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12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

flip!! !

12:00 am

oh no! It's a BIG grid. *sigh*

12:00 am

Oh jeez

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

changing icon...

12:00 am

I am not not NOT starting this one yet. I have SO MUCH to do that I can't even consider it. *stomping feet angrily*

12:01 am

Saw your post on Ayckroyd. Sorry to have irritated you.

12:01 am

I will be back sometime tomorrow -- that's friday, my time.

12:01 am

oh my!!

12:01 am

and I still want to know if that makes dan ackroyd an ottawatian? or what do they call folks from there?

12:02 am

And did Flo's daughter have her baby okay?

12:02 am

I am not even going to start this one.Busy tomorrow and probably will not babble.Goodnight to all babblers

12:02 am

and and and... LOL

12:02 am

sweet dreams Min -- thanks for all your patient help!

12:03 am

being born in Sydney makes me a Sydneysider

12:03 am

that's a good name, mrp.

12:03 am

night min

12:03 am

Night Min sweet dreams.

12:03 am

I would be an angelina if they counted the county for that term, but apparently they only use the city for that designation. *sigh* I would have liked to be an angelina...

12:04 am

I'm a "military brat"...no "hometown"

12:05 am

as it is, as an adult I am not even an Olympian, since we live outside in an unincorporated area Know the feeling pini, I am also a brat.

12:05 am

what branch, stid?

Clues are up

12:05 am

thx lickety

12:05 am

I think Dan Aykroyd is just an Ottawan

12:06 am

Dear Lickety -- you're a doll!

12:06 am

YAY lickety!

12:07 am

Thank you, Lickety! :)

12:07 am

Air Force, pini

12:07 am

Army here

12:07 am

Thanks LIckety

12:07 am

ottawan sounds too normal for ackroyd, but okay... ;-)

12:07 am

ah, that explains the camo obsession... *ducks flying army boots*

12:08 am

ROFL ...

12:08 am

I'm sort of a Shanghailander (the term for the Europeans living there) rather than a Shanghainese (the Chinese residents)

12:08 am

...it's the dau that has the obsession...

12:08 am

There are flying army boots in here? Is it safe???

12:08 am

...she lives in the country (way out in Oakridge...town of just uner 4,000)

12:08 am

oars

12:08 am

oast

12:08 am

Haven't heard from flosey but Sandy was having contractions last night, minus dilation

12:08 am

does that make baby-to-be an oakridgean?

12:09 am

go bugsaw go!!!!

12:09 am

*restocks PB*

12:09 am

one would think so, stid ;)

12:09 am

I'm on my way to the PB. Apologies to all

12:09 am

re6 --->re7------re9------re10!!

12:09 am

thanks, bug

12:09 am

contractions without dilation is what happened with the elder stidkid for me... it was miserable. Hope Sandy is okay.

12:09 am

Hello, mrp. :)

12:09 am

go MRP!!!!!

12:09 am

well done, mrp

12:10 am

I also think the aa6 describes this grid!!

12:10 am

oh, loathsome re wrods!

12:10 am

and I am getting sillier by the second. I shall away and back probably Friday at some point to cause more trouble. ((((Hugs everyone)))) see you-all soon!

12:10 am

Definitely, mrp - I'm saying that already! :P

12:10 am

hi JC (hugs) Thanks guys

12:10 am

*poof*

12:10 am

missya, stid!

12:10 am

Aww bless - hugs to you too, mrp! :)

12:11 am

Bye stiddy dear, take care!

12:12 am

night stid!

12:12 am

and I will poof for a while too.

12:12 am

in6---->in9

12:12 am

night FM

12:12 am

*shuts off eyes at long words

12:13 am

HAHA, Jilli . . .

12:13 am

Hi again, FMitch . . .

12:13 am

I keep coming and going, sorry. :P

12:13 am

yikes. only mildly late flip... but a doozy of a grid

12:14 am

bye FM, hi freep!

12:14 am

I am so not looking forward to holding meeting tonight... too much crap to talk about!

12:14 am

hello

12:15 am

LA 6 x2

12:15 am

hi mlf

12:15 am

Hi Pink

12:15 am

Was ST 7 called?

12:16 am

TA 6

12:16 am

ar7

12:16 am

gr7

woweee howdy all

12:17 am

gr7 x 2

12:17 am

hi dee hi

12:17 am

there are 2 MLF, and one of them converts to a 9

12:17 am

hi dee ho

12:17 am

I hink we've been punished enough lately with these huge grids and the last lethal one

12:17 am

GR 6 x2

12:18 am

oh crikey! good luck in getting the ag8!! that is a doozy!!

12:18 am

MLF ???

12:18 am

Pinik AR 7/28?

12:18 am

yes Erda?

12:19 am

yes, mlf

12:19 am

hmf, mrp, was just hoping it grew out of the previous ag words

12:19 am

was pondering Mrp's remark -- please ignore me!

12:19 am

thanks pinik its the same one i have then thats good to know:)

OK I'm almost at NBT but for the solo E and solo S - anyone there yet?

12:20 am

the st7 does give you a 9... promise!

12:20 am

s is like the bottom of your shoes

12:20 am

Erda havent found that one yet that mrp mentioned

12:20 am

I'm missing the lone right E for NBT

12:20 am

wow...have they been large ones all week?

12:20 am

st7/28? exts to an st9?

12:20 am

I don't want to know what's on the bottom of my shoes. :P

12:21 am

hey JC Pini mrP and all!

12:21 am

Hello, PAV!!! :)

12:21 am

me either JC lol..hi and hello all :)

12:21 am

hi pav ;)

12:21 am

HAHAHA, hi Kazozz!!! :)

12:21 am

Thank you MLF

12:22 am

i think so Pinik i havent found it yet

12:22 am

no pini, extends by prefix

12:22 am

dare I start" I haven't finished lately...

12:23 am

TE 6

12:23 am

prefix, eh? hmmmm..

12:23 am

I haven't finished any grids in ages, PAV - usually don't have time to. :/ But, I start them anyway - that's why my ranking's in the toilet now. :P

12:23 am

hi PAV!

12:23 am

*FLUSH!*

12:24 am

my toilet is rank too!

12:24 am

right down there with mine then JC!!

12:24 am

haha mrp

12:24 am

Ewww, mrp! :P

12:24 am

Clean it, then! ;)

12:24 am

was DE 7 called?

12:25 am

can't right now JC... no point!

12:25 am

Hmmm . . .

12:25 am

Should I ask why? No . . . probably not. :P

12:26 am

JC when your mind is in the gutter..probably appropriate to have your ranking in the toilet?

12:26 am

Are you inferring that MY mind is in the gutter, Kaz? ME??? :O Never!!! :P

12:26 am

la5 --->la7---->la8

12:27 am

JC, just be happy that the internet doesn't have smell-o-vision!

12:27 am

mrp...you're on a roll!

12:27 am

uhmm.... that little innocent me act doesn't work with me JC lol

12:27 am

well JC, finishing is a prerequisite for my self-centered egotistical alt-ego...but I do manage to keep my toilets clean...if anyone would care to visit...my kitchen on the other hand could use some work...

12:27 am

mrp has grossed me out

12:27 am

No, Kaz - that's because ruru isn't here to polish up my halo for me. He does that, you know - someone has to. :P

12:28 am

<--- pays someone to clean her kitchen and toilets lol

12:28 am

ruuster has his halo in the toilet!

12:28 am

I cheat, PAV - cleaners come in to do that, although we do maintain it in between.

12:28 am

IN 7/8

12:28 am

i cant make any words coz i'm laughing my butt off at the chatter this evening

12:28 am

polishing a halo...is that an euphemism? or double entendre?

12:28 am

Hmmm, mrp - ruru's is in the toilet, yet he polishes mine?

12:28 am

Perhaps I don't want to know what he polishes it with? :P

12:29 am

I know - toilet cleaner. :P

12:29 am

well JC... I only call them how I see them! LOL

12:29 am

Oh, sorry Kaz . . . it's always a risk one takes when I'm around, though. :/

12:29 am

ok off to walk Joey and then I'll come back and perhaps attempt a failure...

12:30 am

see ya PAV! time to walk my mutt too... bbs all

12:30 am

IN 6 9 7

12:30 am

night pav

12:30 am

phantom: lasagna

12:30 am

no complaints JC..I need a good laugh

hi hi hi hi hi hi hihi

12:31 am

hi josh

12:31 am

hoho josh

12:31 am

Did everyone get those IN words i just posted?

12:32 am

nope :(

12:32 am

I got 2 mlf

12:32 am

ok ... 4

12:32 am

Kaz 6 9 7

12:32 am

cool Pinik

12:33 am

I actually got 2 more than those: in 5 6 6 9 7

12:33 am

+ 2 more

12:33 am

no -- in words are just about as inconsistent as re words

12:33 am

make that: in 5 6 7 8 6 9 7

12:34 am

on that note, I should disappear and get to bed...

12:34 am

jil am looking for big RE words now

12:35 am

i just happy to get 4 letter words right now lol

12:35 am

Oh, I know lots of 4-letter words, Kazozz . . . :P

12:38 am

have fun, mlf

12:38 am

i was hoping you did..but are they in the grid :p~~~~~

12:39 am

leaving me jill?

NBT finally

in the process of finding the e in the last column i found all the other e's but one

12:40 am

i think is a 4 letter word

12:40 am

josh

12:40 am

no, mlf -- I know you like to find big words right away and I don't

12:40 am

Oh, well probably not, Kaz - but some are, sometimes! Naturally those are always the words I see first! :P

the right column e is ea6

it's a plural

12:43 am

i'm sure halo is the obvious first word u find... seeing as how you are such the saint *wg*

12:43 am

SO 6

12:44 am

jill not on purpose lol

12:44 am

ok let's see 1hr 15 mins 'til doomsday...let's begin...

12:46 am

GR 5 6 6 7 6

12:46 am

Hmmm, PAV?

12:46 am

yikes maybe i shouldnt have started this one then PAV?

12:46 am

HAHAHA, Kaz - oh yes, that's me. My mum did name me after a priest after all, did you know that? ;)

12:46 am

AG 6 x2

12:47 am

Why is that Kaz?

my initials are J.C. in real life and my father is a carpenter

12:47 am

HAHA, Josh - how funny!

12:47 am

So we hae the same initials - probably not the same surname though.

12:47 am

And definitely not the same first name, if you are Joshua?

12:47 am

GA 6/7

i doubt we do

i am joshua

12:48 am

Well, you would see if you checked your MySpace mail, Josh . . . ;)

12:48 am

not getting that ea6 :(

12:49 am

me either jill

i guess one has to log in to myspace to check myspace mail

12:49 am

It isn't earrat, jilli

12:49 am

okay 101 words down..i am out poof

12:49 am

lol hi doug

12:49 am

Yes, Josh - that might help a bit. ;)

12:49 am

night MLF

12:49 am

I'm sure, douglas!

12:50 am

Hello Kazozz

12:50 am

bye mlf

if you are excited to do something ou are ea*** but mix up the last three letters then plural it

12:50 am

I have three 'ea' words - are there any more?

12:51 am

Hello Douglas!

12:51 am

Reverse the last two letters, you mean . . .

12:51 am

Hello lynxxx!

confirmed: we do not have the same surname

12:52 am

well, I got the ea5,6 -- unfamiliar

12:52 am

Thanks for the nice clue, forward

12:52 am

4 ea words, JC

12:52 am

HAHA, OK Josh! ;)

12:52 am

oh i got it..brain still slightly active which is always a good sign

12:52 am

and good afternoon everyone. Forgive my bad manners but I hadn't seen Douglas for ages

12:52 am

now for the lone S on the left for nbt

12:52 am

Thanks, Jilli - then one is escaping me.

12:53 am

Hi lynxxx

12:53 am

ok...I need a bottom left s for NBT and I've added an extra 2 s's from the 2nd column...was trying for lowest number of words for NBT's...25 for 23 now...

that s is a 4/4

12:53 am

Good morning, lynxxx . . .

12:53 am

ea 5, 6, 5, 4

12:54 am

186 word done but really struggling now. Is lickety up?

12:54 am

thanks Josh! NBT 26 for 24!

12:54 am

yes, anike

12:54 am

I cannot find that elusive second ea5, Jilli. :/

12:54 am

Pretty good PAV

12:54 am

I haven't been around in a while...it's a good thing I'm not holding myself to a very high standard of Babbling, as I have all of 50 words

12:55 am

and all I can see is zister, cister, dister and nister

12:55 am

JC its related to the ea 4..past tense?

12:56 am

can't do clues yet, JC

12:56 am

And while Oster is in the grid, it's not a word, but it describes my brain, in a blender

12:58 am

Thank you, Kazozz! *MWAH!* ;)

12:59 am

Can't believe I didn't see that?

12:59 am

yeah me either lol

12:59 am

ah, nbt!

12:59 am

wtg jilli

12:59 am

i'm not close

12:59 am

You have a new page comment on MySpace, Josh. ;)

1:01 am

my mom tells me MN is a bit chilly at nights still, Doug...

luckily i don't have to try to remember my password this time around

1:02 am

We've had a few decidedly unsummery days, the last couple of days have been that way

1:02 am

Oh, I see Josh - forgot it, did you?

1:02 am

You will find several other Babblers you know in my 'Friend Space,' Josh . . .

1:03 am

she'll be there for a month to catch up with friends...up from NM

1:03 am

BBL need to make a cake

1:04 am

I have yet to transfer blogs and articles over to there, Josh - but they'll be reposted there soon, with more new ones to follow.

1:04 am

It's closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...good night all

1:05 am

night douglas -- come back

1:05 am

Good night, Douglas . . .

1:05 am

I just got an os word that isn't even in the grid. Does that happen often?

1:05 am

night Doug...think of the hot Arizona nights 90's whilst enjoying the coolness of MN

1:06 am

only 2 os words Bug and they both in the grid tonight!!

1:06 am

MonkeyGames?

1:06 am

Lurking . . . :P

1:07 am

I must be more tired than I think because I cannot for the life of me follow the letters I got in a line.

1:07 am

204 words done but must get back to work so will finish later. Bye for now

1:08 am

hello everyone...just posted my delicious marinara sauce in my profile...I know flosey wanted it but not sure if she's here

1:08 am

amazing, anike

1:08 am

no sign of flosey, just -- the baby must be arriving

1:08 am

Hello, Just! :)

1:09 am

ok about half way! bedtime! was fun all, night :)

1:09 am

Hiya JC and Jilli

1:09 am

oh nice jilli hope so

1:09 am

night kaz

1:10 am

I hope it's going well

1:11 am

nice icon jilli...you forgot to mention the UFO hovering above several years ago! do you remember that?

1:12 am

yes, just -- we had this conversation before, I think?

1:12 am

Hello all

1:13 am

Hello, ursh! :)

1:13 am

hi ursh

1:14 am

morning all

1:14 am

Am completely stuck with 100 left

1:14 am

Hi rolin

1:15 am

hi rolin

1:16 am

if we did jilli I don't remember sorry

1:19 am

quite a while ago, just

1:19 am

Must run . . . bye and better luck than I've had so far!

1:19 am

*Waves to everyone!*

1:23 am

waves back...ciao mon ami!

1:24 am

found the re7 9 combo...

1:24 am

bye JC -- be good ( haha)

1:24 am

and the re10

ag 8/50 if not said before

1:25 am

I also just posted my beer BBQ sauce that spritey and westie wanted...if anyone else is wanting it

1:26 am

now that I fulfilled my promises I am going to dive in

just sauce sounds delicious

1:29 am

it is ...on the bbq on even in the oven..

1:29 am

in starred

1:29 am

*or*

can be used on any kind of meat? (beef, pork, or chicken?)

1:30 am

for sure...whatever you like bbq sauce on!

1:30 am

burgers too if you like

wow wouldn't have thot of burgers, but sounds really good

be right back... got to go move wash to dryer

1:31 am

I usually use it on ribs and chicken...soo delish!

1:32 am

arrgh is too a word. it's what I say every time I see a grid like yesterday's

1:34 am

close, jwr

1:36 am

hi jilli. kept seeing all this burger talk and I'm at work for another three hours so thought I'd change the subject ...

1:36 am

yeay! I'm > halfway! 143 to go

1:36 am

attached

1:37 am

can't believe there are 319 words sigh..

1:37 am

to what?

1:37 am

? that was meant to say hi all

1:37 am

lol far cray from hi but hi!

1:37 am

close to the right word, jwr

1:37 am

cry too

1:37 am

hi dinok

1:37 am

i think attached came from my email! but could be attached to the grid

1:38 am

ah - well, I have to detach then, too many calls. but it was nice seeing you all for a minute there ... poof

1:39 am

cya jwr

back.. just, if you put on burgers, do you just brush on meat and then grill?

back.. just, if you put on burgers, do you just brush on meat and then grill?

back.. just, if you put on burgers, do you just brush on meat and then grill?

1:48 am

first grill a bit then brush on...this is the BBQ sauce that I posted not the Marinara sauce!

okay, ty

chat sure got quiet

1:55 am

i really am daft tonight...can't find one z word :(

I also haven't found one...

1:56 am

that and the rightmost e are my 2 blank tiles

1:57 am

Try - the zi** of the fathers

1:57 am

comes n bottles...usually re4 not serahs

ditto that

1:57 am

thx lynxx

1:57 am

rightmost e = ea6 pl of ea5

ty very much for the e... still looking for the z

1:58 am

ok down to 110 and sign off for moi!

1:59 am

goodnite PAV

1:59 am

lol got the z looking for the e

2:00 am

chickenpox, shingles -- herpes zo6

2:01 am

the E must be the plurals of the ae5.14 I think

2:01 am

chickenpox, shingles -- herpes zo6

so are all 3 z's zo?

so are all 3 z's zo?

2:01 am

oh just got the e thx

2:02 am

one is a zi dee what lynnxxx clued

2:02 am

zi4.9 is one...don't know the others

ty lynnn found it... nbt!!!

2:02 am

did you see my z clue at 2:00?

2:03 am

me too and with late flip am 1 shy of 1/2way

2:03 am

missed it but now TY Jilli

2:04 am

I saw your clue jilli but I either don't know it or it escapes me

2:04 am

google, just

2:05 am

thx jilli

2:10 am

sprites pup is here

2:10 am

thx jilli

stupid aa 5 and 6 lol

back for a bit... desperate measures

2:12 am

hi mrP!

hi mrp

2:12 am

hi MRP, anything wrong?

2:12 am

hi mrp -- desperate?

lynxx, have to chair a bloody meeting tonight. I am too tired and can't seem to pick up

2:14 am

Can you get an hours cat nap...or at least go and lay down in a dark room

2:14 am

lie down

2:15 am

TY

2:15 am

that's what I'm about to do, in bed, lol!

2:16 am

215 found, 104 to go

2:16 am

wtg jilli g'night

friggin phone never stops!

and kids are due home now... and i have to prepare for meeting in 2 hours. The whole lie down bit, done that all day and hasn't helped! aa6!!!

2:19 am

one day, mrP, when the kids are grown and gone, you'll look back at this time with fondness

2:20 am

just, mrp may smack you for that!

2:21 am

today maybe but in 10 years maybe not

2:22 am

would it help, mrp, to think that in a few hours itwill be all over with?

don't mind the kids at all Mar! I do mind how tired I am!! LOL

As I am not getting any younger, I can only assume I will get more tired and probably be petrified as hard wood in 10 years

2:28 am

oh I;m sure mrP that it's not the kids...wish my son was still a kid at home

2:29 am

1 word down and 318 to go, facinating bio as ever Jilli.

2:29 am

Evening/morning Just and MrP

2:30 am

hiya FM

2:31 am

**diving in**

2:31 am

was your first word the 10 letter word fm? lol (still haven't found it, don't know what it starts with)

hi FM

2:32 am

LOL, no, I work backwards so it was a z.

this is hard

rate

shiz wrong window hahahaha

ok, time to disappear for a little bit! ciao for now!

2:36 am

re 4 5 6 7 9 10

2:36 am

have a good evening mrP

2:36 am

oh now that is an interesting run, thanks BR, and Bye PMrP.

2:42 am

ty FM (was hunting a few more words -- 91 left now and I'm off -- nightynight all, and good babbling with this biggie!

2:42 am

Sweet dreams jilli

2:43 am

morning FM

2:44 am

and goodmorning to BabRab too

2:44 am

Hi lyxxx, feels more like afternoon, not sleeping well atm 4 th day in a row I have been up beefore dawn :(

hola people how is everyone tonight

2:45 am

hi Blood

hi how are you?

2:46 am

fine TY

so whats up?

2:47 am

love the icon lynxxx, is that Stewy or a lookalike?

2:47 am

Hi BC

2:47 am

It's Stew, daughter took some good shots the other night

Hi...FM how are you?

2:48 am

how lovely, great shot!

2:49 am

right I am really diving back into the grid this time, lots of words to find.

lol yeah and it is hard...I am not having any luck lol almost said lick

2:49 am

They are being a bit elusive for me

m is for meaty. Like this grid. Step aside kiddies whilst i dive in. Spppppppppllllllllllllllllash

3:10 am

Hi all - finally came up for air. Big one but much friendlier that yesterday'.

hi lol how are you ?

3:11 am

hi Dianne..it was a doozy

3:12 am

Hello Blood - where do you come from/

I am in the US...Texas

howdy

deets

3:13 am

Well my mama and tem come from Missippi many years ago.

lol

cool

Idont know anything but texas i dont like it lol

so what are you up too tonight

3:15 am

for me it is 4:18 pm. I'm in Hong Kong.

cool lol well how is your evening then?

3:21 am

phantom: ranunculaceous

3:22 am

Bye all

3:22 am

be well, lyn

bye

3:30 am

hi all

3:30 am

dianne, hong kong is beautiful

3:31 am

i visited for chinese new year

3:32 am

Hong Kong is a great place. Prices are high though (but isn't that the case with most places).

3:34 am

very true...lol

3:35 am

ardilla - where in Japan do you live?

3:41 am

lo

3:41 am

st

3:44 am

Good morning Babblers. Very international this morning!!

3:48 am

okinawa

3:48 am

hi soodle

3:50 am

se

3:53 am

I've been to Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya but not to Okinawa. This was several years ago.

4:09 am

Am I all alone in babbleland?

4:09 am

Hello

4:09 am

I'm here too, Dianne!

4:10 am

i'm back

4:10 am

Hi Scyth - nice to have company. Hi soodle and hello again to ardilla.

4:10 am

i haven't made it up to the mainland yet

4:10 am

I'm here too more or less, hunting for the last 37 words.

4:11 am

My 14-day trial period has expired :O

4:11 am

Hi FMitch - do youhav a clue for the re real biggies?

4:11 am

And I'm not really that good at babble... so i might have to give it up! :( or i can keep playing without the stats panel

4:12 am

Scyth - why don't you upgrade - its quick, easy and cheap

4:12 am

you can use lickety's babble clues ...link to it is right under the grid

4:13 am

how is lickety doing?

4:13 am

re6 = to revoke or invalidate an action. the re 9 and 10 come from that.

4:13 am

how has his dad had the surgery yet?

4:13 am

I don't think i'll upgrade to pro... O.o

4:13 am

he must be okay..he's been posting early and regularly :)

4:14 am

o.k. - I'll keep looking - thanks.

4:14 am

you can use licketys clues for free tho Scyth, see link below in Friends of Babble.

4:14 am

Licketys dad is having his surgery on Sunday according to the last message from MrP.

4:15 am

fm ty for the update

4:15 am

Ok i'll have a look

4:15 am

yw ardilla

4:15 am

i got the re9/10 combo from a re7 though

4:16 am

Scyth - if you open 2 windows one for Babble, and one for Licketys clues, it makes life easier

4:18 am

oh bum, I did a typo, thanks ardilla I meant to say the re 7 not 6 :(

4:18 am

Thankyou for your help guys :D

4:23 am

FMitch - thanks again - got to remember to look left!

4:24 am

lol yw Dianne :)

4:25 am

O.K. I'm finished so if anyone needs clues I can help for a bit.

4:25 am

woot dianne!

4:25 am

Congrats Dianne!!!

4:25 am

i have 263 left

Hi. I need help. Clue for the Re 9 please

4:26 am

Thank you, thank you (much longer but much nicer than yesterday).

4:27 am

hi herin

4:27 am

I'm down to 20 so will soldier on. Hi herin.

HIiiiiiiiiiii

4:28 am

re9/66 a person who revokes or invalidates an action

4:28 am

the re10 is the pl

4:28 am

hi all *yawn*

looking

ataaaaaaaaaa Torchwho good?

4:29 am

herin - it kind of sounds like some ones who remails a package

4:30 am

Morning Ata, hows Hobbit today and you of course :)?

4:30 am

kind of good, we're hoping today's is better

4:30 am

bloody dog decided she needed a walk at 5am ...

4:31 am

Oh I was up then, could have taken her for a walk!

4:31 am

I took her down to the beach - it actually was gorgeous - all foggy and strange

4:32 am

but I wennt back to sleep for a bit till just now

Oh that sounds nice. Thanks DIanne

4:32 am

my sleep pattern is so out of the window.

is the other 9 an Re? please

4:34 am

awwwwww, that's no fun

4:35 am

in 9/60

4:36 am

It's an in 9/60

anyone have the ga6,27?

Thanks I am having such a minus brain today. Ata that does sound nice at 5am

4:38 am

oooh, The Chippendales are live on UK TV and doing a cookery spot *much fun*

4:39 am

lol!

What aren't they wearing?

4:40 am

am diving back in to the grid to finish it off, TTFN.

4:40 am

just aprons herin :)

Oh i can deal with that

4:45 am

ga 6/27 - if you have the ga6/24 after it - change the last letter

4:52 am

as5/6 combo sept flower(s)

5:02 am

G'd Morning Babblers! Only 181 left to go. :p

5:02 am

hi lorikins!

5:02 am

4 left, all t's and 5's and 6's:(

5:03 am

good morning - I think - 319 today, eh? easy one?

5:03 am

Go FM go! ***launches a cannon full of toys @ FM***

5:03 am

Mornin' Wolvie

5:04 am

LOL thanks hun **plays with toys*** :)) but could you do a cannon spray too?

WOlllllvie

5:05 am

hey - I cleared an s! ;-0

5:05 am

***unveils the never seen before high pressure keyboard water cannon***

5:05 am

hey fern

5:06 am

LOL Lori!!!

hey

5:07 am

***activated in 5, 4, 3, 2 .......***

ducks

5:09 am

as I manged to water my keyboard much earlir today with tea, I am grateful that it is still working!

Yahhhhhhhhhhh i get my study on the weekend

5:10 am

*rolls eyes*! were you suddenly shocked by the sight of the Chippendales?

5:11 am

Ata Hari! 'Yer eyes will stick that way....

5:11 am

LOL no this was at about 5.30 ish

5:12 am

omg FM. I am so unamused! D is going to Houston for a week. BUT! He gets to fly FIRST CLASS!

5:13 am

a's, s's and t left. This should be special.

5:14 am

I remember getting upgraded to first class on a flight to Israel, incredile!

5:15 am

so cross, cos he does't care, and it's been a dream of mine for EVER to fly first class! LOL!

5:15 am

First Class? Wow, on the inside of the plane and everything!

How come he gets first class?

5:16 am

business trip

5:16 am

It was an experience Lori!

5:18 am

he gets first class and free champagne for 10 hours, and I get to explain to mother from hell that we're now not able to go to big family party over the wekend cos of it *sigh*

5:18 am

clues for the 9s and the 10 plz

5:18 am

1 word left a t5

5:19 am

go go FM!

5:19 am

go mitch go

sigh Ata. That SUCKS

I just had a brain idea

5:19 am

***hits keyboard cannon button to delay FM's big finish***

5:20 am

Mornin' MM re 7 to revoke, then extend for 9/10

5:20 am

morning, all. has anyone heard from Greywolf lately?

No ANgel why?

5:21 am

Not recently Angel.

5:21 am

ta lori

5:22 am

yay I grayed a box!

5:22 am

in 9 is a really stooopid extension of in 6. in + Hollyood actors of note, get this on the sidewalk after time.

5:22 am

Time for me to be off.

5:22 am

You AGB'd Ata? Nicely done..... :p

5:22 am

ty lori

5:22 am

No reason, really, just got wondering about him. I don't see Jera any more, either.

5:22 am

Congratulations FM! Don't go.... :(

5:23 am

ta again lori

5:23 am

congrats fm

5:23 am

ty for the in9 clue

5:23 am

it's not stoopid, Lori! It's a perfectly normal word!

5:24 am

woot fm

well I had an idea to recycle the treated pine pallets that the b.f gets from work

5:24 am

what is the icon theme today?

Roof top gardens

5:35 am

less than 200 to go

5:36 am

yesterday was difficult. I had a child death report. an 8 month old drowned in a bathtub

Oh no Angel that is so so sad

5:37 am

i'm so sorry angelsong :( *hug

what do you do?

5:38 am

I take reports of child/elder abuse and neglect in a call center, and send them to be investigated.

5:38 am

fireworks

Oh Angel how do you do that. Just err.

5:38 am

wow - congrat anike

5:39 am

woot anike

yah Anike

5:40 am

I have been doing this work for almost 11 years. I immedicately took myself off the phone for five minutes, and otld my supervisor I was going for a walk.

Bless you Angel

5:40 am

I guess my family wants me to cook dinner now so will have to go - any clues wanted before I go?

5:40 am

bye anike

5:41 am

Do you get much support / debriefing Angel? It must be very hard to switch off after work.

5:41 am

angel - just seeing your posts - oh my goodness - don't know how you deal with all that

5:42 am

Bye all

5:42 am

prpfessional training, experience and good boundaries, wolvie

5:42 am

not using the list anike, so I don't know what to ask for. ;-)

5:42 am

clue for the 8's pls I have a re8

5:43 am

I have excelent support, and always have. I do not bring my work home with me.

5:43 am

still a hard job, angel. Glad you can do it. Just reading about things folks do to each other and their off springs gets to me deeply

5:43 am

just grayed the z!

5:43 am

I have to be able to let go of a call almost immediatly, to take the next one

5:43 am

woot ardilla

woot I get b.f special Hot Chocolate yah.

Angel you really are a special person

5:44 am

I guess if you brought your work home, Angel, you would end up a basket case. But, its a tough job - takes a special kind of person to do it!

5:44 am

angel - I suppose all professionals that deal with this sort of thing have to do what you do, I don't know if I'd be able to - I am glad there are folks like you - you guys do a good job

Sorry I am doing a happy dance

5:49 am

my job iis such that I begin each day with a clean slate, no work is carried over into the next day, and that helps a lot.

I used to work in the courts and now I am studying legal practice. *wonders what I am thinking*

5:53 am

I work in a coroners office, and i deal with bereaved people all day every day. I find it rewarding, but draining.

5:53 am

wow - you folks have some serious jobs -

5:54 am

I did the most absolutely logical thing I could think of after work yesterday, I called my daughter and told her ot go hug Jordan, who is almost the same age as the child who died.

Wolvie Had. I went a little nuts

5:54 am

i can only imagine, fern

5:55 am

Babble is welcome light relief!!! lol

Awww Angel too sweet

5:55 am

i know this will rate a fish, but i just don't see the re7 to revoke

5:56 am

wolvie, that re has part of an ember in it.

5:57 am

aaahhhh - ty angel

Argh is a word

5:57 am

aargh is too, eh? ;-)

yep

or arrrrrrr

5:57 am

So is 'grrs' and 'grred'.

5:57 am

Morning all.

Hi Jac

5:58 am

hi jac

5:58 am

Hi jac

head desk i am such a doof. I just said to the b.f about a t.v show " Wouldn't they prove that the baby was hers." I think someone needs sleep

6:02 am

ok...ive tried and tried...i cant see the in9..could someone clue it for me pls

6:03 am

in plus st (actor) plus past tense

6:03 am

Rolin - in + comedian Freddie's surname + past tense ending.

6:03 am

*puzzled*....wassat?

6:04 am

silly word...but ty for the clue

6:04 am

Or try this: in + Johnny Depp *****ed in Pirates of the Caribbean.

6:04 am

in plus st 6 which means someone acted in a movie

6:06 am

why do i keep trying to make the word lasagne...its not even close..lol

6:07 am

Me too , rolin, and I now have a craving for lasagne!!

6:07 am

We had lasagne the night before last. (Home made, of course.):-)

6:08 am

hey - i keep trying sarge and such - no go

6:14 am

15- left. going to take a break for awhile bbl

6:15 am

the re8 plz

6:16 am

Extend the re7/32 to make it plural, MM.

6:17 am

don't have the re7/32 jac

6:17 am

One who dwells somewhere, MM.

6:18 am

ty jac

6:18 am

y/w MM

Thank you that got my 8

6:21 am

y/w, Herin.

I didn't even see the re 8

its so cold out there

6:22 am

It's very warm here.

I wish.

6:24 am

hey jac....wouldnt you know...i fly out to find the heat...and it hits 30 at home...

ROlin

6:24 am

LOL, Rolin. Where are you?

6:24 am

im in israel at the mo

6:25 am

hey herin

Oh Rolin that sounds nice

6:25 am

Is it warm there, too?

6:25 am

its gorgeous weather... the med is so warm to swim in...and we're right by the beach

OH Rolin that sounds nice

6:25 am

Sounds lovely.

6:25 am

its been between 30 and 35 all week...but its not like london..the heat here is bearable

6:26 am

We're off to Devon in a couple of days. No internet access where we're going, though.

You people are so lucky to be off running about in the sun

6:27 am

I think I'll be doing more reading than running, Herin.

6:27 am

With the odd bit of strolling and swimming thrown in.

Ok lounging then

6:29 am

10 words to find and then I must get off to do 1001 jobs - ironing, washing, packing, cooking, fruit picking etc., etc.

6:29 am

well we are doing a good mixture of touristy things and doing nothing...today is a nothing day... thk goodness for unsecured wi-fi

6:30 am

They seem to have the internet all locked up in Devon, Rolin. Still, a week without a pc is probably a good thing.

Jac take lots of puzzle books

6:32 am

I do, Herin, plus books, sketchpad etc.

nice

6:32 am

Oh, and cards and boardgames, and dvds.

nice. We don't do cards or board games

6:33 am

You should, it's a laugh.

6:34 am

And we'll take the Wii. Great fun 'bowling' etc. There's also a mini bowling alley nearby.

Nope Board games are BORED games in our house. THat and himself sucks at scrable

6:35 am

Can't play Scrabble with other half as he's dyslexic but we play things like 'Payday', 'Snakes & Ladders', 'Game of Life' etc.

6:35 am

Might even dig one of the Trivial Pursuits out this time.

He would rather play his pc. We had 3 days without stuff

6:36 am

Shame, it's good to interact.

6:37 am

fireworks

6:37 am

Well done, Angel.

6:37 am

5 to go here.

Yah Jac.

Wow Angel i mean. Jac its not our thing.

6:39 am

Oh well, we can't all like the same things Herin.

I would love to play scrabble.

6:43 am

Clue is a good one :) I love board games and jigsaw puzzles. Cranium is a favourite as well. We adapt it for a two player game. Also, trivial pursuit 90s edition, as we are young enough to know some of the answers.

6:44 am

I like jigsaws, too. Got lots stacked up still to do. I like WAJIG ones and the Jan Van Haasteren ones.

6:45 am

Uni - have you got the music edition of TP?

6:45 am

*WASJIG

6:45 am

Oh, I have not. That would be one we could do very well at, I think. As for jigsaws, we just do whatever ones have made their way to us. The family sort of recycles them that way.

6:46 am

I'll get it right in a minute! WASGIJ (jigsaw backwards) The puzzle is only clued by the pic on the box and is what the person in the pic on the box might be seeing.

6:46 am

If that makes sense.

6:47 am

That sounds extra difficult. I think it is cheating to look at the box, so I try not to.

My b.fs family was playing Quiddler but i didn't play as they would have made me feel stupid even if though I would wipe their behinds butt

6:47 am

Our Queen is a member of a jgsaw lending library.

6:47 am

I do seem to be having trouble typing jigsaw in any form today. LOL

6:48 am

Not heard of Quiddler, Herin. Must check it out.

6:48 am

Ooh, Balderdash is one I love playing with a group of friends. We all do so well at convincing each other weird things.

6:49 am

Looks interesting. I see there's an online version as well as the card game to buy.

JAc: http://tinyurl.com/5bvyej

6:49 am

I've been after Balderdash for a while now. Not seen it in any of our shops.

6:49 am

Pictionary is fun.

6:52 am

Hello all!

6:52 am

Hi Scrabbs.

OH I just heard the best news

6:53 am

What's that, Herin?

6:54 am

I love jigsaw puzzles and group games! We played Taboo the other day and always laugh so much with that game. Pictionary is fun too. I don't have Quiddler or Balderdash. Catch Phrase is another fun one for groups.

6:54 am

Yikes, this grid is huge.

One of our BIG supermarket chains has ditched the GST on all feminine hygiene products.

6:55 am

That is the right decision!

6:55 am

Is that like VAT?

Goods and Services Tax

6:56 am

Vale Added Tax

It seems the people have spoken and finally a GIANT supermarket has listened

6:56 am

Value I meant.

6:57 am

I've always maintained that tampons and towels would be free if men had periods. After all, we can't help having them!

Now they need to do the same on baby products

6:58 am

FIREWORKS!:-)

Yah Jac

6:59 am

Sorry to cut and run but I've so much to do before we go away. Happy Babbling all. x

I am now being yelled at by a kitty for taking away his leaf that he was eating. Have a good day Jac

7:06 am

morning.....

Carrrrrrrrleeee

7:09 am

herin..hows u?....

7:09 am

cat done yelling?

Yep. He didn't like not being told no

7:11 am

happens.... our kitten goes APE when u go outside..she thinks EVERYTIME I go to back yard it means I am either picking her some catnip..or I am picking her some sweet grass...and I get yelled at the whole time I am out there so I remember she is inside rather then outside with me

How was your day yesterday?

7:11 am

oh...quiet... it rained so no fireworks

awww. No this was a bit of dead leaf and he was happily munching it. He was ill yesterday so no leaf

7:12 am

I read...ate..read...did laundry.r.ead..ate... drank..

Oh thats right Canada day the day to nada

7:12 am

I gave my kitten a pea pod to play and chew on yesterday..was shucking peas...she delighted in chasing any pea that missed the bowl and bounced on the floor

aww cute.

7:13 am

was rather ( this the 6 toed oriental )

Mr wasn't amused that daddy went to bed either

awwww. Polytoed cute

7:14 am

Yippee Jacula! Hi Carlee! I got a phone call from the office and then had to call the children's hospital about a kid.

7:15 am

hi there scrabs

7:15 am

Carlee, Mary's family is renting the home in Fort Erie--barely over the Peace Bridge, so nowhere close to you. I will visit next week. They are staying 18 days, on the beach.

7:15 am

:( now..i am sad

Oh that is nice Scrabbler. I am glad the kids are happy

7:16 am

gm all

Hi MOm

7:18 am

I don't know about anyone else... and nothing against his talent, but I am sick of hearing about Michael Jackson already!

7:18 am

Every time I turn on the TV... there is some more nonsense....

7:18 am

I was sick a week ago

7:18 am

OK... then it's not just me!

I think its horrid that the kids have to hear this

7:19 am

CNN and the other mass media in the states tends to get "stuck"

7:19 am

Oh, yeah. I agree herin.

awwwwww my darling little monkey has been locked out of the bedroom lots of banging and howling

7:20 am

hehehe.....MY cat "digs" when u lock her out....and cries..but is a soft cry

No it was BANG BANG BANG humph you suck meow

7:21 am

yes... the 24-hour news networks are the worst.

7:23 am

*going to check on strange animal sound outside*

I have been avoiding all but the programs I watch on TV

Scrabbler it better not be rabid what ever it is

7:28 am

It is a group of purple finches at all of the birdfeeders in front--there collective sounds were alarming me, but they are harmless.

awww pretty

damn it my fav show just finished. Can any one in the states tell me if MEdium is being redone for another season please

7:31 am

I don't know--check web site

did that

Ok FOund out why NBC dropped it and CBS picked it up. Guess they need $$ to make it work

7:35 am

one of my faves too, herin, and howdy!

Hi uni. ANy news on what the frog they are doing?

September 25, 2009 WOOT thank you wiki

Ok NBC are morons the rating for the show were quite big

Une I have just finished watching Season 4

7:38 am

Hi Une

7:38 am

have watched every episode since day 1! :-)

7:38 am

morning, scrabs :-)

I wish

7:40 am

in 9 clue please. Does it build on the 6?

7:40 am

in+ i s****** in a movie merk

7:41 am

hey, merk -- don't have anything bigger than an 8

7:41 am

tx, mm!!!!!!!!!!!

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr bah sick of news

7:41 am

yvw

7:42 am

was horrified last nite at news of 2-year old girl killed in her sleep by the family python that had escaped in the house

Morning. I think I am going to enjoy this grid.

7:42 am

(in Florida)

7:42 am

anyone have any 8s other than the re8?

7:42 am

hey, red!

Hi Une, and yes that was horrible news.

7:43 am

clue for the re8?

7:43 am

tu

Une what MORON has a Burmese Python is beyond me. My friend has an 11foot python but no kids and no small ediable things

7:43 am

I mean ty

7:43 am

those who dwell une

Hi Red and merk

7:43 am

oops, sorry, already had it, but thanks!

let alone the thought of having snakes in the house with kids is beyond me

There is always an inherent risk with pets. Kids have been hurt similarly by Dogs, even normally well behaved dogs...

7:44 am

I just read that snake story--awful.

7:44 am

Hi red

Hell I got bit by a sodding Yorky as a kid

7:45 am

i got bitten by a monkey grinder's monkey when I was 5 . . .

Une I should not laugh but damn that is funny

7:46 am

used to perform every day in front of a local restaurant

7:46 am

:-D

7:46 am

anyone have any 8s other than the re8?

7:46 am

Poor Une--how traumatic.

7:47 am

in8/40, mm

I had a cockatoo bite me as a kid. Had a horrid fear of birds like that as ever since. I did conquer the fear the other week and handled one.

7:47 am

herin, it really did make me have a creepy feeling around monkeys after that . . . and normally I love ALL animals!

Monkeys are a tad bitty. My dad had one as a pet when they lived in Africa

7:48 am

clue for that in8, une?

7:49 am

in + st6/18

6.5 mil Americans have lost their jobs since the down turn now that is scary

7:50 am

pups need their early morning pee -- BRB . . .

7:50 am

must be an st6 i don't have une

7:51 am

The economy is bad here--people are hurting.

We don't get these sorts of reposts here. And Sadly shows like Oprah and Dr Phil are more reliable

7:52 am

Hello everyone. I just found out that if you click on the Babble logo (top left on screen) it refreshes

THough, Scrabbs, there are signs that it is improving slightly, home sales are up (thank god!), and I do see some consumer spending increasing.

7:53 am

I did that just for fun now, Lynxxx.

I did that the other day Lynxx

In Florida though the shome situation is still stinky.

Red I am so glad you sold your house

7:54 am

Red, very true--slow emregence of hopeful signs

Lynxx is it cold enough for you to

7:54 am

sure is

So much for Thunder storms

and a poop load of rain

So we'll see Scrabbs.

Has anyone seen Sprite? She hasnt changed her icon in a bit....which is not like her as she is the icon lady.

Good Morning Babblers :)

yes no idea about Sprite sorry. Um was she going away?

Hi nono.

Hi nono

7:59 am

hi all

Red did your closing go thru?

HI JM

It DId!

8:00 am

Happy Thursday, Babble buds!

8:00 am

whoo hooo red!

Hi Judi

congrats! I know that must be a load off your mind

8:00 am

hi judi

8:00 am

YAY, Red!

hi JM and Judi

So Red you are now Homeless and happy :D

8:00 am

hi Nono, Judy & jmc

8:01 am

hi lynxxx

Extremely happy to be Homeless, I still have to call the power company, and cancel!!!

When do you get your stuff?

8:01 am

Hi jm and Nanette and judi. i went into kitchen to make oatmeal and cover it with raspberries

8:01 am

hi scrabs!

8:01 am

Anyone ever have steelcut oa**? better than regular?

mmmmmmmm sounds good Scrabs

8:02 am

Never tried them, Scrabbler. Do they take longer than instant?

8:02 am

scrabbler... I am fond of Irish oats my own self... don't know if they are steel cut or not.

I was talking to b.f about moving states. i would love Sydney - Too expensive and he wont move there and the other states are not appealing. I declare we need more states. OH maybe Perth.

8:03 am

I have them from time to time--the main problem with instant is that they get so mushy

8:03 am

I don't know, but I heard of steelcut oa** and wondered what makes them special other than I saw yesterday in the store that they cost more

8:03 am

They are a big treat for me... but they remind me of my childhood... so, once in a while, I buy McAnn's... 4 times the price of regular.

8:03 am

I saw those too, mom2

I love oa??? with a tad of apple / juice in the boiling process

8:03 am

lol, Scrabbs. Well they MUST be better then, if they cost more!

8:03 am

Those I can vouch for Scrabbler...

8:03 am

when my husband was alive we concluded we were stuck with DC because I wouldn't move any farther norht and he would n't move anyfather south

8:04 am

Silly me, Judi, I should have realized that.

8:04 am

I recently saw "instant" Irish oats... never tried them... would be afraid... the McAnn's take about 40 minutes, but worth it!

8:04 am

they cost more because they are careful chopped rather than randomly ground

8:05 am

Good to know jmc!

JMC Adelaide is very pretty but so so boring. Tasmania is too small. NSW most parts I want to live too expensive, Perth to far, Canberra too boring and Queensland / Darwin too hot

8:05 am

There's always those lateral moves. jmc. Maryland, other points in Virginia, West Virginia! Stop me before I keep going west.

8:05 am

The thing I like about the Irish oats is that they have flavor (yes, imagine that)... and they stand up to the milk!

8:05 am

Confession: I am eating my oa** uncooked as I like them this way sometimes.

8:05 am

I am a fount of useless information

8:05 am

I like them raw on yogurt

8:06 am

that's ok jmc... better than being useless fount, LOL.

8:06 am

herin, I cannot help you with knwoing where to live in Australia

I would love to live in NY or New Orleans

8:06 am

I think as long as there is no health hazard people should eat what they want

ItsOK Scrabbler. I am bored and getting itchy feet again

8:06 am

that is quite a difference herin!

8:06 am

I live about 10 miles from Manhattan... would love to live there myself!

8:07 am

my neice -- after rebuild her house 4 times in NO -- is just now moving to NYC

8:07 am

*serves plate of choco covered grasshoppers* Dig in!

just did a search on them and they are cut into pieces rather than rolled. They have a nuttier texture but take longer to cook

8:07 am

Would not reccomend NO at this time.

8:07 am

Are you in NJ or NY, mom2?

Heck if i had the money I would. NO yes issues with that whole weather thing but for me meh

Whats wrong with NO?

8:07 am

Actually my sister lived in NO long ago.... did not really like it even before Katrina.

8:07 am

my niece was tired of her firends being rapped and murdered and the police doing nothing

8:07 am

*resisting vomiting after Judi's suggestion**

8:07 am

NJ Scrabbler

8:08 am

Yes JMC very high crime rate in NO

8:08 am

I just heard on NPR yesterday that NO is one of the fastest growing US cities right now

8:08 am

LOL. Mmm. Would you like a wing or a leg, Scrabbs?

That sounds like NO.

8:08 am

the city used Katrina as a way to force "undesirables" out of the city

8:08 am

My sister is in Montvale, NJ, mom2.

8:08 am

Thank you Judi its been a while since I have these!

8:09 am

Not too far... I am in Maywood.. on the border of Hackensack, NJ

8:09 am

grwoing with peculators

Come on. i got into a HUGE fight with a friend for being racist for saying pretty much the same thing JM that I could possible think that

8:09 am

*speculators

8:09 am

Mother Nature flushed out the 9th ward. Plus, the State and the Army Corps of Engineers failed to maintain the levies.

8:09 am

I will nevre knowingly eat insects, Judi. LOL. Sometimes when bicycling I catch a bug in the throat.

8:09 am

racist for saying that NO is forcing people out?

8:10 am

don't know about choc-covered grasshoppers, but toffee-covered grasshoppers are delicious!

8:10 am

and state and army corp kept people in no very nice cars from leaving

8:10 am

Hi Ata!

Yep JMC that no one gave a rats arse as they are mostly black and well poor and well haha to you for being at the bottom of the food chain. Might we add there is a HUGE swing now in the change of soco economical status there

8:10 am

The problem with NO has always been the poverty, unfortunately that abject poverty was mostly seen among African-Americans.

Hi Ata

8:10 am

okay scrabs are you a vegan or do we need to invent a new word for you?

8:10 am

mmmmmm toffee coverd grasshoppers!

8:11 am

hi ata

and yes I ahve done a shtuff load of reading about this

8:11 am

I am vegetarian and thinking seriously about going vegan.

8:11 am

honestly, they actually do taste nice!!

If you go vegan No honey Scrabbler

8:11 am

then I understand your hesitation scrabs

8:11 am

I eat everything

8:11 am

Hello, Ata! I suppose if you put enough candy coating on bugs, they'd have to taste good. Best to toast the bugs first (so I'm told).

8:11 am

Really? Vegans don't eat honey?

8:11 am

A vegan diet would be challenging to follow

8:12 am

I could really take this conversation south with some of the things I have eaten over the years

Yep. Its a product from an Animal

8:12 am

exactly, judi. lol. I had some in Japan ages ago, and all you can taste is yummy caramel - toffee around them. the grasshopper just adds crunch

8:12 am

I think this conversation has already headed south!

8:12 am

vegans don't eat any animal product including milk and honey

You are ''enslaving the bees and taking away their hard work by eating the honey''

8:12 am

lol mom

8:13 am

Vegans don't eat honey because they believe it is exploitive of bees. I have to roll my eyes at that one, because bees make honey willingly. It's not like someone is holding a gun to their little bee heads.

8:13 am

When I have the money I am an omnivore... when I don't I'm a pastavore! Not great for the glycemic index, but what can you do???

I can't drink milk but it doesn't stop me eating them. i drive past dairy cattle and regularly yell ''useless beasts get on my fork''

8:13 am

I saved the raspberries for la** with my oatmeal. I so love berries.

8:13 am

did I tell you about PETA supporting the Vegan's in the military? apparently you can't take honey from bees but you can kills other humans

8:13 am

Funny image Judi

8:14 am

lmao. oh that's just *typical*

8:14 am

raspberries are my favorite fruit

http://deceiver.com/ If you think Peta are not hypocritics check this out

8:14 am

LOL, herein. *passes the A1*

8:14 am

mom2, but the high fiber pasta. Ronzoni or Smart Taste

8:14 am

the best PETA thing was when they went after President Obama for killing a fly on live television... LOL... they should have seen me last night.... I am the master "fly hunter"...

8:15 am

Like I said... money being the major issue right now... a box of that is $2.50... might as well buy meat!

8:15 am

I actually got a conscientious objector to war application from a vegan which started with--"I am a vegan and one day i realized that people are animals too."

8:15 am

our local farm shop has just started selling A1. For about $11 a bottle!

8:15 am

that's a good one JMC

8:15 am

PETA does espouse some pretty extremist tactics.

8:16 am

Well, kids I have to get ready to make hospital rounds. The newborn that was to be discharged has a high bilirubin and is under the special lights now. The nurse called me at 6 with the lab result.

8:16 am

absolutely true!

Specially previous entrees about how PETA gave fur coats to homeless people because that is ok right as they are donated and fur there for isn't murder

8:16 am

Seriously, I can get regular pasta for $1 (or less)/lb... the whole wheat or high fiber is $2.50 for a 12 oz. box!

Oh poor baby. Best wishes to them Scrabbler

8:16 am

Ah... poor baby. Take care of the kids Scrabbler!

8:16 am

thank you for all that you do scrabs

Make your own pasta

8:17 am

It is upsetting to parents to have to stay longer than they wanted

8:17 am

$11 for A1??? Is it special A1 or something??

8:17 am

OK Herin, now you're just talking crazy! LOL.

8:17 am

no! just bog standard! but it's an Imported Special America Thing *facepalm*

8:17 am

JM, I do my best and try to not lose my mind. Actually I lost my mind years ago.

What i will show you the article

8:18 am

I stock up when I go to Oregon!

8:18 am

Well, Scrabbler, I am sure you can make them understand that it is in the best interests of the bably.

8:18 am

if I come to england I will bring you A1 ata--that is just rediculous!

OH the Pasta thing? easy as

8:18 am

I believe A1 is lower on the supermarket food chain that ketchup here in the States. What the hell are they putting in it in the UK, cocaine?

8:18 am

Bye kids. Enjoy the day!

8:18 am

bye scrabs!

What about FiberGourmet?

8:18 am

Bye, Scrabbs!

8:18 am

Just mix Ketchup and worchestershire sauce... voila! A1.

8:19 am

lol I bring A1 back, and take over our cool ketchup varieties

8:19 am

Oh, there may be some molasses and brown sugar in it as well...

You don't ahve A1 Ata?

8:19 am

good point, mom!! I must try that

8:19 am

*finding just a few more words...I can never leave when I want to*

8:19 am

Wait... I am checking the bottle in my cabinet.

Is n't that Brown sauce?

8:19 am

there is a little more to A1 that that mom

8:20 am

I don't care for A1. Tastes weird to me. I don't eat beef anyway, so feh.

um Ata don't you have A1 in England?

8:20 am

A1 without beef is probably not so good

8:20 am

well, no

ingredients in A-1 Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Salt, Raisin Paste, Crushed Orange Puree, Spices and Herbs, Dried Garlic and Onion, Caramel Color, Potassium Sorbate (to Preserve Freshness), Xanthan Gum.

8:21 am

154/165---bye for real.

8:21 am

raisin past?

8:21 am

Nan... I was just going to do that, LOL.

Hun its HP sauce in england

8:21 am

mmmmmmmm. Xanthan gum!

8:21 am

bye scrabs!

8:21 am

it's not the same as HP

8:21 am

Seriously though... if I don't have steak sauce I just mix ketchup and worchestershire... tastes fine!

sorry my bad

I was thinking HP brown sauce.

8:22 am

Certainly you could add some brown sugar or (yikes!) honey for some sweetness.

8:22 am

and garlic and onion powder

As soon as i said it i was all opps

8:22 am

hi all

Hi Boo

hi Boo

8:23 am

hi boo

8:23 am

Hey, Boo!

8:23 am

did you say a grid word herin? should I go back and look?

8:23 am

morning, big grid

8:24 am

hi dorens

8:24 am

I am glad it is a big grid -- I need the distraction

Hi Doorens

NO JM I didn't

8:24 am

oh goodness I don't. but i'm glad it pleases someone. hi herin

Ata\: http://tinyurl.com/mfjahr

8:25 am

ooh too bad -- always looking for a leg up

you put your leg up and we can see your underpants

8:26 am

lol espit that won't work I wear jeans all the time

ok, no problem then

8:27 am

OMG... my 13-year-old daughter is just whining away this AM.... I am trying very hard to block her out, LOL!

try phenobarbitol

8:27 am

just ignore her--it build character

8:28 am

LOL Esprit... would if I thought I could get away with it!

8:28 am

*builds

8:28 am

JMC... she just gets louder, LOL!

ATA i just found this too very interesting shopping idea: http://tinyurl.com/nltcz7

8:28 am

back in a minute...now she needs the computer "for a minute".... LOL!

8:28 am

I am a believer in baby barbiturates

Tell said bratling if she doesn't shut it then she can do the washing and hanging out to dry for a month

8:29 am

Giver her a chore to do, mom. That will shut her up/

I was just thinking the same

ATA you there

8:30 am

that's cool!

I remember once telling my mother I had nothing to do. She handed me an iron and a stack of shirts and said "Now you have something to do"

this is why i dont have kids just cats no one complains if you shut them in the laundry

Ata did you get the A1 sauce link to?

8:30 am

yes :)

Good. That supermarket link is fairly cool to I want that here save me a packet

8:31 am

My mother was much the same, Jean. If I ever whined about being bored, I ended up cleaning cobwebs or washing windows. I leared to occupy myself.

Oh and I don't think you heard about the big Supermarket here finally doing the right thing.

8:31 am

*learned*

exactly judi . . . never made that mistake again

8:32 am

my son told me he was starving to death (for about 15 minutes as I was finishing something up) so I told him he was going to learn what that meant and did feed him tell the next morning.

8:32 am

what is a courgette?

8:32 am

what age was he?

8:32 am

zucchini

8:32 am

he was 10

8:32 am

ty ata

8:33 am

i ilove zucchini.

8:33 am

I thought they were called marrow in GB

Ata you will be pleased to know that one of our supermarkets has ditched the Goods and Service Tax on feminine hygiene products. The public spoke and they listened.

8:33 am

nope, marrows are bigger

8:33 am

i thought courgette

8:34 am

yay!

8:34 am

my brit neighbor would always take my over grown zucchini and make stuffed marrow

8:34 am

good news herin!

8:34 am

lol yep

8:34 am

ten is old enough to know how to make a pbj, or even a grilled cheese sandwich, and certainly old enough to forage in the fridge and find something on his own

Now all they need to do is ditch the GST on baby nappies and food and we would be happier. That and petfood

At the age of 10 I was making 3 course meals.

8:35 am

ten is old enough not to bother me when I am working

8:35 am

tax on feminine neccessities? i'm shocked

yep Dorens its a GSt we as the public said no to it and the government went ahead any way

8:36 am

are all the z words zi?

8:36 am

zi, zo, zo

8:36 am

emil

8:36 am

ty ata

zo6 and 7 type of herpes

8:37 am

aacchh run away!

zi4/9 type of wine followed by findel

8:37 am

hi:)

Hi all, ten is both old enough to not bother people when working and to be able to ambulate self to kitchen and eat some crakers.

I personal feel and think that feminine hygiene products and baby products that are biodegradable / earth friendly should be cheaper

8:37 am

obviously i raised bum

8:38 am

i'm ambulating now to make my (very late) breakfast. bbl

HI again Mom

8:38 am

;-)

I dont think so jmc. I caught myself saying the other day I was starving. Then suddenly all these images of real starving children came into my mind.

A lot of my class mates have been bemoaning (heck including me) the bored factor as we have a four week brake. I said that we need to remember how bored we are now when it comes to studying like loonies next term

there's always volunteer work

8:39 am

we do use language too loosely red

8:39 am

I can't think of the last time I was bored

Well, I think its Ok jmc, but....

I can't really either. I am a bit frustrated today but not bored.

8:40 am

I am always so happy to have a chance to just sit!

8:40 am

My kid typed that hi :).... so I was not ignoring anyone who said Hi back... she just told me... too much for Hollywood that one!

8:40 am

nor me! or at least for more than about 3 seconds

8:40 am

well tell here hi back!

Hi Kid.

8:41 am

Bring back child labour and no more taxes on feminine hygiene products! Join the march!

8:41 am

well red I would want to become the word police either--but it is good to think about what we are really saying

8:41 am

my child is 23 now

8:41 am

*would NOT want to become the word police

8:42 am

She left for swim team practice... thank God!

8:42 am

my typing today is terrible

8:42 am

mom is free at last!

Esprite we only have 4 weeks off. Its a good time to relax and recoup our brains

8:42 am

she needed the computer to type "hi" to us????

for some reason I cannot see one single of the 9 A's from the right column

8:42 am

yeah.. for 1-1/2 hours... then she comes home and hubby has a 12:00 early dismissal today... ugh1

now that I said so I just saw 2

3

Good job Jean.

8:43 am

go esprit go

8:43 am

jmc... no she checked her mail and did some nonsense on facebook!

8:43 am

lol

Ok that is it my cat was a lawyer in a past life. He is technically not on madams pillow. He is really near it maybe a paw but not on it.

8:43 am

Facebook. Twitter. I just don't get it.

8:43 am

I tried to encourage her to use her time more wisely... like throwing her laundry in the machine.

meeting is over!!!! I survived!

8:44 am

good cat

MR PRESSSSSSSS

8:44 am

Judi... I go on FB now and again... twitter is way too obtrusive for me to even think about!

judi, nothing to get... boycotted twitter

8:44 am

whoo hoo mr p!

8:44 am

I Mr. P.

8:44 am

Hiya, Mr. P!!!!

Lordy, I am making lunch and have just noted its 9:44.

JM he was bemoaning daddy going to bed and smacked the door hord

hi girls!!!

8:45 am

really hungery red?

8:45 am

It's bad enough that people can reach me by cell phone whenever they want... plus I am just not that interested in what Ashton Kutcher is doing every 2 minutes.

hi MrP!

8:45 am

Sometimes I make dinner at 8 a.m.... but I don't serve it until 6 pm... LOL.

I ate breakfast at 4 am, thought I was going to run, but I have actually too much pain, so its really time. almost 5 hours.

Twitter Please pay attention to the first four letters of that word

8:45 am

Amen, Mom. I don't want to be that accessible to that many people. And, I much prefer real friends to virtual ones.

8:46 am

poor red

too right infern

Ouchie Red

I think I'll live.

8:46 am

I like that herin!

Twitter drives me nuts.

8:46 am

We certainly want you to live, Red.

8:46 am

when my mother was in crisis this week the various official people kept saying:doesn't your sister have a cell phone?

8:46 am

Yes Judi... real friends are better! My FB friends are my real friends...

8:47 am

I said--yes, but she doesn't answer it

Dear world. I just got up to scratch. Dear world I went to the loo. Dear world. I am very bored. Dear Person saying Dear World: I don't care thank you

8:47 am

And Babble friends are priceless, of course.

I have to admit, I had to force my Mom to get a cell and she still cant figure out how to answer it. she can make calls though, sooo.

8:47 am

After my mother had a near-fatal car wreck we made her get a cel phone... we pay for it... they are good to have.

8:47 am

my sister doesn't want to be that accessible

8:47 am

LOL herin.

8:48 am

she has it in the car for if/when she needs help

8:48 am

Same with my mother JMC

8:48 am

but even I can't call her

I have my cell as my primary phone, I dont have to answer it if I dont want to...

8:49 am

It is funny the way people now think you're an alien if you don't have a cell phone. It's like we've grown a technilogical appendage that we can't live without.

8:49 am

My land line comes with my cable/internet package or I would not have one at all.

8:49 am

I got a blackberry the last time

My parents have a mobile for emergencies which is good as they live in a fairly inaccessible area.

My mobile is my land line

8:49 am

the only thing I can't figure out how to do is play and chog babble

8:49 am

Crap. I can't spell.

I like my blackberry, but love my iPhone!

JMC you don't you need to pic one

8:49 am

That would be dangerous for me, JMC

I think Judi things have very much changed, My mindset now STILL is to drive home anduse my cell to make a call, but people 10 yrs younger, just make the call from wherever.

8:50 am

Ha. My nephew calls his Blackberry (imposed on him by work - so he says) the "crackberry".

I have in9/60, clue for the other 9?

8:50 am

well judi there was a time when people thought that about phones at all

8:50 am

Would love to get an iPhone, but not in the cards right now.

8:50 am

lots of people call it that.

8:51 am

but it allows me to quickly delete lots of emails w/o opening so I love it

It irritates me that they have cut a lot of pay phones back. It also irrites me that it has taken all this time to make a mobile that is designed for older people

8:51 am

herin what do you mean I don't need to pic one?

8:51 am

there are almost no pay phones left in DC

Pick either the chog or babble or do what i do. Not pay attention to babble and just randomly type in words

8:52 am

clue for ag 8 pls

unstable at times

ag8... good luck boo! LOL

8:53 am

oooh I may have to try that

8:53 am

I was lonely for the chog when I was on the road

awww Jm

I am regularly known for doing several things at once all badly

8:55 am

its not that I am friendless in the nonether world, but I like my ether friends too

8:55 am

That's called multi-tasking, herein. Quality, not quantity.

yep

8:55 am

Or rather, quantity, not quality. Obviously I can't type and think at the same time.

8:55 am

ag 8: same four letters as other ag words + no r*** for the weary + Gore

8:55 am

btw JMC... made your eggplant casserole.. delish!

8:55 am

lol judi

8:56 am

isn't it mom?

8:56 am

yes... very easy, as well.

woot 40 left

8:57 am

OMG... don't even have 40 found!

171 left!

8:57 am

I cannot chog and find...

8:57 am

I used a bag of croutons instead of toast (don't remeber if I said that) and it is even easiler

8:57 am

dud the ag 8 clue work for anyone?

8:57 am

i have 57 found! lol

8:57 am

I used toast because I did not have the croutons.

8:57 am

i don't have the first 4 letters inge lol!

8:57 am

Yes inge... thanks.

Mom I have been at this since well err too long :D

8:58 am

I don't use bread fast enough before it molds

8:58 am

It was funny I had an eggplant in the fridge and was going to do parmesan... but then I saw that and figured what the heck.

8:58 am

all ag words start with ag + **turn the books onl tie

8:58 am

*time*

8:58 am

ty inge *looking back*

8:59 am

ty inge

8:59 am

Off to Costco. BBL

I have an eggplant, Might use that, with some tofu added in , I need protien.

hmm, hopes that husband realises that I am being gentle, and hugging him softly and not squeezing his spleen out of his mouth!!

9:00 am

bye.

9:00 am

the egg and cheese provide protein

9:00 am

bye inge

I have typed detras again and again, not an English word, I think where I am living is corrupting me.

9:00 am

OK.. gotta run myself... must do some coupon clipping and list making.. off to Target and Shop-Rite...

They do, but I am a tofu adder to everything.

9:00 am

Maybe I will pick up another eggplant, LOL1

later Mom2

9:01 am

bye mom

9:01 am

well it probaly wouldn't hurt the recipe

at least he is dashing, tall, manly... washable

thanks for reminding me to root out of the freezer dinner for tommorrow night

tofu is so odd, it sort of slips in without offending.

9:02 am

good afternoon everyone

Lunch!

hi jac!

9:02 am

heya red

HI Jacq

9:02 am

how is the grid?

hi jacq :)

9:03 am

Tofu is a curious creation. I can only tolerate it in a few things though. Like miso soup and lasagna.

facinating! one word for it anyway

9:03 am

319 wow, well won't get it finished in an hour but i can put a good sized dent in it

Not bad at all Jaq

9:03 am

heya MrP ma'am

Its a lot more nice than yesterdays.

9:03 am

i trust everyone is well?

Tofu is my fav food, its the best when one doesnt really feel like eating, but you know you have to.

my old friend convinced her sister when they were in Japan that Tofu was Whale Snot

9:03 am

Hiya, jacq!

I am good

9:04 am

heya Judi

9:04 am

garret

9:04 am

garrets

9:04 am

greet

9:04 am

greets

9:04 am

greed

9:04 am

Yummy, herein! What a lovely compliment to the toffee grasshoppers.

we are good thanks

Oh you know what we had that was interesting Anchovy Tofu.

9:04 am

oooops

9:04 am

sorry

9:04 am

lol herin

WOw jacs thanks!

and I love my tofu icecream

9:05 am

Blech! Slimey and fishy.

9:05 am

that's okay jacs *copying furiously*

It was really weird and good.

9:05 am

i thought the cursor moved

9:05 am

sorry

9:05 am

hi jac

anchovy tofu ice cream??

9:05 am

hello jmc

9:06 am

i like tofu ice cream

Hi Jean!!

9:06 am

Tofu ice cream is okay. Tofutti Cuties (ice cream sandwiches are quite good).

9:06 am

i like anchovy

No Anchovy Tofu together sort of ice cream like its weird to describe. I love my TOfutti icecream

Hi MrP xo

9:06 am

*shrug--digging in*

(((hugs))) jean

9:07 am

Popping out for a bit. BBL.

9:08 am

bye judi

;-]

well if all goes to plan i have $75 left after i pay bills and stuff yah

9:09 am

whoo hoo herin

that is to last a fortnight

9:09 am

money left is goooood!

9:10 am

did you toss a 5 into the savings?

OH and i also need to buy school books with that so i think i may have a dollar left if i am lucky

9:10 am

got the ag 8.. strange word

9:10 am

bummer :-(

but we have warmth food and the pets which is more than some

camp Nokalotofwaitoff is calling

9:11 am

???? mr p?

lol

knock a lot of weight off

LOL !!

9:12 am

ty esprit I am not totally awake

:-)

what's your game plan MrP?

9:12 am

I skipped the gym this am because I drove 10 hours yesterday arriving at home at 3 am

9:13 am

go Mr P!

I replaced sex with food and now i can't even get in my own pants

9:13 am

sex is better than food

I've skipped the gym all years because . . . um oh, that's right, I HAVE no good reason

The Gym is fun!, I swear I'm in the minority here.

Jean, it is now sex!

you sure are

I don't like to sweat

hey good for yu MrP!

9:14 am

I like going to the gym I was just afraid I would fall asleep and drop the weights on my head

does Lickety know?

I gotta admit, I like to sweat. oddly.

9:15 am

i don't sweat -- I glow!

9:15 am

I am a southern lady!

I mean at the gym that is, not just randomly.

9:15 am

lol red

sure jm you probably don't fart either

he sure has for the last three nights! ***prances around ... orders a Y shaped coffin***

9:16 am

I do but they smell like flowers

9:16 am

mr p!

Jm you remind me of what one of my male friends said to me the other day: you sit like a guy. Well der i am not wearing a skirt

9:16 am

LOL i just glanced up at the chog LOL you go MrP!!!!!!!

9:17 am

i sit like me in my jeans which means I don't have to hold my knees together

on a mission here!! I am 'gorgeous!'

9:17 am

go mr p!

9:17 am

interesting chog. : )

you've always been gorgeous

9:17 am

Good morning all

Hi Dr

turning 40 has not been a deception!!

9:18 am

hi DR

Oh and Jm me in a skirt or dress very rare

9:18 am

too true

9:18 am

Hi Herin, Mr P , JMC,

Hi Dr.

9:18 am

ah 40 really was the best age

9:18 am

I do not wear dresses or skirts very much either

9:18 am

Hi RED!

9:18 am

but I went to the fat phat lady shop and got a "boho chic" long dress the other day

9:19 am

I liked the 30s

how incredible is it to be 40 and turned up to 20!!

I would like to erase my 20's

9:19 am

the dress looked like some I would have worn in college only fatter

9:19 am

30's were better for me.. so far 40's are not the gr5

I admit to wearing a skirt at least 4 times a week, nice in the heat.

9:19 am

my husband died at the beginning of the 40s for us so I am probably prejudiced

9:20 am

you must have nice legs Red

9:20 am

skirts are nice in the really hot and humid weather

so young jm! sorry

oh man jmc! that is aweful!! so sorry

9:20 am

she didn't say how long the skirt was--

Nup Shorts. JMC hugs

9:20 am

thanks it was a long time ago now

My skirts only just cover the recent bruising! LOL

skirts vary in length, but are nicer than shorts.

9:21 am

i was divorced at 39, and came into my own at 40 (and i had nice legs, and was 25 pounds lighter than i am now)

9:21 am

mr p you are certainly racy today!

9:21 am

I wear shorts alot!

9:22 am

ag 6/24 please?

9:22 am

i iwear long shorts (an oxymoron)?

I would like to erase my 20s and have what i have now then

9:22 am

I am allergic to sunshine (I break out into a rash) so I don't wear short anything

9:22 am

in fact the burka is looking pretty good

I want the extra ten years that i have with the person i have now

9:22 am

add a cons to the ag5/14

to answer in the affirmative lynn

jmc, that is a terrible afflication, i am so sorry.

9:23 am

my dad is allergic to the sun.. he has to wear special lotions

9:23 am

the nice thing about the 30 and 40 is that you are young enough to do things and old enough not to be too stupid about it.

9:23 am

if he forgets his face gets red as a beet

9:23 am

ag 6/24 please?

9:23 am

it is red but I won't die of skin cancer!

9:24 am

SO TRUE Jmc!

I have crammed my 20's into a mental book that refuses to open. I don't ahve that lynn

i better go to bed, see you all later!!

true, I probably will, I am terrible about sun screen and do spend more than an average amt of time outside.

Night Mr Pres

9:24 am

my 20s were a lot of fun!

9:24 am

Have fun MR P : )

9:24 am

but the stupid things I did!

lynn see clue at 9:22

9:24 am

sweet dreams mrP

I agree, jmc, I did a few interesting 20's things.

9:24 am

bye mr p -- keep those ankles crossed til the brusing heals

I hated my 20's in fact i am still trying to deny the excistance of it

9:25 am

have that the one after ha?

9:25 am

you may look at them more fondly in 10 years herin

9:25 am

that

No i want JM trust me on that.

9:25 am

brb

9:25 am

ty

my dad told me the best contraception to take.... was the pill... put it between my knees and hold it there!

that's an old one MrP

9:26 am

LOL Mr P!!! I like your Dad

Mr pres lol. That and velcro.

9:26 am

ag 8/50?

see ya all!! (((hugs)))!

9:26 am

spoken like a true father

9:26 am

morning everyone

9:27 am

ag + re4/4 + Mr. Gore

HI Crossie

9:27 am

mornning crossy

9:27 am

Hi Crossie and TY Une

great clue Une

9:27 am

mrp, didja watch Andy and Leyton's match??

9:28 am

hi and yw :-)

9:28 am

oh and red,always wear sunscreen when eating bacon;)

9:28 am

morning une

Woot woot there is the light

hi Crossy

9:28 am

howdy, dorens :-)

hi Une

oh of course une!! why do you thing I need to go 'to bed'?? LOL! bye all!

9:28 am

ok that was weird

9:29 am

I was on earlier and stopped at 100 words ... then came back and it said I had 86 and I had to refresh

that is odd DR, and not very nice surprise.

9:29 am

hi crossy

Morning bacon Boy.

9:30 am

:)

9:30 am

not at all a nice surprise

9:30 am

Hmmm .. "aarrgh" not found ..

9:30 am

drop an r torg

speaking of bacon, I saw an amusing bit on the internet yesterday

9:30 am

no it is ther..both versions

9:31 am

hey, nono :-)

9:31 am

oh my goodness, thanks DDr

9:31 am

so it is! Ty Zooz , I had not tried that

9:31 am

Heh .. It is there .. 00ps ..

9:31 am

i am cutting back though,i alternate tween regular and turkey bacon;)

9:31 am

YVW Dorens

9:31 am

lol..yw :-)

9:31 am

hi une and zooz

Hi zoom.

9:32 am

*aims for humor and lands in the PB ..

9:32 am

hello jmc & Herin :-)

9:32 am

hi zozo, nono and tor

Spaghetti and Meat balls in there...Torgone.

I should so be in bed right now but i have so little left to find

9:33 am

the PB was getting dusty anyway crossy

9:33 am

go herin!

9:33 am

oh my..i have 252 to find :-(

I have 16 left still not thunder storm outside:(

9:33 am

ooops torg *straightens glasses*

9:34 am

250 left!

9:34 am

I have 210 left

9:34 am

312 ..

9:35 am

117

9:35 am

Go Torg and JMC

9:35 am

go torg go

9:35 am

and Dorens...

151.

9:35 am

baah..we can all do it..just take a bit of time :-)

9:35 am

103 to go . . .

9:35 am

go everybody!

9:35 am

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse /stee

9:35 am

i have 148 left to find

I have the in9, clue for the other 9?

9:35 am

darn babble

9:35 am

howdy, jmc!

9:36 am

and i found a 9

9:36 am

ohhhh that's the re one i have

9:36 am

care to share?

9:36 am

wtg jac

9:36 am

it comes off of an re7/36

9:36 am

yes please do.

9:37 am

and there's a 10 too god i feel like a genuis genius ... really bright person

9:37 am

don't have an re7/36 :-(

9:37 am

and the in9?

I really wish we had a decent thunderstorm tonight

don't have re7/36 . . . definition?

9:37 am

brilliant jac!

9:37 am

its been raining here for 4 days herin:(

9:37 am

to make invalid

9:37 am

and someone who makes invalid and plural

we need rain

in+plus what kindergarten teacher does to your excellent test paper (past tense)

ty jac

9:38 am

thats a word???

9:38 am

ty Jean and Jacq

9:38 am

not getting that jean

9:38 am

got 'em, thanks jacq!!

a stoopid word DR

9:38 am

i didn't get tests in kindergarten

9:38 am

yw

9:38 am

it's a lovely word! it's marine biology!

9:38 am

pt of in6/18

9:39 am

ok then think of in+ the sky at night

9:39 am

ty jean

ok, IN+twinklers in the sky, past tense

9:39 am

got it ty

9:39 am

who have thought not being tested in kindergarten would have such a long term effect

9:39 am

oh poo..i have to goto work..will be back later...bye everyone..happy babbling.

9:39 am

that's a word????

9:39 am

ty ty ty

9:39 am

bye zooz

9:39 am

bye, zoom

9:40 am

that is what I said Jacq

9:40 am

Bye ZOom

9:40 am

in pre school i got a gold star for not eating all the paste:)

9:40 am

*repeats* it's a lovely word! it's marine biology!

PB Mr crosshair

9:40 am

good for you crossy!

9:40 am

darn

9:40 am

ag8, in8, re8 and . . . ?

we'll send in some paste for you

9:40 am

yes Ata

9:41 am

what is it in marine biology?

or vegamite

9:41 am

I'd rather eat paste

9:41 am

id rather the paste

9:41 am

the in6 is the valve (=shell) of some tiny wee little microorganisms called diatoms

Vegemite is the est

best

9:42 am

ty ata -- once again babble proves educational

9:42 am

I may even overcome my lack of tests in kindergarden

9:42 am

mmm diatoms fried with bacon;)

9:42 am

ag8, in8, re8 and . . . ? please?

I was the special kid that ate the paste.

9:43 am

I want to come eat at your house crossy

La 8

9:43 am

no clue une -- sorry

9:43 am

ok jm,but bring blood thinners

9:43 am

and also, apparently, the in6 means "to set about with st5" "to place st5" etc

9:43 am

tx herin!!

9:43 am

I like that

9:43 am

not me I want to die of a heart attack before I lose my mind

9:43 am

WHAT a grid! A clue for the zo6,33 please

9:43 am

herpes zo****

9:44 am

herpes alleyn

9:44 am

actually today is turkey bacon day in honour of one of us here who mom had a heart attack

9:44 am

of course there are those would maintain it is already too la4

9:44 am

how thoughtful crossy

9:45 am

thats me generous to a fault

9:45 am

Never heard that word but google has! Thanx

9:46 am

then count your blessings alley

9:46 am

phone

9:46 am

ty for the la8 Herin

9:46 am

lol dont even know why im bothering when its over 300 like this;/

9:46 am

hmmm, does the la8 build on another word?

No problems

9:47 am

i asked dr_god to make one of 50 words all nine letters or more:))

9:47 am

plural of la7... kind of football throw, for one

9:47 am

nm!! got it!

yes plural of the 7 extension of the 5

9:47 am

pulling a peri, eh une?

9:47 am

crossy! LOL

9:47 am

yes, dorens! :-)

9:48 am

and, dorens, cluing me with a football reference is just too too funny! LOL

9:48 am

don't know any tennis references!

9:48 am

ty dorens

9:48 am

:-D

9:49 am

ok, 95 to go == must run . . . BBL *poof*

9:49 am

85 here and taking a break now too. bbs

9:50 am

lol une,if some tennis bozo hit the ball funny and it went sideways and hit the guy in the chair right tween the eyes,it welt in a la***** direction

annnnd DOne

9:51 am

there we go,crossy can clue with tennis;))

right im out of here. Night all

9:54 am

brb semi-poof

9:56 am

{yaaaaawwwwwnnnnn} morning, all!

9:58 am

ttfn

10:01 am

morning car

10:01 am

Morning dahling! Would you like a cup of coffee?

10:02 am

i dont drink coffee but thanks!

10:07 am

Totally laughing over AA 5/16...nice to see Charlie Brown is represented!

10:07 am

haha

10:10 am

hello everyone and ty car.e didn't think that one would work

10:10 am

Oh gee...dylan is having a melt down. Crying so hard...can't understand a word he is saying.

10:11 am

awwww

10:23 am

OK...need someone to please talk me out of having more waffles....

10:23 am

(breaks out syrup)

10:23 am

No...you don't understand...my hips and thighs....

10:23 am

auntie! :(

10:24 am

But they are the ones that smell like cake batter when the are toasting, so now my house smells like cake batter and I want MORE!!!!!!!

10:25 am

dont make anymore first of all and darn now im hungry and want waffles!

10:25 am

Scoop....more big storms are coming this way. Want to come here? I'll make waffles...........

10:26 am

stuck @ 225.. need to hit the list I guess

10:26 am

yummy and i have to babysit today then have dentist ugh

10:26 am

where are you car?

10:26 am

No, no! Just get a cup of coffee or tea. Take a break and come back!

10:26 am

Nono, we are in Southeastern Massachusetts

10:27 am

near Boston?

10:27 am

did you get that huge rainstorm auntie?

10:27 am

About 20 miles south

10:27 am

Yup! We watched it through the skylight...it was like being in the carwash!

10:28 am

I'm In the southern tier of New York and our weather is about the same as yours,,,,,, just one storm after another

10:28 am

i cant believe D slept through it our street flooded it was pretty funny its still thundering here though

10:28 am

OK...this ad for UTI technical school is making me roll!

10:29 am

haha

10:29 am

Never knew you needed a degree for a UTI!!!!!

10:30 am

you need a degree? lol

10:32 am

OK...honestly...where DO they get these contestants on the Price is Right?

10:32 am

i have no idea but i love how enthusiastic they all are

10:32 am

clue for er 6 plds

10:33 am

Don't have it yet, Boo.

10:33 am

dont have it either

10:36 am

er6/33 a substitute or replacement ( a german word)

10:36 am

ty

10:36 am

Well........

10:38 am

aa6 anyone?

10:39 am

add a cons. in the mid of the ar5/16

10:39 am

aa6 aa****

10:39 am

Gee boo! Great clue! LOL!

10:40 am

txs its a hard one

10:40 am

aa**** run away!

10:41 am

what Charlie Brown says :)

10:41 am

omg.. come one

10:41 am

clue for es 6

10:42 am

come on.. thanks

10:42 am

[looks down shamefully as the smell of cake batter fills my kitchen once again...]

10:43 am

:( its ok auntie

10:43 am

hello all, help with the long words pls

10:43 am

crossy offers car a few strips of bacon for on the side:)

10:44 am

Now I will have to turn off the chog!!!!! I want to try to get the big words on my own!

10:45 am

hHi Peri, has kitty come out yet?? is she eating now?

10:45 am

haha i gave up on that cause i got the in9 from a clue

10:45 am

ES 6....the female hormone (?)...also it sounds like stars in space....

10:45 am

could use that in9 right now ???

10:45 am

yes she came out Sun night and has been up for breakfast and dinner since then, thanks for asking NoNo

10:46 am

oh good. I figured it would just take some time for her to adjust

10:46 am

past tense of the in6 before it

10:47 am

I must have the wrong in6 then

10:47 am

me to

10:47 am

nope, I got the in9, thanks

10:47 am

in+ twinkle twinkle little **** for the in6/18

10:48 am

welcome

10:48 am

holy cow - what's up with these huge grids latel?

10:48 am

got 'em ty

10:48 am

any clues for the 10???

10:48 am

welcome ishult and i dont have the 10

yesterday was nice and normalsizedbuthorrid anyway kje.

10:49 am

sissy

10:49 am

could use help with the other 9 pls

10:49 am

wasn't on line yesterday

10:49 am

dont have it yet peri, sorry

10:49 am

thats the only 9 i have peri

10:49 am

Hiya! Could someone please explain to me, how the tile and word stats work?

10:49 am

I freely admit that ru... I DO have a life, and 300+ grids are not compatable with it

10:49 am

ok, will keep looking

10:50 am

hey ru.... question...

10:50 am

siobhan try the help section above chat it explains all of that

well,it was Ithink aboout 130words, but hardf or people to finish.

10:50 am

read the help and then come back with questions sio

10:50 am

When you take something back you Re***** and then you personalise it

10:50 am

sure?

10:50 am

Sorry.

10:50 am

I know it has been awhile, so you may not remember, but what were the names of the 3 restaurants you recommended in Paris?

10:50 am

hikje

10:50 am

same its an re9 and 10

today is my do nothing day so I am all set...

10:50 am

hi jmc

10:51 am

oh.. gosh.. I can go to my file.. when are you going?

10:51 am

no problem sio

10:52 am

(and this is a bit of a biggie...I am just picking on you)

10:52 am

no prob, ru - I do not mind you picking on me... most of the time - LOL

10:53 am

Just looked at the Help... no mention of the tile and word stats in it. Sorry I asked, though.

10:53 am

no no what are you trying to understand sio?

10:54 am

a friend asked, and goes in a couple weeks... I can't remember the name of the first one we went to which was my fave... not l'oulette, but another small neighborhood one

10:54 am

word stats are how many words you have left

10:54 am

tile stats are how many words can be found in the grid

10:54 am

Only what they mean... I don’t understand the numbers with the slashes?

10:54 am

i can look them up later for you

siobhan, the tilestateshave twonumbers in them. Say 2/10 it means you got 2 of the 10wordsformed from that letter.

10:54 am

Please may I have a clue for the E in the right hand column? I can't seem to find it, but I am sure it is a fish!

10:54 am

Oh, thank you!

10:55 am

the left number is how many you have found starting with that tile

10:55 am

thanks ru - you are a gem

10:55 am

the right number is how many there are on the grid

10:55 am

i dont have that either auntie!

10:55 am

if you like, just stick it in your profile and I'll look there

10:56 am

Yes, that tile stat explanation makes sense, thanks! Still not sure of the word stats?

10:56 am

will do.. I will get it on later today

10:56 am

I think that e is the ea6 (pl of ea5)

10:56 am

thanks

10:56 am

word stats tell you how many of how long words there are and you have gotten

10:57 am

Welcome sio! We warn you, this game is addicting :) There are affiliated websites with it that have 'help' lists of the first two letters of each word --- one of our favorites is Lickety's Babble Clues - link at bottom of page

Sio,the green number is the number ofletterin each word,and then the 2numbers in the boxarethenumber ofwordsthatare4or5 letterslong.

10:57 am

TTFN babblers - must get back to work... good luck to all you die-hards who started this behemoth

10:57 am

so 4 45/112 means I have found 45 of 112 4 letter words

10:57 am

red you've given up using spaces between your words today??

10:57 am

bye kje

Oh Darn, i justcleanedkeyboard and now spacebar isproblematic.

10:57 am

bye kje

10:57 am

bye KJE!

10:57 am

bye kje

10:57 am

since I couldn't care less about my ranking I am free to start and stop!

Yes wild, very annoying it is.

10:58 am

hi wild and ch1212

10:58 am

i'm sure

10:58 am

Oh... are the numbers in the green squares indicative of the size of the words? Would “4 50/112” mean 4-letters words and there are 50 of them?

10:58 am

Same here jmc

10:58 am

i'm dealing with a tempermental mousie right now .... sometimes it clicks, sometimes it doesn't

10:58 am

help with S in left column pls

10:59 am

no it means you have found 50 of the 112 - 4 letter words on the grid

10:59 am

not quite sio - it means 4 letter words but there are 112 of them, and you've found 50

10:59 am

good news bout the cat peri!

10:59 am

It means there are 112 and you have 50 of them

10:59 am

hi jmc. I agree -- a few years ago I made it up to #3 on one of the rankings, and then realized I have a better time playing if I just .... play :) So now I stop/start and just have fun.

10:59 am

SO 4/4...I think!

10:59 am

and I haven't had a q key in months

10:59 am

Oh I see... thank you for that!

10:59 am

so4/4

10:59 am

:D indeed,, jmc and she is getting along with the other cat too, what a relief

10:59 am

I dread qu on the grid

10:59 am

Hey there car!!!! and scoop....and all my other babble friends

10:59 am

hey trif!

10:59 am

Trif!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

10:59 am

hey auntie trif!

10:59 am

All makes sense now... thanks a bunch!

jmc what do you do?

11:00 am

a babbler once asked me how I managed not to be pressed by the rankings

11:00 am

tertiare wants to know if you are taking her to lunch today??? I think not....

11:00 am

you're very welcome, and welcome to babble!

11:00 am

and I told her--I never look

11:00 am

First day trying this, sorry for the questions!

11:00 am

No...Friday....

11:00 am

what do I do about what red?

11:00 am

check the help section first, but always feel free to ask

11:00 am

Thank you, wildcat!

11:00 am

sio, we all ask each other for help -- that's part of the fun of chat. Welcome!

11:00 am

I still haven't figured out the E word!!!!!

11:00 am

it is a friendly if weird crowd sio

11:00 am

There isn’t a lot in the Help?

11:01 am

Weird? I’m used to weirdness.

11:01 am

now once you're hooked you'll want to pay for the membership .. otherwise all those stats at the bottom will go away

11:01 am

afternoon everyone :-)

11:01 am

just enough help in Help to get started

11:01 am

car, if you want the far right e, it's a plural.

11:01 am

me neither!

11:01 am

maybe not, but underneath all the stats are a whole bunch of links, and you'll find a lot of help there

11:01 am

funny sio but that is what everyone who comes here says! lol

11:01 am

I know...I just don't think I have the singular!

11:01 am

I've always been rubbish on the rankings, luckily i'm not competitive and am on the village elders page

11:01 am

Yes, so I understand, wildcat. I probably will soon!

11:01 am

Brit spelling of ardent/hungry ea5/14 then pl.

11:02 am

oh. The singular is ea5/14 - if that helps

11:02 am

TY Tor!!!!!!!

i dont even knowif i amon any page fpr ranking.

11:02 am

it's like ea*** beaver with an odd spelling

11:02 am

What is, jmcnrick... what I said about weirdness?

11:02 am

yes sio

11:02 am

I just like to play! Plus...my family is here!

jmc, i am not wierd....

11:03 am

turtle, just click on the rankings blue star, and then you can look for your name. I guarantee you are on at least one.

11:03 am

glad you are an elder Katie

11:03 am

Well I’ve known some very weird people.

11:03 am

still need help with S in left column pls

11:03 am

I feel it some days lol. it's 30 here today but at least I didn't have to go to London

11:03 am

where are you from sio?

yes i am sure i am, but i dont care soooo.

11:04 am

red you lie if you say you are not weird

11:04 am

Greenwich (London), jmc.

11:04 am

that's better not caring is the best

11:04 am

clue for ga 6/24

11:04 am

we have several babblers from the bristish isles

11:04 am

How can one RE 7/36 if they can't SC*** in the first place?

11:04 am

Hot as Hell here.

11:05 am

thx car

11:05 am

lol sio I am guessing I would not find it so

11:05 am

Uh oh...what did I do

11:05 am

so red?

11:05 am

yay for Greenwich! I used to live off Creek Road :)

11:05 am

Maybe not, jmc...LOL!!

11:05 am

yep just hope, all windows now open, cat's think they are cooking

11:05 am

I got the 9 and 10 from that

yes?jmc?

11:05 am

Hi Ata

11:05 am

Boo...it is kind of a man's name....Gary, but longer

11:05 am

Oh yeah?

11:06 am

nice and early start?

i am not wierd!

11:06 am

what were you asking me about -- about what do I do?

11:06 am

got it tx

11:06 am

don't have the 10, only have in9

11:06 am

I’m in Woolwich here.

11:06 am

so you say red, so you say

wonders if fell is cooler for uk residents....

11:06 am

we believe red isn't weird don't we? *wink wink*

11:06 am

NM found the re9 thanks

11:06 am

Fell?

11:07 am

help with the 10 and the 8's pls

11:07 am

we are sooooo not used to the heat lol

11:07 am

Good grief...it is dark as night here.

11:07 am

oooo nice Woolwich

11:07 am

soon it's gonna rain I can feel it, soon its gonna rain, I can tell

11:07 am

o joy the house just rumbled from thunder how nice and yet D isint up yet

11:07 am

it rained here yesterday FINALLY

11:07 am

how is your doggy now Ata, bit worn out from the early walk?

11:08 am

er6/33?

11:08 am

I would like to be asleep right now....

11:08 am

Still don't have it, Ruru.

11:08 am

thats good wildcat

Rain is always a good thing,unless itgoes on and on and on....

11:08 am

Like it has been doing here!

11:08 am

phantom: egret

11:08 am

it could rain for a week and we'd still not be close to being caught up

11:09 am

I know it includes the z.. but can't get it

11:09 am

ntm large

11:09 am

We get our share of that.

11:09 am

she's bouncy like a psycho, katie. I think she's making up for the last 2 days!

11:09 am

More than!

11:09 am

What includes the Z?

11:09 am

it's ok sio, they know we whinge when it's raining, hot, snow etc etc etc

11:09 am

wow my mom looked up online where i live it rained about 26 days in June

All of us really seem to be needing rain.

11:10 am

seriously is she fully recovered? I can't believe the stick went in as well¬!!

11:10 am

not here red -- we have had enough

11:10 am

I try not to whinge... my kids do enough of it! LOL

11:10 am

whinge? is that like whine?

11:11 am

yep exactly the same jmc

11:11 am

ooo did I just learn a new brit spelling?

11:11 am

Yes, jmc.

I'mtrying to hold back katie asit is notonly is it29 degrees here, but it 87% humidity.....

11:11 am

babble is SOOOO educational lol!

oh there's an aa5 and aa6!

Must fix spacebar.

11:11 am

New word... it rhymes with “hinge.”

11:11 am

lol red, as I say we do like a whinge

joshua think ofwhat Charlie Brown Says...

11:12 am

whinging is important

11:12 am

OOOH! SA 4/4! One of my favorite words! Use it all the time with my kids!

11:12 am

the er6/33 is word for fake. Took me 10 tries to spell it right!

oh i got them, but i found the 6 sort of by accident

11:12 am

I thought so hoot but still struggling with spelling

11:12 am

now going for list!

11:12 am

haha my twin uses that word all the time too auntie

11:12 am

brb monster dog wants a quick perambulation

11:12 am

we only have 48% humidity

11:13 am

whoo hooo I got it!

11:13 am

BTW, car - remember the nice drapes I made for my bedroom? TATTERS. Even the rod broken. Thanks, Dante!

11:13 am

Don't back SA 4 me!

11:13 am

lol

11:13 am

So cute!!!! No, not really. Sorry about that Trif.

11:13 am

o dear auntie!! :(

11:13 am

like i have extra money for THAT nonsense

11:14 am

what did Dante do?

11:14 am

oooh forgive me - this weather is making me so cross. As well as ensuring we will all have rickets by october, due to our lack of vitamin d

11:14 am

shredded my drapes, katie. and broke the rod they hung from.

11:14 am

Lots of rain there?

11:14 am

the little sh4

11:15 am

That is turning out to be the PERFECT name for the little bugger, isn't it>!

11:15 am

bad dante

Well, I just got some good news,the septicjob formy house came in at less thanexpected, so I geta check coming....

11:15 am

so cute though...

11:15 am

yeah red!

11:15 am

wait a minute, red, did you sell your house?

11:15 am

man, I am so grumpy! Secondo has her friends over for the first time in 100 years, and tertiare is up their butts. I can hear her hollering from up here...time to intervene

Only for200, but...

11:15 am

Oooh! Red! Buy Trif curtains!

11:15 am

Oh no! I had to take Crumble off the curtains a few weeks ago as she decided to go after a spider at the top, got her before the pole broke luckily and was chucking out the curtains anyway

Yes,peri, It closed on Tuesday...

11:16 am

I would dance jig for a 200 dollar check

11:16 am

:( o great another rainstorm

11:16 am

Congrats, to you red, must be a big relief

11:16 am

*tuning up fiddle*

You would dance less if you had just spent 1800 to fix the septic. the200 is nice, but....

11:17 am

JMC...hold out for more...especially if there is a pole involved...!

11:17 am

well done red, that must be such a relief!

And yes,Peri, I am so relieved, I amalmost non functional.

11:17 am

lol car!

11:17 am

I would pole dance for 22

11:17 am

Still can't monkey the ER 6!

11:17 am

crap, that was supposed to say "200"

11:17 am

$22 thats not enough trif

11:17 am

I'd get paid 22 not to pole dance lol

11:17 am

car, the third letter is a snake

11:17 am

So, if the double helping of waffles wasn't bad enough...bring on the pringles!

11:17 am

still money back is money back

11:18 am

I'd get paid $1,000 not to pole dance *flops belly fat around*

11:18 am

*wonders how jmc knows the going ra** for pole dancing*

er6 was my first word!

11:18 am

LOL katie

11:18 am

ha 6/21 # 1?

11:18 am

clue for gr 6/24

11:18 am

well katie it may have gone up since then. . . .

11:19 am

I had a health check today the result of which was "not bad for a fat girl", though obviously put much nicer

11:19 am

boo, it's a plural

11:19 am

lol katie

11:19 am

LOL - me too, Katie!

11:19 am

Oooh! Miss Nikki! BRB!

11:19 am

oh, katie! :(

11:20 am

I got asked this recently - would you rather be in perfect health, but a few pounds heavier than you would like, or underweight, but with health issues?

11:20 am

the first which is what I am

11:20 am

perfect health!

11:20 am

The first.

11:21 am

the first

11:21 am

I said the first too. Health issues can really diminish a life. If I could have perfect health to do all the activites I love, who cares if I do them with a fat ass?

11:21 am

sorry need a break -- not enough sleep la4 night

11:22 am

bbl

11:22 am

lol Trif :-)

11:22 am

hollering level has escalated. bbl

11:23 am

bbl yoo

11:23 am

I mean too

11:23 am

I'd better go and look like I don't spend my life on the computer

JMC isalawyer, she knows the going rate for everything.

11:23 am

Oh, nice.

11:24 am

ahh that would explain it red. *poof*

I am so so tired. I dont get it. hopefully a day oftotal rest will help.

11:26 am

you've been through a lot of stress lately .. that will make u tired

11:26 am

Just passed halfway!

11:27 am

woohoo!

11:27 am

i have to go too i have to prepare myself to walk to the house im babysitting at during this thunder and rainstorm

umbrella.

11:29 am

how come you can have rugrats but not ragrats

11:29 am

haha ill try to find one bye

dunno ruru.

11:29 am

Maybe you can if you have rags on your floors instead of rugs? Or ragrugs?

11:30 am

We have a kitchen mat that is a small rug made from woven multicoloured acrylic rags.

11:36 am

Is this the game where where two English-speaking players are shown a sentence in a foreign language that neither of them speak, and are presented with a list of possible meanings (in English) below each word. Players try to agree upon a set of English words that forms the most coherent sentence

no uc it is not.

11:37 am

Where can I play that game developed by Luis Von Ahn?

11:38 am

No ucfalum. You enter as many words as you can see in the puzzle to the left of this, into the slot that says “Add Word” immediately beneath the puzzle.

11:38 am

No idea, sorry.

11:38 am

The guy who invented the Captchas?

11:38 am

Ok, thanks

11:39 am

Hi...I'm trying to sway Nikki to come to the Babble dark side....

Dont know uC, but this isnt it. Guess you watched Nova this week.

11:41 am

Yep

11:41 am

Human Computation seems awesome to me and that babble translation game seems cool

11:42 am

sounds interesting though. If you find it, let us know please

11:42 am

Yes it does.

11:43 am

I will, I don't get this game

11:43 am

I am writing words that I see, but I get "rage" does not exist?

11:43 am

Rage or Steep as an example

11:43 am

It’s a word search, ucfalum. You find as many words in the puzzle as you can and enter them below it.

the lettershave to connect like in Boggle. Rage connect...

11:43 am

ok no P

11:43 am

It's like Scrabble. Letters have to connect.

11:43 am

urge does not connect in the puzzel

11:44 am

ok

11:44 am

Yes, sorry...didn’t explain that fully. The letters have to touch each other in each word.

11:44 am

My first day trying this!

11:44 am

in any order?

11:44 am

it's not a bad game

11:45 am

If you mean any direction, yes.

11:45 am

They have to be in order, though.

11:45 am

The words can bend, too.

11:45 am

you see the same puzzle as me?

11:45 am

for example GREET

11:45 am

Of course.

11:46 am

it's not all in the same direction but I got it

not in any order. and yes, we are all looking at the same puzzle.

11:46 am

There is one puzzle per day.

11:46 am

Yes, ucfalum...perfect.

Which is why we dont usually type words we find into chat.

11:46 am

That is one example.

11:46 am

Welcome to new babblers

11:46 am

ok, but it's a collective game, once we all find the words

11:46 am

Thanks Alleyn!

11:47 am

we are done?

yes once you find the words, you are done.

11:47 am

How about typing the 9s and 10s in!!!!

11:47 am

no each person finds the wrds on their own

11:47 am

It isn’t competetive, you’re just trying to complete the puzzle in your own time for fun.

allyn, I can clue the 9/10combo.

11:47 am

ok

11:48 am

Yes please

Well, Siobhan, there are stats kept and some people are competitive...

Both are re's

meaning togo back on an agreement...

re + consonant +the ci6 word...

11:49 am

and the the third letter is?

11:50 am

Oh okay, red...I’m not though. I just enjoy things like this for fun and to stimulate my mind.

wellthen that would be spelling the wordthen Alleyn1!!

11:50 am

last st 6./18?

11:50 am

You would probably like cryptograms then

11:51 am

there is only one consonant between the re and the ci/6 word

11:52 am

Thank you so much

11:52 am

Thanks red...got that, as it’s a word I already knew but for some reason didn’t see.

11:52 am

love cryptograms!

the long ones can be hard to find.

11:52 am

Yes, ucfalum.

11:53 am

any online games for cryptograms?

60 left - i'm so listing this

11:53 am

I have 137 left.

11:53 am

we4ll done. 84 here

11:53 am

never looked - maybe somewhere.

11:54 am

Do a Google search for them, ucfalum.

I have 125 left, not listing yet....

11:54 am

st 6 -- add, grazing ins the g**** is a gas

Hi BR how are you?

11:55 am

www.gwap.com is fun, its a website from the guy from NOVA this week

11:55 am

Thank you BabbleRabble!

11:55 am

thank you babble

11:55 am

Thanks ucfalum. Will check that out.

11:56 am

Hello, Ms H .. doing fine .. thanks .. get untired

i'm trying BR...Either its remnants of the flu, or a reasciton to finally selling t hat money pit...

11:57 am

Here you go, cryptograms online

11:57 am

http://www.cryptograms.org/

11:58 am

first sa 5/10?

11:58 am

Just got an offer for lunch w/bf and I am going. Good luck peoples.

11:58 am

take a look at that hootowl...have fun! :)

11:58 am

howdy. back from the girly wars....whew

11:58 am

Nice...enjoy hootowl.

11:59 am

will do - bye

11:59 am

That bad is it?

11:59 am

Girly wars?

11:59 am

tangy relish

11:59 am

I have one of each...girl and boy.

11:59 am

hey there siobhan - little one is getting in the way of the teen one and her friends. like cats in a bag. sigh

12:00 pm

sa 5 -- add, eric clapton: **y*ah; pl

12:00 pm

Oh yeah, sounds like fun.

12:00 pm

Thanks again, BabbleRabble!

12:00 pm

thanks BR

12:01 pm

One of my fave songs.

12:01 pm

And artists...Clapton.

12:04 pm

Hey all...here for a short visit...I'd like you all to meet my GD; her nickname is "Abby"

12:05 pm

Hi Abby

12:05 pm

hello pini -- and hello abby!

12:05 pm

Hi Pinikula and Abby!

12:05 pm

hi Pini

12:05 pm

Heyas kids and grandkids ..

12:06 pm

hey there tor

12:06 pm

tor, you have a daughter, but no Grands yet, is that right?

12:06 pm

Hi

12:06 pm

Correct ..

12:07 pm

Hey, Pini an Abby

12:07 pm

is she yet married?

12:08 pm

2 daughters actually .. eldest seems to be headed in the marriage direction ..

12:08 pm

excellent. do you like the man she seems to have chosen?

12:08 pm

BR, are you the artist of today's painting?

12:09 pm

no

12:09 pm

He seems to be okay ..

12:11 pm

hello all,help pls with the 10 and the 8's

12:13 pm

re9 and 10...to take back

12:14 pm

duh, thanks, did not think to make the re9 a plural

12:14 pm

help with S in left column pls

12:14 pm

yw

12:15 pm

i only have one 8 and that is ag8

12:15 pm

I hath returnt.

12:15 pm

may I have a clue pls, phae

12:16 pm

hi judi

12:16 pm

the only 8's i have are la8 and re8 both are pl.

12:16 pm

wb Judi

12:16 pm

left column S = so4 = sounds like the bottoms of your shoes

12:17 pm

ag 8 -- add, **** and relaxation and **l's well that ends well

12:18 pm

thanks BR and hello

12:18 pm

Pini, thanks, I have an so4/4 but it is not from that s

12:19 pm

NM found it, your clue was good, Pini, it is I who is dense today

12:19 pm

in 7 -- put in place or a horse's space in a stable; pl

12:19 pm

thanks BR

12:19 pm

no problem, peri *smile*

12:20 pm

phantom: scissor

12:20 pm

la 7 -- not on time and the back and I've been working on the **i*road; pl

12:21 pm

clue for in 8 pls

12:21 pm

thanks BR

12:21 pm

how do you spell sexual bothering at the workplace? harrass? harass?

12:21 pm

thx br

12:21 pm

harass

12:22 pm

bummer

12:22 pm

one r

12:22 pm

re 5 -- add a ***e of hashbrowns; re 6 -- where you dwell or live; re 7 -- the one living there; re 8 -- those living there

12:22 pm

aa6?

12:22 pm

yeah, i tried that, too

12:23 pm

thanks br - that's all the 8s for me

12:23 pm

aa 5 -- an exclamation of consternation

12:23 pm

you rock, BR!

12:23 pm

thanks BR, have all the 8's now

12:24 pm

but there is an aa6

12:24 pm

I need help on the ra 6/18 # 1 please

12:24 pm

double the middle consonant

12:24 pm

thx br ;)

12:25 pm

thanks BR

12:25 pm

how old is Abby, Pini?

12:26 pm

I'm 8. almos9.

12:27 pm

anyone have the first ra 6?

12:27 pm

re + sounds like to mix

12:28 pm

anagram of the second ra6

12:28 pm

ra pini

12:28 pm

oh, shoot...sorry...I mean RA + sounds like to mix

12:28 pm

Nice to meet you almost 9 Abby

12:28 pm

thank you

12:29 pm

BR do you have teh er 6/33?

12:29 pm

Thank you!

12:29 pm

are you finding any words for your grandmother, Abby?

12:30 pm

er6 = fake, ruru

12:30 pm

clue for in7/28

12:31 pm

No.I'm just here to type.

12:31 pm

I don't see it dorens.. can you add to that

12:31 pm

what they did to your dishwasher boo

12:31 pm

what they do

12:32 pm

you mean the er? ends n high-scoring letter

12:32 pm

and it's particularly twisty

12:33 pm

typing is good, abby. practice as much as you can cause life is much easier when you can type quickly

12:33 pm

are there any ae words today?

12:34 pm

I have one a loong time

12:34 pm

yes there are four

12:34 pm

and plural

12:34 pm

anyone have clue for the last st6 please?

12:34 pm

thank you dorens

12:35 pm

Yes there are...3 ae words.

12:35 pm

st..mow your g****

12:35 pm

Four?

12:35 pm

yw ruru

12:35 pm

not mono dorens? don't have the list so don't know if it's the last one

12:35 pm

*puffing up* I found the 9/10.

12:35 pm

Oh yeah sorry...four!

12:35 pm

thanks phae

12:35 pm

Thanks...got all 4 now.

12:36 pm

yw dorens

12:36 pm

OK, I will, but now it's time to go play wih the dogs copper, buck and koda

12:37 pm

ty west, it was the one phaeton clued. bye pini and abby. i'm down to four so hoping to finish soon

12:37 pm

only have 3 of the ae words, 2 long time and an aae5/12

12:37 pm

and an ae5/12 wqhich is what I meant

12:37 pm

<-- pini here...will be back later tonight to finish...see you all then; have a great afternoon!!!

12:38 pm

ty dorens I used phae's clue too

12:38 pm

bbl too, need a break

12:38 pm

have 115 left back later to list

12:40 pm

second te 6/21 please?

12:41 pm

te + perform or accomplish again

12:41 pm

Gasp! Just finished all the R's.

12:41 pm

Good job Judi!

12:42 pm

oh thanks babrab. an old babblet

12:43 pm

fireworks... what a grid!

12:43 pm

congrats, Dorens

12:44 pm

well done dorens!!!

12:44 pm

hi everybody! How is the grid today?

12:44 pm

ty all. now i have to go do everything else i was supposed to do today.... summertime and the livin' is easy

12:45 pm

Hello, Trif & beachboggle!

12:47 pm

Clue for the godawful aa6,please?

12:48 pm

add a cons to the aa5

12:48 pm

Down to 100 left now!

12:49 pm

Damn! I knew it would be something stupid like that. And to that word I say, "PFFFT".

12:49 pm

good for you. Siobhan

12:49 pm

Thanks, BabbleRabble.

12:51 pm

aa6 I am missing ONE o from the left, to grey that column. hate when that happens!

12:51 pm

hi Babblers.. finally some time to tackle this grid, yay.. be back in chat land after I've run through .. (-:

12:54 pm

got it! hah! left column grey

12:54 pm

Yay!

12:55 pm

ugh. seems I am missing one o from the right column too. sigh

12:57 pm

od 4 -- add fire and **e

12:59 pm

uck on the s from left column

12:59 pm

sad eyed lady of the lowlands

1:00 pm

missed off th st!

1:01 pm

got it! okay. taking a break now. love, e

1:01 pm

whoops - sorry! thought I was writing an email there for a second ((((scarlet))))

1:01 pm

add a sun to get it, alleyn

1:02 pm

These words with double vowels are driving me baanaanaas.

1:03 pm

Done that one which came from other s

1:04 pm

Thank you yet again!

1:04 pm

Is there any ice cream in the penalty bin? I might have to commit an offense so I can go get some.

1:05 pm

hi again! Judi, I might have to do the same

1:05 pm

Hi, Ata!

1:09 pm

Hello everybody

1:09 pm

Who is the soldier boy in your pic, Ata?

1:09 pm

Capt Jack! from Torchwood

1:10 pm

Capt Jack would be welcome to torch my wood anytime!!!

1:10 pm

Don't know it. He is quite dashing though.

1:10 pm

Soodle, you tramp!

1:11 pm

absolutely, soodle!!

1:11 pm

((((blushes))))) (but means every word!!) lol

1:11 pm

Double Tramp!!!

1:12 pm

Mite as well dream here, as in bed!!

1:14 pm

I just realized I used a grid word when I was here earlier this a.m. La7/28. Gosh darn. Have to go the PB for that ice cream now!

1:15 pm

Your punishment it to stay here, with the tramp!!

1:15 pm

he is utterly gorgeous!

1:16 pm

Ata - is Torchwood a film, or a series?

1:17 pm

BBC series

1:18 pm

Is it still running on TV?

1:19 pm

new series starts monday :)

1:19 pm

*from face deep in Haagen Daas*. Yesh, he is scrumptious. Can't be English. His teeth are too perfect. *ducks flying debris*

1:19 pm

he's half scot half american :P

1:20 pm

Note to self: Keep Monday nights free.

1:20 pm

Ah. A hybrid.

1:22 pm

What is his real name, Ata?

1:22 pm

yep. his teeth are the american bit

1:22 pm

John Barrowman

1:23 pm

I think he should be deported back to America immediately. Directly to my house.

1:24 pm

join the queue!

1:24 pm

he is gay, though. but we can still look!

good afternoon, folks!

1:25 pm

AA6/27!!! NOOOOOOO! I was going to be cynical and say he probably was.... oh my poor little hetero heart.

wow - what sort of conversation did I walk in on?

1:26 pm

he's FAR too pretty to be straight!

1:26 pm

I think the topic is matches not made in heaven.

1:26 pm

What did Robbie Williams say in his song -All the best men are either married or gay. How true!

1:27 pm

*sulking* Much prefer to think... "It's Raining Men".

1:27 pm

yep, exactly

1:28 pm

With my track record with men, it could be raining men, and I wouldn't even get splashed!!!

1:29 pm

love that expression Soodle!

1:29 pm

Well, first off, Soodle, you have to live where there's more men than sheep.

1:29 pm

where men are men and sheep are nervous?

1:30 pm

where men are men and sheep run scared!

1:30 pm

Judi, judi, judi - I have had misfortunate experiences with men, but may I mention - Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan.... (need I continue)

1:30 pm

Mary had a little lamb.

1:31 pm

Her Father shot the shepherd

1:31 pm

You can have Colin Farrel back. Liam's rather odd looking. Pierce is slipping a bit.

1:31 pm

Soodlebum, there are lots of men--just in strange places. What is the ratio in Ireland of eligble men to women?

1:32 pm

Crikey Stid. I never counted

1:32 pm

clue for on 6/21

1:32 pm

Well, I think you need a survey. My husband and I will be in Ireland the beginning two weeks of September. We can make it our project.

1:33 pm

Od6/21: those who write od4/5s.

1:33 pm

Is it a term in football? on + the edge of.

1:33 pm

Oh yes Stid. You can be the official 'manhunter'

1:34 pm

on6 a short kickoff

1:34 pm

fireworks!!

1:34 pm

Oh, duh. Sorry. I was distracted by male:female ratios.

cognacs, phae!

1:34 pm

congrats, phaeton

1:34 pm

congrats phae

1:34 pm

Smashing, Phae!

1:34 pm

Yay phae!

1:34 pm

Thank you soodle, nice to have official titles. Phaeton is wayyyy ahead of me.

1:34 pm

Wd Phae

1:35 pm

37 left ... need a break. bbl

1:35 pm

Down to 54. Time for a break.

1:35 pm

ty...need to do real time stuff....Babble forever!

1:35 pm

bye leavers

1:35 pm

Down to 284 left. Time to go back to ironing. Babble is so much nicer!

1:41 pm

wheeee - re7, 9, 10 = time for a cuppa.

1:43 pm

it;s so nice to see soodle's bottle of baileys!

1:44 pm

Help yourself to a virtual glass, Ata.

1:44 pm

it would be better to drink it lol

1:44 pm

whew.. crawling to a halt .. opening chat, hot cuppa sounds good.. brb

1:44 pm

half of Faversham seem to have gone to a Take That concert last night, katie. That was the only topic of convo in the Co-op

1:45 pm

my old boss went to london yesterday but I haven't checked if she enjoyed it yet

1:47 pm

they all did

1:50 pm

right i'm off to build some furniture, see you all later

fireworks

behemoth of a grid

1:51 pm

congrats, joshua, wtg!!!!

cognacs, joshua!

1:55 pm

wow josh!

i am happy to help with hints if needed

1:55 pm

clue for ra 6/18

i have 2 differnent ra6/18

1:56 pm

both, please

it sounds vaguely like a religion associated with reggae

1:57 pm

I need the one after the 4/6

or, rather, an adherent of that religion.

1:57 pm

ra 6 -- not an old**** but a young****

1:58 pm

Nice clues, Tak & Bab

1:58 pm

ty, Takuma and BR..

2:00 pm

pax vobiscum, Aloyisius

glad to be able to clue -- usually I'm only a beneficiary of clues :)

2:00 pm

tyvm, BR.. my BP goes right down with your greeting (-: et cum spiritu tuo

2:00 pm

not getting either clue

the ra rhymes with one type of person who gives sermons

2:01 pm

Another word for quicker, replacing the F with an R

2:03 pm

ra 6 == add the breastbone: ****um; pl

it's an anagram of the word for someone who looks intently at something

Hi everyone

2:07 pm

back to try and finish - 150 to go - don't hold out much hope. :-)

Hi, Chris.

2:07 pm

hello, Chris

2:07 pm

hello, Chris

2:07 pm

you can do it, Wolvie!

2:08 pm

hey - I finished the l's and the a's before I left this am anyway. ;-)

2:08 pm

good start!

2:09 pm

oh - and the c's too- and most of the h's lol

I'm off. Good luck, all, and thanks for the great clues!

2:10 pm

bye, Takuma.. hagd

2:11 pm

I almost hate to ask - I have 18 re's - how many are there?

2:12 pm

29 I think

2:12 pm

ouch

2:13 pm

don't you wish you hadn't asked??!

2:13 pm

yep. ;-)

2:14 pm

I have 22 *groans*

2:14 pm

re 6/18 -- add the sons of the pioneers: happy ***i*s to you until we meet again

2:14 pm

I am working on other things - la la la - probably will need the list soon

2:14 pm

help with the te6/21 please

2:15 pm

spinning wheels on the second re5.12.. probably a fish smack in order

2:15 pm

ty babble - I appreciate that. :-)

2:15 pm

ty for the re BR

2:15 pm

ty for that one, BR.. missed it

2:15 pm

te + marty robbins: streets of la****

2:16 pm

err - mine second re 5/12 is found in wetlands

2:16 pm

te + to accomplish again

2:16 pm

I don't know what I am missing

2:16 pm

wetlands? ty Wolvie, hunting

2:16 pm

ty BR = actually listening to Rascal Flatts right now

2:16 pm

no, that is the third one, have that wetlands plant

2:17 pm

re 5 == put on or *** diego

2:17 pm

it's a plural of a 4/5-

2:17 pm

BR - I'm humming that song now - its years since I heard it

2:17 pm

good day to everybody

2:17 pm

holy cow.. had the pl and forgot the singular, ty again BR!

2:17 pm

ah - I haven't gone to the list yet aloy - sorry

2:18 pm

hi button

2:18 pm

LOL BR_ we are getting ready to go to the Fair where there is a huge statute of *** Diego

2:18 pm

lol.. San Diego doesn't work

2:18 pm

hi Wolvie, long time since I have been on the chat, how are you?

2:18 pm

small world, eh

2:18 pm

nope not san

2:18 pm

fine button - how are you?

2:18 pm

I need help with the re 9 adn 10..any clues?

2:19 pm

I am fine!

2:19 pm

re 9 : re 7 meaning to revoke, just add some popular endings

2:19 pm

thanks!

2:20 pm

as one who does, and plural that

2:20 pm

now I must work on grid. ;-)

2:20 pm

aha found them!

2:20 pm

yay, me too.. (-:

2:20 pm

ty Wolvie

2:21 pm

oh- finally got it! Thanks

2:21 pm

thanks lynxx - she clued it for me this AM ;-)

2:23 pm

If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall

2:23 pm

tx for passing it forward!

2:23 pm

:-)

2:23 pm

hmm babble

2:24 pm

And the mountains should crumble to the sea

2:24 pm

staaaaand by me

2:24 pm

stand by me

2:24 pm

won't you

2:24 pm

ooooooh, stand by me...

2:24 pm

I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me

2:25 pm

I hear it, BR!

2:25 pm

t's taken down! WWHEW

2:26 pm

slogging thru the s's here

2:26 pm

sorry to interupt the tune...

2:29 pm

no need .. I be haunting the memories at times

2:30 pm

BR - That Marty Robbins song is like an ear-worm now -it won't go out of my head

2:30 pm

so 5 -- add time look exquire, etc: maga***e; pl

2:31 pm

maybe hum some going out of my head?

2:31 pm

sounds good babble

2:32 pm

had that one, but ty BR.. s's are history, grin

2:33 pm

missed a lot of plurals.. tricky s's

2:37 pm

ty for the great clues.. am done and off to put some primer on the kitchen walls.. see you next grid!

2:37 pm

congrats aloy!

hiyas, 15 minutes to have fun, weee

2:41 pm

hi gwen

2:42 pm

be well, Aloyisius

hita wolvie -- been buried in grid, sorry 8-)

hita = hiya (oy)

2:47 pm

lol - me too

2:49 pm

hi Gwen!

only 205 to go, weee!

hiya atalanta

2:49 pm

clue for re 7/36

atalante, i mean (oy)

2:50 pm

you have such a lovely dalek

2:51 pm

boo - to revoke

I'm back. 123 more to discover.

2:53 pm

hi red

cute daleks rule! lol

2:55 pm

they do indeed!

2:57 pm

are there just two ts words, please?

sorry, buds, gotta fly. POINK

2:57 pm

Yes Trif - a ts4 and a ts

2:58 pm

that's all I have....hmmmm

2:58 pm

ts 4 and ts 5 even

2:59 pm

and all the h words are ha's please?

2:59 pm

I'll start again. (removes potato from mouth) Yes Trif. Only 2 TS words. A ts4 and a TS 5

3:00 pm

I understood what you were saying, soodle, and LOL re the potato

3:00 pm

btw, my girls are coming your way in two weeks!

3:00 pm

soodle, ha and ho

3:00 pm

at least that is what type i have

3:00 pm

6 x HO's. and 13 x Ha's

3:00 pm

thanks soodle

3:01 pm

You talking to me Trif (oooh, I sound soooooooo De Niro!!)

3:01 pm

oops - sorry soodle - meant that for tri

3:01 pm

have been staring at that top h for so long. too long, prob. should take a walk or something....

3:01 pm

and YES, soodle, I am talking to you!

Oh GOlly, must makefood.

3:02 pm

Are they coming to Cavan? or will they do the Grand Tour?

3:02 pm

cavan.

3:02 pm

drung, specifically

3:04 pm

another enable omission -- "rerag" -- means to change the margins of a text layout

3:04 pm

I hate S words

3:04 pm

Oh my! Remove the 'R', and what have you got?

3:04 pm

In Drung, I mean...lol

3:04 pm

I know, right? who named that town!

3:05 pm

Well, warn them, Trif - this is a different country these days. Such doom and gloom and recession is just unbelievable.

3:07 pm

hmmm. I might NOT actually soodle. they are already stressed out enough about the trip, as they are going with just their dad, and they REALLY don't want to go, but they have to.

3:08 pm

and it's pretty much what we have here, too, doom and gloom and all, so I would rather encourage them to enjoy their little cousins, and their gran's party and not worry about the other stuff.

3:08 pm

Oooooh golly! How old are they?

3:08 pm

13 and 10

3:09 pm

Yikes!

3:09 pm

I really wish I was going too, so we could meet up for a tea or something. would love to meet a babbler in the wild!

trif, what a term,a babbler in the wild.

3:10 pm

you could have met wonderful Haz as well!

3:10 pm

Hey..... less of the wild, please!! I'm actually quite civilized!

3:10 pm

Is Haz coming this way too, Ata?

3:10 pm

oh sorry! I only meant a babbler that I didn't already know in real life, or a new babble friend, or erm...back pedal back pedal thrash

3:10 pm

*peeking out from the bamboo*

3:11 pm

probably not, but she's not that far away for any babble meet up!

3:11 pm

hi jm - see you peeking

Points wildly while trying to be silent, trying to draw attention to jmc....

3:11 pm

ra4 I have been caught!

3:11 pm

hi wolvie

3:11 pm

Oh! Sorry I forgot. Haz lives here. Yeah. Its a real pity your not coming Trif...we could have had a babble-fest!

3:11 pm

jmc? where??!

3:11 pm

I will go anywhere that enables me to shop at a Monsoon!!!

Whats a monsoon?

3:12 pm

sounds soggy trif

I assume its not the rainstorm.

3:12 pm

my favorite store on earth. not in the US though

3:12 pm

my favorite store on earth. not in the US though

3:12 pm

CROATIA has one, and we don't. Dubai has one, but we don't. sigh

Well,sounds as if you must go then.

3:13 pm

Monsoon is the shop of shops! And theres a Monsoon outlet not too far from me here. -Bargains galore

3:13 pm

*is going to wear my gorgeous poppy red and cream silk monsoon dress at the weekend*

3:13 pm

and they don't do international on line sale, either. its so depressing

3:13 pm

ooooo show us a pic ata!

Clothing?

3:14 pm

darn and my sister was just in Dubai

Croatia is surprising, but you know Dubai has a lot of things we dont have. sadly.

3:14 pm

My daughter got her Debs (or Prom as you call it) dress there last weekend. at about 70% cheaper than the highstreet. God bless Monsoon!

3:14 pm

yes red. check out their online site sometime, just to drool. i was on line last night, and it is very inspiring

will check it out,i doubt i'llbe doing any travel any time soon. out of the country that is.

3:15 pm

Trif - pick your hearts delight from the website, and send the girls on a mission to Blanchardstown shopping centre. I'm sure they will appreciate a break from the unfortunately named Drung!

3:15 pm

yes, me too. but it is a very, very good brain vacation

So many odd names in the world.

3:16 pm

hmmm. blanchardstown is a bit of a haul from drung, isn't it? I think the one in Belfast may be closer

3:16 pm

Come to think of it, I'm sure the good folk of Drung would appreciate a break from Drung too. Lol

3:17 pm

LOL!!!

3:17 pm

my favorite name for a town is cut-and-shoot

3:17 pm

mine is Dildo

3:17 pm

oh, hang on - there is a new highway between Dublin and Cavan end of things isn't there? should cut down on the travel time considerably

AwesomeJMC,notaplacei'dliketogo.

3:17 pm

realy ata? coolio!

Sorry my space bar...

3:18 pm

There is a town in Maine with a street named "Cat Mousam Road" = always loved that

3:18 pm

There is a town in Maine with a street named "Cat Mousam Road" = always loved that

3:18 pm

it is not a bad town just north of Houston

3:18 pm

is still not fixed apparently

3:18 pm

then there is the everpopular intercourse, PA

There is Truth or Consequneces, New mexico...

3:19 pm

I have salt and pepper shakers from there, jmc. they say "I heart Intercourse" on them

3:19 pm

I have salt and pepper shakers from there, jmc. they say "I heart Intercourse" on them

3:19 pm

I am having chog hiccups it would seem

3:19 pm

nice trif

3:19 pm

Yep - and theres another outlet in Banbridge - Co Down. Maybe the girls could sweet-talk Dear Old Dad into taking them up there. They use Sterling there, but the conversion rate is fantastic these days

3:19 pm

it bore repeating

3:20 pm

ooo i got nbt when i wasn't looking

3:20 pm

no chance of that at all soodle, sadly. my sil, maybe....

3:20 pm

how come all the Monsoon outlets are over there!

3:21 pm

As Mr L'Oreal might say - We're Worth It!!! lol

Yaaay jmc,I still hve the a and e on the right blanky blank.

3:21 pm

almost got 1/2 way by adding random s to words

3:21 pm

*curtsy*

3:21 pm

If you think Drung is bad, theres a village in Co donegal called Muff.

3:22 pm

the a is all words where people come to the same conclusion

3:22 pm

I always got a kick out of "Effin" in Ireland. Funny name for a town. "The Effin priest was here Sunday." "The Effin school choir sang at the graduation ceremony...."

3:22 pm

the e is ea6 a pl of the ea5 before it

3:22 pm

anyplace out there named frigg? or friggin?

3:23 pm

Effin Ireland --what do you know?

OK,I think I got it now.

3:23 pm

we have a town named Athol. That gets some mileage

3:23 pm

I got out of Effin Ireland

3:23 pm

you must be in Mass tri

3:23 pm

not really--just a thought

3:24 pm

hey everyone back

3:24 pm

yes, wolvie, I am. We also have a town named "holden" which leads to generations of charming children giving their name as Dick Hertz, from Holden. Ar ar ar

3:24 pm

hi sec

3:24 pm

hey scoop!

3:24 pm

hey auntie and wolvie

3:25 pm

LOL, yes. I’m from an Irish background, as you might guess from my name...parents moved here from Dublin and Thurles before they married and had us, so most of our family’s there. Some funny places names in Ireland all right! Plenty here too!

3:25 pm

hi again sio

3:25 pm

hi siobhan!

3:26 pm

okay, soodle -- true, and embarrassing confession - on my first trip to Ireland I thought every county had a town called "Ramps" because there seemed to be lots of black and white signs with arrows pointing the way to Ramps

3:26 pm

I’m usually called Shivs for short, jmc. My name’s pronounced Shiv-ahn. It’s Irish.

3:26 pm

Hi again. Got 92 left.

3:26 pm

go Shiv

3:26 pm

(sounds like I am trying to get someone to knife you!)

3:26 pm

phone

3:26 pm

some good books with your name shiv

3:27 pm

or a character in them I should say

3:27 pm

does anyone have all of the n words?

3:27 pm

Heyas again kids ..

3:28 pm

Which, Wolvie?

3:28 pm

hi tor

3:28 pm

hey torg

3:28 pm

I do tri

3:28 pm

tri - i only have 5 of 7

3:28 pm

hey tor and sry no still have three left

3:28 pm

I only have the one with the head movement :-(

3:28 pm

can anyone clue the second to last st 6/18?

3:28 pm

detective novels set in scotland shiv - i will get the author for you as soon as I recall his name

3:29 pm

Trif - thats very funny, and very believable!!

3:29 pm

I am missing one, and it is killing me! I have 4 n4s, and 2 n5s. what am I missing please?

3:29 pm

an n4

3:29 pm

another n4

3:29 pm

Hi siobhán (notice the way I got the fada on the A there?)

3:29 pm

LOL @ Ramps, Trifioso!

3:29 pm

hlj--pl cow?

3:29 pm

just remembered his name shiv - Ian Rankin

3:30 pm

the detective rebus stories

3:30 pm

Yeah Soodlebum...but then you would, being Irish! ;o)

3:30 pm

jmc - I don't think that's it

Ian Rankin, Fairly good Mysteries.

3:30 pm

wolvie reads wolf detective stories?

3:30 pm

:-) red

3:30 pm

Oh but my family’s always called me Shivs, Wolvie.

3:30 pm

sorry that is the la4 one I have

3:30 pm

one who looks intensely

3:30 pm

Don’t ask why they add an s there?

3:30 pm

I read a lot of detective stories. ;-)

3:31 pm

Just the way it’s done here sometimes

3:31 pm

thanks anyway

3:31 pm

or what your sound system

My Favorite is Magriet...

3:31 pm

hlj what wildcat said

Georges Simenon, a very talented writer, in my opinion.

3:31 pm

whew! n's nullified

3:31 pm

This always happens. I settle in for a good ole game of Babble, then I get side-tracked by the chat, and I find no words. :(

3:31 pm

ty wild

3:32 pm

Should we all shut up then, Soodlebum? LOL

3:32 pm

ty wildcat and jmc

3:32 pm

yw did you get it hlj?

3:32 pm

my favorite is dorothy sayers

3:32 pm

I just learned recently you can close the chog

3:32 pm

How do you do that?

3:32 pm

I like PD James

3:32 pm

I think the richard jury and the lynley series are my euro faves

3:32 pm

but I can't imagine why I would do that!

3:32 pm

ooh yes - pd james is good

3:32 pm

Oh please don't. Its my only excuse for being pathetic at finding words. I blame all the babblers!!

3:33 pm

the little speech bubble above the chog

3:33 pm

clue for sa6/21 at the bottom

3:33 pm

LOL, but how can you close it? Can’t see that?

I like PD James and Sayers too. been reading some Norweigian writerslately.

3:33 pm

No that doesn’t close it. Only takes away this box you type in.

3:33 pm

you read norwegian?

3:33 pm

secooper, is your mom home?

3:33 pm

At least for me anyway.

3:33 pm

click on the seech balloon

No,In translation.

3:34 pm

yes shes standing right behind me

3:34 pm

there is a newish writer out - susan hill, iirc - that has some good stuff

3:34 pm

well darn shiv that is what I was told but I was never tempted so didn't find out

3:34 pm

Did that, jmc. It only takes this box away that I’m typing in...can still see the Chatterbox.

3:34 pm

when your phone rings in about two seconds, tell her it's me, okay?

3:35 pm

sorry to mislead you shiv!

3:35 pm

ok she just picked up obviously!

3:35 pm

Susan Hill *runs away really fast*

3:35 pm

but the chog is a gr5 deal of the delite for me

3:35 pm

thanks

3:35 pm

Oh okay, LOL. Wondered why you told me it would hide all of this?

3:35 pm

your don't like susan hill ata?

3:35 pm

tell me about it

3:35 pm

why is that, ata - did I get the name wrong

3:36 pm

come baaaccckkk ata!

3:36 pm

welcome

3:36 pm

Theres Chatterbox - Who's Online - My Friends - then a little talk bubble, then a 'view entire chat log, right over this box. If you click the talk bubble, the chat goes away - 'poof', but you don't want to do that, do you? :)

3:37 pm

the one I'm thinking of wrote the simon serrailler stuff

3:37 pm

but it only takes away the input box soodle

3:37 pm

that's all I've read of hers anyhoo

Dont know susan hill.

3:37 pm

she reminds me of having to read books at school! We read one of hers for GSCE and I *hated* it!

3:37 pm

what did she write? I will have to look her up

3:38 pm

a dectective story for GSCE??

3:38 pm

oops - forgive my typing

3:38 pm

what is GSCE?

3:38 pm

hello :)

I recently Discovered Batya gur. She was Isralei and wrote some excellent novels.

3:38 pm

hi liz

3:38 pm

hey liz

3:38 pm

red - it is the simon serrailler stories - looks like she has other stuff tho

3:38 pm

hi liz

3:38 pm

hi jmc

3:38 pm

hi sec

3:38 pm

what is GSCE?

3:39 pm

liiiiiz!

3:39 pm

i will look for those red, ty

SOmekindof examfor School in UK, jmc.

3:39 pm

General Certfifcate of Secondary Education. GCSE really

3:39 pm

Bbb........... Ata!!

3:39 pm

ty every once in a while I need a translation ;-)

3:40 pm

thanks for the vid of Hobbit :)

3:40 pm

Morning everyone. Hi Liz!

3:40 pm

hi lynxx

3:40 pm

Lynxxx! Hello

3:40 pm

I think it's a different Susan Hill

3:40 pm

hi lynxxx

3:41 pm

thought you could do with a smile!

i think i need to read more PD James.

3:41 pm

Yes, it was lovely to see her and the ice cream had worn off by then :)

3:42 pm

ata - she has a lot of other stuff, I just checked out her website.

3:42 pm

Ata - is Hobbit back to normal now?

3:43 pm

yep, she's all back to normal now :) And let me know it.

3:43 pm

Argh is not a word!!!!!!!! It is in my vocab!!

3:43 pm

try again Liz - by 2

3:43 pm

add another vowell liz

try again and it may very well be.

3:43 pm

close liz - 2 close

3:44 pm

add some vowels!

3:44 pm

need 3 more R words from R at upper right please

3:45 pm

how's Meg doing now?

3:45 pm

I have no idea!! LOL

3:45 pm

Not too bad thanks Ata.... it still looks horrific though

3:45 pm

what happened to Meg?

3:46 pm

poor thing! but her volume levels are back to normal?

3:46 pm

She bit through her tongue Lyn, the doctors thought it would need operating on as it was so bad but it seems to be (slowly) healing by itself at the mo

3:46 pm

Oh yes Ata! Very much so!

3:46 pm

ooo liz!

3:47 pm

lucky you!

3:47 pm

And how is .. er... that man that went to the bridge and fell over on the beach when he couldn't find a loo? Is he ok?

3:47 pm

omg

3:47 pm

oh, that's so awful

3:48 pm

he is flying to Houston on Sunday, FIRST CLASS!

3:48 pm

I know bless her. She's only 3 but she was so brave

3:48 pm

wow liz

3:48 pm

Houston????? We have a problem!!! You should be going too!

3:49 pm

it's a work trip for a week. We were meant to go up to Yorkshire for a big family party, but he forgot about it and booked the flights. I'm really annoyed!

3:49 pm

Hello again all - please clue the last re6/18

3:49 pm

i love your icon Wolvie

3:49 pm

hi ursh

3:49 pm

Ouch Ata! Slap him on his sore leg!

3:49 pm

he has a bad knee or something now!

3:50 pm

he can't reschedule?

3:50 pm

kick it! Lol I'm so mean!

3:50 pm

it's from looooonnnggg ago liz

3:50 pm

not now the flights are booked, nope *sigh*

3:50 pm

they usually let you reschedule for a fee

3:51 pm

hi ursh = like going to court again, minus the i

3:51 pm

bummer

3:51 pm

just going to change my icon BRB

3:51 pm

I drank all his Sprite Zero. Tiny revenge, but it amused me :P

3:51 pm

Ty Wolvie

3:52 pm

sure - now - does someone else have an apple puter? if someone does - can that someone help a pc recoverer so she can put a new icon up? lol

3:52 pm

ty wolvie

3:52 pm

resue?

3:52 pm

what goes on in the courtroom jmc

3:53 pm

think the lone ranger variant

Hi Wolvie. Not really time for chat, but noticed your request. I have an Apple.

"argh" does not count as an exclamation? ARGH!

3:53 pm

ty wild I was working on indictments

3:54 pm

add a vowel mark

3:54 pm

i Just got mine and I can't seem to paste a friggin url in the appropriate space - I'm sure it's too easy. ;-)

3:54 pm

hi ho silver away!

3:54 pm

mark - you are 2 close

3:54 pm

I've changed my icon to my brave baby girl :)

3:54 pm

cute pic :)

3:55 pm

how is your brave little girl?

3:55 pm

I loved your comment on flickr....hello bunny, hello dora crocs :)

3:55 pm

poor thing -- my son bit through his lip the day after his dad died -- it was a distraction

3:55 pm

Katie! hello. She's much better now thank you. Touch wood.

3:55 pm

*grins* she's so adorable with Bunny

What are you trying? Do you know the short cut for copy and paste? What I call the Apple key and C to copy, and Apple V to paste? (Think it's technicallly the command key but so what)

3:55 pm

but this sounds much worse

3:56 pm

Bunny stayed behind on the beach the other day. We didn't realise till we got home and had to go back all the way again to find her!

3:56 pm

ahhh - ty sally - ty a lot - fish for me

3:56 pm

ok gotta go visit Mother in hospital bbl

3:56 pm

She's all peaches and cream, lovely Liz

3:56 pm

*poof*

3:56 pm

thank goodness she is alright :-)

3:56 pm

bye jmc

3:56 pm

oh no! poor Bunny! stranded on the beach!

3:56 pm

bye jmc

3:57 pm

hi Katie

3:57 pm

I'm still on poorly girl not bunny by the way

3:57 pm

Apparently she was sunbathing!

3:57 pm

well that was nice for her! which beach were you on?

3:58 pm

Only down Creux Harbour. We all swam - the 4 of us and Oscar. He tried to climb on my back and totally submerged me!

This grid just slows right at200 doesntit.

3:58 pm

LOL Katie!

3:59 pm

at least it wasn't the beach by the bridge! how lovely though, I wish we had some decent swimming beaches round here. They are all too shallow

3:59 pm

sure does Red

4:00 pm

The bridge! I shall never get over that!

4:00 pm

it was rather impressive

4:00 pm

does anybody need clues? I am back for a while

4:00 pm

i have 62 left - went to the list at 70 left

4:01 pm

but i have been chatting. ;-)

Ata comevisitme,wehave greatswimmingbeaches, but a teeny little shark issue.

118 left.

4:01 pm

hi inge

4:01 pm

I am giving up on this grid. I am soooo tired I can;t think straight. Off to bed for me! Have fun everyone. Ata, speak soon x

4:01 pm

Hello Inge

4:01 pm

bye dear xx sleep well!

4:01 pm

bye Liz

good Night Liz.

4:01 pm

*waves and poof*

4:02 pm

bye liz

4:02 pm

inge - the zo's would be nice :-)

4:02 pm

hello, help with last ar5/10 pls

4:02 pm

hi peri

4:02 pm

hi peri

4:03 pm

have 119 left to find

4:03 pm

ar + he rode ***l in the saddle

4:03 pm

zo - herpes and plural!

4:03 pm

I have to switch to EXperr to get the end of the alphabet, one moment please

4:03 pm

thanks BR

4:03 pm

ah - ty ata

4:03 pm

hungry, need to forage for food, bbl

4:04 pm

bye peri

4:05 pm

bye peri

4:05 pm

zo words: the hioliday with eggs, change zo to ea

4:05 pm

this grid has 4442 points ... a lot .. the 599 word one, however, had 10300

4:06 pm

Rabble, do not wish for a 500 word grid

Interesting BR. hey wasSprite going out of town, she had notbeen around.

I wish for one on Sunday1

4:07 pm

i missed that one babble -TG

4:07 pm

Good Evening all - how are you all today?

hikazz

4:08 pm

hello, Kazzer

4:08 pm

hi kazz

4:08 pm

hi kazzer

4:09 pm

I have not seen sprite either, H. She has been around less since Terra arrived

4:09 pm

clue for sl 7

4:09 pm

PB, BR!

true,BR,she has not updated the icon, which is why I gotconcerned.

4:10 pm

sl7 someone who repairs roofs

4:11 pm

plural

4:12 pm

have to google it

4:13 pm

sl 5 grey thing on roof add ending to make it a person doing it and pluralise

4:13 pm

think you call them shingles

4:14 pm

50 left *pant*

4:15 pm

I reached the magic 60 (again) and have gone to the list (again)

4:16 pm

i'm going to get the list in a minute

4:16 pm

already using the list got 63 left

4:17 pm

I was determined to get down to 50

4:17 pm

i only made it to 70 before i went to the list - still only partly using it tho

4:18 pm

i didnt get any where near finishing last night so i am determined to do so tonight

4:18 pm

Hello people

4:18 pm

hi Jilli

4:18 pm

hi jilli

4:18 pm

i like the list cos it inspires me to find the words - try not to use the a-z too often

4:19 pm

evening jilli

4:19 pm

hi jilli

4:19 pm

I saw someone was asking about sprite -- I hope she's not ill. She hasn't changed her icon for a couple of days now -- most unusual.

yes, I wasa bit concerned Jilli.

4:20 pm

a-z?

4:20 pm

dictionary list of words on a link on lickety page

4:21 pm

wolvie, a-z is a word finder. So is morewords.com, which I prefer

4:21 pm

ahh - ty jilli

4:21 pm

and kazz

4:21 pm

have to try that i guess

4:21 pm

If you have BabbleExpert it's accessible from the Resources menu up top

4:22 pm

hmm - i'll check it out - ty. :-)

4:24 pm

clue for the er 6/33 pls

4:24 pm

it is a babble truism that the words are easier to find once you have found them

4:25 pm

Hello everyone.

4:25 pm

hi cyber

4:26 pm

er 6 -- add the ringed planet: ***urn and the sleep letter

4:26 pm

dspike - not real a german or yiddish word ithink

4:26 pm

TY BR

4:26 pm

got it thx

4:27 pm

hi C'nan

4:28 pm

that er6 word was common during WW2 -- there was er6 coffee etc (picked up from the Germans)

4:29 pm

its still used here

4:29 pm

did kilroy deliver the coffee, jilli?

4:30 pm

clue for ag 8/50 pls

4:31 pm

well, he was always here, babrab!

4:32 pm

dspike - remove the last vowel from the ag6 before it, and add a bit of height

4:32 pm

got it thx

4:32 pm

yw

4:33 pm

hi nan!

4:33 pm

hi nan

4:33 pm

do I get a fish if I ask for ga6/27?

4:34 pm

yes lol!

4:34 pm

*tries to think of a ga fish*

4:35 pm

we had it the other day, with about a million clues in the log

4:35 pm

must have missed that :(

4:36 pm

or a boys name

4:36 pm

past tense of a real fish

4:37 pm

thanks, ata -- but I never heard of that fish -- lucky guess!

4:38 pm

got lucky with those first two gr words too!

4:42 pm

18 left

4:42 pm

all t's

4:43 pm

95 for me.

4:46 pm

58 left here. Amazing how doing this in the afternoon is so much easier than after 10 pm

4:47 pm

I agree with that jilli..as it is past 10pm here..and i am not finding it easy..lol

4:48 pm

10 pm is fliptime here. Now it's 2:49 pm

4:49 pm

just over half way here and off to do chores for a while

4:49 pm

3 left - by nan

4:50 pm

bye nan -- cul8r

2 left

4:55 pm

fireworks

4:55 pm

a lock of hair was the last word i needed. whew

4:55 pm

congrats Wolvie!

4:55 pm

WTG Wolvie

4:55 pm

hate to play and run, but must be off to make dinner

4:55 pm

yay Wolvie!

4:55 pm

ty lynxx

4:56 pm

congrats, Wolvie

4:56 pm

Enjoy your meal :-)

5:00 pm

2 left *sigh*

5:01 pm

resin

5:01 pm

oops . sorry

5:01 pm

no, that's not one of them!

5:02 pm

so5.20 & 6.33 Ata?

5:02 pm

nope, now just the last (I think) st6/18

5:03 pm

rhymes with gr5, ata

5:05 pm

well how odd! firebirds!

5:05 pm

hurrah!

5:05 pm

Hooray for Ata!

5:05 pm

Yea..well done Ata

morning all :)

5:06 pm

mrp! (great rejoicing!)

5:06 pm

morning MRP

5:07 pm

Hello Mrp

hi ch12, lynxx, zoom et al :) just watching the morning news

5:13 pm

clue for the last st 6/18

5:13 pm

rhymes with gr5 LOL , ty ch1212!

5:18 pm

st + She can dig it, we can dig it They can dig it, you can dig it (Grazin' in the g**** is a gas, baby, can you dig it) Oh, let's dig it...

5:19 pm

done, my last were the re7,9 & 10 which I should have known! Ata - has the second broadcast been done now?

5:19 pm

congrats, lyn

5:19 pm

Well done lynxxx :-)

5:20 pm

2nd broadcast?

5:20 pm

The Torchwood plays

5:23 pm

ty BR that was quite the musical clue.

5:25 pm

fireworks for me - i am off to do sdandwiches and then bed hubby has interview with his hr department tomorrow and is a bit stressy

5:25 pm

Congrats Kazz

5:25 pm

and then bed hubby? hmmmm

5:25 pm

tmi

5:25 pm

WTG Kazzer..take care. :-)

5:25 pm

oh yes, and the third one is tomorrow

5:25 pm

Its OK Ata - I found it. Off to listen...bye all

5:25 pm

punctuation would help that sentence - LOL

5:26 pm

see you tomorrow - yes i just realised that kje - he is not bed ubby but just a nice general one with stressy moments

5:26 pm

That's what I read ..

5:27 pm

oops i just got the gist of that - sorry - its nearly 1130 pm here and i was up very early this morning

5:28 pm

LOLOL kazz!!! wasn't going to press it

5:28 pm

LOL

hi all

5:28 pm

Hello T owl

5:29 pm

ho TO

5:30 pm

clue for the st4 please

5:30 pm

Good evening my friends!

5:31 pm

ST 4...twinkle, twinkle?

5:31 pm

wish upon a st 4

5:31 pm

hello, car

5:31 pm

Hey BR!

5:31 pm

got it ty

5:32 pm

phantom: felicificative

5:32 pm

hello Car

5:32 pm

Hey zoo!

hi zoom, hi kje...how is this grid?

5:33 pm

too big

5:33 pm

Not too bad..some very strange word though..lol

5:36 pm

ha 6/21 -- babble is not only for the **udit**

5:36 pm

I am 148 in and just started 26 minutes ago - so... so far so good

5:39 pm

Brain fart...not getting the HA clue.

5:41 pm

ha + plural of poetic before

5:41 pm

LOL! No wonder I didn't recognize that word!

5:41 pm

TY!

5:43 pm

Does the AG 8 build from the AG's before it?

5:45 pm

ag 8 -- add, **** and relaxation and **l's well that ends well

5:46 pm

Wow! Thank you BR! Never would have found that!

5:46 pm

feral plants

5:52 pm

fireworks

5:53 pm

Well done Boobear :-)

5:53 pm

congrats, Boo!

5:53 pm

ty all

5:55 pm

Anybody here know flosey? Her daughter had her little boy at 9:am PDT today (July 2).

5:55 pm

Yeah! Babble Baby!

5:57 pm

hey carole how be ya?

5:58 pm

Sick of this weather...I think I have mold in my lungs.

5:58 pm

How are you dear Knitter?

5:58 pm

fungus behind the ears here

5:58 pm

i am tired of the nightly thunder storms too

5:59 pm

oh oh you said a word gasp!

5:59 pm

I like the thunder storms...tired of the gray.

5:59 pm

oh here on the pond they seem to go on forever and ever. keep waking me up

6:00 pm

Everything is just cold and dreary. The kids and I are going stir crazy!

a clue please for the 9/10?

6:00 pm

have not heard the weather for this weekend yet. i am afraid to look

6:00 pm

sorry TO not there yet

6:01 pm

come out here -- the weather is just lovely and no bugs

6:01 pm

RE 9 ... to take back a statement you have made; plural for the 10.

6:01 pm

Good grief...let me try again...one who takes back a statement that they have made for the 9; plural for the 10.

6:01 pm

re9 is one who does what car said

6:02 pm

all i can think of is retract

6:02 pm

apparently i can take it back cant find it!

ooh sorry...i think there is a bse word there i don't yet have :(

6:02 pm

Close....sounds like the name of the Disney princess who's carriage was made out of a pumpkin.

ty

6:03 pm

RE + curvy letter + another word for ashes

6:05 pm

OMG i have taken my stupid pills today

ty

6:07 pm

Does the LA 7 & 8 combo build off the LA 5/10 before it?

6:08 pm

i dont get the la 7, 8 combo stuff...explain to me?? anyone

6:09 pm

There is an LA word with 7 letters and then an 8 right after it. Chances are, it is a plural of the word before it, so it is often referred to as a combo.

6:09 pm

how do you know that?

6:10 pm

she is psychic or is it pyscho!!

6:10 pm

I am looking at Lickety's List.

6:10 pm

...o

6:10 pm

THat would be sicko!

6:10 pm

true true

6:11 pm

where are your twiste sisters tonight?

6:11 pm

Not sure. Scoop was on earlier.

6:11 pm

yup...think Im too add for this car...iz has cheezberger now plees?

6:12 pm

a.d.d

6:12 pm

Trif was here earlier as well...but the girls were fighting.

6:12 pm

alright, what do we got for 9's and the 10?

6:12 pm

oh let them fight! love a good battle. just put some pudding in the pool and leet them go at it!

6:13 pm

See 6:01 & 6:02 Hurshy

6:13 pm

hursh i am too stupi to find that 9/10 i have tossed in the towel LOL

6:13 pm

love, peace and hair grease!! maybe try again l8r.

6:13 pm

thnx for the 9 and 10 car

6:14 pm

Ooooohhhhh! Scoop is still here!

6:14 pm

cool i got those !

6:14 pm

oh i am ashamed she got them and i cant

6:15 pm

Scoop gave me the other 9...so I will defer to her.

6:15 pm

i just cant get what i think it is out of my head -- to much mold

6:15 pm

just got on hi!!!

6:15 pm

RE + curvy letter + Disney princess ******ella; add the plural for the 10.

6:15 pm

good clue

6:16 pm

Scoop...do you have the last LA 7 and 8 combo?

6:16 pm

ty ty ty i was spelling it wrong clearly i am too stupid for this tonight

6:16 pm

no trying to look for it

did you clue the other 9 then as well?

6:17 pm

he didn't get promoted or demoted, he just made a la7 move within the company

6:17 pm

la 7 and 8 are to the side

6:18 pm

in 9 - in + he had the lead role in a movie

6:18 pm

thanks ak!

ty, knot!

6:19 pm

TY!

6:19 pm

self esteem has risen slightly

6:19 pm

so then for 8's, i have in, la, and re - what's the other one?

6:19 pm

you are welcome towl

6:20 pm

I have an AG 8

6:20 pm

ag 8

6:20 pm

ok thanks will look

6:21 pm

means growing wild

i don't have re 8 or in 8

6:22 pm

in 8 i just cllued

6:22 pm

re8 people who live in a place

6:23 pm

oo ty hursh that gave me 4

6:23 pm

in8 puts in a new bookshelf, eg

ty. however, i just had to rein8 windows. i protest that enable does not recognize that.

6:24 pm

guess you will have to take those windows out then

guess so. ;)

6:26 pm

Clue for the first RA 6/18?

i certianly hope lickety is updated today

6:27 pm

st7?

6:27 pm

with asterisks, kje?

6:27 pm

nm!

6:27 pm

hi, kje and all

6:28 pm

ty pam - what a fish!

6:28 pm

LOL, kje!

6:28 pm

glad to hear you are a foodie, pam - I knew we were simpatico ; )

6:28 pm

thanks, kje! 8^)

6:29 pm

ra 6 -- r + as5 the flower

6:29 pm

TY!

6:29 pm

ren & nut must have been digging this grid (if they have been here that is)

6:30 pm

i am attempting to beat down the re words

6:30 pm

hello all, missing one of the last as6/18, have pl of a flower

6:30 pm

Yeah! Got all the R's done!

6:30 pm

hi, peri

6:31 pm

ya car!

hi peri! do you have as6 projection?

6:31 pm

Will gladly accept any and all AE word clues>>>>>>

6:31 pm

phhhht

6:32 pm

I do now, Owl, thanks

6:32 pm

ae 4 andd 5 the measure of time

6:32 pm

a4/4 is a+ long, long time

6:32 pm

ae5/10 is plural

6:32 pm

Heh .. in9 is Japanese ..

6:32 pm

ae 5 is a mosquito - sounds like the ides of march

6:33 pm

ae6 add frozen water to time measure

6:33 pm

TY! Got 'em all now!

6:33 pm

ae6/21 is ae4/4 + scientific ending

6:33 pm

good!

6:34 pm

arg! i think im becoming allergic to oreo

in 8 is japanese?

6:35 pm

oreo the cookie?

6:35 pm

bbl!

6:35 pm

yes

6:35 pm

haha jk its my kitty

6:35 pm

how can anyone be allergic to a cookie

6:35 pm

in6/9/7 combo ..

6:35 pm

oh funny. just like your mother ask her about the cat she had named who

6:36 pm

haha k

6:37 pm

c is for cookie

6:37 pm

A's are now done as well!

oh my *shudders to imagine cookie allergy*

6:37 pm

last re 6 please

6:37 pm

cool car!

6:37 pm

in6 in + twinkle, twinkle little ****

6:37 pm

That's good enough for me ..

6:38 pm

: ) tor

6:38 pm

di6/21 pls

gee is no one a clue?

6:38 pm

saying you are allergic to cookies is like saying you are allergic to icecream - ridiculous

6:39 pm

RE + go hiking and hit the ***i*

6:39 pm

blasphemy

6:39 pm

wow, biggie today

6:39 pm

cookies....mmmmm

6:39 pm

weed!!!!! smooches!

6:39 pm

NNM

6:39 pm

Or better yet....RE + sex & the city star Kim Cat****

6:40 pm

i have missed you , weed

6:40 pm

ty car

bbl.

6:42 pm

Hi everyone! Where's Trif? We could convene the coven

6:42 pm

it is so humiliating to give smooches to someone and then.... they run away apparently...

6:42 pm

hi

6:42 pm

finally below 100 to find

6:43 pm

call her!

6:43 pm

ahh kje need some mouth wash? deodorant?

6:43 pm

kadresa hello there

6:43 pm

AK!!! how unusually cruel of you - LOL

6:44 pm

tee hee hee

6:44 pm

Hi Knitter...how's the healing going?

6:44 pm

slow and slower!! lol

6:45 pm

Are you still scheduled for additional surgery?

6:45 pm

lol, sorry! *MWAH!* wet sloppy one right back atcha. doug had just called when i sent the first message.

6:45 pm

i am trying to avoid it but might not be able to

6:45 pm

lol, kitty fail just now. tried to jump on the arm of the couch, landed in the basket of blocks.

6:45 pm

I was crushed, weed... may never recover

6:45 pm

Are you back at work or are you still recuperating at home?

6:46 pm

I think I would do better though if you let me win the next scrabble game...

6:46 pm

getting tired of this grid

6:46 pm

yep, pretty sure that would make it all better : )

6:46 pm

oh i am back at work just not at 100%

6:46 pm

yeah yeah, you're tough, you'll be fine. no dice.

6:46 pm

Well at least that is a positive thing. How's this "lovely" weather on your bones?

6:47 pm

*slinks back to corner to cry*

6:47 pm

i was laughing the other day thinking of gram and how she used to complain about her bones in the damp weather .... turns out she was right

6:47 pm

1st sa5?

6:47 pm

*debates between rolling eyes and tossing the tissue box near the corner*

6:47 pm

{handing kje a tissue}

6:47 pm

stuck in the gr words and not happy

6:47 pm

tosses kje a tissue and a lolli

6:47 pm

aww, car's nicer than i am

6:48 pm

hey i handed out a lollipop

6:48 pm

mmmmm - loli

6:48 pm

and knitter is nicer than me!

6:48 pm

kje, what is it about you that brings out the snarky sarcastic ....err....witch in me? lol! such fun though.

6:48 pm

well... it must be in there, weed - LOL

6:48 pm

sa + clapton: **y*ah

6:48 pm

lollipop?? here's a margarita!! go for the gusto, KJE

6:48 pm

clue for the 10 plz?

6:48 pm

i see feather has reveale her true self

6:48 pm

Remember her birthday when we gave her one of my mom's spine models and told her it was her new "back?" LOL

6:49 pm

bwahahaha!

6:49 pm

will def take the margarita - TY

6:49 pm

sigh, so many projects, so little time. i should go work on the kitchen.

6:49 pm

OMG i had forgotten that one when ever i get into my hot car i think of her and how she liked the hot seat to warm her bones

6:50 pm

you have all summer, weed... let it go

6:50 pm

i miss her

6:50 pm

she was very funny

6:51 pm

no! must! clean! must! organize! now!

6:51 pm

i get a little manic when vacation first starts. don't worry, the lethargy will be upon me soon.

6:51 pm

nah - let it go... earn to let go and let god - LOL

6:51 pm

no one tells stories like gram did!

6:51 pm

I think of her or am reminded of her every day

6:51 pm

does god do floors? (oh man, i hope that's not sacreligious!)

6:52 pm

yes car over and over and over again

6:52 pm

god wants you to play babble....

6:52 pm

re 7 == nullify; retract, withdraw. 2. countermand, repeal, veto re 9 -- is the one doing the retraction; pl

6:52 pm

except for my mother!

6:52 pm

thou shalt not avoid the chog

6:52 pm

ok, how many family members do we have here? getting a titch confused!

6:52 pm

Hey...just called Trif, she's getting S some ice cream (YUM) then she'll be on

6:53 pm

TY BR

6:53 pm

phooey the dinner timer just went off BBl

6:53 pm

‹(•¿•)›-----------------‹(â €¢Â¿â€¢)›

6:53 pm

i'm in a box of ice cream right now!

6:53 pm

Fireworks ..that was meant to be..lol

6:53 pm

must be a big box -- now i am really off

6:54 pm

yay zoozzoom! was turning my head sideways trying to see it.

6:54 pm

withdraw, br? I have some searching to do, I guess...

6:54 pm

Oh wait Knitter...Trif will be right along!

6:54 pm

bye ak

6:54 pm

yayayayayay zoom

6:54 pm

bye ak

6:54 pm

i think i knew that kad, car and tri were siblings (am i right?) but ak, are you related too?

6:55 pm

I took scoop to Dairy Twist the other day and ordered a mocha toffee frozen yogurt..paid...took ONE F-in lick and the whole thing toppled into the pine needles. I was PISSED but decided that I really probably didn't need the treat to begin with

6:55 pm

woohoo zoom

6:55 pm

bummer

6:56 pm

enjoy your dinner ak

6:56 pm

diet by default sounds like

6:56 pm

hello coven!

6:56 pm

last re6?

6:56 pm

Trif i think we lost knitter

6:56 pm

lol kad --- I would have asked for another one, by the way

6:56 pm

can you clue the re7/9 for me, the dense one, kje or babbelr?

6:56 pm

evening Trif

6:57 pm

hi, tri and ciocia

6:57 pm

howdy Pam

6:57 pm

Call the dark powers that be...to the coven we call thee....

6:57 pm

re7 to revoke or repeal

6:57 pm

re 6 -- re*t and relaxation and ****er === what is left from a fire more than ash

6:57 pm

re7 - to take something back... like a promisa say

6:57 pm

FeatherB knitter is our cousin

6:57 pm

can I have clue for the last re6/18 pls?

6:58 pm

thank you, thank you!

6:58 pm

I think I am the dark power today, car....I have been just utterly BLUE all day. prob the weather....

6:58 pm

ahhh, thanks kad! was trying to figure it out.

6:58 pm

re + state with columbia as capital +

6:58 pm

RE + sex & the city star Kim Cat****

6:58 pm

and we also have a SIL and a pastor who babble, but they don't come out of the shadows

6:58 pm

Trif....so sorry come have some wine with us

6:58 pm

ok, i need to go do some stuff in the kitchen while the boys are sleeping. with daniel dropping naps, daytime organization time is limited.

6:58 pm

re 6 - add, sons of the pioneers == happy ***i*s to you until we meet again

6:58 pm

Cheer up Trifs .. People love you ..

6:59 pm

seriously??? can I bring tertiare?

6:59 pm

Me too Trif!

6:59 pm

ty

6:59 pm

thanks tor. when are you moving to boston?

6:59 pm

I meant I am blue too.

7:00 pm

ty got it

7:00 pm

I need the SA after the mexican dip please?

7:00 pm

Cheer up car ..People love you too ..

7:00 pm

I think it is the weather. IT is just so unyielding.

7:00 pm

No...they love TRIF and they hate ME!

7:00 pm

35 left all S's

7:00 pm

dont have that either auntie car

7:00 pm

now, ladies, we love you ALL

7:01 pm

no, no, car! REmember what mom always says? they hate you, and they LOVE CAROLE

7:01 pm

sa + wood piece needed to play a wind instrument: ***d

7:01 pm

ty for 10 clue. got it.

7:01 pm

ugh, mary -- hate that for you!

7:01 pm

I might be in Bahstin later this year .

7:01 pm

Judy...it is an old family saying!

7:01 pm

I am blowing my diet on tostitos

7:01 pm

thnx BR

7:01 pm

-----> whipping out date book.....

7:01 pm

I am trying to get all the S's done right now

7:02 pm

hey, car, I have three sisters. Been there!!

7:02 pm

i need the last three st's and then im done with s's

7:02 pm

Okay now you two, I love you both and you both can come over for wine, bring whoever you like and bring the laptops so we can finish this grid!

7:02 pm

TY!

7:02 pm

o and im not invited?

7:02 pm

st + poetic before

7:03 pm

YAy! On my way in five....

7:03 pm

st 6 -- sound system

7:03 pm

You are already here scoop

7:03 pm

haha sooooo and thnx again BR

7:04 pm

st 6 add, grazin in the g**** is a g**** can you dig it?

7:04 pm

st 6 add, grazin in the g**** is a gas can you dig it?

7:06 pm

(kje, your turn. i'm off to the kitchen now, will be back in an hour.)

7:06 pm

diet: what you keep putting off while you keep putting on ....

7:06 pm

thnx BR s's done

7:07 pm

my landlord is pacing upstairs

7:07 pm

exactly BR

7:07 pm

*pushing the tostitos away*

7:07 pm

doc said I needed to lose weight ... so I hid my barbells

7:08 pm

okay, kad, leaving now. it will take me extra since the damn bridge is still out....sigh

7:08 pm

wine fest in Boston!!

7:09 pm

ya!!! your coming!!!

7:10 pm

Are you coming too Car?

7:11 pm

Help!!! Ive never played before. what are the tile stats meaninng. ???

7:11 pm

I didn't think you really meant it....very impromptu of you! I would have to bring the boys. Besides...Zach has started a new dino dig and would be impossible to get away from it.

7:12 pm

Is M home? You could come yourself if you'd like

7:12 pm

clue for st 6/21 means, the word starts with "st" is 6 letters long and is worth 21 points (see help on points)

7:13 pm

He is working.

7:13 pm

Sorry sweetie. You always have an invite if you change your mind!

7:14 pm

Tee hee! Just got the SN words! Another family word!

7:14 pm

hahahaha

7:14 pm

today, the g tile has 24 g words that start from that tile

7:16 pm

thanks. this is hard..... i only have 80 and ive been her for ever it seems.

7:16 pm

good for you, alabama

7:17 pm

you're doing great, alabama. it takes some time. and this is a big grid today!

7:17 pm

This is a tough grid to start with

7:17 pm

OMG fireworks for me it was a rough one today

7:17 pm

click on Lickety's Babble Clues below to get the first two letters of all words

7:17 pm

That is great Alabama! Keep on going!

7:17 pm

woohoo Mary!!

7:17 pm

congrats mary!!

7:18 pm

congrats, Mary

7:18 pm

Yeah Mary!

7:18 pm

couldn't have done it without you

7:19 pm

congrats, mary!!

7:20 pm

Clue for the last SO 5?

7:20 pm

long grid to plod through

7:21 pm

NM! Just got it!

7:21 pm

S's done!

7:21 pm

darn your too quick lol and ya!!

7:26 pm

Clue for the TE 6/21?

7:26 pm

aa 5?

7:26 pm

te + make again

7:27 pm

te + mary robbins streets of la****

7:27 pm

Think Charlie Brown's frustration

7:27 pm

evening Nan

7:27 pm

te + La****, Texas

7:27 pm

TY!

7:27 pm

good clue car

7:27 pm

hi everyone!

7:27 pm

Now add another middle vowel for the 6

7:28 pm

hello, lbd

7:28 pm

hi judy

7:28 pm

Sorry! Add another middle CONSONANT for the 6!

7:28 pm

hi lbd!

7:28 pm

Hey, BR

7:28 pm

another consonant

7:28 pm

Hey Dawg!

hi cj!!!!

7:28 pm

TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be in Philly on the 14th

7:28 pm

hi secooper, hi Car

7:28 pm

aa 5, please?

7:29 pm

pirate talk, nan

7:29 pm

pirate speak cyber

7:29 pm

and exclamation of consternation

aw, i think i'll be in mechanicsberg...whatcha doing this weekend?

7:29 pm

ty dawger and kje

7:29 pm

1st ha6?

7:30 pm

"camping out" (i.e. sleepover) with my nephew/godson and some fireworks!

7:30 pm

and you, TO?

7:30 pm

northern UK, bunnies?

neat! how old is he?

7:30 pm

that was for KJE

7:30 pm

6 and I also take one of my cats with me. He thinks that's sooo cool.

7:30 pm

ty lbd - that actually worked - LOL

7:31 pm

got that too lbd. thx

7:31 pm

glad to assist, kje

7:31 pm

ag 8?

7:32 pm

ag + take a nap + mr. gore

7:32 pm

ty dawger

7:32 pm

ty again lbd

7:33 pm

Clue for the third IN 6/18 please?

7:33 pm

in 6 -- put in

7:34 pm

in + twinkle twinkle

7:34 pm

Got it, just when you clued it!

7:34 pm

finally made it down to 100; whew! That calls for a drink.

i ofund a great website that gives discount ticjets to many philly attractions, every broadway show right now has 1/2 pricew and the historic stuff also has discounts

7:35 pm

wow TO that's awesome. If my nephew was a little older, I'd bring my sister and he down with me to Philly but I'll be working while I'm there

7:35 pm

*toasting judy*

7:36 pm

35 left here

7:36 pm

what are you doing this weekend, TO?

nothing

7:36 pm

go kje!

besides working on the house

7:36 pm

you are a streak, kje

7:36 pm

ahhhhhh!!!!

7:36 pm

I'm a goin' lbd

7:37 pm

hey, KJE. Any more trips north? monkey and I said we need another Babblefest in the DC area.

7:37 pm

listing, BR

7:37 pm

how are you doing, alabama?

7:37 pm

go KJE go

7:37 pm

tasser

where has monley been?

7:38 pm

im up to only 90 ive hit the wall....

7:38 pm

she was visiting her parents in NJ for a while

good evening, a clue for re9 please

7:38 pm

I wish I could stay on track....

7:38 pm

evening Marc

final ar6 pls? ty

7:38 pm

did you look at Lickety's Babble Clues below, alabama?

7:38 pm

judy - none planned for this summer... though I should, as it is too dang hot down here (what is that song from?)

7:39 pm

KJE, there was a pretty interesting piece on pain on NPR today... some nice work being done....

7:39 pm

ar6 put on the handcuffs

7:39 pm

i did. thanks. but im drawing a blank.

7:39 pm

make re*ervations for dinner + ******ella, lost her shoe

7:39 pm

I heard it pam

7:39 pm

I'm hoping to visit a friend in Houston in Sept or Oct, KJE

7:39 pm

Oh, good!

7:39 pm

hi all!

7:39 pm

OK, let me know closer and I'll see if i can arrange to be down there

7:39 pm

NERKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:39 pm

Stop! you are under ar****! TO

7:40 pm

where are you, kje?

7:40 pm

NRKII!!

hey nrk! soory final aa6?

7:40 pm

now I am at kad's house, kicking it with a glass of wine. yay coven meeting!\

7:40 pm

you go Trif!

7:40 pm

double middle letters, TO

7:40 pm

bbbbblllllhhhhhh!

7:40 pm

aa6 27 = expression of frustration

7:40 pm

Trif, why are you kicking Kads house?

7:41 pm

I am in Dallas, Judy - about 5.5 - 6 hours north

7:41 pm

And for goodness sake...don't spill the wine!

7:41 pm

GET OVER HERE car!

7:41 pm

or less than an hour by plane - LOL

i have ar5 pirate's exclamamtion

7:41 pm

D had an accident with orange soda on the couch this week

7:41 pm

I've been to Dallas, too, a while back.

7:42 pm

yup, double the middle consonant, TO

7:42 pm

double-r TO

7:42 pm

have to be on the track team to get around the dallas airport

7:43 pm

lol BR

7:43 pm

dallas is an easy airport to navigate though, compared to most

7:43 pm

fast in and out

7:44 pm

bwi is the worst

7:44 pm

I vote for heathrow. Takes an AGE to get through there!

7:44 pm

I'm not fond of O'Hare

7:45 pm

first ha 6, please?

7:45 pm

Try Dnepropetrovsk some time ..

7:45 pm

torg!!!

7:45 pm

i don't find ohare too horrid, unless winter when you can get stuck there

7:45 pm

NUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TORG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:45 pm

Didn't want to hear that trif -- we're due to fly in there in August

7:45 pm

I can't even spell that tor, can't imagine how to pronounce it....

7:45 pm

Scottish bunnies, Nan ha***** transpose those vowels

7:45 pm

EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!

as6 the first pls?

7:46 pm

*needs a drink but is afraid she'll miss something if she leaves the computer*

7:46 pm

sorry nan

7:46 pm

NUTSY!!!

7:46 pm

oi with the yellling

7:46 pm

TORGIE!

7:46 pm

where is that airport Tor?

7:46 pm

ALL

7:46 pm

don't be aggressive or passive be as****ive

7:46 pm

Tan Shan Knut Airport was a great exit

7:47 pm

Ukraine or Russia .. I forget ..

7:47 pm

first ha 6, please?

ty

7:47 pm

1st as6?

7:47 pm

like the la4.6 change the last letter to anotheR and add plural ending

i keep thinking it's friday!

7:48 pm

ha + plural of poetic before

7:48 pm

it IS friday!!!

7:48 pm

i should probably turn on a light so i can type better...la should be ha4.6

7:48 pm

It's Friday for me! ..W00t!

7:48 pm

as 6: say strongly

7:48 pm

is as6 is not aggressive or passive but as****ive

7:48 pm

and me!!!! WOOHOO

7:49 pm

ty babrab

7:49 pm

damn, I really thought that was in there already - so sorry

7:49 pm

it's been Friday for me for months!

7:49 pm

but next week, Monday might be Monday

7:49 pm

kewl beans, Nrkii

7:49 pm

ooooo nerky. possible employment?

really!?

7:50 pm

my old boss (2 jobs ago) is bringing me on as a consultant

7:50 pm

10

7:50 pm

not sure the scope, but it sounds big

7:50 pm

yea! NRKII!!!

7:50 pm

yayayay nrkii!!!

7:50 pm

brb, hear chocolate cake calling me!

7:50 pm

yep, great, nrkii

7:50 pm

wow--a consultant!! good for you nerky!!!!!

7:50 pm

go kje go

7:50 pm

it could be good... definitely will be very hard work... not sure if it will pay enough, but we'll see

7:50 pm

That's great, nrkii! Glad I wandered in to see that!

7:51 pm

it's calling me too dawger. *holds plate out*

7:51 pm

supper's ready to come out of the oven -- bbl

nerk i am also beginning new job on monday

7:51 pm

I have been kicking around the idea of consulting for the last couple of months, and his project timing is perfect to start

7:51 pm

when I'm calling youuuu-uuuu-uuuu

7:51 pm

cu later Nan. enjoy dinner.

7:51 pm

ooooo TO. same outfit but different position?

7:51 pm

YAY TO!!! Best wishes to you in the new job!

7:51 pm

Yay nerky! Consulting should be like doing your old job, but for more money ..

7:52 pm

is that what the ram does, kje?

7:52 pm

tor, I'm hoping so, though I wouldn't mind if it were more challenging than my last job

7:52 pm

I hate being bored

7:52 pm

nelson eddie and jeanette mcdonald

fingers crossed for you, nrk

7:52 pm

only movie of theirs I ever saw and was forced through that one

7:52 pm

do you yodel?

7:53 pm

ty TO

7:53 pm

Hi Aunt Pam, this is Wesley

7:53 pm

me? can.... easy peasy

7:53 pm

I AM in TX afterall - LOL

7:53 pm

so, you and Gene?

7:54 pm

or more like me and Dale ; )

7:54 pm

get the gender right - LOL

7:54 pm

buttermilk

7:55 pm

Only 1 to go....

7:55 pm

85 ..

7:55 pm

goooooooooo car!

7:56 pm

go car go!

7:56 pm

i am stuck in the al's

7:56 pm

oooooo go car!

7:56 pm

go car go

7:56 pm

And it is a word that has been clued a few times, I just can't get the spelling of it right!

7:56 pm

tertiare wants to know what time you are coming tomorrow?

7:56 pm

We shall raise our glasses to you!

7:57 pm

unstuck

7:57 pm

Well...DH just mentioned this evening that he does not have to work tomorrow. So now he is pissy that I have made plans.

7:57 pm

my glass is empty....

7:57 pm

oh dear. shall we reschedule then?

oh i shall never finish.

7:58 pm

I don't want to do that to YOU!

7:58 pm

uno

7:58 pm

certainly you shall red - use the list

7:58 pm

FW!!!

7:58 pm

yay kje!

7:58 pm

congrats, kje

7:58 pm

Yay K!!!!

7:59 pm

we will be FINE car...

7:59 pm

Yeah KJE!

7:59 pm

yay KJE!!!

7:59 pm

yay kje!!!

7:59 pm

I don't care one way or the other...I just don't need the guff.

7:59 pm

It's not my fault he doesn't share his schedule with me.

nope its my time for sleep.

7:59 pm

are you feeling better, redT?

in7/28? hi red

Still really tired BR, We'll see how tomorro goes.

8:00 pm

which in 7 28?

8:00 pm

Which one TO?

8:00 pm

anemic?

third?

8:01 pm

I have in***** that are things put inside a newspaper

8:01 pm

Same as the word above it, drop the double letter

8:01 pm

I have in+ sun-like objects in night sky

i dont know. usually amnot. Probably just an over reaction to hous sale, heat and work.

8:02 pm

IN + the horse is put in a ****l at night.

8:02 pm

hi red!

8:02 pm

sleep well, red...psychadelic dreams : )

ty must regroup something isamiss

8:02 pm

thanks car... that got me 4 new words

8:03 pm

{kad/trif/scoop....stop saying how badly i clue over there}

afgter in+horse place?

8:03 pm

off to read for a bit - happy babbling

8:03 pm

dont worry were not

8:03 pm

they are just jealous, car

8:03 pm

OK...the last word I need is the ER 6/33...it has been clued (something German), but I cannot get the spelling right....

8:04 pm

be well, kje

8:04 pm

er + what I did on the sofa + high tile

8:04 pm

er, than a word that sounds like the bath you have to take after you have a baby

8:04 pm

it means a substitute or synthetic, er + pt of sit + high point tile

8:04 pm

but with a diff vowel

8:04 pm

Drop the double letter and add the plural

8:04 pm

night night, KJE

8:04 pm

bye kje!

8:04 pm

I could also have done it on a chair, stool, bed, desk, anything lower than my butt - LOL

8:05 pm

Ka-pow! Fireworks for me!

8:05 pm

yay car!

8:05 pm

yayayay car!!!!!!

8:05 pm

ok, now poof

8:05 pm

YA CAR!!!!!

8:05 pm

whoooo hooooo CAR!!

8:05 pm

TY KJE, Dawg & Trif!

8:05 pm

huzzah for our car!!! NOW GET OVER HERE

8:05 pm

i ensconce on the floor at times

8:05 pm

CONGRATS!

8:05 pm

congrats, carole

8:05 pm

What would you like me to do with the children Trif?

in7/28 pls after in + horse home?

8:06 pm

I thought that was something decorative that hung on a wall BR!!!!????? Tee Hee!

8:06 pm

leave out a bowl of milk and crack a window

8:06 pm

TO, there are 4 versions of that in + horse place... do you have all 4?

nm

8:06 pm

IN + twinkle, twinkle plural

8:07 pm

Leave out a bowl of crack and milk a window .

8:07 pm

TOR!!! LOL

8:07 pm

spoonerism

8:08 pm

I have male windows...it won't work

8:08 pm

seefood neeburg

8:08 pm

nice Tor ;-D

8:08 pm

soofood neeburg, sorry

8:08 pm

okay, I have 79 left to go and am too tired to finish, even if I use the list...

8:08 pm

so goodnight all!

so cold here today!

8:09 pm

Bye NRKii! Have a good rest!

8:09 pm

night Nrkii!

8:09 pm

(((MRP)))

8:09 pm

MRP!!!!!!! Hello!!!!!

night, nrk!

8:09 pm

good morning mr p!

8:09 pm

will gladly send you the heat here, Mrp in exchange for your cold temps

8:09 pm

Trif/Kad...BTW...missed my appointment today...sitter did not come.

hi prezzie!

8:10 pm

no way!!! with michelle?

HI!! dawg, car, owl, trif et al (((hugs)))!!!

8:10 pm

Michelle? No, my appointment with Andrea.

8:10 pm

andrea,,,andrea.....ummmm

8:10 pm

CA?

8:11 pm

yes, my CA

8:11 pm

what sitter didn't show?

8:11 pm

Mom

8:11 pm

NO WAY...what the hell????

8:11 pm

I accept complete responsibility though. Nikki was here and I did not call her this morning to remind her.

8:12 pm

why the heck didn't NIKKI watch them then?

8:12 pm

She had an appointment with her doctor. She stopped by on the way.

8:13 pm

that blows

8:14 pm

$50 out the window

8:15 pm

did you call her later to make sure she was okay?

8:15 pm

and did you call your person, to let her know what happened? also, next time try calling her office, to see if she would have done a phone visit. sometimes they do

8:15 pm

no. I didn't want to embarass her.

8:16 pm

wait - why are you paying $50????

8:16 pm

the copay should only be 20

final so56 clue pls?

8:16 pm

I did call Andrea. If you missed an appointment or don't cancel 24 hours prior, there is a $50 charge. I am hoping she will let it slide this time.

8:16 pm

so + white wine nickname

8:17 pm

SO + have a glass of white ***fandel with Trif & Kad!

ty!

8:17 pm

{snap}

8:18 pm

just had a visit from my 6 year old nephew! and finally . . . Smniroff Black! Yum!!

8:18 pm

your nephew is named smirnoff black???

8:18 pm

Fun!....smirnoff black!

final st6/18 pls?

does white wine have a nickname??

8:19 pm

BR...you have a great clue for this one!

8:19 pm

st+ another word for lawn

8:19 pm

White ***(fandel) is actually pink!

8:19 pm

ROFLMAO Trif

8:20 pm

hello -- I'm baaack -- finished this afternoon but had things to do...

8:20 pm

re 9-10 combo?

8:20 pm

Hi Jilli! How was dinner nan?

8:20 pm

RE + curvy letter + leftover ashes

8:21 pm

good -- pot roast tonight

ty

8:22 pm

hey, dawg, did you get a piece of chocolate cake for me?

8:22 pm

mmm -- don't have the leftover ashes word

8:22 pm

nan -- cool icon, specially when you click on it!

8:23 pm

ty jill

8:23 pm

nan, leftover ashes -- think Prince Charming's love

8:23 pm

sure did, Judy, it's on the sideboard in the PB.

8:24 pm

thx dawg!! it goes well with my Smirnoff Black

8:24 pm

oh, ty -- I did have it -- coal residue

8:24 pm

triple fudge! yes, i will go well with black smirnoff

uh oh...i think i hurt my back dargging sacks of topsoila nd dumping them...jus ttried to move and it hurts

8:25 pm

I think there are lots of flosey-friends here? Her latest grandson arrived at 9 am today (July 2) according to Mr Flosey

8:25 pm

take some anti inflammatories and lay flat on the floor for a little bit, TO

8:25 pm

good grief . . . just jumped right out of my chair . . . shooting fireworks off down the street in the neighbor's backyard

8:26 pm

lie flat

8:26 pm

welcome newest flosey generation!

8:26 pm

wonderful news Jilli. woohoo for Flosey and her new grandson.

8:26 pm

yes, Jilli is correct, lie flat on the floor.

8:27 pm

Mr Flosey says it wasn't easy-peasy

8:27 pm

yay!!! flosey's grandbaby is here!!! !

8:27 pm

did she make it off the island and all?

do5/12 #2?

8:27 pm

we've had several big boooms echo through the neighborhood. I hate the fourth of july for only that reason.

8:27 pm

congrats to grandma flosey and family

8:27 pm

sorry to be such a pain re grammar -- guess it's because I'm a fussy gramma?

8:27 pm

old fashioned pt, dawger

ooh i hear thunder and need 4 more

8:28 pm

old English, TO do***

8:28 pm

sorry -- that was for TO

8:28 pm

np, Jilli. I don't mind at all.

8:28 pm

trif, flosey went over to Vancouver for the due date, which was June 25!

8:29 pm

I'm glad, lbd -- people can be resentful but I'm stubborn

8:29 pm

wow, that is a loooong time over due! baby doing okay?

ty

8:30 pm

today's tip: just add mr. gore to everything

8:31 pm

One can never be reminded enough to use proper grammar, Jilli. Texting has fouled our language up so that we no longer write well.

8:32 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:32 pm

amen to THAT lbd!!!

8:32 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

oh they are fireworks! not thunder! a bit early

8:32 pm

nan, your tip just worked for me! LOL

8:33 pm

evening Min and welcome to the grid.

8:33 pm

Hello Minveryork! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

8:33 pm

Hi everyone, finally home after 27 hours at hospital

8:33 pm

trif, told you all I know from Mr Flosey, who will be going over tomorrow. He said mama is up and around but has stitches -- I suspect a C-section because there were hard contractions without dilatation earlier, but all is well now. Mr F is naughty and says the baby is perfect and has all 12 fingers and toes. Flosey will stay a while to help.

8:33 pm

CONGRATS FLOSEY!!! How's the baby?

8:33 pm

Ah! there you are, flosey in the flesh!

8:33 pm

I am doing well. Starting late so I know I won't finish!

8:34 pm

Sandy had a very tough time but produced a beautiful little boy, 8lb, 2oz. but after too many hours in labour had to do C section, then there were complications, she'll be in for a bit more

8:34 pm

FLOSEY!!! congrats!

8:34 pm

does he have a name yet?

8:34 pm

Thanks trif, William Albert is gorgeous

8:34 pm

*sending good vibes to Sandy and William*

8:34 pm

Lovely name!!! very regal

8:35 pm

thanks Judy

8:35 pm

Hooray! Congrats Flosey!

8:35 pm

C- section .. Been there .. She should recover fairly well .. Congrats ..

8:35 pm

they're family names Trif

8:35 pm

I shall now shuddup and hand you over to the horse's mouth (horses are beautiful!)

grats, flosey! night, all!

8:35 pm

Congrats Flosey, well done Mum, and welcome to the world William

8:35 pm

nite TO. Take care of yourself. rest up.

8:35 pm

you had a c-section tor? hmmm. surprising

8:36 pm

As the father, Trifs ..

8:36 pm

there were complications Tor, be back in a sec. have to take a call

8:36 pm

Flosey -- congrats from me too, as I'm sure you know.

8:37 pm

Hopefully not too serious flo ..

8:37 pm

Congrats, Flosey!!

8:38 pm

congrats flosey and hope your daughter has a quick recovery

8:38 pm

Trif/Kad/Scoop....stop talking about me

8:39 pm

you wish, car

8:39 pm

GET OVER HERE AND MAKE US

8:39 pm

I bet, Flosey is beaming ear to ear! i know i was when our newest arrived.

8:39 pm

in the dreaded re's; drinking more . . .

8:39 pm

Scoop...Zach wants to know if you have finished yet.

8:40 pm

get over here and find out for yourself!

8:40 pm

I didn't think the RE's were too bad today Judy. Let me know if you need any clues.

8:40 pm

41 left

8:40 pm

Now he wants to know how many Aunties have left.

8:40 pm

he has four aunties left

8:41 pm

Your wit is lost on my 6 YO

8:41 pm

your 6 year old is lost on my wits

8:41 pm

thx car. they are going rather well.

8:42 pm

Let me try talking to the "normal" auntie....Kad, how many do you have left to go?

8:42 pm

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for the help :)

8:42 pm

Car...she's had some wine...enuf said

8:42 pm

ouch

8:42 pm

37 for me

8:42 pm

huzzah nan!

8:42 pm

whoooo hooooooo NAN!!!

8:42 pm

Yeah Cyber!!!!

8:42 pm

Yay nan!!!

8:42 pm

ya cyber!!!

8:42 pm

I hope she is staying the night then? Or is Sophie driving?

8:43 pm

YAY NAN

8:43 pm

will not even attempt this grid, working on supper right now and prob. head to bed very early

8:43 pm

good thinking, Flosey!

8:43 pm

that's a long time at the hospital Flosey especially under stressful circumstances

8:43 pm

Well, Flosey, I, for one, am very glad you stopped in to bring us the joyful update! Congratulations to you and your family!

8:43 pm

Take care flo ..

8:44 pm

is master William your first grandbaby?

8:45 pm

Normal...my boys are asking me, "what does this spell..." and then rambling off letters. They have discovered that if they say the letter "P" I then say the word "pee" and that is just hysterical to them. My life is so full....

8:45 pm

ahhh, boy humour!

8:46 pm

Flosey -- didn't realise July 1 was also YOUR birthday besides Canada's!

8:46 pm

Evening everyone!

8:46 pm

Peach!

8:46 pm

oh yeah, happy belated birthday, Canada and all her wonderful people.

8:46 pm

Hey there, car. How in the world are you?

8:46 pm

evening peach!

8:47 pm

hi peach

8:47 pm

SEe my note below!!! TEee heee!

8:47 pm

Hi there, ciociaJudy.

8:47 pm

Evening, lbdawger.

8:47 pm

hi peach

8:48 pm

Now I am having to decipher Pokemon character names.......

8:48 pm

i'm heading off to lala land, last chance for any clues from me.

8:48 pm

well, I can clue if needed for a little while -- supper to make here too

8:48 pm

nite lbd. sleep well.

8:48 pm

20 left!

8:48 pm

I am right behind you, Dawg. Melatonin is kicking in!

8:48 pm

I sure can use one for la5-10 the 2nd, please.

8:49 pm

so i leave all you in good hands with Jilli and Car to clue. Good luck and see you all tomorrow!

8:49 pm

Sweet dreams, lbdawger.

8:49 pm

Sounds like what you use for fishing, but change the first vowel to the first vowel!

8:50 pm

la5/10 #2 -- if a light shines in your eyes it gla***. Drop the g

8:50 pm

nighty night everyone! *poof*

8:50 pm

night lbd!

8:50 pm

Oh, thanks, jilli and car.

8:51 pm

two very different clues for the same word, lol!

8:51 pm

Trif...are you familiar with the Flying Conchords? And have you seen their David Bowie skits?

8:52 pm

brb -- putting studd in toaster oven...

8:52 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

8:53 pm

aa6?

8:53 pm

oops -- not studd!!!! stuff!

8:53 pm

AA 6 is almost the same as AA 5, double the middle consonant

8:53 pm

aa6 -- add cons to aa5

8:53 pm

not familiar, and haven't seen that...will check on line?

8:53 pm

aa6: double one of the consonants in pirate speak

8:54 pm

I will send you the link. Nikki had me watching it today and I was rolling!

8:54 pm

thx cyber

8:54 pm

hmf, shil, I was first *sulk*

8:54 pm

shirl

8:55 pm

whew! fireworks!!! that aa6 was my last word. Thx for all the clues.

8:55 pm

aah - croc tears for jill

8:55 pm

i saw yours, jilibus, but kept trying to pl the word

8:55 pm

raspberry for nan, lol!

8:55 pm

just saw it -- lol

8:55 pm

granted, nan's clue was much better *unsulk*

8:56 pm

hope there's some chocolate in the pb

8:56 pm

congrats judy

8:56 pm

Congrats, CiociaJudy!!!!!

8:56 pm

well, nan, thought you were leaving anyway

8:57 pm

YAY judy!!!!

8:57 pm

I am *poof*

8:57 pm

bye, nan!

8:58 pm

brb

8:58 pm

nite Nan

8:58 pm

May I please have a clue forae5-12? Thanks

8:59 pm

ae5/12 -- the yellow fever mosquito

9:00 pm

ae + first 3 letters of Mr Arnaz

9:01 pm

Thanks much, jilli.

9:01 pm

Not a bad grid so far. Got 170 words since I got here

9:01 pm

Trif...just sent you the link...and it is Flight of the Conchords...my apologies to our NZ friends!

9:01 pm

Great job, Min!

9:02 pm

99 left!

9:02 pm

Ooops! Witching hour! I have to log off now. Have a great night everyone! Family....I love you!

9:03 pm

Hi dan!!! Must check the blog again -- any news re Cheetah? Have missed the last few days.

9:03 pm

Night car!

9:03 pm

Hello everybody. I just started and have 285 left! Think I'll finish? :-D

9:03 pm

Nite jill! Hello and good nite, Dan!

9:03 pm

good night, car, and I love you too!

9:03 pm

night auntie love you to!!!

9:04 pm

cheetah still doing pretty well. no new adoption interest lately though :-( night car

9:04 pm

Hi nef -- it's a lot nicer than the last one!

9:04 pm

Sweet dreams, car.

9:04 pm

*poof*

9:05 pm

oh, disappointing, dan, but nothing could be sweetah than Dan and Mel's dear Cheetah!

9:05 pm

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:05 pm

thanks for the encouragement, jilli. I normally don't try gride this size; especially after working all day. Should be interesting how far I get before I fall asleep and hit the monitor!

9:06 pm

Hi Min! I'm doing fine; how are you?

9:06 pm

I'm well. Started this late but got 170 words in 40 min

9:06 pm

Min -- I was hoping someone would post a rooftop veggie garden!

9:06 pm

last re6?

9:07 pm

I'm glad to make your wishes come true today jillibus.

9:07 pm

NY Times had a long article about urban roof veggie gardens recently, jilli -- very interesting!

9:09 pm

very good idea, une!

9:09 pm

fireworks!

9:09 pm

I have a link to the NYT -- must check it out more often

9:09 pm

i agree!

9:09 pm

congrats, secooper!!

9:10 pm

Congrats scoop

9:10 pm

Yay, secooper! WTG!

9:10 pm

YAY secooper!

9:10 pm

thnx everyone for the clues!

9:10 pm

I just read your profile jillibus. It is very interesting.

9:10 pm

HI all. I was coming in earlier but there seemed to be a good-natured family arguement going on, and so I left again. I'm totally knackered after fruit picking, cooking, washing, ironing, bed changing etc in prep for our holiday next week. Later is packing - food, clothes etc., etc., but it's still too hot to sleep.

9:10 pm

Congratulations secooper on fireworks! Good for you

9:11 pm

OK, where is Duxbury?

9:11 pm

Thanks, min

9:11 pm

on the south shore of boston

9:11 pm

south of boston

9:11 pm

Hi jac -- you must indeed be pooped!

9:11 pm

Thx, secoop

9:11 pm

jilli, here's one of the articles: http://tinyurl.com/m5hcoq

9:12 pm

sorry jacula! you are always welcome, dear!

9:12 pm

just incredible all the things accomplished by Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco

9:12 pm

will read it later, une

9:12 pm

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

9:12 pm

YAY trif!!!

9:13 pm

YA AUNTIE!!!!!!!

9:13 pm

yay trif!!!

9:13 pm

woohoo coop and woohoo trif!

9:13 pm

WooHoo Trifio! WTG!!!

9:13 pm

autie???

9:13 pm

auntie

9:14 pm

dozing off here; time for bed. exhausting week . looking forward to the long weekend. c you all tomorrow. happy babbling.

9:14 pm

trif is my aunt, car is my other

9:14 pm

lovely cat, coop -- yours?

9:14 pm

78 deg F here, so it's gone down by about 10 degrees.

9:14 pm

last re6?

9:14 pm

just a stunt kitty my real cat looks exactly like that though

9:15 pm

backwards, Shirlock, often used as a medical term.

9:16 pm

Yay Trifs!!!!!1

9:16 pm

re + 'On The T**** of the Lonesome Pine'. Love that old song - makes me laugh.

9:16 pm

Congrats, Trif!!!!

9:16 pm

thanks tor. tertiare says hello btw...she is here with me

9:16 pm

jac, we're starting a heat wave here too -- 25C, 78C at 7.15 pm

9:17 pm

Congratulations Trifioso on fireworks! Good for you!

9:17 pm

Oh, I see the mad aunties are still here. Hi Trif.

9:17 pm

Heya ter ..

9:17 pm

more heat to come for several days, no rain

9:17 pm

I am stopping at 171 words and 1812 points.Bye to all

9:17 pm

Jilli - but they're moaning about being cold in Aus. LOL

9:17 pm

hello jacula. you are always, always welcome. Mad meaning fun loving and goofy, right?

9:17 pm

'Night Min. See you in a week.

9:17 pm

ugh, jilli - please send us some of your heat, okay?

9:18 pm

jac, love your rooftop garden, lol!

9:18 pm

So, Trif., who's the boozed-up auntie? Are youall celebrating the birth?

9:18 pm

finally got the re6 clue! thx

9:18 pm

Sweet dreams, Min.

9:19 pm

we are all completely sober and fine here...just joshing

9:19 pm

Sure ..

9:19 pm

May I please have a clue for re6-21 the 2nd? Thanks

9:20 pm

Jilli - a neighbour of ours has had a buddleia bush growing from halfway up their chimney for about the past 16 years. It just got removed when new people moved in and had the roof redone. Do people really NOT look up at their rooves?

9:20 pm

I have to drive home! of course I am just fine!

9:20 pm

Sure ..

9:20 pm

re6/21#2 -- ridiculous unword -- re + beloved

9:21 pm

Glad to hear it, Trif!

9:21 pm

Thanks, jillibus.

9:21 pm

jac, -- lol! (what colour buddleia?)

9:22 pm

yw peach -- ask away

9:23 pm

oops -- supper calling -- back later! Sorry

9:23 pm

2nd ar5?

9:23 pm

Thanks, jilli. How about the re5-12 the 1st? Thanks

9:23 pm

Jilli - I think the word applies to a type of sunfish known as the 'crimson auricle' (not really - re6/21 sunfish).

9:23 pm

The lilac wild one, Jilli (re the butterfly bushon the chimney).

9:24 pm

Sleep over if you can't drive ..

9:24 pm

nm, got the ar5

9:24 pm

Jili, I do the EXACT same thing! I put in a word, and pronounce it strangely, as I am looking at the structure of it

9:24 pm

Drive over if you can't sleep!

9:25 pm

Don't know the sunfish...thanks anyway, jilli.

9:25 pm

Trif - I did that not long ago with a really simple, ordinary word - can't remember what it was now.

9:26 pm

Sometimes, our brains' electrical pathways get clogged and we can't see the simplest things.

9:27 pm

We only have to worry if the pathways get destroyed, as in Alzheimer's Disease and others like it.

9:28 pm

But, as we age, our brain's filing cabinets are filled with so much info and on so many floors, it takes the clerk a bit longer to charge up and down, get his or her breath, and find it, and then relay the info back.LOL

9:29 pm

and some of us are missing important folders if you know what I mean

9:29 pm

So, next time someone asks you something you KNOW you know the answer to, just give the poor brain clerk a moment or two.

9:29 pm

I like that Trifs ..

9:29 pm

Indeed, ruru.

9:30 pm

myself included

9:30 pm

Jac, my brain is old and it leaks every so often. Sometimes what comes out of my mouth has no connection to what I'm thinking or talking about. That clerk gets in the wrong file!

9:32 pm

Got that, Nef. Hasn't happened to me yet, but I don't doubt it will. It only happens now when typing under the 'affluence of incahol' or when very tired.

9:33 pm

May I please have a clue for ra5-10 the 2nd? Thanks

9:33 pm

and then somedays my mouth just won't say what my brain is thinking. I tried to say "Human chorionic gonadotropin" today; and there was no way it would come out! Thank goodness that initials work too!

9:34 pm

I could once rattle off the English name and Latin name of every plant in my garden, and many of those that are not. These days, my brain goes blank when someone asks me what a particular plant is called. When I do find a name, it's usually the Latin name, which is odd, as I was rubbish at Latin at school.

9:35 pm

you probably had to work harder at memorizing it; so it's stored in different parts of your brain now

9:35 pm

2nd ea5/10 is the plural of ra4.4 (speed or tempo).

9:35 pm

Nef - that might be so. Never thought of that.

9:36 pm

Thing is, I usually find the Latin name of a plant by looking at it and describing it.

zo6 please?

9:36 pm

I would have thought I'd have done that better in English.

9:36 pm

rhymes with movie po6

9:36 pm

zo6 - a form of Herpes.

9:37 pm

chickenpox forward

9:37 pm

aa5! I just found the aa5!

9:37 pm

Shingles

9:37 pm

Thanks, Jacula.

9:37 pm

Well done, Dan.

9:37 pm

Thank GOD....Fireworks! Wine for everyone!

9:38 pm

congrats!

9:38 pm

Well done, Kad. I'll have a chilled dry white wine, thanks.

9:38 pm

WTG, kadresa! Woo Hoo for you!

9:38 pm

wtg kad!

9:38 pm

Here...let me get you a plastic cup...

9:39 pm

why isn't argh a word? I use it all the time!

9:39 pm

Kad - aa5/16 - you can't put wine in plastic. It makes it taste horrible!

9:40 pm

My wine doesn't stay in the glass long enough to spoil.

9:40 pm

Congrats, kadresa!!!

9:40 pm

nm, I just answered my own question

9:41 pm

LOL Kad.

9:42 pm

Nef, 'enable' dictionary only recognises the more agonised form of the a word.:-)

ae5,12 anyone?

9:44 pm

I noticed, jac. Thanks! :-)

9:44 pm

Nef - you got the ar6 from that, too, I hope?

9:45 pm

ae5/12 is a type of mosquito. ae + short form of Bishop Tutu's first name.

9:45 pm

no yet jac; but I just got the 10 all by myself!

9:46 pm

May I please have a clue for tr5-10 the 1st? Thanks

9:47 pm

Or Reggae star Mr. Dekker's first name, or Mr. O'Connor's first name. Or maybe, changing last letter, Mr. Arnez (Lucille Ball's hubby)'s name.

9:47 pm

I did get the mosquito, jac. Thanks

9:47 pm

sorry, ga, I don't have it yet

9:48 pm

Thanks anyway, Nef.

9:48 pm

gapeach - tr5/10 (1st) - like the rubbish you throw out but with a different last letter that matches the penultimate letter.

9:49 pm

Or thing of the tr5/10 (2nd) that is a lock of hair and change 2nd letter.

9:50 pm

I meant 3rd letter, sorry!

9:52 pm

Have it now, thanks, Jacula.

9:52 pm

Anyway, I hope a;; pf the mad celebrating aunties have worked out where they're staying for the night before they go to see their new family member.

9:52 pm

y/w Peach.

9:53 pm

*Note to self* Clean keyboard thoroughly after holiday - it's sticking and is filthy again.*

9:54 pm

hi all! help with last 2 words please?

9:55 pm

Last RE6/18 please?

9:55 pm

Son keeps trying to give me 'ergonomic' keyboards he's tried and rejected. As a classically trained typist, I don't want either a bendy, uppy or anything less than a normally stepped 'flat' keyboard. I'm a speed touch typist and anything off the norm will throw me.

9:56 pm

Sorry, pug, I don't have it yet (first 100 down!)

9:56 pm

re + 'on the t*** of the lonesome pine',pug but take the 'i' out.

ag8,50 - is it related to the other ag words?

9:57 pm

dont know the reference jac but ty for trying

9:57 pm

No, forward, it's not. It's a field related word.

9:57 pm

May I please have a clue for sa5-10 the 1st? Thanks

9:58 pm

also need the ER6 if anyone has a clue please?

9:58 pm

ag + when you're tired you need a **** + first name of Mr. Bundy from 'Married With Children'.

ty Jacula

9:59 pm

sa5/10 (first) rhymes with the ha meat. Or is like lettuce, tomatoes, celery etc sa*** but with a diff last letter.

10:00 pm

er6 = a substitute or fake. Uses the 6-point tile.

10:00 pm

ah monkeys found the RE6

10:01 pm

er + was seated + high point consonant.

10:01 pm

ty vm Jac! & fireworks

10:02 pm

y/w Pug and congrats.

10:02 pm

couldn't stand packing it in if that close to finishing!

10:03 pm

e're all tryers here, pug.x

10:03 pm

Thanks, Jacula, but I have that one as the 5 sa5-10....maybe you could reword it a little please?

10:03 pm

*We're.

10:03 pm

Bloody keyboard! LOL

10:03 pm

WHOO HOOO Ms Pug!!

10:04 pm

not going to make it to flip,YAWN, HI MET DEAR!

10:04 pm

Hey, pugmama...great going!!!!

ta 6/6 - its a bone

10:04 pm

sa5/10 (2nd) is the tangy tomato relish you put on burritos etc.

or a dance

10:05 pm

Hi, sweetie

10:05 pm

Or a type of sexy dance.

jinx

10:05 pm

LOL. sug. Yes.

10:05 pm

not used to seeing you attack such a big grid on a work night dear!

10:05 pm

I've been trying to persuade my other half to go to sa5/10 classes with me for ages.

10:06 pm

He won't and I haven't yet, either.

10:06 pm

Just need the first sa5-10.

its the best bonding moment two souls intertwined can embrace in a moment in time!

10:07 pm

I decided that since tomorrow is my holiday, and I get paid anyway, I'm not going to work - get a jump start on my Vacation!!

10:07 pm

gap - sa* (short form of the girl in our alley, Gracie fFields song) + Mr. Bundy's first name. Or Mr. Gore's.

ciao all

10:07 pm

aha! mental health day!

10:08 pm

Thank much, Jacula.

10:09 pm

sug - Damn! I wish I could get him to go. I have a good left foot and a crap right one, a good left hip and a rubbish left one, and he's a foot taller than me with no sense of rhythm (so he thinks).

10:09 pm

I want to dance with him!

10:09 pm

I just said Screw 'em, they'll run without me

10:09 pm

Mel - if that makes you happy, go with it.

10:09 pm

indeed, they'll manage.

10:10 pm

Lots of stuff I have to do - having the 2nd date at my place on Sunday!!

10:11 pm

oooh ! I want all the dish! and it will have to be juicier than the first one was!!!!!

10:11 pm

We've becom full time parents when we were never parents in the first place and, to quote something my recently moved in with us stepdaughter said last night, 'I want quality time'. When DID kids first learn all this psychobabble??

10:12 pm

There'll be no dish - we're taking it slow and getting to know each other, we'll go to a movie and grab a bite.

10:12 pm

oh PUH LEEZ! there's ALWAYS dish amongst sisters dear!

10:13 pm

No, really, dear, so far, so good, he's a nice boring Jewish boy, just what I need.

10:13 pm

I meant when we never never parents together of the same child. I have 2 grown-up kids and he has 1 14-yr-old, and, when we got togeether, I told him I didn't want anymore kids.

10:14 pm

yea I could use one of those!

10:14 pm

anyone have a clue for the 3rd de 4,5 please?

10:14 pm

keeping my fingers crossed for ya hon...

10:14 pm

We'll see....

10:15 pm

more than one of the 4th letter CWEST

10:15 pm

If you lot are going to start all of this Jewish talk, I may have to wake my 42-year-old Jewish bachelor friend up and introduce him to you. That's if he hasn't got the sound turned right down on his MSN so his Mum can't hear us talking.

10:15 pm

It IS my first time dating someone in quite a few years, I'm rusty, there's bound to be mistakes along the way, who knows???

10:16 pm

hi all. How's it?

10:16 pm

you'll be fine dear! just be your wonderful self!

10:17 pm

AUTUMN!!!!!

10:17 pm

I amy be biased but what's not to love?

10:18 pm

I don't see any takers for my Jewish bachelor. Come on girls!

10:18 pm

{{{{ I don't have ADD, do I? Oh, look - a chicken!!!}}}}

10:18 pm

met - there are no mistakes - only life lessons!

10:18 pm

You are so right, Autumn - how have you been, dear?

10:19 pm

BLAH-HAHA

10:19 pm

life has been busy. Finally finished the flooring and painting. Moved upstairs from the basement. Got all my stuff from storage and have been slowly unpacking everything. I haven't completed a grid in months!

10:19 pm

Can't one of you give my friend the thrill of his life? He thinks his parents are holding him back, but, actually, they're not...

10:19 pm

de5-12 the 4th please. Thanks

10:19 pm

well Jac if you can get him to PA for me I'll take a look...

10:20 pm

thanks pug

10:20 pm

That's why I haven't seen you for so long!!

10:21 pm

Pug - if he could be moved out of his attic room in North London,, with all of its catalogued shelves of tapes, cds and dvds, his parents wouldn't keep going away on holiday so often. None of us can shift him!

10:21 pm

sometimes its the easy ones that give me the most fits!

10:21 pm

sounds like Mets cup of tea there!

10:22 pm

hey - has anyone watched Jamie Oliver's new "food revolution" show?

10:22 pm

and too many refils on the wine!

10:22 pm

I only know him through the internet, and he has sent me some lovely bouquets of flowers, but shift him from London? Not done yet in 7 years of chatting.

10:22 pm

I was about to say, dear...

10:23 pm

stubborn bugger eh? But he does sound like match for you Met!

10:23 pm

Last time his Mum answered the 'phone to me, she was most 'unJewish Mother' - 'Hello. Cam you get **** out of his room and into life?'

10:23 pm

LOL

10:23 pm

*off to play in the grid for a while*

10:24 pm

Sounds like I'd like to get him out of his room and into the Jacuzzi!!!

10:24 pm

haven't been to London since I was 12 so I guess I'm out....

10:24 pm

Met - I must make a pint of trying to introduce you two when I come back from my holiday in a week's time.

10:25 pm

In a week I'll be visiting with Ms Pug!!!

10:25 pm

is he gay or a switch hitter or does Met have to convert him?

10:25 pm

I'm not sure K is gay though, Met. I think he might be shy. He did run a page 3 site on the net.

10:26 pm

gee my experience is jewish boys are not boring. they are challenging.

10:26 pm

At the very least, we have the music and DVDs in common

10:26 pm

as a matter of fact smart people are challenging period and most jewish guys are smart. dumb is good. dumb is content.

10:26 pm

mkg - challenging - the right word. Do their mothers or their rabbis make them like that?

10:27 pm

my dad used to say he envied the factory workers who were IQs of 100 or less. they were so so happy with their lives.

10:27 pm

K IS smart but naive also, I think.

10:27 pm

speak for yourself! dumb is a yawn or infuriating ....

10:27 pm

nope not mothers or rabbis. it is the IQ. non jews who are smart are also challenging.

10:28 pm

i am so much stupider than my hubby and i am so much happier.

10:28 pm

Dumb is DEFINITELY irritating....

10:28 pm

K once asked me to marry him, but I declined. He is not really my type, despite the flowers, and I am not Jewish, and I do know he wants to please his parents.

10:28 pm

doesnt matter if jewish or christian or what. if you are very smart you are a mess.

10:28 pm

a shrink friend told me the smarter the more discontent. i believe it.

10:29 pm

Opinion, mkg, mere opinion.

10:29 pm

it is true the dolts are seldom as neurotic as the intelligent...

10:29 pm

ok i agree but it is also my experience.

10:29 pm

My son is very smart and he would not say he is a mess, though I think he is. I, too, was once very smart but am now 'a mess'. LOL

10:29 pm

that's because ignorance is bliss.....

10:29 pm

when i have clients who arent very smart, wow, they are so lovely to deal with.

10:30 pm

yup ignorance is bliss. totally agree

10:30 pm

if I don't know what I don't know, then I don't know I'm missing anything, eh pug?

10:30 pm

anyone on this chat doing the grid is smart. period. so we are all full of issues. none of us would be easy to live with. i am not for sure.

10:30 pm

You're now confusing ignorance with just plain nice.

10:30 pm

You're now confusing ignorance with just plain nice.

10:30 pm

mkg - I know you didn't mean that to sound condescending, but it did - as do me and my kids when we chat amongst ourselves and get overheard.

10:30 pm

smart muslim men are a nightmare.

10:31 pm

People can be smart and nice , or can be dolts and difficult.

10:31 pm

indeed,even in my own family.The happiest person is the only one with a less than remarkable IQ

10:31 pm

did you see the movie with sally fields "not without my daughter"? if not see it! amazing. smart muslim man............

10:31 pm

true, true, met

10:31 pm

condescending to who? sorry if i am insulting anyone.

10:31 pm

I think you're al right re less smart = more happy. Less to get annoyed or worry about, Iguess.

10:32 pm

ok ok i agree i am stereotyping. apologies.

10:32 pm

Is all this an excuse for dumbing down?

10:32 pm

mkg - condescnding in that, in today's oh to PC world, thinking or saying anyone is less intelligent than yourself is frowned upon.

10:33 pm

met, i am not saying smart is not nice. but smart is still very very keenly perceptive and that makes them discontent. it is not an issue of not nice. a person can be very nice but inside be suffering.

10:33 pm

OH HELL NO!!!

10:33 pm

well guess i flunk PC 101. sorry all.

10:34 pm

endlessly lament the dumbing down of America...

10:34 pm

Of course, there will always be the thinkers, the movers and the workers. Look at the ants and the bees - they still work on that understanding.

10:34 pm

PC is largely a crock.

10:34 pm

but please dont misunderstand me. i am not saying smart means not nice. i am saying smart people are keenly aware and therefore they analyze and are upset by their own shortcoming and limitations and that makes them unhappy. unhappy does not equal nasty! one of the nicest men i know is a sweet guy, a doctor, who is very depressed. and very smart.

10:35 pm

I spent my youth trying to get people to think I was not as bright as I really was, but in spite of that, got known as "the brain".

10:35 pm

Jilli - dumging down?? NEVER! As my son would say in jest - nuke everyone with an IQ less than ours.

10:35 pm

so how do you feel about that title now jilli?

10:35 pm

i was always an underachiever. now i know i have add.

10:35 pm

I hear ya Jilli...got called "Miss Dictionary " in grade school..

10:36 pm

I was perfectly happy in spite of many problems (WW2 caused) and so were several of my super-bright cousins

10:36 pm

I was t'The Vicar' when I got a 1st at RE in my firstyear of secondary school.

10:36 pm

isnt argh a word? as in the sound???????

10:37 pm

I just hate to hear people talking about "elitism" as if it were a terrible thing. What's a heaven for?"

10:37 pm

MY GOD! I f I hear one more TV News show about Wacko-Jacko I will projectile hurl!

10:38 pm

I've never been unhappy with myself andmy intellect, unless outside influences have worked on me to make me feel less worthwhile, My son teels me that's a weakness. I thinkm though I have no awareness of having taught him to be like that, that he's my alter-ego. My daughter is also now very pro-self.

10:38 pm

mkg -- double some letters

10:38 pm

mkg, stretch it out

10:38 pm

ty. dumb grid. argh should work too. dont they read comics? argh is a great word.

10:39 pm

I have two great kids who know who they are and what they want out of life. I hope I've done my job.

10:39 pm

pug -- I've been tuning to BBC World and Canadian news channels for a bit of relief.

10:39 pm

ok so why do they double both letters? very strange

10:39 pm

mkg you have a point but it doesn't stand up. Less intelligent people can be easily intimidated by the fast pace of our changing world and know they don't have as many choices as more clever people. Paperwork can be overwhelming and job choices are more likely to disappear on them. They have stress

10:39 pm

oh got it with only one doubled.

10:40 pm

the aa6 doubles 2

10:40 pm

ok i need some clues.

10:40 pm

Ok my lovlies,I'm fading fast...off to bed for me.Happy Babbling all!! nighty night!

10:40 pm

ok bugs. you have a point.

10:40 pm

about 300, mkg?

10:41 pm

anyone have a clue for me? only have the 9 that is the 10 singular. need other one.

10:41 pm

what about 300? i only have 151. goal is half way tonight. then sleep.

10:41 pm

currently, is seems bright people are sneered at

10:41 pm

jilli you slay me...

10:41 pm

poof!

10:41 pm

lol, pug :)

10:42 pm

I liked MJ and was sorry he died, and think he's ben manipulated for far too long and not given the psychiatric help he needed. I haven't been following all of the news, but, if the conspiracy theories are corect and we see a hooded figure in North Devon next week (he planned to move there), I'll let you know. Actually, I won't. Since we plan to move there oursselves eventually, we didn't want any Jacksons there - press, fans, too much fuss etc.

10:42 pm

does anyone have clues to share with me? need second 9, and need one more c word............

10:43 pm

Jilli - my daughter was sneered at in the school I've just sent my stepdaughter to for 'being a BoFF'/

10:44 pm

second 9? Can you be more specific please, so we don't have to search through over 300 words to figure out which one that is?

10:44 pm

i only have 2 grey ones. and the h of course. so that is bad.

10:44 pm

wot's a BoFF?

10:44 pm

Didn't stop her getting to Uni though and it won't stop my 'step' when she settles in.

10:44 pm

sorry must go to lickety. didnt yet.

10:45 pm

about time, mkg

10:45 pm

A BoFF is someone who wants to work in school.

10:45 pm

what does it stand for?

10:45 pm

Someone who seems to know more than their year group.

10:45 pm

...and I always thought I knew what a boff was....

10:45 pm

Can't remember now, jilli.

10:46 pm

oh, big help!

10:46 pm

Ah, I remember, it's short for BOFFIN. But I'll bet the kids who use the word BoFF don't know that.

10:46 pm

I wasn't even a swot -- just cought on fast and had a good memory.

10:47 pm

United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, boffins are scientists, engineers, and other people who are stereotypically seen as engaged in technical or scientific research. Also, a boffin is a particularly clever person. 'Boffin' is an insult used by British teenagers. American equivalent is "Egghead"[1]. The word may conjure up images of men in thick spectacles and white lab coats, obsessively working with complicated apparatus. Portrayals of boffins emphasize both their eccentric genius and their naive ineptitude in social interaction. They are, in that respect, closer to the "absent-minded professor" stereotype than to the classic mad scientist. Alec Guinness's character in the film The Man in the White Suit (1951) is a classic example of an eccentric and obsessed boffin.

10:47 pm

That's from Wiki

10:47 pm

aahhh, that makes sense -- boffins -- WW2 brains

10:47 pm

Jilli - same here re swot.

10:48 pm

but sneered at, see? (ADORED the Man in th White Suit)

10:48 pm

But I went to a grammar school where we were all expected to be high achievers, so none of that boFF stuff went on.

10:49 pm

need ag 8 plz.

10:49 pm

Ditto at the "Public" schools I went to. We were just expected to do our best.

10:50 pm

ag + **** in Peace, Mr Gore.

10:50 pm

..And I just started a sentence with 'but' and another with'And'. My old Eglish teacher would kill me if she saw that/

10:51 pm

*English. Sorry Mrs, Roberts.

10:51 pm

Ah yes. Not to start with "however" either...

10:51 pm

off to bed for me. have a great night all.

10:51 pm

'Night Autumn.

10:52 pm

jac, interesting comma after Mrs. There is a theory that if an abbreviation ends with the same last letter as the full word, there should be no "full stop" ("period" in American). Such as Dr and Mr and Mrs (Mistress)

10:53 pm

I'm not too worried about my old English teacher or my old Art teachers. I did both proud some years ago and will again in the future.

10:53 pm

night autumn -- long tome...!

10:53 pm

*time

10:53 pm

It was a typo, Jilli.

10:53 pm

I know, jac, but how about the Dr and Mr and Mrs

10:54 pm

cant get that 8 that is the peace clue. any others?

10:55 pm

I may have done the comma after the Mrs. in some kind of Freudian way, because I know she left her police sargeant hubbby, got back to being a hippy and went to teach English in an inner city school with 'difficult' kids.

10:55 pm

got that ag 8. ty for clue.

10:55 pm

mkg -- don't you know what R.I.P. stands for?

10:55 pm

I'm old-fashioned, Jilli. I'll still go for the full stops.

10:56 pm

yes i do just didnt know the word ended with Gore first name.

10:56 pm

never mind the comma, jac -- don't you get my question about the lack of a punctuation mark under those circumstances?

10:56 pm

need ae 5 first one please.

10:56 pm

Jac, it's nothing new. My father favoured it.

10:57 pm

ae5 is the yellow fever mosquito -- ae + first 3 letters of Mr Arnaz

10:58 pm

ty got it.

10:58 pm

I saw a sign from USA on TV that confused me recently - it was a sign for a lawn firm owned by a female but read, can't remember her name now, so I'll make one up: 'Sarah Rice esq.

10:58 pm

yw

10:59 pm

Esq - short for esquire, was the forerunner of 'Mister'/Mr.

10:59 pm

Ah -- Jac, that's an American title for a lawyer -- most peculiar IMnotsoHO

10:59 pm

gee cant even finish the a words.

11:00 pm

Esquire was a landowner, I believe.

11:00 pm

It's not correct though, Jilli. Esq is MALE.

11:01 pm

Check out a Webster's dictionary, Jac. It's just a title or something in the US, sexless

11:02 pm

All my parents' male friends, ncluding my dad, although they were not landowners, were J.O.E. Blow, Esq.

11:02 pm

Over here in UK up until the late 60s, we used 'Esq' after 'Master' when addressing envelopes to a male after age 11. He became 'Mister at 18 and only got to be 'Esq' if he went into a profession rather than 'a job'.

11:03 pm

Yes, I was talking Brit, jac

11:04 pm

in 9 plesae?

11:05 pm

nm got it.

11:05 pm

And there was another thing, now quaint, for married women. They were Mrs J. O. E. Blow unless they were divorced, when they became Mrs. Jane Blow.

11:06 pm

Male child 0-10 - Master J. Smith. Male child 11-18 (unleess apprenticed in law before or a landowner) = Mr. J. Smith. 18-yr-old male landowner or in the profession of law - J. Smith Esq.

11:06 pm

(if Jane was their real name)

11:07 pm

ga 7 please?

11:07 pm

ga7 = attics or stocking holder uppers.

11:07 pm

oops got that 7 by accident. sorry.

11:07 pm

which one, mkg?

11:08 pm

sorry jilli.

11:08 pm

J. Smith, Esq. could have been in other professions (my dad was in banking)

11:09 pm

trying to get all a words.

11:09 pm

ar 5 second one please?

11:09 pm

yeah, mkg -- an awful lot of them!

HI Jilli sprite was here on Monday. Sorry I have finished this grid and I am floating about

11:09 pm

Jilli - back in the 70s, i remember the Family Planning Clinic, who were supposed to serve all with no discrimination, shouting out whose appointment was next... If you were married, it'd be 'Mrs. J Smith!' If not, it would 'Janet Smith!'

11:10 pm

2nd ar5 is a tapestry.

11:11 pm

hi herin -- she hasn't changed her icon since then

11:11 pm

hi ladies...and any gents....I finished and now am off to bake...white choc mouse cream cheesecake on pistachio cake ...and for the kiddies, strawberry Jello jigglers...all in star shapes...

11:11 pm

need first as word as well the six. any clues are welcome. ar and as.............

11:11 pm

a tapestry? hmmmmmmmmm.

Hi Pav.

11:11 pm

ar + Shakespeare play '** You Like It'.

Jill I think it is school Holidays there

11:11 pm

not a clue what it is.

11:12 pm

and herin, he hasn't responded to two emails

11:12 pm

ty jac.

11:12 pm

have the ar 4s and first ar 5 and otherwise blank.

11:12 pm

mkg...nice women are as6ive, while nasty ones are beotches...

11:12 pm

And add a consonant, one repeated in the middle of that.

11:12 pm

good eve mi'Lady!

11:12 pm

mkg if you look on the right hand side of Lickety's List

11:12 pm

oh just got the put in jail words. both of them.

11:13 pm

now need the ar 5 10s second and third ones plesae.

11:13 pm

Hi Herin. BRB.

11:13 pm

Jilli - Sprite is feamle.

HI jac

11:13 pm

what bugsaw? i see it but what ?

11:13 pm

(sorry, hit the button too soon) there are lists there that you can open to find words. It says, A-Z 4 letter words etc

11:14 pm

dont get it pav3

Oh Jill I don't know hun she may be having a relaz

11:14 pm

click on those lists and you will see all kinds of words in alphabetical order. I use the lists firsts and only ask for clues when I can't see the word in the list.

11:15 pm

as6 == to sternly voice one's opinion, make one's self known without becoming bitchy

11:15 pm

bugs my fun is getting clues and i love the chat for clues. sorry. if it bothers you i am sorry but to me the fun of the grid is to ask clues and guess them.

Is anyone here having issues with Mozilla?

11:16 pm

I'm on Safari for Mac mi'Lady...

11:16 pm

ty got that as 6

11:16 pm

ok. I understand. I just thought you were struggling here.

MMM Mozilla is being annoying again

11:17 pm

still missing as 5 10 first one, as 6 18 last one, and ar 5 10 second and third ones. clues most welcome.

11:17 pm

ok must run and bake...party tomorrow...since my friends must work the holiday

11:17 pm

No prob here with Firefox or Thunderbird

11:17 pm

200 words. yeah!

11:18 pm

I'd like almost any size as long as the words are real

11:18 pm

as5 10 (first one) accounting term as5s and liabilities, what you own vs what you owe...

11:18 pm

No probs here with browsers of e mails.

11:18 pm

Or emails

Interesting must be me.

11:18 pm

got it pav. ty

11:18 pm

Taking a short break...

11:18 pm

What's all this about 200 words- have I missd a grid change?

11:18 pm

those ar 5 10 s are killing me. killing me.

11:19 pm

as6 the last one pertains to the st5 (cosmos)...as in physics

missing the last as6,18

I would like a 500 word grid

11:19 pm

pav are you sure? i have it as second to last.

thanks Pav - you read my mind!

11:20 pm

I think I am melting and too hot to clue any longer.

11:20 pm

well sorry must go to sleep. ty to all cluers.

But then again I am very bored

11:20 pm

these easy grids promote mediocrity

11:20 pm

whereas as6 18 pertains to the cosmos. ar5 10 the last deals with the pictures and sculptures and written and spoken word genre in general//ar4

Babe Rab

11:21 pm

Any time you fancy doing a word game on Facebook Herin, I'm up for it. But I'm away on hol for the next week.

11:21 pm

2nd as6 to the last as6 is pl of last as5 10

11:22 pm

Bab- you're being facestious.

11:22 pm

Did I spell that correctly at 5.22am

Ok Jac. I will set one up. That was a total fluke that big word

11:22 pm

ok Im off to bake...so much to do so little time...I'll be up all night, but can't play...perhaps...

11:23 pm

No, it doen't look right, bab.

11:23 pm

facetious

11:23 pm

huh pav? last ar 4 is the ar**. not getting the clues. sorry. dont get cosmos either. how does last as 6 differ from as 6 before it?

Pav what you doing?

11:23 pm

Herin - do that and we'll commence battle in a week's time.

Jac we can start when you return.

11:24 pm

as6 5 5 6 6 which do you need?

11:24 pm

PAV - that doesn't loo right either butit most liekely is.

11:25 pm

i need very last as 6. very last one. the next to last is a + with a spoon i s*** my coffee, but changed vowel and plural. what is last one?

11:25 pm

I'm so tired I want to drop but can't 'cos it's too warm.

11:25 pm

I'm baking the desserts for my friend's holiday party tomorrow afternoon...she must work the 4th..I'm baking the pistachio cakes first then the white choc mousse cheesecakes and combining them...and Jello jigglers for the kids...all in star shapes

11:25 pm

But I must go because I have repotting a packing to do.

Pav you now have me thinking about making some cookies (yes cookies as they are Toll house varitey)

11:26 pm

perhaps it's fecetious

11:26 pm

I've done enogh cookking on one day for a weel or more.

11:26 pm

facetious

Pav. Make the Jelly First

May fav is getting lamb shanks and letting them stew for 2 days

11:27 pm

last as6 pertains to the cosmos..the moon and st5 in the skies....as in as6 physics...foudnation for the study of the cosmos,,,astrology

11:28 pm

right Jello first must set overnight before using star cutters....

11:28 pm

somehow I don't think lamb shanks will work as dessert...

11:29 pm

facetious

11:29 pm

Just looked it up.

11:29 pm

hanks BR - what did I say in the first place?

OH also you may want to do the crumb base for the cheese cake over night to make it nice and hard

11:31 pm

cONDUNDRUM - Step daughter loves digestive biscuits but hates cheesecake base?

11:31 pm

you accused of be facetious

11:31 pm

peenging‏

11:31 pm

mi'Lady...the cake has to be done first because the cheesecake sets on top of..and the cheesecakes need to set overnight as well...so all must be done tonight...

11:31 pm

Did I BR - were you? I can't retain every day stuff now. If I offended you, I apologise.

missing the last two ar5,10s

11:32 pm

graham cracker crust for cheesecake

11:32 pm

not at all, Jacula

11:32 pm

graham crackers are what we call digestive bics in UK.

(I suggest pre buying the cracker base ) I did not say that

11:32 pm

Jac...the base can be any cookie or doughy flat crust...crackers, vanilla wafers, butter crumb crust, pie dough, oreo cookies crumbed...etc....I also use cho chip cookies as a base or even brownies,,,

11:32 pm

Choc bic bases are very hard to slice.

OH you know what rocks with the base?

11:33 pm

last ar5/10 -- sculpture, painting, et+ Mr Gore

11:33 pm

etc

11:33 pm

I'd avoid using ginger snaps though as they are quite "flavorful" and will overpower the cheesecake itself...

11:33 pm

horseradish base?

11:33 pm

ty jilli got it.

thanks Jilli

11:33 pm

jac, not quite the same

11:34 pm

Pre-buying the cracker base??? EEEEK! It's onoly crushed digestives or graham cracks and butter stirred in a pan. How hard is that? *sigh*

11:34 pm

horseradish and sardines

11:34 pm

need that last as 6 still. cosmos word but dont know how it differs from one before it.

11:34 pm

hey, peeps

think of the study of the stars word but put mr gores name at the ned

11:34 pm

aas6 = of the stars/cosmos.

Hi Tyger.

*end*

11:34 pm

hello, tyger

11:35 pm

could I get help with the last st6, pls?

11:35 pm

got it. ty

11:35 pm

hey, herin

11:35 pm

mkg it ends with Mr. Gore's first name

11:35 pm

the ar5/10 before that is ar + ***putin (advisor to Romanovs)

11:35 pm

and babrab

11:35 pm

hi tyger!!!

I have used premade cookie dough for my Banana Cream Pie before.

11:35 pm

st 6 -- add, grazin in the g**** is a gas ... can you dig it?

11:35 pm

done with all a words! whew. off to sleep. ty tyty

11:35 pm

hey, jilli

11:36 pm

Glass or a German street without the last letter,is st6.

11:36 pm

ok I'm off...ciao everyone! will let you know how the desserts turn out tomorrow...

Enjoy Pav

11:36 pm

thx ever so, babrab.

How are you Tyger?

11:36 pm

and jac. I thought that might be it, but couldn't figure out how to get there :P

11:36 pm

yw

11:37 pm

need to go back. 9 to go. never dreamed I'd finish this one

11:37 pm

okay, herin, thx

11:37 pm

later

11:37 pm

clues available, tyger

Sorry if i poof my internet needs a spank

ty for the ar clues Jilli

11:39 pm

yw faith

11:39 pm

as usual, herin!

di6,21 please?

Its the weather. We had 20 mil of rain over night and its windy and just blar

11:40 pm

I hope the next grid is big enough that we can give the icon clues, and kind enough that it has real words

damn now i want Banana cream pie

11:41 pm

di + horse housing in the stable: ****l

11:41 pm

faith -- Di**rict of Columbia + Mr Gore (he's busy tonight!)

ty babble

11:42 pm

or if you are into dentistry...i think it is one of the sides of a tooth

11:43 pm

hi dart -- I thought my clue was pretty good too, but unnoticed

11:43 pm

hi jilli

HI dart

11:43 pm

hi herin BR all

11:44 pm

la 7 and 8 please, the last in the la list before the 4.

11:44 pm

happens to me all the time, jilli

Don't you hate when you go to do something and you forget

11:44 pm

la...backwards football pass

11:44 pm

is there a backwards football pass? dont know football at all. sorry dart. ty anyway

11:45 pm

or a sideways move

UniLa?

11:45 pm

my sympathy, babrab, lol!

11:45 pm

no biggy for sure

11:45 pm

google backwards pass, mkg

11:46 pm

you don't take a promotion...you take a la 7 move

11:46 pm

One of the first things dad taught me about rugger

11:46 pm

i get websites for companies. maybe backward pass.

la :of or pertaining to the side

11:47 pm

or, what you put up for a loan: co+ la 7

i'm missing the first two la5,10s please

11:47 pm

ty got it.

11:48 pm

la == lariat

11:48 pm

faith, they're weird

11:48 pm

la ++ ***t and relaxation

11:49 pm

la + fishing ***l

11:49 pm

need one more te5/14 (before the planet)

11:49 pm

pls? :)

11:49 pm

what cowboy uses to rope a calf

11:49 pm

anyone have clue for on words? dont have any.

11:50 pm

use your 3 pt tile, tyger

11:50 pm

te5/14 -- same first 3 letters as previous word plus peach state

11:50 pm

thx!!!

11:51 pm

mkg, the on*** of an illness (and plural)

11:51 pm

GREAT clue, jili!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:51 pm

ty, babrab!

11:51 pm

ty got it.

11:51 pm

Hi all - last st6 please

11:52 pm

st 6 == add, grazin in the g**** is a gas .. can ya dig it?

11:52 pm

rhymes with what you mow

11:52 pm

over to you, babrab, lol!

11:52 pm

y ty, jilli

11:52 pm

need de 5 12 lsat one please.

11:53 pm

de5/12 -- get rid of the rodent

11:54 pm

faith, did you find those la's?

11:54 pm

hmmm spray for them, trap them, destroy not in grid. very stumped and thinking..........

11:54 pm

add the rodent

11:54 pm

such a funny clue. got it jilli

I found one of them

11:55 pm

good! I like funny

11:55 pm

need ea 5 the first one plz.

11:55 pm

the rope?

didn't get jilli's clue about fishing - still looking

11:55 pm

the de 5 and the ta 5...are backward forward combos...so are the de 6 and st 6

11:56 pm

got the ea words.

11:56 pm

er six plz?

11:56 pm

faith -- people ***l in the fish hooked on the end of the line

ty Jilli!

11:58 pm

phew, faith!

11:58 pm

160 left...not sure I am going to make it lol!!! Hi all :)

11:58 pm

hi kaz -- keep the faith, baby!

19 left - so close yet so far away!

11:59 pm

I can't believe this. it stopped uploading my words :(

11:59 pm

well done, anyway, faith!

11:59 pm

whew - fireworks - tx for great clues

11:59 pm

refresh, tyger?

11:59 pm

YAY ursh!!!

11:59 pm

Hi, everyone. I've never sat and waited for a flip before - want to get some done before doing the food shopping

12:00 am

congrats, ursh

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