8:29 pm

clients becoming staff is how it should be....true Harm Reduction at its' finest

8:30 pm

we have a nascent van site - it's hard to make people feel comfortable in smaller communities, especially if staff and clients don't invest in building community support. we haven't had problems with law enforcement, though.

8:30 pm

i really don't know how much longer the world can continue growing the gap between rich and poor....

8:31 pm

it just gets wider and wider and wider doesn't it

8:31 pm

phantom word...armpit

8:31 pm

we are tight here with the community, except for some business owners that don't live in the neighborhood but want to make money off of it.

8:31 pm

(um not a phantom angela)

8:31 pm

it certainly does, Bambam. :(

8:31 pm

not a phantom angela..nor is it's plural

8:31 pm

not phantom

8:31 pm

must be time for bed then... :)

8:32 pm

fizzzzzz!!!!

8:32 pm

$50,000 a year to go to Harvard, which is about 70 year's pay for a worker in poorer asian countries

8:32 pm

sure does bambam - and i don't think globalization is helping with that yet....

8:32 pm

bambam, or two years my pay

8:32 pm

real phantom word----earmi**s

8:32 pm

nuttttt! dr. bev got your card today and called me to send a "thank you" back - she appreciated it tremendously.

8:33 pm

thank you april! that is SO TOTALLY a word.

8:33 pm

dr. bev is going to be nominated for the honorary sainthood by me!

8:33 pm

it is to my cat Fiz!

8:34 pm

i'll let her know nut - i'm sure she'll be pleased.

8:34 pm

she should be, she assured us of the safety of a wonderful dog

8:34 pm

i'm waiting for the day when the rest of the world sends the bill to the US, instead of buying all their debt.... that is only a matter of time too.

8:35 pm

after that i suspect people will think twice about paying $250,000 to join a posh golf club

8:35 pm

What do you mean Bambam?

8:35 pm

Ahhh1

8:36 pm

the current wealth of the insanely rich is a short-term illusion in the bigger picture

8:36 pm

the "rest of the world", bambam?

8:36 pm

Believe me, Bambam, there are MANY poor people here in the US who would love to have a tiny bit of the pot also.

8:36 pm

specifically china, japan, korea, india, and other countries that have stock-piles of US dollars they don't need, so they don't upset the applecart

8:37 pm

brb - dad's on the phone.

8:37 pm

the gap is definitely domestic too Nef, no doubt.

8:37 pm

(so sad our president doesn't seem to know that nef)

8:37 pm

well, he knows -- but cares?

8:37 pm

your president is an idiot, there is no nicer way to say it... and the sooner he goes, the better for everyone, not only in the US

8:38 pm

if you have a terminal disease in rhode island you can have a little bit of pot, nef.

8:38 pm

Let's not spoil this place by getting into politics again today.

8:38 pm

i think that was a very kind way to say it bambam :-)

8:38 pm

okay, i'm outta here

8:38 pm

jen - you all done?

8:38 pm

I

8:38 pm

c ya Jen

8:38 pm

I

8:39 pm

*ducks to avoid overtly political chat*

8:39 pm

bye jen

8:39 pm

You can't here in MN, Fiz. My dear Hubby (hereafter called DH) has MS and I would LOVE to have him try pot, but neither of us want to do anything illegal

8:39 pm

I'm with Jen34. Outta here. I've read enough.

8:39 pm

ooooh fiz, you got some in your hair

8:40 pm

well come on out and visit, nef. i've got a bunch of friends who say it's changing their lives.

8:40 pm

eeeew it's cold and gooey and i can't get it out, nut!

8:40 pm

um, does anyone have the first em 5/12?

8:41 pm

i think it's plural of the em4/5 abe

8:41 pm

it's an alt. spelling of the 4/5 beneath it

8:41 pm

different spelling of em4/5

8:41 pm

my hubby tried the pot, didn't do him any dang good with his chemo.

8:41 pm

abe it's a different spelling of the first em4/5

8:41 pm

abe its a variant spelling (with double vowel) of the em4 after it

8:41 pm

4th fastest on that one.... DOH!

8:41 pm

ah, thanks Cathyar, Debb, Une, Fiz and Bambam

8:42 pm

nut i just read your story - you truly are a nutbag.

8:42 pm

what's the matter with your hubby, nut?

8:42 pm

i'm not nut bag!

8:42 pm

every time i've ever tried pot i've been asleep within minutes hahaah

8:42 pm

a pot - like a cooking pot?

8:42 pm

nef...nothing at the moment

8:42 pm

mj ren, mj

8:42 pm

*stage whisper* nef - he's married to nut - need you ask?

8:43 pm

*elbows fiz///hard*

8:43 pm

that's ms ren to you nut ms ren

8:43 pm

Excuse me, y'all: I was wondering what happened to babblehelper? I haven't been on in a while. Thanks

8:43 pm

Ok -- need help can't find pa5/12 and pa6/21. clues pls ty

8:43 pm

ren pfshen,

8:44 pm

RENNNNNNNNIE!!!!!!!

8:44 pm

*wipes political goo on nut's back where she can't reach it*

8:44 pm

nuts bu**

8:44 pm

nutty buddyyyyyyyy

8:44 pm

awwww fiiizzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

8:44 pm

ren, could you help me out sis? fiz was being mean to me.

8:44 pm

ren and the nutster - great act!!!!

8:45 pm

act?

8:45 pm

wait - what did you do to the fiz nut?

8:45 pm

rofl!

8:45 pm

ren some folks find that holding cooking pots help with chronic conditions - haven't you ever heard that.

8:45 pm

nothing ren, just pointed out where the political goo got her when she ducked

8:45 pm

she shoved me first ren.

8:45 pm

you used fiz's name in your bio fib

8:45 pm

i'm actually innocent for once

8:45 pm

yeah...i did...hehehe

8:46 pm

he he...i knew it!

8:46 pm

hey fiz, when i shove you...you'll know ;->

8:46 pm

last 2...on 6? first one?

8:46 pm

y'know, I have 92 words to go...think I'll give some of them a try (if I can stay away from this show)

8:47 pm

so about the goo ren, think you could just help me get it off?

8:47 pm

no fiz - any particular kind of cooking pot?

8:47 pm

on + someone getting older

8:47 pm

nut - get on the floor a scoot across the rug

8:47 pm

on + a bet is a w****

8:47 pm

drugs ren! illegal drugs! *rolls eyes* honestly

8:47 pm

hard to resist isn't it jilli...specially when the kids start fighting!

8:48 pm

i hear cast iron works best ren. get the biggest one you can find and carry it EVERYWHERE.

8:48 pm

thanks Bambam, you are a life-saver tonight

8:48 pm

thanks bambam!

8:48 pm

ask for some tomorrow ren, see if you get it

8:48 pm

rens going to a convention tomorrow

8:48 pm

nut looks like a slug with that trail of goo she left on the rug.

8:49 pm

dungeons and dragons

8:49 pm

even if i do scare off the odd republican! its funny coz it wasn't a political comment, just a personal attack ahahahahah

8:49 pm

what do i say - may i have some pain drugs for my dutch oven???

8:49 pm

no no no, say have you got any thai sticks

8:49 pm

what's your last word abe>

8:49 pm

just lift the lid up and hold it out - they'll know what you're asking.

8:49 pm

ar6/21 and ar7/32 - ach side of the place(s) deodorant goes - ?

8:49 pm

fireworks

8:50 pm

so i say do you have any thai sticks for my dutch oven?

8:50 pm

it was as 5/10, the second one

8:50 pm

congrats, abe!!

8:50 pm

rennie ask for mary-joo-waa-naaa

8:50 pm

congrats abe!

8:50 pm

yes, say you need thai sticks

8:50 pm

got it fiz!

8:50 pm

YAY abe!!!

8:50 pm

onya Abe

8:50 pm

pyros for abe!!!

8:50 pm

thanks for the great clues everyone. i have to run, but does anyone need anything before i leave?

8:51 pm

yay abe! i've gotten all of 4 words in the last hour...

8:51 pm

Good work Abe

8:51 pm

yipee for abe!!!!

8:51 pm

will i get in trouble?

8:51 pm

love a cup of tea abe, two sugars and milk please

8:51 pm

just repeating my request for help on pa5/12 and the pas6/21 that follows

8:51 pm

no ren

8:51 pm

coming right up Bambam, along with some freshly baked scones. which one pbr?

8:51 pm

rennie - you'll be fine - the dutch oven, on the other hand, may serve hard time.

8:51 pm

ok - then i'll ask

8:51 pm

I like your icon, deb.

8:51 pm

yes, please - I did ask for ar6 & 7 each side of the deodorant place(s)

8:51 pm

it's legal if your a dungeons and dragonser

8:52 pm

pbr if it's the first ones, its pa + two more vowels and an N (and plural) in both cases

8:52 pm

stem

8:52 pm

thanks dora!! i'm watching the game and babbling at the same time - by favorite pastimes

8:52 pm

ooops sorry!

8:52 pm

popr dutch oven - that's hard time baby

8:52 pm

what who?

8:52 pm

We need more of you here in NY!

8:52 pm

when your arm gets tired, where do you put it? that's the 7... the 6 before it is military forces

8:52 pm

I'm surrounded by yanks

8:52 pm

the last pa 5/12 is type of knife + vowel

8:53 pm

whereare you dora?

8:53 pm

poor poor poor

8:53 pm

ta, bambam

8:53 pm

me thinks ren has that mj already, her typing is sliding

8:53 pm

goodnight all

8:53 pm

no you're not, dora

8:53 pm

brooklyn!! my bf is from queens and was a mets fan in the womb-- I grew up in boston and have hated the yanks my whole life ;)

8:53 pm

abe thx big time, I was stuck, so to speak 116 more to go

8:53 pm

yeah and she's repeating herself over and over. put the doobie down, ren...

8:53 pm

nite abe

8:54 pm

yw pbr. good luck to you

8:54 pm

to many rings nut

8:54 pm

night abe

8:54 pm

16---let's go!

8:54 pm

goodnight cathyar!

8:54 pm

ren, which friggin im are you on?

8:54 pm

where are ya dora?

8:54 pm

hey nut did you see my Z word?

8:54 pm

which do you want me to be on?

8:54 pm

oh, dora, THOSE Yanks

8:54 pm

Not for me, I meant for pbr. I have 140 to go and REM sleep is summoning me....

8:54 pm

i'm a met fran from the womb too - and therefore a yankee hater .... rennie is yank fan - but other than that she's one cool cat

8:55 pm

107 here, but i think i'll go to bed...getting a headache

8:55 pm

um, eeny meeny miny mo - msn will do

8:55 pm

is chat giving you a headache cath? i hope not

8:55 pm

nite babblers!

8:55 pm

gnite evan

8:55 pm

apols if i offended anyone on my soapbox earlier, i have to go do some work, have a wonderul evening all of you..... back for the flip!

8:55 pm

no no deb...definitely NOT the chat...just been a busy busy day

8:56 pm

i'm a yankees fan prior to conception

8:56 pm

I can occasionally stomach a yankee fan if they have a good excuse!

8:56 pm

I can occasionally stomach a yankee fan if they have a good excuse!

8:56 pm

wait nut i picked my Z with you in mind - check before you go

8:56 pm

i hope you get a good nite sleep cath! sweet dreams

8:56 pm

evening all!

8:56 pm

Good night evan and bambam

8:56 pm

sheesh...my dog is going insane!!!

8:56 pm

hi firefly

8:57 pm

bambam - thanks for the ar clues *whispers - some of my best friends are bushies*

8:57 pm

Are you juststarting firefly?

8:57 pm

hello firefly

8:57 pm

Fiz - I like your Z icon

8:57 pm

ren- I'm in BK, you?

8:57 pm

ren- I'm in BK, you?

8:57 pm

Scrabbler - nope, but I still have 120 to go!

8:57 pm

racing from one end of the house to the other and crashing into the doors!!! lol...better let him out for a wee wee b4 bedtime.

8:57 pm

hi, new arrivals - this chat is speeding

finally, finally, finally got those 1st PAs! {wipes brow}

8:57 pm

lol - i think you better

8:57 pm

fiz...you sick woman, you may have entered the war

8:57 pm

*holds hand over heart* oh, no, jilli - so sorry!

8:57 pm

hey jillibus ;)

8:57 pm

texas dora

8:58 pm

*diving for the 90*

8:58 pm

thanks firefly. what war nut?

8:58 pm

OK, I passed the 50% point. Time for night-night. Go for the fireworks Babblers!

8:59 pm

there...dog's out...i'll hang here till i let him back in again.

8:59 pm

yay scrabbler~~

8:59 pm

goodnight scrabbler! sleep well.

8:59 pm

argh should be a word

8:59 pm

ooooh - almost time for project runway, my guilty pleasure.

8:59 pm

but dang it...it just isn't working!!!

9:00 pm

i use it constantly cathy - should be one

9:00 pm

"pitosin" is too a word, I had some in labor, but I guess it's probably a name brand medication... :P

9:00 pm

i loooove project runway fiz!

9:00 pm

lol firefly

9:00 pm

ask rennie how to spell it, cath

9:00 pm

night of th eliving dead is a documentary????

9:00 pm

ren?

9:01 pm

lol

9:01 pm

can't stay dived

9:01 pm

yeah it is time for project runway to get my full attention. Goodnight babblers!

9:01 pm

yes of life in zelienople, nut. because you know i have *no* sense of humor and am *never* sarcastic.

9:01 pm

any hints on the z's? I have the letter

9:01 pm

i'm frightened of ren and nut... the wild sisters!!!

9:01 pm

grated lemon peel, arlene

9:01 pm

ooh, and "snarge" is a family word - my mom made it up! (or at least I was led to believe she did...)

9:02 pm

zest

9:02 pm

oops

9:02 pm

catharine ze4 jones - and plural

9:02 pm

fiz - grateful for the sympathy expressed earlier

9:02 pm

yes fiz...true true true, and now good night again

9:02 pm

hello friendly babble-bunch! Back and ready to spin tales

9:02 pm

arelene ze7 is more lemony....

9:03 pm

hi stid! i'm headed home - read you in the archives -- see everyone later

9:03 pm

firefly -- "pit" is spelled pitocin...

am *?

9:03 pm

night nut. hi stid. anytime jilli. bye deb

9:03 pm

fiz - I rejected those becasue they were a name....

am 8?

9:03 pm

lol stidmama...my dog was just spinning his a few minutes ago!!!

9:03 pm

see you soon debb (drive safely)

9:03 pm

*reels at the visual image Cathy gave*

9:03 pm

Ooookaaayyy, stid! Ears all over the place. No supper here yet but full of tamari almonds (so healthy)

9:04 pm

lol

9:04 pm

still 90 to go -- no hope

9:05 pm

stid - thanks for the correction, you are so right on the spelling of pit *bows down*

9:05 pm

he had to pee stid...did the usual racing around the house n crashing into doors business indicative of same

9:05 pm

melon - am+alternate spelling of ms. hayworth or the lovely meter maid, am7 - plural is am8

9:05 pm

Otto and Owain had started out after lunch to tell their uncle Peter about all the strange goings-on.

9:06 pm

The kept their eyes on the sky, half-hoping and half-fearing that the bird person would descend again.

9:07 pm

well...i HAVE to go to bed now...after i let the dog in. stidmama...i'll catch up on the story in babanon. (oooh...this sounds good tho)

9:07 pm

But only the usual hawks, blackbirds, and cranes could be seen. In the hedgerows, the chickadees and nuthatches twittered and fluttered.

9:07 pm

bye cath!

9:07 pm

Sleep well Cathy, and the story will be waiting for you when you wake up! :-)

9:07 pm

nite all

9:08 pm

sweet zzzz's cath - thanks for trying to make nut behave!!!

9:08 pm

nite cath - dream well

9:09 pm

In no time at all, it seemed (they walked quickly), they spied their uncle in the middle of a field, checking the readiness of the crop.

9:09 pm

He seemed glad enough to pause for a moment, and met them in the shade at the edge.

9:09 pm

so I'm stuck in the ra's -- who cares. This one was too big for a library day and I should be thankful I got 195

9:10 pm

good work jilli - you're always a star in my eyes.

9:10 pm

go Jill go!

9:10 pm

wooo

9:10 pm

1 Thank y ou Fiz!!!

9:11 pm

jilli - do you have the ra5 and ra6 combo that's a fiber, like cotton?

9:11 pm

He pushed his wide hat back from his head and scratched at his balding pate.

9:11 pm

yes, thanks, firefly - I have sweaters with that on the label!

9:12 pm

He had dozens of questions, and kept saying, "Well, well!"

9:13 pm

71 left...brain needs a reboot!

9:13 pm

it's all the ones before that I don't have, firefly

9:13 pm

"I thought I saw a strange bird over your fields this morning, but I was pretty busy. --Well, well!"

9:13 pm

go hi there go!

9:13 pm

hi hithere

9:13 pm

all I have other than that are a violent ra**, what one did with the doorbell, home on the ra***, and an angled piece of material what persons in wheelchairs might use to get into a building, vehicle, etc.

9:13 pm

"So Nan can see? Well, well!"

9:13 pm

go hithere! you can do it!

9:14 pm

ta, firefly - you've given me something to work on

9:14 pm

jilli = last ra6 is a knife popular in shakespearien battles. mentioned a number of times in romeo and juliet.

9:15 pm

He walked back with the children to tell Helena. She was sitting on the back porch, snapping beans with Inga.

9:15 pm

jilli - only the first one comes before the cotton ones, but also you can make another ra with that one by adding an extra vowel at the end

9:15 pm

Inga's eyes grew wider and wider and her hands sat on the pile of beans in her bowl.

9:16 pm

Helena's hands kept automatically snapping beans and reaching for more...

9:17 pm

thx Fiz - i got your ra6 clue!

9:17 pm

Can anyone help with the gr7/40 and gr8/55 Thank you!!!

9:18 pm

Sebastian came around the corner as the twins were describing Doris's recovery. He came up quietly, unnoticed, and listened to the tale about the vial and the gift.

9:18 pm

speed - more and most like the fruit from which wine comes from

9:18 pm

gr7 more like the fruits wine is made from

9:18 pm

yw firefly - glad to help.

9:19 pm

MOST like the fruits wine is made from: gr8

9:19 pm

Une - great Z icon! LOL

9:19 pm

I have no ra's between the fury and the fabric

9:19 pm

thanks fiz and une.....

9:19 pm

Thank you finally finished now straight off to bed.

9:19 pm

His face grew sullen and he quietly withdrew.

9:19 pm

YAY speedfreak!

9:20 pm

jilli - double the last vowel on the fury.

9:20 pm

night all...... and wtg speedfreak....

9:20 pm

yay speedfreak! sleep well....

9:20 pm

jillibus, ra5: ra + NY baseball team member

9:20 pm

WHEE Speedfreak!!!

9:20 pm

night arleene

9:20 pm

congrats, speedfreak!

9:21 pm

jilli - spell the cotton blend with double vowel instead of the existing ending - and plural

9:21 pm

Helena, like Peter, had many questions. She was concerned about the shock for Ava and Adam, and was glad to hear they seemed to be handling these changes well.

9:23 pm

Finally, her hands could find no more beans to snap and she sighed and stood up, "Boys, please tell your mother and father how happy I am for Nan and Doris. Harvest is upon us, so I am afraid I cannot prepare a large meal..."

9:23 pm

down to 66 but stuck on re8/40 help pls/ty

9:23 pm

may i have a clue for the 9 ? please

9:24 pm

Otto interrupted, "Auntie, Mother said to let you know that with Doris feeling better, she and the other girls will be happy to come and cook for the harvest crew."

9:24 pm

i'm hung up there too, pbr

9:24 pm

rennie - plural of pa8

9:24 pm

glad to know i have company

9:25 pm

am 7,32 please

9:25 pm

"And Father said that since it looked like he wasn't needed, he and Andy could come help as soon as you're ready, Uncle," added Owain.

9:25 pm

ren - it's a plural of a word that's associated with schizophrenia

9:25 pm

The first am7,32

9:25 pm

like, scared of lots of things, or over one thing in particular - over the top scared

9:25 pm

the 9 is plural of the pa8!!!!

9:26 pm

bubba - am+phonetic spelling of ms. hayworth or the lovely meter maid

9:26 pm

Peter clapped the boys on their backs and said, "Well, well -- it seems this miracle happened just in time!" He laughed and kissed Helena on the cheek.

9:26 pm

Got that one Thanks, Fiz, the other or first am7,32

9:27 pm

"I'll be back for dinner, just going to hop across and talk to Paul about the harvest, then check the rest of the fields. When Daniel gets home from the village, will you let him know?"

9:27 pm

bubba - they're both the same but 2 spellings of the name - the first has a double vowel, the second is a plural

9:27 pm

And with that, Peter, Otto and Owain headed back for the little house at the very edge of the village.

9:27 pm

i'm also missing the first re5/14 beside the re8/40

9:27 pm

thanks, firefly and all - got all those ra's now but don't know what the heck most of them mean

9:28 pm

Thanks, Fiz

9:28 pm

hoope somebody got that 9

9:29 pm

hello everyone again

9:29 pm

hi kalea

9:29 pm

I may be pa******* but people are out to get me

9:29 pm

pbr - i think it means "queen" - a miliary unit is a ***iment +**tional security

9:30 pm

hello there, jilli

9:30 pm

pbr, I'm into the re lot now too

9:30 pm

re8?

9:30 pm

The sky was bright blue, with a lenticular cloud over the top of the mountain as the men walked. Peter and his nephews talked about the comings and goings at the market as they walked.

9:30 pm

re8........to sound throughout

both of the as 5/10s pls?

9:31 pm

thanks!

9:31 pm

Grammy and Grampy were astonished at the flower Nan brought through the door, roots and all.

9:31 pm

thank you kalea!!!

9:31 pm

une - that's one I have! It's what a echo does

9:31 pm

as5.............fall flower, and to be moving

9:31 pm

daisy - one is a flower, the other just changes the second vowel

9:31 pm

"Why didn't you just pick the flower and bring that?" laughed Gilly.

9:32 pm

The Fiz got the re5 -- thx for the clue now to figure out the re8 from the clue...

ty firefly :)

9:32 pm

got it----59 more on to the sa's

9:32 pm

pbr......try re + male child + had dinner

9:32 pm

"Oh Mother! It was so beautiful -- I wanted to see all of it!" exclaimed the happy child, "And then I wanted to share it with you. What is it? What is it for?"

9:33 pm

John winked at Anna and headed across to the park. Anna held her sleeping infant and rocked gently, listening to her niece. She started to nod off also.

9:34 pm

Nan handed the plant to Cathy, who laid it on a piece of cloth on the table. She took the child's hand as she was accustomed, then paused.

9:35 pm

"Oh Nan! It's going to take a while to get used to your being able to see!" They all smiled at this.

9:36 pm

Cathy pointed at the roots, explaining that they were more than anchors for the plant, but also helped it feed.

125

9:37 pm

the first re6,21 please

9:38 pm

fireworks...

9:38 pm

Nan's fingers traced the edges of the leaves as her father explained that they provided shade for the roots and gathered warmth from the sun.

9:38 pm

em4/5 again

9:38 pm

congrats, angel!!

9:38 pm

woooooooohooooooooo Angel

em4/5: give off

9:38 pm

Ava talked about the flowers, and how they opened up and the insects drank from them and eventually seeds or fruit would form.

9:39 pm

YAY angelsong!

9:39 pm

wtg, Angel

9:39 pm

YAY Angelsong!!!

or... em4/5: head of state in some countries

9:39 pm

And Gilly gave the plant a name for Nan: dandelion.

9:39 pm

that was a clue: re6 is to em4/5 again

9:39 pm

"Oh!" exclaimed Nan, "And this is what you always want pulled up?"

9:40 pm

Adam laughed, "Only because there are other plants we want to thrive. Dandelions take the space of those, and so we remove them."

*whispers quietly* fireworks.... and gone to tend to chores now. nite all

9:41 pm

yay daisy! good night!

9:41 pm

night daisy........congrats

nite Fiz

9:41 pm

*shouts* YAY daisy!!!!

9:41 pm

Una, the re6,21 after to use logic

nite to all...*poof*

9:41 pm

congrats, tndaisy !

9:42 pm

"But," finished Cathy, "Dandelions are good for many things also. In the spring, their leaves are used in salads. you know the taste, a little bitter, a little sweet."

9:42 pm

anyone have so8?

9:42 pm

Nan nodded, remembering the flavor.

9:42 pm

Meant Une!!

9:42 pm

yes, bubba, that's what i clued

9:42 pm

so8, the fellow who does your ultrasound

9:42 pm

"And as the flowers form, we can pull the petals and they are sweet. When I make tea from them, or put them in honey, they make a medicine that is good for pain."

9:43 pm

kalea - a guy who uses submarine location equipment

9:43 pm

"Like for Mother's headaches!"

9:43 pm

so8 the male who does so5/10 . . . apparently a new superhero . . .

9:43 pm

thanks bubba and Fiz.........i swear i tried every ending but that one

9:43 pm

"Yes, exactly," said Gilly.

hey everyone ! 45 to go

9:45 pm

yw kalea - i wouldn't have gotten it without a clue earlier!

9:45 pm

"And the roots can be used when a person is liver-sick. Esmeralda taught us that they carry out the poisons that make a person liver-sick. And that you have to drink lots of water to help carry the poisons away."

9:45 pm

Any clues for ag 7/36 and ag 8/50 Please?

9:45 pm

hello helen..........go for it

9:45 pm

fireworks! see you folks later!

9:45 pm

Nan stroked the little weed gently, noticing that it was starting to droop.

9:45 pm

hi kelen, yay and bye une!

9:45 pm

YAY Uneaixoise!

9:45 pm

Une, I have the em4,5 again, but it is not the first re6,21

9:45 pm

go helen go!

wtg une !!!

9:46 pm

Congrats, Une

em4/5: leader of some countries

9:46 pm

ag + not yes + amne***

9:46 pm

bubba, i just finished the grid and that's MY first re6/21 :-)

9:46 pm

nef - ag7 starts like someone unsure of religion and ends like the nectar of the gods

9:46 pm

and then its pl

9:47 pm

sorry, that's the 6 -plural for the 7

9:47 pm

re6/21 to send out again

9:47 pm

oooooh...........good clue jilli

9:47 pm

Thanks Jilli!

9:47 pm

Otto and Owain and Peter came in through the back door, and Nan ran to show them the flower. Peter's voice could be heard saying, "Well, well!" as proud as an uncle could be.

9:47 pm

That is a word we've had before here; and I miss it everytime!

9:47 pm

yw!

9:48 pm

Paul stepped back to join them, an d Adam looked around the room.

9:48 pm

"Well, well!" he said, in imitation of his son...

still having problems with the ag's...

9:49 pm

and John came through the door to let Gilly and Anna know that he was taking the children back to the house to clean up.

9:49 pm

i have the im that sounds like embossing............does anyone have the other?

9:50 pm

Gilly stood and hugged her mother and sister, and headed home through the kitchen so she could retrieve her baking pans.

9:50 pm

art..........the ag7 is ag + opposite of yes + lost memory is amne***

OH! i thought amneSTY...

9:51 pm

It had been a remarkable day, but there was still dinner and laundry and animals to look after.

9:51 pm

took me a while too, art

thanks

9:51 pm

A light breeze was picking up, carring the smoke from the stovepipes around the side of the mountain.

9:51 pm

to you have to make mad without a consonamt?

lol leslie - zamboni - cool icon - hahahaha i made a bad pun

9:51 pm

it's cool as ice

9:52 pm

hahahhaha

9:52 pm

nectar of the gods is ambro***

9:52 pm

gilly makes me think i should have a snack - brb.

9:52 pm

mine was worse

lol

9:53 pm

For the other im, kalea, change the last letter into the first vowel

9:53 pm

thanks, Erda

9:53 pm

Gilly and Nan walked home, leaving Peter and Paul to talk over the harvest with the twins and Adam.

9:54 pm

*groan @ leslie & helen*

9:56 pm

Nan carried the precious casket proudly, dreaming of all the lessons she would someday learn.

9:56 pm

**and that's it. A weak ending, but I cannot seem to talk my way out of this one.**

9:56 pm

back later ,all!

9:57 pm

bye stid........thank you

9:57 pm

night stid - thanks again!

9:57 pm

thanks again, stid!!!

9:58 pm

nite, stid, ty!

9:58 pm

70 left now

9:58 pm

seems these last few words have my monkeys running in circles

hello and bye stid

9:59 pm

hello lady

hey kalea

only doing the 9s and the 8s then going

10:00 pm

help with the last me6,21

10:00 pm

i really want "sonata" and "sonatina" to be words in this puzzle, but they aren't!

10:01 pm

how about that er 7????

10:01 pm

me6 field of work

10:01 pm

me6.............more of the past tense of introduced

10:01 pm

me6 metric yard + in sert vowel after the cross

10:01 pm

or me + ti4/4

10:01 pm

rennie er7 - like when soil washes away but different first letter

10:02 pm

er7 like when a mudslide occurs but replace the O with another vowel

10:02 pm

Thanks, Kal

10:02 pm

38 more to go --

10:03 pm

i feel silly asking for a 5, but..........ge5/16, anyone?

10:03 pm

go, pbr, go!!!

10:03 pm

que, ge5, ge5, whatever will be, will be

10:03 pm

go pbr

10:04 pm

ge + cheer

10:04 pm

hi there chj!

10:04 pm

fizzie

10:04 pm

ge + 3 letter "cheer" word.

10:04 pm

he Stid, if you are still here, I dropped in a t the end but didnt want to disturb. Was at Orchestra Hall for a staff meeting which ran overtime.

10:04 pm

haha i tried to type it in twice to go with the so 4/7, fiz

10:04 pm

thanks Fiz, lib, and Dianne

10:05 pm

lol leslie!

10:05 pm

hey chj - will you continue w. the me's???? please

10:05 pm

my last two..........the am7/8 combo?

10:05 pm

hi inge, just trying to get the kids and dogs settled in. hope the meeting wasn't too boring...

10:06 pm

me6 at $5 an hour my me**** wages were not enough to support my family

10:06 pm

me6 same word with a british spelling

10:07 pm

with 25 supervisors, who all think they are going by the book, and they havent read the "booK" for years, it makes for heated discusssion

10:07 pm

me4 nasty

10:07 pm

am7 & 8 -- do you have the am6/21 & 7/32? Just change the spelling of Miss Hayworth to a double vowl

10:07 pm

pl

10:08 pm

LOL inge, I can imagine! (so glad I am not a supervisor of anything more than the kids and dogs...)

10:08 pm

me4 me** joe black

10:08 pm

oh gosh.........thank you jilli, for the fireworks, and can i have catfish?

10:09 pm

hooooray kalea!

10:09 pm

me6 metric yard but double firt vowel

10:09 pm

yay kalea!

10:09 pm

t6hanks Jilli --never ever would have found that

10:09 pm

me5 pl of joe black clue

10:09 pm

when I worked, I found staff meetings tedious. Always felt like folks were trying to make themselves look good at the expense of others. Not my cup of tea!

10:09 pm

YAY kalea!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

pytons for kalea!!!

10:09 pm

me4 me**physical

10:09 pm

Back in 1984 it was strictly volunteer work to save Orchestra Hall (they almost made a fast food place out of it), now it is a pain in the neck ...sometimes

10:09 pm

uh...maybe that is pyros

10:10 pm

i hate allllllllllll meetings.........lol

10:10 pm

me4 me**rmaid

10:10 pm

whoooo rennie! someone's excited. maybe it's time to put that dutch oven down?

10:10 pm

or psychos

inge more of a pain if it was a food place, glad it was saved

10:10 pm

stid - sorry I couldn't respond at the library - got busy. Our library's volunteers (150 of us) do many more things than shelving. You can explore our website at saltspringlibrary.com (that's one of my jobs - keeping it up to date)

10:10 pm

me5 me***maid

10:10 pm

i jsut got scared of my movie!!!! i screamed and forgot to let go of the enter key!!!

10:10 pm

lol rennie...........and Fiz

10:10 pm

me5 me**rmaid + pl

10:11 pm

that dutch oven is smoking fiz!!!

10:11 pm

me6 me***maid + insert I after cross

10:11 pm

oh, I am glad they saved the hall -- but i know that as things that are nice are successful, sometimes they get so big they stop being fun.

10:11 pm

thats the me's

10:11 pm

*singing olivia newton john* let's me4/5 physical, physical, comeone me4/5 physical....

10:11 pm

now I have to go and get supper - bbl, probably after the flip -

10:11 pm

I think the girls are cooking pot in a pot. I am out of here before I become witness to a crime

10:11 pm

bon appetit, jilli

10:11 pm

later jill -- or tomorrow.

10:12 pm

buy jilli - see you tomorrow!

10:12 pm

bye jilli

10:12 pm

merci tout le monde

10:12 pm

another grey box :)

10:12 pm

that must be some scary movie ren

10:12 pm

Gute Nacht everyone

10:12 pm

go, helen, go

10:13 pm

it came out of the woods!!!

10:13 pm

good nite inge

10:13 pm

good night, inge. sweet dreams

10:13 pm

and scared me!

10:13 pm

good night inge

10:13 pm

the woods are the scariest place to be

10:13 pm

night inge sleep well!

10:13 pm

hi again everyone.

10:13 pm

especially with a computer

10:13 pm

i know especially w/ that scary hairy monster

clue for the re 8/40 please

10:14 pm

hi debb

10:14 pm

deb...hope youre watching the game

10:14 pm

hey debb - at first i wrote "hebb dey"

10:14 pm

yes leslie and the enter key

10:14 pm

lol - i would have understood

10:14 pm

whoo hoo monkey gets the se7!

10:14 pm

sure am chj - loving it

10:15 pm

great for wright!

10:15 pm

re + moonlight *****a + *asy does it

10:15 pm

valentine almost had 3

10:15 pm

wright almost had a second

10:16 pm

hebb dey is cute

10:16 pm

i wan the se fiz

10:16 pm

reyes had a triple taken away when the pitcher missed third base

10:16 pm

and wright made an incredible play at third

its ok ren im being the noddy headed dog whilst listening to ipod

um i got some of that clue chj but not the moonlight bit

10:16 pm

it is cute!!! i saw that chj - bu** sh** (although he did miss 3rd) -

10:16 pm

i love little bobble heads kady!!

10:16 pm

se8 tv se***s + not pa

10:16 pm

ok rennie - se**al killer+ clean the colon with an en***. it's the best i can do.

10:17 pm

watch julio get a hit now - when we absolutely don't need it

im bobbing away here need a break from school work

10:18 pm

beethoven's moonligh so***a

ok

10:18 pm

ar 7/32?

10:18 pm

franco hit

10:18 pm

be back in a little while

10:19 pm

see?

10:19 pm

fiz....good

10:19 pm

ar7 what a chair has two of

10:19 pm

la - the thing on the side of your chair

10:19 pm

ah thanks chj, hk

10:19 pm

bye kalea. rennie - glad to help.

10:20 pm

it was shake and bake and chj helped 2

10:20 pm

snake rattle and roll

fudge that didn't work clue for re 8/40

10:21 pm

ar 6/21... not the plural?

10:21 pm

how about those no's? tell him no no no????

10:21 pm

both are pl

10:22 pm

the russian and german ar**** were fighting in the cold

10:22 pm

really? hmm...

10:22 pm

ar + lets go ****, right debb

10:22 pm

*being choked by a no5*

ok sorry really dense here can someone reclue the re 8/40

10:22 pm

oooooh... i kept thinking armata. thanks chj

10:22 pm

EXACTLY!!

10:23 pm

kind of like to reverberate, herin... to echo

10:23 pm

zombies

10:23 pm

dont hurt me now cause her love belongs to me

10:23 pm

re + not daughter + consumed

10:23 pm

no4 high no**

10:24 pm

pl

i hate my monkey its not working thank you i was looking in the wrong corner, fish slap

10:24 pm

no5 the hanging end of a rope

10:24 pm

correct! you win a big bag of cheetos!

10:24 pm

add aaaaarrrrr

10:24 pm

30 to go

10:25 pm

I am really getting frustrated! I enter a word and the board says that that word doesn't exist in the puzzle; then I enter it again and it works! Any one else having that problem?

10:25 pm

no4 your schnoz

10:25 pm

no4 no** bene

nef i am but i think thats cause i put an a in the wrong spot

10:25 pm

no4 post-it no**s

10:25 pm

add aaarrrr

10:25 pm

pl instead

10:26 pm

no nef - guess the grid has it in for you today, lol

10:26 pm

thats the no's

10:26 pm

nef not today but it happens sometimes...

10:26 pm

tell her no no no no no no no no, no no no no no no no no no

10:26 pm

NA 6/18 please?

10:26 pm

I'm finally doing the fireworks!!! I'm going to bed.

10:27 pm

congrats pbr!

10:27 pm

way to go pbr!!!!!!

10:27 pm

wtg pbr !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:27 pm

YAY pbr!

10:27 pm

na6 one na**** under god...change the cross

10:27 pm

yay pbr! i've still got 13 but i was quite distracted by project runway.

10:27 pm

thanks chj

10:27 pm

and the dutch oven

10:27 pm

thx for the help -- i am out of practice

10:27 pm

27 to go. Sore throat making me miserable...

10:27 pm

yipeeeeee pbr!!

10:27 pm

herinfer; I'm CAREFULLY entering the words; I'm wondering if it might be my browser? I've rebooted several times tonight (NOT on purpose; it's crashed)

10:28 pm

fiz DO NOT tell me what happens please i have it tivo'ed

10:28 pm

may we do the O's?????

10:28 pm

oooh, don't tell who got kicked off fiz - i tivo'ed

10:28 pm

na6/18 think of a na word for country but change the 3rd letter.

10:28 pm

*zips lips*

10:28 pm

oa4 a dutch oven, perhaps...or oa + street

yep i am having a bit of trouble with my puter to, but thats due to overthinking i think

10:28 pm

hey ya dianne! how are you girl?

10:28 pm

oa5 a western

10:28 pm

phew, debb, that was close ;)

10:29 pm

oa4 quaker oa**

10:29 pm

thanks Dianne!

10:29 pm

ON 6/24 please?

10:29 pm

on6 an ass...or on + teen****

10:29 pm

plural of a smelly food

10:30 pm

thanks again chj

10:30 pm

on5 the dreaded tear-producing veggie

10:30 pm

lol leslie! im going to watch tonight tho cause last week i ended up seeing who got cu on the internet ! boo hiss

10:30 pm

pl

10:30 pm

still have 97 to go... this will be a close one

10:30 pm

first he goes after my schnozz, now my ass - will nothing please you, chj!?!?!?

10:30 pm

you can do it leslie

10:30 pm

go LeslieAnn go!

10:31 pm

oo4 what you say when you make a stupid mistake, but change the pea to a cross

10:31 pm

os4 os + **rrrrrgggghhhhh

10:31 pm

i know it's been clued before, but the im's?

10:31 pm

the first PA please? (I have all the big ones but the first four need a kick-start)

10:32 pm

the two biggest parts of your anatomy fiz?

um clue for the so8/45

10:32 pm

look out fiz! wanna borrow my dutch oven??

10:32 pm

im + ****ident bush + great grade

10:32 pm

so8 the guy who listens for the subs.

10:32 pm

chj - don't forget the thunder thighs...

10:32 pm

so8: the guy on the sub who works the so5

10:32 pm

then change the grade to a cross

10:33 pm

poor fiz! *bops chj on HIS schnozz*

10:33 pm

and the hippy hips

10:33 pm

thanks chj

10:33 pm

and the flappy ears

10:33 pm

NOBODY has hippier hips than i do! *swishes grass skirt to prove it*

10:34 pm

stid - pa+2nd vowel+vowel cons.

10:34 pm

wow, hippy!

10:34 pm

go hippy!

10:34 pm

thanks Fiz!

10:34 pm

i knew a girl in elementary school named barbara hippe

10:34 pm

shh chj i don't like to talk about my ears. that's why i always wear those elmer fudd hats...

10:35 pm

wascally wabbit

10:35 pm

i knew a boy in high school named jamie succop - we were always next to each other in alpah order.

10:35 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:35 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

10:35 pm

hiya minver

10:35 pm

I will sing pa6/21 of praise for my babbling friends...

10:35 pm

hey min

10:35 pm

{{{Min}}} you're late, dear, everything okay?

10:36 pm

there's my tea water. back in mo'

10:36 pm

((((min!!!)))) long time no see!

10:36 pm

I had to take care of my sick husband.He has the flu.

10:37 pm

At least I think it's the flu. Don't know what else it is.

10:37 pm

hello min!

10:37 pm

poor him and poor you. is he feeling better?

10:38 pm

oh no min - werent you going away? did you have to change plans?

10:38 pm

He feels better tonight than he did last night. I hope he shakes it off tomorrow. Had to postpone Vt. trip.

10:38 pm

at last....fireworks! *wiggles hippy hips in joy*

10:38 pm

Hello debbinla! How are you doing? Did you finish yet?

10:38 pm

yipeee fiz yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:39 pm

YAY Fiz!

10:39 pm

Congratulations TheFiz on your fireworks!Good for U

10:39 pm

rennie..got all the ochos?

10:39 pm

wtg fizzy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:39 pm

i did min - earlier -- you?

10:39 pm

yay fizzie

10:39 pm

hooooray fiz!

10:39 pm

I am so sorry he is unwell, Min, *sending healing energy your /his way*

10:39 pm

Congratulations on your early finish debbinla! Hooray

10:39 pm

anyone need any clues? *ties low hanging ears in a knot - no, wait, a bow*

10:39 pm

YAY debb!

10:39 pm

no chj - i'm missing tres ochos

10:40 pm

I have all my ochos, ren, want help?

10:40 pm

way to go fizz....share my dutch oven???

10:40 pm

*sings* do your ears hang low, can you swing them to and fro...

10:40 pm

she was able to see past her schnozz to enter 285 words.... wow what a feat

10:40 pm

you done stid?

10:40 pm

I just got here not long ago so doubt I will finish this. I only have 117 words so far.

10:40 pm

no, 24 left, but not particularly motivated tonight. Just really really tired...

10:40 pm

min sorry you had to postpone your trip, but i hear new england's supposed to be rainy this weekend so you may do better later.

10:40 pm

have you the am8

10:40 pm

don't get started on her feet too, chj!

10:41 pm

si

10:41 pm

ge8?

10:41 pm

si

10:41 pm

strange hint request... how do you find out what words are left? like, how do you know that you're looking for an am8/45?

10:41 pm

chj - i have specially made glasses with several refracting lenses to help see past the nose.

10:41 pm

gr8?

10:41 pm

si

10:41 pm

I went to the Yankee game today that was canceled yesterday. Yankees beat Detroit Tigers 2-0. Hooray!

10:41 pm

art, if you click the lickety’s babble clues link on the bottom of the page you will get a first and second letter breakdown of all the words. Very helpful.

10:41 pm

now chj's tony the tiger

10:42 pm

ggggggggggggreta

10:42 pm

gggggggreat

10:42 pm

he's grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8

10:42 pm

pa8

10:42 pm

si

10:43 pm

pa8: that feeling that someone's... nah.

10:43 pm

so8?

10:43 pm

Hello art begotti! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:43 pm

thank you... it's been a while since i've been here last, really

10:43 pm

good game chj!

10:43 pm

no

10:44 pm

chj you forgot re8

10:44 pm

male who reads the blips in a submarine

10:44 pm

si re 8

10:44 pm

re8?

10:44 pm

si

10:44 pm

re8: echoing within an object

10:45 pm

breakdown: re + not daughter + consumed

10:45 pm

then you should ahve all the ochos

10:45 pm

break down - go ahead and do it

10:46 pm

no no, i don't have the hips for that

10:46 pm

Stid, are you sick?

10:46 pm

*tosses hips to art* here you go - shake it baby!

10:46 pm

uh fiz don't you need those?

10:47 pm

(finds an appropriate techno groove) BAM! bustin' a move all over the place!

10:47 pm

thanks, fiz

10:47 pm

i always keep a spare pair for just such an occasion, leslie. plenty to spread around.

10:47 pm

awwwww, yeah, art!

10:48 pm

So, would anybody like to buy a vowel from this grid?

10:48 pm

oh wow that's pretty smart fiz

10:48 pm

Thanks for asking Nef -- I don't think so, I think I am just tired. :-)

10:48 pm

not like they aren't in stock or anything...

10:48 pm

my hips are rose hips

10:50 pm

rose hips make a delicious tea

10:50 pm

and they smell lovely, chj. i've gotta get to bed...see everyone tomorrow i hope.

10:50 pm

Maybe you need to go to bed early tonight Stid?

10:50 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the ae 4/4 word please

10:50 pm

thats from my herb book

10:50 pm

any clues for ge7/40 please

10:50 pm

ae + not off, min

10:50 pm

sweet zzzzz fiz

10:50 pm

more grody, flosey

10:51 pm

Never mind! I just got the ae 4/4 word. Thank you!

10:51 pm

good night, Fiz!

10:51 pm

fiz.....go rest your schozz and your butt and your hips

10:51 pm

nitey nite fiz

10:52 pm

good night fi

10:52 pm

or fiz

10:52 pm

i need the ge 7 also

10:52 pm

Flosey more ge 4/7

10:52 pm

Goodbye TheFiz! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

10:52 pm

ge7/40 filled with more bacteria (?)

10:52 pm

amd ge 8 is the most ge 4/7

10:53 pm

ge7 ge**an measles + p***re currie

10:53 pm

ooh thanks mayne, hadn't found that yet

10:53 pm

hey mg hows the truck?

10:53 pm

Hello Dianne!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:53 pm

Hi MayneGirl!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:53 pm

Kahlua, Truck all better :)

10:53 pm

thanks MG, sorry Leslie, didn't know grody

10:53 pm

Hi Min - doing good - thanks.

10:53 pm

aeons

10:54 pm

expensive?

10:54 pm

Hi MIn - doin fine - you?

10:54 pm

OOPS! SO SORRY!

10:54 pm

yes Min! now the other box... LOL

10:54 pm

Not too bad - didn't have to pawn the family jewels *snickers*

10:54 pm

I was doing fine MG until I guessed in the wrong box!

10:55 pm

ty min I had forgotten that one :)

10:55 pm

Don't worry Min; we won't hold it against you

10:55 pm

At least you guessed right - really embarrassing to monkey type idiocies and have them show up!

10:55 pm

get fireworks yet mg?

10:56 pm

YW kahlua! Glad someone benefitted from my OOPS!

10:56 pm

Yes - after much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth - some really stupid words today :P

10:56 pm

mrpeezo is not a word imagine that

10:56 pm

Tell her nonononono-no-no-no Nonononono-no-no-n o No no no no no Don't hurt me now for her love belongs to me

10:57 pm

Neither is "sez" :(

10:57 pm

good thing you tried it, just in case kahlua

10:57 pm

chj?

10:57 pm

yeah, you never know what's gonna be a word

10:57 pm

mayne..we were singing this earlier...the zombies

10:57 pm

ok so what's the 1st ge 5???????

10:58 pm

*feels chj forehead* you okay?

10:58 pm

we were mayne -

10:58 pm

ahhh I see

10:58 pm

ge + a cheer thats not ole

10:58 pm

Rennie ge * cheer

10:58 pm

huzzah done with re's

10:58 pm

chj has never been the same since nut and i kidnapped him

10:59 pm

Go Leslie!

10:59 pm

yay leslie - those re's are killers

10:59 pm

they dropped me on my head

10:59 pm

how about the rest of the g's? i now have all of the ge's...please

10:59 pm

Supposed to be cleaning up my bedroom - keep moving things around and now stuff is piled up all over the place *sighs*

10:59 pm

on purpose, chj??

10:59 pm

oh golly chj - was that your head??? sorry

11:00 pm

Which ones Ren?

11:00 pm

one wanted to go one way and the other wanted to go the other way so they just dropped me

11:00 pm

That explains it

11:00 pm

you know how nut and i fight!

11:00 pm

not good for the ransom to damage the merchandise

11:00 pm

I have to clean friday night...hubby comes home...I have been a true bachelorette

11:01 pm

nut started it chj...not me

11:01 pm

i could barely talk into the tape recorder for the ransom note

11:01 pm

ooohhh Kahlua - good luck!

11:01 pm

it not THAT bad mg

11:01 pm

Oh - not like here when Dad goes to Steveston?

11:02 pm

ooooh bachelorette party at kahluas

11:02 pm

not quiet...close...

11:02 pm

uhhhh... chj, you're not invited unless... well.... you know...

11:02 pm

You have to be a bachelorette, chj!

11:02 pm

come on over.....gotta bring your own stuff to drink

11:03 pm

chj - you can wear on of my wigs

11:03 pm

where are you chj?

11:03 pm

i tried to say "Please pay them whatever they ask for" but it came out "the tall want keeps eating cheetos"

11:03 pm

I see chj in blond curls

11:04 pm

i liked that ransom chj!

11:04 pm

just looked at your profile chj...a bit of a plane ride

11:04 pm

yeah, until you were paid in cheetos!!

11:04 pm

mayne - i agree - i;ll let him have the blonde wig

11:04 pm

and they made me wear an eye patch and they kept saying aarrrrgggghhh

11:04 pm

He's tied up right no w, I think

11:04 pm

LOL

11:05 pm

Course, going to be hard to ransom him, then, Ren

11:05 pm

don;t forget the effects chj - the leather wrists bands and the rings and stuff

11:05 pm

I am begining to think that I am the only one not drinnking tonight

11:05 pm

And whips? Will there be whips?

11:05 pm

finally, the two of them were argueing so much about who mom liked better that i took my opportunity to escape

11:05 pm

nut wants to keep him

11:05 pm

but your name is kahlua! that counts!

11:06 pm

But what about the whips? And why would nut want to keep him

11:06 pm

oooh now this party is getting exciting...i like whips

11:06 pm

Course you do - runs in the familly

11:06 pm

but i slipped on a wet cheeto and they shackled me to a radiator

11:06 pm

he didn't get far though mayne...i can pop a bull whip really good!

11:07 pm

Alright Ren!

11:07 pm

You need some serious fitness training, chj

11:07 pm

I'm better with a lounge whip (horse related)

11:07 pm

nearly took my unpatched eye out

11:07 pm

good thing you had one on the other eye, chj

11:08 pm

She is - take my word for it

11:08 pm

wet cheetos they get me every time

11:08 pm

well - i was aiming for the rumpus - sorry about that chj

11:08 pm

you want some guard duty kahlua w/ that lounge whip?

11:08 pm

Wet cheetohs should be declared a national hazard

11:09 pm

oooohh sound like fun......

11:09 pm

so should stale ones ewwwwwww

11:09 pm

Lucky Kahlua - just cause she's got the whip

11:09 pm

chj.....have you been a naughty boy??? are you in need of some punishment?

11:09 pm

And moldy ones - yech!

11:09 pm

it wouldnt be sop bad but all day long i have to listen to their parrot say...aye aye, matey, aye ye matey....its enough to make you puke

11:10 pm

how would you know about moldy cheetos....they never last that long when you are around mg

11:10 pm

Ouch!

11:10 pm

haha chj is wearing an eye patch, shackled to a radiator, broken, bruised, and slipping on cheetos and you ask if he needs some punishment??

11:10 pm

you better be nice to the parrot chj...kahlua on;s the job so nut and i can rest

11:11 pm

lol leslie!!!!

11:11 pm

chj are you lol yet>

11:11 pm

[somebody help me, please]

11:12 pm

*cracks the whip inches above chj's head" just a warning shot my dear....don't think you can try anything with me on duty

11:12 pm

you're outnumbered chj

11:12 pm

you guys are seriously cracking me up tonight... and i'm not talking about the whips

11:12 pm

love those black leather thigh highs, Kahlua

11:12 pm

ah me beauties are at work chj!

11:12 pm

pirates of the caribbean 3: the amazon queen

11:13 pm

he does look kinda cute there surrounded by cheetos

11:13 pm

even if they are moldy

11:13 pm

and all those blond curls

11:13 pm

and women

11:13 pm

whimpering

11:13 pm

sn8? i don't have the 5 or 6 on either side

11:14 pm

I don't know ren...I might be too soft for this job....I am begining to feel sorry for the poor pathetic lump on the floor

11:14 pm

[help, brothers, help]

11:14 pm

same as sn 8, leslie - just change or omit the last letters

11:14 pm

more snobbish

11:14 pm

no bros here chj - just the women

11:15 pm

HEHEHEEHEE - NO ONE'S LISTENING CHJ

11:15 pm

mg...that sounded positively evil

11:15 pm

despite my pain and discomfort , i can still find it in me to clue a damsel in distress

11:15 pm

Help....3rd PA

11:15 pm

a true cosair

11:15 pm

Sorry Leslie - didn't get what you were asking - sn8 is more nose in the air

11:16 pm

i gotta find a new website...babble for men

11:16 pm

like first - change third vowel

11:16 pm

I have to admit chj...you are one of the best clue givers out there

11:16 pm

there there chj, come to mama

11:16 pm

that's 3rd pa, mercy

11:16 pm

Kahlua - are you weakening?

11:16 pm

pa 5/16 rhyme with sa 5/14 - sa***ant Mercy.

11:16 pm

jilli!!!

11:17 pm

i can't quite figure it out still... it's the sn in the top row, right?

11:17 pm

chj is responible for most of the fireworks I have had....

11:17 pm

feel kinda like I own him something

11:17 pm

ok chj - jilli's here to protect you...but wait me hearty 'til she goes away again.....

11:17 pm

Hello Mercy!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:17 pm

leslie sn+ double vowel + row

11:17 pm

ooooooh didn't think of the double vowel thanks

11:18 pm

Hello jillibus!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:18 pm

Ah I see, Kahlua - you are easily bought off

11:18 pm

the pig got a sn***ful when he was digging for truffles + p***re curie

11:18 pm

mayne - did she let him go?

11:18 pm

what can I say....the fireworks are just so pretty

11:18 pm

avast and belay!! release the noble chj!!!

11:19 pm

thanks jilli

11:19 pm

jilli ! you're positively awesome!

11:19 pm

kahlua was that you finishing?

11:19 pm

no I haven't let him go

11:19 pm

YAY kahlua!

11:19 pm

arrggghhhh...we'll meet again me hearty

11:19 pm

noble? *snicker*

11:19 pm

no I haven't finished....

11:19 pm

i could eat a snicker's right now

11:20 pm

BOO Kahlua! Thou shalt feel the edge of my sword!!

11:20 pm

I usually only have 2 or so hours to work on it. 225 and below I can get anymore and I just don't have time

11:20 pm

i could eat a cheese doodle

11:21 pm

pa 5/12 ...3rd pa

11:21 pm

sorry, kahluw - thought you were gloating in the capture of chj and fireworks too!

11:21 pm

How many left to go, Kahlua

11:21 pm

*squares off with jilli* You are a friend of my grandmother....I would hate for blood to be spilled here. However I have been given the duty of keeping chj where he is

11:21 pm

she was cracking a whip over his head jilli!!!

11:21 pm

stroa win 1-0

11:21 pm

*passes chj one ton of cheese doodles, whatever they are

11:22 pm

I take my duties very seriously :)

11:22 pm

I see jilli has gone over to the dark side

11:22 pm

my invincible shield whall shelter the Prince of Clues

11:22 pm

she's guarding the prisioner

11:22 pm

98 mg..... I good show but not enough

11:22 pm

*shall

11:22 pm

'stros win 1-0

11:23 pm

st 6/18... brain slowing...

11:23 pm

invisible shield???? no fair I want one.....gimmie gimmie gimmie

11:23 pm

this was a nitpicky grid

11:23 pm

st****phonic

11:23 pm

oh thanks chj

11:23 pm

not mono, leslie

11:24 pm

[trying to make friends who will help me escape]

11:24 pm

see how valuable this prince can be? No ransom can match his worth, so he should be released for the benefit of humanity

11:24 pm

chj are you still hanging around that radiator>

11:24 pm

first em 5/12?

11:24 pm

leslie with us chj...nice try

11:24 pm

there's no escape chj....no way no how

11:24 pm

yes he is!!

11:25 pm

em5 sends out

11:25 pm

Differnen spelling for em4/5

11:25 pm

a differnt spelling for different too

11:25 pm

different spelling for em4/5

11:25 pm

oh sorry e + m***kat

11:25 pm

Eastern prince, that is

11:26 pm

ah thanks mayne, chj

11:26 pm

opps I did the smae thing

11:26 pm

jokes on me

11:26 pm

ahhhh can't type

11:26 pm

[winning over convert]

11:26 pm

lol kahlua

11:26 pm

I don't think so chj

11:26 pm

I declare myself to be a former crew member of the renfield pirate ship and overheard the magic password in order to release any suitable prisoner from any improper captivity

11:26 pm

erm, i'm switzerland until i get my last 22

11:27 pm

*tosses chj a wet cloth* clean yourself up a bit will ya....your making us look bad

11:27 pm

no jilli no

11:27 pm

parleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

11:27 pm

stands off to jiill

11:27 pm

the grog is amking me groggy

11:27 pm

I therefore declare chj to be freed from this nonsense

11:28 pm

jilli - you too could find yourself shackled to a radiator force fed wet cheetos

11:28 pm

bleeccchhh

11:28 pm

ren can you stop jill...she has this invisible shield thingy tooo strong for me

11:28 pm

and wearing blond curly wig

11:28 pm

lol mg

11:29 pm

gentelmen love blondes

11:29 pm

oh no!!!! jilli did it...the magic burp!!!

11:29 pm

LOLOLOL

11:29 pm

omigod!

11:29 pm

bringing everything full circle, are we?

11:29 pm

see, chj???? Wet cheetos was the password!

11:29 pm

*watches helplessly as chj runs away*

11:30 pm

curses......

11:30 pm

*comforts distressed whip-wielding Kahlua*

11:30 pm

*bows her head in shame* sorry ren I let you down....let me fling myself on my sword as punishment

11:30 pm

darn...those chicks were starting to grow on me....must be stockholm syndrome

11:30 pm

foiled again, heheheh

11:31 pm

no kahlua!!

11:31 pm

where are those wet cheetos when you really need them

11:31 pm

if you stop now the terrorists... i mean, if you stop now chj has won!

11:31 pm

chapter 33 is up at BabAnon. Sweet dreams, all.

11:31 pm

NO KAHLUA

11:31 pm

we may have lost this battle me beauties....but there will be another time when the mighty jilli is away

11:31 pm

bye stid!

11:31 pm

I mean Kahlua

11:31 pm

*flings a useless handfull of wet cheetos in chj's direction*

11:31 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

11:31 pm

wot? no gratitude to the protectress???

11:31 pm

no kahlua - we need you

11:32 pm

nite, stid!

11:32 pm

jilli - you are excoriated

11:32 pm

see how the noble chj is jilli! he wanted to stay in bondage

11:32 pm

xoxoxoxoxox sweet jilli

11:32 pm

I shall refrane from killing myself the embarassment will be punishment enough

11:32 pm

good night Min, hope your husband is better quickly. See you soon.

11:32 pm

whatever that means

11:32 pm

hmm, have to look that one up -- ?

11:33 pm

niter stid

11:33 pm

not to mention the spellling

11:33 pm

can't tpye

11:33 pm

xoxoxoxoxox = hugs and kisses

11:33 pm

*growls at chj*

11:33 pm

It's just such a cool word - I use it whenever I can

11:34 pm

*takes the growl back* I might need him for clues one dya

11:34 pm

I think I'll excoriate chj

11:34 pm

Leslie - how you doing?

11:35 pm

11 left

11:35 pm

you go girl

11:35 pm

GOOOO Leslie!!

11:35 pm

[puts hands over private parts to prevent excoriation]

11:35 pm

excoriate - strip, peel off (skin)

11:35 pm

how's about this zo 6?

11:35 pm

lol chj really lol!

11:35 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the se 4/5 word please

11:35 pm

nvm, just needed to ask to see it

11:36 pm

to appear, Min

11:36 pm

it se**s min cant get the se4/5

11:36 pm

se + **-da!!

11:36 pm

oh whoops i clued se 4/4

11:36 pm

sorry - haven't got to the s words yet - 64 left for me

11:37 pm

GOOO jilli - you can do it!

11:37 pm

140 for me...what did i do wrong???

11:37 pm

lol, mg!!

11:37 pm

Kidnapping and torture is time consuming, Ren

11:37 pm

you kidnapped your cluer

11:38 pm

you are right mayne....i must remember that next time chj - clues first then kidnap

11:38 pm

chj does have a point there, ren

11:38 pm

in 23 min....its a long shot... had jilli not been so busy trying to save chj"s butt she would hav emade it....way to chj...blow jilli's chances for fireworks

11:38 pm

Let's kidnap chj tomorrow and make him clean my room

11:39 pm

releasing the Prince of Clues is more fun than fireworks

11:39 pm

and mine 2

11:39 pm

hrrm I forgot a few words in there...you'll figure it out

11:39 pm

and my 2 offices

11:39 pm

i dont iron and i dont do windows

11:39 pm

we'll see about that, chj

11:39 pm

we'll put you in irons

11:39 pm

lol ren!

11:39 pm

It s***s to me,I need a new monkey!Thanks for se 4/5

11:39 pm

what about vacumming? I seriously need that done

11:39 pm

iand i dont clean cheeto crumbs

11:40 pm

but I bet you do a lot of more interesting things, probably not anything to do with clean

11:40 pm

ing

11:40 pm

well my captors made me do some things

11:40 pm

hmmmmmmmmmm....

11:41 pm

you signed a blood oath chj

11:41 pm

dancing like a monkey does not run under the category of "interesting things"

11:41 pm

missing two st 5/10s at the end of the list...

11:42 pm

st5 latin pl of greek portico

11:43 pm

i *think* that is the one i have, chj... not an expert on greek porticos

11:43 pm

also greek potico + straight vowel

11:43 pm

re 5/14? (1st)

11:43 pm

also greek prtico + regular pl

11:43 pm

that was one, chj! 1 left!

11:43 pm

re + ma*** carta

11:43 pm

there are 4 words with the greek portico

11:44 pm

ty mayne

11:44 pm

oh got them! fireworks!

11:44 pm

yw helen:)

11:44 pm

yah leslie

11:44 pm

per st***es....means by the root...a manner of estate distribution

11:44 pm

Congratulations helenkeller on fireworks!Good for U!

11:44 pm

YAY Leslie!!!!

11:44 pm

wtg leslie !!!!!

11:44 pm

pyros leslie!!!!

11:45 pm

yay les

11:45 pm

YAY leslie!! dear old greek portico!! bow to chj or beware!!

11:46 pm

*thinks jilli is under the influence*

11:46 pm

sa 5/10? (not the plastic wrap)

11:46 pm

absholutely not

11:47 pm

sa * ***fer (toke)

11:47 pm

mayne - you want the dutch oven???

11:47 pm

ty mg!

11:48 pm

*bats eyes innocently* I'm too old to know what a toke is

11:48 pm

yw helen:)

11:48 pm

bull&^%$# jill

11:48 pm

lol rennie!

11:48 pm

heheh

11:48 pm

mg know what it is hehhee I SAW her

11:49 pm

ive arranged for my shackles to be unlocked at the flip so that im can slip over the side of the amazon queen and make my way to safety in a rowboat that i arranged for safe passage

11:49 pm

you gave it to me - what was I to do?

11:49 pm

lol kahlua

11:49 pm

nothing like advertising the get away plan

11:49 pm

youre too old NOT to know what toke is

11:50 pm

true...but I didn't make you take it

11:50 pm

methinks chj is looking to be recaptured

uh... think i can do 139 words in 10 minutes? haha

11:50 pm

FIREWORDS !!!!!

11:50 pm

Does anyone have a clie for the zo 6/33 word please?

11:50 pm

prolly not ballet

yes! it would be a record!

11:50 pm

speedtyping, ballet

11:50 pm

YIPEEEEEEE helen

11:50 pm

speedtyping, ballet

11:50 pm

yay helen

11:50 pm

Congratulations helenkeller on fireworks!Good for U!

11:51 pm

pyros helen!!!

11:51 pm

dont bogart that joint my friend...pass it over to me

11:51 pm

Yay for Helen!!!!

11:51 pm

Hello balletslippers! How are you?Welcome to the grid

11:51 pm

chj - we can accomdate you with the never ending shackles

congrats helen!!

11:51 pm

Best jack nicholson role ever!

11:51 pm

min you are always so proper....

i'm good minver. thanks..

11:51 pm

chj - you mean you were running away with those shackles still attached? They will fall away of their own accord if you tell me that legal term - per st****

11:51 pm

ty, ty, ty

i think its nice that min always welcomes us to the grid

11:52 pm

zo *mon**** mash!

11:52 pm

I should have said that with a :) I think it's great

11:52 pm

min is definitely a sweetie, like stidmama

11:52 pm

st + ***de and prejudice backwards

11:53 pm

7 minutes to freedom

we have such great people in babbleville

11:54 pm

and some rotten apples

11:54 pm

so who's guarding the radiator?

11:54 pm

one way or another - we're gonna get you -we'll get you

11:54 pm

MG ... is the flip race between you and me or are your bringing in your sidekick?

11:54 pm

who kidnap innocent people

blondie!!

11:55 pm

the rotten apples were there for the taking

11:55 pm

goes with the curls

11:55 pm

since when are you innocent?

11:55 pm

cannot get that st...magic spell fading....

11:55 pm

thats why you have scurvy

11:55 pm

which st are you looking for jilli?

11:56 pm

It would be nice if I could finish a puzzle since I have tile stats now.Never finished a grid when I had them before for my trial period. Wonder long I'll have them

11:56 pm

aye ye scurvy knave

11:56 pm

***de and prejudice backwards.....add that to st

11:56 pm

I dunno.. the legal thing chj was cluing.. but it doesn't matter..60 left...gasp....rattle

11:56 pm

P-R-Ide and prejudice

11:56 pm

Kahlua - IBB is going to go solo tonite against you!

11:57 pm

jilli sound like those thingies on a saddle you put your feet in..or those thingies at the obgyns

11:57 pm

st + I-R-P

11:57 pm

as in irp = st

11:57 pm

st + birds ch***

11:57 pm

+

11:57 pm

OY!

11:57 pm

rhymes w wyatt earp...

11:57 pm

stirp!!!

11:57 pm

hey chic!!!

yeah, the free stats are really nice, but i don't think they help enough to make me finish a grid when I wouldn't before

11:57 pm

opp sorry

11:57 pm

chic....help me please

that would be the correct word kahlua... hahaha

11:58 pm

no chic - back, back!

11:58 pm

ready mg?

11:58 pm

Hello Ren! and chj, what do you need?

11:58 pm

So helpful, kahlua

11:58 pm

aahhhh... reviving....the Prince's shackles are falling away ---- have fallen! Got it!!! (Was thinking of legalese 'without prejudice..'

11:58 pm

i need a shackle master key

11:58 pm

It's going to be IBB, Kahlua

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

where are you going?

11:59 pm

chj is trying to escape after nut andi kidnapped him and mayne and kahlua helped us keep him captive then jilli freed him by a cheetos burp

11:59 pm

here, chj -- shackles are gone!! Trust mama!

11:59 pm

nowhere - but one on one is fairer

11:59 pm

hiya ping

11:59 pm

whew - back in time

11:59 pm

you make it sound so trite ren

11:59 pm

Hello Ping! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:59 pm

hi hk

12:00 am

missing some ineresting conversations!!

12:00 am

thanks min!

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