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182 3,592
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214 2,793
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219 2,727
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223 2,711
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227 2,685
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232 2,656
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236 2,604
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242 2,491
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249 2,418
250 2,415
251 2,415
252 2,415
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254 2,397
255 2,394
256 2,377
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260 2,325
261 2,324
262 2,313
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264 2,304
265 2,301
266 2,281
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268 2,265
269 2,262
270 2,260
271 2,253
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273 2,236
274 2,220
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282 2,176
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289 2,129
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291 2,113
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293 2,106
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300 2,049
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302 2,036
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306 1,995
307 1,995
308 1,988
309 1,985
310 1,985
311 1,983
312 1,983
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314 1,964
315 1,960
316 1,957
317 1,957
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319 1,953
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321 1,946
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323 1,940
324 1,934
325 1,933
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327 1,899
328 1,895
329 1,894
330 1,892
331 1,888
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333 1,882
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337 1,841
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339 1,830
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341 1,814
342 1,812
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344 1,795
345 1,795
346 1,794
347 1,787
348 1,773
349 1,770
350 1,769
351 1,766
352 1,764
353 1,754
354 1,747
355 1,746
356 1,731
357 1,731
358 1,730
359 1,722
360 1,722
361 1,715
362 1,712
363 1,703
364 1,695
365 1,692
366 1,691
367 1,685
368 1,681
369 1,679
370 1,679
371 1,675
372 1,663
373 1,660
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375 1,632
376 1,626
377 1,615
378 1,604
379 1,597
380 1,560
381 1,558
382 1,548
383 1,544
384 1,541
385 1,534
386 1,531
387 1,529
388 1,528
389 1,517
390 1,514
391 1,498
392 1,491
393 1,488
394 1,482
395 1,472
396 1,471
397 1,468
398 1,467
399 1,462
400 1,462
401 1,453
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403 1,446
404 1,427
405 1,426
406 1,423
407 1,411
408 1,409
409 1,408
410 1,403
411 1,402
412 1,401
413 1,400
414 1,398
415 1,398
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417 1,388
418 1,381
419 1,369
420 1,368
421 1,367
422 1,366
423 1,348
424 1,346
425 1,344
426 1,335
427 1,333
428 1,332
429 1,327
430 1,317
431 1,315
432 1,314
433 1,310
434 1,308
435 1,305
436 1,293
437 1,290
438 1,282
439 1,281
440 1,280
441 1,275
442 1,274
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444 1,248
445 1,246
446 1,244
447 1,243
448 1,242
449 1,240
450 1,238
451 1,226
452 1,223
453 1,220
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455 1,207
456 1,199
457 1,199
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459 1,174
460 1,174
461 1,153
462 1,150
463 1,142
464 1,142
465 1,142
466 1,141
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468 1,136
469 1,134
470 1,134
471 1,133
472 1,127
473 1,124
474 1,123
475 1,120
476 1,114
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478 1,110
479 1,109
480 1,105
481 1,103
482 1,103
483 1,103
484 1,099
485 1,097
486 1,084
487 1,078
488 1,072
489 1,072
490 1,069
491 1,061
492 1,059
493 1,058
494 1,057
495 1,049
496 1,044
497 1,032
498 1,028
499 1,025
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501 1,016
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733 365
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794 223
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820 153
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832 113
833 111
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871 7
872 5
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238 total words

12:00 am

flippy!!!

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flipster!!

12:00 am

flipper

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

eek, another biggie

did you catch that last post jac?

12:00 am

how'd you do hk?

12:00 am

oh my gosh, 238 is my number! i was gonna say it but thought i wouldn't get it in before the flip and 234 was faster!

12:00 am

another one I won't be doing at this busy time

12:00 am

hi jilli!

12:01 am

yeah, sure hurshy

12:01 am

:-)

12:01 am

oh, ask atalante, she knows about 238!

12:01 am

re7

12:01 am

lol, i believe you

12:02 am

Hi all on new grid. Need to go out and check Other Half has put recycling boxes out for collection... and add a few items.

12:02 am

later jac!

12:02 am

fran - still had 30 some to go - it's ok

12:02 am

br8

12:02 am

ee7

12:02 am

br9

12:03 am

fe7

12:03 am

bu8

12:03 am

br7

Want some 2 letter clues, go check out my clues page. Enjoy the grid!

12:04 am

thanks lickety!!

12:04 am

thanks Lickety :)

12:04 am

ru7, ru8

12:04 am

couldn't have done it without you yesterday.

12:04 am

thanks sweet lickety!!!

12:05 am

sh7

12:05 am

si7

hi all... I had one last time that totally stumped me. Does anyone remember what they had for the tr 8??

12:05 am

yay, got the bu8

12:06 am

trochaic dee

wow ty so much... don't know why I couldn't see that

12:06 am

silt

12:06 am

br9

12:07 am

Just come back! 238 words? ANother biggie this close to Christmas? Dr_God is is a sadist!

12:07 am

yay! i found the 9 all by myself

12:08 am

si7

12:08 am

oh, that was said already

12:08 am

I'm off to bed now...good night/day whatever it may be :)

12:09 am

night faerie!

12:09 am

careful at work tomorrow!

12:09 am

nite Faerie

12:09 am

'Night Faerie. I won't be far behind you. Not in your house of course... lol.

12:09 am

shit

12:09 am

good nite faerie - have a good time at work, always be on guard

12:09 am

at least 2 re7s

12:09 am

lol jac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:10 am

OOOPS!

12:10 am

teee, hee!

12:10 am

tr7

12:11 am

and tr8

12:11 am

3 re7

12:11 am

Hell - have you messaged me via BabAnon yet?

12:12 am

jac - i can't get in there cause of the cookies thingy

12:13 am

Hell - just take your firewall and cookies thingies down a bit to join and than put 'em back up aftterwards.

12:13 am

me8

12:14 am

BJ - are you back home yet, or still away working?

12:14 am

jac - i don't know how to do that, my neighbor handles all these things for me :)

12:14 am

now that's christmasy!

12:15 am

home. drat

12:15 am

snow flurries today

12:15 am

toes in the sand at the beach last week....

12:16 am

stats have been up last three days.....

12:17 am

i saw that BJ, thanks

12:17 am

ooh, I should have checked. TY brandyjack, and hello all...

12:18 am

Have they, BJ? Not been into BabAnon since I put my last comment in. Glad you're back!

12:18 am

somebody help me wit the 9

12:19 am

kkkk, most like a Fuller man's product

12:19 am

its a BR

12:19 am

grey squirrels have the br****** tails...

12:19 am

There's a 9? Not even looked at stats yet, We've Only Just Begun - as The Carpenters said...

12:20 am

after yesterdays, ready for the big yellow taxi......

12:20 am

i didnt get it..anther clue pls

12:21 am

I did, BJ, thanks a lot

12:21 am

BJ also posted one

12:21 am

ooh look, emeril

12:22 am

se7, if nobody said it...

12:22 am

*peers at cd shelf, seeking out Joni Mitchell*

12:22 am

This might be the fastest I have been to 100 words

12:23 am

i gots 168... mitch?

ok... done with the b and e words... off to bed... night all

12:25 am

night smooth

12:26 am

2 fe7

12:26 am

good nite smooth

12:27 am

4 re7

12:28 am

hursh, you're my first phantom in today's grid

12:28 am

:)

12:29 am

LOL

12:29 am

jac, your people are in here too

12:29 am

i don't remember what my first was. maybe slither.

12:30 am

They are? What people are those then/ Br***

12:30 am

yes, those

12:30 am

Oh heck, Yes. We really don't like that tag.

12:31 am

would you rather be sh***?

12:31 am

glad you told me, i'll try not to use it

12:31 am

hursh - Don't be silly!

12:31 am

oh dear, that is going to be difficult.

12:32 am

LOL. Sorry.

12:32 am

good nite everyone

12:32 am

oh, does that mean you are taking it back?

12:32 am

night helen!

12:32 am

I suppose it's equivalent to you lot being called 'you Yanks'...?

12:33 am

you kin call us yanks if yer wanta

12:33 am

LOl., hursh.

hi 7 g'nite, hk.

12:33 am

you kin even call us DAMN yanks

12:34 am

overpaid, oversexed and Over HERE. LOL.

12:34 am

but whatever y'do, DON'T forget to call us for dinner.

12:34 am

hi melon!

12:35 am

damned foreigners! Tee, hee!

hi, Fran!

12:35 am

60 years later and that's still going around.....

12:36 am

Indeed it is, BJ!

12:36 am

i'd ruther be british anyway.

12:36 am

you, gwyneth paltrow and madonna hursh. :-)

12:37 am

now this hi7 is the first one that has stopped me in my tracks.

12:37 am

ah, but they have money to smoothe their path

12:37 am

Lots of old men still grumbling about that 'over here' and lots of old women still grinning. LOL. All's fair in love and war, when you don't knoe if you'll be coming back to where you left later.

12:37 am

Shalom Everyone

12:38 am

you could just adopt a faux accent and tell people you are british.

OK - NOW what have i walked in on - i always miss the funstuff!

12:38 am

hi arb!

ARB! Shalom!

12:38 am

i'm not that good at accents...

12:38 am

Incidentally, BJ, how much of a native Canadian are you?

12:38 am

HI Melon. Ma Nishma?

12:38 am

melon, that's a beautiful modern menorah in your icon, very chic

12:38 am

don't you know you're supposed to knock first melon? Around here who knows what you are likely to walk in on....

12:38 am

but i read british things. and what i say is, if you can't be british, be as british as you can.

12:39 am

melon, i was pointing out a word to jac (br5) and it sparked a discussion

12:40 am

I got a photo of my family in Canada yesterday from my Mum. I was shocked at how much my Canadian auntie (British born) now looks like Lizze II with 2 stone added.

12:40 am

le7

12:41 am

le8

12:41 am

grandparents on one side danish nationals came over in '23. Other side is English great grandparents on one side, 8 or 9th generation canadian in the middle.

12:41 am

*yawn* hi all

12:41 am

not related to my 7 i think...

12:41 am

hi ata!

12:41 am

ooh, ata's up early

12:41 am

Buy me a t-shirt with that on it and I'll wear it.

Hi, ARB, i'm home recuperating from a hysterectomy -since you asked ;) - elective due to family history. kids have been huge help - my 15 year old son made chicken soup. My fridge runneth over.

12:41 am

Oh yeah. Hello all.

12:41 am

so another le7

12:41 am

yes

oh, ARB, and where have you been - travelling i know . . .

12:42 am

i hope you're recovering well melon!

12:42 am

far too early!

12:42 am

Kol Hakavod to your 15 year old. We jsut got back from a 3 week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Tres interesting.

12:42 am

BJ - that's a pretty feisty mix of genes. Enjoy!

12:42 am

did anyone mention le8?

12:42 am

ata, did you get up in time to do more of the last grid?

12:43 am

oh yes dear, only just

12:43 am

wow arb, that sounds great, i've been to Vietnam, loved it.

12:43 am

i'm considered the pick of the litter.....

12:43 am

no ... but I should have done, just spent the night tossing and turning and getting annoyed I couldnt slepe

12:44 am

:(

12:44 am

I'm sure you are, BJ!;)

he's a good kid ARB - alsop to my daughter, 20 - who really kept the house going - she slept here for the 1st time since she was 16 - that warmed my heart.

12:45 am

carpe FELIS!

12:45 am

Aw. Melonhead.xxx

tx jac

12:46 am

My middle daughter is here from Vermont for Chanukah -- there is a reunion going on in my living room right now, so I may be very distracted.

carpe felis! my felis is way too fast!

12:46 am

b 7, 8, 9

12:47 am

you must be MORE velocious than your felis! and sneakier!

12:47 am

my felis is asleep! for once!

12:47 am

hi erda

12:47 am

Hiya Fran

12:47 am

re's are maddening

12:48 am

shouldn't have said that; she's just woken up

12:48 am

111 down, have to take a break to bathe the baby, be back later

enjoy. BTW, I'm lighting an oil Chanukiah i made in ceramics class - if I ever get a digital camera i'll put it in my profile. I threw 8 little bowls with stems - quickly without trimming and attached them to a slab - then one taller one to hold the "shammash". glazed in a verdigris/turquoise - looks ancient. I'm proud of it.

hehe hursh, but right now i can't even laugh without wincing!

12:49 am

oooh, sorry melon!

12:49 am

up to 5 re7 now

aw Fran, enjoy baby bathtime!

s'OK hursh

12:52 am

yay! an 8!

12:52 am

argh, we can't have meltier?!?!

ta-blinkin'-Dah Atalante!

12:53 am

obviously not!

12:53 am

I keep wanting burrito

12:53 am

how do i play this game?

12:53 am

and thrush

do you know Boggle cory?

12:54 am

you don't - it plays you

12:54 am

no, I don't want that, ty!

12:54 am

ferris is not found in the dictionary

12:54 am

be the grid, be the grid

and owns you - and haunts you . . .

12:54 am

Ata - that donkey word is distracting, Please don't make me see it again.

12:54 am

this

12:54 am

yeah, i guess cause it's the guy Ferris invented it

12:54 am

apparently it's not the game i thought it was

12:55 am

don't listen to them cory

12:55 am

LOL

12:55 am

cory, go to Help of scroll down to Angelsong

12:56 am

*or

12:56 am

cory - You've arrived whehn all the hard core nutters are in situ. LOL. Don't be afraid...

12:56 am

200!

12:57 am

lol

12:57 am

ill try not too, but i think i actually figured out how to play

oh, good. cory is laughing!

12:58 am

addicted already.....

12:58 am

Th ard core nutters who are so tired that they can no longer spell.. loL.

12:58 am

yes... jac's right... do not be afraid, cory, for you have found favor with dr_god, and the glory of words will come upon you, and the power of enable will overshadow you, and you will be with grid...

12:58 am

lol

12:58 am

im there already

yeah, a grid - or is it "Matrix: Discombobulated"?

12:59 am

aNYONE WANT SCARING TO DEATH OR AWAKE ENOUGH TO DO THE GRID?

12:59 am

em7

12:59 am

Sorry, shouting not intended.

1:00 am

did anyone mention the su7/8 combo yet?

1:00 am

oh i thought that was the scaring

1:00 am

don't think so GW

1:00 am

is it sub-something?

1:00 am

9, melon? You mean you have only 9 left to find?

1:01 am

nope

1:01 am

(i think she found the 9)

1:01 am

oh

1:01 am

ahhh, a su7 of lampreys

no, silli jilli - i got the one 9 letter word.

1:02 am

So how is everyone today/night? I am trying to burn out my brain so I can fall back to sleep -- Seb jolted me a bit wanting his midnight snack :-D

1:02 am

i never did find that hi7, anyone got a clue?

ew, hursh - are you on a Great Lake?

1:02 am

well, that's amazing too, hurshy!

1:02 am

no, melon, but look at the grid!

1:03 am

hi woulf

1:03 am

hey jilli

ooooooooooh, you are clever hursh

1:03 am

Go and watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9Glay KS_0

1:03 am

what an unpleasant thing to find in a grid!

1:03 am

I mean melon -- getting the 9 (I'm too pooped to party)

1:04 am

lol

and lake Erie may be the ee7 of them all!

1:04 am

Hiya, Wolfie - don't watch that clip from USA Wife Swap unlesss you want nightmares!

1:04 am

lol

i had gotten the su7/8 - would have never looked for those slippery adjectives had you not been so witty . . . .;)

1:05 am

Jac -- I try to avoid all such reality shows at all costs -- I regard them as the death of TV as I used to know it

1:05 am

That 'Gof Warrior' is truly firghtening! I ondr what harm she's done to her children.:(

1:06 am

it wasn't so much that i was witty as that the first time i encountered either of those words as a child they were joined in that phrase, and so i always think of them together, it's just a lucky happenstance that the e's were in the grid :)

1:06 am

ooo! got the 9 too!

1:06 am

back from bath time.

1:06 am

any clues for the 9?

1:06 am

Wolfie - like me, unlesss I encounter them on the Net, you do right.x

after my own heart jac - reality shows came in - like lampreys - to fill a gap during threatened actors and writers strikes. necessity being a mother - the networks found a cheap actorless/writerless cash cow.

1:07 am

hi GF

1:07 am

lampreys filled in for actors? how did i not notice that?

what a painter uses - as an adjective - superlative.

1:07 am

hello, fran.

oh, you know how skinny actors are these days - maybe it's the dental work?

1:08 am

If happenstance isn't a dictionary word, it SHOULD be!

1:08 am

thanks, had all the others.

oh, girlfriday - that's one yummy latke!

1:08 am

it is jac :) i just checked

1:08 am

I mean those related to that word

1:08 am

yay! found the su7/8 combo

1:08 am

yes,it was my latke icon from days ago...

1:08 am

and if we had happenstances, then, that would be the longest the stats could accomodate

1:09 am

hi7, anyone got a clue?

and an iconic latke it is - golden, crispy not soggy - mmmmmm - latkes!

1:10 am

my stats don't show an Hi7....

1:10 am

new phantom: hirsute

1:10 am

i think it was a typo hursh

1:10 am

oh... so somebody LIED!! ah well.

1:10 am

But you must watch this woman on Yiu Tube - she's moe fundamental than the so-called fundamental fanatics. The hat inn her eyes is scarey. Dunno what Jesus or his Dad would make of her!

1:10 am

try lindasgourmetlatkes.com next hanukkah. Forget about making them yourselves, its a waste of time and too greasy. These are the best latkes Ive ever tasted and she ships them cooked and frozen, just reheat. I swear by them now

1:10 am

i think melon said hi7 instead of hi!

1:11 am

lol

oh, did i start that - i'm so sorry!

1:11 am

grrr. decile, percentile, septile, stupid enable

1:11 am

I missplet a lot too in my last post. Never mind!

1:12 am

misspelt. LOL

gf - i don't think my kids would let me - tho non cooking this year since i'm recuperating.

1:12 am

you got the point across jac, i understood every misspelt word

1:13 am

God, or is that good, Fran?!

1:13 am

gee, I have 8 grey tiles, lol

1:14 am

hmm, i've gone from 200 words in an hour to 6 words in 15 minutes

i was grrr-ing about those exact same words, hursh - also ferrier - the guy who takes you across, not the blacksmith

1:14 am

treer

1:14 am

yes ferrier we had the other day and it was annoying then too

1:14 am

ach

how ever can you do that & chat at the same time?????

1:15 am

oh, me? i dunno, i guess the chat might have slowed me down in one way, but the mentions of long words help me find them, so it balances out

1:15 am

ferris is irritating too, you'd think by now it would be a generic term.

i can understand that - i got my best jewelmaster score ever while on the phone.

1:16 am

goiong over to Lickety with 116 left...

1:17 am

anyone have those 2 lonely r's?

1:17 am

On he home front, what is set before me? Vaccuuming all of the house and finishing of shopping list. Oh, and going out to get car parts at some point before 5,30pm.

1:17 am

hi all

1:17 am

one of them is the hindu poet, hursh

1:17 am

omg scary scary woman!

got all the BUs :)

1:18 am

Hursh - No idea. Sorry! Not taking any interest in grid words... yet.

1:18 am

me, too, melon. actually got all the bs!!!

taDah 4U!

I'm working thru the BRs now - just 7 to go.

1:20 am

the other is the what the sun does in the morning...

1:20 am

Well, I've inished 2nd corrections on my proofs now, Time to go, I guess. Happy Babbbbling.

1:20 am

googled hindu poet, nothing short enough to be a grid word came up, lol

1:20 am

later jac!

1:20 am

good morning everybody:)

1:20 am

brandy, if you mean the four, that's upper - or is there a longer built on it?

1:20 am

I see! just inflict that wife swap pain on us and then go! fine!

1:21 am

bye jacula, hi jean

1:21 am

no, i didn't see the upper on that one. I've go tthem both, just can't figure out which ones are the 2....

1:21 am

I know you'll miss me terribly, but I must go now and fall into bed.

1:21 am

hursh -- google "an inspired sage or poet."

1:21 am

You're watching it then, Ata?

1:21 am

nite jill!

1:21 am

aha, that did it

1:22 am

G'night Jilli

1:22 am

just did. that was *scary*

1:22 am

nite, MVA, and thanks

1:22 am

thanks wolfie!

1:22 am

night jilli!

1:22 am

ah, it's the mexican beans one....

1:22 am

;-)

1:22 am

nite Wouldf -- you hae a good sleep now!

1:22 am

ah, excellent!

fall gently dear jilli - i'm right behind you!

1:22 am

1 8 and 3 7's left for long ones!

1:23 am

Don't have nightmares like I did.

1:23 am

lol, melon!

1:23 am

awesome, thanks BJ!

1:23 am

*poof*

1:23 am

that's 6 re7's now i think

1:24 am

Don't havr nightmares like I did, Ata! One scarey lady was that one!

1:24 am

thanks BJ

1:24 am

is that the le8 or the tr8?

1:24 am

ooh, i only have one R left to find, that is nice

1:24 am

no BJ, i have those

1:24 am

Don't be 'dark'! LOL

1:24 am

i mean i have one of each, is there another of one?

1:25 am

no

1:25 am

oh can't be another L, i'm done with L

1:26 am

how about that second row E, i just have el4/4 from it... anyone find any others?

1:26 am

ooh a babblet 4/5!

1:26 am

br8, bu8, bu8, le8, me8, ru8, su8, tr8

1:27 am

ah, i only have one bu

1:28 am

thanks BJ, needed the ru8

1:28 am

i miss 6 b's so i hope it is related to some shorter ones :)

1:29 am

it is.

1:29 am

i must be being very fishy.

grey Bs - that was fun!

1:30 am

hmm, so i shouldn't be having trouble with B's? hmmm...

1:30 am

you'll find it hursh, or it's going to be like a bu** under your saddle

1:30 am

all 8's found!

1:30 am

ok i have the four and pl so i will build!

1:31 am

thought i had tried that. ah well. got em now

1:31 am

well, sack time for me.......

1:31 am

is the tr8 fishy? should i keep looking on my own?

1:31 am

night BJ!

1:31 am

the ships, tell them about the ships!

1:32 am

nite bj

1:32 am

is an old style sailing ship, not a catamaran....

1:32 am

more, tell them more!

1:32 am

thanks, spelled it wrong the first time

1:32 am

ooooonk time here, also.

1:32 am

plantations of ripening... teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea

1:33 am

yay! grey 8!

1:33 am

hursh, do we have to sedate you? :-)

1:33 am

did they sedate george banks?

1:34 am

lol, they probably would have

1:34 am

Ok -- I need to go to bed -- Kirsten is beating me about the head and shoulders with teddy bear telling me it is time to go to sleep :-D

1:34 am

ah but they did not!

yea fran

1:35 am

a subtle hint there from Kristen!

1:35 am

night wolfie! you know there are laws against that!

1:36 am

stay awake, don't re4 your head...don't lie down upon your bed... you're not sleepy as you se4... stay awake, don't nod and dream...

1:36 am

G'night to one and all -- I really miss being able to stay up this late and chat -- Vacations are evil in that they convince you to break your routines, aren't they?

1:36 am

YES!

1:36 am

good night grey woulf:)

1:37 am

and i better go to bed too while i'm still tired, so i don't get a second wind by accident.

1:37 am

I will be back later to find my last 91 {{{**Hugs to one and all**}} TTFN

1:37 am

you wouldnt want that, would you!

1:37 am

night wolfie!

1:37 am

night hursh!

1:37 am

nite wolfie

1:37 am

NO, i would NOT, then i might have a night like you did. ah well, i am 90% done anyway.

laila tov, woulfie

1:38 am

nite hursh

1:38 am

and you definitely wouldn't want that!!

1:41 am

ad ha boker

Ok, now that truthiness has entered the lexicon, how about truish?

1:45 am

good morning all and you Jean

1:45 am

thanks melon, now my phantom is brutish

1:45 am

hi lain

1:46 am

got

grey 8s! i have no business being upthis late - as i have to get the kid off to school before crashing back into bed - so i'm stopping at 109, with 10 7s left to attain mediocrity - tomorrow perhpas. laila tov, you are the best! XXXOOO

1:46 am

got to go ,bbl

1:47 am

bye mva!

1:47 am

night melon!

1:48 am

good morning Iain hope you are well? postman hasnt arrived with my present yet lol

1:48 am

hi jean!

1:48 am

sent special delivery

1:48 am

hello FranMag:)

1:49 am

oh right that will be why then lol

1:50 am

Jean I got you XXXXXXXL was that the correct size

1:51 am

lolololol you cheeky thing you lol how rude

1:51 am

please excuse my brother he likes to insult me lol

1:51 am

you two are soooo funny! lain, you are wicked.

1:52 am

All those Es and B & R and no beer - could do with one this arvo. How are you all?

1:52 am

hi lynxxx!

1:52 am

hi lynxxx!

1:52 am

much better than yesterday's grid, greyed 8s and 9 already

1:52 am

hello lynxxx, I am well here thanx hope you are, should not be playing babble lol havent finished christmas stuff yet

1:53 am

dont encourage him FranMag he will only get worse rofl

1:53 am

lol, can't wait

1:54 am

lol

1:54 am

niters all

1:54 am

night chj sleep well:)

1:54 am

Ha - I thought you meant me for a moment Jean. I just did my first Xmas shopping today! still got 4 shoping days left though. PS you should/could drop Iain off you list with that comment!

1:54 am

Nite chj

1:54 am

done chj?

1:55 am

lol lynxxx hes my brother so I suppose I can forgive him lol

1:55 am

yes

1:55 am

yes jean, we would all back you up! :-)

1:55 am

woo hoo chj!

1:55 am

rofl please note Iain lol

1:56 am

lots of plralsw tonight

1:56 am

plurals

1:56 am

lynxx My dear sis always remembers me at christmas.

1:57 am

lol, believe it or not, i knew what you typed!

1:57 am

rofl the post is slow in the west country Iain as you well know lol

1:58 am

phew I didnt FranMag lol

1:58 am

you have post in the west country? wow! thats a bit advanced!

1:58 am

yes but I forgot to mention atalante it arrives on a horse and cart lol

1:59 am

that sounds more like it!

1:59 am

ooh, lain may be waiting a while then. :-)

1:59 am

just for the record Iain I bought you a christmas present in 1973 lol

1:59 am

just for the record Iain I bought you a christmas present in 1973 lol

2:01 am

with that slow post he probably hasn't received it yet.

2:01 am

ooooh you live in WElls? lucky you! gorgeous place

2:01 am

I would love to stay and banter all day but must run loads to do bye everyone have a good day:) (am off to buy my brothers pressie lololol)

2:01 am

with that slow post he probably hasn't received it yet.

2:01 am

and it was a record !?

2:01 am

Bye Jean - hope you find what you want

2:02 am

bye jean!

2:02 am

so true FranMag yes lynxxx a beatles one lol

2:02 am

right am gone

2:02 am

bye Jean speak with you soon Don't forget expensive is always my thing Anne sends her love

2:06 am

going to take a short break, bbl.

2:17 am

aha - just discovered the est !

2:17 am

must go work calls

2:17 am

bye Iain

2:20 am

good evening al

2:21 am

*all

2:21 am

hello Andree

2:26 am

morning all

2:26 am

hello Sprite - what a change this one is

2:27 am

from yesterday's, you mean?

2:27 am

hi sprite

2:27 am

yes

2:27 am

great! I did not like yesterday's. Yeah, found a 7 already :)

2:28 am

how did you all enjoy yesterdays grid, I thought it was the pits and after 100 words rather than go to the list decided to give it a miss

2:28 am

Only one eight I haven't been able to find. Can someone clue the tr8?

2:28 am

rits

2:28 am

tree

2:28 am

trees

2:29 am

too advanced for me mkl

2:29 am

sorry, sorry , sorry

2:29 am

I struggled all the way through until 69 words or so, then hit the list. Pure stubbornness or addiction to not just give in, actually.

2:29 am

LOLOL Andree :)

2:29 am

Hated yesterdays. Love todays.

type of ship mkl

2:30 am

Does it start with the prefix for three?

surely does

2:31 am

crap

2:31 am

Ah, thanks mitch, that is one that has passed this harbour before!

2:32 am

mkl: it also has a particular phase of sleeping in it.

used by greeks i think, maybe? had those funny eye things on the sides anyhow

2:32 am

Aha. Thanks sprite. Old Roman ship

roman/greek - same difference

2:33 am

23 to go, but I'm off for the night. Thanks for that clue. Luck to all.

2:34 am

night mkl, sweet dreams!

2:35 am

bye mlk

2:36 am

F7, another kind of ship(s) ;)

2:38 am

I can see I am going to have to brush up on my nautical knowledge - do they both use the me4.5 at the end?

2:39 am

lynxxx - no, not at all, these are modern ships. They never travel far :)

2:39 am

sydney harbour fe's lynxxx

2:39 am

ah... and you said a word, lynxxx :D

2:40 am

ahhhhh - stupidly I already had that

2:40 am

last br 7/28 please

2:40 am

I am doing well aren't I !

2:40 am

you're the best, lynxxx!

2:41 am

hiya everyone

2:41 am

sorry Andree, I don't know about first or last yet. My last atm is sown with grubbery.

2:41 am

hey kierlex :)

2:42 am

Hi Kierlex

2:42 am

hi kier

2:42 am

briles

2:43 am

sorry again!

2:43 am

yeah, it is just a stupid thing in the layout of the site, Andree. It is not you.

2:45 am

is babble delayed tnite?

2:46 am

never mind...

2:46 am

not really. not here anyway

2:48 am

dont you love those Bs Andree - very Aust

2:48 am

ahhk my hands are so cold i can'ttype.

2:49 am

yes lynxxx

2:49 am

how cold kier

2:49 am

hi again babblers!

2:50 am

wb Fran

2:50 am

hey Fran!

2:50 am

hi fran

2:50 am

hi andree! hi lynxxx! hi sprite! hi kier!

2:50 am

kier is that keanu dressed as a snowman?

2:51 am

how funny that bu6/27 should appear at this time of year when it is so true

2:51 am

oh, i'm seeing the wrong icon, your profile has keanu

2:51 am

it's keanu with a santa hat.

2:52 am

i'm still seeing a snowman in your small icon

2:53 am

hmm. that was the Bumble from Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. He's not as smexy as keanu

2:53 am

refreshing or force-refreshing usually helps

2:53 am

yes, i refreshed and there he is!

2:53 am

what is force-refreshing?

2:54 am

it gets rid of what's in your cache as well as doing a regular reload

2:54 am

in firefox it is control - F5 instead of F5 alone.

2:55 am

for those times when the old icons are really "sticky"

2:56 am

i have to laugh because i was thinking darth vader, like 'force-choke' My kids and I make fun of that with 'force-spank' and 'force-tickle' all the time.

2:56 am

LOL

2:56 am

sounds cute kier!

2:57 am

so you thought it was a refresh of the browser using the power of our mind?

2:57 am

it's so cute to see them act out 'force-tickle'

2:57 am

bu7/40's after the digging word please

2:58 am

andree, you can get a bu** under your saddle, it builds from that

2:58 am

FranMag, well it was the first thought that came along. You must admit, force-refresh would be a hand add-on!

2:58 am

very true kier! :-)

2:59 am

thx fran

2:59 am

yw andree

3:02 am

phantom: truism

3:02 am

brutish is mine

3:02 am

ohmykeanu, i actually got the 9 letter word WITH NO HELP! wow!

3:02 am

ah, that too. WTG kier!

3:02 am

woo hoo kier!

3:03 am

I don't have it yet :D

3:04 am

i found it myself too sprite, so i know you'll have it in no time! :-)

3:04 am

it is such a pretty grid, I am positive I will be able to find it :)

3:06 am

morning all, thought I'd just pop in for a quick chat before I head off to work

3:06 am

hi there kate *hug*

3:07 am

hi kt

3:07 am

hi kth

3:07 am

Hi Kate

3:08 am

had a bit of a bad night last night

3:08 am

hi kate!

3:08 am

what was wrong, kat?

3:09 am

*kate

3:09 am

he had a bad night at work and came home late and in a bad mood, I know he can't be in a good mood all the time but I just didn't want to be there listening to it

3:10 am

and I keep asking him about the money he's meant to be getting and he doesn't seem to be trying very hard to get it, I know £20k is a lot to borrow from a friend but he's not going to get it if he doesn't go ask the guy

3:10 am

I can imagine. Coping with a partner's bad mood is for when there is still a good relationship, right? Now he better hold it to himself.

3:10 am

no more bad nites Kate! onward full steam ahead . Let him wallow in his own problems - he's made them all

3:11 am

he's sick of me nagging about it and I'm sick of waiting for him to get it, it's the last piece of my puzzle, and it's a bloody big piece

3:11 am

I hope he will do it, kate, but keep in the back of your mind that perhaps he won't. When it is about money, things tend to become ugly.

3:14 am

without the money I can't even manage to continue here, I've handed my notice in at work I'm only doing 3 more days

3:15 am

I've done it all the wrong way around I know, but I just want to get on a plane and get to a new start

3:15 am

I still think you should do well to get good council on this, kate. Some help would do you good.

3:16 am

counselling?

3:16 am

a lawyer

3:16 am

Some lawyer

3:16 am

oh i get it

3:16 am

was confused for a moment

3:17 am

I don't want to get all legal, I can't keep our friendship through a legal battle

3:17 am

counselling is good kth but will keep until you get to your mum"s

3:18 am

counselling might be nice - once you are settled in a new place and have time to think about that. But for now: go legal. If he hasn't arranged for that loan so far, he probably won't. He knows you have given your notice, so there is haste!

3:18 am

We are of one mind on this, Andree :)

3:19 am

if he isn't providing you with money to look after yourself and girls now let alone to get away, how can you call him friend

3:19 am

I see that sprite

3:19 am

he is providing the money to look after us, but his wages are not enough to sustain us long term without me earning

3:20 am

it's just frustrating waiting for him to get on and go see this guy, it's got to be daunting going to bed so much money from a gay guy who fancies you...

3:21 am

kate, he is not acting as a friend should. You have to protect your interest and that of your kids. In divorce, there isn't much friendship found.

3:21 am

beg not bed

3:21 am

we're not divorcing

3:22 am

splitting up, anyway.

3:22 am

well not at the moment anyway

3:23 am

Evening all.

3:23 am

hey Angb :)

3:23 am

hey angb!

3:23 am

there are not many things that I do in a conventional manner and this separation isn't going to be conventional either, we are working hard together to remain friends and I'm sure that we will

3:23 am

Hello everyone, nice size grid again

3:23 am

hi angb

3:23 am

hi ang and ren

3:24 am

hi ren8

3:24 am

hi ren, yes it is, but it is much much nicer than yesterday's.

3:24 am

hi ren8, but much friendlier than yesterday's

3:24 am

Hi ren8

3:24 am

sprite, i almost typed nicer too

3:24 am

LOL - not the first time we sing in unison, Fran ;)

3:25 am

is there an easy way to take this list to lickety's??

3:25 am

I've finished my rant for the day now :)

3:25 am

well, you know what they say about great minds sprite.

3:25 am

true fran ;)

3:25 am

you mean besides typing them all in dorky?

3:26 am

yeah, it would be nice fran

3:26 am

my monkeys have made my fingers lazy

3:26 am

you can always make a suggestion to lickety, i never thought about it, just always type them in again

3:27 am

typing them here then there plus all the chat and the not-words makes me a little lazy

3:28 am

I tend to leave the list until later - and then just tick off the words I have - working thru each two letter category - and fill in the holes. So it breaks the typing up

3:28 am

not that i chat much, but oh well - guess i need a borroca or something

3:28 am

I guess I should go and get ready for work, I'll probably be back here in about an hour as there doesn't seem to be much to do

3:28 am

you can always checkmark the boxes on lickety's list without typing the whole word

3:28 am

then just type in the ones that you're not sure where they go on the list

3:29 am

okay kate, see you later

3:29 am

yeah but then i get lost and it makes it easier to locate a word if you can see the surrounding ones

3:29 am

later, kate

3:29 am

lol, which is what angb already said

3:29 am

bye kth and good luck

3:29 am

see you later kate

3:29 am

bye kth.

3:30 am

don't know what to tell you dorky. :-)

3:30 am

We were typing at the same time Fran

3:30 am

You could always forget the list dorky - see what percentage you can get each day LOL

3:30 am

thanks anyways, maybe 'stop being such a shlub' :D

3:30 am

ah, another great mind! :-)

3:30 am

it almost takes more words to find a way to avoid having to type them into the list, than actually doing it :P

3:31 am

I wouldn

3:31 am

good point sprite!

3:31 am

I wouldn't go that far Fran ... hmmmm

3:31 am

yeah, i have 72 left and just being lazy i guess, lol too tru sprite

3:32 am

angb, are you being self-deprecating or insulting me? ;-)

3:32 am

as non-native speaker I am amused by L7/32 and S7/32 - so little difference in spelling and so much in pronunciation!

3:32 am

I'm exhausted tonite. School prizegiving at kid's school. I am chair of the Board. So had to make speeches. So I am on the downer after that - so not insulting you - just describing my abilities.

3:33 am

Anyone who can pull that off, is smart as h*ll, Angb :)

3:33 am

that's right, how did it go angb?

3:35 am

I have no idea how it went... it was quite horrible because I had to make a speech about that sick mother ... and nearly cracked up on stage ... then when I sat down one of her daughters was crying just in front of my chair ... Aahhhh.

3:35 am

sprite, i don't have either of those! can you tell me the second letters please?

3:35 am

Se and Le, Fran. Just find them at your L so they won't give you an S.

3:36 am

aww, that was tough angb, i wouldn't be able to do it, i tear up and blubber during hallmark commercials.

3:36 am

thx sprite

3:36 am

thanks sprite! great clues

3:37 am

That's really tough, Angb. But for what it's worth, I think that seeing how it touches you is a consolation for the daughter, it is not a bad thing.

3:37 am

i had the first parts of both of those, didn't connect the ending!

3:38 am

Took me ages to see them too.

3:38 am

Yes, well I believe crying is good, however never like to be the cause of it. The poor wee girls have much more to go yet

3:39 am

must have been a very difficult evening angb

3:40 am

good thing it's a nice grid and not yesterday's monster, hopefully you can ease your mind a little.

3:40 am

Yes, but more so for the family. All the aunties and uncles were there to support the two girls ... poor things. They have the tougher job - Not a nice Xmas for them.

3:41 am

Yesterday's was awful - I think I gave up after getting 40 words... never mind enuf chat about me.

3:41 am

The roughest job, true. I am glad they have so much support from their family. ((((Angb))))

3:42 am

Thanx for that sprite

3:43 am

angb, i was the first to do quote-puzzler today, it's so weird not to have other scores to gauge the difficulty of a particular puzzle.

3:44 am

Yes, I often am early ... if I beat bozhawk I think yippee. But I've been busy so doing it in the morning. I do worse!

3:44 am

then there is the pressure of knowing at least 9 other people will see your score if you do really badly!

3:44 am

LOL Fran - not you -

3:45 am

there have been a few ugly scores angb! :-)

3:45 am

Should have seen mine this morning. I did secret word and have no idea where the time went. LOL

3:46 am

that's my least favorite puzzle

3:46 am

I love them all, but haven't played for ages

3:46 am

okay, 56 left to do tomorrow

3:47 am

i'll see all you great people later!

3:47 am

bye fran

3:47 am

bye Fran, sweet dreams!

3:47 am

Well done fran - I have only found 54 so far. But have finished work for the holiday. Don't have to go back un Jan 25th. So plenty of time. Bye Fran

3:48 am

night!

3:50 am

seereft

3:50 am

or - bye Fran while looking for se's!

3:52 am

LOL

3:53 am

that's fireworks here. Any clues needed?

3:53 am

Yay sprite

3:54 am

Fantastic as usual Sprite - not for me thanks, more than happy pudddling along

3:55 am

This is really a grid that can be done without any help, even though it is big. I really enjoyed it!

3:56 am

I'll be off then, have a great day/night/whatever and thanks for the fun :D

3:56 am

yay sprite

3:56 am

Bye Sprite

3:56 am

See ya sprite and thanks for all your kindness

3:59 am

hi6/21 please

3:59 am

phie

3:59 am

phire

3:59 am

not again, sorry

4:00 am

Did you mean the plural of hi 5/12 - people who pay to use things?\

4:01 am

thx angb

4:03 am

not only am I entering words in chat but am missing very obvious plurals , must be tired

4:03 am

There are days are like that

4:04 am

closing the office between Christmas and new year am so looking forward to a break

4:05 am

Good on you Andree - when you have your own business it is hard to take a break

4:05 am

can't even remember when I last took a holiday

4:06 am

Andree! LOL

4:06 am

might have been last Christmas

4:07 am

never mind I will get a nice long rest when I'm 6 foot under, lol

4:07 am

Andree you make me feel really bad - I get 9 weeks holidays a year with my job

4:09 am

angb I take every tuesday off to play golf and wednesday to babysit so I am just whinging, something I don't do too often

4:10 am

That sounds great Andree - and a good w(h)ine never hurt anyone

4:12 am

might call it a night, 122 left, hopefully will get back to it tomorrow before flip

4:12 am

bye all and happy babbling

4:12 am

OK Andree have good zzzzzs

4:12 am

bye Andree

4:14 am

hi all, just got the nine letter word ...thought i'd share my beaming smile with you

4:15 am

Well done jg - I haven't got it - am hoping it will pop out at me at some stage LOL

4:15 am

hi jg26 - from another Elwoodie

4:16 am

hi lyn, it was smokey here today wasn''t it

4:16 am

awful - seems to have cleared a bit now

4:16 am

angb, just keep playing with all those suffixes and you'll get it

4:16 am

Are the fires near either of you?

4:18 am

happily no - in the country but the smoke layer is over the city as well - and has been for a good week or so

4:18 am

no angb, but the wind just keeps blowing the smoke over Melbourne. It's so hazy, sometimes we have to put our headlights on! awful for breathing

4:19 am

Oh no - we are getting lots of coverage - a lot about the Kiwis who were injured.

4:20 am

Yeah, that was terrible. They certainly put their lives on the line for everyone. It takes a certain special type of person I think.

4:20 am

For sure - I think you can say that for all firefighters - they are marvellous

4:22 am

3 cheers for all firefighters esp those volunteers !!!!

4:23 am

Hip hip

4:23 am

hip, hip hooray

4:23 am

and one more!

4:23 am

hip

4:23 am

great timing lyn

4:28 am

Cracked the 100 - am exhausted - bed for me. Maybe see you tomorrow. Nite all

4:28 am

sleep well AngB

4:28 am

night angb sleep well

4:37 am

trush

4:40 am

eyes a blurr, bye lyn and all

4:40 am

nite jg

4:42 am

hi all

4:42 am

hello Kate - not much happening at work then

4:43 am

no, I've done everything already

4:49 am

looks a bit quiet in here too

4:50 am

mmm - another wave will probably come on in an hour or so

4:50 am

4:50am here--couldn't sleep--took the dogs out to pee, started a load of wash, made some coffee, and here I am! :-D

4:51 am

morning une

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S

4:51 am

wd cyborg

4:51 am

morning, kate and congrats, cyborg!!!

4:51 am

see - Unea - a wave all by herself! Hi Unea

4:51 am

same here Une couldnt sleep back is killing me for some reason

4:51 am

Congrats Cyborg

4:52 am

hello lynxxx from the morning wavelet!

thx

4:52 am

hi shorty

4:52 am

sorry to hear that, shorty . . .

4:52 am

Hi Shorty

4:52 am

morning everyone

4:52 am

and Eva - Hi

4:52 am

nice puzzle!

4:52 am

hi eva

4:52 am

hi kth+lynxxx

4:52 am

hey, eva

4:53 am

like your sparkly tree, shorty!

4:53 am

looks like you were right lynxx, it's a lot more lively now

4:53 am

I'm of for a while now though

4:53 am

is it a nice puzzle today? yesterdays was not nice at all

4:53 am

babblers crawling out of caves to greet the dawn

4:53 am

thanks Une

4:53 am

oh ok, cya lynxxx

4:54 am

later, lynxxx

4:54 am

been lurking for about an hour now, going through this pretty grid, but still quite a ways until dawn here unea

4:54 am

shorty I've got 59 words in 10 mins, I'll say it's nice

4:54 am

here too--just a figure of speech!

4:54 am

good kth thanks

4:55 am

it's 11am here, I think I missed dawn

4:55 am

LOL!

4:57 am

my phantom word is BEER

4:59 am

yey I got the 9 by myself

4:59 am

Good morning all...just popped in before dressing for work and found the 9 right off....it's gonna be a good day.

4:59 am

yay whats its start with?

4:59 am

brush

4:59 am

hi chiley

4:59 am

br9

4:59 am

well, there you go

5:00 am

sorry

5:00 am

ty

5:00 am

lol chiley

5:02 am

With that gaff, I think I'll get dressed and head out. See you in about an hour.

5:02 am

bye chiley

5:02 am

is it related to the 8+5 kate?

5:03 am

yes shorty, extend it a little more

5:03 am

ok ty

Everybody in the house says : ????????

5:05 am

hey lickety

5:05 am

hey, lickety!

5:05 am

hey ho!!

5:07 am

phantom: heist

5:08 am

yay I got it too

5:12 am

its very quiet in here again

5:12 am

concentrating too hard on the grid lol

5:12 am

lol

5:12 am

same here :-)

5:12 am

shit

5:13 am

oh oops sorry

5:13 am

oh my!

5:13 am

thats in the grid lol

5:13 am

i know :-D

5:13 am

I don't think that's really what we want in the chat, fish I can cope with...

5:14 am

morning all ... grid looks more doable today. Yesterday's was a bear!

5:14 am

*passes cleaning stuff to shorty*

5:14 am

*passes cleaning stuff to shorty*

5:14 am

hey, ch1212

5:14 am

yo ppl...help me wit the 9...cant fig. it out :-(

5:14 am

oh my how messy ty kth

5:14 am

kkkk do you have the br5 and 8?

5:15 am

kkkk it has to do with what you do to your hair and extend it

5:15 am

i have quite a few br 5

5:15 am

got the 8 too

5:15 am

the one that's like a comb?

5:16 am

oh ok the 8 is more so, the 9 is most

5:16 am

ah ok..thanks

5:16 am

give me anthr 8

5:17 am

you can form 2 more 8s from the same word, play with the first 2 letters

5:17 am

ok

5:23 am

kthd, can you give another hint? I'm playing but not getting anywhere :)

5:23 am

2 more combos following the same pattern as the 5/8/9 but these are 4/7/8s

5:24 am

ah, found them == thanks!

5:25 am

75 to go . . . BBL!

5:25 am

cya une

5:28 am

I just found yet another combo following the same pattern but a 6/7/8 this time

5:28 am

well similar, not the same

5:29 am

and I've reached 100 words, yippee!!

5:35 am

iv got only 78 :(

5:43 am

Good morning all - I have a glorious 0, I was hoping for a smaller grid today. :( I have 15 minutes to play, talk about pressure. lol

5:43 am

hi mom, that's not long

5:44 am

it is much nicer than yesterday's monster though

5:44 am

No, it isn't but I hope to get back to it later in the day.

5:44 am

I am glad to hear it is a nicer grid.

5:45 am

there is a nice m7 and m8 that themes well with our Christmas tr5 today :)

5:46 am

ty ch

5:47 am

Thank you Ch

5:48 am

yey half way :)

5:49 am

Wonderful Kate, you will finish for sure

5:50 am

Morning chaps. How goes it?

5:51 am

hi spanner

5:51 am

Good Morning Spanner. It is fine here

5:52 am

I am going cross eyed. Any clues for the top right e

5:52 am

PPL?

5:53 am

it's that shakespearean before

5:53 am

Sorry Spanner

5:53 am

there is a plural letter that is em4

5:54 am

Thanks Kate

5:54 am

oh, top right one ... sorry, dyslexia kicks in again

6:00 am

Time to go and get the family up -- managed to get 45. Yes, Kate, it is much easier than yesterdays. Bye for now

6:00 am

bye mom

6:00 am

I'm taking a break to get some lunch, bbss

6:01 am

bye mom, bye kthdsn

6:09 am

hi Ya all could someone please tell me how many words there are 2day thanx

6:09 am

238

6:09 am

238 words

6:10 am

thanx all

6:11 am

back

6:11 am

Hi Kate, how is it going?

6:11 am

hi dazza and inge

6:11 am

shits

6:11 am

Hi all...

6:12 am

going off to the penalty box, right now

6:12 am

gosh....

6:13 am

Good morning all. LOL, inge. Are you mad at us, calling us names?

6:13 am

hi kthdsn

6:13 am

You just made my day, Inge. I think I can deal with work and my evil boss now.

6:14 am

no it dawned on me that that word has a plural, and I typed before thinking

6:14 am

(passes inge the Ivory soap) :D

6:14 am

I am still laughing. TY TY!

6:15 am

Hello, I'm back. I did the b words last night and woke up early today. It's a freezing rain here and I have to do this before we lose our electricity.

6:17 am

any hints on the 9?

6:18 am

It's a comparative to the nth degree. I think most of the long words will be thus.

6:18 am

Hi all! Phantom word today is thrush! I'm just itching to put it in........

6:18 am

it's not too bad, I'm starting to get a little worried about this money he's meant to be getting me, he seems to keep putting it off (oops wrote that ages ago and forgot to press enter)

6:18 am

bichon, work with a b5, then build from there

6:18 am

Oh, how fast the time goes on Babble. 66 words and I have to go. have a great day/night everyone. I shall return in 12 hrs.

6:19 am

Greetings, folks!!!!

6:19 am

bye scrabbler ... h movieman!

6:19 am

I got it. Unbelievable. Redemption for yesterday

6:20 am

ch - which b5 do you need to build from to get the 9?

6:20 am

Good morning, Guten Morgen!

6:20 am

Hi movie

6:20 am

movieman, think about your hair :) if you have any of course...

6:21 am

hi all

6:21 am

tx ch, that worked for me great

6:21 am

got it, ty ch

6:23 am

does anyone have the Ps

6:23 am

not a one

6:23 am

yes, kth ... pe + consonant + plural

6:23 am

ph + vowel + plural

6:24 am

ty ch

6:24 am

hey the 2 sisters are here inge and inge 2

6:24 am

hi mousey

6:24 am

hi mousey.

6:24 am

What a difference from yesterday. This grid is so much easier!

6:25 am

now mousey, I explained to you yesterday taht we are not related. Pay attention

6:26 am

how do you pronounce inge?

6:26 am

actually mousey, we're twins. We even have the same dogs

6:26 am

pretty much in babble you are sisters

6:26 am

Hey, Mousie

6:26 am

Mousey

6:26 am

Mousey

6:26 am

what?

6:26 am

like the end of to sing, no harsh g

6:26 am

Is my key stuck?

6:27 am

no?

6:27 am

oh ok, I was trying to decide between a harsh G or like hinge, guess I was wrong lol

6:28 am

haha, kth. I get those pronunciations a lot.

6:28 am

merk you make no sence?

6:29 am

Cetroit's baseball team has a player with the last name "Inge" and he pronounces it like hinge. When our team was in the world series, I told people I paid that guy to put my name on his shirt!!!

6:29 am

lmao

6:29 am

We should get one of those shirts, Inge

6:30 am

no they didnt

6:30 am

How many Ps are there?

6:30 am

no you didnt!!

6:30 am

2 from the middle, none from the right, don't you have the tile stats inge2?

6:30 am

no idea, I am just freelancing here and got 90 words so far

6:31 am

I don't use the list, kth, thanks

6:31 am

I find it more fun that way

6:32 am

friut cake!!

6:32 am

no thanks, mousey, I prefer Stollen

6:33 am

surreel, spelled funny. ;-)

6:33 am

wookie cookie!

6:34 am

pie!!!

6:36 am

Inge 2, dont forget to make superlatives. found three more words that way

6:36 am

20 left to tackle when I get home from work ... happy hunting!

6:36 am

hello annie!!

6:37 am

bye ch

6:37 am

oh, tx Inge, I hadn't looked for those ye.

6:37 am

bye ch

6:38 am

bye all

6:39 am

bye, mousey

6:39 am

bye ALL

6:39 am

bye mousey

6:40 am

"truish"....isn't that related to "truthiness"?

6:42 am

he our So. ?African babbler is in the grid

6:43 am

bushier

6:43 am

so she is!

6:43 am

sorry

6:47 am

How can "referee" NOT exist in this puzzle?

6:49 am

I think you are using the same E twice

6:50 am

I know. It just looks like it wants to be there... :-)

6:50 am

oh, i agree :)

6:53 am

ok I'm getting rather stuck with 101 left

6:54 am

can we run through the 8s? I have br, 2bu, me, ru

6:56 am

katy - there's a su7/8 combo....meaning an excessive amount......it starts with what people do with the net....

6:57 am

ty movie got it

6:57 am

and there's a le8 meaning most prone to staring.....

6:58 am

ty

6:58 am

katy, what's your other bu8.......i have the one that's most like a shrub.....

6:59 am

I dont even have all of those,

6:59 am

tx movieman

6:59 am

the other bu8 is related to what you do with a coffin at a funeral

6:59 am

movie, it's also botanical, builds off the bu4/7

7:00 am

movie said a word!

7:00 am

ty inge2 & katy......

7:00 am

sorry......didn't even see that one.....talk about ironic!!!!!!

7:01 am

I'm missing an 8...did we go through all of them?

7:01 am

I have a bu4/7 but can't seem to build from it

7:01 am

double the consonant, kth

7:01 am

use the superlative

7:02 am

(there are two bu4/7s)

7:02 am

i have br8, bu8x2, le8, ru8, su8, me8....

7:02 am

oh I get it now, I had the wrong bu4/7 and I did have the 8

7:02 am

movie you're missing the me8

7:03 am

oh no it's there at the end

7:03 am

ok I have the same as movie, we must all miss the same one

7:03 am

are there two me8s?

7:03 am

not to my knowledge

7:04 am

movie confused me by not putting them in order lol

7:06 am

fun grid

7:06 am

katy, are you aware you have the same name as Goldie Hawn's daughter?

7:07 am

yes movie lol

7:07 am

katie hawn, would that be?

7:07 am

no inge her daughter is Kate Hudson, the actress

7:08 am

I didn't know that..haha.

7:08 am

and a wonderful actress she is

7:08 am

hi shorty

7:08 am

hi shorty

7:08 am

hi shorty.....

7:08 am

hi inge2

7:08 am

I am sort of stuck on a sandbank with 110 to go. Going to my water exc. class to get the rest of my body moving. Back later.

7:09 am

hi movieman

7:09 am

later, inge

7:09 am

later, inge.....

7:09 am

cya inge have fun

7:09 am

bye inge1

7:09 am

I'm missing the su8

7:09 am

bye, inge

7:10 am

OK, I'm gonna listen to "Bad Medicine" now, maybe that'll get me going....

7:10 am

chiley, having more than enough

7:10 am

NM..got it

7:10 am

oh movie turn it up so I can hear it too

7:11 am

I aint got a fever got a permanent disease Itll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy I got lots of money but it isnt what I need Gonna take more than a shot to get this poison out of me I got all the symptoms count em 1,2,3

7:12 am

The missing 8 is a tr...

7:13 am

clue plz sparkly?

7:14 am

haven't got it movie, searching now! there's a tr7 before it which I haven't got so it possibly builds from that

7:14 am

it won't let me have most big green xmas decoration :'-(

7:14 am

lol

7:15 am

i tried that one, katy....lol

7:15 am

it so should be a word, we should gang up on enable and force them to change the dictionary

7:16 am

any dictionary that doesn't have "internet" isn't worth its babblesalt

7:17 am

"online" isn't in dictionaries either, it's an outrage

7:17 am

tr8...starts with prefix for 3

7:17 am

wonder if it's a compound word?

7:18 am

I guess it can't be a more/most combo then

7:19 am

found it...ancient fighting boats

7:19 am

oh oh I got it

7:19 am

inge you beat me to it

7:20 am

i got it too.....

7:20 am

snap, kth!

7:20 am

tx to Chiley's clue

7:22 am

time to shower...later friends.

7:22 am

cya inge2

7:28 am

finally got the tr - thanks!

7:33 am

finally have all the 8's---whew

7:33 am

wd annie, me too

7:33 am

HI all please tell me what the 8's start with: i know there are tu8, su8,, me8. Have just started and don't have any long words yet.

tu??

7:34 am

there's br8 and 2x bu8s, le8

7:34 am

br8, 2bu8, le8, me8, ru8, su8, tr8

7:34 am

meant tr 8

7:35 am

br, bux2, me, ru, le, su, tr

7:35 am

Esp, no tu

7:35 am

thanks, is the 9 a plural

7:35 am

are the long words everyday ones?

7:35 am

nope

7:36 am

no, it builds off the br8

7:36 am

most are normal yes

7:36 am

thanks, diving back in

7:37 am

hi une

7:38 am

bushiest

7:38 am

ack, sorry!!

7:38 am

thanks Une, have that one :)

7:38 am

lol une

7:39 am

does anyone have the lower Rs?

7:39 am

yes . . . .

7:40 am

can you clue?

7:40 am

i have one

7:40 am

"lower"?

7:40 am

small?

7:40 am

or last on the list?

7:41 am

'an inspired sage or poet'

7:41 am

kate?

7:41 am

lower in the grid une

7:41 am

ri5/12 btw

7:41 am

ty sparkly got it

7:42 am

bread dough needs time to ri4

7:42 am

I have that une it comes from above

7:43 am

ru4 trick, stratagem?

7:43 am

that's from above as well lol

7:43 am

faster and fastest?

7:44 am

all from the one above

7:44 am

ok, so you need re's

7:45 am

arghh....I'm back. Don't ya hate it when work interrupts Babble?

7:45 am

yes chiley very much so lol

7:48 am

got it une, it's cooks again

7:48 am

can anyone clue the last of the 3 tr5/10s? I need it to grey the first column! lol

7:48 am

attempts and the person who attempts

7:49 am

I had the person, missed the attempt one its own for some reason - thanks une!

7:49 am

oooohhh, didn't have that one--thanks, kate

7:51 am

may I have a clue for the me8 please

7:51 am

happiest, peri

7:52 am

thanks Une, had the comparative not the superlative.

7:52 am

clues for the le8 and su8 please

7:53 am

le8 most suspicious

7:53 am

Nm found the le8

7:53 am

le8 most staring

7:53 am

su8 plural of su7

7:53 am

thanks for the other bottom re clue kth!

7:53 am

yw sparkly

7:53 am

still need su8 and tr8 didn't get the ship clue earlier

7:54 am

su8 plural of su7--excess

7:55 am

when I think of excess I think of surplus and that is not here

7:55 am

you've got the correct first 3 letters

7:55 am

but I found the su8 anyway, thanks

7:55 am

starts with Beach Boys activity

7:56 am

tr8 3 + sounds like what you do when you sleep without the d

7:56 am

have the bu8 that builds on the bu8 (plant) but need the other please

7:57 am

most occupied

7:57 am

oops, sorry, that's the 7

7:57 am

have that one Une

7:57 am

do you have the bu4/7? then make it the MOST bu4/7

7:58 am

thanks got it Une

7:58 am

:-D

7:58 am

still working on the tr8

7:59 am

how about 3 + regarding + myself + plural

7:59 am

tr8 prefix for 3 + deep sleep stage + vowel and make plural

7:59 am

deep sleep stage is coma to me :)

good clue peri

I mean Une

8:01 am

Ha! figured out deep sleep stage and got the tr8, thanks une and kth

tr 8 - 3 + prefix for "to do again" + another word for I, then plural

The two p's, are they ph's?

anyone know the 9?

8:01 am

one is bunny

8:02 am

br9, extend the br8

8:02 am

yw :-) . . . jeez, trying to fold a sofa slip cover--had to wash it since SOMEONE threw up on it during the nite (some canine, that is)!

8:03 am

bunny, the other p is a pe babblet

8:03 am

lol you can clue and fold giant covers at the same time???

8:03 am

multitasking!!!!!

8:03 am

you are a very talented lady une :D

8:04 am

:-D

One day, I will learn all the babblets. Gotta admit, I've learned to spell a whole slew of new words since I started playing here, just don't know what they mean. I kill my dad at boggle!

8:04 am

me too, bunny!

8:05 am

lol bunny!

8:05 am

(not the thing with your dad)

8:05 am

I tend to forget most of the new words I find, but after a couple of months babbling some of them are finally beginning to sink in

8:05 am

Hi, cats and kittens. Can I get a clue for the br9?

8:06 am

some of them are really repeat customers!

8:06 am

most br5

Judi, most of what you untangle your hair with.

8:06 am

hey, judi

8:06 am

ty!

I keep typing in Irish for that middle "i" :(

8:07 am

i tried that one too :-)

8:07 am

close bunny...

8:07 am

I feel your pain, bunny. I keep typing "Ferris" (the movie was on the other day).

8:07 am

Bunny - a flower, drop the last letter of irish

He he, mee too!

OK, beat me with a fish now.

8:08 am

*fish fight*

8:08 am

I keep trying ferrier, looks like a perfectly good word to me ;-)

8:08 am

I keep trying felis, from hurshy's profile

8:09 am

I agree peri that IS a word if you ask me

Ferile, not a word, but I'm going to type it 20 more times. Acceptance through persistance.

8:10 am

hi all, can I get a clue for em7/32 please

8:10 am

I don't have it sugar

8:11 am

plural of rough nail files

TY Une

8:11 am

Ithanks une!

8:11 am

ty une

8:11 am

Thanks Une

8:11 am

tx Une, one more to go...........2nd fe 6/27?

8:12 am

yw :-)

8:12 am

thank goodness there are no A or C words today!

8:12 am

a little creature with wings but fe

I agree! Those c's were horrid yesterday.

8:13 am

I gave up with 88 to go yesterday

8:13 am

ok Une, I'll work on it!

8:13 am

listening to Carly Simon's Greatest Hits--love it when friends move and wanna get rid of lots of "stuff"!!

8:14 am

sugar the 2 fe6/27s I have are both singulars of fe7/40s if that helps

8:14 am

urgh I hate "stuff", I'm leaving all mine behind

8:15 am

kate, the one i was cluing is a third one

8:16 am

I don't see it, I'm thinking bats and butterflys, am I close?

Moving was a great incentive to get rid of those things I knew I'd never use again. I kept the garbage men busy for weeks. I even cried over some of the stuff I threw out, but it was needed, and I'm sappy. Those trash men thought I was nutty! There were people in my yard in the middle of the night hauling things away.

8:17 am

sorry, it's a little 'person' with wings

8:17 am

lol bunny thankfully I don't have to deal with that part, our house looks like a bomb hit and I'm just going to leave with the stuff I want

8:18 am

I cleaned out a bunch of stuff this summer --donated to a benefit sale for one of our local dog rescues

8:19 am

PLUS I'm a firm believer in regifting!

Une, that's a good idea. I didn't think any of mine was worth donating, but I guess some people did. i took some of the clothes to Goodwill. I need the beds and dressers I set out would get picked up by people who needed them.

8:19 am

still don't get it une, I'm lost

8:19 am

Fireworks for me! thanks for the help Une and Kth

8:20 am

wd sugar

8:20 am

Congrats Sugar!

8:20 am

congrats, sugar!!!!

8:20 am

neither do I Une

kth, you were trying a word that wouldn't work earlier, rhymed with the irish dog, remove the last letter and stick on the plural.

Yay Sugar!!

8:21 am

MAB

Sorry, not Irish god, Rat Te****r.

8:22 am

ok, the definition is Scottish word for strong

8:22 am

Duh, thanks Bunny.

8:22 am

thanks guys, I have 5 mins spare, can I clue anyone?

8:22 am

I think my brain fell out... ?

lol

8:23 am

em 5/12r

8:23 am

or em6/21?

8:23 am

Considering the circumstances, we all think you're doing great!!

<----blows dust of Kate's brain and replaces it

8:23 am

em5 al spelling of middle eastern ruler

8:23 am

*alt

8:24 am

found 100, back later to finish

8:24 am

thanks une!

Bye Peri

8:24 am

thanks sugar, right now I'm trying not to giggle, don't think it would go down very well at work...

8:24 am

bye Peri

8:24 am

bye, peri!

8:24 am

This is true, kth, keep a straight face!

8:25 am

On second thoughts, with only 3 days left, what the hell...........

8:25 am

lol

Jump up on the desk and serenade the boss while line dancing, that's always amusing.

8:27 am

somehow i think I'm going to pass on that one bunny

Course, I worked at a bar. Hope you didn't take my suggestion!

8:28 am

I'm thinking 'liquid lunch' for kth tomorrow - that should entertain the boss!

8:28 am

oh good god I do not want to be drunk at work, I'm a terrible drunk

8:29 am

mornin babblers!

8:29 am

hi evan

Oh how fun, go out with a bang! I'll say this, my last boss had a great sense of humor or I'd have lost my job several times.

8:29 am

Just make sure you get a written reference first!!!!

Morning Eva!

8:29 am

hi evan

lol, true

8:30 am

bunny, I think you and I are a baaaad influence!

Moi?!? No....

8:31 am

now I can't even remember what word I was trying to find lol

8:32 am

how are we all this morning? recovered from yesterdays grid yet?

8:32 am

Gotta go guys, see you all tomorrow

8:32 am

just about evan, it was a hideous monstrosity

8:32 am

bye, sugar

8:32 am

cya sugar

8:32 am

bye sugar!

8:32 am

50 words left!

8:33 am

78 to go here

8:33 am

59 here

83, I wanted to get to 50 before I opened the list up, but...

8:34 am

I'm going to take a break, my brain isn't working and I have some reading to do

8:34 am

later, kate

Bye Kate.

8:34 am

bye kate!

8:40 am

I'm missing a fe6 and fe7 - think they are linked. I have one who touches + plural

I only have one fe 6&7 combo spelt like actor Will Fe****l from Bewitched and Wedding Crashers.

8:43 am

thanks bunny - they are the ones!

8:48 am

hints on the Ps? are they really obvious?

8:49 am

both 4/6s - one is ph, the other pe

8:49 am

I don't think they're obvious at all!

8:50 am

can clue if you want?

8:50 am

noodled the PE

8:51 am

and the PH too -- thanks for the stats on those. :)

8:51 am

yw :)

8:53 am

cute icon, sparkly

8:53 am

thanks rae - one of my cats :)

8:54 am

i definitely wont be finishing this one, but at least its not as aggravating as yesterdays!

I dunno, you might finish, alot of the words run build off eachother.

8:55 am

man, for the want of a second "L"!! shrill, shrills, shriller, shrillers, thrill, thrills, thriller, thrillers, sill, sills, hill, hills, till, tills.... im sure there are so many more, but i keep phantoming all of those!

8:56 am

lol!

8:56 am

does anyone have the le7/32?

8:56 am

flowery hawaiian thing + being certain about something

8:57 am

thanks rae, another obvious word I didn't spot!

8:57 am

it's all good...you'll get better at seeing them. I find pushing my chair back and looking from a distance helps

8:58 am

yeah I think it's time for another break actually, I have a few bits of housework to finish then back for my last 33!

I like to beat on the monitor until the letters move into place and show me the words.

8:58 am

bye everyone :)

8:58 am

lol bunny, sounds like a plan!

8:59 am

Bye Sparklygem

8:59 am

they frown on that at work though...

Bye SParkly

8:59 am

man, ive been babbling for over 2 years now + i still never see the long ones without hints...heh

8:59 am

But Evan, we still have so many ier, iest, er, ers left. We would miss 1/3 of the words if we took away those potential suffixes. My biggest decision is whether to put an s behind the er or make it est.

8:59 am

rofl @ bunny!!

8:59 am

Bye Sparkly

9:00 am

merl -- not sure to darn you or thank you -- not sure id noticed all of those suffixes!

9:00 am

!! evan said a worddd

9:00 am

hah, i DID!

9:00 am

It's been a long time since I've twisted and turned around so many e and r tiles.

9:01 am

unfortunately, it was one i already had...

9:01 am

oh frick!

9:01 am

oh well...

9:01 am

dont forget the "more so" version of that word too. :)

9:02 am

yeah...lots of conjugating today

9:02 am

I'm not that far down yet, so I had to scour Evan's sentence to find the word. It's hard to chat without using a word now and then.

9:02 am

lol..it's true...I have a very good firend by that name so I always see it

I thought that "ish" ending would be used a lot.

hi all, who can clue the 3rd BU? it's a bu6/27

9:04 am

bunny -- there is the green stuff you put on a hot dog...

9:04 am

mmmm hot dogs...

That's the only one I have... I think. It hurts when I do.

9:04 am

That's what makes this grid better than yesterday's. Few longer words built on words around it. This grid flows. You get a base word and automatically can find three or four more in some cases.

evan, thanks!

9:06 am

gwen the only bu 6.27 I have is: public transpotation + I"d like fr*** with my supersize

9:06 am

YW gwen

Gwen, my third bu is a 6/27, but I'm not done with the b's, might not be the one you need. It's just like the br 6/27 before it, but pluraled instead of comparative.

The defs are someone or something that fill in a hole in the ground.

tanx, guys, but them's ain't it. 8-)

9:08 am

im not close to done, but the 3rd BU i have (which is a 6/27) is what a pirate does to his treasure

You can double the middle cons in that treasure one for a bu 7/40 :)

9:10 am

theres an ME7-8 combo that i hope we all are this holiday season. ;)

9:11 am

yay 5 sleeps till santa!

9:12 am

im generally quite happy this season...unfortunately, the BF is going through some tough times right now, so its tough to be in a good mood when someone you love is suffering... :/

My kids are like little hyenas. They walk by the tree and drool and stare at the presents. We just set out a santa present and fill the stockings on 12/24. I don't know if they can make it!

9:13 am

that's true, but being positive and happy will help more than any medicine, believe me!

9:13 am

do you let your kids open a gift christmas eve, bunny?

Usually we let them open one, but they only got 7 apiece this year, so it's gonna have to wait til Christmas morning.

9:15 am

bunny -- my parents did the same thing! there were family gifts + then certain ones from santa -- actually, i think i STILL get gifts from santa...haha BTW -- did i know you were only 27? *ponders*

9:15 am

:) my parents used to give us new pyjamas to open christmas eve

9:15 am

rae -- i hope so. im trying to be happy enough to help him along, but not be so happy that it reminds him how rough things are for HIM, yknow? i think he appreciates my being around to help him through it all...

That is an excellent idea! Pj's to wear that night, and they all love pj's and fuzzy slippers, you've inspired me!

9:16 am

exactly

9:16 am

thank my parents...

Eva, how old did you think I am?

9:16 am

we got new pj's to wear that morning for pics etc and we got to open a gift and it was something they had to get us anyway

9:17 am

bunny -- i dunno, just most of the people on babble are about twice my age, heh (im also 27!)

9:18 am

I am missing a li 4,4. It comes either right after the untruths or before the speech impediment.

9:18 am

I'm 26!

9:18 am

oh gawd...now I feel ancient...I am almost double an adults age....***whimper****

9:18 am

merk -- french for "book"

I tell the kids I make monthly payments to Santa for their Santa presents, which are usually more expensive than the others. Got them all MP3's this year. I'm only 27 for a few more days, thirty is comin up fast!

9:19 am

harp like instrument,

9:19 am

wurdy -- *I* never claimed to be an adult! quit calling me names!! *hehe*

9:19 am

italian money

9:19 am

that really floors me just goes to prove young is in the brain and not the number

9:20 am

My dictionary says French for book is livre or cahier

9:20 am

bunny, I'm sure your kids will be thrilled with their gifts...

9:20 am

bunny---I am one of those nuts that gets up the day after thanksgiving at the butcrack of dawn and goes shopping. This year I got my kids an entire computer for $187 and mp3 players for $30

9:20 am

oh yeah, guess my french is rusty....remove the V ;)

9:20 am

I have the one that is almost like Italian money. Is that French for book? So I still don't have my missing li 4,4.

9:20 am

french for bed

9:22 am

That is lit or couche. I'm using the plural of one of those. It should be right before or after the one that is like Italian money.

9:22 am

lish

9:22 am

li4/4 - like the currency, but change the final vowel...

9:22 am

merk -- its the french book minus the "V"

Nooo, I don't even leave the house on Black Friday unless someone is injured! I start shopping in January. I present a week when I get groceries and $30 on a Walmart gift card so I can but clothes that will fit around October. I'm wrapped and done before Thanksgiving.

9:22 am

that's not one of them...fyi...

Yeah, i tried it.

9:23 am

lol

9:23 am

wow bunny. *said in total awe and envy*

9:23 am

I guess I will stay stuck for awhile then.

9:23 am

merk -- did you see my clue?

I'm a little too organized, maybe a bit obsessive. My clothes are color coordinated and the DVD's are alphabetized.

9:24 am

Merk - li4/4 - like the currency, but change the final vowel...

9:24 am

I love black friday. We have this best buy around here that offers a personal shopper...I save my money all year like you do..and then make an appt with tthe personal shopper. The night before they pull all the items and i dont wait in line overnight. and it does not cost any thing extra. it is beautiful. and they give you coffee

9:24 am

hah bunny -- my clothes are color-coordinated too! in the closet, anyway

9:25 am

*pokes head back in* what's black friday?

9:25 am

ohh...black friday....I've always to go south for black frriday

You can usually get Black Friday sales online too, so I can order and have them mailed.

9:25 am

atalante -- the day after thanksgiving in the US is called Black Friday

9:25 am

it's like boxing day Ata

9:25 am

day after thanksgiving with all the nutty people go shopping really early in the am

9:25 am

its the day all the holiday sales kick in + people go shopping like crazy -- thus taking the stores from being "in the red" to "in the black"

9:26 am

oh! ty! :)

9:26 am

never heard of that one before

9:26 am

don't you guys have crazy sales on boxing day?

Tis a day of bloody noses and little old ladied finding amazing bursts of strenght as they beat i Walmart with the 42" TV to save $10.

9:26 am

utterly! huge ones!

9:26 am

that's black friday...UK style

9:27 am

do you do black friday round 2 on boxing day?

9:27 am

only it's BEFORE christmas...what a concept!

9:27 am

they don't have boxing day

9:27 am

we dont have boxing day over here. though there are always great after-christmas sales.

9:28 am

so is the day after christmas just a normal day then?

...beat you in Walmart.... my fingers went nutso

9:28 am

yep. a day for recovery...heh

9:28 am

we have sales before Christmas now... some shops are doing so badly they have regular sales...

9:28 am

do people go back to work on "boxing day"?

9:28 am

here, the night of christmas, everyone lines up outside ourr equivelent to best buy and wal mart for all the "deals"

If you shop throughout the year, you can usually find sales that are equal to it without the hectic rush, or clearance items. I get alot of discounts from shopping online too.

9:29 am

atalante -- most people take the day off...the government doesnt give us the day off, so some people do have to go back

9:29 am

stile

They have great sales on Christmas items the day after Chritmas.

9:30 am

woops...that's aword...

9:30 am

I agree bunny...

9:30 am

thanks rae -- didnt have that one yet. :)

9:30 am

So that gives you the me****** Christmas of all!

9:30 am

np

More Rae, more! I had that one.

9:30 am

yeah, you can get great deals on wrapping paper + cards and decorations for the next year!

9:30 am

I'll try harder next time, bunny

9:31 am

rae, feel free to accidentally post a coupla 8s ;)

9:31 am

k...will do :)

9:31 am

I always buy my christmas cards for next year in the sales

9:32 am

so do I :)

9:32 am

eva - have you got the 8 which is most like your president?

9:32 am

Yes, Sherb, isn't that a cute one!

I like to get the lighted decorations or the inflatable ones, they are expensive, but 1/2 to 3/4 off after Christmas.

9:32 am

And I gave you a good me 8 clue a few moments ago.

9:33 am

have you seen that inflatable one with the moving carosel?

9:33 am

theres a Dollar Store by my house that actually has really nice stuff -- i buy all my wrapping supplies there. the cards are so-so, but definitely good for keeping on hand, just in case. and i even buy small gifts for coworkers or for my dance girls there...

Yes... I want it! Hubby denied me.

Dollar General is the "cheapy" store here, they had some great stuff this year if you went in to buy as soon as they put out the holiday stuff.

9:34 am

lol...it's freaky huge! our neighbourhood associaton frowns on decorations bigger than car...

9:34 am

I have arrived at the dreaded re- words. Anything I should know before plunging in?

9:34 am

most like my president? "dumbest" and "stupidest" arent in todays grid....

9:35 am

oh, heh, i get it now -- yes, i have that one already sherb. :)

9:35 am

they should be though, evan

9:35 am

it's hard to believe he'll be in till 2008...

9:35 am

he'll have been pres for almost 10 years

9:36 am

yep, 2 terms. 8 years. 8 looooooooooooooooooooooong years.

9:36 am

Esp. when I had a son in Iraq.

At least his brother has said he isn't running, for now anyway.

9:36 am

I wonder how long it will take to clean up after he leaves...

9:36 am

at least you limit yours to two four-year terms... some of ours stay on well beyond their sell-by date...

9:37 am

Who knows, we might have a woman next time ... Clinton or Rice.

9:37 am

yes sherb...our pm was in for 14 years

I'd have liked to see Clinton in another term, but the two term limit has it's use when you want em' out.

9:38 am

"President Rice"...hmmm

I don't think rice will run, but I've heard a lot of rumors about Clinton going for it. I have to admit, having beem watching the news much. I didn't even vote in last two elections, I'm from Texas. My vote would not have counted.

My brain and fingers are not working together today.

9:39 am

no candidate I've voted for has ever won... but I still keep voting...

9:40 am

i think its interesting that 2 of the strong-ish candidates with their hat in the ring so far are a woman + a black man...neither of which have held the office before. i have researched yet what any of the candidates stand for, but i do think it would be amazing to see THAT kind of change in the office...

9:40 am

Mari you with us?

And isn't the black man jewish, I'm not sure, just heard. That would be a first I believe.

9:41 am

hey, I'm back for a while, hopefully with a working brain this time

9:41 am

Hello all missed yesterdays biggie so will have a go on this one

9:41 am

bunny -- i hadnt heard that, but i dont know

9:42 am

how can ursh not be a word!!??

9:42 am

this one's much kinder ursh...

9:42 am

hi ursh

Kate, I dusted it well before I replaced, oiled it too, should be fine! brb, stepping outside.

9:43 am

lol thanks bunny

9:43 am

ursh isn't a word it's THE word...

9:43 am

in case anyone wants to watch any fabulous holiday specials: http://www.fanpop.com/spots /christmas/soapbox/64

9:43 am

Hey Diem you up and around?

9:43 am

there you go rae

9:45 am

;)

9:46 am

Yes mari just asked for you but have to go soon to take car in for air care {mot}

9:47 am

we're leaving to pick up kids soon Got MOT yesterday for ours Speak soon

9:47 am

afternoon all..im on xmas break

9:48 am

hi rolin

9:48 am

Have a good day im gone bye

9:48 am

OK, I'm stuck and need a clue: re 7,40 please.

9:49 am

Hi Rolin, bye Diem

9:49 am

cooks again

9:49 am

ive just started..no where near 7's

9:49 am

hi rolin :)

cooks again? Is that the one, re + you make chocolate soft by heating it?

9:50 am

hey sherb

9:50 am

no... it's what you do to beans...

9:50 am

Nope, not that one, but thanks for that one!

9:50 am

RE7/40 -- RE + touches

9:50 am

re7/40 = to touch again, third person

9:50 am

19 to go! am really struggling now..

9:51 am

I have the first re 7,40. It's the next one ... after giving you the name of another doctor to go to.

9:51 am

41 left and giving up!!

9:51 am

the last re6/27 and the last se7/32 to finish all my 7s anyone?

9:51 am

already clued it Merk...

ty

9:52 am

72 left and wanting to give up

9:52 am

what do you do to beans?? lol

9:52 am

se7/32 - people who appear to be...?

9:52 am

think mexican food evan, when you cook them again

9:53 am

ahh, thanks kth!

9:53 am

I have that se sherb, it's the other one I need :)

9:53 am

heis

or re + to cook in oil

9:53 am

ah... *goes in search of the other one...*

9:53 am

se7 a fit

9:53 am

Ah, yes, bunny, ty

9:54 am

se7 a fit brit style

9:54 am

thank you chi!!

9:54 am

chj...with an 's'?

9:54 am

thanks chj :)

9:54 am

se7 search and se***** (brit spelling)

9:55 am

yes rolin

9:55 am

I don't get the people who appear to be clue

9:56 am

thanks chj!

9:56 am

another word for 'appear'?

9:57 am

hello

9:57 am

mari have you gone?

9:57 am

sounds like a type of bowler...

9:57 am

ah got it

9:57 am

I thought that was it but I need the si7/28 now to complete the 7s?

9:57 am

hi harpjane :)

9:57 am

se7 observe + french seas

9:58 am

si7 = si6 with two consecutive double letters

9:59 am

si6/7 - gentleman's title...

9:59 am

yay! thanks chj and sherb!

9:59 am

well that got a few more for me, time to go home now, bye all

10:00 am

bye kate!

10:00 am

hrmmm...i dont have the Si6 yet...

bye kate

bye Kate

10:01 am

is there an rh word?

evan, it's like yes si*** and double r's in the next one

10:01 am

no harp

10:01 am

thanks!

10:01 am

Clue for final re 6,18 please.

10:02 am

person who depends on someone

10:02 am

re6/18 - get up again...

10:03 am

I need the re that comes after redoing something on the stove to chocolate.

I feel dippy but I can find an el4, I have the one that means other, and the one like old

10:03 am

That's it, Sherb. Thanks.

ty sherb didn't have that one either

el + opp of bye

ty ty bunny! I was pulling my hare out

*hair

10:06 am

is there a ph word?

10:06 am

hey mom (grammaterri1)

10:06 am

yes

10:06 am

could i please have some more coffee?

10:06 am

woo hoo -- finally broke 100!

hi cuppies, I am going back to finding words

<---pours Harp steaming cup (has white chocolate in it)

ya'll we are sitting in the living room together playing babble lol

10:07 am

you're too good to me bunny!

10:08 am

ooh, hows about a cup of white hot chocolate?? ;)

10:09 am

I'm looking for the Lower R words. Any ideas? I keep wanting to try rubric. So I'll put it in the chat log to get it out of my system!

Sounds good too, I can't have real chocolate, just the white, but it's yummy too.

10:10 am

ya know...the best thing about teaching...is the chocolate you get at christms

10:10 am

You can't have real chocolate? However do you get through life?

10:10 am

chocolate is a food group

10:11 am

when did teachers start getting presents? ...I don't remember doing that as a child...

10:11 am

Ru 4/5 and Ru 4/6

10:11 am

this r in the last column is driving me nuts I have the *take a break* one but HELP

10:11 am

ru 4/6 what everyone does this time of year

10:12 am

is it the pickled one wurdy?

10:12 am

Mom, I have both of those but they come off the upper one. There must be an R word that uses the other R?

10:12 am

ru4/5 - a trick/stratagem

10:12 am

ru 4/5 a trick

10:12 am

oh yeah sherb...more in primary school...but even in secondary school..some of my older kids bought me choccies..its very sweet

10:12 am

The ru7 and 8 are highly questionable, but they build off of the ru4/6.

10:12 am

oh my, sorry. I have one of the two

10:12 am

It's hard to figure it out when there's so many words.

10:12 am

just need to find out which one it is

10:12 am

the pickled one comes off another r

10:13 am

the last li5/12 anyone? am down to my last 7 but couldn't have done without the list!

10:13 am

"supple", sparklygem.

10:13 am

wurdy, do you have, "one of you go here, the re** go over there?:

10:13 am

re6/18 - depends on

10:14 am

yes harp, thats the one I have

10:14 am

(that re comes from the right column r I think!)

10:14 am

I want to write a poem that starts, with supple sparkly gem

10:14 am

judi...i built the ru7...but the 8?

10:14 am

nope,it comes from the left

10:14 am

I think the definition of supple sparkly gem is "gummy bear".

10:15 am

arghh! I do have three of them but not sure which ones they are

10:15 am

lol!

10:15 am

lol harp and judi!

10:15 am

boy, I love vavcations, anybody want to help me write a poem?

10:16 am

i love poetry harp.....write it all the time

10:16 am

sparkly is that your kittie?

10:16 am

yep, one of them!

10:16 am

roses are red violets are blue i couldn't make a rhyme if my life depended on it

10:16 am

haha chj

10:16 am

haha

One of the r's from the block with 4 is re + sounds like what grow on trees and plants, means a load off your back

10:17 am

Ode to a Supple Sparkly Gem:

lol chj

10:17 am

hi all

Hello Ric.

10:18 am

How's this--a Babble semi-haiku: Woulfie used a wooord; was it supple sparkly gem; or the ever present ETNA?

10:18 am

hi tricky

hi tricky

10:18 am

good one harp

10:18 am

you live near me trick!

10:18 am

Gummy Bears... oh how I love them. Alas, when I eat too many, I cought up phlegm.

10:18 am

we had secret santa to end the staffs day...we all write a ditty about the person we buy for..its very cute

10:18 am

The R that I have 1/2 is re 5/16 to recommend

10:18 am

Hi TrickyRic

10:19 am

I have that one too

10:19 am

lol gem, i'm west though =)

10:20 am

:)

10:20 am

R 4/4 grayed out - what a re****

10:21 am

Mom! thank you, my last R from the right :D

10:21 am

whooo whoo thanks my r 4/4 is greyed out also

10:21 am

grr my messenger updated without yahoo support - now its taking an age to recompile with yahoo :(

the other r off the block with two, ri 5/12 - r + salmon and tuna are f*** + use the same vowel again

10:21 am

tea break brb...

10:21 am

You're welcome Sparklygem

10:21 am

plop plop fizz fizz oh what a re**** it is

10:22 am

did someone say fiz?

10:22 am

Bleh ..Another biggie ..

10:22 am

Thank you so much Bunny R 2/2 grayed as well

10:22 am

Hi Fiz

10:22 am

at my trivia contest last night one of the questions was wh wore the red hat, snap crackle or pop?

10:22 am

anyone hae that I

10:23 am

*have

the i is a 4 letter flower.

10:23 am

ooh. which was it, chj? i'm not sure i know the diference.

10:23 am

wasnt it pop chj

10:23 am

Wurdygirl - a flower

10:23 am

ir 4/4

10:23 am

yay greyed my first box..

10:23 am

duh, thanks

Yay, hubby home for lunch, brb.

10:23 am

crackle

10:23 am

thxmom

10:23 am

see you later bunny

10:24 am

They all wore hats......

10:24 am

you're welcome Wurdygirl and Rolin

10:24 am

Good Morning Babblers

10:24 am

bye Bunny

10:24 am

Hi Faerie

10:24 am

Seya Bunny.

10:24 am

Crackle wore the red hat

10:24 am

apparently it was crackle which we got right by flipping a 3 sided coin

10:24 am

ok taking break...bbl

10:24 am

hi faerie

10:24 am

3 left - taking another break before my brain explodes lol

10:24 am

hey faerie....got your shirt on?

10:24 am

bye bye Wurdygirl

10:25 am

Hi Mom and Fiz

10:25 am

bye sparklygem

10:25 am

bye all x

10:25 am

hi faerie

10:25 am

what about the e in the corner...can some one give me the value for that pls?

10:25 am

hi fellow babblers, taking a break from wrapping presents

10:25 am

bye gem

10:25 am

Hi ya CJ - yep and an extra in my bag :)

10:26 am

hi annie lol your all coming in at once

10:26 am

rolin I think it's er**while

10:26 am

Hi Annie

10:26 am

Hi Ric

10:26 am

bye gem.

10:26 am

hi ric and mom

10:26 am

ty jane

10:27 am

annie....havent you heard about fancy bags instead of wrapping....so much easier...just drop the present in

10:27 am

Time to be productive (and Babble doesn't count). Housework to do. Bye for now

10:27 am

Bye Mom

10:27 am

My wrapping took about two seconds this year. Hubby is having an IPod Christmast. Everything was so tiny and easy to wrap.

10:28 am

hi chj, Not only do I wrap but I decorate the package and every year I say I am not going to do it but I do.

10:28 am

i found a really nice fe8....pity the game wont accepts it..*sigh*

10:28 am

what letter does the 9 start with?

10:28 am

you are a saint

10:28 am

br 9

10:28 am

I decided to go with CJ's wrapping idea this year....I know I'm lazy

10:28 am

chj, lol, saint annie, that's me

10:28 am

i actually enjoy wrapping...its cathartic

10:29 am

Which is worse? Putting a gift in a gift bag or wrapping it in the Sunday comics?

10:30 am

how many br's are there?

10:30 am

wow.....id love to get a present in the sunday comics

10:30 am

Judi, wrapping in the sunday comics is very creative and it saves on wrapping paper, etc

10:30 am

16 brs

10:30 am

I like using the Sunday comics, also I used old maps

10:30 am

brrrrrr....its cold

10:30 am

jane, i br 8 and l br 9

10:30 am

I do all birthday presents in comic pages

10:30 am

I also do books as cards

10:31 am

jane, i just gave you the biggies

10:31 am

We save ALL our wrapping paper and re-use it. In my husband's family it is a contest to see how long we can keep one piece of paper--and the ribbon--going

10:31 am

are there any ph

10:31 am

one

10:31 am

That's very eco-friendly of you Harpjane.

10:32 am

one ph--greek letters

10:32 am

i have reached a compromise....i use gift bags but i attach really fancy and elaborate gift tags

10:32 am

ty got it

10:32 am

well, it's eco-friendly, but it's also a throwback from growing up during the depression

10:32 am

Anything wrapped in the Sunday comics should automatically come with Silly Putty (so you can peel off the images).

10:32 am

now for the other p

10:32 am

My daughter stops and reads all the comics while she is opening her present

10:32 am

we also save string, rubber bands, old twist-ties, it's almost like a disease.....

10:33 am

I need some help with the center i

10:33 am

Judi I love the silly putty idea!

10:33 am

is also a 4

10:33 am

i= van gigh flwer

10:33 am

chiley, a four letter flower

10:33 am

can someone clue the br 5 & 6, just after our oversea babblers and before the hair*****?

10:33 am

NM....duh!

10:33 am

make that van gogh

10:33 am

yikes harp you sound like my father reincarnated

10:34 am

i just found the nationality ones..cant believe thats legit

10:34 am

br6/27: injury causing edema.

10:34 am

Hi Hurshy - sorry you did'nt quite make the gride

10:34 am

i got a br6 where i hit my head

10:34 am

br 6, be careful not to hurt yourself, you will get a br****

10:34 am

the 5/6 are not related

10:34 am

tx Hursh, put a cold pac on it

10:34 am

can anyone help need li4/4 - one of the 3 before "speech impediment" - have 2 of them

10:34 am

br5 br*** ekland

10:34 am

this round goes to you, mini-me!

10:34 am

I got br5/14 on my head when I fell in the cheese tray ..

10:35 am

I have li Italian money and untruths--can't find the third either

10:35 am

another clue for the 5, edie of desperate housewives.

10:35 am

change vowel of it money

10:36 am

We're still cleaning out my husband's mother's things, even though she died three years ago. Boxes full of surprises, mismatched tupperware lids next to bavarian china....

10:36 am

Thanks a million Hurshy

10:36 am

you sure that isnt roquefort in your hair tor

10:36 am

we put boxes of clothes on our curb with a sign Free Dress Up Clothes, and the neighborhood kids raided it, had a ball!

10:36 am

thanks, Hurshy

10:36 am

got it, thanks for all the help

10:36 am

there are some blue streaks in there

10:37 am

Morning all. Does anyone have the br6,27?

10:37 am

ow, i just got another br6/27

10:37 am

Roquefort, Pol le Veq, Port Salut, Savoy Aire, Saint Paulin, Carrier de lest, Bres Bleu, Bruson?

10:38 am

wow, tor knows a lot of fancy cheeses.

10:38 am

br 6/27, it appears when you get hit very hard

10:38 am

mkl edema

10:38 am

thanks

10:38 am

yw

10:38 am

those are in another cheese shop in bolton

10:38 am

funky cold edema

10:39 am

thats what you get at the top of mt everest

10:39 am

hursh, LOL!!

10:40 am

the other day my friend said he wanted to get high, so i suggested a mount everest climb would be just the thing

10:40 am

I bought a nice curtain for our picture window at a yard sale, for two dollars, the hardware to hang it is going to cost fifty.

10:40 am

sorry, I'm multitasking!

10:41 am

fitty cent or fitty dollar

10:41 am

dollar, or she wouldn'ta said it

10:42 am

i know....just wanted to say fitty

10:42 am

ahhhhh, well, tell me chj, how many stars on the US flag?

10:43 am

too many!

10:43 am

50

10:43 am

lol

10:43 am

CJ are you being harassed

10:44 am

only accidentally

10:44 am

could someone clue the tr8 please

10:44 am

the ships, tell them about the ships!

10:44 am

cape, ancient warship

10:44 am

Good morning/afternoon all. Atalante, how is your hand and did you complete yesterday's grid?

10:44 am

are tehre really 50? why not 51?

tr 7 & 8 - word meaning three, tr* + deep sleep + vowel, then plural

10:45 am

Hello Haz

10:45 am

cause there are only 50 states.

10:45 am

fitty dollar chj., but it's still a good deal

10:45 am

Hello Faerie!

10:45 am

wooden ships....on the shoreline

10:45 am

hi haz! no I didn't *sigh* I forgot to wake up before the flip. and my hand looks like its used as a pincushion!!

10:45 am

the last re7,40? please?

10:45 am

Oh, poor hand!

10:46 am

Haz I see an that you and your daughter could pass for sisters WOW

10:46 am

duh, why was I thinking there were 51 *sighsigh*

10:46 am

does mexican beans again

re 7/40 - re + to cook in oil

10:46 am

We look alike - you're right, but she has the advantage of youth!

10:46 am

maybe someday puerto rico will get in and then you'll just seem prescient.

10:47 am

thanks bunny. One more clue? The last re6,27?

10:47 am

still can't get the tr7,8

10:47 am

R-O-L-A-I-D-S

re 6/27 - re + sounds like what grows on trees and plants (to take a load off)

10:48 am

ARGGH TY

10:48 am

*waits to get yelled at for spelling out the word in chat*

10:48 am

good clue BV and Hi :)

10:48 am

tr 7, 8 = roman ship and plural

tr 7 & 8 - 3 + prefix meaning again + another word for I, plural for 8

Afternoon Faerie!

10:51 am

thanks bunny - you really spelled it out for me

10:51 am

doesn't anyone remember that commercial? :(

Nooo...

10:52 am

I remember *plop, plop, fizz, fizz oh what a re**** it is*

10:53 am

hmm, well do you remember, TUM-T-TUM-TUM-TUMS

Yeah, don't they still use that one?

10:53 am

i think so.

10:53 am

I don't watch TV anymore so I don't know

10:54 am

score one for tums.

10:54 am

em7?

10:54 am

I can't say that I NEVER watch TV but I don't watch it on purpose

10:54 am

boards with which to file your nails.

10:55 am

thanks hursh

10:55 am

I will be seeing more TV now with my new job due to the fact that there is a 52" TV in every room :(

10:55 am

elst

10:55 am

oh well

10:56 am

i was watching the great outdoor games the other day - i never realized how mathematical lumberjacking is. this one guy was chopping and he had such a great logarithm going.

10:56 am

hi again!

10:56 am

geez Faerie, where do you work?

back for my last 117

hi :)

Hello Pappa

10:56 am

can anyone clue the re5,10 (the one after the re6,21 - what you put on hamburgers)

10:56 am

bwahaha....Hurshy...good onw

10:57 am

one

10:57 am

made bright again

10:57 am

re5/10 - illuminated again?

10:57 am

nevermind

10:57 am

re5/10 -- set on fire again

10:57 am

when the candle went out, it was re***

10:57 am

yay someone liked my math joke!

10:57 am

thanks miller!

10:57 am

I work in a facility with the severely mentally retarded it is suppose to be good for them

re 5/10 - he re*** the lamp after it went out

10:58 am

how about the two right after that?

10:58 am

i wonder what the severely mentally retarded did before there was television...

10:58 am

Serves as a stimulus?

re 6/21 - re + you **** chocolate by heating it up, plural for 7

10:58 am

the cheese got solid again and they had to re6 it

10:58 am

thanks bunny

10:58 am

yep and I disagree

ooh! I made the list... *does the elderly villager dance* *or rather the village elder dance*

10:59 am

I suppose healthy doses would be ok

10:59 am

congrats Pappa

10:59 am

Specific programmes might stimulate, left on all day it just becomes moving wallpaper.

11:00 am

Afternoon all...........

Howdy Cait!

11:00 am

greetings caitlyn

11:00 am

Good afternoon, Caitlyn.

11:00 am

but not 24/7 and it causes bad behavior as in Sexually!!

What are they letting them watch?!

11:01 am

the first me6/21? anyone need clues while I search for my last few?

11:01 am

anything they want

me 6/21 - the most of ending on the me 4/5 before it

11:02 am

the me6 drop of flavor

11:02 am

I need 3 t's from the top corner

11:02 am

me6/21 - the least

11:02 am

I have one gentleman in my home that is blind and listens to the evening news which is wonderful but before and after that anything goes and the staff doesn't get to choose

11:02 am

the daytime soaps are the worst as far as I'm concerned

11:03 am

top corner T's - tr5/10 one who tests something + plural

11:03 am

Why doesn't someone on the staff turn the soaps off?

11:04 am

got those

11:04 am

dirty soaps, hahaha

11:04 am

and the thing that grows in the forest

11:04 am

Good afternoon everyone.

11:04 am

do you have the seven and eight, wurdy?

11:04 am

How's your back, Haz?

11:04 am

have you got the 7 and 8?

11:04 am

the patients become upset and throw a fit so they leave them on I'm not there in the day now just evening shift so by the time I get there they are wired and ready

11:04 am

nooo i dont...care to clue

Hi Jac

11:05 am

Hi Jac

11:05 am

Hi jacula

11:05 am

Hello Jacula - some days better than others. I had a session with traction today. That was interesting.

11:05 am

I need a clue for the br6/27 just befor the 5/18 that I br*** my hair with

11:05 am

3 prefix + homonym of big stack of paper

11:05 am

Haz - sounds painful!:(

11:05 am

tr7 - An ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship

hi everyone! : )

11:06 am

Faerie - a haematoma

Hi TO

11:06 am

Hi TO

11:06 am

that's my third br6/27 today! i am such a klutz!

11:06 am

Hi temple and jacula

how's the grid? deciding whether or not to begin

11:06 am

thanks

11:06 am

It was not painful, uncomfortable, but interesting!

11:06 am

it's fine TO, not like yesterday

11:06 am

lots of suffixes to play with

11:06 am

Yesterday's grid was truly horrible.

11:07 am

still dont get the tr 7 and 8

i didn't even begin.....

I agree

11:07 am

I was pleased that i finished yesterdays grid..

11:07 am

hi6?

tr 7 - word meaning three, tr* + prefix for again + another word for I, plural for 8

yes, i imagine the ish suffish is a source of debatable words....

11:08 am

jane, plural of the person who gives you the job

hi 6 builds off the words before it

11:08 am

hi evrey1!

11:08 am

thanks bunny one more from up there and it is grey

11:08 am

hi6 plural of hi5/12

11:08 am

tr4/7

I thought so too TO, but it doens't come up much.

11:08 am

hi6 = those who rent or lease something.

hey wait a minute - 31 b words?!

11:08 am

Hi Minty

11:09 am

well, 17 of the b's are simple

11:09 am

Harpjane, plural the h/5 before it.

11:09 am

I keep trying 'burrito'. It's not there.

11:09 am

duh, thanks

tr 4/7 probably, t+ abbrv for someone who calls plays at a game

11:10 am

thanks for the ME clue hursh and haz - only just got it!

11:10 am

yup, bunny that was it...never would have even tried to m onkey that

They build off eachother though TO.

11:10 am

the dreaded 14!

11:10 am

FIREWORKS!!

11:10 am

Congratulations Sparkly !!!!!!!!!!1

11:10 am

congrats sparkly

Yay Sparkly, congrats!

11:11 am

Cngrats sparkly!!

11:11 am

time for me to hit the shower later everyone have a great day/night and Happy Babbling :)

11:11 am

thanks, it took me the best part of today to finish! lol

11:11 am

later, faerie

11:11 am

Bye Faerie

11:11 am

congrats to caitlyn!!!!

11:11 am

a poem supple sparkly gem has fireworks while the vicious bunny used a word...

Bye Faerie

11:11 am

Well done, sparkly.

11:12 am

lol harp!

11:12 am

'Bye Faerie.

11:12 am

I love your icon bunny

Did I?

ty

11:13 am

i am missing an H...I have 2 he's; and 6 hi's what am i missing pls

hi

11:14 am

never mind...got it

11:14 am

Is it my turn to go to the bar again?LOL

11:14 am

I'm going to pinch bunny icon & print it to put up in the rabbit shed.

11:14 am

wurdy you need one more hi

11:15 am

*bunny's icon.

11:15 am

I got it thanks though harp

11:15 am

I am trying to finish my f's now

I cropped it a bit, I think if you google bunny chritmas you can get the full pic

11:16 am

can someone clue the 9 pls

Cait, since you volunteered....

The br 9 is the most of what you untangle your hair with.

11:19 am

hi all, total for today? looks like a high #...

238

11:20 am

i get the first 5 and then I can make an 8 but no 9

11:20 am

brier

11:20 am

oops

What you untangle with + vowel + birds live in a n***

11:21 am

thanks very much

11:26 am

Anyone care to clue the fe6/27 between costs and touched? TY :)

11:27 am

While you're at it, could you clue the last fe6/27?

11:27 am

Last fe6/27 is like actor Will from SNL and Elf

11:27 am

the one who does the fe4/7 and plural

11:27 am

the only 6/27 I have is the one where you put your fe***** out to find a job

fe 6/27 - healthy or strong - fe + vowel + like our friend fae*** Kae

11:28 am

Bless you Bunny, that's it. Fireworks!!

11:29 am

congrats

WTG Bugzy

11:29 am

conrats Bugzy

11:29 am

congrats!!!!!

11:30 am

TY all - have a few minutes to clue if anyone needs any thing...

11:30 am

well done Bugzy

11:31 am

Hi mo

11:31 am

Thanks mo :)

11:31 am

hi caitlyn and everyone.

Afternoon Mo

11:33 am

good afternoon bunny

anyone have the p words? i have pe4/6

11:35 am

ph4/6

Th other is a ph 4.

11:35 am

i have a ph4

ah i was wondering if there were any ph words...*head down looking*

Fireworks!

and just in time to get ready for work!

11:37 am

congrats pappa

11:37 am

congrats, smooth pappa!

WTG Pappa, have fun at work

11:37 am

congratulations pappa

11:38 am

Yay pappa!

lol bunny... doubt it... maybe... it seems the craziness is starting to taper off

thank you all!

yay pappa!

11:38 am

fe6.27? Not the toucher, and not Will Fe** from SNL.

fe + vowel + yeast makes bread **s*

I'm so glad they put the TR7 in here today. That is a word that I always want to enter. lol finally, it's in the grid

It was a word I had never heard of til today.

11:40 am

ty bunny. 4 left!

it's a greek warship... something I've studied a little. and I always liked the word. lol I'm such a geek. lol

11:41 am

le7, 32??? (Between floral wreaths and Le** we forget)

11:42 am

relax, take a load off

11:42 am

I was just disappointed that there were no compound words to be made from the sh4/5... LOL

11:42 am

Thanks hursh. I will ..

11:42 am

Like sh**storm, or sh**head?

lol

11:42 am

type of suit popular in the '70s

like "faced"?

11:43 am

or sh**forbrains

hi tor!

ok... I'm off... bye everyone. Have a great day!

11:43 am

nice une. Good clue!

Bye Pappa

11:43 am

bye, smooth!

11:43 am

:-D

11:43 am

All of the above, plus bullsh** and sh**ter too!! LOL!

11:44 am

A su7/44 of words today ..

11:44 am

OK, 3 left!! Se7,32 (the second one)??

11:45 am

On that lovely note, I'm off to the mall. Have a lovely day/afternoon/night everyone :)

se 7/32 sounds like a shaking fit

11:45 am

(Se7/32 is the same as the le7, Miller)

11:45 am

em 7,32 pls

11:45 am

perfect bunny! Just like le7,32 I couldn't get!

11:46 am

em7 boards used to file your nails

11:46 am

OK 2 left! The consecutive si's right before the dark lord in Star Wars.

11:47 am

oh, woot!

what is the plural of "surrey"

11:47 am

done with 7's at last!

11:47 am

ty une

11:47 am

surreys :(

11:47 am

yes si***** bob!

Miller, like the si 4/4 before the Star Wars guy, double cons and or vowels

11:48 am

TY Une. I thought I tried that. I see I did it with one R.

11:48 am

Fireworks!!!

11:48 am

yw :-)

11:48 am

:|

11:48 am

guys, please, not guy. or actually, even girls. just being pedantic Star Wars idiot!

Congrats Miller

11:48 am

woohoo, miller!!

11:48 am

you got somethin to say TOR???

11:49 am

so what would the singular of si** be, ata?

Sorry Ata, I'm not super Star Trekky...

I mean Warsy.

11:49 am

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

*giggle*

11:50 am

Si** just *is* :)

11:51 am

Fireworks! Crossing fingers for a smaller grid the next couple of days.........

11:51 am

or *are*. ooooo!

11:51 am

congrats, contrary!!

WTG contra

11:51 am

well done contrary

yay contrary

clue please for fe 7/40 not boats?

11:55 am

put out some fe7

11:55 am

or multiple wills

got that one it's one of the last ones

11:56 am

that's the multiple wills (SNL, Elf)

There is the actor Will Fe****l, or a boat for transporting pluraled

ah, ty - multiple wiills did not do it : /

11:58 am

fe 6 === bar*** racing is a rodeo event for women and plural

11:58 am

you know, if you can be touchy-feely, you should be able to be touchy-feelier

11:58 am

fe 6,27 between the two 4/7s pls

I better get, see ya'll tomorrow.

hurshy, i need thefe4/7 after the plural of the word you just used

bye, bunny!

11:59 am

money you pay for a service?

12:00 pm

fe 6 = Great Lake with different starting vowel

12:00 pm

bye, bunny!

ty

12:00 pm

$20 - Same as in town . .

also the e on the upper right is hiding... : (

12:00 pm

****while

12:00 pm

fuperior?

12:01 pm

FIREWORKS!!

12:01 pm

babblerabble meant + not =

ty

12:02 pm

ee 4/4 = the serpent fish

12:02 pm

no that comes from the first E

12:02 pm

Congratulations, Uneaixoise!!

12:03 pm

congratulations une

12:03 pm

Great lakes: superior, michigan, huron, ontario....which one is left?

12:04 pm

the spooky one!

for the last tow fr words, one is pommes fr5/16...may i have a clue for the other please? ty

12:04 pm

ooh i need that too

12:05 pm

double it

12:05 pm

like with the br

nm got it hurshy

12:07 pm

i need FSST FSST - which is what i say to my cats if they start to do something they shouldn't

12:08 pm

Your cats actually do things?

12:09 pm

of course

12:09 pm

lol torg

12:09 pm

wouldn't dare with all that fssting going on

12:10 pm

not too many biological terms in this grid, eh?

12:10 pm

thank goodness

12:10 pm

bu7/44 ...

12:10 pm

My cats do tons - here...look, this one is sleeping. Talented, this one.

12:11 pm

more shrubby

12:11 pm

venite adoramus, dominus.... pavarotti is very good

12:12 pm

or, more of GW

12:12 pm

Oh, Hursh, it broke my heart about his diagnosis

12:12 pm

oh dear, is he sick?

12:13 pm

lol, thought babblerabble was talking bout GreyWoulf

12:13 pm

He has pancreatic cancer.. the same thing that took my mom in 2000... and her last months were spent with me listening to the three tenors and his single performances

12:13 pm

ohhhh :(

12:14 pm

what is his prognosis? do they think they can treat it?

has anyone seen woulf lately?

12:14 pm

yeah he was on last night

12:14 pm

I know. Her birthday is Christmas Eve... and the passing of time doesn't make it any easier for my two sisters and myself :-(

12:14 pm

well one of the three tenors has survived "terminal" cnacer already so ....

12:14 pm

i'm so sorry scarlet :(

but this cancer kills quickly

12:16 pm

It usually does take only three or four months... Mom was in a clinical trial for some types of chemotherapy, and survived for a year and a half. Thanks for the compassion, Hursh

12:17 pm

to quote the wicked witch of the west... "what a world, what a world"

12:18 pm

The odd thing about this invasion is that size doesn't matter... the cancer can have the perimeter of a pinprick, but be deadly. Life is very strange... but immutable

12:18 pm

hello, scarlett I'm so sorry to hear that, it must be hard for you

12:19 pm

Hi, Kate. Sometimes it stabs my heart, but then I get my head on straight and remember the wonderful times we spent and the most precious gift of all: Mom taught me how to die with dignity and total class. How irreplaceable! How are you, dear?

12:20 pm

afternoon babblers...

12:21 pm

I'm holding up, things aren't quite going to plan which is very frustrating, but he's going to go talk about getting my money tonight which will be a weight off my mind

12:22 pm

Sometimes I absolutely hate how money rules the planet, but at least you are in some kind of dialog about the need to have it. Hugs and prayers, Kate.

12:23 pm

i'm a bit confused about the br 9. I have the br 8...

12:23 pm

re6/21

12:23 pm

most instead of more, jaime

12:24 pm

Hello all

12:24 pm

yay! thanks :)

12:24 pm

oh no, the cheese is solid again, we must re6/21 it!

12:24 pm

scarlett I agree, I hate money and the way it controls things, but without it I can't leave, so I need it lol

12:25 pm

death is permanently ensconced on everyone's doorstep .... the past will not change .... the future may ..... today is the time .... before the last breath

12:26 pm

Missed you yesterday Babble

12:26 pm

and happy holidays to you too!

12:26 pm

is that a quote babble or did you write it?

12:26 pm

Thanks for the philosophical rendering, BR... the last mystery

12:26 pm

Kate, did you apply for the childrens' passports, yet?

12:27 pm

almost scarlet, they are at the school waiting to be countersigned, they were meant to be posted today, which I'm really p**** about

12:28 pm

they should be sent tomorrow though

12:28 pm

babble you weren't around yesterday, we had a monster grid and could have really used your clues :)

12:29 pm

hi peeps

12:29 pm

Hi Jaime

12:29 pm

hi jaime

12:32 pm

i have the songs from "the year without a santa claus" stuck in my head! "im mister white christmas im mister snow im mister icicle im mister 10-below they call me freeze miser whatever i touch turns to ice in my clutch im too much!"

evan, that is very naughty of you, to infect us all with that meme!! 8-)

12:33 pm

What a cute song. I hadn't heard that

12:34 pm

"im mister green christmas im mister sun im mister heat blister im mister hundred-and-one they call me heat miser whatever i touch starts to melt in my clutch im too much!"

I'll take mr green christmas ( : in the 80's here lol

12:35 pm

i love that movie...hehe

I haven't seen the movie but the song is cute

12:36 pm

you guys gotta watch it!

12:36 pm

I haven't seen it, what is it

12:37 pm

gotta get to a meeting... *UGH*

if I could ever get away from these monster grids I will lol

12:37 pm

I'm off to do some more housework. Down to 10

12:37 pm

left :) bye bye

12:38 pm

that is 103 left

12:38 pm

bye mom

bye mom

12:38 pm

ah, what a difference a digit makes

foflol

12:38 pm

sad isn't it?

12:39 pm

must have hit enter instead of the 3

12:39 pm

I have 65 left, 6 of them being 7s

12:39 pm

on the number keypad, presumably

12:39 pm

yes hurshy

12:40 pm

that number keypad is impish

12:40 pm

you'll get the 65 before the flip, I am certain of it, Kate

12:40 pm

it might help if I was trying though lol

12:40 pm

i now just have one FSST left instead of two

12:41 pm

lol

12:41 pm

everytime I go to get away, I find more words

12:41 pm

that's what I'm doing wrong then, I'm not trying to leave lol

12:41 pm

lol

12:42 pm

*pushes kate towards the door*

12:42 pm

my shoulder hurts and my ball has deflated too much so it's aching even more

12:42 pm

oops, should have pushed you on the other side :(

12:43 pm

and, um, you have balls?

12:43 pm

sorry that probably made no sense to anyone but me, I sit on a gym ball, and it's going flat so I am now too low for the desk

12:43 pm

ohhhhhh

ty for clarifying kate, lol

12:44 pm

someone has messed about with my chair at work too, which is too high for the desk, so my shoulder is just confused and achy

12:44 pm

ello sha

12:44 pm

Could someone clue the 2nd fe6/27?

12:44 pm

su 7... I have the first 4 letters. anyone have a hint?

12:45 pm

turtle, like a babbler fa****

12:45 pm

when you have an excess of something it is a su7

12:45 pm

My second fe6/27 - comedian Will, or weaselly animal with diff last letter. But maybe there are others.

12:46 pm

Thanks!

12:46 pm

su4/8 + sounds like the word for consume

12:46 pm

great, thanks!

12:47 pm

How about the last fe6/27 7/40 combo?

12:47 pm

really going this time ... bye

12:47 pm

that's the one vi said

12:48 pm

I can't get the weaselly one

12:48 pm

oh derp!

12:48 pm

ello sha!!!

12:48 pm

could i have the point total please?

12:48 pm

drags self from chair and heads up the steps ...

12:48 pm

oh hang on, I already have it, no wonder

12:48 pm

3829

12:49 pm

but i have 3830 already!

12:49 pm

that's wrong I am still missing two words Hurshy

12:49 pm

3857

12:49 pm

wow your words must be lots of points cause i miss 3 and need one less point than you

12:49 pm

thanks haz

12:50 pm

how many fe6/27s are there, I have 2

12:50 pm

what is the pe 4 plz

12:50 pm

You're welcome.

12:50 pm

pe 4 is a babblet, sound of disgust

12:50 pm

is that you Haz?

12:51 pm

3 kth

12:51 pm

shorty pe + be quiet backwards

12:51 pm

ty

12:51 pm

pe plus male personal pronoun minus the vowel. Yes, it's me.

12:51 pm

tyvm

12:51 pm

you are just as I imagined you

12:52 pm

which one am I missing then, I have the weaselish thing with the wrong last letter and a person who touches

12:52 pm

good evening everybody am at work so am in and out of grid:)

12:52 pm

Really, Shorty?/

12:52 pm

really!!!

12:52 pm

hi jean

12:53 pm

hi jean

12:53 pm

Hello, Jean.

12:53 pm

kth, it's the second one that sounds like tinkerbell

12:53 pm

Hurshy, now I have 3857 and that means FIREWORKS

12:53 pm

kate, takes across the water

hi annie!

12:53 pm

that's odd shorty, I always pictured haz to have long dark straight hair

12:53 pm

hi temple!!!!

12:53 pm

congratulations inge:)

12:54 pm

Annie! gorgeous girl! You're gorgeous too, Haz!!

12:54 pm

ah got it finally

12:54 pm

thats me kate

12:54 pm

Moi! gorgeous, well, um, thank you...Haz is gorgeous!

annie...clikcon my profile please...

12:54 pm

it's funny how you imagine people to look, I'm always totally wrong lol

12:55 pm

except with grey in it *heehee*

12:55 pm

lol

12:55 pm

temple, yes I did

12:55 pm

I'm having a quick laugh at 'gorgeous'. I've always thought of myself as just about passable.

12:55 pm

I even manage to picture some people being the wrong gender

12:55 pm

temple, if you were the one who sent me an email, sorry to say, never received it

12:56 pm

lol kthdsn

12:56 pm

i go to work on itunes and i miss fascinating chat

12:56 pm

:) we all need to hear it sometimes

no i have not yet annie - do you have it now? i've been frantic these last few days hardly home

12:57 pm

10 more b words?? - sheesh . .

12:57 pm

both ferier and ferrier should be words! ack!!!

12:57 pm

ok, i need a 5/10 and a 4/5, this is not so bad

12:57 pm

Haz, I think you are adorable

12:57 pm

you have a great smile

12:58 pm

It was a smile of triumph - my elder daughter had just graduated from university.

12:58 pm

Phone!

12:59 pm

temple I have it now, thank you...

12:59 pm

your daughter went to university in the same region that my brother-in-law and sister live

12:59 pm

you look very british, i think. like you could be in movies where they want a british noblewoman

1:00 pm

how u doing sha ???

1:02 pm

I finally remembered to change my icon....since I reqeusted the theme!

1:02 pm

I'm back - Jaime - have you been across to visit your sister? Edinburgh is a beautiful city.

1:02 pm

what is the theme

1:03 pm

raelite, the story is getting better and better....someone has to save nutsy

1:03 pm

oh wait till you find out who it will be! I'm almost finished chapter 5

1:04 pm

you smart little ninja you

1:04 pm

lol....it's a new babble character...and she is going to be fabulous!

1:04 pm

my husband went this summer for work and got to visit her and neil. I was home drywalling our renovating project on our new house. justice, hmm?

1:04 pm

will it be me raelite?

1:05 pm

HI everyone,

1:05 pm

hee hee maybe *secretly nods yes*

1:05 pm

raelite, i love your bender icon

1:05 pm

Well, you've a good case for being first in line for the next trip.

1:05 pm

thanks, I love bender!!!

1:05 pm

Yay, I can't wait to read it

1:05 pm

hello periwinkle:)

1:05 pm

exactly. i'm gonna get there!

1:05 pm

my husband and I just watched the one with his evil/good twin Flexo

1:06 pm

hi peri!

1:06 pm

it's gonna be called "the wreckoning, part the second"

1:06 pm

hi all! here at the library and really missing my "fix" of the chat log!

1:06 pm

ha ha flexo...he's so funny I'm excited they are bringing the series back

1:06 pm

Hello stidmama!

1:06 pm

sttiiidd! no trees fell on you, I hope!

1:06 pm

hello stidmama:)

1:06 pm

Hey there stidmama, I have the apple crustada recipe and I found the one with almond paste. Do you want me to e-mail you or post them in bab anon

1:07 pm

Hi, stid, still no power in the northwest???

1:07 pm

thanks rae, we were SO lucky! a neighbor four houses away had THREE trees *on* her house and two more *over* the power lines!

1:07 pm

We actually got power back at our home last night, but no cable yet so here at the library again...

1:07 pm

Stidmama, glad to see you are okay

1:07 pm

wow...that is lucky! I'm glad you guys are ok

1:07 pm

they are???? on which network?

1:08 pm

*drool* oh -- if you don't mind posting to BabAnon, then others can enjoy them too!

1:08 pm

on comedy network in 2008

stidmama, you are welcome to come winter here ( : 80's today

1:08 pm

Ok, I made the apple crustada again, my niece is coming for dinner

1:08 pm

awesome, raelite

1:08 pm

me too, thanks rae. I heard from Jillibus that Victoria was hit a bit, but a friend in Bellingham said they barely noticed it!

1:08 pm

apple crustada, will definitely like to try that out, thanks!

1:09 pm

ow

1:09 pm

LOL thanks Gramma! *packing swimsuit and suntan lotion*

come on down lol

1:09 pm

*tossing housekeys at kids on my way out the door*

1:09 pm

Annie, the recipe is actually called : Easier than apple pie but my niece called it an apple crustada and she watches all the cooking show. crustada sounds much more interesting, no?

1:09 pm

does anyone have the re 7/40 that comes after the one that means to direct your attention elsewhere?

1:10 pm

how hard is the grid today? should I start or... ???

1:10 pm

crustada sounds exotic...will definitely make it. love apple pie and ice cream

and 2 of my kids just left today for Michigan, I think they are stoned lol

1:10 pm

dive in, stid

1:10 pm

it's not bad stid

1:11 pm

Compared to yesterday it's a doddle.

1:11 pm

it is very easy to make Annie, uses a store bought crust but you can make your own if you want

1:11 pm

jaime not sure what you mean... you want the mexican beans one?

they'll be back Christmas eve, and I'll spend Christmas with all 14 of my grandkids...woohoo

1:11 pm

will try to post both recipes by the end of the week

1:11 pm

14 grand kids, yikes, how old are you kids, if you don't mind me asking

1:11 pm

yes, thanks!

1:11 pm

I have a store bought crust in the freezer and it is quite good.

1:12 pm

we got a good gusting but nothing serious...we did not lose power. However in Sooke on the east side of the island the power is still out

not at all peri, son 30, daughter 28, daughter 27, daughter 23, son 32

I am very blessed

1:12 pm

yes Jaime - they are getting all the original voices and everything...I can't wait

1:12 pm

okay, thanks, I'll try it. *dips toes in grid*

1:12 pm

he's just left to go meet the guy who's lending him the money, hopefully they will arrange to transfer it before xmas

1:12 pm

grammaterri, you were very young then when you had your own children

1:13 pm

good morning everyone

1:13 pm

Good morning lynxxx.

for sure peri, would do it all over agin too ( :

hi lynxxx

1:13 pm

hi lynxxx

1:13 pm

{{{kth}}} I've missed seeing you. Are you okay? *offers plate of cookies and a hot cup of tea*

1:13 pm

There are like 18 discussions going on right now . .

1:13 pm

hi lynxxx

1:13 pm

hi lynxxx

1:13 pm

Hello, lynxx

1:13 pm

hi lynxxx

1:13 pm

now there's 19...thanks tor...

1:14 pm

It keeps things cross-pollinating that way, torg.

1:14 pm

yes stid I'm doing alright thanks *takes cookies and hot tea gratefully*

1:14 pm

wow. hadn't heard about Sooke, rae -- hope their power is restored soon. About 130,000 are still waiting in Washington...

1:14 pm

Mmmmm . . . pollen . .

1:14 pm

poor tor are you all confusled?

1:14 pm

I heard on the news about that this morning...it's crazy that we're getting another storm tonight!!

1:14 pm

Always kate . .

1:14 pm

Anything that has to do with reproduction sounds good to our torg.

1:15 pm

bbl

1:15 pm

{{{tor}}} *starts to tap dance with a giant butterfly*

1:15 pm

I really want to play my music but I don't know if I dare, I'm liable to cry

1:15 pm

later peri! thanks for the recipes!

1:16 pm

we could sing a babble song

1:16 pm

kth -- maybe crying is what you need? what sort of music are you considering?

1:17 pm

i'll... find wooooords... for christmas... if oooonly in my dreams

1:17 pm

soppy bon jovi songs, what else? :'-(

1:17 pm

you should do angry music - LL Cool J's Momma said knock you out!

(((hugs))) kth, I agree crying is good sometimes

1:17 pm

It's beginning to look a lot like Babble!

1:17 pm

I can't stand angry music lol

1:17 pm

babble babble babble, there's no room for the rabble

lol hurshy

1:18 pm

those who don't play will soon go away

1:18 pm

you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, i'm tellin you why, dr_god is comin to town

1:18 pm

ok I'm going to chance it, as long as you're all here to pick me up if I should fall apart

1:18 pm

okay, how about something from Sesame Street? ****music swells**** It's not easy being green...

1:19 pm

Babble, the yellow-nosed letter tile... No, I guess that doesn't work so well.

1:19 pm

You gotta put down the duckie . .

1:19 pm

lol vicuna

I have alot of great music on my myspace Kate... www.myspace.com/jesusismyrock feel free to browse

1:19 pm

(put down the duckie!)

1:20 pm

Hey Stid---how are you doing? ***sneaking on Babble while at work!***

I do need to add bonjovi tho, I love him

1:20 pm

{{{Scrabbler}}} thanks! we are fine -- power on at home, but no internet yet. Thank goodness for internet cafes and libraries!

1:21 pm

hi scrabbler

1:21 pm

terri me too, he's so gorgeous and his songs are amazing

1:21 pm

And Tom Sr and Shirley are in Chicago again for the holidays. How about your side of the family?

1:21 pm

Good news that you are OK! You have to be ready for Santa!

1:21 pm

stid, read your latest chapter just now. They are longer when you are houselocked!!!

I loved him better with the hair, but he is still a doll

1:22 pm

*grin* Santa came on St. Nicholas day, Scrabbler...

1:22 pm

LOL inge -- for sure! when there's nothing else to do, I might as well write. Though I am finding strange errors when I read them after I post...

1:22 pm

Hi Kate--how are you!

1:23 pm

holding up scrabbler

1:23 pm

Doesn't bother me. I just enjoy them

1:23 pm

he's almost as old as my dad though terri :s

I know kth lol

1:24 pm

thanks, inge -- I enjoy writing them. The last batch of stollen I made I didn't have orange juice, so I used milk and added almond flavor instead of making it citrusy. Do you think it'll turn out okay? (I used wheat so couldn't test it myself)

heck, I think jack nicholson is hot! and he IS as old as my dad would be

1:25 pm

my mum and I once had an argument about who would be allowed to have bon jovi first if we ever got hold of him...

1:25 pm

Hi all..........a clue please for br9?

lol

hi flask and everyone else that came in whilst I was swooning about bonjovi lol

1:26 pm

should be perfect. My recipe calls for milk and lemon rind, but no juice. I add almond slivers

1:26 pm

Make the hair taming br5 into an adjective and the most it can be.

1:26 pm

mmm.......he's gorgeous...lol

1:26 pm

lol ditto what terri just said

1:27 pm

Yikes ..He's almost as old as I am . .

lol tor

1:27 pm

thanks Haz.......it was driving me mad!!

1:27 pm

lol tor, I guess I go for older men...

1:27 pm

See, torgone, you're NOT over the hill. You're just not Jon Bon Jovi.

1:27 pm

It's a very peculiar word!

lol vicuna

1:28 pm

Robert Redford can put his slippers under my bed ANYTIME!!!

1:28 pm

i still want a hula hoop...

1:28 pm

I never liked robert redford

1:28 pm

robert redford??!!??

1:28 pm

hula hoops are back in fashion

I always have too Kate, when I was a teen, my wall was filled with Telly Savalas posters lol

1:29 pm

argh. got bumped off.

wb stid

1:29 pm

yikes! he's a little over the hill for me...if I wanted to sleep with leather I'd buy suede sheets

1:29 pm

Good afternoon!

1:29 pm

I don't know who that is terri lol

1:29 pm

hi Charm!

foflol raelite

hi charm

1:29 pm

Hey, stid!

1:29 pm

Hi, grammaterri

1:29 pm

Haz I have everything else pertaining to that word.....so you can imagine just how frustrating it was getting!!

1:29 pm

thanks inge, I wasn't sure... they're for my great-aunt and some cousins my parents have gone to visit.

lol Kate he was a hot cop back in my day

1:30 pm

If you want to lust after old men with little hair, may I humbly suggest Patrick Stewart? AND he has a voice that could probably send me over the edge all by itself....

1:30 pm

anyone have the tr 7 and 8?

1:30 pm

oh captain my captain!

oh yes charm, he is a dream

1:30 pm

*faint* *drool* oh, Patrick Stewart!

1:30 pm

lol......nice one Charm!!!!

1:30 pm

I agree totally, charm

1:30 pm

don't know who he is charm, I'd take patrick swayze if he was on offer

Kate likes older men to HER lol

1:31 pm

Jean Luc Picard, of Star Trek fame.

Swayze isn't old enough for me lol

1:31 pm

oh, Kate is a youngster!

1:31 pm

extremely handsome man!

1:31 pm

ed harris!!!!

1:31 pm

I like brad pitt too, or I did until he got a moustache, bleurch

1:32 pm

he does nowt for me!

I am also head over heels for worf!

1:32 pm

Swayze is too young for me, too. cute but I'd feel like a cradle robber

1:32 pm

Yes, jaime!

lol charm me too

1:32 pm

okay, I absolutely think "truish" ought to count.

1:32 pm

so what's this about a tr 8?

1:32 pm

I'm sure he'd shave the mustache for you, kth.

1:32 pm

oh and michael douglas, I don't know what it is about him because I don't find him nice to look at, but I'd have him in a moment

1:32 pm

You and Stephen Colbert, stidmama!

me too stid and speaking of words..back to the grid for me....righto kate

1:33 pm

i need that tr 8 and the first th 5

1:33 pm

the tr 8 is the plural of tr 7!

1:33 pm

okay inge... more info please? LOL

1:33 pm

ello auntie sha

1:33 pm

*rushes off for a cold shower* I feel better now lol

1:33 pm

james denton

1:33 pm

tr8 is a boat/ship - old greek, with an eye painted on it - other thannn that I don't know

1:34 pm

10 more words to go and if students would stop turning in late assignments for me to grade I could get this grid finished. sigh

1:34 pm

prefix meaning 3 + ***sleep and a vowel

1:35 pm

inge, which one is that? I mean the first th 5

1:35 pm

thanks *thinking*

1:35 pm

got it!

1:35 pm

That was for the tr 7, th 5 is the guy who steeals

1:35 pm

ello han

1:36 pm

I am up to 67 words! *grin* don't think I'll finish this one, have about 20 minutes left of battery power...

1:36 pm

oops, teh first th 5 is a possessive pronoun

1:36 pm

th5/12 - possessive pronoun

1:36 pm

how u doin

1:36 pm

thanks for the th, too!

1:36 pm

TY Inge - finally got it

1:36 pm

how u doin antie sha

1:36 pm

how uuuuuuuuuuu doin

1:36 pm

emeer

1:36 pm

Blast, sorry!

1:36 pm

hursh, that sounds just like my son!

1:37 pm

great, thanks!

1:37 pm

Vi -- what is the name of the stuff you do your prints with? you said it's easier to carve than linoleum...

1:37 pm

it sounds like joey, is what the intent was :)

1:37 pm

thanks Vi! *big grin*

1:37 pm

ah, larry the cucumber singing feliz navidad - does it get any better than this?

1:37 pm

hursh, not sure who joey is, but mine is a real cut up.

1:37 pm

could i please have a clue for the middle fe6/27

1:38 pm

hi ursh! you're in the grid! :-)

1:38 pm

I got that it was joey hurshy

1:38 pm

:)

1:38 pm

It's rubber, stidmama. It has various brand names, including "sof-kut" and "easy-cut", or something like that. Speedball makes one, too. It's the same stuff white art erasers are made from, so you can practice on those.

1:38 pm

fe6.27 - the persons who set fr**

1:39 pm

hi stid - yes - and its not a word?? its me!! i am a word

1:39 pm

fe + ***s (part of lyou reye) + vowel

1:39 pm

fe6/27 - add the eye part/flower, but change the final letter for a vowel

1:39 pm

tuba solo!

1:39 pm

hi stid -- good to wee you back! Got your email...

1:39 pm

good day folks!

1:39 pm

ty

1:39 pm

*see, not wee -- lol!

1:39 pm

thanks Vi --- :-) have been wanting to get back into carving some stamps, but the lino is just too hard for quick little forays...

1:40 pm

ur**, you are in the grdi today

1:40 pm

great icon hursh and always nice to see a pretty smiling haz!

1:40 pm

KRISTIN!!!!! how did you do? were you all okay? Heard some sad stories from the Seattle area this week

1:40 pm

hi Jill... though "wee" if you must (only in a different direction)

1:40 pm

lol

1:41 pm

I'm not doing this grid -- no time (well, I do have 33 words which I got last night)

1:41 pm

Hello kristin - just about to take a break.

1:42 pm

hiya all

1:42 pm

heya stid...we fared very well as far as trees go (glad we moved our car however) Our biggest issue was that our basement flooded as did the basement of our church. When you're the pastor of a small church you get basement clean up duty too so it was a long weekend :)

1:42 pm

is it true that the boar's head carol comes from an incident in which an oxford student was attacked by a wild boar; the student then stuffed his aristotle in the boar's mouth, choking it. wanting to retrieve his book, he cut off the boar's head and brought it back to college, where it was featured for christmas dinner?

1:42 pm

I have 77 words and have to shut down soon... the kids are anxious to get home, and I have laundry I MUST do, now that we have power again.

1:42 pm

hi haz, enjoy your break

1:43 pm

heya haz

1:43 pm

I read in the Seattle paper yesterday that several neighborhoods have had flooding problems -- but nothing seems to get done. Are you though mucking out? Hope you didn't lose any books or furniture...

1:43 pm

okay stid, I'll have to get the scoop on how you did another time...glad all seems to be well

1:43 pm

hi everyone -- wish I could stay, but must go -- bye!

1:44 pm

hurshy that sounds a bit crazy,never heard it before

1:44 pm

hyea jillibus

1:44 pm

nope, everything in the basement is up off the floor (old house, happens once a year or so) the church took the harder hit but no major damage either place, just lots of shop vac usage :)

1:44 pm

solong, farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, goodbye--------------Jillibus

1:44 pm

well, archibald asparagus may not be the most reliable source of informatino

1:44 pm

bye jilly

1:45 pm

I just counted words with suffixes other than just adding an s to make plural or present tense verb. There are 56 words that add er, ers, ier, iest, changing y to i. Makes for an easy, though long grid. Then if you would add normal plurals ....

1:45 pm

Last re5/10 please

1:45 pm

Fireworks!

1:46 pm

wd merk

1:46 pm

well done merk!

1:46 pm

To light the candle again, past tense.

1:46 pm

re 5: to rekindle

1:46 pm

Yippee merk!

1:46 pm

Today

1:46 pm

relit

1:46 pm

ty merk was driving me crazy

1:46 pm

Today's grid took me hours and hours less than yesterday's monster ... so much more fun.

1:46 pm

Bad little monkey!

1:46 pm

Scrabbler!!!

1:47 pm

I agree, this is a fun grid

1:47 pm

don't be mean to the monkey, they have a union now

1:47 pm

scrabbler I left some donuts in teh penalty box this morning

1:47 pm

very few strange words, just corny endings.

1:47 pm

I didn't even have to pull my hair out on the re-

1:47 pm

burse

1:48 pm

thanks cousin!

1:48 pm

godspeed kristinc; we're still finding remnants of a 2004 flood, things we thought we were going to save, etc. what a mess!

1:48 pm

AAAAAHHHH, penalty box for Scrabbler.

any clues for the ri5/12?

1:48 pm

Scrabbler!!!!

1:48 pm

just ad s, es, ies, ier, iers, est, and iest to everything and you'll do fine...

1:48 pm

the penalty box has candy of ALL kinds and hot cocoa.

1:48 pm

Bad little Scrabbler! Bad girl!

1:48 pm

plural and plural bendamalina

1:49 pm

yikes harp, no I think we'll get things under control before the holidays...we're going to Lake Tahoe for vacation!

1:49 pm

All but a very few of the longer words are formed that way. Not the le.

1:49 pm

ri5/12 - think of the last of the Yahi

a plural for the 5/12?

1:49 pm

oh man, i got mixed up thought you said 5/10

1:49 pm

i'm losing it

1:50 pm

speaking of, could I have a clue on the le 732 please?

1:50 pm

Not the su 7 and 8

1:50 pm

And not the tr 7 and 8. The rest all build on the words right before them.

1:50 pm

I could give you the clue, but it would be at my le*****

1:50 pm

le7/32 - it's my dream to be a lady of le*****.

1:50 pm

hurshy - I've heard that boar's head story before, told at a Madrigal dinner.

1:50 pm

le What you do in your spare time.

1:50 pm

fireworks here - thanks for help

1:51 pm

Your le***** activities.

1:51 pm

aha...thanks!

than ks DrBernabo

1:51 pm

Congrats ursh!

1:52 pm

wtg Ursh

1:52 pm

Time to get some things finished here. I finished the grid earlier, but had to go to a funeral so I typed the words in just now. Have a good rest of the day. See you tomorrow.

1:53 pm

how many words are there in the puzzle today?

1:53 pm

238 words.

1:53 pm

238

1:53 pm

bye merk

1:53 pm

sorry to hear that merk, hope you're ok

1:53 pm

Don't let the number scare you; it's an easy grid. Bye.

1:53 pm

bye Merk

1:54 pm

Yes, I am. It was the mother of my best friend. She's the one that needs our prayers.

1:55 pm

I will be thinking of her and you merk...peace

1:55 pm

Hi. Isn't there an em word that means to dunk something under the water in this grid or am I spelling it incorrectly?

1:56 pm

oh gwenski, do you think it was true?

1:56 pm

immerse

1:56 pm

It sounds to me like a prof made it up to justify the study of Aristotle.

1:56 pm

thanks hurshy. I never said I was a good speller.

1:57 pm

a good cucumber like me....

1:57 pm

I know this sounds crazy, but the el 4/4

1:57 pm

PRobably has a basis in truth, then was embellished over time.

1:57 pm

Find it yourself, or el4!

1:57 pm

hurshy i love that picture where did you get that.

1:58 pm

google

1:58 pm

<okay. Time to work again. Maybe lurk later>

1:58 pm

I'm safe with my music so far btw, got meat loaf blasting away

1:58 pm

*your heart is full of unwashed socks. Your soul is full of gunk...Mr GRRRINCH!*

1:58 pm

gotta go there, thanks

1:59 pm

boo for work! see you gwenski

2:00 pm

se 7, anyone?

2:00 pm

gotta love the meat loaf kth

2:01 pm

What epilectics have

2:01 pm

se7 - pl of se6/21 - one who appears to be?

2:01 pm

kate, hope you plan to eat some of taht meatloaf. Are you able to eat again?

2:01 pm

he's great for destressing, although I think I deafen everyone in the process

2:01 pm

sorry, I meant the 2nd se7.

2:02 pm

thanks Vicuna for the first one...

2:02 pm

yes inge I've been eating, still doesn't feel right somehow but I've stopped loosing drastic amounts of weight

2:02 pm

good to hear

2:03 pm

I lost 11lbs in 9 days, I've levelled off now though

2:04 pm

I should write an article entitled "how to loose a stone in a fortnight" lol

2:04 pm

keep it up, you need your strength

2:04 pm

walnut...I'm missing the 2nd se7 as well...sorry

2:05 pm

how many se7s are there, I have 2

2:05 pm

the second se 7 are those spells that epileptics have

2:05 pm

the first polish christmas dish i bring to the party is a boiled potato topped with dill weed...

2:05 pm

thanks inge

2:06 pm

Kate, 2 is all

2:06 pm

oh ok got them both then

2:07 pm

Kate, I would love to come to that Toronto meet. Weather might be an issue. I have a former classmate who lives near Toronto, who could put me up. I have some toys for your little ones.

2:07 pm

is there an rh word?

2:08 pm

no rae

2:08 pm

I saw and earlier clue for the tr7/8 but I must confess, I couldn't figure it out...any help out there?

2:08 pm

no rh word

2:08 pm

fireworks for me

2:08 pm

Oh inge that would be great, I never thought of the weather being a problem, if it gets in the way we can try again in spring maybe

2:08 pm

*F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S*

2:09 pm

wtg antie sha

2:09 pm

well done sha and hannah!

2:09 pm

yeah, it'll be great having you in my country, Kate

2:09 pm

orefix for 3 + ***sleep + second vowel

2:09 pm

would you be able to get to toronto rae or is it too far

2:09 pm

I meant prefix

2:10 pm

It's about 3000kms from BC, so no... but my thoughts will be with you

2:10 pm

ack! my classical christmas CD is missing!

2:10 pm

sl5/10

2:11 pm

In January to March snow gets pretty deep in Ontario

2:11 pm

more sneaky

2:11 pm

toronto should be ok, just icy

2:11 pm

more sneaky alt spel latibug

2:11 pm

sl5/10 - sneakier

2:11 pm

thanks inge...that was the clue that was going over my head but I'll think harder...I promise! :)

2:11 pm

my mum thinks I will arrive to 3 feet of snow

2:12 pm

Rae, I am thinking of my 5 hour drive from Detriot to Toronto

2:12 pm

bye all

2:12 pm

mm...it's been pretty warm there lately: we've been saying they have our weather!

2:12 pm

bye sha

2:12 pm

bye sha

2:12 pm

though Toronto is difficult to forecast, what with the lakes and the jet stream converging

2:13 pm

fireworks for me

2:13 pm

ty

2:13 pm

bye sha

2:13 pm

wtg ruthy(mum)

2:13 pm

byebye all

2:13 pm

I really should have written down those who were interested when I first suggested the idea lol, I've started a list now though

2:13 pm

Toronto is very lively though, you should enjoy it

2:14 pm

Vancouver's better....but whatever ;)

2:14 pm

kate, you inspired me to make metloaf. Got to thaw out the meat now.

2:14 pm

bye ruthy - congrats on finishing.

2:14 pm

lol inge I wasn't eating it I was listening to Meat Loaf

2:14 pm

*meatloaf, *poof*

2:14 pm

I'm stuck on the em7/32. Any clues?

2:14 pm

now I've got Alice Cooper on

2:15 pm

em7/32 - nail filing boards

2:15 pm

a board with which to file your nails

2:15 pm

"Bat Out of Hell III"?

2:15 pm

kate, you've inspired me to bake an alice cooper

2:15 pm

no I don't have that yet, is it any good?

2:15 pm

rofl hurshy that made me laugh

2:15 pm

Hurshy - thks again.

2:15 pm

hurshy - you are SO bad.

2:15 pm

...or is that baked like alice cooper?

2:16 pm

*grin*

2:16 pm

I don't think anyone would want to eat him, he's hideous, although great live

2:16 pm

I'm going to have some hot tuna, raspberries, and humble pie ..

2:16 pm

Today's irony: my final word was the re6/27 that was a re**** to find...

2:17 pm

that's... an odd combination

2:17 pm

you are indeed the king of irony drbernabo

2:17 pm

in that order, tor?

2:17 pm

irony is the master trope of the universe

2:17 pm

Now I just need to find a yule log icon for tomorrow

2:18 pm

then i guess you rule the universe

2:18 pm

in which case, could i get a couple extra hours of daylight today?

2:18 pm

hi all, br5/20 and br7/48 please

2:18 pm

yes, but I am willing to share

2:18 pm

Probably save the raspberries for dessert .. Matbe wash it all down with some moby grape soda ..

2:19 pm

NM have the br5/20 still need br7/48 plese

2:19 pm

awesome

2:19 pm

andnow have br7/48 too

2:19 pm

peri more so

2:19 pm

br7/48 = shorter.

2:20 pm

I can't believe I've only got 2 days left at work, it's just sinking in, I've quit my job...

2:20 pm

the el 4/4 please [don't hit me]

2:20 pm

or el**?

2:20 pm

Kthdsn - got another job to go to?

2:21 pm

I knew I was going to kick myself thanx

2:21 pm

then I don't have to beat you up?

2:21 pm

errs

2:22 pm

no judi, I don't really have anything to go to apart from my mum's house

2:23 pm

Do you want another job? Not that I'm offering, as I am across the pond.

2:23 pm

do you think you'll stay in Toronto?

2:23 pm

that and you're a potato head

2:23 pm

yes rae I'm planning to stay there, judi I will be getting one eventually when we are settled

2:24 pm

At least I'm not boiled and sprinkled with dill.

hi everyone

2:24 pm

:)

2:24 pm

hurshy you're on a roll with the giggles tonight

2:24 pm

Mmmmm ... boiled potatoes . . .

2:24 pm

hey helen

2:24 pm

that's great Kate, I'm sure everything will go smoothly for you

2:25 pm

do i make a yummy hurshy and giggle sandwich, kate?

2:25 pm

tor I love how you speak only when food or sex is mentioned

2:25 pm

you'll fall in love with twoonies, hockey and tim horton's and be a Canadian in no time

2:26 pm

not true, he also speaks when star wars or star trek or mentioned...

2:26 pm

I talk about other stuff too . . .

2:26 pm

Twoonies???

2:26 pm

I wasn't keen on tim hortons lmao

2:26 pm

*are

2:26 pm

okay, tummy rumbling so I'm heading off...enjoy the grid folks!

2:26 pm

two dollar coins

2:26 pm

Hi Tor, Hurshy and everyone....just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I am leaving for Atlanta to spend time with some of my kids....two out of three aint bad (hee hee), saw something about meatloaf a bit earlier. Anyway, hope you all have Happy Holidays.....

2:26 pm

and music...tor pitches in on music too!

2:26 pm

happy holidays nancy

2:27 pm

merrrrrry christmas

2:27 pm

enjoy nancy okay, now I'm really heading out :)

2:27 pm

have a great time nancy

2:27 pm

Merry Christmas NANCY! XXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOO

2:27 pm

Stick with Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, Kthdsn.

2:27 pm

lol...I miss dunkin, they don't have one out here

2:28 pm

Thanks to all, will try to play on my daughters computer if I can get it away from her....

2:28 pm

never had dunkin donuts, I look forward to trying them

2:28 pm

I know how you feel, rae. No dunkin donies here, either. They have krispy kreme but it's just not the same.

2:28 pm

krispy kreme...

2:28 pm

not had those either hurshy

2:28 pm

no...krspy kreme is somewhat over rated

2:28 pm

Mmmmm . . .donuts . .

2:28 pm

they are gooooooooood

2:29 pm

you have to try at least one, Kate...a hot one

2:29 pm

donuts really aren't that big here, I don't think there is a donut chain

2:29 pm

Thanks Tor my sweetie. and XXXXXXXXX OOOOOOOOO to you too! Hope Santa is good to you....

2:29 pm

I'd have to agree. Tim Hortons donuts are ookey. Why don't they have a Stan Mekita's like in the Wayne & Garth movie.

2:29 pm

oh yeah...that would rock

2:30 pm

timmy's has really gone downhill over the last ten years, they don't even make the donuts fresh

2:30 pm

could someone give me a clue to the 9 letter word please. seriously struggling

2:30 pm

need some help with the tr words...got the first three

2:31 pm

oooooo Tor, you're popular!

2:31 pm

Sorry, but Krispy Kreme donuts suck out loud as well. They are all closing around us. Corporate corruption or mismanagement or who knows what all.

2:31 pm

br5.18+ an afternnon nap in Spain is a s****a

2:31 pm

what else canadian should I try

2:31 pm

HOCKEY!!

2:31 pm

Oh Charm! How do you live without Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee???

2:32 pm

They have closed all the Krispy Kremes around here. They can't compete with DD.

2:32 pm

I don't think I would like hockey but my mum goes to a lot of games so I'll have plenty chance to try

2:32 pm

go to a pub and watch a hockey game...it's the best!

2:32 pm

it's rugby on skates...really fun to watch live, you get caught up in the crowd

2:33 pm

I don't actually follow ANY sports at all lol

2:33 pm

you can take the kids to Ottawa to skate on the Rideau Canal in Feb

2:33 pm

thanks raelite

2:34 pm

welcome :)

2:34 pm

Oh I'm so looking forward to skating, there's a rink right near my mums house

2:34 pm

have you ever skated outside?

2:35 pm

I've only been once before in france with a really lovely guy and his girlfriend, he was a decent skater and we had never been so he spent all his time holding us both up til we could manage alone

2:35 pm

oh and you should totally take the train to visit Montreal

2:35 pm

one of my students this year... the toronto maple leafs are his favorite NHL team

2:35 pm

and no it was an inside rink

2:35 pm

I need help with "tr" words. I've only found 3 :(

2:35 pm

wait till you skate outside...what a feeling!

2:36 pm

there's an ice hotel in Quebec city in the winter too...it's really cool (literally)

2:36 pm

the last week of february you can go to Carnival in Quebec city, which is like mardi gras

2:37 pm

tr4 and 5 = big green things growing outside.

2:37 pm

tr4/7 = tr + Wolfgang Puck is a ch**

kate, wear a tampa bay lightning shirt in Canada and see what happens ( : I can send you one if you like lol, my friend in toronto has one

2:37 pm

tr5/10 = one who attempts. and pl.

2:37 pm

tr5/10 = to attempt.

2:37 pm

why what happens? *feels scared*

2:37 pm

lol...don't you dare!!

lol

2:38 pm

you'd probably get a better reaction in a canucks jersey

2:38 pm

it's hocky rivalry, Kate

2:38 pm

hi

2:38 pm

oh ok

2:38 pm

tr7/32 = prefix for 3 + *** sleep (or a group from Athens, Ga) + vowel. and pl. It's a type of ancient warship.

2:38 pm

my brother has a leafs shirt which he lives in 24/7

we took the cup a couple years ago and everyone was like what does Florida know about hockey lol

hi kat.dav

2:39 pm

kat.dav - do i know you?

2:39 pm

I am having trouble with the fe 6's. Can anyone help?

2:39 pm

hello all ...kthdsn...I suppose you are fed up of people asking how you are.....so I will not pester and hope you are coping and wish you all the best in the future.

when the bucs won the super bowl I went out to San Diego (who they beat) to visit a friend

2:40 pm

fe6/27 = one who has senses (based on the fe4/7). and pl.

2:40 pm

got the 2nd one, just need the first one

of course I wear Bucs stuff, what a booing I got lol

2:40 pm

Gramma, we moved to Asheville, NC, one year ago, and the team took the cup... everyone knows how North Carolina is the very hub and heart of Hockey... LOL

2:40 pm

thanks mo, I'm doing ok :)

lol scarlet

2:40 pm

yes BUT rod brind'amour is from BC...just north of here, actually

2:40 pm

fe6/27 = like fae***kae but with fe instead.

2:41 pm

got a gross and now my brain is fried

2:41 pm

good. you know everyone is thinking of you.

2:41 pm

Charm what is fae ***kae?

2:41 pm

I've had 63 to go for a few hours now pmsl

2:41 pm

*wants to know if it is the kate and dave she knows!!!*

2:41 pm

our bablle fr

2:42 pm

fe- a big boat that takes cars across water

I dove back in the grid for a bit and now I am now down to 14!

2:42 pm

finally go thte tr8 clue. google ancient warships. the tr word is near the bottom of the google page, you don't need to click any links.

2:42 pm

sorry - doggie helping. our babble friend, fae***kae. fe6/27 = fe + eye part/flower but change the final letter to a vowel.

2:42 pm

oh now it's decided to play our song...

2:43 pm

no, it's the 2nd fe 6/27

2:43 pm

thanx Charm ty

2:44 pm

ya, I still need help with that tr7/32 Charm. pretty plz?????

2:44 pm

horse_girl - see Minski's hint if mine wasn't clear.

what song is that kate? if you don't mind me asking

2:45 pm

bon jovi, thank you for loving me

awww, mine from him was she believes in me by Kenny Rogers

2:45 pm

Maybe we should supply Kate with a shirt from each NHL team. The RedWingsare nothing to sneeze at either

2:45 pm

we had it played as we got married

(((hugs))) kate

2:46 pm

thx Charm, n thx Minski for the google hint.mb I'll just google everything.lol

true Inge

2:46 pm

google definitely helps sometimes.

lol horse girl, chatting is much more fun

2:47 pm

lol.ive been trying not to chat because i want to finish this game, but i might need to take a break.lol

2:47 pm

reish

2:47 pm

woops, ignore that word

I don't get to chat alot, I want to finish too, but sometimes I can't help it

2:47 pm

horsegirl put an l in the middle of that

2:48 pm

ive already gotten that word

and babblers are great cluers

2:48 pm

I know, i read the cluse to aid in my search, but sumtimes I dont get them.

2:48 pm

they're great for a hell of a lot more than clues too

2:48 pm

Jacula coined a word this morning , "hard core nutters"

amen kate

2:49 pm

lol

2:49 pm

HOHOHO All

me neither horse girl, but someone usually will reclue differently and then I will get it

hi hodag

2:49 pm

hi hodag

2:49 pm

she meant the babblers who were on from 12 to 1, when I am sleeping

2:50 pm

hi hodag

2:50 pm

ok elvis costello is a bit less upsetting

2:50 pm

to bad they just didnt write the words eh???that would make it soooooooo much easier. i still got 153 left to find, i may have to give up. i havent finished any of the games that I've played so far.lol

I would reckon so Kate, lol

2:51 pm

hi raelite,inge.

2:51 pm

hi raelite,inge.

well I have been at it almost steady since 7 a.m. and still not done horse girl lol

besides the gabbing lol

2:52 pm

horse girl , be sure to add all the ier, and iest, iers, ies, to the words you have

2:52 pm

Can anyone clue the si7,28? Please

2:53 pm

hey hodag, how's mousey - frustrated with us?

2:53 pm

ahhh, well i can only go on it at certain times cuz of class. but my brain has not been able to make up words for a while now. thx inge, ill double check my words now

2:53 pm

hi hodag

2:53 pm

5 si words all mean the same thing, the si 7 has two double letters

2:53 pm

hept

2:54 pm

He is fine, and he loves babbleing!!

2:54 pm

bichon I wanted that too

I am off for a bit to wrap presents, then off to a party, I will hopefully finish when I get home, blessings to you all!

2:54 pm

thanks so much :-)

2:54 pm

is he your...son? nephew? hodag?

2:54 pm

ok, good. he seemed like he was getting annoyed with our internet safety lectures. :)

2:54 pm

If sept is a word, why not hept?

ty for all the great chat and clues!

2:54 pm

hi kate

2:54 pm

because enable is duuuuuuuuumb

2:54 pm

bye grammaterri

2:55 pm

TH5/12 & 6/21 between the 4/5 & 4/6 please?

2:55 pm

mousey claims to be bored often, and makes sleeping sounds,

2:55 pm

I'll 2nd that hurshy

2:55 pm

Because se4/5 means something else, a branch of a clan.

2:55 pm

(Not that Enable isn't duuuuuumb, of course.)

2:56 pm

iris

2:56 pm

We lecture him all the time too,to be very careful!!

2:56 pm

th 5/12 is a possessive pronoun, the other is a number

2:56 pm

Minski - the number

2:56 pm

we can have bwana but not ferriers, go figure.

2:56 pm

wow how did I mess the number all this time??

2:56 pm

th5/12 = we ***** kings

2:57 pm

oh thank goodness, I'm not crazy and ferrier is a word

2:57 pm

Glad to see others are still at it. I am in need of the ri 5/12 clue.

2:58 pm

THanks. Please pass the fish......

2:58 pm

clue for br 7/48

2:58 pm

ri5.12 same vowel at the end

2:59 pm

I'll try to be more BR7/48 when I clue that word.

2:59 pm

ri + fem. pronoun, change last vowel

2:59 pm

br 7/48 add ending to br 5/20

2:59 pm

I see a lot of new names today,thats cool!

2:59 pm

lynxxx + inge: Thanks a whole lot.

3:00 pm

se7,32? The second one?

3:00 pm

se7/32 - variant spelling of a grasping word

3:00 pm

epileptic problem

3:01 pm

se 7 is the kind of fit an epileptic might have

3:02 pm

:-) I bet you all help change flat tires too.

3:02 pm

not I

3:02 pm

Sorry mkl, not THAT helpful.

3:02 pm

chocolate fudge sundaes

3:03 pm

*pulls lug wrench from holster* You bet!

3:03 pm

oh look, it worked, mention food and there is tor

3:03 pm

LOL

3:03 pm

No - it was the mechanical problem that got torgone going.

3:03 pm

is that the desert you are serving, Kate?

3:03 pm

Well Haz. If you ever have a flat, and I happen to be driving by I'll stop and fix it. See you then.

3:04 pm

and now I really want a chocolate fudge sundae

3:04 pm

Ty....need help with br 5/14 word before br 6/27

3:04 pm

or not - !

3:04 pm

Let's go back to the topic of women liking older men . .

3:04 pm

I'll hold you to that promise, mkl. (That's a kidney from Bloodaxe and a change of tire from Mkl)

3:04 pm

i'm serving the kalahari

3:04 pm

its one of those oversea personsn with a double consonant

3:05 pm

especially older men with their own tools...

3:05 pm

ty

3:05 pm

my clue was for Latibug

3:05 pm

br5/14 - Miss Eckland (as married to Peter Sellers)

3:05 pm

Think I got the better end of the deal.

3:05 pm

ok tor you seemed to like that topic

3:05 pm

95 down....143 to go..

3:05 pm

i'm taking a break

3:05 pm

bbl

3:06 pm

lol. 8 left.

3:06 pm

hey all

3:06 pm

8??????o my goodness charm. just add on 130 to that and you have how much i still need

3:06 pm

Hi Legend - long time no see

3:07 pm

I have 61 to go but I haven't looked at the grid for ages

3:07 pm

yeah been a while lynxx.....works been getting in the way

3:07 pm

em7,32?

3:08 pm

em7 - boards you file your nails with...

3:08 pm

em7 - manicure boards.

3:09 pm

No fair. ty

3:09 pm

I have 49 to go and I'm losing my cool with this grid

3:09 pm

trub

3:10 pm

I hove noooooo words that start with the "r" on the right side of the grid. help plz!!!!!!!!!

3:10 pm

this is a breeze compared with yesterday...

3:10 pm

you need a coffee chiley

3:10 pm

Ah yes, yesterday.

3:10 pm

Evening all

3:11 pm

hey ren

3:11 pm

Yeah...an IRISH coffee

3:11 pm

Last question. I promise. I can't find the last re7,32It's probably the plural of the re6,21 before it.

3:11 pm

done.

3:11 pm

horsegirl - you can re some m's

3:11 pm

Which I also don't have

3:12 pm

re7/32 - the iceberg disintegrates again

3:12 pm

re 4: the underwater shelf for divers, re 6: person doing the re4

3:12 pm

mkl - the horsegirl clue would be for you too

3:12 pm

yes, mkl. re**** ice cream again to pour over syrup?

3:12 pm

bbs. dog wants to commune with the grass.

3:13 pm

Hi Kate

3:13 pm

do any words actually start with the u?

3:13 pm

That shouldn't even be a word unless they put the ref***** in also. (Opposite meaning of re7,32)

3:13 pm

no kiki

3:13 pm

no KK

3:13 pm

No, kiki

3:13 pm

no u words

3:13 pm

Can't do one without the other

3:13 pm

also, how is irish not in the dictionary?!

3:14 pm

Capital letters, kiki

3:15 pm

the li 4/4 between the It. money and the speech impediment

3:15 pm

thanks :)

3:16 pm

thx lynxx, 3 more to go.lol. im a lil slow

3:16 pm

li4 - like moeny, but change last letter...

3:16 pm

bichon - change the end vowel on the money

3:17 pm

thanx lynxx

3:18 pm

bye everyone. class is starting

3:19 pm

bye horse_girl

3:19 pm

Holey Moley... I didn't realize I could monkey so many bu words!:-)

3:19 pm

bye horsegirl

3:24 pm

I'm still missing 5Bs

3:25 pm

duh... I had all the variants, but not the fr4/7...

3:26 pm

and I just discovered su !

3:28 pm

if only that D was an O then I could have burritos, mmmm

3:30 pm

i lied.loljk. i get free time in class

3:31 pm

how old are you horse girl

3:31 pm

ummmmmmmmmmm.an age

3:31 pm

lol ok

3:32 pm

sry, but i try not to disclose that info. ive read sum pretty scary stories

3:32 pm

that's ok, doesn't matter, I'm just nosey lol

3:33 pm

ok.lol. im nosey too.

3:33 pm

had to finish arty things for the day, ran out of masking tape, so I suppose i'd better finish the grid ...

3:33 pm

It's another tequilla sunrise, stiring slowly across the sky

3:34 pm

hi ata

3:34 pm

evening all..i have the greek letter from the p...can i have a lue for the other pls?

3:34 pm

hi rolin

3:34 pm

hello rolin

3:34 pm

hey kth...when are you off?

3:35 pm

hey ren

3:35 pm

hi rolin

3:35 pm

not sure which one is a greek letter to be honest

3:35 pm

yeah, i need the other p also

3:35 pm

Hi Rolin pe4.6

3:35 pm

google greek groups and just look at words that start with ph

3:35 pm

I don't know yet, still waiting for the money, the passport forms haven't gone yet, I was hoping for the 12th but maybe the 16th now

3:37 pm

and where is 'he'?

3:37 pm

out at the pub talking to the guy who's lending him the money

3:38 pm

hes going to canada too?

3:39 pm

no he's staying behind

3:39 pm

he's borrowing money to give me so I can afford to leave and start again

3:39 pm

thats what i thought..got a little confused...sorry..tis the time of yesar

3:40 pm

hey lynxx...u wanna give another hint for the re4/6?????????????????????

3:40 pm

don't worry lol it's confusing me too

3:41 pm

horsegirl - re4.6 or pe4.6 - can't see a re4.6

3:41 pm

woops sry, i meant pe

3:43 pm

pe + *i* not hers

3:43 pm

thx. i would never have got that. sum of these words arent even words.lol

3:45 pm

ok..the 8's...i have br...bu..me.ru.tr...what am i missing pls?

3:46 pm

another bu rolin

3:46 pm

is it an extension?

3:46 pm

an le8

3:47 pm

and an le

3:47 pm

and an su

3:48 pm

yes Rolin - sorry, was on phone

3:48 pm

I'm back on meat loaf now

3:49 pm

objects in the rear view mirror

3:49 pm

good girl!

3:49 pm

i saw meatloaf a couple of years ago

3:49 pm

hehe - I thought you were talking food!

3:49 pm

wow was it good

3:49 pm

and ty for the cliues..got those now..one to go

3:49 pm

hi all again -- back to scoop up the rest. Kate, just got here, so ... are you making meatloaf or listening to him?

3:49 pm

he's in toronto in march, I might go

3:50 pm

ooooh yes...it was just me and him..in the wembley arena...lol

3:50 pm

never mind, I get it now :)

3:50 pm

I've never seen him live but my grandad used to have a video, it's amazing how much physical effort he puts into his singing

3:51 pm

did you know it really bugs him that people don't put the space between his names lol

3:51 pm

your grandad.......................gee...th x kth...lol

3:51 pm

Your GRANDAD? (groan... I feel so old...)

3:51 pm

shall\ we creak off together ch?

3:52 pm

my grandad and meat loaf are very close in age

3:52 pm

I first saw him in Rocky Horror Picture Show, when it was still on the original screen run!

3:52 pm

kth.... youre not helping

i feelt he same way X /

3:52 pm

It's pretty cool though that people kate's age are still appreciating the music!!

3:53 pm

we just saw tim curry on stage

love him!

3:53 pm

ch,...at the concert...he had the whole gammit of ages...its was great to see

3:53 pm

Mmmm . . .curry . .

3:53 pm

lmao..

3:53 pm

I didn't know Curry was still performing on stage -- I've seen him in some films the past few years.

3:53 pm

ch I don't like much new music, I love the stuff I grew up with, including meat loaf

3:53 pm

oh yeah ch....hes over here with spamalot..

3:53 pm

lol tor food again

we had a hugs tray of homemade italian cookies today....

3:54 pm

Of course, Spamalot! It won the Tony last year and I did know he was in it... I AM getting old and forgetful :D

3:54 pm

i saw him in spamalot too, over a year ago...didn't know he was still in it... it was terrific

3:54 pm

why italian cookies?

3:54 pm

why italian cookies?

3:55 pm

Hi ch1212! How've you been?

3:55 pm

dorens...hes only doing the first 3 months of the run here in london

because the italian mom of my italian cowoker made them...most are italian recipes

3:55 pm

very yum

3:56 pm

did you love the show? was david hyde pierce in it, hank azaria? (they were in the originial and fantastic)

3:56 pm

Kate, I try to listen to all kinds of music... I used to hate country-western, but then was hired as a CW disc jockey and learned to love it. Was always a classic rock fan, and classical music as well. Now I'm listening to Jewel, Eminem, and some other rappers. Also a new singer Vienna Teng - she reminds me of some of the folk singers of the 60's-70's.

3:57 pm

i LOVED th show...i have lusted after tim curry for years...lol...but the lady of the lake stole the show i reckon

3:57 pm

Great, harpjane! Missing Idaho this first Christmas away, but also because this is first Christmas without my dad, or my daughter.

hi dorens - please click on my profile

3:57 pm

I really don't like rap and hip hop

3:57 pm

ch 12, how do you get hired as a cw disc jockey if you hate the music? and yes, rolin. lady of the lake was the greatest....

3:58 pm

To tell the truth, Kate, I'm having a hard time liking rap and most hip hop too, but I'm trying... Dorens, broadcasting is a funny business. I thought it should be about the music, but unfortunately it's not.

3:59 pm

I recently lost all my music collection due to a hard drive failure, I was gutted, I'm trying to collect it all again, next on my list is cher, joe cocker, tom petty and michael bolton

3:59 pm

I'm going shortly - anyone want any last clues?

3:59 pm

i would love lots of clues

3:59 pm

el4/5, el4/4

3:59 pm

pl

3:59 pm

fe7, last one please

4:00 pm

I started as a newscaster then was transferred to on-air at a CW station, so no choice about the format. But I did learn to love the music, and got to interview Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood, Reba, patty Loveless and Eddie Rabbit at different times. Oh and Charlie McDaniels.

4:00 pm

hi owl..... amazin stuff about St. Nick...how do we live to be this old and not know that? cool. and will email you about possibility of getting together next week.

4:00 pm

el4/4 - be good or el**! (your dad might say)

4:01 pm

thank you

4:01 pm

You can probably tell by the roster of singers that I was in the business a loonnnnggg time ago :)

4:01 pm

el4/5 - like me5.14 only lose the first letter (me is a card term)

4:01 pm

i like norah jones and she sounds kind of country

cool! i will send my phone number to you= annie already has my email i just haven't been home to email. will be in NJ dec 26 and also later to take dad home. did you have a day in mind?

4:01 pm

fe7 last one - these are people carriers on water

4:02 pm

Love Norah, and Diana Krall (another jazz singer)

4:02 pm

yay, done the el's thx a bunch lynx

4:02 pm

Saw yours kth about your music. I always loved Joe Cocker. Did you watch x factor, there was a lad on that with a simuilar voice that was super

4:02 pm

Have to go pick up my beloved soon... any clues needed before i go?

4:02 pm

no I didn't, I love the feeling in his voice though

4:03 pm

yeah, i need sl 5/10 ch.

4:03 pm

i luv that you guys give clues

4:03 pm

Bye everyone - and ch1212

4:03 pm

I voted for this guy every week but he got knocked out before the final.I really thought he'd be in the final - I was cheated!!

4:04 pm

sl5/10 -- to be more cunning

4:04 pm

omigod - only 5 left. Can I get help on the me5/12 and 6/21 before the joy of the season words?

4:04 pm

aawww shame

4:04 pm

sl 5.10 horse girl - nmore crafty

4:04 pm

rhymes with what's in oysters, strider

4:04 pm

me 5/12---what the snowman does in the sun

4:05 pm

could i have a clue for the su8 pls?

4:05 pm

thx. got it

4:05 pm

Dorens, got that one. the one I need is way down on the list.

4:05 pm

too much of -plural for su 8

4:05 pm

there are two ways to spell the oyster m's by the way su8 is plural of the su7 -- means an excessive amount of something

4:05 pm

oh okay strider... haven't done the list yet

4:06 pm

strider, the me ones are words that rhyme with the thing inside an oyster

4:07 pm

two ways to spell them - one is the me4/5 and the other is me5/12 --- both have plurals

4:07 pm

Only women bleed - Alice Cooper

4:07 pm

Thanks ch1212, I forgot the other spelling. Now just 3 left.

4:07 pm

Oooo, I heard ALice Cooper is doing a reality show, and is really a tough father to his kids. HArd to imagine!

4:08 pm

fr6/30 anyone?

4:08 pm

really??

4:08 pm

reil

4:08 pm

fr6/30 is plural of the fr5/18 if you have that

clue for the second re6/27-7/40 - after the joints?

4:09 pm

he's meant to be a really nice guy, my auntie has played golf with him

4:09 pm

to experience emotion again on the re6/27 and plural

4:09 pm

i need help with fr 5/18 and fr6/30

4:09 pm

Kate I understand he really is a sweetheart, and the promos I saw for the new show reflect that

4:10 pm

Off with 80 left, see you all tomorrow

4:10 pm

fr5/18 = fr + myself + beverage + 8th letter

4:11 pm

horse_girl, in case you don't know (if you are new to the game) "beverage" refers to the letter T

*still struggling with re6/7 clue*

4:12 pm

k.thx ch. i got them now

4:12 pm

re + fe4/7

4:12 pm

Fireworks. Thanks everyone. My partner will be home soon, so I better get in and start dinner. Have a great night.

4:13 pm

CONGRATS Strider!!

doh! 8smacks forehead*

4:13 pm

I have to fly too --- happy babbling!

4:13 pm

hooraystrider

4:13 pm

well i did much better today. but i have to go now so thank you everybody that helped me. enjoy

4:13 pm

bye ch12

4:13 pm

so kate, you there?

4:14 pm

yes dorens

4:14 pm

bye horse-girl

4:14 pm

you sound fantastic....good to hear/or see/or whatever

4:14 pm

wow I look away for a second and people start leaving

4:14 pm

i missed all the clues for the 9. Clue please. Thanks

4:14 pm

yeah, I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would

4:15 pm

helen most br5

4:15 pm

helen do you have the 8?

4:15 pm

no doren, don't think so, i have 3 8s

4:15 pm

good kate...now remember...there are ups and downs, don't discouraged next tiime you feel down, but remember that the ups will come again

4:16 pm

kth's clue is best.... go for the br5

4:16 pm

yeah I'm trying hard to hang on to the good bits

clue please for the very last re - re4/4? 8braces for fish*

4:17 pm

re* and relaxation?

4:17 pm

i'm not in the list yet owl... but i don't have time to stop and take a re**

double DOH!

4:17 pm

and yeah---if that's it... most definitely fish smack

4:18 pm

*joins in with the fish smacking*

4:18 pm

SMACKerel!

*shakes it off* on to the ri's!

i do beleive it's the haddock of obviouness....

4:20 pm

kth still stumper..have 7s but no 9 for br

4:21 pm

do you have the br5 that untangles hair

4:21 pm

extend it to mean more so then most

4:21 pm

i do

4:22 pm

ta ta!!

4:26 pm

hi

4:27 pm

hi mousey

4:27 pm

hi mousey

4:27 pm

faerie??

4:28 pm

I don't think faerie is here mousey

4:29 pm

no hi from faerie or helen

4:29 pm

yes she is

4:29 pm

i just checked the whos online

4:30 pm

That just means she's online. Not necessarily on babble.

4:30 pm

some people leave the computer on with the browser open to babble, I know I do it all the time

4:31 pm

Does anyone have the last Ri5/12 please?

4:32 pm

the only one I have is ri + be quiet + vowel

4:32 pm

thanks kthdsn. that was the one.

4:33 pm

29 REs? jeesh!

4:34 pm

I have 23 of them...

4:34 pm

I know, minski, I've been on it forever. I only have three left now.

4:34 pm

I have 11 of them.

4:38 pm

make that 18

4:40 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

4:40 pm

paige loves the burping frog in msn instant messenger. brb.

4:41 pm

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

4:44 pm

i cant beleave duuh is not found in the dictionary! poop!

4:44 pm

lol

4:45 pm

lol

4:45 pm

???

4:46 pm

lol???

4:46 pm

what do you mean? kth

4:46 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

4:46 pm

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

4:47 pm

lol = laughing out loud

4:47 pm

hey BabbleRabble!

4:47 pm

a haiku: harpjane has fireworks; one final superlative; made the boxes grey!

4:47 pm

how did you do that babble!!

4:47 pm

wd jane :D

4:48 pm

Congrats, harpjane

4:48 pm

Hello, firefly

4:48 pm

hooray harp!

4:49 pm

BabbleRabble - i like your new icon, as well as your updated profile...very profound

4:49 pm

hi babble

4:49 pm

I don't think they should allow swear words in this puzzle ... I just found one.

4:49 pm

thanks

4:49 pm

hello you old fly havnt seen you in a long time

4:49 pm

Hello, Kate

4:50 pm

hello to you too mousey, you youngster you

4:51 pm

that be I

4:51 pm

BabbleRabble I don't care if I give away clues.

4:51 pm

babble I love your 2nd and 3rd quotes

4:52 pm

lol

4:54 pm

mp you did not find a swear word!!

4:54 pm

there most certainly is a "swear" word in here

4:54 pm

what?

4:55 pm

Yeah ... a "swear" word!

4:55 pm

i find most hilarious the dictionary definitions when clicking on the ? for it!

4:55 pm

Some people wouldn't call it a swear word, but I do.

4:56 pm

"poo" mousey dear

4:56 pm

I'm going to click on it, firefly!

4:57 pm

Yeah ... they're hilarious! They try and make it sound polite, but that really isn't possible!

4:57 pm

Yeah ... "poo"'s a synoym mousey.

4:57 pm

i dont see 1

4:57 pm

Life is a lemon and I want my money back

4:58 pm

apparently it comes in other languages too - that's funny

4:58 pm

What, kthdsn?

4:58 pm

lol

4:59 pm

Mousey ... think of "crap" ... think about kids.

4:59 pm

23 res now

4:59 pm

(sorry)

4:59 pm

you do realize mousey is 8

5:00 pm

I don't mean about kids themselves, I mean what kids might say!

5:00 pm

is that all?? goodness, they're getting younger and younger on here!

5:00 pm

time to feed the baby BBL8R

5:00 pm

MP a meat loaf song I'm shouting along to

5:00 pm

come back soon Minski :)

5:00 pm

oh kate, my alice cooper is almost ready to come out of the oven

5:01 pm

Besides, I'm eleven. Sorry, mousey, if I offended you. Maybe it's just kids in my class!

5:01 pm

rofl

5:02 pm

it smells DELICIOUS

5:02 pm

M.P. - you're a youngin' too?? sheesh!

5:03 pm

Yes, I am. Is there something bad about that?

5:04 pm

let me know how he tastes hurshy lol

5:04 pm

YOUR RIGHT!! SH**!!!

5:04 pm

no! i just meant there's a rash of youngsters on all of the sudden - been awhile since i've seen any - and now i feel old all of a sudden... lol

5:04 pm

firefly you're not old lol

5:04 pm

Feh . .You're not old . .

5:04 pm

lol mousey :) you shouldn't use that sort of language hehe

5:05 pm

Maybe it's because of media teachers ... I hearrd about it from my friend's powepoint. You're not old, anyway.

5:05 pm

i know i'm not OLD old, but still ;)

5:05 pm

Don't worry ... "old" people have the advantage of actually finding words.

5:05 pm

this is scary!!

5:06 pm

no way is MP eleven

5:06 pm

there's still something to be said about one's ten year high school reunion loooming next summer and feeling a bit outdated

5:06 pm

hi hurshy

5:06 pm

hi mousey :)

5:06 pm

Why do you think I'm not eleven, hurshy?

5:07 pm

because your grammar, spelling, capitalization, vocabulary, and punctuation are too good.

5:07 pm

oh ... ess thes bttr?

5:07 pm

I am so eleven!

5:08 pm

i agree with hurshy

5:08 pm

lol omg u r pwned!!!!11

5:08 pm

maybe M.P. is really smart - a gifted child

5:08 pm

Correct! I

5:08 pm

lol tor

5:08 pm

well if you are, that is wonderful, but i cannot help but be skeptical.

5:08 pm

See? There, a mistake. O

5:08 pm

Correct, I am, I mean!

5:08 pm

we all make mistakes :)

5:09 pm

I keep pushing enter. I'm a gifte child, yeah, just not in babble!

5:09 pm

tor what's "pwned"

5:09 pm

like me!

5:10 pm

See ... I type too fast!

5:10 pm

what are you reading in your english class, MP?

5:10 pm

The Odyssey ... like everybody else!

5:11 pm

stuff of course

5:11 pm

mmhmm.

5:11 pm

It's leet speak - owned - beaten, discovered, defeated - like that ..

5:11 pm

ah, thanks for translating

5:11 pm

and mousey, what are YOU reading in school?

5:12 pm

Mousey and I are our own breed, if he/she ... sorry, mousey, I dunno ... believes me that I'm eleven. Do you, mousey!

5:13 pm

very fond of ellipsis, aren't you?

5:13 pm

Hi everyone,

5:13 pm

Hi everyone,

5:13 pm

a lot of chapter books hurshy

5:14 pm

Eva ... they think I'm not eleven

5:14 pm

what's an ellipse

5:14 pm

hi eva

5:14 pm

do you like any of them in particular, mousey?

5:14 pm

an ellipse is an oval - which has nothing to do with ellipsis, lol

5:14 pm

does anyone have a clue for the em7/32? I agree with them M.P. but you can be whatever age you want to be

5:14 pm

em7 boards with which to file your nails

5:15 pm

i dont know

5:15 pm

ok, whats ellipsis

5:15 pm

and for all I know you are exactly eleven

5:15 pm

M.P., you gifted child you, care to enlighten kate?

5:15 pm

No, I don't know what they are, either!

5:16 pm

...

5:16 pm

You must be smiling like your Grinch picture at home, aren't you, hurshy?

5:16 pm

nope, just a blank expression on my face at the mo

5:17 pm

oh hurshy - stop harrassing the gifted child already! :)

5:17 pm

ok I'm so confused

5:17 pm

:|

5:17 pm

hey, i was a gifted child. so i should be allowed to harrass one of my own.

5:17 pm

firefly, I like you. At least you respect me.

5:18 pm

kate - ellipsis is ...

5:18 pm

Just kidding!

5:18 pm

mp is not 11 i reapeat mp is not 11!!

5:18 pm

you're kidding that you like me?

5:19 pm

no he is not

5:19 pm

*i* respect everyone who uses written English so very correctly, no matter their age.

5:19 pm

now I'M confused

5:20 pm

No ... just kidding that you're the only one who respects me.

5:20 pm

i can respect a gifted child, as i was once one myself

5:21 pm

Mousey ... not we're not the same breed, I guess!

5:21 pm

course not. he's a mouse.

5:21 pm

Well, I thought it was a nickname ... that explains things!

5:22 pm

i do try to clarify things that are obfuscated.

5:22 pm

He's a mouse! She's a cat! They're cops!

can anyone spare a clue for the I-word?

5:22 pm

it is a flower

that's 'i'

5:23 pm

well since we're all on about gifted children, I was one, and my eldest is one

5:23 pm

I have got to go ... have to e-mail my friends some problems

ah ah ah - thanks

5:23 pm

ttfn, M.P.

5:23 pm

until next time M.P.

5:27 pm

i'm gone too - back this evening folks

5:29 pm

bye all

5:29 pm

Okay, back ... if anyone's still here, I see the goodbye messages.

5:32 pm

as

5:32 pm

I'm here

5:32 pm

usual

5:32 pm

kthdsn, you saw the conversation all about my age ... do you believe me?

5:34 pm

I don't know, I have no reason to either believe or disbelieve what you say

5:34 pm

Well, at least you're not negatively thinking.

5:34 pm

sorry start again - as usual I am stuck on last little one. It is one of the li4.4's towards the end of the l's I have gots the fibs, the italian money and the speech impediment - help please!

5:36 pm

li 4 == a speaker with an impediment

5:36 pm

got that one ta

5:36 pm

italian money with different vowel at the end, deeha

5:37 pm

I am stuck on all of the things over 5 letters, although this is only one of my first puzzles

5:37 pm

Alright, need to go, bye!

5:37 pm

Thanks Dorens got it. Goodnight all

5:37 pm

li 4/7 = A for **fort

5:42 pm

any clues for the bu7/40 and 8/55 please?

5:43 pm

do you have the bu 4.8? they come from that

5:43 pm

li 6/27 clues please?

5:44 pm

well I'm going to go to bed

5:44 pm

night kate

5:44 pm

see you all tomorrow sometime no doubt

5:44 pm

yes i do but they are the earlier ones i need dorens,but thanks

5:45 pm

goodnight kthdsn sleep well.

5:45 pm

sleep well kate

5:45 pm

bu7/40 and 8/55 come from the bu4/7

5:46 pm

bu4/7 sticks to your socks

5:46 pm

everybody sing!

5:46 pm

jeremiah was a bullfrog

5:46 pm

thanks Jeremiah...i will work on those.

5:46 pm

bum bum bum

5:46 pm

he was a good friend of mine

5:47 pm

mo--they come from the bu 4/7 then

5:47 pm

hurshy my son is named jeremy and last name is greene.....joy to the world!!

5:47 pm

couldn

5:47 pm

understand a single word he said

5:48 pm

but i helped him drink his wine

5:48 pm

still need li 6/27....

5:48 pm

got them...THANK YOU.....i need the 1st bu6/27 and 7/40 now please.

5:48 pm

li6, more likely

5:49 pm

dogs, when it comes to bones

5:49 pm

dog with bone and pl

5:49 pm

oh snap dorens!

5:49 pm

yah, yah, yah, great minds, yah yah yah

5:50 pm

thanks for l word....had that, so now have to figure out which l i'm missing.........(ellipsis for effect...where's mp) it is the le 7/32

5:50 pm

Dorens and hurshy thank you....so easy why did i miss them????

5:51 pm

le7 relaxation

5:51 pm

you beat me to it hurshy.

5:51 pm

ty hursh

5:52 pm

running out now.... see you later

5:52 pm

bye Dorens

5:53 pm

hahaha i'm so velocious

5:53 pm

se7/32 anyone please?

5:53 pm

ones who appear, or epileptic problem

5:54 pm

oops misread it...thought you said delicious

5:55 pm

nope, VELOCIOUS!!! meep meep

5:56 pm

Hi all, back again 90 left, help with 3rd br5/14 please

5:56 pm

well you could be,for all i know...LOL......got the se word by the way thank you.

5:57 pm

velocious is my own linguistic invention. ferocity, ferocious, velocity, velocious.

5:57 pm

cheeses peri

5:57 pm

thanks ...saved me looking it up!!!!

5:58 pm

Sheesh, had the singular but not the plural, thanks hurshy

6:00 pm

mmmmmm cheese biscuits from red lobster are soooo good

6:03 pm

help with 2nd bu6/27 please

6:03 pm

puts under dirt

6:04 pm

rats, had all the other words that start the same but missed that one, thanks hurshy

6:04 pm

note to self: *must remember to pluralize*

6:05 pm

hurshy, are we the only two playing, or the only two typing in the chatlog?

6:06 pm

well

6:06 pm

we are the only two typing at the moment

6:06 pm

i am here but flagging!!!

6:06 pm

and i am not playing, for i am done

6:07 pm

ah, I am glad you are here hurshy, still have 86 to go, took a break cause my niece came over for dinner to celebrate the holidays.

6:07 pm

the last fr5/16 would be helpful please?

6:07 pm

help with 2nd bu7/40 please hurshy

6:08 pm

fr5/16 like br5

6:08 pm

more like a bu4/7

6:09 pm

thanks again, hursh

6:09 pm

the br that the fr is like is edie's last name on desperate housewives

6:10 pm

got that one...it must be the next to the last i need thanks hurshy.

6:10 pm

that is a pl

hello everyone

6:12 pm

hi smiley.

6:13 pm

2nd tr5/10 please

6:13 pm

hi smiley

6:13 pm

one who attempts

6:14 pm

oops have that one, 3rd tr5/10 please then

6:14 pm

Hi everyone. I am giving myself 15 more minutes to work on this grid.

6:14 pm

attempts.

6:15 pm

hi mom

6:15 pm

Hi Mo

hi all, how's thangs? need a few clues here . . .

6:16 pm

I know, hursh, found it right after I asked, thanks

6:16 pm

HI Gwen

6:16 pm

Hi Book Doctor Gwen

6:16 pm

that's why we call it pulling a peri :)

6:17 pm

such as, gwen?

6:17 pm

8-) I have seen you *talking about me in the grids*

6:17 pm

you know it is affectionate :)

i need one last bu ... it's the third bu, or the 2nd bu6,27

we do not have any snow where we are I hope we have some for christmas

6:18 pm

puts under dirt

evening all, can someone clue me the le 7/32 pls and th

6:19 pm

2nd fe6/27 please

6:19 pm

Hi Sherylr

6:19 pm

le7 relaxation

6:19 pm

fe6 like babbler fa****

ty hurshy, guess this puzzle isn't suppling me with that, lol

6:20 pm

Smiley, we are not expecting snow for Christmas

where u from

6:20 pm

northern Kentucky and you?

northern indiana

6:21 pm

It is so pretty up there. We are just a few miles south of Cincinnati Ohio

i love indiana

would not live anywhere else

6:22 pm

it is a nice place. We are maybe 20-25 minutes to Lawrenceburg Indiana

6:22 pm

hurshy don't get the clue for the fe6

6:22 pm

were you born and raised there as well?

6:23 pm

you know, our babbling friend fa****, formerly with a "kae"

I was born and raised here

6:23 pm

I can understand your liking it so well.

6:23 pm

hurshy, thought that was who you were referring to but not sure how to spell the fe6 will try again

yea it is nice i have been all over the map though and still would rather be here

hi all: le7 is what you do on vacation. Take your le*****, that is. Brits pronounces it with an Eh, Americans with an EE.

6:25 pm

I haven't been all over, but I can't think of living anywhere else but here

sill need a clu for the 3rd bu. buehler?

6:25 pm

i shall have to take care to pronounce it with an eh in future

6:25 pm

puts under dirt, gwen

oh, tY, hurshy, didn't realize that was my clue. plus I got sidetracked. 8-)

(wondering how I missed the darn thing in the first place)

6:26 pm

book doctor emergency?

6:27 pm

third degree burns over 80% of its cover?

6:27 pm

prognosis not good?

6:27 pm

I'm American and I pronounce it both ways [but I'm from Brooklyn]

6:27 pm

well hursh, I must be dense tonight cause I can't figure out that fe6/27

6:28 pm

Peri, try this - what takes your cars across the river to the other side

6:28 pm

but change the third letter to a vowel

6:29 pm

and don't end with y

6:30 pm

or was it a horrid printing press accident and you have a slew of preemies???

6:30 pm

Whew! finally figured out that darn fe6/27 thanks hurshy and mom

6:31 pm

glad to help

6:31 pm

periToucher

6:31 pm

Hi Diem

(back in the grid or I would have said LOL, hurshy, when you posted that)

(i'm not a book repairer, i'm an editor) (who types too fast sometimes)

6:32 pm

SEIZE HIM!!!

6:32 pm

Hi mom how you doing?

6:33 pm

Doing very well and yourself?

6:33 pm

hey everybody... sneaked away from the madding crowd for some Babble time,, am stumped on bu 5.16 that comes right before the shrubbery.. anyone?

6:33 pm

3rd fr6/27 please

6:33 pm

Hi Aloyisius

6:34 pm

disbu5, hand out money

6:34 pm

howdy, Mom..

6:34 pm

fr - deep fat fr6

6:34 pm

Good thanks abeginner but is fun

6:34 pm

Hi ... hurshy have you been on since we last spoke?

6:34 pm

It is a lot of fun and very addicting.

6:34 pm

purty much

6:35 pm

Yep

6:35 pm

have that hurshy, need the fr6/27 after that one

6:35 pm

ahem, i SAID, SEIZE HIM!!

6:35 pm

I wouldn't have been able to take that, even if it was only "purty much"

6:35 pm

Aloyisius, what dogs get in their fur when they are in the woods or Raymond Bu** + plural

6:35 pm

DUH, nm my request.. don't understand, but the first time i entered that word, it didn't work.. ??? h'mm, very strange

6:35 pm

there isn't any after that peri

6:36 pm

M.P., deepest apologies and all if i'm wrong.

6:36 pm

hursh, thre are 3 fr6/27 and I only have two of them

6:36 pm

well the one you need must be BEFORE, that's all. people who liberate, and most liberated.

6:37 pm

people who release prisoners and deep fat fr**** are the two fr6/27 I have, need the other one

6:37 pm

It's okay ... you are, but it was fun to talk about something other than Babble

6:37 pm

so... you enjoyed the conversation?

6:37 pm

didn't know most liberated was a word, thanks hursh, that was the one

6:37 pm

Time to do the dishes. Thanks for the clues. Welcome Diem. Good night

6:37 pm

In your words, purty much!

6:38 pm

good night, Mom...

6:38 pm

why isn't anyone seizing diem

6:38 pm

in which case, why did you say you wouldn't have been able to "take that"

6:38 pm

What'd she do, hurshy?

6:38 pm

hurshy, I don't see carpe anywhere in this grid

6:38 pm

he didn't do anything, but he's diem

6:38 pm

Not you, hurshy ... the game was on my nerves

6:39 pm

aw geez people, come on, diem is here, we should seize him, carpe diem

6:39 pm

ah well i'm long done with the grid M.P.

6:39 pm

fr5/18 please

6:39 pm

Goodbye, hurshy

6:39 pm

you leaving again?

6:40 pm

No ... you were done with the grid, I thought you were. Good thing you like to clear people u[

6:40 pm

peri rhymes with ... the word i just said

6:40 pm

i am done with the grid, but that doesn't always mean i leave

6:40 pm

i chat and clue

6:41 pm

i have no life, you see

6:41 pm

which word was that hurshy

6:41 pm

the word right before "the word i just said"

6:41 pm

IT's a very good thing you like to clairy

6:41 pm

now I am truly confused, hurshy

6:41 pm

since i am so unclear to begin with

6:41 pm

clairy - oops - means clarify

6:42 pm

*pats peri on head* it rhymes with i know a man with a wooden leg named sm***

6:43 pm

Aha, got it hurshy, thanks

6:43 pm

still have 71 to go, need a break bbl

6:44 pm

did anybody find the "swear" word?

6:44 pm

everybody found the swear word

6:44 pm

it was my very first word today

6:44 pm

i tried "shep" first but that didn't work so...

6:45 pm

It was one of my first, too ... I guess it just jumps out at you

6:45 pm

making a horrid mess on your face, ewwwww

6:46 pm

You're all doing very well . .. I'm embarrased to admit it, but I still have 220 words!

6:47 pm

LOL

6:47 pm

you mean 220 to find, or that you have found?

6:47 pm

To find!

6:48 pm

*looks grave*

6:48 pm

I know, but I must be

6:48 pm

you think, therefore you are?

6:48 pm

I don't know what I have to be ... fast!

6:49 pm

there's more of gravy than of grave about you...

6:49 pm

what is this ... the leading to another argument ... or maybe you're right

6:50 pm

tis a quote

6:50 pm

Well, I guess some quotes fit me very well

6:53 pm

Sorry ... went to put down the window and hit close instead.

6:54 pm

sh** happens

6:54 pm

Yeah, I guess -- have you found any words?

6:55 pm

M.P., i told you, i finished a while ago. i found them all.

6:55 pm

Oh ... I thought you just quit ... maybe you did tell me, sorry

6:55 pm

it's ok

6:55 pm

another lovely chance to clarify

6:56 pm

You're very forgiving

6:56 pm

you didn't do anything

6:56 pm

OH, well ... you clarified again, I guess. Just a general compliment then

6:57 pm

lol

6:57 pm

What does LOL mean ... I should know? You can clarify

6:58 pm

laughing out loud

omg, i made it, all the re's done, that was a slog

6:58 pm

Oh ... good thing I know, now I can use it. LOL at the ideas that I thought of

6:59 pm

Hello Babblers. Looks like it's the MP and hurshy show here, with sheryl and me interrupting

6:59 pm

I'm here, too. Just deep in grid...

6:59 pm

how are you "sc"?

7:00 pm

I guess so ... we had a dissagreement about my age and now we're just fooling around.

7:00 pm

me too, but just starting out

7:00 pm

still don't believe you, but don't take it personally

7:01 pm

Well ... maybe I'm really good then!

7:02 pm

(Not at lying, but with grammar)

7:02 pm

exactly - if i'm wrong, it is a massive compliment.

7:02 pm

the 2nd re 6/21?

7:02 pm

Yeah! Thanks, hurshy!

7:03 pm

the cheese is solid again, we'll have to re6 it!

7:03 pm

thanx hurshy

7:04 pm

Sorry for the delay, hurshy, I am off in another window checking my e-mail. Yes, mousey refers to me as "sc"--certainly easire to type.

7:04 pm

i know i said HOW are you, not are you :)

7:04 pm

Mousey ... she didn't believe I was eleven.

7:04 pm

Easier than typing "easier" too.

7:06 pm

We'll have this dissagreement going on for a long time ... until I get to be a pro babble member and put up my picture for you to see!

7:07 pm

even then...

7:07 pm

hello... back for the last 32

7:07 pm

heya dorens

7:08 pm

even then, you will be totally wrong. You know, I could get my tech teacher to get on here and tell you that I really am just eleven with a good grammar history!

7:08 pm

hi all. can someone clue the br 7 and the br 8?

7:08 pm

it's not worth worrying about, M.P. you are nice to chat with either way.

7:08 pm

I am OK--had an inspiring afternoon volunteering at the cancer institute.

7:09 pm

MP--you're really 11?

7:09 pm

br7 more like a br5, and br8 is most.

7:09 pm

Hi Dorens, Peri, Jacula...

7:09 pm

Yeah ...I'm eleven ... not too good aat babble either

7:09 pm

TY for the br clues

7:10 pm

But, you can get better AND increase your "word power"!

7:10 pm

I think I'll try that, thanks, but it's only my second puzzle ... I'm trying

7:10 pm

MP--mousey is a boy that chats here a lot.

7:11 pm

thanks for the br clues

7:11 pm

hi hurshy, scrabbler (usually only run into you on weekends)--don't see mousey but hi M.P.

7:11 pm

I know I met him in the chatterbox once

7:12 pm

what

7:12 pm

I'm new, Dorens, never met you before

7:12 pm

what's wrong with ferris? as in ferris wheel? i have no idea what that second fe 6/27 is and i want it to be ferris (even if it doesn't fit alphabetically)

7:12 pm

Dorens--I usually do some Babble in the early AM before work, so around 6-7 AM, and then again in the evening.

7:13 pm

it's named after the guy who invented it and hence is still considered proper

7:13 pm

well, I'm harmless mp.. nice to meet you... are you 11? what grade does that make?

7:13 pm

aha... well, nice to see you whenever.....

7:13 pm

I'm in sixth ... but I have talent levels, my teachers say, in eighth and seventh grade

7:13 pm

That fe6,27 was clued earlier today--weird one. fe + part of the eye (***s) + vowel

7:13 pm

makes sense hurshy, but can you count all the strange words that should be names but have made it into the enable dictionary?

me again guys can someone clue the se 7 for me

7:14 pm

ah, mp then you are a gifted sixth grader... a difficult place to be sometimes...

7:14 pm

hey i explain what enable is thinking but i don't UNDERSTAND what enable is thinking.

7:14 pm

se7 epileptic problem

have the first one need the other pls

7:14 pm

sounds like babbler fa****kae?

7:14 pm

Yeah, definetly sometimes but it's okay most of the time I'm in a friends school where you can

7:15 pm

can

7:15 pm

can't, sorry, move up

7:15 pm

It does sound like that, I guess, Dorens.

7:15 pm

sounds like someone who works on clothes. sheryl

7:16 pm

MP--just read a lot on your own, in order to learn more and to challenge yourself.

7:17 pm

That's what I do ... I must have 2000 books , I'm thinking maybe cyber school next year where you can set your own levels

7:18 pm

Good for you, being ambitious and self-directed! How did you find Babble?

7:18 pm

I don't get the 2nd se 7. It's the act of epilepsy?

7:18 pm

he's reading the odyssey in school now...

7:18 pm

it's the thing you get when you have epilepsy, british spelling.

7:18 pm

different second consonant though , bichon. like maybe british version

7:18 pm

bichon--use snake instead of zed

7:18 pm

That is serious reading, hurshy.

7:19 pm

at the level of the highest 7th graders ... suprissed you remembered that, hurshy

7:19 pm

got it hursh et. al

7:19 pm

innit though?

7:19 pm

i have a swell memory

7:20 pm

MP.. no one forgets the odyssey!

7:20 pm

so are you reading it in english or greek?

7:21 pm

Halfway dinner time see yah poof

hi guys

7:22 pm

hey smooth

7:22 pm

hey pappa

7:22 pm

hey pappa

what a slow night at work tonight! yeesh!

7:23 pm

Hey, Smooth

7:23 pm

Hi, smooth.

need a clue for teh 3rd re7,40, anyone?

7:24 pm

mexican bean word

7:24 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

7:24 pm

cooks again bdg

7:24 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

7:24 pm

Back M still reading but talking, too!

7:25 pm

i need last re 6/21...hellominver

refried?

7:25 pm

Hi, Minver.

7:25 pm

close...

7:26 pm

the CHEESE is SOLID again, we will have to RE6/21 it!

oh for ****'s sake, sorry about that. (thouhg it's not in the grid, but anyway ...)

TY, hurshy, only 10 to go!!

7:26 pm

you don't have to bleep out pete, gwen, we can take it

7:27 pm

1 to go here...

7:27 pm

thanks hurshy. once again i asked for the wrong one (need to remember to check them off on the list).. had dthat combo. a, missing the last re 6/18 below it

7:27 pm

The last two sh's. They come after the scatological word for fecies. What are they?

7:27 pm

go jac go!!!

7:27 pm

FIREWORKS!:)

7:27 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the ri 5/12 word please

weeeeeeeeeeee jacula!!

7:27 pm

the sun came up today, it will do it again tomorrow

7:28 pm

honored indian person, and the bush in front of my house is also called a sh***

7:28 pm

Evening/morning folks! Has anyone clued the EMs yet? I have the first one but not the other three.

7:28 pm

bichon the four is a babblet and the 5 is a bu4/8

7:28 pm

ok, a wee bit of scotch on the rocks should help progress...

7:28 pm

thanks hursh

7:28 pm

Minver - think Mahari*** (Indian guru)

7:28 pm

thanx again hursh

sh + *hyme and r*me (those are homonyms)

7:28 pm

R's are done. what a re6!

7:28 pm

Congratulations Jacula on fireworks! Hooray for you!

7:28 pm

plural, angela, then boards with which to file your nails, and then a babblet

7:28 pm

Okay, I M not done yet ... sorry

7:29 pm

we didn't expect you to be done, you had 220 to go!

7:29 pm

ooooh, thanks hurshy

good job jac!

7:29 pm

Hello Angelakk! How are you doing? Welcome the grid

7:29 pm

Bravo, Jacula!!!

7:30 pm

No, talking about the book. Haven't even gotten to the puzzle again yet hurshy.

7:30 pm

ah... i see

7:30 pm

em4 you cn get the week's th**** on babanon or licketys

7:30 pm

have you got a PS2, XBox, or what, M.P.?

7:31 pm

Now, I only have 215 left to get.

7:31 pm

hi everyone!

hiya dawg

1st th?

7:31 pm

hi lbd, chj

7:31 pm

Okay, finished the book ... to short to write about. Anyway, this book is easy.

7:32 pm

... at least now.

7:32 pm

it's th*** call, but if it were mine, i would...

7:32 pm

Gwen - belonging to them.

Never mind, found it (fish smack!)

7:32 pm

1st th 3rd person plural possessive

yup!

7:32 pm

tr 7/32 please please

7:32 pm

Do any of you want to know what

7:33 pm

...M.P. stands for?

7:33 pm

yes mp, what book?

7:33 pm

Member of Parliament

7:33 pm

tr7 an old ship that plied the mediterranean

7:33 pm

M.P.'s not a book name, and no, hurshy. I bet you won't guess it. No, not that, either chj.

7:34 pm

tr7.32 tr+3rd vowel + do ** + you and ** against the world

7:34 pm

If you were talking about that.

7:34 pm

I'm off to bed now. See you tomorrow, folks.

7:34 pm

M.P. DOES stand for member of parliament, but i guess it could stand for Malevolent Pickle, or a host of other things

7:34 pm

You can all guess ... oh, and it

7:34 pm

mr. peanut

7:34 pm

thank you. fireworks. night all

7:34 pm

night Jac

7:35 pm

molly pritcher

7:35 pm

...not my initials

7:35 pm

monkey pants

Dos!

7:35 pm

no

7:35 pm

Hello Aloyisius! How are you doing? Did you finish yet?

7:35 pm

mini pee

7:35 pm

This is fun. Want a hint?

7:35 pm

M.P., while we are guessing, do you like GTA for PS2?

7:35 pm

Hello chj! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

7:35 pm

Okay, okay, it

7:36 pm

Hi lbdawger!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

7:36 pm

... mystery person.

7:36 pm

mandy pitempkin

7:36 pm

whoo hoo Dorens!

7:36 pm

ok but do you LIKE GTA for PS2????

oooh... and I was going to say Master Praetor. lol

7:36 pm

Hi Min! I'm doing fine, how are you?

7:37 pm

mishugana person

7:37 pm

LOL, too ... never heard of it

7:37 pm

I'm HERE!!!! I'm HERE!!! :-) at least until my computer dies from lack of "juice" in abut 15 minutes...

hot diggity ! * F * I * R * E * W * O * R * D * S * !

7:37 pm

molto pianissimo

7:37 pm

yeah. see.

7:37 pm

Whoo hoo Book! HI STIDDY!

7:37 pm

Him Stid, You're alive and well?

hi stid! keeping warm I hope?

7:37 pm

yahooooooooooooooostid

7:37 pm

Then I'll just boot up Tom's computer and play on... *I am a VERY happy mama at the moment*

7:37 pm

YAY GWEN!

7:37 pm

yahooooooooooooooooooogwen

7:37 pm

hi stid!!!

good job gwen

7:38 pm

we're very happy babblers with our Stiddy back!

stid... does that mean you have your power back?

7:38 pm

why you so happy mama?

7:38 pm

maximum piunishment

7:38 pm

yippity skippity, pappa! HAve had power since 9 last night, and just decided to try cable. I guess they put it up while I wasn't looking!

7:38 pm

power on?

7:38 pm

Oh, Stid, was it awful without power? How long?

7:38 pm

Nat -- have been without power or internet since last Thursday...

awesome stid! I'm glad for you! :-D

7:39 pm

oh, M.P., are you a boy or a girl, i don't know if you mentioned before

7:39 pm

hooray, for stid, welcome back to 2006 and not 1606

7:39 pm

are the boys still alive? lol just kidding. what an awful mess to have to experience

7:39 pm

electricity is overrated

7:39 pm

I heard, everyone has been so worried about you

7:39 pm

It wasn't as awful for us as for many, Scarlet, since we have a well-insulated house and a generator (primarily to run the well, but also helps with heat).

now i can die happy 8-)

i made it fireworks for me

7:39 pm

YAY sheryl!

good job sheryl

7:39 pm

whoo hoo sheryl

7:39 pm

Some prayers ARE answered. So glad you are okay, and can laugh again!

ty lb

oh stid, while you were gone I crept on to the list of village elders. :)

haven't been able to finish most of the week, so happy about this one

7:40 pm

really? how very wonderfully cool, pappa! *runs out to check*

7:40 pm

hehehe, smooth is an old timer now!

7:41 pm

job well done sheryl! it wasn't an easy grid, but not as bas as yesterdays

7:41 pm

Hello stidmama! Glad to see you're ok.You have been missed! So are you going through Babble withdrawal?

check on the bottomo... I'm just barely on the list.

7:41 pm

Hello Scarlet!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:41 pm

Very good, Sherylr, I know that feeling and it is irreplaceable. No, it isn't easy, but you DID IT!

7:42 pm

hello Min! good to see you, too! How's the househunting? (and withdrawal doesn't begin to describe it... have also been cloistered with two antsy kids, home on vacation...)

7:42 pm

Hell NaLT!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

7:42 pm

well pappa! there you are, your name in lights! You do realize, though, that you now have a reputation to maintain! LOL

7:42 pm

thnaks min, I am doing well, how are you this evening?

7:43 pm

Stidmama - we just got back from Tacoma - early Christmas with Kahlua - some people without power till after Christmas - glad you are ok

7:43 pm

Hi, Minveryork, ready to get to work!

7:43 pm

Congratulations Sherylr1961 on fireworks!Good for U

7:43 pm

okay, so if I drop off chat suddenly, I am booting Tom's computer because mine died. I think I left my power cord at the library...

7:44 pm

thank Mayne -- is Kahlua okay? It was SO scary -- trees and branches falling everywhere... our home was untouched, but several others on our street are damaged and one is uninhabitable

stid... that's an easy one to maintain... I think. lol

7:44 pm

stidmatt is online, btw, HEY KIDDO! are you babbling yet?

7:45 pm

Hello MayneGirl! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:45 pm

oops. he hollers back that his best friend in Tbilisi just sent him an email and he is too busy to say hi at the moment...'

7:45 pm

anyone seen leslieann lately?

7:45 pm

Kahlua is fine - very odd - storm passed right over Mayne Island - so we left warm, lighted house last Friday to go down to cold, dark house in Tacoma! But her power came on early Saturday morning. But Gig Harbor and area still without

so, who knows how to un-update one's copy of Mozilla Firefox? I updated it today and now the menus refuse to open

7:46 pm

Hi MIn - so is everyone ready for Christmas!!!!!

mayne, stop with the pressure LOL

7:46 pm

yes, Jill said they barely had a breeze on Salt Spring... glad Kahlua's power came on quickly! otherwise 'twould have been a cold visit!

7:47 pm

Yes, this morning they said over 100,000 still without power in Western Washington

7:47 pm

I'm taking a break from house hunting until after the holidays. I have so much to do for Christmas and not ready. I leave for Vermont for a week on Friday and will be w/out Babble for a week. I'll be going through withdrawal also stidmama! Not looking forward to it!

7:47 pm

really hoping AprilD is okay -- don't suppose anyone's heard from her this week?

going skiing in vermont min?

7:47 pm

Her hubby says first time he can remember in Tacoma losing power

7:47 pm

oh Min -- perhaps you can invent an excuse to get to a library with internet? LOL

7:48 pm

Broke down - bought an artificial tree today - small island - not organized (me) oh well!

7:48 pm

I think you'll have a good time, though, Min -- Vermont must be lovely this time of year, though I doubt it looks as good as the picture postcards!

it would if I took my camera out there stid. ;)

7:49 pm

We have an artificial tree and the only way you really know is that I can still breathe! *grin* allergies can be so inconvenient.

7:49 pm

Hi all ---showing Glenn how I k

7:49 pm

well, pappa -- you see that's why you are a pro and I an amateur: you can work magic with that gadget!

7:49 pm

hi dilly! I guess you weathered the storm okay too?

7:49 pm

Hey dilly - thought you were making dinner!

7:50 pm

Gwen--that happened to me when Firefox updates for me. It was the firewall access issue--go into the security system to let it know that Firefox is OK

7:50 pm

Not much snow there now. It's been extremely warm for December(50s).It's too warm to even make snow!

lol i don't think I can call myself a pro. I don't make nearly enough money at my photography to be considered a professional

7:50 pm

hi Scrabbler! so a miracle happened and I am online FROM HOME!!!!

7:50 pm

TG kids are older and not here till too late to complain! I'm going to love this little tree - no needles all over the house and NO watering

scrabbler, i don't use firewall software, i have a router. do you mean something windows does for my "benefit"?

7:51 pm

Like I don't make enough at greeting cards to be called an artist? *grin* would just be happy someday to make back expenses, but the creative urge is too great.

7:51 pm

Well, I am -- but not chewing gum, so can chat too.

7:51 pm

Hi Stid--great news. It sounds like your storm was much like the one that hit here Oct 12-13---massive tree damage, power outages....

7:51 pm

Can't fool me, dilly

lol completely understand stid

7:51 pm

i have a tech prob that maybe someone knows about....i cant get the website icons to stay on my desktop...when i reboot they disappear for generic icons

7:51 pm

yes -- only at least for us it wasn't out of season. yours really caught you-all by surprise.

7:52 pm

and now i cant even drag them onto the desktop from the address bar

7:52 pm

okay, I had best shut this box down and boot up Tom's before I lose all my data. back soon!

7:52 pm

Hello dilly!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

chj, my guess is that you have your browser set to clear your cache when you reboot. Thus the icons get eaten.

7:52 pm

oh chj - much sympathy - my computer just updated Internet Explorer and I don't like it!

7:52 pm

Bye stidmama! I'll see you in the chat log soon I hope!

7:53 pm

no idea chj.

7:53 pm

Gwen, you may have MS Windows security--I went through this about 6 wks ago but I cannot remember the details exactly. I wish I could be there to help. I have a router and wireless system here too, but for me the problem was security not recognizing the updated Firefox

7:53 pm

Bye stid - take care - watch those allergies!

my stid

7:53 pm

i generally dont use ie....i use firefox

7:54 pm

I think she is Tom's stid smooth_pappa, but that's ok!

7:54 pm

Probly I will too - but I liked the old look - whine, snivel

7:54 pm

Hi Min - ty ! am also making dinner, so not much puzzle solving!

chj, try checking your browser options, go to tools > options, and look for a cache command

7:54 pm

"My Stid, my Stid, author, Babble extraordinaire...." --new song by Pappa

7:54 pm

See dilly - two things at once, I don't think so! *such a cheeky girl*

scrabbler, TY, i will putz around with that in mind. I also updated IE today and while i only use it for one website, i can see why people are bitchy about it. bleachh

off to tweak my puter, see y'all tomorrow!

7:56 pm

i'm so glad i didn't update my ie. from what everyone has said it's really poopy

7:56 pm

night book

7:56 pm

I stopped using IE in the summer and don't miss it at all. But the new MS Vista sounds like it will be similar to Firefox.

7:56 pm

Good luck Gwen!

7:56 pm

scrabbler, can you put me in touch with hodag?

7:56 pm

Bye for now -- G,'s looking hungry.

7:57 pm

i got the impression you had her email...?

7:57 pm

bye dilly - look after G

7:57 pm

bye dilly enjoy dinner

7:57 pm

I don't know her e-mail. It was her grandson, mousey, that has been e-mailing me.

7:57 pm

oh i just thought you'd said you talked to her about that, but i guess you meant in here.

7:58 pm

Yes, in the chat.

7:58 pm

i wouldnt know what a cache command was if i tripped over it

7:58 pm

unless you mean "this is a stickup, give me all your cash"

7:58 pm

LOL chj

7:59 pm

aloha babblers!

7:59 pm

hey fran!

7:59 pm

Aloha Fran!

7:59 pm

hi nat!

7:59 pm

aloha fran

7:59 pm

Hi Frannie

7:59 pm

hey chj, lbd!

7:59 pm

hey scrabbler i think i shall send YOU an email :)

8:00 pm

Goodbye dilly! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

8:00 pm

saw back in the log the problem you're having chj, sorry, can't help either.

8:00 pm

what the heck is the re 7/40 after the re 6/27 that is the plural of to direct to ?

8:00 pm

Hi FranMag!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

8:00 pm

OK, hurshy--I will look forward to it.

8:00 pm

hi min!

8:00 pm

what is the prob CHJ? have you emailed doc about it? he's good at directions.

8:01 pm

Hi Fran - Kahlua and hubby are going to be in your area end of Jan

8:01 pm

MG, to cook in oil again

8:01 pm

oh cool MG!

8:01 pm

in Oahu?

8:02 pm

its not a babble problem

8:02 pm

a windows problem

8:02 pm

firefox 2.0?

8:03 pm

yes im using firefox 2.0

8:03 pm

Whatever the latest Firefox is--I just got updated today too, buthad to "allow" it to work.

8:03 pm

Maui, I think, Fran

8:03 pm

but uts a desktop problem

8:04 pm

NM--you are talking with chj.

8:04 pm

et the icons to stay after a reboot

8:04 pm

lbdawger- thank you!!

8:04 pm

and this problem has existed since i got my new pewter several weeks ago

8:05 pm

oh, too bad, they have that direct flight to maui now, people don't even stop in Oahu

8:05 pm

only f's and one more s to go

8:05 pm

that's what LeslieAnn did for her honeymoon too.

8:05 pm

ok starbucks is closing here gotta go

8:05 pm

I will check - would be cool for you two to meet!

8:05 pm

fran have you seen her on lately?

8:05 pm

later chj, hope you figure the problem out.

8:06 pm

yes, please check MG

8:06 pm

no i haven't nat (assume you're talking about LA)

8:07 pm

yeah, her b-day is sunday

8:07 pm

I haven't chatted with her in a long time, she sent me an email asking what I wanted for x-mas, but haven't seen her in a long time

8:07 pm

shoot chj left

8:07 pm

oh that's cool

8:08 pm

i meant about her birthday

8:08 pm

I figured

8:08 pm

nat, do you guys live far apart?

8:08 pm

HI all, 71 left and would like to finish

8:08 pm

about 3 hours, she married my brother though

8:09 pm

you can do it peri!!!

8:09 pm

go peri go!

8:09 pm

yes, i knew that, so are you guys getting together for her birthday? or is it not a milestone birthday

8:09 pm

go peri!!

8:09 pm

ee5/10 please

8:10 pm

thanks for the encouragement, will need lots of clues though

8:10 pm

spooky peri

8:10 pm

Nm found it

8:10 pm

no, she is going to be 26, and then her and Nick will come down here for x-mas the next day. I always make sure to get her separate b-day and x-mas gifts and wrap with b-day paper, even though she gets them all on x-mas

8:10 pm

what a great sister-in-law!

8:11 pm

thanks! I love her, so it's easy

8:12 pm

i can tell nat! you guys are lucky to be good friends as well as sisters-in-law now..

8:12 pm

you are a good sis in law Nat. birthdays are special, and being a christmas baby seems to always get second fiddle. i know, mine is a few days after christmas

8:13 pm

Nick mentioned to me once that she used to feel a little left out at her birthday, so I try to make it special

8:13 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

8:14 pm

so if anyone sees her online on the 24th be sure to wish her a happy b-day

8:14 pm

well, if she shows up in babble that day, I'll make sure to wish her a happy birthday.

8:14 pm

lol, there go our great minds again fran

8:15 pm

:-)

8:16 pm

hey hursh, you still here?

8:16 pm

semi-here :)

8:16 pm

or anyone, can i get a clue for em7?

8:16 pm

boards with which to file your nails

8:16 pm

oh, duh, thanks!

8:17 pm

good clue Hursh

8:17 pm

that's what you meant by emeril last night!

8:17 pm

i've honed it over the course of the day

8:17 pm

i meant emeril lagasse, the chef

8:17 pm

BAM!

8:17 pm

That is usually spelled with a y. Is it spelled with two e's at the end or ie on the grid?I mean the em7 word.

8:18 pm

yes, i knew that, but i didn't bother to look for a word around his name!

8:18 pm

plural min

8:18 pm

ie Min

8:18 pm

it's plural, min, so...

8:18 pm

i don't think that the time i mentioned emeril coincided with the time i found em7, actually, fran, lol

8:19 pm

so i guess we did the same thing :)

8:19 pm

hurshy--I e-mailed you back. We are thinking alike!

8:19 pm

:-)

8:19 pm

kay, good :)

8:19 pm

going for some tea? anyone want a cuppa?

8:20 pm

No thanks lbdawger! I have my D/C right next to me!

8:20 pm

thanks lbd

8:20 pm

Too late for fluids--I'll wet the bed.

8:21 pm

ROFL scrabbler!

8:21 pm

Me too, Fran. Laughing to the point of stress incontinence.

8:22 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the em 5/12 word please

8:22 pm

111 words to go--where are they hiding?

8:22 pm

eep, after two kids delivered the old-fashioned way scrabbler, i feel for you!

8:22 pm

Alternate spelling for Mid east amir

8:22 pm

yeah, I have 119, no idea

8:23 pm

I am plodding along 63 left here

8:23 pm

Go Peri, go!

8:24 pm

last le4/4 , please don't hit me with any fish

8:25 pm

le 4/4 is le + snake letter plus cross letter periwinkle.

8:25 pm

Incoming!!! Looks like a haddock!

8:25 pm

Here is my dilemma for tomorrow. I'm taking off from work to get Christmas stuff done. But my husband is gone which means I can babble freely all day without his complaints.What do I do? Just tempted to babble!

8:25 pm

oooh, tough one

8:25 pm

If the grid is small then it will all work out!

8:25 pm

min, you should use babble as your reward for getting the christmas stuff done

8:25 pm

sheesh,, thanks min, yikes that was a big fish, scrabbbler :)

8:25 pm

babble early, go out for a while, come back and babble?

8:26 pm

babble babble babble

8:26 pm

an incentive to get done very, very quickly

8:26 pm

babble of course, Min

8:27 pm

I like hurshy's answer the best! I hate shopping and l love babbling! But Fran's answer is the most logical! I hope it's very small grid tomorrow! Thanks for advice

8:27 pm

shop online - much faster and easier

8:27 pm

although it is a little late now...

8:28 pm

li5/12 please

8:28 pm

not if you shop at Amazon and get express shipping

8:28 pm

nah just print out pictures of what you got for everyone

8:28 pm

i don't think i bought a single christmas gift in an actual store this year

8:28 pm

there you go nat! great idea

8:29 pm

peri, limber, light on your feet?

8:29 pm

LOL NatLT!I changed my mind,NatLT has best advice

8:29 pm

I shopped for everything online and the last boxes arrived today!

8:29 pm

thanks Fran, thought I had that one, must have been a recent puzzle

8:30 pm

55 left all R, S and T words

8:30 pm

i just did mine today for direct delivery, at least they'll be in transit if not there in time, a real feat for me!

8:30 pm

yw peri!

8:30 pm

At least you got those B's done, peri.

8:31 pm

Last year I did not know about Babble yet. I actually had my priorities straight! I have to say that Babble has certainly changed my life in more ways than one!

8:31 pm

thats true Scrabbler

8:31 pm

we'll drink a cup of kindness yet for auld lang babble

8:32 pm

I just brought up the list--how can there be that many ee words? I can't even think of more than the 3 i found.

8:32 pm

lampreys, think lampreys

8:32 pm

Aha, think spooky--I think that is it!

8:33 pm

getting tired here 2nd ri5/10 and the ri5/12 please

8:33 pm

scrabbler, they are all related to two words

8:33 pm

:)

8:33 pm

8 more to go -- stuck on the third re7/40, the sixth re6/27, and the lasat re8/18 --any help tonight?

8:33 pm

EE's are done--how spooky and slimy is that!

8:34 pm

ri5/12, ri + su*** (japanese rice and raw fish dish)

8:34 pm

ri5/10 is "plural" of ri4/4 to anger

8:34 pm

pbr - mexican bean word,

8:34 pm

R-O-L-A-I-D-S,

8:35 pm

LOL, hurshy

8:35 pm

and the sun came up yesterday, it probably will do it again tomorrow

8:35 pm

Hello pbr! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

8:35 pm

ri5.12 the word reminds me of sushi.

8:35 pm

I need 2nd ri5/10 please

8:35 pm

(finally someone understands my rolaids clue!)

8:35 pm

clued it also peri

8:35 pm

plural peri

8:36 pm

oops for the one --make that the last re6/18

8:36 pm

i saw right through your typo

8:37 pm

man i'm good

8:37 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the ru 8/50 word please

8:37 pm

Minveryork 7 more to go --

8:38 pm

in the biggest hurry

8:38 pm

hurshy -- which word was your clue for -- mexican bean?

8:38 pm

I wish I could say the same pbr.I only have 167 words

8:38 pm

the most of the ru 7

8:38 pm

i gave you 3 clues, mexican bean, rolaids, and the sun

8:38 pm

I have the first ri5/10 as the plurl of angers, I stilll need the 2nd ri5/10 and can't find it

8:38 pm

hurshy - just got it 6 more to go

8:39 pm

peri, that's the second

8:39 pm

the first is a pl too

8:39 pm

Thank you for the ru clue. I finished my ru words now

8:39 pm

sorry peri, i must need that one too

8:39 pm

transpose the vowels of the other ri5.10 peri

8:39 pm

thank YOU for the RU CLUE, how rhymey!

8:39 pm

then I need the first ri5/10

8:39 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the se 6/21 word please

8:40 pm

one who presents an appearance

8:40 pm

hurshy -- Ok, have all but the rolaid one

8:40 pm

the ri5/10s are anagrams

8:40 pm

plop, plop, fizz, fizz...?

8:41 pm

too tired to figure anything out, see you all tomorrow

8:41 pm

think of the comercial for rolaid, rolaids, that spells re****

8:41 pm

hurshy -- just got that one too 4 more to go

8:41 pm

Good night, peri!

8:41 pm

night peri

8:42 pm

3 left. Help please. li4/5 speech issue, li4/4 Italian coin, li4/4 untruths, li4/4 and 5/10 person or people who tell untruths. I'm missing a LI4/4.What could it be?

8:42 pm

change vowel on it coin

8:42 pm

Hello gramma!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

8:42 pm

TY

8:43 pm

Minveryork, I haven't been very social. I've been nose to the grid.

8:44 pm

hi6,21?

8:44 pm

NM--found it

8:44 pm

Help on the se5/12, sh5/18 and the tr7/32 and tr8/45 pls

8:45 pm

plural

8:45 pm

sh5/18 = bu 4/8

8:45 pm

3 prefix + homonym of large amt of paper, and pl

8:45 pm

tr7,32 = prefix for 3, + consonant + books have a th***, plus pl

8:46 pm

tr7/32 is three prefix + hook letter + vowel + double hump letter plus vowel and the tr 8/45 is the plural.

8:47 pm

148 done--time to quit. Mr REM wants me in bed. See you tomorrow!

8:47 pm

I'm here! (finally) was just writing to my best friend, and a cousin.

Hi again, wasn't gonna be back but . . .

8:47 pm

re7,40 please. not the joints, not the spinning people, not the emotional one,

8:48 pm

ttfn scrabbler

scrabbler, I had no luck with firewall stuff, but found a mozilla forum and guess what? . . .

8:48 pm

I adore your evil icon BDG!

8:48 pm

Night scrabbler. Hi Matt

8:48 pm

Hi stidmatt! Did you get my Christmas card yet?

8:48 pm

Goodbye Scrabbler!I will see you tomorrow in the log!

8:48 pm

R-O-L-A-I-D-S

8:48 pm

No, not yet, hopefully soon.

8:48 pm

Hi stidmatt!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

8:48 pm

normally i hate spelling out words in the chat, but...

menus won't open cuz the theme (skin) is incompatible with new version. (!)

8:49 pm

oh geesh, sorry

8:49 pm

Yes, Gwen--I think I found the solution there. Have you fixed things?

8:49 pm

you need the mexican bean word

8:49 pm

Hello Book Doctor Gwen!How are you? Welcome back!

8:49 pm

you fixed your problem gwen?

oh, hell, did i just miss scrabbler? oh there you are 8-)

8:49 pm

cape, re cook in oil again

scrab, fixed menus but don't like the "standard" skin half as much as the nice one i was using

8:49 pm

Hello capemaggie! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

8:49 pm

I think it is time to get lickety

(grumble grumble)

8:50 pm

I am using the naio skin, or something like that.

so, who needs a clue or 3?

8:50 pm

Changes cause problems, Gwen, don't they?

8:50 pm

OK, off to bed with Mr REM.

8:50 pm

Thanks for the help. Payback time. I'm up for a few more minutes. May I help?

the skin i liked was called "metal lion - brushed ice" and it had very small Personal Menu Bar icons, which is why i liked it

8:51 pm

hi gramma

8:51 pm

Howdy

8:51 pm

thanks dawger

g'nite, scrabbler, sweet dreams

8:51 pm

Nite StidScrabbler

8:52 pm

hi min - thanks for the welcome!

8:52 pm

i still need 5 more

8:52 pm

night scrabbler!

8:52 pm

You can do it!

8:53 pm

My last word was an article of clothing. sh5

8:54 pm

still trying to figure that tr7/32 -- i'll keep working the clues

8:54 pm

hi all -- I sorta bugged out an hour ago. back again, going to stay put until Tom gets home for dinner this time.

8:55 pm

good night cousin!

8:55 pm

hi stid! glad you guys are okay

8:55 pm

Hi stidmama!

8:56 pm

thanks Fran (so are we, unfortunately many folks weren't as lucky)! good to be back.

8:56 pm

tr 7/32 word for 3 + **turn a library book before due date + not you but ** pbr.I hope that was better clue

8:56 pm

Hi kiddo -- I see you've made yourself to home. Has he been behaving himself, folks? ;-)

8:56 pm

hi stidmatt, didn't see you come in

8:57 pm

tr7- 1st 3 letters mean 3. the next 2 are musical do, **,mi,fa so la te do-the last2 letters another way of expressing yourself, not I but **

8:58 pm

See you all on the flip!

8:58 pm

later gramma!

8:58 pm

seeya gramma!

8:58 pm

and nice clue!

8:59 pm

bye gramma!

8:59 pm

Matt has been very quiet Stid.

8:59 pm

thanks lbd! hoping he is working hard and getting lots of words.

8:59 pm

he's your kid, he's probably done! lol

9:00 pm

puts me to shame sometimes...

9:00 pm

night gramma

9:00 pm

down to one finally -- the se5/12

9:00 pm

i doubt that Stid. he's a great reflection of you and Tom.

9:01 pm

abbrev of 9th month plural pbr

9:01 pm

careful lbd, this chat room won't be big enough if my head swells! *grin*

9:01 pm

Just put the noodles into the soup and it splashed!

9:01 pm

g pbr go!

9:01 pm

that's a plural for Latin 7, pbr...

9:02 pm

(and he can cook too)

9:02 pm

geez-- thought I had tried that --- done, doing the fireworks. time to go home!

9:02 pm

swollen heads and popping buttons, easy to dodge!

9:02 pm

whoo hoo PBR!

9:02 pm

WTG PBR!

9:02 pm

YAY pbr! see you tomorrow if the power holds out!

9:02 pm

ahh, and does he clean and do ovens?

9:03 pm

will be leaving for England Friday-- so hopefully I'll be doing the grid from there for a week.... I am sure jet lag will help

9:03 pm

Goodbye gramma! I will see you tomorrow in the chat

9:03 pm

well, he cleans a bit (when prompted) and is hard worker (when motivated) -- just like me!

9:03 pm

Congratulations pbr on your fireworks! Good for you

9:03 pm

what fun, pbr! are you going to get to meet any UK babblers?

9:04 pm

send him on over Stid! i'll gladly adopt him or put him into serfdom! lol

9:04 pm

safe travels PBR

9:04 pm

(serfdom sounds about right) you got it lbd, you want him UPS or parcel post? LOL

9:04 pm

I don't really want to be a serf.

9:04 pm

how about a smurf?

9:05 pm

you-all should hear the sounds coming from the kid's room! ROFL

9:05 pm

stid!!! you're okay!!

9:05 pm

shhh, Matt, it's the only way she'll let you come out here.

9:05 pm

firefly! yes!!!!! got power last night, internet late this afternoon.

9:05 pm

we were SO lucky -- one house on our street had five trees down -- three on the house, two on the power lines...

9:05 pm

I'm a gramma and let me tell you spoilin' is my game! lol

9:06 pm

i have been so worried - it sounds so awful on the west side :(

9:06 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the re 5/10 word please

9:06 pm

oh that's terrible stid!

9:06 pm

Actually, I need the first re 5/10 word if you have it.

9:06 pm

made the candles glow again

9:06 pm

I think it is pretty bad, but getting better daily. I put four pics up at my blogspot page if you're interested. I'll put it in my profile again. just a sec.

9:06 pm

first is a pl

9:07 pm

Hi firefly779!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:07 pm

Minver - plural of fishing rod re**

9:07 pm

second is ms. witherspoon change last letter to cons.

9:07 pm

Though, I will travel a bit to the Country of Georgia first, then back to VICTORIA, and while going to Germany. Those are on my list.

9:07 pm

yay! done!

9:07 pm

okay profile updated.

9:08 pm

ahh, I can't convince you to come visit Montana matt?

9:08 pm

how about you, firefly? It sounded like your side of the mtns wasn't so bad -- just cold

9:08 pm

YAY Fran!

WTG Fran !!!!!!!

9:08 pm

fiiiiiiiiiive gooooooooooolden riiiiiiiiiiiiiings

9:08 pm

whoo hoo Frannie~!

9:08 pm

Oh, I have that one already. I need the 3rd re 5/10.

9:08 pm

he might like Montana -- the dinosaur museum of the rockies, etc

9:08 pm

the third one is the one i said in the first place

9:08 pm

I was the one with the camera on that trip.

9:08 pm

Congratulations FranMag on your fireworks! Hooray!

9:09 pm

Min -- is that the what you did to the candle after the flame blew out?

9:09 pm

stid - yep, very cold, not much else - a little icy at times, and a thick frost the other day (tues)

9:09 pm

I would like the west. It is very pretty.

9:09 pm

I guess.

9:09 pm

Never been there!

9:09 pm

Matt, that's in Bozeman, I know Jack Horner personally

9:09 pm

*brrrr* I don't like cold. Your side gets way colder and because it's so dry usually to me it seems more "brittle" if that makes any sense

9:10 pm

Cool!

9:10 pm

What's wrong with me?! I need the 2nd re5/10 please

9:10 pm

thanks guys

9:10 pm

evening!

9:10 pm

hey feather!

9:10 pm

just peeking in. not touching this one, too big, too late.

9:10 pm

really, lbd? that is so cool! stidmatt used to quote him constantly when he was in dinosaur mode a few years back!

9:10 pm

hi feather!

9:10 pm

Hello featherbee! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:10 pm

hi! hee, fran, i elfed daniel

9:10 pm

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=abf 1a86d4f8ff7ae3e63250G06122018

9:10 pm

elfed? do you have pics?

9:11 pm

Stid. it's a dry cold! lol, really not as bad as it may seem.

9:11 pm

oh. duh! *headbang* of course you do! LOL

9:11 pm

did you see mine?

9:11 pm

Yeah, I was really into the Mussasaurus. (Haven't written or seen that name for years!

9:11 pm

silly girl, it's me you're asking!

9:11 pm

Hi feather!

9:11 pm

cute!!!!!

9:11 pm

hey lb! and yes fran, i did! love it!

9:11 pm

he's perfect for it

9:12 pm

ROFLOL.... that is just TOO cute, feather!

9:12 pm

Mama, don't hurt yourself!

9:12 pm

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=c64 251bdb8078a243b6b6bdG06122018

9:12 pm

that's me

9:12 pm

stid - "brittle" is a very good word for it!

9:12 pm

I think I hear my little Sentra chugging up the driveway...

9:13 pm

cool, you got your hair in there. mine was in a ponytail anyway

9:13 pm

yeah, i didn't like the bald look. had to work at that

9:13 pm

lol

9:13 pm

*grin* Too bad the program can't do both of you dancing together!

9:13 pm

that artist link you had was super cool!

9:13 pm

oh, wouldn't that be awesome!

9:14 pm

are you warm enough firefly? I know where you can get a few thousand cords of firewood...

9:14 pm

i love love love that second one, with the blues and the water

9:14 pm

he's so fast too

9:14 pm

I am beat, I gotta turn in, with only 97 left...lol I hope there are bigones like this on my days off

9:14 pm

i think it is sped up a little, but not by much

9:14 pm

stid - lol...too bad I don't have a fireplace!

9:15 pm

I got the second re 5/10 word.Monkey needs a drink

9:15 pm

night nat

9:15 pm

good night Nat! nice to see you again. stay warm!

9:15 pm

night nat! give LA my birthday greetings in case she doesn't come on here.

9:15 pm

thanks stid...and don't forget in you see LA online on the 24th wish her a happy b-day!!!

9:15 pm

Goodbye NatLT! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:16 pm

ok night all!!! see you tomorrow

9:16 pm

Night Nat!

9:16 pm

night Nat. Feather that is such a cute elf!

9:16 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the re 5/16 word please

9:17 pm

Actually I need both re 5/16 words if you have them.

9:17 pm

hee, that's my son!

9:17 pm

I will Nat! *mentally figuring out year she will turn 30...*

9:18 pm

okay, jumping on the bandwagon, here's my elf... http://www.elfyourself.com/?us erid=c64251bdb8078a243b6b6bdG06122018

9:18 pm

min - he tripped again

9:19 pm

stid, that seems to be me again

9:19 pm

stid, that's heather

9:19 pm

lol

9:19 pm

email it to yourself to get the url easily

9:20 pm

min, when you like a restaurant you re*** people to ti

9:20 pm

*sigh* okay, try this one... http://www.elfyourself.com/?u serid=1500cbb10ede60f6182f3d7G06122018

9:20 pm

the other one is re + i ***l off the dock and got wet

9:21 pm

Ok,I got 2 re 6/27 words trying to monkey your clue capemaggie. I still need re 5/16 words though. Clues?

9:21 pm

hee, yay stid!!!! cute!

9:21 pm

cool stid! but your elf isn't looking to happy about having to do the macarena

9:21 pm

just clued them both min

9:22 pm

good. at least I got something to work... I think I have to go separate the dogs. The big one keeps stealing the little one's toys and rolling them under the sofa...

9:22 pm

The dogs are barking and very antzy right now.

9:22 pm

Thank you for the re clues FranMag.Got my 2 re 5/16

9:22 pm

good point, fran, will need to find a smilier pic mayhaps?

9:22 pm

lol

9:22 pm

Stid! your story...i love it! *sniff--wipes tears from face*

9:22 pm

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

9:23 pm

ROFL -- lbd, you are too kind!

9:23 pm

matt, have you read Eragon? i want to go see the movie!

9:23 pm

hey heather, i was the first one to do quote-puzzler this morning, it was weird

9:23 pm

okay, taking a break. All you other momma and auntie types keep an eye on the kiddo for me. I'll see you later!

hi everyone! stid - good to see you back

9:23 pm

wow, you were #1 in all spots then! must have been depressing to lose that

9:23 pm

later stid!

9:24 pm

see ya later stid - glad you're okay over there :)

9:24 pm

No, but stidgrant has! I guess I should read it. So many books I have tried to read, but 2 pages in, mama comes in and takes me away from it.

9:24 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat!

9:24 pm

lol heather, not really

9:24 pm

i'm still number one in HC though!

9:24 pm

HOOO-AH!

9:24 pm

and nrkii and sherb already submitted

9:24 pm

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:25 pm

phone

9:25 pm

go fra-an, go fra-an!

9:25 pm

oh man, you've got to read it since you like LOTR and dragons. it was written by a young fella at the ripe age of 17!

9:25 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the re 6/18 word please

sh5/18 - the final sh word - is eluding me - a clue, please?

9:25 pm

Actually, I need the first re 6/18 word if you have it.

hi min!

9:26 pm

TO - a bu**y plant

9:26 pm

re6.18 plural of ones who bring in fish

9:26 pm

The sh 5/18 word is a kind of bush 72 Temple Owl.

9:27 pm

TO, think of plants that grow in clumps

thanks firefly, min!

9:27 pm

owl - glad you;e here since i never copied the email

9:28 pm

Our dogs are STUPID! One bumped into Stidmama and made her hurt her neck, and the other one kept on barking incessintly. I had to roll her over to get her to shut up. Then she gave me the look.

9:28 pm

Darn! I did it again! Asked for the wrong clue. I need the second re6/18 word please.Thanks for the clues!

hi dorens!

9:28 pm

i'm heading out, night!

9:28 pm

Hello Dorens!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:28 pm

Bye feather!

night feather! dorens, give me a while, my home system is veryu slow. i will load it again

9:29 pm

hi min

9:29 pm

Goodbye featherbee! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

9:29 pm

Hi Dorens!

9:29 pm

Min, like the plop plop fizz fizz, but change last letter to hook letter

9:29 pm

night feather

9:30 pm

hi all

9:30 pm

I am listening to In the Hall of the Mountain King right now on a Peer Gynt CD. It is beautiful! Oh, Rape of the Bride now!

9:30 pm

hi Dorens

9:31 pm

Thank you for the re clues! Finished my re words now

9:31 pm

I'm not familiar with Hall of the Mountain King.

9:32 pm

My goal tonite is 200 words. There's no way I'll finish!

9:33 pm

You can find it at http://www.answers.com/topic/in-the-ha ll-of-the-mountain-king

it makes me think of "in the court of the crimson king"

believe me most people have heard this song -

9:36 pm

i've bookmarked it so i can hear it later, when i'm more awake...must get ready for bed. i'm yawning hard enough to pop my jaws.

9:37 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

nightm, dawg!

9:38 pm

I got my recording from Naxos, it has all of Peer Gynt Suites #1 and #2, Holberg Suite, 3 pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar, and Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.

9:38 pm

shri

9:38 pm

Hi everybody. This is a lot easier grid than yesterdays, isn't it?

9:39 pm

Does stidmatt listen to this music or is this stidmama?

9:39 pm

Stidmatt; you listen to Perr Gynt? Cool! :D

9:39 pm

Sorry! First I ask for the wrong clues, then I type in the wrong box!I think I should quit before 200 words

9:39 pm

hello

9:39 pm

Edvard Grieg lived in Bergen, Norway. It is on the west coast on (take out atlas) same latitude as Shetland Islands.

9:39 pm

I listen to this! Hi Nef!

9:40 pm

hi harp! hi nef! hi dorens!

9:40 pm

I also don't care for anything that is pretty much later then Jazz.

9:40 pm

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:40 pm

Hi harpjane! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:40 pm

stidmatt has an old soul i think.

9:40 pm

what is later than jazz? it's still happening? (hi fran)

9:40 pm

and has been exposed to good music

9:41 pm

It is, I just don't listen to more modern music then the beginnings of Jazz. Louis Armstrong is my favorite.

9:41 pm

I grew up listenig to In the Hall of the Mountain King on a 78 record on the big old phonograph as a kid! :)

9:41 pm

eg, music I don't listen to; rap, hip-hop, rock, blues.

9:41 pm

Cool!

9:42 pm

for a while, I had that as my cell phone ring (until I lost the cell phone; the new one isn't programed for that though)

9:42 pm

i listen to everything, there are good examples of all kinds of music in my opinion

9:42 pm

shucks!

9:43 pm

brb, going to put rice to cook

9:43 pm

Interesting Fran, that is a good way to do it!

9:44 pm

Go go cook your rice! Hope you cook it tasty and nice!

9:44 pm

you like Louis Armstrong? My daughter got so excited one day when she heard Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole's "duet" "Unforgettable" She thought he was a NEW singer

9:45 pm

Oh man! That means she watches really old, listens to, recordings! That's cool!

9:45 pm

I have him on my new MP3.

9:46 pm

lol nef, i can imagine her surprise when you told her that not only was he not new, but he was dead when that duet came out!

9:47 pm

I listen to all sorts of music too. We had music all around us when I was a kid growing up. I was raised by an Aunt and Uncle; and my Uncle had an old time dance orchestra; he played all around north western Minnesota nearly every weekend

9:47 pm

Nef, tell your daughter to listen to Æ’reddy cole...nat's brother...still recording and sounds terrific (i saw him last year at a local jazzclub)

9:47 pm

that was supposed to be Freddy.sorry

9:48 pm

hi everyone. I'm stuck for my very last word, the re7/40.

9:48 pm

A little while ago I would play my trumpet to Louis Armstrong to CD I have.

9:48 pm

time to go wrap gifts for tomorrow... goodnight all

9:48 pm

true, Fran; she was pretty upset when I told her that he was dead. But she has since loaded a bunch of his music into her iPod

9:48 pm

It is now digitized on my MP3!

9:48 pm

Hi Eva!

9:48 pm

hi eva, what you do to beans for mexican dishes

9:49 pm

Dorens; you say Reddy Cole? I've never heard of him

9:49 pm

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

9:49 pm

night dorens!

9:49 pm

thanks fran!!

9:49 pm

Dinner! I'll be back in 10 to 30 minutes!

9:49 pm

Hello Eva!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:49 pm

You play trumpet, Matt? My older sister (and my Uncle) played trumpet; I got stuck on the clarinet!

9:49 pm

nef, she corrected it, she meant to say Freddy Cole

9:50 pm

bye matt!

9:50 pm

yay EVA!!!!!

9:50 pm

Goodbye stidmatt! Maybe I will see you later tonight!

9:50 pm

just couldn't see that sneaky pattern, coming from the lower r

9:50 pm

thanks Fran. Now Freddy Cole I've heard of. :)

9:50 pm

eva, most of the words today i just typed in, i have no idea how they appear in the grid! :-)

9:52 pm

can anybody help me on the si6/18; the second one...please?

9:53 pm

erda, the second si6/18 is just like the si5/10 before it, but the middle consonant is doubled

9:53 pm

it's an alt spelling

9:54 pm

yes si6/18 bob!

9:54 pm

thank you, thank you, thank you! (lol Fran)

9:55 pm

hi again. My neck is on ice and Tom is home. Darn dogs. oh well...

9:55 pm

yw erda!

9:55 pm

One more please: th5/18

9:55 pm

erda, like a th*** in the night

9:55 pm

what happened Stidmama? Why did the dog knock you over?

9:55 pm

that one took me a while to see too!

9:56 pm

ow stid, are you okay?

9:56 pm

hi stid!!! i haven't been on in a couple of days. we were all worried about you and the storm. is everything okay?

9:56 pm

I was trying to get a toy out from under the sofa... and he was trying to prevent the other dog from getting it. And I was just in the way...

9:56 pm

I will be okay, just going to hang out for a while.

9:56 pm

thanks Dispatch -- we are fine, just were without power or internet for a bit.

9:57 pm

Our house is untouched, but many of our neighbors will have to do some touchup of paint...

9:57 pm

were you warm enough? That is what I kept worrying about is that there were a million people without heat

9:57 pm

sorry to hear about the "dog fight"..but glad you survived the storm!

9:58 pm

Well, we have a generator, so we were keeping warm.

9:58 pm

And we also could run the stove.

9:58 pm

we were warm "enough" Nef, we have a generator hard-lined into our propane tank for the well, so I ran it every few hours for the pump and the furnace.

le 7/28 and le 8/40..pls

9:58 pm

LOL -- or I could let my elder child speak for me...

9:59 pm

maybe he types faster because he doesn't have a sore neck! :)

9:59 pm

hee hee!

9:59 pm

That's possible!

9:59 pm

where was stidmatt when you got between the dogs!!!???

9:59 pm

gramma, le7/28, more of a lecherous look

9:59 pm

fdsafg

10:00 pm

laughing histarically!

10:00 pm

oops -- Lucky wanted to enter a word, but put it in the wrong box...

10:00 pm

*pads quietly in from the back* POUNCE!!! {{*Stidmama*}}

10:00 pm

I was eating my dinner.

10:00 pm

About time I got to turn the tables ;-D

10:00 pm

Hi Dispatch! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:00 pm

*wince* hi Woulf, *pat pat* nice puppy! *rubs neck*

10:00 pm

hi Grey Woulf!

10:00 pm

le8/40 is the superlative version of the le7/28

10:00 pm

guess I am a magnet for large furry creatures today! LOL

10:00 pm

hi wolf!

10:01 pm

hi min. thank you. i've missed babbling for a few days

10:01 pm

hi woulf

10:01 pm

where were you, Dispatch?

10:01 pm

Hey stidmatt -- just finished scrolling back -- I love your taste in music

10:01 pm

gramma, did you get those clues or do you need another one?

10:01 pm

howdy Fran

10:01 pm

Thanks!

hi woulfie

10:02 pm

and dispatch and Min and Templeand everyone else :-)

10:02 pm

Some would call me a nerd at school. That is a good term, but not the way they would use it.

10:02 pm

{{{TO}}} hi! have you been here long?

10:02 pm

Hello GreyWoulf!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:02 pm

rofl, stidmatt is listening to peer gynt, my iTunes was just on "Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.

10:02 pm

Good evening all

i came in just as youleft, stid - glad to see you back

10:03 pm

no no, you are a geek not a nerd, matt -- being a geek has become acceptable, being nerdy is kinda borderline

10:03 pm

hi TO, i don't think i saw you come in!

10:03 pm

I need another PE from the bottom... I have pe 4/6... what am I looking for please?

10:03 pm

hi nonnie

hi fran! struggling to finish - past my bedtime

10:03 pm

thanks TO, glad to be seen! how's the weather for you?

10:03 pm

hi nonnie!

10:03 pm

stid, it's ph4/6

warm

10:03 pm

one of those words that should be a prefix

got the clues..thnx

10:04 pm

hello Dispatch and Stidmama

10:04 pm

Well, at my school, we use nerd as to mean that you are really, very, smart.

10:04 pm

hi nonnie!

10:04 pm

hi Fran

how's the pack, woulf?

10:04 pm

Hi nonnie!

10:04 pm

well then you must be a nerd stidmatt

10:04 pm

Evening, babblers

10:04 pm

hi stidmatt!

10:04 pm

it is way too warm around here, stidmama -- the only way we will have a white Yule will be if someones snowmaking machine explodes

10:04 pm

thanks Fran *thinking*

10:04 pm

hello mrwrite

10:04 pm

got it!

10:05 pm

I have my first gray row! LOL

10:05 pm

Hi mrwrite!

10:05 pm

hello mrwrite!

10:05 pm

hi mrwrite

10:05 pm

hi mrwrite! where have you been all my life?

10:05 pm

WTG mama!

10:05 pm

oh wait, it's mr. right i was looking for

10:05 pm

The pack are doing well, TO -- tho Kristianna is getting a bit too rebellious for her own good these days

10:05 pm

oh Woulf, I am sorry to hear that! Min was saying Vermont is having temps in the 50s, too -- doesn't seem right, does it?

10:06 pm

Im in ur book, writin ur bio. (-:

10:06 pm

GW, that's a 3-year old thing for sure, my son thinks he's the boss of all of us

10:06 pm

Question? why are stidmatt & stidmama's little people purple and the rest of ours are either pink or blue?

10:06 pm

Hello NonnieLight!How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:06 pm

because they didn't fill in the gender part of their profile

*brandishes silver corss, rabbit's foot, cornu and evcery other charm she can think of* no white christmas

10:07 pm

Hi Minveryork! Great and you?

10:07 pm

*grin* because I don't like pepto pink -- deselect gender on the profile page to join the androgynous ones...

hate shoveling....

10:07 pm

ah, I see...thank you Fran

10:07 pm

matt-- in my school, oh so many years ago, being a nerd was a term for being too smart for the norms to accept while being socially awkward at the same time

10:07 pm

lol mama :o)

10:07 pm

phantom words: slither

10:07 pm

Hi all, late start today, any clues for em5/12 please

a geek is technically someone who is overly fond of technology

10:08 pm

your definition still applies, woulf!

10:08 pm

hi flosey!

10:08 pm

flosey, it's an alt spelling of the Eastern monarch

10:08 pm

em 5: middle eastern ruler?

while a nerd is socially inept

10:08 pm

usually has an i in it

10:08 pm

thanks Fran, will have to work with that

10:08 pm

interesting!

10:08 pm

yes, that one I know

10:08 pm

Hello flosey! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:09 pm

geekly nerds run in our family... *adjusts glasses and checks to be sure pocket protector is working*

th4/5 either after or befor ethe ooposite of "that" ty

10:09 pm

got it, thanks Fran

10:09 pm

good thanks Min, and you?

10:10 pm

TO, change the last letter to another consonant

10:10 pm

geek has transformed recently thanks to the growing acceptance of Roleplaying games (like Dungeons & Dragons) -- it pretty much means a young (at heart if nothing else) person who is nerdy but possesses the selfconfidence to ignore the norms and choose to stand out from them

10:10 pm

I believe I'm going to slither on into bed soon! I have almost reached my goal. I hope tomorrow's is smaller!

10:10 pm

You don't have glasses! (he says while he adjusts his real glasses.

10:10 pm

I think another term that would work as a def would be - a socially accepted eccentric

10:10 pm

yw flosey

10:10 pm

I do so! Just don't wear them unless I am doing a lot of up-close work!

10:11 pm

now the em7/32 please

ty fran!

10:11 pm

I am almost to halfway...

10:11 pm

at least it's not the old definition of carnival sideshow performer!

10:11 pm

good night min

good night, min! se you tomorrow

10:11 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the le 7/32 word please

10:11 pm

well, I only need 38 more words...

10:11 pm

Time for the one, best, and only, OXFORD duh duh duh duuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh....

10:11 pm

flosey, plural of the boards that you use to file your nales

10:11 pm

i just started...so my goal tonight is just half way

10:11 pm

*nails

10:12 pm

true Fran, though that def still applies to the now rare and almost extinct pencil necked variety

10:12 pm

I wear glasses, but I am definitely not a nerd! I don't even qualify to be a semi-nerd! I am totally nerdless!

10:12 pm

min, look for the le7 at your le7

10:12 pm

ah, thanks Fran

10:12 pm

lol wolfie!

10:12 pm

no. 1 A person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.... YEAH RIGHT!

10:12 pm

Min - by being a Babbleonian, you are a nerd by association

10:13 pm

I am so close, just need three more words. Then I am halfway and will hit the list. Though tonight I am just glad to be back :-) and finishing would be only the icing on the cake

10:13 pm

b is worthless, but... c. A person who is extremely devoted to and knowledgeable about computers or related technology. That is the one we use all the time.

10:13 pm

stid, you better have the lone i in the middle

10:13 pm

I hit the list when I was half-way through this puzzle.

who was it yesterday that was so glad to see the "b"? wish she were here!

10:14 pm

being an avid gardener and all.

10:14 pm

any clues for fe6/27 please

10:14 pm

yes Fran, saw that one pretty quickly (though it was an accident, not a deliberate find)

10:14 pm

flosey, think of a small, weasel-like animal and then change the last letter to an L.

10:14 pm

that's the second fe6/27 I need

10:14 pm

2nd bu 6/27

10:15 pm

Fe 6/27 is very similiar to a Babbler's name faerieke

10:15 pm

go phand go!

10:15 pm

good for you stid, that one took me a while, probably because it went left

10:15 pm

Flosey - like Tinkerbell but change first vowel

10:15 pm

flosey, that's the 2nd one i clued

10:15 pm

hm. are you p-handmd? I never can figure out how to abbreviate your name!

10:16 pm

They have nine modifications of the word! *dom *ed *fest *hood *iness *ish *ishness *sville and *y

10:16 pm

thanks Fran, working on it

10:16 pm

phand works...

10:16 pm

hi phand!

10:16 pm

so any clues for 2nd bu 6?

10:16 pm

*grin* stidmatt demonstrating the appropriateness of the moniker we were discussing...

10:17 pm

Hi Fran

10:17 pm

phand, 2nd bu6 is what a dog does with a bone, bu6 it

10:17 pm

ha-ha! halfway and going to find Lickety... back soon.

10:17 pm

phand - more involved

10:17 pm

Hi phandmd! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:17 pm

need help

10:17 pm

sorry phand - wrong clue

10:18 pm

yes, I need a bur...

10:18 pm

hi MG!

10:18 pm

Flosey - did you get the fe6/27 yet? The one like Tinkerbell?

10:18 pm

i clued 2nd bu6 phand

10:18 pm

got it

10:18 pm

at 10:17

10:19 pm

MG, i think she had that one, it was the 2nd one she needed

10:19 pm

no, still working on it

10:19 pm

hi Fran - stalling before attacking - I mean decorating the tree - :)

last me 6/21 amd last me 5/12..pls

10:19 pm

Yes, thnx Fran

10:20 pm

does the em 7 build off the em 6?

10:20 pm

last me6/21 is plural of me5/12 that is a mottled color on some dogs.

10:20 pm

Flosey - the second fe6/27 rhymes with what the Skeena Queen is

10:20 pm

kind of looks like ms. streeps first name

10:20 pm

no phand

10:20 pm

Fran, how do you spell that, cuz I can't get that one

10:21 pm

em7 is plural of board used to shape nails

10:21 pm

fe 6/27 is fe plus vowel plus Little House on the Pra***

10:21 pm

me5/12, me + cu** your hair (or toes) + another vowel (the one that we have lots of)

10:23 pm

thnx for the em fran, not getting that cu* part of your me clue

10:23 pm

me5/12 -- country singer Me*** Haggard

10:24 pm

He sang the theme song for the Dukes of Hazzard

10:24 pm

got it finnaly; thnx

10:24 pm

show not the movie

thnx for the clues..got them

10:25 pm

now I get the cu part of your clue, all I could think of was cut, clip

10:25 pm

i though waylan jennings sang the dukes theme??

10:25 pm

fr 5/16 after the french fr*

10:26 pm

I think you are right, Dispatch -- It's been a while

10:26 pm

But they were all part of the same club so it

10:26 pm

i have a ten year old who wants to be luke duke!

10:26 pm

oops -- it's all good in the long rung

10:26 pm

You are right Dispatch. Waylan Jennings sang Dukes theme song.

10:26 pm

oops again -- run

10:26 pm

got it

10:27 pm

I just remembered something! Interactive Mars Map!

3rd, 4th and 5th re 6/27..pls

10:27 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the li 6/27 word please

10:27 pm

and... i will share a bit of personal trivia...when i was a young teenager...i had a crush on bo duke.

10:27 pm

posters, mags, you name it!!!

10:27 pm

the 1st hi pls

10:28 pm

okay. back again, 112 words... *sigh* Bo was hot!

10:28 pm

clue please

10:28 pm

nm

10:28 pm

sp5-12

10:28 pm

re 6/27 is to fall again past tense with plural ending.

10:28 pm

sorry, had a phone call

10:28 pm

I had a small crush on Daisy myself, but never admitted it to my friends :-)

10:28 pm

i will fight for him stid...so keep your distance!!!

10:28 pm

til now that is

fireworks...

10:28 pm

yay TO!!!

10:28 pm

Could anyone help with the P on the bottom row? I can't figure it out for anything tonight. Thanks

10:28 pm

still not getting that fe6/27 - the one after price rates

10:29 pm

WTG TO!

10:29 pm

wtg TO

10:29 pm

dispatch, he's one of the few blonde men that i find attractive

10:29 pm

ohhh those were the days!

10:29 pm

Same here Nef!

10:29 pm

YAY, TO!

10:29 pm

Yayyyyy for TO!!

10:29 pm

does the le 7/32 build off the 4 before it?

10:29 pm

re 6/27 is to touch something again and 5th re 6/27 is you re*** to a dictionary to look up a word gramma

10:29 pm

YAY TO!!!!!! *woot woot*

10:29 pm

I have one of the p's -- plural greek letter

10:29 pm

horray TO

10:29 pm

no phand, but you can find it at your le7, there is plenty of time

10:30 pm

Hi rockimggramma!How are you? Welcome to the grid

10:30 pm

thnx

10:30 pm

oh wait, it does build on it, sorry phand

i have to go now - past my bedtime and tomorrow is a full day - and nite. see you all later and happy babbling. anyone desparate for clues?

10:30 pm

Hello rosewood36!How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:30 pm

bye TO

10:31 pm

aha! there's that 9!

10:31 pm

Thanks, Grey Woulf I thought I'd tried that already

10:31 pm

night TO!

10:31 pm

good night TO, see you tomorrow!

10:31 pm

sleep well TO

10:31 pm

the br 6/27 before the hair grooming tool please?

10:31 pm

nite TO!

10:31 pm

1st me 5/12?

10:32 pm

stid, what you may get wrestling with your dogs

10:32 pm

"black and blue"

10:32 pm

black and blue mark, stidmama

10:32 pm

hi everyone

10:32 pm

*duh* nursing several at the moment. LOL

10:32 pm

hi hk!

10:32 pm

Stidmama,br6/27 is what you may have gotten when you hit your head.

10:33 pm

me5/12 is a fight

10:33 pm

howdy hk!

10:33 pm

me5/12 is a fight or struggle with several people

10:33 pm

Hello helenkeller!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:33 pm

well hey there, helen!

10:34 pm

any clue for the other p, I have the greek letter

10:34 pm

nonnie, it's sort of an expression of disgust, like "fah" and similar words

10:34 pm

Hi helen!

10:34 pm

Does anybody have a clue for em 7/32?

10:35 pm

Hi HK. Nonnie, I'm still looking myself

10:35 pm

Hello anike! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:35 pm

i think i'm getting sick - too run down, throat really sore, good thing i have 9am appt for a physical tomorrow, :) or :( , not sure

10:35 pm

anike, plural of board used to shape nails

10:35 pm

em 7 32 what you file you fingernails with

10:35 pm

hello anike, fran beat me to the clue (as usual)

10:35 pm

hello bookwomen!

10:35 pm

thnx

10:35 pm

easy to get sick when you're feeling down hk.

10:36 pm

the B's are grey!!!

10:36 pm

sorry to hear that, helen

10:36 pm

oh helen -- not *one more thing*! {{{hugs and chocolate}}}

10:36 pm

hello finally got fireworks

10:36 pm

Yippee Woulf!

10:36 pm

wtg woulf

10:36 pm

yay woulfie!

10:36 pm

YAY bookwomen!

10:36 pm

Hello bookwomen! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:36 pm

congrats book!

10:36 pm

tx stid

10:37 pm

wd book!

10:37 pm

Thanks everyone. I only have 8 words left and getting pressure from the rest of the household - should be cleaning for Xmas

10:37 pm

book, other P---not the greek letter?

10:37 pm

great for you bw!

10:37 pm

Congratulations bookwomen on fireworks!Good for U

10:37 pm

y'know, Fran, I still haven't got that th5/18 -- my brain seems to have slammed shut. Could you try one more time please?

10:38 pm

I have no Babble pressures because husband is away!

10:38 pm

erda, one who steals

10:38 pm

ty

10:38 pm

th 5/18 is a kind of robber Erda.

10:38 pm

oh, for goodness' sake -- THANK YOU!!!!!

10:38 pm

yay bookwomen!

10:38 pm

Hello Erda! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:38 pm

woo-hoo Min! and no school tomorrow, I hope?

10:39 pm

lol, yw erda

10:39 pm

fireworks -- tra la la

10:39 pm

go anike go!

10:39 pm

me 4/5 after the me* that means worths

10:39 pm

erda--CONGRATS

10:39 pm

now time to get back to the rest of my life

10:39 pm

I'm taking the day off to get Christmas stuff finished

10:39 pm

wd erda!

10:39 pm

But being that husband is not here,I may just Babble!

10:40 pm

Thank you Nonnie, helen...

10:40 pm

what is the first EE please?

10:40 pm

and YAY Erda!

10:40 pm

nm

10:40 pm

see you tomorrow, book!

10:40 pm

slithery fish stid

10:40 pm

thank you stid

10:40 pm

Congratulations Erda on your fireworks!Good for you

10:40 pm

and Minver

10:40 pm

more like a slithery fish i should say

10:40 pm

re 6/27 after the re + superlative ending

10:41 pm

take ee 4/4 and add endings for both 6/18 ans 7 /28

10:41 pm

thanks Fran -- that was what I needed!

10:41 pm

touch again phand

10:41 pm

I'm going to ask for help so I can get back to work - fe 6/27 (middle one) and the last fe 7/40; me 5/12 and me 6/21 (just before earn) and me 5/12 (before jollier)

last re 6/18..pls

10:42 pm

anike, think of a weasel-like animal and then change last letter to an L

ru 7/36 and ru 8/50..pls

10:42 pm

ad re to last ri 4/4

10:42 pm

me5/12, "plural" of me4/5 that means a little

10:42 pm

finally got that fe6 -- gave up and came back to it! Thanks Fran and MG

10:42 pm

The last re/6 is re+ri 4/4(get up)

10:43 pm

ru 7/38 and 8/50 add endings to ru 4/6 to hurry

10:43 pm

me6/21 is the littlest

10:43 pm

fe6/27: fe+ part of the eye is called ***s = second vowel

10:43 pm

me5/12 is plural of the me4/5 that looks like ms. streeps first name

10:44 pm

cool flosey!

thnx for the clues

10:44 pm

sometimes just can't get into another direction!

10:45 pm

hate to leave the party, but we're going out to buy packaging, i have to get ready.

10:45 pm

bye babblers!

10:45 pm

later Fran! have a lovely afternoon!

10:45 pm

bye Fran, thanks for your help

10:45 pm

have fun fran!

10:45 pm

night fran

10:45 pm

See ya Fran!

10:45 pm

it will be re* 6/27 to get clues for the 2 stupid re 4's before it

10:45 pm

so long Fran

10:45 pm

bye Fran

10:46 pm

i have only 5 of the 8's and no 9. without totally giving it away...what should i be looking for?

10:46 pm

Goodbye FranMag! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:46 pm

Have you got the re 4/4 that sounds like what the sun sends out? re + to be

10:47 pm

yes

10:47 pm

the 9 builds off the hair br5

10:47 pm

this should be prior to that

10:47 pm

Oh dear that means I am missing them too!

10:48 pm

and so does one of the 8s if you don't have that yet, dis

10:48 pm

thanks would...got that one so i will i build...and nonnie thanks! i will get them both!!!!!

1sr se 7/32..pls

10:49 pm

need re6/18 please the one before sleep

10:49 pm

got them both...thanks! i really would not have guess those were words!

10:49 pm

se7/32-plural of se6/21 word before it rockimggrama

10:50 pm

there are lots of comparatives in todays grid

10:50 pm

I also need all the re's after what you put on hotdogs

10:50 pm

yeah..i'm seeing this now too woulf

10:51 pm

Gonna have to make a new T-shirt to cover this one "When plurals aren't enough -- compare!"

10:52 pm

and superlative's too

10:52 pm

Ok, 5 to go. The last ri 5/12, tr 7/32 and tr 8/45, the last me 5/12 and the final fe 7/40 please

10:52 pm

so, any re help?

10:52 pm

phand, still working on the RE words... just a sec.

10:52 pm

re 5/10 - put the match to the fire--again

10:53 pm

re 6/21 - cook the cheese sammy--again

10:53 pm

I have all the re's

10:53 pm

Down to three and cannot find them - middle fe6/27 and the tr7 and 8 - help please!

thank you

10:54 pm

re 6/21-to make cheese soft again and the plural for 7/32. re 6/18 is what the sun does again in the A.M.

10:54 pm

Hi puptone! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:54 pm

ok, I admit it, I was busy looking for other stuff when it was clued..... help with the le7/32 please?

10:55 pm

le 7/32 - your free time

10:55 pm

Hi Min - doing great! How about you?

10:55 pm

great! thnx need the 2 4'sjust above re 6/27

10:55 pm

Min, you're an angel for sure!

10:55 pm

thanks

10:55 pm

nerds might wear le***** suits woulf

10:55 pm

thanks Min

10:56 pm

got the re 4/7!

10:57 pm

nerds are too smart for that, Dispatch ;-d

10:57 pm

need re5/16 after the touchy one

10:57 pm

I meant ;-D

10:57 pm

hehe

10:58 pm

re 5/16 is you re*** to a dictionary to look up a word

10:58 pm

re 5/16 - drop one e from the previous 6/27

10:58 pm

final fe7/40 is plural of the little boat that carries you across the river

10:58 pm

done

10:59 pm

thanks anike, got it

10:59 pm

hey thanks pup

10:59 pm

with the re's that is

10:59 pm

So, why isn't the guy who drives the little boat a word?

10:59 pm

Good question Shannon

10:59 pm

reest

10:59 pm

TY puptone - anyone got the last 2 tr's?

10:59 pm

sorry

10:59 pm

ri 5/12?

11:00 pm

Hi Shannon1! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

11:00 pm

Anyone have the tr7 and 8 and the middle fe6/27?

11:00 pm

I'm good. 56 to go and I'm getting tired.

11:00 pm

Congratulations phandmd on fireworks! Good for you

11:00 pm

the tr's are a boat

11:00 pm

prefix of 3

11:00 pm

Shannon - it is best not to question Enable... there have been those who have done so before and well, we don't talk about them anymore 8-D

11:00 pm

i still have 115 left! but at least i'm half way!

11:01 pm

42 to go here

11:01 pm

and that's Fireworks - thanks for all the help

11:01 pm

YAY flosey!

11:01 pm

Congrats Flosey!

11:01 pm

ri 5/12? Min, not done with puzzle only the re's

11:01 pm

wtg flosey

11:01 pm

congrats flosey

11:01 pm

thanks stid and puptone

11:01 pm

down to 35...

11:01 pm

and nonnie

11:02 pm

Go mama!

11:02 pm

Yayyyyy for flosey!!!!

11:02 pm

tks greywoulf

11:02 pm

well,actually it is midnite, so I guess I bow out with 219 words...

11:02 pm

ah phand, don't give up

11:02 pm

ri5/12 - ri+two letter word for "be quiet" plus 3rd vowel

11:02 pm

you are so close phand!

11:02 pm

what do you need

11:02 pm

too bleary eyed, nite

11:03 pm

good night phand

11:03 pm

g'nite phand -- sleep well

11:03 pm

good night phand, sweet dreams!

11:03 pm

good night. hopefully the grid imbedded in your brain won't keep you awake for long

11:03 pm

good night then phand, sleep well

11:04 pm

Nite Phand

11:04 pm

still can't get those tr's - what boats?

11:04 pm

Goodbye phandmd! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

11:04 pm

Down to one - middel fe6/27!!

11:04 pm

Whoops - middle

11:04 pm

Congratulations flosey on your fireworks! Good for U

11:05 pm

The last me 5/12 please

11:05 pm

old Roman or Greek ships with three oar decks

11:05 pm

I need to take a break... back soon I hope!

11:06 pm

bye stidmama

last si 6/18..pls

11:06 pm

bye stid...take care

11:06 pm

missing three m's from the middle of the list -- 2 5's and a 6

11:07 pm

middle fe 6/27 = looks like tinkerbell repalce a w/ other vowel

11:07 pm

last si6/28 - double the middle consonant of the previous si6 and remove the plural

11:07 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the fe 4/7 word please?

11:07 pm

Actually I need the fourth fe 4/7 word if you have it.

thank you

11:08 pm

Thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much ren - got fireworks!

11:08 pm

min -- fe + do ** mi

11:08 pm

fe+ + those words exwren hates

11:08 pm

haven't gone to lickety yet woulf..so i'm not sure what the middle m's are yet

11:09 pm

Hi ren!!

11:09 pm

yayayayay puptone!!!!

11:09 pm

i have 13 me's so far. how many are there?

11:09 pm

hey ya wolf!

11:09 pm

CONGRATS, PUP!

11:09 pm

YAY puptone!

11:09 pm

hi ren!

11:09 pm

18, Dis -- all the m's are me's

11:10 pm

Hello renfield!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

11:10 pm

hey ya stid! you have power!!!!

11:10 pm

I am feeling dumber than a post at the moment, the clues for the middle fe 6/27 have all gone over my head...

11:10 pm

horray for pup!

11:10 pm

well then i still 5 myself! i'd better get looking

11:10 pm

fe - like fe**** w/out the kay - repalce the a w/ an i

11:10 pm

yes ren, power since yesterday, internet since late this afternoon.

11:10 pm

go Dispatch go!

11:10 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the fe 6/27 word please?

11:11 pm

thanks ren... down to 22!

11:11 pm

Actually,I need third fe 6/27 word please if you have.

11:11 pm

go go stid!!!

11:11 pm

that finished my F words, too.

11:11 pm

thanks for the encouragement stid...but i was referring to 5 me's. i still have 113 left in the grid!!!!

11:11 pm

LE 7/32 seems to be my next big stumbling block...

11:11 pm

go Dispatch go! *grin*

11:11 pm

you're on a roll now stid!

11:11 pm

fe 6/27 sounds like a vermin

11:12 pm

fe6/27 - think weasel like animal and change last letter to an l

su 7/44..pls

11:12 pm

What you don't have when the clock is ticking Stid

11:12 pm

le 7/32 = re** and relaxation

11:13 pm

le7/32 - rhymes with the se7/32

11:13 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the fr 6/27 word please?

11:13 pm

hm. don't have se 7/32 either.... *thinking(

11:14 pm

Actually,I need the second fr6/27 word if you have it

11:14 pm

You Babble during your le***** time stidmama.

11:14 pm

oh! *blush* fish please...

11:15 pm

Now that you have the le7/32 you should get se 7/32

11:15 pm

Min--whole chickens are these.

11:15 pm

fr6/27 - more than one fr5/16

11:15 pm

fr 4/7 (no charge) + street abbreviation

su 7/44..pls

11:16 pm

I will throw you a fish when I have some le***** time,I am too busy babbling right now stidmama! LOL! :=)

11:16 pm

su7/44 - an excessive amount

11:17 pm

i'm beat - good nite everyone

11:17 pm

glad others are here to help clue -- only a few days away and I am way too slow!

11:17 pm

Nite helen!

11:17 pm

niters helen!

not getting clue

11:17 pm

night helen, hope you feel better.

11:17 pm

good night helen, take good care. {{{hugs}}}

11:17 pm

Fireworks - thanks for help - back to work now.

11:17 pm

YAY anike!

11:17 pm

wtg anike

11:17 pm

woohoo anike

11:17 pm

WTG anike

11:18 pm

tx guys -bye

11:18 pm

su 7 = su**'s up + a no show will forf*** the game

11:18 pm

Congratulations anike on fireworks! Hooray for you!

11:18 pm

Gramma - sounds like a knight who has to walk ...

11:18 pm

yayayya anike!

11:18 pm

I think it is time to throw in the towel -- the me's and re's have defeated me --- I just don't have the patience to figure out which ones I am missing

11:19 pm

how many do you need woulf?

11:19 pm

and there are the 24 S's I still have to locate

11:19 pm

good night Woulf... (those S's are yucky today)

11:19 pm

su 7/44 - google reverse dictionary,put in excessive amount. it's the first word on the list rockimgramma.

11:19 pm

niters wolf!

11:19 pm

I need 3 of the m's and 3 of the re's, flosey

11:19 pm

night woulf

11:20 pm

Goodbye GreyWoulf!I will see you tomorrow in the log

11:20 pm

i still need 4 m's...but not giving up yet woulf. see you next time

11:20 pm

I'll try to help if you're going to stay woulf

11:20 pm

I need the last RE 6/27, after the RE 4/4 re + "to be"

11:20 pm

I am gonna stick til the flip, but am not gonna seriously try to finish

11:21 pm

re6/27 think comfort

11:21 pm

You got to admit to get the last re would be a re 6/27 stid

11:21 pm

okay Woulf...

11:21 pm

re 6/27 - plop plop fizz fizz oh what a re**** it is!

11:21 pm

great...so if you happen to fall on any me's shout them out okay???

thnk you

11:21 pm

will do, dis

11:21 pm

gosh dang it! those words are all fishes, ain't they? *hangs head in shame* thanks all!

11:21 pm

last re 6/27 = how do you spell re****? (from a commercial)

11:22 pm

hello, I have my solstice icon now

11:22 pm

lol ren, good one

11:22 pm

I'm missing 2 r's from the right column and then I'm done with the r's. Help please.

11:22 pm

Have you got the 4 me's that have to do with dog colours? Sounds like the gem from an oyster

11:22 pm

Psst...has anybody found the OTHER P? (not the greek letter)

11:23 pm

p + sounds like aaaaaaaaa's

11:23 pm

i do angb

th 5/18..pls

11:23 pm

Well guys,at first my goal was to get over 200 words

11:24 pm

have those, angb

11:24 pm

Have you the dope re 6/27 and plural 7/40? Shannon

11:24 pm

RE 7/40 please? it's my last R...

11:24 pm

and, Min? did you make that goal?

11:24 pm

I don't think so. The dope?

11:25 pm

Nonnie, you and I have been searching for that and I just got it. try p + opposite of her

11:25 pm

How about me 5/12 and 6/21 - to earn

11:25 pm

Then I could not stop&made a new goal which was to get over 3000 points which I've accomplished. Adios!

11:25 pm

plural of re6/27 if you have it stid

11:25 pm

Marijuana cigarettes

11:25 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

11:25 pm

like beans - frioles stid

11:25 pm

YAY Min! woo-hoo!

11:25 pm

Old 60s name for them

11:25 pm

TY. I was thinking a goofball.

11:25 pm

thanks ren!

11:25 pm

R's are done.

11:25 pm

yep to those angb

11:26 pm

TEN!!!!! (light at the end of the tunnel time...)

11:26 pm

I'm missing one me.

11:26 pm

go shannon go!

11:26 pm

I always am missing a "me"! LOL

11:26 pm

hmmm...marijuana cigs???

11:26 pm

re + fe 5/16 (touches)

11:27 pm

SL 5 please?

11:27 pm

re**** madness - plural

th 5/18...pls

11:27 pm

foxier stid

11:28 pm

th 5/18: a crook, a stealer.

11:28 pm

s + li 4/4 ( sounds like a fibber)

11:28 pm

thanks flosey *thinking*

11:28 pm

got it! FIVE!!!!

11:28 pm

go stid

11:28 pm

th*** of bagdad

11:28 pm

four

11:29 pm

th*** ;-)

11:29 pm

anxiously awaiting stid's countdown!

11:29 pm

two...

11:29 pm

i need another marijuana clue please

11:29 pm

stealer of bagdad stid

11:30 pm

ONE!

11:30 pm

wowwweeee stid you are on fire

11:30 pm

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S

11:30 pm

coral **** where the fishes swim

11:30 pm

CONGRATULATIONS, Stid!

11:30 pm

Dispatch - think it is a name of a type of jacket as well -

11:30 pm

Yayyyyy for stid!!!

11:31 pm

now then! Dispatch, there was a book and I think a movie, RE**** Madness?

11:31 pm

Congrats stid

11:31 pm

yay stid!

11:31 pm

WTG STID

11:31 pm

thank you, thank you everyone! I really wanted to finish this one... (though I wouldn't admit it earlier)

11:31 pm

oh...i have that...i thought you were clueing an "me" word!!!!!

11:31 pm

yes! Re**** Madness! Took a high school field trip to go see it. We laughed the entire time.

11:31 pm

hope tomorrow's is a bit smaller!

11:32 pm

Sorry ... it

11:32 pm

it's confusing here tonite ... I am confused at least.

11:32 pm

Dispatch -- do you have the me** in your mouth word for chocolate?

11:32 pm

i'm sure you did nonnie. lol

11:32 pm

I have the me 6/21 amount of brain cells left

11:32 pm

LOL, nonnie that must have been a great high school!

11:33 pm

hehe angb

11:33 pm

and does finishing the grid me*** CHOCOLATE as a reward, I wonder?

11:33 pm

how about the mind me** that spock uses then plural

11:33 pm

I think the admins thought they were going to show us the evils of the wacky weed but unfortunately it backfired on them.

11:33 pm

There will be a me 5/12 if I allow only you to have some

11:34 pm

good clue, ren, was puzzled how to tell that one!

11:34 pm

and me** diner from alice doesn;t live here any more

11:34 pm

thanks stid -- gave me two of my missing m's

11:34 pm

I hope Dispatch will have the me 8 of holidays... (the most so, that it.... or even just more so than last year)

11:34 pm

keep going, you still haven't gotten to the one I'm missing.

11:35 pm

funny how grown-ups sometimes mess up like that Nonnie! LOL

11:35 pm

shannon, do you have a letter count on the one you need?

br 7/48..pls

11:35 pm

there is a plural for the "little" amount me...

11:35 pm

No, I haven't looked at teh list.

11:35 pm

Yay the m's are grey

11:35 pm

br 7/48 is "shorter" not as long as...

11:36 pm

wtg woulf!

11:36 pm

Yippee Woulf! what letter now?

11:36 pm

the only one mentioned so far that i don't have is ren's clue...but i didn't get it because i don't watch star trek and i don't know what spock does to our minds

11:36 pm

br 7/48...lesser of boxer shorts

11:36 pm

I'll jump to T -- only 5 left there

11:36 pm

I have all the ones clued so far.

11:36 pm

woulf...i though you were going to share??? I had the awards ones...so what ones did you just find?

11:37 pm

I'm sure the one I'm missing has to do with a fish.

11:37 pm

comparative of the me4

11:37 pm

Sounds like I he** you in my arms and hugged you Dispatch.

11:37 pm

how about eme**a marcos dispatch?

11:37 pm

I had the plural

thnx

11:37 pm

shannon - are you missing an me also?

11:38 pm

Yes, just one.

11:38 pm

thanks angb!

11:38 pm

okay, in order, the ME are: to combine and plural; a large fight (sort of a party event); singer ME* Torme pluraled; to get all squishy like cheese under a broiler and plural; small, more small, a sort of plural of small, the most small; to earn and plural; Ms streep's name and then Mr. Haggard's name then plural his name, then plural her name; then happier then happiest

11:38 pm

Hugs all around I think

11:38 pm

did that work?

11:39 pm

It was the more small one, I had the other3. Thanks Stid.

11:39 pm

yw shannon! now what?

11:39 pm

i am missing the large fight. how many letters?

11:40 pm

I'm missing all the e's in the second row and one from the first row.

11:40 pm

5 letters, dispatch,

11:40 pm

me + ricky *** jones

11:40 pm

Stid that was only 17 of the 18 mes

11:40 pm

the large fight is me + shady side of a rock

11:40 pm

merel streep is not exactly it... think of a blue me*** dog, like an australian shepherd

11:40 pm

I think

11:40 pm

Okay, after playing my trumpet, it is time to go to bed! Night all!

11:41 pm

got it now...thanks...m's are grey

3rd fe 6/27 and both fe 7/40..pls

11:41 pm

go Dispatch go!

11:41 pm

meryl streep actually is isn't it?

11:41 pm

sweet dreams, kiddo! see you in the morning!

11:41 pm

thank you, stidmama--m's are grey

11:41 pm

g'night matt

11:41 pm

btw, riemann is visiting us tomorrow... :-)

11:41 pm

night stidmatt

11:41 pm

nite stidmatt

11:42 pm

Woulf, your icon, now that I can slow down to look at it, is LOVELY! :-)

11:42 pm

Thanks stid -- I found it last year for the season

11:42 pm

I can hardly wait to have been here for a whole year... then I can start reusing my favorites again. I recently dumped the older ones I didn't care too much for.

11:43 pm

I've got to go to bed. Way too late for me. Thanks for everyone's help.

11:43 pm

Nite shannon

11:43 pm

good night Shannon, sleep well

11:43 pm

fe 6 = vermin. fe 7 = plural

11:43 pm

night shannon

11:43 pm

true -- I have a whole folder dedicated to just my Babble icons on my computer

11:43 pm

g'nite Shannon

need 4 more 3rd fe 6/27 and both fe 7/40..pls

11:43 pm

see ya shannon

11:43 pm

niters shannon

11:43 pm

good night shannon! see you next time!

11:43 pm

Shannon - is that a golden retriever in your icon?

11:44 pm

Gramma - fe 6/26 stoatlike animal but change the last letter

11:45 pm

GRamma -- fe 6/27 #3 is like the weasel, ends like weasel too

11:45 pm

then plural that for the fe 7; second fe 7 is plural of boats used to take people from one side of the lake to the other

11:45 pm

fe 7/40 - boats that take you across from one place to another - or to "the other side"

11:45 pm

LOL Angb! we're sharing brainwaves tonight!

11:46 pm

friendly brains--they're waving at each other

11:46 pm

Wish we were - I still have 77 left ... chatting too much - can't multi task this late in the year LOL

11:46 pm

first si4?

11:47 pm

letters are blurring from too much staring

only 13 minutes left... how you all doing?

need fr 5/16 have deep fr***..pls

11:47 pm

a male horse is a si** and a female is adam

11:47 pm

I finished pappa!

11:47 pm

well hello pappa!

11:47 pm

evening pappa

11:47 pm

si 4: what you call the king

11:47 pm

kinda like wi** thing wolf

11:47 pm

1st si4 +fine dirt at river's edge

11:48 pm

dirt left by a flood? si 4/4

11:48 pm

thanks ren

good job sstid! hi dispatch, nonnie, etc

11:48 pm

Hi pappa!

HI NEF! :)

11:48 pm

oh -- my eyes are blurring too -- missed the first gazillion SI's!

11:48 pm

i'm the etc.

lol hey ren.

11:48 pm

si 4 something that is sediment, glacial si__

11:48 pm

hey smooth!

quite the menorah you've got ren

11:49 pm

sonuvagun!! I only have 5 r's left to find

11:49 pm

go Woulf go!

11:49 pm

!!! 8-o

fr 5/16...already have fr***(deep)

11:49 pm

thanks smooth! i need to update it

11:50 pm

of course they are all re's!

11:50 pm

More fe 4/7 gramma?

11:50 pm

gramma -- "one who" cooks?

heh... I ought to update mine too... but at least now you can see what I look like... sort of. not my best portrait

11:50 pm

and then plural that for an fr 6...

11:50 pm

missing one of the re7/40's -- have the mexican bean one

11:51 pm

gramma...try what you make in the deep fr*** as in french fr***

11:51 pm

good foto smooth

11:51 pm

and the fr 5/16 directly after french potato treat is an anagram of that one...

11:51 pm

I think it is a good pic, pappa

11:51 pm

re touches wolf?

11:51 pm

to touch again, Would?

11:52 pm

that's the one

11:52 pm

Handsome fella our smooth, isn't he!

really you guys? it's acandid, tht's for sure.

11:52 pm

I like the pic -- action shots are way more fun to look at than silly static ones like mine

lol thanks stid. :)

11:52 pm

next?

i'd blush if i had any energy left ang.

11:53 pm

I like your pic too, mama--very nice shirt! :)

11:53 pm

the re5 before that

11:53 pm

very nice pappa!

11:53 pm

You are growing up, Smooth! :)

11:53 pm

got it

11:53 pm

take the re 4/4 and make it into a "most" word, Woulf

11:53 pm

LOL smooth

11:53 pm

everybody sing..."that's why they call me big pappa"...

Dispatch, I can't help but smile at your portrait. ;)

11:53 pm

like the male chicken only with E...

nef... don't jinx me. ;)

11:54 pm

the photos I've seen of you before must have been quite a while ago!

I'm sure... from pyroto days? or BM days? probably the ones youve seen of me are 4 or 5 years old

11:54 pm

and the 5/6 combo right after as well

11:54 pm

and that's what i'm here for pappa

11:55 pm

take an E out of the 7.40, woulf

11:55 pm

FIREWORKS!!!!!!!

11:55 pm

take out an e so that you don;t touch

11:55 pm

oh -- no, you want the one where your doctor sends you to another re***ral, then plural

11:55 pm

WTG GreyWoulf

and with 5 minutes to spaer woulf! what are you gonna do with all this extra time? ;)

11:55 pm

Congrats, Woulf!

oh no missing 1st he 4/5

11:55 pm

YAY woulf!!!! *chocolate showers*

11:56 pm

congrats woulf

11:56 pm

yayayyaayay wolf!!!!!!!

11:56 pm

Stid -- it's not right -- you were concerned about finishing and ended up helping me when I came in with only 89 to go!!

11:56 pm

gramma -- the one who gets the loot when you die?

11:56 pm

stid...which re 4/4 do i make the most??

11:56 pm

of course it's right, Woulf! I am not sleep deprived from working a full-time job and parenting two kids under 5!

11:56 pm

Throw the yule log on, Uncle John Throw the yule log on Uncle John

got that already...what next

11:57 pm

woulf...i was so busy searching i missed your fireworks..congrats!!!

11:57 pm

re + repeat vowel + plural letter, Dispatch

11:57 pm

stid.... I have been on vacation since Tuesday :\

11:57 pm

then plural the he word for the he 5

11:57 pm

anyone have the tr 7?

11:57 pm

Stid you are so good at giving clues

11:57 pm

vacation? how cool is that!!! or is it maybe not a planned vacation?

11:57 pm

i don;t have any vacation le**.....:/....or right

no I am wrong 1st hi 4/5

11:58 pm

*concerned look*

11:58 pm

lgramma -- gets hence, hi** him away... add spanish for "it is"

11:58 pm

unplanned only in that I didn't know I had it until two weeks ago

11:59 pm

so I had to take the time or lose it with no compensation

11:59 pm

oh -- that's not so bad then, when do you return to work?

11:59 pm

Wed

11:59 pm

wishing mamahood came with paid vacations!

11:59 pm

85

11:59 pm

oh, that's pretty good then! time to rest and play, and no worries about paying the bills! :-)

12:00 am

We are just starting our summer holidays here - I'm not due back to work until 25th Jan

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