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12:00 am

ugh

12:00 am

bang!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

you were close kj

12:00 am

jac, I love that African music...

hi all

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

oops -- flip!

12:00 am

http://tinyurl.com/6sywqg first song I ever sang and playedin public on guitar.

ut 7/32

12:00 am

back and flip

12:00 am

ok...nighters

12:00 am

oh no... tooo many

12:00 am

CO 6

12:01 am

ooh a nice big one

ut8

12:01 am

night kje -- get some sleep!

12:01 am

no time tomorrow again, sigh

12:01 am

good night kj, sweet dreams

st8

12:02 am

how many ruru??? toooo?

12:02 am

re7 x 2, re8

12:02 am

ST 7

12:02 am

ut 8

12:02 am

co 7

12:02 am

I thought I was retiring to become a bridge bum - instead we end up farming!!

12:02 am

RE 7 x2

12:03 am

si7

thanks nan

12:03 am

ou8 x 2

12:03 am

st7 x 2

12:03 am

ST 6

Clues are up

12:04 am

cr 7-8

thanks lickety!

12:04 am

ty cyber i just found them

thanks again nan!

12:04 am

35 7's!!! -- why are we bothering to call them?!

haha

12:05 am

khumbaya is the whole ethic of the Babble chat log. Listen to it.

12:05 am

cyber so we can all get confused together lol

12:05 am

do 8/55

12:05 am

do 972

12:06 am

ke8

12:06 am

Whether you believe in God, or the 'set' God, or not, the ethic of Khumbaya cannot be argued with by anyone with a human bone in their body.

12:07 am

CO 6/7

12:07 am

Khumbaya is a bit spicy for me..lol

12:07 am

de 8/45, de 9/60

12:07 am

st 8

12:07 am

Not looked at today's grid, other than to see it's 241.

is that a secind st8?

12:07 am

TE 7

12:07 am

Too much to do later and then away for a week.

12:08 am

ST 8/40 and 8/60 are the two on the list

12:08 am

ruru - do you actually understand the words? Why too spicey?

12:08 am

just went there, jac -- lovely song, lovely singers

ah thanks mlfan

12:09 am

just a bad joke jac...

12:09 am

no problem twenty

12:09 am

ad7

12:09 am

de 9

12:10 am

well, I may as well start, doubt if I'll finish.

12:10 am

SI 6/7

12:10 am

Jilli - glad you love the sound and words like I do.

12:11 am

I'll definitely not finish jilli

12:11 am

Ruru - sorry, don't understand.

12:11 am

AD 6/7

12:12 am

never mind....

12:12 am

jac, I think ruru was thinking Jambalaya

12:13 am

I'd like to know what you meant, ruru.

12:13 am

I'd've gotten that in the end, ruru, but thanks!

12:13 am

just a joke you guys...

12:13 am

Oh, I see, jilli. LOL

12:13 am

lol

12:14 am

morning all

12:14 am

only if you are behind freep

12:14 am

hi lilliann

12:14 am

kje, you've gone to bed

12:15 am

hi ruru

12:15 am

yes kje it is past your bed time...

12:15 am

Well, I'll go off to listen to some Black Sabb and war sirens now before attempting to sleep through the night sweats. Enoy your grid. See you in a week or so.

12:15 am

hi lilli, hi lilli, hi lo

12:15 am

TR 6

12:15 am

happy holiday, jac :)

12:15 am

hi jilli

or8

12:15 am

bye jac.. in agodda of eda baby.. was that sabbath?

12:16 am

nite/morning jac, know what you mean i'm the same and haven't been to bed yet!!

12:16 am

i am in bed jilli

12:18 am

pretending to be too young to remember, ruru?;) your doggy is cute; it looks like s/he's smiling

finally fuond that do8/do9 combo! thanks ruru!

12:18 am

can;t see the or 8 nor the do 8

12:19 am

ah -- found the do's

12:19 am

if you do 6 enough later you might find it

i got the or8 monkey typing unfortunately.

Hello everyone..

12:20 am

phantom orthodic

12:20 am

hi lorrie

ou 7 if it hasn't been called yet..

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KE 7

Hi lilliann

12:22 am

HI lillian ltns

12:22 am

hi mlf, not usually on at this time, in bed normally, how have you been?

12:23 am

not bad... how about you?

12:23 am

not bad either thanks

12:23 am

ty.. finally got that do

12:24 am

i've got ke7 x 2

12:24 am

thats good lillian. what time is it there right now?

12:24 am

6.24am...i'm going to bed in a minute, feeling tired now

12:24 am

outies are still not allowed

12:25 am

i tried that too jill lol

12:25 am

lillian have you been awake all night?

12:25 am

yes

12:25 am

lillian why?????

12:25 am

have a ke 7-8 combo

12:26 am

hutt er

12:26 am

CR 7/8

12:26 am

wasn't tired plus hot flushes

12:26 am

lilli, you and jac!

12:26 am

lillian ugghhh

12:26 am

pb lillian...

12:27 am

not a word, MGuy, lol

12:27 am

had to try jilli

12:27 am

lillian is not in PB???

12:27 am

M guy a quarterback who can't make a decision

12:27 am

oh, haven't got that one yet ruru...off i gop to lay down in the pb

12:28 am

rotfl lillian

12:28 am

de 8 x2

12:28 am

i've had them for 4 years jilli, i thought they might have gone by now

12:28 am

de 9

12:28 am

lol

12:28 am

tu6

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DO 6

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wonders what kje is laughing at?

12:30 am

wow I greyed out two tiles... whoo hooo

12:30 am

3 here

12:31 am

really

12:31 am

LOL

12:31 am

As a white born etc., can I ask agaion why no one sees teh resonance to their lives in music? http://tinyurl.com/63pjh7 for instance.

12:31 am

4 here, but they did only have 1 in each...lol

12:31 am

mine too lill!

12:31 am

so did I, ruru, the I and the D in the left column, lol

12:32 am

sorry... we should have celebrated with you... woohoo?

12:32 am

whooo hooo 3 greyed tiles...cookin'

12:32 am

go ruru!!

12:34 am

I can tell I am not going to like this grid tomorrow morning ...

12:34 am

hello...87 words down...off to bed! happy hunting!

12:34 am

Morning folks. Just on until Walter wakes up.

12:34 am

8's so far: cr, de x2, do, ke, re x2, st -- any others?

12:35 am

hi monkey

12:35 am

sweet dreams pini

12:35 am

I'm off to bed, too.

12:35 am

hi/bye pini and hi monkey

12:35 am

i just found an OU 8 which i think might have been called

12:35 am

nite jac

12:35 am

mine is an 8/50 OU

12:35 am

jac, love that rhythm -- had me dancing -- no idea what it's about, though!

12:36 am

I have two ou8's

12:36 am

and one ou 7

12:36 am

i have 0

12:36 am

OU 8 x 2 has been found

12:36 am

OU 8 x 2 has been found

12:36 am

you are in bed...you aren't expected to find much

12:36 am

aaahhh - now have 1

12:37 am

hmmmm

i've got ou8 x2 and st8

12:37 am

ty ruru just found a OU 7

12:37 am

yay

12:37 am

I have se7 x 2 -- were they called?

12:38 am

but theirs two OU 7's and 8's

12:38 am

just found a ut 8

12:38 am

there are

12:39 am

you like ot do that dont you jill lol

12:39 am

why can't i have tutter...if you tut, you tutter!

12:39 am

just hope it penetrates, mlf

12:39 am

ty jilli

12:39 am

UT 7/8

12:40 am

5 7 and 8 UT

12:40 am

oops, sort of gave a word away there, sorry

12:40 am

i should sleep - later babblebuds

12:41 am

nite kje, sweet dreams

12:41 am

TU 7

12:41 am

Bye kje!

12:41 am

night kj, see you tomorrow

12:41 am

night again, kje, lol

12:41 am

i'm off too, before i give more words away...nite all, take care

12:41 am

nitey nite kje...

12:41 am

sleep sweet...

12:41 am

night lillian

12:41 am

and all through the nite....

12:42 am

hi and bye flosey

12:42 am

night lilli

12:43 am

i have 90 words i am out too bye

do6/7/8/9 comba

combo*

12:43 am

bye mlf

12:44 am

have de 9 and do 9 -- has the 3rd 9 been called?

12:44 am

wow, yarrrrrrrrr *looking*

12:44 am

141 done.. 100 for tomorrow.. night kids.. have a great game..

12:44 am

nite ruru

rhymers with the co 6/7

12:45 am

4 away, ruru

12:45 am

Night ruru!

12:45 am

gottem, yarrrrrrrrrrrr -- thx

12:45 am

found another re 8 though

sure thing =]

12:46 am

re 8 x 3 ruru?

12:47 am

I have two re 8

12:47 am

oh -- already had re8 x2

12:48 am

now I have 3

12:49 am

there are three at least

12:50 am

ok -- missing an re 8 and an ou 8 then

12:50 am

hi all!

12:51 am

Cr8 if not called...

12:51 am

Hi Pav!

12:54 am

(((((MONKEY))))) hi all!

12:54 am

HI STID!!!!!

12:54 am

200 down

12:55 am

I just finished writing up the lab notes from today and doing all the readings for tomorrow....

12:55 am

hi Stid

12:55 am

dart, slow down. you make me feel inadequate *eyes grid with suspicion*

12:55 am

I'm just on until Walter wakes up. It's a school holiday and yesterday he seemed a bit under the weather so I hope he reall;y sleeps in.

12:55 am

monkey, I never got the recipe up! *gasp* I will try to do it tomorrow... *sigh* I am completely over-extended at the moment.

12:56 am

oh, I hope he feels better when he does wake up.

12:56 am

was hoping for a smaller one tonight..have to check out of hotel in morning

12:56 am

Do NOT stress on THAT!!!

12:56 am

nan do have the ou8? too early for clues so, I'll be patient, and perhaps I'll still be here in an hour or so, if you are and need it then...

12:56 am

I am not stressed, Monkey, just realizing how overesxtended I am if I forget something that simple and fun...

12:57 am

Well, hang in there!

12:57 am

*hanging* whatever you say, Monkey... LOL

12:58 am

hi everyone :))

12:58 am

anyway, I think I am too busy to worry about the grid at the moment. I might get a few minutes later...

12:58 am

hi there mrp

12:58 am

Hi Mr. P!

12:58 am

150 -- time to shut her down -- see you tomorrow :)

12:58 am

MRP!!!!! *dancing with happiness*

12:58 am

hello mrp

12:58 am

hiya mrp:)

12:58 am

good eve mrP!

12:58 am

I make it a policy never to actually worry about the grid.

12:58 am

sweet dreams nan!

12:59 am

Night Nan!

12:59 am

perhaps "worry" is the wrong word... tackle? go after? attempt?

12:59 am

Engage.

Wish me luck, Stid-- I applied for a job.

1:00 am

it's late... and I just realized I need to communicate some needs with the man who manages the lab for our class... I need 24 plates with TSA substrate and several tubes of broth, and ... *sigh* this labwork is WORK.

nice to see ya all :) I just got a call from the owner of the house we are moving into... they are leaving christmas lights for us, and we have to dress the house and garden!! It is 'policy' on the street to do christmas lights for the local judging of 'best lights'

1:00 am

*fingers, toes, eyes and teeth crossed* good luck monkey!

Wow, what a job, Stid! Keep your self sane...

1:01 am

HOUSE!!! yes MRP!!! I saw that you were moving. how nice for you!

1:01 am

sounds like fun mrp

1:01 am

oh! and MRP!!!! my elder stidkid is going to *drumroll* AUSTRALIA next summer!!!!! (winter for you...)

sounds like work!

1:01 am

WOW got all the ut words..LOL

1:01 am

that too lol

oh great stid! where to?

1:02 am

Hi everyone

1:02 am

he is so very excited, and we are looking for ways to help him afford it. Thank goodness for grandparents!

1:02 am

hey hugs!

1:02 am

I think they will start in Sydney and move north -- it's a program called "student ambassadors" and has the potential for academic credit.

1:03 am

Howdy, Babblers!

1:03 am

FROGGY!!!!! do you feel any better???

ah, going north will be good in winter... is lovely time to visit

1:03 am

I feel fine--just going deaf. :)

1:03 am

Slowly.

1:03 am

I sort of get the feeling that any time is good to visit your lovely land, mrp. I admit to some envy that I shan't go.

1:04 am

froggy, this makes me very sad. Music and laughter and children's voices are half my life!

1:04 am

Hi stid

1:04 am

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make your ears okay.

1:05 am

and the question was about your twitter post about taking the kids to the park despite feeling yucky.

1:05 am

The kids I can hear fine--it's that low to mid range that's problematic. Thanks--let me know when you get the wand cooked up in the lab.

1:06 am

okay, time to get this lab order in and play with the dog before I collapse into bed. I don't even remember the pillow last night...

1:06 am

I saw that tweet today and completely don't remember posting it. I thought it was someone else's! :) I must be better.

1:06 am

G'nite, Stid!

1:06 am

be well, everyone, I miss being able to stay on and visit. *sad mama face* but I am making progress in my life goals, so I guess I can tolerate it.

1:07 am

glad you're better, froggy. enjoy the weekend! *poof*

Bye Stid! Take care of yourself!

Has the de8/9 combo been called? Cause I just found it...

1:10 am

just found them MG, thanks

1:10 am

lol

1:12 am

and the 7 and 5 that follow

5? Hmmm. I'll hunt that down.

1:13 am

oops, sorry, 7 and 6 that follow

1:13 am

dang, missed stid again (just got back from eyedrops)

1:13 am

fingers getting tired

AH! Thanks. Had me scared there.

1:14 am

brb (2nd round of drops)

howdy all late flip for me

1:15 am

hi volley

Hi Dee!

hugs monkey, dart, jili, flosey... all

1:16 am

Hi Dee

Let's do a poll: I just ran out of insurance-covered physiotherapy. I have uncovered that I have a right to 500 Euros' worth of "alternative therapy". Who says acupuncture, who says chiropracter?

1:17 am

Hi Dee! Monkey..I've been seeing my CHiro for about 4 years now...what was the ailment?

hug, huga! so good to see you. How did your tests come out? Hi pav.

I say, both!

1:18 am

Haven't heard yet :o(

Still is a strained back, long-term tendinitis, and a shoulder that clamps up and won't work at all sometimes.

1:18 am

I say acupuncture, monkey

1:18 am

hugs back Dee, and all

That is what I've been really leaning toward.

1:19 am

acupuncture but only is you have faith in it

1:19 am

Hi I say acupuncture...

I've had good results with it in the past.

1:19 am

acupuncture even works on dogs and horses, I hear

1:19 am

good evening everyone. nice to see a big grid.

1:20 am

and I'm not an alternative medicine fan

I do still need to call the insurance people. If I have to pay up front and claim my money back I can't do that right now...

1:20 am

hi book nice isn't it?

hope you hear soon, hug. I have had good results with chiro (for RA), but my chiro does more stretching and soft manipulation than jerking folks around. A friend of mine has had luck with acup..

Hi bookwomen!

1:20 am

hi book -- to each his/her own

1:20 am

have not really started yet but it looks like a nice grid.

1:21 am

and I'll be the dissenter and say the Chiro...I started going to strighten my back...then had a fall with HRH Precious leading the charge - pinched sciatic nerve...a year later was all better, now am having probs with my right hip...

OK, Walter's up! Thanks all, and bye!

1:21 am

bye for now MG

1:23 am

I need a clue for the lonely h please

1:23 am

better get to bed, goodnight all, be back briefly in the morning

1:24 am

finally got those two de's...was spelling it differently

1:24 am

sleep well flosey

1:24 am

ty west

1:24 am

hu 4,7

1:25 am

ty dart

1:25 am

oh that latin one

1:33 am

firewords finally

1:33 am

nice job dart!!

wtg dart!

1:33 am

now you won't have the grid hanging over your head

1:34 am

well done as always, dart

1:34 am

now i can hit the hay :) nite all..hate to play and run but long day tomorrow

have a great day

1:35 am

gn dart good trip back

1:35 am

bye volley jilli west all poooof

1:36 am

trip back on monday...repositioning friday pooooof again

1:37 am

lol have a good repositioning then

1:41 am

I have de9 and do9 what is the other one please?

sorry west only have de & do

1:42 am

thanks dee

yw

1:43 am

oh great, I'm going to trying to enter cherries all day. hi all

1:43 am

westy re9/66

ty granny

1:44 am

thanks gran I had a feeling it was the dreaded re

1:44 am

lol, westy, i know. i hate the re's too

1:53 am

over halfway, NBT, and I'm going to bed :)

1:54 am

yeah! halfway there and time for bed!

1:54 am

me 3 good night all

1:54 am

snap, pav! and *poof*

1:55 am

night west, jilli amd all!

1:55 am

good night pav jilli and all and wish herin a very happy birthday from me if she comes in

1:58 am

Ok i take it back. I am having a hard time getting into this grid

can anyone give me a hint for the re 9 it is driving me nuts

nm found it

2:03 am

I was looking up the def for it to clue you...but you found it faster than i could clue

lol sheer dumb luck...

2:06 am

but it did lead me to a di7 and 8

ty for those, too hug!

2:08 am

yw Dee... anytime

ooooh I almost forgot; ty all for prayers / best wishes for daughter; she was offered her dream job yesterday!

2:09 am

Fantastic!

she starts in mid Nov... their chats have been going on since July... what a lesson in patience!

2:11 am

my goodness, that's a long hiring process

was a lesson to me, too; had really given up hope for her... I bet it had to do with budgets...

really odd di words; ty hug... would never have found them

2:13 am

that could be the case

2:15 am

and I got my first official client today.

Hey everyone

2:16 am

Hi lickety

here are the 8's I have: cr, de x 2; ki; do, ou x 2; re x 2; st; ut others?

Hi lickety & congrats hug! What kind of client?

2:17 am

ki?

2:18 am

I have di, and ke... but no ki. and re x 3

oops di sorry at

2:18 am

a woman who runs a daycare from her home.

2:18 am

It's a small job... but it's a start

that is absolutely wonderful

you will love being your own boss!

2:21 am

I'm looking forward to having regular clients and working on books again. I really miss it.

isn't it fabulous to work on something you are passionate about? I am like that about editing, proofing, and writing... gives me such peace and satisfaction. I am so happy for you.

2:22 am

I want to be a proofreader *sigh* or copy editor

2:23 am

I wouldn't mind doing that either. I read the paper and keep finding errors and it drives me

2:23 am

hello everyone

2:23 am

Hi lyn

ditto that ata and hug. Hi lyn!

how many di words?

2:24 am

is it possible to train as a copy editor / proofreader, Volley? Or is everyone expected to have English / media degrees?

2:26 am

I have di x 6 - but I'm missing 4 d's

I don't know for sure; the lady I talked to about it here was a bit snooty, so unsure of real truth. She said her colleagues all had literary degrees and mega years of experience... my question was... how do you get experience and she just laughed... so I don't know

have you ever researched it online ata?

I, too, have di x 6 and I am missing 4 d's

2:28 am

2 from the first D in the first column, and 2 from the bottom d

2:28 am

yeah ... that's kind of where I run up against barriers too. I have done on and off over a few years. It's the one thing I'd really like to do, and I know I'm really good at it, but I've only had experience working on scientific manuscripts and a few published short stories. And I can't work out how to get from there to trying to make it a profession.

2:28 am

dhx 2

2:28 am

Yes, everyone just says they have vast experience, lit degress blah blah. No-one ever seems to *start*

ty hug; I found it really frustrating ata; and I have proofed several books that have been published...

2:30 am

oh that's encouraging :P

hug, here are my d's: da, 11 de's; dh x 2; di x 6; 8 do's

2:31 am

I just greyed them all Dee - thanks

ata there are many places that do courses on proof reading - just google it. chapter house publishing do correspondence courses

but my chances at "regular" consistent proofing jobs have been few...

2:31 am

there are courses around for £500 - £1000, but I'm wary of those, just because I suspect I'll be paying a lot to learn English grammar and punctuation.

do you know what I am missing?

2:31 am

Can you find any temp printing pers. agencies that handle proofreading perhaps. My husband used to run one here many moons ago but I am afraid there is little demand for proofreaders nowadays...he now deals with desktop publishing staff

2:32 am

*looks up Chapter House*

2:32 am

hi NurseGladys!

hi all just a quickie as i have to go to work now

2:32 am

de x 16

2:33 am

and do x 10

2:33 am

oooh yes, I've seen those before. Maybe I could persuade husband to pay for the cheaper course as a very nice christmas present *ponders*

2:33 am

bye NurseG - it was good to see you again anyway

really sad lynxxx because as hug said; we find errors due to lack of proofing everywhere; received 2 democrat flyers in our mail, and they were both full of errors

ty hug

2:34 am

I hate seeing spelling mistakes in published stuff

2:34 am

There's an article I read in our Sun. paper called Once Upon a Crime... and it is always covered in spelling errors, typos, poor grammar and even the names are switched at times.

2:35 am

ick. that's just horrid.

2:36 am

I was reading a book a few weeks ago and found 2 stupid spelling mistakes within pages. I was so annoyed I gave the book away

2:36 am

that happens often... since the onset of spellcheck, it's even worse

2:37 am

oh gosh yes. it's unnecessary and just ruins my enjoyment of a book

if a book has an email address, I email them about all errors, and I express my displeasure / disappointment

2:37 am

good idea

2:37 am

I should get this book back and do that

suggest they use good proofers... maybe that will help that profession! :~)

2:39 am

yes :D

2:42 am

and it really annoys me when literary people go "oh, you're a scientist, you know nothing about writing"

2:42 am

hello? I had a paper in the best-selling scientific journal when I was 20, wrote a 600 page *epic* for my PhD under a supervisor who writes books for a career rather than researches and is the strictest grammarian I've ever known

2:44 am

kia ora family hugs happy babbling

2:44 am

well hello clarisse

it truly depends if you are in the right place at the right time... I am a believer in checking out every door/window afforded me, and then I see where God leads... only way to stay sane

2:44 am

hi Kiwi & Rose

2:45 am

very good belief

2:45 am

hey lynxxx, kiwi, ata

hi kiwi

2:46 am

how are well this wet and wild night?

2:47 am

hey ata, any room on that soapbox for me? have a major grievance with my work colleagues at the mo', would love some advice on how to handle it.

2:47 am

go for it! I've finished being annoyed now :D

2:47 am

Heavy sighs from the couch so I had better take Stew out for a stroll (on this warm & balmy evening - haha Kiwi)BBL

2:48 am

lucky you lyn looks like we are in for a icky long weekend

2:48 am

so enjoy it while it lasts

2:48 am

awwww lucky stew

2:50 am

ta muchly. we have a bay in our recovery room, directly opposite theatre 2 door. problem. the doctors, nurses and techs all use the patient door, instead of the side doors into theatre. if my patient is conscious and fully aware of what is going on, when the staff fling open the theatre door, the patient can see directly into the theatre.

2:50 am

morning all

2:50 am

kia ora lsh hugs happy babbling

2:51 am

not ideal ...

I have 5 ke's and one ko... missing?

2:51 am

the way i see it, A) the patient in theatre 2 has their privacy compromised, and the patient in the recovery room bay could be visually assaulted by what they can see.

2:51 am

I am beginning to hate this grid.............at 1st glances words just fly at you, but how can there be 16 8's let alone the 9's?????!!!!

2:52 am

kr

granny, that would be horrifying

2:52 am

absloutely!

awful granny ty hug

2:52 am

It's not too bad Ishult... I'm down to 24 and that's with no grid

2:52 am

no list

2:53 am

i got no big ones yet lsh but i just started

2:53 am

woohooo wtg hugs head swell well deserved me thinks

I still have 43 left, and am dumb tonight.. maybe going to list shortly

2:53 am

right now I would be happy to have no grid

2:53 am

have tried putting up a notice on the inside of the theatre door, but my colleagues ripped it down and threw it away. the notice was with the authorisation of our unit manager

2:54 am

maybe get the unit mgr to sign the notice??

anyway to put a screen in patient area in front of door

2:55 am

is there room to put a screen or curtain up?

2:55 am

when i work dee, i try to always put a half-curtain acrooss the foot of the bed/trolley, but if i'm flat out at the other end of the room, i simply don't notice until it's too late.

true... they will be sorry if they get sued...

granny, can the patient waiting area have the patients facing away from the door to theatre?

2:57 am

hugs, that was my next thought exactly, get her to sign the notice. but then she says, it's all the responsibility of RR staff......

2:57 am

I'd tell the surgeons that any mistake they make in theatre will be witnessed by all!

2:58 am

mrp, good idea, will broach that with our associate unit manager, they do that in other hospitals, maybe ours?

2:58 am

that might be the best solution

2:59 am

kia ora mrp didnt see you arrive hugs happy babbling

yes granny, they do that at the hospital I am at... when I am being prepped for surgery, I am facing away from theatre each time... people are coming and going preparing the theatre and they don't want patients freaked by looking in, so we are 'parked' with our head facing well away

3:01 am

also, the area between the ends of the walls dividing RR from the theatre corridor is very wide, about 15 feet, have thought of suggesting plastic opaque doors, but the area is too wide. * sigh *

3:02 am

your patients are lucky to have someone so thoughtful, rose

3:02 am

here endeth the rant. thanx for letting me let off some steam. peace

3:02 am

woohooo found 2 eights and a nine all on my onesome lol

3:02 am

wtg kiwi

wtg kiwi

3:03 am

aaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! still only got 4 8's and don't even start me on the 9's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:04 am

ls think tooshie/s

3:05 am

and think people trying to walk while waking up from an anaesthetic for another set including a 9 :P

3:07 am

brb dog wants a short walk. short because it's horrid outside!

Hallo - what's it like today?

3:08 am

kia ora matty its not tooooo bad

3:08 am

down to 10 and I'm beat... will finish off tomorrow... g'nite all

3:08 am

wow go hugs go - sweet dreams

Hey everyone, I've started a little project and if you've been sent Babble Expert in the past I've just emailed you with a small request.

Ooh, you sent it to me, and I lost the link - can you resend?

gn hug!! congrats & sleep well

3:09 am

kewl lickety but im email less for the weekend lol

Babble Expert, that is - I think I've already done your request...if I'm correct ... ?

3:10 am

so if it can wait till i get home monday night....

no rush!

3:12 am

sweet - we are at the beach for a long weekend labour day monday

3:13 am

got my 1st 9 !!!!!! Yippppeeeeeeee!!!!

3:13 am

woohooo go ls go

3:19 am

d

3:21 am

half way already im happy lol

3:28 am

anyone want clues?

3:28 am

thanks but not yet granny im happy plodding on

3:29 am

and you do it so well, kiwi

3:29 am

tyk lol

3:29 am

still got 90 to go

3:30 am

hey that's great going kiwi. ;)

3:30 am

got 8 8's and 1 9 and im comfortably numb lol

3:31 am

what? no help from mr bourbon or mrs scotch?

3:32 am

gee am i that much of a lush that everything thinks im an alcy? lolol

3:32 am

* giggle *

3:32 am

gee am i that much of a lush that everything thinks im an alcy? lolol

3:33 am

im sipping on my first bourbon rtd of the week lol

3:33 am

um.... if that wasn't a hiccup......

3:33 am

i think ive still got remants of last weekend still going through my body ololol

3:34 am

oh, yes, a little blood in your alcoholstream, right?

3:34 am

no its me on the laptop lol

3:34 am

rose you would have been ashamed of me last weekend

3:35 am

not easy, juggling a laptop and a bourbon at the same time. is it, kiwi?

3:35 am

no its not takes a lot of training lol

3:36 am

nah, kiwi, past being ashamed of anyone. if you need to let your hair down, then just do it....

she let more than her hair down! LOL

3:36 am

once maybe twice a year thats enough for me these days

3:37 am

oh hush lol

3:37 am

im kinda aat the embarrased stage about that now mrp lol

3:37 am

hush, lush, hey that rhymes....;P

3:40 am

oooohh, i do love being over 50, can say anything, and I DON'T CARE anymore. btw, do you realise that you are talking to someone who has coloured her hair PINK and plans to have a hair shave next week?

now now kiwi... nothing to be embarassed about, as long as you didn't leave your bra and knickers behind someones couch!

3:41 am

um well mrp................... lolol nearly

3:41 am

all in a good cause, of course. i'm trying to raise awareness of the need for funds for breast cancer research and cure.

3:42 am

ive never worried about things like granny ive gone from mousey brown, to orange, to red, to brown, to black, to bleach blonde with black edging over the years lol

3:42 am

now im trying to find someone who can do a purple sorta like an old ladies rinse colour but with a lot more vibrancy lol

3:42 am

how neat granny

LOL kiwi! that's my girl!

3:42 am

middle name, chameleon, right?

3:44 am

no groovy ladyloco kiwi lol

I'm actually finding this quite a challenge

3:45 am

* guffawing *

3:45 am

well ive got 60 to go so will leave them for tomorrow - for now im going to go catch up on my 2 dozen wordscraper games ive got going lol

3:46 am

catch you all tomorrow - from the sounds outside it looks like its going to be an indoor long weekend :(

3:46 am

loves you all, have to go and feed the mother-in-law, then maybe himself and moi, catcha later

3:47 am

nite rose hugs enjoy the weekend

see ya girls

3:47 am

bye mrp bye matty

Byse bye - have fun!

I'm still a-sstruggling

3:47 am

nites to all, mrp lovely to see you here again. * poof *

hi matty... keep adding endings to anything you find!

3:59 am

hi all

Yah - I've got some of those, thanks!

But I suspect it is going to be a long, hard slog

hi sog :)

4:00 am

dont tell mrp but i emailed her hubby today. oops i didnt see you there

do tell sog :))

4:01 am

he e-mailed about his debt help website so i sent him some search engine tips

oh thank you sog! that is really nice of you... he will appreciate it alot

4:02 am

us web types gotta stick together. i was surprised at how much i knew when i staretd writing it down.

4:02 am

ndi m gonna link to his site from mine!

4:02 am

and im*

make sure you put that into your resume for when you get headhunted by some nice big paying company!

4:04 am

big company? pah, they cant afford me!

LOL! you go get em!

4:06 am

im proud of my techincalness (read: geekhood)

geekism is a hybrid human!

4:11 am

morning all

hi sprite :)

4:13 am

already 10 words into the grid, happily playing along, and then I spot the K

and some of them are bummers

4:14 am

argh! Biggies?

Morning!

4:15 am

morning matty

yess, they are

4:15 am

thanks mrP

why oh why oh why is lickety watching monster trucks?? is this a midlife crisis thing?

4:17 am

big, noise, dangerous and silly? He is just being male, darling.

I've not got any of the big words yet....sigh

4:18 am

just found one K7, lol

i clued some of the k's with my bummer clue matty

4:19 am

now 2 more Ks and then I can play

4:19 am

ohhhh that was a clue? Thanks.

Bummer clueee?

it is another word for bum

Bum as in rear, or bum as in hobo?

4:21 am

TY MRP nice clue.

buttocks bum

4:21 am

I have found D biggies with that meaning, lol, not yet K ones.

hi lynxx :))

Got it, thanks Pres

Woo hoo, thanks Sprite

4:22 am

hello, back after evening stroll

those ones got me sprite! I was spelling it without the e at the end!

4:22 am

hi lyn :)

4:23 am

yeah, those french spellings aren't always easy

4:23 am

and there are the Ks! Thanks mrP.

it took me a while to get the k7 cows

i consider that a name for women

4:25 am

I thought it was some silly plural name or something. Got them before the bottoms, lol, by accident.

4:25 am

I always presumed it was the ke7 blues - aren't they dogs?

oh I like accidental grids :)

4:26 am

me too! Words without singular (apparently) are tough to find.

they are cattle, called by name from the Irish place they come from

4:26 am

they are - a ke**y blue terrier

4:27 am

G'd morning Babblers! This is a rather bum obsessed grid so far....

4:27 am

hi Lori

4:27 am

looks like they are both. At least I have my new thing learned down for today :)

4:27 am

hiya Lori, yes it is.

hi lori :) enjoy it whilst you can

4:31 am

37 s's on the top left one? get out of town!

4:31 am

must get me something to eat. Hubby forgot my yoghourt yesterday, it seems :( Back in a bit.

Morning, can I say FInally a nice juicy grid!

4:32 am

G'd morning red. Yep, so far.

4:32 am

gow come ch6,24 (jesus ch) is not a word!

sog, they are all st, si and se... mostly normal words I am afraid

bf, I think they would consider it a proper nane.

4:34 am

hi Red

Good Morning Lynnx

although, I was confused about se7 x 2... just double the con in the middle of the second se6 and past tense it too

4:36 am

back. Hi red

hi turtle :)

4:37 am

bfsog: must be capitalised

hi

yeeeowsa it's not a small one today

4:38 am

hi josh

finally gm Joshua, how is NC?

hi josh

it's dark right now

going to vote in a few hours

I cannot imagine what that I in the upper left corner might be

What's today's theme, anwyay?

Yaaaaay Joshua.... especially if you are standing with me in making the states blue, if not, Yaaay for expressing your opinion.

4:39 am

ic** tea, anyone?

Ok, duh

I feel stupid now

4:40 am

frozen

it is friday me thinks.... clue icon day?

4:40 am

*giggles*

4:40 am

hi Ata you beat me to it

4:40 am

G'd morning josh, Ata Hari

4:40 am

it is mrP, and herinfernallady's birthday too

AAh - I'd forgotten about that - not been around for a while

iOoooh happy B day HerinF!

well! happy birthday to infern!

i am certainly looking forward to voting for the people i support and getting it over with

at least you vote josh! good on you

so i can sit back and watch the cluster&$#@ next tuesday

4:41 am

I was thinking about putting up a cake, and then I thought she'd probably like my unicorn better.

Unfortunately Josuha...the ads continue even after you vote, I discovered that....

well, week from tuesday

4:41 am

josh, glad you vote.

MrP...everyone is voting this year. We had a 2 hour line at every polling place just for early voting in Florida.

4:42 am

is the H an obvious word?

it was reported today that 98% of people of voting age in michigan are registered to vote

so that's something

that is great turtle! It makes me upset that there are gonads out there that don't care enough to vote

4:43 am

wow josh, that is huge!

4:43 am

don't hae it yet, Ata

I do believe that would be a record vote registry

4:43 am

hu4/7 Ata.

Well, MrP, I did not vote in one election in the past 8 years. I live in such a normally red state that I knew my vote would not count. So I didnt. But normally I would tell people to do so.

4:43 am

hu4.7 Ata

thats really cool Josuha

4:43 am

morning Haz!

4:44 am

tyty!

sorry to call you a gonad turtle... but can understand if your votes are ignored... tragic really

4:44 am

G'd morning Haz!

4:44 am

You're welcome - good morning/evening all.

there are some things people can do to make it far less likely that their vote is ignored

4:44 am

morning

4:45 am

like what, josh?

it is not a position I would normally support MrP, I was overseas...I knew the states history, and it was becomeing very difficult to get an absentee ballot. (I was in Sudan we got a mail drop every 2-3 weeks). In the end, I know my vote wouldnot have mattered.

evening haz and ata

4:45 am

Haz - I was reading about Ke**y Blue Terriers and just had to save some pieces from it ....typical Irish characters — renowned for their good looks, alertness and gamenesss. should be disciplined from an early age as they can become fiery when thwarted

4:45 am

Hello mrpresident!

4:46 am

that is certainly different from not caring to vote, red!

But I should have voted for the others on the ticket, like the Senators, etc...

4:46 am

I smugly greyed out the bottom row, and then it got ugly.

I do feel a bit bad about it. And I did not complain about that administration....though it was hard. :)

4:46 am

That advice for the te7/28 sounds like good child-rearing advice as well...

sprite, like this - http://tinyurl.com/6lrvpv

4:47 am

thought the same, I had a giggle Haz

4:47 am

Didn't a Ke*** blue win Crufts recently?

4:48 am

The last one I saw was a Soft Coated Wheaten Haired Terrier I think

4:48 am

lol josh!

4:48 am

off to the sinbin with lynxxx

to the penalty box lynxx

4:48 am

damn! I was being so good

4:48 am

you were, lyn, just not watching all the dangers, grin

4:49 am

yes, he did. abtou 3 years ago

aaaah words I dont have please!!!

Josh thats funny.

4:49 am

The Wheaten te7 was gorgeous.

it's legit too, btw - co-written by RFK's son i believe

Ok I have to run. One more work day, today I get to see the inside of the actual Hospital they contracted me at...I hope I survive.

4:50 am

very nice, josh :)

4:50 am

you will, red. Take care.

4:51 am

bye Red

4:51 am

The loo roll was horrid. I mean the Pekingese thing that won the year before.

4:51 am

roflol Ata

4:53 am

I know. What nobody could see was a miniature oxygen tank hidden among its fur for emergency treatment.

4:53 am

I swear that thing was a loo roll with fur

4:53 am

sounds ugly

4:54 am

yes! that poor dog

4:54 am

It's one of the breeds that has been allowed to develop a dog that can't breathe because its face is so distorted.

4:55 am

is that the one that fits into the cup?

4:55 am

the only good thing about that dog is that it raised so many questions about the ethics of dogs

4:55 am

No, that's the lesser spotted rat dog.

4:56 am

can't believe enable doesn't know about cokers

4:56 am

idiocy, forgive my french. As soon as dogs can't be dogs anymore, breeding is way off.

4:57 am

enable lives in another reality, Ata

4:58 am

really! anyone in chemical / oil / coal industry knows about cokers

outro is a word

it just is

4:59 am

continue it Josh

4:59 am

last pekinese champion on crufts I see is in 2003, lol

4:59 am

it also doesn't know titch

4:59 am

yes. THAT one.

4:59 am

oops! PB Ata!

5:00 am

called Danny or something silly

5:00 am

ok, checking it out now

5:00 am

good day all...

5:00 am

Ch Yakee A Dangerous Liaison Danny Pekingese

5:00 am

hi Repart

5:01 am

yes. a bog roll with legs.

5:01 am

I agree. Loo roll.

5:01 am

hi reparteena

5:01 am

hey lynxxx!

5:01 am

I just feel sorry for the dog

5:01 am

hey sprite!

5:02 am

The dog is probably making THOUSANDS in stud fees. Of course, the oxygen tank is never off his back.

5:02 am

I am happy I fell for the KCC spaniel in a time where they are serious about breeding them healthy and happy, without the inbred handicaps they were hurt with.

5:03 am

thousands and thousands, I'm sure

5:03 am

absolutely, sprite. Ditto with Hobbit. I wouldn't have wanted a cocker 20 years ago

5:04 am

exactly, Ata, same for the KCC.

there are a ton of longer words in this one

5:04 am

sprite - there are major concerns still with the breed, although a recent programme made it look as though every dog was afflicted.

5:05 am

I know Haz, I have looked into that matter seriously before deciding. Both mother and father are tested and free of any of the diseases and handicaps.

5:05 am

Then you're grand. It's the breeders who stick their head in the sand who have to be avoided.

5:06 am

spaniel breeders tend to be either very very good, or awful, I've found - just in my experience

5:06 am

BBL going to rustle up some grub

5:07 am

See you lynxxx.

5:07 am

I'm going to get my much improved spaniel out for a walk soon. We have sunshine!

Hi again folks!

5:08 am

it totally depends on if they are in it for the money, or because they are crazy about the breed and delight in having an occasional nest. We wanted one of the latter, and guarantees on the health of both lineages.

5:08 am

hi MonkeyG :)

5:08 am

bye lyn and Haz

5:09 am

She has got over his disappointment over not getting any Get Well cards. 'Does nobody care?' she asked me plaintively.

5:09 am

sprite - English doesn't use the term 'nest' - it's a litter.

5:09 am

thanks. Nests are only for birds then?

5:10 am

Yes, but birds have clutches.

Even that is just the thing they lay the eggs in. The babies are called a "brood". The eggs are called a "clutch".

5:10 am

Nests are what they live in, and they have a clutch of eggs.

5:10 am

lol. Ok, those are the hardest traps to avoid. Words that are the same in dutch and english, but with a totally different meaning. Nest = bird cluthing place then.

5:11 am

You've got it!

5:11 am

awww poor unloved spaniel!

5:11 am

*bird's clutching place even

5:11 am

Off I go to walk ungreeted spaniel.

Indeed. When we first got here and I asked a man working in a restaurant wher ethe bathroom was, he told me, "Enter the trap"...

5:11 am

Be careful what bird places you clutch, though.

5:11 am

Bye!

5:11 am

roflol MonkeyG! Oh, so logical a mistake.

That IS where we get "trap door" in English, because of the stairs.

5:12 am

for the others: trap in dutch is stairs.

Other words we get straight from the Dutch include ganway and gangplank, and platform.

5:13 am

we got platform from the english, I think?

"flat shape" in Dutch... so I think you started it!

5:15 am

plat is dutch. But form should have become vorm then :)

True...

But really you tend to say "spoor" and so forth...

5:16 am

you were lucky the man knew what you meant by bathroom btw. He might have send you to the badkamer.

Most waiters in Amsterdam restaurants can habndle American English, luckily.

5:18 am

it is amazing, the number of mistakes one can make without even realising it. I am lucky to have you all here to tell me when I am off, and Ata to correct my translation blunders.

It's the same for me.

5:18 am

yeah, I guess there isn't much difference which language is your first and which your second in this matter :)

I have decided there really are only 95 words today.

And none of them start with K.

5:22 am

hehehehe :D

i am 143 words in, and i have more 7 letter words remaining than 4 letter words

Jeez, I'm not doing well

5:23 am

am doing ok so far, except for the one T I just cannot find. I bet that is a biggie.

5:25 am

why is that, matty? Not having fun?

And how are YOU?

5:25 am

me, MonkeyG?

5:25 am

hi guys; what's count today; see we have a buttock 'k' word

5:26 am

241, nDan, and more bum words than that ;)

Yes, Sprite!

5:26 am

ty; just opened about 120 seconds ago

5:28 am

I think the virus has died at last, MonkeyG. Got a bad cold so am not totally sure, but I feel not as totally exhausted anymore, nor as depressed. Caya is almost over it too, just the occasional relapse of being tired. We are out of the woods :)

i'm off for now - good luck everyone

5:28 am

bye josh, good luck voting. Hope you don't have to wait in line too long.

Oh good! Walter got depressed when he was sick and, I mean, this is WALTER-- he doesn't GET depresed! So you know it's a bad one. I am so glad to hear you folks have got on top of it!

bum k word?

5:29 am

ke 7 44 trans

Ke7/8, referring to your backside

5:29 am

does anyone have a big T word? Not the dog or the tu7?

5:29 am

and the plural, nDan

5:30 am

got it

5:30 am

nope

ty all

5:31 am

ok, am gonna leave that T for last then, so I will know the number of letters.

I only have the 5/6, Sprite.

5:31 am

hi transitionguy

5:31 am

its a geo'nn'etry ter -

5:31 am

tr 8 55 working on clue

hi sprite--can't sleep

5:31 am

then you have found a good game and good company, transitionguy.

don't have that one either

5:32 am

that must be the one, nDan!

Oh, look! Actually, three words start with K! But definitely no more.

5:33 am

t + **bot + 'nn'or'nn'an tabernacle ****r + finish end like hu'nn'anish robot

Cool word! Thanks!

ty ndan - wacky word

5:34 am

ohhhh that. it's a shape of shells, I think

5:34 am

thanks nDan, nice word! Great find of yours :D And very well clued.

sorry, will sleep soon - trying to get my last blank tile - the R in the last column

can't get that clue, sorry

5:35 am

transition guy, exchange the 'nn' for M.

Ty dan ,

5:35 am

hey KristineN

and hello Babble

5:36 am

might be the person(s) who stopped working, josh

5:37 am

with the double vowel ending

already have that - i just kept adding to the tally of the r beside it when i was going through those words

ooh got 5 from that ty sprite

5:37 am

no, not those. The other ones.

5:37 am

there are 7, Kris

oh man

retirer

it's the one without the double vowel ending, sprite, fyi

oops

dam sorry

Me too! Thank you, Sprite!

5:38 am

a

5:38 am

lolol Kris. Josh, I don't mean the one Kris posted. The other ones.

um got em ty lol

5:38 am

a

5:38 am

brb. I need food!

5:38 am

ah, ok :)

5:38 am

hi angelsong, a to you too

now i'm only 2 o's away from having at least half from each tile - might as well hit my normal goal for allowing myself to sleep

5:38 am

a

ty, ndanlia

Can anyone clue the H?

5:40 am

I have O8 x 3

5:40 am

hu4/7 babblet, MonkeyG.

Thanks!

there are three o8's ? oy

i am looking at the other o, but i only have 2 o8's

5:41 am

so far anyway, looking for my last Os.

5:41 am

the other O8 comes from the bottom O

All I oculd se ethere was Dutch for skin.... distracting, eh, Sprite?

ooh got 2 YAY

5:42 am

very, MonkeyG! Same as roker, doder etc.

5:42 am

and a flower comes from the lower O, josh

The other day there was ondier...

got the flower, but not the 8 - looking

5:43 am

lol yes, MonkeyG. Good one!

5:43 am

also need the o8 from the bottom???

Oh yeah, and nopt so long ago I spotted stiekem.

5:44 am

it represents position, phases, translocations of planets, 'nn'oons etc

5:44 am

O8: apparatuses for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system. Also planetarium.

Good clue, thanks!

5:45 am

you really know a lot of dutch words that aren't so common, MonkeyG!

ahh, got it - thanks

odd word, never heard of it before

Been here 15 years and getting an MBO...

5:45 am

well done josh. Sleep well.

ooh i'm in the grid YAY

5:45 am

what brilliancies is Walter up to today, MG?

I was in around a week ago, and Sprite was in yesterday.

5:46 am

well, ondier is not at all common :) I love it.

Walter is a hair under the weather. He has a slight cold. However...

5:46 am

you are, Kris :D

5:46 am

aw poor Walter

... he is still exploring the synthesizer I caught someone throwing away yesterday, a Casio SE-65.

5:46 am

awwwww

I'm Kr 4,8 today lol

Am I not spelling the o8 right?

5:47 am

oh fun! has he composed any sonatas yet? :)

5:47 am

daddio doesn't count?! foul!

5:47 am

oh my, and valid too, Kr4 :)

Walter is OK, just wants to sit a lot and watch the "naughty men take all the puppies away movie".

5:47 am

hi hursh

5:47 am

transitionguy, it is a plural.

o sonatas but I think he'll be playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by evening, atthis rate. Mostly he's checking out all the different sounds the keys can make. And he's taught himself how to urn the volume down-- yay!!!

orerries

5:48 am

yay for that last feat, MonkeyG, lol.

5:48 am

nope, the double and single are in the wrong order.

Close, transitionguy...

5:49 am

yay!!

got. ty

knew the word, just too punchy to spell

5:50 am

np, just try not to post words in the chatlog that are in the grid, or almost :)

5:50 am

love that word

sorry for typing in dialogue box,,,,ooops

5:51 am

I love the do9 and related words.

5:51 am

yes they are fun

I do not have it...

5:52 am

i love my phantoms more though: corrode and cherries

5:52 am

oh yes, those are gorgeous.

DO9? I have a de9, but not a do - care to clue?

5:53 am

people who putter

5:53 am

shakers, matty

5:54 am

how about cluing the de9 matty?

5:54 am

bottoms, bums, Ishult.

5:54 am

de 9 is pl french for backside

Another word for ke8, Ish

hi folks. how are you all today?

5:55 am

recode

5:55 am

sorry and good morning all!

5:55 am

oh nice entree Eva, hi :)

5:55 am

hi Becca

Hello, hello!

trying to work out the ke8 MG - same meaning as de9??

5:57 am

and fireworks. Wonderful grid!

ty for the de9

YAY sprite!!

5:57 am

ke + form of to be + ***ra firma.

Yes, Becca. YAY SPRITE!

5:57 am

yeah

5:57 am

50 left!

5:58 am

*tr5 invain not to look smug*

5:58 am

go Ata gooo!

ty sprite - never heard that word befor

5:58 am

I have to fireword and run, but have a therapy appt in 15 minutes. Bye all, enjoy this great grid and don't forget to past tense things. *hugs*

5:59 am

its very american I think, becca

bye sprite

5:59 am

and plural, Becca :) Remember it, it recurs. Ugly K word.

Have a good session, Sprite!

thanks for reminder to past tense sprite

6:00 am

so I have th de9 & do9, what's the 3rd 9?

I should go too. Need to try to clean up my house before my back caves back in.

6:00 am

re9

6:00 am

???

6:01 am

I don't have it though

6:01 am

the k is yiddish

6:03 am

morning all...do9???...clue pls

6:03 am

Old people who move slowly?

6:03 am

Or maybe think slowly as well?

6:04 am

re9???? anyone????

6:04 am

*stamps foot*....i TR5 thT EARILIER

6:04 am

re 9 66 is to infer a previous state fro'nn' info about the present state of things

why can't you have a 'more do' verion though?

6:04 am

And you can't be the most do either.

6:04 am

aaah..becca THATS the on i tried earlier

can anyone clue the ch7 plz?

6:05 am

it ends in the start of the book you look words up in

6:05 am

hi rolin, surprised to see you on at this time... no work?

6:06 am

im working late tonight demi..so dont start til 2... but i have got to get onto richs thing before i go..

6:06 am

and hi btw...lol

6:06 am

ary isn't there

6:07 am

ch7 the guy that jumped from the plane

6:07 am

ok..ok...ive spent 3 hours researching used cars...i have GOT to get on...

6:08 am

hursh - if in response to what i wrote, reread

6:08 am

hurshy - the START of the book.

6:09 am

rolin i won't tell rich what you hve been doing instead of looking at his app!!

6:09 am

ohh, sorry, dyslexic for a mo there

Sorry lunxxx don't get that clue at all. Been trying variations on chute!

are there ch7s?

6:10 am

keep at it Sandie - ends in the art*** who paints

6:10 am

Ata - just found the flower that you killed. or6....

6:11 am

lol I know. I took great delight in finding that earlier

Oh thanks lynxxx. That was one I DIDN'T try!

6:11 am

you have to kill them before they kill you

are ther 2 ch7s?

6:11 am

Have you been forgiven for not being Percy Thrower?

6:12 am

I doubt husband has even noticed

6:12 am

Or are you too young to remember Percy?

i clearly can't type today!

6:12 am

I can kind of vaguely remember him

everyone remebers Percy, Haz

6:13 am

i don't!

6:13 am

me neither

6:13 am

but i think ata's husband is GLAD she's not a dude named percy

6:13 am

you would if you were english :P

6:13 am

Oh good. He designed the original Blue Peter garden. He was the first British TV gardener.

ok, maybe not *everyone*!

6:13 am

lol

6:14 am

lol I doubt he'd notice that either

6:14 am

why didn't he call it Blue Percy

6:14 am

Blue Percy sounds too pornographic.

6:14 am

i only have one K :(

6:15 am

Blue Peter is another British institution. A children's programme that has run for 500 years. Percy was an invited guest sometimes.

6:15 am

ooh i got a second one

Blue Peter is a very long-running children's tv prog here

6:15 am

it's no good....still can't get the re9?

ooh, just realised i'm over half way!

6:16 am

Ishult - begin with the re5/10 that looks backward, then add the first letters of the book that gives the meanings of words.

6:16 am

speaking of children's progs, i don't understand why PBS isn't showing mr rogers reruns. it would be new to each new generation of kids

6:16 am

odd word!

6:17 am

And that would be unusual in babble because....?

6:17 am

not saying it's unusual. just commenting!

6:17 am

finally got it, ty haz

6:18 am

You're welcome.

6:18 am

do all the top O's start with same 1st 3 letters?

6:18 am

But you're right, it looks unusual in structure or something. Dictionary. com couldn't raise enough interest to give a definition.

6:19 am

I could understand something like re9ion more

6:19 am

I don't have them all yet, hurshy, but you'd think so.

6:19 am

there's inter**** so why NOT re9?

6:20 am

if you didn't catch, its def is to extrapolate backward

got the re9 now too. all 9s bagged!

6:21 am

I did, nDan, just that hitting the ? over <---- doesn't yield much.

6:21 am

i generally ignore that one

6:23 am

pfff Hobbit is snoring and snorting and snuffling. silly dog

6:24 am

does Spangle ever sleep with her eyes open?

so is my baby Ata!

6:24 am

If you think Hobbit's bad, imagine what the Peke sounds like.

6:24 am

She frequently sleeps with her eyes open. It's a bit strange looking.

6:25 am

awwww becca

6:25 am

it's really freaky looking. I wish they wouldn't do it

6:25 am

ooh, phooey, rain on sat again, that could delay 2 soccer ga'nn'es, already rebooked thru the 15th, they're anxious to play... undefeated & 1 add'l win & at least one tie will give the trophy

6:26 am

Why would rain stop play?

6:26 am

does anyone feel like cluing all the K's :S

6:26 am

counties here are parnoid about grass, kiddies would play if allowed

they'd never play here if rain stopped play

6:26 am

Stews doing it right now! and dreaming so pupils are rolling around and nose twitching

ke7/44 plural of a type of dog

6:27 am

So, it's not just a spaniel thing - the eye open sleep thing?

6:27 am

ty #1 to jean!

6:27 am

awwww Stew :) they are *funny* when they sleep deeply

only one I have :-)

6:28 am

the other ke7.44 is affectionate name for a backside/s

6:28 am

ke4 - Mr Hardy, possibly first leader of British Labour Party?

kr 4 - man's name

6:28 am

ke7/44=yiddish for bottom +plur 8

6:29 am

4 is 'nn'r kringle

6:29 am

googling clues...

6:29 am

still missing 2 k's, got 2xke7, ke8, ko4/8 & kr4/8....which 2 am I missing?

6:30 am

ke 4 & 5

6:30 am

ty all!!!!!!!

ooh - just greyed the k!

6:30 am

alt spelling of bleaching vat

6:30 am

got 'em, ty

I have 2 of the 3 9s now (thanks guys) what am I missing - I have bottoms and old shakers

6:31 am

80% done with grid!

re9

6:31 am

funny that we have de9 AND ke8

arsey kind of grid, hurshy

6:33 am

clearly :)

hi all, now we're talkin

6:33 am

phantoms: doctrine, thirst

( _x_)

what, no one likes my arse?

and strike, hurshy

oh, i see it now Jean. lol

;-p

6:35 am

Hursh - all those top O's do start with the same first 3 letters 7.8.8.5.7

6:36 am

ah, i'm missing the first 7 then

6:36 am

any clues for that re9?

Thx Becca. Re's are a pain

6:36 am

me too hurshy]

6:36 am

got it! thanks lynxxx

6:37 am

re9 - use the backward re5/10 and to it add the first letters of the book used to give word definitions.

6:37 am

ends like the flower Ata

6:37 am

Yes, ends like the flower Ata killed..

6:38 am

nooooo not the flower!

6:38 am

ty!

backward re 5.10?

jeez you really have to know babble history to get some of those clues

6:38 am

I was trying not to be cruel!

clue for the second ou7?

6:39 am

gaz-there are lots of re5/10's and the ones I tried so far haven't worked

6:39 am

Leave that cruelty bit to me. After all, my dog sleeps in a kennel.

6:39 am

lol you weren't, lynx. I discovered after a while that this blooming or6 thing I was given was simply 2 flowers shoved into some oasis, so I never had any hope of keeping it allive

6:39 am

the lone ranger can ou7 all the bad guys

6:39 am

re5/10 - used to describe fashion of another era?

6:39 am

or re5/10 re plus the first letters of what Americans call pants.

6:40 am

okay-I'll work with that. Thanks

ty hurshy! all those o's done now :)

6:40 am

we call pants pants, what are you talking about? :)

That's the 9s now -thanks (looking for an o. Anyo)

6:40 am

Pants here are underwear.

yeah Haz, what do they call pants?

6:40 am

odee

6:40 am

only 3 re 5 s

6:41 am

*scuse me*

6:41 am

Got it! Thanks Haz. I was trying to literally reverse one of the re5's.

6:41 am

Got it! Thanks Haz. I was trying to literally reverse one of the re5's.

6:41 am

12 10 10

6:41 am

panties are underwear though, so, we're close

6:41 am

You're welcome, Eva.

6:42 am

Haz - what do you called pants? trousers?

6:42 am

Yes, lynxxx. Or troosers if you're Scottish.

6:42 am

eg The Wrong Trousers !

6:43 am

Exactly!

6:43 am

or trews (never to be singuar!)

6:43 am

the Curse of the Were-Rabbit!

6:43 am

We must follow the US in the naming of lower garments then

6:44 am

demi...... if youre still out there...tell him to check his email..

6:44 am

I'm not sure whether the trews are specifically for those kind of tartan trousers favoured by some Scots for evening wear and American visitors for day-wear.

gromit!!

6:44 am

oooh, greyed middle R

6:45 am

Nick Park is pretty much a genius (Wallace and Grommet etc)

there's a costumer named Ken Trew. i say he knows his pants LOL

6:46 am

person from the development office came by the other day, name of amy rich...

do all the u words start with ut?

yes

aha, got them all now

ty Jean

:-)

6:48 am

30 to go! got to go get dressed and go to work though. ttfn all

then there's the stunt man, stuart fell. perfect name, eh?

6:48 am

Bye hurshy.

by hurshy

6:48 am

bye Hursh

chow hurshy

6:49 am

Back shortly.

6:49 am

I've got to go too. back later!

6:49 am

bye Ata

bye ata

6:49 am

oooh i cant find the ou8's

ou8/50 loud protestations

there was an ou... at the plan - plural and past tense

ous are componds. try sticking some 5s on the end of a preposition

6:51 am

ty...ty.

6:51 am

so theres a 7 before those...ooooookay

any clues for the r in the right hand column please?

6:52 am

thats the one that ends like the plant here

6:52 am

oh that 7 is just silly..lol

6:52 am

Hello all. I have just 10 minutes to find some words.

go go go!

6:52 am

rolin, rich sittin next to me and he is not happy

hi scrabbler - you'll find plenty in 10 mins

6:52 am

hi Scrabs

6:53 am

why???.... with what id done on the app??

6:53 am

trumpoz: you can't find the ou8's coz you haven't got your glasses on ;-P

6:53 am

trumpoz: and thanks for the stuff on the app - i'll go and download it now

6:53 am

:¬¬¬¬¬¬ i found them ..so there!

6:54 am

go read ya mail you...!

6:54 am

trumpoz?

6:54 am

he says taht he is going to have a truffle 1st

6:55 am

trumpoz is rolin's son & my bf lynxxx

6:55 am

demi..ya know your suggestion about being an english teacher.... he can't.. his use of apostrophes is shameful...

6:55 am

rolin did you mark them in red?

6:56 am

lol..nah... i just swallowed my shame...and put them in for him...what can i say...*sigh*..i'm a mother...lol

is that a drooling smily? 8-P

6:58 am

trumpoz: Hello babblers :-) just letting you know that rolin is a a wonderful mother, but doesn't know how to attach files to emails *whistles innocently*

time for lunch. bye everyone

6:58 am

But Ro can learn quickly!

6:58 am

bye Becca

6:59 am

ooooohhh...bugger....lol..brb

6:59 am

done..

6:59 am

Yahooo Ro!!

6:59 am

He has gone to have another look!

6:59 am

and done

7:00 am

well you 'done' dan....is more impressed..i just attached a file to an email and sent it..lol

7:00 am

Yahoo Danlia

7:00 am

i still have 87 words to find

7:01 am

congrats nDan!

7:01 am

dan...whats the value of the h?

7:01 am

Oh, I see, Ro. I found 81 rather quickly and now must get ready for my tennis match. Bye all.

7:02 am

have fun scrabs

7:02 am

hu4.7 Rolin

7:02 am

h 4/7 roin

chow giant green bummy person LOL

7:02 am

hu 4 7

7:02 am

ty

ack, i meant bunny! (must stop typing so fast)

7:03 am

strange word...

7:03 am

well, it a ti4 & ass grid

7:03 am

trumpoz: thanks mum (((((HUG)))))

hu4 looks like an adjetcive meaning "hu-like"

7:03 am

lmao...i like 'chow giant green bummy person '

7:04 am

my pleasure...as i said...*fingers cossed*...but it certainly reads well..

7:04 am

rolin, i will let him know

hey, that was a typo 8-P

7:04 am

goodnite everyone, leaving the rest fr the morning...byee

7:04 am

cool...my phantom is doctrine...

7:05 am

freudian slip

7:05 am

nite lynxxx

7:05 am

or err typo

7:06 am

you have to wonder what soameone like freud would make of our typos..wouldnt ya..?

7:07 am

need to brew a wake-up cuppa; bbs

7:08 am

morning everyone;)

7:08 am

hi crossy

to err is typo

7:09 am

to typo is crossy;)

7:09 am

i typo therfore i am

7:09 am

or more accurately...i am..therefore i typo

nothing like a big green bummy person in the morning LOL

Hey Gwen, love your avatar

aw, gee, ty, matty

I can't find a single O from the upper left hand cornder

corner even

too bad daleks are not very good at word games 8-)

matty, try compound words starting with a preposition

Unless the answer is 'exterminate'

right

This is a real trial today

7:21 am

ok...i better get a wriggle on...i have to get to work soon...bye all..

bub buye rolin

7:21 am

cya rolin

7:29 am

morning, all. happy Friday.

7:30 am

Ryan has been here since Wednesday night, and in that time, he has fussed for exactly two minutes.

7:30 am

hello all, help with the 9's please

make sure he is getting oxygen

no 9s here, but i have 6 eights and i feel okay about that 8-)

7:32 am

I have cr8/45 and ut8/45

7:32 am

de9/60..... french bottoms or behinds

ke8, ou8, st8 x 2, also someone said there are more than one ou8

ty karys, 2 down (pun intended)

7:33 am

ke7/8-same meaning as de8/9

7:33 am

thanks Karys found it

7:33 am

do9/72...... little old ladies and little old men dithering about

7:33 am

re9

7:33 am

thanks BDG and Eva, will look

7:34 am

got the do9 thanks Karys

ty peri, 2 more down

7:35 am

re9/66...... this one from Haz... the re5/10 meaning some time ago + the first part of the book of words

7:35 am

ot the ke7/8 thanks Eva

7:35 am

thanks Karys will keep looking

oooh, cool word, ty karys and haz

7:37 am

got the re9 thanks Karys and Haz

7:37 am

have 6 of the 8's now

7:37 am

help with the st8's please

7:37 am

glad to be of help !

7:39 am

only have one st8/40.... agitators !

7:39 am

found 2 ou8!

just found de8, a bunch of people who de5 (not on teh board) or complain about

7:39 am

thanks Karys

7:40 am

thanks BDG

st8, a bunch of poeple who give compliments (slang) or, you could say, spend a lot of time at the petting zoo

(typos courtesy of TYPO TIMES (TM))

7:41 am

is there more than one st8?

7:41 am

thanks BDG

i have two st8, so yes

7:41 am

yes I have 2 st8, thanks BDG

7:41 am

:-D

i haven't opened the list, dunno how many there are

64 words to go, and i havene't finished using my "cheat sheet" yet

7:42 am

bbl

or8, a bunch of mechanical devices for astronomy nuts

7:44 am

thanks BDG, will look

7:44 am

In my job, I deal with ou8/50 from abused children and adults every day.

ack, thot i finished the Ds but there's 3 Ds!!

7:52 am

BDG, could you elaborate on the OR8 about astronomy...

7:52 am

I need more help with the or8 too, please

well, if you have an or6 (not on the board), then plural it. hint: the singular ends with a sometimes vowel

it is a very unusual and archaic word that only uses 3 different letters (the singular, i mean)

7:54 am

ok, i monkeyed it from the only using three different letters clue. thanks.

bernice, i like your icon. i've been seeing lots of political icons lately but yours is the nicest. 8-)

7:54 am

ty.

just found the cr8, a bunch of little animals, country slang

7:56 am

the lone H is taunting me

ah, just found di8, super superlative of di7, which is word book (1st 4 letters) plus regular superlative ending

7:57 am

hu 4 7, is actually latin

hu4, make an adjective out of "hu-like"

7:58 am

ty,that helped

7:58 am

thanks BDG, for the di8

7:58 am

hello everyone!

7:58 am

will never find that or8 without morewords

7:58 am

hi Annie

7:58 am

halfway, bbl to finish

7:58 am

hi peri

peri, don't kick yerself, it is an archaic word

8:00 am

peri, a person who is anxious is a w***i**, then add the plural for a Y word.

8:01 am

and I have fireworks...

8:01 am

woo hoo angel

8:01 am

congrats angel

wtg angel ~~~~ !!!!

8:04 am

wow! I made it 1/2 way.

8:04 am

gotta go eat breakfast now

8:05 am

every hungery

8:06 am

*very

8:07 am

Hola, amigos!

howdee judi, and WD phand

8:09 am

Hi Judi

ooh, found another 8, re8, a bunch of people who stopped worked cuz they're really old! (several related words too)

8:11 am

Ooh, good one BDG. Got some mileage out of that clue.

8-D

BBL, have to do some appointment-type things now. *ker SPLASH*

8:16 am

Afternoon Babble Land :)

8:17 am

Hey, FM.

8:18 am

Hi Judi!

8:18 am

A bit quiet here this a.m. Everyone buried deep in the grid.

8:19 am

*climbing up out of the grid* Hi FM!!!

8:20 am

I guess so, lots of lovely words to find today, nice to have somthing more substantial for a change. Hello Annie :)

8:20 am

I won $90 at a casino in Atlantic City yesterday

8:20 am

Whoo hoow, Annie! High rollah!

8:20 am

You high roller your!

8:20 am

Judi, That's me...a bid spendah

8:20 am

I won it at roulette

8:21 am

Liar. You took your measley $90 bucks and ran!

8:21 am

Oh well done

8:21 am

Me never....would have taken more

8:21 am

Drinks are on Annie tonight then

8:22 am

Judi, mis-read your chat...I did run

8:22 am

Yes, drinks are on me!!! I never win..but this was the second time I won at roulette, the last time I won over a $100 at Mohegan Sun

8:22 am

Glad you had good luck. I'm not a gambler. Prefer to stay out of those places all together.

8:23 am

Where did you win your 90?

8:24 am

Trump Plaza in AC....and I lost my glasses and someone turned them in at Security and I got them back..now that is lucky

8:24 am

We go 2 or 3 times a year and at the rate of going it is fun

8:24 am

Wow! You must have been carrying your rabbit's foot and your four leaf clover.

8:25 am

Please tell me that you weren't wearing your nun's habit. The repercussions could be awful.

8:25 am

lol Afternoon Haz

8:25 am

Good afternoon/morning all!

8:25 am

Haz, I have to confess I was and no one messes with a Jewish nun...let me tell you

8:25 am

My 85 year old MIL goes to Turning Stone in NY. She loses track of how much money she plays/loses. My BIL is working on limiting her fun money.

8:26 am

People may have thought that it was Sister Act 54.

8:26 am

LOL

8:27 am

Judi, your MIL would best be getting another hobby

8:27 am

I don't know which is scarier, Annie: her gambling or her driving to the casino.

8:29 am

Good afternoon everyone.

8:29 am

got to smile at her though esp given her years!

8:29 am

Good afternoon elder.

8:29 am

I agree FM and Hi Elder

8:29 am

Hello elder :)

8:30 am

Yes, FM. She is adorable. However, she does have depression issues and is diabetic. She also does not eat properly, so she keeps us on our toes worrying.

8:30 am

hello girls and boys. A good grid today.

8:31 am

Hi, elder!

8:31 am

It's got a lot more going for it than some of the previous grids we've had.

8:31 am

It is elder, much fun after all the tiddly little ones.

8:31 am

Haz, is Spangle leaping around a bit more today?.

8:31 am

Oh, she's in fine form again,thanks elder.

8:32 am

She got a steroid injection the other evening and it has helped enormously.

8:33 am

Haz, why did Spangle need a steroid injection?

Any ideas for the tr8 plz anyone?

8:33 am

That's good.They tend to bounce back quickly, especially after steroids. So no infection or something embedded.

8:34 am

She was in a lot of pain on Tuesday afternoon, not wanting to walk and looking out of sorts. She probably had jarred something, though I don't remember her doing anything strange.

8:34 am

No tr8 yet, Sandie. Working on it.

8:35 am

FMitch, isn't the weather again, glorious for October. getting colder, but so nice to see the sun.

8:35 am

tr8/55 - first three letters could be 'decay' reworked, next part looks like a bunch of singers, but use a different consonant on the end.

8:35 am

I've got the tr8 just cant think of a clue

8:35 am

Haz, I am very happy Spangle is back in form again...I am attached to her from afar

8:35 am

phew Haz to the rescue

8:35 am

It relates to geometry...

could you at least give me the 3rd letter - then it would help me work it out

8:36 am

I know, Annie, she has quite a few fans on here.

8:36 am

Sandie - three letters for decay. You know tr, fill in the vowel..

8:36 am

hello

8:36 am

Hello harpjane.

8:37 am

Hi harp

8:37 am

Hiya, harpjane!

8:37 am

TY for the TR clue, Haz.

8:37 am

Haz, thank you for the tr8!!!

8:37 am

You're welcome.

ok I'm being thick here! 3 letters for decay????

8:38 am

And hello all.

8:38 am

anagram, sandie

8:38 am

hey, bea :-)

8:38 am

It's not rat.

8:38 am

Hi Bea

8:38 am

Putrify, bloat up in the sun, etc.

8:38 am

Haz, My Henry, was always in the wars, due to rushing through woods, nose to the ground, tail wagging so fast, leaping in and out of water, chasing things that were not there.)

8:38 am

Nor is it rut.

8:38 am

Hi bea, harp and une

8:38 am

haz, didn't know about Spangle but so glad to hear all is well!

8:38 am

hey, Annie :-)

8:39 am

Hello Une

8:39 am

That sounds like a perfect description of a spaniel! I love it when she gets the scent of something, she nearly snorts with the effort of getting as much odour in there as possible.

8:39 am

howdy, fmitch :-)

8:40 am

Thanks Une, she's fine again, much to my relief. Nothing does pathetic like a spaniel in pain.

ahhhhh - I just can't get that tr8! what am I doing wrong!!!!!!

8:40 am

poor baby . . .

8:40 am

come back to it later Sandie, let the clues mingle in the brain

8:41 am

So true.They are so entertaining.

8:41 am

If you've got the first three letters, the next ones are the group of singers, but ending with a different consonant. Robotic ending might help.

8:42 am

Sandie....the FIRST 3 letters are an anagram of "decay"

8:42 am

Or - tr, Scottish exclamation (three), robotic ending

Got the anagram - I think

8:43 am

Thas a lovely pic you have elder as yr icon

Yeah!!!! Got the 8 - thanks for the clues!

8:44 am

Well done!

Now that gives me fireworks!

8:44 am

Right, must take a quick break to call in with a friend. Back later.

8:44 am

wtg congrats Sandie

8:45 am

Congratulations Sandie!

8:45 am

Bye Haz

8:45 am

Bye!

8:45 am

WTG! SANDIE!

8:45 am

congrats, Sandie

8:45 am

Later, Haz

anyone need clues before I go?

8:45 am

Fmitch, thank you, it is a most beautiful part of the country, summer or winter.

8:45 am

Bye Haz.

8:48 am

i will need clues in an hour or so, sandie, i'm not there yet!

ok - must go and do something meaningful with my life - bye all.

8:50 am

Bye Sandie.

8:50 am

yay c's greyed, time for a cup of tea to celebrate

8:50 am

Bye Sandie

8:51 am

My last are the some of the c's

8:52 am

catch you later FMitch.

8:52 am

I'll be back in 5

8:57 am

back and time for the list I think

8:58 am

I need a break. 84 left. BBL.

8:59 am

Welcome back Fitch.

8:59 am

Laters Judi Shout if you need a clue elder

8:59 am

Finished.I had to sneak a look at the list for some words .

9:00 am

Oh congrats then :)

9:00 am

Thanks for the offer FMitch, but just finished.

9:01 am

phantom - doctrine

9:01 am

I wanted to finish as friend is coming early evening, so I got stuck in.

9:01 am

Can I help Fitch or anybody.

9:02 am

here's my icon clue...

9:02 am

' Fmitch'

9:02 am

Im Ok thanks 14 left

9:03 am

Ok will be off.. need to make a bed up, and with this back it will take me ages stopping and starting.

9:04 am

Take care and have a good evening :)

9:04 am

Fmitch, In anticipation will say Congratulations !! for finishing.

9:05 am

fireworks. took me longer than it should. dam work!

9:05 am

Thanks, I am looking forward to catching up with her.

9:05 am

Bye everyone and well done !! bfso.

9:05 am

Congrats bf

9:06 am

danke

9:07 am

help with the h word? please?

9:07 am

Okay let's see if I can get going on this grid.

9:08 am

hu4/7, use the tile values

9:08 am

thanks

9:08 am

Morning crossy:)

9:09 am

my wannabe clue for that h word was about 3 lines long

9:09 am

morning fm:)((()))

9:09 am

well you can still post it bf :)

9:10 am

thanks FMitch, i've never ever even seen that word before, Dictionary doesn't even know it.... haha

9:11 am

h + yo* over there + we have two of these on our head (phonetic sound) + there are lots of these around full of fishes

9:12 am

LOL

9:12 am

lol

9:12 am

0_o

9:12 am

my bad

9:13 am

krits

9:13 am

sorry, wrong application

9:13 am

and poor typing.

9:13 am

sorry hueerslake is not a go:/

9:14 am

Need more tea.

9:14 am

good morning everyone

9:15 am

hi flosey

9:15 am

Morning flosey

9:15 am

Good morning flo.

9:17 am

phantom word "doctrine"

9:17 am

That's my phantom too, cross.

9:17 am

I'll never finish this, too much to do today - BIG NEWS FLASH - I really don't have to finish the grids to enjoy doing them and also enjoy the chat

9:17 am

yup..i can see all the phantoms and none of the words;/

9:18 am

hi all!

9:18 am

lol flo, I think I've finished a total of five grades since I've started this game

9:18 am

Thus proving you are not an ad6/27 ;)

9:18 am

Hey Ata!

9:18 am

Grids*

9:19 am

was for a while FM - once I started it HAD TO FINISH - at all cost!

9:21 am

yes, me too flos... too much to do today but started anyway : ) not sure if that moakes us MORE of an addict or LESS of one though - LOL

9:21 am

it's much more relaxing though

9:21 am

whichever way it means you are off to the PB *grin*

9:22 am

:))

9:22 am

I *will* finish! I will! I will!

9:22 am

well at least tell me which one then!!!!

9:22 am

lol look at my 9.18 post

9:22 am

oh lookie there - LOL

9:22 am

just got that one from your comment FM

9:24 am

awww sily demanding fuss

9:25 am

indeed Ata

9:26 am

bbl... off to get my sister at the airport.... shopping, lunch, massage... then happy hour with work people to celebrate a large grant we just received... woohoo

9:27 am

sounds like fun kj, enjoy

9:27 am

have fun, kje.

9:30 am

how are you today, FM?

9:30 am

Battling with re's

9:30 am

so near and yet so far!

9:31 am

I have 2 r's left

9:32 am

doh, alwasy forget you can re the bouncing sound

9:32 am

bouncing?

9:32 am

boing?!

9:33 am

lol, well it bounces of the mountains

9:33 am

oh! TY. I r left!

9:33 am

and done.

9:34 am

WOOHOO!

9:35 am

Hows Hobbit and Sily today and are you on the mend?

9:35 am

they are both nice and sleepy

9:35 am

and so am I!

9:36 am

It must be snoozing time :)

9:36 am

good afternoon everyone:)

9:36 am

I've just tried that. didn't work

9:37 am

Hi jean :)

9:38 am

phone ..

9:40 am

does the or8 build off the 6 please?

9:41 am

nope

9:41 am

clue for or8 please?

9:41 am

plural of an astronomical model showing the solar system

9:46 am

thanks, took me a while but I got it

9:47 am

:)

9:47 am

does the ao have to do with the heart?

9:48 am

is there only one ao?

9:49 am

yup

9:49 am

thre is only 1 x ao and no it is not to do with the heart

9:49 am

then no :)

9:49 am

ao6/18

9:49 am

and what's funny, I was reading just now while trying to sleep, and that word was in the book

9:50 am

def: a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.

9:51 am

oh yes. *remembers Greek lessons*

9:52 am

believe it or not, i got it!

9:52 am

thanks

9:52 am

wtg harp :)

9:53 am

*considers harp's picture*

9:53 am

it's an icon clue ata

9:53 am

yes, that's why I'm considering it :)

9:54 am

does anyone else have an icon clue today?

9:55 am

pink fluffy thing

9:55 am

off for a while, bbl, Happy Babbling everyone:)

9:55 am

what color is the pink fluffy thing?

9:56 am

pink!

9:56 am

task Ata extend your colour range

9:56 am

well, not exactly....

9:56 am

pink pink pink! I only know a ce6 pink though

9:57 am

oops, i'd better update my profile.... sorry!

9:57 am

lol

9:57 am

ohhhhhh :D

9:57 am

lol

9:57 am

"christ" was not found in the dictionary

9:58 am

now i'm ashamed....

9:58 am

how?

9:58 am

Its a proper name

9:58 am

no, it means savior

9:58 am

the proper name was jesus

9:58 am

another enable quandry then

9:59 am

what is the world coming to? even the dictionaries are liberal!

10:00 am

What's wrong with liberal?

10:00 am

Imagine the increase in grid size if Dr_G upgraded the dictionary

10:00 am

"Apply liberally to effected area...."

10:01 am

lol I think you have to be in the States to appreciate it! there are a lot of people complaining about the Elite Liberal Media....

10:01 am

I'm American. I've been in the UK 20 years

10:01 am

morning (or whatever greeting is appropriate) all!

10:01 am

I'm struggling with the or 8 - clues anyone?

10:01 am

what a pretty pink poof harp!

10:02 am

you're missing out on a wonderful yet bizarre sideshow then!

10:02 am

thanks miss, it's a fishing fly actually

10:02 am

I watch the Daily Show...Daily (guess you've worked out my political leaning) - I'm a NYer by birth

10:02 am

i was wondering if that is what it was...that is what i thought!

10:02 am

well then you're actually getting REAL news

10:03 am

or8 - Atas clue from earlier: plural of an astronomical model showing the solar system

10:06 am

30 to go!

10:06 am

WTG ata!

10:07 am

Thanks FMitch but I'm not getting it

10:07 am

ooh, ooh, I'm sporting or8 today!

10:07 am

oooo lovely Vi!

10:08 am

Hello Vi :)

10:08 am

Hello, all!

10:08 am

Uh oh, I microwaved my lunch in an apparently non-microwaveable container. I trust I will not poison myself by eating it (the lunch, not the container.)

10:09 am

Can someone just give me the 3rd letter of or8?

10:09 am

you'll be fine. just don't eat any plastic

10:09 am

ch7?

10:09 am

=D

10:10 am

anike, the same as the or5 that follows

10:10 am

harp - think of skydivers

10:11 am

ch7 ?someone that jumps from a plane para*******

10:11 am

I can't quite remember that word for the solar system

10:12 am

Indeed I am, Harp. I LOVE that show - laugh and be informed all at once

10:12 am

TY harpjane. Fireworks

10:12 am

I've been thinking of skydivers all morning, but I don't see how you can get there from here... *drops a few monkeys from the plane*

10:13 am

I used to like politcally incorrect, don't have cable any more....

10:13 am

congrats ankie

10:13 am

ooohhh.... I see now.

10:13 am

anike

10:13 am

www.thedailyshow.com

10:13 am

I love The Daily Show!

10:13 am

could you give me a teeny hint vic?

10:14 am

Yeah, it's a one-who-does ending, but not the -er.

10:15 am

thanks!

10:16 am

Jon Stewart is an exemplar of the Court Jester effect. Somehow a comedian asks all the questions and points out all the issues that the actual media ought to be covering but, inexplicably, aren't.

10:19 am

there is a terrible blur between News and Entertainment in our culture but Jon S is not the problem

10:19 am

I like Jon Stewart

10:20 am

He's a comedian with an interest in news, there are other commentators out there who are inflammatory because it's good entertainment.

10:20 am

like rush

10:20 am

does the chat censor out answers?

10:21 am

No, sandyx, so you have to be a little careful!

10:21 am

It doesn't censor someone's ranting either...lol

10:21 am

(Actually it's really bad only when you put grid words in the chat log on purpose, but it amuses us to try to avoid saying any of them at all.)

10:22 am

sorry, am i over the top?

10:22 am

I didn't think there was any ranting going on at the moment. Perhaps ruru was speaking theoretically?

10:22 am

yes... not including this crowd

10:23 am

don't get me started, i'm capable of a pretty good rant! but the grid's keeping me busy today

10:23 am

=D

10:23 am

any clues for the 9 letter words?

10:24 am

the late night crowd can sometimes light it up...lol

10:24 am

de9 - tushes

10:25 am

French ones! ;)

10:25 am

so cute

10:25 am

thanks

10:26 am

(That's the only one I have so far.)

10:26 am

cr 8 a plural of little animals

10:26 am

ke7 and 8 have the same meaning too

10:26 am

or kids sometimes

10:26 am

could I have a clue on the ao 6?

10:27 am

ao6 - starts like heart artery, ends like one-who-does

10:28 am

are the a's all ad apart from the ao?

10:28 am

Mine are, but I'm still one a short.

10:28 am

yup

10:28 am

me too :)

10:29 am

ty

10:29 am

Let's see, I've got 2 snakes and 3 loves. What do you have?

10:29 am

I mean 4 loves.

10:29 am

the only one that doesnt follow a pattern in the ad6/27

10:30 am

2 snakes and 3 loves and some babblers!

10:30 am

Aha, there's the last. Okay, you need pt, probably.

10:30 am

one is a junky

10:30 am

duh. ty Vi

10:30 am

2 snakes, 1 junky , and several lovers...sounds like danielle steel

10:30 am

that's twisty

10:30 am

lol

10:30 am

do you think ad5ies are nurseries for baby snakes?

10:31 am

Sounds reasonable to me, Ata.

10:31 am

I thought so

10:32 am

And you could make another word for herpetologist...

10:32 am

One who studies colubridae specifically, if that's the right family.

10:33 am

ooooh yes

10:33 am

Or the right spelling of the right family, for that matter.

10:33 am

right spelling, I know

10:34 am

do spanish words count?

10:34 am

Nope, viperidae, says Britannica. Oh well.

10:34 am

oh well

10:34 am

I suppose that makes sense

10:34 am

Some do, some don't sandyx. In theory only English words, but a fair smattering of Spanish are accepted, no one knows why. So it's always worth trying!

10:35 am

and French, Greek, Latin, you name it

10:36 am

But seldom German!

10:36 am

I declare my last words invisible

10:36 am

Also, all currencies in whatever language.

10:36 am

Last word? Woohoo!

10:36 am

don't mention currencies ...

10:37 am

wordS!!

10:37 am

Oh, wordS. And I got all excited. =P

10:37 am

29 ...

10:37 am

Still, getting close...

10:37 am

I have 87.

10:38 am

(left, that is)

10:38 am

urf

10:38 am

191 :(

10:38 am

Go, sandyx, go!!! =D

10:44 am

Oh gosh, it's only 11:45! I just ate my lunch because I thought it was after noon. Well, I guess now I'll just have to eat another lunch.

10:44 am

looool I did exactly the same thing. had lunch at 11:30

10:45 am

lol thasa good ploy Vi, must remember that one :)

10:45 am

*apologetically* well, I WAS hungry...

10:45 am

Where've you been FM?

10:46 am

umm I've only got 1/2 an eye on the log, doing other stuff

10:46 am

di 7 anyone?

10:47 am

and in a mo I am going to the kitchen

10:47 am

Warning: it isn't lunch time in your zone, either!

10:47 am

nm found it

10:47 am

I haven't! clue pls!

10:47 am

Then you can find di8, too.

10:48 am

true but I need to sort out what I am having for dinner

10:48 am

di7 - imagne a word meaning more like a book that gives definitions of words

10:48 am

got them both

10:48 am

di8 would be most like that book

10:48 am

ooh!

10:48 am

Ah well. I guess there's never a bad time to think about food.

10:48 am

good clue.. or a single ruler of a country

10:49 am

never heard of those before, I don't think

10:49 am

one more d to go..whew...there were a zillion of them

10:49 am

I was not familiar with them.

10:49 am

Sheesh, I still have about a thousand d's to go.

10:50 am

a stupid plural...

10:50 am

20!

10:51 am

Go, Ata, go!

10:51 am

Bet you are done by the time I get back Ata !

10:52 am

doubt it at this rate!

10:54 am

er 5/12 ..not the past tense of mistake?

10:55 am

ke7-8-7?

10:55 am

er5/12 - upright

10:55 am

oh ..fish me

10:55 am

ke7 and 8 - another slang for de8 -9

10:56 am

bottom - bottoms - blue dogs :)

10:56 am

ke7/44 - lots of last election's losing democratic candidate

10:56 am

(presidential election that is, of course)

10:56 am

thanks thanks, and thanks

10:58 am

ok. last O, where are you?

10:58 am

so what was de8-9

10:58 am

de8 - French tush

10:59 am

de9 - pl thereof

10:59 am

ahh got that one already

10:59 am

having trouble with the ke 7 & 8

10:59 am

ke + ends of female sibling

11:00 am

last E. where are you?

11:00 am

("ends" must have been a Freudian slip. I meant "end")

11:00 am

Cavorting with my last E, I guess, Ata.

11:01 am

probablY!

11:01 am

Do you have bounced sound?

11:01 am

yep, and it's "do again" word

11:02 am

oho, I only did it once! (Although isn't it sort of redundant to do it again?)

11:02 am

absolutely! thank FM for that one!

11:03 am

Okay, I also have 3 spooks, two scrape bys, and 2 mistakes, and upright

11:03 am

Ata are you missing the ed4/6?

11:03 am

Oooh, me too, me too, FM!

11:03 am

Thanks!

11:03 am

yes yes!

11:03 am

ty!

11:04 am

That was good timing :)

11:04 am

FM to the rescue!

11:04 am

how did I not see that when I've been using that word all day and night in scramble?!

11:04 am

finally thanks vicuna..

11:04 am

Ds or Cs? Can't face the Ds yet.

11:08 am

oof. Time for a break. Have fun, everyone!

11:08 am

are there just 2 ch?

11:09 am

Byeee

11:09 am

yes Ata

11:10 am

ty

11:11 am

Hey ho, back again.

11:11 am

haz and spanglettina!

11:12 am

We are back after a refreshing walk. For that, read 'It's cold!'

11:13 am

where do you walk here? do you have a set pattern each day?

11:14 am

Not really a set pattern, it varies a little bit. This afternoon we headed up to playing fields so that she could have a little run around.

11:14 am

Fingers crossed that we haven't overdone things.

11:14 am

awww bet she liked that

11:15 am

what is the ao?

11:15 am

or 8?

11:15 am

She did. And there was something fascinating in the long grass judging by her insistence on sniffing long and hard.

11:16 am

or8 - or plus a slight reworking of 'to get up again'

11:16 am

Hi Haz wb.

11:16 am

bound to be. long grass is always good to sniff

11:17 am

It's a plural apparatus for showing the position of planets, if definition helps for or8.

11:17 am

ao6 -ao plus most of what connects the arm to the hand.

11:17 am

Hello FM!

11:17 am

thanks haz

11:18 am

You're welcome.

11:19 am

nope.. I think I know what you mean haz but.. I have to work on it some more..

11:20 am

Does it help to say that the first five letters are an anagram of a mistake (or8)

11:21 am

that did it.. thanks

11:21 am

Great!

11:25 am

dreaded 14

11:28 am

re6/24?

11:28 am

re6/24 - a sound heard again and again and again

11:30 am

thanks, got an ec out of the clue too!

11:30 am

Hey, y'all. Just finished. Totally monkeyed the re9. Still stunned that it worked.

11:31 am

Congratulations!

11:31 am

You're welcome, harpjane.

11:31 am

Yay congrats Judi and wtg yr monkeys

11:31 am

yay Judi!

11:31 am

I would take a clue on that 9 judi.. I can't find it

11:32 am

Yay me! Grid wasn't too horrible, considering the size.

11:32 am

Hi ruru :)

11:32 am

morning fm .. er evening?

11:33 am

evening just about 17.33

11:33 am

re9: re5/10 + first four letters of Hugo Chavez's style of leadership.

11:33 am

thanks I got it

11:33 am

:-)

11:35 am

are there only 3 TU words?

11:35 am

Nice icon, ruru. Striking resemblance.

11:35 am

yes ata

11:36 am

Oui. Trois "tu".

11:36 am

merci bien

11:36 am

and 5 TH I presume?

11:36 am

co6-7?

11:37 am

dont bother answering that

11:37 am

found it :)

11:37 am

10 left!

11:37 am

Go Ata!

11:38 am

co6-7 like girls first name in scarry film but chg 1st vowel

11:38 am

There are two co6/7 combos.

11:38 am

oh, so I see. I need the last one! not the fisher

11:38 am

the one I just clued is the 2nd set

11:39 am

thanks, got it

11:39 am

nice clue Mary

11:40 am

random UK people questions - are jays common in gardens?

11:40 am

yes certainly round here and Surrey but not as much as they used to be.

11:41 am

i need one more C, the last ce6, could someone help?

11:41 am

they are quite big, aren't they? like pigeon size?

11:42 am

They are more like a magpie but not so rotund

11:42 am

I think I saw one in the garden today

11:43 am

Well, I'm off. See you kids tomorrow.

11:43 am

Bye Judi

11:44 am

Lots of butts in today's puzzle.

11:44 am

It will have had a bright blue flash on its wings

11:44 am

hello all

11:44 am

Bye Judi!

11:45 am

Hi peri

11:45 am

yes! it did!

11:45 am

help with E on bottom row please

11:45 am

Spooky, peri.

11:46 am

Made something last for longer.

11:46 am

have that Bzz, not from the bottom E tho

11:46 am

Haz, is that clue for me?

11:47 am

Try mine! Yes, it's for you. Past tense of a word.

11:47 am

Ata: http://tinyurl.com/5lfrer

11:47 am

not getting your clue Haz

11:48 am

ek4/9

11:48 am

I figured it out, thanks Haz

11:48 am

make the e4/8 pt

11:48 am

yes that was him!!

11:48 am

clue for the i in the left column please

11:48 am

thanks FM

another 4 letter past tense, peri

11:49 am

Cold tea, peri

11:49 am

Descriptive of frozen item. ic4

11:50 am

thanks josh and Haz and Bzz, kept trying icer which is never accepted

11:50 am

and clues for the R in right column please

11:51 am

the last ce6, pretty please?

11:51 am

urf, can't remember which ones come from that r

11:51 am

Peri, get up again and fasten shoes again.

11:51 am

it is my last blank tile

11:51 am

thanks ever so much Haz

11:52 am

ce6 - French for 'absolutely!' Take a vowel from the preceding ce7/32

11:52 am

You're welcome.

11:52 am

still 110 words to find, mailman is here, bbl to find more words

11:53 am

Bye peri.

11:53 am

thanks

11:53 am

second to last ti 5 /10...

11:53 am

please

11:54 am

why aren't ppl asking for the words I need? *grumble grumble*

11:54 am

nm

11:54 am

The last two ti5/10 are anagrams of each other, but you know that already.

11:55 am

thanks I need the tr 9 though no chance of finding that

11:55 am

there's a ti5/10 before those 2?

11:55 am

If somebody asked for st6/30, I'd clue it as being a smelly naked run....

11:56 am

There are two before that, Ata. Think wedding cakes and American wheels.

11:56 am

Or, fatigued American wheels.

11:57 am

aren't the wheels and the cakes the two that are anagrams of each other - the last two?

11:58 am

No, indeed.

11:58 am

There are 5 x ti5 if Im counting correctly

11:58 am

oh how confusing!

11:58 am

ti5/10 - both forms - the strength of a solution.

11:59 am

duh! ty! didn't see those!

11:59 am

And don't forget to plural.

11:59 am

have done :)

11:59 am

tr9 clue anyone?

11:59 am

Good.

12:00 pm

Sorry ruru, can't even think how to start cluing that one

12:00 pm

tr8 - Rearrange three letters that mean decay, follow with a group of singers, but change the last letter so that you end up with a robotic ending.

12:01 pm

Or - tr, plus a three letter Scottish exclamation, end with a robotic ending.

12:03 pm

brb

12:05 pm

Back later - cooking calls!

12:05 pm

Toodles!

12:06 pm

got it. thanks haz.. whew

12:06 pm

could I get help on my last two?

12:06 pm

tr + Scottish lake is a l*** + empty space is a v***

12:07 pm

new at this what do I have to do??

12:07 pm

I got the tr 8 thanks ....figured out haz's clue finally

12:07 pm

road

12:07 pm

back

12:08 pm

Go for it ruru

12:08 pm

sc blue enter the words under the grid in ADD WORD

12:08 pm

te 6/21 the first one?

12:08 pm

nm found it

12:08 pm

god I am acting like peri

12:08 pm

ou7/44?

12:09 pm

lol

12:09 pm

that is my last word too harp...

12:09 pm

ou7/44 anyone?

12:09 pm

i have 14 left

12:10 pm

1st 3 letters sames as the other ou's + last 4 letters of the flower

12:10 pm

not in + greek letter + abc*

12:11 pm

thanks

12:11 pm

te6 words, on either side of the pooch?

12:12 pm

scans the horizon for ruru's fireworks?

12:13 pm

what do you mean by flower?

12:13 pm

there is a flower in the grid an exotic one

12:14 pm

ahhh I get it thank you FM

12:14 pm

done?

12:14 pm

te + color + vowel

12:15 pm

there is a te6 *directly* after the dog?

12:15 pm

the other te6 is 1st 5 letters of the dog + cons

12:16 pm

5 left *flagging*

12:17 pm

nearly there Ata!

12:17 pm

I guess I'm missing a combo from the S

12:18 pm

thanks, 11 to go now, all s's

12:18 pm

threre are 5 x st that all relate to what you do to Sily and Hobbit

12:19 pm

yes.. had to get more coffee..

12:19 pm

aaahhh all the re's done

12:19 pm

got them :D

12:19 pm

Congrats ruru :)

12:19 pm

thanks for you help fm

12:19 pm

your help (and Haz's)

12:19 pm

Ah have you got the si6 7 combo Ata

12:20 pm

yep!

12:21 pm

oooo I know

12:21 pm

I think

12:21 pm

ha! got two of the three

12:21 pm

last guess how about the se7/32 7/28 related ones

12:21 pm

3 left!

12:22 pm

Help for Re 8/50 please?

12:22 pm

had them too :) they were some of my first words this morning!

12:23 pm

to sew again Erda

12:23 pm

Thanks ever so FM

12:23 pm

yw :)

12:24 pm

got to go to work.. good luck everyone...

12:25 pm

st6/24?

12:25 pm

I'm new...when you ask for a word like Re 8/50 what does the 50 mean?

12:25 pm

to sew

12:26 pm

That was for Harp

12:26 pm

oh, i have that, i meant st6/30?

12:26 pm

OH.. I dont have that one either

12:26 pm

mafrost re is the first two letters, 8 is the number of letters, 50 is the number of points

12:26 pm

ty harp

12:27 pm

I hate finding the last few 4s

12:27 pm

another question.. how do you know how many pts there should be?

12:27 pm

read the help section, above, and then angelsong's babble page, below!

12:27 pm

ok..thanks

12:27 pm

st6=to run around in the nude, but with double cons.

12:27 pm

this will 'splain everything

12:27 pm

thanks lol

12:28 pm

appreciate the help

12:28 pm

movieman, you mean with double vowels

12:28 pm

lol Movie!

12:28 pm

sorry, python. you're right!!!!!!!

12:28 pm

and thanks!

12:29 pm

yw dr

12:29 pm

hello all

12:29 pm

firebirds! listless firebirds!

12:30 pm

WOOHOO Ata!

12:30 pm

need help with R in right column, got lots of R clues earlier but not from that R

12:30 pm

Hi Peri- welcome

12:30 pm

yay for you Ata

12:31 pm

Hi everyone.

12:31 pm

i think one is to sew again, peri

12:31 pm

ata, 241 words listless?? Impressive!!

12:31 pm

Anyone seen Herin? Anyone collecting the birthday icons for her? Too late for me to do it...

12:31 pm

and the other is to take a nap

12:31 pm

hello all - yay Ata - you must have enormous patience to go listless on this one

12:32 pm

My monkeys are pretty listless...

12:32 pm

stubbornness!

12:32 pm

have not seen her yet Monkey

12:32 pm

re's from the far right are one of the versions of people who stop working

12:32 pm

WTG Ata, almost missed your fireworks there!

12:32 pm

Yay for Ata!

12:33 pm

And I came back just in time! Congratulations!

12:33 pm

i stand corrected!

12:33 pm

I've been on off and on for 12 hours and haveseen neither hide NOR hair of her. I hope that means she's having a great day out!

12:33 pm

thanks harp but neither of those are from that R

12:33 pm

my last word was ridiculous

12:33 pm

Yay ATA!!!

12:33 pm

Haz, I still need clues for the right R, all the clues I have so far come from other letters

12:33 pm

Just clued 'em, peri.

12:33 pm

there is no L in the grid Ata... LOL

12:34 pm

lol Dr

12:34 pm

Sorry, peri, with so many r words, it's hard to work out which is which.

12:34 pm

Peri, there are about 7 variants of the SAME word and two of them are from that R.

12:34 pm

I have 4 variants so far, will keep looking

12:35 pm

These end with the most common one-who-does ending

12:35 pm

The ones you want are those who have been and not those who did, if you see the diff...

12:36 pm

Phew, got the two re words from the right R, thanks

12:36 pm

its ok Haz, I got them

12:37 pm

I went through my insurance policy with a critical eye today, by the way. Fopund that they cover "movement advice". Half a day on the phone later, turns out a fitness center will call me within a few days and set me up an appointment for exercise training based around not overworking my injuries and losing weigh. Cool!

12:38 pm

WeighT. Losing weigh is what happens in the doldrums. Sorry.

12:39 pm

clue for the h plz

12:39 pm

Made an appointment with an accupuncturist too for my 500 Euros worth of alternative therapy. They wantto play hard ball over the physiotherapy, fine-- I will uncover and use everything I am entitled to. I think that includes someone to clean my house while my back is so bad.

12:40 pm

hu + adj ending, to make a Latin word.

12:40 pm

It's a babblet, MM. Hu4/7

12:40 pm

ty vic n' monkey

12:41 pm

Sadly my BMI is just 3% lower than required for them to send me to a weight loss clinic... I opted to just keep losing instead of gaining 3% to make them pay for it.

12:42 pm

Wish I'd noticed that a few months ago, though.

12:49 pm

hi all

12:50 pm

Well hello Kate - have not seen you in ages - you all OK??

12:50 pm

Hello! I think I chased everyone off.

12:51 pm

yeah good thanks ursh, how about you?

12:51 pm

Not bad Kate - not been my best year - but I will survive

12:52 pm

Have prob missed you - often wonder if you settled in Canada and if the kids and you are happy there

12:52 pm

oh dear, nothing too bad I hope

12:53 pm

We're really enjoying it here, a bit short on money but everything else is going great

12:54 pm

Oh well dont know anybody in the world who is not a bit short on money - glad you have settled

12:55 pm

and nothing too serious here Kate just normal "adult children" dramas - life is tough today for couples raising kids

12:56 pm

that's true enough

12:56 pm

68 left, bbl

12:56 pm

bye peri

12:57 pm

help with the re/9 anyone, please

12:57 pm

dont have yet dromano - sorry

1:06 pm

the re/9 is driving me nutty!

1:06 pm

I don't have any 9s yet

1:09 pm

re9 is to infer a previous state from info about the present state of things according to nDanlia earlier...and no, I didn't get it yet either

1:10 pm

stupid i guess, but i don't understand it

1:11 pm

re9 is a re5/10 + first part of book with definitions in it.

1:11 pm

ty, vioxx, i have spent 45 minutes trying for that one word

1:11 pm

ty, vioxx, i have spent 45 minutes trying for that one word

hey and hugggggggssssssssss my babble family - hope all of you are well

:o( - isn't anyone going to say hey to me

?

1:28 pm

hi nance

don't y'all make me cry

1:28 pm

hi nance

1:28 pm

Hi Nance (and everyone else)

1:28 pm

hi nance, sorry, absorbed in the grid

1:28 pm

Just popped back in myself

hey wild, pythonx, cad, kthdsn

i just felt lonely there for a minute

wb cad

1:30 pm

I'm struggling with the Rs in the right column, I can't fathom how there can be any

sorry for sounding so pitiful today - i must snap out of that, huh?

who has icons that relate to today's grid?

besides me

1:33 pm

I don't change my icon any more, I'm not here enough to keep up and I love my icon too much!

i don't blame you kthdsn - he's eye candy

1:37 pm

kate - i think the re5/10 comes from that r - re***active

thank you & hey ursh

1:39 pm

if you mean the re5/10 that's in the re9 then I have that one but it's from the R beside it

1:40 pm

re6 and re4 from the far right R

1:40 pm

thanks wildcat that might help

1:40 pm

yw

1:41 pm

Am having early night with good book here - cu all tomorrow and hope to cu again soon kate - night all

1:42 pm

bye ursh

1:42 pm

bye ursh, enjoy your book

1:50 pm

can nayone help with do/9 and do/8

1:51 pm

dro---do 8 and 9----old folks who do not walk steadily

1:51 pm

ty, got it

1:51 pm

yw

1:51 pm

ty annie

1:52 pm

hi kth....canada treating you well? I hope

1:52 pm

I'm still totally stuck on the right hand R

1:52 pm

yes thanks annie, it's getting pretty cold though

1:53 pm

dont have a R in the right hand side either

1:53 pm

Hello

1:53 pm

AD 6/27 please?

1:54 pm

mlf....someone on drugs

1:54 pm

tye Annie now why didnt i see that lol

1:54 pm

the st's are a pain, huh

1:55 pm

AO?

1:55 pm

Sharon must be why i only have 3 of them huh lol?

1:57 pm

co 6/7 combo at the beginning?

1:58 pm

nm, got it

1:58 pm

can you clue it bichon?

1:59 pm

let me think

1:59 pm

starts with an Atlantic fish + a German pronoun

1:59 pm

c+ the od 5/14...strange

2:01 pm

got them ty

2:01 pm

yw

2:01 pm

:)

2:01 pm

Karys do you have a clue for the AD 6/27?

2:01 pm

and ty bichon as well

2:02 pm

ad 6 is someone who really likes something or someone

2:02 pm

yes MLF...what we all are to babble...(can't leave it alone !)...

hey to all i missed entering - i was on a brb without saying brb - the nerve of me - lol

2:03 pm

hi all...lunch time...

2:03 pm

well I didn't say 'hello' either, .... just drifted in

2:03 pm

have I missed all the good clues?

2:03 pm

oh oops i had that sorry ty

2:03 pm

HI pinik

2:04 pm

HI nance LTNS

2:04 pm

I will help if I can pini...finished here

2:04 pm

Pinik scroll theirs not that many i havent been here that long lol

2:04 pm

AO 6?

2:05 pm

Scrolling complete...didn't get the do8, 9 clue...

2:05 pm

ao+ the joint between hand and arm minus first letter !

2:05 pm

I'm not here for very long, Karys, but will see what I can glean from clueing (havin't gone to list yet)

2:06 pm

do8/55.... little old ladies and little old men that dither about

2:06 pm

Karys can we try again i have no idea

2:07 pm

yep, karys, that's the clue I don't get...

2:07 pm

Pini i dont get either clue i was just given that being one of the. DO 8

2:08 pm

MLF. think of the joint between hand and arm... take off the first letter, and put on the ao

2:08 pm

Pini....uses the double cons a lot.. not the 't', the other double !

2:09 pm

theirs no B in the grid

2:09 pm

got that one, karys

2:09 pm

I'm STILL stuck on the right hand Rs, can you clue me karys?

2:09 pm

got the ao and do's...thanks!

2:10 pm

ok, which one are we short of now ?

2:10 pm

wrong joint, mlf

2:10 pm

oh good...niether !!

2:10 pm

GOT IT

2:10 pm

AO word

2:10 pm

what do the other 9's start with (have the DO now)

2:10 pm

well done MLF

2:10 pm

wtg, mlf!

2:11 pm

re9/66 and de9/60

2:11 pm

sorry kath...not sure which ones are the right hand one !

2:11 pm

lol thanks went down to far on the arm lol

2:12 pm

I musthave short arms

2:12 pm

can I have a clue for the R in the first column?

2:12 pm

there isn't an R in the first column

2:13 pm

the R in the column all the way on the right side

2:13 pm

Annie, you could if I knew which one it was

2:13 pm

if only I had one there, annie!

2:13 pm

de9/60 plural your rear end

2:13 pm

i just got the RE 8/40

2:13 pm

annie I'm stuck on those too

2:14 pm

well done MLF !!!

2:14 pm

THere are 2 of those MLF

2:14 pm

woo I have all the 9s

2:14 pm

karys, tile stats say 2 words from that R....I would be happy with either one or both

2:14 pm

I think one might be to do up your laces again

2:14 pm

i have ben trying to spell any form of that DE 9 and cant do it lol

2:14 pm

I think I know the rear end word, but don't know how to spell it!!! (or at least the spelling I though it was is not in the grid)

2:15 pm

de 9 uses double consonant

2:15 pm

but then again it could be ther other 'r' couldn't it

2:15 pm

Google French backside

2:15 pm

and don't forget the e on the end

2:15 pm

ty Cadfan one is better then none lol

2:15 pm

I think those Rs are the people who have given up work because of old age - at let 6 related words

2:15 pm

hi haz

2:15 pm

thanks karys, now I have one of those R's

2:15 pm

oooh...here's Haz now, she'll help !!

2:15 pm

let = least

2:16 pm

hello everyone

2:16 pm

Hello there! How's the baby doing, Karys?

2:16 pm

Hi lynxxx

2:16 pm

hi Haz and lynxxxie

2:16 pm

got the RE!!!

2:16 pm

x=

2:17 pm

oh dear, not I dont

2:17 pm

Mostly doing well, thank you Haz, it's the mother I am having a problem with !

2:17 pm

oh thank you lynxx you were right

2:17 pm

have the 9's and 12 of the 8's

2:17 pm

I now have 7 of those words :)

2:17 pm

doing better than I am!

2:18 pm

and I've got the De!!! (I've spelled it wrong all my life!)

2:19 pm

Go figure!

2:19 pm

TY Kth - just got the last one

2:19 pm

Karys, just seen your post now - mum not too happy?

2:20 pm

crud...I only have 2 9's....de and do...what do the other 2 start with?

2:20 pm

Does anyone know how long the H word is?

2:21 pm

I don't...

2:21 pm

it is an hu4

2:21 pm

hu4/7

2:21 pm

Thank you. :)

2:21 pm

it ends right below where it starts

2:21 pm

Lack of confidence mostly I think, she is a lot more dependant on me than I had thought she would be, after all the foster babies she was involved with I expected it all to have rubbedoff, which of course, it hasn't, being her own baby and her first !

2:21 pm

got it!

2:22 pm

9's = de, do, ___, ___

2:22 pm

( now there's a good word...'rubbedoff'..!

2:22 pm

re9/66

2:23 pm

Oh, poor girl. I'm sure you're doing all you can to help without letting her feel that you do it better than her. It takes a while to settle into motherhood, doesn't it?

2:23 pm

does it also have to do with the "old folks", karys?

2:23 pm

no pini...Haz has a brilliant clue for it !!

2:24 pm

* waiting patiently * ;)

2:24 pm

cue Haz !

2:24 pm

re9 - combine the backward looking re5/10 with the first letters of a book that defines words.

2:24 pm

there you go...... told you !

2:24 pm

(I didn't want to jump in when it was Karys who had been asked)

2:25 pm

oh, crud, I don't have an re5/10 yet...will hunt for it first!

2:25 pm

but I already had clued it to someone using your name Haz !

2:25 pm

re5/10 fashion looks to inspiration from the past, if that helps.

2:25 pm

touche, haz! thx!

2:26 pm

That's kind of you Karys.

2:26 pm

and they did say thank you

2:26 pm

Glad it helped, Pini.

2:26 pm

Does your daughter live close by, Karys?

2:26 pm

well...got the re5 anyway...

2:26 pm

...trying to expand it now! ;)

2:27 pm

You'll get there.

2:27 pm

BINGO!

2:27 pm

found it!

2:27 pm

Well done.

2:27 pm

And back to the babe, you are right Haz, I have to keep saying ' well, if it were me, I would.......), they live about 10 to 15 mins away.

back once again without saying brb - my grandsons are here, so i'm suree it won't be the last time - ll

lol @ BINGO

lol not ll

2:28 pm

hi nance...

2:29 pm

...what? we're not playing a game with letters and numbers????

2:29 pm

hello Grandsons !!!

2:29 pm

That makes it easier for her to call on you - I'm sure it will all work out fine, although they have al sorts of new-fangled ideas these days.

2:30 pm

For the RE 9 am i adding to the end fo the RE 5?

2:30 pm

I know, it changes every month or so, but she is getting more confident as we go on and I am trying to encourage her to use her instincts.

2:30 pm

Karys...I found that when helping my daughter with her little one, it went over better when I said something like, "I'm not sure, but you might try this..."

2:30 pm

yes, mlf

2:31 pm

Yes pini...it's just finding the right words... but then, it's been the same most of their lives hasn't it ?

2:31 pm

...it seemed to take the "you're doing it wrong, do it my way" that she seemed to be hearing.

2:31 pm

Has the colic settled down?

2:31 pm

Oh, yes, definitely, karyes!

2:31 pm

-e

hey pinik

2:32 pm

yes, 'm?

2:32 pm

It's a lot better I think Haz... but he's a boy, they just like to whinge and be cuddled !!

2:32 pm

lol pini

not that my icon clue was difficult, but did y'all get the word for it?

2:32 pm

I only had girls!

2:33 pm

hmmmm...thinking nance...

2:33 pm

I only had girls, too...

2:33 pm

...and 1 GD so far

2:34 pm

I know, you will have the special feeling from your daughter's babes

2:34 pm

oh, shoot...I need to change my icon!

2:34 pm

nance - put the first two letters and points values in your profile. I'm stumped.

2:34 pm

105 words down i am out of here POOF

okey dokey

2:34 pm

It is different from the feelings for the babes of the boys

2:35 pm

Hopefully it'll be a few years yet!

2:36 pm

Well Clare is 34... so......

2:36 pm

updated! ;)

2:37 pm

She'll have had that ghastly title 'Elderly primegravida'

2:37 pm

I see 2 seahorses, nance...is that the clue?

2:37 pm

nance....does it begin with e ?

2:37 pm

nance....does it begin with e ?

2:37 pm

ooooooh!

okey dokey - i did it

2:37 pm

got it!

let me know if i need to do better than i did ok?

nopers st

2:38 pm

No...you did great!!! ;)

2:38 pm

I need to get back to work though...been fun all...see you 2nyte ;) happy hunting!

it's what makes the clue plural

2:38 pm

got it now....!

bye pinik - tc & hb

2:39 pm

enjoy your day pini

yay y'all

i only have 196 left to locate - LOL

2:40 pm

not so many if yousay it quickly !

lol

i must let y'all know that my life is taking a turn for the better - hubby has depression (hereditary) & with new meds, he is doing wonderful.

2:42 pm

nancy, that's really wonderful

2:42 pm

That's good to hear, nance.

2:42 pm

Oh nance, that is good news, I ope all continues to be well for ou both !!

2:43 pm

need clue for ad 6 27?

2:43 pm

oops....keep losing letters !

2:43 pm

fantastic Nance!

2:43 pm

if you can't do without it, you're an ad****

thank you une & haz - it's been 20 years of trial & error & i finally feel like i have my mate back - before he was unable to give me any support at all in our lives.

2:44 pm

ty

2:44 pm

ad 5 12?

2:44 pm

Make sure he keeps taking the drugs, nance. He's probably relieved to be feeling more like himself again.

2:44 pm

what an ordeal, nance . . . but once you find the right meds, the clouds truly lift!

2:44 pm

that's a long time nance.... hope it's your time now !

2:44 pm

ad5/12 like very much

i love y'all - you are so supportive & caring

2:45 pm

say, nance, are you getting some good rain today?

2:45 pm

We are and I'm thrilled!

it sure is karys - i hope that i can get my confidence back in him & get him to help me. He is doing really well.

2:46 pm

It's easy to see that Une doesn't live anywhere near Britain.

2:46 pm

Une... wish we could give you some of ours, although we have had a nice day today

2:46 pm

Haz, we've been battling a serious drought for 2 years now so any wet stuff is terrific!

2:46 pm

Nance...it will be like being togther for the first time all over again !!!

yes were are beginning to get some sprinkles - by the looks of the doppler, we are in for some heavy rain.

2:47 pm

We are talking about going to Stage 3 restrictions which means no outside watering at all...so send some over here please

2:47 pm

It just shows how different our lives are, doesn't it? With us a drought is declared after about 6 weeks of no rain!

2:47 pm

6 weeks, Haz...more like 6 days !

2:48 pm

we've had nice off and on rain all day and everything is soooo GREEN!

2:48 pm

I thought I'd use understatement.

2:48 pm

and does it all smell nice Une ?

i know karys - we were high school sweethearts & his depression began in 1982 - 10 years after we were married. it has been that long before someone has been able to help him.

2:48 pm

Don't talk to me about green. The amount of moss we have at the minute is ridiculous!

2:49 pm

Thoughts will be with you Nance.... you are making me smile as we talk !... please give him good wishes

2:50 pm

At least it's not as bad as last year . . . there were lakes that were so low, archeologists came in to stand "in the lake" and study the various tiers uncovered in the banks

2:50 pm

mkg ad6 and 7 - 0ne who ad5 and pl

i'm so happy to have been introduced to y'all - what a great place where i found caring friends.

2:50 pm

PB Une for ti5/10....

i sure will & i smiled back atcha karys thank you

2:51 pm

oops!!

2:51 pm

ty got the ad s

2:51 pm

:)

2:51 pm

done with ad words. by for now. back later.

2:51 pm

evening everyone :-)

2:52 pm

Hello Katie!

2:52 pm

hi Katie

2:52 pm

It was anice grid today

2:53 pm

Hi all.....clue please for tr8/55 please?

2:54 pm

Hello Flask - tr, three letters for Scottish exclamation, finish with robotic ending

2:54 pm

Hi Flask

2:54 pm

Hello, folks!

2:54 pm

Hello Vicuna

2:55 pm

still laughing about the puppy and donkey story from yesterday

2:55 pm

hi all. I've come to avoid the trauma of the Hamiltons

2:55 pm

hello everyone. does anyone have a clue for the H?

2:55 pm

Sorry Haz...am not getting it!

2:56 pm

Hello. Here avoidance is our speciality.

2:56 pm

The hamiltons?

2:56 pm

hu + adj ending to make a Latin word

2:56 pm

Okay, try three letters of decay rearranged, follow it with a group of singers but change the last consonant (last three letters are the robot ending)

2:56 pm

neil and christine hamilton *shudders*

2:57 pm

What are they on?

2:57 pm

Oh Katie - the puppy woman? Apparently the card hadn't just been signed by people - messages of support as well.

2:57 pm

some awful programme about most annoying couples. he is describing her butt crack

2:58 pm

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2:58 pm

exactly

2:58 pm

Support for the puppy or the woman?

2:58 pm

Yes indeedy.

2:59 pm

Haz - laughing again, I am indeed and evil person, at least in the confessional prayers this week I won't be scratting round for what to pray about

2:59 pm

Support for the puppy, of course. Apparently she was a regular at the surgery until a few years ago. She used to write poetry for the vet after every visit.

2:59 pm

sorry not getting the H

2:59 pm

Wow! That's spectacular!

3:00 pm

That and the ashes of the cat being enough for a donkey has kept me going through a long day :-)

3:00 pm

There once was a vet from...

3:00 pm

She took her custom elsewhere when the vet refused to do an operation on a very elderly dog - a nasty letter came instead. The vet who dealt with the puppy isn't sure which is going to be worse, a poem from her or a letter.

3:00 pm

a poem

guess who was on brb without saying brb? my crazy old self - lol

3:00 pm

the poem they kept coming at least the letter was only once

3:01 pm

That's what I think as well, Ata. It means she'll be back.

3:01 pm

got ice cream... back in a bit !!

yummy - ok & hb

3:01 pm

oh very crazy

3:01 pm

*waiting for vic's next line*

3:01 pm

but very funny ata

3:02 pm

Did I ever tell you about the grateful owners of a Chinese restaurant in the town?

3:02 pm

But I don't know where's he's from!

3:02 pm

dare I ask?

3:02 pm

no!!!

3:03 pm

One of our younger vets assisted at the whelping of their Dobermann bitch. They were so pleased that they insisted on inviting him and his girlfriend for a free meal.

3:03 pm

All was going fine until the owners brought out the box with all the puppies to let them see how well they were progressing..

3:04 pm

(The suspense is killing me!)

3:04 pm

There was a young vet from Ballymena Who had a very long weiner

3:04 pm

. . .dog

3:04 pm

blue from holding breath

3:05 pm

This was in the middle of a busy Chinese restaurant.

3:05 pm

Atalante gave a shout, "Please wave it about!" And the poem got even obscener!

ut o - weiner talk - lol

3:05 pm

Lol ata & vic

3:05 pm

lol Vi

3:05 pm

lmao Vi

3:05 pm

hmmmm vet practice over a meal

3:06 pm

hi folks!

am i the only member here that misses tangleword?

3:06 pm

Hello, k21eyes.

3:07 pm

I loved tagleword

hey 21

3:07 pm

at least the restaurant didn't say they'd used a puppy in the dinner

3:07 pm

Haz, I am having lovely visions of puppies getting loose and running rampant.

me too darn it

lol vic

3:07 pm

went into wothdrawls

3:07 pm

I'm more worried that the other people thought they were choosing their dinner :-)

do y'all every watch the Dog Whisperer on natgeo/com?

3:08 pm

lol yes Katie

3:08 pm

I know. 'Something not from the menu'

3:08 pm

Would they prepare it at the table like some of those chefs do?

ever - not every - typo - sorry

3:08 pm

once in a bit Nance

3:08 pm

He was on an episode of bones the other week

3:09 pm

nice ice cream.... back now

i saw that - i really like him

3:09 pm

That's right, Karys. Mention ice-cream at every opportunity.

3:09 pm

oops...sorry !

3:09 pm

ice cream? good point. brb

he has back to back hour shows on natgeo at 2p & 3p EDT

kk

careful of the brain freeze

3:10 pm

(it was nice though, I don't usually like ice cream very much )

3:10 pm

You see what you've started?

3:10 pm

we have it over hear on sky but I have never watched it

3:10 pm

enough with the icecream!!!

3:11 pm

I do have some ice-cream. Not much left in the carton. It would be a shame to neglect it, wouldn't it?

3:11 pm

mmmmm.... ice cream....

3:11 pm

Well, it's Friday night...indulgent night, here on my own !

3:11 pm

There you are Haz....indulgent night for you too

3:12 pm

meh

3:12 pm

I have soya icecream - if I close my eyes and try really really hard I may think that it is haagen daas?

3:12 pm

Well, if you're on your own.... I'm on my own as well. Nobody need know.

3:12 pm

or Ben & Jerry's Katie

3:13 pm

You must have a powerful imagination, Katie.

3:13 pm

I'll wait until the wine kicks in ;-)

3:13 pm

Soy ice cream is for weevils.

3:14 pm

That'll be later, when I watch QI

3:14 pm

Will the ice-cream not curdle if you mix it with wine?

3:14 pm

the wine, I mean !

3:14 pm

(To be honest, I don't think I've ever had it. I suppose it *might* be good.)

3:14 pm

Or is it so far removed from anything dairy as to defy curdling?

3:14 pm

can't eat the real stuff, it's like decaf coffee, after a while you forget what the real thing tastes like

did the brb slacking again -- so sorry

3:15 pm

'Tis better that way.

3:15 pm

Karys, have you been watching Stephen Fry in America?

3:15 pm

I know what that's like. I'm a type II diabetix\c. To me diet soda tastes likethe real thing

3:15 pm

nance - it's okay, really. Nobody is expected to report their every move.

3:15 pm

*diabetic

3:15 pm

Actually the milk curdles to the icecream might as well, but I had 5 years with no icecream so I actually quite like it, the excitement I had when they branched out into neopolitan was really quite sad

3:15 pm

No, Haz... was meaning too, just so many things got in the way

3:16 pm

awww katie you have my sympathies

3:16 pm

I can't have milk either

3:16 pm

LOL Katie

3:16 pm

It's very good, Karys - I think it's repeated later in the week. He has a fine turn of phrase.

3:16 pm

How will the dairy industry survive with all these non-milk drinkers?

3:17 pm

He has indeed, I really enjoy him, I have managed to get bits of it

3:17 pm

I'm lucky wild I can have normal cheese now so progress indeed, I really missed brie cheese.

3:17 pm

I drink loads of milk... and cheese, and ice cream, and yoghurt. So I'll keep them in business.

3:17 pm

good for you

3:17 pm

thanks vic

3:17 pm

thanks vic

3:17 pm

i also had to go teetotal for 18 months so things are much better now

3:17 pm

I couldn't live without dairy

3:18 pm

oh my

3:18 pm

Sorry to rub it in, wildcat! I was just trying to quiet Haz's concern!

3:18 pm

Not bothered about milk, but cheese, now, there's another thing .....

3:18 pm

That's a relief. I'd hate to think all those cows were ruminating and lactating for nothing.

3:18 pm

it's ok vic ... I live with milk-drinkers

3:18 pm

I can handle it

3:19 pm

I can live without cheese if I really have to, but milk is a necessity

3:19 pm

No dairy, no caffine, no alcohol, had to cut out wheat for a while but that was the first thing I reintroduced.

3:19 pm

I shouldn't have wine either, but some things are hard to give up

3:19 pm

so I get sick every time I have it

3:20 pm

Was this for dietary reasons, Katie, or were you just feeling like being a martyr?

3:21 pm

I had a good friend who loved chocolate more than anything in the world, and was allergic to it. It was absolutely tragic, just like Romeo and Juliet.

3:21 pm

I had IBS which is now undercontrol but at times of stress it kicks off again. The dairy, alcohol and caffine are trigger foods, so I'm not intollerant but they don't help if I am ill. Ice cream is a complete non starter no matter how well I am.

3:21 pm

me too Katie

3:22 pm

Well, then you're right to keep things under control, Katie. Keep eating the soya ice-cream!

3:22 pm

what did you find to be the biggest help Katie?

3:22 pm

the test I had to go through!! and then it was just 'well llive with it' which at the time (when I was obviously very stressed) wasn't as helpful as it could me

3:22 pm

shall you be watching Stephen Fry tonight Haz ?

3:22 pm

My family wild

3:23 pm

I'll have to have a look at the schedule. I usually help to solve lots of crime on a Friday night.

3:24 pm

does spangle help sniffing out clues?

3:24 pm

Oh look. I may have to miss Katie and Peter, the next chapter. What a shame.

3:24 pm

I was just interested in the 'fine turn of phrase' !

3:24 pm

I know that sounds soppy but for example Christmas two years ago my Mum searched for soya icecream on the internet and then sourced a store locally where she could buy it (phoning loads of shops to do this) all so I could have some with my Christmas dinner. It's hard to be stressed when someone loves you so much

3:24 pm

awwwww (I'm tearing up)

3:25 pm

awwwwwwww

3:25 pm

That's lovely, Katie.

3:25 pm

That's Mum's for you !

3:25 pm

Haz I'm surprised that you don't automatically record katie and peter, such classy viewing

3:25 pm

aren't Mums lovely

3:26 pm

gotta go bbl

3:26 pm

Classy - there's a word you can't use for those two.

bye & hb wild

3:26 pm

brilliant line on have I got news for you ... talking about Paul McCartney's waxwork head being found by a homeless guy on a train

3:27 pm

Only draw back now is when I am ill I automatically get an upset tummy, and if I have an upset tummy my boss (who I worked with when I was really ill) thinks I am stressed. I think we are getting there on the understanding

3:27 pm

"Not the first time he's been picked up by a tramp and ended up giving them lots of money!

3:27 pm

I'm watching that too Ata, what a dreadful waxwork!!

3:27 pm

LOL Ata !!!

3:27 pm

ROFL Ata

3:27 pm

Oooh. Who COULD they have been talking about?

3:28 pm

Great scrabble joke with the letters

3:28 pm

You mean you can't guess Haz ?

3:28 pm

I love this programme

3:29 pm

Oh I can guess alright.

3:29 pm

Haz has a mind of such pure refinement that speculation on this topic is impossible for her.

3:29 pm

Or maybe not.

3:29 pm

Who do you think they were talking about in this poem - clue - Paul McCartney and ?

3:30 pm

There is a great photo of katie (of katie & peter)i n heat this week it seems Jordon is back!

3:30 pm

Talk amongst yourselves while I try to remember it.

3:30 pm

who is Alexander Armstrong? what does he do?

3:31 pm

He's an actor who does comedy too Ata

3:31 pm

apart from host HIGNFY

3:31 pm

They lay upon the riverbank, he filled her ear with kisses, he undid her suspender belt, her leg fell in the river.

3:31 pm

ROFL!!!!!!!!

3:31 pm

He was n that thing that was a bit like 'Friends'

3:31 pm

LMAO

3:32 pm

Cold Feet?

3:33 pm

I have never watched 'Little Britain'

3:33 pm

I think that was it Katie...thank you

3:33 pm

it can be funny

3:33 pm

I am being spoken at - BBL after walk

3:33 pm

Neither have I I just turned it over!!

3:33 pm

yay stew!

3:33 pm

Nor have I, Karys, the trailers don't do anything for me.

3:34 pm

Me neither.... but it has a big following

3:34 pm

it was the granny who kept weeing, I disapproved so much I felt like a prude

3:35 pm

anyone find any of the 9 letter words?

do9

3:36 pm

Have some Prude Pride, Katie. The world needs more prudes! lol

3:36 pm

I'd have been a disapproving prude right along with you.

3:37 pm

me too... and I hate bad language... I don't see the point. My Dad always said it was a sign of a small mind, not being able to find the more appropriate word.

3:38 pm

jamie swore quite a lot in Ministry of Food, it just seemed so unneccesary

3:39 pm

And it would appear his Mum agreed Katie !

3:39 pm

There's beginning to be a backlash against the use of bad language just for its own sake. Comedians who rely on repeating one word and its variations are just lazy. And yes, Ata's friend Jamie has attracted a lot of criticism for his bad language.

3:39 pm

jamie is a fake with his language and accent

3:39 pm

do 9?

3:40 pm

I've never heard of any such backlash occurring in the US, I'm afraid.

3:40 pm

Those who are shaky of mind and body.

3:40 pm

I would not watch Jonathan Ross last week, because I knew it would be all swearing.

3:40 pm

(do9 that is)

3:40 pm

Gordon Ramsey is annoying

3:41 pm

I agree, Karys, plus he doesn't so much interview people as allow them to be on the same stage as him.

3:41 pm

( or it could have been the week before )

3:41 pm

There wouldn't be a backlash in the US, would there? Seeing as how their IQ average is incredibly low.

3:41 pm

Yet, he seems to be an intelligent man !

3:41 pm

I'm now on that ata I'm watching to see if Chris Moyles is on as he has my Mum's friends daughter round to dinner and couldn't decide if he was going to go on or not

3:42 pm

Well, mockers, there are certainly some cultural differences, and areas of appalling ignorance and/or lack of interest, but I'm not sure that's the same thing as low IQ which is, after all, a measure only of how well one scores on an IQ test.

3:43 pm

I wonder if they think we watch them more because of the swear words.

3:43 pm

mockers are you from the USA?

3:43 pm

I think they think its trendy and cool

3:43 pm

Actually Gordon hasn't sworn much yet

3:44 pm

Yet...

3:44 pm

he does

i think my brain stopped working. :-S

3:44 pm

Unfortunately the majority vote put an idiot like George Bush in office... which is pretty much a reliable reflection on US intelligence quotient.

3:44 pm

and blair and brown are btter?

3:44 pm

gordon can't exist without swearing

3:44 pm

shush mockers we have a halfwit in office too

3:44 pm

This isn't zenmed in disguise?

3:45 pm

I thought one of the big issues with the US elections is that the preseident wasn't deided by a majority vote?

3:45 pm

no, because I'd beEVIL

3:45 pm

Be smug Atalante and we'll know for sure.

3:45 pm

And you have all those American idiots that are supporting McBush (MCcain...). Voting their VALUES instead of ISSUES...

3:45 pm

It is rather depressing, that's true, mockers. I'm just not sure that this sort of poor leader-choosing is unique to the US.

3:45 pm

*SMUG*

3:46 pm

And yes, you're right, Ata. Technically it isn't really what the majority of voters vote for, it's the electoral college nonsense.

3:46 pm

Try being smugger.

3:46 pm

nah, not Zenmed

3:46 pm

ok. I'm horribly smug still because my book has been published. *SMUG*

3:46 pm

Can I be the smuggest of the lot?

3:47 pm

Is this the smuggest you've ever been, do you think, Ata?

3:47 pm

no! that's my job! :P

3:47 pm

It's a smug-off!

3:47 pm

um ... maybe ...

3:47 pm

Why, what do you have to be smug about, Katie?

3:47 pm

*desperately thinking*

3:48 pm

I live on a tropical island paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. *SMUG*

3:48 pm

It has to be better than having a book published.

3:48 pm

ahhh one of the managers at work said my paper was one of the best he had ever read :-)

3:48 pm

Uh oh, I think the big money's on Ata for the Queen of Smug.

3:48 pm

Oh, that's good! Pay rise?

3:48 pm

Odds get better for Katie...

3:49 pm

ANd Haz to the PB!

3:49 pm

Oh I wish, they said 'isn't she good' whilst paying me at the band lower!!

3:49 pm

And I was doing so well. Not smug.

3:49 pm

(And me skating awfully close, but getting by on a technicality.)

3:49 pm

I've had a paper published in the best scientific journal in the world

3:49 pm

On the bright side I'm half way to getting the £19m I need for my project

3:50 pm

I've had papers published in Estates Gazette if that counts

3:50 pm

And Ata once again secures her title of Supreme Smug!

3:50 pm

Only 19 million?

3:50 pm

I think I have the best.... I get to retire in 7 weeks exactly !!!!

3:50 pm

I've had letters published in the Ballymena Times.

3:51 pm

You should really go to PB, but congratulations Karys!

3:51 pm

and then I can do exactly as I wish !!!

3:51 pm

Karys wins the smuggness test, Haz comes close with the Ballymena Times

3:51 pm

oops

3:51 pm

Did I mention I own the island? *SMUG*

3:51 pm

Oh no, mockers is making a play for the title!!!

3:51 pm

But which island is it?

3:52 pm

It's not Richard Branson, is it? He's pretty smug.

3:52 pm

Or Donald Trump? That hair wipes out any smug.

3:52 pm

Haz.... I have got to the 'I Shall Wear Purple' stage... so I don't care !

3:52 pm

lmao

3:52 pm

Are you kidding, Haz? You've GOT to be smug to be willing to let people see you with hair like that!

3:53 pm

I don't think he's so much smug as misguided.

3:53 pm

I acquired it from the Phillipines. It was uninhabited.

3:53 pm

Turmp has no possibility of being smug about his hair

3:54 pm

My boss bought me 'I shall wear purple' five years ago when she thought I was repressed by my ex. She was right I now wear purple :-) very happy memories

3:54 pm

Interesting... That's not bad, mockers. Not bad at all... But I think you need at least a Calaban or two.

3:54 pm

Hello ruru - the voice of reason has arrived.

3:54 pm

was or is mockers

3:54 pm

I used to live on one of those too. I was one of the first to live on a previously deserted Phillipines island

3:54 pm

It's inhabited by me and my family, now.

3:55 pm

Hi all......clue please for the FIRST st5/12 please?

3:55 pm

brb

3:55 pm

brb

3:55 pm

There's not even evidence of human habitation. :D

3:55 pm

however some New Yorker did try once to perform CPR on Trump hair..

3:55 pm

st5/12 - describes a place inhabited by pig houses?

3:55 pm

Well... not until I got there.

3:55 pm

(Notice Ata making sure mockers can't get any island smug points without Ata getting some, too. Very saavy at the smug game, our Ata is.)

3:55 pm

Going to watch QI...back later I hope

3:56 pm

See you later, Karys. Enjoy!

3:56 pm

well yes :D

3:56 pm

Bye, Karys! Stay prudish!

3:56 pm

thanks Haz!

3:56 pm

You're welcome.

3:56 pm

I installed a complete solar system, water filtration, and septic.

3:57 pm

a complete solar system!

3:57 pm

Satellite internet and television as well.

3:57 pm

whereabouts in the Philippines is this?

3:57 pm

solar power

3:57 pm

wow are you AL Gore?

3:57 pm

How many planets does your solar system have?

3:57 pm

he did the internet too

3:57 pm

Do you have a shielded room, though?

3:57 pm

LMAO haz

3:57 pm

I might have spelled that wrong... I'm poorly nursing a hangover

3:58 pm

lol, mockers! Maybe yours are all dwarf planets.

3:58 pm

Haha none of my investments were in Real Estate, so they weren't touched by the bailout.

3:58 pm

NO natives to have their language rescued.

3:58 pm

why would the bailout affect you on a remote island?

3:59 pm

that's a shame

3:59 pm

I could see why someone named mockers could be smug...

4:01 pm

or8 please

4:01 pm

Quickly Vicuna, show your icon.

4:01 pm

Oh, bubba, my icon is the or8 clue.

4:02 pm

Ah, found a 9 letter word. :D

man; am i ever busy with these grandsons of mine - lol - can't help but love them tho

4:03 pm

That's what they're there for.

4:03 pm

Hi all, I'm back with 125 words left

4:03 pm

I can't wait to have grandkids. You can give them back!

4:04 pm

I'm back with 184 word left but a full glass of galio wine :-)

4:04 pm

I have to go figure out how to feed the hungry inhabitants of my island tonight. Back in a bit.

4:04 pm

See you later, Vicuna.

4:05 pm

I like to think of my house as an island of insanity in a sane world :-)

4:05 pm

And that's after just one glass of wine.

4:05 pm

byeee vi

4:05 pm

Thanks Vic, figured it out

4:05 pm

It was a big glass Haz :-)

4:06 pm

bye vic

4:06 pm

We now have glasses you can fit a whole bottle of wine in, hubby's b'day pressie which he was very pleased with

4:06 pm

my kind a gal

4:06 pm

We'll watch with interest to see how well your typing keeps up under alcoholic attack.

4:06 pm

oh fab!

4:08 pm

it's bad enough to begin with

4:08 pm

back for more clues.

4:09 pm

you're giving more clues? nice!

4:12 pm

my last word, ou7,44 please

ok - i have to act like a tree & leave - i am making Manwich Sandwich for my crew - y'all be sweet & i should be back shortly. bye sweeties

brb

4:12 pm

Bye nance

4:13 pm

ou7/44 - the usual first three letters, then a young person, minus a consonant

4:13 pm

bye nance

4:14 pm

thanks haz that's an odd one

4:14 pm

Thanks Haz, finished!!!

4:14 pm

You're welcome - congratulations bubba!

4:14 pm

do all the Os from the top start with those 3 letters?

4:14 pm

171 left

4:15 pm

Yes, kth, they do.

4:15 pm

all of the ou's do start with the same three letters

4:15 pm

I think I'm going to start a group "Clues are a privilege, not a right"

4:15 pm

What sort of music will you play, Ata?

4:16 pm

Madrigals, the odd concerto?

4:16 pm

um. I don't know. Paul McCartney?

4:17 pm

Oh yes, he'd be good. Although I think his voice isn't as good as it used to be.

4:17 pm

I'm sure he's worried about what I think.

4:17 pm

"Power to the People" by Lennon

4:19 pm

Corby was just on the news :-)

4:19 pm

yep!

4:20 pm

who/what is corby??

4:20 pm

Oh, your project? Did they mention you by name?

4:20 pm

it's a town in middle england

4:20 pm

That's one step up in the smug stakes.

4:20 pm

I wish, they were talking about the recession coming and how much it had progressed in the last few years.

4:21 pm

There was an advert on Canadian tv about Corby Toffee about 3 years ago.

4:21 pm

So, Jeremy Paxman isn't waiting to interview you?

4:21 pm

Lol. I did do a media training course last week so I'm ready for him ;-)

4:22 pm

I lived in Northampton for a while while doing my GCSEs ad A-levels and Corby was always the place to avoid LOL

4:22 pm

Have you noticed how grumpy Mr Paxman is these days? I'd try to get him in a better mood before being interviewed by him.

4:23 pm

He interviewed Heseltine last night and was really rude.

4:23 pm

I'm not convinced by Jeremy Vine on Eggheads instead of Dermot

4:24 pm

it could just be the Heseltine effect

4:24 pm

I haven't really watched it too often recently. Now CJ is the epitome of smug!

4:24 pm

If you google kitt walker on google.co.uk you can find an article that I did on why it was good to live in Corby.

4:24 pm

oh *yes*. I bow to him

4:24 pm

Kitt McGrath will bring up all the eco-town stuff

4:25 pm

That's in the days when you were Katie W.

4:25 pm

I am a changed woman :-)

4:25 pm

*random* Kitt is a lovely name

4:25 pm

I don't think I'm googleable. I definitely can't be smug.

4:25 pm

I've got at least a whole page of google to myself :P

4:26 pm

Thanks Ata, the only problem with changing my surname that I have to spell both first and surname instead of just the first :-)

4:26 pm

tell me about it ...

4:26 pm

Oh, and a picture as well, Katie.

4:27 pm

Ata, if you add mine up I have more than a page *lands a blow for smugness and runs off :-)*

4:27 pm

Katie I don't envy you, my maiden name was Launchbury and nobody could spell it

4:27 pm

lol it's ok. I have about 2 and a half really :P

4:27 pm

*giggles* aren't we silly?

4:28 pm

I give up.

4:29 pm

*quickly checks* phew. no photos.

4:30 pm

dammit, yes there is. but you'd never know it was me

4:31 pm

You're no A-list celebrity. Their happiness would be measured in photos.

4:31 pm

phew!!!

4:34 pm

is it just me, or even when you've finished a grid, do you occasionally look over at it for words?

4:35 pm

But of course!

4:35 pm

phew :)

4:35 pm

Ata, I don't know your real name to google you!!

4:35 pm

I *still* keep wanting diacritical even though I've finished

4:36 pm

Becky Hitchin :)

4:37 pm

I always thought dorrit was a proper word!

4:37 pm

me too

4:38 pm

I need to work out why my website doesn't come up on that first page *makes note to ask husband*

4:38 pm

phew you are good, I don't even know what half the words mean on yours, are you both the techy one and the scifi one?

4:39 pm

yep! *grins*

4:39 pm

science = PhD stuff. then work stuff from the City. then art stuff!

4:39 pm

Cue - smug!

4:39 pm

utter smug :P

4:39 pm

cool, you definitely win the smug stakes :-)

4:40 pm

PB.

4:40 pm

whatt just makes me giggle so much is that I am so so rarely really smug. Probably the least smuggest person here

4:40 pm

well. maybe.

4:40 pm

only going in the PB if there's champagne

4:41 pm

Yes, of course there's champagne.

Good Evening afternoon everyone How is everyone doing?

4:41 pm

That's what makes you so much fun ata :-) Really smugness is not nice. *rushes off to get the champagne on ice for ata*

4:41 pm

woohoooo!

4:42 pm

However, I *do* have a smug cat!

4:42 pm

All cats are smug, it is by their very nature

4:42 pm

Hello red. Ata has won the smug stakes, although there was competition from Katie and an offshore mocking man.

4:42 pm

absolutely

4:42 pm

My cat's not smug. She's a silly lump.

4:42 pm

which is your smuggest cat?

4:42 pm

Mine was only done in jest honestly!!

What is an off shore mocking man??

4:43 pm

lol Katie, you rock. You don't need to compete in the smug stakes!

4:43 pm

A mocking man who lives offshore, of course.

4:43 pm

Rhubarb. She is cute and knows it. Devious but because she looks so cute noone else believes us.

4:43 pm

Mocker

I guess I menat who was the mocking competiton.

4:43 pm

sounds remarkably like Silverclaw, who likes like butter wouldn't melt

4:44 pm

*who looks like

4:44 pm

He didn't say. We speculated, of course.

embarassed but are there any clues for any of the 9 t words for the T at the top?

Oooh found one.

4:44 pm

She opens her eyes and drools and everyone melts. meanwhile she is working out how to break in to the cupboard to steal the food

4:44 pm

yep, Silverclaw's twin

4:45 pm

red I only have 4 of them, 2 are small numbers and 2 are variations on what you do with a ball

thanks!

4:45 pm

Crumble is the biggest one and everyone thinks she is up to no good, however she is the softest most loving cat in the world (if slightly stupid)

4:46 pm

There's an Old English th4.

do you have the th 4,5?

4:46 pm

thanks haz

4:46 pm

So Ata is going for Supreme Smug and Cat of Glory? The double!

4:47 pm

my best friend has a new kitten who looks so innocent and is so devious that they are having to get child locks on all their cupboards to prevent theivery

4:47 pm

*thievery

if I ever get a cat it will be an older sleepy one.

4:48 pm

Custard will turn in to our older sleepy one, she is already there in the winter.

4:49 pm

need a clue for ce 6 21 the frist oneplease.

4:49 pm

awww. Custard is a good name for a sleepy cat

4:49 pm

ce6/21 - French cherry red, ends with go up

4:50 pm

My friend lives on a busy ro** and adopted an older cat who lived with them for 7 years, never wanted to go out and had a great life. They were a perfect match all round. We all miss blob cat

4:51 pm

vicuna, sorry dont know french.

4:51 pm

mkg a bright pink/red

4:51 pm

ohhhh got it vicuna. ty ty

4:52 pm

need last ce 6 21 please.

4:52 pm

while we are speaking of cats.. i had some bad news

Oh No Python.

4:52 pm

Oh no what phthonx

4:53 pm

I had to put my Kissy to sleep today

4:53 pm

oh nooooo. I'm so sorry :(

Ooooh phython, I am sorry.

4:53 pm

ce6/21 - archaic Babblet meaning "in truth"

4:53 pm

Oh I'm so sorry phthonx, are you OK?

4:53 pm

she was 13 years and they found a tumor

4:53 pm

gee seems beyond me vicuna. willtry.

4:54 pm

That's too bad, pythonx, but it was the right thing.

4:54 pm

You have all my sympathies pythonx

4:54 pm

i am okay. i was worried about daughter. she is very sensitive. but she seems to be handling it

4:54 pm

well no luck. tried all the monkeys too. how bout ch 7?

4:55 pm

thanks everyone. I will miss her.

4:55 pm

ch7/40 - skydiver, rhymes with one variant of someone who plays flute

4:55 pm

*hugs python and daughter*

4:55 pm

James Galway?

4:56 pm

Don't know whether he prefers his with or without the a, Haz! lol

4:56 pm

Quite right too pyth, you will be surprised how quickly the good memories come back over the bad ones of today

4:57 pm

I don't think he'd mind either way, Vi.

OK sadly I have 149 left, will BBS.

4:58 pm

off for another glass of wine, expect typing to go down hill very quickly

4:58 pm

I have changed my pic to my fav one of Kissy. you will have to refresh to see it.

4:59 pm

oh what a beauty!

4:59 pm

Very handsome, pythonx!

5:00 pm

hello

5:01 pm

hi itsonme

5:01 pm

Hello itsonme.

5:02 pm

Time I was logging off. Crimes to solve - they rely on me so much. See you tomorrow!

5:02 pm

me too. except bed calls!

5:02 pm

Bye, Haz! Have fun, and save the world!

5:02 pm

bye haz

5:02 pm

Hello, itsonme.

5:02 pm

Bye!

5:02 pm

And goodnight, Ata! Sleep well so you can conquer the world tomorrow!

5:03 pm

pythonx, your Kissy is the spitting image of my Pucky, who died a couple of years ago!

5:03 pm

hi and bye all, just testing the new icon theme.

5:03 pm

I'm struggling now with 102 words left :S

5:04 pm

Pucky is a cute name. where did you get it?

5:04 pm

Hi & bye spite :-)

5:04 pm

It means 'very small one' in Dutch, pythonx.

5:04 pm

*hugs Katie on her way out*

5:05 pm

ok, bye sprite

5:05 pm

She looks beautiful pyth

5:05 pm

And I'm off, too. Farewell, all.

5:08 pm

Bye vic

5:10 pm

chista m?

5:14 pm

or not/

5:15 pm

code

5:17 pm

I'm off too - so far from fireworks it's embarrasing, see you all tomorrow :-)

5:17 pm

bye katie

5:17 pm

bye katie

gosh, i should finish this puzzle at some point today, shouldn't i

5:35 pm

good luck, I'm still stuck!

i've got 60 left, and i'm not sure how much time i have to finish it

5:37 pm

I have 91 left, it says there's 6 hours to go

5:37 pm

What are you looking for, kth?

5:38 pm

I'm currently stuck on the top T, I only have 5 of them so far

5:39 pm

Sorry, I can't help as I only have three.

5:40 pm

it's a tough grid today, either that or I'm out of practice

5:40 pm

tu5 rhymes with fruity - then get a 7 & 6

5:40 pm

thanks lynxxx

5:45 pm

hello all...di 7 clue pls

5:47 pm

DI7 - drop the last vowel of DI4/6 and add a cake layer.

and then make an 8 by making it eeeeeeeven more

5:48 pm

thanx bea

5:48 pm

yw

5:49 pm

i thought the 8 would be related

5:50 pm

got it

5:50 pm

evening... first re6/18 please?

5:50 pm

To get up again, Dorens

5:50 pm

re6 to get up again

5:51 pm

thanks bz and jes/ fireworks for me

5:51 pm

congrats dorens!

5:51 pm

WTG! DORENS!

5:51 pm

good for you dorens...9 left here

5:51 pm

Yay Dorens!

5:51 pm

woohoo, dorens!!

5:52 pm

go kim.... the end is in sight

5:52 pm

hope so!

5:53 pm

thank you all. and now to dinner... it's been a long long week here and I intend to enjoy some fine wine, striped bass and relaxation... see you tomorrow

6:02 pm

3 left...re 9 clue if anyone's there?

6:02 pm

backwards + ****ionary

wow, that's impressive

6:02 pm

it's re5/10 plus the first 4 letters of a book with words in

6:02 pm

thanx got it

6:03 pm

hey hurshy

6:03 pm

hey nTkh

6:03 pm

hows it going, haven't been here for ages

6:03 pm

it's going ok

6:04 pm

gd gd

6:04 pm

except i don't like my marriage counselor

6:04 pm

oh dear, can't you change to a nice one?

6:04 pm

maybe we will. we've only been going to this one for about a month.

6:04 pm

fireworks!!

6:09 pm

hello again

hi, I'm new, could someone explain what is meant when you say "re5/10"

6:10 pm

I'm sure it is easy but I cannot find the re5/10 that turns into the re/9 I do't get backwards please help

6:10 pm

those clothes are so re5, they are from the 70's

back but i will also brb again

6:10 pm

the re5 means backwards or outdated

6:10 pm

re5/10 is a five letter word beginning with re and worth 10 points

6:11 pm

DUH Thanks wildcat17

6:11 pm

lol

thanks

6:11 pm

Also Thank you hurshy

6:11 pm

de nada

6:12 pm

how many ou words?

6:12 pm

Hi Kath, I haven't seen you for ages, how are you and the girls?

6:12 pm

5 ou

6:12 pm

we're really good thanks wren, and you?

6:12 pm

getting older all the time!

6:13 pm

ty

6:13 pm

Do you have a good life now?

6:14 pm

only have 3 - 2 8's and a 7 - what am I missing?

6:14 pm

apart from a lack of money at the moment!

6:15 pm

ou 7,8,8,5,7

6:15 pm

I do have a web design client right now though and I've opened an online store

6:15 pm

ty

6:15 pm

That goes for all of us I'm afraid - we try to live on a Senior's pension.

6:16 pm

ou7.44 ends the same as the flower in this grid

6:16 pm

I'm very pleased for you, it's really nice to hear from you again.

6:17 pm

ummm I don't think I have the flower

lynxx, there is a flower in the grid??

6:17 pm

yes, I've been busy lately but it's nice to stop into babble every now and then to catch up with everyone

6:17 pm

or6 is the flower

6:18 pm

oooo ty

6:18 pm

and got the o's ty

6:18 pm

46 to go

34 here - hacking through the re's right now

6:19 pm

84 left here :(

6:19 pm

actually almost done with r's

6:19 pm

it's everything else

Oh gosh...I have 129 left.

128 TY lynxx for the fleur.

6:20 pm

that's halfway red ... nj

6:21 pm

red I have 115 left so we are close

6:22 pm

there are two er5's and i have made a mistake and i just cannot figure out what the other one is - anyone have a hint?

6:22 pm

241 to go, 241 to go :0) Hey Babble Family !

6:23 pm

one is made a mistake lol

6:23 pm

hi Aussie

6:23 pm

Hey Lynx !

hurshy - the other is what you do to put up a building

6:23 pm

yes that's what i said!

6:23 pm

hi, everyone - what a time to sign on - hurshy the other er is what you don't get when you have ED

or an er___or set

6:23 pm

Hursh, stand up straight

6:23 pm

ah ty josh

6:24 pm

jbvvvvvvvvvvvv !!

6:24 pm

lol jb

6:24 pm

hi JBV

6:24 pm

hi, aussie! and wildcat, josh, lynxx, everyone

6:24 pm

aussie how are you and family?

6:25 pm

This is getting too hard for me, you know I don't like RE words, and there are hundreds of them. I am going to bed.

6:25 pm

hi hi

6:25 pm

we are good JB, you ?

6:25 pm

sorry wren tc

6:25 pm

ninite wren !

6:25 pm

bye ExWren

re's done, thank god

6:26 pm

I still have 70 words to find and I have lost the will. Goodnight all. Good to talk to you again Kath.

can someone clue me the lone E from the last row?

6:26 pm

fine, aussie - glad it's friday!

6:27 pm

wish I could say the same JB, I have 3 more days of work before I get 2 days off !

6:27 pm

red it is an ek 4/9

6:27 pm

hi, all. Ryan went home this afternoon, and it is too quiet in our house. I miss him!

6:27 pm

ek4, a past tense

6:27 pm

hi angel

Hursh Thanks!

what a helpful community

6:28 pm

mostly good people jon

6:28 pm

Hey Angel.... who's the teeny one in your profile pic ?

6:29 pm

welcome to babble jon

6:29 pm

Welcome Jonah !

6:30 pm

some are more helpful than others...lol

thanks all... just wasting time when I should be working on a paper

6:30 pm

rofl... Hey ruru !

6:30 pm

it's well worth the money to go pro, btw

6:30 pm

what's the paper about?

6:30 pm

lol Jonah !

6:30 pm

naw ... there's no such thing as wasting time here

Marcel Mauss

6:30 pm

hi ruru

6:31 pm

Aussie, that is Jordan. He was born on 10/13, and he is Dylan and Ryan's baby brother, and my grandson.

6:31 pm

what us? waste time?

6:31 pm

Hi everyone...

6:31 pm

i thought time didn't pass while you were babbling!

6:31 pm

it doesn't

6:31 pm

awwww, he is so cute Angel !

6:31 pm

and nothing you eat while babbling has any calories

6:31 pm

adorable angel

6:31 pm

thats right wild !!

6:31 pm

:)

6:32 pm

He's a sweetheart, no question about it.

6:32 pm

and a diabetic can eat a babble cake and not have to worry about any sugar too !!

6:32 pm

right on

6:32 pm

jona are you a student of anthropology or linguistics?

6:32 pm

I'm feeling lonely now :(

anthro... specifically archaeology

6:33 pm

awwww

6:33 pm

Welcome to the World Jordan, Grandson of Angelsong, May you be blessed with peace, love, health, wealth and happiness :0)

ok - i'm back for a bit - the boys are watching Johnny Test - dishes are done & i'm here to vegg - good to see y'all

6:34 pm

Hey Nance !

6:34 pm

hi nance

I am back again for 121...I need to work harder tonight. Hi Nance!

6:35 pm

Aussie, that makes me cry. It's so sweet of you to say that.

6:35 pm

{{hugging Angel so she doesn't feel lonely}}

6:35 pm

Don't cry Angel, let my dry your tears..... **passes kleenex**

6:35 pm

I'm silly for being weepy.

6:35 pm

Angel, your baby is beautiful - do they live very far from you?

6:36 pm

I try to welcome all the Babble Babies when I know about them :0)

6:36 pm

no you're not angel

6:36 pm

they are an hour away from me.

6:36 pm

does anyone have a clue for the CH 7 pls?

6:36 pm

an hour is not so far Angel, and there is always a telephone ;0)

6:37 pm

and besides, they are always in your heart.

6:37 pm

{{{{{group hug for Angel}}}}}}}

6:38 pm

we picked Ryan up on wednesday night, planning to keep him until Sunday. I talked to his mother next morning, and she said Dylan (age 4) was lost without him. She asked me to return Ryan this afternoon.

6:38 pm

ch 7 - someone who jumps out of a plane is a parach******

6:38 pm

awwww, bless Angel.....

6:39 pm

hi again...everyone done yet?

6:39 pm

it is so hard to leave the babies in your family after a visit :(

6:39 pm

Pini !!

6:39 pm

hi pini 36 left

6:39 pm

229 to go !

6:40 pm

moving right along there aussie

go aussie go aussie go go go!

6:40 pm

thnx, JBV

6:40 pm

lol... thanks Wild and Red !

6:40 pm

my daughter told me she wanted a break...then when she got it, she didn't know what to do with it. she said her house was too quiet.

6:41 pm

it always sounds like a good idea till they're gone

6:41 pm

ACK!!! I still have 144 more to find!!!

6:41 pm

best go to list!

6:42 pm

Only have about an hour to play, then off to dinner with friends, and a university VB game. ;)

6:42 pm

I'd be lost wihtout my Georgia running mayhem and chaos !

6:42 pm

clue for the H please

6:42 pm

angel, can you go there to help her out? then you can see all of the kiddies together

go pini hurry up!

6:42 pm

14 to go!

6:42 pm

I can't go help; I have my job

well.. enough wasting time. nice to meet you all and good luck!

6:43 pm

hu4.7

6:43 pm

go lynxxx go!

6:43 pm

I'm going, I'm going!

6:43 pm

ty

6:43 pm

bye Jona

6:43 pm

tc jonah

6:43 pm

1 down...143 to go!

6:43 pm

I got the hu !

6:43 pm

woohoo

6:44 pm

down to 225...

6:44 pm

142.

Go Pinik.

6:44 pm

Aussie...you'll probable beat me at that rate!!!

6:44 pm

My 1 to your 4!

6:44 pm

I doubt it Pini...

6:45 pm

hello babble friends

Hi DR how are you?

6:45 pm

hi dr

6:45 pm

hi DR

6:45 pm

hi dr

6:45 pm

He DR !!

6:46 pm

oh, I see, Angel - I understand what you are going through - only in reverse - when my son was born we lived in Virginia and my mom was in NYC so we were both very lonely at that time

6:46 pm

or Hey even DR !

6:46 pm

Hi Red, Pini, Lynxx, Wild, Aussie, Angel...

6:46 pm

(resorting to MoreWords for add'l asst due to shortness of time) -- is that bad???? :)

6:46 pm

REd- I am good. was in San Francisco for a few days for work and am glad to be home

6:47 pm

never pini

6:47 pm

no Pini- not bad at all

6:47 pm

Pini, I use MoreWords- could never finish without it

6:47 pm

In that case...

6:47 pm

I have 59 to go and tons of other stuff to do tonight

6:47 pm

I have 77 to go

6:48 pm

I use Morewords b4 Lickety

6:48 pm

I was on early this morning

6:48 pm

hi, all

6:48 pm

Hey Pam

6:48 pm

hi Pam!

6:48 pm

BEFORE lickety? gads...how?

6:48 pm

Hey Pam-I-Am !

6:48 pm

maybe I shouldn't ask!

6:48 pm

hi pam

6:48 pm

hi, dr and lyn

6:48 pm

Hi, aussie

6:49 pm

clue for ao6 please

Oooh the gang is all here, Pini, DR, and Pam, and Lynxx, and LURKERS Hello all Lurkers. I hope youa re having a nice day.

6:49 pm

Aussie- I love your icon

6:49 pm

Hi, red! and yeah, hi lurkers!!!!

6:50 pm

Thanks DR... It is me and Georgia dressed as bridesmaids at my Sisters wedding in September...

6:50 pm

ao6 ao & w**** bands are popular to show support for a cause

6:50 pm

nice aussie

back again - i hope these ants get the heck out of my pants - lol

fireworks, at last

6:51 pm

You both look amazing.

6:51 pm

ty lynxxx

6:51 pm

thanks Wild !

6:51 pm

Thanks DR !

6:51 pm

congrats, josh and all who have finished

6:51 pm

YAY Joshua !!

6:51 pm

wtg Josh

6:51 pm

Congrats Josh!!

6:51 pm

I am miles away from the finish yet... 210 to go !

6:51 pm

WTG josh

6:51 pm

woohoo josh

6:52 pm

me too AUssie

any clues before i bolt?

6:52 pm

is the ch7 related to the 4?

6:52 pm

yeah ch7

6:53 pm

138 Josh!

nope

ch7 is one who jumps out of an airplane without planning to die

6:53 pm

ch7 is a parach******

6:53 pm

I tried that b4 and it didn't work

6:53 pm

ty... my chog is really SLOOOOOWWW

6:53 pm

hmmm, thanks for that ch7!

6:54 pm

It was stuck for a minute

6:54 pm

:0) yw Pam !

6:54 pm

nm got it ty

6:54 pm

Pini- is your icon FLik?

6:54 pm

ce6

6:55 pm

I do believe so, Dr! ;)

6:55 pm

very nice...

6:55 pm

Danke!

6:56 pm

YVW

6:56 pm

OMG...my puppy's name is (sorta) in the grid!!!

6:56 pm

I saw that Pini :)

6:58 pm

44 down, 197 to go !

6:58 pm

go Aussie go

6:58 pm

* beaming smile* (until I remember he kept me up all night!)

Aussie is making huge progress. I am now at 118.

6:58 pm

(just wanted to keep playing and playing - like the energizer bunny)

6:58 pm

ROFL

6:58 pm

go aussie go!

6:58 pm

131 here

6:58 pm

was he lonely or sick?

6:59 pm

nm- you answered that

6:59 pm

lonely...apparently he thought he didn't get enough walking or playtime in on his birthday...

hey once again y'all

7:01 pm

co4/6 (the on after those who send cryptic messages)?

7:01 pm

they are funny animals

7:01 pm

a college girl

7:01 pm

188 to go...

7:01 pm

thx!

7:02 pm

128

outter

outer

7:03 pm

pink, replace mid consonant with a vowel

7:03 pm

Nance !!

7:03 pm

lol Nance, I did that too, only not there !

7:03 pm

fireworks here! thanks for the clues and good luck everyone!

7:04 pm

wtg jbv!

ut o - so sorry y'all - i'm barely functioning after a full day of grandsons & cooking & cleaning - i'm begging y'all for mercy - LOL

7:04 pm

thx demi

7:04 pm

yay, jbv

7:04 pm

YAY JBV !

7:04 pm

^5 to JBV

yay jbv

7:04 pm

woohoo jb!

7:05 pm

lol nan

7:05 pm

need 2 for the bottom right S

7:05 pm

I need 3 for that one Wild...

7:05 pm

how cute pini - funny icon

7:05 pm

kjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

7:06 pm

Hi Kje

7:06 pm

aussieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - woohoo!!!

7:06 pm

hi kje! thx!

7:06 pm

hi DR, wild, nance... everyone....

7:06 pm

hi kj

7:06 pm

I am tipsy, so ignore most everything i say or do ; )

7:07 pm

rofl kje, me too !

7:07 pm

ty for the warning. :)

7:07 pm

lol kj

7:07 pm

This is the best time to mess with you!!!

7:07 pm

Oh, gosh...did I say that out loud? ~~sorry ~~

7:07 pm

ROFL

7:07 pm

I have drink in hand, and am babbling, so, I a drunk in charge of a laptop !

7:07 pm

yay, aussie... why you? i just got home from happy hour with work colleagues b/c we just won a very prestigious grant

7:07 pm

Congrats, kje!!!

7:08 pm

congrats kj

7:08 pm

rofl Pini !

7:08 pm

rofl Pini !

7:08 pm

BUI.... aaaaghhhhh

7:08 pm

COngrats Kje!

7:08 pm

no kidding

7:08 pm

de4/9 (just before the "butts")

7:08 pm

CoNGRATs, kJe!!!! what grant?

7:08 pm

I only have 95... debating on whether i give a damn or not - LOL.... think i will just go to the list

Hi kje.

7:09 pm

lol

7:09 pm

go kje go!

7:09 pm

Pam... they called us yesterday, and we are not allowed to announce yet... they come out with press announcement next week I think

7:09 pm

still allowed to celebrate

7:09 pm

Well, do tell when you can, kje!!!!

7:09 pm

I had a fed up day at work, so I came home and had me a drink to cheer me up, and to babble with you fine folks !

celebrate celebrate!

7:10 pm

but it is a division grant to provide funds for geri education over 3 years... revamps the med school curriculum and residency programs... very cool and very needed here and very prestigious

7:10 pm

That is what we are here for... celebrate and inebriate

7:10 pm

I think those DH words are a fluke!!!! (thank you Morewords!)

7:10 pm

have another aussie... babbling is easier when drunk - LOL

7:11 pm

congratulations, kje! happy to celebrate good news with you

7:11 pm

celebrate and inebriate - LOLOL

7:11 pm

*hic* I know kje !

7:11 pm

I am inebriating and celebrating at the same time !

7:12 pm

LOL aussie... I am now eating chips, salsa, and queso trying to soak up a bit of EtOH

7:12 pm

: ) yay Aussie!

7:12 pm

111

7:12 pm

54 ...

7:12 pm

THAT IS TERRIFIC, KJE!!!!!!

7:12 pm

I am celebrating y inebriation !!

7:12 pm

173....

7:13 pm

107

7:13 pm

I wish I could join in the inebriation, LOL

7:13 pm

Great news, kje! Congratulations!

7:13 pm

what are these numbers... lotto? am i suppose to be placing bets???

7:13 pm

Hi Scrabs! Nice to see you

7:13 pm

do5/12 = Fashionista Michael (D)**** hehehe

7:13 pm

(((SCRABS)))))

7:13 pm

thanks you guys

7:13 pm

I am checking in before I go to bed. I have to work tomorrow.

7:13 pm

hi scrabs

7:13 pm

I'll be joining the party shortly...

7:13 pm

rofl kje :0)

7:13 pm

another 10 minutes or so and I gotta boogie!

7:13 pm

We will ahve one for you Pam !

7:14 pm

and Hey Scrabbs !

7:14 pm

thanks, aussie

7:14 pm

**passing the cocktails round**

7:14 pm

**passing the cocktails round**

7:14 pm

why not imbibing pammie?

7:14 pm

I will take orange juice please, Aussie.

7:14 pm

its Pam not Pammie !

7:15 pm

can't figure out the do? don't know michael whoever... thanks for any other assistance

7:15 pm

LOLOL I know... was seeing if she would react - LOLOL

7:15 pm

Dumb meds for an infection I didn't know I had, kje 8-(

7:15 pm

damn, pam

7:15 pm

**passing OJ to Scrabbs**

7:15 pm

I am giving kje one time as grace, then, well, y'all know the drill about me and names, LOL

7:15 pm

Are you on an oral med now, Pam, instead of just drops?

7:15 pm

Bummer Pam. :(

7:15 pm

Ohhh...talking with my friend in OZ!

7:15 pm

will you have an OJ too Pan

7:16 pm

Will you have an OJ too Pam even !

7:16 pm

I am specific about my name too Pam so I understand

7:16 pm

I am on ear drops that are making me INSANE, but I have a bacterial infection, supposedly, that I never had a symptom for -- i tend not to show signs of infection-- so I am taking the meds even though I have no idea whether they work, LOL

hi scrabbler.

Pam were you called Pammie again?

7:17 pm

thanks, dr, I appreciate that! Pan is fine, aussie, LOL, but I can't drink OJ at night, the acid bothers me... I will drink water

7:17 pm

yes, red, by my fave gerontologist so she got a one-time pass, as does everyone 8-)

7:17 pm

so we can't call you DRer... or Big D... or DR Who?

LOL

7:17 pm

Ah, **passes a nice cool refreshing glass of water to Pam**

7:17 pm

Hi red

How has your week been Scrabbler?

7:18 pm

honestly, why would ear drops be so debilitating? 8-)

7:18 pm

LOL Kje- My real name is Debra and I refuse to answer anyone who calls me debby

7:18 pm

Scrab, how is Bunny Bijou ?

7:18 pm

My work week continues tomorrow--9-3 plus hospital rounds, so YUCK.

7:18 pm

LOLOL, DR

7:18 pm

I get called Kathryn, Kathy, Kit Kat, Kath, Kate... and I answer to them all

Go Scrabbs, I have 2 days off...Yay.

7:19 pm

If it is an inner ear infection, it affects your balance and everything....

7:19 pm

Oh, Debby, that is silly.

7:19 pm

OH, that is a long day, scrabs!!!! Sorry

7:19 pm

yuck scrabs... sorry

7:19 pm

no, not an infection, aussie... a steroid drop for eczema, and that ear is already always blocked....

7:19 pm

kje a lot of babblers call me kath too

7:19 pm

Bunny Bijou is now Miss B, or I also call her Peanut. I was not into a French name.

7:20 pm

I get called Amanda, Mandy or my Mom calls me Panda Pop...

7:20 pm

waht is your name, kthdsn?

7:20 pm

yea for days off Red

7:20 pm

But kje, you aren't bothered... pammie makes my flesh crawl. I answer to pam, pamela, pamelot, and spamelot, just not pammie/y

7:20 pm

Ah, ok then, Peanut it is !

7:20 pm

Panda!!!! I love it!

7:20 pm

it's kate

7:20 pm

aussie... my sister is amanda also

7:20 pm

OH, red, two days in a row? WOO HOO

7:20 pm

Hi Kate Hudson--how is your Mom, Lindrickway?

7:21 pm

she's good scrabbler, I don't see her much now she's back at work

7:21 pm

is that kate hudson??? you changed your name!

7:21 pm

I have not seen her here much.

7:21 pm

I haven't seen Lindy in a while

7:21 pm

mine will be 2 days off too, when I ahve finished my 7 on !

7:21 pm

lindy has been on the last couple evenings... she is doing fine

7:21 pm

great, aussie!

7:21 pm

I havent seen Lindy either :0(

7:21 pm

Kate is Lindy's daughter.

7:21 pm

kje I haven't changed my name...

7:21 pm

Has anyone seen Minver lately ?

7:21 pm

she was talking last night about her hot bald husband - LOLOL

7:22 pm

AH- I was in San Fran and was not on babble

7:22 pm

rofl kje !

7:22 pm

eurgh how embarrassing!!

7:22 pm

Hi Kate

7:22 pm

Well...95 left and time has run out for me...

7:22 pm

oh, jealous, DR... SF is one of my fave US cities.... whish i could have gone

7:22 pm

hi dr

7:22 pm

aussie and kje finish the grid for me!!!!!

7:22 pm

AH Pini! :(

7:22 pm

(and anyone who hasn't finished!)

7:22 pm

I'll be back for the flip!!!

7:22 pm

it was for work

7:23 pm

Great job, Pini. I have 147 left and will go to bed soon.

7:23 pm

pini... i am tipsy... you do not wanting me working on the grid for you

7:23 pm

ciao, pini, have a good evening

7:23 pm

still 173 for me, too much talking, not enough babbling !!

7:23 pm

bye Pini...

7:23 pm

ninight Pini !!

7:23 pm

or is it too much celebrating AUssie. :)

7:23 pm

even so, DR... still a great city... did you get to do anything for fun... such great restaurants

7:24 pm

with that sentence kje, I is not wanting you working on anything !! lolol :0)

7:24 pm

we did go out for Chinese... about 6 of us.. it wasnice and the weather was amazing

7:24 pm

I have been craving Chinese food.

7:24 pm

lol DR !

7:25 pm

great DR... one of my rules is that wherever i travel for work, i get at least one evening to do what i want...

7:25 pm

I had lo mein last night 8-)

7:25 pm

has anyone ever tasted duck ?

7:25 pm

Yummy, Pam.

7:25 pm

It was worth craving Scrabs.. it was 6 women with wine and Chinese food... lots of talking

7:25 pm

I just wonder what it is like...

7:25 pm

yes aussie... completely depends on the cook

7:26 pm

actually, just had some great duck proscuitto

7:26 pm

sounds fun, dr!

7:26 pm

Chinese food is even better with a large group sharing many dishes.

7:26 pm

I keep wanting to be brave enough to try it...

7:26 pm

I have known my new boss for about 8 years and I am closer to her than some of the older employees so I had to be a little careful but it was fun

7:26 pm

sounds fun DR

7:27 pm

nice DR !

7:27 pm

I have never heard of duck Proscuitto

7:27 pm

curious where you went?

7:27 pm

it is interesting, DR... similar to proscuitto, but not quite as salty... substituted it for proscuitto in a dish b/c the family i was visiting do not eat pork

7:28 pm

ok peeps, my hubby is calling me..... I'd best be off to bed.... ninite to you all, have a happy babbling time xx

7:28 pm

I have no idea the name of it.. I will see if anyone knows on Monday. It was a little place but good

7:28 pm

bye aussie

7:28 pm

**poofing, after leaving chocolate kisses on the table**

7:28 pm

(((aussie))) sweet dreams!!!

7:28 pm

Bye Aussie- take care of yourself

7:28 pm

Bye Aussie, sleep well.

7:28 pm

ciao, aussie

7:30 pm

clue for the or8???

7:30 pm

no idea dr

7:31 pm

no idea here, too!

7:31 pm

me either kje..

7:31 pm

Nor I, DR

or8 - it's plural

7:31 pm

ok.. I will skip it and come back to it

7:32 pm

LOL... we are not a very smart bunch apparently

with 3 of one letter

not in a row, obviously

7:32 pm

HMMM either r's pr t's... looking

7:32 pm

josh... such a smarty

7:32 pm

* I meant OR t's

i am such a smarty

7:33 pm

LOL

7:34 pm

AH! Found it.. ty Josh and Monkeys

7:34 pm

We are not worthy to Babble with you, Smarty Pants. Ty for the clue, but can you dumb it down for me.

definition of or8 - an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.

7:35 pm

i know i will regret this... but ao?

7:35 pm

ao + joint at end of forearm = w****

7:36 pm

ty scrab

7:36 pm

ty Scrabs

7:36 pm

joshua, your smartness is way above my current cognitive functioning

7:36 pm

thanks, scrabs!

7:36 pm

and scrab isn't even drunk ; )

or8 - or + strawb______

7:37 pm

Nope, just tired and on the brink of REM sleep.

7:37 pm

Oh, man, I did it on my first try, Josh. TY! New word for me.

7:38 pm

Did you already know that word, josh? Are you an astronomer?

glad i was able to stoop to your level successfully, scrab :)

7:38 pm

thanks, josh

nope, it was clued earlier and that's how i got it

7:38 pm

ouch

7:38 pm

why ouch, kje?

7:39 pm

Forgive me, Josh. But I am now 49.

7:39 pm

he stooped to our level

7:39 pm

LOL

7:39 pm

but he said it lovingly...

7:40 pm

yes, i can feel the love... pulease - LOLOL

7:40 pm

Joshua is a good guy--always cluing us old farts.

7:40 pm

Josh- clue for re9???

7:40 pm

help please with the tr8 word getting very tired of the grid but only 35 left

7:41 pm

Go Speedfreak go!

7:41 pm

i know... josh is a good guy.. i am just giving him a hard time... i will stop

re9 - not vintage but re5, + 1st 4 letters of the book you use to find definitions

7:41 pm

And I passed halfway without realizing til now. So at 127/114 I shall go up to bed.

7:41 pm

ty Josh

tr8 - tr + spanish 8 + not ego but __

7:42 pm

thanks, josh!

7:42 pm

thanks, josh!

7:42 pm

gnight Scrabs... pleasant dreams

7:42 pm

last ce6?

i'm a good guy, and kje is giving me a hard time

7:42 pm

gn scrab

7:42 pm

I love you, Joshua Vorbis!

7:43 pm

now he is whining.... ugh

7:43 pm

kje only picks on the one she cares about... or it could be th etipsy part

last ce6 - if you are sure about something you are ____ain about it + vowel + plural

7:43 pm

can you tell I am a peacemaker

it's kje's turn to give me a hard time - i am usually the one giving her a hard time

7:43 pm

LOL - i like you DR

i can give and take like that

7:43 pm

exactly!!!!

7:44 pm

ty for ce

7:44 pm

I like you too Kje...

a couple more and i will vanish into the night and get tipsy myself

7:44 pm

I love you, you love me, one big happy family!

7:44 pm

OH NO!! NOT BARNEY!!! * Grabs ears quickly

7:44 pm

Josh, are you old enough to drink alcohol legally?

7:44 pm

good luck with that josh...

7:45 pm

lolololol

yes'm, scrab

7:45 pm

I never liked barney either--one goofy character!

7:45 pm

: )

i voted today!

7:45 pm

so did I Josh... have to mail it tomorrow

7:45 pm

Early voting?

7:45 pm

woohooo josh!!!! (i hope)

i stood in line and had awkward conversations with people about town while i waited

i don't get people who start to proclaim their opinions while waiting in line to vote

7:46 pm

i voted earlier in the week too... no line.. but steady flow of voter

7:46 pm

s

7:46 pm

I have an absentee ballot and can vote from home and mail it in

7:46 pm

i didn't think that was legal, josh

7:46 pm

is that aloud Josh?

7:47 pm

are you punning, dr? 8-)

7:47 pm

OK, I must get in bed and under 2 comforters, I am freezing!

7:47 pm

night scrab!

7:47 pm

I put my wool blanket on my bed yesterday, scrabs... almost time for the down...

7:48 pm

sleep well, scrabs! Ciao

7:48 pm

Bye Scrabs

it's not legal to campaign close to the polls, but regular schmoes can do it all they want while they're waiting to vote

7:48 pm

Yes Pam I was

7:48 pm

LOL... i pulled out my down comforter this week already... i like the weight and warmth

7:48 pm

It was 90 here today Kje

are all ut's related? i need a ut7, and i have the 4 related each other

7:49 pm

interesting... our judges discourage that, josh... they consider it campaigning

7:49 pm

funn, dr!!!!

7:49 pm

Mine is a bit too warm and heavy, kje...

7:49 pm

yes Transition

7:49 pm

they are Transit

all ut's are related, transitionguy

all 5 of them

7:49 pm

They are all related trans

7:49 pm

it is 70s here during the day but 40s at night... so cool enough to get deep into the blankets

7:49 pm

On our lines, people pontificate about everything EXCEPT the candidates...

awesome, i will try again!

7:50 pm

* meant allowed... Sorry\nHi Bzz

okay, party time (excellent)

7:50 pm

just wear less to bed trhen. pam ; )

good luck stragglers

7:50 pm

LOl, kje... can't....

7:50 pm

my chog is all screwy.. going to refresh

7:50 pm

Hey all.

7:50 pm

have fun josh.... don't do anything i wouldn't do ; )

7:50 pm

bye Josh

7:50 pm

hi Bzzn

7:50 pm

I type and it doesn't go to chog

7:51 pm

enjoy, josh@

7:51 pm

stragglers.... such a brat you are, josh

short list, isn't it, kje

7:51 pm

never know josh... you'd be surprised i thin

7:51 pm

k

7:52 pm

good evening everyone.

7:52 pm

i need more food, hmmmm

7:52 pm

hi skooj

7:52 pm

I'm done.

7:52 pm

I'll see you all tomorrow.

7:52 pm

hi, skoo

hey skooj

7:52 pm

ch7?

7:52 pm

yay, bzz

hey bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

7:53 pm

hi kje and nance!

7:53 pm

a warning... i will beasking for clues... the grid is a little fuzzy to me

7:53 pm

person who jumps out of a plane kje

Oh no, I just fell asleep and missed all the Colberrt show...and most of the daily show.

7:53 pm

glad to hear it kje. 30 left and i'm getting fuzzy.

7:53 pm

obviously we are not entertaining enough for Red

7:54 pm

been there, done that red---dozed off....

Neither you DR or Colbert...or Jon Stewart...oddly.

7:55 pm

well, I never professed to be a talk show host

7:55 pm

hmmmm

but you are fun!

7:55 pm

not working

7:55 pm

okay. i give. or8/40, please? i'm stumped.

red is tired.

7:55 pm

is the Hm at the clue kje?

7:56 pm

yes... get the parach*** thing... but one who does then should be a chuter... but it isn't

7:56 pm

neither is chutier

7:56 pm

chutter

7:56 pm

chuttie

7:56 pm

try a different ending...

7:56 pm

aaaggghhh

7:56 pm

one who does it, kje.

7:56 pm

take a letter out of isnt

7:57 pm

oh, of course - LOLOL

7:57 pm

sorry

Oooh thanks kje, skoo and DR, been trying for that for much of the evening.

7:57 pm

maybe i should come back later

7:57 pm

yvw Kje and Red

7:58 pm

yw, red. do you know the or8/40?

108 left...

7:58 pm

126 here, red... seems like forever

No I do not. I heard it included the or flower.

7:59 pm

hockey player bobby or* + more than one great lake

8:00 pm

kje! a big kiss!!!

8:00 pm

kisses back skooj ; )

8:00 pm

hey babblers, a big one, i'll never get even near!

8:01 pm

me either onyx... but really, who cares

8:01 pm

i still enjoy what i can eke out

8:01 pm

shit - sorry

8:01 pm

just here to read the chat and waste some time

8:02 pm

c's done - woohoo

8:04 pm

yay, kje!!!

8:04 pm

nice Kje

8:05 pm

35 c's!

8:06 pm

exactly onyx

8:06 pm

OK, 1st de7?

8:06 pm

just got a c 8

8:06 pm

is the do8/55 obvious?

ad7, clues?

8:07 pm

one might sat mc cain does this often

8:07 pm

it is one who do6s, skooj

8:07 pm

say

8:08 pm

then add a plural too

mccain does do8?

8:08 pm

well that's the problem. no do6/27

8:08 pm

in my opinion

8:08 pm

ad7 - plural of the 6

lol, yea, mccain does do8!

8:08 pm

de + town *****, kje

8:09 pm

he doesn't.. he is...

8:09 pm

hello friends!!! I have some time to PLAY!!!! *very happy mama face*

8:09 pm

HEY STID!!!

8:09 pm

hi stid

8:10 pm

ty skooj

i must not have the ad6 in need fot the ad7! i only have two ad6, and there are 4!

hey stid

8:10 pm

ad6 - one who loves

8:10 pm

transitionguy. people who love others

kje, have that one.

8:11 pm

then plural it

8:11 pm

plural it transitionguy

i've got one ad6/24, and the 27

8:11 pm

do6/27, please?

8:11 pm

wow. a LOT of S off that upper one...

8:12 pm

do6 - putter around without sense?

8:12 pm

there are death ad**** ad6.24

how in the heck do you plural ad6-one who loves?

8:12 pm

good clue kje! thanks!

8:12 pm

down to 205...

8:12 pm

you add an ess...

8:13 pm

*standing by with fish for transitionguy*

8:13 pm

usually with an s, tg

8:13 pm

hello

k, i don't have that ad6

8:14 pm

hi Shorty!

8:14 pm

hey shorty! how's tricks?

i can't because the ad5 that is about love i can't get it to plural.

8:14 pm

kje and transition, thx!!!

8:14 pm

oh -- make the ad 5/12 about love into a person who loves... then plural that

8:14 pm

ad6.21 is the person who is a loveR, then plural that

8:14 pm

make ad5 one who does... then plural the ad SIX

bah! got it finally!!!!!!!!

8:15 pm

i suspect that TG is tipsier than me

8:15 pm

go transitionguy go!

ok, so what about a clue for the ad6/24, next to 6/21?

8:16 pm

past tense Transit

bah, again!!!

8:17 pm

rofl... hey lynxxx!

kje, i did put some wild turkey into the pork roast i did, but not enough to even feel it!

8:17 pm

how are you Stid? got the weekend off schoolwork?

8:17 pm

LOL

8:17 pm

maybe

8:18 pm

can anyone clue the di7, please?

8:18 pm

no, not the weekend, but was so tired that when I finally got home this evening I sat down and fell asleep with the laptop on my lap. now that my nap is over, I decided I have earned some R&R

8:19 pm

all work and no play makes an unhappy mama

8:19 pm

YAY grey D! (the solo one) 173 to go

8:19 pm

exactly, lynxxx. I have been working hard, and this evening is all mine. tomorrow I get back to work.

8:20 pm

di7 di & Cons & the levels on a wedding cake

8:21 pm

ooh. another great clue brought to us by Retired Persons of the World!

8:21 pm

ty

8:21 pm

dh... you gotta be kidding me

8:21 pm

off to the PB Stid

8:22 pm

PB??? for WHAT?

8:22 pm

ooohhh - monkeys got them... good monkeys

8:22 pm

ty stidder!!!

8:22 pm

thx lynxxx. and the 8 plural?

8:22 pm

7 related words for Re word

8:23 pm

really??? thanks lynxxx! LOL

8:23 pm

skooj - make that word in the most ending

8:24 pm

zowie! thx lynxxxx.

8:24 pm

woohoo

8:25 pm

hmph. I don't think that di 8 is legit.

8:25 pm

all done, kje?

oh, forgot to thank lynx for the di7!

8:25 pm

nope... just done with Ds... but you need little victories in this monster!

8:25 pm

please, no thanks required

lynx, how long are the re words you are refering to?

8:26 pm

me, too. down with the d's!!

8:26 pm

ah. in that case... GO KJE GO!!!!! *holds out choclit carrot*

8:27 pm

chocolate carrot... sounds kinda scary - LOLOL

8:27 pm

that group goes 6,7,7,8,7,8,7

kje, i agree!

8:27 pm

can I pls get help w/my last word? TR 8/55

8:27 pm

fine. I shall eat it meself... yarrr!!!!

8:27 pm

go phand go! *holding breath*

8:27 pm

Transit - you are new. You know about Lickety?

yes, just wondering. didn't feel like wandring over there.

8:28 pm

yes! I am past 100. down to 139

8:29 pm

ok, just checking

is re9 a plural?

8:30 pm

i never go there, transition, and I never really know what words people are referring to when they ask for the 2nd or 8th xy word, still fun, though, even without a list 8-)

8:30 pm

evening all. I hate when work interferes with my Babbling. Still have 85 left today!

8:30 pm

no, transition

8:30 pm

:-) finally found an O from the top..

8:30 pm

hi, judy!

8:31 pm

JUDY!!!! *HUGS AND KISSES*

8:31 pm

evening Pam.

8:31 pm

about time you showed up when I was here... LOL

8:31 pm

1st er?

8:31 pm

re 9 is not plural

8:31 pm

hey pam!

8:31 pm

it has the robot ending

8:31 pm

{{{{{STID}}}}} How's "our" student doing?

8:31 pm

NM - fish

8:31 pm

why did I just say that? it doesn't

8:31 pm

tr8 t & between a ***k & a *ard place & robot end. s0rry lousy clue

re9, ot a plural, well how about a clue then?

8:31 pm

oh, my last word had taht ending...

8:32 pm

thnx, Lynx It is a hard word to clue. I had already gotten it.

8:32 pm

blah. I am NOT ever going to be a microbiologist... I am just not of the right temperament. BUT I am really smart and I am learning a lot AND I will do what I must *determined mama look*

8:32 pm

worked for me lynxxx thx

8:32 pm

I was more persistent with A2Z

8:32 pm

you go Stid

8:32 pm

re5/10 + secretarties used to take ****ation, transition

8:32 pm

waitwait. phand -- I missed your firewords? I can breathe again?

8:32 pm

yay, stid, that' the attitude!

8:32 pm

yes, Stid, I am done!

8:32 pm

hi C'Judy!

8:33 pm

Hiya lynxxx

8:33 pm

thnx. sorry I forgot you were holding your breath

8:33 pm

woohoo phandmd

8:33 pm

YAY phand!!!!! *happy dance* you want choclit? I got lots of carrots... LOL

8:33 pm

yay, phand!!!!!

8:33 pm

congrats Phand!

8:33 pm

woohoo phan

8:33 pm

Sure, I'll try one. It is raw right?

8:34 pm

yup. crunchy and yummy. easter bunny certified!

8:34 pm

well, that is very interesting....

pam, don't have the re5/10 for that clue to work for me!

8:35 pm

anyway, I have a research paper to write. Gotta do some research first though...rough draft due Sun Night.

8:35 pm

vintage, transition...

8:36 pm

*****grade, as in moving backwards....

8:36 pm

1st ke?

8:37 pm

ke4 rhymes with he who inherits

8:37 pm

ke + 3/4 of annoyance

TY, pam!

8:37 pm

i mean 2/3

8:37 pm

ty

8:37 pm

sure, transguy

8:37 pm

Lynx, that is a better clue

8:37 pm

oooh. I got the 9! pam, you're my best friend of the moment! LOL

8:37 pm

and on that note, I am really leaving

8:38 pm

LLOLOLL

8:38 pm

ciao, phand and good luck!

8:38 pm

later phand! thanks for the help! (((hugs)))

8:39 pm

aha. another grey tile, the E on the bottom row... I am a 4-letter specialist!

8:39 pm

Ks done... lots of weirdos

8:40 pm

me too stid... too bad this grid has lots of non 4 letter words ; )

8:40 pm

lol, Kje!

8:40 pm

oh well, keeps like interesting, I suppose

8:42 pm

listening to some guy on the street singing stand by me...

8:42 pm

cool, kje

8:42 pm

HALFWAY!!!! (how did that happen?)

8:43 pm

LOL, stid, it just did 8-)

8:43 pm

1st or?

8:43 pm

the color, kje?

8:44 pm

sorry, wrong letters? LOL

8:44 pm

damn - TY

8:44 pm

ooh. a flower! thanks pam!

8:44 pm

well... kinda, pammy (ducking)... it is a purple color

8:44 pm

yw

8:44 pm

so I need the lone eye and the lone aitch to have NBT and go to the list... help?

8:45 pm

hu4.7

8:45 pm

lone i is cold

8:45 pm

ah. thanks for the hu!

8:45 pm

lone eye is cold. *thinking*

8:46 pm

"icedad" isn't it...

8:46 pm

h is latin, stid

8:46 pm

oh! GOT IT! NBT!!!! *happy smile*

8:46 pm

he would be cold, yes, stid

8:47 pm

LOL kje. that's what I was thinking...

8:47 pm

1st ou?

8:47 pm

man, this is a biggie grid. back with the grid in a moment

8:47 pm

ou7.44 not in & the end of that flower

8:48 pm

thanks, lyn.... peculiar looking word!

8:49 pm

ty lynx... weird one

8:49 pm

thanks for that ou 7

8:49 pm

pam is just hanging and eating our clues when we ask... LOL

8:50 pm

LOL, hey, i ahve given a few, too, tonight...

8:50 pm

my last A word is the AD 6/27 please? after the poison snakes

8:50 pm

*munching on clues in pam's shadow*

8:50 pm

she looks smarter b/c WE are the ones asking ; )

8:50 pm

a drug ad****

8:50 pm

a drug a7 is in need of help, stid

8:50 pm

ah. thanks lynxxx! *eating fish*

8:51 pm

CE 6/21 the first please?

8:52 pm

ce6 a reddish colour

8:52 pm

and the CH 7 if it's not too much trouble?

8:53 pm

ah! french for "cherry color?" I think. thanks lynxxx

8:53 pm

ch7 the guy that jumped out of the plane after losing his para

8:53 pm

one who jumps wit a para*****., stid

8:53 pm

aha! thanks pam and lynxxx!

8:53 pm

yw

8:54 pm

Cs conquered! down to 98!

8:54 pm

yay, stid!

8:54 pm

1st re 6/24?

8:55 pm

NM.. got it

8:55 pm

I need it still kje...

8:56 pm

reverberate again

8:56 pm

re + canyon noise

8:56 pm

again again gain gain gain

8:56 pm

Little Sir ***** how do you do?

8:56 pm

ah! THANKS! Thanks! thanks....

8:57 pm

LOL stid

hi all

8:57 pm

hey angelina!

8:57 pm

re8/50?

8:57 pm

hi ange!

8:58 pm

back to D words *sigh*

hi stid and kje

8:58 pm

resew, kje

8:58 pm

re8.50 re & a ***** in time saves nine

8:58 pm

is the first de 7 built off the de 5 previous?

8:58 pm

hi Angel

8:58 pm

ty

hi lynx

8:58 pm

dom

8:59 pm

don't have it, stid

8:59 pm

no Stid...its someone who will put you down

8:59 pm

thanks lynxxx *thinking*

8:59 pm

ah! got it! :-D

9:00 pm

need the DE 8/9 combo please?

9:00 pm

silly dh words, for sure!

9:00 pm

de8/9 french bum

9:01 pm

oh! I needed that last vowel. thanks lynxxx!

9:01 pm

Ds done!

9:02 pm

BBS

bye lynx

9:02 pm

later lynxxx! thanks again!

9:03 pm

first ER 5 pleae?

9:03 pm

or please

er 5/10 = spooky

9:05 pm

57 left and all S and T - egads

9:05 pm

no, that's an EE, but thanks luv

9:05 pm

need ER 5/12

9:05 pm

go kje go!!!!!

9:05 pm

down to 25; fading fast

9:05 pm

I am down to 64 and faltering.

9:05 pm

go JUDY!!! *holds out lovely chocolate moose*

9:05 pm

i need a brief break... back in a bit... go stid!

sorry, er 5/12 is upright

9:06 pm

oh! thanks luv!

9:06 pm

plus i need socks... my feet are cold - LOL

9:06 pm

see you soon kje!

thanks luv, i didn't have that one yet

bye kje, take care

kje....are you familiar with the Peto Institue in Budapest?

kje....are you familiar with the Peto Institue in Budapest?

yw

oh maybe another time

9:07 pm

*grabs chocolate moose and scarfs it down* feeling much better Stid *hands Stid a cosmo*

9:07 pm

hmph. that didn't give me the second ER the way I had hoped. A nudge please? unless it's fishy...

9:07 pm

mmmm. is a cosmo like a pina colada?

2nd is fishy,it's a past tense

9:07 pm

(wondering why no one asked why I didn't give Judy a mousse....)

9:08 pm

uh, no. *takes back Cosmo for me; gives Stid a pina colade*

9:08 pm

*colada

9:08 pm

oh golly. thanks for the fishy!

2nd er 5/12 -made a mistake

9:08 pm

I thought it was one of those chocolate moost tracks??

9:08 pm

LOL thanks Judy -- I think I will go look up a cosmopolitan...

9:08 pm

thanks also luv!

9:09 pm

it looks kinda sour, Judy -- you like these?

9:10 pm

yep. Cosmos are my favorite.

9:10 pm

rofl... funny how many homophones we have in English.

9:10 pm

well, I know that my younger son likes sour candies, I suppose cosmos will appeal to him when he is older.

9:11 pm

is the ke 7/8 combo obvious?

9:11 pm

I think it's more of a "girl" drink, Stid. Featured throughout the series Sex and The City

9:11 pm

slang for you rear end, Stid

9:12 pm

two bums, stid.

9:12 pm

aha! thanks Judy! I am sitting on said piece of anatomy a lot these days with all the studying.

9:12 pm

LOL skooj

9:12 pm

I commend you Stid for going back to school. Thought of doing it often but don't think I could do the studying anymore.

9:13 pm

my last two O words... the OR 8 please?

9:13 pm

the studying is hard, but only because it's so time consuming. It's not more actual time, just that my life is so much more full than when I was younger.

9:13 pm

Bobby Or* + two great lakes

9:14 pm

hockey great + great lakes.

9:14 pm

wow. great clues! thanks

9:14 pm

Os ousted!

9:15 pm

yay, stid. and i'm done, thx to some great cluers.

9:15 pm

Rs removed!!!!!

9:15 pm

YAY skooj!!!!!

9:15 pm

WOOHOO SKOOJ

ch7, clues?

congrats skooj

9:16 pm

thxxxxx!!! i need wine. and choclate. brb.

9:16 pm

ch 7: person with an umbrella overhead is a parach*****

9:17 pm

hope that wasn't too obscure. the ch 7 jumps out of planes on purpose

9:18 pm

hi babblegang... I have 88 left, and I am so tired. I'll be watching the chog for clues!

9:18 pm

hey LadyN!

9:18 pm

down to 4

9:18 pm

go judy go! (26 here)

9:18 pm

Evening LadyN!

9:18 pm

go stid go

hi lady

stid, is there a double cons in the middle?

9:20 pm

trans, it's not a reguler "do**" ending... think someone who practises psychology, for example, (for your ch7)

9:20 pm

what LadyN said

TY, lady

9:21 pm

you're very welcome

9:21 pm

need the TE 6/21 please?

9:22 pm

so do I, apparently... I'll get whatever I can take!

te + color word + vowel

9:23 pm

TR 8 please?

9:24 pm

tough one to clue, Stid.

9:24 pm

oh, that shipworm. thanks angelina!

yw

9:24 pm

that you angel. FIREWORKS

9:24 pm

got it, angelina, ty

co 5/22, clues?

congrats judy

9:24 pm

YAY JUDY!!!!

9:25 pm

wtg judy!

9:25 pm

I am down to 4. almost caught you ;-)

9:25 pm

tr + flower - first consonant and ending is robot

9:25 pm

ty one and all

9:25 pm

that TR 8 is my last one...

co 5/22 is pt of the co 4 9 above it

9:25 pm

aha! firewords!!! thanks Judy

tr + jamaica town **** rios + freud term

9:26 pm

WOOHOO STID. *DOING THE HAPPY DANCE FOR STID*

hey, peeps

congrats stid

hi tyger

ty, luv

9:26 pm

hey tyger!

9:26 pm

*eating moose and drinking cosmos with Judy*

hey, ange, stid

9:26 pm

thanks alos angelina

how's school, stiddie?

9:26 pm

I think moose jerky goes well with cosmos...

9:27 pm

*starting to get tipsy on cosmos*

and yay for finishing. I'm not even trying today's grid

9:27 pm

oh school is hard tyger. not the studying, just juggling life around it. Very tiring. And labs are not fun for me.

9:27 pm

*hands judy another piece of moose to offset cosmo*

9:27 pm

think it's nighty night time. will catch my Babbling friends tomorrow. Sweet dreams all.

what kind of labs?

9:28 pm

microbiology.

co 6/21 clue both, and the 6/24

9:28 pm

sweet dreams dear Judy! be well!

and I don't doubt that arranging a life as full as yours around classes is a real challenge!

micro labs?

9:28 pm

co 6/21 the first is a person who takes the center out of an apple

9:29 pm

the second co 6/21 is like a boy's name, co + double consonant + two vowels

co 6/24 is plural of the co 5 14 above it

ty, stid, next one?

k

9:29 pm

oh, this is a painful grid for me.

can I be of any help? I spent 5 years doing micro labs, so to speak :)

9:29 pm

yeah, microbiology labs. it's a survey class, so no one lab is really all that difficult, but I have never taken biology (not even in high school) and my last chemistry was a quarter century ago. So there's a bit of unfamiliarity with procedures and materials

9:30 pm

it wasn't the easiest, LadyN

9:31 pm

ouch, stid. that would make me run away fast!

doing research, plus all the classes

9:31 pm

I was never big on maths and sciences.

9:31 pm

LOL it almost has a few times, Lady N! but next week I don't have to follow anyone else's lab, just work on my quarter project, which I already know how to do.

co 7/40, clues???

unless you have a closer resource, please feel free to call on me :)

9:32 pm

thanks tyger! well, first you could do a brain transplant so I don't need words like "aliquot" explained to me...

9:32 pm

c + those peculiar ones

co 7/40 is plural of the co 6/27 above it

quarter? the school where you're going is on the quarter system, not semesters?

LOL, I'm afraid a brain transplant is right out, but anything else ....

9:33 pm

my actual project this time is kind of fun, checking to see what grows in compost at various stages, just a general look, not PCRs or anything really genetic.

ty, luv, should have seen that!

9:33 pm

yes, quarters. I have about 6 more weeks of work, then two weeks of presentations and then I am done!

9:33 pm

we did a PCR and gel electrophoresis yesterday. I had a good lab partner, or wouldn't have survived!

not too many schools are on the quarter system anymore

who picked that class for you?

9:34 pm

hiya herin

9:34 pm

no, but I like the quarter system. It allows a person like me to learn just the right amount without being completely overwhelmed.

9:34 pm

hi, herin

hi herin

hey, herin, happy B-day! (or is it already over, where you are?)

9:34 pm

its the birthday girl! happy birthday Infernal

9:34 pm

I hated that my son's high school went to semesters.

hope you had a great birthday

Waves hello. i go off and have a birthday and there is a MASSIVe grid to play with.

9:35 pm

oh, I picked the class. I needed 4 credits of biology, 4 credits of lab, 4 credits of ecology or environmental science, and this 16-credit course covers all of those in one fell swoop.

9:35 pm

hey lady!!!

yup, herin. I decided I wasn't touching it. too big

9:35 pm

how was your special day herin???

9:35 pm

happy birthday, kiddo! 19 again?

9:35 pm

you don't look a day older!

:slaps head: oh, stiddie, WHY? that's a huge gulp!

9:36 pm

happy birthday herin! (I didn't know) ... so herin is a... scorpio?

Thank you. had a fantastic day and night. its the morning after. My b.f my g.f and her b.f and I went to Hogs Breath Cafe and scared a little kid. He said to his mum 'Oh scaries'' so my g.f in all her glory and demonic voice barks back ''we eat little kids like you, NOM'' Dead set funny. The kids mum laughed

Yes I am a Scorpio

Stid I believe I am 30 again. Thats right isn't it after 30 numbers dont count?

scorpio, indeed. My son's B-day is next week

9:37 pm

happy day fellow scorpion!

9:37 pm

hurray for scorpios( is it really that time of year again)

9:37 pm

LOL partly because one of the teachers has already retired and was back for an encore performance. She is an old friend of mine and when I saw her class gave me what I needed I made a pest of myself until I got in... but I am actually working with the other teacher as an advisor to avoid too much favoritism

9:37 pm

you must be right, herin. I haven't moved from 30 for... more than a decade

you're a scorpio, pam?

9:37 pm

LOL lady

9:38 pm

rofl... little kids are funny1

9:38 pm

I am,. tyger, an auburn-haired scorp

I wanted my son to be born on my grampa's B-day, but he was in too much of a hurry

9:38 pm

scorpios are scary... they has stingers!

9:38 pm

ah! supper is served. lurk mode engaged!

9:38 pm

lol. stod

9:38 pm

*stid

9:39 pm

hb stidmama

scorpios are LOVELY people - as long as you don't cross 'em ;)

9:39 pm

I had a scorpio lover, once.

9:39 pm

2nd si6?

so he came a week early

9:40 pm

hi all :)

Yep. That and at the Casino last night when were we all met up for coffee and cake this random strangers partner called me a freak (i was wearing my long frock coat and hat and pin stripped pants). His g.f slapped him, I spun about and called him a wanker and she said back ''I agree'' I think Mr Smart mouth went from hero to zero in under a second

hey, kje

9:40 pm

LOLOL

Waves hello to Kazz.

9:40 pm

lol, herin

9:40 pm

hi tyger

hey, kaz

hi kazz

9:40 pm

hero to zero - LOL

9:40 pm

hiya kazz

9:41 pm

what do the numbers stand for ? Like when kge said 2nd si6 ? whats the 6 ?

9:41 pm

kje---double 3rd & 4th of the si4/4

9:41 pm

ty pug

blue, have you read the help page yet? or seen Lickety's page?

9:41 pm

the number of letters in the word, blue... we get that from Lickety's clues (link under the board)

the link for Lickety's page is in the middle of the yellow box at the bottom of this page

Ok there is 2 words you dont call me one is Freak and the other is not publishable here

9:42 pm

means.. word starts with si, has 6 letters, and is worth 18 points

herin, dear, you're loved here, and nobody calls you anything ugly here - they wouldn't dare; they'd be mobbed

9:43 pm

what letter does it start with, herin?

9:43 pm

catching up on the chat log...nuther scorpio here :)

9:43 pm

ah, thanks. Didn't even knows the clues page was there

my lovely scorpio son made a special trip over earlier to bail me out of a problem

9:44 pm

but if we said freak we would mean it in a very good way : ) LOL

its four letters and it starts with SL??

I fed him and gave him a hug. that seemed to suffice :D

9:44 pm

OMG herin... no one called you that? ass

9:44 pm

lol... I don't mind that so much as the "C" word.

My ex used to. But Freak really bugs me.

9:45 pm

mmm. I LOVE pancakes for supper! my Tom is the BEST!

9:45 pm

clue please for last CE6/21?

Tom made supper?

herin, whatever were you doing with a jerk like that???

9:45 pm

awesome, stid... now, why are you pretending to be canadian until january??

9:45 pm

yes. he is a lovely man. He is doing all the hard stuff when my hip hurts.

9:45 pm

we say someone is freaky and it is a cool thing... not the norm, thus good...

9:46 pm

yeah and you can use the maple syrup for other stuff later stid... wink... wink..

9:46 pm

but understand that is not the way the jerks you met yesterday meant it

9:46 pm

one track mind there, ru

ce 6/21, there are 3. i need two. go ahead and clue all three.

hey, ruru

Tyger that is a very loooooooooooonnnnnnggggg Story.

9:46 pm

ummmm. I am pretending to be canadian because some of my bestest friends are canadian and because right now it is embarassing to be from my regular country. my government SUX.

9:46 pm

tracked..

hey, rurur

9:46 pm

hey ruru! rofl

9:46 pm

hi everyone...

9:46 pm

WHATEVER!

9:47 pm

ce6/21... for sure...

9:47 pm

hi ruru

9:47 pm

stid likes my sense of humor .. kje..neener neener

well, at least you had the good sense to dump him :)

9:47 pm

hi, ru and kaz and everyone else who just got here

9:47 pm

lady -- you're not "a" freak you're just you. feel free to give a patented "stern mama look" at anyone who says mean things to you.

9:47 pm

hey pugsy

9:47 pm

hey pamster

9:47 pm

is that allowed Pam????

9:48 pm

well, I like you being canadian, stid :)

9:48 pm

yes, kje 8-)

9:48 pm

hi pugmama and kazozz! when did you get here?

9:48 pm

you are unique herin...and not a freak...some people just don't recognize cool..

9:48 pm

thanks ladyN. glad you don't mind!

9:48 pm

only pammie/pammy bring out the stinger

9:48 pm

i think pam is playing favorites

kaz got here about 7 or 8 minutes ago, I think

not sure about pug

9:48 pm

jealous..

9:49 pm

was bury deep in grid till I noticed a kje clue request a while back & answered

9:49 pm

I can't wear long coats. I am so short that people think the garment hides a smurf

9:49 pm

no, kje, I amn't. I just can't abide pammie/pammy. Nut realized I meant it, and she will say pamm-o, and such...

9:49 pm

you guys are all freaks... I can't concentrate on the grid with this much chog going on

oh, okay

9:49 pm

i am ru, i was sure pam loved me more than you ; )

9:49 pm

lol stid.. me too!!

LOL, natts. do you want us all to go away??

9:49 pm

hey, i wear my freak flag proudly

9:49 pm

I like pamster..

9:49 pm

LOLOL, kje

9:49 pm

so, I am a SHORT freak... *cross-eyes and silly face*

ce 6/21, clues. there a re three.

9:50 pm

LOL, ruru

9:50 pm

not at all, tyger.

9:50 pm

I use pammo a lot too.

9:50 pm

could i get a shove towards the DH pair please?

9:50 pm

Pammy makes me think of Tammi Wynette

9:50 pm

sounds like a responsibility pug

9:50 pm

sounds like booty

9:50 pm

ugh

9:50 pm

makes me wretch, ruru

9:51 pm

sounds like things you MUST do, pugmama.

I only came in to kibitz. I'm not touching this grid

9:51 pm

sounds like chores, pug.

9:51 pm

ok, pam...

9:51 pm

I like kje's clue. mine was dumm

9:51 pm

notta tyger, a chicken :P

9:51 pm

what, kje?

Stid. I was wearing my pants that make my bum look great. Brb. I can't hold this many conversations at once. I am talking to the half sister. Back SOON. Promise

9:51 pm

*** airline sickness bags out for Pamster ***

dharma ain't in there. I looked

hi hi all... yikes 241 and 2 hours????

9:51 pm

if the middle letter in the dh was an o it would be a funny spelling for "fish"

9:51 pm

dh

9:52 pm

sounds like booty

9:52 pm

AUTUMN!!!! you can do it! (I did)

9:52 pm

ty kje

hey, moon

9:52 pm

yw

ce 6/21 clues?

9:52 pm

hiya autumn... don't even bother trying for the grid if you are looking at chog even if one eye.

stiddie, very few people are as fast as you

9:52 pm

ce + ****s of passage

9:52 pm

*if WITH one eye

stid - okay, i'll try hi tyger

9:53 pm

4 to go & brain is cooked

9:53 pm

how fast do you run a mile stiddy?

9:53 pm

put it on simmer pugs

hiding chat---

chog tonite is very lively :D

go, pug

9:54 pm

I better drink wine and cook dinner... bbl good luck..

yes rururocks, can you clue the other two?

9:54 pm

hm. I could walk a mile in 10, but didn't run "back in the day"

later, ruru

9:54 pm

on crutches these days I go slightly faster, without crutches a mile is too far.

9:54 pm

help with the ch 7/40 please

9:54 pm

trying to figure out who's fault it is that chog is so lively... FM's not here to blame.

9:54 pm

one is cherry in french

9:54 pm

think I need help with these ST6/30 clue please?

9:54 pm

better than drinking dinner and cooking wine, ruru!

9:54 pm

ce + **** and shine, trans.

9:54 pm

(blame ruru)

9:55 pm

the other sounds like the breath mint with a vowell on the end (and plural)

ch 7/40, para*******,

9:55 pm

why blame anyone... lively chog is good, no?

9:55 pm

st 6/30, if it ended in T it would be a word for lane or avenue

I see a st6 that describes a sometimes fatal brain event

and it pluralizes, too

9:55 pm

it has a double vowel, pugmama

9:55 pm

stid is the strong silent type..

skoo, got that how about the last one not clued?

9:55 pm

st6.30 if one of the double cons was an a you could run naked

9:55 pm

ty how weird

9:55 pm

ty transitionguy

9:56 pm

and the next st 6/30 is a brain hemorrhage or the length of the arms in swimming or rowing

9:56 pm

haven't done that in a while...

9:56 pm

st6 after sew?

9:56 pm

nm... see the clue below

fireworks

9:56 pm

PS ruru been meaning to tell you since you posted your pic, pretty cute there buddy! ***wink,wink***

9:56 pm

that's the one that resembles avenue or running nekkid, kje

9:57 pm

naked runners kje

yay, ange

9:57 pm

yahooo angelina!!!!

9:57 pm

Congrats Angel!

9:57 pm

ty... i got it...

9:57 pm

thank you pugs..

9:57 pm

woohoo angelina!!!!!

9:57 pm

congrats, angelina!!

thank you all

9:57 pm

bye.. dinner calls...

9:57 pm

YAY angelina!

9:57 pm

later ruru

9:58 pm

later ru... enjoy

well, peeps, I do have other things to do. later, all

and thanks stid too

i need one more ce 6/21. the one not related to the other 6 and 7.

9:58 pm

let me know if the wife kicks you to the curb! I'd love a man that can cook & Babble!

bye tyger, hagn

9:58 pm

*wondering what ruru's dinner calls him*

9:58 pm

later tyger, thanks for the pep talk. (((hugs)))

9:58 pm

okay, I am NOT getting that do9.... even with help from "resources"

9:58 pm

bye tyger

do9 is a plural.

make do8 plural

9:59 pm

do9---ones that do6

9:59 pm

oh the last ce 6/21 is a shakespeare word for "certainly" sounds like the "one and a half calorie breath mint"

9:59 pm

guess I have to get the do8 first ... :P

9:59 pm

do 8 is a double ending of the do 6/27

ty, stid!!

9:59 pm

do9---ones that do6

9:59 pm

then plural for the 9

9:59 pm

and I haven't got that do6 yet either :(

10:00 pm

d + some numbers are even and some are *** + television show that george clooney used to star in

10:00 pm

do6---d+ more strange or o****

10:00 pm

do 6. to sort of toddle around, only they say this about elderly people

10:00 pm

or what angelina said -- it was brilliant

10:01 pm

glad I looked up - thx angelina

10:01 pm

oh geez! ... I prefer tuna or salmon, if you will.

10:01 pm

salmon sushi . mmmmmm

10:01 pm

yw and thanks stid

10:01 pm

mmmmm sushi.....

10:01 pm

I was totally going the wrong way.

10:01 pm

thank you all.

10:01 pm

mmmm. now I need more food. thanks a lot, kje!

10:01 pm

sorry for this guys but really need help with last 3please?

10:02 pm

need clues for both OU8's and the 7/36..

10:02 pm

I need to head out now. I just realized I have to write some answers to questions tonight and read a few more chapters and ... *sigh* at least I had a couple hours' playtime. that was nice.

10:02 pm

oh. will stay for pugmama...

10:02 pm

gn stid, take care

10:02 pm

ok I'm done...help anyone?

10:02 pm

later, stid...

10:02 pm

Ss done!!! woohoo!!!

10:03 pm

ty stiddy

10:03 pm

tc stid... happy Canadianism!

10:03 pm

OU 8s are the not in + wept; not in + weeps

10:03 pm

opposite of in and weeps and wept for the ou 8's

10:03 pm

I need help! I'm braindead.

10:03 pm

and the ou 7/36 is not in + I (past tense verb) my bike

10:03 pm

i need help with the or 8/40 please

ee6, ee7?

related to ee5?

10:03 pm

*does brain transplant on LadyN but grabs the wrong one and gets a gerbils brain*

10:04 pm

ty vm my dearest Babble buddies!!!

10:04 pm

stranger, strangest

10:04 pm

YAY pugmama?

10:04 pm

fireworks at last

10:04 pm

yes, trans-guy... superlatives.

10:04 pm

YAY PUGMAMA!!!!!

10:04 pm

and now... *poof*

10:04 pm

yes transition more of the ee 5

10:04 pm

woohoo pugster!!!

10:04 pm

Congrats Pug!

10:04 pm

congrats pug

10:04 pm

thanks, (run, run, run)... stid

10:04 pm

never would have finished on 5 hours sleep without your help!

10:05 pm

wtg pug...can u clue me the or 8 now lol

10:05 pm

hu 4,7??

10:05 pm

you rock pug! this is a horrid grid

TY, lady!

10:05 pm

you're welcome, trans-guy

10:05 pm

or8--o+ bouble cons+ plural great lake

10:06 pm

or8...hmmm. Hockey great Bobby or*+small red fruits from Oregon (Bing!) without the Ch sound

10:06 pm

oops double

10:06 pm

thx pug n pav

10:06 pm

or do what Pug says...I'm kinda out there...

10:06 pm

1st te?

10:07 pm

te+ color + cons

10:07 pm

I always think of Michigan when I think of ch******

10:07 pm

wrong color + vowel sorry

10:07 pm

not to be insensitive, but the how the Japanses mught say Toledo Ohio,

10:07 pm

TY

10:07 pm

figured you meant vowel : )

10:08 pm

lol pav

10:08 pm

very brain dead

10:08 pm

grid rot, pug - LOL

10:08 pm

LOL you said a mouth full!

10:08 pm

i like your icon kje!

10:09 pm

TY pav

10:09 pm

any more before I keel over dear?

10:09 pm

took me forever to get that or clue... no-one mentioned that the ch+ part was not double-consonanted.

10:09 pm

sorry lady

10:10 pm

oopsies! mesorry!

10:10 pm

no, TY pug... sweet dreams!!!

10:10 pm

it's ok... I got it, didn't I?

10:10 pm

and I do thank you.

10:11 pm

all righty then my lovies ! good night & Happy Babbling to all!

10:11 pm

a well deserved re4 Pug1

10:11 pm

64 left... 3 a.m. comes early... I don't know if I'll make it.

10:11 pm

15!!! damn that feels good

10:11 pm

go kje go !!! & Le POOF!

10:11 pm

you can do it lady! hang in there

10:12 pm

the ch8 still has me completely baffled

10:12 pm

Eva..how about a ch7 instead?

10:13 pm

1 letter less baffled(-:

10:13 pm

ch8... if you jump out of a plane, you need a para****e...+ if you practise psycholog y, you are a psycholog***

10:13 pm

fireworks ... thx for all the great clues as always :) bbl if i can stay awake!

10:13 pm

the ch7..one who wears a parach***

10:13 pm

bye kazz!

10:13 pm

gj Kazozz!

10:14 pm

sorry, that was the ch7... there is no ch8

10:14 pm

my eternal gratitude pav!

10:14 pm

woohoo kazzzzzzz!!!!

10:14 pm

Theres words on here, that are correct, that aren't even real words as far as their own dictionary is concerned. .. What's the deal with that ?

10:14 pm

are you done pav?

10:14 pm

ictis

10:14 pm

icti

10:14 pm

s-c-blue..welcome to the land of Babble!

10:14 pm

LOL blue... welcome to the enable dictionary... we do not ask why

10:15 pm

there are some glitches, blue....

10:15 pm

sorry, sorry

10:15 pm

kje- yes, I finished just a few mins ago...

10:15 pm

woohoo pav!!! wtg!

er 5, are both related to the er4?

10:16 pm

I'm ir5 that I didn't find ir5 without help. :( I must be braindead.

10:17 pm

one is, trans-guy (past tense)... the other is what you find happening when you are aroused.

10:17 pm

Transit - one is - past tense again - the other stands up straight

10:17 pm

"welcome to the land of Babble!" .. heh. True , this is our forst game

ty, everyone! dang should have saw that one!

seen that one!

10:17 pm

er.. first even

10:18 pm

s-c - you know that proper nouns aren't accepted

10:18 pm

lol, which one, trans-guy?

10:18 pm

see you fit right in! misspelt words, words that don't exist anywhere else, or have no meaning...that's what Babbling is all about...not fo r the faint at heart...

10:18 pm

well, then welcome blue... hope you get as ad6ed as teh rest of us soon

10:19 pm

to the PB, kje :-)

10:19 pm

shoot... and i was so careful re: the ad

10:19 pm

uh oh... true, kje

10:20 pm

i noticed LOL

10:20 pm

*sitting in the hot tub in the PB drinking champagne and eating cherries*

10:21 pm

too bad you all have to stay out there...

10:21 pm

:-D

10:22 pm

aren't people in the PB supposed to be muzzled for as long as they are penalized?

10:22 pm

just try it lady - LOLOL

10:23 pm

lol... I never seem to get caught and sent to the PB

10:23 pm

tempting fate, Lady . . .

10:24 pm

Indeed, Une... I thought that as I typed it.

10:24 pm

notice she does not say... I never say words... she says i never get caught... hmmm... interesting

10:24 pm

indeed

10:24 pm

but if there's a hot tub there....

10:25 pm

probably because no-one really pays attention to what I say! LOL

10:25 pm

well, my icon photo with attched clue is up for the or8..in case anyone needs it

10:26 pm

well we will NOW, lady - LOLOL

10:26 pm

how cool PAV... that is quite pretty

10:27 pm

5

10:27 pm

ty...I'm especially thoughtful in presenting an 8 word...

10:28 pm

yes, awesome, PAV... who knew? (I didn't even know the word existed)

te 6, need 2 and not the dog. clues please?

10:28 pm

you are PAV... too bad you did it so late in the day LOL

10:28 pm

3

10:29 pm

er... my dog is a te7...

10:29 pm

2

10:29 pm

well i just found it a short time ago! My mind is beyond hope with Babble...

sorry need only one te6, sorry forgot that was the 7

no, i need two te6's

10:30 pm

1

10:30 pm

which te6 there are 3

go ahead and clue them all if you have it! please!

10:30 pm

0

10:31 pm

1) the Japanese Toledo...2) sounds like a command "to rip apart" 3) more of te5

10:31 pm

te + redecorate

10:31 pm

WTG kje!!

ty, kje, next te6 please.

10:32 pm

ty... it was long : )

10:32 pm

pav clued them TG

what's the time?

10:32 pm

1:28 mins left...I think

10:33 pm

t + screw up + thing pronoun

no, what time was the te6 clued?

10:33 pm

1 hr 28 mins

10:33 pm

or cousin on adams family

10:33 pm

oh! just now!

10:33 pm

next te6 ir more te5

TY, kje

10:35 pm

yw

10:35 pm

guy..before they became states, the regions were known as te6+ories

getting sllepy didn't se the clue.

10:35 pm

it happens as many people are trying to speak at once...

10:35 pm

clue for the te7?

10:36 pm

dog breed, shirlock

10:36 pm

shirlock...breed family of smallish dogs...

10:36 pm

good grief, i can't believe i didn't see that

10:37 pm

hands Shirl a fish..not the salmon as that's for din some time in the near future...

10:38 pm

s-c-blue...as with Shirl, if you're still lurking, when we find the obvious words we hand out fishes...

10:38 pm

i deserved that fish

10:39 pm

something cold wet and smelly to smack upside one's head...as if it doesn't dull the senses more!

And I am back.My half sister and I talked for ages.

10:41 pm

wb, herin

10:41 pm

Welll gosh gooly gee! It's milady!

Hi.

I have found i talk way to much on the phone

10:42 pm

a Happy Happy Birthday to you! I prob missed it though, yes?

10:42 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERIN!!!!

Thank you. Pav im still waking up. It could be classed as yesturday

THank yous

10:43 pm

Well, you certainly don;t look a day over...3/4 months?

I say im still 30

10:44 pm

Happy 30th (!!) BD then!

ti 5/12

10:45 pm

LOL herin... me too

clues please, ti 5/12

31 actually but hey after 30 its all numbers

10:45 pm

ti5/12 weary

10:45 pm

Well, I got 103 without list. Off for a little break and back to see if I can find the other 138

10:45 pm

I have a ti5/12 that means I need to go to bed... another fish, trans-guy?

10:46 pm

past tense of ti4,,,to become weak and weary or those round things on your car wheels...

Thats the way it goes KJE

10:46 pm

woohoo autumn... nice going!

sorry, had that. need a 5/10. not a plural or past tense that i can tell.

10:47 pm

a measurement

10:47 pm

theres the levels, the drip measurement (science) and its Brit spelling

not that one, sorry, are all the others past tense, and plurals?

sorry, not that was it.

10:48 pm

yes,

10:49 pm

adios... may be back for flip if i am awake

Later KJE

10:49 pm

just to be clear Guy, the last 2 ti5 10 are alt spellings of each other, the American and British for the same word...

10:49 pm

we'll see you again KJE!

Himself just got out of bed and its nearly 3pm. hes napping on the floor again. too cute

10:51 pm

must take Joey for his eve walk, then I'll return for more help...BRB

Later Pav

10:54 pm

I made it back!!!

10:54 pm

Hey everyone!

10:54 pm

re6,24 please!

10:54 pm

(Do I have enough time to finish - that is the question.)

HI PINI

10:54 pm

wb pinkula!

10:54 pm

can I get some help with ou 7,36???

10:54 pm

2nd de8?

Pini i have just started too

10:55 pm

re = to re-reverberate

10:55 pm

de4/9?

10:56 pm

blue, ou7 ... handled a horse faster than anyone

10:56 pm

nm

10:57 pm

ty

10:57 pm

thx Lady! ;)

10:58 pm

Can I get help for any one of the KE's?

10:58 pm

yw yw!

10:59 pm

ke7 - get your ke7 out of bed and get to work

10:59 pm

another word for ass

10:59 pm

then plural it

10:59 pm

thx!

11:00 pm

ke4 - rhymes with one who inherits

11:00 pm

and plural

11:00 pm

ke7 - more than one John running for pres?

tr5/12, above tr5/18

11:00 pm

9 words down since I got here! thx!!!

11:00 pm

in 2004

need clues, sorry forgot to mention that!

11:01 pm

add vowel to the tr4

hey pini

11:01 pm

oh, good one kje

11:01 pm

hi smiles!

11:01 pm

how many left pini... will you make it?

11:02 pm

83

Oh boy i ahve 177 left

11:03 pm

2nd de8?

11:03 pm

ugh herin... get going girl

tr 6/33, clues?

Oh not

11:03 pm

PT of the tr5

11:04 pm

any of the OR's?

ty kje

Yah finally have something to watch on telly

11:04 pm

what's that herin

11:05 pm

or6 - tropical parasitic flower

11:05 pm

ok I'm back...2nd de8 another french word for your posterior end and the de9 is it's pl

11:05 pm

or8 - bobby or* hockey player + several great lakes

there are 3 tr6/18. i'll take clues for all please.

11:06 pm

or pini... look at Pav's icon for that or8

11:06 pm

Pini...my icon clue for the or8....or5 the doctors

11:06 pm

or5 - same Bobby + to be verb

11:06 pm

or4 - food scraps

Various Music

11:07 pm

I'm lookin'!!!!

11:07 pm

1st tr6 18 is pl of 2nd tr5..those who try are tr****

kl, got that, next?

11:07 pm

okay, I'm out. i have to get up and deliver newspapers in 5 hours. I had a full day at full-time work, and I'm done in.

11:07 pm

good night all ..

11:08 pm

night Lady!

have fun lady!

11:08 pm

GN lady - sweet dreams

tr 6/18, more clues please.

Night Lady

Ok im going to have fun

11:09 pm

3rd tr6 18,,,adds a consonant to the tr5 preceding it..meaning short, as in contr5, and one who is

11:09 pm

bye herin... hugs... hagd

11:10 pm

night kje!

11:10 pm

2nd de8 pls?

11:10 pm

not ME pav... herin was leaving...

11:11 pm

bio... what do you like about the SW... michigan is much prettier, no?

pav, were you cluing for all 3 tr6/18

11:11 pm

sorry, that cut off the start... it said pav, i just read your bio...

11:12 pm

I've only given two clues for tr6 18 so far...just checking to see what I can get a way with in giving last tr6 18 clue...

that's probably the one i need.

looks like you clued the two i have.

11:12 pm

tr6 - more tr5

11:12 pm

MI and most parts of the country (US) ARE far more greener and pleasant...but it's the warmth I crave...

11:13 pm

why are you asking him to clue stuff you already have, TG... that can be annoying

11:14 pm

the 2nd tr6 18 ...is french/spanish for sadness...think romantic dalliance with a more common spelling..

11:14 pm

I like the warmth... but mostly b/c it is contrast to the other seasons... I miss the true seasons since i moved back here

i need the tr6/18 above the other two 6/18

11:15 pm

pl of the tr5

that's the one i need clued. pav is your clue for that word?

11:15 pm

1st tr6/18 is a plural, TG... second Pav just clued... third means more of the tr5

11:15 pm

the first clue is, yes...

ugh, why i didn't have that!?

11:16 pm

* up for air * 72 left

11:17 pm

trout or halibut? Guy?

11:17 pm

yea pini

11:17 pm

GO Pini!

11:18 pm

in case you didn't have them, they also rhyme with the cr5 12 and 6 21

tu 5, 6, 7, any clues, are they related?

11:19 pm

tu is like the candy

ok, got 5, and 6 on the tu's, is the tu7 related?

11:19 pm

tu*** frutti

11:20 pm

yes, related....ummm think flavors for ice cream tu*** fruity, make it a pl

got it! done with tu's, ty for clues

11:20 pm

does anyone have the 2nd de8?

11:21 pm

Shirl..I provided that upon my return from walking Joey...perhaps you were busy....Fr for your rear end and the de9 is it's pl

11:22 pm

i must have missed your clue! thx pav3

11:22 pm

np, yw

11:22 pm

first ou8?

11:23 pm

past tense of the 2nd ou8

11:23 pm

another fish for me!

oc6, is it related to oc5, if not please clue/

11:24 pm

you can share with Guy...

11:24 pm

62

11:24 pm

past tense of oc5

11:24 pm

oc is a color

11:24 pm

di8? my last one

11:25 pm

more so of your di7....

rock! ty pav!

11:25 pm

I got 157/84 left. I'm going to call it a night. See you tomorrow

11:26 pm

night AUtumn...we'll be waiting for you mananana

11:26 pm

HI AM!

11:26 pm

night AM ;)

11:27 pm

Hi Pini/ni-night Pini. I was hiding chat so I wouldn't be distracted by things flying by in chog.....

11:27 pm

thx again pav3, took me long enough!

11:27 pm

shortened Richard Nixon+ti4 = di7

od4, is it related to od5, and can i get a clue. beating my head against the wall on this one!

11:28 pm

sometimes the words JUMP at you, and sometimes not sooo much...

11:28 pm

nw...have a good evening! ;)

od4, help! can't seem to tease it out!!

11:30 pm

od4 not related to od5....sometimes people have a repetitive ting and they're referred to as episod4

11:30 pm

thing...not ting....

pav is that a clue?

11:31 pm

yes....my attempt...

cool, i'll try

11:32 pm

or the ladies love to have pe***cures

11:32 pm

54

pini, got od4?

11:33 pm

and man**ures and facials and backrubs and ...diamonds. but I digress....

11:33 pm

nope

got od4 finally!

11:34 pm

clue plz?

so pav od5 is not at all like od4?

sept fopr the od part?

od, and you put **e in your soda

that was for you pini

11:35 pm

correct...think the smallish mammal(?) that swims in the rivers and builds dams..starts with "ot"

11:35 pm

I put what in my soda???

so, ty pav

frozen water, **e

11:36 pm

ooooh

od **e

11:36 pm

thx

11:36 pm

s-c-blue...still with us?

no prob, od 5, look at pavs clue, it's good!

or 5/10, clues?

lol, just fell out of the sky, don't need it

11:41 pm

43

11:41 pm

SNL alumnus Gary M+or5

54

11:41 pm

one or is a bug spray..company

had that one already

11:42 pm

the other is like M***** the cat

11:42 pm

Hey ruru! how are ya?

11:42 pm

hiya pav.. fine... good day for me today.

11:43 pm

how is you?

11:44 pm

this grid was a toughy in many ways

11:44 pm

it sucked

11:44 pm

another way to put it I guess...

11:45 pm

I like how you get to the point kje...lol

11:45 pm

I am ready for a new Icon...

11:45 pm

guess i'm not much of a bser

11:45 pm

what this time ruru... you as a baby?

11:46 pm

as a sperm...

11:46 pm

preconception....

ke8, clues?

11:46 pm

I have my tail on..

11:46 pm

tr6/18 (2nd)

11:46 pm

tr 8/55?

11:46 pm

LOL

11:46 pm

well your footprint will be smaller!!!

11:46 pm

slang for ass trans

11:47 pm

tr6 - sounds like a secretive mtg between lovers

slang in canada?

11:47 pm

tr8 - tr + almost the tropical flower... but more of a robot ending

11:47 pm

no.. more ny city

11:48 pm

tr6 is sad in French -- hi guys

hey jilli

11:48 pm

hi jilli

11:48 pm

hi Jilli!

11:48 pm

ruru isn't really in Canada, trans -- read his profile (click on the icon)

11:49 pm

hi jilli ruru all

11:49 pm

wishes I was in Canada...

11:49 pm

ruru is just a traitor really... not a REAL american...

11:49 pm

hey dart

11:49 pm

tr8 is a geometry term, so it has a techno ending

11:49 pm

ooooohh she's getting warmed up..

11:49 pm

hi dartie -- ready for the next grid and another speed record?

11:50 pm

hey dart...back for the flip?

ke8, new clue please

11:50 pm

and I should be an American because?

11:50 pm

LOL kje!

11:50 pm

30

11:50 pm

back on slower comp...we'll see lol

11:50 pm

Guy..pl of ke7, your rumpus, bumpus...

pini you got ke8?

11:50 pm

mostly cuz you were born here... thus an american... but not a REAL one by palin's definition

11:51 pm

ke8 spells a lot like a bank robbery

11:51 pm

rumpus - LOL

11:51 pm

yep!

11:51 pm

Oh.. and Palin is an authority on the subject?

11:51 pm

John Cleese had an apology to Michael Palin, that he was no longer the funniest Palin

11:51 pm

apparently

ok, so the ass clue for ke was appropriate, but alas we are tired.

11:52 pm

28

11:52 pm

LOL jilli... missed that

11:52 pm

well rur, she's only a stone's throw from the lovely and exciting USSR

11:52 pm

(maybe Neiman Marcus)

11:52 pm

except she isn't funny

11:52 pm

Hi Everyone..how are we all tonight

11:52 pm

Guy! to the pB for the last 8 mins...!

11:52 pm

I know she can see Russia from her house..

11:52 pm

it's on YouTube, kje

11:53 pm

missed the neiman's ref

11:53 pm

HI Dr!

11:53 pm

and ruru, there are a couple of Russians who can see her -- also on YouTube

11:53 pm

Hi Pav!

11:53 pm

she spent $150 K on clothes fro Neiman Marcus, Saks, and Macy's

11:53 pm

hi DR... OK, ti5, but determined to see how horrid tomorrow's grid is

11:53 pm

Hey KJE... are you still here or did you leave and come back

11:53 pm

hi Dr1965 :)

11:53 pm

oh yes...

11:53 pm

i left and came back

11:54 pm

and left and came back

11:54 pm

It will be a bruiser..

11:54 pm

and left and came back

11:54 pm

Hi Jilli- I like your dragon

11:54 pm

someday i may not come back

11:54 pm

um, the GOP spent that money on her

11:54 pm

all that coming and going...?

11:54 pm

did you finish?

11:54 pm

you are not the only yoyo

11:54 pm

I would miss you

11:54 pm

uh huh jilli...the girl knows how to shop..

11:54 pm

i did finish DR, TY

11:55 pm

cute icon, DR!

11:55 pm

I am not a yoyo.. I just can't make up my mind..

11:55 pm

YEA!! for you and all other finishers

11:55 pm

ty Jilli.. I am hiding

11:55 pm

ruyoyoru

ke5, clues?

11:55 pm

Minver? Is that you?

11:55 pm

is that chinese Kje?

11:55 pm

ke 5 is a plural

11:55 pm

ruru, make up your mind about what?

11:55 pm

ke 5 is a plural

11:56 pm

chop suey

11:56 pm

coming or going.. get with it jilli

ty, kje

11:56 pm

ouch

11:56 pm

yw

47, oh well we try hard

11:56 pm

ruru fritters

11:56 pm

I can't keep up with this racy chat, lol

11:57 pm

no kidding Jilli

11:57 pm

did you change your pic yet, ru... do i need to refresh

11:57 pm

21

11:57 pm

go Pini!!

11:57 pm

nope not yet.. but you should refresh anyway.. ...

11:57 pm

go pini go - rofl

11:57 pm

maybe a shower or something...

11:57 pm

damn... i hate it when i open the door

11:58 pm

ruru...tsk tsk...

11:58 pm

I'm givin' it a good shot!!!

11:58 pm

ROFL

11:58 pm

if i was more awake, i would have prevented that

11:58 pm

don't change your pic, handsome ruru

11:58 pm

thank you jilli

11:58 pm

*** smug look ***

11:59 pm

you guys need to stop... soon his head will pop out of that box

11:59 pm

might get messy

11:59 pm

My ears are too big for that...

11:59 pm

could DR... swelling heads is messy : )

11:59 pm

20

11:59 pm

all around the mulberry bush the monkey chased the weasel

12:00 am

swelling heads can be fun..

12:00 am

LOL Hurshy!

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