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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

FLIP

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woohoo

flip

12:00 am

flop

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flp

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

te7

12:00 am

same as yesterday almost

shucks, didn't make it LOL

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

good evening, all :)

12:01 am

po7

tr 7 x 2

po6

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

pa7

12:01 am

Qs done!

or6

12:02 am

ur7

ru6

pa6

12:02 am

i got the q's right away too

12:03 am

tr7

12:03 am

pi 6

12:04 am

great icon, flosey -- wish I'd thought of it!

te6 and 7

ru 7

12:04 am

al8

hi

12:04 am

well, couldn't downsize the pic of my car jilli

pa 7 x 2

12:05 am

I wish I could see those biggies so quickly!

et4 woo hoo

12:05 am

hi dee, infernal, jilli, flosey, gwen, muse, mlfan, nana, doc, corps, ruru!

12:05 am

go, gwen! :)

12:05 am

tr7 x2 if not called yet

12:05 am

thanks gwen, lol!

this is my transport

phantom: react

12:06 am

a walking bed! how lovely :P

12:06 am

hi dc! (who else did i miss?)

12:06 am

phantom pittance

howdee fran, all others

12:06 am

herin...I LOVE your transport

12:06 am

hi, fran, corps, jill, bb, muse, gwen, lady

The are my favourite shoes

Damn phantom Armadilo

12:07 am

very nice shoes at that, lady

12:07 am

greetings!

Hi Dc

12:07 am

hello to everybody. always nice to see the power folks first thing! it inspires me ;~)

12:07 am

pittance phantom

12:07 am

hi chic!

They were about $5 at an op shop

12:07 am

good morning all

12:07 am

evening, chic

12:08 am

Hi Fran and dc!

12:08 am

what is an "op" shop?

12:08 am

thanks BBnaz I came within 1 t of finishing.. I couldnb't figure out which i was missing seemed like I had them all

BB thrift store

12:08 am

i hate when that happens, ruru

12:08 am

hi crpw!

al 8 if not said

12:08 am

ro7

12:08 am

sorry ruru. i had to *ahem* prepare for the next round

Op shop is short for Opportunity store.

12:09 am

waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

12:09 am

Opportunity store?

12:09 am

lol bb

Also i don't have a drivers license if i did i would not be here today.

12:09 am

understand. well I think they are terrific looking

12:09 am

al7

12:09 am

ce7

okay, got about 1/3 of the woids. time for beddy bye bye -- see y'all tomorrow1

12:10 am

i went a decade w/out a car, then moved out to the burbs.

12:10 am

night gwen

12:10 am

g'night gwen, sleep well.

They are a fine pa 4 of pirate boots

12:10 am

hi dc and others i missed!

12:10 am

well i have 4 of them.........don't know what fraction that would be but I do have a car.

12:10 am

night gwen!

12:11 am

no parley though

12:11 am

Sheesh, no S again!

12:11 am

phantom: antique

12:11 am

re7

te 7 x 2

Head desk the idiots on the telly called a Yukata (Summer Kimono

a cape

12:12 am

does anybody have the 8's?

12:12 am

hi harp!

Hi Harp

12:12 am

i should get a photo of me in my cape for an icon.

12:12 am

only the al8 so far

12:12 am

al8 only one i know of

12:13 am

since when is Any kimono a cape??

12:13 am

lopi is a kind of knitting yarn

hi to anyone I missed

I don't know

12:13 am

woo hoo! got it, thanks muse and dc!

Hi Moon

12:13 am

howdy, dee

12:13 am

evening all

12:13 am

ai8

12:13 am

oh god. I'm naked!

12:13 am

hello, moon

12:13 am

brb

12:14 am

kimono not a cape, i agree

12:14 am

hi everyone who came in including moonwof

OK now they clarify it as a wedding Kimono

12:14 am

thanks ursh!

Hi Jill

12:14 am

hi moonwoof!

12:14 am

ty, ursh, and good morning

12:14 am

ur 7

Were is these big words

12:15 am

ok. this certifiably sucks.

What Moon

12:15 am

thks ursh

12:15 am

what does moon?

12:15 am

what's that, moon?

12:15 am

phantom: aioli

12:15 am

i'm naked And it says I'm not upgraded, yet.

12:15 am

Lame

Jill is that lopi a noun?

12:16 am

did you go pro?

Nope Moon have you gone and paid for pro?

12:16 am

I was. And I wasnt naked earlier. I guess I dont get to be tonight. Oh well.

12:16 am

i wont havea pic as i am not going to pay

12:17 am

moon, try logging in again

Oh that is odd. Email DR God Moon. Sometimes it can take a will

12:17 am

yes, but it doesn't count

12:17 am

hello everyone!

ALso ditch the cookies of previous games

12:17 am

why not pay? don't you like game?

12:17 am

hi, mrp! :)

12:17 am

yeah buti can play for free so why pay

12:17 am

Hi mrp!

MR PRES glad to see you not blown away

12:18 am

hi mrp

12:18 am

i suppose te7 was called already?

12:18 am

hi mrp!!

12:18 am

hmm.. Ok. Will check cookies, too. But the connections been kinda screwy all day.

12:18 am

hi everyone

ty for al 7 (whoever said that) cool word

MLF you get the stats all the time

Hi ZXankia

12:18 am

hello Xanika

12:18 am

pa 8, if not called

Moon were in the world are you?

12:18 am

howdy, xanika!

12:18 am

ah but we so willingly help those who don't pay

12:18 am

Because it takes effort and time to put something like this together. And 15 bucks isnt that much to support it.

12:19 am

re 6/21 either of them

12:19 am

lol bb. and we do appreciate that!

12:19 am

well said, Moon!

12:19 am

In the snowy tundra of Minnesota. And you?

12:19 am

ai8

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ty Xan.

12:19 am

too early for clues mlf

IN Melbourne Aus.

12:19 am

minnesota hat's off to thee

12:19 am

It's about as much as a movie but lasts lost longer. That's why you pay.

12:20 am

DRB is here, where are the fireworks!?

12:20 am

hi everyone who has said hi to me (sorry was busy typing in words) and hello to everyone else as well!

12:20 am

lol bb!

12:20 am

thanks for the pa8 nan!

12:20 am

I put my furs away for the night Naz =) But I would if I had em

12:20 am

hi four

I was privileged last night to have a kitty sleep on my bed for 12 hours last night

HI Bana

Well said MOon. Hopefully you get your icon stuff soon

12:21 am

good. good. I'm playing a word game and I can't type english.

12:21 am

hello, banana :)

Moon this is based on enable English isn't its language

12:22 am

hi jilli, herin and dc!

12:22 am

got a pa7 but not 8

12:22 am

early day for me tomorrow, hello and night all ~~~~

12:22 am

you feeling a bit better today, lady?

12:22 am

sleep well, muse!

12:22 am

I'm sure I will Lady. It's just a guy head. With big ears. Blech.

12:22 am

Nite muse

12:22 am

night muse

12:22 am

night muse!

Not really. I have taken off my happy hat. I had snuggles all night with the cat that made my night

12:23 am

jut found the pa7x2 and pa8, so thnks to all of you for those!

12:23 am

no entrail?

For the record she is not meant to upstairs

12:23 am

awww, herin!

12:23 am

or must it be plural to be a word?

12:23 am

cat snugglness is nice. i'm enjoying that aspect of the cold so far.

12:23 am

can't fine that al 8 --- want alternate

12:23 am

which is a 9

12:23 am

still looking for the ai8 and al8!

12:23 am

we had scattered snow flurries today. First in years.

12:23 am

I thought it was worth the 15 bucks just to not have the big ears.

12:23 am

you got a cold too, dc?

12:23 am

closeish, there, nan :)

12:24 am

no, it is cold, jilli :)

12:24 am

they are calling for up to 20cm here tonight

12:24 am

lmao re big ears, on that note ***poof***

12:24 am

we're supposedly getting some amount of wintery precip on Wednesday. We'll see.

12:24 am

got it!

She is not allowed upstairs due to white hair and fur every were. Last night she pushed open the downstairs sliding door and jumped on the bed. She was taken back down stairs at 630am by the b.f and she bolted back up stairs and jumped on the bed.

12:25 am

just need the second te 7 called and I will have caught up!

Moon I like that I feel odd now not having a pic

12:25 am

good kitty!

12:25 am

I was only kind of glad to be snuggled with all the animals last night until the really big ape tried to put his cold feet up my butt.

12:25 am

dc, it's warm here -- fran sent us a Pineapple Express

12:25 am

okay, I am off to bed. see most of you later and for those of you who are speedsters?!?! Congrats in advance for your fireworks.

12:25 am

both te's are the same points

12:25 am

that was sweet of her.

12:25 am

g'night bb!

Night BB

12:26 am

te 7

12:26 am

Well I dunno about that... Lady. I dont see big ears =)

12:26 am

Nite naz

No just my big feet

12:26 am

but it's awfully wet

12:26 am

night bb

12:26 am

how many words tonight?

12:26 am

wet good, at least here, as we need a good amt of precip in the coming months to avoid worse drought next year.

12:27 am

is that a third one ruru?

12:27 am

167

12:27 am

167

12:27 am

167

12:27 am

167

12:27 am

On my mostly crappy monitor I thought more like a cloud ... On a tree. Maybe.

12:27 am

ty

Last night i nearly put the cat in the carry crate and left cause i had enough. But with no car a $20 in the bank and midnight no were to go.

12:27 am

Or a very ethereal lamb?

12:27 am

well, dc, we are known as the Wet Coast and are living up to it right now

Moon that would be my fluffy skirt that makes it look like that

12:28 am

Kashreth - the laws of kosher food. Ruru's Jewish vocab lesson for the night ;) LOL

12:28 am

oy

12:28 am

I'm sure. But this really is a pretty crappy monitor.

12:28 am

the joys of temperat rain forest, as i understand, jilli. I plan to come see it someday.

12:28 am

got me dc Im verklempt

12:29 am

oh, do come, dc!!!

12:29 am

Besides if thats a skirt that's a much better picture of yourself than I took. Mine washed out from the flash in the mirror.

Oh i found out today my pc may be able to be updated in RAM (sheep) for $200

12:30 am

how wonderful, lady. hope it goes well

12:30 am

Nice. Sadly, I think I'm stuck with my flock for now. lol

12:31 am

brip there.

12:31 am

finally found the ai8! I can't believe it took me so long cosiderig i found the same word in the grid a few weeks ago!

12:31 am

i'll be back in a bit, bath time for the kiddies

Yes. ANd stoopid Microsoft i have to uninstall Windows 03 if i want to put 07 on as i don't have OUtlook on the 07 (grumble stupid Microsoft)

12:31 am

hasta luego, fran

12:31 am

hello everyone

Fran hose them off :P

12:32 am

re 7 x2 been called?

12:32 am

cyber i dont think the list is up yet

12:32 am

i just found an re7

12:32 am

found the al8 finally. thanks to you all for these!

Hi Lynxx

12:33 am

hi lynxx

12:33 am

not looking for the list mlfan

12:33 am

Power is flashing off and on - will close down for the evening - be back in the morning - I hope!

12:33 am

ohh sorry cyber

12:33 am

i will shut up now lol

12:33 am

hey guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats up? lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:33 am

g'night flosey

12:34 am

bye Flosey

12:34 am

If it's any consolation Ru also looks loke an ethereal sheep. But with eyes.

Night FLosey

12:34 am

evening, corko

12:34 am

good night flosey -- we'll probably have the wind by morning!

12:34 am

nites and hullos

12:34 am

lots of Q action this game so far

I gots the kitties

12:35 am

i got an al 8

12:35 am

gosh i'm hungry again.

12:36 am

its afternoon

12:36 am

oh -- missed flosey's farewell -- was in the grid

DC i just had a sandwich

12:36 am

i not long ago had a croissant filled with marzipan and chocolate

12:36 am

now where are clues??

12:37 am

did lickety go missing, mrp?

12:37 am

not there yet?

12:38 am

can we talk about something interesting

12:38 am

had some SnoCaps at the movie - we saw No Country for Old Men. Interesting - very stream-of-consciosness

12:38 am

had 3 gin and tonics b4 the movie.

12:38 am

he called me to ask is Sydney was under attack... there are military aircraft everywhere and all the inbound flights are almost touching the buildings in the city... very unusual

12:38 am

lol dc, do you ever eat anything healthy?

12:38 am

and some salade, soup, a pochette, and some pasta before that.

12:39 am

corks gave some things to gooodwill today and at least for of them were sold when my hubby was bringing them in including a HUGE bean bag lol

12:39 am

strange, mrp!

12:39 am

we dont need to hear what you eat

12:39 am

i eat lots healthy, i really do.

12:40 am

how odd, mrp. i wonder what's up

DC UTB

12:40 am

did you find out what its about MRP?

12:40 am

is that interesting enough corks?

12:40 am

corko, what is wrong with what dcs eats pray tell?

MR Pres are the various Forces doing terrorist training ?

12:41 am

foods very big here corko - we are all fascinated by it...in fact we eat it everyday

12:41 am

mrp, i see that 17.6 tons of ham and bacon were stolen. how funny.

12:41 am

i am sorry

12:41 am

utb?

12:41 am

or did they discover a new oil field? That might do it.

12:41 am

maybe, dc

12:42 am

well corks is it???lol

12:42 am

food is my favourite subject too :)

12:42 am

They're the new kuwait.

12:42 am

what does 'utb' mean?

12:42 am

under the bridge

12:43 am

fingers on wrong keys sorry i meant LOL

12:43 am

what 8's ahve been found do far. I have ai8, al8, and pa8. any others yet?

12:43 am

i am pretty sure my name is corko not corks

12:43 am

but wateva

12:43 am

oh! brb - gonna scrounge some food.

I have same as you cor

12:44 am

thanks Dee

The tree billy goats gruff DC

12:44 am

hi corps! :)

12:44 am

hi mrp!

12:44 am

sorry sometimes the screen is hard to read CORK is that better??

DC if the ham gets given to the poor that would be cool

Clues are on the way

12:44 am

yes

12:44 am

wow, are we offending you corkO? sorry, the screen is tiny to me too

yw cor was just about ready to ask same question

12:45 am

good to hear, Lickety!

hi mrp (and lickety); how is your arm mrp

12:45 am

ne 8

12:45 am

thanks nan (looking)

12:45 am

i dont mind being called cork just not corks

12:45 am

TY C'nan

12:45 am

I get called mr. pres all the time....sure, I am the mental resident president, but no one calls me that :))

12:45 am

cyber no clues yet

12:46 am

but dw about it

Hey Lickety

ne 7

Ok clues are up! mrpresident is my Bride!

12:46 am

hi peeps!

Hope you didn't drown to much in that storm yesturday

12:46 am

is 53 words so far pretty good?

12:46 am

Hi Monkey

12:46 am

TY Lickety!

12:46 am

thanks lickety!

12:47 am

Merci Lickety!!!

thks for ne 8

12:47 am

65 left -- calling it a night -- see you tomorrow :)

12:47 am

more to the point - are YOU happy with 53 MLFAN

12:47 am

ty Lickety

ty lickety

12:47 am

night nan -- hoope you have good weather!

12:47 am

lyn cant complain i suppose lynn lol

12:47 am

phantom: reenact

got rush to get my late train - See you when I get home mrp

Thanks lickety

12:48 am

i only have 16 words

Lickety take care

12:48 am

brb

12:48 am

Tx lickety i am battling to get to halfway

12:48 am

it rained for most of the day, jilli and I think you are sending the wind our way!

12:48 am

why do I always type hoope instead of hope?

12:48 am

yep... see ya then. kids have done homework, cleaning hasn't been done... we have an open house tomorrow

12:48 am

not me, nan, lol!

12:49 am

good luck, mrp

12:49 am

how was everyone's thanksgiving?

12:49 am

poor MRP - how often are you doing those now?

Hi Monkey

12:49 am

hi herin!

12:49 am

howdy, monkey

12:50 am

everyday lynxx... phew!

12:50 am

hiya dc!

12:50 am

hi monkey!

12:50 am

Hi Pres!

12:50 am

howdy all, tr8, if it hasn't been called

12:50 am

I'm just NOT seeing those big words!

12:50 am

i am bout bye guys

12:51 am

ty, rose, and good evening

12:51 am

g'night, MLF

12:51 am

hey, i just realised i have the 8's... that's a first for me!

12:51 am

golly gosh MRP! hope you get what you want soon then

12:51 am

Hiya Rose

12:51 am

hey dcs, mrp, herin. do we have troll alert on?

12:52 am

oh, sorry, hi lynxxx

12:52 am

hi rmcc

12:52 am

hi, lynxxx

12:52 am

and banana, i'm eating whole wheat crackers and pasta sauce now.

12:52 am

sorry dc, had to take the dog out then check the archives to see your answer to my food question....I for one was very happy to see your food list...lol...since I had asked

12:52 am

xanika, helloooo

12:52 am

rmc c, it looked like it for a while

12:53 am

Hi DC

12:53 am

dcs, I would share a meal with you anyday! :)

12:54 am

got a second pa7

12:54 am

i love to cook

12:55 am

i'm baking for a tea on Saturday.

12:55 am

well, set the table... on my way with a bottle of pinot noir

12:55 am

hey, I'm getting hungry!

12:55 am

yum. i bought a riesling, a cabernet sauvignon, and an italian table white today.

12:55 am

LOL! sorry jilli! it is food talk time!

12:56 am

I LOVE!!! cab sav!

12:56 am

it's bed time here!

12:57 am

i'm curious about the cab sauv - it's a California Central Coast Kosher one. I bought it to compare against the French Koshers i know.

I just grabbed TGI Fridays Bacon Potato Skin chips

12:58 am

We have such a huge selection here... our country is all about cab sav! beside merlot, it is the favourite wine

12:59 am

If you guys aren't careful I'll be driven to opening a bag of pork rinds

12:59 am

yes, some lovely cabs and chards i've had out of Vic and NSW.

12:59 am

pork rinds and PBR - foods of my childhood.

12:59 am

hello babblers !

12:59 am

just on for a bit before bed-time

12:59 am

no jilli no!! save it for breakfast!

12:59 am

evening, HK!

1:00 am

Hi Helen

ewwww pork rinds

hi helen :)

1:00 am

ugh, mrp!

hiya dc, lynxxxy, mrp!, jili

1:00 am

hi HK

I have lost 8 pounds (4kilos) so far so no munching out of chip bags for me

1:00 am

congrats, lady!

1:01 am

well done, herin!

1:02 am

at last -- got the ai7 & 8

1:02 am

go, jilli!

Why thank you

1:03 am

lol, dc!

i best be going and get the kids fed. chat soon :)) bye!

1:05 am

oh wow, that tr8 brings back memories! haven't thought about that word in a LOONG time

1:05 am

ciao, mrp

1:05 am

bye MRP

bye mrp

hi! anybody miss me? ? ?

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

1:05 am

juju! ur back! Welcome :D

1:06 am

Hi Melon !!

hiya melon!

They are finally introducing gay and defacto rights like a marriage cert. About fecking time

Hi Mellon

1:06 am

there in oz you mean, lady?

hi, hi. my hard drive "vaporized"

Yes indeed

rut-roh melon

I actually got to bed before 11 pm 5 nites in a row - it's overrated {rolleyes}

a trip to the Apple store got it replaced - they recovered everything on the old drive, too.

1:08 am

enough good rest helps control weight, mood, and hormones. It's a Good Thing. :)

that's great melon!

Melon that is a good thing

DC yes in Victoria

ok, speaking of bed, i gotta go

good nite everyone

dcseain, you are so right. left to my own devices, I would got to bed around 1:30 and get up at 9 - but that's now how the world works. . .

Night Helen

1:10 am

g'nite Helen

1:11 am

g'night HK

1:11 am

don't know which store this is but it's funny: http://tinyurl.com/ysaa22

just laughed root beer out my nose

1:13 am

the wind is wh istly tonight, and the chimney is drafty.

1:13 am

LOL, sorry, melon :D

1:13 am

melon, I go to bed at about 1:30 and don't get up until about 10, so there -- but I'm totally out of step around here (nice to see you back!)

1:14 am

56 to go...off to bed for me, goodnight ev1

1:14 am

87 to go, save them for tomorrow, goodnight all

1:14 am

sleep well, banana

1:14 am

you also, crpw!

1:15 am

bye banana & crpw

hi, jilli, when my 2nd & last kid is out of the house, those are the hours i aspire to - I'm good with a siesta, too.

1:16 am

I need a word from the right-hand I, and from the T above it (I bet that's the 8 I can't see)

1:16 am

my grandmother used to sleep 2:30-10

1:17 am

can't do siestas, melon -- wake up groggy and grumpy

1:17 am

tr8 comes from the center T

1:19 am

I have 2 tr7s from there, dc

1:19 am

tr8 builds on tr4/5

1:20 am

Jilli - io6.18 io + not heavy (bad spelling)

1:20 am

Jilli - io6.18 io + not heavy (bad spelling)

1:20 am

ty, lynxxx

1:20 am

thanks lynxxx!

Ok i am so offically brain difficent. I am going

1:21 am

g'night, lady

1:21 am

night herin

Laters

i'm outahere, too. laila tov all!

{poof}

1:22 am

Jilli - the tr8 is compound

1:22 am

Bye Infernal & Melon

1:22 am

s'long, melon!

1:23 am

hasta, melon!

1:24 am

it's really the T on the right I need so I can go to bed with all tiles occupied

1:25 am

one who observers vietnamese new year ? , jilli

1:25 am

te6/18

1:26 am

ah, got that tr8 -- thanks!

1:26 am

:)

1:26 am

phantom - tequila

1:28 am

got that right hand T -- groan, dc!!!

1:28 am

didn't say it was good clue, but it was rather litteral *sheepish grin*

1:29 am

i'll claim i was channelling babrab and ruru ;)

1:29 am

more gorans, dc!

1:29 am

groans, even

1:30 am

I wish I knew what is was so I could groan too!

1:30 am

metoo lynxxx, hi all

1:30 am

morning, MVA.

1:31 am

hello MVA

1:31 am

she's groaning about te6/18 - one who observes Vietnamese New Year.

1:32 am

huh. it's a medical term for the eruption of a skin blight.

1:32 am

yuck, dc!

well, my children are strange!! for dinner, they requested wraps.... one with salad, the other with tomato, cucumber and egg! bless them!

1:34 am

exciting that they chose helthy :)

1:34 am

mmm, sounds good, mrp -- all of it!

dcs, they are extremely health consious... they cut all the fat off any meat they are given, and refuse oil or sauces

1:35 am

that's nut uncommon at that age, esp the oils and sauces.

1:35 am

Jaden, my nephew who's Luke's age, hates sauces.

1:36 am

so did my sister for years.

1:36 am

i've always liked them, myself

1:36 am

Jilli - the other one is te5.12 te + anagram of a feline

I offer them pies and sausage rolls on a friday as a treat, they knock it back for toasted avocado and cheese sandwiches on multigrain... can't complain

1:36 am

got the al8 now -- the biggies are beginning to arrive

jilli, is this one tough?

1:37 am

oh mrp, I'm getting hungrier and hungrier -- what kind of cheese with the avocado *drool*

1:37 am

i've gotten 95 so far.

1:37 am

mrp -- I'm just long-word blind

the best is, when I offer them juice or water... they always go with water. It is a reflection of what they had as babies/toddlers.... good healthy foods

1:38 am

have to try avocado and cheese!!

1:38 am

it's yummy, MVA, i like tomato w/it too.

well, they don't know it, but I give them colby or vintage cheese

1:38 am

vintage cheese?

my son has ham with his, by daughter has vegemite with hers

1:38 am

I'm putting that on my shopping list!

vintage cheese is like extra extra tasty

1:39 am

too bad you mentioned vegemite

it has a lovely 'bite' to it :D

1:39 am

love vintage cheese, would use marmite tho!

1:39 am

i've had vegemite once, and marmite never.

oh we love vegemite jilli! that is what we have been brought up with

1:39 am

I just lost my appetite, thank goodness!

1:39 am

what is vintage cheese? Is that a type of cheese?

1:40 am

I've tried to like both mites -- no go

it is disgusting, unless you are australian... i guess it is like eating ??? what in america??

1:40 am

Morning all. We call it mature cheese.

1:40 am

morning frances

1:41 am

pigs ears or cheese curds

1:41 am

Hi Frances

1:41 am

I was introduced to marmite as a britkid -- never did like it

1:41 am

i know mature cheese not either.

1:41 am

hi frances

1:41 am

hi frances -- we call it extra old or aged

1:41 am

they're really all pretty disgusting.

1:41 am

Oooooo marmite - love it with butter on toast.

1:42 am

well, what I liked (and can't get) is bloater paste on buttered toast

1:42 am

9+

1:42 am

on that note frances i'm off for toast and marmite!

1:42 am

aged cheeses i know. i've liked the ones i've had, but for limberger, which i prefer young.

1:42 am

Me too MVA

1:43 am

limburger? eh, whatever.

1:43 am

sorry blame the cat!!

1:43 am

I'm talking aged cheddar and the like -- just extra sharp, not stinky

1:43 am

got to go now, bye all!!

1:43 am

ciao, MVA

1:43 am

bye MVA!

I guess it is cheddar cheese, but a stronger version

1:43 am

nite

1:43 am

Thought you were giving us your age mari.

1:43 am

lol - bloater paste sounds pretty awful Jilli - anything like anchovy paste though? love that on toast

bye mva :))

1:44 am

yes, aged cheddar i s common, as is gouda, and others.

1:44 am

I wish

nite moon

1:44 am

bloater paste! I give Hobbit her tablets covered in bloater paste :D

1:44 am

and hi :D

hi ata :)

1:44 am

Morning Ata

1:45 am

lynxxx, it's like a milder version of anchovy paste

1:45 am

morning, ata

1:45 am

phantom word: centaur

1:45 am

neither Boston nor Cincinatti is 'near' here.

1:45 am

Hi Ata! you had better send some to Jilli

hi ruru!! :))

dcs, I can send it to you

1:45 am

hi mr. P

1:45 am

How about sardines and chopped onion on toast. Delicious.

1:45 am

ata, where do you get the bloater paste? We used to get Crosse & Blackwell in little fluted glass jars

1:45 am

lovely icon there

1:46 am

send what to me, mrp?

1:46 am

eewwwwwwwwwwww hate sardine

1:46 am

I get exactly the same :D From Tescos. Do you want me to send you a pot or 2??

send vintage cheese to you

1:46 am

found a can of sprats t'other day -- lovely on toast

1:46 am

i wonder if it would clear Customs.

1:46 am

Yummmm - sardines on semi-burnt toat!

1:47 am

Yes indeed, ata! Let me know how much they cost!

1:47 am

dont see why not, its a vacuum sealed pot

1:47 am

maybe dc is talking about the cheese

1:47 am

oh, it's a potted chees product?

1:48 am

ata is taling about bloater paste, dc -- not cheese

1:48 am

oh they aren't a lot! 50p max! email me your proper address and I'll grab some next time I go shopping :D

1:48 am

oh, is there another food thread going on i missed *blinks*

I will find it for you in the US

1:48 am

No Ata is talking bloater paste in pots.

1:48 am

sorry dc! food confusion

1:49 am

US doesn't help me much

1:49 am

or are you talking cheese for dc, mrp, LOL!

1:50 am

ty, but i do not eat fish, so bloater paste is not of interest. :)

1:50 am

hey dc, here's a question for you though - do you know anywhere to buy halloumi cheese in the US?

1:50 am

ata, I think my address is in facebook

1:51 am

Carlee would know I am sure

1:51 am

yes, my local Whole Foods Market

1:51 am

halloumi is nice

I am talking cheese for the world!! you all have to experience vintage cheese :B

1:52 am

agree - another yummy food

1:52 am

I think the Lebanese Taverna Market carries it, too.

haloumi is lovely, sliced up and bbq'ed with antipasto salad

1:52 am

they have it????? the Portland (Oregon) WFM doesn't, they can't import it into Oregon for some reason

1:53 am

I like my cheddar as mature as I can get it. Very tangy.

1:53 am

Huh. At least the stores here in Northern VA have it, haven't looked for it in DC, and i've seen it at the Bethesda and Rockville, MD stores.

1:53 am

Aged Vermont or Ontario cheddars are my faves.

1:53 am

BBL - taking coffee break

1:54 am

....but favourite is a nice ripe stilton.

1:54 am

you're lovely. I'd hate to not have halloumi. I make a gorgeous west indian style curry with halloumi. Its probably the nicest thing ever

1:55 am

i have a very ripe stilton in my fridge now. I think i'll make it into a cheese sauce tomorrow or Friday.

1:55 am

lovely? lucky! LMAO

1:55 am

sorry, can't abide stilton or an blue cheese. Took too much bacteriology!

1:56 am

lovely, lucky, loony, loco... :D

1:56 am

I can't speak or type this early in the morning!

1:57 am

good morning everyone!

1:58 am

good day....good evening....

1:58 am

Guten Morgen, marar :)

1:58 am

buenos dias

1:59 am

i wonder if any of my friends here know how to dance a zarzuela. I guess i could teach some. I'm in the mood for one today.

1:59 am

I don't want exactly want to change the subject from cheese, but I am eating the most delicious brownie right now! Best recipe ever!!!

hi marmar :))

1:59 am

a good brownie is worth 100x its weight in cheese :)

ah, my first word was pee!

2:00 am

Hello mrp! The food theme today is most enjoyable. For me, much better than this mean grid!

2:01 am

Back to the cheese.....got a habit from my Swedish daughter-in-law.....eating mature cheddar with raspberry or strawberry jam.

2:01 am

oopps that depends mr. p

2:01 am

oopps that depends mr. p

2:01 am

hey all

2:01 am

morning, karyn

2:01 am

that is a very odd combo there frances...

2:01 am

zarzuela...what's that?

2:01 am

oh thats *yum* frances

2:02 am

....but really good ruru

hi karyn :)

2:02 am

ohhhh, cheese and jam. I love that too.

2:02 am

oh see I am way beihind on cheese parings

2:02 am

My mom used to like a slice of chedder on her apple pie. Go figure!

2:02 am

well, I found a lovely cheese recently -- goat cheese covered in cranberry-cinnamon. Of course it was promptly discontinued.

2:03 am

A zarzuela is a formal dance derived from a medieval theatre tradition.

2:03 am

I love that cheese from spain called Pimiento...

2:03 am

wensleydale with cranberries is the best. along with halloumi

2:03 am

Marmar, had cheddar and a granny smith apple yesterday.

2:03 am

cheddar-apple pie is nummy!

2:03 am

it's up there with strawberry-rhubarb in my book

2:03 am

now THAT i will go for...apple cheddar yummm

2:03 am

"Apple pie without cheese / is like a kiss without a squeeze" my uncle used to say

2:04 am

I like that jilli.

2:04 am

I'll have to try it. (ched & pie I mean.)

2:05 am

Jilli, my dad used to say "an egg without salt is like a kiss without a mustash". Ha!

2:05 am

wenslydayl w/cranberries, some blueberries on toast with a hearty semi-dry red is lovely snack, maybe a few grapes on the side.

2:06 am

DC, what's zarzuela? Such a pretty word.

2:06 am

argh.. now I have to go eat something.......stop it

2:06 am

Must have grapes with the stilton dc

2:06 am

I asked my friend from Oregon what the first thing she wants to do when she arrives here in a week's time and she said "go to the farm shop and buy CHEESE!"

2:06 am

stop awreddy!!! I'm hungry and mustn't succumb!

2:06 am

Zarzuela as a formal spanish dance derivef from a medieaval theatre tradition.

2:06 am

i lke fig preserves with blue cheeses.

2:07 am

That sounds good dc

2:07 am

Zarzuela is also various theatre and musical traditons of the same source.

2:07 am

Ah-ha. Sounds interesting.

2:07 am

I'm escaping to bed with a growling tum

2:08 am

Sleep well jilli. You'll dream of food.

2:08 am

blue cheese with barely cooked spinach, vinaigre, toasted walnuts, and dried cranberries is nice, also, a lightly warm salad.

2:08 am

g'night, jilli!

2:09 am

g'night (at least you're talking about ugh blue cheese now)

oh enjoying this puzzle! lots of twisty turny ones

2:09 am

I'm tossing up the options.....cheese on toast or marmite on toast.

have I missed cheese talk??

2:10 am

sigh

have both frances :))

2:10 am

i like to dance. haven't done much of it since i lived in Spain. I lke to tarantella, too.

2:10 am

bye! *poof*

2:10 am

Tooooo tempting mrp

2:10 am

cheese on toast

2:10 am

cheese on marmite on toast!

2:11 am

DC, is it like flamenco? I just googled and looks wonderful.

2:11 am

cheese and worcestershire sauce!

2:11 am

Oh yes Ata. All the flavours.

2:11 am

not quite, but there is cross-influence. Flamenco and fado are more alike.

2:12 am

haven't had a good quadrille in ages! we did quadrilles along with waltzes growing up.

2:12 am

...and not to stray too far from the food theme, Googled "zarzuela" images show some delish looking stews and compotes too...

2:13 am

I took flamenco lessons for a while...loved it!

2:13 am

yes, there are seafood stews of that name too. Forgot about those. :)

2:14 am

Marmar, you might enjoy the fado music of Madredeus, then.

2:14 am

My teacher said I had "Duende"!

2:15 am

¡que buenísmo para tí! :D means you had rhythm, soul, and skill.

2:15 am

Back in a min......off to the kitchen.

what is duende?

2:18 am

Espíritu fantástico del que se dice que habita en algunas casas y que travesea, causando en ellas trastorno y estruendo. Aparece con figura de viejo o de niño en las narraciones tradicionales. is the definition in Spanish. Basically, you had spirits within/about you that gave you fire, form, flexibility, and a degree of drama and angst to your performance. "You got soul" in Southern US vernacular.

where did corks go??

2:19 am

Already spotted Madredeus on Amazon uk. I'll def. order it. I love the music. My kids like it too.

2:19 am

duende is lit "one that possesses the house"

2:20 am

Don't say "corks" mrp...remember?!

2:20 am

o Espiritu da Paz is a favourite of mine among their albums

oh sorry!! I just assumed it was ok... like when I call scrabbler, scrabbs

and dcseain, dcs!

2:21 am

who's corks??

and Mar.... can I call you mars??

2:21 am

a very good morning to all! *hugs mrP* How ARE you, darling?

2:21 am

corko101 is full username, if i recall

2:21 am

morning Sprite *hug*

2:21 am

oh darn... first word to enter (reenact) is a phantom. THis bodes ILL.

hi sprite {{{{{{hugs}}}}}!! longtime no see! have you been on holiday??

2:22 am

hi all

2:22 am

YES mrp!

2:22 am

morning, joso

2:22 am

hey, why no abbrevs? Are we really supposed to call everyone by her/his full username?

corko101 is full of username, if I remember :)

hi joso!!! {{{kisses and cuddles}}}

2:23 am

yes, mrP, had a terrific week with the girls. I heard the house got not sold?

2:23 am

that's right, he/she got a little huffy earlier when someone called them "corks".

2:23 am

heyyyyy JoSo! *huggggs*

2:23 am

oh no .... silly!

not sold... I am furious with the estate agent.... they got a mouthful from me!

2:23 am

morning dc, mr p, sprite

2:24 am

hmz.... I'd say if one want everybody to use their full name, they should not go for extensions like 101. But that is me.

joso, I love that icon of yours

2:24 am

you were perfectly entitled, mrP! What did they say?

sprite, Luke has decided on a handle for babble... he calls himself 'skeleton'

2:24 am

JoSo, my kids have buried themselves in your comics!

2:25 am

ok mrP, if I see skeleton around, I'll be sure to give him a warm welcome and any help he should need!

2:25 am

Good morning sprite

2:25 am

the vowels in my name befuddle most everyone :)

they are using us to sell inferior properties... they bring people here and tell them that they can get...???$$, then when we refuse, they take them to properties that are inferior and sell them

2:25 am

tnx Mr P, my defalt icon, for when I'm too lazy to go with the daily icon, Dr Doom, my favorite villan

I am going to say it.... f**kers!!

joso, it is a great icon!

2:26 am

Oooooo mrp!

2:26 am

omg mrP, that is f*cking with you indeed. Can I kick them for you? Where it hurts most?

2:26 am

that seems rather unethical, no, mrp?

2:27 am

So sorry your house didn't sell. I saw the pictures - it looked beautiful. Do you still have it on the market?

oh, I kicked them so hard! during the auction, they only brought people who had $50,000 less than we wanted

2:27 am

I love the vowels in your name, dc. They always bring a picture to me from you in the ocean :)

2:27 am

Is F*cking in the grid or did I miss something... lol

dcs, if I could prove it, they would be suffering

love you ruru!!

2:27 am

That is a lot of less!

2:28 am

that's luke, I've been calling him red because skeliton is too long, the referance has got to be decades beyond him.

2:28 am

LOL rurur... no sorry, that was me sympathising with mrP.

and the best 'offer' we had was $530k.... I told them in no uncertain terms what they could do with that offer

2:28 am

oh god I feel old now..

2:28 am

hm. we coul all call him red, and see how long it takes him to figure it out. :D

2:28 am

can you kick the agency and get a better one?

so, after the auction, and after I told them to f*** off~!! they had open house for another 5 hours...

2:29 am

that is a lot of money up the old you know what

now, we have an interested party from that open house, who is really really keen! it pays to stand up I believe

2:30 am

teasing luke is not allowed! *crossed arms and looks around sternly over rim of glasses*

I can't sprite, we have them signed on for 3 months, cause they 'convinced' us to go for 3 months

2:30 am

oh yes, it does, mrP! Don't go for anything outside your limits, be loyal to yourself.

2:30 am

didn't mean to tease him, had no idea of his age, I'll be better

2:30 am

is ur agent communicating fully with buyer agents i wonder.

the agent convinced us to sign onto an auction... that way we are bound by them, no matter what

joso!! when did you send the comics darling??

2:31 am

well, I know you... you will give them hell :D They will either make sure they make amends, or let you go before the 3 months are over, just to be rescued from your razorsharp tongue!

dcs, I don't give a damn... they are bound to us and how much we want. if they don't accept our price (which is fully acceptable) we are going to go elsewhere

2:32 am

comic details to date;Date of Event Time of Event Location Description Retail Location Signatory Name 2007/11/21 09:28 International item has left Canada and is en route to destination 2007/11/10 08:37 RICHMOND, BC Item accepted and entered into sortation plant 2007/11/07 13:45 MISSISSAUGA, ON Item accepted and entered into sortation plant 2007/11/04 14:12 TORONTO, ON Item accepted at the Post office

2:32 am

Luke is mrP's and Lickety's son! And a pen pal of my son. How is the letter coming along, mrP? Kids are guarding the mailbox, lol.

wow! what a route!

2:32 am

yes, i support and affirm your POV, mrp. I'm qustioning the ethics of the agent.

2:33 am

I assume they 'earn' a nice fat commssion from the sale so surely it is in their interest to get the very best price.

the letter and goods are being sent this weekend!! luke has found stuff for tim... maddison has some gorgeous stuff for caya

2:33 am

i'm a rather cynical person in some respects.

2:33 am

true, frances.

2:33 am

took a month of shipping time from toronto port to amsterdam port for sprites parcel

they got a nice 'fat' $1,640' from us for the so called auction.... bastards

2:34 am

not lately frances most agents want to take the money and run

2:34 am

owwww wonderful! They are sooo looking forward to hearing from your kids :D dc, that is not cynical, that is common sense. This agency is not very ethical, if they use mrP.

2:34 am

whatever money they can get

2:34 am

I so sympathise with you mrp. I do hope things get better and the house sells very soon.

one of the people who wanted to bid was in the house for 40 minutes before the auction was to start.... she left 2 minutes before auction... I was so angry with the agent for not screening the bidders better

2:34 am

they better not mess with us mr. p we'll babble them until they are beaten to a pulp

2:35 am

shitty business, mrP, if you pardon my french. You deserve better.

2:36 am

On the plus side, it means you get to spend longer in your beautiful house.

the house will sell, and for what we want... this agent is just trying to screw with us. all agents in australia are considered lower than a cockroach I am afraid

shitty indeed sprite. what a frightful fight

2:37 am

tell them about your incredible network. Tell them to perform up or above standard or loose all credibility in Australia and the rest of the world :D

we must talk sprite! I will get my skype set up for you and chat with you on a day that suits you... I can't do it tonight as my computer has been nasty, spank-on-the-bottom mean!!! i am looking for a new puter

thanks sprite, they will make sure they have buyers for the price we want, I am sure!!

2:39 am

we will talk soon then, mrP! And chat up until we are completely with it again ;) For now, I send you warm hugs and my full support, to you and lickety and your kids.

2:40 am

morning everyone :-)

hi katie!

2:41 am

hi katie

2:41 am

morning, katie.

2:41 am

hi katie

I must go help lickety with the house... we have openhouse tomorrow... see you all soon

2:41 am

bye darling, take care!

2:41 am

later, mrp *Hug*

2:41 am

g'nite Mr P

2:42 am

Bye mrp, good luck with the open house. Morning jatie.

2:42 am

good luck with the open house tomorrow :-)

2:42 am

So sorry, I mean katie.

2:42 am

Bye and good luck tomorrow!

2:42 am

i think i'll sleep for a bit now. the joys of days off. i may sleep when i want. So today, ~0400 it is.

2:43 am

hope each of yall has a wonderful day/evening. *hugs*

2:43 am

Sleep well dc

2:43 am

Bye dc. Schlaf gut!

2:43 am

lovely, dc. Sleep well and undisturbed and enjoy the freedom!

2:43 am

Night dc :-)

2:44 am

danke, tak, gracias, thanks :) {poof}

2:44 am

*pouts*

2:45 am

Why the pout sprite?

2:45 am

dutch was left out in dc's closing statement ;)

2:45 am

I better go too. This house is not ready for Christmas decorations...you can't decorate clutter! Take care everyone. Have fun with the grid.

2:45 am

Bye Marmar

2:46 am

Marmar... just throw nice white sheets over the clutter, sprinkle some stars and snow and you are done ;)

2:46 am

Marmar, I contest your statement, I'm decorating with clutter everywhere ;-)

2:46 am

As a matter of interest, what is the Dutch?

2:46 am

dank je, or dank je wel

2:47 am

or bedankt

2:47 am

I will remember sprite.

2:47 am

Good for you Katie. I prob. would too but have mother-in-law in house, my German mother-in-law....it has to measure up!

2:48 am

*smiles at Frances*

2:49 am

hmz, poltergeist but no polter...

2:49 am

Fair enough marmar, some things have to be done!! have a good day :-0

2:50 am

You too Katie. Vaarwel Sprite!!! Bye all!

2:51 am

Fijne dag, Marmar... sei wohl. :)

2:52 am

any clues for al5,10?

2:53 am

........phantom .......applique

2:53 am

Saddy: make dresses fit, change them.

2:53 am

al5/10 foreign

2:53 am

thanks Frances, that gave me a word using the Q :D

2:54 am

or ET, indeed, thanks :)

2:54 am

The giant squid has eyes the size of an extra-large pizza.

2:54 am

that is almost poetic, BabbleRabble :) And hi to you.

2:55 am

Thanks ;)

ah, lickety is cleaning up, and then the kids and I are putting up the tree! it should be a lovely xmas

2:56 am

.....another phantom ......etiquette

2:56 am

Hello, peoples

hi babblerabble :)

2:57 am

Hi BabRab

2:57 am

You have a lovely hubby mrp.

2:57 am

yay, BabbleRabble, interesting debate there! I have been stupid, btw, I have forgotten to copy your profile text from yesterday, the one about the cortisol levels. Could I bother you to send me a copy, or to put it in your profile some day again, please?

2:58 am

mrP, lickety is the best ;) And so are you. I hope you have a terrific time making pretty for Xmas!@

2:58 am

I will look now

2:59 am

thank you so much, BabbleRabble. I want to take it to my physiotherapist, she will be so interested.

3:00 am

Aloha Babblers!

3:00 am

hey Fran! *hug*

3:00 am

Hi Fran

3:00 am

hi babrab, sprite, frances, mrp! (anyone else out there?)

3:01 am

oh Saddy, sorry, did not see your post. You're welcome, glad you found it (them) ;)

3:02 am

*sings to Fran: "... could it be that somebody else is looking into my mind..." *

3:02 am

(who knows the song?)

3:03 am

i have no idea sprite!

3:05 am

Peter Straker sprite

3:05 am

Fran: http://tinyurl.com/2rnb7f

3:05 am

one of the most beautiful songs ever, for me anyway.

3:05 am

Alan Parson's Project, actually ;)

3:05 am

In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of time It's the evening of another day And the end of mine Now the starlight which has found me Lost for a million years Tries to linger as it fills my eyes Till it disappears Could it be that somebody else is Looking into my mind Some other place Somewhere Some other time Some other place Somewhere Some other time Like a mirror held before me Large as the sky is wide And the image is reflected Back to the other side Could it be that somebody else is Looking into my mind Some other place Somewhere Some other time Some other place Somewhere Some other time

3:06 am

yup, that is the one, LOL

3:06 am

Lead vocal Peter Straker

3:06 am

oh yes, that is true :) He is the main singer.

3:06 am

ah, i like APP, but I'm not familiar with that song.

3:07 am

i should try youtube

3:07 am

it is one of my all time favorites. All of it, music, lyrics, the images that this song brings up in my mind.

3:08 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6eIHLq AYV4

sprite, I got onto the chat... come over please!

fran, I can't get to it...

3:09 am

very nice sprite! i'm watching the video right now

3:09 am

you have to get the whole url, let me make a tiny one

3:10 am

http://tinyurl.com/26kq6p

3:10 am

there ya go!

3:11 am

here it is. sprite: http://www.sciencedaily.com/re leases/2007/11/071120111530.htm

3:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjmaI4G 9MA4

3:11 am

BabbleRabble, thank you very much!

3:12 am

ooh! i found or6 all by my self! i usually miss it

3:13 am

I keep wanting to put AL on the end Fran

3:14 am

I never miss words; I often don't find them, but there are no pangs of parting

lovely video

sprite, are you available for skype chat?

3:14 am

lol babrab

3:14 am

LOL BabbleRabble

3:15 am

mrP, hold on, it is totally hectic right now, but will be better shortly

here too! am going to feed myself

3:15 am

frances, is there more than one or6?

3:15 am

ok, see you a little later then, ok?

3:15 am

No Fran, just the one.

3:18 am

that is one word I almost never spot by myself! Thanks Frances :)

3:19 am

am afk for a little while, back shortly

3:19 am

later sprite!

3:19 am

You're welcome sprite

3:19 am

Later sprite

3:22 am

TY Frances too. Hi Fran

3:23 am

hi lynxxx!

3:23 am

My pleasure lyn

3:25 am

ok, back. Hi lynxxx *hug*

3:25 am

hello Sprite! hugs back at you!

3:27 am

hi everyone Maddisons back remember me?

3:27 am

yes Maddison. how are you?

3:28 am

BabbleRabble, I have copied the article and printed it. Thanks again.

3:28 am

hey Maddison! Of course I remember :) *hugs from Caya*

3:29 am

good. how are you?

3:30 am

just fine TY

3:30 am

gooooood morning everyone! :D

3:30 am

doing ok, thanks :) We celebrate Sinterklaas tomorrow, so busy preparing.

3:30 am

hi Fish!

3:30 am

Hi Fish!

3:31 am

Please say hi to Caya for me Sprite. I am sending her a letter.

3:31 am

Morning Maddison and Fish

3:31 am

she is so looking forward to it, Maddison! I will be sure to tell her hi :)

3:34 am

hi fishbulb! hi maddison!

3:39 am

how is everyone today then? I'm racking my brain for ideas how to celebrate my birthday.

3:39 am

today Fish?

3:39 am

a bit busy, but feeling remarkably good atm, Fish. So... when is your birthday and what would you LIKE to do?

3:40 am

Is it your birthday today Fish? Happy birthday.

3:40 am

my birthday is 17th Dec - am celebrating the wknd before.

3:40 am

Sprite, more than anything else, I like playing Babble and chatting to you guys!! hehe

3:41 am

how about asking your friends and family over, ask everyone to bring a dish and have a lovely buffet?

3:41 am

LOLLLLL Fish.... of course... but you can do that every day of the year.

3:42 am

that's not a bad idea! minimal effort party! I'm gonna be 30 though this year so feel like i should do something!

3:42 am

Well we could all have our dish and drink of choice and have a babble birthday party with Fish.

3:42 am

you can do the drinks and the dessert :)

3:42 am

wow Fish, you'll be over the hill!

3:42 am

Woot!!

3:43 am

yay fish! i loved turning 30, celebrated for a whole month!!

3:43 am

hi babble.

3:43 am

30 is such a great age. Congrats in advance... are you on facebook?

3:43 am

At that rate lynn, I'm over a whole mountain range!

3:43 am

I believe so... let me check...

3:43 am

lynxxx I haven't even started going up the hill yet, I stopped for a picnic near the bottom!

3:43 am

she is sprite, keep meaning to add you to my friends list fish

3:44 am

Lovely to see you all

3:44 am

hi everyone

3:44 am

yar sprite I am on Facebook, I think you just added me as a friend! ;)

3:44 am

hi skeleton

3:44 am

Hello skeleton

3:44 am

heyyy skeleton :) Greetings from Tim! And I hope you are doing well.

3:44 am

or maybe I'm confused?! I am getting older Hi skeleton!

3:44 am

wonderful, Fish :)

3:45 am

hi maddison and sprite and fish.

3:45 am

hi skeleton

3:45 am

hi joso! hi skeleton!

3:46 am

hi fran

3:46 am

Hi Joso & Skeleton

3:46 am

*trying to figure out which new friend is fish *

3:46 am

lier

3:46 am

hi lynxx

3:46 am

sorry about that

3:46 am

i'm the one with the squishy bunny as my profile picture!

3:46 am

sprite, i'm sending a letter and some cards.

3:46 am

ohoh maddison! What do you say, guys, is Maddison old enough for the penalty box? ;)

3:46 am

hehe maddison, thought you were telling sprite off then

3:47 am

sprite, if you go to the babblers worldwide group, fish started the "who are you?" discussion topic.

3:47 am

thanks maddison.

3:47 am

yay, got you, lol. That rabbit is a dead giveaway ;)

3:47 am

Skeleton, Tim will love to hear from you!

3:48 am

she is sprite, i bet she can even make some cookies to leave for the rest of us. :-)

3:49 am

Morning

3:49 am

ohhhh yes, I heard you bake great cookies, Maddison!

3:49 am

phantom: pilot

3:49 am

hi bfsog

3:49 am

hello bfsog

3:49 am

morning bfsog

3:49 am

ok hell be happy.

3:49 am

hi bfsog

3:50 am

yikes, i've been doing way too much facebooking and not enough babbling...i still need 98 words!

3:50 am

i mean he'll be happy

3:50 am

thanks sprite

3:50 am

I am certain of that, skeleton. Isn't it cool, having a pen pal at the other side of the world :)

3:51 am

could someone please kick me, next time I try tiptoe?

3:51 am

whats with the qu ?

3:51 am

ooh, kicking is so harsh sprite! how about a pinch?

3:51 am

you could try doing antique instead

3:52 am

argh, yet another phantom, thanks lynxxx :P

3:52 am

urgh lynxxx, that's another one!

3:52 am

starts 4 words, bsfog, and is used in others.

3:52 am

how about parole!

3:52 am

so, i count it as qu and not q

3:53 am

that's right bfsog

3:53 am

the tile is Qu and it is actually counted as 2 letters in the word length, bsfog.

3:53 am

yeah, its qu and not just q so all your q words start QU...

3:53 am

the Qu 'tile' counts as 2 letters though

3:54 am

I could not find the 4th Q word... until I realised there was also an E close by and not only an i.

3:54 am

yay! found that dumb an7 word

3:55 am

the one that prevents you from breathing, Fran?

3:55 am

TY for the reminder Fran

3:55 am

that one sprite!

3:56 am

yw lynxxx

3:56 am

Fish your re your phantom, you could have what he flies and who he works for.

3:56 am

*wipes brow* Glad there isn't another one of those.

3:57 am

I don't know, Frances... I get kinda scared when I am close to those without a pilot near!

3:58 am

lol sprite

3:58 am

Well at least without the pilot near they're not going anywhere.

maddison & skeleton are on!!

3:58 am

but what if they are going, and the pilot is missing???

3:58 am

ooh yeah, thanks Frances.

3:58 am

we've been talking to them mrp. :-)

3:58 am

we know, mrP! We love chatting with them :)

3:58 am

where's,Lickety?

I apologies for anything they do :))

3:59 am

You're welcome Fish

3:59 am

apologise??? you should be proud :) (I know, you are)

hi all

3:59 am

Nothing to apologise for mrp.

3:59 am

hi miss babble

3:59 am

Hi Miss Babble

4:00 am

hi miss

4:01 am

tsk, that al7 is weird too. Both of them are, but the 1st is worst.

4:02 am

TY got both

4:02 am

how many points sprite?

4:03 am

yw :) They ARE weird, aren't they?

4:03 am

both for 28, Fran

4:03 am

i was afraid of that. :-)

4:03 am

both 28. AYes Sprite, easy once you said they were weird

4:03 am

both related to ET, Fran ;)

4:03 am

ooh, those are strange

4:04 am

yup, got them from the points. :-)

4:04 am

Both a bit odd

4:04 am

thanks for pointing them out sprite!

4:04 am

thanks for sharing my amazement :)

4:05 am

yay and got the op7.32 - as I should have being Australian

4:05 am

now I want opossum

4:05 am

ah, my babble day isn't complete without the tape and ring worms. :-)

4:05 am

lol Fran, so true :)

4:06 am

thanks lynxxx! i just had the gem itself. :-)

4:06 am

what makes a word odd? a large number are new or unfamiliar to me ... does that make them odd?

4:07 am

if they are oddbods...

4:07 am

that babrab and they seem awkward also, at least to me. :-)

4:07 am

for me, it is A. seen from myself - if I never saw it before or it elicits strange images, I call it weird. B. checked with native speakers - if they aren't familiar with it, I feel confirmed in my judgement :)

4:08 am

thanks for the op, lynxxx!

4:10 am

oh, found an interesting re. Go to court again. Don't think I have seen that one before on babble.

4:10 am

when i was in my 30s i was a real pa7 (first one)

are you on skype sprite??

4:10 am

thanks sprite!

4:11 am

no, not yet... want me to come now?

yes please :)

4:11 am

lovely, Fran :)

4:12 am

that was the shortest convo ever, mrP LOL

4:13 am

lol, did she get cut off?

4:13 am

no mike, LOL

4:15 am

stupid technical things always let you down at bad times (since there are no good times for it)

4:15 am

that's true

4:15 am

time for me to go, i reversed my stats, i now have 98 found instead of left. :-)

4:16 am

i'll see all you lovely babblers tomorrow!

4:16 am

very good, Fran, lol. Have a great night and a good start on the morrow *hug*

4:17 am

goodnite Franny

4:23 am

bye Fran

4:24 am

is anyone out there?

4:26 am

I'm here but immersed in the grid.:)

4:26 am

just us fishes Phand

4:26 am

Hi Jac

4:26 am

Morning, folks.

4:27 am

good morning! Is this a harder puzzle? I only have 40 words so far

4:27 am

hi Jac and phan. Yes, it is slower for me than yesterday's, but still doable and fun.

4:27 am

I'm quite liking it so far, phan. I've been here about 15 mins and have found 51 words.

4:28 am

hi phandmd and fellow babblers! Have been snored awake, so I thought I'd babble.. I am enjoying this grid, too, Jacula.. fun words to be found.. I like the LOL at the bottom too!

4:28 am

hey Aloy!

4:28 am

ho, sprite!

4:29 am

Hi Aloy

4:29 am

Hi, Aloy.

4:30 am

I found the first 100 very easily, then slowed down rather suddenly.

4:30 am

wow, hi everyone.. early birds? We bought a new outdoor clock yesterday, and when we got home we noticed that the temp dial on it was in degrees Celsius.. yay, now I will learn to relate to that scale!

4:30 am

that is lovely, Aloy :D

4:30 am

sprite - my son's over in The Netherlands at the moment visiting his g/f in Friesland (Leeuwarden).

4:31 am

ooh, just found a three part chemical..

4:31 am

oh wow, Jac, so close! I drove past Leeuwarden last Friday!

4:33 am

He flew out last Friday, sprite and Lin (g/f) met him in 'Dam and they took the train journey to spent the w/end with her parents in Landgraaf (nr. Heerlen) and were then intending to spend until this coming Sunday in Friesland where she lives.

4:33 am

sounds lovely, Jac! I hope they are having a great time.

4:34 am

oh... and to the sin bin with you, Jac :D

4:34 am

Me, too, Sprite. Not heard a word since he texted me the number of his return flight. :) Sinbin? Oops! Hope it was only the 'transport' word I used.

4:34 am

lol, Sprite.. ty for the choo choo

4:35 am

it was, no worries!

4:35 am

Aloy - there's a 4-letter word for what they run on, too. ;)

4:35 am

.... and two extensions too

4:35 am

super, jacula.. (-:

4:36 am

I meant an 'r' word, Aloy, not the 'ells'.

4:36 am

lol, got it, Jac

4:36 am

our volcano is back. Haven't seen that one in a while

4:37 am

I want 'tiptoe' to go with my icon!

4:37 am

Jac, you and me both! Love your icon, btw

4:38 am

Thanks, sprite.

4:38 am

another babblet, ti4, means "to make a vibrating sound".. finally looked it up

4:40 am

any of you have a wireless mouse? This is my first one, and it seems to gulp up batteries.. wondering if that is normal..

4:40 am

nope, mine has an oldfashioned tail

4:41 am

I was told they were a bit bothersome, so I bought a tailed one too

4:41 am

Not me, Aloy. Son has one but he's not here to ask. I've never heard him complain though.

4:42 am

Oh, just realised we have one one the other computer. It's not hooked up to the web though and isn't used that often.

4:42 am

well, i must say that it is a "tuffie".. I have knocked the poor thing onto the floor so many times .. so far, so good.. someone may call the mouse abuse hotline on me tho

4:48 am

yay for tuffies

4:49 am

my favorite houseplants are tuffies, too..

I have a wireless mouse the batteries last for a long time.

4:49 am

my only houseplants are, lol. If not, they are shortlived.

Sorry good morning everyone

4:50 am

hi Rosalind

4:50 am

hi rosalind

4:50 am

Good morning, rosalind.

4:51 am

hi rosalind.. thanks for the info.. h'mm.. does the light on the mouse go off when you are not using it? Mine stays on, which might be the problem.. due, perhaps, to being knocked on the floor a few times..

4:52 am

i want centaur

Mine doesn't have a light/Its a Typhoon and goes with the keyboard

4:52 am

I am with you, Aloy

4:52 am

My son has a wireless keyboard with built in mouse and it eats batteries and asks for more!

4:52 am

interesting.. this one is a battery eating Logitech

4:53 am

I want etiquette as well, and netiquette

4:54 am

Me, too, sprite.

4:54 am

i like that word, netiquette.. manners on line.. is it a real word?

4:55 am

Aloy, yes.

4:55 am

it is, Aloy, nowadays

4:55 am

Is that when we all act prim and proper on the net?

4:55 am

very cool!

4:55 am

LOL, Frances.

4:55 am

kinda, Frances... it is when we go by the rules we made for behaving online ;)

4:56 am

ooh, just found the cowboy friend word

4:57 am

Horse?;)

4:57 am

booze?

4:57 am

saloon girl?

4:58 am

probably a combination of all three?

4:58 am

lol, pa7.32 you guys crack me up

4:58 am

LOL. Howdy p....

4:59 am

see, it is the combination, I knew it

4:59 am

Yup!

5:00 am

sigh, no "entire" either

5:01 am

can I get a clue for the an 7/28 pls

5:01 am

ET's in the grid, if that's any consolation, Aloy.

5:01 am

against breathing?

5:01 am

an7.28 doesn't like breathing

5:01 am

found the cute creature and its relatives too, Jacula.. (-:

5:01 am

choking word

5:01 am

how can you be against breathing!

5:02 am

against the stuff you breathe, actually

5:02 am

we aren't, phan, enable is!

5:02 am

cute animal? (otter isn't here)

5:02 am

i like breathing, personally

5:03 am

not animal, creature. Outtaspacey.

5:03 am

Not an animal, lynxx... ET.

5:03 am

extraterrestrial, lynxxx

5:03 am

oops, hope part of a word won't send me to the sin pen

5:04 am

TY had those

5:04 am

going to court against the invasion of the bodysnatchers, would that be, Aloy?

5:04 am

yup, lol sprite

5:05 am

:D

5:05 am

so much lipo suction nowadays, but no "lipo"

5:06 am

all sucked away, alas

5:06 am

must be..

5:11 am

45 left, might leave this for the morning with a list. nite all

5:11 am

'Night, lynxxx.

5:12 am

good job, lynxxx.. sweet dreams..

5:12 am

night lynxxx, sleep well!

5:14 am

li6 rhymes with what the 3 little felines lost

5:16 am

should say, one of the li6

5:18 am

lunchtime, kids home, back later

5:18 am

See you, sprite. I must go and do some work. BBL.

5:19 am

bye sprite and Jacula.. little break time for me too..

Bye all

5:22 am

can I have a clue for the last ne pls (6/21)

5:25 am

nm, got it

5:36 am

Is anyone here?

5:36 am

guess not, phand!

I am but getting kids ready !

GM

5:37 am

do you have the pa 8?

working on the Pa's now

5:38 am

hi Kristine... yes, the pa8 is more petty

5:39 am

more petty?

5:40 am

yes, the base word means "petty".. like a pa**** amount... make it more so for the pa8

5:40 am

got it thnx

5:41 am

if you give a petty amount to charity, you gave a pa**** amount.. oh, good, glad you got it

5:43 am

dang. entrail doesn't work

5:44 am

i tried that too.. must have to be plural, dunno why

5:44 am

yes, its only entrails

5:45 am

guts, guts, no gut.. hi, lideola

5:46 am

two more day then two weeks in caribbean

5:46 am

hi Aloy

5:47 am

wonderful, Trebor.. we just came back from there, middle of October.. going on a cruise?

5:47 am

because it describes all of the intestines- not just one part (small vs large)

5:48 am

ah so, lideola.. makes a bit of sense now..

5:52 am

how about the last re 6/18?

5:52 am

yes Aloyisius

5:53 am

n the oceana

5:53 am

adjectival form of backwards, phand

5:54 am

backwards?

5:54 am

the bottom deck of a ship is in the grid, Trebor.. or***... (looked up the meaning).. or + ***-eared bunny

5:54 am

yes, situated toward the back, phand.. ends with Mr. Gore's handle

5:55 am

phan- remove a vowel from the re7/28 below it

5:56 am

thnx for spelling it out for me. now I gotta go get my son out the door, bbl to finish last 20

5:57 am

Good morning from a winter wonderland.

5:57 am

bye, phand..

5:57 am

hiya, Scrabbler! how many feet did you get?

5:57 am

bye phan, hi Scrabbler

5:58 am

I haven't ventured out to get my newspaper yet...BRB.

6:02 am

I am back--we have about 6 inches. I expected us to get a lot more overnight.

6:03 am

is it a fluffy snow or an icy one?

6:03 am

The schools south of me are closed--they got clobbered.

6:03 am

we just have WIND...lots of wind..no snow anywhere....wind wa sin wrong direction

6:03 am

Heavy snow, and it was slippery yesterday. I am geting new tires on Thursday so that will help a lot.

6:04 am

This is an Alberta Clipper--how did you miss it, Carlee?

6:04 am

ooh, difficult to shovel that stuff too..

6:04 am

we had huge wind yesterday- over 50mph gusts

6:05 am

The Q is greyed out--yippee.

6:05 am

i live directly south of the lake...we ONLY get lake effect snow if the wind STRAIGHT out of the north

6:05 am

I see, Carlee.

6:06 am

just slightly out of west....nothing.... we average maybe 10 inches per year...IF that....any more..really unusual

6:06 am

po5 is an appropriate word for my weather today.

6:07 am

ok..i found the pls and thx word....from that and laughed scrabs

6:07 am

So you get wind and cold but not much snow. For us, Lake Erie is a snow-making machine until it freezes over in Jan-Feb.

6:08 am

i love snow

6:08 am

And I got the Miss Manners' word from your clue, Carlee.

6:08 am

We will be XC-skiing soon--we need a good base of snow.

6:08 am

just north of us..and just east of us gets nailed everytime...my son was to play inlondon last nite ( hockey )and it was cancelled due to "weather" ( that NEVER happens ).... and they got nailed

6:09 am

london in canada?

6:09 am

Does he play for a high school team or a travel league?

6:10 am

travel league scrabs... and london willhave after today 60 cm of snow plus blowing

6:10 am

( yes..london ontario....google it bfsog )

6:11 am

and just 100 km ( 60 miles ) to the west NOTHING

6:11 am

oh man i would love a blizzard right now, id have to head home from work!

6:12 am

brb..

6:12 am

I have to get going--need an early start for the drive to work. Enjoy the day everyone. Tonight we have a business mtg so I will check back in here very late tonight to unwind before bed.

6:12 am

enjoy the day scrabs

6:13 am

drive carefully

6:15 am

li 7,28?

6:16 am

hi, morning. Just ice in CT. I shouldn't say "just ice" cause there were lots of accidents. Anyone have the an 7?

6:18 am

'Against what we breathe', bichon.

6:18 am

li2/28 = striped.

6:18 am

ty Jac, weire word

6:19 am

That was li7/28 - LOL, not 2.28.

6:19 am

y/w, bichon.

6:22 am

Good Morning

6:23 am

Hi, Merk.

afternoon all

phantoms aplenty today I see

6:25 am

hi garyandjulie

6:26 am

Hello G&j.

6:26 am

Tum's rumbling. It must be lunchtime. BBL.

6:29 am

hello everyone

hi annie how are you today?

6:29 am

fine gary and you?

great thanks :o)

6:35 am

anyone got ol 4,4

not yet

6:36 am

hello everyone. back for a second round.

6:36 am

sounds like margarine, bfsog

thanks aloy

6:37 am

hi bb!

hi bb

6:37 am

{{{ANNIE}}}

6:37 am

but it means "a miscellaneous collection".. yw, g+j

6:38 am

hi bbnaz.. am back too to finish up.. lots on the "to do" list today!

6:38 am

{{{ carlee }}} How is Kevin?

6:39 am

he's a rabid raccoon

6:39 am

well it would be generous to say that I am going to finish up at this visit...still 126 to go.

have you got a case of the phantoms to bb?

6:39 am

well rip away the mad coon's mask! actually wishing you really lots of patience Carlee

6:40 am

I count backwards alot bb....

6:40 am

trust me g&j when I say that if I type "parley" one more time, Johnny Depp will be out of tattoos.....

6:40 am

lwishes for a lots of patience here also

6:41 am

Do you count out loud Carlee?!

6:41 am

thanks all... i need it...

6:41 am

Hello all back for 46

6:41 am

no I count while I bit emy tongue

6:41 am

"Have tea, will babble" - hi all ! - will do a little bit before our monthly breakfast...

6:41 am

hi, ursh!

6:41 am

just to be naughty yourself, try it out loud one time.

6:42 am

morning montreal! love your bicycle.

6:42 am

uh.... no...that would only inflame the situation

6:42 am

.. and hi to montreal also!

6:42 am

back again, coffee interrupted.

6:43 am

tx bb - hi Alloy

6:43 am

I have my beta version downloaded and we are ready to "hit the road" again. Any challenging words to warn me about before we leave?

6:43 am

hi merk, coffee interuptus is serious!

is a person who opts for something not an opter? I know just wishful thinking

6:44 am

hey carlee since you "aided and abetted" my start on the most relaxing mosaic hobby - maybe get a good large "switch off" project going

6:44 am

like I said Carlee, it would be naughty.

6:44 am

When I was on my way to the doctor yesterday to get antibiotics for a bladder infection I scraped the side of a wall in a parking garage and the passenger side of my car is totaled (window gone). thank goodness, my friend who was with me is okay..no car but I feel better

6:45 am

i'd love to ursh...but our home only so big... and with all the extra "equipment" around for him...and all the x mas stuff out...my house feels small...

6:45 am

ouch.. so sorry, Annie.. glad you feel better.

6:45 am

oh damn sorry annie - glad you ok

glad it was not worse annie, cars can be replaced but not people.

6:46 am

{{{ANNIEE}} am so sorry... I had that happen to an old truck... and I was devestated... 2000.00 in repairs later... I was heartbroken

6:46 am

but no one hurt..is the best

6:47 am

ouch is right, so no wheels for a while...I never liked this car and I have it for 7 years...I am not going to fix it..cost more than the car is worth...thank you all for the good thoughts

6:48 am

luckily, you live where pub. transp. is available.. not out in the boonies

6:49 am

yes, aloy...buses and trains for a while

6:49 am

...and you'll end up with a car that you like better !

6:49 am

Hi all

6:50 am

mont, that is a given...

6:50 am

hi peri

6:50 am

morning peri

6:50 am

i think those VW bugs are adorable.. hi, peri!

6:50 am

Hi Annie, glad you are okay, sorry about your car

6:50 am

((((carlee)))) how are you doing?

6:50 am

thanks, peri

6:50 am

some bad things end up turning into good things...is all I was hinting at...

6:51 am

i'm ok peri...{{hugs}} how things with u?

6:51 am

okay at the moment carlee

6:52 am

montreal, that would be the only way I was going to get rid of this car...so, maybe the accident was a step in the direction of a car I would like much more

6:52 am

good good...ok all... I'll be back later while hubby is at physio.... off to sofa for quality liesure me time

6:52 am

leisure * i mean...

6:52 am

'xactly Annie !

6:53 am

later (((carlee)))

6:53 am

hot dog, fireworks.. now I have to get a bunch of things done.. any clues needed before I go? This was a fun grid..

6:53 am

yay for Aloy

6:53 am

YAY for Aloy!!!!

6:54 am

wtg Aloy !!

6:54 am

may I have clues for the 8's please

wtg aloy :o)

6:54 am

way to go Aloy!

6:54 am

ai8... up up and away transportation

6:55 am

al8... you don't want to do this to your friends by making a snide remark

6:56 am

ne8: more prickly?

6:56 am

got the al, Aloy, still looking for the ai, the obvious word is not in the grid

6:56 am

another term for it is, peri

6:56 am

got the ne8 thanks Aloy

6:56 am

what you call the transport in the sky

6:57 am

thank you, Aloy!

thin up in the ai* an a word for a big ship maybe

6:57 am

got the ai8 now, thanks Aloy and bbnaz

6:58 am

pa8: more petty, as in... he gave a pa**** amount to the charity, but her contribution was even pa8

6:58 am

got the pa8 thanks Aloy, you are a godsend this am

thanks aloy that one was stumping me

6:59 am

tr8: the hunters set a tr******, hoping to capture a number of beavers along the lake

7:00 am

got the beginning of the tr8 but not the en

7:00 am

lol, the beavers were all in a row

7:00 am

*end*

7:00 am

the shortest distance between two points

7:01 am

thanks so much dear Aloy, have all the 8's now

7:01 am

tyvm Aloy - got all 5 !

7:01 am

thanks, aloy, have all the 8's

7:01 am

4 of 5 for me. will work out that ne 8 later......

7:02 am

yippee... your brains are all awake now! see everyone next grid.. have a great day and those of you in the path of the storm, stay safe and warm! byee

7:02 am

have a great one Aloy - bye

Annie saw your post about your accident. what is it with babblers at the moment. I had a car slam into the back of me yesterday. Messed up my car and messed up me. I have whiplash and lower back trauma!

7:03 am

bbnaz, sharper

7:03 am

which is not me at 6am

7:03 am

Sandie, I am so sorry about your car and esp. you...I came out of it okay but my car didnt

It's a real pain when these things happen. It's a nuisance sorting everything out isn't it.

7:05 am

Yes, it is and will be, Sandie..can your car be repaired or is it totaled?

7:05 am

120 to go!

It's in the garage at the moment being assessed. We'll find out this afternoon.

7:06 am

Sandie, good luck, hope it is not too expensive and I hope you feel better

7:07 am

bb, ne 4/4 then adjectival form

Well the other guy's insurance will have to pay as it was totally his fault. I was stationary and he slammed into the back of me.

7:07 am

bb, I meant comparative form

Hope you get your wheels problem sorted asap Annie.

7:08 am

Sandie, It was all my fault, I more than scraped that wall, glad no one was hurt, had a friend with me

YUK! Hope it doesn't cost you too much to sort it out Annie.

7:09 am

e words done

7:10 am

go bb go !!

managed just over half way s am going to get some lunch and hot coffee. Happy hunting everyone.

7:11 am

later G & J

7:11 am

good morning all

7:11 am

100 left, bbl

7:11 am

'morning flosey !

7:11 am

morning flosey

7:11 am

hi flosey

7:22 am

halfway - time to go - happy babbling all "POOF"

7:23 am

by montreal

7:29 am

okay aloy, wherever you are, I have conquered the ne8......of course living in the desert, you don't see much of that type of pricklly........more cacti

7:30 am

all of the 8s done.

7:32 am

lol, bbnaz.. i just stopped by to watch the video and saw your note.. glad you found the ne8!!! Off I go again.. poof!

7:32 am

me too got al the 8's thanx Aloy

Morning Babblers

7:33 am

morning, Nono!

7:33 am

morning Nono

Hi Annie, i read about your accident, am so glad you werent hurt

7:34 am

thanks, Nono!

and Sandie if your still here hope your back and neck heals with no extended problems

Thanks a lot NoNo.

Cars can be replaced...... people can not

Too right NoNo - but it's still very annoying!!!!

yes it is

having to deal with repairs and insurance and all that can be a royal pain

Yup! My car is in the garage being assessed at the moment so should find out this afternoon how things are going to be!

7:39 am

finally greyed out the bottom line

hmmmmm i just did that too bb

7:41 am

shh. don't want anyone to know i am peeking over your shoulder!

7:41 am

makes me look brill you know.

lol bbnaz i'm afraid i was peeking over your shoulder

at least most of these words seem to be monkey freindly

7:47 am

mornin babblers!

7:48 am

“We were very surprised to find this,” Tetsuro Matsuzawa of the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University said. “But it’s a very concrete, simple fact. Young chimps are superior to human adults in a memory task.”

7:48 am

hi EvaN

7:48 am

how is everyone this morning?

morning Eva and BR

7:49 am

Hello, peoples

7:49 am

Hi BR!

7:51 am

morning, all! Annie, are you OK? So sorry you were in an accident yesterday(?)

7:51 am

and sandie!

morning Une

7:52 am

hey nanette :-)

7:52 am

annie, you were in an accident yesterday??

7:52 am

Une, I am fine but my car is not...will eventually replace the car..will be taking public transportation for a while

Ok got 84 left - gonna take a break and have a hot bath for my aches and pains and then come back and try to finish. Happy babbling!!!!

7:52 am

glad you're ok . . .

take care sandie and enjoy the bath

7:53 am

ahh, so we are in the same boat! well, my car does run, but the trunk is less-than-functional...

7:53 am

Evan, an accident of my own making...was on the way to the doctor (bladder infection, ouch) and had an altercation with a wall in a parking garage..I scraped the wall and totaled the passenger side of my car

What is it with cars and babblers at the moment!!!! See ya all later.

7:53 am

does anyone have the TE 5/12 (it's the 2nd T word)?

7:54 am

eww, sorry to hear!

sorry phand i do not

7:55 am

thank you, Une

7:55 am

Une, did you get to decorate your mother's Christmas tree?

7:56 am

I just got it. sorta computer savey and british thank you

thanks phan i was looking over your shoulder lol

7:56 am

yes! Thanks for asking, annie :-) Sunday one of her caregivers and I decorated her tree, front door, mailbox, etc.--LOVE to decorate . . .

7:57 am

te 5 -- add a military rank:*ap**in

7:57 am

she enjoyed watching, and, at her request, last year I found (online) a tape of Fred Waring Xmas music--ohmygod, we listened to both sides at least ten times! :-)

7:58 am

thanks, BR

7:58 am

everything else we tried (TV, CDs) wasn't "real Xmas music" :-)

7:58 am

Fred Waring....a name from the past

7:58 am

how about the last TE 6/18?

7:59 am

phan, is that the te6 that's "like a canvas dwelling"?

8:00 am

yep, annie, with the dementia, she's reverted to Fred Waring, Lawrence Welk, etc.

8:01 am

no, I don't think so; I have one who lives in the canvas dwelling, the number + * your shoes and more canvas dwelling like then there is the one I am missing

8:01 am

Une, soothing, pleasant music

8:01 am

te 6 -- t + more water makes the situation w*****

8:01 am

ah, thanks, br

8:02 am

thnx BR, that is a stupid word

8:03 am

hi all :)

8:03 am

does anyone please please know a recipe for plain cake that even idiots can't mess up?

hi Ata

8:03 am

doh! just noticed the return of the volcano!!

8:04 am

thanks, Une :D

8:04 am

Betty Crocker mix, Ata? ;)

8:04 am

Duncan Hines?

8:04 am

:-D

8:05 am

we can't get that here!!

8:05 am

and now I am done. Anyone want clues before I leave to walk my dog?

8:05 am

the eruption has a concommitant prior

8:05 am

epicurious.com?

8:06 am

Ata - Most major supermarkets here do sell Betty C. mixes. Youhave to buy the frosting separately, though.

8:06 am

I always go to recipezaar.com

8:06 am

How about a plain Madeira cake, Ata?

8:06 am

Hi ladies.

8:06 am

What's the cake emergency, Ata?

8:06 am

I know I can get BC chocolate fudge cake and carrot cake, but I want plain victoria sponge type cake!

8:07 am

Done with the couch, PH? lol

8:07 am

make "real" frosting with powdered sugar--easy and sooo much better

8:07 am

for some masochistic reason I decided I would make a birthday cake for my best friend. Icing I can do, decorating I can do. Cake is a different matter!

8:07 am

Ata - I'll type my recipe out for you (it's foolproof). I'll put it in Babanon, if you want.

8:07 am

so no one needs any clues. Yes Krista I am done with the couh. Need to clean up from our trip to VA beach, since I couldn't do it yesterday, what with being busy for my daughter!

8:08 am

You've been a very busy woman.

8:08 am

you angel, Jac. thank you! My mother keeps trying to give me cake recipes but she just understands baking and I don't!

8:08 am

hi everyone clue for the an 7/28 please xx

8:08 am

Yes, haven't we all though, Krista?

8:08 am

BabAnon or e-mail, Ata? Which would you prefer?

8:09 am

an7 against oxygen

8:09 am

whichcever is easiest for you

8:09 am

al 7/28 uses same root as above words add a common ending

8:09 am

True. I actually got up early to Babble before my crazy day begins. Bundle up when you walk that dog. Brrr

8:09 am

why oh why can't I read right?

8:10 am

Yes, It is quite blustery here. So, Off I go I guess.

8:10 am

you are a left reader?

8:10 am

ok, back for the last few. Why do my days turn to hectic, whatever I try and do to keep them calm?

8:10 am

LOL BabbleRabble!

8:10 am

Okay, Ata. Unfortunately, the recipe's not one I already have on my pc. I need to type it out. Will go and do it now.

8:10 am

BR, that must be it! I never realized that before

8:10 am

Hi Sprite! I missed you on Facebook.

8:10 am

thank you thank you

8:11 am

:D Well, I am seriously back there as well now :)

good morning Sprite

8:11 am

hi Nanette

8:12 am

ugh..have a lip twitch and i haven't even had coffee yet..feel like I"m channeling Elvis

8:13 am

looooooool

8:14 am

lol Krista... you could earn quite a lot of money even just by claiming you do!

8:15 am

hey...**wheels turning**

8:16 am

yay for the tapeworm, Ata!

8:16 am

no, don't think they'd buy it

8:16 am

fireworks at last

8:16 am

good gracious, i am SO out of it today! went to the little postal department in our building to buy stamps + weigh a letter im sending to a friend in australia...then went to the canteen to buy milk, and back to my desk. when i got back to my desk, i didnt have my letter with me -- id left it at the postal department!

8:16 am

congrats sprite

8:17 am

not pleasant, but understandable, EvaN

woohoo congrats Sprite

8:17 am

Yay Sprite! Hi EvaNadine! Sounds like a regular day for me.

8:17 am

thanks JoSo!

8:17 am

congrats sprite

8:17 am

Afternoon all Ata are you there?

8:17 am

at least its all the in same building -- its quite cold + windy here today -- and i even saw some snowflakes!

8:17 am

Hi FM!

8:18 am

I'm here

8:18 am

Tomorrow we get snow, supposedly..you should, too, we're close enough.

hello FM

8:18 am

or, should i say its QU5 cold. ;)

8:18 am

thanks pabtrek

8:19 am

thats right -- where in MD are you?

8:19 am

Hellooo Krista and EvaN ans sprite and pabtrek and Nono and anyone I've missed. Ata - Tescos do vic songe mix, happened to notice it when there about 30 mins ago.

8:19 am

mornin FMitch!

8:19 am

Hagerstown

8:19 am

well, I am off. Have a good time.

8:19 am

ahh, ok. well, hello neighbor! :)

8:19 am

back again, had to stop for a bit of breakfast

8:19 am

ooo? do they? clever tescos!

8:20 am

Morning EvaN and Great news re BF, so pleased for you both.

8:20 am

UH OH....penalty box for EVA

8:20 am

thanks FMitch -- its such a relief to get that news! its the best christmas gift ill get this year. :)

8:20 am

nice tesco mix or tesco value type mix?

8:21 am

I ws bouning in my chair when I read the log. Not tescos value Ata, there were a couple of other makes too.

8:21 am

*bouncing

8:21 am

cooooool! maybe I can get some of that as an emergency measure

8:21 am

That's really a coincidence, FM.

8:21 am

went out to dinner last night to celebrate. :)

and FIREWORKS!!

8:22 am

He got a job or you are engaged....

8:22 am

HAve you got any 7' sponge tins? you will need min 2 and if you want to make bigger, well taller, use 3.

8:23 am

congratulations Nono!

8:23 am

yes ... I think I've got 2 ... maybe

8:23 am

LOL Krista EvaN's BF got a job

wow -- tough grid today

8:24 am

Either news is good. Glad to hear it. :)

i really need to clean the carpet today so i had better get going

happy babbling everyone

8:24 am

Ata you need 2, you can't do it in one big one, won't rise properly or will over cook

8:25 am

hah, yes, not engaged just yet... thought we HAVE Looked at rings. ;) (he wants to know what i like "just in case" he decides to pop the question someday)

8:25 am

Bye NoNo

8:25 am

That's cute, Eva.

8:25 am

ok, I will make sure I have two

8:25 am

you have to bake it today?

8:26 am

i think hed probably propose for christmas if he had the money for a ring...but what with being outta work for the last 2 months, im not expecting anything anytime soon...

8:26 am

oh no, not today. next week

8:26 am

he'll need to get his manly mojo back first, I'm sure..being out of work does something to a guy

8:27 am

yes, definitely -- he handled it all very well, but he was definitely a much prouder guy last night than id seen in a while. :)

8:27 am

You're not a procrastinator, then, Ata. I'd be asking the day I need it.

8:27 am

that's great

8:27 am

(to Eva)

8:28 am

it just means you can tell i'm actually worried about the process :P

8:28 am

yes, its nice to see him "making plans" again...

8:28 am

HAve a practice go this week then

8:28 am

off to check Scrabulous to see how badly Ata is kicking my butt..

8:29 am

scrabulous?

8:29 am

Bye Krista. good luck, she is a formidable player

8:29 am

horribly,i'm sure :)

8:30 am

i am not!

8:30 am

i am not!

8:30 am

Yes, she is. I think I'm winning one by two points or something. Or maybe not by now. >:)

8:30 am

On Facebook, Eva.

8:31 am

could I have a clue for ai6 please?

8:31 am

nm, just got it

8:31 am

can i have a clue for the an7/28 please

8:31 am

after monkeying for so long, as soon as I ask ......

8:32 am

an7 sounds like against the stuff we breathe

8:32 am

I stand corrected...butt being kicked in all games

8:32 am

bwahahahah :)

8:33 am

an7? really?

8:33 am

ty flosey

8:33 am

closest game we are 7 points apart

8:33 am

yw cool

8:33 am

thats pretty close!

8:33 am

really good clue

8:33 am

worst, 111 points! OUCH

8:33 am

more snow coming down .... will have to shovel out the hammock to get a decent snooze in.

8:34 am

Sounds well matched then

8:34 am

I need the an6 that comes after an7, any clues please?

8:35 am

ah Babrab, we had 7 or 8" snow Sunday, then fairly heavy rain since -

8:35 am

ive got it but its hard to clue same beginning as the one u gave me plus ar end

8:35 am

Not at all, FM, but I consider it a learning experience. Lol!

8:36 am

just remove the second i flosey

8:36 am

an 6 -- against oxygen again, sans a vowel

8:36 am

and one day I'm going to beat Sprite or Hurshy LOL

8:36 am

hints for the E or i on the far right?

8:37 am

thanks cool and bab

8:37 am

eq --- provide what is need for the task

8:37 am

tipt

8:37 am

ooops

8:38 am

I've never played with them...prob. not a good idea.

8:38 am

io 6 -- add dite beer designation

8:38 am

diet

8:38 am

heh, thanks!

8:40 am

phantom word: etiquette

8:41 am

oooo that would be a good word

8:41 am

and anteater

8:42 am

another good one!

8:42 am

antler

8:43 am

yesterday was full of 'em

8:46 am

Good morning Babble Nation!

8:46 am

can

8:46 am

can't find the q 5/16

8:46 am

morning Scarlet!

8:46 am

morning Scarlet

8:46 am

Weeeee, finished all the archive sudoku's. Sorry to mention the S word in Babbleland *grin*

8:46 am

mornin Scarlet!

8:47 am

Morning Scarlet

8:47 am

FMitch -- i try to keep them all completed as well. :)

8:47 am

Good morning to you, Krista, flosey, FMitch, Eva and all!

8:47 am

qu 5 - stop and a vowel

8:47 am

going to crawl back into bed, hopefully get a bit more sleep

8:47 am

morning, all. I am planning a strategy to solve a problem.

8:47 am

Scarlet -- did you hear the updated news?

8:48 am

Until later, flosey!

8:48 am

sleep tight, flosey

8:48 am

may I have a clue for the q 5/16

8:48 am

Good morning, BabbleRabble. No, what news, Eva... dare I think...?

8:48 am

Hi Angel

8:48 am

HE GOT THE JOB!! :D

8:49 am

*Whoosh* (that's letting my breath out!!) That is the most spectacular news of the week, Eva! *Doing the Funky Chicken Dance*

8:49 am

when we signed the contract for this house, before it was even built, I aslked about building the doors wide enough to accomodate my wheelchair, and was told the builder would not do that, but we could have it done once we moved in. Now, I'm told that if we make any modifications to the interior of the house, we will void the structural warranty.

8:50 am

8:47 amBabbleRabble qu 5 - stop and a vowel

8:50 am

Oh no!!

8:50 am

yes, yes, we were all very excited yesterday when we heard the news. :)

8:50 am

That's awful, Angel. (thanks BabbleRabble!!)

8:50 am

krista -- the other QU5 is the kings wife

8:50 am

angel -- thats terrible!

8:51 am

sorry, Babble, I mean the other one...DOH - thanks Eva..too easy

8:51 am

Eva, when does he start? Is he ecstatic? I can tell that you are about out of your skin with happiness. Angel, that is awful... what are you going to do?

8:52 am

so I have to risk falling every time I go into the bathrooms. or I wear myself out several times per day.

8:53 am

so I'm going to contact Advocacy, incorporated, to see what they have to say. If I end up going to court, I'll be interested in hearing what the builder has to say to a judge.

8:53 am

scarlet -- no details yet...they are going to call him again with all of that info. hopefully he will start ASAP. they did say they were impressed with his interview. :)

8:53 am

Time for some carefully considered and worded letter writing I think Angel

8:53 am

did you get what they said about the wheelchair after finishing in writing?

8:53 am

angel -- good idea to contact them. hopefully the builder will stand by their word.

8:53 am

Merry Christmas and a VERY Happy New Year, Eva!! :-)

8:53 am

Did you get anything in writing from the builder?

8:54 am

thanks scarlet! thats exactly what i said too -- this is the best christmas gif ti could have gotten!

8:54 am

I see that Ata asked that question already

8:54 am

they did tell me I can build ramps for safe access to the outside, though. so I can get out unassisted if there is a fire and I'm home alone

8:54 am

but was it put in writing or in front of a third party?

8:54 am

yes, we made documentation of it.

8:55 am

well, if its documented, thers not much they can do or say about it.

8:55 am

then you should not have a problem. you may even be entitled to punitive damages

8:55 am

well then wouldnt it be the builders responsibility to sort it out?

8:56 am

anyone have any of the al5,10's?

8:56 am

I would thnk it would be in the builder's best interests to sort it out. I do not want to deface the property. I'm trying to take excellent care of it and still be safe and have access.

8:56 am

woot now I have the two bottom rows greyed out

8:57 am

bfs - think x files and when you are going to change something

8:57 am

ty naz

8:57 am

and the middle one is a salty solution minus the starting consonant

8:57 am

best of luck Angel. I would think you have a really good case.

8:59 am

Yes, good luck. I'm sure you will prevail, but I'm sorry you have to go through the trouble and stress!

9:01 am

Well put Krista, my thoughts too.

9:02 am

Ata - I've typed 3 of my plain cake recipes out and will e-mail them to you now.

9:02 am

have I ever told you that I love you, Jac?

9:02 am

I'm touched, Ata! :D

9:03 am

Thanks, FM.

9:03 am

If you want frosting recipes, let me know.

9:03 am

Shall I play violin for you two?

9:03 am

Hi all

9:03 am

Eva that is GREAT news

9:04 am

Good morning, peri! :-)

9:04 am

for some reason, I can do frosting. Its just the cake thats problematic!

9:04 am

hullo Jac

9:04 am

Hi Peri!

9:04 am

If you don't bake often, that's the problem, Ata. You need to get a feel for that kind of thing, I think.

9:05 am

one of my friends is turning 21 this week, me and friends are baking her a cake!

9:05 am

ah, I remember 21 :-)

9:06 am

*I don't*

9:06 am

I think so, Krista. I just don't feel when things look right

9:06 am

Ata will help you, bf. :)

9:07 am

I used to burn a lot of cakes!

9:07 am

It's probably more getting a feel for your oven. If they all were the same, you could follow a recipe to the letter.

9:07 am

why not Scarlet?

9:07 am

I am cheered however by the fact that best friend can't cook cakes either. So whatever it looks like, it won't really matter as long as I decorate it prettily!

9:08 am

It will be made with love, regardless.

9:08 am

I have oven from hell. It works at 200C whatever setting you put it on.or it seems like it does

9:08 am

It was an really awful time then, peri... somehow you survive even the worst moments and live, in spite of yourself.

9:09 am

Krista - is your middle name Alfred?:)

9:09 am

Ata - e-mail is sent to your gmail.

9:09 am

oh, ok Scarlet

9:09 am

*hugs to peri*

9:09 am

Alfred?

9:10 am

*giggle at Jacula*

9:10 am

I must go. I only came in here for a coffee break from the ironing! I've got about 6lbs marmalade to make, too.

9:10 am

100 to go

9:10 am

*hugs* right back at you Scarlet

9:10 am

tyty :)

9:10 am

Krista - King Alfred who burnt the cakes...

9:10 am

Later, Jacula!

9:10 am

:-)

9:10 am

15 to go. bbl for it

9:10 am

**checks medieval history books frantically**

9:11 am

TTFN, folks. I'll come back for my last 26 later. I'll also put those recipes in BabAnon later. Toodle pip!

9:11 am

Wow, Krista, was I off the mark.. you mentioned making things with love, and I thought Jacula was referencing Alfred Kinsey...

9:11 am

Have fun, Jac!

9:12 am

Yes, I asked my husband if some English guy named Alfred sang a love song...LOL!

9:12 am

LOL

9:12 am

Or, Alfred E. Neumann... LOL

9:13 am

yes,we really have kings who were only famous for burning cakes LOL

9:13 am

Alfred the Great, Anglo Saxon king, 849-899.

9:13 am

He was a very good king, he just couldn't cook!

9:13 am

Really going now. Byeee.

9:13 am

Interesting story - google it, Scarlet.

9:14 am

At least that's better than a president who will be remembered for taking a perfectly ordinary government and turning it into a stealth anti-human anti-constitutional miasma.

9:14 am

I learn so much on here. Wow.

9:14 am

Okay, Krista... duly noted.

9:16 am

Hear! Hear! Scarlet! Right on!

9:16 am

Amen, Scarlet.I'm right there with ya.

9:16 am

miasma, good babble word, Scarlet

9:17 am

Whoa... Babblers who feel the same about the worst thing to happen to this nation since Vietnam! *Hugs the ladies and whomever* LOL

9:18 am

fireworks for me.

9:19 am

yay for Angelsong

9:19 am

congratulations Angel. those pesky 6 won't let me leave (plus I still have coffee in my cup)

I can never find half the words! lol

9:19 am

how many words are there today?

9:19 am

Wow, are you fast, Angel!! Congratulations and I sincerely hope that you will find an equitable solution to that awful situation.

9:20 am

good morning all. going to dive into the grid. *sploosh*

9:20 am

Hi, redshoes!

9:20 am

Well that would presume that we had a perfectly ordinary government prior to W

9:20 am

167 words in today's puzzle

9:20 am

LOL, bbnaz... right you are!

9:21 am

scarlet, thank you. I'm confident it will be resolved.

9:21 am

And I keep telling myself that we have survived poor administrations in the past and shall do so once again.

9:21 am

thanks, bbnaz.

9:22 am

i am going crazy with the tr words

9:22 am

yay! the dainty crown that I kept wanting to submit yesterday is in today's grid!

9:22 am

I know, red... I thought the same thing... little victories and all... LOL

9:23 am

67 left, bbl

9:23 am

Later, peri-kins! :-)

9:26 am

every bit we can reds can get, right?

9:27 am

Oh, yes, crimson one!!

9:28 am

okay...some help with the an7 please?

9:29 am

Against oxygen?

9:29 am

thank you sweet Scarlet

9:30 am

rockets red glare for me and now off to the barn

9:30 am

:-)

9:30 am

Yahoo for bbnaz!! Enjoy your day!

9:30 am

anybody want a convoluted clue from me before I go?

9:30 am

congrats bbnaz

9:31 am

Sure! I love 'em!

9:31 am

Good morning, pabtrek! :-)

9:31 am

I should get credit for the game TWISTER as my clues resemble them more often than not.

9:31 am

how about just the beginnings of the 8's, i have the ai8

9:31 am

morning Scarlet

9:32 am

al8 - when you "estrange" someone

9:32 am

thanks bbnaz

9:32 am

pab... try ET's beginning...

that was prefectly logical not convoluted at all

9:32 am

for the AL 8

9:32 am

ne8 - think prickly plants only more so

9:33 am

Hi, Esprit...

hya scarlet :-)

9:33 am

pa8 - smaller sum than theirs

I'm zipping in and out between here and Scrabble

9:33 am

thanks again bbnaz, that gave me a 7 too

but I am not addicted

9:33 am

Right, EJ! :p

how long does it take for you to get all the words? in general?? I am new here and from Africa where we are not so clever!! lol!!

9:33 am

keep telling yourself that, Esprit, I do all the time :)

9:34 am

tr8 - when you catch something you set a tr** and if there are many they may be set in a straight **** (obviously a compound word)

9:34 am

Pringle, there are some who do it in blazing time and then there are those of us who may never finish a puzzle.

9:34 am

Good morning, Pringle... it is a race for some, and a leisurely enjoyment for others...

9:34 am

thanks bbnaz, that's all of the 8's

9:34 am

Great minds, bbnaz!! LOL

9:35 am

coolio. see you all later. my horse is whinnying for me.

9:35 am

Later, bb!

Thanks! I am a leisure seeker not a racer! This is fun though!

9:36 am

Pringle, it is an amazing thing for many of us... addiction? Sure... but benign and beneficial!

9:38 am

hi red..i'll be around about 1:30 pm today to work on the grid

9:39 am

*poof*

Hi all back for my next 69. Can anyone clue me the ne621 - after the prickly things plz?

9:39 am

Hi, kattie!! {{{{HUGS}}}} You ARE alive, dear!

9:40 am

Good morning, Sandie... how is your back? Did you get some rest last night? I thought of you many times through the evening~

9:40 am

it's to do with nerves, sandie

9:40 am

Not there yet, Sandie.

Still quite poorly. Just had a long soak in the bath so not too bad. I think the painkillers are making me slightly high!

9:41 am

Good morning, movieman!

9:41 am

hiya scarlet

9:41 am

I am so sorry to hear that, Sandie... painkillers make me nauseous... heat is very good.

I love the clues! very mysterious!!

I cannot make out the ne - one..... there are no s's here

9:42 am

sandie, did you get the ne6?

9:42 am

Pringle, some Babblers are good cluers, and others sort of spell them out...

9:42 am

No S words in today's grid, Pringle.

9:43 am

I did, movie... thank you very much!

Still thinking about it Movieman. Think I've got the first part.

Got it thanks!

9:43 am

yw scarlet n' sandie

9:44 am

:-)

9:45 am

please could i have a clue for the ne6/21

9:45 am

cool, movieman just clued it as having to do with nerves.

9:48 am

movieman could i have an extra clue please

9:48 am

I have reached the almost-bitter-end. Why is the an 7 giving me such a hard time? has the same four letters as before and after, and then????

9:49 am

inge, against oxygen?

9:49 am

ne + russian mountain range

9:49 am

Or, add the more-so ending to the al5/10

9:49 am

think aganst plus we beathe it

9:51 am

thanks Scarlet, that gave me fireworks

9:51 am

and cool girl, thanks

9:51 am

Congratulations, inge! You are welcome!

9:53 am

back again, rest but no sleep

9:53 am

Hello, flosey... why can't you sleep? (By the way, how is your brother doing after surgery?)

9:53 am

i still cant get that ne6 its driving me mad

9:54 am

NE + not me, but yo* + cheerleader word, **H

9:55 am

oh Scarlet, he's doing just great - he's even driving - short runs, for groceries, to church, etc.

9:55 am

ty for asking

9:55 am

Oh, my goodness, flosey... that is nothing short of miraculous... what a recovery

9:56 am

pretty amazing I think, for 77

9:56 am

You're welcome... heart surgery is a little intimidating to me, but he sounds determined... 77! That's even more amazing

9:56 am

and he lives alone - has a suite in a good home

9:57 am

I mean with good people, they'll help if needed

9:57 am

That is a true Christmas gift, flosey...

9:57 am

ty scarlet

9:57 am

Yea for cool girl!

9:57 am

indeed it is Scarlet - he is very very dear to me

9:58 am

HI all, back to finish :-)

9:58 am

We have a small family, flosey and my sisters are so precious to me...

9:58 am

we were only 3 - younger sister also

9:59 am

I have a propostion: Will someone please come and clean my apartment in exchange for Reiki?

9:59 am

oh Peri - if you were only closer

9:59 am

Peri!! Sort of good news... daughter does not have MRSA, but she DOES have a generalized staph infection... (Likewise, flosey... I am the eldest of three women, and now, with Mom gone, I am the matriarch... a high-flown word for keeping their arguments in check! LOL)

9:59 am

Yes, that would be nice, flosey

10:00 am

that is great news, Scarlet

10:00 am

Yes! I wish I could distance-clean your apartment for you, peri!

10:00 am

I am the oldest of three women too, Scarlet, but now we are two, youngest sister died in 200

10:00 am

lol Scarlet - does put a lot on your shoulders

10:00 am

*2000* even

10:00 am

I knooooowwwwwwwwwwww, flosey! LOL

10:01 am

Oh, peri... I cannot imagine losing one of my darlings... I am so sorry.

10:01 am

hmmm, Scarlet you did not accept my offer

10:01 am

thanks Scarlet

10:02 am

I HATE to clean and am procrastinating yet again

10:03 am

I don't mind it, peri... because I love the results!

10:03 am

Peri, I have to admit, I have someone come in to do it twice a month - then we try to keep it in shape

10:03 am

I love the results too but it is getting motivated to do it in the first place that is a problem

10:04 am

This house is really much bigger than we need - except for when the kids visit

10:04 am

wish I could afford someone to come in and clean once a month

10:04 am

By the way, peri... my icon is for today, "current mode of transportation"... and I am making a statement by having Paralittian dinosaur for my "Flintstones" age-related motorcar... *Giggle*

10:05 am

that is a giggle Scarlet

10:05 am

*paralititan*

10:05 am

:-) flosey!

10:05 am

but I have to look that word up

10:05 am

i'll come help you clean Peri. I've helped motivate many friends to clean and organize:)

10:05 am

It was a monster dino, flosey... dug up in Egypt.

10:06 am

Hi, deb!! :-)

I know the cleaning story - we have a beach house we go to every weekend, plus a flat there all to be cleaned and the house in town. you can imagine how hectic it is! And my man is disabled on top of it.

10:06 am

hello everyone!!

10:06 am

How do you manage to get it all done, Pringle?

10:07 am

i'm having trouble with the words from the right column. any clues would be appretiated:)

Hmm!! Blush!! I do not....... I just have to take time out..

10:08 am

google images for Paralititan -- more fun than Godzilla

Thank Goodness the kids are out of the house and I only have 3 dogs and one wheelchaired man underfoot!! lol!!

10:08 am

Isn't he a beast, jwr? I love dinosaurs...

I am not complaining - would not have it any other way!! Love my life! When you get a chance google Pringle Bay and you will see what I mean!

10:09 am

afternoon babblers!

10:09 am

Hi Eva

10:09 am

hey Eva!

Evening here - I should be starting cooking supper!!

Bit lazy now!!

10:10 am

Howdy, Eva... would you lower the megawattage of that smile, just a tad? LOL

10:10 am

thnx Scarlet. That's one of the things I love about this site -- there are new words on the grid ... and new images and ideas in the chat.

10:10 am

Pringle -- you could have you r man hold the leash attached to the largest dog, and tie a broom or mop to the back of his wheelchair...sweeping and mopping done! (not meant to be offensive, all in good humor)

10:10 am

Nice meeting you, Pringle! Hope to see you again!

10:10 am

no can do, scarlet -- im still thrilled!

10:10 am

I just did Pringle - looks absolutely lovely

Lol!! We tried that - problem is that they are Jack Russels!! They still pull him over!! Lol!!! We try everything here!! We are a fun couple though with him being a musician we have lots of fun!

10:12 am

What a story, Pringle... *good thoughts to you and yours*

Oh you looked!! Now google Pringle Hilton and you will see our apartment Hilton Heights we rent out!

10:13 am

jwr... I am right there with you... Babble has opened new vistas... new universes!

Thank you!!! Nice to meet great people on line!! I have many friends throught the internet! Last year in England I stayed with friends of mine from the net! My son lives in London for 3 yrs now!!

10:14 am

Peri, my mom (born 1909) got a maid and we all thought that would save her trouble and make her happy ... but she had to clean the house before the maid came so as not to be embarrassed.

10:14 am

LOL, jwr.

I have tried a maid here too but the man in the chair just runs (hah!!) after her and then gets her to do his work like knocking nails in walls and fixing roofs etc - they do not last long here!

10:15 am

my mom (born 30 years later) did the same thing. ;)

10:15 am

jwr - that is so typical, we don't like anyone to think we're absolute slobs

10:16 am

any clues for pi5 and 6 please?

10:16 am

My beloved is a nest-maker... little piles of his readings, studies, newspapers... coffee cups... and a little stash of flatware wherever he is... just in case he needs it... I love him so... it doesn't matter, but I don't dare disturb the piles, lest I throw out the one thing he wanted to "save"... LOL

10:17 am

deb, if you lived closer I would definitely ask you to help me

10:18 am

ah Scarlet, sounds like home - hubby does a lot of writing and so bits of this and that all over - plus his vegetable seeds

10:18 am

I think Americans may have more trouble than other cultures knowing how to relate to outside help in the home. I got over it after 3 years in the interior villages of South India... I'll take what help I can get. These days, I trade with a neighbor's son the use of washer & dryer for the heavy chores

10:18 am

Hi can anyone clue me the first po5/12 plz?

10:18 am

flosey, use the high numbered tile for pi's

10:18 am

The pi5/18 is having a fit of ***** ... not a happy emotion

10:18 am

sandie - its a white bear

10:19 am

brrrr bear, if that's the first one (don't have the list,sso I'm not sure)

10:19 am

aha - I see it now - ty.

10:19 am

thanks scarlet - got them

10:19 am

:-) flosey!

10:26 am

does a kind soul have the ar 6/18?

10:26 am

clue for tr 8/45 please

10:26 am

last te6/18 please

10:26 am

nm, got it

10:27 am

ai 6/18?

10:27 am

Sorry, bichon... not there yet. For the tr8/45, grace, it is a compound word... animal snarer + walk a straight ****\

10:28 am

peri, like a cute little canvas dwelling...

10:28 am

grace - combo tr4.5 and li -- how the furriers captured their minks

10:28 am

have that one, Scarlet, need the last te6/18 please

10:28 am

thanks scarlet

10:28 am

ar - someone who is more creative would be ar****

10:28 am

hello

10:28 am

Sorry, peri... that was the next to last one... If you were sick, and feeling improved, you'd be b*****

10:29 am

You're welcome, grace. Hi, Harp!

10:29 am

ai the first 6/18? help?

10:29 am

rururocks, it's is ai6,18 outside than inside

10:29 am

ruru, having more oxygen... or said of Paris Hilton's brain

10:30 am

thanks Scarlet

10:30 am

:-) peri!

10:30 am

now off to do some cleaning, will start small, like cleaning off my desk, bbl

10:30 am

Later, peri!

10:31 am

poor Paris... thanks

10:31 am

:-) ruru/.

10:31 am

maybe if I wiggle my nose, my apt will be clean.......nope tried it and it doesn't work :-)

10:31 am

byee

10:31 am

Where's Samantha when you need her?

10:31 am

LOL cya later

10:32 am

I need help with the E from the first column and the I from the last column

10:32 am

got the E

10:32 am

Did you try the money?

10:33 am

And our little Babblet of the volcano-sounding word is back...

10:33 am

could I have a clue where to go on the al 7/28 the second one?

10:33 am

I can't get that last te6, any other clue please?

10:33 am

io6 = io + not dark

10:34 am

The one who is al8/40-ed

10:34 am

thanks Eva! what are you excited about?

10:34 am

See clue at 10:28, flosey

10:34 am

*grin*

10:34 am

oh! teh BF got a call yesterday that he got the job he was hoping for! :D

10:35 am

isn't that the 1st 7/28 scarlet I think I need the second I have that one

10:35 am

thanks Scarlet

10:35 am

The who does it, ruru.

10:35 am

You're welcome, flosey.

10:35 am

congrats to him

10:36 am

Or, moreso of an ET, ruru

10:36 am

thanks deb -- its been a tight coupla months, so its SO nice to know that relief is on the way!

10:37 am

this grid is harder for me than yesterday, feeling frustrated so better print the list.

10:37 am

thanks I tried that before.. must have missed it thank you

10:37 am

Glad you found it, ruru!

10:38 am

Great news Eva

10:39 am

Okay, I must go make some spiced oyster crackers for the beloved... I love easy and this is easy to do... I mix the crackers with Goldfish Pizza flavored ones, add a half a cup of peanuts, mix the spices with canola oil and slow-bake for about 25 minutes, stirring every five minutes. So addictive!

10:40 am

bye red!

10:40 am

Phew! Just finished the re words! They were hard!

10:40 am

anyone have the ai7,28?

10:41 am

What provides the planes for your flights, deb.

10:41 am

ai7 - what we breathe + draw a straight ****

10:41 am

thank you!:)

10:42 am

could I have a clue for ar7 please?

10:43 am

need both of them

10:43 am

an 7/28 lead?

10:44 am

ar 7s - similar words - just the last vowel changes. ar + 3rd vowel + it just gets b****r. The first ends in the first vowel and the second in the second vowel.

10:45 am

Bit of a weird clue but the best I could do!!!

10:45 am

any clues for the first ur7/32?

10:45 am

thanks Sandie - got them both

10:45 am

your clues just fine

I cannot see 4 words starting with u I must be mad! Can someone tell me what you all mean when you write for example an7/28 I would like to know what the 28 means??

10:45 am

Oh good - hard one to clue.

10:46 am

Pringle, thing pee

10:47 am

nm, figured it out

10:47 am

ur7 - Text speak for what the man said to the torch.

10:47 am

In an7/28, it would be: 7-letter word, starts with an, total; value of letter points 28

10:48 am

disregard that semi-colon

10:48 am

how about a clue for that 7 as an example ..lol

10:48 am

Loved that clue Haz!!!!!

ok and you count the value of each letter??

10:49 am

yes you do Pringle

10:49 am

Hello Sandie! Glad you liked it - I'm not really here, I'm whizzing through.

10:49 am

Four letter words are points value alone, five letter words have their points value doubled, six letter tripled and so on.

lol good clue!

10:50 am

got that last ur, thanks Haz! Hi Erda!

10:50 am

Hi deb

thanks for being so helpful!

10:51 am

You're welcome - have to take off again, back later!

10:51 am

aw shucks -- you're welcome

10:52 am

as a practice clue (I'm not very good at it, but I'd like to try) what do you think of a small song in an opera for ar7,28?

10:53 am

great clue jwr

10:53 am

jwr, try solo instead of song, more to the point

10:53 am

NM, that wasn't very good. back to the drawinggrid

10:53 am

right on, jwr -- singular and plural, the plural being the Italian one

10:53 am

jwr--it worked for me, thanks!

10:54 am

thanks phaeton -- oh, gosh, look what we're doing: clue-ing clues!!!

10:54 am

an 7 clue anyone?

10:55 am

AN7 = against the stuff we breathe

10:55 am

an7, guns to shoot planes

10:55 am

Someone who absolutely abhors fresh air could be called that

10:56 am

that is a new one to me... thanks I was losing my mind on that one

10:57 am

yw, jwr...it gets easier the more you play

I have 3 words with Qu but missing one any clues please?

10:59 am

last ce 6/21

10:59 am

help with the ap's, please

10:59 am

sometimes I wonder whether you're all giving me kind encouragement ... or sucking me deeeeeper into the weird world of words.

10:59 am

sucking you in:)

11:00 am

watch the clues, jwr, they are a big help

11:00 am

to be more ap* to do something

11:00 am

q words = monarch, small phrase, abandon, not qu***

11:00 am

as long as you smile when you say it

11:00 am

ap+ not dark

11:00 am

Afternoon all......

11:00 am

i finally finshed the a's yikes

11:01 am

ty for the ap's. Hi Caitlyn

11:01 am

"wll have more tea, will babble some more" brb

11:02 am

ok ruru, i still need help with the last three an's:)

11:02 am

caitlyn -- I'm not trying to be rude, truly, just curious: is that a Welsh flag or a Xmas present?

11:03 am

LOL jwr its the Welsh flag (a dragon)

11:03 am

to be against oxegen is what I was clued for the an 6/18

thanks for the q tips!!!

11:03 am

an + *** la la la la

11:03 am

the an's after that one are what i need.

11:04 am

is the an 5/10 after it

11:04 am

nice one pringle ! - and yw

11:04 am

yup, got it

11:04 am

oh thx, caitlyn. Forgot about the wonderful dragon symbol. Happen to be one myself. Welcome and farewell -- I'm off to clean the bathroom (which I wouldn't have thought of if it hadn't come up in the chat)

11:04 am

then add a const for the last

11:05 am

See you again jwr..happy cleaning

11:05 am

can anyone help me with the last ce 6/21

11:05 am

thx ruru, i actually figured that out

11:06 am

yw

11:06 am

can anyone clue me the first ta5/12 plz?

11:06 am

i only have 1, so it's probably not the last, it's the obvious one

11:06 am

i owe you ruru, but don't have it

11:06 am

sorry I meant the first can anyone clue me the first TE5/12 plz?

11:06 am

rhymes with methane

11:07 am

fireworks

11:07 am

or I should say metane

11:07 am

ty Erda!

11:07 am

yw deb

11:07 am

wtg Merk !

11:08 am

good for you merk

11:08 am

Fireworks ... in spite of a bad connection

11:08 am

Sandie te plus cons plus short word for thanks

11:08 am

ruru, do you have the ce 6/21 like the 7/32 minus one letter

11:08 am

yeah merk! need an6,18 the first one, please

11:08 am

Congrats Merk!!

11:09 am

was the methane clue for me Erda?

11:09 am

ty ... off for a walk, hubby is bugging me to get going on it while he is free. See you tomorrow.

11:09 am

thx skuraki, i didn't have those

11:09 am

yes i need the one after the 7.32

11:09 am

brb

11:09 am

bye Merk - hagd

11:09 am

deb picnic pest plus what you breathe

11:09 am

back later

11:10 am

Bye Erda

11:10 am

later Erda

11:11 am

Sorry deb wrong!! picnic pest and mixed up what you breathe

11:12 am

ruru, its a colorless liquid hydrocarbon derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.

11:12 am

ty caitlyn

11:12 am

I just cannot monkey that first te5/12 - any help would be most appreciated!!!

11:13 am

how many 8 words are there?

11:13 am

Sorry about giving wrong clue 1st..blame it on shopping

11:13 am

five

11:13 am

what're you shopping for?

11:13 am

Sandie te cons and short thanks

11:13 am

thx deb

11:14 am

ce 6/21 -- ce + oc**** ratings for fuel

11:14 am

Food!!and I hate shopping..

11:14 am

Te5/12- designer= archi****_ first vowel

11:14 am

ah - I was looking in completely the wrong place!!! TY.

11:15 am

so are you at the grocery store with your computer??:)

11:15 am

LOL no I went earlier

11:16 am

well it's over then and you can relax now:)

11:16 am

YW

11:18 am

ce7,32, please?

11:19 am

Biggest railway station in NYC Grand *******

11:20 am

thanks grant!!

11:20 am

ce7/32, in the middle of things

11:22 am

hello all! greetings from Siberia :-D

11:22 am

Hi skheiny!!

11:22 am

hello skheiny. any clues for the en6,21?

11:22 am

Gee, I really dislike all the "re"s

11:23 am

let me cjeck deb...

11:23 am

deb en and what you catch pestsin

11:23 am

en6 police use a radar ****

11:23 am

sorry, deb, not yet

11:24 am

any help out there for the left col "I"?

11:25 am

"i" not "L" (sorry font bad)

how is 'entrail' not found in the dictionary?

11:25 am

ty for the en!

11:25 am

:-)

11:26 am

I need help with those too skheiny

11:26 am

must be plural i think Carl...

11:26 am

io..not dark

11:26 am

I think you need the il 4/4 il plus 2 vowels

11:27 am

haven't been working this board too long, so I wont be much help...time diff is funky...can rarely keep up

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Entra il

11:27 am

i think those are eyelashes

11:27 am

hello all! how's the grid today?

hi everyone! : )

ilia

11:27 am

I think it must be plural too.

11:27 am

oh dear. back to the entrail debate!

11:27 am

can anyone help me with the tr6/18 plz after what you get in court.

11:27 am

thanks for that one TO!

11:28 am

hi stid and TO

11:28 am

stid!!! How are you Hi TO thats the word!!LOL

There's a couple of online dictionary that disagree.

11:28 am

Hi Ata

shrugs

11:28 am

yes, but we have to work with enable, as flawed or not as it is

11:28 am

hi stid and TO !

11:29 am

I'm well caitlyn, in-between some volunteer stuff at the local school, so eating breakfast and babbling (of course)

11:29 am

u are right Carl but this game uses Enable... with all its faults...

11:29 am

bon jour montreal! did you get hit with all that snow? (it's nieve in spanish, don't know about french though)

11:30 am

neige in french stid...and TES we got hit ! - went shovelling 4 times yesterday and need to go again... and it is still snowing fairlay hard...

11:30 am

YES* even !

Enable?

11:31 am

Enable is the name of the dictionnary used by Babble Carl

11:31 am

*turns pale as neige* that's a lot of neige... LOL

11:31 am

la6,18, please?

11:31 am

we have snowbanks reaching 6 feet already...

11:31 am

I feel cold thinking about snow montreal

11:32 am

bet u don't get much snow in your part of the world Caitlyn ?

11:32 am

need more help shoveling Mont?

11:32 am

*disappearing into the piles of neige...* Well our flooding is finally dissipating, but some of the rivers are only just now coming up to crest. It's bad here in Washington state at the moment.

11:32 am

our favorite BBQ restaurant was washed away...

11:33 am

"hands deb HUGE shovel (again) while grabbing smaller one for myself" hehehe

11:33 am

stid, when did you get your power back?

11:33 am

last night, about ten I think. We had the generator on, and it wasn't until I turned it off at 10:30 that we realized things were back to normal.

11:33 am

last one to finish and I cannot monkey it. Can somebody clue me the tr6/18 plz?

11:33 am

i truely (sp?) would like to help you:)

stid: consider it your christmas present ; )

11:33 am

:-D early presents always welcome!

11:33 am

We dont always have it but when we do the UK cant cope....and we live in an awkard place to get to when it does

11:35 am

tr**d + **gative

11:35 am

sorry sandie, only up to 39 words so far...

11:35 am

at the first hint of snow, the UK goes into meltdown

11:35 am

can i have a clue for the last re 7/28 please , thanx

11:35 am

souds like some places in the US south - when snow falls, they can't cope at all Caitlyn...

11:36 am

did u get it Sandie ?

11:36 am

sandr re7/28 to have a court hearing again

11:36 am

Thanks montreal - that's fireworks for me !!!!

11:36 am

la6,18, please??

11:37 am

YAY sandie!!!!

11:37 am

wtg Sandie !!!!

11:37 am

Congrats Sandie!!

11:37 am

tx for your offer deb :)

11:37 am

there's my kettle... brb

11:37 am

That was a tricky grid today!!!

11:37 am

thanx caitlyn

11:37 am

it sure looks that way Sandie...

11:38 am

debjeb-la6/18--sounds like outdoor toliet without middle consonant

11:38 am

deb extend the 2nd la4/4 with a cons and a vowel

11:38 am

la6/18 - la+ a word that rhymes with a german river.

it doesn't snow in the uk?

11:39 am

tx sandie

11:39 am

thanks guys:)

11:39 am

la6 army loo with one letter missing

11:40 am

not much .... unless you're up north

11:40 am

ooh! I found an 8!!!!

11:40 am

Yes we do have snow TO Scotland has already had some,but we dread it as they close schools,people get sent home from work and the UK stops

11:40 am

Yeah stid!

11:40 am

stid, which 8 did you find?

11:40 am

i have one in5,10 (sounds like to go in) what's the other?

11:41 am

many schools were closed yesterday - doesn't happen very often around our Montreal....

11:41 am

Ok gonna take a break now. Be back later to help with clues.

11:41 am

the other in 5 is similar -- like the in***net, only for within a building

11:41 am

later sandie

11:41 am

bye Sandie !

11:42 am

Bye Sandie

11:43 am

Hmmmm...I''m just visiting Russia w/my hubby...but it seems like they don't close schools here for snow (and I'm not sure there's worse snow around LOL)

11:43 am

If russian schools closed during snow most of the place would have only three months of school...

11:43 am

Is it cold there skh?

11:43 am

don't get it stid

11:44 am

Is it deep,cait?

11:44 am

problem is school buses and road conditions here...

11:44 am

deb: in* + egyptian sun god **

11:45 am

well...tv say -12C...not sure what it is in degrees (american's can never seem to deal w/ metric LOL)

11:45 am

my guess is 12 deg. F

11:45 am

That doesn't work for me, stid. But in5 - short for the partt before the beginning of the book works.

11:45 am

Ohhhhhhh thats cold..handing extra jumper to skh

11:45 am

frickin cold!!!!

11:46 am

thank you! looking the wrong way

11:46 am

-12 is about 10 to US folks

11:46 am

well, 0 is our 32, so about 18-20 degrees

11:46 am

blooming cold anyway

11:46 am

thanks for that one Vi -- hadn't seen it yet!

11:46 am

just thankful for the patience of the Babblers...internet here SUCKS!!!!!

11:46 am

there are TWO of those deb -- change out last vowel

11:47 am

not too great at being a "cluer"

11:47 am

the conversion, phaeton, is not 1 for 1, more like 1.8 to 1

11:47 am

How long are you there for skh?

11:47 am

you'll get better skheiny, we all do (except when we don't...)

11:47 am

lunch time. see you all in a while.

11:47 am

later deb

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

Im rubbish at clueing today Bye deb

11:48 am

i know, but was just trying to estimate...not that good at that

11:48 am

I leave on Sunday (12/9) Been here for 3 weeks

11:48 am

sorry, got stuck on the wrong key

11:48 am

I am rubbish at finding words today caitlyn! I blame the rain, the wind and the power outage last night...

11:48 am

later Deb - and tx for the help (shovelling) !

11:48 am

But seriously, stid, there is no other acceptable word that is the same as the beginning of a book with a diff last vowel, most particularly not the sun god! If it accepts it for you, that's just no fair!

11:48 am

LOL phaeton! story of my life...

if stid means int + sun god, it won't accept it

11:49 am

Shopping is GREAT! Food (soup) is GREAT! Wind SUCKS!!!!!!

11:49 am

oh! Vi, you're absolutely right... my eyeballs played a trick on me.

11:50 am

BBL with 42 to go - happy babbling all - more shovelling in sight i'm afraid...

11:50 am

my humblest apologies to those I led astray...

11:50 am

i think it was in..the beginning

11:50 am

later montreal! au revoir!

11:50 am

Keep warm montreal..see you later

11:50 am

going shopping...bbl

11:50 am

later phaeton

11:51 am

Bye phaeton

11:51 am

any help for the tr8 available?

11:51 am

c u l8TR PHT

11:52 am

thought my fellow babblers could appreciate this: http://kittywigs.com/pink.html

11:52 am

Phew, I thought Enable was playing favorites!

11:52 am

hello EvaN! how's the weather out your way?

later, all!

11:53 am

tr8/45 - compound word, a wire that, when knocked against, captires an animal

11:53 am

later TO

11:53 am

captures

11:53 am

okay, down to 99, limited time... off to find grid.

11:53 am

Bye stid

11:53 am

Actually, turns out I'm wrong. It's a series of capturing things arranged in a pattern resembling a ruler...

11:53 am

Bye TO

11:54 am

tnx vicula

11:54 am

You're welcome.

11:55 am

weather is rather cold and very windy -- and i even saw some snowflakes this morning!

11:55 am

(Although "Vicula" sounds like an evil Roman ruler. lol)

11:55 am

yes, but your clue worked anyway. I should have got that, beaver tr8's are a mojor part of Canada's history

11:55 am

ai 7 please? assume it has to do with what I breathe...

11:55 am

oops, sorry Vicuna

11:55 am

ai7 - company that flies commercial planes

11:56 am

Its to be against what you breathe stid

11:56 am

*FISHBOP* oh man, oh man, oh man...

11:56 am

thanks vi can caitlyn

11:56 am

np, joso!

11:57 am

Forget that i just clued an7 ..I think i ought to shut up!!

11:58 am

thanks though caitlyn, really -- I needed that one, too!

11:58 am

I was hoping that "tantral" would mean prone to tantrums.

11:59 am

take the l off ;)

11:59 am

for the Ai8, just stick a hook on the end of the Ai7

11:59 am

LOL Vi -- like me these days?

11:59 am

I have that, thanks, Ata! =)

11:59 am

Thats good then stid..-)

11:59 am

hi everyone

11:59 am

:D

11:59 am

hi carlee

11:59 am

{{{{{carlee}}}}} feeling any better?

12:00 pm

Hi carlee

12:00 pm

AR 7? either one please...

12:00 pm

flu is GONE....WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!

12:00 pm

Why do you have a new lampshade pic? IS it back on?

12:00 pm

*does happy dance for carlee* about time, lady! :-D

12:01 pm

it is. back off tomorrow. she scratched it all open again :(

12:01 pm

yea..i know...but I guess that is what happens when u burn candle at both ends and the middle...

12:01 pm

Oh, poor poor Hobbit. =(

12:01 pm

oh that Hobbit! *frowns at own dogs*

12:01 pm

And yay for carlee!

12:02 pm

well, so do you have a new candle, or did you just trim the wicks a bit?

12:02 pm

so what is new and exciting in babble land ( hubby at physio... I have a BREATHER from him )

12:02 pm

she's a little brat!

12:02 pm

hey carlee -- sorry you were ill, but glad to hear youre feeling better!

12:02 pm

i'm not yet sure stid...

12:02 pm

thanks eva

12:03 pm

we had RAIN yesterday carlee...

12:03 pm

carlee how is it all going?

12:03 pm

washed away roads and bridges... and my boys' fav restaurant.

12:03 pm

Good evening all....a clue please for an7/28 please?

12:04 pm

ok... and rain is exciting?.... we had HORRIBLE winds for 3 days... and its -5C outside ( about 25F )

12:04 pm

OUCH...ok..that is RAIN

12:04 pm

Now thats a lot of rain stid!

12:04 pm

AN7 - against what we breathe

12:04 pm

yup. we get lots of rain, but not usually 5-6 inches in 24 hours. AND it warmed up so the snow that fell on the weekend added to the wet.

12:05 pm

yuck... I hate winter...I So wish I could just up and transplant to cairo

12:05 pm

FIREWORKS!:-) (I sneaked in to finish and am done just in time to make spag bol & garlic bread.) Marmalade's made and I pinched some of P's Jameson's (again) to give it a kick. Ironing's almost finished. BBL to chat and clue. P.S. Ata - I hope you got the recipes okay.

12:05 pm

i don't like deserts... was considering moving in with FranMag until spring though...

12:05 pm

YAY Jacula!

12:05 pm

<POMPOM TOSS> for jacs...yippee

12:06 pm

yes, ty! was just about to email you to say THANK YOU!

12:06 pm

Congrats on everything Jac!!!

12:06 pm

Let me know how you get on, Ata. Hope your oven doesn't want to do them at 200 deg!

12:06 pm

LOL, caitlyn. Thanks.:D

12:07 pm

I am debating doing a bit of baking... choco chip cookies..or brownies....

12:07 pm

NE 8 please?

12:07 pm

I will kick it into submission!

12:07 pm

I vote brownies...

12:07 pm

thanks Evan.....

12:07 pm

Don't break your toes, Ata!

12:07 pm

TTFN. Happy Babbling!

12:07 pm

I will do some baking this evening, and will make a mole (spicy chocolate sauce) for chicken tonight.

12:07 pm

later Jac

12:08 pm

take care jacs

12:08 pm

not sure on the baking thing...will see...and hubby is GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS tonight...YEEHAWW...almost 6 hours of NO husband today

12:09 pm

oh, that sounds lovely carlee -- what will you do with all that alone time?

12:09 pm

babble :p

12:09 pm

(read, sleep, eat bon bons, sleep, read, babble)

12:09 pm

hello babblers

12:09 pm

hey helen!

12:10 pm

Time to go..see you all tomorrow (have a rest carlee)Bye

12:10 pm

hi helen

12:10 pm

say carlee -- could you do the pompom thing for my finishing the writing last month???

12:10 pm

later caitlyn! have a lovely evening!

12:10 pm

hiya stid, carlee

12:10 pm

bye cait

12:10 pm

which writing stid?

12:11 pm

the 50,000 word challenge for nanowrimo

12:11 pm

*puffing and primping sparkly pompoms in preparation for wowza twisty*

12:11 pm

ill shake pom-pons for you stid -- nanowrimo is craaaaaaaaaaaaazy!!

12:12 pm

~*~*~<POMPOM TWISTY TWIRL AND CARTWHEELS> for STIDMAMA....YIPPEEEE*~*~*~

12:12 pm

thanks EvaN and carlee! *big, happy hugs and smiles*

12:12 pm

anyone here who knows how to spell Dredle correctly, that toy for Hannukah?

12:12 pm

*eyeballs pop at carlee cat's contortions* did you hurt yourself on that one carlee?

12:12 pm

dreidl

12:12 pm

dreidl ?

12:12 pm

dreidle, methinkg

12:13 pm

dreidl ?

12:13 pm

hey...sorry to interupy...I have a "profile" question....I can't seem to find the "link" to change my pic/icon...hello? THX

12:13 pm

lag? what lag?

12:13 pm

on the left of "my account" there is a mini pic of your icon with a word "edit" under it

12:13 pm

speaking of writing ( not at all to diminish stid's achievement) but I got a cool email today... I read this really sweet book ( nice sweet not "cool sweet" ) called growing up hockey by brian kennedy...and its basically how hockey is so much a part of canadian childhood...

12:14 pm

thank you. Sending one with a Stollen to Jewish friend now.

12:14 pm

sorry...babble pro newbie...thanks

12:14 pm

sorry...babble pro newbie...thanks

12:14 pm

sorry...babble pro newbie...thanks

12:14 pm

and the web site attached to the book...has a "share your hockey stories"..I submitted my "hockey choldhood" and I got a mail today from the author saying he is posting my story in a day or 2 :D

12:15 pm

*headbang* stollen! that's what I meant to make this weekend!!! *sigh* thursday. It will have to be thursday. I'll make cinnamon rolls for St. Nicholas day, and the stollen can "ride along"

12:15 pm

hmmm...sorry for the stutter

12:15 pm

did that work skheiny? let me know if you need more help

12:15 pm

no worries, sk -- we all had to learn at some time. :)

12:15 pm

AWESOMELY COOL, carlee! well done!

12:16 pm

sorry stid...missed it ...will review...thx

12:16 pm

decided to play babble on my lunch hour:) instead of go outside in the cold. any help with the Ne8,40?

12:16 pm

carlee -- thats both sweet (nice) and sweet (cool)!

12:16 pm

I'll post the link once its up... and of course...hubby "pooh pooh'd it" grrrrrrrrrr.....he hates giving me any credit for anything...drives me cuckoo ( espiecially when he is so down on himself )

12:16 pm

hehehe...cute eva

12:17 pm

Hello all, did some cleaning and now need to rest

12:17 pm

hiya peri!

12:17 pm

carlee when did you husband come home?

12:17 pm

hey peri!

12:17 pm

did you guys see the fabulously hilarious link i posted earlier? http://kittywigs.com/pink.htm l

12:17 pm

will be 2 weeks on friday

12:17 pm

sitdmamam, made some lentil soup the other day, new recipe, not very good

12:17 pm

{{PERI}} how r u?

12:18 pm

Stid...thx, but missed any clues for updating my pix here...too slow!! LOL

12:18 pm

sorry EvaN, been trying to get words. will check it out now (down to 34)

12:18 pm

okay, carlee, I knew he was home from your posts, didn't realize it has been almost 2 weeks

12:18 pm

down to 75, i must go jiggle the x-mas lights - one goes out, they all go out -grrrrr

12:18 pm

go to "my account" then once there u will see a little pic of ur icon...willhave edit beside...click edit...

12:18 pm

too bad peri -- I love a good lentil soup, but not all recipes seem to be equal. What seemed to be the difference?

12:18 pm

later helen!

12:18 pm

later helen

12:19 pm

Blink and you miss stuff ;-)

12:19 pm

doing all right carllee, my ad for Animal Reiki came out on Dec with a major spelling error, they had heath instead of health

12:19 pm

too much water stid and too many spices

12:19 pm

best lentil soups out there are middle eastern ones....

12:19 pm

in "my account" on the left hand side there is a small pic of your icon, under it is a word "edit" that links you to the page to change it.

12:19 pm

I hope they'll redo the ad for free peri...

12:19 pm

ah...so you are throwing in free chocolate bars with treatment eh peri ?

12:19 pm

Dec 1 re the ad for Animal Reiki, e-mailed the person who placed the ad but no response as yet

12:20 pm

asked them to stid but have not heard from them yet

12:20 pm

ah, yes. lentil soup needs to be thick and not too piquant.

12:20 pm

thx stid..will chk

12:20 pm

sure carlee why not, free chocolate bars

12:20 pm

stupid lentil soup recipe!!

12:20 pm

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lentil-So up/Detail.aspx this one looks good peri

12:21 pm

thanks so much carlee, will check it out

12:21 pm

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Harira/De tail.aspx and a morocoan one with lamb

12:21 pm

well, live and learn, eh peri? At least now you know which recipe to avoid in the future!

12:21 pm

still have 40 words to find

12:22 pm

i have 101 to find :p

12:22 pm

thanks carlee, don't eat lamb but will check out the site

12:22 pm

okay, down to 32, eyes are tired and time to get ready to herd fifth graders for an hour. back later ((((hugs all)))) *poof*

12:23 pm

anyone have a good brownie recipe... the one I had used 3/4 cup cocao in it... and the book is packed up in my mum's basement still

12:24 pm

hello everybody i have 53 to go

12:24 pm

hello everyone! back for the last 81 and did I see lentil soup..now I have to get a recipe and make it...I had some in a Turkish restaurant the other day and it was awesome

12:24 pm

mlfan....is that maple leaf fan?

12:25 pm

{{ANNIE}}} i love lentil soup too..no point in making it though..rest of my crew won't touch the stuff

12:25 pm

{{{Annie! Peri! kattie!!! (your ARE alive)}}}

12:26 pm

{{carlee}} come on down and we will soup it up together...sounds like you need a break for a while

12:26 pm

*you*

12:26 pm

no carlee i dont live in canada it has nothing to do with sports

12:26 pm

Well howdy {{{scarlet}}}

12:26 pm

yeap..i AM alive red... just under hubby maintenance plan right now....

12:27 pm

ah...I wondered when I first saw you..never got around to asking :o)

12:27 pm

And you're not in jail? LOL... Annie, do you have room for Peri and I to join the soup pot extravaganza?

12:27 pm

it has to do with a singer/actor that i have been a fan of since the age of 17

12:27 pm

not in jail...might hit 3 east at t local hospital soon...but not jail

12:27 pm

Absolutely, Scarlet and peri....I could also use some reiki

12:28 pm

what singer actor ml?

12:28 pm

can anybody give me a clue for the e on the left side?

12:28 pm

i have no idea which one it is

12:28 pm

Meat Loaf

12:28 pm

carlee

12:28 pm

refresh for christmas pic of my nephew wesley :)

12:28 pm

Oh, kat.... crushing... Annie, I made spiced oyster crackers earlier, with Goldfish (pizza flavor) and peanuts... it's still warm... great with soup!

12:28 pm

ah.... paradise by the dashboard lights...

12:28 pm

english, frnech, and spanish are all EU**pean

12:28 pm

Annie where are you?

12:29 pm

Bat Out Of He**

12:29 pm

Brooklyn, peri

12:29 pm

i would do anything for love... but i won't do that

12:29 pm

yes that annie lol

12:29 pm

i would do anything for love, but i wont do that

12:29 pm

hurshy! outta my head!

12:29 pm

I Would Do Anythinggggggggg.........

12:29 pm

ok..red...am in need of a brownie recipe..loads of cocoa in it... mine is still in a box at mum's house in her basement......no frosting

12:29 pm

ty eva

12:29 pm

hurshy, he's a dashing fellow. but who's the pudgie cute one on the right?

12:29 pm

hot patootie, bless my soul!

12:29 pm

ok Annie will send Reiki to you during my next break, ok?

heaven can wait

12:29 pm

hi there hurshy

12:29 pm

hahaha bonkler

12:30 pm

yes gary

12:30 pm

Will check the archives in the kitchen, kattie... will be right back....

12:30 pm

wow...this is a regular babble reunion... hehehe...I haven't seen all of us together in so long...

12:30 pm

thanks red {{hugs}}

12:30 pm

peri, can you do that??

12:31 pm

;-)

12:31 pm

what about the I next to last letter bottom right?

12:31 pm

yes Annie :-)

12:31 pm

hey, hursh--haven't seen you in awhile!

12:31 pm

wow, fabulous, peri

12:32 pm

hi une

12:32 pm

hey, carlee :-)

12:32 pm

hurshy, he's a cutie

12:32 pm

io + not dark

12:32 pm

you know how it is... work schmerk

12:32 pm

help with the ne8.40?

12:33 pm

thanks, eva!

12:33 pm

evening all..

12:33 pm

ne 8/40 more like the woven thing that catches fish

12:33 pm

hey, rolin

12:33 pm

isn't that a 7?

12:33 pm

eva i am going ot ponder that one fora while lol

12:33 pm

ok...for the lentil soup recipe....found this one

12:33 pm

that's the 7

12:33 pm

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lentil-an d-Green-Collard-Soup/Detail.aspx looks yummy

12:33 pm

deb, sharper like on cacti, comparative

12:33 pm

i think he means more like sharp brambles

12:33 pm

oops

12:34 pm

Scarlet, I did some dusting and now am taking a break

12:34 pm

the 8 is "more like a prickly weed"

12:34 pm

read my own word wrong. more like the stinging plant that makes a lovely tea

12:34 pm

thanks carlee will check it out

12:35 pm

going to check the lentil recipe carlee posted

12:35 pm

living room rung still needs vacuuming and my cat Zoe-Anne is of no help at all :-)

12:35 pm

*rug* even

12:35 pm

I just got back from the grocery where I was the only woman wearing a Xmas sweatshirt and jingle bell earrings! Harumph! :-D

12:35 pm

cats rarely are on the housework front..foot warming...great though

12:35 pm

shocking...

12:35 pm

isnt it all a bit early for xmas?

12:35 pm

une is that for ne?

if zoe anne is anything like my bailey he just looks up as if to say how day you interupt my snooze with that noisy contraption

12:36 pm

got the ne. thank you

12:36 pm

the ne8 is "more like a prickly weed"

12:36 pm

not over here rolin...xmas starts here day after hallowe'en

12:36 pm

yes g&j she does that or runs aways and hides

12:36 pm

same here, carlee! LOL

12:37 pm

i went grocery shopping the other day and the musak system was skipping and it played the intro to jingle bells over and over and over. i heard a woman from a few aisles over yelling that she was gonna jingle somebody's balls if they didn't turn it off lol

12:37 pm

shaking head*... its a bit like that here too...i think its crazy

12:37 pm

lol...im with her bonkler

12:37 pm

I'm with you, rolin. Three weeks still to go, that's ages.

12:38 pm

bonkler, that's great!! LOL

12:38 pm

about two yrs ago or so in northern va they started playing xmas music selling it and had decorations up before Halloween

12:38 pm

i just get sick of all the hype..the musak..the ads..

12:38 pm

ok...now THAT funny bonkler... I haven't STARTED xmas shopping...and I am not planning on starting...I told everyone get me NOTHING.....

12:38 pm

well we just dont do xmas..its simple

12:38 pm

carlee does that ever work?lol

everyone just gets to angry rude and pushy in the shops this time of year. I hate it. Gary won't go shopping unless he has a big roll of wrapping paper under his arm to fight off the hoards

12:38 pm

i've grabbed a couple sticking stuffers..and that is IT....

12:38 pm

I've decorated my house and my mom's house, wrapped all my gifts, and started cooking and freezing food for my Xmas open house next week!

12:39 pm

last year I got 2 - 1.00 boxes of incense... the year before a pizza cutter..and that was IT

12:39 pm

stocking stuffers I mean

12:39 pm

yeah i don't do xmas. i find it dismal. i do as little as possible to have anything to do with the whole thing.

12:39 pm

my ouse is decorated...the store is decorated... and that is ALL i am doing besides cookign the meal

I got a kitchen aid food mixer from gary this year, and yes I have it and using it already

12:39 pm

I just ignore the tacky hype and enjoy the warm fuzziness of it all!

12:40 pm

anyone have the or5,12?

12:40 pm

there is not WARM FUZZINESS anything regarding xmas...period... its just a load of... of... crap

12:40 pm

my rub is... i hate being told i have to buy presents because of a calendar date... my partners mum was here over the w/end and she was in a flap trying to get me to think pof something i needed just cos the calendar says so

I will do a traditional cake and pudding. Shop for the kids and parents and then decorate house. Love the baking side

12:41 pm

28 left

12:41 pm

Annie you still here

12:41 pm

impressive, peri!

12:41 pm

Can anybody hellp with the other two U words same pt values as the other two?

12:41 pm

i buy things that is see ..when i see them..and give at any time of year cos its an 'i love you' present..

I have the second 2 does that help?

12:42 pm

nice idea rolin

12:42 pm

i am expected to put on the dinner... I am expected to do the decorating..I am expected to do it all with a smile and I am expected to clean it all up... and I am expected to put up with the annoying in laws that I hate all for the sake of a fake "peace"... it has completely ruined the holiday...

12:42 pm

bbs

12:42 pm

gary i have the two that are similar

12:42 pm

that is exactly what I do rolin

Best ones rolin.

12:42 pm

*shrug*..it just seems more sincere...meaningful

12:43 pm

it is rolin... christmas in my eyes can... well... I won't say it..its not polite,,,but am sure the brits here know the term well...

12:43 pm

I love having a bunch of folks over for a buffet dinner each year--lots of chatting and laughing and decorations and candles . . .

12:43 pm

Hi everyone - in our house Christmas starts after my husband's birthday on 11th, our anniversary on 12th and our daughter's birthday on 17th - hows that for bad planning!!

12:43 pm

Gosh, I wish I lived where I could help all of you with the shopping, etc. I just LOVE it.

12:43 pm

it's the only time of the year that I get to see some of them

12:44 pm

i bought a dvd for my boyfriend for christmas. but when he brought up the subject of the dvd last night, i gave it to him then

carlee all H*** would break lose in our house if I would exected to do all that. We all do things on the big day. And Gary always cleans up the kitchen after i cook

12:44 pm

anee

12:44 pm

im an internet shopping wiz :)

12:45 pm

JFB, my bday's the 29th, my daughter's Jan. 12, her boyfriend's is Jan. 10

12:45 pm

me too eva!

12:45 pm

Me too EvaNadine - I hate shopping!!

une my eldest boy is on the 28th so close to christmas

12:45 pm

chiley, I would LOVE for someone to give me a list and let me shop for them1

12:45 pm

pl 5/12 pls?

12:46 pm

or5,12?

12:46 pm

its not my house that expects it the "in laws" that expect... and even tho hubby agrees its a bloody pain... its just easier to shut up and move on... rather then make a big stink....and instead of "dealing" with the inlaws..I hide in my kitchen and don't speak to any of them

12:46 pm

GaryandJulie, my dad's was Dec. 26--he pretty much never got a gift that wasn't marked "Merry Xmas AND Happy Birthday" LOL

12:46 pm

Me too.. I just came from the mall...I didn't encounter any rude people. Everyone just seemed to be enjoying themselves.

12:46 pm

he has to sit there and entertain them

12:46 pm

( i'm dec 15 and hubby is 24th )

12:47 pm

chiley smart idea go shopping during the week in the daytime

12:47 pm

shopping online's a blast too!

12:47 pm

i don't begrudge anyone their appropriated pagan festivities but i get to resent them trying to drag me into it. constant monotonous carols everywhere, stressed out maniacs shoving and acting like swine in public. finally my friends have mostly accepted that i'm not going to take part. but it took years of feeling like i was hurting their feeling when i refused their invitations.

12:47 pm

Oh, kattie... just speak your mind, why don't you? LOL... *sore ribs from laughing...not AT you... WITH you*

12:47 pm

I was there this weekend too. No problems.

12:47 pm

What is about March that everyone made all these yuletide babies!

drives me mad une, paul ends up with so many people fobbing him off with one gift or card. We make sure he gets a proper birthday with birthday decs and cake and gifts

12:47 pm

i was at the mall last night to pick up a few things -- i believe my christmas shopping is completely finished (though chris + i MIGHT paint a few more pottery pieces) so now all i have left is my brothers bday gift -- his bday is the 17th

12:47 pm

dunno! LOL

12:47 pm

chiley you were lucky lol

12:48 pm

I am so glad to see that I am not the only Grinch here... it just doesn't grab me, never has, and never will. Mom's birthday was Christmas Eve, and she and my sisters were "Elfie Maniacs" Bah! Humbug!

12:48 pm

peri, I just got back, went for recipes...did you send some vibes over here?

12:48 pm

i figured u'd appreciate it red... its all just a rats nest of horse turds... mind the leftovers are pretty damn good and they are all MINE :p

12:48 pm

pl 5/12 please

12:48 pm

ok carlee...bonkler...i nominate us as the presiding members of the newly formed 'bah humbug club'...lol

12:49 pm

goodmorning all

a tool mlfan

12:49 pm

it's the spirit that counts . . . my daughter's gifts to everyone are baked goods and her boyfriend designs a T-shirt that he gives everyone each year

12:49 pm

all in favour say aye

12:49 pm

aye arrrgggghhh

12:49 pm

Well, dear kat... you DO have a turn of phrase!! LOL

12:49 pm

aaaye

how lovely, we don't go for big and flashy here just thoughtful and loving.

12:49 pm

people here get pictures. when I have time.

12:50 pm

We've always tried to make our daughters b'day special and een tho she's 30 this year we never put decorations up until after that and count me in on the 'bah humbug club'

12:50 pm

i've been storing them up red...

12:50 pm

excellent...i feel a new facebook group forming..lol

12:50 pm

ar7,28 please

12:50 pm

i hope hubby and i put a pic of the house in our cards this year didnt get the kind of cards you can see the photo before opening the card

12:50 pm

Scarlet, I STILL get chills remembering my mom shushing everyone on Xmas Eve to listen to the reindeer on the roof!

12:50 pm

ooof..facebook... I haven't gone there in days... I HATE to think of allthe little notifications setting there...

jfb my hubby said bah humbug tht much tht when my youngest was just over a year old everytime someone mentioned christmas this little voice piped up bah humbug lol

12:51 pm

thinking travelling bubba

12:51 pm

or5,12?

12:51 pm

lol g&j

12:51 pm

Well, I guess I'll head up the Anti-Grinch/Scrooge group! LOL

12:51 pm

don't have it, deb

12:51 pm

deb i need pl 5/12 lol

12:51 pm

I had fun with christmas with my kids...when they believed in santa... go them their "magic santa pajamas" left by the elves on christmas eve.... and we didn' thave a fire place so I got this really cool key engraved with family name that was "santa's magic" key to get in the house

12:52 pm

Oy, Une... I have never been able to win this one... I prefer to just celebrate daughter's birthday on Dec. 18... she'll be 26 this year... and meditate on the fantasy of Peace on Earth... and practice Good Will Toward All.

12:52 pm

carlee, how cool!!

12:52 pm

or5.12 or + a type of bunny with floppy ears - a *** eared rabbit

12:52 pm

it's a tool, MLFAN--it was clued but it's easy to lose those in the Scrooges here :)

bbl got to go get my little elf off to bed take care folks

12:52 pm

thanks, lynxxx!

12:52 pm

bye!

12:52 pm

late g&j

12:52 pm

thanks lynxxx:)

12:53 pm

ok..well.. I best hit kitchen with some kind of baking recipe..and get it all prepared before I pick hubby up from physio... thanks for the laughs all... ttfn

12:54 pm

seeya Carlee

12:54 pm

samantha is it pla?

12:54 pm

cheers carlee and a big bah humbug too!

12:54 pm

I'm making dual purpose cards for a few people this year - old nativity play photos to remind them of the reason we're celebrating and to embarrass them!

12:54 pm

kattie, I keyed in a very successful brownie recipe in my bio.

12:54 pm

no, the third letter is the third vowel--it's a word that's usually said with an ess on the end

12:55 pm

thanks red {{hugs}}

12:55 pm

{{{Hugs, dear}}}

12:56 pm

*poof*

12:58 pm

Bubba - ar7.28 the start of Mr Onassis & a 4 letter end being french for little

1:00 pm

do successful recipes get royalties?

1:01 pm

Only the BR-r royal stands to gain....

1:02 pm

nap time! have fun kids...and bah humbug too lol

1:02 pm

Hi BabRab.

1:02 pm

bye Bonkler

1:02 pm

Bah! Humbug! to you, bonkler!! LOL

1:02 pm

Must go - have fun babbling

1:03 pm

bye JFB

1:03 pm

Later, JFB!

1:03 pm

hello, lynxxx and Scarlet and all the friendly peoples

1:03 pm

Hi, lynxxx!

1:03 pm

geez i finally found another word by mistake lol

1:03 pm

:-) too, BR-r.

1:04 pm

I had to shovel out my hammock AGAIN today ... all that work for a little snooze

1:04 pm

hello Miss Scarlet

1:04 pm

Lynxxx... how is retirement suiting you?

1:05 pm

Doesn't the snow fall through the holes?

1:05 pm

LOL..

1:05 pm

the holes are frozen over

1:05 pm

Great Scarlet - just wish there wasn't so much to do

1:06 pm

I know what you mean, lynxxx. So much for "leisure time".

1:06 pm

first i next to the u any help with those?

1:07 pm

mastery of the art of selective inattention reduces things to do clutter

1:07 pm

Try a bone, MLF

1:07 pm

i think t hey would be il or in

1:07 pm

For which I shall continue my bah-humbug-ery, BR-r...

1:07 pm

in 5 --- bury

1:08 pm

The bone is il4/4\

1:08 pm

il4.4 - the bone - i + most of a person who tells untruths

1:09 pm

in 5 -- prelude to a book

1:10 pm

well of course it is! TY BR

1:10 pm

i think i got the book one

1:11 pm

i know par tof the untruth just gotta find the first part

1:12 pm

in 5 -- "honey" is an oft used ***m of endearment

1:12 pm

i got that one

1:12 pm

aw - you say the sweetest thinngs BR

1:13 pm

a regular lothario, that's me

1:13 pm

back with more tea yet... and 40 words to go - hi all !

1:13 pm

Luc!! :-)

1:14 pm

Hi Mont

1:14 pm

((Scarlet))

1:14 pm

mont what kind of tea?

1:14 pm

hi Lyn !

1:14 pm

See, Lucien... you have a bike and I have a dinosaur... we ARE ancient!

1:14 pm

current mode of transport scarlet ...rofl...

1:15 pm

*snort*

1:15 pm

regular salada tea i'm afraid Mlfan...

1:16 pm

mont i miss flavored tea in restaurants

1:16 pm

ancient ? well. speak for yourself...lol

1:16 pm

I am.... (giggling)

1:16 pm

MLFAN, i never have tea in a restaurant, period - it is NEVER any good...as far as i'm concerned...

1:17 pm

You are less so, it would seem!

1:17 pm

i love it lol

1:17 pm

What do you have when you have a cow and two ducks?

1:17 pm

but i dont have hot tea that often

1:17 pm

and i hate regular tea iced or hot

1:17 pm

HI all

1:17 pm

Milk and quackers.

1:18 pm

lol BR...

1:18 pm

hello there peri !

1:18 pm

help with the pa6,21's please

1:18 pm

*groan*

1:18 pm

hello, peri

1:18 pm

Hi Peri

1:18 pm

have no pa6 yet deb...

1:18 pm

Peri!! :-)

1:19 pm

pa 6 -- more wan

1:19 pm

i hav ethe po 6/21

1:19 pm

pa6.21 pa + a horse wears a ha**** or a ha**** neck dress

1:19 pm

pa 6 -- buddy and a ***m of endearment

1:19 pm

tx BR

1:20 pm

tx again BR

1:21 pm

well, I must be off to save the world from ambitious 3-legged rocks ... may you all excel today in the craft of life

1:22 pm

BR-r... do you have a clue for the pa7/32 after the Perle Mesta types?

1:22 pm

Sieur BR, mes hommages...and have a nice day !

1:22 pm

got babblerabble's clue but not your lynxxx.

1:22 pm

Enjoy your salvation efforts, BR-r!

1:23 pm

Scarlet, what beloved is to you

1:23 pm

same word Deb

1:23 pm

the pa7/32 2nd one

1:23 pm

Thank you, peri... got it straight away

1:23 pm

bye babRab - good luck!

1:23 pm

YW

1:24 pm

Great clue... you talked to my heart, and it knew right away!

1:24 pm

i need one more 5/12 ur please

1:24 pm

I love that you call your husband your beloved, Scarlet

1:24 pm

Hi all.....a clue for ea5/10 please?

1:24 pm

Hi Flask

1:24 pm

He is exactly that, peri.

1:24 pm

u + money ml

1:24 pm

et up

1:25 pm

Flask, dear lady!! {{{Hugs}}}

1:25 pm

hi flask and hursh !

1:26 pm

Flask, having ingested a meal

1:26 pm

i go tthe money one

1:27 pm

good ml...

1:28 pm

mont i need the other 5/12 u

1:28 pm

Liquid waste product from a mammal, MLF

1:28 pm

but the mony one is an e not starting with u

1:28 pm

11 left all RE's !!

1:29 pm

bb in a bit, need to check e-mail

hi all - new here. How do you know how many points a word will score if you don't know the word?

1:29 pm

Errrgggg, peri.

1:29 pm

Errrgggg, peri.

1:29 pm

Well what a pleasant change. from earlier on.....I bid the room a good evening and not one person acknowledged my presence...except the person who gave me the clue!.....

1:29 pm

mlfan - u + ri 4/4

1:29 pm

How are you, dear Flask?

1:29 pm

How are you, dear Flask?\

1:29 pm

Absolute babble snobbery......its a disgrace!!!

1:30 pm

other ur MLFAN is liquid body waste

1:30 pm

Or, how are you, dear one... oh, let them go spin in their own universe, Flask... there are friends here now!! :-) :-)

1:30 pm

i agree with you flask, a scandal almost !!!

1:30 pm

Hi all!

1:30 pm

Hi Silvers - see Friends of Babble (left/bottom) - Licketys Babble Clues

ok thanks

1:31 pm

hi Uni :)

1:31 pm

H Uniquity

1:31 pm

HI, Uni!!\

1:31 pm

How's the grid, as well as everyone's day?

1:31 pm

The FIRST ur 7/32

1:32 pm

Yes I know.......its just so rude to be ignored by a whole room!

i have that one Ml

1:32 pm

Question #1: Convoluted. Question #2: Wonderful.

1:32 pm

silver i need a clue for it i have the other 3

1:32 pm

Well, I'm glad #2 has a good response :)

now i can't think of a clue

1:33 pm

Oh, Flask... each set of groups seems to have its own personality... some are warm and some are engaged in their own pursuits...

1:33 pm

ur + vowel + not heavy but ****

but an extention of the first one you were after

1:33 pm

Anyway, am fine now......its past!!

1:33 pm

LOL, Uni! Did you tell LoriP that I miss her too?

1:33 pm

i got that 7/32

1:33 pm

sometimes the people playing babble are at work and get pulled away. they miss people coming and going from the chat

1:33 pm

Hi Flask

1:34 pm

Are you done Scarlet?

1:34 pm

ok..brownies baking....

1:34 pm

Flask, I shall double welcome you now in case I was part of the first set of ignoring...I get engrossed at first glance. And Scarlet, of course I did! She misses you terribly, it appears.

1:34 pm

Sure, deb. Wow, that was FAST, kattie!

1:34 pm

<tackle hugs for lori P through uni >

1:34 pm

carlee can i have some?

1:34 pm

No, Flask... I am poking along with 33 left to dig out...

1:34 pm

Carlee - I'm positive I am to send you a *tackle hug* from Lori as well

1:34 pm

29 left here...

1:35 pm

( actually tidied a cupboard in the bathroom too red... my kitchen is set up now in a way I can whip up just about anything in almost no time at all )

1:35 pm

* lobbing a ceremonial spit ball uni's way for lorip too *

1:35 pm

oh well am better than you all, cos' I have 126 to find!!!!.....lolol

1:35 pm

( HI flask ! )

1:35 pm

I have the same "luxury" kattie.

1:36 pm

If only I was being that productive! Exam period should equal a very clean apt. as that distracts me from studying/papering

1:36 pm

LOL... one word at a time, Flask... breathe deeply and GO!

1:36 pm

its great fun to have everything at hand... and I owe u a HUGE apoligy too red...

1:36 pm

I GOT THE OTHER UR WOOHOOO

1:36 pm

lol.....ok...after all my spouting can I have a clue please for ea5 please?

1:36 pm

ty for that clue

1:37 pm

u mean the easy UR 7 MLFAN ?

1:37 pm

that sauce I promised u MONTHS ago..that has been seting in cupboard... I used ... but if these brownies turn out..I will buy an extra and HOPEFULLY get into mail before xmas... so..1 hot caramel..and 2 hot fudge for red )

1:37 pm

Uni thanx for doubler...and hi Carlee

1:38 pm

i just openned the far as I had no hershy's choc

1:38 pm

ea5 - Have you ea*** Carlees cookies?

1:38 pm

Awwww... that was never an issue, dear... things "happened" during the way... And... there is a long letter to you in Facebook.

1:38 pm

thanx lynxxx

1:39 pm

ok..i will check later red...

1:39 pm

ai 16pts please

1:39 pm

From a few nights ago... I forgot I wrote it until now... P.S. Daughter does NOT have MRSA... it is a systemic Staph infection... not such great news either, but at least not MRSA.

1:40 pm

either way yuck..but the staph "easier" to treat...

1:40 pm

ai6 = with more oxygen...

1:40 pm

is penguin taking good care of her?

1:41 pm

I know... but it is dragging her down... she won't NOT go to work, but is so tired. The Penguin is making her a little crazy... going nutzo at night... such a loveable animal, and gorgeous... so daggone smart!

1:41 pm

BBL just need to find my concentration, seems to have gotten lost

1:42 pm

ty mont

1:42 pm

yw ml :)

1:42 pm

later lyn

1:42 pm

Later, lynxxx!

1:42 pm

yeap..they are... my tellie loves sweet grass...( the stuff native indians use for baskets ) and I grow in my garden and keep braids in my dresser drawers....she is forever sneaking in when a drawer left ajar and digging out the braids

1:43 pm

I know sh eis on my dresser as I keep my dance stuff "arranged" I I hear the "bells" from my hip scarves tinkling in the middle of night

1:43 pm

Penguin loves the little fur-covered mousies from the pet store... and any straw in a drink gets swiped immediately and batted under the refrigerator... as well as hairbrushes...

1:43 pm

LOL... what smarties they are, kat!\

1:44 pm

yeap..and qtips ( oh..try feather boas too... tells loves all of the above and feather boas... I cut into 15 inch lengths..and she carries them from room to room )

1:44 pm

did i see an ai 4/4?

1:44 pm

And little aluminum balls, twisties from bread wrappers....

1:45 pm

and she grooms them... my duvet cover is permanently stained from yellow and hot fuschia feather boas

1:45 pm

Yes, MLF... oxygen + a type of undershirt

1:45 pm

What kind of animal are you two discussing here?

1:45 pm

oxygen + cross cons.

1:45 pm

like your clue better scarlet...

1:45 pm

A kitten... A Norwegian Forest Cat, Uni

1:45 pm

norwegian forest cat..

1:45 pm

t.Rex i think Uni...

1:46 pm

I was hoping so..I'll have to look that one up

1:46 pm

someone has a new kitten?!!

1:46 pm

they are a very fun breed to have if you are into cats

1:46 pm

Wow! They look beautiful...I LOVE cats, they are my favorite animal

1:46 pm

LOLOLOLOL... Luc...you ain't right in the head!!

1:46 pm

ty scarlet

1:47 pm

i don't disagree with you scarlet...

1:47 pm

i have one that is all black/ dark brown....no striping..and I have another that is a caramel tabby

1:47 pm

Yes, deb... my daughter has a new baby and I call her my "grandkittie"

1:47 pm

Wiki is comparing them to maine coons...we had a mixed breed one. HE was the gentlest, most beautiful cat...

1:47 pm

scarlet's daughter has one that is black with white bib and sox?

1:48 pm

Yep

1:48 pm

maine coon evolved from the weggie

1:48 pm

and we all know where the weggie came from...

1:49 pm

they get to be HUGE cats tho..my kiki is about 15 pounds and NOT fat...she can put frnt paws and nose up to dining room table without trying

can someone give me a clue on the 8 letter words? I have 3 and not found more

1:50 pm

ok..off to get hubby from hospital..will be back about 6 ish ESt time... if anyone around then...ttfn...*smiles*

1:50 pm

Coffee was FAT, lol. Very think long blue and white fur, but his belly was huge. Would let him walk in snow and he would leave paw prints and a belly drag. Also loved to lick my grandfathers hair...

1:50 pm

TR8 PA8 NE8 AI8 AL8

1:50 pm

**thick. My dear...typing is over-rated

1:50 pm

Later kittiekat... {{{HUGS}}}

1:50 pm

which one do u need pringle ?

1:51 pm

Take care carlee!

1:51 pm

later (((carlee)))

1:51 pm

op 7/32?

1:51 pm

bye carlee

1:52 pm

can i get a clue for the ai 6, pleas

1:52 pm

op 4/4 + li 4/4

1:52 pm

please, even

1:52 pm

without middle L MLFAN

1:52 pm

BBL - visitors bye all !

1:52 pm

mont i donthav ethe op 4/4

1:53 pm

most of the 8s were clued around 9:30 this morning...

1:53 pm

i have or 4/4

1:53 pm

Later, Luc!!

1:53 pm

My mom has grandcats too

1:53 pm

Ai6/18 with the most oxygen... or Paris Hilton's brain...

1:53 pm

I GOT IT WOOHOO

1:54 pm

Ai6/18 with the most oxygen... or Paris Hilton's brain...

1:54 pm

world of cats... I do, for certain!

1:55 pm

Only part of that posted, deb... being a grandmama to kittens...

1:55 pm

scar funny clue huh i got that one

1:55 pm

I miss my kitties. My little apt is full enough with the BF and myself...a cat would feel claustrophobic :( Can't wait to go home for XMas

1:55 pm

:-)

1:55 pm

hello all! deb -- lunch over, time to babble? LOL

thanks - I have not got PA8 NE8 if I could get hints on these I would appreciate it!

1:55 pm

Hey, stid!

1:56 pm

ar7,28 please

1:56 pm

thx, scarlet

I have invited my mom to do this game too, I hope she does come on line

1:56 pm

PA 8 is the most meager

1:56 pm

pa8 as in pts or letters?

1:56 pm

The NE 8 is more prickly

1:56 pm

pa 8/45

1:57 pm

pa 8 means "most meager"

1:57 pm

MLF... eight letter word, and the values change according to the values of the tiles in that word.

1:57 pm

ar7,28 - owns planes and jets

thx got pa8

1:57 pm

thanks for the the NE8!

1:57 pm

go pringle go!

1:57 pm

Yea!!

lol got em thanx!!!

still 97 to go

1:58 pm

i am out guys going to watch tv

1:58 pm

pring me too

1:58 pm

AR 7 sounds like an OP*** called Naughty M*******

1:58 pm

later MLF

1:59 pm

I don't get it scarlet... :-(

1:59 pm

Or, little showcase musical piece for a diva to belt out...

2:00 pm

A soprano's solo piece in grand opera... and make it like a small kitchen

2:00 pm

THAT one I got! LOL thanks!

2:00 pm

Then change the last vowel for the other 7//28

2:00 pm

both of them now... {{{scarlet}}} thanks for being patient

2:01 pm

Glad you found them, stid!

2:01 pm

any football fans in the house?

2:01 pm

AN 6/18? after the one that is against oxygen?

2:01 pm

not me, EvaN... why?

2:01 pm

You betcha, Eva... live, eat and breathe it... What's up?

2:01 pm

Thanks Scarlet

2:02 pm

You're welcome, bubba!

2:02 pm

Not there, yet, stid.

2:02 pm

just heard a rumor that Tom Brady was in the National Building Museum this afternoon -- thats across the street from where i work...

2:02 pm

stid, take out the last vowel of the against O2

2:03 pm

thanks bubba.

2:03 pm

help with the ta's, please

2:03 pm

where do these words come from????

2:03 pm

That sounds like a rumor, Eva... after the near-tumbling of the perfect season last night against Baltimore, I doubt if he's doing any tours...

2:03 pm

last CE 6 please?

2:03 pm

But... ya never know!!

2:04 pm

the second TA is like vedic sex... I don't have the first

2:04 pm

not much to tour in there -- they usually use it for events, if anything...it sure is a gorgeous place for a reception! but nonetheless, i find it an interesting rumor. :)

2:04 pm

But, ya never know!!

2:05 pm

I envision Bill Bellichek having them in legirons... watching game film over and over and over...

2:06 pm

don't get it stid

2:06 pm

ce6, sounds like ce + the chemical ending, like oc***,, bu****

2:06 pm

even though they technically won last night, i consider the Ravens the real winners...how close they came!

2:06 pm

thanks again bubba!

2:06 pm

okay deb: ta* (sun exposure color) + *** la la (song refrain)

2:07 pm

thanks stid

2:08 pm

did that work? any ideas on the first TA 6?

2:08 pm

i dont know the word vedic

2:09 pm

vedic refers to the hindu holy books, the vedas

2:09 pm

EN 6 please?

2:09 pm

oh, still haven't got the first ta

2:10 pm

Eva, I was gape-jawed at how the Eagles nearly did them in last week, too! They ARE human, after all!

2:10 pm

monkeyed the OR 5... LOL down to 9

2:12 pm

oh, and the EN 6... five left

2:13 pm

THREE... two are RE words though

2:13 pm

Eva, I could not believe last night's game... Three fourth downs... and then, three penalties adding up to 35 yards on the kickoff!? The Ravens demonstrated a loss of discipline that might have really sealed their record-breaking win!

2:13 pm

ONE... the first TA

2:13 pm

Eva, I could not believe last night's game... Three fourth downs... and then, three penalties adding up to 35 yards on the kickoff!? The Ravens demonstrated a loss of discipline that might have really sealed their record-breaking win!

2:13 pm

GO STID GO! **calls out the cheerleaders**

2:14 pm

ur7 please

2:14 pm

ta6.18 ta + a m****l chore is best left to the servant

2:14 pm

First or second Bubba?

2:14 pm

2nd please

2:14 pm

Thank you Lynxxx :)

2:14 pm

UR 7 the first like the big planet next to neptune + a "diet" word used with ice cream or cake... l4

2:15 pm

ur7 - when you pee, you do this

2:15 pm

thanks lynxxx. those shipworms get me every time!!!!

2:15 pm

FIREWORDS!!!!

2:15 pm

Congrats Stid!

2:15 pm

woohoo, stid!!

2:15 pm

YAYAYAY!

2:16 pm

*takes a modest bow* thank you all!

2:16 pm

what a bizarre video...

2:16 pm

**claps appropriately**

2:16 pm

funny -- hope my kid doesn't decide to learn how to do this!

2:16 pm

I need a clue for the ru7/32 after complete destruction, and the one who does it. Please?

2:16 pm

yeah! I can tell I'll never get fireworks on this one.

2:16 pm

hey Uneaixoise! was there any neige down your way? montreal says the drifts are already above 6 feet!

2:16 pm

Not I, Scarlet. I am only up to the TEs

2:17 pm

hi cornstalks! I am here to help...

2:17 pm

ru4 + past tense dine (sounds like 8)

2:17 pm

ru7 same start and past tense of consumed

2:17 pm

Just dropped in for a sec, PM breaktime.

2:17 pm

go Uniquity go!

2:17 pm

Looks like a tough grid.

2:17 pm

Thanks, anyway, Uni... I never go according to the alphabet.. I just jump around and land on a word...

2:18 pm

it's not an easy grid cornstalks, the list really helped today

2:18 pm

amen to that Stid

2:18 pm

Thanks, lynxxx and stid!!

2:19 pm

lynxxx, have you seen groovykiwi lately? thought maybe since you're in the same time zone... LOL was just thinking about her yesterday and realized I hadn't seen her in a while

2:20 pm

Stid..she was back on the other day, had been studing for the QA exam she just took

2:21 pm

oh good. I hope that went well for her. thanks. ;-)

2:22 pm

what does it mean on the US phone networks when I dial and it says "our circuits are busy now please try later"

2:22 pm

she won't find out till Jan/Feb Stid, so fingers crossed (sure she won't need it though)

2:22 pm

Speaking of missing Babblers, has anyone seen Wolfie since the beginning of the Spring? She lives in Apex, North CArolina and went to Europe... and disappeared. I miss her.

2:23 pm

it means that there are too many people talking atalante...

2:23 pm

or6,18 please

2:23 pm

Just an overload on the telephone system, Ata.

2:23 pm

not me Scarlet

2:23 pm

there have been really bad storms from coast to coast and a lot of people are calling to folks know they're okay

2:23 pm

Bubba - the Or6 Express

2:23 pm

oh ok. I'm trying to get through to best friend. She's had no power up in Astoria for 2 days

ata, it happens a lot on holidays, but i'd blame the storms

2:23 pm

or 6/18: opposite of occident....

2:24 pm

I haven't seen her in ages scarlet

2:24 pm

Thanks, Stid, that is a fish, or should I say Sushi

2:24 pm

Thank you all.

we had storms here and the most popular holiday resort the beach is no longer there no parking no caravan park gone!!! floods and not too far from us in Cape Town

2:24 pm

Atalante, Our area was hit really hard, but I haven't heard of anything really bad in Astoria. She would have seen high winds, and a lot of rain, but as far as I know all the bridges and roads in that area are good.

2:25 pm

whereabouts is that, Pringle?

2:25 pm

they had it pretty bad I think. Their new fence was uprooted and flung across the lawn. They've had no power since Sunday lunchtime

2:25 pm

clues please for the na6/7 combo?

2:26 pm

na6 - talk a lot . na7 more smartly dressed

2:26 pm

Flask, the first one is to talk on and on..

2:27 pm

ouch! yep, high winds'l do that. pushed a tree over across the power line on our street yesterday

2:27 pm

The last one, is NA7/28... a spiffier looking gentleman

2:27 pm

ap6,21 please

2:27 pm

ap + not dark

2:27 pm

ap 6/21: ap + that diet word again... L4

2:27 pm

thanks lynxxx...and scarlet!!!

2:28 pm

Thanks, fireworks

2:28 pm

Yea!!

2:28 pm

congrats Bubba!

2:28 pm

Congratulations to bubba!!

2:28 pm

Congratulations to bubba!!

2:28 pm

and they only have cordless phones, so they can't recharge the units without any power!

2:28 pm

Congrat Bubba!!

2:29 pm

Cordless phones don't work at all without power - a downfall that everyone forgets about!

2:29 pm

they don't have a generator? I turned ours on as soon as I gothome yesterday...

2:29 pm

YAY bubba!

2:29 pm

I *know*

2:29 pm

nope, no generator

2:29 pm

{{{atalante}}} I am sure they are fine.

2:30 pm

And, another thing I learned, Uniquity... one cannot change the channels on a televison with a telephone, and it's hard to dial a number on a remote!

2:30 pm

Hope they have a woodstove or lots of blankets

2:30 pm

lol Scarlet - bad day?

2:30 pm

Scarlet, you are an absolute font of informtation! :) I took the phone in the car once for some reason

2:30 pm

loaaaads of blanket, and a gas stove

2:30 pm

atalante "Meanwhile, because of the lack of phone service, 42 members of the Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Operators Club are helping with communications." from oregonlive.com

2:31 pm

They are both black, and my beloved will try to answer the remote every time!! LOL, Uni... I am so glad that we are not alone in this!

2:31 pm

sounds like phones are just generally out in that area anyway...

2:31 pm

ohhh .... I'm sure they are fine, I just want *know*! Yeah ... no phone, no power. bet she's living on POt noodles

2:32 pm

Scarlet - been there, done that...

2:32 pm

LOL, lynxxx and Uni...

2:32 pm

rofl... as do we all in times like this! (and chocolate...)

2:32 pm

Ata - doesn't matter if you're sure, you always want to hear it from that person. Mum calls every bfamily member after storms, and I have inherited that trait. i understnad!

2:33 pm

I feel so good knowing you and LoriP... she made me feel SO much better when I found out that I was not the only person in the world who washed the TV remote when I stripped the linens from the bed, and the gadget was caught up in them.

2:33 pm

the storm was bad timing - she was just starting to make 5 lbs of fudge, but didn't get the chance to finish before the power poofed

2:33 pm

Well...they can eat a lot of not cooked fudge if power is out for long!

2:34 pm

hm. well, it wouldn't be fudge, but it would be edible... *calculating calories for 5 lbs of fudge*

ne7 anyone?

2:34 pm

Lori and I have washed the strangest things...our remotes are TOUGH. as well as cell phones, which end up in coffee and puddles occasionally

2:34 pm

definitely edible at least

2:35 pm

NE7 is more of the fisherman's helper\

2:35 pm

ne7 more like the stinging ne****

thank you scarlet

2:35 pm

I thought that was the 8, lynxxx.

2:36 pm

Glad you found it, Robo!

2:36 pm

G'd afternoon babblers!

2:36 pm

{{{LORI}}}} So glad to see you!

2:36 pm

opps - sorry

2:36 pm

#1, are you telling them about the cell phone falling in the coffee?

2:36 pm

Hi Lori!

2:37 pm

In an off-hand way, absolutely!

2:37 pm

*Kicking pebbles* No, she wasn't Lori.

2:37 pm

shhh, quiet

2:37 pm

Uh-Oh. Our stories don't match up **shuffles away, whistling**

2:37 pm

Scarlet! I have missed you so. I've missed everybody here at babble

hello everyone

2:38 pm

Hi all

2:38 pm

the first and third en 5's please

2:38 pm

back to find my last 11 words

2:38 pm

Hi Becca and Peri!

2:38 pm

Likewise... I missed you last week when the Bears stopped my heart, and the Eagles almost ate the Patriots alive... and then the Bears lost and the Patriots almost got eaten by the Ravens last night... *Gasping for air*

2:38 pm

***I smell a conspiracy*** I also left the cell pjone on the windshield of the van, forgot about it, and it rained over night. Found it the next day. Let that dry, and it worked too!

2:39 pm

G'd afternoon peri, Becca

2:39 pm

en5 en + *** Maria (drink)

2:39 pm

Hi, bichon, wb, peri and hi, Becca!

hi uni, lori

2:39 pm

Those were some games huh? Brady showed why he's 4th quarter Brady though.... :)

2:39 pm

en5 en + consumed

anyine have the ai 7/8 combo?

2:40 pm

Good grief, Lor... it was almost too much to take...

2:40 pm

The entity that supplies the planes and the proper name of a company that does, Becca

2:40 pm

Come to think of it, that was the toughest cell phone on earth. I soaked it more times than I'll admit, and it worked A-1 for 8 years before ir died

2:40 pm

ai7 Qantas is one

2:41 pm

okay, there's my first words! :-)

2:41 pm

Was it a Nokia, by any chance Lori?

thank you!

2:41 pm

You know it Scarlet. That thing was tough

2:42 pm

I thought so... you can't kill 'em!

i've never had a problem with a nokia - every other phone i've had has had to be repaired

2:42 pm

Right, Becca... the Finns know how to build a phone...

2:42 pm

wow, I have fireworks

2:43 pm

My LG is in good shape...but pretty young

yup, they sure do Scarlet!

2:43 pm

No other phone to consider, IMO

2:43 pm

Congrats Peri !!

2:43 pm

YAY periwinkle! **celebratory dance**

2:43 pm

Congrats peri!

Yay Peri!!!!

2:43 pm

woohoo, peri!

2:43 pm

Yahoo for peri!! Well done!

2:43 pm

thanks

2:43 pm

***How about an interpretive dance?***

2:43 pm

must go, bye everyone!

2:43 pm

thank you all, going to see what Oprah has today, I think it is the author of Eat, Pray, Love, but not sure

2:43 pm

see you all later

2:44 pm

Enjoy your day Lynxxx!

bye lynxxx

2:44 pm

Take care lynx! See ya leter!

2:44 pm

(and Peri)

bye peri

2:44 pm

wait, where is carlee, I want pompoms!

2:44 pm

Later peri. Have a good one.

2:44 pm

She is gone to hospital with hubby, I believe

2:44 pm

just made some curried hummus, will let you know how it tastes

2:44 pm

*** dons protective padding, in case carlee's here***

2:45 pm

ok then

2:45 pm

Carlee had to go fetch her hubbie... I'll fill in *Yea for peri** *Twirling fancy pom-poms*

2:45 pm

byeee

2:45 pm

does anyone have the 3rd en 5?

2:45 pm

**flips and then juggles fire-sticks**

2:45 pm

'Bye, peri*

2:45 pm

Lori, she did give an honorary spitball to Uni in your name....

nice show uni!

2:46 pm

carlee's sneaky that way. I got a water balloon with her name on it!

2:46 pm

I've got the spitball saved in a case... Thanks Becca, I'm here every day of the week, 8am to midnight :) Remember to tip your waitress...

2:46 pm

***Reminds Uni the firesticks are s'posed to be lit***

2:47 pm

Uni... we just can't match the nutzo one's finesse and panache... *hangs head in defeat*

9 more...

lol uni!

go robo....

2:47 pm

Go Robo go!

2:47 pm

But my mum said not to play with fire anymore! **very confused about what to do**

2:47 pm

LOL... Uni..

2:47 pm

LOL... Uni..

2:47 pm

sorry all, I drifted off, answering emails.

2:47 pm

YAY peri!!!!

hi stid

2:47 pm

***some people's kids***

2:47 pm

*Shove 'em under the couch, quick! Uni*

2:48 pm

Stid, you missed quite the show. Scarlet is an A1 performer!

2:48 pm

stid!!! Great to see ya'! :-)

2:48 pm

excellent! (not surprised)

2:48 pm

hi Lori! how's you?

2:48 pm

And Uni's firestick debacle goes without mentioning?

2:49 pm

great, I hope life's treatin' ya' well stid.

2:49 pm

can't complain much, Lori! LOL

2:49 pm

Uni -firestick? sounds like a dangerous combo...

2:49 pm

You should see her juggling powersaws routine.

2:49 pm

As well as the pot on the head thundershower dance...

2:50 pm

Uniquity's pseudo-honorarium to carleekat being away...

2:50 pm

LMAO #1 had special talents at a very young age..... :)

2:50 pm

oh oh -- there's a lot of wind suddenly. I am going to go get the laundry in the dryer... and hope the power stays on! back in a few

2:51 pm

MY daughter, *ahem* could put three jelly beans up each nostril. So there!!

2:51 pm

See ya' later stid, I'm off soon, so it was great to bump in to ya!

2:51 pm

**applauds appropriately**

2:51 pm

3? I'm impressed. #1 can't hold a firestick to that!

2:52 pm

I shall pass that along to daughter, Uni! :-)

2:52 pm

LOL... Lori... I have missed you so much! :-)

2:52 pm

I don't believe I put things in my nose...instead I nearly electrocuted myself. Twice.

2:53 pm

Nice. That trumps the jelly bean trick. May I ask how, Uni?

2:53 pm

yah, tell her Uni..........

2:54 pm

I guess when I was between 2 and 4 I shoved Mum's wedding ring in an electric outlet...then when i was 7-9 I danced in a lightning storm with a pot on my head. Well, I tried too. Mum said no :(

2:54 pm

*Waiting* *expecting the TRUTH*

2:54 pm

It's a true story by the way. Go ahead, tell her..... :)

2:55 pm

Lordy a - mercy... Uni... you were a handful... would you please tell me WHY the pot on the head?

2:55 pm

I didn't want to get wet

2:55 pm

Okay then... but FRIED never occured to you? LOL

2:55 pm

it was my engagement ring, and it still has the prong marks, and seared black. She was all of 2

help with tr6/18?

2:56 pm

Nope...I was always a "head in the clouds" kind of person...Hasn't improved much!

2:56 pm

oh Uni, I think we were rather alike as kids

2:56 pm

I like to look at the ring occasionally, I believe I deserve to have it as a trophy!

2:56 pm

Naturally, being a spawn of mine, a big aluminum pot in a dying down thunderstorm is the first umbrella of choice.

2:57 pm

Atlante! Hi. :-)

2:57 pm

Wowza! TR6/18 is first three letters to denote three + each play as SC***s in each act.

2:57 pm

tr6 - word meaning three + jim carey flick: me, myself and ir***

2:57 pm

Sorry Robo, my only 2 words so far are the ai's I stole from chat.

2:57 pm

hello Babblers! I'm stuck on the ap 6,21... any help?

2:57 pm

I remember going through a period of tying cotton round my fingers all night just to see what would happen if blood flow stopped to the extremities

2:57 pm

okay, now I have 3 words!

2:58 pm

AP + not heavy, but spelled badly

2:58 pm

LOL Ata...How'd that work for you?

2:58 pm

Oh, you experimented with purple fingers too, Ata!

2:58 pm

Unfortunately, i have to skedaddle. Was a pleasure to see you all again!

2:58 pm

thanx, Scarlet

2:58 pm

ap + term for gross diet food (or alternate spelling for lamb bulbs)

2:58 pm

hi all - back with 18 words to go...

2:59 pm

well I think I would have been more interested if mother hadn't interfered every time I tried. Apparently I nearly ended up in hospital once though cos they couldnt get the blood flow started again lol

2:59 pm

Those crazy little lambs never work in MY sockets...

hi mont

2:59 pm

Stay away from electrical outlets #1. Y'all take care, see ya' later!

2:59 pm

'Bye, Lori!!

bye lori

2:59 pm

Hey, Luc!!

2:59 pm

hi Becca ! - found names for those triplets yet ?

2:59 pm

Ata, mothers always interfere, don't they? I s'pose I appreciate being alive though...Enjoy yourseld Lori

tr6/18 is my last word, and i just can't seem to find it

3:00 pm

bye Lori !

no mont -still thinking!!

3:00 pm

lol becca...

3:00 pm

Triplets? Really?

3:00 pm

and I did the storm thing too. Except I took a big metal spade out into the field and waved it around. To see what really happened if lightning hit you *facepalm*

3:01 pm

TR + first person singular + number after nine, minus last letter + second vowel

had more twin dreams though - starting to seriously worry about those!

3:01 pm

TR + first person singular + number after nine, minus last letter + second vowel

3:01 pm

tr6/18 tr**d + **gative

No uni - it was a rumour started by someone last week - I am expecting but we don't know how many yet. Hopefully just one!

3:01 pm

Number after nine, minus FIRST letter DOH

thank you!

3:02 pm

That was so much nicer, Luc!

3:02 pm

Ata - I was mostly just very...dumb. Spent my whole life with my nose in a book (and the accidents I have incurred because of THAT are too many to count). I'm kinda spacey sometimes

3:02 pm

thx scarlet !

3:02 pm

Becca - Congratulations then! I'm going to suggest to you that you avoid any number higher than 2. :)

3:03 pm

same here, Uni. Books books books

I'll do my best uni!!

3:03 pm

back

I fell over once becuase i spent so long reading that my legs went dead!

3:03 pm

Ran into a car while reading once...i still read when I walk which hurts when I run into stairs, etc LOL becca

3:03 pm

same here ...books..books...books...but NO accidents...hehe

3:04 pm

lol me too. books while walking, books while queueing, books books books

3:04 pm

Becca -- one is plenty, think positive thoughts...

3:04 pm

LOL books? my mother would call me to dinner. standing in front of me, and I wouldn't hear her!

3:04 pm

wb stud

I shall concentrate on uniquity's name!

3:04 pm

stid that is !

3:05 pm

LOL yep, no studs here -- just me and a couple raggedy dogs

3:05 pm

I tried to read during dinner. THAT got me in trouble until I learned how to be sneaky

3:05 pm

lol stid...

3:06 pm

I refused to eat till I was allowed a book while eating

3:06 pm

Books, books, books... bathing, walking, doing dishes... during homework...

3:06 pm

I ate fast so I could get back to my books... now I eat while I b abble and growl at anyone who tries to get me to stop.

3:07 pm

I dissolved more books in bathwater than I care to count

I still read constantly - i think i'm addicted.

lol stid!

3:07 pm

I think every Babbler is a reader... it's why we love these whacko words in here...

3:08 pm

hi guys..you on via generator, Stid?

3:08 pm

you got it on the nose scarlet !

3:08 pm

I have had some "dropsies" in the bathwater, too, stid!

3:08 pm

Yep, Luc! :-)

3:08 pm

True...I eat breakfast and read while babbling, lol. Then I come back all day long, even after I finish

3:09 pm

Speaking of books, I bought a Nelson Mandella biography...and its HUGE!!!

3:09 pm

But am gonna wait til' after xmas to get into it!

3:09 pm

I have worked out ways to keep books open when doing other things... the spring-loaded clamps or good clothespins are excellent to keeping the pages from flipping!

3:10 pm

down to the "dreaded 14"...

ooh, i'll have to remeber that scarlet

3:10 pm

Uni...am like you...I pop in and out all day long...lol

3:11 pm

What a life he has had, Flask! It works, too, Becca!

3:11 pm

Scarlet am goin' the right way...am down to 90.....lol

3:11 pm

brb I need fooooood

time for me to go - bed is calling. This baby is draining me of all energy. Bye everyone

3:12 pm

Stid disappeared

3:12 pm

It's better than 167, Flask!! :-) Remember: half full, not half empty!!

3:12 pm

Yes...can't wait to get into it!

3:12 pm

sorry, I faded out again... trying to get through email again

3:12 pm

Until another day, Becca. Be well.

3:12 pm

power came back on sometime between 9 and 10:30 last night.

3:12 pm

sweet dreams becca!

3:13 pm

bye becca !

3:13 pm

bye becca!

3:13 pm

go montreal go!

3:13 pm

hi krista :-)

3:14 pm

Oh, glad you don't have to mess with the generator still. It is freaking cold and windy here today. Almost unbearable (but I hate wind).

3:14 pm

ok...diving back in...*SPLASH*!!!!!

3:14 pm

hi Krista and tx stid !

3:15 pm

"wiping myself dry after flask's dive"...

3:15 pm

*Please toss the towel over here, Luc*

3:15 pm

we still have wind, but not much rain in the last 20 hours. hoping it stays that way...

3:15 pm

A perfect 10 for Flask!

3:15 pm

10!!

3:15 pm

I don't like wind either. Too many tall trees to fall over.

3:16 pm

Hi Montreal...shouldn't complain about cold with a Canadian in the room, should I?

3:16 pm

"tossing towel towards scarlet"

3:16 pm

nope. a GOOD diver doesn't splash like that. the entry was sloppy. 9.6

3:16 pm

More than one Canadian...

3:16 pm

Yes, my daughter got up at 1:30 and was afraid the pines in the front yard were going to come down because they were almost horizontal in the wind.

3:16 pm

I t was our fault, stid... we were too close to the edge of the olympic pool...

3:16 pm

hey how many words today?

3:16 pm

I felt no splash! :) I was in the nosebleeds though...

3:16 pm

Opps! Sorry and hi, Uni!

3:17 pm

well Krista, today is positively balmy at minus 6 C ...compared to yesterday's and sunday's minus 13 C ...

3:17 pm

167

3:17 pm

oooh. very harsh wind indeed!

3:17 pm

thanks

3:17 pm

YW, lucen!

3:17 pm

true, perhaps I ought to pull my toes back out of the water... *revising score* 9.8

3:17 pm

tirl

3:17 pm

oops. other box, lucend!

3:17 pm

oops lol

3:18 pm

9 left...

3:18 pm

Hey Montreal....did I wet you????...lol

3:18 pm

23

3:18 pm

please say yes.....lol

3:18 pm

go montreal go!

3:18 pm

we're 34 (F), but the wind chill has to be MUCH lower **puts nose to gridstone**

3:19 pm

go scarlet!

3:19 pm

back!

3:19 pm

rofl... I LOVE it! "gridstone" a new babblism appears! *files next to firewords*

3:19 pm

you did flask but now towelled off am ok ! phhhewww

3:20 pm

And "cognacs"

3:20 pm

Montreal, are you sure you didn't just walk outside into the snow/hail/horrible weather and mistake it for her dive?

3:20 pm

Hee heee...that just came out..I like it, too (I may say so).

3:21 pm

so atalante, was thinking over about the phone thing. Our wireless house phones came with a base unit that has a "tether" handset... we can always call out/revceive when the lines are intact.

3:21 pm

no Uni... was wet brfore from a long shovelling session and had time to dry off... before Flask dove in...

3:21 pm

How was food Ata?

3:21 pm

I meant IF I may say so

3:21 pm

I've been trying to rack my brains to think whether theirs has or not. I *think* it has

3:22 pm

well ... I was going to make some pasta with prawns. But then decided to just eat the prawns by themselves lol

3:22 pm

mmmm. prawns! :-D *pulling on jet pack to go fetch dinner*

3:22 pm

my favorite, Ata...mm mm good

3:22 pm

Expediency always wins

3:23 pm

I'm like Bubba on Forrest Gump...like 'em cooked any way.

3:23 pm

must make tea...brb with 6 to go...

3:23 pm

i could eat just prawns by themselves any which way

3:23 pm

LOL... Krista... gumbo, fried, boiled....

3:23 pm

Come back Luc!

3:23 pm

Ditto, Ata!

3:24 pm

well, I need to figure out a way to back up the files on our "server" -- it's making funny sounds. back online later (if the wind stops and the creek don't rise -- which may or may bnot be tongue in cheek today)

3:24 pm

good luck!

3:25 pm

Later stid. Good luck on that!

3:25 pm

Good luck Stid!

3:25 pm

afternoon all......... just finished up with my last 3

3:26 pm

fireworks!!!

3:26 pm

I am absolutely tearing my hair out on a four-letter word! Yahoo for Gu!!

3:26 pm

YAY 10s!! **breaks out the firesticks**

3:26 pm

scar........... which one

3:26 pm

Monkeyed it. Whew!

3:27 pm

Thanks for offering to help, Gu... it was a Li word.

3:27 pm

was it the li4/5........ I overlooked that for about an hour

3:28 pm

exactly, Scarlet..they actually have a "talking" Hallmark card with that shrimp clip in it from the movie

3:28 pm

That one I found.... after several tries, Gu... it was the simple 4/4 that drove me batty.

3:29 pm

The middle of the three, 4/4s at the end of the Li words...

3:29 pm

tea nearby ...steeping...

3:29 pm

I never heard of that, Krista... very funny!\

3:30 pm

Luc... you are bringing me back into the fold of tea- drinking again... I enjoy it!~

3:31 pm

tea is just the best thing ever

3:31 pm

Hot chocolate is pretty high up too...and hot cider

3:31 pm

great Scarlet - i love it - not much of a coffee drinker

3:31 pm

definitely, but tea is at the top

3:31 pm

i'll second that Ata !

3:33 pm

I have 3 drawers of tea :)

3:35 pm

I have a huge, handmade basket that beloved found at an artisan's kiosk, and he filled it with books one Christmas...it is now full of tea!

3:35 pm

That's sweet Scarlet...from one good thing to another!

3:35 pm

wooot!

3:36 pm

Luc and Scarlet - what are your favourite types of tea?

3:36 pm

nice...

3:36 pm

Republic of Teas chai, vanilla, almond, Earl Grey... name it!

3:36 pm

I think Earl Grey is the finest creation on this planet!

3:36 pm

I am ever so close to finishing the grid -- all I need is tr8/45 and an7/28 hlp, pls, ty

3:36 pm

i'm afraid i am not a connaisseur - but will try any type...

3:37 pm

I have some yummy honey lemon stuff...and love peppermint, but never flavours enough so I add a mint to it :)

3:37 pm

TR 8 is a compound... catch your minks in the first word, and walk a straight **** for the second

3:37 pm

I'm a complete tea snob - I buy a lot of my tea from www.emeyu.com but at the same time, there's nothing better than a mug of strong brewed whatever comes to hand

3:37 pm

tr8 - compound word of the preceding tr4 and li4

3:37 pm

have you tried Lady Grey, scarlet?

3:38 pm

an7 = opposed to + oxygen

3:38 pm

No, Ata... what makes it different?

3:38 pm

an7 - an***** missiles

3:38 pm

its got citrus in it as well.

3:39 pm

and if Earl Grey is the greatest creation in the world, Lady Grey is the greatest creation in the universe

3:39 pm

done---thanks for those last two--just could not find those words!!

3:39 pm

Ohhhh... If there is more snap to the Lady Grey, then I shall search it out in one of the teashops, Ata.

3:39 pm

wtg pbr !!!

3:39 pm

YAY pbr!

3:40 pm

Yahoo for pbr!

3:40 pm

if you cant find it, let me know and I'll send you some. I'm continually promoting Lady Grey to the world!

3:40 pm

Is there more bergamot in it, Ata?

3:41 pm

it does tend to have a bit more oomph I think

3:42 pm

Thank you. I am filing this tidbit away until a jaunt downtown to the shops!

3:42 pm

if you like citrus taste, and youlike Earl Grey, you'll die of love

3:42 pm

fireworks !

3:42 pm

could I get a clue for the AN7 plz?

3:42 pm

I do, and I will... I just know it!! Yippe for Lucien@!!

3:43 pm

Against oxygen, jakes?

3:43 pm

Against oxygen an 7/28

3:43 pm

clued it at 3:38

3:43 pm

YAY mont!

3:43 pm

Hi, book!\

3:43 pm

ty bookwomen & Scarlet F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S

3:44 pm

YAY JM!

3:44 pm

thank you all (taking a bow)...

3:44 pm

Yippee for jakes-mum!! @@@

3:44 pm

wtg Jakes-mum !!

3:44 pm

hello everyone. just here for a minute. still have 44 left.

3:44 pm

Thowing fresh tea bags to Montreal!!

3:45 pm

onward to sudoku !! (snow shovelling reduces babble time... i know babble should take precedence but...)

3:45 pm

Be careful mon ami!

3:45 pm

"taken by surprise, am hit by a whole bunch of tea beags"...

3:46 pm

*giggle*

3:46 pm

tx scarlet - happy babbling all "POOF"

3:46 pm

and ditto you Luc, I can supply proper english tea if you ever wish!

3:47 pm

Ata is on a mission

3:47 pm

I am SOOOOOO upset

3:47 pm

could cry, actually

3:47 pm

Why, Krista?

3:47 pm

oh no Krista!

3:48 pm

*arms in wide-open HUG stance*

3:49 pm

Ok, crying now..this is going to sound SO stupid...I got my first negative feedback as a seller on eBay after TEN years. I admitted I forgot to ship something, apologized, shipped it immediately, and REFUNDED the shipping. God, no room for being human, here.

3:49 pm

Dear...

3:49 pm

WAs the buyer nasty to you, Krista?

3:49 pm

sweetheart! ignore them. you're wonderful

3:50 pm

Ditto Ata's support.

3:50 pm

Oh Krista...I don't know much about eBay, but I'm sure you can post your side of the story somehow? And it can't affect your rep. too much if you've been doing it for ten years

3:50 pm

people are utterly unreasinable on ebay

3:50 pm

can i get a clue for the an 7?

3:50 pm

(Although I acknowledge the personal insult is more damagin)

3:51 pm

eieios... being violently opposed to oxygen?

3:51 pm

She just asked where the item was, and I said, you know, I could make up a bunch of excuses, but the truth is I forgot! They do let you give your side of the story after the feedback, so I did that. She is relatively new, but still. GEesh.

3:51 pm

an4/4 + oxygen

3:52 pm

Thanks, all...wiping snotty nose. I've got more important things to worry about, for sure, but that was a shock to my system.

3:52 pm

thx. just scrolled back and saw it. =)

3:52 pm

Krista, sounds like everywhere else...people expect immediate results that suit them and no-one else. Also, XMas season makes people...nuts :)

3:52 pm

You told the truth... that's a great deal more than most sellers offer today... Krista, {{{Hug}}}

3:52 pm

I bet! Especially when you've done all you can to help her! Just ignore it. People will see your side of the story too

3:53 pm

Ebay scares me.

3:53 pm

Hey, I know the rush I get form being congratulates as a cluer on here! I'm sure being insulted on Ebay would be the antithesis!

3:53 pm

Perfect, Uni!

3:53 pm

i think you are brave to sell anything on it. i let my husband pursue that avenue. i just take everything to the Salvation Army or the Children's Home in our area

3:54 pm

I also give good clothing to the men's shelter and the rape crisis center... the clothing that the victims wear becomes evidence... so, they don't want to walk out of the hospital in scrubs...

3:54 pm

I have always enjoyed it. I met my husband on eBay! Ok, I'm alright now. Thanks - you guys are great.

3:54 pm

EBay intimidates me. I admire your use of it!

3:55 pm

*Giving Krista some of Ata's Lady Grey tea*

3:55 pm

you did? really? tell all!

3:55 pm

never would have thought of that, Scarlet..(the rape clothing thing)..very nice

3:56 pm

What, about meeting Patrick, Ata?

3:56 pm

yes! sounds wonderful!

3:56 pm

and will remind you of the nice things about ebay!

3:57 pm

The poor men and women who are raped... are put in the hospital for clinical evaluation and laboratory testing... their underwear, clothing and even shoes sometimes, becomes the property of the forensic unit of the police department... very few, if any, people ever want those clothes back... horrid memories.

3:58 pm

Scarlet, that is an aspect I have never even thought of...I think after suffering through rape, the hospital, stress, emotions, etc I would not want to be leaving in a bare-bum johnny shirt

3:58 pm

Yes, dear... it is shattering for them.

3:59 pm

So, the rape crisis center takes good clothing, clean and in good shape... for those who are still so shocked by the events, that they don't even realize that the clothing is used...

4:00 pm

In 1997, my nephew gave me a very nice Ren and Stimpy t-shirt that was too small in the chest area. I put it on eBay, and sold it to a man in London. There was no PayPal back then, so I asked him to pay me in Teletubbies for my then 2-year old daughter. He did, and we struck up a friendship. My marriage was already on the rocks, and in the process of separation. Patrick moved in on me :). He visited me several times over the next two years. He moved here in 2000 and we got married! His parents moved here the year our son was born.

4:00 pm

Awwwww... Krista... what a love story!

4:01 pm

oh WOW! so you married a Brit :D

4:01 pm

Krista, if you sell that to Hollywood you'll be rich!

4:01 pm

how wonderful!

4:01 pm

i met my DH online too. wonder if we will ever have a babble wedding....

4:02 pm

hello everyone :)

4:02 pm

bound too one day. we already have Anj and Lola

4:02 pm

HI, nan.... welcome to "Love Rules the World!"

4:02 pm

eBay had a contest recently about how it transformed your life (went along with Transformers toy promotion)..I never got around to entering our story....yep, thought you knew he was a Limey, Ata, sorry

4:02 pm

hey nan

4:02 pm

I probably did without clicking on the fact!

4:03 pm

And that other gal, who moved to Toronto, is going to have a Babble wedding... her next mate will be a fellow Babbler!

4:03 pm

good choice of a man ;)

4:03 pm

Kate Hudson?

4:03 pm

yup

4:03 pm

sorry if i am being dense, but i can't seem to find the an 5/10.

4:03 pm

He's a keeper, for sure. :) Check out my icon..it's what he did to our Taurus SE!!

4:04 pm

That's so cool! I remember Anj..he hooked up with a Babbler??

4:04 pm

ha ha! fab :D

4:04 pm

yeah, Lola100

4:04 pm

AN + *** la la la

4:04 pm

thx, scarlet.

4:05 pm

just read back in the log -- who is Kate Hudson marrying?

4:05 pm

Wow, and they're getting married. That's great!

4:05 pm

:-) eieios

4:06 pm

I forget his name... Ata, do you remember?

4:06 pm

well, since i can only find 84 words, there are no more?

4:06 pm

Was it jacksprat... no....

4:06 pm

not sure if they are getting married, but they are very firmly together

4:06 pm

who atalante?

4:06 pm

LOL, phaeton... yes, 83 more

4:07 pm

no, phaeton, i think you are right. i am at 84 too.

4:07 pm

sheesh, only half way there then

4:07 pm

Who is the other Babble couple, Scarlet? (gossiping, here)

4:07 pm

maybe if i start spelling them all backwards i'll find a few

4:07 pm

I remember that Kate said when her divorce was final, he would move from England to marry her in Toronto.

4:07 pm

hint for the ne 7/28 pls

Krista that is really sweet

4:08 pm

hi lady

4:08 pm

hi lady

4:08 pm

ne 7: more open weaved

4:08 pm

Her name in Babble is kthudson...

4:08 pm

eieios, do you have the same 84 that I do? :-)

4:08 pm

Hi, Lady!

4:08 pm

more of ne7

4:08 pm

who is kate marrying? or with? or whatever

4:08 pm

it's possible, phaeton

4:09 pm

hint for ne7

4:09 pm

eieior, you peeking?

4:09 pm

fish ne* is the te** you are looking for

4:09 pm

OH...I saw the name Kate Hudson, thought you were talking celebrity gossip, there

4:09 pm

just pilfering clues at the moment. lol

4:09 pm

ne 7 clue at $:08

4:09 pm

is there a way to trade lists with each other? =)

4:10 pm

LOL, Krista... no, that'

4:10 pm

oops, I meant to ask for ne 8/40 - had the other one

4:10 pm

did that bacwards; fish ne* is the **rm you are looking for

4:10 pm

I give up ---- who is our Kate marrying???

4:10 pm

is her real name. She has two little girls she adores, and just made the move to Toronto from England... and loves it there.

4:10 pm

You know, nan... I cannot think of his name... I will check something though... brb

4:11 pm

Awww! Shoot, I haven't even visited England, yet.

4:11 pm

what is that little pot that you rinse your nose out with? i have tried every spelling

4:11 pm

I cant think of his name either

4:12 pm

oops, I meant to ask for ne 8/40 - had the other one

4:12 pm

neti

4:12 pm

ouch. best friend in oregon - they woon't have power for 5 days. they had winds of 125 mph. no pharmacies open, 911 not working

4:12 pm

neti pot

4:12 pm

scary, ata

4:12 pm

thx, krista

4:12 pm

krista, change the last letter to match the cross cons.

4:13 pm

Did you mean that for someone else, Mom?

4:14 pm

I just saw your word in the chatter

4:14 pm

Herin! Sorry I missed your earlier comment! Thanks. :) It's hard to cry, eat pizza, and Babble at the same time.

4:14 pm

Oh, I was answering eieieos. But thanks!

hi all

4:15 pm

hey angel!

hi krista

4:16 pm

And Kate's intended name is TrickyRick, He is often on sudoku

4:17 pm

They must be part of the really early or really late crowd. I don't recognize those names.

4:18 pm

Ust juming into the chat, though I havent read all of it,

4:18 pm

kate wasn't ever on for that long

4:18 pm

pa7/32...the FIRST one please?

4:18 pm

Kate was verrrry active last fall, when her British husband didnt coe home and we help her up, then found out he found anothr

4:19 pm

Oh my!

4:19 pm

i'm so grateful i haven't clicked on the iron sudoku link...i'm pretty sure i'd never see daylight again

4:19 pm

some one who likes to dance all night is a pa*****

4:19 pm

how about a clue for the ar 7's?

4:19 pm

thanks momo....

4:20 pm

yw, flask1

4:20 pm

eieios, small opera solo

4:20 pm

Sometimes it all works out for the best. My ex and I are still friends, and he brings his fiance over for all the holidays. It's kind of weird, but it works well for our daughter.

4:20 pm

Nan, I just went through some old e-mails, and thought maybe I had saved her letter... No luck finding it, though.

4:20 pm

eie...two different endings

4:20 pm

thx, phae

4:21 pm

Then Kate had all those problems getting hre ikds ou of UK, the school would not release their records, etc. etc. I feel like I spent and eternity with her

I remember a young American on LiveJournal that did adayinmylife foto journal. He posted his photos and then a young girl replied and the rest is history

4:21 pm

That's it, inge!! Thank you!

4:21 pm

yw eie

4:22 pm

ar 7? -- don't have either

4:22 pm

jet

4:22 pm

i am looking for a clue to the second 3 top row, ea,en,et, ee or ec?

4:22 pm

just clued at 4:20

4:22 pm

sorry wrong one

4:22 pm

A soprano's highlight in an opera... only add the small kitchen to the end

4:22 pm

mlf, one is to catch something again

4:22 pm

Then change the last vowel for the second 7/28, nan

4:23 pm

Is it all worked out, now, Inge??

4:23 pm

yes, and with amazing speed. I worry whether this new marriage will make it

4:24 pm

still looking for that small kitchen!

4:24 pm

ty scar and pha

4:24 pm

ette

4:24 pm

it's the four-letter ending for a studio apartment's kitchen

4:24 pm

There re three little girls involved as well

4:24 pm

yw, joan

4:25 pm

:-) joanne.

4:25 pm

hi all

4:25 pm

clues for the ap words? plz

4:25 pm

Hi there, jo!

hi jo

4:25 pm

hello

4:25 pm

there is a lot of stress in moving across the pond, true...my husband moved here, we got married, bought a house, and I got pregnant, all within 4 months. We made it, though!

4:25 pm

phae which one?

4:25 pm

hey hey

4:25 pm

the en

4:26 pm

AP + not dark, spelled badly

4:26 pm

bith ap words

4:26 pm

wow krista! if you can manage that you can manage anything!

4:26 pm

That's the ap6/21. The ap5/12 is "more appropriate"

4:26 pm

mom, one is to be more able

4:27 pm

got it thanks, all -- was trying to put in the entire operatic solo!

4:27 pm

got the 'not dark' ... thanks

4:27 pm

LOL, great mom!

4:27 pm

mlf, i only have two e words and both start with en

4:27 pm

LOL... nan, at least you found it!

4:27 pm

tHe sTrEsS diD nOtHinG tO mY mInD, ATa :)~

4:27 pm

Hahahhahahhahaaaa, Krista!

4:28 pm

Every time I finally catch up in the chat, other duties call. Got to head for the kitchen and fix supper.

4:28 pm

Later, inge.

4:28 pm

*grins* well if you cab manage all that, a single ebay idiot shouldnt get you upset *hugs*

4:28 pm

Krista, my daughter sells on ebay. Mostly baby clothes, but some adult ladies

4:28 pm

OK, solong for now

4:28 pm

don't understand the 'more appropriate' ap word. More help, plz

4:28 pm

bye, inge

4:28 pm

momme either

Krista i like your car

4:29 pm

ap...and ***m, the word you were using earlier in a clue

4:29 pm

AP + some grids are just ***rible to solve

4:29 pm

ap + See you la***!

4:29 pm

gettin lost in the chatter here - any clues for the ne 8/40 pls

4:29 pm

ap5 - more skilled, more appropriate

4:29 pm

mlf: think rental home is an ap* (abbr) and the 'more' ending

4:30 pm

dspike, they said it was more of the ne7/28, but i can't figure that out

4:30 pm

Hello there, dcseain!! :-)

4:30 pm

Thanks, Herin! The badge is "hand applied." Sticker missing looks awful; I shouldn't show that part.

4:30 pm

Ata, that is very true. That put things in perspective for me, thank you Dear.

4:30 pm

Think of the plant, NE**** that has prickles on it, stinging you... then, more so.

4:31 pm

heya, scarlet, krista, momo, dspike, and uni

4:31 pm

the R is used in the ne 7/28 so I don't know how it's more of it

4:31 pm

does anyone have al7 (both)?

4:31 pm

Hey DC!

4:31 pm

what about me!!!

4:31 pm

hi dc

4:31 pm

ooohhh!, thx scarlet

4:31 pm

i dont have al 7

4:31 pm

io 6?

4:31 pm

Yay for phaeton!!

4:32 pm

momo - one who leaves you out and the one left out

4:32 pm

dspike, did you get that clue from scarlet?

4:32 pm

io + eat a **** lunch to save room for dessert!

4:32 pm

IO + bad spellling of what bulbs cast

4:32 pm

yeah, but I'm a dude so I don't know the plant :)

4:32 pm

ty momo

4:32 pm

ah, sorr ata, nan, and phaeton, clueless me missed yall :) Hello!

4:33 pm

dsp that clue about leaving out is for what?

4:33 pm

Wow, this got big, fast! Keeping up with chat, making supper and trying to finish the grid is a big task

4:33 pm

go it all - thx

4:33 pm

ne4 add cons and moreee

4:33 pm

mlf, me either

4:33 pm

al 7

Brain drain need to leave house soon :(

4:33 pm

*grins* and hi back!

4:33 pm

dspike, leaves you out?

4:33 pm

LOL, Uni... let's read our books now! ;-)

4:34 pm

Great idea Scar! Hopefully I don't catch something on fire while I play with candles too :)

4:34 pm

io has me stumped to scarlet

4:35 pm

Perfect then, Uni... the best solution is to get a pot over your head ASAP!! LOL

4:35 pm

io + li4/4

4:35 pm

mlf, io and the li4/4 word

4:35 pm

you leave someone out when you al 8/40 them - so the al 7s have to do with the ET part of it

4:35 pm

Going to class, Herin?

4:35 pm

MLF... io+ not dark, but li4/4

io is a blue gemstone they sell on qvc

No no class for me

I have to travel 2 hours to the doctors

4:36 pm

i got the al 8/40

4:36 pm

Hope you're ok.

4:36 pm

a clue please for tr8/45 please?

4:36 pm

I thought so, mlf; but was putting the 'at' in the middle of the word

4:36 pm

dspike, thx, got all of them

4:36 pm

hint for the ist TA pls for "fireworks" pls

4:37 pm

Flask... compound word, you get the wild animals caught in a tr** + walk a straight ****'

4:37 pm

tr 8/45: booby tr** plus A Chorus ****

4:37 pm

or 5?

4:37 pm

TA + eight, nine, t** + T** Mar** liquor

4:37 pm

dps TA??

4:38 pm

oh thankyou!

4:38 pm

ty flask

4:38 pm

OR+ a type of bunny rabbit... referring to his ears

http://www.squishable.com/s/ i just found this site

4:38 pm

I'm finally at 100, after three hours of searching!

4:38 pm

ty scarlet -- thought I'd tried that

Krista its a brain check. I have lost the marbles

4:38 pm

scarlet, the liquor means nothing to me

4:39 pm

are the ur 7/32's common words?

4:39 pm

Glad you found it, nan.

4:39 pm

One is the process of eliminating liquid waste from the bladder, Krista

4:39 pm

Hey, join the marbleless club. You will be in great company.

4:39 pm

ty scarlet

4:40 pm

dc... try the expression, Mama M88

4:40 pm

Mama M**

4:40 pm

can't believe I didn't see that (now that I know the word, of course). Thanks, Scarlet

4:40 pm

found it, ty :)

4:40 pm

Yea!!

4:40 pm

You are welcome, Krista

4:40 pm

the TA word didn't make sense, cuz i don't know the names of any liquors

4:41 pm

still need the other ur 7/32, please anyone

4:41 pm

yeah i am not to familiar either phae so am still thinking about that one

4:41 pm

TA + second vowel + I'll have to wear a truss for this her***

4:41 pm

ta + 'the **d' + mama m**

4:42 pm

UR + first vowel + not heavy, but **** (badly spelled)

4:42 pm

i remember when I used to look up every word I didn't know on here. Now I don't care! That's bad.

4:42 pm

I need the last te6/18 please

4:42 pm

TY!!

4:42 pm

ta + the finish line is at the **d of the race + third vowel, then first vowel

4:42 pm

ok, thx, but i only got the ta6/18 out of that...what else am I missing for the ta7?

4:43 pm

i dont understand the "d"

4:43 pm

TE rhymes with improving how you feel... if you were sick and became well, you're all b*****

4:43 pm

mlf, leave out the d

4:43 pm

Thanks Scarlet

4:44 pm

te + ne6/18 (ne****)

4:44 pm

Yea for BettyAnne!

4:44 pm

There is no TA 7

4:44 pm

I can clue some if you need

4:44 pm

middle re 7?

4:44 pm

thx mom5 but don't have the ne 6/18

4:44 pm

ok, thx, scarlet

4:45 pm

te + double cons + more ending

4:45 pm

if you catch fish with a net you are a *

4:46 pm

i am missing the last ce 6/21. clue?

4:46 pm

thax, got the ne6

4:46 pm

what is the first and second te 6/18 please

4:46 pm

could i have a clue for the pi5/18 please

4:46 pm

CE + use the ending of a gas.. bu****

4:46 pm

ce + sun coloring + silent vowel

4:47 pm

cool, not pleased... in a fit of Pi***

4:47 pm

TE 6/18 add common ending to the 4/4 above it (this is the 1st te 6)

4:47 pm

and do the same for the other TE 6 18

4:47 pm

Then add a consonant to the end of that word for the 6/30

4:48 pm

howdy neighbor..ready for the snow?

4:48 pm

re7/28 = re + type of metal for canned food *** + vowel combo

4:48 pm

ok, i think i have it, thx all

4:48 pm

thx, phan and scarlet

4:48 pm

PI 5/18 - my interest is ...(use the Q)

4:48 pm

mlf, 6/18..more of an adolescent

4:48 pm

:-)

4:49 pm

I don't think we will get much in the way of Snow, Krista

4:49 pm

could u try another clue please scarlet im having a b londe moment

4:49 pm

hmm..calling for 3 inches here, now

4:49 pm

there calendar all updated. :)

4:49 pm

And they are ALWAYS correct. (sarcasm)

4:49 pm

oh, is it 3 in N and W of DC then, krista? I've not heard weather.

4:49 pm

Pi + "what" in Spanish... use the five-point tile, cool

4:50 pm

really, who are you listenting to? I have heard only 1-2 inches

4:50 pm

mlf, te6/18...one who might live in a canvas home

4:50 pm

i'm betting we get a dusting or 3 feet, as winter forcasts here are mustly wrong

4:50 pm

i got the te 4/4 and the 6/18 below it

4:50 pm

that came from Bob Ryan on NBC4

4:50 pm

thanks, momo -- have that one -- looking for the 2nd re 7

4:50 pm

dont worry found them ty everyone

4:50 pm

one of the weather sites...husband read it to me...weather.com maybe?

4:50 pm

Yea!!

qwaaq

4:51 pm

This storm is a clipper, they usually get hung up in the mountains

Sorry about that damn cat

Sorry about that damn cat

4:51 pm

sorry, don't have the other re7's either.

4:51 pm

Lady, is that a symptom?

4:51 pm

re: 7 - re + a form of transportation

4:51 pm

You're supposed to use monkeys, not cats, Herin.

4:51 pm

'evenin' all!!

4:51 pm

phae got the canvas one

4:51 pm

how's the grid - dare I start?

4:51 pm

asgreen!! Happy Channukah and happy birthday to you.....

4:52 pm

awww, you remembered! Thanks Scarlet! It's been a GREAT day!!

4:52 pm

It's a peculiar little group of letters designed to make you a little crazy, asgreen... Jump in??

4:52 pm

mlf, i only have 3 te6's so if there is more, good luck

4:52 pm

You're here! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

4:52 pm

Bob Ryan...had a relative (not blood related, thanks) who had schizonprenia and thought Bob Ryan was Satan.

ASGreen is it your birthday?

4:53 pm

evening. happy birthday alison

4:53 pm

really? I never heard that before

4:53 pm

I am so happy to hear that asgreen... may you have many more lovely, wonderful days!!

4:53 pm

ty phae i thought i was missing oen my smistake thank you!

Krista someone i knew used to talk to trees and them back

HI Doren

4:53 pm

Hey! Happy Birthday, green!!

4:53 pm

lol Dorens - that's my sis (but everyone does that - I'm Amanda!!) tx herin!

4:53 pm

mlf, yw, been there, done that :)

4:53 pm

thanks Krista!

4:54 pm

need help with the 2nd, 3rd UR words, plz.

4:54 pm

it's fun being 40! so far!

AS you need a picture

4:54 pm

oh, sorry. I forgot. should have known that.. happy birthday amanda!

4:54 pm

oh, the 40's were definitely my best decade!

Oh dear i am going to have to go soon and my cat will not be happy

4:55 pm

en 6/21?

4:55 pm

3rd ur word is to relieve the bladder.

4:55 pm

That's so interesting, Herin. Would have liked to hear those conversations.

4:55 pm

I don't know how to do the pic. heck, I'm new to the fireworks - I'll never get the picture! no prob Dorens - really!

4:55 pm

2nd ur i don't have.

4:55 pm

is anyone struggling here today!

4:55 pm

?

4:55 pm

this is a tough grid today, eieios

4:55 pm

en + tr 4/5

4:55 pm

eieios you mean with the grid?

4:55 pm

eieio, the one I have is to catch again

4:55 pm

watching oprah. it's about eat,pray, love. haven't read it yet.

4:55 pm

it's taking me longer than usual to get halfway, i think

4:56 pm

ur5/12 - Mr Geller meets Mr Gore

Ei i have got 22 and given up

4:56 pm

Yep...I"m hitting the wall at 100 to go. That's bad.

4:56 pm

yep, but it's always a struggle

4:56 pm

LOVE oprah, hated E,P,L... :)

4:56 pm

yes, mlf!

4:56 pm

i have 54 left

Haz how are you

4:56 pm

Hi haz, nice clue, even if I did have the word

4:56 pm

why isn't entrail a word?

4:56 pm

doreens i have 93 left and i have been here 3 times since it first started last night

4:56 pm

haz! you're up late!

4:56 pm

because it is only a plural word

4:56 pm

why did you hate it, asgreen?

4:56 pm

I want tilapia (i'm hungry)

4:56 pm

That's her second show about it, eiei. It's a follow up. Scrabbler was reading that, I think.

4:57 pm

ok, I'll do a few - my hubby and son are making latkes....daughter is setting the table....I'm playing babble

4:57 pm

I thought she was a big whiner

4:57 pm

haz, I get your drift and know Mr. Gore. Not familiar with Mr. Geller

4:57 pm

thx, haz, didn't have that one

4:57 pm

I made tilapia last night!

4:57 pm

the show is making me feel like a failure b/c i haven't travelled the world. i merely take care of my four kids. easy job, eh?

4:57 pm

I read it last summer and liked it, but it may have more to do with my life. And she was very self-indulgent.. it was her catharsis

4:57 pm

ei - she has no kids - she was paid to do her trip (she's a journalist)

4:57 pm

Have any of you been watching the Tin Man?

4:58 pm

My book: Pray, Eat, Play Babble and Wipe Butts

Krista sorry i didn't reply earlier i was getting coffee and lunch sorted

4:58 pm

lol Krista

4:58 pm

mlf, yes I have!

4:58 pm

eie i think anyone who reads that book probably does too she was asked about how to do it without travelling didnt seen to have much of an answer

4:58 pm

sounds like me, krista lol

4:58 pm

MLF... I watched about 20 minutes of it after the football game was over and HATED it.

4:58 pm

phae isnt it GREAT

4:59 pm

so, my kids (who are turning 9 in a few weeks) gave me footie pjs for my bday - how fun is that!?!

4:59 pm

seems like a soul search i don't have time for. i would rather babble. =)

4:59 pm

Probably lots of us, ei!

4:59 pm

entrail is not valid. sigh, enable.

4:59 pm

i need some of those, asgreen

4:59 pm

It's ok, Herin. Hope your drive will be pleasant.

4:59 pm

it is only a plural word

4:59 pm

nm, monkeyed it.

4:59 pm

i tried that too cd lol

4:59 pm

UR7/32 (2nd)

4:59 pm

well, that is stupid, phan.

5:00 pm

OH - so that's it, ph!

Oh and Oprahs endorsement of the Secret is crap. One of the supporters had Amway go 'back off buddy' as its all a big pyrimad scam

5:00 pm

ur7 to pee

5:00 pm

when you relieve your bladder

5:00 pm

momo, to vacate the body of ur5/12

5:00 pm

eie if i travelled where she did i would meditate be relaxed etc too

5:00 pm

oh, phan, that's much nicer! LOL

Krista look at my icon. Thats my transport

5:00 pm

no eieios - it refers to all of your intestines

5:00 pm

duh, just what I need to do

5:00 pm

i know. just being pouty. =)

5:00 pm

Soul searching is way up there on the Maslow hierarchy of needs. It's a luxury for many.

5:01 pm

mlf, yea i really like it.

5:01 pm

first ta 6?

5:01 pm

i would love to travel and relax on someone else's dollar. what a treat!

5:01 pm

phae do you know who the lion is?

5:01 pm

PFTTT! That's great, Herin!! LOL!

5:01 pm

my DH keeps complaining about lack of free time. he assumes b/c i don't work out of the home, i have a ton of it. lol

I don't have a license as i don't trust myself not to belt people for being so stupid on the road

5:02 pm

mlf, don't understand, you mean who the actor is?

5:02 pm

TA 6 is the babblet - hook worm

5:02 pm

ta6 the kinda sex Sting talked about a few years ago

5:02 pm

nan, flip the vowels in a cuppa for the TA6/18 + wear a truss for a her***

5:02 pm

rofl, herein

5:02 pm

yes phae i dont know who they all are

At least i am honest

5:02 pm

tried that too, seain -- came to the conlusion that that it cannot be singular, therefore, entrails

5:03 pm

herin i dont drive either

5:03 pm

My husband used to be like that until he started working from home full-time. He understands, now! Not that I am not wasting time right now.....

Hi DC to missed you there

OK i am gone

5:03 pm

i don't know them either except the tin man used to play on some medical show, and the mystic man is richard dryfuss

5:03 pm

hello, lady. i've been in and out.

5:03 pm

i really need to cook dinner....

5:03 pm

bye herin

5:03 pm

chat is fun today though. =)

5:03 pm

bye herein

5:03 pm

oh yes, the worm babblet -- ty

5:03 pm

Be safe! Hope it goes well!

5:04 pm

well, gotta go again. Need to get my daughter cooking dinner! And set my fake tree up

5:04 pm

lady on the news here being charged with working with her husband to blackmail her lovers. who ARE these people?

5:04 pm

phae yeah love him in this dreyfuss and hte guy who is the scarecrow played in josey and the pussy cats and romy and michelles high school reunion

5:04 pm

bye phan

5:04 pm

bye, phan. thx for the clues

5:04 pm

back to that re 7 following dye again -- retrail doesn't work either!

5:04 pm

he is a great actor but again dont know hiw name lol

5:05 pm

Neil McDounough?

5:05 pm

Yes, I need to head out and take DD to guitar lessons. Bye all and take care.

5:05 pm

re + form of transportation

5:05 pm

bye krista

5:05 pm

dreyfuss played on close encounter of 3rd kind

5:05 pm

is it scarlet?

5:05 pm

*poof*

5:05 pm

re+ choo-choo

5:06 pm

of course!!! -- how blind can I be? -- ty phand and eieios

5:06 pm

Guessing here, ML... he used to play a district attorney who had a severe alcohol problem...

5:06 pm

yes phae and that min series with helen hunt just a few yrs ago

5:06 pm

it says alan cummings, don't know which one that is

5:06 pm

scarlet did you see romy adn michelles high school reunion?

5:06 pm

Right, scarlet, and he played on a medical show after 9/11 about medical scares

5:06 pm

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for all the help, folks

5:06 pm

hey all

5:07 pm

Yahoo fo rnan!!

5:07 pm

<POMPOM TOSS> for cyber

5:07 pm

yay cyber!

5:07 pm

phae i think its the zipper head guy lol

5:07 pm

okay, taking a break to make sketti and meatballs

5:07 pm

That's right, phaeton!!! Kind of a HOmeland Security medical mystery team...

5:07 pm

wtg, cybernan

5:07 pm

yay cyber. and I am half way and can get the list now. yay me

5:07 pm

mlf, that's probably why i don't recognize him

5:08 pm

eiee i had anglel hair pasta for dinne

5:08 pm

dinner

5:08 pm

so how is everyone?...

5:08 pm

He was the brooding chief whose marriage was falling apart...

5:08 pm

Scarlet, right, and the girl on csi/ny was in it too

5:08 pm

yeah i am not sure who he was before those movies

5:08 pm

Meliana Kanakaredes?

5:08 pm

everyone who is on a tv show has a marriage falling apart

5:08 pm

That is NOT spelled correctly, though!

5:08 pm

chi carlee

5:09 pm

LOL... right, phe.

5:09 pm

NO, the other one, that is having the affair with one of her coworkers

5:09 pm

D.G. ' sister is the actress on Bones i think

5:09 pm

hi, carlee :)

5:09 pm

Kattie!!! How were your brownies?

5:10 pm

well...the pan is 2/3 gone... they were "fluffy"

5:10 pm

but very yummy....

5:10 pm

good "morning" dc

5:10 pm

mlf, zooey something?

5:10 pm

yes deschel

5:10 pm

Gone is good!!

5:11 pm

gone is good... yes... still trying to figure out my dinner

5:11 pm

boens or house cant remember which show lol

5:11 pm

Maybe the substitution changed the texture, but if the cats don't have them in their dishes, the family sure liked them!

5:11 pm

btu they are sisters sound like and the eyes color is EXACTLY the same its weird

5:11 pm

I used to get upset when I made something, then they would eat all of it. All that work, then it was gone!

5:12 pm

( and I am not... a true "measurer" )

5:12 pm

I don't watch bones very often

5:12 pm

Rather that than to do a lot of work, and no one likes it... going to waste...

5:12 pm

I say..oh..that looks like 1 1/4 cup...that looks like 3/4 cup ....

5:12 pm

phae do you think the purpose for that evil thin taking d g's sister was done for just a storyline or what?

5:13 pm

Well, if they were "et" it's good... so, you have to make dinner now? LOL/\

5:13 pm

carlee neither are the chefs on tv loll

5:13 pm

probably their idea of how they got an evil witch in Oz

5:13 pm

I measure when I bake... that's all... my daughter had to watch me a few times when I make latkes so she could get it right...

5:13 pm

me?...nope..made chicken salad for missie with left over chicken..hubby has gone out for dinner and a movie with buddies and my son is currently "pouting" since I commendered the "puter"

5:14 pm

i'm going to miss it tonight. Going to watch NCIS

5:14 pm

phae i mean it is good over evil as a lot of stories are

5:14 pm

You cant miss it tonight Phae its the last one!

5:14 pm

I have yet to decide what I will eat..just had some brie on butter crackers...

5:14 pm

mlf, of course, when has evil ever won out

5:14 pm

Me again - sorry for not responding earlier, I got called to the phone.

5:14 pm

last one what..no more bones? they cancelled it?

5:15 pm

hi haz...long itme no see..how are you dear?

5:15 pm

or5/12 ??

5:15 pm

no carlee this mini series on sci fi

5:15 pm

no, carlee, the Tin Man

5:15 pm

Kat... soup, omelet, grilled applesauce sandwiches?

5:15 pm

phae is going to miss it

5:15 pm

I'm well,thanks carlee.

5:15 pm

they'll repeat it later

5:15 pm

It is a wretched take on the Wizard of Oz... futuristic and even more fantastical, kat. Hi, Haz.

5:16 pm

Hello Scarlet - nice to see you.

5:16 pm

did u ever try the sandwich red?...I'll probably defrot some frozen butter chicken and boil up some basmati

5:16 pm

yes will be repeated at 11 or 12 my time following the first running of the third part

5:16 pm

grilled applesauce sandwiches?

5:16 pm

yes it is Scar

5:17 pm

It is good to see you, also, Haz. Is it a bit late now for you? 11 p.m., or do I have my clocks unbalanced, as usual?

5:17 pm

It's a bit later than usual. I was busy today, did a demo for a local ladies group and am unwinding a little.

5:17 pm

did we get a clue for the or5/12?

5:17 pm

What were you demonstrating, Haz?

5:18 pm

Not yet...

5:18 pm

Yes, I did, kat, and you were right on the nose about the taste... beloved also enjoyed them!

5:18 pm

Christmas table settings/decorations and suggestions for starters. And some funny poems for afters.

5:18 pm

phae i dont think so i want to know what it is though too

5:18 pm

like grilled cheese/ cheese toasties...sub applasauce and cinnamon...takes ike apple pie..almost...

5:18 pm

mom5, did you get it figured out yet?

5:18 pm

mom5, did you get it figured out yet?

5:18 pm

OR + a type of bunny rabbit... describing his ears

5:18 pm

No, still need a clue for OR 5/12 too!

5:19 pm

don't know one rabbit from another

5:19 pm

yum. I make grilled cheddar and put mango chutney in them, but that's totally different

5:19 pm

scarlet, you clued that before, and didn't understand it then

5:19 pm

i know part of the bunny ears but not the whole thing

5:19 pm

Nice, Haz... very creative. The chatline had quite a discussion of we Grinches vs the Christmas elves... I believe it was approximately 50/50

5:20 pm

OR + *** off his head, screamed the Red Queen!

5:20 pm

Clues are a funny thing. What seems common sense or obvious to one person can be so foreign to another. :D

5:20 pm

I'm a Grinch until it comes closer to Christmas Day. I refuse to put decorations up too soon.

5:21 pm

Thx, scarlet, that did it!

5:21 pm

I put some candles on the tables, string tiny white lights over the mantel, and that is it! I am not a Christmassy person, AT ALL... never will be!

5:21 pm

Yea, phaeton!!

5:21 pm

you put up decor

5:21 pm

and you get tired of looking at them

5:21 pm

Well, that sounds elegant, Scarlet, so I approve!

5:22 pm

hi all ! back for my final 3

5:22 pm

LOL... very minimalist, Haz! Hello beth.. how is that sore wing?

5:22 pm

That's funny bethn, I need my final 23!

5:22 pm

dinner!! bbl

5:24 pm

LOL Haz hubby and i dont put up much we dont want an xmas tree with two cats and besides theirs no presents whats the point lol

5:24 pm

momof i have 92 left

5:25 pm

li7 please

5:25 pm

No worries, there's plenty of time left, right?

5:25 pm

I have not had a tree in 20 years, and won't kill one to indulge a two-week season... I will look at the Tannenbaums in their natural habitat.

5:25 pm

ol 4/5 pls

5:26 pm

walk the li** + Adam and Eve *** the forbidden fruit

5:26 pm

ty mom

5:26 pm

Do you mean 29 to go, MLFAN?

5:26 pm

ol4/4 sounds like margarine but with diff vowel

5:26 pm

OL4/4 rhymes with the disease that Pres. Roosevelt suffered...

5:27 pm

We've had artifical trees for 35 years -- fresh evergreens in the house aggravate our youngest's asthma.

5:27 pm

a clue please for the pi5/6 combo please?

5:27 pm

nan... that is the way to go... I can't dream of putting a live one in the house...

5:27 pm

TY SCARLET got both of those

5:27 pm

to pi*** your interest, use the 5 point letter (then add a t for the pi6)

5:27 pm

To eiher interest or annoy, Flask... a fit of pi***

5:28 pm

Yea for MLF

5:28 pm

*either*

5:28 pm

I bought one of those pre-lit ones a couple of years ago --- that is truly the way to go -- no messing with strings of lights!

5:28 pm

Don't take a fit of this if you don't get the clue, Flask. (uses the double letter tile) then add a consonant for the pi6

5:28 pm

If I ever get soft on the whole Christmas thing, nan, that is how I will do it... already pre-strung, etc.!

5:29 pm

if iw erent worreid about cats eatting on the tree or the ornaments etc i want one of those fiber optic trees

5:29 pm

have to run -- girls night out Christmas dinner tonight! --- will probably around at the flip :)

5:29 pm

Enjoy, nan!!

5:30 pm

what is the clue for the I on the bottom right above the l and next to the p??

5:30 pm

TA6/18 (2nd), plz.

5:30 pm

thanks Haz!

5:30 pm

mlfan it's a kind of mineral

5:31 pm

oi = Texas Oi***s (if you are a sports fan)

5:31 pm

ta + neurological disease myaesth**** gravis

5:31 pm

can i have a clue 4 the tr8 please

5:31 pm

No problem, Flask.

5:32 pm

tr4/5 + walk the li4/4 (Johnny Cash)

5:32 pm

gee doreen you didnt tell us we needed a medical dictionary for this puzzle??

5:33 pm

DIctionaries of any sort are useful!

5:33 pm

sorry mlf, i was married to a neurologist for 20 years

5:33 pm

momof i know the answer but not where it goes

5:33 pm

dorens, that's the first ta, I need the 2nd, plz.

5:33 pm

I'd have got the word from that clue, Dorens, it's okay.

5:33 pm

really dorens?

5:33 pm

oh, when kids don't get what they want, they have a ta***um... change the um to a vowel

5:34 pm

i cant figure out that mineral one either

5:34 pm

of course haz, you're you

5:34 pm

tr8 pleaseeeeeeeeeee

5:34 pm

ok, lol, I'm only half paying attention here, but I can't get more than TWO of the res in the top left. Don't bother cluing - too preoccupied w/family

5:34 pm

It's the only oi word vegetable oi* + more ending

5:34 pm

ml, what common mineral ending is in the grid... and you know the first two letters.. so you can find it

5:34 pm

ty dorens for that ta um clue

5:34 pm

there is NO such thing as "soft on christmas"

5:34 pm

cool - it's been clued. It combines a snare with a straight thing between two points.

5:35 pm

yw ml, glad it worked for you

5:35 pm

ty dorens

5:35 pm

You have that right, kat... I'm too far along in years to finally lose my mind at the end of the year.

5:35 pm

ty hazel

5:35 pm

You're welcome, cool.

5:36 pm

i decorated house..I decorated store... finished

5:36 pm

I will do a few little touches right before daughter's birthday on the 18th, then finito!

5:36 pm

store carlee?

5:36 pm

huh, now that I'm 40 I must be losing my hearing - or did no one respond and laugh at my lameness in this puzzle tonight? :)

5:37 pm

we always put up the tree on my bday ...was "christmas tradition" when I grew up

5:37 pm

I didn't hear any laughter, asgreen... *tee-hee*

5:37 pm

its lame for everyone I think green..I gave up hours ago....

5:37 pm

When is that, kat?

5:37 pm

15th... and hubby is the 24th

5:37 pm

lol Scarlet... Carlee when's your bday?

5:38 pm

ah, then happy early!

5:38 pm

it is a hard grid, amanda

5:38 pm

carlee you gave up along time ago?

5:38 pm

my kids are on the 31st - crazy right?

5:38 pm

And L will be 26 on the 18th... she was supposed to be born a week before American Thanksgiving... I was pregnant for 10 months...

5:38 pm

thanks green.... the big ..41...woohoo

5:38 pm

10months??????????????

5:39 pm

Yep!

5:39 pm

i was "due" on 24/25...my mum's dr had 10 women due then..he didn't want to spend xmas at hospital delivering babies...so he had us all induced

5:39 pm

me too scarlett, they told me David would be born around thanksgiving although I knew exctly when he was conceived and he should have been born dec 15th... he came dec. 28th

5:39 pm

( my son was 9 months 3 weeks ...daughter 9 months 2.5 weeks)

5:39 pm

That last month was just brutal, Dorens...

5:39 pm

these kids really enjoyed the womb, eh?

5:39 pm

asg new Yrs eve??

5:39 pm

lol - and I was pg for SEVEN months! OY Scarlet...10 months!!!

5:40 pm

and everyone calling up every other day to ask what was happening, right?

5:40 pm

My bday isnt until july

5:40 pm

NOTHING was happening....it was hell

5:40 pm

yeah mlf - they were due feb. 4th

5:40 pm

aww, but the memories are great! and you can always hold it against them!

5:40 pm

wow asg but a nice way to ring in new year huh?

5:41 pm

I guess! lol :)

5:41 pm

after a while i began to wonder if it was an hystericall lpregnancy and there wasn't a baby! lol

5:41 pm

asg how old are they now?

5:41 pm

any clues for the last two NE words?

5:42 pm

That daughter has made up for the lapse ever since she burst out of the wrappings, though..started school at five, graduated at 16, then college early... she has not slowed down yet. Double Oy!

5:42 pm

op7 i know i will smack mtself later

5:42 pm

turning 9 at the end of this month - we're going to Australia with my brother(s) - in law- for Xmas/New Years

5:42 pm

Describe the gemstone of the 4/5... walk a straight **** joanne

5:42 pm

ne7 put a cons in there after double

5:43 pm

ah well, david is the one who flunked out of a lowly state college (or dropped out) and waited till 28 to go to Harvard

5:43 pm

wow asq can i go too??

5:43 pm

op = op4/5 + walk the l***

5:43 pm

ty scar

5:43 pm

ty mom

5:43 pm

LOL... so he was a late bloomer, Dorens!

5:43 pm

I have the ne7. It's the ne8 and ne6 I need, plz.

5:43 pm

You're welcome, joanne.

5:43 pm

for sure!

5:43 pm

yw, joanne

5:44 pm

ne 9 more of a plant, momo

5:44 pm

mom... think of the prickly plant and make it more so.

5:45 pm

I don't treasure the memory of trying to clue that prickly plant to youngsters who seemed not to know any plant beyond grass....

5:45 pm

re7/28 the MIDDLE one please?

5:45 pm

Ne 6 is how to describe the fisherman when he scoops up his catch!

5:45 pm

ok - dinner's ready....I got a total of 29...lol - see ya all later or tomorrow!

5:45 pm

LOL, Haz...

5:45 pm

later green...

5:45 pm

scarlet, could you give me a little more info please?

5:45 pm

i gave the 8 mom

5:45 pm

Later... asgreen, have a wonderful end of your birthday day!

5:45 pm

re7 - to give someone a new direction in life - driving a steam engine?

5:45 pm

nite amanda

5:46 pm

hi everyone

5:46 pm

ne4 and more and insert cons after double cons

5:46 pm

Hello saphyrel

5:46 pm

hi saph

5:46 pm

I swear my neighbour grows those prickly one sintentionally...cus no matter how often I pull them out of my side garden they come through the hedge again the following week..bloody nuisance

5:46 pm

re + choo choo

5:46 pm

The fisherman uses his rod and reel, and holds a loosely woven round *** to scoop up the fish

5:46 pm

thanks all! bbl or bbt!

5:47 pm

thanks haz!

5:47 pm

thanks haz!

5:47 pm

:-) asgreen!

5:47 pm

I would have never thought of that spelling. Thanks Scarlet.

5:47 pm

i cant get anymore i still have 89 left

5:47 pm

Great, mom!!

5:47 pm

You're welcome, Flask (I'm enjoying a Tunnock's Tea Cake)

5:47 pm

bye guys

5:47 pm

ok..gotta take daughter to piano... back in 10 mins

5:47 pm

byeeee

5:48 pm

See you soon, kat.

5:48 pm

Hi saphyre!

5:48 pm

Does that help with the NE6 at all, Scarlet?

5:49 pm

Oh, I thought you caught it from the fisherman clue, mom... NE + double consonants + hesitation syllable

5:49 pm

or6 please

5:50 pm

Look east, joanne for or6

5:50 pm

or 6/18 far east

5:50 pm

ok this one is a bit tougher than it first appeared . slowing down to a halt

5:50 pm

It's fun, but not a breeze, saphyre.

5:51 pm

definitely no breeze

5:51 pm

omg tyty

5:51 pm

Not a gale, though.

5:51 pm

certainly no monsoon

5:52 pm

Is that the ne6/21?

5:52 pm

seems I am finding the big ones quicker than the small ones

5:52 pm

NO, we've had monsoons in the past... not that bad.

5:52 pm

A stiff breeze?

5:53 pm

hi everyone see christmas wesley!

5:53 pm

Mom, the 6/21 is NE + Not me, but yo* + gather **l of your friends during the holidays

5:53 pm

tad more than that, me thinks

5:53 pm

Helo hurshy - looking now.

5:53 pm

Bluster conditions, Haz.

5:53 pm

hi hursh

5:54 pm

WOW! Was I slow on that one! Thanks for ALL the help.

5:54 pm

back again, sorry not to respond phone call. im pretty rocky today, i think the arn reacts to the weather like and old farmer

5:54 pm

Not bustle conditions either, Can you imagine having to wear one of those. However would you babble with a bustle?

5:54 pm

standingup haz

5:55 pm

*Blustery* LOL... none of those contraptions at this computer!!

5:55 pm

I think so. Long grids would be a test of endurance.

5:55 pm

So glad you found it, mom.

5:55 pm

but we would do it haz, y ou know this

5:55 pm

Only 17 to go...

5:56 pm

has anyone clued te7/32?

5:56 pm

what is the right hand i word?

5:56 pm

lol we would

5:56 pm

ten here momo, but slow going lots of re's

5:56 pm

We'd do it in an Iron Maiden, Dorens... LOL

5:56 pm

mineral hursh

5:56 pm

We would. Or we'd find somebody to design a special chair.

5:56 pm

a fainting couch for babblers - interesting idea :)

5:56 pm

io + eat li4/4 and eat rite

5:56 pm

more canvas or more smaller hehe

5:57 pm

te7

5:57 pm

ty

5:57 pm

it isa kind of gemstone hurshy

5:57 pm

Of the two te7/28 words one is smaller than the other and the other is fonder of a canvas dwelling than another.

5:57 pm

te7 - more itsy bitsy

5:58 pm

is that even a word, Haz? :)

5:59 pm

PO5/12 (first) and po7 ???

5:59 pm

ty all!

5:59 pm

ta6...the FIRST one please?

5:59 pm

adorable icon Hursh

5:59 pm

hi bethn

5:59 pm

like a bear mom

5:59 pm

hi saphyre

6:00 pm

Oh who knows, klaurel? This IS babble, as decreed by enable.

6:00 pm

pa8/45 please

6:00 pm

Just don't seem to see the obvious ones today.

6:00 pm

<LOL> YES, I finally managed to spend some time here after like MANY MONTHS! You would think that with two kids in school at least part of the day I would have more time

6:00 pm

ty saph, it is my nephew

6:00 pm

ta6 - like the te5/10 but with extra vowel inserted. (tapeworm or something?)

6:00 pm

ta6 i believe are thoes tapeworms from a recent puzzle

6:01 pm

te5/12?

6:01 pm

pa8 - comparative for a piffling amount

6:01 pm

he's a cutie :)

6:01 pm

Thanks Haz

6:01 pm

te5/12 - te plus the feline rearranged

6:01 pm

some kis r po and some very rude and more

6:02 pm

You're welcome BettyAnne.

6:02 pm

mom u get it

6:02 pm

joanne's been hijacked. Prepare the SWAT team.

6:02 pm

Yes, I got the po*** bear, still looking for the PO7

6:03 pm

lol i have helppppppppp

6:03 pm

thanks for the pa8 haz... fireworks

6:03 pm

friendlier

6:03 pm

po7 is a comparatively well mannered word.

6:03 pm

Congratulations Dorens!

6:04 pm

**fish** Thanks joanne

6:04 pm

congrats

6:04 pm

yvw

6:04 pm

wtg dorens congrats

6:05 pm

haz too many meds today not understanding feline clue :(

6:05 pm

yay dohrens!

6:05 pm

thanks all... sorry i can't stay and clue, but i'm starving

6:05 pm

The feline is a cat. te plus those letters rearranged so that the word ends in a vowel.

6:05 pm

8 9 ... and t.. mar..

6:05 pm

if you are an7, i would think you would end up dead pretty quickly.

6:06 pm

ohh ty

6:06 pm

ty haz i looked up down & sideways 7 couldnt' do it

6:06 pm

fireworks at last goodnight everyone

6:07 pm

congrats

6:07 pm

wtg cool congrats

6:07 pm

woo hoo cool girl!

6:07 pm

Glad you got there, beth. You're sitting right side up now?

6:07 pm

how about the TE5/10 twins?

6:07 pm

Congratulations cool girl.

6:07 pm

thanks see u all tomorrow good luck

6:07 pm

i'm listing a little to the right haz/

6:07 pm

an 7 clue stumps me

6:08 pm

against what we breathe

6:08 pm

against what we breath joanne

6:08 pm

oh, it wasn't a clue, i was just commenting

6:08 pm

an7: an4/4 + oxygen

6:08 pm

te5/10 - a rule or precept of authority, the other is a number followed by two vowels, all adding up to a tapeworm (ugh)

6:08 pm

had someone asked a clue? was it a horrid coincidence?

6:08 pm

tyty

6:09 pm

ce7/32?

6:10 pm

in a convenient middle location

6:10 pm

Hi all

6:10 pm

the middle of new york

6:10 pm

ce7/32 is CIA

6:10 pm

back from dropping off at piano

6:10 pm

hi

6:10 pm

got the tape worm clue, haz. thanks

6:10 pm

You're welcome!

6:10 pm

No Amer, So Amer, etc

6:11 pm

i can't figure the ap6. help?

6:11 pm

TY all 1 to go

6:11 pm

ap+ not heavy

6:11 pm

ap + li4/4

6:12 pm

so basically all the words i can't find end the same way...

6:12 pm

last te6/18 ?

6:13 pm

i think it is a kind of babble blindness hursh

6:13 pm

te6/18 rhymes with good be**** best

6:13 pm

te rhymes with snail mail item

6:13 pm

tytyty fireworks

6:14 pm

congrats

6:14 pm

Hello, hurshy! And others!

6:14 pm

hi vicuna

6:14 pm

hi vicuna

6:14 pm

Hello Vicuna!

6:14 pm

hi vic!

6:14 pm

hi Vicuna

6:14 pm

anyone need help before hubby arrives home?

6:15 pm

mymuse, I thought your icon was a little blue Loch Ness monster! lol

6:15 pm

lol :)

6:15 pm

looking for PA words: pa6/21 (2) and pa8

6:16 pm

pa6/21 - looks as if it would be more of a chum pa6/21 - like a books of psalms without the s

6:17 pm

pa8 - more trifling

6:17 pm

got the chum

6:19 pm

Haz, you are braving silly season to be on at this time?

6:19 pm

got both pa6/21's

6:19 pm

(Although we seem a fairly subdied bunch at the moment.)

6:20 pm

I was busy today, Vicuna, am on late to unwind.

6:20 pm

the FIRST ta6/18 please?

6:20 pm

ta, Mrs Sharples from Coronation street with extra vowel before the last (hoping you remember hairnet woman)

6:21 pm

*subdued. Whatever.

6:21 pm

I do Haz...and thanks!

6:21 pm

sub-died could work as well.

6:21 pm

Glad it worked, Flask!

6:22 pm

I like to think I'm at least slightly above died. WHen you get sub-died is that like never having been alive in the first place?

6:22 pm

Fireworks for me...thanks for the clues and goodnight to you all!!

6:22 pm

congrats

6:22 pm

Goodnight Flask, and well done!

6:22 pm

oh my what a video today, makes me feel really stupid for complaining about my arm

6:22 pm

Yay for Flask!

6:23 pm

I'm not sure (about the sub-died)

6:23 pm

off for dinner see you in the grid tomorrow

6:23 pm

Goodbye, bethn.

6:24 pm

Bye beth. And I should disappear as well, I'm so unwound I'm in danger of falling asleep! Night all and see some of you tomorrow.

6:25 pm

nite Haz

6:25 pm

Goodnight, Haz. If you're that unwound it's clearly time to knit up the ravelled sleeve of care.

6:26 pm

I can knit. Just don't ask me to sew any sleeve..... Night!

6:27 pm

night haz

6:27 pm

bye bethn

6:28 pm

need help with TE5/10 (1st)

6:29 pm

te + fish catcher

hi all may i have help with my last one, the last pa 7,32?

6:29 pm

te + catch a fish with a ***

6:29 pm

Thought I tried that

6:30 pm

pa - You might call your husband or wife this

6:30 pm

hi angel! more birthday celebration

6:30 pm

Also, you can have a business pa*****, or a pa***** in crime

6:30 pm

pa7/32 - name in a law firm, or significant other

6:30 pm

thnx uni for the pa7

thank you for the clues, fireworks for me

6:30 pm

PA8, plz?

hey muse, are you playing in boggled.org tonight?

6:31 pm

pa8 = friend + attempter

6:31 pm

congrats

6:31 pm

Awesome clue. Thanks muse.

6:31 pm

YAY angelina!

6:31 pm

not sure angelina, depends on how much time, coz I go to quote-puzzler also

thanks all

6:32 pm

Last two words: NI6/18 and last NI5/10

ooh what is that?

6:32 pm

play scrabble with a few babblers

6:32 pm

www.quote-puzzler.com has a few word games that might interest you

oh ok

6:32 pm

ni5/10 is part of dynomite

i will have to try them, thanks

6:33 pm

yw!

6:33 pm

of course! Thanks phaeton

6:33 pm

clue for an7/28

6:33 pm

an4/4 + oxygen

6:34 pm

an7 against what we breathe

have a good night all and take care

6:34 pm

you too angelina

6:34 pm

yw, mom5, but don't have the ni6

thanks

6:34 pm

I got the last one on my own! WooHoo. FIREWORKS!

6:35 pm

antiair

6:35 pm

mom5...clue?

6:35 pm

thank u

6:35 pm

congrats

6:35 pm

same prefix as other ni words + your nose has two nost***s

6:36 pm

wtg momof5 and thnx for the clue

6:36 pm

wtg momof5 and thnx for the clue !

6:36 pm

yw, and thanks for your help

6:37 pm

i get a lot of help from others here so am glad when i can help too

6:38 pm

Same here. I'm not that fast of a thinker with the clues, though.

6:38 pm

yea, others are speedies when it comes to clueing

6:39 pm

I'm always amazed at the cleverness. I tend to think more literal

6:39 pm

sometimes there are so many of them, i don't get them all. I can't use lickety so appreciate any and all clues

6:40 pm

Some of those foreign-like words throw me.

6:40 pm

Well, got to get dinner started. C U tomorrow.

6:40 pm

boy I am having a rough time with today's grid

6:41 pm

anyone have a clue for the first ta6 ???

6:41 pm

Need any help before I go?

6:41 pm

ai 7 and 8 plz?

6:42 pm

sure, but i don't know what to ask for, so i just wait til clues show up. thnx tho. :)

6:42 pm

oxygen + walk the l*** and add an r for the 8

6:42 pm

that thing you ride in the sky, p2him

6:42 pm

ta + it's the **d of the world + 2 vowels

6:42 pm

that was for the ai7 and 8

6:42 pm

ty mom

6:43 pm

yw, praise2him

6:43 pm

thanks uiquity

6:43 pm

fireworks! :)

6:43 pm

Apparently it's a babblet..:)

6:43 pm

YAY!

6:43 pm

evening all

6:44 pm

Evening Cathy

6:44 pm

Good night all ... poof.

6:44 pm

hi cathy

6:44 pm

hi Cath

6:44 pm

gnite, mom5

6:44 pm

How's your part of NS today?

6:44 pm

nite mom!

6:45 pm

li6 rhymes with my dairy-loving cat!

6:45 pm

a little blustery...not bad tho uni...we only got a about 4 or 5 inches of snow here in my town...not bad...I think all around us got harder tho...how about you?

6:46 pm

but its very wet and heavy snow...

6:46 pm

Mostly just cold. Slushy, hailey and cold.

6:47 pm

my son was very happy to have the day off school!

6:47 pm

there is no way there are 70 some more words in this grid

6:47 pm

Lol! I am in uni, and yesterday was my last day of class. Just exams from friday to monday, adn they won't cancel those!!

6:47 pm

Phaeton - I am at 163, so there must be!

6:48 pm

dang

6:48 pm

yeah...university is more like going to work...ya gotta go unles yer dying

6:48 pm

Even then, you better get a doc note in fast!

6:49 pm

but you have to go less of the time...

6:49 pm

That is helpful. If only you didn't have to read, write and study so much :( Actually, it's not all that bad. Just exhausting

6:49 pm

i hear ya....i took the afternoon off work cuz i put my back out shovelling...boss insists on a note...may as well be in school! lol oh well...got some muscle relaxers for the back and a referral to chiropractic treatments.

6:50 pm

Plus, you get paid to work, and I pay many 1000s to go to school

6:50 pm

brb

6:50 pm

I think a referal and a prescription ought to count

6:50 pm

yeah, but.... enjoy it while you can, dear. it doesn't get better.

6:51 pm

true enuff uni...what are taking? hopefully you'll do something that'll help u make the big bucks so u can pay off the student loans quickly

6:52 pm

LOL. I have no idea...which is a problem. Looks like teaching, but that will create more loans first. It's a bad cycle.

6:52 pm

bk...had to get after my kiddo to get into bed

6:52 pm

Hope your back gets better though...back pain (from what i hear) is a killer

6:52 pm

how far along in university are you? what year?

6:53 pm

yes...but its worth it...oooh...wish i'd gotten into teaching. summers off...spring break...etc. ;)

6:53 pm

Any help for an 7,28 please

6:53 pm

against what we breathe

6:53 pm

sorry pms...i don't have that 7

6:53 pm

I finished the grid! And I am halfway through second year

6:53 pm

don't want oxygen

6:53 pm

Need to declare a major (too many options) and figure out a cohesive plan. very intimidating.

6:53 pm

what do u want to teach uni?

6:54 pm

ahh

6:54 pm

ty maddline1

6:54 pm

did you get it PMS

6:54 pm

an7 = against what you breathe

6:54 pm

yw

6:54 pm

thanks muse!

6:54 pm

if you want my advice... pick something, anything, and pick it fast. don't pick teaching. something that makes a decent living. if you don't like it but you've been able to save up some money, you can switch to something else after awhile.

6:54 pm

yes Finished now

6:54 pm

Depends on the day Cathy...I love kids and work with them best, but love english and wuld like to motivate teens to read. I also adore babies, so daycare would be fantastic (have taken care of kids my whole life)

6:55 pm

they tell you not to worry, take your time, figure out what you love, but it's all a big lie. time is the one thing you don't have enough of.

6:56 pm

My issue is, as hursh pointed out, everything i like doesn't pay. I am thinking about pecial needs teaching for children with mental and learning disorders

6:56 pm

of course if there is something you do know you will love, then as long as it pays enough to get by, go for it.

6:56 pm

my issue is, i don't like anything, so i might as well have just picked something and got on with it.

6:57 pm

opening a daycare makes a pretty decent living though uni...specially around here. where my son used to go for daycare, after the first 3 years the owner was able to purchase a new lot, build a new centre and run an afterschool program out of the new place...plus...daycares have gov't subsidies

6:57 pm

I would be best as a perpetual student. But since no-one has won the lotto, i have to be functional

6:58 pm

arrhhh...brb...dog wants out now

6:58 pm

Everyone tells me to stick to kids. I am great with kids, and I love them to bits. I just...I feel far too young to decide anything as "permanent" as a career right now

6:59 pm

of course you feel that way. you are too young. but the reality of the world is, if you don't pick something soon, you could be screwed.

6:59 pm

life sucks, then you die, might as well face it.

6:59 pm

Have you recently graduated Hursh?

7:00 pm

no, 8 years ago

7:00 pm

It doesn't get betteR? :(

7:00 pm

no.

7:01 pm

sucks.

7:01 pm

at least, it could, but don't count on it. i mean, don't float along and expect it to get better. make decisions now that will make it better 10 years from now.

7:02 pm

lol hursh...aren't u the bright spot in the grid today! ;)

7:03 pm

yeah that's me, little miss ray of sunshine...

7:03 pm

Lol. Can't rely on Canadian gov't tp support me...they just want their money back

7:04 pm

uni...if u pick something now...try it out for a little while, make some $$ and if u don't like what you're doing, re-educate yerself into another career/field or whatever. meantime, pray for a rich hubby! lol

7:05 pm

Rich hubby is top of the list Cath!

7:05 pm

nobody gave me any practical advice or guidance... they just said, you can be anything you want. nobody gave me any help deciding what that might be. and so after spending my whole life being told, this is where you will go to school today, these are the classes you will take, i just went, "huh?"

7:05 pm

don't hold yer breath hunny!

7:05 pm

can i please have a clue for the tr 8/45

7:05 pm

i know people who have changed careers multiple times till they found what they really loved to do....while others...plug away doing what they hate all their lives.

7:06 pm

but to get a degree behind you help in whatever avenue you choose down the road...

7:07 pm

tr8/45 booby tr** + draw a straight **** (I can)

7:07 pm

only, make sure it's a degree in something useful!!

7:07 pm

rich hubby may never happen

7:07 pm

thanks

7:07 pm

fireworks

7:08 pm

grats saph

7:08 pm

speaking of words, what's the other pa7 at the end besides a college student who's drinking?

7:08 pm

YAY saph!

7:08 pm

hursh!

7:08 pm

Well, young though I may be I do have a boyfriend of several years whom I currently live with...and he's not rich, so I s'pose I might as well make sure that I am!

7:08 pm

pa***** in a law firm

7:08 pm

pa7 law firm named pa*****

7:09 pm

lol at will on B & G

7:09 pm

well i'm stupid.

7:09 pm

ooh oh dear lost track of time good thing you showed up feather

7:10 pm

have to run to the store before tinman comes on - night all and thanks

7:10 pm

yes! didn't miss much yet. just intro of everyone, and embarrassing clips of will acting like king. he was extremely embarrassed, and apologized to everyone for acting like that

7:10 pm

he apologized in the time before he left, or in the re-gathering

7:11 pm

hop on aim, and we don't have to annoy everyone else with it

7:11 pm

they'd probably like it - cheer 'em up after my pessimistic ranting

7:12 pm

lol ok

7:13 pm

ha i love the look on his face when he kissed her

7:14 pm

lol, yeah

7:14 pm

HA i think they just had to blur her booty!

7:14 pm

i did sign on though so if anyone wants us to knock it off about beauty and geek

7:15 pm

anyone? anyone? beuller?

7:16 pm

guess they don't care

7:16 pm

joshua is the sweetest sweetheart

7:16 pm

yes he is

7:17 pm

oh no!

7:17 pm

now that's just mean!

7:17 pm

they are MEAN

7:17 pm

hey you too!

7:17 pm

hey fran!

7:17 pm

why is this necessary?

7:18 pm

hi fran

7:18 pm

go for it jas!

7:18 pm

hi Fran

7:18 pm

"it wants to hug you" yeah right

7:18 pm

hi muse!

7:18 pm

yay jasmine!

7:18 pm

hi muse!

7:19 pm

i was just going to ask if everyone abandoned feather and hursh. :-)

7:19 pm

ok, commercial, going to check my scrabble games!

7:19 pm

not exactly a brilliant triumph, but something.

7:19 pm

hi feather!

7:19 pm

yes

7:19 pm

nah, we just took over the chat. everyone is locked in the dungeon.

7:20 pm

clue for ap6 anyone?

7:20 pm

ooo, i got a board finally

7:20 pm

ap + not heavy

7:20 pm

aw man, these re's...

7:21 pm

thanks hursh, thought i tried that!

7:22 pm

Hello babblers! Just popped in to say thanks to feather. Diane Setterfield is on hold for me at the library, should arrive at nearby branch tomorrow or Thursday. Looking forward to it.

7:22 pm

hi weegee

7:23 pm

oh good wee! i'm 1/3 through, and still enjoying very much. i can tell it'll be a book that i'll be sad to see end

7:23 pm

hi fran, hurshy, all.

7:23 pm

ar7/28? either one

7:24 pm

think about that french chicken plucking song

7:24 pm

no, not chicken, the name of the song is the name of the bird

7:24 pm

they both sound a little bit like that.

7:24 pm

scrabulous is slower than last night heather, don't get too frustrated.

7:24 pm

no kidding

7:25 pm

hmm, don't know how to pluck a french chicken hursh

7:25 pm

ooh! but i got it anyway!

7:25 pm

sorry was watching video

7:26 pm

thanks!

7:26 pm

yay muse!!!!

7:27 pm

ar7/28, ends with the French song alou****, jonte alou****,

7:27 pm

is the first ur7 a normal word?

7:27 pm

for the other swap last vowel for the 1st

7:27 pm

ur7 is a geologic term I think

7:28 pm

there's a child care center in the building where I work and every day at naptime they play that chicken plucking song! I remember being horrified when I translated it in 7th grade.

7:28 pm

think Russian mountains and not heavy

7:28 pm

got it!

7:28 pm

from your first clue. thanks!

7:29 pm

lol weegee, sung it as a kid in French but never knew what it meant

7:29 pm

lol fran...i found that one right off the bat! just needed to know there WAS a ur7 (listless at the moment)

7:29 pm

that's firewords for me!

7:29 pm

really grim, muse. like that "...if I should die before I wake..." terrible prayer children are taught

7:29 pm

there are 2 ur7

7:29 pm

what's the translation?

7:30 pm

yay fran!

7:30 pm

ur7 is a geologic term? i figured it was a bodily function

7:30 pm

ahhhh...ok...guess i don't have the other one

7:30 pm

YAY FRAN!!!!!!

7:30 pm

congrats fran!

7:30 pm

congrats Fran!!

7:30 pm

there's another one cath

7:31 pm

ok now i can bring up scrab

7:31 pm

k, hursh translated for me, lol

7:31 pm

i guess it's about plucking chickens heather

7:31 pm

can u clue it for me fran?

7:31 pm

plucking chickens?

7:32 pm

that's the ar7s cath

7:32 pm

al******, gentle al*****, al****** i am going to pluck you

7:32 pm

ahhh..k

7:32 pm

and goes from there!

7:32 pm

ur7 (first one), muse gave a good clue for, think russian mountains + not heavy

7:32 pm

it is not a chicken

7:32 pm

i only said that in my first post because when you think of plucking a bird you think of a chicken.

7:33 pm

oh. so what is it?

7:33 pm

tjaml upi fram

7:33 pm

it's just a bird, called al******, i think

7:33 pm

ne 8 clue someone?

7:33 pm

hi everyone

7:33 pm

erm, cathy?

7:33 pm

skylark... but nobody should pluck a skylark, bad enough to pluck a chicken

7:33 pm

trying to finish this one before dinner tonight

7:34 pm

oooh...fingers on the wrong keys...translation from that...THANK YOU FRAN!

7:34 pm

lol...my new language!

7:34 pm

yw

7:34 pm

only n i have is ne4/4

7:34 pm

brb

7:35 pm

ruru, stick a consonant in your ne 7 after the doubled one

7:36 pm

thanks weegee

7:36 pm

oh Fran sorry you discovered my booby tr4

7:36 pm

oh a skylark, good to know.

hi all!

7:36 pm

hi TO

7:37 pm

hi TO

7:37 pm

yw ruru. Hi TO

7:37 pm

ni 6/18?

7:38 pm

well...i'm not finishing tonight...think i'll sign off...back is aching again

7:38 pm

nite all

7:38 pm

nite cath

7:38 pm

g'nite cathyar

7:38 pm

feel better

7:38 pm

ruru, it's like that cough medicine but without the qu

nite cath, ihope ou feel better.

7:38 pm

tks...bye bye babble buds

7:38 pm

ruru, put a tr where the qu would be

7:39 pm

thanks.. I tried everything but that

7:39 pm

yw

7:40 pm

I'm off too. Job interview tomorrow afternoon, 2nd... with panel of 10!

tikes group interviews suck

7:40 pm

good luck weegee--one interviewer is intimidating enough!

7:40 pm

good luck weegee

7:41 pm

No, I like them. More like performing for an audience

7:41 pm

7:41 pm

7:41 pm

7:41 pm

best ofluck

7:41 pm

sorry, cat on keyboard

7:41 pm

ty for good wishes.

7:41 pm

ya, blame the poor defenseless pet

7:42 pm

Really. He likes the heat from the laptop. Cold here.

7:42 pm

does he know any of the words?

7:43 pm

lol phaeton! He got the pee ones.

7:44 pm

not on the puter, I hope!

7:44 pm

cat probably has more brains than I do. ;~)

7:44 pm

eeewww, no!

7:45 pm

OK, happy hanukah to those for whom it matters and good night to everyone else.

7:45 pm

pa 6/21 + 8 combo?

7:45 pm

happy hanukkah, weege, and gnite

happy hannukah weegee and all

7:46 pm

to be small and pathetic; more small and pathetic

hi hursh. let me be the first to protest the stupidity of the al7/28s. babble has reached new depths.

7:49 pm

got it hursh thank you

7:51 pm

what about the pa 6/21 before the 8?

7:52 pm

nm found it

7:59 pm

good evening all, clue please for 1st re7-28

8:00 pm

finally up to your game fran

8:00 pm

latin ending for the previous crpw

8:01 pm

ru 6/21 asks ruru

8:01 pm

ty ruru

8:01 pm

nm

8:01 pm

got the ru

8:02 pm

so I changed my icon to tomorrow's theme. Once I know it shows, I will go to bed.

8:02 pm

when you destroy something you are ****er ruru

8:02 pm

good! Gute Nacht, Babbler family

8:05 pm

thanks cr found it right after I asked

8:05 pm

nite inge

8:06 pm

last clue please for my fireworks, tr8 please

8:06 pm

i really mean please, can't look at this grid any longer

8:06 pm

Hi, All

8:07 pm

combo word is the tr 8

8:07 pm

tr ( to catch an animal) + write me a ****

8:08 pm

te 5/12 the first one

8:08 pm

hi pammster

8:08 pm

Hi, ru...

8:09 pm

did you find it cr?

8:09 pm

thank you ruru, probably one of the easiest to get

8:09 pm

fireworks

hi pam

8:10 pm

yw.. how about that te 5/12 ?

8:10 pm

yay, crpw

8:10 pm

yay, crpw

8:10 pm

I can't get the tr8--write me a what???

8:10 pm

congrats.. nice work

8:10 pm

drop me a ****

8:11 pm

te5= te+third letter of alphabet+english thank you

8:11 pm

evenin babblers!

8:12 pm

hi, evan

8:12 pm

thanks cr I was losing it on that one

8:12 pm

yw

8:12 pm

OK, guess i have to screw around a bit for that 8...

8:12 pm

thanks, cr

8:12 pm

how is everyone tonight?

8:13 pm

Pam - for the last bit think what Johnny Cash walked...

8:13 pm

Or, pam, what those who 'do' cocaine snort...

8:13 pm

good clue jacula

8:13 pm

Got that now, and hi, Jac. Think I am off on the first part...

8:13 pm

or fish

8:13 pm

use the word before pam

hi jacs!

8:14 pm

Happy chanukah... Isn't today also asgreenblatt's 4oth???

8:14 pm

ru, I don't use the list...

8:14 pm

pam- the first part is what you set to catch something or someone.

8:14 pm

pam sometimes you get tr***** in a lie

8:14 pm

Hi, everyone, btw.

8:14 pm

Got it, thanks!!!!

8:15 pm

Well done, pam.

8:16 pm

I'm sticking with my 'present mode of transport' icon from yesterday for now. I've also added a thing to my bio that a friend sent me earlier.

8:17 pm

It's a bit of a 'rainbow bridge' thing though, so don't read it if you're feeling weepy.

8:17 pm

I had seen that before and love it--thanks, Jac...

8:17 pm

still yesterday here, jacula...heh

8:17 pm

I've also put those 3 plain cake recipes I sent to Ata earlier in my recipe thread on BabAnon. You'll find them on page 32, should you want them.

8:18 pm

No, it's tomorrow here, EvaN. If that's makes any sense. LOL

8:18 pm

tr 6/18?

8:19 pm

Pam - it's such a tr4/5 thing, isn't it?

8:19 pm

yes, jac!!!!

8:19 pm

so long as its yesterday somewhere, you can use yesterdays icon ;)

8:20 pm

a chemistry word, ruru.

clue please for final pa7/32? ty

8:20 pm

Tr4.5, EvaN.

8:20 pm

i flunked chemistry jac... lol

8:21 pm

PA7 in crime ?

8:21 pm

the prefix for three and benz***, ru...

8:21 pm

TO - your companion in life or work. A cowboy's friend? Howdy...

8:21 pm

your spouse

8:21 pm

Jacula, just read your bio. I love it. and now I will really go to bed. Gute Nacht again

8:22 pm

ruru - 3-letter word for '3' plus vowel + consonant + same vowel again.

8:22 pm

got it... thanks jac

8:22 pm

Thanks, inge. Guten nacht.

ty evaN! how did the bf's interview go?

8:22 pm

y/w, ruru.

8:22 pm

Cia0, Inge

8:22 pm

HE GOT THE JOB!! :D

8:22 pm

great, evan!

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAY!

8:23 pm

Sprite and me had a bit of fun with that pa7/32 when it was clued much earlier as 'a cowboy's friend'.

8:23 pm

yayyyy to

8:23 pm

Oh, EvaN! I'm so pleased!

8:23 pm

we are so excited and so relieved!

8:24 pm

we dont know any of the details yet -- theyre gonna call him back to work all that out. but *WHEW!*

shades of brokeback mountain o.0

8:24 pm

We're all saying, 'PHEW!' with you, EvaN.

8:24 pm

what kind of job, evaN?

8:25 pm

its an admin job, but its a full-time government position. so even though its not really what he wants to do, theres a TON of room to move around, now that his foot is in the door.

whiich agency if you can tell

8:25 pm

NIH

8:26 pm

Just looked at your photos, EvaN. Not sure if this is the right thing to say but, oh my! You do look like your Mom.

8:26 pm

Great, evan!

8:27 pm

heh, lotsa people say that, jacula... which i always find amusing, because im adopted!

8:27 pm

ta 6/18 clue I have the hindu thing

8:27 pm

ruru - it's the Babble tapeworm.

8:28 pm

I have finally found it... I remembered it for the first time I hate tapeworms......ewwwww

8:29 pm

EvaN - that's amazing! Not you being adopted but the likeness, unless they tried to 'match up' at the start. I guess that goes to prove that some of who we are and what we look like comes from who we spend our lives with.

8:29 pm

ur 7 the first one I have the peeing one

8:30 pm

yknow how people say you look like your pets? i think its the same thing with my parents...heh... i dont think they tried to match us up, but i do have traits of both of them...

8:31 pm

It's a mineral found in volcanic rocks, ruru. Ur** (mountains) or ur + vowel + 'not heavy' spelled the dieter's way.

8:32 pm

u

8:32 pm

EvaN - I firmly believe that you learn many mannerisms, fashions and facial expressions from those around you. They also say that couples who have been together a long time get to look like each other. Some stuff is genetic... a lot more is learned.

8:32 pm

stop right there, dcs! Wrong box!

8:32 pm

hi, sorry, cats

8:33 pm

Hi, all

8:33 pm

its funny though, because i do look a LOT like my mom did at my age.

clue please for final te6/18? hi dc

8:33 pm

jac, conveniently, i use Expert, so one box; cat hit space-enter

8:34 pm

TO - it rhymes with improved health, i.e. 'I am feeling be****.'

ty, i am just so darned tired....bbs need to put wash in dryer

8:35 pm

im watching "Reaper" right now, then its dream-land for me!

8:35 pm

y/w, TO. (Hoping TO doesn't try to stuff entire washing machine into the dryer.)

afternoon everyone :)

8:36 pm

I watched the DVD of 'Miss Potter' earlier, as I finished my ironing. I've had it for ages but not got around to watching it. It was a charming film.

8:36 pm

Hi, MrP.

8:36 pm

Hi, mrp

hey, mr.p!

8:36 pm

Hi, MRP

8:37 pm

Can someone re-clue the tapeworm? I can't get it... I think my brain is on holiday,...

8:37 pm

evenin, MrP!

mrp! How did open house go?

8:38 pm

pam - ta + 2nd vowel + consonant + 2 more vowels.

they just left... 1 hour they were here. he is a gardener, she is an artist, they have 3 dogs

small dogs?

maybe you shoudl call me

8:40 pm

thanks, jac, but not happening...

8:40 pm

Got it, never mind, and thanks!

they want a quiet house... the friggin traffic was so noisy cause of the rain. medium-small dogs... poodle, wippet and some mongrel

8:41 pm

y/w, pam.

8:42 pm

I remember some prorpective buyers coming to my last house. They discussed, in front of me, how they planned to slab my beautiful garden over in order to make a run for their 3 weimeraners. GRRR!

8:43 pm

*prospective

8:44 pm

thank U...167.......yayay

8:44 pm

Congrats ruru!!

8:44 pm

Yay, ru!

r u finished ruru? or just starting

8:45 pm

Well done, ruru.

8:45 pm

I am done for now... will be back for the flip

the te's are eluding me

8:45 pm

ty thanks for your clues jac... you helped me on some off the toughies

8:45 pm

y/w, ruru.

8:46 pm

te4/4, MrP is one of 4 a cow has.

8:46 pm

boy tha last two grids have been killers for me.. maybe I am losing brain cells playing this game?

8:46 pm

Next te4 is someone who's 13-19.

8:46 pm

Is that starting you off, MrP?

got those and the camp one... but the 6's are not showing

8:47 pm

Ah! The 6's. Hang on...

8:48 pm

a cute little canvas sleeping area

8:48 pm

te6/18 adds George Clooney's medical dept to the 13-19 qord.

8:48 pm

Next te6/18 is t + 'to go into somewhere or something'. It expands on the canvas dwelling word.

got them all now! thanks

8:50 pm

Next te6.18 is the camp word extended. Or, number after 9 + 'to make a knot'.

8:50 pm

evening everyone

8:50 pm

Hi, Natasha

8:50 pm

Final te6/18 rhymes with 'improved health', 'I am feeling much be****, thank you.'

thank you :)

8:51 pm

y/w, MrP.

8:51 pm

Hi, Nat.

8:52 pm

I have just gotten home from a business mtg. Has anyone heard from Stid? There are some weather emergencies in her state and I am wondering if she is OK.

8:52 pm

Hi, Scrabbs. I saw here here earlier but don't know about now.

8:52 pm

last nite she mentioned that her power was out for several hours, have not heard from her today yet

8:55 pm

TY for the info. The info on TV shows dreadful conditions.

8:55 pm

BTW, Scrabbs, I see that just after I left when we were last on here together, you asked me to give Chandler a hug. That might be difficult since St. Francis is caring for him now. My remaining bunny is Flossie.

8:55 pm

where is stid at? i'm in the NW and lots of flooding here.

8:55 pm

how bad is it lmj?

8:56 pm

Oh heck! Whatever our cousins Over The Pond get weatherwise, it generally arrives with us about 2 weeks' later.:(

8:56 pm

i'm near just south of tacoma, SE of olympia. Olympia and south of are very bad. have one friend that is surrounded by water and can't get out off his hill!

8:57 pm

parts of I-5 are under water...

8:57 pm

Wow, IMJ... sounds dreadful...

8:58 pm

Hi, Scrabs and Natasha!!!!

8:58 pm

Natasha--are you in CT? Long time!

8:58 pm

Oh, sorry, Jacula. I got the names mixed up. Flossie is your remaining bunny. So, give him a hug!

8:58 pm

hi Pam

8:58 pm

Hmm... somewhat like UK back in the summer... check back on my Flickr pics.

8:58 pm

I am...and what a journey it has been getting here!

8:58 pm

i guess i won't complain about the rain 700 miles away in Montana....

8:58 pm

Scrabbs - I did, on your behalf! LOL

8:59 pm

What I saw on TV is awful---extensive flooding, wind damage, etc

8:59 pm

You'll have to fill me in at some point. Hope you are well--that the kids are well, and that you are working...

9:00 pm

That's why my eyes are itching now, Scrabbs. Over the years I seem to have become allergic to either bunny or guinea pig hair. I think it's the soft bunny hair. My old Kira (fluffy cat) used to have some effect on me.

9:00 pm

Thanks. The short story is that my uhaul, and everything I own, was stolen on the trip out here. I'm pulling stuff together, with the help of a lot of wonderful people.

9:01 pm

OMG, how positively dreadful, Natasha. I am SOOO sorry.

9:01 pm

Blimey, Nat! That's awful! I hope the b*st*rds that did that to you get their comeuppance eventually.

9:01 pm

en6?

9:01 pm

Oh, NO, Natasha! That is terrible!

9:02 pm

me too, Jac. It seems like a particularly nasty type of theft--the vast majority of what they took means nothing to anyone but me.

9:02 pm

But, we're all safe and have a home and I'm looking for a job and that's what really counts.

9:02 pm

Can I send you some books? I can't think of what else I can send...

9:02 pm

I'm so sorry, Natasha. That would be awful!

9:03 pm

Hi everyone! Oh dear, Natasha, any idea of who the dreaded theif was/were?

9:03 pm

Glad you found a place to live...

9:03 pm

that's a lovely offer, Pam, but please don't feel you have to offer anything.

9:03 pm

natasha, a friend of mine had that happen some years back, and the Uhaul dealership near my home, where it was parked before continuing to his new place, stole the truck and the goods.

9:03 pm

I don't feel compelled...

9:03 pm

nope, lbdawger. the police told me that uhauls are actually targeted and they see theft like this all the time.

9:03 pm

it was parked near my home, not at the dealership

9:04 pm

Harp, en + build a better mouse ****

9:04 pm

oooh, that's bad dcseain! Mine was found abandoned and stripped in a particularly nasty area of youngstown, ohio

9:04 pm

thanks

9:04 pm

UGH, nat.

9:05 pm

How did the kids handle it?

9:05 pm

I still believe that there are far more good people the world over than there a bad, but the bad still make me feel sick!

9:05 pm

the kids were upset, but thankfully they weren't with me at the time. Fortunately I'd sent most of their clothes and toys ahead with my ex, as I wasn't coming out here for a few months.

9:06 pm

friend's theft occurred in the NE part of Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC.

9:06 pm

wow, Nat how disheartening! But glad you are experiencing some wonderful people helping you out

9:06 pm

and the thing that made me happiest was that I'd also sent all the kids' pictures ahead as well.

9:06 pm

so you have some things, i gather?

9:06 pm

Glad that it worked out with the kids...

9:06 pm

I know what you mean about the photos, Nat.

9:06 pm

Are you all living near each other?

9:06 pm

I still bet you feel violated.

9:06 pm

that sucks :(

9:06 pm

Oh, great about the pics!

9:07 pm

lbd - yes, violated IS the word.

9:07 pm

Are you near Yale? I ahve a good pal out that way. I

9:07 pm

It sucked for your friend, too, lbd

ap6/21 clue, please? ty

9:08 pm

I was still working at my old job at the time and by the time I got back to Madison they'd collected a huge amount of things for me--pretty much furnished a new kitchen and I don't think I'll ever need to buy a sheet or towel again! My ex in-laws sent me 3,000 bucks, which REALLY helped.

9:08 pm

ap+ bud or miller ****, as in less calories

9:08 pm

These people, who for one reason or another want to make a quick buck, do they ever think about what they do to those they steal from? I doubt it!

9:08 pm

oh, glad that you 've got most of what you need.

9:08 pm

WOW, Nat--that is WONDERFUL.

9:08 pm

You have great friends and ex-inlaws

9:09 pm

I am near yale, pam. About 6 blocks from the natural science museum.

9:09 pm

Cool, Nat.

9:09 pm

Comforting to know you're loved and looked after,Nat.

14 down 153 to go

9:09 pm

that is for sure lbdawger!

9:09 pm

If I ever head out that way again....

9:09 pm

an5?

9:09 pm

go geek!

ty dawg i am exhausted but for some strange reason cqannot quit unti li am finished : /

9:10 pm

you can do it, geek!

9:10 pm

an+ follow the tr*** of crumbs

9:10 pm

yeah, Pam if you come here I'd love to meet you.

an7/28?

9:10 pm

To - that's called, and read it slowly - A D D I C T I O N.

9:11 pm

erg, i nearly gave that clue away...an + follow ***il of crumbs.

9:11 pm

an7/28 is 'against what we breathe'.

9:11 pm

thanks

9:11 pm

TO, against + what you breath

i know...it's time for another babbatical

9:11 pm

Stid left a note in Scrab, her power is back on

ty again

9:11 pm

babbatical? Love it! LOL

wash is calling agqain

9:12 pm

lol, babbatical. I gues that's what I've been on!

9:12 pm

thanks for the update Muse. I've been worried about our washington folks

i am mmssing 9 re words : /

yes it's been a whle ,nat

9:12 pm

I must have one of those soon, a babbatical, even if it only means not chatting. I must get the house cleaned up for the festive season when 'peoplle' will arrive here and might check for dust.

9:13 pm

babbatical? that is hilarious!

9:13 pm

Yes, Nat, that would be cool to meet...

9:13 pm

i just keep the lights dim, so they can't see the dust! lol

9:13 pm

LOL, lbd and jac!

9:13 pm

Nighty-night--I will see everyone tomorrow.

9:13 pm

I'm with you lb....mood lighting hides a lot!

9:13 pm

Bye, Scrabbler

9:14 pm

night night scrabbler! sweet dreams

9:14 pm

bye scrabbler

9:14 pm

ciao, scrabbler

9:14 pm

g'night, scrabbler

9:14 pm

that and i cover all the furnishings that collect dust, so they can't be seen there either! lol

9:14 pm

lbd - you could just confiscate all spectacles as the guest arrive. If anyone arrives who's not wearing 'bins' then poke 'em in the eye. LOL

9:15 pm

'Night Scrabbs and Callie.

9:15 pm

i'm rusty...can't see one u word for my life...grumble

9:15 pm

ro7?

9:15 pm

what i really hate, is when i look up and there are cobbies hanging from the ceiling, in corners or off the light fixtures.

9:16 pm

more of the ro4.4, Harp

9:16 pm

i'VE GOT A DEAD DADDY LONGLEGS HANGING FROM A COBWEB IN ONE CORNER OF MY KITCHEN!

9:16 pm

ur's, Natasha, two of them mean pee.

9:16 pm

oops! Caps lock stuck. Didn't mean to shout. Sorry!

9:17 pm

ro7, harp, is more ro4.

9:17 pm

thanks lb

9:17 pm

well i'll be darned, thanks jac

9:18 pm

y/w, harp. *Wanders off to remove dead daddy longlegs from corner of ceiling beam.*

9:18 pm

i can't believe I couldn't see those. I think I'll have to break down and use lickety's list

9:19 pm

i had to go to the list at 46. just couldn't make the brain and the letters connect

9:20 pm

clue for the or 6/18?

9:20 pm

the far east, eieios

9:21 pm

eieios, asia

9:21 pm

duh, thanks, dc

9:21 pm

last ne6/18?

9:22 pm

one who makes ne4.4 (second one)

9:22 pm

that's the 2nd 6/18, dawger

9:23 pm

1st rather, i need the last one, pls

9:23 pm

The fish catcher is the last ne6/18.

9:23 pm

it's the only ne6.18, do you need the ne6.21? as in nerves?

9:24 pm

Otherwise, the last ne6 (which is a 6/21) has to do with nerve pathways.

9:24 pm

oh, sorry, i have discalclia, yes, that is a ne6/21 :">

9:24 pm

how about the pa 8/45?

9:24 pm

or ne6.21 like the gear that revs your engine without moving the car. take out the cross letter

9:25 pm

more of the pa6.21 above it, eieios

9:25 pm

ty, jac

9:25 pm

dcs - is that disc cal whatsit the numeral equivalent of dyslexia? If so, I have that, too.

9:25 pm

or, friend + one who attempts

9:25 pm

gosh, I wish I had some energy--see you all tomorrow...

9:25 pm

yes, it is, jac

9:26 pm

night pam

9:26 pm

night Pam, sweet sleep

9:26 pm

Bye, Pam

9:26 pm

I keep trying to remember the name of that, dcs. It's plagued me all my life.

9:26 pm

i can only get 7 out of that, lbd.

9:26 pm

'Night, Pam,

9:27 pm

dc, i have dyscalculia also, which made my stats classes and math classes very interesting.

9:27 pm

got it from the second clue, lbd

9:27 pm

stats i can do in my sleep, i found that math very, very easy. Algebra is nightmaric for me

9:27 pm

nightmarish, rather

9:28 pm

yeah, i had to look at the word again, and realized i missed pronounced the word for the first clue. sorry about that.

9:28 pm

I could do algebra, ld and long multiplication. It's the short stuff that leaves me thinking... 'eh, what?'

9:28 pm

if i talk it out, algebra isn't too bad, but when i write it out...oivay!

9:28 pm

I have trouble with all of it.

9:29 pm

But, I've worked in shops and have no trouble counting down for change etc.

9:29 pm

i've friend who has a game like scrabble, but with numbers and operands - i don't enjoy playing it, though it's a great concept.

9:29 pm

ironically, i love math. I find it really interesting, it's just my numbers don't always look like numbers and they certainly don't always add up.

9:29 pm

Percentages and fractions are fine is they are even numbers. If not, forget it!

clue please for second re7/28?

9:30 pm

now i need the pa 7/32, the second one.

9:30 pm

i did well with double-entry accounting, which i did for some years. Just kept poring over the books until the numers matched

9:30 pm

I don't find any form of maths remotely interesting. I wish I did!

9:30 pm

re + lawyer play

9:30 pm

re + lawyer play

9:30 pm

re + transporation on tracks

9:30 pm

i am trying to finish before i get caught up in another chat like earlier. =)

9:30 pm

re + choo choo

9:31 pm

eieios, significant other, companion, shareholder

9:31 pm

I think I'm off for the evening myself. thanks for the support everyone.

oh my, ty... i did not even have the choo choo!

9:31 pm

Oh, THAT word! To prepare oneself for the job again. re7/28

9:31 pm

Bye, Natasha

9:31 pm

(((NAT))) nighty night Nat. sweet dreams

9:31 pm

thx, again, lbd

9:31 pm

i went to a HS for maths and sciences, where i was diagnosed by my algebra II teacher in my 3rd year.

9:31 pm

nite nat

bye nat

9:32 pm

'Bye, Nat. Hope life improves soon.x

9:32 pm

i wasn't diagnosed til college.

9:32 pm

g'night, natasha

9:32 pm

my high school basically didn't think girls needed to know much math other than the basics.

9:32 pm

I've never been 'diagnosed', lbd, I've just worked it out for myself over 50 years of life.

9:33 pm

mymu what is lawyer play? moot court??????

9:33 pm

ai 6/18 clue, please?

9:34 pm

have no ai words sorry jell. busy today and no time for babble.

9:34 pm

Jellen - more full of oxygen.

9:34 pm

jac, i'll be 53 at the end of this month. the diagnosis was a blessing and a curse, and certainly wasn't understood back when we were in public school.

9:34 pm

Thanks, Jac

9:34 pm

Jellen, more of the stuff we breath

9:34 pm

and lbd

hey everyone, i want to wish ha[[y hannukah to those celebrating. i have to leave, see you tomorrow and ty for the clues.

9:35 pm

what are we discussing being diagnosed with ? a math problem????? just came on tonight. sorry.

9:35 pm

Certainly was not, lbd. Get your times tables wrong and stand on the desk to be humiliated by the teacher in front of all your classmates.

9:35 pm

ar7?

9:35 pm

Bye, TO. Have a good night.

9:35 pm

Night TO

9:35 pm

'Night, TO.

9:35 pm

discalculia, mkg

9:35 pm

i was always an underachiever in school now i think i have ADD probably. i would day dream and be bored a lot.

9:35 pm

it's like dyslexia, but numbers rather than letters

9:35 pm

what is discalculia? never heard of it.

9:36 pm

Both ar7/28's bear some resemblance to the daughter's name from 'Te Borrowers' books.

9:36 pm

found it, thanks

9:37 pm

Doxy, ar + 3rd and 2nd vowel + french diminuative

9:37 pm

mkg - it's like not being able to see words but refers to sums/calculus/maths.

9:37 pm

ai 7/28?

9:38 pm

Jellen - that's the company that flies you somewhere...

9:38 pm

Jellen, american, delta, northworst, scarewest...they are all ai7.28

9:38 pm

ai8/40 is the plane you fly in.

9:39 pm

Thanks, Jac and lbd. Should have seen that!

9:39 pm

good afternoon everyone :)

9:39 pm

Hi gilly

9:39 pm

Jellen - I was some way into the grid before I saw ai7 & 8.

9:39 pm

Hi, gilly.

9:39 pm

my interweb is slow here tonight - i'm at home today

9:40 pm

hi all, hello gilly! we haven't met yet...

9:40 pm

The al 7's are strange

9:40 pm

seain at home? *worried mama look* are you okay?

9:40 pm

STIDDY! do you have on your water wings?

9:40 pm

Hi, gilly and stid

9:40 pm

hi Stid!

9:40 pm

pleased to meet you mama

9:40 pm

Ah, stid, you're back. There were a few concerned folks asking about you earlier.

9:41 pm

I did yesterday, LBD! LOL but today I merely walked over the receding floodwaters and went on my way

9:41 pm

I'm gilly from autralia,still quite new here yet

9:41 pm

hi muse. your turn. ;-)

9:41 pm

an 6/18, the first?

9:41 pm

gee bet my daughter has that. she was A student except math.......her teachers felt is was a learning disability. she understood physics so well then on tests would make mistakes like adding instead of multiplying. she was told that she didnt understand the signs and when advised to trace over them with pencil and say word under her breath, her grades went up. it was very amazing.

9:41 pm

6 left... Help,please.

9:41 pm

yes Jac, muse told me in scrabulous...

9:41 pm

australia* my spelling leaves much to be desired

9:41 pm

go gramma go!!!!

9:41 pm

welcome, gilly

9:42 pm

an 6/18: take the "eye" out of the one who doesn't like oxygen

9:42 pm

jellen, against + what a pirate says first two letters

9:42 pm

go gramma!

9:42 pm

an+1st 4 letters of Princess head gear

9:42 pm

we have a lot of folks from down under gilly -- so glad that someone is in the middle of spring... LOL

9:42 pm

Thanks, lbd and gramma

9:42 pm

AN7?

9:42 pm

i'm from scrabulous also :)

9:43 pm

nm

9:43 pm

an7 - against O2

9:43 pm

what is princess head gear????????????

9:43 pm

ap 5/12?

9:43 pm

cool! you can find me as stidmama babble there... have you found the "babblers worldwide " group?

9:44 pm

mkg: t5 like a mini crown

9:44 pm

been watching the news and worried about you folks on the pacific coast! My bestest buddy lives in Yamhill, Or. I just found out she and her hubby are in Budapest this week! I sure hope their home is still where they left it.

9:44 pm

ap 5/12: more likely

9:44 pm

not a crown but a jewelled headband

9:44 pm

Thanks, stid

9:44 pm

what's going on lbd?

9:44 pm

ap+ these storms are **rrible

9:44 pm

I don't know how things are down there, I hear they got pretty soggy too though

9:44 pm

i have missed the news b/c of the kiddies

9:44 pm

ar 7/28, the first?

9:45 pm

Jellen, a bunch of planes that take people places

9:45 pm

AN7 against oxygen

9:45 pm

Wicked storms on the west coast. 40 foot waves, wind, rain and snow. floods, trees downing power lines...

9:45 pm

ty for t5 clue got it.

9:45 pm

scary weather

9:46 pm

yeah -- really horrific, but fewer than ten death reported... MUCH better than the midwest and back east!

9:46 pm

yes, very scary, especially since it's blowing inland!

9:46 pm

That's for sure, Stiddy. maybe we're a bit hardier out here than back east?

9:47 pm

I think (and hope) that most of the precip from this storm dropped here... but the winds are pretty strong.

9:47 pm

I am sure we are LBD! LOL why, when my ancestors walked across the lonely prairies... (uphill both ways)

9:47 pm

it's been pretty warm over here lately. we've had some rain and a bit of wind

9:48 pm

lol Stid! yup wearing just the few threads on their backs, pulling those wagons!

9:48 pm

we would like some winter weather

9:48 pm

I'm not getting the ar 7/28 clue. Remedial help, please?

9:48 pm

What part of texas are you in Eieios?

9:48 pm

the nice thing about the storm is that it WAS warm. very. Usually when the power goes out our house is cold... but it only took a half hour running the generator to make it nice and toasty yesterday. And the roads were wet, not slick.

9:49 pm

oh Jellen, I thought you wanted the AI 7 sorry.

9:49 pm

al 8???????

9:49 pm

AR 7/28 think of AR* fleisher + marion**** (little doll on strings)

9:49 pm

That explains some of my confusion, lol.

9:49 pm

ar7/'28 same first 3 as 4/4 then add from French song alou****, jonti (sp?) alou****

9:49 pm

ar+ 3rd and 2nd vowels + double cross + first vowel, change last vowel to 2nd vowel for the second ar7

9:49 pm

that is the second AR 7, the first changes the last vowel to another.

9:49 pm

te 5/12 clue, please

9:50 pm

te + anagram of feline, end in vowel

9:50 pm

te 5/12: like earthquake plate action? ends in first vowel

9:50 pm

Thanks, all

9:50 pm

ty for AR7s

9:50 pm

have you finished stid?

9:51 pm

yep. hours ago, thanks to some very patient babblers early on

9:51 pm

here I mean

9:51 pm

ar 6/18?

9:52 pm

ar6 more painterly, crafterly etc

9:52 pm

more of the ar*sy

9:52 pm

Thanks, muse

9:53 pm

well my dear friends, i must depart. see you all tomorrow. stay safe, warm, dry, cool...whatever. :-)

9:53 pm

ce 6/21, the second?

9:53 pm

nite dawg, sweet dreams

9:53 pm

'Bye, lbd.

9:53 pm

Bye, lbd.

9:53 pm

sweet dreams LBD -- stay warm, make sure you have your winter supplies ready!

9:53 pm

g'night, dawg

9:53 pm

drop last letter of ce7 CIA

9:53 pm

bye for now dawg

9:53 pm

your turn again muse.

9:53 pm

2nd ce6/21 = american curency + first vowel.

9:54 pm

tks :)

9:54 pm

I am turning out to be a very poor scrabble player... LOL it's been a long time (at least that is what my excuse is at the moment)

9:55 pm

We should play together, stid. I'm rotten!

9:55 pm

then we are evenly matched stid, lol feather is kicking my butt

9:55 pm

Is that on Scrabulous, stid? If so, I still can't find m Babblers on there.

9:56 pm

Jac have you looked in the Babblers Worldwide?

9:56 pm

the other thing you can do is go into a babbler's profile and add the frieds from there

9:56 pm

the ti 5/10, the first, please?

9:57 pm

Not sure, mymuse.

9:57 pm

oh muse! this is so tough to find a place to put anything!!!! what have we done to ourselves?!? LOL

9:57 pm

actually I'm referring to Scrabulous from facebook

9:57 pm

I can start a game if you like Jellen... LOL I fall behind in three moves, guaranteed!

9:57 pm

LOL!!

9:58 pm

ti 5/10: the princess headpiece

9:58 pm

Sorry, distracted. Just getting grumpy Other Half off to work her at 3:57am in UK.

9:59 pm

early day for him -- and for you!

9:59 pm

I have no concept of strategy, stid, so I bet you won't fall behind.

9:59 pm

your turn again muse

9:59 pm

okay, I'll go set one up.

9:59 pm

Normal day start for both of us, stid.:(

9:59 pm

yep in there

9:59 pm

ce 6/21, the third?

9:59 pm

thx, stid. i was looking the wrong way

9:59 pm

almost

10:00 pm

Jellen, that one is like a gas, meth***

10:00 pm

maybe I'll start a game... scrabulous is being ornery again.

10:00 pm

Though, actually, stid, I think I score more 'loving' points for NOT being around when he rises for work.

10:01 pm

ur turn stid

10:02 pm

CI6H34.

10:02 pm

again? *sigh* it's like waiting in line for the guillotine...

10:02 pm

That's what ce6 is, LOL.

10:02 pm

oh no, it's not that bad

10:02 pm

Thanks, for the ce 6/21, stid

10:03 pm

ce + sun-kissed skin + vowel.

10:03 pm

yeah, big sparkly things for me!

10:03 pm

um Jellen -- the first word I did was the first time I ever managed to use all the tiles -- it is NOT typical of my usual word score (the average is about 7 points per word)

10:03 pm

Yay for eieios!!!

10:03 pm

YAY EIEIEIEIEEIEIEOOOOSSSS!!!!!

10:03 pm

congrats eieios

10:04 pm

Well done, eie. You must be looking at my neighbour opposite's Christmas lights?

10:04 pm

en 5/10, the first?

10:04 pm

Damocles' sword, stid?

10:05 pm

en + consumed food

10:05 pm

If anyone thinks I am ignoring them onf Facebook I'm not. I'm just not too sure about allowing all those applications!

10:06 pm

Jac I'm there as Karen Mymuse if you want to add me

10:06 pm

can someone help me with an7,28?

10:06 pm

I'm wondering if Myspace wouldn't be the better option.

10:07 pm

an7 against oxygen

10:07 pm

finally done. this one was challenging

10:07 pm

I only went into Facebook for Scrabulous with Babble friends andd then my other friends picked up on that ... and there's also the parody writing stuff.

10:07 pm

that's an6

10:07 pm

Well done, dcs.

10:07 pm

congrats, dc!!

10:07 pm

oh....

10:07 pm

and just to prove my point, my last word for muse is 6 pts...

10:07 pm

Thanks, Une

10:08 pm

got it ... ty une

10:08 pm

yw :-)

10:08 pm

Yay for dc!!!

10:08 pm

YAY seain! (did I miss how come you're home? not sick I hope)

10:08 pm

My last word was ur7/32.

10:08 pm

bon soir Uneaixoise!

10:08 pm

day off :)

10:08 pm

hi lady

10:08 pm

bon soir stid!

10:09 pm

you get days off??? *stunned expression* wow...

10:09 pm

my last word was last an6/18

10:09 pm

i'm the cold sore on face book

10:09 pm

my last word was the shipworm fish

10:09 pm

Karen - I'll try to remember for later, re Facebook.

10:09 pm

{{{{{ren}}}}} not better yet?

10:10 pm

If I do suddenly dissapear off Faceboolk, don't take offence.

10:10 pm

hahahh stid! now i have 6 zits!!!!

10:10 pm

(waiting for muse to play her move)

10:10 pm

oopsy. i think i broke babble

10:10 pm

rather, my cat did

10:10 pm

??? are you sure they're cold sores? not chickenpox?

10:10 pm

bad kitty! *lifts cat off keyboard and checks for telltale tail marks*

10:11 pm

sorry stid mother nature intervened

10:11 pm

in 5/10, the second?

10:11 pm

i had chicken pox twice - so it could be again...oy vey!

10:11 pm

how's the flooding in wa stid? you guys ok?

10:11 pm

in 5/10 #2: the part that explains what is going to happen in a book

10:12 pm

lady you still here?

10:12 pm

i had measles 5 times

10:12 pm

we are well ren, but many people are not. Interstate 5 about 20 miles south of me is closed until at least Thursday

10:12 pm

Thanks, stid

10:12 pm

the pictures are horrific . . .

10:12 pm

whoa une! ouch ...scratch...scratch

10:12 pm

herpes simplex

10:12 pm

oh Une! *concerned mama look* one of our children seems immune to chickenpox (varicella) immunities. Was immunized and has since caught it twice...

10:13 pm

where are you seeing all the weather? my news isn't even mentioning it.

10:13 pm

or total stress?

10:13 pm

we are hoping the last one (this past Sept) was it.

10:13 pm

online eieios

10:13 pm

la 6/18?

10:13 pm

eieios... theolympian.com or kirotv.com have some good pics from all over the area

10:13 pm

what website?

10:13 pm

eie - We've got lots of weathe due to arrive here in UK in next few days.

10:13 pm

my dad and I had natural immunity to mumps

10:13 pm

i guess i am too far for them to include on the local news.

10:14 pm

la + watermelon ***d + vowell

10:14 pm

la 6/18: like the word that means "relating to the oceans" or the rough and tumble naval-type military branch ma****

10:14 pm

stay safe all you water babies!!!

10:14 pm

Thanks, ruru and stid

10:14 pm

that was good for you Une -- I had mumps at age 4, and STILL remember how it felt!

10:14 pm

la6/18 is like a field (army) toilet without the 'r'.

10:15 pm

marines who are bad to the latr****

10:15 pm

New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/38ltcc

10:15 pm

we will, ren -- hope your weather remains clement...

10:15 pm

rofl ruru!

10:15 pm

Ren - Hi!

10:15 pm

thx, une

10:15 pm

we're wearing sunscreen - ok back to work - :) oh! i got pirates 3 for a channukah gift!

10:16 pm

yw :-)

10:16 pm

li 7/28?

10:16 pm

that was a good word, muse!

10:16 pm

way cool, ren! ARRRRgh!

10:16 pm

I've asked for that DVD for Xmas, renn.

10:16 pm

Stid I bet the next game you whip me to tears, seems to be the way it works for me, win the first lose the next 3

10:16 pm

thanks stid

10:16 pm

thanks stid

10:16 pm

Jellen - le7/28 = striped.

10:17 pm

okay, I need to head out too. It's my night to lead a pillage in the onlihne pirates games.

10:17 pm

You normally see it with de before it.

10:17 pm

aaaarrrrgggh pirates3, my son wants that

10:17 pm

lol stid haven't found you there yet

10:17 pm

{{{everyone}}} I hope you all stay warm and dry enough! *poof*

10:20 pm

If you want a pirate night, attend the Charlotte Badger musical matinee here in my home town. Only children and their minders are allowed and ll are requested to dress in pirate gear on 19th Jan.

10:21 pm

www.artrix.co.uk

10:23 pm

I've invited my daughter, who goes to every pirate night imaginable, to accompany me. I don't think she's going to, though,:(

10:25 pm

Thanks, Jac

10:25 pm

Oh dear! I've just realised that I am smoking on a windy night with the office window open... I guess that means the the nutty neighbour will soon be baging on the porch door to alert me that she's smelling cigarette smoke in her bedroom.

10:27 pm

hey, peeps

10:27 pm

That woman is mad! It was some kind of fan noise before trhat she complained about. However, this drip, drip, drip, ringing the doorbell at all hours, even at 3.30am once, thing is driving me crazy.

10:27 pm

Hi, tyger.

10:28 pm

Hi, tyger

10:28 pm

jac, I LOVE the story in your thingie today

10:28 pm

li 6/18, the first?

10:28 pm

gotta save that and share with my son (another rabid animal lover, specially dogs)

10:29 pm

li6/18 rhymes with baby cat

10:29 pm

I need one more word, then I can implement Babble Expert: te6/18 (final te)

10:30 pm

finally back. The cat's entry really hosed babble

10:30 pm

oops, first one rhymes with a little piece of wood lodged in your finger

10:30 pm

I even went to the door, fist ready, when it range at about 8.30pm last night... but it was only my Sikh neighbour bringing me a booby-trapped Xmas card. 'I've always been the last writing them out,' she said. 'This year, I am determined to be the frist!' I opened it and loads of glitter fell out along with a nice big snoflake and 4 big silver dots.

10:30 pm

Thanks, Une!

10:30 pm

yw :-)

10:31 pm

does anybody HAVE that final te6?

10:31 pm

I've told her that, since I haven't written her card yet, I WILL get her back! LOL Any suggstions for Xmas card opening jokes, folks?

10:31 pm

is that the te6 that rhymes with what you mail at the post office?

10:31 pm

i clueed it yesterday, tyger, as 'one who observers vietnamese new year'

10:32 pm

ryger - glad you liked the story.

10:32 pm

oh, good one, dc!

10:32 pm

ne 8/40?

10:32 pm

thx, DC, ever, ever so much

10:32 pm

jac, interesting tale of the neighbours, and the xmas card was a hoot.

10:32 pm

ne8 more like a stinging weed

10:33 pm

now I'll be gone about 3 minutes while uploading. then I can help clue :)

10:33 pm

tyger, was that sarcastic, groaning, or what?

10:33 pm

That is a good story, Jac.

10:33 pm

Thanks, Une

10:33 pm

yw :-)

10:34 pm

oh, crud. I'll be gone longer. something's messed up

10:34 pm

dcs - it was more of a hoot when you consider all the PC Brigade here in UK who try to take the 'Christ' out of Christmas in caas it offends other religions.

10:36 pm

eh, there's room for both religious and secular observances.

10:36 pm

io 6, 18 anyone?

10:36 pm

ni 6/18?

10:36 pm

UL politicians and PC people, take note of this... I have received 4 Xmas cards so far this Christmas... Ist came from a relative in Canada, the rest came from 'people of other religions'.

10:36 pm

io + not dark

10:36 pm

though, i know of what you speak, jac, and there's been a backlash to that in this country.

10:37 pm

not as bad as I thought. the messed up word in my list I load into BabExp started with c. (great relief)

10:37 pm

ty une... you've been VERY helpful to me this evening :D

10:37 pm

my pleasure, lady!

10:38 pm

NOW I'm back.

10:38 pm

DC I think you're not quite conveying the strength of the backlash.

10:39 pm

well, where i live it's very moderate, i imagine down deep South it's moreso

10:39 pm

i have a.d.d with this grid lol

10:39 pm

there's a lovely essay written by Ben Stein that was published several years ago (I think in the NY Times) that essentially supported the trappings of Xmas

10:40 pm

LOL, carra, that's a cute way to put it

10:40 pm

it's pretty strong back home in Michigan, too

10:40 pm

you live too near the east coast, DC :P

10:40 pm

We don't 'do' backlash... yet.. in UK, tyger... but it WILL come, if the brigade don't back off. And it won't just come from white Brits., it will come from all of us who want to keep our country peaceful.

10:40 pm

A friend tells me that in Knoxville, Tennessee, it's strong also.

10:40 pm

Hi, carra. I have ADD all the time!

10:42 pm

well, dc, most of the southeast is the Bible Belt, so not too surprising

10:42 pm

my sister has adhd.. when she was younger sheused to hide her pills.. one day we moved the table and like 30 pills fell out lol shes like i dont know how it got there

10:42 pm

down here, I think the emphasis is more on plaques of the 10 commandments than on Xmas stuff. I find that scary, and I'm a devout Christian

10:42 pm

probably so, jac. It annoys me when atheistic/secularists feel that religious elements of society must be suppressed. And i say that as a non-Christian myself, who accepts that Xianity is the largest religious grouping by far in my society.

10:42 pm

anyone have clues for tough ones like the pa 8?

10:42 pm

or a clue for the ai 6 that i am missing?

10:42 pm

lemme refresh so I can see my word list here

10:42 pm

ai6 more air

10:42 pm

However, Iguess we were all appalled at the messages from thre Sudan last week... 'to kill the teacher who allowwed primaary school kids to call a teddybear Mohammed.

10:42 pm

pa8 - more meager/lacking

10:42 pm

ai6 more breezy

10:43 pm

good clue, DC

10:43 pm

yep, jac

10:43 pm

jac, that was *frightening*

10:44 pm

ty got the pa.

10:44 pm

poor woman. I heard the clip of her apology when she arrived back in the UK

10:44 pm

yay finally finding the big ones.. ai 7/8 and al 7/8

10:44 pm

ni 6/18?

10:44 pm

the ai7/8 is another of those weird compound words

10:45 pm

still 72 left though

10:45 pm

re: Sudan, indeed so, Jac! horrible and nonsensical, that :\

10:45 pm

super clues and thanks got both

10:45 pm

ni6/18, Jellen - hair louse + French for 'he'.

10:45 pm

ni6/18: ni + a bird's sound is a ****l

10:45 pm

how bout the al 8?

10:45 pm

oops just got it.

10:46 pm

al8: illegal ***** + p.t. of eat

10:46 pm

:)

10:46 pm

mkg - al8 is to throw someone out of the gang or the crowd and not spreak to them.

10:46 pm

got it jac thanks anyway.

10:47 pm

the al7 after the 8 was the hardest-to-find of the ALs for me.

10:47 pm

how about the an 7 or six after it? dont have them yet.

10:47 pm

got that one dc.

10:47 pm

the only thing I could find to feel any relief about the Sudan incident was that they weren't asking that she be whipped (as they might in some places farther NE of there

10:48 pm

MKG, they're based on the same root

10:48 pm

huh. Radford is down past Roanoke. I thought it was closer to Richmond.

10:48 pm

tyger - what she said when she got back into UK was this... 'I went to the Sudan for an adventure. I got more of an adventure than I anticipated!'

10:48 pm

yup. I heard that part, too :(

10:48 pm

my cat is such a jerk sometimes.. lexi the youngest loves laying on my friends jacket.. she left to drink water my other cat jumps on there... they have a little bed i put it by the heater she was the only one using it.. he found out she leaves .. he takes her spot lol

10:48 pm

how beautifully understated. i was so glad she got back

10:48 pm

what root? same as the al words or same as the an 4 above? i assume it is those 4 letters and then three but cant get the 3./

10:48 pm

yger- you do realise that mobs were asking for her to be killed?

10:49 pm

both al7s build on the al5/10 above

10:49 pm

yes. but they were asking for shooting, not beheading, and not the lash. a small thing to be grateful for, I know

10:50 pm

Thanks, finally got the ni 6/18

10:50 pm

i see it but i cant get it.......the an 4/4 above and then i add and nothing is working. will try again.

10:50 pm

they could have been asking for that - sharia law, you know

10:50 pm

of course, they're not Wahhabis

10:50 pm

first of the 2 is a double vowel, MKG

10:50 pm

small insect starts all but the 1st an, mkg

10:51 pm

tyger - I don't care what the f*ck way they were asking for her to be killed.... it was too extreme and did not fit the naive mistake.

10:51 pm

oops, you've moved on, haven't you, MKG :)

10:51 pm

Sorry about that!

10:51 pm

ni 5/10, the last?

10:51 pm

of course she didn't jac. she didn't deserve ANY of what happened to her

10:52 pm

ni5/10: first part of an explosive compound

10:52 pm

she was a good-hearted person trying to help others

10:52 pm

Thanks, tyger

10:52 pm

yw, jellen

10:52 pm

oi 6/18?

10:53 pm

oi6/18: when there's even more lubricant

10:53 pm

more oleagenous.

10:53 pm

Thanks, tyger

10:53 pm

yw :)

10:53 pm

and Jac

10:54 pm

Let me know if you tire of cluing. I'm having a rough time tonight, brain-wise.

10:55 pm

*clueing?

10:55 pm

I'm fine. I'll hafta leave for a little while shortly. let's see how many we can get in the meantime :)

10:55 pm

op 7/32?

10:56 pm

Is taat WD40 or the other one for females?

10:56 pm

similar to a pretty, but not flashy, gemstone

10:56 pm

Jellen - like the mily gemstone.

10:56 pm

eh, jac? whatcha talkin about?

10:56 pm

Milky

10:56 pm

cool, i found a photo from tonight's lighting of the Nat'l Menorah :)

10:56 pm

Got it. Thanks, tyger and jac

10:57 pm

I love them. I used to have a ring with one in it

10:57 pm

Lucricants, tyger.

10:57 pm

yw

10:57 pm

or 5/12

10:57 pm

Someone mentioned them, tyger.

10:57 pm

Jacula.. too funny (is that wd40....)

10:57 pm

or5/12 plus a long-eared rabbit

10:57 pm

or5/12: or + cut off

10:57 pm

Thanks, dc and tyger

10:58 pm

thx, jac. I had no idea where that came from :)\

10:58 pm

or5/12 = or + chop a tree down or description of a rabbit with floppy ears.

10:58 pm

pi 6/30?

10:58 pm

I wouldn't want WD40 in any delicate parts, personally

10:58 pm

pi6/30 is a game (french word)

10:59 pm

add cons to preceding pi5

10:59 pm

cant get the or clues...........a rabbit with floppy ears???????? chop a tree down????????

10:59 pm

Thanks, tyger

10:59 pm

yw

Good evening, have only the a's left. I need a clue for an7/28, please?

10:59 pm

a ***-eared rabbit

10:59 pm

hey, marc

11:00 pm

D40 worlked fine when my daughter's Barbie doll's limbs got stuck in the 80s.

11:00 pm

think about artillery used against airplanes, marc

11:00 pm

an*****craft

11:00 pm

wd40, I meant.

11:00 pm

po 5/12, the second?

11:00 pm

yup, I was following that :)

11:00 pm

ak, ak, Marc!

11:01 pm

po5/12 - a white bear

11:01 pm

jellen, the disease of FDR

Thanks got it now back to my last 10

11:01 pm

oh! sorry

11:01 pm

Thanks, dc

11:01 pm

I miscounted

11:01 pm

sorry

11:01 pm

re 5/10, the second?

11:02 pm

re + spanish aunt

11:02 pm

change vowel on word after it, jellen

11:02 pm

po5, 2nd.m A disease that used to leave people dead or disabled. It it now circumvvented by a vaccine.

11:02 pm

hi all :)

11:02 pm

Thanks, dc

11:02 pm

hey, jes!

11:03 pm

Hi, jes

11:03 pm

thinking of changing my icon again, and go back to babies

11:03 pm

Need to take a break to give a cat a shot.

11:03 pm

lurve babies :)

11:04 pm

I've forgotten what the new icon theme is.

11:04 pm

then I think I'll go take pills & have the snack that goes with

11:04 pm

1st night of Haunakkah, jac

11:04 pm

I don't do themes. too hard

al8, please?

11:04 pm

amazing still cant get the rabbit ear thing or the cut off clue............amazing.

11:04 pm

Ah, found it again, But I'm not Jewish. Will do my own version.

hey, Happy Hanukah everyone?

11:04 pm

back real soon

11:05 pm

happy hanukah jac. we couldnt find sufganiot.

11:05 pm

I've still got 44 words left...my li-s are pathetic

anyone got a clue for al8?

11:06 pm

in li4 of giving you a clue, Natts, i think you should deli7 your position, now that the Italian li4 is deprecated.

11:06 pm

marc, give the cold shoulder, make feel like an outsider

11:06 pm

happy hanukah to all who are out there celebrating it. i gave the kids gelt.

Thanks got it

11:07 pm

lol dcseain... I had 2 of the 3... it's the bigger words are escaping me

11:07 pm

i left some gelt at my sister's for my nephewes the other day.

11:07 pm

Anyone who needs clues now must be gone and so should I be...

11:07 pm

who lit the menorah tonight? i know most of these lubitch guys.

11:08 pm

you are dismissing me, jacula?

11:08 pm

how do you play

11:08 pm

i did, mkg

11:08 pm

what a good uncle you are dc. i have to send my kids and grandkids their gelt checks.

11:08 pm

pither, see the Help link, above the chat, for rules.

11:08 pm

No, LadyNatts.

11:08 pm

you did?????????????? huh?????????for real? who are you dc??????????

11:08 pm

But I still need clues.

11:08 pm

Not at all. I'm jst off to bed 'cos it's 5.08am in uk here.

11:09 pm

ouch... Go to BED!

11:09 pm

sleep well, jac :)

11:09 pm

thank you

11:09 pm

dc are you a rabbi? or with lubitich????????

Finished, got to go, thanks all for your help. Could not hve done it without you.

11:10 pm

'Night, Marc. x

11:10 pm

oh, you meant down on the Mall, didn't you? :">

11:10 pm

One sec, i'll get names

11:11 pm

Abraham Shemtov, Menachem Felzenberg, Rabbi Levi Shemtov lit the Nat'l Menorah tonight.

11:12 pm

ha ha ha dc. good one............good one......

anyone for e5?

11:12 pm

I'll leave that to you, dcs. If I do it in my daiuly column... well, LOL.

11:12 pm

oh were you on the mall dc?

11:12 pm

i did not leave the house, but for long enough to put trash out at the curb today. :)

11:12 pm

any clues for the ur words the 7s? only have the last word the 5.

11:12 pm

we have a national Menorah? I'm so out of it, i haven't been to DC since 1974

11:13 pm

en5/10 = to go into a room or place.

thanks jac!

11:13 pm

Not gonna make it ... 40 words left... I'm dead tired and can't see a thing

11:13 pm

en5/10 (2nd) = same first three letter plus Irish Army.

11:14 pm

the lubovitchers put it up and have permissiion but it is funded by them not the govt. the govt buys the xmas tree and pays for elec. i dont know, maybe the govt pays to light the menorah too. not sure. anyway the lubovitchers light menorahs all over the globe.

11:14 pm

what do the question marks to the left of the words mean

11:14 pm

never mind

11:14 pm

click on them pither and see the meaning

11:14 pm

you can get definitions if you click on the :

11:14 pm

? I mean

11:14 pm

i'm being thick! i see they're to look up the word

11:15 pm

Pither - they mean u can look the meaning of the word up., if you do not know it.

11:15 pm

i just finished playing bookworm - does anyone here play that?

11:15 pm

Yes, the Nat'l Menorah is at the South edge of the Ellipse, dates back at least a decade.

11:15 pm

been there, done that

11:15 pm

the ? gives definitions in a pop-up, from dictionary.com, but not all words are in that dictionary.

11:15 pm

I still have 1/2 a dozen li's to finish

11:16 pm

yes, I play hat but I keep it separate from here.

11:16 pm

what is bookworm? i am into new games.......

11:16 pm

are you referring to bookworm ("been there, done that")

11:16 pm

what was your biggest score

11:16 pm

dc are you involved with chabad?

11:16 pm

in bookworm, that is

11:16 pm

I'm back, begging for more clues.

11:16 pm

na7 anyone clue?

11:17 pm

re 6/18, the first?

11:17 pm

jellen, me too but i realize i wont finish tonight.

11:17 pm

i didn't know that, I"ll look it up

11:17 pm

yes, American Friends of Lubavitch do it.

11:17 pm

yes, pither, I was referring to bookworm, and I don't know what my highest score was

11:17 pm

jellen, it's in your eye

11:17 pm

na7. Lady is more neat anf styled by fashion icons.

11:18 pm

Thanks, dc

11:19 pm

re 6/18, the last?

11:19 pm

mkg - bookworm is like this game. you get points for making long or difficult words - same values as scrabble - and when you make a word, the word disappears and the tiles move down. Certain tiles appear on fire, and if these tiles reach the bottom, the game is over.

11:19 pm

I am not needed, cearly now, for clues. Can I be a deejay or should I simply retire?

11:19 pm

almost like to try to court again, but one less vowel at end

11:20 pm

bookworm is fun

11:20 pm

back

11:20 pm

dc, american friends of lubavitch do what? pay for menorahs? they donate and pay for everything! or should i say "we" do.........those who donate and are involved.

11:20 pm

jac, you may deejay, retire, or as you please

11:20 pm

very addictive. i am trying to figure out if my high score is high or normal.

11:21 pm

Pther is MacKay form SGAtlantis,asam i! LOL

11:21 pm

yes, mkg, until today, i'd not a clue it wasn't done by the gov't. I do remember the to-do leading up to it's first year.

11:21 pm

welcome pither, we can all quit any time.....lol!

11:22 pm

I might just make y9oyu all se Steve the WEraith again.

11:22 pm

I'm not going to get it today (again).. back tomorrow... have a good day/night/morning, all

11:22 pm

nationalmenorah.org

11:22 pm

g'night, Natts

11:22 pm

Bye, LadyNatts

11:22 pm

well. if I'm surplusage, I think I'll go to bed. my bed has been calling me for more than 2 hours, but my son was here until 10

11:22 pm

Bye Jellen, bye all.

11:23 pm

I'm not getting the re 6/18 (last) clue. Remedial help?

11:23 pm

sleep well, tyger

11:23 pm

thx, DC. I hope to :)

11:23 pm

remove a vowel from the 7 word after it, jellen.

11:23 pm

nytol

11:23 pm

Bye, tyger.

11:23 pm

*poof*

11:24 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2oesxh

11:24 pm

dc how did you discover it wasnt govt funded? not from me certainly..........

11:25 pm

yes, by googling when you mentioned it, mkg.

11:25 pm

the concept that it wouldn't be just hadn't occurred to me, though looking back, it ought to have

11:25 pm

Ooh, I feel stupid, oh so stupid . . .

11:25 pm

so what did google say?

11:26 pm

dc it is important to give to them. they are a super great org.

11:26 pm

I need the third re 6/18, not the last.

11:27 pm

color again, jellen, as in re6 hair

11:27 pm

dc no matter what the govt of this nation, though there is religious freedom, is christian and therefore throughout the u.s. funding is there for xmas decorations. that is just a fact. some say it is good others say it shouldnt be.

11:27 pm

Thanks, dc

11:27 pm

The last re 5/10?

11:28 pm

i entirely lake a christian association w/chirstmas, though i know under that name, it technically is.

11:28 pm

cant get the first re............how silly.

11:28 pm

that shirt is so re5/10 -totally 1960s!

11:28 pm

here's the national menorah

11:28 pm

dc what? lake ?????

11:28 pm

add a vowel to re4/4 before it, mkg

11:28 pm

Thanks, dc

11:28 pm

lack, not lake :">

11:29 pm

ru 6/21?

11:29 pm

that is the first re 4/4 that i am stumped by dc.

11:29 pm

cant get the ne8 :( what prickly palnt/weed? lol

11:29 pm

how do you steer a horse, mkg?

11:29 pm

re4 = horse control

11:29 pm

re4/4 the realm, and re4/4 an apartment

11:30 pm

re 4/4 control i have! that is the second one. need the first one!

11:30 pm

ty harp. got it from that clue.

11:30 pm

2nd re4/4 - re4 an apartment

11:31 pm

steer a horse mkg

11:31 pm

37 left

11:31 pm

oh clueless me :">

11:31 pm

ru6?

11:31 pm

just a different form of re4 control, equine style....

11:32 pm

Hello all

11:32 pm

ta 6 clues plz

11:32 pm

ru6 the person who wrecked things

11:32 pm

Hi, lynxxx

11:33 pm

jellen, one who ru4/5

11:33 pm

hello all :))))))))))

11:33 pm

hello, lynxxx

11:33 pm

Hi MRP

11:33 pm

Thanks, lynxxx and dc

11:33 pm

Hi, mrp

11:33 pm

ta 6/18, the second?

11:33 pm

:D :D :D yes yes yes

11:34 pm

you sold, mrp?

11:34 pm

jellen i have neither one.

11:34 pm

ta6.18nlike the ma**** that you chant

11:34 pm

**happy dance** we sold the house!!!!

11:34 pm

jellen, like a sex form

11:34 pm

CONGRATS, MRP!

11:34 pm

YAY MRP! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

11:34 pm

WOOHOOO, MRP!!!

11:34 pm

noun, not adj, jellen

11:34 pm

huhhhhhhhhh? lyunx cant get it. what do you chant? prayers?

11:34 pm

Thanks, lynxxx and dc

11:35 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMX6W-G _kLQ

11:35 pm

I feel an enormous sense of loss, and an enormous sense of relief all at the same time!! what a rush

11:35 pm

te 5/10, the first?

11:35 pm

ta clues plz? anyone?

11:35 pm

no6?

11:35 pm

The wraithrealyn are green! They will solve the overcrowed prisons broblem.

11:35 pm

ni6/18

11:36 pm

te5.10 te + anagram of feline

11:36 pm

you wanna know what the best part of it is??? when we bought the house, it was pouring with rain and storming.... and it was pouring with rain and storming when the couple who bought it from us today came :D

11:36 pm

ni6.18 ni + a ****ogy is a series of three

11:37 pm

Hi All! down to last 3! need the an 7/28 please...

11:37 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2fnjwq

11:37 pm

an7 - against breathing - compound

11:37 pm

ty lunx

11:38 pm

lynx*

11:38 pm

or6?

11:38 pm

thanx lynxxx

11:38 pm

The Or6 Express

11:38 pm

MrP. youre' in the same mood as me! Check my Steve the wraith vids.

11:39 pm

so, mrp, do you know when/where you're movin?

11:39 pm

hi all....CONGRATS MRP !!!

11:39 pm

hi dart

11:40 pm

te 5/10's, either?

11:40 pm

1st ta6.18 ta + I leave the m****l tasks to the servants

11:40 pm

jellen, one is a basic belief

11:40 pm

hi nana...just got in from shovelling....winter is getting old fast

11:40 pm

te5.10 te + a fishermans *** to catch fish

11:40 pm

Hi, Fran!

11:40 pm

Hiya Fran

11:40 pm

the next one is te* (number) + end of spanish aunt, t**

11:41 pm

hi lynxxx! hi jellen!

11:41 pm

Thanks, Fran and lynxxx

11:41 pm

I shovelled yesterday, it's snowing now too

11:41 pm

Thanks again, Fran

11:41 pm

te 7/28, the last?

11:41 pm

yw jellen

11:41 pm

28 left so close !! lol

11:41 pm

7 left.

11:42 pm

te7.28 more like a canvas dwelling - !\

11:42 pm

go jellen go!

11:42 pm

Thanks, lynxxx

11:43 pm

Budding wraith sleepping and growing now upstairs,

11:43 pm

well i just cant get the ta words. thanks for clues anyway. if anyone else has them i would still love to try.

11:43 pm

tr 7/28's, either?

11:43 pm

last one tr 8/45 please...

11:43 pm

hi jac!

Hey Everyone

11:43 pm

one who is being taught and the one doing the teaching

11:43 pm

Fran - can you pls try cluing the first 2 ta6.18s

11:43 pm

I;'' leave you all for a=boiw abd ket you know how his beard grows. It neds 2 or 3 inches more.

11:43 pm

hi lickety

11:43 pm

xxzzzzzzzzz

11:43 pm

chic, compound word, snare + rope (on a boat)

11:43 pm

Hi, lickety!! Congratulations!!

Scary stuff - buyers are signing a contract right now!!!

11:44 pm

Hi Lickety - CONGRATULATIONS oh homeless one!

Jellen - how did you know?

11:44 pm

first ta6/18 is a tapeworm, alt spelling of the te5/10

11:44 pm

blow the ink dry fast

11:44 pm

OOOOHHHH LICKETY!!!!!!!

11:44 pm

Hang on... Home sold?

arrrrrr!!!!! Alright!

11:44 pm

second ta6/18 is an eastern practice of breathing that is supposed to enhance your sexual experiences.

11:45 pm

yay lickety and mrp!!!!

Accepted offer Jac!

11:45 pm

mrp spilt the beans earlier.

11:45 pm

I'd celebrate if it's what I thought either of you really wanted, lickety.

11:45 pm

thanx fran woohoo! Done!

11:45 pm

hello all

11:45 pm

yay chic!!!

11:45 pm

Congrats to chic!!!

11:45 pm

hi ossie

11:45 pm

how was that lynxxx?

11:45 pm

However, that'ds life's crap and so, Hooray!

11:45 pm

Hi, Ossie

11:45 pm

well done, chic!

11:45 pm

yay for Chic !!!!

11:45 pm

congrats, lickety!

11:45 pm

hi darty!

11:45 pm

hi dart! hi ossie!

11:45 pm

hi jell!

Yeah - scary stuff reall! Yay Chic! mrp must have got online quick

11:45 pm

howdy, ossie

11:46 pm

YAY chic!!!

11:46 pm

hiya fran!

11:46 pm

dart, hello!

11:46 pm

Hi ossie!!!

11:46 pm

hiya dc!

11:46 pm

hi dc! hi jilli!

11:46 pm

hiya dc

11:46 pm

g'day jilli!

11:46 pm

Can I bugger off from Babble now and listen to my music?

11:46 pm

dont know the easter sex stuff. sorry.

11:46 pm

[1st] ur 5.12

11:46 pm

tr 5/12, the first?

11:46 pm

hello fran!

11:46 pm

good evening all

11:46 pm

twasn't for me Fran - but for mkg - I had failed clue giving

11:46 pm

ta6/18, ta* from the sun + happy ***ils to you!

11:46 pm

Hi, jilli and flosey

11:46 pm

ok, jac :)

11:46 pm

past of tr4/5 as pronounced

11:47 pm

falling asleep already, will check out the new grid and prob. off to bed

11:47 pm

hi flosey

11:47 pm

sex word are rampant in Babble,mkg. Sorry!

11:47 pm

jellen, short past tense of tr4/5

11:47 pm

ty, dc

11:47 pm

tr5.12 - weird past tense spelling of captured

11:47 pm

tr 5/10, the last one?

11:47 pm

lickety you there?

11:47 pm

jilli where is a pic of you? you have all others.

11:47 pm

hiya fran

11:47 pm

flosey, you're fading earlier and earlier

11:48 pm

any other clues for the ta words most welcome. i cant believe i cant see them.

11:48 pm

mrp! congrats!! here's to a speedy closing!

11:48 pm

it's been a very full day jilli

11:48 pm

missing the pi words too.............bad night for me.

11:48 pm

hi and bye flosey!

11:48 pm

mkg - Fran did some read back

11:48 pm

mkg -- the last one you get to in my flickrs

11:48 pm

I can now officially b*gger off to listen to my music. Jili told me so.

11:48 pm

I think I'

11:48 pm

do, enjoy, jac :)

11:48 pm

not leaving yet Fran, at least will wait to see the new grid

11:48 pm

later jac!

11:48 pm

ne 8??

11:48 pm

ll wait for the next board

11:48 pm

Bye, Jac

11:48 pm

I have decided not to proceed with the contract... hope you can forgive me

11:49 pm

it's been a very rotten weekend and more, eh flosey

11:49 pm

for sure Jilli

11:49 pm

mkg think anger

11:49 pm

one of the pi words....is an eq word spelled backwards

11:49 pm

ta6/18 (second one) ta* from the sun + happy ***ils to you (gene autry song)

11:49 pm

what, mrp?????

11:49 pm

huh?

11:49 pm

think she is yanking his chain

11:49 pm

ty fran i got it finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! super super clues!

11:49 pm

other PI adds a cons to the first

11:50 pm

carra, more of a stinging type of prickly plant

11:50 pm

mkg, do you still need the first one?

11:50 pm

tr 5/10, the last?

11:50 pm

so do I, dc ;)

11:50 pm

no idea.. ill go back.. first pa 6.21

11:50 pm

jellen, referring to 3s

11:51 pm

Had supper tonight with MayneGirl, her hubby, son and daughter

11:51 pm

carra, more white in color

11:51 pm

or pa + one who is prone

11:51 pm

oh great, flosey

11:51 pm

pa 6,21 = pa + li 4,4

11:51 pm

holy tr*** jellen

11:52 pm

ty

11:52 pm

1st ta

11:52 pm

hindu ta****

11:52 pm

carra, the ne ends with the li4/4

11:52 pm

had a great time jilli, lots of laughs - MG has 2 truly great kids

11:52 pm

flosey, did you get the email I just sent a little while ago?

11:53 pm

no, I'll check now

11:53 pm

1st ta6 is a tapeworm, alt spelling of the te5/10

11:53 pm

the first ta is that stupid tapeworm

11:53 pm

yay fran got it ty

11:53 pm

yay carra!

11:53 pm

first ta still not coming. another clue?

11:53 pm

1st ur 5 and 2nd ur7

11:53 pm

MG is one super person -- I wish I'd been able to meet her hubby and kids -- isn't one of them Kahlua from Tacoma?

11:53 pm

mkg, do you have te5/10? the second one?

11:53 pm

Brain blocked on tr 5/10 (last). Help!

11:53 pm

ta****ic exercises

11:54 pm

2nd ur 7...to pee

11:54 pm

didnt get the ta clue either

11:54 pm

the holy TR*** jellen

11:54 pm

Got it. Thanks!!

11:54 pm

ur5, U + Ri4 word

11:54 pm

ta + little insect + sun god

11:54 pm

Last word. ur 5/12, the first?

11:55 pm

just clued jellen

11:55 pm

ur + vowell + not dark

11:55 pm

DONE!

11:55 pm

i have the te second one. but tried that with the te and no luck. ta is six letters...........guess i am tired.

11:55 pm

yay jellen!!!

11:55 pm

i need the first ta

11:55 pm

11 to go....I give up

11:55 pm

ta + (little insect) + sun god

11:55 pm

mee too carra.............it gets clued and i just cant find it.

11:55 pm

ta6/18, ta + vowel + **ght time is dark + first vowel

11:56 pm

tantra

11:56 pm

oops

11:56 pm

i have that?

11:56 pm

ruru, mkg has that one already

11:56 pm

wowowowow i got it. thannks fran. super.

11:56 pm

there you go

11:56 pm

ty fran :)

11:56 pm

now i have both ta words. thanks all.

11:56 pm

lol

11:56 pm

just got it Jilli - thanks - computer was turned off a good part of the day due to power spikes, plus was out most of the day

11:56 pm

yw

11:57 pm

what else you need, mkg?

11:57 pm

last te 6/7

11:57 pm

still missing a lot tonight. time for sleep. too many to go dc and 4 min left. time to sleep. dc do you work days? if so then you know i must get some rest now./

11:57 pm

Good evening all :)

11:57 pm

little TE 4/4

11:57 pm

last te6/18 - one who observers vietnamese new year

11:57 pm

te7 is more like a canvas camping shelter

11:57 pm

add a hook letter

11:57 pm

te6 take the last letter off

11:57 pm

Hi, nan

11:57 pm

hi nan!

11:58 pm

last te7 - moreof the camping shelter

11:58 pm

lol ruru, we reverse clued each other!

11:58 pm

the 7 is more of the te 4/4

11:58 pm

last 9/7 combo, diminuitive of ca

11:58 pm

V

11:58 pm

thanks

11:58 pm

I only have 94 left, giggle

11:58 pm

you might not make it jilli! :-)

11:59 pm

250

11:59 pm

uh oh

11:59 pm

yes Jilli - Kahlua - a lovely gal - beautiful too

11:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmCOul5 NzMo&feature=related

11:59 pm

hi y'all

11:59 pm

take pix, flosey!

11:59 pm

re 6/7 ( first)

11:59 pm

night all. dc happy hanukah and to all others who celebrate it, also happy and healthy and may our worst problems be solving these grids.

11:59 pm

Hello all, 179

11:59 pm

148

11:59 pm

carra, re6 is part of your eye

11:59 pm

those are words to live by

11:59 pm

re7 is the latin plural

11:59 pm

213

12:00 am

hi Nonnie, nan, fran, ruru

12:00 am

Listen and then see what our kids are trying to do to you. wE DID ID BEFORFE!

12:00 am

148

12:00 am

hi corps!

12:00 am

Hey Geek

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