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flip; hi all

12:00 am

flipiity flop

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip flip flip

12:00 am

hello

12:00 am

hi dee hi

hugs jili; hi mlf

12:01 am

fo 6

12:01 am

hi mlf

12:01 am

hi jill hi dee

fo6 x2

12:02 am

fe 6

12:03 am

sn 7

12:03 am

Was AD 7 called?

12:03 am

pa 6

12:03 am

ty meli i think i just found that one

12:04 am

nope got it thank you mlf

12:04 am

welcome and ty meli

12:05 am

er 6

12:06 am

meli is that a plural?

re6

12:06 am

yes Mlf

Clues are up

12:07 am

okay same as i have

12:07 am

thank you lickety

12:07 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:07 am

ty Lickety

12:07 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:08 am

aaarrrggghhhhh 11 j words

12:08 am

dr 6

12:08 am

it likes you granny lol

12:09 am

* sob *

re7

12:09 am

I have 5 of the J's without really trying so hopefully they wont be too hard

12:11 am

tell that to my mokeys

12:11 am

NBT

12:11 am

* monkeys * see, they're flustered already

12:13 am

lower right E has me stumped for NBT

12:13 am

It's a pl, mel

12:15 am

Hi all,or should I say quack

12:15 am

hi lynxxx -- rainy?

12:16 am

EA 6

fo8

12:16 am

hmmm not a plural to me but got it

12:16 am

hi lyn......lyn. there's 11 j words. tell dr god it's not fair.

12:16 am

no -- sorry, mel -- I'm tired

12:16 am

oops, late flip! busy writing cards

12:16 am

hi flosey :)

12:16 am

it was a ticklish one ~grin~

12:17 am

Oh je** Rose, it's not that bad

nbt

12:17 am

Did anyone find the 9 yet.. i havent?

12:17 am

messing it up was a downer, mel ;)

12:18 am

that was my first, rapidly deteriorated from there

12:18 am

that was what my quack was for Jilli

re 6 x 3

a 9 in this board? yikes!

12:18 am

what was granny?

12:18 am

wtg dee

12:18 am

yes

12:18 am

lol Jill good one

12:18 am

a 9 palms

ty jili

12:19 am

DE

12:19 am

that ier ied ies sure is not much use so far

ir 6

12:20 am

is that a plural Mom?

12:22 am

(better late than never)...

12:22 am

hiya Mel! :)

12:22 am

RE6

12:22 am

hiyas Pini

12:23 am

si

12:23 am

hi pini

12:23 am

stid and I are trying to set something up for next week if you're interested!!!

12:23 am

hi jilli ;)

12:23 am

ea 6

12:23 am

here or up in Portland?

12:23 am

portland?

12:24 am

let me know and I will see

12:24 am

is your email addy in your prof?

ou6

12:24 am

no

12:25 am

one of these days i wlll learn not to try the word dane everytime i see it in a grid

12:25 am

I will e mail you then you will have mine

12:25 am

mine's in my profile if you'd like to drop me a note so we can touch base...

12:25 am

I do it too MLF

12:25 am

GMTA! :)

12:25 am

pansier should be a word IMO! rofl

12:25 am

what is wrong with us meli?lol

12:26 am

(I do it, too, mlf) :)

12:26 am

meli i thought it was and pansie

12:26 am

ok i need to get out of that corner those endings are about useless lol

re 7 x 2

12:27 am

pini shouldnt we know better by now??

12:27 am

you'd think, mlf ;)

12:27 am

hi dee

12:27 am

thx dee *looking*

yw

12:28 am

pink apparently too easy right??

12:28 am

very!

12:28 am

(found 1, dee...looking for the other)

12:28 am

bingo, found it, too! :)

wtg

12:29 am

found the RE 7s?

12:29 am

not that lucky yet, mlf ;)

12:30 am

pinik oh?lol

12:30 am

fo8.60 if notcalled

not yet lynxx. i did find the fo8.55 though. LOL!

12:30 am

yay got an 8! fo

12:31 am

lynxx just called it meli

12:31 am

I just did too 29Palms

12:31 am

is the FO 8 a compound?

12:31 am

fo8? * gasp *

12:31 am

hello everyone -- how is it?

12:31 am

o r something we should know?

12:31 am

hi nan ;)

12:31 am

fo8 - both are compound

12:32 am

ty lynxx

12:32 am

both? there are 2?

12:32 am

got the other fo 8

12:32 am

yes - at least

12:33 am

* sigh * story of my life lately...I think I'm blind!

12:33 am

That makes two of us Pinik

12:34 am

both are compounds, eh?

12:34 am

i am at my usual 66 i am out of here poof

12:34 am

night mlf ;)

12:34 am

bye mlf

12:34 am

nini Mlf

pe7

12:36 am

ty twenty got it

well, the supposed 9 is eluding me, and I have to get back to work. Good luck, y'all!

yw mel

12:37 am

night 29

12:37 am

bye 29P

12:37 am

I have a feeling it is going to be a re 9

12:38 am

its de9,60

12:38 am

anything's possible, meli!

12:38 am

then again, maybe not! :)

12:38 am

TY Edward

12:39 am

there are ALOT of re words tho

12:40 am

lol i only have 2 re words lol

12:40 am

somewhere in the neighborhood of 28 or thereabouts?

hi and nbt

12:41 am

I have 12

12:41 am

hi josh...well done

12:41 am

(as always)

12:45 am

100 to go

12:45 am

I greyed a tile!!!

12:45 am

I greyed a 2nd tile! I'm on a roll!! (NOT!)

12:45 am

well dont meli!

12:45 am

* do4

12:46 am

Yay got the 9 - was in the grid a few month ago

12:46 am

need 3 more for NBT :(

12:47 am

how many words does everybody have

12:47 am

Hi anthony...new to the grid?

12:47 am

hi all! I have 113 words.

12:47 am

over halfway

12:48 am

found one of the fo 8's but can't spot the other

12:48 am

I have 80

12:48 am

hi swmbo ;)

12:48 am

well done, jilli :)

12:48 am

did it a while ago and remembered i had an account so i picked it up

12:48 am

hi swmbo

12:48 am

one is a boat and one is where your ribs are

12:48 am

welcome back :)

12:48 am

hi jili, how are you tonite?

12:48 am

last 3 letters differ C'nan

12:49 am

I don't know about yours, but mine are in my chest!

12:50 am

however, I did find it

12:50 am

but they are on either si** of your sternum...

12:50 am

lol Nan :P

12:50 am

or spine, depending on whcih si88 you are on LOL

12:51 am

I'm ok now, swmbo but had a hairy drive home on slippery roads

12:51 am

bingo, got one!! :)

12:51 am

oh, no, i hate hairy drives!

12:51 am

i didn't think salt spring got icy?

12:52 am

swmbo, we had a thin layer of snow and it's greasy underneath

12:53 am

very different snow from back east

12:53 am

nbt

12:53 am

yuck. we had snow, but then it rained and now we have wet, wet, wet

12:53 am

we also get black ice -- and sometimes lots of snow but it doesn't last long usually

12:53 am

alas...must hit the pillows...

12:53 am

will chat with y'all tmw ;)

12:53 am

they mentioned freezing rain tomorrow

12:54 am

it's just started snowing again here -- not supposed to get more than 5cm overnight though

12:54 am

black ice is the worst. I don't mind winter driving too much, but black ice is scary

12:54 am

bye Pini

12:54 am

Half way - BBL

12:54 am

did someone say the 9 is a de?

12:55 am

yes, i have been looking but i am completely clueless LOL

12:55 am

well, this was almost like black ice, and I had to come up this hill which is narrow and curvy and steepish in spots. I was shaking for quite a while when I finally got home.

12:56 am

wow, jill, that sounds terrifying.

12:56 am

It was.

12:56 am

it does sound pretty awful. hills and curves with ice, bad

12:57 am

I'm very glad you made it home all right. Congratulations on your driving skill; it must have been quite dangerous, and I'm glad you're warm and dry now.

12:57 am

not quite ice, but tracks in the snow which would catch and slide the car sideways

12:57 am

We just stay indoors in weather like that, including the time my husband got trapped at work for two days.

12:58 am

thanks, sam. I couldn't stay indoors -- had an appointment in Victoria made last August, didn't want to miss it. Weather was ok when I started out.

12:59 am

unfortunately i work 1/2 hour by highway from my home, and being 'storm stayed' isn't an option most of the time

1:00 am

need one more j, but have no idea what it could be

well, {{{hugs}}} to you jill. I know how it feels; we get days like that and I bet you were nearly sobbing with relief when you got home safely

swmbo, in this case they had literally thousands of employees who didn't leave the building for two days. it was one of the nastiest ice storms this area has ever had, and we're southern so not prepared to deal with weather like that

1:01 am

ok listing I am going crazy here

1:01 am

Too right, sam!

1:02 am

yikes, that sounds BAD. I have the option of staying at work and I have a locker full of 'necessities' but it is getting to work that is crucial. i work in a health facility and if i don;t show up, another nurse gets to stay

Yes. The worst is when it kicks in halfway through the drive. It's not safe to go back and it's not safe to go one and you know it will be hours before anyone can come to help, so what do you do?

1:03 am

meliae how can we calm your craziness?

Well, yes, swm, it was pretty awful but fortunately it doesn't get like that very often. it was a freak storm and people were camping out on conference tables and grumbling; thankfully the power never went out

1:04 am

find me my last 60 words lol

1:04 am

hmmm, sicne i still have 101 to go, that might be tough, but i am willing to try...

Because of jill's story, I keep phantoming "ordeal"

1:05 am

Thia was a long day. I left here at 8:50 am to catch the 9:50 ferry to Victoria. Luckily was able to get the 3 pm ferry back and the snow had just begun. Got home, shaking, at about 4:30 pm. If I'd missed the 3 pm ferry the next one was at 5 pm and it would have been worse, and dark to boot.

1:06 am

if you can have fe 4/9 why not the 6?

I guess the hatfields and mccoys don't count, huh?

1:06 am

only The Babbler knows....

1:06 am

guess not

oh, jill, and the power was still on so you had the option of making hot cocoa?

1:07 am

well, now jilli you can relax with some tea maybe and Babble. and us.

1:08 am

phooey on cocoa and tea -- a nice stiff vodka on the rox was in order!

1:08 am

LOL

*puts on soothing music* *mixes hot tea with a splash of whisky* *murmurs calming words in jill's direction*

1:09 am

And I'll be heading for bed fairly soon -- it's 11:09 pm now

well, the tea was decaf, so that should be all right

1:11 am

the screen keeps jumping around

1:11 am

AK! got the de9!

1:11 am

Hooray for swmbo!!!

w00+!

1:11 am

it was serindipity

1:12 am

is that a hint?

1:13 am

no, not really, but i can hint if you want (is it too early?)

1:13 am

not too early :)

1:14 am

*waiting with baited breath...

1:14 am

well, it is the plural of the residence of a de**

swm, I'll get it in the AM; it's past 1AM here and I should have been in bed *mumble* hours ago

I think I can sleep now, g'night y'all

1:15 am

oh, ty swmbo -- we had the singular not long ago so I should have thought of it

1:15 am

ty swmbo

1:16 am

:)

1:19 am

night sam, and thanks for the tea and sympathy

1:19 am

150 down -- good time to retire -- food night all :)

1:20 am

food night to you too, nan, lol!

1:20 am

*good night

1:20 am

and I"m not even hungry, jill -- a first!

1:20 am

i think i'll head off to read a bit, TTY all soon!

1:20 am

got that de 9 too! super clue there swmbo!!!!!!!

1:20 am

hi jilli all late flip

1:20 am

hi and good night dart

1:21 am

I'm off too, with 138 down --- oh, hi dart!

1:21 am

you should fly through this one, dart

1:21 am

bye nan jilli

1:22 am

back for a few more, hopefully

hi dart

1:22 am

hi volley

1:22 am

where were you, flosey?

1:22 am

goodnight Jilli, sleep well

1:22 am

having tea and mince tarts

1:22 am

yum!

1:23 am

having a free night tonight, got a few things done

1:24 am

that's good. How's the snow at your end of the island?

1:24 am

looks like about 4"

1:24 am

back again had to get a snack to rerev my brain lol

1:24 am

very glad we didn't have to go out

1:25 am

not quite half way. but it is 225 am here. yipes. must sleep.

1:26 am

phant foundries

1:26 am

I'm supposed to go to town tomorrow -- I think I'll cancel the doc appointment -- hope he'll give me the Xray results over the phone

1:26 am

goodnight mkg

1:26 am

night mkg

1:27 am

they seem reluctant to do that

1:28 am

well, if everything's ok I think they'll tell you.

1:28 am

certainly should, I think

1:28 am

so maybe I'd better not ask!

1:29 am

I'd ask jilli

1:29 am

I'll ask if they have the results yet.

1:29 am

Of course, the forecast is for rain to wash it all away

1:30 am

when I asked the receptionist to fax the results to me once, I was told 'but you wouldn't know how to read them" - why would I ask if I couldn't

1:31 am

the other receptionist always faxed them to me

1:31 am

Sometimes I think they think we're all feebleminded. Well, I'll go now and let you find words!

1:31 am

have a good sleep tonight jilli

1:33 am

I will, I'm sure! And *poof*

1:37 am

100 to go, and I'm off to bed, goodnight all

1:38 am

nini Flossy

1:39 am

24 to go and cross eyed

fireworks

1:41 am

anyone have the first li 6/21 please? the one after untruth?

1:41 am

Yay mom

1:41 am

wtg volley down to 50 here

1:42 am

I went to the list =)

1:42 am

resisted so far

1:42 am

well, packing it in for the night...falling asleep on my keyboard...found one word that way *smile* cu 2morrow *poof*

ty

1:43 am

nini MP rest well

went to list at 45

1:43 am

I think I went at 60

well off to shower to open up my head; hugs to all til the flip

1:43 am

nite mel 126 left

*poof*

1:44 am

nini Dee

1:46 am

li6.21 hosen

1:47 am

hmmm lynnx thinking

1:48 am

those cute little leather german shorts with a bib and braces - well cute on kids anyway

1:49 am

ok 35 left list time

1:51 am

no idea Lynxx

1:52 am

got it

1:52 am

diff spelling than theone I know

1:52 am

Rhymes with take me to your lea***

1:53 am

oh sorry, I must have confused you but good you found it

1:53 am

no 3rd con in the way I was thinking it was spelled

1:53 am

I mean vowel

1:53 am

and it is 5 leters long

1:54 am

not seen it spelled that way but is probably the correct german way!

Sorry - the hosen don't have an "i" - it's the song

1:59 am

mmm so clue should have been.... li & l****hosen. Apologies all around

2:02 am

8 to go

2:02 am

go Mel!

2:02 am

not a problem Lynnx I googled hosin and it came up and I just monkeyed from there

2:04 am

stuck on 3 re 6 words

2:04 am

re 6/24 after you re** what you sow

2:05 am

past tense?

2:05 am

now there's a surprise. not my favourite combo either

2:05 am

askdjalksdjas thats all I have to say about that word LMAO

2:05 am

thank you

2:06 am

(just peeked in -- it's lederhosen, and the li word is German for songs)

2:07 am

*repoof*

2:07 am

re 6/18 after the brazil account 4 letter word re 4/4

2:07 am

All found out and apologised for Jilli...clue even revamped

2:07 am

mel, to hammer again

2:08 am

can you tell I am tired lol

2:08 am

thank you

2:08 am

it's the re's. they will do it to you every time

2:08 am

come on Mel, nearly there

2:10 am

4 to go

2:11 am

1 and its a 7 lol

2:12 am

mel, the dregs, what's left

2:12 am

a re?

2:12 am

se 7

2:12 am

put fourth vowel in end of re6

2:12 am

no clue yet please

2:12 am

darn, sorry mel

2:14 am

~ Firewords ~ whew

2:14 am

Hooray for Mel!!

2:14 am

WTG MEL!!!!!!

2:15 am

your clue was for a RE I was looking for a SE so its all good

2:15 am

* smiling at you, babe *

2:15 am

fireworks

2:15 am

fun grid not to many archair and obsolte words for once

2:16 am

WTG DART!!!!

2:16 am

archaic sheesh cant spell

2:16 am

woohooo Dart

2:16 am

Congrats Dart!!

2:17 am

waiting for one of these to have 450 words...been a while

2:17 am

it would seem that being able to spell is not a requirement when playing babble, thinking of all the babblets we have

2:18 am

not being able to type works too I get a lot of words from typos LOL

2:18 am

dream on, dart....

2:18 am

yes dart is has been we need a huge one

2:18 am

Did you finish too Rose?

2:18 am

have had a lot of 96ish and a lot of 175-190ish

2:18 am

yes, lyn. about 45 mins ago

2:19 am

even a 400 word one would be nice

2:19 am

Congrats to you too then! Just wanted to check as need t go out for a while. Bye all

2:19 am

I missed yesterday got a few mins to look it over before the flip it looked like a fun one

2:19 am

i'm sure it will happen on the day i don't have much time

2:19 am

with just the right amount of e's, a's, r's, s's, t's, d's......

2:19 am

okies Lynnx thank you for the help

i wonder what the mode word count is

i say 236 or 237

2:20 am

of course it will be like on Christmas eve or something

2:20 am

I think the biggest one I have done was 500 and something

2:20 am

gonna run...nite all

2:20 am

nini Dart

i think 599 is the record, and i remember doing that one

2:21 am

or worse, new years eve, when too blotto to see

2:21 am

nite dart and lyn

2:21 am

LOL Rose

2:21 am

then again, might be at my most creative

2:23 am

well I suppose I had best get my butt to bed stayed later than I planned on, thank you for the clues Rose

2:23 am

np, mel, hope you have a good night. see you at the flip?

2:24 am

maybe depends on how late we get back from looking at christmas lights

2:24 am

nini =)

2:24 am

enjoy, mel.sleepwell

2:25 am

you there , josh?

still here - 20 left and still going commando

2:25 am

woohoo, josh

fireworks

3:03 am

sorry,josh, to have missed your fireworks. WTG JOSH!!!!

3:05 am

so i said to myself, self, why are you talking to the air? and on that note i shall depart.

3:36 am

Hello everyone :-)

3:39 am

Good morning, zooz.

3:44 am

Hello, Haz, sorry was getting into the grid..lol

3:45 am

No problem, zooz, it's a bit more cooperative than yesterday's offering.

3:46 am

So it seems, which is nice.

3:52 am

hi Haz & Zooz

3:52 am

Hello, lynxxx.

4:04 am

What sort of a dictionary doesn't accept eejit?

4:06 am

same one that doesn't accept outie

4:06 am

So narrow-minded.

4:18 am

hi everyone

4:18 am

Hello, Andree.

4:18 am

hi Andree

4:21 am

What's new with you, Andree?

4:23 am

i've put the business with a broker so now i await results, i am really ready to retire and have decided i will take any offer, i would have to work another couple of years to get a good price after this economic downturn and i am just not prepared to

4:24 am

I hope you get a good result, Andree. As you say, you could be hanging on for a while with no guarantees of a better outcome.

4:25 am

Big step Andree, a hard decision I bet. Well done

4:27 am

it is hard as i need a certain amount to buy myself a house, will have to lower my sights, not the end of the world

4:27 am

So, the arrangement with your daughter isn't permanent?

4:28 am

How close to the centre of Sydney are you now?

4:29 am

Jules and i are renting together and its worked well, our lease has been renewed until october and i think i will have had enough by then, i like living alone

4:30 am

lynxxx about 35mins by car, 45mins by bus

4:30 am

'cept for Hugo of course!

4:30 am

of course, he's my little mate

4:31 am

I foresee a tug of love when the time comes to part Hugo from your granddaughters.

4:31 am

They'll go to court to demand visitation rights.

4:32 am

ha ha , the kids do love him, i will suggest jules gets a dog for them when hugo is gone

4:33 am

It would seem only right.

4:36 am

Phone

4:38 am

just looking at the row of dogs on chog, so funny

4:39 am

don't you depit olives?

4:40 am

i do but not enable

4:40 am

you need a little black dog for variety

4:41 am

well!

4:41 am

(Refreshed) OK you can join in chat

4:42 am

ty :)

4:42 am

hi ata

4:42 am

How are you Ata, you were missing for such a long time I thought the dreaded lergy had struck you down again

4:43 am

half right :) I still can't do much! It's so frustrating. But had to pop up to COtswolds last week cos sister is in hospital

4:44 am

Is she OK now? - well as much as she can be

4:44 am

Hello, Ata! Just back from the phone and on way to hang washing on the line.

4:45 am

she's still in hospital, but grumpy so that's a good sign!

4:45 am

If we keep talking we can have nothing but dog icons on chat.

4:45 am

hi haz! hi la glitterata!

4:45 am

Bonjour!

4:46 am

Shouldnt you learn the Gaelic for Bonjour?

4:46 am

or isn't there any NI Gaelic? lol

4:46 am

I should, shouldn't I? We didn't get taught Irish in school.

4:46 am

I know Slainte, that's about the height of it.

4:47 am

the most important word

4:47 am

The weird thing is hearing Irish spoken with a Northern accent and English words interspersed. They haven't got words for some things so the English has to do.

4:47 am

ooooh odd

4:48 am

aasdl afdkjfk; a;dkfjkk computer a;ldkjf a;lfkj;j Madonna. You get the drift.

4:48 am

like French then!

4:48 am

blah blah blah weekend blah blah blah

4:48 am

Exactly.

4:49 am

Cut and blow dry in French is le coupe et brushing.

4:49 am

shampooing is shampooing

4:50 am

Hey Babblers !

4:50 am

Hello, Aussie!

4:50 am

hi aussie

4:50 am

ok, how come my icon is Georgia, when I just put scooby doo up !

4:51 am

I see Scooby Doo when I click on the profile.

4:51 am

me too, need to refresh

4:51 am

hi Aussie, I refreshed and it is OK

4:52 am

keeps our row of dogs

4:53 am

I refreshed and it didn't change for me. Hold on while I aim a good kick at the computer.

4:53 am

I see scooby when I click my profile, but its still Georgia when I refresh.

4:53 am

It's dogs the whole way down the page!

4:54 am

not mine, its still Georgia... I refreshed 5 times !

4:54 am

Just pretend you can see Scooby just off camera, Aussie.

4:54 am

That happens to me too Aussie

4:55 am

I'll have to..... grrrrrruff !! lol

4:56 am

What's the icon theme supposed to be, I wonder?

4:56 am

We're such rebels.

4:56 am

A-ha !! Now I see Scooby !! I had to come out of Babble, and back in again to see him !

4:56 am

I drove through a red light last week.

4:57 am

Okay, it wasn't a proper traffic red light, it was one of those lights set up by people making holes in the road.

4:57 am

Suns today...perhaps we can pretend it is still Monday if we get busted

4:57 am

a true rebel haz, hope you did't get booked

4:57 am

I lost patience when the thing kept me sitting for ages when there was clearly nothing coming and I was late for an appointment.

4:58 am

So far, so good, no summons in the post or anything.

4:58 am

Sometimes you just have to defy rules. Once a decade or so, just to show you have a mind of your own.

4:59 am

if so, shouldn't you have made sure someone was watching?

5:00 am

There were people behind me in the queue. I live dangerously.

5:00 am

lol Haz !

5:00 am

I think anyone that breaks rules is a rulebreaker

5:01 am

I noticed they all followed me.

5:01 am

hi BabRab

5:01 am

Hey BabRab !

5:01 am

they were probably dying to do the same

5:01 am

Hello, lyn

5:01 am

Yes, but I had sat for five minutes at the red light, clearly nothing coming the other way. I say I was performing a public service.

5:02 am

Howdy, Aussie

5:02 am

Where you lead, others will follow Haz :)

5:03 am

I know. The men who were making the holes in the road were off having their tea-break, I think they had forgotten to set the light properly.

5:03 am

Its a bit of a stretch but we can imagine BabRab's icon is the back view of 2 dogs (kinda)

5:03 am

Labels are only intended to label anyway

5:03 am

yep Lynx.... (kinda)

5:04 am

hate labels

5:05 am

I hated having to sew name labels on my daughters' school clothes.

5:05 am

I hate labels too..... they are sticky things !

5:05 am

Fiddly things.

5:05 am

the dreaded S word!

5:06 am

which Ata, Sticky, Sew or School ?

5:06 am

But not to have labels means being unlabeled

5:06 am

I was thinking more the labels that people like to categorise you with

5:06 am

I know! It shows the depths of my maternal love that I was prepared to put hand to needle and thread.

5:06 am

all of them!

5:07 am

lol sew - almost as bad as ir**

5:07 am

I dont like being labelled..... I have several labels at work....

5:07 am

If you could have ir** on labels that would stick, I'd be in clover.

5:07 am

I will sew and iron for you Lynx....

5:08 am

**am offering, because I did everyone else's last night**

5:08 am

really! do you do mending as well?

5:08 am

whadda ya need mending ?

5:08 am

She'll be wanting embroidery next.

5:08 am

...plus you'll do anything for a free trip back

5:09 am

lol Lynx :)

5:09 am

I was round the world like Santa last night..... I was at Sprites one minute, and then at Herins....

5:09 am

I do a lot of mending ... a lady at the store even asked, "Who the heck did that terrible sewing? I hope you did not pay them!"

5:10 am

What was your response?

5:11 am

lol, would have been funny to see her reaction when you told her

5:11 am

I said you made my day ... I was laughing so hard

5:12 am

I sewed a label on my daughter's apron for Home Economics. The teacher, being a Home Economics teacher and therefore fussy as can be, pointed out how badly it was sewn and told her to get it re6/21. It so happened that it was parent teacher interview that evening, so I introduced myself 'Hello, I'm the mother who can't sew.'

5:13 am

Thank goodness she didn't offer personal tuition.

5:13 am

loooooool :)

5:14 am

did you ever try a stapler?

5:14 am

rofl Haz....

5:14 am

Good for you, Haz. I have far more serious issues to deal with than how well I mend my clothes.... I was quite amused

5:14 am

and thanks for the re6/21 :)

5:15 am

I am sure seapie should be accepted

5:15 am

The staples would have been too big. We're talking fiddly wee things. Hems are fine for the occasional safety pin, and you can get away with sellotape for a while.

5:15 am

off to bed for me, lovely to see you all

5:15 am

poof

5:15 am

Good night, Andree.

5:15 am

Night night Andree :)

5:15 am

nite Andree

5:16 am

seer

5:16 am

oops !

5:16 am

Okay, I'd better take a break and get those clothes hung out. I'll be back later - bye for now!

5:17 am

be well

5:17 am

*gone*

5:17 am

bye dear!

5:17 am

and I'm giving up for tonite, can't see anything anymore. Nite all!

5:18 am

Night night Lynx

5:18 am

see you soon Haz...

5:18 am

be well, lyn

5:18 am

What project are you working on now, Ata?

5:22 am

all sorts of bits and bobs, I've got to start a Cool Thing, but it's got the potential to be so cool that I'm scared of starting it!

5:23 am

Ata... you are wonderful, you can do ANYTHING !!!

5:24 am

it's going to be the Two Trees, Aussie. Back to my favourite ever topic!

5:24 am

you can do it Ata..... you can !

5:28 am

I know :) It's just my hands are still so shaky half the time from flu-shivers!

5:28 am

hmmm, didn't know the un6 was a word.

5:29 am

{{Ata}} you want some hot water bottles in your trousers :)

5:30 am

clues for the 8s and the 9 plz

5:30 am

i do!

5:31 am

the 8's are both fo words (I dont have them yet) and the 9 is de9/60 (I don't have that either)

the de9 sounds like tall towers in which headmasters roost

5:34 am

one fo8 reminds me of pirates...

5:34 am

ty all

morning all...one fo is a compound word fo4/7 + not back or front but your si4/5

5:37 am

we seem to have that de9 a lot recently

5:37 am

Morning Nonnie :)

hiya aussie!

5:38 am

how come we cannot have a singular de8, but a plural de9 ?

5:44 am

cos the single ends in y

5:47 am

A-ha ! that would be why then ! duh !

5:47 am

fu4/13 ?

5:47 am

NM, found it !

5:48 am

bbiab...... got to get Smurf's snack....

5:48 am

**poof**

good morning, Babblers!

5:57 am

hi beach!

5:59 am

Ruh-roh, Scooby Doo is here!

6:01 am

hi scrabs!

6:02 am

How is everyone?

6:04 am

Hell -o - o- o- o- hi scrabs, there's an echo in here

6:05 am

we came in and everyone left

Hi JBV!

I was staring at the grid

6:06 am

hi beach!

Hi Scrab

6:10 am

And I arrived late due to hitting the snooze button 3 or 4 times.

6:11 am

COLD! cold cold cold brb I need oatmeal :)

6:11 am

This is a tough grid, I bet. Words are not jumping out at me.

6:12 am

I was up early - pre-dawn babble - but now it's my get ready for work time - just need one more for 100, then I call it a morning

6:12 am

got it ! - good luck everyone - have a great day, see you later

6:12 am

clue for the corner e plz

6:13 am

muslim festival MM

what you get from duck feathers

6:13 am

ta jean

ei5/12

6:14 am

duck feathers movieman

6:14 am

ha so it it..ty jean

yw

6:18 am

Hello MM, Je4, Enomis, Ro

6:19 am

hey scrabbler

6:23 am

mmmm oatmeal

6:23 am

morning everyone;) wax up your ski,s scrabbs! http://tinyurl.com/yjxw4zo

6:25 am

Woo hoo for you, Cross! Your ski resort is open, right?

6:25 am

yay for falling down season!

6:25 am

havent checked,but i assume so with all this snow we had

6:26 am

im on to different things now,i dont get to the hill much anymore,leave it to the tourists

6:26 am

where are you crosshair? the ski resorts are open here in ottawa

6:27 am

im in collingwood at the base of blue mtn enomis

6:27 am

but im not a skier,so unless im doing a job up there,i do not follow it

6:28 am

ive broken enough bones thank you,ill leave it to the skiers now;0

6:28 am

don't ski anymore but used to love it

6:30 am

one year ,we even had someone get chewed up by a grooming machine..ugh

6:31 am

ouch

6:31 am

Me too, for downhill. Now I stick with XC-skiing and I just got myself snowshoes for Xmas.

6:31 am

ouch!

6:31 am

dies

6:31 am

sorry!

6:31 am

yaa,for safe snowshoes! those fancy aluminium ones scrabbs?

6:32 am

TY, enomis!

6:32 am

but how appropriate with ski accident (weird coincidence) LOL

6:32 am

had to strap on my cleats yesterday just to make it down the driveway...winter is really here.

6:32 am

Yes, Crossy, but I haven't tried them yet. We decided to XC ski on Saturday while conditions were ideal

6:32 am

she passed alright,they had to blot her up with a sponge..doubble ugh

6:33 am

At 56/160 I must get ready for work. Blaaaaaah.

6:33 am

yes eva,they have theese nice rubberized slip on cleats that fit most boots and shoes,check it out;)

6:34 am

bye scrabbler have a nice day!

6:34 am

I have those. And also the Yaktraks. They are great, although they do change the way your foot hits the ground which can create some probems with frequent walking.

6:35 am

Is there a trick to snow shoeing? I've seen films where people make it look so beautiful and easy, but when I use mine I look like a drunken penguin, and although it does make it possible to get through deep snow it certainly isn't easy or graceful.

ad6,24 please... good morning;)

6:38 am

fo

6:38 am

un

6:38 am

and hello everyone

6:38 am

morning annie

6:39 am

good morning Eva

6:40 am

ride

6:40 am

sorry!

6:41 am

Eva, You just want to get at the cookies in the PB!

6:41 am

indeed eve,when you swing the foot foward,you go in a gentle outside arc,while gently dragging the back end of the snow shoe,then repeat with other foot(older style of shoe)

6:43 am

first time out,you will think your inner thigh muscles will explode hehe

6:44 am

the new metal shoes are much better so im told

6:44 am

Hi crossy

6:44 am

howdy annie:)))

6:45 am

I do have the newer metal ones. But the slight outside arc is important....would keep me from stepping on my feet. Also good to know that it's supposed to take so much energy. I thought I was doing something wrong.

6:46 am

it is very good for your cardivascular sys;0

6:46 am

damn typos

6:47 am

30 minutes on a pair of those is like 2 hours in the gym hehe

6:48 am

It's the only way I can refill the birdfeeder later in the winter. Also, I didn't realize the first times that with new snow you need to pack down the snow with one foot before stepping into it...otherwise you end up thigh deep and stuck. The only way I could get out was by lying on my back and pulling my leg out.

6:48 am

i sweat so badly when i do that,i have to think very carefully about layering with the clothes

6:48 am

indeed eva

6:49 am

Or we could buy tickets to Costa Rica and forget the whole thing

6:49 am

hehe.poctures eva making showshoe angels

6:50 am

lol eva..we can raid my brothers place down there;))

6:50 am

It did give me time to ponder the sky and mortality. i.e.how long would it take for someone to notice my absence and come and find me if I couldn't get unstuck.

6:50 am

Your brother has a place in Costa Rica?!!!! When do we go?

6:50 am

he does indeed eva

6:51 am

Obviously the common sense genes in your family were not distributed equally(-:

6:51 am

best to carry a flare gun for the days you fill the feeder;)

6:52 am

no,they were not,for him opertunity knocked..for me the bird of paradice flew up my nose lol

6:52 am

I love watching the chickadees come to the feeder. It's like they rain from the sky-in free fall.

6:53 am

Does he like Costa Rica. Everyone I know who has gone loves it. But I don't speak Spanish (English, French and some Hebrew but no Spanish) and although I know that lots of people there speak English it always feels bad to me to go somewhere and assume that people will adapt to my langauge needs.

6:54 am

he LOVES it there eva,it is his 3rd year living there,he has the kids enrolled in an english scool and they are all learning spanish as well as french

6:55 am

and they have a local U.S funded hospotal nearby for any medical care(most locals would not afford this)

6:56 am

Morning all

6:56 am

howdy hego

6:56 am

I hear that it is becoming more and more of an American ex-pat place, much more expensive, etc. But I am awfully tempted except that I utterly despise flying. I'm not thinking of moving full-time, but an escape from these dark days.

6:56 am

morning hego

6:56 am

eva,you can live like a queen there with american dollars

6:57 am

oh boy it sounds tempting! Do you visit him often?

6:57 am

he is earning in the upper 60,s there which give him more per anum that the costa rican president lol

6:58 am

what does he do for a living?

6:58 am

he works for a internet poker company who,s head office is based there

6:58 am

Yikes! 11 j words!

6:59 am

the r's are driving me nuts

6:59 am

And vowel words!

7:00 am

you had to say 11 didnt you?

7:00 am

Definetly something to look into more deeply crossy

7:00 am

cards are not my forte

7:00 am

Sorry Crossy. What about 23 p's.

7:00 am

gambling with anything beyond a weekly lottery ticket is dangerous for me

7:01 am

hego..i dont like you now

7:01 am

I mean 39!!!

7:01 am

the gambling doesn't tmept me at all.

7:01 am

Sniff....

7:01 am

i just stear clear

7:01 am

Sob...

7:01 am

steer

7:02 am

ok ok hego..i like you still ok?

7:02 am

cant stand to see the ladies crying

7:02 am

Brightens up

7:02 am

dog falls from owl's nest and is saved by motorist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkvryk pHZo

7:02 am

i always thought those were just "stories" -- no more!

7:03 am

Hi Une

7:03 am

morning, hego :-)

7:05 am

reading back thru chog, eva -- i love my chickadees as well -- so cute and they crack me up when they fuss at me to get movin' when I'm out filling up the feeder :-)

7:08 am

apparently i killed the chog . . . again :-)

7:09 am

I think it was my fault Une

7:09 am

:-D

7:09 am

All that talk about j words, etc.

7:09 am

FM not around to take the blame?

7:09 am

haz! howdy!

7:09 am

Hi Haz!

7:10 am

I know unea-they are utterly fearless. Sometimes when the feeder is empty I'll be standing in the kitchen and will feel as if someone is watching me - will turn around and see a flock of chickadees staring at me like "Isn't there something you've forgotten!"

7:10 am

Hello! Nicer grid today, isn't it?

7:10 am

morinng has

7:10 am

so true, eva! LOL

7:10 am

definitely nicer, haz!

7:10 am

Nice for Haz, maybe.

7:10 am

Let's try tht again: morning Haz

7:11 am

Good morning, Eva and everyone.

7:11 am

Oh, it's nicer for everyone, yesterday's was a bit of a trial.

7:12 am

with all those nu's, the grid must be freeeeezing! LOL

7:13 am

I know, it doesn't bear thinking about.

7:13 am

:-D

7:14 am

good morning, friends! Just a few minutes to babble this a.m., and I would really like to have nbt before I go. Can anyone give me a nudge for the bottom right e please?

7:14 am

How is Spangle today? (I adore that name)

7:14 am

Think of a downy duck, Trif, ei5.

7:14 am

Hi Trif

7:14 am

Good morning, Trif, Hego, Une, Haz and everyone.

7:14 am

She's well, hego, we've had a nice walk and she's settling down for a snooze.

7:15 am

Hi Merk

7:15 am

Hello, Merk.

7:15 am

thanks haz! I had the ei4, and kept trying to plural it - forgot about the r. Have filed it away for future use, hopefully!

7:15 am

Lucky Spangle

7:15 am

You're welcome, Trif.

7:16 am

okay, gotta hit the shower - first day of my new job! keep a good thought for me, okay? I am SO NERVOUS!!!

7:17 am

You'll be grand. If you're wearing a skirt, make sure that you haven't got it tucked into your knickers after you've visited the loo.

7:17 am

Good Luck Trif!!!

7:17 am

And your shoes are matching?

7:18 am

LOL Haz!

7:18 am

It has happened. Not to me, for I always check....

7:18 am

might get me a raise, you never know! ha ha ha - poof!

7:19 am

Bye Trif!

7:19 am

have a great time Trif and remember that it's normal to be nervous initially. In a few months you'll smile at how scared you were.

7:23 am

good morning everyone - and good luck in the new job trif, you'll be just fine

7:24 am

Good morning, flosey.

7:24 am

Hi Flosey

7:24 am

nose arises from the grid ... good luck, Trif.

7:24 am

Nice to see your nose

7:25 am

Hi all...

7:25 am

hi mom2

7:25 am

Hi Mom

7:25 am

It's not bad ... better than the premier of Italy's this morning.

7:25 am

hello all

7:26 am

tivel, are you here?

7:26 am

hint on the 9?

7:26 am

Hi Peri

7:26 am

I know. He's very much a figure of fun normally but he's had a nasty blow to the face, teeth broken and everything.

7:26 am

what happened to the premier of Italy?

7:26 am

de9 - places where churchmen/university heads live.

7:26 am

I've been up since 6 playing "Step and Fetch it"... don't even have tv on!

7:27 am

He was attacked with a model of Milan Cathedral, the perpetrator has a history of mental problems.

7:27 am

Berlusconi (??spelling)... did he fall? Or did an angry husband punch him?

7:27 am

It happened a couple of days ago.

7:27 am

hints on the 8's pls

7:28 am

Well, I suppose if one has to be attacked with something....

7:28 am

Both are compound words - fo8.

7:28 am

ty, will look

7:28 am

angryhusband? with berlusconi, it could have been an angry father!

7:29 am

Hello Dorens - your name is in the grid today!

7:29 am

LOL Dorens. Too true.

7:29 am

Hello Dorens

7:29 am

mornin babblers!

7:29 am

hi. yes, haz.. i have a common name (as far as babble goes!)

7:29 am

Hello, EvaN!

7:29 am

lol, just monkeyed de6 and 7, what on earth is that

7:29 am

running out the door... happy babbles everyone

7:29 am

Italians are so entertaining

7:30 am

Hi Eva

7:30 am

Bye Dorens!

7:30 am

Yes Hego... I am married to one, LOL.

7:30 am

I am Italian Mom2

7:31 am

my d-i-l is Italian, she and her family are the loveliest people you could ever hope to meet

7:32 am

Recently I overheard my daughter identify herself as Italian (not Irish and Italian... just Italian)... I was like.... OUCH! I was like, hold on there a second... you are half Irish, too!

7:32 am

They're kind of the fun uncle of the European union, I think.

7:32 am

My husband's family is awesome, as well. I actually really LOVE my mother in law.

7:32 am

how very, very lucky you are mom2

7:33 am

When my family is together, there's always laughs.

7:33 am

I'm always interested that Americans look back to their roots - does that always stand or do you think there will be some point that people will just see themselves as Americans?

7:33 am

We live in NJ.. so the NJ Italians have this reputation, ya know??? Most Italian-Americans are really not like you see them portrayed on TV...

7:34 am

We do see ourselves as Amerocans Haz

7:34 am

Haz... No, I don't think it will. We are a country of immigrants. It is our history.

7:34 am

But our roots are important too.

7:34 am

hah got the 9 ty

7:34 am

ans

7:34 am

If I was in Europe and someone asked me what I was I would say American, but in America if someone asks what you are you tell them your ethnic heritage.

7:35 am

True mom

7:35 am

well done reen!

7:35 am

It's just interesting to observe from an outside point of view. I suppose it's a case of America being a melting pot, but not so much that everyone loses sight of where they came from.

7:35 am

For the most part, the American experience is that of the immigrant.

7:36 am

Exactly, Haz

7:36 am

i think it has a lot to do with the fact that there are still people coming into the country, and probably always will be. it isnt a settled mixture, theres always something new...

7:36 am

redo hints on the fo8 please?

7:36 am

There is a proudness to it, as well... the idea that someone in our family packed up and set off to find a better life.

7:36 am

But then what happens when the nationalities intermarry? Or is there a kind of unspoken rule that you marry within your own Italian or Irish or Swedish roots?

7:37 am

still lookin for the fo8's

7:37 am

When I first went to Italy, it wasn't like going somewher foreign, it was like going home.

7:37 am

fo8 - you might see it on a boat.

7:37 am

That used to be the case Haz, not so true anymore... certainly the Italians and the Irish intermarried because they shared a common religion.

7:37 am

right, as is Canada - a mixture of many different heritages and cultures - makes up for a very nation - all learning from each other

7:37 am

meh almost can spell forensic D:

7:37 am

my phantom today is foundry

7:38 am

got 1 of the Fo8, opposite of backside

7:38 am

I was married to a Jewish man for many years, Haz

7:38 am

very **interesting** omitted below

7:38 am

fo8/60 - same beginning as the other compound fo, this time use one of what a dice has six of.

7:38 am

Yes Flosey... we see you as Canadians, but when I travel in Canada people do identify with their roots, as well...

7:39 am

thats the 1 i have haz lol

7:39 am

bah foresee doesnt work either D:

7:39 am

I find the whole concept of family fascinating. Can you imagine what it must have been like for those left behind when the early immigrants set off? In those days there was every chance that they would never see them again.

7:40 am

i think that depends on the background at hand, and how many generations back it goes in the states. i have friends who are indian or middle-eastern in heritage whose parents fully expect them to marry within their own culture, or might even have arranged marriages. for other cultures, people dont really care. my parents came straight from england + im sure they always assumed i would marry a white guy, though they never assumed he would be of english heritage. but if i had chosen someone of another background, they would be fine with that too.

7:40 am

fo8 - think in terms of shipping, old-style.

7:40 am

My husband's grandfather came here at 15 and never saw a soul again.

7:40 am

very nice hint haz :D

7:41 am

Eva... I think the farther you get from the immigrant roots the more acceptable it is to marry outside of your heritage.

7:41 am

I hope it helped, reen.

7:41 am

definetly did :D

7:41 am

Good.

7:41 am

pansie doesnt work D:

7:42 am

i agree mom. but i think it also depends on where those roots come from. i think some cultures (whether in the states or in their own country) are just more strict about marrying outside of your culture. and some cultures dont really care...

7:42 am

Nope

7:43 am

Yes, I find this particularly true of the Asian and Indian cultures... though I do see it changing, at least amongst the younger generations.

7:43 am

thanks, Haz, found both fo8

7:43 am

Actually, my Italian Jewish union worked very well. Family culture very similar.

7:43 am

That's good, peri.

7:43 am

yay periwinkle :D

7:43 am

eww no 6s or 7s et

7:43 am

yet*

7:43 am

I think it is important to maintain your own heritage, but once coming to a new country, abide by that country's laws and accept that flag and national anthem

7:43 am

Listen, my mother and father and my husband's mother and father would not have even considered marrying out of their ethnicity.

7:43 am

hi Babblers.. thank goodness this grid is kinder than yesterday's. (-: enjoying the chat, don't want to interrupt..

7:43 am

Hego... cultures that revolve around food usually do, LOL!

7:44 am

Hi Aloy!!

7:44 am

Hello, Aloy.

7:44 am

good afternoon all

7:44 am

True, true mom. lol

7:44 am

Flosey... ultimately we are Americans and certainly identify as Americans when threatened (see: 9/11 and surge in patriotism)...

7:44 am

hi sprite.. you look bright and sunny today

7:44 am

Hi Sprite

7:44 am

Hello, sprite. Nice sun!

7:45 am

as do you, Aloy, only for you it is always shiny :)

7:45 am

and, our diets have been greatly improved by the diverse ethnic contributions

7:45 am

thanks :)

7:45 am

Oh, yes!

7:45 am

good morning sunny sprite

7:46 am

But the States cover such a vast area - I'm assuming that there are different state identities as well, characteristics that people assign?

7:46 am

hi flosey, love your sun!

7:46 am

Good morning, all!

7:46 am

ty sprite

7:46 am

I personally have a problem with those who will not salute the flag because they don't "believe" in it (religious reasons excepted)... but, when you refuse to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces because "your" country has done you wrong (see: the civil rights movement) then it is fine.

7:46 am

Some people are still fighting the civil war haz.. LOL.

7:47 am

Honestly, I wasn't intending to be controversial, mom! Just wondering about the whole stereotype thing, over here Scots are supposed to be mean (not the case), Welsh never stop singing etc.

7:47 am

But there is a unifying culture too, Haz

7:47 am

Hello, Judi.

7:47 am

hi Judi

7:48 am

An American commonality.

7:48 am

like 'going dutch', haz?

7:48 am

I didn't take what you said as being controversial at all... just throwing in my two cents.

7:48 am

We have tons of stereotypes here in the states, Haz.

7:48 am

oh yeah. california is laid-back where as new yorkers are uptight + quick. southerners are a little slow/backwards. there are stereotypes about all the different regions. but really, they are only true for some people of that region + you really have a lot more diversity than you would think.

7:48 am

Yes, the unifying culture does come across when you look in from the outside. To British eyes, the patriotism seems total and unquestioning. I'm not criticising, just observing.

7:48 am

I grew up in a mainly Scots-Irish community... the Irish drank and the Scots were cheap, LOL....

7:49 am

And some stereotypes are not stereotypes. They are accurate descriptions. (And you know who you are!)

7:49 am

NP Haz!

7:49 am

LOL Judi!

7:49 am

but mom2, don't all americans defend their flag and country no matter what their origin?

7:50 am

And, I think, most Americans would say that our patriotism is not unquestioning at all... strong history of revolt, protest, etc.

7:50 am

LOL Judi.

7:50 am

I'm just being flip. Don't anybody get bent.

7:50 am

I think so, for the most part.

7:50 am

like 'going dutch', Haz?

7:51 am

Maybe what I mean is patriotism in the face of opposition from outside influences. It's a bit like some families, you can fight the bit out among yourselves, but unite if anybody outside dares to say anything critical.

7:51 am

Flosey.... I cannot answer for all Americans, LOL... I would have to say that I would certainly defend my country if I believed that what they were doing was right.

7:51 am

I'm not sure what the origin of 'going dutch' is, sprite. Do you know?

7:51 am

Absolutely Haz... could not agree more. Luckily we have not been invaded since the War of 1812.

7:52 am

are there any words with ae like that?

7:52 am

as far as I know it means that dutch people are so cheap they don't even pay for your dinner when they ask you out

7:52 am

id agree with that, haz. same as how i can say im such a B* but as soon as the dear fiance tries to imply that im acting like one, ill whallop him good!

7:52 am

Don't worry Judi we're all just having some fun here this morning... nobody getting bent as far as I can see.

7:53 am

I can't imagine that Dutch people are cheap at all! It's a conspiracy. Who do we blame for spreading that particular rumour?

7:53 am

I have one at least, reen

7:53 am

I'm not bent

7:53 am

LOL Eva.... once my father in law called me difficult... to my father (who has always seen me that way... LOL), but my father got so mad at him..

7:53 am

5 ae words reen

7:53 am

Haz, how can you ask? FM of course :) And no, we dutch aren't cheap. It is one of those stereotypes... thought that was the topic.

7:53 am

Oh dear, I'm Dutch ... does that mean I'm cheap?

7:54 am

no way, Merk

7:54 am

I always thought it was washing your windows every week, and the streets, like cleanliness is next to godliness.

7:54 am

I nver thought of the derivation of that expression until right now...

7:54 am

I think the whole stereotype thing started with Berlusconi being knocked over the head - that led to talk of Italians etc and so on it developed....

7:54 am

yeah, that is part of it too, I think, Merk.

7:55 am

oMG Merk... my great grandmother Van Giesen (I'm not completely Irish)... was known for her cleanliness, so I am told.

7:55 am

It is amazing what distance does to cultural sterotypes. When I was in Kenya, all Americans, black or white, were lumped together as "Europeans"

7:55 am

Poor Mr B

7:55 am

LOL Haz... we do go off on tangents here.

7:55 am

phantom: desire

7:55 am

Hello, wht.

7:55 am

is there some link between the Dutch and splitting things? division of some sort?

7:55 am

oh that is fascinating, wht. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

7:55 am

Your Grandma's last name rhymes with my last name, Mom.

7:55 am

wht... I love it!

7:56 am

I don't know Eva.

7:56 am

I know, mom, but that's why I like the chat, a good conversation meanders.

7:56 am

Cool Merk.

7:56 am

phantom: foresee

7:56 am

Did I start that Berlusconi thing when I talked about my nose in the grid? I went back to lurking and haven't read the chat for the last 15 minutes or so.

7:57 am

EvaN: no, the origin is cheapness. There are jokes too. Like why doesn't a Dutchman likes buying a fridge (he can't be sure the light goes out after closing the door) or how was copper thread invented (two dutch fought over a cent)

7:57 am

The word for rich people in Khoi-Khoi is "Benzi-Benzi"... ya know why? Because they drove Mercedes-Benzes... LOL.

7:57 am

Yes, it's all down to Merk lifting her nose from the grid.

7:57 am

Yes Merk... you started it, LOL.

7:57 am

Funny, reen, I tried that phantom, too.

7:57 am

merk, you and your sweet nose!

7:57 am

Enough e, just not in the right places.

7:57 am

seems like Dutch jokes are pretty much the same as Blond Jokes and Kerryman jokes...

7:57 am

this is a toug puzzle

7:57 am

Thanks Sprite... ok.. now we have our answer.

7:57 am

lol, hadn't heard those sprite..

7:57 am

reen, I tried it after you said it was a phantom, certain it wasn't :D But it was, of course.

7:57 am

it is reen....

7:58 am

yes indeed, EvaN

7:58 am

Just realized I'm in the grid today. :-)

7:58 am

Yes you are Judi

7:58 am

I see you, Judi!

7:58 am

lol Judi, so you are

7:58 am

So you are! And Dorens as well.

7:59 am

oh wow, a double babbler grid

7:59 am

good spot, Haz!

7:59 am

can't you guys be valid??

7:59 am

Unfortunately, Dorens, we are proper nouns. Alas.

7:59 am

My father never allowed ethnic jokes in our house, Swear to God... he said they were demeaning... and he was right.

7:59 am

Why is puti not accepted?

7:59 am

takes double tt as far as I know

7:59 am

Or is it 2 t's?

8:00 am

IDK Hego... what is puti?

8:00 am

gaaah OPEN!!!

8:00 am

lol poor reen. No4, no open.

8:00 am

Those little angel things with just a head and wings

8:00 am

reen... you are sure good at finding the phantoms, LOL!

8:00 am

OK.. never knew that Hego... thanks.

8:00 am

yw

8:01 am

yes, very very good at that D:

8:01 am

oh I was thinking about those indian ritual suicide by fire when hubby di4.

8:01 am

OH Sprite... I certainly hope you would not do that!

8:01 am

i Ne4 more non-phantoms

8:02 am

i Ne4 more non-phantoms

8:02 am

Is that suttee?

8:02 am

never. But I can say that easily, because it is not my religion. There are strong reasons, in their belief, I think.

8:02 am

thanks Haz, that is it. I sometimes get confused.

8:02 am

Do they really still do that????

8:02 am

Clue for first ji4/9 and ju5/24, please?

8:02 am

Yes Haz I think it is... don't know if that is the spelling, but that is what the word sounds like.

8:02 am

It's outlawed in some states at least.

8:03 am

ji4/9 - same structure as that Italian word I never see.

8:03 am

sorry Judi... dont' have them yet... too busy chatting.

8:03 am

ju5/24 - biblical traitor

8:03 am

a sword has a hi4, start j. But don't know if that is the first.

8:03 am

Ah... I always miss that one, too Haz.

8:03 am

ooh, ty Haz.. missed that one

8:03 am

thanks Haz

8:03 am

You're welcome.

8:04 am

tx Haz

8:04 am

very interesting figure in the bible, he.

8:04 am

I'm assuming everyone else never sees that Italian word either!

8:05 am

Ty for the J's.

8:05 am

thanks sprite.

8:05 am

one I frequently miss, Haz. Like the at the ocean word. And ocean itself.

8:05 am

And fireworks for me.

8:05 am

YAY, Zooz!

8:05 am

good for you zooz

8:05 am

Well done, zooz!

8:05 am

yay for zooz!!!

8:05 am

wtg zooz!

8:05 am

Niece and asea join the ranks of the never spotted.

8:05 am

No Haz, I never see it either and I speak the language!

8:05 am

I never see numbers when they are written out... like if eight is in the puzzle I am confounded, LOL.

8:05 am

Any clues for the fo 8/55 please

8:06 am

I used to miss raia , but now I see it

8:06 am

those are sneeky too, indeed, m2h8

8:06 am

fo8/55 - a compound word, think in terms of old style shipping.

8:06 am

wow Aloy, you learn! That is more than I can say for some words, grin.

8:06 am

fo4+sa4

8:07 am

takes a while though, sprite... a looooong while, lol

8:07 am

thanks haz

8:07 am

lol are you around here longer than I have, Aloy?

8:07 am

You're welcome.

8:08 am

I can never understand that first nu 5. How can you be more nu 4,6. Either you are or you are not.

8:08 am

no, sprite.. you are my Babble Elder, (-:

8:08 am

no, about a year shorter even. Guess you are just smarter than I, Aloy

8:08 am

Oh! Part of a ship!

8:09 am

ok... gotta run and do the domestic goddess thing... UGH! What I would really like Santa to bring me is a laundry room on the same floor in which I generate the most laundry, LOL. Not gonna happen.

8:09 am

OMG Merk.. I know.

8:09 am

*giggle* Made it to elder!

8:09 am

Hell with the laundry room, mom. Just ask santa for a maid.

8:09 am

Bye mom. Just be glad you're not having to do it all by hand, can you imagine?

8:09 am

ah Judi... from your mouth to God's ear.

8:10 am

These new houses that have their laundry rooms right by the bedrooms where the most laundry is generated ... wow ... what a concept, and it took forever to think of it.

8:10 am

heaven's, no Sprite.. "raia" took forever

8:10 am

there are gradations of nu4. Like having a low neckline in church can be nu5 than being nekkid in the sauna

8:10 am

True Haz... when I ask my husband or daughter to throw a load in they look at me like "What???"... and I tell them that I am not asking them to drag it to the river and bang it on a rock!

8:10 am

LOL

8:10 am

OMG Merk... I know. Awesome.

8:10 am

selfcleaning house and clothes, and selfcooking dinners. Selfshopping groceries. Santa, please.

8:11 am

next to the bedroom is nice.. if.. you have quiet machines

8:11 am

I think we'd all change less often if we really did have to put physical effort into washing.

8:11 am

I hear that in Europe they have those machines that wash AND dry... can you even imagine that???

8:11 am

A running dryer is good white noise to induce sleep.

8:11 am

oh yes Haz. Like in the old days, when they had a weekly dress and a sunday dress. And that was it.

8:12 am

I think you are probably right, Haz... but I will do sacrifice doing the laundry to wear clean clothes, LOL.

8:12 am

i need self-writing and self-sending christmas cards. i just couldnt be bothered this year, so no ones gets any from me. :/

8:12 am

very "green" practice!

8:12 am

We have combined washer-driers, yes, but they're not great. The wash is okay but you can only dry half a load at a time. The washing line is a great thing!"

8:12 am

they eat power like there is no tomorrow though, m2h8.

8:12 am

Cleanliness is next to laundress.

8:12 am

Yes Sprite.. but what might they all have smelled like??

8:13 am

Do they, Sprite? Interesting.

8:13 am

our spoiled noses wouldn't like it one bit

8:13 am

and what Haz says: you have to be there anyway to remove half of the laundry before drying, or you have to wash half washes. I use the line, and if need be, a dryer.

8:14 am

Haz... I love line-dried laundry... unfortunately I don't live in a climate where that is always realistic.

8:14 am

I've just found a laundry related sa7/32. Descriptive of the implement when drip dry fabrics were invented.

8:15 am

And I can't imagine line-drying my panties and such, LOL... the neighbors would certainly have something to talk about, LOL.

8:15 am

ty Haz, looking..

8:15 am

I'm easily pleased, I love hanging out washing. Or maybe I have Dutch blood and appreciate not having to pay!?

8:15 am

I think I am about to learn a new word then, haz

8:16 am

Maybe it should be when wrinkle-free fabrics came on the scene.

8:16 am

no doubt about that, Haz... economical and cleanliness combined, that must be dutch blood talking

8:16 am

I can barely get the family to throw a load in the dryer... can you imagine if I asked them to use clothespins??? I don't even know if my kid has ever seen a clothespin, LOL.

8:16 am

Who knows, sprite, I've only got back to the first part of the 19th century with my family tree. There's time to find Dutch ancestry yet.

8:17 am

OK.. really going now.... all of this crud is not going to do itself. See you all later... nice chatting, as always.

8:18 am

could you please dummy down the clue for the sa7 for me, Haz? Or will I feel fishworthy when you do?

8:18 am

se 7/32 - any clues please

8:18 am

It's a morose dewrinkler. Compound, kind of.

8:18 am

bye m2h8

8:18 am

gran, I've been looking for that se7 for a while.

8:18 am

thanks, that did it, New for me indeed :)

8:18 am

great clue! got it now, tyvm Haz

8:19 am

Finally got it.

8:20 am

se7/32, first three letters of not junior, last letters are shortsight - my****

8:20 am

and thanks again, another new word

8:20 am

ditto, ty Haz

8:20 am

Thanks Haz got it too

8:20 am

Glad to help with sa and se 7.

8:21 am

I've never seen that se7 before.

8:21 am

in case somebody other than me wants to know, it means: Improvement of near vision sometimes occurring with aging because of swelling of the crystalline lens in incipient cataract

8:21 am

brb.. refill time

8:21 am

Good Morning all. Thisseems like a fun grid today! :-)

8:22 am

hi Nef, it isn't as bad as yesterdays

8:22 am

sprite, that's really interesting, mainly because I had a great-aunt who in her seventies suddenly could dispense with reading glasses.

8:22 am

She always claimed she had got her second sight, it's interesting to know that it corresponds to a known process.

8:22 am

strange, isn't it. A blessing that comes with aging, not bad at all.

8:23 am

I've definitely learned something new today.

8:23 am

yes, me too. Rewarding grid and good chat.

8:24 am

It has been good, I agree. And now I really must get something to eat. I've still to tackle a few cards this afternoon so I'll need to keep my strength up.

8:25 am

good luck Haz, and have a nice day

8:25 am

Nice to see you all - enjoy the grid and the rest of the day. Bye!

8:25 am

*gone*

8:27 am

(just catching up with the chog; and by the time I read it people are gone!)

8:27 am

Bye All have to go too. The mall awaits. Good day to you.

8:28 am

bye hego, to you too

8:28 am

bye Haz and heo

8:29 am

got my new printer today, btw, and it works like a charm. It only is missing the usb cable, so I will have to contact them. Luckily I had one lying about that fits.

8:29 am

that was hego; the pupster needed to go out

8:30 am

hints for those O words in the bottom row?

8:30 am

pupster's ne4s always must go first

8:31 am

Evan: 1111 and op4.

8:31 am

Oops! Thanks for pointing out a word, sprite. (sorry)

8:32 am

lol Nef, don't worry

8:32 am

on + left or right

8:32 am

onas

8:32 am

close

8:32 am

oopsie. good thing that wasnt a word!

8:32 am

lol

8:33 am

on**, twos, threes,...

8:35 am

I need a clue please for the first re 6 please ... re 6,24. ty

8:35 am

lol, I remember getting three fo5 sets when we married; now it seems out of vogue

8:35 am

good morning

8:35 am

morning harpjane

8:36 am

we still love to do it, Aloy. Family loves cheese, I prefer the meat variety.

8:36 am

one for chocolate, one for cheese, one to give away

8:36 am

nm, keep that one for meat

8:36 am

oh I never tried the chocolate. Isn't that with fruit and such?

8:36 am

lol, alo, you must be MY age!

re 6/24 you re**** what you sowed

8:36 am

and angel food cake -- yum!

8:36 am

yumm, yes.. or whatever you want to dip

8:37 am

LOL! They seemed to be making a comeback a couple of years ago. A friend of my dtr got 3 sets too

8:37 am

no kidding, Nef?.. mine are stored in the fruit cellar

8:37 am

we have a little FO5-6 for two set that we have used with chocolate...

8:38 am

the best wedding present we got (2002) was a George Foreman Grill

8:38 am

oh nice

8:38 am

(well, if you don't count the Craftsman Table Saw....)

8:39 am

always makes me think of a particularly funny Office episode . . .

8:39 am

I'm thinking that dragging a set out might be fun for DH's B'day in February....

8:39 am

please share, jen

8:39 am

my son LOVES his GF grill.. only thing he cooks on

8:39 am

Michael burned his foot on a George Foreman grill :o)

8:39 am

ouch!

8:39 am

am trying to imagine how that happened, Jen, lol

8:40 am

trying to warm his tootsies?

8:40 am

lol -- he likes to wake up to the smell of bacon, so he keeps it by his bed

8:41 am

LOL.. ty for sharing!

8:41 am

:o)

8:41 am

still?

8:42 am

Did anyone clue that re 6,24 that I need please?

8:36 Merk

8:42 am

yes Merk they did, if you8 scroll back to 8.36

8:43 am

oh, duh, ty so much. I forgot to turn around.

8:44 am

how many letters in the lone e?

8:44 am

four, harp

8:44 am

I think 5

8:44 am

e5/12

8:45 am

oops, sorry.. better check again

8:45 am

nope, sprite is rite (-:

8:45 am

the 4 is from the E above it

8:45 am

*giggles* for a change!

8:48 am

help with ad6/21 pls

8:48 am

loves very much, periwinkle

8:49 am

the magi did this

8:49 am

hi peri

8:49 am

SPRITE!!:))

8:49 am

crossy :)

8:49 am

ad6/21 is a plural

8:49 am

hello again, back

8:50 am

for a bit

8:50 am

duh, thanks sprite,

8:50 am

hi flosey

8:50 am

got the e thanks

8:50 am

hi flosey, welcome back. No luck sleeping? Or is my timing off again?

8:50 am

yvw

8:50 am

I have an unexpected icon clue today

8:51 am

oh yes sprite, up for the day, am trying to do Christmas baking, writing cards, etc, along with babbling

8:51 am

love those nu words today

8:51 am

ah good flosey, am glad :) Fireflies. *hugs* to you all and have fun.

8:52 am

WTG, sprite! YAY!!

8:52 am

congrats, sprite!!! see you next time, hagd

8:52 am

well done sprite, enjoy your day now

8:54 am

de6 pls

8:55 am

bbs, coffee is calling

8:55 am

de + po4

8:55 am

de + "ET *h*** Home"

8:56 am

thanks flosey

8:56 am

what does the 9 start with?

8:56 am

dont say baking flosey,im staring at a bowl of gignerbbread cookie dough and a bowl of sugar cookie dough;/

8:56 am

de0

8:56 am

de9

8:56 am

and Aloy

8:56 am

thanks

8:57 am

lol jane, your icon has done double duty

8:57 am

I need a clue for ad6/24, please?

8:58 am

ad + not a verb

8:58 am

ad + not a verb

8:58 am

lol, Une ..

8:58 am

snap, aloy! LOL

8:58 am

ad + part of speech

8:58 am

ty Aloy and Une

8:58 am

yup, i put it up for 'moons'

8:59 am

... and Fireworks

8:59 am

yw :-)

8:59 am

Wahoo! congrats, Merk!!!

8:59 am

yay, merk!!!!!!!!!!!

8:59 am

wtg Merk

9:00 am

ty. And I forgot to ask. Yesterday I didn't get credit for my fireworks. Does the computer ever hiccough like that?

9:01 am

have had that happen, Merk.. if you go to archives and you did indeed finish, write to Dr. God and he will fix it

9:01 am

Did I word that correctly. It shows I have 1029 and I should have 1030. You begin to doubt yourself ... like, I did finish it, didn't I? And I know I did.

9:01 am

What's his email address?

9:02 am

used to be a link.. h'mm, hold on.. will look it up

9:04 am

got it.. dr_god@playbabble.com

9:04 am

ty ... see you tomorrow if I don't freeze before then.

9:05 am

stay warm.. see ya Merk

9:06 am

bundle up Merk, and have a good day

9:06 am

ou6?

9:06 am

need that one too jane

9:07 am

not in + G. Washington did not tell one

9:07 am

just monkeyed it, ou, cons, and don't *** to me

9:08 am

thanks

9:08 am

yw

9:09 am

need on6 clue please?

9:09 am

on + 4 ****s in a square

9:10 am

or6 sounds like or5

9:10 am

thanks aloy

9:11 am

yvw flosey

9:13 am

pa7?

9:14 am

just working on pa now jane

9:14 am

pa + initials for a doctor + the first number

9:14 am

rhymes with what the folks on the si4lines do at football games

9:15 am

thanks

9:15 am

ty lbd

9:16 am

yw, :-)

9:16 am

done, and off I go to a buncha chores.. Happy Babbling, all.. poof

9:17 am

Back again. Hi Everyone

9:17 am

whoooo hoooooo ALOY!!

9:17 am

well done Aloy, enjoy your day

9:17 am

hi Nef

9:17 am

bye Aloy! WTG!!! YAY!!!!

9:18 am

is the 9 a compound word?

9:18 am

it's COLD here today. Either that I'm becoming wimpy in my old age :-/

9:18 am

no jane, do you want a clue?

9:19 am

does it have to do with heads of colleges?

9:19 am

yes

9:19 am

it's a plural word

9:19 am

singular doesn't work

9:19 am

got it, thanks!

9:19 am

yes, jane, like an incubator for heads of colleges

9:20 am

good - think singular has been in recently

9:20 am

better to work now!

9:20 am

any clue for the se7?

9:20 am

incubator, lol

9:21 am

se cons, sounds like poppy drug

9:22 am

yuk, 21 re words

9:22 am

ty, flosey! firebirds!

9:23 am

wtg lbd

9:23 am

WTG, lbd! YAY!!!!!!!

9:24 am

ty, ty, not as bad as yesterday's grid, but still some stinky words!

9:24 am

agree lbd

9:25 am

as I glare at these res

9:25 am

none of the re's are uncommon. one turns back on itself to get found.

9:26 am

I figure that if I can find the first half easily; the grid isn't too bad (they seem to all have some words I don't know lately)

9:26 am

tks lbd

9:28 am

i don't mind uncommon words, but those truly made up and obscure words drive me batty

9:28 am

or should i say battier!

9:28 am

yes, I find them annoying

9:29 am

LOL! You can say whichever is correct, lbd! ;-) You are the only judge of that!

9:30 am

lol, no one else is going to suggest either lbd

9:31 am

ahh, you're both sweet to say that. ((HUGS))

9:32 am

one interesting thing I've always noticed is that the babblets kind of run in streaks. If you run across a new babblet one day; you will see it in a number of grids the same week or 2

9:34 am

but it's true, lbd! *I* don't know if *I* can say that you are batty or not. *I'm* playing the same word game; so I can't judge someone else!

9:34 am

lol, isn't Maxine a hoot! I love her

9:38 am

I do too. I find it hard to believe a guy writes that comic strip

9:39 am

(I'm a slow typist today, hand joints sore; lots of mistakes)

9:39 am

arthritis, Nef?

9:40 am

yep. Sometimes aging sucks.

9:41 am

sure does! I've shrunk 2" and it has affected the scoliotic curvature in lower back

9:41 am

that's why Maxine is so cool!

9:42 am

yup, Maxine has seen it all

9:43 am

OUCH, flosey! BTW, I love your icon today. It's beautiful! Did you take that picture?

9:43 am

no, found it online but it is of the harbour in our village of Ganges

9:44 am

when we splurge, we fly out of the Ganges Harbour to Vancouver - saves 3 hours

9:44 am

Salt Springs sounds (and looks!) so beautiful thanks to you and jilli; it's one of those places I'd like to see someday.

9:46 am

just let us know when you're coming Nef - there are lots of babblers in our area - we're 35 minute ferry ride to Vancouver Island, lots of babblers in that area

9:47 am

sorry, got waylaid...I love Maxine. her creator says she's a combo of his female family members

9:48 am

I'm in and out, trying to get baking, cards, etc. done

9:48 am

oh, it won't be in the very near future, flosey. DH has MS and our health insurance is going up 60% in January. I don't think we will be travelling much

9:48 am

Maxine is the BEST. lbd, read your profile, h omeade Bailey's? Love Baileys

9:49 am

ouch Nef, 60%, wow, that really hurts

9:49 am

60% Nef, that is a lot

9:49 am

it's a delish recipe, peri!

9:49 am

the only ingredients I have on hand are the cocoa and the coffee :)

9:50 am

oooh, a dollop of Bailey's in our morning coffee would be lovely

9:50 am

don't drink scotch

9:50 am

lbd, may I borrow enough scotch to make the recipe?

9:51 am

we were blessed with 4" of snow last night - really messes things up here because the ground isn't frozen, makes it very slippery

9:51 am

LOL, peri!

9:51 am

44 left here

snape and jedi

9:51 am

my last word is the se7, any help please

9:52 am

neither works, science! :-)

i know what a shame!

9:52 am

se + opp yes + *** Isadora

9:52 am

i tried those too, geek! lol

ty

well it never hurts to try!

9:53 am

Thanks, probably never would have found it. Finished

9:53 am

Peri, buy a cheap pint of scotch. it all gets blended together. uhm don't use bourbon tho, it makes it taste different

9:53 am

whoooo hooooo BUBBA

9:53 am

WTG, bubba YAY!!!!!!

9:53 am

will do, lbd

9:54 am

how much does the ercipe make, lbd?

9:55 am

recipe even

9:55 am

I figured you were already sipping it, peri ;-)

9:55 am

haha

9:56 am

sure looked like it

9:56 am

must make around a quart or so?

9:56 am

a blender full, lol

9:57 am

does it hve to sit a while or can it be used right away. might be fun to make it for New Years. I am going to a party

9:58 am

aging? HAHAHAHA nope it's ready to be consumed as soon as the blender stops!

9:59 am

new maxine is up. there are a couple i really liked, so i'll start of with this new one.

9:59 am

lbd, does it matter if it is dark or light rum?

9:59 am

(sounds like lbd doesn't let it sit long!

10:00 am

where do you get the Maxine icons, lbd?

10:00 am

i don't think it matters, peri. i'm not a rum officianado

10:01 am

ok, will let you know how it turns out, lbd cheers!!

10:01 am

lol Nef. my sisters have proven that it doesn't need to sit for long. i'm more of the tea tottler.

10:02 am

I make it for gifts for my neighbors. i shouldn't enable their drinking behaviours, but what the heck. i've also used it the truffles i make.

10:02 am

wow this is giving me a major headache. probably need the list with 111 left

10:02 am

I hear you lbd. I seem to have the puking genes when it comes to booze in our family (we have several alcoholics, I wish that this gene was shared by them!)

10:05 am

i've worked with alcohols in my previous career, and that pretty much took the punch out of me. I'll take a small shot of baileys in my hot choc or coffee, but i'm really a light weight. asian gene factor too.

10:05 am

runs in my family on both sides!

10:06 am

irish and american indian ---nuf said

10:06 am

alcoholism or the puking gene, geek?

10:06 am

oh...nm

10:07 am

alcoholism

10:08 am

LOL, science! Alcoholism runs on both sides for me too; but one side is Irish and the other side is Norwegian (not really noted for drunks in my neck of the woods)

10:09 am

lbd, did you work with alcohols or alcoholics? Just curious

10:09 am

uhm actually both, Nef. I was a bartender as well as a counselor! professional on both levels.

10:09 am

yes i have learned that i cannot drink because i cannot stop......

10:10 am

geek, at least you learned that lesson before it ruined your life!

10:10 am

you are wise to have learned that lesson, science. Many people don't

10:12 am

hi everyon

10:12 am

yes, but it still make mistakes on occasion!

10:12 am

hi Sheimi

10:12 am

hi Sheimi

10:12 am

hi sheimi

10:13 am

hey sup guys XDD

10:14 am

how maney words four todday pliese?

10:14 am

216

10:14 am

science, just keep working on it. The occasions become farther apart that way

10:14 am

thank yoou

10:15 am

i have to go now. ciao

10:15 am

tis human sg, we all fall down in one fault or another, I had a very dear aunt who was an alcoholic, also chain smoker, had a gravelly voice but very easy to listen to - a wonderful woman who cared for and took in stray animals

10:16 am

(she sounds like my step-mother, flosey!)

10:16 am

her husband stuck by her through many mishaps

10:16 am

can any1 help me please with un/6

10:17 am

okay my friends, i best be getting my backend motating. i've decorations to dig out and put up! bbl to clue and chat.

10:17 am

un6 - dislike something

10:18 am

ty flosey and nef! it is a challenge.

10:18 am

be strong sg

10:19 am

it takes strength of character to own up to our flaws

10:20 am

problem is that i love to drink - suppose that is the major issue! lol

10:20 am

could someone please help me with sa7?

10:20 am

and even more strength to avoid getting sucked into those flaws.

10:20 am

indeed Nef

10:21 am

sa7 - compoundish word. A morose dewrinkling device.

10:21 am

ty haz great clue

10:22 am

You're welcome.

10:22 am

science; drinking is fine; just stay away from the alcohol. I like the taste of alcohol; but hate the after effects. I had to finally come to realize that I liked not puking more than I liked the taste

10:23 am

I really thought Haz wrote a "mouse dewrinkling device"

10:23 am

thanks Haz

10:24 am

You're welcome, flosey.

10:24 am

great clue; and I mis-read it too! :-)

10:24 am

Like in some of the Tom and Jerry cartoons?

10:24 am

Where a great weight falls and renders Jerry flat as a pancake?

10:25 am

LOL!

10:27 am

Tom and Jerry - the original name of Simon and Garfunkel.

10:28 am

clue for the do 6???

10:28 am

how do you mean, Haz?

10:28 am

do6 - plural for a type of fish.

10:28 am

Literally, when Simon and Garfunkel first formed, they were named Tom and Jerry by their recording firm.

10:29 am

that doesnt help me......clue for the fish?

10:29 am

paul simon being jerry, I presume?

10:29 am

do plus an anagram of a word meaning 'to get up'

10:30 am

Or, pretend that the do4/5 preceding ended in a y, and make it plural.

10:30 am

really, Haz? that is very odd (of course they were "unusual" looking !

10:30 am

ty haz got it

10:30 am

Help please with pe 4, after the spanish man

10:30 am

i was going the wrong way on the grid

10:30 am

I don't know which was which.

10:31 am

They only really achieved fame once they got a bit older and changed their names to Simon and Garfunkel.

10:31 am

pe4 - past tense of to urinate in childish fashion

10:31 am

inge pe double the vowel and add a cons

10:31 am

there are a couple

10:32 am

thanks Haz, that deserves a fish

10:32 am

Glad you got it, inge.

10:33 am

Okay, I've got the last of my cards to post, Spangle can come for the walk. Off I go again. Bye!

10:34 am

bye dear!

10:35 am

bye Haz

10:43 am

could anyone help me with the second li6/21 please?

10:44 am

extend the li4 before it flosey

10:45 am

thanks zooz, guess I missed one way, thought I'd tried them all

10:46 am

yw :-)

10:47 am

there is another like that with nu5

10:49 am

you have nu4 (no clothes on) then you have another four words varying ways to say nu4..lol

10:49 am

too bloody cold for that!

10:49 am

LOL, your not wrong Ata...supposed to be getting alot colder as the week goes on.

10:50 am

had frost outside AND inside the car this morning!

10:51 am

well i am sort of lucky ..as i have been off work since monday...go back friday :-)

10:51 am

zooz, are you cluing the second li6/21? still not finding it

10:51 am

how cold is it where you are? It's still -2 (F) here in MPLS, MN

10:51 am

so i can stay in my warm bed for longer..lol

10:51 am

not that cold LOL. we're wimps over here! It must have been about -2C

10:52 am

I admit I slept in till 7:30 this morning, it was quite lovely

10:52 am

li6,21 you put red ***stick on + bottom word without the`r`

10:53 am

Oh ATA. 7:30 is not sleeping in. Now me, -I- can sleep in ;)

10:53 am

it's my day off too today. I'm still in my flannel nightie with a lap robe on and it's nearly 11 AM here! (I'm really sluffing off today!)

10:53 am

tis for me!

10:54 am

Nef we do not get very cold snaps like you do..lol....-6oc is very cold over here..haha

10:54 am

ty zooz, was confused by your first clue

10:54 am

yes sorry flosey..i think i gave you the wrong one...i am always doing that.

10:54 am

Hello NB

10:55 am

What time is your usual start, Ata?

10:55 am

np, found it now

10:55 am

Hi, Zooz :) I'm making no pretence of trying to finish the grid today - sort of babbling whilst cooking

10:55 am

about 5:30 - 6. Only because my stupid body continually wakes me up then!

10:55 am

what are you cooking, NB?

10:56 am

oh, Ata! I hear you about the body waking you! It's a PIA when that happens!

10:56 am

well i have finished the grid earlier, but i did start about 9:00am

10:57 am

ooh, some old Korean dish that I don't know the name of. Always a big hit, got lots of lovely things in it - wish I knew the name...have the recipe off by heart though

10:57 am

my body seems to think insomnia is a really cool thing!

10:57 am

Oh man, Ata. If I could, I'd throw my bodily alarm clock against the wall.

10:57 am

well dish some out then..i am hungry here.

10:57 am

clues for u's?

10:57 am

I try I try :)

10:58 am

un +fo4

10:58 am

what's in it, NB? I'm not familiar with Korean foods, there are a fair number of Koreans here, but most restaurants are so-called "Chinese" or "Asian"

10:58 am

once up** a time

10:58 am

Not for aaages yet :D still got a thousand other things to chop and measure out half-teaspoons of and spice and taste and boil and simmer and...ugh

10:59 am

another up4

10:59 am

un + low calorie mayonaise - the `e` on the end

10:59 am

u word= dark

11:00 am

thats the low calorie one :-)

11:00 am

Surprisingl, Nef, in many chinese restaurants they do LOADS of traditional Korean dishes that are just masquerading as Chinese! You're probably more familiar with it than you think :)

11:00 am

yep. :-)

11:01 am

and as such I feel let down by 'udon' not being a word, though that's more japanese.

11:01 am

That's what I think, NB. I used to do a lot of wok cooking; but now that DH is retired, he runs the kitchen and he never mastered the wok

11:01 am

change the second letter NB and you have a word :-)

11:02 am

thanks Zooz :D

11:02 am

did any of those clues help Mkg?

11:02 am

yeah... udon isn't a word... and yet a japanese martial arts is a word... go figure

11:03 am

mmmmmm udon

11:03 am

it`s no good, i had better get something to eat, really hungry here, bbl

11:03 am

where's the justice, hmm?

11:04 am

NB, what makes a food Korean vs. Laotian or Chinese or any other Asian food?

11:05 am

good morning all

11:05 am

hey nancyboy how did the move go? are you happy in your new home?

11:06 am

hi ruru

11:06 am

No idea really Nef, I just go by what my relatives used to tell me ;) although to hear them talk, EVERYTHING was a Korean invention...

11:06 am

especially ice cream

11:07 am

Hey Ruru :) thanks for asking - the move was absolutely awful, but I'm glad I'm here now. Had to do it at one point, and it's great to have that pressure off.

11:07 am

good.. I am really glad for you. Now you can be you.

11:09 am

Thanks Ruru :) was a bit tearful yesterday, but re-evaluating everything today. So great to have so much support from all the babblers!

11:09 am

and you will have a *ball* around Soho

11:10 am

woohoo NB, so glad you are happy!

11:10 am

hi everyone!

11:10 am

would love clues for the 8 s

11:10 am

hi UK Lindy!

11:11 am

LOL hi Ata! (0:

11:11 am

Thanks, Lind :) did try phoning home today to see if appa had calmed down, but he hung up

11:11 am

Ata, did you use to live in/around here? You seem to know it :)

11:12 am

leave him a while ... especially over CHristmas!

11:12 am

just give him time, he will come round

11:12 am

I used to live in Hoxton then Greenwich, but spent a lot of time in SOho :)

11:13 am

I am moving down south NB!

11:13 am

NB, don't try calling yet. It may work better to send him a letter in a week or so

11:13 am

Where are you right now, Lind? :)

11:13 am

hi Nef! (0:

11:14 am

maybe even give it a little more time NB

11:14 am

You're all right, of course. I just have a short attention span. I want everything done yesterday..

11:14 am

I'm in Yorkshire for Xmas NB, just moved back from Toronto!

11:14 am

hi Lindrick. How are you doing? Are you all settled in yet?

11:15 am

staying with friends & family for Xmas then will look for a house to buy in jan

11:15 am

but I am very good thanks Nef & you?

11:16 am

NB, it takes time for others to understand. Parents have certain "plans" for their kids; it will take time to adjust for him

11:16 am

near me! yay!

11:16 am

I'm staying warm today for now

11:17 am

mkg are you still there... i can help you now

11:17 am

who me Ata?

11:17 am

:)

11:17 am

Fireworks, whew!!

11:17 am

is it cold there Nef?

11:18 am

Yahoo flosey!

11:18 am

YAY, flosey!!!!!! WTG!!!!!!!!!

11:18 am

any clues needed before I stop for breakfast?

11:18 am

can you help me with Li6,21 the second time

11:19 am

it is, Lindrick. It's -2 (F) now

11:19 am

li6, I had a tough time with that one

11:19 am

yuck Nef! lol

11:20 am

li- starts with part of your face, + ph*** something out

11:20 am

Li 6/21 things you kiss with & put cut flowers in a v***

11:20 am

really... that's not a word

11:21 am

Normally, I wouldn't think that is too bad; but today it's bothering me joint-wise

11:21 am

there are a lot like that today jmm

11:21 am

aaww not nice Nef (((hugs))))

11:21 am

tell me about it... i'm ready to go insane... 107 to go :s

11:21 am

ok, breakfast ready and I'm starved, be back tonight

11:21 am

Nef, that's frrreezing

11:22 am

bye, flosey!

11:22 am

bye flosey

11:22 am

ad 6/24 please?

11:23 am

jmmc, you have to know a smattering of chemistry, medicine, and foreign words (it seems) to guess some of these words here

11:23 am

hi car! sorry don't have that one yet

11:24 am

NB, I think it SOUNDS colder in Centigrade! I think -2 (F) is about -20 (C), right?

11:25 am

oh I am so pleased I have left North America!! lol

11:25 am

car.ee, it's ad + part of language

11:25 am

ty Nef (0:

11:25 am

Ok. thanks!

11:25 am

ad + not verb

11:26 am

Nef, I refuse to believe that, because it's insane. Frankly. It's about 4 degrees C here and I'm FREEZING. Nobody can survive that!

11:27 am

NB with the windchill it got down to minus 40 c in Canada!

11:27 am

Don't you just want to barricade yourself in the house and drink warm things all day?

11:27 am

(PS though, I'm a sissy)

11:27 am

LOL

11:28 am

and do DE 6/24 and 7/36 have anything to do with the DE 5/12 just before them?

11:28 am

LOL, NB! Believe it or not; there ARE homeless transients here yet (they seem to move to warmer climates once the real cold sets in)

11:28 am

you just have to live with it really!

11:29 am

but just talking about it made me cold...either that or the door's just sent a blast of cold air in

11:29 am

I grew up in NW Minnesota and moved south for the warmer climate here! It often got down to -40 (F) temperature wise! (International Falls, MN isn't known as the ice box of the nation for nothing!)

11:30 am

I like the cold here at only minus 5 c at the worst! lol

11:30 am

brrrrrrrrrrr

11:31 am

I didn't grow up in International falls, I grew up about 60 miles south of Canada and 50 miles east of North Dakota. The wind chill was nasty

11:31 am

the windchill is unbelievable!

11:32 am

brb

11:32 am

car.ee, I don't have the de5 yet (trying for it) but the de6 & 7 are related to each other

11:35 am

May I please have a clue for that 6 then? I don't mean to be DE*** (5/12) but I am just not seeing it!

11:36 am

back! ty car! (0:

11:36 am

Oooh it was the door, which means I have my spring onions now

11:36 am

near my hometown right now it's -8 (F) and has a -30 (F) wind chill. It's MUCH warmer here! :-D

11:37 am

de +po4/5

11:37 am

ty Nef (0:

11:38 am

TY! I didn't have that PO word but now I do!

11:38 am

that's why I TRY to clue with words from the grid if possible. :-) Doesn't always work, but I try

11:39 am

And now DH says I HAVE to get dressed and start doing stuff. :-/ See you all later! Happy Babbling!

11:40 am

bye Nef, take care

11:40 am

you too, Lindrick. <Poof>

11:41 am

See you Nef :)

11:42 am

bye nef

11:42 am

whoo pee its lunch time!

11:42 am

hi jmc! how are you?

11:43 am

Hi Jmc :)

11:46 am

i am fine and happyly eating my sandwich

11:46 am

*tiptoes into chog + sneaksup behind NB*

11:47 am

(((hugs everyone)))) *tackles Lindy happily*

11:47 am

are Fo5,20 and 6,33 related... and can someone help me with those

11:48 am

Nancy Boy? AGAIN? *hands out choclits to celebrate*

11:48 am

aaww hi Eva & ((((stid))))

11:48 am

hi stid!

11:48 am

sorry jmmc i only have 9 words so far

11:48 am

Lindy -- are you gone too? is Englande still Merrie?

11:48 am

hi stiddie

11:48 am

never mind

11:48 am

hi car

11:48 am

hey car! (((more hugs and choclit)))

11:48 am

Englande is Colde!

11:48 am

*pounces on NB when he is least expecting it*

11:48 am

Jmm...dipping things in chocolate or cheese sauce

11:48 am

I am and it is stid!! lol

11:48 am

rofl Atalante!

11:48 am

had fun in London & am now in Yorkshire!

11:48 am

*spills chopped spring onion everywhere* EVA! :D

11:49 am

jmc! I am so glad to see you here! I had a really WEIRD dream about you last night!

11:49 am

yumm onions for my sandwich

11:49 am

yorkshire? like heather and sheep and moors and stuff?

11:49 am

ive gotta run to the loo + to buy some lunch. will you be around for a bit, m'dearest?

11:50 am

well I am in town stid, but yes! I am going for an indian in about an hour!

11:50 am

I dreamt that Evergreen was in Portland and you lived next door and instead of being a student I was teaching grad school. very very strange

11:50 am

what's an indian?

11:50 am

For you, Eva, anything ;)

11:50 am

((EvaN)) see you again soon

11:50 am

an Indian meal stid! lol

11:50 am

you had breakfast before you told that story right?

11:50 am

oh! LOL we just call it curry.

11:50 am

and indian is a wonderful motorcycle

11:51 am

indian is more than curry :)

11:51 am

ok, ill be quick like a bunny. :) *flashes outta the chog like a jackrabbit*

11:51 am

well you can get chinese, thai & various other curries here!

11:51 am

sag paneer is my all time favorite dish

11:51 am

mine too, jmc

11:51 am

well, I really need to work on my self-evaluation (speaking of evergreen) and getting a lesson plan pulled together for tomorrow (speaking of teaching)

11:51 am

mmm I am getting hungry now!! lol

11:52 am

mmm i like saag paneer too (when done well)

11:52 am

let me evaluate you stiddie!

11:52 am

dorens are you ever going to play lexulous again?

11:52 am

I like thai food. my current favorite is wide noodles and broccoli (but the name escapes me)

11:52 am

if only you could, jmc! LOL oh well.

11:53 am

hey doren! ((hugs)) see you-all later I hope. *poof*

11:53 am

j, i was just going to mention that... sorry. i've been swamped but will do it this afternoon when i get home. promise

11:53 am

I can stiddie just email me the questions

11:53 am

okay I have no room to talk dorens

11:53 am

bye stiddie

11:53 am

ok gotta go, will catch you all again soon *hugs*

11:54 am

bye lind

11:54 am

see you Lind :)

11:54 am

everyone is leaving :-(

11:54 am

I'm not!

11:54 am

i'm here still j, but you have no room to talk?

11:55 am

yea!

11:55 am

I can talk for a while but am going to have to stop in a bit for a *shudder* conference call

11:56 am

NB, your favourite Neil Young song is my favourite Neil Young song. Best thing ever

11:56 am

ata did you got somewhere over the weekend?

11:56 am

well i'm at school.. being antisocial and eating lunch at my desk so i can get some words in

11:56 am

ata you were in the cotswalds..

11:56 am

I LOVE it Ata. Was listening to it just a few minutes ago, too :)

11:56 am

and i could never pick a favorite neil young song.. there are soooo many good ones

11:57 am

lovelovelovelove it too

11:57 am

yes... that is one of them, for sure

11:57 am

I was up at sister's

11:57 am

my staff is all having lunch together so i get to babble

11:57 am

and how is she doing?

11:57 am

still in hospital, but getting there :)

11:58 am

how far is she from your home?

11:58 am

it's about a 3 hour drive

11:58 am

Good evening all....... Ata sorry to hear your sis is in hospital again

11:59 am

that's not too bad... my son's 3 -4 hours depending on traffic (sometimes 5 on a bad day!) and i do that every month. lots of time in car

11:59 am

hi cait

11:59 am

hi cait

12:00 pm

sounds familiar, doren! though the drive home on Saturday was 7 hours, after getting stuck in a big accident

12:00 pm

ughhh.. hate that

12:00 pm

yikes!

12:00 pm

lucky i have comfortable car, and thank god for audio books

12:01 pm

i like long drives with audio books

12:02 pm

I dont like long drives at all these days, as a driver I am a terrible passenger!!

12:02 pm

me too

12:03 pm

well i am only a passenger when my son drives -- otherwise i drive

12:03 pm

if I could I would never fly I would always drive

12:05 pm

hey Jmc, i am trying to see what lexulous program is like....it says i can try it before siging up..but i cannot see where i am supposed to click nest..this is where i get too....http://www.lexulous.com/solitai re_lexulous.php

12:05 pm

I think I must be getting old ......I always think there will be an accident, as there are some terrible drivers on the road,is it only me thinking that ?? LOL

12:05 pm

let me look zooz

12:05 pm

thanks :-)

12:06 pm

i now there are terrible drivers but I am such a good one I assume that I can avoid them!

12:06 pm

brb

12:06 pm

Good thinking jmc

12:07 pm

try driving over on the isle of wight Caitlyn..they are mad over here.

12:08 pm

The roads dont seem very busy there zooz are the mad spots ?

12:09 pm

it might look that way, but lots of the roads have been over taken by the teenagers in there done up cars , which are far too powerful for them to handle + the roads were not made for that style of driving..lol

12:09 pm

ok, so maybe it was more like a really old bunny with a bum leg, but im back! :)

12:09 pm

Hi Eva !!

12:09 pm

hello, Eva

12:10 pm

Are there many accidents then zooz?

12:11 pm

zooz click on the word "practice"

12:11 pm

*awaiting proof that NB didnt escape whilst i was gone*

12:11 pm

for the size of the island, i would say more than the average...there is always some-one you know who knew the person who got killed...and most of them are teenagers.

12:11 pm

but that is not the lexulous we use -- we use the one on facebook

12:11 pm

Very nice ring Eva..congratulations.

12:11 pm

he was here chopping onions a minute ago

12:12 pm

oic..oh well..never mind...just wanted to see what it was all about...thanks for looking for me Jmc :-)

12:12 pm

are you not on FB?

12:12 pm

TY zooz. i rather love it myself. ;)

12:12 pm

That is always so sad zooz. I think I have frightened Ata away LOL

12:13 pm

I would be willing to sign up for lexulous if you want to play

12:13 pm

so, i don`t use them..jmc..not a fan..i have got myspace, which i did for my son to use..but he is old enough to have his own account now..lol

12:14 pm

Ata, is probably deep in the grid.

12:14 pm

Proof is here! Sorry, sorry, had to rescue a pot :)

12:14 pm

sorry! I had to let pup out

12:14 pm

what did I miss?

12:14 pm

so was supposed to be NO..lol

12:15 pm

Oh Im glad I didnt scare you both off Nancy boy and Ata

12:15 pm

you saw my note about clicking on the blue word practice, right zooz?

12:15 pm

NB and Ata. 2 of my favorite babblers. :)

12:15 pm

(((huggles)))

12:15 pm

I am playing the computer now without having signed up

12:15 pm

you couldn't, Cait :)

12:15 pm

*sniff*

12:15 pm

:)

12:15 pm

oh poo...sorry i missed that...*looking*

12:16 pm

*squeezes* FAAAVOURITE :D

12:16 pm

Whats the matter jmc??

12:16 pm

oh gosh things are boiling over -everywhere-. Why does this happen?!

12:16 pm

I didn't make eva's favorite list

12:17 pm

*blows nose in hankie*

12:17 pm

jmc -- my list of favorites is long and wide. :)

12:17 pm

Because you took your eye off the pot Nancy Boy

12:17 pm

nope that did not work it is trying to make me play www.lumosity.com, which i have already done.

12:17 pm

:-)

12:17 pm

But I swear I didn't Caitlyn :O

12:17 pm

have you got a cold Jmc :-(

12:17 pm

i think its my fault NBs pot is boiling over. i made him take his eye off it for a moment. :(

12:18 pm

bad Eva!

12:18 pm

i think it would help if i read the chog properly

12:18 pm

http://www.lexulous.com/solitaire_lexu lous.php and then click on the blue practice

12:18 pm

If you are still here Nancy then turn the pots off and get a take away

12:18 pm

it will work --- really zooz

12:19 pm

we love lexulous

12:19 pm

LOL Caitlyn. Eva - not sure Leo would fall for it if I blamed you!

12:19 pm

zooz doesn't do FB

12:19 pm

jeez, after i said Ata was one of my favorite babblers, she scolds me! maybe i need to re-think my list...

12:19 pm

i know Jmc, but you try it..nothing happens..lol

12:19 pm

*waves hand high in air* pick me pick me

12:20 pm

NB, just point him to my photo shoot pictures. im sure he would understand -- many a babbler has been, erm....distracted by them. ;)

12:20 pm

Am I any where on you list Eva (waiting with baited breath)

12:20 pm

*coughs* I'm the only person here who creates art for you *smug*

12:20 pm

LOL, jmc

12:21 pm

You do smug so well Ata LOL

12:21 pm

this is true, ata. i wish i had time to get the art put on me!

12:21 pm

(boy is ata getting smug or what?)

12:21 pm

LOL Eva. I'm not making him dinner just for you to make him dribble it down his front!

12:21 pm

the time will be right when it is :)

12:22 pm

Howdy folks! I know I am going to need the fish, but can someone clue the re7? I am just not seeing it!

12:22 pm

sorry, the last re7

12:22 pm

NB, methinks youre more likely to make him do that than i am!

12:22 pm

little bits left over

12:23 pm

re7 little particles left

12:23 pm

Leo is a great name

12:23 pm

Hi Jen

12:23 pm

like gunpowder

12:23 pm

ahhhh, thanks zooz! such a relief!

12:23 pm

hi caitlyn!

12:24 pm

zooz 1) go to www.lexulous.com 2) click the blue word play live 3) click the word at the top that says practice 4) pick solitaire or computer

12:24 pm

yw Jen :-)

12:24 pm

ok..will do.

12:24 pm

You might make him rethink men vs women. in his words (he's reading over my shoulder), he's gay "by accident". Charming ;)

12:24 pm

hi Leo!

12:25 pm

*contemplating an accident which causes gaydom*

12:25 pm

?? how does that happen? he was tying his shoe + some lovely gent tripped behind him?

12:26 pm

Hi Leo, (waving from Wales)

12:26 pm

{{NB}} How did the move go?

12:26 pm

*contemplating whether "gayness" would have been a better word? gayosity?

12:26 pm

(he says hi back Ata, and scuttled off blushing :D)

12:26 pm

Greetings Babblers! Got a minute here to Babble.

12:26 pm

hi chio

12:26 pm

EVA!!! LOL

12:26 pm

Hi Judy!!

12:26 pm

*grins*

12:26 pm

oops sorry NB

12:27 pm

*giggle*

12:27 pm

oh sod it i will just sign up, see what happens then.

12:27 pm

Hi Judy! :) move went terribly, really terribly, but I'm here now and that's what matters :)

12:27 pm

hola all! it is almost time for a big break!

12:27 pm

Jmc...gaiety maybe? ;)

12:27 pm

soooo sorry NB. But at least it's over!!

12:27 pm

you want me to sign up too and we can play each other?

12:28 pm

hi science!

12:28 pm

well that was easy..:-)

12:28 pm

Hi Caitlyn, Ata, jmc, geek, zooz *who did I miss*

12:28 pm

Thank you, Judy :) and quite right, what's done is done. I did what someone suggested and wrote him a letter, but he ripped it up. Going to try again after a rest period...

12:28 pm

Eva! Hi Eva!

12:28 pm

good zooz should I sign up?

12:28 pm

im not quite sure why (perhaps it is because i have been researching wedding stuff all day?) but i am feeling disgustingly sentimental and i just want to hug everyone today...

12:28 pm

ok jmc are you going to meet with that person?????

12:29 pm

helloooooooooooo!!

12:29 pm

you must be joking...i need to practice first...i want to see how rubbish i am first, before you show me up..hahaha

12:29 pm

so sad NB. But your Babble friends are here for you!

12:29 pm

oh dear, NB what story have i missed??

12:29 pm

*giggle* he sent me a copy of one of the sets he did with the band in the 1970s

12:29 pm

well let me know when zooz

12:29 pm

Just LOVE that icon Eva!

12:30 pm

will do, diving into it now...*holding nose & closing eyes*

12:30 pm

Oh Eva, I forgot you weren't here yesterday when I was reporting back :) well, long story short, it ended up as the worst case scenario. Horrible, horrible, horrible moment :/

12:30 pm

Got that right Judy! I mean what I say in my profile you know ;)

12:31 pm

TY judy! i just love wearing it! :D

12:31 pm

what kind of band? how amusing

12:31 pm

Sorry you have had a rotten time NB but that is great what you have said in your profile ((NB))

12:31 pm

gotta work while I sneak in Babble so I'll be in and out today! Damn work; gets in the way of everything!!

12:31 pm

oh dear, NB. is this about your padre?

12:31 pm

the babble family is closer than a lot of real families

12:32 pm

thanks, Caitlyn :) *hugs*

12:32 pm

Congrats Eva I havent chatted much for a while........I love a babble wedding

12:32 pm

o a rock band -- in those days on willy nelson had long hair and sang country

12:33 pm

And, got it in one Eva - mum's sort of okay with it but dad handed me all my baby pictures in an envelope, saying he didn't want me in the house, and then said if I left to pursue -that- then I shouldn't come back.

12:34 pm

http://tinyurl.com/ydvs3as utube but no video-- jsut sound -- he is the vocalist and had waist length straight beautiful red hair

12:34 pm

and smoked pot...lol

12:34 pm

i am hearing the romance of nostalgia

12:34 pm

Play Lexulous We are trying our best to fix the site as soon a possible. The site will also be getting a new look shortly. So please bear with us! - Admin

12:34 pm

maybe

12:35 pm

:-(..isn`t that just typical

12:35 pm

lol poor zooz

12:35 pm

(((HUGGLES NB))) so much for unconditional love, eh?

12:35 pm

we can try again tomorrow zooz

12:35 pm

TY caitlyn :)

12:35 pm

NB you can only be true to yourself I bet your dad is regretting his words though

12:35 pm

will do jmc :-)

12:35 pm

i want to play lexulous also!

12:35 pm

Ata is right about the babble family. you dont mess with our kin!

12:35 pm

now going to click on your tinyurl link

12:35 pm

certainly on his side science

12:36 pm

Eva when is the wedding? Do I need to buy a new hat soon?

12:36 pm

well, i was hearing it in your description of his HAIR. LOL

12:36 pm

aren't we playing on FB science? I get confuse because my babble name translator got lost with my computer :-(

12:37 pm

only for the long hair -- it was beautiful

12:37 pm

well i have no one to play with on FB! I guess I can find a game with you or you need to invite me to a game via FB

12:37 pm

look at my profile, jmc - on the left is a link to a big list of babble names :)

12:38 pm

ty ata I have been frustrated -- I kinda know them but then I get confused!

12:38 pm

that guitarist can sure play well, not too keen on the singing though :-)

12:38 pm

youve got until autumn -- i hope! venues are booked so far in advance! at this rate, you may have until autumn 2011!

12:38 pm

it's not complete, but it's pretty good

12:39 pm

all I see is the folding link let me refresh

12:39 pm

the singer is who I was dating at the time

12:39 pm

he wants to start it up again

12:39 pm

brb

12:39 pm

oh sorry! my FB profile!

12:40 pm

http://tinyurl.com/l5qhdp <- there :)

12:40 pm

ooo sorry ata! I will look there. lol

12:40 pm

Its time for me to cook, see you all tomorrow, take care

12:41 pm

*just realized that NB hasnt spoken since i huggled him* *stops huggling so NB can come up for air*

12:43 pm

science isn't on that list though ata

12:43 pm

I did see it wasn't complete! Science, go add yourself!

12:45 pm

science go add yourself to ata's list so I can play lexulous with you

12:45 pm

crikey mine wasnt on there either! just added myself. :)

12:45 pm

bye cait

12:46 pm

outrageous, eva :)

12:47 pm

gnarly. :)

12:47 pm

wow. only had to be on hold for...38 minutes!!! dont ever let it be said that unemployment is "easy"

12:47 pm

how do i add myself to Ata's list??????

12:47 pm

i was busy adding folks to my friends list....

12:48 pm

go to that link and put yourself on it :)

12:48 pm

http://tinyurl.com/l5qhdp

12:48 pm

did you add me science? or are we already friends?

12:49 pm

we are friends - I am Cindi!

12:50 pm

it says you are off line! i will start a game with you

12:51 pm

done (starting the lexulous game)

12:52 pm

ack 10 minutes before my conference call!

12:52 pm

help with the corner e and the e next to it please

12:53 pm

i have rest, rested, and weird

12:53 pm

ducks!

12:53 pm

Ei5/12 -- think down

12:53 pm

ty

12:53 pm

okay, taking a break from the lesson planning, ten minutes and then off to write my self-evaluation.

12:54 pm

remove the last letter for the other E

12:54 pm

*sneaks into stiddies book bag and writes "wonderful" and "perfect" in indelible red ink all over her eveluation form*

12:54 pm

Stids self-evaluation: "I am so great. Nuff Said."

12:54 pm

ty eva

12:55 pm

rofl EvaN! that actually is what I was thinking of writing to see if I can shock my faculty member. I spent the whole quarter focusing on what I wasn't doing well!

12:55 pm

jmc! LOL

12:56 pm

then help with the right hand O for nbt

12:56 pm

OD4. just go straight down.

12:56 pm

hope they don't mark off for bad spelling stiddie -- i think I misspelled wonderful when I wrote on your paper

12:56 pm

*smack*

12:57 pm

*hands the fish to jmc so she can use it on herself*

12:57 pm

nbt and I am clearly starting my fish collection for supper

12:57 pm

hm. oh well, jmc, it's the thought that counts!

12:57 pm

*puts fish in fridge for later*

12:57 pm

go jmc go!

12:57 pm

okay must go pretend to do something for the salary I don't get paid

12:57 pm

*poof*

12:58 pm

jmc i am no good at lexulous, but i will try....you may have to coach me on the rules, etc.

12:59 pm

thus you need to play and learn :)

1:00 pm

it's the same as scrabble, just with 8 letters

1:01 pm

I am also at NBT, and going to work on the self-eval... fortunately, it's a draft. I have some time to work on it after the faculty reviews it.

Ata, i am playing (poorly) at least I can do a few words lol

mnore stuff to do while pretending to work lol

1:02 pm

go go science :)

1:05 pm

hello all, back to find my last 36 words

1:05 pm

oh my word, i got a bit freaked out ..i decided to take a look at face book..i signed up and all these people i know were on there ..the page said these are people we think you might know & want to add as friends...how the hell did it know i knew most of about thirty people it came up with...scary

1:06 pm

it's clever like that!

it is fun zoom!

1:06 pm

yup... it asked me if i wanted to "friend" the man from whom I've been divorced for twenty years

1:07 pm

ph no dorens...bet that was a shock.

1:07 pm

so you can click NO with great satisfaction

1:07 pm

not really.. when you think about it... we both are friends with our three kids, so....

1:08 pm

am I invisible?

1:08 pm

hi peri!

lol dorens

1:08 pm

ty, Ata, dear

1:08 pm

ty, Ata, dear

1:08 pm

actually i'm kind of happy that i can say that we finally are friends after a long unpleasant interlude. no peri, you're not

1:08 pm

ello Peri :-)

clue for the on 6 pls

1:08 pm

was just checking, Doren

1:08 pm

and zooz

1:09 pm

on+ a sqaure has four ****

1:09 pm

am stuck in the re words

1:09 pm

you happened in on the midst of an intense conversation... no offense intended

ty zoom

1:09 pm

yw :-)

1:10 pm

what are the rules? I've just signed up

1:10 pm

do you just make words out of the letters?

1:10 pm

ruby, if you click on the help button right above this, it will help you.

1:10 pm

make words :)

1:10 pm

look at the help above the chat.

1:11 pm

words must be 4 letters long

ask for clues

1:11 pm

and generally incomprehensible

1:11 pm

hello Ruby, once you have read the help section...join in the fun.

1:11 pm

but beware it is very addicting

1:11 pm

sometimes nonsensical

1:12 pm

Hello Mixi :-)

help with the first two or's pls.....

1:13 pm

20 left, going to read for a while, bbs

ok got the first or what about the or 6??

nm moreworded it..

1:14 pm

or + 4/5 of duck down

1:14 pm

grrr why does my protractor keep vanishing??

1:15 pm

hi zoozzoom

1:16 pm

I haven't see a protractor in years Atalante

1:18 pm

I wish I hadn't!

1:19 pm

protractor, compasses, ruler, essential!

1:20 pm

drawing circles? going in circles?

1:20 pm

I remember having a protractor in Geometry and drawing pretty flower petals with it

1:20 pm

I always draw circles. Lots of circles :)

1:21 pm

I only had Geometry for a couple months. I don't remember drawing anything. (I do remember they had to give me an A for it).

1:21 pm

woohoo 50%

1:22 pm

definitely arty circles, not geometry :)

1:22 pm

go harry go!

1:22 pm

I took geometry in 10th grade and really liked it, plane geometry

1:22 pm

my geometry teacher was 70 yrs old and a bit senile -- she gave us the same test twice :-)

1:23 pm

what is a good score?

1:23 pm

loved algebra and trig though

1:23 pm

many many years ago. I didn't like calculus with geometry. Could never picture it.

1:23 pm

we had all sorts of maths up to uni level. It never got divided into separate sections

1:23 pm

racing in to Babble as quickly as possible - net is going up and down like a yo-yo! :(

1:24 pm

Are Americans the only people in the world who refer to math in the singular?

1:24 pm

yep :P

1:24 pm

It has a plural?

1:24 pm

i think so, bichon :-)

1:25 pm

mathematics is a plural, after all...

1:25 pm

A good score is what ever you are pleased with i suppose Ruby, i am not too bothered about the score, i just enjoy finding the words & either chatting or lurking at the chat..lol

1:25 pm

hmmmm ....

1:25 pm

exactly, it's not mathematic!

1:25 pm

lol

1:25 pm

OK, I'll try to remember that.

1:26 pm

(puts on dunce cap.)

1:27 pm

has M. Ed. in math (singular)

1:27 pm

I've always heard students from around the world refer to it in the plural, as well as mails [which Americans only refer to as singular].

1:28 pm

what is the reason for you lot using the singular?

1:28 pm

your guess is as good as mine . . .

1:29 pm

I live now in the South and they refer to it has 59 cent. Singular. Drives me up the wall. I guess it's a matter of learned or habit.

1:29 pm

and we also don't divide it into separate subjects. it's just maths. in which we study calc and geometry and trig and and and

1:31 pm

ah, more than one "math" lumped together = maths

1:32 pm

but it's a general term. we study ethics, not ethic etc

1:32 pm

ata, for me, "math" was a subject in the lower grade levels -- then in high school we "graduated" to algebra, geometry, trig, calculus . . .

1:33 pm

no argument here -- just sayin' . . .

1:33 pm

But it's always "math homework" not "maths homework"

1:33 pm

I think of it as just another endearing way the English lang. varies... as in boot = trunk, bonnet = hood, etc.

1:34 pm

if you hated maths, having to do 3 subjects must have been awful!

1:34 pm

3 or 4 or however many

1:34 pm

:-D

1:34 pm

bye

1:34 pm

bye, ruby ;-)

1:34 pm

Yes, in my native New York City it was always "Don'tya" sounding like it had a ch in the middle

1:35 pm

I always liked math in high school.

1:35 pm

same for the my native dialect from here in Northern Virginia, bichon

1:35 pm

okay, self-eval done! *happy mama look* I have some time to play.

1:35 pm

me too, mixi

1:35 pm

well done, stid :)

1:36 pm

seain! hey there!!! how's the ice cream supply holding out?

1:36 pm

hello, everyone

1:36 pm

Bye ruby

1:36 pm

yay for stiddy! (BTW I have heat -- old unit gone, new one installed)

1:36 pm

hi dcseain

1:36 pm

hey seain :-)

1:36 pm

i went to a HS from math and science, but have always prefrered language, history, and music

1:37 pm

do you just have science, or bio, chem and physics?

1:37 pm

yay for heat! is it quieter too? Our furnace is really really loud. I can hardly wait for it to fail so I can replace it with something a little quieter...

1:37 pm

bio, chem, and physics

fo8,45 plzz

1:37 pm

din't like English and history.

1:38 pm

old one wasn't loud, just cracked and rusted out and nearly 20 yrs old -- they said I was at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning -- yikes!

1:38 pm

good!

1:38 pm

LOL mixi! that's what I will teach (middle school, not high school though)

1:38 pm

good that it's been replaced then, une.

1:38 pm

indeed, seain! :-)

1:38 pm

wow. so glad you have a new one then! Did they suggest/install a CO2 detector for you? We have two in our home, just in case (since everything is propane)

1:39 pm

no, i think they figured I'm ok now

1:39 pm

dogs are VERY relieved they're gone!

1:39 pm

men in the driveway, men in the yard, men under the house! LOL

1:39 pm

I bet!

1:39 pm

I liked math, science and music.

1:40 pm

and not in a FUN way! LOL

1:40 pm

I would suggest a $15 battery-powered CO2 detector, Une. Even a new unit can malfunction. A friend of a friend died a few years back from CO2 poisoning from his heating unit

1:40 pm

*yawn* wedding venue research makes my head hurty. :(

1:40 pm

I liked biology and chemistry, and art, and latin and ancient greek

1:40 pm

men! LOL yes, Lucky is never happy to have workmen and repairmen around

1:40 pm

me too, mixi -- i remember being told that they go together (math, music, languages)

1:40 pm

sorry to hear, evaN

1:40 pm

biology and chemistry -- YUCK!!

1:40 pm

crossy was in a b+b that was wood stove+wood boiler heat.was very nice,but everytime you come in from the snow and cold and sit in front of thast wood stove it was zzzz;)

1:40 pm

I still say eloping is the way to go EvaN...

1:41 pm

eva, looking for somewhere exotic? uber-romantic?

1:41 pm

hello cross! *tosses bacon*

1:41 pm

my HS had 65% of us in the music program

1:41 pm

biology was the best. which is why I'm a biologist. LOL

1:41 pm

howdy stid;)

hi crossy - i smell pork!

1:41 pm

I liked chemistry, never took biology in high school, physics was fun. Organic chem was the BEST

1:41 pm

My parents thought I would major in Math or Physics, so I ended up with a Bachelor of Music.

1:41 pm

ata, i think so much depends on your teacher

1:41 pm

music is the spice of life!

1:41 pm

howdy science

1:41 pm

i loved my genetics and recombinant dna classes. and chinese

they are related mix

1:42 pm

utterly

1:42 pm

I know.

1:42 pm

i wanted to be a United Nations translator -- ended up teaching English as second language, working as editor, and doing freelance translation :-)

1:42 pm

did I mention that someone offered to give our younger son a scholarship for a trombone lesson every month? We turned down the scholarship, but will contact the teacher and get him signed up starting next month.

1:42 pm

music is the unversal spice of life,crosses all borders and boundries;0

1:42 pm

fisheries science and marine toxicology were the best at uni. and palaeoceanography

1:42 pm

But i'm a good enough musician to starve to death.

1:42 pm

stiddy, i sat first chair trombone! LOL

1:42 pm

how wonderful, std!

1:43 pm

paleo-oceanography? *picture of Atalante at bottom of sea with a trowel and measure lines*

parasitology!

1:43 pm

stid LOL!

1:43 pm

oh yes, parasitology is always fun

1:43 pm

oh mixi! I always think the standard band uniform is on purpose, they can go from concert to waiting tables...

1:43 pm

LOL stid

1:44 pm

palaeoceanog. is *fantastic*

1:44 pm

ah, i well remember "band hat hair"

1:44 pm

both our sons love music. the younger plays tbone and tuba and sings, the elder plays trumpet and piano.

1:44 pm

I changed for my masters, then got a job computer programming for 30 year doing the same thing.

1:44 pm

stid, that is fantastic!

1:45 pm

I'm the only utterly unmusical member of the family

1:45 pm

I'm working on a piano recital for my mother=in=law.

1:45 pm

mixi, where are you in NC? my daughter was in Boone for 6 years

1:45 pm

computers and music seem to have a lot in common.

1:45 pm

wow, how wonderful, mixi

1:46 pm

hm. sky looking like precipitation. again.

1:46 pm

both very logical. I'm not a perfectionist, though.

1:46 pm

nice, mixi

1:46 pm

sister was a concert pianist and singer, step-father was director of the Royal College of Music and a well-known composer, and all family friends are stupidly brilliant musicians and composers

1:46 pm

I can just about play grade 1 flute

1:46 pm

it's precipitating through the fog today. Peculiar weather, not unwelcome.

1:46 pm

golly atalante!

1:46 pm

that must have been tough, ata

1:46 pm

logical maybe, but also both can be very creative . . .

1:46 pm

i love lite drizzle with fog. happy weather

i like sun! i suffer in the winter with SADD

1:47 pm

I spent a long time annoying them all by liking Mendelssohn, which is considered very "light" in my family :)

1:47 pm

I sing a little sometimes, and haven't met an instrument I can't play (yet -- though a clarinet is close); but I don't consider myself a musician as much as an appreciative listener

1:47 pm

LOL ata

1:47 pm

impressive, stid!

1:48 pm

Texas, should get some sun, if it's not raining.

1:48 pm

saying that, I can play pretty much any woodwind, and I guess I could get fairly good at them if I wanted to try. But I don't enjoy it all

1:48 pm

I am a pianist. I used to sing in a choir.

1:48 pm

As with languages, I get tired of the instruments long before I have mastered them.

1:48 pm

do you ever wonder about the gazillion people who don't participate in the chog? do you think they just turn it off?

1:48 pm

very cool atalante!

1:49 pm

I took a semester of organ and found I didn't know my left hand from my feet.

1:49 pm

that was a bit of a nonsequitur, Une! LOL

1:49 pm

I did used to love playing bass recorder, and I'd love to learn to play the bassoon. but it;s low down my list of cool things to do!

1:49 pm

i missed singing in the annual midnight Hallelujah Chorus this year :(

1:49 pm

and yes, I do. I think a lot of people are more focused than I am

1:49 pm

une, i read the chog for about year before i spoke up.

1:49 pm

that's me -- queen of the non sequitur :-)

1:49 pm

I don't actually like organ music. The way it's usually played, that is (dirge-like)

1:50 pm

I have a recording, and put it in my CD player on LOUD, so I can sing along.

1:50 pm

wow, really? seain, that's amazing

1:50 pm

why amazing?

1:50 pm

not very fond of organ music either

1:50 pm

i wanted to understand the culture furst.

1:50 pm

*trying to imagine chog w/o seain*

1:50 pm

lurking for a year??

1:50 pm

intentionally so :)

1:50 pm

culture?!? roflmao *gasp choke chortle* for REAL?

1:51 pm

*imagining seain analyzing choggers for a whole year"

1:51 pm

stid LOL

1:51 pm

pe5/12 porridge hot,pe 5/12 porridge cold;)

1:51 pm

LOL

1:51 pm

there were a few chog participants i wanted to understand before entering it.

1:51 pm

there were a few chog participants i wanted to understand before entering it.

1:51 pm

We have a culture w/in the chog, indeed, stid!

1:51 pm

quite so, crossy :)

1:51 pm

*scratching and belching* <-- my contribution to the cultural milieu...

1:52 pm

hello all

1:52 pm

ROFL stid

1:52 pm

oooooo this sounds intriguing

1:52 pm

I can understand that, seain. Some of us are a little peculiar.

1:52 pm

yer crackin' me up, stiddy!

1:52 pm

Hi! lindy

1:52 pm

im so full of culture,i just hand it out in small doses;))

1:52 pm

speaking of peculiar, hello as! *grin*

1:52 pm

hey, lindy :-)

1:52 pm

who were the weird ones??

1:52 pm

gee, thanks! =)

1:52 pm

ignores stid belching

1:52 pm

what was the name of the couple that was so active in the chog back at the beginning? Brits methinks

1:52 pm

yeah. cross'n'me bacon-breathing denizens of culcha

1:53 pm

ooh, found the na5 anti-zenith

1:53 pm

Anj and Lola

1:53 pm

;))

1:53 pm

tx, seain!!

1:53 pm

lola + anj!

1:53 pm

Anj shows up sometimes still -- about twice a year. I miss them.

1:53 pm

yes!! tx ata!

1:53 pm

*pops back in* back. Little mini powercut - neighbour did something with a wire/fuse/other electronic things I'll never understand

1:53 pm

thanks for the n5!

1:53 pm

*smothers NB with huggles*

1:53 pm

me too

1:53 pm

hello Nancy Boy! you missed all the culture talk!

1:53 pm

hey there NB

1:54 pm

lola is on FB and i hear from anj once in a blue moon...

1:54 pm

*is smothered* :D so dinner turned into a candlelit dinner, LOL

1:54 pm

hey, nancy boy -- lurked thru your trauma -- so sorry but hope the future will be wonderful!

1:54 pm

how romantic! or did the power just go off and you had to?

1:54 pm

tx for the update, eva!

1:54 pm

god,i can remember the days when we actually used to jam pennies in behind glass fuses,cause we were so far from the nearest town.lucky we never burned ourselves down

1:54 pm

Thanks, Unea :)

1:54 pm

hello -- looks like everyone is in fine form as usual :)

1:54 pm

I must have typed "found" and round" a gazillion times today

1:55 pm

hey nan! here to add some class, I hope!

1:55 pm

howdy nan

1:55 pm

We had to Stid, LOL. Nice anyway though! Have to start turning it off every night. Cooking by candlelit is no joke though!

1:55 pm

crossy, i remember those days!!

1:55 pm

me?! - rofl

1:55 pm

ro5 is a base for sauce

1:55 pm

hey, nan!

1:55 pm

welcome, nan

1:55 pm

lots of eastern currency today

1:55 pm

ro5? not roux?

1:56 pm

hey harry!

1:56 pm

hi stid

1:56 pm

you are correct, une :) me and my malapropisms

no une a misspelling

1:56 pm

you took the words away from my fingers une

1:56 pm

ok, now i'm curious about ro5 LOL

weird ones????? look whose talking! And I resemble that comment LOL

1:57 pm

ooohhh, the cathedral town, right?

1:57 pm

I think the RO 5 is like a city in france, start like sauce

1:57 pm

anyway, got 169 to get in, hm...one hour. We're out this evening. Living together is so cool!

1:57 pm

ah -- ro5 -- french town

1:57 pm

yes, impressionist subject

1:57 pm

and an insult in English

1:58 pm

go Nancy Boy go!

1:58 pm

it is?

1:58 pm

oops, ro4 sauce base-like :"> i can count!

1:58 pm

and a beautiful cathedral

1:58 pm

LOL Stid. How charitable! :)))

1:58 pm

ro4 is the insult

1:58 pm

what's that, seain?

1:58 pm

is it me,or are these grids getting tougher/:((

1:58 pm

really? ok, new word for me!

1:58 pm

HALFWAY!!!!!!

1:58 pm

I've suddenly hit a very happy pocket after some morose times. I put it down to Leo and you fine people!

1:58 pm

pronounce roo?

1:58 pm

yay stid!

1:58 pm

go, stiddy!

1:58 pm

I gave up and listed at exactly 50%

1:59 pm

rou4 can be a lovable insult though

1:59 pm

oooh. is bf Leo?

1:59 pm

yaa for nancyboy

1:59 pm

ro4 defined: http://tinyurl.com/yak6lk4

2:00 pm

NB. im sure you can manage 1 69 in an hour. ;) :X

2:00 pm

ohhhh, roo-ay!!

2:00 pm

bf is Leo indeed :) he's had his babble welcome. the enthusiasm embarrassed him and he slunk away :)

2:00 pm

still need 4 f's -- they must be really weird

2:00 pm

NB LOL!

2:00 pm

poooor Leo :P

2:00 pm

He's fond of you Ata. LOL

2:00 pm

aha! *waves at Leo in the background* well let him know he can lurk -- seain lurked for a year, apparently!

2:00 pm

LOL NB

2:01 pm

NB dear, are you an FB?

and the p's go on foreever!

forever...oops

2:01 pm

*grin*

2:02 pm

No way Stid, he's picked up the habit of sitting down behind me and pointing out alllll the words I've missed. Adorable but infuriating :D

2:02 pm

lots of P today, wonder if Nutly will show up to make comments?

who is nutly?

2:02 pm

LOL well somebody has to do it, Nancy Boy!

2:02 pm

many of us lurk almost permanently. I've been downright chatty lately.

2:02 pm

tom and i used to play together, than he got tired of my being faster than him

2:02 pm

lol nancyboy,i do that with my mrs and it drives her round the bend

2:02 pm

evanonut is nutly... because she loves squirrels SOOOOOO much (not)

2:02 pm

I'm not, Eva! And I know I must be missing out, but I could -never- work it. I'm a complete technophobe. Email can flummox me at times

2:03 pm

My kids do that Nancy. Very annoying. Especially when they find an easy one I missed!

2:03 pm

hello kc! ((choclits and hugs))

2:03 pm

Crossy, your missus plays?

2:03 pm

No they do NOT Stid lol :)

2:03 pm

she does, and is charming

2:03 pm

if you can babble, you can FB :)

2:03 pm

she does indeed,her babble name is elegant

2:03 pm

grid should take udon - it takes ziti

2:03 pm

LOL Kc, isn't it just?! he says, "why are you so hooked?....THERE'S ONE!"

2:03 pm

*gasp* you never told me she babbles!!!! rofl. I thought it was just you!

2:04 pm

li6 enzyme

2:04 pm

thanks for articulating that seain!

2:04 pm

exactly! I'm about to make them get their own logins...

2:04 pm

ohh..the computer with the comfy chair is free...crossy goes computer hopping..semi-poof

2:04 pm

my husband tries to do it. And so far, he's always failed to find something I missed. *smug*

2:05 pm

Ata! You will get a rep ;)

2:05 pm

down to 100. I shall have to head out so I have everything I need today. Nervous about meeting this teacher I am going to work with, but also excited. I think it will be SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!

2:05 pm

how about hobbit? does hobbit babble?

good luck stid!

2:05 pm

well done stid

2:05 pm

oooh, best of luck Stid! Hope s/he is nice

2:05 pm

wtg, and be well, stid

2:05 pm

gah. it's raining MORE and still the fog doesn't lift. It's clammy and cold even inside with heat turned on.

2:06 pm

Hobbit would be brilliant if she could be bothered :)

2:06 pm

oh, for humidity at this time of year hereabouts

2:06 pm

thanks for all the conversation and love, friends. Have a lovely afternoon/evening! Will return later to tell you all about it!

2:06 pm

*poof*

omg done with the friggin p's!

2:07 pm

seain, just saw that marriage equality passed in DC today!

2:07 pm

hi all

2:07 pm

later, stiddy

2:07 pm

hey, jes :-)

2:08 pm

Oooh I'm left feeling like Eva said earlier - all sentimental and loving of the babblers. You've all been so brilliant.

hi all... fo8,55 please

dont have it team

2:08 pm

lol I just found that one! front wind catcher on a ship

2:09 pm

i've still not encountered it, edward

2:09 pm

fo8 not back + wind power on the open seas

2:09 pm

ty, kc

2:09 pm

got two from that :)

nice une ty

2:10 pm

yw :-)

2:10 pm

seain, just to satisfy my curiousity about your year-long silent observation, did you spook babblers when you finally spoke by your detailed knowledge of them and their little ways?

still looking lol

2:10 pm

hello again, haz!

2:11 pm

i hope not!

2:11 pm

fo4 + sa4

2:11 pm

LOL Haz

2:11 pm

i know i can be pedantic and/or correcting, but i do hope i have some social graces.

2:11 pm

Hello all - just passing through and intrigued about seain.

2:11 pm

hi haz! hi la glitterataspaghattina!

2:12 pm

and i'm shier than people think :)

2:12 pm

It's just interesting - some players jump right in to chat, others never speak, I'm wondering where to place seain in the spectrum.

clue for the un 6 pls

2:12 pm

Some like me come irregularly but NEVER shut up when they do.

2:12 pm

Hello Ata! How's Hobbitellinarinaininininirarina's tail?

2:12 pm

I thought seain always speaks

2:13 pm

LOL nancyboy

2:13 pm

i can relate, DC. despite my kooky persona, i am actually VERY shy in person. (hence why i have yet to actually make it to a babble meetup!)

dc are you a lawyer?

2:13 pm

no, not always.

2:13 pm

very much not, science :)

2:13 pm

That is, Eva, until I pop up outside your front door.

2:13 pm

un+fo4

lol what does that mean and give me the un 6 clue too lol

2:13 pm

un 6: not liking something

2:13 pm

still bald :)

2:13 pm

we'll be happy to see you when you feel up for it, and feel free to bring fiance/hubby, as case may be. Baltimore in the weeks after Tax Day

2:13 pm

I can understand the shyness, seain. But you've met up with other babblers and survived.

ty

2:14 pm

well, i could never deny you, NB. i would smother you with hugs. :)

2:14 pm

and survival is half the battle...;)

2:14 pm

yes, even a few i see outside of regular meet-ups. And it was a friend of mine who referred me here

2:14 pm

LOL Eva. At least you'd know it was me. I often wonder if I ever pass any secret babblers on the street...

2:14 pm

Poor bald Hobbitella.

2:15 pm

thanks fro the U, nan

it is like being in aa

2:15 pm

all I can see as she's running is this little white patch on her tail LOL

2:15 pm

which is like being in aa, science?

2:15 pm

young, gorgeous, asian, gay man with a british accent? yes, i think id recognize you. ;)

2:16 pm

It'll help to identify her in the dark.

being a secret babbler dc

2:16 pm

LOL! I'm the one using your living room window as a mirror.

2:16 pm

hm. a bit so, yes, i see your point :)

2:16 pm

it would!

aha found it thank you all

2:16 pm

Ah, but what sort of British accent? There are lots even though most American film producers seem to think Englishmen are either toffs or cockneys.

2:17 pm

if thats the case, NB, you should come inside -- its cold out there!

2:17 pm

as if most in US would understand Geordie

2:17 pm

or however it's spelled

2:17 pm

It's not hard to understand!

2:17 pm

BTW Eva, I loved your biker chick shoot - you looked so badass!

2:18 pm

finally down to the last 50 -- can list now!

i guess it is also the addictive quality of the game as well.......

2:18 pm

*gasps* you mean all brits dont sound alike? i figured you all did funny walks and sounded like john cleese!

2:18 pm

This is why Ant and Dec have yet to break the US

2:18 pm

LOL evaN

2:18 pm

lucky US!

2:18 pm

LOL Eva!

2:18 pm

TY NB -- i had fun doing that one. though, im STILL not sure where she found those boobs! ;)

2:19 pm

I've met people from Yorkshire in Boston who said people there had trouble understanding them. Of course, the yankess have trouble understand me.

2:19 pm

looks like you had fun! you can always tell when people are relaxed and enjoying themselves. Hence why my icon looks so...uncomfortable. To be fair, I was tiiiired

why cant i see the re 4/4's!?

2:20 pm

re4/4 - a backwards prophet

2:21 pm

ive worked with the photog a few times, so im comfortable with her + her assistant. but when you walk in + she starts talking about "your t*ts and c***" youd better get comfortable really quick! hehe

2:21 pm

ahh much better,the good computer with the big leather swivel chair:))

haz?????

have that one

2:22 pm

re4, set go?

2:22 pm

Then another one is the same, but change the second vowel to another.

2:22 pm

re4 - fix/make again

2:22 pm

Are they all re4/4 you're looking for?

got them i was looking at the wrong part of my list.....gees need new glasses

2:23 pm

LOL Eva. Guess it must help ;) although as you know breasts mystify me and make me completely flustered.

ty all

2:23 pm

afternoon all...(lunch time!)

2:23 pm

Afternoon, Pini :)

2:23 pm

hi, pini

2:23 pm

Hello, Pini.

2:23 pm

hi NB, dc, et al

2:23 pm

someone say bobbies? lol

2:24 pm

NB...how'd your talk go?

2:24 pm

just a secret between the 2 of us, NB, they mystify + fluster me too!

2:24 pm

hi haz :)

2:24 pm

boobies even

boobs???

2:24 pm

LOL Crossy. I'm sure most straight men would kill to be me. There's so much boob action I don't even want!

2:24 pm

lol,always happens that way nb

2:25 pm

heh. there's a song called I wish I was queer so I could get chicks.

2:25 pm

can I get a clue for the lowest left O and right E (for NBT)

2:25 pm

Pini, not good at all :/ I tried your advice with the letter, since I knew I'd never be able to speak properly, but he ripped it up in front of me :/ so will try sending it again in a few weeks...but, here now, so that's what matters :)

2:25 pm

its like when you get married lol'

2:25 pm

hello all

2:26 pm

LOL Jes. Youtube, now!

2:26 pm

At least you tried, NB...give him some time (he'll come around...eventually)

2:26 pm

hi peri ;)

2:26 pm

ad 6/24?

2:26 pm

hope so, Pini :) thanks so much for the advice and support though - I still think writing is a brilliant idea.

2:26 pm

i went to see my friends band play a few weeks ago + i guess my girls must have been nicely displayed because they became the subject of discussion and study for at least a good half hour. the wife of one of the bandmembers felt obligated to bury her face in my chest. :X

2:26 pm

when your single,you cant find it with a shotgun,once that ring is on you have to scrape them off with a putty knife;0..sorry ladies but true i guess once that glean is out of yer eyes ,you become safe again;0

2:26 pm

* smile * You're welcome...

2:27 pm

it's all horrible stereotypes, of course, but amusing if you don't take it too seriously

2:27 pm

i love that song, jes. i love Bloodhound Gang!

2:27 pm

nah. it's not about you, crossy, it's about wanting what some other girl has. womens are evil.

2:27 pm

lol jes

2:27 pm

last re7 pls

2:28 pm

one thing Nancy, from one who has plenty of family issues, this is what I've learned: FAMILY are the people who love and care about you. The rest are just accidents of genetics and life is usually better w/o them.

2:28 pm

LOL Eva! I'm really immature, talk of your "girls" just makes me giggly. Might call Leo in if breasts are the order of the day...

2:28 pm

clues for the O and E in the bottom corners?

re's are killing me!

2:28 pm

jes,the only think i know about women after 17 years of wedded bliss ,is that it has something to do with chocolate...lol

2:28 pm

op4, pini

2:28 pm

Oh Jes, after surviving several years as the gay kid in high school, I take EVERYTHING with a pinch of salt :)

2:28 pm

oh, alas. its time for me to head home. still have a fair amount of holiday shopping to get done. wish i could stay + cuddle with you longer, dearest NB. :)

2:28 pm

just got it, jes! :)

2:29 pm

night Eva!

2:29 pm

bye, eva

2:29 pm

duh. chocolate is the correct answer to EVERYTHING.

bottom corner o - when you are not in plus when you tell a fib

2:29 pm

lol nancyboy,you should move here,gay,lesbian/other we dont even blink about it anymore,full marriage rights etc in place

2:29 pm

thx geek!!!

2:29 pm

I am TIRED of being invisible

2:30 pm

not everything, kc, just 99.2% of things ;)

2:30 pm

peri!!!

2:30 pm

invisible, peri?

2:30 pm

I feel invisible as well -- have asked for 2 clues and never been noticed

2:30 pm

rossy pounces on perri

2:30 pm

yes I said hello earlier today and no noe answered for quite a while and I asked for clues for the re7 a few minutes ago

2:31 pm

Wish you could stay too Eva :) will have to move onto my secondary cuddle buddy. sure he won't mind being referred to in such a way. Lovely to see you, as always :)

2:31 pm

ouch*

2:31 pm

sorry... not meaning to ignore you nan, missed the questions. in and out of chat (and probably dont have the words anyway!)

2:31 pm

I'm looking for it peri -- don't have it either

2:31 pm

even NB is ignoring me

2:31 pm

sorry, peri. we really do love you.

2:31 pm

Kc, just saw what you wrote! What a lovely and fitting thing to say :) and very comforting, thank you. I'm sure you're right!

2:31 pm

sorry peri,sometimes chat moves too fast for this slow typer for me to catch everyone

2:31 pm

How could I ignore you Peri :D Everything is getting buried in the chog!

2:32 pm

taking a break -- brb

2:32 pm

how are you, NB?

2:32 pm

porch swept, cat confused by that, coffee ice cream in bowl, microwave beeping that chocolate sauce is ready. brb

2:32 pm

*gives NB a quick snog on her way out the door* gnite all!

2:33 pm

yeah. Honestly, I stopped talking to my "mother" 10 years ago. Was the best thing EVER.

24

2:33 pm

how you been, nb? I haven't seen you on in ages.

2:33 pm

Well Peri, thanks to Eva I'm STUNNED! No, I'm alright thank you - much better than yesterday, thanks to babble family :) how are you?

2:33 pm

just scrolled back to read KC's post...eloquently said friend!!!

2:34 pm

lol,chat is moving too fast for ole crossy,so if anyone want my attention,just throw bacon at me

2:34 pm

take care, evaN

2:34 pm

I've been great thanks, Jes :) been travelling and sorting some stuff out...moved in with my boyfriend yesterday :) hence the huge family dramas. how have you been?

2:34 pm

I know Crossy, I'm drowning!

clue for one of the dr 5 pls have two

2:34 pm

oh, grats! i also acquired a live-in bf, and am enjoying it immensely :)

2:34 pm

lol nb

2:35 pm

had a flue shot today and my arm hurts but doing well otherwise.

2:35 pm

have been invited to a holiday open house on Fri and was told not to bring anything but want to anyway. any suggestions

2:36 pm

you have a chimney in your arm, peri ;) ?

2:36 pm

you know how i got my mrs to move in with me?? breakfasts all men learn how to make amazing breakfast as a lure to get them to stay overnight;))))

2:36 pm

i got the 9 but no 8

2:36 pm

thankfully, so far the only dramas i've acquired with the bf's family is that his folks are uber-conservative-christian and think the government is a huge consipiracy to intrude on their lives. but as long as we don't talk about those things, its good ;)

2:36 pm

i believe in bringing wine

2:36 pm

what do they start with?

2:36 pm

wine. then breakfast. THat'd work too!

2:36 pm

fo 8 x2 -- both compunds

2:36 pm

Jes, I'm inclined to take you into a corner and jump up and down and squeal with you. Very excited about it :)

2:36 pm

fo8

2:37 pm

i think, peri, that this is one of those situations where kc's right--chocolate is your answer! :)

2:37 pm

haha, seain

2:37 pm

thanks cnan, dc, i got them!

2:37 pm

Some hot topics to stay clear of Jes, do you end up talking about the weather a lot? ;)

2:37 pm

lol chocolate,my bail out present for 17 years

2:37 pm

maybe I can find some chocolate wine :)

2:37 pm

sadly...I must return to work...will be back later tonight...cya then!

2:37 pm

hee! it's been a long time since I bounced and squealed about something.. my squee-ing sort of friends don't live locally any more :)

2:38 pm

mostly we talk about animals and food

2:38 pm

I can make some fudge

2:38 pm

oh peri, if there was such a thing...

2:38 pm

fudge is always a good thing, IMHO

2:38 pm

in-laws are best at 400 miles away or better;))

2:38 pm

i dunno about chocolate wine, but there's chocolate liquor...

2:38 pm

is ther cholit flavored vodka?

2:39 pm

see you, Pini :)

2:39 pm

I have tried Godiva, was not impressed

clue for the de 7 pls

2:39 pm

there may be, peri

2:39 pm

yes, peri. we like Three Olives brand chocolate vodka

or the 6 above it?

2:39 pm

must find 11 more words

2:39 pm

peri,i can make you some nice bacon vodka

2:39 pm

LOL Seain :)

2:39 pm

ad 6, please?

2:39 pm

did not know there was such a thing, seain, is it good

2:40 pm

no thanks crossy, but thanks for offering

2:40 pm

Tom and I both like it very much

2:40 pm

hmmm

2:40 pm

I like vodka and love choclit, what a combo

2:40 pm

Three Olives specializes in flavored vodkas. The Bubble Gum flavor got good reviews recently, though i hate bubble gum

2:41 pm

a chocolate fondue and martinis

2:41 pm

do you drink it straight or mixed with something

2:41 pm

I like buble gum, will have to check out the wine and spiritis store

ACK!!!!!! I will BUY a clue for the last de 6 and 7 PLEASE LOL chogging on

2:41 pm

*throwing of cloak of invisibility -- ad 6/24, please?

2:41 pm

ad6 is plural of ad5, when you really like someone.

2:41 pm

I prefer hot chocolate with a dash of brandy - mmm :)

2:41 pm

need help with last three re words pretty please

2:42 pm

de and po4 and pl

ad 6/24 is ad + not a verb

2:42 pm

i like rum in my hot chocolate

2:42 pm

that sounds good too, NB

2:42 pm

ty geek

2:42 pm

I like the root beer flavored vodka

ty peri

still missing one de

2:43 pm

if your'e adding alkyhol to hot chocolate, it's gotta be peppermint schnapps

2:43 pm

coffee ice cream with chocolate sauce just ain't the same w/out the Hydrox and butter crust.. sigh

2:43 pm

although can one really beat a little whisky in front of the fire?

2:43 pm

just need last re7 pls

2:43 pm

crossy wants to get a real majong set for the house;)

ack d's done!

majong is fun!

2:44 pm

re7 tiny particles like gunpowder

2:44 pm

thanks zooz

2:44 pm

ed

2:44 pm

yw

2:45 pm

i play maj jongg too

2:45 pm

i play with it on the computer dc,and thought the real deal would be fun

2:45 pm

it's amazing how clean concrete looks when you sweep it.

2:46 pm

my friends and i play by slightly modified Japanese rules.

2:46 pm

Hi All. Happy afternoon or whatever.

2:46 pm

welcome, hego

2:46 pm

there is a concrete wash dc,1 cup for 5 gal of water,brings stained concrete right back

2:46 pm

hy, zooz

2:46 pm

sa7 pl

2:46 pm

unless it is a deep old oils stain

2:47 pm

this was not stained, merely very dusty, but good to know

2:47 pm

NM sa7 an unhappy pressing device

2:47 pm

Hi, Hego :)

2:47 pm

hullow, hego :)

2:47 pm

ty pero

2:48 pm

ty, peri :)

2:48 pm

Hi NB andd jes.

2:48 pm

nudes

2:48 pm

oops! sorry D:

2:48 pm

are quite fun, nancy

2:49 pm

have you been peeping again, nancy?

2:49 pm

just my luck to get caught out on that

2:49 pm

un6 pls

2:49 pm

pb for nb!!

2:49 pm

what -is- the pb?! I always see it mentioned!

2:49 pm

not kindly disposed towards, peri

2:49 pm

it is a dredfull place....

2:49 pm

a place where we send those who post words in the chog....

2:50 pm

LOL Crossy

2:50 pm

but we keep cookies and tea in there;)

2:50 pm

it's where we go when we type words in the blog. it's full of food and drink, and a fireplace, and a hot tub, and more!

2:50 pm

penalty box. it's where crossy stashes his vodka and people frequently leave chocolate

2:50 pm

and bacon weaves!!

2:50 pm

and this is a punishment...how?!

2:50 pm

Now I hear there are cabana boys!

2:51 pm

0_o bacon weaves? Do i want to know.

2:51 pm

and oriental massage ladies for me

2:51 pm

...where did you say it was? :D

2:51 pm

cabana boys!?! hmm... ponders getting in trouble.

2:51 pm

thanks, jess, dumb word

2:51 pm

it is that, peri

yes jess we need those

i would love a rasher weave crossy!

8 left

2:52 pm

this is great, I only officially started acknowledging my sexuality on babble a couple of days ago (besides the name, erp) and now people are offering me cabana boys. I must join many societies and come out to ALL of them

2:52 pm

LOL nancy

2:52 pm

hahahah!

2:52 pm

the more cabana boys the merrier, i always say

2:52 pm

like i said nb.it does not matter.we are babble buddies we dont judge

2:53 pm

pa 7?

2:53 pm

Hey NB, I wanted those boys myself!

2:53 pm

brb store run

2:53 pm

by crossy, run carefully on the ice :)

2:53 pm

nm -- found it

2:53 pm

have a oriental massage honey for me in the pb when i get back..semi-poof

2:53 pm

Fight you for 'em hego :D

2:53 pm

last 20 after lunch -- bye

2:53 pm

fireworks

2:54 pm

bye for now

2:54 pm

congrats, peri

2:54 pm

Oh, okay, I'll share.

2:54 pm

yay peri! have fun :)

6 re left and i am stuck

2:54 pm

congrats and be well, peri

2:55 pm

see you soon I hope, Peri :)

2:55 pm

wow. apparently I sound fine today, therefore I don't have after-effects of flu anymore

2:55 pm

hi ata :)

2:56 pm

oh, how wonderful, ata!

2:56 pm

this would have happened much sooner if I hadn't dared to keep one window slightly open in the house

2:56 pm

good, isn't it!

2:58 pm

more than I can say for myself, Ata! *doleful sneeze* although it is all my fault for refusing to wear coats of an evening. They cover up good outfits.

2:58 pm

LOL. sounds familiar.

2:58 pm

*puts on mask before entering chog*

2:58 pm

re6 unto Caeser...

2:58 pm

how dare I want fresh air in a house that husband heats far too hot each day?

2:58 pm

hi, jmc

2:59 pm

*whispers* we know it's you...

2:59 pm

a NO4 is a person place or thing!

2:59 pm

Mmmm...I dream of what 'far too hot' feels like

2:59 pm

not that kind of mask I am trying avoid all this sneezing

a clue pls for the last re 7

2:59 pm

Oh! LOL

2:59 pm

you're on a roll dc!

clue pls for the last re 7 i have 4 left

hate to quit now

3:01 pm

science, what does one do when one points out some science to someone, and they refuse to believe you?

3:01 pm

Oops, nine o'clock, better get ready to go out. To leather or not to leather?

3:02 pm

leather!

3:02 pm

Be careful young man.

3:02 pm

All your Babble mom's want you safe.

3:03 pm

that's all fairly normal for soho, hego :)

3:03 pm

Aww Hego :) s'alright, I have my hired muscle with me

3:03 pm

Just doing my mom thing, Ata.

no clue ata out of patience

3:04 pm

Lol, NB!

3:04 pm

when he starts with the whips and chains, then get worried ;)

3:04 pm

Ata!!! *blushing*!!

3:04 pm

Too funny!

3:05 pm

you forgot the cats-of-nine-tails, ata!

3:05 pm

*grin*

3:05 pm

That clunking noise was my 'hired muscle' fainting behind me ;)

3:06 pm

LMAO

3:07 pm

Oh no! You've walked into the fangs of a slavering grue. LOL

3:07 pm

don't think you're his favourite anymore Ata! ;)

3:08 pm

right, off to fight way into leather! I'll leave Leo gaping at the chat with mouth wide open...

3:09 pm

hello all, testing the new icon for size.

3:10 pm

okay, that worked. off to show mother how to edit photos. *poof*

3:11 pm

wtg stiddie

need the middle re 6/18 for my last word!

3:13 pm

as in set off in a ship again?

3:13 pm

There is the one to hammer again. I don't have the other.

3:13 pm

I need that also pls

that was it thank wht

3:14 pm

That's it!! tx

3:14 pm

bye NB! bye Leo!

3:14 pm

ty dcs

3:14 pm

congrats, science

3:14 pm

hasta NB and Leo

3:15 pm

no no, we are delayed, he needs my laptop for a mo apparently :) I'm off now though, to wait in the kitchen and tap my feet ;) night and love, everyone!

3:16 pm

be well, NB

3:18 pm

bye NB

3:19 pm

hi wht

3:19 pm

hi jmc

3:21 pm

(sorry, barging in, this isn't jesse - it's leo. Just wanted to say thanks to you all - he was full of gratitude about how lovely you all were, and as such I am full of gratitude too.)

3:22 pm

it's a family here Leo :)

3:22 pm

have a great evening!

3:22 pm

YVW Leo.

3:24 pm

yw leo

3:27 pm

our pleasure, leo :)

3:28 pm

hi all clue please for un6/33?

3:29 pm

not liking of, flask

3:30 pm

i'm un6 of watermelon

3:31 pm

thanx DC

3:31 pm

adorable icon, flask :)

3:32 pm

thankyou, I think so too!

3:33 pm

huh. ei5 is a duck.

3:34 pm

oh! i saw those in New England. Based on markings, i thought a type of gull. Well, i know now :)

3:34 pm

do the duck rubber duck duck rubber duck

3:35 pm

lol jmc

3:35 pm

I'm going crazy with the last ro5,12. PLS!

3:35 pm

add a consonant to the 4

3:36 pm

town in France

3:36 pm

one of my favorite sesame street songs, that and put that duckie down and do the batty bat

3:36 pm

I'm trying mixi. tx

3:37 pm

have you seen the Muppert Bohemian Rhapsody and Carol of the Bells?

3:37 pm

wall paper is removed from master bedroom! Yeah!!

3:37 pm

Ah, yes. Light bulb on, tx all.

3:37 pm

no i haven't dc

3:37 pm

cool, mixi!

3:37 pm

wtg mix

3:37 pm

they're on YouTube :) the Bohemian Rhapsody is esp nice

3:38 pm

brb

3:38 pm

mama! mama? MAAA MAAAA?

3:38 pm

mama! mama? MAAA MAAAA? LOL

3:39 pm

they were all removed dc because of copyrights

3:40 pm

silly copyrights

3:40 pm

:-(

3:41 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEpdxs WZLA

3:41 pm

still there

3:41 pm

carry on cause it doesn't really matter :)

3:41 pm

ty brb

3:42 pm

howdy, just

3:42 pm

hiya dc hi all

3:44 pm

I see a silhouette scotta mouche scotta mouche can you do the fandango very frightning to me ( blush)

3:45 pm

LOL Just :D

3:45 pm

let me go let me go mamma mia let me go

3:45 pm

Loved Freddy...what a waste of a life :(

3:45 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yj7ddkj muppet studios youtube channel. Go subscribe now!

3:46 pm

indeed so, Just. so sad, that

3:46 pm

what a voice

3:47 pm

will not let me go...let me go...will not let me go...let me go...

3:48 pm

k I'll shut up now just had to do my mercury at least once

3:49 pm

:D

3:49 pm

noros

3:49 pm

noris

3:49 pm

oops so sorry

3:49 pm

PB :)

3:49 pm

there be mud pie there today

3:50 pm

thunderbolt and lighting...

3:50 pm

if they didn't eat it all

3:50 pm

pb for me?

3:50 pm

can't get it to play on this office computer. I will have to wait till i get home

3:50 pm

pb for you

3:50 pm

very very frightening

3:51 pm

what'd i say, what'd I say

3:51 pm

I mean I apologized for my n word so that shouldn't count

3:52 pm

bbiab

3:52 pm

fair enough :)

3:52 pm

alas, jmc, it's worth it

3:54 pm

i am very fo4 of the muppets i even like their A Christmas Carol and I am pretty much of a purist on that one.

3:56 pm

with you there, jmc :)

3:57 pm

they posted a Carol of the bells the other day, too

3:59 pm

oh, good, just cloudy, no precip in fo4cast

4:01 pm

your turn jmc

4:02 pm

and hi seain

4:07 pm

hi, dorens :)

4:09 pm

love your pic, doren :0

4:10 pm

oh thanks ata.. that's baby, not lucy (who looks like silverclaw) He isn't pretty, but he is kind of cute

4:11 pm

he looks very handsome!

4:11 pm

he thinks he's quite the hot stuff, that is obvious! my problem is they don't really get along well, and he sort of torments poor old lucy

4:12 pm

awwwww! poor lucy!

4:12 pm

poor lucy indeed

4:13 pm

want to hear a weird coincidence?

4:13 pm

always, sammys :)

4:14 pm

my hubby is doing a crossword puzzle- as he is writiong in oral ( clue was preacher roberts) ,, there was news bullitin- oral roberts just died!!

4:14 pm

freaky

ad6,24 pretty please

4:15 pm

plural ad5

4:16 pm

he ad6 her

i have that one,

4:18 pm

ad + person, place, or thing

4:19 pm

thanks DC. Morning all

4:20 pm

back again

4:20 pm

hi Jess

got it thanks

4:23 pm

wow. chat slowed down a lot while i was out

4:28 pm

ou6 anyone pls.

4:29 pm

ou6 tell a better untruth than anyone else

4:30 pm

Oh my. tx Lyn and Hi.

4:30 pm

ty, lyn

4:30 pm

morning, lyn

4:32 pm

ooh, thanks, lynxxx, i stopped in just in time to get your clue

4:32 pm

hi babblers

4:32 pm

hi, jbv

4:32 pm

hi jbv :)

4:32 pm

hi JBV

4:33 pm

hi seain - how was your babble meet up - haven't chatted with you since then

4:33 pm

wonderful food, and wonderful company. Picture in my Flickr, my FB and the Babblers Worldwide FB group

4:33 pm

hi jes

4:34 pm

we're planning another meet-up post tax-day in Baltimore, MD

4:34 pm

checked flicker- nice photo! Tom feeling OK?

4:35 pm

mostly, yes. he went back to work - light duty - two weeks ago

4:36 pm

Yes and Fireworks!!! Tx all.

4:36 pm

he'll be starting cardiac rehab soon. Soon as i can get him to call Loudoun Hospital .

4:36 pm

congrats, hego

4:36 pm

good sign of progress - slow and steady

4:36 pm

Dc I'd be interested in that meet up.

4:37 pm

Congrats Hego!

4:37 pm

congrats, hego

4:37 pm

I'd love to meet some Babblers!

4:38 pm

yay hego!

4:38 pm

Ty, TY

4:38 pm

NIte all! Must go.

4:39 pm

back from phone call

4:39 pm

BBS need some coffee

4:40 pm

g'night hego

4:41 pm

hello

4:42 pm

hi, enomis

4:42 pm

hi enoomis

4:43 pm

100 left, how is everybody else doing?

4:43 pm

38

4:44 pm

I've 59 to go

4:46 pm

90 left

4:49 pm

66 more for me

i'm stuck on my final four... #

4:51 pm

go pinny. i'l be happy just to get to 30 before my workout

4:51 pm

i almost found my favorite needlecase in this grid, but it was just a phantom

anyone got clues for: the second li6/21; both re6/18; and the se7/32?

4:52 pm

second li 6.21 is an enzyme (i think)

4:52 pm

it is, dorens :)

4:53 pm

li + polite people say *le*** and thank you

4:53 pm

re6/18 re + what you hammer into a board

brilliant - 2 to go!

4:54 pm

re6/18 head into the open waters, again

4:54 pm

une I just won tickets on ebay for a christmas present for ken. not a show though, the met. tosca. great seats

4:54 pm

how wonderful, dorens!!!

amazing! one left...

4:54 pm

very nice, dorens :)

4:55 pm

all hopes of a trip to the big apple went out the window this week -- $4700.00 to replace central air unit :-(

4:55 pm

there are several shows i'd have liked to see, but thinking that this is for him, and he used to like opera very much and we've never been. I definitely spent more than i would have for broadway... production sounds terrific though, and i think he'll love it.

4:55 pm

oh no une... so sorry!

4:55 pm

sounds like a very generous, thoughtful gift, dorens :-)

4:56 pm

wow, une, that's a big bite

4:56 pm

a HUGE bite, yes . . .

annnnnnnnnnnnnnd FIREWORKS

4:56 pm

reminds me of the time we shelled out $5,000.00 to the Roto Rooter guy right before Christmas

anyone need a clue before i pop off?

4:56 pm

congrats pinny!!

4:57 pm

bichon, sounds very familiar :-)

4:57 pm

yay piinny!

4:57 pm

congrats, pinny

4:57 pm

And that was about 10 years ago, imagine what that would be in today's money

4:59 pm

no kidding, bichon!

4:59 pm

Anyone who sees a manicurist knows that pedi is a word! :o)

4:59 pm

And since it was Dec. and they had to dig up the entire backyard to find the line they didn't fill in the trenches til spring

4:59 pm

snout

4:59 pm

ohmygosh!

4:59 pm

ty, buff, foound a pe5 from that :)

5:00 pm

Oh - I'm sorry - I was in the wrong box. PB for me.

5:00 pm

i live in a land where there's road construction still in Dec, so not filling in trenches in Dec, at least here, would usually be inexcusable.

5:01 pm

ah, seeing where you live bichon, than makes sense

5:01 pm

same here, seain, seems never-ending!

5:01 pm

it looked like a war zone. Oh, the joys of home ownership

5:02 pm

do you get cold winters in Nashville Une?

5:02 pm

they're widening 495 for the 2nd time in my life. I was 4/5 the last time. It's been surreal watching the clearing. It's weird seeing all of Tysons Corner now that the trees are gone.

5:03 pm

it depends -- and it's like where seain lives -- a couple of weeks ago it was bitter cold, then yesterday it was nearly 70, then today the high was 37 -- wackadoodle!

5:04 pm

yep. lke that here, too, une. Last week 70s. Then it snowed. Then 50s.

5:04 pm

hey une and seain i made a mistake.. tickets i bid on were for turandot, not tosca

5:04 pm

winters are definitely getting warmer in general -- i can remember below zero temps and a foot of snow at Xmas!

5:05 pm

one Xmas, we got bikes, and were riding them that afternoon. We didn't believe our mom when she told as that they had to wait til Spring to ride where she grew up. LOL

5:05 pm

it's still a lovely gift, dorens :-)

5:05 pm

:-D

5:05 pm

it has snowed on Xmas twice in my life here. We don't get much snow before Jan usually.

5:05 pm

hello all

5:05 pm

wb, lindy

5:05 pm

hey, lindy :-)

5:06 pm

It's been on the warm side and rainy here. Very un-New England [pout]

5:06 pm

hi all--just popping in for a minute. recent chat reminds me of my furnace guy squatting in my Vermont basement three days before Christmas and saying "Well, let's just say you're not going to Italy this year--and maybe never."

5:06 pm

in north jersey, where i grew up, christmas weather varied.. one year we got sleds, and used them right away. another year i got a pogo stick, and used it right away. sometimes snow, sometimes 50 degrees... oh well

5:06 pm

hi aslindy, jayk and bichon

5:06 pm

jayk! LOL

5:06 pm

LOL jayk. that must have been disheartening

5:06 pm

SO disheartening. He was Italian, so he knew it hurt

5:07 pm

ow!

5:07 pm

i thought white xmas was mostly a myth until i was in my 20s and living in Boston.

5:07 pm

a clue for the sa 7?

5:08 pm

I live in Michigan, we almost always have a white Christmas

5:08 pm

lindy, my daughter's at UMich -- brrrrr!!!

5:08 pm

bichon--an unhappy pressing device

5:08 pm

great clue, jayk

5:08 pm

ty JayK

5:09 pm

tx jayk!!

5:09 pm

yw. you got the ad 7/32?

5:09 pm

se7, pls?

5:09 pm

it's a one who, jayk

5:09 pm

jayk... one who does ad 5,12

5:10 pm

a one who????

5:10 pm

se 7?

5:10 pm

one who ad5

5:11 pm

can I have a clue for the de9,60 please

5:11 pm

think the chili's "done" -- i keep adding a little red wine, then adding a bit to my glass, then adding more to the pot, then . . . etc. :-)

5:11 pm

ah, the Julia Child school of cooking. i approve

5:11 pm

de 9 add on to the word before it aslindy

5:11 pm

to the point where you'll never know if it's done or not, but won't care either?

5:11 pm

:-D

5:12 pm

bichon, I knew that... but can't get what to add on

5:12 pm

se 7 - se + consonant + ideal society - Ut****

5:12 pm

ty JBV

5:13 pm

ty, jbv

5:13 pm

ty jbv

5:13 pm

de 9 it's a place where the de people would live, pl

5:13 pm

ok. down below 30 now... time for exercise... see you later

5:13 pm

ty for de9, place to find de5

5:14 pm

plural those clues

5:14 pm

ok, I have never heard of such a thing

5:15 pm

not that I normally am familiar with all the words... but that is just a weird word

5:15 pm

that's enable aslindy, you're not supposed to know all these words!

5:15 pm

aslindy--no got the 6, not the 7/32. not that i'm going to finish. 43 left

5:16 pm

the de9 is the house of a religious De**

5:17 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgmXrAR r6aI ROFLMAO

5:18 pm

new Simon's Cat :D http://tinyurl.com/yewbybc

5:19 pm

got to go... supper is ready

5:19 pm

you all have fun

5:19 pm

njoy, lindy

5:20 pm

seain, i'm not a cat person but Simon's cat always cracks me up! LOL

5:21 pm

bye, lindy!

5:22 pm

i am a cat person, so they're doubly funny :D

5:22 pm

this one so captures cat+first snow of the year

5:23 pm

oh, and i just watched Simon's sister's dog -- hilarious and SO TRUE -- my dogs would eat until they explode if given the chance! LOL

5:23 pm

dr 6/21? anyone?

5:24 pm

yes, that's a good one, too

5:24 pm

extend the 5, jayk

5:24 pm

dr6.21 the person who goes on and on and on

5:25 pm

DUH! Thx

5:27 pm

pe5 porridge = bland dal apparently.

5:29 pm

remember that kids rhyme...pe*** porridge hot, pe*** porridge cold, pe*** porridge in the pot, 9 days old - it might have been a skipping rhyme come to think about it

5:31 pm

indeed, lyn, that's what i always think of each time that word's in the grid. Only context i've seen it in.

5:32 pm

mmm,making up a sirloin tip roast of beef,bacon and cheddar scalloped taters and peches and cream niblets corn..common over everyone;)))

oh the phantoms are killing me

5:33 pm

peches and cream niblets corn?

5:33 pm

etui for two, Good Enough?

5:33 pm

You live high on the hog Crossy!

5:33 pm

indeed dc,you guys call it butter and sugar corn

phantoms=response, tulip, opens...

5:34 pm

butter and sugar corn? that parses, but never had it to my knowledge.

5:34 pm

not reallt lynxx,i can feed 10 people out of this at 3 dollars a plate:)

5:35 pm

crossy--do you know you and i share a bacon obsession?

I always love when you can get etui dcseain!

5:35 pm

love that needle case

5:35 pm

etui for you, etwee for me....

5:36 pm

indeed jayk? remind me to give you some of my recipies,including bacon weave,bacon vodka and bacon muffins

5:36 pm

i saw the bacon muffins. i like mine unadulterated

5:37 pm

ahh a bacon purist..then a bacon weave and maybe the bacon explosion

5:37 pm

the bacon explosion? THAT sounds right!

5:38 pm

oh and hamburgers made entirely of ground bacon;)))

5:38 pm

My great-aunt Verna puts bacon in her corn pudding. my sister and i think that's just wrong

5:38 pm

No, tht's SO right!!!

5:38 pm

corn pudding?..ewww

5:39 pm

so what IS the bacon explosion?

5:39 pm

reminds me,i have a rasher or 3 of maple cured and hickory smoked heaven in the fridge right now thats will need to be fried up for brekkies tommorow

5:39 pm

back again with 12 to go

5:40 pm

pa7?

5:40 pm

ahh jayak,ll put that recipie in my profile tommorow i promise

5:40 pm

hurshy--pa7 = someone from the Godfather

5:41 pm

nvm, pulled a peri

5:41 pm

pa7 pa & lowly bee

5:41 pm

thanks jayk :)

5:41 pm

but ill share the bacon weave with you now..1 sec

5:41 pm

savory corn pudding, crossy. not known up there?

5:41 pm

yw. trade for the last or4?

5:42 pm

minerals

5:42 pm

here u go jayk...

5:42 pm

http://www.holytaco.com/if-i-die-bacon -related-death-id-it-be-because

5:42 pm

hursh--dear lord! of course!thx

5:43 pm

i am SO making that for Tom this week :D

5:43 pm

thank you for that, crossy

5:44 pm

i wonder if that would work as a canape for our birthday party.

5:44 pm

lol np dc

5:44 pm

crossy: re holy taco: you have GOT to be kidding!

5:44 pm

it would just slice it thin

5:45 pm

i was thinking 8-10 slices/log, each slice neatly tooth-picked.

5:46 pm

and maybe a variant with diced onion baking on the bacon, with some minced jalapeno with the cheese.

5:47 pm

first re 6/18, please?

5:47 pm

re-hammer it, nan

5:47 pm

ty seain

5:49 pm

sounds great dc,id use the sweet valencia onion

5:50 pm

those aren't available in Feb, alas.

5:50 pm

:((

5:50 pm

though maybe some cippolini

5:50 pm

a small, somewhat sweet italian onion

5:50 pm

there you go;),there are limitless combinations for bacon;))

5:51 pm

bacon makes everything right;))

5:51 pm

brb,semo-poof

5:52 pm

so, if we're out of town 13-14 Feb, think we can have a party at our place on the 20th?

5:52 pm

grrrr -- been around the letter 4 times and still can't find the last se 4/4

5:52 pm

a type of fortune-teller

5:53 pm

duh -- ty seain

5:53 pm

Hey Sweeties !!

5:53 pm

hi Aussie

5:53 pm

herro, aussie!

5:54 pm

rrrruff !!

5:55 pm

i cleaned the keyboard. it shines :) and the wiimote got cleaned too.

5:55 pm

oooooh, go Seain !!

5:56 pm

sweeping the balcony was satisfying too. All nesty today i am apparently.

5:56 pm

se 7, please?

5:57 pm

an unhappy pressing device that's pointy at both ends

5:57 pm

isn't that the sa 7?

5:57 pm

se & word book e*cyl**ed**

5:58 pm

my brainfart, sorry :)

5:58 pm

ty lynxxx -- at least it was one I didn't know!

5:58 pm

lovely !! thank you for both those clues !!

5:58 pm

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

5:58 pm

congrats, nan :)

5:58 pm

and lol @ Seain's Brain Fart !

5:59 pm

YAY Nan !!!!!

5:59 pm

Hooray for C'nan!

5:59 pm

entertaining tonight so have to run -- drop over for some lemon pie later :)

5:59 pm

thank you, nan, have fun :)

5:59 pm

I'll be there so save some for me! have fun C'nan

5:59 pm

**thanking Nan in advance for Lemon Pie**

6:03 pm

9 words left and I just find the cheese fo*** !

6:04 pm

lol Lynx :)

6:04 pm

ty, lyn

6:05 pm

nan, zigzag up the right side :)

6:06 pm

evening, jilli

6:06 pm

Hey Jilli !!

6:07 pm

hi Jilli

6:09 pm

whoever it was earlier was right. there are many asian currencies today.

6:09 pm

also dutch - du4.6

6:10 pm

ah, is that what that word is. ty, lyn

6:18 pm

Think I have no more excuses for delaying doing Xmascards - unless someone wants some clues?

6:19 pm

enjoy, lyn :)

6:19 pm

Byee

6:22 pm

clue for ad6/24 please ?

6:23 pm

add a person, place or thing

6:24 pm

firewords :)

6:24 pm

hmmm....

6:24 pm

YAY Seain !!!!

6:28 pm

duh ! Thanks Seain..... Finally found it.

6:30 pm

you didn't grow up with Schoolhouse Rock, did you :)

6:30 pm

you should buy the DVDs for your daughter.

6:31 pm

no, I didn't.... Whats that then ?? Shall I google ?

definition for the 8 and 9?

6:31 pm

onesie is too a word!

6:33 pm

the 9 could be a high tower-like place where school headmasters would reside...

6:33 pm

one 8 could be be**** not after + ships **** on water

6:34 pm

the other could be be**** not after + not the front or back , but the left or right hand ****

ty aussie

how's your cousin?

6:35 pm

yw Espirit :)

6:35 pm

She is much better now thanks.....

POunnnnnnnnnnce

what does the 9 start with?

6:35 pm

**splat**.... Hey Herin !

6:35 pm

de9

6:35 pm

DE9/60

Howdy.

6:36 pm

Hey Dan !

6:36 pm

How is ya girl ??

6:36 pm

hi, lady and dan

6:36 pm

yes, google schoolhouse rock :)

6:37 pm

de9 - places to find de5

6:37 pm

I did Seain.... looks cool !

back soon have to wash the curtains and bring in the laundry of mount washmore

6:39 pm

lol, Mount Washmore..... I did my Laundrymy laundry before work....

6:40 pm

oops.... my laundry, my laundry ?? lol...

its stinky hot here i figured its time to get the sheets and curtains and cushions out and washed

6:42 pm

yeah.... It's colder than a Polar Bear's bum here....

its hit 32 already and its only 1145am

6:43 pm

wish it were warm here..... but then, I wish I had snow too....

right enough of the chatting back soon.

6:44 pm

ok....

6:47 pm

hello Babble

6:47 pm

Hey DR !

6:48 pm

Hi AUssie ! Like your scooby doo

6:48 pm

rank you roctor !!

6:48 pm

evening, DR

6:48 pm

LOL !

6:48 pm

:)

6:48 pm

Hi DC ! Good to see you

6:48 pm

Rey JMann :)

6:49 pm

have not been here for a few days and my rank went down the proverbial toilet but whatever

6:49 pm

Hi JM

6:49 pm

Hi guys

6:50 pm

rever rind roctor.... rou'll re rine :)

6:51 pm

2 left...is the 2nd re7/32 apparent, am I blind?

6:51 pm

eh, no biddig, DR

6:51 pm

thanks Aussie!

6:51 pm

re decorate, harry

6:52 pm

no biggie, DR that should've said :)

6:52 pm

I got it DC!

6:53 pm

ahah! ty dc

6:53 pm

yvw

6:53 pm

and the pa5/12 after the spanish priest?

6:53 pm

AUssie- whats new with you?

6:54 pm

change last vowel, harry

6:54 pm

not much is new here DR.... got 8 more shifts at work, then 3 days off, back to work Boxing Day, midday :(

6:54 pm

have that one

6:55 pm

pa5.12 after is a lowling

6:55 pm

thats a bummer!

6:55 pm

oh, good luck with that shift aussie. rather a bummer

6:55 pm

I know.... My Hubby has Boxing Day off too.....

6:56 pm

that makes it worse

6:56 pm

i used to work for an Aussie who gave us that day off.

6:56 pm

puts headpiece protector on Aussie

6:57 pm

oh, 2nd time i answered your question :"> so good of me to re4

6:57 pm

It does.... I work for the supermarket chain Waitrose (part of the John Lewis chain of stores)

6:57 pm

ty :)

6:57 pm

cute photo, ruru

6:58 pm

thank you

6:58 pm

very sweet puppy Ruru

6:58 pm

is todays theme dogs?

6:58 pm

is that the new addition ruru ??

6:58 pm

he will be once he grows up a bit

6:58 pm

crossy shared bacony goodness earlier, check it out: http://tinyurl.com/5uf6l2 i suggest a variant with chopped onion baked with it, and minced jalapenos atop the cheese

6:59 pm

ooooh, crossy does share good things with us :)

7:01 pm

ok, me and my eyes are off to find my pillows..... I cannot see much any more..... Sweet Dreams Babble Family...... **poof**

7:01 pm

sweet dreams, aussie

7:01 pm

p.s, a new belly to rub soon then ruru........

7:01 pm

**real poof*

7:02 pm

bye aussie

7:02 pm

anyone have the re 7 that isn't more ready?

hey all. watching NCIS....and babbling with a chiken pot pie. Nice...

7:02 pm

re tiny particles like gunpowder re*****

7:03 pm

Hello, Red

7:04 pm

wow.. lost me on that one zoo

7:04 pm

re decorate, red, to upper right

7:05 pm

if some-one fires a gun..it will leave tiny particles that forensic people would call re*****

7:05 pm

thank you dc.. thanks zooz for trying

i need to decorate?

7:06 pm

there are three re7`s by the way.

7:06 pm

or6?

7:06 pm

RED !!!

7:06 pm

yes but the sticky re7 is off-putting

7:07 pm

change vowel in or5 and add a vowel, dan

DR!!!!!! How are you?

7:07 pm

tx dcs

7:07 pm

I am well... and you?

I think I am ok. I have finally been offerred a new job, not sure if it going to better than the current one, but, it will be a change.

7:08 pm

Change is usually good...

I am ready for new and different, I just hope new and different is new and improved, not more ot the same old....

7:09 pm

I was walking down the hall at my office today and bumped into someone I worked with at my old job.

7:09 pm

She just started working for our organization

7:09 pm

oh- yes, new and improved is better than same..

7:09 pm

when do you switch?

7:09 pm

sa7?

I have to officially accept. the pay is a wee bit lower, but the drive is a whole lot shorter....

Probably some time in January.

sa 7/32 an unhappy thing you press clothes with

7:11 pm

brb math homework

7:11 pm

tx LWG

7:12 pm

se 7 anyone?

7:12 pm

se7 - paradise of old people

7:12 pm

hi all

hi jmc

se + anagram of keyboard instrument

7:14 pm

did anybody clue the SECOND re7?

7:14 pm

ok back... Trying to remember about Least Common Multiples

oh dr kids will put you through school all over!

7:15 pm

i am not sure I ever knew about least common multiples

7:15 pm

Red- will you take any time off in between?

7:15 pm

ugh.. I don't see it the se 7

7:15 pm

i see the letters but am not getting them in the right order

7:15 pm

Hi JMc and Dan

7:15 pm

hi DR

7:16 pm

hi dan2

7:16 pm

which numbers? i can explain if you need help

7:16 pm

(and hi, everyone)

se + negative answer + a ***no is a keyboard instrument

7:16 pm

hi welki

7:16 pm

hi jmc and all

7:16 pm

ty luv

7:16 pm

wow.. new one for me

7:16 pm

thank you luv

yw jmc

7:17 pm

the problem said the GCF was 56- find the 2 LCM... we figured out it was 8 and 7

7:17 pm

is that right?

can I have a clue for either or both of the li 6/21's please?

yugh...i have no idea.

7:18 pm

GCF?

7:18 pm

that is why I am the spelling parent... the math parent is not home yet

7:18 pm

greatest common factor

7:18 pm

but you got it right, dr. you are now one of two math parents :)

7:18 pm

but if LCM means the smallest numbers that can make up the number together that is correct

I got the last li 6/21 but still need the 1st one please

7:19 pm

thanks Welki.. I was not sure

7:19 pm

luv do you have the one that starts with mouth parts?

7:19 pm

common multiples are two numbers that multiply to the same number ... so for 56, 7x8, 2x28, 4x14, .. the smallest numbers that multiply to 56 are the lcm

7:20 pm

li6.18 is the plural of the li5.10

yes I need the one that starts with an untruth

7:20 pm

li* and I live a life of e*** (ea4/4)

Ha I only have 80 words....

7:20 pm

Hi dawger and Luv

7:20 pm

I have 43

7:21 pm

i have 146 left

hi DR

7:21 pm

thanks Welki. we figured the 4x14 was not right because that would be 28

ok, now 87 words, 129 left....

7:21 pm

li6.21 not truth + *** weinerschnitzel (sp)

7:22 pm

like hosen I think luv

7:22 pm

hosen

7:22 pm

still stuck on the 2nd re7

sorry to be so dense but none of these clues are getting through the nogging

oh just got it! thanks everyone

7:23 pm

li6 hosen are wore dancing the polka

7:23 pm

dr, why they just can't simply ask, 'what are the two smallest numbers that multiply out to 56," instead of giving the number pairs fancy names ... enough to drive a kid (and parents) bonkers

7:23 pm

exactly welki

7:24 pm

yes it is! All I can say is I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader

7:24 pm

should i start this grid?

OMG.... CBS cares just aired an as, telling me that as a holiday gift, my partner should schedule me a pap smear.... Thats just not right. though people should have them.

7:24 pm

I really dislike Polka music

7:24 pm

how badly do you want to finish if you start ;-)

7:24 pm

re + not subtract but **d + little boy blue, come blow your h***

7:24 pm

i had such a hard time with math as a kid ... only because i had an excellent professor later in life that i was finally able to understand the most basic concepts of math

7:25 pm

tx lbd and all cluers - firewords

7:25 pm

i would probably kill someone who gave me a pap smear appointment for a christmas gift

7:25 pm

i won't finish, that is just it

7:25 pm

whoo hoooooo DAN2!!!

I've seen those ads-pretty odd if you ask me

7:25 pm

congrats, dan

7:25 pm

ty lbd

7:25 pm

not if i did it for you, jm. you'd know it was done with good intention. on the other hand, i wouldn't care if you got ticked off :)

7:25 pm

wtg Dan

thanks you jmc, its just soooo odd.

7:26 pm

my sisters got me an appointment for my 50th birthday. that and a mammosquish.

7:26 pm

O need to go for both of those,,, just got a call from the Dr's office

7:26 pm

whooo hooo dan2

7:26 pm

huh red?

lbd your sisters are awesome. a great birthday gift, for some reason on Xmas, I think it isnt quite the gift I'd want to get under the tree....

7:27 pm

the mammotechs bruised me badly this last go-round

7:27 pm

i am sorry but it is nobody's business when and with whom i make doctors appointments

7:27 pm

oh, sorry to hear that Welki

7:27 pm

well, my birthday is shortly after xmas. so, it kinda was a twofer.

7:27 pm

fine. be that way. and i was going to attach the appointment card to the mega-sized bottle of Jack

7:28 pm

is htat a pun Dawger??? :)

7:28 pm

lol I'll take the jack

7:28 pm

:)

7:28 pm

not intentionally, DR. lol

7:30 pm

mammosquish?

this grid is not too friendly is it?

7:30 pm

good name for it

7:31 pm

I was just thinking it is a SLOW grid

7:31 pm

it seems to go in fits and spurts

7:31 pm

no, it's not, red. i really need to quit my job so i can spend more time babbling :)

7:31 pm

me too welki

You Go Welki, I wonder if thats possible.

7:32 pm

i got through about 175 before i hit the wall on this grid. then the list helped a lot!

7:33 pm

just *wishful thinking* ... might as well add a pony into the equation, i've always wanted one *lol*

7:35 pm

oh dear, killed the chat .... or you folks are arranging my early retirement and pony delivery

ahh no then you'd have to spend all that time taking care of the pony...

7:36 pm

*puts the pony back in the closet*

and no babbling time...

7:37 pm

*drops straw*

7:37 pm

*sigh* i never get what i want

7:38 pm

ty ru I was worrying about what it would eat

7:38 pm

me either Welki!

7:38 pm

Helo there!

7:38 pm

I want a fast porsche and a condo in SF welki if you can help me with that

7:38 pm

so do you have the pup yet ru? I lost track of teh count down

7:38 pm

hi kimm wb!

7:39 pm

i want world peace -- really!

7:39 pm

no not yet..next month

ruru you are getting a new Golden, how could you want anything else.....

7:39 pm

thanks, jm

7:39 pm

(and a million dollars)

7:39 pm

I want a piece of pie...

7:39 pm

A million $ would be really nice right about now, I agree!

7:39 pm

*puts a bow on ru's new 911 GT2

7:39 pm

mmmm pie

Pie?

7:40 pm

oooh welki.. you go girl!

7:40 pm

(i love cars)

7:41 pm

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOmmm thanks welki

I love Pie.

7:42 pm

*siren -- flashing lights* pull over buddy

7:42 pm

offers pie to officer...

7:42 pm

i'd never be able to afford one of those, but am content with my (6th) saab, a 9/3 aero

7:42 pm

*fresh baked sir?"

7:42 pm

mmmmm pie

7:42 pm

---which, coincidentally, is what jm drives, too!

Ok over half way. 100 left... time for ice cream...

7:43 pm

I hate saabs

7:43 pm

mine is ticket me red

7:43 pm

really ru why?

7:43 pm

hi all...

7:43 pm

nah, you don't ... 210 hp, 6 speed turbo, goes like the dickens

7:44 pm

mrs ru had one .. what a piece of junk.. we towed to to the dealer more than we drove it

7:44 pm

hi pini!

7:44 pm

hi jmc ;)

7:44 pm

people who say they hate saabs are really folks who (1) have never driven one to its potential or (2) are closet saab lovers and jealous of us

7:44 pm

really mine has been a dream

7:44 pm

all the towing companies in the area sent us nice xmas cards

7:44 pm

you had the anomoly ... i drove one past the 200,000 mile mark with no major repairs

7:45 pm

the service manager at the Saab dealership committed himself to the loony bin trying to get the crappy thing to run

7:45 pm

great pic of Little D, ru!! He's soooo cuuuuuute!

7:45 pm

hmmm .. might have been more mileage than that, now that i think of it. if they were that bad, i surely would never have had 6 of them

7:45 pm

so did you come up with a formal piggy name for dylan?

7:46 pm

nope.. not yet

7:46 pm

formal piggy name?

7:46 pm

you were canvassing for dylan phrases way back when ... for his registered name. still?

7:47 pm

yes.. I am stuck.. has to have pink or pig in the name

7:47 pm

pink velvet

ugh. pink or pig.

7:48 pm

??? my thoughts exactly

7:48 pm

dylan of the pink velvet tongue

7:48 pm

cute, jmc ;)

7:48 pm

i worked on the pig angle the last time

has to be pink or pig, not hog or rose or whatever....

7:49 pm

"pig circus" is from the song, hurricane

7:49 pm

he is a really cute little guy.. nice head and really nice bone..

7:49 pm

rose will work too

7:49 pm

and pink floyd recorded knocking on heaven's door .... but to incorporate either into his name (oy vey)

7:50 pm

hmmm

ooooh, so you could use rose or porker? or or or

7:51 pm

baxter had to have "paws" in his name

7:51 pm

porker?...come on..

7:51 pm

Heaven's Rosey Pinky Pig, aka dylan.

7:51 pm

i like that one lbd

7:51 pm

"baxter" is what we call our workstudy students at work! :)

7:51 pm

GAAAAh...

7:51 pm

clever, lbd ;)

7:52 pm

pink floyd pup

7:52 pm

too bad he's not a she --- PIGmalion :)

7:52 pm

saffron's commie pinko dylan lover

7:52 pm

Heavenly Pinky Pig

7:52 pm

uhh...

i like pinko....

7:53 pm

other than rose, pink, and pig; what other "names" are you interested in including?

7:53 pm

Pig Male Leon

7:53 pm

pygmalion was the male sculptor not the statue

7:53 pm

GAAAAAH

7:54 pm

pinko commie pup

7:54 pm

ok then .. pigmalion!

7:54 pm

pig male d'leon

7:54 pm

LOLOL

7:54 pm

that's an improvement over GAAAAAH

7:55 pm

what should I make for dinner?

7:55 pm

which one brought a chuckle ru?

7:55 pm

* giggle *

7:55 pm

food?

7:55 pm

pork?

7:55 pm

I went to Pita Pit on my way home from work...Mmmmmm, it was good!

7:55 pm

pink lemonage

7:55 pm

dylan's pigmalion

7:56 pm

LBD's line

7:56 pm

lemonade

7:56 pm

pita pit?

7:57 pm

we have a pita pit here. have never tried it.

7:57 pm

Pita Pit...like Subway, but with a pita instead of bread and loads more guts!

7:57 pm

menudo?

7:57 pm

it's really good, lbd...gotta try it sometime

7:57 pm

I'll have the Al Queda please...

7:58 pm

you silly peeps!

7:59 pm

what's your favorite, pini?

7:59 pm

I made a delicious potato leek soup the other night

there was a recipe for roast duck in pear sauce...

8:00 pm

have it cold and call it visysuous (lord i wish I could spell)

8:00 pm

my choice of guts include: grilled chicken, light lettuce, extra tomato, red onions, pickles, mushrooms, black olive; sauces: tsatsiki (sp), honey mustard; feta cheese ;)

8:01 pm

(offer Pini a breath mint)

8:02 pm

and pepcid

8:02 pm

mmmm sounds tasty

oh no jmc, i am getting over the cold not fun...

8:02 pm

what can I say, don't have to worry about breath cuz there ain't no one here to kiss!

8:02 pm

LOL

8:02 pm

it is jmc!

8:03 pm

hold the feta, and it all sounds good.

Ok I am officially proclaimimng the Holiday NCIS as AWESOME,. Much better than i expected.

8:03 pm

I'll hold it for you, lbd ;)

8:03 pm

time for some hot tea, brb

8:03 pm

me too need to shop at the store.

8:04 pm

later taters...

8:04 pm

l8r t8r...

Hi buddies- I have 40 left and am not planning to play it through, but I am really curious about this de9 And the long fo words that are not too cheesy.

8:04 pm

hi kap

Hi jm

8:05 pm

de 9... where college teachers hang out

8:05 pm

hi kappy

8:05 pm

:)

There is no detention for the college teachers

8:06 pm

you never went to Berkeley I can tell

Where do college teachers hang out? The local bar?

8:06 pm

I didn't go either....

8:06 pm

that was jail ru not detention

8:07 pm

oh

8:07 pm

me neither..

So- de9?

8:07 pm

rhymes with beaneries

8:08 pm

danke!

Ahhh

8:08 pm

still looking for the lower right E for NBT...help?

And the last 2 fo's? I am guessing these ones aren't as cheesy.

8:09 pm

golf yell + not front or back

8:09 pm

boating terms...begining with the fo4/7

8:09 pm

ei5 pini

8:09 pm

(that's for one of the fo8)

I am a landlubber.

8:09 pm

two fo 8 's pini

8:09 pm

I heard, ru, but I only have the one

8:10 pm

what propels a boat with wind kaplan

8:10 pm

oooh, got the 2nd now! :)

8:10 pm

:)

Ei5 goes in a quilt- a kind of down. Or you say either, I say ei****

8:10 pm

they both begin with the golf yell, Kap

8:11 pm

thx kap!

8:11 pm

duck duck duck

8:11 pm

quack quack quack!

8:11 pm

goose goose goose

8:11 pm

put that duckie down!

honk honk honk

8:12 pm

put down the duck

8:12 pm

beep beep beep

8:12 pm

gotta put down the duck if you want to play the saxaphone

Looks like a lot of you had little kids- or are little kids?

8:13 pm

we never grow up!

8:13 pm

just like sesame street

8:14 pm

warning: risque, off-color, crudest humor, but funny as all get out: http://tiny.cc/kdBuz

Put down the duckie was one of my all time favorites Along with RObin Williams "You don't know what a day is till you have a banana in your shoe" routine

8:15 pm

i like the rubber duck and the batty bat

8:15 pm

also the Caribbean amphibian

8:16 pm

brb it just got cold in here

8:19 pm

I need a "git'r dun" boost, so going for chocolate...brb ;)

8:21 pm

more headless gingerbread people in the PB

8:25 pm

back

8:25 pm

what, what ? food in the PB and nobody told me??? Should I write a word from the grid???

8:26 pm

here have a bourbon ball eno

8:27 pm

thank you jmc, what a nice welcome!

8:27 pm

anyone else want one?

8:27 pm

kimm?

8:28 pm

I don't admit to being over 18 Welki.

8:29 pm

mememememe! i want one! or two or twelve. *hic*

8:29 pm

now bourbon balls for you mix

8:30 pm

*no bourbon balls for mix

8:30 pm

a limit of 4 lbd

8:30 pm

pooh! hic.

8:30 pm

and a designated driver!

8:30 pm

my husband is the designated driver. So, can't I have one?

8:31 pm

but you are only 18!

8:31 pm

this isn't brussells

8:31 pm

wellllll, they have started offering me senior discounts, and I'm not qualified for most of them.

8:32 pm

okay then you can have some

8:32 pm

*gives mix 4 bourbon balls*

8:32 pm

I said I don't admit to being over 18, not that I am younger.

8:33 pm

I like G rated movies

8:33 pm

me too and pg 13 and r and x

8:34 pm

no no no.

8:34 pm

*bang bang bang -- hitting head on laptop*

8:35 pm

i want pander in the grid

8:35 pm

careful. don't hurt the laptop

8:35 pm

*giggle*

8:36 pm

i thought some of that video was positively hilarious .. sat at the table and laughed right out loud

8:37 pm

the clip shows some of the audience entering/leaving the theatre ... lots of white haired ladies of a certain age ;)

8:37 pm

(and they were all laughing)

8:38 pm

I get blonde again on Friday.

8:39 pm

having connection problems. brb, going to reboot

8:39 pm

I'm entering the next decade in a couple weeks.

8:39 pm

hb lbd

8:39 pm

congrats mix

8:40 pm

my hair ... au naturel

8:40 pm

i put some rinse on mine once or twice

8:40 pm

but generally i am too lazy

8:41 pm

me too .. and i kind of like the grey, it's coming in rather nicely

8:41 pm

I let someone else do it. I tried a couple times, but....

8:42 pm

my mother wasn't completely grey at 96 so i think i am alright

8:42 pm

My grandmother didn't start turning grey in her 70's, but her sister went white very early.

8:42 pm

i wear my hair very short, so it almost looks like it's been tipped

8:45 pm

translation: too lazy to (1) colour and (2) spend time styling *lol*

8:45 pm

other than color, mine's wash and go.

8:47 pm

mine takes a time to brush

8:48 pm

when i was young, i had long hair .. very thick, wouldn't dry overnight

8:49 pm

mine is baby fine spring steel -- dr5 fast but doesn't do anything no matter what you do to ir

8:49 pm

*it

8:49 pm

I had long hair when young. I petioned for a year to get it cut.

8:50 pm

petition

8:50 pm

I had buster brown cut until jr high no matter what i wanted

8:50 pm

pansier is a word :-(

8:51 pm

i had a version of a 'vidal sassoon' .. hahaha, remember?

8:51 pm

where is NB when I ne4 him?

8:51 pm

I had two long braids. We could tell what year of elementary school by how long, until the elastics were out of the picture frame.

8:51 pm

gretchen had the braids

8:51 pm

was a dramatic change from having a braid long enough to sit on ... and after the sassoon, let it grow into a gypsy shag (boy am i old!)

8:51 pm

in jr high she had short hair

8:51 pm

6 left and stuck.

8:52 pm

go mix go

8:52 pm

i have 29 left, but have lost interest in the grid

8:52 pm

go mixi

8:53 pm

git 'r dun, welki!

8:53 pm

nu5/6?

8:53 pm

Hi everyone...

8:53 pm

go welki go

8:53 pm

hello all!!!!!!

8:53 pm

hey stiddie

8:53 pm

hi stid!

8:53 pm

someone who is nu 4/6

8:53 pm

nu + not live and plural

8:53 pm

hi stiddy

8:53 pm

so, I met with the teacher I will work with for the next two quarters in a real school - every Thursday. I am SO excited and happy to have her as a mentor teacher!

8:54 pm

thanks for the nu words!

8:54 pm

that put me down to 98

8:54 pm

good to hear stiddie

8:54 pm

i need help with the first re5,12 and re6,21

8:54 pm

anyone hear how trifs new job went

8:54 pm

YAY Stid--glad to hear you're excited about your mentor!!

8:54 pm

wonderful stid. knew you'd make a hit with her.

8:54 pm

ty lbdawger

8:54 pm

yep. tomorrow I meet with my faculty from this quarter and get my evaluation over with. Mother approved my draft, so I think it will do.

8:55 pm

re+ ***ce with me,

8:55 pm

i want to be your partner, can't you see ....

8:55 pm

From Trif on Facebook--Had a lovely first day on the job - the people at the office are nice, I have a LOT to learn, and quickly, so a little overwhelmed, but happy. God is good and loving and gracious, and I am very, very lucky. ♥

8:55 pm

re, bad word **m*

8:56 pm

ty ty dawg fireworks

8:56 pm

good to know cio

8:56 pm

whoooo hoooo SEA!!

8:56 pm

whoo hooo sea

8:56 pm

thanks for sharing that Judy -- I am happy to hear she had a good day.

8:56 pm

YAY Sea!!!!

8:56 pm

YAY Sea!!

8:56 pm

Hi CJ!

8:56 pm

Hiya Dawg!

8:56 pm

thanks everyone

8:57 pm

am taking my sinus headache to bed, see you tomorrow

8:57 pm

oh, and jmc -- Mother was so grateful for you assistance yesterday! She just didn't know how to resize pictures.

8:57 pm

ad6,24?

8:57 pm

hope you feel better in the morning, sea

8:57 pm

nite sea

8:57 pm

((Sea)) feel better

8:57 pm

ty dawg

8:58 pm

ad + not verb

8:58 pm

i realized that when I click on her icon

8:58 pm

ad + not a verb

8:58 pm

but i was afraid to try and explain it to her

8:58 pm

ty stid

8:58 pm

nite all

8:58 pm

ty seaspray

8:58 pm

it was complicated. she has picasa, which is nice for viewing but sometimes awkward for little things like resizing. I had to use the help to find where they hid resize!

8:59 pm

bye sea

9:00 pm

last li6?

9:01 pm

fleshy part of mouth + b***ball is over

9:01 pm

mouth parts + I live a life of ***e

9:01 pm

ty lbdawger

9:02 pm

oops e***

9:02 pm

LOL jmc! good clue though...

9:02 pm

i was trying to figure out what kind of life JMC lived. whew!

9:03 pm

obviously i was not discribing my actual life

9:04 pm

brb

9:04 pm

one more word and I am 1/2 way

9:04 pm

go jmc go!

9:04 pm

down to 75 now.

9:04 pm

1/2 way! *running to list*

9:04 pm

1 se7 left

9:05 pm

back in a few. I want to align my curriculum for tomorrow with the "essential academic requirements" (EALRs) to see if I "get" how they work. Teaching in my friend's class... nerve wracking to think I might mess up!

9:05 pm

se* + ut**** is perfect

9:06 pm

eaLrs?

9:08 pm

fireworks. TY JMCNRICK

9:09 pm

whoo hooo mix

9:10 pm

YAY mixi!! *back to lurk mode*

9:10 pm

yw mix

stid, you will do just fine!

9:13 pm

I guess I need to start sanding and washing the wall.

9:13 pm

whooooohoooooo MIXI!!

9:13 pm

hi mc!

hi jmc

9:14 pm

hi mc!

hi lbdawger

9:32 pm

mccurl!!!! ((((hugs)))))

9:32 pm

oops. my computer is lagging?

(((hugs)))back

9:32 pm

or did chat really go silent for fifteen minutes?

well, i was away taking spritz cookies out of the oven and replacing with more

9:33 pm

quiet chog

9:33 pm

it was quiet

9:33 pm

how are you doing mcurl? I am doing my practicum next two quarters in an 8th grade language arts classroom. met the teacher today. very happy and excited about it.

9:33 pm

mmmm. spritz cookies. no holiday is complete without them!

that sounds exciting stid

9:34 pm

*hands stiddie some chamomile tea*

9:34 pm

how's life for you and yours?

yes I agree, haven't had them in years. decided to indulge..

9:34 pm

mmmm. thanks jmc! *sips tea gratefully*

9:34 pm

my favorites as a child were spritz cookies and angelfood cake with pink fluffy frosting.

life is good right now. Son is coming home for the holidays. It will be the year that ALL the family will be home

9:35 pm

believe it or not, I really believe the frosting doesn't taste as good in any other color! LOL

9:35 pm

wonderful news mcurl!

as kids we made spritz and candy cane cookies with my grandma at christmas....a tradition

9:35 pm

how exciting for you mc!

9:35 pm

are you keeping the tradition alive?

at least our son is home (in the states) and not deployed this year.

9:36 pm

grandma traditions are the BEST! my kids spend a good bit of time at stidgmere's for just that reason

9:36 pm

I don't think mcurl is old enough for grands!

9:36 pm

bless him for his dedication. please thank him from one vet to another.

started young!

I actually have two grandkids

I will do that lbdawger

9:37 pm

wow. another one! LOL I didn't believe pinikula when she said she was a grandmother, either!

we are very proud of him. son in law is also military but they are stationed here in washington state close enough that I could see them daily.

9:38 pm

bless him too. never know when he could be called up. scary.

9:38 pm

It's rough to be family of military personnel at times like this. (((mcurl and family))) I was a brat, really respect the vets.

oops, timer going bbr

9:39 pm

*sniffs air* I do believe I can find mcurl's house now, just from the lovely aroma...

9:39 pm

okay, back to task. still working on the EALR thingy. 5 minutes or less...

9:39 pm

lol, go for it, stiddy. grab some cookies for me!

man, can't believe how good those darn cookes smell. Dog is looking like I made them for him!

9:43 pm

you didn't? LOL

in his dreams!

9:44 pm

a tough life being a dog.

9:46 pm

i am going to bed c u to morrow

9:46 pm

hello again everyone. Has everybody finished thegrid already?

9:47 pm

night night, JMC. sweet dreams

9:47 pm

hi nef

9:47 pm

nite jmc!

9:47 pm

hi Nef and hi babblers - finished earlier, just stopping in to say hi

9:47 pm

hi jbv

9:48 pm

hi lbd. We just got home from a Christmas party, I still have 100 words to find here (been busy all day again. Dh is a real slave driver sometimes! ;-)

9:48 pm

did you enjoy the party?

9:48 pm

hi JBV how are you these days?

9:48 pm

i'm very tired and mentally exhausted from a rather depressing chore

9:49 pm

depressing chore?

9:49 pm

it was a nice meal and good people. The hall was too cold for me tonight, however

9:49 pm

i had to update my husband's medical history to prepare for a visit with a new doctor next week - it's 7 typed pages of ongoing complications

9:50 pm

what's the matter with your hubby, JBV?

9:50 pm

(((JBV)))

9:50 pm

chronic illness is nasty

9:51 pm

so I didn't get to do any Christmas-y things tonight - i need to do that a little each night to feel all right

9:51 pm

too complicated for here, nef, but it involves colorectal and urology surgeries

9:52 pm

oh, man! That sucks! My DH has MS; I was expecting something like that. (((JBV)))

9:53 pm

last year we did not put up a tree cause he was in the hospital, so this year we are having a full-out Christmas - it's very comforting to keep up the traditions

9:54 pm

it's important to have some "normalcy" around the holidays. it's good for both your spirits

9:54 pm

it is comforting. And also very necessary for you to do

9:56 pm

hi all. would love clues for the two 8s.

9:57 pm

i am focusing on the joy of the season - a no-stress holiday - I even have extra time to shop, since I am not seeing my sister and brother's family until Jan. 2!!

9:57 pm

put on the Christmas music, put on some russian tea (has OJ, cinnamon, and all sorts of fragrant stuff in it; bring on the traditions of the season and both of you enjoy it JBV!

9:57 pm

the 8's are both fo - compound words

9:57 pm

I have a tea called Bengal Spice (I think it's Celestial Seasonings) - very spicy and delicious

9:58 pm

fo4.7 + a square has four of them and what a boat uses to catch the wind

9:58 pm

ty jbv. would love more clues so i can get them.

9:58 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

9:58 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

9:58 pm

and then the best of all - I have the extended vacation coming up (work for a school district)

9:58 pm

oh gee i got one. hmmm.

9:59 pm

Sounds good, JBV (I'll have to look for that one next time I shop)

9:59 pm

ty got both. ty very much.

9:59 pm

hi Min!

9:59 pm

and thanks, nef, and lbd, for letting me vent a little, breathing easier now

10:00 pm

okie dokie, time to head for the pillows. JBV take care and sing lots of christmas songs!

10:00 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:00 pm

night night everyone. see you tomorrow.

10:00 pm

fo8/60 please and the de9

10:01 pm

bye lbd!

10:01 pm

JBV, the chog is for relaxing with friends. I'm a firm believer in friendship dividing a persons' pain

10:01 pm

Nite lbd! Catch you later!

10:01 pm

and it's nice how it comes around - last night I offered a few words of comfort to someone, tonight it came back to me!

10:02 pm

That fo8/60 word is the fo 4/7 plus si 4/5 word tijani

10:02 pm

thank you min

10:03 pm

yw

10:04 pm

ty min got them.

10:04 pm

ad 5 14 first one plz?

10:05 pm

it does come around, JBV. Kind of like Karma

10:05 pm

The ad 5/14 is a + JC Penny is a ***ar*ment store mkg

10:06 pm

An ad 5/14 word means very skilled or proficient mkg

10:06 pm

all the ad except for the 5/14

10:07 pm

i really wnat to finish

10:07 pm

ad 6/24 word is ad plus an no 4/5 is not a verb tijani.

10:07 pm

ty got it.

10:07 pm

ad 5/12 is a + a do 4/5 word and ad 6/21 is the plural

10:08 pm

yw

10:08 pm

The ad5/12 mean to decorate or add beauty to tijani

10:08 pm

need first ad 6 please.

10:09 pm

An ad 6/24 word is ad plus a no 4/5 is not a verb mkg

10:10 pm

tijani, do you NEED the ad 5/14; or do you have that one already?

10:10 pm

done with the a's

10:10 pm

ok

10:11 pm

Awesome tijani!

10:11 pm

thx min

10:12 pm

ty got ad 6

10:12 pm

yw

10:12 pm

de9/60 please

10:13 pm

de: de 4 above + vowel and many, plural word.

10:13 pm

nevermind got it

10:13 pm

where a de** would live maybe?

10:14 pm

need ae 5 10 please.

10:15 pm

american eagle ae***

10:15 pm

related to old fashioned air plane, maybe

10:16 pm

dont know the eagle clue. sorry/.

10:17 pm

a nest of prey

10:17 pm

That ae 5/10 word is an eagle's nest mkg.

10:17 pm

sorry blank. cant get.

10:17 pm

ae 5/10 is ae plus hook letter plus 2 more vowels mkg

10:17 pm

ok got them . ty.

10:18 pm

a words done. ty.

10:18 pm

Point total equal this year so good time for me to go.

10:18 pm

I am stopping at 187 words and 2009 points.Bye to all

10:18 pm

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

10:18 pm

bye

10:18 pm

bye min

10:18 pm

need de 6 24 plz.

10:19 pm

Nite Min!

10:20 pm

de +po 4/5

10:20 pm

ty got it.

10:22 pm

en 5 clue plz?

10:23 pm

start with the top E mkg

10:24 pm

ty got it.

10:25 pm

now stuck on next en 5 14. darn. tough grid.

10:26 pm

hi all...back

10:26 pm

sorry, I don't have it yet

10:26 pm

en + bills are *** on the 10th

10:26 pm

hi Pini1 How are you today?

10:27 pm

good...you?

10:27 pm

and back(ish) again... done with all assigned tasks for today.

10:27 pm

hey pini!

10:27 pm

hi stid ;)

10:27 pm

hey nef and mkg and...

10:27 pm

okay. It's kind of cold here; that makes it hard sometimes

10:27 pm

(no news yet...sorry)

10:28 pm

ty got it. good clue pini

10:28 pm

hi stid!

10:28 pm

hi stid

10:28 pm

;)

10:28 pm

it's okay. I can wait. I have 2.5 weeks left! LOL

10:29 pm

ROFL...smartypants!

10:29 pm

listing now... 74 to go

10:29 pm

what are you 2 up to now?

10:29 pm

ack!!! 64 to go here

10:29 pm

AD 6/24 please?

10:30 pm

gonna have a GT!

10:30 pm

don't have it, stid

10:30 pm

GT = get together

10:30 pm

going to go visit Pini in Ptlnd next week, she'll drive north and I will drive south. Weather and work permitting, of course

10:30 pm

WOO HOOO! How fun!

10:30 pm

*grin* I immediately thought "GT=car"

10:30 pm

(meli's going to email me - I hope she doesn't forget!)

10:30 pm

showing your age, stid?

10:31 pm

yep. we had fun last time, about time we did a repeat!

10:31 pm

got that right! :)

10:31 pm

bah! I am only 10, see profile for proof!

10:31 pm

speaking of ages, stidkid #1 will be 17 tomorrow!!!!

10:31 pm

GT = car? I thought that was PT

10:31 pm

10 yr olds don't know GT's were cars! ;-)

10:31 pm

happy birthday S#1

10:32 pm

did when I was that age! *hmph*

10:32 pm

<-- didn't know!

10:32 pm

Wish him a happy B'Day from all of us! He doesn't come here much any more. Did he outgrow Babble (or did he find GIRLS more interesting?)

10:33 pm

ju 5?

10:33 pm

1st ji4?

10:33 pm

thanks, I will -- he discovered facebook, and his babbling time decreased in direct proportion to FB use

10:34 pm

didn't know that was possible (I FB, too)

10:34 pm

ah! That explains it!

10:34 pm

nm got it.

10:34 pm

babble still takes the majority of my playtime

10:34 pm

nm...found it

10:34 pm

hello babble friends -- very tired, but trying to muddle through. Babble can be so relaxing at times, can't it?

10:35 pm

hello trifioso! I hear you had a GOOD first day?

10:35 pm

want to help me then pini?

10:35 pm

li 5 10 first one please?

10:35 pm

yes, stid I did, though it was pretty overwhelming - a LOT of information thrown at me at once

10:35 pm

rhymes with european goodbye (c***)

10:35 pm

hi trif :)

10:36 pm

how was your first day?

10:36 pm

it will get easier, trif ;)

10:36 pm

(((info overload sux)))

10:36 pm

thanks for that one pini

10:36 pm

okay, pini - but I have a TON of material to learn over the weekend, and I have the kids, so I have a lot to manage. it

10:36 pm

is all good though! not complaining AT ALL!

10:37 pm

been there, done that...it's manageable, trif! You can do it!

10:38 pm

the other people there are AMAZING -- very professional and wicked nice. And the office manager ROCKS.

10:38 pm

don't have it yet, mlf

10:38 pm

er..mkg

10:38 pm

put a video on for the kids, have them write letters to teachers, and remind them that if they disturb you there are plenty of chores you can assign!

10:39 pm

what to wear is definitely going to be a challenge. My stuff is either "work in the garden" or "night at the theatre." Haven't a had a need for business clothes, so I don't have a lot.

10:39 pm

*stern mama look at tri kids*

10:39 pm

oh, you're good, stid...been awhile for me and apparently I've forgotten those little things! :)

10:39 pm

lol stid - I often use what I call my "mother of three" voice

10:39 pm

Hello all -- anyone need clues? I finished this afternoon.

10:39 pm

hello jill!!! *happy hugs*

10:40 pm

hello jilli!

10:40 pm

kahki pants and a pressed shirt are good staples to have...

10:40 pm

hi jilli

10:40 pm

khakis are not allowed at this place, unless they are professionaly laundered

10:40 pm

what place is this, trif?

10:40 pm

I will figure out something.

10:40 pm

oh...black slacks go with anything!

10:40 pm

Mother is going to help me hem some new black dress/work slacks next week. I have plenty of j5, but no dress pants that currently fit!

10:41 pm

I also have a new pair of gray wool that need hemming *makes list for later*

10:41 pm

I have one li word (falsehooded)...I'll take any others!

10:41 pm

there is an EXCELLENT women's consignment shop near here, and I may go there. Don't really want to buy anything, but I might have to.

10:41 pm

good idea, trifioso!

10:42 pm

li* (mouth outline) + e*** (not hard) end in vowel

10:42 pm

li5/10 -- girl's name (also a vine usually ending with diff vowel) and the 6 is the pl

10:42 pm

thx stid :)

10:43 pm

thx; 3 more

10:43 pm

thx jilli :)

10:43 pm

thanks for those jill!

10:43 pm

li6/21 -- German songs (falsehood + hesitation)

10:43 pm

shoot...koda needs to go out!!!

10:43 pm

brb (*pout*)

10:44 pm

*stern mama look at koda*

10:44 pm

thanks for the songs, too!

10:44 pm

help on the de 9 please?

10:45 pm

li4/5 (last one) -- falehood (noun) + vowel

10:45 pm

de9 -- where de4s live

10:45 pm

thanks jill!

10:45 pm

down to 54

10:46 pm

are the de 6/7 fishy?

10:46 pm

yw!

10:46 pm

my last D words

10:46 pm

not fishy imho, stid

10:46 pm

help please? not monkeying them at all

10:47 pm

de + corn po4 and present tense

10:47 pm

falling asleep. aaargh

10:47 pm

wake up, trif!

10:47 pm

thanks jill.. got it

10:47 pm

Trifi, I've found a consignment shop that has wonderful work clothes, and I've found that black slacks go with a lot of stuff to take me from work to dressier meetings

10:48 pm

wtg stid :)

10:48 pm

*shakes trifioso gently* isn't she sweet... *wraps blankie around trifioso*

10:48 pm

cool nef! and good night all my dear friends.

10:48 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z

10:48 pm

Fs finished!

10:48 pm

back

10:48 pm

night trif ;)

10:48 pm

nighty night trif, if you insist

10:48 pm

I now have 3 pairs of black Worthington slacks that I bought there for around $10-15 each, and I wear them nearly every day and they still look brand new

10:48 pm

JU 5 please?

10:49 pm

sweet dreams trifioso

10:49 pm

ju5 betrayed Christ

10:49 pm

good idea, Nef - I have noticed that a lot of the teachers in the schools around here wear black slacks and skirts

10:49 pm

thanks jill

10:50 pm

li6/21?

10:50 pm

congrats nef!

10:50 pm

What's the diff between Worthington slacks and other slacks?

10:50 pm

worthington is a nice fabric ;)

10:50 pm

the 1st li6/21 is German songs

10:51 pm

danke jilli

10:51 pm

I think Worthington is a JC Penney brand, and theyreally never seem to wear out (but they cost more new than I would normally pay for slacks

10:51 pm

OR 6 please?

10:51 pm

no JC Penney here :(

10:51 pm

jilli, I LOVE your icon

10:52 pm

or6 -- mined stuff + ***s of March

10:52 pm

sorry, stid; I don't have any OR words

10:52 pm

thx, nef :)

10:52 pm

or5?

10:52 pm

thanks Jill

10:52 pm

again, thanks!

10:52 pm

or 5 -- o + peruse a book

10:52 pm

there is a PA 5/7 sequence after spanish fathers...

10:53 pm

hi all. back to grid.

10:53 pm

I said this earlier but there are so many phantoms that it is making me crazy!

10:53 pm

pa5/14 -- spanish dad with diff end vowel

10:53 pm

helo good!

10:53 pm

hello!

10:54 pm

AHA! and then the mafia version!

10:54 pm

grazie, dona jill!

10:54 pm

pa7 -- pa + unmanned aircraft or class of bee

10:54 pm

oueji: isnt that how you spell that board?

10:54 pm

no, mkg! ouija

10:54 pm

ouji board

10:55 pm

oh ok.

10:55 pm

de nada, stid

10:55 pm

ou 6 clue?

10:55 pm

ou6 -- not in + tell falsehood

10:55 pm

pe 6 after the pe 5 porridge hot?

10:55 pm

not in + falsehood

10:55 pm

stumped by li 5 10 first one.

10:56 pm

sorry, jilli - beat me to it

10:56 pm

pe6 -- porridge + cons

10:56 pm

aha. thanks again

10:56 pm

porridge?

10:56 pm

and again, and again...

10:57 pm

li5/10 -- girl's name (really a vine)

10:57 pm

porridge with pe????????????

10:57 pm

ty got li word

10:57 pm

pini, pe5/12 porridge hot, pe5 porridge cold etc

10:58 pm

li 6 21, both of them please?

10:58 pm

oh, that! * giggle *

10:58 pm

ok got the pe 5 12. had before. sorry

10:59 pm

how about the pe 5 just before urinated?

10:59 pm

li6/21, German songs, li6/21, mouth border + enzyme ending

10:59 pm

pe5 -- spanish guy

10:59 pm

(Spanish Peter)

11:00 pm

gah. what a strange thing to put in the grid! gracias!

11:00 pm

down to 23 now

11:00 pm

pe6, 7 (near the end)

11:00 pm

8 million RE to go!

11:00 pm

enable is strange

11:00 pm

stid! you maniac!! (down to 47 here)

11:00 pm

sort of like a faerie word, pini

11:00 pm

pe7/32 -- p + spookies

11:01 pm

thx stid :)

11:01 pm

and jilli

11:01 pm

down to 18 pini...

11:01 pm

*smell of scorching information highway*

11:02 pm

did anyone clue the li 6 21s? plz?

11:02 pm

* searching for fire extinguisher *

11:02 pm

I clued both of them mkg

11:02 pm

one was german song mkg

11:02 pm

i didn't get the other one

11:02 pm

(hi)

11:02 pm

hey harp!

11:02 pm

mkg, see 10:59

11:03 pm

hi harp

11:04 pm

li6/21 (the 2nd) -- mouth border + kids go through ph***s

11:04 pm

Rs removed!

11:05 pm

gogogo stid!

11:05 pm

can't believe I SAW the SA 7!

11:05 pm

thanks

11:05 pm

ty got it jilli

11:05 pm

mahvellous, stid!

11:06 pm

TEN!

11:06 pm

9+

11:06 pm

44

11:06 pm

go pini go!

11:06 pm

wow...and the 9+ was koda's butt on the keyboard!

11:06 pm

boy is he smart, stid!

11:07 pm

go everyone! i need 38.

11:07 pm

wondered about that 9+

11:07 pm

LOL koda is precocious

11:07 pm

Hi all, just joined. Where is everyone from? I am in WA state"

11:07 pm

OR here

11:07 pm

welcome aboard!

11:07 pm

still need li 6 21 first one please?

11:07 pm

celtic, click on the icons and you'll get lots of info

11:07 pm

hello celtic rose, Pac NW here too!

11:08 pm

first li6/21 is German songs

11:08 pm

montana here, rose

11:08 pm

se 7 is a stumper... help?

11:08 pm

se7 = sounds like the perfect place (Ut****)

11:08 pm

thanks pini

11:08 pm

change the t to another cons

11:08 pm

(oops)

11:09 pm

LOL the perfect place for old people, pini?

11:09 pm

se7 -- se + negative + *** Zadora (starlet a while ago)

11:09 pm

un6?

11:09 pm

thanks also jill

11:09 pm

good one, stid :)

11:09 pm

on 6 please?

11:10 pm

un6 -- not liking

11:10 pm

mkg when you flip a coin you wonder which s*** it will land on....

11:10 pm

on6 -- on + lateral view

11:11 pm

got it harp. ty

11:11 pm

Thank you for all the welcomes! it is welcome, lol. Oh I see the flags. Do you guys play wordsplay too?

11:11 pm

I must be blind... no4/4 and no 5/10 please

11:11 pm

brb phone

11:11 pm

still missing first li 6 21?????????????

11:11 pm

which no4?

11:11 pm

I don't understand your abbreviations

11:12 pm

Li + and one for the little boy who lived down the L***

11:12 pm

li6/21 -- told falsehood + made an **ror

11:12 pm

No sorry! Wrong clue mkg!

I don't see why they tell you how many letters and how many points they are worth is that not ruining the whole point?

11:12 pm

li6/21: tell a fib + lea*** of the pack

11:12 pm

don't feel bad, buffgirl - (this is not a clue for no4) - I can't believe I'm expected to know a Scottish term for parsnip

11:13 pm

ty got it.

11:13 pm

no 4/4 and no 5/10

11:13 pm

lymph no** + plural

11:14 pm

ou 6 plz????????????

11:14 pm

or no** (sushi) *& plural

11:14 pm

"it's neep"

11:14 pm

already clued, mkg

11:14 pm

Got it - thanks!

11:14 pm

not in + not truthful mkg

11:14 pm

celtic, we don't post words in the chat, just hints

11:15 pm

"okay, I am new, where are the clues?"

11:15 pm

check Lickety's Babble Clues below the grid

11:15 pm

i agree, jillibus, but really, that ne4 is something you have heard of before?

11:16 pm

go to lickety's list scroll to below celtic

11:16 pm

that's Enable for you, rhaydon

11:16 pm

hello babble world.. how is everyone tonight/day?

11:16 pm

If you scroll down to Friends of Babble you will see Lickety's Babble Clues. Right-click and open in a new window.

11:16 pm

stuck on pa 5 12 the first one.

11:16 pm

hi TeamE

11:16 pm

Hi TeamE

11:17 pm

hi pinni. what is team E?

11:17 pm

AD 6/24 please?

11:17 pm

hey tea

11:17 pm

TeamE = Team_Edward

11:17 pm

um. I meant hey team

11:17 pm

nighty night

11:17 pm

ad + not verb

11:17 pm

ad + not a verb

11:17 pm

pa5/12 -- pa + long period of time

11:17 pm

night harp :)

11:17 pm

think I"ll go finish mirror mirror

11:17 pm

ad+ not a verb but a no**.

11:17 pm

i can't find the first ad 5 is it a fish?

11:18 pm

thanks mkg!

11:18 pm

hey doren!

11:18 pm

ad + raw metal

11:18 pm

hi dorens!

11:18 pm

Are there rules somewhere?

11:18 pm

first AD 5, not klutzy

11:18 pm

celtic...check out HELP above the chat log

11:18 pm

yep, doren -- you're really very ad*** at this and Lexulous

11:18 pm

thanks... thas is NOT me!

11:18 pm

oh, that' ad5! sorry

11:18 pm

dorens, it is a + ***are*ment store like sears or macys.

11:18 pm

firewords!!!!!

11:19 pm

YAY stid!!!

11:19 pm

yeah stid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stay to help!

11:19 pm

*** bows to the great STID ***

11:19 pm

yay stid.. now i can ask you for the twenty words i still need

11:19 pm

yay stid

11:19 pm

still missing clue for ou 6?????PLZ?

11:19 pm

hi ruru -- seen you pup yet?

11:19 pm

lol i still need 119,

11:19 pm

no.. not yet jilli..soon I hope

11:19 pm

doren, I'm here to clue

11:20 pm

oh great. hi jilli!

11:20 pm

TY pinikula. still realllllly confusing here for a newbie

11:20 pm

celtic...it gets easier...

11:21 pm

take a deeeep breath, celtic, study the Help, and look at Lickety's clues.

11:21 pm

the "stats" players are throwing out are requests for clues from the list (i.e., first 2 letters, number of letters, and point value)

11:21 pm

LOL sorry all, stidkid came up to say goodnight just as I finished!

11:21 pm

this time of night we all get frantic, rose, trying to finish the grid...

11:21 pm

goodnight, stidkid :)

11:22 pm

clue for the E botton right

11:22 pm

please and thank you:)

11:22 pm

honestly, though, it is worth a newbie's time to read the help section, and then check out Angelsong's Babble Page

11:22 pm

celtic, the grid will change at 12 midnight according to the time on the right side of the chat

11:22 pm

pe 6/21?

11:22 pm

it's a duck edward

11:22 pm

that's 10 pm our time, celtic

11:22 pm

ju5?

11:23 pm

ju 5: biblical betrayer

11:23 pm

what part of washington are you in rose?

11:23 pm

ju5 -- the betrayer of Christ

11:23 pm

duck? ei * german masculine nominative article

11:23 pm

ju5 - the man who betrayed Jesus

11:23 pm

and that isn't a proper noun????

11:23 pm

(but thanks guys).. down to 12

11:23 pm

you mean Oral Roberts jill?

11:23 pm

go doren go!

11:24 pm

PB for dorens

11:24 pm

hey ruru!

11:24 pm

there's a phrase I can't think of which uses ju5

11:24 pm

hi there stidster..congrats

11:24 pm

yep doren -- no 4. PB. NOW. *stern mama look as I set lovely cookies in PB*

11:24 pm

may Oral RIP

11:25 pm

did anyone clue ou word for me pleeezzzzzzzzzz?

11:25 pm

does Tom get the the *stern mama look* ???

11:25 pm

hah! and i just clued it for you before too!

11:25 pm

may oral kiss my butt

11:25 pm

that was meant for stid. clued the ad+ not verb

11:25 pm

sometimes, ruru... *wink* when he deserves it!

11:25 pm

cookies are tasting great!

11:25 pm

ruru! *shocked mama look*

11:25 pm

yes, mkg, clued twice -- not in + lateral view

11:25 pm

ooohhh

11:25 pm

I'M BEGINNING TO WISH I HADN'T EATEN ALL THOSE CHOCOLATE COVERED ESPRESSO BEANS.........

11:26 pm

LOLOLOLOL

11:26 pm

oh oh harp! *bounce bounce?*

11:26 pm

thanks got it

11:26 pm

oh ty ty how did i miss it twice. got it now. ty.

11:26 pm

sorry, mkg -- wrong clue, wrong word!

11:26 pm

19 to go

11:26 pm

actually ruru, I didn't like the person, but we irish types don't speak ill of the dead (usually)

11:26 pm

go mkg go!

11:26 pm

.........**** HIC ***** ZIP ******

11:27 pm

hateful people deserve no better as far as I am concerned

11:27 pm

pa5/14 after spanish fathers?

11:27 pm

ou6/21 -- not in + tell falsehood (and it was clued before)

11:27 pm

different last letter doren

11:27 pm

didn't know him myself, at least he kept his wiener to himself... seems to be a problem with famous people....

11:27 pm

spanish father with a different ending vowell

11:27 pm

ae5 (1st)

11:28 pm

lol harp..

11:28 pm

yup. and i had already put it in my word list, just not into lickety!

11:28 pm

pa5 after Spanish father(s) is same with diff last vowel

11:28 pm

it is the 7 after that that i didn't (and still don't) have

11:28 pm

ro 5 plz?

11:29 pm

pa7 -- pa + unmanned aircraft or class of bee

11:29 pm

italian mafia daddy, doren

11:29 pm

pini ae + i am *** perate to give you this clue

11:29 pm

thx ru! :)

11:30 pm

grazie

11:30 pm

ro5 -- same as previous word + cons

11:30 pm

4

11:31 pm

gogogo doren!

11:31 pm

I still haven't made latkes for us doren, tomorrow is supper at a restaurant, Thursday another kid concert, Friday "girl's night out" with a friend and mother, Saturday TWO kid concert 2 and 7...

11:31 pm

de4 (can't believe I'm asking) before bear homes

11:31 pm

soo soo tired

11:31 pm

de + "sick" **l

11:31 pm

go doren go!

11:31 pm

go pini go!

11:31 pm

thx stid :)

11:31 pm

do6?

11:31 pm

just have to make them stid... before concerts, after concerts... just do it (nike commercial)

11:31 pm

still 37 more to go :(

11:31 pm

actually doren, I should *stern mama look* tell you to forget the grid and go to sleep!

11:31 pm

second re 7 pls

11:32 pm

ty got it.

11:32 pm

nm, got it

11:32 pm

re7 -- what's left over

11:32 pm

re+ dress barbie dorens

11:32 pm

but stiiiid (in my best whiny voice). i only have four more

11:32 pm

2nd re 7: re + dress *fancy word*

11:32 pm

fu 4 anyone please?

11:33 pm

fu4 = japanese film

11:33 pm

I beg your pardon nef?

11:33 pm

*mama ears turned off* I can't hear you when you whine doren

11:33 pm

fancy word??????????not getting it and i need it.

11:33 pm

or an apple

11:33 pm

fu 4: mountain that is pretty

11:33 pm

fu**yama, big mountain in Japan

11:33 pm

dress fancy word..... dressfancy word..... drape?

11:33 pm

a5 doren and mkg

11:34 pm

that is a lot of FU ing going on around here...

11:34 pm

last li4?

11:34 pm

(yes, I'm asking for 4's - ugh)

11:34 pm

LOL ruru

11:34 pm

OH, MY ! Sorry, ruru. That came out all worng! (and thanks mkg, stid, and jilli

11:34 pm

got it stid. ty/

11:34 pm

got it thanks tid

11:34 pm

li _ spanish informal you

11:34 pm

13 left.

11:35 pm

li4 -- li + French "you" (familiar)

11:35 pm

thx ;)

11:35 pm

first na?

11:35 pm

go mkg! great progress!

11:35 pm

na5: low point on a graph?

11:35 pm

opposite of pinnacle

11:35 pm

Na5 -- the lowest point

11:35 pm

that didn't help :(

11:36 pm

not a peak pini

11:36 pm

got it ;)

11:36 pm

na + men never ask for ***ections

11:36 pm

didn't know that word...sorry

11:36 pm

but the monkeys found it!

11:36 pm

na + ***ect marketing (straight to the consumer)

11:36 pm

yay monkeys!

11:36 pm

(wonders about schools in ORegon)

11:37 pm

500 million tons of sahara ends up in the Atlantic ocean every year (or so the History Channel asserts)

11:37 pm

didn't go to school here, ru!

11:37 pm

LOL jill -- just saw your great clue

11:37 pm

hehe :)

11:37 pm

se first one: 5 12?

11:37 pm

I ignored that comment jilli

11:38 pm

no4 after lymph no5?

11:38 pm

did you go to school pini? *innocent mama look* and if you don't go to school in oregon, does your boss know?

11:38 pm

se + Mr Quayle

11:38 pm

ok i give up.. de 6/24 pease

11:38 pm

* thump *

11:38 pm

ty!

11:38 pm

9

11:38 pm

de 6/24: de + corn **** (mush)

11:38 pm

all 9 are re words.

11:38 pm

LOL pini

11:39 pm

oops i lied. need pa 5 12 after pa 7 please.

11:39 pm

de + cell P**** without a consonat

11:39 pm

ONESIE is so to a word!

11:39 pm

fireworks. and yes pini it sure is particularly to us grandmas of younguns

11:39 pm

need a S on the end of that pini

11:39 pm

Could someone please clue the fo8s

11:39 pm

wtg dores (I agree)

11:39 pm

pa 5 like the pe 4/5 (little person)

11:39 pm

bb at the flip.. congrats dorens

11:39 pm

pini?

11:39 pm

fo8 = golf yell + not front or back

11:39 pm

thanks for the excellent clueing, i really did need that tonite

11:39 pm

hello wjb

11:40 pm

Pini?

11:40 pm

already clued for you, mkg -- pa + long period of time

11:40 pm

yes, ru?

11:40 pm

sleepy dreams everyone.. see y/tomorrow

11:40 pm

the thingie that is in the front of a ship and makes it go, fo8

11:40 pm

YAY doren! now get some sleep! *sterner mama look*

11:40 pm

foreside

11:40 pm

git-r dun already!!!!!!

11:40 pm

oops wjb!

11:40 pm

ty ty! i keep leaving for e mails. sorry.

11:40 pm

* thump * for you, too!!!

11:40 pm

LOL

11:40 pm

on6?

11:40 pm

that'd be the one, wjb ;)

11:41 pm

mkg, please don't ask for clues and then leave

11:41 pm

fo8 = golf yell + boat "sheet"

11:41 pm

re 5 12 first one please.

11:41 pm

jilli i try not to. so sorry.

11:41 pm

okay, I need to bow out, sorry all. have to make a bday card!

11:41 pm

night stid

11:41 pm

thanks for the help and the conversation. Will check in tomorrow a couple of times. . . (((hugs))) *Poof*

11:42 pm

omg sorry

11:42 pm

re5/12 also clued for you, mkg -- re + Mr Quayle

11:42 pm

down to 25 now...I think I'll call it at this point...

11:42 pm

5 left. go pini go.

11:42 pm

ty.

11:42 pm

ty jilli.

11:42 pm

Night stiddie! Happy bday to the kid ;)

11:42 pm

re 6 18?

11:43 pm

what does "fireworks" mean?

11:43 pm

re 76/18 use the hammer again

11:43 pm

re6/18 -- get in the boat again

11:43 pm

when you finish the grid, fireworks are displayed! :)

11:43 pm

kimm, you get fireworks when you finish the grid (get all the words)

11:44 pm

fireworks mean you finished the grid and you actually see firewords on the tile stats grid

11:44 pm

did I miss on6?

11:44 pm

or5?

11:44 pm

get in boat? climb in???????hmmm

11:44 pm

on6 -- on + lateral view

11:45 pm

OMG people actually finish these puzzles?? I only have 47 words! that's the most Ive ever gotten.

11:45 pm

oh, crap...slap me with the fish

11:45 pm

re board...................not seeing it.

11:45 pm

it is possible, kimm

11:45 pm

Boy, I feel like a dumb bunny!

11:46 pm

(open Lickety's Babble Clues (found below the grid) in a new window for a list of "clues")

11:46 pm

hang in there, kimm...it really does get better!

11:46 pm

boats move with the help of engines or oars or big white (usually) canvas things

11:46 pm

any other clues for re 6 18?

11:46 pm

look just below, mkg

11:47 pm

ty got it. wow.

11:48 pm

wanna hear something funny?

11:48 pm

got TeamE

11:48 pm

er...go

11:48 pm

ok teamE

11:48 pm

yes!

11:48 pm

ty. that re clue is the second re 6 18. i need first one please.

11:48 pm

re7's after what you do to a book?

11:48 pm

what is team E?

11:49 pm

i was makin a glass of tea and my dog walked up behind me an nipped me in the butt lol

11:49 pm

ROFL

11:49 pm

fun dog, eh?

11:49 pm

haha! cute!

11:50 pm

ronder

11:50 pm

re6/18 -- hammer again

11:50 pm

pittbull/lab mixed he weights 110 lbs

11:50 pm

could have been worse, could have been nipped in the BUD

11:50 pm

his brother weights 120 lbs

11:50 pm

thx jilli :)

11:50 pm

yikes!

11:50 pm

yw pini

11:51 pm

ty got it.

11:51 pm

I'm happy with Koda...he's 25 lbs

11:51 pm

what do you feed them? steak and chips?

11:51 pm

they think they need to be on ur lap all the time lol

11:51 pm

My kitten ate my peppermint ice cream when I went to get a glass of water!

11:51 pm

firewks.

11:51 pm

wow.

11:51 pm

night all. sorry to run but must/.

11:51 pm

woohoo, mkg!!!

11:51 pm

YAY mkg!!!

11:52 pm

bye mkg

11:52 pm

wtg mkg

11:52 pm

good job mkg!

11:52 pm

team, my son's cat sits on the back of the chair, and if my son ignores it, the cat reaches around with his paw and hooks my son's face around by the chin.

11:52 pm

going to get new icon (theme is underwater)

11:53 pm

I like your sun icon, jilli

11:53 pm

i'm going hunting for a new one, too...will make finishing the next grid my new goal...

11:53 pm

((((((( rbud ))))))))

11:53 pm

back shortly

11:54 pm

such a nice sunny face - hi, g'rose! I've had lots of net trouble lately, finally had a service call today, I think it's fixed.

11:55 pm

fingers, eyes and legs crossed, rbud

11:55 pm

I've been missing Babble! :(

11:55 pm

guess on the next grid : 227

11:55 pm

withdrawal, huh?

11:56 pm

hey ruru, way off...it's gonna be 400+

11:56 pm

138

11:56 pm

guess so, I feel bad about the level to which my stats have sunk

11:56 pm

hi everyone

11:57 pm

hi flosey

11:57 pm

hi granny

11:57 pm

GOOD EVENING ALL

11:57 pm

hi, flosey! nice clam! very pretty color

11:57 pm

back with my Underwater icon :)

11:57 pm

hey there sammy'smom

11:57 pm

hi sammysmom, and jilli

11:57 pm

hey

11:58 pm

awww, sweet manatees!

11:58 pm

great icon jilli

11:58 pm

I didn't know Flosey was a Pearl Jam fan.. the things you find out about people...

11:58 pm

hi flosey, lovely icon!

11:58 pm

here i am wrappen in me snuggly blanket and ski hat ready for the flip

11:58 pm

hi rbud -- good to see you again

11:58 pm

hello everyone :)

11:58 pm

lol ru, there's a very young fellow who uses my name somewhere else in cyberspace

11:58 pm

hey nan

11:59 pm

hello nan

11:59 pm

nice seahorse, ruru :)

11:59 pm

I used to feed the Manatee at the SF aquarium

11:59 pm

hi nan

11:59 pm

thanks jilli

11:59 pm

hi sammysmom

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