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12:00 am

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had to refresh- FLIP

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me too jilli

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flip now

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Flip flip hooray! (after refresh)

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hi all!

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12:01 am

yuk, a biggie

12:02 am

Hello Twentynine Palms!How are you?Welcome to grid

12:02 am

looks like a big stinker

12:02 am

Hello flosey! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

thanks min. i'm soing well. I only have a few minutes but i thought i'd check out the grid.

12:02 am

I am diving into the grid! I will be back half way done.

12:03 am

b8

12:03 am

take it no news yet,flosey?

12:03 am

ea9...

12:03 am

no new jilli

12:03 am

oh my, natts!

12:03 am

:)

ba6,7,7, and 8

12:04 am

ge 7 /8

Clues are up

12:04 am

thanks, lickety!

thanks lickety~

hi all & ty lickety

12:05 am

Thank you Lickety

12:05 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

we will surely need you with this one!!

hi ru; hugs jili

12:05 am

lstly

12:05 am

oops sorry

12:05 am

thanks Lickety - only way I'll finish this one

12:05 am

thanks Lickety!

12:05 am

hi volley

thanks for the 9 lady!

hugs dart!!

sl 7

hiyee!

12:07 am

se 7

ba 7 x 2 and ba 8

12:07 am

Thanks again Lickety!

12:08 am

ba 8 x 2

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se8

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a7

12:10 am

go away with the big words! I can never see them!

12:10 am

lol jilli... I usually can't either

12:10 am

all I have are 4's and 5's Jilli

12:10 am

and 2 6's

12:11 am

oh I have a6, yowzer!

12:11 am

I mean a 6

NBT - in order except for one. next time I may try to go bottom to top, R to L - that would be trickier.

BL7

12:13 am

me, too, NBT - congrats, melon!

12:14 am

I have NBT as well

nbt

12:14 am

wtg melon -- I just need the bottom right A

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wings

12:14 am

and got it -- nbt here too

12:15 am

yay, all of us!! :D

lower R A - you can shoulder that!

12:15 am

YEs, woohoo to all NBT's

12:16 am

*happy dance for all nbts*

{dancing w/jilli - doing the jillibug!}

12:17 am

oh, cute, melon!

12:18 am

morning all

and now to bed - was at the opera tonight - wonderful wonderful Falstaff. ingenious staging. Great voices. Saw my orch colleagues. nite all {poof}

cu7

12:19 am

came strait in with ea9/66....happy days!!!

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nite, melon, happy dreams!

12:20 am

*Sneaks in for a bit . . .*

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night melon -- how lovely!

12:21 am

and hi ishult and JC :)

12:21 am

*waves from israel*

cu 7 x 2

12:23 am

Hi, Jilli - said in my sleep. :P

12:23 am

hi rolin and hi dee hi

re hi jili

12:24 am

you may go back to bed, JC

12:24 am

I c no cu big words.. ugh

12:24 am

Oh no fear, Jilli - I will be doing that. :P

think of what ladies do before the queen

12:24 am

Hi, ruru . . .

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hi ruru -- I see no big words, period

12:25 am

And Dee . . .

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And everyone . . .

hi jc

12:25 am

I founc that, because I do it, Jilli . . . just to be silly. :P

12:26 am

ty for the queenly cu7

12:26 am

Erm - found.

12:26 am

Now if only my fingers could find the right letters. :P

yw

12:26 am

pretty silly, JC, lol but I bet you do it beautifully

12:26 am

hi all..my stats are going down the toilet as failed to finish nearly everything this week..thats what happens when you have visitors lol!

ge 6, 7, 8

12:27 am

Phooey on stats

12:27 am

true jilli...i just need a fix at least once a day..and to see you all :)

12:28 am

There is an al4 word, similar to my younger dog's name. Feminine version of it?

12:29 am

changing icon -- the Sunday theme is something you're grateful for, or good news, or blessings...

12:29 am

Well, then I shall leave mine as is - it's appropriate. ;)

12:29 am

oh I got that J.C coz that puppy is adorable..so I remembered its name :)

12:30 am

lol jilli, have been hoping for a blessing!!!

12:30 am

Awww, thank you Kazozz - he certainly is. :) Have the photos of him on Flickr . . .

12:32 am

JC, how do we find you on flickr?

12:32 am

how do i see those J.C ?

12:32 am

Erm, Jilli - you are already connected with me on there. :P

12:33 am

You would have to be connected with me there, Kazozz . . .

12:33 am

I am??? Thought it was MySpace...

12:33 am

I dont know how to do that but I would love to see them

12:33 am

I have tried to have them display in my profile, but it wouldn't work - even Dr. God couldn't figure out why not. :/

12:33 am

Well, I would need an e-mail address, in order to invite you to connect, Kazozz . . .

12:34 am

My photo albums on there are not viewable, except to added contacts - for obvious reasons.

12:34 am

I'm for bed... 162 words in, I can feel satisfied

12:34 am

kazozz@charter.net :) please invite me !!

12:34 am

gj Lady! i have 19 lol

12:34 am

wow, natts!

12:35 am

I am stopping at 142 words and 1497 points.Bye to all

12:35 am

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

12:35 am

night Min

12:35 am

good night!

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and wow, min!

12:36 am

what a biggie!! Hi all :)

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hi mrp

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hiya mrp :)

12:37 am

hi kaz and dartie!

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hi mrp!

12:37 am

Doing so now, Kazozz . . .

12:37 am

hi jilli!! I just watched my darling beautiful talented amazing daughter do two performances at her annual dance concert!

12:37 am

wonderful * happy dance*

12:38 am

I bet she was just beautiful, like her mum, mrp!

12:38 am

She did an amazing ballet piece from Don Quoxite and the Finale.... Chicago (all that jazz) SHE WAS AMAZING!

12:39 am

I am going to put it on youtube (private) and give my babble buddies access to it

12:40 am

oh good!

12:40 am

the performance of Chicago was incredible! So proud of her

12:41 am

It's sent, Kazozz - don't have as much on there as I plan to upload, but getting time to do it all doesn't happen all at once!

12:41 am

Awww, that's great, mrp! ;)

12:41 am

mrp, i bet you are so proud of her!

12:41 am

21 words NBT!

12:41 am

And yes, Jilli - we are connected on Myspace also.

12:41 am

I'll look for it :)

12:41 am

what a difference a day makes!

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wtg PAV

12:41 am

wtg pav!

12:42 am

JC, do I just use your name on Flickr?

12:42 am

hi pav! hi JC!

12:42 am

I gave my ticket away to a friend of hers so that he can see how amazing she is too!

12:42 am

nasty word to get my NBT lol

12:42 am

hi folks! another weekend is almost gone...and what have I done? Babble....

12:43 am

ah, jmc will be please to see that word in the grid!

12:44 am

oh, I've had a busy day, pav -- a table of bridge here and visiting cat -- doesn't sound like much, but it was

12:44 am

PAV, weekends were invented for babble!

12:44 am

I think so mrP...and Jilli, you can re4 more in the PB...

12:45 am

oh dear, what did I say?

12:45 am

JC I got it thx..signed in but says you have nothing available to me!!!

12:46 am

ta 5, jilli

12:46 am

babbling whilst learning lines and visiting in-laws has equaled not much time here for me this week

12:46 am

but it's the weekend Jilli, so I'm not the word police anylonger...

12:47 am

10 ab words and I can find one sheesh

12:47 am

oh yes, I see, finally! (not seeing much tonight -- tired)

12:47 am

oh jilli! have a cuppa tea

12:48 am

that's my prob everyday Jilli...

12:48 am

Kazozz - check your e-mail again, if you already have. You have another invitation - it's your lucky day. :P

12:48 am

Ooh, I could always have a cuppa - love my tea. :)

12:49 am

Hello, PAV!

12:49 am

I am enjoying a vodka with lemon

12:49 am

it's nearly my bedtime...

12:49 am

I'll bet you're enjoying that! ;)

12:49 am

sorry no Vodka here...I do have a single serving of sangria left over...

12:50 am

hey, got a nice at7

12:50 am

I quite like this new series... it is called 'Chuck'... anyone else seen it?

12:50 am

and good day to you JC! keeping busy? and how's WImbledon?

12:50 am

not new here mrp

12:51 am

but good

12:51 am

we only just got it on Fox8 here in the last month

12:51 am

ab 7 - got it after Kazozz mentioned ab words, lol - have 7 of 'em now

12:51 am

mrp I watched the 1st 2 seasons, or is it 3..lost count!

12:51 am

I really like Adam Baldwin in the series

12:52 am

ack I still have 1, but JC keeping me preoccupied lol

12:52 am

I have 9 ab words -- just missing the 2nd ab6/24

12:52 am

did I tell you all about my delightful experience at soccer yesterday afternoon when I was locking up?

12:52 am

nm, gotit

12:53 am

that worked JC..I was always a facebook person, but for you I signed up!

12:53 am

Where, Kazozz - on MySpace?

12:53 am

noooo....

12:54 am

comparative of the preceding one

12:55 am

yes JC..Flickr didn't want to cooperate!

12:55 am

You'll find Jilli, Seain, Frances, jmc, stidmama, westford, shorty, EvaNadine and MonkeyGames on there, Kazozz - in my friends' list.

12:56 am

Yes - I see you there now, I think? Someone I didn't have in my list before this, anyway! ;)

12:56 am

cool tyvm :)

12:56 am

A "K' name - 'K. O.', correct? ;)

12:56 am

Just don't mind the silliness in the comments' section - that's to be expected, though. :P

12:57 am

finally got the ea9...

12:58 am

If Flickr won't co-operate, Kazozz, don't worry - the photos will be in a blog I'll be posting on MySpace.

12:58 am

yep :)

12:58 am

I'm reminiscing now...looking at your page JC

12:59 am

did Oscar Wilde help you?

12:59 am

OK . . . careful, you'll feel as old as I do. :/

ba 8 x 2

1:04 am

Almost JC lol

1:04 am

but got fricking big grin on my face :)

1:05 am

and still only one ab word lol

1:06 am

I only have two ab words . . .

1:06 am

I'm sure there's more, that I haven't been ab4,6 to see. :P

1:07 am

ok added a little blurb to profile and found another friend on there...oh no something else to be addicted too lol

1:08 am

now going in search of ab words before I fall asleep

1:08 am

Kazozz - go through my 'Friend Space' - you will find several people there you know, from here!

1:08 am

You can add all of them . . .

1:10 am

will do :)

hi hi hi hi hi hi hi

1:11 am

hiya, josh!

1:11 am

Yes, I even have a dog and cat connected to me on there - what can I say, animals love me! ;)

1:11 am

Seymour and Elmo! HAHAHA . . .

1:12 am

Their pages are funny . . .

1:12 am

Seymour is Fauxmage's cat, and Elmo is Bonsai's dog.

1:12 am

Hi, Joshua! :)

1:12 am

ooh found 3 more lol

1:12 am

hi Josh...and rbud...and JC ...and Jilli...and Kaz...did I miss anyone?

1:13 am

I'm trying to navigate my way around..it

eeeeeeeasy NBT

hi everyone - happy sunday

1:13 am

tats

1:13 am

is very different to facebook!

1:13 am

Did you say you posted a comment on my page, Kazozz? Only I don't see one from you?

1:14 am

not yet JC, there's lots to read :) But never fear I will when I work it all out!!

1:14 am

opps...must be the sangria talking...

1:14 am

Oh, OK - no worriies! I just wanted to know if you had or not, because I thought you said you had, then wondered why I couldn't see one - glad my mind's not going yet, in my old age. :P

1:15 am

This is why I like challenging puzzles . . . keep the old cogs turning. :P

1:16 am

No I just worked out how to add a blurb on my own profile, and added a couple of friends..now I'm reading some of the comments on your page lol

1:17 am

Oh, I see - I posted a comment on your page, by the way. ;)

1:17 am

Over half way but think I need to check out lickety now

1:17 am

Oh, HAHAHA - look at the one Laura (Fauxmage) posted, with the Richard Simmons graphic - and then two comments above that, my response to it! :P

1:19 am

oh boy I just saw that one..brilliant!!

1:20 am

b atts+

1:20 am

Which one, Kazozz? Laura's or mine? :P

1:20 am

ignore that please

1:21 am

I found the ge7 8 combo!

1:21 am

both! and I added a comment :)

I have ea 9... anyone know what the other 9 is?

1:22 am

Ooh, OK - I'll go peek! ;)

1:23 am

Glad you can't promise not to misbehave, Kazozz! Misbehaviour is a must . . . ;)

1:24 am

Wouldn't you know -- it's a RE word

LOL... should have figured that...thx!

1:24 am

yay lol

to sell again...

1:25 am

eeek there's 2 9 letter words..maybe i should play this when I'm more awake and not distracted!

1:26 am

Oh my god - I'm probably never going to find those, in this semi-awakened state. :/

1:27 am

phantom...restaurant

good one pav

1:29 am

just back from JC's flickrpix -- fun!

1:29 am

HAHAHA - erm, Jilli? You ignored a certain one, didn't you? :P

1:29 am

*Hopes!*

1:30 am

oh good grief..new ad on TV for a CSI travel kit..allows you to find stains on bedding when traveling..i'm totally grossed out

1:30 am

of course not!

1:30 am

Erm, some of them might be mine . . . :P

1:30 am

Jilli will slap me, one of these times - I'm almost sure of it! ;)

1:31 am

Ummm . . . that means you saw it, Jilli? :/

1:31 am

don't live in hope, JC, lol!

1:31 am

*Hides!*

I think blarniest should be a word

basel

1:32 am

after about 20mins, I have 10/21 from the g's. Are they all unwords, or am I being my usual early-morning caffeine deprived moronic self?

1:32 am

Yes, Dee - I've seen a few that ought to be words!

1:32 am

One is simply too impolite to say though - even for me! :P

definitely agree

1:32 am

*running to make flickr work*

the ge words are all regular words dach

1:33 am

we had a staff person travel to a conference with hundreds of people attending.. he was "forced"to change hotels 'cuz they didn't believe him when he said the bed was pee'd on and then made...

1:33 am

ta. just being a muppet then. back to the kettle.

1:33 am

nice going with the bokk, dachef!

oh yuck pav!

1:34 am

I think you're doing better than me, Dachef - if that's any consolation? :P And . . . bore da!

1:34 am

just realised I didn't even have the gi4 feminine. I need to shape up. JJil - I never touched a springbok, and all of those rumours, Im afraid, are simply unfounded.

1:35 am

thanks for that word Dee...bl7

yw

1:35 am

sorry, dachef -- book. I'm an expert typoist.

1:35 am

Rumours? :)

1:35 am

thanks jil!!! :)

1:36 am

personally, I thought he made the whole story up to secure a nicer room...we only reimbursed him for the original room cost though...I am a pain when it comes to rules though...

1:36 am

there are always rumours. none of them true though, except for the ones that might be beneficial to my reputation, of course.

1:36 am

any about JC are probably true though!!

1:37 am

lol kaz!

1:37 am

Kazozz?

1:38 am

*sigh* yes JC?

1:38 am

Just . . . :P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

1:38 am

(That's a big, long, raspberry - in your direction.)

1:38 am

PAV..thanks for continuing to keep me grossed out lol..I might have to buy the darn thing now lol

1:39 am

I remember the phantom raspberry blower from old london town lol...I think you compete well JC!

1:39 am

HAHAHA, well I'm a good one myself. ;)

1:40 am

got the ge8 :)

1:40 am

what show was that from? The Two Ronnies?

1:40 am

ack biggest word I found is a 6 and its way past my bedtime now

1:41 am

loved The Two Ronnies

1:41 am

yes Kaz - two ronnies. classic scene!

1:41 am

Yes, Kazozz - it ran every week on the show for a while!

1:41 am

Hilarious, yes! :)

1:42 am

Same here, Jilli . . . they were great! :)

1:43 am

I saw Ronnie Corbet being interviewed on The Graham Norton Show a while back...hilarious

1:43 am

Yes! :)

1:43 am

Dachef, I have my inlaws visiting here from Wales...they want to know if its raining back there lol

1:45 am

tell them the weather right here in Cardiff is stunning. I have the doors wide open and the sun is shining onto the balcony!!! It's getting really warm already, and its going to be a hottie!

1:45 am

Mae'n bwrw glaw heddiw?

1:45 am

*Looks outside.*

1:45 am

I'm > halfway!

1:45 am

trust it to turn nice when they leave the country!

1:46 am

jc -

1:46 am

jc - sorry, my Welsh is bad. I speak 3 languages, but I am eternally ashamed of the fact that Welsh isn't one of them.

1:47 am

Not quite yet, but it's going to anytime soon - very foggy. :P

1:47 am

Mine is too, Dachef - considering I'm not a TAffy!

1:47 am

my mother in law makes fun of this essex girl trying to pronounce the names of towns in Wales...after 27 years it still tickles her

1:47 am

I know a very limited amount, from struggling to learn some, at onc point - and from a good friend who is Welsh. It's a very difficult language to learn!

1:48 am

That I can do, Kazozz . . . all except for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwl lllanty Siliogogogoch, of course! :P

1:48 am

my husband can say welcome to wales and knows how to pronounce that too lol and he is a Taff

1:48 am

Naturally, lthe locals there just call it 'Llanfair PG'. Wouldn't YOU? :P

1:49 am

if i could say it..yep haha

1:49 am

Croeso i Cymru! That's easy . . .

1:49 am

I think Blackadder said it best personally when he said: "you need a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names."

1:50 am

I tend to make sure I have a very dry mouth before attempting to say any Welsh words or phrases, Dachef! People don't appreciate being spat on! :P

1:50 am

firewords

1:50 am

Same with German . . .

1:50 am

Congrats, dart . . .

1:51 am

dart you are my hero..i have 199 left, but sure been a fun evening

1:51 am

sprechen zie deutch?

1:51 am

too true Dachef lol

1:51 am

100 to go and hopefully there'll be time to finish up tomorrow, goodnight all

1:52 am

night flosey

1:52 am

be well, flosey

1:52 am

Wie, Kazozz, mich? Ja . . .

1:52 am

ooh i found a 7 letter word..my 1st one of the grid lol

1:53 am

What are the first two letters, Kazozz?

1:53 am

at JC

1:54 am

Hmmm? The first two letters of the seven-letter word? Oh, AT - OK. :P

1:54 am

has the caffeine kicked in now?

1:55 am

Thank you, Kazozz! :) *MWAH!*

1:55 am

on a roll now..found a ba 8,,should quit while I'm ahead

1:56 am

Doing much better than me, Kazozz . . . :/

1:57 am

my mother in law announced before retiring for the evening that people who spend a lot of time on their computers playing games must be very lonely people...*shaking my head *

1:57 am

I'm quite proud of myself for not reacting to that

1:57 am

Hmmm . . .

1:58 am

Yes, you should be!

1:58 am

She's probably jealous because she can't use one?

1:58 am

Guessing . . .

1:58 am

anyone found a nine yet?

1:58 am

I have a pretty big gob..so saying nothing is tricky for me!

1:58 am

Or use it well, perhaps?

1:58 am

No, ruru . . . of course not.

1:59 am

there's an ea and an re apparently ruru

1:59 am

but I am not close to finding either

1:59 am

you could be right JC...but I think she's clueless as to how much fun we have in here!!

2:00 am

ruru - i have re9 - can be sold again

2:01 am

ea 9/66

2:01 am

ea 9/66

2:01 am

ty got it

2:02 am

ooh thx ursh

2:03 am

9's are done.. thanks

2:03 am

and on that note...take my sleepy brain to bed! TC all... see you all soon :)

2:07 am

and I'm done for the night as well...

2:08 am

at last! the ea9 -- and the re9 -- ty for the tip!

darn darn darn darn!! I didn't get to see any of the Tommy Haas game! Une!! I hope you have a recording of it!

2:15 am

keep losing babble - fading in and out. Just me?

2:20 am

mine is ok

2:21 am

just me then. sigh. story of my life.

2:23 am

awwww

2:25 am

but on the bright side, i just found the ea9. heres to little victories.

2:28 am

satisfying, eh dachef?

2:29 am

sad, isn't it?

2:29 am

Hello everyone

2:29 am

No!

2:30 am

hi lynxxx!

2:30 am

:D

2:34 am

7's, 8's and 9's all done

2:35 am

good going, anike!

2:39 am

I'm on the homeward run - 15 to go

2:40 am

amazing -- I have 117 to go :[

2:41 am

Just been head down - but have used lickety for a while

2:42 am

I've been using Lickety all the while, lol!

2:43 am

I did half without the list but have been referring to it for the second half

2:44 am

I'm falling alseep

2:45 am

So am I - and its only 3.45 in the afternoon but my son had his 25th birthday party last night and it was a late night (or morning)

2:47 am

I give up -- 170/113 -- and off to bed -- night all!

2:47 am

bye Jilli

2:47 am

night jilli - have a good sleep

2:55 am

fireworks

2:57 am

congrats Anike

2:57 am

Going to have a nap now - bye

2:58 am

how bad is it?

2:59 am

seems OK kje - but only halfway

2:59 am

OK... don't want a 283 grid where half are nonwords

3:00 am

It's good so far, down to 64 and only 14 x re's. Evening/Morning all

3:00 am

hi FM

3:00 am

morning FM

3:28 am

i haven't been playing long, but i would have guessed the puzzles would be free of curse words. i'm actually happy to see that they're not.

3:29 am

i find censorship reprehensible in any form.

3:31 am

so I gather you found the cu4

3:31 am

having a filthy mind, that's the first thing i saw :)

3:31 am

heheh

3:47 am

G'd Morning Babblers!

3:47 am

hi Lori, Just & Hunter

3:48 am

morning Lori

3:49 am

T-storms firing up here, if it gets too roowy I'll havta' bail, but yea for a medium-ish grid!

3:49 am

g'morninh

3:49 am

morning

3:49 am

hi lynxxx

3:50 am

you must be getting what we had, Lori

3:51 am

Quebec had a wee light show? :)

3:52 am

yes, very humid although cooled off somewhat!

4:04 am

sun has risen, haven't been to sleep yet :(

4:05 am

I got 3 hours, so I was impressed with that. Storms moving closer, may havta' shut down soon. Mar, at least Babble is there when insomnia strikes. :)

4:06 am

i take it that it's hot in the east, too?

4:06 am

yes that is true...hope you don't have to shut down...don't you use a surge protector?

4:06 am

well we had a few very hot humid days....not enough to acclimatize tho...

4:07 am

global warming sure ain't affecting us :(

4:08 am

NS has been ridiculously humid. this week, and no, we have no surge protecter, aside from unplugging it....

4:08 am

I never shut down during a storm...

4:08 am

and I'm, gonr

4:09 am

it's 2am in northern california and still 24C outside. they're expect it to hit 38C tomorrow

4:09 am

bye lori

4:09 am

goodbye lori

4:10 am

pretty hot stuff hunter esp with humidity (not sure if you get much there?)

4:10 am

we stay in the 25-55% range usually

4:11 am

we're hovering around 50 right now.

4:11 am

well 25 is quite dry and 55 is kinda humid :)

morning. I dont think I should make a comment on the Florida Weather.

4:12 am

heh. i'm a native of new mexico. 25% is wet there. :)

4:12 am

morning red lol...been to Fla many times in summer! HOT and HUMID always!

4:12 am

morning, redturtlehead

4:12 am

went to vegas last August....the dry heat was soooo comforting

Its getting better than last week, and I like it, so no complaints...

4:13 am

i was in orlando a few years ago in october and it was 39C and 95% what a crappy day that was.

4:13 am

I like it too if you can escape into a/c cool dryness

LOL Hunter, thats where I live. It really is like that a lot, but once you get used to it, its hard to go anywhere cooler because you feel cold, like 60 F kills me now.

4:14 am

have a/c's for the bedrooms but it's a waste of time to install them...not enough days of heat and humidity

4:15 am

hahahaha 60F is comfortable for northern california. just last week we had a few days that didn't exceed 68F

4:15 am

I hear ya red..know what that's like

4:15 am

late june and still in the 60's :)

4:15 am

late june and still in the 60's :)

:) I'd be in a wool sweater, its so wierd, I have lived in Upstate nY, but never again.

4:15 am

oh thought you said mid calif...

4:16 am

northern california

4:16 am

can be really very cool there in summer...

4:17 am

have some friends who live at the edge of a state park with redwoods and it's rarely over 72F at their house.

4:17 am

well you yanks are lucky cause you have many different climates throughout the country....basically we have cold, colder and coldest

but Just 1, you have Tim Hortons!

4:18 am

crazy place... always have sweatshirts in the cars, just in case.

4:18 am

except for BC which is moderate both summer and winter

4:18 am

lol red how you know about Timmies?

I work with a lot of Canadian Nurses....

4:18 am

that's called survival hunter :)

need help with the ba8,50 - is it a compound word?

4:19 am

they even have a Tim Hortons in Afghanistan for all the soldiers there, whatever nation :)

4:19 am

i thought you were gonna say you were a practitioner of the canadian religion (hockey) so you've made pilgrimages up to the holy land

4:20 am

well being female, I not such a big sports fan although I do root for les Canadiens....

4:20 am

I also was an avid NL baseball fan til MLB screwed the Expos :(

Ok, I must actually go to work, so See you all later. have a great day people!!!!

4:21 am

i play hockey with many females. one of my teams has 2 women and the other has 5.

4:21 am

bye red

4:21 am

have a good day redturtlehead

4:22 am

ice hockey hunter?

4:22 am

yep, is there any other kind/ ;)

4:23 am

street hockey, field hockey...

4:23 am

got two games scheduled sunday evening.

4:23 am

to partake or to view?

what hockey?

4:23 am

i know :) i've played street hockey and roller hockey, but ice hockey is the best of the variants

4:24 am

partake. i play center on one team and right wing on the other.

4:24 am

Canadian religion..hi MrP!

4:24 am

nice hunter! glad to hear californian lovin hockey

A Canadian hockey player is walking down the street with a case of beer under his arm. His friend Doug stops him and asks, "Hey Bob! Whacha get the case of beer for?" "I got it for my wife, eh" answers Bob. "Oh!" exclaims Doug, "Good trade."

4:25 am

hello mrpresident

hello hunter! :)

4:25 am

lolol MrP :) Doug and Bob

first ba8,50 anyone?

Q: How do you know a leper is playing ice hockey?

4:26 am

btw never heard that one before!

4:26 am

heh :)

A: There's a 'face-off' in the corner.

nice to meet you hunter!

4:26 am

groan :)

4:26 am

very groan :)

4:27 am

how do you know so much about our peccadillo's MrP? lol

4:27 am

mrpresident, you seem to know a fair number of hockey jokes from someone down under

Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers, Josh, noticed and asked Andy what happened. Andy replied, "Oh, nothing. It's just an old hockey injury that acts up once in a while." Josh, "Gee, I never knew you played hockey." Andy, "No I don't. I hurt it last year when I lost $100 on the Stanley Cup play-offs. I put my foot through the television."

4:28 am

"for someone down under"

4:28 am

ba8 take the word before it and turn it into the mostest

hunter, I love Canadians! Have studied you all for years, visited your land and laid my plans!

4:28 am

well us Canucks love you too mrP

thanks for the ba clue

aaawwww, thanks Mar!!

4:29 am

yw

4:29 am

for sure...would so love to visit but tres cher..(very expensive)

I luvs ya guys too!!

4:30 am

well we are commonwealth relatives...

4:30 am

went to MZ in march 2008 and there were many Canucks on the flight with us

4:31 am

saw more Canucks in Hawaii in january, though.

4:31 am

sorry, NZ. not MZ

4:31 am

oh nice hunter did you enjoy it?

4:32 am

enjoyed them both immensely

4:32 am

well the west coasters go to Hawaii much cheaper for them...we go to (well not me) DR (domican repulic) cuba and Cancun

4:33 am

i highly recommend the long flights to the lands down under. dont go for less than 2 weeks, though :)

4:33 am

I've been going to Acapulco wintertime but think this winter will be my last time

4:33 am

ooohhhh. acapulco. that'd be nice, i think.

you didn't make it to Australia hunter?

4:34 am

beautiful city....guaranteed sun in winter

4:34 am

not this time. that's the next trip, i think. we've done the north and south of NZ, and we're itching to go to autralia

4:34 am

australia

4:34 am

did you go to NZ because of Lord of the Rings?

4:34 am

(i really need to buy a real keyboard for this thing. this little laptop keyboard is killing me)

australia is beautiful in winter too... guaranteed sun all year round in Sydney

Hunter, next time you have council cleanup, just grab one off the sidewalk!

4:35 am

nope, went to NZ because we have some very close friends who've immigrated to auckland. that was the excuse, at least :)

4:35 am

yes would so love to go in our winter...

I found some great ergonomic ones last time

4:35 am

how interesting hunter

4:36 am

council cleanup?

4:36 am

how long is the flight from lets say Aukland to Sydney?

4:36 am

auckland to sydney is a mere 4ish hours.

do you have cleanups where you put stuff out on the sidewalk and the government department of the area comes and collects it all (free) and takes it to the dump?

4:37 am

that's kinda long actually

4:37 am

we do MrP

4:37 am

hehehehe. i live in california. we're "socialist", but not to that degree ;)

4:38 am

they come around once a week to collect large discarded items that reg garbage would never take

4:38 am

mr p we are allowed four of them council clean ups a yr in NSW

4:38 am

but not in winter !!

4:39 am

heh. when you have oversized garbage here, the garbage folks drive right past it unless its got the sanctioned "i paid extra money to have this picked up" sticked on it

4:39 am

sticker

4:39 am

oh my only 2 letters left...l and r

our kids go 'scavanger hunting' during council cleanup! we end up with so much crap on our front lawn!! they play with it for a week, and then it gets taken away! Free toys!

diz! you are lucky! we are only allowed 2

4:40 am

that sounds nice, actually. when you're done playing with it you just lay it out for the other kids to grab?

4:40 am

scavenger hunting is a lot better than vegging in front of video games

however, we are postcode 2077, and postcode 2076 gets 12 a year!

4:41 am

it is amazing what people put out for collection, my dtr has picked up luverly stuff

4:41 am

hello, dizgrannie

4:41 am

don't want to sound like a snob but i never go and not even to garage sales...just not my thing

4:42 am

Mr P I am 2564

4:42 am

ello Hunter

you are country diz?

Mar! don't worry hun, we laugh ourselves silly at the stuff the kids bring home!! Best was a mattress with wheels! What a ride!

4:44 am

nah. not country, more Campbeltown

4:44 am

lol

4:46 am

dtr once picked up a perfectly good small fridge...bit of rust on the outside..perfect working order

4:47 am

lots of adverbs in this grid...

4:49 am

many

4:57 am

Back again, that round of storms is past.

4:58 am

wb Lori

4:59 am

Pops into babble for a quick visit, Hi all.

5:00 am

hi FM

5:00 am

***unleashes new weapon, the "Hounds of Waterville"*** Mornin' FM!

5:01 am

Hi Just, nice grid for a Sunday. LOL morning Lori!!

5:01 am

Good morning/evening all!

5:01 am

The t's were doable enough. Twas a tiny psychological boost.

5:01 am

Hello Haz, Happy Sunday to you.

5:01 am

Hazaurus! G'd Morning.

5:01 am

And let's face it, you need asmany of those psychological boosts as you can get.

5:01 am

Hi Haz! only 5 left and SunDay is just beginning

5:02 am

Suitable salutations!

5:03 am

Some lovely words and lots of endings today, just as well there wasn't an 'ing' otherwise it might have been a huge grid :)

5:03 am

It's certainly fun so far.

5:04 am

Quick babble before the kitchen Haz?

5:04 am

I'm alwayus glowing on the first sweep. May do this listless to irritate the 6 eyes scanning over here every so often seeking fireworks.....

5:04 am

You terrible mother you! *grin*

5:04 am

I'm over halfway but needing to head kitchenward soon.

5:05 am

If I can't torment them, why did I bother having them?

5:05 am

The last 10% were a grind

5:05 am

You're not tormenting them, Lori, you're building character.

5:06 am

Keep reminding them 'Good things come to those who wait.'

5:06 am

So they could look after their mother once she reaches her dotage?

5:06 am

Exactly. I won't have the patients running the asylum!

5:06 am

Even better things come to those who have to wait for AGES while their mother indulges in computer games.

5:06 am

lol

5:07 am

lol FM, sadly no. Uni already has the home picked out....

5:07 am

I've been told that I can come and live with my younger daughter when I get old, providing I'm still talking sense. Any rubbish spoken and I'm out.

5:07 am

'Goldenacres - we care so you don't have to.'

5:08 am

Being a lovely line from an early Frasier.

5:08 am

Mine is called "As Long as the Cheque Clears".

5:08 am

That's brilliant!

5:08 am

: D

5:09 am

urgh, that reminds me I ave a pile of legal docs to read over and sign (lasting power of attorney stuff ).

5:10 am

My sister was once solemnly informed by a workmate that he was going to have to sign papers for 'Power of Eternity' for his mother.

5:10 am

Legal stuff is boring. You read it? :p I just sign it, consequences be damned!

5:11 am

Good morning all, just popping in for 5mins

5:11 am

lolol Haz. I love those. My favorite as I always mention is my lady who goes for her yearly Monogram.

5:11 am

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:11 am

Mornin' caitlyn!

5:11 am

Read every heretofore and whereas and in case of. They'll be charging you for every word, you might as well read them.

5:11 am

lol Lori!

5:11 am

Oh happy birthday caitlyn!

5:12 am

Oooh, Happy Birthday caitlyn!

5:12 am

My neighbour told me about a friend who was having a marrow bone transplant.

5:12 am

I kate to think what the solicitors bill was, as they had at least 5 meetings at the house, there wa a lot to cover.

5:12 am

Hah, the c was doable. Another small victory.

5:12 am

TY all I have been informed I dont looker a year older than 68!

5:12 am

Those people need their eyes examined, caitlyn. I think you look about 30.

5:13 am

That's a bit rough seeing as you are only 45 ;)

5:13 am

LOL

5:13 am

Hope the sun is shining for you today cait

5:14 am

So, what's on the agenda for today? Cake and ale?

5:14 am

PHone...

5:15 am

It was earlier FM a bit of cloud cover at the moment though. Haz lunch with the family planned followed by a rest in the garden with some wine

5:15 am

*passes cait a glass of bubbly* Have a lovely day dear!

5:16 am

Thanks FM cheers

5:16 am

Some wine? They always say that, when what they really mean is "a lot" of wine. :p

5:16 am

LOL Lori hic!

5:16 am

on your birthday you are allowed to surely?

5:18 am

phone back in a mo

5:19 am

Too many a's in this. Yuk

5:19 am

but not too many strange ones, you should be fine.

5:21 am

Funnily enough, the phone call was from a woman, concerned that her dog had drunk wine last night...

5:21 am

Oh I am having the call to get ready to go out!! See you all later I hope, bye for now Haz I didnt do it!

5:21 am

and the g's are soooo much better than yesterday. woofhic woofhic

5:22 am

Bye Cait!!

5:22 am

Very sick this morning, very groggy, unwilling to drink anything now. I'm thinking drugs are more likely (a party at the house last night).

5:22 am

Anyway, have a lovely day, caitlyn!

5:22 am

oh dear i won`t tell you the first word i found.

5:22 am

poor dog

5:22 am

probably the c4 then zooz

5:23 am

Poor dog and the owner sounds pretty frantic.

5:23 am

yes, i`m afraid so..it was just there.

5:23 am

it does crop up from time to time:( but anyway Good morning.

5:24 am

Bye caitlyn, have fun! Mornin' zooz

5:24 am

hello mitch & all :-)

5:24 am

What did you recommend Haz?

5:24 am

We get all sorts of nasty words in babble, things like needle and thread and se4/5.

5:24 am

FM's lying, cuz these a's are poopy.

5:24 am

I've got the vet on call to ring her to see what really happened, it might be best to have the dog seen.

5:25 am

mmm thats what I was thinking Haz

5:26 am

the 1st 5 ab's lead me a merry dance but once I found one I was away.

5:26 am

It's only a small dog so whatever it's had will affect it more than a human.

5:26 am

could try to get the dog to drink lots of water..might flush it out i suppose.

5:27 am

They've tried, it won't drink at all. So it might have to have a drip.

5:27 am

drougs or alcohol, either way not good news for an animal, bad enough for a human.

5:27 am

They've tried water and its other favourites, Ribena and milk. Poor Spangle, she gets no such variety in her liquids.

5:28 am

back in a mo, promised to phone mum at 11.30

5:29 am

Hopefully it'll be okay.

5:29 am

... and she is on the phone.

5:29 am

I must get to the kitchen! I only meant to say hello. You're all such a bad influence on me.

5:29 am

See you later - happy babbling!

5:29 am

Laters Haz.

5:29 am

bye Haz

5:29 am

yea right, blame us! Bye for now Haz.

5:32 am

Hah, down to 2 missing a's. clearly I'm almost a genius!

5:32 am

See, I knew you could do it ;)

5:33 am

just starting lori - don't make me feel bad. ;-)

5:33 am

can I guess what you are missing?

5:33 am

Morning Wolvie

5:33 am

good morning FM, all

5:33 am

Go ahead, guess! ***hint, it's the top left a*** Mornin' Wolvie! Welcome to DENSA!

5:34 am

oaky, I'll bite - DENSA? opp of Mensa?

5:34 am

al5/14 perhaps

5:34 am

Yes you got it first try but I'll send you an application anyways. :p

5:34 am

aunt

5:35 am

LOL

5:35 am

oops! sorry

5:35 am

or that one? lol

5:35 am

The 4/5? Or should I seek a solo 5/14?

5:35 am

That wasn't it Wolvie.....

5:36 am

ahhh al4/6 and pl

5:36 am

I have 2 ab 5/14's - how many am i missing? a lot I suspect

5:36 am

Yah, have a combo

5:36 am

10 ab's Wolvie. I have those a's done

5:37 am

got 3 x ae's?

5:37 am

eek - I better get on them then. ty

5:37 am

Hah! missed the ay 4/5. Buh Bye poopy a's.

5:37 am

wtg

5:37 am

Thanks FM, 'yer a sweetie.

5:37 am

yes - have those FM

5:38 am

yw Madame President;)

5:41 am

Are the 6 eyes still staring at you Lori or have you sen't them down the salt mines?

5:42 am

Down to 4 eyes now. I pair went back to bed in disgust. :)

5:42 am

lol

5:43 am

The other 4 are more persistent. I have ways of remedying that.

hello again all :)) time to actually start this puppy

6:01 am

hi MrP!

6:02 am

seas

6:02 am

sorry!

6:02 am

can you tell I'm finishing the s's? lol

hi wolvie! :)

give me a nice juicy 9 at least wolvie!

6:03 am

;-)

6:03 am

It's always the little ones I leave for last.

6:13 am

good morning eveyron

6:13 am

hi eva

6:14 am

G'd Morning Ehva!

6:15 am

I have one of the 9's, but the other, a dreader re, eludes

hi eva!

hi Lori :)

6:15 am

hate re's!

eva, I am happy to let you know that you are totally normal!!

6:16 am

MrP - how did everything turn out? Well, I hope.

6:16 am

Rightly so Ehva, re's are the root of all evil.

LOL !!

wolvie, which part of turn out well are we talking about?

6:16 am

totally normal might be a bit of a stretch

6:16 am

the doctor and getting a diagnosis?

eva... totally!

6:18 am

oaky-going to go through my word list and put re in front of everything!

wolvie, no dice... went to the hospital, was there for almost 3 hours, and they had told us at 1.5 hours she was next in.... then at 2.5 hour, asked when she would be seen and got told there were 5 people ahead of her (11pm at this stage). I asked if the pediatric consult was on, and was told 'no, went home sick'. Well, what do you think I said after that!!

6:19 am

there are worse words in the grid today. ;_)

6:19 am

Yep Eva. That's why I do 'em last. Have I mentioned they're evil?

6:19 am

seriously - how is she doing?

I was so pissed off!! You have no idea how much I wanted to use the cu4 word!

she isn't doing well, she gets migraines on the drop of a dime.

6:20 am

ooohh - I bet I do. you would have been justified

6:20 am

oh my - I'm sorry to hear that. When do you get to see a doc - still a month out or something?

however, she had to do her annual dance concert today, matinee and evening performances. She had medication all day, and thankfully, anti nausea medication. She was beautiful!!!!

We see the doc again on Tuesday, then the specialist the following Tuesday

6:21 am

well that is good news at least, and the doc news is even better. will keep my fingers crossed for you guys.

thanks darlingheart!

6:22 am

;-)

6:22 am

no on to finish these darn re's

I want her to have tests before seeing the specialist, so that they have some clue

6:22 am

w

6:23 am

well, that got me absolutely nowhere!

I am taking her to the osteopath on tuesday too... check that she doesn't have any 'slipped disk' in her neck etc

6:24 am

man oh man - lots of stuff for her. I hope it all gets straightened out. too much it seems

well wolvie, she is a strong strong young lady! very positive and no drama

6:25 am

that is good. :-)

I am very looking forward to putting her concert parts on youtube for you all to see (it is listed as private so no one can look at it without permission). She was just fabulous, beautiful and gracious! She would never let the dance troop down

6:27 am

cool! would love to see it

6:27 am

uncle-if anyone has a hint for the re9 I would be very appreciative

6:27 am

I just know it's going to be a fish

6:27 am

me too eva

be able to sell again eva

6:28 am

Sorry Ehva, I'm ignoring the r til the end.

6:28 am

sigh

6:29 am

ty Mr P

ea8.... really and truly

6:29 am

have the ea mrp, but still not seeing the re....have to concentrate

6:29 am

tx mrp and hello!

6:30 am

did you get to watch the Haas marathon??

no une!! am devastated!!

6:30 am

will they repeat it??

and hi une!!

6:30 am

eva, the re goes in front of sa 7/36 - or one of them anyway, i haven't pulled the list up yet

6:31 am

thanks!!! what a rellief

re+ sa4 (take off the vowel at the end) + ab4

6:31 am

I thought there was another e in there so kept spelling it wrong

6:32 am

tx for both 9's!!

I see compounds, that aren't there!

6:33 am

you don't know how badly I wanted basalt

6:33 am

MrP, why not just spell the word out ? you only missed out 3 letters!

6:34 am

I wonder how many times I'll try remnant

6:34 am

lol Eva I did too

6:35 am

okay, time for a breather. See you all later

6:35 am

ttfn, eva

6:35 am

me too, eva -- need some caffeine!

6:36 am

bye une

6:37 am

mrp, Tommy's match went 5 sets and the 5th set went to 10-8!!

holy moly une!! who won??

6:40 am

Tommy of course!!!!

we can't all be cryptic geniuses fmitch

oh beautiful une!!! can't wait to watch him in the next match ;)

6:43 am

he plays Andreev tomorrow . . . and Federer plays Soderling (like in the French Open)

6:43 am

and Murray will play Wawrinka

oooh, looking forward to those matches!! Murray is a hopeful for the championship

6:44 am

True MrP and I can't do cryptic to save my life but there is clueing and just giving the word away more or less :)

6:45 am

you know you can see the scores and schedules at tennis.com and wimbledon.org

6:45 am

Anyway good to see you!

6:46 am

ok, now I really am taking a coffee break . . . later! *poof*

yes une... unfortunately this second week isn't live tennis, so have to rely on replays for this week! darn it!

see ya une!!

and you FM :)

7:00 am

learn new stuff every day - looking for an eight, tried the most of where a horse would stay and bingo! an 8/50

7:01 am

not an 8/50, but an 8/50 word.

7:17 am

morning, all. I increased my page count for clean copy of my second draft from 10 ti 20 pages yesterday

7:22 am

Good morning/day Babble buddies.

7:22 am

What are you writing, Angel?

7:22 am

hello everyone!

7:23 am

Hi Annie & Bobby. How is your daughter, Annie?

7:23 am

Hi back to you, Scrabbs...my daughter is fine, thanks for asking.

7:24 am

Yay for her.

7:25 am

Scrabbs, once the fever left she started to recover nicely. In fact she drove to Cooperstown last Monday.

good morning Babblers :)

7:26 am

Oh, I love Cooperstown and haven't visited in a few years.

7:26 am

Hi Nono

7:26 am

Hi Nanette. How are you and hubby?

doing ok Scrabs thanks. It looks to be another muggy day tho for hubby

7:27 am

It is raining lightly here

7:27 am

It is sunny and clear here. Hope it stays that way.

its quite foggy here this am, and feels sticky

7:27 am

* What does a king do when he burps? * He issues a royal pardon.

7:28 am

*groan*

7:28 am

Hi BR!

7:28 am

Hello, Annie

7:28 am

Haha, BR, and how is life in ND?

7:29 am

a sometimes sunny day with a cooling breeze .. great day for walking

7:31 am

morning babble friends. Wow, blew right through NBT today!

7:31 am

Scrabbs, How are all the children in my prayers coming along?

7:31 am

Hi Trif

7:31 am

yes, these easy grids promote mediocrity

morning Trif

7:32 am

though I must say - this grid has made me quite cranky. I try, I really really try, to ignore the c word when it is in a grid. But today is a SUNDAY, and to have it laid out right like that is just really offending me.

7:32 am

Hi Trif--you go girl. I guess you caught up on sleep after the non-sleeping sleepover?

7:32 am

Annie, everyone is ok for now.

7:32 am

ditto Trifioso

7:32 am

Thank G-d for that.

7:32 am

thanks to a big helping of tylenol PM, yes, I got caught up. :)

7:33 am

I agree, Trif. I just found that rude word and feel as though I should go to confession after typing it.

7:33 am

Hi k21

7:33 am

Hiya Srabs!

7:34 am

Well, thanks for the support. I was feeling all prudish about it (I have seen the Vagina Monologues after all, and so should be beyond it). But hey - my niece is going to babble later, and there are plenty of words enable won't take that I don't see why that one makes it through.

7:34 am

does anyone know - is the "n" word enable accepted?

7:34 am

Ignosce mihi, Pater, quia peccavi.

i dont think so trif

7:35 am

hmmm. perhaps an email to dr. god is in order.

7:35 am

Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I recognized and typed in the C word.

7:35 am

okay, I am looking beyond it now. sorry to be such a grump everyone

7:36 am

Yes, I have 255 more words to find and the caffeine infusion has just started.

7:36 am

perhaps, although I understand others have all already expressed their offense to dr god

7:37 am

Yes, we went through this before once and a Babbler got very offended and departed.

7:37 am

I dont find you a grump.

7:38 am

ty 21

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

You don't? I shall try harder

7:38 am

scrabbler, do you have to take call on weekends?

7:38 am

good grief - i've finished about 2/3'rds of the puzzle, need a break, bbl

7:38 am

hehehe sorry

7:38 am

good start, there BR!!

7:38 am

hi all dino-son here

7:39 am

hows the grid?

7:39 am

morning dino son! I fear the grid is tricky today - the first words are easy, and then whammo. grid lock

7:39 am

We each work one Saturday and one Sunday per month (Sunday = sick hours from 10-12:30, and we get abused by parents who come in for the convenience not the necessity), and we are on call that day/night.

7:40 am

BR I think that is the first time I have seen you laugh!!! If hehehe counts :)

7:40 am

oh, okay. how many docs in your call group?

7:40 am

Hi Dino--so far I am not seeing much but I am still gaining consciousness from a wonderful night of sleep.

7:40 am

Hi FM

7:40 am

4 docs

7:40 am

Hey Scrabs!

7:40 am

Hi FM!!!

7:41 am

Greetings Annie :)

7:41 am

my mom had a brilliant sunday call once - we were down at our summer cottage, and some lady called with an 'emergency" and then asked "while I have got you on the phone, can I schedule my mammogram?" ---we rolled.

7:41 am

But I have given my pager # and phone # to some parents and one called yesterday--9 yr old daughter had what sounded like flu so I sent her to urgent care ctr to be tested and she has it. So she and her brother are now on Tamiflu. The doc at the urgent care ctr only did a 3 day Rx for her and it is supposed to be 5 d.

7:42 am

Yes, Trif, so many people have no shame anymore and can be so disrespectful.

7:42 am

she has IT like the H1N1 flu?

7:44 am

the worst were the turkey calls -- patients of other docs who "dropped" their oxycontin or percoset down the toilet, and wanted my mom to prescribe them 90 more. they would get so irate when she would write them no more than 2, with an order to see their regular doc on monday for a full refill. sigh

7:45 am

She tested positive for Influenza A and then the snot gets sent for spe cific testing of the strain. But we are seeing lots of H1N1 here and a 15 yr old previously healthy boy died of H1N1 10 days ago. So sad.

7:45 am

oh, dear scrabbler....

7:45 am

thank goodness you were proactive and sent her for the testing!

7:46 am

how tragic

7:47 am

We get similar situations with parents that we suspect of abusing their kids stimulant meds for "ADHD". "My boyfriend says that Ozzie doesn't have ADHD and tossed the Adderall down the toilet, now I need a new prescription." Or parents that say Ritalin isn't working let's try Adderall and now that isn't working so can we try Concerta, etc

7:47 am

wow, a biggee! Hi Babblers, just logged on.. will be back as soon as I go through the grid.. nice to see you all this Sun. morning.. (-: .. splash!

7:47 am

hi aloy

7:47 am

Yes, Matthew's death from H1N1 is tragic and has greatly increased the anxiety level in western NY.

7:47 am

Hi Aloy

7:48 am

It is getting worrying, I am almost ring fenced by local schools who have all had outbreaks of the virus to a growing degree.

7:48 am

hi aloy

7:48 am

I can imagine

7:49 am

it does seem a lot worse than the swine flu that swept around back in the 70s, doesn't it?

we had one confirmed case of H1Ni here a couple of weeks ago but have heard nothing more since then

7:52 am

Most infected people have mild-moderate disease, but some people, even without risk factors, are getting seriously ill. And I have kids coughing/spitting/sneezing at me all day at the office. I feel as though I want to wear a full face shield.

7:52 am

Don't remember that much about swine flu in the 70's but then I was only in my teens so probably thought I was invincible!

7:52 am

Phantom = realty

7:53 am

And sometimes reality eludes me too, haha

7:53 am

tal

7:53 am

es

7:53 am

lol Scrabs, how are the bunnies?

7:53 am

P

Scrabs I kept typing that in thinking that yes it is there but kept getting rejected :)

7:53 am

B

7:53 am

Uh, oh, sorry

7:54 am

my phantom is surreal

7:54 am

The bunnies are adorable. Miss Bea Bunny is stretched out under the table behind me. She usually stays near Mama.

7:54 am

awe (())

7:55 am

oh, hey - have we heard back from peri today?

7:55 am

I saw and snuggled baby bunnies at the country store yesterday when I went in to buy bird food supplies

7:56 am

What happened to Periwinkle?

Her kitty is hiding in the basement at the new place and she cant find her

7:56 am

her cat freaked out at having to move, and has been holed up behind an old oil tank in the basement, not eating or drinking since thursday

7:57 am

peris cat Zoe-Ann has hid away behind a hard place to get her out of since the move.

7:57 am

I wonder if she called the fire department to get Zoe out

7:57 am

she tried and tried to get her out, and she was so upset - understandably

7:57 am

Oh, poor kitty, such a tough transition. The cat is 19, isn't she?

oh she did locate her then?

7:57 am

13

7:57 am

I do hope she managed to get her out.

7:57 am

Yes Nono

7:57 am

yes, nono - under the basement steps, in between the old tank and a wall

7:57 am

poor kitty

7:58 am

Poor kitty & Periwinkle.

7:58 am

yes, peri too

7:58 am

OH, NO! I just opened the newspaper and another local child, age 9, has died of H1N1 flu!!

7:59 am

oh my god!

7:59 am

OMG!

ohhhhhhhh so sad Scrabs

7:59 am

is it one of your patients, scrabb????

7:59 am

A 9 yr old girl named Maya.

7:59 am

oh, that poor family!

7:59 am

it is a pandemic

8:00 am

Many of our patients have tested positive but no one in our practice has been seriously ill.

8:00 am

too terrible to bear

8:02 am

So random, so ragic

8:03 am

*tragic

8:11 am

lol -- poor diggity is sitting like a regal statue, whilst the loony kitty cavorts with his tail. such a good dog!

8:12 am

hello everybody

hi jacq

8:12 am

hello jac!

8:12 am

heya nanette

8:12 am

heya trif

8:12 am

hi jac

8:12 am

heya Annie

8:13 am

how is the grid today?

easy at first then look out

8:13 am

so far-so good

8:13 am

ohhh ty

8:14 am

Hi jacq

og geees I thought I was NBT but have no N's yet

now i have one

8:15 am

gotta run - church in 45....see you all anon, I hope!

bye bye Trif

8:16 am

bye trif

8:17 am

Bye Trif

8:28 am

*wondering why I cannot see one of the 204 words that I need to find*

8:29 am

scrabbs, thought of you yesterday -- looked out into my backyard and there was a bunny having high tea . . . in the grass with his back legs stretched out, munching on clover :-)

8:30 am

not a care n the world! LOL

8:30 am

Hi Une...nice

8:30 am

How sweet, Une!

8:30 am

morning, annie :-)

8:32 am

heya Scrabbler

8:32 am

heya Une

8:32 am

Une, I hope you are having better weather.

8:32 am

hey, jacq!

8:32 am

I hear my nephew stirring upstairs. He has to work today. He works at a hardware store. He is a college junior.

8:32 am

not today, annie -- but tomorrow in the 80 rather than 90s and lower humidity --can't wait!

8:33 am

*80s

8:34 am

good aunt..couldnt have a better role model, Scrabbs

8:34 am

Peter has decided to live with me again---calm from the storm of family issues.

8:35 am

scrabbs. lucky Peter to have a haven to go to

8:36 am

Peter Rabbit? :-)

8:36 am

lucky ditto, scrabbs -- very lucky nephew

8:37 am

My nephews (15, 19, 21) have all struggled and I want to help them in any way possible to become happy, respectful, responsible men. And they have to do their parts too.

8:37 am

Peter is named after our grandfather from Sicily.

8:37 am

I see we have a U.S. president in the grid today . . .

8:37 am

cool, scrabbs!

8:37 am

Yes, name that US president.

8:37 am

they are lucky they have you, scrabbs

8:38 am

I'm just wild about Harry!

8:38 am

Bess's hubby

8:38 am

Une, I was talking about Tyler and you are talking about Truman who I didn't see in the grid til now!

8:39 am

too funny! hadn't seen Tyler LOL!

8:39 am

I saw Truman and not Tyler

8:39 am

Miss Bea Bunny is stretched across the heating duct--she must like the coolness of the metal.

8:39 am

Annie, we go back, but not THAT far back LOL

8:40 am

cute, scrabbs :-)

8:40 am

Une, I do. I dont think you do.

8:40 am

but not to Tyler!

8:40 am

But when a bunny "raisin" is produced when she is there I hear it tumble down the duct.

8:40 am

I was 13 when Truman was elected.

8:40 am

scrabs, that's hilarious!

8:41 am

very cool, annie!!

8:41 am

Not as far as Tyler. LOL

8:41 am

my earliest election memory is Kennedy

8:42 am

I remember 1972

8:42 am

my older grandson is leaving for sleep away camp this morning.

8:43 am

how far is he going, annie?

8:43 am

i was living in France in 1972, got married in December of that year . . .

8:43 am

he is going from connecticut to new hampshire

8:44 am

is he excited?

8:44 am

Yes, very

8:44 am

wonderful!

8:44 am

my husband just found two of my baby pictures. I weighed 8 and a half pounds when I was five months old. My son weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces when he was born.

8:44 am

I remember coming home from school and everyone was crying because Pres. Roosevelt had died

8:44 am

I want to be at summer camp--in 2 wks I will join 10 friends in the Adirondack Mtns for 5 days of laughing & fun!

8:45 am

good grief, angel, you were barely there!

8:45 am

ab 4/6 the second one please?

8:45 am

ab 4/6 the second one please?

8:45 am

amazing, Annie . . .

8:45 am

Were you a premie, Angel? My birth wt was 8-9 and I was my mother's smallest of 4.

8:45 am

The Adirondacks are so beautiful

8:45 am

I weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces when I was born, 3 months premature.

8:45 am

wow, eeny weeny teeny tiny!!

8:46 am

I LOVE the Adirondacks, although I love any wooded, mountainous area that has lakes and rivers.

8:46 am

angel...less than 3 lbs...my goodness

8:46 am

Lynn, ab4 rhymes with what you set for dinner.

8:46 am

never been to the Adirondacks, but sounds beautiful . . .

8:46 am

yes, and that was BEFORE modern medical technology

8:47 am

I love the wee little premies, as long as they behave and don't have big medical issues. We like them to be "feeders & growers" as we call them.

8:48 am

scrabbs, in your experience do preemies usually have medical issues?

8:48 am

ty

8:48 am

yw

8:48 am

Darn - the C words are elusive. I have three (and there's one I can't use)

8:49 am

we hate that hateful word, chris

8:49 am

I was fed via NG tube, and I have two congenital disabilities

8:49 am

ab 6/24 the last one please?

8:49 am

same here, christine -- cu4 x 3

8:50 am

It depends upon how premature and immature they are, and the circumstances of their early birth. Some full term babies can actually have immature lungs and get into respiratory distress and some premies do great. Some premies have catastrophic issues.

there are 4 more cu words that come off the last cu4/6

8:50 am

hello to all

8:50 am

Hi Sadie

8:50 am

scrabbs, thanks for the explanation

hi Sadie

8:51 am

Lynn, most of the ab4 I clued.

8:51 am

hiya Nono

8:51 am

hi sadie

8:51 am

tx nono!!

time for a bit of a break... be back later

8:51 am

There is a cu that is a woman's bow

8:52 am

tx bea!!

8:52 am

hiya annie

8:52 am

yw

8:52 am

Sure, Annie. One of my first lessons as an intern in the NICU was the difference bewteen prematurity and immaturity. We had a 38 wk (full term = 37-42 wks) baby boy with immature lungs and he was very sick for a while.

8:52 am

ok, now have cu 4 4 4 6 7 7

8:53 am

Need another cu6

8:53 am

I need another cu7 then

8:53 am

thanks, une...need one more cu 7

8:53 am

tx bea

8:54 am

Any time.

8:54 am

Afternoon all - only 9 left now - been quite a challenge today

8:54 am

hi kazzer

8:54 am

hey, kazzer

8:56 am

Hi Kazzer--go, go!

8:56 am

heya kazzer

8:58 am

scrabbler: cu7/36 is pl of little short shity (? a cutty sark?)

8:58 am

I need one c4/6

8:59 am

cu4 is a swear word

8:59 am

Oh heck, thaat should be a short shirt

8:59 am

Not that one.

8:59 am

CU4/6 - like the yellow veggie on an ear, but change the vowel

9:00 am

cu4.6 spells like what a fire does

9:00 am

hi lynxxxxie

9:00 am

hey, lynxxx!

9:00 am

hi Annie and all

9:01 am

hey lyn!

9:02 am

Oh, those funny Scotsmen. Thank you for the clue - never heard of it..

9:03 am

Hi Lynxxx

9:06 am

anyone got a clue for the ye5 please

9:06 am

Plural of affirmative

9:06 am

ok i got it - fireworks for me - off to do more housework

9:06 am

TY, Bea

9:07 am

Hooray for Kazz!!

9:07 am

Yippee for you, Kazzer!

9:07 am

yw

9:07 am

YAY for Kazzer!!

9:08 am

congrats kaz

9:13 am

can I get a clue for es7/32?

9:16 am

don't have it Annie, sorry

9:17 am

but i did just find a 9 all by my lonesome

9:17 am

wtg, jacq

9:17 am

phone

9:18 am

sables

9:18 am

good morning everyone:))

9:18 am

ea9/66 comes off the ea7/28, meaning serious

9:18 am

es7.32 like a men***** cycle

9:18 am

sorry

9:18 am

Betterman, drop the final S

9:19 am

ty lynxxx

9:19 am

TY for asking for it Annie

9:19 am

heya crossy

9:19 am

Hi Cwossy

9:20 am

My only blank tile = middle column. Any clues please?

9:20 am

hi Cross

9:20 am

The T specifically, sorry

9:20 am

which letter?

9:20 am

OOh, I found one--like cz**

9:21 am

skip school Scrabs

9:21 am

and good morning

9:21 am

ta4, story and extend from there

9:21 am

TY and good morning, DR

9:21 am

heya DR

9:21 am

yvw : )

9:21 am

Hi Jacq

9:22 am

ta5/12, tease?

9:22 am

OK, NBT now and I must get ready for Scrabble festival with friends on this rainy day.

9:22 am

Enjoy the day everyone and good luck with this grid.

9:22 am

bye Scrabs

9:22 am

have a great day Scrabs

9:23 am

hi DR

9:23 am

sorry Jacq- dont have it

9:23 am

Hi Lynxxx

9:23 am

sorry, wasn't meant to be a ?

9:23 am

was a clue

9:23 am

from the middle t

9:24 am

tr5 absent from school

9:24 am

sorry tr6

9:24 am

oh! then I will go look

9:25 am

it's an extension from your mothers sister

9:25 am

Thanks Dan

9:25 am

got it- thanks

9:26 am

good morning everyone

9:26 am

heya flosey

9:26 am

morning Flosey

9:26 am

hello flosey

9:26 am

hi FLosey

9:29 am

back to fill in some blanks - stayed with this much too late last night

9:29 am

funally finished the c's, they were hard

9:32 am

good job Jacq

9:33 am

not getting second le5/10, any clues please?

9:33 am

my grandson just left for sleep away camp for the first time..

9:34 am

how old Annie?

9:34 am

i only have one flosey, comes after le4/4, le** on me

9:34 am

going to be 11 in August

9:34 am

le5...le..birds sleep in a ***t in a tree

9:35 am

hope it goes well for him.

9:35 am

ty and hello phae

9:35 am

He was looking forward to going to came

9:35 am

*camp

9:35 am

ty Phae

9:35 am

thanks phae and hi

9:36 am

thanks phaeton,

9:36 am

that's the one

9:36 am

yw and good morning!

9:36 am

hi flosey

9:36 am

and good morning to you phaeton

good morning - i drifted off to sleep before i could make too much headway on this one last night

9:37 am

hi Annie, hope your grandson enjoys his first camping trip

9:37 am

hi josh

9:37 am

morning josh

9:37 am

me too

9:37 am

heya josh

9:38 am

anyone have a clue for the re9?

9:38 am

just working on the re words

9:39 am

re 9 is to be able to sell off again

9:39 am

do you have the re5 before the 9? I need that one too

ty annie

9:39 am

re5 is to back out a deal

got the sa7 as well

9:40 am

thanks! got the 9

9:41 am

thanks DR

9:41 am

ty for the re9 and the sa7

ok hubby has had his showeer now I can relax and finish this grid

thanks for the Re9 clue

9:41 am

yvw Flosey

9:41 am

welcome back, Nono

what does the other 9 start with?

thank you annie

9:42 am

ea9

ty lynxxx

I dont have that many e's yet guess I better work on them

9:43 am

ea9--in a serious manner

9:43 am

ah, thanks Annie, finally got the re9

ty Annie

9:44 am

TY!

9:44 am

youre welcome

9:44 am

ty Annie.. perfect time to open chat! Hi all.. back, still 70 to find

9:44 am

howdy, aloy!

hi Aloy

9:45 am

need the last re6

9:46 am

the list is calling me.. need some nudges.. (-:

my last one is to take a chair again but am sure i dont have all the re's yet flosey

9:47 am

100 to go . . . no list yet . . . but very tempting

9:47 am

re6 re & conS & french water

9:47 am

same here, nono

9:47 am

oh, i always miss that one!

9:47 am

(might not be last though)

9:47 am

tx lynxxx

9:48 am

thanks, lynxxxie, I never see that one

9:48 am

o man, no list?! i'll never finish!

9:49 am

there is a list

9:49 am

thanks lyn

there is a list shirl some of us just havent gone to it yet

9:49 am

shirlock, there's a list -- just haven't gone to it yet

9:49 am

o, whew

9:49 am

hey, dr :-)

9:49 am

Hi Une! how are you?

trying to remember the french word for water

9:50 am

nono, O

9:50 am

hey, you guys may know. the phrase: rub the sleep out of your eyes, does that refer to the crusty bits at the corners of your eyes that you wake up with?

9:50 am

me too nono- never learned french

9:50 am

gheez, I usually overlook as4.4, did it again

9:50 am

ea* de toilette

yeah but just not seeing it in grid

9:50 am

hot, dr, but cooler temps are on the way tomorrow!

DR I had 2 years of french in high school too many years ago dont remember much of it

9:51 am

it is warming up here as well... was 90 yesterday

9:51 am

I just clued the french word for water at 9:50

9:51 am

ty Mom

found it!! thanks

9:53 am

It is almost 11 am here. see you later, dear babblers

9:53 am

bye AnnieB

9:53 am

later, Annie!

have a great day Annie

9:53 am

bye ANnie

9:55 am

ba5.14, a red variety of spinel, newbie for me

9:56 am

too bad, "blarnies" doesn't work

but the singular does Aloy

9:58 am

ooh.. tyvm Nono!

yw

9:59 am

ty nono

10:03 am

help with the at7 please?

10:04 am

pl of the book of maps, DR

10:04 am

duh! thanks !

10:04 am

(-: yw, I missed it too

10:05 am

go thru and pl everything you can!

10:05 am

thanks for the tip Phae

10:06 am

yw

10:07 am

phantom: turntable

10:10 am

Goodnight everyone. 60 left for breakfast

10:10 am

Nite!

10:10 am

Gnite lynxxx

10:10 am

ra5.14, "a dickey attached to a clerical collar".. sweet dreams, lynxxx!

10:10 am

gnight Lynxxx

10:11 am

hello

10:11 am

Hi Harp and Hi Car

10:11 am

hi there, harp!

10:11 am

Hi Jane

10:12 am

Hello!

10:12 am

... and car too!

10:12 am

sleep well lynxxx

hi, all!

10:12 am

hi TO

10:12 am

Hi TO

10:13 am

ho TO !

10:13 am

hi too, (-:

got the ea9 on my own, huzzah

10:13 am

wtg, joshua..

10:13 am

you rock Josh!

10:13 am

Well done!

yay josh!

is it a compound word?

10:14 am

I am missing 1 Y word: have Y 4 x 3 and Y 5 x 1.

not a compound word - a totally normal word, an adverb

10:15 am

ar 5/10 # 2 anyone?

ty. just saving up clues for later, since i just started :)

10:16 am

disney mermaid ruru

10:16 am

pretty word for an African gazelle, ruru

10:17 am

ty

10:23 am

st6.24 and pl: disease of the lymph glands, more newbies

10:24 am

new ones for me too Aloy

10:25 am

.. and the small drum, ta5.14, good one for Scrabble

10:25 am

car another y5

10:26 am

TY Wild. Will get the monkeys out.

i got a totally weird ya5/18 for my last y

sounds like a jamaican agreeing with you

10:27 am

yup that was it

10:27 am

can you clue it Josh?

10:27 am

ty, joshua.. hunting

10:27 am

oh- never mind- you did- lol

10:27 am

found it- thanks Josh

np

10:28 am

ar 5/10 # 3? for my last a

10:28 am

bbl- time to start my day.... good luck all

10:28 am

great clue, josh.. got it, tyvm

10:29 am

your rear pl rur

10:29 am

bye, DR1965.. hagd!

10:29 am

before that one wild

10:29 am

ty ALoy- you too

10:29 am

the place in france?

10:30 am

that was it.. thank you

10:30 am

yw

10:31 am

getting darker here.. rain clouds for sure

10:31 am

uh oh..my kid did all his chores with out being asked.something is up..:/

10:32 am

hi crossy!

10:32 am

wow ...

hi crssy!

10:32 am

Really dark here, Aloy, and started raining. 4.30 pm and have the lights on! Hi, all

10:33 am

howdy T.O

hi hydra

10:33 am

fireworks

10:33 am

hi hydra! Yup, will fix another cuppa and try to get some housework done instead of curling up with a book

10:33 am

yaa for flo!!

10:33 am

woohoo flo!!!

10:33 am

Flosey! Congrats! And hi to you, Temple

10:33 am

wtg, flosey!!!!

10:34 am

ah, my last word = pl of the affirmative word.. (-: time to go, fun grid.. see you all next time. byee

10:35 am

woohoo aloy!

10:35 am

well done Aloy

10:35 am

Bye, Aloy. Nice to see you.

10:35 am

and now, off for my first coffee of the day! can't believe I've waited 2 hours for it

10:36 am

You deserve it, flo.!

bye aloy and flosey

10:37 am

bye bye Aloy and thanks for that last clue!

i cnanot imagine what the c word from the bottom row c are...

10:39 am

is the bl7 a compound word?

no.

you are full of it, ru! ;D

10:40 am

you might say its a stone

10:40 am

thanks

10:41 am

(notch one for TO)

;)

10:41 am

TO there are 3 cu4's with some larger words coming off the last cu4

i have two cu4

10:43 am

cu7/44 is a bow to the queen

ty no no

10:43 am

yw

10:47 am

ahh the lucky stone you kiss..well when full of irish whiskey that is;))

10:48 am

hi Crossy :)

10:48 am

howdy nono;)

10:51 am

is the re9 to do something over again?

10:52 am

yes harp

it's an adjective instead of a verb, harp

10:52 am

something to do with retail

speaking of whiskey - one of the ingredients is also a b word

10:53 am

see? whiskey answers all questions;))

10:53 am

ok thanks

i don't see the re 9, maybe i need a nip ;)

10:55 am

crossy gives T.O a drachm of crown royal;0

ok *pours it into OJ*

10:56 am

TO it can be sold again

.

10:56 am

as6?

ty. see, crossy, you were right! ;)

as 6 = tilted

as 6/18 tilted

10:57 am

ty Luv

10:57 am

into oj??!!!!! blasaphemy!!

he he i knew you would say that

10:59 am

just a dash of distilled water and a single ice cube

10:59 am

or just a cube..dont want to bruise the flavour notes

11:02 am

i think the big purple dinosaur should be an honorary word

harp - you can kind of stretch that word out to the max for a ba8

11:03 am

es 7?

11:03 am

barney..shudder.thank god my kid is too old for that now:/

oh heck. was about to leave but now cannot until i find the ba8

11:05 am

Owl, the ba 8 that I have are warriors

11:05 am

Is there another ba8?

es 7/32 es + ***e or false + ginger **e soda

yes, annie

ty luvwordgames

11:07 am

ty josh

i think i will have to leave it for later. got up late and don't want to lose the day for outdoor work.

think superlative, TO

11:07 am

thank you luv

11:07 am

okay, Owl, enjoy your gardening

that's ok if yo have the root word

purple dinosaur is, kind of

11:08 am

Owl, ba 8 is a farm structure and the superlative ending

ty> gotta run.

11:09 am

bye, Owl

11:09 am

the first and second ge6's? please?

ok, 30 left and time of the essence, i'm going to the list

11:10 am

ge + the beginning of a camping light

ge 6/24 = hair gunk + picnic pest

11:10 am

thanks, lluv

11:10 am

and ru

11:11 am

thanks

2nd ge 6/24 = DNA + **y of sunshine

11:12 am

thanks again, Luv

can I please have a clue for the last gi 4/6?

like a young female, but change the last consonant

thanks josh

11:17 am

thanks, g's are done now

11:17 am

do the sa7" build off the 5?

no. one of them is part of the re9, and the other is an adverb

11:19 am

I just got to the m's.. sorry harp I am behind you

11:21 am

got em, thanks josh

11:21 am

my last leftover is st 5/14. "Any clue please?

fireworks - it's amazing how much quicker it goes with the list

st5/14 is what you do to a guitar

usually an acoustic one

st + not whisky

11:24 am

you do it on a guitar

11:25 am

that first ba8/50 - wouln't've found it without the clue from Anniebrooks ... looked forever foir the blooy thing. Thank you

11:26 am

*wouldn't

11:26 am

thanks josh and erda. Proof tht the puzzle is too long, when I cannot get a fish word like st 5, Fireworks here

11:27 am

I thought Re9 would be easy, but I cannot and cannot find it. Help please?

11:29 am

Erda -someting that can be sold again.

11:29 am

re + selll something again

11:29 am

bloomi' computer can' spell ...

11:30 am

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

11:33 am

se 7/28?

11:34 am

which one?

11:34 am

# 1

11:35 am

capable of being sealed

11:36 am

that is the 8/50 I need the se 7/28

11:36 am

sorry -- that's the 8

11:37 am

The 7 shouldn't exist: highest degree of "sear"?

11:37 am

geezus..

11:37 am

thanks erda

11:37 am

geez indeed

11:37 am

yw

11:38 am

The last sl -- sl5/14?

11:39 am

more like a fox

11:40 am

I should've got that -- thank you, Bzz

11:40 am

yw

11:46 am

se 6/18 # 2 please

11:46 am

er.. se 618 number three

11:46 am

I have number two

11:47 am

nm

11:47 am

found them

12:08 pm

guess I can stop typing in alabaster

12:08 pm

anyone here?

12:08 pm

hey ru...just popping in for a few...

12:09 pm

rather quiet around here

12:09 pm

really.. or everyone is hard at work here

12:09 pm

how are you pini?

12:09 pm

not too bad...but very sore...mostly in the legs...

12:10 pm

didn't you have some stressful get - together recently ?

12:10 pm

sore from?

12:10 pm

I did, ru...and although it was stressful, I hope the promises that were made are honored and not renigged on as they have in the past

12:11 pm

...sore from helping my dau and son-in-law move to their new place yesterday...

12:11 pm

oh.. that is awful work...

12:11 pm

I am never moving again

12:12 pm

especially when I'm almost twice her age and she's ordering me around (cuz the darn girl is preggo)

12:12 pm

uh oh.. hormones are charging

12:13 pm

they need to treat you nicely if grandma is going to watch the kidlet

12:13 pm

lol

12:14 pm

no kidding!

12:14 pm

were they the ones who made the prmises?

12:14 pm

promises that is

12:15 pm

no...I have a great relationship with my dau...it's the rest of my siblings and parents that I don't

12:15 pm

oh.. me too.

12:15 pm

I only get along with my brother and his kids

12:15 pm

I have one cousin I like a lot though

12:15 pm

I only have one brother that I am still close to...

12:16 pm

It's nice to have at least one huh?

12:16 pm

oh yes

12:17 pm

I haven't spoken to my parents since 1986

12:17 pm

They make Michael Jackson seem perfectly normal..

12:17 pm

I had (what I thought was) a close family until 3 years ago...

12:17 pm

Life is too short, plenty of time to not speak to them when they are gone!

12:18 pm

what was the issue Pini... if you don't mind me asking?

12:18 pm

Hi lyndy

12:18 pm

I thought that, too, Lindy...but it's not me, they're the ones that "walked away"

12:19 pm

Hi Ruru & Pini

12:19 pm

aaww that is sad Pini, their loss then!

12:19 pm

I raised my GD from birth to 6, when my siblings decided to talk my dau into fiving her up for adoption...

12:20 pm

...to one of them (intentionally excluding me)...

12:20 pm

OMG that is tough

12:20 pm

talking to them is akin to taking small doses of rat poison and taking your chances (that's my parents)

12:20 pm

I am just making friends with my Parents again, although I will always be cautious!

12:21 pm

...since then, the only thing family members want to hear about me is how I'm doing ~ if I begin to say anything that might sound "sad" (even if it's just I've had a bad day at work)...they "don't want to hear about it"...

12:21 pm

then they are family and are not supportive either

12:21 pm

It's taken me 3 years to "recover" as far as I have...

12:22 pm

I meant they are NOT family

12:22 pm

I can't imagine ever doing things like that to my children!

12:22 pm

(and I absolutely hate the fact that I have to take anti-depressants because of it)

12:22 pm

brb need to make a coffee form mrs. ru

12:22 pm

we will help to make you strong again Pini (0:

12:22 pm

Ru...the parents said it was a spat between me and my sister and not something were going to get involved in or take sides on...

12:23 pm

who needs family when they have good friends!

12:23 pm

...I knew at that moment exactly where they stood.

12:23 pm

er...something THEY were...

12:23 pm

That's what I think, Lindy...

12:24 pm

you can choose you friends Pini, but not your family!

12:24 pm

...I have better friends (even here) who actually CARE...

12:24 pm

I've learned that, Lindy...and am holding on to that much...a lot!

12:24 pm

that is all you need to recover fully Pini!

12:25 pm

the most devistating thing to me has been that the sibling cut me off from my GD...

12:25 pm

...for 3 years I've not been allowed to even call her.

12:26 pm

Yes that must be horrendously difficult to cope with

12:26 pm

...until this last meeting where they said I can call a few times and promised I would be able to see her again...

12:26 pm

But she will come back to you when she is old enough to chose for herself

12:27 pm

why are they being so mean about it?

12:27 pm

What's said is that I don't really care if the family is there or not, the loss that put me under (on meds and in counseling) is not having my GD so close.

12:28 pm

Ru, I truly believe it was to provide their only child with a sibling so they wouldn't have to spend so much time with him and also a ploy to "keep up with the Jones's"

12:28 pm

Is this the same daughter who is pregnant now?

12:28 pm

I don't think they could or will ever understand how close me and my GD really are...

12:28 pm

no, ru...

12:29 pm

I hope so, Lindy! I have my fingers crossed!

12:29 pm

what are they collecting kids as matched sets?

12:29 pm

Well I hope you enjoy being able to see her again and have good times with her...

12:30 pm

I don't understand how your siblings got custody over you who raised her?

12:30 pm

fingers & toes crossed for you Pini!

12:30 pm

well, they claimed their son was autistic but in our meeting a week or so ago, they took that back...

12:30 pm

thank you

12:31 pm

(so, didn't mean to bring anyone down...I'm getting excited because I get to see her for my 2nd visit this year with her this week) * jumping up and down *

12:31 pm

but what excuse did they give for cutting off her contact with you???

12:31 pm

yahoo Pini!

12:32 pm

NO.. I am not down.. I am happy for you.. and it sounds like a better ending than what you have been handed previously

12:33 pm

hurshy, they said they were now her parents and that I was her grandmother ("someone who'd already raised my own children and didn't need to raise someone elses"; "could stay home to read and do crossword puzzles")

12:33 pm

thx ru ;)

12:33 pm

that sounds like a reason for adopting her, but not for not allowing you to call her.

12:34 pm

(below the belt shot there from those cretins)

12:34 pm

exactly hursh!

12:34 pm

(oh, and "it was hell" for them when I was calling daily for the first few months afterward because they just couldn't be bothered with trying to make it home for my evening phone call)

12:34 pm

to top it off...

12:34 pm

...the sister who has my GD is only 1 year younger than me.

12:34 pm

A grandmother is an important part of a child's life

12:35 pm

was this in court? did you fight it? seems like if you'd been raising her for 6 years you'd have pretty good standing to be the adoptive parent instead of them.

12:35 pm

I agree hursh...

12:35 pm

their words, actions, reasons, excuses, whatever, make no sense at all and, are in fact, double edged...

12:35 pm

wasn't in court, hurshy...

12:36 pm

I think a grand parent is ciritical in a child's life.. my grand mother was..we were very close

12:36 pm

...they got hold of my dau, gaver her an ultimatum, found an attorney, and got papers signed...

12:36 pm

this dau was not speaking to you?

12:37 pm

for me, too, ru...but I found out recently that my sister's definition of a grandmother is someone who lives across the country and rarely has any contact...

12:37 pm

this dau has a mild learning disability that the siblings took advantage of

12:37 pm

your sister sounds like a controlling bitch to me

12:38 pm

I agree ruru!

12:38 pm

...and, yes, she was angry with me at the time, but she was still living in my home...along with her dau who I was helping her take care of (by not only caring for her dau but by helping to teach her to be a good mom)

12:38 pm

i'm so sorry, but glad you get to see her this week!

12:39 pm

Yes.. nicely put hursh

12:39 pm

...in fact, she's living with me again (but is down on Catalina working at a summer camp until Sept)...

12:39 pm

thx hurshy

12:39 pm

Gee, that's the short nickname I have for that sis, ru

12:40 pm

so, anyway...

12:40 pm

how'd I guess?

12:40 pm

CB, just like on house. except the C in that case was for cutthroat.

12:40 pm

just breathe pini... and look forward to your visit

12:40 pm

gotta go make some lunch, see you all later, good luck with your visit Pini xxx

12:40 pm

thx all!!!

12:41 pm

and thanks for lending a brief ear...

12:41 pm

of course we are happy to.

12:42 pm

i really sympathize, my nephew here, i get withdrawal if i don't talk to him for a whole week.

12:42 pm

* smile *

12:43 pm

isn't it cool, the connections with little ones that you can make?

12:43 pm

late lunch for lindy

12:44 pm

Pini, I feel for you very much. The pain never eases but the thought that helps me the most is - If you could only have her for 6 years, don't you think you got the best 6? You did and she is the person she is because of you. Noone can take that away.

12:44 pm

wow.. that is true bugs

12:46 pm

yeah. i started to get worried because lately as soon as we get on skype he asks for my husband - who can juggle and play guitar and all kinds of cool things. and i thought, oh no, ah-TEE is no longer interesting. but apparently he talks about me all the time when anything reminds him of me. and i noticed yesterday, at a large family gathering, that when he's uncertain of something and wants protection, he seems to feel just as happy to get that from me as from his mom, if i happen to be the closest handy mother figure.

12:47 pm

oh, thank you for that, Bugs ;)

12:47 pm

that's something, hurshy...you must be special to him

12:48 pm

i hope so!

12:48 pm

You will always be in my thoughts Pini. Have a wonderful, happy visit.

12:48 pm

thx bugs ;)

12:49 pm

btw: do you all realize how awesome you all are????

12:49 pm

* very proud to be among you *

12:49 pm

well, i can't speak for everyone, but i do. ;)

12:50 pm

* giggle *

12:50 pm

and modest too ..huh hursh?

12:51 pm

I tip my hat to all who love, help and protect children

12:51 pm

lol

12:51 pm

hi BR ;)

12:51 pm

me to BR.. kids come first

12:51 pm

too

12:51 pm

it's a habit i picked up early on... when kids used to ask "you're really smart, aren't you?" - it was a toss up between "yes, thanks for noticing" and "oh no, you must be confusing me with someone else"...

12:52 pm

(is he wearing a hat though?_

12:52 pm

hello, Pini ... the maven Mom

12:52 pm

* blush *

12:52 pm

good point, hurshy! :)

12:53 pm

the only " smart " I get is "smartass"

12:53 pm

oh brabble, a dali? as soon as you popped in and i saw that shade of blue, i thought, that must be a dali! and then i thought, silly, it could be any kind of a picture, but then i opened it up. :)

12:54 pm

is that a Dali?

12:54 pm

represents an airhead day

12:54 pm

I don't recongize it ?

12:55 pm

I love the saying you've posted, too, BR... on point today

12:55 pm

With the quote today, I thot it might be the face you love! Thanks for the correction

12:55 pm

hi all :))

12:55 pm

prezzie!

12:55 pm

I need to change my icon...brb

12:55 pm

if it isn't a dali it's a good imitation of his style

12:56 pm

(hi Mrp)

12:56 pm

where is my jcm!

12:56 pm

hursh, isn't wonderful to have child for a friend

12:56 pm

well, it probably depends on the child, but provisionally, yes. :)

12:56 pm

hi pini, ruuster, babrab!! how you guys/girls going!??

12:58 pm

I am fine.. I woke up and thought it was a Monday.. and realized afterwards that I have a Sunday of rest.. yippeee

12:58 pm

I will always cherish the memory of the first time a sobbing baby in need of comfort held out his/her arms to be picked up

12:58 pm

urgh to people who think they are friends with kids... you either love them or you don't, IMO

12:59 pm

i think it was just a turn of phrase in brabble's case.

12:59 pm

oh ruuster!! you are beautiful!! love it when I have lose of time too!! That happened to me last Saturday when I had no soccer commitments!

12:59 pm

trying to picture mr. p as a soccer mom..

ruuster!! I am a key carrying secretary of football!

can you just imagine me on the fields???

1:00 pm

lol.. can't see it

1:01 pm

because I sometimes get along better with one child better than others does not mean I don't care about the others

1:02 pm

my neighbor is a soccer mom with personalized license plates...that read "backN 4th"

I circulate between 5 fields... sometimes, I have to hand over a rubbish bag cause the 'darlings' leave the field like a bin!!

1:02 pm

do you have children babble?

1:02 pm

no ...

we all care Babrab... irrate and angry aside

1:04 pm

my wife now has decided she wants grandchildren.. and I told her that we skipped a step along the way

LOL ruru!! you can get grandkids!!

1:04 pm

maybe we can rent ourselves out? rent-a-grandpa

1:05 pm

be an advocate, ruru

One of my favourite fridge magnets is... if I knew grandchildren would be so much fun, I would have had then first!

1:05 pm

we are for animal causes..

1:06 pm

that's cute mr. p

1:06 pm

I've just spent a lovely child-free day finding seaweeds and limpets. Bliss! :P

1:07 pm

what do you do with limpets?

1:07 pm

record them. environmental indicator species

1:08 pm

what do they sing?

1:08 pm

lol

1:08 pm

Michael Jackson songs at the moment

1:08 pm

ohhhhhhhhh

1:09 pm

eeeeeeeee

1:09 pm

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

wooooo hoooooo!

1:09 pm

did they take him to Children's Hospital?

1:10 pm

do you count them ata? are you a biologist??

1:10 pm

I counted limpets and top shells and barnacles. Oooo! Yes, I am

1:10 pm

after you record your findings, Atalante, who gets the benefit of your work?

1:11 pm

you have mussels there too?

those poor bloody kids! now they are in the middle of a court battle with the family and the mother.

1:12 pm

they go to the Environmental Agency records, which are publically available. So anyone can get them, and they are used to work out good management strategies for shorelines

1:12 pm

I think the mother should have custody.. and get them out of that wacky family

1:12 pm

not on that beach, but normally, yeah, we have tons of mussels and oysters. mmm

1:13 pm

ohh.. I went to school to become a marine bologist and got diverted away from it

ruru, two of the children have a 'mother'... all donated sperm too... I fear for the 3rd child

1:13 pm

Have you seen any evidence of water levels rising, Ata?

1:13 pm

I stayed in school being a marine biologist :)

1:14 pm

who is the mother of the third one?

1:14 pm

not really round here, though we did have one big storm surge last year that went over all the local sea defences. And the sea defences are all being raised, for future problems

1:14 pm

that is so cool ata

only God knows ruru

1:15 pm

are the kids definitely from sperm donors?

I love National Geographic Channels!! Culture Shock is up next!

yes ata, the three of them

1:15 pm

NO.. i think Michael "Beat it"

1:16 pm

lol

1:16 pm

that is soo sick

1:16 pm

I missed that bit of news! Wah!

1:16 pm

LOL

oh ruru!! he never passed the age of 10

both literally and biblically

1:17 pm

he really didn't

1:17 pm

I think his cut-off was 12 year olds mr. p

1:17 pm

catholic priests can take it from there

his voice didn't break... he was an impertiment child and nightmare.

1:20 pm

tragic life that guy

How do people allow a 'grown man' to say... I want a chimp today, and a llama!

1:20 pm

the news here is MJ 24/7

it was so wrong that nobody said NO to him

1:20 pm

because he had the money to pay for them!

1:20 pm

like a daily llama?

1:21 pm

a llama a day keeps the doctor away./

1:22 pm

I note no one is saying no to Madonna either

screw that ata! his family organised an intervention 2 weeks before his death... he was so drug f**ked and had not concept of control... he has been addicted to heroin for 25 years! Poor bastard didn't stand a chance

1:22 pm

but he liked doctors

1:22 pm

absolutely, but people don't say no to someone who has cash

1:22 pm

? he was addicted to heroin?

ruru, just look at her eyes... she is another candidate for 'cardiac arrest'

1:23 pm

ok...back and changed

he was a morphine addict ruru... and he died from an overdose

1:23 pm

or if someone does say no, there's always someone else who'll say yes.

1:23 pm

morphine-esque painkillers

1:23 pm

she is so creepy now..

1:23 pm

oh... didn't know...

1:24 pm

absolutely , hurshy

1:24 pm

madonna looks like a cross of a GI Joe doll and an apple doll

madonna is another tragedy waiting to happen... she is looking to go out Marilyn Munro style

1:25 pm

she's horrendous

1:27 pm

do you think she will ever go through menopause?

how the heck did she get another child!

1:28 pm

$$$$$$$

ruru, she has gone through menopause, which is why she is adopting

1:28 pm

money! ;)

1:28 pm

She is trying to adopt a basketball team

she 'donated' $25 million... what a whore

1:29 pm

(..hmm I would be a whore for 25 million ....)

1:29 pm

wow, the courts should hire all the experts here to sort out all of the problems of the world

1:29 pm

what would be best for the kid? Madonna life or poor rural Malawian life?

ruuster, you would not want to be madonna's whore child

1:30 pm

the one thing I think is sad about it is that how do these entertainers really raise these children with their work schedules...it's more the nannies than anything, isn't it? or am I just dense?

1:30 pm

got a point there ata

1:30 pm

nannies, yep

1:31 pm

I can't tell if you are being facetious or not BR

1:31 pm

fascetious?

pini, you are right on track. It is all about acceptance.... brangelina did the same bullshit

1:31 pm

personally, entertainers could do better by "adopting" a family and letting them live where they are, together in a home with loving parents than by nannies cuz the parents are too busy...

1:31 pm

facetious :)

1:31 pm

you spelt it right the first time

don't even try to work out babrab ruuster! he is a man of many colours!

1:32 pm

The world could be run much better from this chat room... if they would only take our advice

1:33 pm

if would?

1:33 pm

I like Pinikula's suggestion - virtual adoption

1:33 pm

damn right

1:33 pm

it's amazing what "common se5" can do

1:33 pm

evening everyone :-)

1:33 pm

common sense?

1:33 pm

exactly, pini

1:34 pm

common se 5 is what most want others to believe

LOL babrab! we need live bait for that

1:35 pm

if people weren't out to screw others over to make themselves "look" better, we'd all be in a happier place ;)

1:37 pm

i have the re9......clue for the other 9 plz

my son has common sense... his father slept in his bed last night... he now needs to sterilise his bed!! I love it!!

1:37 pm

ea 9

1:37 pm

very sincere

1:38 pm

having spent the day with my niece and nephew I have to question WHY OH WHY would anyone want children!!!

1:38 pm

ty ruru

1:39 pm

LOL Katie! D'accord!

1:39 pm

sterilize? how come?

1:39 pm

cooties!

1:39 pm

yw movie

1:39 pm

ROFL

1:40 pm

don't fathers get a week's stay for cooties after father's day?

ruuster! he is extremely clean! He governs his body and loves his space. when others come into his space, he is thrown and needs to reclaim it

1:40 pm

oh

1:41 pm

is he a virgo?

he is an Asperger Child!

1:41 pm

oh... my nephew is also

and he is Aries!

1:42 pm

I have read a lot about that syndrome

1:43 pm

and i have asperger's too

1:43 pm

wow USA are beating Brazil in the confederation cup!

1:43 pm

did they get a goal???!!!! FAB!

love you movieman! Luke often looks for you!

1:43 pm

Dempsey after ten mins

1:44 pm

the brazilians are nuts about futbol

1:44 pm

wow!

Luke also looks for Babble Rabble, he love to chat with him too

1:44 pm

and a little bit good at it ruru

1:44 pm

I was in tears on Thursday when I heard about Michael Jackson passing away

1:44 pm

we used to live near stanford university and the world cups were there..and the brazilian fans marched through our neighborhood and were topless and rowdy... it was wild

movieman, was a very sad sad moment in history!

f`23`7cx.. .

OK that was me swatting a fly off my keyboard

1:46 pm

thought it was some Mj code or something

1:46 pm

darn, mrp...was hoping that was a word in the grid...too bad there aren't any numbers. ;)

1:46 pm

I thought it was the strangest clue I had seen in a long time

ruuster, I am getting to know your wealth, beauty and status via your right of passage!

1:47 pm

I actually wasn't sad... I think I expected it..

1:47 pm

surprised, but unsurprised

1:47 pm

what do you mean mr. p?

1:47 pm

is there a list today? can I go to it with only 78 words found?

I will initiate you ruuster! give me time

there is a list katie!

1:48 pm

know what she means...

1:48 pm

lol.. okey dokey

1:49 pm

I was surprised that it was heart related...thought it might have something to do with all of his plastic surgery work (no offense, kinda like his face collapsed - sorry, rather gruesome)

1:49 pm

I wasn't sad, wasn't in to his music that much, however certainly wouldn't have wished it on him. I just get fed up with the bandwagon thing. Of course his fans are genuinely sad (ie. Movieman) and have every right to be, but some people wouldn't know his music if they tripped over it and are weaping and wailing!

1:49 pm

no sign of a cardiac arrest

pini, it was cardiac arrest... totally drug induced

1:50 pm

*steps away from the soap box*

1:50 pm

^5 Katie

1:50 pm

I think he just gave up... he must have known he wouldn't be able to do FIFTY concerts in London...

1:50 pm

having said that I had forgotten how good his music is and will be putting some on my ipod, especially Man in the Mirror

1:50 pm

How did he keep his nose on?

1:51 pm

I was upset because his music was one of the main parts of my childhood

1:51 pm

he didn't. it was slipping

1:51 pm

And I feel a part of my life has been taken away

1:51 pm

kind of like Mr. Potato head?

1:52 pm

hmm he was very talented movie.. I will give you that.

1:52 pm

MM...shouldn't feel that way...he lives on the music he made...

1:52 pm

I know movie and I can understand why he meant so much to some people, to my mind it dilutes your grief to have people who never cared jumping on the bandwagon.

his family had arranged an 'intervention' only 2 weeks before his death. They were so concerned about his heroin/morphine habit... that is what he accelerated on up the the lead up to his 50 concerts in London

1:53 pm

I suppose if you are addicted and scared of something (ie the gigs) then it would follow some sort of logic to step up usage

1:53 pm

and had never been told it was wrong

1:53 pm

I heard he was in tremendous pain? From what though?

1:53 pm

sometimes people know their time has come... they just give p and allow it to happen...

1:54 pm

If my siblings were Germain and La Toya.. I would want to go too

oh sherb... it is too easy

1:54 pm

some stage equipment fell on his back? something like that

1:54 pm

I just hope that at some time in his 50 years he was genuinely happy, he always seemed so haunted

ruuster, I get your extremely painful experience.... moving on would be impossible.

1:55 pm

My feelings about him as a person will always be tainted by the pedophile charges

he became addicted after he was burnt during the Pepsi Ad

1:56 pm

mrp - I know what you mean... but he had fought for so long, and probably felt like he was living on borrowed time...

1:56 pm

and the stage incident at the Munich concert

1:56 pm

?

1:56 pm

Munich?

sherb, you have to listen to some of his music... he sings (talks) about morphine and how he wants to just die with it

1:57 pm

i know...

1:57 pm

(and Keith RIchards lives on)

oh man, it is 5am!! I really need to go sleep! loves ya all, and nighters!

1:59 pm

ooo geez go to bed mr. p

2:00 pm

night mrp... <<<hugs>>>

2:00 pm

I should run too....

night sweeties! *poof*

2:02 pm

night mrp

2:03 pm

bloody hell USA are 2 up

2:03 pm

oh that's just fab. is it on BBC3?

2:04 pm

aha found it

2:04 pm

sorry for bad word but I am a little shocked

2:05 pm

I think we've seen worse. even in the grid

2:05 pm

you guys are rooting for the US?? my husband doesn't want us to become a soccer power, after growing up in europe thinks it would be awful for a country that it doesn't matter to to become good.

2:06 pm

we always support the underdogs!

2:06 pm

I'd hate them to win the world cup though for the same reason as your husband

2:07 pm

anyone watching futbol?

2:07 pm

yep

2:07 pm

Tim Howard really is good though

2:08 pm

it's not on hd though :-(

2:08 pm

Tim Howard has turetts, always thought he would be ab** to get away with more with the refs than anyone el** lol

2:09 pm

I am bummed I didn't take the bet from a friend that brazil would skunk the US - I could have made a lot f money

2:09 pm

yes .... but he's been very good during this Confed Cup

2:10 pm

decision has been taken to give up on today's grid, I'm going to play bingo, will be back later for chat x

2:10 pm

later katie

2:10 pm

what the heck is the buzzing?

2:11 pm

what means this, he has "turetts" - turrets? like b****? or tourette's?

2:12 pm

tourettes

2:12 pm

tourettes syndrome sorry spelt it wrong

2:13 pm

kay just didn't know if it was an idiom :)

2:17 pm

love that word

2:17 pm

tourettes or idiom?

2:18 pm

idiom

2:19 pm

if you ta*** the issue, aren't you a ta***r?

2:19 pm

nice try hursh

2:20 pm

what, it makes se5

2:20 pm

ta***r should be a word

2:20 pm

I gree

2:24 pm

down to 100 - woot!

2:25 pm

8 left for me

2:25 pm

hey, do you guys know this phrase: rubbing the sleep from your eyes?

2:25 pm

yay shirl! you go girl!

2:25 pm

does it mean rubbing the crusty bits out of the corner of your eyes?

2:26 pm

yes shirl

2:26 pm

yep, that's what it means, I always thought.

2:26 pm

"sleep" in that phrase is the goopy stuff

2:26 pm

huh, i never thought of it that way, sleep isn't defined that way in the dictionary

2:27 pm

does the crusty / goopy stuff actually have a name?

2:27 pm

like many colloquial phrases, it has nothing to do with definitions

2:27 pm

mucus

2:27 pm

well, there's that whole "sandman" thing - I think they used to explain the goop as leftover sand, too

2:28 pm

mucus sounds sooo appealing

2:29 pm

muscus is never an appealing word, yet very necessary to many bodily functions

2:29 pm

I like the word chyme

2:29 pm

to think all these years, i thought rubbing the sleep out was just another way of saying waking up

2:29 pm

MUUUUUU-CUUUUUUUS

2:29 pm

yes, where would we all be without mucus, lol

2:30 pm

Sebum is another icky word

2:30 pm

yes, yet, important in many bodily functions... notice how that works - LOL

2:31 pm

hair - not a gross word, but not necessary for most bodily functions

2:31 pm

bile is nasty too

2:31 pm

but not as ew as mucus

2:32 pm

exudate... gross also

2:32 pm

ohhh yes

2:32 pm

words with "s" in them are just nastier-sounding than those without, for some reason. slimy-er, ya know.

2:32 pm

didn't mean to start this stream of ickiness

2:32 pm

discharge - also does not bring nice things to mind

2:32 pm

LOL shirl - too late

2:33 pm

and pus. more obvious though

2:33 pm

well, pus is always bad... no good use for pus

2:33 pm

not true, pus lets you know you have an infection

2:34 pm

and ! and!

2:34 pm

sphincter

2:34 pm

LOL - yes, but sphincters are def good things... just ask anyone who has lost control of one!

2:34 pm

oh yes, but the word is just ew

2:35 pm

did brazil just score?

2:35 pm

yep

2:36 pm

haha, that reminded me to check the grid for the ar4 word, and sure enough! ar4 and ar5 - can't believe I hadn't tried them yet

2:36 pm

not on my screen yet

2:36 pm

2:1

2:36 pm

and there it is!

2:37 pm

i just heard my husband yell "YES!" so i thought maybe.

2:37 pm

i'll tell you if people score

2:38 pm

anyone need clues?

2:38 pm

is anyone over there remotely interested in the Confederation Cup?

2:38 pm

noooooooo - i am watching on espn via the web... slight lag... don't spoil it!

2:38 pm

sorry :)

2:38 pm

woohoo shirl!!!!!

2:38 pm

but I can't not tell hurshy if she asks!

2:40 pm

how many TS words?

2:41 pm

2 rbud, russian royalty

2:41 pm

okay, good, done with those, ty

2:45 pm

grrrr I hate emotional blackmail

2:46 pm

huh?

2:46 pm

annoying husband being annoying

2:50 pm

there was a goal but not a goal

2:54 pm

damn. these soccer players have hot bods

2:54 pm

not half as nice as some of the european teams!

2:55 pm

not a fan of professional football or soccer... brings out the worse in people - obnoxious

2:56 pm

there's football fans and then there are violence fans

2:57 pm

by that, I meant US football and futbol worldwide

2:57 pm

actually, very few professional sports i like... tennis is all i can think of at the moment

2:57 pm

Hi, LL

2:57 pm

Pm!!

2:58 pm

*ALL!

2:58 pm

pims!

3:01 pm

Watching, tracking the game here... Can not believe how these blokes are able to run for 90 and more minutes!

3:02 pm

oh ata i forgot i wanted to tell you something

3:02 pm

i know pam... great athletes

3:02 pm

i think i need to find a younger man - LOL

3:03 pm

i was sitting at work the other day and i was the only one in the building and for a second i thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye, but when i looked there was nothing there

3:03 pm

i came VERY CLOSE to freaking out because of "countrycide".

3:03 pm

but i shook it off.

3:04 pm

But, you found Rafa and he has tendonitis at 24...

3:05 pm

still hot though

3:05 pm

game is tied, btw

3:06 pm

lol, told you Countrycide was freaky :P

3:07 pm

yeah, game is tied. Bummer....

3:07 pm

Good evening all - making a rare appearance tonight! How is everyone?

3:08 pm

the us now looks more like what i thought they would against brazil

3:08 pm

Hi, Denny

3:09 pm

hello Denny..very well thanks..hope you are well too.

3:10 pm

I'm well thanks, been busy last few months as hubby has been away. Don't get much chance to get on these days!!

3:11 pm

Hello all - Ata thought the Brazil / USA final was tomorrow??

3:11 pm

nope, now!

3:12 pm

Oh ok - SA / Spain game was earlier and I thought final was tomorrow - will have to keep an eye

3:13 pm

7 mins left

3:14 pm

ooops

3:15 pm

and there it goes...

3:15 pm

Bummer

3:15 pm

Such a promising first half....

3:18 pm

Brazil should be 4-2 anyway

3:19 pm

have ea9, what does the other start with?

3:19 pm

a goal was disallowed when it shouldn't have been

3:19 pm

re9/66

3:19 pm

re9 kje

3:20 pm

re

3:20 pm

thanks

3:20 pm

movieman, did you see Gran Torino? I just watched it and thought it was truly excellent.

3:20 pm

Clint Eastwood is such an amazing talent.

3:21 pm

No I didn't une, not a big Eastwood fan myself

3:21 pm

oh, really? You should give his smaller films a shot . . .

3:22 pm

I'm more of a Samuel L. Jackson fan

3:23 pm

Brazil won

3:23 pm

me too -- they're not mutually exclusive! :-)

3:24 pm

good game - that was fun

3:29 pm

i am crawling with 74 left

3:29 pm

st goiter

3:29 pm

I gave up and went to the list

3:29 pm

finally went to the list with 80 left . . .

3:29 pm

i should do that...

3:30 pm

cool icon, BR

3:31 pm

hello, Une

3:31 pm

hi une and babbler

3:32 pm

Howdy, pam

3:32 pm

need a break - bbl

3:33 pm

hey, pam!

3:33 pm

later, kje

3:33 pm

ciao, kje

3:38 pm

Hi everybody.

3:40 pm

hi Soodle, morning everyone

3:40 pm

Fireworks at last - long puzzle this one

3:40 pm

Hey Lynn - and well done Ursh

3:40 pm

Congrats Ursh!

3:40 pm

yay Ursh!

3:42 pm

Chilly night here - will head for bed with hwb and book

3:43 pm

wish it was here!

3:43 pm

Wow!! Its unseasonably hot this side of the world!!

3:43 pm

Is it hot in Scotland, Ata?

3:43 pm

no idea

3:44 pm

We have very mild winter here and flaming hot summers - so feel the cooler weather easily

3:44 pm

Sorry - I was looking at the flag! Oops

3:44 pm

DUrban gets *so* hot

3:44 pm

that's an England flag!!

3:45 pm

I think I'm as far away from Scotland as possible in the UK mainland!

3:46 pm

Why in heavens name did I thnk that was a Scottish flag - Its Official. I AM losing it!! Sorry Ata

3:46 pm

LOL :)

3:47 pm

It's hot in Kent though :P

3:48 pm

And I used to be married to an English chap - who took great delight in wearing tee-shirts with the English flag. I really AM losing it!

3:48 pm

the scottish flag is that big blue thing with a x on :P :P

3:49 pm

'banging head against wall'

3:49 pm

*giggles* poor Soodle!

3:50 pm

Ursh - you following the Lions Tour?

3:51 pm

sarnie isn't allowed!!

3:52 pm

yes soodle - some fab rugby

3:52 pm

Good game yesterday! Well done!

3:53 pm

got a little scary but exciting to the end

3:53 pm

Are they playing any games in Durban?

3:54 pm

First test was in Durban - but we watched TV at home - best part of Lions in Durban is Brits swimming in mid winter

3:55 pm

And loving it, I guess!!

3:55 pm

yep they think we are all wimps for whining about cold water and weather

3:56 pm

:)

3:56 pm

Now off to bed - night all cu tomorrow

3:57 pm

Nice chatting, Ursh. Good nite. Make sure the top is on the HWB properly!!

3:57 pm

bye Ursh

3:57 pm

New fangled waterless one heated up in microwave :)

3:58 pm

Glad to hear that. I had a nasty experience with a leaky old fashioned one, once. Not pleasant!! :)

4:00 pm

re9 hint pls

4:02 pm

Ata - I think thats why I got mixed up. Some people have the Union Jack. (said she, valiantly trying to redeem herself)

4:02 pm

re9 to be fit for purchase again

4:02 pm

LOL :D

4:02 pm

RE9 - to retail aain

4:04 pm

again

4:04 pm

Thank you both.

4:05 pm

2 left! woot!

4:06 pm

Exactly 203 more than me, Ata. :(

4:07 pm

or maybe less? :P

4:07 pm

205 left!!

4:08 pm

woohooooo

4:09 pm

firebirds!

4:09 pm

Hooray for Ata!!!

4:10 pm

Hooray for Ata!!!

4:10 pm

*%^&(*&)*&^&^$^%$* -ATA_)*&^)*^*&%&^$%*^%$

4:10 pm

That didnt turn out like it should have!! *****ATA****

4:11 pm

looool :D

4:13 pm

congrats, Ata

4:27 pm

186 days until 2010 .. time flies

Hi everyone!

4:40 pm

hi Beach

4:56 pm

gelan t

4:57 pm

Happy Sunday everyone

4:58 pm

howdy, boo

4:58 pm

Hi. I just came from a graduation party

4:59 pm

Hello, Boobear

5:00 pm

hi RB

5:00 pm

who graduated?

5:01 pm

My nephew and step neice

5:06 pm

Congrats, ata!

5:06 pm

and congrats all finishers and graduates

5:06 pm

LOVE the icon, babbler

5:16 pm

clue for ab 7 pls

5:16 pm

plural of the 6 before it

5:25 pm

Hello, pam ... my airhead icon

5:38 pm

I just love it, babbler!

6:08 pm

clue for the last ar 5/10

6:09 pm

Bums/ derrieres, Boobear.

6:13 pm

not getting it jacula

6:13 pm

hi, jac!

6:14 pm

do you have the ar4/4 that means bum? Plural it

6:14 pm

Slang word for your bottom, Boobear, in plural.

6:14 pm

Hi Pam.

6:17 pm

Hi all,I presume the BA8 is some fishy compound but I dont see it.Clue please?

6:19 pm

hi, pug. there are actually 2 ba8's

6:19 pm

ba 8 -- add the superlative to the farm building with a hayloft

6:19 pm

One is a warrior, pug

6:19 pm

indeed there are I meant the first

6:19 pm

that is an odd one, babbler....

6:19 pm

hi pug and pam

6:19 pm

Hi pug - ba8/50 (1st) is the most ba4/6 (hay shelter/farm building)

6:19 pm

hi, nef

6:20 pm

LOL!, by the time I typed the def for the fist; everyone else answers

6:20 pm

ty BR what a dumb word!

6:21 pm

hi pam and everyone else. I just got back here and am pretty sure I shouldn't have started this grid

6:21 pm

Hi Nef. I got a late start as I've been out all day. 21 to go now.

6:23 pm

I started at the flip and then went to bed with maybe 20 words found. I still have 198 left but have been in and out all day and I won't be able to stay and concentrate on this at all

6:26 pm

clues please for the ES7 & ES6? last 2 & tired of monkeying them...

6:27 pm

es 7/32 is e+ ***m a guitar +al

6:28 pm

I don't have the es6 yet

6:28 pm

ty vm & fireworks

6:29 pm

WTG, PUG!!!

6:29 pm

use 2/3 of your clue for the 7

6:29 pm

Well done pug.

6:31 pm

thanks pug, I got it

6:32 pm

Yay, pug!

6:32 pm

resalt

6:32 pm

OOOPS! Sorry

6:34 pm

don't understand the last part of the es clue, please help!

6:34 pm

hello babble friends!

6:35 pm

hello auntie!

6:35 pm

hi, tri!

6:35 pm

secooper! you should NOT be looking at the grid today!

6:35 pm

haha i no

6:35 pm

sorry

6:35 pm

am, e+ st5

6:36 pm

I warned your mom at church....she about peed her pants laughing.....

6:36 pm

that's a 6, I thought there was a 7? thanks, nef

6:36 pm

ya she told me bout that

6:36 pm

Hello, hello . . . :)

6:36 pm

hello jc!!!

6:36 pm

Hi, J.C.

6:37 pm

hello jc

6:37 pm

the es7 is E+***m a guitar + al

6:37 pm

Hi Trif, Pam and secooper! :)

6:37 pm

that's ****m a guitar sorry

6:37 pm

another grey, gloomy sunday here. How NOT novel!

6:38 pm

thanks! I thought there was supposed to be a letter before the al, but the al was part of the word... thanks

6:38 pm

same here

6:38 pm

Wow, what a strange word - thanks for the clue, Nef! :)

6:39 pm

If I wasn't tired, I wouldn't be dyslexic!

6:40 pm

are all the c's cu words?

6:41 pm

hello all

6:41 pm

yep

6:41 pm

cunt

6:41 pm

hmmmmm

6:42 pm

sorry. had the cursor in the wrong box

6:42 pm

FIREWORKS!:-)

6:42 pm

interesting way of greeting us big red.

6:42 pm

Hello, big red - and congrats, Jacula! :)

6:42 pm

Congrats, Jac!!!!!!!

6:42 pm

congrats!!!

6:42 pm

i'm mortified

6:42 pm

Thanks folks.

6:42 pm

WTG, Jac! YAY!!!!

6:42 pm

hi, big red.,...

6:42 pm

Big Red wins the prize today!!! Every time it is in the grid that happens. You are in the club, big red!

6:42 pm

hello pam

6:42 pm

Funny how the cursor's always in the wrong box on rude words. LOL

6:42 pm

I am laughing, bigred....

6:43 pm

Just giving you grief

6:43 pm

HAHAHA!!!

6:43 pm

I have to be very careful of that - as well, I tend to use some of those! :P

6:43 pm

LOL. you guys are great. that's why I love babbling

6:43 pm

LOL, JC, me, too!

6:45 pm

:)

6:45 pm

:)

6:45 pm

Well, I'd better be off. Happy Babbling all and NO MORE SWEARING! :-D

6:45 pm

Erm - I only typed that :) once ?!

6:45 pm

HAHAHA - I'll try not to, Jacula! :P

6:45 pm

*Sits on hands.*

6:45 pm

Ciao, jac!

6:48 pm

clue for ba 6/30 after the ba 4/6

6:49 pm

sorry, Boo, I don't have it

6:49 pm

You ba**** made it to the finish line? Builds off the four.

6:51 pm

I was running late and I ba**** made it to the bus on time. Same difference.

6:52 pm

ty

6:52 pm

there is an anagram of that that is a grain

6:53 pm

That's true

6:53 pm

ty

6:55 pm

(“\(*-*)/”)...FIREWORKS...(“\( *-*)/”)

6:56 pm

Congratulations Zoozzoom!

6:56 pm

WTG, Zoozzoom! YAY!!!!!

6:56 pm

congrats!!

6:57 pm

I just got 101 words, only 182 to go!

6:57 pm

Many thanks :-)

6:57 pm

Woo Nef! Over 1/3, :D. I've 45 left, all S, T and Y

6:58 pm

Yesterday I did each letter separately and I don't want to do that again. Good Luck Uni!

6:59 pm

I always do as many as I can (preferably half) then hit the list top to bottom or bottom to top.

6:59 pm

Easier with the list!

7:00 pm

clue for ba 8 pls

7:01 pm

It is *the most* like a wooden building holding cows. Builds off the four again.

7:01 pm

I try to wait to go to the list for as long as possible; but I'll usually hold off til at least half way. Not on this grid. I want to finish and just went to the list

7:02 pm

I find that I am flying along with the list today. Because there are so many words, it is easy to piece the letters together even on odd words. And there are many repeated endings and syllables!

7:02 pm

there are two ba8`s

7:03 pm

I usually wait until halfway also, nef. And I almost NEVER chat until I hit NBT

7:03 pm

The second ba8 is plural of the 7, a person who engages in combat. Many connected words.

7:03 pm

one is a continuation of ba6,24

7:03 pm

we each have our own little Babble idiosyncrasies, don't we!

7:03 pm

NBT = no blank tiles, yes? I don't follow that jazz at all.

7:03 pm

oh, we sure do, Tri!

7:03 pm

are the sa7's related to the five before them?

7:03 pm

yup. Or, Naughty Bits Tingling. Whichever.

7:04 pm

yes they are secooper

7:04 pm

secooper- No. The first is an item that is capable of being sold (it is sa*****). Change the last letter for the second.

7:05 pm

thnx! got them!

7:05 pm

Are we looking at the same sa7s? The 5 is a place where animals live (or a colour). The sevens don't build off that..

7:05 pm

oops sorry you are right Uniquity

7:05 pm

it is 1:05am and my eyes are closing now..lol

7:06 pm

*whew*. I don't have my own Wonderland style grid! Zooz..that is late. What are you doing here? :)

hi uni!

7:07 pm

being a babble addict i guess..hahaha...i had better get off to sleep land :-)

7:08 pm

get to bed, zooz. I've fallen asleep at the grid too often myself

7:08 pm

Hey TOwl!

7:08 pm

Ah, sleep is for the weak?

7:08 pm

LOL..your right..night all....hope you all finish..happy babbling

any clues for the two sa7 words?

7:13 pm

Done! :)

7:13 pm

I clued them at 7:04, I think

yay uni!

7:14 pm

An item that can be sold is considered sa*****, and you change the last letter for the second sa7.

ni - s'ok, i am perfectly willing to scroll back a few ;)

i don't get nbt either. is it a brag?

7:16 pm

I feel like it is more a declaration of success, but the thing is (for me) that you can have every word but one and not have NBT. I have, in the past, strived to get something from every tile, but mostly I just try to break half, from whatever tile they may come!

i need 30 more but i don't hink i have the will to f inish

7:18 pm

Ok...eyes are crossing, but it's the NBT thing. I need an A from the bottom left? and then I may rest also

7:18 pm

yes, but you will be doing it in the PB missy!

7:19 pm

Here is an ab4: think of the band from the 70s, drop a letter and plural it. Many words build off that.

7:19 pm

For me, if I can't finish, at least get a word from each tile.

7:19 pm

You don't list, right TO? 30 words would seem like an eternity to me at the end without the list most days.

is the se8 evident?

7:20 pm

It's got the same ending as the sa7.

7:21 pm

ty...ended up with 5 from the A.....night all !!!

7:22 pm

Yep, 5 built off that. Night hshliz!

7:38 pm

fireworks for me!

7:39 pm

way to go!!!

7:39 pm

making the family proud!

7:40 pm

thnx! awwwwwwwww

7:40 pm

Hi Trif...scoop worked really hard on this grid. Is anyone watching the BET awards? The entire show is a MJackson theme and it is quite good

7:40 pm

hello dear one....not sure if we get that...hold on

7:41 pm

what channel are the on? Is BET a channel?

7:42 pm

yep

7:42 pm

We have the dish hun...don't know what it is at your house.

7:44 pm

just looked through our list, and we don't have BET. Way to celebrate diversity, norwell!

7:44 pm

hahaha i sry though

7:44 pm

Evening all.

7:44 pm

hey, ga

7:45 pm

hello

7:45 pm

Hey there, Uneaixoise. Hope you are well this evening.

7:45 pm

Primo is more upset about Billy Mays than Michael Jackson

7:45 pm

Hi secooper.

7:46 pm

determined to get the final 8 words!

7:46 pm

Me and D are upset too

7:46 pm

May I please have a clue for ae5-10? Thanks.

7:47 pm

eagle's nest

7:47 pm

hey, eva :-)

7:47 pm

Thanks Eva.

7:47 pm

pl for 6

7:47 pm

yw

7:47 pm

hey unea

7:50 pm

I always watch the BET awards... I know that MJ altered music as we see and hear it. But, even though he was acquitted, he had "issues" at best and was quite the sicko

7:50 pm

I also completely over the pants belted midway on the a4/4 look.

7:51 pm

CHAKA KHAN!!!!!

7:51 pm

I wish I could watch it....:(

7:51 pm

but hey, million dollar password is pretty fun, too - AND it has words!

7:51 pm

This is completely OUTRAEGOUS....

7:51 pm

Do you have comcast, tri?

7:52 pm

haha solja boys pants looked like they were gonna fall down pretty hilarious

7:52 pm

yes pam. Am i missing it in there somewhere?

are you eatching bet? i don't see soulja boy

7:52 pm

You might be, tri.

7:52 pm

He was on a bit ago, TO

7:52 pm

I looked through all the channels we have....

7:53 pm

I am really...the jewelry is over the top!

7:53 pm

hahahahahaha i love it

anyone have se8?

7:54 pm

se4/4 + ab4/6

7:54 pm

something that can be close tight. Llie a zilpoc baggie

ty une. ty eva

7:55 pm

Looks like i can watch it on demand starting tomorrow, but it is not a channel in it's own right. how weird

7:55 pm

yw :-)

it IS great watching the old jackson videos

7:55 pm

w

7:56 pm

hmmm thats weird

7:56 pm

million dollar password is pretty exciting right now - the celeb they have is a dolt

if anyone has been watching, are they sprinkling them in between awards or is this one long tribute?

7:57 pm

Chelsea Handler was really bad a week or so ago

7:57 pm

never watched that show

7:57 pm

That's odd, Tri, that it's not broadcast there

7:57 pm

The entire show is devoted to MJ

7:57 pm

welcome to whiteville, pam!

7:57 pm

haha

7:57 pm

strange, given how NON black MJ was in the end

so when do they give the awards?

7:58 pm

our Comcast On Demand has a Michael Jackson category right now that you can click on and watch ALL the videos!

7:58 pm

they gave some awards a while ago... but idk when the next awards will be given

se6/18 after the se6/18 meaning driest?

7:59 pm

add vowel to se5/10, TO

8:01 pm

now I am watching Devil wears prada for about the zillionth time....

8:01 pm

is that it, TO? if not, that's the same last word I'm missing . . .

8:01 pm

ooooo i just watched that a couple days ago

8:02 pm

Beyonce is just UNBELIEVABLY well, BEYONCE

ooh my fav mj !

8:02 pm

gorgeous?

'scuse me while i go dance! :D

8:02 pm

Oh yeah, and that's just the beginning! 8^)

i was a dancing machine back then

8:03 pm

FIREWORKS! Byeee . . . must go turn off sprinkler . . . *poof*

8:03 pm

me too....remember dancing to "beat it" at my college orientation

8:03 pm

Congrats, UNE

8:03 pm

huzzah for une!!

8:03 pm

Beyonce just became a barbie right before our eyes!

8:03 pm

ya!!!! congrats!!

8:03 pm

LOL, kad

what int he word are you guys watching? i have bet ona nd it's all mj videos

off the wall was quite abit before beat it, trif

8:05 pm

the BET 09 awards, TO

on which channel? i have bet j on

8:05 pm

BET

8:06 pm

Beyonce could sing about toilet bowl cleaner and she would still be amazing

i recommend bet j for all michael videos

aom, htey are d oing :off the wall: now

sorry that was meant to me "Pam"lol

8:08 pm

TO, I can't understand you anymore.

8:08 pm

thank you for the translation! :-D

s'ok...*goes back to grid*

8:09 pm

I LOVE off the wall. I have MTVJ, I don't see BETJ

BET J

hey isn't a shame about billy mays?

8:11 pm

ya he was hilarious

8:11 pm

primo is more upset over billy mays than MJ

8:12 pm

i think d is too

bad, bad week for celebrities

8:13 pm

indeed. so much for death coming in threes....

8:13 pm

Have they said what the Cause of Death is yet for Billy Mays?

i am stumped for all of th est words after st7 remainers

8:14 pm

i dont think they no yet

8:14 pm

no, but his last twitter message was apparently how rough his plane landing was --- and something did hit him in the head during the landing

pam , he was on a flight form phil to tampa friday that hit turbulence and something fell on his head...however, they do not know if that was a cause, wife said he felt ill and did not awaken next nmorning

did yo find bet j?

8:15 pm

oh, his poor wife! can you imagine, a husband dying right next to you, and you slept and didn't know? agonizing!

8:15 pm

UGh... that is horrid.

watching these vids in a row, it hits home how much violence there is in mj videos.

8:17 pm

I am sure, TO! Turns out, I checked, I don't get BETJ.

8:18 pm

Maybe they'll play some of Man in the Mirror as they play tributes....

they are playing top 20 vids

8:18 pm

Apparently, MJ CDs are selling out all over the place

hi

8:19 pm

Hi, red!!!!

8:20 pm

hello!

8:20 pm

Bday girl just got home Trif

8:21 pm

tell her I said HB!

hi red

how is all?

now playing"beat it"

Lordy, I need 186 words...

8:27 pm

165 here, red .. Heyas kids ..

8:27 pm

hello tor, and red...100 left here, and I am getting V sleepy!

hey tor!

8:28 pm

You survived the sleepover Trifs!

8:28 pm

torgone!

8:28 pm

hello torgone!

8:28 pm

Yo TO & pam

8:28 pm

!

8:29 pm

& secooper!

8:29 pm

just ba6, tor...one of the little girls didn't - had to have her mom come get her at 2:17 am

8:29 pm

poor little mite!

8:29 pm

Poor little diva-in-training!

8:30 pm

awww

8:31 pm

hello all, it is 9:30 and I still have 180 words left

8:31 pm

Fireworks! Good night all... off to make the BDay girl some late dinner.

8:31 pm

hello peri!

8:31 pm

wow, well done you!! finishing today is a big achievement!

8:31 pm

FYI: zoe-anne is Alive. She came out of her hiding place all by herself when I was at my nephews wedding.

8:31 pm

she had a little bit to eat

8:31 pm

Yay kadressa! Heya peri!

Wonderful Peri! Was she starved?

8:32 pm

no, not at all diva-ish, tor! she had never done a sleepover before, and she tried really hard to make it through, but she got homesick and couldn't make it. I felt really bad for her.

8:32 pm

Oh peri! I'm so happy that she did! Was she hungry after that ordeal?

Yaaay Kitty, Peri you must have been very worried.

8:32 pm

lol she logged off but says thanks!

8:32 pm

I was beside myself red

8:32 pm

Peri, I am SO GLAD to hear it! We were all worried about you this morning, and hoping all was well!

8:32 pm

awww thats great peri!

hi peri

Peri, were you able to enjoy the wedding at all?

8:33 pm

she only ate a little bit. the other cat came down to the basement and they are both in the same room but not near each other and I do not hear any screeching or meowing

8:33 pm

Well then Yay her for toughing it out ..

8:33 pm

not really red, I was really worriedl, I thought she would die in her hiding place

8:33 pm

she had not eaten since Thurs!

8:34 pm

we were all worried :( im so happy shes out though!

Wow.

8:34 pm

thanks secooper

really? !

8:34 pm

welcome

8:34 pm

help with the 8's pls

8:35 pm

I need to get the list or I will be here til the flip

8:35 pm

bbiab

most 8's end with "can"

I have to go to bed very soon, I had the most horrificly long day at work and am exhausted.

8:36 pm

ba8/50 1st one- ba4/6 before it plus superlative and ba8/50 2nd- warriors or plural of the 7 before it

soory to hear, red

other 8s end with "est"

i am gong to bed. tomorrow will be a big day, i will tell boss i have accepted temp promotion

Didn't mean to say all other 8s!

Excellent news TO.

Well, My Practicum studentdefinitely got about one months worth on experience in 12 hours.

8:38 pm

secooper, I just looked at your cat and am wondering: is he/she marked like a tuxedo? (white chest and belly; and 4 white paws?)

8:39 pm

any hints for the ya 5 please?

red, if i may, i have the ompression that nursing is a very lucrative profession. my neighbor is a nurse but always eems to be broke and implies she hardly makes any $

8:39 pm

thats just an internet pic but my real cat looks exactly like that and he does have a white chest and belly, and four white mittens lol

this on the heels of our discussion about property maintenance earlier

Generally pays between 20 and 40 an hour depending on where one lives, PA should be smack in the mid range, about maybe 30-32...

Fl pays less, but costs to live are a little less.

8:40 pm

I'm an RN. I used to make a good enough income working in the hospital but now work for a charity and work for peanuts with no benies. But I love what I'm doing. :-)

Its a very solid middle class profession, but there is always overtime and the ability to earn more.

please i do not mean to pry...she is draining her rainwater onto myh prop and I had water pouring through foundation there, but she refused to take any responsibility at all

8:41 pm

Thanks Secoope. My dtr's cat has some white on her face too and has the tuxedo markings. Lucy (the cat) likes to lay in the sink too

SO, she needs to stop that, regardless of how much cash she makes or anything.

told me not on her list of pirorities

8:42 pm

awww thats adorable nef

oh red. form your lips to god's ear. she seems to think she the law does not apply to her

8:43 pm

Have you talked with your homeowners insurance person? Maybe they can help solve the problem?

everyhting i say, she tells me she has it worse

Well, it may not be her priority but if she is damaging your foundation, she need to sort that out before you, like sue, her for messing up your house...

red: her husband left after she lost her daughter at age 17 to cancer. she herself had cancer. i just don't know what to do. before all this happened they did not have the sense god gave little chickens

8:45 pm

Hi everyone, TO, she sounds like she still doesn't have the sense god gave chickens

8:45 pm

would the city have something to say about it? Check with the city inspector about it

She sounds like a sad person, and I think Nef has a very good idea. She also sounds like a not very tough person, life actually is not fair...its not atit for tat thing, if it was, my life would be a lot easier.

well i struggled and last year did just that because her lawn was AGAIN over 12 in. she told the inspector hwer troubles but he cut her no slack. when she asked if i called i lied and said no

8:47 pm

Cancer isn't an excuse to be abusive to others. She survived it and should understand the need to take care of things, personally and community wise. She's not being a very good neighbor, especially if she's damaging your property.

8:49 pm

well said, lbd!

because i helped her by weeding without saying anything but then i would see her spending hours planting flowers on the front yard, some time could have been spent on weeding. she has two sons 22 and 20 who do nothing. it is so sad., they are like boarders

8:49 pm

Sorry, i'm not much for pity pot sitters. Whining is okay for a little while, but it sounds like she needs to get a grip and move on.

its extremely unpleasant TO, my Neighbours in Ch Hill caused me no end of grief, I am very sorry you are having to deal with it again and again.

but she lost her only daughter then husband, he could not take the grief. i feel so guilty, you haev no idea

8:51 pm

I totally agree with you on that LBD. (Hi, BTW) It sounds like she's using these as excuses. Is she working? If so, she should take care of her homeor move to a place she can manage. She may be depressed too and should be treated for that

8:51 pm

Why should you feel guilty? You didn't have anything to do with her family. You didn't cause it.

TO, you didnt take her Husband. You did not give her daughter Cancer, so no need to feel guilty, she needs to mow the law, for heavens sake.

well who is our neighbor? isn;t it who needs us most?

8:52 pm

Not if that neighbor won't take care of her own business and her lack of "priorities" is ruining YOUR house!

8:53 pm

That's true, TO. but it appears that she's taking you for granted, and living off your guilt. She owns her problems and her house. she needs to be responsible for her stuff.

no wonder the convo gave me an anxiety attack. i want to fix the world. and i can't even cjhange the battery in my fios! ;D

Well, You could try an intervention style intervention, Homeowners, expressing concern, I mean not taking care of house etc, does show some sort of depression...

red, a neighbor put a flyer into all our mailboxes about the barking dogs thing after 0, and how it violates the ordinance and keeps people up. no comprende

Putting a flyer, is very different than a face to face meeting.

Putting a flyer is someone who is annoyed but can not actually be responsible for annoyance and go talk to the neighbours face to face.

8:54 pm

clue for es 7 pls

oh i am so sorry for chewing your ears with this. they were trying to be kind i guess, red.

Its ok TO, much easier to talk about this than my bad day.

8:55 pm

e+****m a guitar +al, Boo

flash: per bet, # michael jackson video is "rock with me"

8:56 pm

es+ not false but *** + Mr. Gore

8:56 pm

what was your bad day red?

8:56 pm

ty

red, fire away if you want :)

Started with removign two tazer barbs from a psychotic ladies breasts, like fish hooks they are, moved into a code, which was long and involved, thena near emergent delivery which thank god got transferred out, then a concious sedation, while my other patient was being intubated and then ended with another code and death...and large arguement with bad charge nurse and bad physician.

8:58 pm

i think im gonna spend some time with the bday girl night everyone

I had a student nurse with me and she was just blown away...there was otehr stuff involved,but, not too much worth mentioning...

8:58 pm

good night, secooper

well that is more than enough

8:59 pm

nite trif

8:59 pm

bye secooper, have some ice cream for us!

I get to go back tomorro.

yeesh

8:59 pm

red. that makes my head spin *image of exorcist girl*

8:59 pm

red, that sounds like a *really* bad shift from Hell. Hugs to you for survivng!

It was somewhat typical, but the slow code at the end with the poor physician sort of took the cake.

9:00 pm

Nurses ROCK!! you ladies are amazing with all that you have to do and put up with. (((HUGS)))

9:01 pm

slow codes should be illegal! Bad MDs. Should be too

what is slow code? i mean i do understand code

Yes , it was not fun.

Slow code was not because we wanted to slow it but the MD kept getting confused about what she wanted to do.

9:01 pm

(with the exception of the bad charge nurse)

She is a good lady, just makes bad decisions.

9:02 pm

hmmm, maybe she is a reincarnated politician for south carolina?

9:02 pm

there are 2 (or more) meanings to that term: either way is that you try to save someone who either shouldn't be coded or dies in spite of all efforts (and the code runs way too long

A slow code TO, is when a patient is trying like heck to die, and there is no real hope of returning them to a productive life, so the rescusitation moves, but not as fast as normal...

9:04 pm

how long does a "normal" code last?

depends.

9:04 pm

I am still here but my nose is in the grid

ty for that explanation. we have made your job so compilcated, haven't we? i mean until i read that ethics book, i had no idea...

9:05 pm

(((((RED))))))

9:05 pm

LOL, lbd. A normal code lasts til the docs call quits. In my health care form I say if I'm not resuscitated in 15 minutes, give up

code can be as short as 15 min, or like 2 hours.

you know i am not meant to finish the grid.

9:06 pm

(chances of a good survival drop significantly after 10-15 minutes)

9:06 pm

I did an internship in a rehab hospital, never having to work with the er or trauma section, it always seemed like the codes lasted either forever or were over in what seemed like minutes.

yes nef...

9:06 pm

I am shocked I am over half done, red!

gooooo pam! i have 162 left

9:07 pm

Oh, I won't get many more words, I am tired, cranky, and enmeshed in BET television

9:07 pm

brb, need more ice water

brb, need to take benadryl don't want to lay awake hours again

9:08 pm

I spent over 34 years working in ICU (mostly CV-ICU) and love the short codes. MY goal, however was to avoid letting my pts. code.

9:09 pm

I have 117 words left; I should get back to the grid too now.

Ours usally come in coding. the one that coded today was in my room, but because I was doing concious sedation, I never met him, he had a different nurse, until about 10 min before he coded...

nef would yo liek any help?

Ok nuf said... I will be getting ready for bed.

9:09 pm

7 left. Time for a little help from my fellow babbleonians. BA7/36? please.

red, i hope tomorrow is better, hope talking did not make it worse

No, all is well, to be honest, I am jsut a little tired, that was only abuot one notch up from a regular day.

9:10 pm

TO, I'll take any help I can get! I did go to the list when I hit 100 words that I'd found

9:10 pm

gramma -- one who goes to war.

9:11 pm

you must work in the ED, red?

well thank you all for your kind advice. nef, let me take a short break for meds

i ahd to use a to z tonight to finish

9:12 pm

np, TO. if you wish to quit, I'll just keep going. I'm trying to finish every grid I start these days (I've been procrastinating lately and it bothers me)

Yes Nef, my first job was in Neuro/Trauma Icu, but I am not an ICU nurse...

9:14 pm

LOL! Isn't nursing great that there are places for each of us?

Yes, and if we could figure out how to get along between floors...

curtale

Oops.

9:15 pm

LOL! Very true. I had a workplace injury nearly 3 years ago and am now out of the whole hospital scene; it's nice but very different

I have an exit plan, when I get a bit older, I plan to go into Infection control. less stress, but fun to chase bugs.

SOme days I consider clinic work...

9:17 pm

hello babblers.

Hi Madi, how is your busy summer coming on?

9:17 pm

Hi madi, long time no babble chat.

9:17 pm

dawgie!!

9:18 pm

I'm now a NM at a pregnancy resource center. I never thought I'd do this; but it's fun and very different from what I've done before.

that is probably very interesting...

back

9:18 pm

Oh, how I wanted to enter the medical world!

9:18 pm

You're just in time for me to say good night. Hubby wants to watch a video. see you all tomorrow! have a good night and good luck with the grid.

9:18 pm

thanks for asking red... i swear it's like i have a full time job... music this, music that...

9:19 pm

I really wish I had the drive to be a nurse. they are always hiring nurses....

As long as you enjoy it a little madi.

Theres a reason for that Trif.

9:19 pm

I runa prenatal clinic for low income clients. It's great! The salary is much less than half of what I made in the hospital though

9:19 pm

Christine, ty for your clue; but, I'm not getting it. Could someone try another approach?

hi madi hi jili

9:20 pm

oh, it's amazing! I wouldn't want to be doing anything else with my life, seriously. I told my mom the other day i wanted to stay in music lesson and major in vocal music in college.

9:20 pm

I have 90 left and dinner to get -- no hope so phooey

9:20 pm

gramma, do you have the ba 6/24? It builds from there

9:21 pm

This tribute to the OJays is pretty cool

nef, fire away...

9:21 pm

gramma, think the "****** of Bunker Hill"

9:21 pm

Hi, madi and jilli and welki

9:21 pm

hi pam, hi everyone

hi welk

9:21 pm

I'm missing the 1st 2 BA words.

9:22 pm

Thanks, TO the ge 7 and ge 8 are impossible to find (did you take a long enough break?)

9:22 pm

plus my imperative 60 Minutes is on...

9:22 pm

hi pam!

9:23 pm

This grid is horrible -- huge and full of obscurities

9:23 pm

gramma the first ba4/6 is the start of the next 3 words

9:24 pm

It really is jilli. I'm so wishing I hadn't started it!

ge7 army top guy /plural

9:25 pm

*dashes in, hugs jill hard and waves to everyone* I can't play now, have one more book to read before I am ready for tomorrow. I'll be back later... *fades out before anyone notices*

TY TO...

9:25 pm

I'm missing the 1st BA word and the 2nd BA word.

9:25 pm

hi/bye stid!

they lead the ba7/8 fighter(s)

9:26 pm

I noticed, stid, lol!

9:26 pm

gramma, there is a makeup calle ba** esstentials made of minerals

9:26 pm

TY, TO. I wasn't going that direction at all!

9:29 pm

I finally got the BA5/14. How does the 7 work?

ab7: degraders. aae7: highest. at7: books of maps.

9:30 pm

Got it!

9:30 pm

and the 8 is pl, gramma

ba7: rose-red variety of spinel. ba7: fighter or fights

9:30 pm

hi all

9:31 pm

hi Dorens

bl7: trash talk, irish style.

9:32 pm

how about that first ba7/36?

cu7: 6th cenbtury basson or what women do instead of bow.

hi doren

doren, it;s the gem google it?

9:33 pm

BL7/44? please.

9:33 pm

exhausted.. just had ken's kids and a few grandchildren here for dinner.. lots of fun, great food, etc.. was at a wedding last night down at the shore.. life is good

ea7: sincere. bl 7 just clued

es7: adj describing menstrual cycle

ge7 army top guy

ne7: closest and snuggler

sa7: able to be vended OR can capable of being vended

9:36 pm

TO, you are terrific! Thanks!

se7 most charred OR those who fish with a net OR "fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible." (LOVE that one)

OR "a crystalline amino acid, HOCH2CH(NH2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Abbreviation: Ser; Symbol: S "

9:39 pm

Thanks TO ..THAT helps ..

sl7: killers. st7: remainers. st7: goiter, properly.

sorry, that last st 7 is plural, goiters

9:41 pm

TA7/40? please, put me out of my misery. I need to go to bed. I can't with only 3 left.

ta7: picture, scene or epresentation.

th-th-th-th-that's all. folks

flows from ta 5 before it

tor, are you maing fun of my google clues? ;)

9:42 pm

I'm sure of the 1st 5 letters, then I go duh.

9:43 pm

gramma, try all vowels to end it

9:43 pm

71 left and supper's ready -- back later

9:43 pm

Just a pinch of sarcasm, TO .. I'm lost on this one ..

9:43 pm

TY

9:43 pm

sure helped me, TO, now I only need one more! :D

well after my day, i really need that. nef i do hope i have helped you, don't forget plurals. noght, all *POOF*

9:44 pm

Thanks and niters TO ..

9:44 pm

Thanks so much TO!

9:45 pm

YA5/18?

9:47 pm

Ya + brit word for mother (I think)

9:48 pm

That worked. ty

9:48 pm

or close to it! I'm not making my clues clear. Sorry

9:49 pm

Last word BL7/44. Please.

9:49 pm

sorry; I doon't have it yet

9:50 pm

The Bl7 Stone ..

9:50 pm

that's the Irish stone you kiss

9:51 pm

thanks tor and rbud. I never saw that at all

9:51 pm

TY TY TY Goodnight!

9:51 pm

yay, gramma!! congrats and good nite!

9:52 pm

Yay gramma! WTG!!!

Splllllash

Typical big grid when I have no time

9:58 pm

back for my last 50

9:59 pm

need to get to bed, so may ask for clues too many

9:59 pm

good luck you two. I'm down to my last 95 now!

10:00 pm

es7?

10:01 pm

E +****m a guitar + Mr. Gores name

Whell I have 283 left

10:02 pm

ty!

Can this be done?

10:03 pm

it goes fast down to about 100

Ok

10:03 pm

then really slow

That doesn't inspire me

10:03 pm

I'm not sure I'll finish

Oh joy big grid naughty word

10:05 pm

wow, this really speeds up once you have the list

Thanks KJE that reallyt is NOT inspireing

10:08 pm

no, just go to the list now!

10:08 pm

herin, go for the list early. It really does help

10:09 pm

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

10:09 pm

yay trif!

meh. I will give it a bash at 244 left there is no point doing that now. TTTTTTRIIIIIIIIIFSSSSS

10:10 pm

WTG, Trifio! YAY!!!

10:10 pm

have to explode and poof I am afraid - gotta get the kiddos to bed....am late already!

Night Triffffffs

10:12 pm

last re6/21?

10:12 pm

Yay Trifs!!!

10:15 pm

nm

10:15 pm

hi, kje and herin and bye, trif

10:16 pm

hi

Hi Pam

10:16 pm

clue for ma 4/5 at the top

10:17 pm

Hey Mrs. Lisa

10:17 pm

You almost done, probably?

10:19 pm

10

10:19 pm

Hey Jas

10:19 pm

Hey Mom

10:19 pm

What's your mom's name?

10:20 pm

wills

10:20 pm

she's on, she doesn't see us yet.

10:22 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:23 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

10:23 pm

good how about you

10:23 pm

Hello Min! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:23 pm

(I'm hiding in the grid, trying to finish. Still have 75 left to finish)

10:24 pm

Hi,min!

10:24 pm

can anyone clue the third ma 4/5 from the top please

10:24 pm

FW!

10:24 pm

I am well. Just came in to see who is here. I gave up on grid at 7:21 A.M. with 200 words and 2236 points.

10:25 pm

Yay K!!!

10:25 pm

and I am off to bed, falling asleep

10:25 pm

YAYAYAYAY, KJE

10:25 pm

ma4:more than one small rug to wipe feet on Boobear

10:25 pm

gn - sorry to babble and run, but i am pooped

10:26 pm

ty AMIN

10:26 pm

Congratulations kje on your fireworks! Good for you!

10:26 pm

Goodbye kje! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

10:26 pm

yw Boobear

10:28 pm

clues for the y words plesae?????

10:28 pm

able

10:28 pm

sorry.

10:28 pm

yi 4/6 is y+the opposite of outs mkg. Only one I have

10:29 pm

change the middle vowel, for the ye4

10:30 pm

ty

10:30 pm

ya5 = yes (slang) + grown boy (jamacan-style)

10:30 pm

ty got both.

HI MINI

10:30 pm

ye5 = lots of not No

10:30 pm

need two more. but may quit soon. want half way point.

10:30 pm

ps: hi all

Hi

10:31 pm

ty ty! got all 5!!!!!!!!!

10:31 pm

super clues.

10:31 pm

ye4 = ye + **apolis (military academy)

10:32 pm

ea 9,66 please?

10:33 pm

seruiyskt cwest

10:33 pm

I changed my icon for tomorrow's theme & off to bed

10:33 pm

extend the ea4 and ea 7 before

10:33 pm

i mean seriously, sorry, hands were on the wrong row

10:33 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

10:33 pm

seriously

10:34 pm

An ea 9/66 i ea 7/28+an adverbial ending cwestexan.

10:34 pm

ae clues please?

10:35 pm

An ea9/66 is ea 7/28+an adverbial ending cwestexan

10:35 pm

tanks ! min! and pin

10:35 pm

don't have any

10:35 pm

yw cwest

10:36 pm

ae 5/10 is a birds nest. ae 6/18 is plural and ae 7/28 is the most of that ae 5/10 (bird's nest) word mkg.

10:36 pm

yw cwestexan

10:36 pm

the ba6 after most nekkid?

someone Please slap me for missing the Ea 9

10:37 pm

ba6 = grain...

10:37 pm

ba6/30 is anagram of the first ba6/30 word harpjane

10:37 pm

thanks

10:37 pm

*POOF*

10:38 pm

how about the first ba5?

Ok this grid is kind of sucking

10:38 pm

ba + little gir

10:38 pm

agreed herin

10:39 pm

gi4 that is

How are you Harp

How are you Harp /

10:40 pm

i'm happy and full of moquito bites and sunscreen from reading in the yardl

10:40 pm

ae 5 please?

That sounds like an Ok day

10:40 pm

i'm reading the history of the balkans, and before that i went to a baby shower and we played stoopid games

Baby Showers are silly

10:42 pm

im hosting one next month but it won't be silly. we'll drink beer and eat cake

ok Beer and cake right

10:42 pm

I'm hosting a baby shower for my dau in a few weeks...we're going to tie-die onesies as our activity...

10:43 pm

...and, because it's a boy, the tie-dye (sp?) will be in CAMO ... not rainbow colors :)

10:44 pm

any clues for ae 5?

10:44 pm

they don't know if it's a girl or a boy for mine, so i guess there will be lots of green and yellow!

awwww That sounds rather messy

10:45 pm

eagles nest

10:45 pm

if done right...not too messy at all...

There is some words here that are really apt right now

10:46 pm

*wanders in and hugs random people* I just finished reading the last book I needed for tomorrow, and am now going to pretend I have a family. Pini, you sound giddy about the baby!

Stiiiiiiiiiiiiiddddddddddie.

10:46 pm

I haven't started the grid, and won't have time tomorrow. Will be online a bit Tuesday if I can!

10:46 pm

*hugs a few more random people and gives choclit to lady*

Pini is this yuour first time as a Grandma?

10:46 pm

hi stid...you're right, I am excited...and I get to see my GD this week, too!

10:47 pm

so... I will see you-all soon! *rolls eyes and wonders if pink comes in camo for granddaughters*

10:47 pm

2nd, herin...I have an almost 9 yo GD * proud nonna here *

10:47 pm

LOL enjoy your week, everyone! *POOF*

10:47 pm

the camo baby's mom and dad live in the country (he's a woodsman)...

awwwww. Sorry I just read that awww new baby.

I am hoping my g.f has a baby girl I badly need to do girly things to the baby

10:48 pm

time to practice the harp part to rogers and hammerstein bbl

Enjoy Harp

10:48 pm

they're fun, herin ;)

10:48 pm

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooklahoma where the wind.....

10:49 pm

* giggle *

Well I will be happy either way but Baby Girl I can do Fairy stuff for her. OOOOMG last night when I was at the store this woman had her baby in a grey bear suit complete with ears I was alll awwwwwwwwwww

10:49 pm

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rai

10:50 pm

yo jmc ;)

And I am waiting for facebook to card my profile pic. Hi JM

10:50 pm

card?

10:50 pm

hey, peeps

10:50 pm

hey, peeps

Hey Tyger. Pini tell me off

10:51 pm

how many jmc?

10:51 pm

hi tyger

10:51 pm

hi all

10:51 pm

what for, herin?

10:51 pm

clue for ma 6/27 pls

10:51 pm

Can I tell you off herin? What should I tell you off about?

10:52 pm

hi tyger

10:52 pm

hey, herin, pini, jmc

Because its me and my hair. Lady Gadiva style.

10:52 pm

277 I just got here pini

10:52 pm

i've already seen worse on there, herin...

10:52 pm

I have been Quaking all day

10:52 pm

:-)

10:52 pm

:-)

10:52 pm

jmc...I'm not done either...and don't think I'll finish this one...it's been a toughie

10:53 pm

quake? oh. the game

10:53 pm

sooooo how many pini

10:53 pm

62 to go

10:53 pm

it looks like more size than difficulty, pini

10:53 pm

ma 6/27 -- month and an exam: t***

10:54 pm

269 I ma whizzzzzing along

10:54 pm

pini, you're fast enough to finish it :)

10:54 pm

oh, not tonight tyger...

10:55 pm

I'd hoped to catch stid, but program died. by the time I closed and reloaded, she'd gone

10:56 pm

why do progs freeze at the most inopportune moments? :sigh:

10:56 pm

where is the fun in freezing when you quit?

Did you know that someone on Facebook made his profile pic out of his own nipples to show them a big screw you

10:57 pm

torture, tyger...pure torture!

10:57 pm

labs

10:57 pm

didn't know that, herin...did it work?

10:57 pm

ick, herin

10:57 pm

I was not aware of that hern

10:57 pm

some people have no taste

10:57 pm

ooooops

10:57 pm

no worries, jmc...already had that one

10:57 pm

looking in the PB fridge

It did but it was in response to them banning a woman breast feeding her child

10:58 pm

gosh someone neds to restock this fridge

10:58 pm

and they took that off, herin? it's NORMAL though...UGH!!!

Sorry JM I ate it all that is why I am tubby

10:59 pm

now I believe in nursing babies - it's so much better for them, but that sounds rather exhibitionistic of her

Yep caused a hug controversy

10:59 pm

:-P

No there was no ''boobage'' Just facebook being stupid

10:59 pm

a hug controversy...what a great typo@

10:59 pm

she was the first mother on earth to breast feed her baby

10:59 pm

If the photo was tastefully done (was it?), that's one thing, but if she was showing off her boobs .... that's another thing

11:00 pm

s just letting the rest of know what a good mother she was compared to us

11:00 pm

well HJ..u sure are good on catching mistakes tonight. how 'bout some help with this puzzle...

It was no boobage just facebook being lame. Trust me my ex has the most revolting masoganistic images and they are still there

11:01 pm

Are you done painting, Pini?

11:01 pm

oooh BR I love Dali!

11:02 pm

done painting, BR...moved everything on Fri and yesterday...and my legs are reminding me today that they have muscles I haven't used in awhile!

11:02 pm

I keep seeing/hearing things which continue to convince me that there's no way I want to be a facebook member :P

11:02 pm

clues for either 9 please. dont have either.

This person is an ass end of story. I was not at all shocked that he had images with a woman with two black eyes with the caption: Wife should have made me that sandwich already been told twice

11:03 pm

I don't know if you should be congratulated more for finishing the move ... or finding the muscles

11:03 pm

ea4, ea7, ea9...stem off each other

11:03 pm

need the ea 4 then.

or the other one Housework: Cause that is what women are for

11:03 pm

I'll take kudos for both at this point, BR

11:04 pm

ich

11:04 pm

oops have that 4. will try for the 9. have the seven too.

11:04 pm

that's sick herin

11:04 pm

well, done, Pini!

Wel that is what he is lke he is a naughty word

11:04 pm

got the ea 9.

11:05 pm

ty

11:05 pm

jerk? :D

Yes

11:05 pm

re 9 -- suitable to be purchased again

big time. You have got to love being ditched on yuor birthday followed by ''you never met my family as they would be ashamed of me going out with someone like you"" This was after 4 years together

11:06 pm

babrab, as usual, an excellent clue

11:06 pm

re 9 clue?

11:06 pm

good grief, herin! and you wasted 4 years on this #$%^&*??

yes

Never said my early twenties was a stella part of my life

11:07 pm

hi all just two left se5/10 and ta 5/12 if anyone can help please

11:07 pm

well, I have no grounds to diss you, hon. I did some stupid things when young. not that particular one, but some others

11:08 pm

hey, silver

Sorry Silver not there yet still arguing with the lower letters

11:09 pm

ta 5 -- t + not your uncle but your female relative

11:09 pm

last st7?

11:09 pm

hi tyger are you baring up

11:09 pm

plz/thx

11:09 pm

mkg, babrab's clue was superb. I saw it right away :) start by going right from the R and then down the grid

Hi BAbRab

11:09 pm

pretty well, thx, in the circs

11:10 pm

there are many se 5/10 ...

I have needle claw marks on my hand you have to love a happy kitty

11:10 pm

brill babble thats the ta thx

11:10 pm

the last st 7 is the latin pl of the st 6

11:10 pm

I'd better call it a night. I've been on the computer too much today already. nytol

11:10 pm

night tyger

awww Night Tiger

11:11 pm

thx BR...

11:11 pm

good night, tygerbryght

11:11 pm

se is coming off the middle s

11:11 pm

my grid-knight-in-shining-armor ;)

11:11 pm

c u tyger

hello anyone have a clue for the first ge6/24, please?

wondering what i was thinking doing this

11:12 pm

what we were all thinking, herin...that we MIGHT finish :)

11:12 pm

thomas paine's common *****

11:13 pm

hair mousse + picnic pest

that is a far point. I sadly had to list with 200 left *nearly typed 2000

11:14 pm

thx harp

11:14 pm

sorry, se 5 thomas paine's common *****

11:14 pm

(although I was reading that as hair MOUSE and couldn't find LICE in the grid)

11:15 pm

get the paint off your glasses, Pini

11:15 pm

thx Babble fireworks they just stare you in the face

11:15 pm

ge6 between human cell and 4-star ge7 plz/thx

11:15 pm

congrats, Silverback

11:15 pm

I'm tryin, BR...

11:15 pm

thx again babble

11:16 pm

yw

head desssssssssssk what the frog was I thinking

11:19 pm

the eagle's nest has stumped me...I have none of the 3 AE words yet :(

RE 9 ples

11:20 pm

can be sold again, herin

11:21 pm

pl and superlative

thank you

11:22 pm

pini csi is a tv s***** change the `s`to a vowel for 6/18

11:23 pm

awesome, silver!!!

11:23 pm

yw

woohoo 140 left am i pushing it

11:23 pm

got all 3

11:23 pm

only 38 to go

11:24 pm

still not getting the re nine. dont have the 5 before it either. can you clue the five plz?

11:24 pm

re5 = take back

Re sold something but instead of the E vowel use the first vowel

11:25 pm

last re6?

11:26 pm

re 6 == french ending -- linebacker junior ****

11:27 pm

junior ****?

11:27 pm

ty got it.

11:27 pm

re*t and relaxation and singer **** brummel

11:28 pm

or **** geste

11:28 pm

or **** bridges

11:29 pm

lloyd, jeff, beau bridges?

11:29 pm

london?

11:30 pm

re*t and relaxation and b*** bridges

11:30 pm

GOT IT!!!

11:30 pm

thx for your patience, as usual! :)

11:32 pm

ar5, 6 combo?

11:32 pm

Well, back after supper etc with 71 to go, so as I said before, phooey.

11:32 pm

hb jilli

11:33 pm

ar 5 -- first of Onassis, abbr; and one of the blues brothers: **wood; pl

JILLLLLIE

JIllie

11:33 pm

Thought somebody might like to know the next icon theme is Rare Birds, and there are some beauties if you google that and go to the images.

11:33 pm

thx br!!!

11:33 pm

I actually knew both references!!! go figure!

11:34 pm

as6? plz/thx

11:34 pm

will check it out, jilli

11:35 pm

hi jill

11:35 pm

i'm awake

11:35 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:35 pm

as 6 -- add the canterbery artist: atl****e

11:35 pm

JMC!!!

11:36 pm

pini, you current icon is really on the button

11:36 pm

hi jmc -- that' show I feel too

11:36 pm

* smile * thx jilli ;)

11:36 pm

ata****e, sorry

11:36 pm

it says alot, huh!

what was i thinking

11:36 pm

that is, that's how...

11:37 pm

thx br :)

11:37 pm

I am hitting the hey with 233

Night JMC

11:37 pm

sorry to desert you pini but .. . . .

11:37 pm

we could use pictures of ourselves .. I truly am a rare bird

11:37 pm

sleep well, jmc

11:37 pm

how about the ba6 after ba4ball

11:37 pm

help with the as6 please

11:37 pm

I have 8 to go

11:37 pm

no worries, jmc...sleep well!

11:38 pm

work work work work work work work as the Gov said in Blazing Saddles

11:38 pm

br just clued it DR

11:38 pm

it says a lot indeed, pini -- wish I felt that way but my fuse is burned out for today

11:38 pm

ok.. I was not lookingat chig

11:38 pm

* chog

11:39 pm

al + babbles' canterbery artist: ata****e

11:39 pm

canterbury i see

11:40 pm

last bl5?

11:40 pm

sprinkled with holy water

11:40 pm

thx br

11:41 pm

how do you make holy water? boil the hell out of it

11:42 pm

I have all the words until I got to the Gs

11:42 pm

oh, silly br

11:42 pm

ty BR_ got the as6

11:44 pm

brb - Koda's tugging on me...

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 15min left 72 left

11:48 pm

fireworks! can I help anyone?

Can yuo do 66 words in 10 in

11:49 pm

congrats, Rose

11:49 pm

think that's beyond my abilities, herin!

11:50 pm

finito!

11:50 pm

yay, DR!!!

:(

11:50 pm

166 left *sigh*

11:50 pm

ty Rbud and Congrats to you as well

11:52 pm

last er5/10 plz/thx

11:53 pm

(congrats to finishers)

11:53 pm

rhymes with curses, Pini

11:53 pm

thx rbud :)

11:53 pm

Oh dear, really did fall asleep and it's not even 10 pm!

11:54 pm

Took half a Reactine last night -- maybe that's why

11:56 pm

hmmmm...25 in 5...don't think it's going to happen

11:56 pm

pini i still have 152 lol

11:56 pm

git'r dun kaz! LOL

11:58 pm

se8?

11:58 pm

great icon jilli, we see lots of them down here

11:59 pm

No you don't, flosey -- not the Ivory-billed!

11:59 pm

also, more recently, some small ones

11:59 pm

oh, just recognize the large ones as pileated

12:00 am

se8 - can be closed up

12:00 am

23!

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