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12:15 am

Here we are!

12:15 am

flip

12:15 am

ah, but no tile stats, etc

12:15 am

flip flop!

12:15 am

not quite...

12:16 am

we're having techno difficulties...it would'nt take my first word...

12:16 am

see the message from Dr God above?

12:16 am

I have a puzzle here but no stats

12:17 am

It worked on clicking the "refresh" button

hi

12:17 am

OH that was scary.

12:17 am

newt, flosey :)

12:17 am

hahaha guess i am an addict.....

12:17 am

that was supposed to say "pretty little newt, flosey"

12:17 am

okay and i'm not even here... i'm getting the guest room ready for a friend who is flying in ....

12:18 am

not.... playing....

12:18 am

must.... resist..... new.... grid......

so, this is not today's puzzle? this is yesterday's puzzle?

12:18 am

I have a babble with 172 words, and a lickety's with only 23 words and a different puzzle.

12:18 am

amy, nobody's playing

12:18 am

isn't that what I have jilli?

12:18 am

hmmmm yeah what's going on?

i have a babble with 172 words also, but i was not around yesterday so i don't know when it's from

12:19 am

oh! just saw the message from Dr God.

12:19 am

it's a new one josh

12:19 am

look at the top of the screen, gang -- Dr God's message!

12:19 am

okay i'm going to go get the guest room ready for REAL.

12:19 am

bye all see ya lata!

12:19 am

bye amy

12:21 am

hey, peeps. how long did it take before a grid went up? I gave up after a couple of reloads

12:22 am

OK, we seem to have 172 words and stats now -- refresh if you don't see them

12:25 am

Sorry about that, folks. We ran out of puzzles again. :)

12:26 am

Thanks for fixing it, Dr_G :)

12:26 am

is this one a repeat then Dr G?

12:26 am

thanks DrG

12:26 am

Brand new puzzle.

12:26 am

you da man

NBT

12:27 am

fer cryin out loud, josh!!!

THanks DR G

i think i had the new puzzle a few minutes before you announced it was there, jilli

12:27 am

I have 11 words

It took 25min but it got fixed thank you DR G

i have 63

12:28 am

probably, josh -- well done anyway -- I'm just envious!

JOSH woow

12:28 am

63 what josh?

hey, it's my last puzzle for a long time so i might as well get a head start, i guess

12:28 am

ty Dr God - saved us all withdrawal probs....

yes he did

12:29 am

23 words?

12:29 am

zips in and settles down.

JOsh were are you going to not have babble?

12:29 am

*thanking Dr G for all his greatness*

12:30 am

is muse here? hi jill! hi all!

i am leaving the country and traveling around for the holidays

12:30 am

eek! this one looks a little tough...

YAH where yo going?

12:30 am

*eyes grid suspisciously*

12:30 am

stid 23 words??

12:30 am

why are you leaving the country joshua? and why would you go someplace where babble isn't?

12:30 am

*bewildered mama look*

12:31 am

LOL, stiddie

i am going to turkey, UAE, egypt, possibly greece

12:31 am

mlf, there are 172 words -- Lickety isn't up yet and it's a glitch

Nice (I would avoid greece at this very moment

yeah, i am keeping my eye on it for sure

12:31 am

herin's got a point

12:31 am

hi all, insomnia again, and then serious agita when the grid was broken....better now, but still not sleepy

12:31 am

hi stid

12:32 am

ohhh ok thanks jill thought something weird was going on

12:32 am

*worried mama look* those are kinda dangerous places, joshua...

12:32 am

more son then what we already experienced

HI Trifs. Do i need to sing you a lalaby?

hence the 'possibly'

12:32 am

*waves magic sleepy wand at trifioso*

they're not that dangerous, stid

12:32 am

ok, while Dr God worked feverishly to reset our grid, I found this fascinating story about my photo ...you can read it in my profile...enjoy! BTW, Hi all!

I have heard Turkey is fantastic if you don't act like a tool and more like a local

12:33 am

herin -- such a pretty newt

with the obvious exception of greece at the moment

Thank you Jill. I didn't find eye of newt jar though (read profile)

12:33 am

hey pav

12:34 am

well, that is okay then... I hope you will have fun!

12:34 am

y's done

i am very excited

12:34 am

hey Stid...best wishes for a safe travel and return Josh...

12:34 am

go ruru go!

12:35 am

I am taking a stidkid north to visit Jill later this month for a couple days, but will stay in a place that has internet access...

12:35 am

Pav -- just read your profile -- what a story!

PAV that is funny. Im sorry but suck it up. Proper mantience on the ditch and this wouldn't happen

12:36 am

yay - we're in

HI HUGGS

12:36 am

need a C where the N is and then I would have "cashew"

12:36 am

q's done

12:36 am

(((hugs))) welcome "home"

12:36 am

go mixi go!

12:36 am

herin, I did read your profile -- don't know what eye of newt jar is

I like animals more than most of the human species.

Eye of Newt jar is a jar with Eyes of NEwt

12:37 am

stid -- fyi -- my gang is coming here for Xmas -- will email you later

12:37 am

and this, lady, is news because.... ?

12:38 am

ooooh! okay jill *curious mama look*

12:38 am

anybody find any big words yet??

me on humans? news? Because we take over the animals habitat and its nice when animals get their own back

12:38 am

I found a couple 6s

i have 7 6's but no 7's

12:38 am

I have 4 6's

12:39 am

stid, it just leaves me a bit freer for post-Xmas dates

12:39 am

I like microbes better now than I did last thursday and friday... LOL

12:39 am

*gasp* did you do that just because of us jill? *worried mama look*

12:39 am

yeah 6 is abotu all i got too for big words just curious seems a bit odd their isnt at least one so far

12:40 am

why, stiddie? I mean, I really enjoyed micro. I did years and years of it, but .... :)

Stamps feet. I want to see Jill

12:40 am

no, stid -- it was Dave's idea -- they will come here and the guys will cook dinner so us girls can take it easy -- niiice, yes?

12:40 am

2 7s, MLF - that's all, and those are the largest

well, i've got 100 but it's already slowing down a little bit

Josh you speed demon

12:41 am

thanks tyger

12:41 am

sa7

12:41 am

LOL herin!

12:41 am

well because tyger -- it was an AWFUL lot of hard work and for a while it seemed I might not make it.

12:41 am

goodness, what a lot of Ys

12:41 am

wow josh, good for you

12:41 am

yw, MLF

12:41 am

And now it looks like I got upper division credit for my first lab science class in 25 years... and the last was in high school.

I want Jill to write her stories

12:42 am

and yes, I know how much hard work is involved in learning to work with microbes

12:42 am

wow, kewl, stid

12:42 am

I wish jill would publish the lovely stories she has already written.

12:42 am

herin, I would if there were 48 hours in a day

12:43 am

yep. I worked m yvirtual tail off... too bad my real tail stayed firmly in place

12:43 am

hi everyone- my clues are screwed up--is it just me???

Refresh Rep

12:43 am

hey, teena

12:43 am

Lickety's clues are invalid so far

12:43 am

did that--says 23

12:43 am

i don't think the new clues are up yet

12:44 am

hi tyger- ok thanks!

12:44 am

oh, my. just realized that I'm nearly an hour late for snack & pills - and now I have hiccups

opps Tyger

12:44 am

oh tyger! go take care of your self!

12:44 am

may BBL. we'll see. right now, I just can't sit here. too uncomfortable

12:45 am

thx, stid, will do :)

Take care Tyger

12:45 am

bye tyger feel better

If Lickety has teed up the clues and babble updating at the same time and automatically he may be delayed as babble was late

12:47 am

Dr God had run out of puzzles

It happens

12:48 am

hello all, insomnia strikes again!

12:48 am

cannot see either of the i words

12:48 am

hi peri

12:48 am

hello peri *sets cup of oatstraw and chamomile tea in front of peri*

Hi Peri. Hands out the calming tea and lavender oil

12:49 am

neither can I

12:49 am

thanks stid

12:49 am

and herin

12:49 am

LOL lady! GMTA

were as im having a sloth day

12:49 am

in5

what have I done know stid I don't understand?

12:50 am

thanks lyn, but still don

12:50 am

don't see it

12:50 am

has the other 7 letter word been called?

12:50 am

I'm finding this very hard

12:51 am

thanks Lyn...found it!

12:51 am

oh! like the parents of your spouse, peri!

12:51 am

have 77 words, but slowing down

12:51 am

thanks lynxxx!

12:51 am

wow. not bad peri

12:51 am

have 66

12:51 am

I have tried that word several times and it is not accepted

12:52 am

seems to me like wawa works for some people..

Stid: Parents of spouse : ANNOYING that isn't in the grid

12:52 am

*grin* now now, lady!

12:52 am

i tried that too herin - i think it is usually hyphenated

12:52 am

it's a singular, not a plural, peri

12:52 am

I have 45

12:53 am

parents of spouse is in the grid but not accepted

what the are ok they are MILES away

109 here and flailing aw4 at that top t

I like them all when they are miles and miles away

12:53 am

singular not accepted either

12:53 am

still not getting the in5 but getting a headache looking for it

that is because its in - law

12:53 am

try again jill, your father's mother in your mother in5

12:54 am

in + not stand peri

12:54 am

don't look, just type...

12:54 am

lol - i just did a typo, and it was an accepted word!

12:54 am

thank you, ruru

12:55 am

oh.... *gasp* thanks ruru, I was cluing it wrong! *hangs head in shame*

so you mean something that sits inside something else Wood term

12:55 am

once I get the other i, I will have NBT and will go back to bed

12:56 am

how about the eye at the top?

night peri

12:56 am

oh peri -- it's "one thing" just it4

12:56 am

not yet, herin, need the top i

12:56 am

Hey yall! This is a noisy puzzle so far.

12:56 am

sheesh, thanks sti

Hi Frog

12:57 am

hi Frog!

12:57 am

got the in 5 but disagree that after the "in" it means "not stand" -- it means what a hen does. "Not stand" and "not sit" are like an untruth, correctly.

12:57 am

see you all later, going to try to get some sleep

12:57 am

I'm stuck on the 2 A's in the bottom row

Do you want a THING for your EYE?

12:57 am

FROGGY!!!! your son is getting SO BIG! the video of him walking was adorable... and your daughter's storyboard was GREAT!

12:57 am

sweet dreams peri

12:57 am

hi froggy

12:57 am

night peri (hope you can have a good lie-down)

12:58 am

any help on the A in the bottom left?

I just clued it

12:58 am

middle bottom a is "not never but" al5

12:58 am

t have it, stid

12:59 am

He's finally deciding that walking is perhaps more fun than crawling, so now he's getting fast at that, too. (He's a turbo crawler.)

12:59 am

???? is that so Just? and um... hm. *thinking*

Frog time for reinforced pants knees

12:59 am

*watching tadpole zip around the room* yep, takes after you, does he?

12:59 am

if they still make them, Sears Toughskins worked well...

1:00 am

as5.10 & an4.4 from bottom left

1:00 am

usually is said in plural but not this time

1:00 am

never needed them for mine, but my brother wore them out

1:00 am

thanks lynxxx and just *typing furiously*

1:00 am

I went through many a pair o' Toughskins as a wee one. :)

1:01 am

yep. Mother swore by them.

ahh, got the sa6/7

1:01 am

Stid - oops - not an4.4 but al4.5

1:02 am

bottom left a is not an4,4??

1:02 am

are you sure lynxxx? I have those from the middle A

1:02 am

thx for the sa6/7

1:02 am

We get most of their clothes from secondhand stores, because kids' clothes there are usually like new.

1:02 am

okay - sa7 from bottom left s

1:02 am

see my meesage @1.01

1:02 am

now I can say NBT

1:03 am

please reclue the bottom left a ...

That is true frog and they grow out of them so quick. I used to buy one or two sizes bigger for my ex's kid

1:03 am

naughty bits tingling!

1:03 am

Just, the only "not never" I can think of is "sometimes" which doesn't start with A

1:04 am

just found oi6 from monkeying

1:04 am

opp of never in singular stid

1:04 am

we do the secondhand stores also -- have to the way the one who is still growing works..

1:04 am

okay, *thinking again*

1:05 am

Why is the grid on Lickety's page with clues different from the grid we're playing with?

1:05 am

because Lickety hasn't loaded this grid to the browser yet aeb

Stid let me guess 'new '' uniform every half year?

1:05 am

falling asleep, goodnight all, may be back for a few in the morning but will be off island most of the day

1:05 am

ty Stid

1:05 am

so please....can someone reclue the bottom left a PLEASE

1:05 am

AHA! got it! but... it came from the middle bottom A

1:05 am

sweet dreams flosey!

1:06 am

al4/5

1:06 am

yes I said middle bottom a stid right at the beginning....

1:06 am

well, our children don't usually wear school uniforms lady -- but yes, new clothes practically every season

looking Just

1:06 am

aha! hugs! I got it! no blank tiles...

1:06 am

ANd past halfway.

1:06 am

I shall leave the rest for the morning.

oi6, eh?

I have for ever and ? and al4-4 2 vowels

1:07 am

sorry just, I am pretty worn out at the moment

1:07 am

how many words on this grid, plz

1:07 am

sheesh stid ....please clue the bottom left a for me (4th request)

1:07 am

extend the al4/5 to get al5/14

JUSt you want the A square with 4 words attached yes?

1:08 am

a collection of information(PL)

1:08 am

sorry that clue was /is for an4

1:08 am

yes herin

OK i have one

al not you but ??

1:09 am

ty ty ty herin

It is a shortened version of Egyptian dancing girl

OK im going to kill my neighbours kids

1:12 am

an7.36 is a little listless

1:12 am

ah, half way, now to bed!

1:12 am

herin, is that as in "going to kill them, brb"?

1:13 am

'Nite flosey!

I was but the mother got them under control. They were squealing so she did the very USELESS thing of ''would you stop that'' in a really pathetic voice instead of the way you do it to a dog, use a man's tone. Kids and dogs both listen to that.

1:14 am

night frog

1:14 am

thanks lyn... got both 7's now

1:14 am

yw Hugs

Oddly enough so do teenage boys

1:15 am

mi'Lady...I don't need to do that with mine...!!...not that they'd EVER misbehave...!

1:15 am

Hmm... Yeah, why is that?

1:16 am

yeah!!!!!!!!! top row done

Its a tone thing. More authoritative.

ahh, got the an7

1:16 am

wow,ruru!

Yah Pav.

PAv how old are your kids?

Yah Ru

1:17 am

Precious is about 4 1/2 and Joey about 3 1/2

Oh. Is this kids or dogs?

*which our fur kids in my world*

1:18 am

my poopies are my kids....

fur kids huh?

1:19 am

yep...I'll have to find an email sent to me explaining why pets are better...it was cute enough for me to save...I think....

I agree. No one complains if your pet gets a time out

1:19 am

It's my Mindy's b-day today - she's 4

1:20 am

i am gonna try to snooze. nite all!

Yah Hugs. Is this a kitty or a puppy

1:20 am

lol my niece calls her dogs (her babies) poopies too!

1:20 am

bye Trif

1:20 am

...and the best part is you can sell the poopies' babies legally...!

1:21 am

a puppy - she's a Westie and she gives us so many laughs

1:21 am

Nite Trif!

1:21 am

I'm sluggish tonight -- one BT -- any help for the uppermost E?

1:21 am

her poopies are spaed

1:21 am

hi 1mar -- just saw you!

1:21 am

does anyone know how many words are in this grid, please

1:21 am

upper e reverberates jilli

1:21 am

in a mountain range the sounds reverberates...Hi HI HI HI hi hi hi hi

Or save the planet and not

1:22 am

em4/6 jili

1:22 am

172 words musica

1:22 am

hiya jilli!

1:22 am

sheesh, I really am sluggish -- ty pav

1:22 am

thanks for that clue - now that e's greyed

1:22 am

and thx for yours huga that e greyed lol

1:23 am

hmmmm

1:23 am

ty Pav....I don't retire for the night until I have half of the grid done....now I have 97 words found.

My cat is about to get very cranky at me

1:23 am

65 left and pretty much well stalled

1:23 am

yes, ty hugs too -- same result, grey tile

1:24 am

I'm at 81 so far...

1:24 am

NBT but only 42 words

back, briefly. has anybody heard whether/when Lickety will be fixing the clue page?

1:25 am

I've got 37 left... but completely stalled

1:25 am

I take it lickety not up yet?

well im going to go do stuff like feed the kitty before she is more irritated

1:25 am

135 here

it is, just, but it's not right

1:26 am

oh? strange that...

it shows 23 words, and has the wrong grid

1:26 am

right, 1mar -- weird things happened at the flip -- DrG had run out of grids

yeah, well. didn't you notice the message at the top?

that is because they probably didn't sink up

1:26 am

I did

1:26 am

huh? run out of grids? how would you know that?

He told us

we don't. presumably Jamie does :)

1:27 am

1mar, DrG said so

[le poof}

1:27 am

Lickety would probably still be at work, or on way home. He automated his clue list...but if Babble wasn't there when that happened, his clue can't be either. You will just need to keep your fingers crossed that he bothers to look

1:27 am

oh good reason lol...didn't get here til about 2am eastern

he sets up a whole bunch of them, but this is the 2nd time this year that they ran out and he didn't notice immediately

well .... nytol

1:28 am

oh my never knew that but then again I think I've just celebrated my 1st year at babble

1:28 am

nite Tyger

1:29 am

nyt, tyger

1:29 am

I've always thought Dr. God was female?

1:29 am

and after today, I should update my photo to a very snowy Montreal....sigh

1:29 am

Happy Anniversary Just!

1:29 am

no its Mrp who's female lol

1:29 am

isn't that God who is female?

1:30 am

keep that up and dr g will give you the troll treatment pav

1:30 am

thx pav

1:30 am

right column greyed

1:30 am

Good for you hugs. I can't find two r's

1:31 am

ummmm....Ru....aren't you supposed to change your flag back to the good ole USofA?

1:31 am

hmmmm...I'm pretty sure she's not going to harm me...much...I have my poopies to protect me!!

1:32 am

nope.. not until Bush is gone back to KJE ville

1:32 am

ri5/14 and 6/24 ruru

1:32 am

oh and what is KJE?

just, if you don't know kje, then we're going to have to check you for illness

1:33 am

ummm - I don't know what it is either

1:33 am

BBL

howdy all!

what do you mean what, it's a who

1:34 am

I am Josephine Canadian...should I know KJE?

1:34 am

kje is our geriatrician babbler

1:35 am

(glad you didn't say geriatric) she's kill you

1:35 am

how does that relate to Bush jilli?

1:35 am

she'd

1:35 am

ooohh... THAT KJE... but what's she got to do with Bush?

1:35 am

good morning everyone:)

1:35 am

she lives in Texas at present

1:35 am

Bush and KJE live in Texas

hints for the 7s - or will I smack myself upside the head?

morning, jean.

1:35 am

hi jean

1:35 am

Hi Dee

1:36 am

not your run-of-the-mill 7's melon

1:36 am

oh ok thx ru

1:36 am

hi melon

1:36 am

didn't know that kje was from there

1:36 am

ok- that explains it a bit more clearly..thanks ruru

hi just!

1:37 am

Hi Dee

1:37 am

I don't think kje is originally from there

1:37 am

I think she's from everywhere ....at least as far as her maps are concerned...

1:37 am

I have three 0 4's what is the fourth?

hey hug!

somebody said oi6 but i can't find it

OK, my head just gut the keyboard. Stuffy nose is keeping me up and I'm exhausted.

1:38 am

err i mean her flags

1:38 am

1mar, she's travelling at present

1:38 am

oi6 is a compound word

ahh, i just got it, ty hugs

missing 6 6's now

1:39 am

think greasy path

1:39 am

got the oi6 -- lucky guess!

tx josh

inlaws

1:39 am

me too thank you governor palin

1:40 am

hi all late flip.....justy!!

woops - I should be happy w/NBT and go to bed! ciao, everyone!

1:40 am

hey dartie nice to see you!

1:40 am

hello dart:)

PB, melon, tsk tsk

hi darty, josh, jili, all I missed

1:40 am

ciao, melon -- hi dart

1:40 am

hugs could I get a clue on the ri 5 & 6?

1:40 am

hi jean volley jilli

jilli, you too

1:41 am

same as the ro but ri RU

tata, jilli - and everyone - {poof}

1:41 am

me for the PB too, duh

1:41 am

thx for the PB word

hi VollyMom

1:41 am

thanks you justy

1:42 am

bye melon:)

1:42 am

same as the kings and queens... just change the vowel

1:42 am

thank you got it

hi clown

thanks for ur help in the clues

1:43 am

hi dee hi

1:43 am

yw

1:43 am

hi clown

i'm still workin on that!

1:43 am

so is it 172 or did I read the early chat wrong?

1:43 am

I need one more c

1:43 am

yes, it's bedtime for me as well...one BT, the Q's, but htere's tomorrow! bonne nuit!

1:44 am

yes 172 dartie

1:44 am

I have te x 2; th x 3; ti; to x 6 and ty... missing 1 pls

1:44 am

it's 172, dart -- no Lickety yet despite appearances

1:44 am

2 ce + 3 ch.. ? the sixth?

1:44 am

night pav

1:44 am

saw dr.g was in too

hi jillibus

1:44 am

q's piece of cake pav

1:44 am

7 to's hugs

nice to see some familiar faces

1:44 am

ci4 ruru

I had lost connection for a wee bit

1:44 am

thanks ruru

1:45 am

alt spelling of head of England

1:45 am

second row grey

did anyone else have that problem?

1:45 am

1mar -- check the real meaning of the q!

1:45 am

thanks Just! now must sleep...

1:46 am

clown there were big problems at the flip but all is fixed now except Lickety

1:46 am

dashing off, bbl, Happy Babbling everyone:)

thx 4 the tip jillibus

1:46 am

bye jean

hugs, i have the same t's as you, missing one

wondered?

oh, just saw ruru's comment

Night jean

1:48 am

fading fast -- time for bed -- night all!

1:49 am

night jilli

1:49 am

mine was the to4/4 babblet

1:49 am

bye jlii

1:49 am

make that jilli

1:50 am

ok, dart, lol *poof*

Night jillibus.. thanks for your help

i have oi x 2, ow - what am i missing

1:50 am

testing

1:50 am

another ow

1:50 am

ow x 2

1:50 am

second row greyed too

1:51 am

hooter ow

1:51 am

morning all

1:51 am

hiya sprite!!

1:52 am

hiya spriteyone!

1:53 am

sigh...just updated my icon to reflect my reality

1:53 am

1Mar, long time no see, or just in passing. How are you?

1:53 am

I'm ok spritey and you?

1:53 am

know what you mean justy..we have had a foot or so of snow in the last 3-4 days

1:53 am

top row greyed now

1:54 am

could be much worse :)

1:54 am

we just got our first storm today about 20cm...now freezing rain on top of it

1:55 am

i'll be fine as long as there is no power outages

1:55 am

oh man, dangerous conditions to be outside then

1:55 am

if so I'll commit hari kiri

good luck just1mar.. sounds like you will continue to receive.. and it has hit already?

1:55 am

at least your legs will be warm then for a bit, 1Mar

don't want the power lines to be freezing again

1:56 am

sure hope so sprite...went thru a horrible ice storm with no power for 9 days about 10 years ago....since then I become paranoid of power failures

1:57 am

sure don't clown...you live here too?

just what i was talking about.. I remember.. and all the trees and it was a horrible situation Just1

1:57 am

I don't blame you! That would freak me out too.

next province over!

ont!

1:58 am

very horrible clown...thank god we have a fireplace...lived in the living room

1:58 am

TO? clown

close enuf

1:58 am

where? have lots of family there..

30 left, slowing considerably

near to where?

1:59 am

nice sarcastic comment in your profile, 1Mar :D

T.O? oops!

2:00 am

that's me spritey...tell it like it is!

2:03 am

Have my sis in Brampton, one niece in woodstock, another in Vaughn, sis in law in TO (formerly Downsview)

2:03 am

totally brilliant, I love it, 1mar

wow.. all over..

2:04 am

ty spritey

2:05 am

oh and nephew in Brampton too. So now you tell me clown

in the skirts of Misssisauga

2:05 am

ahh so not far from my Brampton peeps

same burb.. outsides of TO

not at all!

2:06 am

sis used to live in Miss

where r u?

oh really?

it has gorwn a lot over the yrs

2:06 am

I know GTO pretty well...I'm in Montreal as my profile states :)

u choose to leave!!

2:07 am

night all...stuck at 23 to go..haven't found anything for a while.

2:07 am

If you know Mtl....NDG to be precise

2:07 am

no 7's either darn

2:07 am

hi and bye ruru

2:07 am

ummm nooo I'm still here ...great place to live if you can get over the politics

ohhh..

NDG

2:08 am

got all the a's greyed now

2:08 am

oh Ru want clues for the 7's?

sounds familiar to me

2:08 am

you know Mtl? it's in the west end

2:08 am

night spritey.. have a good grid

2:08 am

no just I will try again in the am.. thank you though

2:09 am

good luck and good night ru

2:09 am

Remind me I have a really cute xmas joke tomorrow

2:09 am

NDG...stands for no damn good heh

yes i belive i woked with a girl .. from that area.. haven't touched base with her in a long time.. thanks for the recall.. Just

lol

ya... but she came here and then went back ..

so something must be good about it!

2:10 am

actually stands for Notre Dame de Grace

well nice to know.. so yes your family is happy knowing you have all the snow.. or do they like to ski?

2:11 am

well I stayed but all my family emigrated to that big city to the west back in the day

2:12 am

my niece does (the one in woodstock) but I don't...besides way to expensive to ski these days

2:12 am

darn I keep trying to make the legal counsellor work

2:13 am

they don't really ever work sprite so it won't take it

oh... so is that where I was to the Cathedral.? NDG?

2:13 am

lol ruru

2:13 am

no...that's downtown just on the outskirts of Old Montreal

2:13 am

I have an "owie" but it is not in the dictionary. How unfair!

2:14 am

The borough of ndg is about a 10 to 15 min drive from there..

oh! k..

got it,...

well .. time to pack some lunches and shovel the melting snow here.. nice chat Just.. til next.

2:15 am

towe

good luck to all with the time remaining.. have a great Hump Day.. and keep the Babble~!

2:16 am

bye clown

thx sprite.. bye

surprised inlaw isn't acceptable

2:20 am

in-law is hyphenated

Hi for a few!

2:22 am

hiya MonkeyG :)

aww ty hug

Anyone see the newts? I still see my ugly wallpaper.

2:22 am

down to 10... closing in

Oh, there they are! NM!

2:23 am

go Hugs gooo

wtg hug

2:23 am

ohhhhh dear, those look... sl4y!

2:28 am

hey everyone. have ground to a halt!!!! does anyone have all the a's?

2:28 am

eyes are closing..bout 20 left nite all

what I am working on now... really struggling with them

I don't have ANY a's! Sorry.

Night Dart!

2:29 am

yes I have, rose, and hi

2:29 am

night dartie

2:29 am

bye dart

I only have ai 4 x 2; 5 al's; 5 an's; 1 as; 4 aw's

2:29 am

How many words today please - Lickety's list does not tie in with this.

2:29 am

aaawwww! and (((((spritey )))))) how's it going?

2:29 am

bye MG sprite justy :) pooof

2:30 am

172 gran

172 words

2:30 am

could be a lot worse atm, rose :) How about you?

2:30 am

Thanks

2:30 am

hi gran, no something is seriously wrong with the lickety list today.

sprite, someone said earlier it's cuz drg ran out of grids tonight

2:31 am

how careless of him!

LOL... he sure fixed it quickly

2:32 am

that is true, in time for us to play

2:33 am

fighting fit and ready to drop. work is crazy at the mo'. everyone seems to want their particular bit of surgery done now, just before chrissy. otherwise, quite well. ankle is holding up very well. found some orthopaedic clogs, made in switerland, and they are just great.

2:33 am

I can help with the 2nd letter clues for the A words, anybody who doesn't want me to though?

I think they said it was goofy for 25 min... so not sure if we will get lickety

2:33 am

spritey , stay, sit.

congrats on the clogs granny!!

2:34 am

that is great, rose! Good going on the ankle. And yes, people tend to go crazy in December.

2:34 am

have ai x 2, al x 7, an x 8, aw x 5. missing?

2:34 am

lol rose.... woof?

2:35 am

* grin *

2:35 am

only an as missing, rose

2:35 am

early or late in the list of an's, sprite?

2:36 am

and fireworks

2:36 am

lol rose, not an AN. An AS.

2:36 am

wtg Hugs!

2:36 am

WTG HUGS!!!

2:36 am

wtg hugs!!

Yay hugs!

2:36 am

will you list it at babanon?

2:36 am

Coingrats Hugs! Hello Rose & Sprite & MG

2:37 am

hiya lyn :)

2:37 am

granny you need as5/10

2:37 am

wb lynxx

Hi Lynxxx!

2:37 am

1 x as

2:37 am

did you see my request Huga??

2:38 am

Hi everyone

2:38 am

hi kathihle

2:38 am

thanx sprite and hugs

2:38 am

yep - just editing it to post

2:38 am

ty so much huga!

2:38 am

hi Kath

2:38 am

ah wonderful Hugs, was just going to say I'd do it if you didn't have the time. But I am not done yet.

2:38 am

How are you today, sprite?

2:38 am

lynxxx> You well?

2:39 am

could be a lot worse, Kath! And you?

ty hug; think a list will be needed for this one :)

2:39 am

Is there something wrong with my pc, or is Lickety on a different page today?

2:39 am

and found. gees this is difficult.

2:39 am

sprite> I'm holding thumbs so tightly I can barely type, lol

2:39 am

Kath, Lickety is a mess today. Well, his wordlist is, not him personally.

2:39 am

very well TY Kath. Lickety couldn't work as Babble was late starting today

2:40 am

awwww Kath :)

2:40 am

whoot, hey lynxxxx. how are you holding up, in this sublime weather?

2:41 am

hi Rose, lovely ain't it! esp after a nice dose of rain. How's that gorgeous grandson and MIL

2:41 am

have ce x 2, ch x 2, ci c 1. missing?

ch x 3

2:42 am

as5? sheesh, I can't find such a possibility

2:42 am

as5 ends like the curved yellow fruit

2:43 am

I am off for a bit, back later. Have fun all.

2:43 am

lynxxx, grandbabby is just that.... gorgeous. he's trying so hard to stand up. MIL not so well. another acute exacerbation of her asthma and chest infection.

Bye Sprite!

2:43 am

bye spritey tc

2:43 am

seeya Sprite

2:43 am

ta dee!

2:43 am

bye spritey

2:44 am

lol .. thx Lynxxx

2:44 am

Thats not good Rose, back in hospital?

wtg granny

still working on my an's :)

ty grose... got my a's!!

2:46 am

no, lynxxx. had an AB script here, waiting. so upped her ventolin nebs, started her on prednisolone and AB's. when she went into Box Hill for a respiratory appointment, the doctor told her that her doctor is managing her asthma very well. Seems I've been promoted!!!

2:47 am

well done Dr Rose!

2:48 am

yeah, we all had a laugh about it, here.

2:48 am

BBL just been served up a nice dinner

2:48 am

later lynxxx

Bye Lynxxx!

I have 2 ri's; 2 ro's; 1 ry... missing?

4 ri's

ty

2:51 am

ok - list is posted in BabAnon

ty so much hug

2:52 am

date4 gedorefslan

2:52 am

ty Huga

2:52 am

yqw :o)

2:54 am

yay hugs!!! thank-you so much

2:55 am

thank you Huga!!

2:55 am

and time for me to head off... g'nite everyone and good luck

2:56 am

nite huga

Time fo rme to go too. Got to walk the dog in the woods and go get Monkey Boy; half day Wednesdays. Have fun everyone!

3:16 am

good morning anyone around

howdy

3:17 am

hello Dee

3:17 am

this grid looks nasty

I think it is... luckily hug posted list on babanon for us all!

3:19 am

is something wrong with lickety?

3:19 am

i haven't looked for the list yet, i try to leave it as long as i can

... I think drg ran out of grids today; so site was down 25 min... I think that may be why lickety isn't up

3:20 am

ahhhhhhhhhh, am glad, better for that reason than some other

so true! finally fireworks for me... needed help for last 34...

3:21 am

wtg Dee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ty so much... off to check email... have fun with the grid & hope you have a great day / eve!!!

*poof*

hi all :)

clues looks abit screwy...

3:43 am

hi MRP

hiya lynxx :)) how ya going?

3:44 am

Babble was late starting today, which is why your beloveds list would be screwy

3:44 am

hi all. hi lynxx.

3:45 am

I'm good MRP, you and yours?

3:45 am

hello Kanga! how's tricks?

3:45 am

not bad. i have my kids helping me tonight!

3:46 am

You'll do well then! kids can always see the words faster

3:46 am

They're doing very well! How are things with you?

hi kanga

3:47 am

Hi mrp! Glad to hear you are doing better.

Clues are up finally

3:48 am

Terrific, we've had some rain and now back to lovely weather

3:48 am

Hi Lickety, nice to see you too

hey lynxxx! hope things are good

3:48 am

Raining for us now. Which is great, cos we just put some new plants in the garden. (hi lickety)

lickety needs valium... wine will have to suffice for now.

3:49 am

ty lickety

3:49 am

hello mrp

I took out a taxi ;-(

hi jacq :)

3:50 am

was worried when someone said there was no list

3:50 am

why is Lickety all wound up?

nasty... but he is ok

3:50 am

hey lynxxx

Crash! $$$$$$$$$$$$

lynxx, he had a car accident

3:50 am

!!!! are you OK Lickety?

3:50 am

crap, lickety! you ok?

3:50 am

oh god, glad you're ok lickety

3:51 am

def needs wine then

he is shaking ... wine and possibly bourbon might help

3:51 am

my kids send their sympathy...

yeah came to a stop when I hit him, slid - brake on, brake off, brake on, brake off, then screaming at the taxi - GET A MOVE ON

he aquaplaned into the taxi... no traction on wet road

3:52 am

not a good night for driving.

3:55 am

eeek. killed chat.

3:56 am

kids say goodnight. hope wine helps lickety. see you all later.

nighters kanga and kids! :))

3:56 am

try to keep warm lickety

3:56 am

Bye kids, sweet dreams

3:56 am

nite kanga

4:04 am

going to do my chores for a bit, be back soon

4:04 am

bye Jacq

4:25 am

Nite everyone, finish this in the morning

4:27 am

morning/night to the other side of the world

4:29 am

woke up to the perpetual winter dilemma of whether to have the very long and hilly driveway sanded. Right now it is a great penguin slide. But it costs $60 each time and if it continues to rain will get washed away.

hi eva :)

good morning babblers

HEllol

hi kiddies

hell lol indeed infern!

Hell is stupid face book

static.ak.fbcdn.net THis is a phishing virus and my pc is like um NO bad bad bad. It is harmless but irritating and facebook is working on it. I am suprised you can't hear me swear from your end

How are you my dear?

anyone?

sorry infern... between work and hell at the moment

thats ok

lickety was in a car accident today, he is FINE!! but our car is crapped. so have to get another car tomorrow. To top it off... we are seeing our legal team for our 'ripoff' agents due to last tenancy tomorrow. All went to hell in a handbasket today

oh frog off. HUGSSSSSSSSSS

OH im going to be naughty

5:34 am

as 5/10 is the only word I can't find - can anyone clue it for me?

5:35 am

found it - fireworks!!

yah anike

5:37 am

Oh my goodness, Mrp. I am so happy Lickety is ok; sorry about the car; Good luck with your meeting tomorrow; sorry it went crazy today

HI Phan

5:39 am

good morning!

how are you?

5:42 am

moring...* yawn*..i hate the am fuzzy brain thing

Hi Carlee

5:43 am

{{MRP}} Lickety is ok????for sure for sure?

5:43 am

Oh, sorry, lady. I am fine; a bit tired but I just got up

5:43 am

this puzzle seems slow going so far

5:45 am

hi phan

5:46 am

morning Carlee

Mr Lickety seems ok Carlee

5:47 am

Can you believe it? My Norton Anti-Virus will not allow me to open the Lickety List this morning.

5:47 am

that odd merk

5:47 am

ok...good... slipping back into fuzzy brain

bugs are about today

5:49 am

i've found some bugs and some vermin

5:50 am

words in the puzzle?

5:51 am

FIREWORKS!:-) Hi all. This is a very 'noisy' grid with lots of weeping and wa****g noises, cat noises and exclamations.

5:51 am

yeap....for me anyway

HI Jac

5:51 am

woot for jacs

5:53 am

wtg Jacula

5:53 am

Woo Hoo, Jac

5:54 am

my phantom is alias....

5:54 am

I was amused by the way the slow-moving thing with a shell on its back (and plural) comes straight after the word describing the trail it leaves.

5:54 am

I was just thinking the same thing Carlee

5:55 am

actually i rarely have a phantom....

5:56 am

Well, I'd better be off; the ironing won't do itself. Happy Babbling all.

5:56 am

byebye jacs

6:01 am

quiet group this am

6:01 am

*lurking and coughing in the background*

Yes we are cause this grid SUCKS

6:02 am

i usually don't put it that emphatically, but I think I agree with you to some extent, herin

6:02 am

oh...it must be twisting my brains way again

6:02 am

it's like pulling teeth to get any words!

it is

6:03 am

well, i've made it to the halfway point without lickety, but no ways near 1 from every tile

Hi Dorens

6:04 am

good for you, Dorens

6:04 am

hi herin

Morning babblers :)

I have to agree that this grid is going to be troublesome

6:05 am

morning nono

6:05 am

jacs was right..lots of animal noises today....and creepy crawlies...would be a good hallowe'en grid

6:06 am

indeed

6:11 am

I am thinking I might open lickety before 1/2 way I only have 69 words

i think i may not bother. HI NONO

6:12 am

just jumped to 75!

6:15 am

50 left here, but frazled after spending *2 hours* trying to get someone to pick my broken car up and take it to its garage!

6:16 am

:( i'm kinda liking htis grid.....found 82 words in 30 min

i am not.

ATA wasn't just small thing?

6:17 am

oh.. our lw babblet in the grid

6:17 am

no. gearbox trouble

6:18 am

it is a bit slow going, but i have gotten down to 62 left (but at that, i still only have greyed one tile)

pfft

bugger

6:18 am

oh, sorry for that ata

6:19 am

morning all

6:19 am

hi mixi

car problems not nice regardless of what they are

6:19 am

ouch....hate it when transmission goes

6:20 am

I phoned up our 2 biggest breakdown providers. I'm still quite stunned by this, but one wanted to charge me £50 more because the car was at home - the gearbox "clunked" while I was out with pup. The lady on the phone actually said to me that I would have been charged less if I'd abandoned the car when the problem started - in the middle of a very very busy dual carriageway - than managing to coax it home

6:20 am

I find that just unbelievable

6:20 am

but bloody typical

OH wonderful. Cause an accident yes that sounds like a plan

6:21 am

exactly!

6:21 am

I would have caused *huge* issues leaving it there, and most likely injured hobbit adn myself trying to cross the road

6:21 am

the stupidity is just unbelievable

and probably been charged with obstruting a busy highway

oh yes. Did you just tell them that you had your ''child'' in the car and it wasn't safe?

6:22 am

yep! and yep. needless to say, I did not choose to give them my custom!

omg cant believe i actually saw the italian greeting. I normally miss that one

6:23 am

" I did not choose to give them my custom" that a good line... <giggle>

6:23 am

ty nono!

6:24 am

i always miss the posterior...

HOw is Hobbit?

6:24 am

sulking cos she didn't get a proper walk!

6:24 am

morning, all.

HI angel

morning Angel

6:25 am

i just love how you brits sound so snooty... when ro5ly ticked off... I So use as much of it as i can when am cheesed off with m-in-l cus she so low class

6:25 am

the local news media was a little hysterical last night. we had rain, sleet and snow. you'd have thought it was another ice age, the way the news carried on.

6:26 am

LOL yes, it's what we do best!

6:26 am

ok, made it 1/2 way with Lickety's help; gonna eat breakfast, walk the dog in pouring down rain, go get my hip xrayed again and hopes to donate platelets today.

6:26 am

hehehe..i did NOT choose to give them my custom....oh boy this gonna be a good one when I choose to use it on her

mmmmfg

6:27 am

Is Jarrel, Tx in the northern part of the state, Angelsong?

6:27 am

she'll do a "huh?..WTF did u just say" look

be all very proper and nice to her

6:28 am

looooool

6:28 am

oh..i do....<evil grin>

6:28 am

not at all., phan. we're much more central.

6:29 am

It doesn'

6:29 am

It doesn't normally get that cold there does it?

6:29 am

( u see ata....ur experiences today..will brighten my day tomorrow..at least SOMEHTING good came of it )

6:30 am

good!!

6:31 am

morning ladies;)

ok himself is home so i am going to go now enjoy

6:31 am

I might actuakly write and complain to the AA. that woman was so out of order suggesting I should have done something dangerous

6:31 am

hi crossy

bye bye herin

hi Crossy

HI Crossy and night night

6:32 am

mornig crossy...

6:32 am

sorry i just came in.what dangerous thing did the aa woman tell you to do?

6:32 am

nite herin....

oh before i go the cat just played dead on the b.f to get the double ear scratchings her eyes are back in her skull all blissed out.

6:32 am

ok, outta here; happy babbling

6:32 am

howdy carlee:)

6:32 am

fireworks

6:33 am

awwwwwwww

6:33 am

hehehe...i love my cats...they so fun

6:33 am

woot for mixi

wtg mixi

she doesn't want to know me though

yah Mix

6:33 am

AA as in Automobile Assistance, not Alc Anon ;) But she told me I should have abandoned my (now dead) car in the middle of a busy dual carriageway and walk home with Hobbit rather than coax the car home

6:34 am

our 2 cats just demanded breakfast and are now feeding

6:34 am

bad advice indeed

6:34 am

One of my two cats is demanding to be petted. see y'all.

6:34 am

utterly stupid

6:35 am

hmmm...my m-in-l in the grid..just not accepted...I wouldnt accept her either

6:35 am

LOL

too funny Carlee

6:37 am

she tries..she does try...but she just does NOT get it..adn she was SO hoping my husband and I would split up so she could have her son back....but all that has happened is he is now more mine then ever...

6:37 am

brb NOT the AA here to take car away!

must be wicked to have a m-i-l like that

6:41 am

she does try....she not...intentionally evil

6:42 am

she just... does not see things the way most people do

6:42 am

she gives credit to those who don't deserve it....and doesn't to those who do

6:42 am

always for the undersog

has she always felt this way about you Carlee?

6:43 am

underdog*

6:44 am

ever since my husband's accident..yes....we had polar opposite views..actually since he bought the dirtbikes

6:45 am

up until then I was the "good " daughter in law

does she blame you for hubby's accident

6:46 am

she felt he deserved to go out and have fun.... and was mad I refused to agree our daughter should have one too

ah i see

6:47 am

no....her philosophy is if an accident happens it was meant to...no matter what...on sept 18, 2007 he was going to break his back

6:49 am

and my philosphy is...is yes.accidents happen..but I wil lnot feel sorry for the downhill skier who races like a madman down a hill chasing the devil and breaks his neck..he CHOSE to ski like an idiot

i have to agree with you Carlee in that no one is forcing them to act like idiots

6:51 am

anyway..since then..her attitude has been anything for the little boy who fell down and had a bad booboo...and I said...get urself up..dust urself off..and make the best of what u have left to work with

6:52 am

i see skiers obliterate themselves on a daily basis,and on a more local note they fill up our emerg with broken ankles and broken writs to the point that us locals end up going 1 hour away to the next large towns emerg

6:52 am

good morning all

yep life must and does go on so deal with it as best you can

good morning wvteach

6:52 am

morning wv

6:52 am

howdy wvteach

Good Morning Everyone Ho are you all.

hi Red

6:54 am

hi rth:)

6:54 am

hmmm..first pass...some chitchat...and only 60 to go...

go Carlee. I only have 62 so far.

i am exactly halfway

go nono!!!

6:59 am

car's gone :(

Oh interesting..the weather guy is frozen on the screen...but we are expecting a high of 80.

how long will repairs take Ata

Ata is your car busted?

7:02 am

yes :(

Horrible.

I am sorry.

7:03 am

me too ... and the breakdown people were just stupid too, which didn't help matters!

ok, i give and cry UNCLE. Someone have a clue for the as5,10. my last word.

7:05 am

Hello Babblers.

7:06 am

as 5 --- add princess di***

7:06 am

has anyone out there recently updated their Norton security and now can't get lickety's clues in expert? grrrrrr!

7:06 am

I greyed the q already--woot, woot.

7:06 am

a + ***s ( french without) + a vowel

thanks babble! firewords!

7:06 am

morning scrabs

7:07 am

I updated Norton last spring...you may need to change your settings or firewall about what sites are allowed.

7:07 am

woot for katy

7:07 am

hi scrabs

7:07 am

Yahooo Katy!

have a good day all. time for work.

7:12 am

Tks for the advice, Scrabs. Guess I'll have to do a little detective work -- after I've Babbled a while!

7:12 am

I recall having trouble in the past when upgrading Norton, especially because I use Firefox and not IE as my browser.

7:14 am

This is not an easy grid, is it? I am hitting the wall at only 52 found.

7:15 am

I'm pretty much computer illiterate! One of those people who doesn't want to know how it works, but just wants it to work! Same for my car! I must reform, I must reform, I must .... ;-)

7:15 am

its...full of creepy crawlies...and animal sounds of the night scrabs

7:15 am

Go to Kim Komando for computer advice.

7:15 am

cat noises

7:15 am

I am now ascared, Carlee!

7:16 am

TY, I got the cat sound, and, if I recall, there is a variant spelling too...

7:16 am

yep 2 m cat noises, 2 y cat noises, 2 h wolf noises!

7:16 am

yepa..there is... and wolf sounds too

7:17 am

TY for wolf--and then bird with big eyes too.

7:17 am

I cannot remember the variant cat sound.

7:17 am

3 or 4 vowels?

7:18 am

extra vowel

3

7:18 am

3 vowels

7:18 am

me5 and mi5

7:18 am

me4 I mean

7:19 am

Aha, I monkeyed it. I knew that I had seen it here before.

7:19 am

OK, I am up to 62 and must get ready for work. Enjoy the day everyone.

7:20 am

yippee for scrabs.....

7:20 am

hagd scrabs....

7:20 am

you as well, scrabs. and tks again!

7:21 am

mornin babblers!

7:21 am

hi eva

7:21 am

hi eva

7:22 am

how are we all today?

carrie fisher on today show- she says she is funny, but she is really not.

7:23 am

we are good eva..i ahve the whole day off :)

7:24 am

i, on the other hand, have a busy day ahead of me!

7:25 am

shouldnt really be babbling, but i cant start off the day right without a quick dive into the grid!

7:25 am

i am planning on making bagels...and baking a cheesecake :)

i have a lot to do also... but...

7:26 am

Carlee how do you make your bagels. I've never done that

7:26 am

i use my bread machine

7:27 am

to make the dough...then u boil in some sweetened water for a couple mins after they have risen...then u bake

7:27 am

Okay, do you boil them? How do you shape them?

7:27 am

time conduming but NOt hard at all

7:27 am

( ther ea recipe on allrecipes.com for bread machine bagels...its perfect )

7:27 am

consuming*

7:28 am

I'll try that ty

Hi Bichon!

7:28 am

hints for the E or i beneath the H? or for the A in the lower-left corner?

7:29 am

Hi red. Warm in FL?

Indeed high of 80 today....a bit too warm.

Eva some floors have a pattern in***.

7:29 am

hello...hello...helllo..hello....

7:30 am

thanks, red!

7:30 am

e+ a ***rophone magnifies a voice

YW

7:33 am

good morning everyone

7:33 am

hi there flosey

7:33 am

hi everyone

7:33 am

hi jmc

Hi jmc. and Flosey!

7:34 am

TY, carlee :)

hi all that i missed while away

unexpected company

7:35 am

got them now eva?

oh shoot i'm off the the pb

7:36 am

no "inlaws?" no "toity?"

thanks Nono, a word I didnt have!

I dont know why no inlaws, but there is only one T in the grid! Hi FIber!

7:37 am

there..done..that was another fun one:)

yaaay carlee!

7:37 am

hi fiber

woohooo Carlee good job

103 down 69 to go

7:38 am

Hi--just popped in for a sec. gotta feed the cats

hi Fiber!

7:38 am

help pls w/my last word....ch 6/24

7:39 am

hi fiber

7:39 am

purina puppy ch*w+ ban***s are good yellow fruits

7:39 am

nm...done

7:39 am

woot for kim

woohooo Kim wtg!

7:43 am

wtg kim

7:43 am

need to get ready to face the morning tasks - BBL

7:43 am

ok..am off to shower..etc... and I think I will do a bit of xmas shopping before I bake

7:43 am

I'll be back later to clue

later Carlee

7:45 am

bye carlee

Pk I did most of the dishes. and opened a box of Holiday cards...

7:58 am

hemi is a word! it is a kind of engine

7:59 am

it is a burly engine!

Trif, have you heard anything from Jean?

8:00 am

hello everyone!

8:00 am

yes nono she was here for a bit yest. she still had rocky at that point

8:00 am

morning Annie

8:00 am

hi annie

I feel so bad for her. I hope Rocky is doing ok and not getting worse

hi Annie

8:01 am

hi flosey, rick

8:01 am

my friend mary alice says all dogs stories end badly

8:01 am

Hi nono

8:02 am

by the way, I did end up going to see the film "australia" last night, and it was GREAT. I def recommend it

8:02 am

I feel badly for Jean also...her battery went dead in her car and she did not take Rocky..

8:03 am

Good morning, Babbloniaphiles.

good morning Judi

8:03 am

Hi Judi!

8:07 am

Hey, Trif.... wasn't Hugh Jackman yummy?

8:08 am

that all dog stories may end badly is a circumstance all who are born share ... birth begins the journey to death

8:11 am

wouldn

8:11 am

kick him out for eating crackers, that is for sure!

8:11 am

MMMMMM HMMMMM.

8:13 am

Hiya everyone.....Is anyone else having problems with Expert or is it just me?

8:13 am

the movie was just so gorgeous. the art direction was perfect, and baz lurhmann is just a genius at setting frames. you could take any still from that movie, frame it, and put it on the wall

8:14 am

Seems to be working fine here, Movieman.

I dont have expert, so...

hi

(What's Expert)?

8:14 am

Yes. The scenery was gorgeous - when it wasn't so dusty.

my Expert is just fine mm

hi matty Expert is a program that Lickety developed for us. If you send him an email he will send it to you

Oooh, I think I may once have had it, and lost it...

8:17 am

Do you think if I email Lickety he will resend me the program?

I think he would MM

I just IM'd him, and he said OK :)

172 and FIREWORKS!

8:22 am

yay no no

8:23 am

hoan

8:23 am

sorry

8:24 am

Guten Morgen, friends and countrymen!

8:24 am

morning inge

8:24 am

I have just e-mailed Lickety, and I am awaiting a response

8:24 am

hiya inge

8:24 am

morgen Inge

8:24 am

Is there a clue for as 5/10? It has me going bonkers.

8:27 am

ending as in princess Di

8:27 am

aebmusica, are you a newbie?

8:28 am

I have a feeling there are going to be lots of weird words today.

8:28 am

right Judi, there sure are

8:28 am

Of th 9 y's, I have one so far. Yeeeesh.

8:29 am

thanks, flosie , tht did it

8:29 am

I have 4 of them

8:29 am

yw inge

8:29 am

nein......been here fuer ein Monat, Inge

8:29 am

Movieman...I am also having problems. I have emailed Norton. I use Norton 360 and am also in England

8:29 am

Norton sucks.

8:30 am

the third letter is the same for all y's

8:30 am

thanks BR, y words complete

8:31 am

Now I am having expert trouble. I had fireworks and now the word list is again 81 left.

8:32 am

That's odd, inge. Refresh?

8:33 am

OK I am back to 0, but it keeps saying Access violation

8:33 am

I am getting out of here while I am still in one shape

8:34 am

Gremlins, Inge. Possibly a server problem. Might want to re-boot entirely.

8:35 am

I had similar problem yesterday inge - had to put words in a second time was not enjoying feeling of deja vu

8:42 am

this little beast of a grid is not exactly a breeze, eh?!

8:42 am

an 7 -- alternate spelling of a condition caused by an iron deficiency

this is a test

8:45 am

tx BR . . . took me a minute to see that you meant the adjective form :-)

Babble why cant I get it?>??

I know the word! I know the alternate spelling arrrugh. Is it that I cant spell?

8:45 am

red, ends in Mr. Jagger

Ooooh.

Perhaps I need to do something else.

8:46 am

:-D

8:46 am

sa 6 ---- add, Ange**** jolie; pl

8:46 am

How long does it normally take to get a reply from Lickety?

Nice Newt Une

8:47 am

tx BR

8:47 am

and tx, red . . . he's more than ready for his closeup!

8:48 am

gotta run . . . BBL . . . airport transport duty calls! :-)

Byue Une.

8:48 am

be well, Uneaixoise

Movieman, it depends, but of course ith the time difference...and apparnetly they are a bit busy right now with family.

8:49 am

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal has an article about the number of women selling their eggs due to bad economic times. Sad

8:49 am

hello all

8:49 am

Oh right, I'll continue to wait then

8:49 am

Hello, peri

And dangerous for the women...

How is everyone anyway

8:50 am

Oooh. Bichon, what a great idea. I never thought of that! Course, I'm old, so they probably would only offer wholesale for my eggs.

8:50 am

ty BR, for the an7

8:50 am

And more women are renting out their entire equipment for even more money

8:50 am

weird weather here, was 19 degrees

Yes BR, now that my dunderhead got round it thanks much...

8:51 am

on Monday and now it is 62 degrees F today

Hi peri. going to be 80 here..

8:51 am

Is donating eggs dangerous?

You are having odd wewather.

8:51 am

I think they're looking for younger women. And you can't have any genetic diseases in your DNA

8:51 am

Donating eggs can be uncomfortable and I think sometimes dangerous

8:51 am

actually, I have a friend that suffers from premature ovarian failure, and my eggs were rejected because I was the *very* decrepit forty years old. feh.

Yes they are looking for women in their early twenties, it can be dangerous and it can also cause the women problems hen trying to concieve later.

8:52 am

Well, I'm 44, so that rules out my eggs. I suppose I could donate them to science. I'm not using them.

8:52 am

so the idea is ill-conceived

8:52 am

red, you have surpassed me in Scramble! So has rolin and someone else I can't remember. I was 3rd last week and now I am in 6th place :(

LOL BR.

8:53 am

Good pun BR

Oh sorry Peri...I've had that high score for a long time. It was a lucky grid!

8:53 am

Har dee har har.

hallooo

8:55 am

92 words left and finding this to be a difficult grid

it is a not fun grid. I am doing better with BR's earlier clues.

Hi Matty.

8:56 am

going to go up to upper 60's

8:56 am

bu it is raining :)

8:56 am

oops meant that to be :(

8:57 am

I got up late, couldn' sleep at all last night, so I missed BR's great clues

If you scroll back. they should be there.

8:57 am

help with the A in the middle of the bottom row please

8:57 am

Light Snow 12°F Feels Like -4°F

8:58 am

yikes, BR

8:58 am

peri - where are you? We have 60s today too, but whipping winds. it is so dramatic and cool

8:58 am

I am too lazy to read the entire grid, just what is on my screen

High today supposed to be 84. But BR likes to lay in the hammock in the cold.

8:58 am

SE, PA

8:59 am

i am in boston, so it sounds like the east coast is having the same weather blip

8:59 am

and you Trif?

8:59 am

I really want to get outside today even tho it is raining, since it is so warm

Peri the an seven describes someone with iron deficiency.

9:00 am

I got that one red, thanks

9:00 am

Trif, my best friend lives in Natick

do you have the an retentive one? Not sure that canme from the a you need.

9:00 am

yes I have that one and no It did not come from the middle A

I also have an ai babblet.

and a mans name and the pl of the name.

9:02 am

I have that too, thanks

9:02 am

and that too, thanks

9:02 am

none of those come from the bottom A though

9:02 am

in the middle

Al 4,4 is from that a.

I'm struggling with the As in general

al plus 2 vowels.

9:03 am

al4 --- male name and pl

9:03 am

ty

9:03 am

al 4 and alack

9:03 am

any clues for the i top row ?

and a yoga position but I think from the corner A.

9:04 am

the al 5/14/

9:04 am

top i is just one thing

9:04 am

al 4 -- add part of to be *r*

Pure test the I is a 4 letter thing.

9:04 am

ok got it thxs

9:04 am

haha how i didnt see that..:S

9:05 am

nm, got the al 5/14

9:06 am

al 5 -- add, "I am the ***. the truth and the life"

9:06 am

BR if that quote is from the Bible I will not get it

I don't have the al5/14...

9:06 am

ty BR, but I got the word and didn't understand your clue. But, it's ok

9:07 am

I got it, thanks BR

9:07 am

that was the al 5.14

9:07 am

didn't know that was a word, it usually has an s on the end

9:07 am

al 5.22 is the one I clued for

I got the clue.... I went to a quaker school. Had Old Testa and New testa class and indeed lots of interesting stuff in there.

No, that was the al 5.22 surely?

9:08 am

dam i dont get that clue..:(

9:08 am

al + not you, but ** + first letter of *ouse

Aah...I'm after the 14...

9:09 am

clue for the al5/14 pls

OK. must go running if I do not want to fry....

that's it - thanks!

9:09 am

that is the 5/14

9:09 am

ty

9:09 am

bbl

9:09 am

got it ty

9:10 am

the one I clued is the al 5.22

9:11 am

clues for the r? have the crowd disturbance and sacred practice...

9:12 am

sacred practice? :s hmm

9:12 am

wats the 2nd letter?

9:12 am

r clues- thinks of queens & kings

9:12 am

okay BR, no wonder it didn't make sense. Sorry, I know very little about the NT [and not much more about the OT]

9:13 am

ry 4 --- Watts disturbance, sorta

9:13 am

kk ty

9:13 am

thanks scibekd...chewing on fish

9:14 am

ri 5 ==== add southern you; pl

9:14 am

ro5...monarch

9:14 am

ro 5 --- add southern you; pl

9:14 am

ri 4 of passage

9:14 am

great, guys! only one more

9:17 am

sa 5 -- highly seasoned fatty sausage: sa*a**

the only highly seasoned sausage I know is a savaloy.....and it ain't that ;)

9:20 am

clues for the Q?

9:20 am

yer the only one i know is salami :S its not thjat

9:20 am

BR you put 6 letters in that clue

9:21 am

i did get the spicy relich

9:21 am

*relish

9:22 am

I cam stop

9:24 am

could use help with q and c words!

9:24 am

me to! lol

OK, I'm probably being as thick as the proverbial brick, but the second an5/10 - the one after the Japanese cartoon?

9:25 am

the 2 q's are the wife of the king but a different 2nd vowel

9:25 am

and then plural

9:25 am

thanks scribe!

9:25 am

matty - it;s okay, it took me a long time too. it's an anagram for the lion who creates narnia

9:25 am

forgot about that word!

9:25 am

sure-

Thank you VERY much Trif!

9:27 am

help on the o 2nd row pls?

9:27 am

one is about money due pure

9:27 am

yvw

9:27 am

errr :S lol

9:28 am

oans

9:28 am

oh am not sure :P

9:29 am

plural lubricant

9:29 am

Now, I know I am not very good at babble anymore after my five month break, but is this grid hard??

9:29 am

and night bird..don't have the other o

9:29 am

yeh it is haha

9:29 am

i think it might just be.

9:29 am

how many words u got left?

9:30 am

and it reminds me of a horror movie, with sl4, sl5...

9:30 am

i have 83 left...

9:30 am

c words? help?

I have all the Cs except the long ch

Babs, which ones are you missing

9:31 am

i only have two... homonyms... one is to eat, or what you eat, and the other is italian

9:31 am

i have only 1 babs group of singers

9:31 am

1 c is like dog food or a breed of dog

There's a ch4/10 - what dogs eat

or what time it is when it is time to eat (ch** time)

There's ci4/5 - often said by Luigi to mean goodbye

pronounced, as it happens, the same way as the ch4/10

9:32 am

ok..dense here...always think I've checked all directions for obvious ones...then I ask and fish I get. Thanks

9:32 am

:S

9:32 am

cila

I'm sitll missing the ch6/24 though - sorry!

9:33 am

but that's still only 3 c's, you have 2 others, then, don't you?

9:33 am

ch6-ch + vowel + 3 letter woman's name

Thanks Scribe!

Oh, there are a pair of CE words as well - do you have those, Babs?

9:35 am

glad to ehlp-I just monkeyed it-not sure how!

9:35 am

at least that one isn't a fish!

9:35 am

*help*

9:35 am

Nello Babble Family !

9:35 am

ch5,plz

9:35 am

**or Hello !

9:35 am

thanks matty!

9:36 am

Matty !! Long time no see !

9:36 am

ce words? clue?

Hi all. There is a ch5 - singing group

9:37 am

thanks SummerBreeze44-I didn't have that!

Those are hard to clue without giving them away Pure. The second is a plural of the first - think of a common spelling rule - that should help?

(vague clue, I know)

Hi Aussie!

9:37 am

**poking babble friends**

9:37 am

:0) Hi Matty, how are you ?

9:37 am

ty Summer........Here I am a Music Teacher....I'm so ashamed I didn't find on my own!

9:38 am

I have the two ce words....

yw :)

Not too bad - you know - working, eating, sleeping, drinking, babbling once in a while

Not necessarily in that order

9:38 am

I only came to have a look-ee at the grid... now I am off again..... HUgs to all xx

9:39 am

**poofing politely**

9:39 am

Hi and bye, aussie. Hello everyone else!

noooo - don't goooo

9:39 am

yeee haaaw! today is another good day:))

9:40 am

hello

9:40 am

clues for middle a bottom row?

9:41 am

al** -a man's name & plural

9:42 am

any clues for 1 of 7s? haha

9:42 am

only one I have from bottom is al 4/4 ending in second vowel

9:43 am

scirbe...think those are not from the bottom a

9:55 am

anyone here?? clues for al 5/22?

9:55 am

Lots of animal sounds in the grid today :0

9:56 am

waaaaaa wawawawawa wawa wawa wa...

9:56 am

al5/22... I will al***s love you

9:57 am

in poetry, sometimes they say "all the time" without an S, making al5/22

9:57 am

thanks ph and hursh!

9:57 am

yw bab s

9:59 am

only see one hydra

9:59 am

anyone have the an 7?

10:00 am

clued earlier, but I didn't get the clue. :-(

10:01 am

iron deficiency clue, but spelling didn't work for me

10:01 am

an7 different sp of not having enough iron in your blood...add extra vowel before the M

10:02 am

I got it thanks

10:03 am

I'm really struggling with today's grid

10:03 am

yw ruru

10:04 am

well that's the 7's out of the way at least!

10:05 am

A's finally done!

10:06 am

not for me - that 7 is the only corner one i've got!

10:07 am

still don't have either 7...:-(

10:07 am

oi6/36 anyone?

10:08 am

the spelling is more original babs - it got simplified for american english

10:09 am

hi all. matty oi6 is gas route

10:09 am

Thanks skooj!]

10:09 am

yw

10:10 am

keep trying...not getting spelling that works.

10:10 am

mm strange spelling on the an/36..like a euro or britt spelling;/

10:11 am

an7...add latin ending then ***key Mouse

10:12 am

sa6 like a harmless solution they put in your IV, but change the last vowel, and then pl for the 7

10:13 am

ty hurshy

10:16 am

thanks Hurshy!

10:16 am

any hints for the ch6?

10:17 am

ch + vowell + woman's name

10:17 am

thanks ruru - what a dumb word.

10:18 am

last mi 5/12?

10:18 am

oh - it's pretend. thanks enable!

10:18 am

dracula's bride, plural

10:18 am

or, a diff spelling for the black bird that talks

10:19 am

second yo 5/22?

10:20 am

yo 4/10 is a animal sound in pain the plural it for 5/22

10:20 am

looks like a yelp

10:21 am

u sure that's the second one? I have the animal sounds for the other one

10:21 am

Nice grid .. not ..

10:22 am

ruru did you get the mi?

10:22 am

sorry i havnt listed yet so was unaware the total number of y words;/

10:22 am

yes just got it thank you

10:22 am

172

10:22 am

Y + i *** you money, that's the first one, the animal sounds are the second

10:22 am

well, i still miss two Y's, but, that's my best guess

hi all - back for my last 12

10:23 am

aha

10:23 am

no,

10:23 am

the second one is a sound you make when you are hurt or startled

10:23 am

then there are 2 y,s that use nautical terms

10:23 am

finding them as we speak:))

10:23 am

personally I am offended "yowsa" didn't make it in

10:23 am

3 if you count the pl

10:24 am

thanks, hursh...thought I'd already typed in..usual story...lol

10:24 am

A sailboat with the mizzenmast abaft the rudder post ..

10:25 am

yup

10:25 am

lookit tor the sailor

10:26 am

Arrr ..

10:26 am

i can almost smell the briny deep.....

10:26 am

Sorry ..

10:26 am

my sister didn't know what "brine" was. :P

10:26 am

gads. ElizaBeth, "towels" is not in the grid. Please stop entering it. thanks, enable

10:27 am

2nd yo 5/22 ends like frontiersman Jim Bo***

10:27 am

after growing up in rhode island, where the guy who would tell you the ocean forecast went by the name of salty brine...

10:27 am

an 7/36 please?

10:28 am

an 7 is a variant sp. of what you are if you lack red blood cells

10:28 am

salty brine! (((hugs))) and now his son is the morning guy on wror, and has been for years!

esssssssss...

10:28 am

ahh nothing foner than making westing round the lizard with a full press of sails and the ship with the bone in her teeth eh torgopne?? lol

10:28 am

lack of iron in the blood lynn

10:28 am

with an extra vowell

10:28 am

My ex-brother-in-law's ex-wife thought swine was the plural of swan ..

10:28 am

ni 6/27?

10:28 am

oh dear, yes, i suppose old salty is dead now :(

10:28 am

im totally not getting the spelling

10:28 am

i think he might be....but wally rocks on.

10:29 am

a ni6 is a politeness

10:29 am

kind of the english spelling lynn

10:29 am

thank you lynn...i've been trying for a lonnng time to get the spelling.

10:29 am

anyone have the ni 6/27?

10:29 am

some would say an unnecessary politeness

10:29 am

ni6 - continuation of ni4,

10:29 am

yea im going nuts

10:29 am

my dad and his wife lived aboard a 40 footer, and when my little brother was born he didn't have a crib, just a litlte hammock in the foc'sle it was SO CUTE

Good afternoon all.. stimped on the as 5, 10??? THX for help

10:29 am

hints for the A in the lower-left corner?

10:29 am

now that the way to be living trif:))

10:29 am

thank you flosey

10:30 am

done

10:30 am

yw ru

10:30 am

Clue for the as 5/10? It's my last one

10:30 am

go ru ru!

10:30 am

wtg, I just finished also

10:30 am

Hello everyone. any help for the Qu's? please

10:30 am

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

10:30 am

as + collection of literary works

10:30 am

it is a babblet jayde as + woman's name

10:30 am

yes, my stepmother really misses it. Now they live in a house, across from a marina in common fence point, RI, so they are still pretty happy

10:30 am

QU's sound like female royalty

10:31 am

Thanks!

10:31 am

FIREWORKS

ditto the thanks.

10:31 am

must run now, going to Chemainus lunch/theatre today with 'the girls'

10:31 am

GTG

10:31 am

See you all tomorrow

10:31 am

if i lived in a sutable climate id be living on board a nice boat;)

10:31 am

Bye!

10:31 am

ok that an blood clue can i get another i cant find it grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

10:31 am

thank you:)

10:31 am

Lyn, add an extra vowel in there

10:32 am

lynn, if your blood is low, you are an7

10:32 am

britt spelling almost

10:32 am

i used to love falling asleep at night in the cockpit, with the sounds of the other boats halyards chiming away....heaven on earth

10:32 am

bye now

10:32 am

would be spelt this way in old medical texts

10:32 am

ive tried everything lol

10:33 am

me too lynn

10:33 am

who's got the E besides when you hear a sound again?

10:33 am

add the first vowell in the middle of the modern way of spelling it

10:33 am

Start at lower left a + n + the two vowels you have to use to get to ***key Mouse ..

10:34 am

hursh, last four letters of an7

10:34 am

thats it,im tapped out:)

10:34 am

hursh e +***rophone

10:34 am

ah, thanks CHS

10:34 am

and bichon

10:34 am

hope haz aint watching;(

10:34 am

ahhh finally

10:35 am

yw hursh

10:35 am

tyvm torgone

10:35 am

yw hursh

10:35 am

yvw Lynn ..

10:36 am

MAN this is a sucky grid

10:37 am

as5, anyone?

10:38 am

to5/18 (and maybe the related 6/30)? anyone?

10:38 am

Words more full of verity have ne'er been uttered ..

10:38 am

as + princess di***

10:38 am

matty - like the yo5/6 combo

10:39 am

Thanks hurshy!

10:39 am

the illustrious verbosity of the tittilating verbage has facillitated my enunciaton of sillibants...whew!

10:39 am

thanks, mattyg

10:40 am

think i broke my brain on that one...:/

10:40 am

if youre really, REALLY annoyed with someone, is it ok to kill them? kill them really, REALLY dead?

10:40 am

Arr .. the decks be aw5/20 ..

10:40 am

man the pumps!

10:41 am

not nice to leave corpses laying around eva

10:41 am

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.

10:41 am

Hello Trifioso

10:41 am

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.

10:41 am

ill clean up after myself! so long as i dont hafta go to prison or anything, im *totally* ok with cleaning...

10:41 am

good grief movie man..no more coffee for you

10:42 am

V For Vendetta - great film!

10:42 am

must have swallowed some v's in his coffee!

10:42 am

Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. - V - V For Vendetta

10:42 am

but i really, REALLY, *REALLY* wanna kill him a lot. and i dont mean i want a lot to kill him, i want to kill him a lot!

10:42 am

never kill him,just make sure he hurts for 50 or 60 years..then kill him

10:43 am

slowly

10:43 am

eh, im too annoyed to have to deal with him for another 50-60 years! then i suffer too!

10:43 am

Too right matty

10:44 am

I think the film's better than the graphic novel, actually.

10:44 am

what's going on eva?

10:44 am

How much are you looking forward to Watchmen?

10:45 am

A hell of a lot matty, as well as The new Terminator and Transformers movies

10:45 am

is mi 5/16 a common verb used in England? have never heard it before?

10:46 am

I don't know it, Babs

10:46 am

we have been working on this project for 2 months. there are 3 of us here who are testers (im the lowest tester on the totem pole -- the other 2 are "senior" testers, one of them being our new test lead) so, we received the requirements 2 months ago so we could start writing our test plans. they were supposed to have been finished like 2-3 weeks ago so we would have time for a few reviews/edits. the date kept getting pushed back because the other two hadnt finished their plans (mind you, mine was done on time). the dates got pushed like 4-5 times! finally, we are supposed to have a review TODAY so we can start testing on friday, and the test LEAD is STILL coming to me asking for clarification on the requirements + i had to spend MY morning fixing the test plans of the OTHER senior tester!!

10:46 am

serisously -- what have these people spent the last 2 months doing?!

10:47 am

i don't think mi5/16 is a verb... i thought it was a kind of bread

10:47 am

*grumble*

10:47 am

so...is there a way to bring this to the attention of the management team...imagine you've already tried that or they won't listen?

10:48 am

hursh, can I have a clue to the mi?

10:49 am

four left

10:49 am

my test lead *is* my direct supervisor... and the person he reports to knows both of them are lacking, but theyre already having issues with one another... theres a reorganization going on right now, so no one wants to rock the boat. :/

10:50 am

rhymes with micro fi*** --storage form in the library

10:50 am

ty Babs

10:50 am

ahh...the typical dysfunctional team junk! at least you know your work was done and others do as well, no?

10:51 am

two left - both LIs. LI 6/18 (before nasty bugs that live on the head) and LI 5/14 (before an essential G&T ingredient)

10:51 am

i dont mind being the person to clean up after everyone else... but i HATE when everyone waits until the last minute to dump it on me, then i hafta stress myself out to get it all done. im not the senior, im not the lead. i dont get paid like they do, so this shouldnt be my problem.

10:52 am

OK, got the li5/14 - jut the 6/18 now

10:52 am

sounds to me eve,all you have to do is wait for the smoke to clear and you will be the only left standing:)

10:52 am

the li 6 is the pl of the li 5/10 bbefore it

10:52 am

oooh duh! Thanks guys, that's fireworks for me :)

10:52 am

sadly, in contractor-land, it doesnt quite work that way.

10:53 am

:(

10:53 am

usually, if youre good at your job, you get punished with more work while the slackers sit around all day + pick up their paychecks....

10:53 am

Thanks everyone - that's my lot (and it beat working ;) )

10:54 am

have a good one

10:54 am

so..this is the way the work world is...what are your choices to make it better? If none, then take a deep breath and know inside you did your best...sound like mom here!

fireworks

10:54 am

o fond that if every day you do the best you can and do not worrly bout the other slackers then you should reap the rewards.and if not you can be secure in your own mind that you provide a honest effort for your wages

10:54 am

hello

10:54 am

cngrats matty and josh

10:54 am

darn typos

10:54 am

i'm a slacker today, on vacation

10:55 am

yeah, pretty much. im just venting. (and hoping i can just kill the people who are annoying me!)

10:55 am

vent away:))

10:55 am

Yeah! Vacation! I'm just slacking off. Don't feel like doing anything!

10:56 am

i thought you were just typing in the Canadian lilt, cross!

10:57 am

a old saying eva is that contentment in all manner of work will oftentimes be reduced to the purity of service,the way in which you work...rather than the one wo is being seved...thats how body guard can live in peace cause oftentimes the ones they protect really deserve a bullet

10:57 am

lol babs

10:57 am

darn typos..but you get the drift

10:59 am

love your comments, cross!

10:59 am

i think i want a banzai (sp) tree this year:)

10:59 am

ty babs

10:59 am

2nd an 5/10??

11:00 am

my better half says i have a never ending case of the verbal trotts

11:00 am

and I'm sure she gets many benefits from those trotts!

11:01 am

crossy loves babs;)

11:02 am

babs loves crossy too!

11:02 am

i asked the wife if i could marry you and she said no;((

11:03 am

ah...well that proves she loves you and your trotts!

11:03 am

indeed;)

11:05 am

crossy..you have the an 5/10 second one?

11:05 am

i only have the an/7 so far;9

11:06 am

an + she's a bonnie ***s

11:07 am

im only 42 in,im slow out of the gate today:(

11:07 am

how about ni 5/14?

11:07 am

is it all verbal or do you have e-'nn'ails eva? ask the'nn' to send you any requests; always e''nn'ail when yours are set for review; cc anyone upper who should know

11:07 am

e-'nn'ail "verficication"s of conversations

11:07 am

lol still no new keyboard eh ndan?

11:07 am

cute little squirrel outside my window...recently had critter control block entrance to our attic...poor little squirrel looking for warm place...:-(

11:08 am

what's todays totals pls

11:08 am

you will get the new one and forget to use the m lol

11:08 am

fingers still go there

11:08 am

172

11:08 am

ty

11:11 am

should just mail you one of my spares;)

11:14 am

could someone get me started on the bottom row A's?

11:15 am

love you for ever and for al***s

11:15 am

al 5/14 with m in the middle

11:17 am

thanks

11:17 am

sn 5/12?

11:20 am

Just got that word Babs sn + contents of fireplace one day later

11:20 am

thanks, bichon!

11:20 am

ty bichon:)

11:20 am

It's a great Scots word. Means to use abusive language

11:22 am

BABS??!! (hey everyone) how are you?

11:22 am

I am listening to a student presentation again... I, of course, am ALL done now, just have to sit and listen the next couple days.

11:22 am

hi, stid! very cold here for texas

11:23 am

getting chilly here, too-- down in the LOW 40s at the moment

11:23 am

howdy stid:)

11:23 am

about 40 here too!

11:23 am

lol -10 c here today

11:23 am

to 5/18?

11:24 am

do you get out much in the winter, cross?

11:24 am

yup...cant let 3 feet of snow stop ya!:)

11:24 am

to 5/18 when your car is stuck you get a to* + abbrev. for an example

11:24 am

i work at a ski resort..have to get out;)

11:25 am

sounds like a fun job!

11:25 am

can be

11:25 am

brrr cross... up near Whistler?

11:26 am

My brotherinlaw goes there sometimes.

11:26 am

can also be a grinding deamon that slowly strip your soul down to the bones and from which there is no escape....i love my jobs:)

11:27 am

Babs, did you get my to clue?

11:27 am

hi hi hi

11:28 am

hi melissa

11:28 am

redshoes, long time no see!!

11:28 am

hello!

11:28 am

did you just about float away yesterday?

11:29 am

Yes! my friend woke up this morning and asked if the world washed away last night

11:29 am

:-D

11:29 am

I've been crazy working a few different jobs to make ends meet

11:29 am

no, bichon...didn't get it yet

11:30 am

got it bichon!

11:30 am

I gathered pairs of animals last night just in case, though

11:30 am

red, i saw in NY Times that lots of women are making big bucks donating their eggs . . .

11:30 am

ohmygod, spent all day drying my dogs!

11:31 am

your car is stuck, it needs a to* to get out of the ditch +for example *.e*

11:31 am

I don't know if anyone would want mine! Plus, don't you think that'd be weird? Having little yous walking around you didn't know about??

11:31 am

i SAW THAT IN THE wALL sTREET jOURNAL. cOULD HAVE BEEN RICH FORTY YEARS AGO

11:31 am

sorry for caps, damned laptop

11:31 am

moot point for moi! LOL

11:32 am

bichon LOL!

11:32 am

heh.

11:32 am

just thought you were excited, bichon! LOL

11:32 am

a bit damp is it Une?

11:32 am

we had 3 inches in less than 24 hours . . . but we needed it :-)

11:33 am

oh my!

11:33 am

Only 3 inches? Felt like 3 feet!

11:33 am

i know!

11:34 am

checked with relatives in Louisiana--had seen tornadoes on CNN but they were OK . . .

11:34 am

phew! that's good.

11:34 am

3 touched down in Alexandria

11:35 am

this grid is KILLING me!!!!!!!!!

11:35 am

yikes

11:35 am

may have to go to the list . . .

11:36 am

ni 5/14?

11:36 am

like mi5/16

11:36 am

ni*** marketing--highly targeted

11:38 am

that second clue helped better than the first Une. =) thanks for both words.

11:38 am

75 to go . . . taking a break

11:38 am

yw :-)

11:38 am

ugg! can't believe i missed that!!!

11:39 am

crossy looks to the left of the screen where licketys lovely list lays still hidden.....

11:40 am

hm. perhaps I should check the news to see what the weather is like

11:41 am

top 2 rows grey!

11:41 am

argh. next presentation begins... (no time to play today apparently)

11:41 am

go hurshy go!

11:41 am

*fades out*

11:42 am

crossy cranks open the list and dives in...sploosh!

11:42 am

*wipes off splash residue* thanks crossy...

11:44 am

90%! i'm getting the list too.

11:50 am

2nd sl 5/12?

11:51 am

Can I offer you a sl*** of cake?

11:51 am

SL 5/12 = a piece of pie or what stores do to prices during a sale

11:52 am

uh oh....cake in the face surrounded by swimming fish!

11:52 am

hello everyone - just popped in to finish the grid

11:53 am

hi JMann

11:53 am

hello lynxxx - how is it going?

11:55 am

hey JMann!

11:55 am

Not bad generally, gridwise maybe not so well, 30 left which seem elusive. You?

11:55 am

hi Stid!

11:56 am

hello stid

11:56 am

hey lynxxx, trying to stay awake, this particular presentation has great information, but the student is less than thrilling to listen to.

11:56 am

i'm down to 25, but they too are being elusive, lynxx

11:57 am

wow. I am stalling out with 65 to go. Not completely "with it" today.

12:01 pm

hi all -- gave up on waiting this to load last night, so here goes

12:02 pm

hi Cybernan, was about 20 minutes after normal start

12:02 pm

na 5/10 second?

12:03 pm

Babs - NA 5/10 = deals with the nose, as in Post NA*** drip

12:04 pm

how can i stare at this grid so long and miss these???thanks jmann

12:04 pm

or think the US Space Agency + I *ove you

12:04 pm

thanks jmann and evening all

12:04 pm

my culinary brilliance will never end! I've just discovered how to roast a chicken :) and hi!

12:04 pm

no problem - I just happened to be working on that one myself and just got it

12:05 pm

ooh roast chicken ata, i could just eat some of that and hi

12:05 pm

hello lilliann

12:05 pm

hi Ata

12:05 pm

hi Lill

12:06 pm

inlaws isn't a word????

12:06 pm

in-laws

12:06 pm

i know cybernan - that one I was sure was a word!

12:08 pm

i thought this grid started off being a nice one, now i've changed my mind!!

12:09 pm

fw here..thanks for all the clues and company! anyone want clues?

12:09 pm

congrats Babs!

12:09 pm

wtg babs!

12:10 pm

Congrats Babs

12:10 pm

when did hyphens ever stop enable before?

12:10 pm

Babs - any clue on the OI 6?

12:11 pm

I'm sure its something simple

12:11 pm

compound word building off of oi 4...another word for road, path

12:12 pm

ah, got it, thanks

12:12 pm

yw

12:12 pm

silly word!

12:14 pm

evening everyone

12:15 pm

hi katiekins!

12:15 pm

hi katie :-)

12:15 pm

hi Katie

12:16 pm

just looking at your gallery, ata...haven't visited in awhile--so beautiful!!!

12:16 pm

oh! thank you!!

12:16 pm

my daughter's web page has some of her newer stuff...now applying to theatre production schools looks like instead of visual arts

12:16 pm

i thought this might be a quick grid like yesterdays, how wrong was i!!

12:17 pm

theatre work is more stable career than visual arts, I would think, even with the vagaries of theatre life!

12:18 pm

I wasn't keen on yesterday's grid, i hope this one isn't any worse

12:18 pm

maybe? trying to get her interested in learning a few supporting skills...has been doing henna work when time.

12:18 pm

well, it depends what you want to do in theatre

12:19 pm

at least theatres need theatre people, it must be harder to justify paying an artist? well, maybe? I'm kind of guessing!

12:19 pm

i preferred yesterdays katie. have you heard from your mam? is she having a nice holiday?

12:19 pm

izzylawlor.com is her site. her orchids on her school work page remind me of your work..love your oxonmoot, parade, and calla especially!!

12:20 pm

She's having a great time thanks lill, it was a bit cloudy the first week but has been better since

12:20 pm

stalled at 99 -- must be tea time!

12:21 pm

i would think it is still warm tho even tho cloudy...jamaica was like that, even when it was raining and you could still get a tan...it was very weird! i'm glad she's having a good time. when do they get back?

12:21 pm

Babs - what type of theatre work is she interested in doing? Tech, directing, acting?

12:21 pm

her henna work is always so lovely!

12:22 pm

They will be back next Monday :-)

12:23 pm

to the cold...how nice, not!!

12:24 pm

i must start getting ready for our hols, i can't wait for some heat, i hate the cold, but i'm glad the snow has gone now...the last of it went today

12:25 pm

when and where are we going?

12:25 pm

where did they go, Katie?

12:26 pm

They are in Cuba

12:26 pm

oh lovely!

12:27 pm

we are going to egypt again next friday but go to manchester on thursday and will be away for xmas and new year this time

12:27 pm

jmann...she's interested in it all, but will have to choose a focus...so probably costume and makeup. She loves to act, sing, dance, do costume design, makeup...could see her as a production designer

12:27 pm

Lovely Lill, we are going away on the Sunday again for Christmas and New Year, can't wait!

12:27 pm

is she good at sewing?

12:28 pm

cuba is on our list of places to go. we were hoping to go back to jamaica next year but can't afford it at the moment so have booked egypt again but somewhere different this time...masalam

12:28 pm

where are you going katie?

12:28 pm

marsa alam? nice diving there!

12:28 pm

she's done some sewing, felting, knitting (just coming up with her own armwarmer recipe), sculpture, origami...now working on senior project with sewing and construction of costumes based on nature themes

12:28 pm

Wow Babs, so young, so talented! you must be v. proud

12:29 pm

We are going to the Maldives I have been before but hubby hasn't I can't wait to see his face when he gets up in the sea plane

12:29 pm

I remmeber marsa alam when it was little more than a bunch of huts and 2 hotels

12:29 pm

thanks ata, i knew i had spelt it wrong

12:29 pm

Costume design is definitely one that is in demand, makeup not so much, unless it's specialized makeup (think something like Phantom)

12:29 pm

just try to keep up with her and help guide her...temperamental artist temperament!

12:30 pm

oh great katie. we wanted to go there and thought better of it because of me and mobility

12:30 pm

do you work in this field jMann? have recommendations on schools?

12:30 pm

you can get some fab tours into the desert from Marsa - loads of old ruins to poke at

12:30 pm

I do work in theatre - and even with a bad economy, there are still jobs out there.

12:30 pm

where we are going in marsa alam there is nothing around

12:30 pm

but we will go out and about

12:31 pm

have recently found Webster outside St. Louis and their conservatory program

12:31 pm

The islands I have been to have been very flat with no steps into anything but you do have to be able to walk on sand as all of the paths are sand. I'm sure some have better facilities than others though

12:31 pm

well, you have to really trekinto the desert a few hours, but it's great fun

12:31 pm

it's still not overly built up ata but i think it will get that way

12:32 pm

what do you do jmann? have any suggestions for a gap year for her? thinking of internships, apprentice work, etc?

12:32 pm

that's the problem with wheelchairs...they don't go well with sand..lol

12:33 pm

As I say I am sure there must be some that are OK but definitely not the two I have been to so far, will report back on this one

12:33 pm

well, I used to be a Production Manager, and now I'm a Stage Manager

12:33 pm

you'll like Marsa, lilli

12:34 pm

my hubby and daughter went to the valley of the kings last time we were there and loved it but said not good for me, i ususally miss out on lots of good tourist spots

12:34 pm

don't be surprised if you see a lot of military outposts there though, abandoned tanks etc!

12:34 pm

thanks katie, i'm sure there will be one i can go to

12:34 pm

oh right, thanks ata

12:35 pm

you would have thought in this day and age things would be getting better at tourist attractions!

12:35 pm

liliann, i just got back from 9 days in Egypt and i vowed that i didn't want to see another step for a long time. it can't be easy for you to see some of the things from the ancient times.

12:35 pm

it's from all the continual border skirmishes with Sudan. It's a bit disturbing for a day or two, but it's pretty much all old or abandoned

12:35 pm

i love egypt altogether ata

12:36 pm

me too

12:36 pm

well, i don't think that putting ramps in the pyramids would be a good thing katie..... there might be a few protests...lol

12:36 pm

Where is she located? In Texas as well? What is the largest theatre close by to you? See if they have internships listed on their website. Does she have a theatre program at her school?

12:37 pm

its not joey, but there are still things i can see and do and i love the people over there

12:37 pm

i wish that i could remember, but one of the temples was very disability friendly. had all types of ramps, etc.

12:37 pm

hope you had a good time joey

12:37 pm

had a great time

12:37 pm

jmann...she's interested in stage management too, but I think she's more the designer type...any ideas on schools? We're in Austin. She may assist a tech. director for work experience this year for a kid's acting program.

12:37 pm

is there still trouble between them now ata?

12:38 pm

She goes to a Waldorf school..very small...300 seat auditorium though...they do impressive plays in high school grades 10 and 12.

12:38 pm

I don't think so, beyond normal border grumblings

12:38 pm

really, could you have a good think for me joey...you have 7 days.....lol

12:38 pm

We're in the middle of most people's seasons, but some run year-round. If she can assist a Tech Director that would give her some great experience.

12:38 pm

can I get your e-mail jmann? or you could send it to mine which is listed with profile.

12:39 pm

To be a stage manager, you have to have a lot of patience, a lot of it, because you're dealing with everyone's business

12:39 pm

oh ok, thanks ata

12:39 pm

any good programs in CA that you like, jmann?

12:40 pm

right, Jmann...i think that's not her forte.

12:40 pm

joey, thats why i married a big strong man so he can heave me and wheelchair all over the place and if not good for the chair i just get carried everywhere....i might have to trade him in for a fitter, younger model soon tho....lol

12:43 pm

sorry Babs - I just sent you an e-mail

12:45 pm

there are good programs around the country. I went to a school that also had a professional theatre company attached to it, so it gives an opportunity to study and then (possibly) work your way into the professional world as opposed to most schools which just give you a degree and say "Good luck"

12:46 pm

sa6/18 is driving me nutso, could i get a clue?

12:47 pm

I just tried to google it lill but the information on the web is rubbish

12:47 pm

sa6/18 - salty place

12:48 pm

oh ok, thanks anyway katie

12:48 pm

Any of the ones here in CA that I know of are going to be expensive (because you are out of state).

12:48 pm

thanks, it helps if i stop trying to use a 2 point letter!

12:49 pm

down to 50 -- list time

12:49 pm

loool yes :)

12:51 pm

an7?

12:51 pm

okay! break time! *sound of things breaking*

12:52 pm

an7-diff spelling of a person who has low iron in blood

12:52 pm

thanks

12:52 pm

different>? normal!!

12:53 pm

not on this side of the pond-sorry

12:53 pm

on this side of the pond it is ;)

12:53 pm

al 5/14?

12:54 pm

Babs - looked up UofT at Austin, and they have links to other theatres in Austin, but not sure how big those theatres are.

12:54 pm

Al*** for the poor and canadian ending?

12:54 pm

only if you know how to spell it, I went to the US version of the spelling

12:55 pm

20 words to go until half time and I can hear the list gently calling :-)

12:55 pm

go katie go!!!

12:55 pm

kaaaaatie! kaaaaaaaaaatie! *is the list*

12:56 pm

Crumble is sitting so close to the fire I will need to check her for burns in a while

12:56 pm

ty harp -- will we ever live that down?

12:56 pm

one of my gran's cats set her tail on fire that way *facepalm*

12:57 pm

I'm not mocking it yet, crumble could be joining it

12:57 pm

That made my decision to list easy, can't get Lickety up - ??

12:57 pm

just have a glass of water to hand!

12:57 pm

Mari's cat use to sleep on the ashes of the fire when they were still glowing

12:58 pm

oh oh lynxxx!!!

12:58 pm

seems to be working for me.

12:58 pm

down to 62. listing NOW

12:58 pm

cats are STUPID!

12:58 pm

bragger :-)

12:59 pm

wait..cats are stupid?..i beg to differ

12:59 pm

one of my cats used to sleep on cacti

12:59 pm

omg katie... surprised your mam didn't have a barbecued cat!!

1:00 pm

maybe she couldn't reach an itch????

1:00 pm

the same itch every day for years?

1:00 pm

neverknow....maybe had dry skin???

1:01 pm

no, only skin infections where the cacti spiked her

1:01 pm

hi Carlee!

1:01 pm

i have a cat here who tells me when it is time for bed....i have NO idea how she knows what itme it is

1:01 pm

shame she wasn't lying on an aloe vera one ata

1:01 pm

owie... cactus spikes HURTS

1:01 pm

hi carlee

1:02 pm

noooo only big pointy ones!

1:02 pm

hi lynxxx...

1:02 pm

cats obviously like pain!!

1:03 pm

oh well, break is over. down to 56, will lurk while the students talk...

1:03 pm

so how is everyone's day going?

1:04 pm

what the latest gossip with the young students stiddy?

1:04 pm

Rhubarb is very very smart, Casty is average, Crumble is a little challenged in the intelligence department

1:04 pm

you really don't want to know, carlee!

1:05 pm

Oh ata whats wrong?

1:05 pm

poor Crumble!

1:05 pm

I love her more for it :-)

1:05 pm

what now ata?

1:06 pm

oh, they're having some technical difficulties.

1:06 pm

car gearbox went caput and then I spent 2 1/2 hours, literally, getting someone to come and pick it up and take it to the renault garage *sigh*

1:06 pm

are you an AA or RAC or something else person, Katie? (before I rant about them!)

1:06 pm

oh dear atalante... *hot cup of cocoa and plate of cookies*

1:06 pm

yes...i remember that....and now???

1:07 pm

nothing else. that was enough

1:07 pm

crumble sounds like my sort of cat katie

1:07 pm

i love renaults.... wish we could still get them here

1:07 pm

i'm aa ata

1:08 pm

2 and half hours!!

1:08 pm

what were they doing

1:09 pm

AA. omg. you know what the idiots told me today? that I should have left my car where it broke down rather than coaxing it home, because it would have cost me £70 less to join and get breakdown cover if that was the case (breakdown cover was another grrrr, husband apparently forgot to renew our green flag cover, so I had to get cover at the same time)

1:09 pm

anyway, where the car broke down was in the middle of a very very busy 60mph dual carriageway. She suggested I should have walked home from there with Hobbit.

1:09 pm

well...when I finish making my chocochip cheesecake ata...u can have a slice....

1:10 pm

OMG ata, that does count as a bad day!

1:10 pm

the AA tried to charge me - get this - £270 to get my car to the garage

1:10 pm

shuffles off to the kitchen to get Ata a baileys

1:11 pm

oh..i have mudslide in my fridge... or a glass of amerone ata?

1:11 pm

which dual carriage way ata, i used to live down there

1:11 pm

oooo now that's a good idea!

1:11 pm

A2 going to Canterbury!

1:11 pm

Hmmmmmmm what did they end up charging you ata? *hands over a very large baileys*

1:11 pm

that's typical!!

1:11 pm

omg I wouldn't stop there and walk if someone paid me!

1:12 pm

especially not when it is icy

1:12 pm

not the best road to be walking with a dog or not...very busy!!

1:12 pm

ri 5-6 combo, please?

1:12 pm

and with poor hobbit too

1:12 pm

how badly is hubby in the dog house?

1:12 pm

ni6,plz

1:12 pm

I told the AA exactly what I thought of their service and phoned the RAC, who charged me £150ish for year's membership and picking up the car today, within 40 minutes they were here and car was poofed off to Canterbury!

1:12 pm

C'nan - same as the regal set

1:12 pm

how much?!?!

1:13 pm

well, put it this way, I think he should be rather glad he's away for the next 3 days!

1:13 pm

ty lynxxx

1:13 pm

i've been with both but must admit i've never had a problem with the aa, but only had to call them out once and hubby was with me then

1:13 pm

ni 6 builds on the 4

1:13 pm

good for the RAC, I know it is expensive but at least you have a years membership and whilst it was expensive they weren't actually blackmailing you

1:13 pm

ni6 ....to give help someone whom u don't wish to would be polite or one of these...

1:13 pm

unlike the AA

1:14 pm

we have our aa membership with the bank now

1:14 pm

absolutely! I didn't mind paying that. I just refuse to pay over the odds for people annoying me!

1:15 pm

I'm not sure who I am with, I have a company car. I should really check before I need it!

1:15 pm

and the AA nearly refused to take the car to Canterbury, because they wanted to tow it to the shitty garage in Faversham. Which would have been pointless cos the car is under warranty with Canterbury Renault!

1:15 pm

ty car

1:15 pm

you should, katie!

1:15 pm

might be a good idea katie

1:15 pm

Crumble has now moved to my lap and her paws are burning me, I think she is hot enough!

1:16 pm

oooh..i just found a recipe for pumpkin ginger scones....sounds yummmm

1:16 pm

LOL katie

1:16 pm

anyway, so that took over 2 hours this morning, but at least the car is with renault now. They can't look at it till Friday, but it's their problem now and not mine, so I don't care!

1:16 pm

did they give you a courtesy car?

1:16 pm

i could do with her on my lap...i'm freezing and my cat isn't overly loving!

1:17 pm

do you get a courtesy car ata/

1:17 pm

hi kids!

1:17 pm

not yet *sigh* they can't do taht till they look at it, and they can't look at it till Friday. But on Friday they better do!

1:17 pm

hi k21

1:17 pm

see thick cats are the best :-)

1:17 pm

hi k21

1:18 pm

they really should now, but after all the rest, i really couln't be bothered to argue

1:18 pm

Hi k21

1:19 pm

they certainly are katie...mine is lying on his cushion next to the radiator

1:20 pm

typing has got slower as she has her head on my hand

1:20 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for he help (and thank God for Lickety)

1:20 pm

Congrats C'nan!

1:20 pm

congrats cybernan

1:20 pm

woot for cyber...

1:21 pm

does anyone here cook korean anything?

1:21 pm

wtg nan!!

1:21 pm

ty - clues anyone, before I dash?

1:21 pm

no thanks nan

1:22 pm

on my way then -- back at the flip :)

1:22 pm

but! I did learn how to roast a chicken today

1:22 pm

no thanks nan

1:22 pm

did it taste nice ata?

1:22 pm

you learnt today?

1:23 pm

dunno yet lol. I've got to take it out any minute now!

1:23 pm

have finally updated my profile so am no longer 7 months pregnant

1:23 pm

okay, between presenters again...

1:23 pm

actually, right now! i'll be back!

1:23 pm

drat. missed nan. hey jakes-mum!

1:23 pm

wb stiddy...

1:24 pm

I need that last, fishy, AN 5/10 please

1:24 pm

hiya stid

1:24 pm

ok..gone to make my cheesecake....back in about 20 mins...or not..i may just go lay down and have a nap..we'll see

1:25 pm

bye carlee *waiting for cheesecake*

1:25 pm

an5 an + opp of first, ***t

1:25 pm

bye Carlee

1:25 pm

hi jakes mum

1:26 pm

thanks jessmom!

1:26 pm

bye carlee

1:26 pm

yw

1:28 pm

okay, next student is up!!!

1:31 pm

1 word to go till list time :-)

1:32 pm

got it, off to the list

1:32 pm

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocolate -Chip-Cheesecake-I/Detail.aspx?prop31= 1

1:33 pm

here the recipe..but....I use digestive cookie crumbs..no choc in crust...and I use good quality chips ( in canada...the decadent ones....NOT minis)...and I put a layer of semisweet choc ganache overtop

1:33 pm

and no sugar in the crust either

1:33 pm

stop it Carlee!

1:34 pm

( oh..and more chips then it calls for ...until looks nice..ok..gone to mix the cheese filling and pop in oven

1:35 pm

yay, I can officially roast a chicken!

1:36 pm

one less excuse!

1:38 pm

did you use Jamie's book for instructions ata?

1:38 pm

wtg ata!!

1:39 pm

nope! mr tesco's instructions on the back of the chicken pack!

1:39 pm

jakes-mum, the pix of your children are soooo sweet!

1:42 pm

you can get them from there in the bag which you just put the whole lot in the oven now ata

1:42 pm

the garlic one is nice and there is a lemon one

1:43 pm

oh yes! they just didn't have any of those the other day - the lemon one is gorgeous

1:44 pm

and the meat is nice and moist...very tasty!

1:44 pm

can't find my last two words, clue to ch6, please

1:46 pm

ch + vowel + Ms. Karenina

1:46 pm

OR comedian Margaret Ch* + Ms. Karenina

1:46 pm

thanks

1:47 pm

yw :-)

1:47 pm

I agree, lili, I love those chickens

1:47 pm

ty une

1:48 pm

i'm surprised the bags don't melt on the chicken with the heat

1:48 pm

it's a very clever system, however it works

1:51 pm

yes! Fireworks

1:52 pm

wtg 3b!!

1:52 pm

has anyone else here visited Culloden? *randomness*

1:55 pm

whats culloden ata?

1:56 pm

a huge battlefield in Scotland, big huge famous Jacobite battle , Bonny Prince Charlie etc

1:57 pm

hubby says which part of scotland

1:57 pm

i haven't

1:57 pm

by Inverness

1:58 pm

as5/10 clue pls?

1:58 pm

hubby was up there yesterday...inverness

1:58 pm

oh cool!

1:58 pm

but not visited there

1:59 pm

ina lorry

1:59 pm

as and princess di***

2:00 pm

I was just watching a prog about highland rebelilions and Culloden etc., it's the strangest place - and the presenter has just said the same - it's the only place I've ever been too that you can feel the ghosts around you. It's very - odd.

2:00 pm

ty lilliann

2:00 pm

yw mary

2:01 pm

i'm having to watch top gear

2:01 pm

crossy grins at everbody round a mouthfull of smoked ham and sweet onion mustard and mayo on a cheese kaiser;))

2:01 pm

lucky you!

2:01 pm

i use to hate going to places like that when i was younger with my mam ata as she feels dead spirits

2:02 pm

hi Crossy

2:02 pm

culloden is the only place I've ever truly truly felt something like that

2:02 pm

hi crossy, thats ounds nice...got any spare??

2:03 pm

*sounds

2:03 pm

howdy lynn;)

2:03 pm

mmm yummy cross!

2:03 pm

howdy lillian...wish i could mail you one;/

2:04 pm

am glad to see you are eating now, is your apetite back to normal now crossy....been away from babble for a few weeks so need to catch up

2:05 pm

our grocery makes the best bagels,last year they changed the recipie and made them smaller to save costs.i wrote the presedent of the entire corp and said to put it back and add a dollar if he needs to...he did!

2:05 pm

yup..all back to normal lillian:) and i have head fuzz now;))

2:05 pm

if its that good people with pay it

2:06 pm

oh great....glad to hear it crossy. :-)

2:06 pm

absolutely

2:07 pm

they are so good lillian that people buy special toasters for them,cause they wont fit in regular ones;))

2:08 pm

hi all....clue for an7 please?

2:08 pm

lol..we pay 40 dollars for special toasters to toast 50 cent bagels;)

2:08 pm

an7 lack of iron in blood

2:09 pm

the an 7/36 being spelt in the olde english way ;)

2:10 pm

hello, back to find my last 44 words

2:10 pm

yay for olde englishe :)

2:10 pm

howdy and wb peri

2:10 pm

ya verrily

2:10 pm

they must be good then crossy!!

2:10 pm

hi peri

2:10 pm

thanx for that!

2:10 pm

hi Peri

2:11 pm

hi peri

2:11 pm

lill,they are soft,and cheesy,or oniony and almost the exact size of a bread and butter plate;)))

2:12 pm

mmmmmmmm!

2:12 pm

they are my achilles heel;)

2:12 pm

i had bagels for the 1st time this summer in jamaica....they were a bit dry for me

2:12 pm

think they would be mine too

2:12 pm

when i finnaly ick off i want to be buried with half a dozen:)

2:13 pm

kick

2:13 pm

afternoon, all

2:13 pm

bagels, more than a lot of things, have to be *good* bagels. bad bagels are meh

2:13 pm

the cheese ones sound nice

2:13 pm

hi jes

2:13 pm

Toasted bagels simply with cream cheese - yum. Or otherwise fresh, with smoked salmon, cream cheese & capers - double yum

2:14 pm

yes, cream cheese and salmon

2:14 pm

bad bagels are crap..the m-in-l says she gets a dozen frozen ones for 3 dollars and is shocked that i pay 3.99 for half a dozen..but there is no comarison im telling you

2:14 pm

sorry got distracted the train company just sent me a bottle of wine and a really cool wine opener, no wonder my tickets are so expensive!!!

2:15 pm

lol kaite;)

2:15 pm

that was nice of them!

2:15 pm

or, or, with herring salad. Can you guess we live near a kosher deli?

2:15 pm

i had toasted ones with cream cheese. and some of them had herbs on

2:15 pm

or salt beef

2:15 pm

have to love a woman who gets her booze delivered by train;)))

2:15 pm

I was converted to salt beef this summer

2:15 pm

hmmm...you guys are making me hungry!

2:15 pm

lovely katie

2:15 pm

I was a little shocked :-) Good customer service though :-)

2:16 pm

cream cheese and strawberry jam on marble bagels...hmmmm

2:16 pm

or montreal style smoked mean with honey djon:)))

2:16 pm

meat

2:16 pm

I'm going to raid the fridge now, not drinking the wine as it looks expensive, I don't usually have a wine with a number on in this house :-)

2:16 pm

looool

2:16 pm

LOL katie

2:17 pm

if you get a bottle with a ribbon and a marked seal in a blob of wax,run for the hills katie;)

2:17 pm

if they send you wine, they might as well send you decent wine!

2:19 pm

jaque cousteau (sp) once drank a 3000 year old red wine that he found in a sealed amphora in a greek wreck he was diving on:))

2:19 pm

Jacques Cousteau

2:19 pm

he was offered a million dollars for it and he turned it down

2:19 pm

drank it with family at a roast beef dinner

2:19 pm

show-off!

2:20 pm

I would have taken the money!!

2:20 pm

said"was not bad"

2:20 pm

which family LOL

2:20 pm

with his first born son

2:21 pm

was my favorite show when i was younger;)

2:21 pm

you know he had two complete families? with Francine and his sons, and then one with his mistress and her son?

2:21 pm

every week you tried to picture yourself as a member on board the calypso:)

2:22 pm

didnt know that ata

2:22 pm

did not know that Ata

2:22 pm

he's my hero. I have a whole shelf of his books, and another of old videos of his

2:22 pm

and I have one book signed by him

2:22 pm

fireworks!!

2:22 pm

27 left, bbs

2:23 pm

yay lilli!

2:23 pm

must away and have bath and finish making my xmas cards so i can post them tomorrow...take care all...bye

2:23 pm

bye, lili

2:24 pm

hi jes

2:24 pm

how's it, ata?

2:25 pm

good good, except I have a little Hobbit with big sad eyes cos she's a bit limpy. I told her not to run so fast!!

2:26 pm

aww. arthritic?

2:26 pm

yeah ... not badly, but just enough to stiffen her up every now adn then

2:27 pm

joint supplements?

2:28 pm

she has glucosamine, it keeps it under control 99/100 days. she was just chasing pheasants earlier *sigh* and that tends to undo all good from the glucosamine!

2:28 pm

glucosamine is the most amazing thing!

2:28 pm

heh. yeah, no cure for weekend warrior syndrome

2:29 pm

"spaniel bouncing syndrome" lol

2:29 pm

she'll just have to take it easy for a day or two

2:29 pm

anywya, how are you? I saw your LJ about your strange clients!

2:30 pm

rough day; tis the season for things to die, apparently. lost one over night, euthed one this am, got another this afternoon, and dr s has 2 euths this afternoon

2:31 pm

oh no :( I'm sorry. that must be a hard day

2:32 pm

yeah. not really happy about it. but it'll pass.

2:33 pm

any happy stories? waggy tails?

2:34 pm

mmm. well, got to see one of my favorite clients today. really nice lady, mostly nice critters. she's helped me a lot on some of my fosters (got me into the CT at the human hospital for the brain damaged cat...)

2:34 pm

she's always fun to talk with

2:35 pm

well that's good :) you need some happy moments!

2:35 pm

yeah. here's hoping she finds someone for Pippen :)

2:36 pm

oh! the boy in your pic? he is *adorable*. I'd have him if I could!

2:36 pm

yup, that's him. not a thing wrong with him, either (other than what's wrong with so many small-breed dogs; nervous of strangers, not good with toddlers)

2:37 pm

I have 5 ho, is that enough?

2:37 pm

gah. he is absolutely lovely

2:37 pm

dunno, lynxxx, that's 5 more than i have ;)

2:37 pm

1 more than I have!

2:38 pm

hmmph. hoity is SO a word :(

2:38 pm

TY I'll try he's then

2:39 pm

yep it goes with toity

2:39 pm

well, i found 5 ho's. i've got a 4/9, 5/20, 4/9, 5/20, 4/7. same as you have, TO?

2:40 pm

exactly, Katie!

2:40 pm

lovely looking dog jes

2:41 pm

isn't he? needs a house!

2:43 pm

Not in England with three cats he doesn't, but I'm sure he will get someone soon. It's shocking how quickly people will dispose of their pets isn't it

2:43 pm

what is he? do you know?

2:43 pm

half dachsund, quarter pomeranian, quarter chihuahua

2:43 pm

what a mix!

2:44 pm

yeah. people breed crazy crap over here.

2:46 pm

at least they managed to keep all small breeds

2:47 pm

i suppose that's good; if nothing else it should make him easier to place

2:47 pm

ceil

2:48 pm

sorry!!

2:48 pm

thanks ;)

2:49 pm

LOL one of my friends got a dog recently - she was told it was poodle x something small, so it wouldn't grow too big. It's now huge, and she discovered it's actually poodle x old english sheepdog *facepalm*

2:49 pm

any clues for the CH 6?

2:49 pm

standard poodle, not toy, i hope!

2:50 pm

yes!

2:50 pm

heh. it's amazing how many people don't know that poodles come in anything but toy

2:50 pm

ch6 ch & UK actress J***n* Lumley

2:51 pm

ah, thanks lynxxx

2:51 pm

hi all

2:51 pm

jes: http://tinyurl.com/5hpjhs *giggles* she's the funniest looking dog!

2:51 pm

fireworks!

2:52 pm

wtg JMann!

2:52 pm

hello nrkii, and thanks

2:52 pm

anyone need any clues before I go?

2:52 pm

Congrats JMann. Now if you can just tell me the total points I would be very grateful

2:53 pm

there are 172 words for a total of 2030 points

2:54 pm

TY

2:55 pm

wow, ata, that's a heck of a head!

2:55 pm

she's the strangest looking dog , she really is! but such a darling

2:55 pm

Done. Weird that I am probably the closest to Lickety and I still can't get his list up. Anyway - off for the day, another lovely one. Byee

2:56 pm

bye dear!

2:56 pm

bye lynxxx

2:56 pm

have fun, lynxxx

2:56 pm

bloody hell, just checked the corkscrew on line and it sells for £23.50, didn't know you could them that expensive!

2:56 pm

bye lynxxx and congrats

2:56 pm

wow!!

2:57 pm

bye lynxxx

2:57 pm

this is a good club to belong to :-)

2:58 pm

well, i'm off too. have a good day (or evening) everyone

2:59 pm

have fun, JMann

2:59 pm

bye JM

2:59 pm

I've got to wr*** addresses on cards, the thank you cards are a bit late for the wedding gifts ;-) hopefully bbl to get some more

2:59 pm

enjoy!

3:00 pm

bye, katie

3:02 pm

well, got 95 words on my lunch break. not too shabby. may be back later to get more if time permits :)

3:02 pm

bye jes!

3:02 pm

ya'll have a happy day, and if you hear of anybody in need of a Christmas puppy, send 'em my way :)

3:02 pm

bye jes

3:07 pm

done!

3:08 pm

not sure there's anyone left reading the chat, but if there is, good luck...happy hunting... see you later!

3:09 pm

yay nrkii!!

3:11 pm

YAY nrk!!!!

3:11 pm

bye nrk... bye jes... *waves sadly*

3:12 pm

hey stid. in and out between calls

3:12 pm

hi stiddy!

3:12 pm

hey jes.. another free puppy, eh?

3:13 pm

indeedy. and really puppy this time; he's only 7 months old!

3:13 pm

oh, jes, what a precious puppy!!!

3:13 pm

oh, how sweet

3:14 pm

yup. ya want him? ;)

3:14 pm

he's adorable!

3:14 pm

but as you know, poor college students can't afford more mouths to feed

3:14 pm

sigh . . . already have 3 . . .

3:15 pm

I wish I could, jes, but you are right that he is the sort of critter that should be easy to place

3:16 pm

I'll ask around my friends inOregon, hes

3:16 pm

jes!

3:17 pm

me too, une. that'd be great, ata

3:17 pm

:-D

3:18 pm

okay, lecture about to start. heading back out.

3:18 pm

*mini poof*

3:19 pm

have fun, stid

3:38 pm

must must finish now. this grid is starting to bug me

3:40 pm

hello all, still 25 to go

3:42 pm

hello peri me love

3:42 pm

18 to go here

3:43 pm

i had 35 to go just a minute ago when I hopped back on, but I am doing pretty well so far. I always find it is best, when I am really stuck, to poof for a bit and come back fresh. Anyone else do that?

3:44 pm

absolutely. words usually appear!

3:44 pm

Ata, on my list on Scramble I am now #6 :( redturtlehead, rolin, muse, and ? are all ahead of me. Last week I was #3

3:44 pm

oops - here comes diggity to annoy me

3:44 pm

awwww!

3:45 pm

why does he always need to go out, right as I sit to babble?

3:45 pm

just because, of course!

3:45 pm

but you are still number 1 on my list Ata. I asked BDG to be my friend but she has not responded. just as well, cause she would beat me too

3:45 pm

Evening all - tricky old grid tonight

3:45 pm

hold on - I am going to put his royal cuteness on my profile....he hasn't had a turn yet....

3:45 pm

yay!

3:45 pm

one of these days I will put my cat, Zoe-Anne in my icon

3:46 pm

anyone got a clue for the last 2 nas please

3:46 pm

think nose, Kazz

3:46 pm

post na*** drip

3:47 pm

ty so much peri - i have been looking at these letters and just not seeing the words

3:48 pm

okay - click on my profile to meet the furry love of my life

3:48 pm

NP, Kazz, happens to me all the time

3:48 pm

help with ni6 please

3:49 pm

i don't have it peri, sorry

3:50 pm

Trif, I found the ni6. pleasant and abbrev. for thank you

3:51 pm

a friendly deed, peri. Hi all, only here to update the icon themes.

3:51 pm

hi there spritey

3:51 pm

oh, duh...thank you sprite!

3:52 pm

sprite - that is one of my daughter's nicknames - sprite.

3:53 pm

and there it is, we'll be doing Mountains tomorrow! I love mountains. Bye all, have a good time.

3:53 pm

17 left, bbs

3:54 pm

oh trif! he's gorgeous!!

3:55 pm

thank ata. I am so in love. We adopted him as a part of a rescue effort. He was born in St. Croix and flown up here with a bunch of other pups. About 6 months later we went to a huge reunion, and let me tell you, I got the BEST DOG

3:56 pm

awwwwwww :) he's *adorable*!

3:58 pm

ugh. bogged down in the sn 5,12. anyone get it? is it a weird word?

3:59 pm

is that the slug with a house, trif?

3:59 pm

nm - monkeys came through

3:59 pm

oh, sorry, that's a 5/10

3:59 pm

and no, jes, I had that one

3:59 pm

how many are words are there in this puzzle please?

4:00 pm

172

afternoon... how is the day?

4:02 pm

hello red!

4:02 pm

I was mad productive earlier, now I am babbling. You?

ran, saw the doctor...thats about it... dog walked...

Ata do you want a shoe report?

4:07 pm

I'd LOVE one!

well, they are still orange.....

4:07 pm

are they still orange? have you decorated them?

no no decoration...in fact i had a horrible run, but...the shoes are still very much the same...how are your art supplies ???

4:08 pm

no inlaw?

4:09 pm

oh! I'm using my favourite pencils today! Well, I'm using Caran d'Ache for the most part, except for the gold I'm using which is something else. And the paper's nice too

4:09 pm

oh, god, that welsh valley word is here again, isn't it? took me like an hour last time, and I forget what it is...hope the monkeys ate their bananas today

4:09 pm

no hyphen, al4/4!

oh no tru, i dont know it.

4:10 pm

No, the Welsh valleys are cw's.

good ata, do you think you will use them again today?? for how long?

4:10 pm

viiiiiii!

4:10 pm

oh phew - saw the lw and panicked

4:11 pm

there's a lw word though :)

hi vicuna...

4:11 pm

Howdy, Ataaaaaa!

4:11 pm

Hello, everyone!

4:12 pm

cute pic, vi :)

4:12 pm

HA! got up to let diggity out, came back and got it!

4:12 pm

I'm doing a huuuuge knotwork, Vi. I'm mad!

4:12 pm

Thanks! It's a red eft she's holding for the icon theme. =)

4:12 pm

Yes you are, Ata. We all know that. But we love you anyway (or perhaps because of?)

4:12 pm

wow do i need clues! not doing well at all. must go to lickety first time in two weeks.

4:12 pm

I noticed!

4:13 pm

vic, it is wicked warm with you today? we are still in the 60s here on the south shore - course the moths are out in full force too, ick.

4:13 pm

hooray - fireworks for me - off to do the sarnies for tomorrows lunch and will be back later

4:13 pm

It's not much like Christmas weather around here, certainly, Trifioso. =P

4:13 pm

Yay for Kazzer!

4:13 pm

yay kazzer!

hoo ra kazzer!!!

4:14 pm

yes, I did notice the moths are all wearing little santa hats

4:14 pm

yay kazzer!

4:14 pm

That would be pretty funny. But the moths by us don't seem to have any sense of humour.

4:15 pm

ty one and all - looks like we wont be having chistmassy weather on chirstmas day - could be the warmest day of the month!

4:15 pm

boo hiss for the moths

4:15 pm

but they must taste nice. almost every pet we have sucks em down. I think they would be a bit dry and dusty, meself

4:15 pm

excuse bad spelling - bad spelling day in general

4:15 pm

I just don't care for the cruch-squish texture.

4:15 pm

Sily runs away from them...

4:15 pm

*crunch

You cant eat something wearing a santy hat.

4:17 pm

Well, not unless it's a turkey.

4:17 pm

ha ha ha ha

4:17 pm

or a cake

hi all what is today's theme please?

4:17 pm

Or anything made of chocolate.

4:17 pm

Newts and efts, TO!

4:17 pm

chocolate

4:17 pm

that reminds me - does anyone here ever go to "cake wrecks?"

4:18 pm

me me ME!!

4:18 pm

Chocolate newts?

4:18 pm

I was thinking of that!

ah ty!

4:18 pm

how much do you LOVE that site?

4:18 pm

THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIS much

never heard of it

4:19 pm

oh, run do not walk, TO

4:19 pm

it's the best site ever

4:19 pm

well, barring THIS ONE of course, ata

glad you clarified that! :) what it is like?

4:20 pm

well yes. 2nd best then!

4:21 pm

people send it photos of cakes they ordered vs. what they received from so-called professional bakers. You will be appalled, and thrilled, at the results

4:21 pm

Okay, folks, I'm off. Live well, sleep well, Babble well, etc.

4:21 pm

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

! we are an eaily amused bunch - of course, we babble LOL

4:22 pm

bye Vi dear

4:22 pm

thanks ata - I am not that quick with the cut and paste

must begin to close up shop. i will be off tomorrow and friday.

4:23 pm

do take a look though, TO, it's quite special

i am trying, net not cooperating

4:25 pm

oh god, the dog reeks now. Wet dog on wool carpet. barf

4:25 pm

looooool

Trifoso...that is gross.

4:25 pm

what kind of shop do you run, to?

i don't run any shop. just a metaphor.

4:26 pm

hah! don't believe that tri. she runs the armed forces of the united states of america

4:27 pm

ooh! only three words left! I wasn't really paying attention to the count, just lickety

ooh the owl cake is toooooo cute@!

4:28 pm

some of them are adorable, some are just - speechlessness

4:28 pm

owl cake? what is owl cake?

hey dor i took tomorrow and friday off yay me! hope to finish shopping

4:28 pm

i did like that one, owl. see if you can find the spectacular "woman in labor" cake. that one IS special

4:29 pm

and the baby with carrots cake

4:29 pm

cool. i have barely begun.... internet shoppng lookiing better and better. i am not in the mood for malls. cough!cough!

4:30 pm

i mixed it up this year, dorens. I can't bear to pay the net shipping costs, but if it is something tricky to find, I would rather pay the shipping than tear around looking for it all over. Then I go online

I need to finish my shopping. but I need to get paid.

Trifoso, I do a lot at Amazon.com and its usually free shipping.

4:31 pm

hello everyone. ANyone interested in giving hints? I am stumped for the na6/18.

4:31 pm

i figure depending on the site, I often don't pay sales tax, so if i buy enough things from one spot the savings on tax offsets the shipping. + lots of places offer free shipping

Mich, I have it not.

4:31 pm

oh, good to know - thanks red, very much!

4:31 pm

sory mich

4:32 pm

na 6 is the plural of the 5 before it. the five is the word for things having to do with your nose

it's rather amazing to me the things I find on Amazon, remember when it as only books.

4:32 pm

Thanks Red, Dorens. Hmmm. I feel like I must be seeing it but I'm not getting it.

4:32 pm

Finished the cards, just popped in to say goodnight, see you all tomorrow, Christmas Cards willing :-)

4:32 pm

help with the as 5/10 pleaseeeee

thanks Trif! I did not have that.

4:32 pm

hm.. who knew hat could be pluralized?

trif - just looking at those cakes make me look like this REFRESH

4:33 pm

Thanks Trif! I can't believe I missed that!

4:33 pm

night katie

4:34 pm

lol owl!

i LOVE this pic! it's ME LOL!

4:35 pm

me

4:35 pm

can only see the little pic, even after refreshing owl. and i can't make out what it is (these old eyes!)

4:35 pm

two to go, both dreaded h's

doren save and zoom

it's an orange peel person! :D

did you try clicking on my profile?

4:37 pm

yah, clicking on your profile just gets me your weird little animal... save and zoom came out very weird.. maybe cause i'm a mac? i don't know, sorry

probably...

4:38 pm

hey, what's wrong with inlaw? outlaw is a word.....

4:39 pm

i think earlier it was decided inlaw is usually hyphenated

ok - later, peepes! *poof*

4:39 pm

I don't know why "hemi" isn't a word. it is a type of engine

4:39 pm

bye owl. thanks trif. i think mother-in-law is hyphenated, but If i invite the inlaws over it isn't the in-laws

4:40 pm

half the weird words i find on here have no defnition when I clilck on the ? mark so who the heck knows?

hemi is an abbreviation for the type of engine.

4:42 pm

yes, but at least we KNOW that one. two or three days ago there was some big word that meant a particular kind of regiment in the greek isles. PLEASE!

4:43 pm

very important LOL

4:43 pm

Hello, Babblers!

4:44 pm

hi jellen and firebirds!

4:44 pm

{{{jellen!}}}}}

4:44 pm

Just peeking in to see what manner of grid is this...friend or foe?

4:44 pm

Yay, Ata!!!!

4:44 pm

yay ata. hi jellen. gotta run. see you later

4:44 pm

middlish. concientous objector

4:45 pm

Bye, Dorens

4:45 pm

jellen, who is the hottie in your photos?

4:46 pm

That's my beau, Tim!

4:47 pm

whoo! well done you!

4:47 pm

Thanks!

4:48 pm

fireworks! woot woot!!!! and before dinner too

4:48 pm

Yay, Trif!!!!

4:49 pm

gotta feed the trolls now. nite all!

4:49 pm

night triffy!

4:49 pm

G'night, Trif...I'm diving in...

Yay Trif!

Hi Jellen.

4:51 pm

Hi, red! How are you?

Good ish. a little tired. It's my long week. 48 hours.

and you?

4:52 pm

I'm okay...been sleeping too much lately...don't know why...

4:53 pm

hello all. Just popped in for a few moments to see how things are going.

4:53 pm

Hi, mo

4:53 pm

hi Jellen.

4:55 pm

hope everyone is ok. Any clues needed?

4:55 pm

Too early for me, thanks.

4:55 pm

ok Jellen.

4:59 pm

Good smells coming from the kitchen...must investigate...BBL

5:00 pm

bye Jellen.

5:01 pm

I will say a fond farewell and retire to my bed .... wishing you all successful babbling!!!! Goodnight.

i always appreciate a good clue, what letter do the two seven letter words start with?

5:04 pm

hello everyone, can I get a clue for to 5/18?

5:04 pm

I only have one 7....sa 7.28

5:04 pm

an7.

5:06 pm

to5/18 ... if your car breaks down you need a t** + 2 vowels.

5:06 pm

A to 5/18 rhymes with Let's Dance Singer David B****.

5:06 pm

thanks, mo

5:06 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:07 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

5:07 pm

Hi Minver

Hi minver and thanks mo for the clue.

5:07 pm

hi Minver.

5:07 pm

Hi red

Hi Annie! How is everyone tonight?

5:08 pm

yw ... now I really must go.

5:09 pm

I'm fine, red, and you?

Pretty good. trying to get December stuff taken care of...

5:10 pm

I must start wrapping presents...keep putting it off

I have a sincere goal that elves will wrap mine in the night. So far, no progress on that!

5:12 pm

I like to wrap but not in the mood at this time..will force myself to wrap a few latre

5:12 pm

*later

O have to get a few packages out and for my Sister there is a bunch of instructions on stuff....I need to clear off and get it done!

5:14 pm

the time has come for me to wrap presents for Bobby's workshop....see you all later, bye

Have fun Annie, and stop by later, I have wrap and tape and scissor, but no motivation...

5:18 pm

help with ch 6/24 and ch 5/14

5:19 pm

Hi all, I would love to go to bed but my last word is an sn5/12 and I am just not seeing it. Any help??

5:19 pm

ch5 I sing in the ch5 at church

5:20 pm

ty jess was using wrong I so couldnt see that

5:20 pm

help with al 4,5

5:20 pm

sn plus the wa 4/9 without the w

5:21 pm

al and opposite of you!

5:21 pm

The al 4/5 is al + abbreviation for the state of Maine.

5:22 pm

TY Kazozz!! Sounds like something I should have monkeyed - and now I have fireworks!!

5:22 pm

thank you

5:22 pm

wtg Mich and sleep well lol

5:22 pm

Congratulations Michnick on fireworks! Hooray for U

5:23 pm

Hello Danielita1! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

5:23 pm

ch6 ch + fishing b**t + bana**

5:23 pm

thx jess that was fireworks for me

5:24 pm

Congratulations Kazozz on fireworks!Hooray for you

5:24 pm

congrats kaz!

5:24 pm

hi everyone

5:25 pm

off to son's basketball game tc all bbl :)

5:25 pm

Hello DR1965!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

5:25 pm

Goodbye Kazozz! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

5:25 pm

I am well Min! Was off today so I went holiday shopping

5:26 pm

how are you?

5:26 pm

I was off today too,but I did not do any shopping yet

5:26 pm

my neighbor even picked up my son and took him on errands with her so my house is quiet

nice day dr!!

5:27 pm

yes Red.. it does not happen very often

i beieve it...

5:31 pm

I like your icon flamingo

5:31 pm

reminds me of wallpaper my mom used to have in her kitchen

5:38 pm

help w/ al 5,14 please

5:39 pm

sorry do not have it Dani

5:40 pm

al5/14 add a cons to al4/5

5:41 pm

ty Jess

5:41 pm

thank you

5:41 pm

yw

5:43 pm

Thank you jessmom for al 5/14 clue. I needed it also!

5:43 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the an 7/36 word please

5:43 pm

yw min

5:45 pm

an7 alt spelling of hemoglobin deficiency

5:46 pm

or one who has the condition

5:47 pm

ok got it- ty JEss

5:47 pm

i did not get it

5:47 pm

I keep looking at your icon and thinking of the GIANT rabbit in the movie Jess

5:47 pm

gee not getting the an due to spelling. darn. never could spell.

5:48 pm

yw dr

5:48 pm

Thank you for the an7/36 clue.I just found the word.

5:48 pm

extra vowel in the middle mkg, think latin

5:48 pm

help!!!!!!!!!!!! just tell me the an 7: is it vowel, cons, vowel, con, vowel, vowel or what??????

5:48 pm

I love that movie dr!

5:49 pm

oh hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

5:49 pm

That an 7/36 word is an + 2 vowels plus ***key Mouse.

5:49 pm

I do too... have seen it several times

5:49 pm

oh foot cramp.... brb

5:50 pm

ty got it. i was trying to spell the form that ends in ia! that was the issue. ty for the mouse clue.

5:50 pm

yw

5:50 pm

ok all better

5:50 pm

yea mkg

5:50 pm

still need 100 words. darn. must go now. back at 10 pm for a bit and to sleep.

5:50 pm

ouch. foot cramps the worst feeling.

5:50 pm

bye MKG@

5:50 pm

Goodbye mkg! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

5:51 pm

YEs Mkg... I agree

5:51 pm

by all.

5:54 pm

before i go, clue for i word top level, 2nd from right plz.

5:55 pm

10 it4 or less in line please MKG

5:55 pm

at the grocery store

DR did you do all Holiday shopping and wrapping today while son was away?

5:56 pm

dr dont get what you wrote. 10 it4? not sure what that means. or less in line? sorry. dont get it.

5:57 pm

I didn't wrap Red... but got most of the shopping done

its from a movie title

mkg it is a word for a thing. the short line at the grocery store asks that you bring ten it** or less.....

5:57 pm

bought lots of different IT4/5's when I shopped Mkg

I hate wrapping...

5:57 pm

so do I

5:57 pm

oh, I love wrapping!!

5:57 pm

got it. ty.

5:58 pm

I'll wrap everything FOR you!!

5:58 pm

The it 4/5 word is it plus not you but ** reversed mkg

5:58 pm

we have hanukah, Xmas and then his birthday is January 8th... makes it hard

5:58 pm

Hello Uneaixoise! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

5:58 pm

ok Une... I will take you up on it

My Nephews B days are in Feb and I agree, I am already wiped from the holidays.

5:59 pm

thanx for the an7 my last one as5,10 HELP

5:59 pm

I went light this year

Une, come here for the weekend I can host you and if you want you can go to Disney, but I wont re go this year.

6:00 pm

as 5/10 is as plus actress *** Alicia from Falcon Crest.

6:00 pm

his "big" present is birthday

6:00 pm

ooohhh, what fun, red! LOL

6:00 pm

as5/10 is as plus *** Nicole Smith regis and hello there

6:00 pm

I will go to Disney with Une!!!

Excellent. I found Disney sort of painful, but interesting.

6:01 pm

my dad used to give "corporate" gifts to tons of people at Xmas and I was "allowed" to wrap them all--probably 50!!

6:01 pm

I have only bee nthere once

6:01 pm

yay, DR!

6:01 pm

why painful?

Yes Once was enough for me. My Piccies are up on Facebook.

6:01 pm

I want to go to Universal Studios!!

I sort of want to go to Universal, but...After Disney I as really so tired.

You can get a park hopper pass.

6:02 pm

:-D

but can you wrap a bumply pirate ship?

6:02 pm

i can wrap ANYTHING! LOL

6:02 pm

thank you done hi minveryork

6:02 pm

congrats, regis!

Please come on. I have a blow up mattress, and nice coffee...

6:03 pm

:-D

6:03 pm

wtg Regis

and am 22 miles from Disney Conglomerate.

Congrats regis

6:04 pm

red, a million yrs ago when I took my daughter to Epcot and Disney, we went in February -- can't stand the heat and humidity!

6:04 pm

I'm not a Florida-lover :-)

6:04 pm

good luck to all and good night 3am work

6:04 pm

nite, regis

hi all

6:05 pm

hey, TO!

6:05 pm

HI TO!!!

6:05 pm

wanna go with me to visit red and wrap her Xmas gifts??

It was 80 today and yukky.

6:06 pm

ick

6:06 pm

ok, BBL . . . happy babbling!

will change icon to Disney Fireworks. from a few weeks ago.

6:06 pm

Bye Une

can't go anywhere. blood pressure boiling, cleaners ruined sweater and won't talke responsibility. it was onl in there to be refreshed, no spots at all.

6:07 pm

ARGH@@@@ That stinks TO

6:07 pm

can i get help w/the 2 qu words

i was holding up pretty well until the presser came out from the back, opened up the garment that they had recleaned saying they could fix it, and told me no way could they have transferred dark dye over my red sweater.

and were THEY surprised i speak and understand spanish

6:09 pm

as5?

6:09 pm

I had that happen and ended up making the cleaners pay for it

6:09 pm

they ruined a blouse

6:10 pm

qu --- alt spelling for elizabeth and victoria

6:10 pm

dont have the q's dani

6:10 pm

as 5 --- add princes di***

dr: they don't even give REFUNDS, and they demanded a reciept for the $30. dry cleaners assoc says i mus ttake them to court.

6:10 pm

ty BR

6:11 pm

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

6:11 pm

do others you know use this place?

6:11 pm

thank you babble

hi, min!

6:11 pm

Hello HollyF! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

6:11 pm

I/m doing well, thank you!

6:12 pm

I got my $$ because I found someone else who had the same problem

6:12 pm

We battled together

yes, it's near work. you can bet the flyers will be up ion the bulletin boards on Monday.

6:12 pm

Do you know any attorneys, Owl? A letter from an attorney might help them make the right decision.

6:13 pm

Hello Scrabbler! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

6:13 pm

Hi Scrabs

6:13 pm

I just got home from work. I am happy to be back in Babble Land.

scrabs: i willtake them to small claims court if I don't get it right in a week. costs very little. they are one of theose $2.29 cleaners, i just take my refreshing needs to them, not real cleaning stuff.

6:19 pm

wheee

6:19 pm

Hello icepyro!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

6:19 pm

clue for the mi5/20 please?

6:19 pm

hi everybody

hi ice.

6:19 pm

Hi Ice

hi ice/..i think i will do dinner, bbl

6:20 pm

bye TO

6:20 pm

Min are you from MS? or just a history nut?

6:20 pm

hi/bye TO

wowee. I have never seen Lou Dobbs get so excited. He';s taolking about mortgages...goodness.

6:22 pm

mi5/20 cat sound

6:22 pm

I am not from Mississippi and I am not a history nut.I looked up on this day in history and found out about Mississippi.Was hoping there would be some babblers from Mississippi babbling today.Didn't like icon theme

Hi jess.

6:23 pm

ty JEss... strange spelling

6:23 pm

I see. Well I have family in Mississippi. In fact my Mom is so close to the AL/MS border that no matter which way you go, unless you go well out of the way, you probably go into Miss. :)

6:24 pm

hi all. briefly on again, will be gone away again soon

6:25 pm

hi jes

6:25 pm

only 1 left.....how about a clue for AS 5/10 ?

yoga [osition lk.

6:25 pm

lots of vowels, lkdubb

6:26 pm

as5 as + girl's name

6:26 pm

hi red, top chef tonight!

Oh gosh yes! I forgot thanks jess!

I have 46 left here.

6:27 pm

Go Red....

6:28 pm

has anyone watched Estate of Panic on Sci-fi?

6:28 pm

not I Jess

6:29 pm

got it....thanks guys !!!!!

6:29 pm

I don't have sci-fi :(

6:32 pm

It is a game show that takes place in a mansion. They've had some cool and some gross challenges.

Clue for al4/5 please?

sounds interesting jes.

6:33 pm

al4 al + **, myself & I

6:33 pm

The al5/14 is al 4/5 plus the chair letter Kenny Chuck

6:34 pm

Hi Kenny Chuck! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

Hi Kenny.

Actually, I am his wife and he does't know I am playing.

6:35 pm

there is money in plain sight, and more hidden, and sometimes the walls start to close in, sometimes there are snakes or spiders...

Hi Mrs Chuck!

Thanks Jess in Ken's name.

6:36 pm

phantom itch

6:36 pm

welcome KC wife

6:36 pm

you're both welcome, KC family :)

6:37 pm

red,,, how many more?

44...I am sort of struggling.

you?

6:38 pm

19

6:38 pm

do you need a clue?

Not yet.

6:39 pm

ok...

6:39 pm

You can watch full episodes of Estate of Panic on www.scifi.com

6:40 pm

how can inlaws not be in the dictionary?

thanks though.

6:40 pm

oh I watched that show when I visited my sister, didn't realize the name since I just kinda stumbled onto it one nite

6:40 pm

maybe because it is usually hyphenated

6:41 pm

phooey

6:41 pm

I like the show, but I don't think I could deal with the spiders.

6:41 pm

Hello LadyNatts! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

6:42 pm

thanks Min... you are looking very spiff this evening (your icon)

6:44 pm

Thank you LadyNatts. It is the flag for Mississippi. I am honoring Mississippi today. It was admitted into the United States as the 20th state in the year 1817

6:46 pm

I wonder how long until we have more states here in the US.

Well, Puerto Rico keeps voting No, soooo.

6:47 pm

Would be weird to think of the U.S. w/more than 50 states.Guess Puerto Rico could maybe become a sate

6:48 pm

Id just like to see a North and South California

They have a referendum on it once in a while.

6:48 pm

Oh, that would be very weird to have two Californias

6:49 pm

population wise it would be best to split just north of LA

6:50 pm

Red- I like the fireworks in your icon...

6:50 pm

is that for all the non finishers (LOL)

6:50 pm

2 phantom words for me today are maniac and salami

did it upload?

6:50 pm

yes, I can see it

Oh my it is enormous.

thats the magic kingdom.

6:51 pm

wow that is quite large red

6:51 pm

beautiful

6:52 pm

Is this another one of those grids I have to struggle to finish? I gave up on yesterday's because of it.

Disney is all decorated up for the Holidays thus the lights,. i think I need to minimize.

6:53 pm

it is ok on your icon

Ahh refreshed, and it is OK in the icon.

Lady I am not really enjoying this one.

6:55 pm

it has been difficult

6:56 pm

I am not enjoying grid either,but have five left so I'll stick it out I guess. I've been off and on here all day.

go minver go. 39 here, but I have hours left. Donthave to go to work until 10:30 tomorro.

6:56 pm

cmon min... I have 6 left

6:57 pm

I am in no rush to finish since I have rest of the night

6:57 pm

I am going to go eat dinner now. Will be back later on

ce 4???

6:58 pm

beginning of the roof of a room

6:58 pm

ce 4/5: 4 letters of opposite of floor redturtlehead.

Oh gosh I am a dunder head, that the color of my scrubs.

ce Blue.

thanks

6:59 pm

lol red

7:02 pm

hello All... How's babbling today?

Hi Repart.

7:03 pm

slowly

7:03 pm

hey red!

7:03 pm

I think I will be going to the list early today

7:03 pm

clue for the oi6 please...

7:04 pm

nm... found it

7:04 pm

firewords for me

7:05 pm

wtg dr

Congrats DR!

7:05 pm

ty Red and Ice

7:06 pm

is the clues side still messed up? Mine is...

? movie Man was having trouble with expeert.

7:06 pm

??

7:07 pm

wouldn't know about expert. Don't use it.

7:08 pm

help w/the an 7,36 please

7:08 pm

my expert clues work okay

7:09 pm

mine are all mixed up.

7:09 pm

an7 iron deficiency

7:09 pm

not enough iron in your blood with an extra vowel

7:10 pm

oh, English spelling

You are this if you have the condition.

7:11 pm

well, neighbor just called and is taking kid to dinner with her and her boys so hubby wants to go get chinese food.

7:11 pm

Thanks everyone for the conversation and the clues.

7:11 pm

bbl! Go RED Go

7:11 pm

see you, DR have a good evening

Sounds Like a very good day. Hope Kid has gotten HW done.

7:12 pm

it says it doesn't exist in the puzzle

7:12 pm

chinese sounds good

7:12 pm

I do not even know Red

7:12 pm

but he did say earlier it was not very much

7:12 pm

Bye ALL!

I am stuffed.

7:12 pm

Hi, all

7:12 pm

*Poof*

7:12 pm

bye dr enjoy!

7:12 pm

hi pam

7:13 pm

If there's two ways to spell the same word, how does it decide which one to take the word from. For example, (if 3-letter-words counted), you could spell 'NIL' two different ways. Which 'L' would have one subtracted? Just curious...

7:13 pm

From Morocco now pam?

Hi Pam!

wxscoot, the grid chooses it. I have no idea.

7:14 pm

wxs, it takes from top row and if on same row, left

7:14 pm

hi, red and ice! Yes, ice, I rather like french-speaking places from time to time.... 8-)

7:14 pm

Oh....Either way, LOVE IT! I like not having the timer restrictions that most Boggle games do...

getting a carpet?

7:15 pm

and as there is only one n, it doesnt matter for nil, but on a similer note, lie would be from the l in the left column if 3 letter words counted

Yes its fun that way...yo uhave all day to finish.

7:15 pm

carpet?

7:15 pm

Oops... You're right, it wouldn't matter for NIL. But, you got my point anyway...

7:15 pm

oo a flying carpet?

7:16 pm

=D

7:16 pm

I believe the grid will choose the "first" instance (top to bottom, right to left). So, in your example, it would take the L on the left side.

Morococo is pretty famous for Carpets and tricky carpet salesmen.

7:16 pm

8-)

7:16 pm

ahhhh, red....

7:16 pm

I just get frustrated when I think I have the last one in a certain box and it counts for another.

7:17 pm

welcome to babble, you'll fit right in wx ;)

7:17 pm

LOLOL, ice

:) 24 left....

7:18 pm

I keep seeing everyone talking about clues/hints. Is that in the 'PRO' version?

No not really. x, look at the lickey's babble clues link.

Pro means your bland gray head goes away...and a few other perks.

7:19 pm

you don't need the pro to get the hints, wxscooter... there is a link under the tile stats... click on Lickety's Babble Clues

7:19 pm

yes, be warned, wxscooter... after 2 weeks, your "stats" will disappear... the tile stats and the word stats

7:20 pm

unless you are pro

thanks Lady i fergot that!

7:20 pm

Awesome! I just clicked on the Babble Clues.

7:20 pm

Oh, my stats suck anyways. What is $15 for a lifetime membership. Sounds like a deal to me...

7:21 pm

it's a great deal

7:21 pm

Hey there y'all! Could someone help me with the English spelling of lack of blood?

7:21 pm

Thanks

An excellent deal. and it is nice to see the tile stats...not your personal stats. the gray boxes under the grid go away.

extra voel peach

7:21 pm

the English spelling uses ae rather than just e

vowwel

vowel darn it.

7:22 pm

it's a great deal! And, I have to tell you, I kind of hate it when someone has played daily for months and hasn't gone pro because it supports the creator of the game--the server and maintenance fees, etc....

7:22 pm

Thanks icepyro.

I played for a long time and finally ponied up for the pro. i do not miss my 14.95

7:23 pm

=)

7:23 pm

8-), red...

20 left, and I like playing ith my icon, as childish as it is!!!!

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

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

7:24 pm

congrats lindy!

7:24 pm

yay, lind

7:25 pm

Congrats, lindy!!!

7:25 pm

100 left here =\

7:25 pm

Hello again!

oops!

7:26 pm

hi jellen

thanks guys

OMG pam, you have to see dec 9th Daily show. Jon Stewart takes on Mike Huckabee about Gay Marraige. He was hard hitting, but finnny., In the end Huckabee said well, I just am nto going to marry you Jon.

7:27 pm

WOWOWO

7:28 pm

oh I gotta see that

7:28 pm

thanks, red

7:28 pm

speaking of, anyone know anyone who called in gay today?

I really liked the way Stewart compared the protections of Relion to the protections of Gay rights...and Stewart said...I think Religion is much mroe of a choice than Sexual orientation...

7:28 pm

I am so jealous Lindrick!

7:29 pm

we4

7:29 pm

hi all. didnt get to the store but want to do some more grid. 89 left. ugh.

darn it Religion, I can not type.

7:30 pm

I am so tired of marriage being construed as a religious entity---there is separation of church and state so why can't i enter into a contract with the state/

Well, people do get married at the ustice of the Peace...

Justice.

7:31 pm

nevermind got it

I need to spray some canned air to the keyboard.

7:31 pm

right, so why can only straight people avail themselves of JPs in most states?

7:31 pm

Me, too re: canned air, red

hi all!

7:33 pm

JP?

Because people are not so bright.

Justice of Peace Ice.

7:33 pm

Justice of the Peace, ice

7:33 pm

Hi, TO

7:34 pm

al5/10

16 left

7:34 pm

Hi, TO

7:34 pm

I like funny or die's prop 8: the musical. While I disagree with it slightly it makes some interesting points

hi TO

go red go

al 5/10 is pl

7:35 pm

6 left

7:35 pm

yay w's done... hasd to hit the list early to get even close to done

7:35 pm

what the heck is the lw?

AN 5/10 an & save the ***t dance

7:35 pm

are teh sa 6/7 related to the sa5?

7:36 pm

thank you lindrick

lw plus vowels

LW & **ther or n**ther

yvw holly

7:36 pm

ty lindy!

7:36 pm

thx lind

yvw lady

yvw ice

wtg, lin!

thanks TO

7:37 pm

got them , never mind

is anyone else finding the site to be slow tonight?

7:38 pm

20 to go

7:38 pm

hi all! I've got sa7 -- beginning for other 7?

oh yes TO I have been having trouble

go harry go

7:38 pm

I have no problems, but then I'm at work which means I have an extremely fast connection

hi fruit - AN 7

7:39 pm

thx lindrick

yw fruit

I think my laptop is about to die shortly so that could be my problem!

hey fruit!

and my new one has been delayed )0: not my week this week!

7:40 pm

hint se5/6?

that's not good

9

7:40 pm

OK...did everyone else have a problem with the grid at the flip last night or was it just me!?

7:40 pm

PS: Hi all!

SE 5/16 i ***t my new laptop to arrive on time!!

7:40 pm

hi TO! *waves to everyone*

hi pini

go red go!

7:41 pm

ty lind

7:41 pm

yes, a prob.. hey Pini

7

7:41 pm

Hi, Pini

* &

yw harry

go red go

7:41 pm

1 down / 171 to go!!! LOL

go pini go go go LOL

7:42 pm

hi puini lol

7:42 pm

t's down... 77 left

go ice go

go ice go!

7:42 pm

I think I should just list and get that much out of the way...

hi pini! list is higly recommended for this one

7:43 pm

oh great...scare me to death!!!

7:44 pm

I agree pini...

7:44 pm

hi all. yes list must needs tonight

7:44 pm

you will need the list...

hey ruru

7:44 pm

ok ... listing toot sweet! ;)

7:44 pm

HI Lindy.. anyone hear from KJE?

7:44 pm

hope she is having fun...

hi doren hi ruru

hi doren hi ruru

not me ruru!

7:45 pm

TO!

7:45 pm

HI

oh sorry dorens missed you there! Hi!

7:45 pm

Hi, doresn, hi, ru!

7:45 pm

at least you're all making me feel better. first 100 seemed alright and then . . . pbbbtttt!

jhelp on we 4???

7:45 pm

I think she must be having a BLAST, ruru

7:45 pm

hi owl,pam,ruru,lind,red,et al

i am happy to be off until monday next!

7:45 pm

10 left!

7:45 pm

Hi, ruru

7:46 pm

probably some french guy will sweep her off her feet...lol

7:46 pm

why isn't OWIE a word???

7:46 pm

Hi, Dorens

7:46 pm

HI jellen Hi pam.

ello

7:46 pm

evening!

7:46 pm

hi jell, how's tricks?

7:46 pm

weedorama!@

yes all the words

oh yeah

7:46 pm

tricks are for kids

7:47 pm

the ru-meister!

7:47 pm

rutti toot

slice

slicet

7:47 pm

hi feather.

7:47 pm

Hi, feather

no help for the we4????

7:47 pm

i don't know, who are you talking to? if you need help, let me know.

7:47 pm

36 words and not list yet! ;)

good for you

7:48 pm

ru-ma-rooni

7:48 pm

we + **ate (mad)

I need help Feather!

7:48 pm

hey weedmeister!

7:48 pm

pini I got to around 50 and stopped dead so...

7:48 pm

"i don't know 123" do you need help with the game?

7:48 pm

red -- small dam --

Oh fish me.

I found it.

7:48 pm

lol, i haven't done this grid, sorry red! just thinking somebody needs some general coaching here.

7:48 pm

egads !

6

7:49 pm

hint on the al5,14?

go red go

7:49 pm

Fireworks at last

7:49 pm

wtg holly

7:49 pm

al + not you but ** + cons

al and what you say when you are having a wishy washy day.

7:49 pm

go holly!

Yay HollyF

7:49 pm

yay holly!

WTG holly WooHoo

7:49 pm

Yay, Holly!!!

7:49 pm

TO, have a great few days off!!!

7:50 pm

al 4/5 + consonant

7:50 pm

Husband and kids coming home so my silence has vaporized. Happy babbling all! *poof*

AL 5/14 al & not you but ** and con

7:50 pm

Thank you one and all

7:50 pm

yay, Holly

bye fruit

ty pam, minor med stuff but will shop early tomorrow first, would love to be ready early this year.

7:50 pm

thanks :)

bye fruit!!!

7:50 pm

6 to go

go harry go

7:51 pm

Hope it goes well, TO

7:51 pm

btw red, that's not what I say when I'm having a wishy washy day... :)

But you got it anyway harry right?

7:52 pm

yeh :)

7:52 pm

or meh

7:52 pm

just hit 50!!!

Yes...

go pini go

gotta pick hubby up, may BBL

7:52 pm

That should be my new name Al Meh

7:53 pm

goooo pini!

7:53 pm

speaking of 50.. thats how many I have left... r's done

7:53 pm

ROFLMAO,ruru

7:53 pm

owl.. minor med stuff? you said you were taking the days off for shopping!

2

Ruru, you are flirting with PB eh?

7:54 pm

go red

7:54 pm

Pam have you met ny cousin Ehhh Meh..?

7:54 pm

He is such a putz...

well i will do both hopefully

well i will do both hopefully

7:54 pm

no, ru, but I have met Nah Meh,

Oh Fireorked.

7:55 pm

hope all is well owl

7:55 pm

Yay, red!!!!

7:55 pm

Phew, I just finished a bunch of on-line shopping. Click, click, spend $180...so easy!

7:55 pm

yay? red

7:55 pm

he married a woman named O Bee

7:55 pm

go red!

7:55 pm

YAYAYAYAYAYAY, red

7:55 pm

LOLOL, scrabs

I think my piccie is better FW thansk!

7:55 pm

2 more to get to 60...then watch out list, here I come!

7:55 pm

she hyphenated her name and is now O Meh Bee

7:55 pm

Yahoo Red!

7:55 pm

congrats scrabs. any suggested websites?

7:55 pm

LOLOLOL

7:55 pm

Hi, Scrabbler

ruru is on a roll.

Amazon is fun. It has everything and anything.

BBL

7:56 pm

their kid is O No Way

7:56 pm

how long are the Q's???

7:56 pm

help on the la5,10?

7:56 pm

lol

7:56 pm

I do not like this grid. Not in a box. Not with a fox. I do not like this grid.

7:56 pm

ciao, red

7:56 pm

qu5 & 6

7:56 pm

not too pini..sounds like king's mate

7:57 pm

sounds like qu*** elizabeth

7:57 pm

thx guys!

7:57 pm

misspelling of elizabeth !!

7:57 pm

the a's are killers in this grid

7:57 pm

it's my 1st BT!!!

7:57 pm

On al4-4 the first there are the first two letters "as", does this occur on everyones list?

7:57 pm

la + ***l (hit with a hammer)

7:57 pm

er grey that is

7:57 pm

Ask Al Meh.. he know

7:57 pm

I just spent $180 on Amazon, and $45 at the Lego site. I introduced Mary's kids to legos yesterday (I brought a huge container from here) and we had so much fun for 2 hrs, especially her son.

7:57 pm

jellen, that's a covered porch in Hawaii! ;)

7:58 pm

i have to look at the lego site... that's a new one for me

7:58 pm

thanks jell

7:58 pm

That sounds like a hoot, scrabs. I am happy for Mary's kids.

7:58 pm

John was really enraptured--we made planes and spaceships.

7:58 pm

now to list...

7:59 pm

The Lego site has tons and tons of stuff!

7:59 pm

oh my...look at all those Yo's!!!! :(

7:59 pm

It is amazing what they can build from those things

8:00 pm

they aren't that bad scrab... they all have the same third letter!

8:00 pm

oh, i meant they aren't that bad, PINI, they all have the same third letter, sorry

8:01 pm

bbl everyone.. got to go shopping ...getting hungry...arrrrrrrrr

8:01 pm

ta ta!

8:01 pm

I cannot decide what to get my adolescent nephews for Xmas. Gift cards for iTunes?

8:01 pm

Later, ruru...

8:02 pm

that always pleases adolescents

8:02 pm

bye ruru

8:02 pm

hello friends! bye ruru

8:02 pm

That is a good idea, Scrabbler!

8:02 pm

I have an adolescent niece I've drawn a blank on...think I'll have to call her mother...

8:02 pm

Hi, stid!

8:02 pm

ciao ruru

yes dor, should be fine ty! damn this lag!

yes dor, should be fine ty! damn this lag!

8:03 pm

hi sstid

8:03 pm

1 left!

8:03 pm

gift cards to stores they like is always appropriate... it's like money, only with an indication that you know what they enjoy.

8:03 pm

I am down to 45 from earlier, need the fishy AS 5/10 please?

8:03 pm

and the CH 6 if possible.

8:04 pm

I am going to make hot cocoa and watch the rest of the hockey game. Hi Stid, bye Stid.

8:04 pm

mmmm. cocoa.... *floats away in lala land* see you later!

8:04 pm

Bye, Scrabbler

8:04 pm

as5, i do at yoga stid

LOL stiddy! scrabs should say "i do not like this grid, stid"

8:04 pm

as5 as plus kournikova

8:04 pm

aha! thanks Harry!

8:04 pm

i need a hint on a q word...

8:04 pm

ch6 ch plus vowel plus kournikova

8:04 pm

got kournikova on the brain

8:04 pm

ch6 rhymes with the as5

8:05 pm

I don't mind the grid, but that's only because I am DONE with all my requirements for class!

8:05 pm

sorry, working my way from the other direction, so up to l

8:05 pm

aha! thanks again!

8:05 pm

hello ice!

8:05 pm

I'm never gonna get this - can somebody clue me on the oi6?

8:06 pm

I need that one too... LOL

8:06 pm

I'm definitely no help!

8:06 pm

pini, i'm online for the next hour or so, if you want to do cribbage later

8:06 pm

hi, everyone - oi 6 - route for petroleum?

8:06 pm

OK!! I'll try and hurry!!!!

8:06 pm

woohoo thanks jb!

8:06 pm

nah, don't hurry, i'm happily doing stuff on facebook! s'ok

8:06 pm

olive oi* + one *** street

8:07 pm

ok ;)

8:07 pm

Hi, JBV and thanks!

8:07 pm

gotta go unpack groceries

8:07 pm

aha! thanks JBV! (hello) and YAY HH

8:07 pm

great clue jb

8:07 pm

good evening, babblers - i'm tired and stressed out, but had to stop in and get my last 18 words!

8:07 pm

Hi, lbd

8:07 pm

hello feather!

hi feather

8:07 pm

hi everyone. just a quick peek in to see who is here.

8:07 pm

hi jbv, lbd, etc

8:07 pm

me me me

8:08 pm

hi jbv

8:08 pm

firewords

8:08 pm

(((LBD))) is it cold there? It's getting chillier and chillier here... I am dreading the snow they are predicting for the weekend

8:08 pm

YAY dorens!

8:08 pm

Yay, Dorens!!!!

8:08 pm

I can't figure the oi6? *** street? thanks....

8:08 pm

wtg dorens

8:08 pm

Hi,stid andlbd!

8:08 pm

yay, dor!

8:09 pm

oi* drum + high*** (road)

8:09 pm

pam which *** are you going?

wtg, doren!

8:09 pm

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:11 pm

LA 5/10?

8:11 pm

hi guys

8:11 pm

and LW please, cannot seem to monkey it OR count the points properly

8:12 pm

la5= Hawaiian covered porch?

8:12 pm

hey jm! you have a purson, is this new???

8:12 pm

lw4/8 ...

a clue please for wy 4 and oi6?ty

8:12 pm

lw + **ther/or

8:12 pm

hawaiian flower necklace with a w stuck inside it

8:12 pm

riot

8:12 pm

aw

nm the oi6 ty for prior clue

8:12 pm

afwasr

8:12 pm

8:12 pm

aha! thanks for the LW

8:12 pm

asrasdasd

8:13 pm

aha! thanks for the porch

8:13 pm

owl wy4 is a babblet

8:13 pm

**beam** it was a lovely gift from blueandamy

8:13 pm

wy + **a for two

8:13 pm

yes! it is a lovely gift. So happy you are here! *beaming back*

8:14 pm

35 to go

8:14 pm

now all you need is a new icon, jm

ty, jell! lag here is awful pardon me

8:14 pm

now all I have to do is find the time to figure out the icon stuff

and ty doren - don't be offended, i just see your posts very late

8:14 pm

Congrats on prodom, jmc!

8:15 pm

it's pretty easy, jm...now worries! Just follow the directions - piece of cake! ;)

8:15 pm

holler if you need help, jm, we're usually pretty good at that

8:15 pm

*still beaming* ty jellen

8:15 pm

ty stid I think I'll wait until one of the rare days I get to play at my computer before nighttime

i k eep seeing"cialis" in the grid.

8:16 pm

rofl... yep. good idea! not fun to do tech things when tired.

8:16 pm

follow the directions! what a novel idea. I will give it a try soon pini

8:17 pm

NI 6 please?

HI JM welcome to prodom

8:17 pm

Hi, herin!

hi herein

How are you

8:18 pm

hey lady!

8:18 pm

ni4/5 + ** Pennington

8:18 pm

hi herin and ty

8:18 pm

oh jm... one clue. pick a picture that is already square, or babbler will SQUISH it funny

HOw are you oall?

8:18 pm

aha! thanks Jellen, just couldn't see that turn

8:18 pm

down to 25

8:18 pm

good to know stid

8:19 pm

has anyone gotten any qu words yet???

8:19 pm

131 left for me but I just got going after work and dinner

8:19 pm

i need cluews

8:19 pm

clues i mean

8:19 pm

omg = think King's mate

8:20 pm

I are .... tired, lady. and NOT looking forward to the snow later this week. BOO HISS! *not liking snow mama face*

ci4 clue please?ty

8:20 pm

thanks

8:20 pm

ci4 is Italian goodbye

8:20 pm

thx jellen

poor Stid does that mean Snow day?

8:21 pm

it means that I might have to drive a van full of high school debaters to a meet in the snow... *sigh* joy (not)

8:22 pm

jellen the only pennington I know is a Quaker and his name doesn't work

ty jell, i am finally seeing how twisted this grid is

yah not

8:22 pm

oooh! I got all the S words!

8:22 pm

wtg stid

is scrabs still here?

8:23 pm

and the Ts... down to 8 suddenly

8:23 pm

no, she ran away mumbling and shaking a bit...

fuk my course has been deleted

at last! i am free! this was a workout

8:24 pm

Yay, TO!!!!

8:25 pm

wtg TO

8:25 pm

FOUR!!!!

8:25 pm

YAY TO!!!

does anone else here play at merriam-webster.com? their scrabble sprint is a timed game, it's good for practice

8:25 pm

wtg TO

go stid go!

8:26 pm

I would be in terrible trouble if I were timed TO!

now im having a huge sad

it builds speed for sure but the only way i ever play anymore is on line. it's no fun at all to me.

WTG TO WooHoo

go stid go go go

8:27 pm

*SIGH* Tom found my last two for me. FINITO!!!

tylindy! ty all!

WTG stid WOOHOO

((((((herin))))))))

8:27 pm

thanks lindy! and hello!

Yah stid

8:27 pm

Yay, stid and Tom!!!!

8:27 pm

why sad lady?

YAY STID! Woo-HOO!

8:27 pm

Woohoo stid

hi stid et al!

8:28 pm

oh... I just saw your comment lady. now I am sad too. *sad mama face*

8:28 pm

yay, stid andall finishers

8:28 pm

I play scrabble with my 95 year old mother. It is a very slow game with me helping her a lot--but still fun to do

8:28 pm

hi, herin

8:28 pm

very cool, jm

8:28 pm

we used to play scrabble with my grandmothers -- about your mother's age, actually, but one is gone now and the other rather on her way out.

Because the stupid tafe i was doing my course at isn't doing my course next year. Too bad if you have done half a year.

there is a local singles scrabble groups in town that meets on sunday afternoons

8:29 pm

but we play now with our children, and it is a big family legacy for us

oh pooh herin

must go now - see you tomorrow and happy babbling to all!

8:29 pm

I played with my son when he was young but now only can get him to play when we are on vacation--his life is too busy

bye TO nice to see you

8:29 pm

ciao,TO

8:30 pm

sounds tough herin

8:30 pm

later TO! be well!

8:30 pm

bye TO

8:30 pm

oooh pam! PB! *puts candy canes in PB*

8:30 pm

I know, stid, but it's my salutation, and that's that 8-)

8:31 pm

can i get a clue for the as5 PLEEEEEEASE!

yep but maybe i am meant to do the course

8:31 pm

rofl...

AS & princess di***

8:31 pm

hey shorty! as + mispelled girl's name?

8:31 pm

or what lindy clued...

8:31 pm

lindy, you are SPEEDY tonight!

lol

8:32 pm

tyvm!!!

HI shorty

I am wr5ing xmas cards too!! lol

8:32 pm

down to 40!!!

8:32 pm

hi Herin and everybody

hi shorty

go pini go

8:33 pm

ah - I am considering what I should write on our new year's letter (I send it out in January... avoid the rush and emphasize it's not related to the potlatch)

8:33 pm

oh lind a multitasker!

lol jmc

did i mention drinking wine too!!

8:34 pm

**green with envy**

8:34 pm

Hi, shorty

lol

8:34 pm

that reminds me of my irish coffee--brb

8:35 pm

gads...there are some VERY strange words in here (if you can call th** words!)

8:35 pm

wine sounds good. but not whine. we get enough of that

i thought it was a weird grid today

oh definately stid!

8:36 pm

I'll take a glass of chardonay!

oh sorry pini it is red

8:36 pm

no coffee or wine but I do have bourbon shall I pour you some pini?

8:36 pm

cool !

8:37 pm

I'll take whatever may have slight kick to it!!!

oh i could comment on that!! lol

8:37 pm

uh oh

8:38 pm

**pour Jack Daniels in glass for pini*

8:38 pm

danke !

8:38 pm

de nada (my German is terrible!)

8:38 pm

* giggle *

8:39 pm

( or *bitte*) ;)

8:39 pm

okay, I am going to head out because there are plenty of cluers ... and because I am really really tired all of a sudden. back tomorrow.

8:39 pm

night stid!!!!

night stid

8:39 pm

(((hugs all))) *poof*

8:39 pm

bye stid and sweet dreams

8:40 pm

This is a sma;;, not quite s easy grd and it's driven many Babblers to drink. LOL.

8:40 pm

G'night, stid

8:41 pm

hi Jac

hi jac

8:41 pm

I just came in to gloat and be smug.

8:41 pm

hi jac

8:41 pm

Going now. LOL.

8:41 pm

smarty! LOL

night jac

8:42 pm

bye jac

8:43 pm

Howdy. I'm struggling here. as5? I don't get it. Any clues or cash donations welcome here.

hi gramma, as & princess di***

mmmfoh

8:44 pm

as + *** kornyakova

8:44 pm

as + Santa *** race track

8:45 pm

Oops! My bad! Santa *** winds

8:45 pm

ty

8:45 pm

I think there's a track there, too jellen...no oops needed

gosh I hate when your on the phone to someone and its work related and they do the whole '' OH anyway what were you saying'' SO RUDE

8:45 pm

ty pini and jell

8:45 pm

an7 clue, please?

8:45 pm

Smugnosity (no, before you look it up there is no such word.

8:45 pm

so I have been struggling with al -- got the first 4 and then died any help?

8:46 pm

al + high*** (road)

8:46 pm

al4= al + you and **

HI Jac

8:46 pm

alert the OED re: smugnosity (but I think it should be smugosity--that scans better)

8:47 pm

Am7 is suffering froma lack of red blood cells.

8:47 pm

al5= al4/5 + consonant

8:47 pm

jmc - dependswgat lurics or poe, upi are patrodying.

8:47 pm

ty jell and pini I should have gotten pinis!

8:48 pm

no worries, jm...glad you got them! ;)

8:49 pm

Or even what poem, lyrics etc., you are parodying.

gotta go cya tomorrow, bye xxx

8:50 pm

Got it, thanks Jac

8:50 pm

cya l8r lindrick!

8:50 pm

Bye, Lindy

8:50 pm

I understood the comment just meditating on what poem or lyric you were parodying

8:50 pm

bye lind

8:50 pm

... 4

8:50 pm

I'm alert for about half an hour now and then zzzzzzzzz

8:51 pm

go pini

YAH. my sad is now a happy

8:51 pm

you found the course elsewhere?

yah my sad is now a happy

8:52 pm

do tell, herin

8:52 pm

Hi, Jac!!!!!

hello?>

8:52 pm

How about ch5? any takers? all welcome.

8:53 pm

Fireworks!

8:53 pm

wtg jellen!

8:53 pm

wtg jellen

8:53 pm

woo hoo Jellen!~

8:53 pm

and hi all

wow I had a mental sorry about that

8:53 pm

ch5= church singing group

8:53 pm

a group of people sing in the church ch***

8:54 pm

Hi, jbp!

8:54 pm

I need to think "short" sometimes!!! ;)

HI JBP

8:54 pm

DOH! I kept going down from the o. dumb dee dum dum. ty

8:55 pm

... 1

8:55 pm

hi jbp

8:55 pm

Hi Pam. Jellen and any others I've missed.

8:55 pm

go pini go

8:55 pm

Go, Pini!

8:56 pm

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

8:56 pm

wtg pini

8:56 pm

woot woot!

8:56 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks! Good for you!

8:56 pm

hi min, thx

8:57 pm

thx all...need any clues anyone?

8:57 pm

The grod os tiny but mean. Emjoy! The word will eventually reveal themselves.

8:57 pm

i would dig the Qu quotes

8:57 pm

i mean qu hints

8:57 pm

think King's mate

8:57 pm

Yay, Pini!!!!

8:58 pm

Hi, Min

Yah pin

8:58 pm

thanks Pini!!

8:59 pm

yvw

8:59 pm

The grid is tiny but mean. Enjoy! I'd have said that befpre if my mouse didn't have a life of its own.

8:59 pm

No worries, Jac...I'm fluent in typonese! :-)

HI anyone i missed whilst my pc was having a mental

9:01 pm

Damn mouse still doing its own thing. Did not let me type 'before'.

9:02 pm

brb...snack time!

9:02 pm

what we missed is why your sad is now happy We are all on the edges of our seats

9:02 pm

yea, no kidding...hurry, or I'm going to fall off!

Oh i am happy because another tafe offers my course but sad the old one doesn't and they are rude (the new place) I asked when i would get a call back it she was like whenever the other person isn't busy. EXCUSE Me

9:03 pm

especially after the bourbon I gave pini!

9:03 pm

Well, I haven't found the pic I was looing for for my Xmas letter and I think it's far pasrt time for me to zzzzzzzzzzz,

9:03 pm

how rude!

9:03 pm

er . . .not you jac

and I may have to pay for the privalage of every course being credited to the new place

9:04 pm

thanks everyone I finally finished with a kick in the *** from you all.

9:05 pm

wtg gramma

9:05 pm

Yay, gramma!!!!

9:05 pm

May I help or at least try to?

9:05 pm

I know! But ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzanyway.

9:05 pm

so what is a "tafe" I keep thinking I will figure it out but haven't

9:05 pm

* it would be a party foul to spill the bourbon *

9:05 pm

wtg gramma!

9:06 pm

I was more worried about you spilling pini!

9:06 pm

bourban? what's your favorite?

Tafe is like Uni but home based

9:06 pm

oh...ROFL

my course is home based. Tafe isn't

9:06 pm

bourbon I meant

9:06 pm

Uni. . . university?

Tafe is like uni but less pricey

University

9:07 pm

must feed pup and scrounge something up for myself...brb

9:07 pm

Jack Daniels except that it cannot legally be called a bourbon in the US because is it filtered twice

9:08 pm

Thanks, herin, for explaining. And, jm, thanks for asking, I thought I'd figure it out, too... here's a link, now that I've "caved" and done asearch: http://www.transworldeducation.com/art icles/tafe.htm

9:08 pm

Have you tried Nob Creek?

9:08 pm

Considering my son is now in the third most expensive uni in the US I am sympathetic with less expensive

9:08 pm

Never tried nob creek

9:08 pm

maker's mark....

Sorry i am trying my damndest to find this phone number.

9:09 pm

Jack and I go waaay back. Good man, that Jack. Makers Mark rocks my world

9:09 pm

education is too expensive and viewed too "preciously" here....

9:09 pm

I'm sticking with Jack. No two-timing for me.

9:09 pm

8-), granma

mmm burbon

9:10 pm

jmc, does your son go to school out east? I live in Middlebury. It's quite spendy.

Pam i have done 6months and then i broke my brain.

9:10 pm

I can pout you some like I did pini, herin

9:10 pm

It was my turn or the alcohol tonight and so I've done wahtever and now I need to sleep. wish me uninterrupted by night flash sleep

9:10 pm

*pour*

9:11 pm

Jacula, I wish you sweet dreams.

9:11 pm

((JAC))

9:11 pm

Son is at George Washington Uni. There goes my retirement plan.

9:11 pm

nite jacula

9:11 pm

may I have a clue for AS 5 pls

night jac

9:11 pm

My son is there too!

9:11 pm

You are doing great, herin... I am really proud of the effort you make!

9:12 pm

He's #3 in the family and he's in law school.

9:12 pm

as + Princes Di***

9:12 pm

Slwetsleep eith no dreams is preferable.

9:12 pm

sleep well, and deeply, Jac!

9:12 pm

my son is still an undergrad

9:12 pm

What a great school

9:13 pm

It is. He has one class being taught by a former ambassador and another where the head of the Ways and Means committee came to talk

9:13 pm

thnx, Jellen

9:14 pm

I would prefer not to talk about sons with Masters Degrees right now.

9:15 pm

We've been trying to score tickets for him to the inauguration and it's his birthday.

hi all. I just logged in ---- am I being dyslexic or is there something wrong with the list?

9:15 pm

GW handed them out to students

9:15 pm

Hi, autumn

9:15 pm

Jacula, pour a little drinky-poo and relax

9:15 pm

where do you think the problem is?

9:15 pm

hi AM (probably just need to refresh it)

9:16 pm

'Night all!xx

9:16 pm

PS: I'm back

9:16 pm

I still have to get my son out of college!

9:16 pm

G'night, Jac

9:16 pm

jm, shut-up! No way! we've been scrambling.

9:17 pm

Ask him about it. My son wasn't an official student yet so didn't qualify so I don't know the details.

all the "a" words are messed up but ... off to look

9:17 pm

jm, he could sell his tickets and reduce his tuition by at least 2 years.

9:18 pm

actually I believe they passed an ordinance saying you can't sell the free tickets

9:18 pm

I am thinking you need to refresh; cuz everything is cool on my list

9:18 pm

My son is selling floor space in his apartment. The city is completely sold out.

already tried refreshing 6 times. not trying it again. Not a problem. ... I don't usually go to list so soon.

9:19 pm

AM...you're gonna need the list for this grid! ;)

9:19 pm

(so hollar if you need help)

9:19 pm

jm, I just noticed that you are from DC.

9:20 pm

As I say---I am from Texas but I live in DC. Actually I have lived here longer than I lived in Texas!

9:21 pm

I missed that part about Texas. Sorry 8(

9:21 pm

Couldn't have seen it! Not there. :-)

9:22 pm

I have a sister in Texas. Can't get her out. She loves it. She's been there 30+ years

Autum do u want me to try and then send it to you?

9:24 pm

jm, it was very nice chatting with you. Good luck to your son. I'll probably run into you again in the chat log.

9:25 pm

Good night all.

I have it up but not in expert

9:25 pm

ty nice chatting with you as well. good luck with the inag. tickets

9:25 pm

G'night, gramma

Night Gramma

9:25 pm

night gramma

9:25 pm

night gramma

WOOT i just spoke to a tafe that actually wants my buisness and are happy to let me reuse my books

9:25 pm

Have fun all. Poof!

9:26 pm

good for you herin!

9:26 pm

great, herin!

9:27 pm

well done, herin

It helps when you get someone that wants your business.

Autumn I just sent you the list

thx herin. It's only the a's that are screwed up.

I used facebook mesaging as my net is a bit slow

im running away for a while. Later

9:36 pm

bye herin

9:36 pm

Bye, herin

9:39 pm

Think I'll take a break, too..

9:41 pm

(I'm lurking if anyone needs clues...)

9:42 pm

yes, Pini...I have 66 left, 4's 5's 6's and 1 7...!! :)

9:42 pm

need one H from bottom right corner

9:42 pm

need more help than that, pav!!! ;)

9:43 pm

have 2 he4's

9:43 pm

I'm with Wildcat...

9:43 pm

he** someone who takes under your will

9:43 pm

have it

9:44 pm

ditto

9:44 pm

he** = what doctors do; they he** people

9:44 pm

(pl)

9:44 pm

I made my 1/2 so I am to bed good night all

9:44 pm

he4/5 = people who gets something from a Will

9:44 pm

that's the other H

9:44 pm

bottom right corner

9:44 pm

but ty

9:44 pm

night jm...well done!

9:44 pm

nite jm

9:45 pm

18 left here...

9:45 pm

hi lady!!

9:45 pm

43 left

9:45 pm

he4/9 = var spelling of color tones

9:45 pm

last one I have from bottom right h: what a woodsman does to wood he**

9:45 pm

have it

9:45 pm

[poof]

9:46 pm

do you have 5/14 (w/pl 6/24)?

9:46 pm

he5/14 that is

9:46 pm

yes from top H

9:46 pm

hiya wildkitty!

9:46 pm

how about the he5/16 from the top H

9:46 pm

do you play serpentine anymore? I don't seem to see you there

9:47 pm

haven't had time

9:47 pm

barely have time to be here

9:47 pm

ah, I see

9:47 pm

yes pini need that one

9:47 pm

change last cons of he5/14

9:48 pm

ty

9:48 pm

still need one more from bottom H lol

9:49 pm

the person who gets things from a departed one's Will?

9:49 pm

have it

9:49 pm

h + pale

9:49 pm

that's it ty

9:49 pm

H+ I ***t to finish this damned grid!

9:49 pm

always forget that one

9:49 pm

forgot the lw too

9:50 pm

as well, it's our fav coffee bean marketer, J*** Valdez, diff sp though

9:50 pm

lol lady

9:52 pm

need one more for O - have oi4, ow4 x 2

9:52 pm

oi6, 36... I am just getting to that one

9:52 pm

oi6...compund word

9:52 pm

oi* drum + high*** (road)

9:52 pm

ty

9:52 pm

ahhh, ty pinik

9:52 pm

9 left

9:53 pm

tu

9:53 pm

*ty even

9:53 pm

go lady go

9:53 pm

36

9:53 pm

go wild go

9:53 pm

2 more for bottom left A - have an4 and an7

9:54 pm

an = low red blood count

9:54 pm

have it

9:54 pm

an + ** the World Turns

9:54 pm

have it

9:54 pm

an + to be sick is to be **l

9:55 pm

(pl)

9:55 pm

done with the sixes

9:55 pm

Back again...can't stay away :-)

9:55 pm

6 left

9:55 pm

wb jellen

9:55 pm

go lady go

9:55 pm

1 four and 5 fives

9:55 pm

Go Lady!

9:56 pm

ty ty ... great cheer team here

9:56 pm

is there an as5 10? from bottom left?

9:56 pm

yes

9:56 pm

as + Princess Di***

9:57 pm

oooh... ty pinik... that was one I didn't have

9:57 pm

thanks Pini...forget that one as well...

9:58 pm

2 left

9:58 pm

go peeps go!

9:59 pm

need one more for bottom W

9:59 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!wr5/18 was my last word

9:59 pm

1

9:59 pm

wtg Min!!!

9:59 pm

Yay, Min!!!

9:59 pm

woohoo min!

9:59 pm

yay Minver!!!

10:00 pm

Wildcat, do you have the sound of relief?

10:00 pm

Wish I could stay and clue,but have to go to bed now

10:00 pm

night Min!!!

10:00 pm

wh 4/13?

10:00 pm

ty needed that jell

10:00 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

10:01 pm

wh 4/13 word: wh**! I finally finished the grid Jellen.

10:01 pm

firewords for me too... last word I had tried six ways from Sunday, because I knew it was there, but I just couldn't spell it. (the mi5,20... alternate spelling of the me4,9)

10:01 pm

G'night, Min

10:01 pm

wtg Lady!

10:01 pm

woohoo lady!!

10:02 pm

WTG, LadyNatts!!!

10:02 pm

my favorite word :)

10:02 pm

goodnight min

10:02 pm

and goodnight everyone.... time fore me to fly too

10:02 pm

nite nite lady

10:02 pm

night Lady

10:03 pm

need clue for lw please

10:03 pm

lw + **ther/or

10:03 pm

ty

10:05 pm

25 and I'm too tired to finish ... nite all

10:05 pm

G'night, wildcat

10:06 pm

night wild

10:06 pm

May I please have a clue for al4-4 the 1st...I can'y get the British spelling. Thanks

10:07 pm

Scratch that ...I meant an7-36

10:07 pm

al 4/4 = similar to al** vera plant (change 2nd vowel)

10:07 pm

al + two vowels

10:07 pm

an = low on red blood cells

10:08 pm

(similar to iron deficiency)

10:08 pm

an + first vowel + continue spelling in American way

10:09 pm

last syllable is ***rophone, btw

10:09 pm

Oh thanks.

10:10 pm

Hi, peach!

10:11 pm

Hi there, Jellen.

10:19 pm

Changed my icon to fit the season!

10:23 pm

down to 6...lots of new "words" here,,,

10:24 pm

Go, PAV! New words for me, too...

10:25 pm

go pav go

10:28 pm

ok I'm done...thanks for help guys (and gals)...Joey is prancing for his walk...will be right back to thelp others, if needed...

10:28 pm

Yay, PAV!!!!

10:29 pm

wtg Pav!

10:30 pm

Jellen! LOVE your icon!

10:30 pm

Hi all

10:30 pm

Thanks, jilli!

10:31 pm

YAY Pave -- I'm not even halfway -- no time as usual

10:31 pm

I still need 54, so I will bid you all good night...sweet dreams and I will see you tomorrow.

10:32 pm

G'night, peach...sweet dreams!

10:34 pm

wow -- just had a look at the Lickety clues -- weird goings-on! All mixed up, with Es and Gs and Ss mixed with As -- has anyone else seen that? I've refreshed and all...

10:34 pm

Ok,I'm stumped. Lickety shows as5?? Can you all send me in the right direction?

10:34 pm

Autumn Moon had the same problem...

10:34 pm

...not sure what happened (mine came out OK)

10:35 pm

hi everyone

10:35 pm

as + princess di***

10:35 pm

the other letters are ok

10:35 pm

hi saph

10:36 pm

thanks, just had FW. now I can give clues too

10:36 pm

I had a peek at the library this afternoon and it was ok, but didn't have time to do anything

10:36 pm

wtg laurag

10:36 pm

YAY laura!!!

10:36 pm

Hi, saphyre

10:36 pm

Yay, laura!!!

10:36 pm

brb

10:37 pm

thanks all. I don't get to work on this every day, but this is the best group

10:37 pm

hullo alls

10:37 pm

how is everyone?

10:37 pm

yw laurag...hi jes

10:38 pm

pretty decent, saph, how're you?

10:38 pm

doing ok thanks

10:39 pm

hmm. the grid won't load. i think i need to restart or something. back soon.

10:39 pm

Hi, jes

10:40 pm

ok I'M BAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!

10:40 pm

wb pav

10:40 pm

I'm chilling (literally) tonight, listening to Christmas tunes...

10:41 pm

it's freezin' outside..must be 50'ish.....8)

10:41 pm

only 42F here!!!

10:41 pm

It's 24 here :-(

10:41 pm

40s here as well

10:42 pm

oooh Jellen...have some hot white choc...just made it...

10:43 pm

Sounds yummy, PAV, thanks!

10:43 pm

my puppy is snoring!

10:43 pm

cute :)

10:43 pm

I'll have a PB & J meself to go with it...would anyone like some?

10:43 pm

sounds good to me, pav

10:44 pm

Just had some PB and animal crackers :-)

10:44 pm

just had jello no bake desert - peanut butter pie - not bad

10:45 pm

Getting hungry again...

10:45 pm

my dau messed that PB no bake up..it was NOT good!

10:46 pm

we couldn't figure how she did it...

10:46 pm

...until we picked up the box...

10:46 pm

...it still had stuff in it!!!

10:46 pm

LOL

10:46 pm

lol

10:49 pm

yes, it does pay to read directions and check to make sure all ingredients are a ccounted for...try making a cake without sugar...or mixing sugar with salt!!

HI SAPHYREEEEEEEEEEEEe hugs

10:50 pm

I've had my share of mistakes...sh don't tell anyone!

10:50 pm

hi herin :) hugs back

10:50 pm

oh yeah...PB SOUP is NOT very appealing!

10:50 pm

well, I have to chec out for a bit...my latest white choc order was messed up...must find out what/why/ and how fors...

10:51 pm

hello

Saphyre we going to still see you online more often?

10:51 pm

best of luck, pav...when it's fixed, bring me one!

10:51 pm

hi harp

10:51 pm

hi jane - bye pav

Bye Pave

10:52 pm

hope so herin - finally got my site launched - still looking for a job though

I will take the white choc if you don't want it Pav

10:52 pm

Hi, harp

HI Harp

10:55 pm

well that's better. i get all the letters in the grid this time :)

Hi Jess and Saphy is that your pink bug?

10:55 pm

Easier to work the grid that way, jes...

10:56 pm

when it flipped last night...I didn't even get a grid...but found it recovered when I got home from work tonight!

10:56 pm

Thought it was just me...

10:56 pm

you mean the vw project? That was the bug we built for my daughter for her graduation last year - I just launched a new ptc site - url in profile

10:56 pm

yeah; i was missing half of the middle row and the bottom right corner last time

Awesome

10:57 pm

Nope, Pini...don't know how long it was down...

10:57 pm

hey, peeps

Looking now Saph

10:57 pm

Hi, tyger

Hi Tyger

10:57 pm

hey, jellen

10:57 pm

hi tyger

10:57 pm

herin :)

10:58 pm

hi tyger

10:58 pm

and saph

10:58 pm

hey, jes

Jes I have been looking at the pet rescue site shop.

10:58 pm

jes, how are you doing with the pup?

10:59 pm

not sure what that is, lady

10:59 pm

he looks so sweet. I really can't fathom his former owner :(

10:59 pm

still got him, tyger.

10:59 pm

puppies are almost invariably great with kids & babies

You are aware of Pet finder?

10:59 pm

any progress? inquiries?

10:59 pm

yeah, she's crazy. i can definitely see where he wouldn't be good with kids, but i don't think that rates killing him.

11:00 pm

really? he's jealous?

11:00 pm

beautiful puppy - my puppy is a year old already

11:00 pm

no, tyger, he's really not; he's too jumpy and easy to scare; he's never nipped at me, but he barks and hides from bruce junior (and he's 12)

11:00 pm

there are too many homes without kids where I'm sure he'd do well, then

11:01 pm

Yeah lady, i've got a page on petfinder. i just didn't know what website you meant by rescue site shop

11:01 pm

oh. nervous, possible fear-biter then. makes more sense to get rid of him, but putting him down is extreme, if a home can be found

This is it jess: http://tinyurl.com/6genz2 I found it via pet finder

11:02 pm

there's a link to my petfinder page in my profile, lady

11:02 pm

brb...

11:02 pm

I assume she was already pregnant when she got him then? why get a dog with that personality when you know a kid is coming???

Yes Jes this is a link to the shop so i can show you what i mean

11:03 pm

she wasn't pregnant. i think the kid is her grandkid, actually. not sure of the whole story, but i think her daughter got sent to jail and she ended up with the kid. great family all around, really.

11:03 pm

oh, lovely

11:04 pm

yeah. they're real winners. frightfully enough though, they are NOT on the list of clients who've made the national news lately. and yes, there is a list.

11:04 pm

ah, i see, lady

11:04 pm

what list?

I really shouldn't look there as i want everything

11:05 pm

LOL, herin

wow Jes. Lovely

11:05 pm

well, there was the drug dealer guy who got shot in the head. and the woman who killed 2 road workers with her truck. and the woman who just got arrested for smuggling a monkey back from thailand.

11:05 pm

geez - nice people

11:06 pm

these are people who've adopted pets from you??

ANd at petfinder I want the Jacob Kitty at petfinder

11:06 pm

no, these are clients at the vet clinic

11:06 pm

oh. I see. thx for clearing that up :)

11:07 pm

no problem

11:07 pm

the puppy looks a lot like my Xena

How the hell does someone smuggle a monkey

11:07 pm

he's a lab mix?

11:07 pm

sounds like she was taking a real chance with the monkey. did he have air, food, water??

11:08 pm

no border collie / husky dad and colby pit mom

I like how petfinder has that shop. Complete with if you buy this product it will go to doing this for the pets

11:08 pm

oh, sorry, saph. I was asking about Pippen

11:09 pm

but your dog is quite a mix! :D

11:09 pm

lol she is adorable actually and the most loving little thing

11:10 pm

I think jes must have stepped away from her computer

11:10 pm

sorry. got disracted

11:10 pm

lemme find the link for you about the monkey

11:11 pm

most people have this weird idea that any kind of pit or bull terrier is nasty. actually, if raised right, I've been told by those who know that they make *wonderful* pets

11:11 pm

actually, i posted it in my livejournal

I want to get '' My cat saved my life"pendant

11:11 pm

and links to the vehicular homicide stuff too.

11:11 pm

I have a pit bull mix who is a sweetheart!

11:11 pm

draggonlaady.livejournal.com

11:12 pm

of course, if they're raised just wrong, the only humane thing is to send them to Rainbow Bridge

pit bulls are banned here but you can still buy cats n dogs from a pet store go figure

11:12 pm

I got a 404, jes

11:12 pm

pippen is 1/2 dachshund, 1/4 chihuahua, 1/4 pomeranian, tyger

11:13 pm

http://draggonlaady.livejournal.com/

11:13 pm

LOL, jes. that's an even stranger mixture than saph's pup

11:13 pm

don't know why it'd 404 you, tyger, i just copied and pasted.

11:13 pm

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/ 09/monkey.smuggling/

11:13 pm

it's a pretty common mix around here, tyger

11:14 pm

Xena is a sweetheart - She is very calm - loving, and her only bad habit is eating my shoes :)

11:14 pm

oi6 clue?

11:14 pm

along with jack-cocka-shit-poo

11:15 pm

oi6 is a weird compound: greasy stuff + where there's a will, there's a ***

11:15 pm

thanks, tyger

11:16 pm

eeeeyuck, jes. what do those look like!!!

11:16 pm

yvw, jes

11:16 pm

about 4 different things all in the same litter, tyger ;)

11:16 pm

is the as5 a common word? I'm sure I've tried every combination possible

11:16 pm

LOLOLOL

11:16 pm

lol sounds interesting

11:16 pm

no, harp

11:17 pm

as + Princess Di***

11:17 pm

as5 is a yoga word

11:17 pm

it's a babblet, jane. yoga position; every other letter is a vowel

11:17 pm

thanks, i swear i tried that!

11:17 pm

oh, excellent, pini. what I was going to type wasn't nearly that good - and much more complicated

11:17 pm

I'm even in an as5 yoga class

11:17 pm

going to read the story. BRB

11:19 pm

my, my. the women lucked out that the monkey wasn't carrying anything. the monkey's luck wasn't quite as good, but at least they didn't get away with it!

11:20 pm

**********stretching into a crouching tiger position ***

11:20 pm

hi ruru

11:20 pm

hey, ruru

What wiill they do with the monkey

11:20 pm

where's the hidden dragon? ;D

11:20 pm

hi SAPHYRE oops Hi Tyger

11:20 pm

sent to a refuge

11:20 pm

yeah. takes a special one

11:20 pm

not going to go there...

11:21 pm

so CNN says

11:21 pm

hiya herin

Hi Ru

11:21 pm

everyone done?

11:21 pm

hit the wrong key by mistake, didja, ruru ;) :P

11:22 pm

yep

11:22 pm

I am.

11:22 pm

hahahahahahahah! no, ruru, got 30 left

11:22 pm

been talking instead of looking

11:22 pm

BRB

11:22 pm

no - out of practice - still only 1/2 way

11:23 pm

hi ruru!

11:23 pm

I finished, just here to clue and chat...

11:23 pm

me 2

11:24 pm

HI pav.. congrats jellen

11:24 pm

well I am clueless so let's start there jellen...

11:24 pm

lol

11:25 pm

I bought a painting I have been wanting for a long time today

Oh yah ru

11:26 pm

someone in this group recommended a Playskool toy, the bouncy baby ball shooter, or something like that. It was about three months ago. Does that ring a bell for anyone?

11:26 pm

sa clues? for anything longer than 4, really. i have the hot food

11:27 pm

not me I have not that faintest clue about kid stuff

IT was me. Hang on what do you need??

IT was me. Hang on what do you need??

11:27 pm

sa + hair pest - e

11:27 pm

sa6/18 = "female" spelling of sa**** solution (medical)

11:27 pm

one is like the liquid you squirt in your eyes without a different ending vowell

11:27 pm

and pl

11:27 pm

can anyone help me ind the al5/14?

11:27 pm

and its plural

11:28 pm

that's find

11:28 pm

one is like the deli meat without the middle vowell

11:28 pm

back

11:28 pm

you mean the bouncy baby thing, was you, infernal?

11:28 pm

sa5/12 = italian hard sa**** - middle vowel

11:28 pm

*snap* ruru!

11:28 pm

al4/5 + consonant, jilli

i am fairly sure that or feather

11:28 pm

al + not you but ** + a cons jill

what do you ned to know?

11:29 pm

Impressed by herin's baby knowledge >...

11:29 pm

ty ru

11:29 pm

well i wanted to say that I bought one, based on the babble recommendation, and gave it to my nephew today.

11:29 pm

HE LOVED IT!

OH. Cool. Maybe it was feather. I recomended the rainforest range of kids stuff

Ru I used to work with rugrats

11:30 pm

*** bows to the great herin's baby knowledge ***

11:30 pm

that got me halfway so I'm reasonably happy

11:30 pm

oh... that explains it..

11:30 pm

what did you do, herin?

Yah Jill

11:30 pm

wtg jilli

11:30 pm

i think it was both of you actually! he's 2 and it was perfect!

11:30 pm

come on jilli one more...

11:31 pm

this wasn't a bad grid, jilli, but I know you could handle being twins between now and Christmas ;D

11:31 pm

that way it would be easier to git it all done :D

11:31 pm

sn5/12 please?

Tyger childcare. I have a shiny certificate and everything. I like kids its just parents that need a smaking

11:31 pm

too right, tyger!

11:31 pm

sn5/12: sn + remains of wood after fire

11:31 pm

sn + what's left after burning

11:32 pm

LOL, herin

11:32 pm

sn + cigarette droppings

11:32 pm

almost a snap, jellen :D

11:32 pm

what is THAT supposed to be? thanks

11:32 pm

ty jellen

11:32 pm

GMTA

11:32 pm

my fave unword is snile

11:32 pm

it's yet more Scotch dialect

11:32 pm

I looked it up, jes.

THat and some childcare workers

11:33 pm

snile is halfway between a sneer and a smile

11:33 pm

the Scots say a lot of weird sh**!

11:33 pm

–noun 1. insolence; impertinence. –verb (used without object) 2. to use abusive language; speak disrespectfully.

11:33 pm

my point well taken then

11:34 pm

right, ruru

11:34 pm

thanks, tyger

11:34 pm

yw, jes

11:34 pm

to5 and 6?

11:34 pm

and almost a little out of it jilli ...lol

11:34 pm

I wish I understood why there is SO MUCH Scotch vernacular in Enable

11:34 pm

t + boo boo (injury); then pl

11:35 pm

what a little kid might call his toes jes

11:35 pm

to5: to* (to pull) + 2 vowels

11:35 pm

pini, you're too good at succinct clues :)

11:35 pm

oi. i thought that was with a double vowel on the end

11:35 pm

a lot of scotch at my desk when I play babble too lol

11:35 pm

thankee

11:35 pm

har har ruru

11:36 pm

* blush * thx, tyger

11:36 pm

anyone see kiwi lately .. or it she up to her ears in love with that attorney

11:36 pm

Enable has a lot of whiskey?:)

11:36 pm

LOLOL, saph

11:36 pm

yes saphyre .. get with the program...

11:36 pm

I haven't seen her...

11:36 pm

lol I said I was out of practice :)

11:36 pm

Kiwi? Love? Attorney? I'm out of the loop!

11:37 pm

she met this guy several weeks ago, thru a matchmaking site

11:37 pm

her ex - husbands best friend and kiwi are doing the wild thing

11:37 pm

lol

11:37 pm

That's how I met my guy :-)

11:38 pm

is he really a friend of her ex??

11:38 pm

yep

11:38 pm

Met Eric in a chat room before most people knew there were chat rooms

11:38 pm

best friend.. it is too juicy..

11:38 pm

I just know she talked about some of the guys she was meeting thru the site - including the one who proposed, and another who wanted to move near her

11:39 pm

kiwi is HOT stuff on this site apparently..

11:39 pm

I am really happy for her.. she is having a ball

11:39 pm

there have been marriages on the maillist I used to belong to that began back in about 1994. there have been marriages thru my fave board (Straight Dope) - at least one international in both cases

11:39 pm

yes, she deserves some fun

11:40 pm

Good for Kiwi!

11:41 pm

al5,14 please?

11:41 pm

al5/14: al + not you + cons

11:41 pm

al + not you but ** + cons jes .

11:41 pm

snap, ruru

11:42 pm

recently clued below

11:42 pm

thanks

11:42 pm

yes, it was

11:42 pm

ch6?

11:42 pm

but I think it's scrolled off

11:42 pm

great minds tyger...

11:42 pm

i think i tried every consonant except that one!

11:42 pm

ch + vowell + woman's name harp

11:42 pm

ch6 is the slit in the roof of a bird's mouth

11:42 pm

a babblet

11:42 pm

ch + vowel + Princess Di***

11:42 pm

ch + vowel + Santa *** winds

11:42 pm

an7?

11:43 pm

an7: Brit spelling low hemoglobin

11:43 pm

thanks!

11:43 pm

an7 = alt spelling of iron deficiency

11:43 pm

well, I got rid of all those weird A clues which were ea and es and ge -- this grid has been strange from the start -- or should I say unstart!

11:43 pm

lacking iron in the blood with an extra british vowellin the middle

11:43 pm

d'oh. thanks

11:43 pm

hiya Jilli!

11:43 pm

silly brits with their extra vowels!

11:43 pm

hi pav ;)

11:44 pm

don't you DARE say silly brits!!!

11:44 pm

only john cleese is silly

11:44 pm

more than John Cleese is silly...

11:45 pm

How about Jamey Oliver

11:45 pm

not so, jilli. the guys from Red Dwarf were also silly.

11:45 pm

Benny Hill is silly

11:45 pm

oh well, maybe a few more.

11:45 pm

not jilli, though, or jac. I *dare* you to call jac silly. she'll have you for lunch

11:45 pm

Our Brits however are class personified

11:45 pm

or Haz

11:46 pm

or several others I could name :)

11:46 pm

I've been having some "gourmet" white choc mix sent to me, for quite some time now, and for this latest shipment, they sent some god-awful dark choc mixes that are more expensive! seems they dropped the white choc for a "new blend"...Hopefully they'll credit my payment and I can find a new supplier...

11:46 pm

words like the an7 are based on Latin and Greek anyway

11:46 pm

remember, jilli was born a Brit

11:46 pm

Ja,ie Oliver is not silly! He got me started in cooking....

11:46 pm

sounds interesting, pav...I've never had hot white chocolate...

11:46 pm

Jamie...where's my spell check!

11:46 pm

sorry.. I cook too and he is a total goof

11:46 pm

oh, PAV. they shoulda sent it to me. I don't care for white choc; adore dark - the darker the better

11:47 pm

ditto, tyger

11:47 pm

me too...dark..dark..dark

11:47 pm

Well he did marry after becoming famous...

11:47 pm

white chocolate tastes like wax to me

11:47 pm

not me....white or milk!!!

11:47 pm

she is goofy too

11:47 pm

"to each his own" :)

11:47 pm

well, technically there's no such thing, but sugar is sugar in any form...

11:48 pm

thanks for cluing all. you's the rawk!

11:48 pm

good white is the best - cheap white tastes like vitamins

11:48 pm

rawk?

11:48 pm

I like bittersweet choc - esp. bittersweet dark

11:48 pm

the whowhat??

11:48 pm

so true, saph...white chocolate should NOT taste like chalk!

11:48 pm

ditto, tyger -- my mother's fave too

11:49 pm

yup. rawk. like rock, only kewler. or something.

11:49 pm

OH there is a great ice cream store in SF that makes the best and I mean the best bittersweet chocolate ice cream

Pav what was wrong with your choc?

11:49 pm

it's white chalkolate

11:49 pm

jes is beginning to speak Babble...!

11:49 pm

scary jesss

11:49 pm

lol jilli

11:49 pm

I lurve hot fudge when it's been kept hot long enough to get more concentrated and a bit bitter. ohhhhhhh so good over French vanilla ice cream!

11:49 pm

jilli!

11:50 pm

jes id totally babbling. it's bed time here. ]

11:50 pm

tyger... you can stop that now..lol

11:50 pm

ROFL, jilli. I agree

11:50 pm

why, ruru?

11:50 pm

now I have to run to the store and get ice cream..

ill have the dark chocolate

11:50 pm

I am so easily persuaded

11:50 pm

good eve mi'Lady...I love hot white choc...and I was sent three canosters of a dark/milk/white blend and the reviews are mixed...if I wanted dark, I'd have Hershey's it's much cheaper and amore available...

11:50 pm

ya'll have a loverly night. and if you know anybody that needs a christmas puppy, send 'em my way.

11:50 pm

and I mean the super-rich French vanilla that's so rich it's yellow

11:51 pm

ahhhhhhhhhhh

err. I like chilli hotchot

11:51 pm

sweet dreams, jes

11:51 pm

stop it

11:51 pm

nite jess

11:51 pm

G'night, jes

11:51 pm

you too, tyger

11:51 pm

ewww, herin. You'd have made a great Aztec :D

11:51 pm

nite jes

11:51 pm

I like Ben & Jerry's vanilla with little bits of bean scattered through it -- not too sweet

night Jess

11:51 pm

thx, jes

11:52 pm

brb - pup patrol

11:52 pm

Ben and Jerry's Karma Sutra

11:52 pm

I don't want my ice cream so much sweet as rich. it ain't ice cream if there's not enough butterfat in it

You get just 2 squares of dark chilli choc and melt it in a mug of milk (or soy in my case with extra flavour)

11:52 pm

I make homemade ice cream sometimes

11:52 pm

christmas puppy? That's a BAD idea

11:52 pm

my best is ginger -vanilla

11:52 pm

when can I come have some, ruru? :)

11:53 pm

not if they want a puppy, jilli. i don't recommend surprising someone who doesn't want a dog; that never goes well.

11:53 pm

I have to bake a pear tart first

Jill the puppy was dumped on Jess.

11:53 pm

I wonder if that could be a cheesecake flavor? hmmmm?

11:53 pm

what, PAV?

11:53 pm

sure it could pav

11:53 pm

ginger-vanilla

11:53 pm

christmas is too busy a time --puppy needs full-time attention at first

11:54 pm

pear tart. that sounds interesting. I've never had a pastry made with pears

11:54 pm

steep the cream in chips of ginger for 20 minutes and strain off of it

11:54 pm

amen, jilli. preach it!!

11:54 pm

yeah; but i need to get rid of him. and the sooner the better for my sanity.

11:54 pm

Joey needs attntion constantly!

and this little guy needs a home as poor jess is getting broker and insaner by the day

11:54 pm

how about the poor pup's sanity?

11:54 pm

pear tart sounds good, ruru. I don't care for peach pastries. they cook too soft. what kind of pears do you use?

11:55 pm

I love you jilli

11:55 pm

he's already house trained and all; so he doesn't need attention that constant.

11:55 pm

jilli, the story is in jes's profile

11:55 pm

how old is he, jes?

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poor little guy

11:55 pm

he'll be a lot more sane in a permanent home than getting run over by my big dogs here, jilli.

11:55 pm

he's 7 months

11:55 pm

I use comice, or bartlett, or Bosc

11:55 pm

ok, will look at the profile -- sorry for jumping in on something I knew nothing about

11:56 pm

no worries

11:56 pm

very sad

11:56 pm

that's what they said about Joey...he leaves me "gifts" when he's upset at me for whatever the cause...

11:56 pm

ones that are nice and firm when first ripe, right?

No worries. Jes how is the other dogs going/ the first two you fixed

11:56 pm

toss them in a little lemon juice and sugar and cinnamon and nutmeg .. firm is better

11:57 pm

nice, pav. this one has had one accident in the house, and was really my fault. i heard him pacing and whining, but didn't get up to let him out.

11:57 pm

I want some, ruru

11:57 pm

:)

11:57 pm

I wish I could show a picture of it..

11:57 pm

the first two? that was ages ago, lady. which do you mean?

11:57 pm

I wonder where the pup came from -- good breeders take pups back when they don't work out

My cat chases me about the table

11:57 pm

he's a Heinz 57, jilli

11:58 pm

the woman i got him from thinks she rescued him from somewhere. i didn't bother to ask where, because if he was worse off than he was with this woman, i didn't want to know

11:58 pm

half doxie

11:58 pm

...and I have a peed pad which Precious uses dutifully when needed...Joey, not so much, but he does try and I'm mostly to blame for working longer hours

Jes the 3 legged dog and the one eyed pomy

11:58 pm

sigh, tyger!

11:58 pm

but i doubt very much he came from any kind of reputable breeder anyway, since why would a reputable breeder be mixing 3-ways?

11:58 pm

an interesting solution, PAV

11:59 pm

they're both doing fine. the pom was adopted by friends of a cousin of mine, and is completely inseparable from the gentleman.

11:59 pm

jes, is that him in your icon? Looks Lab!

11:59 pm

I am trying to cut back on hours since I'm not paid for them...and he is overall a blessing...

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ruru! <200

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the border collie was adopted by one of my assistants, and is having a great old time running around in the woods with her other dog

11:59 pm

wish there were mandatory neuters for mix breeds - actually, all pets

11:59 pm

oh wow fireworks with less than a minute to go tx all

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shuddup, ruru

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GJ ursh!

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Hello everyone :)

12:00 am

yup, that's him, jilli. he's only about 16 pounds; my hand's not THAT chunky :P

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