November 4, 2008
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flip gl all
you've got to be kidding!
di 7
QU 6 x 3
wonder where Dr G is digging up all these large grids
a mini-monster!
flip and flop - not for me, busy day tomorrow
what kje?
me too flos... sigh... whether to even start
FU 6
di5 - LOLOL
when I say I'll just see what I can get, I end up finishing!!
te 7
re 8
DU 6
flippie
but really, no time
will play until hubby gets home
that is getting a head of it kje
nice icon flos
just kinda jumped out
RE 6
x2
jumped out or stuck out?
re 7
either way... was looking for your di7 (which I do not see) and found it instead
thanks kj
Good morning everyone!
oh, now i see it
morning Lorrie
damn you were fast with that
Hi everyone... another fair-sized grin, I see
hi
hi
where is jilli? haven't seen her today
( I am quick with sex toys...
hi lawrence
she's probably at bridge
Hugs?
I begged off tonight, had a headache
i changed that icon, dammit. it shouldn't be lawrence anymore
sorry to hear thta flos
ST 6 X2
maybe it is me... i'll refresh
ok now kj, just needed some quiet space
hugs flosey
yes, it is an i voted sticker now josh... and good for you
Clues are up
fe 7 if not called
TY lickety!!!
Thanks Lickety
ah thanks yerin
**herin
de7
Tjats pl o get upi
opps That is ok i get you
herin?
HI Herin
That is what happens when one doesn't look at the keyboard when typing
were you calling me MLF?
Yes KJE?
no, just wondered about that jibberish
when you came in Hugs you said nice grin instead of grid lol
Opps i was too busy watching Harry Potter
lol oops
Hugs sorry i just thought ti was funny
OK, half way... off to bed
Night KJE
smart girl kj
sweet dreams
just kidding... but am off to bed
Hi anyone i missed
just the R to the right between me and NBT
onto bed or off to bed
?
HI ru
hello herin
re6 josh
and gn
ok 117 found...off to bed! cu all next time :)
117 found????
so7
night kje.. sleep well...
got it - ty
re7 x 2
is that bad MLF?
Kaz pretty amazing kaz lol
was SO 7 called?
125 so far, moving along nicely
oh ok lol..now i'm really off TC :)
bye kaz
se7
te7
yes MLF I just called it at 12:14
oh sorry Hugs didnt see it but i found it now lol
de7 x 2
ty for the SE 7 got it
di7 if not called - i have not been keeping track
tees
sorry
Di 6
bugger
ruru called it in the first 2 seconds, josh
gotcha
RE8 i assume was called?
those s's are in the wrong spot!
yes mlf
so 7
ty cyber
i called a SO 7 /28
head in grid sorry
i can't find the 9
what does the 9 start with?
ER 6 x2
112 words down...bedtime...cy'all tmw!!!
hi and bye pinik
sorry hugs no idea
bye pini
lo9 - found it. it is a compound word
de7 and 8
100 words down
so that's de7 x 3 and de8
i am out of here POOF
I didn't think that was a single word
thanx, mrp! Hi All!
g'night all - vote americans - see you tomorrow
Hello everyone...
HI Doug
found the lo9... thanks mrp
Hi Doug
g'nite josh
Hi chic
Hello herin, hugs... Disco Inferno is playing here at the Chatterbox in St. Paul...
Hi Hugs!
Satisfaction...came in a chain reaction!
ce 7
st7
ed 7
The sevens are leaping out but the 8's are hiding
true, herin -- only one 8 here, no 9 -- has it been called?
I remember reading about the st7ian tones of someone in Autobiography of a Yogi...
fe7 x 2
lo9
I have only one 8
ty mark
de8 and re8 have been called
I have lots of de 7's but no 8
Ah, yes, it was the st7 tones of Azfal Khan's guru in Chapter 18...
fo7
fe7
well, im done for tonight with 157 down (1761 pts)...147 for later
g'nite all
night mark
hi Douglas
Hello flosey...I'm past halfway to halfway...
good for you, I'm dragging
night mark
Awfully sporting of the BC Human Rights Tribunal to permit Macleans to keep publishing, wasn't it?
lol, I remember Macleans when I was a kid!
The Redskins lost tonight, which makes it pretty likely that Obama is going to win...
The outcome of the last Redskins home game before the election has predicted the outcome of the presidential election 16 out of the last 17 elections...
wow Douglas
wish I had a vote
yipes another big one. Howdy all!
Hi VOlley
If the Redskins win, the party in the White House stays in the White House...
Didn't you vote recently?
Hi Dee.... it's been pretty easy so far... I'm past the 2/3 mark already
wtg hug! Hi herin!
yah nearly half way
to7
How are you Volley?
ooh -- found the di 8 -- try anything and everything!
Well! A biggie for election day! Hi all.
Hi jilli
hi jilli
great story
nan - was that di8 or de8 that you found?
qu7
Will I need a fish to go with the western e I need for NBT?
love your musical heffalump, flosey -- and herin, aren't elephants wonderful family people?
Recently a young elephant here in a zoo, I guess, got a virus and died. The other elephants gathered around the little one.
yes Douglas...it's a common babblet
de7 x 4
Well, I ran out of time...good night all...
night Douglas
g'nite Douglas
jilli - are you going to continue with your story?
broke 100 -- nbt -- bedtime!
goodnight, all -- see you tomorrow :)
g'nite nan
goodnight nan
nothing to continue with, hugs -- just mentioned that elephants are such family people and how the adults gathered around the sick youngster
night nan!
I'm off to bed, goodnight all - may be back late tomorrow
aahhh... ok jilli
g'nite flosey
night flosey -- missed you at bridge -- how's the headache?
much better thanks jilli, but will now take a pill and sleep it off
have a good sleep for a change, flosey
Hello everyone, looks like it will be hard to get 300 from this
howdy
Hi lyn
not sure... did anyone say fi 7
hi lynxxx, hi dee hi
hugs jili
TY Volley
yw
Dee - not that I'm aware of
ok... try not to repeat :~)
fe 7/44 x 2
still need 4 7's and 3 8's
you are way ahead of me... just found the 9 ...
morning all
hi Sprite
hi sprite
hi lyn, how are you and Steward?
hi Dee :)
Hi Sprite
hi Hugs
is it a fun grid today?
All good here Sprite. How are you going with your dreaded lergy?
1st 1/2 went really fast... slowing down with last 100...
does anyone know the last de6,21?
dreaded lergy?
not sure what last one is... one is a plu of de 5/12; one means to erase...
*looks up lergy*
Thats a Goon thing..but I mean the virus(?) Cara shared with you
oh! Yes, that was a virus. Caya is almost as good as new, though still tires a little too quickly. But even that is improving now. I thought same went for me, but got a fever again yesterday. New or old bug, don't know yet. Took a long sleep this night and hope it killed it in the bud :) Glad you and Stew are ok. Love to see his face in the morning.
my last de6/21 means hate
ty hug... missed that one
thanks, go it
morning babblers
hi Chrissie
hi ChrissieD
wanted to join the elephant theme today. Unfortunately my happy elephant looks a little fat as a square picture
is herin still here?
he's sooo cute Chrissie
he made me smile lynx
I'm fine herin, if you read thru chat...didn't mean to ignore you earlier... nose poked into grid :~)
to 7 x 2 if not said
awwww such a cutie!
thanks Dee... I only had 1 of those
qw
hi all, and happy election day to my fellow Usians
hi doc
hi Gwen
- ` .
hi Gwen & Faerie
that is an interesting post, Faerie
cat on the keyboard? :)
it's a picture of snow falling, right?
fairy footpprints obviously
lol
lol lynxx
hug I have 3 de 7's, two which are extensions of de 6 (erase on computer)...de 7/32 (sing of the 8)... can you guide me to the other de 7?
contaminated?
de6 and 7 - when someone trashes something that should be respected
TY Sprite
ty so much got it right away
can I get a hint for that de7/8 please
relaxing of tension, especially between nations
thanks Dee
ty Dee, that also gave me the 6
TY too
yw
me too, and a load of canvas words
glad to help, I am usu the helpee LOL
ty sprite
yvw :)
got 100. going to bed
hi sprite, chrissie, those who arrived while I was tidying the kitchen
nice job chrissie, sleep well
bye Chrissie#2
hi jilli! *hugs* Cute elephant!
oh, two chrissies!
important elephant, according to the book summary!
hi jillli
just read your write-up, very interesting, jilli!
chrissiedee, love your jolly elephant!
I thought so, sprite
ty jilli
just found a babbler. Not the younger but the EL5. :)
test
ty sprite
plural that and superlative that, sprite
oh, good. thought the game had crashed on me
what's the 9 please
lo 9/60
hi josh, yes I know, thanks. Just wanted to tell our babble buddy she was in the grid :)
ty Dee, looking....
yw
ts6 in case you missed it
oh nice one, thanks Dee
yw sprite; ty hug... I had missed it
yvw Dee
thanks Hugs, yes I had missed it too
no idea what that ts6 is
jiddish for trouble, worries, I believe
t + it hurts
ty, got it
didn't take much, i was looking for a singular/plural
I don't think I have seen an easier Q before. Usually I have trouble finding them all but not today.
you mean Yiddish, sprite?
id 6/21 the most id 4/5 ...almost missed that one
argh... yes jilli, that is what I meant. You are my guiding light in spelling of late, thanks!
only got 5 q's here
qu 5, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6
ty Dee
all related I think ChrissieD? The others come before them. A 5 and a 4.
yw
got them now
wtg
te7 x 2 and te8
ty
still not got the lo9, tried combining lo5 with te4 - and exam for failures, which is what I felt that the 599 grid was - but that's not it
ChrissieD, it is a kind of compound. Ends in a rock.
ty sprite, that did it
I only knew it because I have seen that word in a game, in GuildWars :)
ty for the l09, sprite!
yvwv jilli :)
di 8... past tense of di 6/21... never knew it could be a verb....
yay - t's are down
TY Volley, doesn't look right do4.5 it
wtg hug
I wish I had di6/21 :(
me too jilli, lol
think cars or trucks Jilli
thanks Dee
kind of fuel, jilli
ty
yw
di6 is an fu4
ty lynxxx, fish for me
I think sprite needs to visit the PB
*hangs head in shame, thanks for the fu4...* Off to the sin bin with the sprite.
LOL
en 8/40 should be last 8
am I the only one who can hear "nellie the elephant packed her bags...." playing in the background as sprite toddles off to the PB
*whispers "thanks Dee" from the PB*
NBT
grr always miss the et 6 "forever" word
lol Chrissie! Well yes, I am overweight, but errr my no4 is smaller.
yw lol
wtg jilli
woowoo jilli
thanks Dee, but I still need 1 more 8 - I have de, di, en, re and te
sorry sprite, no offence meant ;D
re x 2
re x 2
lol ChrissieD, none taken!
jinx sprite lol
ahh, thanks
snap Dee :D
yw hug... ridiculous fl 6 word... most of fl 5/12 ??
fl5/12 is not possible
so sorry... fl 5/16... sorry for the typo
thnx Dee. Weird one yes. Isn't that fe7 compoundylike one weird as well?
Knew what you meant, Dee, no worries
i still got it from your clue, dee -thanks
for sure... yw josh... I still don't understand how to count the letters for the words
you can say someone is fly if they are quite cunning
total the number of points from the tiles - 5 letter words, double the points, 6 letters, triple it, 7, quadruple it, and so on
and most li4/7 is also a strange one for me
yeah really weird... was just typing that one in sprite when you posted chat lol
Sprite - that fe7.44 is actually a piece of land, pretty common word
we try anything with everything, no matter how unlikely, right Dee ;)
ty sprite, need both the li4 and 7
sure have to with er and est grids
thanks lyn! Now it starts to make sense to me.
aww ty lyn didn't know that
thanks for the li7 sprite... just need 1 more 7
aww - that li7.40 is lovely - must mean dearest
looked it up, lyn, now I get the meaning and how it came to be. "ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market"
having worked in the agricultural industry for over 20 years, I'm quite familiar with that word
oh! Ok, now I understand why li7 looks so weird to me. The 4 is quite normal dutch spelling for the same. But in dutch an elongation would get a v.
another morning of playing babble justified with learning some new things :)
ro 7/36... another word I didn't know could be a verb... past tense of ro 5/12... where cowboys ride bulls
ty again Dee
keep them coming, Dee :)
y, i have gotten that in scramble before - great points
and thanks
TY Volley, hadn't even seen that yet.
my last 7 - ty Dee
Thats halfway for me, taking a dog walk break. BBL
still need 6 8's and 12 7's, all hints and clues gratefully received
yw
bye for now, lyn and Stew
bye lynx
lol ty lickety!!!!
8s: de, di, en, re x 2 and te
bfn lynxxx
Whee! ***Biggish grid dance*** G'd morning Babblers.
still missing 2 7s, once I found them, I will list them.
hiya Lori
hi lori
anyone have the se 6/27.... missing it totally
the next book of a series, Dee
ty sprite
yvw
Dee, are you looking from the wrong S, I was
The 7's are: ce, de x 4, di, ed, fe x 2, fi, fo, li, qu, re x 2, ro, se, so, st, te x 2 and to x 2
thanks Hugs! *off to hunt her missing ones*
Dee: it only uses 5 tiles, that se6.
the one right after me, myse4... the next one
yes that one
duh
the qu tile counts as 2
hi everyone. some strange words to day. volley, you have to use the big scoring letter.
ty sprite the tile clue did it
*giggles*
I was trying to be subtle, Chrissie and MGuy ;) And hi, long time no see, MGuy.
glad it worked, Dee.
hi sprite
hi MGuy
hit a wall with 142 to go, Taking a break. No work today so can pop in and out to heart's content :-) bbl
hi jilli
lovely ChrissieD, see you later.
I have ce x 5 and cu x 3... I need 1 more... any clues pls?
ce x 6
thanks sprite
yvw Hugs
got it... duh!
dlo
I keep wanting that male hormone. For a 12 I think.
dote
close, Angelsong. With a few letters more it works.
dote
it's crossed my mind more than once
dop
do
but the other window will work better, Angelsong
my babble browser is acting up. sorry.
and fireworks
with lots of thanks to Dee and Hugs for all the great clues. Some real toughies in this grid, wouldn't have gotten them without your help.
yay sprite!
any clues needed before I go and make myself useful?
congrats sprite... I'm down to d's and s's
have fun all, and enjoy your day and/or night. *hugs*
so sorry...froze up and had to reboot congrats sprite
Congratulations sprite. G'd morning anyone I missed.
Hi Lori
Missing 2 r's, I have 13 ro's, does that cover it? Please
yes it does Lori
Thanks hugs. 2 more re's it is then. Thanks again.
wow, sprite -- you finished fast! Congrats!
(I was away from here again)
yw Lori
Found 1, 1 to go to get rid of my re misery. Ack
hi loriP
I bet my re misery is bigger than yours, loriP
Hi jilli! How ya' been?
just fine, lori -- and that looks sorta like a Dane in your icon, lol!
:D @ jilli. Found it, t'was an 8! My r torture is over, and now I can enjoy the grid.
I'm not too happy about all the to words I'm looking at in the list
fireworks!! whew finally... got to get to bed!! Full day tomorrow
This'll be the biggest one I've tackled listless. Gonna' avoid housework alld ay, and give it a go....
Whee for Dee!!!
Congratulations Volley. Sleep tight!
ty all for help!!! vote!!
ty jili
had to go to list with 60 left :(
Wish I could vote!
ty lori hugs to all and *poof*
bye Dee
Is there just the 1 ne word, if anyone knows?
well, over halfway and NBT -- pillow time -- night all!
yes, LoriP, just one ne word
Nicely done jilli, sleep tight. :)
Darn! and thanks jilli, night night.
you're up awfully late, Lori -- or is it early?
I got up at 4 jilli, couldn't sleep, so glad to see a big grid. :D
It's 5:30 now
will you go back to bed in a bit?
No, once I'm up I'm doomed to consciousness unfortunately.
well, enjoy the grid, then!
Thanks, I shall! Have a good sleep.
and fireworks for me... at last
and time for bed. g'nite all
Congratulations Hugs! Have a good sleep.
YAY Hugs -- and now *poof*
Oh well, they say goodbye, I'll say hello!
lol, G'd morning Haz.
Hello Lori - I've just got started so raring to go.
Tried to get rid of the bottom row, but am missing an n, so I'm ignoring it. Liking the letters. so far....
That n will manifest itself eventually, I'm sure.
Yup. 3 of 6 8's from the bottom row, so that was bonus.
I'll bear that in mind.
Another good profile, Lori!
: D
Do you spend your non-babble time trawling through cartoons?
Trawling? I prefer to think of it as a free Liberal arts education.
Sorry! I must pay attention to my terminology.
Focus please.
I'll try,
May havta' purple crayon some of these e's.
You'll hurt their feelings.
Therapy will assist them in their recovery.
Therapy is expensive.
And if the therapist can't empathise.... it may take forever.
Could you imagine what a highly unpopular therapist I wopuld make?
I would imagine hordes of unsatisfied customers picketing outside.
'Lori is rubbish' 'Save your money' 'Let others listen'
Me saying 'well then change it" wouldn't exactly be perceived as empathetic....
'Give yourself a shake' isn't recognised as therapy either.
Exactly .
Maybe you're better sticking to your liberal arts education.
It's for the greater good methinks.
Oh, and raising the rocket scientists. That's got to be challenging.
Well you could try and become a paint therapist.
It's a burden to keep them academically challenged, 'specially since they're so near to solving world hunger.
***those 2 e's are cancelled until further notice***
Don't worry e's, she'll come back to you. It's not that you are bad e's, and you haven't done anything wrong, but Lori is feeling overwhelmed right now and needs to regroup. Have a cup of coffee until she comes back.
Don't molly coddle them Haz. Yeesh.
Too much? I thought I'd strike a conciliatory tone.
Eugh, yesterday "cant" was possible, but now "dont" isn't.
Oh wait, nevermind.
That's because it was cant that was acceptable, a word in its own right that doesn't stand for can not. Don't don't exist any other way.
Yeah, too late.
It don't? :p
dont would work wonderfully if this were french babble
G'd morning josh
I feel french babble would have a lot less words somehow.
btw, 'cant' means tilt, think of the old batman tv show where the scenes with the villains would have a tilted camera - the camera was canted
good morning lori, can't sleep, must babble
Cant has more than one meaning, then. It can mean licentious or moral talk.
And it's that frilly stuff on the edge of clothings.
It is?
well, now that you know it can be a verb as well, think of all the permutations that are possible
Yeah.
Us dutchies call it 'kant'. You've got a similar word for it apparently, but less used methinks.
Then it's just 'frill', right?
depending on what it is
i'm sure there are lots of other words for specific types of frill
Frill would describe it, or lace, or braid.
The perforated kind.
Have we a fashionista in the house?
Not here.
I'm hoping that someone would know what a perforated edging is called.
Annoying ?
It's called lace.
(hooray for Wikipedia)
Frill is only the wavy stuff.
Perforated is used to describe making holes in something. Lace comes with holes already incorporated in the making. And a frill is made by bunching up fabric so quite different techniques.
According to wikipedia the holes can be formed by removing fabric.
It's also a method of lacing.
It's called cutwork.
I love these word nerd convo's that break out randomly on Babble.
Yes, but there's no competing with Wikipedia.
Indeed.
***so so close to deodar, yet so far away....***
de6/24. I still wake up in a sweat.
*** chortle ***
What are we going to call el5/12 when she appears?
lol, senior?
That'll have to do. I hope she realises what's going on.
I haven't seen her lately.
She has been on, maybe later in the day than usual, though.
Okay, time for other things, but I'll be back later. Be kind to those e's while I'm away, Lori. See you!
Later Haz. ***kicks the e's in defiance***
Le sigh. Someday those e's will have their vengeance. There'll not be an e in the grid and you'll be looking for them.
THEN you'll be sorry.
Bye!
: )
Qs are done! yay
Yea lil!
off to vote now...
Happy voting. laters.
*flop*
hello second shift
hi lynx! how are you adn stewart today?
G'd morning Lynx, Ata Hari
We are well. How are you all?
hi
good evening Infernal
How goes it?
Well. Did you celebrate?
nope. Just sat about and watched Harry Potter what about you?
Nothing special
it was like that today
Well, down to 68, and it's spawnling time. BBL
they are so demanding!
HI Ata and evil Hobbit :D
I'll bite. Who. The spawns?
the spawnlings make Lori deal with them every single morning! and evening!
almost as bad as the furbrats wanting food and a walk every single day!
good morning everyone. I voted last week, so have nothing to do today but wait. Can someone take pity on my nerves and supply clues for the 2 re8's?
hi Eva
HI Eva
Hello everyone.
morning scrabbler
so you have re****** to playing Babble then?
hi eva, hi scrabs
HI Scrabbler
thanks lynxx!!
now how about that first one. It's been driving me mad!
I don't get your clue, lynxxx--can you try another please?
with the time change I am now waking up at about 4:15. My winter hours. God, I envy people who can sleep late!
is babble a last re****?
(past tense)
TY, Ata
well it can't be a holiday re**** 'coz this is past tense
starbucks is giving free coffee to anyone who says they voted today
I usually get up at 6 but awoke at 5:15 today...extra Babble time because I already made salads for the bunnies, and did e-mail stuff.
re8.60 go against what I said to do, again
ben & jerry is giving free cones 6-9 tonight
soe chic0-filla's are giving free chicken
Thats a bribe and a half dan
thanks lynxx! I kep trying the past tense of that to no avail.
hey all
Hi bfsog
HI Bfs
is usa going crazy over the election?
HI Scrabbler how is the bunnies and Eva how is merp
The bunnies are precious!
well, long lines here [opened 22 ins ago] we're a swing state
hi bfsog
I am a blue state--NY
hi lynxx. nDan = swing as in could go either way?
blue state = ?
[watching local news]; the univ gave 8,000 new voters & county has 5,000 others & city about 2,000 new
what does it mean when people say mccain / obama / whoever are on the stump?
Democratic = "Blue"--on political maps
yes, generally repub, but lots of ove-ins of northeast around dc & univ places like where i be
on UK news this morning they reported that Obama had won some small town, the town he won had been repub for the last 40 years
Merp is doing beautifully. 15 and still going strong. And yes bf, we are going crazy over the election. There are many of us eying our passports today. Vermont is a no brianer, sure to go for Obama, so in a way our votes are unimportant (not that I would ever not vote!). On the stump means traveling around giving speeches, as people used to stand on tree stumps to speak
"on the stump", I guess means who is "on the ticket"
ahhh ty
or at least that's what I've always been told - but could easily be wrong.
sounds good to me!
Well im booking a trip to the moon if Mc Cain gets in
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/on+th e+stump
I'm only and hour and a half from the Canadian border, but I bet they've got their border patrol on high alert for the potential exodus.
My tea is ready--I have given up coffee!
he's not that bad
mmmph no comment
yay for tea!!!
hot chocolate>tea
that's what I get at starbucks [will def take advantage of offer]
hi MadG
Hello lynxxxx
HI Mad
NO COFFEE SCRABS????
I love hot chocolate too. Hi Mad Giraffe. Are you mad angry or mad crazy or mad both>
Hello 'nother Aussie.
* keeling over in a faint imagining life without coffee*
I prefer Mad crazy.
I am done, carlee...lost interest in the flavor, never "loved" it anyway, just drank it for caffeine.
it's easy if coffee makes you ill, carlee :P
Darn, still 68 left. G'd morning again
will wonders never cease. I was actually right about on the stump
hi lorikinetta!
I am also mad crazy, Giraffe...I love being goofy and silly.
morning Carlee
and here I was just thinking this am..i NEED to make a mocho cheesecake....or coffee cheesecake or..something like that as I was spooning my coffee into the filter
Good for you, Eva, and I learned something new.
hey there lynxxx
Lynxx have you seen the new Toyota ad?
Hi Lori
Hi Carlee
this is one of the reasons I love Babble, you can't go a day without learning something new
no Infernal
ok..so..scarlet update.... she is SO completely energized and involved with the election....we were on phone almost an hour...and we had a wonderful conversation..about ...the election...
hi herin
Espresso is the only kind of coffee I can drink and then still it goes with a lot of sugar...
I like the smell of coffee more than the taste
( it was a great conversation...but....she is wonderful....she was making a big pot of chili and cream puffs and oatmeal bread so she could sit today and watch allthe news....
Well Espresso actually tastes more like it smells.
Apparently there is a competition for a Man Prize. A new ute
love espresso too
rude. I wants me a new ute and im not male
get a stick-on moustache
so we might get Scarlet back in a few weeks. Thanks for the update Carlee
I know it's bizarre, but I've never had a cop of coffee in my life. When I was younger I didn't like the taste. Now I love the smell, and the flavor, but figured I have enough trouble with the addictions I already have without adding in new ones and I need stimulants like a hole in the head (witness babbling at 4:15 am)
What happened to Scarlet?
ditto here, Eva. well, I've had sips from 2 cups of coffee. But literally a few sips each time
Eva, caffeine free coffee is the way to go.
the valley already has 1/2 hr lines in the rain
Fireworks
yah merk
we may just get her back ... yes....she was pretty cranked up with the world series ( which she watched every second it was on...) AND obama....she and I quote " HAVE NEVER been SO engaged...." and since as a reporter she had to be listed "non partisan" for all of her young adult life....
woohoo for merk....
yeah
Congratulations Merk!
nothing happened....she has just "dropped out" of babble for now...
yay merk!
A good cup of coffee is one of the greatest pleasures in life!
wrg merk
Dang I'm still a whopping 271 words away from fireworks.
Oh Ok hugs to here then
God first...coffee second...
opps her even
Congrats Merk!
ty,
breathing first.
nah..breathing over rated..no point in breathing if no coffee available to smell as u breath
Congrats Merk!!
OH and how is this. I offered my g.f for her birthday a cooked dinner and she turned it down and got all upset because her b.f was boring. Needless to say im not snicker at all really im not
morning everyone;)
Hi Crossy
I'm missing an 8 and can't figure out which one. Please don't tell me it's a third re! I have:de8/45.di8/50,re8/60,re8/45,te8/4 5
hi Crossy
morning crossy....
G'd morning cross
morning cross
en 8/40
is bichon on this morning?
Thanks eve, now I know what my missing 2 8's are. :D
that's almost as bad as an re!
we've ahd it before, but it's weird. Bottom left e
A stand alone 8 by the way, it's not a plural.
Are the de and di 8 normal eva?
TY Lori
rabbits! crossy loves rabbits;)
begging unashamedly-could you give me a bit more of a clue than that lori?
di8 is an unexpected pt
en 8, 5 letter french word(ish) for 'to go in' + 3 letter word for sun
de happens between nations
Good Morning everyone???
HI Crossie
morning red
the de is quite normal-a plural of a regular,political term. The di8 comes off of a normal word, but is not usually used as a verb or in past tense
Thanks Lynx! ***havin' a look***
I just heard the news that Mc Cain may lose his home seat
thanks lori!
oh, I remember that word
Its a true piece of news Herin.
Thanks Eva as well!
Yes it is a good morning (well, evening here) Red
that does it for the 8's
its quite possible herin....
oh yeah! we have sex toys again!
Yea Eva!
Oops, Hi lynxx, I saw only americans and Canadians....
but now I see ata and you.
sex toys?
thanks for that ata
lol Ata, wondered when you'd notice. They were my first words.
So good morning afternoon and evening.
trust you, Lori :D
G'd morning red
at this point I think that reading chicken entrails would be about as predictive as the polls. There's nothing to do but take massive amounts of tranquilizers and wait until the voting is over with...if that ever happens
hi Red monster
aint that the truth...IF that ever happens
why do i even want to be here
hi rth
lori-if McCain wins can I come and live with you? I make great fudge brownies/
i hear they are no worried bout ballot stuffing so dont worry,you can vote as much as you like:))
now*
( Youmight want to throw in "great housekeeper " too eva ;o) )
now back to the sex toys please...:)
the slogan in Chicago, in the great old days under the first Mayor Daley was "vote early and vote often"
Eva, no problem-O. I'll make room. :D
But that would be a huge lie carlee
ok..getting my coffee...liking this grid thus far
If your standards are low in that department Eva, you'll love it here.....
Crossie
herin;))
does anyone remember the 60's program "Mary Hartman"? It opened with her having a nervous breakdown because she could never get her waxed floors to look like the ones on TV.
mart hartman, mary hartman... i remember it..but was WAY to young to watch
my father had the same thing for over 30 years trying to get the christmas turkey to look just like the one on tv;)
Wow, who knew you could extend the di that way. Thanks again Lynx, Eva.
To put i mildly-I don't have nervous breakdowns about things like that. Although I did wonder, for years, why cling wrap never clung for me. Then friend told me to get the cheapest kind, because the more expensive brands don't cling et voila. I know this is about as trivial as a chat entry could be, but anything non-trivial goes right back to the election and is unbearable to think about;.
i am thinking of cancelling christmas this year.
ce7 anyone?
I'll second that one herin
don't have it yet scrabbler
good morning all
Talk to Santa, herin, but he may send the elves after you
mind crossy..the absolute perfect turkey to look like tv is the easiest thing in the world
ce 7 a womans name
hi Jorj
G'd morning jorja
takes 3 little ingredients...and ='s perfection
Hi jorjah--how are you doing?
thanks lori
hi jorjor
How funny, Lori! My best friend is named ce7!!
okay, think I'm going to read for a while. See you later
the ce is the name of the boat with the vanished crew i believe
ce7, have that one!
TY Lori
Bye Eva '
Having a good morning so far... considering only awake for about 30 minutes lol
Scrabbler as long as they are the Hot Santas little helpers i wont mind
later eva
Later Eva.
and you scrab?
Life is good, jorjah.
it only happened once,the turkey was in its final stages,foil was off and the top secret basting process had begun...he opened up the oven door and slid out the rack half way for a final basting with the golden juices in the bottom of the pan..then it happened..the pin/fastener thoat hel the back part of the rack let og and the qwhole shelf tipped down and the pan with the bird in it slid onto the oven doorand as the pan hit the lip for the lil glass window,the whole thing tipped over on its side and the beautifull golden brown tv turkey slid towards the drop off(now is a good time to mention that we had a small kitechen at this time) the bird slid off the oven door,onto the floor and right into the utillity closet where it so happens we kept the cat litter box.yup you guessed it,it hit the box and that lovely bird was showered with cat litter and cat poo-poo.damn cat ate turkey for weeks;((
Doh! Finally found de 8. Muchos grassyass Lynx and Eva. First 2 letters only of the 9 please?
guess i should of stopped for a breath or a period,but what the heck:)
Haha, crossy! Great story.
lo
hahaha...too funny crossy....
I like run-on sentences--they hold such suspense and enthusiasm
was that lol Ata, or lo for the 9?
lo9 :)
i call it breathless anticipation;)
does the de8 build/use the de6,21 (to hate)
ok..my secret for perfect turkey....give it a long soaking bath in a whole bottle of white wine...overnight... stuff in am...rub in salt and pepper ( not seasoned salt..just salt)....foil over top until last hour..baste in the wine....easy beasy and absolute perfection every time..( and some serious kick ass gravy to boot)
cu5 please?
no bfsog
OK so I have changed my icon to the place I have been driving by for months now....
mmmm that would be kick ass gravy
Merci muchly Ata! ***away I go***
it's a compound word, lori
cu + first 3 letters of main salad ingredient
methinks I will steal Carlees recipe and say screw it and have chrishy at my house
TY, Lori
Thanks again Ata, that may help.
( a pinot grigio, chardonnay or sauv blanc..no sweet reislings or gewurtztraminers or the like )
a nice peller estate chardonnay then:)
darn it
750 ml bottle crossy...and no sneaking ANY for yourself...
aww no fun!
ok night all
what if i get a large bottle then?
tell me that is not a private home Red
skin is that perfect golden brown... and crispy....meat so tender and juicy....
nite herin
I see there's a di5 in the grid 8=====D
nite Infernal
( buy 2 crossy ....or better yet..come for a drive and raid my wine cellar )
nite nite herin
Muchos grassyass Ata, that did it. Biggies done
ssh Esppritd, don't mention around Crossy
Jean, you kill me! That will help me get thru my work day (8:30-8)
:-p
sleep well.... just think..when u wake up ...no new president....then again..when we get up ..there may not be one yet then either
I think with the di in the grid its a good thing it isnt friday clue day!!!!!!
G'd morning Lurking Esprit
Yikes, red
hi there lorip
so who is the fave to win todays race down there anyways?
Cross!
I think it's too close to call
yes red?
I have high hopes.
enjoy
But...We shall see.
Hi everyone
I think.. Barack
you can have our prime minister if you like:)
Hi Kitt
G'd morning Mrs katie
<snort>.....
hi Katie
Depends on the results of the election.
hoping it's not Gidget and the Geezer
crossy...I just snorted coffee..that was very mean of u...but quite funny
you never know carlee,ask enough and someone may take him
Jean that is a lovely way to call tht pair.
suits, dontcha think?
THe turn outs are rather large. Was it this way int he last election? I wa s not in the US.
no red, it was not
Perfect descriptor esprit. If he's elected I'll pray for his good health
Ok this gives me more hope.
I am actually going to work 4 hours OT so someone from work can vote.
no kidding lori
te8 please?
LoriP we will all have to pray for his health!!!
I just wish can and USA would adopt the fine if u don't vote..and ALL that income from fines applied to war vetern assistance anythings.....
who's health rth?
As someone said on our news she is a 72 year old heart beat away
ah...ok..mccain... was upstairs fro amin
yes i agree calree,like aussie and a few other places
te + a 6 letter word past tense of walk.
i figure they fought for our freedoms....our payment back is to vote...or through the pocketbook
funny that she already thinks she's got her own shot in 2012
Yes, but I have to say non compulsory voting is very reflective of Americans traditional values.
I cant figure how Jean. She has shown herself to be fairly uninformed.
Oops, lose the 2 that starts that 6 letter word (sorry 'bout that)
ack! *lose the s, not 2
i mean,if you really dont wish to vote then,you just spoil the ballot
Not messing up clues again, Lori?
I have to go but I did get to 156/148. Enjoy the day everyone.
***nicely mangled clue Lori***
start over now, that clue sucked!
yeap..exactly..no one knows...
yah yah and Haz shows up. Perfect
ttfn scrabs.....enjoy the day
I'm waiting for my boss to come back in, I have to confess to a big mistake, not looking forward to it
Timing, Lori. You can't teach it.
tc scrabbs..give the bunnies a kiss for me
te + 6 letter word that is past tense for walk. Lose the s it starts with. :p
OH gosh.
Don't confess Katie, blame someone else!
Oooh, a big mistake. Can we guess?
they are talking about McCain losing the Popular vote and winning the electoral college.
oh oh katie....best to admit it quick..get it over.... and move forward tho
Scary,
Later Scrabbler, have a good one
not likely rth
yup,cough up your mistake as soon as possible
You can if you like, but probably won't sound so big to anyone outside the organisation
It could happen.
Lori - unfortunately FM does not work for the same company
Tired, must go. Bye (hi & bye Haz)
gn lynxxx
Bye lynxxx
Bye lynxxx, sleep well.
nite nite lynxxx...sleep well
good morning fellow babblers - just jumping in to remind my american babblers to VOTE today!
lol Katie. Sleep tight Lynx.
On the bright side I can still log in on the old server and play babble for the next couple of days :-)
this will make interesting reading for us up here:)
hi jind...wish i COULD vote...I TRIED to buy omama gear online last nite..couldn't...have todeclare u US citizen and supply a reference from your employer before buying gear ( just wanted a couple buttons for history sale fro the kids)
Eh which state?
Well, that's good, Katie. The technical boys can't get babble banned just yet.
did you crash a server at work kaite?
sneaky, katie!
Or was it that the whole country goes at once, can't remember.
Nicely done Katie. :)
No we migrated but it's not working properly (big surprise) so they had to tell me I could still use the old one :-)
u planned it that way all along didn't u katie ;o)
Carlee, theres a lot of stuff floating round the hosptial I am at, as the entire hospital is in a Latino neighborhood. I shall loof for some stuff for you.
errr look for some Obama stuff for you.
I'm in the pilot group and going by how it's worked the real thing should be a scream
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<carlee does a happy dance WITHOUT spilling her coffee>
crossy wants a obama button too!
A scream can be interpreted two ways, Katie.
*notes that carlee has already lost most of her coffee by snorting it earlier*
DOnt spill coffee....
( that was previous mug ketie :o) )
We'll see what I can do. It might be bumper stickers or something.
IT will be screaming one way and the rest of us the other - need to maintain a sense of humour at all times :-)
note to babblers,if you must snort coffee,do it without sugar or cream as this will go easier on the sinuses;0
I have to admit I am just on pins and needles. So so ecited.
anything is perfect rth
Lol Crossy
going to get fisrt cup now. Not sure I need it. It may push me over the edge!
How confident are you all about who will win?
Nov. 4th has finally arrived. It seems like years coming up to this day
Carlee, I already have the little door hang tags but its paper. and has tape on it,as it is taped to my door.
ive been over the edge since i woke up this morn..so time for a tea! yeaaa haaaw!
Katie I am not confident. I am etremely worried but also ecited to see lines and lines of voters.
tea...sputter cough choke....what good is tea...coffee so versatile... cakes...muffins...cheesecakes etc....
you can use tea in all those!
crossy whips up a batch of crispy english muffies with apple jelly for all:0
tannin flav cheesecake?????
cant drink coffee carlee..acid reflux is a killer;((
Oh, it's all the rage over here.
green tea cheesecakes
ah.....well..in that case crossy
My acid reflux is killing me now, how they come in soon and get it over with
green tea cheesecake?
of course all that nightly vodka is not helping.....
Lol haz
hello everyone..the DAY is here..
With mint aero to tone in with the green tea.
oh..mint aero..never see those here anymore
Hi Annie.
Annie did you vote ahead of time?
look up cooking with green tea, carlee. it's very versatile
in 6 months you will be howling for the new guys blood just like the last one..we do the same
they ALMOSt as good as smarties....speaking of smarties... haz..I thought of you other day while preparing fro a guide event..I bought a LOAD of smarties and filled the "guess the # smarties in the jar" hallowe'en raffle game
now vodka seems a very good idea :-)
Oh scary, a lady found a Boa constrictor in her car in Punta gorda florida...
Of course the environmental lobby call it green cooking with tea, but it's all the same thing.
613 smarties in a quart sealer
vodka is ALWAYS a good idea kaite
Hi red, no early voting here...will vote when my son gets home at 3:30pm..will stand on line till I vote even if it is Wednesday
Proper smarties? Chocolate, Nestle smarties?
I think it will take longer than 6 month, Tony Blair had a good 5 years before he really lost public support
Pennbury! Is that your town, Katie?
I agree, cross
who was before blair....ahh the iron lady?
proper smarties haz..nestle...
Good on you Annie. I head the lines were so long in Brooklyn that Al Roker the weather guy couldnt vote...he had to go to work!
john major
Hmmmm yep Ata
we even have smartie ice cream here
mmm i lost track
You've forgotten John Major, cross.
oooooh. Just reading an article on the proposed new towns on the beeb
now there was a woman you could freeze meat on!
Oh, bodes not well...my son had Down Syndrome, 43 years old and he has always voted...I go with him to help him...he is an Obama supporter
we have smarties lollies and ice cream here
I remember the excitement when blair got in, the optimism *gazing mistly at the past*
Yaaay Annie and Son.
wife saw some rolo ice cream the other day carlee and had to have it
take along some gatorade and water.
A recent one Ata?
I did my icon special for the day.
I wasn't optimistic when Blair got in, I never liked him from the start.
oh..its so good....and..the M&M peanut butter and chocolate is the BEST
red, and a folding chair
and a porta pottie red:/
today - let me get the url
and a crossword or word search or sudulo book i think
http://tinyurl.com/6fkufd <- for katie
Annie I am ecited for you and son!
I love flake ice cream
and Blair was always too smarmy
I voted early and it was nto very exciting. but I am glad to be part of change in NC.
Smarmy. That's exactly the word.
i have not had a flake since the marks and sparks here closed :(
what' flake ice cream? sounds good
well he had a good tailor;)
My prediction was Obama takes NC Mc Cain takes FL, now I am wondering if I should flip it.
thank you, red..yes, I am proud of Bobby..he is a good citizen
red, I thought you lived in FL
flake ( pronounced flakee ) is a lovely milk choc bar
But we didn't know that at the time, we thought it was real
prounced flakee??!
I am in Fl now, but I am a resident of NC...I do contract work.
Yummy
well that what we call them here
they are just flakes
I loved the snowflakes
since a flake is either snow...or a lo5,10
ooh! crossy just remembered a pound of peameal bacon in the freezer..brb....semi poof
Wants crossys breakkie, I had cottage cheese.
but they are called flakes because they flake
good afternoon everyone
afternoon jacq
Yes, they flake beautifully.
*random election-ness* do you have separate voting lines for disabled people? or for people that - um - find standing difficult?
there we go have it out to thaw..lets see a 3 egg omelette with 3 kinds of cheese some valencia onion and a lil green pepper,2 or 3 thick slices of crispy peameal bacon..have some taters left over so chop then and sizzle them in a pan till they are golden brown,2 or 3 slices of toasted light rye bread and some fresh orange juice:))
one line, ata
because they've eaten far too many flakes over the years
I dont think so Ata, but I found that most people who were disabled were allowed to have someone else stand in line while they waited inside in air con (Its still in the 80's in Florida.
i take it we can eat again now crossy?
that's not very fair
well..sort of carlee..most of that is fantasy at this point
I can not ever recall when a voting line was ever this long. however.
Are there licences given out to fast food outlets to provide mobile sustenance?
I wonder if election stations have to have special size booths for people-who-ate-too-many-flakes?
in reality ill try a single slice of peameal,s single scrambled egg and a glass of milk:(
you could make a fortune with cold cans of coke today!
LOL ata
i had raisin and spice oatmeal....
I'm waiting til the workday starts. Hopefully, there won't be a mega line
OH gosh, the coffee overdid it for me...I must now go burn off some of my excitement.
did you get my mail bichon?
You'd think there'd have to be some provision like that, Ata.
you would
oh no, which address did you send it: gmail or the wesleyan one?
someone's bound to sue otherwise for not being able to vote
And buskers! I bet the lines in Hollywood are well entertained with would-be superstars.
Thanks Ata the draft PPS has been published so on top of the mistake I now have to go and check out what has been said. See you all later
bye bye katei...good luck
tc and good luck katie
See you later, Katie. Keep thinking of the puppy killed by the get well card.
it's not very detailed, but it's from today
katie*
Lol Haz, you have made me smile again *poof*
i'm missing half of chat..what isnot detailed ata?
Bye Katie!
I was thinking about that puppy yesterday. Aren't all dogs meant to have parvo jabs? why didn't the puppy? was he just unlucky?
a BBC report on new towns, carlee
new towns?
must go make school lunch for spawnage..brb
yes. towns that are new. being built.
Crossy, oh no, which address did you send it: gmail or the wesleyan one?
The puppy did have a parvo jab, but the pup must have been exposed to parvo and been incubating the virus before presentation at the surgery.
i think the second bichon
oh poor babe :(
ill check
No, when did you send it Crossy?
According to the vaccination talk I had to listen to in order to get a free dinner, there's a critical point between maternal antibodies being present and immunity being compromised. Or something.
I have my Spam filter set on stun. Maybe if your could sent it to gmail also
yup the second one...ten min ago
I had a very bizarre phone call last night.
yes, I guess there must be
if you spam is set to stun..it will just go to your junk mail list
thyen you can clear me from there
oh yes? *waits for story*
A 10 year old bitch, very unsettled, barking, uncomfortable. I asked if she had been sick or eaten any thing different. 'She had a sock this morning'
I have a delete spam immediately feature
well!
mmm give me your g-mail again please bichon
I enquired whether we were talking about foot wearing socks. Yes, he replied 'she's always eaten socks'
my husbands old dog used to eat socks on a regular basis....as in almost weekly
muffinbiscuit@gmail.com
'You can't leave any socks lying around or she'll eat them'
um ..... hmm ...
lol thats right..muffinbuiscuit love it:)
yeap....this one was a doberman...dumb old thing..i always hated it
biab
poof
Crossy, it's not exactly food, it's Bichon names
and why did she wait till the night to phone?
they had to have a laundry bin with a latch specifically for socks or sheba would eat them
Ata, you never phone during the day, you wait until it's nice and late.
It's the law of England.
very true
and how is the sock-churning dog?
Anyway, not sure what transpired - x-ray wouldn't be of any use so maybe they'll wait to see if it passes as normal.
( Haz..confession here..i still 10 years later feel bad about calling our vet on thanksgiving day.....and our cat had broken both her hips ...)
Well, that's okay, carlee. Nobody minds if it's a genuine emergency.
I guess it'll either pass, or will have to be extracted
i know that..but still...I felt bad ....poor people never get a rest....
I had a lady phone me at 2 am, worried that her puppy had a coughing fit. By the end of the conversation I had her laughing at herself and promising to go to be.
bed!
vets and ob/gyns...never get sleep
It's not so bad at this time of year, springtime is more of a nuisance.
good morning all
you never mind if the person is genuinely worried. if a person phones at 2am just because they are being stupid, then it's annoying. Jesdraagon's blog is always full of people phoning her at 2am for stupid reasons, making a vet appt etc!
morning peri.....
Hello peri.
I know. We sometimes think people imagine that we're awake anyway, sitting at the surgery, holding paws and wiping foreheads.
ACK look at all the re's
coffee refill...anyone need a top up?
how many re's are there, I have 11 so far, but just started
Ata, Haz, Carlee, Peri....good morning all :)
too many.....am purpling them out for now
Look at the time! Doggy walk coming up..... Back later.
Oh - bad timing Liz - just heading out the door! Nice to see you, though.
Was it something I said LOL
Bye!
hi liz....
liiiiiiiiiiiiiz
Hello :)
how's oscarmonster?
He was OscarBadDog yesterday. I took him for a long walk, got home, shut the gate, let him off his lead... and he jumped straight over the hedge and legged it!
Caught him eventually!
OSCAR!!
how far did he get?
oooh..bad doggie....
Is it just me, or does it seem like that the majority of people here are 25+ yr old females?
Not far - just into the local duck pond! LOL
pretty much giraffe
Hows Hobbit? How could you give her devils horns bless!
brat! did he come out with a duck in his mouth?
no Mad it is not just you. We are nice people though even if we are above 25.
oh...puppy wanted to swim with the birdies
I knooow ... isn't she the most innocent little devil ever?
LOL Carlee
LIES
Ata he's not interested in the ducks - more in the slime at the bottom of the pond! He was green!
oh foul!!!! Hobbit was the same this morning, we walked down by some ponds that are duckweed covered. So of course Hobbit quickly became duckweed covered
Ha! Its not just my dog then!
I heard the slime is a good conditioner..maybe puppy wanted a makeover and you wouldn't comply.....she was resorting to a "greener" method of good skin and shiny fur.
ROFL at Carlee
ok bichon sent to your gmail addy;)
or...not
i leave for 2 minutes and you girls are using slime conditioner??!!
this morning, liz: http://tinyurl.com/63bebm
its "green"
im sure it is
green tea....green conditioner....we are moving in an environmental theme to avoid nervous election outbursts
Yes very environmentally friendly - cleans the local duckpond at the same time as giving you great hair!
ahh then pay someone to stand in line for you who has already voted and get him to call you when it is close;)
new scent eau du'duc
help with 8's and 9 please
goes great woith orangewater :p
Eau du Duc! LOL
Ata thats a fab photo!
eau de canard!
In our house we usually say Eau No!
gross
see the colour of the duckweed? that was teh colour of hobbit a few minutes later!
is that a duck in your hair or are you just glad to see me;0
just like Oscar then Ata
yep :D
and liz..puppy hear... uno....as in one 2 three GO!....puppy is a cheater
they would get on so well!
nice icon red
Wouldnt they just!
HObbit is going to have a bath in half ann hour or so. She stinks of pondscum
LOL Carlee you are SO on Oscar's wavelength
I have to go, d*mn!
Happy Election Day, Yanks!
Back later - have fun all
me and oscar are bud's
bye liz.....have a good one
Happy Day to all you non-Yanks!
ok..changing icon to something obama.....
lol ty bzz
How is the grid? Trying to decide if I want to jump in this busy day.
bama..bam..bonnanna banna bo-bana..be bime mo manna bama.. reminds me of s song..:) crossy needs tea and meds...brb
perhaps I should bath the mutt now while I'm thinking about it
Hi all, 304 today, not sure if I will get them all
its a fun grid bea
oooh... that squish barack's head..off to find abette rone
I'm in. TY CArlee
may I please have a clue for the 9
Lo 9 peri , it's a Rock , i think
ty, will look
ty kris
it runs off the Lo 4,5
kje - a 304 grid and you are doing it?
got it, thanks Kristine
yvw
TY, Kris.
clues for the 8's please
yw
what can i say... i am an addict... and I do not feel I HAVE to finish... if i don't have time then it goes undone
it is the new laid back kje, asg - LOLOL
same here kje
Runner bean there was over 600 in the grid this weekend did you see it.
well, here goes.......
but it is going superfast so far, asg
If I start, I have to finish.
me too, Bzz
Red, that is an exaggeration, it was only 599 words!
LOL!
we don't want to scare the new ones off now do we?
really? I thoutht it was 699...
LOL phan
oops.
more than 1/2 on first go round, bbl
i guess im an addict as well kje..cause nowadays if i finish,i finish,if i dont..ce la vie;)
Oh my fav "Phantom is an actual word today!!!
well, I need 5 words to 1/2 way but I gotta go, should have left already.
oh, red, what is that
asg?
it is the bucking bronco show. ro5
i did red, didn't finish, cant remember how many i did
there is this better?
yes...can actually see it
I only got to 300 runner.
if anyone is going to sudoku later, be sure to read some very intelligent and rational comments in the caht this moring. Diving i here now
darn, I already had that word!
bichon,you still here?
well anyway; *poof*
bye phan
This grid is a lot like Sunday's. Add -ed, -er and -s to everything...
yes bzzz.... was just thinking the same thing
no a's
And are you thinking about baking cookies later?
yeap..interesting comments at suduko...
would love to, bzzz... but oven on the fritz
Just wondering if we are sharing the same brain. =)
well... personally, bzzzz.... i hope we have more than 1 brain between the two of us... LOLOL
I have to make choc chip cookies today. Also have a batch of cheddar pecan wafers in the fridge.
i want to make a cheesecake..willhave to wait until tomorrow
cheddar peacan wafers?? tell me more about theese please...
Do you know what cheese straws are, crossy?
cheese strings??
just got back from voting... it took 2 hours
STRAWS crossy
those sound interesting bzzz... would make a good party snack
yay monkey!!!
woohoo fro u ili....now..can u go again and sneak one in for me????
no i do not
btw, monkey... a warning....
ruru said last night that he was going to feed you fake clues today to get back at you for voting him off the island.... so would watch out
Cheese straws are like a cheese cracker. but they make them in a ribbon.
sorry, I walked away... kje, this is so tempting... but I'm NOT diving it!
I'm all bunched up - I can't vote until this afternoon!!
honestly, asg... it goes fast... look at all those er, ed endings and 2 s's
k..so cheese crackers...
The cheddar wafers are similar, but made more like a small cookie.
really it goes fast
I DON"T WANNA WORK>>I WANNA MAKE A BIG POT OF SOUP AND BAKE A CHEESECAKE AND WATCH THE ELECTION COVERAGE
oops bbl
I love this early voting thing.
you know what would help you relax and take your mind off of it?????
the grid!
I can't believe the day is here!
More than half the registered voters in NC chose early voting - 2.5 million.
I'm waiting for my daugther to wake up... then it's just us girls for a good part of the day. (poor thing, I have tennis and errands!!)
i HOPE hagen slays liddy
U.S voting always this heavy? we are lucky to get 60% turnout up here
dan2 has an interesting pic on his FB page re: the long lines today... it is of an election in south africa after apartheid ended.... long snaking lines that go on forever (aerial view)
Hello all!
Not always this heavy, cross.
( oh... that got me 2 words... was going to say I hope hagen fi5's dole and serves her up on a platter..but changed mind..then found fi5 / 6 )
poor asg's girl... drug around by mommy all day... when mommy is in an anxious state due to the election
know what would help you relax asg???
hard core street drigs..crossy offers asg some oxys..:0
the grid?
I'm hoping she wins too, carlee.
cross... heavy turnout in US is about 20-25%
drugs even
yes... see how smart you are asg!
ty red
omg, speaking of smart, kje SLAYED me in scrabble.
i had a triple-triple!!!! with a fake word!!! LOL
Sex toys in the grid.
lots of them bzzzz
I still miss the old version on F.B. - where I could see how many letters you have left, etc
ooooh, tantalizing... but no,
sex toys?? where?!
lol... jump in asg
di 5, 6, 6, 7
ok, so I'm reading my sample ballot (better late than never) - OMG DI LOLOL - sorry, ahem, anyway, reading my ballot and I don't understand the public questions... if I don't understand them, how is Joe the Plumber going to understand his?
did asg just insult the reps icon????? what an elitist snob!
... but good point...
brb, I'm calling my mom - she's smart - she can break it down for me...
ok..i just had a funny image...all our icons today images of joe the plumber....LMAO
no no no carlee!!!! aaaagggghhhhh
Who wants to look at a bunck of cracks, carlee?
crossy bends over and cracks the camera a kiss;))
lol bzzz... i think she meant from the front
oh it would just be funny.....I wasn't serious..just a fleeting image in my caffeine OD"D brain
mm need more tea...
I'm off to start my day. Will drag laptop to kitchen after I clear some counter space.
ok, lol, my mom (a university prof) and my dad (mensa, no joke) don't understand the questions either
what are the questions green?
they are written weird to confuse you... look in a local paper... they will explain what they are and whether voting yes is actually for it or against it
ok..what am I looking up green...
good morning babblers happy babbling.... anyone know the remedy for a frozen brain please...ty in advance ;-)
Frozen...brain.
carlee, the chog box is not big enough to type it in... but the two titles are: 1) voters to approve state authority bonds payable from state appropriations 2) provides that method of selection and appointment of certain municipal court judges be set by statute rather than by the constitiution
blow torch?
yes oodle.you need a hair of the dog and it is as follows: pour half a glass of beer then andd ceaser mix and top off with a raw egg.this must be swallowed at a single draught;)
no no no....best remedy....almost frozen but not quite ( so a slushy) of chocolate milk
Capsaicin?
I can't believe I can't vote until the afternoon. My son really has a hold on me
or just take the ice pack off your head!
thank you cross for making me laugh that's histerical :-D
well... that is....a mouthful green
why? cuz he wants to go with?
hi FM!
go find your hari dryer and turn it on oodle?
((Ata))
hair*
kje, my kids have never missed an election -since they were in bucket seats
carlee, and those are just the titles!!
that is great asg.... seriously, good example...
ok, Mom's calling me back
I can't decide what I want for lunch
they are just trying to blind you with lawyer speak is all
carlee if you saw how short my hair is ...
cappacino cheesecake ata?
ewwwwwww
if you sit and read it and change the words for a similar non-fillibuster it all works
who cares how short...u wanted to defrost your brain...I say..apply heat....
i want home made soup and coffee cheesecake...and to sit and watch election..maybe I won't open st5 today
oh oh but I don't own a hair dryer and neither does my neighbor
hmmm..a clothes dryer?....throw a towel in on hot and wrap around head?
stick head if oven?
*in
LOL FM - always excellent advice... LOLOL
:)
brb. I need to find *something* for lunch
someone want to go to work for me todayand make wine?
howdy fm:)((())) didnt see you sneak in:)
you can't requote someone????
ok lemme go try that...but I think i heard the part of my brain that thinks that it's on strike... but worth a try
((crossy))
Just unwinding after a meeting and starting the grid
im telling you oodle...the hair of the dog....
no...the store is me today...just me..alone... :(
uh which dog... all th dogs around here in quebec city i have never seen the same kind of dog twice
ACk..look at all the de's
after a few of those,switch to whiskey sours and the dogs can go hump a lamp post
hee hee hee cross
back in 10 min
Crossy...u MUST stop doing that....I snorted coffee again...
ok hb cross
off to work... later all... happy babbling
hehe hello e1
hi oodles
ok..time to get ready for work... and pack my crap up for pathfinders....cuall tonight about 9 ish....
((((((wildcat))))))
awwww
back :)
hi, all. Just got home from the polls
angel, was there a long line?
wild do you have any messenger?
no oodles I do not
ewwww I have a soggy doggy
lol ata
*cries*
I just bathed her
will let u know if I add one
I will look into it
we got there fairly early, so the line was not too long. I was voter #7 and my husband was #8
ok... do you have a membership at pogo wild?
thanks, angel...bye till later
no
you want my email?
ok because they have scrabble in the free part... sure
they do? I think I checked there once but didn't see anything
I'm either here or at cobra now ... don't have time for anything else
are you registered with them?
I think so
can't check from school tho ... have to wait till I get home
well they even have monopoly
what are you taking?
I teach
i flunked out... my french wasn't good enough to keep a 2. grade average
oh no berry so sorry
omg, is anyone watching the news? Obama just took FOREVER to vote! Maybe he didn't understand his public questions either
so now what r u doing?
gotta run - hagd!!
looking for a job and I didn't start looking for a job until late summer so it was quite difficult to find a job in hotels... now just looking for 'anything' (i can do)
I have to run too - time to actually work - here's my email berry ... mljuarez@juno.com
hope to hear from u soon :)
kewel ty wild will write what I am doing in detail ty ty hagd
u2
Good morning, fellow humans.
Good morning all.....
hi judi, hi chiley
AsG....we have lots of amendments on our ballot that you have to really read carefully...maybe Obama did too.
He was probably just relishing have a few moments alone.
I would if I was him!
I imagine Judi is correct, or Maybe Obama was confused by some of the stuff on the ballot.
I imagine he has not paid atention to the local comapaigns.
He probably had a nap in the voting booth.
He looked very tired yesterday.
I'm sure he has someone to tell him about them though
nah... he was just relishing the moment
I voted at 7:00 a.m. Line was huge.
Judi - he wasn't alone - his booth was wide open and he was chatting w/Michelle - and we all got to see. Our ballot is ridiculous in NJ.... the public questions are impossible (or nearly impossible) to interpret.
did you watch kje?
no... bathing
The loss of his Grandmother is probably weighing on him too.
well... not anymore... but was
I'm so sad his g'ma passed away. What a shame! I wonder if her absentee ballot counts?
it does if it waas sent beofre death.
is he loses... i am glad she wan't here to see it... if he wins, it is sad that she didn't live to see it
yup, it was
We had a fl man die in the operating room, but he sent his absentee out, and they say it counts
either way it's a momentous day for him... it's a shame
Well, can't say he didn't plan ahead, Red.
I gotta run.... too much to watch on tv... and my daugther is up and chatting... I'll pop on later.... go Obama.... *poof*
i saw several older patients yesterday in the hospital that broke their hips... and wondered... is there anyway they can vote, or if you have bad luck and go to the ed... the election is over for you
i know in nursing homes, they absentee vote there at the homes
some places let you turn in absentee ballots...
even today but I am not sure everywhere.
mornin babblers!
Hiya, Eva!
no it differs from state to state... which by the way is asinine... federal elections should all follow the same rules
hi eva
Seems like an oxymoron - to personally turn in your absentee ballot.
yes I would think so especially today.
poof
but the fed elections are run bythe states.
So say the whole process is beauracratic is an understatement.
yes judi...
*to say ...*
there are some times I really like living in a small island!
Good morning/afternoon all. I live on an even smaller island, Ata!
you do! is does make things like election days a bit calmer!
Mornin, Haz.
liz holds the record for small islands though
I live in an extremely small island of sanity in the midst of madness.
Oh, can I come to your island, Vicuna? It sounds idyllic.
can I bring Hobbit?
*Sends Rip Taylor to Vic's island* Confetti throwing and silly jokes to follow.
You're welcome to come any time Haz, but I have to warn you... This global warming has me worried. The waters of madness are rising...
I started to think global warming might be more than a myth. I saw a wasp yesterday. In November!
same here Haz, we had to get the exterminator guy out because we thought they were trying to build a nest
kent animals and plants are very confused this year
we still have birds nesting in our gutters
Wasps are a blessed nuisance. Hateful things.
There's no doubt that weather patterns are getting more erratic.
i'm in the north east coast of scotland, we have crocuses and insects and flies galore
well i was
For which reference you find yourself in PB (fl5)
Oh, thanks for that, jacq and Haz!
Best just to blame all the sheep, jacq.
It's FM's fault, ultimately.
of course
Are you calling FM a sheep, Haz?
phantom: teiid
Not at all, not at all.
as Haz imitates a leprechaun
There's nothing ovine about FM. It's just that she's handy to blame for most things.
To be sure, to be sure, to be sure.
Just making sure, Haz.
(And can I assure you that I have never heard any Irish person say that)
Stay a way from the Troll Spray, Haz. Leprechauns have been known to be mistaken for trolls.
jacq i am in NE Scot too. small world. hey all
any further news on the sock-eater?
There was a court case recently where one woman sued another for racial abuse after being called a leprechaun.
Ahh, but leprechauns aren't Irish people... they're soulless denizens of Faery.
No further news, Ata. I couldn't get over how casual he was about the whole episode.
make sure you find out the whole story later :)
I will. I'll let you know of further developments.
I must run to an appointment and stop being glued to tv, no actual news anyway.....bleh Have a nice day everyone.
Bye, redturtle. I didn't even realize you were here, so hello, too.
Bye red.
Its ok I was on phone with Mom so not chatting.
Poofity Poof.
*giggles off-screen* Hobbit is still prancing around madly after her bath
I'm off too. Mush shower before brunch with my girlfriends. Ta ta for now.
Is she a glamour queen now, Ata?
Does she do the trying to get outside again thing?
Have a good mush shower. Is it the latest thing?
Bye Judi. No offense, but a mush shower sounds counterproductive.
no, she just prances and dances and shakes and tears round the house at 50mph, and nests in rugs, and prances more
she will be when she's dry!
I did use - *ahem* - Black Pearl Beauty Shampoo for Black Dogs
You never did!
oh my goodness, what a diva! =)
I did!!
How is a dog meant to know her place (outside kennel with gruel) when you do that.
I find it utterly amusing. It *stinks*
Is there black dye in it?
there is- hang on - black pearlescent pigments that make a black coat more shiny and black
apparently
Black dye, then.
It's Grecian 2000 in doggy form.
Shoe polish would probably work just as well.
Must guess word in a grid my offspring have devised. Back in a mo.
see, it's true: http://tinyurl.com/6rvbk4
But her roots, Ata, what about her roots?
didn' t think of that!
I just find it so funny that such things are available. Blaack Pearl, indeed!
I wonder if there's anything I could get to touch up Spangle's 'eyebrows'. She's getting a bit white there.
Can anyone clue the de6/27 plz?
she's half white anyway!
Hobbit's muzzle is getting very grey, poor babe
I know, but some of the bits that should be red are no longer.
I don't have it yet, Sandie.
It's really got me stumped.
Let me have a look.
has she got spottier as she got older? I know Willow has, she's all over spotty now at 12 when she was much more big blotches of black and white as a pup
Oh I have it!
de6/27 - to make someone confused over something
I don't see her as being much spottier than she was as a puppy.
hmmm must just be Willow, she looks like a different dog now from her younger days
whats everyone else got? i dnt think im good at babble
I Voted!!
help with the 8's pleasae
*please* even
do all of the Q words start with the same 3 letters
190 words, but am cooking as i babble
I have 6 of the Q words
peri, I'm still working at the grid and don't have them all.
I have the 9 and eleven of the 7's but no 8's
can you clue the 9 please
cute rabbit, squidgy!
lo9 I think it is a type of rock
yeah she is my lovely comfort
great character she is
any clues for the 8's out there
ty
peri, qu5/16, a hand mill for grinding grain
that is the one I am missing, pab, will look, thanks
got it thanks pab
yw
thanks for the lo9, peri
yw
sure could use some help with the 8's tho
me too, don't have a one :)
I don't have any either
re8/60 - stands up to again
That's all i have so far.
thanks Vi, will look
thanks Vicuna
I think I will take that clue away and ponder on it for a while and be back in a bit :)
not seeing it yet, Vi.. but still looking
Bye, Ata. I'm off to vote as soon as the kids finish their snack.
Vote? There's an election?
Nah, nothing important, Haz. no big deal.
I thought not. Nobody had mentioned anything about it.
nothing that really matters or affects anyone, haz...
SOme trifling local thing. Dogcatcher or something.
good morning, everyone - just got home from voting - settling down to find a few more words - how are you all?
Hello, EvaN. Hello, JBV.
lovely day here, may go do some errands, since the sun is out
bbl
Good, good. I keep my ear to the ground and would hate to think I'd missed anything important.
Bye, peri.
waited in line so long to vote that my back was hurting by the time i got out! also needed to have maintenence men come by today, so i decided to work from home...
no long lines here
eva where do you live? we had no lines at our local polling place - junior h.s.
ok, bye
I'm planning to bring a bunch of picture books with me, so I can read to the kids in line if necessary.
i got in line around 6:50am and didnt get out until after 8
JBV -- im just outside DC. gonna be a busy day for our polling places!
ro 7/36 clue please
that's nice, vi - I brought a magazine but was in and out in under 5 minutes
Well, that's even nicer, JBV!
eva, just checked your profile - bethesda, yes I can imagine it will be busy - My husband worked in Bethesda for a while when we lived in Arlington
i worry about the fed gov workers -- the gov gives you an hour leeway for voting, but i think its gonna take most people longer than that... i just hope people dont skip out because of it!
It's stupid that it isn't a Federal Holiday altogether.
Afternoon all :)
agree, vi - if everyone had the day off there would be no excuse for not voting
it was the first year i worked here -- i started my job the day before election day + i remember we got election day off!
Good afternoon FMitch.
Okay, back in a while... We'll see how long a while!
Hello, FM!
hi, FMitch
Haz, hello! and Vi too :) and all
good morning everyone
VI is taking the children out to read to them. She's so devoted.
perhaps she is going to read the riot act to them?
Hello flosey
You do realise that before things would get out of control, a police superintendent would literally read The Riot Act to the assembled potential troublemakers?
Just so they would know that they were about to get into trouble.
was that what you did before you became the Chief of Police then ;)
Yes indeed. Many a riot has been broken up that way.
Actually that do4 ring vague bells.
I think it's great. Imagine the hush falling over the crowd so that they could hear all the heretofore and wherefores.
lol
Not a bad grid today considering it's size.
Morning all...
...just here for a few minutes...
I think I'm being particularly dense today. It's annoying me more than the one on Sunday.
a hush is falling over the chat log, haz- do you have any clues for Q - I have 4 that relate to using someones word and one latin qu 4 and one qu 5/16 but still need one more
Hi Pini
Is there an ro 7/36 I can't see it
hi, Pini
gran - try past tense of Ro*** Drive (in Hollywood) for the ro7/36
qu4/8- the bit in QED.
qu4/8 night be the missing one JBV
Thanks - just could not see it.
I have that one, haz - still need one more
There are five qu words relating to the original qu5/16
ah, thanks, haz, was missing the past tense!
The first qu5/16 -qu plus seabird.
Haz beats me to it again
I'll go slowly the next time.
Ah hold on there are 5 relating to the using someomes word
Yes, see my post at 9.12.....
Im slow, sue me :)
It's okay. We'll think up some excuse for you.
FM...got your request yesterday and accepted...
:)
I maybe slow with the clues right now but the end is in sight 8 left
I am having a hard time wit f9. Does anyone have a clue?oh
Oh, good for you.
...I found 8 words this morning!
Now, I'd best be on my way and get ready for work.
back at lunch time...ttfn!
that's fo9
Is it not lo9?
there is no fo9 there is an lo9 though
There isn't a fo 9 - it's an lo9, compund word
yes, that isd what I meant- no coffee yet...sory
lo9 is a compound word. It means something that attracts strongly.
What is wrong with me???? I stil cannot get it??? Arrrggh!
The last part is kind of rocky.
lo4+st5
The first part sounds like it might be heavy.
sounds a bit like a weight bearing piece of masonry
Got it- couldn't see how to build it...thanks! 14 to go! Hey, FMitch, we are a match today!
l+*** to a would be babbler + rock
my chat is slow this morning!
as well as me, Jai
Bright and sunny that us :)
Hey, they are blooming down here right now- are they blooming where you all are?
I am in MD and I have 2 patches of Black eyed Susan's in my garden
It's kind of odd
All gone here now with frost and snow.
Yes, it is! But maybe we are being hopeful for Election Day....
Shhhh this is an election free zone!
Well, I am hopeful (at least trying to be)
that's a good idea
They grow wild here along the roads in the Gulf States- very pretty
you know Fmitch, we have had a freeze and mine are still here
I haven't seen them anywhere else but my yard
<tiptoeing> Didn't mean to bring up anything political....
LOL
jai, are you originally from O.S.? Indian summer has been wonderful the last few weeks, that's for sure...
well, I gotta run; get kids to XC practice and then to vote and run errands
I'm still wishing for an Indian Summer but I think it might be too late now :( Bye phand
No, I grew up in a suburb of Chcago called Crystal Lake, and then moved to Wonder Lake in IL after I got married- we moved down here to MS in 1998- just in time for all the wonderful huuricanes!!!LOL!
So, Georges was your initiation?
I type like cr**
does anyone have a clue for the o in the lower left? I have only one - not sure if it's the poems or the minerals - still need one more
Oh yes- we got flooded out...
Does anyone have the se 6/27 - its my last word
I was lucky, he only took down a tree for me...
se 6 - use the high point tile - part ii of a movie or book
what part of O.S. did you choose? I'm in the 'cleave...
TY JBV - Fireworks. Just as well because its 12.30am and I have to work in the morning
Me too!!! Right off Seaman Road!!! Hiya, neighbor!!!
*grins* hi back atcha!
congrats, anike! - saw in your profile you're from Perth - we have another babbler from Perth, too, I remember that since I work in Perth Amboy, NJ - twin city on the other side of the world
quot
sorry
I'm off of River Rd...
<Big Grin>!!!!
We will have to meet at Burnham's or something!!!!
LOL! Yeah, one of the HOT SPOTS in the big city, doncha know!
Yeah, like, wow, like, hey it's the grooviest, man!
Did you get se 6/27? It uses the high point tile and means follow up show
wooo! just voted for the first ime
go, claire!!
At least you don't have to stand in line for an hour waiting for your prescriptions!!!!!
hey, clairebear, congratulations!
well, we do have not one but TWO traffic lights. *wink*
are you feeling pumped, proud, and elated??
yeah.. 1970 called they want their voting machines back...
how does it feel to perform your civic duty in such an historic election year?
:-D
We desperately need one at Humphrey
I'm mostly proud to be part of a generation that cares
what kind of voting machine was it claire? we have a touch screen here
hi again all
anyone that doesn't care right now is living under a rock or should be
I alreasdy have my I voted sticker on my shirt....it's the only reason I am not doing this puzzzle at 11PM..LOL!
hi carlee
it was a rachety one with a lever...kind of like a one used to stop a crashing train
hi jbv
( only here fro a sec....waiting on a bottler )
I didn't get a sticker!!! :(
bbl
yeah i didn't get a sticker.
where do you live claire?
you make it sound like gambling on a slot machine =P
nyc
I remember those lever machines -you're right, they're kind of ancient
well i go to school in nyc, and I'm from chicago, so it doesn't matter where i voted...I registered in New York so that I could have my first experience at an actual polling place
where are you studying? (from a former NYC girl)
NYU
the school is handing out free ben and jerry's red white and blue ice cream if you voted
can anyone clue the e in the lower left corner? I have 2 related to going in a room, need one more
that's cool, claire -
en8 comes from that tile.
Slightly rearrange the going in word and add three letters for Spanish sun.
where did you study jbv
Hunter College CUNY - many many years ago
oh! my boyfriend's dad is a professor there
thanks, Haz, got it!
You're welcome.
what department, claire?
grad math statistics
a department I stayed well away from LOL
haha well off to the gym! i hope everyone votes!
I can only find three qu. Any help???
there are 5 qu's for the punctuation mark word
i got those jbv, but i'm not sure what the others are
Ty, JBV. Now all I am missing is the very first one.
qu + sea bird.
first one is qu + green forest plan - f***
sorry, that was *plant*
got em, thanks everyone
Got it! Thanks!
7 left...<agonizingly slow>
I need the word after the PT of tear...
to6/18 matador
BTW, I keep forgetting to say Thank you to you all. I couldn't do this without your help!!!
any help with the E that only has one word?
ei4 . . . a duck
thanks.. also any other clues for the to6
to4 ripped + spare the **d and spoil the child
ce 7?
thanks uneaixoise, i would not of got that one alone!
I need one more st 5 10...have one that sounds like strong metal and one that a secretary has...what is the third?
d
(ste)
st - a rock, st - where you shop
st5 - s + canvas camping gear
TY, flosey!!!
# left!
**d the child is stumping me..
yw jai
ce 7?
I need that one too bichon
ce7 - as in the Marie Ce7, deserted ship.
Or ce plus most of Mr Piggot, jockey.
ty Haz, got the first clue, but not the second
thank you haz my hero..
You're welcome!
got it, thanks Haz
Piggot is a very famous jockey over here, probably not so well-known world-wide.
wonderful icon, flosey!!
thanks Une
ty une
hey, kje!
hi there kj
hi une... feeling optimistic today?
hi flos
guardedly, but yes!!
love your story Une, great to see such a place exists
I'm on the fence, une... not yet ready to believe it
flosey, it warms my heart to know it's there! And I'd love to take a tour but I salute the fact that they don't offer them, in the interest of keeping it quiet, calm, and peaceful for all the girls. :-)
My last two come after to 4,5 and to44- they are to 5,16 and to 6,27. Help!!!
jaiannah - they use the high point tile -type(s) of hat.
the second de 6/21?
chef hat, no?
bichon - de plus the canvas dwelling
ts for that, kje!
FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, HAZ!!!!!!
*tx
hi all
ty again Haz
hey, TO
Well done Jai.
WOOHOO, Jaianniah!!!
Hello TO!
woohoo jai!!!
WTG Jai
Tricky, tricky puzzle- not so hard as there were these sneaky ones....
Ty all for your help!
Now for the fun part- clues.....
clue for the 9?
lo compound word
lo9 - the brick that holds a buildings weight?
mother lo**+ rock
coudn't find it last night and it was the first thing I saw when I opened the grid this morning.
thanks, got it!!
that is not a literal def... just what it sounds like
funny that you couldn't see the lo9, but saw the di7 in what... 0.5 seconds
brb have to let doggie out
LOL!!
What can I possibly say after that>
I need to go to my water aerobics class
great lo clue kje!
: )
oooh bichon - you will be buff
LOL TO
Yes, and as wrinkled as a raisin
LOL so join the club! ;)
115 to go . . . gotta run . . . BBL . . .
missing 2 qu... have all those citation words... what am i missing?
phantom: solidifies
At least it's nice and warm here today, so I won't have any excuses
qu and most of a sea bird
TY TY TY
qu + most of what you are
LOL
now that is a loaded clue.... hmmm... thinking
4 letters total
4/8
ha ha ha
aren't you just hilarious
good morning all -- election day in the US and I am wondering if the malfunction ridden voting machines will be able to handle the record turn out expected!
*smirk*
(please read that as sarcastically as i intend it)
of course I did.. and you ARE welcome for the clue
florida will probably have problems again cyber
was just debating about whether to thank you for that one or not.... and will do so, but not enthusiastically : )
please read haz'z (miss Manners) babble etiquette clues ...lol
lol oodle -- is Bush still governor there?
can i ask how many words today? i have 199 and it seems never ending
304 jac
yeah Florida has trouble knowing the difference between a chad and a chump..
oh, ty, i'm not doing so well as i thought lol
fl will not be the problem state today... they have completed updated everything, determined to not be the joke of the entire country again... they are the least likely to have problems... now other states are a whole different issue
doing better than me jac... i only have 176
like Virginia and OHio
no but I doubt that there will be childish bickering between who won this time cause I think Obama would put McCain in his place
yes... suspect problems in VA
because Mc Cain HAS to wine there...
desperation ensues...
win that is..
am i right in thinking the college thingy has more say than the public in american elections? wasn't there a debacle last time because the popular vote went the other way?
wonder why I momentarily forgot McCains name???
he often does himself ... don't worr about it
worry
lol
drinking this early, ru?
thinking about it..
actually have a drinking lunch today..
better not..
lucky you
brb.. need more coffee
it bugs me that stented is not a word!!!! it is a word we use every freakin' day
***3rd try for the last 44. Sigh***
not is the plural of it
o
i menat nor...hi swimmy!
cute icon lori
: D
hi lori!
just discovered the -est ending... that moved things along quite a bit
still missing a qu -- have 4 x1, 5 x2, 6 x3 -- missing please?
Hey TO, how goes the battle.
qu 7
see I missed a plural -- ty lori
I'm famous for missing plurals.
lol we all are
lol we all are
89 to go, but struggling -- think it is list time
more than 1 cu?
3 x cu
ughers
Hey FM done? Wanna' hold my hand? cu 5/6 is dumb
any more specific than that lori?
Hey Lori, I is do4 and will hold yr hand all the way to the PB
hi fm!
LOL fm
cu + first 3 letters of main salad ingredient ***to the PB!***
i have one cu4 - hinted - clues for the other 2 please?
Hi TO :)
got them
By the by, congratulations FM
nm,ty
cu + allow... and plural
*grin*
yes, wtg FM... you finished fast
How ya doin
de 6/21 following hoodwink?
.. Lori
de + camping accomodations?
hmph. too many words. VERY busy. too many words *grump* (hi all)
and keep building for another 7 and 8
ty lori -- that gave me 3 more!
hi grumpy
***rubs de-grumping lotion on stid*** G'd afternoon stid!
: )
hi Babblers!
Just the 2 du's?
Hey stiddy and Aloy
G'd afternoon Aloy?
ooh lori toss me that bottle! hey is babble slow or is it my net?
3 du Lori
oh well, maybe I can hit 100 between lecture notes
i have 3 du, lori
Merci buckets FM
LOL lori
stiddy whens the enxt lecutre you will be partaking in, it was much fan and learning last time :)
de 6/27 after the sandwich shop?
it is working ok for me, TO (knock wood).. exciting election day today.. and a big grid too!
NOW, FM! LOL teacher is rambling on about nonacademics at the moment
de6 - deceive
Oops, and thanks TO as well.
Oh sits up straight and sharpens penicl :)
ruru, don't de6 yourself - this is a hard grid
HAve you got the same guy sitting next to you as last time or was that a different class?
yes, the same young man... why? *wicked grin* are you planning to shock him?
see we know you smoked.... think of another drug from that era... rhymes with qua****s
Moi, non but we could make min laugh a lot *giggle*
thanks the drugs did it
ha!
oh ruru! *shocked mama look*
LOL ruru
heh heh heh
stid.. so long ago.. another age...
get over it...lol
I hate that e, honestly. Are there ed words, cuz I'm in DENSA mode
3 Lori
3???? Get outta' town. No way. Un-possible
yes, there is at least one ed 5
Ooh, thanks stid. Got that. Now. :/
To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement is one of them
:-D happy to help. Lecture staring... *switching to lurk mode*
clue, lori?
aaahhh - TY
Ack ack ack. A 7 a stoopid 7. I'm goin' home. Muchos grassyass FM, me e torture is over.
hey all.
hi bfsog
hi bf
done lori???
G'd afternoon bf
Just the e's kje..... Still 34 to go, wanna' finish without listing, if I can....
2nd fe 7?
i still need 3 e's - times like this make me want a list
*props Lori up on a plank of wood to stop her listing*
go lori!
later lori
***Lori feels like a planked salmon, would rather be a tanked salmon***
Hello all
fe7 - where cattle go to fatten up
Owl, are you feeling better today?
horrible places
ty kje
ty for that one, kje!
I have a de8, clues for the others please
ooh, don't have that kje. ***seeking***
hi peri. a bit ty.
*passes Lori large brandy champagne gin coctail with umbrella*
Decadent at 1:30 pm, thanks FM!
don't get the fe7 word
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cocltails
peri : compound word
hits the spot hon and after one of those you don't care :)
*joy* we are moving out of the "background info" part of the class, the next three weeks of lectures will be about what actually happens on the ecological side. *back to lurk*
Good evening everyone.
peri re****** to the list when she couldn't find re8
so, what's the record so far for who's had to wait longest in line to vote today? i think i'm a contender at 2 hours.
Evening el5!!!
el 5/12 !!!!!! I dub thee "senior" for today. :)
took me less than 5 minutes hursh
we vote absentee, dropped my ballot off yesterday. NO lines. *more joy* *relurk*
lol hi, senior!
hurshy, i just heard that the last "early" voters in Fla. voted at 1am, after a 9 hour wait... that is criminal!
i don't see what the advantage is to voting early if you have to wait in line anyway!
thanks Aloy
but, i do feel that it's a bit of a badge of honor to have waited a couple hours. :)
how could I miss my favourite steak?!
i agree... we voted by absentee ballots
okey dokey out of here for a while
Thanks kje! Finding that/those leaves me with 2 f's now.
yw peri, that's the only other 8 i have.. not on the list yet
people waited 16+ hours to vote in the south african elections post- apartheid... it is a privilege and worth whatever the wait...
bye FM.. see you later
Later FM, thanks for the help
later, fm
bye fm
di 6/21?
Senior I will be :).
Fow ya' feelin' today Senior? :D
need that too ruru
di 6 the fuel that isn't gasloine?
Not done the d yet though, that may not be it.
ugh... TY... fish
don't forget the pt of that di..
oh god..
Yah, it gives ya' an 8
yay... grayed the D - TY aloy
me too
Good thing Aloy's here!
yvw, kje.. i found it when someone asked.. hadn't seen it earlier, lol
30 to go, better check for plurals before I ask anymore questions.....
i did 1st though ru, ; )
lol
*do not try fest, do not try fest*
but, but but.. i always do, hurshy!
already did hursh... gets me every time
think it should be a word.. humph
***one of thse days it's gonna' work***
i'm talkin to myself, cause i don't wanna be duped again!! :)
don't try festor either
well, at least the anagram works
good afternoon Babblers :) glad I am not alone on trying fest lol
true confessions, Nono.. hi
uncle isn't there either?
G'd afternoono Nono!
hi nono
does the di fu4/8 have a plural?
a stoopid 2 letter extension for an 8 TO
um, no, TO..
ty!
ty!
Oops, thought you meant di 6. di 6 does. ***shuts up***
Hello, hello. Lori messing up again?
hiya, Haz!
Only a widdle bit.....
no i meant the gasoline alternative
no i meant the gasoline alternative hi haz!
hi Haz!
Hello there, Aloy and everyone.
missing one F
i have 10 more r's to find, hope they aren't all re words :(
I have 19 de's, does that cover that please?
I've just had a very refreshing walk outside with Spangle. Autumn has its advantages.
NM
21 de words.
Go Nono! dang. TThank ye Haz.
It's gorgeous here, I should be outside doing something constructive.
any cat experts here! heard a very sad puzzling cat story the other day.
how nice, Haz... are you able to take Spangle off her leash anywhere along the way so she can snuffle in the leaves?
any sq?
oh dear, not a sad cat story :(
Not on this occasion, Aloy, just kept up a brisk pace. There are other places we can visit where she can be left off the lead.
No sq words.
I have no sq kje, but my s's aren't don either
a cat-a strophic story?
ty
yes. owner feels it's realted to pregnancy - at time the heartbeat was evident, cat began to growl and attack her. a coincidence?
ooh... i would take that cat right to the vet
she is not feeling well..
yeah, i second the vet motion. she might be in pain and that could explain the reaction.
cat proceeded to jekyl and hyde for a few weeks before they gave her back to the shelter. they had owned her three years.
I'll declare my non-expert status and hazard a guess that it might be a strong nesting instinct coming into play too early.
oh dear :(
cat chekced out fine, they wanted her to go to a behavior specilaist.
At what cost?
the woman's or the cat's?
Was the cat pregnant or the women?
had they wanted to breed her?
no 6 following little bumps, please?
woman
The cat's instinct. Some animals go into protective overdrive, though it's more often when they give birth.
LOL sorry just read back - the woman was pregnant.
ohhhhhhh
Oh, the WOMAN. Let's rewind all the hypotheses.
h'mm, i was thinking the cat too
the woman linked it to the time the hearbeat was evident. the woman, being 42 and first time pregnant, was heartbroken but could not keep the cat,
no idea cyber
the shelter kept the cat as an office cat, did not try to adopt it out again.
no + take your **** of medicine as prescribed, cybernan
cybernan that no6 is a type of caffeine pill
ty
Yea! Found my last f's, and thanks Nono, Aloy, that was my missing n.
gj, Lori
wtg Lori
so - weird coincidence? cats are so attuned to sensory stimuli esp smells...it's a frightening story.
More than 2 lu's?
Only 2.
r's are finished!
Yea Nono! Thanks Haz
TO - really not sure what to say. There's a lot more going on with animals than we may ever know.
maybe the cat was spayed and she was jealous?
Keeps fishing by mentioning 5 los?
I don't think a cat would know that it was spayed.
6 lo words.
not to mention the woman's behavior definitely changed.
The woman changed? In what way?
toward the cat, or just in general?
lol, i'm being silly willy Haz
however, i wondered if anyone had heard of anything linked to pregnancy - i have heard of jealousy lined to babies, at times.
Thanks Haz
well i would think someone who was surprised by a pregnancy so lat ein life would be very very cautious, don't you? in the end that was why she could not keep the animal, too risky.
that re 8 has me stumped -- tried adding all my de 6's to it.
however, not trying to bring chat down, just puzzling. haz you are right,. i have come to believe that animals some animals are sentient beings.
re + to go against an order (plural)
i dunno, it's hard to say... my cats... well, they know that i'm the biggest cat.
Then you miss a word that means refusing to do what you're told, cybernan. Make it even more obstinate to become re8.
re8 - add PT to re6... re6... like a spa or camp...etc
I've never heard of anything like it TO
You're not bringing chat down at all. Animals are puzzling, lots of research being done into how they know or detect particular conditions.
I have an re8 and de8, clues please for the others
sorry -- have that one -- looking for the first re 8
di8 - descriptive of a fuel
Good evening all.........
ty Haz
ty for that other re8
en8 - rearrange slightly a word that goes in and add Spanish sun
well lunch is over - see you all later, if the net doesn't get too busy!
not getting the re8 you clued Haz
Hello caitlyn!
G'd afternoon caitlyn
hi cait
bye bye TO
Hi and bye TO
ty for the en
Later TO, take care!
A teenager often de6/30 orders given by his parents. Make it again by putting re in front.
Bye TO!
ty, Haz, for en8
got it -- ty all -- missed that one de 6 when I was trying everything.
thanks Haz, got the re8
re8/45 - some people re8/45 to using sticks and hoops for clueing.
that re8 I have, thanks Haz, still missing one 8 tho
ty, Haz.. hadn't tried that re
19 left and stressing. Takin' a mental health break.
te8 - plural of te7/32 - infamous Vietnam offensive followed by how the cowboy got from place to place.
LOL Lori
thanks, Haz, have all the 8's now
wheeee 200 words down, 104 to go
Don't stress, Lori. This is fun, don't you know.
You're welcome, peri.
just found en8: starts with an anagram of "to go in" and ends with prefix related to the sun
***the fun part is in 19 more list free words...*** :)
I have 3 du words, are there any more
what does the 9 start with?
Just the three, peri.
brain break...
Only 3 peri
stele
ty cait
hi stid
oops
lo9, wildcat.
lo9
ty
ty Haz
waving at stid.........hello
duh ty
hi stid
You're welcome, peri.
FINALLY! NBT and 100 words. I am a happy camper.
Yeah stid
wtg, stid!
thanks all. how are you doing aloyisius? never see you any more. are you north or south today?
79 left, no list yet, bbs
south, stid.. was soooo busy on the farmhouse b4 we came down.. remodeling kitchen, everything in a state of chaos.. i did a lot of "stealth babbling".. here I'm weeding, weeding, weeding
Byeperi see you later
so, stid.. back in school? whatcha taking?
bye bye Peri
if you need more weeds.... *pulls out the spare bed* LOL
later peri
hit the re jackpot here
lol, need new gloves.. wore the others out!
*offers to buy three pairs of new gloves, and knee pads*
tempting, stid.. (-:
listening in to 'the view' -- wonder what the little blonde will say tomorrow if Obama wins by a landslide?
Hi nan
back to lecture, making sense again... *lurk*
hi cait
bbs too.. going out to weed a bit more.
See you later Aloy
bbl
elisabeth hasselbeck was so cute on survivor, who knew she would turn into this?
though, to be fair, i think she'll think it's the wrong direction for the country, but i doubt she'll go ballistic.
te 6/24?
good question cnan...
nan use a couple of tiles worth 2points on the 2nd te4/4
just found Klinger's home town in the process of looking, though
i felt so neat in my voting line, cause i was way in the minority
skin wise i mean
Goodfor you hurshy
I wanna vote. Everyone's voting today!
I voted Friday
Oh okay then Ata you can
been trying that cait, but getting nowhere
it was so funny, too, cause it turned into this sort of... reunion, there were all these people who hadn't seen each other in a long time and ran into each other while voting
there must be some website where international votes get counted, just for the heck of it...
did you have to wait long in line, hurshy?
I think Canadians should be able to vote -- just about everything your government does affects us too!
"2 hours," she said proudly
Can anyone explain to me why a kid over the age of 12 is not supposed to accompany a parent to the voting booth?
I find it totally stupid
good for you hurshy
You had wait 2 hours to vote Hurshy?
...i suppose nobody's supposed to accompany anyone to the voting booth but they make an exception for the under 12 group cause they can't take care of themselves yet?
privacy issue, maybe?
it is stupid phan
It's my child what is there to keep private?
Beats me, phand. It's about as ridiculous as people not being allowed to wear Obama or McCain t-shirts when they vote
yes phan - our area has never had such high turnout, from what i heard. i mean, i just moved here, but, that was the word in the voting line.
that I understad samantha -- no campaigning at the polling station.
Time to go. Back tomorrow. Bye for now.
your child might influence you!!! they might make you vote differently from your conscience! or some such guff
I didn't have to wait at all, but the polling place was busy
oh please, that is ridiculous
Wearing a tshirt is not campaigning, for crying out loud.
disagree with sam though... that is about advertising within a polling place... it protects you from getting mobbed by supporters outside the polling place also... and prevents an election judge from bias in who is judged accurately registered to vote there at the site
did you see jon stewart interview barack last week and ask him about the bradley effect? it was so funny, he asked him if he was at all worried that he (obama) would get into the voting booth and find his white half resisting voting for a "black" candidate
LOL hursh... how did obama respond
No, prohibiting certain t-shirts does NOT "protect you from getting mobbed" by anyone. Seriously!
that was so funny
i dunno, he just said, "might be a problem" or something, joking along.
one left
clue for the se 6/27?
that is not what i meant sam... the laws prohibit campaigning within a certain distance of the polling place so that you will not be mobbed by salespeopel (essentially) when you go to vote... the space allows you to go vote, without being stopped by people or having to discuss anything on the way in or out
a 2nd book with the same characters as the first
and yes... a t-shirt is obviously campaigning... why else wear it... it shows support which is what campaigning for someone is
ooh thanks cnan, i was totally looking at the left S
Thanks cyber!!
FIREWORKS!
woohoo jayde!!!
thanks kje!
And happy voting to all the other Americans out there! I am so excited about this election!
congrats kje *!* -- clue for the te 7-8 combo?
I understand the laws that prohibit campaigning. That makes sense. I just can't agree that a wearing a tshirt qualifies as "campaigning."
good luck everyone!
*poof*
i wonder if you're allowed to wear a t-shirt that says "Fire!" in a crowded theater...
think of this, sam.... you are in a small rural area... you have a t-shirt on supporting a candidate... the election judge is for the other party... they look for your name, and it is listed with a middle initial (yours) but your ID does not contain that initial... would it effect the judges decision of whether you vote or not? ... it is better if people working the polling site do not know your preference
c'mon, that's funny!
it eliminates an unintentional bias
Well, I see 8that* point--but the problem there is NOT the shirt you're wearing. It's the corrupt election official.
hard crowd today hursh... try again : )
Yes, hursh, that was funny. :-)
te 7-8 combo please?
i am 85% done with the grid
Is this a brutal grid (before I jump in)?
most of it is less frank corruption than it is unrecognized or subliminal bias... so better to try to eliminate what you can... while understanding it cannot all be eliminated
Hello there! Boy in bed, time ot futz around here for a few minutes.
vietnam offensive + cowboy **** off into the sunset
I'm 80% done with it!
ooooo - TY hursh!!!
but kje, it's like, if you don't want to get raped, don't wear provocative clothes. it doesn't make it your fault if you do wear them and get raped, and there's no law against wearing them, it's just... a precaution some people like to take. so i don't think that can be the logic behind the t-shirt law.
i have 71 left... but am too lazy to do the math in my head
not at all the same hursh
it is the same in that the law doesn't usually aim to protect YOU from other people by limiting YOUR freedoms
the law is about campaigning
the law often limits your freedoms to protect you, btw... speed limits, helmet laws, etc
I do understand the campaigning aspect, though I disagree with it. But the justification you're offering is a bit off the topic, I think.
that's all i'm saying... the law is about campaigning, it isn't about making sure people don't get accidentally disenfranchised by your t-shirt.
i was just saying, there are ethical components as well
yes but when the law does that it is because it's in the public interest to make sure you don't cause completely unnecessary costs that the state will have to pay for.
ty hurshy
back again, break between lecturers.
Just following this a bit here, so I could be way off.. but a) the t-shirt thing strikes me as an invasion of teh right to free speech(like THAT'S new), and b) it reminds me of prohibiting breastfeeding in public to "protect" the woman from people with niothing betterto do that hassle her about it-- shouldn't that be HER problem?
stidyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Hi Stid!
hi hursh...nan
I fail at Babble today. I've been here two hours and am barely halfway, and I can't get any of the Qs
sorry for the delay, but had to check virus scan results as an undesirable entry caught my eye.
YAY Jayde (and bye)
sorry just lurking while working the grid. pollworkers do know your preference already because your listed whether rep or dem
you do not have an unlimited rght to free speech... take hursh's fire example for one
No Q's here either.
the Q's are easy
Well, Monkey, we here in America don't actually have an absolute right to free speech.That's a bot of a myth. LOL
That being of course the only two parties...
not in our state, ajschuring... we do not register by party
qu's -- a whole bunch deal with citation
hello Monkey!
Which example? I just came on...
oh we do in PA
that is true aj, in some states... here, it is not on your registration card... i was suprprised when i 1st moved to MD that it was listed there
we do not either stid
Monkey is from the states, Samantha *wink*
to qu5 hurshy "yes but when the law does that it is because it's in the public interest to make sure you don't cause completely unnecessary costs that the state will have to pay for."
And the bill of rights SAYS you are supposed to have a right to free speech. That that has been legally limited doesn't change that, iot just reflects the basically unconstitutional behacvior of the US gov't.
then can vote any party for primararies
What is the gist of the non-citation QU words...?
Also to quote hurshy--"I wonder if it's legal to wear a tshirt that says "fire" in a crowded theatre?"
AND in our state most elections are now "vote by mail" as well as so-called absentee voting available to all
SAM to the PB
qu4/8
Yes, Samantha, Love it or leave it, eh? I emmigrated 15 years ago.
*nodding to what Monkey said*
meant can you vote any party in primaries
ts?
No, sorry, Monkey, the BoR doesn't actually say that. It says only that *Congress* may not make a law restricting free speech, but individual states are free to do so.
t + open ***** and boils and lesions
Ah, OK.
yes, you can vote either party in primary... but only one or the other
ty hurshy -- keep forgetting that one
thanks hursh
oh I learned something new today lol
I don't understand that ts clue
Reply to Hursh's example... so the plan is to eventually forbid legally anything that could cause trouble, damages, etc? Goodness! Who gets to decide what is inflammatory?
Washington now has a "top two" system, you can vote for anyone in the primary, and the top two vote getters there go on to the general election (even if from the same party)
I think the criteria used by the Supremes was whether or not it could actively injure people.
got that ts6
monkey, in the context of the discussion, my point was actually on the other end. the limiting of free speech is limited to cases in which there is a compelling public interest.
when there was segregation and slavery, wasn't there restriction of freedom of speech then, or didn't that count?
lived in PA all my life just know what we do here. I really should get out more
ok bye then
you mean restriction of the slaves' freedom? heck yeah, but they weren't counted as citizens, so...
Well, it didn't count for the slaves--they weren't counted as citizens
slaves did not have any human rights
yeah, that's what I assumed. gah!
they weren't even counted as full people! (not for census purposes, anyway)
Yes, a compelling public interst. Silence one group to avoid the other getting uppity.... never could really get behind that. There's a great Vonnegut about that.... Let's all strap on the loud noise distractors so the less intelligent don't get upset at us thinking faster, and the leg irons to avoid disturbing those less athletic...
the et 6 has defeated me -- help, pleae?
I think only people who play the harmonica (no matter how badly) should be allowed to speak in public. That would prevent a lot of mean people from getting into power.
No, silence one group to avoid them actively harming another group. You're kind of stretching, there, Monkey
"forever" word nan?
Public interest in this context is the lowest common denominator or people get upset.
monkey, it's really not unreasonable to forbid people to engage in reckless behaviors that are likely to result in the state footing the bill for expensive rescue and medical operations, given that we have laws requiring the injured to be treated.
Back from my chartiy voting work...
How is everyone?
Nonsense. The courts have consistently shown far more integrity than you're crediting them with.
Am I? I believe that silencing one group limits exposure to ideas which is basically and fundamentally harmful to society as a whole.
go red go!
If someone hits me because he doesn't like my t-shirt I know who I think should be punished.
we're arguing politics, red, which, I suppose is to be expected today
Monkey, you're drawing a correlation that doesn't exist.
Am I?
et 6 -- pleeeeese
but that's not what we're talking about at all, monkey. a compelling public interest would not require you to NOT wear a t-shirt in order for you to avoid getting punched, and if someone did hit you, it would be in the public interest to prosecute that person.
E + sea bird + vowel, nan
nan - forever and ever minus one letter
To boil it down, teh argument is about whether the person expressing their views should be stifled or not, based on whether others are likely to react to thoose views. And, well, I vote no.
Yes. There's a clear difference between "not being allowed to maliciously hurt others" and "enslaving the masses," for crying out loud
Stid are you not coming back from Canada at least for election day??
that is NOT the argument MG
I voted absentee, red.... popped my ballot in the box early, as usual.
Starbucks got the word that offering free coffee to people who vote on Election Day violated the law, so now the coffee company is offering a free cup to anyone who asks on November 4
duh -- couldn't see that -- even looked for it!
See, Hursh? I came in late here. I though people were saying that one is not permitted to wear the t-shirt. I guess I got that wrong?
which is exactly why i was trying to emphasize that the rationale of the t-shirt law HAS to be about campaigning and is NOT about YOU being harmed in any way for having a t-shirt on.
*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help everyone :)
There's also a pretty clear obligation for those who live in society to not deliberately harm others in it, and a societal obligation to enforce those limitations
anybody got the 9?
woohoo cyber
lo 9 -- compound word
If you want the individual to be all, feel free to step away from the benefits that society has to offer--otherwise, learn to live with the restrictions that societies enact
Ata thats crazy!!!
Yes, but I feel that stating my own views doesn't harm anyone. But maybe I am just a freak.
The 9 is lo4 + st5
What? How does offering a free cup of coffee to those who vote violate the law? That is just ridiculous
tks nan
you are not a freak, it's just that we are arguing at cross-purposes.
b/c you are not allowed to pay people to vote
Oh, I see. I thought in a democracy I was encouraged to take an active part in forming the society and its rules. My mistake.
chik fil a is offering a chicken sammie to those with an I voted sticker...
okay, lecture begins again. *back to lurk mode*
et 6 means soemthing like forever,
and that seemed ok..
i didn't get a sticker.... waaaaahhhhh
You're not allowed to offer gifts to people in order to get them to vote
hey, I didn't get a sticker either
they aren't saying if you vote Obama you get free coffee
hello all
the law states that no one may offer any monetary incentive to get people to vote. it's really unlikely that starbucks and krispy kreme and ben and jerry's would be prosecuted, but they just wanted to err on the side of caution.
I got my sticker
The California Secretary of State's spokeswoman, Nicole Winger, also confirmed Starbucks' offer of a free cup to voters was well-intentioned, but violates election rules. The free cup to anyone who asks on election day is legal.
red, lets go hold up a polling place and get a bunch of stickers! then we can have unlimited coffee and chicken!
I voted in October and did not get a sticker either, but...
I got to VOTE!
i sure am glad when i come here i can get away from all the political talk that's on the radio and tv
((((hugs INGE very hard)))) guten tag sehr liebe lehrerin! Ich muss gehen. *sad mama look* spater... *poof*
on my way -- back at the flip -- should know who the pres elect is by then!
Lets do it.... we can also get a free red white and blue krispy kreme
rosed
Monkey--you're quite welcome to participate. In the meantime, follow the damned laws. Is that hard?
you can have my krispy kreme red
The more votes the better - everyone should be encouraged to vote. Even if it take a cup of coffee - some countries don't have this luxery. Always get mad at turnout numbers in Canada
hello inge!
Oops - bad spelling!
oops lol i forgot to move cursor back to grid forgive me
i guess because some people in the US cant vote it is discriminatory...
I never said anything about not following them. I just said something about not agreeing with them. That's not against the law yet, is it?
do better next time, aj... like a 6 or 7 letter word at least!
will try
Oh for god's sake. I need to stop feeding the troll.
ok, the whole problem here is simply a misunderstanding.
one I dont have at least!
and monkey is not a troll!
Anyway I'm not a US coitizen anymore, and I can wear a "Balkenende Nee!" shirt at the next election here if I want to, and for very semnsible reasons I won't, but I'd be pissed off if it was illegal.
nice shirt kje
Monkey is tolling.
trolling*
TY... some unknown person wearing it ... not me : )
Monkey...its not against the law but if you dont agree with them they label you a subversive and take you in for questioning.
What me? Fine, if stating my opinion and participating in a debate is trolling, I bow out gracefully. Enjoy your Babbling, everyone!
(can tell b/c there are no boobies under the america : )
No monkey is not trolling..I think its just not a particular discussion youa re enjoying...
no, she isn't. she just misunderstood some things.
kje has boobies?
That's what it would look like if I were wearing it, kje.
go kje go
kje IS a boobie sometime - LOL
LOLOL bzzzzzz
gee. I hope that all those babblers who felt forced out becasue of politics will come back eventually
I don't buy that. The position stated ("People should be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want, no matter who it hurts") is so absurd that I really cannot believe it to be anything *but* trolling.
inge I think most will... and I am glad to see you here.
it is unfortunately inevitable today. politics will be banned from babbble tomorrow :P
Would be if I'd said anything like it. Not going to respond to your baiting after this. Ta!
its a bit difficult not to think about it.
Monkey, you started this by arguing for your right to yell "fire" ina crowded theatre. Case pretty much closed.
I am missing one C... anyone know which one?
it's not really about politics... at least, it's certainly not about partisan politics... it's simply about the law... and the misunderstandings roll on...
Can you believe I ruined a batch of chocolate chip cookies?
that is truely unfortunate Bea!!!!!!
Did you forget the chips?
i can believe it, bzzz, as i once did the same... it's very tragic, though.
are the cheese crackers OK??? save the crackers!
Still missing 4 c's myself, kje. Sorry.
I prefer the gentle exchange of ideas in sudoku. *poof*
I do not know what happened to them.
I only have one c so far..
Can anyone clue a Q? Driving me nuts.
save the cheese!
The cheese crackers are awesome!
ok, ty
Five of them have to do with citations
yay bzzzz!
post the recipe, bzzz
And the Cs--there's the Marie Ce*****
OK, thanks.
Is there a clue for the non-citation QU's?
that is it sam... what is that?
And a tree that most people I know have allergies to, with the second vowel changed
I will post it to my blog.
Whole batch of scrod for me to be whapped with on that one!
qu + most of a seabird
Apparently it's actually the Mary Ce*****--she was a ship founf floating under full sail, with no damage, and her crew inexplicably missing
qu + most of unusual
bbl
hmmm... thinking sam
Yeah - Q's done - thanks guys
aahhhh - stars
TY... C grayed
yes. similar to heavenly
kje! We can also take our i voted sticker to get free ben and Jerries
You don't even need the sticker for them. They're trusting sorts.
let's go red!!! I'll drive the get-away car... and you don a Palin mask and run in and steal them!!!
Would you get me some Chunky Monkey, please?
Do I have to wear a Palin mask...?
I might vomit.
the grid is full of chunky monkeys... sitting on their lazy butts not helping at all!
Yes Bea, i will get you some chunky Monkee.
TY, red
I want an unburned cookie though Yum.
It will be later this evening. Out of flour. Raining like crazy.
Ohhh.
I want to see some eit poolls. for heavens sakes.
You're another one who doesn't deal well with suspense?
any clue for the se6/27 ?
Oh wow, production values! CNN Europe is showing two people at once. One is in London, and under him is a map of Earth with a little square in the region of England. One is in Nevada and HIS little square is in Africa, somewhere central. Sigh.
I am very excited....
that wil be about the un aid for the congo
and no I am not dealign with suspense well. I was out of country for last election...my absentee vote was not counted and I wa snot pleased.
Nope. I wish you were right, but it's about the US election.
i am stuuuuuuupid
Not that I've ever notioced, Hursh...
Kenya is verrry excited about Obama.
really? wow, i am staying well clear of anything about the election, us over the pond will just wait for the fallout
well, you didn't see what i just did in my head with the E words
I keep wondering about my grandma...
Obamas Grandmother lives in Kenya, so its a big deal for them as well.
My husband just came downstairs and switched over. I was watching Scrubs.
bea you grandma??
i think his grandmother died yesterday
I like scrubs!!!
his other grandmother.
She was a staunch democrat. Always voted straight ticket.
TY HUrsh.
And she was a racist.
His Hawaiian Grandmother died yesterday.
Yeep. That would make it a tough call, Bea
Oh, that is too bad. Poor guy.
Bea it would have really given her something to think about.
and we all know what happened when brett favre played right after his father died.
She probably would not have voted.
Yes, I think its sad she didnt live to see today.
Yeah, red, and it took about two hours for people on far right websites to start speculating that she'd been euthanized, so that he'd get the sympathy vote.
People are crazy.
that *IS* insane.
Bea, My Grandmother wasnt exactly rascist but she had no experience with people of color...
She raised him from 10... what kind of racist is she supposed to have been?
She asked all of us Grandchildren what it was like to have African American friends...
i am confused about there being 2 fe 7/44 - i have the plural, but... what is the other one?
well, lord knows it's no different than the people on the far left sites who announced years ago that our Pres was doing cocaine again. People are crazy everywhere.
bzzz's grandmother = racist, not obama's
Samantha, on this we Agree Completely.
MG--Bea was talking about BEA'S grandmother
hmmmm I've only got the plural too
MG, I'm talking about MY grandmother.
chat is going really fast today...
last one I need....se6/27....any clues?
Oh, I'm so sorry.
EVERYBODY IS TENSE. lol
whackjobs on both sides of the fence
Hursh - compound, is the piece of land where animals eat
It's true.
ah, oh, thanks lynxxxx
That must be why I can't find any words. Tense. And my cookies failed.
se6/27 think follow up film
Bea, you're excused from today. I'll write you a note.
We are tense. I'm excited to see the long long lines but nervous.
thanks juls
was using the wrong s
I do wish there had been cookies though.
TY, Sam.
Tense is right. I'm sorry about my error, Bea. Meanwhile I hope it is not seen as starting the whole politics thing again to just say this is the most important US election in a very long time. Indee, everyone is tense, worldwide.
Are there any SQs?
You can have some this evening, Red, while you are watching the election coverage.
THeres a very eerie feeling in the air.
OK Bea.
NO, sq, same
is it eerie or aerie?
The problem is, we've been hearing "the most important" every damned election for decades, and it's usually true. Things are not going well as our Empire decides whether or not to collapse in on itself
eerie, I swear.
ty bea
after all, our nat'l bird is the eagle...
People are looking very carefully at each other...and things are very quiet.
Akkk, Husband's just put on the politics channel of all things... was a pretty funny song and dance spoof just then though...
Eiher way the economy is going to get worse.
"the politics channel"?
Oh, yes, red, we're in for a bad time of it for a while.
The economy will always get worse everywhere. Sigh.
isn't he being all sad about that Zappa guy that died yesterday?
, we have one here.
you know Sam the one with the colbert report and the daily show!!!
lol!
A politics channel, that is.
Frank Zappa?
Frank Zappa died???!!!
Oh that is a bit sad!
no, one of his band members
Yes, Ata. He liked him both artistically and personally. He is upset about that.
Um, Frank Zappa died in the 90s. I dunno who dies yesterday . . .
ooohhhh
Frank Zappa died in 93. The Mother of Invention who died on the 1st was Jimmy Carl Black.
clearly I am not up on zappa, oops
Is there a hint for the E in the lower left aside from the 2 "to go in" words?
nor me, hence "the zappa guy" LOL
Show how out of touch I am...
en8.40 french 'go in' & diamonds on the ***es of your shoes
I'm not so much either but my husband is in admin for the Zappateers site, gave our son Zappa as one middle name, and goes to the Zappanale every year to hang with the band members and fans.
When Jimmy died I knew he'd hung out with him and liked him very much but I admit I couldn't remember who he was...
LOL
I wonder if Walter will like his middle name
hello everyone
schipperke!
hi Kalea!
lol..........yep, that's my dog
they are *adorable*
hi lynxxx
What is the de6/21 right after the de6/27, please?
what's his / her name?
de + thing you camp in
his name is moe..........he was one of triplets, so larry, moe, and curly
Bzzn, do you know the de 6/27?
awwwwwww
I hope he will, Ata. I thought it was going to be Frank, but on the way to register the birth our friend talked Danny into using Zappa because "a Z as a middle initial is cool". His "main" middle name, though, is my father's name.
got it, thanks lynx
de6........to misinform
Z *is* a cool initial
ty Kalea
OK, House time. Catch you all at commercials maybe, and otherwise tomorrow!
bye Monkey, I think Zappa as middle name is great too
yw, bichon
100 left! so bad with this one...back in a minute with list
crud I do have to go to the gym....
*coughs* I hate fixing spray. It stinks and makes me cough
.. back to find some more.. hi all
I'm at 115 left and I'm dying here. I'd be at the list already but I still have a blank tile
fixing spray? like on canvases?
hello Aloy
yep
hi kalea..
it does stink, i remember
and this variety *really* stinks, it's not the normal stuff I use, it was the only type I could find
Morning all!
hello wicked
kje!!!!
you can get a tattoo erased in TX if you voted!
I must stop watching CNN.
lol, really?!
lol red
going to go work out a little BBL for my last 142.
It is on CNN!!!
Hi Aloy & Wickd
enjoy, red.. hi there lynxxx
that's funny
that's hilarious red
back in a bit. got to escape fixative fumes
hello all!! how many words in the grid today
304 trudiva, a biggee
304
wow!! thanks
yw.. good luck
Back computer froze.
wb Bea
hi Bzzn... are you having lots of rain?
Yes, lots of rain.
back
Ty, kalea
wb Ata
does the di8 come from the di6?
is it affecting voter turnout in NC?
yes, jac
one of the di6!
Clue for the de6/21 after the de6/27 and yes, I have the de6/27.
lol, ty, i meant the di6 above it
I haven't heard how it is affecting the voter turn out, Aloy.
yes but she wouldn't know which that was :P
de6.21 de & canvas dwelling
to take down the camping home, Bzzn
how ' bout a clue for the 8
which 8, Krysten?
di8..past tense of type of gas
I know that over half of the registered voters in NC took part in the early voting. Something like 2.5 million.
TY, Aloy. I always miss that one!
wow, that's great, Bzzn..
i am so angry with the US gov......i never got my absentee ballot
yw, glad you got it
several million here in Ohio voted early too
including me
thanks kalea!
yw Krysten
I think every state should allow early voting.
me too--was really surprised that my daughter couldn't vote earlly in Ann Arbor
me too, since when we went, we were done in 15 min
hi again all
ooh, kalea.. i think you should report that . .. wish i had written down the web site; it was on Brian William's show last night.. a link to report problems like that
you can probably find it on NBCnews.com?
there a link about reporting problems at cnn too
hey, carlee :-)
hi carlee, pom pom lady is here!
did anyone just get back from the polls?
hi une
i will definitely be calling.......
no, we voted by absentee ballot
nope, voted nearly 3 weeks ago
looking it up....
If you have a problem registering or voting or see a problem, call the CNN Voter Hotline at 877-GOCNN-08.
growls at not remembering american gas is fuel oil here
ty for the clues
tx, carlee..
thanks, carlee
np :)
hey all!. could I get a clue for the fo6/27, please, before I put my head through the wall.
so..i TRIED to order obama gear last night....online
fo6......enemy + hill top
*** tossing skoo pillows***
electiooooooons... elections! (to the tune of "tradition")
thx, kalea! and carlee, good throw.
yw skoo
i was denied....cus I am not american....
I had american shipping address
:'(
bet you could get it on amazon.ca
hi
oh, wow good clue! It's just the latin spelling
hey, josh
payment for the gear is considered a "donation"
hello josh
Did you vote today, josh?
try ebay
lol
i voted almost two weeks ago
i have my dad who is in Fla ordering with his US credit card
will reimburse him
Was just wondering how the lines were today.
they don't look too bad here - but i live in a somewhat urban area of the capital city of NC
i kept my American bank account for such cases, so i can have gifts sent to my kids
oh....i HOPE hagen wins by landslide
we'll see - dole seems to be perfectly able to screw things up on her own
oh my, is it election day in Canada too, carlee? How exciting
no..ours was a few weeks ago
I know where you live, josh. That's why I asked.
hagen is up against liddy dole in NC
oh... didn't know, ty
and mizz liz is a BEEYACH ( pardon my french )
gotcha - there were long lines in early voting, partly because there were only 3 locations for the entire county, whereas on voting day there are dozens
She's in the grid today, carlee.
ce7 clue?
will probably be up all night watching returns.. once every four years
yeap..she is
ce***** Holmes?
and in plural..and past tense too
ce7 is like the stars
ce7 spooky ship - Marie Ce7
could anyone lose their jobs in the US for being off work all day to vote?
yeap..I already told kids..tv is MINE tonight....sofa is MIONE tonight
ce7.........the actress ce... holm
you are not allowed to be off all day to vote
ata - i doubt any employer would be quite that heartless
everybody knows that voting is important, and that it might take a long time
most states allow 2 hours max at the beginning or end of the day
ty bzznbea
what happens when the queues are hours long then?
I doubt it ata.... too many ways to prove where u are and why and is illegal to forbid ur employees time off to vote
it's the law......they HAVE to allow them time to vote, regardless of how much time it takes
good
what is the typical %age turn out fro US elcetions?
BBL
Josef Stalin: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
what do you mean, carlee
oh..good morning lynxx...did not see u there
this year the percentage will be higher than last election
what is the typical percentage of the elegible population who can vote that does actually turn out to vote
hi BabbleRabble... great quote! Nice to see you! Happy Election Day to you
I know is going to be higher..am just wondering how much
typically, i think it's over 60 %, but some states are higher than others
in Manhattan: Yogi Preschel, 54, a psychiatrist at Brookdale Hospital, wanted to shave time off his wait to vote at the Upper West Side’s Public School 9, so he brought along part of his morning routine. “I shaved while I waited in line,†said Mr. Preschel, as he pulled his silver battery-powered razor from his jacket pocket.
hey BR....LONG TIME NO SEE!!!!
75% of those ppl eligible to vote registered to vote, I know that!
**HUGS FOR BR***
hello
( pardon me... I lost myself..returning to understantement ) - hello babblerabble
hey, BR!!
understatement *
bbl..........have chores to finish
i have work to finish too..taking a 15 min break..feet are getting sore from standing all day
ok, are the cu's related?
only the 5 and 6, miles
can I get clue pls?
cu + allow and plural
a couple hours ago, a news item reported there had been over 20,000 calls to the national voter fraud number. Elvis had been seen voting in 12 states so far.
ty a lot, bzz
YW
lol, BR.. the king is doing his duty
only 12?
does everyone know the defn of all these words, or what? I just had to look that up
elvis has left the polling site
I don't know all the definitions.
absolutely, miles... know 'em all, LOL..
do you guys monkey them, or have you been playing so long you know what they are
ok..back to work.....grr...wish was at home...and on the sofa....
a bit of both miles...ttfn *
bye carleekat
many are "babblets", i.e., weirdo words that show up frequently, so you do learn to spot them
bye, carlee!
I can usu only spot the 4's and 5's at this point
others are just weirdo... and "newbies" have to be monkeyed or looked up
being thick probably - but can anyone help with de 6/27?
for example, just found a newbie for me: so5.10, so + " I **ld you so!"
oops, messed that up, sorry... so + "I ***d you so"
do not de**** yourself by thinking this is an easy grid, Dipp
knew it...........thanks Aloyisius!
yay, glad you found it Dipp
very weirdo word
Forgot I have tea brewing.
Think I'll go sew for a bit.
how about the de 6.21 after the de 6.27 can't find that de 6 7 8
Later all.
Later all.
see you next time, Bzzn.. happy sewing..
it'll be strong
to take down your camping home, BR for the de6.21
thanks
the 7 and 8 are a word for international diplomacy
then extend it with cold war talk... yvw
thanks again
(-: np
id6 clue?
0i skinny
the most inactive, miles
186 so far
doing nothing, superlative
ty, aloy--shoulda seen that one
I voted!
spotted that superlative ending .. helped
yay, nut! long lines?
how long did you wait in line, nut?
no wait
hot dog, good to hear
i voted one 2 dems, 2 libertarians, 1 dem/rep, and bugs bunny
I had no wait either
no Green Party?
awwwwwww, no Snoopy?
maybe it is going in waves
sorry esprit, i'd need names to write it in
0i skinny
I voted a straight dem ticket
Obama's here in Chicago waiting it out
I think it'll go his way
miles, i live in pa, i wanted to kick out some of those corrupted midnight self pay raising bastards
I was very disappointed that "goofy" wasn't on the ticket.. though I think he is just under a couple of different pseudonyms...
those are my libertarian votes
you tell 'em, nut!
Goofy won the last two elections, they had to take him off the ballot
goofy's too busy - he's currently running the UK.
ha ha ha esprit
darn
lol, Dachef
sorry you feel that way--but in reality, partisan politics kinda sucks these days. Just believe in Obama
I love Jon Stewart
I mean I just believe in him! not a command
yeah, i believe in obama too miles...have to believe in someone for crying out loud
Yeah, the daily show rocks. colbert is cool too
i'd vote for bill maher in a heartbeat
too bad he didn't run. Heard religulous was funny
I wanted Hillary, but she snuffed it
if you think partisan politics sucks why don't you support an independent?
i'll be renting religulous when it comes out
I love the cojones of Sarah Palin thinking she has a chance in 2012
me too. we got netflix
Jay Leno: If God had intended us to vote, She would have given us candidates.
bnl, i didn't know any so couldn't write them in, as for palin...i hope she never goes away...i love to laugh too much.
yeah, I saw Tina Fey mocking that and it was funny!
independents that is bnl
who else is going to be SO happy when this is over, no matter the outcome
everyone
*raises hand*
well, maybe she did this go round, BR.. hope so anyway
me! But it has not been without its hysterical moments
*raises hands and feet, and butt for good measure*
gee, nut... i'll miss all the commercials and phone calls and junk mail..
i'm w/ kje & esprit... I just want the pollsters to shut up...
those robo-phone calls are the biggest waste of money going
oh, hi kje, didn't see you come in
esp Sarah with her "fungible commodities"
curious how you can raise all 5 of those at the same time nutter
with all the challenges over voter lists and election fraud already filed or promised, could be awhile before a decision
I had to look that up, so I'm sure "Joe the plumber" had no idea what it means
must hav something to do with mushrooms
my nightmares are about the electoral college, BR..
I don't see much difference in the 2 main candidates, they both supported the patriot act, they both supported the bailout, they both voted to fund the war in iraq, and they both considered a preemptive strike on iran... it's just politics, nothing will change in the daily life of a US citizen
yes, it was edible fungus all the time
damned yanks nothing but war-mongers!!!
actually, it means equally tradeable, sorta
help with de6/17 please
ed5?
This is why I wanted to move to France with Jonny Depp
NM
finally monkeyed it
does his wife know?
meant de6/27
don't have a de6.17
She's poly
She's poly
de6/27 is to fool yourself
evening everyone
don't de**** yourself into thinking this is an easy grid, peri
Vanessa Paradis is sooo gorgeous
oops typed it in twice
hi Katie!
I saw that clue earlier, Aloy and I just can't see the word :(
I only have one de27 it is the past tense of the de 4 above it which means to fight
to fool yourself peri
brb.. ok, peri think of the drug Qua****
NM, got the de6/27, thanks, Aloy, had to put my thinking cap on :P
Oh no I've clued the du - bad Katie!!!!!
It's de plus a drug they stopped making long ago
thanks EJ
yw
got it miles
the roofies of the seventies
rufies are for date rape, ludes are just downers
showing a strong knowledge there jean ;-)
guess I get the PB now
Katie, I am a wealth of useless information
right, but ludes had a sexual effect, and people wee using them similarly to roofies--at least, in part
but yes, they were nonbarbiturate sedatives
but they stopped making them because of their abuse potential
I am missing one of the de6/21 at the end of the de words, have the plural of a de5/12
they were moved onto schedule one I think
taking down your canvas house peri
i am back for a bit
back with a cold one.. take one down, pass it around.. cheers!
how many are left on the wall now?
have that EJ, the one I need is after that
enough for all the Babblers who want one, miles!
cool!
I am getting tired of this grid and still have 75 words to find
peri, extend it to cold war talk..
have that too, Aloy
fo6/27?
didn't have that one
peri, i think we might be a teeny bit tired after the Babblethon of late..
enemy + top of the hill kje
That 600 grid did a lot of ppl in
ty - got it
noooo it didn't :)
gj, kje
I had gotten the alternate spelling of that one, but not the clued one
ugh... 45 still to go . bbl
I still got 161 ugh
bbl
I've got 207 left, another fireworkless night methinks
lol... how many ughs left?
how fast do some of you guys type, for Gosh sakes?
I blame ata
many many ughs
blame FM!
you mentioned the eco-town to me, 4 hours before my own PR noticed it might I say!!
really??! *smug* :D
enemy+top of hill? no comprendo!
me either jean
esprit, it is the latin spelling of a fe5
I tend to notice ecotown stuff cos my grandmother lives near Ford, and the whole neighbourhood down there is horrified by the whole thing
Joking apart thanks, I at least looked knowledgable on something as I had to confess my mistake on other things
ahh I thought it began with de! thanks miles
no probs!!
yw, katie
it's an english spelling, katie, with wonderful vowely-ness
I missed it, and went, "D'oh!" when it was clued
sorry...lol, just as i came in, hubby came home and wanted tea
well, dear Babblers.. may your fav. candidates win.. fireworks tell me it is time to get back to work.. see you tomorrow. byeeeeee
bye Aloy
bye Aloy
congrats Aloy
oops, forgot to say... BR.. pax vobiscum! (-:
bye aloy, thx for clues
I have just discovered a wonderufl new word, psychopomp
isn't that a great word?
lol.........is that a ceremonial neurosis?
It is a spiritual conductor of sorts
it is a particular spirit, angel, or deity whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife
some ppl thought sparrows were
ahhhhhhhh......like Andrew on "touched by an angel"
I hope not I don't like birds
I'm in love. I have to do a painting called "Becoming", and I was looking round the web for some sort of inspiration, and came across psychopomps
stephen king discussed it in "The Dark Half". One can actually learn much from fiction
psychopomps have been associated at different times and in different cultures with horses, whippoorwills, ravens, dogs, crows, owls, sparrows, harts, and dolphins
I thought the dark half was a very scary book, made you wonder how sane he was :-)
he seems quite sane to me, and he is funny as hell
was dark half "on drugs" or "off drugs"?
but I know what you mean. Pet Sematary was scarier
Off
he once said that most of his stories came from his dreams.........i think i'd be scared to sleep
I haven't read many of the newer ones. You recommend it, I presume!
I think he got off around the time just after the shining
I think it was before his accident. I read pet sematary when I was really young (about 15) and have never reread it as it scared me so much, at the time I didn't like the cats in my room :-)
sounds about right, all his "classics" were on heroin
Yes. Some of his later stuff is kind of lame
Cell and Duma Key were both very good but didn't like a few of them before
ditto me and The Stand. omg. I've never been so scared!
not heroin! Alcohol and some cocaine
and some painkillers too
the stand is my favorite of his
and I was about 15 when I read it too
and he smoked
I like the stand also
He wrote IT when sober and that is one of his best along with the Stand (driving through France and camping next to corn fields!!) and I love the Talisman
It was sooooooooooooo scary
so I was about right when I said he quit right around the time just after the shining
woo hoo... I've made it past the half way point...
I've read all three of them numerous times each. Still have nightmares about blood gushing from the sink
Misery was so scary I could hardly turn the page
congrats Katry, you are doing much better than me
misery was scary, because it is so possible
I kept havign to close my eyes when reading misery, made for a long book
I always make myself get at least half before I resort to a list or anything...
yes--and that whole part with the chopping of the foot--blehh
Shortly after The Tommyknockers publication in 1987, King's family and friends staged an intervention, dumping evidence of his addiction taken from the trash including beer cans, cigarette butts, grams of cocaine, Xanax, Valium, NyQuil, dextromethorphan (cough medicine), and marijuana, on the rug in front of him. As King related in his memoir, he then sought help and quit all forms of drugs and alcohol in the late 1980s, and has remained sober since.
I usually go to half way but might give in early today
and the chopping of the thumb
Misery on stage is really realyl scary
roto
thx, ata--been awhile since I read that
oops......sorry
I have to go and look up these things!
Oh that means he wrong most of my favs when not sober. Cell recently was very scary as it was so possible
That passage is from On Writing, right?
just watched Misery over the weekend (again)
*wrote
Kathy Bates is great!!
yes she was
I loved the Green Mile as a completely different book from him but got completely fed up with the dark towers as there were years between the books
I really like the dark tower books
but there was a long wait
I got fed up waiting miles, I might do all of them now they are all out. I like a book a year to 18 months like Harry Potter
well, give yourself a treat and read them.
I could *not* read the dark tower books
I tried about 4 times
But you might not like the ending
I'm really into the odd series by Dean R Koontz at the moment
I am saving the new one for holiday
i love koontz
which series. He has a couple
I started reading the first one of those recently
oh, the Odd series
the best odd book was brother odd
Yep miles
but then got hooked back again by China Mieville
Is that the one with the guy who has XP
I have just finished all 7 Harry Potter books again
Yes miles
Ooh China Mieville. Which one you reading?
I just think it is a great concept beautifully delivered
i also like the christpher snow series by koontz
just finished Iron Council and I'm going to read The Scar again now, for the 4th time
It is interesting
*rushes of to find out who China Mieville is*
Better than his preposterous "talking dog" stuff
oh he's wonderful, Katie!
don't know the council. did perdido st station and the scar
iron council is new crobuzon too, it's good
Do you know I still don't pretend to be asleep when I'm not to the cats in case they can smell I'm awake - thank you fluke
Ever read Dean Koontz's first book?
ok, have to pick up that one!
which one is that?
which one is it
The Demon Seed
It is so bad it's laughable
yes, a looooooong time ago
he has come a long way
i didn't care for "The Face" either, but i love most of his
I'm not as into him. I'm currently reading S King's son Joe HIll right now for horror
Not for a long time I can't really remember it. Some of his I love and others I can't be bothered with
Start of a new day here - better go and enjoy it. Bye everyone
bye lynxxx
bye lynxxx
bye lynxx
I'm going to buy China Mieville for the holiday
China Mieville is strange and wonderful, completely original if you're not used to steampunk, he writes beautifully
he was first steampunk I ever read
me too
Start out with perdido st station is my recommendation
but it's not hard-core steam punk. it's gentle steam punk, and more interesting story and characters
this is true
yes, PSS. then The Scar. then Iron Council
the treehouse thing they built for burning man is cool
what is steam punk?
he's one of those writers that drops you right into the story, you have to trust him and after a while you get clued in!
it's like cyberpunk, but with antique elements
hard to explain
never heard of it
me either, kje
it's kind of Victorian age crossed with futuristics
like if you built a computer and put it in a cabinet from the 1800s, or the big steam driven spider from wild wild west
would not be my cup of tea, then
hmmm... OK
but - say - a steam punk computer would be created out of things only around in Victorian times. So cogs adn wheels and stuff
it's weird
right--the spider thing is closer
but strangely lovely
if written well
well, anything is lovely if written well...
i just had to monkey od4 smell.... sheesh
apart from Dickens lol
which the vast majority of stuff on the shelves is not
I hate Dickens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Moby Dick
same here
except a tale of two cities. that can stay
I glare at Bleak House every time I drive past it
lol
I like when Monty Python spoofs his titles. A Sale of Two Titties
When I was studying economics I felt I needed to be a more rounded person and read the complete works of Dickens one summer, it was a very long summer
LOL katie
the endless summer
Katie! omg. that's dedication
and not in a good way
but why ever did you choose dickens of all things... why not proust or kundera or anyone
The year before that I read the complete works of shakespeare
cannot se the to4/8, hope it is not fishworthy
wow, Katie
even a coupla harlequin romances
because Dickens Must Be Read over here
The year after it i did Tolken
i then decided that I would only read for pleasure from then on!!
well, I know that. Tolkien is more worthy, although he has his own wooden stretches
to4/8 - meat substiture
sheesh, found it
substitute oops
That's true ata I always felt I was missing something until I read them!!
Tolkien is <3
and it is something I eat, too
your TO 4/8 word: could it be something some people call food, especially vegetarian?
eeewww
but the "ice cream" is kinda good
I really really hated LOTR, I only finished it because I got a box set for my 21st birthday. I never got over the fact Frodo was a prat (and yes I do know he was supposed to be an anti hero
he is kind of a prat
aw, I like LOTR.
bilbo was more fun
(probably because I was named after it, ha)
a prat?
I couln
I could not get into LOTR
I'm part of the Tolkien Society, so I loooove Tolkien
I would like to like it but I just don't, love the hobbit though
the hobbit is vastly better than lotr
it's not for everyone. Tolkien tends to be long-winded.
Tokien is too hard to read for me
The Silmarillion is the best
and boring sometimes
i liked LOTR......had it memorized long before any movie came out
I forced myself through the Hobbit but didn't get through the LOTR
omg--the silmrillion is very academic-iah
i have never finished watership down either as I get half way through and realise that I don't give a stuff about the rabbits
ish
i find the stuff his son finished too dry, though
Never even finished the Hobbit
I hate when people ask me if I'm too old to be named after the movies...
It took me three tries to make it through lotr
isn't academic-y lol. is just written in an archaic style
No seriously arewenn tell me they don't!!
they do. it's sad.
kept getting stuck midway through the middle
but he WAS a professor
or "ohh, so that's your nickname, right?"
yes .... he was an author too
I keep getting asked if I named myself after Miles Davis
hee!
ok, i have to finish this grid now so i can go out and celebrate tonight
Hubby is now shaking his head about the film thing, I get the what's your real name thing all the time, somehow people don't think that should be insulting
Voting?
Hard to believe Peter Jackson started his directing career with low=budget horror
I have to admit I have never seen the films, didn't like the book and usually work on the principle the films are usually worse than the books. Have promised Hubby (a LOTR fanatic) I will watch them with him but have managed to stall him for over 2 years
are you celebrating voting, I mean
any have any clues for ce7? I'm missing so many!!
the films are actually very good
krysten, it is a celestial clue
ce7.......the actress miss holm
I'm missing that one as well krysten
yes--much better than king kong
bbl
ah. got it thanks!
Ahhh Christmas Ads on TV :-)
tried that witout the last vowel!
I hate those ads, and the music (except for Vince Guraldi)
they start that crappy music right after halloween
This one was actually quite good. which country are you from miles
Yeah - half way with 152!
yay gadget!
yayyyyyyyyyyy Gadget
de8/45, re8/60, re8/45, te8/45 . . . which two 8's am I missing you all?
en8/40
di8/50
clue?
di8 - gassed
en8 - french for between + sun
ty got the en
I'm off to bed now, haven't even got half way but hey it's fun not a competition
night, Katie
absolutely! sleep well dear!
no capische the di clue
di8..past tense of type of gas
cars take either petrol or di****
ah ty
was only conjuring flatulence
lol
lol
rotel
ro*tel... hot tomatos... do you guys have those?
last se 6/18?
se + mixed up foot parts
TY, good clue
most welcome, and ty
ed7? eeep
oh I see it
ed7.........enlightens
how late is it there ata?
21:59
*playing lullaby*
have put myself to sleep
durn
hi, kje, is this grid putting you to sleep?
likely staying up too late at night is putting me to sleep : )
how about tonight? planning to stay up late to see the results?
bbl
well, there is the dilemma, jbv... may stay up all night and still not know results by morning... what to do what to do
hi all
I'm telling you....it will be over early!!!!
i think the media will be cautious too, to make sure we have no truman dewey type event
cute icon pic dorens!
fungus is optimistic... especially for a microbe
my grandaughter on halloween
I am just hoping there will be no major catastrophe with voting fraud, etc. no Supreme Court decision needed
it is cute dorens... did you make it?
hello all
how cute, Dorens - is that a pony or a unicorn?
hi jilli
pins and needles.... amazingly heavy turnout.. my polling place ran out of I voted stickers at 10 AM!!! (no, i didn't, wish I were that talented kj). pony
I wish I could follow your icon's advice, kje!
hi jilli
I voted at 9:00 a.m. and I didn't get a sticker! but it wasn't crowded at ll
*at all*
at least I can contribute some info in my bio (maybe you all knew it anyway, but just in case...)
if you all heard a loud sigh of relief coming from this direction, it was me - I am enjoying my second day of a week off from work! - had time to bake muffins, vote, eat lunch with a friend, buy myself a new sweater - life is sweet (at least temporarily)
glad you're enjoying it jbv
nice, jbv :)
jilli, the info in your profile is very interesting, thanks
hey babblers!
yw, jbv :)
hi pug!
hi pug
hi pugmama
boy this grid's been giving my monkeys a workout!
112 left here :(
hi pugm
11 to go but the last 30 or so have been SLOW going...
go pug!
the de8/45 plz
de 8 is a plural - 7 is a kind of peace after war = think wwii
ty jbv
yw
hi all
hi carlee
se6/27 please
8 left here
hi peri...don't have it
spoke to scarlet last night peri....but we didn't get a chance to talk about anything other then the election and kids....so I didn't get a chance to ask if she got ur e.mail
could any one give a dummy clue for that DE7-8 pair?
se6/27 -- a followup to a book or movie etc
se6/27---part 2 of a book or movie
de + camping abode + vowel
thanks for thinking of me, carlee. I am not happy with her at the moment. I know she is busy but it only takes a minute to send a brief e-mail. She has had time to play Noggin
ty vm monkey!
thanks jilli and pug
aaaaaaaand fireworks
yw puglicious
woohoo for josh
yw peri
YAY josh!!!
34 left here,
hooray to all the voters today!
120 left here...been working at work
99 left now, and diving back in (splosh)
bbs
my feet hurt :(
How many words today?
hi thaab....304
Thank you. Hi!
I think I am going to need the list to finish this today
clue please for first FE5/18?
ok..well..gone to mop floors...
"partied" pug...if that the right one..am listless
got that one dear need one before
past tense of the fe7 above it
i don't know of one before it..sorry...ttfn *actual poof*
bye carlee
first fe 5/18 is first three letters of cat family + psych term , ego, superego, and **
ty vm jbv!
ywvm, pug!
clue for the last te6/18 pls?
t
exam + not off
gah! tried everything but that! ty!
Anyone ever heard of weather affecting chocolate chip cookies?
firebirds!
WTG! ATA!
that was hard work!
Back from gym....Bea, is your second batch of cookies messed up??
give me a cookie- i'll let you know ! ;)
YES!
cookies? cookies? homemade chocolate chip cookies?
They taste okay, but they spread out really funny.
evening all how's every one today - been off work with bad cold throat, bad leg - fell over several times on saturday in the mud
sorry to hear that, kazzer -
does anyone have the to 5/6 pair (after the musical sound) ??
hold your horses doren. or your pony, as it were!
don't care what they look like. hungry now and would love one (or two)
sorry kaz hope you feel better soon.
haha owl! feel better kazz
My husband wanted to take some to a co-worker who ahs helped him a lot. I can't let him take these.
Carlee, I just talked to my Mom who has a friedn who coordinated the Obama Campaign in her area
ok, i think i'll head out. later everyone! hope traffic is light as it ws earlier.
Tomorro or the next day My Mom will ask for some things for you and the children.
I hope I do soon - got the to 5/6 - clue difficult - err - we were going to ***ue for some tickets (???)
got it, kazzer, thanks! (it's a hat)
yeah - jusst found that out jbv
as long as they *taste* ok!
fireworks here! thanks for all the clues, everyone!
I would like a cookie, please. Funny shaped or not.
yay jbv. see you later owl
Good evening all.......am just in to ask our American friends what result they are hoping for tonight?
Here, have them. I'm sick of cookies!
just read your recipe - had to copy to email to send it home. sounds good!
hoping to hear that it is over before i go to bed flask!
annnnd we managed to avoid the election for - wow - 2 minutes
Offers Bea some ice cream.
flask: whatever the result, i just pray the winner will take into account the thoughts of those who voted for the opposition.
flask, I voted for Obama, but I am hoping to hear that the process is going smoothly with no voting irregularities or charges thereof
Do you have a preference Dorens?
and i'm off!
I do flask, I strongly prefer Obama. McCain and Palin scare me, but I do agree with what owl said about the "other side" no matter who wins
72: Why should he? The last two winners didn't!
gothaab, the idea is that Obama can be a bigger man than the last two winners.
A vote for complete peace would be good....says I
and I expect he will be..
I haven't seen the news. Is it Obama?
Well he certainly can't be any worse.......he would get my vote anyway!
no idea yet godthaab
polls are still open.
Ok.....goodnight and good luck to all Americans this evening!!
nite flask and thanks
help with en8/40 please
en 8/40 between the sun... french and then spanish
did that make any sense jilli?
yes indeed, dorens -- thanks a pile!
I can't quite get it
Nice Icon Jilli!!!!
Why is this going so slow today?
the grid? its because of the cookies problems
which bzzn's cookies?
Must be. My entire day is off because of those darn cookies.
Plain old chocolate chip cookies, dorens.
Plain old chocolate chip cookies, dorens.
See! What did I tell you...
Was going to spend some time sewing this evening, but I'm afraid to touch anything,
Plain old chocolate chip cookies, dorens.
is it coincidentla that today is the day of the elephant?
ominous, kje, if so
don't want to believe that it is the day of the elephant... who said it was?
Lets just feel for the elephants.
just dawned on me when red complimented jilli's icon
the real ones.
down to 100 left... have to get the list
i like jillis icom.
136 for me..
Last Polls closing at 1 am??
My husband says my cookies look like sun dried cow pies.
I bet Bzzn they taste wonderful.
yeah, but do they TASTE that way?
No, thye taste better than they look.
They even.
just surfaced -- glad you like my icon, and I hope you read the text, lol!
2 questions bzzz.... 1) why do you live so far away.... 2) why does your profile have a lemon cookie recipe instead of cheese crackers : )
I'm already glued to CNN as well as the grid -- 64 left and looking for le5/10 (fishy?)
NO6/21 clue please?
le + 1
no6 sounds like a nonsleeping pill
ty kje -- wasn't looking in that direction, duh
fo6/33 anyone?
i had to poder that one for too long as well jilli
both 6/33 are PT
PT of the fo4
PT of the fo4
ponder... not poder - LOL
thick as a brick not getting that clue
great no6 clue, kje, lol!
oy, ty--should have seen it
got it finally ty
anyyone got ro 7/36 please
Jilli I am also glued to CNN, Waiting to see Indecision 08...on the comedy channel.
red, that will have to be the best ever!
RO7 PT of the ro5/12
Ro7: past tense of ro5.
I am looking forward to it. but its on at 10 pm which is past my normal sleepy time.
ty bz and judi
good evening all, icon themes updated and icon ready for tomorrow.
Hello, by the way.
ty judi & Bzz - strange word
Hi Judi
hi sprite
hi sprite and judi
Hey, judi.
LOL sprite, Hi. I looked and thought at first the theme was large conflagrations.
lol red, would work for me ;)
fl6?
add cons to the fl5
It may be the one I am missing
a superlative of the one before it, milesn
Lord of the FL5
any help for TE7-8 pair please?
got the six
thanks
plural of animals that call us SWAP?
swap?
say what sprite?
we call them fly, they call us swap?
utterly baffled ....
nm
now I'm sitting here wondering about the te combo pug was asking about
the te pair are electronical words, pugmama
Still clear as mud.
last so5?
i'm with you judi
no light bulbs here either judi
te + the honest **uth + poem(s) to honor somebody.
no gots kje , 1 of 5 I need
thanks sprite
Ah! Light dawns!
and so + not from + consonant
it better not be a fish, pug... cuz i cannot see it!!!
so + if I ***d you, i'd have to kill you
(electrically speaking, of course)
ty sprite
damn
yw and I am off to bed. Bye all.
ty sprite
so5 - drunk + alcohol chem ending
nite sprite
bye sprite
evening!
anyone have a TS6 clue please?
bee!!!!
'ello feather
hi feather
t + wounds
hi feather
kje are you watching tv, poll results are starting to come in .
i was voter 505 of about 800ish for our town
not yet red... can't take it
ty kje!
Yaaay FeatherB!
just waiting on the kiddos to come home from grandpa's, so i might disappear soon
oboy, not getting that ts clue
kje I can not stop myself.
OK... going to go distract myself... maybe go for drinks or something - see you all later.... aaaaggghhhhh
bye kje
later kj
doug just turned it on. i wasn't going to tune in till later.
my vote basically negated hubby's. lol
i have npr on the radio. no tv where my computer is
It is confusing because they are also reporting senate results...
boys are home! bbl
we have had it on all day
Wow miles, I managed to go to awork and the gym a little.
aha!!! monkeyed the weird ass TE6/24& fireworks!!!!
I'm not going to watch it at all. So sick of it. My prediction is it will take at least two weeks to figure out who are next president will be.
well, I'm a big bum. No, I did clean the whole kitchen
WTG! PUG!
i hope not judi.
*our* uhg.
i hope not judi, don't think i could deal with the stress
Yaaay pug!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay pug
can't go to gym cuz of bad tendons in arm
good for you judi
wish I could turn my head away
I can not. I am very very interested. and keeping track with my own electoral predictions...
now if I could finish grid.
course you can red
I'm going insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
careful with the sanity.
Have a nice trip, miles. Send us a postcard.
I will as soon as I remove the straitjacket
I'll be there to meet you when you arrive! : )
dale is cooking brisket downstairs and it smells good
*sniff sniff* Only thing I smell is computer.
seriously, can anyone clue that ts6 so I can get it
lol judi.
I have it miles
t plus leisons.
or wounds
TS+ raw metals
ok, NOW i got it--thanks
Judi! I got a smelly candle today at target...gingerbread. I like the glistening snow smell but it always gives me a Headache
It's giving me one just thinking about what that smells like
hello all, back to find my last 30 words. I am missing a te5/10 near the top of the te words. Have the male singer
SOrry miles it smells good but I think there is chemical in it.
howdy ho!
I mean, snow doesnt smell.
Hi Nut!
you only got 30 to go?
go peri!!!
no, I meant the fake gingerbread smell
hiya redhead
and TY peri for the male singer clue.
I am sure there are chemicals in it red
hey nut
Its not bad, it smells like something else really. faintly resembles sweet.
yw red
fweet
te5/10 te + California city *** Angeles
Miles, it isnt in the grid!!!!
hey dorenity
How is Nut??
lol
how've you been nut? i haven't seen you in a while
merci beaucoup, Une
nice, thanks une
http://www.tinyfreehouse.com/
nut is proudly wearing her i voted sticker...and she voted the most diverse she has ever voted
Finally down to less than 100 to go.
go nutty I think!
Yaaay Bea!
123 here for me. No list though.
i couldn't get a sticker.. they ran out this morning at my polls
yw :-)
definitely go nutty
dorens, they gave me 2 when I early voted and I wore both for DAYS!
Hello, all!
grabbing the list with 97 to go . . .
Hi Jellen How is everything with you?
hi there, Jellen, how are you? How is Tim doing?
Hey, Jellen.
hey jellen
I'm good.
evening, jellen!
NIce that we get Anderson Cooper who is so handsome to report!
Tim is doing pretty well.
and what is he saying red?
ah good tim is doing well! am i up to date on him?
glad to hear that jell
We're on the last week of interferon IV treatment.
how many weeks has it been Jellen
nothing of much substance that has not been said over the past weeks. We have only 2% of 2 states reporting.
Four weeks.
yuck interferon! was that high dose? are you moving to low dose now?
how are you holding up, Jellen?
hubby nut had interferon twice...hated it both times
Yup. Moving to home shots next week.
good news Jellen!
gee I am sorry to hear it--hope he is better
I'll be so glad to stay home...been staying in a hospital room for the past three weeks, Monday to Friday...
jelly, have they convinced him on antidepressants yet?
He seems to be holding up, moodwise...
what? did you have to travel for the interferon? hubbernut got to go home everynight on that stuff
Yes, just 90 minutes from home, but enough that daily travel would be hard...
dang, that sucks...we did an hour 15 one way now i think of it, and i still worked full time...*peers back and questions personal sanity*
dog starting to beg for soemthing so I am going to go calm him down
et6 anyhone?
offer still stands btw jeller, i been in your shoes very recently, so i'm good for all q's, complaints, etc
forever in a way ruru
Thanks, nutty. Your offer means a lot...
pleasure dorens, i had one like me who was very helpful
thanks doens
that is good for both of you nut and jell.... pass it on
Ok, realresults starting to come out.
hello dear all! et 6 looks like "forever"
Hi Stid...still in Canada???
Hi, Stid!
hi stid
I am stuck in RE land
yep. staying put until January. *grin*
hey jellen! how's you?
brb
Canada? I don't think so. Nice to see you on the grid little stid.
geez, you could at least come back for today.
I'm good, Stid!
bon jour, maman! ca va?.
hello stid mama and grandmere
didn't need to, red. I always vote absentee. had my ballot marked ages ago!
fe 5/18 the first one?
I am up to 133, thanks to the boring bits of lecture today... LOL now i am taking a break. TOTALLY deserved!
ca va bien. Je suis ennui. Je fais le demenage (housework) and am done.
good for you, Mother! appropriate that I didn't understand "demenage" I suppose... rofl
yes but but but she sputters
and how funny that she knew that and automatically translated that bit!
(hi btw!)
Indiana is flip flopping by the minute
*grin* what's wrong, red? I can't visit Jill and Hetty and Cross and Nan???
hey feather!
ok shutting up, you all have radios and tv
and indiana is important... that is an important marker
Not today Mama!
now Mother just needs to 'splain "housework" and we will be good *wicked grin*
I actually predicted McCain taking IN, but...
I SOOOO want "field" to not be a phantom
housework? what eees dees ting called housework?
PHANTOM: redolent!
are returns coming in already????
Amazing results tonight. I am waiting for outcomes, too. Work in the house would be housework.
yes red, but if he doesn't that's a big sign
yes Stid, very early...
I agree Dorens.
OH come on. You know you plug the thing in and it makes a big noise and nothing on the floor gets picked up.
ah. so when I am doing my schoolwork in the house, I am doing housework! *proud mama look* I do that a lot these days.
MAMAN!! rofl, just as you said that, the custodian turned on the vac RIGHT NEXT TO ME!
It has to be plugged in AND make a BIG noise.
i used to have a clean house. i also used to not have children!
with the predicted results...
sublimina; messages sitddymama
then there's me... i used to have children, now they're gone and my house is still messy
Back to the grid.
well, when I didn't have children, my house was cleanER.... but never "clean" to my mother's satisfaction. Whose home was never clean to HER mother's satisfaction... and so on down (up?) the family tree.
yes, but you have babble dorens....the great enabler! lol
I have improved my house keeping recently.
ah, but Dorens, you have a LIFE. Many better things to do than housework, I am sure!
yes feather, i do blame a lot of it on babble
daniel's preschool conference is tomorrow afternoon. my first time on the other side of the conference table!
my housework will improve when I am gone, methinks.
my life is limited stid, particularly with these huge grids!!!!
oh feather!!! are you nervous? *holds feather's hand for support*
heh not sure if i'm nervous or not! i just hope he's not being as stubborn for his teacher as he can be for me.
remember, when the teacher says, "Daniel is a joy to have in class. I look forward to seeing him." She really is talking about YOUR Daniel!
should be fun feather... i remember when it was mine
bet he's much better for the teacher, they usually are
Dorens, did you know I finished the BIG one? I was really happy to do that.
stid thats awesome, really
i already know he hangs back in the large group settings and is reluctant to participate right away. and he was refusing to clean up the other day! stinker. speaking of housework...lol!
wow stid! very impressed!!!! not that you don't have the ability, just didn't think you'd have the time, but you are twice as fast as I am!
thanks, red. I didn't do anything else that day besides my homework and the children's concert... but I finished the grid! LOL
i am a phantom in this grid today
oh oh feather... perhaps it runs in the family? *ducks*
hi all!
I only got 1/2 way my excuse is the 12 hours of work inbetween. I should not have started, but I could not resist
hi pini
so you are, Dorens!
me??? stubborn?????? NAAAHHHHHHH!
feather, my bet is that he is a very nice normal little guy with better than average manners.
wow red, you nurse-types sure do work long hours...
yeah, i blame the not cleaning up on myself actually. honestly, i'm not good about making them pick up. ah well.
Obama is now ahead again in the Indiana poll.
hello All!
oh red! one's own children are NEVER normal! LOL they are above average. In both intelligence/talent and exacerbativeness.
i am not making fast progress. up to 144, but the words, they hide!
thank you red! he is very polite, i will say that. i'll report back to you all tomorrow on how it went!
Nah stid we work 2 days a week.
hi, back from meeting, and hope to finish up before starting supper
hi reparteena, nice to meet you
yes, but those two days are killers!
hello flosey! Mother's around here somewhere...
I mean 3 days a week oops
hey reparteena, almost missed your entrance
Hi Flosey, haven't talked to you in months. I've thought about you though.
better go get bubble boy out of the tub. bbl.
either way... still many hours on one's feet, I suspect.
bet they love him feather
hi there stid and stidgere
Yes stid. but I have a problem sitting still, so it is a good job for me. Lots of multitasking, best for someone who has a bit of add they have mastered.
oooh! I spent SIX hours in the lab yesterday (on my feet) and got my WHOLE lab project started! good thing too -- the final report is due in four or five weeks.... *counting on fingers, failing, giving up*
Rainy here today off and on. Great fall weather, hope yours is wonderful too, Flosey.
later feahter
yes stidgmere, rain/sun - beautiful fall colours
stidgmere, are the leaves fabulous this year???
fi 6/27 either of them?
I JUST found an 8!
I'm not having much leaves changing.
*cracking up*
add a letter to the fi5 before each
same here feather!
well you ARE in FL aren't you red?
YES!!! halfway!!! I can get the list! *happy dance* hello hurshy! *does ring-around-the-rosie with hurshy*
yes, I did see a palm tree BLOOM this week though, never knew they did that.
so you know how all the cable news networks try to be "the best news team blah blah blah..."?
ah, that is a treat, red!
hellllo....helloo lcan anyone hear me..
leaves have been great in northern nj
Oh golly I am getting extremely worried seeing the CNN stuff
hi ruru
Yes Hursh?
fi6 #1 plural cuts of meat
cnn just premiered a reporter via hologram.
Nice Dorens, I miss the crunch under my feet
hello RURU!!!!! *waves* you need?
fi + to misplace
Hi Jessmom!!!
hi red!
I need the fishy second CE 4 please
she said she felt like she was following in the footsteps of princess leia.
ce + princess **
ce + Princess **
i saw it hursh! I am more worried at VA and IN...and FL!
this is how they add their bit to the historicity of this day.
jinx, buy me a coke, dorens
thanks jes
thanks. does the 7 build off that?
yw ruru
could I have a clue for en8 please?
no, stid
you can't be worried yet, there's no statistical significance. you just have to wait.
then I think I need help again
ce8 girl's name
en 8between the sun, first french then spanish
Finally out of RE hell!
just watch the house marathon on USA.
en8 dinner en***e + spanish for sun
go Bea go!
this i am doing, but I am indulging in my natural tendency to worry.
oooh. I got the en8 right off! great clue
hursh I am not a fan of house. at all.
*f*i*r*e*w*o*r*k*s*
YAY JILL!!!!!!! (wondered where you were)
yaaay 21 waterballoon salute for jilli!
too bad, this is the episode where he gives that great speech at the dinner where he's totally straightforward about vogler's company's new ACE inhibitor
yay jilli!
JIllibus--hiding and working quietly!! Great for you!
was buried in the grid, stid, and watching CNN
took a moment, but got my last CE. thanks
ed 5/12 clue please?
thanks Dorens and Jess, got it
LAST de 6 please?
ed5 ed + crocod***
great to see you stidgmere!!!
I suppose the tv will have to go on but later rather than sooner.
de6 hate
it's actually a very apropos episode, the main patient is the fictional-world-barack
ed 5/12: ed + gilligans' *s**
hi, all
ah. thanks for the fish, jessmom
hi pam
yw :)
later better than sooner, imho, Mother
Back to the real world, Jilli. Trying to get brain to reengage.
D-eye 5 please?
hey PAM!!!!
hello pam!!!!!!!!!!!!
di5 sex toy
hi, stid
Hi, red and dorens, and all
*blushing*
*blush* thanks again jessmom
Di words are complete
hee hee :)
pam how was your day?
Ds done!
oops. *runs to PB*
it was a day, red. Voted early---got in line at 6:27. Had bad headaches last night and the night bfore--and throughout the day, so at least it's better now, but now I am just antsy. You?
oh pam, I am sorry about the head *offers cool or warm washcloth, and nice tea*
I'd be happy to clue but I'm so slow -- have to keep correcting my sloppy typing
first ER 5 please?
jill, so do I. i am so tired I can't even type straight today.
thanks, stid!
very antsy. and I sorry about the HA's
Evening all -- beast of a grid, eh?
er5 to wear away
want fish with it stid?
thanks, red!
er5 -- wear away
how long were you in line pam?
Jilli, I always like your cluse though as they give me food for thought, not stick letter etc
think we're all antsy
see? slow
thansk Jill eroded e
thanks red :)
Stiddy in in PB...
d**n
PB party for stid
lol
stiddy started from PB, hoping to not be banned completely!
Stid I have black walnut ice cream you want some?
how about the fe 5/18 after the things in shoes?
mmmm. red's my new best friend! *plops down with bowl in hand*
fe + you put makeup on your eye***
fe + jar top
thanks kim!!!!
aka, CATlike!
bon soir, Une! Maman ici (somewhere)
KY called for McCain VT called for Obama
yw
how long did it take you to vote pam?
Well, time to find something else to do. My concentration is used up for today. Let's hope everyone's favorite candidates all win. Poof!
hi, kje!
and FLorida appears to be doing something unexpected.
bonsoir, stid!
what's that. easy result?
*waves adieu to maman*
The Florida count is screwy it seems
FIRST FO 6 please? ,my last F word
I got there at 6:27 and left at 7:10 (polls opened at 7)
You, hursh?
bye stidgmere!
it adds up to like 80 percent
oh, well that isn't unexpected then. they are always screwy now
two hours!
Hi all. Back for my final 59.
LOL, dorens
two hours in line hursh? wow
hey jac!
WOWOW, hursh. When did you vote?
fo6 enemy + get medecine at the drugs***e
fo6 -- enemy + high hill
got in line just after 7:30, voted after 9:30
hey, jac!
*medicine
hi jac
aha! thanks Jill and Une!
Seems the lines were more in the morning in my 'hood than this evening.... Had I known, I would have gone after work!
luckily it was a slow day at work today anyway. everyone in academia busy biting their nails.
Hi, Jac
LOL, hursh
How long before you know for sure who the new President is?
hi jac, hurshy, une old uncle tom cobley and all
oh, you're just having trouble transitioning entre french and anglaise, Une! LOL
true! LOL
could I have a clue for the second fe7 please?
depends jac... last two times there were serious questions
fo high hill?
NC is starting to report.
that depends on how close it is, jacula. could be tonight, tomorrow... if it is very close, could be ages.
you will all be relieved, I am sure, to know that I don't need help with the LE 5 (today)
not looking great yet, red
the "high hill" is also the nickname for Californian babbler, ***gone
1 am if all goes like planned
AH. I got the LO 9!
no not looking great kje...but it is interesting.
16 left, all Ts
go, stid!
Ls locked!
95 to go.
obama isn't winning?
Fl is surprising me though. at this point
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING YET
Its all smoke and mirrors now ruru.
kje, what isn' tlooking great?
how about a clue for that lo 9 ,stid
I am getting despondent again
i think she is referring to NC.
not speaking for me, that hurshy! *I know* that transcription and translation are NOT the same thing and that not all polypeptides are proteins!
why kj?
the LO 9 is a compound word. it's a natural magnet
Oh... red
true, i was only speaking about the election results.
Crap. Dole is ahead of Hagan
The six states where the polls are closed are too close to call on CNN
how about the first NO 6?
but in fact NC is looking good except for DOle.
don't panic yet, Bea...
thanx stid
they are all very very close... but would have thought indianna would have gone blue...
yw kim!
if you are not sick, you need ** **** of medicine
I predicted IN to go red.
re 8 clue?
wow. a lot of OL words. *thinking*
but I also predicted Fl to go red.
PT of re6
RE8 - PT of vacation spot
true red...but less than 1% reporting in FL right now, so that is useless....
over 4 million facebook users have reported in as having voted so far.
re 8/60?
SECOND OL 5 please? (there is suddenly a lag on this end)
the OL words are not weird
Just clued kim.
fivethirtyeight.com thinks IN might go blue...
re8/60 - rebel again
i think that's the 8/45
ol5, pl marge
parkays, stid
second de 6/21 please, so I can go watch tv!
Bloomington has not resulted yet and it is almost always blue.
no, that's the last OL 5, but thanks, needed that one too
sorry non political people, this day is just very exciting to me so I am chatting.
de + canvas dwelling
538.com has been biased toward obama all along though... IN has 14% vote in and 52-47 mccain
I'm with you, red!!
UNe I hate that word, who uses it!!!!
thanks une. crazy, i had the 7 and 8 after it. and red, no one is complaining
chatter away, red, I shall just ignore when things get uncomfortable for me.
dog is whining by door, not a good sign BRB
RE8/60 - RE + DE6/30
sorry, stid -- the other is a pl too -- golden ones usually
i always want to add an e at the end . . .
ah! thanks Jill! O words obliterated
did not realize that, kje, re: the bias
well. that is fireworks... to the tv for me... see you later all
yay, dorens
woohoo, dorens!!
ce 7 pls
the word "bias" is kinda loaded
YAY DORENS!!!! We shall probably do election night popcorn and TV. Stidkid#1 is very interested in this election cycle.
bye dorens!
CE 7: latin for "heavenly" a woman's name
what they are doing is math, they can't help it if the statistical models project obama.
unless reality truly does have a liberal bias
Well done Dorens.
thanx again stid...so hard to concentrate with the tv on!
pam and jilli, check out what they're doing in Paris! La Nuit Américaine - Take in the election French style on Tuesday night at the Mairie du 3eme as Mayor Pierre Aidenbaum opens the doors from 7pm until 5am Wednesday morning where you can finish with good old french petit dej'. An evening of films, debates and conferences will help us "explore and understand" the USA and of course, follow minute by minute election coverage.
Merveilleux, une!
oh, ca c'est bien, n'est-ce pas? Merci, une!
je suis d'accord!
i don't want the french to understand americans. i think it would depress them too much.
what a fine idea, Une! I have seen that the spanish-language papers and BBC are taking care to not only report results, but also to explain the system (and the reason that winners are assumed before final results are tallied)
(sent to me by my franco-american friend Jean-Claude)
LOL, Hursh!
oh! just got the RE 8
stid, do you have BBC America? they're running hours and hours of election coverage "with an international perspective"
did you see the hologram on CNN?
wtg, stid!
I think we do at home, Jill -- maybe. I'll ask Tom when he arrives. Soon, I hope...
the hologram should have been rolled out for the superbowl, not the election.
not watching CNN yet.... or PBS, or anything remotely newsy
like your elephant appreciation day icon, jilli!
first re 6/18 please
my mart is a very very very fine mart. when i got home he said, "thanks for voting obama, mama!"
replace a shoe bottom
re6 got up again
re...got uo again
stid, I mean it was part of the news -- they "beamed in" to the studio a reporter from Chicago, via hologram -- cool!
I need a whole bunch of RE in the middle... RE 5/12 after the "finished again" please?
oh, sorry, too far down
thanks, une :)
I never think of that being a word.. thanks
re + red flower
oh. that is neat-o, Jill!
re 5... a mulligan?
pl of earlier 4, stid
re + shoe bottom (and pt)
re + exam
re + recounted
aha! thanks Une et hurshy!
what is a mulligan???
re + rippted
*ripped
good lord, my spelling's on hiatus!!
re5/12 -- re + early PC operating system
golf term...do over
LOL Une! now I _know_ you are excited about the election!
a mulligan is when you hit a very bad golf shot and because you're just playing for fun your friend allows you to pretend it did not happen and hit the ball again
ah. thanks kim
re5 lay down grass again
great! and the one AFTER the grass word finished my RE tale...
groan, stid
still looking for the re 8/60...
OMG Can I just cheer wildly for the beginning of reporting in NC.
brb -- happy hour begins...
THe liberal counties have not been counted yet even
me too, red
RE 8/60: tells the mother (teacher, boss -- authority figure) NO again
watching coverage on BBC World News
the only down side is Christopher Hitchens is one of the pundits
hello sukee!
where are you watching, red? What channel?
RO 7 please?
thanx again...
how annoying i'll have to go to bed instead of watching the election coverage!
I am watching CNN, but also using the net to look at county returns since I know the counties there.
oh nut, whyeverfor?
ro7..pt of western show
someone who did a bucking bronco thing
my first date was to the rodeo! LOL
hi sukee
hi all
aha! thanks!
oooppppss, sorry!
what site on the net/ red?
Rs removed!
responsibility and all that rot
wtg!
the things you learn about people here! LOL *clears space for Une in PB*
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/resul ts/president/
blah. call in sick tomorrow. who knows? you may well be!
but I don't WANNA go to the PB . . . waaahhh
PB for une and that is my fav phantom I am always seeing that ro word
evening all!
hey, dan
hey dan!
Hi Dan 2
Thanks, red
ok my head is confused again
the second of the two SE 6 that are side by side?
why Hursh??
Pam look at SC!
within a state, it's popular vote, right? they don't have like, electoral colleges to add up the counties, do they?
lordy I hope not Hursh
I dont know
no hursh... it is popular vote
Wow, red
professional poker player eric se6, friend of daniel negraneau, etc
I was hoping this would be a early night but it's not looking like it right now
see red... NC just went red... by a big margin
it's only 8 o'clock. an early night could never be this early.
Great shirt icon, kje
hi all! for us usa folks-- crazy night shaping up!
Did you mean SC kje? NC is still oddly blue
No, but I was thinking 10, but it might be a lot longer :)
things are going to be bouncing back and forth for quite a while, folks. Things change quickly as the actual votes are tallied
i need blue...
weird... NYT has sc blue and nc red
they are projecting the Democrats held onto Pennsylvania
yay pa!!!
st 7 please
right now CNN is reporting 0 Obama and 40 McCain in NC. I am watching that race carefully.
err 60 my 6 sticks.
Hi everyone - here the are reporting 77 electoral to Obama and 34 to McCain thus far
hey, cadfan!
hello cadfan
CNN is has 16 electoral for McCain and 3 for Obama
ruru I dont have the seven sorry.
Hi, cadfan
make it 103 to 34 predicted - 270 needed to win
this si on MSNBC
Hi Can
cad
ST 7: the 5 before it + either/**
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/resul ts/president/ a very nice interative map for those following
st7 ..s + cavas shelter + either **
I have NYT, 538 and CNN on the computer.. Watching t.v show until 9 or so....
hello again feather! is bubble-boy safely tucked in bed now?
hi gang... how's everyone tonight (or today, or morning... you know)?
thanks
could I please have a clue for last te7
TY Kim!
te 6/24 pls..
Hi Lady
yep. i just heard a suspicious crash in his room, but i'm pretending i didn't.
hi, feather
rofl feather... if it doesn't scream, it didn't happen?
te4...viet nam war *** offensive (vietnamese holiday)
yep. sounded like toys from a basket. didn't hear an ouch, so it didn't happen.
plural
down to 21.... might finish before I get home!
i8 here stid
18
feather I bet he is frozen for the moment waiting for you to come in!!!
hello, can I have a clue for DE 6/27 pls?
okay, working backwards withthe clues...
hee, most likely red!
the to 5/6 combo after the musical pitch?
te7 ?
TE 7: plural...
de6 to mislead or deceive
to5/6 chef's hat
te7 te + walked on + vowel
ah. merci, Une!
to5/6 -- chef's hat and pl
mon plaisir, stid!
slow again :(
talking about orlando!
thanks for that te 7/8 !
hello all, 19 left here
TE 6 the first please?
ignoring all news for now... can't take it... I'm likely to lose it if I keep watching
go peri go! down to 12 here
so back to the grid... 11 left
1st te6?
kje it is starting to look better.
(((kje))) me too, ignoring, that is
sorry, red... can'y hear you : )
Back at last! I got frozen outof the site.
hi all
une, can I have another clue for the DE 6/27? I can only think of deceive
poor jac! hey phand!
Hey, Stid
la la la la la
de + slang for a pill that chills you out :-)
I don't know how you can ignore the results!
it is sooo exciting thugh kje.
the news coverage is making me crazy; they are calling states with 0% reporting!
i agree, red!!
still need the first TE 6 please?
I hope they eat crow like they did 8 years ago with Florida
lose it how kje? the tension for you?
that is why, jilli... bc/ of what phan just stated
I may have a heart attack, weed : )
te4/4 + he **g a hole with a shovel
a pill that chills me out? Damn, I wish I was a druggie
Phandmd I think Fl will go blue blue blue which is a shock to me.
looking for the te 6 as well....
de6/27 - you may be de***ing yourself if you think wrongly.
blue blue blue is good good good!
TY une
just clue the te6, gang
*clued
de6/27 -- de + Quaa****
yw kje :-)
OMG, I am just not getting it.
oh! thansk Une. slow going now, my brain is toast
the very last, fishy SO 5 please?
same here, stid
whatever happens, happens. I just can't stand that they are calling states w/ 0% reporting
seems stupid to me
thanx une
so + the robber s***e the silver and jewels
the very last SE 6 please?
oh, thnx, Jili, your clue did it for me
that does annoy me as well ph...I mean how do they really know.
not fishy, stid == so + I ***d you so
anyone get that te 6/24?
i clued it ruru
thanks jill!!!!
down to FIVE!!!
5
te4/4 + he **g a hole with a shovel
gogogo stid!
go kje go
yes, ruru... greek for "far" + your bill is over**e
crawling...14
I have 55!
(to go)
wow, i've still got 80 to go . . . ugh
That's 40 more than I've found, Stid.
race kje and stid?
four now.
LST se 6 please please?
4
stid will kick my ass : )
hello everyone :)
I have the attention span of a pea right now
mr p, how appropriate! LOL
and the SE 6/27 also....
se + jumbled foot parts
hi mrp... love the icon pic
hi mrp :)
1st to6?
ah! election day!! I HOPE you are voting me it!!
hi, mrp
*thinking* thanks Jill (((mrp)))
se6/27 -- followup of book or movie etc
oh, whoops! i'm working on my scrabble turns and chatting with a friend on AIM, so forgot i was having a conversation over here too. hope i didn't ignore anyone!
2 to go, missing 2 te5s, any clues please?
I have 102 left
the te 5 above or below the singer?
*sigh* I NEVER see the QU tile for middles of words...
te5 te + *** Angeles
thanks Jilli!
to6 -- spanish town famous for swords I think
oooh, ohio looks like it has won Obama...
and the very last word on my list...
Dole loses in NC
te5 not bass
2
thanks Une
te 5...sea bird or male singing voice
I have 141 left :(
A SUGAR MOLECULE????? *sigh* thanks all!
well hi again, flosey!
go LadyN go!!!!
which one's the singer--clue pls
te5 above it... te + obama better not ***e
thanks Kim
the fireworks are pretty tonight.
fireworks
hey, natts
good Bea! I voted for Hagen
woohoo stid!!!
YAY flosey!!!!
woohoo, flosey and stid!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY flosey!!!
woohoo flosey!!!
ty stid, ty une
Yaaaay FLOSEY!
yay flosey and stid!
YAAAAY STIDDY!
wtg guys!!
yay stid, yay flosey!
right kj, hope not
YAY stiddy!!!
the skies all over the Pacific Northwest are lit up with pretty fireworks tonight.
I should start packing up... Tom and the stidkid will be here soonish to get me.
I keep thinking that these news people would be more comfy in sweatsuits...
wd stid
yay, stid
I need help on 5 please
but I will be back later to help clue if I can.
which 5, ruru?
lol red
hey, peeps
what's the te whos the singer?
se 6/21 # 4
hi, tyger
hey tyger!
is onelook.com down today?
Interesting they were just discussing Obama's grandmother voted absentee - her vote will count.
1st to6?
Hi MrP, Tyger and anyone else I missed arriving.
A city in Ohio
hey, stid, jac :)
SE + scramble what you are when you "laze about"
oh, isn't that wonderful, CadFan!
holy to**** scales
That's the first TO6, kje.
there they are... back later. *poof*
it counts, kje, because it's also a kind of steel
kje, I know you are not listening to me, but go to palin as pres and turn off the light.
laze about?
TY bzzzzz.... and fireworks
i saw it yesterday red
WTG! KJE
yay, kje!
I missed it.
let's hope it doesn't come to that
hi tyger, and all the rest who came while (Ok, jac, whilst) I was getting my vodka.
ruru... what do you need?
Never occurred to me the changes that technology hath wrought - you can vote - and die before election day - and have your vote still count!
hey, jilli
hey jilli again--I had some port
se 6/21 # 4
LOL jilli.
drinking root beer, teatotaler that I am.
need to drink to deal with this grid cuz I still have 118
tech isn't responsible in this case, cad. absentee voting's been around long before computers
lol jilli... hi there... I'm without vodka tonight, but I do have cheap beer.
True - but I was also thinking of early voting - and mail in ballots
se + freud's bad boy + the train in chicago
well, I'm giving a whack at this grid, so I'd better get back at it
There is also a Fl man who sent in his vote and then died in the hospital...it was inspiring
I am without booze tonight :)
TY kje!!!!!!
waiting for my diet root beer to be cold enough to drink--5 more minutes or so...
I should have gotten snacks in
And how long has absentee voting been around - out of idle curiosity.
where are you, sukee?
I'm without booze every nite
nice se clue, kje
me too tyger.
also without sodas for the last several years
get it ru... or should i try again?
that was a good clue for the se
lol
better for you tyger.
better for you tyger.
what do you drink, tyger? cranberry juice?
cadfan to the pb!
don't know off the top of my head, but quite a while. try Wikipedia?
try again.. freud's bad boy I don't know
I think I'm going to get a glass of Chardonnay to help[ me finish the grid. My brain's been numbed by too much TV today. I don't normally watch much all at once but, since we've had a Sky HD box the programmes take up far more memory on the box so we have to watch in big batches.
do you have some condition that prohibits you from imbibing those liquids, tyger?
oh, yes, turtle. gyn urologist persuaded me
agent is about to turn up.... (grumble grumble grumble)... better go play nice and pray that they have people come through... bbs
oh, that makes sense
substitute what you need to show to vote for freud's bad boy
hey, MrP!!!
good luck, mrp :)
Are you moving house again, MrP?
and head north ruru
yes jac.... (frigging frig frig friggin frig!)
biting my nails about FL
okay
love the rainbow addition to the shredder, red, on palinaspresident--haven' tbeen in a few days
thanks
yw
can I get the clue for the lo9?
se 6/27 too please
we are moving south.... by 2 km! LOL found a nice BIG house down the road.
pam, I hope that never happens
se6/27 is what star wars 2 was... or rocky 3
oh great, mrp!!!!!
mrp, the US supreme court is considering right now whether broadcasters here can be punished if people use "that" word on air
I agree, jill
lo9 is a naturally magnetic rock that sounds heavy.
three more..
last se 6/18?
if it's an improvement, that's great, but moving is a PITA, big time
thanks, Jac
se + anagram of foot digits
really!! wow, taking the obscenity out of broadcasting... good luck with that one
if I'm gonna do this thing, I'd better get back at it. back later
Oh dear, MrP. You're not happy about moving?
thanks
yw
Sorry if I seem dim about your news MrP but I've been away.
jac, I am not feeling well enough yet to move... I am happy to move! but can't contribute enough of my energy
gotta run!
(On holiday and working, not in clink! LOL)
pam and all, I'm so proud of our Quebecois guys who pranked Ms Pain
fl 6/27
Okay MrP. Catch up soon. x
fl6 - add consonant to the fl5
fl6/27 -- most airborne (silly)
you are kidding'
omg I tried everything on that
missing one t now
nope... think 1950s coolest
I still can't believe that was in there
gogogo ruru!
wait, that was your era, right... were you the fl6 guy in school, ruru?
LOL
just now found all the sexy d words
au Quebec, on dit "flyee"
Jilli thanks for the most fly!
lol miles!
miles jus t be happy about that D word did not appeaar on icon clue day.
I started at a young age if that is what you mean?
hahahahahaha
that took you a long time, miles
trying to find that last t..
LOLOL red
*hangs head* I know kje
no one was daring enough
the CNN analyses are fascinating
Is it a TO, ru?
ignoring jilli now as welll as red...
I have been watching all day
they are very i nteresting Jilli, or perhaps you and I are a bit addicted to facts.
te... plural ... I found it..
woohoo ruru!!!
help with 2nd el 6/21 please
kje, my comment was absolutely neutral
lol kje... as for CNN, I am doomed to listen to it to the bitter end.
what about Penn NY and east coast states are they in..
Hubby is more interested in this than in the Superbowl
el6 - most old
not yet ruru
PA is predicted to Obama
YEA! I finally finished!
I would have thought it wold have been a landslide for Obama...
SO far only one county in a reporting PA that is.
could have sworn i tried that..obviously not, so throw me a fish and ty kje
YAY Bzzzzzzzzzz!!!
Yipee Yahooey 21 choco chip cookie salute for Bzzz Bea!!!!!
has nothing to do with being neutral, jilli... has to do with not being able to take the tension of watching the results
yw kaz
clue for et6?
YAYAY., bzzz
gfy, bzz
kje is a wuss, lol!
woohoo bzzzzzzzzzzz!!!
Wow - MSNBC is saying voter turnout in VA was over 80%
I just found the God of Love in the grid. Odd that I didn't find him before, since I had the longer word.
LOL! RED
TY all.
Can't do it, kje? I am watching on line predictions--not yet ready for the tv analysts.... too nervewracking
i thought you would like it bea
lots of love in the grid..
that is amazing cad
jac, I ALWAYS find the god of love in the grid :D
I bet FMitch had him hidden in her unstairs cupboard again.
what's the longer one, jac?
understairs, I meant.
e + flower of love, miles.
over 80% in VA? wowow
I bet it is FM's fault that my cookies didn't turn out.
It certainly is if it turns out to br ture
LOLOL, jac :)
true tha tis
Hysterical Pam, the analyst just pointed out "We dont have any results down here where the people live"... Lolololol
oh forget it you know what I'm trying to type
I am actually nauseous watching these results... ugh
never mind
It's sure to be FM' fault, Bzz.
Hi
nauseated, kje. Nauseous means sickening, lol
hi, herin....
Hi Herin.
hi herin :)
Hi back
hiya herin
I'm going to go work on my blog.
dale in, hey!
so, we need a clue for et6
I may be MIA tomorrow.,
Good luck with your blog, Bzz. Doubt I'll get to mine tonight.
is that a clue for et6?
Bye bea.
PA blue projected
Night all. *poof*
I wish they would call with only like 1% reporting.
nighty noght
bye bzzz
PA I think could swing either way.
et 6 forever
CNN doesn't think so
et6 - forever (the French way).
naseous - affected with nausea, inclined to vomit... per the dictionary
have some Ice cream kje
well, kje, I guess my Oxford is out of date, lol
finally, fireworks for me
hello herin
nauseating = sickening, jilli.
maybe different usage in Canada, jilli? I looked it up, too, kje, but you posted quicker, LOL
fl 6/27?
YAYAYAY, peri
woohoo peri!!!
well kje might be sickening as well as sickened.
kje, thank G-d you are here
ty, ty, hopefully we will not have to wait to see who won the election. Will watch TV for a while, but will not stay up all night
nauseous is sickening.
Not feeling sickened.
meant, not have to wait too long
first of all, did you really do (and finish?) this grid? And 2nd of all... I'm fweaking out....
bye all
jilli is correct.
Little Oxford Dictionary -- nauseous, adj. loathsome
But I'm updating her on the 'new' meaning.
Hi As
hey asg... i am freaking out... made dinner and can't even eat it
FL 6/27 pls
Why you freaking out?
yes, finished
hi herin!!
but needed to be longer... what will distract me now????
waves
wtg kje - and wtg to all you dedicated babblers!!
fl is getting too close for comfort. I am also feeling a bit nauseous.
sorry, kje (hug)
asg... i don't want to have to jump!!!! (whine)
It's all too scary....
kje go to suduko
red, you are not loathsome!
no prob, jilli...
I ate, but I bought the wrong kind of food! lol - I shopped and was distracted and bought real sausage instead of turkey sausage. My daughter was thrilled and had 2nds!!
Hoping for a FL 6/27 clue pls
I'm having wine tonight for the first weeknight in weeks! I need to calm my nerves!!
And, cnn is making me ill--now, McCain leads in Popular vote?
LOL asg
As why are you worried?
LOL, ASG
loathesome? no my tummy is in knots
ROFL AsGreen
Nauseated, red. It'd be much easier if people said, 'I'm feeling sick/I feel like vomiting/ or just 'barf'.
the election has me in a tizzy
oh, alcohol... that is a good idea - LOL
herin we are watching the election returns it is nail biting
Oh
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ here is an update thingie
I guess it is gonna be impossible to get a clue now?
tried the clue for et6, went to a translator. can't seem to get the clue.
I feel like my bowels might explode. Is this better?
what do you need phan?
ph what kind of clue do you need?
No phan. Ask and it will be given.
has a look at the usa news
FL 6/27
kje, please clue me for et6!
LOLOL red... ignore the english police, they are wrong : )
wtf conversation did I walk in on anyway? bowels? barf? It's like having a puppy!!
a poetic word for forever et6
attagirl, jac -- it is, after all, the English language, said she, snottily.
No Red - that's another set of words entirely. LOL
miles: think of et***** life and then drop the last letter.
e + sea bird + vowel
Indeed it IS, jilli.
we have NBC here
Uh oh lets not get snotty
fl6 - add a consonant to the fl5
FL 6/27
hello everyone
Hi Kalea.
*handing out hankies... just in case things get snotty* LOLOL
herin - Peter just shot another Oprah gig - airing here on 11/20... it's huge - all these NYC iconic shots (him w/the rockettes, him in front of Times Square Jumbotron, him on the top of the Empire State Bldg)
AsG, we're discussing nauseated (correct, meaning feeling sick) vs nauseous, meaning sickening.
thnx, KJE
Ok going to call M and D since they are in PA. and congratulate the premature calling of the state.
yw
wow Virgina is closing on McCain. INteresting
I'm off the e's now and into the eff words.
OH OHOOHOHHO Green that sounds awesome
I quote....nau·seous Pronunciation: \ˈnȯ-shəs, ˈnȯ-zē-əs\ Function: adjective D ate: 1612 1 : causing nausea or disgust : nauseating 2 : affected with nausea or disgust — nau·seous·ly adverb — nau·seous·ness noun usage Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous in sense 1 is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous in sense 2.
See we have NBC and CNN live here
But that is today's misconception of the word, kje.
kje -- source, please?
oooh, kje, I see you've joined us back here in the states? I hope it's not too soon!
very cool, asg
webster's
I'm all for language changing and growing with the times but the original meanings should be stood by.
herin -- that's fabulous!
i only came back today to vote.... leaving again soon
gah! finally got that et6!
you guys are cracking me up. I say, "I feel nauseous" - should I be saying "I feel nauseated"?
Hah -- American!
that is ridiculous jac... language evolves... deal with it : )
yes, you should, AsGreen
Yes, ASG, you should. Otherwise just say you feel sick.
usage note from dictionary.com: Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean "causing nausea" and that it is incorrect to use it to mean "affected with nausea," as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean "feeling sick," it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its "correct" sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.
kje - please do not tell me do 'deal with it'. Language is my profession.
yes, pam
interesting
Anyway, let's not all fall out over a word. Far more important things are at stake, like finishing the grid and who'll be the next 'ruler of the world'.
bob'syer uncle, jac
"free world" you mean
Hi Jill
though free is yet another misnomer....
hi all according to the newscaster just speaking about barrack -- martin luther king will be speaking at a celbration party later -- think he misspoke???
oh boy i am lost
handing herin a GPS and map so she might find way
LOL ak... where are you? Heaven? lol
ak, I think there's MLK III
the deal with it was meant to be funny, jac... sorry if i offended you... but yes, let;s not say english then, let's say american... and it is common enough that every medical textbook i have uses it in that way... it is in the vernacular and is acceptable
re 6/18 (before to put grass sheets down again) pls
I find it interesting that there is American English and Queens English.
just looked around, if i am in heaven then there are dust bunnies there
Yes, there is an MLK III
LOL AK
Jac, when kje takes out her med books, I'd step back. Plus, she's on a tare 9(tear - lol) and needs a place to channel the energy...
asg... scabble?
re + ascended
American and Britain are separated by a common language (Shaw, I think)
oops, no 9 meant there
I went, did you?
I understand that kje - but the vernacular is not always correct or acceptable. Having said that, I love English because it evolves and grows. Doesn't mean I always have to like it, though.
will go now, asg
i thought america and britain were separated by the atlantic
lol
help with et 6/18 please
herin, there is also a Spanish as spoken in Spain and Spanish as spoken in Colombia, S.A.
ASG - I take dn't take no shit from noone about English. ROFLOL.
So do we need to have to hand out the tranqs to the nervous Americans?
Am now on diuretics and need a P, and supper, and more TV -- back later -- xoxoxox to all
et6........poetic forever
Oh id didn't know that Pam
thnx, kalea
oh lordy john kerry wins again
Dontchya just lurve double negatives?
'Bye for now, jilli.
I gotta run - but I'll be back...... Go Obama....
yw phand
and French French and Quebec French (colourful; not the u, lol)
asg... i did go earlier... it is your turn
Jill i have been told that QUebec French is different
and Montreal French and Louisiana French
Jacula - I'm curious about vernacular - as I understand it it is the common language used by "ordinary: people. TO whom wold vernacular be incorrect? Serious question as I love language so I truly am curious for an expert opinion
and Haitian French
It is, herin, it is.
and apologies for my poor typing....
Cad - I got your meaning.
sorry kalea I dont get the clue :(
Academia has different standards, cad. As does much that is published in a language....
oh nm I guessed it tyvm..brain switched on lol
re + a ro4 by any other name
that should have been "note the u" (blast my typing)
In fiction, vernacular is seen more and more in dialogue usage, though not exclusively in dialogue...
Does Louisiana French called Creole? Is that right?
ed 7 please
LOL, jilli,,,, I am drinking diet root beer and didn't notice
Cajun
me neither red... hello veryone!
Cad- the vernacular is incorrect to the 'keepers' of the language, I guess. The vernacular often has to do with pronunciation and accents. Increasingly, due to deaf youngesters (ipods too loud etc.) the vernacular is due to mispronunciation due to mishearing.
BBS.
OH Can we have a moment of pray and wishes for Elsh please. Her aunt just died
medical doctors are not famous for good writing, lol
La Creole has a lot of french in it...
Une said a worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd
Oh, poooor, elsh.....
ed6....pl of the ed + french island
hello everyone!
what's that, monkey?
She was the reason she shaved her head *might we add bald suits her* Hi Monkey
now Fowler has things to say about "due to" and "because of".....
Off to PBS, did not like CNN....
ah would that be french-french, quebec-french of louisiana-french ?
aww, that's sad for Elsh
lol......beats me.....i don't speak any french at all
Sad for Elsh.
going to start supper.....
many varieties of French, just like there are many varieties of Spanish
i was hunting for ed 7
Oh, so sorry for Elsh. Thanks Jacula - pronunciation is a pet peeve of mine - for example.. it is Nuclear NOT nucular
ed7........enlightens
did anyone watch SNL presidential bash last night? it was hystericaly funny
I just thought I would share so we could all send her a big hug world wide.
i said, hello everyone!
ed7 -- instructs
thanks, kalea!
is my chog borken?
most welcome
hello lil
borken? i like that a new word
borken? hmmmm
helloooooooooooooooooo ooo oooo ooo
Hello lilMomkey
Cad, we'd better not get into pronunciation, what with Brits and Canadians and all the US accents!
hi, lil... sorry, but I am watching some analyses and not chogging....
so I'm off for a bit -- bappy habbling all
i do not have an accent -- i am perfectly capable of pahkin' my cahhhhh
bye jilli
watched some of it, aknitter--very funny!
ciao, jillo
True - also - my husband works for a company called "quebecor" - it's from Quebec Canada you should hear how people around here butcher that!!!
later, jilli!
i don't have an accent, y'all
HELLO MONKEY> Damn it my HELLO got eated
herin! hello there
me neetha, chowdah anyone?
There are and always have been, Mrs. Malaprops, like my Gran - in the 70s she talked of 'those new castanet recorders/that new bionic washing powder' etc. My Mum, just the other day, said we had a 'sonic' fountain in the garden. Then there are the things kids say - 'chilli gone barmy', 'radigator'. Stepdaughter went off to get me 'semi-skilled' milk from the shop last year. Kids do a combination of mishearing and making a word the nearest to something they know.
CadFan, how is it pronounced? Can you type it phonetically?
de 5/14, a clue please!
the Canadians here laugh at my Minnesota accent all the time
add a D to the DE 4 above it
I swear i said hello to yuo Monkey but it got eaten.
or an s
past tense of de 4/5 above
Chowwwwder frenchie (thank you simpsons)
Ke-beck-or Not Kweb-eh-kor
de5....past tense of take out
can I have a clue for SO 4 after not hollow? I just can't see it
my fav mispronounciation/malapropism/mis-used word is my patients who talk about their "rotor cups" or their "rotary cuffs" or their "rote tators" and the correct words are ROTATOR CUFF
wow our Police Commissioner resigned.
s + numeral
ty, phand!
the one I have is what muscles are after working out ph
opposite of daughter+ vowel
oh thanks, CadFan ... yay i was saying it kerrectly
kalea is right - my clue was wrong
thnx, Kalea and book
Lil - do they also complain to you about their 'prostrate' glands?
yw
accent on the beck part lilmonkey
OMG yes, Jacula, thanks for reminding me!
LOL - I hear tha tone - my sil works for a urologist
TY Cad!
or, tell you, lil, about their friends' Rockwilder dogs?
YW
LOl Pam.
many patients also cannot pronounce DIALYSIS ... it's die AL liss siss
prostate is my pet peeve -- often heard as prostrate
LOL haven't heard that, Pam, but I love it
We used to get people calling Alsation dogs, before it got changed to German Shepherd, 'all station' dogs.
then there is hoss- piss that is popular around here
in place of hospice
Lead me not into Penn Station... (said by NYC children)
LOL - ak. That's actually how we pronounce hospice here in UK.
oh how about people who say All Timers disease (it's Alzheimer's, pronounced ALLS heimers)
one of my mom's caregivers: I had to take my car to the shop to get the Cadillac converter fixed
How do you say it in US?
how else would you pronounce hoss-piss ???
LOL, une
sort of the same jac but here in massachusetts the accent seems to be on the piss
I work at a University - students are constantly calling Recitations, Resuscitations
LOLOL Une!!!!! That's a riot
just cracks me up when i here them say it
Can someone in the states tell me were i can find an online address finder please
not here in boston, ak.....
LIL - my son missaid it when my Dad succumbed to it but it was a nice form - 'Old Timer's Disease'.
yes i hear that alot, Jac
managed a straight face when she said it, monkey . . . but by the hardest!!
infern, use whitepages.com
asg come back over here?
lol...i like that, jac......reminds me of the old gold prospectors
or anywho.com, herin
no, kje...
when I lived in Maryland, people mispronounced chiropractor all the time... not sure i can put it phonetically, but it was something like KWAI errr practor
I'm going to dive back into the grid for a while; still got 32 to find.
OK, taking a break to make BF some dinner, he just got home from the polls
i have 169 left am jealous of your 32
monkey that would be choirpractor!
GOtta go get my daughter from gym - BBL
hey, peeps
1st TE 5/10 pls
hi, tyger
i am stuck on my last one........but i'll find it eventually
I'm back :) hey, pam
right you are, Mr. P... just read your profile :) soooo happy for you
te5/10 te + *** Angeles
te5..........the choir section?
thnx, Une
I got 130, and don't think I want to bother going any farther
yw :-)
how were lines in you area lil? We could have ousted Virgil goode, prior de now repub goog ole boy
thanks monkey :)
ahhhhhhhhhhh............fireworks
Mr PRessssssie
yay, kalea!!!!!!!!!!
yay, kalea!
thank you, thank you
chatting with friend on phone now, so gonna take another break. will be back soon
Hi anyone i missed
Cheers found the addy
hello herin
hugs all round
Ok spoke with my Mother and Dad they are oddly *making popcorn" to watch the returns.
Cool red....
tyger dont leave forever
lol red.......i used to do that
my Mom squealed when she heard they called PA, but of course they really have not called it....I do not like the projections. making me nervous
va #s are getting closer & closer as noVa updating
Have to say you in USA are a lot more 'political' than we in UK. We vote and leave it be.
Jac, it's this particular election--more excitement and involvement than I've ever seen in my lifetime!
Home from work...hello kids!
Can someone please shake my grid to make it work
hey, scrabs
i don't care for projections.......especially with 20 % reporting..........
Hi Scrabbler
Hi Scrabbs.
do 5, fourth down in the bunch. can i get a clue?
**shaking herin's grid**
Help with te6/7/8 run at bottom of list?
Herin - rattle, rattle, rattle, shake, shake, shake, thump for good measure. Is that better?
ta im hoping that shakes loose (lose) some of the 8 words
archaic form of to do
boom shaka laka shaka laka shaka laka
HI Nutstar
do you want the 4th DO 5?
hi, scrabs
Classic nutter entrance!
that one is plural
Nut, you must be so happy
Une - why is that, do you think?
Hi Pam
nut is back, no sleep???
te7/8.......vietnam offensive + didn't walk
nope, drunk but not sleep
te6......exam + not off
Hi Nut.
i'm scared mccain will pull a truman
kalea thanks for the clue old fashioned do!!!
I've lost track of where the nut transmissions are now.
evan we are all scared.
TY for the te's!!
lol....most welcome
lets all join hands and sing kum ba yah and keep being scared...
Dives backinto grid- 32 to go.
ha ha ha...so we are...hiya pammer!
we're in s'nn'all precinct in corner of county - usu I get entered in to '60s at 8:30; today at 9:30 I was al'nn'ost 500 [lines of 1 hr in city earlier]
tx, kalea!
you join hands, i'll join up with my 1792
PHAND, yes, please clue the 4th do5!
don't understand the te7/8 clues.....
OK, red... the nausea is receding a bit
Glad to hear that, kje
Kum ba yah holds scarey kid memories of stage fright for me. Quivers and dives back into grid.
did singing kum ba yah herlp???
how are you guys doing on the puzzle? i've got 130 words so far
Well I see it did not help Jac, malesh Jacula
it herlped red - LOLOL
206 here
no list
I'm only missing one Q - the first one... any hints?
Ha ha kje
te7/8.......te + stepped on + vowel......and pl
qu + sea eagle
qu + most of strange
qu + 3/4 of a sea bird
oh i need 2 more 8s hunts back through the list
darn glasses...
um chog log
quelican?
no, this bird begins with a t
thanks! got that Q
but the t is not in the word
brb
do5, 4th down on the entire list of do's, second do5 on the list.
kje I will keep trying to herlep you , if only I knew what I meant.
i simply must be an idiot, but the te7/8 clues are not working for me...
please clue that do5!
if you drank, i would suspect you of imbibing red... you are getting giddy
Pam = prefix for 4, not quatr, + *** to grecian urn
no nervous.
pam - te7 - vietnam holiday + what you did in the car
a quelican is a long-beaked white bird that sprays water into your thirsty mouth?
add a consonant to the above do 4
thanks, scrabs
JAC thanks!
thanks, kje, too
do5, please clue the second do5, fourth do word in the do list
somehow, the stepped on didn't work, but your clues did!
ty, phand
Ah, the seldom seen quelican..
Red - what did I say/do to deserve thanks?
is there 2 en 8s?
quelicans sound suspicious... i suspect you can catch something bad from them... LOL
anybody else having trouble accessing wikipedia?
oh my stars
I think the Quelican should be in FM's PB pic.
yes, jac... send her a pic
I think you are correct Jacula.
ha!
hello
Hi Harp! and Hurshy
harp... what is that icon???
ohio called for obama
Hi phogster + jane
(oops) it's left over from Gods and Goddesses...
called, but remember the one election we thought was "called" we woke up with a different result.
hi, harp
aaahhh - OK, looks like a male pin-up - LOL
more tnan one red!
I am still way too nervous to believe the "calls", hursh
kje it is a male pin up.
indeed red.... now I am not feeling so well again
EXACTLY, red
200 to 85
hes a god!
oh and pa if cnn knows anything
kje I still feel as if my bowels will blow at any time
red is defintely high on SOMETHING - rofl
but they've been more cautious since that happened
blowing bowels... sounds like something monkey would say
i think hes more jfk meets mlk
I ate some ice cream kje which is entirely out of my training plan or usual eating habits.
LOLOLOL, kje and red
there is pending suit here in VA to be sure apo/fpo votes are counted if arrive in next 2 weeks, could be enough to flip what's a close one here
My nutritionist will be thrilled.
there is so much early voting and in some states they aren't counted until much later
who's blowing bowels?
PA isn't even close so far 66-33 obama
and a lot of RFK, too, nut
i am ren
blowing balls? i didn't think you blew those, i thought you...oh nvm...
VA is red right now though... do you think those votes are blue?
NC looking scary
LOL nutter
bowling bowels?
sounds kinky
I hear McCain turned off the news.
local has us blue; but it's less than 1% diff
now listening to Hank Williams Jr.
bowling bowels... now THERE is a sport
not me, the McCain campaign.
kje!!! thats like a morgue sport.
NYT has VA as red still, NC as blue.... not definite, just leaning...
my bowels are bowling
oh, NYT has you red
my bowels are bald
norfolk is often in blue area; new residents in Rich. suburbs 'nn'aking that area blue; valley, of course, red
red... we use to play bowling with supplies from the supply closet on call... the nurses would cheer us on
IN is leaning to Mccain
Time to get to bed. See everyone tomorrow!
until the charge locked us out of the supply closet
stupid silly conservative votes...always wantin to be tellin peeps what they can and can't do even if it don't hurt no one...well...i'm gonna walk around with my undies over my clothing as a statement
GN scrab... sleep well
Beware of catching Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc oniosis or Psittacosis from our Peli birds.
Looking good ..
everyone is aware, i hope, that stewart and colbert are hosting a joint show at 10 on comedy central...
kje--we used to eat jar baby food when we were on call as residents and we were hungry
do it nut!!! and post us a pic!!!
i won't even use the skid marked panties
ciao, scrabs
is that peli bowels?
RENIIIIIIIIIE. hi Hurshy and loves to everyone i missed
i am looking forward to the hilarity and hope no one misses out
we have over 30,000,000 votes for prez but only 2,000,000 for warner/gil'nn'ore us senate
i don't have cable....
herin - hey chickie poo
what hilarity?
i voted for bob the surfer
help with the DI 8 please. I keep missing you Ren monster
*sniffs at being ignored by ferny*
stewart/colbert joint show at 10
*pounces on nutty so she doesn't feel ignored*
Nut I hugged you before
Hi Feather
i been a working a gazzilon hours a day herin
feather is baaaaaaaaaaack
:) hi herin
PBS just featured AZ--battling
don't count....herbeeeeeeeeee!
hery feather
hurshy thanks so much for the remider I had forgotten and that may be the highlight of my night.
hee, yeah, i've stopped doing about 2 or 3 of the other things i was multitasking with earlier, perhaps now i can keep up with the conversations!
listing with 96 left as I am so distracted. I want to finfih
Hi ren .
I am watching pbs too pammers
definitely will be for me. i'm SO glad they decided to do that, it's exactly what we need to break the tension
mistress!!!!
DI 8 clue please
herin - not petrol vehicled.
it's looking pretty clinched at this point though
feather... did you get the report cards done... did anyone fail kindergarten?
the chatter on tv is blurring for me, so i'm just checking here every now and then http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008 /results/president/
I like them, kje
hursh, I just figured outt hat Colbert is actually conservative, not just parodying a conservative. it was odd and funny.
never mind
cheers found it
I am still nervous, hursh
FAIL kindergarten?
le5, clue please!!
nah, didn't give any of them the boot. all good so far. and yeah got them all done...for today at least. be prepared for me to be whining next sunday night!
y/w herin.
me thinks i'll try to sleep...oh and the steelers game already predicted an obama win, so i guess i can sleep easy
what makes you think that red???
*marking sunday as night to avoid the weed*
Methinks I'll go back to finding me eff words.
my eff words, I meant.
(i'm the weed, for any who are confused by kje)
LOL, jac
effing words???
oh, kje, why?
help with the ce7...
why?
nevermind, just saw feather's comment--why next sunday, feather?
like heavenly bodies, red...
ce7.....actress holm
kje, i was asking about weed, but read back in chog
oh, and i'm back......lol
No cannabis involved then, feather?
literally heavenly... not heavenly bods like harp's icon
TY
new set of conferences next monday, will be doing cards over the weekend, and knowing myself, at the last minute sunday night
ce7, it's pf the universe
nope. feather=heather=scottish weed=weed
Now, about my eff words... I must away to find them.
of that is
yes, she did smoke... that is one of the reasons i call her weed
le5, clues? anyone?
I DID NOT! aaaaand, i do NOT have a tattoo either missy!
le + 1
le5.......sierra le***
troublemaker......
red: from wiki: Although by his own account he was not particularly political before joining the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert is a self-described Democrat.[64][65] In an interview at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Institute of Politics, he stated that he has "no problems with Republicans, just Republican policies."
she has tats and smokes... a real rebel of a kindergarten teacher... watch out parents everywhere!!!
ty, kalea!
LOLOL, kje and feather
ahhh so I was correct in my first assumption.
most welcome, miles
ignore the loudmouth in the black shirt over there, she's just looking for a rumble!
hi - yes I watched a video of the colbert at Harvard - he said his family is republican, but he is not
NYT is very loath to call a state....
I smoke tobacco and drink alcohol, but I don't do 'drugs'. LOL.
hahaha... imagining feather rumbling
It was probably when I thought he was serious when sarcastic. I have a similar problem with palin on SNL...I couldnt tell which was a joke and which was real
LOL jac... yep
*puts up dukes* c'mon, ya wanna fight? huh? do ya? do ya?
he is convincing, red, i'll agree
she has been taking lessons from her 5 year old students apparently
the beautifullest thing was that in exit polls, people who said race mattered and people who said race didn't matter voted pretty much the same way, which kinda means... race doesn't matter! and more people said age was an issue for them than people that said race was an issue
now now, lets not fight, sets bad example for peoples
i don't put a lot of faith in exit polls
brb need shower and hang out the washing
weed is a featherweight... i could take her!
yeah, but i fight dirty
interesting point hursh!
it's true that exit polls are not great, but i'm still pleased about that one.
No physical violence allowed in the chog. Back down kje.
i'd like to think we HAVE come that far.
i would suspect that feather.... like stealing flashlights away from sweet little children
awwww, spoilsport jac. *pouts*
true, hursh
sweet little chidren my a....oh, wait, he's my son...yeah, he's a sweetheart all right!
race doesn't matter until you bring someone home for dinner... I am being a brat, but I think we have further to go, hursh....
If these disputes continue we may need to do a 'pic of my black eye' day later.
why must I back down... she started it... she put up her "dukes" first!!!
of course we have further to go. but this is still HUGE
I think we have taken a big step, but not the full step whatever that is.
he is a sweatheart feather... those pics are too precious!
Jac, thers an interesting icon day.
that's true for some, pam.......in my family, we have a montage of different races
hee, yeah, he is. he's also a stinker at the same time.
and, man oh man, those pics are oooooold.
it's like with my marriage... is it perfect? no. but we've made some major progress recently.
well, that just keeps him interesting, feather
li7, i feel it should be obvious, alas it is not. clues?
post new ones
I just think we have further to go, but we have made some progress, yes
in other words, feather....he's normal?
red - it would be, wouldn't it? And all the different stories about how the shiner came about.
I am glad it's working out, hursh
i should. too lazy.
li7.......the most li4
that is good news hursh!!!
woot, dole lost!
nick had the most lovely goose-egg on his head this past week. stuck out a good quarter to a half inch on the first day. lovely shades of black blue and green too.
thanks :)
ty, kalea
I have concerns about CNN calling so many states so early.
what did he do???
i agree, red
hi all....
phog to the PB for mentioning liddy's last name and yes Whoo hoo to that.
yeah for kay! down wioth dole!
change channels, red
help with se 6/27 please
( not just cnn....am watching a bunch of the states
me, too red! me, too... hate the early stuff--so I am watching PBS and looking at NYT.com
really, hursh, I am glad for you!
NYT is being conservative so far
se6.....the second movie
i know you are pam :)
bravo for you hursh
i'm watching nut dig a splinter out of her foot
was climbing up the dining room chair, slid, banged his head on the edge of the table. barely cried at that. then a few seconds later went for attempt #2, where he pulled the chair back down on himself. hollered more about that one! i think it scared him. he's a menace to himself.
oh its time for indecision 08 everyone migrate to comedy channel!!!!!!!!!
ouch
very much so, KJE, and it is easier for me to watch the NYT calls, LOL
(((hursh)))
((((pam))))
oh oh....poor little guy
nut when was last tetanus?
determined masochist isn't he?
nick is something, feather... he should be well padded, LOL
didn't help that he was more into licking the cute little thomas ice pack i had for him than letting me put it on the bump.
how often do we need tetanus, red?
yes to both of you kje and pam!
LOLOL I like him more and more
isn't it every 10 years, Pam ?
she's still digging - i think she stepped on a log
lol, they have a ticker going under south park
the rec I use and kje may correct, is every 10 years... except if you have a big dirty cut
Only one tetanus jab needed per decade, I believe.
it said "swing states put key states in a bowl and swap wives"
then if you have not had tetanus in 5 yrs it is time to get a booster
he's scrappy. if daniel takes a toy from him, he'll go after daniel hollering. won't take any crap.
help! with the 2nd column E , i have 0 of 5
yes, every 10 years... unless you have a bad wound and then they'll give you a booster if it has been more than 5
ugh, i am a klutz with no current tetanus....
umm, i haven't had my tetanus shot in...err....let's just say more than 10 years.
thanks! Guess the next time I need to see doc, I will ask for a tetanus shot....
ty for the se clue kalea
Also, with young children, who have had colostrum (vital mother's millk) the need for the jab isn't so urgent.
lo5, not related to other lo's, clue that please!
texas has been called... surprise surprise... but closer than I would have expected... and dallas went blue
OMG comedy channel coverage is more interesting
great promo on comedy central!
love colbert!!!
Well, I am past that, Jac, and work is in an office over a loading dock.... not very clean...
my doc said she no longer gives tetanus shots - where to you get them (besides in your be-hind?)
go dallas go dallas those cowboys voted blue.
We must not keep protecting our children from every germso much. 'You eat a bushel of dirt before you die'.
arm
hursh arm?
lo5......many + **teoporosis
tetanus shot in arm
yes hursh
I agree, jac, but I get very icky cuts--almost always get red and oozy if they emanate from a work cut....
wonder if i can get it in my leg? or foot?
your doc does not give tetanus? try an urgent care or minute clinic
ty, again! kalea!
I'm counting my chickens.... but hello, my man is ASLEEP on the couch next to me!
are you the venus de milo?
yes Ren I can put it in your thigh.
would a shot in the foot hurt?
why, ren?
asg... feeling better yet... still very very close... how can he sleep... poke him
Being TOO clean, i.e squirting bleach on everything, is leaving the younger generations open to infection. Let them go out and play in the mud.
he's ridiculous.
Ren there is little muscle in your foot.
I can put an IV in there though
curious - then nut would only have one sore place
I need more wine
how much have you had?
ASG - why is our man ridiculous?
good thing i was drunk
also using triclosan-based antibacterials, jac
or i wouldn't have been able to cut that sucker out
Jac, again, I walked in on this, but I agree - my kids get DIRTY!!! (and then wash up - usually with soap, lol)
nut used a knife on her foot
not our man - my man - my hubby, sleeping on the couch during election coverage!!
My man's asleep upstairs in bed and I'd never dream of calling him ridiculolus unless he was doing something that was stupid or was meant to make me laugh.
i had to...it was bigger than a mccain lie
LOL asg... possessive there
one full glass kje
ASG - my typing error, I meant your not our.
lol.....my healthiest kid was the one who refused to eat candy unless it had been dropped in the dirt first
I'm ahead of you then asg... once again - LOL
kje is sooo competitive
MY MAn (how's that for a possessive?) makes me laugh at least once a day. But sometimes I could hit him. That's love.
OK indecision 08 is easier to watch.
LOLOL... only with YOU
so, dare I ask..., WHAT HAPPENS TO PALIN NOW? and her poor teenage daughter
she goes back to Alaska
palin is already running for 2012
rth, comedy channel? good move
she situates herself for 2012
she replaces Bill O'Reilly.....
please, we voted her off the island, she should take a hint.
she can go back to watching russia from her house?
Can she learn enough in four years?
LOL pam
lol, her shirts are ready
she hooks up with joe the plumber
LOL kalea
how is oreo not a word, pfft
perfect twinkie, perfect
palin 2012!
proper noun, phog
LOL twinkie!!!
haha, in my nightmares
you guys are as good as comedy central ; )
oreo is a brand name for a biscuit (or cookie as you call them in US), phog.
just found comedy central - I tivo John Stewart, but didn't know the channel
i am wishing i had cable.... but not really
we need sarah palin as our front line of defense on the bering strait............without her, russia could invade
who was it that realized on here that Colbert is really a conservative? that (sad but true) fact cracked me up
you want her kalea... canada can have her!
it is not true.
it was me but apparently this is wrong hursh looked it up on wiki
lol kje..........
I love it, kje, for those nights when I want something different on TV. And, because my reception is NIL, Absolutely NOT EVIDENT, without cable....
I thought it was you red... lol can we change your name for the night? blueturtlehead?
207 v 89....
it was be, please call be blue head
me
oh no, are you boycotting m's too?
OMG... mccain is losing arizona!!!
no way, kje!
LOL asg!
my kids want me to wake them when the news is official
McCain is going to have a bad night.
kje, channel?
Asg, in like 3 weeks????
pam... i don't watch much TV at all... so not willing to do the cable... plus, suspect if it was here i would watch more, and not willing to do that
NYT asg
lol blue, that's what I told them
AHHHH, kje, that makes sense....
well, I said next week
it's prolly just small portion in az, though fivethirtyeight did say it was possible obama would take it.
They said on PBS that it's the INdependents in AZ....
hey, did I mention I live in one of the few RED towns in a BLUE state? They love my lawn sign
1/3 dem, 1/3 rep, 1/3 ind in AZ....
LOL, asg
anyone have a good webpage that shows nation? Am looking local, want a good national page
ed5, 6, 7, are they related? i need clues for all!
funny asg!!! I live in one of the few blue towns in a red state!!!
only one co in Az reporting.
miles, are you doing the grid? lol
5/6 are related, 7 not
NYT has UT leaning Blue and I thought it was called by cnn as red?
my town was front page of one of the sections in this weekend's NYT as "6th hardest hit town in the nation" - wall street town
ok, so clue me ed5, then ed7!
ed7..........enlightens
UT will vote red. it is full of Mormons
NYT is nuts
ed5.......ed + french island/and pl
on this account otherwise I rather like the Times
tym on ed7!
what town, asg?
LOL, red
Summit, NJ
NYT has UT clearly red... by like 60%
Not red, blue!
thanks for the enlightening ed
so'nn'e proj are on less than 35%; not very s'nn'art
minnesota ALWAYS goes democrat
(I'm referring to Blueturtlehead)
ty. kalea!
thanks, asg
are you guys looking at NM??
blueturtlehead - LOLOL yes yes yes BTH!!!
kje, I refreshed and UT is still blue...
Si Se Puede!!!!
local area has 80% turnout; incredible
kje, I LOVE when I get you to LOLOL - b/c other than that, you are ALWAYS ahead of me!!
89 left...
maybe i need to refersh
words? or electoral votes?
hi, everyone - i'm listening to msnbc and they also have a good map on their website - msnbc.msn.com
*yawns* re UK election; it's been going on since March.
OMG utah just turned blue... i think someone goofed
words....I am still doing grid
It must be a goof, kje
glad you can feel that calm jac... i am a mess
USA election I meant, that's how bored and p*ssed I am.
Warner is the new VA senator? wowo
utah is red on the msnbc map
Actually if you go to CNN they called it, but Obama is currently ahead.
CNN called it red
woo hoo iowa goes for obama!
madness.... all madness I tell you!!! bwa ha ha ha ha
omg I'm a mess
87% Va - 50% ob 49% 'nn'c
it is madness
I wish Texas was smaller - it's SO red!
You know, kje, I hate to say this re the French, our long time 'enemies' from Agincourt, but take a leaf from their book. If you don't like what you've got then PROTEST! I wish we in UK would wake up and do that again.
I am so glad to be watching with all of you, though! Thanks!
unfuckinbelievable
excuse my language
brb..
Obama all but has it - I can't stop crying. A U.S. Rep form Georgia spoke of this being the realization of MLK's dream.. it's so moving to me. He's got the northeast, iowa, minn, ohio (key), penn (key), and much more. Still, I can't believe it until its all in.
No I won't! Into the PB for swearing with you, kje.
Evening all! I sure do need a clue for lo9-60 please?
I dont feel very confident yet mab.
ok....why is kje gobsmacked?
asg... see the little blue spot in the north east part of teh state... that is me : )
i am looking for el's, i need one more el5, and one more el6. these two look seemingly unrelated to the el's i have.
I want to though
kje... language!!
LOL jac
are all el's related?
that lone stick figure? kje, that's you? huh, I thought you'd be taller
no miles
oooooooo! what she saaaaaaid!!!!!
lo9 is a magnetic rock, sounds like a heavy one.
lo9........vein of ore + pebble
kje, what happened?
am I invisible today????
el5 - to refer to
ty, kje! can i get clues for the el's not related to the other el's?
well, I'm back again
hi carlee!!!!!
why , calree?
hy, tyger
help with the de 7's???
hello
I am 5'8" how tall do you want me to be asg... you are what... 5'1"?
hi carlee! i see you!
I've asked ?'s off and on all day..and since about 9 am..no one answered me ever
Carlee's stolen Harry Potter's Clock of Invisibility today so let's all ignore her. LOL.
its the little ones you need to watch out for.
clearly, red
Sorry, carlee, didn't see you there.
I love talking to my friend Stella. She's 85, and she's a darling, one of the people I will miss most after I move
Hi, again, folks...
whwn is the move, tyger?
Clock? I meant cloak.
nevermind..i am off to sofa to watch the returns
um, not quite 5'1"... and Carlee, I haven't been gridding today, just chatting here and there... so HIIIIIIIIII :)
help for ce7 please
and, kje, what is so f'in unbelievable?
Clock of Invisibility, jac???
el5 - el + ***s of march... and PT
Carlee hi/
ce7........actress holm
wild..is a woman's name
LOL tyger... i had to read that twice myself
hi rth
Hi, carlee!
short and sweet - well, actually, short and feisty
wow, that would be cool :P :D
ok...nite all
24 words to go before I can cuddle up and sleep.
interesting ad choice for comedy central -- movie w/ tom cruise about nazi germany
cough cough cough... sweet?
86 for me
kje, wher ein that rred state of texas are you?
night, carlee
ty
pam, you would not believe what a hard time I had getting hold of the number to report
dallas... dallas county went blue... click on the NYT county map... that is me in the northeast blue square county
blue, er, I mean red, you have a long night ahead of you with this grid!
ok freaking out. NC is 50 50 right now...I should have voted twice.
Thanks Kalea and Jacula
need fe7, and not the one related to food.
our local dem council person lost - 2408 votes to 2008 - close...
Sigh! I'm in a red state...
Obama is losing the lead....
Makes me sad
fe7 - where cows go to fatten up prior to slaughter... compound word
fe7.............nourish + many
pam???
my hubby is so cute - I just told him it was 7:30 and he panicked
thanks, I thought you were in Dallas
got that fe7
LOL asg... glad to know you are not only a brat to me
fe4/7 = food word as in what you do when you ingest + 3 letter word for doing it to excess.
the other fe7 is a pl
King Arthur's court was Camelot, and one of the knights was Lancelot.
pam, did you see what I said about the phone number to report?
are the fe7's related?
kje, really, I've been bratty to HIM for over 18 years!! that's why he loves me
we did a mock election in my kindergarten class today. 19 kids, 10 went for obama, 9 for mccain.
they are similar, miles
no, sorry, tyger
omg, actually, 20 years - we met in November '98!!
Should I read down?
what's really kind of funny is i have twins in the class, and the boy voted for mccain and the girl went for obama.
wow asg... you are getting old : )
ASG - be cseful re that 28 year thing - that's the point my hubby left me.
feather, my kids' classes were more split
awwww jac.... that stinks - I'm sorry to hear that
We'd been together for 4 yeara before marrying and having 2 kids.
I had to get help from my visiting nurse to get a number, and even the number she had wasn't exactly the right one - but they gave me the right one
sucks, jac!
feather, the parents must be voting split too
UGH, tyger, that is horrid. Were you able to place the call today?
yes, I did
NC is slipping....
I feel sad.
and I called back to give her the right number for reporting, so she'd have it
hee, the parents are recently divorced. how much you wanna bet the girl went with mom's vote and the boy with dad's?
the kids are all hysterical - parrotting (sp?) the parents (mine included) about taxes, the war, the economy, etc
it went more smoothly than I feared, but they wanted some info I didn't have. after all, they've been there less than 2 months, and I'm almost never outside - especially at night
I am so proud of you, tyger. And, glad you called back withthe right number....
I don't know for sure there's an adult male in the household - and didn't think to call the manager and ask anything beforehand
NC now red on nyt map
SD to mccain. SD should be closed down, LOL
neb. could split its electoral votes for 1st in history
yes it is shameful
de nada, pam. I was just doing what was right
I am ashamedof NC.
I may need to vomit now
nbc says nc too close
LOok at UTAH and IN.... so weird....
are you nauseous? or nauseated?
Well, Tyger, I am glad nonetheless! And proud to "know" you!
but VA is apparently back up to Obama.
207 - 138 on nbc
:D thanks
NC is 50/50
both asG.
Nauseated! Must be.
NC knows better than to believe the Palin and McCarn cr**
yw, tyger
ok, so... way back in Gore/Bush election I was furious that the popular vote could go to one but the other could win.... but, I have to say, the popular vote is way too close so far....
asg... did you take your turn?
va by 30,000; but 14% still to report & outstanding ? of 'nn'ilitary absentees
23 words to go and have just been discussing i=with my son how we want Obama to get in and hope that next June then can be a Tory to match him in power here.
jac, that doesn't make sense. a lib Dem for us and a Conservative for you??
um, kje, I didn't know you went.... brb
jac... you must be half asleep... what it there? 3am or something?
Excuse typing errors - it's 3.40am here and I have had a long day.
I mean, I can understand not being overfond of Brown ...
kje - It does make sense. Think about it.
Hi
OMG I just realized I haven't changed my icon, and it's a new month. I might just do autumn scenery instead of a tiger
Question?
hey, herin. howarya?
We need another Thatcher, but I don't think that will be happening any time soon. The nation still cannot see the big picture.
Good. Question
So do we have Obama as President?
CBS, FOX called VA for Obama
back in a bit, when I've figured out what to put up
I have just had a shower and not knowing what is going on?
what's the question, herin?
i may catch a plane to chicago... anyone want to meet me there? grant park... can be there in a couple hours!
Is Obama the President?
LOL kje
YES, kje!!!!!!!!!!
The news here is calling Obama as president and Palin is about to come out and concede.
I am bemoaning NC.
Virginia!!!!
McCain needs to concede Palin can not!!!
why would palin concede? it's not her place
Palin concede? Before McCain? She really is a rogue
Palin comes out to soften the blow
not yet, herin
nah... mrp must be joshing
thats really not normal.
ta
yw
LOL. MRP
it's really to early for a concession speech
Oh I can't believe how close the results are for the deep south
Ok, so this year OBAMA. In 40 years, will Socialism no longer be a dirty word?
McCain is going to speak at 11, according to PBS
I can Herin deep south is full of African Americans who never ever voted before.
omg, I wish I were in Chicago (though I hate crowds)
someone just asked me who I voted for:
But NC should be highly ashamed of selves
and, how did you answer, ru?
I told them the smart young guy...
ruru, even *I* know how you answered
LOl, ru
Is socialist 'Labour' and 'Democrat' Toryin USA?
Red its amazing to me from a historical point of view
omg, kje, are you STILL despondent?
got to cook din din.. bbl Hi/bye everyone
No, Jac. Socialist is viewed as communist--both mistaken for waht became Stalinism....
republican is conservative, democrat is liberal
It is exciting to me, but I knew if someone could get the black vote out these republicans owuld have to go....
I should go get a depends diaper as i may pee myself when they call it
I am still very concerned...
herin - an historic. LOL, just doing a Jilli there.
In the US, the Dems are viewed as lefter adn the Republicans as conservative...
yay NC--dem gov and first woman gov. of nc!
Isn't AN used next to Vowels?
seriously, my husband is SNORING.... I love him so
Liberal here is conservative.
Yay for that, but NC shame shame for the Presedential election.
LOL, jac. I usually love jilli's corrections, yours, too. But, tonight, I am too tireed to speak/type correctly, LOL
please clue fe5/18 that is not grouped with the other fe5's.
like a cat, miles?
fe + winking part of eye
ASG - I recommend earplugs (industrial strength) for the coping with snoring and continuance of the relationship. It works on both sides for me and my Beloved.
fe + top of jar, miles
Jac Isnt An used only for vowels?
word is the republican Palin will come out now, and McCain will come out second to concede. that is the news here
asg... i am hopeful... have moved from despondent to hopeful
an before sounded h's herin
KEEP HOPE ALIVE!
I am despondent, NC made me sad...
Ok, kje is hopeful. THe rest of the world is probably euphoric, LOLOLOL....
some of htem, herin, not all... it's hard to say why... jac will know
NC hasn't gone to McCain yet. 50 to 49%...
No Herin. Example, an hotel (pronounced an otel.
I am hesitant pam... i do not want to wake up to shocking news!!!
ty, pam, can you help with fe7, we have the one that is more obvious.
OH ok thanks Jac
but twinkie, its so so close. I am wanting to vomit
a hero, an historic, an herb, a hot dog
i am still growling about not receiving my absentee ballot.........first time i haven't voted since i was 21
So if a H has a vowel next to it then its an?
I know, kje, I don't want to go to bed yet....
Oh, kalea, that stinks....
a hotel i believe, not an hotel...least here in the US
I can not bear it.
pam were you clueing back there?
red - thak God! You wanted to vomit and you weren't nauseous.:-)
i hear you, red...
the 2 fe7's are.........pl of fe6/30 and the nourish + vacant piece of land
i have been sick all day w/ nerves, too.
asg... wake him up!!! he is missing all the anxiety!!!
GREEN: I recommend this for the hubby: http://tinyurl.com/6aactw
yes, miles.... fe
at least in NC, my county (Durham) went overwhelmingly for Obama
And twink its WILSON county thats not reported yet. Wilson is heavily African American in the town so maybe maybe.....
LOLOL herin... that is a ridiculous pic
finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ty, kalea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twinkie, my county when I am there is Orange...
207-142 latest nbc count
I had no doubt living in Ch Hill...
woohoo miles!!!!!
okay, new icon is up
Tyger that is gorgeous
I thought Green may need one
21 words to go.. will I bother or will I go upstairs and cuddle up to hirsute love god?
well, i still have 68 words left, but done with the fe's!
omg, I'm so excited to hear PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA speak!!
asg - are you jumping up and down???
green, what channel are you watching?
when is obama speaing?
has someone conceded...???? Did i miss???
DC went Obama, 92%
I vote for the love god, jac... seriously... I'd be outta here in a sec : )
I'm still hopefuyl for NC, since the biggest counties are going obama ...
cbs news
Tyger, that is a great icon
VA is Obama whooo hoo
I can't believe that it's been 12 years since I've had a happy presidential election night! :-D YAY!!!!
in 10 minutes turtle...
I have a lot of hope twink. WIlson should go Obama, lots of Latino and African American...
lol......i'm also watching the coleman - al franken race
Twink I used to work in Durham at Duke.
I need the re6 between do it again and put grass down again
Go wilson county! so you are from chapel hill (or did you go to unc), red?
red, what did you do at Duke?
I went to UNCG...
re + ascended
I am a Nurse worked in their Emergency Dept.
nm
ty kalea
blue, hubby got into Duke for mba program, but we looked down there and stayed up here - not too many "Greenblatts" in NC
most welcome
kje - if one had, theoretically of course, since this is a famil site, had serous attention from the love god before and he was now sleeping before going to work on light duties after an operation, what would you do? Me? I'd finish the grid. 20 to go.
red, just saw your profile, that your'e a nurse.
I was getting my MBA at the time at NYU
you have an mba, asg?
lol.....good call, Jac
my hubby works at duke with dhts (duke health technology support)
I have good friends in Charlotte - they voted McCain - lol
other stuff to do. nytol
I do kje
i used to teach at duke
I used to be "important"
I probably spoke with him a few times in frustration about Wellsoft...
g'night tyger
I sometimes miss Duke.
red, i have been to emerg. room at duke!
LOL jac.... OK... but hurry
Bye Tyger
fi7, clues please
LOLOLOL, jac
Oh gosh i may have been your nurse. did you go to the new one or the old one?
And, ASG, you still are important
did not know that asg... aren't you the smarty pants
new Twink is much nicer
sorry, miles, don't have
Ka;ea - you know what I mean then. Thanks.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH
CNN projects obama win
11pm news Ovama IS IN
what did you teach, twink?
they just said it! Obama is 44th President of the USA
don't know which, if it was the old or new. it was jan. 7, 2003
bbl
CNN does project him to win!
anyone got a clue for fi7?
i heard that mrp!
OMG!!!!!!!!!! "BARACK OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!"
NPR predicting Calif win and overall Obama win
Colbert announced it
lol - Australia knows before we do!!
Ok hand me the depends
OMG... NBC just posted "president-elect barack obama"
omg what channel to watch what channel to watch!!
look at that crowd!
I'M CRYING!!!!!
i think it is too early!!!
Obama is? I'd just wait a while an see.
OH announced now by Jon stewart
AM on ABC, really good!
History!!!
Green i am getting NBC direct
chanting yes we can si se puede
he's up to 220 now
I am with you, kje..... too early.....
It's so emotional, isn't it?
Twinkie, what did you teach?
I don't think they can have counted all the votes yet.
I have Katie on CBS
i am shaking and crying too. This is f???ing AWESOME
:D:D:D:D:D:D
Voting is not even DONE yet Jacula!
20 words to go and diving back into grid once more.
the people in grant park are crying
...and the 6 western state polls are just now closing...
I'm going to wake my son - bbs
...does that mean we have no input?
pam, taught in university writing program (required first year writing courses for all frosh at duke)
btw: hi all
i was looking at that map and adding electoral votes, yes, it seems possible!
twink NC is now back to 50 50...
he jsut said 284 electoral votes
He's ahead even wothout the western votes which will be mostly for him
hey, i've got 2 hrs left and 65 words to get. clues please!!! fi7!!
No Pini we need you guys.
holy cow, he's 297 now on the map i'm looking at! cnn's map
297 for Obama
on CNN
OMG OMG OMG!!!!
cool, twinki
very emothional
but if there are enuf electoral votes without us west coasters...why even count ours?
hi, pini!
pini, they are projecting win based on your probable votes
excuse me
pandemonium in chicago - millions in the streets
OMG...
Because, your votes get counted into the final tally. And, there are referenda....
they are really calling it.
what a landslide victory!! congrats to your new mr president US!
if you are in CALI, which will go Barack
what about poor hawai'i
Florida to Obama....
I am still afraid to be that excited...
<-- Oregon (projected Obama)
First Black President, if it happens, which I think it will... what will the theme song to al theYoutube videos be? 'Abraham, Martin and John' by Marvin Gaye?
I am starting to cry... this is amazing
i have GOT to call my family in CA! brb
not really a landslide with popular vote...
but the vote show the deep divides in the country
Bi-racial president
The USA has grown up
there and dozens of obama songs from several African nations.
will be interesting to see the popular vote after everything has been tallied
yes jilli!!!!
Kenya is going wild now too.
it will be close feather
the only think i'm scared of is a RFK... they better get his ass covered like white on rice
kje - I have NEVER cried over anything political, except for when Maggie was throw out and betrayed and she cried as she left.
and it's about time!
he will inherit a HIDEOUS recession....
I just chanhfged my icon
PB for me - just type a word.
too right pam... he will need to fix the mess
milrd....pt the fi5-16 above it.
PB, jac? hmmmmmm
ABC is saying Barack will be out any moment--he had been waiting until CA was projected
I meant miles.
and i think he stands a better chance of fixing it than mccain would have
it is history, jac... and there are people that said it wouldn't happen in their lifetime... it is interesting
I agree,feahter....
I've thrown my hand up in horror every time a Labour government was elected, though.
agree w/ you, feather
what channel is everyone watchign?
I would prefer Barack wait until McCain and Caribou Barbie concede
I am watching NBC news
no tv here, but NPR
I am watching PBS
I've got NBC on here...
need the se6/27 please
but prez only has li'nnited power; taxes will have to be raised in long ter'nn' and govt needs to shrink
I switched to nbc
it is moving to hear thta AA parents have now changed their answers to the question... can your child grow up to be president?... it is moving
ok, nbc was what i was on too
I'm not watching any news at all, just speaking from my heart.
wow I am thinking of King. And listening to a senator that was a civil rights movement person.
five dem gains in senate so far
opps congressmen
from georgia, herin
miles, did you get that one?
alright i'm lost
that made me cry
warner [de'nn'] got retiring warner [rep] seat
You needed the fi7-44?
I want to see the two "Mavericks" concede beofre I believe it.
fi7, was it clued?
but the new warner is a dem
but the new warner is a dem
Thanks. I missed the start. I was sitting here to busy shaking and crying
yes, fi 7/44, clue me please!!
Yes I clued it for you....pt the fi5-15 above it.
what did you listen to, mab? Did John Lewis speak?
I was too afraid to believe this could happen
the secret service security cocoon will be amazing over Obama now... he won't be moving amongst the people anymore.
Congratulations, USA!
Sorry that was 5-16.
yes, about an hour ago - interview
77 left...will not finish but dont care that much.
gapeach, what's the time on that clue, please!
When he has a tough vote, John Lewis asks himself what would RFK do....
Shame if that is so, MrP.
I didn't even get half done, red....
hi, jilli
i do fear for his safety
What i dont get is some of the red neck sectors are so close to McCain and Obama. I don't fear for his safety as Fear enables those that are weak and stupid to win
The last time was 10:11.
I fear for them all
that's what my hubby is saying too, mab
so does the whole world, mab
hi lady
what exactly do you mean herin?
the se6/27 anyone??
YYYYAAAAYYYYY!!!!! W DID IT!!!!!!
WE
306 now!
Mccain called Obama....
Ok sorry I was looking at the http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ and it is so close in the south
yaaay libarebel
and pam???
YESSSSSSSSSSS MCCAIN HAS conceded
Herin. I am a Southerner. We really arent very red neck anymore.
back later -- want to concentrate on this wonderful moment
Ok sorry I worded it wrong.
I was 6 years old when John Kennedy was assasinated. I knew at once that his brother, a would-be senator at the time, was in danger. I wasn't wrong.
FI 7 is related to other fi's?
SOme one in the neighbourhood is shooting off fireworks.
oh, sorry, red, to conccede...
i am lost peach
Herins words give me up now
miles -- past tense of deboning and cutting a steak... like a f***** mignon
of course, technically it's not official until electoral college 'nn'eets
obama takes hawai'i
se6/27 please ... anyone???
annnnnnd i am really sick of the media playing up McCain being a vet
it looks like he's got the numbers, nD
our local stations sent african american reporters to cover both obama in chicago and at the local headquarters. both men were in tears.
pam, TY!
they better get to meeting. Unless they want to meet that group in Chicago.
so should have seen that woed pam!
you over your nerves yet pam? *grin*
clue for the se 6/27 please
wildcat, Rocky 2, the one that follows...
yw, miles
in dec red
oh boy...here comes palen...
palin ...
ty pam
and mccain
Here we go kidies concession speach time
LOL, hursh... I get nervous.
oh temple, it's so great that he won PA
This is a wonderful world, where we are all talking in real time about a historical moment from all around it
here come the loosers
McCain has landed....
se6/27 is the follow up to something, uses high point tile in the middle.
I am sorry I could not help it.
lol red!
mcpain is speaking (on ABC)
I know, Jilli, so proud to be with all of you..... spanning the globe and the political spectrum
he takes CO, McCain is now conceding
Jill. I don't mean to pose this as rude but you are old enough to remember the Civil Rights Movement
I can not believe the Boos! How RUDE.
His audience is hatespeak... Not McCain, but the audience booing? Shame....
i like that mccain held up his hands like that
se6/27 is the next movie in a series
I agree feahter...
this IS cool... we are all chatting together as this historic moment happens. you have made it so great for me, b/c my hubby went to bed and left me alone
hateful has been McCain's whole campaign strategy
He knew he had to
but i do have my sis on the phone, too.
Boy is that a telepromted speech?
mab, you said it!
I want to call my Mom, but...
I don't think McCain was incontrol of that campaign...
too late really.
I think the hate embarrassed him
I hate people that boo. Its stupid. Considering their state hasn't finished counting
I can't imagine how big the teleprompter must be for him to be moving about as he is...good for him to speak wich such respect.
this speexh is so well crafted i have to ask how far in advance they have been planning it.
I would agree with that as well pam.
Pam - like Bush Jnr wasn't in control of his, nor ever was since?
may i ask something? i can understand that you favor one candidiate and his poilcies over another. but why the vitriol? why is it personal to you?
mccain is being very gracious and really seems moved.
Pini i beileve that his speach is wired into his ear
I wish he would call Barak the President....rather than Senator.
it's so awfully sad that obama's grandma died
What vitriol? None here, TO, we are commenting on the boos that mcCain's audience did
Sh*t happens, mab.
excellent speech
Usually when you need it the least.
Twinkie, I would agree, the audience looks as if someone took their pearls.
miles, good question
pam:it's been here all along.
i'm aware, jac
He hasn't signed the papers yet. AND i freaking hope he bins that stupid legislation that has denied financial help to those O.S countries that provide the pill and such
not prez til jan 20, that's why red, need to follow protocol
Rove was in control of that campaign, Miles....
twink, ty
i'm worried about CA prop 8, it's winning :-(
herin, there is alot bush could stop doing!
i agree pam!
Wonderfully gracious and unifying speech by McCain -- revolting audience
Twinkie it needs binning to
i don't believe that. mccain went as far as he did because no one can win as an indipendent in this country. without the party support he had no chance at all.
twink, where is the news on prop8?
I have seen it on both sides here, TO. More against mccain, but I have certainly seen it all here. And, I didn't see any hatespeak here today.
McCain is a good man, it was too bad he let the campaign get ugly
Well, Pam, I did call the McCain Palin team Caribou barbie and also the Loosers.
am talking w/ my sis in CA, said it was 52% to 46% or something like that
mccain suffered much for this country. no one should forget that.
Or Amendment 2 in Fl...
hear hear, mab
'nn'ccain has had respect on both sides of aisle over the years; too bad 'nn'ost ignored that; the cons part of party ran election not always his style
TO. No one is saying otherwise but that doesn't make him a good leader.
oh, man if prop 8 passes there will be hell to pay!
I dont think anyone has forgotten that. He is respected by me, but I did not particularly want him to be the President.
red, you mean Losers -- Loosers are people who set others free
my hope re: prop 8 is that all the appeals against it will keep it in the courts forevert and it will never get enacted
nor does it not make him a good leader.
Oops.
He did suffer, TO. A lot of people have. I don't take that away from him, I wiah his party hadn't cut the aid to returning vets....
whew! good to hear there is more than one battle being waged against it!
now palin can continue to be the girl from Alaska, as she was bemoaning losing that designation
My g.f says it so well with Prop 8
yes?
http://tinyurl.com/69lcmt
pam: we can't afford evrything. that's a fact of life.
not enough results in on prop 8
56% for prop 8, 44% against
I think this is an excellent speech. I do think the Boos are Horrid.
I know, TO. But if sending vets to war is OK, so is their after care.
And I think McCain is embarassed by them.
I agree, red, I am sorry his audience is so rude.
i for one will be glad to see the election come to an end in babbleland.
This is what my g.f says about Prop 8 http://tinyurl.com/69lcmt
TWINK
look at the MAP FOR NC......
Wilson CO went Blue.
wow, what a lovely speech from McCain
pam: as one who is intimately involved, i can tell ytou they are being taken care of. few know though just how many and how intensive the care must be, it's staggereing.
YES!! you rock red!!!
that race is highly contested, red....
that was a wonderful speech. exactly what needed to be said.
McCain gave his best speach
mccain's speech was great. very gracious.
absolutely, ata
that really was a wonderful speech
I choose a good time to wake up very early!
I don't often say Thank God.
hey, maybe O will have him be a part of his government
and how dare they boo!
I know, TO, it is huge. But it needs to be. It is the price we pay for war's heavy price. I may be a pacifist, but by gum and by gorey, if troops are sent inm my name, I want them care for by the best....
AArgh! Cn't hold myse;lf back now. it's speech.
I for one agree with what my g.f wrote about prop 8
OK Can I ask a Question????
hopefully as a country we can move forward and try to resolve the huge political differences that have split us
oh boo boo boo those booers
hi everyone, just heard the news what a wonderful result, congratulations to america on a history making day
ok, so, can we take a moment and be envious of the palm trees? lol
i think it is the most disgraceful thing that mccain has had to endure booing at his own rallies. i think he is a very honorable man for how he (personally, not the campaign) handled things. i wrote him in for pres in 2000 and i wish he had been pres for the past 8 years.
yes red?
go, red
In the last Election did Gore conceede and then demand a recount???
pam: why do you think they are not? you read it in the papers?
fireworks
off to watch the results
I don't think he conceeded (if I remember correctly)
I am sorry I was in Sudan...and we got the news a few days later.
results? lol - it's over wildcat! and wtg on fireworks!
i have palm tree here ASG!
i think he might have conceded bc the news people had called it, and then when things turned out not to be accurate, he then contested it
this is my concern, but I believe its over.
hursh, I did say I was lost in admiration of McCains speech but was revolted by the booing of the audience
I know nurses in the VA system, who have to push vet s out who need more care, I have read the stories of vets who go without prostheses... and I have seen the budget cuts, TO
he called to concede, then projections changed; apparently bush said so'nn'ething snitty on phone call
i think that's how a lot of us feel jilli :)
ah, that's right nDan
16 to go with no TV switched on here.
thanks to those of you not in the US who are happy for us :-D
so the map looks decidedly red I must say
Hi, ata
but I'll go with the news! :)
What map, ASG?
pam: do you know any nurses who give wonderful care and tell you so? or phone hte papers to tell them? don't you know that good news does not sell papers nor create ratings?
the land area, she means, pam.
population density differences make the map look deceiving.
npr.org has a great map
hey hursh, flip to facebook for a sec?
that's all why pro'nn'ises of tax cuts are illusions; 'nn'ay push so'nn'e around at start, but all these refor'nn's will need $$$$ to do
k
The middle states are so red - and big - lol. anyway, I'm off - have a fabulous night everyone. And enjoy the day tomorrow!!
Pam. To be honest, I think the health care for vets is trying to really be good, but it is very complex. these are sometimes very young (not mature guys) as the war injuries change the system has to change and sometimes its hard to keep up...
esp for health care
have there EVER been tax cuts? nooooo, taxes go up! :) anyway, I'm off - thanks for a fun, gridless, night!
Have you seen the fact that about 2mil people in the States have lost their homes. Cleveland Ohio looks post apocalyptic
yes, i know this, TO. And, I know that their care is complex, red. But they are owed it. And, I think walter reed is only the tio of the ceberg. So, i am glad , and would be glad regardless of who won, that things will continue to change.
Night Green and did you get my tiny url on hubby snoring before?
14 words to go and I've obviously been deffed out as as Uk citizen. LOL
heh, you might wanna drop by toledo, oh. no crime because nobody lives here.
LOL, jac!!!!!!!!
*stands next to jac* Laaaaaaand of Hope and Glory!
No Ohio.... Pit bulls are demonized in mych of the state....
deffed? never seen that bit of slang. or am i just uninformed?
i long for the time when it really was country first. those days are long gone, and tonight i really feel old.
Miles i was watching the news about Ohio and in one shopping mall it was empty. It looked like something from a Zombie movie
i canvassed in toledo oh in 2004... fat lot of good that did us
I don't hink you are much older than me, TO....
My typing is horrid, sorry all! 8-)
it was blue all along right, twink!
than I, to... grammar shot, too!
If I seem a little annoyed at the importance laid on about who the USA president is and how it will affect the UK, please excuse me. I still wondering when GREAT Britain will reassert itself once it's climbed out of the puddly rut of PC'ness.
the dems are as mean as the bush clan it appears. i used to think it was just those fatheads but now i think it's just the country. mean is in. mean polotics. mean humor..
I've said my piece and I hope you all refreshed to see my new icon as I pour a glass of Henckell Trocken :D
Because the American dollar fell ours did too.
we'll get there, jac!
jacs: haven;t you heard - we are the MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY ON THE EARTH LOL
We live on a very small island and don't have room to take everyone in or deal with a worldsworth of crap.
sog et with it
Jac you can came live in Aus and get $2 for your pound here
ok, bored of the news now
LOLOLOL, TO!
Twink I believe and am shocked and amazed that NC may go blue.
TO - if I thought you actually meant that, I'd kick your teeth in!
:-D
obama is about to speak - nat'l anthem has been sung
no chance jacs. we fight dirty, too ;)
Jill thank you for your info on the elephant and donkey that has been bugging me
brb--must to brush teeth go
50% BO, 49% JM in NC
Temple, I really felt that Obama actually spoke about putting country first, making sacrifices etc...
BO. hmmm. that's unfortunate
Twink Franklin co has not reported ANYTHING yet.
hurray nc!!!
wow tha's close. so what is this based on, how accurate? still predictions?
ty, mab :-D
Thank Gd I have real American persons taking the piss out of the media percieived view of themselves here, or else I'd be at war with them.
based on actual votes TO.
wonderful
I think NC could still swing red.
ok I in for just a tad...is there room somewher in the world for an aging, Hispanic finance manager, great with numbers, makes a mean cheesecake? away from the possibility of nukes and high(er) taxes? and how much will it cost to move there?
PAv you can stay here get more money for your dollar
Isn't Babble great for bringing usall together. 14 words to go now.
pav: are you looking for a new home, or a date LOL
RED florida went blue
PAV - I'll eat your cheesecake any day!
Jac, as you know I'm a basic Brit but I also love the USA, warts and all.
'signed sealed delivered, he's ours....'
I saw that....
I predicted wrongly.
but I am glad I was wrong.
hands jilli newest collection of warts....
FL has the hispanic...
od5, clues?
Red it was a just thing
clues? for what? there's a grid?
cinema, miles
we have our faults. but we are also a very generous people. a pradox
and due to my nattering i probably wont finish
but I am glued to the NC returns
od5, clues, please?
pav, I went to an NYC high school, and half my family are now US citizens
bc that is where I cast my vote.
the US is very paradoxical
red, FL hispanics (cuban ameridcans) tend to vote republican.... so maybe the great schlep video helped get florida go blue :-)
miles, don't you care at all about the election?
i want to finish the puzzle
61 left
what's paradoxical about having things go badly and then deciding maybe we should try something different?
half...is
in this country 'white' people will soon be a minority - i love diversity.
I can' tbelieve how close the vote still is.....
i voted over a week ago of course i care. i want to finish also.
Twink this year, I gotta say I met a lot of Cubanos in the ER (I work right in the inner city in Orlando) they were all for Obama.
od5, a clue anyone?
od + a very long time
i don't know, hurshy. i was not referring to the election. the election is what we do, not who we are.
and the Nurses latinas were all over Obama.
I for one couldn't give a toss whether you are green dont stuff it up.
think of name of movie theater, miles
oh, TO, i was responding to atalante saying we were a paradoxical country
that's good to know, red--
jilli - I know, but he media view here of USa is welm bleurgh! I've been watching USA Wife Swap, unusual for me, since I don't normal 'do' reality TV. However, whilst knowing USA W?S stages comedy scenes, I still like watching it. Your openness/lack of politeness is most amusing. So many extremes thrown together in the mix. I have to say between the rich, awfully American guy who was made to wear a skirt y the hippy 'Mom', I'd much prefer to have been sent to the hippy house.
ty, all on the od5 clues!
i hadn't seen your earlier comment
the election fever in the hospital was nuts, we were all sneaking in the back yesterday to look at CNN...
god i will gald to have this election over.
in the past, cubans were pretty darn conservative. but there are more recent hispanic immigrants there that are there for economic and not political reasons, so they tend to go democratic
amen, temple
I was raised for my first 2+ years in the Bronx! and a s a registerd Rep (since my 18th BD) I voted for Bob Barr...McCain is so out of touch with reality, and gone are the days, or maybe it's because of the widespread use of increasing technology, of seemingly honest and forthright men (and women) being elected because they were honest and forthright..no hint of a scandal anywhere...I shall retire to my fishbowl now....with an occasional game of Babble of course!
i'm glad it's over too... but right now i'm just sort of sitting in awe of the momentousness of this day.
this is also true Twink. Pav I love having you here.
I am the one wishing Franklin co NC would get over it and count the votes.
crap we keep loosing the transmittion
don't go pav
so little by little, the prop 8 is tipping toward a NO. it was 56/44, then 55/45, now 54/46....
herin, your spelling is awesome!
what is prop 8?
what is prop * about?
OMG pab are you *gas* a republican? here, over here, i'll hide you
My spelling is shocking. I'm am so sorry. I forgot to hit spell check. AND i keep forgetting which loose or lose to use.
prop 8 is in CA. Bans gay marriage (or defines "marriage" as "between male and female")
so i want it to be a big fat NO
PRob 8 is to ban gay marriages
only 41 years ago - so, IN Obama's lifetime - there were still states where his parents' marriage would have been illegal. and today he has been elected president. it makes me feel the way i feel about parking garages - a sense of wonder (how DO they build things that can hold tons of cars?)
My Favorite COusin is a very conservative Republican TO....I love him but I am not too fond of his polictics
oh right...
my best friend just married his male partner last week in fear that prop 8 would pass
Twinkie did you see that tinyurl that my friend wrote about it?
and Amendement 2 in Florida is the same thing.
but no noe paid attention to Amendment 2.
Herin - loose is a little flappy around the edges and lose ia 'where are you@'
yes, herin, i was looking at it--thanks for the url. didn't read the whole thing, tho, am watching too many things at once
what is the difference if a civil contract gives same sex partners the rights of a spouse but does not call it a marriage?
Well said Hurshy
Ta Jac. It just doesn't sit in my brain.
Twinkie I agree with her whole heartedly. Oh and she is Christian and married
It doesn't gove the same rights, TO. In the US, because of DOMA, there is no Social Security etc. If there were no DOMA, then a civil contract would be great
I second herin, hursh -- Obama soon to speak -- meanwhile crowds around the White House...
TY Pam.
and we have one here in AZ as well, tht'll prob swing the other way, making marriage for only 1 man 1 woman...it also cuts out benes for unmarried folks (common law) etc. but the biggest issue is defining marriage, as if our state Constitut did n't already have that ... what a waste ...a lot of my friends will prob also leave Az now...
i don't know what is DOMA
of course, social security is going to go kaput with the aging population anyway, pam...
Defense Of Marriage Act
No no Hurshy we are going to fix it. Si se puede.
oh stop criticism for now, please!
you come lilve in my building in mass, pav
If you ever think you are totally balck or totally white, you should watch Ainsley Herriot's 'Who Do You Think You At=re' programme.
I know, but if a couple can only be one man, one woman, then all reslationsips are not equal.
DOMA Defense of Marriage Act, on the federal level, which MCCain at least was right in saying leave it to the states...
i'm ravenous, but don't want to get up and away from the tv right now
Oh I must say I suppose it was alright for Obama to measure the drapes. eh....
Heck, marriage wasn;t my choice for civil rights action--I like the libertarians on it--but once it was defined, civil unions became second class....
pav tthat's what everyone says to hot button issues. our supremes are experts at the "leave it to the states" act
Shuddup awreddy, you lot, and watch history!
Harriott, not Herriot.
he he comes!!!!!! err here
Al Franken is running for senate in my home state of Minn
I feel that today's society we have a lot more to worry about than give a the north bound end of a south bound rat about whether 2 people that love each other regardless of choice should be allowed to marry.
he's mentally ill
nw now, jili! i can't unitl i finihs this grid
With Michelle!!!! and the girls!!!!!
Not here, jilli.... pbs dopsn't have Obama on...
OBAMA IS OUT!
ABOUT TO SPEAK!
obama speaks
CNN do4
mab, how is al franken doing?
mab how is he doing? and jili - i don't watch election nights since i saw RFK gunned down, forgiveme but it made such a terrible impression
switched to CNN
to close to call
wow i am crying and shaking. ALl i can think about is Kings speech.
too
so I showed up to work today, earlier than my usual late start time...no big deal, but am awfully tired...
family looks so nice and happy!!!
i'm sooo sad his grandma didn't get to live an extra two days to see this <sniff>
Ainsley Harriott travelled to the West Indies to uncover his roots and soon discovered that Caribbean history isn't quite as 'black and white' as he'd imagined. Ainsley thought he already knew a lot about his father's side of the family. He'd been told that his great-grandparents, on the maternal line, had come to Jamaica as indentured labourers from India. But when he began his research, he was shocked to find himself heading down a very different path in his family's history. He had thought that the Harriott ancestry was straightforward. Ainsley knew his great-grandfather was in the colonial West India Regiment, and had assumed that they were descended from slaves. In Barbados, he confirmed that his great-grandfather had a distinguished military career, and learnt that he had fought for the British Empire in the Sierra Leone 'Hut Tax War' – an increasingly violent protest against British tax collecting in the protectorate. But he also encountered some extraordinary family details. He discovered how, in the time of slavery, one of his ancestors, an unmarried 'free black' woman, accumulated enough money to buy seven houses. His next discovery was even more surprising. Ainsley's great-great-grandfather, James Gordon Harriott, wasn't a black slave as he had thought, but the descendant of a long line of white slave owners.
http://eserver.org/race/free-at-last.t xt
fascinating
13 words to go now.
re6/21 before to make a lawn again please?
nc has just gone Obama.
Obama is speaking
i think.
don't have it, TO, sorry
see AZ SEE you freaking booers NOT ONE of Obamas supporters booed him
(it's easier not to boo when you've won)
over again, templea/
Well its polite not to boo.
TO, I'm not playing..but do you have the re+"aportion laundry by colors"
i was thinking both of those points herin and hursh
The white slave masters, in the pay of theslave owners, were paid more for spawning free labour (getting black female slaves pregnant) so making more free labour.
~*~ F | I | R | E | W | O | R | K | S ~*~
well, seeing how giant the crowd is at grant park there could be a booer and nobody would hear it
awwwwwwwww
Well done Pink.
yay, pini
GK Pini!
yes i do, ty pav
wtg pini!
or talk again?
pini. so will you be my clue queen? i need help! 55 left!
aww man he mentions his Grandma and thats it im off blabbering about
I can try...
* hoping they take a beagle pup to the white house *
ok, i'm going to lickety, i'll be back
no, a MUTT!
I like your sentiment TO...on your profile...
no, a spaniel!
david axelrod, yes!
dont' have talk again and don't see it *sob* i'm sick and i want to go to bed
I hope they rescue/adopt.
let me know what you need, smiles...
i agree pam
re past tense of talk again
ty pav. friends are a rare thing in life and to be treasured.
no, a cat!
Exactly what I was thinking, pam!
*sob* don't see it...
HI Jellen
got up again, TO
TOwl - I think you want re & the flower
Hi, herin!
'that was a great story, i'm glad you re6 it'
*picks up fish and whacks se4* ty
re6..before the lawn word...do you have opposite of "purchased"
+
humility, yes!
actually my latest "help" would come after the re-lawn word...opps! slinks back into fishbowl...
no, no, not the fishbowl, pav
te5/10 before the canvas dwelling please?
higher than bass, lower than alto
think I'll take Joey for his walk..sidesteps trouble....don't think I'll play next round either..making concerted effort to show up to work relatively on time...
ty
pini, you there?
here
bye PAV
k
night pav
ciao, pav
sleep well pav. yes you can.
need fl5, and fl4, the two at the bottom of the fl's.
123 to go and I'm too tired to find them.
it's bloody late, jac!
12 to go I mmeant not 123.
that was brilliant... whoever of his public affairs people found that old woman in the polling station and drew her story out so fast that he could use it tonight.... deserves a medal.
chimneys have a fl**
the pt
then I'll start reps to move to Australia.....may take a few years, but who's counting?. Ciao/addio miei amici!
* then
I have 80 left oh well
ta - it is bloody late and I'm sick of being here. esp re the election stuff.
omg ata what are you dong here so late?
Hugs Jac
we will celebrate with you at your nezt election, jac
beautiful speech
Thanks herin. Ata - take the dog out for a walk and tell me all about it please!
well done *clap clap clap* great speech
pini, clue fl5/20!
Obama's speech just ended
pt the fl4/8 before it
hi mr p!
too bad some couldn't appreciate it
I think both speeches were well done.
TWO stirring speeches this fine evening.
ty, pini, now for some more!
they were both very well done.
I think Idrather curl my cold feet and butt around my hiruste and very warm partner's body right now.
oh shuddup jac
hirsute.
They just showed Jesse Jackson crying
again, pam?
Jesse Jackson's son, btw, is a FINE orator!
too dark! dark dog, darkness = bad LOL
for a sec, lady, just a sec....
No, jilli, I won't. We in Uk are bloody fed up of all the election talk from USA.
tro 7 clue please?tyvm
brb - dog biting at pant legs...
Michele and bioden's wife's clothes clash, LOL
(someone clue for milesndale while I'm gone!!!)
Ata - 8.30pm okay for you?
sorry, don't have it, TO
ridiculous past tense, TO
sorry i mean ro 7?
i agree, pam. the son has far transcended the father.
jac, with respect, there are a lot of americans here right now, and it is personally very important to us.
ty hurshy. i should have known enable by now
I'm leaving to enjoy the wonderfully hopeful mood -- bye all
you can't expect us to not talk about it right now.
to7 hill & god of love
am I meant, ATa, LOL. These Americans have me not even caring to find my last 12 words with all this election stuff.
fi6/27, the one at the bottom of the fi's, need a clue.
why does 8:30 seem soooo long away?!
ro7 cowboy ro5.12 past tensed
night, jilli
JAc hun do you realise the implications of this Presidency? Our economy world wide is totally rooted and its very important that someone is elected to steer their market back on the right track.
Bye, jilli
Feather - I don't give a flying f*ck! The state of the UK is more imporatant to me and it needs shaking up.
but jac... it's not about politics at this moment... it's about taking a huge step in overcoming some of the worst parts of our past...
Jac what do you need?
jacs i agree with you
fi6.27 fi & misplace or **** something
pini?
that's fine jac, and i can understand why you would be upset with your UK news being taken over by US happenings. however, right here, right now, we're going to talk to each other about it, because we can't not.
I said al I need to say for now.
ty, lynxx
Pini taking care of her dog
cool, ty again, lynxx
TO - the voice of reason. Thank you.
wow, got halfway....
Hi, lynxxx!
Oh and ever channel here bar one is election.
back
realy!
well no need to fed the ugly american sterotype
Hi Jellen!
1/2 hr 52 left. should i try?
of course!
stid did it the other night!
ii am pi**ed becasue all my words are check in lickety but i am short two int he grid
64 left here...my mind's been wandering...
who is feeding the stereotype? me?
Oh and who would have thought in our or our parents life time in my case would a black man get into power as a president?
Herin - I know far more about world politics than you may realise, and Ihaven't made a wrong deciscion, could I hve voted there However, we really do not need from March to November to discuss it.
I cleared my check marks and reloaded, to...worked for me
k, need one more qu, going to check which one it is.
try a 4-some with a different vowel
Well its over now and its more about history.
i am the first to acknowledge that america isn't the center of the world - i always get my news from the BBC, and much preferred being in europe to see a broader perspective, news-wise. but this is a really special moment.
I'm off to bed nowm, grid not finished, Damn!
night jacula
heck, I think it goes on way too long, too, jac. But, it's finally over and it ended on a high note with impressive speeches by McCain and Obama
well said hursh
Ciao, Jac.
goodnight Jac
qu5, at the top of the qu group.
jac what do you need?
clue me!
qu + **** an allowance - a
I thought McCains speach was very gracious
spEEch! Grr!
so did I ru
who?
sorry
breathe Jac breathe
me too... so was obama's
it was peachy too
peachy?
LOL, rurur
obama was lovely
I think Ru caught it from me and my bad spelling
kje, your virtual vacation is over??? already??? ;)
ok has anyone ever had this happen and fixed it? i want to relaod my words but the checl box for add is overlaid by the second text box
ChecK GRRR!
kia ora family hugs happy babbling
Breathing and going to sleep. 'Night all.
Hi Kiwi
good night GRRRR!
Night Jac
G'night, Jac
hi Kiwi
nite, jacs
herin!!!!!!!!! hugs
Hi, Kiwi
nght, jacs.
hi jac nite jac
pini, can you try a new clue for qu5?
sorry, TO, don't use lickety so can't help...
lyn!! herin!!! pini!! ruru!!! tempie!!!! hugs
ciao and sleep well, jac
qu + ashes are held in an *** (use alt vowel)
qu5 qu & Bert & ***ie from Sesame Street
hey kiwi! who just advised to reload lickety> what that pini?
ty, pini
yes, TO
lol, lynxx
ever have the problem i described?
qu plus what one puts the ashes of a late loved one in.
not with the overlap, TO...
hi lynxxx
hi TOwl
oh my throat is killing me - i can't afford to miss another day of wrok
TO honey
TO...hot tea with a dash of honey and whiskey
just whiskey TO..
hot lemon and honey
i think whiskey neat would do it just fine;) night nightm, all
and ZINC
LOL, rururu
cu5 clue, please?
whiskey / zinc shooters TO
what letters does babble say you are missing, TO, and how long words?
so true funny how it seems always in time but never in line for dreams, head over heals from head to toe this is the sound of my soul this is the sound
and i am not an ugly american. cnadian mist willdo just fine
er6, clues?
I have GOT to go to bed. Was wonderful spending tonight with all of you. I so appreciate that we could all be here....
cu + ***tuce in salad is a basic
cu & rent out or *** an apartment
small cu's are the cu 5
er4/4 = bird
Thanks, lynxxx and ruru
ahhhh ha ha ha ha i know this much is true ahhhh ha ha ha ha i know this much is true
i echo that sentiment, pam . . . and sleep well
GN pam... and yay!
er6/24 = wear away
G'night, pam
nite pam sweetest dreams
nite Pam!
er6/21 = pl
ty, on the er clues!
god bless the canadians who make good wqhiskey and overproof beer! night, all! *poof*
de 6/27 after the sandwich shop?
er5/12 = wear away; 6/24 = pt
G'night, TO
de6.27 fool yourself
well i should sleep too... it's one of those days you don't want to have end, but... all good things.... night...
kiwi... who is that in your icon? is that your almost blind date?
nite, hursh
GN hursh... sleep well
night hurshy
nite Hursh
G'night, hursh
oh no this is tony hadley who i saw in concert last night and fell in lust lol
Thanks, lynxxx
so blind date has been bumped from your affections for a fantasy? cool : )
oh his voice - i had hot flushes and heart throbs all night lol
er6/24
he is the ex lead singer of 80s pop icon band spandau ballet
pt of wear away
and he was in concert last night with another 80s icon Paul Young
The di's have me completely blinded....I have just the first. Help?
I am evidently not hip on my 80s pop bands - LOL
di6/21 = petrol
then pt
the last 4 refer to a sex toy
definately heart throb material kje lol
* blush *
di sex toy 4 related words
er 6/24 clue please?
Lol, got the sex toy words, thanks!
add pt to the er5/12
er6.24 past tense of the wear away word
lord, just got er 6/24
about time, miles!
Didn't get the di 6/21...remedial clue, please?
listen to this http://tinyurl.com/6jq79w
di6/21 = type of petrol...
or di4/5 + **ephant
di6.21 cars/trucks are either ppetrol or di****
then pt
Duh!!! Thanks, Pini and Lynxxx!
=)
di 8 is the past tense of pinis di 6
en 8?
go in + Hans ***o
en8 en & french for very & **d man River
Thanks, you two!
pini, got that dang er bird!
YEAH!
fe 5/16, the last?
fe & small hill
fe + ***ent of water
Thanks again!
li 7/40?
fib + gala
Thanks, Pini!
yw
hrmmmm re qu5 is so a word lol
that is such a lovely word li7.40 - see the def of the li4.7
i have 0ne se4, i need 2-3 more? please clue the se4's that do not refer to how i refer to my****
Just noticed the time--won't be able to finish. Oh, well!
eh, i'll keep plugging
se + ** at first you don't succeed
se & ** you can work out this clue, you will find the word
Go, miles!
ty, lynxx
se + s***ch the volume
3 left, and I'm hung....
se + weight
se + ** be or not + **amen are sailors
s & e** wriggly fishy type thing
ty pini
de6/27....so6/21...and to5/16
annnnnnnnnnd done
woohoo herin
Yay, herin!!!!
to = tighten - r
then pl
got the se4's
so6.21 joins metal together or s & not younger
ty, all!
wowowowow go herin woohooo ^5
so6/21 = weld together
no 6/21?
ty
de6/27 = don't de**** yourself
Hi Groovy did you have fun?
no + amt of medicine
or brand of pills to stop you from sleeping lol
Thanks, Pini
i give up. 42 left
yw
omg herin i had an amazing night im still on a buzz from it
talk about wanting to be 18 again lol
brillant
awwww, smiles...
he has so matured and still a hunk and that voice SIGH lol
Giving up with 22 left...
i know. i just looked at the clock, and i'm getting a headache
awwww jellen...
Is prop 8 a go?
Started too late and watched House, then election results...
110
it seems not herin, votes still being tallied
de6 after the sub shop....and to5 after the ringto**
150
oh any idea on when results may be a go?
hey... just saw voters approved a bond to expand my hospital... that i sgood
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