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12:00 am

flip !

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip hiya mrp :)

12:00 am

aaaannnnnddd off we go!!!

12:01 am

hey mrp, flosey

12:01 am

and dart

12:01 am

ur 6

12:01 am

how many this time this looks ugly?lol

12:01 am

PB rose!!

12:02 am

hi da4, flosey, rose, MLF et al

12:02 am

Hi Mrp

12:02 am

* pout * oh, all right

12:02 am

hi mrp

12:03 am

I keep seeing 'lubricant'

12:04 am

only a guy would see ur6

12:04 am

what word were you seeing? lol

12:04 am

hehehe !!

12:05 am

lol mrp is that why i just found it?

Clues are up

12:05 am

tr 7

12:05 am

thanks lickety!

12:05 am

lickety?

12:05 am

ty lickety

12:05 am

thanx lickety

12:05 am

TR 6

12:06 am

TY Lickety!!

12:06 am

this grid officially sucks

12:07 am

TR 6 x 2

12:07 am

hy7

12:07 am

mrp i agree

12:07 am

phant cardinal

12:07 am

is lickety still here?

12:07 am

no MLF, he autoposted

12:07 am

grid would redeem itself if it would just let me get away with a touch of lycra, but no

12:08 am

flosey, I love the photo!

12:08 am

nbt finally

12:08 am

I got a couple of 8's from you guys... plurals

12:08 am

ca 6

12:08 am

oh thanks mrp

12:09 am

phant tribunal

12:09 am

how many this time?

12:09 am

is that the compound dartie??

12:09 am

168

12:09 am

168 mlf

12:09 am

thanks

12:09 am

I got a compound of animals with ca7

12:10 am

mine was a 6

12:10 am

Just spoke with Jilli, she has lost connectivity with the internet - hopefully it will be corrected soon

12:10 am

thank you mrp i got it

12:10 am

bugsy, ty, saw your message while I was talking with Jilli

12:10 am

give our love to jilli!

12:10 am

will do, thanks mrp

12:11 am

flosey what did she do to her internet ISP?LOL

12:11 am

ok, this more than sucks... this is grossly misrepresented as english words!

12:11 am

she is with a different carrier

12:11 am

yes, please pass on greetings to Jilli

12:11 am

will Bugsy

12:13 am

tu 6

12:13 am

tu8 and tu9

12:14 am

dartie, work off the tu6, but change that last vowel

12:14 am

only need the lone i for nbt

12:15 am

wish I had the tu 6

12:15 am

sounds like scratches rbud

12:15 am

me too ruru i dont have it either

12:15 am

ty mrp :)

12:15 am

ah, ty, nbt!

12:15 am

mlf and ruuuster... middle east headwear?

12:16 am

ohhhh THANKS

12:16 am

yvw dart

12:16 am

ooops, PB for me

12:17 am

GOT THEM

12:17 am

thanks mr. p

12:18 am

as 6 is a compound

12:18 am

can i come out now???

12:18 am

bu 6/7

12:19 am

burial

12:19 am

i know, i iknow, back i go....

12:19 am

you can go back now rose lol

12:19 am

that's the one rose

12:20 am

raspberries to all of ya!!!!

12:21 am

LOL rose!!

12:21 am

i'll just sit, munching on my nice BIG block of lindt choccy, so there

12:21 am

granny?

12:22 am

mmmmmm, yum yum

12:22 am

yes mlf

12:22 am

hey! share it around!!!

12:22 am

if i apologize for wanting you to go boack to pb can i have a little piece please?

12:23 am

nope, you have to come and get it!!!!!!

12:23 am

kinda far away though:(

12:23 am

rofl,mlf, just cos you made me laugh.....

12:23 am

hehe

12:24 am

halfway

12:24 am

it's a long swim mlf

12:24 am

hi all -- just got here -- this looks tough

12:24 am

half way ruru? wow!

12:24 am

cyber not been pleaseant for me

12:24 am

was wondering if it's just because I'm so tired!

12:24 am

floey i know lol

12:24 am

halfway????????

12:25 am

if mlf holds the breath, could make it here in record time, i bet

12:25 am

SHEESH i only have 52

12:25 am

granny i cant swim

12:25 am

this grid is a brute!!

12:25 am

100 here ml

12:25 am

walk, crawl, fly maybe

12:25 am

no fair dar lol

12:26 am

crawl on water hmm?

12:26 am

no list yet

12:26 am

mrp i completely agree

12:26 am

back when I have a pulse again... ciao

12:26 am

is that hy 7 or 8 whichever was called does that go from the hy 5?

12:26 am

yes dart, Lickety's list is up

12:26 am

i know...not using it yet

12:27 am

oh, I see, good for you

12:29 am

flosey, in sin bin with me, lots of choccy

12:29 am

aha, be right there, thanks granny

12:29 am

we'll make mlf jealous

12:30 am

just teasing mlf

12:30 am

shuffles over, here dear, milk, white or dark?

12:30 am

i got coffee?:)

12:30 am

dark please - it's actually good for you, you know

12:31 am

phant caricature

12:31 am

dark coffee or chocolate or both flosey?lol

12:31 am

full of anti-oxidants, i know * grin *

12:31 am

good one da4 fella

12:32 am

i am at a complete stand still ..60 words found..poof

12:32 am

love good strong coffee mlf - I hear it's the dark roast is better for you!

12:32 am

just got an li5, left me fish-breathing...( that's not a clue, it's a fact)

12:35 am

tks, got one too, don't know what it is

12:35 am

100

12:35 am

sounds bookish to me

12:36 am

have 2, neither sounds bookish

12:36 am

I have an li 5, my astrological sign...

12:36 am

well, maybe well-balanced then?

12:37 am

yep, that's the one

12:37 am

I have four--a vine, a poundish word, one that sounds Germanic or Scottish and one that is an abbreviation for a kind of particle accelerator. Ther may be others...

12:39 am

ty, jan!

12:39 am

have the vine and germanic sounding 5

12:40 am

ty, have your sign rbud

12:41 am

I have 4 li's -- 2 5's and 2 4's

12:41 am

have 3 x 4 and 2 x 5,

12:42 am

The b;s are brutal...

12:43 am

isn't the germanic sounding one really scottish

12:43 am

have 6 x bi, 1 x be, 2 ba 3 br, 1 bu

12:43 am

Actually you are right. It just looked German-like to me.

12:43 am

don't know cyber, just guessing

12:44 am

but then if you can have the li 5, why not the br 5 that rhymes?

12:44 am

have br x 5 so far, and bu x 3

12:44 am

6 x br

12:45 am

well, whoop-de-flippin'-do, just greyed my second tile. :(

12:45 am

5 bu's so far and 5 br's

12:45 am

4 ba's, be, 5 bi's, 3 br's and 3 bu's so far

12:45 am

6 br's...

12:46 am

5 ba's so far...

12:47 am

7 ba, 1 be, 6 bi, 6 br, 4 bu, 1 missing

12:48 am

B grayed

12:51 am

and the last b was what 2 letters, flosey?

12:52 am

bu5/16

12:53 am

I meant your last b? was that it?

12:53 am

(to complete the list you posted) :)

12:54 am

yes rbud, that was my last b word

12:55 am

okay, then, I need another bu - ty

12:55 am

half way and I"m listing!

12:56 am

a finished

12:57 am

115 here, taking five min. break.

12:58 am

you've earned it granny

12:59 am

maybe you'd like to give a clue for the as 6 then, flosey

1:00 am

garbage receptacle nan

1:01 am

ty -- didn't see that one

1:04 am

sorry nan, had left desk for a minute

1:07 am

I need a clue for the ar 6

1:08 am

ar + type of container + vowel (sorry, think it's a flower but not certain)

1:08 am

I mean the ending

1:08 am

thank you

1:09 am

yw ru

1:13 am

sure not getting anywhere with those ca's!

1:15 am

ca7 a red bird minus the middle letter

1:15 am

the third, more accurately

1:17 am

ty flosey -- that gave me 3 of them

1:17 am

good, yw nan

1:18 am

I need the last ca 7..

1:18 am

an animal and a fowl ru

1:19 am

oh geez

1:19 am

thank you flosey

1:19 am

yw ru

1:20 am

I have 14 left..

1:21 am

ty flos...that one is for fireworks

1:21 am

WTG Dart, good for you

1:21 am

yeahhhhh da4!!!

1:21 am

oops, said it again

1:24 am

WTG DA4!!!!!

1:27 am

WTG DA

1:28 am

there is a scottish saying a bout a beautiful evening -- three of those words are in the grid but only one is accepted!

1:29 am

congrats, da4

1:30 am

tried 3 nan, wonder if we're singing the same song

1:30 am

da 7/40?

1:30 am

I'm sure we are, ye ken!

1:32 am

tis a b, b, n tonight?

1:32 am

I need help on two da4 if you are still here?

1:33 am

ruru, male parents

1:33 am

don't have them all yet, ruru

1:33 am

da 7/40 da + Gilligan's 3 hour *o** + not poor but r**h

1:33 am

da + Life Saver

1:34 am

da 7 is da + letter + ur 4

1:34 am

da + RuBicon

1:36 am

thank you

1:36 am

now I just need a pointer towards the tr7

1:37 am

roman soldier?

1:37 am

which one?

1:37 am

the last one

1:38 am

last one is singular of the tr 8

1:39 am

if I had the 7 I would have the 8 ...lol

1:39 am

i thought you were down to your last word

1:39 am

nope those tr's right in a row

1:40 am

tr..pref. for 3+ cl4

1:40 am

I have the tr 7/40 and the last tr

1:40 am

thank you.

1:41 am

done

1:41 am

nj ruru

1:42 am

thank you dart and granny for those clues

1:42 am

this was a toughie

1:42 am

yw

1:42 am

can't stay awake, off to bed, maybe finish in the morning, goodnight all

1:42 am

bye flos

1:43 am

nite flosey..

1:43 am

crashing -- will have to get the last 16 tomorrow :)

1:43 am

where's jilli tonight?

1:43 am

she had an internet problem ru

1:43 am

she lost her internet i guess..someone said earlier

1:44 am

oh...

1:44 am

was me dart, she called

1:44 am

night all.. going to go read now.

1:45 am

bye ruru

1:45 am

I'm going to sleep

1:45 am

thanks again d-man

1:45 am

thx flos...just had a glance while typing in words

1:45 am

yvw ruru

1:46 am

half way 84 left for to-morrow nbts going to watch tv night all happy babbling

1:47 am

bye diem...heading out too..nite all

1:49 am

whoot, just got the8/9 combo, on my ownsome * grin *

hi all - could I get a clue for the as6, it's my last a word

1:58 am

will you share a clue for the 8/9 combo ??

1:58 am

as6: smoldering fire contains *** + beer comes in a ***

ty buffgirl!

1:59 am

YW, Faith

2:01 am

thinking christine

2:01 am

thinking christine

2:02 am

tu + hook letter + garbage can + mr gore, then plural for 9

2:04 am

tu8: Middle Eastern headwear ****an + that movie was great - it was sensat*o***

2:04 am

Thank you -- tried to use that ending with the tri wotds - didn't work.

2:07 am

Time for a cuppa, back soon

2:07 am

hurry back christine

2:08 am

good morning babblers!

2:08 am

faith, you finished?

2:09 am

hello swmbo

2:09 am

how's the grid? I just started

2:09 am

not so bad

2:10 am

i am at work, so is is kind of hit or miss, sometimes I have to leave suddenly, other times I have long stretches of babbling

2:11 am

know that well, when at work same for me

2:12 am

what kind of work do you do?

2:12 am

what kind of work do you do grannyrose, or did I ask that already?

2:12 am

I am the night nurse at a nursing home

2:12 am

recovery room nurse,

2:12 am

mostly residents sleep all night, just hourly rounds etc.

2:12 am

that explains it then, swmbo! * grin *

2:13 am

Wow, both nurses LOL

Good morning, could I get a clue for ai6, please?

2:13 am

lots of nurses play this.

2:13 am

if i had it marc, you'd have it, sorry

the ai6 i have is spelled a lot like the act of pulling a baby out of a woman

plural

2:14 am

marc, what we breathe + **e cat sat on **e mat, then plural for the 6

2:15 am

I think it's airbun - that donut thingie for after an operation.

2:15 am

no wait, i ha ai5/12 which is similar to the g word that dewcribes the size of you waist. then plural

2:15 am

sorry about the typos

thanks got it

2:16 am

yw marc

2:16 am

i need the u (sounds like sesame street: anybody got a used u???)

I had a grandma Rose

2:16 am

that is the first u

2:16 am

ah, us granny rose's are a common lot!

2:17 am

un + a three toed sloth

2:18 am

a 3 toeed sloth eh?

2:19 am

a nurse who doesn't do crosswords? oh well.... un + 2 vowels

2:19 am

off the left U

2:19 am

yeah i do crosswords, just am not familiar with 3 toed sloths *shrug*

2:19 am

Where is that FISH???

2:20 am

* grin * just yankin' your lariat, hun.

2:20 am

sometimes it kills me, the words are RIGHT there

2:20 am

salmon? smoked or fresh?

2:21 am

we don't have lariats here, just plain ole ropes

2:21 am

two-toed

2:21 am

that would be the Atlantic Cod, a dying species

2:21 am

that'll do

2:22 am

babrab, according to my dictionary, it is a 3 toed sloth

2:26 am

so many words almost happened in this grid *sigh*

2:28 am

i see one of the tools of my trade LOL ur6/21

2:28 am

and it's plural

2:29 am

just so

2:29 am

i keep wanting to enter uddle

2:31 am

or dahlia

2:31 am

my phantom was tributary

2:32 am

bi***day

2:32 am

yup, that's another

2:33 am

dactyl was another one for me, nearly went nuts trying to make it " work "

2:33 am

as i said, so many words almost happened

2:34 am

the flippin' h kept getting in the way * grin *

2:34 am

yeah thatH isn't of much use in this grid is it?

2:35 am

so, swmbo, how big is the nursing home?

2:35 am

ummm.... there are 4 hy words

2:36 am

60 regular beds, 8 residential care, which are really people who can mostly care for themselves

2:36 am

it is a brand new facility, really nice

2:37 am

so not so bad, then? how many on with you?

2:37 am

1 RN (me), 1 LPN and 6 direct care givers, not bad at all

2:38 am

not a bad ratio, bet you're busy at 6am.

2:38 am

that is the night shift, lots more on during the day

2:38 am

how about you, what kind of facility and workload

2:40 am

actually, on a wing of 15, we have 3 people who need care at 6 AM by 2 people. the other wings are similar

2:40 am

we currently have only 3 theatres, and a 5 bay recovery room, new owners are about to build 8 theatres and a 30 bay room, hope i can retire before that happens.

2:40 am

this is right in melbourne?

2:40 am

what is the nurse patient ratio?

2:41 am

brady is not a word, can you imagine???

2:42 am

more on the outskirts. the new owners are converting our sister hospital into the biggest women's health facility in the southern hemisphere ( plus oncology ) everything else is to be at my hospital, including cardiac surgery.

2:42 am

any clues on the na6/24 would be greatly received...just can't find it anywhere!

2:43 am

during the night, 3 RN's for 10 patients, can go up to 13, we have an ER attached to our hospital.

2:44 am

I'll bet THAT can get pretty busy!!!

2:44 am

na + ***-***, a dance, + plural letter

2:44 am

thanks granny! now I can call it a night!

2:45 am

makes life interesting, especially when the hierarchy are cost-cutting, reduce the staff, then admit.

2:45 am

yw ddb

2:46 am

yeah, we have a big health care crunch here in canad too, except that it is all publically funded

2:46 am

my spelling has gone to the dogs

2:47 am

i work in a private hospital, the rules are always being bent

2:48 am

all hospitals here are public, but some nursing homes are for profit. not this one though thank goodness. things are a lot tighter in for profits

2:49 am

i do a lot of on-call, not a lot of the theatre suite staff are qualified for recovery.our anaesthetic nurses are Div2's, which means they aren't allowed to do recovery.

2:51 am

i am winding down my nursing career, i used to be the director at another nursing home, but the stress was too much. now I tuck the little old lawdies in to bed at night and pass out laxatives, life is good LOL

2:52 am

speaking of which, it is going on for 5 AM, time to go change beds and call in staff, nice chatting with you!

2:52 am

did 12 years of geriatric care earlier in my career, decided that was enough, re-trained in critical care, et voila!

2:53 am

take care swmbo, hope you have a restful day, nice talking to you

2:53 am

:)

2:56 am

2 RNs just called in sick for the dayshift, i'd better get on the horn!

3:02 am

that's a bummer, swmbo, trying to find staff can be really difficult.

4:11 am

anybody out there

hi... nose stuck in grid lol

4:13 am

hi volley and rose

howdy

4:14 am

I need help with the ca 7/44 please

that is exactly the one I am looking for right now... I'll let you know if I find it

4:20 am

Here is a clue. Meow, tweet!

fish slap.... compound word... and was looking at the wrong c ty hydra!!!

is there only one ca 7?

4:22 am

thanks hydra, got it

4:22 am

Hi volley, Button, granny, swmbo. I don't know how many. I only have the one.

tyhx so much I tend to miss the obvious ones

4:23 am

Just peeped at list. There are 3 ca7 words. One ca7,44 and two 7,32.

ty hydra

4:28 am

felinerobin

have that one and the one that reminds you of a red bird; missing the other one

last one is ca 6/21 with an extra vowel at the end

finally found all the h's...

g'morning

hi

4:48 am

Hello everyone

hi

hi

5:23 am

Struggled down to 30, enough for me now. Goodnight all

5:45 am

Good morning, everyone and good night, Lynxx

5:45 am

My goodness, what a sticky grid today.

5:45 am

And Lynxxx doesn't sound as if it opened up to much of anything either ... pulling teeth, I fear.

5:50 am

good morning babble friends! lots of opps to play "name that proper noun" today!

5:50 am

I feel as if I am talking to myself.

5:50 am

round 1: famous lion from CS Lewis story

5:51 am

Hello Merk and Trif. It's not the easiest grid today, although no doubt others will like it. It takes work.

5:51 am

What does the lion's name start with ... I haven't had my coffee yet. Read the book saw the movie, but am brain dead.

5:51 am

as5, merk

5:51 am

hey there haz!

5:52 am

Hello! I'm just passing through, chat's quiet at this time of day.

5:54 am

Morning Haz and Hi all

5:55 am

Good morning, FM.

5:55 am

Looking back at the log the verdit on the grid is yucky?

5:55 am

Back from my errands and now munching some taramasalata and pitta bread.

5:56 am

It's not one that would having you writing poems in praise, put it that way. It is interesting. Interesting is one of those words that can be taken whatever way you like.

5:56 am

When people say 'It was an experience,' nine times out of ten you know it's not one they're in a rush to repeat.

5:56 am

LOL OK I take your comment advisedly

5:57 am

A bit like one of the challenges on 'Im a Celebrity...'

5:57 am

That's started again, hasn't it? Joy.

5:58 am

Oh, yes, ty.

5:58 am

name that proper noun: indian race that once numbered in the hundreds of thousands, now down to just one reservation on the island of dominica

5:58 am

Yes and Jordan is going back in.

5:58 am

'I'm a face you vaguely remember from the dim and distant past, now watch my every moves and see if you can summon up interest in giving me a job.'

5:58 am

You're right, Haz. I'm an early riser and always feel like I am alone here. Others awake are eating lunch , supper, or getting ready for bed.

5:59 am

Don't know Trif.

6:00 am

Googling feverishly...

6:00 am

Carib!

6:01 am

ding ding ding!!!

6:01 am

And that reminds me of chocolate.

6:01 am

good 'ole google

6:01 am

repeat round 1: name that famous lion from cs lewis story

6:01 am

I did try caribu in the vague hope that it might be accepted.

6:01 am

Aslan!

6:02 am

I think that's caribou, haz..

6:02 am

This is far better than housework.

6:02 am

and ding ding ding again for haz! well done!!!

6:02 am

I knew that one too but Haz typed faster than me.

6:02 am

I know, but I hoped Enable might have been in its more forgiving phase.

6:02 am

conciliatory ding ding ding for fmitch too!

6:03 am

enable has a forgiving phase?

6:03 am

too kind :)

6:03 am

morning all

6:03 am

I'm an optimist, Trif. Sometimes it accepts variations in spelling, I thought I'd blaze a trail for caribu.

6:03 am

morning blue! did it get any warmer where you are?

6:03 am

Good morning, blueheron.

6:03 am

BRB phone.

6:03 am

how's the grid today?

6:04 am

Interesting.

6:04 am

it has a tu4 that should tell you all you need to know....

6:04 am

yes it did Trif. yesterday was 58

6:05 am

All the Brits will only need the mention of Henry Cooper and Kevin Keegan to get br4/7 - the smell of men in the seventies.

6:06 am

lol haz, we had that delightful scent ourselves

6:06 am

I still think it's out there

6:06 am

Some things are best consigned to history.

6:06 am

still wafting around, enhancing chest hair and gold chains....

6:07 am

nehru jackets

6:07 am

Perms.

6:08 am

flowerpower

6:09 am

or was that the 60"s?

6:09 am

Just checked your age, blue, to see how far back our reminiscing can go. Late sixties for the flower power.

6:09 am

name that proper noun 3: surgeon from Holby City

6:09 am

Back again, and laughing at the memoreis of br4/7

6:10 am

yes I was just a young thing then...lol

6:10 am

You watch Holby City?

6:10 am

hi fm

6:10 am

Hi blue

6:10 am

no

6:11 am

when we can get it....BBC America has basically given up at this point...nothing but cash in the attic and you are what you eat, how clean is your house, and the devil (david dickinson) 12 hours a day. most disappointing

6:12 am

how about hells kitchen?

6:12 am

yes, that too.

6:12 am

anyway, the answer was Abra

6:12 am

I haven't watched Holby in ages, only surgeon I can think of is Mr Griffin, although there was one played by Dennis Lawson whose name has escaped me.

6:12 am

gordon ramsey is a pip

6:12 am

BBC America sounds like the scrapings of the barrel.

6:13 am

Oh he's not in it any more.

6:13 am

I HEART Denis Lawson SO MUCH - I met him when I was about 17, and he wrote me a lovely letter in response to a fan letter I sent him (be kind, I was 17...) and he could NOT have been nicer.

6:13 am

Trif, did you ever get 'Cranford' with Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins? They've done a Christmas one which will air this year.

6:14 am

Although Eileen, for obvious reasons, will not appear.

6:14 am

Can't wait for that Haz, the series was soooo good.

6:14 am

I know. I have it on DVD to watch over again.

6:14 am

nope. honestly, the channel has really hit the skids. I think they only air the cheapest stuff they can get, and they literally show 11 episodes of the same thing every day. Hold on, I will do a quick count of today's offerings....

6:14 am

Where's Ata when I need her so I can talk Dr Who after last night special.

6:14 am

The original, I mean.

6:15 am

Dr Who changed last night, didn't he?

6:15 am

I caught a glimpse of David Tennant looking worried.

6:15 am

No that dxoesn't happen till the next series but it wsa excellent last night, very dark and quite different to the usual style.

6:16 am

Oh, so he gets to be himself for a while longer.

6:16 am

Does his Scottish accent ever come through?

6:16 am

breakfast, bbl

6:16 am

Bye Merk.

6:16 am

Not that you would notice.

6:17 am

Bye Merk

6:17 am

Well I had better press on have quite a bit of work to do today. TTFN

6:18 am

Toodle-oo FM. I should go as well. Things to do.

6:18 am

today's delightful offerings: 4 How Clean is Your House, 4 Gordon Ramsey shows, 2 how clean is your house, 3 cash in the attic, 3 antique roadsows, 3 top gear, and thank GOD some BBC world news, which I will actually watch

6:19 am

Antiques Roadshow is fine occasionally, you wouldn't want to watch three in a row.

6:19 am

sigh

6:20 am

I'm surprised at the Gordon Ramsey things, he usually appears on commercial TV over here rather than BBC.

6:20 am

BBC america used to be so good! this is a typical line up now. it's desperate

6:20 am

I wonder what's happened?

6:21 am

Who do we blame, BBC or the Americans?

6:21 am

Silly question, of course. FM's bound to be at fault somewhere.

6:21 am

programming manager, I think

6:21 am

A quick good morning to all. I hit the snooze alarm too many times and lost valuable Babble time. College nephew woke me at 1:30 AM to talk--he was crying, sad, mixed up.

6:21 am

I think the almighty dollar is to blame - they will run whatever is cheapest to syndicate

6:21 am

Well, it's no comfort but BBC over here is much better!

6:22 am

Hello, Scrabbler.

6:22 am

if they would give us better, we would happily watch it, I promise!

6:22 am

morning scabbler

6:23 am

There's a new David Attenborough series called 'Life', it's pretty brilliant. Maybe they'll take pity and send it across.

6:23 am

morning scrabb

6:23 am

bus stop shuffle - back in a few

6:23 am

Anyway, sorry to run but I must get on with my chores. Bye!

6:24 am

Hi blueheron--one of my favorite birds, and seen frequently when I kayak

6:24 am

Bye Hazel

6:24 am

bye haz..nice chatting with you about the 70"s

6:29 am

I must leave for work. Bye all. Enjoy the day.

6:33 am

bye scrabb

6:43 am

could someone clue the lone u?

6:43 am

un + 2 vowels

6:43 am

and hello everyone

6:43 am

whoops I mean the left u? not enough coffee

6:44 am

hello annie

6:44 am

hi blue, just clued the un4

6:44 am

thanks Annie :)

6:44 am

morning all

6:45 am

hi kalyn

6:45 am

thx annie

6:46 am

clue for the only i plz

6:47 am

hello again, bus stop shuffle took extra this morning!

Hello

6:47 am

HERRRIIINNNN

Triffies

Laughing my arse of at idiot Britney Spears fans bitching about how crap her show is and how she doesn't sing

6:48 am

hi herin

HI Blue

6:49 am

what did they think they were going to see? a quality stage show?

*thank you for making me snort quality and Britanee in the same sentance

6:50 am

:0

I am sorry about her name spelling but seriously I have this image of this trailer trash mom yelling out Britanee

6:51 am

clue for the i plz an ty ;)

6:52 am

German pronouns

6:52 am

Puffdaddy i4/6 (German for 'I, me, myself) put plural it.

Hi Jac

6:53 am

In reality, it's a fish disease.

Hi Annie

6:53 am

Hi Jacula

6:53 am

Hi all, btw.

6:53 am

hey jac!!

6:53 am

Hi Herin

HOwdy.

HOwdy.

see so excited i said it twice

6:57 am

sorry to say I'm still lost on the i clues.

6:57 am

here's fun: tertiare got her report card friday, and included was a note from the teacher: see me, Monday morning, 9:30.

6:57 am

took german eons ago, my brain is dead

oh dear. Is she introuble?

6:58 am

no idea, but it seems unlikely they are calling me in to tell me she is the best student they have ever had, and couldn't wait to tell me.

6:58 am

poor little girl. she tries so hard....

O dear. Someone slipping?

6:59 am

blueheron - think of the martial art Tai *** now move the letters of the *** part around and add a consonant.

Well you can try all you like but that doesn't mean diddly to some teachers. I am lucky I have one that cares

6:59 am

school is very hard for ter. she has a lot of learning issues, and she has really struggled more this past year due to - well, you know what.

7:01 am

tx jac! for some reasin I wa s stuck on iben.

7:01 am

took forever lol but got it thanks

7:01 am

reason

7:01 am

y/w Puffdaddy.

Is she getting help? I mean does she have a chaplin she can talk to that kind of thing, different teaching style? Some learn by being told others by written direction

7:02 am

yes herin, but I guess she is going to need more than she has been getting. poor thing...i worry so much for her future

7:03 am

good morning and hi Trif- just catching up with the chat - is this your first meeting with the teacher this year?

7:03 am

no, second jbv.

7:03 am

oh, OK, I was going to say don't forget these meetings are also your opportunity to bring information to the teacher, instead of always the other way around

Sometimes that is good. Don't worry. If she has to take it part time or what ever so be it. Get her checked for dyslectia

7:04 am

I've been on both sides (parent and teacher) at different times- it can be tense. The main thing is to problem solve together

7:04 am

ooh, that is a good point! thanks for that.

7:05 am

morning all

7:05 am

what grade, may I ask?

7:05 am

morning hego!

7:06 am

Hi my Brookln beauty.

WISC See if you can get her to sit this test. My friends boy has an odd form of dyslexia were he understands it all but can't write it down. SImple instance He knows in his head that it is a blue table but can't put to paper Blue Table

7:06 am

oops Brooklyn

HI JBV Hego

7:07 am

hi herin, and Annie and hego

7:07 am

Hi JBV

7:07 am

Trifioso - It is interesting that the teacher calls the time and parents are expected to show up. I like that!

7:09 am

hi god and jbv

7:09 am

hi blue

7:09 am

and hego!

7:09 am

Hi

7:09 am

Hi

7:09 am

hi blue

dang it the couch ate my remote

7:11 am

They're voracious herin

Wasn't the couch scratch that my large marg arse was hiding it

7:13 am

lol herin

7:13 am

FIREWORKS!:-) I must get back to my chores now. Happy Babbling all. x

7:13 am

Congrats, Jacula!!!

7:13 am

seeya jac

7:14 am

Yay jac!!!!!!! and bye

Yah Jac. Come to my house and vacuum whilst you are at it

7:16 am

what does the 9 start with?

No idea

7:18 am

sorry, fell in the grid for a moment....tertiare is in fifth grade this year....she has a horrible time writing things down, herin, and we are looking at dysgraphia as one of her issues. I also like that the teacher told me when and where to show up, godthaab

Trifs as I said we have the WISC test here its great for discovery what odd quirks kids have

7:19 am

Trif, have to go soon - I don't know if you saw my last post - stay calm, focus on problem solving together

7:19 am

I will def ask about it.

7:20 am

yes, thanks, jbv

7:20 am

the teacher should be willing to make accommodations - even with out an IEP - students need special differentiated approaches

7:20 am

hi Annie. it's a tu9. I peeked.

annnnnnnnnnnnnd I wish i could learn via osmasis

7:20 am

thanks hego

7:21 am

{Yawn} morning all!

7:21 am

for example, if she is having trouble taking notes, or writing down homework assignments, does she have a friend or buddy the teacher can pair her up with, someone she can call at home, does the teacher post the homework on a website, etc etc

7:21 am

your always welcome Annie

Hi Caree

7:21 am

((frantically scribblng down jbv's post....)))

7:21 am

morning car

7:21 am

morning car!

7:22 am

in my sons IEP, was written he tried to take his own notes..but had a notekeeper friend whose notes were photcopied and put in with his notes..daily

7:22 am

does she have only one teacher - if not, it is also helpful to hear the others' point of view - she may have a music/art/computer teacher who thinks she is doing just fine

7:22 am

at least then I could help him study

7:22 am

no, she has 3 teachers, plus the various specials teacher - art, music, gym

7:23 am

It helps me to record the teacher

7:23 am

so is this meeting with the team?

7:23 am

I am a student now

7:23 am

that way I am not distracted when I listen to it later

Night all.

7:24 am

night herin

7:24 am

that may be helpful in college, sue, but in 5th grade, we are hoping the teacher is not lecturing at length

7:24 am

nite nite herin, and sleep well!

7:24 am

nite herin

7:24 am

true

7:25 am

I think the study partner is great, they also become an accountability partner

7:25 am

PB for you, sue

7:25 am

LOL - I thought you meant tape the teacher at the meeting today!

7:25 am

anyway, Trif, good luck - have to go now

7:25 am

lol

7:26 am

thanks jbv, and thanks thanks thanks for the advice!

7:26 am

is there coffee

7:26 am

good morning everyone

7:26 am

yes, sue, coming right up

7:26 am

cream & sugar?

7:26 am

hi Flosey

7:26 am

morning flosey

7:26 am

just cream

7:27 am

ty

7:27 am

hi flosey

7:27 am

mornin flosey

7:27 am

morning blueheron

7:27 am

and Annie

7:27 am

hego, and trif

7:28 am

and sue

7:29 am

TRif, hope you have a successful interview with teacher, stay calm

7:29 am

thanks flosey

7:29 am

I had the most horrid time in school

7:30 am

me too sue, until high school

7:30 am

but that was before they new about visual, texual and all the other kind of learners

7:31 am

ooooh, this is so cool! just found an interview with Tim Curry, from back in the 60s and he is speaking fluent french...LOVE that man!

7:45 am

May I please have a clue for the single, top left U? I just can't seem to find it! TY in advance!

7:46 am

Sorry, not there yet, Car.

7:47 am

Car, it could be un + 2 vowels

7:47 am

hey merk! how was breakfast?

7:47 am

Yummy, my amazing oatmeal again.

7:48 am

That was it Flosey! TY!

7:48 am

yw car

7:51 am

cluez for the 8s and the 9 plz

7:51 am

finished my a,b,c words. A long way to go....

7:51 am

I have 1...TU 8

7:52 am

the 9 is the plural

7:52 am

And now I have the TU 9! TY Une!

7:52 am

howdy, car, merk, mm, et al!

7:53 am

hi Une

7:53 am

hey, flosey!

7:53 am

Morning!

7:54 am

Flosey, what a wonderful icon and story!!

7:54 am

can someone clue the ri6 for me pretty please?

7:54 am

ty Une

7:54 am

not there yet Jes, sorry

7:54 am

Hi, Uni and everyone. I've been here off and on for ages and am not making much progress. Lurking to read clues has helped. I have my tu 8,9 now.

7:55 am

ri6 - ri plus a gathering of musical instrument players or an elastic strip

7:55 am

still can't see the tu8/9.....

7:55 am

merk, could you clue me for the tu 8 please

7:56 am

thanks Haz, for ri6

7:56 am

ooohhh, i wanted "ribald"

7:56 am

Begin with the eastern headdress, change the final vowel to another and add Mr Gore (for tu8) and then plural.

7:56 am

tx haz!

7:56 am

You're welcome, Une and flosey.

7:56 am

thanks haz!

7:56 am

You're welcome, Jes - back later after I've had lunch.

7:57 am

thx haz!

good morning Babblers :)

and TY Haz for that tu clue

7:58 am

I'm still searching for the ri 6, Haz. I think I woke up too early this morning, or at least too early for this particular grid.

7:58 am

Oh, I got it. Duh ... I am in a fog! ty

7:59 am

this grid is not amongst the easiest

8:00 am

It's nice to have friends here to help us through our hazy days.

8:00 am

sure is

8:01 am

flosey, you inspired me to change my icon to a "vintage pet pic" :-)

8:01 am

great Une

woohoo S and R tiles are grey, thats a change from most days

8:02 am

and its a beautiful one, Une

8:02 am

I mean, look at the da 7 and first ca 7s. I don't remember seeing those words at all before.

8:07 am

Good grief...I only have 1 CA 7 and no DA 7....I better get busy!

8:09 am

help with ca 7/44 please

8:09 am

Work first...then I will be back! Have a good day all!

8:09 am

clue for da7 please anyone

8:09 am

you too car

8:10 am

2 animals....meow & tweet

8:10 am

That is for the CA 7/44...

cute clue car

8:11 am

Is cute allowed? Tee hee!

8:11 am

so simple, thanks car

8:11 am

whatever works car

8:11 am

car. I love your clue

8:11 am

This early in the day, I have to be simple!

Hi does anyone have a clue for the ca5/14 - can't see it at all.

8:16 am

Sandie - same first 3, then 2 cons.

Thanks a lot flosey - got it at last.

8:18 am

yvw Sandie

8:21 am

The first 3 letters....meow or vroom?

8:22 am

hi, all. clue for the 9?

8:23 am

tr 7/36 and tr 8/50 - any clues please

8:23 am

don't have them either gran

8:24 am

Angel...TU 9 is the plural of TU 8....sounds like a type of engine

8:26 am

Ugh! Why am I still here babbling! I need to be working!

8:27 am

hi, all.

8:28 am

hi Angel

8:28 am

merk, I see what you mean on the ca7's. weird

8:28 am

can I get a clue for na 6/24 please?

na 6/24 sounds like a mexican dish made with chips but change the last vowel

8:31 am

20 to go and I've got to get away from this for a bit, bbl

8:31 am

Thank you, Luv!!

8:31 am

thanks Luv

yw Annie

8:31 am

good morning

and yw also flosey

8:32 am

morning, jane

8:33 am

My gosh, that's a yiddish word, Luv. I can't believe it's in Enable!

8:33 am

Enable has many Yiddish words

didn't know what was hego but I know Babble accepts lots of strange words

8:34 am

hello everybody

8:34 am

how is the grid today?

8:34 am

hi jacq

8:34 am

hello annie

8:34 am

It means like when your kids make you very proud, you they give you na6.

8:35 am

you say

ahh a word I should remember and use in the future then lol

8:35 am

Hi jacq

8:35 am

hello hego

8:37 am

Hi jacq, hego, Annie, LuvWord. I can only find two ar4/4 words, the song and the plant one. Can anyone help?

8:38 am

Hi hydra!

8:38 am

hello hydra

8:38 am

Doh! There are only two. I miscounted.

8:38 am

someone who can paint and draw is ar**

8:39 am

oops lol need to read the chog better

8:39 am

I have them all now, thanks. Now for the As words.

8:39 am

sorry

8:40 am

how is birdy not a word

8:40 am

isn;t the golfing term spelt ie?

8:40 am

I agree, hurshy. And jacq, you have nohting to be sorry about. You were helping me!

8:41 am

It is, but a little feathered friend is a sweet little birdy, surely?

8:41 am

the golfing term is spelt ie, but the little tweety... yes

8:41 am

i would certainly say it could be spelt either way for the tweeter.

8:42 am

what about the badminton thingy?

8:42 am

shuttlecock isn't in the grid

8:42 am

teehee

8:43 am

LOL :-)

8:43 am

lol Jacq

that one is birdie hego

8:43 am

insanity is at fever pitch today in my office.

8:43 am

sorry, couldn't resist, needed to laugh, but not at your expense hego, please forgive me

8:44 am

Oh stop, I'm a wise guy from the getgo and love a laugh, Jacq

8:44 am

ty

8:45 am

Have to go now. bbl and ty all.

bye hego

8:46 am

bye hego

8:46 am

Later, hego

8:46 am

my mom's in the grid again

8:46 am

Byeeeee

8:47 am

hi, all. clue for the 9? is it plural/

8:47 am

byeeee, hy 5/18

yes it is angel

8:47 am

ok diving in, not sure how long the house will be mine for

tu9 works off the tu6/27

8:48 am

enjoy it while it is, jac

8:52 am

LOL i just did the stupidest thing

8:53 am

i went to google to search something and wasn't paying attention i suddenly thought of a word and typed it in here then typed in what i was searching for right after that

not so stupid jacq if it worked :)

8:54 am

no it didn't the boobies word isn't in the grid today lol

ooooooh heheeee

8:58 am

Fireworks. Last word was "fathers". How did that happen

8:58 am

wtg inge!!!!

congrats Inge!!

8:59 am

cant get that tu 9 from the six...darn

hi all, and only the first 4 letters are the same, from the 8 to the 9

mkg, use the 6 add Mr. Gore for the 8 and pl for the 9

9:00 am

the tu6 is the head-dress worn by sikhs

9:00 am

change the second vowel to get the 8 and 9

oh shoot, i mean from the 6 to the 9. (but it sounds about the same)

9:01 am

change the last vowel in the hat, BDG

oh right forgot you have to change that vowel

9:01 am

i have the six and when i add gores name it says not in dictionary...............what can i be doing wrong?

9:01 am

ty got it. wasnt changing that vowel. ty ty

9:02 am

remove the first letter from the head-dress to get a 5

9:03 am

after the headdress the tu words have to do wiht how electricity is produced from or with water

9:03 am

it's probably related to the engine, not the head dress?

yes Jane i think so

want points for caribu!!! waaaaaaa

9:04 am

,,, abd fireworks!

9:05 am

Bye, happy babbling

9:05 am

wtg merk!!!!

Haz tried that too gwen

wtg Merk!

wtg merk !!!! ~~~ !!!!

9:09 am

half way time for coffee and ciggie i think

not happy camper. getting stuck with only 59 words

9:12 am

Haz would be so proud of me. I took my mouse apart and cleaned it and put it back together. It was going where it wanted to go and now I have control.

EX -- cellent, annie

9:13 am

thank you, gwen

is it one with a rubber ball on the bottom?

9:13 am

tr8?

9:14 am

yes, gwen

annie, those tend to pick up gunk, need to clean 'em often!

9:15 am

gwen, I am so computer illiterate. I was afraid to but I am a brave soul.

don't have a tr8, sorry, still struggling to get to halfway

9:15 am

dont have that tr8 either

hey, it's just like cleaning a phone or a stove. well, almost

aslan is not a word!

9:16 am

jane i have a tr8 that leads to the 9, it is similar to a wind tu****e that creates power from a renewable source

9:16 am

proper name, well in narnia anyway

9:16 am

the scourge of scottish hillsides

want points for calibur!!!

9:17 am

it could mean relating to the tu****e

grrrr keep typing in stuff that sound great but aint woids

i have a tu8, but not a tr8

9:18 am

isn't that a tu8 jacq?

9:18 am

Hello by the way lol

keep seeing Lord of the Rings and Narnia words. argh

9:18 am

ohhh poop so do i lol, sorry, need to fcus, that was why i am babbling

9:18 am

sorry

9:18 am

yes kallia, sorry everybody

9:18 am

will avoid the chog now

and a big Murkin howdee to out Scottish contingent

9:19 am

hi lakkia

9:19 am

no problem...I have just had to spend a fortune on my car...well not exactly a fortune but a lot...so I'm here to cheer myself up...and then i start the grid.....

9:19 am

*kallia (sorry)

9:19 am

lol kallia

9:19 am

hey Annie....call me what you like :)

not a grid to cheer up on, i don't think 8-)

9:19 am

no I notice that!

9:20 am

just a mistep on the keyboard, kallia

i have One H and it says i need Four More, oy!

9:20 am

If you want cheering up, this grid is not it

all right, giving up for now. snack time. BBL

9:21 am

ah well it will get better....140 today and 140 for Insurance....and Christmas coming

9:25 am

ok the tr 7/8 first part meaning 3...and then if you wear clothes you are ***d + plural

9:26 am

a planarium??? lol

9:27 am

if you wear clothes you are dressed.........so dont get that word with d at end

9:27 am

old fashioned word....

9:27 am

thanks kallia

9:27 am

a c 4

9:28 am

yw

9:28 am

not getting it.

9:28 am

sorry

9:28 am

wash

9:28 am

oops sorry

9:29 am

the ending is a c4

9:29 am

tr*** or treat - K + boy

9:29 am

thank you!!! kallia

9:29 am

im stuck on the lone u top left corner for NBT

9:30 am

yw Annie

9:30 am

me too jmitch

clue for second ba5/14 please, have the plural

9:30 am

un + 2 vowels

9:30 am

jmitch are you actually in the states?

9:30 am

jmitch, i am confused. tr= three plus the c4? or am i confused?

9:30 am

well it's good to share misery!

9:30 am

doh! ty Annie

9:30 am

ty for un word

9:31 am

yes...no relation to fmitch

9:31 am

Tr can be dressed 3 times, so to speak

9:31 am

no wasn't thinking that,,,just that there was a jmitch on another site I used to frequent...she was a journalist but UK

9:32 am

i have a ba5/14 that means trite, or add the bottom word to the b

9:33 am

oh..when i first joined everyone assumed a relation to fmitch. We may be related, but it would be at least 4 generations removed

9:34 am

I have NBT but I still have 79 to find....

9:35 am

lots of A's

9:36 am

does anyone have clues for da/7.

9:36 am

and B's and c's etc etc

9:39 am

i found it

9:40 am

da 7.....3'4 of today's d*** +u*** acid

9:41 am

ls

9:42 am

going to take a break, put the inserts into the christmas cards I made this morning

9:42 am

back later

9:42 am

bye kallia, thanks for that da 7

9:43 am

yw :)

9:45 am

going to take a break also, be back later

10:05 am

finally found the lone U top left corner!

10:12 am

hi all

10:12 am

hi sweetie

10:12 am

how are you doing?

10:14 am

hello again, back to (hopefully) finish this grid

10:14 am

pretty good -- going crazy with details to follow up on

10:15 am

well sit back and relax for awhile

10:15 am

if you can on this grid

10:16 am

hi all, how yall doing?

10:16 am

hi dinok

10:16 am

hello dinok, haven't seen you in quit a while

10:17 am

hi again, i'm home from work today - more time to chat!

10:17 am

dont babble much unfortunately. But I did finish grid yesterday, first for ages!!

10:17 am

jmc, I caught up on some news - I want to extend my very sincere condolences to you and your family

10:18 am

lovely family photo dinok

10:19 am

yes, beautiful, dinok, and flosey I love your photo too - such a nice picture of an earlier time when little girls got dressed up for parties!

10:21 am

ty flosey, JBV. Has JMC had a bereavement?

10:21 am

yes her mother passed away just a few days ago

10:22 am

jbv, those would be the little dresses we wore around home, we had taffeta dresses for party - my mother made all of our clothes

10:23 am

then we have something in common, flosey, my mom was also a dressmaker - made all our dresses, coats too!

10:23 am

Oh JMC i am so sorry to hear that. My prayers with you all (())

10:25 am

yes, Mom did too jbv, often out of discards that she took apart and recut - this was coming out of the depression and nothing was wasted

10:25 am

absolutely, I know exactly what you mean - I grew up in the 50s, but Mom was a child of the depression, I still have those values

10:26 am

we also had some very nice godmothers who worked in the garment district in NYC who brought home lovely fabric (leftovers) for us - taffeta, velvet, wool - not a scrap was wasted

10:27 am

I thought I just saw band-aid in the grid...lol

10:27 am

if it wasn't enough for a dress, she would make a bodice out of one fabric, skirt of another

10:27 am

so true, I remember a favourite of mine, a dress made from a pr. of dad's slacks, navy, with a white cotton jabot at the neck

10:28 am

nice memories

10:29 am

yes, JBV, so many fond memories

10:31 am

does anyone have a clue for tr6/18 please, the one that follows tr7 and 8

10:32 am

monkeyed it,

10:32 am

can I have a clue for the 7/8?

10:33 am

fireworks - can't say I enjoyed this puzzle, too many unwords

10:33 am

tr7 3 + cl4

10:33 am

and plural

10:33 am

ok, thanks

10:33 am

and congratulations!

10:33 am

WTG flosey!!

10:34 am

tyty

10:34 am

did you get the clue jbv?

10:34 am

I agree this is not the grid to get me back into babble!! brain already hurts!

10:34 am

yes, thanks

10:35 am

you're right there dinok, my head is numb now! perhaps time for breakfast

10:36 am

will get my icon for tomorrow - good one - "homemade bread"

10:37 am

be back late tonight, after bridge - could be an hour or so after flip

10:37 am

good luck to all finishing up

10:40 am

ack the phone won't stop I think i will just have to lurk instead of chat :-(

10:40 am

whoo hoo closey

10:41 am

flosey

10:41 am

un 5/16?

10:44 am

un5 - to take a book off the forbidden list

10:44 am

Thanks, Vicuna!! U's done -

10:45 am

Go, buffgirl, go! =)

10:50 am

ah well, time to prep for my next treatment. Keep well everyone, happy babbling.

10:55 am

morning all. Hugs to you jmc

11:04 am

hi, all. jmc, you and your family are in my prayers

11:05 am

lan ai

11:23 am

evening everyone

11:27 am

hey Katie - how are you feeling?

11:28 am

think I have got swine flu!!!!

11:29 am

did you go to work?

11:29 am

No stayed at home in bed, think I will need to take most of this week off, got an upset tummy with it now as well

11:30 am

Did you phone the doc?

11:32 am

Yep, they weren't much help just told me not to visit them under any circumstance. But as I have a number for the tami-flu if I don't take it I won't get it again. I'm going to get Bry to get a thermometer so I can take my temperature

11:34 am

going swimming now - ring if we can get anything for you

11:35 am

Will do xxx

11:35 am

how long have you felt rough, katie?

11:35 am

since last Friday Ata.

11:36 am

probably no point getting tamiflu then, really, it only shortens flu if you get it down you v quickly

11:37 am

I'm hoping it will be over soon as I'm sick to death of it. Still not convinced i've got it but am doing quite a good job to ticking all the symptom boxes

11:38 am

24-48 hours after feeling crap. well that;s what we were told down here

11:38 am

5 days ... you should be feeling a bit better soon!

11:39 am

started coming down with it last Wednesday worse on Thursday, sent home from work Friday. in bed saturday and sunday, some symptoms better today but added upset tummy to the list

11:40 am

you *should* start to feel better soon. But a caution - it's more than likely that you'll feel better then relapse for a bit then get better then relapse etc etc

11:41 am

I couldn't go in today there was just no way I could have driven for three hours, I'm going to off tomorrow as well the way it's going! Had a new starter today as well!!

11:42 am

honestly, I'd stay off all week if you can and just get better properly

11:42 am

Good evening all...........sorry you are not feeling well Katie I hope you feel better soon like Ata

11:43 am

I had swine flu - and still every time I overexert myself (ha! walk the dog etc) I spend the next dya or two in bed

11:44 am

The Dr wants me to have the vac this week I still dont know what to do

11:44 am

Ata make sure you rest properly

11:46 am

having been through this for ages now, I would at least say that if you believe in vaccines, get the darn thing. You don't want to be as ill as I was!

11:46 am

afternoon babblers!

11:47 am

Yes I suppose I should thanks

11:47 am

Hi Eva!

11:47 am

Hi Eva!

11:47 am

hi eva!

11:47 am

as 6...any hints??

11:47 am

how goes it?

11:49 am

It goes LOL

11:49 am

Kari somewhere to put your rubbish for as6

11:51 am

TY!

11:51 am

YW

11:52 am

Working on the ca7's. Any hints?

11:52 am

thanks Ata, just doing an email to my boss to break news to him, great for my weight though, soup and toast is as far as I can go at the moment

11:53 am

I went to the dr today to complain that I was still getting days of feeling like pants, and he just looked very stern and said REST. So I think that's the way to go

stuck on the ba/14's that come after the ba that rhymes with jail

11:54 am

hego if you have the ca6/21 before it add 2 different endings

11:55 am

oops don't have that either, tx

11:55 am

yw

11:55 am

carth

11:56 am

oops again

11:56 am

Ata you really must do as the Dr says and rest!!

11:56 am

so, does the swine flu start out with just feeling like you have a cold + then build? or do you pretty much know from the get-go that youve got the plague?

11:56 am

I know, I'm beginning to realise that LOL :)

11:57 am

I knew from the get-go - in that I felt fine before going to bed at 10 or so. By 2am I was stationed in the bathroom, freezing and shivering and with a temperature, and having a mild asthma attack. It pretty much said "hi! you're RLY ill!!!!"

11:58 am

I actually thought I had food poisoning that night, but then the flu symptoms came through during the next day and by the end of that day I was NOT a happy camper

11:59 am

*sprays antiseptic to ward of cooties* Hello, peeps!

11:59 am

im not a very happy camper today, but thankfully, im fairly sure its just a measly old cold...

11:59 am

Hi Judi!! Stop spraying that in my direction..Im ok (I hope)

12:00 pm

hints for the i or the corner N?

12:00 pm

*spritz spritz*

12:00 pm

Eva is there much swine flu in the USA?

12:00 pm

hi judi

12:01 pm

i 4/6 pl first person in german!

12:01 pm

TY dip!

12:02 pm

i know people who have had it, so i guess so. chris's nephew (age 2.5) had it! little trooper...

12:02 pm

oh gosh, that must have been awful for him

12:03 pm

Poor little boy

12:03 pm

hes fine now. it went through him very quickly -- by the time they got the tests back confirming what it was, he was already on the mend.

12:05 pm

Pregnant women seem to be the ones where the most concern is at the moment (I must not get pregnant !!) LOL

12:06 pm

yes, i have several friends who are due within the next few weeks + they are being informed that no one other than husbands and parents allowed to visit.

12:08 pm

I wonder why they are at such high risk

12:11 pm

Ata are you still there??..............Have you heard from FM since her move?

12:12 pm

yep, still here, she's in a hotel living a life of luxury at the moment!

12:14 pm

isnt your immune system at risk when youre prego? and thus, that of your baby?

12:14 pm

Good for her!! When you speak next please tell her I was asking about her

12:14 pm

More proof that children make you sicker. Another reason why I never had them.

12:15 pm

That must be it Eva LOL Judi!!

12:15 pm

hi all

12:15 pm

Hi sue

12:16 pm

I will :)

12:17 pm

In Wales I think 3 women have died of the flu but the babies are ok

12:17 pm

*wanders in and sits down next to caitlyn*

12:17 pm

grid today?

12:17 pm

((((((((((stid))))))))))) How are you?

12:18 pm

I am well caitlyn. we're having quite the bit of weather this few days. BIG storms today and tomorrow.

12:18 pm

how are you?

12:19 pm

I heard that one reason pregnant women are at risk is that in order to be pregnant a woman's immune system is slightly suppressed. -- from the news a couple weeks ago

12:19 pm

the news here says 48 dead of swine flu in Illinois since April, 12 just this week. I think mostly in and around Chicago. (it also says your chance of being shot dead is much higher than that of getting swine flu - that's Chicago for you!)

12:20 pm

We are having nasty weather here as well Im okay, a little sad after going to a dear aunts funeral today though

12:20 pm

the actual risk of H1N1 flu isn't great for healthy adults. But it's more severe apparently than regular influenza, so there is more time lost at work and school.

12:20 pm

((((caitlyn)))) I am sorry for your loss. I hope you have many lovely memories to keep close to your heart.

12:22 pm

She was 96 going on 20 was moved to Wales by granddaughter dead within 36 hours with a broken neck!!

12:23 pm

oh caitlyn, how horrible!

12:23 pm

OMG! the poor grandaughter must feel terrible

12:25 pm

I would like to think so but Im afraid that isnt the case.........the police are still doing enquiries but the granddaughters inherit anyway they only met her 9 years ago!!

12:25 pm

Lucky keeps bringing me a defunct squeaky ball (not much squeak left) to throw. poor puppy is desperate for action, but it's too nasty for me to spend a lot of time outside today

12:26 pm

((((((caitlyn)))))) my heart is sad.

12:26 pm

Thank you stid

12:27 pm

oooh, that does sound suspicious, I have to admit...

12:29 pm

Yes rbud and I had to go in the funeral car with them today yuck! But as stid said I have 40 years of very happy memories which they dont

12:30 pm

I hate funerals.

12:30 pm

stid If you dont get that poor dog a new ball I will have to come over a bring her one

12:30 pm

LOL -- him. and NO THANKS! I was so glad when he broke the squeaker!

12:31 pm

That is soooooooo mean LOL

12:31 pm

*grin* mean, yes. but I don't get headaches so much now!

12:32 pm

okay, that lone i in the middle column is my last blank tile. any help?

12:32 pm

LOL

12:33 pm

sounds fishy Stid....IC**

12:33 pm

thanks car *thinking*

12:33 pm

got it.

12:33 pm

:-)

12:34 pm

down to 98 aleady!!! *mild celebration*

12:35 pm

Well I must cook some supper......great to see you all hope everyone keeps well and avoids the flu! See you tomorrow, bye

12:35 pm

(((caitlyn))) be well. you're in my heart. *bye*

12:36 pm

down to 93... and I have studying to do. After a short nap, I think. See you-all again soon! *poof*

12:48 pm

hi all

12:48 pm

Hi Boo!

need the 2 ba/14's after the ba that rhymes with jail

12:48 pm

ba5/14 ordinary

12:48 pm

ba5/14 plural

12:50 pm

(plural of ba4/6)

ok, got the plural, but don't get the ordinary

12:50 pm

rumple, ends in Mr. Gore

12:51 pm

rhymes with Panama Ca***

OK, slap me with the fish. TY

12:51 pm

yw :-)

12:53 pm

totally stuck with 60 to go . . . taking a break -- BBL *poof*

1 more 5 I can't get. tu5/16 right after the large instrument.

12:54 pm

(latin plural of instrument)

12:54 pm

latin plural Rumple

12:55 pm

yes, VERY weird!LOL

12:55 pm

hey, lynxxx

12:55 pm

hi/bye Une

TY again.

7 to go.

12:57 pm

is this grid impossible or is it just me?

12:58 pm

Hi. Just gone to 2 Letter list with 29 to go

1:00 pm

just me then!

1:01 pm

where are you at?

1:01 pm

nah - I'm with you ata - taking forever today..

1:01 pm

74 to go and bogged down :D

1:02 pm

ouch! but then I have been back and forward over many hours!

1:03 pm

I haven't - yet

1:03 pm

are the h's hy's?

1:03 pm

4 hy's

1:04 pm

urf

1:04 pm

5,6,7,6

1:04 pm

hy5 9-headed serpernt

1:04 pm

*serpent

1:04 pm

ata, i agree -- horrendous grid

1:05 pm

ohhhh tyty

1:05 pm

tx for those, lynxxx

1:09 pm

un4.7 weird but descriptive

1:09 pm

:-D

1:11 pm

awww cariad should be allowed

1:12 pm

which means?

1:12 pm

darling / loved one in welsh

1:12 pm

any news on yr bog paper (!) yet Ata?

1:12 pm

it's handed in :)

1:12 pm

how lovely

1:16 pm

isn't it? it's such a lovely word. much better than cwm and crwth lol

1:21 pm

Hey Ata you still here, and hell lynxx et al!

1:21 pm

hi FM!

1:22 pm

or hello even lynxx!

1:23 pm

fiiiiiiiiii!

1:23 pm

cait says hi :)

1:23 pm

hey ata, lyn, fm, une .... bonanza!! how u all?

1:23 pm

Hope you and Stewie are well

1:23 pm

Ata!!!!!!!!!

1:24 pm

how are you dear?

1:24 pm

What about lat night what did you think - so idfferent and dark!

1:24 pm

hi Dinok!! haven't seen you for an age

1:25 pm

I liked it. Apart from 5 minutes of it

1:25 pm

2 mch wrk, but this is my second stint today ;=D

1:25 pm

Doing graet Ata and Hi dinok Are you better now Ata?

1:26 pm

Doing graet Ata and Hi dinok Are you better now Ata?

1:26 pm

hint on the 9?

1:26 pm

true

1:27 pm

oops

1:27 pm

*obviously missing the pb*

1:27 pm

Sounds like it starts with wrapped headgear Reen4

1:27 pm

hmmmm...?

1:28 pm

Ack - stil lgeting to grips with the laptop - it has a life of its own sometimes.

1:28 pm

Ack - stil lgeting to grips with the laptop - it has a life of its own sometimes.

1:28 pm

lol, can see that!

1:28 pm

gave in and went to see dr today. got to go back tomorrow for blood tests, cos this flu thing is going on too long

1:29 pm

*grin @ lynxxx*

1:29 pm

reen TU9 start with indian headgear change last wovel and add Mr gore

1:29 pm

Good course of action Ata - let me know how it goes.

1:29 pm

Good course of action Ata - let me know how it goes.

1:29 pm

It came back Ata? poor baby

1:30 pm

it *keeps* coming back! wah!

1:31 pm

poor ata :(

1:32 pm

hooray...finished the Ls - what an ornery letter

1:33 pm

going to poof - there is a conference in the hotel with a Co that I used to know and I want to go see what occuring and maybe do some networking. TTFN

1:34 pm

bye fm

1:34 pm

bye FM, good luck, hope you pick up something

1:34 pm

why isnt a single roll a unibun?

1:35 pm

or a single "cheek"... LOL.

1:35 pm

medical term I should think

1:35 pm

sorry no uni words

TY all. I've got "fireworks"!@#$%^&*()_

1:36 pm

Hooray for Rumple!

1:36 pm

have fun, FM!!

1:36 pm

lolol mom

1:36 pm

hi Mom

1:36 pm

wtg rumple, congrats!!

1:38 pm

clue please for the ri 6/27

1:38 pm

Hi lynx... my computer is sooooo slow.

1:40 pm

Gotta run anyway... the child will be home soon. Must rustle up some kind of snackage.

1:40 pm

ri & play guitar in a ****

1:40 pm

bye Mom

1:41 pm

bye mom. I gotta join family as well. tc everyone, great to catch up wit yall.

1:41 pm

thanks lynx

1:42 pm

seeya Dinok

1:48 pm

Taking a break for a bit, 8 left but still an 7/8 to find!

1:57 pm

hello all! ( bye lynxxx)

1:57 pm

hello stidmama

1:57 pm

heya mama

1:57 pm

hello katie

1:58 pm

hi all - how is the grid today

1:58 pm

hey katie !

1:58 pm

hey wolvie!

1:58 pm

Hi Jacq & Wolvie

1:58 pm

heya wolvie

1:58 pm

it's not such a kind grid today, some very oddd words

1:58 pm

it's not an easy grid for me, but I am distracted of course.

1:58 pm

stid, jac, katie, , et al - we all have good timing. :-)

1:59 pm

at least I am not the only one jac!

1:59 pm

not good for me either but I can't concentrate

2:00 pm

i am also finding it hard to focus

2:00 pm

well, i just got here, and i already think it is tough. ;-0

2:00 pm

take some paracetamol and go lie down katie!

2:00 pm

Hello everyone. I don't usually come on now or ask for more than clues, but could those of you who are willing please say a prayer for my nephew. He has multiple health issues, one of which is that he has no immunity to things. He is in hospital with H1N1 and bronchial pneumonia. It is very tenuous if he will make it through. His name is Jim. Thanks and blessings to all of you.

2:00 pm

what??? are ALL reading BF Skinner??

2:00 pm

LOL hey Bugs!

2:00 pm

heya ata

2:00 pm

ohhh skinner!!

2:00 pm

hi ata

2:00 pm

oh gee Bugs. ((((((nephew))))))) he is on my list.

2:01 pm

actually I'm going to do just that Ata. I'll say a prayer for him Bugsaw

2:01 pm

hey bugs - best to Jim - my thoughts will be with him

2:01 pm

thanks stid. How is good old BF striking you?

2:01 pm

take care of yourself katie.

2:01 pm

am thinking positive thoughts for him Bugsaw

2:01 pm

Thanks all of you. He is his parents only child and they are terrified

2:01 pm

katie - do you feel badly? sorry to hear it

2:01 pm

See you all tomorrow, 4 days in the house and I will be climbing the walls lol

2:01 pm

i bet they are bugs - i would be

2:02 pm

I am about 40% through, and some of what he says makes sense, if oddly worded. I am struggling with the consequences of his conclusions at this point. But I want to see where he takes it before drawing my own conclusions about it.

2:02 pm

(((((Jim's parents too)))))

2:02 pm

bye katie

2:02 pm

be interesting to see what you think of it stid

2:02 pm

be well katie (((hugs)))

2:04 pm

my computer connection is erratic today, I think the weather is playing with the cable lines, and perhaps with power supplies somewhere.

2:05 pm

it is hell if water gets in a break in a cable somewhere.

2:07 pm

yes, and there is a LOT of water in the Pac NW today.

2:07 pm

only natural up there. :-)

2:08 pm

*grin* too tr4! we also have strong winds, which is less common, but still normal for this time of year.

2:08 pm

apparently Astoria's taking a battering too, stid

2:08 pm

how's the weather for you wolvie? did you get hit by that big storm end of last week?

2:08 pm

stid, if i lived in your area, i would have an afro for a hairdo. lol

2:08 pm

I live near you stid and I just heard that BOTH of the bridges that cross the river running through town are closed along with a ton ton of flooded roads. I am safe but it will be hard for people who work or go to school on the other side of the river to get home!

2:09 pm

yes, they have fairly high winds, but NOTHING like the strait of juan de fuca. Our friends in Victoria and near Vancouver Island and in the San Juans are getting pummeled

2:09 pm

oh gee Bugs, that makes it worse than I thought!

2:09 pm

wowsa - i will have to check out weather.com

2:10 pm

wish your nephew well & hope you hear good news Bugs

2:10 pm

I hope Hetty is okay, she lives on the bank of the river that empties into Victoria harbor

2:10 pm

I have lived here since 1992 and never have either of the bridges been closed due to weather before.

2:10 pm

they still have forecasts for 95mph winds!

2:10 pm

Thank you works!

2:11 pm

wow. batten down the hatches as they say

2:11 pm

man oh man, and I thought the east coast had some bad storms last week

2:11 pm

yes, this storm is tapering off, but the next one is on its way. I just hope the power stays on long enough for me to make supper this evening. Monday is my day to be domestic -- my "at home" time.

2:12 pm

But I have a goal to reach 2/3 of this book (due Wednesday) before I go in the kitchen

2:12 pm

good luck stid. :-)

2:12 pm

oh! past halfway! I can list! *happy smile*

2:13 pm

woot!

2:14 pm

AL please? I know it's a fish

2:15 pm

et, stid

2:15 pm

from another planet

2:15 pm

E.T. that is.

2:15 pm

foreigner

2:15 pm

Hello all! Internet finally came back!

2:15 pm

just a quick pop in to say HI

2:15 pm

hi dawg and amelu, and mix

2:15 pm

*sigh* a space fish! LOL thanks

2:15 pm

and jilli

2:15 pm

hey LBD and amelu and jill ---

2:15 pm

JILL!!!! are you okay? how's the weather on your side of the big island?

2:16 pm

hi jilli, wolvie, amelu

2:16 pm

and of course STIDDY!!!

2:16 pm

Bugs just said she is safe but they closed the bridges in Vic!

2:16 pm

How are you Jilli? All snug inside

2:16 pm

*waves* Hi! Happy Monday!

2:16 pm

weather's WET but not as windy as it was your way, I guess. We're sheltered by Vancouver Island.

2:16 pm

it's a rare day here, clear skies, sun is out, 48°F and no wind!

2:17 pm

balmy weather for you LBD!

2:18 pm

for sure, stid

2:18 pm

good weather dawg

2:18 pm

AT 6 please? my last A word

2:18 pm

but my internet (among others served by Telus) conked out last night at about 7:30 pm and only came back a few minutes ago (about 11:45 am).

2:19 pm

a + tr*** by jury

2:19 pm

sorry mama, don;t have it

2:19 pm

merci bien chere Une! comment ca va?

2:19 pm

add a stick to the end of the 5 stid

2:19 pm

ty Une

2:19 pm

golly jill, that's rough. glad you're back now.

2:19 pm

just found the 2-toed sloth :)

2:20 pm

hey une - and ty

2:20 pm

ar 6/21 clue please

2:20 pm

and ty too dawg

2:20 pm

Bs bumped!

2:20 pm

old things, matches

2:20 pm

hey matches

2:20 pm

old tales, maybe - lore

2:20 pm

glad to see this isn't a monster and that Lickety's list is up

2:21 pm

ok, back from taking pie out of oven -- hello, all! Mild here -- wow, you northwesterners are really having some excitement!

2:21 pm

pie? *sniffs air expectantly* with whip cream?

2:21 pm

ar tin c** plus vowel matches

2:21 pm

it's not a monster jill, but somewhat more difficult than the average.

2:21 pm

what kind of pie une?

sune what kind of pie? ears perk up when food is mentioned

2:22 pm

Lickety is helping a lot

2:22 pm

pecan pie -- with whipped cream? sure!

2:22 pm

hey science

2:22 pm

mmmm. pecan pie... *drifts away to heaven*

2:22 pm

must post pet pic -- brb

2:22 pm

hey science!

2:22 pm

stiddy LOL

it is pronounced pee can pie

2:22 pm

yum - a bit early for TG day une - something else special going on?

2:22 pm

NO IT IS NOT!

2:23 pm

no no - no piss in my pie ;-0

2:23 pm

you non-southerners, harumph! LOL

well, you are in the "south" sort of and in Texas it is definitely pee can

I am in the South for pete's sake! Unless Texas is deemed independent from location

2:23 pm

wolvie, I try to take treats to my mom's caregivers every week -- they're partial to brownies and pecan pie :-)

nice une

2:24 pm

yep. PEE can. Pi. mmmmmmmm. made with bourbon maybe?

2:24 pm

not in Louisiana or Tennessee, science :-)

2:24 pm

well, south for me stopped at WV. that's as thick of an accent as I want

Wolvie LOL....

2:24 pm

no piss in pie stid. no no

I have No accent....

i do not like this grid, Sam I am.....

2:24 pm

that is cool stuff une - very nice

2:24 pm

okay, wolvie, just for you... PEA can. Pi.

2:24 pm

how do you pronounce it Une?

2:24 pm

my grandmother had PUHcan trees in her yard and so did my aunts and uncles . . . PUH cans

2:24 pm

PUHcahns

2:24 pm

i have 42 left and am seriously struggling

2:24 pm

lol science. still not quite right

lmao

2:25 pm

sorry -- pet peeve! :-)

we did too, when we lived in the non-south----

2:25 pm

une has it

2:25 pm

my family, originally the missourians, said, "puh CAN"...

2:25 pm

42 here, jacq

2:25 pm

yay, stid!

for me, too, but I like teasing people, like you, Une! LOL

2:25 pm

:-D

I am from Colorado originally puh cawn pie

2:25 pm

ooo never heard of a puhcan!!

2:26 pm

I've heard puh-CAHN

2:26 pm

personally, I don't care one whit HOW you say it, as long as it is served hot and in great quantities! with ice cream. or whip cream. and coffee.

2:26 pm

ty wolvie

2:26 pm

Ata LOL

2:26 pm

the only folks who don't have accents are those of us born and bred in Michigan. everyone else has one. so there. lol

2:26 pm

yw matches

ice cream.......

vanilla.....

2:26 pm

And here's my pet icon

I alos love chocolate puhcawn pie

2:26 pm

rare type of fishie ata

2:26 pm

yep, stid, my preference is warm with vanilla ice cream

2:26 pm

rofl wolvie! *gasp choke wheeze*

2:27 pm

science, i've never made it but the recipes look like a very easy adaptation

2:27 pm

its true! we have so damn many imports it all get mushed to nothing!! lol

2:27 pm

Oh no, Wolvie, the only ones without accents are Brits from the southern counties.

2:27 pm

lol jilli

I have not made it either, but I have certainly eaten it! Yum

2:27 pm

That's what my English Pronouncing Dictionary says, likewise Prof. Higgins

2:28 pm

we have accents!!!

2:28 pm

when i taught English at Berlitz, "standard English" was considered English spoken in the Heartland . . .

2:28 pm

my pref on une's pie is homemade whipped cream. yummers

2:28 pm

we have southern accents, adn there's a big variety of those!

2:28 pm

i can hear you from across the pond ata. ;-0

2:28 pm

homemade whipped cream is the BEST, wolvie, ohmygod!

help i hate this grid 74 left and i dont see anything.......

2:28 pm

I'm told I have a mid-Atlantic accent (all wet?)

2:28 pm

ty ty une. ;-0

2:28 pm

and there I am under 50. I hate to leave this conversation, but want a nap before I tackle more of this book.

2:28 pm

hi all!

stid how is the PAPER?

2:29 pm

sleep well, stid! :-)

2:29 pm

I know, Ata ;)

2:29 pm

hey, blue

2:29 pm

so easy too. always have cream on hand - so always can have it. :-)

2:29 pm

hi blue :)

2:29 pm

Une, I don't think you were here, Bugsaw's adult nephew is seriously ill with H1N1, only child. She is hoping for good thoughts for him and his parents.

2:29 pm

hi blue

2:29 pm

:P

2:29 pm

bye stid - have a good dinner

2:29 pm

nyone have a clue for the aa? thx

prayers are out!

2:29 pm

bye stid! And I have to get some lunch . . .

2:30 pm

paper is done for the moment, will need revision, but I made the deadline. somehow. thanks science! see you-all later! *poof*

2:30 pm

aa pLus stick letter then snake

2:30 pm

oh noooo, so sorry, stid -- my daughter was just devastated over the weekend -- a colleague died of H1N1 -- 60 yr old man in perfect health

2:30 pm

Oh dear -- H1N1 has hit BC hard -- all the best to bugsaw's nephew!

2:30 pm

oh no une - terrible

2:30 pm

blue, aa4 -- a + plural of Mr. Gore

2:30 pm

thx

2:31 pm

une, that's so sad!

2:31 pm

i know . . .

2:31 pm

*stealth hugs for Une's daughter* *repoof*

2:31 pm

must go . . .back soonish

2:31 pm

repoof- ROFL - that is how i will think of you stid

2:31 pm

i know there's nothing I can do about it, but I think about all the stuff she's exposed to, working in a university library . . .

2:32 pm

later, jilli

2:32 pm

(phantom -- dactyl) *poof*

2:32 pm

big time une - but - the main precautions they say to take should help her along. your daughter should be a pretty smart dubie

2:32 pm

me too, jilli!

2:33 pm

bye jili

2:33 pm

bye une? ;-)

2:33 pm

she is, wolvie, and she's very very healthy

2:33 pm

ttfn for me as well - i can't concentrate.

2:33 pm

no, was saying goodbye to jilli :-)

2:33 pm

later, wolvie

2:34 pm

good to know une. about your daughter. ;-) stick around and finish, then when i come back you can give me clues - or just email me the list!! lol

2:35 pm

allrighty!! LOL

clue for the un 6 pls?????

2:36 pm

un + bi4/7

2:36 pm

just tried "un" with all my "b" words! LOL

duh thanks une

2:36 pm

yw :-)

2:37 pm

un lima? LOL - no i really must go.

2:38 pm

:-D

Good afternoon, folks. How's the grid today?

2:41 pm

BBL -- off to let in friend's cat and bring in her mail -- *poof*

yucky grid

2:41 pm

AWFUL, takuma! good luck!

hmm, might be a short stay for me then, today...

the words are not fun!

well you can get probably 40-50 easily

in a few moments, then it is YUCKY. My intelligent descriptor for the day.

Isn't atune a word?

two 'T's, Kaplan

2:47 pm

2 Ts kap

"oops- I have a migraine. Pardon me

2:48 pm

31 left and need a ciggie break

2:48 pm

hope you feel better kap

2:48 pm

hi jac

2:48 pm

hi all

i used to smoke miss it often

heh - good prediction, sciencegeek: I got 45 words, then hit a wall

I reckon this is a sign I need to get back to work. Good luck all!

2:50 pm

no sense being rash

2:56 pm

My last word - ca6.27 - a fish! aka piranha. Bye all

2:59 pm

hi all...here for a few minutes

2:59 pm

Hello, Pini

3:00 pm

Hiya BR!

3:00 pm

hey, BR...how do you like the new icon? LOL

3:01 pm

Pretty neat, Pini

3:01 pm

Of course with kudos to you for your cleverness! :)

3:01 pm

You the boss, ma'am

3:02 pm

* giggle *

3:02 pm

Is it storming there?

3:03 pm

no...it's actually clear today, but on the cool side...no rain yet...

3:04 pm

how's your weather?

3:05 pm

quite nice

"The one-size-fits-all approach to managing emotional life is misguided, agrees Julie Norem, author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking. In her research, the Wellesley professor of psychology has shown that the defensive pessimism that anxious people feel can be harnessed to help them get things done, which in turn makes them happier. A naturally pessimistic architect, for example, can set low expectations for an upcoming presentation and review all of the bad outcomes that she's imagining, so that she can prepare carefully and increase her chances of success."

Wow, BR, know I have a name for my state of thinking! No longer a nay sayer!

oops I meant "now"

3:09 pm

A lot of stuff in that article

Yes I shall read it more carefully later. Might copy and use it in psychology class.

3:15 pm

Hi all

3:15 pm

hi jmc, how ya doing?

3:15 pm

Hello, hego

3:15 pm

hi br

3:18 pm

hi -- sorry i walked away form my desk

clue for the da 7 pls

nm got it

3:34 pm

hello everyone .... that was a toughy (well at least for me!!!) ... hope everyone is finding it easier than I did.

3:35 pm

No Mo

3:35 pm

jmc ... if you are still there ... I send you my sincerest condolences.

3:36 pm

hego ... its not just me then!!!

3:37 pm

No, my dear. It's strange

3:37 pm

I will clue if I can.

3:38 pm

tx

3:38 pm

How about the tr7 mo

3:40 pm

Nm, got it tx.

3:41 pm

tuban

3:42 pm

there are 2 tr7's ... one is I think there was a newspaper called "The Daily Tr*****.

3:42 pm

aaaghhhh. sorry

hit the wall at 168.

3:43 pm

sorry I wasnt quick enough ... I assume you have the other tr7, hego.

3:43 pm

can someone clue me the ca7/44, please?

3:44 pm

ca7 ... feline + flyer.

3:45 pm

a feathered flier.

thanks mo

3:45 pm

yw.

3:45 pm

mo yes tx

carbune

OOPS- wrong box

3:46 pm

thanks mo... had no idea that was a word!

3:46 pm

ok hego.

3:46 pm

nor me ylleria.

3:46 pm

kaplan think meow and tweet

are more of the long words compound words?

No I got that one. I need others

3:49 pm

no Kaplan.

I'm doing this at work between clients. It leaves me kind of dazed tho.

3:50 pm

do you need the 8/9 words Kaplan?

3:51 pm

I understand Kaplan.

My longest word is a 7

3:52 pm

Mo, the tr6,27 pls

3:53 pm

hego ... there isnt a tr6/27.

3:53 pm

is it the tr6/21 you need?

3:53 pm

So sorry, I mean tu6, 27

3:54 pm

tu6/27 ... headwear

3:54 pm

Muslim headwear.

3:56 pm

Hi -- I'm back after lunch. One BT now -- the I in th middle column. (Hey, I just started -- internet was down last night and all morning)

3:56 pm

Mo, that's really funny as I have the other word with that in it

3:57 pm

hi jillibus.

3:58 pm

Babble is like that hego!!! LOL.

3:58 pm

lol,mo

3:59 pm

jilli ... ic4 ... a disease of fish.

3:59 pm

ty mo (must go and ask a fish about that)

4:00 pm

lol. jilli. ... how about ic + "high society".

4:01 pm

bbl maybe. tx Mo

4:01 pm

ty mo -- like a plural German I (!)

4:01 pm

(initials)

4:02 pm

so NBT, thanks to mo :)

4:02 pm

you are better than me jillibus.

4:02 pm

bye hego see you soon.

4:03 pm

oh no, mo, I like that high society bit, lol!

4:03 pm

bye hego.

4:03 pm

you are welcome jilli ... just glad to be of help.

4:04 pm

couldn't think of another clue .. :-)

4:07 pm

good evening all

4:07 pm

hi sprite :)

4:08 pm

hey jilli! :)

4:08 pm

hello sprite.

4:08 pm

hi mo!

4:08 pm

can't sleep, thought I'd babble a bit after all today.

4:09 pm

we can sing you a lullaby ... lol.

4:09 pm

would love you to :)

4:10 pm

back to neurologist tomorrow, for emg testing and such. Am rather nervous.

4:10 pm

on second thought I DONT THINK SO ... i AM TONE DEAF!!

4:10 pm

hehehe it is the intention that counts

4:11 pm

sorry for shouting ...... forgive my ignorance but "emg"?

4:12 pm

For Sprite:

4:14 pm

* | Sleep, baby, sleep Your father guards the sheep Your mother shakes the dreamland tree And down will fall a dream for thee Sleep, baby, sleep Sleep, baby, sleep Sleep, baby, sleep Our cottage vale is deep The little lamb is on the green With snowy fleece so soft and clean Sleep, baby, sleep Sleep, baby, sleep Sleep, baby, sleep, Down where the woodbines creep Be always like the lamb so mild A kind, and sweet, and gentle child Sleep, baby, sleep Sleep, baby, sleep

4:14 pm

something like electro myo graph. They are gonna stick needles in me and measure the output of electrical stimulation and stuff like that.

4:14 pm

awwwwww jilli, thank you :) :)

4:15 pm

My mother used to sing that to me -- I even remember!

4:16 pm

I think I know the melody. We have a similar song in Dutch: Slaap kindje slaap daar buiten loopt een schaap een schaap met witte voetjes dat drinkt zijn melk zo zoetjes Slaap kindje slaap daarbuiten loopt een schaap

4:16 pm

I hope everything goes well sprite.

4:17 pm

I bet it's the same tu4 :)

4:17 pm

Your test sounds interesting, sprite. Not scary!

4:18 pm

it probably will, mo, it is just that I have ptss (post traumatic stress syndrome) and I don't handle being hurt very well. I can take it, but it scares me pretty bad.

4:19 pm

I understand sprite ... I am just the same. (my husband cannot understand why I get so nervous about things)

4:20 pm

well, that's just me, finding such things interesting. Takes one's mind off a little needle.

4:21 pm

lol jilli, it is not the needle that worries me. It is being helpless when somebody hurts me. But that is related to the ptss. I have been a blood donor for many years and never minded the BIG needle.

4:21 pm

jilli ... you are just like my hubby ... he needs to know all the ins and outs of everything.

4:22 pm

mo, if you suffer from ptss, it is very normal to be nervous about such things. It makes it tougher when people close to you cannot understand :(

4:22 pm

Can curiosity about the procedure and asking questions not overpower the helpless feeling?

4:23 pm

yes jilli, that is one of the things I try. But this is not a nice doctor. Doesn't like to explain or talk, apart from his own questions.

4:23 pm

I agree sprite.

4:23 pm

sprite and anyone...here is a little fun to remember when you face a challenge to help you through it...just imagine the other person is completely naked and enjoy a good laugh...i'll bet you will find yourself giggling inside...it has always helped me when i can remember to do that...*smile*

4:23 pm

oh, I have one like that now, sprite :(

4:24 pm

Sounds like a great idea of MPitt's!

4:24 pm

it is still okay as long as I can remember to stay in the now. But when old fears are triggered, it gets grim.

4:25 pm

Sprite -- did I send you the video of the hairdresser's cape?

4:25 pm

lol MPitt, now let me see, would I really like to see this doctor naked... ;)

4:25 pm

MPitt ... tried that ... it doesnt work for me!!!

4:25 pm

let me check, jilli

4:25 pm

We must declare this to be a grim-free day.

4:26 pm

good idea, babrab

4:26 pm

yes we must BR ....

4:27 pm

evening everyone - i am back for a while - hubby is much less stressed now and i am trying to get my head around giving a talk to people about my job

4:27 pm

thanks BabbleRabble, let's.

4:27 pm

Hi Kazzer

4:27 pm

hi Kazzar.

4:27 pm

hi kazz!

4:27 pm

jilli, I don't think so. But I am enjoying the gabriel one now!

4:28 pm

Hi everyone. I just popped in for a bit, but I think this grid looks too hard and I should head to bed. Yesterday I finished but I could barely wake up this AM>

4:28 pm

I'll send the hairdresser's cape pronto -- brb

4:29 pm

hi Mich ... it is a bit tricky today.

4:29 pm

I have 99 left and I'm just not seeing anymore words.

4:29 pm

i am down to the u's

4:29 pm

hi Mich, it is a bit tight today

4:29 pm

ok if that doesn't work i try a little exercise i saw on monty python's circus...it's called "squishing their head"...you just line up their head between your thumb and forefinger of one hand and imagine just squishing it...squish, squish, squish!--you might feel so silly but a little bit more in charge...i believe we have to foster humor as much as possible to get thru lifes strifes...

4:31 pm

I like that one :) Yeah, without humour I'd be long dead.

4:31 pm

I am being haunted by a number of phantoms, so good night all.

4:31 pm

jilli, that cat-and-dog vid is so incredibly sweet! Made me smile all through.

4:32 pm

nite mich

4:32 pm

night Mich. Send the phantoms over to me, I will knock them flat for you.

4:32 pm

MPitt ... its the run up to these medical things that gets me wound up.

4:32 pm

Night Kasser, mo, sprite, MPitt, jilli, everyone

4:32 pm

goodnight Mich.

4:33 pm

nitey nite mich

4:33 pm

I know, mo! Am still learning to know my triggers and teach myself tools to handle them. Even being able to say I find these kind of things hard is a good tool.

4:34 pm

sprite -- hairdresser's cape video sent. And yes, isn't Gabriel and Stanley wonderful?

4:34 pm

sprite ... keep your chin up ... my thoughts will be with you.

4:34 pm

the sweetest, jilli!

4:35 pm

well, the other one is just funny

4:35 pm

thanks mo, that really helps. And I am really going to trty to get him to tell me what he is doing.

4:35 pm

*(checks mail*

4:36 pm

thats fireworks. Good luck sprite.

4:36 pm

YAY kazz!

4:36 pm

At least at home hubby not going to be made redundant which is good as it was leaving him very very low at the weekend

4:36 pm

well done Kazzer.

4:37 pm

Great news, kazz!

4:37 pm

mo maybe you can imagine you are doing the same thing to the person who is doing it to you...my 82 yr old mom had me in stitches when she blurted out that she would like to see if her male doctor would like a mammogram of his prized male part...I was ROFL...my parents were blessed with abundant humor!

4:37 pm

good news Kazzer ... bet it was a great relief.

4:38 pm

oh I m glad for both of you, Kazz

4:38 pm

it was cos he was contemplating a job thats was about a 40 percent pay cut otherwise

4:38 pm

she sounds like my kinda gal, MPitt ;)

4:39 pm

i havent had one of them yet - i missed out on the mobile van by about 6 months so now i wont get one till i am nearly 53

4:40 pm

jilli, roflol!

4:40 pm

off to make sandwiches and stuff for tomorrow - see you all later

4:40 pm

blessings, Kazzer!

4:41 pm

so put that apron on the doc, sprite :D

4:41 pm

am contemplating wearing one, jilli!

4:41 pm

jilli...I agree...she is such a cutie...I wish she could find a male companion to enjoy life with...it was such ashame when my dad died in 1990...

4:41 pm

MPitt .. I have to have an op on my eye in the near future and I am so uptight about it ... but I am trying to think positive.

4:42 pm

mo, thinking positive is very important, as is taking your fears seriously. Be good to yourself!

4:42 pm

MPitt, if she's like me she probably can't find anyone to match up

4:43 pm

ty sprite I will try. AND HOPE YOU DO OK TOMORROW.

4:43 pm

besides, we 82-yr-old females kind of outnumber the males

4:44 pm

thanks mo :)

4:44 pm

sorry ... shouting again!!

4:44 pm

especially such lively and strong 82 yo females, jilli. You are pretty unique!

4:45 pm

Hi all! Clue for DA 7 please?

4:46 pm

hi car.ee

4:46 pm

I didnt realise you were so"young" jilli ... good on ya.

4:46 pm

Hello sprite!

4:46 pm

sprite, my 87-yr-old sister-in-law *walked* the long championship golf course, playing 18 holes the other day. But she won't have a computer. To each his own!

4:46 pm

hi car.

4:46 pm

now i can talk eyes...my son was hit by a bb in his and he had so many ops (six) even regained the vision only to lose it a second time from 3rd detaching retina...then my grandma had a branch occulsion in one eye and had laser for that went well, then my mom's poodle had cataract surgery and lenses implanted in both eyes and it went great...then my mom had cataract surgery both eyes and it was complicated in one but in the end it turned out fine...

4:46 pm

Hello mo!

4:46 pm

jilli, will update icon and themes when I stop playing today, for tomorrow's theme. Sorry to be a day behind, but don't wanna change now for so short a time.

4:47 pm

jilli, that is so cool!

4:47 pm

hi car! Did you see my icon yesterday?

4:47 pm

Guess what I do for one of my jobs? Transcribe ophthalmology reports!

4:47 pm

how's your son now, MPitt?

4:48 pm

Don't worry about it, sprite -- your hands are beautiful and so is Terra

4:48 pm

Was yours the one with the picture with the kids and animals?

4:48 pm

da + a driver uses a blinker to signal a ***n + solid water: **e

4:48 pm

TY BR!

4:48 pm

thanks BabbleRabble, great clue

4:48 pm

thanks jilli :)

4:48 pm

jilli...you are right...she said she doesn't want to be a nurse or a purse! but all the men her age are creeping around and can't keep up with her...I told her she should become one of those "cougars" they talk about and get a cute, strong "pool boy" LOL

4:49 pm

sorry had to answer phone ... so must dash now ... goodnight all......

4:49 pm

bye mo, all the best to you

4:50 pm

Bye mo!

4:50 pm

no, car, it was the cover of the new Pooh book in the OLD style -- Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. I got it for a Christmas present for my 61-yr-old son, lol! Read it first, of course.

4:50 pm

and you sprite .bye ....

4:50 pm

The boys and I have already read it! Wonderful! Our favorite chapter was when "Tigger goes to Africa"!

4:50 pm

Bye mo, and best ofluck

4:51 pm

Oh good, car!!!

4:51 pm

such delightful books, jilli. Especially the old ones.

4:51 pm

*of luck. Looks awful when run together

4:51 pm

The new one is really well done....right in step with the originals!

4:52 pm

sprite, my son does terrific with vision in only one eye...he is a very successful union electrician has a lawyer wife and three beautiful children 2-1/2 boy and 5 mth old twins boy and girl...the brain retrains itself to use the one eye remarkably! it happened when he was 15 and he is 34 now.

4:52 pm

I don't think the drawings of Christopher Robin are quite up to snuff.

4:52 pm

am glad, MPitt! Well done for him!

4:53 pm

That's great, MPitt!

4:53 pm

I will have to check that out Jilli....

4:54 pm

oops late..bye mo

4:56 pm

ni 5/14 please?

4:57 pm

wow, 66 words found and they are all 4s and 5s, except for the 7 that BabbleRabble clued.

4:57 pm

kind of battery, i think, car.ee

4:57 pm

ty sprite :)

4:57 pm

yvw :)

4:58 pm

Yes, jilli...Christopher Robin looks quite a bit different...but my son just told me he likes him!

4:58 pm

sprite, do you have ca7 (meow tweet)?

4:59 pm

car, I agree he should look different but he's not well drawn.

4:59 pm

I didn't, jilli, but now I do, love the clue!

4:59 pm

Car, ni 5/14 = ni + 52 **r*s in a deck

4:59 pm

Ty Buff!

4:59 pm

Not my clue, sprite --- I forget whose -- maybe mo's

4:59 pm

Actually...looks at feet...mine....

5:00 pm

I am glad to see that it was a good enough clue to be passed around!

5:00 pm

very nice one, car.ee

5:00 pm

thanks, car!

5:03 pm

will brb, need a glass of milk

5:03 pm

Hi there Jilli, glad to see you're up and running again

5:03 pm

dismal day here, dark enough at 3:03 pm that I have to turn on the light even though I'm right beside a big window

5:04 pm

hi flosey -- it didn't come back until nearly noon -- the problem was with Telus.

5:04 pm

really!

5:05 pm

so you re with Telus, I think I have your SS email in my address book

5:05 pm

LOVE you icon, flosey!

5:05 pm

ty, that's me in the middle bottom

5:06 pm

Ahh! It was flosey with the photograph!

5:06 pm

I'm not with Telus but Imagen (saltspring dot com) is.

5:06 pm

ok, I have it right

5:06 pm

na 6/24 please?

5:07 pm

will leave you to finish

5:07 pm

good luck all

5:07 pm

Bye flosey!

5:07 pm

hi ho everyone

5:07 pm

bfn

5:07 pm

I have 96 left so doubt if I will finish

5:07 pm

Hi Peri!

5:07 pm

bye flosey, hi peri!

5:07 pm

wil you be playing tonight?

5:08 pm

sorry, car -- haven't got that na6

5:08 pm

I found my sun glasses! the ones I was looking for yesterday. They were on the floor of my car in fron of passenger seat.

5:08 pm

58 left here

5:08 pm

bye flosey, hello periwinkle

5:08 pm

lucky you found them before they were stepped on peri

5:08 pm

I plan to, flosey, unless Irene chickens out but the weather forecast isn't too bad now

5:09 pm

ok, see you later

5:09 pm

ttfn, flo

5:09 pm

indeed, flosey. they are dark and the floor of the car is dark so I did not see them the first time I looked. D dear friend gave me a St. Anthony medal ( I am not Catholic) but it was too late I had found them already.

5:11 pm

flosey, such a great icon!

5:14 pm

llove your icon, flosey

5:16 pm

May i have some help with the ur's 5/16, 5/12 and 6/21 please?

5:16 pm

na6/24 like mexican food but change last vowel

5:17 pm

that's an ur5/16 legend

5:17 pm

u + coin from... from... wherever that coin is from

5:17 pm

and pl

5:17 pm

I do have that one hurshy...but thank you!

5:17 pm

iran!

5:17 pm

wow hursh, that gave me a whole list of U wordsd

5:18 pm

TY! Got em all!

5:20 pm

How far did you run, hurshy?

5:20 pm

lol

5:24 pm

ok I 'd better try and get some sleep yet. Bye all, thanks for the company.

5:24 pm

be well, sprite

5:24 pm

Bye Sprite!

5:27 pm

tu 6/27 please?

5:27 pm

Duh! Just got it! NM!

5:28 pm

Just finished reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. very sweet and touching book

5:29 pm

plodding along and still 34 words left

5:30 pm

Hint for TR 7/36 please?

5:33 pm

prefix for three + the monitor and the merrimac were iron****s

5:33 pm

ironsides?

5:34 pm

Got it!

5:34 pm

had on

5:35 pm

Going for last 1....

5:35 pm

bye sprite (I've been trying to get my scanner to work but no such luck)

5:36 pm

Fireworks!

5:36 pm

May I offer anyone clues before I poof?

5:36 pm

YAY car!!!

5:37 pm

congrats, car

5:38 pm

OKey dokey then! Have a good evening everyone! TY for all the great clues!

5:38 pm

gee (scratching head) only 129 left...i'd better go and fix my hubby dinner brb

5:39 pm

evening all!

5:40 pm

cul8r MPitt

5:40 pm

Hi everyone

5:51 pm

hi dan2 and sea!

5:53 pm

hi jilli

hi all..hoaw about a clue for the 8/9?

5:59 pm

relating to a power generating apparatus

6:00 pm

and pl

ty hursh

6:00 pm

yw

ok, time to grab dinner and unload the car. i hate unpacking

6:01 pm

na5/12 pls

6:02 pm

water nymph

6:02 pm

ty hurshy

peri, what was the name of the perfume you liked and the vendor?

6:04 pm

Lemon NO. 1999 by Bigelow. I bought it at Bath and Body Works.

ty, i tried but did not find it.

6:05 pm

maybe go on line, Owl. to the Bigelow website. they are in NYC. Maybe Sephora would have it. but I don't know.

going now to get dinner before i fall asleep. need to get water and I WASHED MY GLASSED AND THEY WRER MANGLED. must go get standard readers

6:06 pm

fireworks for me, now off to play scrambe

yay peri and later, all *poof*

6:06 pm

bye Owl, bye all

6:09 pm

does anyone know how to get rid of a virus called antivirus system pro

6:11 pm

Go to Control Panel--> Remove Programs

scrabs!

6:11 pm

i did that and can't find it in there

6:11 pm

You mean an actual virus or a program

6:11 pm

virus

6:11 pm

Hi everyone. I'm in and out of this grid so much, I meet myself coming and going.1grandchild gone and one arrived.

6:13 pm

scrabbs, i have a question -- one of my daughter's colleagues died last week from H1N1 -- apparently it was very sudden -- he was 60 yrs old and in good health -- cause of death was heart attack -- is this common??

6:13 pm

Hi Gramma

6:13 pm

(asking on her behalf)

scrabs, how long should it take for cipro to alleviate symptoms of uti?

6:13 pm

Oh, my, Une! So tragic!

6:13 pm

yes . . .

sorry to hear, une

6:14 pm

In actual fact this man may not have been in "good health". He may have had underlying, undiagnosed coronary atherosclerosis.

6:14 pm

me too, TO -- she sent me a copy of a lovely article that appeared in the local paper

6:14 pm

that's what i was wondering, scrabbs

6:15 pm

Or, he may have had secondary pneumonia which is the usual trigger toward demise.

6:15 pm

i'll pass that information along to her -- thanks

6:15 pm

Cipro --- 3 days is usual regimen, I believe

have four. yeserday was day two, and could not sleep for getting up

6:19 pm

Sometimes I stop with just 2-3 doses of an antibiotic when I get a UTI. Not what I tell patients tough.

6:19 pm

oh, i thought it was a big no-no not to finish the whole shebang?

going to get a light dinner and turn in early. actually confined top bed on saturday, very unusual for me

Hi everyone!

hi beach

6:20 pm

hi beach :)

hi jili

6:20 pm

hey, beach

6:21 pm

it IS a big nono!!!

6:21 pm

hi scrabs, TO and all

beach did you come through storm ok?

6:21 pm

i am surprised at you, scrabbler!

6:21 pm

hi une -- love your icon -- I hope you get to see flosey's

doctors make the worst patients

6:21 pm

hey, jilli -- love your pic -- I have a similar pic of my mom with one of her springers in her lap -- you can barely see her at all LOL!

6:22 pm

i saw flosey's, jilli -- LOVED it!!

6:22 pm

thanks, une -- this guy was a bit bigger than a springer, lol!

6:23 pm

well, yeah! :-)

ok peeps, later.

I did, thank you TO

6:23 pm

later, TO -- feel better!

6:24 pm

but it's one thing when it's about just your own health - antibiotics need to be taken full course for your own sake and for everyone else in the world!

thaw

lol beach, don't you mean chill? ;)

lol

drat

6:25 pm

I did fess up! I wait til symptoms are gone, drink a ton of fluids, pee a lot, and hope symptoms do not recur--they have not. Some studies show that one big dose of an antibiotic is enough to "sterilize" the urine. I respect the hazards of antibiotics so prefer to avoid taking them.

6:25 pm

beach!!

that is why I often lurk

LOLOLOLOL

I end up in the PB

6:25 pm

jumping back in the grid...hubby fed and happy eating his strawberry pound cake!

6:25 pm

Yummy, MPittore!

6:26 pm

yum, mpittore!

6:26 pm

but the creation of superbugs?!?!

6:26 pm

scrabbler I always thought urine IS sterile..

after 4 days i realized i was not going to receive a miracle healing

6:26 pm

beach, if you have a PC, the cure is to get BabbleExpert from Lickety (it's free)

6:26 pm

It is supposed to be and typically is.

6:26 pm

Superbugs occur BECAUSE of exposure to antibiotics

6:27 pm

Could be viral UTI, in which case AB won't help

6:28 pm

bc of medium exposure, i thought. you allow it time to finish the bug off, the bug can't mutate

jilli, thanks for the hint!

6:29 pm

yw!

6:29 pm

evening, all

6:29 pm

pam! long time no see!

6:29 pm

hi pam :)

6:30 pm

UUUUNNNEEEE

6:30 pm

Hi, Jilli!

6:30 pm

:-D

6:30 pm

giving a big slice of strawberry pound cake to scrab & Une...bon apetite!

6:30 pm

Scrabs, I no longer go to doc for sinus infections

6:30 pm

that's bon appetit ;)

6:31 pm

I will if one lasts more than a week, but I can shake them now myself, and don't want to take the antibiotics

6:31 pm

Hi pam--I just read about Pearl & you

6:31 pm

I love plain pound cake... yum

6:31 pm

I am still seething, Scrabs.

6:31 pm

Smart girl, Pam!

6:32 pm

IN brief, pearl and I were rushed by an off-leash Lab. Pearrl was on on leash.

6:32 pm

Idiots don't recognize themselves ot their responsibility in situations

6:32 pm

thanks jilli i caught it too just as i pressed enter *smiles* giving a slice of that strawberry pound cake to jilli...bon appetit...

6:32 pm

*or

6:32 pm

Of course, the Lab's "person" wanted to blame my sweet clownish pit bull. Even though HER dog was off-leash and rushed us and was doing all of the growling....

6:32 pm

True, scrabs

6:33 pm

Mayhaps Lab's owner will reflect on their role in creating the problem, but it seems unlikely from what you described.

6:33 pm

yes, highly unlikely

6:33 pm

GRRRRR

6:33 pm

oh, pam, something similar happened to me recently -- owner was very cavalier -- thought I overreacted -- I was walking THREE dogs when his off-leash BIG dog came running right at us

6:33 pm

Am drinking an ice cold pint of water....

6:34 pm

UGH, une.

6:34 pm

there is a leash law in boston for a reason

6:34 pm

same here

6:34 pm

and dogs should be walked on leash everywhere...

6:34 pm

I hope you and your dogs did well, Une....

6:34 pm

(his wife DID apologize)

6:34 pm

Glad of that, une!

6:35 pm

we were ok, but it scared the bejesus outta me -- i wasn't scared for myself but for my girls and my kicking and screaming had no effect on him

6:35 pm

guy sauntered over and said "he just wants to play" -- i was furious

6:36 pm

I would have been spitting mad.... that sounds horrid...

6:36 pm

idiot dog owners cause so much harm

6:37 pm

i was getting tangled in leashes and was really worried I'd fall, the girls would get away, and all hell would break loose

6:37 pm

that they do, jilli

6:37 pm

ok, i have to say it -- i'm pretty sure he was a Republican LOLOLOL!

6:38 pm

oh, that killed the chog . . .

6:38 pm

oh, I'm proud of myself -- got the ri6

6:38 pm

oh, well, 30 to go -- BBL to finish -- *poof*

6:39 pm

go, jilli!

6:39 pm

bbl

6:40 pm

73 left here and have to leave soon (bridge night)

6:41 pm

Clue for that ri6, jilli?

6:42 pm

ri + rock 'n rollers

6:42 pm

8thinking about rock & rollers*

6:42 pm

Ok, got it. TY, Jill!

6:42 pm

or ri + Glenn Miller group

6:43 pm

depending on your age, lol!

6:43 pm

wtg scrab ;)

6:46 pm

back to see if i can get half way. have 72 words so far.

6:46 pm

keep the clues coming!!!!!!!

6:46 pm

scrabbler - sorry if i was overly confrontational there, i just thought i had understood the situation about antibiotics - i would like to be set straight if i have not.

6:48 pm

I am fine, Hurshy. People believe that they must always finish all of the antibiotic to make sure the infection is gone, but the bigger issue is whether that antibiotic treatment is needed at all. Overuse of antibiotics has gotten the world in trouble.

6:49 pm

Medical research is confirming that many infections can resolve without the use of antibiotics, e.g. middle ear infections. These resolve in 7-80% of cases withOUT Ab treatment.

6:49 pm

yes, true, of course if it is virus not bacteria then it shouldn't be prescribed in the first place. but if it is bacterial, am i wrong that public health interest indicates that people should finish the course?

6:50 pm

ok, cool, or even some bacterial infections, then, shouldn't be prescribed them. but once you start.

6:50 pm

The 10 or 7 or 5 day "course" is being questioned. So a single large dose of an antibiotic can clear up a UTI rather than 7 or 10 days.

6:51 pm

Shorter courses for Strep throat will become the norm soon.

6:51 pm

interesting.

6:51 pm

well, the middle ear infection I got from scarlet fever at age 5 didn't clear up on its own -- resulted in 5 mastoid surgeries

6:52 pm

I had a very maddening incident with my daughter and antibiotics

6:52 pm

now i am thinking of house's line about vancomycin... how do you spell it?... in the water

6:52 pm

there were no ABs then

6:52 pm

Rare complication Jilli.

6:52 pm

What happened, Hawkins?

6:53 pm

scrab and hurshy...there is an overuse of antibacterial products also that concerns the health care professionals...many hospitals and research institutes have curbed their use of antibacterial hand wash products unless absolutely needed such as with patient contact

6:53 pm

yes, vancomycin

6:53 pm

she was prescribed amoxicillian, fever came back after 5 days the er doc told us to give her tylenol every 5 hours. we called her doc and she sent us a new script

6:53 pm

rare now because of ABs, right?

6:53 pm

she had strep

6:53 pm

ar 6 please?

6:53 pm

No, Jilli, just plain rare occurrence, even with "badder" bugs in the world.

6:53 pm

10 more days of new med, been good since

6:54 pm

Amox = treatment for Strep.

6:55 pm

but it didn't work and we were told to continue treatment and give her tylenol every 5 hours until she finished the 10 days. we were only half way through.

6:55 pm

Confusing, hawkins

6:55 pm

don't have ar6, mkg

6:56 pm

we called her doctor and she gave us a diffierent AB

6:56 pm

ty anyway

6:58 pm

I am confused because amox = the treatment for Strep throat. There are no penicillin-resistant Strep in the world.

6:58 pm

can't remember the name of the second AB

6:58 pm

I am looking too, mkg

6:59 pm

Up to 60 words. This is a tough grid!

6:59 pm

ar6 = another word for trivia, i think ?

7:02 pm

hmmm dont know it.

7:03 pm

my goodness! just seeing where bugsaw lives on TV -- huge floods!

7:03 pm

where, jill?

7:03 pm

if something's trivial, it's ar + candy ****

7:03 pm

ab4/7 = a + booty

7:03 pm

and then you make it a noun

7:04 pm

Courtenay, on Vancouver Island

7:04 pm

ty for the ar6, hurshy

7:05 pm

I finally got it. TY, hursh

7:05 pm

i'm not getting it. ;(

7:06 pm

catholic premarital classes = pre ****. Ar = those 3 letters. Or ar + Venice has numerous ****ls/waterways

7:06 pm

= should be +

7:07 pm

last letter of the ar6 is not the same as that of candy ****

7:07 pm

At 66/102 I am ready for bed. I slept very poorly last night. Tonight had better be better!

7:08 pm

ty got it scrabbler

7:08 pm

Night scrabs -- sleep well!

think tarot.... major and minor ar****

7:08 pm

need as 6 also please.

7:08 pm

HI Jilli and everyone else. I was just watching the news too. It was weird here today when BOTH the bridges that connect the city were closed. I have been here since 1992 and they were never closed for weather before. I am fine where I live and work is away from the rivers

7:09 pm

Glad to hear you're ok, bugs! Seeing the parks etc under water was weird.

7:10 pm

The flooding happens fairly often when the river is full and the tides are high.

7:12 pm

Years ago a firend worked in the 7/11 store on that flood plain. The water was 3 feet deep but she could not get home so she was just sitting on the counter with the front and back doors open so the water could flow without blowing out any walls. Two guys in a canoe paddled in, picked up some chips and paddled out again!

7:12 pm

People were saying they'd never seen the like, though

7:13 pm

Oh, nice -- didn't even offer her a lift home?

7:13 pm

It was much higher today apparently. Schools were let out an hour early so the busses could get the kids home.

7:14 pm

She couldn't leave the store open and unattended.

7:14 pm

Oh, of course!

7:15 pm

When the water level goes down a lot of fish will be left flopping around on the lawn in the park. Eagles and seagulls will do the clean up.

7:15 pm

Poor fish :(

7:15 pm

truly

7:16 pm

good evening all

7:16 pm

hello sadie

7:17 pm

Hi sadie

7:17 pm

hi jillibus

7:17 pm

you have a Dane, sadie?

7:17 pm

no i have three boxers and a weim

7:17 pm

dane are beautiful dogs though

7:18 pm

looks like a dane in your icon -- at the back

7:19 pm

nope male wiem with three two of the female boxers they are a grey color and that one was one big dog

7:20 pm

two not three two sheesh .,,,that male we had to have put down that pic is about a year old i guess i should replace it

7:20 pm

clue for un 6 please?

7:20 pm

I know what a Weimaraner looks like!

7:21 pm

sorry, mkg, can't help -- must go now too

7:21 pm

it means to loosen the ropes you tied something up with, mkg

7:21 pm

ah very sorry i said that

7:21 pm

by jilli

7:21 pm

See you all well after the flip (bridge night)

7:21 pm

have a nice evening all !

7:21 pm

Bye Jilli, Have fun tonight

7:21 pm

need tri 7 second one also the 7 36 please.

7:23 pm

tr 8 is the plural of tr 7. prefix for 3 + to wear clothes

7:23 pm

Bye! (106/62)

7:23 pm

by jilli cul*tr

7:23 pm

Not a nice grid

7:24 pm

hi, babblers ... this grid is a groaner

7:24 pm

def! not a nice grid..I have got to get a new keyboard...nearly all the letters are worn off!

7:24 pm

ty got them both.

7:27 pm

just in to change icon, be back for late flip

7:28 pm

as 6 anyone? need a clue

7:28 pm

can anyone clue un5, please?

7:28 pm

as6 compound word where you flick your cigarette

7:31 pm

un 5, anyone?

7:32 pm

not up to that yet bugs...sorry

7:32 pm

harry, dont see second word in grid and it has 4 letters.

7:32 pm

thanks Harry. You will be there in a flash

7:33 pm

mkg 2 words each has 3 letters

7:33 pm

same as ur 5 first one, but change r to n.

7:33 pm

ur5/16 = ur + to prevent from happening

7:34 pm

trying second one but not getting it yet.

7:34 pm

urbar

7:34 pm

oops

7:34 pm

rhymes with where oscar lives

7:34 pm

ty. got it.

7:34 pm

i was trying for "tray" for second word.

7:35 pm

I need the UN 5, please

7:36 pm

Nevermind, I got the clue now! Thanks. I am sure that is not a word...

7:36 pm

un + "not allow people to read"

7:39 pm

yucky, grown, moan, bleat...118 left

7:41 pm

one at a time MPIttore

7:41 pm

need un 6 please

7:42 pm

well cant get those na words. missing the sixes and the 5 12. ugh

7:42 pm

I cled it at 7:21 mkg

7:42 pm

and I am the one always saying "how do you eat an elephant?...ONE bite at a time" LOL

7:42 pm

is the tu8 related to the tu6?

7:43 pm

yes. add ending for the 7 and plural for 8.

7:43 pm

oh but harry, change the second vowel! that is crucial. i spent an hour til i did that.

7:43 pm

it sounds like the 6 Harry but has adifferent vowel

7:44 pm

ah!!! ty mkg and bugs

7:44 pm

totally changes the meaning

7:46 pm

ca 7 last one ? the 7 44 please.

7:48 pm

off to dancing. back later.

7:51 pm

mkg ca7/44 = ca feline + his feathered prey

7:52 pm

I am having no luck on that tu 8/55 and tu 9/72 pls

like a large fan used in wind and hydroelectric power...and plural

7:58 pm

i must be spelling the darned thing wrong i have typed that in sooo many times

it has an adjectival ending

7:59 pm

think funny ... where a male fan (like dt said) might take a whiz

8:00 pm

tu*** jet + last test of the year is your f****

8:00 pm

tu**o jet

8:00 pm

tu**o jet

8:01 pm

*hiccup*

8:02 pm

12 to go...this is torture

8:03 pm

8:03 pm

*sigh* i killed the chog again. i sure know how to work a room

8:03 pm

guess i'm having some lag tonight ... good time to sign off. g'night everyone

8:04 pm

whew...welki got that man wizzing ty

8:04 pm

welki don't gooo i was just concentrating (blonde ya know!)

8:05 pm

I still have 116 left...it is looking dim

8:07 pm

need first ab4/6

8:08 pm

hello 82 to go

8:08 pm

for the tu 8, take the tu 6 and change last vowel, then ad Gore's first name and you have the 8. for the 9, plural

ca5/14 pls? hi welk hi all

8:09 pm

back cuz foot is bleeding from snorkling fins cutting the back. so now no dancing tonight. darn.

8:09 pm

ca5/14 is ca4/6 (52 in a deck) with an extra vowel

8:10 pm

need ca 7 clue please.

8:10 pm

oops. need ca 7 44 clue please. have others.

sorry mkg. i can use all ca 7

ty harry

8:11 pm

ca 5 14 cant be the ca 4 6 that is the deck of 52 since it is not possible with alphabetical order of lickety. advise please.

works for me

8:12 pm

mkg i clued you at 7:51 for the ca 7/44

8:12 pm

ty will look back.

mkg look in a different direction

8:13 pm

oh ty. and i got it. so sorry.

8:14 pm

7 grrrr

8:14 pm

still missing the first ca 4 5 and the ca 5 14 after it! but dont see

8:14 pm

hy words please?

ca6/21 and both 7/32 pls?

8:15 pm

np mkg..this one is a blankity blank blank one LOL it is so easy to miss a clue when you are concentrating and monkeying

8:16 pm

TO take the red bird, remove a consonant

8:16 pm

then remove the final consonant from THAT word,

8:16 pm

and make that one a roman pl

ty harry

i am bummed i think i just got a red light camera ticket

8:19 pm

mkg ca4/5 = brother who slew Able

8:19 pm

last tr6/18?

ty Harry I finally figured out your clues.

8:19 pm

yw :)

8:22 pm

hy5, like the multi headed monster

8:23 pm

hi everyone!

8:23 pm

hi lbd

8:23 pm

hi HH!

8:23 pm

clue for the second li 5/14?

Hi lbd

8:24 pm

I've got 6 to go, and I'm needing supper

8:24 pm

li + three consonants, think german.

8:24 pm

hi carol

I have 126 to go and feeling tired

8:24 pm

got it thanks lbd

8:24 pm

yw

8:24 pm

how about na5/6?

can we help?

8:25 pm

water nymphs? na + anagram of hiv ****

8:26 pm

ty lbd :)

8:26 pm

always miss that

8:26 pm

ri6 after the persian coin?

8:27 pm

ri+ musical, or circular metal thing used for a ring.

8:27 pm

or ri + rubber **** or **** aid

8:29 pm

ty :) un6?

8:29 pm

da7?

8:30 pm

un + like the rubber ****, change vowel to another

8:30 pm

NM got it

8:31 pm

aah! thanks :)

8:31 pm

da +letter after S + ****h, i knew him well

da7/40 pls?

8:31 pm

OK! last word!

8:32 pm

tr6 - the last one

8:32 pm

alas, poor yorick?

8:33 pm

NM!

8:33 pm

done!

8:33 pm

prefix for 3 + ba***,

8:33 pm

yay harry

8:34 pm

sounds like yorick, dorens

8:34 pm

whoooo hooooo HH!!

? on the last part of that and doren i am so tired you don't even know what i thought you typed

8:34 pm

congrats Harry

8:34 pm

ty for all your help

yay harry!

8:34 pm

bye :)

8:35 pm

owl i am so tired i can't even imagine what you thought i typed!

8:36 pm

but thanks dawg. i figured out the da7

8:36 pm

Dorens, yes, it should have been yorick, but the other guy is easier to use as a clue! :-)

is that tri + an existing b word?

8:36 pm

tri + hit the **i* with the hammer

8:36 pm

use just the last three of that existing b word, TO

8:37 pm

tu5

8:37 pm

latin plural the 4, holly

i would if i had any clue as to which b word you mean

8:38 pm

thank you LBD

8:38 pm

owl... try my clue

8:39 pm

prefix for 3, + cardi*** birds are red

that is tr 6 no?

8:40 pm

it's the last tr6, TO

8:41 pm

Yippee! Fireworks

i thought i asked for tr7?

8:41 pm

yay holly

8:41 pm

whoooo hooooo HOLLY!!!

8:41 pm

oh that is easier.. newspaper the herald tr*****

ty. defs are the easiest for me i am a crossword person

8:43 pm

harry asked for tr6, you never specified

sorry. need 5 more it is like pulling teeth

un5/16?

8:43 pm

hey, i need 82 more.. will be here a while

8:44 pm

un + nuclear *** treaty

8:44 pm

as6?

8:44 pm

ooo, nm, got it

ty doren. are you finished?

8:45 pm

no i need 78 more now

oh my! and you are going to finish?

8:46 pm

Dorens, Levi is getting so big and handsome!

8:46 pm

i'll probably fall asleep at the computer.... never looked before i got home tonight... around 9 or so.. it might be a long night

8:47 pm

thanks dawg... i sure think so. and a happy, easy going boy as well

bi5/12 pls?

8:48 pm

bi5.14 is bi + cardi*** birds are red

8:49 pm

bi5.18 is a type of tree,

ty need 2 and will i be glad to finish!

8:51 pm

clues for the tu8 or tu9 please?

1

8:51 pm

go owl

0

8:52 pm

congrats TO

8:52 pm

yay owl!

8:52 pm

whooo hoooo TO

doren my coworker is flirting like mad with me. i am trying to enjoy it

8:53 pm

why does it take effort?

8:53 pm

tu+ letter before S + 2nd letter + card****

because it ddoes. # 1 he is a coworker and everyone can see it

8:55 pm

ty dawg

8:56 pm

he shouldn't be doing it in front of other people... i don't think i would enjoy that

# 2 i am crazy

8:56 pm

hi everone -- 9 to go here

http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships /articleoprahmatch.aspx?cp-documentid= 22451127&GT1=32023

8:56 pm

go nan

well we are all jammed in together remember?

but then again i can put the brakes on. and by interacting playfully with other guys in group can diffuse it

8:57 pm

owl email it to me, can onlly try to finish grid before sleeping now. and yes, you are... but I prefer flirting in private.. not when others are party to it (as i recalll.... actually been a while since anyone flirted with me)

8:58 pm

this grid is a nightmare...101 left

8:58 pm

ca 5/14 following the republican leader?

nm can i help?

9:01 pm

need both at clues

9:02 pm

nan, rhymes with scottish land baron

9:02 pm

at + spanish aunt, and a + go to court

9:02 pm

ty dawger

9:02 pm

back in a bit

ok then i will say goodnight

9:03 pm

night owl

night doren and all

9:06 pm

un 6, please?

9:06 pm

night TO

9:07 pm

taking apart a book, cyber

9:07 pm

unfasten

9:08 pm

nuchae

9:08 pm

sorry

9:08 pm

ty shirl and dorens

9:10 pm

sorry lbd I am not getting either of your at clues

9:10 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

9:10 pm

tr7 / 36?

9:10 pm

yay nan

9:11 pm

tr 7: three + dressed

9:12 pm

ty nan

9:12 pm

yw

9:12 pm

thx cyber

9:12 pm

pl for the 8

9:14 pm

any other clues wanted before I leave?

9:14 pm

not quite yet, but thanks nan

9:14 pm

na6?

9:15 pm

hello all! YAY nan!

9:15 pm

na6 - like mexican tortilla chips, but change last vowel

9:15 pm

*hoping the internet connection is restored*

9:15 pm

hi stid

9:15 pm

thx cyber

9:15 pm

good evening stid

9:16 pm

what up peops

9:16 pm

hi stid

9:16 pm

it's really stormy here. hope all is well with you-all?

9:17 pm

all is well, and calm skies

9:17 pm

windy today, but no rain so far -- hope the weather on the coast doesn't move inland

9:17 pm

li 5,12?

9:17 pm

me too nan-- you don't need what Jill and Bugs are dealing with!

9:18 pm

beautiful day here

This grid is a tu 4/6

9:18 pm

li + phonetic ability to do something well

9:18 pm

hey carol

9:18 pm

Hey Carol, nice to see you on line!

How are you doing?

I have 68 to go

9:19 pm

Well,

9:19 pm

Well I have some problems!

9:20 pm

rial

Now your in the PB

9:20 pm

good clue ellen!

9:20 pm

Oh Oh I made a mistake!!!!!!

9:21 pm

thanks

Last night there were rum balls in the PB I don't know what's in there tonight!

9:22 pm

Maybe Chateauneuf de Pape?

9:22 pm

on my way -- back at the flip :)

9:22 pm

trinal

9:22 pm

I am down to 40 now and my energy has collapsed. Back later if I can. *poof*

9:22 pm

tract

9:22 pm

triad

9:23 pm

later then stid

9:25 pm

second ur 5 please?

9:27 pm

subur*** the place

9:27 pm

?

9:27 pm

that's the first, tor, but thanks

9:27 pm

oh, i got it... thank you!

9:29 pm

thanks ellen

9:31 pm

ok I'm getting tired and punchy so I'll sing to wake me up...here goes "97 words on the wall, 97 words on the wall ...ya take one down and pass it around 96 words on the wall" oh I better drink some water!

9:34 pm

hello 55 to go

9:35 pm

hi jane. ten here

9:43 pm

bu6?

9:44 pm

putting coffins in the ground

9:45 pm

thanks

9:45 pm

da7?

9:45 pm

ar6 please

9:46 pm

da + shroud of ****n + ab*

9:46 pm

ar+ our northern neighbor ****da

9:46 pm

ar = ar + erie ****l

9:47 pm

ty Dawger!

9:47 pm

and Shirl

9:53 pm

*emerging from deep within the bowels of the grid* fireworks... and off to sleep

9:56 pm

wtg Dorens

9:58 pm

can anyone clue ab4/6, ac4/8, ai6/21 pls

9:59 pm

ab+ **se and shine

9:59 pm

ac** breaky heart

9:59 pm

ai6 is plural of the 5

10:00 pm

whooooo hooooo DORENS!!

10:00 pm

sleep well, sweet dreams, dorens

10:00 pm

and I'm off too. see you all tomorrow. good luck with the grid

10:01 pm

ty dawger...83 left

10:01 pm

Sleep, what a nice thing to contemplate; I can't do it when I 'should' and I can to it for hours when I 'shoun't'.

10:01 pm

*shouldn't

10:02 pm

hi jacula

10:02 pm

HiMP. BBS.

10:04 pm

i think i am suffering from some sort of babble blight here tonight just one of those nights...

10:04 pm

Thatr was meant to be BRB.

10:04 pm

me too MP

10:05 pm

LOL Jac

10:05 pm

If I can help re the grid, I will, if my wonky keyboard and wonky brain allow me to type clues.

10:05 pm

tr7/36 please

10:07 pm

tr7/36 = 3 + enveloped in (rhymes with glad)

10:07 pm

ty MP- Got it

10:07 pm

court of justice - 6 Roman officers.

10:08 pm

ty Jac

10:08 pm

dt now plural it for the tr8/50

10:08 pm

Or try tr* (three) + the bread thing your hambuger comes in + a vowel.

10:08 pm

*hamburger

10:08 pm

yep- got that too thanks!

10:09 pm

jac i think that is the tr7/40, right?

10:09 pm

Dressed three times? is the tr7.36. tr8/50 is probably the plural.

10:09 pm

doesnt matter- I needed both : )

10:10 pm

MP - yes that was the 7.40 but that was what I was asked to clue earlier.

10:11 pm

sorry jac missed that request *wink* i need the second tr 5/12, tr6/21, and last tr4/5 pls

10:12 pm

2md tr5/12 is the Chinese Mafia.

10:12 pm

tr6 is the plural.

10:12 pm

The last tr4.5 is not a lie!

10:15 pm

Tr5/12 = 'Three' * short word for advertisement.

10:16 pm

MP - no doubt you did, since you've not been here as long as I have.

10:18 pm

last hy6 please?

10:19 pm

Pertaining to hydrogen, DR.

10:20 pm

jac thank you and you are right I have only done this about six times now...so I am so happy nice people like you are so willing to help us newbies join in the fun. i have the chinese mafia as the third tr5/12 and I have the first still need the other one pls

10:20 pm

ty Jac

10:20 pm

hi all. How's everyone tonight?

10:20 pm

y.w DR.

10:20 pm

Hi Autumn.

10:21 pm

Hi Autumn

10:22 pm

I'm just getting over giving myself a small does of food poisoning by not heating my chicken stew up enough in the microwave. I knew I should have pui it in a saucepan and boiled it for 15 mins.

10:22 pm

I am regretting starting this grid. I have about 40 minutes to bedtime and 130 to find

10:22 pm

*DOSE, NOT DOES.

10:23 pm

oh yuck Jac! Hope you feel better now

10:23 pm

jac - you know better than that! Hope it doesn't last too long

10:23 pm

DR _ I seem to be okay now. The weird headache that often accompanies the bad bowels has gone now.

10:24 pm

jac that food poisoning can be mighty rough...glad you are better

10:24 pm

ok glad you are feeling better

10:25 pm

Autu,n - I know! I just thought I'd try to jointhe ranks of those in the house that microwave things. Won't be doing it again.

10:26 pm

It would have been quicker to put the stew in a saucepan and heat it on the cooker. Would have been safer, too.

10:26 pm

**F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S**

10:26 pm

hi everyone! (0:

10:26 pm

I always say - the best thing the microwave is for... to heat up that stupid cup of tea I made then got busy doing something else

10:26 pm

YAY LIND!!!!

10:26 pm

Welll done, Lindrick.

10:26 pm

WTG LINDY !!!

10:27 pm

whoo hoo Lindricway, me too!

10:27 pm

thanks guys! glad you are better Jac

10:27 pm

yahoo carol!

10:27 pm

Microwave tea tastes pretty crap though, doesn't it?

10:27 pm

only if I have milk in it

10:28 pm

so autumn are you coming to my party on Sat?

10:28 pm

I don't know yet, Lind

10:29 pm

I have to be in Gatineau at noon on Sunday

10:29 pm

it would be very cool! (0:

10:29 pm

aahhh that could be a problem!

10:29 pm

Fried my brain finishing, going to bed now. Nite all!

10:29 pm

I think I've had a microwave oven in my house for about 30 years now. I still haven't worked out what they are supposed to be good for. They're quite good for pre-cooking apples before they go into a crumble, I used to use the cooker for heating up babymilk in the night.

10:30 pm

I microwave almost everything

10:30 pm

Mind you7, seems I have comitted a sin doing that now in plastic bottles.

10:30 pm

and hi all

10:30 pm

night carol

10:30 pm

hi nrkii

10:31 pm

Hi nrkii.

10:31 pm

microwaves can be handy for defrosting stuff, but I don't think I will have one when I move Jac

10:31 pm

li 5/12?

10:31 pm

I generally make enough of something for 3 to 5 meals, and freeze most of it to microwave later

10:32 pm

you just can't win Jac!

10:32 pm

But have you smelled the wet dog smell microwaves giv to meat. Lincrick?

10:33 pm

I wouldn't use the microwave to cook meat the first time around, but to reheat something already cooked, yes

10:33 pm

Yes Jac, but I never defrost or heat meat in the microwave! yuck

10:33 pm

though I have a microwave convection oven, so theoretically, I could cook meat in that thing... just never do

10:34 pm

I am giving up on this grid. Lind - I will be on FB on Friday night and will let you know.

10:34 pm

LI 5/12 Li & ***hos (chips with dip)

10:34 pm

Meat should be cooked and re-heated with gas not microwaves.

10:34 pm

oh autumn, look forward to it but no pressure!

10:34 pm

done!!

10:34 pm

if i'm not about just email me

10:34 pm

Yahoo marmart!

10:35 pm

*ok even!

10:35 pm

okay lind ni-night all!

10:35 pm

nanight autumn hugs

10:36 pm

If this oven re-invention keeps on occuring, I will have to resort to man's original cooking implement - the fire.

10:36 pm

LOL Jac!

10:37 pm

oh Jac did you get my message the other week thru facebook?

10:39 pm

Well, you've got the basic fire, then you've got the BBQ and you've also got the fire pit (luau pit).

10:39 pm

What message was that, Lind?

10:39 pm

I sent you an email thru facebook on 2nd Nov Jac

10:40 pm

I'll have to check that out later. Lind.

10:40 pm

thanks Jac (0:

10:40 pm

well I think I might have an early night

10:41 pm

So I will catch you all tomorrow, sweet dreams everyone! (0:

10:42 pm

'Bye Lindrick.

10:45 pm

Judt checked my emails for 2nd Nov on FB and there weren't any.

10:47 pm

re sent it Jac!

10:47 pm

*poof*

10:57 pm

can I get a clue for the ca7/44 PLEASE?

10:59 pm

please somebody pretty please?

11:00 pm

I guess everybody left?

11:00 pm

feline + flying creature

11:00 pm

ca7/44 = a feline + its feathered friend

11:00 pm

omg thank you

11:00 pm

lol thats the first time i've ever given a clue :P

11:02 pm

and what a great clue it was Reese's

11:04 pm

ty :D

11:05 pm

yw

11:10 pm

very quite tonite

11:11 pm

back to finish. need clues please. for hy 7 please?

11:12 pm

hy7 = add another vowel to hy6

11:12 pm

got it. ty.

11:13 pm

need second ca 4 5. darn. hate to ask for 4s but tried so many.

11:14 pm

nm got it. so so sorry.

11:14 pm

you push a shopping ****

11:14 pm

lol ok

11:14 pm

but do need ca 5 14 after it. would love that one.

11:15 pm

ty reese. sorry.

11:15 pm

its chill :P

11:16 pm

c + a three leter word for litlle boy

11:16 pm

whoops add an s on the end of y clue lol

11:16 pm

my*

11:17 pm

sorry but not understanding. i have the cl words. i need ca 5 14. you clued the cl 5 14. sorry.

11:17 pm

oh sorry my bad

11:18 pm

c + what we breathe + fourth letter

11:18 pm

hey guys and gals

11:19 pm

hey granny

11:19 pm

ty got it!

11:19 pm

great clue grannyrose

11:19 pm

mp, how's things with you?

11:19 pm

yw mkg

11:19 pm

need first da 5 16 please.

11:20 pm

only 14 left.

11:20 pm

everthing is just skippy and you?

11:20 pm

da + ***-***, a dance, add plural letter for a 6

11:21 pm

hopeful here, see my surgeon tomorrow, maybe get rid of this wretched boot

11:21 pm

super clue grannyrose. ty. got it.

11:22 pm

need da 7 please. cant get from the 4 before it.

11:23 pm

da + nep**ne, a planet + sulphu*** acid

11:24 pm

ty super super clues.

11:24 pm

8 left

11:24 pm

granny you are hot tonight! fabulous clues

11:24 pm

need la 5 10 please.

11:25 pm

ggoooo mkg, and why, thankee kindly

11:25 pm

i have 60 left this grid has been a real piece of work tonight!

11:25 pm

la + ***l, you hit this with a hammer

11:26 pm

ty. i was all around it and not on it.

11:26 pm

need li 5 12 please.

11:26 pm

never a good thing when hammers are involved

11:27 pm

li + single hump + **tions speak louder than words

11:27 pm

ty got it.

11:28 pm

un 6 please.

11:28 pm

take off rope, bandage

11:29 pm

un + garbage can +fourth letter

11:29 pm

Well, considering that this is the first time I've been here today and reading the past few posts; I probably can't make a dent in THIS grid I take it! :-) Hi Everybody!

11:30 pm

ty. wow. i am so close and cant get them. ty.

11:30 pm

hey nef

11:30 pm

need na 6 24 please.

11:30 pm

hi granny! Did you finish this one?

11:31 pm

nef granny is super cluing me. with super clues that i get in two seconds. wow. i am so impressed.

11:31 pm

mexican dish, change last vowel + plural letter ( doesn't have a single version )

11:31 pm

ty got it.

11:32 pm

nef, finished last night, probably while you were sleeping

11:32 pm

need na 5 12 please.

11:33 pm

Granny, if you're in Australia, yor night is my day! It's nearly midnight here.

11:33 pm

what time is it there granny?

11:33 pm

water nymph, na + anagram of help

11:33 pm

it is almost 1 am here. must get to bed soon.

11:33 pm

na5: you hit them with hammers?

11:33 pm

ty got it.

11:33 pm

just gone 4.30 pm tuesday

11:34 pm

ty. got firewks now. done at last. ty granny.

11:34 pm

11:30 monday here :)

11:34 pm

WTG MKG!!!!

11:34 pm

enjoy the grid all of you.

11:35 pm

That boggles my mind: it's 11:30 PM Monday here, yet you are 16 hours ahead of us! Talk about time travel

11:35 pm

WTG, MKG!!!

11:35 pm

YAY mkg!

11:35 pm

hey all

11:35 pm

kimber, tomorrow is going to be great * grin *

11:35 pm

hey stiddy

11:36 pm

Good to know, granny! :-D

11:36 pm

hi stid...58 left *smile*

11:36 pm

hi stid!

11:36 pm

let's do the time warp again....

11:38 pm

one of the many reasons i would like to travel to america. i would be instantly 16 hours younger

11:38 pm

But it ould take 16 hours to get to mid America too

11:39 pm

hhmmmm....mind pictures of sagging brain, body, butt....

11:40 pm

tu 9/72 plz

11:40 pm

Come on, Granny. You are still a spring chicken around here! I'm older than you. And I'm always surprised to realize how old I am, too!

11:42 pm

grannyrose, how's you today? leg healing properly?

11:42 pm

hm. someone older than grannyrose? *incredulous (wicked) look*

11:42 pm

I am down to 40. help on ca 7/44 please?

11:43 pm

tijani, I just got here and am not working the grid tonight; just chatting. Sorry I can't help

11:43 pm

is ok

11:43 pm

and help on the DA 7 as well if anyone has it.

11:43 pm

I don't have the 9 yet tijani, sorry

11:45 pm

OH! I just figured out the tu9!

11:45 pm

go Nef go!

11:46 pm

I think I scared away grannyrose... *sad mama look*

11:46 pm

tu+ something you put stuff into (is garbage ***) + Lou Gerigs' disease (abbreviation)

11:46 pm

tu9/72 is a plural of tu8/55. tu8 = a jet engine ******e + c**l me on the phone

11:46 pm

thx

11:46 pm

thanks nef and cats!

11:46 pm

thats cool

11:47 pm

okay, I forgot the R

11:49 pm

got it. my monkeys are tired

11:52 pm

down to 22... not going to finish tonight.

11:52 pm

well, I'm pretty much crashing and burning here. Good thing I didn't try tonight, 1 word in 20 minutes is pretty lousy. Good Night everybody; Happy Babbling!

11:52 pm

hi all...better late than never!

11:52 pm

sweet dreams nef (((hugs)))

11:52 pm

no luck on me finishing tonight either :(

11:52 pm

hey pini, here to cheer me on? down to 20...

11:52 pm

i'm down to 110!!!

11:52 pm

ROFL!

11:53 pm

I'll cheer ya on, stid!!!

11:53 pm

i'm down to 57 woot woot

11:53 pm

git'r dun, girls!

11:53 pm

I'm looking to break 100!! :)

11:54 pm

go pini go!!!!

11:54 pm

ooooh, it's windy outside and Koda's under my arm!

11:54 pm

*holds choclit at 100 mark*

11:54 pm

we're getting quite the blow coming through now pini, the leading edge of the second storm... or the trailing edge of the first. not sure which.

11:55 pm

I wonder how long it's going to last...Koda may keep me awake :( he's not been in a lot of storms...

11:55 pm

poor Koda. is he feeling scared?

11:55 pm

down to 17 and stalled

11:55 pm

105

11:55 pm

go pini go!

11:56 pm

*hands over choclit*

11:56 pm

104

11:56 pm

102

11:56 pm

gooooooo pinikula!!!!!!!

11:57 pm

Imma tryin'!

11:57 pm

54 left...

11:57 pm

go MPittore!

11:57 pm

100!!

11:58 pm

still working on the CA 7/44....

11:58 pm

ima peddlin'

11:58 pm

well done pini! one more...

11:58 pm

96 ;)

11:58 pm

52

11:58 pm

yes! GO pini!!!

11:59 pm

I have the first ca4 and the last ca4...I'm no help!

11:59 pm

16 lefyt

11:59 pm

or left

11:59 pm

15~!

11:59 pm

daturic...

11:59 pm

naira....

11:59 pm

nutria....

11:59 pm

94 ;)

11:59 pm

rofl... staring in PB for next grid!

12:00 am

nicad...

12:00 am

thx stid! :)

12:00 am

nubia...

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