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Total score 0 pts.
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179 3,364
180 3,364
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182 3,364
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184 3,364
185 3,340
186 3,328
187 3,321
188 3,299
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191 3,109
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195 2,903
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200 2,705
201 2,699
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203 2,684
204 2,670
205 2,632
206 2,630
207 2,628
208 2,604
209 2,587
210 2,583
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212 2,567
213 2,554
214 2,550
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218 2,495
219 2,463
220 2,428
221 2,428
222 2,405
223 2,400
224 2,400
225 2,387
226 2,384
227 2,371
228 2,368
229 2,341
230 2,318
231 2,316
232 2,303
233 2,297
234 2,287
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241 2,216
242 2,190
243 2,189
244 2,188
245 2,161
246 2,137
247 2,135
248 2,129
249 2,126
250 2,123
251 2,101
252 2,100
253 2,076
254 2,075
255 2,075
256 2,066
257 2,060
258 2,049
259 2,046
260 2,044
261 2,044
262 2,042
263 2,004
264 2,001
265 2,000
266 1,986
267 1,984
268 1,979
269 1,977
270 1,968
271 1,967
272 1,957
273 1,953
274 1,947
275 1,946
276 1,939
277 1,931
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279 1,919
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281 1,910
282 1,904
283 1,896
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285 1,892
286 1,892
287 1,890
288 1,881
289 1,880
290 1,879
291 1,871
292 1,871
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294 1,862
295 1,862
296 1,862
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298 1,855
299 1,854
300 1,850
301 1,836
302 1,831
303 1,819
304 1,818
305 1,813
306 1,808
307 1,802
308 1,797
309 1,782
310 1,774
311 1,772
312 1,764
313 1,758
314 1,754
315 1,754
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317 1,742
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319 1,736
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325 1,700
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327 1,689
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344 1,592
345 1,591
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347 1,589
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349 1,578
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351 1,573
352 1,572
353 1,569
354 1,564
355 1,563
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357 1,549
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360 1,538
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366 1,498
367 1,496
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369 1,479
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371 1,473
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373 1,471
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377 1,442
378 1,441
379 1,440
380 1,439
381 1,430
382 1,425
383 1,417
384 1,411
385 1,409
386 1,399
387 1,396
388 1,396
389 1,395
390 1,395
391 1,394
392 1,394
393 1,385
394 1,383
395 1,379
396 1,379
397 1,374
398 1,363
399 1,359
400 1,358
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402 1,355
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405 1,345
406 1,344
407 1,340
408 1,337
409 1,336
410 1,332
411 1,319
412 1,318
413 1,316
414 1,313
415 1,311
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420 1,297
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425 1,275
426 1,269
427 1,267
428 1,260
429 1,259
430 1,255
431 1,254
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433 1,247
434 1,242
435 1,241
436 1,235
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438 1,227
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440 1,225
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447 1,205
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453 1,191
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473 1,143
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475 1,127
476 1,114
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489 1,063
490 1,061
491 1,060
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493 1,052
494 1,050
495 1,048
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497 1,041
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499 1,038
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504 1,026
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508 1,018
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510 1,010
511 1,009
512 1,008
513 1,008
514 1,006
515 1,003
516 1,003
517 1,002
518 996
519 986
520 977
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522 966
523 965
524 965
525 961
526 961
527 956
528 955
529 927
530 926
531 919
532 916
533 909
534 907
535 905
536 902
537 899
538 899
539 899
540 893
541 892
542 892
543 891
544 888
545 882
546 879
547 872
548 872
549 870
550 869
551 864
552 858
553 858
554 856
555 852
556 850
557 849
558 847
559 843
560 832
561 828
562 827
563 827
564 826
565 822
566 819
567 811
568 808
569 808
570 804
571 794
572 788
573 784
574 781
575 780
576 777
577 776
578 772
579 771
580 764
581 764
582 762
583 758
584 756
585 752
586 749
587 747
588 745
589 744
590 743
591 740
592 738
593 732
594 729
595 726
596 722
597 715
598 709
599 696
600 682
601 679
602 675
603 675
604 671
605 659
606 655
607 646
608 644
609 636
610 621
611 619
612 614
613 612
614 611
615 603
616 602
617 598
618 595
619 592
620 590
621 580
622 579
623 579
624 577
625 575
626 575
627 574
628 574
629 573
630 565
631 565
632 559
633 558
634 558
635 548
636 548
637 542
638 540
639 537
640 534
641 526
642 525
643 521
644 520
645 501
646 501
647 499
648 496
649 494
650 494
651 492
652 482
653 476
654 473
655 470
656 470
657 469
658 461
659 458
660 455
661 454
662 453
663 453
664 449
665 447
666 445
667 444
668 439
669 439
670 435
671 435
672 420
673 418
674 416
675 407
676 404
677 402
678 402
679 396
680 391
681 368
682 364
683 350
684 338
685 337
686 331
687 328
688 319
689 313
690 304
691 286
692 275
693 259
694 253
695 252
696 248
697 244
698 244
699 240
700 228
701 214
702 207
703 206
704 195
705 191
706 190
707 184
708 176
709 171
710 169
711 167
712 156
713 153
714 148
715 145
716 142
717 135
718 99
719 96
720 93
721 91
722 80
723 72
724 63
725 46
726 33
727 32
728 29
729 27
730 7
731 5
732 5
733 5

248 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

darn, another biggie

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:01 am

I guessed 236 words so I was off by just twelve words.

12:01 am

I am diving into the grid! I will be back half way finished.

12:01 am

I am diving into the grid! I will be back half way finished.

12:02 am

good guess Min

12:02 am

Wow! I have never seen so quiet here at the flip time!

12:02 am

GL 6

flip late a bit & howdy all hugs flosey; hi mlf

12:03 am

him dee

12:03 am

hi oops

be 6; em 6

Clues are up

12:04 am

how do the clues come up so fast?

12:04 am

thanks, lickety!

12:04 am

Thank you, o Lickety!!!!

12:04 am

thanks Lickety

12:04 am

and thank you

12:05 am

re7 and good evening

12:05 am

nbt :)

hi freep st 6 x 2

12:06 am

de7

12:06 am

DE 6

pu 6

12:08 am

pu 6 x 2

12:08 am

ouch!! -- good evening, all

12:08 am

ladies' handbag- pl

ty

12:09 am

yay, Ata - what's the lone E? (all I need for nbt)

12:10 am

er5/10

bu 6 x 2

de 6 x 2

12:10 am

ty! *looking*

12:11 am

er 5 - rhymes with curses

12:11 am

rhaydon, we don't tend to clue that obviously here

12:11 am

yep, got it, nbt

12:11 am

EM 6

12:12 am

really? I've heard worse

12:12 am

so7

12:12 am

what is nbt

sp 6

nbt = no blank tiles

12:13 am

i'll try to keep it vague, atlan

12:14 am

ST 6

12:14 am

I don't mind, but some ppl here will get a bit pissy otherwise

st 6 x 2 mlf

12:14 am

ty dee

yqw

12:16 am

ty freep got it

on 6

12:16 am

better late than never....

12:17 am

kate did you get fertilzer today?

12:18 am

yes i did...finally...but most plants were already done when i was there... and got sent 3 times to same farm to help????

of 6

12:19 am

weird kate

12:19 am

did you get my note re:wolvie?

12:19 am

almost half way'

12:19 am

go mkg!!!

pr 6

12:19 am

i used all i had on the farms i went to but i dont know what the benefit is to thoe who put it on neighbors farms

12:19 am

i think i responded kate?

12:19 am

all my planting reverted today...had to do it all again

nbt

12:20 am

reverted?

12:20 am

why?

12:20 am

i don't know...not to me.

12:20 am

gj dee

12:20 am

yay, Dee!!

12:20 am

were planted then...they weren't

ty ty

12:21 am

what's the difference between nbt and fireworks?

12:21 am

i had so much to do at once on my farm i was shocked lool

12:21 am

it makes them bigger..maybe more coins at harvest?

12:21 am

rhay fireworks is you are done

12:21 am

what> someone is done???????????who?

12:21 am

kate i noticed the ones that still sparkle are bigger but didnt notice anything else about them

12:21 am

so what's nbt? sorry - lots of wine here

12:22 am

no blank tiles

12:22 am

hi Rhaydon...nbt means getting at least one word from every available square on the grid

12:22 am

stuck at 124.

12:22 am

you say that like it's a bad thing rhay... =)

12:22 am

Hello everyone

12:22 am

Hello, all!

12:22 am

Hi, lynxxx!

12:22 am

hi Jellen!

12:22 am

nbt means you have one word (at least) for each tile. Fireworks means you have ALL words for each tile

12:22 am

i am stuck at 80

12:22 am

thanks for the explanations...

12:23 am

you'll see the fireworks when you finish rhay

12:23 am

make that 81

12:23 am

good job for just a few minutes mlf

12:23 am

if you can preempt something why can't your reempt it?

12:23 am

I haven't seen you in ages, lynxxx...did you hear about Tim's not-so-good news?

12:23 am

ty kate

12:24 am

I'm stopping at 145 words and 1384 poiints.Bye to all!

12:24 am

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

12:24 am

hi jellen...what is Tims' not so good news :( :( :( and long time no see

12:24 am

145 words???sheesh i am at83

12:24 am

He had another cancerous growth removed...

12:24 am

Hi, Just1Mar!

12:24 am

Oh boy -- another biggie! Is it nice?

12:25 am

oh jel so sorry...what is the prognosis?

12:25 am

(((((( jane)))))

12:25 am

Jellen...I saw in in the chat when I was scanning for clues. He was having a PET scan, any results yet?

12:25 am

gn min.. thanks for sticking and cluing

12:25 am

jill i have found 83 words so far

12:25 am

did you get my e-mails?

12:25 am

127 and g night all.

12:25 am

Not too bad jillibus. I found 145 words pretty quickly

12:25 am

hi lynxx, jilli kate evy1

12:26 am

That was last month...no PET scan results yet...his doctor is sending him to the university hospital in St. Louis...we have an appointment Nov. 10.

12:26 am

Starting to need list, but I'll continue w/it tomorrow.

12:26 am

half way and nbt

12:26 am

Hi all -- jellen, I just saw Tim's not-so-good news :(

12:26 am

but stalled now

12:26 am

yay, nan!

12:26 am

I so wish you and Tim all the best Jellen!

12:26 am

wtg nan

12:27 am

kate my restaurant doesnt have any food everytime i go in there i have customers. i have heard others say that even if you take the door off they come in anyway

12:27 am

Thanks, Just!

12:27 am

gj cyber

12:27 am

Jellen - hope they hit it with radiotherapy and knock the bastard around. The interferon would have weakened it. Hugs for Tim and you, hang in there!

12:27 am

best wishes from here, too, Jellen

12:28 am

please keep us updated Jellen...

12:28 am

Thanks...still hanging in!

and here jell

12:28 am

i'll write or chat with you about the cafe problems when you're in need of a break here..

12:28 am

meet you in fb?

12:28 am

hi (((Dee)))

12:28 am

now?

12:29 am

i am going there now but will wait lol

hi (((just)))

12:29 am

:)

12:29 am

Hmmm...to Babble or not to Babble...that is the question...

12:30 am

Jellen i say Babble lol

12:30 am

I'll just dip my toes in, lol...

12:30 am

87 words found i am out....poof

12:30 am

bye, MLF!

em 6 x 2

12:32 am

100 for tomorrow -- good night everyone :)

12:32 am

Bye, nan

12:32 am

nite C'nan

gn nana

oops nan

12:32 am

before i go - did anyone call the 9?

12:33 am

em 6 x 3

12:33 am

well, I'd better get started!

12:34 am

hi everyone

12:34 am

hi jilli

sounds like a good idea jili and hugs

12:34 am

Hi, Andree

hi flosey andree

pu 6 x 3

12:34 am

hi Andree!

12:34 am

hi andree

12:35 am

hi Andree!

12:37 am

Okay, toes have been dipped...plenty to do tomorrow! G'night/day to all!

12:37 am

nite, Jellen!

12:37 am

night jellen all the best to you and Tim

sleep well jell

12:37 am

bye Jellen, lovely to see you again

12:37 am

bye jellen

12:37 am

Lovely to see you all!

12:37 am

rags

12:38 am

oops

12:38 am

Y'all are a great support system!

12:39 am

NBT :)

12:39 am

yay, jilli!

wow wtg jili; that was fast

12:40 am

was quick, but there's a loooong way to go!

12:40 am

that was fast jilli

12:40 am

still missing one here

12:40 am

hey, how's Hugo doing, Andree?

12:41 am

which one, flosey?

12:41 am

(I bet I know)

12:41 am

second e first row

12:41 am

wtg jilli! still have one here

12:42 am

think that's the one I need too flosey

12:42 am

that's what I thought -- er5/10

12:42 am

top row

12:42 am

ef4.7

12:42 am

ef? am I not seeing an f in the grid?

12:42 am

oy

12:43 am

It's the pl of a Gaelic language which shows up in all kinds of crosswords -- the singular doesn't work here

12:43 am

er5/10

12:43 am

pl? jilli?

12:43 am

sorry that's 2nd e ist column...don't know my columns from my rows today!

btw, we saw Mama Mia in Indy Friday night, and it was fantastic!!!

12:44 am

nice Dee! glad you enjoyed!

12:44 am

wasn't it great Dee, I loved it

12:44 am

yes, justy -- as I said, the singular doesn't work here

great seats

12:45 am

oh pl for plural ...sorry stupid me

12:45 am

guess I'm not too up on my gaelic languages :(

12:46 am

not getting it jilli

12:46 am

I was at a baroque orchestra concert this evening -- just got back -- a Montreal group, the Arion Ensemble

12:46 am

but thanks for the clue

12:46 am

the live show volley?

did you enjoy it jili?

12:46 am

lol me neither flosey! (don't feel that stupid now) ty

12:46 am

er5/10 -- poems are made up of v*****

12:47 am

i saw Julie Julia last night, a really good movie

12:47 am

oh yes, dee -- fabulous!

yes andree; broadway series at Clouse Theatre

12:47 am

good morning all - tx for the er jilli gave me nbt

12:47 am

su8/9

12:47 am

thx jilli...but never knew that was a gaelic language

12:47 am

loved Julie and Julia -- it's back for a second run here

12:47 am

thanks Jilli

so glad you like it jili; cannot wait to see that andree

12:47 am

yay nbt/s and exactly halfway

12:47 am

deme

12:47 am

now have NBT

12:47 am

wow volley, what fun

12:47 am

ty, freep!

12:47 am

oops

12:47 am

the singular is, justy.

12:48 am

wtg justy and flosey :)

birthday present and even got to see our daughter; sooo lovely

12:48 am

lovely Dee! happy for you

12:49 am

great, dee!!!

12:49 am

lovely birthday present Dee

it sure was... nice find su 8 and 9... new ones from me

12:50 am

the su's were a guess

great guess

running out of guesses here on the u's...

12:51 am

*trying to guess the su8 and 9*

12:51 am

for the su 8 and 9 are the first three letters a prefix?

go diagonally jili...

yes

12:51 am

thx dee

12:52 am

will be looking but it ain't coming quickly tonight heh

yw

12:52 am

have only 5 u's dee...of 11

12:53 am

sorry meant 6

12:53 am

below a bus stop or train stop jilli

up to 9, think I am gonna have to list soon; stalling at 65 left

12:53 am

upx 2 ur x2 us x2

hi ru!!

12:53 am

I'm trying all sorts of things but so far no luck :(

2 up 3 ur 4 us so far

12:54 am

same here jilli

12:54 am

hello dee...

see ru's clue jili at 12:53...

12:54 am

look at my clue jilli

12:54 am

I did! Waaa!

12:55 am

where do you pick up a bus?

12:55 am

4 ur here

12:55 am

oh my thx very much for the su 8/0

12:55 am

err 9

12:55 am

at the de5.. so now go below it

12:56 am

I tried that but it didn't work

12:56 am

do you have the de5/14 jilli...if so put the prefix su* in front of it

12:57 am

de5/14 another way of saying station

12:57 am

ah, got it -- tyvm. I was thinking you pick up a bus at a bus st4, duh.

12:57 am

sortof Frenchish

12:57 am

ooooo french.. zee de5

12:58 am

I had the de5

12:58 am

got it, thanks ru

12:59 am

that's what I was working on too jilli

12:59 am

zee de5?

1:00 am

we only have bus st4s on this island. No de5s.

1:00 am

is that an americanization of something French?

1:00 am

but of course...

1:00 am

Justy, diff pronunciation!

1:01 am

the french station?

1:02 am

yes

1:02 am

ok thx..thought maybe something else as well

me 6/24

1:03 am

as 8 - or was it called?

not called ty rb

1:03 am

don't know rbud but wtg!

1:04 am

good one rose!

1:04 am

can I stop trying absurd?

1:04 am

me too, ruru

so I have as 8 and su 8 and 9... anyone have the last 8

1:05 am

I don't see a large as..

1:05 am

neither do I but that's par for the course

1:06 am

*elbows ru* lol!

think material that gives cancer in lungs when breathed when removed from buildings

te 6

1:06 am

thx volley

1:06 am

great clue thx Dee!

1:06 am

thanks Dee

yqw

1:07 am

tyvm dee!

yw

1:07 am

can I stop with preempt and temper too?

I keep seeing usurp

1:07 am

don't even have 1 7 yet :( (blushes with shame)

I only have 3... and just not seeing the sevens :(

1:08 am

just, anagram the french station and pl it

ty jili one of the few I have :)

phantom temper

1:09 am

for a de7, that is

1:09 am

there;s a very fruity me7

ty looking ata

1:12 am

how can there be 31 B!

no idea ata... what is the count please on the me 7?

1:13 am

me6/24, me7/36

1:13 am

I have 22 b's so far

1:13 am

I have 11. woe!

ty looking

1:14 am

have 18

1:14 am

err 19

1:15 am

I'm obviously B-blind today

1:15 am

I have 12

1:15 am

13

1:15 am

20 b's but I'm ntb (not too bright) so shouldn't be a prob for you lynxx

there are 2 me 6/24's

1:16 am

21 b's now :)

1:16 am

(how did she know B was a problem for me?)

1:17 am

18 bs now :)

1:17 am

wtg, justy!

1:17 am

i'm the winner i have 6 b's

1:17 am

lol andree!

1:17 am

28 b's now

1:17 am

ooo 23 now monkeys working well (ie I'm lucky)

1:19 am

24! (now I'm just being silly)

1:19 am

18 here -- some lucky guesses

go just goooo

1:19 am

25!

1:20 am

just had to shoo a racoon off the deck outside of my office

1:20 am

27! lol

1:20 am

ohh flosey....bet it was so mangy looking!

1:20 am

well, at least it was outside!

1:21 am

no, quite healthy looking

1:21 am

when the cat doesn't want to come in we put his food just outside the office door

1:21 am

guess he'll just have to come in for a while

1:22 am

bad idea!

1:22 am

right jilli, but there are times when he won't come in

1:22 am

drat, was sure bespot would work, no luck! :P

1:23 am

well, one day a few years ago, a raccoon walked up to the deck door (I live in the suburbs of Mtl but only a 10 min car drive from downtown) but he sure didn't look like a raccoon from the cartoons!

1:23 am

so let him eat mice?

1:23 am

lol, he's welcome to all the mice he can find around here

1:24 am

yay 28 b's now

1:25 am

remember I had a raccoon come in through the cat flap and eat her food which was near there.

1:25 am

I have 23 Bs now

1:25 am

oh jilli, that's scarey

1:26 am

29 b's now have have renewed faith in myself :)

1:27 am

just came back and got a strange be7

impressive stuck on 26 b's and doubtful of budging lol

ty freep ... looking

1:27 am

Well, I moved her food to the other end of the house, and I'd been given one of the boot brushes that looked like a raccoon so I put it on the stairs to the deck. No more raccoon invasions. Guess they thought it was the boot brush's territory.

1:27 am

that's what I need a be 6 and be7

1:27 am

to complete my b's

creative idea jili

1:28 am

that's just what I found, just

1:28 am

just be happy jilli

1:28 am

I know freep and wtg!

1:29 am

I am :)

1:29 am

lol jilli, that was a clue

wow what a word freep; great finds

1:30 am

OH! Lol!

1:30 am

well, thanks, flosey -- whoda thunkit!

1:30 am

yes thx free! b's done..

1:31 am

yw

1:32 am

missing two b's

1:32 am

are there more than one br's?

1:32 am

brb

1:32 am

ghfd

1:32 am

sorry , thats my dogs offering

1:33 am

no ru only 1

1:34 am

the rest are be's and bu's ...16 be's 1 b4 the rest bu's

1:34 am

can't get the de8

1:35 am

missing 1 be then

probably a good word andree lol

1:35 am

there is no de8....

1:35 am

oop's sorry there is sigh.

1:37 am

I have be 4, 4,4, 6, 5,6, 7, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4 and missing one

1:39 am

you have all the be's ru....

1:39 am

you hae all the bes ru

1:39 am

I need bu's then?

1:39 am

16 be/s and 14 bu's

1:39 am

do you have 14 bu words?

1:40 am

and 1 x br4

1:40 am

hi granny :)

1:40 am

I have 12 bu's

1:40 am

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhh

1:41 am

hey just, ruru,dee and flosey

1:41 am

so you need 2 more ru...?

1:41 am

hi grannyrose

1:41 am

hi Rose

1:41 am

hi granny (I'm back)

1:42 am

monkey stuff, ru...you'll see it works!

can someone help me with the be 6,7 please?

hi granny

1:42 am

hi rose, still wheelchair confined

1:42 am

don't worry forward.. be happy

1:42 am

be as a prefix with gl4 and plural

1:42 am

hi faith -- be happ[y, as flosey advised

1:42 am

lol ru good cryptic clue!

1:42 am

another 3 weeks, but am trying to walk a little each day.

thanks - just have 5 bu's to find now

1:43 am

it'll come granny, even though I'm far from "normal" I can walk on my own now! will happen for you too!

1:44 am

hydrotherapy is bliss, i stand by the water jet and have a warm water massage

1:45 am

yes I had that too granny, was wonderful!

1:47 am

so is thaat everyday rose

1:48 am

48 for tomorrow.. night all. I am brain twisted and can't think...

1:48 am

3 times a week,andree, thank goodness, i need the weekend to recover.* grin *

1:48 am

gg ruru...g'nite tc

1:48 am

nite ruru

1:49 am

bye ruru

1:51 am

finally!!!! found all those pesky s's.

1:53 am

and i'm done.....with lots of time to chat and help if needed

wtg granny

1:55 am

wtg granny...!

1:55 am

yay rose

1:56 am

thankee all. andree, that pup is soooo cute.

1:56 am

30 to go and they'll have to wait for morning

1:56 am

goodnight all

1:57 am

vng flosey,,,g'night

1:57 am

nite flosey, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite!

am missing one of the bu6,27's - not sure if it is the first or second one - are they related?

2:01 am

he is rose, he has grown so much in 3 weeks, i must post another pic soon

2:02 am

sorta related forward...

2:02 am

each end in a diff cons

fireworks

2:02 am

wtg Dee!

2:02 am

WTG DEE!!!

thanks - found it! B's are done

ty ty

2:03 am

slowpoke here has yet to find 66

well I need to be my ar4 moving... want to make it to church in the a.m.... had to use lickety for my last 43

2:03 am

yay dee

big big hugs to all!!!

ty andree

2:04 am

have a peaceful day Dee

2:04 am

bye dee

see ya at the flip *poofing* you too (((mar)))) and ((rose))

2:04 am

ty :)

2:09 am

Well, I'm off -- early start tomorrow -- night all, and thanks for the help!

2:09 am

YAY dee and all who finished while I was elsewhere!

2:09 am

night jilli

2:09 am

bye jilli and dee

2:10 am

nite jilli, sleep well

2:10 am

:) and *poof*

2:17 am

and with b's done i will take a break, back later

2:17 am

bye andree..gg

2:21 am

later andree

2:29 am

morning all - have the clocks gone back in Canada?

2:30 am

morning mari

2:34 am

no not yet, mari...we will change then Sun/Mon Nov1/2

2:35 am

at least we will here in the east....

2:37 am

g

2:38 am

err...g'night evy1 have fun babble on..must go with 42 left

2:41 am

nite just

2:42 am

how many total words are there?

2:43 am

248

3:16 am

well, i see the chog hasn't moved for a while, so off i go. if anyone is here, i'll see you at the flip.

3:17 am

* poof *

anybody still here that has the de8?

4:17 am

de + shakespeare: the ***chant of venice + ***t and pepper

ty Babble

two words left and I am stuck on the em7 and the last me6,24

4:45 am

em + to **r is human, forgive divine + what you plant in the spring: **e*s

thanks again Babble

4:47 am

me + ** be or not ** be, that is the question + ballpoint **n

thanks so much BR - that's fireworks for me!

4:49 am

congrats, forwardbyfaith

5:22 am

Reading the chat ... didn't get their of BR's clues. Do I need coffee first?

5:23 am

Got the me now.

5:23 am

What do I plant in the spring?

5:24 am

like Johnny Apple**e*

5:25 am

johnny apple****

5:25 am

snap BR

5:26 am

Oh, I was thinking of the full word, forgetting that it was a 7 letter word. Thank you for helping me through my density.

5:26 am

Hello, lyn

5:27 am

2 tough grids in a row...good to see Dr G is keeping our standards up

5:29 am

as 8 clue please.

5:31 am

Hardy were sued as the manufacturers of as8

5:31 am

or is that Hardies

5:32 am

Do you mean the fast food place Hardees? I've never heard of Hardy or Hardies?

5:32 am

fibrous material used in insulation now outlawed

5:32 am

But then I've never heard of Hardees' being sued either.

5:32 am

Hardies - building supplies

5:33 am

google Hardies sued

5:33 am

asbestos

5:33 am

that it

5:33 am

oops, typed it in the wrong place. I meant to thank you, too. I hope no one else is here, but I will go in the penalty box.

5:34 am

I think you're safe, Merk, we've all got it :)

5:34 am

Whew! Otherwise I've been enjoying this grid. It is somehow different.

5:34 am

hi Ata

5:35 am

and hi :)

5:36 am

Feeling better, Ata?

5:36 am

Hi Ata and others. I arrived a while ago and immediately stuck my nose in the grid b/c I have a busy day.

5:36 am

no! and gettig VERY bored of being ill!

5:37 am

Hello, Merk. Have any snow?

5:37 am

a bti better - enough to be grumpy but not better enough to do anything about it

5:39 am

This flu stuff seems to never end

5:39 am

I was talking to my aunt yesterday and she was literally bedridden for 3 1/2 weeks, and she's a tough lady

5:40 am

We had snow twice since Oct. 9, but I'm in MI now and all it has done is rain, rain, rain. I can't walk outside and have had to do it in the mall.

5:40 am

I want to be out in the fall colors.

5:41 am

President Obama declared swine flu a national emergency

5:41 am

Wow, I hadn't heard that.

5:43 am

especially because it's starting to hit ppl harder now

5:43 am

I'm actually almost glad I got it now

5:45 am

It seems it has been here so long no-one talks about it anymore

5:47 am

it does seem a never ending thing

5:48 am

how is Mr Stew today??

5:48 am

My nephew's children all had it at about the same time and there were so many ups and downs associated with it. My poor niece thought she'd never get back to work for all the child-sitting.

5:50 am

Well, I finished my interesting tour through the b words. Two tiles filled in.

5:50 am

that seems to be a real symptom - feeling better, then feeling like hell, then better, then not, etc etc

5:50 am

Stew is flat out sleeping as usual

5:51 am

*grins* the taxing life of a greyhound!

5:51 am

but you have been able to take Hobbit on his walk OK?

5:52 am

I finished my first cup of coffee and my brain is alive. It was alive before, but now it is also thinking.

5:52 am

not really, I did a few days last week, but not for long. When I was feeling really really rotten, husband got up early and took her before going to work. Which I did greatly appreciate

5:53 am

Lots of brownie points for that!

5:54 am

it really was only because he could take the car down the train station - he normally walks - so he saved an hour each day driving down there ;)

5:54 am

he doesn't do nice things like that unless is beenfits himself somehow!

5:55 am

Now now, I am sure it was so he could pitch in!

5:56 am

oh yes of course, I shouldn't be cynical at all :)

5:58 am

Anyway I can't get below 50 on this, guess I'll be listing (again) in the morning. And a horrible morning anyway as well. See you then perhaps - have a good Sunday all

5:59 am

be well, lyn

5:59 am

bye!!

mornign all

6:04 am

morning Fish

6:28 am

morning everyone

6:30 am

Morning all

6:31 am

Hello

6:32 am

hello hello

6:36 am

Hi Norma, how's the foot?

6:37 am

Very sore ... I can put my weight on it now but can't bend it... you would be surprised how many times you bend your foot lol

6:37 am

what have you done to yourself, Norma?

6:37 am

oh dear, that will teach you not to get drunk on holiday lol

6:38 am

I think Katie just answered that one!

6:38 am

I probably wouldn't have hurt myself so much had I been drunk... I would have bounced lol

6:38 am

hello everybody from a dreich scotland

6:39 am

hi jacq

6:39 am

heya ata

6:39 am

how is he grid today?

6:39 am

lol I was only joking, Norma was poorly and fainted it was nothing to do with drink honestly!!

6:39 am

Hi jacq from sunny Tamworth

6:39 am

mean and nasty jacq

6:39 am

poor Norma!

6:39 am

It's lovely and sunny here

6:40 am

and here

6:40 am

Thank you thank you for all your commiserations as if I am not sorry enough for myself lol

6:41 am

How is your new job going katie? Are you enjoying it ?

6:41 am

i hope it heals fast norma

6:41 am

Thank you jacq

6:41 am

and :oP to thpse of you with sunshine, we here in the north have forgotten what it's like it's been awful for a week

6:42 am

it's great Norma, we have just interviewed for my team so hopefully by the end of November I wil have a fully staffed team which will mean I only have to do the new job and not both that and my old one.

6:42 am

I have just dyed my hair brown and gone for a bob as I'm not sure I could get away with a punk red crop in the new job lol

6:43 am

give it a few months first :P

6:43 am

You thrive on adversity Katie ... good luck with your interviews. I thought you were leaving your hair light ... it looked lovely at Bry's party

6:44 am

it shows the roots too much lol

6:44 am

You only have to worry when the roots are grey lol

6:44 am

we are not doing a firework night this year but do you want to come to Tamworth Bonfire with us

6:44 am

Trust me they are!

6:45 am

Rofl

6:45 am

agrees with norma, i wouldn't mind being grey but the regrowth from my dye looks awful so i have to keep covering it

6:46 am

I wish I had the courage to let mine grow out to see what colour it is .... I can't remember its been so long ... vanity it is a bad vice lol

6:47 am

I've gone like Mari, really grey at the front but still brown at the back

6:47 am

this is ever so confusing, am talking to a friend on facebook and we're talking about her dog. Which is called Norma

6:47 am

Woof Woof lol

6:47 am

it's not always vanity norma, when i dye my hair a new colour i feel like i had a holiday, especially when it was flourescent pink, i loved that

6:47 am

lmao

6:47 am

are you really a poodle?

6:48 am

does the dog have a limp?

6:48 am

No a rotweiler lol

6:48 am

does after the cat catches her

6:48 am

Katie you are pushing your luck ... I will get my own back

6:49 am

lol

6:49 am

Norma is a standard poodle (accidentally) crossed with a scottie

6:49 am

I know lol, seriously what about your head?

6:50 am

My colleagues had a hard time at work on Friday when I explained that mum had called me Kitt and the cats katie and kirsty

6:50 am

The lump has gone down but it has left a very sore spot at the base of my skull, I am seeing the doctor on Tuesday

6:50 am

had she been drinking at the time too??? :P

6:51 am

thank god you didn't break anything, I know it was bad but it could have been so much worse

6:52 am

That was the scary part if the toilet seat had been up ... i would have hit the ceramic then it would definitely been worse ... and Mari would have had a hard job lifting me then ... Dead weight lol

6:54 am

half way tme for a break

6:54 am

No Ata I was stone cold sober ... if I had been drinking I might have bounced lol

6:54 am

have fun everyone

6:54 am

**** FIREWORKS ******

6:54 am

were you at least somewhere where you could get quick and easy medical attention?

6:54 am

I'm off to facebook for a bit, see you later

6:54 am

yay Norma!

6:54 am

Oh congrats norma

6:55 am

We were on holiday in Turkey Ata... with Mari and Mr Mari

6:55 am

See you later Katie

6:55 am

I hope they were lovely to you - the ppl there, not Mari and Mr Mari! I think we can take that for granted!

6:56 am

They hospital was an experience I don't want to repeat.. the medical attention is second to none but the nursing is robotic lol

6:57 am

oh dear .... well suppose you want good drs as the priority

6:57 am

Must go and try and do some washing see you all later

7:03 am

good morning all

7:03 am

morning wolvie!

7:03 am

how is the grid today? didn't get back to finish yesterday's and it was fun!

7:04 am

hey ata

7:05 am

it's challenging

7:05 am

good - maybe i can get back today off and on to finish. :-)

7:07 am

hey - at least i grayed the f tile. :-)

7:08 am

go, wolvie! :-)

7:08 am

morning une. :-)

7:09 am

31 b's - just my luck

7:09 am

hi une

7:10 am

hey, ata and wolvie -- just changed my icon to a Halloween theme :-)

7:11 am

pretty neat looking une!

7:12 am

Claudia's costume was hilarious -- she was wearing big brown trash bag with eyes taped all over it :-)

7:12 am

is that what that was? I couldn't quite make it out. ;-0

7:17 am

Two months until Christmas

7:17 am

yay!!!!

7:17 am

and I have finished all my shopping! good morning, by the way...

7:17 am

morning BR! and I am looking forward to it. :-)

7:17 am

one month till I go nuts decorating!

7:17 am

hey trif!

7:17 am

hey, trif!

7:18 am

howdy, BR :-)

7:18 am

at least you wait until after the bird une - cool. :-)

7:18 am

usually decorate that weekend :-)

7:18 am

Hello everyone :-)

7:18 am

I know - I get the tree that weekend, lol

7:19 am

hiya zoo!

7:19 am

so - I have all but 7 b's. le sigh. are some of them compound words?

7:19 am

hey, zoom!

7:20 am

wow, only have 19 b's -- kudos to you, wolvie!

7:20 am

just started Wolvie so no help this side :-)

7:20 am

good morning everyone

7:20 am

hey flosey!

7:20 am

hey, flosey!

7:20 am

Hello, Flosey

7:20 am

If I knew, I would tell you

7:20 am

me too zoo - i attacked the worst first!

7:20 am

Hello Ata :-)

7:20 am

road runner

7:20 am

beep beep

7:21 am

hi zoozy!

7:21 am

oh poo..sorry..undertood that know..lol

7:21 am

pb for you zoo, lol

7:21 am

now*

7:22 am

going into pb with my held in shame

7:22 am

head*

7:22 am

any br's?

7:22 am

nah - just get a refill of libation and come back out. :-)

7:22 am

just cannot type today, whats wrong with me..lol

7:22 am

type of libation maybe? ;-0

I have a br4/6

7:22 am

I have one une

7:22 am

aahh, tx

7:22 am

hi jean

7:23 am

I am sort of speed babbling - have to leave for church on time today, as I am teaching, and trying to cram in as many as I can before I have to go

7:23 am

85 to go, no list yet -- making a coffee run -- BRB

7:23 am

go trif go!

7:24 am

got windows 7 yesterday..just realized that it does not have outlook express on it..or any webmail at all, have to buy another program now to ues

7:24 am

use*

7:25 am

really? wow. I am on a mac now, so no windows update for me. :-)

how are you liking it so far zoom?

good morning all!

7:25 am

need the lone e for nbt - please????

7:26 am

to be honest, not much different to vista, apart from it is faster than vista.

7:26 am

hi nonnie

7:26 am

trif - i don't have that e - sorry

hi wolvie and I don't either, tri

7:27 am

can't you download thunderbird or something similar/

7:27 am

er5/10 - babblet

7:27 am

got it trif - oh - j=haz beat me. ;-0

7:27 am

morning haz!

7:27 am

not heard of it, will have a look ata..thanks

thank you haz

7:27 am

Good morning/afternoon all! Just passing through, en route to kitchen.

7:28 am

Hello Haz

7:28 am

gah! not helping haz....sorry for densa this morning

7:28 am

search for mozilla thunderbird. It's a good email program

7:28 am

hi haz and la glitteratina!

7:28 am

er5/10 - with a v in front, you'd be singing a hymn

7:28 am

Or reciting a poem.

7:29 am

er 5 - a plural trif - sounds like word for lines in a poem

7:29 am

lol snap haz

7:29 am

Hello Ata - still germridden?

7:29 am

*cough splutter*

7:29 am

Dettol at the ready.

7:29 am

hymn clue did it! thanks all! now i *can* go sing hymns in peace! five more minutes til I have to motor

7:29 am

don't think it'll ever go *mournful*

7:29 am

Windows Live Mail too

7:29 am

ohh it is free as well Ata, i take it you use it, if so and you think it is good, i will give it ago?.

7:30 am

Bye Trif. Guests arrived, must go!

Take care Haz

7:30 am

bye haz

7:30 am

yep, it's free :) I've used it for years and love it. Certainly have a go and see it you like it

7:30 am

i have windows live , but it does not have mail on it..wonder why?.

7:30 am

bye trif

uh oh...I just heard something hit the floor. I better go check and see what the cats have gotten themselves into. bbl

7:31 am

i use windows live mail basically hotmail

7:31 am

ata - hope the doc helps you out. :-)

7:32 am

bye nonnie

7:32 am

ahh ok, thanks for that BR.

7:32 am

I should go and hunt out some lunch too. Hungry! bbs

7:32 am

bye ata

7:47 am

goo9d afternoon all. How manyth am I to complain that pedestal is a phantom?

7:47 am

Hi sprite!

7:48 am

hiya Wolvie, how's it going?

7:48 am

fireworks

7:48 am

gratz flosey

7:48 am

good sprite - and you?

7:48 am

no but you can have the first three + a letter :-)

7:48 am

WTG flosey!

7:48 am

WTG Flosey

7:49 am

even the first 3 plus 2 more letters. ;-0

7:49 am

true :-)

7:50 am

going back to bed, was up too early, be back at flip

7:50 am

bye flosey

7:50 am

have fun all, this was an easier grid than yesterday's

7:50 am

have a good sleep Flosey

7:50 am

lol yes, but I want that one ;) Sleep well, flosey.

7:50 am

me 6,24 ... the first one ... clue please

7:51 am

hi merk - i don't have any me 6. must be the 2 i am missing. ;-)

7:51 am

me6 - a person who doesn't mind his/her own business

7:51 am

sounds like

7:51 am

and plural

7:52 am

You mean like nosey?

7:52 am

ooh - ty flosey - and zoo

7:52 am

yes Merk, sounds like

7:52 am

Dumb me, I still did not get it.

7:53 am

or perhaps interferes with others affairs

7:53 am

me consonant, then first three of fat la 4 word

7:53 am

ty

7:53 am

almost the same as me5 just change the last two letters around + a letter

7:53 am

officious quidnunc

7:54 am

hi zooz, hi BabbleRabble

7:54 am

Hello, sprite

7:54 am

ok, am off, poof

7:54 am

i almost always have to google your words BR..lol

7:54 am

Hello, sprite

7:54 am

so I have me 5,6,7, 4,4 - what am i missing?

7:54 am

bye again, flosey

7:54 am

bye flosey

7:54 am

bye Flosey

7:55 am

bye flosey

7:56 am

another me6 Wolvie

7:56 am

poor br and his Logorrhoea ;)

7:56 am

ty hoot

7:56 am

hello crossy

7:56 am

and hi

7:56 am

hi crossy

7:56 am

howdy everyone

7:56 am

Morning peoples.

7:56 am

Hello, Crossy

7:56 am

yw

7:56 am

Hey, the pe 6 rhymes with the me 6 we just clued.

7:56 am

Hello hoot

7:57 am

howdy hoot et al:)

7:57 am

hi hootowl

7:57 am

I need 2 more words to finish. de 8 and em7 - help please

7:57 am

hi crossy

7:59 am

don't have those hoot - sorry

7:59 am

ok

7:59 am

em7 another word for placing under water.

8:00 am

Have not seen you in a long time, sprite. Hope you are well.

8:00 am

you i was so em7 into this book i did not hear you come in.

8:00 am

ty for the em 7 zoo

8:00 am

yw

8:01 am

de + the ***chant of venice and ***t and pepper

8:01 am

seems like I tried that a few times and it said no. This game has a mind of it's own! Bet it will allow it later!

8:01 am

my laptop had died on me, BabbleRabble, and it took some time to get me a new one. Am glad to be back and glad to see you again.

8:01 am

ty for the de 8 BR

8:01 am

thanks for the de!

8:01 am

thank you BR!

8:04 am

congrats to you hoot!

8:04 am

done!

8:04 am

congrats, hootowl

8:04 am

ah there is that em7. Thanks zooz, I was looking to use the G there, lol.

8:04 am

gratz hoot

8:04 am

i have 100 left and am going to take a break for bit - see you all later. :-)

8:04 am

Well Done Hootie

8:04 am

Bye for now Wolvie

8:04 am

bfn Wolvie

8:04 am

tytytyty - one led to the other

8:05 am

lol they always do... until they don't.

8:06 am

ok - anyone else need words? Can clue for a while then my cooking show comes on

8:07 am

i got too many to find at the mo, but thanks from me Hoot

8:07 am

zooz, love your icon

8:07 am

hoot, I just started and still need way too many, but thank you.

8:07 am

ok - bbl - have fun. A he** of a lot easier than yesterdays!

8:07 am

lol, thanks sprite :-)

8:08 am

I just tried hell, grin

8:08 am

Bye, Hoot

8:09 am

just being polite - Bigger grin Poof

8:09 am

clue for the 9 plz

8:09 am

Hello all. This looks like a fun grid.

8:09 am

hi movie my man

8:09 am

Hello MM & Srabs

8:09 am

hi sprite and everyone else

8:10 am

hi Scrabs, so far it is great, but am in the early 100 still

8:10 am

There is a front age article in our newspaper today about the H1N1 epidemic in our local schools. This area has been hit hard.

8:10 am

is that the swine flu?

8:11 am

does not sound good then Srabbler

8:11 am

*page

8:11 am

anyone got the 9?

8:11 am

Yep, widespread here--office has been overwhelmed. No terribly ill kids but parental anxiety is sky jihj

8:11 am

not me yet movie

8:12 am

*high......jeez, I can't type this morning

8:12 am

glad

8:12 am

just found it MM, we all live ina yellow *** marine + french word for deposit

8:12 am

And I can't type in the right place. I should go back to b**.

8:12 am

here the problem is more in the numbers than in the severity of the illness. How's the new job going, Scrabs? Apart from the epidemic of course?

8:13 am

i can`t type at all and i ahve been up for hours...lol

8:13 am

New job is great--total contrast to life with Richard.

8:13 am

am really gl4 for you!

8:13 am

ta zoo

8:14 am

yw

8:14 am

I slept more than I needed to and woke up delirious. I am drinking coffee now and gaining consciousness. My first st** erery morning = Babble, even when I am barely conscious like now

8:14 am

howdy scrabbs,re: h1n1 vaccines.saw a report that the states ordered a little light on the doses,so all you babblers get out there and get yer flu shots.trust me you dont want it.wife and i had it;((

8:15 am

you look so cute while still half asleep, Scrabs. Crossy, how awful. Getting back your strength yet now?

8:16 am

oh we are all good now sprite..but was 11 days of hell

8:16 am

And H1N1 vaccine is prioritized for certain groups besides being in short supply. It's too late for most people in our area as the virus has been widespread for 3-4 wks.

8:16 am

in Nashville last week, in 2 days they distributed all 33,000 doses . . .

8:17 am

so ive heard,funny,our doc advised getting the reg and the h1n1 shots anyways,but we have full supply up here im told

8:17 am

Cute, huh? Bedhead. Eyelids at halfmast. Fingers struggling with typing.

8:17 am

Hello, Uni

8:17 am

ene :-)

8:17 am

Wow, Une, and GM to you.

8:17 am

I had my regular flu vaccin, but not this virus yet.

i knew i should have taken french ot spanish...*yawn*

8:17 am

hey Une

8:17 am

hey, all :-)

8:17 am

love your fuzzy bunny slippers scrabbs

8:17 am

Scrabs: exactly! *hug*

8:17 am

lol, hello, TO

8:17 am

hi TOwl

8:18 am

Hi Owl. I just woke up too.

hi spritey and all

8:19 am

I am wearing my sneakers, Crossy. Bunny slippers would scare Miss Bea downstairs here. She would think there are 2 intruders.

hmm cbs sunday morning is showing renoirs etc to show how ideas of the ideal woman have changed. no supermodels here!

8:19 am

good morning, sunday sleepers, I've been up since 6:30, read the newspaper, two magazines, had my coffee and breakfast and the house is still quiet...

8:19 am

beautiful round and full women :)

8:19 am

Morning JBV

8:19 am

morning JBV

8:19 am

bring back renoir, I say!

yes.women whom, if you saw them on the street clothed now, would be called fat.

8:20 am

lol jbv,you will be like my inlaws soon,they get up at 4 am ,drink coffee and listen to news radio.then they are cooked by 7 pm;))

hi jbv

8:20 am

I'd have been a supermodel back on those days

8:20 am

Hi JBV! I initially awoke at 7 but as this is my only day to sleep in til next Saturday I wanted to stay in my nest. I stayed another 2 hrs

8:20 am

hi, TO

8:21 am

I can usually make it to 11 p.m., need about 7 hours sleep

8:21 am

*in those days, not on

8:22 am

bbl

8:22 am

need about 8 myself

8:22 am

bye zooz

lol sprite

8:22 am

I need 9.

8:22 am

but as time goes on,i find i do more cat napping that actual long periods of sleep;((

uhoh, washer has stopped, time to go hang laundry

8:23 am

come do mine T.O? :)

8:23 am

I wish I could nap but I cannot fall asleep easily during the day.

laundry is an ok chore if you can hang it out

8:23 am

I have lots of laundry to do too

8:24 am

good exercise, too, TO - and great for the clothes

is the french word for deposit a stand alone word?

8:24 am

i wish i could hang laundry outside here..but then again no point now as it dosent rise much above 6c and is raining every day now:((

8:24 am

But I must gain full consciousness first

8:26 am

have a cuppa of my stong english tea scrabbs,i steep it till the spoon stands up;))

8:26 am

nrkii, are you lurking, trying to get 80% of each tile?

8:27 am

don't know yet, TOwl, am still looking for that one

me , too and the em word also

8:27 am

de 5 - a warehouse

8:27 am

I am sipping my coffee, but often when I oversleep I awake in this state of delirium.

rebus

8:28 am

tx TO!

8:28 am

good one

8:28 am

TY, Owl

yw. plural it, also

8:28 am

TY again, Owl

8:29 am

thanks JBV, now I see them :)

OMG i am so old, i have forgotten what goes in front of that! :/

8:30 am

*giggles* Try under

8:30 am

*** prime mortages

doh! goign to do those chores bbs

8:31 am

TY, now I have an 8 and the 9!

i did not know that was a french word.

8:32 am

yup

8:32 am

it is

8:33 am

mais, oui

8:34 am

did I tell you all that I am taking Chinese? decided to challenge myself a little bit - wow! hats off to the billions of Chinese who learn it with no headache!

8:34 am

cool, jbv!!

my son is in china for 2 years now

8:35 am

Tough language! Plus the symbols! Aaaahhh. Good luck, JBV!

he said the chinese don't even understand each other

8:35 am

GM, Jean!

8:35 am

JBV, wtg! I studied japanese and a tiny bit of chinese and it is amazing. Your mind really has to change just to be able to get such different languages inside.

8:35 am

and the tones! 4 different ways to say each syllable

hi scrabsm everyone

8:35 am

I'll remember that, esprit

8:36 am

hi dJean. Usually they can read eachothers texts, but the pronunciation of the characters can be totally different from part to part.

8:36 am

sprite, that's exactly what's so interesting about languages - how they see the world

he has been totally immersed for 2 years and still learning

very difficult language

8:37 am

exactly, JBV!

8:37 am

i'm not immersed, so not much hope for really mastering it ever, but we have a very big and active Chinese community here - they run a Saturday school which is very successful, hundreds of children and families taking language and culture courses

and they so appreciate your attempts to speak their language, it's wonderful

8:38 am

you'll be able to come quite a way then, JBV.

8:38 am

is your son teaching English, esprit?

yes

when I travel, if I can find food, shelter and a toilet, I consider it a good day

8:39 am

At 108/140 I need a break. BBS.

8:39 am

there's a great article by an English-CHinese speaker in a recent issue of Teachers and Writers - not sure if it's online - he would love it

8:39 am

bye for now, Scrabs

I will google

iread that for those hoping to work in international business (is there any other kind these days) convcersatonal chinese is a must

yes, for when they take over the world :-)

and spritey, i heard your voice on babblebooks and i am ashamed this ugly american is not fluent in any other language

8:40 am

here's the link, esprit: http://www.twc.org/assets/41-1_DeWoski n.pdf

gtg for now see u all

ty jb

8:42 am

TOwl, don't be! America is so big and english is such a common language, you guys don't really have to. But we Dutchies, we must. We are just a little fly poo on the worldmap.

sprite, a dutch band applied to play at Musikfest. Profuna Sun.

8:44 am

ah good! We are a small country, but we go everywhere, grinnn

i liked them!

8:45 am

and I bet you could hear I am dutch, on babblebooks. I wish I could speak without an accent, but I cannot seem to get there.

8:46 am

sprite, if you are multilingual, you may enjoy the article I mentioned - see link below

8:48 am

LOL! Am downloading it, but must install a reader before I can read it. new puter huh.

8:48 am

it's about the "space between languages" when you know you are not expressing what you have in your head and realize that the person others are trying to talk to is not really the real you

8:48 am

oh I will like that!

8:50 am

good morning all, help with as8 pls

8:51 am

nasty stuff in old paint peribad for breathing in

8:51 am

oh, thanks Joanne! didn't have that

8:51 am

thankjs Joane, don't know it, would look in morewords

8:51 am

thankjs Joane, don't know it, would look in morewords

8:51 am

yvw

8:52 am

has to be removed from old buildings, peri

was often used to wrap pipes for insulation and also found in old siding

and good morning babblers :)

8:53 am

good clue

8:53 am

found it in morewords, thanks, the old paint clue threw me off

8:53 am

hi Nanette

hi Sprite, how are you? havent seen you lately

8:54 am

had my laptop die on me, Nanette, and took me a while to get a new one. Am ok, and you?

sorry about the laptop, but bet the new one is nice. I am doing well thanks

8:56 am

new one is astounding. Regular pc now, no laptop because I want to be able to replace stuff when it breaks down. Huge screen! Very good graphics card. Had it built for me by a friend and ended up buying his old stuff for a great price. " old" for him, still pretty new though.

my son just ordered a new laptop for himself. His old one is on its last legs and he can't be without one during swim seasons

8:57 am

why especially not during swim seasons?

oh thats fantastic Sprite!

8:57 am

yeah I am really happy with it :)

he does all the programing and records keeping ect for the district swim teams

8:58 am

oh! Quite a job that must be. And indeed, he must have a reliable one then.

runs all their meets and also the sectional meets

8:58 am

did he get that organisational mind from you?

8:59 am

organisatorial... well, something like that

that is really all he uses it for so he didnt order anything special on it just the basics with good ram and memory. He uses the desktop at home for web surfing and so on

9:00 am

hey someone know how many words are in the puzzle?

9:00 am

248 today, geli

possibly, I do enjoy doing that sort of thing as well. Used to do it for Little League baseball

248 geli

9:00 am

those were my first priorities. Good ram and memory, and fast, able to do a lot of things at the same time, and good graphics. lol.

9:00 am

hi geli, 248

9:00 am

wow, i have ten of them. Haha but thanks Nono

9:01 am

I admire you both, Nanette

9:01 am

Hey guys :]

ty sprite

9:01 am

geli, that's where we all started! Don't let it dazzle you, every word counts :)

9:01 am

Haha, but of course. Any hints?

lots of easy words in this one geli just keep looking

9:02 am

if you check out the link under Friends of Babble, Lickety's Babble Clues, you will find the 2st 2 letters of the words.

9:02 am

*scoff* , thats now a hint! Haha..

9:03 am

and if you like playing without extra help, finding the 4 letter words is a great start.

9:04 am

I try to find short words and things like "ed" "te" "an" "nd" and basic letter combos because usually those are linked to other words,

9:04 am

I've only ever finished a Babble puzzle...4 times. I've been on here for about a year now.

9:04 am

another word for "eructation" and its plural are in the grid, geli01

9:05 am

that is a very good way to go about it. Also prefixes etc like up, sub, on, might get you a few.

9:05 am

lol geli,after a while finishing a grid becomes secondary;0

9:05 am

lol geli, that makes you almost a pro.

9:05 am

*grins at BabbleRabble's smart clue*

9:06 am

Thanks for thee clues :]

9:06 am

just cherry pick all the big point words,get your 2 or 3 thousand points ,and coast to a finish on the 4 letter words;)

gel: don't fret, so what you can and if you need clues there are those who can help you

9:07 am

and most important advice on babble: have fun

chuckling at that clue BR had to look up "eructation" only to learn I already had the words

9:08 am

crossy streaks across the babble room with a armload of bacon....

9:08 am

m to NOno lol

9:08 am

can I have mine with eggs and bread and cheese, crossy?

crossy STOP!! I want some of that bacon!

9:08 am

afternoon all

9:08 am

I honestly still havent found the plural and other words for "erucation" yet...

hi Kallia

9:09 am

hi Kallia

i'l take mine with cheese only o n a multigrain bgel

9:09 am

hello

9:09 am

geli, you might want to look up eructation first, or to eruct. It is in the dictionary of the questionmarks.

9:09 am

lol sprite,just so happens im doing scrambled eggs with peameal bacon chunks and topped with shredded extra old cheese

9:09 am

hey phaeton

9:10 am

crossy, darling, you know I love you. And you are my bestest friend.... please? ;)

9:10 am

having blt's for lunch, minus the L

9:10 am

Ahaha, I've figured it out now...

9:11 am

flattery will get you everywhere sprite;)

9:11 am

I almost learned more words from BabbleRabble than from Babble itself.

9:12 am

*hugs crossy while trying to keep fatty mouth away from crossy's clothes* Tastes wonderful, cross!

9:12 am

a mendicant be 4/8, geli01

9:12 am

Hey! I can finally see my pumpkins! They hadn't been showing up

9:12 am

hi, folks ... so if one can be be-dr 4/7-gled, why can't someone be-dr 4/7 me?

9:12 am

Found my first 7-letter word *victory*

9:12 am

wtg geli!

wtg geli

9:13 am

another good one BabbleRabble

9:13 am

Heehee, I'm on a roll now. I get stuck at first but once I start thinking outta the box I get in the groove. LOL

morning Welki

9:14 am

that is one of many things babble is good for, making you think outside the box. Am not kidding now.

9:14 am

hey Welki

9:14 am

Yes,it sure is. But after a while I get bored and lose my earlier excitedness to find all the words.

9:15 am

first 9-letter word!

90 words left time for a break

9:15 am

I think finding all the words should never become a duty. If you want to stop, just stop. It is just a game, and meant for fun, right?

9:16 am

and wooot for the 9-er

9:16 am

*hint* One word is a chemical that has 8 letters and can give you cancer...

9:16 am

*hint* Opposite of "hardest"

9:17 am

I'll be on the later ... the babies crying.

9:17 am

bye geli

9:18 am

bai

LOL crossy! cbs cundsy morning is having a story on fair foods ncluding chicken fried bacon!

9:20 am

fireflies. Must be off too, bye all

sunday morning

9:20 am

be well, sprite

yay sprite! nice to see you back.

9:20 am

morning. chicken fried bacon? how about bacon fried chicken?

9:20 am

bacon brings the world together;)

9:20 am

hi and bye sprite. good to see you even if for a moment

hi doren!

i actually have a pic of it

deep fried coke, deep fried cookie dough

9:23 am

hi owl. beautiful day today, and yesterday, with the pouring rain and wind, was the day I spent in the city with my daughter.

9:23 am

hi owl ... read your profile today. i had a cup of coffee with soupy sales many years ago ... we used to go to the same diner in the morning. nice guy.

deep fired butter!

the soup man was a mensch ! doren how was your day?

9:24 am

(when you live in nyc, you end up chatting with folks you wouldn't normally run into ... for me, johnny cash (breakfast at kennedy airport), kurt vonnegut (ale at mcsorley's old ale house)

9:25 am

I really don't understand all this deep fried everything - our national diet is so unhealthy. I like french fries, etc. once in a while.. but this obsession with frying.. yuk

texas state fair food. novelty stuff. the corn dog was allegedely invented there.

9:26 am

having time alone with my daughter was the best part of the day, actually. don't get to see her enough. and she lives and works in nyc, welki, almost once a month tells me about interesting people she's run into in bars, etc. Keanu Reeves was watching her hockey game when I was there in the summer.

9:26 am

keanu - yummy

9:27 am

I see people in the audiences of broadway shows a lot.. Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones.. last month barbara walters

9:27 am

will be in your neck of the woods next month, dorens for an extra long weekend .. 19 - 24th

9:28 am

well then welki maybe we can meet. you'll be in nj? where? (there are couple of other nj babblers)

9:28 am

visiting with the kids ... somerset, mostly

9:29 am

hi dorens, hi welki - welki you reminded me of the time I sat behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the movies - of course, I remember nothing about the movie!

9:29 am

oh keanu was not yummy when we saw him.. it may have been a disguise, but very scraggly hair and beard, looked so unkempt, messy and almost scary

9:29 am

i think that's part of his protective disguise, doren

9:29 am

now THAT is a sighting J.. I'd have just died with excitement

i have read that is what he is really like.

9:29 am

*crossing keanu off 'yummy' list*

scruffy and unkempt

9:30 am

but everyone knew who he was, so it wasn't much of a disguise

9:30 am

my friend was a nurse at roosevelt hospital, where john lennon was brought when he was killed

9:30 am

i have seen several celebreties and they are quite adept at being chameleons

9:31 am

yeah, i guess it's that 6 or 7 degree thing .. we're all related

hmm last celeb i bumped into was flo rida

of6 clue pls?

9:32 am

last one i saw was tom selleck

9:32 am

that is a name, not a state?

9:32 am

most frequently

9:32 am

most frequent owl

9:32 am

he had no moustache..wife was crushed

ty

yes he is a rapper. wholesome image tho

flow-ryda

9:34 am

for the longest time, crossy, i thought that the guy on the iPhone commercial was selleck .. and it was really the coach of the chicago bulls, phil jackson

bu6/27 # 2 please?

9:34 am

lol

9:34 am

yes, i recognized him as phil, but was surprised welki

9:35 am

same as one above it change last letter

ty joanne

9:35 am

yvw

me6/24?

9:37 am

m pain stuff and la4

9:37 am

a type of pear TO

9:37 am

i suck at clueing

ok ty do you have the other me6 pls/

9:38 am

never heard of that type jbv..learn a new thing everyday

9:38 am

no, I need one more M - I guess that's it

9:39 am

i'm not even listed yet, sorry owl

9:39 am

same here

still looking for em 7. i listed with 48 to go

pretty fast grid though

9:39 am

me + to4/5

9:40 am

ty

9:40 am

yw :-)

9:40 am

hi une and thanks

9:40 am

hey, doren :-)

9:41 am

to put under water TO pluraled

ty une. going now, must get a cardigan, test lab room is dreadfully cold while outside it is to be quite warm next week

9:42 am

bye, TO!

9:42 am

later owl

i have pondered that clue and it is not computing yet. perhaps while at the mall i will figure it out!

9:42 am

don't subm.... it em.... it but pluraled

9:43 am

took me aq bit with that one as well..not a normal spelling of that action

9:43 am

e + Beatles song Ferry Cross the *****y + pt

9:43 am

not pluraled...past tense

all i can think of is the word that begins with i

9:43 am

see my clue, to

9:44 am

use the E instead of the i

9:44 am

yes that's it owl, but only past tense not present

9:44 am

(gerry and the pacemakers)

ty! *poof*

9:44 am

60 to go, no list yet -- BBL *poof*

9:44 am

and thanks for the clue, joanne and une

9:44 am

oh, sorry, welki, you're right! LOL

9:45 am

yvw

9:45 am

were gerry and the pacemakers cardiologists?

9:46 am

trivia about the song is that in the late 80s paul mccartney sang in a charity version of it to raise money for the folks involved in that football stampede in hillsborough

9:46 am

so you're right, too, une :)

9:46 am

hello again everybody back hoping to finish

9:47 am

whew, thanks! LOL

9:47 am

BR :-)

9:48 am

yes BR...they got everybody's heart racing :)

Hi babble friends! How's the grid today?

9:48 am

222 down26 to go and de's are being nasty

9:49 am

hi beach!! seemed to go pretty quickly, until i started chat

9:49 am

Hi all :) I just finished. That was a fun grid.

9:49 am

last de6 please\

9:50 am

Joanne, did you remove the sodium?

9:50 am

is that DE to remoe sodium chloride?

9:50 am

An evil ruler.

9:50 am

i got that

9:50 am

ty, gramma

9:51 am

ok remove the stain

9:51 am

yw

9:51 am

that's it ty

9:52 am

Anything else before I run off with my boyfriend?

9:52 am

there is a VERY loud wren moving between our balcony railing and the dogwood beside it

9:52 am

have fun, gramma

9:53 am

no but ty gramma

9:53 am

hi seain - that's better than the sound I just heard - a loud thwack - bird hitting the window in the family room - he's stunned but still alive

9:53 am

have fun!!!

9:54 am

Thanks, we will. We're going to a craft fair. I'll walk around and not buy anything; but, I will steal ideas. Me bad

9:54 am

nice

9:54 am

pileated woodpecker at my mom's yesterday sounded like something from a jungle movie!

9:54 am

cool, gramma!

9:54 am

agreed jbv. i had one fly into a bus shelter and land in the newspaper i was reading. Soft fall at least. He then sat on my finger for an hour, and it took some time to get him on a branch from my finger. I do wonder whether it survived. in the end. Very bad concussion at least.

9:55 am

woodpeckers make neat noises

9:55 am

Bye ;)

9:55 am

it's amazing but I have seen them recover from the crash

9:56 am

i had squirrel nesting in our bird house and her babies were dropping out. I made a makeshift platform and offered the baby back and she scooped it right up.

9:56 am

nifty joanne

9:56 am

we have a pilieated fly into the yard for the suet

9:56 am

love those stories, Joanne

9:57 am

i tried

9:57 am

same thing at my mom's phae -- I keep suet in a feeder on her patio PLUS there's a half dead magnolia that he's made into swiss cheese! LOL

9:57 am

we tried to just put it back in the nest but they kept falling out

9:58 am

good morning

9:58 am

woodpeckers are like deer and a few other creatures - nice to see them in other people's yards, not my own!

9:58 am

hubby was up the ladder and me below, when momma came back

9:58 am

i think hubby wanted me to jump off the ladder

9:58 am

morning, jane

9:59 am

are you having issues with Dave, jane?

9:59 am

but, jbv, the pileated is just stunning

9:59 am

Une..don't ya love the screeching they do before they come in to eat?

10:00 am

all he kept seeing was a squirrel attached to his face lol

10:00 am

absolutely, une, but better when they are not rat-a-tatting right next to your bedroom window

10:00 am

lol, it's from yesterday, computer appreciation day!

10:00 am

yes, phae! that's what i meant -- sounds like a jungle creature! LOL

10:01 am

must run *poof*

10:01 am

lol, gotcha

10:01 am

i grew up with woodpeckers going at the tree and the side of the house outside my widow.

10:02 am

clue for the de8?

10:03 am

dc...good thing you didn't live in a glass house :)

10:03 am

d start of e7 and ...ly struthers

10:04 am

ty Joanne, and hi, all!

10:04 am

ty Joanne

10:04 am

yvw

10:04 am

top floor had wood siding back then. It eventually got replaced with nylon.

10:04 am

hi

10:05 am

nylons?

10:05 am

nylon siding

10:06 am

is that like vinyl siding? never heard of it

10:06 am

hello once again babblers

10:06 am

yes, phae

10:06 am

Phaeton I was wondering the same

10:07 am

nylon does not seem like it would be sturdy enough to be used for siding but then I guess its possible

10:07 am

was it a hard material?

10:08 am

it's possible i'm confused :) no,n to hard, moderatly pliable

10:09 am

huh, should google that

10:09 am

clue for the of6?

10:09 am

most frequently

10:10 am

ty welki

10:10 am

apparently i did mean vinyl

10:11 am

*picturing the side of seain's house plastered with nylons*

10:12 am

for those who need a better defrag program than the one that comes with windows,this one is amazing and free!! http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

10:13 am

aah! that makes more sense, but was quite a picture with nylons on the side of your house :D

10:13 am

thank you Crossy, I have not been overly happy with the windows version on Vista

10:14 am

well, Vista is rather not very useful in general :)

10:14 am

I totally agree dc and wish I had waited for windows 7

10:14 am

this one will remind you of the very effective one in 98 se

10:15 am

I purchased my poor little laptop when vista was all they came with :-(

10:15 am

when you start it,select optimize and defrag,you can do any or all drives,or just c drive

10:16 am

i gained 3 gig back over just using the one that comes with vista

10:16 am

thanks Crossy will run that later today

10:18 am

i will be upgradinbg to windows 7..as soon as i get the 17!!!!! gig of free space it needs in my c drive;/

10:19 am

the people upstairs always wear shoes and stomp. it's tiresome. /whine

10:20 am

poor dc;((

10:21 am

I got the local W-mart distribution center to donate a free new Dell to my little library, pick it up Tues., but the guy says it comes with Vista, sort of worried about that.

10:21 am

the ones we have now are all XP

10:21 am

i know a friend in the same boat dc,he strung up two traynor amps to the ceiling for a day and had them thumping out the tunes all day..they go the point.personally i dont like getting into that kind of war,but it was fun to watch

10:22 am

rbud, it'll come with free upgrad to 7, as do all PCs right now

10:22 am

yup,any o8 or 09,s get the upgrade

10:22 am

oh, good, thanks for the info, dc

10:22 am

usually it's periodic, but it's been hours on end now. from my POV, part of living in multi-family dwelling is keeping quiet for the neighbors

10:22 am

and crossy :)

10:23 am

some just arn't that considerate dc

10:24 am

alas not, nono

10:24 am

our ceilings are pre cat concrete slabs,so its not too bad

10:24 am

ty crosshair for the defrag hint

10:24 am

cast

10:25 am

some never learn, our dau tromps around like a horse no matter how hard I try to teach her to walk "gently" - she seems unable to do so.

10:25 am

it works vey well christa,and you can run it while doing other things without issue

10:25 am

yes, concrete here, but they laid wood subfloor over the concrete instead of getting bust padding :/

10:25 am

my son also had lead feet

10:26 am

daughter was living in a basement apt. and the couple and there small kids were up at all hours banging around.. i just bought another house for her to live in..and she's due with her own today

10:26 am

lol my cat has lead feat.... I swear she sounds like a herd of cattle running thru the kitchen

10:27 am

yaa for daughter and grammy joanne!

10:27 am

congrats, Joanne, you are saying new grandbaby, right?

10:27 am

awww ty

10:27 am

growing up in apartments in nyc meant learning how to walk softly so you don't disturb your neighbors

10:27 am

yes rb

10:27 am

first one

10:27 am

congrats, joanne!

10:27 am

some people don't think that way welk

10:28 am

ty

10:28 am

grand kids are our best revenge..love me,feed em,pump them full of sugar and send em home;))

10:28 am

hehe

10:28 am

nope, and that's why, as an adult, i had a hard time living in places where people shared walls/floors

10:28 am

that's what i was thinking cross

10:29 am

assuming you don't care about their health or anything crazy like that...

10:29 am

my mother and grandmother, if we kids clumped around, would yell at us, 'what?! were you born in a barn?!" ... what i would have loved to say to some ex-neighbors of mine :)

10:29 am

i always said if i was to buy , i would never go townhouse or apartment. Just for that reason

10:29 am

when they are 3 or 4 joanne,i find that sugar frosted marshmallow star(now with frosting!) work well in this regard;))

10:30 am

and i own a single house paid in about 5 and some years

10:30 am

well done, joanne .. wish i could say the same :)

10:30 am

well i will remember that one cross

10:30 am

ahh,counting down for the mortgage buring:)

10:30 am

ty and yes cross

10:31 am

my sister in law bought before me and didn't go bi-weekly and we will be paid off before her

10:31 am

i keep stressing that she should

10:32 am

lool,when my in-laws had thier mortgage burning,they got all excited and did a big bonfire..and well a party happened..too much booze,hehe and as well as the mortgage they ended up setting the tool shed roof on fire!

10:32 am

lmao

10:33 am

LOL

10:33 am

i thought u were gonna say...they burned the house down

10:33 am

no no,but i did end up putting new plywood and shingles on the shed for them

10:34 am

nice,hung over??

10:34 am

like a horse

10:34 am

or days later??

10:34 am

lol

10:34 am

was thier fault anyways,they had enough timber in that bonfire to fill the back of a pick up

10:35 am

got a little carried away did they

10:35 am

a tad

10:35 am

where are you cross??

10:35 am

the whole thing ended up getting me some brownie points anyways

10:36 am

im in ontario joanne,3 hour drive north of toront

10:36 am

lol well that's always good

10:36 am

toronto even

10:36 am

where??

10:36 am

collingwood..well not quite 3 hours but still nice

10:36 am

i'm in Brampton

10:37 am

i heard collingwood was nice

10:37 am

i lived in bramalea long ago

10:37 am

though i think bramton sucked it up long ago

10:37 am

our company had a Christmas party there last year

10:38 am

i live by chingousy park

10:38 am

cool

10:38 am

been a long time for me joanne,now i only go south of hwy 89 for the big toronto hospitals and thats it

10:38 am

my long ago ex's parents have hotel in collingwood

10:39 am

cross you may not be missing anything anyway

10:40 am

i know im not lol,except for forks of the credit area

10:40 am

i remember snelgrove fleamarket as a kid

10:40 am

lol as do i joanne

10:40 am

beautiful up there

10:40 am

it's a new developement now cross

10:41 am

you know flapjacks in the caledon area?

10:41 am

oh wonderfull,plowing all that under now;(

10:41 am

it burned down once

10:41 am

yup

10:41 am

my in laws are in Dundalk

10:42 am

though they are doing the same up here,high end condos,urban sprawl..almost time to move north again:(

10:43 am

pave paradice..put up a parking lot indeed;((

10:43 am

lol

10:44 am

hubby's uncle had farm outside Dundalk, he passed( but brother in law bought it from the family and i love it up there

10:44 am

my kids grew up there over the summers

10:45 am

now we are so touristy that no one can afford a house except for rich tourists,so all the big industry goes and you have to get 2 or 3 mcjobs to make a living

10:45 am

happy memories

10:46 am

that sucks, crossy

10:46 am

my da did it smart,he got a retirement cottage in callander on lake nippising

10:46 am

he can fall out his back door and right to his dock and his boat:))

10:46 am

i keep hoping to win a cottage in the Princess Margeret

10:47 am

as do i joanne,one of thier prize home packages is 5 minutes from me

10:47 am

cross,my mom was from Manitoulin Island. Now that is beautiful country

10:47 am

really

10:48 am

very mush so joanne,that area is still amazing

10:48 am

i can get an acre up there, but i can't afford now to put up a house

10:49 am

lol,in town lots are now in the 30-50 thou range,on to of blue you can get a unserviced lot for 15-20

10:49 am

Canadian Indian here

10:49 am

free acre

10:50 am

ahh first nation..wish we could give it all back;)

10:50 am

yes Ojibway

10:51 am

anyways chores await,nice chatting with you joanne,tc everyone!..poof!

10:51 am

u2 tc byeee

10:51 am

have you read any books by Louise Erdrich? amazing writer, and part Ojibway herself

10:52 am

and hi and bye to crossy

10:53 am

my mother's family came from Canada...French-Canadian, married into the Chippewa in the UP of Michigan

10:57 am

(loved the beet queen)

10:58 am

i'm presently reading the master butcher's singing club.. in fact. between that, babble and today's paper i will have no time for housework!! want to get back to the book

10:59 am

clue for the su8?

10:59 am

no D&D tonight. Early music concert it is! :D

10:59 am

now you have me wanting to read her again ... off to indigo today :)

Afternoon all!

11:00 am

below Home ***** (big hardware store). go read, welki

11:01 am

aka a whistle stop, dorens?

11:01 am

hi red. and phae, that clue was for you..yes, dc. probably a better clue, too

11:01 am

that's a title, dorens? below home *****?

11:01 am

hi, red, welki, phae, dorens

11:02 am

ohhhhh hahahahahaha what a dumba%% i am! hahahahaha!

11:02 am

no, lol, that is a clue for phaeton!

11:02 am

big orange hardware stores at least here in the States, welki

hi seain

and welki, dorens, and and and lurkers!

11:02 am

that's a clue for ME ... to get outta here! later, all!

11:03 am

take care, welki :)

By Welki....I may be getting fish for my tank on Tuesday!!!

11:03 am

i'm down to 13 and I'm going outside to survey the grounds ... figure out what needs to be cut down.. and figure out how to do it

11:04 am

no clue for the su8?

11:04 am

i did, phae. and that is what started a whole misunderstanding

11:04 am

below home ***** (big hardware store)

TY dorens, nice one!

11:05 am

Sorry Dorens...thought you were cluing the de5 word...ty

11:05 am

have fun, dorens

11:05 am

gm

11:05 am

indeed seain, i will try. happy babbles all

11:06 am

any clues for the ur words...i have the last ur4

11:06 am

hi Rd

11:06 am

Red

i have no u words at all! in fact, I only have 84 words.

11:07 am

found them!

Yaaay Phaeton!

11:08 am

us5, us5, us4, ur4 is what i have so far

11:08 am

of Us that is

11:09 am

I have up x 2, also

11:09 am

there is also a up6

11:10 am

done

11:11 am

us4 x 2

11:11 am

ur5 ur6 ur4x3

11:12 am

congrats, phae

11:13 am

yay, phae!!!

11:20 am

ty...gotta start lunch..good luck and happy babbling!

11:20 am

njoy, phaeton

11:23 am

Hi Everyone. Does anyone have the so7 pls?

11:24 am

the so7 pillow or blanket

11:24 am

snope

11:25 am

Sory, just fooling around

11:25 am

meaning you need a different clue, or as that wrong box?

11:25 am

Yay, bottom row is grey. 115 to go

11:25 am

Crossy, are you around?

11:26 am

Wrong box. Sorry dcs and thanks for the clue.

11:26 am

:) all good, hego

11:26 am

You're a peach dc

11:26 am

crossy is not online right now, scrabbs, at least at this site

11:27 am

TY, Seain.

11:27 am

aldest

11:28 am

auldest you mean?

11:28 am

113 to go and I am really not seeing anything

11:28 am

phantom: perusal

11:28 am

I am just grabbing at anything

11:28 am

hi Hurshy!

11:29 am

hiya

11:29 am

it's a bit of a toughie today, sc, it's not just you.

11:34 am

i'm back yet again

11:34 am

hi Scrabs, was reading the chat log earlier and saw your comments about h1n1 being rampent up there

11:35 am

nono, here too, to point of some schools closing due to number of cases

11:35 am

seems it has just beginning here, 5 confirmed cases in the last 3 days and the Early Childhood Center has closed for a couple of days due to high absenteeism

11:36 am

officials seem to have no idea when the vaccine will be available if at all

11:36 am

indeed so, nono

11:38 am

and because they are scrambling trying to come up with vaccine for H1N1, the reg. flu vaccine is also scarce. We waited in line almost 3 hours the other day for ours. The doctors offices don't have any

11:39 am

around here, Safeway about the only place with any.

11:39 am

we got ours at a state run clinic run at a local drug store

11:40 am

maybe Walgreen's, I think they have some here

11:40 am

My son works for Wegmans and they had one for employees only

11:40 am

i know here that CVS is out. Wegman's here didn't even offer it

11:41 am

our Walgreens did not rbud we got ours at Rite Aide

11:41 am

dc as I said Wegmans was for employees only

11:46 am

I was on phone with friend whose 3 kids are all ill with H1N1. Oldest 2 are better, toddler is in midst of illness. Yes, Nono, newspaper has frontpage article on widespread H1N1 disease in Buffalo area over last 3-4 wks.

11:47 am

glad the two are getting better and pray the toddler follows them soon

11:48 am

These are my late friend Mary's kids. Husband is a doc so knows possible complications. I checked the kids last Tuesday and made daily phone calls.

11:50 am

H1N1 vaccine is available too late for majority of our local population.

11:53 am

Nono, are we FB friends? I cannot keep Babble + real names connected.

11:57 am

it is hard to keep track

11:58 am

sorry got called away, No Scrabs, I am not on facebook

11:59 am

other than the kids being sick with flu how are the coping Scrabs, I think of them often

12:00 pm

hello 195 to go

12:00 pm

hi jane

12:00 pm

go, jane, go! wb

12:01 pm

Hi Jane

12:02 pm

Nono, overall OK, but who knows what is in their heads. They will process her death forever. And the 2 yr old doesn't get it yet.

12:03 pm

I am sure. It is so hard on youngsters to lose a parent, I speak from experience

12:03 pm

How old were you?

12:04 pm

I was 8 when my mom died from cancer

12:04 pm

she was ill for about a year and a half leading up to that

12:05 pm

I was at a funeral home visitation on Friday night--father of a patient. Boy is 11. Dad had multiple myeloma x 4 yrs.

12:05 pm

Nono, Mary's oldest was 8 at time of Mary's death and illness was 12 mo. Any suggestions to help the kids?

12:05 pm

there were periods of feeling abandoned and periods of self blame even tho I knew I had nothing to do with her being ill

12:06 pm

agreed, it's awful when parent dies when one is young. very difficult.

12:06 pm

just be sure they get the attention they need without spoiling them but be there for them when they need to talk or cry or what ever

12:08 pm

help them to remember their mom in a positive light, recalling the fun times and the sad times too

12:08 pm

They know they are loved by so many, and their lives are not out of control.

12:09 pm

Father has done "well" with death--he remains very functional and focused on contining to enjoy life despite sadness.

12:09 pm

thats good. I think the most important thing is just be alert to their mood and let them talk things out if they need to

12:09 pm

It can't be easy for him either. He has the kids to consider in about everything he does

12:10 pm

The now 5 yr old is comprehending the reality of death now. At some point the 2 yr old will want to learn about this woman, her mother, that she has no knowledge of

12:11 pm

Yes and hopefully she will ask her questions and recieve all the information she can handle at the time considering her age

12:12 pm

Ty for sharing, Nono

12:12 pm

yw, scrabs, the tears are now rolling down my cheeks

12:13 pm

even to this day I miss my Mom

12:13 pm

Guten Tag, Babblers. Is there a clue for the as 8/50?

12:13 pm

((Nono)) It stinks, doesn't it.

12:13 pm

hi Inge

12:13 pm

yes, it is the sucky reality of life

12:14 pm

I am down to my last four and am stuck

12:14 pm

go Inge go!

12:14 pm

hi Inge it is the stuff used years ago to insulate pipes and such and was in siding also no is illegal to use

12:14 pm

Ty, Nono

12:15 pm

FIREWORKS here...... think I'll go light a candle for my Mom

12:15 pm

happy babbling everyone

12:15 pm

congrats, nono

12:15 pm

Wooo hoooo Nono!!

12:15 pm

hell, Inge

12:15 pm

Go talk with her, Nono!

12:16 pm

thanks scrabs I will

12:16 pm

are we allpwed to type the word yet?

12:16 pm

bye now

12:16 pm

What word, Inge?

12:16 pm

take care, nono

12:16 pm

the word?

12:17 pm

the stuff you are not allowed to have in your walls

12:18 pm

I am afraid my sarcasm fell on deaf ears

12:18 pm

lead?

12:19 pm

apparently, Inge, sorry bout that

12:19 pm

Dense here, Inge

12:21 pm

Finally under 100. Time to do some chores now. 150/98. Where are 98 more words hiding?

12:22 pm

how about po 6/21?

12:23 pm

plural latinate bridges

12:24 pm

thanks

12:24 pm

:ast word is te 5/12. Clue Please

12:25 pm

clue for the 9?

12:25 pm

de9 - it's a plural

12:26 pm

definition?

12:26 pm

su (: U boat + where the bus stops

12:26 pm

oops. Se9 - it's a plural. a minor place to deposit stuff, or a whistle stop

12:28 pm

got it in spite of you trying to confuse me!

12:28 pm

We are cluing the su 9 not se 9

12:28 pm

yay. sorry about that.

12:28 pm

no, SU9

12:29 pm

only SE9 this grid

12:29 pm

!!!!

12:30 pm

You lost me on that one. But I onlyl eed one more clue , for th te 5/12

12:30 pm

i don't have it yet, Inge

12:31 pm

indian lodging maybe ? for te5/12

12:32 pm

that's it, lucien! i'm still not used to that spelling. thanks

12:32 pm

Don't you hate it when you get a recipe out for a meal and the first step is---marinate for 6 hours?

12:32 pm

yvw dc !

12:32 pm

guess it will be dinner instead of lunch

12:33 pm

yes, jane, that is disappointing

12:33 pm

Thansk that did it

12:33 pm

how have you been, montreal?

12:33 pm

Congarts, Inge

12:34 pm

quite busy dc and wasn't feeling well for a while - better now thx - how about you ? - way to go inge !

12:34 pm

montreal, good to see you. I missed your French contribuitosn to the chat.

12:35 pm

merci beaucoup inge, danke shun !

12:35 pm

still unemployed, but generally well, thanks.

12:35 pm

sorry to hear that dc...

12:36 pm

for cryin' out loud....what does the 9 start with? There is only one, correct>

12:36 pm

su9 harp

12:36 pm

se9 - not - su9 - not de9 -

12:36 pm

su9 :)

12:36 pm

thank you!

12:36 pm

lol ata

12:37 pm

SE9

12:37 pm

ok, TELL ME THE TRUTH OR THE PUPPY GETS IT!

12:38 pm

dc, u must be kidding aren't you ? - i only have 1 9-letter word in my grid and it is a SU9...

12:38 pm

SU9 gah! We'll get it right, really will. And it's a plural

12:38 pm

su9 under + where a train leaves from

12:39 pm

train leaves from a station :D

12:39 pm

that is correct!

12:40 pm

we don't have train stations here, Amtrack went away years ago

12:40 pm

and hi Luc! lovely to see you!

12:41 pm

same here harp, we have bus stations though

12:43 pm

am just passing through. had to say hi to Luc :)

12:43 pm

bonjour chère Ata ... only have a coupla minutes as we're leaving to celebrate birthdays for 3 of our grand-sons - 1 turned 11 on oct 13th, 1 turned 10 on cotober 17th and 1 turned 1 on the 19th - a 3 for 1 celebration !

12:44 pm

oh, how wonderful, luc!

12:45 pm

the 1 thta turned 11 was "an ice-storm baby" as we had a small "baby boom" 9 months after our famous ice-storm of January '98...

12:45 pm

heh. that makes sense

12:45 pm

that* even "le sigh"...

12:47 pm

must go with 93 to go - BBL - take care dc, ata, inge harpjane, bubba et al - tata for now and happy babblings "POOF"

12:50 pm

we have a bunch of kids named Helen, born 9 months after the Mt. St. Helen's eruption in 1981

12:51 pm

not a coincidence jane !! -nice seeing you - "ACTUAL POOF"

12:51 pm

be well, luc

12:53 pm

can anyone clue the de8 plz? Can't seem to get it at all.

12:54 pm

extend the de4.6 to and adj

12:54 pm

"de8" of fortune

12:56 pm

Thanks - got it at last.

12:57 pm

lovely marine biology word :)

1:03 pm

neat. learned something. thanks, ata

1:04 pm

the "opposite" of pelagic. another good babble word!

1:07 pm

so de8 is to pelagic sort of like nadir to zenith?

1:08 pm

pelagic fishies lurk at the top of the sea or lakes etc, de8 fishies live right down at the bottom

1:09 pm

not so much lurks in the middle

1:09 pm

reminds me of a black and white 8mm short we watched as kids "demons of the deep"

1:09 pm

yep! wolf eels and gulper eels and things with BIG teeth

1:14 pm

and every now and then you could see the side of a creature brush against the aquarium wall

1:14 pm

big pale eyes and all fishies from down there look ghostly and flabby

1:18 pm

apart from Riftia which is a worm that looks like a huge red penis

1:23 pm

goodness what a line to walk in on!

1:25 pm

lmao

1:25 pm

I'm just talking to myself dan

1:25 pm

and I'm just listening lol :)

1:25 pm

i was kinda waiting....

1:25 pm

they all sound revolting....eeeyyyyech. Morning all

1:25 pm

Hello everyone

1:26 pm

hi lyn! hi liz!

1:26 pm

Megan looked very happy on her ride this morning!

1:26 pm

She was :)

1:26 pm

She adores that pony

1:26 pm

She adores that pony

1:26 pm

awww :) he looks lovely

1:27 pm

oo I didn't do that!!!

1:27 pm

He is. Did I not introduce you?

1:27 pm

no :( the only horse I got close to was the one that tried to eat me

1:28 pm

oh yes lol

1:28 pm

Victor belongs to a friend of mine and I look afte him for her as she is away a lot

1:28 pm

where does he live?

1:28 pm

me 6/24 please?

1:29 pm

me & climp to the *** & vowel

1:30 pm

climp? climb

1:30 pm

oh Liz - I keep meaning to ask you - did you ever get that card I sent you *ages* ago, before peru? the black lab card? Am suddenly paranoid about all post in the last forever cos of the postal problems

1:30 pm

on Sark rofl

1:30 pm

well duh! :P

1:30 pm

TY!

1:30 pm

sorry being facetious

1:31 pm

sorry being facetious

1:31 pm

bratling :)

1:31 pm

hes near the mill mostly. Why does chat keep sending my messages twice?

1:32 pm

because your every word is so precious that we deserve to hear it twice

1:33 pm

*giggles*

1:33 pm

*giggles*

1:33 pm

how odd!

1:34 pm

Has anyone else had trouble changing their icon today?

1:34 pm

You expect fb chat to play up, this one is usually good

1:34 pm

fb chat is hell

1:35 pm

I know :(

1:35 pm

I even - perish the thought - had to start running fb in IE to get it to work

1:35 pm

eek! Not firefox?

1:35 pm

Does the first me 6/24 build off the me 5/14?

1:35 pm

fb won't run in firefox for me. i use safari instead

1:36 pm

no, poor beloved firefox

1:36 pm

hi dc :)

1:36 pm

never tried safari

1:36 pm

i wish i knew, car

1:37 pm

safari's nice

1:37 pm

Holiday tomorrow :))

1:37 pm

ff has been crashing on me, only at home. it's fine at work

1:37 pm

me + babbler whose name starts with 12 + I need to **e

1:37 pm

me 5/14 is gold, silver, bronze.... but I cannot get the next me 6/24...

1:37 pm

em7?

1:37 pm

yu're going to the big wide world?

1:38 pm

No. Jersey. ROFL

1:38 pm

thats what I meant :P

1:39 pm

I am sorry Ata, I am not getting your clue.

1:39 pm

I think it is the old friut cer |same as previous word but with an additional const. in the middle

1:39 pm

Harp...I don't have EM 7 yet.

1:39 pm

is that as full of drug dealers as Guernsey?

1:39 pm

Just till Friday :) But I'm taking my new netbook with me

1:39 pm

No it isnt ignore the last biot but it is a fruit!!

1:39 pm

Probably more. Guernsey really isn't despite what tv would have you believe.

1:40 pm

An anagram of previous with an additional const. at the end

1:40 pm

oooo looked it to me! there were drug dealers on every corner! I saw 'em! Hobbti sniffed them all out. LOL

1:40 pm

TY! Got 'em!

1:40 pm

U sure you were in Guernsey???????

1:41 pm

I reckon you went to the Isle of Man by mistake!

1:41 pm

loooooool

1:41 pm

Isle of Man? Is that full of drug dealers too??

1:41 pm

hint for SE4.6, pls?

1:41 pm

TY Deeha

1:41 pm

Jersey has its share of dodgy characters - its why we fit in so well lol

1:41 pm

orange se*ment*

1:42 pm

oy gevalt. thanks, ata

1:42 pm

I loved Lihou *random*. Really really loved it

1:42 pm

uh oh dying fire alert. Be back after a bit of pyromania and stoking....

1:43 pm

preblar as my granddaughter would say ( translated - pleasure!)

1:43 pm

May I please have a clue for the as 8?

1:43 pm

lol, how lovely

1:44 pm

as8 - nasty stuff in buildings that isn't allowed any more

1:44 pm

TY Ata!

1:44 pm

that one is easy to clue!!

1:44 pm

it's an insulator, mostly produced today in Morroco

1:45 pm

aw, it ate my mesothelioma comment :(

1:46 pm

hello all! I am taking a mini break from doing very little... *grin*

1:46 pm

how's the grid today?

1:46 pm

Hi Stid!

1:46 pm

a tad challenging, but not impossible, stid. hello

1:46 pm

hi Stid! tough

1:46 pm

and thanks to atalante I start today with AS 8!

1:46 pm

hi there stiddy

1:47 pm

hello all

1:47 pm

Hi Peri!

1:47 pm

hi, peri

1:47 pm

hey peri

1:47 pm

hi Peri

1:47 pm

hi peri

1:47 pm

Fireworks!

1:47 pm

congrats, eeyore

1:47 pm

YAY car!!!!

1:48 pm

1st RU5.12, pls?

1:48 pm

Congrats Car!

su5/16 anyone plz?

1:48 pm

found it:)

1:48 pm

su5man, different middle cons

1:48 pm

Good bye to all...have to get ready for work! have a great night!

1:49 pm

yay for car!

1:49 pm

later car! be well!

1:49 pm

47 left bbs

1:49 pm

later peri

1:50 pm

be well, car

hmmm still can't get that su5/16 at all.

1:51 pm

below not him, perhaps, sandie

1:51 pm

su5.16 Potato is a tu***

1:51 pm

thanks for the su!

1:52 pm

is the lone E in the second column fishy? if not, help with second letter please, it's my last untouched tile

AHA thanks for that. Got it.

1:52 pm

er5/10

1:53 pm

thanks atalante

1:53 pm

*thinking*

1:53 pm

got it! NBT!

1:53 pm

down to 172...

1:53 pm

yay!

1:54 pm

hi folks...es

1:55 pm

hey PAV!

1:55 pm

hi Pav!

1:55 pm

hi, pav

1:56 pm

yippee! past 100! my goal is met (of course, the goal is getting easier and easier as I have less time to play regularly...)

1:57 pm

well done, stid

1:58 pm

how are you doing these days, seain? are you taking care of yourself? I still have you and your tom on my list...

1:59 pm

i'm alight.

1:59 pm

he's still healing. we follow up with cardiologist in Cleveland on the 2nd

2:00 pm

it will take a bit I know for him to feel truly alright... my hope is that he will feel much better than before (eventually) I know he's had poor health for quite a while.

2:01 pm

well, the crohn's has been under control, which helps.

2:02 pm

that's good. I am told that is a rotten problem to have.

2:02 pm

22 for 22 NBT!

2:02 pm

crohn's can be hell

2:03 pm

my sister has ulcerative colitis. it's a bit easier than full-blown crohn's

2:03 pm

wow, and in less than 10 mins...

2:03 pm

go PAV go!!!

2:03 pm

neither one sounds "fun" to me!

2:04 pm

all my sister's multiple and life-threatening problems are corhn's based

2:05 pm

yes, it has many a a co-morbidity

2:05 pm

YES! HALFWAY!!!!

2:06 pm

go, stid, go!

2:06 pm

clue for as 8/50 pleas

2:07 pm

I am learning more and more about these BIG (but hidden/rarely discussed) illnesses.

2:07 pm

insulator, the breathing of which causes mesothelioma

2:07 pm

AS 8 is the fire-retardant that causes cancer

2:07 pm

actually drs now think sister has a so far undescribed form of Crohn's - her symptoms are so much more problematic than nearly every other crohn's case they've ever seen

2:08 pm

that must be very frustrating for her, atalante.

2:09 pm

less frustrating, more worrying that's she likely to collapse and die at any moment!

2:09 pm

I know how frustrating my hip problems have been, and they are hardly life-threatening.

2:09 pm

Tom was diagnosed at 13. He weighed i think it was about 70 pounds starting high school. He had a full resection at 27. He still takes about 15 medicines to keep it in line, and he minimizes his fibre intake

2:09 pm

((((gentle hugs for atalante))))

2:10 pm

oh golly, that poor, poor child! *sad mama face for teen-age tom*

2:10 pm

sister was diagnosed at 18. she's now on about 70-80 tablets daily + a bottle of oral morphine

2:11 pm

omg! poor thing.

2:11 pm

*stomping feet at unfairness*

2:11 pm

has she had a colonic resection?

2:12 pm

total resection, double mastectomy, bladder removed, currently they are deciding whether to amputate her left arm, her mastectomy wounds are still open and infected after 6 years

2:12 pm

....as we all count our blessings and think how unbelievably brave people are who face these issues every day of their lives

2:12 pm

ty stid

2:12 pm

I really don't know how she manages!

2:12 pm

¡ay yay yay!

2:13 pm

sure thing matches

2:13 pm

I can't imagine it at all, atalante. I have such a fear of medical people and hospitals myself.

2:13 pm

I have seen a show about open wounds and there was some invention that stretched the skin so that the wound would heal

2:13 pm

surd

2:13 pm

very sorry to hear, ata. :(

2:14 pm

go matches go!

2:14 pm

she really has no choice. she has a 30 - 40 min long nurse / dr appt every day apart from Sundays. and is in hospital maybe 3 months a year

2:14 pm

sorry pb

2:14 pm

those can work, ali, but only if the infection is taken care of as well.

2:15 pm

huh....why does the infection not heal?

2:15 pm

they have tried everything with Claire's wounds *sigh*. They just won't heal. She has no immune system to speak of

2:15 pm

alababas, chrohn's is an auto-immune disorder often kept in line with strong immune suppressors. It can make healing hard.

2:16 pm

I see. I know this may seem trite but does she keep a good diet?

2:16 pm

no, but she can't eat most foods

2:16 pm

she eats what she can

2:16 pm

oh...because of the disease

2:16 pm

reading back, ata, sorry about your sister... it so difficult to understand why some people have such terrible and sad burdens

2:16 pm

http://wakingupnow.com/blog/rep4that the video at the top is hilarious commentary about the Republicans in Congress.

2:16 pm

hello doren

2:17 pm

hi doren!

2:17 pm

LOL great non-sequitur seain!

2:17 pm

what foods can she eat?

2:17 pm

and people with crohn's don't get much nutrition from what they eat, as it passes through system so quickly unless a colestid or anti-dirrheal regimen slows the sytem.

2:17 pm

hi Dorens

2:17 pm

oh yes, and hello stid, seain and all else

2:17 pm

hi, dorens

2:17 pm

i see.

2:18 pm

is she basically on liquid diet?

2:18 pm

well, I am down to 113 and stuck. probably time to go back to my schoolwork. I hope that you-all will take care of and appreciate the health you have (as I do!) and see you-all soon!

2:18 pm

by std

2:18 pm

bye Stid

2:19 pm

with luck the servers at school are back up and I can get in to the services I need... *poof*

2:19 pm

have fun, stid

2:19 pm

no, but most stuff she eats as soft, because she also has half a jaw remaining and not many teeth

2:19 pm

that was wuick. bye stid.

2:19 pm

jmm wuick.. nice looking word. meant quick

2:19 pm

do you live near her ata?

2:20 pm

about 3 hours away by car, so not so bad

2:20 pm

we have issues with our son who has cerebral palsy and does not eat by mouth. We have blendtech blender and he drinks lots of pediasure. The blender purees lots of stuff while keeping vitamins

2:20 pm

this may be something that helps

2:21 pm

probiotic food like yogurts and even capsules that you can sprinkle in your food are good for digestion.

2:21 pm

does she have interest in things ata? wondering what sort of life she has.. she must really enjoy your visits

2:22 pm

all true, but when what you swallow passes through in 30-60 minutes, and your GI tract is shortened, not much helps aside from volume and certain supplements.

2:22 pm

she has a Cat. the cat is a monster, and keeps her alive, I'm sure. She's devoted to the monster

2:22 pm

:) yay for her kitty

2:22 pm

she has - some - interest. she has fits and starts

2:23 pm

I keep telling her not to die cos I get the monster cat when she dies and I don't want it! :P

2:23 pm

(of course, I do really, squeaker is a gorgeous cat, but an utter monster)

2:23 pm

well good about that cat. and i can imagine you don't want it!

2:23 pm

heh

2:24 pm

squeaker really is the one thing that keeps her alive. it's amazing what animals can do

2:24 pm

change in topic. Ken's grandson who is 7 and has asperger's syndrome caught a snake and he is so excited about it. I'm going over there in a bit to admire the snake (baby garter)

2:25 pm

awwwww! I LOVE garter snakes

2:25 pm

yes, animals do miracles for people.

2:25 pm

how cool is that, dorens!

2:25 pm

he has a cousin with a pet snake and he is all puffed up now that he has one himsself and he even caught it himself! i don't love garter snakes, but i will love this one

2:26 pm

and they're easy to care for

2:26 pm

that's adorable

2:26 pm

are they keeping it?

2:27 pm

apparently it has already eaten an earthworm.. thinking that if it has eaten in captivity, they might be able to

2:27 pm

you must take some photos :)

2:27 pm

he does love animals... of course both my cats go into deep deep hiding whenever he comes into the house, cause he just won't leave them alone

2:27 pm

ok ata.. for you, i will take photos!

2:28 pm

can i please have a clue for the be word (words, hopefully) before what the mendicant does?

2:28 pm

brave Doren :)

2:29 pm

be4 and 6 and 5 - road runner be4! be4!

2:30 pm

be5/6 at end like language in NW France, without the r

2:31 pm

thanks seain it was the be5/6

2:31 pm

hello 35 to go

2:31 pm

wtg, harp

2:32 pm

and my daughter was just talking about croque monsieurs at a place in NYC with the name of that language yesterday

2:32 pm

i'm up to the Es, with 27 to go

2:32 pm

Hello again

2:32 pm

mmmm croque monsieur

2:32 pm

oh, neat, dorens

2:32 pm

wb, hego

2:32 pm

oh, no. wrong. i already had those... i am loking for the 6/7 before be 4/8

2:33 pm

indeed mmm croque monsieur.....the first thing i have to eat every time i get to paris!. so this place in ny supposedly wraps it up in a crepe and then fries it. can't quite imagine, can you?

2:33 pm

don't worry, be6 :D

2:33 pm

be6.33 I think we all should BE **** we have our health

2:34 pm

be6/7 - be happy!

2:34 pm

oh... funny... thanks seain. and lynxx

2:34 pm

croque madames are nicer, but any croque is good,. though not wrapped in a crepe!!!

2:35 pm

huh. had never heard of croque madame

2:35 pm

and thansk also to ata. i dont' think i ever heard that word before/ i know, i can't imagine it wrapped in a crepe-- but i'm not a fried egg kinda gal, so i prefer the monsieurs

2:35 pm

wrapped in a crepe seems wrong

2:35 pm

There is a croque madam, but I don

2:35 pm

t remember wht it is.

2:36 pm

am rushing like a fiend, so my typing made no sense. i haven' heard the be6/7 before, i don't think and i can't imagine the croque in crepes

2:36 pm

so I take it croques are not hte same as crocs or croaks and the diff between a croque monsieur and madame is the size?

2:36 pm

monsieur with an egg is a madame... is there some deep symbolism there?

2:36 pm

diff is the egg, pav

2:36 pm

croque madame has a fried egg on top of it

2:36 pm

fancy for grilled cheese :)

2:37 pm

about a millino calories and worth every one of them

2:37 pm

battered grilled cheese with ham

2:37 pm

don't forget the bechamel sauce

2:37 pm

oh no i am getting hungry now. grilled ham and cheese with bechamel sauce... and thanks, i did get my fireworks, and need to go make the salmon paté before going to see Adam's snake. bye all and happy babbles

2:37 pm

with cheese cause

2:37 pm

*sauce!

2:38 pm

say hi to the snakey :P

2:38 pm

I need the last s in the bottom corner. the one that isn't so, pls

2:38 pm

bye Dorens. and congrats!

2:38 pm

save a small piece of salmon for the snake .. they love fish :)

2:38 pm

ok, I gotta go eat LOL. Have fun Doren! :)

2:38 pm

you blow it out our nose, hego

2:39 pm

(ewww lol)

2:39 pm

well, I don't think I'm a snake, but I do love salmon...does that count?

2:39 pm

my sister's cat brought in a garter snake and it had babies

2:39 pm

did the cat eat the babies?

2:39 pm

the cat or the snake?

2:39 pm

Thanks dc, Don't know how I missed that lovely word

2:40 pm

Oops that wasn't it. I think it's an st word.

2:42 pm

do you have the so7 hands?

2:42 pm

or he so4 his soup with bread

2:42 pm

Yes dc

2:42 pm

or those stupid so4 will not shut up

2:43 pm

Got all the so4's. I think. Thanks

2:43 pm

no STs from that S

2:43 pm

all SO or SN

2:44 pm

did you plural the sn?

2:44 pm

I'm stumped. Will keep trying until it's grey.

2:44 pm

there's 4 x sp4 from that tile

2:44 pm

plural the so4.7?

2:44 pm

4 x so4

2:45 pm

where in jersey are you, hego? lots of jersey babblers

2:45 pm

plural sn is the other s

2:45 pm

oh, right

2:45 pm

no SP from lower left though

2:45 pm

plural so4?

2:45 pm

At the shore Ocean Township, near Asbury Park.

2:46 pm

yeah that was my bad...fat(ter) fingers , dimly lit room, poor eyes,, you name it I have it...

2:46 pm

one of my kids leaves in eatontown, not too, too far

2:47 pm

this is embarassing, just found some Christmas towels at the bottom of the laundry pile

2:47 pm

I'm just a stone's throw from Eatontown, literally. Welki.

2:47 pm

the last two bu5's?

2:47 pm

lol ... yeah, you were starting to get ready for the holidays early (that would be my story)

2:48 pm

Thanks for all your help, dc

2:48 pm

well I'm already practicing christmas music....

2:48 pm

greyhound has lots of 'em ... and if you took one, you'd have bu*** it

2:48 pm

Ride on the bu* - past tense & plural

2:49 pm

will be visiting there next month, hego (that's why my icon is a plane heading east .. an AC EM190

2:49 pm

thanks

2:49 pm

hello everyone!

2:49 pm

hi Annie!

2:49 pm

hi annie

2:50 pm

how about the bu 6 after the bu6?

2:50 pm

hello, annie

2:50 pm

welki, it's a fishing lure . . . ?

2:50 pm

hi lynxxxie and welki

2:50 pm

hey, annie :-)

2:50 pm

bu6's office where one pays bills at uni

2:50 pm

Hi Une!

2:50 pm

That's a long trip for you welki. But welcome.

2:50 pm

Hiya.

2:50 pm

Hi Annie

2:50 pm

thanks, got the b's

2:51 pm

howdy, shivs :)

2:51 pm

hi hego

2:51 pm

hi Une & Shivs

2:51 pm

hi shivs, lyn (everyone)

2:52 pm

hey, lynxxx :-)

2:52 pm

Hiya Seain, lynxxx and welki.

2:53 pm

me6 after what you get in the olympics?

2:54 pm

one who sticks one's nose into something and makes trouble

2:54 pm

weird spelling

2:54 pm

me6 an allternative speeling of the guy who sells door to door

2:54 pm

Thanks Seain... got it.

2:54 pm

thanks, that gave me some P's too!

2:55 pm

tx lynxxx!

2:55 pm

ar5.16, pls?

2:56 pm

ar & Miss ***bie Reynolds

2:56 pm

and plural

2:56 pm

ty, lyn and une for firewords

2:56 pm

yay, seain!!!!!!!!!!

2:56 pm

Congrats DC!

2:57 pm

i must get ready. 6PM concert of 12th century Flemish music, and it'll take an hour to get there

2:57 pm

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

2:57 pm

boy, i love this lil monkey

2:57 pm

enjoy, seain!

2:57 pm

WTG, Seain!!

2:58 pm

I must find something to do too...Bye all!

2:58 pm

Sounds interesting...enjoy the concert!

3:02 pm

DC, I finally got the st that's the s in the corner. It's the plural of the opposite of goes.

3:03 pm

I think he left?

3:03 pm

hego, he had to get ready for a 6:00pm concert

3:03 pm

Oh, too bad. He was so helpful.

3:04 pm

Yeah, he is.

3:04 pm

yes, he alway is . . . a real sweetie

3:04 pm

Lovely person!

3:04 pm

OH, YES, NOW i REMEMBER.

3:04 pm

Oops caps lock.

3:06 pm

Phantom: TEMPEST

3:09 pm

ra6? for the win?

3:10 pm

ra + i am **** you will get this clue.

3:11 pm

ty welk

3:11 pm

and woooooooohooooooo harp!!!

3:11 pm

tx welki and hey, kje!

3:11 pm

hi kje :)

3:11 pm

hi all

3:11 pm

yay, harp!!!!

3:11 pm

Thanks welki, that was a big help!!

3:12 pm

good afternoon all..

3:12 pm

hi ru

3:12 pm

got it, at first wouldn't enter because I kept putting an exclamation point after it!

3:12 pm

thanks for the help!

3:13 pm

howdy, ruru

3:14 pm

hi ruru

3:17 pm

Good evening, rururocks.

3:17 pm

ar 5/16 anyone?

3:17 pm

ar + ***ie reynolds and olural

3:18 pm

ty annie

3:18 pm

thank you.. breaks into musical ...

3:18 pm

and good timing ru - i was looking for that too

3:18 pm

youre welcome and hi

3:20 pm

hi annie - how is NYC?

3:20 pm

just a lovely day today. had lunch with friends today.

3:20 pm

nice - feeling like autumn?

3:21 pm

yes, quite autumnish..

3:21 pm

annie, do you live in manhattan or one of the boroughs?

3:22 pm

oh.. I finally have all the b's....yeahhh

3:22 pm

welki, I live in brooklyn, hence my name

3:22 pm

be6/33 ru?

3:22 pm

dont' worry... be happy

3:23 pm

well, hello then! i was born in maimonides hospital, lived in bensonhurst, canarsie and sheepshead bay!

3:23 pm

it is finally sunny here - we have had so much rain!

3:23 pm

ty - good clue

3:23 pm

wooo ooh oooh oooh oh aaaah.. don't worry ... be happy

3:23 pm

oh no - he is in one of those moods

3:23 pm

Need help with su5 16, pls.

3:23 pm

he even sounds a little like bobby mcferin

3:24 pm

ruru is giving a great clue for that be6/7

3:24 pm

I only have the su5/14.

3:24 pm

s + enormous, giant, economy size in german

3:25 pm

Oh so he is...thank you, ruru!!

3:25 pm

That found me 2 more.

3:25 pm

Ty Welki

3:25 pm

'welcome

3:26 pm

Thanks welki...got it.

3:27 pm

I don't have much German.

3:27 pm

neither do i. pig latin is more my speed :)

3:28 pm

hi, help withme6/7 pls

3:28 pm

I have what I remember, from school. Not as much as I'd like to remember, LOL.

3:28 pm

I think you're being too modest.

3:28 pm

de8? is it fishy?

3:28 pm

crazy spelling for someone who interferes (and pl)

3:29 pm

no, not fishy at all

3:29 pm

interferes?

3:30 pm

someone who me6s in other's business

3:30 pm

yeah .. someone who sticks their nose where it doesn't belong (stop me****** in my affairs!)

3:30 pm

You know ruru, like a busy body.

3:30 pm

or someone who wins gold

3:31 pm

de8?

3:32 pm

de 4/6 +french for ocean + my gal ***

3:33 pm

I can't believe I got that clue!

3:33 pm

echh ... de + french for ocean + my gal ***

3:33 pm

i can't believe it either, it was all buggered up! lol

3:33 pm

I can't believe I got that clue

3:34 pm

ty welki!!!

3:34 pm

yeah - ty

3:34 pm

buggering ?

3:34 pm

What can that word mean?

3:35 pm

RURU!

3:35 pm

ruru, could you please explain it for hego? seems like my defining abilities are compromised today.

3:35 pm

welki said it not me?

3:35 pm

it means deposited on the bottom of a body of water

3:35 pm

It was a great clueWelki.

3:36 pm

here is a sad note,first place ive heard of this happening.. http://tinyurl.com/l7qv3v

3:36 pm

de8 means behind

3:36 pm

Yes he did Ruru.

3:37 pm

Now tell us what buggered means ;-)

3:37 pm

Thanks for the definition, ru. you do rock.

3:37 pm

crossy, that's pathetically sad. how could it happen :(

3:38 pm

buggered is british slang for doing the wild thing

3:38 pm

es?

3:38 pm

what happened crossy?

3:38 pm

well, think it's time to go .. take care, folks

3:38 pm

bye welk - hagd

3:39 pm

e + not go kje

3:39 pm

be7?

3:39 pm

Bye, Welki, ty.

3:39 pm

bye welki

3:39 pm

(hope I didn't run her off)

3:39 pm

well, your use of buggering was rather shocking

3:39 pm

a state wide library closure due to funding

3:40 pm

ty ru

3:40 pm

zips lip from putting out rude comment to kje

3:40 pm

hi follks, help with me6 and me7 pls

3:41 pm

just clued peri..look below

3:41 pm

that zipper is usually broken, have you been fixed?

3:42 pm

**mmumpf*

3:43 pm

LOVING this zipper thing!!!

3:43 pm

must have missed the me6/7 clue :(

3:43 pm

its like i can stand in front of you, stick my thumbs in my ears, wiggle my fingers, stick out my tongue and laugh!

3:43 pm

If you can em5/18 something, why can't you do it again?

3:44 pm

me = someone who is nosy -- alt spelling of

3:45 pm

thanks so much

3:45 pm

shirl

3:49 pm

have we finally managed to quieten Ruru???

3:50 pm

he is zippered!

3:50 pm

how - miraculous!

3:51 pm

and not for the first time either

Good afternoon, everyone. Fun grid today?

3:52 pm

(takes down Atalante shrine in office now)

3:52 pm

miraculously bad, of course

3:52 pm

not horrid takuma

3:54 pm

how many left, ru?

3:55 pm

** mummfpf*

3:57 pm

poke your nose on the dot key however many times, ru

3:58 pm

I am not a freaking parrot kje...

3:58 pm

Oh, please come back Ruru.

3:58 pm

3:58 pm

3:58 pm

3:58 pm

oops - the zipper broke

3:58 pm

ll is forgiven.

3:58 pm

no, cos parrots obey zipper commands :P

3:59 pm

Now you got me all shook up.

4:01 pm

uno

4:02 pm

and finito

4:03 pm

yay kje!

4:05 pm

YAY for kje!!!

4:05 pm

yay kje.. nice going.

4:07 pm

thanks

4:08 pm

anyone want a clue?

4:08 pm

Im fine ty, nearly finished

4:08 pm

done....

4:09 pm

yay ruru

4:09 pm

clue for ru 5/12, please

4:09 pm

wow, you zipped right through those!

4:09 pm

woooooohoooooo ruuuuuuu!!!!!

4:10 pm

not urban is the ru5

4:10 pm

YAY for ruru!!!

4:10 pm

plural, annie

4:10 pm

not bad in one hour.

4:10 pm

oosps - ru is right

4:10 pm

not bad at all ru

4:11 pm

first ru 5/12, please, have the other one

4:11 pm

and I politely finished after you

4:11 pm

I just clued it annie

4:11 pm

last me6

4:11 pm

me + not bottom+ vowell

4:11 pm

ru5 - not urban... out in the country past the city limit sign

4:12 pm

thanks, ru...fishy

4:12 pm

thx ruru

4:12 pm

that's a line from a song, btw - anyone know the next one

4:13 pm

*sings* nutbush city limits

4:13 pm

be7?

4:13 pm

uh, don't know that one, but OK, I'll go along

4:14 pm

nutbush?

4:14 pm

isn't that anywhere in texas?

4:14 pm

lool sorry, I typed that in before yours cam eup

4:14 pm

be7 is plural - be6 is be + happy

4:14 pm

thx kje

4:14 pm

didn't know that could be a word

4:15 pm

yw

4:15 pm

shirloc beangry about that

4:15 pm

I need a nap.... happy babbling - later

4:15 pm

bye napster

4:16 pm

ha! ruru LOL

4:16 pm

lol - poof

4:16 pm

I am done.

4:17 pm

yay annie!

4:17 pm

yeah.... annie.. well done

4:19 pm

would anyone like a clue before I leave?

4:19 pm

firebirds!

4:20 pm

YAY for Atalante!!!!

4:20 pm

and so I am off, bye dear babblers

cognacs!

4:21 pm

YAY for Takuma!!!!

4:21 pm

yay everyone!!

heh, not yet, for me. I was just cognac'g you guys

4:25 pm

well yay anyway :)

I'll take it ;) thanks!

hi all!

4:28 pm

hi red! hi teulu!

Hi Ata, how is everything?

4:30 pm

good evening babblers

4:30 pm

you've just missed the hugest fireworks display ever seen in babble history :)

4:30 pm

mets

4:30 pm

oops sorry

Really? oh shucky darn!!

hi Enomis.

4:31 pm

everyone - except Takuma LOL - got fireworks

lol

lol You're a cruel one, Ata

and me, i hae 134 left...

4:32 pm

lol sorry :P I did cheer you anyway!

i love being cheered..

4:34 pm

This is an interesting grid - anybogy else found it tough?

4:34 pm

yay red!!

I'm finding it tough but fun, Eno

opted

yow

4:35 pm

ty takuma!

takuma, Yow is now in the grid...

sorry about that -- first time I've done that in awhile. I guess that's my cue to lay off the chatting :|

4:36 pm

no no keep going! :) lol

Time for me to split for awhile. thanks for the cheering. I'll be back later to inadvertently give away words in chat ;)

4:38 pm

I'll be waiting!

bye tacuma.

4:48 pm

hi all

4:48 pm

"shucky darn," red? been watching a little Monk recently?

I did watch Monk this Friday, did he say Shucky Darn? that must be where I got it from.

5:05 pm

a few episodes ago... the one with the former child star who wrote the tell-all book, and Monk was a huge huge fan of the show, and everyone tried to keep him from reading the book

5:05 pm

Hello all. I am home from a tennis match. Watching our inept Buffalo Bills, doing laundry, cooking salmon.

5:06 pm

96 to go. List is up. ar 5-6 combo clue please?

5:07 pm

ar + ***bie Reynolds

5:07 pm

hi Scrabs!

5:07 pm

I am home from our town Halloween Parade

5:07 pm

much fun!

5:07 pm

TY + HI N!

5:07 pm

Was it great?

5:08 pm

24 left to go ...

5:08 pm

it was wonderful... I posted pics up on FB

5:08 pm

Go N go!

5:11 pm

you know, every time I question the sanity of the list, as in, "How can there possibly be an AS8 in this grid?"... I end up wrong

5:13 pm

It was clued earlier. Do you need a clue?

5:13 pm

no, I found it

5:13 pm

I just had to argue with it for a while first

5:16 pm

I am struggling with the be's

5:16 pm

car noises for 3 of them

5:17 pm

TY, N

5:17 pm

hello all

5:17 pm

hmmm, there are a ton of be's... any in particular I can help with... I have them

5:17 pm

hi peri!

5:17 pm

Hi Peri

5:17 pm

hi everyone

5:17 pm

Hi Jen

5:18 pm

nrkii, do you ever get to downtown Phila?

5:18 pm

hi Jen

5:18 pm

peri, once in a while, yes

5:18 pm

just went last week, but hadn't been in a long time

5:18 pm

it takes me about an hour to get there

5:18 pm

longer if I go in rush hour, of course

5:19 pm

well, I was thinking of a mini babble get together in Nov. There is usally a craft show at the convention center. it is near China town. I am going. I will check with owl and marigold. are you interested?

5:19 pm

Hi, everyone! nrkii, peri, Scrabbler!!, JenMo

5:19 pm

Hi JB

5:20 pm

definitely peri!

5:20 pm

hi jbs!

5:20 pm

hi there JB. are you interested in goin to the craft show downtown in November?

5:20 pm

Peri, sounds like fun! but if SEPTA goes on strike like they're threatening

5:20 pm

(con't) it won't be easy!!

5:21 pm

ok, I will keep looking in the paper and on line for ads and let you both know. what, a strike> did not hear about that. was planning to take the train or a bus.

5:21 pm

be6-7 after car noises?

5:21 pm

And before that, it will definitely hurt the Phillies games

5:21 pm

be + happy

5:21 pm

Yeah, peri, I just heard it on Ch 6 noon news today

5:22 pm

That's a word?? TY!

5:23 pm

thanks for the heads up ,, JB< I will keep checking the news. hope it does not happen

5:23 pm

3rd be4/7?

5:23 pm

Thanks for the be! Tho' I was wondering if your clue was an order or a suggestion!

5:23 pm

NM, found it. I was going the wrong way?

5:23 pm

:) jb

5:24 pm

be6/33, dammit!

5:24 pm

fireworks!

5:24 pm

yay for nrkii!!

5:24 pm

For the Phila Babblers - wasn't it fantastic weather today? I'm loving the foliage brilliance in the sun!

5:24 pm

Yay, nrkii!

5:25 pm

it was a lovely day, went for a long walk

5:25 pm

Yahoo nrk!

5:25 pm

We had a very sunny day here.

5:25 pm

NOW she's be6/33!!

5:25 pm

It was perfect today out there. I walked to the flea market (4 miles round trip) and then went to the town Halloween parade. Very sunny and just cool enough.

5:25 pm

Which town, nrk?

5:26 pm

Of course, last night I completely destroyed my sneakers when I went out to grab dinner. Walked through a RIVER on Bridge Street (lambertville)

5:26 pm

I heard they closed Bridge Street for a while last night because the water was so bad

5:26 pm

Hiya, Scrabbler!

5:27 pm

How much rain did we get anyway? Definitely over an inch, I'm sure

5:27 pm

Hi shivs!

5:27 pm

which I believe, because as I was opening my car door, a car drove by and splashed a WAVE of water on me... I was dripping wet, like I had just jumped in a pool with my clothes on

5:27 pm

hi shivs!

5:27 pm

Poor N!

5:27 pm

I wonder if I can see your town fireworks from my balcony, nrk, I'm gonna go check...

5:27 pm

I could only laugh Scrabbler... stupid me to not think of it

5:28 pm

Oh, so true, nrk, when I wait for the bus, I have to watch the puddles. I swear some cars TRY to drench me!

5:28 pm

do we have fireworks here? I'm never here on 4th of July... it's my mom's birthday

5:28 pm

Good attitude, N! Laughing is always better than crying or getting angry.

5:29 pm

I was so wet from the waste down, that I left my sneakers on the porch, and stripped off my socks and pants the second I got inside the house

5:30 pm

I don't think my sneakers will recover, but they were dangerously close to being done anyways

5:31 pm

If you do have fireworks (usually I see them on 4th of July and New Years), then I can probably see them on the horizon, nrk. I counted one year about 20 firework shows.

5:32 pm

fireworks

5:32 pm

you must have an incredible view JB!

5:32 pm

yay peri!

5:32 pm

??????

5:32 pm

thanks, see you all tomorrow

5:33 pm

as8?

5:33 pm

Yes, nrk, we do, and I'm very thankful, because my work office has no windows.

5:33 pm

Yay Peri!

5:33 pm

as8 causes mesothelioma

5:33 pm

as8 = banned insulation that poses cancer risk

5:33 pm

and hi dan!

5:33 pm

And now I must go, too. Wait, peri!!! I'll catch up with you.......

5:33 pm

hi Dan

5:33 pm

hi nrkii and thanks!

5:34 pm

see you peri and jb!

5:34 pm

N, wash your sneakers in the washer. I did that with a pair in August after hiking in mud and the results were surprising.

5:34 pm

okay, I'm off to forage for tonight's dinner

5:34 pm

Bye Peri & JB

5:35 pm

will do scrabs... thanks!

5:35 pm

bye all!

5:35 pm

Bye N

5:35 pm

9 to go, all 6 or longer

5:36 pm

Go Dan go!

5:37 pm

I know how the su8/9 start, but can't monkey the finish

5:37 pm

Train de5

5:38 pm

Last bu5/18 please?

5:38 pm

ty scrabbs

5:38 pm

took public transit

5:39 pm

em7?

5:43 pm

hi all

5:43 pm

em7, sunk in water

5:43 pm

ar5&6 ?

5:44 pm

tx suefrad, so me6 isn't linked to that one :-(

5:44 pm

ar + southern girl coming "of age"

5:45 pm

me6, switch the last two letter from the one before and add an r

5:45 pm

TY, Dan and hi Sue

5:45 pm

a redneck wife?

5:45 pm

have that one - need the last me6

5:46 pm

BBL, must work on laundry and dinner

5:46 pm

I am not getting the ar5

5:46 pm

bye scrab

5:47 pm

ar + ***bie Harry from 80's music

5:48 pm

blondie;)

5:48 pm

me6 ... me + not bottom + vowel.

5:48 pm

ty mo

5:48 pm

and hello everyone.

5:48 pm

yw dan.

5:49 pm

de8?

5:50 pm

just got the ar, ty dan

5:50 pm

hi mo

5:50 pm

de8 ... I think its to do with things at the bottom of the sea. ... I will check.

5:51 pm

hi sue ... yes I was right about the definition of the de8.

5:51 pm

so far that's not helping my monkeys :-)

5:52 pm

the one you know is to im**** in water,just use a d instead

5:53 pm

de8 ... the 1st de4 + consonant + short girls name.

5:53 pm

good one no

5:53 pm

mo that is

5:54 pm

crossy puts on hsi typo club jacket

5:54 pm

lol ... ty cross!

5:54 pm

darn

5:54 pm

got it! thanks mo & all cluers - firewords

5:54 pm

congrats dan!!!

5:55 pm

tyop makers of the wrold untie!

5:56 pm

crossy ... your clue was great.

5:58 pm

any more clues needed before I hit the "sack"?

5:59 pm

I didnt get the de8

5:59 pm

I guess i am a twit

6:00 pm

no-one here is a twit sue! THINKING OF ANOTHER CLUE .....

6:00 pm

OOPS SORRY FOR YELLING.

6:01 pm

lol

6:01 pm

I loved the passion

6:01 pm

sorry ...

6:01 pm

lol1!!!

6:02 pm

DIDNT CROSSY'S CLUE HELP?

6:02 pm

NO

6:02 pm

lol

6:03 pm

I keep thinking it includes the em7, does it?

6:04 pm

de8 .... de + consonant + reh***** .

6:05 pm

reh***** ...as in practise.

6:05 pm

em7 ... sort of comes into it.

6:06 pm

it ends in an ed?

6:06 pm

wish I could be better at cluing!!!!

6:07 pm

no it does'nt.

6:08 pm

it ends .. ** Gore.

6:08 pm

you are wonderful, like I said i am a twit

6:08 pm

got it

6:08 pm

that is what I needed, the end

6:08 pm

glad you got it sue!

6:09 pm

ty for sticking with me

6:09 pm

yvw ... anytime.

6:11 pm

I think we have frightened everyone else off sue!!! LOL.

6:11 pm

do you need any more help?

6:12 pm

Yeah, I'm frightened and off.

6:13 pm

I'm not frightened off, but I need some help...please??

6:13 pm

ooooh ... sorry Shivs ... goodnight.

6:14 pm

Not off that way, yet...not until finishing! LOL

6:14 pm

Off, as in...off my rocker?

6:14 pm

I am here for a few more minutes. and help if I cn MetFan.

6:15 pm

lol Shiv.

6:15 pm

"can" ..

6:15 pm

I've monkeyed the me6's and the me7 for, it seems, like the last hour, and cannot come up with anything. Help, please??

6:17 pm

This grids and kids will do that to you, mo.

me 6/24 reverse the last two letters of the me 5/14 and then add sta** and stripes forever, then plural for the 7

6:18 pm

me6 ... someone who interferes and plural for the 7.

6:19 pm

TY both very much - anything particular anyone needs a clue for?

yw and de 6/21 and de 7/32 would be appreciated

6:20 pm

Shiv ... I have no kids,so no excuse!!!!

6:20 pm

glad you got ther Met.

6:20 pm

To not add the opposite of pepper. Luv

6:20 pm

"there"

thanks MetFan!

6:21 pm

good clue Met!

6:21 pm

Just Met is cool with me in the chog - I am not Minveryork

6:21 pm

Blah haha

6:21 pm

You're probably not off your rocker like I am though, mo.

6:22 pm

Hi dear - didn't know you were on -

6:22 pm

My two delight in annoying each other (and me in the process) just because they can...fun, fun! LOL

6:22 pm

sorry the last phone died so abruptly

6:22 pm

Shivs ... my husband says I am! lol.

6:23 pm

Oh does he now? LOL

6:23 pm

I wouldn't listen to him...it probably means he is. ;o)

6:24 pm

I think you may be right!!!

6:24 pm

I know I'm at least half right.

6:24 pm

but he's harmless!

6:24 pm

And no more than half right...or I'd fall over.

6:25 pm

ROFL.!!!

6:26 pm

Sorry - I hit something by accident and it froze me, so I had to close and re-open.

6:27 pm

welcome back Met.

6:27 pm

It's good to be back

6:28 pm

The su8/65 is driving me mad!

6:29 pm

su8 - secondary trainyard

6:29 pm

Under train stations, Shivs, and pl

6:30 pm

Oh for goodness' sake...thank you, MetFan!! :o)

6:31 pm

yw

6:32 pm

You still there, Ms Pug?

6:33 pm

oh .. look at the time! ... I promised myself an early night tonight .... even though we did have an extra hour this morning!! Goodnight everyone ... enjoy the grid.

6:33 pm

Sorry dan2bit...thanks to you, as well.

6:33 pm

Goodnight, mo...off to sleep myself, as soon as I find these last 10 words!

6:34 pm

What extra hour - is it Standard Time already??

6:34 pm

bye Shivs ... good luck.

6:36 pm

yes MetFan ... we put our clocks back an hour this morning ... now we have early dark nights....

6:36 pm

I hadn't heard or noticed.....

6:37 pm

I just noticed now that my VCR has set itself back one hour, so there you are - it's the only clock I have in the house that does that.

6:38 pm

now you have an extra hour to play babble!!!!! lol.

6:39 pm

The te5/12 anyone, please?

6:39 pm

An extra hour to sit and monkey...fun, fun, fun

6:39 pm

I am at a loss...can't find it for anything!!

6:40 pm

Met, I think we have another week before daylight wasting time...

6:40 pm

te5 ... a tent.

6:40 pm

or wigwam.

6:41 pm

Now I'm confused.......

6:41 pm

Oh thanks, mo!!

6:42 pm

yw ... I really must go now .... poof.....

6:42 pm

try te +urine

6:43 pm

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dsteve nts.html

6:48 pm

Fireworks!!

6:49 pm

And goodnight...must be up early!!

6:51 pm

according to that website, Kris, the time I thought it was is correct. What was Mo talking about?

6:51 pm

She's got to be a week ahead of herself, at least!!!

6:52 pm

The US doesn't change time until next Sunday.

6:53 pm

Thanks, Gwen - someone on here thinks it is today!!!

6:54 pm

Didn't it used to be the last Sunday in October? In any case, it's now the first Sunday in November.

6:57 pm

But, if you live in the UK, today was the fall back day

6:57 pm

congress changed it--supposed to save energy

6:58 pm

Rumor has it, that Cogress did it so that kids would go tric or treating with an extra hour of daylight

6:58 pm

blame it on the candy lobby

7:00 pm

So, the folks in UK who are normally sign on for the flip will be surprised tonight!

7:07 pm

If there's anyone on who could clue me the last me6, it would be greatly appreciated.

7:08 pm

I'd like that, too

7:09 pm

me + brownish color, misspelled

7:09 pm

Oh, well, I guess we're on our own on this one, Gwen

7:10 pm

Thanks dan!

7:10 pm

Guess I'm just too dense - didn't get it.

7:11 pm

"any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze. "

7:11 pm

That doesn't help much, does it.

7:11 pm

Light went on. Thanks Dan2, Gwen

7:17 pm

Any help for us5? (assuming us6 is the pl)

7:20 pm

Nevermind.

7:20 pm

Anyone need a clue before I go?

7:24 pm

Alrighty then. Bye.

be6/7 pls - hi gwen

7:26 pm

Just caught me -- clue I saw earlier was don't worry, be6

7:26 pm

(another word for happy)

ty gwen and good night!

7:27 pm

You're welcome. And **poof**

7:28 pm

Hello again. 70 left and I don't think I will finish

hi scrabs. watching the ball game.

7:29 pm

I forgot about baseball. I am watching House reruns.

is the ps word a common one?

7:31 pm

I don't have a ps word yet

7:31 pm

hi folks ... finished earlier, need a clue? (owl .. ps ... tell you a secret)

7:31 pm

Aha, a sneaky word. Ty, welki

aHA! thanks welk!

7:32 pm

:)

7:32 pm

Our Buffalo Bills pulled off a win today vs Carolina.

and it was in either yesterday or friday's grid

7:33 pm

i spent too long looking for it myself. can't get accustomed to looking for 'sounds' as words

7:34 pm

scrab, how fare are you from albany?

7:34 pm

and how far, too

7:35 pm

5 hrs west of albany

how long did it take to to get home from mahwah?

7:36 pm

Montvale--6 hrs to here

7:37 pm

first su5 please?

7:37 pm

NM, monkey found it

not bad...are you a speed demon?

7:39 pm

At most 7 miles over speed limit and cruise control keeps me there.

7:39 pm

I go across Rte 17/86

86 = thruway?

7:40 pm

'night, then ... 'see' you tomorrow

no wait, thruway = n87

7:40 pm

Not NYS Thruway. It is the major route of southern portion of NYS

7:41 pm

Bye Welki

night, welk!

scrabs, did you hear that welki will be in NJ for thanksgiving? where do you go for the holiday?

7:42 pm

clues for the sp5-6 combos please?

7:42 pm

I am on call Thanksgiving so I will be here--must be within 30 min of hospital

rymes with your babblename

wait a sec

s+ a down to earth person can be called p***matic

7:44 pm

Monkey found second pair

so you are ok then?

7:46 pm

I need the first pair--don't get your clue

7:47 pm

? phlegmatic person

s + p*** someone from your own age group, then pl

7:48 pm

TY, Shari

YW

7:48 pm

Oh, Owl, pragmatic!

7:49 pm

Where do you live, Shari? and welcome to Babble!

doh

Vancouver, WA (across the Columbia River from Portland, OR)

7:50 pm

Big DOH for me!

time to pack for the week. happy babbling

7:50 pm

Nice to meet you, Shari.

7:50 pm

Good luck, Owl, and be careful driving.

Thanks, you too.

7:52 pm

At 204/44 I need to take care of laundry and then get to bed.

G'night, Scrabbler.

7:54 pm

Oh phooey -- just saw a mention of Mahwah NJ, where my uncle and family lived and I visited ages ago!

7:55 pm

Is that where Scrabbler works now?

7:55 pm

Hi all -- 2 to go . . .

7:57 pm

Hi jilli and all!

7:57 pm

hi all

7:57 pm

Fireworks

7:57 pm

Hi, jmc!

7:57 pm

hi jellen :)

7:58 pm

Hi jmc

7:58 pm

whoo hoo jill

7:58 pm

hi and ty jmc :)

7:58 pm

*giggle* wht you are good and truly stuck

7:58 pm

hello wht

7:58 pm

Yay, jilli!

7:59 pm

may I help anyone after I get the other half of my vod-rox?

7:59 pm

It's worse. My daughter has started now.

8:00 pm

Say hi to silversprklbrst, though she might not notice because she is on the phone.

8:00 pm

Hi jilli

8:01 pm

hi silver *waves real big so she will see*

8:01 pm

hi shari too!

8:02 pm

pls jill i just started

8:08 pm

fireworks and happy for it!

8:09 pm

whoo hoo merk!

8:10 pm

Yay, Merk!

8:10 pm

sorry i am at a board meeting so occasionally get distracted

8:10 pm

ty so much ... enjoy the grid and see you tomorrow

8:11 pm

bye merk

8:11 pm

lol, jmc!

8:12 pm

I am playing in an online poker tournament at the moment...

8:12 pm

that sounds distracting too

8:13 pm

Just a little...

8:16 pm

evening all, clue for the de8/50 please?

8:17 pm

Hi, Words, not there yet...

8:18 pm

hello babblers

8:18 pm

de_after I pound the nail with a ham***, I will put some ***t on my french fries

8:19 pm

clue for the po6 and the last pu5 pls (last 2)?

8:20 pm

po6 = po5 plural

8:21 pm

?? po5 already is plural

8:22 pm

thanks for the clue, tc. :)

8:22 pm

Thanks, tc!

8:22 pm

oops wrong pu 5, sorry

8:23 pm

po6 is past tense of po4

8:23 pm

got the pu 5 thanks

8:24 pm

softess

8:24 pm

i've tried ponses and the mail one, where am i going wrong?

8:24 pm

hi everyone -- back for the tough stuff

belated hi, jmc!

8:25 pm

Hi, nan!

8:28 pm

got it, thanks for y0our help tce

8:28 pm

Good evening all. May I please have a clue for em5-12? Thanks

8:29 pm

em + b*** and pretzels are a football snack

8:29 pm

em 5 = arabic prince (has double vowel in middle)

8:29 pm

hi everyone!

8:29 pm

em5: subliminal messages are em 7 -- make it present tense

8:29 pm

Hi, peach

8:30 pm

Hi there Jellen.

8:30 pm

em5-12 Islamic chieftan

8:30 pm

Hi, lbd

8:30 pm

hi Jellen!

8:30 pm

urps

8:30 pm

urem

8:30 pm

ureb

8:30 pm

uree

8:30 pm

oops sorrry

8:31 pm

lol, that's how i let my monkeys roam too, tc

8:31 pm

yikes, i hate when that happens

8:32 pm

urps should be a word!

8:32 pm

Thanks so much, tcicher, lbdawger, gortmold and cybernan.

8:32 pm

jellen, start with a b

8:32 pm

I thought so too...............NOT

8:32 pm

teehee

8:32 pm

I thought I only did that stuff because i'm new. I feel better now. Ty

8:32 pm

turn the p upside down and it is

8:33 pm

Hi again all -- I can clue for a while if I don't get typosis

8:33 pm

Got that one, thanks, jilli...

8:33 pm

hi Jilli! how was the concert last night?

8:33 pm

It was amazing, lbd!

8:34 pm

what did they perform?

8:35 pm

baroque music on baroque instruments -- Vivaldi, Telemann, Fasch, and a composer thought mediocre at the time, J.S. Bach

8:36 pm

ooooh, i bet it was lovely! i love baroque

8:36 pm

with an incredible harpsichord performance

8:37 pm

you are so fortunate to get such talent up there.

8:37 pm

Its a group from Montreal, the Arion Ensemble. Yes, this is an extraordinary little island.

8:41 pm

Doesn't anyone need a clue?

8:42 pm

Too many, jilli...140 left...

8:42 pm

Yes, please.....de6-21? Thanks

Sure... su9,84 please

8:42 pm

de + not pepper

8:43 pm

su9 is plural or the su8

8:43 pm

Thanks, lbdawger.

duh to me!

8:43 pm

su9/84 is a pl of a weird word -- think below a bus station

8:44 pm

yw

8:44 pm

oh, didn't realise you had the singular, shari!

8:45 pm

there are lots of plurals here!

Yep, that's why I can't believe I didn't see it.

8:45 pm

and lots of weird words!

8:45 pm

I don't, jilli...working on your clue now...

8:46 pm

su8 under + home ***** counterpart to Lowes

8:46 pm

May I please have a clue for pe6-24? Thanks

8:46 pm

Thanks, jilli and lbd!

8:47 pm

pe6/24 -- alt sp of one who sells stuff

8:48 pm

pe6, foot + the eyes of **u*a Mars

8:48 pm

(pl)

8:48 pm

Thanks much, jilli.

8:49 pm

yw peach :)

8:49 pm

Thanks much, lbdawger.

8:49 pm

back

8:49 pm

Thanks lbd. I had gone over and not under and was very confused.

8:49 pm

front! hi JMC!!

8:49 pm

who is **u*a Mars? Never heard of her

8:50 pm

hi jmc

8:50 pm

it's a spooky movie, Jilli

8:50 pm

that was a movie jill but I forget her name

8:50 pm

**u*a Ingalls Wilder?

8:50 pm

I'm totally out of the spooky movie loop

8:51 pm

i only remember it because of the theme song, it was very haunting.

8:51 pm

I'm also totally out of the current songs loop :(

8:52 pm

not that current, back in the 70's? i'll go look it up

8:52 pm

Hi, tor

8:52 pm

70s is current to me, lol -- remember I'm ancient!

8:52 pm

Heyas kids ..

8:53 pm

hiya torg!!!

8:53 pm

Hey there, torgone.

8:53 pm

hey torg

8:53 pm

peach -- why is 1066 in you handle?

8:53 pm

me6-24 the 1st please....thanks

8:54 pm

descended from Harold or William?

8:54 pm

same as the pe6/24

8:54 pm

Just some numbers put together, jilli.

8:54 pm

hi Torg! Jilli, 1978 was the year it came out.

8:54 pm

oh my, peach -- you don't know the significance?

8:55 pm

dawg, in 1976 we were immersed in Dane breedign and not listening to music

8:55 pm

the battle of hastings?

8:55 pm

Thanks jilli.....no, dear, I don't know the significance....please enlighten me.

8:55 pm

yep, jmc!

8:56 pm

yeah i did learn something in HS

8:56 pm

battle of hastings!

8:56 pm

As jmc said, the Battle of Hastings, the Norman Conquest of England

8:57 pm

There's a wonderfully funny-clever book called 1066 And All That

8:57 pm

Oh, my goodness. Maybe I was there, eh?

8:57 pm

and the Bayeaux Tapestry!

8:57 pm

You must have slept through it

8:57 pm

william the bastard

8:58 pm

Probably, jilli.

8:58 pm

what is the Bayeaux Tapestry?

8:58 pm

it was a rather noisy affair, Peach! lol

8:58 pm

Google it, joey

8:58 pm

i would think tapestry would be quite

8:58 pm

k, thanks

8:58 pm

the Bayeaux Tapestry depicts the battle of hastings

8:58 pm

thanks

8:59 pm

I got some great pics at Stanford Bridge this last trip -- where Harold had just defeated the Danish king before racing south to get an arrow in is eye at Hastings.

8:59 pm

back in a bit, gotta get some tea

8:59 pm

British history is so rich

8:59 pm

kewl, Nan. i'd love to see them

9:00 pm

*zips mouth shut*

9:00 pm

why, jmc?

9:00 pm

If I can ever figure out how to access by flicker acount, dawger -- have forgotten both my user name and the password!

9:00 pm

Tea does sound good, lbdawger....I'll have some too.

9:01 pm

stalled at 85 to go here -- guess I should list

9:01 pm

a) all history is rich

9:01 pm

nan, it's your yahoo acct stuff

9:02 pm

b) british history was made by the rich (lords and roylaty)

9:02 pm

yeah -- can't remember that either -- aren't the golden years wonderful?

9:02 pm

and american history wasn't, jmcrick?

9:02 pm

Well, jmc, Guy Fawkes Day is Nov 5 . . .

9:03 pm

actually not so much

9:03 pm

well, maybe I should have said it's long.

9:04 pm

well blowing up parliament is a little out of my realm ;-)

9:04 pm

I didn't intend to satrt an argument and now I need some supper.

9:04 pm

em7-36 please.....thanks

9:04 pm

that wasn't done by a rich lord, jmc

9:05 pm

ar 5/16?

9:05 pm

true -- nor were the luddites

9:06 pm

em7/36 -- em + Gaelic language + cons. (first attempt at a clue)

9:06 pm

ty jill -- good clue

9:07 pm

so, jmc, I disagree with your b) british history was made by the rich (lords and roylaty)

9:07 pm

do you have one for the ar?

9:07 pm

oh, so glad, nan!

9:08 pm

ar + girl "coming out" to society and pl

9:08 pm

ty again

9:09 pm

yw

9:09 pm

but the battle of hasting, the magna carta (wrongfully identified as the rights of common man), wm penn and jury nullification, the English Civil War (both sides), the War of the Roses, .. ..

9:10 pm

So what? Does that make it invalid?

9:10 pm

i like history of all sorts. i find it facinating that humans, really aren't all that different when it comes to taking what they want and fighting for what they believe is theirs

9:10 pm

no not at all it was just what came to mind when you used the phrase "rich history"

9:11 pm

oh, I see, lol!

9:11 pm

sorry it came out all snarky!

9:12 pm

lol,found a interesting article that show you how to set up a copy of windows xp live on a usb stick!!:))

9:12 pm

Am down to two and dragging....please de5-16....thanks

9:12 pm

Good for you, crossy, and hi!

9:12 pm

why would you want to crossy???? *baffled look*

9:12 pm

de+ fuel

9:13 pm

hi crossy

9:13 pm

in case of a meltdown in your os and you wanted to rescue files,it would be invaluable

9:13 pm

de5/16 -- like the artist of ballerinas -- or remove petrol

9:13 pm

as 8?

9:13 pm

evening all

9:13 pm

oh, lbd beat me to it so succinctly

9:13 pm

Thanks, lbdawger. and jillibus.

9:14 pm

as8 nasty stuff that causes cancer. once used as insulation

9:14 pm

so if I got a blue screen of death i could use the stick to rescue it?

9:14 pm

yes jmc

9:14 pm

as8 -- stuff used in construction which caused lung problems including cancers

9:14 pm

hi jes

9:14 pm

Hi there, jesdraggon.

9:14 pm

wish i had had that a month ago then

9:14 pm

garsu

9:14 pm

as8-mesothelioma

9:14 pm

garsp

9:14 pm

lbd wins again :(

9:14 pm

hi Jes

9:14 pm

Hi, jes

9:15 pm

two of the computers at the office had blue screens of death

9:15 pm

mainly is for virus attacks on your main os in c drive,this would allow you to work around the virus and rescue undestroyed files

9:15 pm

tc, leave out the r !

9:15 pm

Jilli, I've forgotten what you clued for the em7-36...would you mind giving it to me again? Thanks

9:15 pm

mesothelioma?

9:15 pm

ty jill

9:15 pm

em + Gaelic language + cons

9:15 pm

the cancer caused by as8, Jes

9:16 pm

Thanks, jillibus.

9:16 pm

ah, thanks dawg

9:16 pm

glad it worked, peach

9:16 pm

em +h** royal majesty + ***dative, like vicodin

9:16 pm

sorry for the interruption but it had a neatness factor of 10;)..back to babble i go

9:17 pm

jes, I did vote -- how's it going?

9:17 pm

kewl info, Crossy

9:17 pm

8th in the state this morning :)

9:17 pm

vicodin isn't a sedative..

9:17 pm

no where can i find the article I could really use this information

9:17 pm

we seem to be holding pretty steady there...

9:17 pm

should we vote "early and often", jes?

9:18 pm

Thank you lbdawger.....that was fireworks. Sweet dreams.

9:18 pm

daily, jilli :)

9:18 pm

ty for reminded me jes brb

9:18 pm

Yay, peach!!!

9:18 pm

if you would... that'd be great :)

9:18 pm

thanks, jam!

9:18 pm

ok, jes, will try -- was tied up for the last 2 days -- when does it end?

9:18 pm

whoo hoo peach

9:19 pm

were you a hostage jilli?

9:19 pm

YAY peach!!!

9:19 pm

you know, i'm not even sure, jilli. i'll have to look. who had you tied up?

9:19 pm

whoooo hooooo PEACH!!!

9:19 pm

here you go jmc http://www.trickspedia.com/tips/how-to -run-windows-xp-from-a-usb-stick/

9:19 pm

what, ruru???

9:19 pm

yay peach!

9:19 pm

you were tied up for two days.. was someone holding you hostage?

9:19 pm

Hi, ruru

9:19 pm

ty crossy!

9:20 pm

Oh, I see -- various people, like bridge players, musicians, lunch pals, grocers, etc etc

9:20 pm

hi jellen.. congrats on the poker winnings I hear

9:20 pm

send the mounties! save jill!

9:20 pm

dudley dooright on the way....

9:20 pm

ROFL!

9:20 pm

Thanks, ruru!

9:21 pm

any time for you, ruru!

9:21 pm

here is a full tuttorial for this task jmc...

9:21 pm

did dudley dooright's horse have a name?

9:21 pm

http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4 176

9:21 pm

eg 5?

9:22 pm

May I go and zap something for supper now, please?

9:22 pm

uh... I don't remember

9:22 pm

plural the exclamation, nan

9:22 pm

eg 4/7, pluralled

9:22 pm

yes jilli.. zap away

9:22 pm

plural, nan

9:22 pm

ty so much crossy i take help where ever i find it!

9:23 pm

duh ty jill

9:23 pm

back soon . . .

9:23 pm

bye jilli

9:23 pm

bye jilli

9:23 pm

I did that with another word too nan

9:23 pm

bye jill

9:24 pm

nice to have you back after vacation nan..

9:25 pm

think I should go make din din..

9:25 pm

ta ta for now

9:26 pm

bye, ruru

help with me6,24 pls

9:29 pm

it's like the pe6.24 me + 4th letter + letter before M + **e you sleeping, brother john

9:29 pm

bye Ru

9:29 pm

bye ru

9:29 pm

bye jill

TKS, only 4 left

9:29 pm

bon apetit, Jilli

9:30 pm

go shari go!

9:30 pm

go shari

9:30 pm

the last me 6, please?

9:31 pm

me + not bottom + vowel

9:31 pm

ty dawger

9:32 pm

yw

9:34 pm

so i am thinking that my goal for the night is nbt and am getting no where with the singleton E

9:35 pm

Hi all...jmc...it's er5

9:36 pm

looking for last em5/12? plz/thx

9:36 pm

hi pini!

9:36 pm

Hi, Pini

9:36 pm

hi jellen ;)

9:36 pm

er5.10, the chorus of a song is like a ver** of a poem, plural it

9:36 pm

Hi Pini

9:37 pm

hi lbd ;)

9:37 pm

ty lbd

9:38 pm

nbt so everything now is gravy

9:38 pm

git'r dun, jmc! :)

9:39 pm

is that em5/12 a fish?

9:39 pm

not happening pini i started at 8:30 and have been in a meeting most of the time

9:39 pm

oh my, sorry to hear, jmc...hope all went well! :)

9:40 pm

em5.12 is one that we've seen before, so, yes, it's a fish

9:40 pm

ok...looking ;)

9:40 pm

it went fine I just could concentrate on babble the way i need to

9:41 pm

I know what you mean ;)

9:41 pm

*couldn't

9:42 pm

Meetings on Sunday? Blasphemy!

9:42 pm

wrong religion torg

9:42 pm

su 8?

9:42 pm

besides we are meeting about conscientious objection to war

9:43 pm

I thought so ..

9:43 pm

su8 = interim teacher (abbrev) + alt word for bus "station"

9:43 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

9:43 pm

su8, below + home *****, counterpart to Lowes

9:43 pm

hi min

9:43 pm

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

9:43 pm

hi min

9:43 pm

or what lbd said

9:43 pm

Hello Min! welcome to the grid. how are you tonight?

9:43 pm

good evening, minveryork! welcome to the grid

9:44 pm

you thought we were meeting about COs? torg you have been paying attention!

9:44 pm

of6?

9:44 pm

ty -- great clue dawger!

9:44 pm

of + exam

9:44 pm

danke ;)

9:44 pm

hehe..microsoft now realizing the inherant problems with vista have issued a new keyboard that more accuratly relects what the users of vista will need to operate this os on a day to day basis...hehe... http://tinyurl.com/22tyu9

9:45 pm

what is it, a hammer? lol

9:45 pm

I always pay attention to everything .. I just don't always comment ..

9:45 pm

I am well lbdawger Just played pinball for many hours It was like a three hour game.I got 72+ million points.

9:45 pm

just look

9:46 pm

*snicker* very cute crossy

9:46 pm

i thought so as well;)

9:46 pm

oops -- blinking lights . . . shutting down for now

9:46 pm

crossy, how does one run low on virtual memory?

9:46 pm

good one, tor!

9:46 pm

do tell

9:46 pm

Gave up on grid at 5:26 with 181 words&2000 points.

9:47 pm

te 5/12?

9:48 pm

gave up on son cleaning his room june 15th 1996 at 8;45 am

9:48 pm

ROFL

9:48 pm

te5/12 home for an american indian

9:48 pm

wigwam, nan

9:48 pm

would that have been at birth, crossy? LOL

9:49 pm

naw he was 2

9:49 pm

ty tceicher

9:49 pm

hah. didja one better, crossy. when i got a part-time sorta-stepson, i told him i didn't care if he ever cleaned his room as long as it doesn't stink so badly it spreads to the rest of the house ;)

9:49 pm

and dawger

9:49 pm

close enough * wink *

9:49 pm

yw

9:49 pm

thats where im at now jes

9:50 pm

heheheh

9:50 pm

though i can write the drywall mud,paint and rug off on my taxes every year;))

9:50 pm

Well, now that my kids are grown and out of the house, how do I go about telling Koda to pick up after himself?

9:50 pm

My son's room looks like a Bangladesh landfill .. I don't go in there ..

9:50 pm

every year? do you re-do his room every year?

9:51 pm

every other year actually,with random rug cleaning and hole patching throughout

9:51 pm

are the supplies deducted from any allowance he might get?

9:52 pm

how old is your son, crossy?

9:52 pm

"might" being the optimal word in there

9:52 pm

yes..he is due to get his allowance back in 2034

9:52 pm

wow. dedicated. you could make him pay for it, maybe that'd decrease the holes?

9:52 pm

ROFL

9:53 pm

there is a stipulation in my will that when he finally get caught up,i get a new tombstone

9:53 pm

be 6?

9:53 pm

lol

9:53 pm

sorry -- be 6/33?

9:54 pm

its kind of like a localized bermuda triangle..thing go in there and vanish...never to be seen by man again

9:54 pm

nm -- found it

9:54 pm

be + another word for happy, rhymes with V** the Impaler

9:54 pm

when i go in there i tie a safty rope around my waist and the wife holds the other end...;(

9:55 pm

do you wear a hazmat suit?

9:55 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

9:55 pm

whoooo hoooooo NAN!!!

9:55 pm

amd o

9:55 pm

whoo hoo cyber!

9:55 pm

and i'm off to the pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:55 pm

nice clue ibdawger, thanx

9:56 pm

well i have a porta tank good for 20 min,so i tell the wife 10 min and ill give 3 tugs,if she dosent get that by 15 min,just haul me out

9:56 pm

by elbd

9:56 pm

gn ibd

9:56 pm

nite, dawger

9:56 pm

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

9:57 pm

anyone need clues before I go mack to my photo editing?

9:57 pm

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks!Good for you

9:57 pm

2 hours and 41 more words...I think I'm good for a little while... ;)

9:58 pm

150 words I may quit soon

9:58 pm

meeting starts at 8 am tomorrow

9:58 pm

151 and im almost done as well

9:58 pm

yay nan

9:58 pm

ok -- see you at the flip, then

10:01 pm

still annoyed that babble doesn't like degus. :(

10:05 pm

2nd bu5/16? plz/thx

10:05 pm

nm...got it

10:12 pm

hello friends!

10:12 pm

hey jes! (((degu hugs)))

10:12 pm

hullo stid!

10:12 pm

go cross go!

10:14 pm

down to 110...

10:15 pm

got 76 left here

10:15 pm

go jes go! will list in four more words (at 100 to go)

10:16 pm

I am taking a deliberate sanity break. Tom is finishing the pancakes for dinner... *sniffs air expectantly*

10:16 pm

there we go! listing!

10:16 pm

late dinner

10:18 pm

yes, well we just got back from the second rehearsal, we always eat late Sundays.

10:18 pm

hi stiddie

10:18 pm

hey jmc!

10:19 pm

rehearsal?

10:20 pm

yes, they are both in an orchestra outside of school -- one in the "academy" the other in the "conservatory" BIG investment in time, substantial investment in money... but they love it and they are very good so it's worth it. Usually.

10:20 pm

some days, I wish we had two at-home weekend days.

10:21 pm

BE 6/33 please?

10:21 pm

*sounds of adolescent elephants trying to reach the feeding trough*

10:21 pm

not looking good it is the top of the 8th with 2 outs and a 3-2 count

10:21 pm

heheh. but it's good for the, right?

10:22 pm

I hope it's good for them! LOL that's why we do it, of course!

10:22 pm

stiddie dont be sad, be6/33

10:22 pm

thanks jmc!

10:22 pm

I am now B-calmed (that tile is grey)

10:22 pm

yw

10:23 pm

bewitch bothered and bewildered am I

10:24 pm

lost my heart, but what of it? he is ____ I agree (forget that word) he can laugh, but I love it because the laugh's on me....

10:26 pm

first DE 5 please? after the young girls "coming out"

10:26 pm

de + fuel

10:26 pm

hiya stid!

10:27 pm

like degus, but not

10:27 pm

hey pini

10:27 pm

lol still sulking jes?

10:27 pm

how was your weekend? did the young-uns ever wake up for their trip?

10:28 pm

until they admit the degus and tegus, yes! no reason to ban such cute critters.

10:28 pm

they did, but came back with nothing :(

10:28 pm

OH! thanks! took me forever, was using the wrong vowel.

10:29 pm

how about that DE 8?

10:29 pm

last de6 plz/thx?

10:29 pm

what should they have brought back? ticks?

10:30 pm

I would guess de+ not pepper

10:30 pm

de4 + hook + my gal ***

10:30 pm

LAST DE 6: a dictator who rules with mean intent

10:30 pm

which de4???

10:30 pm

hm. thanks pini *thinking*

10:31 pm

oop nm

10:31 pm

* thinking * (last de6)

10:32 pm

got it!

10:32 pm

Ds done!

10:32 pm

:)

10:32 pm

* still thinking *

10:33 pm

Hello again and fireworks!

10:33 pm

whoo hoo jell

10:34 pm

Congratulations Jellen on your fireworks! Good for U!

10:34 pm

wtg jellen ;)

10:34 pm

Couldn't have done it without some great clues!

10:34 pm

YAY jellen!

10:35 pm

yay jellen :)

10:35 pm

EM 7 please?

10:35 pm

got the de6/7!!

10:36 pm

go pini go!

10:36 pm

yay pini

10:37 pm

em + I am well-v***** in auction lingo now

10:37 pm

thanks Jellen!

10:38 pm

clues for the 5 and 6 right before that 7?

10:38 pm

that em word, why isnt the present tense in dict? it says it isnt.

10:38 pm

Arab ruler + plural

10:38 pm

a saudi-type prince word, jes, alternate spelling

10:39 pm

Don't know, mkg

10:39 pm

I am stuck on the es ... please?

10:39 pm

grah. alternate spellings always trip me up

10:39 pm

thansk

10:39 pm

e + opposite of go

10:39 pm

speaking of alternate spelling

10:39 pm

:-)

10:41 pm

GAH. dumb old fishy babblet thingy. thanks!

10:42 pm

last ME 6 please?

10:42 pm

me + not bottom + vowel

10:43 pm

Hello all :)

10:43 pm

po6/21 plz/thx?

10:43 pm

Hi again, jilli!

10:44 pm

hey jill

10:44 pm

Po**ius Pilate + two letter plural

10:44 pm

jellen beat me to the clue

10:45 pm

nm...got it ;)

10:45 pm

(chog report: mine is extremely slow! so sorry if I overtype someone or am delayed in response)

10:46 pm

wow,get ready pet owners in the states someone has written up a bill,if passed in the house would let you write off any and all pet expenses of up to $3500.00 on your yearly taxes..call obama and show your support for this bill! hehe

10:46 pm

And she didn't need it anyway :-P

10:46 pm

Seriously??

10:46 pm

thanks for the ME!

10:46 pm

Sounds good to me, crossy!!!!

10:46 pm

seriously...... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/sto ry.php?storyId=113791908&sc=nl&cc=es-2 0091025

10:47 pm

I see there are abundant cluers -- going to get my icon for Pet Monday

10:47 pm

I take my cat to a heart specialist...that would be great for me!

10:48 pm

th shelters would empty out in 6 months!

10:48 pm

thanks for that PO 6!

10:48 pm

I can't get the page to load...and you tinyurl it?

10:48 pm

though i imagine you would need recipts

10:48 pm

kk..

10:49 pm

http://tinyurl.com/ykg2j7n

10:50 pm

thx crossy

10:50 pm

np,actually a good idea..though shelter workers would be out of work...

10:51 pm

the bill is called ..you will love this.. the H.A.P.P.Y act

10:52 pm

Rs removed!

10:52 pm

Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years

10:52 pm

yaa for stid

10:53 pm

HuRRah for stid!

10:54 pm

never met a shelter worker who wouldn't be happy to be un-needed. but i doubt it'll empty the shelters.

10:54 pm

I like the idea of the HAPPY Act...

10:55 pm

the people who would get benefit from it are the people who do enough charity and/or have enough other deductions to bother itemizing, because pet expenses alone wouldn't be enough.

10:56 pm

and the people who spend enough on their pets to hit that deduction already have enough money to take care of their pets... it wouldn't, in any direct way i can see, help lowincome people with their pets.

10:56 pm

I found the 9 by myself!

10:56 pm

down to 17 now

10:56 pm

i mean, it's all feel-good and look we love animals, but it doesn't seem... practical

10:57 pm

dang stid. i've still got 50 left. you're going more than twice as fast as me!

10:57 pm

Awww...jes, the voice of reason...

10:57 pm

yeah, i know. much much too analytical

10:57 pm

I have help *munching on pancakes*

10:58 pm

first SU 5/14 please? before the first SU 4

10:59 pm

which is not to say that i wouldn't take TOTAL advantage of it if it passes, because i spend way more than that every year.

10:59 pm

down to 15 here...and going extremely sloooooooow

10:59 pm

add "humpback" in the following su4

10:59 pm

I think it's a Toyota model

11:00 pm

s + not down + sun god

11:01 pm

I agree, with both sides of this discussion. I have a pet I love and am not fiscally able to do as much as is optimal for health. This bill would help us. AND there are way more things that would help people -- like full pre-tax discounts for paying for post-secondary education and vocational education.

11:01 pm

go pini go

11:01 pm

thanks Jellen and pini

11:02 pm

game over yankees win pennant and I am going to bed

11:02 pm

us5?

11:02 pm

night jmc!

11:02 pm

Yay, my brother and nephews will be happy!

11:02 pm

nm..got it

11:02 pm

i'm also pretty stoutly a believer that pets are optional. if you >need< a tax break to afford to feed them, you probably shouldn't have them.

11:02 pm

sweet dreams jmc

11:02 pm

and I totally disagree with spending precious tax money on pets when people are still without insurance *poof*

11:02 pm

us + how old you are

11:03 pm

g'night jam!

11:03 pm

thx jellen ;)

11:03 pm

Children are pretty much optional, and there are tax breaks for them :-)

11:04 pm

good point, jellen. i've opted not to have chilluns so i can afford my dogs ;)

11:04 pm

I'm also voluntarily childless...

11:06 pm

Children are NOT "pretty much optional" though I am sure you are just using an expression -- they are the way our species provides for care of the elderly and creates a future. Being voluntarily childless is wonderful, but for those of us who aren't, what you said was hurtful.

11:06 pm

and I wrote that with love in my heart for you, as my friend.

11:07 pm

Sorry, stid...I was using hyperbole, I think...

11:07 pm

that's what I figured. (((Jellen)))

11:07 pm

children are optional ... you *opt* to have them :P

11:08 pm

Hi, Ata!

11:08 pm

not all of us Atalante... though we love them once they arrive.

11:08 pm

as a species, that's true. but on an individual basis, it IS a choice stid. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that was the point of the statement. Some of us, like meself, are just much too aware of the fact that we'd be terrible parents to opt in on that

11:08 pm

i'm glad that other people have kids, but also very very very glad that i have the option of not doing so

11:09 pm

not everyone loves unwanted children, unfortunately. luckily most places allow abortion

11:09 pm

me too jes!

11:09 pm

but I was really just playing with words

11:09 pm

1st ru5/12? plz/thx

11:09 pm

and not all unplanned children are unwanted, too. These are important distinctions.

11:09 pm

and i would second the earlier opinion that tax money and/or deductions are better directed at children's health or education than deductions for pet food, despite the fact that the pet care deduction would directly benefit me

11:10 pm

ru5, outside of the cities

11:10 pm

ru5 not urban

11:10 pm

thx flosey ;)

11:10 pm

hello everyone

11:10 pm

yw Pini

11:10 pm

Hi, flosey!

11:11 pm

hi flosey :)

11:11 pm

hey flosey, welcome to the grid! :-D

11:11 pm

I am down to 5 fishy words.

11:11 pm

go stid go

11:11 pm

4 here * big grin *

11:11 pm

well. that's... hmm. bruce just found a kama sutra poster on an image search for "youth aid"

11:11 pm

(although that won't last long...stid will be flying by soon)

11:11 pm

btw, can you see my new icon or is it still the computer

11:12 pm

lady holding baby, flosey

11:12 pm

woman and baby, flosey

11:12 pm

it's a lady with a baby, flosey -- your'n?

11:12 pm

yes, that's my daughter holding William

11:12 pm

very cute! :)

11:13 pm

this is a lovely picture! he is growing so fast!

11:13 pm

re5/16?

11:13 pm

ty, she sends me pics every few days

11:13 pm

re5 is a picture puzzle

11:13 pm

re + public transit

11:14 pm

oooh, new word(s) for me!

11:14 pm

now one.

11:14 pm

Go, stid!

11:15 pm

firewords!!!!

11:15 pm

32 :(

11:15 pm

yay stid!

11:15 pm

yay stid!

11:15 pm

still 45 minutes jes, you can do it

11:15 pm

1 here, too

11:15 pm

hmm. maybe if i had ANY sp words, that would help...

11:15 pm

wtg stid!

11:15 pm

Yay, stid!!!

11:15 pm

go jes go!!! *holds out bag of doggie treats at finish line* go pini go!!

11:15 pm

it's a 7

11:16 pm

sp: dots on dogs?

11:16 pm

well thos were easy

11:16 pm

(that would give you two)

11:16 pm

LOL and there is an SP 5/6 combo that sounds like an arrowhead on the end of a long stick

11:16 pm

Boy, stid really sp** through the grid!

11:16 pm

em7...a fish?

11:17 pm

em7 not a fish...

11:17 pm

totally dipped in water pini

11:17 pm

not a fish

11:17 pm

em 7: sounds like "submerged" imm.....

11:18 pm

OY!!!! I thought I tried that...

11:18 pm

;)

11:18 pm

Yay, Pini!!!!

11:18 pm

LOL pini!

11:18 pm

sorry, should have said "sounds like"

11:18 pm

Hi -- back with new icon

11:18 pm

thx for the clues...

11:18 pm

hi jilli

11:18 pm

...going to change my icon, too...brb

11:19 pm

Love it, jilli!

11:19 pm

I should change, too. Tired of being yellow. back in a few.

11:19 pm

great story jilli

11:19 pm

Ty, jellen :)

11:20 pm

flosey -- great picture of your pet baby!

11:20 pm

thanks jilli

11:21 pm

he looks so much like his dad

11:21 pm

just checked my writeup and there's only a little bit showing! Anyone get the whole thing?

11:22 pm

I can see it all

11:22 pm

Never mind -- it's ok now.

11:22 pm

yes jilli, about half a page

11:22 pm

back with a Lucky pic for a while.

11:23 pm

cute Lucky

11:24 pm

Okay must go and tell the cats and dog about the HAPPY act...Okay, I'm really just going to feed and pill them as usual :-)

11:24 pm

like the icon, jill -- and the explanation

11:25 pm

sweet dreams jellen (((hugs for tim))) see you again soon I hope!

11:25 pm

thanks, stid -- and say hi to Lucky :)

11:25 pm

g'night jellen

11:25 pm

I see from your flickr pix that kid#2 got a haircut

11:25 pm

I am outta here too. Need to catch up on some small tasks.

11:26 pm

g'night, stid! have a lovely evening :)

11:27 pm

(((hugs all))) and yes, stidkid got a haircut to play Col. Pickering this summer. It's a bit shaggier now... *poof*

11:27 pm

G'night to all, except Ata, who gets an good early morn...

11:27 pm

night jellen and stid

11:29 pm

night Jellen!!

11:33 pm

be5,16, be6,27 please

11:35 pm

add a vowel to previous word, then pl

11:35 pm

thanks :)

11:35 pm

yw

11:35 pm

de8?

11:36 pm

when does it change?

11:36 pm

24 minutes

11:36 pm

hi all

11:36 pm

thanks jes

11:37 pm

how many words are possible in total?

11:37 pm

248

11:38 pm

thx

hi, i only have 20 minutes, dive!

11:40 pm

de8, de + im****e the dishes to be washed, + Mr. Gore - lengthy but good luck

11:40 pm

luck, gwen

11:42 pm

thanks, flosey!

11:42 pm

did it work?

11:42 pm

got it in one :)

11:42 pm

yw jes

11:42 pm

now i just need me6,24 and me7,36 and i'll be done

11:43 pm

olde fashionede Englishe fruit

11:43 pm

awooooga awoooooga (diving submarine sound) ;)

11:43 pm

reverse last 2 letters of me5 before and add hook

11:43 pm

then pl

11:44 pm

thankee... firewords!

11:44 pm

wtg jes ;)

11:44 pm

WTG Jes, good for you

11:44 pm

yay jes!

11:44 pm

<-- photo taken yesterday on a ridge near my dau's home...

11:44 pm

thanks for the clues!

11:45 pm

yvw jes

11:45 pm

cute one Pini

11:45 pm

gorgeous

11:45 pm

g'night all

11:46 pm

g'night jes

117 to go, opening the list!

11:51 pm

good luck Gwen

11:54 pm

thx...it was an extremely goregous day to go out and take a drive on the trails...

11:54 pm

gotta luv the PNW where there's lots-o-green all year 'round! :)

11:55 pm

here to help if you need it, gwen ;)

11:57 pm

hello

11:57 pm

hi mlf

11:57 pm

hi flosey

11:58 pm

hoping for a nice small one for tomorrow

11:59 pm

i have a feeling it might be

11:59 pm

hope your feelings are right! 150 would be good

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