December 19, 2009
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221 total words
flip
hello
yippee for the flip
Sprite's pup is here
de7
gr8
wa 8
wa 8x2
WA 6/8
flip and hi all hugs jili
GR8 too
grief
gr7
crap
fe 7
re 7
DR 7 if not called
ma7
Hi everyone
wow, look at you guys go!
ma7 x 2
MA 6 X 2
de8 if not called
got a MA 7 probably one that Une has
FE 6
FE 7 not related
NE 7 if not called
re7 x 2
RE 7
qu 7
make that, re7 x 3
RE 6/7
qu 8
NBT
re7 x 4 (wonder how many more there are?)
go, jilli!!!
qu 8 x2
FE 6
Has anyone noticed -- 221 words and no S?
yup
great icon story jilli
but 2 ed's and 2 er's
ne 6
sorry a bunch of er's
thanks, flosey -- lots more at the link, very interesting
ne 6 x 2 ne 7
WA 6
wa 6 x 7
didn't have time to look jilli
flosey -- I almost picked your icon, and left-clicking on it led me to my story
dee NE 7/32?
I could use it for Monday too?
i mean 36 SORRY
yes mlf
Yes!
nite all! happy babbling!
ty i got it as welll i think
wtg
qu 7 x 2
you leaving, kimm?
hi all
wa 8 if not called
hi nan
quander is not a word??
also gr 8 and de 8 if not called
wa8 x2
but squander is
QU 8 x2 right?
that i know jill thank you:)
late flip hi jilli volley all
I have qu 7 x2, but no qu 8
oh i have two QU 8's
I have qu 7 x 2 and qu 8 x 2 so far
hi dart
mlf, that's what i've got
ro 7
hi dartie
were good arent we Une:)
found the qu 8 x2
waner
qu8 ? ugh
still missing one q here
oops. not a word anyway.
I just got a GR 8 which i believe was already called
ruru, add the same ending to everything!
twenty i thought ti was a word too i treid
gr 8
is that a second one, poirot?
I have the 7's.. don't see the 8;s
thanks Poirot
been called i think poirot i think we have at loeast 2
sorry, I looked - didn't see it called.
has to do with half your name, ruru! LOL
no problem poirot..at least one was called
odd for me... have all the 8's, but missing tons of 7's... go figure lol
the 8's seem easier on this one - I agree.
got them.. thank you ms. une
ty poirot
fi7 if not called
dee its because at least with the 8s i ahve none are related to any of the 7s
:-D
:)
just looked up from the grid -- hi dee hi and anyone else I mised
re hugs jili
Was TE 7 called?
oohhh, jilli -- ma6 french word!
te 7... may have been said before
:) dee
where are you une?
yes mlf
125
yqw jili :)
ty une
oooh.. got to catch you
merci, une!
sigh . . . such a brief run for moi LOL
ok, 131 ruru and i'm off -- desperate for sleep -- happy babbling! *poof*
goodnight Une
I'm off too. Bye all
128
131??? i only have 80
wow, big snowstorm heading for the east coastnight une and gwenski
good night to all who are leaving
jill its been snowin in NC all day
131 une
crazy weather
especially for the area of NC I am in it sure is lol
where in NC mlf?
just realized I have nbt
i am a half hour from Winston Salem and an hour from Charlotte
wtg nan
I have cousins in Winston-Salem
have cousins in Charlotte, Raleigh, New Bern, and friends in Fremont
maybe you should talk to them jill see if they are snowed in or not or iced in for that matter??
Cool Dee you should do the same so how bad it is for them as well
Dee are you on Facebook?
I love NC :) My mom was born in Pikeville. I agree. No, mlf.. my old computer doesn't seem to like Facebook
Maybe tomorrow, mlf. Cousin's hubby is a doctor.
lol Dee i hear ya on the facebook and connection probs
Had an aunt in Hendersonville NC
Dee where are you living now?
connection probs and it freezes. I am in Indiana.
Have heard of all those places dee and jilll have heard Hendersonville is kind of small if i am not mistaken?
Dee come back to NC!!!!!!!!!!!!
H'ville is small and lovely
I would love to MLF!!
finally found my last q
i live in a small town but its more then 1000 people and under 10,000 people
Dee less snow lol
cept we don't have any snow yet this year :). You are correct usually, excpt you all seem to get more ice.
dee no snow there???
Dee this is the worst weather in terms of winter stuff we have had since we lived here which is only a few year
years
ma 7 if not called
not yet... supposed to be getting some in the next few days, but none yet
oh must be moving towards you then
we have had more rain and sleet so far, but who knows what the rest of winter will bring here :)
Come on, Lickety dear, I ne4 you!
lol jill
I have q's and w's if anyone needs them
dee this si so unexpected in the area i am in that they didnt plow untl a few hrs ago
can anyone gently lead me to the gr 7 or give me the stats please
joke used to be... only 2 men with shovels for plowing lol
i only have a GR 8
more money hungry is gr 7
thanks ru
no its not thats the 8 ruru
thot that was gr 8... hmmm looking
it is the 8 dEE!!!!!!
hmmm, yes
i cant find the GR 7 either
maybe it was a typo earlier
no idea
i have all the G's. there is an 8 but no 7.
thank you hurshy we thought so:)
hi hursh
ty so much hurshy
alt spelling of dr 7 is dr 6/24
q's are: qu 5, 8, 8, 5, 5, 7, 7, 5
w's are wa 4, 6, 8, 8, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6
over 200 words in this grid is that right?
221
thanks dee the previous list is still up
g's are: ge 4, 5 gr 4, 5, 8, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4
yqw
hi all (late to the party, but here) :)
hi pini
hi pini
okay guys i seem to have gone brain dead i cant see anything anymore 89 words found i am out poof
hi dee ;)
hi nan ;)
well done, mlf -- bye!
hi pini
hi jilli ;)
hi mlf; by mlf ;)
ma 6 x 3 so far, but still missing 2 m's
I have ma X 7
I've got 4 ma6's dee. and hello.
hi freep
ty freep and hi
I have ma 4,54, ,6,6,7,7,
2 to go
so far I have ma 4, 5, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7
2 to go to finish, ruru???
another ma 7 I just found
you're missing an ma6 after the 5, dee
ty so much
could you clue that 6 freep
so m's are: ma 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7
I'm off to bed, goodnight everyone
night flosey..
sleep well flosey
night flosey ;)
night flosey
or 6
nbt
wtg dee
ty jili
fe 6 x 4; fe 7 x 2 so far
have or 6, 5 -- anyone know what the other is?
or 4
or 4
ty
can someone clue that ma 6 that freep was talking about
opp of woman + 1st 3 letters of word to line up in a line
I found an ma7...been called?
male + french province
great clue nan
ma 7 x3 has been called
oh, sorry
thank you..
trying to get to 50 left to do
missing one f... I have fe 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 7, 7 fi 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4 missing?
fr 5
ty
fr5 x 3
um... there's lots of fr's, i'm confused.
I have a ton of fr's
and i've got two fi6
so sorry ... mistyped... s/b fi 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, fr 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4
there's an fi 7
phantom: refridgerate
ooops missed the other f... incomplete list so sorry
I'll hush now...
me, too...going to bed... nytol ;)
hi and nbt
hi and wtg josh
seems to me that "wanquer" is a word in England
lol ru
i think it's just wanker...
oh you joke. sorry.
let's try this again... missing 2 f's (one from top f and one from bottom f)... I have fe 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 7, 7 fi 5, 6, 5, 7, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5 fr 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4
fr 6
fr6
gracias
and fi6, there are two in the place where you have one
ty hurshy; again, so sorry for 1st screwed up list
np... esp if you clue me the fe6 before the plant, and the fi 5 and 7 after the 6's :)
Is there only one ge?
2 ge
have a ge 4
slang used for "for" + to tell a falsehood fe 6/27
ge5
thanks vmd
fi 5/18 land where baseball is played and the ballplayer who gathers up or catches ball in the out fi... (fi 7/44)
yw
ty dee
*doink*
yw
lol hurshy... my last ones, also
ty hurshy
i's are id 4, 5 ir 4
ed 6; ee 6
de 6; 7
dr 7
i am missing an 8 - i have de qu x 2 and wa x 2 missing?
gr
ty
probably the easiest one tx again
ne 4,6,7,6,7,4,6, -- missing?
another 7 - more of your last 4
na 4
ty broll -- just found it
the lower right R, i've got 2 ro4, anyone know what the other is
ty hurshy
ty for the n's!
ro 4/4; ro 7/40; ro 4/4
to 4 x3
thanks!
what about bottom D - i have do 4, 4, 6, and the past tense of not wet from there
have same as you hurshy
dr 6 7 7
ahhh another pt!
5 to go!
there is a dr 7 from the bottom d
help with missing L? Le 5, 6; Li 4,6,4,4,4,5,4,5,5
oh no -- it comes from the left hand d
the past tense comes from the bottom
unless you're talking about the hanukah toy
in which case, no past tense :)
must be a diff dr7 from the one I have
that's the one I have -- there's another?
the hanukah toy -- just realized it comes from the left
don't dr6 up too much di4
with endings.
ah -- ty
ty hursh
so... how bout that L ? :)
still looking for the le's!
rhyme with those dr
ty again
ty from me too
over halfway
I think there is another li 6/18
I have li 4, 6, 4, 4, 5,4,5,5
my li6 is a 6/21, so if you have a 6/18...
same here
I have li 6/21 and li 6/18
yes!!! thanks!
2 left, 1 R 1 D, one's a 4 and one's a 6
li 4,6,4,4,6,4,etc.
ty for the l list
I am short 2 e's... I have ed 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6 ee 6 ei 4, 5 el 5, 5 er 4, 5 missing?
ty broll
ee5
er6
ty
yw
ee6 too
190 down but too tired to think anymore -- good night :)
so e's are: ed 4, 5, 5, 5 4, 6 ee 5, 6 ei 4, 5 el 5, 5 er 4, 6, 5
night nan
D list with one missing: de4,7,4,4,6,6,7,4,4,4,4,6,7,8 di4,4,5,5,4,4 do4,4,5 dr4,6,7,7,4,5,4,7,6,5,5
do 6
another de 4 after the first de 7
R list with one missing: ra4,5 re4,4,7,6,4,7,6,7,6,7,5,7,4,4,6,6,5,4, 5 ri4,5,5,6,4,4,5,4,5 ro4,7,4
right, no do5, that was a typo!
thank you so much ARB
that leaves an R6.
yw
urshy, another re6 after third re4/7
so 4 re6 in a row there?
yes hurshy
mine are 21, 27, and 18 points... what's my missing one?
can someone help me find the last wa? I have 4, 6, 8, 8, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6
Hello everyone
nooo, 3 x re6 in a row
oh well.
4 wa6 at the end
I'm confused about the dr's. Could someone please list them again?
4,4,6,7,7,4,5,4,7,6,5,5
re's, 4,4,7,6,4,7,6,7,6,7,5,7,4,4,6,6,6,5,4, 5
i can post the whole entire list if y'all can help me find this missing R6 :)
oh thank you hurshy!!!
ty hurshy
hi swmbo
those are the same 20 re's i've got.
hi jilli, how are things in the west/
if you have all the R's, i must miss an ri
just fine, swmbo -- and btw, was it you who recommended Stieg Larson?
yes, have you read him?
hurshy, i still have 1 x r word missing, from r in second row. you?
same. so, could be another re, or another ri
hmmmm
i just have one ri6, is that what you have?
no, but I looked him up and will do so asap -- the library has 2 but they're both out
ri4,5,5,6,4,4,5,4,5
i read the first one and am about to start the second. i don't usually like thrillers much, but it was more than a thriller. i couldn't put it down
yep, like so.
got it!!!
re6 after the first re4
tell, tell
ty
what a groaner!!!!!!
geesh finally finished the stupid d's
I'm looking forward to them. Did you find the Henning Mankell books? They're best read in sequence.
did anyone give a full list of the r's and t's yet?
I'm stuck with 93 left -- too sleepy to search for more
no I haven't tried them. to be honest, my stack of books is about 10 tall and I am fiding i have less and less time to read. of course if i gave up babbling... but that isn't an option LOL
awww time for banana and milk jili?
I know what you mean, lol!
already had banana and milk, dee <giggle>
How many words today
lol
221
221 gran
Thanks
i am at work and eating CHOCOLATE!!! cbristmas is such a time for treats!
fireworks
Congrats Dart!!
i have 70 left and i am stuck. i'd better go do some work
WTG DART!!!!
seeya Swmbo
YAY dart!
bye swmbo
dart congrats!... could you please list r's and t's pretty please... down to 9 here
just a sec
many thanks
ra 4,5......re 4,6,4,7,6,4,7,6,7,6,7,5,7,4,4,6,6,6,5, 4,5
ri 4,5,5,6,4,4,5,4,5.....ro 4,7,4
te 4,4,4,5,7,6....ti 4,6,4,4,6,5,4,5,5,4,5,7,4,6,4
to 4,4,4.....tr 4,5,5,4,5,5,4
hopefully no typos....a lot of 6's and seven in succession in one of those
ooooh, what a re 6/27 found my missing r... on to the t's ty ty dart
seven's
Ty Dart, nice to have something to go back to
whew! and done!!!!
can anyone hint the last re 5. I'm stumped!
Congrats Rose!
arb, to show again as in a film clip
pass the fish -- totally ignored the a!
in or out of the tin, arb
YAY granny!!!
complete list is up on babanon.
sorry it took me so long, i always forget to copy just the cells, not the whole column, and then the browser freezes up...
thanks hurshy!
now i'll just go back to my depressed state and my stuffy nose. hopefully will be able to sleep. night all.
nite hurshy, and thanx for the list
night hurshy -- get better!
ty all for all of the lists! finally fireworks; my last 19 took forever (stupid r's) LOL
congrats volley
ty and ty for the t's and r's that really helped
yw :)
YAY dee!!!
I give up -- can't see even with hurshy's list :(
so goodnight all and *poof*
bye jilli
bye jili
ty... off to soak my head in the shower; hugs to all
bye volley...i'm off too nite all
*poofing* thx again for all the help!
nite dart and dee
bye gran pooof
nite granny...
i'm outta here as well. nite all. see you at the flip
morning all
Hello Sprite!
hey lyn :) So nice to see you.
ditto. How has life been treating you?
if I look at the small picture, rather rotten. Still cannot feel half of my feet and nobody knows why. But looking at the big picture I am one lucky girl, with a great family, a roof, food and lots of loving. How are things at your side?
So the specialist wasn't any help? do you get referred onto someone else. I am very well, still enjoying just being at home and having a peaceful life
I would be if they knew whereto. For now they changed my pain medication into one especially for nerve pain and we hope it will make a difference.
a peaceful life... that is a blessing
Hello you two and a happy Saturday to you both.
Goodmorning FM
hi FM :) This is one of my lucky days, to have you both at babble. A great day to you too, dear FM.
Putting hand up for roll call.
hi Haz!
hi Haz :) That makes three.
Good morning/evening!
Greetings lynxx and spritey sprite. Am looking out of the window on a very bright and sunny day but ice and snow all over -1degrees but I don't have to go anywhere so am happy :) Hey Haz!!!!
It's pretty cold here as well. Only poor lynxx is having to cope with the heat. Poor lynxxx.
am planning on walking Terra in the same weather you are having, FM! It is a bit overcast here but with blue in between... I think all the sun needs is a tiny chance.
Do I sound convincing?
and obviously all your Xmas stuff is done FM!
almost, Haz ;)
Had a delivery from the local supermarket yesterday and the driver couldn't get the van up the hill to the house! Yup all xmas stuff is done and sorted thank goodness.
Is actually pretty nice here, very cool nights and temps mid 20s for the next week.....Nice!
You're well organised, FM!
can you imagine us dutch celebrating Xmas without presents, FM?
More by luck than judgement Haz
that sounds lovely, lyn.
Definately not sprite!
traditionally we have the presents at Sinterklaas and Xmas is more of a solemn celebration. Though things are shifting towards American traditions, alas.
There was an interesting programme on last night about the different ways people interpret the 'Santa Claus' legend. Holland featured with Sinter Klaas (spelling?) and Black Peter etc.
all good, Haz, just connect the two. Sinterklaas.
Oh Haz did you see HestonB's Christmas feat prog - incredible!
*feast even
I didn't, FM. More extravagent than Delia, I imagine?
or Sint Nicolaas.
mmm something is smelling delicious, off to see what Ken has thrown together for dinner BBL
It was gob smacking and so entertaining.
See you later, lynxxx.
TTFN then lynxxx
enjoy, lyn! *hug*
what is gob smacking?
Along the same lines as jaw-dropping - surprising.
ah thanks Haz
lol and HAz was quicker off the mark there than I.
Although I think being smacked in the gob (mouth) isn't to be recommended! I suppose it means you are as surprised as if someone had smacked you in the mouth.
or maybe to indicate you smacked yourself in the mouth from surprise?
true, it is a very coloquial phrase
The qu5 is never gobsmacked, she is only ever surprised.
nicely worked in Haz :)
she'd be a qu5 qu5 if she was
*grin*
that bottom middle R should have been an E.
Hows Spangle? Has she done the paw arranging for the morning?
She has, all is silent at the minute.
*sends a cat over to annoy her*
I felt sorry for her last night and tried to leave her in the kitchen instead of putting her out to her kennel. She whined, wouldn't settle and could only be contented by putting her out to bed as usual. Talk about liking routine!
awwwwww leave Spangle in peace!
we are all slaves to routine!
I agree, up to a point
Isn't it funny? Out she trotted, quite happily, just because she always does.
I am still trying to invent my new routine since moving house - haven't got it yet but it is a great opportunity to start up a whole new set of routines and experiences.
it will take some energy now, FM, but will be so rewarding once you have settled into it!
One thing that is taking up time is watching the bird life that comes into the garden, I sit there for ages just watching them coming and feed.
Maybe it's a bit like having a new baby. You think at the start that nothing in life is ever going to run as smoothly as before but gradually you get on top of things and realised that routines can be switched and adapted.
lol Haz not had a baby but it is a great opportunity to reinvent myself, and how often do you get that so rt of chance?
You'd have no time to watch the birds if you'd had a baby!
No, but it's along the same lines, changes of responsibility,change of routine, the opportunity to do things differently etc.
Have already decided that I am now semi retired, clients I have will do nicely and keep me ticking over so now it is time to enjoy life!
And NO nappy changes.
hehehe a baby would press changes upon changes upon you. This is more out of free will... lovely, though intense. I admire you for doing it, FM. And I just know it will be really rewarding.
gooood FM!
oh for heavens sake there goes the phone BRB
*giggles*
If we had a c we could have tenrec. But we don't, so we can't.
ironclad logic
LOL
It's my forte, sprite.
Hello everyone
one of them anyway
hi Brookie
and it's my fav babble word Hi Brookie
Hello, Brookie.
Hi sprite, FM, haz
hells bells now the doorbell is going *sigh*
they are testing your resolve, FM
Any minute now, her tame robin will be knocking at the window demanding food.
lolol
ha ha he already did that about 7am this morning
It'll be back for elevenses.
I can't keep up with the demands of the local wildlife!
We have bird fe6/30s in the garden, they ne4 to be refilled at an alarming rate.
I have this image of bloated birds unable to get lift off.
such an animal lover. First fe4ing the birds, then the cats!
I have noticed that with the lack of big birds here opposed to at the old place there is much more variety of small bird life, facinating.
lovely to see how much you enjoy it, FM
Have you got your binoculars on standby?
Morning all.
hi Sally
Good morning, Sally.
C-c-c-cold out there today.
hi sally
umm well yes but don't need them as everthing flies in so close (eek am I becoming a twitcher)? Hi Sally
back. Hi Sally & Brookie
warm socks and sweater and a brisk walk, Sally
Hi everybody
Hope you're putting water out for your birds as well as food, FM!
what is a twitcher? (Don't mean to appear dumb but don't know the meaning)
It depends, FM. Have you got an anorak? Have you got a wee notebook to count in the species?
hi Soodle
hi lynxxx, soodle
A twitcher is a term used here for a bird watcher.
Well I was out wearing all those things, plus ski gloves at 8.30 to do chickens and bring in logs.
HAven't quite worked that one out yet Sally, I need to get a bird bath and can't find a substitute for now :(
hi soodle
Good morning, soodle.
Hi soodle
Plant saucer without a hole.
bird baths when it freezes are not recommended, I believe. Just big enough to drink, not to bath in.
My husband and his sister are amateur twitchers.
thanks Haz
Can you be a professional twitcher then Haz?
sounds active enough to warm up, Sally?
No problem.
Don't have any of those, was thinking about putting out a pastic bowl for now.
Yes, I think the professionals will go any distance to see birds. Plus, the professionals keep in touch with each other so that if a lesser-spotted blue canary hawk is spotted somewhere, they all descend en masse to observe and write in notebooks.
Just can't be deep enough for the birds to drown in FM. Silly things
Anything will do FM as long as they can stand on the edge and drink. A lot of natural water sources are frozen at the mo, so I have to go out there with a jug of boiling water in the morning.
*sigh* such a responsibility to take on :)
lol FM.
They're relying on you.
are birds good when boiled?
Poor dirty, thirsty little birds.
All I had to look after at the old place were a few house plants, now it is a menagerie of bird life!
'If only some kind woman living in that house would give us some water to drink.'
I still have apples on an apple tree here. They are still attached to the tree, but almost hollow, as the birds have been feasting.
Oh sush, you are making me feel guilty.
'If only some kind woman would put enough water out for us to bathe, not so much as to drown, just enough for us to dip our feathers and make the babies more comfortable.'
LOL OK!
no dipping feathers. We don't want them to freeze
We have the most amazing bird life here, including long tailed tits which come to the fe****s on my office window.
We have a macaw.
Living wild?
Or one of those highly coloured things.
I have to say it is interesting to see how the wildlife differs here with the lack of jays, magpies and squirrels.
Was it you Sprite that told us about Macaws living in Holland?
There used to be two of them, kept by a man in a village nearby, he allowed them to fly freely. One must have died but you still see the other one flying around. The police are pretty tired of people ringing up to report parrots...
So are you glad you moved FM?
You hear this one before you see it, it makes quite a racket.
Parakeets are rampant in various ares around Berkshire.
It would be lovely to see though Haz
Yes very Sally - it is great, just can't wait until i have everything all strait in the house.
Collecting my daghter from school, years ago, I overheard a child trying to convince her grandmother that she had seen parrots in the park, right next door to the school. 'It'll have been a duck, dear'
The poor child was getting more and more insistent, I finally assured the grandmother that it was very likely she really had seen parrots!
rofl - that tickles my funnybone
I remember when I first saw a parakeet and did think I must have imagined it the saw a whole flock of them nesting - most bizarre.
It's amazing they survive the winters.
I know, they're so highly coloured that they put our less flamboyant birds to shame.
apart from my dear Robbie the Robin ;)
We had a whole load flying wild near us in Sussex. There was a local place which had a lot of escapees after the 1987 hurricane. The numbers reduced very slowly.
We have bullfinches which are lovely, very bright!
Are you talking about budgies?
No lynxxx, parakeets and parrots etc.
No lynxxx, parakeets and parrots etc.
Sorry about the hiccup.
Sally , just read your profile - what a hoot!!!!!
sorry, was afk for a few minutes. No, that wasn't me, FM.
It's great isn't it FM. Someone sent it to me.
oh yes it is lovely! Sooo funny!
So funny!
how come the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel isn't listed???
Ooh, just found sprite's puppy.
:)
Okey dokey time for me to tear myself away from the chat and get on with things. So Happy babbling and see you all again soon.
Nice to see you, FM, enjoy the day!
thanks FM and have a lovely, lovely day.
(That robin will have started tapping at the window, I just know it)
you just put a dutch song into my head, haz, that is about robins tapping on windows. Argh!
That's very very funny Sally
oh and the jewish spintop!
Bye FM
The version sent to me had pictures, but can't put them all in my profile.
just the text itself is a hoot already
both spellings of the spintop even. How nice.
Well, time I was getting ready for shopping. Such a happy prospect.
Back later - this is a very nice gr4 so far.
best of luck with that, Haz. May it be swift and smooth.
TY Sprite
Bye Haz
Bye for now. *gone*
one more F one more F... filling in the tiles now but it isn't easy. Smooth gr4 until the last 20 or so.
brb
my puppy and the Jack Russell are in the gr4.
TY keep forgetting to use that A
fireflies. Have fun all and enjoy your day/evening. You're very welcome, lyn :)
Have a good day Spritley!
my 'add' box on babble expert is broken
keeps flashing red even if i enter a valid word
any ideas?
Did you keep the email from lickety? Instal it again perhaps
ok - will try that
Hey Pinny...Just realised Lickety hasn't done a list for this grid...you must be looking at yesterdays
hmm - it's all gone a bit wrong
Oh dear. No list.
will pop out and hope it's fixed by the time i return later
Pinny - did you see my second comment
Alleyn - you could check Bab Anon, someone might have put a list there
thanks...much harder to work from.....spoilt by lickety
He's probably pretty tied up with Xmas festivities I imagine
Yoohoo !
Hurshy put a list in BabAnon (I think it was her) earlier :)
hi Aussie
Hey Lynx !
wanderer
Oh Poo !
its OK I didn't have that!
lol.....
40 left but time for me to go...bye Aussie and all
hello all, snowing here!!
they're predicting up to another 20 inches for east coast states -- wowser!
nothing but rain here . . .
I know Une, and not happy, had to cancel our holiday dinner today and one for tomorow is cancelled as well
nice grid tho
nice gr4? LOL
everyone'll be in the PB today :-)
airports'll be nuts, eh?
oops :)
yes it will, lots of flights cancelled
so glad my daughter visited friend in NYC and Boston LAST week!
wow, just saw this: Eurostar canceled all services Saturday because of severe weather in northern France, stranding thousands of passengers on the weekend before Christmas.
*butts in* they kind of had to, Unea - it broke down and stranded some passengers in the chunnel overnight!
was just reading the rest of the article -- what a nightmare!
I hear that some have been stranded for over 12 hours on the car transporters in the tunnel!
i smell another title in the Die Hard franchise!!
Chaos. UK and apparently France unable to handle snow
More's coming though, Alleyn!
good thing Santa uses air transport!
oooh we put our presents under the tree last night. Wonder if it'll really be a white christmas...
urgh, latest news on Santa is that he is now not politically correct and should lose weight and use a more carbon friendly mode of transport - can you believe it !!!
Hopefully not to London. Daughter and son in law tried flying to Geneva yesterday - kids with us - for wedding anniversary. Most nof the day at airport - no flights. Have now gone to 5 star in London!!!
fmitch LOL!!!!!!!
bummer, alley:-(
needer
*alleyn
what a shame Alleyn but hope you/they have a good time anyway.
sorry
LOL FMitch. More carbon friendly than...magic?!
it's the methane from the reindeer
I know Nancy - but that is what they reported - it is soooooo stupid!
*grin* Esprit
;-p
nancy boy have not seen you in a long time
read yr profile and the log a few days ago nance, you have been through some tough times, hope you are getting sorted now ((()))
been gone a long time, Esprit ;) I was on my 'world tour'...came back flat broke and unable to remember any countries visited, but it was awesome :) nice to know I've been missed though!
where'd you go specifically?
well you're our little brother/son, of course you were missed
well put Esprit!
:-)
thanks FMitch :) yes, Leo and babblers combined are being enormously supportive - got to learn to live with what I can't rise above :)
thanks FMitch :) yes, Leo and babblers combined are being enormously supportive - got to learn to live with what I can't rise above :)
thanks FMitch :) yes, Leo and babblers combined are being enormously supportive - got to learn to live with what I can't rise above :)
Oops, sorry, broke the chog ;)
there's a lot of BS in the world, we all have to develop our immunities
Gah, the gods have conspired that every time I try to chat on babble I gett interupted. So yet again I must be off and bid you adieu.
hang on, must refresh, I have definitely broken the chog.
hi and bye, FM
later fmitch
bye fmitch!
bye FMitch, nice to see you again :)
and, Esprit, what a lovely thing to say :) with friends, Babblers and Leo, I feel like I have the world's biggest adopted family...so what's one missing father?
do you have other family NB?
I do, Esprit, but there's a lack of good news there really :/ there's my mum and my sister, but it's difficult to contact them, and all the others live back in Korea or over in the states...difficult really
:-(
But, I'm working on bringing dad around :) some people aren't lucky enough to have two healthy children...so he should appreciate that...and he can't shut me out forever
it's been my experience that good friends can be the best "family" I know it's not what we all wish for but I don't know what I would do without my surrogate "families"
yes, I agree with you. I have a brother who stayed "in" until he was in his 40s, afraid of coming out to our parents
what a waste of his life!
and the agony of being repressed and not being yourself
quite, Esprit :) and at the end of the day, I can be happy here, and I wouldn't be happy otherwise.
good morning everyone
hi, Flosey :)
hi flosey
and welcome back NB, have just been reading back a bit in the chatline
thanks, Flosey :) been here a couple of days straight - a personal record. I have a horribly short attention span!
my heart is with you, NB, do hope your father will be able to understand and accept you, as you are, and who you are
Oh Flosey, until it happens, the babblers are the family I've been missing :') I've actually been really touched by the way everyone's rallied around me - really, really inspiring and amazing
glad to hear you feel the friendship that exists in babble, we have all acquired many great friends here
I've been practically adopted, Flosey! :) no, it's been really wonderful. Leo is grateful, as well, so he's obviously noticed the change :)
wonderful. Who is Leo?
Leo is the lovely young man that my father was so opposed to me moving in with :) hence the whole sorry incident..
ah, so glad you have Leo, my hopes and prayers that your Dad will come around.
thank you so much, Flosey :) I feel like I have so much good feeling behind me now, things can't fail to go right
you are most welcome NB, and honoured to be considered a friend
and **I am** honoured
ooh, getting all teary-eyed. Might have to step outside for some fresh air (and SNOW :D)
ok, back to the grid, have 133 more words to find
have all the 8's. found 5 of them myself ! woo hoo
Could you list them plz peri?
good for you peri, have only 3 so far - babbled a bit last night while baking, then off to bed
the 8's: de, gr, qux2 and wax2
if you need any more help, just holler
ty peri
yvw, mm
wow-with those clues I got all of them too - I NEVER get the 8's!!!
gald I could help, Deeha
*glad* even
Seen the latest picture of my grand daughter folks? How gorgeous is she? Must take after her Nana!!!!!
she is a cutie, Deeha, how old is she?
Oh Deeha, isn't she a little beauty
she is exquisite!
Close on 2 1/2. Was supposed to be going there today to take her christmas presents but too much snow all the buses and trains have been cancelled
Deeha, she's roughly the same age as my niece then!!!
wow, where are you Deeha? I don't think of any part of Britain as having much snow
I havent seen this much snow for about 40 years!!! And that isnt snow as you know it, only about 4 inches here and we grind to a halt
I'm in the south west corner of BC, we don't have much snow here either, thus not enough snow removal equipment to clear sideroads, etc - Came from Ontario where we had lots of the stuff
That is the British excuse 'not enough to make it worth while' I suppose they do have a point
of course, considering the maintenance
we have occasional power outages due to weather
the comparative ending is coming in handy today
I'm going to have to lie down for a bit, eyes playing tricks on me, prob. time for cataract surgery
bbl
Good morning/day Babble buddies!
Hello everyone!
Hi Annie!
Hi Scrabbs, Are you snowed in?
Not here, Annie.
How about you? The storm is hitting the coast.
Happy to hear that. We should be getting the snow this afternoon lasting until Sunday.
But we do want more snow! Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing...
Well, in that case, snow is fine with me
I am so far enjoying this gr4.
I started at the top left and am working my way down
The ski resort across the valley opened yesterday---I always want to see them have a successful season. Economically it is key for them to be operating during Xmas break.
I am doing my usual random acts of word discovery. Later I will be more systematic.
I am down to the fourth row and have 95 words so I am a happy Babbler so far.
I am going to check on Bunny Sebastian
He is doing better today--friskier, eating on his own. I am so relieved that he is improving. He was sick the last 2 days.
Oh, I didnt know. So happy he is improving. I used to feel so helpless when my pets were not well.
good morning babble friends!
Hi there Trif
Hi Trif
should be reading my new snow blower instructions, but happily (and warmly) babbling instead.
Trif, How is the new job? Do you like it?
thanks for asking annie! I like it quite a lot, but the amount of information I have to learn is a little daunting. Once I am actually doing the programs with clients I am sure it will be a lot easier.
the people are so friendly! I am really enjoying being out and about, that is for sure.
this gr4 is messing with my head! I am contemplating whether or not to fi4 something with the courts in the new year, and gee - seem to be getting a message from the universe via the puzzle today! LOL
In a few weeks it will be as if you were doing this for years. You are a warm caring person. You will be great at it.
thanks annie! It's cheering to feel I have so many people pulling for me. Thanks so much!!!
oh no where's lickety??
australia?
dang
good morning all
morning joanne- someone may have put a list in babble anon?
Hi Joanne, I know. I feel the same. Just hope all is well with Lickety
yes
i will look there
Hi joanne
Scrabbs, How are the rest of the bunnies?
good morning scrab
hursh posted 221
there is no law against having leftover chinese food for breakfast, right? :)
heck no
what we having??
The other bunnies are doing well.
chicken chow foon, my favorite!
Yummy, Trif!
what's that??
I like moo shoo
i'm so anal lol
chicken in brown sauce with wide rice noodles. I am so boring - I get it every time
That's why we play Babble, Joanne.
i no
and you know too, Joanne
so far I am digging the puzzle today - lots of interesting words, many I haven't babbled before
LOL, I just noticed the Q!
I guess the caffein just hit my grey matter
uh huh
*caffeine
name that proper noun: meanie captain that was mutinied against
queeg
ding ding for annie!
dim sum for me!
rejected, Annie!
morning all - snowpocalypse mid-atlantic "doesn't show signs of stopping"
where are you, dan?
OOOH, Dim Sum!!
Woo hoo, Annie! You are this hour's winner!
Enjoy it, Dan!!
wondering when it will hit here....
outside DC, trif - we have at least 6 or 7 inches on the ground and falling like mad
I finally won something, thanks Scrabbs!
Supposed to start in NYC at 2 PM
did it start overnight? geesh, that is gonna be bad for you all - I remember when I lived in DC -- if we got two inches the place shut down
yes overnight, and yes, DC is accustomed to maybe a foot of snow *per winter*
We got 20 inches 8 days ago and it made for superb cross-country skiing last Saturday.
hmmm. I should outfit the kids and I with cross country skis....we are in a perfect setting for it....
Scrabbs, How did your nephew enjoy his trip to New York?
It's easy (just walk) and fun and great exercise--you will sweat a lot.
dang mouse acting up!!
He loved it and showed me photos---hockey game at MSG (our Sabres won!), shopping, walking everywhere, boat ri4 + dinner from southside pier...
give it some cheese
think ne4's more then that
How wonderful! Glad you were concerned about his safety for naught.
But I can certainly understand.
Well, he is a dopey 21 yr old guy, but I am sure his girlfriend guided him.
lol scrab
He is lucky to have you for his aunt.
dotier
So sorry.
ty
glad it helpled. I hope there is chocolate in the PB.
He can be SO clueless and oblivious at times, but I am training him, telling him that someday he and his future wife will thank me. e.g. I told him to bring garbage out on Wed night, for Thurs AM pick-up--he brought out the huge garbage tote container but NOT the 2 recycleable containers. When I pointed this out he said, "You didn't say to bring the recycleables out."
no stay and keep doing that
kids are very anal scrabs..i deal with it all week
unless you give them a detailed road map...forget it
He is a work in progress, as we all are.
My friends husband who ran a business was once helping out with doing the laundry. His wife gave him a jar of detergent and told him to put the soap in the machine before it starts. So he put the entire jar in and you can imagine the mess.
lol
good morning everyone;)
Hi crossy
gm
mmm,no licketys eh?
Hi Crossy!
no (sigh)
nada
there is a list in babanon
scwabby!
there is a list in babanon
Haha, Annie. So literal and concrete, with no actual thinking--scary!
Hi Peri
its no matter,i never list till 50% and ive yet to get there on the last 3 grids;(
morning crossy!
howdy trif!
crossy - I always try to get at least half on every tile before listing
Alright, NBT finally so I am off to make eggs + toast for breakfast.
i need a new profile photo....hmmmm....
nothing much else to do today, though :-)
hi all
make some eggs for me
and since crossy is here i am sure i can get some bacon
hi jmc, enjoy breakfast scrabbs
bye scrabs
any O clues about?
dan...or4---a border
i am getting nowhere with the O
or + **ad Me On...a hymn
hi babblers, i just thought I saw ranque and fi**
Hi JBV!
ty annie
hi jbv
hey there jmc!
hi trif
did you change your profile?
yes, but it is not so exciting....
love the pants/shoes
Primo would wear those every day!
i can see why
oh god is this costa rican coffee good!ill have to get my brother to fed ex me 2 more pounds of it;))
mom guilt setting in....the girls are going down to the pond at the end of the street for the first skate of the year....I should go too.....but oh, I am so warm and comfy, and the gr4 is friendly....and it's maybe 6 degrees out there....
sure it's just "coffee" crossy?
good morning snowbound babble friends, and all my other babble friends as well
good coffee on a cold day is heaven
hi beach
hi beach
I am happily snow bound
me too, jmc
why should you go trif? curl up with a warm computer and have a good time
it is amazing how little snow it takes to do that, here in the South! ;-)
it is pushing 10 inches in DC
indeed trif, this stuff is from a single plantation,not blended like most of the stuff we are used to;0
here, in sothern central VA, we have 2-3", but is sleeting right now, to make a nice, slippery crust on the snow
southern
lol,we have 2 feet of the stuff on the ground now,and being the crazy canucks we are we still tear around in it
Well dear babblers I am on my way, see you all later
tc annie
lol, see what I mean? A couple of inches immobilize us, down here!
bye annie
when i was in houston it took less than that!
lol
haha crossie - I'm guessing that a) your local govt probably has some heavy snow-clearing artillery and b) you have a cottage industry of "guys with plows on their trucks"
my son left the house last night in his miata with the slick racing ti4s and i thought i was going to die from worry
we don't have either down here
but he came back in five minutes and then took my car
so i was only majorly fretting for two hours
the plowing for the highways is all done by the townships and yes we have lots of private peopel who do driveways and parking lots
only a handful of roads are clear here
mom guilt getting worse...i will have the rest of my life to sit here and babble, but a few precious years left to skate with the girls....
and it is still snowing at the rate of an inch and hour
do what is best for YOU trif
lol trif,put your toque and mitts on and get out there for half an hour;0
sigh.....maybe in ten more minutes....
could some one give me the stats but no clue for the middle E
5/12
Morning snowbirds!
4/4 also
howdy hego
ty
hi hego and joan
We only have about an inch here so far, but much more to come.
we are pushing 10 inches in DC
greeting to all the snowbound. I had my taste on the 9th
lol hego,come up here i have the snowshoes ready and fresh coffe brewing
well iowa has entire banquets of snow each, yes?
*each year
15 inches and blowing snow...but never the stuff I lived thru in Fargo!
The ocean is rough on snow, Crossy. Thank heaven.
fargo can be nasty
Yikes, Joan
one of the several januarys I visited iowa my back cushion in the car froze solid
ive actually broken vynal car seats at minus 40 f/c
Joan, I love your recipe. Is that a 9 inch pan?
well there you go that is why i don't live in canada
The plows were taken off the roads for the 8/9th storm in Iowa. I was on one of the few flights that left on Wed.
lol,but we have no problems with mosquitos ;))
Or me either!
give me mosquitoes any day
and ive never had a croc problem:)
Crocs are too smart for that!
When I got to Minneapolis, the jet bridge was stuck in the snow, so I missed my flight to CA. Finally got there 12 hours late.
oops
(croc are in africa -- alligators in North America)
ahh ,gators then
snow is okay as long as it doesn't get in the way of my hammock
lol I think it might be time to bring the hammock in off the porch BR
Hi BR
how are you BR?
can get a swing going when the wind picks up
i bet
LOL
I am peachy keen hubba hubba neato jet racy boolah boolah
lol br,wind chill is -18 here atm,you would get a lot more going than that lol
Hey gr4 is in the gr4 today.
There will be folks in the PB today!
I DO put a coat on
uh some how i sense irony BR
lots of nice big w words today;))
How many words today?
okay i give up -- a little more help on the middle E
221 grant
OOoo yeah, Crossy
TY
wow that was weird
er4/4
What?
I typed in wa6/33 which I could see plain as day and it said wa6/33 is not in the puzzle
then I typed it in a second time and it took it
it happens
I've seen that happen, jmc
ty joan *looking*
it's a babblet jmc
My psychiatrist changed my meds .... has helped ... he even sicced his nurse on me .. .she calls to make sure I am "compliant."
Abird I think.
i had thought it happened before but never that clearly
well hang in there BR -- you are missed when you don't visit babbleland
i have good meds br..the white pill for blood pressure,the green pill for memory,and i cant remember what the blue pill is for;)))
hey everyone
hi ishult
howdy ishult
Hi ish. LOL Crossy!
I know no one will believe this but I can get rather growly
Not you BR!
i read the instructions for the blue pill...said it was good for up to 24 hours of enhancement....errr..what do i do with the other 23 hours and 55 minutes?
just missing last 8 (got so far 2x qu,gr& 2x wa)
surely not BR!
Stop that , Crossy! ;-)
Crossy you hav to spend that time in bathtub, fully clothed
jbp!
lol
de 8/45
de8 - look at your French behind
Hello everyone.
hi haz
Hiya Haz!
Hello, Haz
Love the clue
hi again, babblers
sigh I may have to go shovel my sidewalk soon
tx Haz
Hello! I'm trying to get this finished so that I can start on the Christmas decorations.
You're welcome, hego.
Why, jmc, no one is coming to visit today?
4 cats jbp? we have 3 and i had to order a new carpet,so i thought it would be best to order it in the exact same sahde and hue as a cat hairball and cat vomit
legally bound
we had a powdering of snow here this morning - just a teaser - who knows what is coming, you would think it's the end of civilzation the way people are carrying one
on
shade
I've found that a good flame thrower is quite efficient at clearing a sidewalk
the hairballs and vomit are the least of our troubles
ooh, where can I get one, BR?
lol jbv,we dont even pay attn to the snow unless it starts getting in the way of opening the car doors
Do you have a mercenary store in your town? or look in soldier of fortune
i forgot to pick one up BR
good idea, BR. ;-)
I am not welcome in the mercenary stores
Home depot doesn't carry those?
or br you can get what is called a tiger torch from the commercial rental store,we used to use it in construction to thaw concrete footings when making homes
looks almost exactly like a ww2 flame thrower
a blow torch works just as well
this is bigger;)
I tried claymores once but that is pretty high risk
*ponders thought of babblers with flame throwers and sharp objects*
you kidding? sometimes a doughnut has too many sharp edges for us:))
hi TO!
Hi TO
I'd keep those things out of BR's way when he's feeling growly.
Hello, TO!
no sharp edges on my jack daniels glass
yeah, let's not end up in one of those Darwin Awards stories, shall we?
mmm jd....
jd and flamethrowers....
would love a clue for bottom corner O and D next to it?
like a bird
thanks Joanne!
baseball team too jb
time for a late breakfast - then my Chinese class. Just imagine your very mature, sophisticated babbler friend up on stage singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Chinese - i'll be doing that in about two hours
yvw
lol,get us a vid clip
i can hardly wait jbv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jdMfA pVig
THat's not me of course - but that's how i've been studying
okay I completely give up someone give me the classic comics version of the middle E
(btw jbv I decline to believe that 60 is very mature)
i er*** on the side of caution
i guess i'm the proof of that, jmc
that comes from another E crossy
jmc sea bird
I am 58 and am at MOST middle aged
ty wild
yw
now why didn't i try that!
okay that nets me nbt and I think i will do something constructive for a while
bbl
lol,i spelt it from the middle e:/
bye jmc
works both ways actually
see you after
but it doesn't count both ways crossy
but i digress,crossy is hunting sea birds
thanks anyway
*poof*
Afternoon babbleland
Hi Mitch
FM!!! afternoon all :)
Hi hego and Ata!! How goes the grid?
Hi Ata
Aha, I knew this would happen!
Ata how are you and how is C doing?
C's at home! yay!
Gr4 is in the gr4 today. It's a trp, Mitch.
trap
but they've now found she has a huge hernia behind her stoma *facepalm* so they want to operate on that!
are the clues up yet?
Oh here I go off to the PB again :(
(((FM)))
I haven't seen any.
no wonder I designed it as I spend so much time in there.
I think you'll have company
(((crossy)))!!!!!
it's your Special Place
crossy puts some fresh brewed costa rican coffee in the pb
Is there a list anywhere Ata?
mmmm smells good crossy
Hi Babblers!
howdy aloy;)
If lickety hasn't put up a list then the next place to look is BabAnon.
Hi,Aloy.
Alo :) greetings.
i still see yesterdays clues, where is babanon
hey there, crossy! FM!.. owe you an email, maybe today.. (-:
Look right down at the bottom of this page under Friends of Babble
Aloy no probs.
don't know, hego, I don't tend to use the lists
thanks fm
hello all, snow here!!
hello all, snow here!!
yw Ashley
hi peri
Hi peri!!! snow all around good to see you!
hernia :(
Oh floolbies I have to go - time for work :(
who has a hernia?
ata's sister
hi hurshy
bye for now, FM
bye, FM.. happy working
sorry to hear that about your sister, Ata. she has been through an awful lot in her lifetime
how are you, hurshy, are you getting a lot of snow?
my sister, as usual!
Ata, my sister recently had hernia surgery; is your sister going to have it too?
i don't know, i haven't looked outside, and i don't care about snow or anything today. blah.
maybe .... the drs really don't like cutting her open, but they'll see whether it is necessary or not
Hi everyone
down to 55 left sans any list and have all the 8's and more than 1/2 of the 7's
back again for a few more
does anyone have a clue for fe6 please?
colin fe6 or pet who steals your stuff
ty Hurshy
or former princess now weight watchers spokeswoman change g to L
or bird thing you put up so they will come hang out in your yard
got it, thanks
ty, hursh
ty for that one, hurshy..
where you put stuff to cool it down
foot plus of white, and it's falling at 2-3 inches an hour.
ty Soul
keep it down there DC
you must be sending it my way dc
u welcome - struggling a bit myself today have 5 stitches in my head
ouch! sorry for that, Soulgirl
ouch Soul, what did you do?
Judy, it was in Apex, NC at noon yesterday. Richmond, VA at 16 yersterda, and it started here at 20 yesterday. It's moving NE
I know. Hearing about 12 to 16 here
Yes, sea, i'm in Northern VA. :)
passed out top of stairs for goodness only knows what resaon and tumbled top to bottom
Hi again. for all who were interested there are stats on BabAnon. Hurshmeister had them.
Yikes Soul!!
hi ppls
scary, Soul!
hmmm, a few bruises too Soul, sorry to hear!
back to baking bbl stay warm and snow free if possible!
ouch, soul, glad that that's all you needed.
njoy, judy
yes my bum is not a pretty sight at best of time but at least now its quite colourful!!
I just finished mine Judy, have fun, all that's left to do is the mincemeat pies which I do the day we eat them
ttfn, Cj
need a clue for er6, any help please?
looks like a blizzard here
I'm so happy there's no a's today for a change. I'm all a'd out.
sorry, don't have it yet flosey
ok, tks Aloy
It's stopped here for now.
gets pregnant easy
more than the er5 flosey
Lol, Soul
have another 7 - wears ring on 3rd finger left hand (UK)
got it, thanks
finally found the WA8s
ty dc!
wandred dc?
and now i have an earworm :)
wandered even?
please don't put nice words like that in the chat, soul :)
tsk, soul, we do not type words in the chat, please.
sorry new to game only been on 3 times wont do again!!! oops!
:)
please forgive me:-(
You're forgiven. no problem
all good. now you know :)
not to worry Soul, we all made mistakes when we started here
most of us do it accidentally from time to time.
quite so, flosey
np.. welcome to Babble, Soul. BTW, we all occasionally put words in the chat, that is why there is a PB.. (penalty box)
Thank you all:)
ooh, seasonal DR7
and i made it out of clay :)
I somtimes forget my cursor is in the chatbox and spot a word and type it in usually see it tho
plus an alternate spelling DC?
not that i've found, though could be
must stop for breakfast, bbl
omg.. I made it through the d's
njoy, flosey
put the french fries back in the pan
wtg, ruru
Good dr7 clue DC
dile
oops!
yay! cat claws clipped :)
re7 beans
Got to go. bbl!
refried
hasta, hego
bye for now, hego
she re7 the vase, as it wasn't quite done.
or5 window
ty, dc, missed that or5
ah, you have some architectural interest/knowledge then :) i think that's an obscure reference.
have seen it before.. and it is a good Scrabble word (-:
cool :)
yorkshire te7
They fe7 across the lake, the bridge not being open yet.
anyone have the first fe 6/27?
Former british princess who now is WW spokesperson, different middle cons
ends with what G. Washington didn't tell, ruru
have type of dog
thank you
also vermin that chases rabbits
don't say that when scrabs is here
oops:0
anyone hear how Sebastian is doing?
Scrabs was taking him to the vet yesterday..
has virus, and she's been force-feeding him, and he's seems to be doing alright so far
ok, ty for the update, dc
ty for the weasel-like creature
Hello all. Sebastian is better! He is more active, is eating some greens on his own, and is pooping. I just gave him his pill--he spit it out 3 times and then realized he may as well chew it because I wasn't giving up.
YAY Sebastian!
yay.. so glad to hear that, Scrabs!
oh, wonderful news, scrabbs :)
I am so relieved. He is my little angel!
Sorry - assume Sebastian is a rabbit?
Yep, my wee Netherland Dwarf. 2.9 lbs of love.
And I have been doing housecleaning that has been ignored. I am using my new Shop-Vac, my Xmas present to myself. I love it!
Oh Lovely I had one many years ago she was lovely too
shop-vac is your friend
LOL that a vacuum cleaner makes me so happy---not jewelry or fancy stuff for this chick!
*sings the shop-vac song*
There is a Shop-Vac song!
ya gotta have the right tools to do a job right.. 3 cheers for shop vacs!
anyone got the athmosphere of the scary house?
I have lots of attachments to choose from. And it sucks really well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gLmDya U358
ee5 and 6, Soul?
gotta have good sucky uppy
do the bunnies shed, Scrabs?
Oh, yes, Aloy! I have bunny fur everywhere!
Can anyone list the t's?
cannot figure out the first ma 6/30. Please help me
Hi anike & Inge
sorry new to game scrabble what does ee5 and 6 mean please?
ee5 = scary, spooky, ee6 = comparative form
ma 6/30 male + ask a ***stion
Scrab, that Christma light video was on our local news last night!!
Hi scrabbler
TY, Anike!
Cool, Inge--it's amazing!
hi anike... a list is in Babanon
I am I still on?
I need the ma 6/30 before that, the first one
brb.. being paged
That is the first one Inge
sorry all I think I lost internet conn for a few mins
All above-ground Metro service in the DC area is shutting down at 1 PM
Thanks Scrabbler am understanding now!
Funny video, Ata. So that is Jonathan Coulton. I have heard you mention him.
How bad is the snowstorm, Seain?
soulgirl: ee 5?10 means the word has five letters, and comes to 10 opoints,
that is Jonathan Coulton indeed :) He's quite fab. I can imagine that you'd like a lot of his songs
Hi Inge Have ma 6 to 24 pnts and ma7 to 36 pnts if any help
I still am looking for help with the first ma 6/30, LePlease
Seain, I just looked at the radar map for DC on www.weather.com---impressive!
Is he from the UK, Ata?
anike clued it, inge
phantom = frodo
inge ma6/30; mark with alternative spelling
nope, America. He was a cubicle worker for SUn (?) Microsoft (?) and then thought sod this and left and started up a career as a singer
I saw Anike clue for the second ma 6, I need the first one
Hi Inge I have ma6 with 24 pts and ma7 with 36 pnts any help?
Is everyone getting Fridays puzzle on Lickety or am I not doing something to get it?
Inge, I clued the first ma 6 - male + ask a ***stion
I will check out more of his songs, Ata. I love stories of people that say "Take this job and shove it..." and move on to success.
Hi everyone. Rhonda, I'm also getting Friday's puzzle on Lickety.
www.jonathancoulton.com/
Inge - any luck?
you can listen to most of the songs without paying. I recommend "I feel fantastic" - about the pharma industry.
is there an ma 6 before the female horse?
yes, that's the one anike clued for
Yes Inge. The first ma4 is the horses hair
Anike clued the ma 6 with the double letter tile, not this one'
and the first ma 6 comes after the horses hair past tense
and then comes an ma 6 that is not the theater sign
yes, theatre sign with only one vowel at end
does the BabAnon list have an error then?
I have ma 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7 etc
fireworks
Yahoo Anike!
Anike , what is your third ma word, the first ma 6, the second one is the theatre sign with one vowle
well done anike
I'd love to stay and help but it's nearly 2am and I have a busy day tomorrow so must dash. happy babbling - there is a list in babanon
ma 5 /14 -
Thanks anike for leaving me high and dry
Inge, man+double letter tile+vowel
Fun grid- I might come back later to finish the last 100!
mannee
Hi Kaplan!
If you are stuck look at the list in babanon
For those who have been following, I'm supposed to be cleaning today. I emptied my desk Now I have to put it back.
G'night all
night, anike! :o)
thanks msw, finally the correct clue
anike gave the correct clue, too
Kaplan, I am in cleaning mode too--enjoying my new Shop-Vac.
how long does it take lickety to get the clues up? i keep refreshing and nothing
Lickety is probably out-of-town--list is not renewed when he is away.
I think there's a list in Babbler's Anonymous (link below) -- hope that helps!
ok thanks
99 left--off to do more vacuuming
have fun!
bye Scrabs.. enjoy!
happy saturday!
could someone say the 8
hi sgeek.. same to you!
could someone say the 8 sorry.
could someone say the 8
Have to put my desk back together. 80 left
s
computer is really jammed. sorry for the repeats. i just want the 8's, i three
the 8's: de, gr, qu x2, wa x2
I am stuck in the re words, going to take a break
ttfn peri
thanks peri
Having probs with internet could be weather will come back later
Having probs with internet could be weather will come back later maybe
bye for now, Soulgirl
.. and off I go too.. nice gr4 today! byee
man de
wow. 25 minutes to clear 18 inches of snow off both cars, move one car, and 1.5 inches fell while i was doing that. :/ getting tom to work tonight will be an adventure.
hasta soul, aloy
hi, frances, jasmine, peri
be careful dc!
hi, dc
lover your icon, Frances
*love your icon, Frances*
eye con
:)
we will try, science. Don't know if he'll drive, or if i'll shuttle him, but we'll get him there and back one way or another. :)
peri flintstone where fred worked add ons
qu8s
????Joanne
Cogswell Cogs :) Good ole Mr Slate
Fred qu8 rock for Mr Slate
therfore fred was a qu8
wa8 aimlessly around the park
I had them already, Joanne, maybe somelse asked for them
did you wo5 while you wa5, joanne?
gotta love the flintstones
oh ok sorry
np
nope lol
wouldn't they be 6's dc
I am spoiled by babble expert, very tedious the old fashioned way
dr's are ...grrrr
i was out in the snow, so gonna make me some rummed cocoa
ineed, joanne. i can count, really i can
bbs
lol
byeee
hubby would hate me for saying"" i want snow too""
aw, no rum. So one part cherry whiskey and one part vanilla liquor to 6 parts half and half instead. it's warming :)
sounds good, dc
peri - what is babble expert?
nice
never heard of cherry whiskey tho
joanne, may i ask where you live?
canada
it is waht you get when you e-mail lickety,science
ontario
Union Phillips Cherry Whiskey and they have a Vanillia one too.
we LOVE the vanilla and like the cherry
vanilla liqueur? oooo!
it snows in ON
abble expert, has babble, plus a two letter list and easy access to resources like more morewords, all on one page
may have to try that, dc
*babble expert, even
is there a link for it?
Navan Vanille Naturell de Madagascar de Cognacs de France, House of Grand Marnier Liqueur
oops Naturelle
email lickety from his page, science
hi ata!
knew that Ata would perk up at Vanilla whiskey :)
*grin*
vanilla anything!
howdy, ata
is it a liquer or a whiskey, dc?
well haven't got much yet dc
A good friend gave me a book: Bartender's pocket guid. more than 800 recipes in it!!
lots of drinks I would like to try but alas have none of the ingredients :(
ooo fun!
*guide* even
just split a vanilla bean into the milk mixture, after scraping seeds into it.
mmmmmmm
Navan is a liqueur. Union Phillips Vannilla Whiskey, though
I could put vanilla in everything
a pound of vanilla beans for $30 :)
bargain!
quite so. sadly, though on ship to US and CA
better than nothing!
same site offers good deals on saffron
i love how typos are valid words sometimes :)
some of the drinks have really fun names. Here are some: Nymphomaniac, Italian pecker and Buttery Nipple :)
what is the site, dc?
www.saffron.com. my bad 20$ vanilla US only
will check it out, thanks, dc
drinks names are great
aren't they, Ata?
still 30 left, wish I had some cherry liquer or cherry whiskey
bbs
i have ei 4/5 and ei 5/12.. are there more??
thanks, sammysmom, just what I needed!
they are the only 2 ei words I have so far
ditto
I think that's all. I'm still missing one E, though.
m4e too- i think it is an el- i have an el 5/12... there must be another el???
there are only 2 ei's
2 el5/12 so far
there are 2 el 5/12s
I have two EL5
still need the dr 6/24
one letter missing from the previous
anyone know how many ED there are?
6
can someone clue the dr 6/24- i have monkeyed so much my monley is exhausted
thanks. that's what I'm missing, then
2/4 3/5 1/6
dr 6/24 is an alternate spelling of dr 7/36 - leave out a vowel toward the end
6 e d's
afternoon all--are we the only place without snow? 3 to go and i need a clue pls for the last li 5/10, the last fe6 27 and something else i can't locate right now
dr mix up no water and add a stick letter
fe 6/27 - there are two. One is a small furry animal many time kept as pets; the other just changes the last consonant. Sorry - don't have li 5/10
what clue is that for Joanne?
dr6/24
ferret
sorry have that
PB for me.... sorry as I slink off
lol
christmas pass
spin the dr 7/36 at Hannukah
fe6s creep me out
even worse Joanne --- so did I! :)
haha me too
Me three!
the one after that sci- there are two that are similar- .. i have one and cant get the other
i have not listed yet so i am no help
dr6 is to dig up , such as dr6 the sand at the harbor
go that
got
Sammys - eliminate the last vowel
i have the one that creeps out dc and i swear i have tried every other single consonant!
i can't stop fi....ing as i want to finish this game
182 here
bbl
A hint for the ro7 for 40 please
no fe joy for me--how about the middle ne 6/21?
Look in a haystack.
one who ne4, i think, jayk
ne + **ad the book + not ego
fe 6/27: fe+ cons + a falsehood
it is the worm babblet ne6/21
Thx Bubba!! do you have the last li 5/10?
I am back--only 3 rooms remain to be vacuumed with my new Shop-Vac.
ro bad food and ampi... a thing for guitars
mixed up sorry
rotier
Seain--how is the storm?
ro bad food and fi4 mixed up
and thx Joansie too!!
sorry, I just started 20 minutes ago, only about 1/2 way done
20 inches and still falling at 2-3 inches/hr
is the LI5 after the metric liquid measure?
fi4 great balls of ....
Whoo hoo, Seain! I wish we were getting it!
i cleared cars once, moved the cr-v, and getting Tom to work will be fun
yes fuqua--i think so
we get a storm like this once every 10 years, and usually in Jan or Feb. This is unknown in December in the last 100 years.
me too scrabs
hi, back again after my off-off-broadway debut - 20 inches of snow? that is a big headache - he seain
hi jbv
when the Chinese version of the Tonys are announced, watch out!
(for those who were not here earlier - I had to get up on stage and sing Twinkle Twinkle LIttle Star in Chinese with my class - it was hilarious!)
and that was *hi* seain
Hi JBV--are you getting snow yet?
I MUST see the video, JBV--is it on you tube yet?
hi scabbler - it's a dusting right now, just flurries so far
I can't believe how people are carrying on - you would think that a snowfall is the end of civilization as we know it
hi, jbv
trinkle trinkle rittle stah
just added chocolate. cocoa still warming :)
tis in the UK :P
JBV, here we get a storm like this once in 5-10 years. More that two feet once in 20 or so
in case you'd like to hear a child's version, this is what we used to study: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jdMf ApVig
seain, I lived in dc (arlington) for about 8 years, I remember some BIG snowfalls around 1978, 1979 , around there
is there a list today?
that was Beijing dialect.
there is in BabAnon, science
Hi all. There is a list on BabAnon.
my kingdom--such as it is--for that non-creepy animal fe 6!!!
no :(
ty i will look
land-o-lakes is rolling out a pound of half-sticks of butter nation-wide
Just change the last letter, Jayk
just change the last letter Jayk
Hurshmeister has one posted :-)
what did you notice about the dialect, seain, we are studying mandarin - is it different?
i've changed the last letter over and over
Funny, Jean!
Hi Scrabs!
from the first 1/2 of the aplhabet
dc - what about the butter?
Seain, the radar map is incredible! You look like we did 8 + 9 days ago
Scrabs how is the bunny?
Hi Hego
fe 6/27: to put something off de*** + your cousins are your ***atives
ferrei
oops sorry
Bunny is better! More active, increased appetite, pooping..I am relieved.
Jayk - go up and to the right with the double consonant in the middle. You'll find the word then.
you are getting closer! J
jayk it sounds like a wild animal feral
http://tinyurl.com/yabqdlx about the butter :)
Oh, Sebastian. Did he go to the doc, Scrabs?
Quick Hello. Can't stop as dinner's almost ready.
Actor Will, Fe, without double end
Hello everybody :)
hi, jac, soodle, scrabbs, joansie
Hi Jacq and Soodle
pooping is always a good thing! lol
You are brilliant! thanks so much!! FW
I took Sebastian to the vet yesterday--he got fluids subcutaneously and is on antibiotic for respiratory infection--Pasteurella--that bunnies are at risk for '
DC, is Tom back to work?
SG, bunnies are poop machines and if they stop pooping--> serious!
Hi Sooldebum
Scrabs I'm glad to hear that.
Jacq, NICE toes!!!
Scrabs, I am obviously behind the times. Sebastian is a sick bunny, right?
dred
dred
jacq - recipe for crossy sounds yummy!
Oops tremor. Sorry. LOL
im the best
it don't take dreds. Orange
quiet children
dred-lock!
dreds
Afternoon all!
Hi GE
"I"m going to dred my hair"
howdy, GE
I invented a word. ;-)
Hi GE
Seain, are the roads still open in DC?
hah! as if, scrabbs
they're barely keeping the highways/snow emergency routes cleared
region-wide that is
colleges and churches are closed. exams rescheduled
likely schools closed monday with.. it's not liberal leave anymore.. for fed workers
afternoon all
Hi MP
Hello MP
brrrr...cold and snowy...looking for a caribe cruise!
Didn't we have enough of this "ier" stuff yesterday?
ty GE good hint
agreed GE
MP, we're at 20 inches in Reston. how much over by you?
dreer
morning/afternoon all...
(wish we had snow here)
I'm regressing badly now!
Hi Pini
Hi Pni
Fireoworks at last, Last word was the French brother
hi scrabs ;)
it's overated in this quantity, pini. hi
wtg inge :)
It's not a word, Hego, so no worry
Yahoo Inge.
that much, dc?
congrats, Inge!
hego, is it a penalty if its not really a word?
May I have a clue for anything from the 4th column lower R? (looking for NBT)
No
Whoo-hoo Inge!
my hubby claims over 12 but I am not sure he has the yard stick in a good spot...he is a pessimist and I am an opptomist....I think we have more like 15 at least! LOL
It's just dumb, GE
...and perhaps an 8 for NBS?
ro 4: decay + cons
thx inge!
ro 4: decay + vowel
that makes NBT! :)
that car went down street at speed it's gonna spin out.
ro 7: ro 4 + ***orcious animals in the jungle
4-wheel or all-wheel drive does not mean cannot slide or spin
awesome, inge! that R is gone! :)
So true, dc!
dcsean: did your gathering during Thanksigivning break ever take place?
Great clues. Tx Inge
yw
I posted this last night as a Christmas present for my Babble friends. In case anybody missed it here it is again - Enjoy!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= y4S-AnPb2Tg
Oh! That's like the John Julius Norwich one, Soodle. Very funny.
Sally, apparently the qu5/16 has declared that to be her favorite Christmas song!!
howdy -- back after giving a couple of voice lessons this morning -- now i can settle down to babble! :o)
She has? Wonder if she sang it on the train the other day :-)
Silly video, Soodle!
Hi Jen
hey scrabbler -- how's your day going?
Loved the video. Tx Soodle and Merry Christmas. No gifts please! ;-)
I am ready to go for a hike to the park....but, "just 1 more word"...
:o)
Funny Scrabs
how's Sebastian, Scrabs?
*must stop typing "raquet" -- not really there*
Better! More active, appetite is improving
I tr5 it too, Jen
-- and, not really a word
oh wonderful :D
please could you put a "rogues gallery" up on FB of all your rabbits so we can see them?
soodleboom, I loved it, thanks
I will work on that, Ata, then you will know who my kids are.
thank you! that would be so lovely to see!
OK, 76 to go. Time for a hike. BBL
have fun!
enjoy scrabs
heee. someone compared the no-pants subway ride day to the high-heel race, except that it wasn't drag queens :D
njoy, scrabbs
soodle, that was lovely, thank you
209 and moving at snails pace
you're 100 words ahead of me :o)
i'm only at 135
what a brat i am then
hello! We have about 17 inches of snow and it's still coming down here in New Market Maryland!
we're at 20 here in Reston, Phan
not at all -- just envying your progress
i want some phan and hi
welcome to the gr4
oh, Phan, meet-up in Baltimore post-tax day, date and venue still TBD
Afternoon, all! When the going gets snowy, the tough bake Christmast cookies (and Babble).
do we not have Lickety's clues today?
no
right. but list in babAnon
ok thanks
do you mean 4/16, DC Seain
*waits anxiously for a Christmas cookie sample*
missing three g's can anyone help?
Haven't baked them yet. Oven pre-heating. I should go get to it.
i'm short 3 also, science
ge4/5 gr4x2 gr5x5 gr8
me too
phan, no date selected yet :) a saturday after tax day, but not alter than 2nd week of may.
sorry gr4x3
ty for gr8
yvw
anymore help with those??
gr5 a color gr5 and friendly hello gr5 money hungry and gr8 and more of that
ge5 like male minus the d and mix the end up
g and going out for a bike r...
ohhh good gr5 am i talking too much?
i might ag... with myself i am
need two g's dont understand the male clue
the male ge.... minus the d and switch last 2 letters
Good clueing Jo!
ty cause i really do suck at it lol
is this snow storm both in Europe and in the US amessage from God, that Global warning cannot be soveld with money???
no not at all very helpful!
Hi all, with 42 to go, I tried unsuccessfully to get into Babbler Anonymous, puts me into Yuko and cannot open today's list. Any help?
oh well i tr5
good job, joanne
ty sg
jo great clues but I can't get the male one can you expand any
we had trouble getting into it this morning. We fiddled around a while and it poppled up
try this, Mary: http://tinyurl.com/ydkzag4
there is a small dog in the grid
ooops pb for me
hey, all! Posted the list in my profile, if that helps.
Hey BR!
Hello
MP: male, and stand in line mostly
hi, BR
g and er4 the bird mix it up
I can't get today's lickety
oooh, the snow slowed a tad
no lickety today, kaplan. list in BabAnon
none kap
FIREWORKS!:-)
wtg jac
woot Jac!
Congrats, jac
yay Jac!
Thanks. I'd better go and feed the g/pigs now. Happy Babblinf.
YAY Jacula!
hello all
BabblinG*
have fun, jac
Jac, I got a lovely card from you! THANKS!
hi, stid
Hey, hi Kap and Stid
how's the game todya?
Gave you all a fr4 fe4 word there. ;-)
*looking for fe 4* thanks again! ((hugs)) see you later
Stid - Glad you got it in time for Christmas.x
Babble, list doesn't work. It states "Not Available"
jac -- yours arrived and I sent you one but to Buckingham instead of Birmingham, duh -- hope the postal code gets it to you!
yes Mary, I just saw that!
*grin* but of course Jacula lives in Buckingham! she runs the place, right?
i posted the list in my profile, if needed.
thanks Jen
Can someone guide me thru the TinyUrl thing? How do I access a site that has been 'Tinied'?
hey soodles!
Just tried it and it works for me
paste url in browser and you should be good, soodle
np :o)
Greetings from a Frozzling cold Ireland, Stid!!
omg re5 is to color again
yes, you and seain... and all our east coast babblers, methinks! cold along the atlantic coasts this weekend
re5 to re check newspaper headlines
No matter what I do, I cant seem to access the tinies! No matter.
phone, bbl :o)
other than that, soodles, are things well in your neck of the woods? I am sitting here, hoping the younger stidkid will be allowed to play in the concerts today (he missed the dress rehearsal because we didn't know when it was supposed to be
ah, here's Tom. He'll let us know what's up.
may he be allowed to perform, stid
so what do you have to do? Print out the stats from BabAnon?
Things grand here! But, I am confused - the whole Copenhagen gig is supposed to stop Global Warming, right? So why the heck are we all freezing to death????
kaplan, i copy them into a spreadsheet so i can check off what i've got
Jen34, you are an angel, thank you
Tom says "yes" he can perform!
Oy.
hooray!
i just save and check
rofl soodles! a brief taste of what it would be like if they are right about climate change and wrong about the direction?
Oy Vay!!!
defiler
Sorry
Yay!!! Stidkid - "Break a leg!!!" (not literally, you understand....)
thanks kaplan!
PB for me
lol
C'mon, Kap - more, please....
*mama look at soodles* this is the child who broke the same arm in nearly the same place twice in 9 months a couple years ago...
Kaplan I have Christmas cookies in the PB!
*looks at GRID* and runs to PB to enjoy cookies
OMG. I was just using the dramatic turn of phrase, - As I said - not meant to be taken literally. {Soodle taking a large stick and beating herself}
I should put some of mine in there too SG.
No beating on my friend Soodle!
*hopes it is a peppermint stick soodles is using* it's okay really, just this is the one I worry about doing some darn fool thing when he is climbing structures or doing taekwondo
hi again - hi stid - are you enjoying your holiday? no homework, I hope
Soodle far too fond of herself to inflict damage!! Yes it is a large peppermint stick (known here as a Peggy's Leg, for some obscure reason). But genuinely not meaning any bad karma on Stid-Kid, and wallowing in Hego's vote of confidence!!
i'm popping in and out of this grid - i've got presents half-wrapped, tree half-trimmed, etc., and somewhere in here I must think about what to make for dinner
i'm popping in and out of this grid - i've got presents half-wrapped, tree half-trimmed, etc., and somewhere in here I must think about what to make for dinner
hye JBV! no homework accomplished so far... did give a WONDERFULLY successful creative writing lesson to a friend's group of 6th graders on Wednesday, though!
dinner? eat? *munching on stale noodles and spaghetti sauce*
oh, exciting! congratulations, stid - did the kids enjoy it? I'm sure you were brilliant!
okay, need to head out soon. (((hugs all))) I will post the details on my blog later (not going to the first concert, will sit in a coffee shop and blog instead)
Hello, all.
Yay stid, I knew the lesson would be great.
and yes, the kids enjoyed it! :-D
Vi!!!!!!!!
Hi Vic
Hi Vicuna
(((hugs vi on way out))) see you-all soon! *poof*
Hey, Ataaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
Hi Vi!
Hi Ata - Have you been lurking?
kwakerbkul! How are you doing? Didn't expect to see you with an eye on the chat!
peoples are tricksy
Well, I'm waiting for the snow to fall...
lurking and chatting on adn off :)
er6,21 pls
and I miss you...
Yeah! Miss you, too.
how are you and the ToG?
er 6/21 - what you do on Saturdays running around in your car to accomplish things
This has such cool words but I dont know how to set up a grid alongside to see how I'm doing
I haven't missed Babble, however - I'm a confirmed addict, thanks to you!
ToG-boy just missed 2 days of school, but it was strep throat (again) so the antibiotics kicked in and he's right as rain again.
errand
Oh no!!!!
Ha ha, I'm a Babble pusher!
Oh no, kwaker to the penalty box!
Thank you, though
See what I told you about chatting! PB for me!
poor ToG(male)!
Tx buff. Should have seen that.
Indeed, loose lips (er, fingers) sink ships.
errand
Was that to make me feel good, hego?
Another errand?
HEGO! For shame!
i also should move cursor before typing!!!
Kaplan! Aaargh! *swatting angrily like King Kong with biplanes*
Yes we all have er****s to do but we're babbling instead!!
It's okay Kap and I will go together. ;-)
Er**** was already outed.
Still counts
I wonder which word-game geek is ne*****?
And how are the kwaker kids?
So Vi, I am trying to lure Lorraine into the babble web, now that she might need things to occupy her time.
It does? Sorry. I er---er, made a mistake
Hmm... that's an idea. *rubbing hands together in evil anticipatory glee*
The kwakerkids are awesome! Miranda is loving Walnut Hill and Zoe is having her best year ever in fifth grade.
How about your lovely wunderkinds?
How are you all doing the clues from Babanon? I just got the hang of one routine, and dang it, I have to learn another
That's great!
One must be flexible Kap
You will appreciate this: Zoe is our craftsmistress - she knits and creates gimp items constantly.
They're good, thanks. Played in a couple of recitals, reading up a storm, excited about Christmas... All that good stuff.
People with OCd are not flexible
Kap, I printed them out
Also OCD
Oh, excellent. Every family needs a craftmaster or mistress.
Oh, all right.
Is that one of your woodcuts, Vi? It's beautiful and so appropriate for what's coming!
Vi is soooooooo brilliant
It is one of mine, but... What's coming? Rising sea level from global climate change?
OOps, I just saw it up close and personal -- I thought it was snow, but it looks more appropriate for a vacation in the Carribean!
*blushing* Awww, thanks, Ata. Us brilliant folks have to stick together. =D
Vi, your wood cut is lovely.
Lot of artists on here?
Babblartists :D
Vi - that recipe sounds delicious!
lol, kwakerbk!
also, Vi, the Truffle Pie recipe looks delish
No really, are there?
You are so right, Ata! Vi is brilliant, and bold and beautiful as well!
there are a kew, kaplan
few
Thanks, peri. It is indeed, sciencegeek!
not kew
I may have to try it so I shall copy it now!
The kids just came in. I'm off. By all!
There are actually lots of artists on Babble, Kaplan.
Vi is number 1 :D
Say hello to them for me, kwakerbk. Thanks for saying hi!
That's what I was wondering- I am one too, at least when I can. Is it something OCD related?
And let me know when you've got Lorraine ensnared!
Kaplan, several artists
done
I recently lured one of my cousins to Babble :)
copying the recipe that is - certainly not done with this gr4!
probably so, Kaplan...I design jewlery and think I am very OCD!
Well, I'm not very OCD at all, Kaplan, but we do have a variety... I do mostly block prints, Ata does a lot of watercolor, we have several quilters and fiber artists, lots of jewelry-makers, and crowds of knitters!
I think it's more that creative people tend to be hyperstimulated in many areas
I am and have been for the past 24 hours - trying to organize my studio...what a joke...
I agree.
agreed mpitt
Ata tries to do watercolour :P
I paint, mostly.
Cool. you need to get some of your work up as icons so we can all see!
Mpittmore - you live in Silver Spring - do you know about ArtSpring Gallery? My friend is a co-owner!
ti7/32 more sleepy
Ata does GORGEOUS watercolors, and colored pencils, and pencil sketeches...
Her name is Linda Blackbourn
My studio is a disaster right now because I was trying to clean up the house for my very organized daughter- so I dumped everything into my studio
lucky you having a studio!
ty joanne
... specializing in knotwork, fantasy themes, forays into fractals...
I have to share my space with the DH
... and tattoo design.
Well, it's a room in the house that I took over as an office- but I should probably clean it up and rent it out
wish I had a studio. I have made silver jewelry, pottery, and also worked with polymer clay
Vi? If you could order up a new Celtic-y book, what sort of things would you want to see in it?
Mine is always somewhat of a disaster - i cannot work if it is too clean
And probably dabbling in a lot of other stuff, like the rest of us, too! lol
I have dabbled in lots of artistic venues...love almost all that I've tried from throwing pottery, painting, garden design, home design, many needle crafts, I think it's because I am so ADD!!!
(and everyone else!)
My DH encroaches on the space all over the house
This is a losing battle
MPittore - again do you know Art Spring Gallery in Silver Spring???
it's a nice one, Science, i've been there
I have become more ADD since meanopause
sorry science...got caught up in my chat no I don't know of it
Hey DC - do you know Linda Blackbourn? She is a dear friend and co owns the gallery
Well, is this a Celtic-y art book we're talking about? Like historical stuff, how to, modern stuff with a Celtic theme?
They're converting the old Workhouses at the Lorton Reformatory into a Torpedo Factory type thing. :)
I have a few things in there
I'm sure i've met her, but i'm not certain, science.
oh science was that a freudian slip of tongue..."meano" LOL
It is very cool - I may be up there later this year and would love to see it firsthand instead of photos. They have music on the weekends
well anything ... I've been asked to put together a book proposal for a book of my Celtic work. ANd I need to find a purpose for it / theme / something!
It was intentional MPitt!
Ata how cool!
Ahhh, very cool. A theme, hmmm? The Brilliant Celtic-y Work of Atalante Herself doesn't count as enough of a theme?
Of course you can see i am add since i am here on the chog and not cleaning the fing studio!
I liked the torpedo factory they have something along those lines at the Montpelier Mansion in laurel and also at Glen Echo
lol no :P
I am so happy that I have plastic pegboard to put all this stuff on....looks better now
I was thinking about a Bestiary, but then wondered what other people would want to see
omg finally done
Yeah, yeah, yeah, a bestiary is good. You could do a medieval-style one with anecdotes and significance of each of the animals.
would anyone like my crappy clues??
that's what I was thinking
but wondered if everyone's seen that 10 times before
And I have been working on completing an animal alphabet, to which end I have recently done prints of a xenops and a yapok! lol
science I liked it...I have never done any of my artistic projects for anyone other than myself except for family and close friends...my mother has sold some of hers though
joanne your clues are not crappy at all
yay for a xenopus!
not a yak?
ohh i beg to differ lol they can be
but ty
Well, maybe, but think of it not as "old" but "classic." I always like bestiaries... but maybe that's just me.
I do too, really love them. Is there a plant version? Florestries?
yw
Joanne, do you have anything for the q's?
Nope, not xenopus frog (which is dang ugly) but xenops a little treecreeper bird from central and south america.
Yes, herbals, I guess.
fred flintstone worked at one
I have 139 left trying not to list *frown*
oh! sorry, that's my palaeo brain inserting letters!
past tense and the other more
Why not a yak? Well, because this yapok amused me more. Aquatic marsupial with nice black and white patterns that look good in block print.
I have royalty, odd and a rectangle without the initial snake letter
cube is a sq....
yapoks sound great!
i am going to inqu... mix it up and more
ooo they are cute
and past tense that too
qu and first part of sea bird
just talked to my sister. she got to work this AM, and her peers were disappointed she left on time. LOL
15 left
dc i work about 93 hrs every 2 weeks and get paid for 88
that sucks, joanne. you must be salaried
you'd think they would grace me over christmas
i am now
geesh joanne what type of work?
warehouse manager
and more sg
my sister is hourly - she works for a grocery store
word starting with r in second column to NBT
i deal with walk in customers customers from states managing my guys, managing our truck
ty Joanne. The clues aren't so bad, although I am trying to figure out the sea bird. I am stuck on the te4 but that doesn't seem to work.
bummer i teach and at least i can have vacation in august
Man, I need to buckle down and crank through this gr4 before I have to leave... *sinks down with a ring of ripples*
only think i don't do is invoice
i need three more qu
er4/4
whih sg??
dont know - i have the qu8 qu5 (3 of those)
qu5x4 qu8x2 qu7x2
just got another qu8
2 more to do
must be the 2 qu 7's that i am missing
q's are done.
qu and scarier the ee5 but minus one e
then past tense
yea!
gooo
what about the w's i have 3 missing
what else??
re 7 re.....beans
re7 more plants in the water
ne7 more ne4
ne7 ne6 and more
ma744 ma6 and extra vowel
ne6 and robert re..i think from brady bunch show
o and same guy and vowel
ra and pre marriage
am i helping anyone??
ra and pre marriage????
name pre marriage
got it indian princess!
thing in middle of leg minus k
ty joanne
lmao canadian indian princess to u
yvw
who is the robert guy i dont get it?
indian princess is the ra word!
do you not know brady bunch?? i know
but you can be one too :)
I do but cannot remember the dude's name.
oh go re.. the papers
change second vowel
ne and that
o6 and that and vowel
sg did that help??
I need to list but babanon wont come up only yuki or something
babblers anon
go down to the center click on babblers anonymous
then gerneral stats
hirsh
dont have o 6 yet
did ya get the dude yet??
gonna stop for a bit bbl
no did not get the dude!
ok or and ei4
ty got that one!
yvw
or5 u got it
o's are done
good
bbl folks thanks joanne!
yvw byeee
hello...can I have a clue for the last re5/10?, please
hi
ri4 past tense
sorry
re jogged
thanks, didn't think that would work
yvw
phantom defer
""all by myself..don't wanna be all by myself...anymore""
hi joanne
Hi Again JMC
Hi JO
hi hego I think joanne gave up
Hi jmc
hi wht
has teh snow hit up there yet?
Not yet. How much have you gotten?
over a foot and still counting and I am in the District not the burbs
So that should keep DC tied up until March.
lol well until after Christmas I am afraid
Yu have no snow in Mass?
Not yet. It is supposed to start tonight.
hey, jmc, they're actually calling it a blizzard, right?!!
We went and got our tree today so that we can decorate it tomorrow when we won't want to go anywhere.
hey jmc
just fed dogs and sent them outside
It's just getting bad here, but it's supposed to snow till noon tomorrow.
yes because the snow is dry and it is windy so it blows around a lot
hi joanne! *waves*
sounds very dramatic!
Hi, Periwinkle. I'm stumped already.
fireworks
dogs like sharks trying to get in
congrats, josh!!
wtg josh
last 2 words were 2 different spellings of the spinning thing made out of clay
whoo hoo joshua
topical!
YAY!!!!! Josh *-8-* *-8-* *-80*
a neighbor took a snow blower up one side of teh block and by the time he was down the other the first was under a couple of inches
whose dancing with the last cheerleader hego?
wow ...i want some snow too
It's an exercise in futility at this point
*looks up price of shipping a couple of inched of snow to joanne*
Lol JMC. Achubby one got in there :-)
please
maybe she was preggers
hubby drives but i so love navigating
Where are you Jo?
ontario ca
and giving dumb drivers a what for
Watch what you wish for Jo!
i am happy not to drive when it snows
why do people get dumb ever winter??
Just saw the preggers joke jmc LOL
they wait until winter to get dumb now? nice!
they think that four wheel dirve=no slipping
well we lost our lincoln in the driveway and we were at work so.....
four wheel drive=four wheel slipping
Sending snow to Ontario, CA
Hello again. Joanne + Hego--still here, huh. Hi Snowgirl, JM! Hi maniac + Inge
hi inge
Ontario, Canada, or Ontario California -- CA in ambiguous ;)
*is
hi scrabs nice hike??
hi, babblers. Actually our part of MI has been spared snow
hi scrabs
Hi guys.. anyone have the re 6/33?
hi ru
Ontarioi, California for Joanne
near Niagara Falls here, haven't had more than a half inch all season and it's melted within 24h
more weeds
re 6: to make another picture
tivel, are you still here?
ty joanne
no ont canada inge
Been ini and out , Scrabs
Anyway, I'm dodging a family get-together to babble.. I should get back to it ;)
(This is The Duck for anyone who remembers me... just on my mom's PC right now)
more ini huh hego
thank you inge
I had a nice hike into the park--pond is frozen over.
hi duck on moms computer
yw
i envy you scrab...i hate the cold
Ruru, my neighbor's whose Choc Lab died in Nov have a new Choc Lab puppy named Willow. 12 wks old + so darn cute!
i love the snow but from the inside
love labs.. they are adorable as puppies.
my neighbor is out with his snow blower again
we have so many creeks and kids don't know the danger
I don't like the cold but I clothe myself properly, put in my earphones and forge on. It is too beautiful here in the woods to stay inside. I saw a trio of de4 jumping through the woods.
two kids got swept down and drown last year
my neighbors shoved our driveway and a short while later it was covered in snow again
I looked at the radar again, JM, and you are getting pounded!
not so beautiful here that i can't stay inside
*shoveled* even
we are inde4 scrabs
been inside all day and getting cabin fever, don't have any winter boots :(
I am a little worried about getting to Meeting tomorrow
but it is the day we pack shoeboxes for the homeless for Christmas so I am determined
poor peri :-(
relax jmc and breathe
I just have to walk four blocks and catch the subway and then walk 5 blocks
but that sounds easier than it is in this weather
Be careful, JMC
lots of time for thinking
Does anyone have the last de6/24?
We don't want you in the headlines
I just have to find out how early the subway opens in the morning since it is sunday
de and horse ri5
sorry ri4
ty jo. de's done. I sure miss Lickety's clues.
yvw wht
why isnt likety up
not sure
australia or something
When Lickety is out of town he does not do his program
what are the 8 letter words i already have the wa 8/70 and 8/65
scrabs u lurker
qu8x2
there is an de8/45 tuckus
also a gr8, having to do with avarice
de8 butt and a vowel more
hi book
I have none of the 8's yet
what scrabs
I am here, Joanne
wazaaaaap? hi jm and all y'alls
Hi gwen
you are so a person that wa.....'d in the bush
hi all!
hi, BDG and nrkii.
hi nrkii
nrkii did you get a lot of snow?
and u r a wa8 past tense
not much at all till 2 this afternoon... then it started coming down... I haven't looked outside in a while to see what's going on
wa. aimlessly
Hi nrkii
I was out in it from 11:30 to 3, and the walk home was a little uncomfortable... too many flakes in my eyelashes
you peri?
we got tons, started about 1am and has not stopped. it is almost 6 pm :(
we had to cancell our holiday party for today and my cousin canceled hers for tomorrow
scrabs qu8 is fred flintstones work place and moretwice over
Hi nerkie
where are you peri?
TY for the wa8's, Joanne!
do6/21?
they're saying the worst snow for this area will be along the I-95 corridor... which means me... and our storm warning stays in effect till 6 AM
little bit o' snow here (detroit)
Phila
yvw scrabs
Comparative of do4 (to provide TLC) = doesn't seem like a real word
it started at 9:30 last night and has not let up here in DC
do6 = do + 4 round things on a car, anagram
hmmm, I wonder why Phila hit so much worse than Lambertville???? we really only had a dusting when i went out this morning
8's are done! I merely had to apply myself.
The radar map is impressive.
wtg scrabs
don't know nrkii, but I am not happy with it, thank goodness no one in the house had to go out today
de8 clue
it never even go into the 30s here today
*got
de, french word for your butt. it has a lot of Rs in it
yeah, it's low 20's here, but it didn't feel that cold when I was out
hi nrkii and hi scrabs and book doctor, jmc, peri and everyone else I can see without scrolling down
hi jbv
thx guys
howdee jbv and tijani and all the rest of y'all
hi jbv
i've been busy with the elves in the workshop today - wrapped a bunch of presents, put up some decorations, etc., getting myself in the mood - i'm on a campaign for a happy stress-free christmas
*brings hot cider for jbv's elves*
ty gwen
hi science
Yippee for JBV! How are Santa, Mrs Claus and the elves doing?
the elves say "fribbish" (something like that, I don't speak Elvish)
hello cousin! Hey again all! YAY JBV
first ma6/30 pls
scrabs, those snowshoes coming in handy today?
i'm in a very silly mood - the silliest thing I have done in a very long time was get up on stage today with my chinese class and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Chinese!
tell them "spleck"
okay, time for me to go chop up candy cane for my toll-house cookies... gonna get the least favorite part of the job over with tonight
have a good night all!
I speak a few words of many languages
brb, working on posting my lesson plans to the class website...
((nrk)) see you later
hmmm candy cane cookies
dont have it peru
peri oops
that's right -- how did that go jbv?
bye, nrkii
stiddie!
bye nrkii
the first ma 6 is a french word - uses the high point tile
7 left and stuck
go peri go
it was hilarious, jmc - we didn't care how we looked, we wanted to take our turn, all the little kids were performing, so the adult class decided we would too
ty jbv
jmc, I speak many languages too... but my favorite is the international language of CHOCLIT!
brb again...
an important language stiddie
universal
I learned a long time ago I could travel any where if I learned please thankyou excuse me tea and bathroom
LOL yes, and UNIVERSAL, JBV!
everything else is optional
clue for the ma french word????? cannot monkey it
I found an ma6 with the hight point tile but not an ma5
much more practical than Twinkle Twinkle I'm sure
remember to use the high point ti4 science
back again!!
I have a similar set of phrases, jmc. I also like to know how to ask for someone who speaks English... just in case a different situation crops up!
our next challenge is to present a skit on Jan. 30 -for that we actually have to have a conversation
the qu???
the french word I think is MA + a high pt tile, and a vowel,
hey again flosey!
ah well i have been to a few places where no one spoke English at all
hi stid
ma7.44 a tent set up in the garden (for weddings etc). ma6 loses one of the double vowels on end. Another ma6.30 changes the r to another cons
I have the french ma6 but I need the first ma6/30
ma6 is a word meaning brand, as the the ma**** of a car (might be kind of old fashioned)
ma 6/30 is like the theater sign without the last letter
Hi Stid--we are not getting this snow. :-( Waaah, I want it here!
could I have a clue for re6/27 please? the one after the cooking word
ty lynxx!
need one more m
are you sure you wont get it tonight scrabs?
re6.27 it will be such a re**** when you get the word
ty lyn
ty lynxx
hi! *waves to lynxxx*
hi jmc
tx lynxxx
I don't think the storm is going to come this far west.
Hi Lyn
hi Hego
i ne4 to go get some warmer socks and some jack brb
Going shortly, any clues wanted?
well, scrabs, if the snow doesn't reach you now, you can wait for the lake effect to get you in a few weeks. You know it will! LOL
(((lynxxx)))
hi everyone.
okay, back again in a minute, the connection in the coffee shop is a little slow.
hi Stid
and Bugs!
howdee bugs
How is your holiday stid? Have even noticed yet?
finally got the ma6/30 ty
I got a Xmas card from your FIL today, Stid.
Hi Gwenn and lynxx. I can't get Lickety to work. Please tell me someone has the list posted please?
lickety's list is down, i take it?
i just tried it and it had yesterday's words
three 3 words left
Lickety must be off having Xmas cheer, Hursh put list on BabAnon
ty lynxxx
I am approaching half way and wanted to peek....
Thank You Hursh where ever you are!!!
go peri!
greetings, babblers
Must be off, enjoy the gr** everyone, in hindsight it is quite easy
by lynxx. Hi weldi
welki. sorry. cat pushing my hands for a head rub
the studio has been nearly reborn!
Bye Lynxxx
back
hi welki and bugs
bye lynxx
go peri go!
hi jmc. how are you doing?
Fireworks!!! This grid was not an enjoyable one!!
cold but fine
made an irish coffee so I will warm up soon
whoo hoo flosey!
oh at last! fireworks! thanks for all the clues in the chat, and thanks to hurshy for posting the stats!
flosey, well done! this is a tough one
yum jmc
ooooh, that sounds good right now jmc
what were you doing outside jmc?
whoo hoo jbv
now, work to do - cleaning lady unable to come this week, so must get at it!
haven't been outside in while but i keep my thermostat low light president carter taught me! ;-)
buy flosey
er bye
we only have electric heat so I am always cold too. Have lots of sweaters tho
lol, thanks jmc
Yahoo JBV!
YES everything is posted to the class website: next step to post it to my blog
YAY JBV
wtg stiddie
rofl buy flosey *gasp choke grin*
jmc is it your move in lex
ty science
stid, have you stopped working long enough to recognize you are on break yet?
we're at the lake now .. have a furnace, but it's turned really low and have an electric heater to take the chill off ... brrr, ice fishing!
The first fe6/27?
well if i had money i would buy right now when this are cheap!
finally, fireworks!!!
Sunday's theme is blessings - I think it's a blessing that we get through this grid
whoo hoo peri!
wtg peri
ty
yes bugs, in fact I slept ALL DAY last sunday and most of monday (was sick with a bad chest cold) and have spent most of the week "playing" by volunteering in the middle school again
YAY peri
I can stay for a few minutes to clue
YAY PERI!!!!
Yay peri
qu8 would be nice (either one)
thanks everyone
any 8 would be good for me, thanks
qu 8: past tense asked
and a person who asks?
oh, sorry, those are 7s
qu 8 - fred flintstone worked in one - he was a qu8 and past tense
thanks stid.
thanks for the 8s science! LOL
Fred Flintstone apparenty worked in a Qu****, qu8 #1 is a past tense and #2 is the person who does it
and thanks science geek.
nice clue peri
too late :(
thanks
wow got all 6 8's without a list!
okay, off to try to update my blog before we need to go get the boys from their performance.
any more help needed
if not will go to play scramble on FB
yes peri missing one t !
ok, bye for now
good job ypsigirl. I still need 2 more. Are they Qs or something else?
from the upper top corner!
tern
oops sorry
starting with T or I please, science
there are 2 Q 8's
bugs - what???
there are two wa 8's
one gr 8
Hi all--irresistably drawn back to the chat even though i finished earlier. anyone need a clue for a minute?
YAY Jayk and hello!
hi jay
i need a clue for the top corner t missing one
must be a te
sorry my sister just called she lives at the top of a hill with 30+ steps she has to shovel out
science--there are a lot of top corner ts--which do you need?
oh gee jmc! that's rough. I don't suppose she can just install a cable lift?
dont know jay just missing one!
I worry about when she actually gets old!
hm. I just noticed the time. I think I shall have to head toward the boys' venue to be there to pick them up when they are done. Will log on again later to play a bit and chat. ((((hugs again)))) see you-all again soon! *Poof*
well, sci, short of clueing all of them, don't know how to help
i have te 4 (3) te 5 and te 7
feel free to clue 'em all! ;)
gr 5/16, the second one, plz and ty
I'm missing the same one, i think, science
ah, just foundit, NM
dont have it gwen
science--think about the dog, about the land, about the bird, about taking care of
well, clue it, gwen! lol
the game board is a gr**, add a vowel
Well, got Tom off to work.
hi all...20 inches of white stuff and still falling...ugh
I second that jmitch!!!
ty
dc how was it? i have not seen the news yet
Wow Sea!!!
20+ inches with drifts.
gr 5/16 is when you want more than you have
20+ inchs, and it's drifting, that is
yes, very windy here also dc
time to break out the wii and party with the neighbors lol
Sea, Souther MD?
I am still short 1 8 word. Have 2 wa, 1 gr and 2 qu
Wii is fun, do enjoy!
north central dc
de8, french dainty buttocks
ah, okay
wishing for dainty buttocks....
bugsaw--you need a de tush
it is deeper than my dog is tall lol
lovely clue Gwen. NEver thot of dainty buttocks before .
ty, gwen :)
hi dc you snuck in
now I have they 8's I had better do some more Christmas stuff. I love the season; just hate the deadline
hi sea
Hi jm
OK, poofing until tomorrow--or maybe Monday. much to do
i wrapped a few gifts today, i always wait til the last minute
my mother was such a packrat. i am finally going through some of her things....gee wiz
I have done no wrapping yet Sea.
my dh does the wrapping since i do the gathering
Nice SG
its a fair trade i think
he has not bought his family a gift since we have been together
i also hate wrapping
okay science your turn
They have a deal JMC
ok going now with a large box of mom's stuff in my lap
my brother used to have me wrap all his presents except mine and I got mine in the store bag taped around it
i love wrapping. such fun. and so joyous to make the pretty
It's hard that SG
hi, jmc
holy cow jmc you are whipping my french buttocks!
no hego it is science's turn in lexulous
li6,18
DC I'll save mine for you , Love.
my daughter used to do mine, but now it is up to me, i like doing it but i am too particular
Oh, I see JMC
They rip them open in 2 secs, why be particular?
my mom collected cards - greeting cards - all types and did not keep the envelopes with the cards lol
Tom made it to work
i know, thats what they tell me and they yell at me because i open my very carefully lol
yea safe and sound
glad to hear that dc
my son was taught at an early age to open at the tape so that we can reuse the paper.
yep. and he parked on a ramp in the garage :) away from the snow
i didn't buy new paper for years
Lol, thrifty!
cheap is good!
lol i open at the tape
did you iron it?
We slugs just rip away!
no but we folded it neatly
my mother in law uses a roll of tape on each gift, at least it seems so
going to check on dinner bbl
my sister finally got used to helping me fold up the paper to put away
very little waste for the landfills
Well it's been fun, but I need to eat sometime and I suspect Hubby does too. So g'nite all!!
bye hego
Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
hi min
heellloooo
hi all. was there snow out west today or up north? we had a lot in d.c. and still snowing. gorgeous beyond words.
it was I95 all the way
Bye all. We are going out tonight before it starts snowing here.
bye wht have a nice time
Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!
Hello mkg! I heard D.C. is supposed to get 25 inches.
it is almost there min
my son in law said that folks were preparing for the storm as if Snowzilla was about smash downtown Tokyo
well this is one time that i am glad to be in houston
that's a lot of snow for your region, jmc
it is pretty good for anywhere
I am contentedly at home
as long as the light stay on I am happy
brb
i would say there is about 15 to 20 inches now, some places more due to drifting. over my high boots which go to my knee. and still snowing. philly has snow too. does new york? what about out west? does pittsburgh have snow?
Chicago has a couple of inches
I haven'tt seen any snow yet, but supposed to get 4-8 inches here in Dutchess.Long Island is supposed to get 8-12 inches. Know that New Jersey already has it
is it all same storm? guess i should find weather web site.
oddly, here in VT we have clear skies and no snow in sight.
all same storm from NC into PA/NJ
it is envigorating to walk in the snow! i love it.
oh. good stuff.
it is the same storm from nc to ny
hope we are travelable by tomorrow nite.
super.
hahaha. i'm not holding my breath MKG :)
lickety isnt up! yuk.
dc i agree. i grew up in conn and we were cleared within two hours of a fall usually. here it is terrible.
yeah. i lived in Mass for a while, i know what you mean :)
list in BabAnon, though
maree
mareen
mard
rdee
hello, how's the grid today?
soooooo sorry!
it's all Merp's fault(-:
harp - not too fun
Hi everyone :) It's snowwwing again!
nancy boy!!! i don't know you, but i just looked up and saw the snow. it's crazy!
will try bab anon but not as good as lickety. miss that when not avaiilable.
snowing where nancy?
LONDON!
Pinny, I'm SO excited!! Although...I only just moved here from Brighton. In Brighton it never snowed, too coastal. Saw the papers today...Brighton beach is COVERED in snow.
i nsaw those pictures as well! it's seriously crazy here - i've never seen such heavy snowfall - is settling straight away
Old London town, mkg :D Leo and I have just got in, covered in snow - again - there is a me-shaped snowman on the soho streets :)
where in london are you?
Soho, Pinny, as of the last few days :) literally JUST moved here.
oh wow. that must be hectic.
Pinny and NB are there people stuck in the Channel Tunnel???
Great, though! Making the snowman, we had many willing volunteers to help :)
not anymore - they were stuck all of last night, but they're free now
5 trains got stuck (2000 passengers)
hi
I know there were, Science! All last night...brrr...whilst I was snug in bed
Are they out now?
is scary - i was on the eurostar last friday night
no, wait. Whilst I was dancing in a place full of sweat and smoke, not sleeping. Heh.
they're out, and complaining on the radio
NB - where in soho were you dancing in a smoky room???
so why were they stuck anyway?
apparently, the 'rapid temperature change' between snow outside and warm in the tunnel caused condensation that stopped the trains
Oh I can never remember the names of clubs, Pinny :) maybe...I don't know. The fourth one was the smoky one...not cigarette smoke obviously, stage-smoke ;)
that is weird
can anyone help with the first re6/33 please and thanks....by tomorrow afternoon we should have over a ft. of snow not happy have not finished shopping
but you can't buy a white christmas speedfreak!!
1st re6 - put papers in order/in cabinet again
nancy boy - have you ever been to 'friendly society' in soho?
have that one dc which is a re6/27 but first re is 6/33
oops
re 6 ? re make a sketch again?
ty, knitter
I might have ventured inside Pinny :)
thanks aknitter that was the one are you ready for snow
nope! hoping it all falls on Kingston and not plymouth ;)
was it possibly the place with the strange, er, dolls?
what a friend!!! I don't want any hoping there is a big change and it goes out to sea
i haven't actually been inside yet - it's on a tiny sidestreet between wardour and old comption streets (downstairs through a little doorway)
i was at the beach today - wave high and splahing over the wall
speed i am just trying to share my share of the blizzard LOL
Think the entrance is the alley near the Ann Summers shop. If I remember rightly, that place was crazy.
yes - that's the one
i think i have to break my ban on bars and clubs to venture insude
inside as well
ban on bars and clubs?! *horrified face* I've lived in Soho for probably about a week. And I feel like I've been in MOST of them.
mkg,if you're here,I have a list in my profile if needed
i've lived in london 31 years - i'm so over it
one day I will actually have to go and see the sights...
make a sketch again??????? clue again pls knitter
just do a bus tour and you'll see everything
NANCY BOY!!!! (((((many many hugs)))))
hi stid
re6 your weapons
hello again all
re6 the plans
hi, stid
hello, NB
hey jes! thanks for the update on the critters by snailmail! Was pleased to see how many were able to be fixed up and placed.
thanks for donating! :)
is lickety working now?
:-D wish I could adopt instead of merely donating! LOL
ok - i'm out of patience with this board. night all
(((((Stid!!))))) theeer you are :D
bye, pinny
g'night pinny
sweet dreams pinny
dc clue pls for the re again....not seeing it
bye y'all
AH Leo has just accosted me with a snowball - war is ON. Might be back later, but for now...it is time for the winter of his discontent...*battle cry*
help on the O words please? trying to get NBT
i'm sorry, this picture is not right. please re6 it in a different way
and of course there is one!
NVM... *sigh*
still dont get it sorry dc brain no go
go science go... (you can do it)
i dont see it and dont understand the clue stid
re color+not cooked
re6 - colour and uncooked food
oh oh. bye nancy boy!
aha! thanks for that artsy clue, seain
oh crap thanks origami i need help today
yvw, stid
hey origami
i did not have the dr word !!! ty for both
yw ... still have 89 to go
hi, origami
hi stid!
Hi stidmama! I have a list in my profile if you want it.
evening, stid
er, minver :">
hello Min, thanks -- I am not quite to the listing stage, but will use yours if I get that far
typed what i read, rather than your handle
Hello everyone ... ya'll ready for the holidays?
Hi there origami! I am SO NOT ready for the holidays!
of course!
not really at all, origami :)
ready for a savior, origami. does that count?
harp love the profile pic!
cinema ma7
dc do that with one less vowel ending
that was my last ma :)
that's a babbler I haven't seen in a very long time... marqueemark
funny how people come and go, and you don't notice they aren't there until a long time later
stid to the pb with you!
there are cookies
hehe
what PB? no wurd was used in its solitude....
*COOKIES!!!!! *runs to PB*
gooooooood evening babblers!
okay, I sat down to blog and am determined to get something/anything up today. I owe my three readers that much... LOL
hey ENomis! I shall hurry back...
LOL stid
hi, enomis
Hello Enomis65! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!
go stidmama, I'll will read you when you are done :)
hello Min
hello dc
how is the grid?
*waves from lurk-mode*
not bad, enomis
howdy, welki
too man d's
better ds than re words imho
ohh tho's too
53 left without going to list (thanks, hurshy) ... so the grid seems forgiving today
might just hang it up instead of listing ... get's complicated when it's not a lickety list, doesn't it?
This puzzle is just FULL of phantoms! ender, gender, order, refer, referee, terrifier and several more.
So how many people are in the PB for spilling a gr 4/7
no lickety tonight?
take n away and exchange for vowel
nope. list in BabAnon and minver's profile
Enomis65, there is a list in my profile if you need one.
oops, one more, min :)
hmm, thanks I'll go without and might run back to you quickly Min!
62 left and no progress!
sg what do u need
who knows, joanna! LOL
scrooge and me here all day
that's right!
I am the grinch - not scrooge. I am actually the official shopper for the family
for crying out loud scrooge u r a toughy
ahh yes u r
ok nbt
same family lol
i dont do the wrapping part just the spending or making it part
up my alley sg
we went ice fishing today, took the dogs with us. we let them run alongside the quad .. but would they? nooooo, clear across the lake they went, had to say hello to everyone, everything
how funny welki
son got dang reciever for 500 and change thank god for co-worker or would have been 700.
regrid really should be a word ...
your phantom orig
probably funnier listening to me trying to get them back .... *shaking head* ... and we get to do it again tomorrow! lol
joanne you should go pro and get a profile!
ohh would you stop sg...
trying to babble at teh same time as my cat decided he wanted attention - he is lying on the keyboard - hard to monkey lol
i can't even think of that i have soo many bills
aww eno
my bills ..my daughter's start up bills grrr
it,s a one time fee and so worth it joanne
my cat is home, probably watching cat-porn and eating herring on the couch :)
i'm getting pissed at the thing's I HAVE TO DO
lmao welk
what are "start up bills?"
gas bill 250.00
why do you have to pay her bills?
on top of regular payment
cat porn!
cause i am a sap welk
how old is she joanne? is she working?
23 and no and 6 week old baby
oh no
uhm, joanne. your choice, but can't you just pay some of them and treat yourself to a measly pro-membership ... saved $200 on that receiver you posted about
my two hounds just went into my bedroom and pushed the door closed behind them ... freaks.
oh boy .. tough situation. you're not a sap, you're a mom.
lol 500 and change
and welki is worried about cat porn --- wonder what the dogs are doing?
what kind of hounds? i used to have bassets :)
love my kids too much
me worried about cat porn? nahhhh ... so long as she doesn't call any of those 900 numbers :)
I have a male foxhound and a female coonhound .. both fixed ... I have no idea what they were up to in there. Maybe wrapping my christmas present!
cat porn is gross...it's mostly rape
well, i am off for a while need to eat bbl
Hi my name is Mia, how is everyone??
byeee sg
enjoy
*pokes head in* take your turn science *runs away*
hasta, science
what? huh? i was (i thought) making a joke
hi mia
hello mia, i'm fine
waz up chickita
hi, mia, welcome. well, thanks
what do the 8's start with?
lol
and origami, the dogs are looking for chewy toys .. like shoes and belts *lol*
i have two wa - for now
wa8*2
you guys all seem verry resprctfull
when the foxhound was young, he ate everything. In a 3 hour span he ate the cord on my vacuum, a young avocado tree and my mop
qu8*2
dc clue for the qu 8 plz? i have 5 qu s and cant get rest.
ahhh, good puppy. *lol* unless you've owned hounds, don't think you can explain them to another person ...
de8
goodness ori
my butt dc
we have had 5 dogs over the years and never did they eat or chew anything we got a rottie pup born in april, she has chewed two chairs, throw rugs and shoes don't know what to do with her
qu8: an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
mkg think fred flintstones work place
one of my bassets pushed a chair to the counter so he could get to a ham. same guy would open the dishwasher so he could pre-wash the dishes for me. and eat nuts .. and leave the shells in neat piles ...
extend and past tense
and gr8
other qu 8: a person who quarries stone.
wa8*2, qu8*2, gr8, de8
he's better now as long as we have rope toys and hooves around to chew on
got two qu 8s! ty.
gr8: excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious
careful he doesn't break a piece off, ori ... but you probably have already been there
ty just missing the de 8. will see what i can do.
mkg - think butt
de8 - french rear end
de butt with vowel on end
ohh like the water pe...,
welki .. my mom was having a big political fundraiser at our house and her two dobies managed to get up on the counter and eat all the food the caterer had brought ... bad dogs!
ty got it.
funny dogs...
missing first de 6 30. any clues?
de4 and more
Hello Mimers! You sound new. Welcome to Babbleland!
ohhh someone who refuses to do what u want
or de fi4
joanne, which 4? dont have right one i think.
de fi4
ty joanne
vw
dc how many left??
i've 53
brb
come on let's get er done
ty got it.
got one de 6 but not the second one.
got both now. whew.
ti 7 anyone?
more ti5
i have de 4 8 then two de 4 5's and cant get third one. have the de 4 where you get corned beef, and rhymes with left, but what is third? clues welcome
sorry dont have it.
come on.. you are kidding me..
thank you joanne
i am more ti7
yvw
I am stopping at 134 words and 1993 points.Bye to all
ty got the ti.
by min...............
bye min
g'night min
li 6/18?
i dont have one letter grey except the top right i. wow.
have 85 words to go.
li andd sea bird
li + er4/4
yes, grey is slow this grid
thank you
finally got it..drove me nuts that one.
hi everyone!
babble sickness
hi
hi Joanne
any more help??
hard without lickety. darn.
mkg go bab anon
hursh posted clues in babanon
ro 7 clue please?
i am on bab anon. still tougher
ro4/4 + 3/4 of a hanging plant
so many hanging plants!!!!!!!!!
do you have a lot to go une?
VERY common, think fronds
hanging plant?
16 ruru
hi, une
ro tifer
good clue joanne..lol
oh crap sorry
thanks Joanne! :-)
hey, seain -- been thinking of you as the news shows pix of a VERY white DC! :-)
uh.. une... DC is white..
what?
quite so, une. about two feet here in Reston
more to the East
it's not fair, we have almost NO snow!
i waant some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we have NONE
how weird, jane!
my parents are in Annapolis, and apparently the west side of the Bay got it pretty bad
une, it snows what, once in 15 years there?
the snow in d.c. area is gorgeous. just specatcular. went walking twice. super stuff.
still snowing in d.c.
exactly Takuma, East and South got worse than we North and West
where are you une?
still snowing here
no, more often than that, but when it does, it rarely stays around for very long
ok nite all
Nashville TN
I'm driving up there on Tuesday. Thank goodness for 4wd
g'night joanne
takuma, more ice/snow wed/thu
maybe some of those law makers will be snowbound and will have a chance to think clearly....
I heard people on I-81 were stuck in their cars for 12 hours...
please help last te7/40 thanks
sorry not te fe7/40 getting tired of this gr--
hello babble friends! so far up here in massachusetts, this storm has been a lot of talk, and no action. Have yet to see a single flake
hey, trif!
harp, never! wish it were so...............
that's treat there, trif!
Tri I for one would like to see it stay that way but this means tomorrow it will last longer!!!
not surprised Takuma 81 with fog or what gets horrible traffic
yes, I am not hoping for snow by any means!
Hello all. Second time on today and still have 175 words to go. As you say without Lickety life is not so easy.
so it's supposed to end and then start up again Wed/Thurs?
one of my favorite christmases was when there was so much snow that i couldn't go anywhere. i walked to a bar and had a turkey sandwich
correct, takuma
now, if i was supposed to go to work in the snow, it's not so fun
If one does not have to be in the snow, driving, it is a lovely situation.
Ah, nice.
bab anon has a list posted by hurshy
fe 7/40 - land that's good for planting
fe 7/40 lots of babies
152 to go here
go harp
thanks got the fe7/40
I enjoy driving in the snow, actually, but I'd be coming into the snow at the end of a 12-hour drive...
12 hours is a big long for enjoyable driving.
no snow here in the south just rain.
well, you know how reliable winter forecasts here are, takuma
how many to's are there?
yeah, good point, seain
3 to's, all to4
3 to 4
thanks got me
i mean got EM
hi - a hint for the O would be appreciated - it's all I need for NBT
need help on fe6's please
like the baltimore baseball team, melon
fe6 one who gives food
fe6 weasley pet
one fe6 is a weasle like critter
fe6 like the pet but change final consonant
or 5 baltimore bird
fe6 like the singer but change 4th letter
whoa, I may have spoken a bit soon! here comes the wind!!!
huh- lbd?
(singer in the new movie "nine")
tyvm
yw :-)
never mind - it's a kind of window I think. . . - like the birds. . . .
fe6, the critter looks like a mink or weasle, melon
we've seen no rough weather down here in FL - just a temperature drop
shoot, I jate when I ask for a hint and its a word I know perfectly weel.
oh. forgot what i clued you! lol
fe6 i was fine with - it was the O clue - which actually helped once I thought about it
s'OK - now we're in a state of chat-tag
NBT!
fi6 and 7 please
go, melon!!
my last word was de8, and this gr4 is a pain in the de8!
yay, dawg!!
no 6.7 combo, wild.
no I just need both of them
fi6 .. wiggle around
ty
fi 7 a position on the baltimore team
fi6, is pt of the 5 which rhymes with smi***n (just a wee bit)
ty
no lickety today?
no, but hursh posted a list in bab anon
brb, I'll post the list in my profile.
you are seeing baltimore everywhere!
oh, and thanks!
fr6 please
hello all... MELON!!! *happy dance* hello hello!
hey LBD
put the milk in the fr6
and book! and wild cat! wow. *hit-the-jackpot mama look*
ty
thanks for that fr seain
hi, melon and book. i'm a bit out of it, and talking to my mom
howdy, wild
*waves to seain's mama*
she says hi :)
Hi Stiddy! okay, everyone, the list is in my profile.
thanks LBD. I just got down to 99
howdy, dog
hello everyone. nose in the gr4. still have 70 to go.
fr5 jacques
go stid! Hi DC! Hi DC's mom!
go bookwomen!
go bw!
refi
oops
stopped short at least. . .
thanks melon, appreciate the effort anyway! LOL
~
that was a clue
we fe7 across the lake because the bridge is not open yet.
thanks melon! LOL
thanks for that combo seain
Does anyone here play Wordtwist also?
i used to, origami, quite a lot!
used to play that origami -- it's a fun game
but I got a new laptop, and it's too slow to play wordtwist effectively
hey trifioso!!! ((hugs)) have you had a lovely weekend so far?
I'm off. Thanks for the great clues, all! Good luck to those of you facing tough weather
g'night, Takuma
night night, takuma. be safe on the roads!
TAKUMA!!! ((((hugs)))) have a lovely weekend!
back in a bit, need some hot tea
hey there stid! yes, it's been a lovely weekend! My dad came up last night, and we had a big birthday party for him at a local chinese rest. with the best food on earth. we all were so glad he is still here with us, it was a heart-filled evening, for sure!
excellent, trifioso. good for you all
how are things in stid ville?
things today in stidville are much calmer than yesterday. I shall not repeat my rant again, suffice it to say that the kids were BOTH sharing the doghouse and I spent some time melted down in tears.
today, I have not cried once, and this evening things seem to be going well.
ed5.12, pls?
to6 please
oh, sweetest, I am sorry to hear that! kids can be so frustrating, can't they? are they at least properly contrite?
how old are your kids stid?
teenagers, origami *sigh*
oh yes! the younger one brought me hot eggnog, hot tea, cookies, fruitcake AND peppermint sticks. At once. And hovered a lot.
The elder has been particularly polite this morning.
and he's in the gr4
at least by that descriptor
and this afternoon, neither boy has deliberately goaded or offended the other.
blech! Teenagers. At least they are contrite.
thanks for pointing that one out seain!
remember being a teenager? it is pretty awful, isn't it?
it sure can be -- especially when parents are so unreasonable
down to 73 listless. need to go in about 20 minutes. stidkids have their second concert of the day at 7:30. Have to get them there on time (for a change)
All that angst! At least when you're a teenager, there's an excuse :-)
I am just glad that I am only at "that stage" of my life origami, but can't figure out why mothers and children hit hormonally sensitive stages at the same time
ah, the drama of adolescence....I know it well....bless you stid, you will like them again, I promise!
oh, I like them, trifioso --- about 6000 miles away! LOL
LOL
HA! down to 70 listless! *accomplished mama look*
I think I shall bid you all adieu and back tomorrow at some point. My plan is to do a thorough house cleaning tomorrow (first time boys and I are home and healthy (and not studying) in three months). But will need and take babble breaks of course!
I always thought it would be a wonderful thing if children could go away at 13 and reappear at 17, competent, friendly and studious. Alas, I guess it's our job to make them that :-)
go stiddy!
I say make them do it, stid -- at least get your pound of flesh out of them!!!
I think 17 is a little too early, origami, esp if they are girls
thanks for the support, all! and see you soon! (considers origami and trifioso's comments carefully) *poof*
bye stid. have a great evening.
any clues for the O6 and O4? I'm baffled.
or4 think of french airport
new ****ans, louisiana
or6 like a brand of frozen potatoes change last vowel
hurshy = pile of crap
thanks for the list, hursh!
oh, yw, have bj's and lickety's not turned up?
no way, hursh!
Thanks! Got the O's.
i have a cold and FEEL like a pile of crap
nope
(((HURSHY))) you need a hot toddy and some warmed blankies
i think i'll instead get some sudafed and ibuprofen
i am so surprised there is no other list by this time. i guess it is good i had some insomnia.
fireworks. ty for the clues
whooooo hoooooo Bookwomen!
i'm sorry you're sick but thankful for the insomnia
hi
hi folks
there is a list on babanon. and if you scroll back a little someone just posted a list in their profi4
hey there welki!!!
hi firesock, hi welki!
hi welki 126 left
the list is in my profile for those who don't have access to bab anon
go MP!!
why can't we get bab anon?
some folks don't want to sign up for it. it's free, but it is another thing to remember passwords and such.
oh how do you sign up it comes up yuka or something like that
yuku.com. it's an easy enough procedure.
ok I will sign up for it...I just thought something was wrong when it said yuku
cause it rhymes with count dooku
remember it's so easy to confuse a blonde! LOL
lol, MP
mp, the site www.atoptics.co.uk/ is wonderful! thanks!
yw
aren't his drawings just too amazing!
drawings? i'm at a site that's about optics (like green flashes)
somewhere I saw a view of looking straight down on it and it didn't look like anything you could recognize but at the right angle...oops I'm off talking about the pavement drawings sorry...ok darn this blinde hair again...yes the setting sun that flashes green just before it dips below the horizon...my hubby and I saw that in key west...totally awesome
anyway, i'm stuck at 28 and working on a mini, so won't be listing ... g'night folks!
nite welki
night night, welki
Baack in the US .. Back in the US .. Baack in the USSR!
g'night welki
welcome home TORG!!! we missed you!
I want to hold your hand!!!!!
TORGONE!!! Welcome home, dear one!!!!
oh, you must be so jet lagged!
hello all
no list today, huh
hi aslindy. there's a list in my profile
thank you
Think I'm done with this gr4/7 ... watching the new Potter film ... see ya'
enjoy, origami. sweet dreams
wow. 3h40m talking with my mom, and only 10 min of political complaints :)
g'night origai
wow! 3 hours! my ears would be numbed
I've been on the go for about 26 hours ..
aren't you exhausted, Torg?
we've had 23h of snow
oh, the weather outside is frightful...
Let's all take tor out to dinner so he can relax....wanna go grab some chinese tor?
I am rejuvenated being home, but I'm sure I'll conk out ere long ..
alas, no fire here :/
Nyuk nyuk nyuk ..
good thing you don't have to work tomorrow. sleep in!
ROFL tor
i take it all went well on the job?
sleeping in sounds tomorrow sounds like a good plan for all of us!
The job went fairly well with one major hurdle not cleared .. Need to get with designers and equipment vendor to forge a solution ..
of, what fun, torg
i hope it all works out for you. torg
Yeah, me too .. My bosses wanted this trip to wrap up all the problems so we could get paid ..
payment is good!
i hope you can resolve it soon
does this mean another trip to china?
This is an innovative project that will require some innovative solutions if my company can look past the monthly profit/loss numbers ..
hi all -- I give up -- 68 left and it's too painful even with the BabAnon list (which I had no trouble accessing)
hi jilli
evening, jilli.
dc, I assume you're snowed in mightily!
It might mean another trip to modify/install something .. Right now I don't know ..I would like to be able to get this going successfully ..
well, i cleared the cars, got the all-wheel-drive one out, and sent Tom off o work
torg -- what is it you're designing?
wow, good for you, dc!
(221 words with no Lickety and no S is just too tough for me)
well, he's a nurse, needs to be there
but -ed, -er, -ier :)
here to clue if needed, jilli
and good for Tom
hope you packed a blizzard kit for him, DC
with 68 to go, lbd? I don't think so!
I have to get supper too...
he went with 3 changes of clothes, his meds, extra hats, and 4 meals.
supper is definitely a better choice over this gr4
i'm with dawg on that, go eat something nice and savory
It's a plant that takes household waste and turns it into compost .. The problem is maximizing the quality of the final product
water, sandbags (or kitty litter) blanket, shovel, chains...
oh you guys must have been Boy Scouts, dc
great plan, torg
nope. we both avoid the scouts for the same reason - they seemed bent on forcing conformity
I just mean the Be Prepared bit
wow, good idea, torg. Implementation not quite working out though?
ah, sorry my penchant for literalism strikes again
lol, dc ;)
It's something new for my company ..
tor is that like the stuff they sell around here as mulch?
sounds like a great idea, torg. hope you get all the bugs worked out.
back in a splash
Guess I'd better get that modest supper -- back soonest
It is supposed to be compost, with lots of rich organic material and little contamination .. The problem is getting out the contaminants and garbage without removing the valuable soil ..
njoy, jilli
oooh, yes, that would be a challenge with the environmental stuff there
i wonder why there's yucca in my root beer. Texture, i guess.
think I'll go look for a list
221 left here ..
de8?
hi everyone -- back for the last few
french butt, shirlock
hi, nan
i thought it was, kept spelling it wrong! got it now
there's one in my profile, harp
guess I'm going to have to break down and list for the last 30
yeah, i listed at 38
mmm -- don't seem to be able to get lickety's list to come up
dr 6 first?
no lickety today
no lickety today
lickety's is not updated. there's a list in my profile, nan
ty dawger
dr6 the shipping channel
two 7s from it
dr + sharp side of a razor?
dr6 as in clear, remove material from
shipping channel?
le 5 & 6 please?
le 5: shelf
dr6 - dr4 up from bottom or past
le 6: what you keep the books in
another name for shelf, harp
got that clue dc, thx
from the bottom r I have ro 4 x2 -- missing?
( i grew up watching them dr6 the shipping channel in the Potomac - so that meaning comes to mind first)
ri4
thanks
ro7.40, nan
ro7. spoiled + con**** trees, not deciduous
oreide
oops
ty dawger
*slinks to PB with his root beer*
dr7 before what you did to clothes after wash
clay spinning top, jewish toy played during hannukah
cool, thx, spelling put me off again
spelled two ways, one for the 7 and again for the 6
cool thx
i am missing two d words. i think de words. confused.
need de 4 5 the 5th one please
de + again suffix
also need di 4 5 the 3rd or 4th one please.
de+ **d roses for a blue lady
di4 straits
have that oone ibd. either the one before it or after it is what i need please. ty.
or change last consonant for the di4 kids play in
di 4 straits is second one dc.
then change last consonant in the di4 kids play in
di 5/12 before the funerary song?
have that one too dc. the opp of clean. sorry. confusing without licekty.
d+ not boy but g***
more di4
ty ibd. that was it. ty.
the first de7?
help, i need one more qu word, i have 3 5-letter, 2 7-letter, and 2 8-letter qu words, what am i missing?
still need de 4 5 word.
more so of the de.4.6
more of the de4 before it
french butt, jane
it is the de 4 5 after the de 4 8, where there are 3 but i have two of them only.
qu5
i can't spell tonight
qu + *** you sleeping, brother john
or qu + sea bird without the T
there are 4 qu 5 letter words, dc?
got that one ibd
de + **ad between the lines
li5 that's not unit of volume, pls?
the more of words are more than 4 letters. i am missing one of the de 4s...
thanks but that wasnt' the de7
2nd fe6?
yes, jenmo
li + spoiled ***ten
ibd have that one. and the one where you get corned beef. need the third one in that string of three de 4 5s
hi jen
got that one ibd
i have both of those
thanks dc
de + w**l you respect me in the morning?
i am missing one
ah, money. ty, dawg
tyats it ibd!!!!!!!!!!!tytyty
Lady of York (former) fe*g**, change the G to letter before M
all d words done! oops i meant thats it ibd! not with y.
got it, the obvious one!
good clue, thx lbd
i have only three ed words. there are six listed. darn...................have first ed 4 7 and two from that with diff. last cons. help with others appreciated.
fe great clue ibd!!!!!!!!!!!
e+ croco****, not alligator
ty! got it.
what you do to a paper to make sure it reads well, and the person who does that job
have all ed words now.
ty.
er 6?????
i have to run an er6 tomorrow after work.
ty! got it.
on to f words.
missing an fr 5/16 between released and worry -- no idea which one though
french for brother? fr*** Jacque
clue please for the final re 7, 44
bingo, dawger -- ty
fr + jalap*** peppers are hot!
change released final cons. to another for that fr.
freno
type of beans, used in a lot of mexican foods, Mudd
change last letter to another vowel, mkg
oops sorry.
ty
ty got it.
need fe 7 40. did it get clued? if so tried last letter to vowel but it is a cons.
one who is capable of having babies is fe7.40
ty! got it ibd. super clues.
need first fi 5 22 please.
fi + like the chocolaty gooey goodness offered at this time of year fu***
li6/18?
re 6/33?
ty got it.
one f left..........
li4.4 + half hawaiian goose
re + doodles on paper
fi 6 36 please?
thx lbd
nm got it. sorry. f words done.
ugh still 43 left.
rhymes with small person mi****
ge 5??????
ty
Sometimes I despise re words.
we all despise re words, Mudd. lol
ge5 is a type or style of literature
ge+ letter before O + **d Roses
ty got it. done with g words.
ne6 last?
ne + **d roses + freud's littlest friend
you're awesome with the clues, lbd
is the 2nd RE 6.22 or 4.5?
clue for li 6 18?
6.33 or 4.5 rather
6.33, dc
li4.4 + half hawaiian goose, - li6.18
i ne4 hint pls, for re 6.33
last re 5?
re + quick **** mcgraw
we re5 the candle when the wind blew it out
oh! i see
re5= race again pt
something's not right. hm. i'll sort it out.
ty got both re words.
ty 3 of them.
ty
dont know hawaiian goose ibd! keep forgetting it.
okay, 2 minutes before i have to head for the pillows. last clues...
you **ed to remember the hawaiian goose, MKG ;-)
ibd you are super cluer. one more time the li 5? dont know the goose.
li4.4 + do you **ed more clues?
or6
got it! wish you could stay ibd. need to finish.
good luck with this really stinky gr4. i'll take that 3001 we had over this one!
or the 301! yikes 3001 would put be under!
Why don't you try to get some on your own, mkg? That would be a novel approach, wouldn't it??
or + two vowels + **ar Santa, i want...a new job
*poof*
or 5 plz?????
or5 window - sounds like a Baltimore or5
met to me the clues given on the chat are the joy of doing the grid. sorry you dont approve.
ty dc. got it.
hi, met :)
qu 5 16 last one please?
qu + what you put ashes in, spelled different
ashes???????an ashtray??????
qu+ sea bird
ok got it dc. funny clue! you are so so cute!
what is the last wa6/30?
hi mkg...how many left?
hi wht
rabbit wa6
rabbits live in wa6
place where rabbits live
or a man's name
hi all
nm I found it. It is the home of rabbits.
Hi West, is it snowing in RI now?
Hi mp
hi, west
87 left for me tonight
sure is thanks all for sending it our way lol
Hi all again
it snowed for more than 23h here
Don't worry, we'll take what you can't use. :^)
bw, jilli
we have about 18 inches, beautiful
saw it on tv seain Reagan looks like a ghost town
we got 20 or so here
even our public transit shut down
wow I heard just a few miles up the road in burtonsville they got over 22
when I lived there the town would close down for 2 inches
i remember then, west :)
good it happened on the weekend and not monday morning during the commute
we've gotten better about it through the years
ti 7?
nothing much'll be open, or if open, open on time, come Monday
yorkshire te7
I think you must have been a gleam in your father's eye then seain that was in 65
LOL that is true...people don't think smartly about the snow...they leave their cars in the way of the plows..and get out and drive around for stupid stuff
our daughter and her husband are flying in for the holiday fortunately they are coming Christmas day
cyber, more sleepy
my parents met in Feb of 69, so quite so West
how lovely, west :)
ty wht
we're so excited..big family gathering on the 27th
they're in San Diego I keep teasing them with weather reports lol
my inlaws (in their upper 80's) were going to go to the grocery store for milk in case they ran out of the half gallon they had...we had to tell them not to go...my hubby has his hands full with them.
oh my MP. i know teh WFM here was closed, but HT was open.
the old bread milk and toilet paper syndrome mpitt
when i worked at Whole Foods, the customers bought brie, chardonnay, baguette instead. Something about snow and white foods
ty wht
if you're snowed in might as well be gourmet lol
everyone :)
really having trouble making entries into the log! -- that was a *!* ta da *!* and a thank you for the help
Yay nan !!
oh, congrats nan!
friends, I could use a hand for the last q - have 5/16, 8/60, 8/55, 5/16, 5/16, 7/44, and 7/40 - please, what am I missing?
YAY nan!!!
a 5/16 at the end
qu5 at end, trif
hi trif and jilli
thanks -- looking!
hi jill :)
must go and finish the gift wrapping -- the kids will be arriving either tomorrow or Monday depending on the roads.
hi guys... yikes. no lickety. .. does anyone have a list?
BabAnon, dorens
dawger posted a list
have fun, nan
so much fun nan safe trip for them
cool thanks... after many glasses of wine.. no lickety, 27 words could take forever
Hello!
hi, kimm
hello kimm and dorens
i never used to rely on lickety but boy, do i miss him today!
howdy, dorens
so dc, we re
Finished!
having a touch of what you endured earlier
... and fireworks!
yay mudd!!
may it accumulate less where you live
huzzah for the finishers!
yay mudd
congrats mudd and merk
yay merk too !!
and merk yay to you too!
ti5.12, pls?
that little spanish mark
happy happy for all the finishers
in my brain, that's not English. But then again, is Enable.
ty
it's all a puzzlement
ro7/40?
something that causes ro4?
is there an extra fr 5/16 in the list that is not in the puzzle?
no, joey
wht..ro4/4 + they had happy hour drinks 2 *** 1 and the *** change the o to second vowel...
thanks. my f is black, but i only have 2 before the cold thing
never mind. made a mistake
ty mp. I thought it was related somehow but I couldn't get it.
hope my clue wasn't too long...I'm not that good at them yet but I try
hi jilli do you like my icon love under the mistletoe...thought it was just so cute
firewords
hooray dc
wahhooo dc!
thanks
Wow seain good for you! This grid is no fun
How many hours did it take you?
it was pleasantly challenging. Um, 5 of off and on. I made two meals, cleared one car 3 times and the other once, got tom off to work, did some laundry and what between and betwixt
yay seain !!
wow, dc, you are really quite the productive guy!
That gives me hope then. Thanks
some days, trif :) The need to get Tom to work with snow falling at 3 inches/hr was a good motivator today
I have a silly question how much does it cost to send first class mail?
esp since there was 20ish on the ground when he had to leave
44 cents, i think?
it keeps changing and I keep forgetting to get stamps..I have some left from years past and can probably make up the diff
yes 44 cents unless you have the forever stamp and one of those is good I think they started out as 41 cents but that doesn't matter
everything is late this year
except our snow is very early *smile*
I have a couple forevers but not enough just don't mail things anymore
will we have a white Christmas or a slushy dirty frozen Christmas
i went through the same mailed about 18 christmas cards and had to scrounge up the stamps we do so much electronically
or6/21?
like potatoes but end with a diff vowel
or, vowel, ***s of March
ty dc
ty
good clue dc
mine was too lol
yes yours was good also lol
thanks that's what that word always reminds me of
I just noticed I have all my 8's
The second ne6/21?
I only have 2 8's
seain had a great clue for that one..take it away seain
after this grid I am going to give myself a good talking to...I have to resist the grid and get on with wrapping christmas presents and a thousand other things I should be doing...and until I am done I must refrain from all this joviality *giving myself a stern mamma look*
this is definitely my last grid for awhile too
send one my way too please MPitt. I get kind of obsessed once I start
I have never been addicted to anything else in my life but this is just soooo much fun to me.
I'll give it a shot wht..ne note after do and not ego
ne6 and thread
*sending a stern mamma look to bugs* and wishing we all get our holiday chores completed so we can babble-on
oops 2nd: one who ne4
isn't that the first seain?
ah, brain fried. happy babbling yall!
thanks. I hope it works
ne6 and thread is 2nd
hi MPitt -- I went away for a while but saw your query -- yes, your icon is very cute!
I am totally falling asleep, with 42 to go. I;m calling it. 11:56, saturday night. good night friends, sleep well!
HI jilli
wht are we confusing you completely?
and YAY dc -- and gnight, I guess
good night trif stay warm
Nite Trif. Glad your Dad is well now
hi bugs -- cute icon too :)
good night seain you stay warm too
No, I finally saw the one that I didn't have. The friend of thread.
night trif
ty n's are notched.
bugs my cousin just passed away and I have been getting great comfort from the book
I think I'll go and do some wrapping -- back for the flip and I fervently hope the next gr4 is a nice one and WITH Lickety's list
I am so glad to hear that it is helping westford, I just wish it were under better circumstances.
I have been using it a lot right now too. I work with Hospice and Christmas is a hard time for families who know it will be their last one together.
jilli I am such a sucker for cute animal photos...this one reminds me of my mom's dog who has befriended a cat...he taught him how to use his doggie door...he brings his toys to him and they even kiss (albeit they are probably smelling each others mouths) they sleep together and now the cat comes in at night and crawls in my moms bed and sleeps with them all night...turns out to be her neighbors cat but they don't mind.
so do I but it's really good to have it thanks so much for recommending it
aww mpitt what a sweet thing
ok, have to ask, what book, please>
bugs will have to answer that joey I have a mental block when it comes to the name
Hi Joey. You might like it too. It is called To Bless the Space Between Us by John O'Donohue
thanks, i will check it out.
thanks bugs I almost went to get it
He was an Irish priest who writes in the most poetic language.
my cousin spent her last 10 days in hospice bugs they made her last days very pleasant
if you belong to AARP you can order from Borders Books online and you get a 35% discount!!!
thanks for the tip
We are still trying to get a Hospice House in my community but not yet. I visit people in their homes and hospital.
there is a lovely poem about animals that I will have to send to my daughter she just put her 13 yr old dog down yesterday
that is so good of you bugs
bugs, that takes a lot of strength, i admire you. i make greeting cards and take them to the hospice office and they distribute them to the folks
The book has blessings for all kinds of things like "For love in a time of conflict" , "for one who is exhausted" or "to come home to yourself."
he's writing in a better place now
What a terrific idea Joey!
i also make cards for the children at the ronald mcdonald house. i cook there once a month and it breaks my heart but it is the most rewarding thing that i do
I meet the nicest people and I have never met anyone I did not welcome in my life.
You are a gem Joey.
you both are
nope, just have my moments and try.
ge 5/14?
type
classes of books.
ty west and joey
yvw
yw
9 left
17
gj wht I have 45 ne** to find a list
gj joey too
grief
42 for me
great clue wht
There is a good book dealing with life and death read the book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" by harold kushner.
since you're so close you don't have to go to the PB wht
Go to Babbler's Anonymouns from the links on the bottom
guess I'm not the only one who does it! lol
good gr5
We ALL do kimm
I have heard of that mpitt
There are two lists under the general head
off to find a list bye in advance if you're all gone when I get back nice chatting with all of you
thanks wht
It is a good book and got me thinking when I was feeling put-opon (if that is a word)
hi all
HI jmc.
Hi jmc. How is your winter wonderland
just about to leave jmc but hi first
good gr5 why did you guys let wht off the hook?
the snow has finally stopped but there is another band that may hit sometime in the early hours
hi west
bugs I think you mean put-upon
bye...I'm getting ready to throw in the towel 83 left...I haven't really kept my nose to the gr** on this one...but hey I had a bunch of fun..that's a success in my book! I think I will give myself my own fireworks just because *smile*!
hi MP
whoo hoo for virtual fireworks MP
That's the one I needed jmc.
Celebrating with MPitt for having the strength to be realistic about the importance of Babble!!! Yay for you ( as I keep plugging away ignoring the cookie batter that wants baking..)
hi jmc...the snow is beautiful today...but wait till the cars track in it then the dirt and sloshy brown slop...I will try to find the beauty in that...it's there I just have to look more carefully...maybe I can think it looks like a root beer float or something! *grin*
hmm i think this much snow is not beautiful but dangerous
oh how about a coca-cola slurpy!!!
bugs did I inadvertantly clue something?
i am worried the metro will not open early enough for me to get to Meeting tomorrow
yes jmc it is dangerous if you go out in it I agree and some do have to go out but others just make bad judgments and sometimes get hurt
No jmc, just my spelling of putupon
coke slurpies are my favorite!!
coke slurpy sounds good
done, thanks for all the help and conversation
how many more do you have jmc?
Happy Christmas joey!
well kimm that's what our streets will look like they are full of soon LOL
well, I sure don't like driving in that stuff!
*whips up and passes out virtual coke slurpies to all who want them*
rander
I prefer MPitt. Do you have some virtual RB?
*sniffs the coke slurpies to make sure they are coke and not di4y snow*
fireworks
good on you joey...I just read your prof. and my heart and prayers go out to you, stay strong keep us updated.
whoo hoo wht
ty for the clues and the pass on the PB.
kimm you should type a word that works in the gr4! lol
what is RB?
Night all.
root beer
kimm change your first cons. to w
great job wht. good night and happy Christmas
what a wimp wht to sneak out before appropriate pb time
Same with me, Joey. How are you now?
I will report you to the Quaker police!
bugs...oops...hit self in forehead...hurry and whips up virtual RB float and passes to bugs
I know, jmc, dumb
lol kimm!
RB pb its all the same
what drink is a PB?
jmc, I won't be dug out in the morning to get to meeting so the Quaker police won't catch me.
lol wht the Quaker police are so diligent they will dig out to get you!
MP, PB is the penalty box where we get sent for using words in the gr4 in the chat.
jmc, tell them the snow blower is in the garage. Have them let me know when the driveway is all clear.
right but I think she was referring to the virtual refreshments I was passing around...maybe a Pibb float
le---
i am nagging sylvia about the uganda anti-gay being a chance for FUM to step up
First PB drink I can think of is Pepto Bismol. :^)
sorry, wrong box
lol wht
rofl
Anyway, I really am leaving now. Sweet dreams and happy shoveling in the morning.
ROFL wht....gosh I hope our streets don't look like they are full of pepto bismol..althoug pink is my favorite color
excuse lousy typo's...
bye wht and happy shoveling
I have to go to meeting because it is our day to make presents for the homeless -- 2,000+ of them
bye wht and may your shoveling be as easy as it could be
mine is easy when my son does it but I will have to do it myself inthe a.m.
what will u make, jmc?
we fill showboxes with t-shirts, socks, gloves, knit hats, candy and combs
then we wrap them in comic paper and put christmas cards on them
jmc what kind of presents do you make for the homeless? I keep money in my car drink holder to give to the homeless that appear to be legit to me...we have one near our house that we see nearly every week in the little pizza pub we go to and he is sloshing the beers down and enjoying the atmosphere...he is very clean and dresses fairly well..we often wonder about him...my husband thinks I am too generous but I believe it all comes back to you and more.
jmc excuse my late note..now i see yours that is very nice
I have several friends who are homeless and though I will occassionaly buy them a sandwich i never give them money
do you all make the items or are they donated
one of my homeless friends told me about the practice of begging and how to maximize teh money
we buy the stuff and work with the World Bank it is quite a fun day at meeting
I give them food because I know they need that more than what the money would go to.
one year wolfowitz came and some Friends had a difficulty not confronting him
They are always happy to recieve it
me too jmc...there are a few that I have bought food for...once I took the guy into the mcdonalds and he told me he wanted this big meal...more than we ever get...at first I flinched but then I did it...must have been a reason he wanted that...
but thye hung tough and he, instead of making if a photo op as we expected, worked all day
well I figure if I offer to buy something I should not be too determined to decide what food to buy
after all we all have our own personal preferences
hello, hello
hi granny
hmm 15minutes let and 117 words what do you think
dabbling, instead of babbling, jmc?
dab dab dab dab
LOLOL
yes but the old adage "beggers can't be choosey" comes to mind...I don't think the people in these countries that are starving are choosey...just saying...
I watched a movie instead granny
Lost in Austen -- not too bad
do you ne4 help with any?
go go go jmc you can do it lol
what did you see, jmc?
duh, lost in austen.can't say that i have heard of it. story line?
I think it is pretentious of us to assume that just because you are homeless that you should accept what ever is offered
i knit between games- so this year i made 6 hat/scarf/mitten sets for my church to give to the homeless
woman of 20th century gets intangled in pride and prejudice
jmc- my friend has a son who was homeless. he just died of a drug overdose last weekend. he was 30.
very tragic
oh that is so sad kimm -- I am truly sorry to hear it
good for you sammy!
agreed, jmc. our church has linked with other churches in our area, and with the local council,toform an emergency relief fund. we also help run "soupies ', once a week we make huge pots of food etc and go out into the streets and serve those who ne4 it
I want to learn to knit to make hats for people who ne4 them
i used to make things for my kids- but they have enough
fran
good for you granny
I needle point but there is no where to use it!
I know, I know. see what I mean?
one year i made them all afghans- one year sweaters- next year hat/scarf/mitten sets. ponchos for the girls and vests for the men
my meeting does the soup truck on weds, breakfast the fisrt saturday and the kids do sandwiches the second sunday
wow, sammy, I am a knitter and that's ambitious!
lol kimm
i buy extra food and use my coupoons - sometimes get things almost free- clothes at garage sames- give it to the church for the cause
at one stage, although i wasn't homeless, i was single, unable to work, and 3 small boys to look after.if it hadn't been for the generosity of people in my community, i may well have ended up homeless.
I can crochet and needle point but am an abismal knitter
i understand granny
I came pretty close myself right after my husband died and I was left with a young son
growing up por in maine- we were never ALLOWED to have idle hands- the habit just stuck-lol
lider
yeah! sammy --- I always buy a few extra cans of veggies for the shelter too
come on kimm!
nowadays, i give thanx to them by serving those who are less fortunate, experience makes for greater understanding.
I'm going to have to either do the puzzle or chat, because obviously I can't do BOTH!!
* giggle * kimm
my dad taught me how to knit when i was 8. mom didn t have the patience- he was a lumberjack when he was a young man and thats how the4y got thier sweaters and hats and scarves- they all made their own- not much else to do in the northwoods after a hard days's work.
laughing out loud, jm
jmc...I am such a caring person and wear my heart on my shoulder and try to help everyone I can...I teach my son and grandchildren to be generous and every so often we go thru their toys and clothes and make a bag for donating to needy children. They look forward to it. It is a good thing to teach them.
hello
kimm don't worry about it! lol
hi mlfan
hi mlf
hi ml
holding my breath for the flip
hi sammny and granny
hello all
hi jmc
hi ml
hey urshy
lol jmc dont do that you might pass out and miss it
hi kimm
hey rosy
hi rush
howdy all
ready get set and....................
hi rush
hi dee
hoot, urshy, what my little bro's call me
hi volley
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