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94 total words

12:00 am

fliparooni!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flippedy do dah!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flipimartini!

12:00 am

flip - and hoorrray

12:00 am

so, what was the mi9?

12:00 am

flippentastic

12:00 am

darn only needed that one word!

12:00 am

bleh a baby one

12:00 am

midwinter

12:01 am

midwinter, trifi

12:01 am

midwinter was the mi 9

12:01 am

thanks jai!

12:01 am

duh; i must have been blind!

12:02 am

cl 6

Clues are up

12:03 am

st8

12:03 am

why isn't molify allowed? is it mollify?

12:03 am

thx lickety!

12:03 am

thank you Lickety

12:04 am

oooh, the alligator shirts are in the grid today!

12:04 am

because it needs two Ls

12:04 am

thanks and blessings upon your head, lickety!

12:04 am

Thank you LIckety

12:04 am

Thank you Lickety!

12:04 am

thanks, Lickety

12:04 am

ah, thankyou Lickety

12:04 am

Thank you, Lickety

12:05 am

Bugs, we were punished for chewing gum!!!

12:05 am

hi all :)

12:08 am

I think mostly it was because they were cheap. They only had to buy one package and then we ripped in piece in two Jilli

12:08 am

hi mrp

12:08 am

am pretty sure st8 and st9 are medical words ... latin plural for the 9

12:09 am

ty mrp *thinking hard*

12:10 am

* thinking really hard *

12:11 am

thanks mrp!

12:12 am

cl6 x 2

12:12 am

here I am back as promised

12:12 am

wb west

12:12 am

thanks pini

12:12 am

and the 7 is latin crap too

12:13 am

a third of the way there and almost NBT. that will have to wrap it up for me for now. nytol!

12:13 am

hi west

12:13 am

I just noticed the size I don't think I'll like this one

12:13 am

NBT

12:13 am

gj rbud!!

12:13 am

hi flosey

12:13 am

hi west again

12:13 am

nitey -nite trif

12:13 am

wtg rbud!

12:13 am

hi again jilli

12:13 am

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

12:13 am

wtg rbud

12:14 am

2nd row I = io6

12:14 am

night trif ;)

12:14 am

night trif -- well done!

12:14 am

I just came back to check the size for the day; now it's off to bed for me too. Goodnight all.

12:14 am

night nef ;)

12:14 am

goodnight Nef

12:15 am

night nef

12:15 am

ca7

12:15 am

ugh...almost 1/2 way and still have BT's...but will work on the rest tomorrow...night all! :)

12:16 am

33 to go and bidding you all gnite :-)

12:16 am

nef, such self-restraint..sure you belong here?

12:16 am

ty ata -- got it, much to my amazement!

12:16 am

31

12:16 am

night une -- good going!

12:17 am

go pini...be funny if last grid word finished off for nbt too

12:17 am

:)

12:18 am

st9

12:19 am

jai, good for you

12:20 am

Monkeys had much to do with it!

12:20 am

lucky!

12:21 am

ending is od4,5 for the 8

12:21 am

latin end for the 9

12:24 am

cloy cloyed

12:25 am

my monkeys aren't the least bit helpful!

12:25 am

oh boy :(

12:25 am

darn, had them jilli

12:25 am

sorry ------------> PB

12:26 am

I didn't thanks jilli

12:26 am

lots of candy in the PB

12:26 am

Jilli those were 2 of the few I have!

12:26 am

my monkeys are in morewords

12:27 am

ah, smart monkeys

12:27 am

Am I over tired or is this one tough?

12:27 am

it's tough, like most this size

12:28 am

and it's not much fun

12:28 am

OK I will keep trying for another 10 minutes. Thanks.

12:28 am

jilli, want a chocolate martini??? Liquor in the PB!

12:28 am

Ted Kennedy just died

12:28 am

OMG!

12:28 am

oh no

oh, no...how sad!

12:29 am

Ted and Eunice within days of each other

12:29 am

just announced on MSNBC

12:29 am

awww, that is sad.

12:30 am

Chicago Trib just reported it, too

12:30 am

and BBC

12:30 am

was he driving?

hi hi hi hi hi

12:30 am

NOt nice Ruru

12:31 am

Ruru, I do not know whether to laugh or cry at that one!

12:31 am

hi ruru and josh

12:31 am

hi jilli

hi all!

12:32 am

hiya, josh, hiya, ru!

12:32 am

and hi, Dee!

12:32 am

how ironic I'm watching Nova science and they are discussing brain cancer

12:32 am

hi dee

hi rb ; ru west; hugs jili

12:33 am

hi dee

12:33 am

ruru...irreverent, but funny..rofl

help with the a words for nbt please (have I mentioned lately how much I hate words starting with vowels)

12:34 am

yes dee and I am a member of the vowel hating club too

12:34 am

trade you bottom a for right hand a dee

12:34 am

5 left and stuck as stuck can be

12:34 am

it was kind of a sick joke.. but the whole chappaquidick )Sp?) made me ill

lol kate... haven't found either yet

12:35 am

I'd like both As, please

12:35 am

the right hand a is Sherlock Holmes word

12:35 am

against

12:35 am

speeding ticket for mel...go to PB and have martini for punishment

ty flosey... 1st 2 letters west

12:35 am

you couldn't have been very old when it happened ruru

12:36 am

I was plenty old

12:36 am

the game is af***

ty west..l always always forget that one

12:36 am

folic not in the dictionary? Enable never heard of folic acid? Bah.

12:36 am

I was in the hospital giving birth to our 3rd daughter at that very moment

12:37 am

cue music from Twilight Zone

12:37 am

ty west

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mary jane kopeckne?

12:37 am

lol west

what year did that happen?

12:37 am

yes our daughter must be her reincarnation

12:37 am

1969

12:37 am

anyone would think that was the only thing Ted Kennedy ever did

12:38 am

the evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones

I was 14, so only remember bits and pieces, but I do remember being angry like ru said

12:38 am

3 left sigh

12:38 am

getting there meli

pretty big something I think jili :)

12:39 am

most misquoted: Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary"

12:39 am

I think manslaughter kinda ranks up there jilli

nbt

12:39 am

hi josh happy nbt

wtg josh, and I agree ru

12:40 am

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII, IV, ii, 45)

wonder what family she has alive... wonder how they feel...

ty west - sad to hear about teddy. he did a lot of good to counteract that horrible babysitter thing

12:40 am

that wasn't Ted that was his nephew

12:41 am

and he met a tree while skiing

12:41 am

ah.. the old sono bono treatment

12:41 am

poor Cher

12:41 am

dee did you get that bottom A?

12:42 am

*chortle, ruru*

12:42 am

I just did. What a fish.

yes, ty west... against

12:42 am

1 to go!

12:42 am

that should have been sonny bono.. sorry

12:42 am

I didn't, west -- got the one on the side, though, ty

12:42 am

go mel

12:42 am

wow melaie..

12:43 am

Wow Mel

12:43 am

meli is heading for the finish line...

12:43 am

struggling to make half way

12:43 am

oh -- I see -- got it (fishslap)

12:43 am

wow, mel!

12:44 am

Firewords!

12:44 am

YAY jai!!!

12:44 am

wow. you guys I feel very slow..

wtg jai!

12:44 am

Well done Jai

12:44 am

yay jai

12:45 am

If someone got fireworks already must be a fairly small grid i assume?

12:45 am

94, mlf

me, too... still 12 more here...

12:45 am

Just type in crazy stuff...it will oprobably work- like si 4,11- who uses that word in a sentence???? "She was a real si** woman????"

12:45 am

thanks jill

12:45 am

woohooo firewords!

12:45 am

ty jai!

12:46 am

YAY mel!!!

12:46 am

yay, mel!!!

12:46 am

dang fa 6/33 was killing me!

12:46 am

YW! LOL!

12:46 am

yay mel

12:47 am

lol, mel -- that was one of the first words to jump out at me

12:47 am

WAY TO GO MEL AND JAI !!! such an accomplishment

12:47 am

yes lots of weird words but the high score tiles really help

12:48 am

I went to the list with 36 to go just got too hard

12:48 am

thanks mel.. i have 35 to go

12:48 am

not gonna list, want the thrill to go on and on, lol!

12:48 am

and oo***- "I would have worn my galoshes, but they were missing their first letter!"

12:49 am

some really strange words ruru

12:49 am

NBT

12:49 am

shutting down chat

12:49 am

yay Jilli

calling it a night with 30 left - good luck peoples

12:50 am

exactly halfway

12:50 am

night josh

12:50 am

are we cluing already? when did that change other than giving out the counts in the beginning

12:50 am

night josh

12:50 am

you leaving westie?

12:51 am

Nite everyone.

12:51 am

west shut off chat

12:51 am

nite bugs

12:51 am

nini Bugs

12:51 am

gn buggy

12:51 am

Sorry....But that rule is only a suggestion, not a rulwe, and you can shut off the chat if you are bothered....We never used to be so stuffy about the first hour

12:52 am

I have been here for years and I was not being stuffy was just commenting

12:52 am

I was not referringto you, dear mel!

12:53 am

hi all...I think westie, using a mac, can't chat and do the grid ...I think westie is the least "stuffiest" person I know

12:53 am

Anyway, I will take my offensive self off and go to bed! Have a good night! Love to you all!

12:54 am

hi mar

12:54 am

Hello Mar, oh I didnt realize that and I was just asking about the cluing I rarely make the flips any more

12:54 am

hiya jilli

12:54 am

no, jai -- you are far from offensive!!!

12:55 am

anyone know what the 9 begins with?

12:55 am

st

12:55 am

I dont want to get sent to the PB the night crew only leaves ucky stuff in there lol

12:55 am

st9 and st8 -- the 9 is a brit spelling of the 8

12:55 am

I was afraid of that

st 8/50 and st 9/66

12:55 am

I think she can't do lickety's and chat with her mac...she loves clues! heheh

12:56 am

fireorks

12:56 am

jai, don't leave!

12:56 am

last word te6/18

12:56 am

I keep missing sprite, I want to know how she is doing with her miniatures

12:56 am

YAY flosey!!!

12:56 am

yay Flosey

12:57 am

wtg flosey...musta been a "flosey" grid!

12:57 am

I think she left I hope I did not offend her =(

12:57 am

lol flosey that was close to one of my last words

12:57 am

just got that te6, flosey -- ty :)

12:57 am

guess that means housework tomorrow!! or freezing the garden produce

12:58 am

I wish we could go back and do old grids we missed

12:58 am

But then I would never get anything accomplished

12:58 am

good going flosey..new record?

12:59 am

but will get a chance to read for a couple of hours before hubby gets up

12:59 am

most likely Kate, thanks

12:59 am

goodnight all, be back tomorrow night

12:59 am

mel - aren't old grids archived for you pros?

12:59 am

nice, flosey :)

12:59 am

I have tomatoes coming out my ears had a bumper crop this year

1:00 am

Oh I'd surely take some off your hands mel

1:00 am

ah, lucky you mel, we don't have much luck with tomatoes - cool breeze up and down the valley

1:00 am

20 left going to bed

1:00 am

fireworks

1:00 am

wtg mixi

1:00 am

YAY mixi!!!

1:01 am

yes but you do not get points for the old grids

1:01 am

good for you, bekki

1:01 am

wtg mixi

1:01 am

Yay Mix

1:01 am

must admit, I used morewords for the 9

1:01 am

I bet you get lots of peas though, it gets too hot too soon for them here

1:01 am

would never have found it on my own

1:02 am

I monkeyed the 8 and morewords for the 9

1:02 am

I was doing some serious house cleaning today, in the kitchen, with ammonia and everything and ended up stubbing my little toe from my broken foot and think toe is broken for the umpteenth time :(

1:02 am

don't see how anyone could find the 8 or 9 without morewords

1:02 am

i used the a2zwordfinder for the 8 and 9.

1:02 am

yes, peas, lots of yellow, green, and broad beans - all of which I love

1:02 am

oh no!

1:02 am

oh geez, mar!

1:03 am

I got one big batch of peas and a few handfuls here and there, then we had a heat wave and they all burned up

1:03 am

I can't beleive it..:( but half the kitchen, so far, is spotless...sigh

1:04 am

lucky flosey -- and did you freeze lots of berries too?

sooo sorry to hear just... I did similarly after I hurt my foot... dropped a can of hairspray on top of side that was hurt :(

just about peed my pants

1:04 am

my kitchen is a wreck getting everything ready for the big camp trip, I just dont know how I am going to be ready to go tommorow afternoon

1:04 am

kitchen half spotless.....NOT.....half dirty.......

1:04 am

yeeouch Dee!

1:05 am

achh Dee...sooo know what that's like

1:05 am

blueberries, blackberries - in my absence, hubby mashed strawberries and froze to make jam later

1:05 am

mel, at least you won't have to babble

minute I read your note, I cringed... big hug to you

1:05 am

blackberries are coming good here now when I get back will be making jam

1:05 am

yes half spotless esp the stove and vent above it...echh

1:06 am

worst job..god job

1:06 am

I just don't eat jam

1:06 am

well I best get back to cooking I think the potatoes are cool enough now to peel and make the tater salad

1:06 am

the vent is the worst..

1:06 am

keep trying to type cadence

1:06 am

darn ghosts

1:07 am

I don't either but the kids take it - I love it freshly made

1:07 am

bon apetit mel

1:07 am

my phantom word was facmile

1:07 am

nini all happy babbling

1:07 am

mine is somolific

1:08 am

keep seeing tizzy as well

1:08 am

<sigh>

1:09 am

got the st 8 & 9 finally

wtg ru

1:09 am

oooooh, just notice a big box of apples hubby brought in tonight, perhaps a pie tomorrow

1:09 am

such patience...

down to my last 3, and gonna have to resort to lickety, just cannot find them

1:10 am

ru, you are some kind of wonder, finding the st9 on your own!

1:11 am

yep the wunderkind

1:11 am

figured it was latin some how

1:11 am

apple pie and coffee in the garden at flosey's tomorrow

1:11 am

not feeling so brilliant with 16 to go

1:12 am

all welcome Kate

1:13 am

i'll check my air miles...was out 2 easters ago. too bad i didn't know of this site then

1:13 am

just looked up the meaning - oral portion of the alimentary canal of anembryo

1:14 am

**an embryo

1:14 am

bet that doesn'

1:14 am

doesn't help anyone

1:15 am

goodnight everyone, see you tomorrow night

1:15 am

nite flosey.. congrats on finishing quickly

fireworks

1:15 am

ty ru

1:15 am

wtg Dee

ty

1:16 am

wtg dee

1:16 am

night flosey

well have fun baking pie, reading, and what not...hugs to all

have a great day / eve *poof*

1:17 am

bye dee

byeeee

1:17 am

bye dee c

1:17 am

12 to go damn this is hard now

1:22 am

gn dee

1:28 am

hooray for dee and nightnight (left here for a bit)

1:29 am

good night jil

1:29 am

no, I was saying goodnight to dee -- I just came back here

1:30 am

i must be getting tired...where'd everyone else go?

1:32 am

the westham game troubles are all over the news...babbler talking about it earlier...it was bad - before, during, and after

1:36 am

do 5/14 anyone?

1:37 am

ruru bit like the fashion designers name change the last vowel

1:37 am

alt spelling of italian sweet

1:37 am

thanks

1:37 am

got it

1:38 am

fa 6/33?

1:38 am

nm do 5/16 i do have

1:39 am

ordinary joe who loves a celeb and the land they would live in

1:39 am

fa6/33 is a place for groupies to hang out

1:40 am

ty noodle

1:40 am

ceta

1:40 am

facebook?

ty just, nice clue

1:40 am

thanks noodle

1:40 am

kept trying the z on that one

1:41 am

yw chrissie

1:43 am

fireworks

1:44 am

g'night evy1 gl

1:44 am

wtg just 1. gn

1:45 am

YAY mar -- and goodnight

1:50 am

fo4/14 -- yikes!

1:51 am

ever watch the muppets jil?

1:51 am

this grid is annoying

1:51 am

long ago, TK

1:51 am

i concur

1:52 am

do you remember the bear with the hat and bow tie?

1:52 am

why do you ask about the Muppets? The fo4/14 has nothing to do with them as far as I can see

1:53 am

very close to his name

1:53 am

maybe close, but no cigar

1:53 am

totally diff pronunciation

1:58 am

hi

1:58 am

morning all..need some help with the af's

2:01 am

why is it that at 8am exactly...babble burps..?

2:01 am

why is it that at 8am exactly...babble burps..?

2:03 am

happens always at that time, rolin -- some kind of adjustment at midnight, central time, USA

2:04 am

Fireworks

2:05 am

not an enjoyable grid imho

2:06 am

hi notyamss

2:07 am

nobody here? Oh well -- I'm heading for bed.

2:08 am

Goodnight, lurkers, if any.

2:08 am

i'm here! back from pup walking

2:09 am

Well, goodnight, ata, then.

2:09 am

night jilli!

2:10 am

need any help, ata?

2:11 am

no reply, no help -- *poof*

2:12 am

goodnight Jillibus - looking for that te6 ...

2:21 am

renter, lodger

2:21 am

I saw that just as you clued it!

2:22 am

:-D

2:22 am

thanks - you know, as soon as you ask for it, you see it - time after time

2:23 am

yep!

2:24 am

always works that way

2:26 am

wish I could find the right ending for the 9!

2:26 am

reverse ending of the 8 and make latin plural

2:27 am

I tried that! I did! I did!

2:27 am

:-D

2:28 am

Good morning all. I hope you're not stamping your feet, Ata?

2:28 am

hey, haz :-)

2:28 am

change the EA to AEA

2:28 am

I am I am!

2:29 am

Calm, control, breathe....

2:29 am

Funny looking grid, isn't it?

2:29 am

I want to complain, her foot stamping woke me up :(

2:29 am

hey, fmitch!

2:29 am

fiiiii! haz! spaghettina!

2:29 am

See? See what you've done?

2:30 am

Good morning FM!

2:31 am

Hello Haz, Ata and Une, overslept as I kept waking up during the night. Le sigh.

2:32 am

Oh, that's not good.

2:32 am

me too. except I just got up at 4am

2:32 am

guess you are still jet lagged?

2:33 am

She's too busy stamping her feet to answer.

2:33 am

not really now I don't think, just not sleeping properly

2:34 am

Let's hope she's been cured of the toooooooo many oooooooooos.

2:34 am

LOL

2:35 am

ooooooo!

2:35 am

Don't usually see you in the log at this hour Haz?

2:36 am

I'm sometimes around but silently observe.

2:36 am

hi everyone

2:36 am

Good evening Andree!

2:37 am

Ata whilst you were away we snaffled your quota of exclamation marks too so go easy on them please. Hi Andree

2:37 am

I was intrigued to see Une up and about.

2:37 am

*gasp*

2:38 am

Im amazed I can even type as I haven't finished first mug of tea.

2:38 am

You're doing pretty well. It's mind over matter or something.

2:40 am

lol something like that, am doing sucky duck at the mo but just realised I must go and see to last nights fottie results so back in a bit.

2:40 am

Ah yes, the fottie. Never neglect fottie.

2:40 am

*footie even, and I was doing so well in the non typo stakes!

2:40 am

bad bad fottie fans today

2:40 am

guess you didn't watch westham game...

2:41 am

Yes, those fottie fans disgrace the name of fotball

2:41 am

Oh yes just watching that on the news :(

2:41 am

i,m not a fottie fan

2:42 am

lol I can feel my leg bing pulled from all corners of the globe :)

2:42 am

I suppose keen sailors are yottie fans?

2:42 am

LOL! and back in 10

2:42 am

LOL

2:42 am

I'd say the Scottie fottie fans are very intense in their support.

2:43 am

I blame the Irn-bru.

2:44 am

mmm irn bru....yummy

2:45 am

ewww

2:46 am

you no like?

2:46 am

nooooooooo

2:46 am

it's especially good with vodka ...(snicker)

2:46 am

Dear goodness, the o obsession has started again.

2:47 am

anything is better with vodka!

2:47 am

are we to take her o's away?

2:47 am

and everything!

2:48 am

you're right...nottie nottie fottie fans

2:49 am

dust-ups before/during/after

2:53 am

do5/14 please

Morning Andree (and all). Italian sweets.

2:55 am

Good morning Sally.

2:55 am

don't have it. clued earlier as alt. sp. of italian sweet or like the designer's name, sort of

Hi Haz. Gloomy and rainy day here today. How about you?

2:56 am

gloomy down here

2:56 am

hi sally and thx and thx kate the designer did it

2:56 am

It's pouring here as well.

2:56 am

It's just very unsettled and unsettling weather.

How are you feeling today Ata?

2:57 am

grumpy and grumbly!

2:57 am

You sound like a representative sample of dwarves.

lol haz

2:58 am

our mood often matches the weather

2:58 am

I feel like it too

2:59 am

She's not sleeping well either, so she's dooooooo4/12

Well I'm off to Venice and Florence in about 10 days. Weather looks wonderful there atm!

3:00 am

yay I'm every single dwarf at once!

3:00 am

I'm turning a delicate shade of green, Sally.

3:00 am

Doc!

3:01 am

hi all

This was a holiday planned for April but delayed cos of husband's heart bypass, followed by his pneumonia, followed by his nearly breaking his neck. So keep your fingers crossed.

3:01 am

i am green too, bad enough my sister sent me a cheery text frome cologne today

3:01 am

Hello Orange.

3:01 am

hi orange

3:01 am

and back, I am going to pretend it is summer today - no sun yet but it is not raining.

3:01 am

eeep! good luck this time round!

3:02 am

I hope it all goes well, Sally. I've been to Venice, never to Florence - it's on my list!

Just beginning to allow myself to get excited.

3:02 am

good heavens Sally! have a great time.

3:02 am

sounds like you really deserve this break sally

3:02 am

i fmitch

3:02 am

northern italy is amazing. will u go to Pisa?

We are going all the way by train (because we went to, not because of his health). Have a little flat booked inboth places.

3:03 am

have been to both, wonderful wonderful places both of them.

3:03 am

Morning Orange

Any tips, nice places to eat FM?

3:03 am

hiya FM.. sunflower reminds me of Tuscany/Umbria

3:04 am

Would love to reel out a list but i am going back 20 years or more.

3:04 am

The single most disappointing thing in Venice was that they have multiple McDonald's.

3:04 am

anywhere where the locals are!

Not planning Pisa, OrangeCat.

MdDonalds in Venice?????? Oh my god. Cancel the plans.

3:04 am

ditto what Ata said

3:05 am

At least five of them. Hopefully they've been replaced by something else.

3:05 am

what an awful thought!

The flats are both where the locals are, so hope to eat locally. No, we aren't stupid enough to eat in St Mark's Square, before anyone says.

3:05 am

if you hear american being spoken, head elsewhere :P

3:06 am

There is a McD in Windsor but they were only allowed to have the site if they change their livery - which they did.

Unless it's Donna Leon of course.

Luckily no McD in Ludlow.

3:06 am

ditto canterbury

Ludlow still really foodie place.

3:09 am

is there really an af?

3:09 am

How is the grid today?

3:09 am

af5/16 ata

Yes, af 5/16.

3:10 am

oh yes. duh. ty

3:10 am

a - thing u stand on

What's up? Something's af*** !

3:10 am

it's ok. latin based

3:10 am

its okay mitch, not too many words i will use anytime soon though

3:11 am

It's crafty, two places where it could start from.

3:11 am

I shall look forward to having a go later as only have an hour and a half before I head out for the day.

Yes Haz, but the bottom a is a babblet.

3:11 am

fa5/16 please

3:12 am

Yes, and when I look at it (it's early for me) I have that bottom a done already.

3:12 am

eeek, only an hour and a half - I must poof Happy Babbling.

3:12 am

fa5/16 - Latin plural

3:13 am

Bye FM - and happy birthday to your mum!

Bye for now FM.

3:14 am

Thanks Haz I will tell her Bye all *poof*

3:15 am

fa5/16 - first letters of old fashioned Tinkerbell spelling, last two **t King Cole.

Ooh thanks Haz. Nice clue.

3:16 am

thx haz

3:16 am

You're welcome, Sally and Andree.

3:22 am

Morning all. Ata, how you doing?

3:23 am

Good morning Soodle.

Hi Soodle

3:23 am

hi soodle

3:24 am

grumpy but ok *shakes head at general stupidity*!

3:25 am

But you're not shaking your head in our direction, sure you're not?

3:27 am

nooooooooo! LOL

3:27 am

Just checking!

3:27 am

husband being an idiot. again!

3:27 am

(look back in yesterday's log ...)

Was here yesterday Ata, but seriously can you do that? Look back in yesterday's log? Didn't think it was possible.

3:28 am

fa6/33 please

3:29 am

yep, you can :) go to archives

Andreee, state of being a groupie. TY Ata.

3:30 am

Sally, go to Archives, click on the day you want and it's there.

Will do later. Otherwise I may be some time!

3:31 am

Ata - I thought a lot about you last night. Delighted to see you babbling this morning! Onwards andupwards, eh?

3:32 am

oh absolutely. no point doing anything else!

Chin up Ata. He's only a man.

3:32 am

Looks like I'm going to have to read it as well, More than the cookie episode?

3:33 am

just the cookie incident and its aftermath

3:33 am

Okay, will get my Miss Marple hat on later.

3:35 am

thx sally and fireworks

3:35 am

Congratulations Andree!

3:37 am

yay Andree!

3:38 am

folic isn't allowed ..?

3:39 am

Apparently not.

I tried it too :-(

I can never understand why earnt isn't allowed, when so many archaic words are. It's a perfectly acceptable variant of earned, as far as I know.

3:43 am

who knows with enable

3:43 am

i tried it too, must be capitalised

3:43 am

You can drive yourself crazy wondering why.

3:44 am

well i must go, by aal and ata i hope things look up soon

3:44 am

Bye Andree.

Bye Andree

3:47 am

thanks!

3:54 am

well I must go and do something else for a while. back later with 12 left

3:54 am

Bye Ata - going as well.

Bye both.

Well, I'm done, so ty for chat all. Poof!

5:22 am

clues for the 8 and the 9 plz

5:25 am

1st 4 letters of midriff then your od/4, add extra vowel for the 9 letter word movieman

6:02 am

what are the first 2 letters of the 8/9 combo plz?

st8/9

6:07 am

ty lady

yw

evening all :)

6:08 am

hiya mrp

hi movieman!!

I so need to get to bed! I have every next day of football (soccer) taking up my life until Monday

i thought i might come and finish this off, but no chance! See you all later! :))

6:14 am

good morning all

6:15 am

hi Wolvie and all

6:23 am

wow - tough little grid

6:24 am

just a bit!

6:25 am

good morning. what

6:25 am

hi eva

6:25 am

what's wrong with folic?!

6:25 am

wondered that myself. :-)

6:25 am

hi Eva - not sure

6:28 am

Guten Morgen, Babblers. I got the st 8 from an earlier clue. Is the st 9 related to it?

6:28 am

no idea, I just started

yes, Inge.

6:29 am

hi Inge. Yes. add vowel

6:29 am

morgen inge, yes...pl. ending

6:29 am

hi lady, hi trader

6:30 am

so what is the clue for st 8? :-)

6:30 am

hi wlovie, lynnx

6:30 am

hi Kate

6:30 am

clue @ 5.25

6:31 am

thr oral portion of the alimentary tract of an embryo

6:32 am

ty lynxx and trader

6:33 am

got it - ty both again

6:35 am

hello everyone

6:36 am

hi annie

6:36 am

hi wolvie

6:36 am

Got the st8 from clues but cant get the st9 even when I Latin plural the st8

6:37 am

INSERT vowel

6:37 am

ah thanks, Kate

6:38 am

there is a couple of lAtin plurAls Annie

6:38 am

hi lynxxxxie...got the st9

6:39 am

think it's greek not latin

6:40 am

its all greek to me

6:40 am

;-0

6:40 am

<grins>

6:40 am

LOL

6:45 am

the singleton a in the right hand column is keeping me from nbt - any clues for it? or what type it is? I'm sure I'll require fish. :-)

6:45 am

Not there yet, wolvie

6:46 am

af5.16 12 inches will get it

6:46 am

watson, quickly, the game's a****

6:46 am

ty lynxx - fish for me indeed. :-)

6:46 am

and trader. :-)

6:46 am

thanks, lynxxxie

6:47 am

that was my last for nbt too. nasty, little vowels...

6:52 am

afternoon everyone

6:52 am

ca6.21 new one for me, latin plural for the 7

6:52 am

small grid usually means trouble

6:52 am

hi jac

6:52 am

BBS

6:52 am

hi/bye Jacq

6:52 am

bye lynxx

6:52 am

heya wolvie

6:52 am

hi jacq, bye lynxxxie

6:52 am

bye lynn

6:53 am

hi jac

6:54 am

heya annie and kate

6:56 am

are you slaying dragons today jac?

6:57 am

dragons?

6:58 am

big tasks you'd rather put off

6:59 am

ahhh lol, i did the floors and the bathroom still have to do my bedroom, after sorting my wardrobe it looks like a jumble sale

6:59 am

tired just reading what you're doing in a day...puts me to shame

7:02 am

oh kate, it needed doing, we have a huge leather sofa that weighs a ton and getting under it is impossible when the house ids busy so i did it as soon as they went out today, believe me it needed doing badly

7:05 am

I can believe it Jac. I've no idea what's lurking under my sofa; pretty much afraid to look without an armed guard...I need to hire sa dust-bunny taqmer

7:05 am

lol

7:05 am

tamer

7:06 am

oh i found loads of baby bits and hair things and lego bricks and loads and loads of grime

7:06 am

and some mail too

7:07 am

Hey Babble Buddies ! long time no visit here.... got to go to work in about 10 minutes, so just dropped in to see how grid is today.....

7:07 am

mmmm grime... why do you have men under the couch - doesn't hubby object? (haha)

7:07 am

heya Aussie, not too bad so far

7:08 am

hi Aussie!

7:08 am

hi aussie - middling, I'd say

7:08 am

lol

7:08 am

hey Lynx, and Wolvie :)

7:08 am

just past half way and something tells me it will get harder

7:08 am

And Jacq, sorry I missed you off :)

7:08 am

I am bogging down with 19 left

7:10 am

Hi {{Aussie}}...How is Georgia?

7:20 am

fireworks

7:20 am

hllo all, help with C pls

7:20 am

yay for Wolvie

7:20 am

had to go to the list for my last 5

7:20 am

wtg Wolvie!!!!! some bogging down

7:20 am

wooowooo woooolvie

7:20 am

lower right C pls

well done Wolvie!

7:21 am

which one peri

7:21 am

hi peri

7:21 am

Congrats Wolvie!

7:21 am

sounds like what a chair is peri

7:21 am

ce 4 peri - ce 4/4 sounds like your bottom

7:22 am

got it, thanks

7:22 am

any clues before I head out?

7:22 am

YAY for Wolvie!!!!

7:22 am

have 4 other blank tiles :(

7:22 am

lone i pls

7:22 am

hi all

7:23 am

hi Boo

7:23 am

NM found it

7:23 am

hi boo

7:23 am

okay then folks - have a fun babble day. :-)

7:24 am

akin to what's added to table salt

7:24 am

bye wolvie, hi boo

7:24 am

bye Wolvie

7:24 am

I am not seeing any of the S words this am

7:24 am

bye, wolvie

7:25 am

peri st5/10.....another chair!

7:25 am

found one of the S words, NBT!

7:26 am

thanks lou

7:26 am

yeah,peri.

7:26 am

2 related st's 8/9 clued sat 5:25

7:27 am

thanks, will keep looking

fireworks :-)

7:27 am

are they compound words?

7:28 am

st8/50 s + beginning of day after today + when u think of something you have a good i***

7:28 am

how do i make that into a 9 trader?

7:30 am

not getting the clue

7:30 am

peri not compound - medial/ anatomical, greek origin

7:30 am

WTG Mama2maddie :-)

7:30 am

it is Wed here

7:30 am

I am done.

7:30 am

8 >> 9 INSERT vowel to plural

7:30 am

yay for Annie

7:30 am

good going Annie.

7:30 am

not name of day peri, as in yesterday,today, ****rrow

7:31 am

Congrats Annie!

7:31 am

annie, annie, annie!!!

7:31 am

Fireworks. Why is the last word always an obvious one? I will not admit how long I worked on the te word, the guy who lives in your apartment house.

7:31 am

Kate, Kate, Kate!!!!!

7:31 am

well done Inge :-)

7:31 am

congrats, Inge

7:31 am

thanks, got the 8, new word for me

7:32 am

well done inge!

7:32 am

Congrats Inge - I only just got that too, with 7 words to go

7:32 am

peri, insert a vowel at the end for the st9

7:32 am

I am trying to get the 9

7:33 am

definition: the oral portion of of the alimentary canal in an embryo. go ahead, work that into conversation today. I dare ya...

7:33 am

greek plural peri

7:33 am

extra vowel after the d peri

7:34 am

7:30 plural

7:34 am

finally got it, hate those greek and latin plurals, thanks

7:35 am

bbl

7:35 am

anyone want a clue before I leave?

7:35 am

Off to sudoku. Back later to clue

7:35 am

bye Inge

7:36 am

bye, inge

7:36 am

my last word >>lo4/5ed<< before me the whole time. couldn't believe i couldn't see it!

7:36 am

clue for the te6, please

7:37 am

sood, when you rent an apartment you are a te6

7:37 am

renter

7:38 am

te6--number and picnic pest

7:38 am

te6 number + garden pest.

7:39 am

thanks folks - pass the fish!

7:39 am

hi Zooz

7:39 am

sorry, Annie you were faster than me..lol

7:39 am

Goodnight all

7:39 am

hello Annie, hope you are well.

7:39 am

flounder or halibut?

7:39 am

bye lynxxx, sweet dreams.

7:39 am

night, lynxxxxie

7:40 am

Just fine, zooz, and you?

7:40 am

yes , very well thank you :-)

7:40 am

Flounder would be most appropriate in my case, Annie!

7:41 am

gn lynn

7:41 am

that is funny, soodle

7:41 am

I must go water my plants..they are calling me. Bye dear babblers

7:42 am

:)

7:42 am

gb annie

7:42 am

Take care Annie.

7:54 am

Good morning, all!

7:54 am

Hello, Judi

7:59 am

hi, judy

7:59 am

And fireworks for me, off to do some choirs now, anyone need clues before i go?

8:00 am

anyone need anything before i leave?

8:00 am

i`ll take that as a no...bye all..happy babbling.

8:00 am

zoozoo... excellent!

8:01 am

imagining zoom singing and working

8:01 am

does it make you smile?

8:01 am

singing ( well howling) yes..working..well sort of..LOL..hello KJE :-)

8:02 am

: )

8:02 am

bye Kje & Kate :-)

8:02 am

bye

8:02 am

gotta fly * poof * bye kje

8:02 am

can't believe how long it took me to get the lower A

8:03 am

some tiles are like that - can't see the forrest for the trees

8:03 am

true hjst the funny thing is..it is in the grids alot..LOL

8:04 am

another thing that's been in the grid a lot lately is mammary glands

8:04 am

*nodding* I usually miss the goose and the volcano on the first pass. The fish just laugh.

8:05 am

i was trained early on to always enter the volcano without even looking

8:05 am

true Dorens ..judi ..i always miss the volcano one..so annoying..:-)

8:06 am

i think the first week that i played it was in 90% of the grids, so I learned to enter it automatically.... these days, at least i wait to see of a couple of those letters are there together first

8:06 am

lower corner c?

8:06 am

i seem to use the dot alot , i have noticed

8:06 am

but there are certainly some words i always miss, just not the goose or volcan

8:07 am

it is all in the corner Kje.

8:07 am

ce- ** adoro, anton (from west side story)

8:07 am

dots are useful.... i use them a lot too...

8:07 am

the dot???

8:08 am

lol...i am not very good with the comma & others to be honest..so just tend to use dots..to seperate my sentences..lol

8:09 am

oh, i do too, particularly in emails. i think they annoy some people. I know a lot of grammatical purists.

8:10 am

holy cow that was a lot of monkeying for a 4 letter word

8:10 am

I find dots... suspensful!

8:10 am

well at least you have got it now Kje :-)

8:10 am

i can be grammatical ; ) I just find the dots useful... more like a continuing thought as if you are really talking

8:10 am

it's a babblet, you've seen it before, k?

8:10 am

LOL judi - love that!\

8:11 am

dorens... you saythat as if it means something - LOL

8:11 am

exactly.....helps to separate thoughts... in an informal, conversational sort of day

8:11 am

how about way, not day??/

8:11 am

i agree dorens, to hell with the purists, they lack imagination

8:12 am

too funny - i read way

8:13 am

can i have the stats for that lone i please? it looks impossible to me, probably a fish

8:13 am

i think you have hit it on the head there...that is what i am doing...using dots as i am conversing with type...i feel better now....DOTS rule..lol

8:13 am

hah just found it, feeling like peri

8:13 am

As Americans, it is our duty to slaughter grammar and replace it with slang, inappropriate spelling and punctuation.

8:14 am

io6 - related to a halogen

8:14 am

halide

8:14 am

well, good thing i found it... that clue wouldn't have helped me, would have been looking for lightbulbs 8-)

8:15 am

LOL

8:15 am

ok , i must be off to do my exciting (not) house work...happy babbling all :-)

8:15 am

sorry - chem background

8:15 am

no prob, k. bye zoo

8:15 am

Bye, Zooz.... until tomorrow!

8:15 am

bye zoom

8:16 am

ok and now i have nbt and 30 left... need to get some stuff done... hasta la vista

8:16 am

ooo - my last l was the british john

8:16 am

later dorens, hagd

8:17 am

hi all

8:17 am

help on the bottom A?

8:17 am

hi

8:18 am

an4 - against

8:18 am

good morning babblers

8:18 am

wow! I could have looked for that all day. Thanks.

8:19 am

yw

8:21 am

Clue for the St 8 & 9, please?

8:21 am

no idea, but will start looking

8:23 am

The anterior or oral portion of the alimentary canal of an embryo

8:24 am

thanks une - was thinking it must start with that mouth prefix

8:25 am

yw :-)

8:25 am

Okaaaaay. Still clueless.

8:25 am

LOL judi

8:25 am

judi, just google the definition

8:25 am

s + male turkey + od4

8:25 am

i spewed coffee on that last clue lmao

8:26 am

anterior portion of whaaaa??? bwah-hah-hah...

8:26 am

afflamed, when it's something that obscure, someone usually just posts the definition "google-ready"

8:27 am

I got it. I knew the first five.

8:27 am

go, judi!

8:27 am

just caught me offguard so ....out there lol

8:27 am

indeed :-)

8:27 am

soom

8:28 am

ackkk ignore

8:28 am

i thought it was a perfect clue. une ; )

8:28 am

ok, that's firewords for me -- gotta get crackin' for the drive up to my mom's -- happy babbling, all!

8:29 am

yayayay une! and be safe

8:29 am

wtg une!

8:32 am

Fa6/33?

8:33 am

no idea yet

8:33 am

gotta run - bbl

8:34 am

me neither Judi

8:34 am

Got it. Fireworks for me tooooo!

8:35 am

Fa6/33: the world of celebrity worship.

8:36 am

I'm out, unless someone needs a clue.

8:43 am

aww - "zoot" was not found in the dictionary

8:43 am

thought I had one there

8:46 am

I agree! Zoot suit..... shud be in the dict.

8:46 am

adey

8:47 am

ackk ignore me, i do that all the time - mix up where my cursor is

8:49 am

Good morning!

8:50 am

morn.

8:52 am

not getting the clue for the fa6

8:54 am

got the fa6, stupid word

8:56 am

now what in the heck is a word like that doing in a grid? what i really wonder is how the first person found it..morning everyone

8:59 am

crossy checks his deoderant...........

deodorant is overrated

9:00 am

hey crossy

9:00 am

hey crossy

9:00 am

howdy peri;)

9:01 am

better than smelling like two ferrets fighting in a sewer pipe:)

ewwwwwwww quite a description

9:01 am

was always good at that.that me mr tact;)

9:02 am

hey crossy

9:02 am

howdy again pero,whats shaking?

9:03 am

peri even

9:03 am

si4/11 is another stupid word

9:04 am

sigh..well may as well hunt the idiotic ones down first i suppose:/

9:05 am

well we know most of the letters cause of the point value..just have to wake the monkey up

9:06 am

fireworks, now off to an Asian Market. hope to get some neat stuff. byeee

9:06 am

got it ty peri

9:06 am

tc peri hagd

9:06 am

yw, crossy

9:06 am

bye

9:13 am

si 4 isn't a stupid word to anyone who ever had hemorrhoids

9:16 am

now this is funny http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2009-08-26 /

9:16 am

never heard si4/11 used in conjunction with "roids"

9:16 am

lmao todays chat is classic

9:17 am

first thing to do! easy, cheap and relieving

9:17 am

and im just warming up afflamed lol

9:17 am

havent even had my tea or meds yet lol

9:17 am

hahaha good to laff as work looms ahead of me lol

9:17 am

indeed

9:18 am

lofa

9:18 am

hi all!

9:19 am

what do you do for work in lovely Warrenton, afflamed?

9:19 am

see afflamed,with babble pro you can easily hide your money work lol

9:19 am

ata!!

9:19 am

crossy!

9:19 am

costco!! yay!

9:19 am

got a funny for you ata....

9:20 am

costco! YAY!

9:20 am

i think just about everyone in the pac NW works with or for costco lol

9:20 am

I love that place. the 7lb chocolate cakes lol

9:20 am

http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2009-08-26 /

9:20 am

they own oregon and washington

9:20 am

I've probably seen you there!

9:20 am

still snorting over that strip

9:20 am

hahah i walk by the bakery and dont look

9:21 am

Ive worked for this company for 20 yrs, worked at this whse 16, and run just about every dept lol

9:21 am

we dont have a costco here,we are just waiting for wal-mart so suck the town dry ,then we move north

9:21 am

oh that's good! as good as this: http://xkcd.com/627/

9:21 am

when's the new super costco going to be finished?

9:22 am

we have quite a few whses in canada however they are located in fairly large communities

9:22 am

our new building is 137K sq feet and opening day is dec 4

9:23 am

one of my friends is just dying of impatience. he looooves costco

9:23 am

however my boss keeps threatening me with an earlier opening date since Im responsible for the opening party :((

9:24 am

I am currently the mgr of the marketing dept so most of the "hostess" TYPE RESPONSIBILITIES IS MINE ...yikes lol

9:24 am

party time!!

9:24 am

thank god theres babble to releive my stress lol

9:24 am

I havent played wow in 3 days

9:24 am

not good

9:25 am

my dailies on wow are being ignored for babble, but I think babble is better for my brain

9:25 am

a little bit

9:25 am

ok Im off to work - Have a great day all

9:26 am

how many words today?

9:26 am

say hi to the chocolate cakes for me!

9:26 am

I got 34...... ya i am a novice!! hahah

9:27 am

Ill smell them and gain 20 pounds for you

9:27 am

LOL :)

9:27 am

sounds all too realistic

9:27 am

omg crossy you should *see* these chocolate cakes. 7lb. hugest choc cakes ever

9:32 am

ata sounds good,but i dont have a big sweet tooh,half a slice of cake and i sit there and shake for half an hour lol

9:32 am

you dont even have to eat these, just look at them

9:32 am

tooth even

9:33 am

bacon cake ....

9:34 am

someone say bacon?

9:35 am

*grin*

9:35 am

good grief and we wonder why cancer rates are so high... http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf /c/PopularScience/12-1938/lrg_brand_ba bies.jpg

9:37 am

I'm still just horrified that a chocolate cream pie I had included titanium dioxide and propylene glycol (antifreeze) in

9:37 am

good golly

9:37 am

limeric of the day...

9:38 am

A woman in liquor production Owns a still of exquisite construction. The alcohol boils Through magnetic coils. She says that it's "proof by induction."

9:38 am

smurshy!

9:38 am

looool

9:38 am

titanium dioxide? in cake??

9:39 am

i had a silly adventure this morning.

9:39 am

yes! apparently it's used in milk as well as a white colourant

9:39 am

mmm

9:39 am

well i guess you never know when we may want to chrome plate our innards

9:39 am

I want it in my white paint, thank you, not my food

9:40 am

what, we can't deal with the natural color of milk?

9:40 am

the food industry has odd perceptions of the public.

9:40 am

apparently not. I was just horrified

9:41 am

dang it, mollify has two L's

9:41 am

If you catch a Chinchilla in Chile And cut off its beard, willy-nilly You can honestly say That you have just made A Chilean Chinchilla's chin chilly

9:41 am

lol, I had that trauma this morning

9:43 am

are we feeling a little bored, crossy dear?

9:44 am

yaaa! my new modem has just arrived in the mail!

9:44 am

lol ata

9:44 am

Mm, honey garlic pepperoni. Let's not discuss the items in that...

9:45 am

yay!

9:45 am

hmmmm let's not!

9:45 am

stop...honey garlic pepperoni??

9:46 am

does it come with free zantec? lol

9:46 am

It's pretty much a general rule that all meat products can come with honey garlic flavour. I *love* honey garlic pepperoni. It is the only kind I really like.

9:46 am

one more limeric and im going to kick this grids butt...

9:48 am

everyone over 18?

9:49 am

There once was a sysadmin, Eddie, Who could strip, touch and finger real steady. But when it came to the mount, (From his sweetheart's account), It was always "Device is not ready".

9:49 am

lmao

9:51 am

I like that one

9:54 am

;)

9:54 am

Help I can't find the st/9

9:57 am

dont blame you let me try and clue it....

9:58 am

s+male turkey+od4/5 is the 8 letter version of this not do a latin ending for the 9

9:58 am

st9 - s, plus three letters for Jerry Mouse's feline enemy, two letters indicating that someone's had too much of a drug, finish with a raft of vowels, second sandwiched between a double helping of the first.

9:58 am

well done Haz!

9:58 am

Hello hello!

9:59 am

Hello, all!

9:59 am

Hello Vicuna!

10:00 am

hi vi!

10:01 am

So I see we've been indulging in naughty limericks.

10:02 am

lol vic

10:02 am

Not guilty, your honour.

10:02 am

i can do clean ones as well

10:02 am

got the st/8 but still can't figure out the st/9

10:03 am

folic

10:03 am

the 9 is a latin type ending

10:03 am

Stick in the extra vowel immediately after the last consonant.

10:03 am

sorry

10:04 am

For the st9 , reverse the order of the vowels at the end of st8 and then add another one at the end.

10:05 am

thank you finally got it

10:05 am

ok,a nice clean one... There was a young woman named Bright Whose speed was much faster than light. She set out one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night

10:06 am

I've heard that one! =)

10:06 am

the clean ones go round and round,not many new ones

10:07 am

lol and this one is almost clean

10:07 am

Hmmm... that sounds like a call to action.

10:07 am

On the chest of a barmaid at Yale were tattooed the prices of ale, and on her behind, for the sake of the blind, was the same information in Braille.

10:07 am

ok nopw to break this babble wall ive run into

10:07 am

lol

10:08 am

Which leads me to tell Ata that while she was away on holiday, there was a blind participant on University Challenge - they had little Braille notes for her for some of the questions!

10:09 am

my wife practices with the braille imprinted on our newer bank notes

10:09 am

I don't think we have any braille notes, or maybe I haven't been taking note properly.

10:10 am

really? wow! did her team get through>

10:10 am

i say"since your always grabbing it as fast as you can,you may as well get some practical use out of it" :/

10:10 am

I can't remember! Isn't that shameful? She did very well, certainly answered more than her fair share of questions. I was impressed.

10:11 am

no totally braille haz,just braille imprints in the top left corners

10:11 am

I suppose if you were blind, you might not waste a whole lot of time watching tv, films adn playing video games. Maybe more time reading :)

10:11 am

hello

10:12 am

indeed

10:12 am

howdy harp!

10:12 am

I must look sometime, cross, it had never occurred to me. It doesn't when you're not directly affected.

10:12 am

Hello, Uni and harp.

10:12 am

is today's grid a tiny terrorist?

10:12 am

We did not always have braille on the bills, it is only on the newest generation, I believe. Maybe the last two.

10:13 am

some of it is nasty with evil pretentions

10:13 am

It's not too bad, harpjane.

10:13 am

as i say,the newer bills

10:13 am

How often does your mint decide to print up a n ew generation of notes, Haz? We seem to get a new one every five years or so.

10:14 am

Now, that is.

10:14 am

No braille on the notes in my purse.

10:14 am

no notes in my purse :0(

10:14 am

lol jacq

10:14 am

hello everyone

10:14 am

back again

10:14 am

howdy jacq

10:15 am

heay crossy

10:15 am

Well, that's the thing, we have a muliplicity of banks issuing notes. Northern Bank, Ulster Bank, Allied Irish, First Trust, Bank of Ireland etc along with Bank of England. They probably print them when they feel like it, or when they run out of them because £26 million's been pinched.

10:15 am

bank of scotland also produces it's own notes

10:15 am

Hello jacq.

10:15 am

heya haz

10:16 am

other chartered banks still produce nothe other than at you main mint haz?

10:16 am

Oh my. We get new ones p[rinted all the time, but they redesign them to make the new generations for special things.

10:16 am

notes even

10:16 am

the last of our chartered bank s stopped producing notes in the 30,s

10:17 am

Hello, jacq.

10:17 am

I'm not sure about the technicalities of the whole thing and English people can be a bit sniffy about accepting our notes.

10:17 am

Bank of Scotland too

10:17 am

lol love it...sniffy

10:18 am

You've so many people producing them - I think I should declare myself a bank and start printing notes.

10:18 am

i always have a rave about spending scottish bank notes in london, so i make a point of getting a good few from the bank before i go down :o)

10:18 am

You know,that sniff of disapproval and suspicion.

10:18 am

we had banks that produced notes like "the standard bank of canada" the mecintile bank of canada..etc..now the bills from those are very rare and desirable to collectors

10:19 am

afternoon babblers. :)

10:19 am

howdy eva

10:19 am

Good afternoon, EvaN.

10:19 am

i think the money is all produced by the mint but is ordered by the banks

10:19 am

Hello, EvaN.

10:19 am

same as us jacq

10:20 am

Yes, I think it all has to be covered by the Bank of England - that's not the technical term but you'll know what I mean.

10:20 am

how are we all today?

10:20 am

though the east coast of canada continued to use its own currency right up till the mid 40,s

10:21 am

Go East Coast! We're rebels without a cause.

10:22 am

brb

10:22 am

crossy was a coin collector for 20 years:)

10:22 am

lol uni,god bless the newfies

10:22 am

in case anyone is interested, the rest of the pictures from my last photo shoot are now in my Flickr. :)

10:22 am

just coinage crossy or notes too?

10:22 am

some note in a small way

10:23 am

so... nobody seems to have mentioned the 8 or 9 lately...

10:23 am

And the rating, EvaN? Dare we look?

10:23 am

collecting good collectable notes can be very $$$$$$

10:23 am

i have russian notes i found in an old book i bought, very uinteresting was a small leather bound atals showing someones route through europe

10:23 am

no more risque than the one already shown. :)

10:23 am

well, hursh, kinda hard to work those into everyday conversation

10:23 am

It's because we rarely mention the alimentary canal of an embryo, hurshy.

10:23 am

i am ignoring them haz because i can't find them if i pretend they aren't there i don't need to find them

10:24 am

mmm, ok, but what do they start with?

10:24 am

st9 and st8 in that order

10:24 am

lol eva..took me a bit to realize there was a bike in that picture

10:25 am

was distracted of course

10:26 am

ok i managed to find the 8 based it on the st but the 9 confuses me is it a plural?

10:26 am

a latin type plural

10:27 am

have to play with it

10:27 am

jacq - reverse the order of the last two vowels on the st8 then add another vowel.

10:27 am

what haz said

10:27 am

A young psychic midget named Marge Went to jail with the most heinous charge But despite lock and key The next day she broke free And the headlines said "Small Medium at Large"

10:27 am

ahhh ty and thank you too haz

10:28 am

No problem, jacq.

10:29 am

bad cross

10:30 am

may have to list a tad early

10:30 am

i have better i promise kje

10:31 am

that is what i am afraid of

10:31 am

well that's not a plural, then, that's an alt spelling.

10:31 am

here you go kje,and it is almost clean

10:31 am

There once was a maid from Madras Who had a magnificent ass. Not rounded and pink, as you'd possibly think; It was gray, had long ears, and ate grass.

10:32 am

LOL - bad cross

10:32 am

bingo!

10:32 am

oops, wrong game ; )

10:32 am

fireworks!

10:33 am

be sure and share that one with scrab, cross

10:33 am

will do

10:33 am

mm kje is a tough sell i see....

10:33 am

gotta run - later babblers

10:34 am

oops ill stop i promise

10:35 am

how is folic not in the dictionary? folic acid... it's a thing...

10:35 am

Anybody want some ideas on how to be creative with dog grooming? http://tinyurl.com/mrz53w

10:35 am

ran into that an hour ago..tis annoying

10:36 am

Enable won't take folic because Enable is anemic.

10:38 am

haha

10:39 am

lol

10:39 am

ca 6 & 7 are what cats from Mars have coming out of their ears...

10:39 am

*heads

10:40 am

Haz, just looked at that article -- some of those look nearly cruel to the poor dog! Am sending that link on to my daughter, who loves to groom her two shelties. :)

10:40 am

lol, jai. I think that would have a double letter in the middle, though.

10:40 am

<it's a pun>

10:41 am

Yes, I saw that, but I think it still works as a clue....

10:41 am

I know, ch1212, they look to be victims of their owners' enthusiasms.

10:41 am

it worked for me!

10:41 am

It worked for me (after I tried the double option!) =D

10:41 am

Cool!

10:41 am

phantom: rodomantade

10:42 am

what does that mean BR?

10:42 am

BR- how can that be a phantom without any "R"?

10:42 am

It means BR needs new glasses if he sees it int he grid.

10:43 am

LOL Vic

10:43 am

Pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster and hence any arrogant act.

10:43 am

lol br,glad its a phantom..was going nuts looking for the letter r lol

10:43 am

not getting the cat clue

10:43 am

I think BR made a pun based on we poor people knowing the meaning of that word- which I do not....

10:43 am

BR's icon looks remarkably like DR-G in old age.

10:43 am

hi fellow babblers!

10:44 am

heya beach

10:44 am

<My Favorite Martian> Remember that show??? Does that help?

10:44 am

ca6 - Feline plus Mrs Sharples of Coronation St

10:44 am

howdy beach

10:44 am

ty ty ty

10:44 am

I thought it was ironic LOL - I agree, Haz! Good article on guilt, though.

10:44 am

for the ca's cross a feline with the deely-boppers from the 80's!

10:44 am

now i have the words i get the clue but have short focus today for some reason

10:46 am

A ca5,14 who only drinks coffee and never tea is a ca 4,6 <warning:pun>

10:48 am

hints for the A or C from the bottom row?

10:48 am

a = against

10:48 am

a- an4- against

10:49 am

doh! didnt see that T there!

10:49 am

c-ce4

10:50 am

TY. im missing some basic ones today!

10:50 am

Take your Ce4,5! <warning:pun>

10:50 am

yvw Eva

10:51 am

A cl4,6 steals cl5,12 from a bank (then pl.) <warning:pun>

10:51 am

you are a punster today!

10:52 am

Just being punny. In a kooky mood. Maybe it was the chocolate martinis last nite....

10:52 am

I had to look up the cl5/6 - interesting word.

10:53 am

ch, what does it mean?

10:53 am

cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc. - also a word (capitolized) to mean Satan

10:54 am

sheep

10:54 am

Wow . . . didn't realise I'd left myself logged in here! :P

10:54 am

Hello, ruru dahhhling . . . ;)

10:54 am

here it means a cloth for cleaning or clothing "dinna cast a cloot 'til the gab o' may be oot"

10:54 am

I lurk a lot, so I just leave myslef logged in period....

10:54 am

good morning JC... lol

10:55 am

Hello JC - darling photo of Albie

10:55 am

well im off for a bit,time to refresh the eyes but here is one for all the amreicans before i go....

10:55 am

Good late afternoon and nearly early evening, ruru! ;)

10:55 am

K

10:55 am

we await, cross

10:56 am

Thank you, ch1212 - there are more of him in the photo album, linked to in my bio.

10:56 am

Lewinsky and Clinton have shown What Kaczinsky must surely have known -- That an intern is better Than a bomb in a letter, Of the possible ways to be blown

10:56 am

poof

10:56 am

Him and my other dog, and my cat and some of my chickens.

10:56 am

HAHAHA, crosshair!

10:56 am

Indeed . . .

10:56 am

LOve it! Haven't heard a good limerick in decades!

10:56 am

OH!! OH!!! (rofl!)

10:57 am

oh crossy!! lol very good

10:58 am

I like the naughty ones best!

10:59 am

(still gasping) And on that note, I had best get to work. bbl. Happy babblings!

10:59 am

Me, too. Cannot sit long.*poof

10:59 am

You're an author too, ch1212? :)

11:00 am

If you're still here . . .

11:00 am

well as lewinsky must of thought"tis always best to go out with a bang" real poof

11:00 am

I've always thought so, crosshair . . .

11:02 am

That is great crossy!

11:06 am

hello

11:07 am

Hello, phaeton . . .

11:07 am

Good morning! I have been babbling for quite a while but am new to the chat.

11:08 am

Well hello to you too then, Holly . . .

11:08 am

Welcome to the chog Holly

11:08 am

Hi JC!

11:08 am

Hi, DR! :)

11:08 am

only here for a minute more.... dentist appt... : P

11:09 am

Ooh, what fun! ;) Hope it all goes well . . .

11:09 am

Hi holly and DR

11:09 am

just a cleaning.. the dentist is my cousin

11:09 am

I have one of those tomorrow, DR

11:09 am

Hi Phae

11:09 am

Hi phaeton!

11:09 am

I see, DR - that's not so bad, then. :)

11:09 am

oops...somebody wants lunch...bbl

11:10 am

no not usually so bad....

11:10 am

just do not like going

11:11 am

clue for ca6?

11:11 am

Oh, I don't mind it - as long as I'm not getting anything major done. I don't mind the cleanings . . .

11:12 am

holly- it was clued as what alien felines would have growing out of their heads instead of ears.

11:13 am

Thank you, DR - excellent clue! ;)

11:13 am

I dont mind the cleaning part- it is th enosy nurse who is always asking questions about our family ..

11:13 am

Got it straight away! :)

11:13 am

tks dr --- will work on it

11:13 am

I got that from Jai!

11:14 am

well, I am off to renew my smile- will bbl for my lat 19-

11:14 am

<lurk, lurk> TY for the credit, DR!

11:15 am

Fireworks. Woot-hoo!!

11:15 am

Wowie ding zowie, soodles!

11:16 am

thanks, got it and the 7 too

11:18 am

hi all

11:19 am

G'morning babblers. 'morning jmc

11:19 am

Congrats, Soodlebum

11:19 am

Good day, KyuJones

11:21 am

whoo hoo soocle!

11:21 am

er soodle

11:21 am

oofda not found??

11:21 am

were we looking for oofda?

11:21 am

why isn't folic a word --- as in folic acid?

11:22 am

just because holly!

11:26 am

Hi, jmc! :)

11:26 am

That should be a word, Holly. :/

11:26 am

hi J.C.

11:27 am

I just updated my profile to today's theme

11:27 am

Looks tasty, jmc. ;)

11:28 am

hello all! how is the grid today? anything tricky?

11:28 am

hi robbie

11:28 am

dunno just started

11:28 am

Not too bad I guess, robbie . . .

11:28 am

hi jmc

11:28 am

Although I'm starting to get stuck.

11:29 am

What are squirrel nut zippers?

11:30 am

my favorite candy:-) a bit like Mary Janes..but better because they are softer

11:31 am

I don't know what Mary Janes are, either.

11:32 am

Looks like a sort of toffee, in the picture?

11:32 am

lol..."butterscotchy" tasting

11:32 am

Oh yes, I see . . .

11:32 am

peanut butter taffy

11:32 am

That's a nice flavour. :)

11:34 am

Now, an4,4 + the 3-letter word for 'pimple', should be a word! Aren't there lost of an4,4z** remedies in the chemists' shops? :P

11:34 am

that's it jmc!

11:35 am

there is a zi4/9

11:35 am

pustule placaters

11:35 am

Yes, jmc - a pasta.

11:35 am

that sounds impressive BR

11:35 am

Something like that, BR.

11:35 am

and pimples J.C.

11:36 am

Oh yes, I do have that as well, jmc . . .

11:36 am

And the plural of the pasta . . .

11:37 am

ty I hadn't gotten the pl

11:37 am

* What do you call a snake that makes a lot of noise when it eats? * A slurpent.

11:37 am

lol

11:38 am

Grrroooaaannn . . . :P

11:44 am

back!!

11:44 am

Hello, phaeton

11:45 am

wb phaeton

11:45 am

Self portrait BR?

11:46 am

No, phaeton

11:46 am

That's good! :)

11:47 am

hi phae

11:48 am

hi jmc

11:51 am

moving along 37 left

11:51 am

still 62 here...one of those odd word grids

11:51 am

go robbi go

11:52 am

60 left for me

11:53 am

go jmc and phaeton

11:53 am

go phae

11:53 am

yeah I think I have most of the fish sad to say

11:55 am

af 5 -- what is in ashoe

11:56 am

I am guessing that that is a really clever clue BR. lol!

11:56 am

lo BR funny clue!

11:57 am

lol

11:58 am

Just got some very good news! Have to share! College for the 09/10 school year is completely paid for- woot,woot! AND I qualified for a Pell Grant!! Happy, happy!

11:58 am

wow how wonderful jaia!

11:59 am

Congrats jai...that is great news!

11:59 am

congrats jaia!

12:00 pm

Great news, jaianniah

12:00 pm

Ty! I am a senior now- but going half-time -I should graduate sometime near Christmas of 2010. Yay!

12:01 pm

that is terrific jaia

12:02 pm

I beat Mr. Obama to the punch...I am a Mommy going back to school after spending 25 years raising 4 kids...

12:02 pm

that's wonderful jaia

12:03 pm

What are you majoring in, jaiannaih?

12:03 pm

Thank you so much, all! You guys are a wonderful bunch of people! ((((hugs)))))

12:03 pm

yaa for jaia!!!

12:04 pm

I am mostly a Psych major- Independent studies leading to a Masters in Counseling- so after I finish my BA I will just roll right into the Master's Program (I hope!)

12:04 pm

Good luck!

12:04 pm

*hugs jaia* you go girl!

12:05 pm

My hubby of 33 years abandoned me three years ago...we should all be thanking him! LOL! I would never have done this if he did not do THAT! LOL!

12:06 pm

what a jerk

12:06 pm

some bad things bring good results:) congrats jaia

12:07 pm

uh, huh! Did not like responsibility anymore...and I think he is also a cheater.....

12:07 pm

after 33 years...;(

12:07 pm

Huh= Just realized it has been 4 years- He wasn't here when Katrina hit my house....

12:08 pm

what bad times! glad things are better now

12:08 pm

34 left I am going to go find out why my MIL is not answering her phone.

12:09 pm

Oh, yes! You should hear him gripe when I mention college....he can't go because he makes too much money.....

12:10 pm

good for you all around

12:10 pm

bbl

12:10 pm

See you, jm, and TY!

12:11 pm

just think,you can get your degree in counciling,open up an office and charge him by the hour when he calls:))

12:11 pm

ROFL!

12:11 pm

bbl...dogs need to go out:-)...bark bark bark..

12:15 pm

How the heck do you use cl6,30 in a sentence??? "I cl**** him all night?"

12:16 pm

"Cloyed" is a difficult word to use in a sentence.

12:16 pm

I have heard of ****ing, but not the other two...But "pissy" isn't a word...go figure

12:16 pm

PB for BR!

12:16 pm

O.O The wiseman of babble is in the pb!

12:17 pm

But Babble, you are so right.

12:18 pm

Did they finally get "internet" in the dictionary???

12:18 pm

He had become cl 6 of his existence; the never changing regimen.

12:19 pm

Ah! Archaic usage! I should have figured Middle English!

12:21 pm

I am often in the penalty box. That is why I rent a space.

12:21 pm

as the farmer tasted his wares,he discovered that his milk products had become cl 6/30 from improper recipie measurements :))

12:21 pm

Me, too. I have this problem with switching my cursor...

12:22 pm

Very good, crossy!

12:22 pm

done

12:22 pm

crossy gets a cookie;)

12:22 pm

yaa for phae!

12:23 pm

Yay! for the phae girl!

12:23 pm

Congrats, phaeton

12:23 pm

Thank you! (taking a bow) :D...now on to other less enjoyable tasks

12:24 pm

be well, phaeton

12:24 pm

A phaeton is a type of carriage...how did you select that for your name?

12:25 pm

We have a motorhome with that name

12:25 pm

Ah!

12:25 pm

Happy Babbling! 'foop'

12:26 pm

rolls royce used that as a badge name for one of thier models as well

12:27 pm

Well, a phaeton was driven only by the most skilled and excellent and rich people!

12:28 pm

lol money does not =skill once you get the right hand drive down it is quite easy

12:28 pm

<typing with overly affectionate cat in lap>

12:28 pm

when all my typos cease,you know my cat is doing the typing

12:28 pm

LOL!

12:29 pm

Ah!

12:30 pm

here comes one now,our newest kitty 'serius black"

12:30 pm

<purring quite loudly and dunking head under my hand....>

12:31 pm

Oh, I like that! I presently have just plain Tomtom, who is fascinated by my fingers touching the keys....

12:32 pm

I have 6. How many own you?

12:32 pm

took the wife to a rescue zoo the other day and the black jaguar was facinated by the plastic end on her vision cane as it went left and right,she had the thing mesmerized;0

12:32 pm

i have 3

12:33 pm

monkey,serius black and abracadabra

12:33 pm

abby for short

12:33 pm

Wow! Careful! 3...leads to 4....and more....

12:34 pm

when i go to the vet with abby,i make them write out her full name;)

12:34 pm

awww.....i was looking at the kitties for adoption in PetSmart when we were there to pick up crickets for the BFs lizards... *WANT!*

12:34 pm

abracadabra hocus pocus melbourne ;)

12:34 pm

I have Maisy and Dottie, who were born blind; Sugar and Teddy who are sibs; and Gracie, the Mommy cat, and TomTom.

12:35 pm

eva,try to rescue a kitty from a shelter first

12:35 pm

I love Abby's name!

12:35 pm

Yes, I agree!

12:35 pm

she came with that name from the shelter lol

12:35 pm

these are shelter cats -- they host them in PetSmart to get them more visible...

12:35 pm

well not the last but all the rest

12:36 pm

ahh good stuff eva

12:36 pm

Teddy went to the vet as Teddy, and came back with Teddy Bear as his name, minus certain essential parts....

12:37 pm

yes,all ours are altered,dont need to add to the burden

12:37 pm

as of now,there are over 450 cats in the shelter and foster homes in out town

12:37 pm

He is a a long-haired flame point Siamese with a ragdoll personality...thus the TeddyBear

12:37 pm

our even

12:38 pm

siamese i tend to find aloof

12:38 pm

no kitties for me anyway. i had 2 lovelies, but i had to re-home them when i moved in with the BF 2 years ago. (1) he has 2 lizards, (2) our place is just too small for cats, (3) most people i know are allergic, and (4) i knew we would be moving around a bit before settling down + the kitties just didnt deal well with that. they were far too stressed. would love to get more one day, when life is a bit more settled... *le sigh*

12:38 pm

Not this cat! He is the most affectionate cat I own....Well, and TomTom, too.

12:38 pm

they will be there for you when your ready eva

12:39 pm

Yes, Eva..good things come to those who wait

12:39 pm

my Char (short for Chardonnay, the kitty in my picture) was part siamese. never figured out what else she is... she was aloof most of the team, but way deep down, she was a cuddler. ;)

12:40 pm

Eva, vous parlez le francais?

12:40 pm

lol! abby(3 year old butterscotch female) is giving serius(a 7 month old black male) a full tongue cleaning of his head lol

12:40 pm

eh, un petit peu... ;)

12:41 pm

i speak just enough french to get my face slapped in a bar

12:41 pm

Me, too!

12:42 pm

oh! so that was you!!

12:42 pm

lol

12:42 pm

Moi aussi!

12:43 pm

pourquoi demandez-moi, jai? (hopes i said that correctly!)

12:44 pm

était juste votre beauté qui a brillé mon esprit et a détaché ma langue rétive

12:44 pm

Vous parlez tres impressif!

12:45 pm

i had to cheat a bit for half those words:(

12:45 pm

I asked because of le poof

12:45 pm

ahh...heh...i tend to say "le"-a-lot-of-things.... hehe

12:46 pm

too much pepe-le pew

12:46 pm

lol

12:46 pm

I started French in 4th grade and I still blurt it out to this day!

12:46 pm

especially "merde"

12:47 pm

merde, et merde encore!

12:47 pm

Brain-washed

12:48 pm

voulez-vous cou--...

12:48 pm

Oui! Quand je attende l'ecole, I was in a special program to prove that kids learn languages better than High Schoolers..it's true

12:49 pm

OMG! avec-moi???

12:49 pm

*j'ai atennde

12:49 pm

i think im giving you all the french i know...heh

12:50 pm

*j'ai attende

12:50 pm

crosshair- love the limericks--.. have written a few of them down to sent to my sister..we used to make them up when we were kids and still do once in a great while

12:50 pm

whats funny is that i have a very french last name that ends in -er. back in school, all the kids tried to conjugate my last name!

12:50 pm

ty sammy

12:51 pm

Oh, how funny!

12:51 pm

of course teh faorite of all time has to be the one johnny carseon did on teh tonight show years ago- there once was a hermit named dave....................

12:51 pm

Yes, crosshair, the limericks were great

12:51 pm

Tell it, sammy...don't know it

12:53 pm

There once was a hermit named Dave who kepta a dead whore in a cave hesaid I"ll admit , I'm a bit of a shit,

12:53 pm

There once was a hermit named Dave who kepta a dead whore in a cave hesaid I"ll admit , I'm a bit of a shit,

12:53 pm

there once was a lady from maldras...who had a very fine ass..its not what you thing...all round and pink...but grey with long ears and eats grass...

12:53 pm

but think of the money i save\

12:54 pm

I had a very Norwegian last name that ended in "En" , not On", and on school perograms and such, it was ALWAYS misspelled- Johnsen

12:54 pm

that a man from belgrave sammy

12:54 pm

that one is at least 30 years old and very risque at teh time

12:55 pm

Great, sammmy!!

12:55 pm

its not the cough that carries you off its the coffin they carry you off in

12:55 pm

Oh, I like it! Very pun-ful!

12:55 pm

I meant punderful!

12:56 pm

if your a real computer freak you will love this one....

12:56 pm

Let's examine the memes of the day I can haz Cheeseburger's okay 2 Girls gagging shit sure beats Leeroy's lame bit ORLY YA RLY NO WAI

12:56 pm

LMFAO!! i LOVES it, crossy!

12:57 pm

ty ty

12:57 pm

"Why is Daddy looking pale?" said little Tommy Wiggin. Mother said "Just shut your mouth and keep right on a-diggin."

12:57 pm

mm missing a line

12:58 pm

mine arent limericks, just little rhymes...

12:58 pm

any math fiends in da house?

12:59 pm

*runs to the loo whilst crossy talks maths* BRB!

12:59 pm

you going to insult them next?

12:59 pm

If A equals B (so I say), And we multiply both sides by A, Then we'll see that A squared, When with AB compared, Are the same. Remove B squared. Okay?

12:59 pm

I'm down to 1. Does anyone have a clue for the fa 6/33?

12:59 pm

Yes, I am sorta amath freak- I made it thru Calc, anyweay!LOL!

12:59 pm

hi everyone. crossy, I like math

1:00 pm

Nice, crosshair! Good to yank out that algebbra once in a while!

1:00 pm

But NOT typing!

1:00 pm

k one more in that wein jaia...

1:01 pm

A father's geometry kid in math class said, "Look what I did! I've understood well rules for lines parallel!" Said the father, "Here's looking at Euclid!"

1:01 pm

MJ has a whole group of fa**. This could be called his "fa****."

1:01 pm

Cute, crossy! :-D

1:02 pm

Crossy, that was really good...punderful...

1:02 pm

an ardent follower: fa* + housewives sometimes refer to themselves as ***estic goddesses

1:02 pm

lIke kingdom...

1:04 pm

thanks, jaia and BR; wasn't looking for that one, but i needed it! I hope this grid is fairly friendly; I started it last night but only got about 10 words before I gave up and went to bed

1:05 pm

A go-go lap dancer, a pip, Was able to peel in a zip. But she read science fiction, And died of constriction, Attempting a Mobius strip.

1:05 pm

No, not friendly at all...

1:05 pm

k,one more naughty one and back to the grid i go

1:05 pm

lol knight

1:05 pm

There once was a man named Sweeney, who somehow spilled gin on his weenie. Just to be couth, he added vermouth, and then slipped his date a martini.

1:05 pm

go, crossy

1:06 pm

whooie!

1:06 pm

brb

1:06 pm

of nayone is under 18,or finds theese offensive please tell me and i shall cease and desist

1:06 pm

If you integrate zee squared dee zee From one to the cube root of three Multiplied by cosine Of three pi over nine You get natural log of the cube root of e

1:07 pm

wow knight!

1:07 pm

for the record, these are limerick i have collected, I am not the author

1:08 pm

and this one says for all the rest

1:08 pm

Though cleverly writ it may be >>> if the admin's offended, you see >>> your verse they will censor - >>> you'll have no defense, for >>> your limerick no-one will see.

1:09 pm

Knight, that one was College Algebra!

1:09 pm

The one bfore this one, that is

1:10 pm

And Analytical Geometry, to boot!

1:10 pm

note: i am out of my own limerics now,rest are borrowed

1:11 pm

here u go knight...

1:11 pm

The integral sec y dy From zero to one-sixth of pi Is the log to base e Of the square root of three Times the sixty-fourth power of i

1:11 pm

I liked Data's limerick that he tried to say- there was a Lady from Venus, who's body was shaped like a- and the captain interrupts him with an order!

1:12 pm

think i just cramped my brain on that last 1

1:12 pm

me, too

1:12 pm

beautiful

1:13 pm

*whose

1:13 pm

2 syl words from now on lol

1:13 pm

no credit on that 1 knight

1:13 pm

someone probably shot him after that lol

1:14 pm

How does a faerie say no? fa5,16!

1:15 pm

Hello, Dr_God

1:15 pm

howdy dr_god

1:15 pm

You are double in the online list

1:16 pm

LOLcats you might think are silly; they're in ur fridge, eatin' ur chili. But nothing is worse or as blatantly terse as that snowy owl asking, "O RLY?"

1:17 pm

and on that note biab..semi-poof

1:20 pm

speaking of which- how 'bout a clue for the fa 6/33 after the fa 5/16??

1:21 pm

an admirer of: fa*; and, housewives sometimes call themselves ***estic goddesses

1:21 pm

how many fa 6/33's are there? I don't have the fa5, but I do have a fa 6/33

1:22 pm

(that answers that question! Thanks BR!)

1:23 pm

fa + a large intestine flush: ***ma

1:24 pm

ouch, BR!

1:24 pm

<sob> you did not like my faerie pun on that word- how do faeries say no?????>

1:25 pm

sorry, jai; I didn't get it back then. Now I do

1:25 pm

le <oh>

1:26 pm

Oh oh ..

1:26 pm

dammmm=- s trying to use the top fa- thanks

1:28 pm

i liked it jai

1:28 pm

shinglers are doing the roof the apartment building I am in ... a representative of OSHA just announce his presence and wants to take a minute of the contractor's time

1:29 pm

oh-oh, BR. You may be roof-less for the next 60 months!

1:30 pm

to start with the guy asked, how do you get on the roof? forklift is the reply. how do you get off the roof in an emergency? silence

1:32 pm

as usual, the last word was a fish

1:32 pm

st 9/66 help please!!!

1:32 pm

congrats, sammysmom

1:33 pm

congrats, sammys, WTG!!!

1:33 pm

foxy, it's a medical term with a latin ending

1:34 pm

s + a male cat + lyric poem: **e + pi r squared: *r**

1:35 pm

THANKS BR.. you rock

1:37 pm

BR, that was an amazing clue! thank you

1:39 pm

yw

1:39 pm

hints for the lonely i word in the 2nd row?

1:39 pm

off to father seeds for next years radishes and daisies - i m not really too cheap to buy the seeds but it gives me such great satisfaction to gather my own - eventually i will have a TRULY organic garden- have not used pesticides for 20 years tho but i am sure that store bouught seeds are treated with some damned chemical or another

1:39 pm

io 6

1:40 pm

io + a fig-like fruit

1:40 pm

good for you, sammys'mom

1:41 pm

TY BRab :)

1:42 pm

it has been lovely waTCHING ALL OF YOU AND CHATTING WITH YOU- HAVE A GREAT DAY............POOF

1:42 pm

be well

1:43 pm

why is it that I keep entering words that i know don't work? Grrrr!

1:44 pm

LOL! 57 words down and I finally got NBTs!

1:45 pm

hello

1:46 pm

what are are NBTs?

1:46 pm

hi ABC

1:46 pm

no blank tiles (in other words, I have a word from each tile

1:47 pm

available!

1:47 pm

go NEf!

1:47 pm

thanks, DR. How are you doing so far?

1:48 pm

ahh thats better,nothing finer than a shower for deux

1:48 pm

I am almost finished- 10 to go

1:48 pm

goo dr go!

1:48 pm

Go, go DR!

1:48 pm

Hi Crossy

1:48 pm

hmm. I never looked at it that way. I'm always trying to grey out 5 in a row (a la bingo)

1:48 pm

af 5/16 please......

1:48 pm

*puppy face*

1:48 pm

just got back from the dentist- Jacob has 2 tiny cavities

1:49 pm

a+ thing at th eend of your leg

1:49 pm

how old is jacob?

1:49 pm

* the end

1:49 pm

ABC, sometimes I purposely grey out tiles in a pattern (symmetrical or not) just for the fun of it

1:49 pm

10 and a half

1:49 pm

aaahh...

1:49 pm

thanks

1:50 pm

ugh by 15 youll be dumping five grand in his mouth every year;/

1:50 pm

Hello Babble buddies. I am home from work now, on a rainy, dark day. So Babble is perfect!

1:50 pm

I get a discount as the dentist is my cousin but Jake does not do well with pain

1:50 pm

scrabbs!

1:51 pm

Hi Scrabs- I will send you some of our 100 degree heat

1:51 pm

TY, DR, it is 63 and yucky.

1:51 pm

70 and sunny here;0

1:51 pm

well then it is perfect for babble

1:52 pm

DR, if he doesn't do well with pain, keep reminding him that the better he cares for his teeth, the less the dentist will harm him

1:52 pm

any help with the st9? I have the 8.

1:52 pm

any lawyers in the house?

1:52 pm

err, hurt him, that is!

1:52 pm

good point Nef

1:52 pm

Crossy, sorry about my sudden departure from here last night. I was on call and got paged 4 times within an hour---argh!

1:52 pm

ABC, try a latin ending

1:52 pm

np at all scwabby

1:53 pm

was it serious Scrabs?

1:53 pm

Hi Scrabs, didn't see you come in before

1:53 pm

Nope, just worried parents.

1:53 pm

s + a male cat + a lyric poem: **e + pi R squared = *r**

1:53 pm

ah- tht part is good then

1:53 pm

when i think back to the things we used to bother our doc with when our boy was young;/

1:54 pm

TY!

1:54 pm

What an odd word!

1:54 pm

yep!

1:55 pm

lol scrabbs remember any of your latin ?

1:55 pm

There was once a lawyer named Rex, who was small in the parts used in sex, When charged with exposure, He replied, with composure, "De minimis non curat lex."

1:55 pm

we still on limericks, lol?

1:55 pm

last one promise

1:55 pm

for today

1:56 pm

I never took Latin---German x 7 yrs, then Italian.

1:56 pm

I think it is limerick and pun day today Ata

1:56 pm

though i was told to pass one in particular just for you scwabbs....

1:56 pm

Translation please?

1:57 pm

size doesn't matter?

1:57 pm

there was a woman from maldras...who has a very fine ass.....its not what you think..all round and pink..but grey with long ears and eats grass

1:58 pm

cant remember who asked me but there it is

1:58 pm

Epictetus: “Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.”

1:58 pm

it was KJE Crossy

1:58 pm

Funny story from office yesterday---when checking a 7 yr old girl's "privates" I find that she is wearing boy's briefs! The mother + siblings were laughing hysterically and the girl said, "There were no clean ones so I took Jack's (brother)"

1:59 pm

and why not Scrabs!

1:59 pm

My bunny, Gandalf, is grey, with long ears and he eats grass!

1:59 pm

they were celan and they cover everything

1:59 pm

What's the integral of d(cabin)/cabin?

1:59 pm

so a wise person fells there is no one to confer with..unwise because there is always someone out there with more grey cells firing br

1:59 pm

Yep, her decision made sense. I loved it.

1:59 pm

log cabin

2:00 pm

Hahaha, Tor & ata

2:00 pm

someone said bunnies!

2:00 pm

Miss Bea Bunny is nowhere to be seen now--probably sleeping under the sofa.

2:01 pm

evening all

2:01 pm

howdy sprite

2:01 pm

Hi Sprite

2:01 pm

Hello, sprite

2:01 pm

Hi Sprite- wonderful to see you

2:01 pm

thanks all for the warm welcome :)

2:02 pm

hi spritey!

2:02 pm

too bad you missed todays limerics sprite:/

2:03 pm

and Ata too :) How's today? No cookie war this time?

2:03 pm

lol cross... do I want to scroll back or not?

2:03 pm

sokay safer not to i think..your not amish are you?

2:04 pm

not yet!

2:04 pm

you know, BabbleRabble, sometimes it is a bit scary how perfectly your profile texts are timed with my own process. Thanks for sharing, again.

2:04 pm

hm no, I think I am not amish.

2:04 pm

k..1 clean one and thats it for today

2:05 pm

My foreshadowing I write distinctly, Denouement, I can write in a blink, see, And when irony beckons, I can write it in seconds, But I can't finish limericks succinctly.

2:05 pm

Those st 9 and 8 are weird words. Don't ask me to clue them because I have not a clue in my brain how to do it.

2:05 pm

Bravo, Crossy

2:05 pm

lol that is a brilliant one!

2:05 pm

br has a good clue for it

2:07 pm

is the st8 related to the 9? BR helped with the 9

2:07 pm

I would like to hear the clue, even though I've found them the hard way. Please?

2:08 pm

s + male cat + a lyric poem + an indefinite article

2:08 pm

wow, now that is a clue indeed. New word for me!

2:09 pm

s + male cat + a lyric poem: **e + pi R squared + *r**

2:09 pm

ty BR

2:09 pm

that is the 553rd time ive tried to imput cadence

2:09 pm

should be = *r**

2:10 pm

My word! What a gift you've been given!

2:11 pm

*will try the word cadence*

2:11 pm

Nope, won't work for me either, Crossy

2:11 pm

*hits crossy on the head* Stop that silly behaviour!

2:12 pm

hi Merk

2:12 pm

Fireworks ... and Hi, Sprite

2:12 pm

and gratz Merk

2:13 pm

hi all!

2:13 pm

yaa for merk!..crossy rubs his head

2:14 pm

howdy nrkii

2:14 pm

hey nrkii :)

2:14 pm

congrats Merk!

2:14 pm

ty ... not sure if I'll be here tomorrow, but hope so. Tata.

2:14 pm

hello everbody, back again for my final 19

2:15 pm

120 Days 9 Hours 47 Minutes until Christmas .. But who's counting?

2:15 pm

crossy, is this another one of those delightful small grids you wanted?

2:15 pm

hi jac!

2:15 pm

bye merk

2:15 pm

clue for ca 6/21

2:15 pm

wwhaaarrrggghhh BabbleRabble!

2:15 pm

ca + singer **** turner, change middle vowel

2:16 pm

Congrats Merk. Hi Nerki

2:17 pm

how are you scrabs?

2:19 pm

Not feeling great today--sore throat/cold starting, dizzy, yucky...I will take a nap soon.

2:19 pm

oh, that's not good... echinacea not kicking in yet?

2:20 pm

help with the right column A please?

2:20 pm

You must be within a month of leaving, Scrabbler?

2:20 pm

a + what is in ashoe

2:20 pm

thanks br!

2:22 pm

watson! the games sf 5/16!

2:22 pm

af that is

2:22 pm

elementary

2:22 pm

indeed

2:22 pm

is, actually, hihi

2:22 pm

nice clue crossy... need to reread SH one of these days

2:23 pm

this grid stinks

2:23 pm

clue for the y, please?

2:24 pm

kitty, like 365 days, but change last cons

2:24 pm

ya + article

2:24 pm

hehehe no daffodil

2:24 pm

4 wks 6 days til new job. Hey, I have a question regarding PTO (personal time off) given that I am departing my job.

2:24 pm

yes scrabs?

2:26 pm

We "earn" PTO each "trimester", e.g. Jan-April, and use that earned time in the next trimester. So, what I have earned for May-Aug should, it seems, be available for me to use in Sept, and then unused PTO can be paid out to me.

2:27 pm

yes, that makes sense scrabbler

2:27 pm

sounds fair

2:27 pm

BUT, I was told that I can use only 1/4 of my earned PTO because I am working just 1/4 of the final trimester of the year. This makes no sense to me as we may use earned time anywhere within that trimester.

2:27 pm

that makes no sense, you're right

2:27 pm

May I please have a clue for fa5-16? Thanks

2:27 pm

So I have been told that all I get is 1/4 of my earned PTO!

2:28 pm

Do you have a written contract?

2:28 pm

fa + the ***ble Dictionary is sometimes crazy

2:28 pm

tell him he can have anything built up from the next partial trimester,but me must pay may-aug

2:28 pm

My suggestion, is to remember, that is why you are leaving this place and let it go with grace.

2:28 pm

And this decision took place during a partner meeting about which I was not informed even though I am a partner through Sept 28.

2:28 pm

or an employee handbook?

2:28 pm

need two for frieworks first fo 5/16 andfa6/33 clues please

2:29 pm

Thanks, nrkii.\

2:29 pm

I reviewed the partner agreement and there is no mention of PTO. Of course the objective of the partnership is to not pay out $.

2:29 pm

I think first fo 5/16 = to force upon

2:29 pm

this is not a standard pto clause but a specialty clause..may be different in U.S

2:29 pm

Bugsaw, it translates to just over $1000.

2:30 pm

the same thing happened to me, scrabs, I think it's fairly standard

2:30 pm

Very frustrating, Scrabs

2:30 pm

Since you are a partner, that changes things for me. DO you have something like our Labour Relations Board in the US?

2:30 pm

give him the pto from the next 4 weeks and 3 days,but he should at the very least pay for may-aug scrabbs

2:31 pm

There is no mention of PTO at all in the agreement. They just created a plan Monday night when I was not there, and I was informed by e-mail today.

2:31 pm

What do you mean, Ata?

2:31 pm

If there is no mention of PTO in the partnership agreement, how do you know what you are entitled to?

2:32 pm

ty nrkii got that one. now only need fa 6/33

2:32 pm

I agree with your plan, Crossy, and my business attorney sister will advise me. It is another reminder of why I am departing, but it makes me so mad that I am being screwed right til the end of my partnership.

2:32 pm

mm one of those cases you could fight and win,but only on principal as it would cost more that that to rake him over the coals:(

2:32 pm

that you're only entitled to a proportion of time off, you can't take the whole of what youre entitled to for the year

2:33 pm

Good point, BR, but maybe I missed it in the legalese.

2:34 pm

definatly run it by sis

2:34 pm

e.g. I have 34 hrs of earned time to use from Sept-Dec, but I am leaving the partnership Sept 28, so they are telling me I can use only 1/4 of 34.

2:34 pm

fa6 33 = like a king has a kind*** to rule over, an avid sports fa* has a fa****

2:34 pm

*trying cadence one more time, Crossy*

2:35 pm

TY, N

2:35 pm

Have you received payments according to your understanding, Scrabbler?

2:35 pm

lol scrabbs

2:35 pm

Scrabs, I'm in MN (which has a strong workers' rights history) and since I resigned from my previous job BEFORE I took my PTO; I couldn't get ANY pto.

2:35 pm

Yes, payments = draws, PTO up to now

2:36 pm

I wonder why, Nef?

2:36 pm

ty nrkii fireworkd

2:36 pm

yay matches!

2:36 pm

technically I'd say you should have all the PTO you built up till now, so that would be the portion you could use up from sept-dec, plus 1/4 for Sept buildup.

2:36 pm

Yahoo Matches!

2:37 pm

wtg lucifers!

2:37 pm

this grid is kickin my butt;((

2:37 pm

11 left here...

2:37 pm

poor crossy, want me to take over? (the kickin', that is)

2:38 pm

If so, and you received a payment in the second quarter for PTO in the first -- but now are told PTO is pro-rated for the year if you resign ... what a mess

2:38 pm

ahh ty,no sprite

2:38 pm

awwwwww:(

2:39 pm

alreay have a wife for that

2:39 pm

A good partnership agreement would spell out when PTO has vested, and what resigning partner is entitled to.

2:39 pm

9 and listing

2:39 pm

ah ok, she will know better than me how and where to kick... ;)

2:40 pm

Scrabs, that company was a HUGE corporate insurance company. I worked for them 10 months, and not only did I not get any PTO, but they forces me to repay all of the sign on "bonus." NOW they just sent out a revised W2 form that says they paid me $1300 less than what their first W2 form said (which doesn't equal the paltry sign on bonus, nor the PTO) and we have to refile our taxes!

2:40 pm

lol,all this time i missed what a cow dows:/

2:40 pm

good grief nef!!

2:41 pm

We're going to have to get you a Fisher Price zoo song toy crossy

2:41 pm

Nef, that stinks impressively

2:41 pm

With an oink oink here and an oink oink there...

2:41 pm

yaa fisher price barn yard sounds!!

2:42 pm

Ol' McDonald had a farm

2:42 pm

Good point, BR. I must remember that. TY. And, Nef, you have been treated so poorly! I am so sorry for your mess.

2:42 pm

I've gained some experience along the way. Never resign before using your PTO first!

2:42 pm

and his doctor fainted

2:42 pm

give us the company name so we can boycott thier insurance lol

2:43 pm

The OSHA dude is taking pictures and taking down names

2:43 pm

uh oh

2:43 pm

he will be doing a stop work order if he is doing that

2:43 pm

it wasn't me it wasn't me

2:44 pm

reminds me of when we found asbestos in a job we were doing,3 weeks for govt drone to come to site and say"yup,thats asbestos"

2:45 pm

Ty for input everyone. I am awaiting my attorney sister's input next.

2:45 pm

yo*U* will *N*ever guess what *I* have gone *T*hrough ov*E*r thispast*D*ual years.

2:45 pm

let me know what sis says,very curious now is crossy

2:45 pm

fireworks!

2:45 pm

yaa for nrkii!

2:46 pm

wtg finishers

2:46 pm

Yay Nrkii! WTG!!!

2:46 pm

I've come to a decision... the problem with being unemployed is that you have so much time to do great things and buy things, but NO MONEY

2:46 pm

Good luck, Scrabbler .. what a cutthroat business ...

2:46 pm

I get an email every day about cruises I could be taking

2:47 pm

LOL, nrkii! How long has it taken you to figure that out?

2:47 pm

*hugs Scrabs*

2:47 pm

6 months Nef

2:47 pm

in ontario,you cant remove it till govt verifies it and approves the removal company...good grief

2:48 pm

good grief is right crosshair!

2:48 pm

nrkii,when you run out of money for the internet ill teach you how to do"waredriving" on your laptop :))

2:48 pm

Congrats N!

2:49 pm

too funny crossy!

2:49 pm

Yes, BR, nasty, nickel+ dime, nitpicking, micromanaging business!!

2:50 pm

Having enough money sure makes life easier, doesn't it?

2:50 pm

yep... and I hate to say it, but nobody won megamillions last night... not even me...

2:51 pm

lol scrabbs,the guy who owns all our chlets(144 of them) plus a resort in point-au-barrow(sp) has told us we can from now on only put one packet of coffee in each unit as it costs him too much..talk about penny grubbing micromanagement!

2:51 pm

{{{nrkii}}} I'm under-paid right now, but am loving my job. I am working in a nonprofit field and make less than half of what I made in the hospital. I loved the hospital job (CV-ICU) but can't ever go back to floor nursing. I hated the telephone triage job; but love this job.

2:52 pm

nef,my sis in law did trauma/triage for 15 years,burnt her right out;(

2:52 pm

It is essential that one finds the job that fits one's talents, temperament, intelligence, etc. A poor fit = unhappy employee.

2:53 pm

good to be paid less and have less stress

2:53 pm

scrabbs will tell you,stress kills

2:53 pm

okay, time to go... happy babbling everyone!

2:53 pm

tc nrkii;)

2:54 pm

trauma triage would burn me out too, crossy. But I did CV-ICU for 34 years and loved almost every day of it. This job I love too, but I am really "wet behind the ears" at times and learning curves are harder to do as we age.

2:54 pm

Bye N!

2:54 pm

bye nrkii

2:54 pm

bye nrkii :)

2:54 pm

Daily stress is bad physically, emotionally, mentally---the abuse is bad!

2:55 pm

I can testify to that fully

2:55 pm

so you got everything all set for your new practice scrabbs? just slide into the new digs when its time?

2:56 pm

yep. But what about if it's daily stress from something you love (VS. daily stress in a job you hate)?

2:56 pm

would make a difference im sure

2:56 pm

all stress increases health risks... including "good" stressors like weddings, anniversaries, new jobs, graduations, etc

2:57 pm

I would think it makes a big difference too.

2:57 pm

moral of those studies is to do nothing in life

2:57 pm

Martin Luther King Jr.: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

2:57 pm

doing nothing can be very stressful though

2:57 pm

deep

2:58 pm

LOL sprite... then there you go.... maybe the answer is to not live?

2:58 pm

yeah I think we will

2:58 pm

I'd rather live life in a happy state than in a job that you hate

2:58 pm

You must feel betrayed, Scrabbler

2:58 pm

living in general increases health risk... think I can publish that?

2:58 pm

hey, I think dying is very high on the stress scale!

2:59 pm

hey, I think dying is very high on the stress scale!

2:59 pm

darn, fell for the double enter trap

2:59 pm

I agree with that for most people, sprite

2:59 pm

hmmmm.... you may have a point... but then, is dying the same as not living???

3:00 pm

not living is being dead alive

3:00 pm

Life simply is a prelude to death

3:00 pm

i used to do courrier for northern telecom in toronto,high pressure,watch the clock,faster,faster,then 16 years ago i said to hell with this quit the job,sold everything i owned,moved up north,got a good job with a bit less pay,more nature and found my wife and lived happier;))

3:00 pm

working in a job you hate IS a particular form of hell on Earth I think

3:00 pm

Hi kje

3:01 pm

death is part of life. We all live til we die (as an old Frenchman once told me)

3:02 pm

hi scrab

3:02 pm

death is the next adventure

3:02 pm

my comments were tongue in cheek, btw

3:02 pm

Yes, BR, I feel betrayed, but I am proud of myself for choosing to depart. Now, if the terms of departure can be settled fairly I will be happier

3:03 pm

I would too, Scrabbs .. those other partners have no honor

3:06 pm

Yep, BR, they allow a tyrant to continue the tyranny.

3:06 pm

I am more afraid of not living than of dying or being dead

3:06 pm

agree sprite.... worse things than being dead... well, no way to truly know that, but that is what I think

3:06 pm

LOL

3:06 pm

You are worth thousands of them, Scrabs. I hope you will get out of this as a financial winner too, but even if you don't, you are still the winner.

3:07 pm

wanna try?

3:07 pm

;)

3:07 pm

mmm think ill apply at the canadian mist factoy here in town,see if i can be the official taster.now there is a job to make you smile

3:07 pm

I do not fear death ... many times I have prayed for it

3:08 pm

ouch crossy, you really need a NOSE for that, and a specially sensitive pallate etc.

3:08 pm

yes,if this place has no honor scrabbs, that filters down to how thier patients are treated.you are definatly better than that ilk

3:08 pm

yes that is the other side, BabbleRabble, I know that feeling too well too. It is a silent form of heroism to live like we do.

3:08 pm

cross... once i saw a tv special on ice cream tasters... that is what i want to be when i grow up

3:09 pm

chances of that are small though, kje ;)

3:09 pm

i made iced cream for 6 years..cant touch the stuff now;/

3:09 pm

Scrabs, an NP friend just got let go and they've done some pretty nasty things to her too (including not paying her the severance pay they had promised her). I told her that the best revenge is to move on and be happy in a much better practice. Her patients are now switching just to follow her; so that original practice is losing her plus a good share of their clients.

3:09 pm

the best revenge is living well

3:09 pm

yay Nef, that is justice as it should be

3:10 pm

Many of my families will follow me and it is such an honor for me to hear that from parents.

3:11 pm

sprite - did Kennedey's demise make the international news?

3:11 pm

Will any of your clients follow you Scrabs? Or at least change practices too?

3:11 pm

scrab - there was not a no-compete clause?

3:11 pm

you may feel it as an honor, Scrabs, but it is also reaping what you sowed (sp?).

3:12 pm

well the old place cannot dictate what dr a patient chooses to go to im sure

3:12 pm

I don't know kje, I don't follow the news.

3:12 pm

Great! That's as it should be for that practice being so nasty!

3:12 pm

kje, I was given permission to tell parents and the current practice will let parents know where I have gone to

3:12 pm

nobody can force a patient to stay, and as a doctor Scrabs has sworn an oath to help people who ask her to.

3:12 pm

yes it did kje, not major news, the football riots were, but it did make the news

3:12 pm

interesting scrab

3:13 pm

hi jac

3:13 pm

hi jacq

3:13 pm

what paiten load do you anticipate scrabbs? i think most dr,s here top out at 400 for thier family practice..but we are a terribly under serviced area

3:13 pm

football riots in the UK? hardly news anymore - LOL

3:13 pm

hello everyone was lost in the grid

3:13 pm

Good morning everyone

3:13 pm

Chappaquiddick will be retold again

3:13 pm

there haven't been any for years

3:14 pm

but last nights was awful

3:14 pm

it is so disappointing jac... all over a game

3:14 pm

hi lyn, good morning to you

3:14 pm

no kje it's rivalry these people are not sports fans

3:14 pm

football riots aren't over a game. They are about violence.

3:15 pm

Helo, lyn

3:15 pm

hello Lynxxx and jacq

3:15 pm

true sprite... just an outlet

3:16 pm

I guess I don't understand the whole riot thing; not about football, nor religion, nor nationality. I just don't *get* violence!

3:17 pm

I can get very angry and feel violent, so I get violence. I don't get the part where they don't control their anger.

3:17 pm

the religeous violence overseas just blows my mind.not about religeon,but the interpetation of it for god sakes1

3:17 pm

Good point, kje. But I do get anger; I just don't get violence

3:18 pm

The wars go on .. more troops to Afghanistan .. darfur .. .Korea wants to start a nuclear holocaust ..

3:18 pm

yas,is n korea still playing with isotopes?

3:18 pm

fireworks

3:18 pm

it is frightening. Not kidding here, it really scares me. I am scared in any mass, but war is the most scary thing of all.

3:18 pm

yaa for jacq

3:19 pm

If there are no legitimate reasons for fight, illegitimate will do

3:19 pm

gratz jacq

3:19 pm

finally

3:19 pm

congrats jacq!

3:19 pm

ty ty ty

3:19 pm

yayayay jac!!!!

3:19 pm

YAY, jacq! WTG!!!!

3:19 pm

Congrats, jacq

3:19 pm

and now i have to go to the bathroom lol

3:19 pm

go tiddle jacq lol

3:19 pm

alas BabbleRabble, too true.

3:19 pm

lol jacq, you need a potty chair!

3:19 pm

TMI, jacq! :-)

3:20 pm

a Babble pan?

3:20 pm

fireflies here as well

3:20 pm

do what they do at the casinos,waer depends lol

3:20 pm

Yippee, Jacq!!

3:20 pm

congrats, sprite

3:20 pm

yaa for sprite!

3:20 pm

lol @ babble pan

3:20 pm

YAY, sprite!!! WTG!!!!

3:20 pm

Crossy, the figure I was told years ago is that a full-time primary care pediatrican needs 2500 kids in their panel to make a decent living

3:22 pm

But insurance reimbursement has changed, so I am not certain about panel sizes

3:22 pm

YIKES, Scrabbs! Is that what you carry? That's a LOT of kids!

3:23 pm

although I enjoy the company and chat, I must leave you. Bed time for me. *hugs* to you all and may there be peace.

3:23 pm

It is hard to sort this out with a group practice--we share the patients.

3:23 pm

be well, sprite

3:23 pm

nite nite sprite

3:23 pm

Sleep well, Sprite!

3:23 pm

goodnight Sprte, sweet dreams

3:23 pm

Hi Lynxxx

3:24 pm

Hi Scrabs

3:25 pm

2500??!!!

3:26 pm

I could see having about 1200-1500; because many kids would only be seen if they are ill or if they have some sort of required physical; but 2500 sounds overwhelming

3:26 pm

well guess that works,there are 6 dr,s working the clinic i go to

3:32 pm

We have 4 MDs at 3.5 full-time equivalents and 4 nurse practitioners at 2 FTEs

3:32 pm

and almost 7000 kids

3:33 pm

so about 6 FTE's and 7000 kids (taking in mind that 2 FTE's are NPs too)

3:34 pm

oops. Mathis wrong ; 5.5 FTE's

3:40 pm

Bye everyone

3:42 pm

bye, lynxxx. I need to go too; on vacation and haven't done anything at all so far around the house and it's a mess!

3:42 pm

Bye Lynxxx

3:42 pm

I am ready for a nap---bye for now.

3:42 pm

okay, chos' broken

3:43 pm

bye now

4:04 pm

hello anyone!!!! Seems very quiet in here tonight!!!

4:06 pm

Hello, mo

4:06 pm

Is there anyone out there????

4:06 pm

hi BabbleRabble.

4:07 pm

has everyone done for today?

4:07 pm

On days with shorter grids, there is less chat

4:07 pm

many have, mo

4:09 pm

but I havent seen it as quiet as this so early in the day!!!!

4:10 pm

I talk to myself

4:10 pm

at least you will get a lot of sense! lol.

4:11 pm

perhaps

4:11 pm

he!he!

4:12 pm

so I will go and find something else to do .... goodnight BabbleRabble.

4:13 pm

be well, mo

4:13 pm

and you too. bye.

Just back from a 2 1/2 week vacation and got fireworks. Glad it was a small puzzle.

4:27 pm

congrats, Carolryberg

ty BabbleRabble

4:29 pm

Very quiet here

4:36 pm

done ! yay!

4:37 pm

hi all

4:38 pm

whoo hoo ypsi

4:44 pm

evening

4:46 pm

hi katie

4:46 pm

how you doing?

4:47 pm

pretty good I just figured out a way to triumph over an opponent so that always makes me happy

4:48 pm

Oh yes I can imgaine

4:48 pm

what can I say -- if you can stand to lose you should not be a lawyer :-)

4:49 pm

how are things going for you?

4:49 pm

i would want my lawyer to have that attitude lol

4:49 pm

exactly! lol

4:50 pm

Good just finished work for a week and a half so all is well, once I have finishing the emails tomorrow that I didn't get a chance to send today because i had to leave when the cleaners did lol

4:51 pm

ah security stuff then so you get some time off?

4:51 pm

do you get a week and 1/2 off?

4:52 pm

any help on st8/50?

4:52 pm

yep thats the plan, flight out is at 5.10 tomorrow evening yeah

4:52 pm

I get loads of holdiay 35 days, and we can take it whenever, although if I hadn't booked this holiday I wouldn't take time off now as we are mad busy

4:52 pm

where are you headed?

4:53 pm

s + male cat + lyric poem + indefinite article

4:53 pm

thanks babble

4:53 pm

ty BR your psychic cluing was dead on!

4:53 pm

hi cloe

4:53 pm

ty BR

4:54 pm

s + male cat + lyric poem: **e + pi R squared = *r**

4:55 pm

hi jmcnrick

4:56 pm

very cool I would have never monkeyed that!

4:57 pm

toom

4:57 pm

yikes that was a weird way to enter chat, sorry

4:57 pm

ty dorens let me know what is in the pb

4:57 pm

lol

4:58 pm

seared ahi tuna!

4:58 pm

mmmmm tuna

4:58 pm

I had a wonderful crab cake for lunch today

5:00 pm

i had veggie lunch, very yummy. tom yum chicken, but not chicken

5:01 pm

fo 4/14 wo** was a bear fo 4/14 wo** had no hair

5:02 pm

fo4 wo4 wasn't very fo4, wo4?

5:02 pm

lol

5:08 pm

should I go take a peak at lexulous doren?

5:09 pm

dunno, haven't been since yesterday. will check

5:10 pm

yeh, your turn. i'm going out... will check back in later

5:10 pm

okie doke

5:11 pm

10 left

5:12 pm

hey you have a clue for do 5/14 please?

5:12 pm

no that is the only do-- I don't have

5:13 pm

do + latin site: *o**

5:14 pm

hm, thanks babrab. not too keen on latin, but will ponder

5:14 pm

well *o** is not Rome lol! I will continue to work on it too

5:15 pm

got it... italian sweets?

5:15 pm

well, great thanks. fireworks,, i'm out

5:15 pm

whoo hoo dorens!

5:15 pm

congrats, Dorens

5:15 pm

I don't get the site OR teh sweets!

5:16 pm

barbie: do*l + another word for movie theater: **nema

5:16 pm

have a pleasant evening all... see you tomorrow... jm, i'll check your lexulous later tonite!. and kc, just look up sweet in italian. play with the last letter

5:17 pm

be well, Dorens

5:17 pm

ty BR my Italian is not much better than my French

5:18 pm

heh. I'd tried it with the last 2 letters reversed, thanks babble!

5:18 pm

actually found out that although you can get by with Spanish with large hand gestures in Italy that the Spanish word for lost is not at all like the Italian word for lost

5:20 pm

8

5:21 pm

a foreign country to me is five miles from home

5:21 pm

that would be Canada

5:21 pm

yes?

5:21 pm

I am about 200 miles from Canada

5:22 pm

heh. wow. actually finished one!

5:22 pm

darn that continental drift...we're gonna be rammed by antarctica!!

5:22 pm

so this is a metaphorical statement? or do you have a really crazy China town near by?

5:23 pm

whoo hoo kc!

5:23 pm

but then we will get to play with the penguins Trader

5:23 pm

congrats, kc

5:23 pm

we can keep them in pens out back of our igloos...

5:24 pm

fireworks? well done kc!

5:24 pm

6

5:25 pm

6 to go jmc?

5:25 pm

yes Trader

5:25 pm

you rock

5:25 pm

I meant I am easily confused and am not allowed to far from home without an escort

5:25 pm

are you well BR?

5:26 pm

slow and steady with lots of clues from babbler friends

5:26 pm

too far, that is

5:26 pm

well that makes every trip a new adventure

5:27 pm

the flower is a nice change from the old man

5:27 pm

well, of course, is a deep subject for a shallow mind

5:27 pm

seem rather lucid when babbling,BR...or is that part of the pathology?

5:27 pm

<groan>

5:28 pm

lol BR

5:30 pm

4

5:31 pm

go, jmc, go!

5:32 pm

BabbleRabble - loved your post today. a lesson for us all. will reread later for inspiration.

5:33 pm

Yes, I am going through some intense soul-searching ...

5:34 pm

I like the posting today too.

5:35 pm

truly, br?

5:35 pm

Negative chatter is so distructive

5:35 pm

destructive too

5:36 pm

I guess I have to wonder what you mean by negative chatter BR

5:37 pm

there is negativity all around us, br. it's very difficult to keep focused on good things in our lives sometimes. why do the baddies always seem larger than the goodies?

5:39 pm

I would say trader that they only seem larger and that is because we focus too much on them

5:39 pm

negative chatter here: http://tinyurl.com/mdhn4s

5:40 pm

brb then

5:41 pm

wait for me! you won't leave will you BR?

5:45 pm

I am back Trader! sorry to dash away but I wanted to read the webpage to which BR referred

5:45 pm

very interesting exercise BR. Has it been helpful for you?

5:46 pm

how many to you have left Trader?

5:46 pm

how do you find all these gems BR?

5:46 pm

I keep reminding myself to find the fallacy in the talk and correct it

5:46 pm

am actually finished jmc. <smile>

5:47 pm

I am reading and working through Six Weeks to a Simpler Lifestyle

5:47 pm

good for you trader!

5:47 pm

How do you like it, jmc?

5:47 pm

I work very hard to find that of God in everyone including myself! It is often harder to find God in myself

5:47 pm

Congrats, Trader

5:48 pm

yes, and so it is for so many

5:48 pm

I actually like it a lot. It is not just about possessions

5:48 pm

woo hoo firewords! tx all cluers

5:49 pm

it is more about priorities and changing habits in small steps

5:49 pm

congrats, dan

5:49 pm

whoo hoo dan!

5:49 pm

sounds like a book I could use

5:49 pm

it is my sabbatical book :-) since it requires daily exercises

5:49 pm

we have made our lives unnecessarily complicated, haven't we? As hunter/gatherers we spent a lot less time maintaining our needs than we do now...so are those needs real or artificially/socially manufactured?

5:50 pm

authors -- Barbara DeGrote Sorenson and David Allen Sorenson

5:50 pm

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, MD, is a favorite of mine

5:50 pm

good going, dan!!

5:50 pm

today was pretty complicated with cooking squash and tomato sauce to freeze tho!

5:51 pm

an oldie but goodie BR

5:51 pm

Did not like his later book though

5:51 pm

I read a few of his back in the 80's br. really liked them at the time, can't remember a thing about them now.

5:52 pm

he is gone now, I believe

5:52 pm

okay BR I give up on af5 -- have been unable to find it even with your clue ashole

5:52 pm

jmc: at least you are the ant, not the grasshopper of the fable

5:53 pm

a + ashoe

5:53 pm

ooo I have my grasshopper tendencies thank God! lol

5:53 pm

Aha Watsoon, the game is a****!

5:53 pm

Watson

5:53 pm

a + what is in ashoe

5:54 pm

argh! a fish after all that!

5:54 pm

lol I really made that too complicated!

5:54 pm

sorry if I mislead you

5:54 pm

kept looking at the lower af -- lol

5:55 pm

no BR your clue was clever and dead on

5:55 pm

Am going through temporary ant stage right now. being a grasshopper had become an overwhelming experience

5:55 pm

well I think it is good to balance the two trader

5:55 pm

and here i thought a riot was ashoe when jmc said she couldn't get the clue ashole! LOL .. hi, everyone!

5:55 pm

hi welki

5:55 pm

lol I really messed up!

5:55 pm

hello, welki

5:56 pm

hi welki

5:57 pm

unsucessfullly trying to reclaim balance at present

5:57 pm

I was reading my thesaurus for synonyms to dust bin!

5:58 pm

well it is a non-ending task trader

5:58 pm

living always will be a work in process

5:59 pm

yes, problems only arise when balance is out of kilter too far for too long.

5:59 pm

oh well, help with fa 5/16 pls

5:59 pm

fa + colon cleansing: ***ma

6:01 pm

there will always be problems, change and challenges ... those who are able to adapt to these realities are ahead of the game

6:02 pm

ty br

6:04 pm

yaaa, mrs crossy bought me a bonsai tree;)

6:04 pm

therein lies the trouble. not bending like a willow these days. feeling like an old oak that got caught in maelstrom. not uprooted, but less solidly implanted

6:04 pm

how nice crossy!

6:05 pm

ill have to look at it for a few days and see the shape within:)

6:05 pm

do you know how to prune it crossy?

6:05 pm

have you given it a name?

6:05 pm

yes indeed,take ages:/ but thats the idea

6:05 pm

ooohhhhmmmm

6:06 pm

ka zen and all that happy crap;))

6:06 pm

if it's a girl tree, you could call her Patience

6:06 pm

the name is ka zen and all that happy crap?

6:06 pm

i think this one may be like those trees you always see in africa;)))

6:07 pm

i will have to think on a name

6:07 pm

not many bonzai in africa

6:07 pm

your a tad too literal jmc lol

6:07 pm

i seem to be today

6:07 pm

some days I am literally literal

6:07 pm

long limbs with little clouds of foliage at distal ends?

6:08 pm

woody is a good name for a tree

6:08 pm

thats it kate with the big umbrella tops

6:08 pm

teehee

6:08 pm

lol .. or lief

6:08 pm

ya, saw the lion king...

6:09 pm

ericson?

6:09 pm

what are they csalled? acara or something like that?

6:09 pm

long way to that end though

6:09 pm

welki...<chortle>

6:10 pm

fa 6/33 pls

6:10 pm

someone said: where groupies gather, but that's a little loose

6:11 pm

an admirer: fa*; + a housewife may describe herself as a ***estic goddess

6:11 pm

there is what i want .. http://bonsaiplantsguide.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2009/04/bonsai-tree.jpg

6:11 pm

aaak

6:12 pm

the bigger pic

6:12 pm

which one?

6:12 pm

lots to research? make a wrong cut, ten years to fix....not like ugly hairstyle

6:13 pm

no cut is wrong,the journey will often make changes in the end result is all

6:14 pm

fireworks! ty BR and trader

6:14 pm

yaa for jmc!

6:14 pm

????? your pronouncements befuddle me

6:14 pm

YAAAAAAAAAA JMC GOOD ON YA!

6:14 pm

congrats, jmc

6:14 pm

just in time to go out to dinner with a client too

6:15 pm

enjoy, jmc

6:15 pm

ty ty and especially ty BR for the clues -- even the ones I didn't get

6:15 pm

bbl probably

6:15 pm

see you at the flip then?

6:15 pm

maybe trader -- we'll see

6:15 pm

BR is the best cluer ever!

6:15 pm

*poof*

6:15 pm

there is not a definate shape within the tree. i look and see what it offers me and if i am good and patient i may be able to release most of it with my pruner:)

6:17 pm

if you don't see a shape crossy, do you just let it grow until something "appears"?

6:17 pm

what are you releasing? it's inner potential shape, or some kind of mystical aura?

6:18 pm

bye jmc

6:18 pm

with the other one(now 8 years old,i sit with it once a wekk,and might snip here,or there,or not at all,then one day something will show itself.but it must be done slowly sometimes no more that a single snip in a wekk

6:18 pm

week

6:19 pm

it is not unlike a jig saw puzzle that never ends

6:19 pm

but a creation as well

6:20 pm

not aura per-se,but the sharing of life

6:20 pm

god creates .. man manipulates

6:21 pm

so it has always been

6:21 pm

but sometimes you can find a balance

6:21 pm

i teach the bonsai tree its shape,but it also teaches me

6:22 pm

:)

6:22 pm

good grief now im sounding like a corny episode of kung-fu with david carradine

6:22 pm

ah, Grasshopper with clippers

6:22 pm

i feel like little grasshoopper...

6:22 pm

Hi, everyone!

6:23 pm

Looks like mainly crosshair with BR

6:23 pm

hi jb

6:23 pm

Hi, TraderKate!

6:23 pm

but its true,half an hour with your tree and you b.p is nice and calm as well as your inner self

6:23 pm

welcome to babble philosophy 101, jb

6:24 pm

And then the cats would attack the tree, and there goes the BP up again!

6:24 pm

clears the chos so you can tackle things with a better mind

6:24 pm

cats touch tree,cats dies

6:24 pm

<bows to TK and crosshair> my thanks

6:24 pm

chaos even

6:24 pm

an animal will do the ssame crossy, but it keeps you warm too

6:24 pm

Therefore, no tree, no death of cats!

6:25 pm

BRB AFK for a minute

6:25 pm

each soothe in thier own way

6:25 pm

sokay,not to worry both trees have a safe place

6:26 pm

so bonsai is sort of semi-active meditation?

6:26 pm

correct kate

6:26 pm

okay, starting to get picture

6:27 pm

took a bit but 1 year in on my first tree i looked up and saw that i had made 3 cuts in 2 hours lol

6:27 pm

what do you feed it?

6:28 pm

i have a nice potting soil and fertilize every 3 months with a liquid fertilizer 6 drops per lit of water

6:28 pm

wow...twilight zone time

6:29 pm

an evergreen fert.? or just general?

6:29 pm

hey all...how many words today?

6:29 pm

only 94 jen

6:29 pm

kewl,ty, kate

6:30 pm

hi, how's the wrist, just itchy still?

6:30 pm

there are many types kate,look on the net for easy and hard types ill try and find a pic of my type

6:30 pm

94 TOUGH words! I can't pick out simple small words out of this one easily

6:30 pm

(being at work doesn't help... ;))

6:30 pm

tsk, tsk kyu...slacker...

6:31 pm

: O

6:31 pm

I would never slack on babble if I didn't have to!! ;)

6:31 pm

do you see the army newbie, kyujones?

6:31 pm

thanks, crossy. too bone-idle today to look myself

6:32 pm

meant being at work babbling kyu

6:32 pm

I know.. :)

6:32 pm

here you go kate(mine is the chinese bird plum) the old one that is http://www.bonsaigardener.org/bonsai-t ree-types.html

6:33 pm

have no i.d on the new one but it is just a wal-mart special so i have no high hope as to perigree lol

6:33 pm

thanks, 5 min to type address, then i'll be off to look...

6:33 pm

lol just c+p it

6:35 pm

here i made it tiny for u

6:35 pm

http://tinyurl.com/lbmoxt

6:37 pm

ok im off for a bit so son can have a go.tc all and i hope a bonsai tree speaks you name kate;))) poof

6:37 pm

by crosshair! ^_^

6:39 pm

wow crossy, didn't know there were so many types. yours is very nice. also liked hawaiian umbrella and want a wisteria for myself

6:40 pm

crossy gone?

6:41 pm

anyone tell me what c+p it means?

6:41 pm

copy and paste

6:42 pm

thank you br...was thinking control +... had no idea..

6:43 pm

didn't realize you could copy/paste an address when it is printed on 2 lines

6:44 pm

Hello again

6:44 pm

Have to copy and paste each line separately

6:44 pm

the saga of kate's adventures on the intertron continue...

6:44 pm

Hello, Scrabbler

6:44 pm

28 to go. help with te6 please?

6:45 pm

hi scrabbler!

6:45 pm

okay, simple enough, might even retain that tidbit

6:45 pm

what a landlord needs

6:45 pm

bunny girl! hello

6:45 pm

te6 = apartment dweller

6:45 pm

TY, BR. Yep, Kate, I am Rabbitlady!

6:46 pm

last mo5 please?

6:46 pm

How did work go today, Jen?

6:47 pm

mo + a spat: ***f

6:47 pm

meant no disrespect scrabbler. of course you're a lady

6:47 pm

theme

6:48 pm

TY, BR

6:49 pm

I am more of a tomboy than a lady, for sure.

6:49 pm

some are offended by "girl"....

6:50 pm

work went great today, i put stuff back on the shelves, i helped 2 different customers longer than expected and one lady wanted to pay me for my help!

6:50 pm

Well, I hear lady, woman or ma'am and think, "Me?"

6:50 pm

And your wrist feels ok, jen?

6:51 pm

Well, done, Jen. Good for you.

6:51 pm

am personally offended by ma'am. especially from 20 yr. old....makes me feel soooooooo old

6:51 pm

tomorrow is a longer day!

6:51 pm

is itch gone?

6:52 pm

I generally only get offended when I am called Priscilla

6:52 pm

Haha, BR

6:52 pm

i really didn't have a problem with itching, i had more problems with my hand being hot, but luckily no sweat on my arm

6:53 pm

as would i BR.doesn't suit you at all. think you're more of a zelda...

6:53 pm

fa5/16 please?

6:53 pm

not too sore then jen?

6:53 pm

i have the splint off now to get rid of the marks left on my arm from the bandage and i am typing with both hands!

6:53 pm

no, not really sore

6:54 pm

fa + a colon cleansing: ***ma

6:54 pm

now when i try to bend it more than 90 degrees, it hurts, ouch

6:55 pm

have to dash for a few provisions myself. be back in a bit * poof * glad to hear you're not hurting jen. two hands? <jealousy peeks out>

6:55 pm

proper spelling = enema, but I got the word

6:55 pm

Bye Kate

6:55 pm

be safe, Kate

6:55 pm

bbs

6:56 pm

thank you

6:56 pm

bye kate

6:59 pm

ah! time to go home! good eve to you all. ^_^

7:00 pm

be well, KyuJones

7:00 pm

ah! caught one more word. HA! You, too, BR> ^_^

7:00 pm

poof

7:01 pm

6 to go--all do's

7:09 pm

go scrabs

7:09 pm

hi everyone1

7:10 pm

Hi dawger! Two left--monkey is busy!

7:10 pm

good monkeys!

7:11 pm

Hi - does the fa6,33 build off of the fa5?

7:11 pm

no

7:11 pm

Uno---I cannot ask for a clue on my last word--Scrabble's Rule for Authentic Fireworks.

7:12 pm

OK - tks --- any clues?

7:12 pm

you're a glutton for punishment, scrabs

7:13 pm

fa6 is what those who follow a particular person or subject is all about. that world

7:13 pm

Yes, but to me it is cheating to ask for a clue on the last word--in my mind.

7:13 pm

oh ... tks ibd!

7:14 pm

i guess for me it depends on the word. if it's a big word and i'm totally clueless, i go for the assist

7:14 pm

yw, tedy

7:15 pm

Done! Now, dinner! Bye all. See you tomorrow.

7:16 pm

whoooo hooooooo SCRABS!!! enjoy dinner, see you tomorrow

7:20 pm

guess scrabbler scrambled off...belated wtg

7:20 pm

hi TK

7:20 pm

DAWG! fancy meeting you here

7:20 pm

you're sall done?

7:20 pm

lol

7:20 pm

yup, finished a little bit ago

7:21 pm

good on ya!

7:21 pm

looking up the words that i've no clue what they are or mean

7:21 pm

just here for the great company?

7:21 pm

of course!

7:22 pm

have you finished yet, TK?

7:22 pm

there's a lot of that here...i'd do it more ,but it takes so long for everything to reloead each time...drives me nuts

7:23 pm

all finished....good company's all gone...think BR left a while ago

7:23 pm

he'll be back. he likes to check out who's here periodically

7:24 pm

May I please have a clue for do5-14? Thanks

7:24 pm

whooooo hooooo on your fireworks, TK!!

7:24 pm

so often he doesn't alert us to his presence though. love his take on philosophy of life. seen his post today?

7:25 pm

plural for sweet in italian or latin, peach

7:25 pm

ty dawg. don't think anyone was around when i finished.

7:25 pm

no, what did he post?

7:26 pm

these small grids are a mixed blessing. they can be truly difficult or relatively easy. but then it's done and what's left to do?

7:26 pm

about the guilt we all have re: our/society's expectations and how falling short of the impossible is destructive

7:26 pm

st9 and st8?

7:26 pm

do iron sudoku?

7:27 pm

is that in his profile or did he post that in chat?

7:27 pm

in profile. worth the read

7:27 pm

most people mostly lurk until they feel like talking :P

7:28 pm

ata, u lurker, you <grin>

7:28 pm

hi shirl, kinda hard to clue, starts out like tummy, (first half), + long poem + vowel, that's the 8

7:28 pm

hi Ata!

7:28 pm

*still lurking but reading chat*

7:28 pm

and hi :)

7:28 pm

hi CJ!

7:29 pm

i'm in and out 2 min. at a time. braising short ribs. bbs

7:29 pm

yumm

7:29 pm

*whispers* hi Dawg!

7:29 pm

got the 9, lbd, is the 9 related?

7:30 pm

1 letter difference between 8 and 9

7:30 pm

if you got the 9 take out a vowel towards the end

7:31 pm

got the 9, thx

7:32 pm

so what does the 7 start with?

7:32 pm

ca

7:32 pm

thx ata and Hi!

7:32 pm

love the dog pic, ata. looks like he could take off and fly with those ears! lol

7:33 pm

fa6/33?

7:33 pm

back for now.

7:33 pm

she was trying, I think!

7:34 pm

group of people who follow a craze or fad, like the Harry Potter followers

7:34 pm

any news from the great cookie war ata? hope things have simmered down

7:35 pm

cookie war?

7:35 pm

I've hardly spoken to the evil brat. avoiding him is good!

7:35 pm

cool, thx lbd

7:36 pm

glad you got it, shirl

7:36 pm

huge marriage issue over the fact that I dared to buy and eat some cookies *facepalm*

7:38 pm

braised short ribs in spicy brown sugar bbq sauce with garlic, onions, green peppers. simmered til they literally fall apart. served with corn on cob, (pork &) beans garlic toast....maybe some salad..

7:38 pm

yes, it really is as silly as it sounds!

7:38 pm

mmmmmm

7:38 pm

sometimes the inane blow up to ridiculous proportions though as happened here

7:39 pm

oh, hey ata... was wondering how things are over there in cookieland

7:39 pm

so you have entent cordiale or cold war?

7:39 pm

frosted ;)

7:40 pm

mmmmfrosted cookies

7:40 pm

put some in PB for me

7:40 pm

back in 2

7:41 pm

ahh, families...can't live with them...be an orphan.

7:41 pm

are you speaking ata?

7:41 pm

Hi dorens

7:43 pm

vaguely, I'm just trying not to be there much. Actually, it's all very weird. husband "apologised" and apparently that means everything is ok now, and he can't understand why I'm not enthusiastically and happily back to being a little ray of sunshine thinking of long years of happiness together in the future

7:43 pm

hi dawg

7:43 pm

even the most brilliant of men are sometimes kind of simpleminded

7:44 pm

you can say that again!

7:44 pm

7:43 pm Dorens ProfileUnited States even the most brilliant of men are sometimes kind of simpleminded

7:45 pm

LOL Dorens

7:45 pm

*grin*

7:47 pm

May I please have a clue for io6-21? Thanks

7:47 pm

lol dorens, Ata, let him eat cake

7:47 pm

io+ not fig

7:47 pm

my daughter just broke up with her live-in bf.... each is trying to stay out of the other's way... he's going on tour with a friend's band for three weeks... and they're dealing that way until Oct 1 when they each move. not an easy time, but they are on friendly terms for now at least

7:47 pm

with some men, that's as good as it gets. work with all men. psychology is different. for most of them. think of couple of guys having dust up in parking lot over whatever...when fight's done....it's done. move on. frequently become friends...a bonding thing. expect he figures it's done, he apologised, now it's forgotten...quite sure he doesn't want to "talk about it". to him it's history. done and buried.

7:48 pm

but you two are married, and not broken up, at least not now. and in his mind it's all over... good lluck

7:48 pm

I know *sigh*. But when he tells me he doesn't want me in HIS house and quite frightens me, that is NOT done and dusted!

7:48 pm

I knew there was a reason I stayed single . . . eating cookies whenever I want to!!

7:50 pm

very sensible, Judy. and I will be that way soon, I know now. And actually rather looking forwrad to it!

7:50 pm

well, i have to go trudge along on the treadmill for my minimum 30 minutes..... ata... best of luck, and remember that judy and i eat our cookies whenever we want and it is not a bad life at all!

7:51 pm

give me the courage to change the things i can, accept the things i cannot change. and the wisdom to know the difference

7:51 pm

oh, Ata. I hope all works out well for you. {{hugs}}

7:51 pm

lol Dorens! enjoy your cookies :D

7:51 pm

love that quote Kate

7:51 pm

Dorens, we'll have to get together for cookies!

7:52 pm

bit paraphrased...brain cramp

7:52 pm

fa6,33 pls

7:53 pm

it'll be fine, Judy. I have a habit of landing in the right places through my life, even if those places weren't entirely expected!

7:55 pm

ata, all this well-wishing aside. think very long and hard about your future. work for your marriage. work hard. don't give up. divorce is often a recipe for financial disaster for BOTH of you. give all options careful consideration

7:55 pm

May I please have a clue for mo5-18 the 2nd? Thanks

7:55 pm

brb

7:55 pm

add an almost vowel to the mo4

7:55 pm

how you feel during your period

7:56 pm

fa6,33

7:57 pm

I have, for a good while now. Now, I don't want to, and I'm not going to. I've had enough! *stamps feet* :)

7:58 pm

bbin an hour. leverage is on.

8:00 pm

wait, fa6,33

8:00 pm

please

8:01 pm

group of people surrounding a cult tv show / book / music etc

8:01 pm

I dont get it atalante

8:01 pm

tiring work week . . . going to bed early . . . nite all! Happy Babbling. cu tomorrow

8:02 pm

bye Judy!

8:03 pm

bye judy

8:03 pm

stamping feet ata?

Hi everyone? How are we?

8:03 pm

hi red! hi teulu!

8:04 pm

sue, fa is people who follow a celeb. and then the whole group of them, like king***

8:04 pm

hi red

8:04 pm

arggh the z's are killin me

teulu says hi...

8:04 pm

oh and HI ALL btw

8:04 pm

z's all normal words

8:04 pm

zitso

8:04 pm

so close...

8:04 pm

hello everyone again (BRB, 1st BLT was good but small, going back for more! Home grown tomatoes; YUM!

8:04 pm

new word - means im going crazy :))

8:05 pm

red, nef hi

8:05 pm

zitsi

Oh Nef, nothing better than tomatos...

8:05 pm

again, so close

8:05 pm

you like pasta?

8:05 pm

gosh just ignore me some more - the 2 boxes always get me, my cursor is never in the rite one

8:06 pm

i type you all messages in the ADD WORD box too lmao

8:06 pm

lol :P

8:07 pm

woot woot only 1 more z left

Oh yes, I do the same thing.

8:07 pm

mine hopped around a lot too...gremlins

8:08 pm

darn keebler elves

8:08 pm

which one you misdsing? haha, if you knew, it wouldn't be missing

8:09 pm

cookies again?

8:09 pm

the zi5/20 and its a common word huh (the wheels are spinning)

8:10 pm

you have pasta?

8:10 pm

have some more

8:10 pm

yup have the pasta one

8:10 pm

ohhhh! lol

8:10 pm

have many

8:11 pm

in this game i find some of the plurals are already plurals in their common form

8:12 pm

nef....blt's for PB tonight home grown tomatoes and BACON...everyone will want to come

8:12 pm

true, afflicted...er, afflsamed

8:14 pm

lol afflicted is my toon name in world of warcraft. everyone in the guild just calls me AFF, you all can too

8:16 pm

better an "f" than an "s"...aff

8:17 pm

lol definitely

8:17 pm

ata do you have a garden?

8:17 pm

st9 pls, I have the 8

8:18 pm

Hi all. Just popping in to see how everyone's getting on.

8:18 pm

INSERT vowel to plural

8:18 pm

hi Jac!

8:18 pm

brb

8:18 pm

sort of ...

8:18 pm

Ata - (Hugs)

8:18 pm

back, sue, add a latin ending to the 8

8:19 pm

{{{Ata}}}

8:19 pm

?

8:20 pm

hi jac

8:20 pm

Oddly enough st8 was my last word found, not the st9.

8:20 pm

Hi Nef.

hi jac...

8:21 pm

TK, my tomatoes are really good this year! <hoarding them right now; don't wanna share!>

8:21 pm

Hi red.

8:21 pm

I dont get it, I have tummy(first 4), long poem, + vowel

8:21 pm

sue, add a vowel for a latin pl.

8:22 pm

Nef - sometimes we forget that not everyone studied/studies Latin these days.

8:22 pm

pi r squared = *r**

8:22 pm

everyone should!

8:22 pm

greek root actually

8:23 pm

right, should be required in all h.s. english classes

8:23 pm

I have to admit that I was cr*p at Latin, well translating English in to Latin, but I could do vice versa very well. It's been one of the most useful languages I've learned, believe it or not.

8:24 pm

ditto here, ancient greek too

I hate to admit it but I am really really 100% glad I learned Spanish in High school and not Latin. THough my Dad had taught me Latin as a child so alls well there.

8:24 pm

I never studied any language other than English, but I grew up Catholic before Vatican II.

8:24 pm

sorry i never studied it. most helpful in parsing meaning of words

8:24 pm

Ata - I hope you didn't pull away when I hugged you? I was after those cookies you bought the other day. I can make some more if you'd like? They don't last long in our house!

and I cant figure out the nine either.

8:25 pm

red, sue take the st 8 INSERT vowel for pl. ending

8:25 pm

so for those who have not studied Latin, are we talking about an ae ending?

8:25 pm

JAC!!!! HI

8:25 pm

Yes, sue.

8:25 pm

Hi Kate.

8:25 pm

yes sue. but greek this time

8:26 pm

the cookies have long gone! :D oh please do! make more! loads more!

8:26 pm

I tried it and not getting it at the end of the word

It isnt the ae ending...

8:26 pm

(INSERT VOWEL

8:26 pm

do you have the st8, red? the ending of the 9 is (as BR and TK have said: pi r squared == *r*ea

8:26 pm

ea ending

8:26 pm

All I know in greek is how to say "hello, how are you"

8:26 pm

Opps sorry.8R**

8:27 pm

Sorry, Sue, yes Greek ending. I get my languages all furgled up sometimes. LOL

8:27 pm

ea ending for st8

8:27 pm

Oh HECK! Someone ELSE please clue!

8:28 pm

insert vowel for st 9 (pl.)

8:28 pm

urf, those words are hell to clue

8:28 pm

How about Welsh, Sue? 'Diolch yn fawr?' 'Dda iawn, diolch? A chi?'

8:28 pm

*R** rug for ending

8:28 pm

lol jacula

8:28 pm

aaaaaaaaaaaak

8:28 pm

I am happy I am passing English

8:28 pm

Just kidding, Sue, though that is real Cymwraig.

8:29 pm

Got it

Yup, jac, I sang in a Gymanfa chorus...

8:29 pm

YEAH SUE

8:29 pm

lol

lots of unusual sounds in the welsh language...

8:29 pm

4 left

8:29 pm

Ata - e-mail me your address and I will post as many cookies as you want.xx

8:30 pm

welsh is all greek to me

8:30 pm

awwwwwww :) but I really need to go back on my diet now. being in america for a month is hell for eating diet-ly *sigh*

8:31 pm

The Welsh language isn't difficult once you know the alphabet. It only gets difficult when you are taught the 'proper' way to say something and are then told 'but we don't actually say that, we say this...' and ten there's the difference between North and South Welsh language.

8:31 pm

jac can make you lo-cal cookies

8:31 pm

Ata - I can believe that, but a little of what you fancy does you good.

8:31 pm

Kate - I can.

8:32 pm

yes, yes it does. hence the cookies that sparked the whole she-bang the other day!

8:32 pm

red how did you come to sing in welsh chorus?

tell me about it ata, and I live in America all the time!

8:32 pm

Kate - LOL. I think Welsh is the one language that contains no Greek.

8:32 pm

may i have recipe jac?

8:32 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:33 pm

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

8:33 pm

amen sister jac!

Oddly Trader it was in oregon, they had flyers up for it, so I joined up, it was really great!

8:33 pm

hi min

hi minver

8:33 pm

Ata - I know about that. I mentioned it to reassure you that it's him with the problem, not you.

8:33 pm

Hi Min.

8:34 pm

it really is. stupid man!

8:34 pm

not the sort of thing you expect to stumble on in oregon....

Shall we commence the man bashing?

No, Kate, but in a University town all sorts of odd things crop up...I suppose.

8:34 pm

Don't let me stay here too late, you lot, 'Cos I have to be out by 3 mins past 12 (noon) to take Stepdaughter to get her school uniform ready for the new school year on 7th Sept.

8:34 pm

let's give it a rest...tell me about your gardens

I have no garden. someone has to have one though.

8:35 pm

fa6,33?

8:35 pm

oh, happy days are here again...the kids are back in school again....happy days are here again

8:35 pm

30 mins past 12, I meant. My error this time, can't blame it on a dirty keyboard 'cos Beloved took the whole thing apart on Saturday morning and de-ashed and de-crumbed it.

8:36 pm

May I please have a clue for ea5-10? Thanks

8:36 pm

and thououghly berated you for being the cause of his travails...

8:36 pm

fa6/33 - the realm the adorers of famous people live in?

8:36 pm

NM...found it.

8:36 pm

ea5, after you ate it

8:37 pm

ea 5/10: Have you already ea*** dinner gapeach1066

8:37 pm

Thanks, sue.

8:37 pm

Hello gapeach1066!How are you? Welcome to the grid

8:37 pm

No , Kate - he'd ashed and crumbed the keyboard as much as I had.

8:37 pm

glad he owned up to his share of keyboard fiasco

8:38 pm

peach, hi

8:38 pm

Jac, can you spell it out

8:38 pm

Hey there, Minveryork. I'm OK today....trust you are well?

8:38 pm

Hello, TraderKate.

8:38 pm

I am well but tired. Babysat niece and nephew all day

8:38 pm

Kate - I've no need to manbash Beloved. He's the guy I found a decade after I'd sworn I'd never be bitten again after my marriage.

8:39 pm

Sue - spell what out?

8:39 pm

peachy how many more for you?

8:39 pm

Min - how old are they?

8:39 pm

fa6

8:39 pm

hiya minveryork

8:40 pm

he really sounds like a keeper jac. have noticed you extolling his virtues previously

hi peach.

8:40 pm

6 TraderKate.

fa6/33 please?

8:40 pm

8:36 for fa 6

8:40 pm

fa* (someone who follows something or someone) + first 3 letters of what's on the top of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, UK.

8:41 pm

Hey there, red. How are you this evening?

8:41 pm

Go gapeach1066 go!

better now that I am no longer working, and you?

8:41 pm

Kate - he is a keeper, though he hit the 40 mark last January and men do go 'a bit odd' then. Fingers crossed, hoping for the best.

8:42 pm

My niece is in 4th grade & my nephew is in 2nd grade

8:42 pm

yahoooooooo fireworks and bedtime

8:42 pm

a bit odd. lmao. yep

8:42 pm

I'm doing OK today. Thanks for asking.

8:42 pm

Min - no idea what age that makes them. Sorry!

could I have a cue for the 7 even the first two letters?

8:42 pm

Congratulations suefrad625 on fireworks! Way to go

8:43 pm

Goodbye suefrad 625! I'll see you tomorrow in the log

8:43 pm

ca7/32

Minvers kidds are 9 and 7 respectively.

8:43 pm

Ata - in some cases, 'VERY ODD'. My ex included.

8:43 pm

excellent sue

ty and that is fireworks for me!

8:43 pm

yaaaaa nonnie

8:43 pm

Congratulations NonnieLight on fireworks!Way to go

8:43 pm

Well done, Nonnie.

8:44 pm

Thanks Red for the age info.

Thank you very much! I had wonderful help :o)

thanks ata, now off to figure it out.

8:44 pm

Mine are 25, 22 and 14.

8:44 pm

it's a vaguely normal word, red

8:44 pm

red do you have ca 6 / 21 it's the pl.

8:45 pm

Hello all. Latin course is finished. I'm no expert but have time for babble and great to see so many frineds on board.

8:45 pm

A ca 7/32 word is ca 6/21 word plus a vowel Atalante

Nope no 6 either. I dont have list so hmmm.

8:45 pm

arggg ok an 4/4 means each tile is worth 1 point, correct?

8:45 pm

think mexican/spanish refreshment stand?

8:45 pm

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

8:46 pm

ca6/21 = ca + a number + a vowel. ca7 adds another vowel at the end.

8:46 pm

what feline ears should becalled :P

taco van?

8:46 pm

Hi stidgmere.

8:46 pm

that's it red

8:46 pm

yes, aff

8:46 pm

ca 6/21 is ca + anagram of Mr. Hawthorne nickname.

8:46 pm

lol

8:46 pm

Thank you Minveryork, I'm fine and feeling frisky without homework.

8:46 pm

Ata - LOL! Good clue.

but but but, tack van doesnt fit!

8:47 pm

hammer and tongs should be allowed tools for this game

oops taco. but I got the other words thanks all.

8:47 pm

Stidgmere - frisky? Is that something you want our daughter to read on here? LOL

8:47 pm

lol, I'm glad someone understood, Jac!

8:47 pm

Your daughter, I meant.

Frisky jac,,, not risque!

8:47 pm

<drives pencil point deep into forehead, quits game>

8:48 pm

You can't imagine how many times I've missed the 'y' off that work and worried people. LOL

8:48 pm

aff don't quit

8:48 pm

afflamed - as a WoW afficianado, you should be used to quick moves and slow plotting.

8:48 pm

Goodbye afflamed!I will see you tomorrow in the chat

8:48 pm

what do you need

8:48 pm

go go aff! it gets easier, I promise

8:49 pm

Aff - you CAN do it.

8:49 pm

lol i swear Ive forced into play every 1 point tile combo possible with AN being first of 4 tiles

8:49 pm

did she poof ?

Ok people, I must go to bed. 29 left, Ohwell, work gets in the way.

8:49 pm

May I please have a clue for te6-18? Thanks

8:50 pm

aff, don't think you have to get all the words all of the time it is a sign of strength to let some just go. And frisky is NOT a bad thing.

8:50 pm

Sweet dreams, red.

8:50 pm

an 4 / 4 against

8:50 pm

aff; go the OTHER direction

8:50 pm

'Night red.

8:50 pm

te 6 renter

8:51 pm

gn red sleep well

8:51 pm

Many thanks, TraderKate.

8:51 pm

stidgmere, I didn't day frisky was bad, but I just had a vision of you chasing the gardener around the lawn. LOL

8:51 pm

the other direction (left) is all N's? like annn

8:51 pm

The te6/18 word is someone who rents gapeach1066

8:52 pm

Thanks, Min.

8:52 pm

Gardener? Hmm do we have one? No. That would be my husband.

8:52 pm

how many peachy?

8:52 pm

yw

8:52 pm

an4 (against) = an* (small pest) + a vowel, afflamed.

8:53 pm

Stidgmere - even better! LOL

8:53 pm

very well clued jac! clear and concise

8:53 pm

Stig - so long as he isn't runing away in fear of his wallet being emptied.

8:53 pm

Thank you for the an word. I was flailing.

8:53 pm

oh my ever loving jesus. how obvious was that? <--retard

8:54 pm

i dont know why i couldnt see the jump diagonal

8:54 pm

Wallet been emptied long ago. We are trying to spend it all before it disappears through no fault of our own. We want it to be our fault that we're broke.

8:54 pm

the obvious can be the most elusive...#%@*%%!

8:54 pm

3 left, TraderKate.

8:54 pm

When I kissed my Other Half 'for being a lovely man' the other night, his hand went to his pocket to cover his wallet and he looked worried at what was simply a loving gesture after I'd read some bad stories about men on the chog here.

8:54 pm

which ones?

8:55 pm

i am sure it has been clued but i don't know when. any help on the 8 and 9 - letter words?

8:55 pm

Well, there are still a few good men but I have mine and don't want anyone elses.

8:55 pm

LOL@ JACULA

8:55 pm

it's nice that you appreciate what you have jac

8:56 pm

do5-14 and io6-21.

8:56 pm

that's the bugaboo today steph...

8:56 pm

stidgmere - is that because of 'care home' rules like here in UK? They'll take your house to pay for care and if they can 'prove' that you gave everything away to your kids to avoid paying care fees, they'll try to claw it back?

8:56 pm

I just ended my 2nd marriage (20 years) and can assure you a good man is a rare thing

8:56 pm

do 5/14 italian sweets

8:56 pm

That io6/21 word is io plus da 4/5 word gapeach1066

8:57 pm

Thanks Min and TraderKate.

8:57 pm

still looking (not very hard) aff. never found one

8:58 pm

afflamed - Oh, so sorry to hear that. I still haven't got over first 20-year marriage ending.:(

8:58 pm

steph thinking of clue

8:58 pm

yw

8:58 pm

TraderKate, don't know Italian sweets. Tanks anyway.

8:58 pm

appreciate it

8:59 pm

Crap...Thanks anyway.

8:59 pm

Hello Stephanaki! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

8:59 pm

thanks!

8:59 pm

actually im ok with it. the x had bipolar disorder and i just became overwhelmed with the disease - his behavior was out of control

8:59 pm

st 8 & 9 s + *** cat + short word for poem + vowel

8:59 pm

st8 + st + 'not a rocker but one of the others that fought on Brighton Beach in 60s' + first vowel, then 2nd, then first again.

9:00 pm

bipolar is not easy to deal with for anyone

9:00 pm

it's greek the 9 is the pl. INSERT vowel at end for pl.

9:00 pm

Autism is also dificult to deal with in a partner.

9:01 pm

how did you manage to cope aff? that's awful!

9:01 pm

i believe Ive found the right one this time. we were friends for 2 years before we became interested seriously - and i think thats really the way to do it

9:01 pm

Aff - how long did your 1st marriage last?

9:01 pm

a little asperger's isn't too bad....makes life interestin

9:02 pm

folic is an adj in chemistry

9:02 pm

WOW! Those clues worked. Was tough. Would have never got it on my own. thank you.

9:02 pm

my first marriage was 10 years - his alcoholism did me in

9:02 pm

Aff - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Never give up on finding the one.

9:02 pm

agree dc...should be allowed. also as acid supplement

9:03 pm

my second husband wasnt diagnosed till 3 years ago, all those years i just thot he was a split personality - sometimes great sometimes horrid

9:03 pm

my current BF is a dear dear man. Hes really special

9:03 pm

Sean, I wonder why it won't take that? Folic acid is in prenatal vitamins

9:03 pm

Trouble with many women (myself included and now I see my daughter doing it) is that we often look to men who 'need us'. Thing is... need I say more?

9:03 pm

mental health care and stuff in Astoria area *sucks*

9:03 pm

May I please have a clue for do5-14? Thanks

9:04 pm

And, oftimes, when you HAVE 'sorted them' out, they don't want you any more.

9:04 pm

oh man no kiddin, theres a lady here in town that runs a support group thats great but shes personally funded, no assistance from state

9:04 pm

A harsh lesson to learn.

9:04 pm

DO NOT TRY TO PROBE THE MIND OF DR_GOD. you could bring a plague of locusts upon us

9:04 pm

italian sweets peach

9:04 pm

lol, when hes healthy he wants me, when hes sick hes off the charts with partying and womanizing. Id had enuf

9:04 pm

I think there was a movie La Vita do***.

9:05 pm

one of my friends went to Columbia Memorial a few weeks ago telling them he was homicidal and suicidal. They sent him home with an ativan

9:05 pm

canadian tv show too stidg

9:05 pm

or la Do*** Vita, stidg?

9:05 pm

Don't know Italian sweets, TraderKate, but thanks anyway.

9:05 pm

oh my lord. 1 ativan wont do anything

9:05 pm

tell me about it! It was SO stupid.

9:05 pm

ata, that's scary

9:06 pm

columbia mem hosp is by far the WORST hosp Ive ever encountered

9:06 pm

For do5 - put a different vowel on the end of the word stigm just clued.

9:06 pm

will parse out...

9:06 pm

A do5/14 is uses five letters of word meaning readily trained or taught; teachable gapeach1066.

9:06 pm

they have more situations of mistakes ever

9:06 pm

it's awful. a good friend works there and she hates it too

9:06 pm

if u ever are taken there just remember - REFER TO PORTLAND lol

9:07 pm

ohhhh yes

9:07 pm

uk unemployment benefits...on the ***E + italian hello **aio

9:07 pm

they did a xray of me so i cud take on a referal to a portland dr, the tech got my left and right side mixed up ;-//

9:08 pm

oh dear. wow.

9:08 pm

ya. ouch

9:08 pm

fortunately the area i wish to move to in maryland is very well serviced medically

9:08 pm

D's done! 5 left

9:09 pm

go min!

9:09 pm

and it's so inefficient. the staff can't wheel patients between buildings, they have to get an ambulance to come to the front doors and drive them between the buildings

9:09 pm

Thanks, Stidgmere, Jacula and Min.

9:09 pm

my BF is on his way home so im going to make him help me in babble lol

9:09 pm

yw

9:09 pm

Well that does it for this one. Thanks to all of "my peeps". See y'all at the flip.

9:09 pm

Anyway, aff, have you been sucked into the chog community totally or are you still looking for grid words? LOL. I take it someone did trot out the usual addiction warning when you entered this site? *grins*

9:10 pm

yw

9:10 pm

'Nigh Gap.

9:10 pm

my daughter flipped on her atv and i had her immediately air vac'd to emmanuel in portland

9:10 pm

Go Min! I have 8 left myself!

9:10 pm

Go Nef go!

9:10 pm

omg yes

9:10 pm

hahaha my BF is brilliant brilliant so i have a walking dictionary to help me teehee

9:10 pm

finished peach?

9:11 pm

go nef

9:11 pm

You have more than a few walking dictionaries to help you here also, afflamed.

9:11 pm

Yes, TraderKate, thanks for your help.

9:12 pm

congrats peach, see ya tomorrow

9:12 pm

*is learnign to be a walking dictionary*

9:12 pm

Anyway, how did you know what my kids' nickname for me was, afflamed?

9:12 pm

lol'

9:12 pm

Ata - I thought you were first a foremost(ly) a dog walker?

9:13 pm

I need the do5/14 and do5/16 please anyone?

9:13 pm

Ive always felt very confidant with my intelligence - till i met my BF, my god hes so bright. Im very proud of him lol

9:13 pm

Ata's photostream is fantastic. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet, do take a look.

9:13 pm

true, true. can I be both? not sure

9:13 pm

nice aspirational job...

9:13 pm

went and looked, got lost

9:14 pm

clues for the first fa5 pls?

9:14 pm

do5.14 is the first 4 letters of a former shoe chain (Italian, I think).

9:15 pm

do5.16 is a grand old (rich) lady.

9:15 pm

do 5/16 = do + japanese dollar

9:15 pm

it's all jumbled up at the moment, I need to reorder it. I did a huge great big photo dump when I left the US

9:15 pm

Thanks Jacula and gortmold. Appreciate your help.

9:15 pm

fa 5 / 16 first part of what tinkerbelle is + slang for no

9:16 pm

Sorry - the shoe company name was a UK barrow man and the pinched the name off a swiss sock.

9:16 pm

fa 5/16: 1st three letters of old fashioned Tinkerbell spelling plus **t King Cole gortmold & hi! How are you?

9:16 pm

Hello BettyAnne!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

9:17 pm

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworks! Hooray!

9:17 pm

Hi Minveryork. Thanks for the welcome. I am now finished so I will say good night everyone.

9:17 pm

thanks tra and min, champion cluers both

9:17 pm

Goodnight BettyAnne.

9:17 pm

just a newbie

9:18 pm

min's great at clues

9:18 pm

Goodbye BettyAnne!I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:18 pm

stid, not getting anywhere with that non-beach rocker st clue, got any others up your sleeve?

9:18 pm

congrats betty

9:18 pm

Ata - so many fantastic pics. I wish I had the camera to do mine half as well.

9:18 pm

Thanks TraderKate! I think some would beg to differ.

9:19 pm

seen your clues, always excellent

9:19 pm

4 left, M's and D's wouldn't you know?

9:19 pm

I stole evil husband's camera when I went to Astoria. Hence decent pictures!

9:19 pm

gort what are you looking for?

9:19 pm

LOL, Ata.

9:20 pm

the st 8 and 9 and the fa6 pls trad

9:20 pm

ok

9:20 pm

well, better pics :P

9:21 pm

st 8 & 9 most requested done about 1/h hr. ago

9:21 pm

I'm monkey ing th st 9 and 8 also and could use a clue or two.

9:21 pm

yes i know, but if i access the chog archives, my computer freezes

9:22 pm

2 left; D's demolished!

9:22 pm

st 8 s+ *** cat + short word for poem + vowel

9:22 pm

fa6 = fa* (follower of a rock star/famous person) + first 3 letters of the rounded top on St. Paul's catherdral in London, UK. (Designed by Sir Chirsopher Wren)

9:22 pm

Or even Christopher.

9:22 pm

fa 6/30 is past tense of what one might have if they do not have air conditioning. st 8/50 is s + *** Cruise plus od 4/5 word gortmold. Don't have st9 word yet.

9:22 pm

the st 9 is the pl. greek, INSERT vowel at end to pl.

9:22 pm

st8/9 first half of tummy + long poem + vowel, that's the 8.

9:23 pm

what min said...

9:23 pm

gort - the best way, believe it or not, to access the chog archives is to do it through Internet Explorer. Firefox always has a hissy fit over doing it

9:23 pm

Thank you minver for the st 8

9:23 pm

Wheee - fireworks!

9:24 pm

I'd never play Babble in IE, but if I want to check back on the archives...

9:24 pm

hissy fit?

9:24 pm

i use explorer, but my puter is struggling old dottard who just can't cope with any extras

9:24 pm

woo woo jb

9:24 pm

whoooo hooooo JB!!

9:24 pm

Congratulations JBsAnno on fireworks! Good for you!

9:24 pm

Kate - it has a tantrum (hissy fit).

9:24 pm

english for tantrum

9:24 pm

Hey, lb!! Hi, Minver! Hey, TKate, I'm back!! (finally)

9:24 pm

I've always used Internet Explorer with no problems.

9:24 pm

dawg came back!

9:25 pm

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

9:25 pm

If Herin's correct - the Aussie term for that is 'pissy'.

9:25 pm

it's nice to see you, JB!! yeah, TK, can't get rid of me for too long! lol

9:25 pm

english for tantrum: itching for a spanking?

9:25 pm

yes, just didn't realize they happened in cyberspace

9:25 pm

Hi lbd.

9:25 pm

Hi Min, i'm doing well, how about yourself?

9:25 pm

I flip flop between IE and Firefox, and iPod Touch wireless at work. They block Babble site on desktop, but not on wireless, so I can play on breaks.

9:25 pm

What a nice group to help but I'm prying myself from the keyboard and wandering upstairs. Best wishes to all.

9:26 pm

night night, stidgmere

9:26 pm

Hi jac

9:26 pm

nite stidge

9:26 pm

Goodbye stidgmere!I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:26 pm

I am well lbdawger.Had a busy day of babysitting kids

9:26 pm

leaving so soon? flip's only 2 1/2 hrs. away...<snicker>

9:26 pm

Hope you didn't lose any skin in the prying off, stidgmere. Sleep well.

9:27 pm

Night, stidmere! I'm heading off to bed, too, Babble gang, hope all finish well! *poof*

9:27 pm

ahhh, school starting up all over the place. YEAH!!!

9:27 pm

gn you 2

9:27 pm

Hi and bye JBs.

9:27 pm

night night, JB!!

9:28 pm

my bedtime will be here in about a half hour. been busy trying to find stuff for an application i'm filling out. job closes friday.

9:28 pm

Goodbye JBsAnno! I will see you tomorrow in the chat

9:28 pm

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN....THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AGAIN...HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!!

9:28 pm

deta

9:29 pm

thanks trad and min, got my sts and my fireworks, off to do stuff

9:29 pm

what you appling for?

9:29 pm

Congratulations gortmold on fireworks! Good for you

9:29 pm

sts?

9:29 pm

Kate - but I used to enjoy my kids being at home and here with their friends...

9:29 pm

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

9:29 pm

Finally! Firewords!

9:30 pm

then they became teens?

9:30 pm

I never understood the thinking of the mothers who wanted their kids gone.

9:30 pm

office assistant for the dmv.

9:30 pm

whooooo hoooooo NEF!!!

9:30 pm

NEFFIE!!!!! WTG

9:30 pm

Congratulations NEF on your fireworks! Good for you

9:30 pm

whooooo hoooooo GORT!!!

9:30 pm

i need another word for competent

9:30 pm

I mean, why have children if you don't enjoy their company?

9:31 pm

sounds good. secure, benefits, leave the job behind at end of day.....

9:31 pm

able?

9:31 pm

able

9:31 pm

yup, and it's working for the state so, state bennies!

9:31 pm

'well versed in the..... of'

9:32 pm

sometimes even the best parents need a break

9:32 pm

trying to describe my skill level for access and excell. i'm okay, not excellent

9:32 pm

Well done NEF.

9:32 pm

art?

9:32 pm

capable?

9:32 pm

CONVERSANT

9:33 pm

Good one, Kate.

9:33 pm

zoysia

9:33 pm

ty, jac

9:34 pm

competent...plays well wih others

9:34 pm

sounds like food dc

9:34 pm

S's stomped! 2 left

9:34 pm

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

9:34 pm

not according to the shirt i'm wearing...says "doesn't play well with others!" lol

9:34 pm

stomp stomp stomp

9:34 pm

awwmmmmm

9:34 pm

hi shoo

9:35 pm

hey, that's my shirt!

9:35 pm

hi

9:35 pm

Thanks, everybody. I had wandered off to eat some grapes (from the garden, also). I will put several baskets of grapes in the PB, they are white table grapes that can be used for wine; but we will use them for jelly and juice

9:35 pm

What's grass got to do with, dcs? Sung in Tina Turner tones. LOL

9:35 pm

min what next?

9:35 pm

ty nef...you're so kind

9:35 pm

they were mowing along the roads on the way home.

9:36 pm

*Snaffles Nef's grapes and puts them in her freezer for future use* My vines aren't old enough to fruit yet.

9:36 pm

how's it going, shoo?

9:36 pm

any one who can talk to her sister and keep her from messing up on the computer is very competent and patient to me!!

9:37 pm

got a huge headache tonight...

9:37 pm

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

9:37 pm

you FREEZE grapes, Jac? I never thought that would wok

9:37 pm

too bad i can't use you for a work reference

9:37 pm

It does, Nef.

9:37 pm

don't they explode?

9:37 pm

yeah

9:37 pm

sorry about the headache. stress, heat?

9:37 pm

(DARN!! That reminds me I'd better freeze the chicken I cooked before our dtr gets home! BRB!)

9:37 pm

You can do it with most soft fruits, including blueberries.

9:37 pm

okay if you're makin' jelly i guess

9:37 pm

ooh, frozen grapes are yummy, especially on a hot day

9:38 pm

frozen grapes are yummy

9:38 pm

Strawberries don't respond that well, end up mushy like tinned ones.

9:38 pm

I freeze grapes that have been left too long in the bowl and they plump up nicely and taste good and cold when frozen

9:38 pm

toss them in a glass of wine, soda or juice, yummy

9:39 pm

i lived in a house for a while where grapes left in a basket in the kitchen pass-through became raisins. yummy yummy fresh raisins

9:39 pm

I'd better give you lot my fresh fruit salad recipe soon, I guess.

9:39 pm

mmmm frozen grapes

9:39 pm

frozen grapes are for making ice wine with..any othe r use is unacceptable

9:39 pm

ANyone who reads my private blog will a;aready know it.

9:39 pm

good idea dawg

9:39 pm

well if it is private why would I read it??

9:40 pm

I liked conversant lbd

9:40 pm

Kaye - grape jelly is wonderful, you make it with your favourite wine and then add fruit and cream.

9:40 pm

gotta go lbd....good luck on filling out the app. night night

9:40 pm

bye shoo

9:40 pm

night night, hope the headache goes away soon. love ya.

9:40 pm

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

9:40 pm

hi min

9:40 pm

What are you doing up at this ungodly hour, Jacula? Shame on you!!! ;)

9:41 pm

Hello J.C.! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

9:41 pm

when i come over the pond, i'm definitely hoping for an invite...<big smiley face>

9:41 pm

*looking at the J.C. kettle*

9:41 pm

you should talk, JC

9:41 pm

Goodbye shooshoo! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:41 pm

hi everyone - my kids used to love frozen grapes - round popcicles

9:41 pm

jmc - some people on here do read my blog, which is why I said that. I had to make it private after a local hospital DJ picke up on something in my blog and had a go at my daughter about it.

9:41 pm

she keeps ours much like yours, JC, and always has in the time i've been acquainted with her

9:41 pm

brb

9:41 pm

DJ?

9:42 pm

hi Luw

9:42 pm

hi luw

9:42 pm

TK are you still braising those ribs?

9:42 pm

quick babble between writing letters back to my students

9:42 pm

Hi, J>C> I could ask you the same question! Incidentaly, I read you funny old world article in this week's WW about vacuum cleaners.

9:43 pm

braised ribs?----ymu!!!!

9:43 pm

I see, I see, Séain . . .

9:43 pm

Oh yes, Jacula? :P

9:43 pm

Kate - you can come here for a meal any time.

9:43 pm

Jac what is a DJ? (besides a disk jockey)

9:43 pm

Check your e-mail by the way, Séain and Jacula . . .

9:44 pm

You might have a good laugh! ;)

9:44 pm

And yes, lbdawger - I should talk, which is why I did. ;)

9:44 pm

disgusting jerk, dirty jack***, dimpled juju?

9:44 pm

OH, I've added more photos of my pets to the stream at the link in my bio, now . . .

9:44 pm

she meant disc jockey I think

9:44 pm

i did, and loved the hamsters!

9:44 pm

jmc - I was talking about a disc jockey in that instance.

9:45 pm

Okay J.C. Will go and look.

9:45 pm

Those are guinea pigs, Séain . . .

9:45 pm

yes dawg, just went to stir them lovingly. they're starting to fall apart now...getting very tender. soon will be time to reduce liquid to wonderful sauce

9:45 pm

a hospital disc jockey???

9:45 pm

I used to keep guinea pigs, as a boy . . .

9:45 pm

Hence my 'angels'. :P

9:46 pm

Discos in hospitals now? :P

9:46 pm

Boogie on down . . .

9:46 pm

lol at poster child, JC

9:46 pm

trader you are making me hungry and I just came back from a lovely dinner

9:46 pm

J>C> surely you remember bieing interviewed by WW? If not, then I know the column is a sham, since they knew you were in Edinburgh and must've looked it up to make the column seem current otherwise.

9:46 pm

HAHAHA - recognise him, lbdawger? ;)

9:46 pm

yep, on hospital radio

9:47 pm

hamsters and guinea pigs are almost indistinguishable to me, but noted :)

9:47 pm

oh yes, JC. striking!

9:47 pm

Back again. Now Jac, please tell me how you freeze your grapes

9:47 pm

Did I say I didn't? :P

9:47 pm

how odd (to me) -- why on earth would he attack our daughter??

9:47 pm

jmc - Hospital Radio - have you never heard of it? This partcular DJ has delusions of granduer.

9:47 pm

jmc how wad your dinner? what did you have?

9:47 pm

figures, the wines of NZ tasting is while i'm at work :/

9:48 pm

Erm, Séain - there is quite a difference between the two, not only in size, but shape, type of fur (texture), etc.

9:48 pm

I had gazpacho and a lovely blue cheese burger

9:48 pm

shooshoo brought home a guinea pig from elementary school, to take care of it over the summer, we had that rodent for forever! she died when shoo was in High school.

9:48 pm

never heard of hospital radio -- maybe it's british

9:48 pm

mmmm... gazpacho

9:48 pm

yummy on a summer evening, jmc...beverage?

9:48 pm

Yes, they can live several years, lbdawger . . .

9:48 pm

i'm sure there is, but i still have trouble telling them apart mostly, JC

9:48 pm

lots of water and a glass of chardonny

9:49 pm

like some can't tell seals from sea lions

9:49 pm

Hmmm, Séain . . . I don't know about you, then! ;)

9:49 pm

must be, it's like community radio for the poor people bored in hospital beds

9:49 pm

she was a good rodent, except for screeching everytime the fridge door opened. hard to raid the larder with her around

9:49 pm

you mean lots of chardonnay and a glass of water, don't you, jmc?

9:49 pm

You should go look at some, some time - you'd see why.

9:49 pm

it was quite goo gazpacho even though it looked like Campbells Cream of tomato

9:49 pm

ick jmc. member of abc club

9:49 pm

i kept rats for years

9:49 pm

not tonight dc lol I wasn't paying so I showed restraint

9:50 pm

Didn't really matter in the end about the DJ, since most of the 'kids' he was addresing and trying to whip up into a frenzy about 'some woman who didn't even know the dead boy' was talking about it on the internet are friends of my kids and so know me. As I've said before, though I did not know the lad in person, I had has best friend breaking his heart here in my house.

9:50 pm

should gaz. be that thick?

9:50 pm

ergh, rats! college roommate had one. it insisted on napping on my bed pillows! YUCK

9:50 pm

Oh, probably because she expected treats, lbdawger. I had one that used to start squealing excitedly at that, because one of us would usually bring out some vegetables, and cut up treats for them . . . they are quite intelligent little creatures, and figure these things out.

9:50 pm

how awful, jac :(

9:51 pm

are you asking trader? no i am not

9:51 pm

dawg! don't you like disease bearing flea- ridden rodents?

9:51 pm

i kept my caged but for supervised play time. all the better to taunt the cats with :)

9:51 pm

I have seen gazpacho a number of different ways including with chunks of bread in it

9:52 pm

TK, NO!!!

9:52 pm

sad story jac

9:52 pm

Guinea pigs LOVE fresh melon and you'll never hear them squeal more excitedly than when they smell that coming.

9:52 pm

only had it once. it was more of a thin broth with the veg. bits in it

9:52 pm

gazpacho varies by family/region/ingredients in terms of flavor, texture, and piquancy

9:52 pm

love gazpacho, so easy to make. the one with bread in it is a take on putanesca (sp)

9:53 pm

most pet rats are small and cute -- but I still don't like them

9:53 pm

Oh yes, Jacula . . .

9:53 pm

in spain, i learned that gazpacho should be thin enough to drink from a glass. Mexican is thicker and chunkier.

9:53 pm

roomy's rat was clean, i just didn't and still don't think of rats as pets.

9:53 pm

it is my favorite summer dish except for a vegetable supper -- a southern tradition

9:53 pm

does your g. pig make that funny chirpy purr?

9:53 pm

They often look diappointed when apple arrives, don't they J..?

9:54 pm

I used to gazpacho bloody marys

9:54 pm

Mine used to, yes Kate - they all do.

9:54 pm

and groundsel. my guinea pig adored groundsel

9:54 pm

thank you for gaz. clarity, dc...

9:54 pm

my "broth" is like a virgin bloody mary. very spicy, then add all the chunks of veggies.

9:54 pm

lbd,did you know that rats have very poor bladder control?

9:54 pm

grondsel?

9:54 pm

G/pigs have a whole language, Kate. You learn to interpert it all when you've had them around for mas many years as I have.

9:54 pm

groundsel?

9:55 pm

yuck, NEF!! i'm so glad college years and memories are so far in the past!!!

9:55 pm

my home gazpacho is made with chunks of my homegrown organic tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers and basil, parsley and balsamic vinegar and olive oil

9:55 pm

I thought that would really help! ;-)

9:55 pm

Ata - I've never tried giving them that. It''s the one weed tha t hasn't appeared in my present garden.

9:55 pm

um, it's this yellow flowered weed thing!

9:56 pm

only knew one g. pig in passing many yuears ago. they do seem nice

9:56 pm

my guinea used to literally climb the walls of her hutch to get to groundsel

9:56 pm

ANyone know if 'bitter vress' is okay for g/pigs? Got lots of that at the moment.

9:56 pm

what IS groundsel?

9:56 pm

google images makes groundsel look like dandylions

9:56 pm

i use tomato, cucumber, garlic, basil, olive oil, and a splash of sherry vinaigre

9:56 pm

yummy dc

9:56 pm

it turns out having a liquidy base with very small chunks of goodness

9:57 pm

*smack* how could I have forgotten the garlic

9:57 pm

i toss in zuccini along with all you listed, dc

9:57 pm

brb

9:57 pm

well I need to go pack all the zucchini I grated for the freezer

9:57 pm

lbd, that's what I was wondering: is groundsel the same as dandylions?

9:57 pm

must go, early morning again. see you all tomorrow!

9:58 pm

I don't like zuke in my gaspacho

9:58 pm

Nef - a form of stonecrop. I would give you a pic to refer to butthe pics on the net could be confused with ragowrt, which is very poisonous/

9:58 pm

bye lbd

9:58 pm

Nef, that's what the pictures look like, at least for the US variety.

9:58 pm

what is stonecrop?

9:58 pm

i shall have to do some googling :)

9:58 pm

bye all see you later! *waves*

9:58 pm

'Bye lbd.

9:58 pm

night night everyone! *poof*

9:58 pm

I noticed that, lbd. That's why I asked in the first place.

9:59 pm

nite dawg

9:59 pm

g'night dawg

9:59 pm

Nite, lbd!

9:59 pm

bye jmc

10:00 pm

stonecrop is a type of sedum

10:00 pm

not the same as dandelions, the flowers are much smaller and they have several flowers per stem. but the same basic idea, yep

10:01 pm

J.C, - just got the pic you e-mailed, Is that you?

10:02 pm

jac isn't it 4 or 5 a.m. there?

10:02 pm

4am ish

10:02 pm

Nothing like dandelions realy are they, Ata? Can you find some on your next walk to photograph correctlyu?

10:02 pm

4.02am

10:02 pm

Kate, I don't think Jac sleeps; she's here late most evenings

10:03 pm

ouch! are you all bonkers?

10:03 pm

or insomniacs?

10:03 pm

I *think* I might have a pic, let me look

10:03 pm

Kate - you're quite right - Myself, Ata and J.C. are all vampires. So watch out!

10:03 pm

jac seems to be going 24/7

10:04 pm

here: http://tinyurl.com/kvedja

10:04 pm

No Kate - I'm not there in the daylight hours (heh, heh) Check the archives.

10:05 pm

i had to scramble for my coffin this morning. the rays of ra were creeping steadily toward me, trying to obliterate me

10:05 pm

yes, no jacula mid-morning through aternoons, EST

10:06 pm

Ata - great pic. That's the one. Well done.

10:06 pm

that's why i haven't seen you much...just missing you i guess

10:06 pm

however, although Jacula isn't here, jacq IS! Maybe that's why you are confused, Kate

10:07 pm

No Nef - jacq isn't the same person as me.

10:07 pm

oh, that stuff grows in the West, but i've never seen it here in the East. We wondered at it in Oregon last summer, we'd never sen it

10:07 pm

actually, sometimes confuse jai and jac...difficult when no face to match to name. and icons keep changing

10:08 pm

oh, Jac, I know that; but she was here today and so was Kate. I thought maybe that was why Kate thought you were here 24/7

10:08 pm

If you check back long enough in the archives you will see us there together. I know she often sounds and reads like me, but it isn't me. She's from Scotland.

10:08 pm

Well my face in on my icon right now (on the left).

10:08 pm

she's not as - opinionated - as our dear Jac :P

10:09 pm

see you with who jac?

10:09 pm

ata

10:09 pm

10:09 pm

Ata - I'm the Queen of Non-PC.

10:09 pm

*grin*

10:09 pm

i'm soooooooooooo confused...

10:09 pm

Jac and jacq

10:10 pm

love non-pc

10:10 pm

ok thanks nef....

10:10 pm

I NEED A SCORECARD TO IDENTIFY PLAYERS

10:13 pm

must get out tweezers and finish husking corn...slightly o/c...must remove all cornsilk....back soon

10:14 pm

*grins back at Ata. Rule Birttania, and rule all our anestors fought for - a country where we could be free to say wht we want, be friends with whomever we choose - whatever colour, creed or religion any of us might be. And let us also be free to have fruit falling on our heads from the trees above, to fall into a canal or a hole without some bloke in Whitehall giviing us guidelines. Do you know that Wirral Council are now running s scheme to teach people how to catch a bus, work out which bus to get to go where and then awarding them a certificate for the achievement. And, no, this scheme is not for the mentally disabled or those with poor english but for teenagers in the main.

10:14 pm

oh my ...

10:15 pm

Big sigh, Ata?

10:15 pm

<chokes on gin & gatorade> * almost spits it out*!!!

10:16 pm

big big sigh

10:17 pm

gotta love the government. they all come up with some pretty hare-brained schemes....here too

10:17 pm

*Joins Ata in big sigh* Sorry if an unexpected tornado blasts any of you 'over The Pond'.

10:18 pm

we had 5 confirmed here last week during big heat...extremely unusual...not exactly tornado alley here

10:19 pm

So eloquent, except freedom of speech does not govern a private site like this one ... Dr_God is the arbiter here.

10:19 pm

Kate - don't love the Government, 'cos it's OUR money they're spending on these hair-brained things.

10:19 pm

2 just north of here 1/2 way between crosshair and me

10:19 pm

BRvb's back!

10:20 pm

Hi BR. But Dr_God isn't a dictator unless forced to be.

10:20 pm

Did not say he was

10:20 pm

they do like to spend the cash don't they?

10:21 pm

No, I suppose you didn't, BR. But he is the arbiter in the end.

10:21 pm

has he actually had to bar anyone?

10:21 pm

all the time

10:22 pm

he's booted some trolls in the past

10:22 pm

I suppose that what I was trying to say, BR, is that he's set this site up ut isn't watching it 24/7 and so he can only go on what he's told when it comes to zapping.

10:22 pm

which link is the dictionary?

10:22 pm

really...have to mind my p's and q's then

10:22 pm

Enable, aff

10:22 pm

i use bing , first listing is good

10:23 pm

Dr_God was here quite awhile today

10:23 pm

kk ty

10:23 pm

really? why?

10:23 pm

Enable is the dictionary, but you can also try Atz and MoreWords.

10:23 pm

Was he, BR?

10:24 pm

Both in his Overlord and player outfits

10:24 pm

overlord required?

10:24 pm

BTW, aff, the little ? before the words you've found takes you to a definition of that word; but the dictionary isn't Enable.

10:24 pm

trolls around?

10:25 pm

Actually, considering it's bee the school hols for the past month, we have vey little trol avctivity as far as I've seen.

10:25 pm

sigh, more trollin, i suppose

10:25 pm

good point, jacula

10:25 pm

heard troll was here the other day . didn't see though

10:25 pm

Nomrally, when it's school hols the little buggerd are there after a week into the hols.

10:26 pm

bored i guess?

10:26 pm

they need to be put to work

10:26 pm

M's mashed! 1 left

10:26 pm

I have my own surmise, but speculation has little purpose

10:27 pm

But you do realis that now we have mentioned the word troll, that one sad individual who haas been searching for that word on the net is probabluy going to invade us now with gobbledygook or lots of carraige returns with nothing in them?

10:27 pm

was on one other site few years back...troll ended up shutting us down...nasty person but just barely under the wire for being barred...would have just signed up ande done it again with snother name

10:28 pm

go MIN

10:29 pm

You know who I haven't seen in a very long while? Yoink. Does he ever play anymore? I knew him from another game and he and another player told me about this game. I don't think I've seen him in over 2 years....

10:29 pm

does garlic work on trolls?

10:29 pm

no, but it tastes good

10:29 pm

Dr_God does wonders with trolls

10:29 pm

brb

10:31 pm

he does

10:31 pm

Trolls are also always '12 or 13 years old'.

10:31 pm

havent seen yoink for ages

10:32 pm

Hugs was the other player from the other game. I haven't seen her in a while either....

10:35 pm

Having said all that, we had a resident troll on one site I was on. We all knew it was actually twin brothers. One would intereact and be fine and the other could be a real sh*t and very insulting. I learned when each brother might be around and I actively engaged with the bad one and made him talk 'properly'. Anyway, all that aside, when the site as it was close down and a book was to be written and we were asked what should be included and which characters and I said the 'troll' should be, since he was part of the dynamic of the sie, I was shot down in flames by all but about 5 of the 6,000+ members (but only about 400 regulars who all actually knew what was going on there each day).

10:35 pm

and fireworks will do it for me!

10:35 pm

Well done, Jen.

10:36 pm

congrats, jenmo

10:36 pm

Congratulations JenMO16 on fireworks! Good for you

10:36 pm

congrats, Jen

10:36 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! fa6/33 was my last word

10:36 pm

Heyas kids ..

10:36 pm

I even did a video parodying our 'Scottish' troll.

10:36 pm

good job min

10:36 pm

a book about a website?

10:36 pm

congrats, Minveryork

10:37 pm

hey torgone

10:37 pm

YAY, Jen and Min! WTG you 2!!!!

10:37 pm

Howdy, tor

10:37 pm

At least one of 'the twins' loved it. Though I got two e-mails thanking me for doing it.

10:37 pm

well got to have my hair done at 8 in the morning, better head off to bed!

10:37 pm

Wow, Jac. What website was that?

10:37 pm

One stinkin' word left ..

10:38 pm

Ata - Oh yes! Mind what you say on here - it may all be in a book some day.

10:38 pm

be well, Jen

10:38 pm

which one, tor?

10:38 pm

hi all...(better late than never)

10:38 pm

Hi Pini!

10:38 pm

The Book of Babble?

10:38 pm

hiya nef ;)

10:38 pm

Good evening, Nonna

10:38 pm

do5/15

10:38 pm

hi, pini and torg

10:38 pm

Not written by me, though I confess to being a writer, but I don't write about my friends. But it will come.

10:38 pm

hey BR! :)

10:39 pm

do5/14 rather ..

10:40 pm

tor, think La Vita Do***; but change the last vowel

10:40 pm

leit mo5

10:41 pm

(I was looking and looking for the do 5/15 and couldn't find it!)

10:41 pm

do 5/14 word is Italian sweets torgone & hello there!

10:41 pm

interesting! I will look out for that

10:42 pm

Nef is my hero!

10:42 pm

Thanks!

10:42 pm

<-- still stumped

10:42 pm

congrats, tor

10:42 pm

<Grins ear to ear!>

10:42 pm

congrats, tor

10:43 pm

Congratulations torgone on fireworks! Hooray for U!

10:43 pm

Maybe I should write about my friends,b but I don't since the time I poured my heart out to a so-called friend and then read a short story she won a writing competition with which was almost word for word what I'd said to her (in confidence). I don't think you should profit from your friends in that kind of circumstance or without asking them first.

10:43 pm

fo4 bear

10:43 pm

urf no!

10:43 pm

indeed not, jac

10:43 pm

WTG, tor! YAY!!!

10:44 pm

Thanx guys

10:45 pm

helluva friend, jac...

10:45 pm

tor, congrats

10:45 pm

I'd better wander off now - school unifrom buying to do,got to meet my Mum at the bustop etc. If we don't meet her, she'll broadcast around the village that we weren't up and awake for the 12.45 bus.

10:46 pm

gotta luv mum

10:46 pm

Have I, Kate? S'pose so.

10:47 pm

Heh .. Niters Jacs

10:47 pm

night Jac!

10:47 pm

'Night all. xx

10:47 pm

not really, but like BR's profile says today....society decrees...then guilt arises

10:47 pm

be well, Jacula

10:47 pm

gn jac

10:48 pm

Well, I'm doing more freezing of food, so I'm off for the night too.

10:48 pm

Goodbye Jacula! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

10:48 pm

Goodbye Nef! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

10:48 pm

Good night all; and good luck to those still working on the grid!

10:48 pm

anyone seen stidmamma today?

10:49 pm

be well, Nef

10:49 pm

* up for air * congrats to winners! night to those leaving!

10:49 pm

* diving back in *

10:49 pm

gn nef

10:49 pm

hi pini

10:50 pm

hi TK

10:50 pm

just visiting?

10:50 pm

looking for 17 more words before flip! :)

10:51 pm

oh.....not keeping up again

10:51 pm

You be cruisin, Pini vroommmmm

10:51 pm

hey, I still have 9 minutes to tie with yesterday's finish!

10:51 pm

* giggle *

10:51 pm

go pini!

10:52 pm

brb

10:52 pm

13 now :)

10:52 pm

an hour and 8 mins!

10:52 pm

I'm trying to knock out the 4 and 5, then I'll break down and check on those biggies!

10:52 pm

true, ata...but I finished yesterday with an hour to spare! (the first time in quite some time)

10:56 pm

down to 10

10:57 pm

pini's countdown is on

10:57 pm

I'm going to be looking for a few clues here shortly!

10:58 pm

Pinikula, I usually stay for you FW's, but I've been up since 7:00 A.M.Had a busy day of babysitting and am exhausted! Good luck finishing the grid.I hope there are cluers here for ya. Goodbye to my fellow babblers

10:58 pm

like ca7?

10:58 pm

A ca 7/32 word is plural of the ca 6/21 word Pinikula.

10:58 pm

oh, gosh, min...no worries!!! Take care of yourself and sleep well!

10:59 pm

thx min :)

10:59 pm

BR's lurking...

10:59 pm

Br's da man!

10:59 pm

fa5/16?

11:00 pm

7

11:00 pm

fa5/16 is start of tinkerbell plus **t King Cole Pinikula

11:00 pm

thx min! :)

11:00 pm

6

11:01 pm

and the 6 following? is it the pl of the 5?

11:01 pm

fa 6/33 is Met*** (babbler) plus Wild King*** (tv show).

11:01 pm

no

11:02 pm

danke!!! 5

11:02 pm

so cloooooose!

11:02 pm

do 5/14 and do 5/16?

11:04 pm

do 5/14 is Italian sweet. do 5/16 is do plus Japanese coin Pinikula. (knew I couldn't resist giving you clues)

11:04 pm

sr. member of group do 5/ 16

11:05 pm

leader?

11:05 pm

gone braising again

11:05 pm

hello all, wandering in at the last moment to start. How is this one?

11:05 pm

hiya stid!

11:05 pm

I'm down to 5!!!

11:05 pm

HARD

11:05 pm

got the japanese clue...working on the sweet

11:05 pm

go pini go!

11:05 pm

thanks for hte mi 4

11:06 pm

4 now

11:06 pm

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

11:07 pm

st9 and st8?

11:07 pm

are they compounds or fishes or ???

11:08 pm

st 8/50 is s plus *** Cruise plus od4/5 and st 9 adds a vowel near the end of that word Pinikula.

11:08 pm

Definitely not compunds and definitely not fishes Pini

11:08 pm

yikes! what a word!!!!

11:08 pm

i read the clues for fa 5 but im so stuck for that and fa 6

11:09 pm

do 5/14 uses five letters of word that means readily trained or taught; teachable Pinikula.

11:09 pm

oooh. got the 8/9 tricky

11:09 pm

facli

11:09 pm

(working on the st9)

11:10 pm

fa5 word is the series of final passes performed by a matador preparatory to killing a bull in a bullfight.Put definition in reverse dictionary afflamed

11:10 pm

ok ty

11:10 pm

is the C in the lower right corner fishy?

11:11 pm

fa 6/33 is Met*** (babbler) plus Wild King*** (tv show).

11:11 pm

"izod" ought to count, methinks

11:11 pm

got it!

11:11 pm

thanks for the fa 6

11:11 pm

YAY pini?

11:11 pm

me thinks, too, stid

11:11 pm

Stidmama, could be fishy for you. It's a 4 letter word.

11:11 pm

2 to finish

11:12 pm

babbler like a person that plays here?

11:12 pm

go pini go!

11:12 pm

thanks min *thinking*

11:12 pm

Go go Pini!

11:12 pm

Go Pinikula go!

11:13 pm

yep, fishy for me. thanks min

11:13 pm

one more for NBT. at halfway now.

11:13 pm

yw

11:13 pm

hmmm...still working on the do5/14 (last word will be te6/18)

11:13 pm

at the rate I'm going stid...you still might beat me!

11:13 pm

is the O beween the S and M peculiar?

11:13 pm

I'm trying to hurry, min!!!!

11:13 pm

te 6/18 is a person who rents an apartment Pinikula.

11:14 pm

oo4/11 stid

11:14 pm

what a fish that was, min! THANKS! now I can concentrate on the activity/sweet word! * concentrating concentrating concentra... *

11:14 pm

do 5/14: kids play with do*ls + New York **ty Pinikula

11:15 pm

thanks tor. *thinking*

11:15 pm

HELLO I ACCIDENTALLY HAD SUGAR AND CAFFEINE TONIGHT! WHOO HOO LET'S HOPE THE NEXT GRID IS A BIGGIE!

11:15 pm

O is grey, down to 36 andlisting.

11:15 pm

GOT IT!!!!!!!

ack. one word missing..any help for the fa6, 33?

11:15 pm

WOO HOO! party at harp's house! LOL

11:15 pm

THANKS MIN!!!! that's FIREWORDS for me!!!!

11:15 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks!Hooray for you

11:15 pm

YAY pini!!!!!

11:15 pm

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

11:15 pm

goody pni

11:15 pm

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

11:16 pm

fa6/33 = cool off with a fa* + thy king*** come

11:16 pm

Cs conquered. 29

11:16 pm

hi minver, i'm a little hyper but that's ok, 68 to go

11:16 pm

stiddie came back! *< big cock-eyed grin>*

ah, relief and fireworks!! TY Pini!!

11:16 pm

yw julie!

11:17 pm

YAY julie!

11:17 pm

LOL Kate! usually...

11:17 pm

but I am NOT addicated *stomps tootsies to emphasize point*

11:17 pm

(btw: great name) * wink *

11:17 pm

just can't resist us can you?

11:18 pm

that'll be the day, stid! LOL

11:18 pm

is the DO 5 fishy? my last D

11:19 pm

Does anyone know if there's a BABBLER'S ANONYMOUS?

11:19 pm

Yeah, the meeting is a constant session right here in Babbleland!!!

11:19 pm

LOL yes, Kate, there is... *points below grid to links*

11:19 pm

which one, stid...there are 3

11:19 pm

do 5 / 16 ?

11:19 pm

sweet dreams Min

11:20 pm

the last one pini. do 5 right after the bigdisaster word

11:20 pm

gone looking, even though thinks leg is being pulled...

11:20 pm

do + japanese currency

11:20 pm

thanks pini. ds done

11:20 pm

how about first FA 5?

11:21 pm

NVM, babblet...

11:21 pm

;)

11:21 pm

ah, she sighed...been there, done that, got the t-shirt?

11:21 pm

that fo 4/14 is weird

11:22 pm

brb

11:22 pm

yep!

11:23 pm

LOL Kate!

11:23 pm

down to 6

11:24 pm

git'r dun, girl!

11:24 pm

46 here

11:24 pm

firewords. hardly worth logging in some days *wicked mama grin*

11:24 pm

io6? for nbt

11:24 pm

u 2, girl!

11:24 pm

nm

11:24 pm

io + what you go on before you're married

11:24 pm

io + calendar reference

11:25 pm

go harpjane go!

11:25 pm

STID!!!! You'd better log in regardless!!!!

11:25 pm

rofl. pini, you're a silly-billy! *grin*

11:26 pm

* giggle *

11:26 pm

so it looks like the kid who would enjoy visiting your college, pini, can't go with us because of band obligations. So we might give it a miss this time. I'll be in Portland on Sunday, but not sure how long we'll take. I HATE having to change my plans. Was all set for Canada and then that fell through. *sad mama look*

11:27 pm

and right now, I just want to stay home anyway and put things to rights while I have strong arms and backs to help me.

11:27 pm

I'll grab a pic of the office as it looks today (not nearly as nice as yesterday...)

11:27 pm

Well, I'll be here when you want to come down this far, Stid!!! (I'll also let you know when I'm up your way again, too!)

11:28 pm

thanks. I know that all these classes and things will pay off (eventually) but right now I really resent having NO summer two summers in a row!

11:28 pm

brb

11:29 pm

I sorta know what you mean...and it too shall pass! :)

11:29 pm

wicked, wicked mama! some of us slaved over a hot pc for hours to complete this....* feels stupid and sorry for self * <kicks clod of dirt in lone desolation>

11:29 pm

awwww, TK...

silly question perhaps...is the ezboard username and password the same as my babble one?

11:29 pm

...she's a Babble Master! I just hope I can finish before she does at least a few times!!! LOL

11:30 pm

hi babble buddies

11:30 pm

hey DR

11:30 pm

ezboard?

11:30 pm

Hi Pini- the icon is still adorable

For the Babblers Anonymous

11:31 pm

not sure...never looked there...hold on...

11:31 pm

you are all masters of Babble...I am merely its slave!!!

11:31 pm

TK_ we were all slaves once

11:31 pm

brb- jake going to bed

11:32 pm

didn't realize i was sooooo masochistic

11:33 pm

stiddie - you didn't miss anything this year...summer was apparently cancelled for the most part

11:33 pm

julie...where are you seeing "ezboard" on that page?

11:33 pm

Sunnflower, formarely 'Ferrari' I think, is the one you need to aspire to beat now. Sprite is second, through ill health.

11:33 pm

*wanders back in and hugs Kate before wandering off again*

11:33 pm

Oh, there are many, jac...that I aspire to try and match!!!

It said to sign in using my ezboard username and psword. That's okay, don't worry about it. I would prob just lurk anyway. *grin*

11:34 pm

ezboard is the Babblers' Anonymous board.

11:35 pm

This is the only reference I see on the page: You have been upgraded to Yuku. Please login with your ezboard username and ezboard password. (not sure what it means tho)

11:35 pm

That's the firm that took the BabAnon board over a while ago.

11:35 pm

Jac...is it something I/we should know about?

11:35 pm

Hello gang

11:35 pm

No, just log in as you did in the first place.

11:36 pm

hi jilli

11:36 pm

Hi jilli.

11:36 pm

TK -- where stid and I are the summer weather has been wonderful but with almost no rain for the plants

11:37 pm

hmmm...will try it another time maybe

11:37 pm

Teddy Kenndedy died then, jilli.

11:37 pm

same here, jilli...

11:37 pm

Jac, I was the first one to tell the chat that last night -- had the news on.

11:38 pm

thanks, jil. thought most of n. america was cool this year. you are in the same town?

11:38 pm

Chappaquiddick.

Yes, Jilli...you beat Twitter last night. :)

11:38 pm

thanks for hug, stiddie. was feeling rather dejected

11:38 pm

TK...whereabouts in the US are you? or are you?

11:39 pm

funny, funny stiddie

11:39 pm

no, TK -- stid is in Olympia, WA, I'm in Salt Pring Island, BC -- much the same weather.

11:39 pm

i'm in the GREAT WHITE NORTH. where we all live in igloos and haver polar bears for pets

11:39 pm

<-- 4 hours south of stid! :)

11:40 pm

I know, jilli - I saw you report that when I checked the archives.

11:40 pm

I used to live up there, TK...could almost see Russia if I were that close to the coast! ROFL

11:40 pm

can't keep you all straight geographically yet. i'm working on it

11:40 pm

Jill -- I NEVER post my location. Or the names of my kids, for that matter...

11:40 pm

I believe TK is in the Centre of the Universe, aka Toronto, ON

11:40 pm

sorry, stid

11:41 pm

stid - but you Do, to those that know you.

11:41 pm

Fortunately, I do not actually live in Olympia, just attend school there. No harm, no foul.

11:42 pm

TK -- do you click on the icons? Lots of info there.

11:42 pm

didn't mean to open can of worms.

11:42 pm

only in private communications, Jac -- never in open forums.

11:42 pm

Sometimes, we think we;re aying nothing, but when you put all the net stuff together, we've said far more than we think we have. Just an abservation taken from my own experience.

11:43 pm

yes i look at icons, but can't refer to them constantly. will get it all eventuallly

11:43 pm

it's okay Kate -- some people are more comfortable disseminating locational information. I would be more likely to be comfortable if I hadn't worked in a field where releasing personally identifying information can be dangerous (don't work there any more)

11:43 pm

Sorry for typing errors but i's 5.43 am here.

11:43 pm

I've considered building a spreadsheet to keep track myself, TK!!!

11:44 pm

I was amazed that I got an email from someone in England who had, via Google, found me from a remark I made in the chat about a school I went to. Luckioly he was a great guy and a big help to me in a techie way.

11:44 pm

Toronto is NOT center of universe. the CBC did a show last year csalled "Everyone hates Toronto" very good.

11:44 pm

I know where people are in general -- states, countries... but we're such a BIG group of people here that my only question usually is "what day is it where you are?" LOL

11:44 pm

pinin, pass one on to me.

11:45 pm

no kidding, stid!!!

11:45 pm

its not difficult to click on peeps pics and KNOW where they are - the net is not a secure place ever.

11:45 pm

really? EVeryone hates Toronto??? *curious mama look* for why? I thought Walla Walla was the armpit of the universe!

11:45 pm

pinini, eh? there's a new one! * giggle *

11:45 pm

brb grumpy dog time

11:46 pm

speaking of...Koda break and jammie time! (back for flip)

11:47 pm

ok I am back

11:48 pm

When we lived in Toronto 1948-54 it was an overgrown village -- no such thing as an apartment building. So its an upstart compared to Montreal which has a long history.

11:48 pm

it is possible to click on pic propeerties to see more than the shower meant to show.

11:48 pm

Words of warning.

11:49 pm

brb

11:49 pm

there is a perception that people from toronto think canada revolves around them. (cdn financial center). kinda like new yorkers might be viewed in states. everyone loves to hate toronto. well almost everyone...

11:49 pm

DR! did hubby recover?

11:49 pm

Hi, y'all

11:49 pm

yes Stid- thanks for asking... he is finally no longer coughing up a lung

11:49 pm

hey jai!

11:50 pm

Hey, Stid {{{{{hugs}}}}}}

11:50 pm

JAI !!!

11:50 pm

Hi Jai

11:50 pm

Well Other Half is up now and is p*ed off with me for still being up when I have to take his daughter schoool uniform shopping later.

11:50 pm

thanks for hug stiddie

11:51 pm

Did he think I was a saint?

11:51 pm

TKate{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}

11:51 pm

a saintly vampire???

11:51 pm

glad to hear, DR.

11:51 pm

thank you

11:51 pm

oh oh, Jac! (but why does he not take said offspring hisself?)

11:52 pm

< hugs jai back> still workin' on the vibes...

11:52 pm

Did he not realise how f*cking p*ssed off I am with her real Mum for still being with that pervert? How can she share a room with him, let alone a life?

11:52 pm

TKate.hen are you going Pro?

11:52 pm

I'm staying up to see the flip, then I must walk the mutt before the predicted thunderstorms arrive

11:52 pm

stid - he's working and he's given me £200 cash to take her to get uniform.

11:52 pm

hello Atalante!

11:53 pm

17 left - oh well next time lol

11:53 pm

hi ata :)

11:53 pm

my house is quiet.. hubby and kid are both in bed as is thedog

11:53 pm

I am going to depart a little early today. I just realized that in searching for something this morning I COMPLETELY submerged my bed in boxes *sigh* I really must get a handle on this...

11:53 pm

oh Stid. :(

11:53 pm

My house is quiet, too {{{{favorite time of day}}}}}

11:54 pm

ah. I know he works hard, Jac. Just seems you have a lot to do some days.

11:54 pm

me too jai

11:54 pm

ta - you've had no sleep. I hope the mutt knows the way to walk.xx

11:54 pm

LOL DR! it'll be okay. someday. *stage whisper* (anyone got a match?)

11:54 pm

hopefully :P

11:55 pm

hear that, everyone? School uniforms in the UK. No fashion competition.

11:55 pm

just put it all in the closet

11:55 pm

I have TNT, need a match.....also

11:55 pm

well... *dragging feet* see you-all tomorrow. *giggling at Jill thinking no uniform=no competition* jill, you're a silly!

11:55 pm

my son wore school unifroms for 4 years Jilli

11:55 pm

*just kidding

11:55 pm

*grin* that's where the mess emanated from, DR!

11:56 pm

My kids ALL wore uniforms

11:56 pm

we must be related Stid. : )

11:56 pm

I would put kids in uniforms in a flash if it meant no more tummies and other body parts flopping out!

11:56 pm

I have a good memory of school days there, stid, compared to the US, age 13.

11:56 pm

That's why our schools did it

11:56 pm

probably, DR. I bet we're cousins like Scrabs and me...

11:56 pm

jilli - are you kidding? School uniforms never stopped any child competing. LOL. I must post my old school pics on flickr one day.

11:57 pm

probably

11:57 pm

hello

11:57 pm

U.S. uniforms are still competitive in my experience. The fabrics, the choices of stockings and shoes even. It's a never-ending battle.

11:57 pm

also depends how strict the school is with the uniform

11:57 pm

Hi, ML!

11:57 pm

Guesses?

11:57 pm

Incidentally, Stid, talking of cousins etc.,a few of mine have come out of the woodwork onf Facebook now.

11:57 pm

HI Jaia

11:58 pm

hi Mlf

11:58 pm

I guess it depends on the school.

11:58 pm

hi DR

11:58 pm

i hope the next gruid is big and fun

11:58 pm

back now. short rib emergency...

11:58 pm

136

11:58 pm

oh well... I am away. *leaves BIG pile of really good choclits on table* that's nice, Jac! Fun sometimes to see people in unexpected places. *poof*

11:58 pm

grid oops

11:58 pm

hello all newcomers

11:59 pm

Bye Stidster!

11:59 pm

bye stidmama

11:59 pm

Bye Stiddie!

11:59 pm

newcomers?

11:59 pm

Our uniforms at Malvern were pretty nice and useful beyond school.

11:59 pm

I think our uniforms are generally more specific than yours. It's not "tartan skirt" but tartan skirt bought from this shop in this style in this colour

11:59 pm

Ata - Our local high school is strict but tends to ease off later into the year. However, there'es a new headmaster, so he might be a maniacal new broom for a while, hence me getting her 'tailored trousers' later ratther than the 'tight black fashionn trousers' that are not allowed, of which she has at leat 6 pairs.

11:59 pm

how could she go so close to flip?

11:59 pm

stid! not staying for the flip?

12:00 am

jaia 136?

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