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12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

ick. 99 words. tiny

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

it was -9 here this morning, stid

12:00 am

yea, 99 words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

hey andree!! ((hugs))

12:01 am

i just finished with about 1 second to spare

12:01 am

99 words for this grid?

hi all!

12:01 am

that's a tad cool, jes. we were down close to single digits, the low at the airport (inland a bit) was 8 last night

12:01 am

wow Andree, WTG

12:01 am

YAY andree!!!!

12:01 am

hello everybody?

12:02 am

definitely chilly

12:02 am

hi mlf

12:02 am

hi jes

12:02 am

hi mlf

di 7

12:02 am

DA 4/7

12:02 am

DI7 /44

12:02 am

no Dee i called it first lol

12:02 am

da 7

12:03 am

oopsp no i called DA lol

:)

as 6

12:03 am

wow. GO di people go!!!!

12:04 am

AS 6

12:04 am

you guys are amazing, i never see anything above 4 letters for ages

12:04 am

99 words this time is that right?

12:05 am

It's been below freezing here

I usually don't either

ea 6

12:05 am

flosey, I've added a bit about my icon, fyi.

big storm here tonight

12:05 am

hi dee hi

high winds and icy rain tomorrow

12:05 am

we are getting rain here

Clues are up

hugs jili

12:05 am

ty lickety

ty lickety

12:06 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:06 am

YAY lickety!!!!

in 6

12:07 am

thx lickety

12:08 am

we are having fine sunny weather

na 6

12:08 am

that's the one I need dee *looking*

na 6/21 pl of na 5/12

12:09 am

oh no, that is a different i. oh well...

oops thot you meant the na 6 sorry

12:10 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:10 am

enable never heard of a nashi pear

12:11 am

hing is a word. Pungent herb, it is.

12:11 am

well, down to 40 and now to sleep. I am really really tired today. was lying down watching TV with the boys and work up 2 hours later... still sleepy!

12:11 am

g'ngiht stid

12:11 am

oh -- Jill and all, stidkid#1 PASSED his math class with a B grade!!! *suprised and pleased mama look*

12:11 am

bye stid, sleep well

12:11 am

night stid -- I'll be glad when you can take a break

12:11 am

sweet dreams seain and all! (((Hugs))) *poof*

12:11 am

good for him stid

12:12 am

congrats to stidmatt!!!

help with top i in last column for nbt??

ti 6

12:14 am

i'm missing the same i dee

can't even begin to figure out yet what it might be :(

de 5/14 and de 8/60

in7/32

my 1st 8 on my own yippppeee

weird word and new for me

ty for in 7... looking

12:15 am

I guess this is like many wee ones -- lots of weird words?

12:16 am

nice dee and thanks!

12:16 am

ty, dee

12:16 am

hi everyone :)

yqw

hi nan

12:17 am

hmmm...i have an in 6...

12:17 am

stid's in the grid

12:17 am

in7 from Italian

12:18 am

sh7

old friend ts5

12:19 am

old friends, in fact

12:20 am

ty josh (and dc)

12:20 am

ts5 x 2

does in 7 come from top i last column?

12:21 am

da 7 if not already called

yes, dee

ty

ty dc - forgot about that one

12:22 am

i would never have found that in without morewords

12:22 am

ty dc finally found it

12:23 am

nihi - that word is Latin, yes?

in 6 x 2

12:24 am

yes, dc

12:24 am

hm. still precipitating. i wonder what it'll be like in the morning. Sheet of ice, i bet.

12:25 am

got that in7 from morewords too

12:25 am

come visit aus dc, that will thaw you out in a hurry

12:25 am

god bless morewords

12:26 am

edit edits

12:26 am

i'm sure, andree. :) It is in our plans for the forseeable future.

12:26 am

oopsie, jilli

12:26 am

oops!

12:27 am

flosey -- is there some of that Black & White in the PB?

12:27 am

well be sure to get in touch when in sydney dc

12:29 am

will let travel plans be known, where ever we may go, andree, never fear :)

12:30 am

we had a gunman in a campus of our community college today - he was after a teacher

12:30 am

no one was hurt

12:30 am

good and we can get together with mrp and lickety too

12:31 am

nice!

how awful dc

12:31 am

how was he stopped

12:32 am

http://tinyurl.com/y9rdp3k is the story from our local news radio station.

12:32 am

mostly lack of true will, i think

12:32 am

the d in rh corner please

12:33 am

hi jilli, sorry was stressing out over that in7, just read back, by all means, have stocked the pb with B&W

12:33 am

oh... I finally found an 8

12:33 am

wtg ru

wtg ru and hi

12:33 am

is your guy always in the middle, ru?

which 8 did you find?

12:33 am

and what a dear little pup

12:33 am

oops didn't even notice there was any 8's

12:33 am

de8

12:34 am

thx ruru

di 5/14 is one of those d's

12:34 am

hi ruru

12:34 am

and the sh 7

12:34 am

Hi ya jilli

12:34 am

hi dee

12:34 am

thx volley

yw

12:37 am

won't accept indian

12:37 am

down to 25 -- list time

12:37 am

18 here.. not ready for the list

12:38 am

proper noun I guess, ruru

12:38 am

indian - giver?

12:38 am

ty for the sh 7 ruru

12:38 am

yw vash

15 here, but coming to a screeching halt...

12:39 am

you'd better ask Mr Enable, ru

12:39 am

"Mr. Enable.. why do you always mess with my he4?"

12:39 am

i have s's and t's left

12:40 am

aha, just got an 8

12:41 am

wtg flosey!

12:41 am

30 left, taking a break then breaking out the list, later all

12:42 am

and monkeyed the other 8

12:42 am

I have de 8 what is the other?

12:42 am

wow, flosey!

what is the second 8 flosey?

12:42 am

I have to keep taking coughing breaks

12:43 am

(poor jilli)

12:43 am

de8/60 and

aww so sorry to hear that jlil

12:43 am

st8/50

12:43 am

????

12:43 am

oh

ty for the st 8

12:44 am

yw Dee

12:44 am

I wish I could see these long words :(

12:45 am

ty flosey!

12:45 am

I monkeyed them both jilli, both strange to me

12:45 am

new one to me, ty flosey

12:45 am

my monkeys are on strike

12:45 am

that does happen jilli

12:46 am

well, I'm not going to worry about them, just do my usual thing of mostly finding 4-letter words.

12:48 am

at least I foound da7 on my own

12:49 am

wtg jilli

12:49 am

102, 101, 99... what is the grid pattern this week?

12:49 am

go, go jilli

12:49 am

hi mrp :)

12:49 am

lol, dc!

12:49 am

de5 isn't even in the (?) dictionary

12:49 am

XX bottles of beer seems to be the pattern

12:50 am

hi, mrp

12:50 am

too tired to finish -- see y ou tomorrow :)

12:50 am

there are lots like that :(

12:50 am

night nan!

12:51 am

sweet dreams, nan

12:54 am

over halfway but still 2 blanks

12:54 am

kitty says bedtime, so i shall obey. 28 for the morrow.

12:54 am

1 blank now

12:54 am

I have 2 blanks

12:55 am

happy babbling yall! {poof}

12:55 am

I need help on the in7?

12:55 am

night dc -- sleep well

12:56 am

in + correct a document + vowel

in + to proof and correct a manuscript + 1st vowel

oops lag here

12:56 am

thank you

12:59 am

yw ru

odd ga 5/18 and its plural ga 6/30

1:02 am

15 to go and they'll have to wait for morning, very tired, goodnight all

sleep well flosey

1:04 am

st8 clue?

1:04 am

This grid bites as much as the last one

1:07 am

little grid usually have big teeth

1:09 am

I am down to two the st 7 and the st 8

1:10 am

wtg ruru!!!

1:10 am

sorry I can't help

1:11 am

NBT at last!

1:11 am

4th column grey, lol!

1:12 am

found the st 7

1:12 am

Hello, all!

1:12 am

one more

1:13 am

Go, ruru!

1:13 am

hiya jelllen

1:13 am

gogogo ruru -- and hi jellen!

1:16 am

firewurst

1:16 am

Yay, ruru!!!

1:17 am

I have seen that st 8 before.. forgot it until now

1:17 am

thank you...lucked out on this one.

1:18 am

YAY ruru!!!

1:19 am

(sorry -- another coughing break)

1:19 am

do you have cough medicine jilli?

1:19 am

how ya been jellen?

1:20 am

yes, ruru, took some

1:20 am

ga5 & ga6 -- even with the aid of Morewords, they escape me.

1:20 am

I've been okay...

1:20 am

good.. we have missed you around here.

1:21 am

ga + past tense of do

1:21 am

Getting ready for Christmas in New Orleans...we're meeting my sister there...

1:21 am

ga i do, i *** i will do present past and future

1:21 am

that sounds like fun..

1:21 am

I have never been to New Orleans

1:22 am

Thanks, Joey!

1:22 am

It's been years since I've been...

1:22 am

yvw, glad to help

1:22 am

dait

1:22 am

neither have I, but my mother and aunt and pals spent a lot of time there years ago

1:23 am

I hope the rebuilding is getting it all back together..what a disaster

1:23 am

Some very heroic stories out of that city

1:23 am

Yes, indeed...

1:24 am

good grief - when did that second D get in the grid ?? Thanks for the clue.

1:24 am

it just arrived christine.. not your fault at all

1:25 am

Is that your new baby ? Looks boootiful.

1:25 am

yep that is him 6 days old

1:26 am

Oh, there;s three.

1:26 am

he is going to be a really nice boy...

1:26 am

Call him Michael.

1:27 am

have to he4 to bed.. night all.. jellen nice to see you... jilli feel better..

clues for the 2 gi4/6's please

1:27 am

Michael?

1:27 am

G'night, ruru...

1:28 am

bye for now...........

1:28 am

Just like the name... my brother's (died before I was born).

1:28 am

night ruru -- sleep tight

1:29 am

gi4 = I read to get the gi** of an article...

1:29 am

gi4/6 -- gi + abbr for saint or street

1:29 am

the other gi4/6 -- switch the last 2 letters

1:32 am

Thanks, jilli...missed that somehow...

1:32 am

where did rumpy go?

1:33 am

I don't know why I try to start at night...my brain's fuzzed...

1:33 am

the flip happens here at 10 pm

1:34 am

It's 1:34 am here...

1:35 am

Not that I taxed my brain too much today...

so sorry... lost my server for a bit!

1:37 am

Hello everyone. Hi Jellen! I put an article on my profile a few weeks ago I thought you and Tim should be interested in

1:38 am

I'll check it out now, lynxxx!

1:40 am

The doctor in St. Louis talked about this treatment...he said Tim would be a good candidate should the cancer come back...

finally fireworks

1:43 am

Yay, Dee!!!

1:43 am

Grant McArther is my oncologist, if he is speaking 'in public' about this then it must be 'true', he is very serious about research. Veeerrry exciting to know it exists. How is Tim Jellen? what has happened

1:43 am

Congrats Volley!

ty... sure wouldn't have taken so long, if my internet provider didn't go down every time we get precipitation

ty all

1:45 am

Let's see...he had surgery for a new growth in October...was referred to a research hospital in November...so far, so good on follow-up tests...

glad to hear good news jell

I must be off all; ty for help all; sleep well, and you sickies, get well soon!!!!

*poofing with hugs*

1:46 am

Sounds like he is in the right place, good stuff!

1:47 am

There's also a pill that shows promise in patients where the melanoma has jumped into other systems...

1:47 am

bye Volley

1:47 am

Bye, Dee

1:50 am

Where had it moved to Jellen? But more importantly- any news of a wedding!?

1:51 am

It was on his forearm...

1:51 am

No news of a wedding yet...

1:53 am

love the sh7

1:55 am

Oooh, got it!

1:56 am

firewurds

1:56 am

Hooray for Jilli!

1:56 am

Yay for jillli!!!!

clue for the yi please

1:57 am

Okay, I'm over halfway and succumbing to the dozing...great to see you all!

1:58 am

Bye Jellen, my best to Tim

1:59 am

yi4 offensive name for those of the jewish faith

and the 2 gi4's

1:59 am

hi rumpy -- three of us posted clues for you a while ago -- did you see them? You seemed to have disappeared.

2:01 am

1st gi4.6 to get an understanding of something, the other is an anagram of that

2:01 am

ost gi4.6 to get an understanding of something, the othere is an anagram of that

2:01 am

rumpy -- see 1:29

2:02 am

disappeared again?

2:03 am

oh well, and I must too - bye Jilli and all

TY all that finishes my 4's. Off to bed. It's my birthday, so I have to get up early to bake my cake.

2:03 am

bye lynxxx :)

2:03 am

happy bday, rumple!

TY rbud

2:04 am

many happy returns, rumpy!

2:04 am

and hi, all, big delay in getting here...

2:04 am

hi rbud :)

TY jillibus

2:07 am

why the delay, rbud? And cute icon :)

2:09 am

slight net problem, coming and going, lots of that the last few days.

2:10 am

bad weather, rbud?

2:11 am

yes, and I think the cable box on the corner has some ice in it. the town guys hit it with mowers all summer long, then when the weather gets bad, it acts up.

2:11 am

Well, I have to go to bed -- earlier start tmw than usual

2:11 am

night, then, jiili, sleep well.

2:12 am

So good luck with this grid, rbud -- wish I could stay and clue but I gotta go

2:12 am

oh, I'm okay, halfway already, thanks! :)

2:12 am

and *poof*

2:37 am

did I miss the flip?

2:38 am

I know I did, freep.

2:45 am

hello everyone

2:46 am

hi granny!

2:48 am

glad someone is still awake. how are you brook?

2:49 am

doing well. baby woke me up at 3 a.m. and while he's returned to sleep, i'm fully awake! so babble it is :-) how are you?

2:51 am

doing ok i guess. i know how it is when babies wake you up,was sole parent to 3 boys for 13 years

2:53 am

wow! i'm sure your sons appreciate all you did for them growing up.

2:55 am

let me reassure you. it does get better. takes a while, though. if you ever need someone to talk to, my email is in my profile.

2:56 am

i appreciate that very much and might take you up on that offer sometime!

2:57 am

i'm sure you will. it's a tough row to hoe, being a sole parent

2:57 am

on another note, a mild victory for me, as of this morning, is that I finally made it to Babble'

2:57 am

Babble's village elders list

2:58 am

whoot, brook, wtg

2:59 am

How are you finding this puzzle today?

2:59 am

I am finding this puzzle annoying enough that I'm going to bed

3:00 am

late flip, late bed, late goodnights to all!

3:00 am

good night!

3:00 am

ohhh, freep, don't give up.i'm here, to help, if you like

3:01 am

brook, have finished already, late flip an hour ago

3:02 am

wow, good for you! are there lots of weird words in this one? i'm asking because i still have 45 words left and am stuck

3:03 am

there are couple of weirdies, i haven't had before. like da5, add a vowel to da4/6

3:04 am

thank you! i never would have gotten that one!

3:04 am

brook, do you have lickety's list up?

3:05 am

and ga5, ga+ to do ( past tense )

3:06 am

i've used the list heavily in the past but am now trying to get through at least 80% of the puzzle without pulling it up. silly goal, huh?

3:07 am

another excellent clue!

3:07 am

not so silly! but this grid has some strange words in it. so if you list, then you can tell me where i can help.

3:07 am

don't forget to plural

3:08 am

i have very clever monkeys on my side. lol

3:08 am

lol

3:09 am

* grin *,i made you smile, that's made my night

3:09 am

i'm glad!

3:09 am

ok, in6, in + what a publisher does + vowel

3:11 am

thanks again!

3:11 am

add a vowel to old fashioned word for speak ( past tense ) for sa6

3:11 am

any help with the "y" at the top?

3:11 am

nm, got it

3:11 am

nasty word for jewish people

3:12 am

yay, brook, wtg

3:12 am

ironically, my family is jewish, and i never heard of the word!

3:13 am

jean

3:13 am

oops!

3:14 am

how about the "n" in the 2nd to the bottom row?

3:15 am

if you are divorced, you might have a decree ni**

3:17 am

thanks! another one i never heard of (and I'm divorced). clearly i'm not learning any vocabulary from my life's experiences! lol

3:17 am

st8, st + how someone who lisps might say is + 2 vowels + fourth letter

3:18 am

it's a past tense word

3:19 am

th5, article word, not a or an but th* + not out

3:20 am

you're awesome at 29 words left but am going to return to bed now, so i'll be refreshed for work later this morning. thanks again, and i hope to talk with you again soon!

3:20 am

si4, si + Not Here

3:22 am

ok, brook, hope your little ones allow you to sleep, see you at the flip

3:22 am

see you! poof!

3:23 am

nitey nite to anyone who is lurking,will be back. * poof *

3:25 am

morning all, if anyone is here at all

3:27 am

Morning sprite

3:27 am

hi norma

3:28 am

having fun with today's grid? Or is it a baddie?

3:29 am

It isn't good lol

3:29 am

Some strange words

3:30 am

hehehe a challenge then. Not quite up to one, but will try.

3:42 am

time for me to crawl under my desk and turn on the heater. Winter is getting serious!

3:44 am

Keep warm sprite and hibernate until spring. What a dream that would be .... Fireworks...... have fun

3:45 am

te

3:46 am

gratz Norma and thanks. Keep dreaming, it is magical :)

3:46 am

hi Frances, te to you too hun.

3:46 am

Hello sprite. Caught out! I was having a quick lurk before heading out.

3:47 am

Are you well?

3:47 am

there is no law against lurking :) Just happy to see you, however briefly.

3:48 am

Thank you. Very happy to see you too.

3:48 am

yeah, partly well. A bit down because they cannot find the cause of my feet losing their feeling. But trying to keep confidence that either we will find it yet, or it will go away as it came... all by itself.

3:49 am

Oh sprite, that cannot be at all pleasant for you. I do hope it gets sorted very quickly.

3:50 am

so do I, I feel like it is another extra problem and I cannot handle it. But I know I will have to if it doesn't go away. And don't we always find a way to do what we have to, eventually? People are resilient, right?

3:52 am

Exactly sprite. You seem to be coping with all that life is throwing at you - somehow. Keep yer chins up girl.

3:52 am

lolllll I will! Just that remark made me laugh again, so you rock, girrrrrl. Thanks.

3:53 am

You are so welcome. If I can bring a smile to your face I am happy.

3:53 am

that makes two of us. As long as we can laugh, we can handle life, Frances. *hugs*

3:53 am

Beats crying every time I always say.

3:54 am

. . . . . and it takes fewer muscles to smile tha

3:54 am

than to grimace.

3:54 am

yeah, we need to cry once in a while, and then we need to kick our ass and get moving, and be willing to laugh again. Laughing gives better wrinkles too ;)

3:54 am

Oooo! Sorry about that!

3:55 am

about what??

3:55 am

Split post.

3:55 am

17 muscles to smile, 35 to frown..... Turn that frown upside down :) Hey Babblers !

3:55 am

aw, no problem.

3:55 am

hi Aussie, you got it :)

3:56 am

Exactly Aussie . . . and good morning to you.

3:56 am

Morning Sprite and Frances.... Lovely to see you.....

3:57 am

99 words..... does the grid have teeth today ??

3:57 am

I already found about 200 words ending in -ting and -ding. Can I scramble the grid a bit please?

3:57 am

yes it does, Aussie, it is smoothe until it suddenly becomes a challenge. Or at least it does for me.

3:58 am

lol.... If we move it, we'll get more words....

3:58 am

ouch, true. Ok, no scrambling. Can I get a free word for every hundred phantoms then? ;)

3:58 am

**gives Sprite a free pass**

3:59 am

I'm back. Postman bringing lots of goodies.

3:59 am

*jumps up and down with joy* A freebie, a freebie!

3:59 am

awww Frances how lovely!

3:59 am

My postie has not arrived yet.... Maybe half past 11 before we see him !

4:00 am

same here, postman always rings late

4:01 am

At least he isn't going to ring twice Sprite !

4:02 am

grin, no, which is indeed good.

4:02 am

yes, because the second time is bound to be bills !! lol :)

4:02 am

Our post is not good either. When you think that sixty years ago you could post something in the morning and it would be delivered the same day - without all the technology and transport that we have now. Now you are lucky if you get something in a week.

4:03 am

exactly and I don't need those!

4:03 am

same thing has amazed me, Frances, until I realised how incredibly much more post we are talking about now.

4:04 am

I know, a letter was sent maybe once a week, now, imagine just how much mail is generated every day, to go round the world !

4:05 am

But I am waiting for a parcel that was posted on Saturday - guaranteed next working day delivery (Monday) and it still hasn't arrived. It cost a lot more for 'premium' service too.

4:05 am

it is about time we learned to communicate telepathically.

4:05 am

Some people think we do sprite. Lol!

4:06 am

Sounds typical of our mail system Frances......

4:06 am

if they don't deliver within the premium promise, you can complain, I think?

4:06 am

sometimes we do, lol.

4:06 am

I will sprite.

4:06 am

I am sure you can Frances (Complain that is)...

4:07 am

More than capable Aussie.

4:07 am

of course that doesn't bring your mail any sooner :(

4:08 am

I didn't mean that you can complain, I meant I am sure it is in the agreement that you can complain if you don;'t get the service !! lol...

4:08 am

Unfortunately not and it was a Christmas present for my granddaughter. A camera.

4:08 am

may it arrive today! With an extra postman!

4:08 am

**fingers crossed for special delivery**

4:09 am

I doubt it sprite. Postman always (only) rings once round here.

4:09 am

I found an 8 I found an 8!

4:09 am

WOO !!

4:10 am

I found one eight Aussie. st8.

4:11 am

Sorry, meant sprite.

4:11 am

ah I have the other one. De8

4:11 am

stid is in the grid today !

4:11 am

our stiddie :D Yay for that.

4:12 am

Thanks sprite - looking.

4:12 am

same here, for that st.

4:13 am

have the de8

4:14 am

yay found it. Thanks Frances!

4:14 am

wtg Aussie :)

4:14 am

Found the de8. Thank you too sprite.

poounce

4:15 am

HERINNNNNNNNNNNN !!!!!

4:15 am

Hi infernal.

4:15 am

hey lady *hugs* How are you and how is school?

hugs all s good. how you?

4:16 am

good here... I have my Mom with me !

4:16 am

no good about my feet yet, but for the rest pretty ok.

4:16 am

Hello, All :-)

4:17 am

Zooz !! Lovely to see you !

4:17 am

hi zooz!

4:17 am

Morning zooz

4:17 am

Loving your icon Spritey¬

4:18 am

thanks zooz!

sorry destracted

4:19 am

Another small grid i see.

Aussie I can't believe how big Smurfett is

4:19 am

Hello, Herin

4:19 am

Yes Zooz, with teeth !

4:19 am

I know Herin....

4:19 am

oh no..not another one..lol

4:19 am

not a bad one, zooz, some challenges here!

Hey. I just saw new pics of my friend from school. she looks different

4:21 am

Cool Herin.... different good ??

Yes. I think that one of the girls got her hair all cut short. I tried to get a decent trim yesterday and the silly girl cut my fringe uneven. i don't think she understood a Betty Page style cut

4:22 am

{{Herin}}

4:23 am

oh no, hope your hair looks ok still Herin.

4:23 am

awful when your hair isn't as you like

Its just the fringe but seriously how hard is it to cut it straight.

4:26 am

yeah, even I can do that, giggle

I am going to the speciality hair dressers next time and paying the money

4:27 am

drop by at my place the next time you need your fringe cut :)

um yes then I could have an awesome holiday

4:28 am

Don`t blame you, hair takes a while to grow back, especially when you want it to grow quick..lol

4:28 am

wouldn't that be grande!

4:29 am

actually, i have got some clippers here :-)

4:29 am

D's DONE !

4:29 am

wtg Aussie!

4:29 am

go Aussie

I don't mind now I can actually see without my hair dangling in my face

4:30 am

thats good Herin !

4:30 am

my sister used to hair a bad habit of chewing her hair when it was long..lol

then again I am thinking it could be saved by actually doing a proper Betty Page style. I use to chew my hair. Maybe I thought I was a cat

4:31 am

i`m talking when she was young by the way...lol

4:32 am

lol

4:32 am

fireflies. Very nice grid. Can I help with anything at all before I go?

4:33 am

YAY Spritey !!

4:33 am

Well done Spritey.

yah sprite

4:35 am

no help needed? I am off th4. Bye all and thanks for the company and fun. *hugs*

4:35 am

Thanks any way sprite, take care.

4:35 am

*hugs spritey back*

4:36 am

i am down to 36 to find.

4:36 am

Any way up left for me

4:36 am

??

4:36 am

69 left

4:37 am

oh..hahaha..sorry

4:37 am

lol..

I have not started

4:40 am

phone, brb

4:45 am

find the continent in todays grid !

4:47 am

Asia

4:48 am

And with that I am off out having got my sparkly things. Bye all.#

4:48 am

YAY !! Frances, you get the prize !!

4:49 am

Thanks Aussie. Bye again.

4:49 am

YAY Frances !! See you soon ! xoxox

5:15 am

Morning all. I do NOT want to go outside this AM. The weather reports aren't nice at all. :-(

5:17 am

agreed, nef!

5:18 am

Are you affected by this winter storm, Brooke?

5:19 am

i think it's just supposed to be cold rain here. snowing where you are, i take it?

5:20 am

blizzard contions, It's snowed overnight and we have 20 mph winds (not just gusts)

5:20 am

yikes

5:20 am

sorry to hear that!

5:21 am

I think I have to leave in about 10 minues so I can get to work on time (and I live in the Twin Cities in MN)

5:21 am

in your profession, you still need to report to work, correct?

5:21 am

ah, you answered my question :-)

5:22 am

drive safely! you probably get a lot of practice driving in snow where you are

5:22 am

yes; but I'm now a nurse manager in a pregnancy center. However, today is a clinic day and I'm expecting 25 clients today (wonder how many will make it?)

5:23 am

clinic day means routine checkups?

5:24 am

I used to live up by the Canadian and North Dakota/ MN border. I moved south for the warmer climate! :-)

5:25 am

that's funny! it's all relative...

5:25 am

yes. We have a CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) who comes out and does all the routine prenatal exams (full physical, etc.) on Wed. and Fri.

5:26 am

maybe those who are in earlier stages of their pregnancy will wish to reschedule their checkups

5:27 am

I provide a lunch too. Today I'm taking in homemade chicken soup

5:27 am

that's so sweet of you! if i were pregnant and in minnesota, i'd come to you :-)

5:28 am

It would be nice if many of them did. However, we only have 1 on today's schedule in her first trimester; most are in that 30 + week part of the pregnancy when they should be seen when sheduled

5:29 am

thanks. This clinic has been doing this for 30 years; I've only been here for less than 1 1/2 years; so it isn't something *I* started; but it's a neat thing to do

5:30 am

it must be fulfilling

5:31 am

it is. And I see it's time to go too. :-/ Have a good day!

5:31 am

you too, and be safe!

5:32 am

Bye! <Poof>

5:39 am

Can't find the in 7/32 or st 8/50 - any clues please

5:42 am

in + what a writer does + vowel

5:42 am

st + w***hold information + vowel + past tense

while you're cluing, do you have the other 8?

good morning, by the way!

5:45 am

de + what matter turns into when it burns up + gerund suffix

5:45 am

good morning to you too!

tyvm!!

5:46 am

yvm!

5:47 am

phantom: pachycephalic

5:47 am

I am not getting the in 7, what does a writer do besides write???

5:48 am

the writer corrects his or her work

5:48 am

AH, ok. Actually his ed4or does that

5:50 am

you're correct, however a writer ed4s his or her work before submitting it for review (at least that's what I did when I wrote)

5:50 am

ok BR... yeah... that's my phantom, too... LOL!

5:50 am

BR, I saw that phantom too!

5:51 am

Gotcha, BTW, you guys have sophisticated phantoms - I just keep seeing giant

5:51 am

gotta go now with 19 left... happy babbling everyone! poof!

5:51 am

Oh, and dating. Is anyone here dating a giant?

5:52 am

Mich... that's basically what I was trying to say.

5:52 am

you people are on the ball

5:53 am

Got it, OK, I am only half on the ball, since I am sneaking my game time at work. No one is here today so I am getting away with it, but I'd better leave the rest til later. Bye for now.

5:53 am

OMG.... I clearly need more coffee! Obviously BR was joking as there is not a word even close to the one he led us to believe was his phantom.. LOL! Good one BR!

5:54 am

The fact that I needed that pointed out to me does not bode well!

BR sees things in the grids that no one else can see...

5:54 am

my phantoms truly are phantoms

5:54 am

I'll say!

5:54 am

OK... but if he saw that one I would have to believe he was hallucinating, LOL.

5:55 am

or maybe clearly in 6/18?

5:56 am

well, in 6 can be a welcome respite from the rigors of reality

5:56 am

Good morning, folks

I prefer to believe he inhabits another plane of existence, where this grid is a mere shadow of one far more complex and multidimensional

5:56 am

I often long for a quiet, padded room.

5:56 am

I often long for a quiet, padded room.

5:56 am

Snowed in here and only a short grid to hold the cabin fever at bay!

5:57 am

good morning, Merk

5:57 am

Uh oh was that me or my computer? (Doo do doo do - twilight zone theme)

5:57 am

Off to work now for real...

5:58 am

be well, Michnick

bye mich

Dr. G should supply an emergency backup grid when we have such a small one, for snow days, sick days, and long airport layovers....

5:59 am

actually, I just haven't been the same since my favorite wall ran off with the ceiling

anyone have a clue for the top row N? can't seem to find a thing

6:03 am

I just read the grid and am clueless about that in. I never know when you guys are being serious, especially if I just crawled out of bed and haven't had my coffee. I'm still in my p.j.'s

6:04 am

good morning babble friends! varina, the top n is a na5/6 combo - it's a sort of water fairy, I think

6:04 am

lots of vowels....

oh thanks, trif!

6:05 am

and can I just say, I about FAINTED when I saw this grid! as if four i's yesterday weren't enough, somehow they multiplied overnight.....SIX! DREAD

6:05 am

will trade for a nudge for the bottom right D

di5 thou ask for a clue, fair trifioso?

6:06 am

Wasn't yesterday all those n's?

6:06 am

curtsying in thine direction, fair varina!

also, the baby needs a fresh di5

6:07 am

Loved that fuquay

6:07 am

LOLOL poor baby!

6:07 am

preceded by a do wah

6:08 am

okay, that just leaves me the upper (dreaded) i for nbt....saw some scuttle in the chog about it earlier, but could not get the monkeys to cough it up....something about writing and correcting?

<deep bow, sweeping off feathered hat> the pleasure is mine, fair friends.

in7 = in + what a writer does to a manuscript to polish it up + vowel (latin plural)

6:10 am

BIG KISS

6:10 am

that's Naughty Bits Tingling for me!

lolol

6:11 am

ty

6:12 am

whoop - just found Tor's favorite ti4!

6:14 am

I can guess what that one might be.

6:15 am

ugh - it's almost time for the second alarm to go off, meaning I have to wake tertiare. School picture day today -- double ugh. she is a fierce little warrior queen, so getting her to brush her hair and wear something less hideous than every day is going to be a right old battle. Sigh

6:16 am

My tummy is giving me no peace. I absolutely have to get some breakfast for it and coffee for my brain. bbl

6:16 am

choose wisely, beloved merk!

6:17 am

Ah, but the oatmeal doth beckon me from the tin

6:17 am

tata

6:17 am

I think oatmeal is a wise choice. yummy!

see you later, Merk

6:21 am

good lord! tertiare had one of the kittens under the sheets with her, down by her feet! cozy...

cats are such good bedwarmers

6:22 am

okay, time for the "you are NOT wearing that in the photo" battle - wish me luck! (putting on armor....)

good luck!

Can't get ye/4. Any clue?

6:27 am

it is ye kenny

yi4, actually

6:27 am

rhymes with synonym for children

Sorry. yi/4 it is.

ok, off to work. hagd everyone and happy babbling

Got it.Tx Enomis

6:29 am

yw :)

6:30 am

ista

6:30 am

oops sorry

6:32 am

Good morning all. Snow + igh winds started last night. Power went out. My furnace is npt working. 57 degrees in here. Brrrr

got long johns? ;-p

6:39 am

But I'm glad you have electricity so you can be here with us Scrabbler.

6:40 am

My oatmeal is cooking, my fruit ready to add to it, and the coffee is brewing. God is good.

6:40 am

do you have a wood stove scrabbler? And how can you use your comoputer without power?

I can see the headlines now: Local physician found frozen to hr keyboard

we may already be too late

6:42 am

uh oh.....

6:46 am

scrabbs, ohmygosh -- was just reading about the wintry blast to your part of the world!

6:47 am

OK- who is closest to Scrabs and can run over with hot water bottles? Hi all

6:47 am

hey, lynxxx! and jean and eva!

6:47 am

hi unea.

6:48 am

dits

6:48 am

hello again -- oh dear, poor scrabs! is there a shower you can use at work, at least?

6:48 am

sorry!

6:49 am

I'm not, eva - didn't have it! :)

i have gi4,6 clue for the other G plz

6:49 am

hi Trif -

6:49 am

its an anagram of the one you have Edward

6:49 am

hey, trif! reminds me of my daughter's announcement that my mother did NOT mind if she wore a torn Tee with jeans with holes in them to church!

6:49 am

hey, trif! reminds me of my daughter's announcement that my mother did NOT mind if she wore a torn Tee with jeans with holes in them to church!

6:49 am

same again, edward - gi4

6:49 am

(many yrs ago and I begged to differ!!!)

6:50 am

ah, yes, the "holy" denims argument - have had THAT one many times here!

6:50 am

i was determined we would NOT embarass poor Mimi! LOL

6:51 am

john the baptist is no help in such discussions, given what HE wore....

6:51 am

:-D

6:51 am

ugh, you guys, the weather is absolute PUKE here today.

thx trif got it

6:51 am

rock on, edward!

6:53 am

not a big fan of country music but WOW: The Country Music Association is donating $1,066,632 this year — its largest music education donation to date — to Nashville public schools through its “Keep the Music Playing” campaign.

6:53 am

oh, edward, by the way - check out the first photo on this page: http://roflrazzi.com/

ok going now thx

6:54 am

wonder if whatever was giving scrabbs competer access just circled the drain. I'm set to lose power today-battery powered lanters, bottled water - but no computer when the router isn't working.

6:54 am

Seems a very logical place for their donation

6:55 am

that is very cool, une! way to give back!!!

6:57 am

i thought so too, trif! :-)

6:57 am

how many th-words do we have today, please?

6:58 am

It's Summer over here. Would seem a good time for you in the States to take a long holiday

6:58 am

only have 2 so far, trif

6:58 am

if we could get a flight out, yes, lynxxx.

6:58 am

hmmmm. I have a th 4/5 - stats for the other please?

6:59 am

add a vowel before the end -- th5/12

6:59 am

big kiss!

7:00 am

with 30 to go, taking a break to grab some java -- back in a mo!

7:03 am

any clues for top n???plz

7:04 am

na5.12 & 6. a nymph

7:04 am

thanks lynxx!

7:04 am

I seriously need to get up and get some stuff done before I head out, but it is WARM in this big ol bed of mine, and WARM in the chog.....hate to leave!

7:05 am

thanks lynxxx

7:09 am

Ugh I shouldn't have started this again, just noticed the time. Nite all!

7:09 am

hI eVERYONE

7:10 am

Oops caps lock

7:11 am

MORNING HEGO

7:11 am

morning all, rainy and gray here today

7:11 am

morning all, rainy and gray here today

7:11 am

hellp with sh7 pls

7:12 am

Hi Peri, guess it's rainy and gray.

7:12 am

sh7 - a big gala

7:12 am

peri - I might be aging myself here, but it was a music performance show back in the 60s and 70s

7:13 am

compound word

7:13 am

GOT IT, THANKS, KJE AND tRIF

7:13 am

dance away!

7:13 am

IT IS A FUNNY WORD

7:14 am

so sorry about the caps

7:14 am

so sorry about the caps

7:14 am

how about the st8?

7:14 am

For a minute all I could think of was Shivaree. LOL

7:15 am

my first thought was shanana, but the I got it

7:16 am

LOL

7:16 am

Eva, did you get a wedding dress yet?

7:16 am

and then there was the always faboooo Solid Gold!

7:16 am

Right Trif

7:17 am

a wedding dress?

7:17 am

car.eeyore and I would take turns being the lead dancer in our living room :)

7:17 am

was that a clue or a puzzling real question?

7:17 am

Oops, I'm thinking of EvaNadine. Sorry

7:18 am

thought that might be the case. As my partner says, we have been happily unmarried for 20 years

7:18 am

I just got up. Forgive me.

7:18 am

good lawd, now it is snowing sideways

7:18 am

too bad it wasn't a clue for the st8

7:18 am

Hello, Babblers.. stid is in the grid today

7:19 am

"statie" is a word in Boston - means a state police officer. Sadly, not in enableland however

wow that site just shut my computer down, i got the blue screen of death lol

7:19 am

we're only expecting 5-8 inches here today, but the latter part is likely to be sleet which will be the real problem

7:19 am

I know trip-I tried it too

7:19 am

NO WAY!!! I am so embarrassed! never caused a problem here - my deepest apologies, edward!

7:20 am

It's just pouring cats and dogs here in Jersey.

7:20 am

anyone have the st8 yet?

7:20 am

count your blessings, hego - cats and dogs do not require shoveling

7:20 am

not i, eva

its ok i just had to reboot is all,

7:21 am

did you at least get to see the picture first?

that pic is wrong on so many levels lol

7:21 am

st7 -- st + 3/4 of ga4/6 + male pronoun

7:21 am

Hey! Hi Aloy

7:22 am

hi hego !

but funny

7:22 am

i just need that lower corner d for FW - any clues?

7:22 am

Aloy are you going to serenade me today? LOL

7:22 am

di4 di + brit thanks

7:23 am

st 7 clue please

7:23 am

just clued it merk

7:23 am

well, hego.. we shall see.. maybe when I finish this coffee, lol

7:23 am

that is from upper

7:23 am

so Unea-the first part sounds like Calif, NY, Vt, etc?

7:23 am

di5 olde English pt :-)

7:24 am

yep

7:24 am

hmmm

7:24 am

oaky that gave me a 7

7:24 am

st + a fisherman needs b*** to attract the fish + male pronoun

7:24 am

di + not to live

7:25 am

ty aloy

7:25 am

oohhh, sorry, eva!!!!!!!!!!! you're right!

7:25 am

thank you as I didn

7:25 am

also, biblical verb, thou di*** not obey

7:25 am

didn't have tha either

7:26 am

ty both!!!

7:26 am

done

7:26 am

weird how i just couldn't see that word

7:26 am

congrats, kje!!

7:26 am

i was monkeying for ages

7:26 am

yay, kje!!

7:26 am

kje-how about a clue for the st8?

7:27 am

s + 4/5 of paying 10% + PT

7:27 am

st8: s + 4/5 of the 10% that goes to the church + 3/4 of ti4/5

7:27 am

snap, kje! LOL

7:27 am

use unes, i left out a letter

7:27 am

great minds, une

7:28 am

merci beaucoup!

7:28 am

:-D

7:30 am

20 to go . . . BBL *poof*

7:30 am

bye all.. quick grid today! see you next time.. (-:

7:31 am

me too, should get dressed and go to work

7:32 am

Bye Aloy

7:37 am

I finally monkeyed out the st 7, une, but there was no g in it. Was I reading your earlier clue incorrectly?

7:38 am

I think she meant the last 3/4 of ga4.

7:43 am

You're right.

7:43 am

... and Fireworks!

7:44 am

YAYYY!!!! Merk

7:44 am

Too quick of a grid today; 7:45 and I'm already finished. I guess I could always go out and freeze to death shoveling snow.

7:45 am

Oh, please don't do that!

7:45 am

ty, enjoy the rest of your time here, Hego and others. See you in the morning for a hopefully longer grid. No, I'd have a heart attack before I'd freeze to death.

7:45 am

We'd miss you.

7:45 am

I'd miss me.

7:46 am

I have to stay healthy for my return to China.

7:46 am

Bye Merk. Be careful now

7:46 am

:-) See you in the morning. Tata

7:53 am

merk AND torgone going to china? wowee

7:54 am

Hi Hurshy

7:54 am

hi

8:03 am

hello everyone, just in to change icon for tomorrow

8:04 am

Hi Flosey

8:12 am

hello everyone on this gray morning

8:12 am

Hi Annie

8:12 am

hi hego

8:12 am

These are the stupidest words I've ever seen!

8:13 am

The monkeys are exhausted. LOL

8:13 am

I started about 5 minutes ago and I agree

8:13 am

You'll see

Hi, Babblers!

8:14 am

hi beach

8:15 am

hi beach

It is a gray morning, here, too

wow! I am not feeling this grid

or is it just me

8:17 am

well, i guess we might as well talk long ones... i have de8, anyone got the other?

Bye all, I've got "fireworks" on my birthday. Now I have to go bake a chocolate cake with fudge frosting.

happy bday rumple

8:18 am

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!

8:18 am

Sounds yummy! Happy b'day and Congrats!

8:18 am

st8

8:20 am

st---st + percentage of monies given to the church (insert vowel near the end)

8:20 am

weird or normal?

8:20 am

ah

8:20 am

thanks

8:20 am

weird to me

8:20 am

This is hard one to clue Annie

8:20 am

she did a lovely job though :)

8:21 am

and then for 7's i have da and di

8:21 am

But you did it. Wow!

8:21 am

i'm good with d's today...

any clues before I go?

8:21 am

yes, tell about the 7's other than da and di

8:22 am

I have an in7

8:22 am

that must be that top i then!!

8:23 am

sh 7 is a big party

8:23 am

yessss, i got it!

sh7 kind of like a hoedown. starts with the lower part of your leg.

8:23 am

ooh, nice word to have in the grid, thanks annie and rumple

8:23 am

Hello Sweet Babblers !

8:23 am

I need in 7 /32

8:23 am

just found an st7

8:24 am

Hi Sweet Aussie!!

8:24 am

in + correct a manuscript + vowel

8:24 am

Hi Aussie

Hi Aussie

8:24 am

whatsit, chris p ?

8:24 am

thanks hurshy

8:24 am

Everyone well ??

st is hard to clue - st + 3rd vowel + I went to *** store

8:25 am

yes aussie, and you and yours?

8:25 am

Good morning, Babblers.

8:25 am

hi judi

8:25 am

Hi Judi

8:25 am

Me and mine are just great. I have my Mom here with us, and it's wonderful !!

8:26 am

st + 2 vowels + what rumple clued for the last bit :)

8:26 am

aussie, what a great visit!

in7 is in + a movie starring Madonna with a different second letter

8:26 am

bottom d, i have di5/14 - anyone know what the other one is?

8:26 am

s+agricultural income, but with another vowel near the start - sorry not a good clue

8:27 am

there's 2 5/14's from that one

8:27 am

both di5/14 Hursh

8:27 am

hurshy, sounds like a diaper

8:27 am

ok, mine's the biblical sounding one - clue for the other?

8:27 am

di + when you pass away, you ***

di7 - She was di***** out the food

8:28 am

di***---sounds like baby talk for a diaper

8:28 am

ty aussie

8:28 am

:)

8:28 am

aussie gave a better clue

8:28 am

are there 2 he or 3?

8:28 am

2 x he

8:29 am

noggin

8:29 am

ok, then besides whacks and the he's, what else comes from the right H ?

second is plural

8:29 am

the clue for the di, it was the only one I could think of.

8:29 am

hurry

8:30 am

ahhh, fish me! thanks annie

8:31 am

one T6 word or two?

8:31 am

two!

hi4/6 is your rear end, sometimes referred to as your hi** end and the plural

8:31 am

2 ---hebrew letters

8:31 am

ok, that leaves S5 and 6. could i have the point total, please?

8:31 am

lol....

1187

8:32 am

sa6/21

8:32 am

yes, i need that one aussie

8:32 am

st 5/14

8:32 am

I dont have it yet Hursh, just trying to give you the point total for it..... may it help...

8:32 am

got it!

8:33 am

st5/14 is the other, yes, you guys are such good guessers

sa + 3rd vowel + She went to *** store

8:33 am

done!

8:33 am

thanks Rumple.

8:33 am

YAY Hursh !!

8:33 am

YAY for hurshy!!!

8:33 am

i <3 good guessers

YW, I'm off to bake the cake. WTG Hurshy. I will use some Hershey choc. in my cake.

8:34 am

na 5/12?

8:35 am

there's a de8

na + 3rd vowel + what you place in the paper to sell something

8:35 am

I found the na's

8:35 am

there is HH !

8:35 am

Fireworks

and the plural

8:35 am

YAY Annie !!

8:35 am

just got it. no dictionary def'n though

Yay for Annibrook.

8:36 am

add product of combustion

8:39 am

would anyone like a clue before I head out?

8:40 am

thanks Annie, in7 please ?

8:41 am

It figures that it's a crummy day outside and the grid is small.

8:41 am

in + to make sure the grammar is correct + vowel

anyone have the single "n", at the bottom left?

8:42 am

hello bichon...a bigger grid would have been nice today

8:42 am

thanks Annie !

8:43 am

beach, ni4---japanese?

8:43 am

Annie in6,21 pls

8:43 am

single n = i think i'm turning japanese---

8:43 am

divorce decree ni** before decree absolute.

8:43 am

hego, in6----not outdoors

8:44 am

ti6/18 anyone?

8:44 am

Yikes, I did it again. I should be healthy with all this fish. tx Annie

ty guys, for the n

8:44 am

jay ti 6-----famous painter or ti**** red

8:44 am

ti6 famous painter and/or shade of red

8:45 am

snap, annie! LOL

8:45 am

hi une!

8:45 am

I'm an IDIOT!! thx

8:45 am

:-D

8:45 am

Uneeeeeeee !!

8:45 am

ausssiemmmmeeeee!!!!

8:45 am

Jay---I beg to differ

8:46 am

thx annie, but really!

8:47 am

St8?

8:48 am

st + percentage of monies given (insert a vowel toward the end)

8:49 am

I looked up the st8 --it means to forge

8:49 am

well, it warmed up to zero F today

8:49 am

Hiya harp

8:49 am

hi jane --brrr---gray and dreary here but not too cold

8:50 am

54 on the Jersey Shore

8:50 am

just got word -- the Tennessee state Xmas tree wasn't blown down, it was broken IN TWO by the high winds . . . bummer

8:50 am

oh my!

8:51 am

We got about 3" here in CT followed by freezing rain. Glad I shoveled before it gets really icy

8:51 am

wild and woolly weather all 'round, eh?

8:51 am

Wow, Une. That's was a grinchy storm.

8:51 am

ice on top of snow -- yikes, bichon!

8:51 am

Not getting the st8 clue. Sigh.

8:51 am

indeed, judi!

8:51 am

YAY!! done

8:51 am

yay, jayk!

8:52 am

s + percent of money given to a church + pt

8:52 am

st8 -- s + most of the 10% that goes to the church + last 3 letters of hi4/6

8:52 am

when you sew, judi, make small st**ches and old fashioned way of saying hurried

8:53 am

mornin babblers!

8:53 am

Got it. Ty, Annie & Une.

8:54 am

DONE

8:54 am

time to deal with the slush

8:54 am

YAY for Harry!!

8:55 am

and so I am off, bye dear babblers

8:55 am

congrats, Harry and byeeee, annie!

8:55 am

yay, judi!

8:56 am

In7?

8:56 am

yikes! branches coming down in backyard -- gone to investigate *poof*

8:57 am

Uh oh. Maybe Une should hide in the root cellar?

8:59 am

She should not go out there.

8:59 am

I have to go now. BBL

9:08 am

YAWWWWWN. Fireworks.

9:13 am

whoooo hooooo Judi!! (me too)

9:16 am

hints for the 8s?

9:21 am

de8-removing soot

9:22 am

TY

9:25 am

st8..clued at 8:52

9:41 am

in 7?

9:42 am

in + proof read a book + vowel

9:42 am

ty bubba

9:43 am

yw

9:49 am

May I please have some help with the D?

9:50 am

Sorry...make that the lower corner D

9:50 am

which D?

9:50 am

di4x2

9:51 am

di lower right, idiomatic for a baby's Pampers

9:51 am

sorry...di5x2

9:51 am

biblical way of saying you accomplished something

9:52 am

done...any clues needed?

9:52 am

Congrats Phae! And TY!

9:52 am

yw and ty!

9:53 am

i'm new to the site... can someone explain the shorthand you are using to refer to words?

9:53 am

the best way to figure out is to read the help...speakeasy

9:53 am

we are giving clues to the words by using the first two letters and how many letters are in the word

9:54 am

it is taboo to type the word in the chatbox

9:54 am

ah. thank you

9:55 am

yw

9:55 am

st 7?

9:56 am

st and what you give at church, change last vowel and pt

9:56 am

phae, that's the 8 right?

9:58 am

what is it?

9:58 am

May I please have a clue for the single N toward the left? I need it for NBT!

9:58 am

ni + spanish for yes

9:59 am

TY!

9:59 am

sorry...st..**r is what we breathe...sip **rough a straw

9:59 am

bichon...end with a vowel on the st7

9:59 am

lousy clues...sorry

10:00 am

Worked for me! TY!

10:00 am

got it, ty phae

10:00 am

yw bichon

10:00 am

yw car

10:03 am

fireworks, any clues needed

10:06 am

shutup

10:13 am

upper corner I pls

10:15 am

in7/32

10:18 am

any clue eva?

10:19 am

in7

10:20 am

in + review a manuscript + vowel

10:20 am

hi folks -

10:21 am

I am working on the manuscript part

10:21 am

inasin

10:21 am

i treated myself to a half-day absence from work - was not sick, just need this time to do a million chores - have to get ready for work now

10:21 am

what the chief newspaper guy does, sue

10:21 am

have a good day jbv

10:22 am

ed4

10:22 am

got it, ty

10:22 am

just need a clue for the upper n for NBT and then off to the christmas store at my sons school

10:25 am

still here- upper n is na 5 - water sprite

10:27 am

not working for me

10:27 am

3 vowels in the middle

10:27 am

na + Il*** and Odyssey

10:28 am

got it, ty

10:28 am

off to school

10:28 am

ok, bye for real

10:37 am

hi anyone here?

10:38 am

Hi jmc and everyone

10:38 am

hi sea!

10:39 am

Thought I was alone in the chog

10:39 am

haven't been here for awhile, puters in the shop and i am using the one at work lol

10:39 am

I'm here too but I've been working away. One word left to find...

10:39 am

sooo, can't be long

10:41 am

Fireworks! It was that artist beginning with T. It always stumps me!

10:41 am

Off now. Good luck everyone. *poof*

10:42 am

whoo hoo hydra

10:43 am

I often use the one at work sea

10:43 am

there were a couple of new people but I worry on these very tiny days when the chog is empty most of the day they get lost from the joy of babbleland

10:45 am

Hi jmc

10:45 am

hi wht

10:46 am

are you buried in snow?

10:46 am

Just a couple of inches and now it's turned to rain.

10:47 am

good morning everyone :)

10:47 am

hi cyber!

10:47 am

we got 7 inches sat. and another inch or so last night and lots and lots of rain

10:47 am

They kept saying it was going to ice and storm here but it just was cold rain

10:48 am

a minor advantage to living in the city microclimate

10:48 am

I am totally stumped by Ti 6/18. Can any one clue it please?

10:49 am

Red haired

10:49 am

it is a painter who was known for the red heads

10:49 am

he painted

10:50 am

greetings all!

10:50 am

hi inge and jan

10:50 am

thans jmc

10:50 am

Hi all...

10:50 am

hi jmb!

10:50 am

yw inge

10:51 am

brb in search of coffee

10:52 am

back

10:53 am

any clues for the st 7?

10:53 am

Is it just me or is this a nasty nasty grid??

10:54 am

it seems to be related to the st8 but I haven't got it yet

10:54 am

this is a nasty nasty grid

10:54 am

normally I would ask for help for nbt and I can't even get close enough not to be embarrassed for the number of tiles I need!

10:54 am

I've got the list jmc and I don't see how it could be related to the 8 -- similar maybe, but not related

10:55 am

I monkeyed it inadvertently looking for the st/8. It's not a past tense, and there is a vowel inserted into the past tense st/8 word.

10:55 am

the clue I saw for the 7 was end with a vowel

10:55 am

if you spill the wine you will st**n *** carpet

10:55 am

ty jan *looking*

10:55 am

ty jmb -- was sure I had tried that!

10:55 am

ty jmb

10:56 am

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

10:56 am

well that explains why I couldn't get it from the 8!

10:56 am

whoo hoo cyber!

10:56 am

I've been grinding this one out and still have 14 to go! (And still have 2 blank tiles!!)

10:57 am

go jan go!

10:57 am

i am about to release my pet flying monky - stil have 42 left

10:57 am

what are your blanks, jan?

10:58 am

the n in the fourth row and the lower corner d...

10:58 am

67 left inspite lurking

10:58 am

di5,14x2

10:58 am

di 5-- british nickname for a diaper

10:59 am

now if I was only british :-(

10:59 am

di 5 -- old english past tense of to do

10:59 am

di5 to have done in the archaic past

10:59 am

Thanks, nan!! And pass the fish...

10:59 am

firewdorks. Thank you.

10:59 am

di + expire (for jmc)

10:59 am

I thought british for diaper was nappy

11:00 am

whoo hoo inge!

11:00 am

wtg inge

11:00 am

COngrats inge...

11:00 am

ty for the remedial clue lol!

11:00 am

ni 4: ni + spanish yes

11:01 am

lol jmc

11:01 am

I want jedi as a word!

11:01 am

&5 inge

11:01 am

Thanks again, nan--I should know that babblet by now! It's an archaic legal term, I think.

11:01 am

* ^5

11:02 am

it is a legal term and not as archaic as you might think

11:02 am

yes I think it is a legal term

11:02 am

hi science

11:02 am

join the rest of the group geek

11:02 am

I would appreciate a J clue

11:02 am

rather THE J clue

11:02 am

Singular for denim pants

11:02 am

a clue for the The J

11:03 am

ty jan

11:03 am

Just one pant leg of your denims?

11:03 am

what i wish i could wear to work all the time

11:03 am

then I all I need is the lower A for nbt

11:03 am

or Ms. Stapleton

11:03 am

Really? Wouldn't your other leg get cold?

11:03 am

I DO wear them to work all the time science :-P

11:04 am

lol jan

11:04 am

boo hiss they dont let us

11:04 am

they are violating your rights science!

11:04 am

as 5: when you drop a project you put it as5/12

11:04 am

i have no rights

11:04 am

although I must admit I have a dress code for my office too

11:05 am

My dress code is that I should not be able to see your belly button or underwear or even worry that I might see your underwear or the parts that underwear is suppose to cover!

11:05 am

as 6: taking out the fireplace residue, perhaps?

11:05 am

lol i like that

11:06 am

ad 4: mine entrance then plural for the 5

11:06 am

clue for the n pls!!:::?????

11:06 am

ty cyber nbt and an additional word!

11:06 am

ai 4/4: babblet with indefinite article in it

11:07 am

amazingly enough I have actually had to talk to staff about violating my dress code

11:07 am

ni4 a latin legal term

11:07 am

which n? -- I clued the 4th row one

11:07 am

the top n

11:07 am

hello all, taking a few minutes before I leave for school -- I think I am actually almost all caught up!

11:08 am

hey stid!

11:08 am

is the upper right i fishy? it's my last blank tile.

11:08 am

Aquatic nymph and plural

11:08 am

gotta run all, have a great day

11:08 am

how goes it, science? it's COLD here!

11:08 am

hi stiddie

11:08 am

Fishy in the sense that it is realted to water, not fishy in the babble sense

11:09 am

na 5 babblet and plural: na + vowel + classifieds

11:09 am

not fishy to me stiddie bye sea

11:09 am

not fishy to me stiddie

11:09 am

not fishy to me stiddie

11:09 am

not fishy to me stiddie bye sea

11:09 am

ty

11:09 am

arg!

11:09 am

hm... *thinking*

11:09 am

hi stid

11:09 am

what is the second letter of the i in the corner then please?

11:10 am

ty i googled it i always forget that one!

11:10 am

that is related to water?

11:10 am

One left...and its a d/5

11:10 am

no clue stid

11:10 am

IN

11:10 am

see 11:09 stid

11:10 am

go jan go!

11:10 am

in7

11:10 am

did you put a vowel at the end of the 100 yard race, jan?

11:11 am

Got it--its the Japanese broth

11:11 am

go jan go

11:11 am

Yup, that's the one, nan...

11:11 am

thanks jmc. the 11:09s didn't make sense to me. *thinking more*

11:11 am

in+fix a book+ a vowel

11:11 am

So another grid done and no excuse not to get to work...

11:11 am

fix a book?

11:12 am

thanks wht -- fix a book? read? burn? tape?

11:12 am

YAY jan!!!!!

11:12 am

na 5/12: na+vowel+classifieds

11:12 am

ty got it!

11:12 am

fix a book - to read a paper and make changes

11:12 am

oh! got it!!

11:12 am

LOL I am totally NOT "in the zone" today!

11:13 am

that's NBT for me and down to 35

11:13 am

listing...

11:13 am

go stid!

11:13 am

have to get laundry out of the dryer -- brb

11:14 am

28 left... need more monkeys

11:14 am

hm. jmc, meet jmb... *looks around for jma*

11:15 am

nice critter in your icon, jmb

11:15 am

my shepherd has a purple collar (and leash also)

11:15 am

ty - one of my dobies (now passed)

11:17 am

sorry you lost that one -- had a sweet face

11:18 am

thanks

11:18 am

so the water one is really Japanese broth?

11:18 am

o look at that ==> NBT

11:19 am

da 5 is a lovely broth, we have some made with shiitake mushrooms sometimes that is a nice addition to things.

11:19 am

go jmc go!

11:19 am

1 left ST8? please.

11:20 am

and speaking of going... I must away. Might not find parking today (again). Evergreen has really grown up, jmc! you might not recognize it now.

11:20 am

s+10% to God PT with extra vowel

11:20 am

(((((Hugs everyone))))) see you-all soon! *poof*

11:20 am

I saw it two years go but maybe not

11:20 am

bye stiddie

11:20 am

good clue, jmc, put me at 19 *real poof*

11:21 am

o I was thinking it was a terrible clue! lol

11:22 am

sigh back to the salt mines cu all later *poof*

11:22 am

ty Going off line for now. BBL

11:25 am

me too - ttfn

11:26 am

there are a few snowflakes drifting down -- hope it stays at just a few!

11:27 am

looks like I got back just as everyone is leaving -- on my way out :)

12:03 pm

back again - 7 left

12:03 pm

gadid

12:03 pm

sorry ;[

12:21 pm

Slow chat ..

12:33 pm

is there anyone here, and if so, do they have a hi4 for the st7?

12:37 pm

just got here wht..don't have the st7 but thanks for the hi4

12:37 pm

st 7 don't go minus y + church donation minus t

12:39 pm

thanks jess..thinking

12:41 pm

staithe

12:41 pm

oops

12:41 pm

thanks and off I go

12:41 pm

great clue

12:41 pm

I once clued it as "A houthwife st7 at home with the kidth.

12:41 pm

that's great lol

12:42 pm

ty jess and west

12:42 pm

fireworks

12:43 pm

yw, congrats wht!

12:43 pm

Yay wht !!

12:44 pm

how are you both? any snow up your way wht?

12:44 pm

whoo hoo wht

12:44 pm

hello jmc !!

12:45 pm

hi west

12:45 pm

haven't been on with you in quite awhile

12:46 pm

slushy mess here in PA today. Yuk!

12:46 pm

same in RI ciocia

12:47 pm

was a winter wonderland earlier

12:47 pm

heavy stuff too! was afraid to leave it on the sidewalk for fear it would freeze before I get home

12:47 pm

It switched to all rain here in Lancaster/Chester County.

12:48 pm

eventually switched to rain up my way too Jess but left the slushy mess behind

12:48 pm

we had snow this morning but it is raining pretty hard now.

12:48 pm

my daughter was really hoping for a school delay today. No such luck.

12:48 pm

and dollars to doughnuts it will all freeze..yuck

12:49 pm

Jess, where are you? We had a 2 hour delay on our schools at home.

12:49 pm

Hi All!

12:49 pm

hiya hego

12:49 pm

I live in Christiana, in Lancaster County.

12:50 pm

Hi JMC

12:50 pm

hello hego

12:50 pm

My wife was hoping for a delay as well. At least that was her excuse for snagging the garage. Then I had to brush of my car so she could get out.

12:50 pm

and Judy

12:50 pm

I'm working today in Reading. Live in Schuylkill County.

12:51 pm

If there is any snow left tonight, I will have to shovel the slush before it freezes and turns to granite.

12:51 pm

I went to Alvernia College (now univ) in Reading. :)

12:51 pm

our garage is so full we can't even get the car in there

12:51 pm

right. i just sat down to play and i realize that i ought to go out and shovel before it freezes, yuch

12:51 pm

rather have the snow than the ice/slush crap

12:51 pm

just wait until Spring wht..it will be gone by then

12:52 pm

Hi Dorens.

12:52 pm

if I could only do that, west! LOL

12:53 pm

Ahh, the religious approach to snow removal, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."

12:53 pm

there will be more

12:53 pm

hi judy. they cancelled school today. bums me out, i'd have preferred the delayed openiing

12:53 pm

wow--snow day already, Dorens? we had a 2 hr delay

12:55 pm

bummer dorens

12:55 pm

they have too many snow days where i work.. complicated, but we're in a regional district for high school, and all buses come from that district. the other town is really hilly and roads are more dangerous. so although only about 8 kids are bussed to our school, if the buses can't go out to ringwood, they won't come to us and we can't have school if those 8 kids don't get bussed.

12:58 pm

sorry, that was long and unnecessary

12:59 pm

not at all dorens just buried in the grid

1:00 pm

i'm almost at halfway, and then i have to go tackle my driveway. afraid of this slush turning iinto ice and it will never melt

1:00 pm

we had the same situation in Westford if the buses couldn't run all school was canceled

1:01 pm

I'd love a clue for the upper left g..have gi4/6

1:01 pm

last year we used up all our snow days, and came perilously close to adding on... and we go till late june as it is

1:01 pm

Another gi4/6 ..

1:01 pm

g + freud believed in egos and i**

1:02 pm

I know what you mean..our granddaughter almost went until July

1:02 pm

thanks for the g dorens..now 20 left and I'm off to wrap

1:03 pm

just found out today our headstart program utilizes are regular buses so if there is more than an hour delay they have to cancel (which they did this morning)

1:03 pm

i hiave 46 left and i'm off to shovel.. would gladly switch places with you

1:03 pm

bye west. come and wrap my stuff when you're done

1:03 pm

see you later Dorens

1:03 pm

no thank you lol

1:03 pm

sure thing ciocia lol

1:03 pm

Guess there's no snow in S.D., Tor

1:03 pm

hope it will take no longer than an hour and then i can reward myself with more babbling

1:04 pm

nice to see you all..back later

1:05 pm

No snow but we had a big storm Monday and getting another tomorrow .. Lots of wind and rain ..

1:05 pm

nice not to have to shovel rain . . .

1:05 pm

we're due for severe winds the next two days

1:10 pm

Heyas Kids !

1:10 pm

heya Aussie!

1:10 pm

Hi again Aussie

1:11 pm

Hey Judy, Hego, et al !

1:11 pm

25 of these stinking words left to find....

1:11 pm

last word . . . in7/32

1:12 pm

I dont have that Judy... sorry...

1:12 pm

in + to correct a manuscript + vowel

1:13 pm

TY Hego! FIREWORKS!! was monkeying with the middle part of that word but never thought to add a vowel!

1:13 pm

thanks for the in7 !

1:13 pm

yw aussie

1:13 pm

YAY Ciocia !!

1:14 pm

yw and congrats Judy

1:16 pm

sa5/16 please ?

1:17 pm

Talk to the primitive unconscious

1:17 pm

Or the name of a sheik

1:19 pm

Or sa + ***ish, the language of Eastern European Jews.

1:19 pm

Thanks for the 3rd clue wht !! I got it from that !

1:20 pm

The first were rather more obscure.

1:20 pm

I need the in 6,18 pls

1:21 pm

mental hego !

1:21 pm

My clues will drive you in****

1:21 pm

in6 are you crazy?

1:21 pm

I knew it would be something simple.

1:21 pm

And yes Jess, I am. lol

1:22 pm

ty guys

1:22 pm

rofl hego !

1:22 pm

that helps :)

1:22 pm

guess I must do some work . . . Happy Babbling all. Thx again Hego.

1:22 pm

16 left...

1:22 pm

yw. I need to get back to work as well.

1:22 pm

My pleasure Judy

1:23 pm

Bye folks

Hello. I have 9 left. Na clues anyone?

1:24 pm

those are the water nymphs Kap

1:24 pm

na + 3rd vowel, 1st vowel + 4th letter of alphabet, and plural

1:25 pm

in5 please ?

Thank you much.

1:26 pm

Aussie, it's the West In---

as512?

1:26 pm

yw Kaplan

1:27 pm

Kap, not a front or a back, but as---

Thank you again

1:28 pm

yw

Da5?

Although it is kind of lame to have to ask for help on all the remaining words

1:29 pm

in a rush with 3rd vowel at the end

1:29 pm

No we all do it Kap. Those are the ones you can't get, after all.

Moving right along here

hi yalls

1:30 pm

Hi Gwen

ti6,18 then (not the one to do with church giving)

Oh, I got it

1:32 pm

9 left.....

1:32 pm

staig

There seems to an hi4 I can't get- the third from the bottom. I hate it when I can't get 4's

1:32 pm

oops

1:33 pm

**hauls self to PB**

ty aussie, i needed that one 8-)

1:33 pm

hi* * hers

Thanbks for the slip, Aussie

1:34 pm

yw **from in6 the PB**

at least your slips are useful

1:34 pm

staig

1:34 pm

need the st8

1:34 pm

thats the one hego !

1:34 pm

Oh!! Too funny!

1:35 pm

I'll go join Aussie now. slinks away

All I need is the last 2 st's.

okay, anyone who needs the st5/14, raise your hand LOL

1:35 pm

**si4ing** come and join us, come and join us !!

1:36 pm

Have asked for the st8 clue....

St5,12 and st8 please?

sorry, no got

1:37 pm

me neither.... help wanted, apply within :)

It's all I need. Go Monkey!

oh, st5/12, i left because no one else st*** behind

1:37 pm

sa 5,12 pls

1:38 pm

st5/12 - put the pig in its enclosure (pasr tense)

1:38 pm

thanks Vi !! Nice to see you !

1:38 pm

tx vicuna

OK, now I need the st8. That's gonna kill.

1:39 pm

st8 - forged; s + boob + archaic went hence

1:39 pm

Actually I needed the sa 5,12

"Thou shalt not steal" sa*** the Lord.

1:40 pm

Woo !! Thats a word and a half Vi, thanks for that !

1:40 pm

sa5/12 - archaic utters, or past tense not crazy

1:40 pm

ty both

Huh, Vicuna?

vicuna, Ty, great clue

1:41 pm

Kaplan st8 is really hard to clue, but vicuna did a good job. try again.

1:42 pm

Oops, time to go already. Good luck, all!

I didn't get the forged or the went hence yet

st8 = take the most ocmmon last name in english, add an i and a past tense ending. now change 2nd letter to diff consonant

ocmmon = common (OY)

1:43 pm

the went forth part is I'll take that out of your ****

1:44 pm

st8.... s + church offering with extra 3rd vowel before the famous mr ** (horse)

1:44 pm

and change the vowels around

1:44 pm

st8 s + breast + hi4,6

1:44 pm

good afternoon all

Yeah! Fireworks! And before anyone comes home so they won't know I haven't been working!!

1:44 pm

The word means forged.

1:44 pm

huzzah for kaplan!

wtg kaplan !!! ~~~ !!!

1:44 pm

wtg Kap

Well, ya learn something new every day..

1:45 pm

YAY Kaplan the Magne !!

1:45 pm

I have a million and two things to do, and what I am doing? sitting here babbling..... but just for a bit. Need to decompress....

1:45 pm

Hey Trifs !

1:45 pm

Yay!!!! for Kaplan

1:45 pm

Kap, now you will have time to shovel the slush off your walk. :^)

Thank you. Now I can start getting something done somewhere else

1:45 pm

hey there aussie girl!

This weather sucks

1:46 pm

it does indeed, kaplan. makes me want to curl up in a blankey and forget the world exists

Tomorrow will be sunny in the 40's. I'll come out of my hole then.

1:46 pm

I guess we're lucky to have just rain here.

1:46 pm

It's 60 degrees now.

1:47 pm

I forgot to tell primo to bring in the rope hammock. It is looking MIGHTY miserable out there....poor thing!

1:47 pm

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S !!!!!!!! Am off now, I have my Mom here.... She is staying with us for a few days before Christmas..... Have fun Babblers !! **poof**

1:47 pm

huzzah for aussie!

wtg aussie !!! ~~~ !!!

1:48 pm

Hurray Aussie!!!!

1:48 pm

Love you all.... Have fun Babbling.... **real poof**

1:49 pm

yay aussie. and yay me (i just shoveled my whole entire driveway)

then you need a break, dorens 8-)

1:49 pm

YAY for Dorens! Well done!!!!

1:50 pm

now a nice cup of tea and finish the grid, but first i really ought to take off my wet socks!

1:50 pm

Good girl Dorens and you didn't freeze or collapse or anything!

1:50 pm

oh yes, def do - NOTHING is worse than cold wet socks. gross!

1:54 pm

nope, no collapsing, certainly no freezing... everything is melting and dripping all around me, I kind of thought it might be a waste of time, but have no idea when it will turn cold again and then all that slush turning into ice would be catastrophic

1:54 pm

man, this is a complete waste of time - I am not finding a single word....

1:54 pm

i'm down to 40 trif.. you will find them when you try hard enough, i am sure

1:54 pm

I am down to 22, but totally, utterly grid locked

1:55 pm

It's a lousy grid trif. Alot of pseudo words.

1:55 pm

Lots of monkeys

1:55 pm

I hate the letter i. I am just saying....

Are you going in****?

1:56 pm

hah! that's right.. see, you complained about four i's the other day, so now you have five!

1:56 pm

yes. but that was a short trip

1:56 pm

Trif, it will drive you in****

1:56 pm

eek.. actually six??

1:56 pm

On a day like today you should stay in****

lot of silly weird word in there, yup

1:57 pm

I know, right, dorens! Due for 8 tomorrow then, I guess

1:57 pm

I know, right, dorens! Due for 8 tomorrow then, I guess

1:57 pm

does that make 16?

i took a shovel and made a hole, down by my leg, then had a compound word party sh7

1:58 pm

in7 - in + revise manuscript + vowel

1:58 pm

lol....are there any gn- words today, please?

1:59 pm

The good gnews is that there are no gnus

1:59 pm

ok, why can't I get ta4,4?

1:59 pm

thank gyou!

1:59 pm

makes laace, hego

1:59 pm

I don't know, hego, but my dear Torgone will be delighted - his fave ti4 is here!

2:00 pm

The grid's revenge ti4 for ta4

2:00 pm

good one wht

2:00 pm

excellent, wht!

2:01 pm

I always remember dennis miller, saying "where is ta4, where do I get it, and where do I exchange for the other one?"

2:01 pm

down to 20. now it will get hard

5 to go here. starving, must eat. BBL

2:01 pm

ta 4 is an embroidery art which few people can still do

2:02 pm

yes, inge, and making lace, right?

2:03 pm

my mol sold her tatted hankies at Kent State U. bookshop

2:03 pm

Tx a lot people. Just another bad case of going in the wring direction

2:03 pm

Hi Inge

2:04 pm

15

2:04 pm

hi, babblers. I asked my hubby to go to Costco for me, so I am procrastinating. I dont want to drive in this weather

2:05 pm

i don't blame you inge.. good weather for staying inside and babbing

2:06 pm

The worst of our storm is still in the offing, tonight and Thursday am

2:06 pm

10

2:06 pm

then i suppose it will come here a day or so later?

2:07 pm

well, New England already had a storm

2:08 pm

oh we did too.. last night (that's why i'm home today.. five inches)

2:08 pm

but if you have another tonight and thursday, then i expect it will travel east, they usually do

2:09 pm

this is our firt snow/slush

2:09 pm

our second, but considerably more than we had last saturday (at least here there is)

2:10 pm

New Jersey weather often comes from the southwest, Great Lake storms go to New England

2:10 pm

Finally! Done with this!

2:10 pm

Bravo Hego

2:10 pm

i guess so... just seem to have gotten a lot of chicago weather a few days later

2:10 pm

yay hego!

2:11 pm

five and breaking for lunch. see you later

2:11 pm

Does anyone need anything before I go?

2:12 pm

Southern Michigan was spared the wort of this Chicago storm, it went north of Detroit

2:13 pm

Do you get lake effect snow, Inge?

2:14 pm

rarely. Lake Michigan winds blowsnow to Grand Rapids, rarely as far as Detroit.

2:15 pm

Guess I'll go then. Good day all!

2:15 pm

bye hego, be well

2:19 pm

Inge, New England is lucky, all the storms end up here. If they come across the midwest, we get them. If they come across the south, they hit the coast and turn northeast and we get them.

2:21 pm

we just got some rain in northern NJ

2:22 pm

win t

2:22 pm

we got lots of rain and lots of wind -- broke our downtown Nashville Xmas tree in half -- had to be hauled away this morning :-(

2:23 pm

OMG... my husband once got "snowed in" in Nashville because they got 1" of snow and some ice, LOL. He was like, what????

2:23 pm

yep, we're pretty pitiful when it comes to snow :-)

2:24 pm

but it's much worse south of here!

2:24 pm

It was kind of funny... he tells the story all the time, LOL.

2:24 pm

as6 anybody? I'm brain dead

2:25 pm

I think it was that terrible winter of '96... I was pregnant with my daughter and we got something like 60" of snow that winter (at least one storm was just shy of 2 feet)... so to be "snowed in" in an inch was hysterical to him!

2:25 pm

take what's left after a fire and make it a gerund

2:26 pm

what's really scary here is when we have an ice storm -- people drive like IDIOTS and the ditches are FULL of cars!

2:26 pm

ty so much, Uneaixoise

2:26 pm

yw :-)

2:27 pm

He said the Grand Old Opry closed... that's his favorite part of the story... he stayed at a hotel across the street and figured, what the heck, I'm here... might as well take a walk over there, LOL!

2:27 pm

i miss snow -- when i was a kid we often had lots of snow at Xmas . . . but with global warming . . .

2:27 pm

It's still cold here.

2:28 pm

I would have welcomed a little global warming yesterday, to be honest.

2:28 pm

no kidding! LOL

2:28 pm

I need the sa5/16 and st5/14 please?

2:28 pm

They keep saying it is 50 here today, but I don't believe it... it is a very cold kind of bone chilling rain.

2:29 pm

sorry Betty... don't have either.

2:29 pm

Thanks anyway

2:29 pm

sa + sometimes vowel + abbrev for IDentification

2:30 pm

Thanks Une

2:30 pm

yw :-)

2:30 pm

global warming ... its just evolution!!!

2:30 pm

ok, gotta take pups out to pee -- later! *poof*

2:32 pm

see you soon Uni.

2:42 pm

Got the st 5/14 if still needed...

2:42 pm

Hi, all!

2:45 pm

For the record then...st 4/6 with a vowel inserted before the last letter...

2:46 pm

east

2:46 pm

Thanks, E11

clue for sh 7 pls

sh 7/44 is a compound word for a party

ty luv got it

2:51 pm

What Luv said...

does anyone have the st 7/32 please?

2:51 pm

Was about to ask for it, Luv, sorry...

2:53 pm

Got it!

2:53 pm

st + we breathe **r + definite article

thanks Jellen

2:54 pm

yw...do you have st8?

st 8/50 s+ 10% to church with another vowel added before the pt (if that makes sense)

2:56 pm

Perfect sense! Thanks!

yw

2:57 pm

Gotta run now...happy babbling!

2:57 pm

Thanks everyone for your help. All done. Bye now.

congrats BettyAnne

2:57 pm

Yay BettyAnne!!!

done, any clues needed?

3:06 pm

the second G word from the top -- I have gi4/6

3:06 pm

whoo hoo betty

3:07 pm

whoo hooo Luv

gi 4/7 rhymes with what you put on pots

3:09 pm

ty luv

yw jmc

3:09 pm

what are the stats on the second 8? everyone clues the st8

3:10 pm

anyone have DE 8/60?

3:10 pm

lol ty cloe!

de 8/60 removing the remains from a fire

3:10 pm

you must need that too Jmcnrick? :)

3:10 pm

Thanks LUV

yw Chloe

3:11 pm

ty luv

3:11 pm

yes I did chloe

3:13 pm

I am out of time . . . good luck all!

3:13 pm

Heyas kids ..

3:13 pm

bye chloe

3:13 pm

hi torg

3:13 pm

..or byeas ..

3:15 pm

Down to the dreaded 14 ..

3:15 pm

1/2 way!

3:15 pm

go torg go!

3:16 pm

to list or not to list

3:16 pm

I haven't yet ..

3:17 pm

what a man!

3:17 pm

But I'm sure I will if I want to finish ..

3:17 pm

I think I will hold off for a while longer

3:18 pm

but I doubt I will get down to 14 before I give in

3:19 pm

I've used lots of clues from the chat ..

3:21 pm

me too I doubt I would be this far without the chat clues

3:26 pm

chat clues are very helpful... ty everyone

3:31 pm

Jogging my Babble memory too .. Just got ts5/12 ..

3:33 pm

*sneaks in and hugs tor stealthily then returns to lurk mode*

3:34 pm

Both of them ..

3:35 pm

thanks for the ts word!

3:36 pm

hi all.....clue for st8 please?

3:36 pm

now I have to lookfor the ts5/12

3:36 pm

~~~stealth hug~~~

3:37 pm

S+10% for church with an extra vowel before PT

3:37 pm

Sorry, JMC I don't understand that clue at all.....

3:38 pm

I try another one

3:38 pm

thanks!

3:38 pm

*sneaks in and hugs flask and runs off again*

3:39 pm

s+boob+old fashion term for hurry

3:39 pm

jmc, I wanted to say that the college entrance has been "remodeled" in addition to so many students now that the parking lots almost fill up at times... a few years back they were never more than half full.

3:39 pm

*weeps little in to office coffee cup because stiddie didn't hug her*

3:39 pm

That is good stiddie

3:40 pm

*tackles jmc and tickles*

3:40 pm

*sniff*

3:40 pm

Hi Stid...nice to see you......you remembered I love Hugs!!!

3:40 pm

lunchtime, at mother's house and need to join them for the meal. back when I can.

3:40 pm

ack and why would you think a tickle would replace a hug!?!?!?!

3:40 pm

bye stiddie

3:41 pm

*hugs JMC*...

3:43 pm

ty flask how sweet

3:43 pm

did you get my clue?

3:44 pm

I did...and thanx!

4:01 pm

hello .... is anyone there?

4:02 pm

seems very quiet!!!

4:06 pm

sorry I drift off and work from time to time mo

4:07 pm

hi jmc ... I understand.

4:08 pm

do you need a little assistance?

4:11 pm

I will creep away and hope everyone finishes the grid .... good luck!!

4:15 pm

Hi all! I was here for a few moments to try and finish up (30 left) and I can't figure out the DI 5 (both of them) may I pretty pls have a clue?

4:17 pm

nm, I gotta run at this point. Be back later I hope

4:18 pm

phand - if you're still here: di 5/14 today I do, yesterday I *** + t** your shoelace; di 5/14 same 3 letter beginning + if you win, you come in fir**

4:20 pm

sorry ... called away .... good clues buffgirl.

4:20 pm

69 left trying not to list

4:21 pm

Hi mo, MPitt

4:21 pm

hi MPittore.

4:21 pm

hey buff...brrrr it's cold here

4:21 pm

hi mo

4:21 pm

and buff too.

4:23 pm

I assume you have both finished!

4:23 pm

mo I live your icon sooo cute

4:24 pm

I meant to type love

4:24 pm

MP ... it is isnt it ... looks so much like my cat of 10 years ago ..... still miss her.

4:25 pm

no mo just putzing around for a few minutes got 30 and 69 left...but I have to fix some dinner for us pretty soon...

4:26 pm

I will help if I can before you have to dash off!

4:26 pm

mo...when animals come into our hearts they never leave...I had a wonderful Sheltie "Annie" and I know

4:26 pm

Cold here, too. Minus something last night...all the way up to 14 degrees now. AND I have no hot water... Ah, the joys of winter. It DOES look beautiful outside - but glad I'm in looking out.

4:26 pm

I agree MP.

4:27 pm

I had a winter like that in DC buff

4:27 pm

woke up each morning to the sound of people chipping the ice off their fronts steps with a hammer

4:27 pm

wow buff I should not complain...it's all the way down to 66 in my house...

4:27 pm

why no hot water buff?

4:29 pm

hi all

4:29 pm

hi Rosie.

4:29 pm

Well, just to complicate matters, I'm rebuilding my garage - which is where the hot water heater is - and right now it's basically just demolished with a bit of framing. We insulated the HWH, but apparently not well enough! Glad I'm not going anywhere tonight - I do need a shower! :o)

4:29 pm

hope you are keeping warm.

4:30 pm

Furnace working great!!

4:31 pm

enjoy your shower!!

4:33 pm

I feel so guiltybeing warm and snug.

4:35 pm

anyone need any clues before I leave?

4:37 pm

hi everyone!

I actually had fireworks earlier today, but thought I'd stop in and see if anyone needs any clues or anything

4:37 pm

hi Brookie.

4:37 pm

hi rosie

4:37 pm

hi brookie

4:37 pm

and Kaplan.

Hi all- so need any clues?

4:37 pm

belated congrats and hello to kaplan, hi to jmc and mo

4:38 pm

hi kap

i word in top right corner?

4:38 pm

in + correct written work + vowel

4:38 pm

in+review article for errors+vowel

what point value?

4:38 pm

clue for the 2 "n" words on the top row?

4:39 pm

7 letters, 32 points

4:39 pm

in7/32

4:39 pm

na5/12=water nymph

4:39 pm

na5 and 6 ...water nymph(s)

2 n words- a lot of vowels alternate spelling of water nymph

JM is faster than I am on the clues

4:40 pm

i'll work on it, thanks!

4:40 pm

na + pronoun + what you put in the newspaper when you want to sell something

4:40 pm

hi again! here to share the secret of a happy life - work half a day! I did that today - it was great! stayed home til 12:00, worked til 4:00, feel like a human being -

4:41 pm

thanks for all the clues - got it!

4:41 pm

hi jbv -- that sounds like good adice if you can afford it! lol

4:41 pm

hi jbv

I can't afford it but I do the same

4:41 pm

hi JBV.

4:41 pm

well I called in sick for a half-day - i really was sick (of getting up at 6:00 a.m.) :)

Today was a gross cold rainy new england day Ugh.

4:43 pm

I really must go now .... good luck everyone.

4:43 pm

bye mo!

I look at some of the words I filled in on my lickety and I have no idea what most of them are

Is this helping my braincells stay in shape, or killing them off?

4:45 pm

Killing them slowly

My cat makes horrible smells when he passes gas- ewwww.

4:46 pm

Don't we all

I know, thank me for sharing

4:46 pm

:-)

Cats are worse.

4:47 pm

I'll make a point to smell it sometime.

4:47 pm

ewww TMI, TMI, TMI....

Take my word for it. This poor guy is over 16 years old.

anyway-- need any clues?

4:49 pm

*whistling while I work and making cookies forthe PB gonna need them soon I believe*

4:49 pm

definitely need clues...give me a moment as I check the list, if you don't mind.

4:49 pm

*fluffing up foil hats*

Really should get ready for dinner. I am incredibly lazy after dark. I just hibernate.

4:50 pm

the 2 ts5 words?

4:50 pm

hey Stid, if you are out there you are in here LOL

4:50 pm

(if it's not too late to ask)

Ah, Hebrew for righteous man. But that's obscure. Let me see how to clue this...

4:51 pm

i just got the one that ends in the drink lemon***. but i don't have the other one yet.

One is like the Marquis de Ts***

4:52 pm

ts + summer drink lemon***

Just change the last letter

4:52 pm

thanks for the clues! got it!

4:52 pm

don't mean to keep you from dinner, kaplan. thanks so much.

:) glad to help

4:52 pm

Words you use every day, right Brookie?

4:53 pm

oh, totally, buffgirl. in fact, my two-year-old uses such words regularly.

In a sentence- "He is a righteous man, a real ts***. Now you can use it.

4:54 pm

you're right, kaplan!

"dinner will be takeout. I am extremely lazy. I was supposed to go out tonight but you couldn't drag me out there.

4:55 pm

*wanders in and looks around...* taking a study break before I go home to study more. 15 words left!

The reason I start all my chats with a " is that's what you have to do to chat on wordsplay Old habits die hard.

4:56 pm

hi stid!

I'm here to clue.

4:56 pm

can someone clue me the st7 and st 8, please?

4:56 pm

what takeout cuisine will you do, kaplan?

We are doing burritos. tonight. usually it's Thai. These are the nights when I cook

4:57 pm

st 8/50 sew a ****c* + not she, but **

4:57 pm

st + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel + past tense... that's the 8/50

4:57 pm

st 8 is s + "boob" + "got gone" (shakespearean for went away)

4:57 pm

or what buffgirl wrote...

The st's were nasty and hard to clue.

4:57 pm

clue for in7 please??

4:58 pm

st 7/32: st + the hen l**d an egg + article

4:58 pm

thanks for the st7, i didn't have that one!

4:58 pm

in7 in+ed4+letter

St and sound alike for what you have done when you have had your dinner- and male pronoun

4:58 pm

in + correct written work + vowel

Cluing is an art, isn't it?

4:59 pm

thanks, all, don't think I'd have got those without help :)

Those were the toughest words in the grid

5:00 pm

in 6/21?

5:00 pm

How many words today?

5:00 pm

inde

5:00 pm

Sorry

99

5:00 pm

Thanks.

5:00 pm

hello godthaab!

5:00 pm

in 6/21: not outdoors, but in****

yvw

in621 is a common word- where we all want to be on a rainy day like this

5:01 pm

Hello!

We can have a whole other game on who can get the clues out the fastest!

5:02 pm

tx kaplan/buffgirl

5:02 pm

is there another clue for in7 please??

5:02 pm

I would lose evrytime..lol, my typing is rather slow.

glad to help. I remember how lost I was when I started playing this a few weeks ago

5:03 pm

I only have 22 left but I don't have any of the n's. It is almost bedtime - can anyone clue them.

5:03 pm

firewords!!!!

5:03 pm

yeah, stid!

5:03 pm

WTG Stid

Brookie at 4:58 on the in7.

5:03 pm

na 5/6 : water nymph and plural

5:03 pm

ni + spanish for "yes"

5:03 pm

in7 - in+ed 4/5 + vowel

Congrats stid

5:03 pm

well done Stid!

5:04 pm

na + first *** (anagram) that is

5:04 pm

thanks all!

5:04 pm

7 left and 6 of them are "s" words... gotta check which ones i'm missing...

5:05 pm

thanx....got it!

I can't believe I am hanging out here even when I am done playing- I have no life, it seems

5:05 pm

THanks got the 2 nymphs. - - - and the 3rd. TY Stid & Brook

The s's are tough- what do you need

5:05 pm

Aww, Kaplan, it's ok - - - this is your life!!!

5:06 pm

sh7 clue?

:) Tell that to the family

5:06 pm

nm got it!

5:06 pm

I need that one too, Brook.

5:06 pm

you can't understand unless you're a babbler, kaplan

5:06 pm

Kaplan, i finished 9 hours ago, yet i still pop in from time to time..lol

sh7 is a big party. Or a part of your leg and something you do with a shovel

5:06 pm

okay, I am going to head out and let Mother have her peace and quiet... I need to get home and fix supper and do more homework. *sigh* I am ready for the last day of classes on friday!

5:07 pm

sh -- a part of your leg plus what you do with a shovel

5:07 pm

I got it too, just found it - I am laughing!!

5:07 pm

It was an old musical show on TV - but you're probably not old enough to remember! The front of your lower leg + create a hole

5:07 pm

(((hugs all))) see you-all soon! *poof*

5:07 pm

or, exactly what kaplan said

5:07 pm

bye, stid

5:07 pm

Makes me think of gidget.

5:07 pm

and exactly what is the problem with babbleland being your life?

5:07 pm

Oh, am I showing my age. Does anyone remember Gidget??

5:07 pm

It is at least as good (if not better) than Second Life

Michnick are you Israeli or what?

5:08 pm

I remember Gidget

5:08 pm

For sure!

Second life and Farmleand I won't go near for fear of being sucked in

5:08 pm

I think I am what. I grew up in the States, but I have been living in Israel since 1985

I choose my addictions

Where in Israel?

5:09 pm

Jerusalem, where do you live

5:09 pm

right kap we allll choose our additions! lol

Massachusetts. My in-laws live in your neck of the woods.

5:10 pm

Where in Jerusalem do they live?

5:10 pm

oh my dear lord - what kind of world are we living in? here's what I just overheard on the evening news: 2 female teachers caught naked in a hs classroom during the school day while students were at an assembly

5:11 pm

How stupid can you get???

5:11 pm

there are 2 year olds who have more self-control

Actually, they live closer to Tel Aviv- but stop the presses- JBV has some really important news!

Were they dancing?

5:11 pm

what? nekkid people in Jerusalem?

5:11 pm

heard in on channel 4 - a new york city hs

5:12 pm

No, there are no nekkid people in Jerusalem, we never take off our clothes.

5:12 pm

sorry to confuse these two threads - I just had to react

Must have been the High School of Performing Arts

5:12 pm

Or Striptease High

It was too cold today to be naked in a classroom.

5:13 pm

maybe they were just swapping dresses

5:13 pm

not for these two, kap

5:13 pm

ok, jmc, you're officially hired as their attorney

5:13 pm

I think it was an anatomy class

5:13 pm

is it hot in here or is it just me?

Life drawing? No big deal!

5:14 pm

muey caliente jmc

5:14 pm

lol jbv I always try to think of an alternate explanation to alternate behavior

5:14 pm

I think I forgot to mention they were caught in the act - the tv did not specifically mention the act

5:15 pm

They must have been swimming teachers changing into their bathing suits when a big monster came and stole their clothing....happens all the time.

5:15 pm

oh then it was acting class, hmmmm

Maybe they were both having one of those dreams where they woke up in a public place with no clothes on---and it actually happened

5:15 pm

*Little Foxes Act 1*

Folie a deux

5:15 pm

ROFL jmc

5:15 pm

OH Kaplan, you win - I am hysterical

5:16 pm

very clever kap!

5:16 pm

you certainly have a lot of good excuses at hand, kap, :)

We sure got a lot of mileage out of that one

5:16 pm

*getting serious, adjusting foil hat*

5:17 pm

want a feather for your foil hat MP?

5:17 pm

Yes Kap it was over the river and through the woods I believe LOL

5:17 pm

kap is really a teenager - they are the best at coming up with explanations

You can use any of those excuses next time you are naked in a classroom

5:18 pm

oh yes, jhm, how kind, I think I could pick up LA if I had a feather in my foil cap!

5:18 pm

red or blue feather?

5:18 pm

thanks, i'll file them away

5:18 pm

howdy, folks!

Teenager- how kind!

5:18 pm

hi welki

5:18 pm

oh better take red...closer to pink

5:19 pm

hmmm maybe I can find a pink one -- let me look in my trunk

st 7,32 plz

what is this foil hat biz?

5:19 pm

welki...how goes the fishing today?

How do I get a flag on my icon anyway?

5:20 pm

do you want one too kap? it helps you obtain words and wards off evil thoughts of other babblers

5:20 pm

welki look at the strange fish in my sea (icon)

5:20 pm

st + vowel + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel

5:20 pm

st 7/32: st + hen l**d an egg + article

5:20 pm

go to your account and enter the country you live in then hit upload Kap

5:20 pm

I just googled the story. You didn't say it happened in Brooklyn - that explains everything!

Oh is that how you do it?

5:21 pm

yep and if you put your sex in you get a pink, blue or grey person

5:21 pm

someone clue something new -- that word has been clued a million times

5:21 pm

mpittore .. fishing would be great if i was somewhere fishing. there's enough ice on some of the lakes now

5:21 pm

Which sex does the gray person represent?

my country tis of thee..did it work?

5:22 pm

something starting with a G ...

No it didn't.

5:22 pm

Nope

5:22 pm

did you click the update button at the bottom? I often miss that

5:23 pm

hi wild

I did-

5:23 pm

i can see a grey person and a US flag near kaplan's icon .. hit refresh

I really don't talk about sex with people I don't know well

5:24 pm

yea kap it worked

5:24 pm

mp .. cowfish. very rare, but tasty.

5:24 pm

Hello, all...

5:24 pm

it is entirely your choice kap

5:24 pm

oh you will, kaplan ... it's just another babblething

But it's not easy being gray.

5:24 pm

yes, mich - a big brooklyn hs - very sad for the people who work there, families who send their kids their. etc.

5:24 pm

which brooklyn hs?

5:25 pm

james madison

5:25 pm

my mother went to erasmus

5:25 pm

well I am guessing you are tough enough to be grey or green or pink or blue kap

5:25 pm

it's really too bad the school name will suffer - but then, it does make you wonder about security at the school

5:26 pm

okay I am going home since my drink date has stood me up

5:26 pm

welki, LOL and they come with four glasses of milk too!

If I were tough do you think Id be playing wordgames on the computer

5:26 pm

(why would the security be checking up on two teachers?)

Gotta go..

5:26 pm

I am told I am tough and I play word games on teh computer

5:27 pm

bye all! *poof*

5:27 pm

bye, jmc

5:27 pm

actually, someone saw them, so I don't know if they were in a locked room, but classrooms are supposed to have windows on the doors so you can see in

5:27 pm

I don't think they were checking up, the report I heard said it was evening (after school hours) and the janitor just walked in on them. The school does have a good reputation.

5:28 pm

feh. it's not right, but it happens all over.

5:28 pm

Bye, Kap

5:29 pm

di 5/14 (either), please?

5:29 pm

Can someone clue the in 5/12?

5:30 pm

di 5/14 today I do, yesterday I *** + t** your shoelace; di 5/14 same 3 beginning letters + I live in the **ate of Colo

5:30 pm

in 5/12: in + an eating plan is a ***t

5:30 pm

Thanks, buffgirl!

5:30 pm

in + to expire

5:30 pm

YW, Jellen

5:31 pm

TY FOund it

5:31 pm

sa5, the last one?

5:31 pm

fireworks!

5:32 pm

yeah jellen!

5:32 pm

woohoo jellen!

5:32 pm

sa + sometimes vowed + **entification card

5:32 pm

sa + Jews speak ***dish

5:32 pm

er, vowel...

5:32 pm

thanks jellen and buffgirl, got it!

5:33 pm

help for bottom G please

5:34 pm

ga4= rhymes with garden door

5:34 pm

I need the sa 5-6, I assume it is a word & its pl

5:34 pm

ga + past tense of do

5:34 pm

and plural

5:34 pm

sa 5/12 - biblical verb

5:34 pm

not plural, the 6 ends in a vowel

5:35 pm

sa + h***er and yon + vowel

5:35 pm

thanks JBV, got it. 10 left!

5:35 pm

thanks so much everyone for your clues! fireworks!

5:35 pm

Yay, Brookie!!!

5:36 pm

mich, I have 6 to go - we can do this!

5:36 pm

Go, JBV! Go, Mich!

5:37 pm

Yeah - ok, What is the st 7?

5:37 pm

you can do it, mich and jbv!

5:37 pm

st + vowel + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel

5:37 pm

tyvm

5:37 pm

the second di 5/14 ?

5:37 pm

i need an A from the 2nd row - I have ad 4, 5, ai 4, 4, 4, as 6

5:38 pm

st + first **d + definite article

5:38 pm

archaic past tense verb,jmitch

5:38 pm

jbv, remember to plural the ad4

5:38 pm

hey, folks! first time here. how do you know the length of unfound words?

5:38 pm

di5= Biblical verb

5:38 pm

Thanks Jell!

5:38 pm

wi5/20

5:38 pm

an + w**h your clothes

5:38 pm

so now need 2 T's from middle T

5:39 pm

thanks, the an is from the top A

5:39 pm

Gotta run...happy babbling, all!

5:39 pm

gotta go now and put baby to bed. happy babbling everyone!

5:39 pm

are there more than two ad's?

5:39 pm

no

5:39 pm

ok, thanks wildcat

5:39 pm

yw

5:40 pm

jbv - are you looking for the as5?

5:40 pm

sorry, JBV. a + not front or back, but ****

5:40 pm

kanet the people who are asking for clues by letters and numbers are looking at the clue list (click on lickety's clues below the grid)

5:40 pm

ah, that's it - thanks origami and buffgirl

5:41 pm

thanks jbv!

5:41 pm

i haven't looked at Lickety's list today - just picking up a lot of clues from the chat

5:42 pm

s's finished - 5 t's left

5:43 pm

yeah, i've gotten a few from the clues in the chat.

5:44 pm

Can anyone clue the 2 th's?

5:44 pm

No, Ihave one, I need the th 5

5:44 pm

th 5/12: common article + opposite of out; th 4/5 skip one of the vowels

5:44 pm

t+female chicken

5:45 pm

thanks buff

5:45 pm

YW

5:46 pm

one left./.

5:46 pm

*drum roll for mich*

5:47 pm

Whoo Hoo I got it!! Thank you all for clueing me on!

5:47 pm

congrats, mich! -

5:47 pm

well done, mich!!

5:47 pm

I'll stick around for a few to clue, and then off to bed (finally)

5:48 pm

i have one left now :)

5:48 pm

t/y JBV and Jellen.....was distracted by work!

5:49 pm

got it

5:49 pm

Way to go welki!

5:50 pm

thanks :)

5:52 pm

oh! just found the ts's! - 3 more....

5:53 pm

OK< Good night all!

5:53 pm

laila tov, mich

5:53 pm

bye mich

5:53 pm

gonna scoot, too ... bye everyone

5:53 pm

Good night, Mich. what time is it in Israel?

5:57 pm

bye welki...I was out in my own little world playing with my monkey LOL

5:57 pm

Yikes, it's 2:00 AM, I turned into a pumpkin a long time ago.

5:58 pm

Laila tov, or really Boker Tov

5:58 pm

often happens on babble mich!

da5?

6:28 pm

da5 = one of the reindeer d*** + third vowel

6:28 pm

Hello...

6:29 pm

Anyone here a plumber???

6:29 pm

I should have said d***er + third vowel

6:29 pm

Hi pini.... my merman is an electrician...

6:30 pm

I went to the DR today and then to work for a few hours; good thing I came home early - to a friggin' broken pipe!!! UGH!

6:30 pm

oh I am sorry have had that happen not good

6:31 pm

thankfully it's outside and I've turned off the main line from the street (until my "plumber" friend can come take a look :(

6:33 pm

TE did you get my crazy clue?

finally got that da5 thx

6:33 pm

(I got it!)

6:34 pm

I have a touch of ADD so sometimes my clues are interesting LOL

6:34 pm

no worries...they still work, MPitt!

6:35 pm

thats what I always say...if you get to the same conclusion who cares how you got there...it helps to think like that!

6:35 pm

works for me, MPitt!

6:35 pm

only 13 left....fun grid today

6:36 pm

I'm just going through my first blush...couldn't stay for flip last night...

6:36 pm

30/69 so far...and still going (I think)

6:38 pm

hi again - i'm back for my very last word - i'm trying to do it without the list today

6:38 pm

hi jbv

6:44 pm

hi all. back to finish. 48 words.

6:44 pm

oopps must go to grocery store first. so will do some and then more later.

th5,12?

6:46 pm

nothing here, Team E

ti6,24

6:47 pm

th+Einst***

6:47 pm

nope...no 6's here

6:47 pm

thx BJ!

6:47 pm

churches 10% past tense

6:49 pm

as 6 clue please?

6:50 pm

appl ying residue of burning?

6:51 pm

never seen that as a verb before....

6:51 pm

like the da7 without the 'd'......

6:51 pm

is that a clue brandy?

6:52 pm

not a very good one i agree......

6:52 pm

got it ty.

6:52 pm

ty it was perfect.

6:53 pm

oh, and i just got the de8 and it seems to reverse the process.....

6:54 pm

di 5 14 first one plZ

6:55 pm

YUP.

di5 14 babys underwear

6:56 pm

huh? diapers? not in grid.........confused.

di+ to lose weight go on a ***t

6:59 pm

ty. is that diapers? hummmm

short for, i guess

6:59 pm

oh my it is a diaper. wow.

7:00 pm

mkg...it was a funny pronouncation but try this di + to pass away

7:00 pm

got it now. ty mpitt

7:00 pm

need in 5 12 first one please.

7:01 pm

try in + to pass away

me too

how many words today plz?

7:02 pm

99

7:02 pm

99

ty both!

7:02 pm

got it. ty

7:02 pm

yw

7:03 pm

;)

7:03 pm

in 7 please?

7:04 pm

the only 7 I have is DA

7:04 pm

in + to search a written paper for corrections + first vowel

7:04 pm

excellent clue, MPitt

7:05 pm

*<;o)

ti6,24?

7:05 pm

proof read mpittore? or look for the corrections that were made in past?

7:06 pm

past of the ti 5 before it. what you give to charity

7:06 pm

ti6/24 = what they call a 10% pledge to a church (use present and past tense for two clues)

7:06 pm

churches 10%

ti 5/12 past tense

7:07 pm

hmmmm...

7:07 pm

oh, *lightbulb*

7:07 pm

gee in judiasm it is for charity, not church. sorry. bad clue.

7:07 pm

thx ;)

7:07 pm

*must have a foil hat on*

7:08 pm

still didnt get the in 7. any other clues?

7:08 pm

charity is an amount you choose, not what is dictated by some joker in a white felt hat.....

7:09 pm

amen to that brandy jack

7:09 pm

in + if you reread someones writing to find errors and to correct it + the first vowel

while we are on the in's could I get a clue for in6/21, please

7:09 pm

only word I can think of is proof and none of it's letters are in the grid at all....

7:10 pm

Hipp Hip hooray it's ruru

7:10 pm

Marc...opp of outdoors

7:10 pm

not outside marc

lol ruru!

7:10 pm

in6/21 = if it is cold and nasty out**** you had better stay in****

7:10 pm

the proofreader is known to **** (**ward Kennedy + you can do **)

7:10 pm

10 left. any clues for in 7?????pretty please?

got it, thanks but I am struggling with the first in5/12

ideas

7:11 pm

An in 7/32 word is in plus ed 4/5 word plus vowel mkg

7:11 pm

like a independant film co marc

oops, sorry

7:12 pm

or record label

7:12 pm

got it. ty.

7:12 pm

in 5/12 is the kind of movie IFC shows Marc Freeman

7:12 pm

ruru...Little D is soooo cute!!!

duh got it, thanks

7:12 pm

thanks.. he is isn't he?

nash

still stuck on curch 10% one

7:12 pm

nash

7:13 pm

oh, great...I'll follow Marc to the PB

7:13 pm

nothing better than soft puppy ears

7:13 pm

church pittence = ti + *** end

7:13 pm

except nash isn't a word

7:13 pm

gnash is

sorry starts with breast, ZTeam

7:13 pm

na 5 please?

7:13 pm

(sigh of relief)

7:13 pm

ti 5/12, Team is ti + common article (not a or an but ***)

7:14 pm

breast?

7:14 pm

na 5/12: na + pronoun + to sell something, you put an ** in the newspaper

7:14 pm

*perk*

7:14 pm

need ti6/18 and ti4/4

7:14 pm

na5/12 is a a female swimmer, esp. an expert one or a freshwater mussel mkg.

7:14 pm

ty. got it.

7:14 pm

ru not tata

7:14 pm

5 left.

7:15 pm

sh 7?

7:15 pm

Go mkg go!

7:15 pm

ti 6/18 is ti + spanish for aunt + *ancy Drew

7:15 pm

a big party mkg

7:15 pm

go mkg 6 left here

na7/21

7:15 pm

sh7/44 is sh4/5 plus *** in the sand with a shovel mkg

sorry I meant na6/21

7:15 pm

no na 7 marc

7:15 pm

there is no na 7.

7:15 pm

ti 4/4: slang for boob

7:16 pm

it is a plural of the 5 before it

7:16 pm

plural of the na 5 just clued.

7:16 pm

na 6/21 is plural of na 5/12

7:16 pm

ti 6 18?

7:16 pm

oops the last ti 4/4

7:16 pm

I thought slang for boob was president bush?

7:16 pm

plural of another slang for boobs

7:17 pm

LOL ru

7:17 pm

president bushes?

ti 6 18

7:17 pm

ti 6/18: Clash of the Ti***s, add a vowel after second cross letter mkg.

7:17 pm

ti 6 18 is name of artist, or red hair color

7:17 pm

there's another boob in the White House - it must go with the office...

7:17 pm

reddish-blond hair color

7:17 pm

ti 6/18 is also a brownish orange color Team_Edward

7:18 pm

Nancy Drew had ti**** hair

7:18 pm

dont see titan in grid. confused again.

7:18 pm

could be the whole damn city buffgirl

7:18 pm

first two letters for the 8's please?

7:18 pm

which 8 nrkii

7:19 pm

mkg, you're missing a letter

de 8

7:19 pm

st abd de

7:19 pm

st and de nrkii

7:19 pm

thanks ruru

7:19 pm

de and st.

7:19 pm

oooh, got the de! :)

7:19 pm

sh 7???????

7:19 pm

looking for the other

7:19 pm

I totally agree, ruru! :o)

7:19 pm

ty. like the painter. got it now.

7:20 pm

sh7/44 is sh4/5 plus *** in the sand with a shovel mkg

7:20 pm

sh7 is a big party mkg

7:20 pm

ty.

7:20 pm

got it.

7:20 pm

and last one........

7:20 pm

yw

7:20 pm

yes mkg, sorry, I said artist not painter

7:20 pm

got all now. ty cluers! off to grocery store.

7:21 pm

Congratulations mkg on your fireworks! Good for you

7:21 pm

min why all black in square tonight??????

7:21 pm

wtg mkg - happy shopping

7:21 pm

good luck piini and everyone else. not too bad a grid.

7:22 pm

Today's icon theme is black and white.If you click on the icon you will see what it is supposed to be. Don't know why it is all black in chog. I'm very disappointed

sa6/21, please?

7:22 pm

sa5/12 + vowel, Marc

7:23 pm

sa 6/21: sa + pronoun + common article (not a or an but ***)

7:23 pm

you must not have sold enough seats for the game minver

7:23 pm

last si4/5, last st5/12

7:24 pm

s + all in knots

7:24 pm

is the st 5

sa5/16, please?

7:24 pm

Maybe icon wanted to match the blackout that I had earlier. Was so scared I woudn't get the power back.

7:24 pm

si 4 is to err in church + a consonant

7:24 pm

sa5 16 = Oh sa* can you see + not ego or superego

stig

7:25 pm

lol

7:25 pm

keep that up Marc and we are sending you back to the minors...

7:26 pm

lol

thanks got it

stid

7:27 pm

LOLOL

7:27 pm

last two first in 4/4 and in 6/18

7:27 pm

in 6 18 = crazy

7:28 pm

I used to do that all the time..

7:28 pm

first in4/4 = hotels

7:28 pm

I think stidmamma is sending us a message in the grid....she can do that you know. LOL

7:28 pm

in 4/4 word is not hotels or motels, but in** Mpittore.

7:29 pm

That in 6/18 word means crazy MPittore.

7:29 pm

oops in 4/4 those fish get ya every time

7:29 pm

howdy babble buddies,late getting here today and just finished a 5 1/2 hr drive from up north

7:29 pm

hey crossie..

7:29 pm

hiya crossy

7:29 pm

fireworks...yipeee!

7:29 pm

wtg mpittore!

7:29 pm

hey crossy!

7:29 pm

Hi crosshair! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

7:30 pm

Congratulations MPittore on fireworks! Good for you

7:31 pm

Hey nrkii...got a question is Captain Katz's still off 295??? Best oyster stew!!!

7:31 pm

sorry MPittore... haven't heard of it

7:31 pm

but I don't live that close to 295, and my travels don't take me that way very often

7:33 pm

We are going up to Killington, VT in Jan and wanted to catch his "owwystir" stew (the way some Marylanders pronounce it)!

7:35 pm

does anyone have the new theme?

7:36 pm

looks like there is a Cap'n Cats in West Deptford, NJ

7:37 pm

MPitt -- today's theme was Black and White. The next one is Stars. To see Sprite's list of themes, go to Http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz

7:37 pm

oops, gotta run

7:37 pm

night all!

7:37 pm

Hi all, and bye nrkii!

7:40 pm

thanks Jilli...hope this finds you well...thanks nrkii I think that must be it! going to find an icon...brb

st7/32, please?

7:47 pm

ok got a black and white icon...very interesting one...or is it two?

7:47 pm

Marc - if you have sa6.21, add a letter to make it st7/32.

7:47 pm

hi jacula!

7:47 pm

Hi jilli. I'm not 'icon modern' at the moment. LOL.

7:47 pm

Hi MP.

thanks got it

7:48 pm

y/w Marc.

7:48 pm

love these small grids gives me time to get some sleep

wen

sorry

the last st5/12, please

7:50 pm

well...I'm off to do a little housework...dusting off the tv remote LOL

7:50 pm

Jilli - I used to love opart. The first time I ever remember seeing the word and learning about it was in the 60s when my Sindy doll had an Opart outfit and then I got shiny patent leather boots and a bag in that style.

7:51 pm

Hello kids. I have been checking the weather forecast--we are supposed to have 2-3 FEET of snow by Saturday! Storm will hit at 2 AM tonight.

7:51 pm

Marc - what the farmer did with the pigs when he put them into their home?

7:51 pm

'Bye MP. Can you do mine when you've finished yours? LOL

thanks

7:51 pm

Hello Scrabbs. That probably means we in UK will get snow in about a fortnight (2 weeks).

7:52 pm

y/w Marc.

7:52 pm

Last st 5/12 word is s plus ti 4/5 word Marc Freeman

7:53 pm

3 nearby school districts already decided to be closed tomorrow

does that relate to the st8?

does that relate to the st8?

7:53 pm

jacula here something for you...I collect dolls from the past...http://sindy-dolls.com/...enjoy ...leaving to dust off jacula's remote...so many remote's so little time...*poof*

7:53 pm

Hey, maybe we'll have a 'white Christmas'. Cue Bing Crosby song. LOL

7:54 pm

MP - Thanks for that site. Mr. Richard Lines has my first Sindy doll in his left hand in the first photo.

mini a st5 and an ti4 makes a st9

7:56 pm

st8 is an old word for 'forged' as on an anvil in a smithy.

7:57 pm

jacula...tiny ps here....have you ever seen the op art done on sidewalks...it is very amazing...now you have given me another doll to search for they remind me of the madame alexander "cissy" doll or maybe the Jill dolls have several of those...need to look for a sindy! night

sorry mini did not read your message correctly

don't know the word Jac

7:58 pm

MP - my original Sindy doll's head eventually fell off - probably as a result of me trying to make her 'snog Paul' her boyfriend. My Dad fixed it with a piece of wooden dowel and she was a bit heavier after that!

7:59 pm

Marc - try this for st8: s + t** (bosom) + h4.6 word for 'greeted'.

8:00 pm

MP - not seen the pavement/sidewalk Opart, no.

8:01 pm

Alright, off to bed now. Must get up early to get a head start on the snowy situation.

8:01 pm

Sleep well, Scrabbs.x

8:01 pm

HI everyone. I am not feeling well and it is a lttle grid but is it a stinker? If it is, I would rather not start so please be honest with me!

8:02 pm

Bugsaw, I'd give it an 8 on a scale of 10

8:02 pm

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the log

8:02 pm

Hi Bug - hope you haven't got the 'flu bug I'm in day 10 or 11 of! I found the grid easy, but see what others think.

8:02 pm

piece o cake

8:03 pm

I have saved that site to explore later...will check ebay...love most things from the 60's...here's the pavement site most fascinating..http://users.skynet.be/J. Beever/pave.htm...going to search for Sindy & Paul on ebay...tossing foil hat in air til tomorrow! *poof*

8:03 pm

thanks guys. I will give it a go then. No flu, just a long depressing day

8:04 pm

Hello Bugsaw. It was not too hard for me to find first 55 words,then I had to go to the list which helped me

8:04 pm

MP - don't forget Sindy's sister Patch and her little pipecleaner dog Ringo.

8:06 pm

MPitt -- that pavement art is amazing indeed, but it's not Op Art, which was a school which began around the sixties. My icon is an example, if you click on it and see who made it.

8:07 pm

Hi again, people -- I had gone for a bit to find an icon for the next theme -- Stars.

8:07 pm

The first thing me and my friend Linda did when we got our Paul dolls for Christmas was to pull their jeans down to see if they had any 'boy bits'. They didn't. Poor Sindys! LOL

8:07 pm

I am VERY disappointed with my icon.It is all black in the chog, but if you click on it, it is black and white.

8:07 pm

Hello jillibus! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:07 pm

Oh, and MPitt, I LOVE your Black and White!

8:08 pm

howdy min and welcome to the grid..your icon is a tad..err..emo

8:08 pm

and Min, I LOVE yours too, but agree that it's a pity it's just black here.

8:08 pm

Hi Crossy. Sorry I haven't done the bacon muffin recipe for you yet - I've been ill.

8:09 pm

hello all

8:09 pm

Ill, jac? Flu?

8:09 pm

Jilli - yes.

8:09 pm

Poor you!

8:09 pm

Jo aslindy.

8:09 pm

Or even 'hi'.

8:10 pm

Hello aslindy!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

i have a question plz

8:10 pm

jilli - you've had it, too, I believe. Poor us!

8:10 pm

I've had something strange, still coughing but hooray, today it seems better.

8:10 pm

Yes, Team?

8:10 pm

Ask away, Team

i found deni in the lickety's clues but its telling me it wasnt found in the dictionary

8:11 pm

de4/5 is a church man but not 'deni'.

8:12 pm

a church man?

brb

8:12 pm

de4/5 is also the head of a college.

8:12 pm

deni? In this grid? Did Lickety's list accept it?

8:12 pm

jacula you are plucking the strings to my other addiction...thanks jilli...I loved the icon myself so much out there and fun to find...I was just thinking anything that was an optical illusion like his sidewalk art is (guess his is more like 3D) was op art...I will check it out...I had several pictures that resemble the technique yours has so I will learn the difference...clicking heels three times...Hugs and *poof*

8:15 pm

To explain Opart and the principle behind it, view the pic at this link: http://tinyurl.com/6fwzvd

8:16 pm

It's frustrating when people ask a question or ask for clues and promptly disappear

8:16 pm

MP - your 'other addiction'? Curiousity about sex? LOL

8:16 pm

jilli - it is.

8:17 pm

Jilli - I posted your Christmas card today. I'd be interested to know how long it takes to reach you.

8:17 pm

I have an up dated icon now. I will begin. . .

8:19 pm

BTW, I DIDN'T lick the envelope to seal it but usd a wet sponge and I also asked the man in the Post Office to lend me his sponge pad for putting the stamp on. It was my first time out of the house in 11 days walking. I was exhausted when I got back.

8:21 pm

The theme, however is 'black and white' not particularly OpArt. I could post many of my own drawings in which case, but most don't work well when squashed on here.

8:22 pm

Thanks, Jac! *hanging head because I'm late*

8:23 pm

Bugs -- wonderful icon!

8:23 pm

thanks jilli. I always loved that picture

8:25 pm

Press refresh or F5 to see MY black and white of the day.

8:27 pm

jac that is amazing! I had no idea you were such a famous person.

8:27 pm

LOL Bug.

8:28 pm

how many covers have you done? It must have been a huge honour

8:28 pm

How many covers? Erm, not sure - 30 or so, perhaps.

8:29 pm

Plus illuustrating my own stuff and other people's. Years ago now, though.

8:29 pm

well done. Are you a commercial artist by profession?

8:29 pm

No, Bug. A gifted amateur who struck lucky.

8:30 pm

I did not inherit the talent to create, only to appreciate a good piece

8:30 pm

you are so lucky to have "struck lucky" so many times.

8:32 pm

My Dad taught me all I know, guess it's genetic, Bug. I'm also a published writer and poet. Again, no formal qualifications other than A level English Lang & Lit., just good teacher who encouraged me and good luck to get published from the age of 5.

8:32 pm

hey you all, keeping warm? It is freezing here!

8:33 pm

Bug - without people who appreciate stuff, there'd be no point in us creative types creating stuff.

8:34 pm

I have to go and get some supper -- glad I want some! I lost 10 lbs in the last couple of weeks.

8:34 pm

Hi everyone, could someone clue the yi4 and the first in4?

8:34 pm

I would love to have a look at some of your stuff. Is it online anywhere? (I don't mean to be nosey, but the truth is, I am)

8:34 pm

jen,i woke up to -10c and 7 inches of snow this morn:/

8:34 pm

Hi Jen

8:34 pm

Hi Jen. It's fairly mild here in UK at present (I think), but I may still have a high temp due to 'flue, so don't take my word for it.

8:35 pm

Be careful jilli. I hope you feel better very soon

8:35 pm

got the yi

8:35 pm

we got about half inch here in Missouri where i am but up northern MO they got 12 inches or so

8:35 pm

yi 4/7: y + present your **s to prove your age

8:35 pm

Jilli - I never thought to weigh myself! I hid the scales some years ago after my daughter got sick. I'd get them out again now, if I remembered.

8:35 pm

but the temp. is below zero!

8:36 pm

*'flu not flue.

8:36 pm

in4/4 country hotels

8:36 pm

ty buff

8:36 pm

YW, SS!

8:36 pm

some of the obvious are the hardest to find, thanks again!

8:36 pm

Bug - my stuff, some of it, is only one line in my private blog.

8:37 pm

Isn't that the truth, SS! :o)

8:37 pm

Or even on line. I wish I could type properly tonight!

8:39 pm

You'll alll laugh at me for this - I'm persisting in using a knackered keyboard because I'm saving the couple of decent ones I have for when I want to do some serious typing, i.e. start writing properly again.

8:40 pm

ok.I thot maybe some of it would be published in magazines or something

8:41 pm

Bug - well, it was, but I don't have all the references to hand to give you right now.

8:41 pm

Silly girl jac! You would probably start writing again if you had a good keyboard! :)

8:44 pm

S's Stomped! 5 left

8:44 pm

Bug - this keyboard has 'flu germs on it, often gets full of cigarette ash, crumbs and wine spills, has been taken apart and put back together, and wiped with de-bug wipes so often it sticks now. Until both me and my Other Half decide to give up smoking, the decent keyboards will be kept well away from the 'office/den of iniquity'. And no, it's not him that's the stumbling block, it's me.

8:44 pm

jacula,ill have to introduce you to a neat little piece of software called dragon natuarlly speaking v 10.0,it is a program you train with your voice and you can just speak what you want and it types it all out for you

8:45 pm

ive done babble with it;))

8:46 pm

Crossy - does it understand regional accents? I'm quite 'posh' when sober, but if I've had one or two, which is the natural state for any writer, lyricist or poet (I am all of those) then I sound like Ozzy Osbourne.

8:46 pm

its can handle mild to moderate accents

8:47 pm

Crossy - and would you say Ozzy's accent was mild to moderate?

8:47 pm

crossy! I use that with kids who have major learning disabilities! I am imagining you leaning back in your chair with your feet crossed on the desktop dictating and watching the magic. What decadence.... :)

8:47 pm

you dont want to be soused and dong chaper 3 regardless;)

8:47 pm

E's Eliminated! 2 left

8:47 pm

doing even

8:48 pm

hehe bugsaw

8:48 pm

my son uses it in school as well bugsaw

8:48 pm

'soused and don chaper 3'. LOL. Makes me sound pickled and on a man bang expedition.

8:48 pm

A's pushed As 5/12! 1 left

8:49 pm

Go Min!

8:49 pm

lol,you will have to interpet my typos,i should be using the program now as it does a better job than i do lol

8:50 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! di5/14 was my last word

8:50 pm

I will be here for clues for 10 more minutes if needed.

8:50 pm

The hardest part is getting the kids passed the training part where it recognizes your voice and accent. It types what it thinks you said and you are supposed to correct it. When I hear hilarious laughter coming out of the quiet room, I know they are just enjoying the errors instead of getting down to business and I have to go in there to have a quick laugh too and then tell them to get back to corrections.

8:51 pm

Crossy - never use the spell checker. It once suggested 'Shovel' to me in place of 'Tivoli'. That wouldn't have made quuite the Italian holiday I was trying to paint a picture of.

8:51 pm

Well done, Min!

8:51 pm

took me the better part of 3 months to properly train my edition bugsaw

8:51 pm

Thanks Jacula!

8:51 pm

i read it about 6 books

8:52 pm

oh wow. way too long for kids with short attention spans anyway.

8:52 pm

Min - I guess your last was the first di5.14?

8:52 pm

i had my son read it alice in wonderland

8:53 pm

it is invaluable tho for kids to struggle to write their thots. They sit back, dictate and are shocked when they feel they have just started the story and they have already filled a page. It does wonders for self-esteem

8:53 pm

My last word at 6.20am grid time was a daft wi4/9 - the thing you do upon a star or after you blow cake candles out.

8:53 pm

best program i know

8:53 pm

it costs a lot tho doesn't it?

8:54 pm

version 8 is 100 dollars,my version 10.0 was 350.00

8:54 pm

but there is nothing wrong with v8

8:55 pm

i must go for now good night all and happy babblibng..poof

8:55 pm

mmmm v8

8:55 pm

too much for me then

8:56 pm

Seriously, I prefer to have a pen in hand to write any first draft. I can write straight to keyboard but prefer not to. I start getting all formal, probably due to my business grounding, when a keyboard is involved.

8:56 pm

No, actually the last word was second di 5/14 Jacula.

jacula, to answer your question form earler no lickety's didnt except it, and i dont know why

night crossy

8:57 pm

But, once thngs are written and then typed, the bet thing to do is to read them aloud to some kind of recording media. A dictaphone in my case, mostly. That way you can see or rather hear what does and doesn't work.

8:58 pm

Min - I thought's you'd have got the Shakespearian past tense before the other word.

8:59 pm

Team - dunno what to say about the lickety thing. I use his straight list at times, but I don't use 'PRO'.

8:59 pm

It is the babblets that I do not usually see right away

9:00 pm

back (and the plumber is on his way)

9:00 pm

calu caliegh o fabjeous day

9:01 pm

that doesn't sound good pini

9:01 pm

yeah...pipe broke

9:01 pm

Pink - why is the plumber on his way? What's happened?

9:01 pm

One broke at work, too :(

9:02 pm

came home early and there was a small fountian running in the backyard :(

9:02 pm

yikes that's not good

9:02 pm

And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,

9:02 pm

We just winteriz

9:03 pm

and mame rathes outgrabe.

9:03 pm

we hit a low of 8F last night (lowest we've had in a long time)...and still no snow :(

9:03 pm

better jac I was going from memory not google

9:03 pm

it's 19F now

9:03 pm

l(sorry cat on my lap again) .... winterized our pipes just in time for this cold snap Pini

9:03 pm

Sorry - mome raths outgrabe.

9:04 pm

I may be winterizing (just a bit late)

9:04 pm

too cold for snow at these temps

9:04 pm

I am happy to say it is 48F here

9:04 pm

I went from memory to Google and then from memory on the last line and got it wrong, jmc. I think I prefer my version.

9:04 pm

we don't have any moisture either...

9:05 pm

oh, and I went to the DR this morning...to check on this annoying cough

9:05 pm

Since nobody is asking for clues, I am off to bed now.

9:05 pm

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

9:05 pm

Sleep well, Min.

9:05 pm

bye Min

9:05 pm

G' nite MIn. Thanks for all the greetings and encouragement

9:05 pm

i am joining the icon revolution jilli

9:06 pm

seems it was a cold last week that decided it had had enough, but wasn't quite finished with me yet as it decided it would be bronchytis instead

9:06 pm

night min ;)

9:06 pm

whoo hoo ru (I supprt nonviolent revolutions)

9:07 pm

night minver..

9:07 pm

Pini - you are lucky you are allowed to visit your doctor at present. Our surgery has a notice on the door, which lists 6 symptoms (of which I have 5) that if you have you must not enter the surgery. In other words, as my daughter reported to me, 'Got Swine 'Flu? Well, Bugger Off!'

9:07 pm

oh crap I forgot to go to the store.

9:07 pm

It is freezing out here...

ga 6,30 plz

9:08 pm

oh my, jac! sorry to hear!!

9:08 pm

I have never been told to bugger off in my life.. I feel Like I am missing something

9:08 pm

let's hear it for national medicine!

9:09 pm

ga+ I *** it!

9:09 pm

what does bugger mean actually?

9:09 pm

hi everyone!

tx jmc

9:10 pm

it means something under the category of expletive deleted

9:10 pm

hi lbd and team

hi

9:10 pm

just visit a Middle School ruru. Some student will oblige you in no time I am sure.

9:10 pm

hi jmc. are you done?

9:10 pm

dealing with rear ends ru

9:10 pm

Wiki for bugger, ruru: word used in the vernacular British English, Irish English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, and occasionally also in Malaysian English, Scots and (rarely) American English. It is derived from buggery, a term originally used to describe either anal intercourse by a man with a man or woman,[1] or sexual intercourse by either a man or a woman with an animal.[2] Today, the term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or used to describe someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing.

9:11 pm

gads, learn almost too much everyday around here! LOL

9:11 pm

Incidentally, the term bugger has been used here in UK and in Aus since the 20s at leat in the way it is still used now.

9:11 pm

no lbd I have 34 left

9:12 pm

git 'r dun, jmc!

9:12 pm

46 left here...

9:12 pm

git 'r dun, pini!

9:12 pm

welll... I better bugger off to the store..

9:13 pm

...not sure I'll finish...will be helping fix pipes when the plumber arrives... :(

9:13 pm

Bugger off/sod off/ eff off (or 'go forth and multiply') - all mean 'Go away, you annoying person!'

9:13 pm

oh no! i hate plumbing problems!

9:14 pm

I h ope you get a big discount for the plumbing if you have to help

9:14 pm

Ruru - LOL!

9:14 pm

between me and the house's plumbing, something's gotta give soon!!!

9:14 pm

are you feeling any better, pini?

9:14 pm

thankfully it's a family friend, jmc...so, I simply help and pay for the supplies.

9:15 pm

just the annoying cough, lbd, and some serious body aches from not having moved much in the past week (diagnosis per doc today: bronchytis)

9:15 pm

Pini - the Gas Board, who put our new boiler in about 9 weeks ago, and flooded our house in the process have sent us a letter from a loss adjuster today querying the quote from our workmen.

9:16 pm

bronchitis, well, i guess that's better than pneumonia. take care of yourself.

9:16 pm

egads, jac...are they going to fix at THEIR cost???

9:16 pm

will do, lbd! :) telecommuting from home tomorrow since a pipe broke at work and there'll be no water in the building tmw

9:17 pm

Let me see - the bill, very reasonable, since I don't want too much disruption, came to £1,750. Their bill for the boiler and thermostat work is just over £4.000. They won't get a penny until they pay for the damage the idiot they sent caused.

9:17 pm

i'd send the board your bill for having to clean up the flooding, jac. then see what they say about the workmens bill

9:18 pm

no kidding, jac!!! stand your ground! :)

9:18 pm

as5?

9:19 pm

a+ part of a square?

9:19 pm

Pini and lbd - I have every intention of doing both.

9:19 pm

ty lbd

9:20 pm

yw

9:20 pm

Actually, lbd - if each of us in the house who cleaned up sent our bill in for payment per hour of cleaning up, they'd ow US money! Nice one! I'll get onto the paperwork for that later.

9:23 pm

and they should owe you money, jac! their responsibility for all expenses incurred as a result of their screw-up

9:24 pm

hello babble friends. back to bury this sucker, hopefully!

9:24 pm

hi trif!

9:24 pm

hey trif

9:24 pm

heyas dolls!

9:25 pm

hi trif

9:25 pm

howdy

9:26 pm

jmc, you will appreciate THIS - mr. hate cancelled the joint accounts, as I told you, and he gets paid once a month, today. So here comes my big share - $1,000. For the four of us. For a month. Ummmmm NO

9:27 pm

mr hate is such a d**khead!

9:28 pm

I already called my lawyer....

9:28 pm

does he realize it's not YOU he's paying to "keep", but his CHILDREN!??? sheesh ...what a scumbag

9:28 pm

Well, let me see, who cleaned up British Gas mess? One Managing Dirctor and owner of a multinational company, his PA (me), one Heavy UK and International Transport and Health & Safety Manager (Beloved), one IT consultant to a multinational company responsible for fire safety (my son), one university student who is also art consultant for brochures for aforementioned company) and one schoolgirl who got disrupted and didn't get her homework in on time.

9:29 pm

as long as you already called your lawyer I will keep my mouth shut *zips mouth shut*\

9:29 pm

sounds like you've got it down, jac!!! (make sure you use your standard professional hourly rates!) - definitely NOT minimum wage!!!

9:30 pm

oh, please, jmc--- let it rip, even if it means you have to yell at me. I think I adore you well enough by now, that I could take it

9:30 pm

oh, please, jmc--- let it rip, even if it means you have to yell at me. I think I adore you well enough by now, that I could take it

9:30 pm

MMPH MMMPH MMPH

9:30 pm

Pini - none of us would even dream of going for minimum wage.

9:31 pm

Trif...just remember we're not yelling AT you...we're yelling WITH you *hugs*

9:31 pm

BTW - in case you think it's a family thing, it isn't - we don't all work for one company.

9:31 pm

no no I think your attorney can help --- but you may want to go apply for food stamps etc so that when you go to court you can mention that little point

9:32 pm

what f***ing a**hole

9:32 pm

would this be an appropriate time to tell him to bugger off? ;-)

9:32 pm

I didn't think that at all, jac!!! I figured all your rates might be different ;)

9:32 pm

anyway...enough of that. we have focused negative attention on him for long enough. on with the fun.

9:33 pm

yes precisely lbd

9:33 pm

and literally

9:34 pm

quite, jmc

9:34 pm

evening all!

9:34 pm

hi dan

9:34 pm

Trif - I've no idea what your ex-marriage situation is, so forgive me. I was very pleased when Belovee stopped any payments to his ex after he discovered her live-in b/f had been abusing their daughter and she, after me peasing with her not to, had decided she loved the pervert more than her own child and so was giving her child to us to sort out.

9:35 pm

kinda different jac

9:35 pm

oh, jacula, that is AWFUL! I am so glad that that daughter has you to help!!!

9:35 pm

can anybody clue the st8?

9:35 pm

However, she still gets on cellphone to her daughter, or rather her daughter rings her, and her mother still does her best to disrupt the parenting regime we're trying to put in place.

9:36 pm

Hello everybody. Jac, I just got here; how is your step dtr doing?

9:36 pm

s + 10% given to the church with an extra vowel in there before making it past tense, dan

9:36 pm

hi Nef!

9:37 pm

Jac I have sa4 before you are a wonderful person taking care of your step-dau

9:37 pm

have 15 left, and totally gridlocked. think I need to grab the list. damn

9:37 pm

especially in relation to the mother

9:37 pm

hi nef

9:37 pm

tx lbd that's firewords!

9:37 pm

hi lbd and kmc!

9:38 pm

whoooo hoooooo DAN!!!

9:38 pm

whoo hoo dan2

9:38 pm

Nef - it's not been so good lately - we have discovered she's been stealing from us and lying and cheating, and behaving inappropriately on webcam on the internet.

9:38 pm

YAY, dan2 WTG!

9:38 pm

wow that is ruff jac

9:38 pm

(((Jac)))

9:39 pm

oh no, jac!!!!

9:39 pm

is this all just acting out for attention; or is she just too used to chaos that she can't stand Normal?

9:40 pm

I suppose she is testing the limits, jac, isnt' she? "will they still love me if I do this? this?" Her mother cut her loose - she is testing to see if you will too

Fireworks woooooo whooooo

9:40 pm

hi Trifi. That's what I was wondering too

9:41 pm

tuff balance between I love you no matter what and consequences for actions

9:41 pm

whoo hoo Tea,

9:41 pm

WTG, T_E!!!

9:41 pm

the inapppropriate behavior on the webcam concerns me most

9:41 pm

*team

9:41 pm

whoooo hooooo TEAM!!!

9:41 pm

I wanted to make her hand over the next 6 weeks of £10 pocket money to me with an apology for stealing from me, I also wanted to remove her webcam and make her internet access for the next 6 weeks SUPERVISED. Beloved has not done any of that and I've had no apology from step for any of that. And I am still very, very angry! I know she's had a bad time, and I've said she needs counselling ( but that's not been set up yet), but, despite all that, she still needs to realise that her actions have consequences and if they are bad actions and make other people feel bad, punishment, atonement or apologies are needed. I've not seen any of that yet,

9:41 pm

that wwebcam behaviour is the most dangerous

9:41 pm

a's abolished

9:42 pm

How old is she? Can you take the webcam away for a while?

9:42 pm

agreed, jac ;)

9:42 pm

jac it sounds like you are taking the best steps but need BF to back you

9:42 pm

go trif go

9:43 pm

your beloved, needs to step up and be a father. make her own up to her actions.

9:43 pm

I agree with jmc there. He needs to understand that she can't do things that are harmful or hurtful to others

9:43 pm

j,mc - exactly! But as another friend of mine said, 'Maybe he feels guilty' for leaving her?

9:44 pm

Nef she is 14 - 15 next week.

9:44 pm

doing nothing pretty much tells her she can do as she wants, without reprocussion. hmmm, echos of her mother's behaviour

9:44 pm

sooo that is when you say to BF lets get counseling

9:44 pm

he'll feel more guilty when his lack of action now that he has her gives rise to even more negative actions!

9:45 pm

I can take her webcam r internet connection away any time I choose. But I need her fther to step up and be a parent and do it.

9:45 pm

edward, are you still here, dear one?

9:45 pm

Now I see where the 'wicked stepmother' from the fairy tales originated. LOL

9:45 pm

good evening; I wonder if I could get a clue for the di 5/14 s

9:46 pm

I think you have every right to remove things from her and expect positive things out of by virtue of her living in a home YOU occup and that her activities are not welcome there

9:46 pm

(did that make sense?)

9:46 pm

well it would be better if he was a man, but it is more important that she not have the possibility to engage in such potentially deadly behavioiur

9:46 pm

di + not live and old english for done

9:46 pm

di + 'leave life forever'.

9:46 pm

Jac; when my dtr was 13-14 and giving me heartaches; I made her pack a bag for an overnight; NO electronics or headphones were allowed; and I took her on what we now call a "Girls' Runaway"

9:46 pm

which is pretty much what pini sa4

9:47 pm

di5 (2nd) - Shakespearian word for an action.

9:47 pm

go on nef

9:47 pm

We got in the car and DROVE and TALKED for a whole weekend. That first time I didn't know where we'd go or what we'd do; but we've had great times whenever we did them

9:48 pm

Nef - I have to admit that if I even vaguely liked the girl,m rather than just feeling sorry for her, I might have done the same by now.

9:48 pm

Thank you for those; got em

9:49 pm

I feel very guilty that since the day I met her when she was 8 I have always found her extremely irritating. It's not that she's not my child, because I have loved other kids that were not my own.

9:50 pm

some people are irritating -- it is not your falut

9:50 pm

Jac, at the time *I* didn't like my own daughter! Something about daughters (or step-daughters!) at that age is NOT a good thing for Moms

9:50 pm

you may have been picking up echos of her mother in her. that would scream loudly to me.

9:50 pm

She's much too much like her mother, unfortunately. Hopefully, years will go on and I can help make her not become her mad mother.

9:50 pm

you have hung in there in spite of that so you should feel anything except guilty

9:51 pm

If she reminds you of her Mom; do you think she knows that?

9:52 pm

d's done

9:52 pm

it probably worries her that she is like her mom

9:52 pm

at the same time she wants to be like her mom

9:52 pm

so it is hard for her

9:52 pm

does she have any qualities of her father you can work on?

9:52 pm

keep reminding her that she ISN'T her Mom!

9:53 pm

Nef - even when my daughter was blaming me for her illness, due to what her so-called counsellors told her, I never stopped loving her.

9:54 pm

I see her biggest problem lies in the early sexual activity with mother's partner. When that happens there is always coercion involved so these kids equate sex with love. Their boundaries are warped; hence the webcam stuff. Take the webcam away whether her father can or not. Deep down, she wants to know someone will fight for her because her mother didn't.

9:55 pm

well sa4 bugs!

9:55 pm

bugs you make a really good point

9:55 pm

Nef - there's a problem with me saying that, maybe. When her Dad had problems with me, I kept telling him ,'I'M NOT C!' (his ex). Not sure if that will move on a notch if I say that to their daughter.

9:55 pm

IMHO, her father's inaction to step up and/or support the positive aspect you bring to his daughter's life simply perpetuates her mother's actions so, when all is said and done, she doesn't see the difference between the two

9:55 pm

I really don't need all this crap aty my age!

9:56 pm

that sexual exploitation really throws a spanner in the issue

9:57 pm

11 left, and I just can't finish

9:57 pm

yes you can, Trif!

9:57 pm

I have to agree with Bugsaw and jmc. That girl is pushing you for a reason

9:57 pm

go trif go

9:57 pm

Bugs - thanks. I might just do that. It sounds like good advice.

9:57 pm

nope. giving up. good night all!

9:57 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

9:57 pm

Your advice, too, pini.

9:57 pm

night night, Trif

9:58 pm

when I was young my daddy would beat the shit out of us when he came home druck

9:58 pm

*drunk

9:58 pm

you absolutely don't need this kind of crap Jacula, but she absolutely needs someone in her life who will help her learn how to respect herself. When she feels worthless, nothing really matters. You don't have to love someone to be a valuable force in their life. Please let go of the guilt.

9:58 pm

I honestly found his actions more forgivable than the fact that my mother never did a damn thing to stop him

9:59 pm

Thank you all. You have mademe see that I am NOT the wicked stepmother. Now, how do I deal with my ex-hub's concern about me being used?

9:59 pm

IN 7/32 pls

9:59 pm

from this I conclude that she is seeking your protection

9:59 pm

in + what you do to correct your grammar on paper + vowel

9:59 pm

we are all being used

10:00 pm

Thank you

10:00 pm

LOL, jmc. That's what I told him when he said it.

10:00 pm

why do you need to deal with his concern? Your life is your's to do with as you will...if loving your partner is important to you, then love him; if helping your partner raise his daughter in a more positive atmospher (once all the players are on board), then help your partner; etc., etc., etc....

10:00 pm

I CHOSE to live with my strict Aunt and Uncle rather than my lax to non-caring father when I was 15. I really think all young people look for boundaries

10:01 pm

Ex-hub may just be stirring you up. You have chosen this kid's father over him and he probably isn't happy about that so if he can get you two arguing....

10:01 pm

yes they do, Nef. it's part of the pack, a pecking order and just knowing where you are in that order.

10:02 pm

i'm heading for the pillows. see you all tomorrow.

10:02 pm

remember jac your ex husband is your ex for a reason

10:02 pm

night lbd

10:02 pm

bye lbd

10:02 pm

24 left

10:03 pm

nite lbd!

10:03 pm

My nephew chose to live with his strict father for the same reason Nef. He thot his mother's acceptance of everything, no matter how inappropriate, showed that she really didn't care about him. He is now in the RCMP.

10:03 pm

If I have any thought of finishing this grid, I'd better concentrate (46 to go)

10:03 pm

Nef - thank you, you have now confirmed my belief, 'cos it's not that long since I was n my early teens; I'm only 52. Yes, boundaries are needed and so are consequences if your actions have overtsepped the boundaries. I just hope that I don't end up with the Dad leaving too,if I decide to bring up the daughhter in the manner I see as proper.

10:03 pm

OH! That's good enough to repeat, jmc! "remember jac your ex husband is your ex for a reason"

10:05 pm

pini, if you need clues, I'm here and have nothing to contribute to the other conversation

10:06 pm

hi jill

10:06 pm

Can anyone tell me how to overcome the urg to stangle her now, since she's no idea od remorse since sshe stole from me in my own hone?

10:06 pm

thx jilli ;)

10:06 pm

hi jilli

10:06 pm

hi jmc and all

10:06 pm

Perhaps you need to get your partner to counselling to help him see how he can help. My educated guess is that guilt is holding him back.

10:06 pm

Her Dad should have taught her that.

10:07 pm

just remember tha she has no remorse because she it not doing it under the same rules that would result in remorse

10:07 pm

ad5?

10:07 pm

what bugs says

10:07 pm

pl of ad 4

10:07 pm

ad5 is pl of ad4

10:07 pm

Should I know, weeks after the event, after waiting to see what he would do and then being ill with 'flu, TELL HER?

10:07 pm

She may have remorse but she is not going to let anyone see it. She is just angry at the world right now.

10:07 pm

oh, duh, jilli...slap me now!

10:08 pm

just a tickle, pini ;)

10:08 pm

as5?

10:08 pm

pini has been very cruel to me today

10:08 pm

only stiddie has been meaner

10:08 pm

* blink * I have???

10:08 pm

*sniff*

10:08 pm

*hand across forhe4*

10:08 pm

what'd I do????

10:08 pm

as5 -- a + lateral view

10:09 pm

no no just ignore my clues

10:09 pm

other can clue

10:09 pm

SORRY JMC!!!!

10:09 pm

*melodramatic pose*

10:09 pm

* hands jmc some smelling salts *

10:10 pm

<--- backs into the shadows

10:10 pm

*swooning so smelling salts are helpful*

10:10 pm

Not now Jac, but have a talk with her and tell her how disappointed you are and how violated it made you feel. My son stole money from me almost all his childhood but one Christmas he gave me all kinds of special coins and bills that he had collected over the years because he wanted to make amends. He was in his late 20s then. Keep the faith.

10:10 pm

jilli! don't go!

10:10 pm

A friend of mine, who was abused as a child, gave me some insight into the warped logic my stepdaughter might have now, and also into the way her Dad might feel guilt at his inability to protect her. It's him I need to talk to first, I think. I'll try again -= I've tried before.

10:10 pm

*shines bright lights so there are no shadoes*

10:11 pm

Jac, my DIL is bipolar (new diagnosis) she admits that she does soe things because calm and normal reality is "boring" and she doesn't see why she should apologize to us; but BOY! If we do something to HER; *We* owe her an apology! I got through to her one night when she was saying that by telling her that SHE owed ME one for the way she acted!

10:11 pm

:)

10:11 pm

*shadows

10:11 pm

love the icon jill

10:11 pm

ONe thing that helped me not strangle them was a tip from another abused "not my REAL mother"

10:12 pm

21 left

10:12 pm

2nd di5/14?

10:12 pm

thanks, jmc :)

10:13 pm

Every time you want to strangle the kid and can't wait to see the backside of them, you go shopping. Instead of buying something for yourself, you buy something that they will need to have when they leave home.... It works so well!

10:13 pm

flosey had a great Black and White one -- the whisky :)

10:13 pm

what a sweet id4 bugs

10:13 pm

brb jill

10:14 pm

bugs is one wise woman!

10:14 pm

When the kid steals something from you, go out and buy a set of mugs or a kettle and put it in a special place. IT helped so much and when he was ready to leave home I didn't go broke trying to set him up so he wouldn't come back too soon. :)

10:14 pm

darn flosey has alraedy changed to under the stars

10:14 pm

interesting concept, bugs!!!

10:15 pm

down to 30! :)

10:15 pm

2nd di 5/14 -- same first 3 letters as previous word + abr for saint or street

10:15 pm

20 left

10:15 pm

I didn't think of it but it saw me through the teen years of some pretty disturbed kids. Now they are adults we are all good.

10:15 pm

I love that plan, Bugs

10:15 pm

1 left as5 .. fishy?

10:16 pm

first di5?

10:16 pm

glad to help. I needed every tip I could get when I had kids at home.

10:16 pm

yep, torg -- as + lateral view

10:16 pm

;)

10:16 pm

Bug - I'm not her real mother, so that doesn't help me much. Her real mother dcided she preferred the man who was not only a pedo, and she had been warned about him before by an ex-partner of his. anyway, she'd rather be with him than her daughter. What worries me now is that he's still free to molest other young girls. But, to put him away, it'd need |Step's testimony in court, the stuff she told her Mum but her Mum didn't tell the police. He's not willing to put her through that. I think it should be done and that would also help her on her way to counselling nd eventual recovery.

10:16 pm

help with the ts words

10:16 pm

FISH, tor!

10:16 pm

torg!

10:17 pm

1st di 5 -- I always wanted a Di5 doll when I was little -- it wet its diaper.

10:17 pm

(it might help her father, too, jac!)

10:17 pm

really should finish tho. I should have been done a long time ago. Sending love to all of you, especially Jac, and disappearing into the grid. Only 15 left.

10:17 pm

the first thing is to help her

10:17 pm

the second thing is to help others

10:17 pm

Oh geez .. and I was so proud when I got in6/21 .. Thanks!

10:18 pm

thx jili

10:18 pm

go bugs go

10:18 pm

hi shirl

10:18 pm

Anyway, enough of my Joan Baez type anguish. I wish the truth didn't matter so much to me. I'm off to bed. Happy Babbling all!x

10:18 pm

ts + lemon***

10:19 pm

ts? ts? ts?

10:19 pm

I wasn't my half of my sons REAL mother either but you wouldn't know it now.

10:19 pm

and same with diff vowel at the end.

10:19 pm

ty jill

10:19 pm

G'night, jac -- chins up ;)

10:19 pm

thx jilli ;)

10:19 pm

night jac...take care!

10:20 pm

bye jac and babbleland is the place for Joan Baez

10:21 pm

Hebrew letter

10:21 pm

15 now ;)

10:21 pm

gogogo pini!

10:22 pm

16 left -- get going pini

10:22 pm

st5/14?

10:22 pm

I caught you, jmc!!! *blink*

10:22 pm

maybe -- maybe not

10:22 pm

:-P

10:23 pm

meanie!

10:23 pm

(* giggle *)

10:23 pm

st5/14 -- same as previous word with diff final cons

10:23 pm

sigh jill

10:24 pm

would never have guessed THAT cons, jilli...will have to look that one up later

10:24 pm

what, jmc?

10:24 pm

st8?

10:24 pm

fish?

10:24 pm

what's wrong, jmc???

10:24 pm

I would have to have the previous word

10:24 pm

did I beat you to a clue, jmc?

10:24 pm

st + help

10:24 pm

pini is passing me

10:25 pm

grrr

10:25 pm

previous st5 -- st + help

10:25 pm

sorry!!!

10:25 pm

everyone beats me to a clue! lol

10:25 pm

snap, pini

10:25 pm

uh oh...plumber's here...gotta go ... finish for me jmc!!!

10:25 pm

ty jill

10:25 pm

chinS up, jilli? I'll have you know I only have one if I hold my head up very straight!

10:25 pm

Goodnight all.xxx

10:25 pm

ttfn, pini!

10:26 pm

jac, my dad used to say that to my mum, same as you ;)

10:26 pm

lol jac sweet dreams'

10:26 pm

14 left

10:27 pm

gogogo jmc :)

10:28 pm

on the other hand zzzzzz

10:28 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzz

10:28 pm

oh come on, jmc!

10:29 pm

wha? wha?

10:29 pm

st8?

10:29 pm

wake up and finish!

10:29 pm

third hi 4/6?

10:30 pm

Hart's mate

10:30 pm

I was hoping nobody would ask for a clue to st8 *putting on thinking cap*

10:30 pm

another word for deer

10:31 pm

st8 -- s + boob + got a move on

10:31 pm

who is th edeer clue for???

10:31 pm

*baffled*

10:31 pm

thx jili, the deer clue is for the 3rd hi

10:32 pm

Rear end = hi4/6 hi**quarters

10:32 pm

Hi, gang!

10:32 pm

*smack*

10:32 pm

ty torg

10:32 pm

3rd hi 4/6 -- not a front leg of a dog, but the hi** one

10:32 pm

hi jell

10:33 pm

shirlock, did you get the st8?

10:33 pm

11 left

10:33 pm

Go, jmc!

10:33 pm

yep, got the st8, thx jili

10:33 pm

oh goody, it worked!

10:34 pm

in 5/12?

10:34 pm

in5/12 -- in + expire

10:34 pm

short for professor jones from raiders

10:36 pm

raiders?

10:36 pm

brb -- must make phone call

10:36 pm

nm I got it

10:36 pm

Since there are plenty of cluers, I'll toddle on...

10:36 pm

sh7?

10:37 pm

sh7 = big party

10:37 pm

got it, thx torgone

10:37 pm

bye jell?

10:39 pm

in 4/4 (either one)

10:39 pm

finally finished thanks to that last sh 7 clue. I am glad you all are well. I am off. Nite and happly babbling

10:40 pm

has BR been around lately?

10:40 pm

not tonight jmc

10:40 pm

evening all

10:40 pm

whooo hooo bugs

10:40 pm

hi jes

10:43 pm

in 4/4?

10:43 pm

in4 = roadside lodgings

10:43 pm

back again

10:44 pm

YAY bugs!!!

10:44 pm

in4 ..Am I in **me for the sh7?

10:44 pm

wb jill

10:44 pm

hi all.. 1st time here! any help w/ ti5 & ti6?

10:45 pm

hi kanet!

10:45 pm

hi jmc

10:45 pm

10% for God

10:45 pm

ti5 10% given to the church .. ti6 = pt

10:45 pm

ti5 -- 10% to the church, and past tense -- wwelcome to Babble kanet!

10:45 pm

only 12 words left!

10:45 pm

10% for God past tense

10:45 pm

go kanet go

10:46 pm

Seems like a lot to me ..

10:46 pm

oy.. should've had that one

10:46 pm

we all miss some of the most obvious kanet

10:46 pm

'asdfjw[gtuY[GG0[-rg

10:47 pm

8 left

10:47 pm

really, jmc? How interesting.

10:47 pm

As an as5/12, as5/12 was my last word ..

10:47 pm

the other ti6?

10:47 pm

little frustrated tonight

10:47 pm

ti6 = a painter

10:47 pm

I sent a resume and cover letter for a job and of course

10:48 pm

ti6 -- artist and red hair

10:48 pm

when I looked at it later I saw typos

10:48 pm

I thought that was your head hitting the keyboard ..

10:48 pm

might as well be torg

10:48 pm

no brains no brains

10:48 pm

Oh noes .. not typos ..

10:49 pm

I re-read it three times, sent it to friends

10:49 pm

and still after I sent it . . . .

10:49 pm

typos

10:50 pm

jmc, i did the same thing a few months ago

10:50 pm

sigh

10:50 pm

sorry to hear it kanet

10:51 pm

<shrug> it's ok. i got fed up w/ my situation and an opportunity came along

10:51 pm

at least I have a job now

10:51 pm

i quit my job and traveled the world for 4 months

10:51 pm

Whenever I'm proofreading something important, I go through it a few times, then go and read a bunch of different things including chats, facebook posts and such to cleanse my palate, then go back to it ..

10:52 pm

i did all that torg :-(

10:52 pm

I took several days

10:52 pm

how bad was the typo?

10:52 pm

Ah well ..typos are a sign of being human ..

10:53 pm

one was bag and the other was REALLY bad

10:53 pm

I wouldn't hire me

10:54 pm

aw, that sucks, jam.

10:54 pm

well c'est la guerre

10:54 pm

but can it possibly be as bad as the resume we got recently which listed "mixing and administering prescription medications and food" as a hobby?

10:55 pm

good thing I don't nee d the job

10:55 pm

bizarre jes

10:55 pm

jmc, don't give up

10:55 pm

it was a very special resume all the way through

10:56 pm

also, proofreading resumes is wonderful fun, so feel free to add me to the list of proof readers :)

10:56 pm

its all good kanet

hi all, 5 left, can i make it??? lol

10:56 pm

I will post it next time jes lol!

10:56 pm

go book dr.!

10:56 pm

sure you can, gwen!

10:57 pm

9 left here.. mostly short words : p

10:57 pm

hi book

10:57 pm

st5/14?

10:57 pm

go kanet go!

10:57 pm

gogogo kanet (you don't sound like a newbie at all)

10:57 pm

7 left

10:57 pm

do you need a lovely, cute, black cat to comfort you about the typos, jam?

10:58 pm

st5/14 -- change last cons of previous word

10:58 pm

well, i heard about this game from wordsplay.net

10:58 pm

i dig boggle & scrabble

10:59 pm

st5/14 .. All the world's a st*** (misspelled)

10:59 pm

ty jes I used to have a black cat named Elizabeth Cady Stanton who died in her late 20s

10:59 pm

so stick around, kanet

10:59 pm

now I have a grey and white cat

10:59 pm

one cat at a time

i've had no luck trying to play wordsplay lately, the game just hangs up all the time

11:00 pm

I now have 2 young, short haired, very sweet, female, black cats

11:00 pm

from different places, within 24 hours of each other.

11:00 pm

if wordsplay is a speed game, I'm out

excellent name you gave your cat, jm!

11:00 pm

def learning some new words here

11:01 pm

unwords abound here

jilli, yup, it mirrors real boggle: 3 minute rounds, about 30-40 seconds in between, playing against other live humans

11:01 pm

wordsplay is a speed game. 4x4 or 5x5. 3 min

11:02 pm

no thanks to wordsplay. The leisurely pace here is what appeals to me.

11:02 pm

ga6/30?

used to be a lot of players with rude names (you can change yoyur screen name as often as you want) but now there's a chatroom and fewer rude players

11:02 pm

she was named by prior owner

11:02 pm

my current cat is fugitive

11:02 pm

ga6/30 -- pl of previous word

11:02 pm

i duh.. thanks jill

ga6, plural of ga5, which is ga + who *** swallow jonah

11:03 pm

fishslap, kanet ;)

11:03 pm

gawas

11:03 pm

lol

11:03 pm

oops

11:03 pm

ack!!!

when wordsplay started hanging up, i played over at facebook more (it's called scramble), but now it's hanging up a lot! grrrr

11:04 pm

Jack Jack Jack

11:04 pm

%$^*&()_

is that a smiley with a beehive hairdo???

11:05 pm

work is underway ;)

11:05 pm

no doubt book

11:06 pm

hi pini

11:06 pm

ok.. got the in6/18 on my own.. 6 left

and wearing opera glasses? lol

11:06 pm

7 7 7 7

11:06 pm

and it's too cold for me to stand out there and "help"

11:06 pm

go kanet go

11:06 pm

13 here :(

11:06 pm

wtg kanet!

11:06 pm

oo i am ahe4 of pini

11:06 pm

go pini!

11:06 pm

11

ea6 help!

11:06 pm

10

11:07 pm

gerund ending gwen of the ea4 before it

11:07 pm

Gonna hit the hay ..Long day tomorrow. .. 8 hrs work .. couple hrs to finish packing .. 20+ hrs on a plane to China .. then some more hrs of work ..

11:07 pm

9

11:07 pm

night tor!!!

11:07 pm

making it better Book

11:07 pm

safe rip, torg

11:07 pm

safe travels!

11:07 pm

uh.. trip

ty pini, and ya know that word gerund just sounds so dirty lol

11:08 pm

be safe in China torg

11:08 pm

8

11:08 pm

I will hold you in the Light

11:08 pm

* giggle *

11:08 pm

Thanks .. I'll try to check if I can get through the great firewall of China ..

UNO

11:08 pm

git'r dun gwen!

11:09 pm

7

11:09 pm

did I catch you, jmc?

11:09 pm

where in China, torg?

now i need the second di5 and my monkeys have all passed out from exhaustion

11:09 pm

go book go

11:09 pm

6

11:09 pm

same first 3, gwen, with avenue ending

11:09 pm

*passing ammonia under th noses of books monkeys*

oooh, got it

11:09 pm

5

11:10 pm

2nd di5 -- same 3 first letters as the 1st = abbr for saint or street

11:10 pm

ack pini is passing me

ah, ty pini, and F E U E R W O R K E N !!

11:10 pm

let's go, jmc!!!

11:10 pm

ach, too slow with the clue :(

11:10 pm

third hi 4/6?

11:10 pm

Qingdao ..

11:10 pm

whooo hooo book!

11:10 pm

YAY Gwen!!!

hi4, rear leg

11:11 pm

4

11:11 pm

go torg go!

11:11 pm

yay, gwen!

11:11 pm

Torg -- went there for summer holidays when it was called Tsingtao

11:11 pm

wtg gwen!!!

11:11 pm

shoot I already have that

my monkeys say woot!

11:11 pm

wow pini.. i'm stuck at 6

11:11 pm

3

perhaps you need hi4, archaic word for ran that away (think shakespeare)

11:12 pm

have you listed, kanet?

11:12 pm

Supposed to be a half way decent place ..

11:12 pm

th????

11:12 pm

It was lovely in about 1935, lol!

th5 = defininte article + not out

11:12 pm

They have a beer festival there so it can't be all bad ..

11:12 pm

not now, but th**

11:12 pm

since I was a Chinese history major I will quietly envy you torg

11:12 pm

then add an extra vowel for the th5

11:12 pm

wi4/9 wi4/8

11:13 pm

st7?

11:13 pm

ti4/4 si4/5

11:13 pm

kanet, think 'breeze'

when you wi** upon a star

11:13 pm

sa5/12 in4/4

11:13 pm

ti + (repeat)

11:13 pm

wi4/9 -- when you wi** upon a star

thus sa*** the lord

11:14 pm

snap, gwen ;)

11:14 pm

I've been to Shantou, Dalian, and Beijing ..

11:14 pm

ack!!!

in4, a bunch of hotels

11:14 pm

wi4/8 -- wi + that abbr for saint

11:14 pm

i got the "hotels"

11:14 pm

how about the sa 5/12 after not crazy?

11:14 pm

torg, have you read my bio?

11:14 pm

sa5/16?

snap snap! 8-)

11:15 pm

torg.. i spent 3 weeks in aug traveling through china

11:15 pm

fascinating!

okay, in4, in + the **p of the iceberg

sa5/12, see 11:13

11:15 pm

sa5/16 = sa + ***dish (spoken by jews)

11:16 pm

kanet, I was born there of Brit parents -- in Peking (Beijing now) and lived in Shanghai until age 12

11:16 pm

thx kanet ;)

11:16 pm

2

11:16 pm

just the 7 and 8 now (st)

11:16 pm

???????????????????

11:16 pm

oh wow.. so you've been to the hutongs?

11:16 pm

go pini go

st7 = st + two diff vowels + definite article

11:16 pm

go pini! i'm at 2 also

11:17 pm

thx gwen!

11:17 pm

well, kanet, I don't remember -- left Peking at age 1

11:17 pm

1

11:17 pm

go pini go

11:17 pm

jmc?

11:17 pm

go kanet go

11:17 pm

and that was in 1928

st8 = st + pay 10% of your income is to ****e + past tense

11:17 pm

yes pini?

11:18 pm

6 left

11:18 pm

ah.. haven't been back? i didn't get to shanghai. traveled from dunhuang across the north to haerbin

11:18 pm

JMC!!!!!!

11:18 pm

Haven't been back. Left in 1939.

11:18 pm

yes pini?

11:18 pm

wow.. things must be quite different now

well i'm off to bed, bub bye POINK

11:19 pm

FIREWORDS!

11:19 pm

YAY pini!!!

11:19 pm

poink?

11:19 pm

whooo hooo pini

11:19 pm

night, Gwen :)

11:19 pm

bye book

11:19 pm

night gwen (thx for the clues)

11:19 pm

nice pini!

11:19 pm

'night gwen

11:20 pm

question: can I take ibuprofen with azythromiacin?

11:20 pm

(anyone know?)

11:20 pm

thx kanet ;)

11:20 pm

what do you need to finish?

11:20 pm

ti4/4 and si4/5

11:20 pm

first st 4/6

11:20 pm

don't know, pini

11:21 pm

jmc, go without a date

11:21 pm

st4/6 -- male deer

11:21 pm

I do that all the time pini

11:21 pm

which ti4/4???

11:21 pm

night and day under the sun

11:21 pm

si4/6 = melody

11:21 pm

shouldn't be a problem, pini. one's an anti-inflammatory, the other's an antibiotic.

11:21 pm

me, too, jmc!

11:21 pm

they should be fine together.

11:21 pm

thx jes :)

11:22 pm

(everytime I cough, my head pounds)

11:22 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:22 pm

the 1st ti4/4

11:22 pm

ti + (repeat)

11:22 pm

si4/5 (the 2nd) -- naughty deed + cons

11:22 pm

and i got he si4/6 it's the 4/5 i'm looking for

11:23 pm

see jilli's clue ;)

11:23 pm

5

11:24 pm

1!

11:24 pm

which one, kanet?

11:24 pm

git'r dun, jmc!!!!

11:24 pm

w00t!

11:24 pm

thanks guys!

11:24 pm

gogogo kanet!!!

11:24 pm

yay, kanet!

11:24 pm

fireworks, kanet?

11:24 pm

Koda's guarding me!!! (Flip is outside working on the pipe.)

11:25 pm

fireworks indeed! : D

11:25 pm

wtg kanet!!!

11:25 pm

whooo hooo kanet

11:25 pm

YAY kanet!!!

11:25 pm

he won't sit anywhere but on my lap with his head facing the door!

11:25 pm

well this site is alright

11:25 pm

did I ask or did some one clue ti 4/5 the first?

11:26 pm

we think so, kanet -- come on in!

11:26 pm

this site is heaven on earth kanet

11:26 pm

ti4/5 = wave break

11:26 pm

even with peopple who get pissed off

11:26 pm

"alright"...that's it? that's all we are is "alright"? wow!!!

11:26 pm

* giggle *

11:26 pm

hmm no clue pini

11:27 pm

Kanet...you will be assimilated; resistance is futile!!! LOL

11:27 pm

tidal?

11:27 pm

high ti** v low ti** (ocean)

11:27 pm

nm

11:27 pm

ti4/5 -- motion of the sea

11:27 pm

or what jilli said ;)

11:28 pm

tooo long of a day and too much jack

11:28 pm

send me some, jmc!!!

11:28 pm

I typed wiht my eyes closed

11:28 pm

pini.. this site is alllllll riiiiiight ::nods head w/ big grin::

11:28 pm

much better, kanet!!!

11:28 pm

send yo some what pini???

11:28 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:29 pm

it's a different feel from the speed games

11:29 pm

JACK!!!

11:29 pm

there's actually time to chat.. haha

11:29 pm

yep -- we have time to be friends and help

11:29 pm

very welcoming environment

11:29 pm

the best of both worlds!!! gaming AND chatting!!!

11:29 pm

always time to chat -- the qiestion is -- is ther time to enter the words?

11:30 pm

and sometimes there are very interesting conversations

11:30 pm

what? is brandy jack here? *looks around*

11:30 pm

i'm basically trying to cram my head full of word games in preparation for the annual xmas scrabble tournament. : )

11:30 pm

damn only 30 minutes left I need to focus

11:31 pm

this'd be the place to do it, kanet!!!

11:31 pm

how many left jmc?

11:31 pm

I large glass of jack and coke?

11:31 pm

this is better than a scrabble tourni

11:31 pm

no jack neat

11:31 pm

4 left

11:31 pm

this is not competitive but cooperative

11:31 pm

I can't do it straight :(

11:32 pm

sa 5 st 4 st 5 and th 4

11:32 pm

that is the only way I can do it pini

11:32 pm

some of these words are very esoteric. i can't even find definitions once i know the words

11:32 pm

in7?

11:32 pm

I guess Jack is Mr Daniels?

11:32 pm

in7 = not outdoors

11:32 pm

si4 sin4 a song si4 out loud si4 it long

11:33 pm

last sa5 = speak + **entification

11:33 pm

so true pini but i dont need that

11:33 pm

yes, kanet -- do you know about the ? beside the word in the list? Click on it for a def, if there is one

11:33 pm

th4: now and th**

11:33 pm

first sa5?

11:33 pm

isn't that a 6, pini?

11:33 pm

no, jes

11:33 pm

oh, shoot...yes, jes

11:33 pm

thanks jill. yeah, i discovered that.

11:34 pm

last sa 5/12

11:34 pm

in7 = in + proofread + 1st vowel

11:34 pm

sa5/12 = pt of sa4

11:34 pm

sa5 -- biblical form of previous word

11:34 pm

thanks, pini

11:34 pm

first st 4/6

11:35 pm

actually present tense

11:35 pm

biblical fomr of not crazy??

11:35 pm

oh

11:35 pm

st4/6 -- male deer, or go to a party alone if you're a guy

11:36 pm

ty jill

11:36 pm

no, jmc -- past tense of not crazy -- I was clueing a diff sa5/12

11:36 pm

3

11:36 pm

stnerd you mean jilli?

11:36 pm

2

11:36 pm

git'r dun, jmc! :)

11:36 pm

hi ru :)

11:36 pm

how's Little D today?

11:36 pm

hi ruru

11:37 pm

no word on him today.. no one called

11:37 pm

call him!!!

11:37 pm

hiya jilli .. i have joined the icon party

11:37 pm

I figured out how to do it finally

11:37 pm

ruru, can't figure out your icon(s) -- not the same here and in your profile

11:38 pm

I see an odd "face"?

11:38 pm

(different from what I see on prof)

11:38 pm

refresh then I think...

11:38 pm

second th?

11:38 pm

here looks like a weird face, but in your profile I see an interesting sort of black and white pattern

11:38 pm

th4 = now and th**

11:39 pm

now and th4 jm

can i please get a hint for the top right corner "I"

11:39 pm

isn't that the icon thing today black and white..?

11:39 pm

ty pini and ru

11:39 pm

refreshing...

11:39 pm

in 7 gardener

11:40 pm

gardner; in7 = in + proofread + 1st vowel

11:40 pm

life is not black and white

11:40 pm

%^&*()zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:40 pm

sometimes mine is

11:40 pm

yes, ruru, today's is black and white -- in 20 minutes it changes to Stars

11:40 pm

1

11:40 pm

something wrong, jmc?

11:40 pm

git'r dun, girl!!!! :)

11:40 pm

stars?

11:41 pm

sleeping while babblling

11:41 pm

Isn't that a movie?

11:41 pm

last st 5/12

11:41 pm

uh oh! git'r dun first!!!!! :)

11:42 pm

pt of pig's home

11:42 pm

or s + fit to be t***

11:42 pm

you mean like Alec Baldwin's home?

11:43 pm

whooo hooo me!

11:43 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:43 pm

wtg jmc!!!!!

11:43 pm

ru, you might get bopped on the head and then you'd see some

11:43 pm

YAY jmc!!!

11:44 pm

good night all (pb jill)

11:44 pm

*poof*

11:44 pm

that IS and interesting icon, ruru -- what is it?

11:44 pm

a piece of art I found

Good morning could I get a clue for di5 please

11:44 pm

I'm off to look for stars...back shortly

11:44 pm

too late for the PB, lol

11:44 pm

very textural I really like it

11:44 pm

bye, jam

11:45 pm

di + end life

11:45 pm

hi jess...

thank Pini how about the 2nd one?

11:45 pm

or 2nd di5, same 1st 3 letters + abbr for saint

11:45 pm

di5 = I di* it!!! + abbrev for saint

11:46 pm

* snap * jilli...

11:46 pm

off to hunt...brb

11:46 pm

nice jmc!

got them thanks

11:46 pm

i'm off. nice to meet you folks. thanks for the clues

11:47 pm

come back again, kanet :)

11:47 pm

see you, jill

11:48 pm

going to get my next icon -- brb

st8/50, please?

11:49 pm

s + 10% to church + pt

That comes to only 7 letters?

11:51 pm

marc there is an i towards the end

11:51 pm

add an "eye" before the last vowel

11:51 pm

how3fishy are the ts words?

Got it thanks

11:52 pm

they're not...ts + lemon***

11:52 pm

change last vowel for 2nd

11:53 pm

thanks, pini

last clue I need is as5/12, please?

11:53 pm

a + not front or back

11:53 pm

as6,27?

11:53 pm

as5 is next to

11:54 pm

oops. forgot i started. guess i won't be finishing this one :)

11:54 pm

hi dc

11:54 pm

ti6, either/both pls?

11:54 pm

back with Star icon (nest theme)

11:55 pm

ti6 = pt of ti5

11:55 pm

1st ti 6 -- past tense of 10% for the church

11:55 pm

nbts and Fireworks last 2 were n up top

thanks got it Jes as = what you get after charcoal burns plus an action ending

11:55 pm

i lack the 5

11:55 pm

10%

11:55 pm

got them

11:56 pm

thanks :)

11:56 pm

the 5 is 10% for the church

11:56 pm

the other ti6 -- artist and red hair

11:56 pm

ty, jilli

11:56 pm

yw :)

11:57 pm

ste 5/7?

11:57 pm

ah, st7 not related to 5, so ST7, pls?

11:57 pm

st5/14 = st4 with an "eye" near the end

11:58 pm

st7 = same first four + *** end

11:58 pm

ty

11:59 pm

eh, lost cause. not gonna get 19

11:59 pm

hmmm, maybe not in 1 minute

d'oh a 99-worder with less than a minute? rats

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