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FLIP : )

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Flip flip hooray!

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top row grey!

12:00 am

and got my wish

flip and hi all

12:01 am

Yes - nice sized grid! :)

12:02 am

hi all!!!

12:02 am

hi everyone :)

12:02 am

slightly late flip

12:02 am

Hi Pini ! and Dee and Nan and Jilli

12:02 am

hi jilli

12:02 am

Jilli!!! :)

12:03 am

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

12:03 am

I changed my icon so you can see the newest addition...is it visible?

12:03 am

JC!!!!! :)

12:03 am

pini -- beautiful new little life!

Clues are up

12:03 am

Aww, Pini - how precious!!! :)

12:03 am

Oh Pini! congratulations! Beautiful!

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety! :)

12:03 am

hi flosey :)

12:03 am

thanks lickety

12:04 am

yes! COngrats.. what a beauty

12:04 am

oh, wonderful, Lickety! It makes so much difference!

12:04 am

Was wondering how you get expert.

12:04 am

Yes, congratulations, Pini - what a beautiful baby! :)

12:04 am

Muchas Gracias Lickety!

12:04 am

Thanks!! He's incredibly cute! :)

12:04 am

thank you lickety

12:04 am

He's adorable!!! :)

12:05 am

Mema, unless you have a mac, you just email Lickety and he will send it to you

12:05 am

is daughter ok , Pini

12:05 am

mom, dad, and baby are doing great!

12:05 am

I did email him several days ago and haven't heard anything back

12:05 am

Awesome news!

12:06 am

sorry to say, DR...no babbler's won the baby pool :)

12:06 am

I think he was away, Mema -- he's been here just a minute ago though so try again

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I wasn't even close either!

12:06 am

thats ok.. healthy family is more important

12:06 am

no apostrophe, pini, for babblers

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Will do - thanks

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h7

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oops

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h8

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phantom -- heaven

12:08 am

phantom senile

12:08 am

Got 'em too Harp!

12:08 am

this grid doesn't look as nice as the last one

12:09 am

so far it seems fine

12:09 am

11 to go

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i mean 111

12:09 am

think you're right jilli

12:11 am

Ooh, I just found the ho7 and ho8, too. :)

12:12 am

clever JC :)

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got them!

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me too JC

12:16 am

half way

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ok...must go find my pillow...it's been one very long, but happy and eventful day...cya l8r g8rs!

12:17 am

gnight Pini!

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Sweet Dreams Pini!

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happy dreams, pini!

12:19 am

Not that clever, Jilli - they were actually quite obvious, once I saw them! :P

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But thank you - I'll take the compliment all the same! ;)

12:20 am

not at all obvious to me, JC :(

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but I just saw them and you're right!

12:22 am

I am stopping at 80 words and 602 points. Bye to all!

12:22 am

HAHAHA, yes Jilli! :)

12:22 am

bye min!

12:22 am

Bye for now, Minveryork! :)

12:23 am

min -- please resize your icon! See my profile for how...

12:24 am

Good night Min!

12:24 am

Oh thank you jillibus!I was wondering how to do that

12:25 am

4th column e is preventing me from getting nbt

12:25 am

Me too Cyber! It is making me crazy!!!!

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me three

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el 5/6.

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el5 and 6

12:26 am

Hey jillibus,what size should I chose on that website?

12:27 am

ty dr

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nbt

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email would work, I think, min

12:27 am

Minveryork - what sizes are available? Make it square, too.

12:27 am

Arrgh! I am still stuck on it!

12:27 am

yea Nan!

12:27 am

If you e-mail it to me, I will resize and crop it for you.

12:27 am

I do not know if my portrait is landscape or portrait.

12:27 am

Minveryork? Send it to me at the address in my profile.

12:28 am

I think it's landscape, min

12:28 am

I can quickly resize and crop it, and send it back to you.

12:28 am

JC is clever with pictures :)

12:29 am

Jilli is very sweet and complimentary. :)

12:29 am

ok.. I have 2 rows greyed and 90 words... off to bed ..

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and truthful

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good night dr

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except with one which had misplaced anatomy, eh JC?

12:31 am

goon night Nan- cya tomorrow

12:31 am

* good night even... ( see, I am tired)

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Night DR

12:32 am

gnight Jilli.... * Snore*

12:32 am

What are you referring to, Jilli?

12:32 am

breeze is wafting the scent of Spanish broom into here through the open window to my garden -- mmmmm

12:33 am

a certain poster, JC

12:33 am

What picture, with 'misplaced anatomy'? :/

12:33 am

Hmmm?

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Sorry - you've lost me here? :/

12:33 am

how lovely, jill -- it is still 30C here and very smokey -- can't open the windows.

12:34 am

Ummm...I need a remedial clue for the EL 5 & 6 please....I am just not getting it! Sorry!

12:34 am

Jili, I have a childhood friend who lives on Salt Spring Island - it's a truly lovely spot. She's a weaver - weaves, teaches, sells fibers...

12:35 am

haven't had et here for a while!

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lots of talented weavers here, buff -- I know some of them

12:35 am

nan, I hear there are more fires near Kelowna :(

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buff, what's your friend's first name? I took weaving lessons here on SSI

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el 5/10 el 6/18 e + 4 letter word

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el5 sounds like a girl's name

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JC, an early poster of you not quite au naturel with a dot in the wrong spot

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bit early car.but nearly a girl's name

12:38 am

the terrace mt. fire jumped the fire break last night, so some of the homes up the west side of the lake have been evacuated again. Over 7,000 hectares now.

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terrible, nan!

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HAHAHA, 'dot', Jilli? :P OK, I'm with you now - but what has that got to do with me being 'clever' or not, with pictures? I just posed for the original photo - I didn't do that bad airbrushing job, or anything else with it! :P

12:39 am

Darn it! I tried it 5 different ways, not working! :=(

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Good grief! TY all!

12:39 am

Oh it did work! just clicked on my icon. Much better!

12:40 am

oh, ok, JC -- thought maybe you had done the photoshopping, lol

12:41 am

firewords

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Minveryork - I offered to do it for you. If you e-mail me the original photo, I will resize and crop it for you, and send it back - all in a jiffy! ;)

12:41 am

Send it to the address in my profile . . .

12:41 am

43 words down and finally NBT. Nan, stay safe. I hate fires of any sort.

12:41 am

grats Dart I am stuck with 46 to go

12:41 am

goah dart - wtg!

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Well done dart!

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easier than last nights

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WTG, Dart! And good night to all.

12:42 am

min -- much better, but take up JC's offer and it won't be squished

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Thank you jillibus for that helpful website and thanks J.C. for offering your help. I was determined to do it on my own. It took a few tries, but it finally worked.

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meant gosh!

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good night Nef

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yay, dart!!! (and hi, all! late again!)

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Oh god no, Jilli - I can't do anything very advanced! That was airbrushing, done by whoever PETA hired.

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YAY dart!!!

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hi rbud

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114/40 and at a standstill -- will have another look at it tomorrow -- good night :)

12:43 am

yw min -- and did you know sprite has a lovely Ruby Cavalier pup called Terra?

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nite, nan!

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Don't care if it's squished. Just glad it's the right size

12:43 am

night nan!

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Night Cybernan!

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Anyway, min -- I love Cavaliers and specially Blenheims like yours

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Cute pup, Minver!

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I did know that already since you told me about that before.Her pictures are cute! I love Cavalier Spaniels

12:45 am

Thanks rbud

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Okay, now I can sleep easy knowing my icon is fixed.

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

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so glad, min! Sleep tight!

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goodnight Min, beautiful dog, sweet face

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Did I mention NBT? Should have.

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wtg jilli

12:48 am

well, I lurked and finished so now I really am going to bed... just kept finding words

12:49 am

is anyone else finding the words entering very slowly?

12:49 am

This one was fun

12:49 am

well done dr

12:49 am

goodnight DR, sweet dreams

12:49 am

ty Dip- and really good night now

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not me, flosey, except those which have to reach my brain

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lol, maybe if I refresh, will try

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YAY DR!!!

12:52 am

btw all, have some fun with failblog.org

12:52 am

brb

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ho7

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and 8 ru

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back again with dishes done

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hi ruru

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well glad I have those out of the way.

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hiya jilli

ugh.... new grid. ohhh

1:02 am

hi all! a nice sized one today...

do not have the eyes or brain tonight........

1:02 am

Morning/evening all Nice grid so far....

1:03 am

Hello FM -- don't see you often enough

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hi FM

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and lovely to see you too :), am usually lurking whilst waking up but this morning have been up since 4.30 :(

1:04 am

oh dear, FM, why?

Hola greetings from the 3rd Coast!

Me, too fmithc!

1:05 am

warm weather, left bedroom window open and noisy motorbike woke me up, then brain just got going.

hey, the 3rd coast is in Michigan LOL

1:06 am

Hi science are you totally addicted now?

1:06 am

I hate when that happens, FM

No, 3rd coast is GULF COAST - Hurricane alley

1:07 am

our third coast is the Arctic Ocean

1:07 am

Ah well, I can always have a nap later but have lots to do today.

well, we detroiters are surrounded by the 3rd coast: lake michigan, lake huron . . .

1:08 am

lake st clair?

1:08 am

I see PAV is flying the flag of the Antartic today, he must be visiting BabbleRabble :)

what's with all the q's this weekend?

yep, little ol' lake saint claire, which would be a big lake if it weren't for the other ones 8-)

1:09 am

being a native michigander, and having had a pleasant time a few years back on the beach of South Padre Island, historically Michigan's coast came before the Gulf Coast as part of the US...

1:09 am

They come in batches science, we probably won't see them again for weeks (famous last words)

1:10 am

FM, I remember reading Watership Down...most impressive

1:11 am

I'm staying as cool as possible in this horrid warmth of AZ...matched a record fro mthe 1800's today..pr sp they say...

good point PAV

1:11 am

hmm or so they say...

1:11 am

How hot was it, Pav?

1:11 am

It is a good read isn't it jilli. I left my icon up as Scrabs wasn't around on the 1st and today as it is pet Monday I am still in theme.

1:12 am

113 in the shade

1:12 am

good evening everyone.

1:12 am

come to MN pav...we didnt even hit 90 in july...first time in a long time

hi there BW, whazap?

1:12 am

It was 95 in my house last Wednesday -- record heat here

1:13 am

hello gwen. been working hard, staying cool.

1:13 am

whew, Pav! But dry heat, I bet.

1:13 am

nice and cool for sleeping tonight though jilli

1:13 am

wow that is warm PAV. Hi bw We had summer a few weeks ago up in the 90's for over 7 days but now back to lovely clement temps although a tad too much rain.

1:13 am

much better now, yes, flosey

1:13 am

nope no MN for moi...was there once for a family visit in June...too much humidity...my mom just spent the month of July there visiting my sis, she was happy to be back in ALbuquerque...

working harder than me, i'll bet, BW 8-)

1:14 am

we finally had t-stms roll through tonight...maybe your weather will change jilli

1:14 am

can't complain. at least we have a few orders to keep us busy. lol

1:14 am

dart, it's cooling gradually as ocean air creeps in

BW, i had an order-free day today. at least i got a few goodies catalogued

1:15 am

when we get hot...usually humid (this summer has not been hot nor humid)...but MN isn't as bad as TX/LA etc thru IA /IL

1:15 am

i love it after the storms when the humidty drops and the sky is a wonderful blue.

1:16 am

I've enjoyed the heat and the warm ocean for swimming

1:16 am

so I invited her to Phoenix for the "winter month" of Thanksgiving to CHristmas...she'll think about it and let me know...my sis is coming for a few weeks at Christmas, but that's to avoid the visiting relatives from TX who'll be there at my (brother's) invite

1:16 am

no order free days yet but our animals are worried we might be fighting over the food. lol

so, i drove randomly around today looking for garage sales, flea markets, whatever, and found an indoor flea market next to a salvation army thrift store, and went into thrift store . . .

. . . found several books to buy, including a biography of the founder of Nation of Islam, and a book on how to kill with your bare hands . . .

1:18 am

oh I love a good rummage Gwen, never know what you are going to find and enjoy or sell on!

1:18 am

nice mix BDG

. . . the lady at the counter commented on the Nation of Islam book and said she thought all relgion was bunk; this was the salvation army place, so i thought that was kind of ironic 8-)

1:19 am

I have been certified as unable to kill with my bare hands..only a lb or two of grip strength...

1:20 am

lol PAV

i'm on the west side of detroit, this was on the east side of detroit, which is a whole nother country LOL

1:20 am

I bought a jar of applesauce yesterday, and now I can't open it...

1:20 am

I have been keeping my hands firmly in my pockets but the call of hunt has been strong lately. I raise my hand in the living room just to keep in practice for auctions.

sold for $200 to the lady in her living room! LOL

1:20 am

pav, run the lid under hot water

1:21 am

will try that tomorrow...too late now...

PAV, try putting the jar under the hot water, then grasping the lid with one of those rubber-mat jar-opener thingies

1:21 am

my rubber jar opener cracked from the heat...!!

or, ask a neighbor to open it, preferably a big hunky neighbor

1:22 am

my mom has the people at the store open her jars. she is really package challenged. I use an old fashion bottle opener to break the seal.

1:22 am

will try tomorrow..I am the big hunky neighbor!!

PAV, next political rally, go there and hunt up a new jar-opener (just ignore who it says to vote for on it)

1:23 am

Oh I know what you mean Gwen, I am itching to do that too, however did get a great buzz recently as took some items I wanted to get rid of and visited some antique fairs etc and got some really good deals selling to people that had stalls there. Best day was when I came out with £205 for 3 items :D

1:23 am

I have a great lid-remover called a Top-off, given to my mother in the 40s. It has a sort of ratchet action, never fails. My patent lawyer uncle was given some by the inventor.

PAV, (notcing your flag) looks like our advice is pointless since you are at the bottom of the globe, nowhere near political rallies and such!

good job, FM! got any books you want to sell? 8-)

1:24 am

I was cleaning up some tubs (in advance of decluttering for when my mom/sis visit in Nov/Dec) and found some old things that might fetch something to a serious collector...like my aunts slide rule from the 60's complete with manual/...

dunno if there's a market for slide rules. if so my dad is sitting on a fortune

1:25 am

political rallies are not my thing, (I'm a closeted Repub now that nothing is right here in AZ)

1:25 am

I have a box of real old harlequins Gwen I would sell to you real cheap.

1:26 am

lol Gwen but afraid not. My books are treasured posessions and full of memories.

1:26 am

I even listed my single piece of art work..with a gallery and no one is biting...

1:27 am

I sell slide rules here at our shop but we have a large engineer population. old calculators can bring big money as well.

when they shut off the heat i'll buy those harlequins BW

1:27 am

If I can't open a jar I put on one of my washing up gloves and that does it for me.

1:28 am

PAV - is it art you created or art done by someone else? Just curious.

1:28 am

even I cannot burn the harlequins but I do give them away in the shop.

I was just looking over my "collection" of creative condition grades found in the descriptions of amateur book sellers . . . example: 90% of pages are clean and unmarked.

"Dust jacket is made from pieces of dust jacket pasted to color stock -- looks good."

"Textbook is in mint condition with mild highlighting"

1:30 am

the other day I got an amazon feedback that said the book was in really good condition for its age.

. . . and so on. Makes we wonder how they could read a book without having any brains

1:30 am

it was a 1985 scifi novel.

1:30 am

mild highlighting? Does that mean soemone hasn't gone mad with a Stabilo? :)

1:31 am

the piece is "You're All Right" by Leonard Filgate, signed #85/195 giclee' on canvas, framed

overheard a lady at a sale sayinga book was "really, really old" then she said it was from 1970. Hey! I'm older than that 8-)

1:32 am

oh for heavens sake! Some people!

yeah, and how mild can mild highlighting be? highlighting is an abomination!

1:32 am

someone else left feedback that they did not know the book was going to be so old. I guess the 1890 date was not enough.

1:33 am

I have two staff driectly reporting to me, one is approaching 75 and still drives in and back daily some 20 miles in rush hour traffic...doesn't look a day over 50...

too bad we can't smack the nitwits who leave us undeserved feedback like that

1:33 am

I've been finding some real jewels since I took over at our little local library - too bad they're all stamped with the library name and have the glued-in book pockets.

1:34 am

I am only slightly tattered with mild highlighting and look pretty good for my age. lol

speaking as a collector of history books, i can say that some buyers don't care aout library marks as long as they can afford the book (other collectors won't go near 'em, tho)

1:34 am

lol, bw!

my appendix is a bit wrinkled too

1:35 am

LO

1:35 am

L

1:36 am

I am 90% complete only missing a few pages and a gall bladder.

"About like new except it's mildewed for about an inch in from the edge of every page and also for an inch or two in from the edge on the front and rear."

then the honest, funny descriptions: "Not pretty but totally functional."

"Hardcover. Not Pretty."

1:37 am

hey! I resemble that!!!

lol pav!

1:38 am

well....mostly functional...

then the descriptions that leave you wondering, what the hell is it? example: "Nth printing F/- uvo."

"V.G. or better - email for details. Binding is 191."

"No sun no damp no ink."

1:40 am

Been taking books out of circulation to make more room on the shelves - we have 1950's westerns that haven't been checked out since the 70's.

1:40 am

I am amazed at some of typos I come across in my own listings. I understand that last one. Now I am in trouble.

keywords listed on a copy of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: "childrens junvenile fiction non-fiction sports military sex science math cooking classics rare"

rbud, are they going into a sale, and if so, where you at??

1:41 am

been trying to give them away, no takers. I'm in Illinois.

1:42 am

Somehow babbling at an early hour seems to suit my brain - have fireworks!

1:42 am

ok almost bed time and I haven't entered a single word...except in chatting...

1:42 am

yay, FMitch!!!

oh, yes, i have done some silly typos myself. example: "Nukerous b/w photos and facsimiles."

1:42 am

great Mitch!

wtg mitch !!! ~~~ !!!

1:42 am

Hi and thanks rbud

1:43 am

YAY FM!!!!

1:43 am

rbud you should have a library sale so you can buy more current stock. In this economy people like bargain reading even if it is a exlibrary book.

Possibly my favorite typo that I typed myself (read to the end): "Memoirs of Ann Arbor resident who raised herself from age seven, became social worker, community activist, foster parent to over 500 children. Small bump to hell."

1:43 am

thanks all, guess I had better go and get breakfast and sort out my day TTFN but will be back later.

1:43 am

ok off to bed..we'll chat some more later...

1:43 am

proud I found all the ps words

1:44 am

night pav

1:44 am

I'd like to, but this is a tiny and very poor town, even the free books aren't getting taken. Can't imagine folks paying for them.

1:44 am

good for you jilli, I'm missing 2

1:44 am

bye FM -- à bientôt

1:45 am

gnite, PAV, I looked up your art - very sweet!

1:45 am

nitol!

bub bye pav

1:45 am

in fact, most of these westerns had only been read once, by one old fellow who's now passed away.

1:46 am

check with a larger nearby town and see if you cannot include them with their sale. Where are you in Illinois? I know a lot of dealers there. from Chicago to Cairo

sounds like you might have to truck them to the next library, rbud

hi hi hi hi

hi hi hi!

1:48 am

hi josh

1:48 am

hi there josh

anyonehave all the Fs?

1:49 am

I'm missing one

1:49 am

I'm about 45 miles N. of Peoria, up the river. about 150 mi. from Chicago. Nearest town of any size with a library has an annual book sale, doesn't sell much.

1:49 am

you want us to work on the grid as well?

1:49 am

hello, josh!

i'm missing one F as well. I have fa4, fa4, fa5, fa6, fa4, fe4, fo4, fo4. what missing?

1:50 am

5 x fa, 1 fe, 2 x fo

crap! must be one very weird F word up there

1:51 am

In Peoria there is a large antique mall with quite a few good bookdealers.

1:51 am

we're missing same one Gwen

1:51 am

3 x fo, flosey

oh goodie, ty jilli

nbt

1:52 am

I'm missing 2 fa words -- the 5 & 6

1:52 am

fo 5/18

1:52 am

thanks jilli, searching

1:52 am

wtg josh

hi gwen jilli flosey rbud everyone

got it, TY

jilli, your religion is your fa5

1:52 am

flosey, aren't you using Lickety's list?

1:53 am

thanks, gwen

1:53 am

yes, have it now jilli

1:53 am

*pops back in for a moment* jilli you still have the same saltsprings email address?

1:53 am

still looking for fo5

fo + vowel + silent consonant + another consonant

1:54 am

yes, FM -- only one saltspring though (see my profile)

1:54 am

lol ta :)

1:54 am

insert a vowel into the following fo4 , flosey

1:54 am

right now I'm haunting the Goodwill and such, looking for good children's books and adult ones to fill out mystery series - they seem to be in the biggest demand here. Also got "Angela's Ashes" the other day for 50 cents, mint conditon. Neat.

mysteries are definitely "hot"

1:55 am

thanks jilli - would never have found that one

1:56 am

it's ababblet I do remember from time to time

very cute bunny, jilli

cuter than a dalek, just

1:58 am

gwen, it's the name I get a kick out of (see writeup)

mmm, any info on why this little bunny has such a big name?

or just a bad pun, i guess, huh?

1:59 am

bunnies are so cute but the rabbits are beginning to overrun SSI, having a problem with them getting into the garden this year - first time they've been up our way

2:01 am

same here, flosey!

ack

2:02 am

gwen, I thought Mrs Hopkins was a cute name for a bunny who hops all over the house

jilli, yep, very cute name

2:03 am

ah, kind of like the guinea pig I once had - named him Hamlet, lol!

well, i'm getting sleepy at last, going to fold up soon, later kids

2:04 am

oh groan, rbud!

2:04 am

goodnight Gwen

2:04 am

g'nite, BDG

2:04 am

night gwen

2:04 am

hey, I was about 12 yrs. old, thought it was genious at the time. ;p

2:05 am

it was, rbud!

2:06 am

also had a cat named Yorick, guess I was into Shakespeare.

2:07 am

night Gwen. Went back to the grid and fireworks. What a nice grid after the last few headache ones.

2:07 am

yay, book!

2:08 am

YAY book! (I quite liked yesterday's grid)

2:10 am

yesterday's was not as bad but the day before gave me a few new grey hairs.

2:11 am

oh I agree, book! Didn't bother trying to finish them

2:11 am

good night everyone. enjoy the grid.

HIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

2:12 am

goodnight Book, Hi herin, haven't seen you in a long time

2:12 am

Hi OSGD! Good to see you here!

I have been away on family stuff so much fun had.

2:13 am

glad to hear it herin

2:13 am

can someone clue me the other Q? I have qu4 ending with 2 vowels

Hi OSGMA. I am waiting for my plane home. Photos will be up on facebook after I pinch them from sister 1 and 2

2:13 am

rbud, add a cons

2:14 am

rbud, add a cons for a bird

I am about to face plant the keyboard i am that tired

2:14 am

oops, ty, fish for me!

Must head off soon

2:15 am

yw, I had the 5 but slow to get the 4

2:15 am

was fun chat here tonight

2:16 am

yes jilli, it has been fun tonight

Loves you guys but I must board now

2:16 am

am down to 7 words, but should get to bed, goodnight all, be back in the morning

2:16 am

have a good flight, herin

2:17 am

well done, flosey -- will miss you at bridge

2:18 am

thanks jilli, hope to be home for good soon

2:18 am

that would be great on all counts

2:19 am

I really do hate leaving hubby for so long

2:19 am

I'm sure he hates it too, but he knows how necessary it has been

2:20 am

yes, he's been very supportive, knows Sandy needs help

2:22 am

they'll be house hunting as soon as she's up to it - drove out through Blue Ridge tonight, beautiful area

2:22 am

don't know Vancouver at all :(

2:23 am

I think it's around Lynn Valley, near Deep Cove if that tells you anything, north shore

2:23 am

I know where Deep Cove is on a map

2:24 am

shocking to see the prices though! I'd hate to be buying now

2:24 am

Dave has friends in North Van -- visited there one Xmas about 12 yrs ago

2:25 am

I like the north shore, now so busy as Vancouver

2:25 am

**not so

2:27 am

must get to bed now so I can take William in the morning and give S & P a bit of sleep-in time

2:27 am

What time does he wake up?

2:28 am

I don't hear him in the night - he doesn't have much of a schedule

2:29 am

but I know they're up with him through the night so welcome a chance to sleep in the morning

2:29 am

oh yes, tomorrow's a holiday so P doesn't have to go to work

2:29 am

right

2:29 am

he does a lot of work from home though

2:29 am

so nightnight, good flosey

nightnight flosey

2:30 am

and goodnight to you, jilli, perhaps I'lll make it to bridge next week

2:30 am

and goodnight Josh

2:31 am

if he4/6 is a word, why isn't hoho(s)?

2:32 am

tks for that one jilli, didn't have it

2:33 am

6 for morning

this is another deceptively tough one

i've been hacking away at this thing and i've still got 38 left

2:33 am

8 left here -- hope to finish

you can dooooo it

2:42 am

firebirds

nice work

2:42 am

woohoo, jilli!!!

22 left for me

2:43 am

accepts large bouquets gracefully

2:43 am

go, josh, go!

2:43 am

anyone need help?

2:44 am

love your icon, rbud!

2:45 am

ty! :)

2:49 am

hi everyone

hi andree

how is monday, so i can anticipate things on this end?

2:53 am

ha ha josh nearly over, i just got home from work its nearly 6pm

2:54 am

but monday was fine and world did not end

i know - just trying to get a head start on my compatriots

that's good news and something to look forward to

3:01 am

lol, I just now finally got nbt, with 104 words done.

3:02 am

clue for the 2nd column e please

3:02 am

Moday is starting well here in the UK Josh, sun is shining and I've just got back from doing shopping and it is just coming up to 9am. About to hit the phones and get the rest of the day rolling :)

3:03 am

lady sheep - ew 4

3:03 am

but I still need another one for that E

3:04 am

ep 4/6

3:04 am

just got list, what i am missing is the el5 and 6 please

3:04 am

probably the ep4/6 rbud

3:05 am

ty, BR and FMitch

3:05 am

the el5 & 6 sounds like a lady's name & pl

3:05 am

e + l4/4 and e + l5/12 (not pl)

3:07 am

thx fmitch and jilli

3:08 am

55 left here, don't like this grid much

3:08 am

hi andree (I had left here for a bit of Lexulous)

fireworks

3:09 am

yay josh

3:09 am

hi jilli

3:09 am

YAY josh!!! That wasn't so bad, now was it?

3:10 am

Congrats josh, not a bad grid today :)

3:10 am

Good morning/evening all.

3:10 am

andree, it gets better

nah, once i realized that i had forgotten about the P, i was in pretty good shape

3:11 am

hi haz -- your books are hilarious!

3:11 am

hi haz

3:11 am

Hello jillibus - glad you like them!

3:12 am

Hello Andree, how are you?

3:13 am

i am fine haz and you

3:14 am

I'm well. Just got started on the grid so still in the happy phase.

3:14 am

belated yay, josh!!!

3:15 am

time for bed here -- I guess no clues are needed at this point?

3:15 am

bye jilli, sleep well

3:15 am

I'm okay at this point, thanks, jillibus. Pleasant dreams!

3:16 am

daughters turn to make dinner so i get to watch the news and babble

3:16 am

That sounds like a very good arrangement, Andree. Things have worked out well sharing with your daughter?

3:17 am

ok then......*poof*

3:17 am

it has its been a year now, no bad housemate stories to tell, what a bore i am

3:18 am

Don't forget that you were on strict instructions NOT to be telling bad housemate stories! I'm glad it's been a positive move.

3:18 am

lol

3:20 am

morning haz and Andree, sorry am flitting in and outbetween phone calls. Nighty night jilli.

3:20 am

Good morning FM!

3:20 am

hi again fmitch

3:21 am

You're sounding very industrious, FM, putting me to shame.

3:21 am

Happy Mondays! Saw Andree much earlier this morning Haz as have been up for hours :(

3:22 am

i think you were going to try for a nap, any luck?

3:22 am

Some of us are too fond of our beds to be up terribly early.

3:23 am

evening all

3:23 am

does anyone have a clue pls for the fos that aren't dandy?

3:23 am

No way Andree, have been out and done the shopping and have the days list of tasks sorted already - naptime will probably be this afternoon.

3:23 am

Good evening gortmold.

3:24 am

howdy haz

3:24 am

hi gort

3:24 am

Hi gort you pro you :)

3:24 am

i so love a nana nap in the afternoon and grab one if i can

3:25 am

yes i've gone all fancy; i have a national identity and an icon; if this keeps up, i could become a well rounded person

3:25 am

where in Aus gort?

3:25 am

Queensland

3:26 am

there is a fo4/8 that sounds like a guys name if there was a j in the grid

3:26 am

ah nice

3:26 am

where r u?

3:26 am

sydney

3:26 am

winston hills, by any chance?

3:27 am

add another vowel in the middle of the fo 4 for fo 5

3:27 am

ooh, starts concentrating on clues...

3:27 am

belrose

3:28 am

i know bits of sydney but not that bit. is it nice?

3:29 am

I've never understood what noise ps5/22 was trying to describe.

3:29 am

it's an aristrocratic british snort of disgust

3:29 am

its very nice, frenchs forest area

3:29 am

near wahroonga?

3:30 am

yes quite close

3:30 am

I've seen it lots of times in books. Maybe our expressions of disgust aren't quite as aristocratic.

3:30 am

ahh, now we're on familiar turf. I went to school a hundred million years ago at Pierces Corner

3:32 am

and i went to hornsby girls high not far from there

3:32 am

ohh freaky! I probably blew raspberries at you as i ran by on what we naiively called "cross country" runs

3:32 am

1st la5 please

3:33 am

i don't think so gort, i finished school in 1960

3:33 am

la***, hope & charity?

3:33 am

Is it la5/12 ? use old fashioned English verb form

3:34 am

Hello all

3:34 am

Hello lynxxx.

3:34 am

thx lynxxx and hi

3:34 am

and thx haz

3:34 am

oh right, i hadn't quite hatched from the egg at that point

3:34 am

No problem.

3:35 am

still working on those Fs that someone kindly clued for me

3:35 am

fo & an anagram of a chook

3:36 am

The ones relating to the alpine wind? fo5/18 - three letters for an enemy plus a female bird minus its vowel. Then lose the vowel from the enemy for fo4/8

3:36 am

ahh light bulb flashes above gorty's bobblin noggin, thanks lyn

3:37 am

brilliant, thanks haz,got em both now

3:38 am

Well done! Store them away for future reference, those winds just keep on blowing in babble.

3:38 am

And is it just me, or did we see a fair proportion of these words in yesterday's grid?

3:38 am

if a chook is a distaff, what is rooster?

3:40 am

a cock a doodle doo ?

3:42 am

I'm wondering if there is a right or wrong answer. I think I've worked out what the question means but I'm not completely sure.

3:42 am

you are way ahead of me

3:43 am

mentally scrambling for witty response and coming up with chicken scratchings...googling distaff...

3:44 am

Distaff relates to a collection of females. If a chook is a term for a female, what is another term for a male, i.e rooster? I think.

3:44 am

a cock? I was being polite w. the doodle doo

3:44 am

I'm consulting Schott's miscellany to see if he has the answer.

3:45 am

i am ready to inquire about a bed at the home for the bewildered

3:46 am

I think it's just BR trying to push us over the edge.

3:47 am

woodcock slangams or slabberdegullion druggels (saved from BR the other day)

3:48 am

fondling fo4.8 was another

3:48 am

Nouns of assemblage give a murmuration of starlings or an exaltation of larks. I reckon it's a wake-up call of roosters.

3:49 am

does that mean I fluked it!

3:50 am

"chook" is Aussie or Kiwi slang for a hen, i.e., a female chicken, as I understand it. Is there also an Aussie or Kiwi slang word for male chicken?

3:51 am

nothing pernicious about the question .. was trying to avoid saying part of a clue

3:51 am

Here's a quotation for ENABLE lovers 'Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.'

3:51 am

not that I know of Babble, either rooster or perhaps cock

3:52 am

G'd mornign Babblers! This grid tends to the moderately poopy side, no?

3:53 am

yes lorip

3:53 am

Good morning, Lori.

3:53 am

kind of Lori, goodmorning to you

3:54 am

i think aussie slang for rooster is "willsomeonestickacorkinthatbloodycoc k?"

3:54 am

**copious amounts of water from all angles** Greetings Lori :)

3:54 am

rofl

3:54 am

LOL gort

3:54 am

Oooh, gort looks different. New hair cut? :p

3:55 am

***Unleashes a hundred midgets carrying bazooka water cannons at FM***

3:55 am

Is that not midget abuse?

3:55 am

yes i got all frocked up in my finest icon and nationaliest flag

3:55 am

hmm thats a new approach! love the creative thinking there Lori.

3:56 am

They're well compensated for their work.

3:56 am

Was a health and safety assessment carried out to ensure midgets were carrying weight appropriate loads?

3:56 am

seeing as the grid is done, shopping done, washing up and housework done .. the rest of the day is my own!

3:56 am

what r u gonna do with it fmi?

3:56 am

Oh my gort. Glad you haven't had an identity crisis that required therapy. Congratulations!

3:57 am

yay mitch

3:57 am

oh forgot about sodoku - coulnd't get it to work for me this morning.

3:57 am

thanks Lori, the therapy comes later

3:57 am

Dr-God probably made a mistake with sudoku, it can't be your fault.

3:57 am

FM has time on her hands now? ***flies over another hundred midgets, because I can fit 2 per seat and only have to pay for 1***

3:58 am

wonderwoman

3:58 am

I guess I should actually focus on some work aspects - can't forget that!

3:58 am

Work schmirk. Sucky Ducky is better than that. Barely....

3:58 am

LOL Lori nice try but I already set up a de-midget-repelling system.

3:59 am

There's not a man under 5 foot 6 who'll get through her door.

3:59 am

Missing a p from the get go and it's annoying. Just the 3 ps's?

3:59 am

I at least retain my rankings in sucky duck - unlike babble you either get the score or you dont.

3:59 am

I've got 4 ps

3:59 am

I have 4 ps.

4:00 am

Jeez, the surprise factor repelled already. Yeesh.

4:00 am

Aha! muchos grassyass all!

4:00 am

Three fives, one four.

4:00 am

i have 5

4:00 am

Ahhh. Forgot the snooty rebuke. Thanks again all!

4:00 am

That Andree is always going one better.

4:01 am

p's not ps

4:01 am

TY Andree - must be my missing one

4:01 am

oh

4:01 am

there is also a pe4/6

4:02 am

TY FM

4:02 am

Just the four ps words.

4:02 am

Bac in a mo or two

4:02 am

pex1, phx3, psx4

4:02 am

Of the top 4 rows, just need to finish off the h and l, then tackle the bottom row. ***sigh***

4:03 am

***prepares new attack in FM's absence***

4:04 am

Only 3 ha's?? ***asks ho**fully***

4:04 am

4 ha

4:04 am

4

4:05 am

Ahh, that's one of them then. Mercy Buckets

4:06 am

Doh, can't believe I missed that.

4:06 am

3 he's? ***again with the hope***

4:06 am

yes

4:06 am

Perfect, I guess. ho it is. Thanks all!

4:07 am

ho 5/12

4:07 am

what kind of noises are the middle ps5s?

4:08 am

Got that.

4:08 am

Hi everyone.Are there really 3 we words?

4:08 am

Not so much noises as muscles. ps plus a generous helping of vowels.

4:08 am

Hello macadam, long time no see!

4:09 am

we 4/11

4:09 am

hi MacAdam

4:09 am

hi maca

4:09 am

G'd morning macadamwe 4's no less!

4:10 am

Hello Haz.I tend to avoid chat these days as I get too involved.I miss it hough.How are you and yours?

4:10 am

well stagger me, all that biology has come home to roost, i know those muscles and now i can spell em; where to from here?

4:11 am

I'm very well, thanks. It's nice to see you, I wasn't sure whether you were still babbling.

4:11 am

mac hello!!!

4:11 am

gortmold, the next step is the Babbler's award for Know-it-all of the day. Well done!

4:11 am

Good Lord, missed the obvious 7/8. Gah

4:12 am

gort, there are no mountains left to climb now. You must be spent. :p

4:12 am

thanks haz, ***worries: thinks i may have peaked too soon***

4:12 am

of course she was still babbling - once a babbler, always a babbler esp seeing as we have our 4 year anniversary this month!

4:13 am

Ah well, there's always room in Densa for those who have gone as far as they can for glory and are coming back down to earth.

4:13 am

lol lori

4:13 am

Hi to everyone.Yes I`m still around most mornings.I`d never get anything done if I joined in the chat.It`s just that today I want one word and was getting fed up with the unsuccessful monkey!

4:13 am

4 years. My, how they've flown.

4:14 am

obvioulsy not giving yr monkey enough bananas mac :)

4:14 am

You need to improve your multi-tasking skills, macadam, or else realise that other things just aren't as important as talking to us.

4:15 am

imagine if we could have started writing the book at day one!

4:15 am

Happy anniversary to you too.True about the addiction too.Once you start this game you`re hooked.

4:15 am

gotta go and do stuff, lovely chatting with you all, cheerio and whatnot

4:15 am

The Peter Principle is the principle that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence."

4:15 am

Hows the family mac?

4:16 am

bye Gort

4:16 am

Cheerybye, gortmold.

4:16 am

Bye gortmld .Nice to have met you.

4:16 am

Which makes you wonder who was Peter and how much of a liability was he?

4:18 am

The Peter Principle was a best seller back in its day if I remember.

4:18 am

The family is fine FM.Son and family still in Scotland.Daughter in law occasionally plays .Daughter now working in a nursery school and going on courses to improve skills.She loves it .

4:19 am

Send them my love mac if you would :)

4:19 am

My pleasure FM.

4:20 am

back in a bit (again) more calls to make.

4:20 am

Laters gort.

4:20 am

la x 6, le x 2?

4:20 am

Honestly, she keeps BT in profit, does FM.

4:20 am

***nails Babble door shut, and reinforces it with midgets***

4:21 am

I have 6 la but don't know if there are any more.

4:21 am

does that mean we can't get out lori

4:21 am

lol but don't forget Lori I built the PB so have secret escape routes :)

4:22 am

I have 7 la`s.

4:22 am

lex2

4:22 am

I thought you were gone FM? :p Andree, just toss a few midgets out of the way....

4:22 am

7xla

4:22 am

oooh, thanks at least I can stare at the la a bit longer... Thanks all!

4:23 am

I have gone and actually on the phone right now TTFN

4:23 am

Did someone say we 11?

4:23 am

we4/11 - opposite of warp

4:23 am

we's are all 4's 2 4/8's 1 4/11

4:23 am

Bye FM.

4:24 am

**FM's fibbing, it's a ruse***

4:24 am

back in a min. phone call.

4:26 am

Okay, 7 la's now. I shall stare at the li possibility for awhile

4:26 am

14 left all t's

4:26 am

Nice job. Go Andree!

4:27 am

There. Now I'll join Andree in the common misery of s and t.

4:34 am

I think I can do w'out the misery. Bye all, I'll finish this in the morning when I am brighter

4:34 am

Thankyou Haz.I`d just got it as I put the phone down.I have fireworks,yippee:)

4:35 am

Congratulations!

4:35 am

:) Lynx. Enjoy 'yer eve and sleep tight.

4:35 am

Congratulations macadam!

4:35 am

bye lynxxx

4:35 am

yay maca

4:35 am

Good night lynxxx, sleep well, and watch out for midgets with bazooka water cannons. I've heard that their direction finding skills aren't great.

4:37 am

Got to be on my way now.The person who called is coming to collect me shortly.Bye for now I`ll be back tomorrow as usual.

4:37 am

Bye macadam, nice to see you.

4:37 am

Bye macadam, take care.

4:39 am

with 11 left i will return to finish later

4:39 am

See you later, Andree.

4:39 am

Laters Andree!

4:45 am

Okay, time for me to go and do other things. Have a good day and I'll probably be back later. Bye for now!

4:45 am

Later gator.

4:46 am

*gone*

4:50 am

FIREWORKS!:-)

4:51 am

WTG Jacula.

4:51 am

Off to re-pot my tomatoes, aubergines and peppers now. The sun is out!

4:52 am

yes it is lovely out there today.

4:54 am

Happy Babbling!

4:55 am

thanks..bye Jacula.

4:55 am

Congratulations Jac. Mornin' zooz

4:56 am

Hello Lori..what is the grid like today?.

4:58 am

Poopy, on a medium-ish scale. :)

4:59 am

glad you said that, i have only found 28 words..although i have only just started..lol

4:59 am

I'm down to 10, and starting to glaze over.

5:00 am

Oooh, a small burst on the t. 7 now

5:00 am

wow..go Lori..GOOOOOOOOOOO

5:00 am

***resumes glazed look***

5:00 am

LOL

5:01 am

Oh, 5. To the coffee pot. brb

5:07 am

Nope, coffee didn't help.

5:10 am

i`m slowing down already & only got 45 words..hahaha

5:14 am

Okay 4, but that's my final offer.

5:15 am

looks like you will have to list then Lori.

5:15 am

Noooooo. So close. Must... get.... air.....

5:16 am

oh bless..take a 5 m in break & come back refreshed..that should do it.

5:17 am

Walls... closing in.... :p

5:18 am

Aha! Last s. Vindication.

5:18 am

another way of getting more words..i find is..that the longer ones i get i look at them in the `my word list` and try and break them down ..i find i get more words that way..but then you already know that.

5:21 am

98 left for me now.

5:21 am

lens

5:21 am

ooh..poo..sorry.

5:22 am

Haha! ---->PB for you.

5:22 am

i pretty much live in the PB room :-(

5:23 am

It's not a bad place to hang out, all things being equal.

5:24 am

what does the 8 begin with please?

5:24 am

ho 7/8 zooz

5:24 am

thanks.

5:25 am

Hah! Got my last 4. Thought I had entered it already. ***sigh***

5:25 am

Whoooooo Hoooooo..WTG Lori!!!

5:26 am

Hi again are you winning Lori?

5:27 am

wb FM. ***lobs a midget at her*** Down to 2 really annoying t's.

5:28 am

lol good luck let me know if you need a psuh in the right direction.

5:28 am

Are you done there hunny buns, whiskey knees?

5:29 am

whiskey knees..lol

5:30 am

I was so done and so early. :(

5:30 am

***I guess the midget was a direct hit, she's not talkign***

5:30 am

bbl

5:31 am

lol, well belated Congratulations then! Laters zooz.

5:31 am

ta x 8 please or not?

5:31 am

It's OK have managed to clear most of them off me.

5:31 am

: )

5:33 am

ta x 8 yes

5:33 am

Oooh, found my 6. 1 more to go

5:33 am

Okay. How 'bout th x 4?

5:33 am

Oops, and Thanks by the way.

5:34 am

yup 4 of those

5:34 am

ti x 12?

5:35 am

13 I think

5:35 am

ti it is then. Mercy buckets.

5:35 am

point total please?

5:36 am

lol will laugh if it is the ti4 1483

5:37 am

I have the boobs already, Thank You very much! (well, not me personally, just the word) ti 5/10 screams out plural to me.....

5:37 am

good girl - knew you wouldn't let me down on that one!

5:38 am

Too bad it's a 5/10. Different point total woulda' been easier...

5:39 am

so you are missing a ti5/10 then ... um ... think fork ends and a vowel?

5:39 am

Gah. Vowel ending one.

5:39 am

You know me too well, lol. Nicely ciphered!

5:39 am

Yay!!!! Congrats :)

5:42 am

good morning everyone

5:43 am

how is the grid today?

5:43 am

A couple of those "missing words" I coulda' sworn I entered. I hate that

5:43 am

G'd morning Jacq

5:43 am

IMO it was medium poopy.

5:44 am

ohhhhhhhh ok ty for the warning

5:44 am

lol

5:48 am

All righty then, good luck all, I'm outta' here to watch the fog retreat. Laters!

5:49 am

wtg on fireworks Lori!! bye

5:50 am

Bye Lori and Hia nd Bye jacs - Im off now too.

5:51 am

bye FM

6:09 am

gm all, help with the e under the q pls

6:11 am

ti 6/18 the first one?

6:12 am

nm got it ty

6:14 am

el 5/10; 6/18

6:29 am

sh 5/12 the first one?

6:30 am

morning all! top row done

6:33 am

sh + a cereal grain

evening all :)

6:40 am

s tain

6:45 am

good morning everyone - how was the weekend?

6:47 am

ti 5/12?

6:48 am

evening mrp :-)

6:50 am

just started lynne, but the first one I have means to contribute monies

6:51 am

lynn, I mean

6:52 am

hmmm

Lynn: ti + definite article

6:54 am

not getting it?

6:54 am

sorry

6:54 am

thats the ti 5/12?

Can't make it any clearer! Google definite article :-)

6:54 am

like a li 5 that means lean, thin, only use ti.

Well there may be others, but that's a ti 5/12 I have.

6:56 am

me too sally

6:56 am

hmm ill keep looking

You noticed my careful avoidance of said word :-)

Lynn: definite article as opposed to indefinite article.

6:59 am

hi all

6:59 am

hi boo

7:08 am

good afternoon everyone

7:08 am

back again

7:08 am

hostile

7:08 am

hostiles

7:08 am

oh poop

7:09 am

i'm so sorry

7:09 am

i thought i moved the cursor

7:09 am

hi jacq - and ty

At least give words I haven't got yet!

7:09 am

lol

7:11 am

I have 3 e words, female lamb, and 2 that sound like girls name 5l 5 & 6 - what type am I missing please?

7:12 am

i have the same 3 wolvie, sorry

Have you got the greek letter?

7:13 am

hi, all. we added a new cat to our home last night. right now, she is confined to the guest room to help her get comfortable here.

ep 4/6

7:13 am

ty sally, that's it. :-)

7:13 am

ty sally

np

7:15 am

hi angel - sounds cool. :-)

7:16 am

saw a house while we were house hunting over the weekend - the guy had at least 12 cats, only 2 dogs. ;-)

7:20 am

this started off with being asked to cat-sit for a day...but I know myself very well, and asked if we could keep her if I fell in love with her...and I wll absolutely NOT be offering to cat-sit again.

7:20 am

the first thing I did was change her name from Nocturna (she's black) to Catrena.

7:20 am

both are cute names

7:32 am

clue for fo 5/18 please?

Wolvie, starts with an enemy and ends like the fo 4/8 folowing.

7:34 am

ahh - ty again sally

7:35 am

new word for me. :-)

I assume they are alternate spellings of same word. Probably checked once and then forgot!

Yup - checked, and they are variants!

7:37 am

col

7:37 am

cool - lol

7:43 am

helllo every1

7:43 am

hi peri

7:43 am

rb

7:50 am

mornin babblers. :)

7:50 am

hi Eva

7:50 am

hi eva

7:51 am

fehs

7:51 am

oops

7:51 am

have that one ;-)

7:53 am

hello everyone

7:53 am

hi Annie

7:53 am

hi peri

7:53 am

hi annie

7:54 am

hi wolvie

7:54 am

clue for fa 4/11 please

7:55 am

boo, Bambi is one

7:56 am

ty

7:57 am

55 left, bbl

7:58 am

bye peri 2 left here

7:59 am

hints for the top T or for the E beneath the Qu?

7:59 am

fireworks

8:00 am

the top t is a th 4/9

8:00 am

the e's beneath the q are 2 el - sounds like girls name and plural

8:00 am

any other clues before I go?

8:02 am

TY wolvie :)

8:02 am

YAY for Wolvie!!!

8:02 am

good easy grid to get back to. were the weekend ones tough?

8:03 am

now i just need the 7 and 8, and ill feel like im on a roll. :)

8:03 am

wolvie, tough but manageable

8:03 am

okay peeps - hate to play and run, but errands to do. see everyone tomorrow - eva, the 7 and 8 are related and bad tempered. ;-0

8:03 am

have a great day, wolv

8:06 am

Annie, hey! Thanked you here a couple of days ago but then realized you had just left! Love my gift -- you must have intuited that I'm a big Sopranos fan! LOL

8:06 am

thanks for pointing me in a direction, wolvie :)

8:06 am

Une, So glad you like it and got what I was aiming for.....LOL

8:07 am

indeed :-)

8:09 am

22 to go and must run -- happy babbling, all! *poof*

8:10 am

can someone tell me what the 7 and 8 start with?

8:11 am

ho

8:11 am

TY!

8:12 am

thats NBT and NBS for me. :) ooh! and over halfway too...

8:12 am

wtg

8:19 am

ho 7 and ho8, Eva

8:19 am

it means unfriendly

8:22 am

hi inge and annie and Une

8:23 am

Hi Boobear and all the rest

8:25 am

hi boo, inge, eva

8:28 am

I finished, if anyone wants cllues

8:30 am

then I will wander off and do housework *poof*

el 5/10 please?

8:30 am

el 5 sounds like a girl name wihtouth last voewel

8:31 am

congrats, inge

thanks inge

8:32 am

clue for fa 5/18 please

fa 5/18 to believe in something

8:32 am

ty got it

8:47 am

I am done.

congrats Annie

8:48 am

thanks Luv

8:48 am

any clues wanted before I leave

first ti 6/18 please?

nm got it

8:49 am

ti 6...the silvery strands put on Xmas trees

thanks anyway Annie, as usual I find it right after I ask for a clue lol

8:50 am

luv, I do that all the time

fireworks for me too

8:52 am

YAY for Luv!

8:52 am

I am off.

thanks Annie

8:52 am

Good morning friends!

morning Scrabbler

9:01 am

Anybody still here?

9:03 am

Hi Scrabbler.. am here finishing this fun grid.. happy Monday to you

9:03 am

Hi Aloy

9:05 am

good morning! no work today - it's my birthday

9:05 am

yay, Happy Birthday JBV!!

9:06 am

thanks, Aloy, it's a big one (the big 6-0)

9:06 am

aww, its a good one too!!

9:07 am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JBV!

9:07 am

thanks, scrabbler

9:08 am

My 5-0 is 6 wks fromt tomorrow.

9:09 am

great - does that coincide with your other big celebration ? the new job

9:09 am

Yep, this is the year to take care of me.

9:10 am

congrats on the new job, Scrabbler.. will you have to move?

9:10 am

Happy birthday, JBV!!!!!!

9:10 am

the next big thing for me will be retirement in two years

9:10 am

thanks, Une!

9:11 am

Nope, the new job is much closer to me.

9:12 am

wonderful, Scrabbler.. and I'm sure you will be going back to visit your old boss D.H. regularly, lol

9:13 am

Happy Birthday, JBV!!

9:13 am

I will never go back to visit and will hope to never run into him at any of the hospitals.

9:13 am

Hi Peri + Une

9:13 am

hi, peri and thanks - what can I offer you - have no cake and ice cream - lots of fresh berries, though

9:13 am

fireworks

9:14 am

getting out the party streamers and hats.....

hello everyone! happy birthday jbv!

9:14 am

signing off for now.. fireworks here too.. wtg, Boobear.. happy Babbling

9:14 am

I love berries--esp blueberries, raspberries + blackberries

9:14 am

Yahoo Boobear!!

9:14 am

congrats, Boobear!

9:14 am

Yahoo Aloy!

9:14 am

Hi Owl

9:14 am

i have all of those right now, scrabbler, just stopped at the market yesterday

9:14 am

and fresh jersey peaches - perfectly ripe and beautiful

9:15 am

This summer I am gobbling up blueberries, raspberries + watermelon

9:15 am

thanks, TO

9:15 am

I love berries

9:15 am

and peaches

9:16 am

we are also getting figs at a good price - I put them in cereal, spread them on rice cakes, just love them

9:18 am

back to the grid, I need 8 more - haven't opened the list yet - need all s's and t's

hello peri

9:18 am

i have only one se - are there more?

9:19 am

hey TO, I responded to your e-mail

9:22 am

I am struggling with this grid but caffeine infusion is just starting.

9:22 am

happy birthday jbv!

hi doren!

9:23 am

and hi peri, scrab and owl

9:23 am

hi dorens and thank you

i have not seen anything over 6 letters in this grid and i have 84 words

9:25 am

owl, how did it go for you last night? we had major lightning and thunder in the afternoon, but the night was good

9:25 am

Owl, there is an ho7/8

9:25 am

if the crowd turned on you, they were ho***** (and that can be pluraled, i guess it is also a noun

night was very humid but no rain. crowd not like it should be though.

9:26 am

understandable... after yesterday afternoon, i'd have been loathe to go try an outdoor event

heavy rain earlier in the day. but they know and are used to the fact that this goes on rain or shine. there were some programming issues that did not help.

9:28 am

oh, too bad

9:29 am

30 left, bbs

i remember one year when it rained nearly every day and was chilly. we sold losts of the christmas sweatshirts that year

on the birght side i got to review band Trombosis - swing/big band jazz with four trombones. awesome!

9:31 am

Hi Doren. My mother is talking at me (20 minutes now, I think) so I am surfing the web and here

and also to see rosie flores, who is a roots/rockabilly/texas legend

9:32 am

ah, yes, the mother chat.. I sympathize

9:33 am

my mom was here last night, she likes boggle, and wanted me to get the game out, I told her I prefer it this way. She thinks i'm kind of strange, chatting with people online.. i can't make her understand

9:33 am

If I interrupt and say, "Mom, I don't know that person/that is way off on a tangent..." she says, "Just let me finish."

9:34 am

My mom doesn't get that I "talk" to people all over the world in real time, and she warns me not to trust anyone--"Don't tell them any information about you. There are nuts on the internet."

9:34 am

my mom told me that her husband sometimes goes into unnecessary detail when he tells a story. What a hoot! pot calling the kettle..... and I actually told her that sometimes her stories have me wondering what on earth she is actually talking about, since she goes into such detail about these people I will never meet

9:34 am

she's right of course

9:34 am

hello again

9:35 am

hi jacq. i just kind of think that once we've reached "a certain age" we can sort of trust our instincts

9:35 am

i agree, but she's a mum and she's right (mine always is)

9:36 am

i just sold my old refrigerator on craig's list.. trusted a complete stranger, after talking to him on the phone (and hearing his son correct him). and he was perfectly innocuous. and yes, there are nuts, but there are nuts on the street too!

9:39 am

my wife lives with one...

9:39 am

and isn't she lucky!

9:39 am

And my mother bashes my father endlessly and this makes me so mad. He is who he is, he has stayed by her side for 50+ years, despite her nastiness towards him, grrrrr

9:39 am

she says a prayer every day..lol

9:39 am

hi all....

9:40 am

and how often do you speak with her, scrabs?

9:40 am

Hi Ruru and mom2

9:40 am

Every few minutes I get a few words in

9:40 am

I am going on a road trip with my parents in a couple of days... here now with them "getting organized"....should be fun!

9:40 am

hi mom2

9:41 am

And I say "Mmm, mmm."

9:41 am

you are brave, mom

9:41 am

we'll check you out when you get back mom...lol

9:41 am

They are good eggs... but I will just keep my mouth shut and move along,LOL!

9:42 am

I will have computer access for a bit, but then I will be out of range!

9:42 am

My father never finishes a sentence and my kid says I am getting just like him, LOL!

9:42 am

what do they...

9:43 am

lol

9:43 am

well we hall have that to come mom lol...turn into our parents

9:43 am

hi all

9:43 am

oh god.. please help me

9:43 am

scary

9:43 am

scary yep lol

9:43 am

LOL Ruru!

9:45 am

Hi Kallia

9:45 am

well, time for me to be productive... see you later, all

9:45 am

Hi Scrab

9:45 am

need 2 more to finish - a 5 and 6 from the t's - are there any really weird ones

9:45 am

omg.... i can't find a single "P"... too funny!

9:46 am

I'm having trouble with the ps'''have 3

9:46 am

Bye Doren

9:46 am

2 ph and i pe

9:46 am

three of the p's are more like sounds, not words, mom - getting someone's attention, exhaustian or frustration

ps4 - ther's a common vowel-less babblet today

9:47 am

thank you JB that gave me one more

9:47 am

TY for clues

9:48 am

any ideas for the 5/6 from the t's? I hate to open the list for my last 2

9:48 am

I just noticed some weird rash on my kid's leg... my Mom and Sister have eczema... so, I made a comment like... Oh great... hope it is not eczema... my mother pulled out every cream and potion known to man... I was like.... OMG... it might just be dry skin, LOL!

9:48 am

(from the middle bottom T)

9:48 am

ok have 3 p's left now thanks guys

lol mom!

9:49 am

got them - fireworks!

9:50 am

and they weren't weird at all - just great big fish

birthday fireworks for jbv!

9:52 am

thanks, TO, a great start to my day - have to do a few things, going out to dinner later - good luck with the grid everyone, see you later

9:52 am

Just passing through - happy birthday, JBV!

9:52 am

And hello to all.

9:52 am

Congrats JBV and have a great birthday day!

hello haz!

9:53 am

Hello TO, how are you?

9:53 am

Hi Hazel. I thought of you when I read Lynn Truss' book, "Talk to the Hand." I finished the book Friday night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

fine and you?

9:54 am

Hello Scrabbler - I must look out for it.

9:54 am

WTG, JBV And happy b'day too. Nice start to your day!

9:54 am

And hello everyone one else.

9:54 am

I'm well, TO, was here earlier and then have been doing some housework etc. Are your ears ringing with the sound of music?

lol yes!

9:56 am

Glad you're enjoying it!

9:56 am

Guten Tag, babblers. What are you listening to TO?

9:57 am

Typical, husband arrives to block me in just as I'm getting ready to go out. I never learn!

well i listened to some big bang/brass swing jazz, some celtic, some classic rock and roots/rockabilly

9:57 am

Better go to get these errands run - maybe speak to you later, TO - bye for now!

9:57 am

Hi Inge

9:57 am

Hi Nef

9:57 am

Big bang sounds loud....

bye haz

9:57 am

Toodle-oo.

lol big band but we DID have a group once called big bang boom

9:59 am

The Cleveland International Piano Competition has this day off. Tomorrow at 1 pm the semifinalists start performing. www.clevelandpiano.org

10:01 am

scrabbler, on Thursday eyeman is driving from Mass to Cleveland for the finals. He has 50 + concerts lined up for the winner.

10:09 am

Sorry. Looks like I killed the chat. I am going now.

10:10 am

I was typing e-mail.

10:11 am

good afternoon all

10:12 am

Hi OC! I haven't seen you in a while.

10:13 am

hiya scrabs.. busy with kids..making arrangements for moving.. husb has been away in Athens alot for work..

10:14 am

kids in swimming lessons. kinda tricky with only 2 hands and 3 slippery 3yr olds :-)

10:14 am

el 5 anyone?

sounds like a woman

10:15 am

Are you staying in Greece, OC?

sorry, sounds like a woman's name ruru

10:15 am

triplets, OC? You do need 8 or even 10 hands

10:16 am

TY, rational

10:16 am

husb got himself a safer job with embassy.. we're moving to Vancouver!

10:17 am

Wow, OC--USA or Canada? Are you both Americans?

10:17 am

canada. i'm canuck.. he's greek.

10:18 am

thanks ration

10:18 am

Will you be close to family? Of course it will be closER.

10:18 am

Any sq words?

10:19 am

Duh, yes, I found sq5

10:19 am

i have 1 sq. dont know if there's others

10:19 am

one Scrabbler, sq5/24

10:19 am

just the one Scrabs found

10:19 am

i have one brother in the vancouver area.. husb has some cousins

10:19 am

only one sq

still searching for ei and sq

10:20 am

I am finally starting to see words in this grid.

10:21 am

ei? ....looking

10:21 am

there isn't an ei, but there are el's

10:21 am

no ei word in the grid

scrabs is the book you mentioned fiction or non fiction?

10:21 am

TY....not looking for ei anymore

10:21 am

el5, el6

good thing i have an eye exam next week :/

10:22 am

Nonfiction--about the increasing rudeness of society. She is the author of "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves"--hilarious!

10:22 am

lol

10:22 am

sq.. think hiawatha

10:22 am

found the weird ps word

10:22 am

el 5 sounds like a girl name without last voewe. the el 6 is plural

10:23 am

i went for an eye exam and was told to go see my regular eye doc because there is something happening behind my eye, but i don't have a regular eye doc, not sure what to do about it now

10:23 am

what are the tile stats?

10:23 am

Find an ophthalmologist, jacq!

10:23 am

good morning

10:23 am

154 words, 1483 oibnts

10:23 am

Welcome, Rhonda. Read the "Help" section above

hi jane

10:24 am

what's the 2nd Q ??

10:24 am

Hi Jane

10:24 am

it's almost identical to the first but shorter

i thought the sq5 word is now unacceptable?

10:24 am

thnx jacq

10:25 am

JAcq, I have "moles" (pigmented nevi) in the backs of my eyeballs, and just 7% of people have these. I get my eyes photographed every 2 yrs due to risk of melanoma

10:25 am

i would have thought so too TO, not nice

10:25 am

thanks TO, that helped me find it!

10:25 am

politically incorrect

i don't know why it is not nice. does it have derogatory origins?

10:25 am

it was a simple eye test, but when i was counting the flashing dots it all went black, that happened twice, then they took more photos of my eyes then told me to go see my regular optician because i need to see an eye specialist

10:26 am

i think because of it's history TO

10:26 am

Find an eye MD, jacq

was it a visual field test? sounds like it

10:26 am

it was

10:27 am

And at 77/77 I must get some chores done before I leave for work. Bye all. I shall be back tonight.

10:27 am

scrabs it's not that easy here, i need to be refered to one

10:27 am

but not sure who would refer me, since the optician i used to go to closed down

jacq: ask your gp

10:27 am

will do

10:27 am

brb kettle boiling

10:28 am

sq5 means whore and was generally used to describe all native women

ty jane. is it an english word?

10:29 am

yup. they are re-naming all the geographical features in Montana (and most other states). Most of the time they are reverting to their native names now.

10:42 am

whore? really how cruel

10:42 am

just one more side effect of Manifest Destiny....

10:43 am

I guess so..

10:46 am

most of the time i can't pronounce (or remember ) the new names tho.

women of all nations end up being the spoils of war

10:53 am

ps5/22?

10:54 am

nm monkeyed it

an interjection.

time to go. happy babbling to all!

10:56 am

* enters chog happily humming * "Good morning, good morning..."

10:56 am

hello again. Harp, I remember a snow-covered mountain that is visible from Missoula that my father called Sq*** Peak. What have they renamed that one?

10:57 am

hi Pini! what a beautiful baby!

10:57 am

* beaming * I think so, but I may be slightly partial :)

10:58 am

i know they've re-named it but I can't remember it. The road signs have changed but I still use old maps.

10:59 am

My first grandchild is exactly 3 months older than yours

10:59 am

That mountain looks like ti4 and this is no doubt why it got the name. Perfect example of why it should be changed!

10:59 am

Congrats, Nef! we'll be comparing notes for quite some time!

11:00 am

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a Babble Baby BBQ! This summer has had its share of contributions to the guest list! :-)

11:00 am

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/200 2/05/05/export10148.txt

11:01 am

Hiya, Kids. Just tapping in a few before I go to lunch.

11:01 am

How many more babies here Pini? I guess I hadn't noticed that

11:02 am

Dorens just had a new grandson a few weeks ago, too

11:02 am

The new name is Ch-paa-qn (pronounced "cha-pock-qwin")

11:02 am

I only have older maps of MT also. Thanks for the article, I'll check it out now.

11:02 am

...so that's at least 3

11:03 am

Wow! I missed Dorens!

11:03 am

Harp, not only is it hard to say, it's impossible to spell! Thanks!

11:04 am

It means Shining Peak in Salish

11:04 am

qn means peak

11:04 am

Well, I'd best be getting along...going back to the hospital to help with the baby so mom/dad can get some much needed rest...

11:05 am

I really should make an effort to learn the pronounciation, it will take another generation to get it right, i suppose

11:05 am

Is Salish a native tribe in MT? I didn't know that.

11:05 am

Have a great day everyone. * returns to humming on the way out the door * "Good morning, good morning..."

11:06 am

Take care, Pini. And hug and hold that baby as much as possible! :-)

11:07 am

The Flathead reservation has both Salish and Kootenai tribes. I think both tribes were in western Montana, the Idaho panhandle, and southern Alberta

11:07 am

Like I said, I really should know these things....

Salish is a West Coast tribe - Washington (maybe Oregon) coasts north almost to Alaska - but never inland.

11:09 am

Goodness. Fast grid today. I'm down to 22 already.

11:09 am

12 here and I'm taking a break bbl

11:10 am

thanks Helen

11:10 am

Must be Kootenai that was in the panhandle area

11:10 am

I knew about the Black Foot, the Kootenai, the Flathead, Gros Ventre and Crow tribes, but not the Salish

11:11 am

Flathead is the euro description of one of the tribes, they never called themselves that

Yes, Kootenai get into that area all right. I wonder if it isn't a language with its own name that sounds like Salish. But it's hard to google specific native languages!

11:12 am

there are definitely native Salish speakers on the Flathead reservation nowadays

11:12 am

Oops! So, would the Salish be what I know as the Flathead tribe?

11:13 am

they are usually quite old! A few years ago someone translated Bambi into Salish.

11:13 am

I think so, Nef, more or less.

There's a lot of movement - actually always was, with intermarriage, especially since some of these tribes are matrilineal and some patrilineal and families used to move back and forth.

And if you wanted to marry into another tribe, a Coastal one would be a good one to pick - potlatches definitely worth it.

11:15 am

helens, you sound quite knowledgeable about the tribes in the NW US. Do you live there and are you a Native American?

11:17 am

lol helen, I remember potlatches from Girl Scout jamborees!

11:17 am

(I'm reading the Missoulian article in between here)

At last - I have been waiting and waiting for the chance to use at***!

No to both - I llive in Alberta, my son in Vancouver - but have been active in environmental movement for years, which puts you in contact with most of the bands and treaty groups in the area.

11:21 am

what part of alberta helen? we're neighbors!

Calgary

And yes - used to visit Montana lots, and had friends (long retired!) at Missoula.

11:23 am

I was just thinking about Calgary, in the 80's I went to a Strindberg festival there. Just happened to be passing through and there it was!

11:25 am

My DH's parents were divorced when he was a toddler, he was raised by his mother and her family. As a young man, he had a number of experiences living in a low-income area while going to college and had a low opinion of Native Americans. When he was 39, we met his father and that side of his family and he found out that HE was nearly 1/4 Native American himself

That's the way to find festivals in Calgary - the local paper never tells you about anything until it's beginning, so you have to be ready to jump at opportunities!

11:29 am

What an interesting point to enter babble a! Isn't it a wonderful chat log we have here :)

11:29 am

We missed the giant panda at the zoo by two days

Babble has the greatest chat group ever!

11:33 am

phew, was thinking I might have killed the chat there :)

Just pursuing the elusive fe**!

11:34 am

Sorry, I was on a phone call. Careful FM, you may need to go to the PB soon! ;-)

11:35 am

rats! off to the PB for me sorry!

11:35 am

It's okay, FM; if you leave you WILL kill the chog!

11:36 am

but seeing as I built it, it is a home from home :)

11:36 am

I'lll be lurking anyway if clues are needed.

11:37 am

You built the PB? How nice of you to do so! I spend many hours there myself!

11:38 am

have you not seen the pics in my profile Nef?

11:38 am

No, FM; I'm afraid I haven't. Sorry

It won't let me have "hawg"!

11:39 am

go have a look then :D

11:39 am

(Now checking them out)

haef

Sorry - answered phone type while talking - bad move. Might even have been a PB case!

11:40 am

lol helen

11:41 am

I love those photos! It's a bit different than *I* pictured, but is very friendly indeed!

11:42 am

hey all. can i have the clue for the qu? i have qu5/16

11:42 am

Darn, I need to leave for a bit. BBL

11:43 am

Bye Nef

11:43 am

shorten it acey

11:43 am

qu4/7 ace

11:44 am

Hi jacq

Best equipped PB ever, FM! Must answer door.

11:44 am

hello again FM

11:44 am

haha, thanks! :)

12:10 pm

can anyone clue the fo5/9 please?

12:13 pm

fo -- enemy and Mathew mark luke and jo**

12:14 pm

ty BR, could swear i tried that

12:40 pm

fireworks!!! finally

12:40 pm

ty for your help ladies and gents

12:41 pm

congrats, jacq

12:41 pm

ty BR, some very odd words today again

12:42 pm

Enable often resurrects te archaic and obsolete

12:43 pm

i'll say

12:45 pm

anyway, thanks for the help and have fun

12:47 pm

fo5?

12:49 pm

fo -- enemy and Mathew mark luke and jo**

12:50 pm

Good evening everyone.

12:51 pm

hello, elder

12:55 pm

hello Babble , blast.... have to go now.

Just as one concludes that enable is tight-focussed on the past one encounters ph**!

Good luck everybody - I hope to be back later.

1:13 pm

thanks for the fo

1:24 pm

Hello again. I'm back

1:25 pm

That's a rather scarey picture and somber notes forthe day, BR

1:31 pm

Hello, Nef. Yes.

1:33 pm

good afternoon all

1:33 pm

good afternoon, westford

1:33 pm

I think the notes from bab are hopeful

1:34 pm

Hi everybody. Just fireworked - can I help anybody?

1:35 pm

Hi BR and westford. Hmmm, I'll try re-reading them again then west.

1:35 pm

hi sood and Yay!!

1:36 pm

hi nef

1:36 pm

Just shows what can be achieved when you concentrate on the grid, and steer clear of the chog!!!

1:36 pm

sood I have too many right now but thanks

1:37 pm

I should be concentrating on laundry

1:40 pm

Hi Soodle and WTG!

1:48 pm

<muttering> What I could do with an R in this grid!

1:49 pm

nef I wish I had one to give you

1:50 pm

I can't get either e from under the q any clues would be greatly appreciated

1:52 pm

el 5/10; 6/18

1:52 pm

woman's name west, usually spelled with an e at the end and pl

1:52 pm

use just the 4th & 5th columns: it's almost a girls name

1:52 pm

thank you bab and peri

1:52 pm

and nef too you're all my heroes

1:53 pm

now I have nbt!!

2:00 pm

any help with the ho 7/8 please? Just a hint....

2:00 pm

enemy

2:01 pm

angry, nef

2:02 pm

thanks. Working on it now (I kept trying for wishings)

2:05 pm

Got it!!! Thanks! :-D

2:06 pm

yw nef

2:06 pm

and I got the 'wishing' word lol

2:07 pm

LOL! I had a hard time figuring out how to describe that! :-)

2:08 pm

help with th5 pls

2:09 pm

sorry, peri; I don't have it yet. :-(

2:09 pm

th5 robbery Morning all

2:09 pm

sheesh, found it: robbery

2:09 pm

thanks lyn

2:10 pm

ty lyn and peri !!

2:10 pm

fish fry for all

2:10 pm

thanks

2:13 pm

2 rows and 1 column now blackened out! 77 words left

2:13 pm

doing well nef

2:15 pm

Hey West! Good to 'see' you!

2:16 pm

hi car

2:17 pm

are you enjoying our nice weather?

2:17 pm

Yes! But I can't believe how much cooler it is here by the coast than just a few miles inland!

2:18 pm

it's getting a little more humid now but it started out like a perfect CA day lol

2:20 pm

I refuse to complain after the spring/early summer we had!

2:20 pm

me too!! I have never seen so much rain

2:20 pm

Clue for FO 5/18 please?

2:21 pm

I did most of the grid at the flip last night. Just back to finish off the last 30!

2:21 pm

don't have that one yet

2:22 pm

fo = enemy +matthew, mark , luke and Jo**

2:22 pm

Ty Nef!

2:22 pm

ty nef

2:22 pm

I think BR may be the real person to thank

2:22 pm

similar to the fo4/8 but kept trying to plural it

2:23 pm

thank you bab too then !!

2:26 pm

Clues for the 2 PS 5/12's please?

2:27 pm

ps + 3 vowels, last vowel is the only difference

2:28 pm

Got em nef! TY!

2:28 pm

thanks nef !!

2:29 pm

Ugh! 11 left...all T's!

2:31 pm

Fireworks! I had missed a lot of obvious ones last night!

2:32 pm

Yay car !!

2:32 pm

May I assist anyone with clues?

2:32 pm

WTG, Car!

2:32 pm

I'm wondering if the qu shows up any place besides the 2 qu words and the native american woman

2:35 pm

scanning....

2:36 pm

not that I can see...but I will check again to be sure!

2:36 pm

thanks car

2:41 pm

This grid is provoking many fe4/8 from me ..

2:41 pm

good word for it torg

2:43 pm

for Canadians, that would be he 4/6 I think

2:44 pm

however you say it ...

2:44 pm

Thanks Nef .. Grayed the H with that one ..

2:44 pm

laundry is looking good about now think I'll take a break bbs

2:45 pm

I have the upper 3 rows and 2 columns done. I'm finishing tiles and making a game of it! :-)

2:45 pm

*the upper H ..

2:48 pm

evening all - back to finsh the final 38

2:50 pm

hi Kazz

2:54 pm

hi I've got 6 wa and 3 we - what am i missing

2:54 pm

there are 7 Wa'

2:54 pm

ty

2:56 pm

(I can't type very well, good luck if I try to answer any questions

3:02 pm

afternoon, babblers.

3:02 pm

hello, Madi.... feeling better?

3:03 pm

hello, Madi. Did you talk with your Mom about your headaches yet?

3:03 pm

much :)

3:03 pm

yes, nef, she made an appointment with a specialist, much to my dismay.

3:04 pm

Hi Madi - is that your puppy

3:04 pm

I wish, Kaz. He's a cutie :)

3:04 pm

Madi, it's better to get it checked out and know what's going on

3:10 pm

hi all.

3:10 pm

Help with the sn 5 please?

3:12 pm

sn5 little pests in hair add `s` infront.

3:12 pm

I can't believe i didn't see that! Thanks.

3:12 pm

lol..yw.

zoom ru from iow so am i

3:15 pm

Hello Jane..yes i am in sandown :-)

so am i perowne way

3:16 pm

LOL..just down the road from you.

3:16 pm

what a small world.

i have been doing babble for a week and ihave yetto finish one .We r same age

3:19 pm

don`t give up..keep trying..you will get therein the end. :-)

best one today for me that is some of these words are weird

3:21 pm

lots of words here are unusual..lol

3:28 pm

hooray fireworks for me

3:29 pm

congrats, Kazzer

3:29 pm

WTG Kazzer.

3:29 pm

19 left for me.

Hi all. I dont like this grid. I am giving up. It is annoying!

3:30 pm

its fine - this has been one of the easier ones

3:30 pm

Noooo.don`t give up Science...just give it a few more tries.

3:30 pm

WTG, Kaz! Congrats!

3:31 pm

i am off now but if any one wants a clue let me know. i have to make sandwiches for tomorrow morning

3:31 pm

Science , I found it a bit annoying too, (I REALLY want an R in this grid!) but I'm playing games with how I fill in the letters

I am too tired to do this today.

Yes, I want an R, too!

zoom your pic standing tall would not be my tarty son dean

3:32 pm

lol..probably..is

he is such a poser

3:33 pm

help with el?

3:33 pm

most lads are that age..haha

3:33 pm

like a girls name with out the final vowel

3:34 pm

good clue Kazzer

3:34 pm

science, if you'r tired, ou don't HAVE to do it. I filled in the rows and then different columns, making patterns of the blackened tiles. Unfortuneately, all I now have left are the S's and T's

3:34 pm

i too am on the `t`s Nef :-)

3:34 pm

I generally fill in the words that I find

3:35 pm

i always seem to end up with s's and t's even if i dont plan it that way

3:35 pm

hahaha.BR

hin and dan are mad together did they tell you how drunk they got camping

3:36 pm

Nitey nite see you tomorrow

3:36 pm

not sure..if it was from a while ago..Dan did say the camping did not go too well..i think they went home in the end..unless this is very recent..then no, i do not know about that one.

3:37 pm

Bye Kazzer.

3:37 pm

nite, Kaz

sorry about spelling just getting used to a computerdo not get on it much dean tends to hog it dean phoned at 7 in morning still drunk

3:39 pm

oh dear..not good at his age to be getting soo drunk 0/o

all he kept saying was never again never again in between being sick

3:43 pm

well hope he has learnt a valuable lesson there then.

he said he has mind you he really did look green around the gills im going now some-one wants the comp.... night

3:47 pm

Bye jane..take care.

3:50 pm

good evening everyone.

3:51 pm

Hello Mo :-)

3:52 pm

hi zooz ... is it just you and me?

3:53 pm

I think so..Nef is deep into the grid somewhere?.

hello all

3:53 pm

lol!

3:53 pm

hello TO.

3:53 pm

BR did surface briefly & Kazzer has just finished.

3:53 pm

Hello TO

3:53 pm

I'm here, just trying to finish. I totally dislike the T and S words right now

3:54 pm

i have 1 t`t to find.

3:54 pm

I still need 14 :-(

3:55 pm

I have finished ,so will help if I can.

3:55 pm

ti5 & 6 are names on a book is a ti***

3:55 pm

zooz ... how many letters for your t word?

3:56 pm

none Mo found it..but thanks.

3:56 pm

ok.

3:56 pm

Thanks Zooz.

3:56 pm

ti5 what you put on a bathroom wall.

3:57 pm

ti6 sparkly things you put on the ceiling and on christmas trees

3:57 pm

THAT is the one I've been hunting! Thanks Zozz!

3:57 pm

ti4 breasts..LOl..sorry just had too :-)

3:58 pm

ti5/12 ... a tax or levy.

3:58 pm

oooh!!! zooz lol.

3:59 pm

men always find that one first!

3:59 pm

typical!!!

3:59 pm

ta4 an olde way of saying potatoes..lol

4:00 pm

ok 8 left searching again..lol

4:00 pm

thanks for the help Zooz.

4:01 pm

more than welcome Nef.

4:04 pm

And fire works for me.

4:04 pm

congratulations zooz!!!!

4:06 pm

Many thanks Mo :-)

4:07 pm

YAY ZOOZ! WTG!!!!

4:08 pm

thanks Nef.

anyone ever heard the band back door slam?

4:09 pm

not me!!

4:09 pm

sorry TO me neither.

4:09 pm

is it a group or a ghost?

4:09 pm

not I

band

4:10 pm

i`m going to google them now.

4:10 pm

American I presume.

no, form isle of wight

4:10 pm

hot and humid, hot hot hot, hot and humid, hot hot hot...

4:11 pm

hi hurshy. Is that you or the band?

4:12 pm

yes it is very humid Hurshy.

4:12 pm

zoom ... you must know them then.

4:12 pm

TO..listening to them now on youtube..nice bit music, kinda blues

4:13 pm

No MO..lol..never heard of them before * going red*

well many bands get their break in other lans

4:14 pm

TO they are form the isle of man..not the isle of wight :-)

ca cluepls for th5.18 and hello hursh

sorry. one of those isles ;)

4:15 pm

some one who steals TO

4:15 pm

or more to the point some-one who has stolen.

ty. ti5/12 pls?

4:17 pm

ti5 ... ti + ***t and tidy.

oho, fireworks! ty for the clues

4:17 pm

WTG TO.

4:17 pm

well done TO.

up and to the left is so counter intuitive...

4:18 pm

LOL..true.

thank you all, must decide whether to go see that band. happy babbling to all!

4:19 pm

bye TO.

4:19 pm

wow they are touring the US..cool...bye TO

yep , they did alst year too. james hunter was here all of last year too - or so it seemes

4:19 pm

any clue for the first sh 5/12?

4:20 pm

i think i posted and my post went away before the chog caught up to the present

what did you post?

4:20 pm

you nwear them on your feet Nef

4:21 pm

you posted that it was hot and humid, hursh

4:21 pm

sh5 ... a lot of fish.

4:21 pm

oh yes, thank you nef, i would have gotten TO's question wrong, i am so forgetful

4:21 pm

and another one the same as MO`s clue just change the last letter.

bye all! *poof*

4:22 pm

well let's see, i did most of the grid in the middle of the night when i couldn't sleep. so i have only 4 left, L, P, S, and T, all five letter words.

4:22 pm

the last sh5,12 fire from a gun

4:22 pm

Thank you! I've been monkeying and couldn't find it!

4:24 pm

any more clues before I go and watch a bit of tv?

4:24 pm

wow hurshy i would not know how to clue the p5`s .

4:24 pm

well, i have 1 ph5, and 2 ps5, is there another of either of those things?

4:25 pm

there is another ps5 and a ps4

4:25 pm

there are 3 ps's, 2 are the same except for the last vowel

4:25 pm

another ps5.

4:25 pm

the ps 4 you will get easy i think.

4:26 pm

and a ph 4 ... singular of the ph5.

4:26 pm

i have the four. i am only missing five letter words.

4:26 pm

oops..yes sorry hurshy..you did say.

4:26 pm

aHA, got the other p!

4:27 pm

no biggie, i just don't like other people to waste their time on words unnecessarily :)

4:27 pm

good!!!

4:28 pm

and here is my mart come to lay on my chest

4:28 pm

aww..sweet.

4:28 pm

is that a cat?

4:28 pm

mart is a cat, yes. he left right away again though.

4:28 pm

i would try and help with the `l` but there are many.

4:29 pm

because he saw a plastic bag and wanted to chew on it

4:29 pm

and now i have moved the bag and he has come after it to chew it

4:29 pm

typical of a cat ... lol.

4:29 pm

meeeooow

4:29 pm

there, the plastic bag is now in the closet and will not appear in his poo.

4:30 pm

so, there's not one L5 that stands out as weirder than the others? mine are all pretty darn normal.

4:31 pm

ermm not really..have you got the one that looks like it spells mosters from outer space?.

4:31 pm

have you got the Scottish for hate?

4:31 pm

do you have the pl for pictures (L6/21) and forgot the singular?

4:31 pm

without the `a` in front

4:32 pm

i have monsters without the a

4:32 pm

i have scottish for hate except i thought it had to do with woodworking

4:32 pm

and i didn't forget the singular of the pictures

4:32 pm

This is a pretty strange chog I have wandered into.. Toto - We're not in Kansas anymore!!!!

4:33 pm

there are three l5 that spells like wood working

4:33 pm

which means, i guess, that it must be SUPER fishy

4:33 pm

hello Soodle :-)

4:33 pm

Hey there zoo!!

4:33 pm

ahhh, spelt like fa5, hope and love? is that the scottish for hate??

4:33 pm

how about the straight li*** that are used for graphics?

4:34 pm

yes hurshy.

4:34 pm

ah, then i mis-guessed how the scots would change the vowels

4:34 pm

what are the other ones you need, i cant` remember what you need now..lol

4:35 pm

anyone have the point total handy for today? (S and T)

4:35 pm

so was that the one you wanted?

4:35 pm

yes indeedy mo!

4:35 pm

1483

4:35 pm

glad you got it hurshy.

4:35 pm

ok, so one's a 10 and one's a 12

4:36 pm

thank you muchly for your help and apologies for thinking i had it when i didn't

4:36 pm

pests in your hair just add the `s` in front

4:36 pm

no, it's a bottom S

4:36 pm

li5/12 .. supple

4:37 pm

that was the only L mo, i am down to S and T now.

4:37 pm

ok hurshy.

4:37 pm

Can I help anybody with a clue?

4:38 pm

i really think dirtied could be past tensed via a t as well as an ed.

4:38 pm

st5,10 walking on long stick

4:39 pm

st5,10 bread going off

4:39 pm

i got the T and it was the 10 so the S is a 12

4:39 pm

oh ok.

4:40 pm

sh5 /20 ... American spelling of exhibited

4:40 pm

there wouldn't happen to be a sht- would there?

4:40 pm

Zooz - where do you be hiding when I am looking for great clues?

4:40 pm

sh5,12 when the gun goes bang.

4:41 pm

LOL..yea right Soodle..i know my clues are crap..but i am trying..lol

4:41 pm

sh5,12 you wear them on your feet.

4:41 pm

no sht words.

4:41 pm

sh5,12 like a scarf.

4:42 pm

are you thinking of a stole?

4:42 pm

3 left

4:43 pm

sh5/12 ...a young weened pig

4:44 pm

i have the piggie, the one that rhymes with a stole, the footwear, and the gun thingy

4:44 pm

well I really must be off now ... good luck everyone and good night.

4:45 pm

nighters mo!

4:45 pm

Bye MO.

4:46 pm

hurshy, change the last letter of the piggie

4:46 pm

You still stuck, Hurshy? Can I help?

4:46 pm

you mean again? other than the one that rhymes with stole?

4:47 pm

there is one that rymes with shout

4:47 pm

it doesn't seem to want to change to anything else

4:47 pm

no, I didn't cathc that you had that one. Sorry

4:47 pm

one that rhymes with shout?? how mysterious

4:48 pm

i'm looking for a missing S5/12, soodle, from the bottom non-corner S

4:48 pm

ok it ends with a breakfast cereal

4:49 pm

you get the six from it too

4:49 pm

hurshy, how many do you have?

4:49 pm

that is the young weaned pig, n'est-ce pas?

4:49 pm

Zoo got there b4 me Hursh.. sh+ breakfast cereal

4:49 pm

sorry hursh, i`m not very good at this..lol

4:50 pm

i have 4 sh5/12, no SO5, and all my st5 are 10's.

4:50 pm

Hursh. You know the ad. Its not weetabix, its ***abix. and add an ST before the ***

4:50 pm

there are only 4 S 5/12's

4:51 pm

i have that, both in sh and in st, soodle, but thanks anyway

4:51 pm

THERE IS A SO5/12.

4:51 pm

thank you mo!

4:51 pm

sorry for shouting.

4:51 pm

that's it?

4:52 pm

plural of the so4.

4:52 pm

that's it

4:52 pm

plural, my stars!

4:52 pm

thank goodness for that...phew

4:52 pm

here i was sticking vowels on to it

4:52 pm

I really am off now .... poof.

4:52 pm

THANK Gooodness!

4:52 pm

You sorted now, Hursh?

4:52 pm

Bye MO

4:52 pm

i am done, yes.

4:53 pm

WTG Hurshy

4:53 pm

Fireworks hursh? YAY!!!!

4:53 pm

in a strange way, i kinda enjoyed that.

4:53 pm

Strange................

4:55 pm

yeah i know..oh well.

4:55 pm

Satisfying when your last one is not a fish ..

4:55 pm

Hello Torg!

4:55 pm

it takes a certain kind of cluer to work through that sort of nonlist stuff... otherwise, it really drags on

4:55 pm

Fireworks! Finally. Thos last 3 were painful (I thought)

4:56 pm

and then i feel bad for being annoying.

4:56 pm

WTG NEf!!!

4:56 pm

well now, how's my torbaby today? you finished unfishily?

4:56 pm

you were not annoying at all, love trying to help..even if i did lead you down the wrong path a few times..LOL

4:57 pm

but even if you like helping, i think it can be a bit dizzying for the observers :)

4:57 pm

Are there any other lurkers out there looking for clues?

4:58 pm

they must have a headache i would imagine..oops.

4:58 pm

ah well, live and learn

4:58 pm

not like we burned anything down in the process

4:58 pm

true.

4:59 pm

well i`m going to go and listen to music now..bye everyone.

4:59 pm

True. Because I was on my last 3 and had been for (what seemed like) a long time, helping you try to find your last word was difficult too

5:00 pm

33 to go here ..

5:01 pm

Hey guys. I am here to assist.............

5:01 pm

Hey guys...1 left...the first la 5/12....been fishing for what seems like forever. Any help?

5:02 pm

Kadresa - first la5/12 - ryhmes wthi *****, hope and charity

5:02 pm

what some didth in bed

5:03 pm

lol

5:03 pm

and hello all

5:03 pm

Thanks guys....thought I had tried that one at least 100 times!

5:03 pm

Dideth they do it at Knighttime, knighttime?

5:03 pm

yeth

5:04 pm

Thuper!!!

5:05 pm

Wath that fireworkth, Kadersa?

5:07 pm

Oooh. Now I feel like the chog murderess

5:08 pm

Soodle slinks off shamefacedly............

5:08 pm

You are not Soodle, I am still not ready to ask for clues yet. That is all

5:09 pm

Thanks Bug.

5:54 pm

Hi Everyone -- back for the last 35

6:06 pm

ooh -- a politically incorrect word!

6:07 pm

evening all!

6:08 pm

hi dan

6:09 pm

any clues for the right-hand E?

6:09 pm

I think we must be the only 2 here dan

6:09 pm

el5 and el6...almost from outer space

6:09 pm

slow day?

6:10 pm

el 5-6 combo -- sounds like a girl's name

6:10 pm

I don't know -- I said hello and made a comment, so I'm either being ignored, or no one is here!

6:11 pm

I would never ignore you nan...I signed in a few minutes after you said hi and dove right in. I happened to come up for air just as T.O. dan asked for a clue...

6:12 pm

and now a courier is here, so BBS...

6:12 pm

hey, nan -- my excuse is that I was out of town! :-)

6:12 pm

sorry danf -- missed your entrance :0

6:12 pm

lol, une

6:13 pm

49 to go, time to list. I like to get at least halfway on each tile, but the P is confounding me

6:14 pm

*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!*

6:14 pm

a lot of ps's dan2

6:15 pm

yay, nan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:16 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

6:17 pm

no thank you nan...still plugging over here

6:17 pm

guess not - see you tomorrow, everyone :)

6:18 pm

bye, nan!

6:27 pm

Evening everyone.

6:30 pm

evening peach! how's everything going for you today?

6:31 pm

May Ii please have a clue for ti6-18 the 1st? Thanks

6:31 pm

Christmas decoration

6:31 pm

I'm doing ok, dan, thanks for asking....and you?

6:31 pm

pretty good over here, thank you

6:32 pm

Thanks, dan, good clue.

6:32 pm

ti 6 -- the glittery metal strands put on a christmas tree

6:32 pm

Thanks, BabbleRabble.

6:34 pm

Howdy BR

6:35 pm

Hello, dan and gapeach

6:35 pm

Hey there, BabbleRabble.

6:36 pm

need any other clues before I head out? I hear work calling, darn it!

6:38 pm

going once...

6:39 pm

going twice...

6:40 pm

Oh, yes dan...we4-8 the 1st please.

6:41 pm

the bruise/mark you get when beaten

6:41 pm

Thanks again, dan.

6:43 pm

yvw peach...and with that, I shall "see" you all another time, as work beckons annoyingly!

6:44 pm

at5-10 please? Thanks

6:47 pm

don't have it yet, peach

6:48 pm

Thanks anyway, dan2bit.

6:49 pm

happy not to help :-)

6:55 pm

at 5 -- a + put non-verticle

6:58 pm

or, at + M***on Berle

6:58 pm

hi all

6:59 pm

howDy, jmc

6:59 pm

Thanks, BabbleRabble.

6:59 pm

Hey there jmcnrick.

7:00 pm

a little help withto 5/10 and to 6/18, please

7:01 pm

to 5 -- work hard and a vowel; pl for the to 6

7:02 pm

ty br

7:02 pm

Thanks so much...fireworks !!!

7:02 pm

whoo hoo batch!

7:03 pm

help with ps 4/5 pls

7:03 pm

congrats, batch

7:03 pm

thnaks again Babble rabble

7:04 pm

*whispers* ps**, come here you want to buy a watch?

7:04 pm

hi everyone

7:04 pm

hi berri

7:04 pm

hello, berri

7:05 pm

thanks jmc

7:05 pm

i don't normally get to play much, but am home sick, so get a chance to look at the grid

7:05 pm

yw

7:06 pm

sorry you are sick but glad you get to play

7:06 pm

thanks

7:10 pm

Finally finished this one. Thanks for all the help...see y'all tomorrow. Sweet dreams everyone.

7:11 pm

whoo hoo peach

7:11 pm

help with fo 5/18 pls

7:12 pm

bye peach

7:15 pm

sorry big red I don't have it

7:17 pm

fo + ringo, paul, george and jo** add another vowel between the o and the *

7:17 pm

hi everyone!

7:18 pm

hi lbd

7:18 pm

how ya doing, jmc?

7:18 pm

thanks lbdawger

7:18 pm

yw, berri

7:19 pm

I don't know -- is it still monday?

7:19 pm

thanks Ibd

7:19 pm

yup, still monday

7:19 pm

then I am zonked

7:19 pm

yw, big red

7:19 pm

are you still in RI?

7:19 pm

yeah until sometime weds

7:20 pm

then out to western Maryland

7:20 pm

not throwing any big parties?

7:20 pm

no, no parties

7:20 pm

i like maryland. pretty country.

7:20 pm

my birthday party on the chog was the last one I threw

7:21 pm

parts of it definitely are

7:21 pm

just wondering how you're going to meet the local constabulary in two days. lol

7:21 pm

lol I am trying to avoid them here

7:22 pm

probably a good idea!

7:23 pm

I did just agreed to be on call for the Vets going on to Quantico base to had out info against the war tho

7:23 pm

but the police cant arrest me for talking on the phone unless I am driving a car

7:23 pm

uh huh, local cops aren't good enough, gonna get busted by the MP's instead.

7:24 pm

ptttttttt the MPs can't touch me I am a civilian

7:24 pm

can so, if you're on base.

7:24 pm

they can hold you til the locals get there. and quantico has the feebies there too

7:24 pm

but I am not going to be on base

7:25 pm

the Vets with their military IDs are gong to be on base

7:25 pm

just make sure, it's not always exactly marked

7:25 pm

I am going to be in Western maryland

7:25 pm

I know I got on to Ft Benning by accident once

7:25 pm

any clues for the at5 its my last a word

7:25 pm

but you have to work to get on to Quantico

7:26 pm

a+ what you might do to a pinball machine

7:26 pm

a+lean

7:27 pm

thanks

7:27 pm

I am still looking for the politically incorrect word ciber went on about

7:28 pm

alt for boob

7:28 pm

no idea...politically incorrect word about...???

7:28 pm

ty kc I will look

7:29 pm

clearly I need to work on my vulgar slang

7:29 pm

found it

7:29 pm

lol. didn't really think it was all that vulgar or odd...

7:29 pm

pl

7:30 pm

me niether kc

7:30 pm

i think we've had worse that than on the grid

7:30 pm

I know we have had!

7:31 pm

that comes up in variant spellings all the time

7:37 pm

I keep falling asleep

7:38 pm

I stayed up until the morning star reading the last Harry Potter

7:39 pm

hey all might anyone be able to clue the fa 5 / 6 combo please

7:40 pm

a fellow babbler "forwardbyfa***"

7:41 pm

ty jmc i shall use my magic wand, cast a spell, and reward you

7:41 pm

u u u what do I get! *jumping in excitment*

7:42 pm

poof - i have turned you into a kangaroo - hence the overwhelming need to jump!

7:42 pm

how about a clue for the el words

7:43 pm

boing boing boing

7:43 pm

no fair, i don't get that clue.

7:43 pm

e + souns like an old country road and plural

7:43 pm

el 5/10; 6/18

7:43 pm

hmm I am not sure about this as a reward knitter the ceiling is low in this dorm room

7:43 pm

stop jumping you are making my screen wonky

7:44 pm

boi. . .okay

7:44 pm

er could you change me back to my little fat self pls?

7:45 pm

thanks for the e clues knitter

7:45 pm

spoil sport --

7:45 pm

yw berri

7:45 pm

poof

7:45 pm

well if I can't boing. . .

7:45 pm

ty aknitter

7:45 pm

or was it alakazam???

7:46 pm

hey now I am a dingo!

7:46 pm

those are cute

7:46 pm

*pounting* do you know how hard it is to type with paws?

7:47 pm

You've turned into a dingo, JMC? There's a trick . . .

7:47 pm

well my cat is rather good at it. usually manages to enter into the chog at least once a day

7:47 pm

I've turned into two dogs - see my photo! :P

7:47 pm

talk to aknitter it is all her falt

7:47 pm

*fault

7:47 pm

If aknitter is turning people into dogs, do I really WANT to talk to her? :P

7:48 pm

now don't blame me .... those dogs are cute

7:48 pm

Perhaps she did this to me, too? :O

7:48 pm

Thank you - they're mine. :)

7:48 pm

well your cat has practice I am new at this paw tyoing

7:48 pm

wlee i have this magic knitting needle ....

7:48 pm

anybody clued the ps5's? I have the 5/22

7:48 pm

i seem to have paws for typing as well

7:49 pm

oooh sounds like things are getting abit kinky

7:49 pm

and look who arrives ... nuf said

7:49 pm

heh

7:49 pm

I want my fingers back *pounts-bites at aknitters needle*

7:49 pm

ps + what you use to row the boat drop the R add another vowel do this twice for both the ps5

7:50 pm

sorry dan that birt of snarking was aimed at sawg

7:50 pm

tx lbd and all cluers! firewords

7:50 pm

yay i found the 7

7:50 pm

whoooooo hooooooo DAN!!!

7:50 pm

sigh - taking aim with my "wand"

7:50 pm

whoo hoo dan!

7:50 pm

are you trying to make me into something i already, am, AK?

7:50 pm

go berri

7:51 pm

tee hee hee

7:51 pm

Things are getting kinky - 'and look who arrives, enough said?' Hmmm . . . who was that referring to? :P

7:51 pm

*not so patiently wa4in for aknitter to finish magic*

7:52 pm

Not me, surely? *Adjusts halo.*

7:52 pm

poof

7:52 pm

*tapping paw*

7:52 pm

hi JC

7:52 pm

ty ty aknitter!

7:52 pm

zap and aything else that might undo the paw thing

7:52 pm

*puts on foil hat to protect from future "rewards"*

7:53 pm

that's not a halo J.C.

7:53 pm

very attraqctive

7:53 pm

sounds like you need foil mittens, jmc

7:53 pm

attraqctive even

7:53 pm

oh good lord --- attractive

7:53 pm

lol lbd

7:53 pm

i think the magic had a slight rebound effect

7:54 pm

ty aknitter I made it myself *models*

7:54 pm

i think you are right

7:54 pm

Oooh, are we wearing aluminum hats to repel ETs from placing thoughts into our brains?

7:55 pm

ahh too late for me there

7:55 pm

*adjusting aluminum hat and antennae*

7:55 pm

no I am protecting myself from aknitter magic -- I am not sure what J.C. is doing

7:55 pm

mostly to keep ak's wild magic from affecting our bodies, scrabs

7:55 pm

or is that infecting

7:56 pm

very cute scrabs -- how did you make the antennae

7:56 pm

What kind of magic, ak? Like a magician/illusionist or a psychic?

7:56 pm

oooh looks like Uncle Martin from My favorite martian! lol

7:56 pm

jm, I rolled up the foil--not functional, just a fashion statement

7:56 pm

and what a statement it is

7:57 pm

Ray Walston! one of my favs

7:57 pm

lovely and very clever

7:57 pm

I will have to try that on my next foil hat

7:57 pm

But I feel so safe when I wear this hat

7:57 pm

try using old rabbit ears...uhm, tv antenae, scrabs

7:57 pm

I understand scrabs

7:57 pm

brb

7:57 pm

Great idea, dawger! Those are extendable!

7:58 pm

move that left antenna a wee bit to the left please

7:58 pm

(I think lbd had to go get her foil hat--she was feeling left out)

7:59 pm

help with the ep pls

8:00 pm

ep + half of a laugh

8:00 pm

hmm apparently my monkey typed it when I wasn't looking

8:00 pm

ty aknitter

8:01 pm

ψ Ψ ψ Ψ ψ → W I R E F O R K S ← ψ Ψ ψ Ψ ψ

Evening everyone, how are "we" doing?

Congratulations JC~~

8:01 pm

whoo hoo J.C.

8:01 pm

congratz to you

8:02 pm

hi red we are fine fine fine

8:02 pm

checking out my keyboard for that key

hello all!

8:02 pm

what is fork shaped

8:02 pm

hi TO

8:02 pm

COngrats JC!

8:02 pm

Hi Red & Owl!

8:03 pm

I am so excited I found the 7/8 all by my self *beaming in my foil hat*

Hi Scrabbs and Owl and Jc and knitter and Jmc and all Lurkerzzzzz.

8:03 pm

Hi all. Well done JC on fireworks.

8:03 pm

That is the psi symbol--I don't know how to get it from wingdings

8:03 pm

Great, jm!

8:03 pm

Hi AK - haven't 'seen' you in ages.

JACS! i just popped on to see if you were here

8:03 pm

hi jac!

8:03 pm

thought my keyboard was missing something

8:04 pm

hey jac how are ya

8:04 pm

Who's the green scarf for AK? Not Gorgeous George?

8:04 pm

titally selfish knitting for me!

8:05 pm

'titally'? It's a bra then? *grins*

8:05 pm

Hi TO. I'm here.

8:05 pm

oh man i need smarter fingers

8:05 pm

Thank you red, jmc, aknitter, Scrabbler and Jacula! :)

8:05 pm

Haha, ak

any led zep fans here?

8:06 pm

yes TO?

8:06 pm

ME To!

*being totally nice to ak tonight*

8:06 pm

BRB, nipping upstairs for a minute.

8:06 pm

*hands TO a foil hat*

if you want to amuse yourself check out this clip -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWK_yh Bu5DM

8:06 pm

and it is not even my birthday

knittng a bra? wow is it elstic yarn?

uh oh jacs at the nip again

8:07 pm

"nipping" upstairs? off for a bit of booze eh?

to shield me from the al6/18?

8:08 pm

yay half way

8:08 pm

red if i were knitting a bra for my self it would require miracle fibers to get the girls into position

8:08 pm

oh dear, now what is ak up to?

8:09 pm

LOLOL AK.

8:09 pm

about 5'7 ty

8:09 pm

go berri

8:09 pm

back from your nip jac?

8:09 pm

I wish I could have some booze these religious conference are killing my drinking habits

8:09 pm

go berri go

8:10 pm

AK - I am indeed. If I had a downstairs 'convenience' I wouldn't have to nip upstairs or even mention it. LOL

Wow, jmc, what sort of religion is against drinking, other than the 7th day adventists.

8:11 pm

jmc - oh dear! Can't you hide some booze in a water bottle or something?

8:11 pm

i just love that english accent!

8:11 pm

no its just at these conferences they are all alcohol free

8:11 pm

can you partake if communion - have a large sip

8:11 pm

You can hear me, AK??

Bizarre!

Ak, what are you knitting?

8:12 pm

lol quakers don't do physical communion so no wine

this is the annual meeting jmc?

8:12 pm

well i add the acent in my head when reading your posts probaly way off but fun for me

8:12 pm

lol jac!

8:12 pm

AK - withthe advent of Swine 'Flu., only the priest is allowed to drink from the communion cup at present. At leart in UK.

8:12 pm

So I read.

8:13 pm

this one is New England Yearly Meeting annual sessions

8:13 pm

red i am making a beautiful irish knit very tiny needle though i might never coplete it LOL

8:13 pm

Thursday I will be at Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions

8:13 pm

i love baltimore

8:13 pm

Enjoy, AK. I'll have t invite you to my blog and then record a message for you. Or would that ruin your concept of how I sound?

8:14 pm

hmmmm thinking about that not poking fun at you jac --- i just love the different phrases seen from all over the world here in the chog. we all mean the same thing but say it differently

8:15 pm

I remember one internet friend speaking to me on the 'phone once and being very disappointed that I didn't have a dtrong Brummie (Birmingham, UK) accent and sound like Beryl Reid's character 'Marlene'. In the end, I had to put the accent on for him. LOL

8:16 pm

*strong

8:16 pm

Haha, Jac

8:17 pm

Bunnies all okay, Scrabbs?

8:17 pm

if i thought something was really great i would say it was wicked cool (boston thing) you might call it brilliant - others in the US neat or awesome

8:17 pm

My g/pigs are fine, except they have mites AGAIN!:(

jacs saw show today on how much work they are. they are afraid folks will see g-force and rush out to get them

eeeewwwww

8:18 pm

Baltimore Yearly Meeting doesn't meet in Baltimore

8:18 pm

AK - anyone under 25 here would day any one of those things. I'd be more likely to say 'great', 'fantastic' or 'brilliant'.

jmc, they should serve night caps.

8:19 pm

TO - Yes, that is my worry. aven't seen the film yet. Plan to see it with my daughter soon.

8:19 pm

my daughter saw g-force i had to tie her down to keep her from running off to the pet store

8:19 pm

I would support that red! lol

8:20 pm

G/pigs ARE very, very cute and they DO 'talk'.

8:20 pm

there are going to be a lot fo dead guinea pigs

evening all, just curious - this is the 4th or 5th day in a row that i have a letter missing in my grid. am i the only one??

8:21 pm

mine are all there shank

8:21 pm

I HATE guinea pigs!!! No worries one'll join THIS family

8:21 pm

shank i have had that off and on always first letter in 2nd row

8:21 pm

I appreciated our g/pigs much more when we could have them as house pets (not running free, btw, you'd end up treading on them). However, now we have the Hunting Cat from Hell in the house, he'd leer them into having heart attacks at the very least.

8:21 pm

you have the pyschic babble web site shank

refresh a few times.

8:21 pm

shank what browser are you using?

8:21 pm

been going on for about 3 days

8:22 pm

psychic babble that is...

8:22 pm

kc - why do you hate g/pigs?

using firefox. tried refreshing (though not really that often). i've been thinking of it as an added challenge but it's getting old.

8:23 pm

shank - have you cleared your browser cache out lately?

8:23 pm

shank i am also using firefox - how very odd

8:23 pm

I use firefox too -- have you tried defragging and all that silly stuff laterly

8:23 pm

which letter are you missing

missing the left e, middle row. it's a different one every day...

i'm still on safari, and all is well here.

how do i clear my cache?

8:24 pm

oh i am always missing the same one but not everytime i sign on

8:24 pm

I think Jac;s suggestion is good

8:24 pm

dust pan and brush?

I'm not entirely fond of g pigs, gerbils or anything that remotely resembles a rat.

8:24 pm

shank - on firefox click on Tools, then Clear Private Data.

it's the same one for every puzzle, but a different position every day.

8:25 pm

*hands shank a foil hat*

shank, off topic, but is that Petra in your photo?

8:25 pm

Then tick the stuff you want to clear. It'll take you out of here but you can sign in again after.

cleared the cache, seem to have lost the words i've entered so far but the letter is still missing. i can see it in the grid before i log on...

8:26 pm

Shank, wrap your computer in foil.

red, yes, that's petra.

8:27 pm

Shank - you might also need to do a de-frag and a virus scan later. That should speed you pc up, if it's full of unnecessary cr*ap.

8:27 pm

then refresh and log in and the words should come back

I always wanted to see Petra, but now seems lika rather bad time... beautiful.

LOL, scrabbler! how hot do i bake it?

8:27 pm

what letter is missing from cr*ap????

8:27 pm

shank either sign into Babble again or press f% (refresh).

phone, brb...

8:28 pm

jmc - none, I still need to clean my dirty keyboard.

8:28 pm

Shank, it will keep the bad energies from entering your PC and stealing grid lettres

8:28 pm

lol!

8:28 pm

shank you can ask aknitter to cast a spell with her magic needle

8:29 pm

F5, not f%, I meant.

8:29 pm

hey i am missing my own letter

8:29 pm

Bloody keyboard!

8:29 pm

Computer gnomes--they deposit viruses, steal things, ...

8:29 pm

a annihilated

8:29 pm

Go jm go!

8:29 pm

wonders why jac has blood on her keyboard and thinks it is a bit messy

8:30 pm

More like wine, tea, coffee, choc bic crumbs, toast brumbs etc. Oh, and cigarette ash.:(

8:30 pm

jacula ...dracula ....

8:31 pm

Got blood on my daughter's jeans earlier when turning them up. Pricked my thumb with a needle. Hopee I don't go to sleep for 100 years 'cos I've already found my Prince!

8:31 pm

well there may be a reason your keyboard sticks jac !!

8:32 pm

sq 5 please

help please, last work for fireworks. 4th ti 5/10?

8:33 pm

indian girl

indian lady err, native american lady.

8:33 pm

derogatory word for native american female

8:33 pm

Indian Brave's wife.

8:34 pm

LOL red -- ty depending on who you ask indian is perfectly acceptable at least around here and the friends i have who are "native"

8:34 pm

carol, name of a book or song is called the ti***

8:34 pm

ahh I bet that was the politically incorrect word to which cyber refered

8:34 pm

4th ti5/10 - if you are a Lord, you have a ti5.10. You might also give a ti5.10 to any story or essay you write.

8:34 pm

what a very Bristish clue jac!

8:35 pm

that could be it, jmc

I msut really be tired, I had titles and not title ty!

8:35 pm

Which, jmc? Thew Red Injun one or the lord/essay one?

8:35 pm

pb for carol

And now, carol, you are quite in the Penatly box.

8:35 pm

the british clue was the lord one

8:35 pm

gasp -- injun????

But I have 2nd ever fireworks!

8:36 pm

the red injun was the non-pc one

8:36 pm

whoo hoo carol!!

congratulations Carol.

8:36 pm

*throws sparkles in air*

8:36 pm

I got tired of confetti

8:36 pm

I probably said the lord thing because a titled friend of mine lost his titled mother last week and senile dementia has no respect for age, colour, class, title, money.... but the effect is devasting whatever.

8:36 pm

whooooohoooooo CAROLRY!!

8:37 pm

lol pb jac!

That is sad Jac, but true.

8:37 pm

AK - when I used to read The Beano and The Dandy back in the 60s and 70s, they were Red injuns.

and yes, PB... I think I'll put some Watermelon in there.

8:37 pm

i am dealing with my mother seeing flying things which is an improvemant of the rats

8:38 pm

Congrats, Carol.

8:38 pm

hmm never heard that story

8:38 pm

Where is crossy he was making vodka spiked watermelon

Oh jmc, she is not getting much better is she?

8:38 pm

i'd rather have the flying things over rats too, jmc

8:38 pm

it seems like an improvment

8:39 pm

at least she isn't frightened

8:39 pm

to me that would be an improvement

8:39 pm

ho 7 and 8 please they are my last 2

8:39 pm

first fo4/8 pls

not being frightened is an improvement surely.

8:40 pm

if you are behind enemy li5 you are in ho7 territory

8:40 pm

Yes, Red, it is. I do hope that when her obituary appears in the Times and Telegraph today, that it's written by someone who knew her and isn't just a Debrett's Peerage thing that's been sitting in a drawer for years.

8:40 pm

ho7/8 what the enemy would be considered. not friendlies

8:40 pm

fo+ Ringo, Paul, George and jo**

8:41 pm

ty lbd

8:41 pm

hi any clues on the ps words

8:41 pm

And at 95/59 I am going to bed to read a bit--latest book is by Noah Charney, "The Art Thief." I am enjoying it a lot so far.

8:41 pm

f flattened

8:41 pm

ty for the ho's

8:42 pm

bye scrabs

8:42 pm

look forward to read your review on it, Scrabs

8:42 pm

yw

8:42 pm

sweet sleeps, Scrabs

8:42 pm

I have not kept up to day on Good Reads. TY for the reminder, dawger

8:42 pm

only one i have berri is "ps*** come here. you want to buy a watch cheap?"

8:43 pm

excuse me that was ps**

8:43 pm

jmc - my Dad used to 'see' little green men in the shrubs in the garden he once loved. He was also terrifieed by certain TV ads, especially the Coldgate one where the little toothpaste man game out of a door in the side of the toothpaste tube. We had to vet hisTV viewing more closely than you wuold for a small child.

8:43 pm

p+ George Bernard ****

8:43 pm

2 ps 5's are muscles

8:43 pm

'Nigh Scrabbs. Enjoy your book.

8:43 pm

thanks lbdawger

8:43 pm

ooo ps*** all different vowels

8:44 pm

ty lbd

8:44 pm

ps + the thing you row the boat with drop the R and add a vowel, do it again for the other ps5

8:44 pm

thanks

8:45 pm

Sudden rush for clues. LOL

8:45 pm

next group should be coming on soon,

8:46 pm

first ho pls

8:46 pm

I must go now. Got to be up and 'bright-eyed' for my lunchh date with my daughter and my Mum.

8:46 pm

garden too

8:46 pm

tool

8:46 pm

what you do to the ground to make it ready for plants

8:46 pm

i have to go now, thanks for all the help

8:46 pm

night night, jac

8:46 pm

29 left so hope I can get back in time to finish

8:46 pm

fish me I didn't see it

8:47 pm

bye berri

8:47 pm

bye berri, ho4 you feel better

8:47 pm

ho4.5 - uses a garden tool to remove weeds.

8:47 pm

'Night all. See you later. Happy Babbling! x

8:47 pm

bye jac

8:48 pm

night jac

8:48 pm

clue for the o please. i have oa 4/5 oa 5/12 and oa 4/4

8:49 pm

os5/10

8:49 pm

os5.10 os + spanish aunt

8:49 pm

thank you!

8:53 pm

yw

8:53 pm

brb

8:53 pm

brb,

8:53 pm

snap

8:55 pm

back

8:56 pm

LBD.. is that anything like a spanish fly?

8:56 pm

;-)

ok, i'm off the phone now but too tired to start the grid. maybe i'll have more letter-luck tomorrow. g'night y'all.

8:58 pm

bye shank

9:03 pm

night, shank

9:03 pm

hi ru...what's like a spanish fly?

i wish I had not started grid, I must go to sleep, run in am....

9:04 pm

go you athletic girl you!

A fat athletic girl... but getting better all the time, I think...

9:04 pm

exercise the brain as much as the body, red

9:04 pm

help with first we 4/8

w 2 vowels and plural it.

9:05 pm

what happens when you get scratched, it may raise one of these on your skin

well, I think my brain got enough excersie at work....

oh no, I was cluing a wa, now I really have got to go to bed.

good night everyone.

9:06 pm

sweet sleep, red.

9:06 pm

night red

9:06 pm

that is the 4/11 I need the one under it lbd

9:06 pm

bye red sweet dreams

9:07 pm

change the third letter, jmc to the letter before M

9:08 pm

a spanish aunt?

9:08 pm

like mr. disney, but with an E instead of an A

9:08 pm

*smack head against wall*

9:08 pm

I need stronger glasses

9:08 pm

nitey nite redster

9:08 pm

I need a stronger drink

9:08 pm

ahhh, wouldn't really know, ru.

9:09 pm

mmmm strong drink

9:09 pm

(spikes lbd's sasparilla with a spanish fly so she'll know)

9:09 pm

dashed lbd's sasparilla to the ground

9:10 pm

ru that is a very bad no good thing to do!

9:10 pm

it's educational...

9:11 pm

ru! *shakes finger at ru*

9:11 pm

pfffhtttttttt!

9:11 pm

it is illegal and immoral (but probably not fattening)

9:11 pm

how is it immoral if she lives by herself?

9:12 pm

swaps drink with ru...:)

9:12 pm

(says the felon from Utah). HAH!

9:12 pm

o go watch the Devil in Miss Jones if there are still copies

9:12 pm

lbd.. you are kinda cute

9:13 pm

it was a misdemeanor at most and I was not charged!

9:13 pm

(lalalalala I don't believe you)

9:14 pm

grrr

9:14 pm

LOL

9:14 pm

night all see c tomorrow

9:14 pm

nite knitter.. sleep weel

9:14 pm

well that is

9:15 pm

lol ruru

9:15 pm

bye aknitter *takes off foil hat*

9:15 pm

yes jmc you are safe now.

9:16 pm

(wonders if the foil hat had anything to do with the Utah police dept?)

9:17 pm

no aknitter changed me into a kangaroo and then a dingo so I was protecting myself from her magic needle

9:18 pm

uh... and your pharmacist is?

9:18 pm

(Peeks at pouch)

9:18 pm

apparently you ru!

9:18 pm

LOL

9:19 pm

night, ak!

9:19 pm

brb need some vino...

9:19 pm

bring me some back ru

9:19 pm

he 4/6 pls

9:21 pm

he + abreviation for HIgh schoo

9:21 pm

school

9:21 pm

ty ru

9:26 pm

first sh 5/12 pls

9:26 pm

reef in shallow waters

9:27 pm

shallow water, near a river, sea, ocean, lake

9:27 pm

ty thought I tried that

9:27 pm

sh + c*** for the miners in tennesse

9:37 pm

kinda of quiet crowd to night

9:39 pm

yea, i noticed that. too hot to think?

9:40 pm

yeah this dorm doesn't have a fan or a cross draft

9:40 pm

and no cool margarita to rink

9:40 pm

*drink

9:41 pm

dorm life sux

9:41 pm

yeah thank god this is only a few weeks per year

9:41 pm

and I got a single room!

9:43 pm

first ti 4/4 pls

9:47 pm

neckwear or bow ti**

9:47 pm

sigh

9:47 pm

you gatta start going to the places that let you have adult beverages and a/c

9:48 pm

i think so -- I babble so much better with adult beverages

9:48 pm

though I would be happy with a fan

9:49 pm

hard to believe there are any dorms that aren't a/c'd

9:49 pm

well the farther north the more likely they are not since many schools have no summer school

9:50 pm

in NC the dorms have ac but no windows you can open

9:51 pm

i can live with closed windows, as long as their is a/c

9:52 pm

I would rather have windows that open than a/c

9:53 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

9:54 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

9:54 pm

hi min -- hot and slow tonight

9:54 pm

there...i must be getting sleepy...yeah i like open windows too, but if it's humid, closed with a/c is good

9:54 pm

hi Min, was just getting ready to log off

9:54 pm

17 left here

9:55 pm

Jack is so cute, Min! what a doll! go JMC!!

9:55 pm

You must've smelled my odor coming from a mile away

9:55 pm

13 left here

9:55 pm

*sniff sniff*

9:56 pm

Oh, thank you lbdawger. He is even cuter in real life.

9:56 pm

i'll leave you two here to enjoy each other's company. I hear my pillow calling me. see you tomorrow.

9:56 pm

bye lbd!

9:56 pm

thanks for the help

9:57 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:57 pm

help with first la5/12 pls

9:59 pm

la 5/12 is l plus the George Michael belief: You got to have f***** jmcnrick.

10:00 pm

ty min

10:00 pm

yw

10:01 pm

E's executed! 10 left

10:02 pm

F's found! 8 left

10:03 pm

go min go!

10:03 pm

you guys are good

10:03 pm

i only have 70 words

10:03 pm

jen how do you get to carnegie hall?

10:04 pm

uh......fly?

10:04 pm

Hi JenMO16! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:04 pm

thanks, i have been here for a while, just didn't chat

10:04 pm

practice!

10:05 pm

oh i know, but you see i can't afford to pay for a "real" game of babble

10:06 pm

lots of people babble without pro

10:06 pm

and you can always (almost always) open lickerty's list to help

10:07 pm

that

10:07 pm

that's what i do, but when i do that, i can't see the chat log!

10:07 pm

S's surrendered! 3 left

10:07 pm

no that

10:08 pm

open the list in a second window and make the chog and listgo along side byside

10:08 pm

you two need help, i might have the word you are looking for; i know there is no that

10:08 pm

go min go

10:08 pm

*getting spangly stars*

10:09 pm

;-)

10:09 pm

T's toppled! 2 left

10:09 pm

I am looking for the so words -- I have dirt

10:09 pm

go, min, go

10:09 pm

*pulling out horn*

10:10 pm

1 left

10:10 pm

*takes a breathe*

10:10 pm

sorry, that's the only one i have jm

10:10 pm

waiting......

10:10 pm

that's okay jen

10:11 pm

so4/5 s +I call my ex a three toed sl***, cause he just sits around all day

10:11 pm

so5 plural

10:11 pm

ty jess

10:11 pm

yw

10:11 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!ps5/22 was my last word

10:11 pm

CELEBRATION!!!

10:11 pm

congrats min!

10:11 pm

TOOTTOOTTOOT

10:12 pm

throws spangles

10:12 pm

whoo hoo min!

10:12 pm

I'll stay to clue for just a few minutes longer.I'm tired

10:12 pm

Hello jessmom! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

10:12 pm

I am bogged down in the end of the st words

10:12 pm

I have the bridge over fences

10:13 pm

i'm good min, you?

10:14 pm

*hugs everyone in sight and splashes noisily into the grid*

10:14 pm

I'm tired, but happy that I finished.Started way late.

10:14 pm

YAY MIN!!!!

10:14 pm

Hi stidmama!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:14 pm

hi stidmama

10:14 pm

hi stiddie!

10:15 pm

st 5/10:a tall walking stick. st 4/4 is st plus 2 vowels.

10:15 pm

11 left

10:16 pm

10

10:16 pm

go jmc go!

10:16 pm

st 5/10 is st4/4 plus a vowel and other is same plus a different vowel. Last st 5/10 is st plus horse's grain.

10:16 pm

Go jmcnrick go!

10:17 pm

got all but the walking stick which I thougt wsa the lst one

10:17 pm

*last

10:17 pm

8 left

10:18 pm

st 5/10 is s plus ti 4/4 word (that walking stick one).

10:20 pm

8 left a falling asleep at the key board

10:20 pm

that will have to do me ty for the help min

10:20 pm

*poof*'

10:20 pm

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:22 pm

sweet dreams jmc

10:23 pm

sorry, I wandered off to put out a small "fire" that appeared in my inbox. *sigh*

10:36 pm

didja get that fire out, stid?

10:39 pm

I think so... thanks. now working on smaller things. Should spend an hour on that paper that's due in a week, I suppose.

10:39 pm

how are you today rbud?

10:41 pm

I am stumped by the E in the fourth column (next to the N) any help? I need if for NBT

10:41 pm

I'm good, just back for my last 25 or so.

10:42 pm

I am down to 62.

10:42 pm

like a girl's name, e + la4 and la5 for the pl

10:43 pm

thanks rbud *thinking*

10:43 pm

but the la5 doesn't actually exist, I guess...

10:43 pm

AHA! got it!

10:43 pm

up to 100 words!

10:44 pm

woohoo! :D

10:48 pm

down to 40. I will go write on this paper for an hour or so and then come back to finish. ((rbud)) have a lovely evening!

10:49 pm

stid, the puzzle is only up for one hour 16 minutes. you are good.

10:50 pm

see you later, then, stid! ((hugs))

10:50 pm

whew, was expecting stid to leave me in the dust, lol!

10:53 pm

down to 13 now

11:01 pm

and fireworks! - back for the flip

11:04 pm

wtg rbud

11:15 pm

hi everyone

11:15 pm

any clues for the ps4

11:16 pm

ps4 - ps**, I have a secret

11:17 pm

thanks doxy

11:17 pm

yw

11:20 pm

Fireworks

11:21 pm

hello everyone :))

11:21 pm

hi mrp.

11:21 pm

hello. can anyone clue the sh 6.21? i'm stubborn, but this one has me beat.

11:21 pm

sh6 - plural of previous sh5

11:22 pm

similar to st5,6

11:23 pm

oh, wow! that's funny. thanks a million.

11:23 pm

sh + breakfast grain

11:23 pm

yw

11:23 pm

night all.

11:23 pm

thanks again doxy

11:25 pm

hi mrp :)

11:26 pm

aah 20 words left

11:29 pm

can anyone help with the fa 5 & 6 thnks

11:29 pm

think religion

11:29 pm

religious fa5

11:29 pm

hiya dart!

11:29 pm

hey ruru!!

11:30 pm

are you here on the early side/ ?

11:31 pm

little bit...just got home from work...fired up comp...be running in and out for the next 20 min or so

11:31 pm

see you at the flip.. trying to finish dinner..

11:32 pm

I bet you have a very, very difficult job

11:32 pm

k thx

11:32 pm

hi doxy, dart, ruuster et al :)

11:33 pm

hey mr p.. just about to try to finish off the chicken..

11:33 pm

I am cooking and chatting at the same time

11:34 pm

I was about to ask a very wrong questions ruuster!

11:34 pm

hey mrp...big hugs..were etting pretty close in the pts. list...ruru not far behind either

11:34 pm

have you told my little Italian girl joke to anyone?.. right before the punch line I missed something

11:34 pm

I am working on it dart.. you are really an unbelievable mind

11:35 pm

you catch me when i'm on vacation in about 2 weeks...might get a few in but not sure

11:35 pm

now I need to check out the point things.

11:36 pm

oh goodie

11:36 pm

the joke day was great!

11:36 pm

I think we started this thing about the same time.. y

11:37 pm

oh it was a blast mr. p

11:37 pm

are we talking about rankings?? or stakes?

11:37 pm

stakes?

11:37 pm

I like being a 130 player...

11:37 pm

yeah, pointy things

11:37 pm

total points middle column

11:38 pm

too far behind to work on that

11:38 pm

Some people are just fantastic at this game.. not me

11:39 pm

1,665,607------1,660,387----1,639,383

11:39 pm

Good evening everyone!

11:40 pm

hi angel

11:40 pm

hi ang

11:40 pm

hello all, back again

11:40 pm

ah, I am lagging a bit

11:40 pm

hey HI stid

11:40 pm

hi stid!!

11:40 pm

DART! ((more hugs))

11:40 pm

Hi Angel

11:40 pm

40 words, 20 minutes... can I do it?

11:41 pm

back to the chicken and semillon..

11:41 pm

hi stiddy

11:41 pm

If anyone can, it's you,stid

11:41 pm

FA 5/6 combo please?

11:41 pm

no prob stid

11:41 pm

sure stid you are amazing

11:41 pm

religious fa5

11:41 pm

6 words left. still can't work out the fa 5 & 6

11:41 pm

Cute icon, DR

11:41 pm

jilli hoped in

11:41 pm

I want ruru's recipe

11:41 pm

go berri go!

11:42 pm

hi all

11:42 pm

there is a bit of wood between us dart!

11:42 pm

fa= catholic, lutheran methodist etc

11:42 pm

greek chicken jilli

11:42 pm

wood?

11:42 pm

hopped

11:42 pm

thx angel-

11:42 pm

hi jilli :)

11:42 pm

thanks! down to 30!

11:42 pm

yum Ruru! post the recipe please

11:42 pm

speedster stid

11:42 pm

hello mrp -- you're on early!

11:42 pm

<------------- checks below to see that he didn't forget anything

11:43 pm

hope springs eternal, dart

11:43 pm

only speedy with list, not like dart or sprite...

11:43 pm

easy peasy will do

11:43 pm

OA 4/5?

11:43 pm

my typos are starting early tonight

11:43 pm

NVM, I pulled a peri

11:43 pm

swearing in stid

11:43 pm

stidperimama

11:44 pm

I've seen stid blast through the grid listless with my very own eyes on my computer

11:44 pm

be back in a bit..

11:44 pm

ps 5/12 please?

11:44 pm

LOL ruru!

11:44 pm

an amazing feat to be sure Jilli

11:44 pm

I am just lazing today jilli

11:44 pm

I am 1 S down

11:44 pm

ps + vowells babblet

11:44 pm

ps + 3 vowels both of them

11:45 pm

ps + assorted vowels -- babblets

11:45 pm

thanks dart. down to 18!

11:45 pm

and jill, and ruru.

11:45 pm

50 secs per should do it

11:46 pm

fireworks for me! I am still ontop of you dartie!

11:46 pm

YAY MRP!!!!!

11:46 pm

woohoo Mr P

11:46 pm

hmmmm... maybe I'll never pass you up lol

11:46 pm

DR - did my littlest one call/text you today?

11:46 pm

next icon theme (from kje) is Corniest Pickup Lines...

11:46 pm

Go Mr. P

11:46 pm

any clues for ti5/12 pls

11:46 pm

YAY mrp!!!

11:47 pm

LOL dart!

11:47 pm

thanks all :)

11:47 pm

nope he did not Angel.. I heard about his sisters day though

11:47 pm

ti= give a portion or your money to something like a church

11:47 pm

did he get his phone?

11:47 pm

ti 5/12 -- 10% to the church

11:47 pm

He got a cell phone - and called everyone he knows, I thought.

11:48 pm

might not have had my number. :)

11:48 pm

going to get new icon...

11:48 pm

thanks dart and jillibus

11:48 pm

2 left, just the fa 5 & 6

11:48 pm

hm. down to three...

11:48 pm

religion berri

11:48 pm

fa think church

11:48 pm

fa 5/6 clued for me as religions

11:48 pm

hope, fa*** and charity

11:49 pm

or Tim McGraw's wife

11:49 pm

two...

11:49 pm

thanks mr pres got them all

11:49 pm

one!

11:49 pm

go stid go

11:49 pm

YAY berri!!!!

11:49 pm

go stid!

11:49 pm

yay berri!

11:49 pm

firewords on a fish!!!

11:49 pm

drum roll and......

11:50 pm

*holds champagne to share with berri and stid*

11:50 pm

WTG STid!

11:50 pm

congrats stiddy

11:50 pm

blows the tuna up! on you stid!

11:50 pm

yay stid and berri

11:50 pm

thanks for all your help, everyone!

11:50 pm

ditto for me

11:50 pm

which fish was it stid?

11:50 pm

stidkid is home, btw... he loved Oz and wants to go back soon.

11:51 pm

glad he made it home safely

11:51 pm

Of course with our finances we'll be lucky to take trips to the movies for the next couple years while I am in school...

11:51 pm

clue for the 8?

11:51 pm

oh am so glad stid!! He must have had fun

11:51 pm

nm got it.

11:51 pm

Finished already stid?????

11:51 pm

it was the to 4/4 fish. just do**... *grin*

11:51 pm

ho, plural of ho7

first ps5? (trying to finish my last four in 8 minutes)

11:52 pm

he did. I kept wishing he could see you, but I knew things were so hectic in your family -- and they kept those kids in constant motion on the trip

11:52 pm

very agressive

11:52 pm

first ps 5: an expression of humility. P + george bernard s***

11:52 pm

ps + Bernard s***

oooh, i should've gotten that :P thanks

11:53 pm

I was so nervous until his plane landed safely in Seattle. I almost "flew" up the freeway on the way to pick him up!

11:53 pm

that was my first word stid...and the ps5 that ends with an e was the last

11:53 pm

go ballet go!

what about the el's? i'm lost on those too

11:53 pm

I felt good about getting down to 40 listless today.

11:54 pm

el -- like the woman on seinfeld misspelled

11:54 pm

like a girls name

11:54 pm

els sound like a lady's name (mother of Galahad)

11:54 pm

singular and plural, ballet

and those are also normal words... silly me. finished now though. :) Thanks for the help everyone.

11:55 pm

YAY ballet!!!

11:55 pm

YAY ballet!!!

Anyone need any clues?

11:55 pm

yay ballet!

11:55 pm

congrats

11:55 pm

*serving choclit cake and champagne*

11:55 pm

wtg Ballet

did somebaody say cake?

11:55 pm

I think the next grid will be around 200 words. and NO S. that would be nicely challenging.

11:55 pm

LOL hey TO!

is choclit like a synthetic version of chocolate?

11:55 pm

still think it should take statin/s

11:56 pm

did somebody say champagne?

11:56 pm

hi TO

11:56 pm

I think I was confused the other day... when I had some time I looked again at lickety's stuff and I think you're right the bulk doesn't work the way I thought.

11:56 pm

LOL jill!

11:56 pm

chocolate champagne?

11:56 pm

Hi TO

the bulk feature is my savior with lickety's list

11:57 pm

choclit is non-caloried

11:57 pm

BabbleExpert is my saviour

11:57 pm

guess that's why

11:57 pm

like broken cookies don't count

11:57 pm

*enjoys a couple more slices of choclit on Christine's remarks*

oooh all the choco goodness without the calories... mmm

11:58 pm

I didn't know that...hate it when I hit the enter instead of shift key

11:58 pm

Lickety's my hero *sigh* but he's already taken, so I guess I shall have to just keep my tom. *wicked grin*

11:59 pm

so I will see it through flip and then go work some more on my paper. I wish I weren't in school again. I am much too old for this pace.

jili: cake and champers, what could be better?

11:59 pm

you're only 10 yrs old stid!

11:59 pm

late flip

12:00 am

too darn ;azy to walk into other room, for Cadbur's fruit 'n' nut may just lose weigh by laziness.

12:00 am

hey flosey!

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