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12:00 am

alrighty then...

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip !

12:00 am

RO 6

12:00 am

hmm, I guessed a bit high

12:00 am

flip -- hope they are word words

12:01 am

RE 7

12:01 am

to 6

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

actually its RE 6/7

12:01 am

st6

nbt

12:02 am

late flip

:(

too small

not a difficult nbt today, that i can see

12:02 am

how small?

127

Clues are up

12:03 am

well herin i am glad its stil over 100 lol

12:03 am

thx lickety!

12:03 am

ty lickety

12:04 am

thanks lickety

12:04 am

Thank you, Lickety!

thanks lickety. I am going for a while. Talk later

12:05 am

YAY Lickety!!!

12:07 am

phantom: avenue

12:12 am

this one looks mean

12:12 am

100 down

12:12 am

I agree jilli

12:12 am

< slinks surreptitiously into the back of the room, guiltily wiping choclit smears from mouth and chin with back of hand >

12:13 am

git'r dun, dart! :)

12:13 am

LOL TK!

12:13 am

wow dartie!!!

12:13 am

am mortified

12:13 am

don't be, TK -- it was hilarious!

12:14 am

WELCOME BACK, TK!!!!!

93 here and slowing considerably

12:14 am

wanted to thank stiddie for choclits left in PB..guess she's gone?

12:14 am

hi pini...(all small letters)

12:15 am

oh well , into each life a little rain must fall...

12:15 am

yes, stid...she went to bed a bit ago...

12:15 am

i hope it gave someone a word or two anyway

12:16 am

You needn't worry about it at all, TK!!! * things happen *

12:17 am

first word i got on yesterday's grid was...wait for it... sh 4/5.....i should have known right there and then i was in big trouble

12:17 am

hi all..not gonna last long but wanted to find a few words before bed!

12:17 am

ROFL!

12:18 am

jumped right out at cha, eh? ;)

12:18 am

lol kate!

12:18 am

Hi kaz!

12:19 am

did anyone else find yesterday's grid incredibly difficult? i thought it would look better after a little sleep, but alas, no..trhe babble fairy didn't coime and fill in the missing words for me..and i couldn't find any to save my ife!

12:19 am

TK, ar4/4 just blew at me. . .

12:20 am

it was a toughie for me, too...still had another 99 words to go :)

12:20 am

LOL JIL!

12:20 am

it was a tough tough grid for me tk

12:20 am

Karen? :/

12:20 am

yest. was much harder than this one

12:20 am

I only got 100 words but was distracted and busy

12:20 am

'tis true about first word though..think i even put it in the chog yesterday...

12:20 am

JC -- you still up?

12:21 am

hey JC

12:21 am

GT?

12:21 am

Hi, Pini . . .

12:21 am

TK I see that one first all the time too -- great minds . . .

12:21 am

Oh well . . .

12:21 am

Juliannn..wasn't expecting to see you :)

12:21 am

jc...did you get your account straightened out?

12:21 am

ty ruru, i feel a little better now. the harder i looked , the less i saw..must have been all those vowels....

12:23 am

Kate I didnt get thru much of yesterday's grid

12:23 am

dartie, if you found it tough, i will take solace from that as well.

pesky tm6 in this one - found it via typo

12:24 am

it was :) down to 2 left on this one

12:24 am

thanks kazz, thought it was just me, think i got about120 words?, not sure exactly

12:24 am

cant get vo 8. darn.

12:25 am

tm????? what word begins with tm?????? off to a to z i guess...bbs

12:25 am

well i have been plagued with migraines lately and not been on the computer much, but that made my head hurt without the migraine lol

12:25 am

^_^ go dartie GO....

6 left here - missing the 8

12:26 am

haha -- monkey found the tm6!

12:26 am

wtg jilli

12:26 am

ive seen the tm one here b4

12:26 am

I think I had too but it was just a guess and it worked

12:27 am

got it

12:28 am

firewords

12:28 am

YAY dart!!!

12:28 am

wow Dart, WTG

12:28 am

never seen it before, i'm new...(how long can i use that excuse for my ineptitude?)

12:28 am

wtg flosey :)

12:29 am

wow dartie! congratulations! did you break a new land speed record?

the 8 is a v... stats?

12:29 am

wtg dart!

12:29 am

phantom - venezuela

got it - fireworks

12:30 am

not sure how long, TK...but I'll try and test it for you in the near future...if it works, then you have about a year, year and a half! :)

12:30 am

wtg josh!

12:30 am

hello all! just getting here and dart is done already?

12:30 am

and josh

12:30 am

nice phantom, TK

12:30 am

hey josh! way to rock the grid!!!!!

vo8

12:30 am

wtg you all

12:30 am

vo 8,55

12:30 am

hi cj...yeah, they're little speed demons!

12:31 am

haven't seen for for a while josh...been busy?

12:31 am

wtg josh

12:31 am

ty pini

very, kate. i should change my flag because i'm back home in the states again

12:32 am

ok then...guess I'll get started...lol

12:32 am

passed 1/2-way! :)

12:32 am

wtg pini

12:33 am

nose in grid

12:33 am

flosey, jc, mkg, cjmomma, and ewspecially the lurkerz HELLO

12:33 am

you left my fair city? for good, or are you coming back?

12:33 am

hi kate

12:33 am

we should have had coffe before you left

12:34 am

Hi Kate

12:34 am

who left your fair city Kate?

i'll be back before you know it, and maybe for good one of these days

12:34 am

you were the only other babblke from toronto that i knew of... surely there must be more?

12:34 am

sadly, I think I mus be off to bed now...

12:34 am

deo come, we'd love to have you!

12:34 am

ciao all...cya tmw! :-)

12:35 am

gn pini, nice to see you again

12:35 am

* poof *

12:35 am

cya tmw Pini!

12:35 am

you back in nc josh?

12:35 am

Hmmm, I could put a picture of my office as a word from the grid!

12:35 am

looking...

yes'm, kate. have to finish the thesis

12:36 am

lol, me4!

12:37 am

me too, flosey -- knew just which one you meant, but I haven't seen yours, lol!

12:37 am

makre sure to get in touch when you're here. what is your field of study? do you know what thesis will be yet?

12:37 am

and it isn't going to be tidy until I get everything organized!

12:38 am

mine will never be tidy.

12:38 am

poor flosey...if it was too tidy people would think you were ocd...lol

i study film, kate - time to say goodnight for me. writing awaits

12:38 am

carry on josh, gn

12:38 am

night josh

12:39 am

ocd?

12:39 am

I study wine.. time for me to drink

12:39 am

good idea ru

12:41 am

pour me a glass please ruru? i've had a hard day... ;-)

12:41 am

obsessive -compulsive disorder

12:41 am

nice glass of Pinot Noir 2007 for TK from Sonoma Coast

12:41 am

ahhh, ty, no, never

12:42 am

all the regular babblers have at least a little of it...

12:42 am

I suffer from the reverse, kate........!

12:42 am

boe-idle lazy and little bit messy?

12:42 am

bone

12:42 am

very!

12:44 am

ok 82 found...the rest will have to wait and hopefully I can finish tomorrow! Was good to see you all :) night!

12:44 am

i embroidered a wall hanging that says: "dull women have immaculate homes" it's my life motto; life's too short to worry about harmless dust bunnies

12:44 am

I have 100. and am stuck

12:44 am

nice start kaz

12:45 am

wow ruru

12:46 am

g'night Kaz

12:46 am

hello all - i keep trying avenue

12:46 am

fireworks

12:47 am

wtg anike

12:48 am

hi hi everyone

12:48 am

congratulations anike!

12:48 am

I had to resort to lickety at 100 ruru - I have to go shopping with my mother and visit my mother in laww in her nursing home so short of time today

12:48 am

hi ursh, hi trish

12:48 am

hiya ursh

12:49 am

YAY anike!!!

12:49 am

Ty all - gotta go - happy babbling

12:49 am

hello trisha!

12:49 am

'lo there TraderKate

12:49 am

and ursh . . .

12:50 am

shew what time is it in canada ...hello jillibus

12:50 am

phantom - sesame

12:50 am

hi trisha - have'nt seen you for ages

12:50 am

10:50 pm on the west coast of Canada (and USA)

12:51 am

lol there are lots of phantoms in the grid aorta is one that i keep trying

12:51 am

it's almost 2am in toronto...11pm in jill's end of canada...330 am in newfoundland

12:51 am

yeah ursh i haven't been playing much lately

12:52 am

what tome is it there ursh?

12:53 am

almost 8am

12:53 am

so you're 6 hours ahead of me then...

12:53 am

ursh are you on leave today ?

12:54 am

no trisha am working today and you

12:54 am

TraderKate it seems like it should be much more,

12:55 am

it does seem odd...will look at my screen saver..it has worl map and time zones on it..it is friday for you, yes?

12:55 am

ursh i am on leave everyday unless you call slaving at home work and that is ongoing

12:56 am

yip it is friday here

12:57 am

TK and trisha, you're only an Atlantic apart plus a few miles, lol!

12:57 am

suppose if you draw a line up, you'd hit europe, the uk is + 6 hrs from me as well...but i am geographically challenged...

12:57 am

that sounds right, TK!

12:57 am

i'll jumpright in my dinghy and be there by morning lol

12:58 am

lmao TraderKate i'll put the kettle on

12:58 am

ah, because perhaps we think in terms of airplane time not as the crow flies???

12:58 am

tea and bickies in s.a. how lovely!, ty ursh

12:59 am

yeah jillibus it is only an atlantic and a continent cos i am on the east coast of africa

12:59 am

but you can drive across in 2 hours right?...that's what a lot of folkds think about canada..lol

12:59 am

what's a wee bit of land between friends, lol!

1:00 am

err yeah 2 hours would take you up the road for a relatively pleasant sunday drive :))

1:01 am

lol jillivbus exactly

1:02 am

oops jillibus

1:03 am

what's a little typo between friends?

1:05 am

TraderKate the only place in canada that i've managed to get to is Vancouver, now if canada had been smaller,,,,,,

1:05 am

Toronto would have been just around the corner

1:07 am

Vancouver is about an hour an a half ferry ride from here, plus another half hour on another ferry

1:07 am

you should have stopped in for tea with jil and had dinner with me!!! LOLOL

1:08 am

anyone have the sa 7/40?

1:08 am

not me, ruru -- hiya :)

1:08 am

oh jillibus are you on one of the islands?...i went to nanaimo as well

1:09 am

hi jilli

1:09 am

love long beach and nanaimo

1:09 am

yes, trisha -- Salt Spring

1:09 am

nope i don't have much at all rururocks

1:09 am

bbs, i have cookies baking....

1:09 am

have to go, hubby just phoned, severe weather warning current for melbourne, about to hit here. must turn computer off, see you at the flip ( if we don't drown)

1:10 am

take care grannyrose

1:10 am

good luck, rose -- take care!

1:10 am

oh oh good luck grannyrose

1:10 am

ruru, think plains of grass, africa

ty grannyrose

1:11 am

lol thanks grannyrose

1:11 am

* poof *

stave

shoot sorry!

1:12 am

darn, already had it faith

1:12 am

thanks grannyrose

:)

1:13 am

nope don't get it

1:13 am

any clues for vo8?

1:14 am

ru, sounds like a city in Georgia

1:14 am

sa7 it is also a cider here

sa7 can also be a girl's name

1:15 am

nave

1:15 am

oh oh

1:16 am

msut pay more attention to where my curser is

1:18 am

nope.. I am board blind

1:18 am

different spelling

sa7 - god ***e the queen + **** and the king (jodie foster movie)

what?

V_V

1:20 am

thank you forward.. I couldn't see it

happens to me all the time

1:24 am

any clues for se6 please?

1:25 am

Icon clue posted

1:25 am

se + red flower, change last vowel

1:25 am

se + pink colored

1:25 am

read all about it!

1:26 am

monkeyed it jilli, interesting story

1:26 am

Isn't he cute?

1:26 am

thanks gort and ru

1:27 am

ty for the se6, gort and ruru :)

1:27 am

and that gave me 3 se words, thanks

1:27 am

yw u2

1:28 am

anyone got a clue or even a vague idea about the tm???

1:28 am

tm + es34

1:28 am

es 4 that is

1:29 am

yes! monkeyes it

1:29 am

st 6/18 please

1:30 am

ohh, let down - that was anticlimaxingly easy once i was shown the way, thanks tho ru

1:30 am

now use it in a witty sentence please

1:31 am

clue for an5/12 please?

1:32 am

st + pl as (can you make sense of that)

1:32 am

thank you flosey

1:32 am

nope!

1:33 am

an + ***l and void

1:33 am

yw ru

1:33 am

ty ru

late flip; howdy all!!

1:33 am

ty ru

1:33 am

jilli, maybe should say as plural

1:33 am

Hello Dee

hi flosey; hugs jili

1:34 am

Hi dee hi :)

1:34 am

first so5 please?

1:36 am

white dry Italian wine flosey

1:36 am

kind of like the word for a smooth talker

1:36 am

Knew you'd have that one, ruru!

1:37 am

nailed it in a second jilli

1:37 am

was the vo 8 clued and I missed it?

1:38 am

vo8 was mentioned but not clued as far as I know

1:39 am

I asked for a clue for vo8 long ago, still don't have it

1:40 am

got the so5 thanks ru

1:41 am

why can't we have resave?

1:42 am

dee do you have the vo 8?

1:42 am

fireworks - gave up and resorted to morewords for vo8

1:43 am

would never have found it - not a word I've heard

1:43 am

YAY flosey!!!

1:43 am

can you clue it flosey?

1:43 am

I'm not even halfway, and one short of nbt

1:44 am

difficult, but will try

1:44 am

vo ta4 double cons

1:45 am

avot

wtg flosey

may need to reboot here... hmmm

1:46 am

yay, flosey!!!

1:46 am

thank you flosey..

1:46 am

got it..

1:46 am

which ta4 pls flosey?

1:47 am

i was soooooo close to getting it without the clue

1:47 am

vo + first ta5/10 + pl letter

1:47 am

ta 4 weight

1:47 am

wtg ruru

1:48 am

wtg ru, I'd never have found it

1:48 am

got it, thanks flo and ru

1:48 am

is it an old fashioned word for a female ballotteer?

1:48 am

ty flosey -- second clue worked for me :)

1:49 am

tough two grids in the last two days. I hope this isn't an omen

1:49 am

now must get to bed, busy day tomorrow, goodnight all,

1:49 am

yw jilli

1:49 am

me too.. anyone need a clue for something?

1:49 am

gort, click on the ? beside it -- you're close

1:50 am

yeah i was right, whaddayaknow!

nbt

1:50 am

:) gort

1:50 am

yay, Dee!

1:50 am

wtg dee!

1:50 am

it is a word for transexual balloteer actually

ty

1:51 am

oh! nbt here too (snuck up on me!)

wtg

1:52 am

okay.. nite all. I am pooped from a ton of driving today.. see you tomorrow.. have fun

1:52 am

night ruru -- well done

1:52 am

toodle pip ru

brb rebooting

1:53 am

I want those slithy toves, but no.

1:54 am

over halfway so I can go to bed :)

2:02 am

Night all and lurkers if any

anyone have the tm word?

2:05 am

hi Faith...tm & the letter which is a word today

2:05 am

Hello everyone

thanks lynxx!

2:17 am

can anyone see my new icon?

2:19 am

morning everyone. I can see a yellow smile eating something kate

2:19 am

I can if I click on your profile Kate, sometimes takes a while to update, try refreshing a couple of times

2:19 am

good, glad it worked..if you go in my profile it is animated!

2:20 am

ty both, it is of course a box of choclits!

2:20 am

hi Katie!

2:21 am

Hi lynxxx good to see you, how are things?

2:21 am

hi there lynxxx! how be you tonight?

2:21 am

lo, I know Kate. Pls don't change it but I hate those animated ones, I find them really distracting as can always see them out of the corner of my eye

2:22 am

It's not animated on my screen just when I go into Kates profile

2:22 am

Things are good here Katie. What is news with you

2:23 am

i saw one the other day on here, the motion messed up the chog i think...you don't see it moving in the chog do you?

2:23 am

i have been up to noi good on face book...sending out a million little things for people to look at!...i am a bad bsad babbler!

2:24 am

got the day off yeah!!!!! perparing for hubbys 40th birthday party tomorrow but it is at a pub so don't have much to do so a day of fairy garden & babble lol

2:24 am

I just refreshed but it hasn't come thru yet for me

2:24 am

did you get much of that dust storm sydney got?

2:24 am

Fairy garden?

2:25 am

a facebook application I have just got kate addicted to lol

2:26 am

it's a virtual garden where you can spot wildlife, I play it all the time now

2:26 am

No Kate, I am down south in Melbourne - Victoria. the dust storm just hit New South Wales & Queensland. Maybe another coming this weekend too

2:26 am

they were amazing photos

2:26 am

HI KITT...i sent you lots of stuff i think....for a while yesterday, i couldn't get to your garden...missed the gold...but i was there today..need a few more fairies' gardens to visit.

2:27 am

Sounds like another good time water Katie

2:27 am

water - waster!

2:27 am

YPOU ARE BAD KITT>>>>VERY BAD....i don't have enough time for all this foolishness right now...

2:27 am

Oh it is lynxxx, it has taken over from babble at the moment but I'm sure the tables will turn again

2:28 am

tons of time wasters, but fun...do you do farmville or yoville?

2:29 am

it is harder to entice people to come to fairylsand...especially the guys....giuess it's the name that keeps them away

2:29 am

No I have to draw the line, babble and fairygarden is all I allow myself and to be honest I don't have time for both of them

2:31 am

farmville doesn't take much time, and the nice thing is you can do as little as you want...the thing with fairyland is if you are hunting something special it can take an enormous amoutnt of time

2:31 am

That's the easy ones done, back later to get the harder ones. I must get some lunch. Bye for now

2:31 am

I have spotted every single animal in fairygarden and only have 4 more to attract, I am seriously addicted!

2:31 am

Bye Lynxxx, great to see you x

2:32 am

bye for now lynn

2:34 am

by the sounds of it some have made it their life...i lkeft you a note asking for the recipe site and what sprinkles you want on which plants..let me knoew i have wquite a few

2:34 am

which have not yet come to your garden?

2:35 am

are we face book friends? i have a hard time remembering..especially with the screen names/ real names

2:37 am

brb, have to harvest my strawberries

2:37 am

I will email you the link to the forum link for the calculator. I still need a badger, bee eater & road runner. When I level up I will be looking for a kingfisher but can't get one yet. I'm leaving my mushroom in to attract dragons for a few days until everything else fruits

2:58 am

sorry i was gone so long

3:00 am

i harvested strawberrries, and helped neighbours in farmville. baked cookies in yoville and viisited friednds..then collected gold in fairyland...nothing exciting happened in my garden since last visit..jane has joined fairland..told her to hook up with you too./

3:01 am

gone to lickety for a minute brb

3:14 am

hi everyone

3:17 am

Hi Andree

3:18 am

hi norma, quiet around here

3:18 am

Think everyone has gone back to sleep lol

3:18 am

Andree, did you finish your quilt, last night?

3:19 am

no christine, doing the edge so takes a while, will finish tonight though

3:20 am

can't resist having a bit of babble time

3:20 am

i am not addicted ofcourse

3:21 am

None of us are Andree lol

3:25 am

hello all!

3:25 am

ooops -- the bloomin' computer red-lined on me. So, Andree, I tried to suggest that sometime, perhaps, you could post a picture of the quilt on your profile?

3:27 am

hi kate

3:29 am

hi andree

3:29 am

I have made an awful lot of quilts chris, started 30 years ago

3:29 am

nose in grid again

3:30 am

this is for my sister who has moved from a 1 bed unit into a 2 bedder and this will grace the spare bed

3:31 am

i am dying to finish it as i have collected japanese fabrics for some time and will do a pattern of fans, looking forward to it

3:33 am

I've been playing with fabric for almost 40years, yet to make a quilt. I like making the blocks, but get excited about the next block long before I could make a full quilt, so I send the blocks to an on-line quilty friend whose guild makes quilts for returning warriors.

3:34 am

at least they are put to very good use

3:34 am

I almost finished a top wjen I was teaching a class at the local library -- always one block ahead of the class -- but the class folded and I sent the blocks to their destiny.

3:35 am

and i know the feeling of thinking about the next one before finishing

3:36 am

If I can make it to 300years, and my back gets better (so that I can sit up for more than 15minbs) I may make a dent on the fabric that fills the apartment ... good insulation, if I lived in the frigid North.

3:38 am

keep the fabric chris, the best quilter is the one who dies with the most fabric in her stash

3:39 am

Nooooooooooooo - the most quilts. I have a friend who knows her kids will us her stash for cleaning rags, so she's taking it with her, packed around her in her coffin. TRUE STORY.

3:40 am

lol

3:48 am

I don't like this grid, so I'm off to my book. Goodnight all.

3:51 am

bye chris

3:55 am

am back, went to lickety for a bit

3:56 am

50 left here just opened lickety

3:56 am

how are you kate

3:57 am

i am well andree, and you?

3:58 am

fine thx kate, just heard on news the dust storm will be back which is not what i want to hear

3:58 am

as long as it stays away from you it's not so bad?

3:59 am

i have been cleaning for days, went to the car wash today and had the pool man in to treat the silt on the bottom of the pool

3:59 am

heard there were 2 small earthquakes the same day as the storm

4:01 am

they were in victoria, sydney really copped the dust storm, everything was covered with red dust, it even burned my new tomatoe seedlings

4:01 am

hope the forcaster is wrong , they usually are

4:02 am

how did the seedlings get burned? from wind?

4:02 am

lol, the forecasters are no better here

4:03 am

i am not sure, they should be okay, first thing i did when it was over was hose my veg garden

4:03 am

well, i hope that if there was some nasty wind, it brought you some extra work..clean up bins required?

4:04 am

from what i understand the dust covered everyting thickly

4:05 am

it did, the guys at the car wash sure had big smiles

4:05 am

i forget it is the start of spring there, i am very envious..i missed spring and summer this year and now am looking to wintre. FEELING VERY CHEATED

4:05 am

has work picked up for you at all?

4:06 am

yes , weather is beautiful at the moment

4:06 am

it has a bit, and i have not gone backwards

4:06 am

lovely, i guess things naturally pick up for you in the spring?

4:07 am

baby steps andree...you are right, if you can't move ahead, at least don't slide back

4:08 am

they do

4:11 am

must pp to lickety for a minute or two, bbs

4:11 am

back in a bit

4:17 am

good morning everyone

4:17 am

how is the grid today?

4:17 am

Hello, jacq. Feeling better?

4:17 am

i wish BR chest is worse than ever lol

4:17 am

how are you today?

4:18 am

I am doing okay ... sorry you are not better

4:19 am

interesting quiz BR, i take it sarcastic answers are not invited? lol

4:19 am

it's probably better i get this now than in winter

4:19 am

I have no answers other than what I found .. not sure if they are right

4:20 am

ahhhh, smiles, being a naturally sarcastic person i have some instant answers but they probably aren't right ;o)

4:20 am

but the answer to 11 is Karen (my eldest)

4:21 am

maybe have her take the quiz?

4:21 am

hello All, well i used to collect postcards and as far as i know it is called Deltiologists

4:22 am

hello, zoo .. that is the answer I found too

4:23 am

you think she'll get the hint? i remember one morning she called at 7 and asked what i was doing so i told her i was doing a full breakfast for alan and i and she was here in 10 minutes

4:23 am

heya zooz

4:24 am

hello jacq, hope you get better soon :-)

4:24 am

i will, today i am taking everything very slowly, after yesterdays excesses and all the visitors it's nice to have quiet

4:24 am

maybe with give her the quiz and ask her which one she most resembles?

4:25 am

back again..hello to all of you!

4:26 am

heya kate!

4:26 am

hello, Kate

4:26 am

winter can be an ordeal

4:26 am

sounds like a plan BR

4:26 am

hello, Tkate

4:27 am

just don't cough, jacq

4:27 am

every muscle in my torso aches with coughing, three nights with little sleep from coughing

4:27 am

but.... no ciggies for 4 days

4:28 am

hi all, my favourite babbles are all here

4:28 am

good for you, jacq

4:28 am

sounds like you have got the flu jacq

4:28 am

is the quitting going well for you jacq?

4:28 am

just a cold with a bad chest i think zooz, but my temp keeps spiking

4:29 am

sounds awful, jacq

4:30 am

i am finding the right side of the grid easier than the left..lol

4:30 am

i have 56 left and something tells me that it will get harder from here

4:31 am

your left brain must be hard at work

4:31 am

I generally work laterally on a diagonal

4:31 am

lol

4:32 am

no jacq, it'[s not bad, really, i have not hit a wall yet, and that's saying something...you'll probably get a bunch when you feel a little better..perhaps some tea and toast?

4:33 am

lol

4:33 am

tm 6 is an interesting word

4:33 am

*looking*

4:34 am

it's t'plural of t'mouse yes?

4:34 am

G'd Morning Babblers! Perfect timing. That's why that t was annoyitating. I kept trying a ts word.

4:34 am

good clue, TKate

4:35 am

you like BR?

4:35 am

lol

4:35 am

lol, got it.

4:35 am

Hello, Lori

4:35 am

hello Lori :-)

4:35 am

hi lori

4:35 am

we've had that tm one before, i remembered it

4:38 am

i like to make up words... the plural of goose is geese the plural of moose is meese the plural of mouse is mouses....

4:38 am

thought i was going to say meece again didn't you?

4:39 am

must go to lickety for a minute

4:39 am

back again

4:40 am

lol

4:40 am

hello, Andree

4:40 am

wb andree

4:40 am

if it is any comfort jacq, i too have been struggling with a cold, although not a chest infection, still very annoying non the less

4:41 am

wb Andree.

4:41 am

night time & early mornings are the worst i find.

4:42 am

yes i find that, but strahgely enough when i go into the bathroo after the teens have had their shower the steam makes it worse

4:43 am

thats probably the steam dislodging the phlem

4:43 am

it will get better am just not used to feeling poopy, sorry for whining about it

4:43 am

sorry that sounded a bit disgusting.

4:43 am

lol i wish it was that zooz, my chest gets really tight and its harder to breathe

4:44 am

whine away jacq, it sounds awful

4:44 am

thats ok, you can whine as much as you like.

4:45 am

imean your cough not you

4:45 am

lol i got it andree, ty

4:46 am

don`t forget to take yakult or actimel, they are good for your immune system

4:46 am

se6 and 7's please

4:47 am

don't have those yet andree, sorry

4:47 am

se + thorned flower with a different last vowel

4:47 am

At least that's all I have so far.

4:47 am

Is there more than 1 se 6/7?

4:48 am

thanks for that one Lori :-)

4:48 am

lets see..vics vap-o-rub,kleenex,dextromethoraphan(sp )tylenol #1,s and a hot lemon tea.;(( think im all set.and ive lost my voice babblers(many including the wife say this is a good thing):))

4:48 am

plural that one too

4:48 am

thnak you lori for those

4:48 am

Ahhh, Latin it for another 7

4:48 am

hello crossy :-)

4:49 am

morning everyone;)

4:49 am

hello crossy, come join me my voice is going too

4:49 am

pluraled..thanks

4:49 am

hi crossy

4:49 am

Mornin' cross. Did ya' get 'em Andree?

4:49 am

lets do the piggy virus secret handshake;))

4:49 am

thx lori[

4:49 am

LOL, crossy

4:50 am

looks at crossy, you ate so much bacon you went piggy on us?

4:51 am

oh andree,i may have inadvertantly been the catalyst by lipping off in here over dog preferences which in turn got someone going on you and for that im sorry;(..oh is that a pic of the new puppy?

4:52 am

Okay kids, time to wake the spawnlings and boot them off to skool. BBL

4:52 am

taking a break with 29 left

4:53 am

early start for yours lori,dont have to get mine up till 7

4:53 am

bye Lori & jacq

4:53 am

***5 minutes afore 7 here crossy*** :p Laters

4:53 am

crossy there is nothing to be sorry for any opinions given on babble are taken in the spirit they are given, its when jc singled me out with a mass email and a blog dedicated to my shortcoming that i draw the line

4:54 am

what breed is the new boss/

4:54 am

he is apoodle/spaniel cross

4:55 am

best known as a spoodle :-)

4:55 am

cool;)

4:56 am

let me guess,this thing is stuffed full of babblets:(

4:56 am

i think its great that we can express how we feel

4:56 am

good..i feel like shait..sniff..wheeze;/

4:56 am

not really

4:57 am

ok time for me to get some tea & not sure what else yet, will look in cubboard & fridge, back later.

4:57 am

hope you are better soon, jacq is sick too and herin

4:57 am

bye zooz

4:57 am

misery loves company;/

4:57 am

tc zooz

4:58 am

so true

4:59 am

last i looked vane was a word..;(

4:59 am

back again, good morning crossy!

4:59 am

ugh..sniff..wheeze..

5:00 am

it is

5:00 am

You cant get vane Cross??!

5:00 am

nope

5:00 am

tried thrice now

5:00 am

kate, i bring up lickety and then size the grid to sit beside it so i don't have to go back and forth

5:01 am

oh god,no wonder

5:01 am

it does not exsist in the puzzle

5:01 am

I mean it doesnt work in grid you cant get from the N to the E

5:01 am

dont worry bout me andree,ill be fine lol

5:01 am

your head is full off cotton wool, no wonder

5:01 am

indeed..sniff...

5:02 am

i only mention this kate because you keep leaving to go to lickety

5:04 am

and and i mad about 'rooves" as well?

5:04 am

mention what because i go to lickety?

5:05 am

i don't exist in the puzzle either, but i am still real

5:05 am

see my post at 5.00

5:05 am

better get another lemon tea...wheeze rattle....

5:05 am

yuou might want to look that one up0 crossy

5:05 am

believe that plural of roof is roofs, not rooves

5:06 am

poor crossy, poor jacq...anyone else need ea and sympathy?

5:06 am

going to liook

5:07 am

am back because if i don't babble will have to hang out laundry and do the floors and can't muster the inclination to clean

5:07 am

better to babble quietly when you don't feel well

5:07 am

wb jacq:) as a member of our prcratination club you get a nice leather jacket..if i can ever get off my arse and order them;))

5:08 am

lol, ty crossy

5:08 am

ah yes andree, i do finally have babble expert..but as yet have not managed to figure out the sizing thing...i did get it squashe a bit but i was not able to have lickety up and still see the chog which can bestow lovely little fish.

5:08 am

have my lemon tea, loads of chcolits (burthday choccies) and babble, all is well with the world (unless the family descends again)

5:09 am

no i did not mean babble expert, i don't use it, i meant lickety's list

5:09 am

w3hen wasd your birthdayjacq???????? i missed it??????

5:10 am

kate,use the spit screen feature on lickety,dont try and do it as 2 seperate pages

5:10 am

you do lose the chog thoug..except for the icons

5:10 am

who is cooking while you are sick crossy

5:11 am

i have expert, i don't see how people can use it for clues, it's the same screen with buttons on top and they don't seem to do anything

5:11 am

ah, have no idea how to do that andree, someone tried to tell me some stuff about different windows, but i wads lost...something best explained in person, and much too difficulot in chog

5:11 am

i still have to cook regardless andree;( though the mrs is trying

5:12 am

made a nice chicken parmisan last night..i didnt eat though..some broth and to bed

5:13 am

click on the list and make it full screen then bring up the grid and move it about 2 inches to the right

5:13 am

poor crossy, will make him some nice chicken soup with brown rice and veggies

5:14 am

my daughter and i share the cooking, its nice to have a break

5:14 am

:)..know what i crave? some of the lipton soup in the packages you do on the stove top..one with the tons of tiny noodles;))

5:15 am

^_^...i have some!!!!

5:15 am

mmm

5:15 am

do you have any crossy?

5:15 am

never tried them

5:15 am

ill look,but there always seems to be some up on the top shelf anyways

5:16 am

andree, have read what you have written, trying to figure out what to click etc..i realy don't know what i'm doing

5:16 am

i am craving cullen skink, but the fish is so expensive just now :o(

5:16 am

the good mrs has greased down this mass of muscle(lol) in vics and i can breathe again;)

5:17 am

cullen skink? doesnt sound too appetizing..;/

5:17 am

just need 38 more, but havn't got the u's yet???

5:18 am

made with naturally smoked haddock, potatoes, onion and cream, it's lovely

5:18 am

now a nice peice of sea bass,or hallibut or a nice chunk of pickerell;))

5:18 am

at bottom of grid click on lickety, then click again where it says click, then click again where it says printable clues

5:18 am

google it crossy, it's a traditional thing here but baxters (the soup people charge about £3 a tin)

5:18 am

ahh like making the innards for a fish pie!!:)) mmm

5:19 am

Hello everyone

5:19 am

i love pot pies and the wife hates em:/ steak,steak and kidney,chicken pies,fish pie with peas and fish and taters swimming in a cream sauce..mmmm

5:20 am

howdy lynxx

5:20 am

mmm, fresh caught pickerel...delish, pan fried in butter, al fresco

5:20 am

heya lynxxx

5:20 am

Ishult - ul4.5 *2 uv4.8 & plural

5:20 am

yum crossy

5:20 am

hi llynxxx

5:20 am

my da sends me a few pickerell fillets from up north every so often kate;))

5:21 am

steak & kidney - yum! (as long as I don't look too closely)

5:22 am

if i had my way the freezer would be full of pot pies,and a case of vodka in the pantry and a crate of tangerines to keep the scurvey down:))

5:22 am

lol

5:22 am

thanks lynxx

5:24 am

ggot the printable clues andree, but have no idea how to bring it to the babble grid page

5:24 am

all this talk of food, i'm starved...miuat forage soon, and only 16 to go!

5:24 am

must

5:25 am

go kate!!!

5:26 am

bring the babble page up over the printable clues and move it to the right so you can see the clue list

5:26 am

side-tracked by trying to figure out this sizing thing..babble word hunt now on hold. am afraid i'll lose my word list

5:26 am

gretzky has quit coaching the coyotes over the ownership b.s.!

5:27 am

i am computer challenged so not explaining very well, my son showed me how to do some years ago

5:27 am

don't know what you mean , but will go and tinker..bbs

5:27 am

ahh..a fresh hot lemon tea,even the wealthy can make a better cuppa;)0..poor wayne,i wouldnt put up with shit either,though it had to be bad before he let the kids down

5:27 am

best done in person for sure, much easier toi see htan explain

5:28 am

back later

5:28 am

well, winter olympics are coming, and he needs to be with cdn hockjey team anyway!!!

5:28 am

ty andree

5:33 am

as soon as the deamon spawn is off to school,crossy is goin back to bed:/

5:33 am

well, i'm now thoroughly annoyed...my cursor will not change into the double-ended arrow thing, so i can drag the screen right/left...give up0 for now

5:34 am

gone to lickety to write up my list, back soon..

5:34 am

Kate - have you tried the Bulk Add feature

5:35 am

kate you can add them all at once

5:35 am

thats what i do

5:36 am

Back for more

5:36 am

wb Lori

5:36 am

hi Lori!

5:37 am

Is there an actual un word coming from that u please? I have the ul and uv's

5:38 am

for some reason i always thought the sa7 was spelt with an h at the end

5:38 am

2 ul4's

5:38 am

i have 4 u's and no un

5:38 am

Ahh, Mercy Buckets Lynx!

5:39 am

Doh. got it. DENSA.... Thanks again!

5:41 am

yes, do use the bulk add, no problem with that, just annoyed that in order to stay with chog and grid i must get the word list to manageable level then write list of missing words by hand, hoping that i insert them in the correct spots if the point counts are the same..and of course anything entered in lickety must be re-entered in babble after that , which can lead to errors of forgettin g to add..

5:42 am

there is no un worde

5:43 am

So, before the inevitable "can I have the 8 please", may I have the first 2 letters ONLY?

5:43 am

don't have it yet lori, sorry

5:43 am

but i will be listing soon and will look

5:43 am

Kate: Just keep redoing the bulk add - over the top of ones you have done before...You can even just do Bulk Add on all the wods starting with, say, S

5:43 am

vo

5:44 am

vo8 Lori

5:44 am

Ahh, ahven't touched the v yet. Muchos grassyass all.

5:44 am

i do that jacq, i guess i'm not ranting very clearly anymore...got very tired very suddenly

5:44 am

vo8/55

5:45 am

poor kate, sends her choclits

an6,21 please?

5:46 am

ty jacq, they are appreciated, shall i send you some of the chicken brown rice and veggie soup that i made fo crossy?

5:46 am

an 6, periodic event

5:46 am

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

thanks lori

5:47 am

y v w

5:47 am

*** < sending soup, special delivery > ***

5:48 am

brb

5:48 am

Hey, the vo 8 is an interesting word. Don't think I've seen it before. Thanks again all

5:49 am

sends choclits to all the babblers, and bacon flavoured ones for crossy

5:50 am

have not found the 8 yet

5:51 am

Jeez, the v is tough. gah

5:51 am

ty for choclits though

5:51 am

Or, i could just be still stuck in DENSA mode. Missed a ton of easy ones. ***Le sigh***

st6,18 please?

5:54 am

Missing a v. Just the 1 vo please?

5:54 am

st and the word for donkeys less one consonant

5:55 am

st = variant spelling of a state of stopped movenment

thanks again!

last word oa5,16 - just can't get it

5:57 am

l***** of bread

5:57 am

water hole?

5:57 am

and hi everyone

ty!

5:57 am

hi AnnieB - TY

5:57 am

hi lynxxxie

5:57 am

ohhhh, doh!!, should have looked at the stats properly lol

5:58 am

Annie of Brooklyn! G'd morning :)

5:58 am

Hi Lori of NS!

6:01 am

*going to make some coffee* anyone?

6:01 am

yes please Annie

6:01 am

Yes please!

6:01 am

*off to the kitchen then*

6:02 am

***bounces off the walls in anticipation***

6:02 am

Ahh, there was another vo. vo 4 Buh bye v

6:03 am

hi Infernal

6:04 am

thanks Lori

HOwdy

6:05 am

Just the 1 az word?

6:05 am

yes

Thank youi for the 8 lori

6:05 am

heya lady

6:05 am

Darn. Thanks though!

Howdy. Watching Torchwood

6:08 am

hi herin

6:08 am

Jut the 2 av's?

6:08 am

3

HOwdy

6:09 am

av*** me hearties!

6:11 am

I have that one, so I must be DENSA still. Thanks Lynx ***looking***

Anyone seen Ata I have a Torchwood question

6:13 am

not tonight, can I help

6:13 am

Doh, the other 4. Duh

6:13 am

Afternoon all. I've galloped up to 91 found and now come to an abrupt halt. Apparently, 36 more words are hiding from me.

6:13 am

Thanks muchly Lynx.

6:13 am

hi Jac

6:13 am

Mornin' Jacula

6:13 am

*back with coffee, sugar, cream*---please help yourselves*

6:13 am

heya jac

I wanted to know if the ''army base in season 2 episode 3 is the same as the one in the Children series

6:14 am

Hi lynxxx.

6:14 am

Hi jacq and Herin and Annie.

6:14 am

Hi Jacula, nice to see you

6:14 am

could be. I should have paid more attention

6:14 am

have a cuppa jacula, they'll jump right out at you, and good afternoon

6:14 am

and Lori, and anyone I've missed.

6:14 am

***Thanks Annie for piping hot fresh coffee. No sugar or cream, dilutes the caffeine***

6:15 am

Kate, good idea. *Wanders off to the teapot.*

I am not sure but its one of those its going to bug me things

I just found a tardis sound effect for my mobile. Cackles with nerdy glee

6:17 am

Holy cow. Took all this time for that sa 7 to sink in to my tiny brain. the one jacq (I think) referenced earlier. Belated thanks jacq. :D

6:17 am

must give it up for now, still 10 to find...can anyone give me a hint on the vo 8? i couldn't see it

6:18 am

glad you got it, i let it pass, it was hurting my brain

6:18 am

yw i think lol

6:18 am

vo + roofing goo + common ending, female

6:18 am

it does help jacula ^_^

6:19 am

ty

6:19 am

Man, at the time when you mentioned the h, I was like 'what the ehck is she talking about?". My brain is a scary place....

6:19 am

Good morning/afternoon/evening all.

6:19 am

Hello Haz.

6:19 am

Hello Hazel

6:19 am

Hazaurus ! G'd mornin'

6:19 am

morning Haz

Haha I was about to say that too.

6:20 am

Hello!

6:20 am

I was trying to think of something else to say besides Hello, but my mind must be too mediocre today to think of anything more.

6:21 am

Lowered expectations are the way to go.

6:22 am

I think so, expect little and you're not disappointed.

I think i am a little excited now

6:23 am

lol

I like finding new nerdy things

6:27 am

Just the 1 tu please?

6:27 am

yes i think so

Its a fish

6:27 am

Enable won't accept the Kenyan National Park, Tsavo. Pity!

6:27 am

lori, large fish?

Hi there Annie

6:27 am

yah yah. I worded that poorly. Is there just one tu?

6:28 am

Hi there too, herin

6:28 am

dont have the list yet, lori

Not sure

6:28 am

No problem-O. Switching to the r.

6:31 am

achoo! snuffle..wheeze..;/

6:32 am

Just 1 tu

6:32 am

thanks for the 8, new word for me

6:32 am

hello all

6:32 am

*Hands crossy a box of tissues.*

6:32 am

poor Crossy

6:32 am

howdy peri

6:32 am

Hello Peri.

6:32 am

Hello peri.

6:33 am

Thanks lynx

6:35 am

hi peri, crossy

6:35 am

Well, the mug of tea got me up to 103 found, 24 to go.

6:35 am

8 left, mental health break. BBL

6:35 am

yay jacula!!! knew you could do it,,,go go go

6:36 am

lool lori

6:36 am

later, lori

6:36 am

19 to go now...

6:36 am

6 left, but keeping for the morning. Goodnight all

6:36 am

go jacula, go!!

6:36 am

Sleep well, lynxxx.

6:36 am

sweet dreams, lynxxxxoe

6:36 am

get 'er done jacula!

6:37 am

*lynxxxxie

6:37 am

afternoon everyone

6:37 am

hi katie

6:37 am

Hello Katie.

6:39 am

katie came back! how was the hunt???

6:39 am

been working on the house but have just found a few mice lol

6:39 am

Good morning/day to all.

6:40 am

Hi scrabbler

6:40 am

morning scrabs

6:40 am

Morning Scrabbs.

6:40 am

mice still get you goodies, not all bad

6:40 am

hi scrabbs

6:41 am

guten Morgem

6:41 am

hi inge

Hi any one i missed

6:42 am

Thank goodness, it is normal size\

6:42 am

Guten Morgen, Freundin Inge.

6:42 am

Hello inge.

6:42 am

diving in

Jac at the ABC store they had Scarace Mc Claw I thought she was a little small

6:45 am

Herin - the book or the dog?

Toy. Sorry Scarface. Silly typo

6:47 am

Oh, Scarface Claw, the cat.

The cat Scarface who always scares the dogs

6:47 am

So far this is a fun grid but I will hit the wall soon, I expect

6:47 am

Another Linley Dodd cat is Slinky Malinky.

That is the one sorry. I am trying to sync my phone to the computer. Silly thing says nothing is wrong but its being stupid

6:47 am

*Lynley Dodd. Sorry.

6:49 am

Bottom S clues? That is my only blank tile.

6:49 am

sa4/4 - s plus a donkey=cheek

6:50 am

I have that from another S

6:50 am

How about so5/16 and so6/27 instead?

6:50 am

st5 & 6 - fence posts or maybe to ward off hunger?

6:50 am

You're right. Too many es4/4 in this thing.

6:51 am

Or so5 & 6 - wine.

6:51 am

It must be so5 + 6---I am looking now

6:51 am

thanks, Haz

6:51 am

You're welcome.

6:51 am

OK, I found so5 + 6

6:51 am

TY, Hazel!

6:52 am

Glad it worked, Scrabbler.

6:52 am

remove the ess for another word 0 5/16

6:52 am

NBT and past halfway---now to get ready for tennis. After tennis = Scrabble Festival with friends!

Sorry that is totally my bad. It was Slinky not Scarface

6:53 am

have fun, scrabbs

6:53 am

TY, Hazel! 55 to find tonight

6:53 am

Thanks Annie. That's a new word for me.

6:53 am

help with 7's pls

6:53 am

Have fun, Scrabbs.

6:53 am

youre welcome, jac

6:54 am

Apparently, it's the pural form of 'stupid great oa*'. Hmm.

6:55 am

didnt know that...plural oa**...might try to use that in a sentence when appropiate

6:55 am

re7/28 - gets people to change chairs?

6:56 am

thanks Haz

6:56 am

se7/28 - se plus a double helping of Miss Parkes, civil rights heroine.

6:56 am

not seeing the oa

6:56 am

Peri - think bread, lots of it, and remove the 'l'.

6:57 am

thanks Haz

6:57 am

Thanks Haz, great clue for se7

6:57 am

12 left, but it's time I trundled to the supermarket. BBL.

6:58 am

ok, need a break, will look for the oa later

6:58 am

bye, jac and peri

7:00 am

sa7 - a plain, with coarse grasses.

7:01 am

The other se7 is the latin plural of se6/18, relating to Miss Parks

7:01 am

thanks again for the plural Miss Parks

7:02 am

You're welcome, Annie.

7:02 am

thanks Jac and Haz

7:02 am

You're welcome, inge.

7:03 am

Back shortly, have to do a quick errand.

7:04 am

later, Haz

7:40 am

hello?

7:42 am

fireworks, and thanks for the clues

7:42 am

hi phaeton

7:44 am

they must all be rading the refrigerator

7:44 am

raiding I mean

7:44 am

clue for the 8 plz

7:47 am

vo 8" v o+ black road top + she is an hei***

7:48 am

ta inge

7:48 am

she is a what?

7:49 am

heir***

7:49 am

ahh...ty

7:50 am

My floor lamp bulb burned out, so I am in the dark here

7:51 am

isn't it daylight inge?

7:53 am

I have macular degeneration

7:54 am

need bright light to see keyboard

7:55 am

getting new bulb. poof

8:02 am

hi everyone, back to finish

8:03 am

good morning andree!

8:04 am

hi trif, good morning to you but after 11pm and nearly bedtime for me

8:04 am

well, it is almost morning to you, I guess!

8:05 am

3 left here

8:05 am

Good morning, all.

8:05 am

hi judi

8:06 am

Andree - have the dust storms abate at all?

8:06 am

*abated*

hello all!

8:06 am

hi TO

8:07 am

the duststorm only lasted less than a day, just left a mess in its wake

8:08 am

1st time in 70 years this has happened and now we are being told another is on the way

8:08 am

i am going to the car wash tomorrow toask for my money back,lol

8:08 am

Mmm. Tough to clean up without water. Recommend rain dancing.

8:10 am

i have hosed everything in sight outside and damp dusted the whole house, been to the car wash and had the pool man in to clean that up

8:10 am

and on the other side of the world . . . we've had 8 inches of rain in 10 days and are supposed to get another 2 inches today . . .

8:10 am

rain would be great but all we see is blue skies

8:10 am

Andree, your puppy picture makes me want to kiss kiss kiss him!!

8:10 am

une send some here please

8:11 am

packing it up as we speak, Andree! LOL

8:11 am

that was taken at 5 weeks at beg of september

8:12 am

he is nearly ready to leave his mum and then i can be his new mum

8:12 am

so exciting!

8:12 am

have you chosen a name?

8:13 am

beau

8:13 am

Very cute!

8:13 am

aawwww, looking forward to lots of Babble pix of Beau in the future!

8:14 am

other than the last 6 years since i left husband] now ex] i have never been without a dog so i am very excited

8:14 am

I've never gone more than 6 months, Andree! LOL

what is the mix andree?

8:15 am

Andree, what a cutie Beau is!

8:16 am

back for my last 5

8:16 am

spaniel and poodle, a spoodle, i can't see any poodle in him tho

8:16 am

hey, annie!

8:16 am

go annie, 2 more here

wellthe coat- the curly coat

hi annie!

8:18 am

my last dog was a spaniel and the one before a springer spaniel and niethe had really straight coats

8:18 am

neither too

8:19 am

andree, I don't want to open the whole nasty can of worms again, but I did want to let you know that I am now being blamed for the whole fracas. according to the perpetrator, I am the one who turned it personal. Sigh

8:19 am

with all the rain and humidity here, my mom's springer has MAJOR curls these days! LOL

8:19 am

you are kidding me trif

8:20 am

no.

8:20 am

Hi Trif...you are dealing with a person of questionable stability...ignore the idjit

letit go. walk the chog wisely

8:20 am

hi annie. Yes, I suppose you are right. and I will, TO

8:20 am

Trif, If you disrupts Babble Dr.G can help

8:20 am

he turned it personal when he lifted from my profile, nothing changes that

8:21 am

*LOL....I meant HE..typing too fast and not reading what I type

8:22 am

dr god has had heaps of emails about this from many babblers, he says no laws were broken

8:22 am

wow, that's interesting, andree . . . jeez

8:23 am

must run -- back tonite -- happy babbling, all! *poof*

8:23 am

*freedom of speech...he's a dangerous jerk..ignore him

8:23 am

because my name was not used even though everyone knew

8:24 am

Uh oh. Who is this person, so I know to ignore him if I see him?

8:24 am

JC

8:24 am

you are right annie, but i felt bad when crossy tried to apologise to me this evening because he felt he has opened the original conversation

8:25 am

yes, that is what I am most guilty of, unfortunately. I did use your name in one of my replies, which I obviously regret tremendously. I thought he had in the original post.

8:25 am

andree, I have just sent you an email. It will explain everything

8:26 am

are you sure trif, my son checked it over very carefully to see what could be done and as my name was not used , nothing

8:26 am

JC once went after Haz in the same manner...best to pay him not mind..that will drive him nuts

8:26 am

*no

JC? What did he do wrong?

8:26 am

and then he will go away until the next tim

8:26 am

*time

On second thoughts, that may be personal. Sorry! Don't feel you have to answer, I'm not trying to pry!

8:27 am

will check my emails

8:27 am

I used your name, I am so sorry.

Andree, he has done himself the most enormous harm as I see it. Before I realised who he was (if he is telling the truth), he came over as someone desperately seeking attention. He needs the public for his career, and if he alienates them he has no career.

all you who have given him your email addy and subscribed to his blog be vigilant

8:28 am

nothing to be sorry about trif, your intentions and bravery were wonderful

8:29 am

Trif, You went to the aid of a fellow babbler

8:29 am

i'm back, had to feed the gkids

8:30 am

I am done.

wth annie!

8:30 am

hi phae, Owl

oops my bad typing alsmot got me into heaps of trouble

8:31 am

LOL, I looked twice..that is something I might do (by mistake of course)

8:33 am

ANYONE HAVE A CLUE FOR THE SA 7/40 PLEASE?

8:33 am

caps lock, sorry, tired

8:34 am

good morni ng all

8:34 am

sa 7 is an African plain or a girl's name

8:34 am

ty

ty Annie

8:34 am

youre welcome

you all got that word?

8:36 am

sorry all, my laptop freaked and I had to reboot - Andree, I just went back to double check and hey - I NEVER did use your name! I only said "babble"!!! He had such a go at me for "outing" you that I assumed I had, but I didn't!

8:38 am

Trif, Haz has a good description of this person on her profile.

8:39 am

OK you guys, this story is quite intriquing. I don't know what you're talking about. Someone start at the beginning and tell me what the ... is going on??

8:39 am

Owl, did you get sa 7 ?

8:39 am

Yawn. Fireworks.

no

judi ithought of you as i drove thru de yesterday

8:40 am

Owl, Sa7 is a city in Georgia without the last letter

8:40 am

YAY for Judi

8:40 am

Well, thanks TO.

8:40 am

sa 7: in africa they refer to the plains where the animals roam as a sa*****. sa + ***** White is on the show where they spin a wheel.

8:41 am

vo 8 clue please?

ty annie. gtg. happybabbling all

8:41 am

bye Owl

8:41 am

I am out of here too, bye dear babblers

*catches self on door jamb awaiting vo8 clue*

8:42 am

that show where they spin that wheel? wheel of fortune! sorry but forgot for a minute.

8:42 am

Vo 8: antiquated term for woman who casts a ballot.

8:42 am

i just checked over the email from my son, have sent it on, he double checked and my name is not mentioned, its just a case of jc trying to shift the blame

8:43 am

tm word???????now what language is that in?????? clue please.

8:43 am

thank you andree. My mistake.

8:43 am

good morning

8:43 am

got the tm word. weird.

8:44 am

never heard that vo word. cant get it yet.

8:44 am

not your mistake trif

8:44 am

I wonder how long it takes an email to get from oz to here - maybe seconds, maybe minutes? Isn't that mind blowing, when you think of it? I used to send posts to my friend in Australia back in the 80's, and it was a question of six weeks out, six weeks back. Amazing

8:44 am

not votuna or votanna.

Oooh thank you for that clue, Judi. You wouldn't believe the ridiculous words I made up and tried for that...

8:45 am

glad you said something otherwise you might not have gone back to check

snake like ending

*poof*

8:45 am

fireworks

Yes, Trif, I find it amazing that we are all chatting from all over the world and all different time zones, and all in seconds!

mkg, think of the ending that graces a 'female' word - duch***, etc

8:45 am

Vo8: cast a ballot - last vowel + first vowel + you live at an add****.

8:45 am

got the vo word but wow.

8:46 am

ty all. got it.

8:46 am

way to go, andree!

8:46 am

FIREW#ORKS and bed for me...

8:46 am

and its nearly midnight here friday and morning friday with most others, thats what i find the most strange

8:46 am

YAY, Kate!

8:46 am

that will be a great icon clue Susan B Anthony. brb

welldone Kate!

8:46 am

need ar 5 10 please first one. have second.

8:46 am

yay me

8:46 am

yay kate

8:47 am

I think that vo word is a kind of nun, or female attendant, anyway. I remember it from Midsummers Night's Dream....

8:47 am

congratulatins andree!!!

8:47 am

nm got it.

8:47 am

gm

8:47 am

Primo played the little boy kidnapped from the vo in a local production

8:47 am

congrats andree!

8:47 am

ar 5/10 = a + ro4/4 (flower)

8:47 am

I'm outta here. You kids have a good weekend! *POOF*

8:48 am

a+ flower

8:48 am

bye judi

8:48 am

bye judi!

8:48 am

ty all.

8:48 am

an 6 please?

8:48 am

yearly mkg

8:49 am

ty. how did i miss it.

8:49 am

av 5 please. sorry to have so many.

8:50 am

a+ big

8:50 am

sort of what a pirate yells, mkg

8:50 am

"av*** me hearties"

8:50 am

lol i thought that was ahoy

8:51 am

huh? avenge??????? not sure what.

8:51 am

go with andree's clue - it's better

8:51 am

it is ahoy.

8:51 am

me too andree

8:51 am

there's a TM word? how many letters>

:-) Fireworks

8:51 am

bbl

8:51 am

6 harp

8:51 am

woooo mama!

8:51 am

woooo mama!

8:52 am

yay mama

8:52 am

wtg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good word mamanow a clue for the av 5 please?

8:52 am

mkg see 8.50

8:52 am

harp, t and then the word me***.

a + HUGE

8:52 am

got it.

8:52 am

ty got it.

too little too late ;)

8:53 am

can anyone tell me the stats for the bottom row s?

8:55 am

i only have 2 from that s, harp...so4&5

8:55 am

oops...i mean so5&6

8:57 am

re 6 please?

8:57 am

i think the st6 also comes from that

8:57 am

got it actually. sorry.

8:57 am

takes another chair, mkg

8:57 am

I have 5 from that S...2 x st, 3 x sa

8:58 am

bottom row s: 3 words

8:58 am

only 3 words come from that s

9:00 am

oops after 12, now i turn into a pumpkin, goodnight all and happy babbling

9:00 am

goodnight, andree!

9:02 am

good night andree, hope the dust settles for the aussies

9:02 am

ty got all r words now.

9:02 am

st 6 please?

Cannot for the life of me find that az4

9:03 am

natore

9:03 am

repeat first vowel after az.

9:03 am

street spirit, same ending as for Jungle Jane's friend, Tar***.

Wonderful. Thanks Haz and mkg :)

9:04 am

need first st 6 plz

9:04 am

You're welcome.

9:05 am

need se 6 also please.

9:05 am

se6 - se plus Miss Parkes, civil rights heroine.

9:06 am

ty

9:06 am

st6 - st plus donkeys losing one of the double plural letters in the middle.

My excuse for missing that one is that this is my first time trying this. A friend recommended me - typically, he has not been on in months himself..

9:06 am

st 6 please?

9:06 am

oops i see the clue now.

9:06 am

ST6 is Sa 5 with a consonant inserted

9:06 am

No excuse needed, street spirit, this game takes practice.

9:07 am

ty all. got firewks now. ty ty ty

Well thanks, Haz :) nice of you to say

9:08 am

No problem, street. Welcome to the game.

9:08 am

I just changed my icon to clue st6

9:08 am

Congratulations mkg.

9:08 am

need a bump for the u for nbt, please?

9:09 am

u - radius and ?

9:09 am

part of the eye uv4

9:09 am

I should have said ul4 and it anagrams as well.

9:10 am

and that greyed it! thanks ladies....have to scoot now, I have a forest of paperwork to slog through

9:11 am

Paperwork = unbounded joy.

9:11 am

you have no idea, haz! I have to go back through a year's worth of bank statements and visa statements to account for every single transaction - where it went, and who paid it, and who spent what, in preparation for a marathon meeting with my lawyer on monday. oh, such joy

9:12 am

My heart is sinking for you.

9:12 am

found a fish tu4

9:13 am

I'm the world's worst, I never take any note of what I'm spending money on. It sounds horrendous.

You'll feel good when it's done, Trif. Bit like cleaning out the attic.

9:13 am

actually, it is giving me a feeling of control, haz. Once it is out on paper, I am in a much better bargaining position. I won't have to *guess* how much my average electric bill is, I will know. Knowledge is power.

9:13 am

the scary part is, I can come up with a monthly figure, but the court might not grant it. It could be hundreds less.

9:14 am

You're doing a fine job of accentuating the positive, I'll grant you that.

9:15 am

as I said before, I am a New Englander, raised by a Depression baby who's mother was Scottish. Thrift runs in my blood

9:15 am

And we've already discussed possible menu choices...

9:17 am

yes, I threatened the kids with it the other day! Suddenly the dinner I had prepared was quite appealing!

9:17 am

I can imagine!

9:18 am

Seriously, I wish you didn't have to be doing this, but since you must, I hope it goes smoothly and leaves you feeling that you've achieved something.

9:22 am

actually - I think I have changed my mind. it is a lovely fall day outside, and there is yard work still to be done. I still am splitting up those trees I had taken down, and the gardens need to be put to winter bed. I think I will go out side and revel in nature. Paperwork can wait til night time, can't it?

9:23 am

in any case, off I go. Cheers, dears! And special thanks, Haz. I appreciate your warm thoughts. It will all be sorted soon, and we can all celebrate.

I recognise a fellow procrastinator :-) But the fresh air will clear your head and make it easier later.

9:24 am

LOL sally! Yes, sometimes those logs do have faces....

Hurrah! Halfway mark

9:26 am

All the best, Trif.

9:27 am

You're doing very well, street spirit. You're enjoying the puzzle?

Thanks, Haz :) and yes, I am. The chat is impressive, too - everyone's so nice to each other! Can't wait to flaunt some of these words in my english class...

lol street spirit. You haven't caughton yet that these are special babble words, never to be seen anywhere else!

9:30 am

Some of us are still waiting to introduce hairy-nosed dolphins into conversations (inia). Some of the words are mind-boggling but it's fun to find them.

9:30 am

Hello, all.

Since I can't sew I'm unlikely to need to buy an etui.

9:30 am

Vicuna! Hello!

9:31 am

How are you?

9:31 am

Funnily enough, Sally, someone the other day was looking for 'needlecase' in a crossword. Such triumph when I could tell them.

Inia? Etui?! Time to start the rest of my life searching for hairy-nosed dolphins in the Thames.

9:31 am

I'm well, Vicuna, how are you and the twins of Glory?

lol Haz.

9:32 am

TOG-girl wiped out on her bicycle on Saturday. Much blood and agony. Two stitches inside her lip. Ugh. Otherwise we're all splendid!

Vicuna, just seen your recipe. Ooooh, temptation get thee behind me.

9:32 am

The sad fact is that English is composed of words stolen from lots of languages and we poor babblers have to broaden our vocabulary to find them.

9:33 am

Just do it, Sally! It's awesome!

9:33 am

ANd you need to eat only a very small serving at a time because it's so rich. honestly!

I already have rather a lot of past temptation showing on my behind.

9:33 am

Two stitches! And her poor lip will have been swollen, I'm sure. Is she still able to eat ice-cream?

9:34 am

lol. Oh well, fine!

9:35 am

Her lip was bigger than her nose at first, but it's amazing how fast her little 7-year-old body heals. It's like watching time lapse photography. I'm so jealous. She's almost back to normal again already.

Well, I have sneaked a copy, just in case ...

9:36 am

That's good, Vicuna. Did the bike need major surgery?

9:36 am

Still afraid to get back on the bike again, though.

I take it 1 c of sugar is a cup?

9:36 am

hello again everybody

9:36 am

back for my final 2

9:36 am

I can understand her reluctance, hopefully she'll pluck up courage soon.

9:36 am

Hello jacq.

9:36 am

heya haz

9:37 am

I think the bike's fine, although to be honest we haven't really looked at it since bringing it home in the car. (SHe couldn't ride home, so we abandoned it by the side of the road and walked her home, then went back for the bike with the car.)

Hi Jacq

Oh Jacq, what a lovely icon

9:38 am

heya sally

9:38 am

Yes, Sally, c = cup. And you can always serve it to guests and make them worry about their behinds instead of you worrying about yours. =D

9:38 am

Hello, jacq. Hello, street spirit.

9:38 am

hello street, ty starry night is one of my favourite paintings, this one, the scream and the persistence od memory are myall time best

9:38 am

it looks like an easy and yummy recipe Vicuna

9:40 am

Yep, it is, DR. Apparently I'm trying to corrupt the morals of dieters everywhere.

Oh, I see my first husband's in the grid: to 6/18.

9:41 am

I have been goingto the gym for the first time in my life so I can have alittle corruption. : )

9:42 am

LOL sally, i just got that

9:42 am

LOLOL

9:43 am

It's nice to see that you're working through your hostility issues, Sally.

9:43 am

she's not hostile LOL somany men have the same name LOLOLOLOL

:-) Haz. All a long time ago.

9:43 am

lol

9:45 am

Sally, how did your non-to6/18 present husband manage when you were on holiday?

9:46 am

Maybe her present husband is also in the grid: luv

9:46 am

fireworks!!!!

9:47 am

Well done, jacq!

Very slowly. As he said, the snails passed us. Mostly in Venice we used the boats, and he tottered around as best he could. We don't "do" museums and such, but just soaked up the atmosphere etc.

9:47 am

Yay for jacq!

9:47 am

that final to4/4 was one i tried 5 times and i'm sure i spelled it the same way each time

9:48 am

I'm all for soaking up the atmosphere if the atmosphere is Venice and Florence.

And the ice cream, remember!

9:49 am

can i clue fr anyone?

It was a belated silver wedding holiday - we should have gone in April but he had a heart by-pass then. Not been a good year for him, health--wise.

9:49 am

Italian ice-cream - such a wonderful excuse to soak up the atmosphere. 'Let's have a rest and soak up the atmosphere and, oh look, we happen to have stopped beside a gelateria again.'

You were obviously in the same queue Haz!

9:50 am

Yes, indeed.

9:52 am

So, what's the excitement in Ballymena these days, Haz?

9:52 am

Would you believe that I was down town this morning and the bomb squad were there?

9:53 am

Uh oh. Nothing serious in the end, I trust. We don't actually want THAT kind of excitement.

The bomb squad? Where do you live Haz?

9:53 am

sa7 if you are still here Jacq

9:53 am

Some sort of suspect device outside the courthouse, I think. I haven't heard any controlled explosions or anything so it's maybe been a hoax.

9:53 am

Ballymena, Northern Ireland, Sally.

9:54 am

Ugh. Hopefully some totally innocent mistake.

ty

9:54 am

Like someone dropped their lunch on their way to work, and it happened to be tied together with wire...

DR1965: sa7 is a sort of grassland, ends in girl's name

9:55 am

what they call grass plains in SA DR

9:55 am

I hope so, Vicuna. They don't take any chances.

9:55 am

morning? all

9:55 am

ty both- got it

9:55 am

Hello hootowl.

9:55 am

Hello, hootowl.

9:55 am

sorry had a coughing fit

9:55 am

think of wheel of fortune

9:56 am

good - now clue that abominable vo8 please

9:57 am

vo, roofing gunk and feminine ending

9:57 am

dam - that good was NOT aimed at you jacq - that was for finding it.

9:57 am

LOL i know hoot

9:58 am

roofing gunk is tar?????

9:58 am

vo8 - it looks like a description of a female who casts a ballot. Or vo, McAdam's gift to the road, last letters of another word for frock beginning with d.

9:58 am

how are you feeling now jacq?..any better?

9:58 am

ok- off ot take son to school - bbl

9:58 am

Bye, DR.

9:58 am

lol zooz, i have to be isolated for at least 5 days

9:58 am

Bye DR, hello zooz.

9:58 am

they are treating my flu like swine flu

9:59 am

hello, zoozzoom.

9:59 am

Hello Haz :-)

9:59 am

that does not sound too good jacq :-(

9:59 am

am getting tamiflu

9:59 am

hello Vicuna :-)

9:59 am

so they think it might be swine flu then?

9:59 am

it's a precaution, but yesteday my whole family was here, both grandchildren too, and my mum is on a new med that weakens her immune system

10:00 am

best to be on the safe side..thats what i say.

10:00 am

Wow, thanks Haz - just took a sec for the McAdams part to click

10:00 am

You're welcome, hootowl.

10:03 am

Well, time I was doing other things, so I'd better head off. Hope you feel better, jacq. Bye for now!

10:04 am

Farewell, Haz.

10:04 am

Bye!

10:04 am

bye haz

10:04 am

bye Haz

10:04 am

firebirds

10:04 am

Yay for hootowl!

10:04 am

WTG Hootowl :-)

10:05 am

bye haz - ty again

10:05 am

now to stores - bbl

10:05 am

bye everyone

10:05 am

And bye, hootowl.

10:06 am

nap time

Must be off too. See you all tomorrow.

10:06 am

And bye, jacq?

10:06 am

And bye, Sally...

10:06 am

Anyone else?

10:07 am

Well, how about me, then. Goodbye!

10:09 am

everyones gone...bye

10:10 am

looks like i have babble all to myself.

10:12 am

not entirely, I tend lurk and not talk much, but since you were by yourself I thought I should say hi

10:12 am

yay..hello Cwwizard :-)

10:12 am

hi

hello vi

10:16 am

Hello TO, Vic has left for a while.

hello zoom. hello all

10:40 am

hr

10:43 am

hello PMS

10:45 am

hello zoozzoom

10:56 am

My current score is 100 words and 1000 points. I could continue in search of that holy grail; however, I feel there is a certain je ne sais quoi with regard to where I am now, so I'll bid adieu to this puzzle.

11:04 am

bye lawyer

First word I find? Phantom....This probably says something about where I'll end up in today's grid.

11:22 am

i thought this grid was not going to be too bad..but i must admit..i am struggling today..lol, although it is probably just me :-)

11:24 am

No, you are not alone. I have found a lot of unfamiliar words, too.

11:29 am

Not much activity in the chatterboc either.

11:29 am

Hello Merk, glad it is not just me then :-)

11:29 am

no you are right, most people have gone.

11:31 am

just checking in, hello all

11:32 am

Lunch or suppertime perhaps.

11:32 am

hi leigh, where have you been?

11:33 am

It's a good thing I'm not in need of a clue right now.

11:33 am

helllo Kate

11:34 am

i guess with such a small grid, most people finish quickly and leave?

11:34 am

well i only need 10 more merk, i can tey and give you clues if you need any :-)

11:34 am

hi zooz, how are you this evening?

11:34 am

not too bad thanks kate..how are you?

I've been working, and sleeping mostly.

How are you?

11:35 am

okay here, been a bit tired lately, am about to have a nap..like naps...a lot

11:36 am

i'm doing fine zooz. did they finally give you a night off?

11:36 am

same here, love them..sorry to butt into your convo..but when you mention naps..lol

11:36 am

in fact Kate i have two in a row, today & tommorow :-)))

11:36 am

naps..nature's most perfect restorative ^_^

11:37 am

wow! what have you been doing with all that spare time?

11:38 am

well i have taken some photos for a butchers brochures, nice when your hobby starts to make you money..also been looking after my sisters children so she can go out and enjoy herself for a change..lol

11:39 am

leigh, how do i find out about my farmville land purchase? it went through -$20 farmville dollars, taken from account, but i still only have the 6 plots i started with...should now have a 16 x 16 farm...?

11:40 am

so your sister must be close to you? also on the island? thaat's very brave of you riding herd on your neices/nephews..bet your son is having fun.

11:41 am

i always liked spending time with my cousins when we were younger..and now too, for that matter..

11:42 am

does anyone need a clue or two?

11:43 am

yes my sister lives not very far from us, so it is nice to see her children, my parents also live close by, and yes we all live on the island, except for one brother & two more sisters who live on the mainland. (large family as you can see..lol)

11:43 am

hi all!

11:43 am

Hello Nrkii :-)

11:43 am

down to 5 more words to find

11:43 am

taking off my socks to count how many siblings zooz hads...

11:43 am

hi nrkii!

11:44 am

go zooz go!!!

11:44 am

10 to go here

11:44 am

well done nrkii, you're almost home

11:44 am

i only have one child, the rest are brothers & sisters :-)

11:45 am

i`ll race you Nrkii, although i am listing now..and i don`t mean i am going lobsided..hahaha

11:45 am

just went to list... 8 now

11:45 am

a son i think? was it in your profile?

11:46 am

nrkii's nipping those words off in record time

11:46 am

yes that is right, gary..although it is on my flickr account and not on my profile on babble

11:46 am

down to 4

11:47 am

a TM word??? monkeys working on that while I move on

11:47 am

2 left

11:47 am

i must have seen it there then, i remember looking at your photos...there were quite a few i really liked. very original work, inmho

11:47 am

geez you are fast

11:48 am

must have had a coffe before logging in...

11:48 am

fireworks!

11:48 am

but I had to use a2z for last two words... TM6 and VO8

11:49 am

tm6/18 = t'plural of t'mouse?

11:49 am

WOW WTG Nrkii...remind me NOT to race you again..lol

11:49 am

yes the vo8 is what i am on now

11:49 am

tm6 = t + flat-topped hills in the southwest of the US, but change last vowel

11:50 am

plural of goose is geese plural of moose is meese plural of mice is meses

11:50 am

* from kate's own deictionary

11:51 am

vo8 pitch used to repair a roof +....

11:51 am

nice Kate :)

11:51 am

you like? i'm tired and silly now..

11:51 am

vo8 a woman who casts a ballot, sort of

11:52 am

ahh thanks got it.

11:52 am

nice clue nrkii

11:53 am

1 to find

11:53 am

and fireworks for me :-)

11:53 am

GOOOOOOOOOO ZZZOOOOOOOOOOZZZZ

11:54 am

yay zooz!!!

11:54 am

did you finish nrkii? did i miss it?

11:54 am

i notice our icons are rather similar Kate :-)

11:54 am

apparently vo8 is actually a woman who is a devoted follower

11:54 am

yep, I finished

11:54 am

congratulations nrkii!!!!!!well done!

11:54 am

11:48

11:55 am

but I "cheated" for the last two words

11:55 am

what to anything i presume?

11:55 am

no patience today

11:55 am

oh don`t say cheated Nrkii...otherwise i feel like i cheat everyday..lol

11:55 am

well, so do I zooz

11:56 am

lol

11:56 am

all's fair in love and babble

11:56 am

yes zooz, saw this in my travels today, i found one i liked better on another site,but wasn't able to bring it to babble for some reason. it was a smiley wih a glass of red wine..swirling it around and drinking...very cute

11:56 am

or all's fair in babble and war?

11:56 am

too right

11:56 am

too true nrkii...alll' fair

11:56 am

TK, question for you about the red wine cake... how would you describe the final flavor of it?

11:57 am

is it very chocolate, very wine, or c) other?

11:57 am

congratulations zoooz! that wasn't so bad was it?

11:58 am

it's finish or when you're chewing it?..it's got a slightly boozey taste, but not strong like italian rum cakes...scoc and red wine compliment each other vey well

11:59 am

no i suppose not..lol

11:59 am

more choc than wine, and that is only a hint...

11:59 am

oh I know, one of my favorite wines is a chocolate wine

11:59 am

ok i had better go and do other things..bye all,hope to see you all tommorow.

11:59 am

yummy?

12:00 pm

very very yummy

12:00 pm

and I'm off to the gym... ugh

12:00 pm

I promised myself I'd go at 1PM, and it's 1PM... sigh

12:00 pm

bye zooz, good luck with the sitting duties, hope your sister appreciates you for it

12:00 pm

see you all later!

12:00 pm

me too, i just dropped in for a minute, nap time

12:24 pm

Fireworks! Done early today maybe I can get something else done beside babble.

12:26 pm

yay, Carol!!!

12:35 pm

hello, BadPixxie

12:44 pm

clue for st 6/18 please?

12:45 pm

nevermind!

12:48 pm

hello all. good size grid, how easy is it?

12:48 pm

It's a challenge, but I just got fireworks!

12:48 pm

YAY Merk!

12:49 pm

congrats, merk and carol

12:49 pm

hi

12:49 pm

The ticket for me was to take a lot of breaks.

12:49 pm

hello

12:49 pm

hey (((seain))) how are YOU doing today?

12:49 pm

hi, phae

12:50 pm

Good day, peeples

12:50 pm

i slept for 12h, so better, thank you, stid

12:50 pm

hi, BR

12:50 pm

hey BR

12:50 pm

hey phaeton

12:52 pm

hi everyone not staying cannot work on this today!

12:52 pm

hey science ((hugs))

12:52 pm

hello, sciencegeek

12:52 pm

hi, science

12:52 pm

good for you seain. was a little worried you might not be taking good care of yourself right now.

12:52 pm

hey stid how was the lab?

12:53 pm

i had my ultrasound this am. looks like there is ometing either in the left kidney or in the spleen. fun

12:53 pm

i went shopping and got fresh veggies i ate whole, and a pomegranate for later :)

12:53 pm

when my elder child was just born and in the ICU I spent nearly every moment I could with him -- an hour from home -- and at one point the nurses almost literally shoved me out the door so I would go shopping with Mother.

12:53 pm

glad you got some sleep, dc, how is Tom doing?

12:53 pm

sorry to hear that science

12:53 pm

mmmm. pomegranate! you know that "grenade" is the french word for pomegranate?

12:53 pm

MRI for you now then, science?

12:54 pm

yes, as in grenadine

12:54 pm

ohoh science ((gentle hugs again))

12:54 pm

seain what is happening? I am out of the loop!

12:54 pm

dont think so - waiting as ususal to hear from drs

12:54 pm

Peri, doing well. I'm working on repairing the OS on his iPhone, then i'll head over to the Clinic

12:54 pm

oh! the Winogradsky columns are looking good, science -- stopped by briefly this morning and took a peek. Should start growing some nice bands of bacteria in a week or so.

12:55 pm

pls give him a gentle hug from me, seain

12:55 pm

Tom had a septal myectomy yesterday. They removed 12g of tissue from the septum in his heart.

12:55 pm

will do, peri

12:55 pm

yummy stid!

12:55 pm

omg! this is your baby???

12:55 pm

that seems like a lot of muscle, seain.

12:55 pm

no, my partner science

12:55 pm

wow, prayers for him!

12:56 pm

stid, the septum had grown to 3.5 cm. Usual is 0.5 cm

12:56 pm

ty, science

12:56 pm

i find it ironic that i'm needing to use a PC to correct an iPhone error.

12:57 pm

golly gee. well, give him our very very best and let him know he is on my list. I'll check his website for updates as often as I remember.

12:58 pm

cool. I'll have another update this afternoon, and think i'll make a post to the recovery log

12:59 pm

okie dokie. and DO take care of yourself. is there a museum nearby that you can go to for a break?

12:59 pm

the clinic is an oasis in the hood

12:59 pm

"ratose" a rodent-based sweeter? (the BEST diet product ever!)

1:00 pm

hm. so no museums. you could perhaps go dumpster diving instead... *wicked mama grin*

Photoshop is calling. I will see you all later. Need to work on my Renaissance Festival Banner!

1:01 pm

LOL. We got most of our bread by doing that a bakery in college. We ate LOTS of pita back then - it was a Mediterranean bakery

1:01 pm

clue for the sa7,please?

1:01 pm

later science! ((hugs))

1:01 pm

have fun, science :)

1:01 pm

wow. when did I hit halfway??? already down to 55

1:02 pm

I got some pretty nice (small) furniture pieces, end tables, when I was in college the same way.

1:02 pm

sa + wheel of fortune lady white

1:02 pm

thanks BR!

1:02 pm

ty BR

1:03 pm

ty for the GA town, BR

1:03 pm

I was thinking "african prairie"...

1:04 pm

that too, stid :)

1:04 pm

so I could use the N under the L please, and the U for NBT?

1:04 pm

se6?

1:04 pm

na4 stid

1:04 pm

ul4 bone

1:05 pm

se + the first name of the lady who would not go to the back of the bus

1:05 pm

thanks for the bone

1:05 pm

ty BR...yw stid

1:05 pm

and thanks for the vestibule too.

1:05 pm

NBT and down to 52. will hit 50 then take a break.

1:06 pm

hi all...back to try and find my last 45 :) Hope everyone is having a good one today!

1:06 pm

hi, kaz

1:06 pm

PC rebooting. Hopefully i can then restore the iPhone

1:06 pm

hey Kazozz!

1:06 pm

na + etiquette lady, emily p**t

1:06 pm

*fingers crossed for iphone fix*

1:07 pm

finally got the se 6. thanks

1:07 pm

hi kazozz

1:07 pm

hello, Kaz. How goes rehearsals?

1:07 pm

and that's down to 50! *happy mama look* back later to list and finish. (((hugs and choclit for everyone)) *poof*

1:08 pm

pretty good thanks BR :)

1:08 pm

be well, stid

1:08 pm

ttfn stid :)

1:08 pm

hasta, stid

1:08 pm

st6/18?

1:09 pm

do you have to put on black spots when you rehearse?

1:09 pm

st + one who hits a homerun covers all the b****

1:09 pm

not yet lol...

1:10 pm

ty br

1:11 pm

tm6?, please

1:12 pm

tm + one who fails to win lo***

1:12 pm

tass tmoser

1:12 pm

bad clue, sorry

1:12 pm

oops sowwy

1:12 pm

Got it BR, TY

1:14 pm

i got it from that too, BR

1:14 pm

oa5/16? please

1:15 pm

did the reboot do the trick for the iphone?

1:15 pm

half an hour to download updates for the phone. At least it's downloading. Seemingly, BR

1:15 pm

oa5 in the desert give water

1:15 pm

oops, wrong

1:15 pm

that's the oa5/10

1:15 pm

the parable of the lo**** and the fishes

1:15 pm

oa5 of bread

1:15 pm

there are 3 oa5's...need last one

1:16 pm

ty for that word, phae

1:16 pm

done!....thank you BabbleRabble

1:16 pm

congrats, phaeton

1:17 pm

congrats, phaeton

1:17 pm

easy one today, with a few twists

1:17 pm

Gotta head out! Happy Babbling!

1:17 pm

be well, phae

1:17 pm

be well, phaeton

1:35 pm

fireworks for me..back to doing laundry! tc all :)

1:38 pm

be well, Kaz

1:43 pm

phone is restoring.

1:44 pm

great

1:45 pm

hopefully it'll then synch with this machine to restore the applications

1:48 pm

I find this one really tough...maybe too tired

1:49 pm

this one is challenging, i agree, gadget. How are you?

1:50 pm

Doing great! You?

1:54 pm

i'm alright, if a bit stressed, thank you for asking :)

1:54 pm

sorry, i've been repairing an iPhone on another machine, which is why i was delayed

1:57 pm

save

1:58 pm

oops

hello all

1:58 pm

howdy to

2:01 pm

dc, did your husband go to the hospital

Hi babble pals

2:03 pm

hi everyone

2:05 pm

dc's partner, Tom, did, sue. He had a serious operation and is recovering

2:05 pm

thank God, I prayed yesterday for Tom, I am glad to hear all is well.

2:06 pm

is dc a man too?

2:07 pm

DC, I am sorry for the assumtion, it was wrong of me.

2:07 pm

i am, sue. he had a septal myectomy yesterday. they removed 12g of tissue from the septum in his heart - it was enlarged.

2:07 pm

I truely am very glad to hear your partner is recovering, it seemed like a scary time for you

2:07 pm

and NP, sue. We use that term, too :)

2:07 pm

lol

2:07 pm

it was. i'm feeling better now that the surgery is past.

2:08 pm

did they have to put in a valve?

2:08 pm

he's out of ICU, and i'm heading over there shortly.

2:08 pm

no, they said the valves were good and well-formed

2:08 pm

tell him he scared the crud out of your online family

2:09 pm

i have :) and will again now that he's conscious enough to use a phone again :)

2:09 pm

i'm heading over there now, catch yall later :)

2:09 pm

lol

2:09 pm

I hope he felt the prayers

2:10 pm

i know he has appreciated, and appreciates, each and every one, Sue. And we both are grateful for your kind support

2:14 pm

can I have the last an please

2:15 pm

an + legal term: ***l and void

2:15 pm

annul

2:16 pm

so sorry

2:16 pm

I have that one though

2:16 pm

I put it in the list wrong, sorry

2:17 pm

nm, I got it

2:18 pm

well, grayed the first column

2:18 pm

I just remembered I only had one cup of coffee today

2:18 pm

wow

2:18 pm

I subbed H.S. and had such fun I forgot to get more coffee

2:19 pm

glad you had fun

2:27 pm

vo8 clue please

2:33 pm

vo + bklack top + heir***

2:33 pm

inge did it feel like I just asked or that it was 6 minutes ago?

2:34 pm

ty inge

2:34 pm

I think my connection is having problems

2:34 pm

maybe 2 minutes before I could clue it

2:34 pm

wow, it was 6 min according to the log

2:34 pm

I guess I have to reboot

2:35 pm

I need to do yesterday

2:36 pm

yesterda's sudoku. BRB

2:36 pm

can I have a clue for the tm?

2:36 pm

first 2 columns grayed

2:37 pm

huh. I never realized the love god could be pluralized.

2:42 pm

tm6?

2:44 pm

sa7, is it a compound?

2:54 pm

tm + es 4

2:55 pm

No sa 7 is a grassy plain

2:58 pm

can someone hit me back so I can see the response time now that I rebooted please

2:58 pm

ty inge

av clues pls i have the 4

oh pirate word

2:59 pm

a+v4

need the last av 4/7 pls

sorry i need the first av 4/7! lol

3:00 pm

new york blocks are av**

3:00 pm

and av+vowel+snake letter

i have that one referring to streets

ty sue

3:03 pm

hi all - is this a small but tough grid today?

last er 5/10 pls

i need to go sew

little challenging

last er

3:03 pm

e+ro flower

have that one

3:04 pm

I have been out and about all day, first time I signed in. Doubt i will finish.

3:04 pm

ar5, change to E

the last one is a 5/10 following the flower

3:04 pm

not the butt one

i dont have that sue

now that is the flower one i have that there is another er 5/10

3:06 pm

the butt one, change the second letter to another one

3:06 pm

er 4 plural - I just found for another er 5/10

not working folks

3:08 pm

I have er plus snake plus vowel plus snake - not really a plural, but looks like one

3:08 pm

ar+by the **a, not the shore but the **a

need er 5/10

3:09 pm

er plus snake plus vowel plus snake - sounds like funeral vehicle without the h

3:09 pm

ar4 + home by the *, phill collins song

3:10 pm

er+snake letter+vowel+plural

got it ty

3:10 pm

lol

3:10 pm

dont forget the ar's

i have not look at the ar

s

i need to go make a banner and stop this stuff

46 left

3:11 pm

go science go

3:11 pm

good sewing

i need one more z word

3:11 pm

is this a horrid grid?

3:11 pm

zo+two vowels

zo 4???

3:12 pm

hey ata - i just started, so far so good

cool ty

3:12 pm

18 left

well first column is done abnd almost all of the far right

3:12 pm

maybe I'll have a play then :)

go sue

3:14 pm

nice 8 letter word

missing one os 4

3:14 pm

poop - what does the 8 start with?

3:14 pm

vo

3:15 pm

I have os 4/4 x 2 - is it one of those?

3:15 pm

sa7, is it a compound?

vo wolvie - vo + cons + ar + ending for an heir***

it is one of the os 4

3:15 pm

wow - ty science and ata

i have one sa 7 - it is a grassland like in Africa

3:16 pm

Morning all.

3:16 pm

os 2nd vowel, plural

3:16 pm

hi lynxx

hey lnyx

okay someone begging here last os 4

3:16 pm

os snake and first vowel is other

3:16 pm

hi lyn! hi stew!

have that one wolvie

3:16 pm

that i have

whew thanks

42 left and I am leaving you fine folks to go make a banner.....later

3:17 pm

tyx

3:17 pm

bye science

3:17 pm

bye sg

3:18 pm

yay my house is in the grid again :)

3:18 pm

oh yes?

3:18 pm

as are you!

3:18 pm

oh yes!!! oooo! go me!

3:19 pm

se7's?

3:19 pm

le sigh. wolvie never shows up in the grid

3:20 pm

Stew is soo happy, he's just got up from his bed in the hallway and there is a rug on the couch which means he is allowed on. That's him happy for another 3 hours. And they call them couch potatos, wonder why

3:21 pm

awwwwww :) what a happy boy! that's what I love about dogs, such tiny things give them such pleasure

3:21 pm

:-) lynxx

3:21 pm

me too, se7 please

3:21 pm

I will be very happy

3:22 pm

se7's - plurals of the se6.18

3:22 pm

clue for se6?

3:22 pm

lololol - i was just going to tell lynxx she was cruel

3:23 pm

se & flower with last vowel changed

3:23 pm

she was

3:23 pm

;-0

3:23 pm

ty lynxx

3:24 pm

i have a kitty on the desk giving me the cuddle eye

3:24 pm

awwwwwwww

3:24 pm

now that's cute

3:25 pm

my little tuxedo kitty - china - is always ready to cuddle - sometimes tho - he demands it. ;-0

3:25 pm

awwwwww. we want pics!

3:25 pm

ty

3:25 pm

we just did our cuddle moment, but he didn't like that i tried to type and pet him. he is so spoiled

3:26 pm

okay ata - I wil post some on fb - probably not before I get back next week tho - this mac is still new to me

3:26 pm

china? is that like the rhyming slang - china/china plate/mate?

3:26 pm

china is a lovely name

3:26 pm

whenever!

3:27 pm

lol -never thought of it that way lynxx - when I rescued him I took one look and said 'china"

3:27 pm

ty ata for being patient

3:27 pm

they do tend to name themsselves, dont they?

3:27 pm

my other kitties are named kit kat and tyler

3:27 pm

yes they do

3:27 pm

though what that says about silverclaw, i'm not sure

3:28 pm

my collie's name is Grady

3:28 pm

he is a pure bred tho so shhhhh.

3:28 pm

my first non rescue dog ever

3:28 pm

border collie?

3:28 pm

lolol - love that name

3:28 pm

no no full blown large lassie dog

3:29 pm

ohhhhhh!

3:29 pm

I dont get to rescue dogs, they find me first

3:29 pm

wow! tthat must be fun to groom

3:29 pm

Lovely, they are such beautiful dogs!

3:29 pm

my last rescue doggie, jasmine, died from a snake bite

3:29 pm

he isn't bad - blows twice a year, and OTT - my cats are way worse

3:30 pm

the dogs you're meant to have find you. whether rescue or pedigree

3:30 pm

Grady is a beauty boy. Way prettier than lassie

3:30 pm

I agree ata

3:30 pm

yes lynxx - he is an 80 pounder - lean too. unlike his mom

3:30 pm

very true ata, dixie just went from one couch to the other

3:31 pm

what do you mean by blows Wolvie...is that the same as moults?

3:31 pm

sometimes you get lumbered with greyhound couch potatoes ;)

3:31 pm

unfortunately, his mom gained some weight over the last couple of years lol

3:31 pm

why cant I find the last se?

3:31 pm

it is only a 4/4

3:31 pm

yes lynxx - I call it blows, because when he does, it is a carpet

3:31 pm

it is a plural too Sue

3:32 pm

oh - is there a grid? lol

3:32 pm

the last se 4 that I have is se plus sun god

3:32 pm

did you want a greyhound, lyn? or did he just come along? I cant remember

3:32 pm

ah. ty lynxx

3:33 pm

We used to babysit a Collie, she was the most beautifully natured animal. Her owner has never replaced her, I think he can;'t get over her

3:33 pm

collies are incredible dogs

3:34 pm

I need the one after the 2 se7's

3:34 pm

they are very sweet tempered - that is for certain lynxx - he wouldn't hurt a fly - unless we weren't home - then he would bite a stranger

3:34 pm

it's funny - i would never have thought he was that protective of his turf, but - we found out he was.

3:35 pm

very loving and loyal tho

3:35 pm

best friend has a border collie / heeler mix who is much more collie than heeler, and he is *incredibly* protective of his home

3:35 pm

just a big cuddly fur ball

3:36 pm

why are they scaring the crap out of people with this swine flue crap

3:36 pm

border collies are neat dogs - I would love to have one someday

3:36 pm

it just pisses me off

3:36 pm

I had been looking at the adoption site for about 6 months (knowing our 'designer' dog was nearing the end). Fell in love with Stew's picture. Got him without actually meeting him - despite what 'people' say that can be done - and as you know couldn't be happier

3:36 pm

the other flues are much worse

3:36 pm

it sure can!

3:36 pm

and you and him are just wonderful!

3:36 pm

very neat lynxx, and yes, you can do as you did - i did it with jazz

3:36 pm

well they have smoke sue. ;-0

3:37 pm

(sorry sorry)

3:37 pm

the kids come home scared of going to school

3:37 pm

what designer dog did you have breed-wise?

3:37 pm

my son just got in and said the HS was going to cancel a football game due to 3 kids getting the flue

3:37 pm

flu

3:38 pm

can you imagine if they do that with every flu case?

3:38 pm

Sue - it's only because it very very contagious and can be deadly if you have other health issues

3:38 pm

well - safety is better than the alternative

3:38 pm

and it affects healthy people

3:38 pm

but swine flu has been shown to be deadly to the young sue. I think it is a wise precaution

3:38 pm

that could happen with any flu lynx

3:38 pm

Bobby was a 50% ShiTzu/ 25% poodle & 25% Matese.

3:39 pm

every flu is bad, but I spoke to my doc how said it is not bad

3:39 pm

a bit different than other flu viruses i think

3:39 pm

ooo! what a wonderful combination! was he a wonderful fluffball?

3:39 pm

what do they call those lynxx - bet he was a great doggie

3:39 pm

dixie is 50% Red Tick Hound and 50% Beagle, lazy barking dog.

3:40 pm

Sue, we had 4 deaths within a week of it hitting Australia ...and about a 1000 cases within a week. it spread much much faster than other flus

3:40 pm

shes great

3:40 pm

pretty neat combo sue

3:40 pm

then they should give flu shots at the schools

3:40 pm

instead of making people find modes of transportation

3:41 pm

not enough vaccine to go round

3:41 pm

jazz was a mix so much we just called her heinz 57 - although she was a 65 pounder. VERY active

3:41 pm

I just really hate the Fear Factor that the media premotes

3:42 pm

Bob was a great little dog, your perfect pet especially with the kids. These bred to be cute dogs, like the one Andree is getting, really are lovely

3:42 pm

got to get Wesley, bbl to finish the last 5

3:42 pm

lynxx - did you designer doggie have a name as to type? My friends got a goldendoodle and couldn't be happier. Theo is a great dog

3:42 pm

bye sue

3:42 pm

I agree Sue, but it is actually responsible to make people aware of the dangers.

3:43 pm

the poodle crosses are wondeful ptes

3:44 pm

*pets

3:44 pm

Not in those days Wolvie, talking 16 years ago

3:44 pm

ah - i was just wondering. Great mix tho

3:45 pm

goldendoodle? we call those labradoodles here - very very common. lovely dogs

3:45 pm

goldendoodle = x golden retriever, labra = x labrador

3:46 pm

well here there are 2 types - golden retrievers and golden labs then crossed with poodles

3:46 pm

snap ata

3:47 pm

TY I'll have to look out for that cross

3:47 pm

they are both very nice doggies - smart and friendly

3:47 pm

:-)

3:47 pm

both utterly lovely

3:52 pm

not as lovely as cocker spaniels though :P

3:53 pm

of course. that is a given. ;-0

3:53 pm

no hairy nosed babbler today, eh?

3:58 pm

excuse me, I am just wandering through our greyhound site again, wondering if we could fit at least another greyhound into the house. Great site, you want to adopt every single dog

3:58 pm

i bet. I have often thought of greyhounds for adoption. If we get this home with some decent acreage, I just might go for it

3:59 pm

loooooool. one more is a;ways better

3:59 pm

Doesn't need the acreage at all Wolvie, just to be fenced

4:00 pm

really? cool

4:01 pm

oooh you should see Ginny (race name Luna Lovegod!) she is absolutely gorgeous. You would have to change her name back though

4:01 pm

just so they cant run off for miles

4:02 pm

back to???

4:02 pm

Luna Lovegod !

4:03 pm

oh - lol - from Ginny. duh

4:03 pm

should be luna lovegoddess!

4:04 pm

someone tried to stick with the harry potter theme

4:05 pm

i am missing on r - i have 4 ra's, 4 re's, and 9 ro's. what type am i missing please?

4:05 pm

lol ata

4:05 pm

5 re

4:05 pm

probably re4.5

4:06 pm

i have one re 4/5

4:06 pm

Hi everyone. I'm back for my final 12.

4:06 pm

but I will look for another re - le sigh

4:06 pm

i have re 4/5, 6/18, 7/28, and 4/4

4:06 pm

Wolvie - the others are 2 sets

4:06 pm

hey jac

4:07 pm

Hi Jac

4:07 pm

oh man - fish me

4:07 pm

homer moment

4:10 pm

hi jac

4:12 pm

Best get going - bye all, have a good evening

4:12 pm

okay - fish me again - I have one l - the moon thing lu 4/5 (doggie first name) what is the other l?

4:12 pm

'Bye lynxxx

4:12 pm

bye lynxx

4:19 pm

FIREWORKS!:-)

4:19 pm

lu4/5 ... sounds like to misplace something.

4:19 pm

WTG jac!

4:19 pm

ty ty mo

4:19 pm

yay jac!

4:19 pm

congratulations Jacula.

4:20 pm

Thanks.

4:20 pm

yw Wolvie.

4:21 pm

hello all, help with sa7 pls

4:22 pm

hi peri

4:22 pm

don't have that one

4:23 pm

sa7 ... grassland in Africa

4:23 pm

got the sa7, like a city in George but without the h at the end

4:23 pm

thanks mo

4:23 pm

*gerogia* even

4:23 pm

yw peri.

4:24 pm

ty mo

4:24 pm

My goodness cannot spell today, southern state

4:24 pm

10 left

4:24 pm

24 here

4:25 pm

help is at hand, dear Babblers .... if I can!!!

4:26 pm

thanks mo

4:26 pm

and if you need it!

4:26 pm

i am sure I will mo. :-)

4:27 pm

fireworks for me

4:27 pm

congrats peri!

4:27 pm

congratulations peri!!!

4:27 pm

thanks, now off to take a nap

4:27 pm

sleep well peri.

4:27 pm

bye peri

4:29 pm

hi again

4:29 pm

hi sue

4:29 pm

I need the last se4/4, after the 2 se7/s pls

4:30 pm

hi sue.

4:31 pm

se4 ... sounds like 'lords'

4:32 pm

or what pupils might call there teachers!

4:32 pm

not gettting it MO

4:32 pm

but change the vowel.

4:33 pm

I am missing one t word - i have 9 ta's, 12 to's, and 1 tu. what am i missing please?

4:34 pm

tm wolv

4:34 pm

tm+es4

4:34 pm

and still I cant get the se

4:34 pm

anyone around who can tell me how to get my flickr pics to show up in my profile?

4:34 pm

ty sue

4:35 pm

hi dawg - sorry, can't help you with that

4:35 pm

trying to think of another clue sue.

4:35 pm

got it

4:35 pm

ty mo

4:35 pm

oh! glad to hear it sue.

4:36 pm

hi wolvie, oh well, i'll just have to keep asking around. :)

4:36 pm

oh! glad to hear it sue.

4:37 pm

lol

4:37 pm

I cant help either lbd!

4:37 pm

i bet it's something really simple that i'm overlooking. it's just been one of THOSE days!

4:38 pm

it's in my account, lbd

4:38 pm

Wolvie ... you need a tm6/21.

4:38 pm

ty mo - got it. :-)

4:38 pm

theres a sneaky tick box to tick i think

4:38 pm

fireworks

4:38 pm

WTG sue

4:39 pm

well done sue and you too Wolvie.

4:39 pm

can I help with any clues?

4:40 pm

afternoon :)

4:40 pm

hi jes.

4:40 pm

hi jes

4:40 pm

an 6?

4:40 pm

hi jes!

4:40 pm

an6 - every year

4:41 pm

every year

4:41 pm

how goes?

4:41 pm

thanks

4:41 pm

plants you plant every year

4:41 pm

an6 ... every year.

4:41 pm

homered again, lol - ty sue and BR

4:41 pm

fireworks!

4:41 pm

congrats, Wolvie

4:41 pm

congrats Wolvie.

4:42 pm

yay wolvie!

4:42 pm

hi jes, and i'm denser than a box of bricks cuz i just can't seem to find any ticky box other than the one to put your account name in.

4:42 pm

whoooo hooooo WOLVIE!!

4:42 pm

whatsa?

4:42 pm

yahoo wolvie

4:43 pm

did you save profile afterwards?

4:44 pm

well kids - I don't know if i will be on tomorrow or not - heading off to Mass for a few days, and computer access will be limited. If I don't see you guys - have fun and happy babbling!

4:44 pm

travel safely, wolvie

4:45 pm

byee Wolvie ... have a good trip.

4:45 pm

have fun!

4:46 pm

thats one long church service :P

4:46 pm

ya only go once a year, ata, but you get it all done at once :)

4:48 pm

enmass

4:48 pm

lol!

4:49 pm

xactly that!

4:50 pm

think I will moosie off and watch a bit of telly before bed .... goodnight all and every success.

4:51 pm

have a lovely evening, mo

4:51 pm

ty jes and you too.

4:51 pm

night mo

4:51 pm

Moosie and squirrel?

4:52 pm

no, moosie and goosie

4:53 pm

Ah ok deerie ..

4:53 pm

yes, ata. i saved profile, and it still doen't show up. *sigh*

4:53 pm

hahahah

4:53 pm

that's what the picture is, tor!

4:53 pm

what're you doing, dawg?

4:54 pm

you've probably unfortunately got one of those accounts that it just *won't* work on :(

4:55 pm

some ppl just can't get flickr to work

4:55 pm

Try logging out of Babble ..

4:55 pm

i've never tried... so won't be much help to you. sorry.

4:56 pm

hi tor!

4:56 pm

Heya!

4:56 pm

Hello again Babble buddies

4:57 pm

hi scrab :)

4:57 pm

oh pooh! i'll have to show my garden another way then. :(

4:58 pm

We saw a bald eagle when we were hiking today. And a turkey family.

4:58 pm

oh! there's one of the roses! i musta clicked on something!

4:59 pm

looool

5:00 pm

Thanks to anybody that's been voting for my non profit! I'm at #8 for the state :)

5:00 pm

wooooot

5:00 pm

heheh. do you have an owl in your pocket, ata?

5:01 pm

work calls. back in a bit

5:01 pm

that would be twooooooot :)

5:01 pm

thanks ata. not sure what i did, but at least the account is showing up and one rose is there.

5:01 pm

how odd, now all four shots are there. FM!!! f'ing magic!

5:02 pm

i must go find something to burn for dinner. see you all later!

5:06 pm

Bye dawger

Evening, all :) come back for the second half of the first ever grid...

5:10 pm

welcome, street spirit and good hunting

5:11 pm

Go Street Spirit, Go! You can do it! And Welcome to Babble!

Thank you :) babble was recommened by a rather -forceful- friend of mine, so he'll be disappointed if I don't give it a good old english try..

5:12 pm

radiohead fan?

5:12 pm

Welcome, Street Spirit. This is a good grid to start with as fireworks are certainly attainable for you.

5:12 pm

back for another go at this..cough..rattle,wheeze...;/

Is it that obvious ;) yes, huge fan. And when I say huge, I mean, you know...va4.

5:13 pm

It took me a bit to get used to it, but so glad that I stuck with it! Totally addicted but very happy to be so! The other Babblers here are wonderful so you will enjoy it! That is key...just have fun!

5:13 pm

tis to me cos that#'s my favourite song ever lol

5:13 pm

welcome to the club street spirit;0

5:13 pm

Hi Crossy

I had the pleasure of seeing them play it live at Reading recently...unbelievable!

5:14 pm

generally, the only troublesome words are the ones you can't find

Thanks, Crosshair :) And car.eeyore...I think my friend may have mentioned you as a babbler...not sure!

5:14 pm

oooooo lucky you

5:15 pm

But BR knows almost all of them, and we are very grateful!

5:15 pm

Me or crossy?!?!?! I am not worth mentioning!

5:15 pm

Will you tell us your Babbler friend's name?

5:15 pm

if they mentoined me it was all lies i tell you..was framed;)

I definitely felt lucky :)

5:16 pm

If it was me...it was about the bothersome clues I ask for easy words!

Oh, he's Jesse. Might be better known as nancy boy? he's not the type to stay quietly in the background ;)

5:16 pm

Yeah! Nancy Boy!

5:16 pm

nancy! yay!

5:16 pm

Ah, yes, Nancy Boy! I know him!

5:17 pm

if it wasw me,it was my charming wit and personality:))

5:17 pm

My phantom today: sesame

Oh wow, looks like he underplayed his popularity ;)

Now crosshair I believe I may have heard something about that ;)

5:18 pm

:))

5:18 pm

I am not on a lot of the time when Nancy Boy is, but I do enjoy his chats and look forward to chatting with him when we do meet on the chog!

I'll nudge him into babbling more...he keeps tiring himself out. He works nights but can't stand to miss ANYTHING that might be going on during the day, lol

5:22 pm

Tough schedule

I must say, scrabbler, it puts me to shame

5:24 pm

Are you grieving a bit, Scrabbler?

5:26 pm

hi folks - i have one word left for fireworks and it's the last se4,4. Can anyone please clue me? It's probably too easy but can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!

5:26 pm

se + *i*e and shine

5:27 pm

A bit, for families/kids that I will miss, but not the office--toxic, dysfunctional, ready to implode

5:27 pm

oh like i said, duh??

5:27 pm

!Thanks Babble - firewords!

5:27 pm

Congrats Babbz!

5:28 pm

congrats, babbz

5:28 pm

thanks - i rarely get a chance to finish a puzzle these days. Anyone need a clue?

5:30 pm

glad you had the chance, babbz

5:31 pm

I have a dilemma and maybe I could ask some advice. I need to drive my daughter and her 3 friends to a college open house about 6 hours away. One of the girls works until midnight tonight and one is cheering until about 10:30. The open house starts tomorrow morning at 7:45. Should I just stay up and drive straight thru????????????????????? I'm such a sucker for these girls, but this one will push me over the edge, because then afterwards they want to drive straight home - and even tho they can all drive, i could never relax knowing they are driving with no sleep either. What to do???

5:32 pm

hi, babbz, walked right into your question, not an easy one - any other parents willing to share the drive???

5:33 pm

Hello babz. Sounds like you need another person (adult) to go along and sleep on the way, and drive you all back.

5:33 pm

Quite the dilemma? Can you go another day with an earlier departure?

5:34 pm

That might be a good idea, but the other two parents are a little dysfunctional, which is why they asked me to drive in the first place

5:36 pm

still thinking... can they take a bus? professional driver at least

5:36 pm

Aaarrgh - I get myself into these little predicaments all the time. We have the go-to house where all the kids come, they tell me their life stories, they call me "mom" and I end up feeding about 12 people several days a week. There is usually at least one girl sleeping over every weekend and while I love the fact that they are comfortable with me, what the heck is wrong with the other parents??? This is my "whoops" child, I'm 57 years old and I think getting too old for all the teenage drama!!

5:37 pm

the two girls who are not cheering or working might sleep before leaving and the three of you drive down -- on the way back, a couple can nap in the car and spell the driver

5:37 pm

I'm a grandmother for heavens sake!

5:38 pm

Babble - good idea - I have no problem driving straight there - I can stay up, drive, go to the open house, but I really think I'll put my foot down and tell them we're going to have to stay overnight Sat. night

5:39 pm

that's nice, babbz - more time to get to know the college - where is it by the way?

5:39 pm

We're in Chicago area and we're visiting Southern Illinois University in Carbondale

5:40 pm

Ultimately, your way is the safe and best way, babbz

5:40 pm

I vote for staying over - tell the girls we at Babble have decided

5:41 pm

just remember, babbz, if she chooses this college, you'll be facing the same dilemma for 4 years!

5:41 pm

I think you're right. Better to be safe. Thanks for letting me sound you out, folks! I love lurking and reading all your comments; you are great!

5:42 pm

True, JBV - but there is a TRAIN thank God that goes right into Carbondale from Chicago, so a lot of the kids take the train. And she has her own car but I don't think they let them bring it freshman year.

5:42 pm

I have a niece who lives in Santa Fe, goes to school in Flagstaff, AZ- she takes the train

5:43 pm

That's a very nice feature - no one takes the train anymore. It's a great way to travel

5:43 pm

good luck, babbz .. be safe

5:44 pm

It seems a little safer than a greyhound bus - thanks all!!!

5:44 pm

I agree, the midnight greyhound not exactly an ideal milieu

5:44 pm

Vowels done...victory is mine!

5:45 pm

congrats car.eeyore

20 left. Must complete before midnight...

Nice one, Eeyore :)

5:46 pm

Go Street Spirit...GO!

(and as jesse said, these aren't words...they're lies!)

5:49 pm

OK....tm? Really?!?!

the tm is the special one that I am leaving until last/ignoring for as long as possible

5:50 pm

i had that clued and couldnt get it ;(

5:54 pm

t + text m**sag**

5:55 pm

TY BR! Was actually all around that spelling!

yeah! thanks, babblerabble

Second os4, anyone? I'm blind to it..

5:57 pm

Os + **y can you see?

I can now, Car :) thank you!

5:58 pm

I am surprised! Horrible clue!

5:58 pm

ty br,i had monkeyed all around that;/

5:59 pm

st6/18 please?

Did the job! Half of these words sound like the noises you make when somebody punches you in the stomach.

5:59 pm

Done checking e-mail and facebook games

5:59 pm

St + donkeys are also known as **s**

6:00 pm

Hi Scrabs!

6:00 pm

ty Car- got it

6:00 pm

Hi Scrabs- happy last day of work

6:00 pm

There are now 4 children screaming and running around my home wildly with toy swords...for some reason I am finding it hard to concentrate on the grid....

6:01 pm

bose head phones work wonders Car.

6:01 pm

I was off today. Monday is my last day and Sir Richard Head left a message on my answering machine that there will be lunch served in my honor Monday.

6:01 pm

The children are still young...can't quite do that yet....

6:02 pm

Duct tape + bungee cords are effective, Car

6:02 pm

Oh- hope he is not attending

6:02 pm

duct tape is better than headphones

6:02 pm

Yeah, but eventually the children would find me and untie/ungag me.

6:02 pm

He will have pizza delivered I would guess.

6:03 pm

LOL Car

6:03 pm

Hahaha, car!!

6:03 pm

They always find me....

6:03 pm

I know you are just glad to leaving there Scrabs

6:03 pm

Poor Car, living with children that conspire against her!

6:04 pm

I sure am, DR. I have waited a long time for the chance.

6:04 pm

One is digging the sword under my bathroom door...not realizing that she is whittling away the cheap particle board on the bottom of the door...

6:04 pm

Only 2 are mine...

6:04 pm

Where did you find the other 2, Car?

6:04 pm

http://media3.guzer.com/pictures/diet_ coke_bacon.jpg

6:05 pm

No crossy...I did not find them there!

6:05 pm

yws, where did you find them and can you put them back? lol

Crossy, is that real?!

6:05 pm

oh scwabbs,hoave you finished out the time at the old shop yet?

6:06 pm

dn street,just came across it,but i think it is doubtfull

6:06 pm

One more day: Monday from 1-7:30.

6:06 pm

but i tend to keep an eye out for anything bacon

6:06 pm

yaa for scwabby!\

6:07 pm

az4/9--it seems that I have tried everything

LOL. Diet coke with bacon is one of those things where thinking about it almost makes you taste it. On that happy note, I'm leaving the last six (aww) and going to bed. Night all! And thanks for the warm welcome!

6:07 pm

AZ + Adam **t

6:08 pm

Bye Street! Great meeting you! Sleep well!

6:08 pm

gn street spirit and will see you tommorow;))

6:08 pm

TY, Car. I was starting from the wrong A. Doofus am I.

6:08 pm

Bye SS

6:08 pm

No Scrabs! Not a doofus! Just a Babbler!

6:09 pm

ty car

6:09 pm

2 to go....

6:09 pm

I am so tired that I could fall asleep right here, but I have 36 to go and the list is now open

6:09 pm

go Car and Scrabs

6:10 pm

2nd er5?

6:10 pm

One of the 2 words I need...I need for NBT!!!!!

6:10 pm

I have 23 left and lots of blank tiles Car

6:10 pm

Poems are written vER***

6:11 pm

Aha, I recall seeing that here before

6:11 pm

0_o

6:11 pm

ahh got it;)

6:12 pm

another word that appears to be a plural but has no singular

6:12 pm

30 to go and I must sleep--perhaps for a few hrs, perhaps through the night. It is only 7:12 pm here but I am spent.

6:13 pm

Now at 24--I am going to finish NOW!

6:13 pm

gnight Scrabs

6:14 pm

With your help of course!

6:14 pm

oh- ok! never mind then...

6:14 pm

Let's do this Scrabs....

6:14 pm

sa7 please?

6:14 pm

I was just going to ask about you, Car....I guess you didn't finish yet.

6:14 pm

That is the 1 I am working on right now

6:14 pm

a grassland in africa- or a southern girls name

6:15 pm

TY DR! Fireworks!

6:15 pm

TY, DR!

6:15 pm

Wooo hoooo, Car!!

6:15 pm

wtg Car and YVW Scrabs

6:15 pm

What else Scrabs

6:15 pm

I have 7 to go

6:15 pm

se6 please?

6:15 pm

Bring it on home DR!

6:16 pm

se + flower but change the last vowel

6:16 pm

se + Ms. Parks

6:16 pm

Then latin plural for the 7 and regular plural for the other 7

6:16 pm

Ooh! Inge! Great clue!

6:16 pm

vo clues?

6:16 pm

ok thanks got all those

6:17 pm

Guten Abend, Freundin Inge!

6:17 pm

Got it from Haz

6:17 pm

Hi Inge

6:17 pm

9 left

6:17 pm

Guten Abend, Scrabs and fellow babblers

6:17 pm

V + female deer

6:17 pm

* female deer- d***

6:18 pm

does anybody need the vo8?

6:18 pm

*raising hand for Inge*

6:19 pm

vo _ black top + heir***

6:19 pm

Try me again, Car--I don't get it

6:19 pm

NM, I figured it out

6:19 pm

There you go...Inge has it!

6:19 pm

that first dash is a plus also\

6:19 pm

Danke, Inge!

6:20 pm

yw

6:20 pm

Done! I did it. The list + your clues got me to the end! TY, TY!

6:21 pm

yahooooooo!!!!!

6:21 pm

OK, off to bed. See you tomorrow morning.

6:21 pm

wtg SCrabs!

6:21 pm

I need the last se4

6:21 pm

Bravo, Scrabbler

6:21 pm

Se*iou*ly?

6:22 pm

ty Car- Thought I tried that one

6:22 pm

se + *ed is a color + plural

6:22 pm

Gnight Scrabs

6:22 pm

I am off to the gym-

6:22 pm

Anyone have any aspirin?

6:23 pm

Zzzzzzzz

6:23 pm

NM...I am going to go make a drink...

6:23 pm

ty all for hte help!

6:23 pm

hi again

6:23 pm

* the

6:23 pm

** Sweat**

6:23 pm

Scrab is sleeping by her compuer, so she can get an early start tomorrow

6:25 pm

only Tylenol here

6:25 pm

crosy passes car some t #1,s

6:26 pm

37 left and running slower every word

6:29 pm

moving into the parlor for tv viewing. BBL

6:29 pm

Ahhh... the good Captain Morgan has joined me....Arrrgh!

6:29 pm

Bye Inge!

6:30 pm

Bye DR!

6:30 pm

Jes...anything I can help with?

6:31 pm

OK...I am off then! Have a wonderful evening all!

6:32 pm

be well, car

6:32 pm

god bless the captain;)

6:49 pm

all the rest of them, car? sorry... got distracted with work. probably not going to finish until later tonight

6:57 pm

JES! CROSS! BR! CAR!! *happy mama dance* choclits for everyone!!!!!!!

6:57 pm

oh, bye car... *sigh*

6:58 pm

listing. 50 to go. *dives in* *SPLASH*

6:58 pm

hi stid! sorry, just on my way out... good luck :)

6:58 pm

bye jes... looks like everyone has gone to supper.

6:58 pm

see you soon!

7:04 pm

As and Es done, in case anyone needs help with those.

7:07 pm

hi again everyone!

7:08 pm

hey LBD. how's life? I have had "shopping therapy" with Mother today... and didn't do ANYTHING on schoolwork. It felt so good, and I will be ready to buckle down again tomorrow.

7:09 pm

good for you stid! you need to take breaks to keep the brain from overloading! i'm doing well. made 5 quarts of salsa today

7:09 pm

everything smells like onions!

7:09 pm

mmmm. We LOVE salsa! and you know I have never made any! perhaps we could do some tomorrow. I need to buy veggies at some point anyway.

7:10 pm

the neighbors have been supplying me with tomatoes so i thought i better use them or they'd go to waste. had the onions and chilis already, so it was just a matter of chopping and chopping and chopping

7:11 pm

slicing and dicing, and...

7:11 pm

sounds like a perfect combination. Do you add anything else?

7:12 pm

a few things, worsterchire, garlic, vinegar, salt and pepper,

7:12 pm

stidders!!

7:12 pm

st 6/18 please? I cannot seem to monkey it.

7:12 pm

HEY CROSS!!!! (do I smell bacon?)

7:12 pm

I have lots of garlic!

7:13 pm

st + the b**** were loaded for the last game

7:13 pm

had some bacon diet pepsi in here earlier,may be it

7:13 pm

mm galic cheesie bread..mmm

7:13 pm

garlic

7:13 pm

garlic bacon!

7:13 pm

with bacon and tomatoes!

7:14 pm

and a little basil on top! yummmm

7:14 pm

brb dog emergency...

7:14 pm

i can make you a riggotini ala vodka,with bacon,garlic,green onions all flambeed and done in a cream sauce...mmmm

7:15 pm

mmm..whiteout!

7:15 pm

cardiac sauce, bring it on!

7:16 pm

i use 35% whipping cream to put the flambe out;)

7:17 pm

8 slices of bacon,crisp and crumbled,lotsa garlic and 3 green onoins diced fine

7:17 pm

oooh, it really does sound lovely!

7:18 pm

cooka all in butter of course,but go light on butter or it gets greasy

7:18 pm

flambe with oz of high end vodka

7:18 pm

it is amazing

7:18 pm

rigatoni noodles to be aldente

7:19 pm

that over some scallops would be devine!

7:19 pm

and thanks for the st! down to 10

7:19 pm

yes,would do well with scallops

7:19 pm

go stid!

7:19 pm

gooo stid!

7:21 pm

my last word is hopefully the unfishy VO 8?

7:21 pm

and yes, that is a request for assistance!

7:22 pm

vo + black sticky road stuff + you can dr*** me up but you can't take me out!

7:22 pm

wow. thanks LBD!

7:22 pm

FIREWORDS!!!!

7:22 pm

whooooo hooooooo STIDDY!!!

7:24 pm

so did stigdmere come back with lots of pictures and goodies?

7:24 pm

whoo hoo stiddy

7:24 pm

so, the stidkid wants to go as a Templar knight for Halloween. I am a bit uncomfortable with it, but... *shrug* that's his thing.

7:24 pm

hey jmc!

7:25 pm

templar or not, a knight would be dashing on him!

7:25 pm

hi jmc!

7:25 pm

oh, she DID! in fact, they gave each of the fellows a lovely shirt, and I got a silk scarf and TWO pins (one enameled) and some books. GOOD stuff. And apparently they bought some things in shops that are shipping them directly here...

7:25 pm

oh he was darling a few years ago when I made his knight suit... hold on let's see if I still have those pics.

7:26 pm

my computer is very very slllloooowww tonight

7:26 pm

mine was acting up earlier today, not sure if it was me or the isp.

7:26 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59401038@ N00/sets/72157600716803738/ is him a number of years ago. I actually sewed it all by hand because I couldn't find my sewing machine!

7:27 pm

good evening

7:27 pm

hey Eva!

7:28 pm

that's a private page, stiddy. but I think I remember the costume you made him.

7:28 pm

I dont have permission to view that page

7:28 pm

Hi Eva

7:28 pm

:-(

7:28 pm

hm, I'll set it to public (thought it was)

7:29 pm

I'm being quit rude and doing a hit and run for help as I have only 3 left and would like to stop obsessing about it! I'm missing az4/9,es4/4, and vo8/55. They all seem like they should be obvious and probably are.

7:29 pm

okay, should work now

7:29 pm

az 4/9 is az + ** apple (indefinite article)

7:30 pm

es 4/4 is plural es

7:30 pm

ah yes, that's the one i remember! Prince Valient!

7:30 pm

vo 8 was just clued by LBD for me

7:30 pm

I am home from my meetings and counting on NOT wokring this weeken

7:30 pm

OMG it's the other a!!! How could I have been so blind?!

7:30 pm

rofl I did that several times, eva!

7:30 pm

yeah for not working this weekend!

7:31 pm

o doesn't he look regal!

7:31 pm

you know that word eve?????!!!!!!

7:32 pm

yay no work!!!!

7:32 pm

i got called for jury duty!

7:32 pm

just missing the es4/4 now thanks to the help!

7:32 pm

thanks jmc, he really did. and a week after the pics were taken he had pretty much outgrown it!

7:32 pm

oo do you have the one day one trial rule?

7:32 pm

the es 4./4 is highly redundant...

7:32 pm

*holding breath for eva*

7:32 pm

yeah that growth stuff!

7:33 pm

??? jury duty? oh yuck...

7:33 pm

one day one trial?

7:33 pm

es is a plural letter

7:33 pm

in DC if they don't pick you for a jury you are free for 2 years

7:33 pm

a trial in one day? the letter says that the trial is set for october 5, and may last up to 3 days.

7:33 pm

other wise you sit through the trail

7:34 pm

*turning a little pink....*

7:34 pm

in all my years, this is the first time i've been called for jury duty.

7:34 pm

*turning a little purple...*

7:34 pm

here you can go broke doing jury duty,unless it goes beyond 20 days

7:34 pm

*tapping feet waiting for Eva*

7:34 pm

breathe stiddie breathe

7:35 pm

thanks stid(-: That did it! Now I can return to being a sane human being. I heard a wonderful interview on NPR with Temple Grandin, the autistic woman who has written a new book called "Animals make us human" and she was saying that stereotypic behaviors, in any animal, are always a sign of distress or something really off kilter. Makes you wonder about us Babblers.

7:35 pm

*eyeballs bugging out!*

7:35 pm

*gets O2 bottle ready for stiddy*

7:35 pm

whooooo hooooooo EVA!!!

7:35 pm

YAY EVA!!!! *breathing again*

7:35 pm

in DC I was being called every year -- even for DC and odd for Federal

7:35 pm

they pay you half the milage needed to get to the court and you lose a days work every day it lasts

7:35 pm

I'm honored that you would turn blue for me stid

7:35 pm

whoo hoo eva

7:35 pm

we read a temple grandin book in one of my classes last year. very interesting woman, interesting perspective.

7:36 pm

not sure what the pay is, but i'm sure it's at least minimal wage, and the distance is about a half mile from home.

7:36 pm

Last time I was notified about jury duty I had a small panic attack and asked my doctor to write me a note. I was excused...

7:36 pm

then I had a bad back in 2004 and they haven't called me since

7:36 pm

She is quite amazing. She also said that cats tend to be OCD, which certainly fits Merp to a tee.

7:36 pm

I am sure it is not minimum wage!!!

7:37 pm

lol ocd cats! ya think?

7:37 pm

the first time I was called for jury duty was more than a year after I had moved across state from the county that called me...

7:37 pm

ocd cats seems redundant

7:37 pm

OCD cats? I have an OCD dog! *throw the toy throw the toy throw the toy*

7:38 pm

all cats are adhd imho

7:38 pm

actually, the first time i was called, i had just moved from Colorado to Montana. The judge excused me from serving

7:39 pm

I hated to admit it, but it seems pretty definitive that cats have no frontal cortex, while about 11 percent (I think) of a dogs brain is frontal cortex.

7:39 pm

i think dogs are more likely to be add and adhd.

7:39 pm

if by frontal cortex you mean the part of the brainthat makes you dependant. . . .

7:39 pm

unless they are digging up my garden!

7:39 pm

which is why dogs can anticipate things and cats always seem to live in the moment, I suppose?

7:40 pm

Yup. NO executive function. No planning.

7:40 pm

cats can anticipate the piece of paper you need and sit on it

7:40 pm

hence the need for nine lives!

7:40 pm

sounds like teenagers to me...

7:40 pm

lol, stid!

7:40 pm

give me a cat any day

7:40 pm

actually this Zull book I am reading pretty much nails it -- teens seem to lose executive function and then regain it later.

7:41 pm

That's true. I think that teenagers have frontal cortexes (cortices?) but I think the hormones knock it out for a while.

7:41 pm

you mean when the hormones kick in and everything else goes out the window?

7:41 pm

yep. that's it, for sure!

7:41 pm

yes, sort of like menopause

7:42 pm

and probably explains why they are so likely to get into car accidents...

7:42 pm

certainly the brains go out the windows

7:42 pm

that whole planning ahead, thinking one move beyond this one.

7:42 pm

owch, Eva! LOL I am getting there already!

7:42 pm

Merp can, however, hear the sound of deli wrapping paper being unfolded when he is fast asleep in the second floor closet.

7:43 pm

Merp is amazing!

7:43 pm

hmmm, wonder if there's a time release for the cortex to function again...and for some it never clicks back on.

7:43 pm

living for the moment of deli! smart cat

7:43 pm

I wouldn't be surprised, LBD -- but with the brain so plastic and able to reprogram, I wonder why those functions don't seem to be readily compensated for?

7:44 pm

I am happy to say that it appears that my son has clicked back in after several years of stupid boys tricks

7:44 pm

Maybe that is why middle school is so challenging to teach... the students are just starting to experience the disruption of hormones, but haven't yet established coping mechanisms.

7:45 pm

it's about time, jmc! LOL he's only... 30-ish?

7:45 pm

23

7:45 pm

i wonder if hormonally speaking the brain may get over saturated and "forgets" to click on, or maybe it's the selelctive cueing of the human

7:46 pm

ahhh 23, not so bad then. could be worse, could be never

7:46 pm

oh! sorry -- must be thinking about someone else's darling boy. :-D

7:46 pm

he's not that much older than my kids then.

7:46 pm

I loved teaching middle school. they were so fun to laugh at!

7:46 pm

:-)

7:46 pm

a crucial amount older though stiddie

7:47 pm

stiddy, you could be thinking of my kid...33 next week! EEK!!

7:47 pm

true enough -- you can go on extended vacations without yours! *dreaming of the day*

7:47 pm

a real grown up lbd!

7:47 pm

LOL maybe that's the one I was thinking of. And how is his growing family?

7:48 pm

speaking about being hormonally driven...time for a sexist joke (close your eyes if you find such things offensive): What's the difference between a man and a treasury bond?

7:48 pm

oh -- a classmate of mine from last autumn -- who is much yonger than your son, jmc but not so much older than my elder kid... he's going to be a father in a few more months. I was flabbergasted. And gave my boys "the lecture" again.

7:48 pm

Grandson is a chatterbug, and we can actually understand 80% of what he's telling us. Colette is just cute.

7:48 pm

hm. *wondering about the punch line*

7:49 pm

gag!

7:49 pm

wonderful, LBD! I love that stage!

7:49 pm

oooh i know, i know...

7:49 pm

......bonds mature

7:49 pm

lol eva

7:49 pm

*gasp* oh EVA! (that is just TOO FUNNY)...

7:49 pm

lol

7:50 pm

his preschool is teaching him spanish and english. of course he confuses both!

7:50 pm

it looks like it might be getting cool again, LBD... just fair warning.

7:50 pm

stid why does your profile say that you are 10 years old?

7:51 pm

I remember getting slightly confused when we were taught spanish in kindergarten and first grade. But it was immensely helpful in later years!

7:51 pm

break for a while bbl

7:51 pm

i have mixed feelings aboout the weather change. I love it, but my roses need the warm weather!

7:51 pm

um, because I want to confuse people? LOL I figured people can find my real name pretty readily if they want to, but I didn't want them knowing how old I am!

7:51 pm

later jmc

7:52 pm

I am old enough to remember a little bit of Watergate and the end of the Vietnam War, if that helps any,.

7:52 pm

I also remember the landing on the moon.

7:52 pm

i have flickr pictures up, stid. that's my treasured rose garden

7:52 pm

oooh! *zips off to look at posies*

7:52 pm

I covered my basil for tonight. But basically the growing season is over. The wood is stacked, I've used the stove a few times already. The foliage is changing really quickly this year and looks to be sepctacular.

7:53 pm

Well that makes sense. Why not keep some mystery.

7:53 pm

some trees have started to change, but the maples and alders are still holding on to their green

7:53 pm

I remember the advent of TV. OY!

7:53 pm

they are GORGEOUS! peace roses?

7:54 pm

I don't even have the filters for the furnace ready to go. I suppose I will need to do that tomorrow morning. Tom can vacuum the ductwork for me.

7:54 pm

speaking of Tom, I think that may be him coming up the driveway...

7:54 pm

i'm not sure what kind they are. they came with the house. I have flora bundi that are starting to bud out again, and several smaller "peace roses" and some double blossoms

7:55 pm

oh! and I just got my copy of Lauren Ulm's book "Vegan Yum Yum" (same title as her blog) very excited to try some of the recipes!

7:55 pm

my kennedy bloomed for the first time this spring. only one blossom tho

7:55 pm

they are so pretty. mine didn't do much this year because I didn't have time to water them. they'll be fine though, and next year will do better.

7:56 pm

you'll have to let us know how they turn out stid.

7:56 pm

roses are very tempermental up here.

7:56 pm

I will!

7:56 pm

i have one plant that has two different colors on it. one deep red and one texas yellow!

7:57 pm

i wonder if that's cuz your weather is so much wetter than it is here, Eva

7:57 pm

so ladies, the topic of an NPR show on the local public radio station this week was whether girls should be "good" (polite, deferential) or "authentic" -- what do you think?

7:57 pm

is that one grafted, LBD? sometimes the rootstock will cause the plant to revert...

7:58 pm

it's one of the older plants so it may very well have turned

7:59 pm

authentic, but that doesn't mean she has to be rude or aggressive.

7:59 pm

speaking of which, we should go see if there are more harvestable apples and pears on the trees in the "orchard"

8:00 pm

other neighbor brought over two bushels of apples. i have to do something with them too!

8:00 pm

apple salsa!!!!!

8:01 pm

i love the harvest of my neighbors' gardens.

8:01 pm

i'll have to work on that one, stid

8:01 pm

I don't think there's a right or wrong to that one stid - they have to survive, as did and do we, and depending on one's circumstances being authentic, at least outwardly, can be very difficult and even dangerous. And also, by the time we are not very old, we have learned to hide and cover up and "forget" so much of our core selves. It seems to practice of a lifetime to learn what being authentic truly means.

8:01 pm

I am so sad, there is a little McCleary girl has been missing three months and they are only now getting search warrants to look on properties in the area. WHY does it take so long? *very sad mama look*

8:03 pm

good lord, what in the world are they dragging their feet for? they should have had warrants asap!

8:03 pm

yes, that is pretty much what I was thinking -- no need to be false to one's core self but no need to be rude either. Still, we spend our lives trying to figure out who we really are. Took me 40+ years to decide I want to be a teacher. Told one of my classmates last weekend that I was in a career change: from mother to teacher!

8:03 pm

good points, Eva. We do train our daughters to be "good little girls" and allow our boys to be rambunctious

8:03 pm

Her parents must be in awful shape... I would be. I just don't know what I would do in their situation.

8:04 pm

not my boys! or at least... not all the time.

8:04 pm

well, very good chatting with all of you. Time for bed now. Be back tomorrow.

8:04 pm

(((Eva))) sweet dreams! see you again soon!

8:04 pm

Stid, no you've always been a teacher, now you will have a piece of paper that says the state recognizes your skills and talent to be paid to be one.

8:04 pm

night night, Eva

8:04 pm

LOL they were required to go outside for rambunctiousness, and to hold it in, indoors.

8:05 pm

*big grin* thanks LBD!

8:05 pm

thanks, lbd, for the pictures ... the flowers are beautiful

8:05 pm

hey BR! ((hugs)) I finished! and my last word wasn't a bit fishy!

8:06 pm

yw, BR. they are worth the trouble of covering them up during the colder nights

8:06 pm

brb, need to get some water.

8:06 pm

bye LBD -- going to go shopping for a while.

8:06 pm

I am not quite sure what rambunctious entails ... I do know my dad did not hesitate to let me know what he did not like

8:07 pm

congrats, stid --- be safe

8:07 pm

I think different parents have different definitions, BR. We had a small house with many sharp corners so were a bit less relaxed than we might have been. *more hugs*

8:07 pm

see you-all tomorrow! *poof*

8:14 pm

mmmm.chicken soup;)

8:15 pm

hi everyone

8:15 pm

howdy jen

8:16 pm

is this puzzle very big tonight?

8:16 pm

bye stiddy

8:17 pm

127 words and 1291 points

8:17 pm

127 jen

8:17 pm

kewl, i might find them all!

8:17 pm

three months until Christmas

8:17 pm

you have 3 hours to try, Jen

8:17 pm

argh! BR!!

8:17 pm

yahoo!

8:20 pm

christmas has generally been lost in the commercialism of the season.shop! buy! spend! so for the last 5 years or so since our boy has been old enough to understand,what we do is buy each other 1 small meaningfull gift then donate funds to slavation army who make up christmas hampers for the less fortunate famlies

8:20 pm

that's a wonderful practice, crossy

8:20 pm

was a year or 2 when our boy was small we had a hamper or 2 ourselves

8:22 pm

one of my wifes older brother spend 500 dollars on each of his 3 kids!! what sense is there in that?

8:22 pm

nothing like being able to give back.

8:23 pm

indeed ibd

8:25 pm

think it happened one christmas season when our son was ten.was dec 23rd and im running around like a mad man just buying crap at randon to fillo the base of the tree.I thought to myself "here is an idiot in action

8:25 pm

hullo again :)

8:25 pm

howdy jes

8:26 pm

at least you had the power to see what you were doing.

8:26 pm

Hi Jes!

8:26 pm

did you get flikr working, dawg?

8:28 pm

yes i did, Jes. I now have my roses showing up in my profile

8:28 pm

excelent

8:29 pm

er. add an l to that

8:30 pm

really? TM? REALLY? what the crap?

8:31 pm

ive NEVER been able to get flickr working in conjunction with babble;(

8:32 pm

is there actually an english word that starts with tm?

8:33 pm

its one of those babblets that is NEVER used in real conversation

8:34 pm

t + bad baby! you made a M**** (plural)

8:34 pm

are the so 5 and 6 related to the so4 (to fly)?

8:34 pm

tm+ spelling out the letter S

8:34 pm

good 1 ibd;)

8:34 pm

only the first three letters, Jes

8:34 pm

what is that supposed to mean?

8:34 pm

thanks :)

8:38 pm

hmm. not finding the so's. :(

8:40 pm

so + *** Maria

8:41 pm

thankee!

8:45 pm

vo8 clue, please?

8:45 pm

nm. found it :)

8:47 pm

wow, that's not an easy one to find! well done!

8:47 pm

i'll make up for it, i'm sure the 3 i have left are fishy as cod ;)

8:47 pm

st6,18?

8:53 pm

st+ the b**** were loaded at the bottom of the 9th

8:53 pm

thank you :)

8:55 pm

yup. i was right. the last two were total fish :)

8:56 pm

things that annoy crossy # 486: big companies that have thier product support centers in india or micronesia so they only have to pay workers $1.25 a day and you cannot understand a bloody word they are say ing!..fume!

8:56 pm

have a good night! thanks for the clues :)

8:56 pm

whooooo hoooooo JES!!!

8:56 pm

night night, Jes. sweet sleeps

8:57 pm

I agree Crossy. that's so infuriating

8:57 pm

andy sony does not give you the option of e-mail support

8:57 pm

and

8:58 pm

grrrr

8:58 pm

brb

8:59 pm

want my business? since im in north america,speak english,have your employees live withing 1000 miles of head office and have a real person answer the phone when i call

9:00 pm

k,enough venting

9:01 pm

i dunno, crossy; half the time i can't understand what the folks from new jersey or alabama are saying, because the accents are so different than mine.

9:02 pm

and indians need jobs too

9:03 pm

jers - that "skinny calico cat" sure as heck looks like a deer to me...but then..I am a city girl and all! :)

9:03 pm

if you have to not only use a translator,but explain the product to them,it is of no use

9:04 pm

se6/18 please?

9:04 pm

se + the first name of the lady who would not go to the back of the bus

9:04 pm

oi. i obviously didn't update the text when i updated the pic. sorry. that fawn was all chewed up by a dog. he's been patched up and released back into the wild with a bunch of other rescue fawns :)

9:05 pm

lol never dealt with american accents much jes...remember i keep getting people in india for theese american companies;/

9:05 pm

Thanks BabbleRabble

9:05 pm

yw

9:06 pm

there; updated!

9:06 pm

lol - its cute jes! :) Just figured when I read, I would get the update...good to know it was able to be released!

9:07 pm

was a close thing. he was getting better, using his leg, so we sent him down to a different rehab to be grouped with other fawns, and then 2 weeks later he suddenly stopped using his leg :(

9:08 pm

they ended up having to clean out an abscess that re-filled in between muscles in his shoulder, that we'd thought had been resolved. but much better that than tendon contraction or joint fusion!

9:09 pm

glad he made it.

9:09 pm

k, still have 31 left, but took a vicodin...and well...its kicking in...think i am for bed. good luck and nite all!

9:10 pm

'nite, circe!

9:11 pm

mmm vicoden...

9:15 pm

tom has dilaudid right now

9:28 pm

clue for the 3rd to5/10 please

9:28 pm

upper body, shorty

9:29 pm

omg ty i had the other wow i didnt even see that ty ty

9:30 pm

yw :-)

9:31 pm

fireworks~~~~~~~

9:31 pm

congrats, shorty!!!

9:31 pm

ty

9:33 pm

whooo hooooo shorty!!

9:34 pm

i love shelby's face, unea

9:34 pm

she's a sweetie :-)

9:35 pm

thanks lb

9:35 pm

she looks like a sweety, a snuggler i bet

9:35 pm

a big licker :-)

9:36 pm

is she a big dog?

9:36 pm

no . . . about 30 lbs . . . "terrier mix"

9:37 pm

that's a good size. not too small and not too big.

9:37 pm

:-D

9:44 pm

hello 54 to go

9:44 pm

does anyone have an icon clue?

9:44 pm

(besides me, I mean!)

9:45 pm

no, but how about sa + the first name of wheel of fortune's white

9:46 pm

Hello everybody. I'm braindead tonight (long day). Any chance this is an easy grid?

9:47 pm

it's pretty easy nef

9:47 pm

Hello, Nef

9:47 pm

my problem is that whilst attempting to get over my Babble addiction, I have become addicted to Spider Solitaire also!

9:47 pm

Thanks harp. Hi BR

9:47 pm

so i'm multitasking

9:48 pm

you may be cursing me in a few hours nef

9:48 pm

LOL, harp. The problem with spider solitaire is -- it's Solitaire! No one to play with! :-)

9:49 pm

hiya nef and harpjane!

9:49 pm

A few hours? I'll probably fall asleep on my keyboard firts

9:49 pm

Hi Jen

9:50 pm

(that was first, Harp; not firts)

9:51 pm

tove

9:51 pm

sorry

9:53 pm

hi harp, hi Nef, just in time for me to say night night.

9:53 pm

nite nite

9:54 pm

be well, lbd

9:54 pm

good luck with the grid, Nef, it's not too bad. you'll get most of them on your own.

9:54 pm

night night BR and everyone else. see you tomorrow!

9:55 pm

Night LBD

9:55 pm

I'd buried my head in the grid there for a few minutes

10:00 pm

could someone clue the tm?

10:01 pm

t + test m**ag**

10:01 pm

m**sag**

10:02 pm

thanks

10:02 pm

t + text m**sag**

10:10 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:11 pm

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

10:11 pm

hi minveryork

10:13 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the vo 8/55 word please

10:15 pm

i don't min

10:16 pm

vo 8/55 = a lady who casts a ballot?

10:16 pm

sound like a woman's suffragette minver, but really it is a woman who has taken vows

10:17 pm

vo = vo + ta 5/10 + consonant

10:17 pm

the last er5?

10:17 pm

Hello TraderKate! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:18 pm

hey, got that one! thanks!

10:18 pm

hi min i am well! thank you for the warm welcome. how are you? almost finished?

10:18 pm

hurray jen!

10:18 pm

hi harp

10:18 pm

hi traderkate!

10:19 pm

hello nef, BR and dawg!

10:19 pm

hi jen

10:19 pm

a sonnet has 14 line v + er 5

10:20 pm

Thank you for the vo8/55 clue. I just found the word

10:20 pm

V's vanished! 8 left

10:20 pm

done, cu later!

10:21 pm

RESTART - a facility near seattle that literally helps people to get off their internet compulsion/addictions - on news now...

10:21 pm

congrats harp

10:21 pm

hurray for min!

10:22 pm

Congratulations harpjane on fireworks! Good for you

10:22 pm

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

10:27 pm

A's abolished! 6 left

10:27 pm

E's ended! 5 left

10:28 pm

well done min, i will stay until you firework, in case you need a clue

10:28 pm

readies party hats....

10:30 pm

Don't usually ask for clues for my last few words, but thank you for the support. I will try to finish quickly.

10:30 pm

gathers up confetti....

10:30 pm

no rush

10:30 pm

hi TK and Min. Sorry I missed your entries

10:31 pm

someone has to be here to see your treiumph

10:31 pm

hi nef...all done?

10:32 pm

i need help with 53 words, Kate!

10:32 pm

no poroblem

10:32 pm

O's obliterated! 3 left

10:32 pm

go min go

10:32 pm

nope, TK. I had a13 hour day at work and am brain dead so am just putzing around tonight

10:32 pm

did you list jen? most of the words are real, it helped me a lot

10:33 pm

GO MIN!

10:33 pm

pour yourself a glass of wine and put your feet up nef. ^_^ T G I F

10:33 pm

haven't yet but will soon

10:34 pm

The feet are up; but too tired to drink

10:34 pm

tea? coffee?

10:34 pm

HOT CHOCLIT?

10:35 pm

actually , I have popcorn and water

10:35 pm

YUMMY

10:36 pm

yeah, right! I'm just too tired to get anything else; this is okay for now

10:36 pm

is that dinner?

10:37 pm

well thats it for me for the night my babble friends just a thought to leave you with as i go " If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments."...poof!

10:37 pm

T's toppled! 2 left

10:37 pm

CROSSY!

10:37 pm

night crossy!

10:37 pm

GN

10:37 pm

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

10:37 pm

two.....one.....

10:38 pm

drum roll for min......

10:38 pm

Goodbye crosshair! I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:38 pm

come and gone like a thief in the night!

10:39 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!so6/27 was my last word

10:39 pm

YAY MIN!!!! WTG!!!!!!

10:40 pm

c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s m i n v e r y o r k !!!!

10:40 pm

I can stay to help clue if needed 'til flip or I go to bed

10:40 pm

NOW pour yourself swome of that so 6 !

10:41 pm

the flip is still an hour and a half away min...

10:42 pm

Yeah,I know that's why I said until flip or I go to bed.

10:42 pm

I might be going to bed soon because I am very tired

10:42 pm

go to bed...there's probably no one here any way

10:43 pm

HEY! *I'm* here! But you can go to bed, because I'm not serious about finishing tonight

10:43 pm

i'm going to take off as well....

10:43 pm

i can stay if you want nef, and i almost forgot about jen!!!!

10:44 pm

any clues?

10:44 pm

It's okay, TK. I'm not able to focus much anyway

10:45 pm

how about you jen?

10:45 pm

yay, Min, way to go! (I'm late as usual) - and hi, all!

10:46 pm

hello ladies. can I do this in an hour or is it a killer?

10:46 pm

rbud! hello!

10:46 pm

bugs! you too!..no killer if you use the list

10:46 pm

only a very few tricky ones

10:46 pm

You might be able to swing it, Bugs, I just did 75 + in 45 minutes for fireworks... with the list, of course.

10:46 pm

ok thanks. I was away for and early working weekend

10:47 pm

congratulations rbud!!!!

10:47 pm

thanks for the encouragement. Diving in

10:48 pm

ty - wouldn't normally use the list on a little bitty one like this - but it's been a long day.

10:48 pm

Hello rbud!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

10:48 pm

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

10:49 pm

vo 8/55 = a woman who votes? vo + ta 4/4 + 2 'snakey' consonants

10:49 pm

sometimes pride must be put on the shelf in order to achieve your goals

10:50 pm

Hi Min. My thots precisley Kate

10:51 pm

av 4/7 = head of latin bird and top of a greek bone prefix

10:51 pm

I love the icon. I thot you were computer strangled yet you found a moving icon! well done

10:51 pm

i have swallowed some lately myself

10:52 pm

ty, i had another better one but couldn't get it to load in here..smiley swirling/ drinking glass of red wine...perfect for me!

10:53 pm

az 4/9 = you t * r * * *......me jane

10:54 pm

er 4/ 4 = god of love (greek) gives you 2 more with tail end expansion

10:55 pm

oa 5/16the parable of the L * * * * * and the fishes

10:56 pm

ra 5/10 = rhymes with the really large antlered animal and plural

10:56 pm

sa 7/40 = african grassland

10:58 pm

Kate you are a gem

10:58 pm

se 4/4 = the blood component word se 6/18 = se + flower (of love)

10:59 pm

tm 6 - tm + es 4 (more than one "es")

10:59 pm

the one below, se 7 28 = add a pluralizing vowel to the 6 se 7/28 add hte pluralizing cons. to the 6

11:00 pm

se 4/4 = the first part of the family below, plural

11:01 pm

re 6/7 - sit down again and pl

11:01 pm

so 5/16 = variety of white wine and plural

11:02 pm

so 4/5 : i had real troyuble seeing..so.... "heart and * * * *"

11:03 pm

or " * * * * FOOD" or rod stewart song lyric - you're in my heart, you're in my * * * *, you'll be my breath when i grow old....

11:03 pm

awww, TK's singin'! ;)

11:04 pm

st 6/18 = sounds like sci-fi suspended animation: or....(say this out loud...stay, sis)

11:05 pm

good thing you can't hear me rbud!!!!!

11:05 pm

love that song

11:06 pm

st 5/16 = the upright strips of a barrel - akin to it's skeleton and plural

11:08 pm

ta 4/4 = a bablet : philosophies

11:08 pm

ta 5/10 = french for - cup and plural

11:08 pm

ta 5/10 = french for - cup and plural

11:09 pm

tm 6/21 = t + flat - topped hills, change the last vowel

11:10 pm

to 4/4 = the babblet everyone looks for...

11:11 pm

to 5/10 = the upper body of a person then the pair above that in the list...

11:11 pm

to 5/10 change the last vowel and plural

11:12 pm

tu 4/5 = is a real fish!!!!

11:12 pm

ul 4/5 - * * * * Bator

11:13 pm

uv 4/8 = part of the eye and plural

11:15 pm

phantom venue

11:16 pm

ve 4/7 = article of clothing esp. of a three piece suit ve 5/16 = greek goddess of the hearth... (adde a vowel to the clotHing) ve 6/27, plural the goddess

11:16 pm

WHERE, WHERE?? hahaha

11:16 pm

bad form , laughing at your own jokes....

11:16 pm

brrrr, it's getting a bit chilly out - I need my blankie! (refusing to shut the window)

11:17 pm

vo 4/7 = rhymes with goes

11:17 pm

i'm with you rbud...i'm cold too, but i'll be darned if i close the window...winter comes too soon..

11:17 pm

went thru the list and got some of your clues. 36 left. thanks

11:18 pm

go Bugs, go!!!

11:18 pm

we have beautiful summer weather here still. It is wonderful to have breakfast outside

11:18 pm

already gave you the vo 8/55, didn't I?

11:18 pm

zo 4/9 = to 4/4 bablet, change the first consonant

11:19 pm

oooh, another project we've slacked on, my proposed back patio - then I'd be having breakfast outside, too!

11:19 pm

just realized i hadn't completed the grid - ugh! back for my last 97!!!

11:19 pm

that's all the ones that are slightly trickier, esp0ecially if under a time crunch...yu probably knew them any way..

11:19 pm

Hello kje! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

11:19 pm

good luck shout if you need more

11:19 pm

ty min

11:20 pm

it might be doable, kje, read back, TK's been cluing for the last 20 min straight!

11:20 pm

go kje go..i listed a bunch...

11:20 pm

hi min, no sleep?

11:20 pm

ze5?

11:20 pm

TraderKate, what's a bablet?

11:20 pm

aaaaccccckkkkkkk i'm a C H O G - H O G !!!!!

11:21 pm

That ze 5/20 word is plural of that ze 4/9 word kje.

11:21 pm

ze 4/9 = the peel of citrus fruit or a lust ( for life) and plural

11:21 pm

Hello classicsfan!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

11:21 pm

also a blue deoderant soap0

11:21 pm

duh - ty

11:21 pm

this does not look promising for me - LOL

11:22 pm

Great, thanks. but some of these obscure words are REALLY obscure

11:22 pm

A babblet is a word that's often in puzzles classicsfan

11:22 pm

a small word repeated in babbleland a lot , but you don't see anywhere else

11:22 pm

hi classics

11:22 pm

ask for clues kje, np

11:23 pm

I guess I just need to keep playing then!

11:24 pm

you'll pick it up quickly classics...if you have to tear your hair out searching for a "bablet" you tend to remember it after that...

11:24 pm

holy cow! tm?

11:24 pm

clue please!

11:24 pm

there are tons of real words in here classics

11:25 pm

tm 6/21 is tm plus it ***** (anagram) like grid is easy.

11:26 pm

I found 80 real words and plus two typos that turned out to be real words

11:27 pm

ty min!

11:27 pm

yw

11:27 pm

YW Kje! Glad you got it even though I clued it wrong.

11:28 pm

you can go back in the chat log about 1/2 hour if you want and look at the clues i posted, if you don't get one, come back to it later...

11:29 pm

the accesss to chat off the page is just above this input area...click on the bubble an scroll WAY DOWN...we talk a lot here

11:30 pm

sa7?

11:30 pm

thanks for the tips

11:30 pm

african grass;and

11:30 pm

grassland

11:30 pm

An sa7/40 word is Sa*****, Georgia or a girls' name kje

11:31 pm

ty!

11:31 pm

np classics, the same was done for me when i came a month ago...they had to spoon-feed me!

11:32 pm

re6?

11:32 pm

the * * * * of your pants

11:32 pm

and plural

11:32 pm

that you do again

11:32 pm

?

11:32 pm

oh - ok - LOL

11:32 pm

That re 6/18 word is re plus that se 4/4 word kje.

11:33 pm

bd clue, sorry

11:33 pm

to put someone in a chair again and pl

11:33 pm

ty got it!

11:33 pm

yw

11:33 pm

and thanks for helping me!

11:34 pm

down to 29

11:34 pm

go go go

11:34 pm

help 40 left and 26 minutes and counting

11:34 pm

Hello sciencegeek! How are you? Welcome to the grid

11:34 pm

you're in trouble sg

11:34 pm

;-))

11:34 pm

last oa5?

11:35 pm

I am always in trouble. wont finish had to make a banner for the Ren Fest

11:35 pm

hi vsg

11:35 pm

hey min

11:35 pm

do what you can

11:35 pm

that is the tm

11:35 pm

oa 5/16 is bread measurements minus first letter kje

11:35 pm

i mean what is the tm 6?

11:36 pm

if you need a family of words sg, ask for the smallest one..it's faster to clue

11:36 pm

ty!

11:36 pm

A tm 6/21 is t plus it ***** (anagram) like grid is easy.

11:36 pm

need t's

11:36 pm

yw

11:36 pm

tm 6 = t + flat topped hills, change last vowel

11:36 pm

lu4 the first one?

11:36 pm

i got it more words open now

11:37 pm

sounds like in places of

11:37 pm

ty - good clue

11:38 pm

fishing * * R * * , are what you attach the bait to

11:38 pm

yw

11:38 pm

go sg go

11:39 pm

35

11:39 pm

10 left - all A's

11:39 pm

An lu4/5 us lu plus ending to previous es 4/4 word kje

11:39 pm

we lost a babbler that was making a dash for the finish...?

11:39 pm

go kje go!!!

11:39 pm

girl's name

11:39 pm

a magazine

11:39 pm

Hello all :)

11:40 pm

flower that doesn't regrow in spring

11:40 pm

5

11:40 pm

It's been a busy day! 35 left.

11:40 pm

to void

11:40 pm

az?

11:40 pm

ram zodiac sign

11:40 pm

to's gone now for the ta's

11:40 pm

Clever icon, TK!

11:40 pm

a + flower of love

11:41 pm

british slang for rear end, bum

11:41 pm

2

11:41 pm

ram?

11:41 pm

(hate the word butt...i'm not a cut of meat)

11:41 pm

GO GO GO

11:41 pm

TK, the ram has an i in it

11:41 pm

go kje go!

11:41 pm

first ta pls!!!

11:41 pm

talk like a pirate and greet

11:42 pm

it does?

11:42 pm

uno

11:42 pm

A ta4/4 word is ta plus **car the grouch sciencegeek

11:42 pm

GO KJE GO

11:42 pm

kje -- the "ram" is really the Greek Mars

11:42 pm

FW!!!!!

11:43 pm

Congratulations kje on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

11:43 pm

have that one i am missing another ta 4

11:43 pm

hi jilli - no prob, I had it... was looking for the az but monkeyed it

11:43 pm

YAY kje!!!

11:43 pm

thank you thank you thank you all!!!!

11:43 pm

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

11:43 pm

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S K J E ! ! !

11:43 pm

10

11:43 pm

sorry to rush to the finish that way, haven't done that in a long time - but was kinda fun! LOL

11:43 pm

Go Bugsaw go!

11:43 pm

you rock kje

11:43 pm

eeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah kje

11:44 pm

there she is, ou8r awol babbler!

11:44 pm

hi ruru!

11:44 pm

97 in 25 minutes or so - not so bad ; )

11:44 pm

no.. TK I rock.. kje is something else

11:44 pm

hi min -- as I said, 35 to go and sleeepy -- hope I can wake up enough to get few more

11:44 pm

ah ru - you came ; )

11:44 pm

she is, isn't she ;-))

11:44 pm

hi ruru :)

11:44 pm

27

11:44 pm

go jjil!

11:44 pm

hi jilli

11:45 pm

need some v's

11:45 pm

any cluesw? lots here to helop

11:45 pm

which sg?

11:45 pm

I just popped in for the FW.. have to walk the dog before the flip.

11:45 pm

thanks for that pic, jilli - never knew what that actually was!

11:45 pm

vo 8/55 = a woman who casts a ballot?

11:45 pm

enjoy it ru

11:45 pm

hurry back ruru

11:45 pm

I thought it was cute, kje!

11:45 pm

Hello rururocks! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

11:46 pm

well,jilli - I don't think I'd want to meet it in a dark alley or anything - LOL

11:46 pm

ve 6/27 pls

11:46 pm

pl the 5 before it

11:47 pm

ve5 - like the scooter - then plural

11:47 pm

er, no......but it's that big googly eye :)

11:47 pm

The ve6/27 is plural of the ve 5/16 word sciencegeek

11:47 pm

the scooter is with a p - but sounds similar

11:47 pm

last e 5/12 pls

11:47 pm

nm

11:47 pm

greek goddess es of the hearths

11:47 pm

now u'

11:48 pm

htere is no e5/12

11:48 pm

well, now thta my panic that i hadn't finished the grid is over, i may vamoose to bed... if i stay for the flip i will stay much longer and should get my beauty rest (trust me on that one!)

11:49 pm

gn kje, you will be missed, sleep well

11:49 pm

need au

11:49 pm

no NM!

11:49 pm

happy babbling

11:49 pm

hi all ;)

11:49 pm

go geek go!!!

11:49 pm

poof

11:49 pm

first ar 5 please

11:49 pm

Hey, Pini

11:49 pm

hi BR :)

11:49 pm

hi pini! hi BR!

11:50 pm

hi TK ;)

11:50 pm

a + red flower

11:50 pm

ar 5 = a + love flower

11:50 pm

=)

11:50 pm

thanks guys 2 left

11:51 pm

I'll take clues for 3 7's and 1 8! plz/thx ;)

11:51 pm

vo 8

11:51 pm

I have an re7, need the others ;)

11:51 pm

Go Bugsaw go!

11:51 pm

a lady who casts a ballot?

11:51 pm

(and no I didn't wait until the last minute...went to the uni girl's VB game tonight - we lost)

11:51 pm

re 7 --- ushers to pew again

11:52 pm

sa + first name of wheel of fortune white

11:52 pm

se 6/18 pls and the rest of the long ones

11:52 pm

african grassland sa 7

11:52 pm

DId it ! Thanks for the encouragement

11:52 pm

i have that one i need se 6/18 and 7

11:52 pm

se 6 + first lady who would not go to the back of the bus

11:52 pm

how about the 8? it's all i want at this point:)

11:53 pm

wtg bugs ;)

11:53 pm

nice br ty

11:53 pm

then plural the se 6 and latin plural too

11:53 pm

thx br ;)

11:53 pm

se 7 x 2 se + red flower, change last vowel

11:53 pm

got the 7's! :)

11:53 pm

need the 8 now

11:53 pm

congrats, bugsaw

11:54 pm

second se 7 pls!

11:54 pm

st6/18?

11:54 pm

Thank you BR

11:54 pm

se 7, as belkowadd the vowel for plural we 7 as below add the cons. for pl

11:54 pm

nm got it

11:54 pm

vo + *** and feather and loch n*** monster

11:54 pm

yay pini!!!!

11:55 pm

thx BR :)

11:55 pm

tm????

11:55 pm

st 6 sounds like sci-fi suspended animation

11:55 pm

since when does a word start with TM?????

11:55 pm

t + text m**sag**

11:55 pm

st 6 = st + british bums, minus the r

11:55 pm

first so 5/12 pls

11:56 pm

that same ending goes on the st6 too Pini

11:56 pm

wine sg

11:56 pm

got it

11:56 pm

and then pllural

11:56 pm

add latin for "hail" Mary *** Maria, so5

11:56 pm

are you done, Parnelli Pini?

11:56 pm

did you finish bugs? did i miss it?

11:56 pm

ty:)

11:57 pm

uh, nope...won't make it tonight :(

11:57 pm

another 28 to go ...

11:57 pm

last so 6/18 pls

11:57 pm

"Parnelli Pini" ... LOL ... BR, you're too funny! :)

11:57 pm

what big ones?

11:57 pm

achiest

11:57 pm

nm

11:57 pm

most hurting sg

11:57 pm

ty

11:58 pm

25 now ;)

11:58 pm

large ones pini?

11:58 pm

go pini

11:58 pm

23

11:58 pm

go pini go!!!

11:58 pm

yay pini

11:59 pm

hi stiddie!!!!!!

11:59 pm

close enough! :)

11:59 pm

hi all. serious lag going on here

11:59 pm

((((for the choclits yesterday stiddie))))

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

TGIF, we're all lagging LOL

11:59 pm

I swear I had an icon earlier...

12:00 am

hey MLF

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