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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

Thank you Granny. That was as close as I ever did it.

12:01 am

FLIP!!!

12:02 am

it's like every grid lately has curse words in it!

12:02 am

Happy Babbling everyone. I won't be here long but wish you all well

Clues are up

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!!

12:04 am

ty lickety

12:05 am

late for flip

12:06 am

HO LO SO 6

12:07 am

Thanks so much, Lickety!!!

12:07 am

was Di 7 caled?

12:08 am

HO 6 x2

12:09 am

TO 6

12:10 am

Is anybody here???????

12:11 am

wi t

12:11 am

thank you Lickety. Hope you are well.

12:11 am

what Babs?

12:11 am

WI 6 that is

12:11 am

ty babs

12:11 am

here just nose in grid...

12:12 am

I'm here and there -- very tired after a long day.

12:12 am

are you okay jill?

12:14 am

I'm find, mlf, just tired -- been in Victoria all day, didn't get supper until 9:35 pm or so

12:15 am

ugghh did you have fun jill?

12:15 am

*fine -- can't even type, lol!

12:15 am

not fun -- just necessary errands

12:15 am

knew what you meant jill:)

12:16 am

NBT

12:18 am

good for you rbud!

12:18 am

o's giving me a hard time

12:18 am

wow, rbud!!!

12:19 am

wtg rbud...missing the top left i for NBT's and 69 left

12:19 am

i think its a 4 justmar

12:19 am

is 5 and pl

12:19 am

hi jilli, rb, cj, mlf evy1!

12:20 am

GO 6

12:20 am

hello justmar and everyone!

12:20 am

hi justy

12:20 am

how many tonight?

12:20 am

thx vm just greyed that pesky top i

12:20 am

189

12:20 am

LO 6 x2

12:21 am

45 left ty

12:21 am

189 dartie and hiya!

12:21 am

hello everyone :)

12:21 am

afternoon all!! **champagne all round**!! :))

12:22 am

hi nan

12:22 am

hi mrp

12:22 am

hiya nan...long time no see?

12:22 am

hi mrp....HB !

12:22 am

hi, nan! dart! mrp! Just!

12:22 am

thanks dartie!! :))

12:22 am

hiya MrP!

12:22 am

hiya mrp and anyone I missed

12:22 am

been away for 6 weeks, Mar

12:22 am

hi nan, Mar, rbud, cj et al :)

12:23 am

yes, happy birthday, mrp!

12:23 am

hopefully on a happy trip Nan?

12:23 am

yes -- super time -- exeeded all expectations!

12:23 am

thanks rbud :)

12:24 am

happy bd? !!!!yeahh!!!

12:24 am

where to? nan?

12:24 am

Happy Birthday mrp :-)

12:24 am

happy birthday mrp

12:24 am

we were in europe, mar

12:24 am

she's 29 today!

12:25 am

lovely nan!!! wb home and wb to babble

12:30 am

Has anyone found the 9?

12:35 am

okay guys 88 words found i am out poof

12:35 am

nite mlf

12:36 am

by, MLF

12:38 am

crashing here too -- not over the jet lag yet! -- see you tomorrow :)

12:38 am

nite nan wb

12:39 am

Hi jill -- just noticed you on board!

12:40 am

bye, nan!

12:45 am

hi everyone

12:45 am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRP

12:46 am

That th9 is one I've never heard of before

12:46 am

hi nan! Long time!

12:47 am

ok bedtime for me as well, nite all! :-)

12:47 am

I've been in and out -- missed a lot of arrivals -- hi all!

12:48 am

hi jilli

12:50 am

hi all! you're picking him up on SATURDAY? omg, andree, you must be SO excited!

12:50 am

and Happy Birthday MRP!

12:52 am

firewords

12:53 am

i am ata, 2 grandaughters coming with me, everyone is excited

12:53 am

yay dart

12:53 am

yay dart!

12:53 am

wtg dartie!

12:55 am

boy monkeyed that 9 forever...knew the 1st 5 letters and that all the others were 1 pt tiles and it still took 5 mins

12:55 am

fireworks

12:55 am

gj anike

12:55 am

And congrats to you dart

12:56 am

Off to hair appt now - a day of appointments today

12:57 am

bye anike

12:57 am

tike

12:57 am

sorry

12:57 am

Back tomorrow - bye for now

afternoon again! bloody avant isn't working well

hello again all!

1:02 am

hi mrp

*sharing around cupcakes and champagne*... thanks for the birthday wishes, and thanks also to facebook wishes! just lovely!!

1:03 am

yum thx mrp, lunch still on for tomorrow?

1:04 am

yw....almost 1 month to the day older than my wife :)

1:04 am

is it your birthday mr. p? ...

1:04 am

many happys mr p!

for sure andree! I want to meet up with you at 12.30, cause the principal wants to see me at 2pm

thanks dipp, ruru, ata, andree et al :))

1:05 am

big hugs and kisses to mr p.. how many are you?

1:05 am

so if its babble's birthday too how many years since it was launched

1:06 am

Happy Birthday MRP! hope you have had a great day with an even better evening to come!

1:06 am

Good afternoon all

babble started 30 Sept 2003

1:06 am

do you want to change it to friday so you don't have to rush?

thanks ruuster!! (((hugs and kisses)))

thanks lynxx! have had a great day! friends over for lunch... lots of prezzies and nice weather to boot!

can do that andree!! happy either way!

1:07 am

ready for your birthday joke mr. p?

sure ruuster... go for it

1:08 am

up to you mrp, thurs? or friday, we can meet at tha fountain?

1:08 am

these two old jewish gentlemen are sitting on a bench.. so Stanley says to his friend Marty.. "Marty.. you look great.. your skin is tight and you are in great shape and even though you are 92 you look like you are 65.. how do you do it?"

tomorrow is ok andree! but friday would be better cause we can come back here for afternoon tea and the kids

1:10 am

okay friday 12.30 at the fountain

1:10 am

Marty says:.. "Well I get up in the morning and do my stretches and have two pieces of rye toast and some fresh fruit.. I take a nap in the afternoon and then for dinner I have a piece of chicken with two pieces of rye toast.. I think it is the rye toast Stanley.. it kind of helps me with the ladies too if you know what I mean.?

you're on!

1:11 am

keep going ruru

keep on ruuster

1:11 am

So Stanley head to the bakery on his way home and orders 5 loaves of rye bread..and the young woman across the counter says:" Sir.. by the time you get to the fifth loaf it will be hard!"..Stanley says.. "So how come everyone knows about this but me?"

1:12 am

(in a jewish accent)

LOL!!! of course!! good one!!

1:13 am

ha ha good one ruru

1:16 am

just saw it's your b'day, mrp! Here's a toast to you (not rye)

1:19 am

what # is this one mr. p?

1:23 am

wiki should be a word nowadays :(

1:24 am

anagram it jilli...or think of groovy someone

1:25 am

ty dart -- I'm half asleep

1:25 am

a variation on the theme works too

1:25 am

me too..waiting for virus scan to end...didnt think it was going to take 2 hrs

1:25 am

(belated) Happy Birthday mrp!, I just found out now, sorry. Hope you had a good one.

1:26 am

hi kate

1:27 am

hi andree! how the he- double toothpicks are you?

this is number 29 ruuster.... with 22 years experience

1:27 am

fine thx kate

1:27 am

congrats dartie and anike! how was it today?

late flip; hi all; hi mrp, dart kate; hugs jili

1:28 am

not bad ecept the k words and the 9

1:28 am

hi volley

1:28 am

^_^ how long until your fur baby arrives?

1:28 am

except that is

1:28 am

hi dee

1:28 am

got one k!

I put up a pic on facebook of my flowers and prezzies and me... am having another glass of bubbly before lickety gets home

1:29 am

hi volley

hi andree

1:30 am

kate, this saturday

howdee all, sorry i missed the flip

holy moly... did I say 22 years?? I meant 12 years!!

1:30 am

empty the bottle mrp..it's your dday

I must be feeling older since lickety told me one of my chickens got poached this morning :((

1:30 am

ooooh andree the anticip0ation must be killing you!

1:30 am

hi book

1:31 am

oh no mrp, those beautiful chickens

1:31 am

kooe..an aussie greeting, no?

it happened at 6am... at dawn... really didn't need to happen if 'someone' had locked them away like I have asked a billion times.

1:32 am

stolen by a person or a dingo?

cooee is an aussie greeting

1:32 am

it is kate but one of my grandaughters, miss 10 is worse she emails me and calls me several times a day and is coming with me to collect him

it was stolen by a filthy english fox!

1:33 am

are there any other kind mrp? lol

1:33 am

bet they will be locked away now, are the kids upset?

tell you what kate, by the time I am finished, it will be a hanging dead fox on the side of the chicken coop

1:33 am

didn't you lose another chicken last week mrp? or does someone else raise chickens?

yes andree... cuddles was a favourite.

1:34 am

hi all hey mrp I'm over in fb chat

that chicken got her name by namesake

1:34 am

keep the brush for luck, and "blood" yourself

hi chic! will come over in a second... still trying to get the fault message sorted in avant on facebook

1:35 am

cuddles, cute name for a chicken...i think?

kate, one of them is called Eggs, the other Dinner.... go figure?

We have Hazel, Cherub, Dinner, Eggs and Merlin (RIP Cuddles).

1:36 am

just reopen fb; it's wonky this time of day.

oooh, chicken chat lol

I am sure cuddles is resting in pieces... but won't tell the kids about that

1:41 am

wow.. I was doing so well and then ground to a halt.

1:42 am

how far did you get ruru?

1:42 am

150

me too, 87 to go

oh my . . .

1:43 am

that's awesome ruru!, take a break, have a glass of your lovely wine

1:45 am

phantom agate

(trying to catch up to ruru)

i just posted some "letter squares" on my blog -- I left out one real sweet combo due to having a naughty word included (sh4) . . .

1:46 am

have they been laying well

1:48 am

cannot recall seeing the basalt before

help please with the e in the second column

Ks Klobbered

1:50 am

el 4/5 - go north

1:50 am

el + not bye dee

el + short hello

ty so much ru; hi and nbt!!

1:51 am

hi book

howdee andree

great clue gwen and ru; got it right off

1:53 am

I need the hi 7 ?..what am I doing wrong?

1:54 am

hi + anabolic **er***

1:54 am

thank you BR..

1:54 am

new one

ah, ty BR

1:56 am

too bad groovy isn't here for her fifteen minutes of fame...

1:56 am

first word i saw!

finally finished with k's yipppppeee

woot!

:)

Is have been Iviscerated

1:59 am

theme icon posted if anyone cares.

have never in my life seen the th 9...

you mean you found it? (waits anxiously for clue)

2:02 am

yeah, I found it too, dying to see what sort of clue someone can come up with, lol!

begins with th 5/12 then add personal pronoun x 2 + beginning 2 letters of favorite Brit libation

2:02 am

ooooh, very nice, Dee!

ty hope someone can get it from that...

k, hunting . . .

2:03 am

of course it helps to have the th 5, th + spanish cheer

HOLY CREPE i typed it and it worked, TY volleymom!

yqw thank goodness for morewords

for sure rb

very stragne word, going into my collectin now

strange ; collection ; Oy

2:05 am

omg.. nice find dee

ty ru... dumb luck

well, i'm down to 60, gonna quit for now. cheerio

2:07 am

be well, BDG

2:07 am

ahhh, so that's what BR meant when he mentioned basalt earlier, now I get it.

2:08 am

ho 7 is an interesting term for truants

2:08 am

just had to find out what that word meant, searched it out, since there's no def. here!

2:08 am

truants? hmmm....

2:09 am

thx volley

yw

2:09 am

truants who play ho(pluraled)

2:10 am

aha, ty, BR!

2:11 am

thx babble

2:11 am

did you all know that as well as mrp's birthday it is babble's 6th birthday

2:13 am

yes, Andree. I wonder if Dr_God remembers

2:15 am

he has so many sites maybe not

2:16 am

i need to leave this office, seem to be stuck to my chair

2:17 am

Well, by bye all -- bedtime

2:17 am

Mrs Woodley, the Bumsteads' next door neighbor is in the grid

2:17 am

suprised it doesn't take goth, common word for some weird dressers out there

2:18 am

good night, jilli

2:18 am

thanks, BR

2:18 am

bye jilli

2:18 am

bye andree

2:18 am

and all

2:20 am

sleep tight

2:26 am

ag 6?

2:26 am

59 left, time to lockup and go home, 5.30pm will be back later, by all

2:27 am

be well, Andree

2:28 am

ag + one who believes there is a god

2:28 am

thank you br

2:30 am

need help on two please. the to 6/18?

2:31 am

nm

2:31 am

found them all.

2:31 am

just need help with the de 7? anyone?

2:32 am

its a muscle I think Ruru - robot end

2:33 am

yeah!!!

2:33 am

finished? Congrats!

2:34 am

exhausted now..

2:34 am

any clue for the 9? please

2:36 am

th5 + personal pronoun X 2 + the start of british hot drink

fireworks

2:36 am

YEYAYYYYY DEE

2:36 am

Congrats Volley!

2:36 am

I got there just before you for once..lol

lol ty and congrats on an earlier finish ru lol

ty lyn

must get going; have some things I need to print

2:37 am

you always finish early and I have like 97 to go

hugs to all and cya the flip!!!

oh, I thot you said you were finished

2:38 am

bye

2:38 am

bye dee... nigh nigh

poofing with hugs!!!

2:38 am

I am done for once.. early for me..

2:39 am

heading out here too.. night lynxxx..good luck with the grid.

2:40 am

sleep well Ruru

3:24 am

G'd morning Babblers! Only 186 left ta' go.

3:27 am

***clears throat, grabs microphone and says"free bagels to the first 100 customers in aisle 3"***

Hi Lor :-) Only just started, so tend not to chat until I have a few under my throat.

Under my throat??? What am I thinking of? Under my belt I mean.

3:30 am

lol, Mornin' Sally. ***hands her complimentary bagel***

MMM, goes well with my fresh coffee.

3:30 am

***also hands her an espresso, to help with focus*** :)

3:31 am

Belt, throat, whatevers!

** ooh, that's better. Enters ag6 immediately**

3:31 am

lorikins!!

3:32 am

Mata Hari! G'd morning. :)

Sulks

3:33 am

The ag 6/24 Sally? :D

Yup, one square now grey.

3:33 am

I introduced your lovely daughter to my best friend last night on msn. I think they both think they have a new friend.

3:33 am

Yea for Sulking Sally!

lol Lori. *removes invisibility cloak*Good morning Ata

3:34 am

hi sally!

miracle... we have clues on time!

3:34 am

Oh Ata, Uni adores you. I wish I was rich. I'd love nothing more than to fly her across the pond to meet you.

3:35 am

I adore her, and now Ayla adores her utterly too!

3:35 am

we've already decided that somehow we're going to do a road trip when I move out to Oregon and come across to nova Scotia

3:36 am

Uni is an old soul. Devoted, wonderful. She deserves more than I've been able to offer.

3:37 am

ayla was amazed how young she is in real life. It was quite funny, I pulled them both into an msn conversation and about 2 minutes later I sat there and just watched as they wittered away to each other :)

3:38 am

lol, sounds like her.

3:39 am

Did it come to the "Ata who?" point? :p

3:40 am

yeah, pretty much :D lol. did I care? not a bit!

3:40 am

I'd love to win the Loto, and send her to study for a year in England. I think she'd love it.

3:41 am

It's funny how sometimes people click, isn't it? Even better when it's a tight circle you're in, as it were. Beats friction any day of the week....

3:41 am

she really would. and there *are* strange scholarships available for people to study here. If she found a course or two she would really want to do, she could easily talk to the universities and see what could be available

3:42 am

Sally, I almost asked you for the 3rd a.....***Glad I didn't, fish city....*** :p

3:42 am

tunas everywhere!

3:43 am

It was a major DENSA moment to be sure.

3:45 am

Ahh, that sneaky el 4 I always miss didn't out smart me this time. Mircaulous.

3:45 am

I got it too!

3:45 am

For some reason I'm usually blind to that word, among many others mind you.

3:46 am

lol and I was just about to ponder on the nature of the right hand T ... then found it

3:47 am

heh, you threw down the gauntlet there. It's appropriate for me this morn, that word.

3:48 am

me too, I think

3:49 am

Imagine my shame if I hadn't gotten it pronto?

crikey!! the phone does not stop!! hello again babble buddies

3:49 am

densa would have been proud of you

3:50 am

My approach this morning to this grid, is to knock off all the small letters first. I hope...

Ok, but happy birthday to BABBLE!!!! it is 2003 since the real initiation on this day... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABBLE!!

3:50 am

G'd mornin'

hi lori :)

3:51 am

hi mrp

hi ata :))

3:52 am

Oooh, I'm sharp as a tack this morn. the vowelly ending m5 didn't elude me either.

3:53 am

I used that in lexulous the other day *smug*

3:53 am

lol, a feel good moment!

I only discovered lexulous yesterday!

so sad am I!! been away from the facebook community of games for too long

3:55 am

I'm de blind this morning though. ***skips merrily past the d's***

3:55 am

*d even

3:56 am

I don't see any d's on the grid. you're imagining them

3:57 am

I don't see a K either

3:57 am

Mass hallucination?

3:57 am

think so

3:57 am

I'm good with hthat.

3:58 am

Missing an o. ***skips merrily past that***

4:01 am

my phantom today is shtetl

4:02 am

Oooh, redemption on a de 7. That is a good one Ata.

4:05 am

Hah. Got my last o.

Morning, lots of ed words all over!

4:06 am

hi red!

4:06 am

hi eveyone

4:06 am

hi andree!

Hi Andree, red

4:06 am

mornin' red, Andree

4:07 am

And the genius didn't plural wi 6. ***sigh*** w done

4:07 am

de7 please

4:08 am

ty lori!

4:10 am

yvw, de 7 muscle

4:10 am

de7 muscles of some sort, robot end

4:10 am

the only wi6 i have is pt, clue lorip

4:10 am

Shoulder, to be specific. (I think)

4:10 am

Hi everyone, back for another bash

4:10 am

wi6 - thing in the bottom of beer cans

4:11 am

Hey Lynx! G'd morning

4:11 am

hi lyn!

4:11 am

wi6 wi**** Bardot?

4:11 am

thx lori and lynxxx and hi lynxxx

4:12 am

Ooh, and there's a di 5/7. Only 2 d's left now

4:12 am

lololol Lynx. Nice clue :p

4:12 am

and thx lynxxx and ata

4:13 am

how perilous one of the si5s is!

4:14 am

Oooh, bottom d done.

4:16 am

But that's the end of that burst. 1 stoopid d. To the g!

4:17 am

gs are stoopid too

4:19 am

Just the 1 ga and ge? I'm missing 1

2 x ge Lori

4:20 am

Ahh, muchos grassyass Sulking Sally! :D

ge 5/16 and ge 4/6

g's done ---> Smiling Sally!

4:22 am

Doh. Thanks again Sally. Got it.

4:22 am

Aha! Missed an ending. Buh bye d's

4:25 am

Missing an l, so far all lo's. Is there an le?

4:26 am

dunno

4:26 am

missing one too

Haven't finished l's yet Lori, so don't know.

4:26 am

No big. It'll show up sooner or later.

4:27 am

If that lo 4/5 would pluralize... lol

Yay! Bottom row done.

4:28 am

Yea for now Smiling sally.

:-)

4:32 am

gah - I use those pencils everyday!

Pencils?

4:36 am

eye pencils

Aah! ty

4:37 am

Oooh, thanks Lynx! I'm on the k now

4:38 am

Missing 2 k's and an l, to finish all the small letters. Coffee time!

4:48 am

Hah, missing l found. They're all lo's, FYI

4:48 am

TY

4:49 am

scratching my head over the eye pencils

4:49 am

ko4.9 favored by middle eastern ladies

Think black and smudgy Andree

4:51 am

thx did not know what letter i was looking at

5:00 am

i am missing all ko other than the eye pencil

5:02 am

ko4.8 ko & go directly ** jail

5:02 am

Lynx, do you have the k done?

5:02 am

missing one

5:02 am

Billy Ko**, piano man?

5:03 am

I have 5 ki's?

5:03 am

oooh - TY. 6 Ko's then

5:03 am

thx lynxxx

5:04 am

Excellent. Thanks Lynx!

5:05 am

Found 'em, just like that. Thanks again Lynx!

5:05 am

All the small letters done, and now time to get spawnlings off to skool. BAck in a bit

5:06 am

getting nowhere fast, taking a break for some dinner BBL

5:09 am

bye lynxxx and lorip

Just monkeyed the th9. Anyone know what it means?

5:17 am

dinnertime for me, back later

5:30 am

if you tick the little box next to the word you can find out from there the meaning

Oh, I know that, but it says there is no meaning found. Might google it

OK, an igneous rock.

5:51 am

clue please?

5:52 am

if you're still here

Sorry kje, are you asking for a clue for the igneous rock?

5:53 am

yes....

5:53 am

i just realized how long ago that conversation was - LOL

Sorry, was absorbed in the st words. Thinks. th 5/12, then add double vowel then the first two letters of what the British like to drink.

Assuming you have the th 5/12 of course.

5:55 am

TY!!!

5:55 am

would not have monkeyed that

Not an everyday word in your neck of the woods, then? :-)

5:56 am

uh... no ; )

evening all :)

6:01 am

morning all

6:02 am

which th5/12 sally. I have a couple

First one Eva - and morning.

6:03 am

happy birthday, mrp -- I have a cake for you! :-)

6:03 am

the boat one?

Yes Eva

6:04 am

having a hard time seeing how to add double vowels after that...hmmm

Next three words build on or from that.

Hint: you only have two choices :-)

6:05 am

Got it! It just looked so improbable!

6:05 am

mrp is aging????

Actually, only one choice

6:05 am

Big thanks!

6:05 am

Happy Birthday MRP!!!!!

6:05 am

party like your 90!!!

6:05 am

Cake for mrp!

Yummy cake - and happy birthday mrp!

thanks all!!!

6:07 am

what did you do on your special day, mrp?

I have had so much cake, I am ready to just have it thrown at me now! *stands with mouth wide open*

6:07 am

*throws... hits an eye*

6:07 am

Happy Birthday, Mr.P. (Refresh for cake.)

6:08 am

YAY , happy birthday Mrp :-)

kje, I have been perpetually 29 for a long time!! but with 12 years experience this year!!

6:08 am

experience is good! makes you an even better 29-er

great cakes girls!! Thanks Une Thanks Jac

6:10 am

glad to hear the big day has been well celebrated! :-)

thanks zoom, jac, kje, une, sally, eva et al :)) I have had a full day of fun with girlfriends over for lunch (totally alcoholic) and dinner out with the kids! Will put the pics up in facebook of course!

6:11 am

Hello to all. Happy Birthday, mrp!!

6:12 am

is that ;one I that nasty weird iw word?

6:12 am

Hello, scrabs

hi and thanks scrabbs! :))

6:12 am

happy first day of freedom scrab!

Hallo Scrabs. How was first day?

No kje. Normal word.

scrabbs, did you quit working???

6:13 am

k, thanks

6:13 am

ugh - of course

6:14 am

First day of new job yesterday was GREAT! Nice folks--polite, relaxed, helpful--total contrast to old job.

6:14 am

yay scrab!

6:14 am

hey, scrabbs, great to hear all is well at new job!!

6:14 am

life is good then

6:14 am

Free from the tyrant!

6:15 am

I am SO fortunate, so blessed!

6:18 am

i think de-age should be a word

6:19 am

Yay for you Scrabs and Happy B'Day to you Mr. P

Have to be off now. Bye to all. Poof!

6:22 am

good morning everyone;)

6:23 am

Hi crossy

6:23 am

Hi Bichon + Cross

6:23 am

gm - and goodbye... i must get going... as much as i realy want to sit here and veg

6:23 am

kje, are you able to de-age your patients?

6:23 am

I've been gone for the summer

6:24 am

What have you been doing?

6:24 am

Becoming a grandma again, little boy this time and hiking in the Norwegian Mountains

6:24 am

kinda scrab

good morning Babblers :)

6:24 am

improve functioning and qol - so kinda

6:24 am

Norway? Wow!

have just a moment before i have to get breakfast for hubby

6:24 am

Hi Nono

6:25 am

i bet plastic surgeons think they deage their patients - LOLOL

6:25 am

true, kje

6:25 am

ok, must go - poof

6:25 am

Hey, it's all $$$$ for the plastic surgeons

6:25 am

now why would i want a 25 year old face on a 50 year old body?? lol

Scrabs, what are your feelings on forcing all healthcare workers to get flu shots or lose job

6:26 am

Body work can be done too

6:26 am

I think it is wrong, Nono

so do I, I do think they should get the shots but it should not be a condition of employment

6:27 am

since ive been dying whith this flu the past 7 days,they better hope they took their shots when i see my doc today lol

6:27 am

I must get ready for work now. Oh, cross, getting better or worse?

6:28 am

just in chest now,but wife is just getting into mid stage where her body is one big hurt

have to scoot and get breakfast bbl

6:28 am

((Cross & wife))--you will get better but being sick sucks and days of productivity are lost. Argh!

6:29 am

mabe if i add more bacon it will be a peace offering to swine flu

6:31 am

ugh@thought of bacon..a nice hot tea is in order

6:33 am

And, overthe summer, I lost significant weight. Happy me

6:33 am

new job good yesterday sc?? :) :)

6:39 am

rats, looks like i arrived too late to find out. oh well, have to catch her another time.

6:41 am

whee! those twin o,s are coming in handy:)

6:43 am

good morning everyone

6:44 am

mornin flosey

6:44 am

howdy flo

6:45 am

Hi. I'm sneaking a few moments here before I really get to work.

6:45 am

Crossy, what's new with you besides being laid up with the flu?

6:45 am

hursh, she said it was GREAT :-)

6:45 am

is MRP in?

6:45 am

not much...wheeze...rattle...

6:45 am

oh good :) !

6:46 am

take care crossy, hope you kick this flu bug soon

6:46 am

oh i know! tommorow is our 16th anniversary!

6:47 am

i better get the wife something;))

6:47 am

Had my flu shot last week, but not getting the H1n1

6:47 am

better bichon,im just dying here..get the shot

6:47 am

we're having out 10th anniversary and my husband has surprised me with a trip. we leave tonight, i don't know where we are going!

6:47 am

Congratulations on 16 yrs.

6:48 am

yaa for hurshy!!!

6:48 am

Crossy, you have H1N1 or just plain regular flu?

6:48 am

how lovely hurshy, have a great time

6:48 am

have fun, hursh! :-)

6:48 am

My MD told me that even though I'm over 60, diabetic and asthmatic, I am in the lowest priority group

6:49 am

undetermined,since ive had it for a week now and im just seeing the doctor today

6:49 am

*i* heard that doctors are figuring the majority of flu cases are H1N1, but not testing or telling people because the cases are mild and they don't want people overreacting.

6:49 am

Congrats to you also, hurshy. Celebrating love is the best.

6:50 am

and as you pint out bichon,they are prioritizing the first round of shots

6:50 am

We celebrated our 38th in June.

6:50 am

38th..goos god...

6:50 am

we celebrated 48 in August

6:51 am

what does the 9 start with?

6:51 am

i do believe the wife and i will kill each other before we get to those numbers;)

6:51 am

Sing with me..."Love and marriage, love and marriage goes together like a horse and carriage..."

6:52 am

lol

6:52 am

lovely gramma

6:52 am

We almost got divorced after my hubby coerced me to go backpacking in Norway this summer. Way too challenging for me

6:52 am

yea but who gets to be the horse??

6:52 am

you guessed it crossy

6:52 am

crossy wants a sugar cube now

6:53 am

bad crossy

6:53 am

hello all ye fellow bablers, how goes the battle?

6:54 am

howdy kate;)

6:54 am

it goes fine, esp if someone will tell me what the 9 starts with :)

6:54 am

send up an offering of burned bacon immediately as pennance...

6:54 am

still dying here kate..no bacon for crossy;(

6:54 am

starts with th hurshy - also the beginning with th5

6:54 am

Good Morn to all, can someone tell me what that 9 letter p word was yesterday?

6:55 am

It drove me nuts LOL

6:55 am

which th5, the normal one or the weird one?

6:55 am

it is in the chog..they were discussing it through the night, sorry i don't remrember who or when...and it wasn't specifically clued

6:56 am

the first one

6:56 am

oh, yes...dartie at about 2:36am...he had just fireworked

6:56 am

The 9 is a very weird word

6:56 am

Ty TraderKate , I will check it out : )

6:56 am

thank goodness for morewords!

6:56 am

Im referring to the pr from yesterdays grid

6:57 am

he said he had a heck of a time with the last 4 tiles..they were all 1 pointers

6:57 am

the 9 has a 3 vowel combination

6:57 am

i gotta go, bbl!

6:58 am

poor crossy! did you have wet flakes yesterday? weathernetwork said it was your way

6:59 am

we got a few last night,was right a 1c

6:59 am

glad you seem to be on the mend ;-)

7:00 am

lol i think im destined to live once more kate;)

7:00 am

that's nasty and too far ahead of schedulke..we're in for a dooooozy of a winter...darn la nina

7:00 am

yuk, look at all those to words!

7:01 am

i sent you an e-mail, did you get? know you're too sick to respond..

7:01 am

ill look now kate

7:01 am

hi flosey

7:02 am

hi Kate

7:02 am

no rush, not for me

7:02 am

^_^

7:03 am

rushing to get as much of this grid as I can, have to take the 9:50 ferry over to airport to pick up my friend from Toronto - she'll be with us for 10 days

7:04 am

how exciting for you flo. you've had a steady stream of company since ii've been here i think..what a life you lead!

7:05 am

i guess they're not babblers?

7:05 am

it'll simmer down through the winter kate

7:05 am

ah, no company for the olympics?

7:05 am

no Kate, but I have had a chance late at night or very early morning

7:06 am

no Kate, we'll avoid Vancouver throughout that time

7:06 am

i'd visit my friend in mission if i had the money toi attend some of the events...alas can't afford to pay attention these days..counting every penny. such a shame

7:06 am

clue for the 9 please

7:07 am

ok kate,got yer e-mail and ill do what i can;))

7:07 am

well we'll all understand if you're not around as much as usual

7:07 am

th 9 starts with first th5, then double vowel and first 2 letters of british drink

7:07 am

and, yes, 3 vowels together there

7:08 am

strange word

7:10 am

feeling stupid

7:10 am

thanks crossy i know it'll be appreciated...she's tearing her hair out

7:10 am

don't, it's a wierd word

7:12 am

i still dont have it

7:12 am

i can't even think of a british drink

7:12 am

afternoon ***

7:12 am

a cuppa droma

7:12 am

*** and crumpets

7:13 am

ty, finally got it...that was horrible

7:14 am

wtg droma

7:15 am

aha, finished the 30 to words

7:19 am

WOW flo

7:20 am

they're all pretty easy Kate

7:21 am

it just feels good to see them all done

7:27 am

quote for the day: " Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps'.

7:28 am

crossy, are you still being the horse?

7:28 am

crossy whinnies

7:29 am

sorry crossy, I do feel for you - flu is a very nasty bug

7:33 am

ahh there we go,nice hot tea with lemon:)

7:33 am

lovely

7:35 am

ill tell you right now,with this strain,the old remedys are the best,vics vap-o-rub,tea with lemon,chicken soup,steaming yourself,asa or tylenol,lots of fluids and lots of sleep

7:35 am

S words all finished

hello once again Babblers :0 diving in to find my last 22 wordds

7:36 am

goooo nono!

7:36 am

wtg nono, I have 74 to get

do you find they are rather easy to find today Flosey

7:37 am

yes, moving along fairly smoothly

not too many wierd words

7:38 am

thank goodness

7:40 am

hello, help with de7 pls

7:41 am

don't have it yet peri

working on that now peri

7:43 am

found it, a type of muscle

7:44 am

bbl

de7 is a shoulder muscle i think

7:45 am

thanks Nono, got it right away

7:45 am

yes it is NonNo, ty

7:45 am

not finding ag6

7:49 am

oops, red boxes

7:49 am

must have typed in a bad word!

ag6 how old you are + your to do l***

7:50 am

thanks Nono

7:50 am

ag6...how old one is plus one who has a specific doctrine

7:51 am

hi all

FIREWORKS !

hi Boo

7:52 am

thanks droma, that got it

7:57 am

good morning

7:57 am

congrats nono

7:57 am

WRG Nono!

7:57 am

Hello, Merk

7:57 am

Yay Nono

7:58 am

morning Merk

7:59 am

good morning merk

7:59 am

Happy Wednesday, Babble buds.

8:00 am

and to you Judi :-)

8:00 am

love your icon zooz

8:01 am

good morning Judi

8:01 am

lol, thanks, flosey

8:02 am

good morning

8:02 am

clue for de 7 please

8:03 am

boo, muscle

8:03 am

hello, Elemce

8:03 am

hello everyone

8:03 am

It's a muscle, boobear.

8:03 am

I'm stuck on the top row I and E. Any help?

8:03 am

ty

8:03 am

Hello, Annie

8:04 am

hi zooz!

8:05 am

sorry elemce not done many words here, so do n ot know.

8:05 am

no worries, zoom. I'm having a lot of trouble today. My brain is not quite awake.

8:05 am

hi all

8:06 am

hi jmc

8:06 am

hello,Jmc :-)

8:06 am

whoo hoo nono

8:06 am

hi jmc

8:06 am

Et5: belief, practices, customs, etc.

8:06 am

thanks Judi!

8:07 am

plural Shakespeare's MacB*** for other top E

8:07 am

thanks Mont!

8:08 am

referee use his wh***** for the 2 Is

8:08 am

Hi montreal (luc)--how are you?

8:08 am

yay! thanks.

8:08 am

Hi there Luc, haven't seen you in a long time

8:08 am

ty montie

8:09 am

sometimes is seems the grid has a lisp

8:09 am

nice one thanks Montreal :-)

8:09 am

LOL, Jmc

8:09 am

Ty, Montreal. The i's were driving me nutso.

8:09 am

hi Annie and everyone - feeling sick with the flu ... and you Annie and Flosey ?

8:10 am

great here thanks Luc, very sorry about the flu, nasty

8:10 am

sorry to hear that Montie, i have just got over a cold, so can sort of relate what you are going through.

8:10 am

sorry you are not feeling well, luc? hope you are well soon

8:10 am

*puts on mask* crossy has the flu too

8:10 am

yw ele jmc, zooz and Judi - lol jmc

8:11 am

crossy too? *starts to make a pot of chicken soup for Luc and crossy*

8:11 am

dear one got it 1st and, bien sûr, I had to copy..."sigh"

8:12 am

best remedy Annie

8:12 am

*sprays flu mist at Montreal and Crossy* You just keep that on your side of the border.

8:12 am

thx Annie, drinking hot tea right now...

8:12 am

i love chicken soup, but i think crossy would rather have a some bacon..lol

8:12 am

LOL, Judi

8:13 am

hot spicy bacon...there's an id** !!

8:13 am

crossy has been sick for several days and because of the congestion not sleeping so I have been seeing a lot more of him

8:13 am

give him my get well wishes next time you see him please Jmc..thanks

8:14 am

de 7 clue please

8:14 am

Anyone know what the 9 starts with?

8:14 am

shoulder muscle for de7

8:14 am

merk, de 7 is a muscle

8:14 am

apparently a muscle merk

8:14 am

upper arm muscle Merk

8:15 am

searching

8:15 am

ty

8:15 am

no list yet, judi so dont know what the 9 starts with

8:15 am

th9 starts with 1st th5

8:15 am

help with the singleton e for nbt

8:15 am

el+not low

8:15 am

jmc, el and common greeting

8:16 am

tx sue

8:16 am

ty sue and annie

8:16 am

nbt and time to go to work!

8:16 am

Ty, Sue. And what a sweet little beagle!

8:16 am

please help with ge 5/16

8:16 am

does anyone have a clue for hi7 please?

8:16 am

ty

8:16 am

same ending as the muscle elemce

8:16 am

th9 = 1st th5 + double vowel + 2 thrids of not coffee but ***

8:16 am

I'm not sure I have the muscle :)

8:17 am

2 thirds that is !!

8:17 am

de7 elemce, upper arm muscle

8:17 am

dont have ge5/16 yet

8:18 am

ge + robot ending

8:18 am

g + 2 vowels, cons

8:18 am

*scratching head over 9 clue*

8:18 am

ge+robot ending

8:18 am

merci Une et bonjour !

8:19 am

bonjour

8:19 am

oops, sorry, mistyped there

8:19 am

bonjour, monty!!

8:19 am

okay, got the muscle!

8:19 am

me too judi

8:19 am

I have the first th

8:19 am

weird word that th9 I must admit...

8:19 am

and the ge! Thanks flosey and everyone.

8:19 am

but I dont get the double vowe. are they the same vowel?

8:20 am

1st th5 = t + that **** is a par 3

8:20 am

same 2 vowels

8:21 am

wow

8:21 am

what a word

8:21 am

judy go all the way to the bottom

8:21 am

really weird...

8:21 am

gotta go to school, see you all later. Hope all that are sick feel better

8:22 am

tx sue - enjoy the day !

8:22 am

I looked up th9--no definition

8:23 am

Dontcha just love that, Annie? Looks suspicously scientific to me.

8:23 am

lol, not surprising Annie, have to wonder where they find some of these so-called words

8:24 am

i usually get latin or greek root on most of the weird ones ...but not this one...

8:24 am

hi7?

8:25 am

I found th9 in my Merriam-Webster dictionary. It is a basaltic rock found on the ocean floor. I will try to work that one in in my conversation today before they tie me up.

8:25 am

puzzling over that one too Judi

8:25 am

dont have it Judi...

8:26 am

lol Annie - made it to 150 on 1st pass - BBL - happy babblings and take care all - "POOF"

8:26 am

bye Luc, feel better

8:26 am

found the hi7 = hi4 + robot ending

8:27 am

thanks Luc

8:27 am

tx Annie "ACTUAL POOF"

8:27 am

thanks, Luc

8:29 am

need a clue for ki6, please?

8:30 am

dont have it, flosey

8:30 am

other word for small cat - chg last letter - "REAL ACTUAL POOF"

8:30 am

crossy needs a nap..bbl :)..poof

does anyone remember Lorena and John Bobbitt?

8:31 am

snuggle down, crossy and feel better when you wake up

8:31 am

is Lorena the one who dismembered her hubby?

8:31 am

hi Jean, what happened now?

then you would agree that what she did to him was a de+to4/4 job, and yet it's not a word

just the musings of a degenerate mind here

8:32 am

ding ding ding!!! funny, Jean

8:32 am

clue for ki 5/20

8:32 am

lol Jean - that was quite a while ago too wasn't it?

8:33 am

Lorena uh - castrated her hubby. Now ex-hubby. He actually made a porno movie AFTER he was repaird. Methinks the doctor added on.

8:33 am

flosey, for the ki ---fox and man's nickname

just made me think of the joke after his "accident" that his new job was as spokesman for Snap On To4/4

8:33 am

ki5 is pt of previous word Boo

8:33 am

thanks Annie

not really castrated judi, she let him keep Burt and Ernie, just cut off Mr. Snuffalupagus

(heard that on Two and a Half Men

8:35 am

quite a word there Jean - wonder if we'll see it in babble

8:35 am

Details details. Points for the Sesame Street euphemisms tho.

:-D

8:37 am

The Ko's are all weird. Any clue for the last ko4/8 and ko5/18?

8:37 am

struggling with those too Judi

8:39 am

uses same vowel judi

8:39 am

ko + ** thine own self be true and plural

8:40 am

good clue Annie

8:40 am

Ty ty.

8:45 am

need first me5 please?

8:46 am

me 5 has Latin double vowel ending

8:46 am

me, cons, double vowel

8:46 am

thanks again Annie

8:47 am

youre welcome

8:47 am

There's far too many double vowels today.

8:47 am

yes Judi, that ii is working overtime

8:49 am

anyone have a clue for the OO's

8:49 am

sorry Inge, thanks, missed your clue there

8:49 am

oo** and aahs

8:50 am

oo4: noises made by owls, minus the h.

8:50 am

oo + children's game ***lie winks

8:50 am

thanks flosey

8:50 am

yw Annie

8:50 am

thanks judi, thought I tried that one

8:51 am

I can't get any of the ti words! Help please.

8:51 am

ti - a small child is sometimes referred to as a little ti**

8:51 am

Now I see the ocean one, and little "ti..." but that's all.

8:52 am

ti and repeat

8:52 am

ti4/9 con ti**

8:53 am

Wi6 & 7? Anyone? Anyone?

8:53 am

last ti4/4 sometimes word for breast

8:53 am

phone, bbl

8:53 am

lo 5/12 pls

8:54 am

wi6 - a small mechanical object

8:54 am

Ty. Shoulda knowed that.

8:54 am

yw

8:55 am

I'm still looking for the lo5/12 Boo

boo, past tense of british bathroom

8:56 am

thanks cameron

8:57 am

does anyone have a clue for ho7 please?

8:57 am

You know as a 'sometimes babbler ' I think working out the clues from everyone is the best part!!!

8:57 am

Sounds like dessert bisquits, only start with an h.

8:58 am

thanks Judi - thinking

8:58 am

got it, and fireworks

9:00 am

I'll stay around for a bit if anyone needs clues - then have to shower and ready to catch ferry to airport - friend coming out from Toronto

may I please have a clue for the ag6/24

9:01 am

you might say one who gets old?

thank you

9:03 am

good, you got it from that! was trying to think up a better clue

9:03 am

Or one who discriminates against elders

9:03 am

right Krysten, just looked it up

9:04 am

Hi7?

9:04 am

finally got the TI's. Thanks all.

9:04 am

hi7 - robot ending

9:04 am

hi4+ robot ending

9:04 am

Ty.

9:04 am

chat is slow for me today

9:05 am

The robot ending always throws me.

9:05 am

good morning

9:05 am

good morning Jane

9:07 am

Fireworks!!

9:07 am

must get going, may not be babbling for next 10 days, we'll see - might just get my friend hooked!

9:07 am

bfn, happy babbling everyone

9:08 am

wtg Judi

9:08 am

See ya, Flosey!

9:08 am

Hiya, Harpjane!

9:10 am

Well, I'm gonna scoot unless someone needs clues.

9:12 am

could you get me started on the O's?

9:13 am

Last call...

9:13 am

*POOF*

9:14 am

hello

9:14 am

*sobs* guess I'm invisible,...

9:15 am

hi phae

9:15 am

clue for wi 6/39

9:16 am

wi6 is a mechanical device

9:16 am

it's sold on TV...rhymes with sally field character

9:17 am

the only character I remember is sister batrille

9:17 am

before that...at the beach

9:18 am

rhymes with short person

9:25 am

could i get a clue for any of the ko words?

9:26 am

ko4/5 eye makeup

ko + from me ** you and plural

9:26 am

tx luv!

9:27 am

ok just popping in and back out -- byeee :-)

9:27 am

thanks

ty to you too Une didn't have the ones you clued either

9:28 am

Hi everyone :)

9:28 am

hi muse

9:29 am

hi harp!

9:29 am

clue for ag6, please?

9:29 am

hi muse

9:29 am

hello phae

9:29 am

is the grid friendly today?

ag 6/24 how old you are + "does Lickety have a l*** posted today?

9:30 am

half'n half

9:30 am

ty Luv

9:30 am

thanks luv, couldn't resist looking lol

yw

9:31 am

help with the 9 please?

don't have it yet but know it builds off the th 5/12

9:33 am

yup i know that too, it's not helping!

9:33 am

the 9 is the th 5 + two of the same vowel + **rry cloth

9:33 am

the th 5 is a rowboat part, where you put the oar

9:34 am

ty bichon

thanks bichon!

9:34 am

yvw

9:34 am

ty for 9

9:35 am

good lord, thanks!

9:36 am

fireworks

congrats Merk!

9:37 am

wtg merk!

9:37 am

congrats merk

9:37 am

WTG merk!!!

9:37 am

I couldn't find that th 9 at dictionary.com I just muddled my way through with the th 5 ... it is a strange word with that double letter.

9:37 am

good lord indeed....

9:38 am

I think the actual thingy is called a th 5 + pin + plural, which is of course not in our grid today.

9:39 am

See y'all tomorrow maybe, just maybe.

9:39 am

I'm off now to babysit.

9:40 am

(it's a basalt)

9:41 am

ge 5?

9:44 am

hi bichon, add the robot ending perhaps?

9:44 am

ty mymuse

9:44 am

just started so not sure if that's the one you are looking for

9:44 am

it's the only ge 5

9:45 am

aah ok, I tend to enter at random as they jump out at me.

9:46 am

good afternoon everyone

9:46 am

hi jac

9:47 am

hello muse

9:47 am

how is the grid today?

9:48 am

pretty bearable

9:48 am

hi jacq

9:48 am

hello bichon and ty

9:48 am

I am a little more than halfway, so the first half good

9:49 am

good, good

9:49 am

hello phae

9:53 am

done

9:54 am

wtg phae!!!!!!!!

9:54 am

congrats phae!

9:54 am

I keep seeing in the clues + the robot ending....what does that mean tx

9:55 am

andr***, robot the ending is the last three or four letters of that word

9:55 am

and hello JMH

9:55 am

oops ...just worked it out for myself, must try harder!!!!

9:56 am

hi JM

9:56 am

hello jacq

9:56 am

de7 ends in the same way JMH

9:56 am

hi all

9:56 am

sometimes you don;t get something till you actually ask for help then it appears right in front of you lol, happens to me all the time

9:56 am

so does the hi7 end the same way :-)

9:57 am

heya zooz

9:58 am

Hello, Jacq, how are you today?

9:58 am

still chesty... but my quarantine is over tomorrow!!!!! will have to find someone to go into town with and have lunch or something

9:59 am

how are you today zooz?

9:59 am

oh good, i find my nose is the last thing to be right..lol...oh i am fine thanks, pumping music into my ears at the moment, for some strange reason i find it easier to find words with music..lol

10:00 am

i am listening to stuff from the 80's love all that old stuff LOL

10:01 am

brings back memories of discos and trully awful outfits, and Adam and the Ants (i actually dressed like him)

10:01 am

hides my head in shame

10:02 am

love the 80`s music

10:02 am

although i am listening to this one at the moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7AQlU 49K

10:02 am

visage right now, fade to grey

10:02 am

shows everyone jacq bell bottom silk pink pants from the 70's

10:03 am

LOL, gosh i remember that one, all that make-up that guy used to put on..lol

10:03 am

Hello, Ruru

10:03 am

lol the decade ofr ambigious sexuality and bad bad fashion

10:03 am

I *loved* Adam Ant

10:03 am

hi ruru et al

10:04 am

oh wow ruru sheshxy

10:04 am

yes he had many classic hits

10:04 am

i still do Ata, when my car was torched i actually claimed for my adam and the ants cassette, and that was 5 years ago

10:04 am

the 80's were abiguous sexually. I thought that was this decade

10:05 am

** note the gold glitter trim on the bottom of the pant legs*

10:05 am

me too, really. I have his great hits in my car :)

10:05 am

the insurance people called me up and asked if i was sure, and i said do you mean sure about the tape or sure i wantto admit it lol

10:05 am

looool

10:05 am

you are not wrong Bichon, and i think it is getting worse

10:05 am

LOL, jacq

10:06 am

it is getting worse, but it was so glamourous be be bi then

10:06 am

oh dear ruru, maybe the 70's were worse than the 80's LOL

10:06 am

I don't mind the sexual ambiguity, there are lots worse things

10:06 am

i was a skinny wee thing in the early 80's and could get off with peel off jeans

10:07 am

no .. I actually think the 80's were much worse..(example beegees)

10:07 am

LOL point taken ruru

10:07 am

no wonder they hit those high notes

10:07 am

hahahha

10:07 am

yeah.. their pants were too tight

10:08 am

LOLOLOL did they have kids??

10:08 am

they were too narcissistic to have kids..

10:09 am

yeah, we'll say that, no comments aboyut crushed testes or whatever

10:09 am

lololol

10:11 am

i think adam ant went a bit mental in the end, landed up in hospital

10:11 am

really?

10:11 am

he did, he attacked a man with an axe i think was diagnosed schizophrenic

10:11 am

really? I don't remember any of his hits..I remember a video.. but not the song

10:12 am

i can sing and dance to each and every one, i still have them on vinyl

10:12 am

and i think i still have the warpaint somewhere too

10:12 am

why does work have to get in the way of babble, bbl

10:13 am

I think he may have been bigger in Europe...

10:13 am

bye zooz

10:13 am

i don't think he was that huge in the us

10:13 am

yeah.. we already had David Bowie

10:13 am

LOL, can just see you jacq shouting `Stand and deliver` LOL with all your face painted

10:13 am

i did LOLOLOLOL

10:14 am

hi zoom and jacq

10:14 am

david bowie mmmmmmmmmm, that man has only improved with age, he was freaky looking then suddenly he got hot

10:14 am

heya Boo

10:14 am

David bowie, is fantastic.

10:14 am

Hello Boo :-)

10:14 am

Prince Charming was better to dance to!

10:15 am

Prince Charming?

10:15 am

it was, we always had a load of fun with that one ata

10:15 am

yes they used that on an advert too, ok gone now *poof*

10:15 am

prince charming, prince charming, ridicule is nothing to be scared of

10:15 am

hey had diana dors in the video i think

10:15 am

look onn youtube, ruru, it's a fab fab video

10:16 am

yep it did

10:16 am

sings it in my head quietly so the kids don't think i've finally gone mad with cabin fever

10:16 am

okay. .have to make breakfast and coffee for mrs ru.. be back in a bit...

10:16 am

bye ruru, say hi to Mrs ru

10:16 am

ohh visage again

10:17 am

nostalgic, cooped up, talking to myself, i really need to go out tomorrow

10:19 am

ohh past half way already, going to make coffee anyone want one?

10:20 am

tea please!

10:20 am

green or bog standard?

10:20 am

bog standard :)

10:21 am

hi all

10:21 am

coming right up

10:21 am

might actually find some words with some caffeine

10:21 am

hi nrk!!!

10:21 am

18 to go ... wishing I could find that lonely little E in the 2nd column

10:22 am

el4 - Babblet regarding school from K-12

10:22 am

Hello, all.

10:22 am

tis only a little babblet

10:22 am

ooh, of course

10:22 am

thanks!

10:22 am

vi!!

10:22 am

and hi Vi!

10:22 am

Wassup, Ataaaaaa?

10:23 am

*yaaaaaaawn* trying to get up the enthusiasm to paint

10:23 am

first 2 of the 9 please?

10:23 am

th9/60

10:23 am

it's a VERY odd word

10:23 am

Oh dear. If you lack enthusiasm, must you do it now?

10:23 am

no, but I've got to start at some point :)

10:24 am

thanks... will get monkey working on that

10:24 am

clue for th 9 pls

10:24 am

I'm doing some drop capitals for book chapters and I need to do an "I" using flowers / plants / trees, and I don't like either ivy or iris. So I'm rebelling

10:25 am

th5/12 + double vowel + cup of *** (phonetic)

10:27 am

i for ilex

10:27 am

Hmm... what about Iceland poppy, or impatiens?

10:28 am

oooo Iceland poppy - I wonder if I could get away with that!

10:29 am

I could be really smart alec and use Ilex - scientific name for holly - but I think that might get confused looks

10:30 am

damn OID ending... grrrrr.... 9 to go

10:30 am

If you actually have to come up with a plant for every letter of the alphabet you'll have to resort to scientific names somewhere along the line. Or do you only need the letters that happen to start the first word of the chapters?

10:30 am

finally got the th 9 -- weird!! :o)

10:30 am

just the letters for the chapters, luckily!

10:31 am

Hi, has anyone got a clue for the GE5, please?

10:31 am

make the author change the first word Ata

10:31 am

ge + robotic ending

10:31 am

lol, nrkii!

10:31 am

ge5 = ge + the ending I was just growling about

10:32 am

What sort of book is it?

10:32 am

ho 5/12, the 3rd one?

10:32 am

it's a biography of a market gardener :)

10:33 am

Thanks very much.

10:33 am

3rd one is what an owl does

10:33 am

yeah, i missed that plural, too -- in a different direction

10:33 am

then the one after [second from the end]

10:34 am

ho + not buy, but ***l

10:34 am

Ah. So maybe Italian parsley or iceberg lettuce? lol

10:34 am

fireworks!

10:34 am

ty nrkii

10:34 am

Yay for nrkii!

10:35 am

hi again all ... I got lost enjoying zoom's pics, then phone rang, and you know how it goes

10:35 am

Hi nrkii!

10:35 am

oh! I hadn't even thought of herbs! wouldn't that be nice?

10:35 am

hi muse1

10:36 am

Hello Ata and Vicuna :)

10:37 am

okay, am determined to go to gym on the early side today...

10:37 am

hi muse

10:37 am

so happy babbling all, and see ya later!

10:37 am

enjoy nrkii !

10:37 am

Alas, I doesn't give you much to work with anyway.

10:37 am

Hello, mymuseisme.

10:37 am

Bye, nrk.

10:37 am

it really doesn't!

10:39 am

I like letters like H where I have so much choice - I'm trying to decide between hops, hazel and holly. and honesty

10:40 am

Yes, words really aren't fairly apportioned by initial letter.

10:40 am

If you go with ilex you get holly and another H, too.

10:41 am

I was toying with an alphabet of animals at one point, but it just got frustrating that I'd have to leave so many good ones out because their letter was already claimed.

10:41 am

that's my sneaky thought ...

10:41 am

I know. It's not fair

10:41 am

and you can't even fudge with scientific names on animals, because they aren't nearly as commonly known as the plant ones are.

10:43 am

nope!

10:45 am

I scrolled back ... Ata there is also flower called Indian paintbrush

10:45 am

I hate k. In the grid, not in plant names... and that train of thought found me 2 k words. =)

10:45 am

Oh, good one, mymuse.

10:46 am

oooo! *looks it up*

10:48 am

perhaps some ideas here, Ata: http://tinyurl.com/ydm59zs

10:49 am

tytytyty you are all wonderful!

10:49 am

Hello, BabbleRabble.

10:50 am

Hi BabRab :)

10:50 am

Hello

10:51 am

How many chapters does the book have?

10:51 am

it's 300ish pages, so ... about 10 probably

10:52 am

How many of these letters are you doing?

10:52 am

I and H feature prominently as chapter headings, I know. and the last few chapters haven't been written yet lol

10:52 am

so we're going to have chaos around Christmas at a guess

10:53 am

Oh! lol In that case, use nrkii's idea and encourage the author to start chapters with words you like! =D

10:53 am

going to! :P

10:53 am

i've done S, B, A so far

10:54 am

what plants?

10:54 am

s is wild strawberry, b = bryony and a = apple

10:55 am

Lovely.

10:55 am

clue for the wi 6/39 please

10:55 am

wi6/39 - a little thingy

10:55 am

Boobear, it's my childhood nickname -- a word for something that hasn't been named

10:56 am

often seen in econ textbooks

10:56 am

like what a hypothetical factory makes

10:56 am

rhymes with Irish saintess

10:56 am

sorry i draw a complete blank

10:57 am

rhymes with a tv robot little girl

10:58 am

thing in the bottom of beer cans

10:58 am

or very short person

10:58 am

or early Sally Fields role

10:59 am

or continuously move your fingers about restlessly

10:59 am

or those very fingers themselves (singular)

10:59 am

LOL

11:00 am

Writing in chat for the very first time ever because I'm getting such a kick out of the rhyming. Now back to my obscurity.

11:00 am

hi tulipp!

11:00 am

lol - Hello, Tulipp!

11:01 am

hi tulipp!

11:01 am

Hello!

11:01 am

welcome to the chaos

11:01 am

lol Vi at clue responses

11:02 am

Well, I'm out of ideas now, I'm afraid. =)

11:03 am

rhymes with what you do to blu-tack to stick things to a wall. that's probably too english though

11:03 am

Unless you start rhyming the two-word things, as in "when they make the middle of corrugated cardboard, why do they r---- --?"

11:03 am

Hmm, I just sort of knead it, Ata. Don't know what you Brits do to it!

11:04 am

I was thinking of a sq word lol

11:04 am

If you don't want that egg salad to go bad, you'd better fr---- it!

11:04 am

Oops, I may have said too much. Serves me right for getting carried away.

11:04 am

fireworks

11:04 am

looool

11:05 am

congrats boo!

11:05 am

which clue helped???

11:05 am

Yay for Boobear! I guess you got the w6! lol

11:05 am

yes i did

11:05 am

it was right in front of me and i didn't see it

11:05 am

congrats, Boobear

11:05 am

sally field one

11:05 am

oh, lol, Ata! The sq works, too.

11:06 am

and the little thingy

11:07 am

Goodness, look at the time! No wonder I'm hungry.

11:07 am

at least you know what blu-tack is!

11:09 am

Yep. It's got various brand names here. I prefer the white stuff, myself, though.

11:09 am

I had to explain to my oregonian friends lol

11:09 am

Great for putting up labels at art shows.

11:09 am

hello > hello >>hello >>> hello tulipp are you still there?

11:10 am

very very!

11:10 am

congratulations boobear

11:11 am

it's usually called stick-tac(k) here methinks

11:12 am

Yeah, and fun-tack. =)

11:12 am

nope, we've lost tulipp......oh dear! another casualty...

11:12 am

it's wonderful stuff

11:12 am

remember silly putty????

11:13 am

and "adhesive putty" which is just no fun at all.

11:13 am

Glow-in-the-dark silly putty!

11:13 am

we had special edition yellow blu-tack here last year!

11:14 am

special edition!?! lol

11:14 am

I know *facepalm*

11:14 am

Yes, I am still here. Multi-tasking.

11:15 am

thought you were scared off

11:15 am

Oh, no. I've been reading you all's chats for a looooong time. ;)

11:15 am

Come on, TraderKate, Tulipp is made of sterner stuff, I'm sure.

11:16 am

you must chat more often,; the more the merrier!

11:16 am

I'm missing the first 3 tes. Help please!

11:16 am

don't know that was (her) first foray into the chog...

11:17 am

Gosh, I have no te's! Must remedy the situation... *dives back into grid*

11:17 am

I've been babbling off and on for years, but usually I'm rushing, so I just use you all for your clues and contribute nothing to the conversation. I'm selfish like that. Perhaps I'lll try more now.

11:18 am

te as in chompers

11:18 am

and as to the sq - rhyme, those princess di cell tapes that were released permanently put me off that word!

11:18 am

te + article: **e; pl

11:19 am

musn't sit on a good clue if you've got it ...very un-babblelike

11:19 am

hello all - back for last few

11:19 am

hi ya ursh

11:19 am

hi ursh!

11:20 am

hello, ursh

11:20 am

I'll be a better citizen in future. Off now--thanks for drawing me out with your wit, Vicuna.

11:20 am

(Nah, Tulipp, it's okay to chat as much or as little as you like. But you're always welcome to join in the silliness or the cluing.)

11:21 am

Bye, Tulipp! See you later!

11:21 am

if you asked I'm sure we'd be happy to clue you as needed tulipp, and it would cut down your time a bit..,that's your justification =)

11:21 am

bye tulipp, don't be a stranger!

11:23 am

hooked

11:23 am

have to dash again, see ya!

11:23 am

on babble??

11:23 am

on a feeling, high on believing ... lol!

11:23 am

yeah

11:24 am

hi luke

11:24 am

hi

11:24 am

you're in good company here luke they all understand...=))

11:24 am

sing it mymuse, sing it!!!

11:25 am

Hello, LukeM.

11:25 am

how long have you been babbling like?

11:25 am

oh and hi luke

11:25 am

hi

11:25 am

a year or so

11:25 am

sing some more mymuse, please?

11:26 am

I can't stop this feeling .. deep inside of me

11:26 am

ah...and you live to tell the tale..do you have a rhyme for us as well?

11:26 am

does anyone have teh 9? I have the first 5 letters, but can't monkey the rest

11:27 am

Good afternoon all

11:27 am

ending = double vowel + traderka**

11:27 am

Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd But you can be happy if you've a mind to

11:27 am

hi cait!

11:27 am

the final four letters are a mineral ending but beginning with an improbably double vowel

11:27 am

lalala lala lalala la (singing along off-key)

11:27 am

Ata!! How are you

11:27 am

fine! how are you, dear??!!

11:28 am

When the buffalo herds start skating, though, that's when you've got to move out of the way.

11:28 am

Hello, caitlyn.

11:28 am

hi caitlyn

11:28 am

so are there 3 vowels in a row or two?

11:28 am

hi C

11:28 am

Fine thanks, dont tell anyone Im here though lol

11:28 am

double vowel + definite article minus the "h"

11:28 am

cait? where??!

11:29 am

you guys give hard clues

11:29 am

3

11:29 am

3 total

11:30 am

Hey, Ata, have you seen cait around recently?

11:30 am

Hi Vi, kate elemce mymuseisme, and luke (and anyone I have missed)

11:30 am

Ata, a smidgeon you might find interesting: http://tinyurl.com/yb2thkg

11:30 am

th 9/ 60 = th5(first one) + double vowel + definite article: *h*

11:31 am

SHHHHH Vi

11:31 am

hi caitlyn! how's ya doin' tuday?

11:31 am

for some reason I'm not getting it.

11:31 am

hello, caitlyn

11:31 am

is that a welsh flag?????????????????

11:31 am

Sorry BR I missed you ,hi

11:32 am

got it ! wow, ridiculous word.

11:32 am

yo8u have the first 5 letters th5?

11:32 am

thanks, all.

11:32 am

Im doing fine kate thanks yes it is a Welsh flag

11:32 am

AAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK!

11:32 am

glad you're fine

11:33 am

I'm on to to 6/18

11:33 am

okay..glad it worked

11:33 am

Although TraderKate is apparently not fine?

11:33 am

I think its my flag Vi

11:34 am

Hm. Is she scared of dragons, perchance?

11:34 am

Me thinks the lady may be correct

11:34 am

temporary spasm..ata's here and cait is welsh...just waiting for the torrent of unpronouncable words with no vowels

11:35 am

Let's hope jesdraggon doesn't log on any time soon, then.

11:35 am

LOL Kate, Im olnly adopted Welsh

11:35 am

< puts on tin foil hat > just in case

11:36 am

crwth!

11:36 am

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwl lllantysiliogogogoch!

11:36 am

i have been mercilessly pelted with welch at ungodly hours of the morning..still on first cuppa...needed sedation after that

11:36 am

AAAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKKKKK

11:36 am

Thats easy for you to say Ata

11:36 am

the hat is not working

11:36 am

Was that Welch's jam you were pelted with?

11:36 am

welsh, sorry

11:37 am

you know my typing is horrid

11:37 am

Frankly, I'm not sure it's godly to pelt folks with jam at any hour of the morning.

11:37 am

grape stains everywhere...not a pretty sight

11:37 am

It is against Babble laws

11:38 am

You need an entire tin foil raincoat.

11:38 am

brutal it was i tell ya , brutal...amazed i survived!

11:38 am

can i quote you on that?

11:38 am

Poor Kate(hehe)

11:38 am

quick survey question?

11:38 am

Machynlleth!

11:39 am

Hi kje

11:39 am

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwl lllantysiliogogogoch!

11:39 am

hiya

11:39 am

(TraderKate figures if she can't beat 'em, she'll join 'em.)

11:39 am

What is it, kje?

Hi all.

11:39 am

this is not about me, btw... for a med student ethics case

11:39 am

< cowers in corner babbling softly to herself >

11:39 am

hi kje

11:39 am

hi narnia

11:39 am

Hello, narnia queen.

11:40 am

how many of you would not like it if your doc had a pierced nose with a stud in it?

11:40 am

It is now know as Llanfair pg

11:40 am

me

11:40 am

aacckk

11:40 am

Don't think I'd care, as long as she looked generally clean and well-kmpt.

11:40 am

Male or female?

11:40 am

Llangernyw!

11:40 am

kempt.

11:40 am

I wouldn't care

It would give me the creeps.

11:40 am

lets say female

11:40 am

but a 20 something probably wouldn't mind

11:41 am

I think it would depend if the Dr was a good doctor

11:41 am

Ystumllwynarth!

11:41 am

they are becoming more main-stream, but personally they give me the willies.

11:41 am

well, point being, you don't know at first glance, right?

11:42 am

stud I really wouldn't mind, nose ring for some reason would be a bit strange

11:42 am

I wouldn't care for an entire goth or punk look with the weird hair products and greasy make-up and all, but plain piercing in the nose isn't any different from a plain piercing in the ear.

11:42 am

No you dont

11:42 am

oh no i'm melting...look what you've done to my beaytiful wickedness ata!!!

11:42 am

ok - second question - what about a guy with a tattoo that you can see... say on the wrist?

11:42 am

That doesnt bother me either

11:42 am

fine, again, as long as it wasn't a tat saying heil hitler or something

11:42 am

male doc i mean

11:43 am

Would not want my Doc to have body mods ..

11:43 am

I don't like tattoos, but I don't see that they have much correlation with medical skill.

I don't mind a tattoo, so long as it was appropriate.

11:43 am

Except maybe implants ..

11:43 am

wouldn't bother as much , but what is tatto?...a professional image is important

11:43 am

*kicks torgone gently in the shins*

11:43 am

whenever I see a nose stud, I wonder why modern medicine has not found a better way to fill that hole

11:43 am

Hi tor

11:44 am

last question - what if the doctor had suffered a burn when younger and had bad facial scars?

11:44 am

nose piercing, belly ring make me queasy

11:44 am

i dont get tattoo,s simply because i really dont think the police really need more ways to identify me:))

11:44 am

The same answer, it depends if the Dr is good or not

11:44 am

I think most people would have a momentary shock, but if they are a good doctor, they could have 1 leg and 2 heads for all I care

11:44 am

scars, np, the others are ornamental and there by personal choice

That would be fine.

11:45 am

LMAO crossy!

11:45 am

I want to vote

11:45 am

Look, everybody likes people to be attractive, but you get past it when you get to know someone.

11:45 am

I vote - no problem for any of those 3 things

11:45 am

LOL crossy

11:45 am

I dunno, Ata, two heads might be a bit much. What if both of them had piercings?

11:45 am

i vote crossy gets a belly button ring

11:46 am

oooooo good question

11:46 am

plus i have more stitching than a baseball and i imagine putting ink on all of that wont help things any

11:46 am

Dr. Zaphod Beeblebrox...

11:46 am

Scars would not bother me ..

11:46 am

it is interesting in a way, cuz most med schools/hospitals have dress codes that include personal body appearance (not just clothes) - yet, if we broadened those, others would be offended... and clearly, have been used in past to exclude groups

If my doctor had two heads both with piercings i would hope it was all a bad dream.

11:46 am

zaphod is my hero..now where did i put my travel blanket?....

11:47 am

Or maybe one head could be extremely clean-cut and traditional, and the other head could be a little trendier, to appeal to everyone.

11:47 am

are you trying to ascertain staring quotient?

11:47 am

towel crossy, towel

11:47 am

LOL Vi

11:47 am

you can be my spell check kate

11:47 am

I would not stop going to any of the three if I thought I was getting good care, just like any other doctor

11:47 am

why stop there? make one head male and the other female!!

11:48 am

ie: what about head scarves, a cross necklace, a dawrf, a black person in a traditional southern white community (or vice versa), or an asian in a VA hsopital that serves older vets.... all these scenarios have been raised

11:48 am

What I do always find very unappealing, though, is nurses who smell like cigarettes.

11:48 am

what is this situational ethics 101?

11:49 am

my .02: if I thought the doc was good, none of those things would bother me. BUT, I do care if the doc gives off an overall vibe of professionalism, and those things would impact that. I love that my doctor wears a suit, for example, and shakes my hand.

11:49 am

agree with elem

11:49 am

I agree with you elemce

11:49 am

I don't think I would stop going to the doctor because he/she had piercings or tattoos, even though I'm not keen. I want them to be clean, be well groomed and generally giving me confidence that they don't have more problems than I do.

11:49 am

I'd say a general air of competence and professionalism trumps everything else.

11:50 am

but you don't know if a doc is good for a long time, judgements are made way before then

11:50 am

I agree, with Haz

11:50 am

Hi Haz

11:50 am

Hello, Haz!

11:50 am

haz!!!!!11111!!!

11:50 am

Hello everyone!

11:50 am

LOL haz - "don't have more problems thatn I do" - can I quote that?

11:50 am

will have to ask scrabbs if she has a belly button ring;))

11:50 am

You can quote me!

11:51 am

wgat if you had a Hindi doctor in whose culture women pierce their noses?

11:51 am

what I really don't like is not being to *understand* a doctor because of a strong non-national accent

11:51 am

I need to change my icon, I forgot.

11:51 am

What's the icon pic, Haz?

11:51 am

lots of older patients cite that one ata

11:51 am

Hi Haz and kj :)

11:51 am

well, is there going to be a sign that says: doctor has pieced nose, enter at your own risk.

11:51 am

oops - not syaing you are old!!!

11:51 am

hi muse

11:51 am

lol, BabRab

11:52 am

lmao

11:52 am

we have 1 doctor in our surgery that I seriously can *not* understand not her fault, I know, but still ...

11:52 am

thanks guys, just wanted a mini "lay" perspective to get in gear for this student session

11:52 am

i really dont care if my oncology doctore has the flag tatooed on his arse and plays with barn animals in his spare time as long as he is good where it counts

Are you a med school teacher Kje.

11:53 am

LOL crossy! I agree!

11:53 am

New icon pic - to celebrate 40 years of Riding for the Disabled Association.

11:53 am

Well said crossy

11:53 am

Akin to Haz's comment, doctor's have to look like they take care of themselves, or it does not inspire confidence.

11:53 am

personally, I dress very conservative and have no piercings (except ears), no tats, etc... but it wouldn't bother me if my doc had piercings or tats, or longer hair, etc, as long as they were clean and behaved professionally

11:54 am

(Argh! where'd that apostrophe come from?)

11:54 am

That's what I was wondering...

11:54 am

not really an ethics issue though, is it?

11:54 am

*cringes in shame*

11:54 am

i think it is more of a generational or conservatove/liberal approach to life issue than a true professionalism issue

11:54 am

On the other hand, if I had "House" for a doctor, I don't know that I would trust him based on his bedside manner!

11:54 am

Back in couple of minutes.

11:54 am

Sneaky apostrophes

11:55 am

id take house if he would share his vicodin

11:55 am

well, jean - some feel it is - there should be nothing that makes the patient uncomfortable

11:55 am

but i do not fully prescribe to that depending on the situation (ie: bigotry, etc)

11:55 am

a doctor/patient relationship has to engender confidence ... doctors need to consider what accouterments might prevent a more beneficial relationship

11:55 am

sounds like one big can of worms

11:56 am

rofl corssy!

11:56 am

I mean... crossy! (see? I can barely type, laughing so hard)

Doctors in general make me uncomfortable because so many of them act like they are smarter than you and are condescending.

11:56 am

What I find annoying with doctors is when they get the look of boredom on their faces.

11:56 am

i mostly agree BR - but did have a patient who refused to see one of our middle eastern heritage interns after 9/11 - i don't think that kind of thing has to be tolerated

11:57 am

not really esprit all kidding aside,ive been teen by dr,s with tatts,turbans,stockings on head,suits,jeans and t-shirt and many other combos i cannot remember

11:57 am

seen

11:57 am

well, then caitlyn, i suggest you try harder not to be boring ; )

11:57 am

one of the doctors in our practice did not want to see patients of that heritage!

11:57 am

but being middle eastern is not a choice

11:57 am

I wouldn't tolerate that either jean

11:58 am

(totally elective treatment practice)

11:58 am

LOL I dont go very often kje

11:58 am

I could understand that for maybe a month after 9/11. After that, get over it

11:58 am

unless that doctor was driving the plane by remote i will not condem him for his heratige

11:59 am

we actually spoke in private to the patient, and he apologized saying he realized it was ridiculous, and then agreed to see the doc... and had him as his PCP for over 2 years

11:59 am

good for you, kje

11:59 am

alternative would have been to go find another medical practice as we just can't put trainees in that position

11:59 am

excellent way to handle it, kje.

Do you run a practice Kje?

12:00 pm

intolerance is a plague that all of us must work to understand and defeat

12:00 pm

we have two male doctors in this area who are in private life a married couple now.both excellet dr,s in thier field

12:01 pm

no narnia - i am medical school faculty - back in 2001, i was in baltimore, not texas

O.K. I am thinking about entering the nursing program for colllege.

12:02 pm

But I bet they have face a lot of bigotry crossy

12:02 pm

Although ... (I always like to think about other perspectives) would anyone fault a patient for requesting a particular gender? I myself prefer a female doctor.

12:02 pm

undoubtedly cailyn...

12:02 pm

not anymore caitlyn,remember we have been marrying same sex here for 2 or 3 years now

12:02 pm

Or a doctor who is very young, or very old?

12:03 pm

I always ask for a female doctor, because that makes me feel more comfortable. But I won't throw a fit if I see a male doctor

12:03 pm

OK, I must run... should be a stimulating discussion, if nothing else...

12:03 pm

The same over here also crossy

Have to go all.

12:03 pm

good luck

12:03 pm

we are very progressive here aren't we crossy? <hint of smugness creeps in>

12:03 pm

all good questions ch1212 - and I'm sure many will come up

12:03 pm

Thanks, kje.

12:03 pm

we learned the hard way kate

12:03 pm

right kje. light the fire then run away!!!!

12:04 pm

now its old news

12:04 pm

? crossy?

12:04 pm

At our practice there is no choice we only have male doctore

12:04 pm

we have 2 female drs and about 10 male

12:04 pm

a colleague told me when she was a resident a patient needed a proceduer (needle drainage) and said they didn't want her to do it (she is black) but wanted (pointed to white med student) them to do it.... she said she was tempted to let him have his wish

12:04 pm

Bye narnia

12:05 pm

LOL

12:05 pm

instead she explained that the student had never done the procedure and she was quite experienced, and the patient wisely changed his mind - LOL

12:05 pm

mindset change is slow in some places im sure kje

12:05 pm

she should have!

12:05 pm

My spelling and grammer tonight is rubbish!! Thats because Im not really here.

12:06 pm

At my health clinic's web site, there is a page for each doctor, with their personal "statements", and their histories, and their photos. It was clear that patients could browse available doctors based on a number of irrelevant criteria.

12:06 pm

OK, well tell caitlyn we said hello when you see her, not-really-here

12:06 pm

seriously, MUST run

12:06 pm

bye

12:06 pm

where are you? on another astral plane?

12:06 pm

Bye kje

12:06 pm

bye kje.

12:06 pm

bye kje

12:07 pm

No kate, Im grabbing a little me time instead of running 3 homes as I am doing at the moment

12:07 pm

sounds exhausting cait

12:08 pm

have we lost ata? why 3 homes?

12:08 pm

It is

12:08 pm

you must have very health conscious homes to get three of them to run

12:08 pm

lol

12:09 pm

My own,my mums (who is disabled) and my daughters who has had an operation on her foot and leg

12:10 pm

i don't envy you, i get tired just imagining itr

12:11 pm

Its the ironing that gets to me though, so much of it LOL

12:11 pm

must dash...and ironing is horrid as chores go; i do as little as possible!

12:12 pm

Cooee !!Ata where are you ?

12:12 pm

here!

12:12 pm

Bye Kate see you soon

12:12 pm

I do not own an iron .. I believe wrinkled clothes take the focus off my wrinkled face

12:12 pm

BR will you marry me?

12:13 pm

heheh .. I am in shock!

12:13 pm

Where were you hiding Ata?

12:13 pm

hiding at the thought of ironing lol

12:13 pm

I have made BR speechless, that must be a 1st

12:14 pm

Oh Ata I thought you might help

12:15 pm

hello again everyone

12:15 pm

we have nuptials?

12:15 pm

Hi jacq

12:15 pm

*horror* lol

12:15 pm

hello caitlyn and congrats

12:15 pm

congrats BR

12:15 pm

BR hasnt answered me yet

12:15 pm

hello, jacq ... you done prancing around to those old tunes?

12:15 pm

you need Haz!

12:16 pm

Ata cant help with your ironing. shes doing all of my house cleaning. :)

12:16 pm

LOL Hi Eva we can share her

12:16 pm

lol have just bathed the grand-daughter to see if it put a smile on grumpies face (daughter, being moody because we have no chocolate and she can't be bothered to go to shop)

12:17 pm

i keep trying sleekit

12:17 pm

Have a look in the pb there may be some there

12:17 pm

fireworks at last!

12:17 pm

i must have tried it a dozen times before i left and it was the first word i tried on coming back

12:17 pm

wtg JMH

12:17 pm

congrats, JMHBEAN

12:18 pm

yaa for jmh!

12:18 pm

Congrats JMH!!

12:18 pm

every time i see your name all i can think of is jim beam;))

12:18 pm

tx everyone I don't often get to finish it

12:18 pm

lol i was thinking that to crossy

12:18 pm

hey cross I think of Jim Bean quite often too!!!!

12:19 pm

my quarantine is up tomorrow and i just got a call asking if i want to go to lunch with a man!!!! daughters boyfriend is not impressed, wants to meet him first

12:20 pm

dont worry what the kids think jacq,get on out there you man killer!

12:20 pm

lololol @ mankiller

12:20 pm

You go jac and enjoy yourself

12:20 pm

we'll see, i might be a bit punchdrunk lol i haven't left the house since thursday

12:21 pm

all the talk of housecleaning has sent Ata into seizures, methinks...

12:21 pm

Why have you been in quaratine?

12:21 pm

LOL Eve I was just thinking that

12:21 pm

suspected piggie flu, but they were just being overcautious, it was just normal flu i think

12:22 pm

housework, i have to clean the showerstall tonight, might use daughters toothbrush, she'll never taste the bleach

12:22 pm

Hope you are feeling better now though

12:22 pm

LOL jacq

12:23 pm

i am still chesty and weak (affected cough here) but temp is normalish again and appetite is coming back

12:23 pm

im putting off seeing the docs..day 7 for me now and day 3 for the wife..the spawnling had the sniffles and headace for 1 day and was fine:/

12:23 pm

I think I saw dancing here: http://tinyurl.com/y9uyhqc

12:23 pm

jacq, that is

12:24 pm

There isnt so much on the news these days about that flu

12:24 pm

cross you must take care of yourself

12:24 pm

were they dressed like adam ant?

12:25 pm

i love that big band sound, i boogie with the grandkids all the time

12:25 pm

more like pete pismire

12:25 pm

we like paulo nuttini right now, pencil full of lead, it has an amazing tune and we all go nuts lol

12:25 pm

come let's stroll ... stroll across the floor

12:26 pm

look on youtube, pick the one with the album cover look

12:26 pm

**strolls**

12:27 pm

i really didnt understand the big band era till my in-laws did a demo for me he is 78 she is 70,so they could only go at it for short time but wow! ive never seen dancing like that b4

12:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnrf3Q 9kh0

12:27 pm

Hello again

12:28 pm

Hi scrabbler

12:28 pm

scrabbs!

12:28 pm

heya Scrabbler

12:28 pm

Hello, Scrabbler

12:28 pm

Cold, dreary day here. 45 degrees F. Drizzling. I want to hibernate.

12:29 pm

ohhh yuck scrabbler

12:29 pm

Well its time I went and cooked the supper.See you tomorrow, take care all, bye

12:29 pm

tears on my pillow ... I went all the way home ... to say I'm sorry ... as we stroll along together

12:29 pm

my mum was listening to the weather this morning and he gave the temp in celcius, then gave it again in fahrenheit so it would sound warmer

12:29 pm

I just got home from work (1/2 day), put my pajamas on and will nap soon

12:29 pm

bye dear!

12:29 pm

Bye Caitlyn

12:30 pm

bye caitlyn

12:30 pm

brb

12:36 pm

hate to hit you up for med advice scrabbs,but at what point should i give up treating this like a normal flu and maybe get a dr to peek at us? im in day 7,wife is in day 3 head ,chest, body aches,lots of rattling and wheezing,but we do have ventolin in the house and are taking all the standard things,tylenol for fevers, lots of liquids etc,we are eating ok,no vomiting etc.i think we are in safe catagory regardless,under 60,no heart or bp issues,no diabetes, i hate like hell to bug them at the clinic,they must be up to thier armpits with sniffles and coughs

12:37 pm

If worsening, SOB, fever x > 5 days---get checked.

12:37 pm

Are you using Ventolin? If so, is it helping the wheezing?

12:38 pm

*spies Ata and tackles her to the ground* no hiding from my housework!

12:38 pm

ventolin helps us both,it is the wifes actually as she is astmatic

12:38 pm

Hi Eva

12:38 pm

but you can hear us rattling from across the room

12:38 pm

am hiding! can't do housework! asthmatic!

12:39 pm

dont need a stehescope lol

12:39 pm

damn typos

12:39 pm

hiya scrabbler. :)

12:39 pm

The problem with seeking medical care is that a patient-pleasing doc may throw you on unneeded antibiotics or unnecessary tests. So if you are not worsening then continue with "supportive care" = hydration, analgesia, rest

12:39 pm

crossy whistles like a tea kettle;)

12:40 pm

*pumps Ata full of (looks at scrabs messages) ventolin and points her back at the laundry*

12:40 pm

Flu = viral bronchitis

12:40 pm

thats what im trying to avoid scrabbs

12:40 pm

thats what i thought as well scrabbs

12:40 pm

i dont just want a doc to toss horse pills at me

12:40 pm

I would avoid doctors/hospitals except for true emergencies.

12:41 pm

hello all

12:41 pm

sound advice..oh btw scrabbs,do you have a belly button ring? lol

12:41 pm

Cross, this may seem odd, but I don't like doctors

12:41 pm

Hello, cjmomma

12:41 pm

Hi cjmomma

12:41 pm

reading chat...is it true that once you have the flu antibiotics really won't do much good?

12:41 pm

good morning everyone

12:42 pm

hi lynx

12:42 pm

No piercings at all, Cross, not even my ear lobes! Why did you ask?

12:42 pm

doctors make the worst patients right scrabbs?

12:42 pm

was in topic earlier allong with tatts

12:42 pm

Antibiotics do not kill ANY viruses ever.

12:42 pm

Good evening everyone.

12:42 pm

True, Cross, we know how dangerous it is to be a patient.

12:43 pm

tamiflu is an anti-viral but the side effects are as bad as flu

12:43 pm

Hi elder

12:43 pm

hi Elder!

12:43 pm

Hi lynxxx

12:43 pm

ok gone to clean the shower armed with daughters new toothbrush

12:43 pm

wish me luck

12:43 pm

hi elder

12:43 pm

And tamiflu only shortens the course of flu by 1 day.

12:43 pm

have fun jacq

12:43 pm

it made me feel much worse scarbs

12:43 pm

ok really gone now

12:44 pm

I think it all make the immune system weaker for when you really need the meds

12:44 pm

i though as much,but nice to hear it from the horses mouth;)

12:44 pm

still think you had bad reaction to tamiflu jacq...never heard of anyone else with rxn like you

12:44 pm

need more than ventolin!

12:44 pm

*knock wood* i dont even remember the last time i had the flu...

12:44 pm

vics,tyleno,tea with lemon,my home made chicken soup

12:44 pm

Trust in the immune system--it is a highly evolved miltary system. Respect the dangers of antibiotics!

12:45 pm

Hi Kate

12:45 pm

I do...hubby won't listen though

12:45 pm

hi Kate!

12:45 pm

believe me i do scrabbs,my da just went through a c-difficile episode!!

12:45 pm

Tamiflu can cause neuropsychiatric side effects

12:45 pm

Yes, and that can be dangerous, Cross

12:46 pm

wow

12:46 pm

he was quarrantined for 2 weeks or better

12:46 pm

did not know that about tamiflu

12:46 pm

hello all

12:46 pm

north bay hospital didnt know what to do with him

12:46 pm

Hi Peri

12:46 pm

Scrabs, we must be the only two people in the US who do not have pierced ear lobes

12:46 pm

hi Peri

12:46 pm

hi peri

12:46 pm

me too peri

12:46 pm

hi scrabs...god you emphasize yhe over-prescription of anyibiotics ( and useless scrips too) we're gonna end up with everything being a super bug with resistance to everything

12:46 pm

hi peri

12:47 pm

Why, Cross? C diff is rather common, esp with inappropriate use of antibiotics

12:47 pm

HOW'D your first day go scrabs? haven't seen you...

12:47 pm

that makes 3 of us then, Ata :)

12:47 pm

It's happening now, Kate, because docs want to make patients happy and prescribe antibiotics inappropriately

12:47 pm

what is C diff?

12:48 pm

thats what happened scrabbs,he was on a pill cocktail from different dr,s and it messed him up badly

12:48 pm

or 4 of you count me

12:48 pm

cj hi, chog flying, i'm dragging

12:48 pm

Great day yest + today--nice fit for me--rural area, near home, with nice, polite, relaxed co-workers!

12:48 pm

thats great to hear scrabs

12:48 pm

so very good to hear, Scrabs, they are lucky to have you

12:48 pm

oh yea..scrabbs is in her new digs yaaaa!

12:48 pm

Lovely Scrabs - you are going to be a new woman

12:49 pm

Clostridium difficile = bacteria in GI tract that thrives when on antibiotics. Can kill people.

12:49 pm

i had a bunny suit on for you on monday scrabbs;)

12:49 pm

I don't get pierced ears, jewelry, etc--I am all about function not fashion

12:49 pm

That sounds truly awful

12:50 pm

I saw bunny icons here on Monday

12:50 pm

yes my da lost bowell control and the whole 9 yards,was quite bad he let it go too far before seeking attn and lost weight,mobility etc

12:51 pm

scrabs...we've had several bad outbreaks of c. diff. up here in ontario and quebec with many deaths...hospitals and nursing homes...it's been in news on and off for aboiut 1 1/2 yrs.

12:51 pm

C diff infections can herald the beginning of the end for old or debilitated folks---bedrest, poor nutrition, bladder infections, pneumonia follow, then death

12:51 pm

have a friend going in for battery of tests because of her gi problems...she lost control of her bowels as well and is only 37

12:51 pm

Funny how some guys won't go to 'the' doctor

12:51 pm

he uses a walker now

12:51 pm

...blood clots, pulmonary embolism...

12:51 pm

OR ANY DOCTOR...dummies

12:52 pm

cjmomma--could be lower spinal cord problem, e.g. tethered cord

12:52 pm

is he improving crossy?

12:52 pm

but she won't control her diet either.. will mention that to her, ty scrabs

12:53 pm

life is hazardous to your help ... overcome all hazards ... die

12:53 pm

lol BabRab, so cheery

12:54 pm

ditto that lynx

12:54 pm

it is now 5 months post treatment and is on a better med scedule he is diabetic and still uses a walker

12:54 pm

everyone is looking for an efficient solution

12:54 pm

rough go it sounds like..how oldis he?

12:55 pm

I've been through so much, back surgeries, diverticulitis, gall bladder removed, hysterectomy and now helping friend deal with kidney failure

12:55 pm

just trying to make it thru each day BR

12:55 pm

my lady had a full hysterectomy as well cj;(

12:56 pm

yes, lyn, live today

12:56 pm

it is ok with me, no more problems there

12:56 pm

hard at first but once adjusted it'll be fine

12:57 pm

but like i tell the wife,we survive and carry on and help others with our experiences;)

12:57 pm

i like to compare scars for shots at the bar;)

12:58 pm

i almost always win:))

12:58 pm

yup that's all you can do, I had no choice..endometriosis

12:58 pm

cjmomma - what happens with your friend? transplant possibility?

12:58 pm

he also has hemophilia and had one removed in 01 due to cancer

12:58 pm

he also has hemophilia and had one removed in 01 due to cancer

12:59 pm

he's getting on this but not likely to be approved

12:59 pm

ouch,crossy sends best hopes and wishes to cj,s friend

12:59 pm

ty, not many drs have dealt with a 46 yr old hemophiliac, hes' outlived his disease

1:00 pm

but that could be whats causing it as well from what I've reserched

1:00 pm

indeed

1:00 pm

a hard lot to bear, and you are being a wonderful friend

1:01 pm

it has been a long 3 years, but have known him for 17 yrs and has no other family really

1:01 pm

I have been told I am too stubborn to learn .. too stubborn to change ... and too stubborn to die ... usually as a prelude to "see ya." Of course, I knew her was not being truthful .. he had no intention of seeing me again.

1:02 pm

well, I am glad you are here, BR

1:02 pm

ty lynx and br you always have such great sayings

1:02 pm

lol br,im stubbon as well,plus when they take bits and pieces i lose weight and can keep the calories;)))

1:02 pm

(((br)))

1:03 pm

lol Cross

1:03 pm

I smile now and try to learn and change and live .. being told sometimes is necessary

1:03 pm

hi dorens

1:03 pm

hello, Dorens

1:03 pm

taking a break to do a little lunch..bbs

1:04 pm

(shhh! i'm at work, just sneaking a few minutes, thinking I deserve this since i worked, as usual, right through lunch)

1:04 pm

remember br,the best revenge is living well;))

1:04 pm

Hi Doren

1:04 pm

hi Dorens

1:05 pm

hi all

1:05 pm

howdy jmc

1:05 pm

hi jmc

1:05 pm

hello, jmc

1:05 pm

bHi jm

1:06 pm

BR while I was sitting on the subway this a.m. I thought of how cheerful you have been lately and now I come to see you all gloomy

1:06 pm

clever icon jmc

1:06 pm

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

1:06 pm

br ,you better pull up them boot straps or i may start tossing out my infamous limericks

1:07 pm

crossy zoozzoom sends healing thoughts

1:07 pm

we all luvs ya BabRab

1:07 pm

Still not past halfway...tough grid.

1:08 pm

I am okay .. just sometimes the chat triggers things

1:08 pm

pink floyed

1:09 pm

yep

1:09 pm

crossy loves floyd..holds up lighter...

1:09 pm

phone

1:09 pm

i think you're more than ok. have noticed definite leanings towards happiness of late

1:09 pm

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."

1:10 pm

yep

1:10 pm

An attitude of gratitude

1:11 pm

ok. back to work for me... till later, friends

1:11 pm

Bye Doren

1:11 pm

take care of yourself, Dorens

1:20 pm

back

1:21 pm

sorry to run away but I had to talk to Selective Service (everyone under 40 in the U.S. says "What?")

1:22 pm

Draft org?

1:22 pm

ty lynxxx as I was looking for birthday wishes it just came to me

1:23 pm

Your birthday, jm?

1:23 pm

the federal agency that is suppose to be ready to draft people

1:23 pm

no mr. president's thus the icon

1:23 pm

if I were more clever I would have the video

1:23 pm

Oh, yes, I wished her a nice day this AM when she was here

1:25 pm

100 words found! 100th = wi6

1:25 pm

OK, I need a nap. BBL

1:25 pm

wtg scrabs

1:30 pm

okay got to finish writing something and then head to the last Nationals game of the season

1:30 pm

bye jmc, have fun

1:33 pm

Bye JMC...wish those darn Nationals had beat Atlanta more and give my Rockies more of a lead! :o)

1:34 pm

I'm trying to write a blog entry to my cool new photo blog and keep getting distracted *sigh*

1:35 pm

concentrate girl, concentrate

1:35 pm

I'm trying! I'm trying!

1:35 pm

so I thought I'd babble for a bit lol

1:37 pm

you might make more headway on the blog

1:37 pm

probably! I'm being cross at i's at the moment

1:38 pm

TY - you just made me get the last one!

1:38 pm

no, Ata -- you *DOT* your i's! :P

1:39 pm

I wish my last i would dot itself!

1:39 pm

hello she who has been spoken for

1:39 pm

id4.6?

1:40 pm

ty lynx. I tried that earlier and it wouldn't take it! gah!

1:40 pm

yw.

1:41 pm

yay, my last O, finally I am getting some words

1:41 pm

I tried that right after the other one from there. annoyance!

2:04 pm

I killed the chat log :)

2:05 pm

<---- pounces on ata

2:05 pm

still here, clawed my way past 14

2:05 pm

hi Jes

2:05 pm

hi Jes!

2:06 pm

how's everyong?

2:06 pm

everyone?

2:07 pm

good good good for a change!!

2:07 pm

good is good :)

2:07 pm

execpt I have an Ill Husband who is being a baby lol

2:08 pm

aww

2:09 pm

did you check out Jes's photo Ata, so much like yours

2:09 pm

I did! that brought back memories

2:10 pm

? Mine's a deer, her's is a dog...

2:10 pm

I rescued a white tail fawn though as well :)

2:10 pm

ah! i see

2:10 pm

lol Jes, you are not silly

2:11 pm

i'm not?

2:11 pm

yay got hi7

2:11 pm

i've got hi4...

2:13 pm

there! pic is up :)

2:14 pm

2 hi4 - anagrams, hi7 builds on the 1st of those

2:14 pm

i still see the dog when i open your profile :(

2:14 pm

wah

2:15 pm

I can see it OK

2:15 pm

i can tell from the little one that it's a person holding a critter... but can't see much. i reloaded and it still doesn't do it :(

2:16 pm

i'#ll get you a url - 2 secs

2:17 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yejgaem there!

2:18 pm

she's cute :) what'd you do with her?

2:18 pm

astoria wildlife rescue took her

2:18 pm

cool

2:19 pm

she sat on my lap for 40 mins from near Longview and the I5 back to Astoria! they have a semi-open door policy, and 6 same aged fawns

2:19 pm

so she should have a good life

2:20 pm

always best to get them grouped with other fawns so they learn to be deer :)

2:20 pm

absolutely!

2:21 pm

they reckoned it was 2 or 3 months old, so hopefully she'll forget the day of trauma and human contact

2:22 pm

yeah; if they aren't around people very long, and get back to being with other deer, they usually do okay

2:23 pm

wonderful!

2:23 pm

can they become domesticated?

2:23 pm

tamed, in theory. domesticated actually means that there are genetic differences from the wild population, so no

2:23 pm

or should I say - dependent on humans?

2:24 pm

yeah, and that's one of the huge worries of wildlife work. if they start thinking humans are good and never learn to fend for themselves, they don't do well. get into trouble and/or starve

2:24 pm

there is a wonderful blog about a couple who brought up a young deer - let me find it - it's a wonderful read

2:25 pm

if you get them young, and handle them too much, they "impress" on humans, and come rutting, the bucks'll be up on your porch chasing the women around.

2:25 pm

(but they quickly started loosing him into the wild, they didn't keep him as a pet)

2:25 pm

thanks - for some reason I had forgotten they can be farmed

2:26 pm

takes lots of special permits, but yeah. elk and buffalo too

2:26 pm

lol, that's a bit dangerous!

2:26 pm

it is. and it can get humans hurt and the deer put down, so we want to be really careful not to do that!

2:29 pm

so apart from eating gardens are deer an issue to people?

2:30 pm

well, there's eating gardens, and getting in the road, and stomping on dogs, and breaking down fences. breaking branches in orchards, that sort of thing

2:31 pm

another earthquake ! looks way more serious

2:31 pm

where at?

2:31 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yaqaaof

2:32 pm

Sumatra - they say deaths may be over 1000...highly populated

2:32 pm

they took their main blog down :( but there's a few pics!

2:33 pm

have to say that I disagree quite strongly with some of the things they're doing on in those photos.

2:33 pm

no good, lynxxx :(

2:34 pm

yes, me too

2:34 pm

for instance, deer that are not scared of dogs get eaten by coyotes

2:35 pm

keeping the deer at home was a stupid thing to do in the first place, but really you need the whole blog, it becomes more about deer behaviour than doing silly things to deer

2:37 pm

that's good

2:39 pm

and looks like lunch break ends at half past today. yay for people breeding random dogs in their back yards with no money for c-sections. *headdesk*

2:39 pm

*baked potato bliss*

2:39 pm

how can a simple tuber taste SO good

2:42 pm

Michelle Obama is such an asset!

2:53 pm

my mrs LOVES baked tatters;)

2:54 pm

yes, she certainly is!

2:54 pm

they are the *best*

2:55 pm

with cheese and crispy bacon, YUM YUM

2:56 pm

mmmmmmmm

2:56 pm

hope you are feeling better crossy :-)

2:56 pm

i think im slowly on the mend

2:57 pm

thats good to hear.

2:57 pm

wife is right in the middle of it im afraid,skin hurting and eyelashes aching sort of thing we are both barking like old hound dogs;/

2:58 pm

awwww :(

2:58 pm

i think i may pick up a bottle of whiskey and do up some hot toddys for tonight

2:59 pm

oh dear that does not sound good...although the hot toddys sounds like a good id4

2:59 pm

that works a treat!

3:03 pm

yup,vicks for the chest,tylenol for fever and pain and a hot toddy for everything else;)

3:04 pm

absolutely!

3:04 pm

you both should be out like a light at the end of all that..lol

3:04 pm

my PhD supervisor swore by drinking hot lemon, honey and whisky for any ailments. He's pretty much right

3:05 pm

well, any minor ailment anyway!

3:06 pm

he is ata

3:07 pm

and I never saw him ill over 5 or 6 years :)

3:07 pm

i put squeeze of lemon,a drop of sugar and mull it

3:08 pm

old fasioned way;)

3:08 pm

mmm lovely

3:08 pm

i agree, sounds really nice

3:09 pm

all goes at once with that,nose drains,sinuses clear and lungs go whoosh!..and after 2 or 3 the rest wont matter for the night

3:09 pm

it's nice when therapy tastes nice too!

3:09 pm

:))

3:11 pm

now the only important thing is whaich kind...mmm:)

3:12 pm

we make a nice seagrams whiskey locally...;)

3:12 pm

oh no..its canadian mist we make

3:12 pm

you need a good Skye whisky for proper clearing of the sinuses lol

3:12 pm

can someone tell me what the 9 starts with?

3:12 pm

th

3:13 pm

th9

3:14 pm

compound?

3:14 pm

please help with the KOs. I only have the last two.

3:14 pm

no, crazy weird word :o(

3:15 pm

two vowels in a row that I've never seen together

3:15 pm

ko + dutch **m disease; pl

3:15 pm

it looks mineral-ish

3:15 pm

mm must be an oe

3:16 pm

nope, wierder than oe

3:16 pm

ko + the *o*e in the wall gang; pl

3:16 pm

3 vowels in a row, total

3:17 pm

thanks BR!

3:17 pm

th + spanish cheer + lesson the gravity of: m*t*ga**

3:17 pm

yw

3:19 pm

anyone have the ho 7/48?

3:19 pm

robot ending

3:19 pm

wow perfect timing ty BR

3:20 pm

damn

3:20 pm

should be "lessen" and word is used like extenuating circumstances at a sentencing hearing

3:21 pm

the ho 7/48 is another word for truants .. who play ho*** from school

3:21 pm

ooops sorry, robot ending is hi7

3:21 pm

thanks!

3:22 pm

9 left.

3:31 pm

hi 7/36?

3:31 pm

and fireworks for me.

3:31 pm

yay zooz!

3:32 pm

hi , not hers but hi* consonant and robot ending

3:32 pm

hi7 another name for the past when learning in school + robot ending

3:32 pm

Congrats Zooz!

3:32 pm

thanks all :-)

3:33 pm

wtg zooz

3:34 pm

ok , hope to see you all tomorrow, bye for now.

3:34 pm

bye zooz

3:34 pm

bye Zooz

3:35 pm

bye zooz

3:35 pm

ty zoom

3:36 pm

firebirds!

3:36 pm

Congrats Ata!

3:37 pm

wtg ata!!

3:37 pm

ok back again 50 to go

3:38 pm

ty! I'm now going to go and luxuriate by reading in bed for a long time until sleeptime. I've been coding a new website all day and am completely exhausted!

3:38 pm

bye Ata

3:38 pm

nite Ata, enjoy your book

3:39 pm

hi Jacq. You sound much better?

3:39 pm

my quarantine is up tomorrow, i am a little chesty but not too bad, i was asked out to lunch by a man!!!

3:39 pm

lol

3:40 pm

it's all good

3:40 pm

and hello lynxxx

3:40 pm

no holding a good woman down

3:40 pm

yeah, jacq has been boogalooing all through the chat while singing at the top of her lungs

3:40 pm

LOL i didn't say yes yet, he called when i was bathing the baby

3:41 pm

i have BR, and i have a sparkling clean bathroom, daughter needs another new toothbrush and all is well in the world

3:41 pm

yay, you

3:43 pm

listening to bruce springsteen right now

3:44 pm

hey little girl is your daddy home

3:51 pm

ot

3:55 pm

lst 2 ko's and then I have to go to football

3:55 pm

go sue!!!

3:56 pm

no, I have 63 left

3:56 pm

but I have to go to football

3:56 pm

ahhhh

3:56 pm

ko & you have ** go where?

3:56 pm

they are ko's

3:57 pm

yes

3:57 pm

and plural that ko for the other

3:57 pm

ty

3:57 pm

bbl

3:58 pm

have fun

4:10 pm

clue for the th 9/60 pls

4:12 pm

th9 = th5/12, and H*t*** (biblical)

4:12 pm

uses the double vowels that aren't round

4:13 pm

BR had a better clue earlier but i can't remember it

4:16 pm

ty

4:16 pm

you got it??

4:16 pm

4:16 pm

yes

4:17 pm

excellent

4:17 pm

the biblical hint is not quite right - it's double vowel not double consonant

4:18 pm

nods, i know H*t***

4:18 pm

ahhhhh my bad

4:18 pm

sorry

4:18 pm

i didn't even think about it

4:19 pm

no worries - you led me down the path :)

4:19 pm

yeah, the wrong one

4:20 pm

at least i remembered someone other than god from the bible :o)

4:26 pm

how about the de 7/36 for "fireworks" - I am sure it's right in front of my face but I want to end this lol

4:27 pm

de shoulder/back muscle

4:27 pm

robot ending

4:27 pm

duh - ty - could have sworn I typed that - must have misspelled - ty all - cya

4:28 pm

wtg dspike!!

4:28 pm

hello gramma

4:28 pm

I love coming in just in time to help. Howdy all

4:29 pm

i think we're the only ones in the chog

4:29 pm

beautiful children gramma

4:30 pm

Oh thank you. They're growing so fast. That was last Christmas

4:31 pm

smiles mine are growing fast too

4:31 pm

Are yours nearby?

4:32 pm

one lives with me, and her mum and dad and the other is just 5 miles away i get to see them both every day

4:33 pm

Lucky you.

4:33 pm

smiles, sometimes but when the baby (15 months) is throwing tantrums all day and her parents are fighting it's a bit much

4:34 pm

I'm down to two words -- can someon clue the second oo?

4:34 pm

i don't have it yet elemce, sorry

4:35 pm

what's the other you need?

4:35 pm

I'm sure it is. I get my 2 w/out the parents on Sun.Mon. and Tues. It's wonderful.

4:35 pm

lo 5/12 (the first one)

4:35 pm

evening everyone

4:35 pm

ele, I'll look.

4:36 pm

lo5/12 bathroomed?

4:38 pm

got it! thanks jacq!

4:38 pm

hello katie

4:38 pm

phew

4:38 pm

Well I've discovered every word it isn't. sorry

4:38 pm

having a quick babble before bed :-)

Evening all :) Katie, I had the same idea

4:39 pm

'lo all

4:39 pm

last one for the finish! clue for oo 5/12

4:39 pm

I know I should be in bed as I'm shattered but next thing I know I'm on here trying to get more words lol

4:39 pm

Hi jes

4:40 pm

silly katie!

4:40 pm

especially as they are digging up roads on my way to work and it is taking me ages to get in. T*** an hour and 40 mins this morning

4:41 pm

finally, oo the ***e comes in and out on the beach

4:41 pm

finished for the first time EVER!!!

4:41 pm

wow that's a good feeling.

4:41 pm

Congrats!

4:41 pm

yay elemce!

4:42 pm

congrats elemce, may it be the first of many

4:42 pm

congrats elemce

4:49 pm

right off to bed, see you all tomorrow

4:49 pm

sleep sweet, katie!

4:53 pm

clue for th9, anyone?

4:57 pm

th- take your th5 add 2 of the same vowels and 1st 2 letters of the Lone Star state

hi babblers !!

4:59 pm

Hey thanks, gramma

4:59 pm

Howdy!

5:00 pm

yw

hi gramma :)

5:00 pm

How's everything in your world?

bloody marvellous gramma... birthday celebrations continue! LOL

5:03 pm

Drag it out as looong as you can!

I got all my pics up in facebook finally... will put some in Flickr in my bio shortly. I intend to stay 29 (HA) for as long as possible!!

5:04 pm

Are you celebrating yours or Babbles?

mine this time... babble and I share a birthday

I have decided I am 29 with 12 years experience!

5:06 pm

Excellant!

5:07 pm

Obviously Babble hasn't improved my spelling 8)

hehehehe!! I can deal with excellant!! it is all in the accent!

5:08 pm

Has that tsunami threat passed?

ex-sir-lant is how we pronounce it in australia

5:09 pm

Good to know, if I ever get there, I'll blend right in.

the tsunami took out much of Samoa, and they cancelled the tsunami threat for New Zealand... but terrible news for Sumatra, Penang... bad earthquake there and 1000's dead

5:11 pm

Oh dear. I don't watch the news. It saves my spirits;but, that is horrible.

Those countries live on the Pacific Ring Of Fire... it isn't unusual, but it isn't great for these people... life is already hard enough for them.

5:13 pm

I have to tell you, other than a very few stinkers, I love this grid. I'm on fire tonight.

5:13 pm

Oops...fire might not have been the best choice of words. Sorry.

glad you are on fire!! I will be today with the bloody heat that we are getting!

And lickety won't go and get the portable aircon for my room!! Boohoo!

5:15 pm

Oh my, we're quite cold here and once again, our furnace isn't working.

5:16 pm

hey there friends.

5:16 pm

Hi

hi trif :)

5:16 pm

It's so nice to be called friend.

gramma, we suffer similar circumstances! It least you can dress up... my skin doesn't wanna come off

5:18 pm

(((Trifs)))

5:18 pm

You're absolutely right! Kick that honey of yours and get some nice cool air for (wink, wink) sleeping.

hi torg!

5:20 pm

hey tor.

5:20 pm

and mr p

5:20 pm

I will always call you friend, gramma!

5:22 pm

That's very nice. It's also how I feel. I'm forever telling my boyfriend/husband So and so said on Babble blah, blah,blah..He just laughs a bit but he really does understand.

5:24 pm

I do the same thing!

5:26 pm

I don't understand a lot of things -- but I do understand that I do not understand the extent of what I do not understand

5:27 pm

BabbleRabble, you are probably the most quoted of the lot.

5:27 pm

I steal your words all the time for facebook

gramma, are you friends on my facebook??

hello all

how about a clue for the 9pls?

5:29 pm

I'm afraid not. I'm only on there to keep up with my children.

5:29 pm

They told me, if you want to know what we're doing, get on fb.

hi owl :)

hi prezs! :)

isit yer birthday?

5:31 pm

TH5 + 2 of the same vowels and 1st 2 letters of **am Root for your favorite sports **am

yessie owl!

oooh so sorry; since i am traveling i don't keep up like before! manny happy returns!

the only th 5 i have is t+ ho4/5

thanks owl! :)) I put my birthday pics up on FB, but will also put some on flickr in my bio

hold on

5:35 pm

yep. that's it. It's really a crazy word. don't question it just do it.

5:36 pm

happy birthday mr. P!!!

can't find an icon but best wishes are now in profile. i am getting ready to go out and will hoist one for you

5:37 pm

It's not my day; but hoist 1 for me too.

abother try at that th5 pls?

ok them i did not get the add on

thanks sweetness!

i will also have some yummy cream of crab soup for you ;)

5:40 pm

TH5 + same 2 vowels and 1st 2 letters of **ddybear

cream of crab!! never tried that! sounds yumbo!

*beats head against desk*

oh mr. p there is nothing like fresh maryland blue crab!

5:41 pm

sorry th5 t+ a golf course has 9*****

not those spiery "things"

5:42 pm

t + toad in the ****. Add Twin vowels, and then finish with the first two letters in **ddy bear

ty! :) time to go put on eyeliner and everything and flirt like mad! ;)

x {{{mr. P}}}

prezzie you will get emai later hon

5:43 pm

You go, girl!

5:43 pm

it's another one of those charming, definition-less enable joys

not gong far - gong to change out of push up bra. chicken.

5:44 pm

TO, we call getting all dressed up like that "the full betty" - I thing it started in the South

better take these kids to school... flickr pics are up!! Chat to you soon!

well the nuns have done their damage i fear :/

5:45 pm

how many years has babble been around?

5:46 pm

7 left and they're all easy I'm sure. Maybe a break will bring them to light.

bye all

according to the archives... 6 years today... happy birthday to babble too! see you all later!

5:47 pm

Gads, I am still such a noob! HB Babble!

5:53 pm

Ok, I was on a tear; but I seem to have lost steam. If somebody could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.AG6?

5:54 pm

don't have that one, gramma, so sorry! have to drive primo to Scouts- bbs! Two hours til Glee!!!!!

5:54 pm

thanks anyway

5:57 pm

Last word AG 6? please.

5:59 pm

Hello again Babble buddies

6:00 pm

Howdie, Scrabbler.

6:00 pm

Scrabbler, you may be just in time to save my sanity. AG 6?

6:01 pm

ag6 .. to discriminate against the elderly

6:01 pm

gramma - ag 6 is 'how old are you' + ist

6:01 pm

Vacuuming is done down here. Garbage + recylceables are out out. Bird feeders have been filled up.

6:01 pm

TY, fig!

6:02 pm

Oh for goodness sakes! I kept working my way down instead of across. TY and G'nite.

6:02 pm

Bye, Gramma, and ? congrats ? Have you finished?

7:28 pm

Hi everyone. Got the fright of my life just as I signed in here, as a barn owl screeched right outside my window.

7:28 pm

Scrabbs - How was your first day in your new job?

7:29 pm

The birthday cake is for Mr. P. I'll have to find a new one for Dr. G's on 3rd Oct.

7:31 pm

3rd Oct would have been my parents' 56th wedding anniversary, but Dad died 6 years ago on 23rd November.

7:33 pm

hey all

7:34 pm

Hi all,

7:34 pm

can anyone clue me for the el4

7:36 pm

el + short greeting ..

7:36 pm

tx Torg

7:36 pm

tx Torg

7:36 pm

evening Tor, Jac, Jen, Verucasalt et al.

7:37 pm

Heya Chacha

7:38 pm

any clues wanted before I go?

7:39 pm

how many words tonight?

7:39 pm

189

7:39 pm

ty kallia

7:42 pm

Sorry! I seemed to be talking to myself (not a new thing!) so I'd wandered off. Can clue for a short while, if needed.

7:43 pm

gee, Jacula

7:43 pm

Hi Jac

7:43 pm

Are all the ko's sing/pl pairs?

7:46 pm

Pairs, torg.

7:46 pm

Hi Judi.

7:46 pm

Thanks .. got 'em

7:48 pm

I'd wandered off again and it seemed to be nose blowing time in our house. Heard son blowing his at same time as me. Neither of my kids has inherited their father's big nose (my little one having tempered it in utero) but Son has inherited his Dad's sneezing and nose blowing technique, which sounds like a fanfare of trumpets.:(

7:49 pm

Oops! Almost used a grid word in that post.

7:51 pm

Judy - love the pic of you and Goofy.

7:51 pm

He to6/21?

7:51 pm

Goofy's red top is very becoming. LOL

7:51 pm

Past tense of the to4.4 before it, Torg.

7:51 pm

ACKKKKKKKKKK JAC!!!! It's Pluto!! The love of my life! *sobbing*

7:51 pm

would love some ko clues please. dont have any of them

7:52 pm

ROFL Oh, you mean me?

7:52 pm

Oooh! Sorry Judy. :(

7:53 pm

mkg -ko + ** dorado. Then plural.

7:53 pm

ty got it.

7:53 pm

Next ko is black eyeliner from the East and its plural.

7:54 pm

Next ko4(8) = ko + first 2 letters of Torg's name, then plural.

7:55 pm

who is torg?

7:55 pm

mkg - it doesn't really matter for clueing purpose who Torg is. LOL

7:56 pm

jac, then how do i get first 2 letters of his or her name?

7:56 pm

LOL!

7:56 pm

*Soothes Torg's possibly hurt feelings over last post.* xxx

7:56 pm

mkg - it was a 'spelling it out' clue.

de7 ?

7:57 pm

degoo

7:57 pm

sorry....

7:57 pm

well dont see it or get it. sorry

7:57 pm

BY READING WHAT SHE WROTE

7:57 pm

Stef - shoulder muscle. (Robot ending.)

7:58 pm

But we all know how it feels to not see something that's obvious to someone else...

7:59 pm

I need the de 7/36 too stef

7:59 pm

just got it. ty

8:00 pm

Good, mkg.

8:02 pm

de7 = d + first 4 letters of singer (Candle in The Wind) Mr. John's first name + your card you need to show to prove who your are.

8:02 pm

*you are.

8:03 pm

awesome clue Jac - ty

8:04 pm

y/w V/salt.

8:04 pm

ag 6 plz?

8:04 pm

great clue Jacula, I followed it to the conclusion.

8:05 pm

I sometimes forget that not everyone is well versed in human biology, though why that should be so I am not sure. The body you live in should be the one thing you do know about.

8:05 pm

i agree jac is cluing great.

8:05 pm

y/w stigmere. Nice to see you again.

8:06 pm

mkg - ag6 refers to being prejudiced about hwo old someone is.

8:06 pm

Well, it took me a while to aclimatize after flying back to the West Coast from Ireland. Loved everything but the flights.

8:07 pm

how long was the flight

8:07 pm

Stigmere - I heard you loved Ireland. I've not been there yet, can you believe it?? It's somthing I intend to remedy before too long.

8:08 pm

hello again friends.

8:08 pm

Hi Trif.

8:08 pm

mkg, ilf you really want to change your player name, talk to Dr. God about it. I know of at least two babblers who dod it. and Torgone is a babbler from San Diego, Cal.

8:08 pm

ty got it

8:08 pm

evening Trif and Stid's Mom

8:08 pm

and Inge

8:08 pm

Trif - loved your Richard Head icon for Scrabbs.

8:08 pm

hi everyone

8:08 pm

We left Ireland at noon and arrived in Atlanta after 8 hours (headwinds) then waited to fly out for 3 hours and then got in local time at 9 o'clock. Stidmama picked us up and nobody argued about who got to drive back home.

8:08 pm

Hi inge.

How is everyone?????? I could not play today :(

8:09 pm

hi DR and geek. Why not geek?

8:09 pm

Just got here and read mkg's profile

working too hard today!

8:09 pm

Hi Judy

8:09 pm

Hello science geek. I saw you introducing yourself a day or so ago in chog but could not chat then. Welcome to Babbleland.

now i need to sleep. i am grouchy from burning the candle at both ends

8:10 pm

Hi Judy. Doing more chatting than grid work. I'm trying to be less driven.

8:10 pm

Jacula, yuor clueing is great.

8:10 pm

mkg - why do you want to change your player name?

8:10 pm

Hi SG! Good to see you

8:10 pm

inge, why thank you.. *blushes*

you too!

8:11 pm

down to 45; may need to list now

i have a store at the TExas Renaissance Festival for 8 weekends starting the 10th! I am tired already! Hoping it will be a good thing for me

8:11 pm

we are on a rescue our plants from frost mission

8:11 pm

Sciencegeek - get some sleep, there will be another grid later and we'll all still be around at different times.

what's the temp?

Well I am doing the ones I can see which is not too many LOL

8:12 pm

going down to about 40 here tonight

8:12 pm

inge - don't talk frost to me! I've till got tomatoes with not a hope in hell of ripening outside.

8:12 pm

Right now it is still 50, but with a clear sky they predict 32 by 4 am

8:12 pm

*still not till

wish it would cool off here!

8:13 pm

Keyboard's mucky and sticking again.

8:13 pm

oops - need a clue for the i in the top column please....

8:13 pm

Freezing? Oh my.

8:13 pm

Trif - rhymes with Scottish emblem ( a prickly plant with a purple head).

8:13 pm

like m*****toe at Christmas and plural Trif

8:14 pm

is6 is the plural.

good clue!

8:14 pm

oh, I see it now! thanks!

8:14 pm

Aw Judy - seeinfg that clue I think you are so romantic. LOL

8:15 pm

help with the di5/12 please

8:15 pm

Oh, I need to go rescue the corn from the oven. I've taken to roasting fresh ears with their husks on. Very nice but there is a time limit. Hope to see you all later.

8:15 pm

camel toe at christmas? LOL

8:15 pm

Bye Stidg

8:15 pm

I'm having to thump the keys on this keyboard like those on an old sit up and beg manual typewriter.

8:16 pm

Definitely time to buy a new keyboard!

8:16 pm

nm- I got the di5

8:17 pm

I need a new keyboard also. This one is aggravating my arthritic thumbs.

8:17 pm

'You dun a Peri then DR?'

8:17 pm

yes Jac- I did

8:17 pm

my hubby is Perry- lol

8:18 pm

Heh ..

8:18 pm

LOL, DR.

8:18 pm

Hi Torg!

Okay - 92 left. More than half. Think I need sleep so I can be nice to the students tomorrow!

8:18 pm

are you enjoying our cooler weather?

8:19 pm

good night SG

see you all later :) Have fun!

8:19 pm

It's lovely .. I actually had to partially close my bedroom windows last night ..

8:20 pm

yes- we have our door open and are loving the breeze from the screen door

8:20 pm

Tigers are about to move one game closer to winining their division. I am moving into the parlor to watch. Bis morgen, Gute Nacht.

8:20 pm

Night science ..

8:20 pm

DR - that's only the 3rd time I've ever heard of a man called Perry. There was Perry Gatfield, younger brother of Russell who was in my clas at infant school, and Perry Como - famous singer - and now your hubby.

8:20 pm

we have a Dr. named Perry in our town...

8:21 pm

he is named after his father and grandfather and... he is really somewhere around Perry the 8th.

8:21 pm

Do you, Trif? That's 5 now then.

8:21 pm

It's probably more common over here ..

8:22 pm

Perry the XIII? I hope he hasn't beheaded any wives?

8:22 pm

I have a cousin who married a Perry ..

8:22 pm

I am hoping not Jac since I am the first

8:22 pm

LOLOLOL DR!

8:22 pm

by the way, Tor - no more news since this afternoon, which is good, I guess

8:23 pm

: )

8:23 pm

hi everyone!

8:23 pm

Torg - heck, there are Perrys all over the place now. Lots of people must like naming their sons after pear alcohol.

8:23 pm

Hi Dawger!

8:23 pm

Hi lbd.

8:24 pm

Hello lbd

8:24 pm

That is good Trifs ..

8:24 pm

Perry Mason (and his faithful secretary Della)

8:24 pm

Evening everybody. How are you all doing tonight?

8:24 pm

gonna try to get down there tomorrow

8:24 pm

and yes, Jac, I think I am a bit of a romantic

8:25 pm

I still can't get my head around people calling their daughters Chardonnay or Sambuca, though.:(

8:25 pm

Evening, Nef

8:25 pm

Hi Nef.

8:25 pm

good evening, nef

8:25 pm

Judy - Oh! I'd forgotten Mr. Mason.

8:25 pm

Jacob and I had a discussion because a boy in his class is named Paris

8:25 pm

Silly me- I kept saying SHE

8:25 pm

husband's sister's family surname is Perry

8:25 pm

hi7?

8:25 pm

Secondo has girls named Summer, Autumn and Saylor in her class. geesh

8:26 pm

see- there are Perry's everywhere

8:26 pm

hi dr, jac, trif, et. al

8:26 pm

HI Ata - Surname is not so strange, esp. in UK whre pear trees abound.

8:26 pm

hi4.5 + robot ending, Shirl

8:26 pm

Hi Harp- I do not have that one

8:26 pm

Hi Ciocia and Jacula and lbd! How are you doing with today's grid?

8:27 pm

I know. Just saying. Just being insomniac :)

8:27 pm

thx lbd, thought i tried that

8:27 pm

hi7, Shir, is a type of tumour. (Robot ending)

8:27 pm

Ata - you and me both.x

8:28 pm

Hi, Ata and Dwag and Shirl. Still need 45, Nef

8:28 pm

One of the forest rangers name is Perry B. i know his mother in law quite well.

8:28 pm

hiya, nef and dr and ibd and everyone else!

Oh gee, I forgot I started this in the morning, now stuck with 74 left.

8:28 pm

Hi CJ!

8:28 pm

Hi Jen

8:28 pm

hi red!

8:28 pm

go red!

8:28 pm

Hi Red- Join the party!

hello Babblers and lurking Babblers.

8:28 pm

Hiya Red

8:29 pm

Ata - I finally succumbed to being given 3 months' worth of HRT to combat the constant night sweats. 3 weeks in, I'm hallucinating every time I'm at the point of dropping off from waking to sleepiing.

8:29 pm

washer is calling; wish it would learn to sing LOL brb

8:30 pm

Jac - I just got off HRT a few months ago

8:30 pm

Scares the shit out of me and makes me get up again. Haven't had any hot flushes though! *hysterical laugh*

8:30 pm

did you have to wean off, judy, or can you cold turkey HRT?

8:31 pm

my mom called them "power surges" jacula, if that helps at all

8:31 pm

Judy - did it give you hallucinations, stomach pains and nausea?

8:31 pm

gonna make dinner- bbs

8:31 pm

Happy birthday MRP and babble!

8:31 pm

Trif - if you cold turkey HRT, you get the period to end all periods, I'm told.

8:32 pm

I think I may have left it too long before the hrt ( a few years) and that's why I'm having the symptoms I'm having. I perhaps should have sat it out and lt nature take its course.

8:33 pm

No hallucinations, stomach pain or nausea. had to wean myself off it. Been on it a few years. Needed it because of sleep issues

8:33 pm

You may want to talk to your doctor about the dosage, jac. as well as any other meds you might be taking that might be counterindicative to the hrt

8:33 pm

My dosage was low and I used the patch

8:33 pm

lbd - I'm on Premique Low Dose.

8:34 pm

crap, I can see the box in my mind but can't think of the name of what I was on! LOL just love these menopausal lapses

8:34 pm

are you taking any other meds, even over the counter or herbals? they too can play havoc with the hrt

8:35 pm

gotta love half timers, CJ

8:35 pm

ROFL Dawg. Yep. That's what I call it, too

8:35 pm

It'ss stopped the hot flushes/flashes, and, most importantly, the night sweats on the hour every hour, but I'm still not sure about it.

8:36 pm

Vivelle Dot

8:36 pm

Menopause. A pause, to reconsider men.

8:36 pm

gah! I just have a husband who is *ill* and seems to want to let me know that every hour through the night with snoring and coughing and sneezing

8:36 pm

well, your body needs to adjust to the hrt, and that may take a while. I

8:36 pm

I can't comment if it's done anything for my libido, since stepdaughter had to come and live with us 4 months ago and so that's totally changed the dynamic of our relationship anyway and we're both still trying to get used to that.

8:37 pm

LOL Trif

8:37 pm

i'd still contact the pharmacy or doctor with your concerns

8:37 pm

don't think you should really be that sick, Jac

8:37 pm

cute, trif

8:37 pm

I have a great website with oodles of hyster and related info and forums. www.hystersisters.com

8:38 pm

ta

8:38 pm

lbd - not stopped all the herbal meds like Evening Primrose before I started the HRT.

8:38 pm

evening all!

8:38 pm

Hi Dan! how's it going?

8:38 pm

evening Dan!

8:39 pm

Mant *no not 'not', lbd.

8:39 pm

Hi Dan.

8:40 pm

Jac, that website I listed has quite a lot of info on HRT

8:40 pm

the hystersisters website is great

hi all :)

8:41 pm

I don't know what I would have done w/o it Ata

8:41 pm

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!! Hi, Mr.P!

nice cake Jac!!! thank you baby!!

8:41 pm

(((MRP))) happy birthday!!!

Hi Judy!! thanks sweetie!

8:42 pm

Judy - thanks, but I'm still intact in that department. I was offered a hysterectomy about a decade ago but I didn't have time for the recovery period since my daughter was in the clinic for her anorexia at the time and then, when she was okay, and I had time, the surgeon who had offered me the surgery died of a sudden massive heart attack.

Hi dawg! thank you too darling!! I put some pics up in Flickr for ya all

hi all, and HB to MrP (blows party horn)

8:42 pm

hi bdg!

thanks Gwen!! :))

8:42 pm

MRp - i SAW OUR BIRTHDAY MEAL PICS ON fb. lOVELY.

I really should keep on celebrating! I still have a few more hours of birthday in the US at least! LOL

8:43 pm

Sorry, caps lock stuck and I meant your pics.

dare we ask how old you are?

We had a lovely night Jac!

8:43 pm

Jac, I don't the info on HRT on the website is just about hysterectomies. might be worth a look

I am 29 with 12 year experience Gwen ! LOL!!

OMG, another ol' fart LOL

8:44 pm

She's 21 with about snother 11 years' experience, I think.

8:44 pm

MRP the pics are great! Maddie is looking more like you everyday! what a beauty!

8:44 pm

uh, I think that's kinda young myself, Gwen! LOL

(I might steal your line there, MrP . . .)

I looked back at pics from 5 years ago and somehow I am getting younger looking! Instant facelife = fringe haircut!!

the secret to looking young is, keep yer baby fat!

go for it Gwen! I have been 29 for a dozen years now!

8:45 pm

Ha. 41.

The only baby fat I have is around my middle where the bloody babies left it all after the pregnancies! Will move it up to my face!

how long do we have to wait until wiki is a "real" word?? lol

I hear that people do that... remove fat from their tummies and arses and inject it into their faces...

8:46 pm

i think the baby fat is all in your mind, mrp. you look svelt in that dress

gwen, if phat can be a real word, wiki can too!

8:46 pm

Gwen - you have a point there. The thinner you are, the more gaunt and old you look as you age. But you get to 100 if you're gaunt and 70 to 80 if you're more rounded. Your choice!

oh, and the other tip, never wrinkle yer forehead. learn to smile and frown using only the lower face.

8:47 pm

I've always wanted a face with 'cheekbones'.

and those that can't learn, botox

OMG, stay away from the botox!!

you can colour cheekbones in... I do it with my cleavage all the time!

8:48 pm

So I have a niece & nephew story. Leah, my sister's eldest is 4 and a half and her little brother Thomas is 2. They go to a gymnastics "class" on Fridays, and we saw them last Friday for grandma's birthday.

8:48 pm

dan...and...

yuh hunh?

8:49 pm

Leah was still wearing her black leotard with the silver swirlies and telling everyone about gymnastics. My sister said when they were getting dressed and Leah was putting on her leotard, Thomas asked if he could wear "a thomas-tard"

8:49 pm

Gwen, if you frown using only the lower face you end up with low eyebrows, downward wrinkles above your nose bridge and thos nasy sulky looking lines straight down from top lip to lower chin.

Oh Gosh Dan, too Funny!

8:49 pm

OMG How cute, Dan.

8:49 pm

lol, awww, that's too cute, Dan

That is too cute Dan!!

hope "thomas tard" does not get out into the neighborhood or he'll never live it down!

When I was a kid, we had a bully names Kurt in class and one day the teacher was telling him to me Courteous. I wondered if I would have to be Holli-ous....

8:50 pm

haha red that's a good one.

8:50 pm

oh, that is so cute!!!

like maddison being lactose intolerant, Luke decided he was blacktoast intolerant when I overcooked his bread.

Now, wonders what a Thomas Tard looks like, and if its a new halloween outfit...

jacula, if my eyeborws are lowering then i'm not frowning using only the lower face. (someone pointed out to me recently that i don't wrinkle my forehead when i frown; apparently most people do wrinkle it)

8:51 pm

thomas tard!!!! F***tard is an insult on the south shore. I much MUCH prefer Thomas Tard

8:51 pm

oh gads, kids really do say the darndest things.

8:51 pm

obviously, everyone should have such a piece of clothing named after them

holy cow the bad puns!!!!

8:51 pm

good for luke, mrp! I decided the same years ago :P

8:51 pm

Very young children have no id4 about sexual stereotypes and so just go wherever life takes them re dressing or having fun.

Oh Gooly people its so cold here, I am putting on Long underwear. and its 67, I really am a wimp...

Hi ata!

8:52 pm

It's a shame we all get constrained into groups eventually.

It is bloody hot here... coming up to 90F... icky, and I can't take my skin off!

8:52 pm

red you are a wimp!! it is currently 40°F here. i just closed my windows!

8:53 pm

Can you still buy long bloomers, red?

if it goes to 61 it will set a record low!

46 degrees Fahrenheit here. i have the spaceheater on under my chair. when it freezes i'll turn in the furnace

Yes, jac you can!!!

8:53 pm

when I was 6 the national air & space museum opened here in DC - for an embarrassingly long time I thought it must have been named for some really cool guy who collected airplanes and rockets: Aaron Space

in=on, OY

8:53 pm

90 degrees, Mr.P!! I need to winter in AUS

8:54 pm

oh dan

8:54 pm

ROFLMAO Dan

hehehe dan!

8:54 pm

Gwen - that is probably because you raise your eyebrows when you look cross.

funny one, dan! i'll bet we all have similar stories . . .

jacula, i dunno. need more mirror time LOL

woot i found a word

8:55 pm

Dan, I once worked for Traffic & Security and we had to say that when we answered the phone. Finally somebody asked if we had to be insecure about traffic to work there.

8:55 pm

BDG, do you ever watch Ace of Cakes? Duff built a dalyx (sp) cake and its top spun and it chirped destroy, eliminate ...and something else i can't remember.

8:56 pm

Mr.P - Luke's story reminds me of the time my son once asked why I always seved 'black sausages'.

8:56 pm

*served

dawg, never heard of that show, but what, a cooking show? nope, haven't seen it. (i don't have cable and my "modern" tv can't pick up anything. all my tv watching is at a friend's house)

8:57 pm

Gwen - you probably need to get SKY TV.

8:57 pm

need last di 5 and 7.

8:57 pm

BDG, it's on the food channel. darn. you would have loved it. I thought of you and Torg when i saw it.

when i'm rich i'll have cable, or satellite, or s'thing

8:58 pm

dalek!

darn it, just got a phone call... son left his lunch at home... time to run it up to the school... back in a minute

8:58 pm

yes, dalek! thanks Ata

8:58 pm

mkg - di5 = 'same again!' and di7 is past tense of that.

still struggling to pay bills with no health care and hoping i don't get sick before we get it

8:59 pm

mkg, when some wants to say the same thing as you they might say di5. the 7 is pt

if we get it, the options being bantered about are wild...

8:59 pm

BDG, I am fighting like hell to get health insurance in the divorce...it's war!

listen to the dems and ignore the repugs and it will not sound so wild

8:59 pm

Gwen - when I read that, I'm glad I live in UK, even with our crap Government and failing National Health Service.

wishing you luck, trif. seriously.

9:00 pm

hi everyone

when they take out the public option it goes awry if you ask me...

9:00 pm

anf fireworks

damn you're fast andree!!

9:00 pm

woohoo Andree!!

9:00 pm

hubs and i were talking this evening about him putting me on his work insurance. 400 bucks a month! just for adding me for health insurance! I'm covered by the military insurance we have already.

9:00 pm

Welll done, Andree.

yay andree..

9:00 pm

wooo hooooo ANDREE!!!

9:01 pm

only the quick and the dead judy

9:02 pm

ooh, and you get to pick up beau this weekend??

hoping the new health care bill with whallop the corporate bastards (insurance and pharma) that have been reaming us in and out like giant bottle washers

9:02 pm

So, what happens in USA if you are badly injured in an accident or becom chronically ill? Do they just let you die? And if you die, what happens to you then?

9:03 pm

amen to that, bdg.

9:03 pm

have changed my mind about the name, decided that naming him after a dead pet was reminding me of him too much, so his name is Hugo

jacula, no, law requires them to treat you, but they then bill you for 100,000s or more and you go into bankruptcy and on the dole. Or, in some cases, they don't treat you and you die.

9:04 pm

If you are injured and go to a county facility they have to give you care, but if you die and no one is there to "claim" you, the city will bury you in a paupers grave.

9:04 pm

Andree - are you still quite sure you want to call your puppy Beau rather than Hiary MClary? *grins*

9:04 pm

lovely name :)

9:04 pm

my sister's friend had a baby in florida, and she was on their public health insurance plan. She asked for an epidural, and was told they cost $800, and did she have the cash to pay for it in advance? She didn't so they refused to give her one. LOOOOOOvely

No Jac, We have a law called EMTALA we have to treat anyone who walks into an ER for any complaint, regardless of thier ability to pay...but, if you need some sort of outpatient surgery, and can not pay, you dont get it.

just heard of a case where it was not an "emergency" and they did not treat and the patient died at age 22 or so. his mother was on the radio

9:05 pm

the breeder had to go back to the vet to have the papers changed for the micro chip and i had to chuck the tag i had made otherwise no harm done

i had an emergeny a few yrs ago, got treated and billed for $5000. pretty big amount for a person who earns about $20,000/yr (now you know)

It's an enormous expense. Hospitals are also becoming much more aggressive about collecting.

9:06 pm

i like hugo! as long as he doesn't become a HUGE GO

9:06 pm

Thank God for the UK's National Health Srvice, no matter how bad it has become now.

9:06 pm

wow book, don't you have public hospitals

9:06 pm

I like Hugo. That is a nice name

No we don't have free public hospitals Andree, very different.

i called my rep in the state legislature and he told the the SECRET. call the hospital , ask for a payment plan, give them the best sob story you got. and guess what, it worked! they reduced by bill to $500

9:07 pm

would someone please help me with the me5 the first

9:07 pm

Bring back Matron to make sure everyone is doing what they should be doing and that the hospital is clean. I, for one, will not begrudge a penny of my earnings taxed out for that.

9:07 pm

Jac, your system was set up ages ago in tax collection to be able to cover the cost of national health. the US is just coming to grips with the fact that something has to change or more people are going to die from things like polio or h1n1

andree, i've heard that they exist but don't know where any are. in fact i called several and asked and not one hospital would even refer me to a free hospital.

Oh BDG, we ask anyone without insurance up front if they want to apply for financial assistance.

9:08 pm

finally, FIREWORKS!

latest statistic: 45,000 americans die every year due to not having health care. that's fifteen 9/11s every freakin year

9:08 pm

huzzah for judy!

9:08 pm

regis, me + 4th letter + double vowel

ldb, I will say I don't think more people will die from the dammed swine flu.

9:08 pm

whooooo hoooooo CJ!!!

9:08 pm

Well done, Judy.

9:09 pm

i hope they wont Red, but if the vaccines aren't made available...who's to say?

turtle, i called the nearest hosp (among others) and asked about playment plans, they claimed to have none. After i had emergency treatment and a bill on my hands, all of a sudden they had a plan. Lying bastards

9:09 pm

thank you ibdawger could not find it for forever

wtg judy !!! ~~~ !!!

THe Media has much overblown the swine.

Odd.

9:09 pm

I can't believe that the USA has never eperimented before with taxing its citizens at source for healtth care, etc. How bizzare!

We have a payment plan,

jacula, it's rugged individualism run amok

turtle, obviously you don't work at botsford hospital, farmington hills, michigan

9:10 pm

is private health care expensive in the US

andree, hell yes. there are no strings reining it in. they are really reaming us

No, BDG,, and it helps that our actual mission is "to extend the Healing Ministry of Christ" SO we have to keep that in mind as they pray overhead and talk each day about it.

Andree, there really isn't a seperation of private and public heath care.

i had a work-sponsored plan and the premiums tripled after i had a kidney stone. T R I P L E D

My Insurance now is not very good. They do a lot of denying...

9:12 pm

In BC we pay $54/month for complete health care and that's it. Hi all!

9:13 pm

It may go up a bit in the near future, but that's ok.

yes, all you non-Usians may brag all over us now about your great health plans, LOL (*sob!*)

9:13 pm

When there's a universal health plan it's amortised over millions of people so the costs go down.

9:13 pm

for hospital only cover i pay A$756.60 per year then get the government rebate of A$264.85 so affordable, with a family you need full cover and that ofcourse costs more but all get the 35% rebate

I'm shocked at how much debate this has been fought against, I sort of forgot how strong the insurance and pharma lobbies are.

yup. in fact, the guy who launched universal care in Canada (actually in Saskatchewan) is in my book

9:14 pm

Payment plans for health imply that payment is personal choice. It might sound a little 'communist' to say this, but you don't have a choice here in UK. At least one third of your wages are taken in taxes.

9:14 pm

$54 a month?!?!? I have to buy my own ins, $400 a month, (amounts to 22% of net income for me) an they routinely deny every single claim - have to fight them for it!

My insurance is not too expensive, but it is not the best at covering everything needed.

9:14 pm

Tommy Douglas -- good, Gwen!

9:15 pm

move over, I'm coming to BC!

9:15 pm

We have no nonsense about pre-existing conditions and all that crap.

pastorJ, you and i and all of us are getting reamed! (pardon my french)

if only Canada was not so darn cold!!!

9:15 pm

no kidding!

9:16 pm

It's not cold here, red! BC is like your NC.

9:16 pm

Well, southern BC, that is.

9:16 pm

Welcome, PastorJ!

jillibus, actually, i was thinking of Frank Coburn

9:17 pm

thank, jillibus! I'm usually just a lurker but health care makes me very talkative!

9:17 pm

What I said about BC's health applies in various ways to all of Canada -- each province is a bit different.

Jilli, I am wearing long underwear and long sleeves because the temp is 21 C, or 70...

this is almost too cold now.

9:18 pm

hi gang- I m back

9:18 pm

DR!!!

9:18 pm

Oh well, red, you'd get used to it! We do have cheap heating here too.

hiya DR, we are talking about the weather and a single payer plan

9:18 pm

TRIF! - How are you

9:18 pm

Hi DR!

9:18 pm

I was looking for a payslip to see wht we pay in NHI (National Health Insurance) here, but can't find one right now.

9:19 pm

I do not talk politics any longer in the chog but our weather is great

No no, I hate cold weather, it causes me severe depression.

9:19 pm

Hi Jilli

9:19 pm

I'm so sick of all the lies being told about Canadian health care.

4 of the 5 bills currently in congress have a public option, yet the corporate-media noise machine keeps saying the public option is "dead" or "in trouble" and shit like that

9:19 pm

I have no more news, DR.

9:19 pm

Trif- how are the kids?

lying bastards!!! (okay, i'm done.)

9:20 pm

well no news could be good news :)

I wish they would go whole hog and establish it, this back and forth is very confusing, multioptions...too much.

9:20 pm

Private gealth insurance, if you read the small print, pays for almost nothing.

Hi DR< like thumper.

9:20 pm

thanks Red-

i've only found one word since i got here this evening. back into the grid . . .

9:21 pm

In Quebec we didn't know how much we paid for health care. When I moved to BC in 1996 we paid $36, but soon it wnt to $54. A hike is expected.

9:21 pm

yes, I guess. I am going to see him tomorrow morning, hopefully, and hopefully speak with a doctor, or at least my brother, and have more info then

9:21 pm

I will hold a good thought

9:22 pm

thanks, dr. I really, really appreciate it.

9:22 pm

Jilli it is less for me because I am still working and my employer helps with the monthly premium. I hope the US gets coverage that allows them the dignity we have here too.

9:22 pm

you have had so much the past 12 months- it is enough already

9:24 pm

Trif I am sorry that something else bad has happened for you but I must say, your icon is the best!

9:24 pm

The NHS began 'properly' here in UK in 1948 at The London Hospital, but hospitals had operated free care for the poor long before that, depending on the rich donating money to help the poor.

9:24 pm

t's are toppled- now to the s

9:24 pm

thanks bugsaw. It's in scrabbler's honor, of course

9:24 pm

Lucky you, bugs! As a widow on a fixed income I get no extra help. Th insurance companies here still get business, don't they -- Blue Cross and such for things like physiotherapy, whatever -- do they cover stuff like acupuncture and other alternatives?

ask a republican what to do with cancer and no health care, and they say try a charity. and those bastards don't give to charities and they have super health care. AAAUGHH. (sorry, said i was done.)

9:26 pm

I've been so out of touch lately -- what's happened in trif's life? Please?

9:26 pm

Jili, my dad suffered a bad fall, and is in ICU in a medically induced coma.

9:28 pm

Oh dear, Trif -- but that's a wonderful newish treatment, isn't it, with lots of hope attached?

9:28 pm

I will know more tomorrow, hopefully.

9:28 pm

are you going alone trif?

9:28 pm

fingers and toes crossed, trif!

9:28 pm

oh dear trif, i did not know that, will he get better?

9:29 pm

I think all three of us girls and going.

9:29 pm

That is what we are hoping, andree, very much.

9:29 pm

prayers and hugs for all of you !

sending you and your dad wishes for speedy recovery, trif!

9:29 pm

His name is Charles, and please, if you are so inclined, remember him in your prayers tonight.....

9:29 pm

i hope so too, sending good vibes to trif and her dad

9:30 pm

consider it done Trif

9:30 pm

that's good, trif! And when he's awakened, he'll be so happy to see how much you all care.

9:30 pm

thank you babble friends. The grid is such a good distraction sometimes, isn't it?

9:30 pm

trif my books from the monks of new skete arrived, they are fantastic and so well written

9:30 pm

yes- I use it as a distraction a lot

9:31 pm

don't we all Dr?

9:31 pm

I will pray for him Tri

9:31 pm

The monks of New Skete really know what they're doing.

9:31 pm

oh, I am so glad, andree! I am waiting for an online-ordered book myself. Seems I paid for it to be shipped on a donkey with four broken legs, or something!

9:31 pm

thanks ali

9:31 pm

I just started reading Three cups of tea

9:32 pm

yw

I have enjoyed some books the Monks have done too...

9:32 pm

have not read any monk books

9:32 pm

I had never heard of these books Jilli but trif recommended them, I have not owned a dog for 6 years and needed a brush up

9:32 pm

Guess what. I have 37 words, and I don't care. I have to reheat some dinner soon.

9:33 pm

Go Jilli!

9:34 pm

I bought Dan Brown's new book today, but haven't started it yet....

have a dog DR?

9:34 pm

Andree, they're well known in the dog world over here, especially in obedience training and now, I think in the other branches like Agility and Rally-O

9:34 pm

yes- we have schmutz

hi all... i read 3 cups of tea

9:34 pm

Trif -- Time mag gave it a rather amusing review this week

9:34 pm

Dr I got'the art of raising a puppy" and " how to be your dogs best friend"

9:35 pm

I will search for them

how to be your dogs best friend is a great book.

I should re read.

9:36 pm

I am going to change my icon to a favorite photo of my dad and tertiare....please stand by :)

9:37 pm

I'm out of touch with almost everyone, jilli, aand I need to go now because I have to meet my Mum to go and sort my daughter's front garden out 9 and a half hours' time.

de7pls? hi jacs!

9:37 pm

Well, must go and do supper. It's a doggy-bag from the lovely dinner I had with my neighbour at a local restaurant. Servings are too big.

9:38 pm

Have to go now, its the 1st of the month and i need to get on with my invoicing

9:38 pm

Daughter must've got the 'haven't got a clue about plants' gene off my ex MIL, since me and my Mum are both green-fingered.

Ss have Succumbed

9:38 pm

should be up now...it's an older photo - maybe 4 years ago?

9:38 pm

And I'm adding fresh asparagus (from where?)

9:38 pm

de7 a muscle in your arm?

9:38 pm

see it trif, a hppy photo

9:39 pm

jac -- "me . . . are"? lol!

9:39 pm

my poor daddy....

9:39 pm

bye all and happy babbling

9:39 pm

bye andree

ty, alibaba..shaZAM LOL

9:39 pm

jilli - shut it! I'm tired. LOL.

9:40 pm

Hehehehe jac!

9:40 pm

My Mother and I/myself are...

di&pls?

9:40 pm

just my mother and I :)

9:40 pm

zzzzz and zzzzonk!

9:41 pm

Trif -- that's such a LOVELY picture of your dad! What a dear man!

9:41 pm

thanks, jili.

di5, a mimeograph. add common 2-letter ending

9:41 pm

snif

9:42 pm

yes, trif. Hope, though . . .

9:42 pm

Hi, all! How's the grid?

gwen: i don't get your clues

9:43 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

9:43 pm

Jellen!!! Long time!

the last 20 are murder. no, really, i have 20 left and i'm going to eat now. Bye bye till later

9:43 pm

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

9:43 pm

Hi, jilli!

di5, latin word for "same as above." then add past-tense ending for di7

okay, bye and hang in there trif

9:44 pm

Hi min! I've given up on this one (lack of time as usual) but hope for better things for the next one, although I have a big job to do -- at least I'll be here.

9:45 pm

hang in there trif

hiya min!

9:45 pm

Thumbs up, trif.

9:45 pm

thanks, I will.

9:46 pm

And ttfn, gang -- must go.

bye jili

9:47 pm

Goodbye jillibus! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:48 pm

hi bye jilli. got sidetracked trying to see if ace of cakes had a full video of the dalex cake for bdg to see. no luck. and now it's time for me to find my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:48 pm

I am stopping at 168 words and 1991 points.Bye to all

9:48 pm

Bye, Min

9:49 pm

G'night, lbd

9:49 pm

good night dear

9:49 pm

by min

9:51 pm

I am still here- on the phone

9:53 pm

done on the phone- bye everyone that left * waving

9:56 pm

oops. fell asleep again. 3 left! must stay awake....

9:56 pm

cmon Trif_ I have 6 left

9:56 pm

we can do it!

clue for lo 5, 10 please?

9:57 pm

lo5/10 is pl of the lo4/4

9:58 pm

means to steal

Oh hot darn, fish me!

9:59 pm

* rough translation

I am a little sleepy.

9:59 pm

I think we all are

9:59 pm

ag6 help?

someone against older adults.

10:00 pm

TRIF!!! Wake UP!

10:00 pm

AH_ thanks Red

10:03 pm

I see sparklers

10:03 pm

my last word was ge + robot ending

10:03 pm

fireworks,. and good night, I am wiped out.

10:03 pm

hooray for dr!!!!

10:03 pm

good night - COngrats and I will keep you in my prayers Trif!

10:05 pm

hello 62 to go

10:07 pm

Thanks, DR! And congrats!

10:08 pm

Hi Harp and ((JELLEN)) ! stepped away for a sec

10:08 pm

Late yay for Trif, too!

10:08 pm

I have not seen you in ages Jellen- how are things

10:10 pm

Okay, DR...

10:11 pm

I have missed seeing you

10:11 pm

I know life gets in the way- it does with me too

10:13 pm

de7?

10:13 pm

hokie is a word that means 'wild turkey' Tough i suppose it's dialectal

10:13 pm

an arm muscle Harp

10:13 pm

thanks

10:13 pm

yvw Harp

10:14 pm

oohs

aahs

10:14 pm

ughs

lo5/12? ;)

10:16 pm

here we go loupy lo*****

oops - got it ,night night, time to pack - home tomorrow! :D

10:16 pm

that was a stoopid clue but it might work

10:16 pm

gnight TO

10:20 pm

hi

10:22 pm

hi Kje

10:22 pm

done dr?

10:23 pm

yep- finished a little bit ago

10:23 pm

good for you

10:23 pm

and you?

10:23 pm

48 left

10:24 pm

5 left

10:24 pm

my last words went relatively quickly

10:24 pm

Hi Mix

10:24 pm

Hi DR

10:26 pm

need any clues?

10:26 pm

first te5

10:27 pm

nm

10:27 pm

what is in your mouth

10:27 pm

then drop a vowel for the te4/5

10:27 pm

then pl

10:27 pm

th9?

10:29 pm

t+ho4+double vowel+ the first 2 letters of the word you just asked about ( before )

10:30 pm

ty DR 2 left

10:30 pm

yvw Mixi

10:32 pm

fireworks

10:32 pm

wtg Mixi!

10:32 pm

yayay mix

10:33 pm

I am off now to have time with son before bed-

10:33 pm

Good night all

10:33 pm

good night

10:33 pm

hagn dr

10:39 pm

kols

10:41 pm

back to finish. need last di 5 and then the 7 plz. asked before but then had to go.

10:46 pm

is chat stuck or is everyone gone?

10:46 pm

it's been quiet, mkg

10:47 pm

ok. ty

10:47 pm

Fireworks!

10:47 pm

congrats, jellen!

10:48 pm

jellen - how is tim?

10:48 pm

Last di5 is di + double consonant + 4th vowel

10:48 pm

yeah jellen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:48 pm

Not so good, kje...had a recurrence of the melanoma on his arm...

10:49 pm

sorry to hear, jellen, my best to him

10:49 pm

ty got it.

10:49 pm

Thanks, dc

10:49 pm

got the 7 too.

10:49 pm

rest of body look OK (internal?)

10:50 pm

need first et word please.

10:50 pm

Don't know yet...he had the surgery last week and has an appointment with his oncologist next week...

10:50 pm

nm got it. sorry.

10:50 pm

i must say it is very satisfying having the cats be cuddly after they were boarded for 15 days :)

10:50 pm

hoping for the best, jellen... tell him we are thinking about him

10:51 pm

sweet dc

10:51 pm

go, mkg, go!

10:51 pm

Will do, kje

10:51 pm

first ge 5 please?

10:52 pm

ge + robotic ending

10:52 pm

and done

10:52 pm

Well done, kje!!!!

10:52 pm

ty.

10:52 pm

hate to babble and run, but lots of work still to do - hagn all

10:52 pm

i saw my cousins at the funeral. developmentally delayed one gave my a lecture about the sinfulness of homosexual practice, thanks to her being in a baptist-run shelter. :/

10:53 pm

i wish she could get some gov't services. Sigh

10:53 pm

Bye, kje

10:53 pm

g'night, kje, be well

10:54 pm

ho 7 please, i have the six.

10:55 pm

nm got it.

10:55 pm

instert a vowel toward the end of the ploral, kmkg

10:55 pm

ho 4/9 + two vowels + plural

10:56 pm

ty . i got it right after i asked. sorry.

10:56 pm

wtg, mkg you're having a good night this grid

10:58 pm

well not really. 50 left.

10:58 pm

need ki 6 please.

10:58 pm

also need ho 5 12 the last two please.

10:58 pm

The PA Turnpike has gotten way expensive.

10:58 pm

ki6 is small cat minus last plus d

10:59 pm

ho 5 12 is the sound an owl makes

10:59 pm

first one is a plural, mkg

10:59 pm

got the ho 4 that an owl makes....

10:59 pm

ok got the ho first one, owl sound plural.

10:59 pm

ty

11:00 pm

pluralize it

11:00 pm

ty for ki.

11:00 pm

ty did fig. ty.

11:00 pm

surley

11:00 pm

i mean surely!

11:00 pm

so still missing last ho 5 12 please.

11:01 pm

oh funny. just got it and it is a funny word. take work before and change last cons. to another.

11:02 pm

need is 5 please.

11:03 pm

A Scottish flower is a this***

11:03 pm

"is5" while you work

11:03 pm

Or Whis*** while you work

11:03 pm

I

11:03 pm

ty

11:04 pm

I'm playing in a poker tournament right now, so my chat may lag a bit...

11:04 pm

need first lo 5 please.

11:05 pm

wow look at the to list...........ugh

11:06 pm

lo5 - gardy lo* - past tense

11:08 pm

what is gardy lo*?

11:08 pm

lo* - restroom in England, go to the lo*

11:08 pm

got it with a guess dc. ty. your clue helped with it.

11:08 pm

ty dc

11:09 pm

si 5 first one please?

11:09 pm

Lay si*** to a castle

11:10 pm

ty got it.

11:13 pm

th 9 please? dont have six before either.

11:14 pm

guess it starts with the th from above with endings.

11:14 pm

t + dig a ho4, double vowel, consonant vowel

11:15 pm

Very weird looking word!

11:15 pm

*rushes in ahd *****HUGS SEAIN***** and waves to everyone else*

11:15 pm

yes it is, jellen

11:16 pm

hiya, stid :)

11:16 pm

Hello, stid!

11:16 pm

cons vowel??????????? confused dc.

11:16 pm

hello all!

11:16 pm

got the six but need the 9. was that clue for the 9 dc?

11:17 pm

yes, mkg

11:17 pm

it's funny looking

11:17 pm

it has a consonant and a vowel after the double vowel, mkg

11:18 pm

cant get it. the th 5 above, then vowel then cons? that is 7, so where is 9?

11:18 pm

I am totally not even going to start this one. Just wanted to see all my friends before I collapse for the day. Next week I will hopefuilly have a bit more energy... but after two full-length days at this retreat-thingy I am drained.

11:18 pm

i started 50 min ago, 32 to go

11:18 pm

i get 8 letters. after the ho 4 word, how many vowels? another two?

11:18 pm

understandably, stid, sweet dreams

11:18 pm

go seain go!!!!

11:18 pm

th 5/12 + double vowel + brush your **eth

11:19 pm

ty, jellen

11:19 pm

thanks seain. *choclits for all!* see you-all in a couple days... *poof*

11:19 pm

got it. ty dc.

11:19 pm

hi and bye, stid. I've just dropped in too, and did earlier, but no hope of doing much of this.

11:19 pm

wow what a word.

11:19 pm

bbye, stid

11:20 pm

indeed, mkg

11:20 pm

good evening, jilli

11:21 pm

te 4 5 is not coming to me. any clues? gentle now, i hate the 4 clues.

11:21 pm

te4er ball, a child's game

11:22 pm

ty. ugh. so simple.

11:22 pm

hello, dc

11:22 pm

oops missing last th 5 please.

11:23 pm

th5 pesky words are hard to find they are

11:23 pm

ty. stupid me. head in sand................

11:24 pm

wi 6 please, first one.

11:24 pm

what's the proportion of real words to weird ones here?

11:24 pm

Hello again, jilli

11:24 pm

not too bad today, jilli. i'd say only about 1 in 20 is out there today.

11:24 pm

Hi again too, jellen -- how's the poker going?

11:26 pm

I've been doing pretty well in the cash games lately...

11:26 pm

evening all :)

11:26 pm

1st SO5.10, pls?

11:26 pm

not sure i agree..........i would say 1 in 10 is weird. some plurals arent really for example.

11:26 pm

I'm in a big tournament right now...

11:26 pm

wtg, jellen! I'm hopeless at gambling.

11:26 pm

Hi, jes!

11:26 pm

dc change last letter to vowel.

11:27 pm

dc, change last letter from the 5 above to a vowel. sorry for bad clue.

11:27 pm

Hi jes

11:27 pm

oh, the vowel is the5. ty, mkg

can i get a clue for the last ko4/5 combo pls?

11:28 pm

ko + from me ** you

thank you

11:28 pm

I'm going to look for an icon for the next theme. If anyone's interested, it's "Dream jobs", suggested by nrkii.

11:28 pm

ko last is same vowel repeated at end. and cons. iin middle. not a real word.

11:28 pm

then plural

11:29 pm

anyone have first me 5? i missed it.

11:29 pm

nm got it. weird word too.

11:29 pm

i stand by 1 in 10 words are weird.

11:30 pm

I didn't know ANY of the ko words, unless you count the one that has a store named after it.

11:31 pm

oh, and fireworks!

11:31 pm

need first to 4 6 please.

11:31 pm

Yay, rbud!

11:31 pm

congrats, rbud :)

11:32 pm

yay, rbud!

11:32 pm

nm got it.

11:33 pm

yeah rbud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:34 pm

stuck with 9 left. wi 6 please first one??????

11:34 pm

what a nifty wi6 , what does it do?

11:35 pm

ty got it.

11:35 pm

ok 7 to words.

11:35 pm

:)

11:35 pm

need to 4 4 the second one pelase

11:36 pm

wiggle your to4

11:36 pm

pedal digits

11:36 pm

hmm got that one. sorry. third to 4 4 is what is missing.

11:37 pm

to4, add he, she, and **

11:37 pm

might get around to**

11:37 pm

to + he, she, **

11:37 pm

i liked that book a lot.

11:37 pm

got it. ty

11:37 pm

ok so now i need the last to 6 please.

11:38 pm

after the pearly whites in mouth, i need next to 6 18.

11:38 pm

dustion hoffman role?

11:38 pm

oh, that's the 7...

11:38 pm

plural, mkg

11:38 pm

3 to go.

11:38 pm

dc got the plural. the 6 18 is next one plesae.

11:39 pm

to6 down to the store

11:39 pm

to 4/4 + French article?

11:39 pm

to 6 - to 4 (blow horn) + live and **arn

11:40 pm

and then past tense and pl

11:41 pm

ty ty

11:41 pm

ty all firewks.

11:41 pm

whew.

11:41 pm

tough grid.

11:41 pm

night all.

11:41 pm

Yay, mkg!

11:41 pm

congrats, mkg

11:42 pm

woohoo, mkg!!!

11:42 pm

Blah...I'm out of the tournament...

11:42 pm

hurrah, mkg

11:42 pm

hint for AG6?

11:43 pm

firewords!

11:43 pm

yay for monkeys :)

11:43 pm

yay, dc!!!!

11:43 pm

anti-old folks

11:43 pm

yay dc!

11:43 pm

Yay, dc!!!

11:45 pm

stooge

11:46 pm

and past, jes ;)

11:46 pm

stool

11:46 pm

i'm off to bed. happy babbling! It's been a long many days

11:46 pm

sorry

11:51 pm

sleep sweet, dc

st6,24 please?

11:52 pm

there were 3 of them in a comedy set, fbf

11:53 pm

either Larry, Moe, or Curly

thanks

11:57 pm

ty rb and jes

11:57 pm

welcome

11:58 pm

lo5,12 please?

11:59 pm

never mind. got it

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