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Total score 0 pts.
1 4,333
2 4,333
3 4,333
4 4,333
5 4,333
6 4,333
7 4,333
8 4,333
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10 4,333
11 4,333
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14 4,333
15 4,333
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17 4,333
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20 4,333
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22 4,333
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27 4,333
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29 4,333
30 4,333
31 4,333
32 4,333
33 4,333
34 4,333
35 4,333
36 4,333
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39 4,333
40 4,333
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42 4,333
43 4,333
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49 4,333
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51 4,333
52 4,333
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55 4,333
56 4,333
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58 4,333
59 4,333
60 4,333
61 4,333
62 4,333
63 4,333
64 4,333
65 4,333
66 4,333
67 4,333
68 4,333
69 4,333
70 4,333
71 4,333
72 4,333
73 4,333
74 4,333
75 4,333
76 4,333
77 4,333
78 4,333
79 4,333
80 4,333
81 4,333
82 4,333
83 4,333
84 4,333
85 4,333
86 4,333
87 4,333
88 4,333
89 4,333
90 4,333
91 4,333
92 4,333
93 4,333
94 4,333
95 4,333
96 4,333
97 4,333
98 4,333
99 4,333
100 4,333
101 4,333
102 4,333
103 4,333
104 4,333
105 4,333
106 4,333
107 4,333
108 4,333
109 4,333
110 4,333
111 4,333
112 4,333
113 4,333
114 4,333
115 4,333
116 4,333
117 4,333
118 4,323
119 4,319
120 4,294
121 4,287
122 4,261
123 4,252
124 4,249
125 4,017
126 3,981
127 3,813
128 3,780
129 3,608
130 3,502
131 3,482
132 3,441
133 3,342
134 3,297
135 3,274
136 3,221
137 3,209
138 3,138
139 3,133
140 3,125
141 3,124
142 3,116
143 3,093
144 3,044
145 3,023
146 3,013
147 3,010
148 2,994
149 2,983
150 2,964
151 2,957
152 2,894
153 2,893
154 2,890
155 2,886
156 2,847
157 2,838
158 2,836
159 2,834
160 2,827
161 2,781
162 2,774
163 2,773
164 2,767
165 2,749
166 2,703
167 2,678
168 2,642
169 2,628
170 2,612
171 2,594
172 2,562
173 2,552
174 2,534
175 2,530
176 2,508
177 2,472
178 2,467
179 2,455
180 2,446
181 2,438
182 2,421
183 2,362
184 2,348
185 2,344
186 2,339
187 2,319
188 2,314
189 2,279
190 2,270
191 2,265
192 2,258
193 2,251
194 2,242
195 2,234
196 2,227
197 2,217
198 2,216
199 2,198
200 2,187
201 2,176
202 2,172
203 2,167
204 2,157
205 2,147
206 2,146
207 2,144
208 2,127
209 2,115
210 2,114
211 2,105
212 2,098
213 2,093
214 2,087
215 2,078
216 2,069
217 2,064
218 2,052
219 2,043
220 2,042
221 2,040
222 2,039
223 2,037
224 2,032
225 2,020
226 2,018
227 2,016
228 2,010
229 2,007
230 2,007
231 2,006
232 2,005
233 1,996
234 1,989
235 1,987
236 1,986
237 1,980
238 1,977
239 1,955
240 1,946
241 1,943
242 1,943
243 1,943
244 1,941
245 1,941
246 1,940
247 1,931
248 1,928
249 1,898
250 1,894
251 1,891
252 1,884
253 1,884
254 1,872
255 1,837
256 1,837
257 1,830
258 1,827
259 1,814
260 1,803
261 1,781
262 1,781
263 1,778
264 1,775
265 1,764
266 1,760
267 1,754
268 1,749
269 1,742
270 1,742
271 1,739
272 1,739
273 1,731
274 1,731
275 1,719
276 1,715
277 1,707
278 1,704
279 1,702
280 1,700
281 1,694
282 1,691
283 1,689
284 1,688
285 1,680
286 1,679
287 1,678
288 1,674
289 1,671
290 1,671
291 1,658
292 1,658
293 1,656
294 1,656
295 1,655
296 1,653
297 1,651
298 1,650
299 1,649
300 1,641
301 1,636
302 1,635
303 1,634
304 1,633
305 1,631
306 1,627
307 1,624
308 1,620
309 1,616
310 1,608
311 1,607
312 1,605
313 1,605
314 1,604
315 1,602
316 1,599
317 1,591
318 1,586
319 1,573
320 1,568
321 1,567
322 1,562
323 1,557
324 1,554
325 1,546
326 1,542
327 1,541
328 1,531
329 1,527
330 1,522
331 1,520
332 1,517
333 1,517
334 1,514
335 1,500
336 1,492
337 1,487
338 1,484
339 1,466
340 1,465
341 1,465
342 1,464
343 1,463
344 1,455
345 1,453
346 1,453
347 1,447
348 1,443
349 1,441
350 1,438
351 1,436
352 1,433
353 1,431
354 1,430
355 1,427
356 1,423
357 1,421
358 1,418
359 1,417
360 1,417
361 1,415
362 1,411
363 1,401
364 1,398
365 1,397
366 1,396
367 1,392
368 1,390
369 1,389
370 1,387
371 1,386
372 1,383
373 1,383
374 1,382
375 1,379
376 1,378
377 1,377
378 1,376
379 1,372
380 1,369
381 1,366
382 1,360
383 1,358
384 1,351
385 1,350
386 1,346
387 1,343
388 1,342
389 1,341
390 1,341
391 1,330
392 1,329
393 1,328
394 1,327
395 1,323
396 1,321
397 1,315
398 1,314
399 1,312
400 1,311
401 1,309
402 1,308
403 1,305
404 1,297
405 1,284
406 1,284
407 1,278
408 1,273
409 1,271
410 1,264
411 1,261
412 1,260
413 1,259
414 1,256
415 1,255
416 1,246
417 1,226
418 1,225
419 1,222
420 1,222
421 1,215
422 1,215
423 1,212
424 1,212
425 1,204
426 1,200
427 1,199
428 1,193
429 1,192
430 1,191
431 1,188
432 1,187
433 1,187
434 1,186
435 1,182
436 1,175
437 1,167
438 1,166
439 1,165
440 1,164
441 1,161
442 1,159
443 1,154
444 1,147
445 1,141
446 1,133
447 1,128
448 1,128
449 1,126
450 1,126
451 1,125
452 1,118
453 1,118
454 1,114
455 1,109
456 1,109
457 1,087
458 1,084
459 1,080
460 1,079
461 1,078
462 1,072
463 1,067
464 1,066
465 1,061
466 1,054
467 1,054
468 1,045
469 1,039
470 1,037
471 1,037
472 1,033
473 1,027
474 1,026
475 1,025
476 1,025
477 1,024
478 1,024
479 1,021
480 1,018
481 1,014
482 1,009
483 1,009
484 1,007
485 1,007
486 1,007
487 1,002
488 1,002
489 1,001
490 995
491 989
492 988
493 988
494 982
495 973
496 971
497 965
498 964
499 962
500 954
501 949
502 945
503 944
504 943
505 943
506 942
507 942
508 941
509 932
510 929
511 929
512 923
513 921
514 920
515 920
516 919
517 914
518 911
519 905
520 900
521 892
522 883
523 883
524 877
525 872
526 868
527 866
528 864
529 864
530 859
531 858
532 851
533 848
534 838
535 831
536 828
537 823
538 819
539 815
540 814
541 813
542 808
543 804
544 804
545 801
546 800
547 798
548 795
549 794
550 793
551 792
552 788
553 786
554 783
555 783
556 777
557 773
558 764
559 762
560 760
561 756
562 755
563 748
564 741
565 739
566 737
567 735
568 733
569 730
570 729
571 727
572 724
573 722
574 722
575 721
576 715
577 713
578 711
579 711
580 708
581 708
582 699
583 696
584 695
585 695
586 691
587 690
588 690
589 681
590 680
591 679
592 678
593 675
594 664
595 664
596 663
597 663
598 661
599 655
600 652
601 652
602 651
603 650
604 649
605 647
606 644
607 644
608 639
609 636
610 636
611 636
612 635
613 635
614 633
615 630
616 616
617 605
618 604
619 600
620 595
621 595
622 594
623 593
624 591
625 587
626 583
627 582
628 578
629 577
630 575
631 572
632 569
633 566
634 564
635 563
636 558
637 556
638 553
639 543
640 539
641 536
642 535
643 534
644 531
645 528
646 526
647 526
648 517
649 515
650 507
651 498
652 495
653 490
654 488
655 478
656 478
657 470
658 466
659 464
660 460
661 460
662 455
663 439
664 437
665 435
666 434
667 434
668 427
669 425
670 422
671 415
672 415
673 413
674 412
675 407
676 407
677 405
678 401
679 392
680 391
681 390
682 384
683 378
684 368
685 364
686 364
687 347
688 341
689 338
690 334
691 331
692 327
693 323
694 319
695 317
696 315
697 313
698 310
699 309
700 306
701 306
702 305
703 304
704 298
705 295
706 294
707 293
708 275
709 274
710 269
711 257
712 257
713 257
714 251
715 251
716 250
717 244
718 231
719 227
720 218
721 207
722 203
723 197
724 194
725 193
726 189
727 186
728 168
729 166
730 152
731 152
732 143
733 136
734 135
735 124
736 121
737 117
738 106
739 96
740 91
741 88
742 87
743 79
744 65
745 60
746 52
747 51
748 44
749 41
750 24
751 19
752 14
753 7

253 total words

flip

12:00 am

too big, I'm off to bed, goodnight all

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

good size

12:00 am

I had to refresh

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

nite flosey. and hi dee. decent size again, grid i mean

12:01 am

wow that was quick for people to quit!

12:01 am

bye flosey

12:01 am

decent?

12:01 am

I will have to skip this one or tell my guests Christmas dinner will be a day late. Happy Babbling to you brave ones

12:01 am

14 - 8s?

12:01 am

he8

12:01 am

lol Bugs

12:01 am

what there is almost a week until christmas bugs!

12:01 am

ea8

12:01 am

he8

hi dart, granny, freep, et all

12:02 am

he8 x 2

12:02 am

howdy, dee (and all)

12:02 am

AQ7 & EQ7

12:02 am

g'night bugs, Merry merry!

12:02 am

ea 8

12:02 am

wr8

12:02 am

he6

12:03 am

phantom, intricate

12:04 am

HE 6 as well

12:04 am

ra7

12:04 am

ta7

ad8

12:05 am

tr7

12:05 am

nbt

12:05 am

th7

12:05 am

de6

12:05 am

TI 7

12:05 am

Must be the same i got freep the tr 7

12:06 am

TH 7

12:06 am

eq7

12:06 am

ta6

12:06 am

EI 6

12:07 am

oops-- missed the flip!

12:07 am

is it only one AQ 7 so far?

12:07 am

me too jilli

12:07 am

ta 8

12:08 am

RA 7

12:08 am

TA 6

12:08 am

phant quadratic

12:08 am

en7

12:08 am

queer

12:08 am

ooops

12:09 am

en8

12:09 am

EN6/7

12:09 am

he8

12:09 am

*2 ruru

12:10 am

EN 6

12:10 am

i got an HE 8 must be the same

12:11 am

this is almost like yesterday again

12:11 am

flip?

12:11 am

hello all

en8 if not called. i've lost track. lol!

12:11 am

howdy, stid

12:11 am

hi stid

12:11 am

hi stid!!

12:11 am

(hi stiddie I am hiding in the corner)

12:12 am

evening, jilli

12:12 am

ce 7

12:12 am

there are two he8s (at least)

12:12 am

ur up late, jmc

12:12 am

at7

12:12 am

there are at least two he8s, correct

12:12 am

seain, I am glad you are here. The children's concert this evening was WONDERFUL. and there was a duet of two men singing one of the latin chants... it was lovely. You would have loved it all.

12:12 am

AT 6

12:12 am

* tripping into room * busy day...am I home yet?

12:12 am

(shhhh don't tell DC)

12:12 am

PINI!!!!

12:13 am

jmc! :)

12:13 am

th7

12:13 am

hey pini! how are you dear? do we have a date yet?

12:13 am

he 7 too

12:13 am

hello again, dc :)

12:13 am

th8

12:13 am

hey jill!

12:13 am

I still haven't heard from meli, stid...but I'm good for MTW...

12:14 am

and hi ruru, pini, freep, everyone

12:14 am

Ti 6

12:14 am

hi jilli ;)

12:14 am

I am tending toward Wednesday... what do you think?

hugs jili

12:14 am

hi dee hi

12:14 am

that'll work...

12:14 am

found a th 7, not sure what has been called

12:14 am

keep an eye out for meli ;)

12:14 am

ok I am tiptoeing to bed in hopes of metro being open in the a.m.

12:14 am

okay, let's plan on Wednesday. what time? at the restaurant near powell's first?

12:14 am

RA 6

12:15 am

NIGHT JMC!!!

12:15 am

bye all *poof*

12:15 am

*blinded by blinking redandgreen lights* hello. This looks almost as big as the last one. How many words, please?

12:15 am

sweet dreams jmc. stay warm. stay safe

12:15 am

night jmc

12:15 am

ci7

12:15 am

g'night jmc

12:15 am

Night jmc!

12:15 am

253 jwr :(

12:15 am

*innocently asking* is there another restaurant close by? the other was ok, but a change would be nice ;)

12:15 am

Ci 7/8

12:15 am

ty jilli - have fun

12:16 am

qu 7

12:16 am

ti8 also, if not mentioned

12:16 am

I am open to change, what are you thinking about?

12:16 am

ti8

12:16 am

tired

ti 8 if not said

12:16 am

how many QU 7's so far?

12:16 am

stid, just read about concert, sounds like it was lovely.

12:17 am

don't know...will have to take a look to see what's up there? is that ok?

lol think we have the ti 8 covered

12:17 am

me too, kimm. LOL

12:17 am

hello everyone -- wrapping done!!!! I wonder how many calories 7 hours of shopping burns?

12:17 am

shoot!

12:17 am

sure. anything but italian/mediterranean. too many allergies now for those cuisines.

12:17 am

hey nan!

12:17 am

LOL! I really am!

12:18 am

ea 8 if not called

12:18 am

hi nan -- my wrapping is almost done -- can finish tomorrow

12:18 am

OK...lemme see what I can find that we might consider...

12:18 am

thanks for that one nan

12:18 am

It 6

12:18 am

OOPS no its a 5 sorry

12:19 am

jillibus - the rapping grandma if she can't wrap then neither canya... boom boom boom...

it 7

12:19 am

phant inertia

12:19 am

he 8 if not called

12:19 am

yaya, stid

12:19 am

thanks for that phantom seain, now I'll be thinking about it for the whole grid!

12:19 am

EA 6

12:20 am

go MLF go

12:20 am

phantom?

12:20 am

How many He 8's do we have?

12:20 am

th 8 if not called

12:20 am

inertia...

12:22 am

phant inherited

12:22 am

ce7

12:22 am

I have he8 x 2, mlf

12:23 am

ty freep

12:23 am

uh dart it there sans the ending

12:23 am

hey pugmama!

12:23 am

Freep is that CE you just called a CE 6/7?

in 7 singular dart

12:23 am

thanks for that in, dart and pugmama

12:24 am

hiya pug and dee

12:24 am

hi, dart

hi dc

12:24 am

hey dc

12:24 am

hi all

12:24 am

hi pug

12:25 am

oh! passed 1001

12:25 am

or passed 100... !

12:25 am

freep?

12:25 am

8/50 if not called

12:25 am

yes, mlf?

12:26 am

RA 7 if not called

12:26 am

that CE you called is it a 6/7?

12:26 am

back momentarily

12:26 am

sammys?

12:26 am

sammy 8/50 what?

12:26 am

en 8/50 that is

12:26 am

yes, mlf. mighta been called when I blinked....

12:26 am

oh thanks sammy

12:27 am

go sammy goo

12:27 am

omg, no S again!

12:27 am

many, many of yesterday's words are valid again

12:27 am

lol freep i found it right before it was called but was checkingot see if was a combo or only a 7 by itself

12:27 am

phant arthritic

12:27 am

as usual dc

12:28 am

Has anyone heard from Lickety?

12:28 am

TA 6

12:29 am

en 8 if not called

12:30 am

TA 7

12:31 am

RE 6 x2

12:32 am

NBT~!!!!~ *pleased mama look* AND halfway.

12:32 am

nj stid

12:32 am

he 7 if not called

12:33 am

wtg stid

12:33 am

TA 8

12:33 am

hello broll!

12:33 am

howdy, broll

12:34 am

i've been reading a book partially in French and keep wanting to enter qu5ier

12:35 am

can't find that ti 8

12:35 am

can't say I have that particular problem seain! LOL

12:35 am

is the TA 8 a word we should know?

12:35 am

hi all!

12:35 am

ty for ti8

12:35 am

meeither cyber

12:35 am

okay, I am struggling to see the grid, have missed saying hello (I now realize) to about half the people, and I am just beat.

12:36 am

sweet dreams, stid

12:36 am

see you-all tomorrow. (((hugs all))) *poof*

12:36 am

bye, stis.

12:36 am

bye stid

12:36 am

TE 6

12:37 am

phantom, atari...remember that!

12:37 am

oh, wow. cat's in REM rather actively

12:37 am

seems to be runnig

12:37 am

i must be getting to the end of my rope too. I can't spell anymore. nite all!

hi, late flipping here!

12:38 am

g'night kimm

12:38 am

hi, melon

12:38 am

hello melon

12:38 am

QU 6

12:39 am

ti 7 x 2

12:39 am

found an it 8, but still no ti 8

12:40 am

he7

12:40 am

it's a 7/8, nan

12:41 am

wr 7

ti8 is a measuring term - funny clue:- breast evaluated?

12:41 am

which Ti is it we use for the 7/8

12:41 am

LOL melon

12:41 am

ty -- got it

12:42 am

far right, mlf

;)8

12:42 am

de7

12:43 am

Ti 6 go with that?

12:44 am

k, halfway. off to bed

12:44 am

happy babling, yall! {poof}

12:44 am

lol melon

12:44 am

i meant i found a 7

12:44 am

wtg dc, and nightynight

12:45 am

oh i had it but it was tellign me its not in the grid that word is hilarious with the defintion that we were told lol

12:46 am

200 down

12:46 am

wow, dart

12:46 am

th 7 x 2

12:47 am

off to bed with arthur

12:47 am

i found an EA 8 which was called

just got NBT in order L to R, top to bottom. Tricky when there are duplicate letters.

12:47 am

unless we have more then one?

12:47 am

mr doyle that is

12:48 am

nite all

lots of biggies on this board - fun.

12:48 am

well done, melon

12:48 am

stid still here?

12:48 am

night sammysmom

12:48 am

she left

12:48 am

no clues huh?

12:48 am

re 7

12:48 am

ok...I'll catch her tmw ;)

12:49 am

i mean no lickety clues

12:49 am

not yet, wart, and if Lickety doesn't show up again I'm outta here

12:49 am

no lickety. where is he?

12:49 am

melon - i work like that - left to right - top to bottom and try for more than half of each letter - if i just look for all words i keep repeating myself

12:50 am

what's the total words availavble?

12:50 am

253

12:50 am

need that single a for nbt

i try to get one of each tile in order.

12:50 am

253 wart

12:50 am

i have an ea9

12:50 am

wow!

12:50 am

aa5

12:50 am

does it go with the 8?

12:50 am

think "sound" nan

12:51 am

there are no 9-letter words

12:51 am

a word starts with aa?

12:51 am

oh i thought that meant the number of points. soory

ci7 - a musical instrument from the renaisssance - if not called

12:51 am

ty dart

12:51 am

wart i think you mean an 8 which i do have

think of a sigh.

12:52 am

ty melon

12:52 am

ea6

12:52 am

a--- i see

12:52 am

i dont see an in grid. is there an an 8????????

yw

12:53 am

don't see it mk

12:53 am

nice word, melon

12:53 am

see what mkg?

12:54 am

i thought someone called "an 8" as a word. but i guess they weremt

12:54 am

i jut want 5 more then can go to bed

12:54 am

don't know how many times I've tried thread and all of its derivatives

12:55 am

cyber same here i keep thinking that word should work

12:55 am

ditto for threat, nan

12:55 am

me too jill

phantom - quatrain

12:55 am

did someone call a QU 7 or 8?

12:55 am

melon good one

here are the q's minus one.. qu 4, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 4... missing one?

12:56 am

qu 7. strange word. think of the north pole term, change spelling and ad qu in front.

12:56 am

I only got qu5

12:56 am

oops am i too early for cluing? sorry.

12:57 am

not too early mkg, thank you for the qu7

12:58 am

hi all, nice to have a big grid on a Sunday

12:58 am

not too early chris buti have no idea i only have 96 words found i am out poof

12:58 am

bye mlf

nbt

12:59 am

another qu5 among the last 5's

12:59 am

too many words. going to sleep.

ty so much arb

12:59 am

wow, dee!

12:59 am

I'm still missing one from the top E

ty jili; dart's aa 5 was the one I totally missed

shalom ARB and happy belated Chanukah

12:59 am

nm, got it -- nbt for me too

et 4/6

1:00 am

why isnt tyed a word????????? i thought it was.

wtg

1:00 am

hi arb

1:00 am

boker tov melon -- at least my boker ! Erev tov for you

1:00 am

ei 6

1:00 am

nan i just got that one

1:00 am

shalom arb. kol tov kulam.

1:01 am

et 5/14

1:01 am

i think it's tried

1:01 am

shalom everyone

pretty soon laila tov! hey, my son is applying to go on the Nesiya Institute trip this summer - my grad gift to him.

1:02 am

yofi. A great introduction

1:02 am

gee lots of us jewish folk on grid..........

almost a minyan! ;)

1:03 am

shalom chavarim

1:03 am

havent heard of nesiya inst. trip. great gift though. my kids all have been many times.

1:03 am

perhaps a minyan. ....never know.

ce 7 x 2

1:03 am

hmmm

it's a good program. former clevelander runs it. very diverse and arts-oriented. A good fit for him, plus he will know some of the people on the trip since there is a pretty big Cleveland contingent.

1:05 am

sounds super. arts orientated? wow.

1:06 am

good night good people.

1:06 am

163/90 and nbt -- good night all :)

1:06 am

goodnight wart

1:06 am

night all.

1:07 am

well done, nan!

good, nan!

92 so far - I'm off to lickety-land

or not.

1:08 am

hmm live and learn the en7 to beg can start with an i

need an i on the second row for nbt - help please?

1:09 am

no Lickety, melon

so isee.

here are the c's: ce 6, 7, 7, 4, 5, 5, 6 ci 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 6, 7

second row i - i7 oftern preceded by re - let me say that again. . .

1:10 am

chrissie, ir4/5, angered

ty melon

ty jilli

1:10 am

I think melon's it7 comes from the top I

jilli - those irs are 1st row, I believe

1:11 am

melons 7 also makes an 8

other way around, dear. but we have it covered!

1:11 am

not the ir4, melon

yea it does!

that i is greyed now, ty pug

1:12 am

MISS PUG!!!!!

no, ir 4 is top row

1:12 am

Hello Love !!

1:13 am

oh yes, I see, melon. I'm half alseep, lol

1:13 am

Love the new pic in your icon

1:13 am

hi pug :)

1:13 am

haven't changed it in eons dear

1:13 am

oh yes, I should change my icon

1:14 am

You haven't been on in eons, dear

s'OK jill - I PB-ed in one of my replis :o

that gave me the ti5 jilli, lol

1:14 am

I'm a lurker

1:14 am

watever

1:15 am

Me too

1:15 am

I know we are far too alike

1:15 am

Couldn't go out tonite - there's a foot of snow and I can't open my door

icon shopping brb

1:16 am

crap ! we got a coating but thats all

1:16 am

DC area got pummeled

1:17 am

I want snow!!! (but I'll settle tonight for a clue for the lower right e)

1:17 am

(for NBT)

1:18 am

I know - DC Seain was on before and said they got over 20 inches!!!!

1:18 am

new icon -- you have to click on it to enjoy it

en6 - the whole lot

1:18 am

we usually get a lot , it's nice to get left out for oncce

1:18 am

thx chrissie!!! NBT and pillows next! :)

missing one i... I have: in 7, 5, 8, 7 ir 5, 5, 4 it 7, 8, 5...missing one

sweet dreams Pini

1:19 am

wtg pini

1:19 am

in 6

ty dart... just found it so i's are: in 6, 7, 5, 8, 7 ir 5, 5, 4, it 7, 8, 5

1:20 am

hey Met - the landlord switched the valves on my radiators & I've had well over 24 hours of blissfuly NOT being in a fridge!!!

1:20 am

What's your count, dear??

1:20 am

156 & you?

1:21 am

Hey, great news - if I come back during the winter, the guest room should be toasty.....

1:21 am

Only 83 - I came on less than an hour ago.

1:21 am

yOU MEAN YOU MIGHT???!!!!!!

the n's are: ne 4, 6, 5, 4, 5 ni 4, 5, 7, 5, 6, 7

1:22 am

Well, as of sometime in January, I'll be credited with next year's vacation.....

1:22 am

n's are ne 4,6,5,4,5...ni 4,5,7,5,6,7

1:22 am

lol

lol what a hoot!

1:23 am

Five weeks worth.....

1:23 am

you type faster lol

not always... :)

1:24 am

aha I see,just depends if you feel masochistic enough to face the great frozen north

1:24 am

maybe it would be better to come more often, a week here and there....

that he8 is an odd one - more like the moors?

1:25 am

Rather than blowing it all on one long stay per year....

1:25 am

*wanders through waving hello...*

1:25 am

totally up to you love it always goes too fast regardless

1:25 am

hi rbud

howdy rbud!

1:25 am

ty chrissie

starts mexican wave back to rbud

yw jilli

1:26 am

mexican wave?

1:27 am

Thanks for the he8 clue, Chrissie

think it started at sporting events - looks like a tidal wave going through the crowd

1:28 am

oh -- we just called it The Wave

1:28 am

ah, didn't know it had become mexican

1:29 am

think it started in oakland in the 70's or real early 80's

I'm just typing the same words in over and over now

1:30 am

crazy george

1:30 am

is it just me, or does this one look a lot like the last one?

groundhog day rbud

1:31 am

it does, rbud, and no Lickety again

1:31 am

ohno! O_O

1:31 am

I just counted up -- 57 T words

1:31 am

and no S again...

1:32 am

right :(

1:32 am

I have we 4,6,5,4,4,4 wr 6,5,7,8,6,4 Can anyone tell me what I am missing, please?

wonder how many words if there was an S

1:32 am

no doubt there will be a spoon feeder frenzy in the chog tomorrow

1:32 am

another we 4 in the group of 4's

4 Ts, 4Es, 3 As, 2Ns, 2 Hs - over half the board is duplicat letters.

1:33 am

Thank you! Fish slap.

1:34 am

Please - there was one on earlier (your fave and mine), and I finally asked her if she couldn't find some words on her own, that would be a novel idea

and yet quadratic doesn't exist in the puzzle - I so want it to!!!!

1:35 am

my phantom is arthritic

1:35 am

It's about time somebody said it

ty bro and arb forgot the wr with the y ending :(

good one broll, speaking of which, I'

d best hie my arthritic self to beddy-bye

1:36 am

yw. Thanks for all your lists!

you are so welcome... glad they help

1:38 am

Think I'm off to bed as well---160 down ,maybe finish tomorrow if I feel motivated

1:39 am

happy babbling one and all.. BIG HUG TO MY BELOVED MET & Le Poof !

1:40 am

or should I say poofters? Te hee !

1:40 am

night pug

1:41 am

night melon too

nite, jilli {poof - hobble}

1:42 am

awww, melon!

1:43 am

missing 1 h...have ha 4,4,4,5,5,6....he 4,6,5,4,5,5,6,8,6,4,5,8,5,4,6,7,4..... .hi 4,5,6...any ideas?

missing 2 h's: I have ha 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6 he 4, 6, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 4, 5, 8, 5, 4, 6, 7, 4 hi 4, 5, 6

LOL LOL

1:43 am

lol

1:44 am

he 4 for you volley plus the one i'm missing

1:44 am

hy 4

1:44 am

hy 4

1:45 am

ty dipp arb

ty I was missing he 6 (with the y ending again) duh... ty arb and dipp and dart

hi and nbt

1:48 am

hi josh

ty all for the h's

yw... anyone have the e's?

1:53 am

i'm missing 5 e's dee

I am missing 3 e's: I have ea 5, 4, 6, 5, 8, 6 4 ei 6 en 5, 6, 7, 6, 8, 7, 8 eq 6, 7 er 4 et 5, 4...

1:55 am

Too tired -- all these numbers just make me dizzy -- off to bed -- have fun, you guys -- *poof*

1:55 am

er 5, 4

slepp well jili

ty bro

1:56 am

er 7

ty arb

1:58 am

erethic

so still missing one e from the bottom e?

1:58 am

oh blast! I've been so good about that tonight.

ty :)

so for er I have er 5, 7, 4

1:59 am

i have 3 er's are th5 3 or 4?

1:59 am

lol

so I am still short one e from the bottom e

so I am still short one e from the bottom e

2:03 am

same here dee

driving me crazy... cannot figure out what I am missing there...

2:04 am

me too

2:04 am

i don't even have this er5 of which you speak

2:05 am

straight up

or to build ...

2:06 am

ah, silly me

not silly at all

2:07 am

who among us has no been sillier?

2:07 am

:)

2:08 am

it's an ed8

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

2:08 am

hey herin

ty ty granny!!! hi herin

how yuo?

2:08 am

ty gran

2:08 am

ty granny

2:09 am

much better, am thinking of going to work tomorrow

2:09 am

ty granny!

great to hear granny; finally getting over a sinus infection / virus here

I am just talking to my mum about hiding Mince Pies from my dad.

2:10 am

ditto, dee. it's taken nearly 9 days

2:11 am

have 1 x ad word. any others?

10 plus for me, but finally feeling human. Why herin?

Poor Rose.

Because my dad is a piggy with Mince Pies

I am really short on a's granny, but I only have one ad so far

2:12 am

good, then i'm not that blind then

2:13 am

is that the ad 5/16?

2:13 am

!

2:13 am

no, ad8/60

I have ad 8/60

2:13 am

(unpoof) I just found an ad8

2:14 am

(repoof -- over halfway now)

2:14 am

ty for the ad8

nice one vash ad 5/16 would never have found that one

and I have got all my christmas shopping done

2:15 am

it's on that weird word list of mine

wtg herin

2:15 am

have ae x 1. any more

2:16 am

that's all i have granny

only one ae here... one aa 5

We got my mum a really nice pair of 9ct gold earings. very plain. I also have a stack of Avon stuff for her too

2:17 am

thanx dee, for the aa

thk dart granny; sounds lovely herin

2:17 am

granny could you clue that ed8?

Hello Hursh. Long time no see

2:18 am

ed8, with no teeth, put second vowel before de7

2:18 am

opposite sides of the world and all that

You snowed in?

2:19 am

thanks

2:19 am

have ai x 6

I am short 2 d's: I have da 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 de 4, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 5, 6, 4 dr 4, 4, 4 dy 4

2:19 am

i see we have da4 dee and herin in today's grid

looking now for more ai's... I have an ah 5 too

yep

2:20 am

de6 after no more life

ty hushy, so just short one... what a stupid word

2:21 am

i am also short the one D

2:21 am

and one A

can I have that Ed 8 clue in simple form please

2:22 am

d's are

2:22 am

paradise + most of a spud

2:23 am

d's da 4,5,4,4,4,4,5....de 5,4,,6,6,5,6,4,4,7,5,6,4....dr 4,4,4 ....dy 4

e + I got a .... in my car when I crashed it + consumed food

THank you Broll

I saw all the endings but that what you do with food ending

2:24 am

i have 4 ar and 4 at and 3 aq...

ty dart was missing the 1st de 5

missing 3 a's... I have aa 5; ad 8, 5 ae 5, ah 5 ai 5, 4, 4, 5, 7 aq 4, 5, 7 ar 4, 6, 4 at 5, 5, 6, 7...

2:26 am

ar5 betw 4 and 6

ty

2:26 am

ai6 betw 4 and 5

2:26 am

good morning;)

2:27 am

((((crossy)))))) and how is elegant and you?

2:29 am

doing well granny:)

so still missing one a

Morning Crossie

2:29 am

yep

2:29 am

howdy herin

ar6 x 2 dee

ty nurse!

yw dee

ar's are: ar 6, 4, 5, 6, 4 then

I have r's and t's left...

2:31 am

how bout i's? i have in5,7 ir5,5,4 it7,8,5

2:32 am

stiil missing an a he4

i's are: in 6, 7, 5, 8, 7 ir 5, 5, 4 it 7, 8, 5

he 4/6; he 4/5; he 4/ 5 he 4/ 5; he 4/5...

Crossie do you ahve snow?

2:33 am

sorry volley it's an A

2:33 am

no, "an a", he4, is what dart meant :)

2:33 am

we have lots herin,winter is going full steam ahead here

2:33 am

didn't want to say he4...or pb for me

2:34 am

like crossy just did lol

sorry... do you need the a's listed dart?

2:34 am

i'll do a's - can you list me the c's?

2:35 am

you were missing 3....they gave you 2 that i ould see...wondering what the other was?

k

2:35 am

pls dee, i'm very confused

ce 6, 7, 7, 4, 5, 5, 6 ci 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 6, 7

2:35 am

aa5, ad8,5, ae5, ah5, ai5,4,4,6,5,7 aq4,5,7 ar6,4,5,6,4 at5,5,6,7

2:36 am

ty hursh

2:36 am

missing 1 t

2:37 am

only one??? :)

oooh please list the t's

2:37 am

t's so far are ta 5,4,5,4,4,6,5,4,5,6,8,6,7

2:38 am

i'm missing two of those ci7 - have the one that you pt for the 8

2:38 am

te's are 4,6,4,,5,4......th 4,7,8,5,7,4,6,5,5

2:39 am

ti's are 4,6,4,,6,4,5,7,5,7,8,5...tr 4,5,6,5,5,7,5,6,4,5,5,4,4,5,5,5...ty 4,4

2:39 am

missing one t from the row2,col2 t

2:40 am

what's that th6?

2:41 am

think of a number

2:42 am

*doink*

2:45 am

phantoms "thread+threader+thready"

2:45 am

could someone do the q list?

2:49 am

or just tell me if there is a q7?

2:50 am

sorry, i mean, one q7 or 2

2:50 am

yes th5 is hursh

2:50 am

at least 1 Hursh qu7.44

2:51 am

i'm down to one q and dart's t ... and one's a 4 and one's a 7

2:51 am

i have 3 q4 and 1 q7

2:51 am

have a t and 2 r's

2:51 am

ohh alt sp!!!

2:51 am

ok, so that leaves a t7

2:52 am

you have r's done hursh?

2:52 am

How many words today

2:52 am

ra4,5,6,4,5,5,4,5,6,6,6,7

2:52 am

hi Gran. 253

2:52 am

Thanks

2:52 am

qu 4,6,4,5,5,6,7,5,6,4,5,5,5,4

2:53 am

re4,6,5,4,6,5,5,6,4,6,6,5,4,5,4,4,7,6, 5,5

2:53 am

ri5,4,6,4

2:54 am

ty

2:57 am

i love it when we all work together to solve grids

2:57 am

now if we could just find that last T7!

2:58 am

How many t7's do you have already?

2:59 am

6 if i counted right

3:02 am

ti7.32 I am more worn out than you ?

3:02 am

nope, it was a ta7, just found it!!!

3:02 am

i have that one

3:02 am

Hooray for you!

3:03 am

pavement + crabgrass

3:03 am

fireworks

3:03 am

ty hursh

3:03 am

Congrats!!

3:03 am

now to post the list without crashing browser

finally fireworks ty ty hurshy and dart

3:06 am

Congrats Volley! You 3 make a great team

close and reopen hurshy; sometimes that helps

3:06 am

yw congrats volley

ty I surely agree lynxx

3:07 am

what helps is remembering to do it properly :)

3:07 am

yes, we do rather make a good team

I got behind on the t's... slowed me down

lol hurshy

we get a system going

I still have problems with the words starting with vowels... menopausal brain doesn't help

plus my hubby's aunt, who lives with his mom went in to hospital with pneumonia, and they now think she also had a heartattack...

have to get pneumonia under control before they can do too much testing on her heart... so a bit scary

3:10 am

LOL, bj's list was already there!

3:11 am

hard times Volley, hope she comes through OK

yipes are you kidding?

we should have looked first

me, too lynxx

his mom has plans to leave town for Christmas, so hubby will be the one to drive 1.5 hours away... this week could be tricky

I have been sick, so can't go... she doesn't need my germs (or vice versa)

3:12 am

thanks, hurshy

and we got snow today

3:12 am

with the bad weather you mean Volley?

yes

and tricky for him --- work, having to drive his mom to airport, daughter coming... all sorts of details to work through

his mom makes all these plans and then just expects him to take care of them

not to be mean, but it drives me nuts

3:14 am

tht's enough to do without working!

my parents never did that, so it makes life difficult (and she only lives about 5 miles away)... a little too convenient

exactly

hubby won't ever tell her no

most of the time I keep my mouth shut, but every once in awhile I say what I think, so thanks for letting me vent :)

3:16 am

Well he is probably the only one who could say no to her, so I guess if he wants to carry the load....

3:16 am

How old is she Volley, and his Aunt?

here's one tiny example... for my birthday in Sept; she called and left a message on our answering machine, telling me she was taking me to lunch on my birthday (I already had plans); she never asks, she just tells...

yes... mother will be 76 on Jan 2, and I think his aunt is 70 ... can't remember exactly ... but I think there is at least 5 years diff

3:18 am

mmm...its hard to keep quiet sometimes isn't it

so very true... my tongue gets bloody... pray often for God to muzzle my mouth (and that does help(

3:18 am

lol

my hubby is elder son... he does on the sh... and his brother is the favorite

his brother just spends more money on her

ok, now I'll hush

may I help anyone find any words?

would listing the 8's help?

yes, thank you Dee

3:21 am

May as well go with the flow Volley, possibly not much you can do 'cept be ready with the slippers and a nice hot toddy for your husband when he finally makes it home each day

3:22 am

I'm halfway so will take a break..BBL

8's are: ad, ci; ea; ed; en x 2; he x 2; in; it; ta; th; ti; wr

ty Dee, have already got down to 30 with all the help in the grid, but missing 3 of those 8's

7's are: ai; aq; at; ce x 2; ci x 3; de; en x 2; eq; er; he; in x 2; it; ni x 2; qu; ra; re; ta x 2; th x 2; ti x 2; tr; wr

yw Chrissie

anyone else need anything before I poof? Did dart leave?

3:28 am

nope

thot I missed your ta ta

3:28 am

just checking emails etc

didn't see ruru tonight

3:29 am

or mrp

or lickety for 2 days

3:30 am

or just1mar

right

are you ready for Christmas?

3:31 am

not really....normal work week for me...have to do the day then mid on thurs/thur nt

yuk on thursday... that will be tough

3:32 am

whew, finally!!!! fireworks

not sure when hubby gets off... he is working most of week, too

3:32 am

vn gran

wtg granny!!!

3:32 am

wife was in joliet for 4 days...2 weeks ago...and tue-thurs this past week

visiting family?

3:33 am

am sorry i have to go so quickly, himself is doing a shark act around the PC, wondering what's for dinner.:( see you at the flip

3:33 am

for work...she has to travel

LOL hugs granny

not a good time of year to travel with all this goofy weather

will she be gone this week, too

3:34 am

* poof * hugs to all my babble friends

3:34 am

she will be here..unless something comes up

3:34 am

bye gran

fingers crossed

well, I need to go unplug my head; thanks so much for all of the help; was a fun grid this time

3:36 am

she is always on call..and i have strange hours lol

lol interesting household

since our daughter has been gone; our hours are weird... never know when dinner will be lol

3:36 am

gonna run too...night volley...................until i decide to retire that is lol

true...

*poofing*

3:37 am

i sleep when i'm tired and eat when i'm hungry and get up at diff time everyday

3:39 am

pooof

4:11 am

hello everybody

4:11 am

I'm getting the hang of this but VERY slowly

4:12 am

here it's 11:12AM

4:12 am

dart, that sounds like heaven to me!

4:29 am

where are you ruby? europe?

4:43 am

Good morning everybody. I hope the weathers not too bad wherever you all are!

phantom quatrain

4:44 am

thanks Josh... that one hadn't bugged me yet, LOL.

4:45 am

I cannot get to work today due to the weather... mass transit bus service has been suspended "until further notice", whatever that means.

i think we should declare war on snow

4:46 am

It looks nice, but it really is inconvenient.

4:46 am

I figure because it is Sunday they won't be rushing to resume bus service.

Hi Soodle, and everyone.

hardly a flake here in nc - but my friends in northern va are speaking in biblical terms

4:47 am

Of course I called work to let them know and they were like.... "so, you can't get in"... I was like, "No, my broom is also out of service"... Really... there is something wrong with people.

4:48 am

Yes... I just saw that VA got hit pretty hard.

4:48 am

The Jersey shore got whalloped as well... almost 2 feet!

that's a lot of snow

i would happily take about 4 inches of that off your hands

2 feet! Uk comes to a standstill with 2 inches.

4:49 am

Oh yeah.... my mother is having a cow!

4:49 am

We got about a foot where I am in Northern NJ.

4:49 am

Some parts of the US come to a standstill at the 2" mark, as well... usually not us, though.

4:50 am

Yeah... 2 to 4 is nice... anything over that is a pain in the patootie.

our local school system shut down on friday, i think out of empathy for our chilly brethren in neighboring states

4:51 am

LOL.... last night my daughter asked me if there would be school on Monday! We do snow removal fairly well here, so I told her not to count on it!

4:53 am

Really, I so don't care... if I can't get to work it's no great loss, as I hate my job anyway, LOL.

to be fair to our schools, our entire state only has a half dozen or so snowplows, so if the snow does tumble down upwards of a foot, it will take a solid 24 hours to get the main thoroughfares plowed

4:54 am

My New Year's resolution is to find a different one... I don't care what they are saying about the economy, etc... there has to be something better out there.

4:54 am

My husband once got snowed in in Nashville, TN because they had more than an inch plus some ice... they really just have no provisions/equipment for it.

just a week ago we were having 60F/17C degree days

and probably next week as well

4:56 am

Go ahead Josh.... rub it in! They are saying that the temp will be dropping here tonight... so tomorrow our problem should be ice!

i hope it is cleared up by a few days past christmas as i plan on driving all the way up to N.S.

4:57 am

That's quite a drive... hope the weather does cooperate.

phantom cithern

5:09 am

Hi Josh, swap 2 letters around

5:10 am

hello everyone

5:10 am

Ooo. thanks Lynn

5:10 am

Ooo. thanks Lynn

5:10 am

Ooo. thanks Lynn

5:10 am

Hiccups!

hi and ty lynxxx

5:44 am

an inch of snow ... heck you can clean that off with a broom

5:48 am

Hi BabbleRabble

5:49 am

Hello

6:16 am

Good morning everyone

6:19 am

I alone am here ... T.Zone music playing in background.

6:35 am

Is anyone here?

6:39 am

hi mudd

6:39 am

josh where are you in nc

6:39 am

Hi everyone

6:40 am

hi brookie

6:40 am

hi sue

6:43 am

either this puzzle is too difficult today, or i'm too sick to think straight

6:44 am

are you snowed in, brookie?

6:45 am

I'm snowed in in Philly at my parents' house. Need to return to Delaware by the end of the day. How about you, Une?

6:45 am

nothing here in Nashville

6:45 am

that's good to hear

6:46 am

If the temps stay cold throughout the week, at least we'll have a white xmas!

6:46 am

glad weather's cooperating here -- daughter and her boyfriend driving here from Ann Arbor

6:46 am

I think people will have a white Xmas all over the world this year! LOL

6:46 am

Wow -- how long of a drive is that?

6:47 am

USA but also France, England, Scotland, etc.

6:47 am

either my car has been stolen or it's buried in my driveway.

6:47 am

it's not a bad drive -- about 8 hrs -- then they're staying 6 days

6:48 am

good luck finding your car, lawyer! :-)

6:48 am

lawyer, if your car was stolen, i give kudos to the thieves for commiting their crime in such inclement weather

6:48 am

strangely, i dreamt last night that my car was stolen...

6:49 am

If they stole it, they could've at least cleaned off the driveway!

6:49 am

agreed, lawyer, thieves are usually adept at cleaning things out

6:53 am

100 to go . . . taking a break -- BBL -- byeee *poof*

6:59 am

stats for the 8's please

7:00 am

no clue, sue, sorry!

7:00 am

ea8 more soil

7:00 am

no clue for me

7:01 am

ty

7:02 am

yw it's the only one I have got lol

7:03 am

found one he8, more he5

7:04 am

ty sue

7:07 am

more wr5

7:08 am

look for the 5 words that end w/th. those are all I had

7:09 am

8's are: ad, ci; ea; ed; en x 2; he x 2; in; it; ta; th; ti; wr

7:09 am

7's are: ai; aq; at; ce x 2; ci x 3; de; en x 2; eq; er; he; in x 2; it; ni x 2; qu; ra; re; ta x 2; th x 2; ti x 2; tr; wr

7:09 am

copied from an earlier posting!!

7:10 am

ty

7:10 am

yw :-)

7:22 am

good morning all , snowed in her :(

7:23 am

here, even

7:23 am

help with lower A in left column pls

7:23 am

hi peri... i don't have that "a" yet, sorry!

7:23 am

ok

7:24 am

hi Peri - aa5.14

7:24 am

Hi all

7:24 am

ty, will look

7:25 am

aahed

7:25 am

hi lynxxx, thanks for the clue!

7:25 am

got it, thanks lyn

7:25 am

thanks, peri!

7:25 am

help with i under the e pls

7:26 am

uh oh!!

7:26 am

it7.28 & related 8

7:26 am

Morning snow prisoners

7:26 am

thanks again for the clues, lynxxx, and hi hego!

7:30 am

Good morning/day to all. Peri--I have been worried about you, Dan, JMC, JBV, etc, with the snowstorm.

7:30 am

hi Scrabbler!

7:31 am

Hi Scrabs, did you get snow?

7:31 am

Hego & I just walked through the Babble gates together!

7:31 am

No new snow for us. I wish we had gotten some!

7:31 am

morning Scrabs

7:32 am

We have about 20 inches!!

7:32 am

Fun, fun Hego!!

7:33 am

How is Sebastian today?

7:34 am

He seems 100% better--very active, begging (on hind feet) for morning snacks...I am so happy. He had me quite worried on Friday.

7:34 am

Yes, I know. But that's good news.

7:35 am

good morning babble friends -- from siberia!!!

7:35 am

It's scary when our kids/pets are ailing and cannot tell us how they feel.

7:35 am

LOL Hi Trif.

7:35 am

Hi Trif! Please deliver some snow to us. How much did you get?

7:36 am

we are at high dr. zhivago status....snow is still pelting down, cannot really say how deep it is yet, as it is quite drifty and blowy right now.

7:37 am

totally bagging church, and hunkering down for a nice day of hanging with the kids, making comfort food, and wrapping gifts, that sort of thing. I LOVE puttering days! Oh, and Primo and I will have to figure out how to use the snow blower. that will be fun!

7:38 am

How many words today?

7:38 am

Where are you Trif?

7:39 am

massachusetts

7:39 am

253 words

7:39 am

253 grant

7:39 am

TY

7:39 am

Has the snow stopped there?

7:39 am

YW grant

7:39 am

not in the least

7:40 am

Not here in NJ either.

7:40 am

I just look at the radar map for Boston, on weather.com, wowee!!!!

7:40 am

You better get that blowy thing figured out, LOL.

7:42 am

And get a big stick to use to clean out the blower--never insert fingers!

7:42 am

quick story about why I love bostonians so much: the city has issued a new law, whereby people are no longer allowed to leave items in a parking spot, to block other from using it. the law says things like lawn chairs other items left out will be collected by the garbage companies and removed. took the tough old townies TWO seconds to figure this one out - they now fill the parking spots with things the garbage companies won't remove - old mattresses, old computers, etc. --I about ROLLED when I read that!

7:42 am

and I am happily trotting off to the PB - worth it!

7:43 am

That's very funny. Good for Boston.

7:43 am

PB hmmmm...

7:44 am

don't worry about me and the snow blower/finger thing. I am very, very careful, but thanks scrabbler!

7:45 am

Scrabbler is the voice of reason in all things.

7:45 am

I know, and thank God! Scrabbler, you could have your retirement covered if only there was some way for you to collect on all the free advice you so generously give in the chog!

7:46 am

True, true.

7:46 am

I am the Safety Officer for Babble Land.

7:47 am

And Chief Medical Officer, along with kje + Bubba

7:47 am

I want to be your nurse. It could be the best job I ever had!

7:47 am

yes, let's see - we have scrabbler for CMO, JMC takes care of the legal end, Crossy takes care of handyman duties, Torgone gives computer advice....who am I am missing?

7:47 am

Phantom = tyranny, and, seriously, I saw a 9 mo old baby girl in the office last week and her name = Tyranny!

7:48 am

I suppose Jacula is in charge of parenting advice....

7:48 am

We have many experts here in Babble Land!

7:48 am

NO WAY - tyranny? that is the WORST

7:48 am

Pretty bad

7:48 am

oh, we have a vet, don't we?

7:49 am

I,ve been doing a pediatric clinic and it's amazing what people name their kids.

7:49 am

and babble rabble take care of all the impossible words, and he is sort of our resident philosopher, wouldn't you say?

7:49 am

I don't think they are even smart enough to know what it means and what they have done to their daughter. The rural poor/ignorant are an interesting culture out here--hillbilly types, northernmost Appalachian Mtns

7:49 am

Haz's hubby is a vet.

7:49 am

Jesdraggon = vet

7:50 am

do you find that names come in waves? my mom, a retired physician, used to have, say, 11 Brookes in a row, and then there was the "year of Olivia's"

7:50 am

Aren't many of the names just horrid, Hego? So many kids are not only doomed at conception but then they get odd names

7:50 am

I've had a long career and never did pedi before. I love it.

7:51 am

Last several years = Olivia, Sophia, Isabella, Owen, Zachary, Aidan, Jaden .... and varied spellings

7:51 am

Trif you can tell people's age by their names.

7:51 am

The kids are wonderful, aren't they, Hego?

7:51 am

i have a bigger issue with names that mean something obvious - they always seem cruelly ironic in adulthood - 300 pound girls name willow, clumsy girls named Grace, big lumberjack types named skip...

7:52 am

True, Trif

7:52 am

Love the kids.

7:52 am

good morning and happy snow day! (too bad it's a sunday, I could really use a day off tomorrow)

7:52 am

Hi JBV! How are you? You are one of the people I have been worried about!

7:52 am

oh, the "varied spellings" chaps my ass no end, I am sorry to say - in tertiare's school we enjoy several Rylee, Riley, Reilly, Rilee, Reillee, Rileigh combos

7:53 am

Then there is the story of a girl named Le-a. The teacher kept pronouncing it Lea. The mother came in to complain that the teacher was making fun of the girl. "Her name is Ledasha - the dash is not silent" she says.

7:53 am

no worries, scrabbler, we're fine - it's beautiful. Only my son is supposed to go to work at 12:00. We're hoping the boss will say the store is closed and he can stay home

7:53 am

As a Lynda, I am very sensitive to varied spellings..."It's Lynda with a Y." Then it is spelled Lydia and I am called Lydia.

7:53 am

Otherwise there's a lot of shoveling in his future

7:53 am

rofl godthaab

7:54 am

Hahahaha, godthaab!!!

7:54 am

yes, well, I have a capital B in the middle of my ElizaBeth, so I am no one to complain either, I suppose....

7:54 am

I noticed, trif

good morning all and good laugh first thing this morning godthaab!

7:55 am

Hi Nonnie

7:55 am

morning nonnie!

7:55 am

morning nonnie!

7:55 am

I'm just plain Helen and people mess that up.

7:55 am

and my kids real names are weird, too, but I didn't make them up, or anything - they are all actual names

7:55 am

I had an Aunt Helen

Our last name is "Light" and you wouldn't believe how many people ask me to spell it :o)

7:56 am

mine is easy, but for some reason people cannot remember to put the E on Joanne

7:56 am

Folks put in 2 l's. lol

7:56 am

I love your son's name--one of my faves. Maybe a future bunny will have that name.

7:57 am

hego, i love the name Helen SO MUCH - it was my beloved grammy's name, and I campaigned HARD for it for one of the girls. Sadly, their last name is Elliott, and my grammy went by "nellie", and I couldn't see a lifetime of calling a girl Nellie Elliott, so we left it

7:57 am

besides, people in boston shorten everyone's name, dooming a child to a lifetime of "Hi Hel!" -- um....no

7:57 am

thanks scrabbler! :) I love it too!

7:57 am

names are so important, one of the teachers in my program just wrote a beautiful piece in our professional newsletter about teachers who do not even TRY to pronounce names correctly (we have many students from non-English backgrounds) -

lol trif

7:58 am

My nickname is Helly

7:58 am

My Aunt Helen was really "Elena" but it was changed when she came over from Italy.

7:58 am

herit

7:58 am

Hi SeaSpray!

7:58 am

TY for clue, SS

7:58 am

morning all sorry for the strange entry lol

7:58 am

Hey, scrabs that was my mom's name.

Good morning sea!

7:59 am

I hate stupid girly names. dooms a girl to a lifetime of stupid. "hello, I am your lawyer, Star Twinkle." yeah, that inspires confidence!

7:59 am

I always wished they had called me that also.

I just had to enter into this conversation. My friend was a teacher and had a student Female (pronounced Fa MAl - E. Parent couldn't come up with a name so left female! Now that seems a little unfair.

7:59 am

HI sEA

7:59 am

It happens more than you think, RKB

7:59 am

ugh. poor female!

really? wow...

8:00 am

some people are rediculous when it comes to names

8:00 am

As a pediatrician, I sometimes want to write a prescription for a legal change of name due to a future of challenges with birth name

8:00 am

RKB, we also know of many parents who are illiterate and are at the mercy of hospital clerks, etc., some of them cannot read the birth certificate and don't know what it says until they come to register at school

8:00 am

good morning

8:00 am

Hi Harp

8:00 am

we know a woman in ireland whose last name is Cox and her parents named her "attracta" which *IS* an actual irish name, but geesh, come on! give the girl a chance, eh?

8:00 am

Good point, JBV.

8:01 am

Hi Jane

I had another acquaintaince who name dher girls Cinnamon and Candy. Cute I guess.

8:01 am

And Mercedes, Lexus + Porsche in 1 family!

I never understood how someone could not come up with a name. It really gets under my skin when every male child is named after the father. We have a fellow who has fathered about 8 sons with about that many different women and ALL are named Charles...Charles II, Charles III, Charles IV. I think someone lost the concept of the generational thing.

8:01 am

my cousin is a musician, and named his girls Cadence and Melody, which I actually thought was pretty cool

8:01 am

Once met a Pleasant Talk

8:01 am

saw Poppy, Lovey and Dovey on Dr. Oz show, they were sisters

8:02 am

"I always wanted to have a Mercedes?"

Oh my gosh...this could be the subject of a book.

8:02 am

Nonnie, that is pure narcissism, me thinks

8:02 am

Cadence and Melody are nice

8:02 am

there is also a boy in the next town over whose last name is Baum, and the parents named him Adam. I think that is so mean

8:02 am

You can talk about this forever.

8:02 am

And a Kurt Lurps

8:02 am

worked with guy named Vester -- his siblings were Hester and Lester

8:02 am

"not everyone has been in a mercedes" seems more likely

8:02 am

I have seen several Cadence's over the last few years

I went to school with a Harry Dingus.

8:03 am

Quite a few years ago, a long time city administrator legally changed his name to Urban Renewal

8:03 am

no lickety, i see

8:03 am

Cadence is a lovely, old fashioned name, isn't it?

Oh well back to Babble...I'm not far from Trifioso and still in Blizzard conditions. Good decorating day.

8:03 am

I know three kids named Babylon, Niniveh and Jericho!

8:03 am

I had a patient named Kellie Kelly

8:03 am

No licety! Again!

8:03 am

Hi BR! LOL

8:03 am

Lickety even

8:03 am

ooh, I like Jericho. that's a cool weird name....

8:03 am

hursh posted stats in Babanon

8:03 am

ooh, and no licety either?

8:04 am

Your storm isn't even on our front page of the newspaper.

ok... Donald MacDonald !

8:04 am

off to the church musician vortex bbl

8:04 am

probably just jealous, scrabbler! :)

8:04 am

our storm ended this morning, we have 20+ inches

William William..the same teacher friend who gave us a yearly report on names!

Down the street was a Richard Dick.

8:05 am

sea spray, how long did the storm last?

8:05 am

Where are you, SS?

8:05 am

Us also Sea 20 and counting

8:05 am

i went to school with Patsy Titsworth

8:05 am

went to school with Thomas Thomas

8:05 am

The last names Dick, Gay, etc should be outlawed

8:05 am

LOL, Une!!

8:05 am

in Maryland Scrabbs

lol une ahahahhaaa

8:06 am

one of my best friends, scrabbs!

8:06 am

I vote for outlawing titsworth

8:06 am

:-D

8:06 am

Now I am really in a giggle mood!

8:06 am

We had a Mister Growcock who custodian at the high scool

Where in MD, Sea? I have family in Waldorf, Huntingtown, and Baltimore!

8:06 am

about 36 hours trifi

8:06 am

Talk about giggle!

8:06 am

her dad owned Titsworth Motors

would you want to be named Harry Dick?

8:06 am

My mammogram involved 2 titsworths

8:06 am

my friend cheryl works with a guy named Peter Rickman, which is a fine name. except that the email convention in their office is first initial, last name....oh dear

8:06 am

hego! LOL

8:07 am

Hi Jean

8:07 am

trif LOL!!!

8:07 am

LOL scrabbler!!!

8:07 am

scrabbs :-D

lol trif

8:07 am

Nonnie i am about 30 miles northwest of Baltimore

8:07 am

That was his name!

8:07 am

I have a friend in Lutherville, MD

8:07 am

and we all know the worst name EVER - mike something???

8:07 am

thats funny trif

How many inches now, Sea?

8:08 am

20 couple

8:08 am

i don't think waldorf got as much

yes hunt

Well, I hope you have wonderful "snow days" and not much worry from it!

8:09 am

my friend Jay swears that school administrators are born, not made - his school vice principal was Mr. Asseltine, and the principal was Mr. Cramp. I giggle every time I think of that

8:10 am

i'm not even going to mention Marie Overfelt.

8:10 am

Ophelia Bumpps?

8:10 am

I don't really have to go anywhere, i am going to bake cookies with my daugther (if she can get here) and wrap gifts

Seymour Butz

8:10 am

this is very entertaining - but must tear myself away to do some Christmas-y things, see you later

8:10 am

Trif! LOL

I work with a Mr. Raper.

bye bye jbv, take care

8:11 am

oh, there are lots of "Rapers" in my hometown -- Funks too

8:11 am

Are we supposed to be finding words?

8:11 am

Mr Dick and Miss Ball two of Hubby's teachers who dated. LOLOL

8:11 am

my friend Claudia dated Harry Butz

8:11 am

LOL hego!!!

8:11 am

ohmygod, hego!

8:11 am

a vein in my lip is twitching. is that weird?

8:11 am

Words? Oh, that. Yes, I guess so.

8:11 am

they absolutely need to get married, and she needs to hyphenate

I also worked for a Mr. Back and Mr. Pack.

8:12 am

i will take jbv's cue, must do something constructive, thats funny hego (the dick and ball thing) lol

Wonderful, baking cookies and watching the snow :o)

8:13 am

I'm going to bake too eventually.

8:13 am

a counselor at the camp where I went as a child was named sue, and she married a lovely man named Patrick Keeney. So what is she now?

8:13 am

have fun all

8:13 am

two of the curators at the museum I used to work in were Dr Cocks and Dr Balls

bye bye sea

8:13 am

Hurshy, just a little muscle spasm, like what happens in our eyelids sometimes

8:13 am

my friend has a cousin named charity. she married a mr. case and took his name. said she thought it wouldn't be a big deal, thought only kids made fun of funny names.

8:13 am

Nice veggie. :-D

8:14 am

clearly she doesnt

8:14 am

hursh, are you serious?!

8:14 am

yep.

8:14 am

clearly your cousin does not babble, hurshy!

8:14 am

Yikes going thru life as Charity Case!

8:14 am

not MY cousin

I have to admit...this was a good laugh day. Thanks for adding a little cheer to the blizzard!

8:15 am

that is cracking me up....charity case! omg....

8:15 am

also knew a lisa who married a man whose last name was lisa - i think they're divorced now

8:15 am

Fun, fun ;-)

8:16 am

have a friend Susan Hayslip who married Mr. Hay

8:16 am

my dad had a secretary called Kris who married Mr Kross

8:17 am

LOL!!!

8:17 am

2 local orthopedists = Dr Bone, Dr Armstrong

8:17 am

jump, jump

8:17 am

That made her name shorter, at least.

8:17 am

We had a Dr Stitch.

8:17 am

there is a dentist in CT named dr. hurt

8:17 am

ouch!

8:18 am

Dr. Mangel another CT dentist

8:18 am

I'd avoid him

8:18 am

oh, grant, are you in CT too?

8:19 am

no, Massachustts

8:19 am

...setts

8:19 am

i lived in mass for... let's see... 16 years total

8:19 am

that's half my life

8:20 am

did you hurshy? I don't think I knew that - where, dear one?

8:20 am

no, 15, i have miscounted.

8:21 am

i lived in northboro til i was 9. went to college in williamstown and stayed an extra 2 years.

8:21 am

small world time, Trif. I'm on Mt. Blue St.

8:21 am

GET OUT - seriously????

8:21 am

YUP

8:21 am

you don't plow by any chance? :)

8:22 am

ha

8:22 am

Wish I did

8:22 am

coming soon: big babble meet up in norwell! Grant and I live it up at the tinker's son! woooo!

8:23 am

ugh, when will my lip stop twitching?!?!

8:23 am

Have you tried the new place yet?

8:23 am

It must be annoying, hursh

8:24 am

not personally, but lots of the neighbors have - apparently the breakfast on sunday mornings is wicked good, but pricey. they said it is way worth it, though - musicians come in, lots of happy people. it's great

8:24 am

kinda. but at least it's not a symptom. was afraid perhaps i have violated the max throat drop instructions and caused some disaster.

I guess the Queen of Soul is not a noun --yet

8:25 am

hursh, I just chatted with you on FB if you can flip over there

8:25 am

if she started with a U she would be, kaplan

8:26 am

Hi Kaplan

8:26 am

Hi Kap

8:27 am

Kaplan, are you in a snow area?

8:29 am

how many of the i words are in's, please?

8:29 am

well Tri we got the snow!!!

Yeah, it snowed- a light fluffy snow

8:29 am

yes we did, speed

8:30 am

I need to finish Xmas shopping

8:30 am

20 inches of light, fluffy snow.

8:30 am

trif -- in x 5

8:30 am

merci une!

8:31 am

in 6 7 5 8 7

8:31 am

hego after the first few shovel fulls it does not feel light and fluffy

8:31 am

For sure speed

8:32 am

FYI just copied the stats from BabAnon to my profile

8:32 am

does the 8 build off the 5?

Is lickety still not working?

Hi SPeedfreak SIs...had nice time last nighe. You just missed a hilarious dialog on names..go back and read form 8 to 8:30! You working in the schools ought to appreciate.

8:33 am

not today Kap

8:33 am

no, it does not. never mind!

8:33 am

kaplan, stats are in Babanon and in my profile

8:34 am

hey RKB Did Mom go and did you guys make it home before snow

I have to print them out then?

8:34 am

oh the hardship!!!

8:34 am

i just line them up next to the grid like lickety's . . .

8:34 am

Kap doesn't like that!

8:34 am

ata LOL

Any excuse- look, I already skipped the gym because of the light fluffy snow

Mom stayed home. Beat the snow...home by 10:30 with a quick stop to see Mom. Will call later sometime to fill you in.

8:35 am

My gym is closed.

How do you do that une- is it easy?

Well hego has an excuse then- I am thinking I will go this afternoon

8:36 am

looking forward to hearing about it glad mom stayed home she was getting sick over seeing the other mom

8:36 am

kaplan, you know how to make page smaller by clicking on the icon in the upper right, right?

yeah

8:36 am

icon is next to the "x" that allows you to close the page

8:36 am

well, you can grab the edge and make it as narrow as you like, then line it up

8:36 am

Yes, then what/

8:37 am

Hi Speedfreak + Ata.....Hurshy, FB just froze up on me!

8:37 am

okay -- time to address snow blowing, round one. I will be back later to finish, assuming I still have all my digits!

8:37 am

then you have the stats next to the grid and your word list

8:37 am

good luck tri

8:37 am

thought that's what you wanted to do, hego . . .

8:38 am

morning Scrabbler

8:38 am

80 to go -- must go do something productive! Later!

8:39 am

That's a good idea Une. Thanks I'd forgotten about that.

morning Babblers :)

8:39 am

Hi Nono

could i get some help with the ne6 after the computer ne4 please

8:42 am

If I had it, I would help you

8:42 am

hi nono, i don't have that ne6 yet, sorry!

it's been driving me crazy and is my last word

i found it but it is before the ne4

8:44 am

congrats, nono, on just being 1 word away from fireworks!

FIREWORKS **

8:45 am

yay nono!

8:45 am

Yahoo Nanette!

8:45 am

yay nono!!

8:45 am

YAYYYY!!!!! *-8-* *-8-* *-8-*

8:46 am

So clue us the n pls

it is someone that wants for something

i was trying to put it in the wrong place in the list :)

8:48 am

Oh gosh, I actually had that. sorry

thanks nono for the clue and congrats on fireworks

clue on the single a please

8:51 am

the audience oohed and aa***

8:51 am

good morning everyone

8:51 am

hi flosey

thanks brookie got it

8:52 am

yw

8:52 am

fireworks

8:53 am

yeah anike!

yay anike

8:54 am

I'm off to bed so happy babbling everyone

8:55 am

If anyone needs help there is a list in babanon

8:55 am

G'night

8:56 am

good night

8:59 am

Time to bake cookies. Great day all.

9:00 am

enjoy baking, hego!

9:01 am

just got in from shoveling driveway and walkway for 45 minutes and I am not done :( and I am not a spring chicken :)

9:02 am

i'm trying to will away the snow, peri.

9:02 am

hello all - please clue the in8 - driving me crazy

9:03 am

i don't have it yet, ursh, sorry!

9:06 am

I really want it to be intraday

9:06 am

go slow and easy peri

9:07 am

found it - to bury + to fasten

9:07 am

boy do I wish I had something alcohooic to drink. I only have some riesling wine but need something stronger. will need to go out to shoveli ome more in a little while

how many in8's

9:08 am

I am crossy

9:08 am

ty ursh

9:08 am

can;t spell today

9:08 am

i think only the one

9:08 am

thanks ursh!

9:09 am

thanksa ursh

9:10 am

adequate

9:10 am

fouind the ad8

ty peri

lol

9:10 am

so you have :)

9:10 am

oh crap!!

9:11 am

thanks peri!

9:11 am

ni 7/28 is almost like ammonium ni**a** but with an i

9:11 am

maybe there is some vanilla vodka in the PB

9:11 am

hopefully!

9:11 am

crosy puts some bacon vodka in the pb

9:12 am

no! no! vanilla!

9:12 am

crossy rolls his eyes at vanillia vodka

9:13 am

:D

9:13 am

well maybe we can use that to bake vodka cookies;))

9:14 am

vodka cookies??!!

9:14 am

vodka and tomato sauce is good on pasta

9:14 am

indeed!!

9:14 am

hello everybody

9:15 am

how is the grid on a snowbound western world?

9:15 am

have tasted chilli vodka it was nasty

9:15 am

not too bad, jacq :-)

9:15 am

howdy jacq:) crosy tosses a snowball at jacq

9:15 am

hi jacq

9:15 am

ducks behind the giant snowman

9:15 am

help with ed8 pls

9:16 am

hi jacq!

9:16 am

ello crossy brooke une and ata

9:16 am

and peri

9:16 am

i don't have it, sorry, peri!

9:16 am

e + de7/32

9:17 am

thanks Une don't have the de7, wll look

9:17 am

a depression in your car fender + consumed food

9:18 am

merci, Une

9:18 am

mon plaisir :-)

9:18 am

ty une

9:18 am

:-)

9:19 am

aacckk I keep leaving to go run errands but Babble sucks me right back in -- really poofing now! LOL *POOF*

9:19 am

how can there be 15 Cs?

9:19 am

i'm wondering the same thing, ata

9:20 am

I have 8 of the c's

9:20 am

i have 3 c's but cannot fathom how there are more

9:20 am

I have 9 but swear there are no more!

9:20 am

lol the british cinema was hiding on me;))

9:24 am

there are 7 x ce....and 8 x ci's

9:28 am

Back again after chatting with Hurshy on FB.

9:28 am

TY for that clue, Crossy!

9:28 am

np scwabby:)

9:29 am

how's bunny Sbeastian?

9:29 am

He seems 100% better, Ata, and i am SO relieved!

9:30 am

BUNNIES!

9:30 am

BUNNIES!

9:30 am

lol even stuttered

9:30 am

He is frisky and active and eating and pooping!

9:30 am

plump,eating bunnies....

9:31 am

yay bunny :D

9:31 am

*smacking Crossy upside the he4!*

9:31 am

ouch!

9:31 am

thats wonderful!

9:31 am

*smacking other side to push brain back over*

9:32 am

violence! a medical practitioner doing harm!

9:32 am

Ata, don't you go crazy when one of your pets is ill? I cannot stand it!

9:32 am

that assumes there's a brain there ...

9:32 am

bet she spanks her bunnys

9:33 am

It is therapeutic, Crossy. The bacon has made your brain hard withplaques.

9:33 am

what was wrong with sbastian?

9:34 am

glad Sebastian is feeling better, Scrabs

9:34 am

I hate it really more than anything else, Scrabs cos I can't explain that I'm trying to help them

9:34 am

He was ill on Friday--not eating, very inactive, runny nose, not pooping (<--bunnies must keep pooping or GI tract causes potentially fatal problems).

9:34 am

TY, Peri

9:35 am

saw his pix on FB, he is a cutie, Scrabs

9:35 am

I have to push half of a tablet into his mouth twice daily and he spits it out 3-4 times before he finally chews it

9:35 am

I bet!

9:35 am

help with en8's, anyone?

9:35 am

Isn't he the cutest thing, peri? 7 1/2 yrs ago I went into a pet store to buy supplies and I walked out with him!

9:36 am

ah, the wesley bear.

9:36 am

Did you have a fun conversation with him, Hurshy?

9:37 am

the norland estate in its en8 is left to john and fanny

9:37 am

yes, he continually makes progress on reading

9:37 am

TY, hursh!

morning all\

9:37 am

Hi Sg

9:37 am

hi sciencegeek!

9:37 am

he is reading at age 2 yrs?

9:37 am

dear sir, i write to you in my hour of utmost ne4 to make this en8

9:38 am

he can read some words and he's like ALMOST there on the sounding out and being able to then read anything

9:38 am

ty, hursh, found the 2nd en8

9:38 am

when im really hungryperi ill eat an en**** pound of bacon+ abbr fot thank you

9:38 am

working on your first clue, think I know the word but having trouble with spelling

9:38 am

i read at age 2, so it's kind of what we have expected.

9:38 am

thank you crossy and hurshy

9:39 am

:)

9:39 am

Wow, hurshy. I have not seen many kids like you, him.

9:39 am

BRB, I must get the pancakes cooking. Who wants some?

9:39 am

me me me!

9:39 am

I did too, I can't remember not being able to read

9:39 am

me too, Scrabs

9:39 am

and me!

9:40 am

need help with it8, ta8 and th8 pretty please

9:40 am

OK, huge platter of pancakes are coming up. I made some yesterday, with new baking mix, and they were heavenly!

9:40 am

found the it8 :)

9:40 am

th8 - british cinema, adjective

9:41 am

th8 is an extension of the cinema type place

9:41 am

what mix, Scrabs

9:41 am

it's so cute too, he loves to try to learn - we'll get on skype and he'll say "words, auntie!" cause i have lots of words i've written on like flash cards for him.

9:41 am

ta8 - wesley loves looking for waldo so much that one of his where's waldo books has now become quite ta8

9:42 am

ty hursh

9:42 am

of course he has also memorized where waldo is on each page in that one so it is no longer really looking. luckily he has more than one.

9:42 am

working on the th8, have the th7

9:43 am

it ends in the far right upper corner

9:43 am

if i knew wesley this would be easy:/

9:43 am

aha, was aiming for the wrong corner, ty

9:43 am

change the last vowel on the 7 and add a consonant

9:43 am

lol crossy

9:43 am

got it, thanks

9:43 am

just think of what happens to a book when a kid uses it a lot, crossy - it's not particular to wesley!

9:44 am

loved books can be quite ta****** and torn

9:44 am

one of the benefits of living in an pat is not having to shovel out the driveway

9:44 am

alas, I now live in a house

9:44 am

ty hurshy

9:44 am

wow, have all the 8's now

9:48 am

hi, i'm back again and thanks for all those clues -

9:49 am

hurshy, scrolling back to read about your nephew - that's a magical moment when they go from reading whole words to working out the alphabetic code on their own - so fascinating to see

9:49 am

care to share the it8 peri?

9:49 am

help with ai7 pls

9:50 am

past tense of the it7 to repeat yourself

9:50 am

ai5,12, past tense

9:50 am

oh duh!!! ty peri

9:50 am

had the 7 too lol

9:51 am

ty, Brookie, will look for the ai5

9:51 am

ai5 = what we breathe + 2/3 of definite article

9:51 am

than you, Brookie

9:52 am

yvw

9:52 am

*thnks even*

9:53 am

thanks, can't spell worth a damn today

9:53 am

Ok, pancakes for all! They are light and fluffy!

9:53 am

mmm,. thanks Scrabs, delish

9:53 am

may i have mine with bananas, scrabbler?

9:54 am

*slicing a banana on to Brooke's pancakes*

9:54 am

you're so kind...

9:55 am

I aim to please here at The Hemlock House <--my name for my home

9:55 am

thought it was Rabbitat?

9:55 am

lovely name, scrabs, just don't plan to open a bed and breakfast :)

9:55 am

butter and syrup for me :) and maybe some blueberries

grape jam for me please

9:56 am

hi thre Owl, good to see you!

9:56 am

No rooms available here--occupied my nephew + 4 bunnies!

9:56 am

Vermont Maple Syrup please

9:56 am

Hi bojazz. Yes, Rabbitat is in The Hemlock House

9:56 am

I will accept what ever condiments you have available, Scrabs

9:56 am

word

9:56 am

I have no blueberries, Ata, so sorry

9:57 am

Grape jam for you, owl!

9:58 am

Yummy, 1 pancake is done, 3 to go...pure carbo heaven.

Did someone say pancakes? I have some blueberries Ata. *Throws blueberries to Ata. Lemon and sugar for me please Scrabs.

9:58 am

low-cal stewed apples for me, scrabs - have some right here

9:58 am

Lemon on your pancakes?

9:58 am

TY, JBV.

9:58 am

i'll have sugar and lemon too please

9:59 am

Is that a UK thing, putting lemon on pancakes?

9:59 am

lemon and sugar is British traditional for british pancakes

9:59 am

probably

9:59 am

I like butter + syrup, usually maple.

9:59 am

Fresh berries are great too, if available

Lemon and sugar on pancakes is magic!

10:00 am

but for crepe pancakes, not american pancakes

10:00 am

we have received four separate baskets of Harry and David fruit this week - apples/pears, etc. - there's no way we can eat them all before they start to turn, so I'm cooking them -

10:00 am

But lemon is sour

10:00 am

Good for you, JBV

True Ata. Was forgetting. OK, maple syrup then, in the true transatlantic spirit.

10:00 am

yes they have to be thin and rolled, but if we are speaking thicker pancakes loads of maple syrup for me please

10:01 am

lemon adn sugar is perfect on crepe-pancakes

*Drips maple syrup down chin and onto keyboard.

10:01 am

*pouring on maple syrup*

10:01 am

*typing with sticky fingertips*

10:01 am

try it scrabs, youll be surprised!

10:01 am

I will, Ata

10:01 am

100 words left

Sounds like my keyboard Scrabs!

10:02 am

Alas, 158 words to go

10:02 am

rasberry syrup, anyone?

10:02 am

phantom = thread

10:03 am

Yes, please, bojazz

10:03 am

heard

10:03 am

He5 what, Bo?

10:04 am

my favourite pancakes I have are in Astoria - orange and pineapple pancakes with orange sauce

10:04 am

wrong entry point

10:04 am

That's different, Ata.

10:04 am

yes! but they are *so* good

10:04 am

with maple syrup adn butter on top LOL

10:04 am

Astoria, Oregon, Ata? must be - we never had those in Astoria, NY (where I grew up)

10:05 am

orange sauce sounds scrumps!!

10:05 am

yes, sorry, AStoria OR

mmm Ata. *Rushes off to shut up hens, trailing pancakes on the way. brb

10:05 am

that Astor fellow left his name in a few places

10:06 am

he did that

10:06 am

*enjoying the last few bites of my pancakes*

10:06 am

they have a great big column above AStoria called the Astor Column

10:06 am

*moaning in delight*

10:06 am

pb&j for lunch...

10:07 am

I have that a lot, Bo

10:07 am

I had very boring oatmeal for lunch

10:07 am

but! am going to my fav "Mexican" restaurant for dinner

10:07 am

Done. That was quite yummy!

10:07 am

smart balance peanut butter - it's healthy

10:07 am

I have that too, Bo

10:08 am

smart blance butter - "pam"?

10:09 am

Astor had a summer home in what is now Astoria (Long Island City), the owner of the property renamed it after Astor in the hope he would endow a girls' school

10:09 am

TY for history lesson, JBV

10:09 am

bbs

10:10 am

Astoria OR - the city was named after the American investor (and first millionaire) John Jacob Astor. His fur trading company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1810.

10:10 am

*getting smarter with history class he4*

10:11 am

in our Astoria, the original owner of the property, Hallett, is more well-known (more places named after him)

10:11 am

your turn for an interesting fact :P

10:12 am

In addition to the replicated Fort Clatsop, a popular point of interest is the Astoria Column, a tower 125 feet (38 m) high built atop the hill above the town, with an inner circular staircase allowing visitors to climb to see a panoramic view of the town, the surrounding lands, and the Columbia flowing into the Pacific. The column was built by the Astor family in 1926 to commemorate the region's early history.

10:12 am

When I was in St. Petersburg, the Russian one, I stayed at the Astoria Hotel. Its main claim to fame seems to be that the poet Nekrasov committed suicide in one of the rooms. So, where would the name have come from in Russia?

10:13 am

Most popular accounts hold that the name "Buffalo" is a corruption of the French phrase beau fleuve, "beautiful river," a phrase said to have been exclaimed by French explorers upon seeing the Niagara River.

10:13 am

that's a great story, scrabbler, very likely

10:13 am

well ... the Russians were very into Art Deco, and Astor was around that time ...

10:13 am

Hi Erda--I saw your name in the grid earlier and now you are he4

10:14 am

The hotel was built in 1912

10:14 am

Hi Scrab!

10:14 am

astor must have imported a lot of furs from Russia - was probably prominent there too

10:14 am

Fur -- of course!!

10:14 am

it's also just a very glamorous name in those times; if you wanted to create an amazing swanky hotel in St Petersburg, what better to call it

10:15 am

Most popular accounts hold that the name "Buffalo" is a corruption of the French phrase beau fleuve, "beautiful river," a phrase said to have been exclaimed by French explorers upon seeing the Niagara River.

10:15 am

he was the bill gates of his time - the richest man alive!

10:15 am

just had a sense of deja vu

10:17 am

The Olmsted Park and Parkway System is the hallmark of Buffalo's many green spaces. Three-fourths of city park land is part of the system, which comprises six major parks, eight connecting parkways, nine circles and seven smaller spaces. Begun in 1868 by Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner Calvert Vaux, the system was integrated into the city and marks the first attempt in America to lay out a coordinated system of public parks and parkways. The Olmsted designed portions of the Buffalo park system are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and are maintained by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.

10:17 am

Sorry, I had pasted the same paragraph in twice.

10:19 am

that Olmstead fellow got around, too - designed Central Park in NYC

10:20 am

we should figure out to get accredited as Babble University - and issue diplomas in odd and random facts

10:21 am

And have a course called Babblets + Other Obscure Words

10:22 am

we could issue culinary degress -with all the recipes flying around

10:22 am

Buffalo was once home to Pratt & Lambert, gobbled up by Shwern-Williams in 1996 and products they made have declined ever since - my only knowledge of Buffalo, besides proximity to Niagra

10:22 am

lol

10:22 am

and parenting classes and counselling courses

10:22 am

becayuse we all pour it out here from time to time

10:22 am

not to mention medical degrees

10:23 am

even home improvement, right scrabs?

10:23 am

may i share my wonderful news with you all

10:23 am

and vet classes

10:23 am

oh, yes, jacq, eagerly waiting to hear..

10:24 am

i had a scare, that lasted 7 awful weeks, i had a lump in my breast and my doc was concerned after the mamogram that there were cancerous changes

10:24 am

i got the all clear this week

10:24 am

it is a fibroadenoma, it will still grow but is benign

10:24 am

Applause for jacq!!!

10:24 am

i cried like a baby when he told me it was ok

10:24 am

WOW, jacq - that is a great Christmas present! congratulations - we're all breathing better for you

10:24 am

so many tests and biopsies

10:25 am

christma will be wonderful

10:25 am

never heard of fibroadenoma - what are they recommending? just wait and see?

10:25 am

wait and see, if it starts to grow rapidly then they will remove it

Congrats jacq. I am so happy for you.

10:26 am

Woweee, Jacq!

10:26 am

me too sixty, me too

10:26 am

Fibroadenoma = common benign breast tumor.

10:26 am

living under a cloud like that is extremely exhausting, you must be so relieved

10:26 am

i was so worried i couldn't even think properly

10:27 am

Twice I have found breat masses, freaked out, turned out to be OK. You realize that your life could take a very different and scary course.

10:27 am

i get lumps anyway, i have fibrocystic breast tissue, but this one was different

10:27 am

it's been 24 years i have been dealing with breast lumps, and each one is a worry

10:27 am

taking notes, toward my Babble Univ. degree - on fibroadenoma

10:28 am

yay yay Jacq!

10:29 am

ty ata

10:30 am

woohoo for Jacq!! Wonderful news!!!

10:31 am

It is time for me to go for a walk--the sun is shining and I need to get a dose of sun to make me happy

10:32 am

any ideas for ni7/28 between the ni5's ?

10:32 am

bye scrabs, - enjoy!

10:32 am

hello 250 to go

10:32 am

i have a ni 7/28 - food additive

10:32 am

Go Jane go! Pace yourself!

10:33 am

TY for ni7!

10:33 am

I am almost halfway so will find a few more words then walk

10:34 am

need the other ni7

10:35 am

At 128/125 I shall go for a hike now. BBL

10:35 am

bye dear!

10:36 am

hb scrabbler

Bye Scrabs. Just been reading back. Wonderful news Jacq.

10:37 am

are there any ew words, and have a good hike scrab

Just caught up with the chat - so ahppy for you Jacq. A great boost for Christmas spirit!

10:38 am

lots of ew words, but no ew words

10:38 am

locks - have one ni 7 - it is a preservative found in sausages etc

10:39 am

lol ty

10:39 am

have that one science, but there is 1 more

10:40 am

ni7 - like the previous ni5

10:40 am

thanks everyone and yes it is, my mum and i had huge chocolate cakes and coffee to celebrate

10:41 am

just got it - ni5/10 plus plus two vowel ending

10:41 am

how many letters in the lone a? and the second row i? please?

10:42 am

The only second row "I" I have is seven/twenty eight

10:42 am

thanks science, fireworks for me

The lone a is aa5/14

10:43 am

ty sally

10:44 am

ohhh invite for coffee, be back later, thanks for the good wishes and congrats, have funa nd fireworks please

10:45 am

D'oh, harp, I'm an idiot: the second row I is a 7/8 combo

10:54 am

clue ofr the aa 5 plz.

10:54 am

the crowd oohed and aa5 at the fireworks show

10:55 am

would love clue for that i 7/8 combo also.

10:55 am

thanks

When I saw the Christmas lights I oohed and I aa***

10:55 am

got it ty.

10:55 am

taed

10:55 am

in and en 7 - to plead and beg for something

10:55 am

tayed

10:55 am

oops sorry

10:55 am

in and en plus trick or tr5/10

10:56 am

add a y to the end

10:56 am

mkg - love what you said in profile - you are so right! my company may go under and their's noone to help us out

10:56 am

not from the second i

10:56 am

ty got it.

10:57 am

oh sorry that one - to repeat one's self

10:57 am

and past tense

10:57 am

The second I is, well, when you say something you it7 it; when you repeat something to make a point you reit7 it

10:57 am

glad you agree bojazz. i am still furious about it all.

10:57 am

thanks nbt and nbs

10:57 am

samantha super clues! getting them all! ty

10:58 am

i hear ya loud and clear mkg..couldnt agree more

10:58 am

thanks! and you're welcome.

10:58 am

mkg - like you, i no longer watch/listen to news - too damn depressisng

10:58 am

wow! got the it and the 8!

10:58 am

mkg, I don't think the problem is that you're not a liberal any more; I think it's that there isn't a party that represents libreals any more.

10:59 am

there's not a party that represents the people - only interest groups

10:59 am

haallelujah, bo

10:59 am

have two e 8s and one i 8 and one ti 8. would love clues for other 8s.

11:00 am

there's a ta8 you don't have--past tense of the ta6, to tear up

11:01 am

samantha you may be right........i see obama as weak internationally too. he actually apologised for what we did in WW2! we saved europes skins and he apologised??????he is a weak wimp........he should be proud of being an american and proud that we destroyed nazi germany. why did he apologise???

11:01 am

still 111 words left. ugh.

11:01 am

8s I have are ad, er, ed, enx2, hex2, in, it, ta, th, ti,

11:02 am

Hold on. America didn't win the war on its own, even though you might like to rewrite history. Remind me again, the war started in 1939. When did America join in?

11:03 am

and every country did things not to be proud of in any war. That's war for you

11:03 am

th7,8 Shaakespeare's Globe Th***** (brit var) + adj

11:03 am

I missed that, mkg. I got tired of the far right slamming him for not being jingoistic enough and tuned out foreign policy--even though, constitutionally, that's the only real power a Pres. has.

11:03 am

ever hear of Lend/Lease Haz? we were holding you up well before we actually started fighting

11:04 am

got the th 8. ty.

11:04 am

you held us up, we held you up. no-one can win a war on their own

11:04 am

grant, I cannot for the life of me get an 8 out of that

11:04 am

though we all try

11:04 am

Of course America has to be credited for its role in the war. Just don't suggest that she was the only one fighting.

11:04 am

right atalante, but should the u.s. apologise to europe? for what?

11:05 am

tis the season to be jolly!

11:05 am

How about apologising for screwing up the chat! This is NOT a place for this discussion!

11:05 am

we have NOTHING to apologize for

11:05 am

she wasnt the only one for sure. no one said that. the issue is that obama apologised for american actions in ww2. what did he apologise for? we came in and helped win the war.

11:05 am

make adj with The **e Man Cometh

11:06 am

political discussions do come and go in here sometimes, hoot, and have for as long as I've been around

11:06 am

dont know the man cometh

11:06 am

d'oh! of course, grant, don't know how I missed that. Thanks!

11:06 am

Not this bad! Out of hand and interferring!

11:06 am

never said anyone in an alliance should apologise to anyone else

11:06 am

USA - Amer**a

11:06 am

interfering with what, exactly?

11:07 am

i like discussing politics. i don't like ugliness

11:07 am

what does Obama think he needs to apologise for?

11:07 am

the puzzle, the cluing - hopeless -bbl

11:07 am

the issue, atalante, seems to be that he *did* apologize (I'm taking word for that, didn't hear it myself) and no one seems to know what for.

11:07 am

Absolutely the worst kind of apology! LOL

11:08 am

ah, goodbye then hoot. I wasn't having trouble following it myself. Sorry you are.

11:08 am

didn't he explain why he was apologising?

11:09 am

if we didn't hear it, and don't know what for, then how on ea*** can we criticize the apology?

11:09 am

I think you'd have to ask mkg. I didn't hear it myself

11:09 am

i should go find the speech. he made some statements about american actions during ww2 being faulty..to me it was bizarre. he is evasive about specifics in all his stalks. so are all the politicians.........

11:10 am

why don't you go see what he actually said :)

11:11 am

what is the letter count for the hi words please? I only have hi4

11:11 am

i read it at the time which was long ago. sorry all. wish i could quote it. but dont know now the exact words. and in egypt he also was cowering. the tone of what he says is always to appease the other side. i guess that is what i dont like. i feel there is no backbone to him.

11:11 am

and hi5

11:12 am

Harp, the only H that intersects with the I has three words

11:12 am

never mind, got em all (hi6)

11:12 am

i disagree. I feel there is much our country has done for which we could be apologetic. He is wise to try to extend a hand to the rest of the world. coyboy diplomacy has not gotten us very far

11:13 am

hear, hear. Dorens!

11:14 am

thank you dorens, "mission accomplished" echos around the world and we should apologize for THAT

11:14 am

hah! coyboy =coWboy

11:14 am

i have hi 4 and 5 only. hmmm

11:14 am

LOL Harp--I must agree there

11:14 am

Was it deGaulle who wished aloud that he could remove all Americans from France, and was the asked if he meant to include all the ones buried there?

11:14 am

mkg, have you heard of baseballs designated hi6 rule?

11:15 am

no.

11:15 am

a lot of countries have a lot to apologise for over the years

11:15 am

yeppers, grant, it was!

11:15 am

OK. In baseball, you have a pitcher, a catcher and a hi6--does that help?

11:16 am

the hi6 is the one at-bat

Hi All. Its so cold here, but no Snow! How many of you all got snow?

11:16 am

how many in words are there?

11:16 am

got it.

11:16 am

no snow here in my section of Montana

11:16 am

super clue samantha

Ooooh, if its going to be cold, you might as well have snow.

11:17 am

we have plenty here in NJ

11:17 am

i wondered when we would use the double cons. other than the space under the roof of a house i hadnt used it.

11:17 am

5 in words

11:17 am

the snow is gorgeous here in maryland. totally gorgeous.

11:17 am

I'm in Texas. We get snow in Central Texas once every year or two, and then for not more than a day if it sticks at all

11:17 am

is there snow now in texas?

Well, I will never have true cold, but its 43 now. and I am not enjoy ing that.

11:18 am

that does it, i'm getting a list.....

11:18 am

I doubt it. Even places that get snow regularly (Dallas, Houston, Amarillo) tend to get it later in the year, though it is cold

no snow in south Texas we hardly ever get any.

11:19 am

we seldom have snow in dec. it has been a good cold month and i am happy. dont want global warming.

11:19 am

Don't the places along the coast get it? I wsa told this AM by a Houstonite that it snows there sometimes, and I know snow in Dallas is nearly a yearly phenomena

11:19 am

hello. Have learned that we here got the most snow of anywhere out of this storm.

11:19 am

yes, Dec snow is rare

11:19 am

esp in this quantitiy

11:20 am

GOD IS PUNISHING WASHI -- Oh, sorry, I was channeling oral roberts for a moment there

DC, you and My Mom really got it, and Dan2 and gosh, I seem to know a lot of people in the VA area.

11:20 am

LOL samantha :D

11:20 am

yup, seain. we thought we were getting yours, but only have about 8 - 10 inches here.

Very funny Samanta!!!

My mom about 1.5 hours N or DC got about 14 inches...

11:21 am

Friends in North Jersey said they got about 5 inches

11:21 am

yeah, central NC was nearly as much as us

11:21 am

Tom made it to work and back anyway :)

I really wish I could go and have a white Christmas, but, I am happy to be living away from it. I'm about to post my birding photos from yesterday....

11:22 am

oh bummer, red

11:22 am

I'ma go cuddle with my honey for a while; bbl

11:22 am

i'd bet this'll melt by Xmas

11:22 am

first ar 6 word please?

11:22 am

by sj. and i don't think it will up here dc

11:23 am

hasta, samantha

Well, DC, the bright side is that Living in that mess would make me really irate, so its better to enjoy everyones photos.

11:23 am

I have an ar6/21 desire to do something.

11:24 am

how's your weather dc?

11:25 am

ed8?

11:25 am

gUTEN moRGEN, bABBLERS Does any9one have the cluelist in their profile? The Babanon list wont print out right

11:25 am

cold, crisp blue skies, sunshine, a nd highly reflective white on the ground

11:25 am

how's the city doing?

Hi Inge. I didnt know we were without clues.

11:25 am

add e to de7

11:26 am

ty, grant

11:26 am

guten Morgen, Inge

11:26 am

yw

11:26 am

ty for ar, haz

11:27 am

You're welcome, dc.

So far, its sort of a fun grid, but I am only 70 in...

11:27 am

haz and the glitterata!

11:27 am

hi, ata

11:28 am

Hello!

11:29 am

has the afternoon's session of paw arranging gone to satisfaction?

11:29 am

hi dc!

11:29 am

Absolutely. Five inches of now= much cavorting and much arranging.

11:30 am

gosh, I can imagine!! must get all those little bits of ice out

11:31 am

It's a bit unexpected, haven't seen this much snow for a while.

11:31 am

is her fur long enough that she looks like loads of white bobbles are stuck to her?

11:31 am

great-grandma used to re**** socks.

Everyone has snow! Except us southerners, how nice!

11:31 am

No, she was trimmed recently....

11:31 am

thanks for the ar haz and hi

11:31 am

Hello, Dorens, you're welcome.

11:31 am

our Kiwi and Oz friends don't have snow

11:33 am

lucky! Hobbit gets to looking like she has white bobbly socks on

Well, yes, this is true DC, but if they did, there and in SA, it would be the wrong time of year.

11:33 am

It's nice, dry, powdery snow.

11:34 am

a friend from Alpena, MI remembers HS graduation getting cancelled in June for snow

11:34 am

speaking of the nice powder snow, i need to go shovel my walk before it gets icy and crusty. bbl

11:34 am

some here, haz

It snowed on my May graduation in NY, upstate.

never even seen snow b4

11:36 am

where you live, ashley?

st augustine florida

its a chilly 65 here today

Theres not snow here in Florida. but it sure is chilly today.

11:37 am

65 is what we have our heat set to

49 here still, maybe I should move to St Aug.

11:38 am

FL does get ice sometimes, at least inland, yes?

it was cold last nite but the suns warming us up now

Talahassee, way up north has had SNow.

11:39 am

hm. lot more traffic today. they must have plowed.

might go fishin, chilly temp = sheephead

11:40 am

Hi all! Dc how is the weather today?

11:41 am

clear, sunny and bright

11:41 am

th6?

11:41 am

th6 a number in 10's

11:42 am

ty, mary

11:42 am

47 and overcast in CA central valley

Oooh origami, come join me, but we do have abrilant hard light blue sky.

Seain, In a few hours, I am going to post some nice Roseate Spoonbill photos I took yesterday. I am a bit overproud of them, as I am advertising here...

11:43 am

61, bright and sunny in Mesa AZ this am... hi Babblers

11:43 am

coolio, red! i shall check them out

11:43 am

I hope to be in Mesa for a weekend in Feb

11:44 am

my first visit here, dcs.. I'm impressed!

Ok, off to edit again. Sorry to be such a self promoter. this time many of the images are much better than normal, so I am pumped up.

Hi Aloy and Bye everyone. Happy babbling.

11:46 am

Red - they were doing the Christmas bird count in Galveston this week. I saw a few roseate spoons! So pretty

11:47 am

njoy red

11:47 am

neat, aloy. on vacation?

11:47 am

yes, dcs.. family holiday reunion, yay

11:47 am

nice!

11:48 am

Hi Friends

11:48 am

we are so spread out, so this is indeed a tr5 ! (-:

11:49 am

hi hego!

11:49 am

morning, hego

11:49 am

i had moon pies for breakfast. i should make a real lunch, i suppose.

11:50 am

I was here this AM and we had the best time talkig about funny names.

11:50 am

We got nothing done, however.

11:50 am

will have to read chog later.. missed the fun

11:51 am

DC you should have Ring Dings for lunch!

11:51 am

or twinkies

11:51 am

Aloy, it was about 8:30 on the chog.

11:52 am

ok, ty

11:53 am

Time to go. Bye for now!

11:53 am

Bye Haz!

11:53 am

bye dear!

11:54 am

*gone* in a flurry of snow.

11:54 am

bbl.. bfast time here

11:55 am

Good breakfast, Love

11:57 am

http://tinyurl.com/y8k7jvs video of the start of a multi-hundred person snowball fight at U and 14th Sts NW in DC yesterday

11:57 am

what are ring dings?

11:58 am

Ring Dings are wonderful!

11:58 am

I see that tom had whiskey for breakfast. smells like jack, and unusually for him, straight

11:59 am

Patties of choc cake covered in more choc. with vanilla filling! WOW

11:59 am

he was way stressed from driving in the snow. Those years in TN made him weak ;)

12:00 pm

I'd have rather had the Moon Pies. whiskey for breakfast. Ugh!

12:01 pm

well, he was coming off a 12h shift at the hospital

12:01 pm

and i know others must've come in, because he was home at a usual hour for getting of between 7 and 8

12:01 pm

Then it's not really breakfast, but a nitecap, right?

12:02 pm

effectively, yes. he's asleep now

12:02 pm

what does he do DC?

12:02 pm

RN in ICU

12:03 pm

Oh, that's my old job!

12:03 pm

LOL nifty, hego

12:03 pm

He deserves a drink. For sure!

12:04 pm

he'll be sitting soon for CCRN

12:04 pm

Yes I was also certified.

12:05 pm

Nef also was

12:05 pm

I left in 1991 and have been doing other things since then.

12:05 pm

cool. so long as you're enjoying yourself

12:06 pm

I still volunteer at a free clinic though. It's great. No pressure.

12:06 pm

:) and the people there really need healthcare. nice combo

12:06 pm

Love it!

12:07 pm

back again from another shift shoveling out the driveway. thanks goodness we also have a snow blower.

12:07 pm

Poor Peri

12:07 pm

good that you're taking breaks, peri

12:08 pm

this is the second most snow this area has received according to the news

12:08 pm

I wish I still lived in an apt!

12:08 pm

then maintenance clears the driveways. but I always had to dig my car out

12:09 pm

:-)

12:09 pm

maybe I will move to Fla or someplace warm

12:09 pm

condo w/ garage is perfect compromise. no digging out car, no clearing driveway.

12:09 pm

we have a shared driveway and our neighbor is a lovely woman who did a lot of shoveling too

12:09 pm

yes, that is great, hursh

12:10 pm

ok, I want a condo with a garage

12:10 pm

I live in a complex of houses where they do all that for you. It's geat.

12:10 pm

and someone to help with the financial aspect, any takers?

12:10 pm

i know we set a record for Dec snow.

12:11 pm

where are you in NJ, hego?

12:11 pm

Well, back to the kitchen for me. I'll never finish this today, anyway.

12:11 pm

where are you in NJ, hego?

12:12 pm

I live near Long Branch. On the Shore.

12:12 pm

hopefully we will get little or no snow for the rest of the winter

12:12 pm

oh, ok, hego

12:12 pm

From your mouth to God's ears, my dear.

12:12 pm

:)

clues on the 2 i's plz

12:13 pm

angry and angered Ashley

12:14 pm

those come from top I, no the right one

12:14 pm

Is there a list anywhere?

12:14 pm

BabAnon

12:15 pm

in bab anon

12:15 pm

in bab anon

12:15 pm

those are in's

12:15 pm

there are 3.

12:15 pm

no N next to the right I

12:15 pm

Repeat and repeated ..

12:15 pm

SG in Babbler's anon

12:16 pm

could i please have a clue for the lower t i have one of the two

12:16 pm

I'm gone now. Poof

12:16 pm

fishworthy. thank you, torg

12:16 pm

hey, tor, are you home?

12:16 pm

hey, tor, are you home?

12:16 pm

bye, hego

12:16 pm

I am back in the US of A ..

12:17 pm

good

12:17 pm

good

12:17 pm

They're ty words and now, I'm absolutely gone. bye

12:18 pm

ty4 both

can i get the stats on the i's please

12:19 pm

there is a list in Babblers Anonymous, link below

12:20 pm

In 5 - ,In5x1,In6x1,In7x2,In8x1 Ir 3 - ,Ir4x1,Ir5x2 It 3 - ,It5x1,It7x1,It8x1

12:20 pm

ir5 and ir6 from the right I

12:21 pm

from the right i? As opposed to the wrong i?

12:21 pm

ty

12:21 pm

right-hand I

thanks

12:22 pm

it7 & 8 are from the rightmost i ..

12:22 pm

wow, my brain is out of it. ty, torg

nbt thanks all

ooooh for the NBT tiles, could I have a clue for the single A in the left hand column. the one all alone?

12:35 pm

oohed and ...

Oh how silly of me, Thanks Torg. How are you liking being back in the US?

12:36 pm

Much warmer here ..

And its cold here, so it must have been really chilly there.

12:38 pm

Not much snow here in San Diego ..

12:42 pm

Good afternoon, everyone! And, shut up, Tor!

12:42 pm

hi, judi

12:43 pm

the catholic archdiocese of washington says that people need not attend mass today. mighty white of them.

12:43 pm

Ha. Repent for your sins at home (while shoveling your driveways and sidewalks).

12:44 pm

i'm going to go find some food. bbs

12:46 pm

At the risk of being shooshed up: Not much snow in the San Francisco Bay area either...

12:46 pm

*glares at Erda over our 17+ inches of snow*

12:47 pm

Wow Judi, that's TOO MUCH!!

12:47 pm

Tell me about it.

12:48 pm

Hey Judi, I'm traveling back to Newark, DE later today. How are the roads? (My main concern is Churchman's Road off of 95)

12:49 pm

Hi, Brookie. I'm sure 95 is good. Not sure about the side roads. I'm sure Churchman's is good around 7/1/95 & 52 interchange by Borders, etc. Not sure about further up towards 273. Then again, the County Police have a garage on that road. I'd say no worries.

12:51 pm

Now THAT's detailed information! A good man, Judi!!

12:51 pm

Thanks, Judi. I live within walking distance of Borders, so I won't stress about it. :-)

12:54 pm

Probably no sidewalks plowed/shoveled, so be careful if you are walking in the road.

12:54 pm

someone shovelled the dirt path that connects our building to the park and trail behind :)

12:55 pm

back to tending the corn and onions, bbs

Uploading my photos on Facebook. I am still learning to edit in Photoshop....

12:55 pm

Judi, do you live closer to U of D or closer to Christiana?

12:56 pm

Closest to UD, Brookie. We live off of Polly Drummond Hill Rd.

12:57 pm

Ugh, I can't imagine how the roads are there.

12:57 pm

coolio, red

12:58 pm

Actually, our neighborhood is good. We have pay association dues so we're lucky enough to get plowed out. DelDot has lots more work to do though!

12:58 pm

the re7/28 plz

12:58 pm

don't have it, sorry, movieman!

12:59 pm

re 7/28 .. more rodentlike

12:59 pm

No gots yet, MM.

12:59 pm

hello again!

12:59 pm

more like what you pay for when you don't own your own home

12:59 pm

that's the ra7 orogami

12:59 pm

hi flosey!

12:59 pm

ty dorens

1:00 pm

oops!

1:00 pm

thanks dorens!

1:00 pm

yw

1:02 pm

ty dorens

1:03 pm

ty dorens, strange word

1:04 pm

just monkeyed it.. lucky i guess... but then again.. big grid, no lickety, my son and grandchildren coming in a couple of hours, I had to bacuum thoroughly and wipe down baseboards etc. (he is allergic to my cats), then shovel front walk, and need to do more cleaning and baking.. so every little bit helps

1:05 pm

wow Dorens, you've been busy!

1:05 pm

66 words left... the monkeys need to get into hyper gear!

1:05 pm

hope you can make a little relaxing time before they arrive

1:06 pm

that's what i'm doing here.. babble usually does relax me

1:06 pm

hi 167 to go

1:06 pm

college boy came home for winter break and so far I have done 5 loads of laundry do not think he had a clean article of clothing What a smell

1:07 pm

lol poor speed

1:07 pm

hi, jane

1:07 pm

not meaning to be pushy speedfreak, but wouldn't it be easier to teach him how to do it himself??

1:07 pm

Ewwww. Poor speed.

1:08 pm

Hee hee. *pictures the Grinch saying "stink, stank, stunk"*

1:08 pm

I have tried but the boy seems allergic to the washing machine he learned quite well from his father LOL

1:09 pm

i had no problem with my kids coming home with ons of laundry, and i even helped out with a load here and there, but I made it clear that it was their responsibility. they might have resented it a bit, but in the end it served them well. and made my life a bit less hectic.

1:10 pm

(that was Tons of laundry)

1:10 pm

how was Tom's shift last night, seain?

1:11 pm

Phantom: quadratic.

1:11 pm

actually he and his brother also do a lot around the house so I don't have a problem doing laundry he also has been out shoveling 15" of snow all day plus they do all the food shopping and some cooking when home so saves me

1:11 pm

ah well.. life is a series of trade-offs.... so long as you don't feel too put-upon, c'est la vie

1:12 pm

Oh, that's great, speed. Although, I hope it's not just because Santa is watching them.

hello all

1:12 pm

TO!

1:12 pm

owl, where've you been hiding?

1:12 pm

hi to

1:12 pm

hi TO!

1:13 pm

hi, TO :)

1:14 pm

Poor TO was probably buried underneath the snow like the rest of us east coasters.

1:15 pm

Time for a snack. BBL.

1:19 pm

owl? you there?

1:20 pm

does anyone know how the roads between chattanooga and DC would be?

1:21 pm

ok well, then.. time for me to go bake my lemon bars

1:21 pm

don't know jane, but my guess is that any roads to dc are not their best today

1:21 pm

harpjane-it is clear in Knoxville, TN

1:22 pm

does anyone have a clue list in their profile? The Babanon one printed out badly

1:22 pm

So western TN is sort of ok?

1:22 pm

Knox is in East TN

1:22 pm

yes inge,, une has one.... and i am grateful beyond belief

1:23 pm

There are 2 in babanon - use BJ"@

1:24 pm

harp western tenn is cold - but no snow or rain - just cold

1:24 pm

ta 7 48? the one after the sourish word?

1:25 pm

well my nephew from Montana won't think it's cold but he has to drive home to DC today

1:27 pm

jane - ta7 sticky black stuff and unwanted greeney

1:27 pm

More shabby ..

1:27 pm

thanks seain

1:27 pm

ty dc.. now i'm off

1:27 pm

ty dc

1:27 pm

That's the one ..

1:28 pm

thanks dc for ta7

1:29 pm

yall very welome. for me, it's always fun when points lead me to the word :)

1:31 pm

i forget, is there a word list when lickety's isn't updated?

1:31 pm

in BabAnon

1:32 pm

but yuse BJ's!

1:32 pm

coolie ty

1:32 pm

Hello again. Seain, how are you + Tom surviving?

1:33 pm

he got to and from work, and had some jack before bed

1:33 pm

i'm going to my sister's tonight, as i'm watching my nephews tomorrow

1:34 pm

How is the area? Roads, etc

1:34 pm

Fun. How old are they, Seain?

1:34 pm

how were things at work for him?

1:34 pm

Main roads decent. neighborhood hit or miss

1:34 pm

we're plowed here, but my sister's hood isn't

1:34 pm

ti6 after wee?

1:34 pm

i dunno, jane. i saw him off, was asleep when he got home, and he's asleep now :) i'll find out later

1:35 pm

i fit of anger, or angry speech, jane

1:35 pm

hissy fit jane - like I did earlier

1:35 pm

I have ti7 = more fatiggued

1:35 pm

thanks

1:35 pm

*fatigued

1:36 pm

Hootowl, you had a hissy fit?

1:36 pm

lunch was very satisfying :)

1:37 pm

What did you have, Seain? I must decide on lunch. I just came back from a 1 hr hike into the park.

1:37 pm

yup!

1:37 pm

What happened, Hootowl?

1:38 pm

I have a question for everyone. I discovered something on my hike and don't know whether to call the police.

1:38 pm

i sauteed some onions and corn in some sesame oil, added some fried garlic and a pinch of vanilla sugar. when onions soft, added 2.5 C water, brought to boil till onion soft. added a thing of ramen noodles, some soy sauce and a cube of vegan beef bullion

1:38 pm

Go back & read it. Trying to forget it.

1:38 pm

garnished with some green onions greens

1:38 pm

Yummy, Seain!

1:38 pm

can you share what you saw?

1:40 pm

Innards of a large creature, with bloody towel next to that. I saw lungs, heart, liver, stomach, intestines....nothing else, lying on top of snow near woods. Probably a deer but human?

1:40 pm

i'd report to police or game warden, yes

1:41 pm

gross. but no harm done if you call cops. They can decide how important it is

1:41 pm

No fur. So maybe a hunter gutted the deer and tossed innards?

1:41 pm

gross. but no harm done if you call cops. They can decide how important it is

1:41 pm

probably from a deer, but good to be sure

1:41 pm

probably so, scrabbs, but i'd still report it

1:41 pm

OK, TY for your input. After I walked away I wondered about the origin of the parts.

1:41 pm

either way it shouldn't be there scrabb, at least in Montana they can't leave that stuff behind

1:42 pm

hoot was it just the political talk or the bashing of obama

1:42 pm

draws too many predators

1:42 pm

OK, I will look up State Police #. BRB. TY for alleviating my anxiety + indecision.

1:42 pm

and if you can walk there it is probably not legal to hunt

1:44 pm

Speed - bashing bothers me no end. especially when there is no facts to put forward. Just personal rancor. That's not a discussion

1:44 pm

hi there speed. enjoying the snow?

1:44 pm

aknitter if I never saw snow again I would not miss it

1:45 pm

I am off to visit my new puppy.. will report later.

1:45 pm

i was thinking of boxing it all up and dropping it on your door step. can't get out though

1:48 pm

thanks aknitter got enough of my own

1:49 pm

i want a can of snow-b-gone like on the frosty the snowman cartoon.

1:53 pm

need to take a break from this 30 left and my eyes are crossing

1:54 pm

the first qu6?

1:54 pm

add a vowel to previous word jane

1:54 pm

oops, sorry, not the first

1:55 pm

add another vowel before cons. in qua5/16

1:56 pm

that's the first qu5/16

1:57 pm

hello everyone -- 77 to go :)

1:57 pm

hi nan

2:01 pm

I see that lickety is not here today -- does anyone know if they are ok? -- hope it's just a Christmas vacation

2:01 pm

i'm thinking vacation with the timing

2:02 pm

is there an hy?

2:02 pm

OK, I called the county sheriff's dept re the bloody pile of guts

2:03 pm

yes hy4

2:03 pm

The dispatcher said that my call was not unusual

2:03 pm

just found it -- ty

2:03 pm

good, scrabbs, and most interesting

2:03 pm

that would disturb me no end scrabs

2:04 pm

Not surprisingly, I love anatomy, so I studied it for a while

2:04 pm

not the body - the dispatcher. Not unusual????

2:04 pm

ni 4, 5, 5, 6, 7 -- what am I missing from the top n?

2:05 pm

gotta go - 41 left and too many things to do. Like the tree........

2:05 pm

be well, hoot

2:05 pm

bye hoot

2:06 pm

interweb is very slow here today.

2:08 pm

I see, hootowl..yes, disturbing

2:11 pm

ni 4 5 7 5 6 7

2:12 pm

ty babrab -- are you finished and have you posted a list in your profile?

2:12 pm

no .. but there are two at babanon

2:13 pm

clue for the first ni 7? -- or the call?

2:13 pm

thanks folsey, and keep us posted if you hear anything scrabb

2:14 pm

extend the 5 with vowels

2:14 pm

nm found it, although I find it hard to believe that it's a areal word

2:16 pm

hi again.

2:17 pm

*sigh* --- 4 more h's from the left to find

2:17 pm

Hello, Dorens

2:17 pm

"bigger sigh" i have 7 more from there. babrab, long time.. how've you been?

2:18 pm

Been doing some intensive ambiguity and have concluded I excel at being deliberately obtuse

2:19 pm

((((((((((BR)))))))))) hello! I have missed seeing you!

2:19 pm

hey all!

2:19 pm

hi, stid

2:20 pm

sounds like scrabs had something bad happen? should I review the chog?

Afternoon all...

2:20 pm

Hello, redT

Hi BR, how have you been keeping?

2:20 pm

hey red

2:21 pm

BR, intriguing poem you came up with for today.

2:21 pm

some ass just drove by with 10 inches of snow on the roof of their cr-v

2:21 pm

hi, BR, red, stid

Hi Stid. Are you ready for the Holiday? DO you Celebrate X mas?

Hi DC again.

2:22 pm

Hello, dc

2:22 pm

Back from researching whitetail deer anatomy

hi Scrabbs.

2:22 pm

Red, I just commented on your photos--is that a spoonbill?

Hey. I guess I have to print out the stats and pencil in what I have? Or is there another way to do it?

Snow sucks. Actually, winter sucks

2:22 pm

i past into a spreadsheet and enter Xs

2:23 pm

paste even ;)

Yes Scrabbs it is!!!! I spent several hours yesterday at the Wildlife Preserve, and I am very full of myself.

2:23 pm

teart

2:23 pm

oopsie. not valid, at least :)

2:23 pm

we don't celebrate christmas, red -- thanks for asking. So yes, we are ready for it! LOL

A spreadsheet that you already have set up?

I feel like a teart sometime.

2:24 pm

actually we celebrate a different holiday and the children just got their single present for the year: Beatles Rockband for the wii.

2:24 pm

i have a spreasheet for that pupruse in me google docs

We celebrate Jewish Christmas- it has two time honored rituals...

2:24 pm

how cool, stid!

Beatles Rockband is an awesome gift.

2:25 pm

what do you celebrate - festivus?

2:25 pm

Happy Festivus!

2:25 pm

I did not realize rocks were so talented

2:25 pm

HowDy, hurshy ... thanks for the list

Happy everything

whooo hooo Festivus, and I thin kso Babble. hi Hurshy

2:26 pm

oh, don't thank me today, BJ had already done it!

2:26 pm

the winter solstice -- call it what you like. It's a big day for our family. :-D

2:27 pm

easy to be happy when my two kids are in the same room getting along... LOL this was a good gift decision.

2:27 pm

isn't it not til tomorrow?

2:27 pm

at some point I get my chance to try an instrument

2:27 pm

i grew up with channuakah, solstice, and xmas. Yay for combined families. :)

I want my dinner now.

2:27 pm

it is not until tomorrow, but of course Tom doesn't have tomorrow off. So we gave the gift today.

2:27 pm

ah.

2:27 pm

Stid, when I hiked to the park a short time ago I came upon the innards of an animal, probably a deer, but no fur, and there was a bloody towel next to the pile.

We are a Xmas family. with St Lucia day and some odd little fam traditions thrown in...

2:28 pm

wow-- ;left for a few minutes and missed a lot in the chog. am buying beatles rockband for David and Jaime and not sure what to order.. there seem to be three choices

2:28 pm

*curious about Kaplan's two time honored traditions*

2:28 pm

oh scrabs, how strange

2:28 pm

and red, i'm going to sanible next week and expect to see see lots of roseate spoonbills

Scrabb for sure it is a deer, as hunters tend to leave the stuff they dont want to carry. My dog used to get sick off the stuff when I was a kid.

2:28 pm

It was fascinating for this anatomy lover

2:28 pm

we already had a wii, dorens, so we got that variety. Which one you want depends on what gaming system(s) they already own.

the fur, and carcass went with the hunter.

2:29 pm

That's what I assume too, red.

2:29 pm

that would be my assumption, too.

2:29 pm

they have the xbox.. but even then there seem to be choices. valuepack, complete, etc.

2:30 pm

scrabs I hope that is the answer.. and it is the most logical one

2:30 pm

The he5 looked like a human he5

2:30 pm

babrab, it is nice to have you back, obtuse, abstruse, or whatever

2:30 pm

I bought myself a Shop-Vac for Xmas and used it for the first time yesterday--wonderful experience. This girl is easily amused.

2:31 pm

I was missing you, BR

2:31 pm

Thanks, Dorens

2:31 pm

and crabbler

2:31 pm

LOL scrabs! I was saying on FRiday that my dream gift this season would have been a new blender or crockpot.

2:31 pm

i used shopvac, regular vac, and hand vac today, trying to catproof my house for son who will be here soon. nearly broke my back too. and he'll still end up wheezing

2:31 pm

Scrabbler, that is

Hope we will warm up at Sanibel for you Dorens... and you shoudl see tons of spoonbills.

2:31 pm

last ci 7?

2:32 pm

red, you are near sanibel?

If the word for getting rid of certain rodents os OK, why not the one who gets rid of those rats? Just wondering.

2:32 pm

I was so thrilled with my vac and attachments--and laughing that I am so low maintenance for future husband

I dont know, I dont think so, let me look.

2:32 pm

ci 7 -- most of a town and sea bird

2:33 pm

TY, BR

2:33 pm

ah, fixed interweb. paused the bittorent. Egads, those chew bandwidth

2:33 pm

I am like that with come felids too doren -- not a thing that can be done except take massive doses of antihistamine and pray.

2:33 pm

ty scrabs

Ok, No no, I am not near Sanibel. It looks to be maybe 5 hours south. Maybe.

2:34 pm

he thinks i should get a hepa filter attached to my furnace... mucho dinero and not sure if it would be worthwhile.. but one more day like this and I will think about it

2:34 pm

He should where a mask and gloves, Doren

2:34 pm

a good hepa filter can help, for sure. I would love ANYTHING that cut down on the dust from our furnace. *swears again to NEVER get central, forced-air hear*

2:35 pm

Put the HEPA filter on him

2:35 pm

heehee scrabbs

2:36 pm

well. they just made it through another song... it only took them 80 millions tries

2:36 pm

hi all! .. back to find some more

2:36 pm

okay, my turn on the mike. back soon.

2:36 pm

i can't remember ever spending so much time on cleaning, and then shoveling the walk as well.. oh go break a leg stid!

I have 85 left without stats- Ugh it is hard this way.

2:37 pm

I was a cleaning maniac yesterday

2:37 pm

It sure is tough, Kaplan

I cleaned yesterday and today spouse is blaming me for every missing important piece of paper...that's the way it always it

2:37 pm

Dorens, for my SIL, I covered the furniture, and it really helped! As much as I would vacuum, I could never get the all the allergens (he is allergic to dogs and cats)

2:38 pm

i track all the stuff that matters, and produce 'missing' items on demand. easier that way.

2:38 pm

hm, that is an interesting idea aloy. sheets over everything?

2:38 pm

so, old chenille bedspreads saved the day and didn't look so bad either

2:38 pm

that way there's order, and over time the spouse learns where to look for many things.

2:39 pm

you could certainly use sheets

sheets over everything...that's a cultural thing...

139 left here, but I'm just picking little by litte, crud to do today after my social nuts day yesterday.

Plastic slipcovers!!!

2:39 pm

micrfibre blankets - hair washes right off in the laundry, and they vacuum well.

2:40 pm

still.all the fur that finds itself along the edges of the rooms... even the kitchen..stuff everywheere it seemed. But sheets over the chairs and sofas would help. I draw the line at plastic though, kaplan!

2:40 pm

a lot softer than the plastic too

Did anyone grow up in a house with plastic slipcovers?

omg no kaplan creepy

2:40 pm

NO! can't stand 'em

2:40 pm

my great-grandmother used plastic slipcovers.

64 words left and no list

2:41 pm

horrible things

heck no. I dont think I ever even saw them except on television.

2:41 pm

okay, Tom's turn again.

I swear my mother had them for about 2 years in the sixties- she otherwise had good taste, but her big lapses were the plastic slip covers and --contact paper!

2:41 pm

a friend's mother had plastic on all the furniture on all the floors... and sanitized everything daily.

2:41 pm

hiya stid.. we love the winter solstice too (-:

creepy

2:42 pm

The children were banished to the garage unless they were asleep or for special occasions (it was carpeted and all, just not the house)

2:42 pm

egads, that is too too obsessive

2:42 pm

i remember my mother painstakingly removing the contact paper from the cabinets when we moved into the new house.

In the summer, you would kind of make an adhesive sounding noise when you got off the couch

i think querty should be accepted~

2:42 pm

(((Aloyisius))) hi there! long time no see

lol

2:42 pm

I know, ((stid))... too long

2:42 pm

yes, I remember that sound! *scrunchy plastic crinkle*

Yeah, but it's really qwerty

There's a list up on BabAnon

2:43 pm

hey helensgirl!

Were any of your ancestors German Jews?

2:44 pm

Hi Aloy

And putting in my bit on plastic slipcovers - they outgas things like formaldehyde, just like other plastics, only more because they are constantly being stressed by bending and stretching.

Not to stereotype people but my mother always said it was a German Jewish thing to cover the floors and furniture with sheets

2:44 pm

Hi HG

2:44 pm

my great-grandma with them was married to a german jew

Hmmm.

The covering furniture with sheets (and mirrors) is after a death, while sitting shiva.

2:45 pm

back on vocals...

No- I meant covering them so people wouldn't get them dirty- at shiva it's only the mirrors, not all the furniture...

2:45 pm

de 7 following expiration?

speaking of shiva...

2:47 pm

whew!!

2:47 pm

Fireworks

A lot of jews in Iowa (mostly German) always covered the furniture, too, as a reminder not to sit on chairs, sofas, etc. - not the tables, of course, so I overstated it.

2:47 pm

congrats, flosey

Wow flosey!

2:47 pm

must run, hubby just made lunch, be back tonight

2:47 pm

yippee, yay for flosey, congrats!!!!

Flosey, are those your pets being so adorable on your icon?

Like I said, it's a cultural thing. I once had a boyfriend whose mother was an immigrant from Vienna, and the floors in her house were covered with sheets!

2:48 pm

bye flosey!

2:48 pm

no helen, just a picture I found but our dog did look like this

2:48 pm

Yippee Flosey!

2:48 pm

congrats flosey

2:48 pm

de 7 following expiration?

Taking off for the afternoon (finally) must get some exercise before we're snowed in again.

I have a good friend whos ancestry is german Jewish, and she has sheets on the seats in her car!!

I think so cybernan

2:50 pm

I'm looking for a clue Kaplan

2:50 pm

de4 before it + consumed

I cant find that one, cy.

2:51 pm

ty flosey

2:52 pm

i think i'm not going to finish this one so i can get on the road before they refreeze

2:52 pm

yw nan, and now I'm off before lunch gets cold

2:52 pm

Be careful, Seain.

2:52 pm

thanks. happy babbling, yall! :D {poof}

Is Lickety ever coming back or do I have to adjust to this inconvenient new reality?

I try to not use Lickety so each day is the same for me! But I rarely finish these days, I just seemed to stop caring.

2:55 pm

He will be back--sometimes he is out of town. I wish on these occasions he would assign the program to someone else

What do you do- just play till you cant see anymore?

2:56 pm

Good for you, Red. Life is easier now, isn't it?

Well, Life is a little bit messy right now, which is probably why I am not concentrating on the grid too much! to be honest.

Lickety should really consider the starving masses

Life is messy- makes me concentrate more- to block things out

Pretty Much Kaplan. I can finish without the clues. I actually dont find the clues that helpful, probably because I think differently.

You must be very very smart!

No, if I start out with the clues, I get really confused. If I can get it down to 30 left then the clue list helps, otherwise its a mess.

2:58 pm

ed 8?

I finish without the clue list by gleaning clues from Chat!!!!! Not smart!

2:58 pm

e +de8, nan

2:58 pm

Hello all. ed8 e & d7.32

2:59 pm

I still cannot figure out that de7 clue

I do that too- I try to do them on my own, then I go to Lickety to see if I missed any 4 letter words, and I monkey them, then I look for 5's and glean the rest from chat

2:59 pm

a booboo in the car frame + ingested food, Scrabs

I think it has to do with teeth the ed word.

Or demand the clues from chat by having a meltdown

3:00 pm

de7/32 ding in car fender and consumed

I don't do that. I get very annoyed when people come into chat and ask for clue after clue after clue. I just dont care if I finish or not. Its not getting me a work promotion or anythign...

3:01 pm

ty -- had it, but wasn't accepted on the first 2 tries

3:01 pm

TY--I was confused--thought it came before expiration word

3:01 pm

hello all, tired from shoveling, my car was snowed in tho. just looked out the window and my dear nephew is shoveling my car out!!! what a dear

Sorry if I annoyed...usually it's just my last few

3:01 pm

hello all, tired from shoveling, my car was snowed in tho. just looked out the window and my dear nephew is shoveling my car out!!! what a dear

3:01 pm

hello all, tired from shoveling, my car was snowed in tho. just looked out the window and my dear nephew is shoveling my car out!!! what a dear

No Kaplan, you have never done that!!!!!!

3:01 pm

Yay for him, Peri!

3:02 pm

LOOKS LIKE I M GONNA GIVE ON THIS ONE

As far as I know!

3:02 pm

hello all

3:02 pm

hello all

3:02 pm

checked the list on ba and don t have the patience to folow it

3:02 pm

Kaplan, you never lose your patience. Even toward the end you remain calm.

3:02 pm

hi peri

3:02 pm

Sam, I will not finish this one

I suppose I was ver irritating to some of you when I first started and need clues a lot....

very...

3:03 pm

i am irritated that i depend on lickety so

3:03 pm

his list is the easiest to use

Actually I can only think of two people who cause me to avoid the chat. and they are not present.

Are you kidding me? I nearly had a coronary the other night! Seriously, it seems to be what people do.

3:03 pm

he has spoiled me

hello all. Hope every1 is having a great babbling time.

well have worked this one without any list and have 52 left. not too bad I have come a long way

I must admit though I use a lot of clues others ask for!!!

hi all, and remember to b r e a t h e ! 8-)

3:04 pm

Good evening everyone.

3:04 pm

still need 64

I use whatever clues I can get LOL!

Well need to continue with the mess here in the house....nevereneding

3:04 pm

me too science

ending

3:04 pm

he elder

Science I love your icon!

one day I will type better

3:04 pm

Hello new entrants!

ty red

I have 84 left with no list, but I'm afraid that the rest will be all those dyslexic obscure words...I am proud of some of the long ones I got on my own tho

still think querty should be a word! I have two missing qu's....

I have 124, Kaplan is doing awesome.

Everytime I get the house clean, husband spends the next 48 hours ransacking it blaming me for all of his missing scraps of Important Paper that he was keeping in a Special Place

3:06 pm

I need 111 and am just staring at the grid

139 to go here

this grid is giving me a headache and eye issues!

3:06 pm

20 "re" words, phew

3:06 pm

92 to go here but I was out shoveling twice and then took a 2 hour nap

3:07 pm

But staring at grid and chatting is still relaxing and help me to delay cleaning chores

Think of a lot of the words being something more-so

I hate snow.

lol scrabs that is why i am on day 3 of cleaning the studio!

3:07 pm

me too Kap

3:07 pm

me too Kap

3:07 pm

er 7, please?

3:08 pm

I cleaned a lot yesterday and am doing laundry now.

3:08 pm

er + et5/14

dont have nan

3:08 pm

i really really really need to clean . . . ugh

3:09 pm

ty une -- another new one

3:09 pm

et5 is missing

ty

et5, the science of right and wrong

I want itch.

on the moral up and up

et 5 - moral

3:09 pm

me too, red :-)

some politicians have un - et ***al behaviors.

3:09 pm

TY, and that er7 is weird

3:09 pm

might have known it would be something medical

hi gwen

Who wants coffee?

"some"? lol

3:10 pm

and etch

I want foodo,

3:10 pm

ether, ethereal

ok, food, Must go make food.

eratic, tantric

Careful, folks

3:12 pm

anyone have a clue for the in 8?

3:12 pm

need to go and make some lunch

3:12 pm

bbl

to repeat again

oops wrong clue sorry

I do- i will say it again

3:13 pm

in5/10 + men's neckwear

3:13 pm

in 8: pt of in 7 -- to state

3:13 pm

thanks une.. and thanks for your list... the only way i could h oep to finish today

3:13 pm

yw :-)

3:13 pm

oops -- that was the it 8

3:14 pm

thanks anyway nan

How many words are in this grid?

3:15 pm

253

253

way too many!! 8-P

3:15 pm

about 35 too many (253)

TKS Dorens

3:16 pm

ooh, must go.. good luck with this biggee, folks.. see you next grid! byee

3:16 pm

byeee, aloy!

3:16 pm

bye aloy

I'm so bad at this I have no idea why i even try....LOL

3:17 pm

am missing the qu7... any help please?

3:18 pm

add 2/3 of frozen water to qu5/16

qu7, part of a gallon + adjective ending

3:18 pm

muchas gracias

3:19 pm

de nada!

is there a lickety list (haven't opened it yet)

3:19 pm

TY for that qu7

3:19 pm

nope, but check my profile

3:19 pm

nope

3:19 pm

hursh and BJ both posted in BabAnon

3:20 pm

i find the ones printed in profiles easier to use than babanon. so am quite grateful

my daily babble clues are not loading only Fridays is there

3:20 pm

same here, dorens!

TY une, gots de clues

3:21 pm

phantom: airhead

3:21 pm

phantom: airhead

3:21 pm

peri :-)

one special, there are no official clues -- the guy who does those is on vacation (or something)

oy finally found all the Qs

3:28 pm

I need 4 more Qs

ynuk ynuk ynuk 8-)

3:29 pm

I will focus on the Q now

3:30 pm

*getting annoyed with the Q*

thar be some nasty Qs in them thar grid

3:31 pm

I reckon you are right, Gwen

and a nasty ea6 that i can't find, too

ea6,27, if anyone could oblige

3:32 pm

I don't have an ea6

3:32 pm

pasttense of ea4

having to do with the planet or the soil

3:33 pm

TY, Luwanda. That was simple

OMG, fish me! TY jean

3:33 pm

And TY, Jean

3:33 pm

ea8 is more ea5

looking all directions but NW

whap!

3:34 pm

TY, Lu

3:34 pm

*wiping fish slime off*

had the ea8 and it blinded me

3:35 pm

almost finished organizing my office/workroom. taking a break before getting the boys for the night

3:35 pm

Good for you, Lu.

3:36 pm

i'm ready for some grandson time!!!! been busy with school

3:36 pm

anybody checked in with Lickety this weekend?

qu5,16 x5, 4,7 4,8 6,27 7,44 4,9 x2 what are the stats for the other 3 please

3:37 pm

Not that I know of, Dan.

3:38 pm

Lists are in BabAnon and in Hurshy's profile, I heard

scroll down and click on Uneaixoise's icon to get the stats

Here are the Qs qu 4/8 qu 6/27 qu 4/7 qu 5/16 qu 5/16 qu 6/27 qu 7/44 qu 5/16 qu 6/27 qu 4/9 qu 5/16 qu 5/16 qu 5/16 qu 4/9

thanks need 2 more 6,27

qu + 2 diff vowels + pirate mating call + vowel

and the Q that had me stuck: one fourth + the color of a can of coca-cola, minus last letter

ty gwen all done now with those qu's

woot!

cute icon, BTW

wr 6/39 anyone?

pirates have a mating call?

ACK, just found it, same problem as the last word i asked for

3:45 pm

I need the first and last qu6's

just clued 'em, scrabbler

Ws and Washed up

3:46 pm

Pirate mating call???

done with the q's thanks gwen!!!

the Pirate channel! ARRRRRRRRRR

how about the 3 top E's?? please

well, i still have 106 to go, stopping for now

et4, rhymes with Mr Idle of Monty Python

et5, same rhyme

bbl

medicine that makes you pee is a diur**** ashley

then same word with a H in the middle

3:50 pm

thanks for the help with the q's

3:52 pm

hello...last T! ta7/48..help,please

3:53 pm

ta7 more ragged or ripped

3:53 pm

isn't that the ta7/28?

3:54 pm

Road stuff + unwanted plant

3:54 pm

oops. Sorry. Ta7 black stuff and what you rip out of the garden beds

3:54 pm

ty torgone

3:58 pm

done! thanks for that last clue

3:58 pm

gotta check on the fruitcake...happy babbling

3:58 pm

Congrats Phaeton!

4:01 pm

I'm finished too. Thankyou BrandyJack. Bye all!

4:05 pm

tarweed

4:08 pm

pb hoot

4:08 pm

and I haven't been on for an hr or so! ohwell

4:09 pm

didn't know I had left the curser up here :(

4:11 pm

i am having the most amazing fun wrapping presents for newest member of the family..."first Grandchild"and loving every minute of it!

4:15 pm

hello again, tried to come back and babble had frozen on me!

4:15 pm

*happy mama look at first grandchild's big holiday*

4:16 pm

clue for the i in the 4th column. Plz...for nbt

4:17 pm

hey LBD

4:17 pm

hi stiddy

4:18 pm

do i have to reit8 what i told you before?

4:18 pm

thanks hursh! how are you feeling today?

4:18 pm

hey again hurshy

4:19 pm

still sick but hoping for quick recovery

4:20 pm

luckily i can nap whenever i feel so inclined! between that, fluids, and zinc, i'm doing all i can

4:20 pm

*offers lovely rice and veggie soup for hurshy*

4:20 pm

and i found a pair of pseudoephedrine in my drawer from before they went behind the counter, that was a nice score.

4:21 pm

thank you for soup, stiddy, just what i need.

4:21 pm

I hope you feel better quickly hurshy. Will you be doing anything special for Christmas?

4:22 pm

if by special you mean anything out of the christmas-ordinary, then no, but if you mean out of the ordinary-ordinary, then, yes, visiting both my family and husband's.

4:23 pm

:-D I guess I meant both -- I know traditional celebrations are important; but some families "mix it up" occasionally and throw a really big bash

4:23 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

4:23 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

4:24 pm

well, it's also my grandparents' 60th anniversary on boxing day, so that's an extra bit of special

4:24 pm

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

Min is that you kissing Santa?

i have 103 left and only 14 of them are 4 letter words. i think this is going to take awhile

4:24 pm

That's really wonderful, hurshy! what a milestone!

4:24 pm

go everyone go!!!

4:25 pm

I am down to 93 listless so far, not going to list today I think, just play until I stop making progress and then look at my new cookbook.

4:25 pm

oh joshua.... you'll need this... *hands large bag of choclit*

4:25 pm

Hi everyone and happy babble snow day - I'm using the list in Une's profile - is there something missing, I have all the a's listed, but i'm still missing one!

sam here, stid. i do not have this list and am stuck at 57 left

4:26 pm

No,that isn't me.I do not know who that is in my icon

4:26 pm

hey JBV!

same

4:26 pm

hi stid!

4:26 pm

I think the list is also posted on babanon you could check to compare

4:26 pm

Min is camera-shy apparently. Not sure if it's the purple antennae or the green skin or the orange eyes... *wicked mama look*

4:28 pm

I, of course, wear the regulation invisibility cloak when in public so people don't see the extra eyes or ears...

4:29 pm

I have a list in my profile for everyone who needs list

4:29 pm

Hello JBV! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

4:30 pm

hi min, how are you?

4:30 pm

I am well. Disappointed in the amount of snow we got

4:31 pm

poor min, i bet there are plenty of babblers who would donate more for you!

4:31 pm

where are you Min? we got about 8 inches here in NJ

4:32 pm

Believe today's grid seems to be the same version of yesterday's grid w/the letters just mixed up. There seems to be a lot of the same words in the grid today

4:33 pm

I am in New York and we only got a few inches.Didn't even need to use the snowblower to do the driveway

4:35 pm

2 phantom words for me today are retired & theater

4:36 pm

Clue please for the final re 6.

4:36 pm

Hello Mudd!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

minveryork - switch the last two letters on one of your phantoms

4:36 pm

try the british version of the second word, min

4:36 pm

re6 - a politically incorrect term for a mentally disabled person

4:37 pm

ty

4:37 pm

Thanks, joshuavorbis! Guess I should goto the PB for almost spilling a word. Never going to finish the grid!

4:37 pm

And thanks for the hello. I've been buried in the grid.

4:38 pm

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

4:38 pm

how are you doing mudd? seems I haven't seen you for a while.

4:38 pm

hey brookie

4:38 pm

I just started babble yesterday

4:38 pm

well, I am stumped, and ready to move to a different activity. got to 83. see you-all later! *poof*

4:38 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

4:39 pm

sorry i missed saying hi to stid before poofing!

4:39 pm

hi Mudd

4:40 pm

*pops back in* hm. must have you confused with someone else with a similar name, Mudd! LOL welcome to the madness! *repoof*

4:46 pm

two 8's elude me... the ci8 and the 1st en8... any clues please?

4:49 pm

en 8 is the noun made from the en 6 before it

4:50 pm

the whole enchilada

4:50 pm

and the ci 8 is the first part of New York C**y, plus sea bird

4:50 pm

thanks jbv!

4:50 pm

sure, we can't do this without help today - I'm struggling to find my last 45 -

4:50 pm

i can not get to babbler's anon to get the word lists. does anyone have the list in his or her profile? thanks

4:51 pm

got the en, working on the ci... thanks for the clues!

4:51 pm

i picked up that ci 8 from someone else's clue earlier

4:51 pm

Yes, Uneaixoise has it in her profile, joey

4:51 pm

thanks

4:52 pm

having trouble identifying the sea bird... another hint for that portion, please? Sorry i'm so clueless!

4:52 pm

te 4 = rhymes with burn

4:54 pm

isn't that a ci7?

4:54 pm

help with ea6/27 pls

4:54 pm

that gives me ci7,32. oooh, just got the ci8...

4:54 pm

yes, alycia, you're right the ci 8 is a past tense of a chemical term ci 7/32

4:54 pm

sorry about that

4:55 pm

sorry, peri, that's the only ea i don't have!

4:55 pm

ea 6 - the planet plus the high point tile at the end, peri

4:55 pm

goes up to the right

4:55 pm

i mean to the left

4:55 pm

you see what a day of babbling and snow does to the brain?

4:55 pm

thanks, jbv!

4:55 pm

thanks JBV did not see the Y in upper left

4:56 pm

me, too, peri, missed a few up there, til I opened the list and that is helping a LOT!

4:56 pm

still 75 to go but I am determined to finish. I still have 7+ hours :)

4:56 pm

i have 30 left and might be able to help with some clues... hopefully...

4:57 pm

i have 101 to go...... you can do it peri!

4:57 pm

joey, are you originally from the Philly area? if so, where?

4:58 pm

yes, I am. about 60 miles northwest - Reading, Allentown

4:58 pm

you?

4:58 pm

originally from the city of philly. was just there earlier today

4:58 pm

in the snow? any problems?

4:59 pm

I lived outside of philly for some school years. Abington township.

4:59 pm

the only problem was my parents' street. other than that, smooth sailing

4:59 pm

i have a good friend who works at Abington Hospital

5:00 pm

glad to hear that Brookie, where do you live now

5:00 pm

mixi, i went to school on old york road @ abington in 5th and 6th grades

5:00 pm

we moved before I finished high school.

5:00 pm

i now live in newark, delaware

5:01 pm

have to take a break - be back later for my last 33, good luck everyone

5:01 pm

thanks for all your help, jbv!

5:02 pm

i'm gonna take a break too. have a good evening, everyone!

5:03 pm

I cannot se any of the er words, help pls

5:03 pm

see, even

5:04 pm

sea eagle er4

5:04 pm

i only have the er 4 - the sea bird

5:04 pm

er5 to stand er5

5:04 pm

ty

5:04 pm

don't have er7

5:04 pm

duh, thanks mixi

5:04 pm

ty

5:05 pm

er7 - er + vowel + opp of thin minus last consonant

5:06 pm

think a ***** milkshake at the end

5:06 pm

ty CJ

5:07 pm

ty Judy

5:07 pm

yw peri

5:07 pm

and mixi

5:11 pm

Evening everyone :)

5:12 pm

HI Nancy Boy

5:12 pm

it's quiet in here...everyone's out christmas shopping :)

5:14 pm

Just finished baking red velvet cupcakes *passed out cupcakes* sorry, no icing yet. will give you some more when I ice them!

5:15 pm

mmmm. I like choclit.

5:15 pm

Thanks Judy.

5:15 pm

How productive, Judy - I'm parked in front of Scream Queens with 238 words to get and 28 minutes of battery life ;)

5:15 pm

LOVE chocolate

5:16 pm

We're ready for angel food cake and candles with grandboys.

5:17 pm

yum stid's Mom! Say hi to everyone for me!!

5:17 pm

you're going to have to work double time to finish NB!!

5:18 pm

LOL Judy, it's just not happening :D got my low battery warning...hm...might be -just- scream queens this evening. Which is fine, 'cause it's awful TV, but I'm addicted

5:19 pm

Don't know what Scream Queens is --British?

5:20 pm

NB, are you on FB?

5:20 pm

Yes Ciocia will give regards to all.

5:20 pm

afternoon all

5:21 pm

Bonjour jes and all.

5:21 pm

Seems originally American, Judy - it's a reality show about 10 actresses competing for the leading role in Saw VI. So yes, it's awful, but I blame your country ;)

5:21 pm

Hi, Jes!

5:22 pm

Hi Jes

5:22 pm

LOL NB

5:22 pm

how's the weekend tr5ing ya

5:23 pm

And, I'm a pathetic example of an English teenager, because I actually get confused by facebook. Things happen WAY too fast - at the end of the day, I much prefer to phone people :)

5:23 pm

We are in a comfortable temperature range here in the NW. A little drizzly this afternoon.

5:24 pm

shoveled out this morning. sunny day actually.

5:24 pm

Ugh, laptop can't cut it - gonna have to go. Good luck, everyone :)

5:25 pm

bye Nancy Boy

5:25 pm

14 q words!?!

5:25 pm

bye, nancyboy

5:25 pm

yes, yuck

5:25 pm

bye nb

5:26 pm

some help, Jes - at least two of them are rude names for me ;) seeee you!

5:26 pm

thanks :)

5:28 pm

BBL gonna hop in the shower

5:28 pm

bye, judy

5:34 pm

can someone clue ta7/48 please

5:35 pm

wish i could, inge

5:35 pm

compound inge - road stuff + unwanted plant

5:35 pm

thanks, dan :)

5:36 pm

thanks dan

5:36 pm

np

5:37 pm

Enough words already. Need to wander off and sit by the fire. Poof!

5:37 pm

bye], stidg

5:38 pm

bye stid

5:41 pm

down to 57 words, bbs

5:42 pm

bye, peri

5:42 pm

3 left. need help.

5:42 pm

ci7,36?

5:45 pm

i have no idea how to clue it

5:46 pm

ci+one, two, Th**+letter after m

5:47 pm

ty sue

5:50 pm

I am sick of this grid. Fireworks!!!!!!!

5:50 pm

yay mixi!

OK I am back to try to get my list down to like 90 left....

running hot bath water...and watching the muppets!

5:53 pm

hullo, red

5:53 pm

yaymuppets!

Hi Jes, How are you?

5:53 pm

Congratulations mixi6 on your fireworks! Good for U!

Yaaaay Mixi!!!

5:54 pm

not too shabby, red. bf made cookies of yum this morning :0

Cookies are yum, very nice!

5:54 pm

how are you doing redturtlehead? haven't seen you in the chat for a bit.

busy busy. but good, I think. I have enjoy the holiday hoopla, but I think I'm ready for regualr days ahead.

clues on the 3 top E's plzz

5:57 pm

I haven't done much for the holiday yet. going to my mother=in-law's Tuesday

5:58 pm

ei6 or

I'm probably starting a new Job in January, so I am sort of overwhelmed.

5:59 pm

i'm sure you're excited too, red

5:59 pm

still in florida?

Not really, I have to admit. Job was offerred, I resigned current job then the new job changed my shift, so I am non plussed.

Yes, still in Florida, I still love it so much, though there looks to be a lot of fun snow in some places lately.

6:00 pm

ugh, sorry to hear that.

Yes, it is odd. but not impossible to surmount, but I dont feel very excited.

red where in florida are you? im in st.augustine

I live near Disney.

6:01 pm

we had a little sleet the other night, but no snow. Greensboro got about 4 inches.

Jes, what kindof cookies?

No snow? oh sleet, I do not miss.

6:01 pm

'

6:02 pm

Finished.

hi Mudd.

6:02 pm

yeah, mudd!

congrats.

6:02 pm

yea Mudd

Ashley, I am thinking about starting a Vacation with my Mom in St Augustine. I have never yet been, I hear theres a lot of nice resturaunts, etc.

6:02 pm

hurrah, mudd!

6:02 pm

ginger chocolate cookies

6:03 pm

clue for in6,21 and is it replaced to in7,32?

Ohhhhh, Jes, they sound very very nice.

6:04 pm

they are

6:04 pm

in + not there

6:04 pm

*related*

6:05 pm

thanks mixi!

6:05 pm

thanks mixi!

6:05 pm

in7. who will in7 the ea5?

6:05 pm

got the 7, thanks

6:06 pm

my 7-year-old liked your clue too!

6:06 pm

ty, good to be done.

6:10 pm

re6,33?

6:10 pm

nm, got it

6:15 pm

... and fireworks!

6:17 pm

Everyone appears to lurking. See you tomorrow.

clue for the ar 6/21 pls?? :)

6:20 pm

yeah merk

6:20 pm

i don't have that one yet, science, sorry!

his ar6 wooing won his lady's love

ty

6:26 pm

ar 6 wooing? mmmm

6:26 pm

oh -- ty

6:36 pm

I am missing 1 N from the top row....I have ni 4, 5, 5, 6 and 7. What am I missing please?

another 7! car - ni 5/10 plus diminutive

6:38 pm

Is that the one I have? Ni 7/28?

6:39 pm

Can someone clue the first ni 7/28 please?

6:39 pm

the prior 4 with two vowels

6:39 pm

funny, we need the same word

6:39 pm

sorry the prior 5 with two vowels

6:41 pm

Clearly the snow has gotten to my brain! I am just NOT seeing this word!

6:41 pm

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

first ta pls :)

6:42 pm

car - you know the saying * before * except after c or when sounded etc, etc

6:42 pm

ni 7/28: a 24 hour diner?

6:42 pm

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks!Good for you

both ni 7 are 28's. Thje first one add an ie at the end of the ni5/10 the second one is a chemical used as a preservative

good clue nan

6:44 pm

Good grief that was painful! TY for your patience all!

Could I please have a clue for the first ta 5???

6:44 pm

ta 5/16: late

6:44 pm

thanks nan, I kept wanting to add it to the other ni 5. Got it now.

dont get it and dont see it

duh! i am a teacher and should know that one lol ty

6:45 pm

another word for late, geek -- yes you should!!!

6:45 pm

science - sounds like ta*red & feathered with a sometimes vowel at the end.

lol been looking at this too long today while looking at small pieces of jewelry all over my studio!

6:46 pm

christmas red for your toenails jacula?

6:46 pm

Hi all. Back afte a busy and slightly boozy evening with Other Half, sorting out house decorations, tidying up et, whilst listening to music. 2 words to find.

6:47 pm

cybernan - they're not MY toenails. They were my pic for the 'ugly Christmas decorations' theme from a day or so back.

6:47 pm

sciencegeek, where in Texas are you?

6:47 pm

hello all, 33 left, plodding along, driveway all shoveled out with the help of 3 other people. we have a wonderful neighbor

6:48 pm

I finally iced and decorated the 4 Xmas cakes today, too.

6:48 pm

we've had nothing but fog and a drizzly rain all day -- but at least we don't have to shovel it!

clue for the last te 5 pls

I am in Houston Joey! Where are you?

6:49 pm

Shovelling fog sounds like some kind of punishment from Hell, cyber. LOL

6:49 pm

lol -- don't bother icing mine -- have just been applying a liberal brushing with apricot brandy every week for the last 6 weeks.

NM I see you are 6 hours away from me

6:49 pm

fort worth. i perked up when you said jewelry, i love to see handmade, i will look at your website

6:49 pm

science - te + the first 3 letters of the second sort of weather cyber just mentioned.

6:50 pm

The te 5/10 is anagrame of ir 5/10 word sciencegeek

sneaky word always miss it! ty

6:50 pm

I love apricot brancy

6:50 pm

cyber - if I didn't do the marzipan, icing and decorating thing, all the cake recipients would be very disappointed!

6:51 pm

it's 4:50 here, so I guess it's time to go and put some supper together.

6:51 pm

I love marzipan too. have a recipe somehwhere for a Frangipani cake made with almond paste. it is delish

6:51 pm

If you have any marzipan left over, try stuffing mejool dates with it -- delicious

6:52 pm

on my way -- back at the flip :)

6:53 pm

Leftover marzipan? Fat chance of that in this house with daughter, Other Half and his daughter all waiting for any trimmings. LOL

6:56 pm

Okay - back to Babble business - diving into grid for an ni 7 snf a ta6 to finish.

6:56 pm

Sorry about the boozy typing. LOL

6:58 pm

Found the open when the sun's down place.

My studio is still a mess. The house was neat for half a day- then husband trashed it looking for his important papers he is sure I threw away- only I didnt, of course.

6:59 pm

hi everyone! clue for ri6 please?

6:59 pm

and the potato.

6:59 pm

FIRWORKS!:-)

WOW-congrats

6:59 pm

yeah jac!

6:59 pm

Kaplan - if he made the mess then he should clear it up!

Ya think?

This is a 20 year argument

7:00 pm

re + late, Brookie

7:00 pm

Hi Brookie. Ri6 is like the backward re6 but with different 1st vowel.

7:00 pm

also ri + late

Piles of mail! Piles of papers! Piles of crap! (Im venting)

7:01 pm

thanks for the clues, got it!

7:01 pm

Kaplan - I do think! Maybe you should punctuate your side of the argument with a frying pan? You know what to do with it!

I have given up and often resort to passive aggression.

7:03 pm

i'm all about passive aggression, kaplan. good for you.

lol

7:03 pm

I guess setting fire to his study is not an option? LOL

passive aggression is much more satisfying

7:04 pm

i always feel better about myself that way

No, but throwing away his shoes works.

7:04 pm

still missing a ta 6/28. Did thet clued 10 minutes ago and i Missed it? Please reclue. It is my last word.

7:05 pm

Having said that, I'm the one responsible for the long term piles of stuff in our house, but I, and both of us together, have been steaming through it all lately. The house looks almost presentable again but the study will need the door keeping closed when Christmas guests arrive.:(

7:05 pm

ta6,28 - more ragged

ta628- something that is more ragged

Brookie beat me, but great minds think alike

7:05 pm

ta6/18 (before the more frayed ta7 word) - just leave the last letter off.

7:06 pm

speak for myself

7:06 pm

just joking!

7:06 pm

lest you punish me in a passive agressive way

7:06 pm

may i ask for the clues for the last 2 ce's? they're killing me!

7:07 pm

ce5/12 = ce + Spanish word for 'river'.

7:08 pm

thanks, jac!

7:08 pm

ce6/21 = ce + ****s of passage.

7:08 pm

y/w Brookie.

7:08 pm

still trying to get the 6...

7:08 pm

got it, thanks!

7:09 pm

ceremonal ri**.

7:09 pm

*ceremonial, I meant.

7:09 pm

thanks for all the ta help. I finally figured it out and have fireworks. This is the hardest I ever worked a grid.

7:09 pm

y/w.

7:09 pm

Well done inge.

7:09 pm

yeah, inge!

Good job. I am too lazy tonight and get lost without lickety telling me exactly what I have.

7:11 pm

I'm going to nip off to Facebook now and see if it will allow me to upload photos; it wouldn't earlier. I want to show both my kids, who are sunning themselves in Thailand right now, the snow they are coming back to on 23rd Dec. *evil grin*

7:11 pm

you're not lazy, kaplan. i have 13 left and am tempted to call it quits.

7:12 pm

hello 109 left and three of the six gables on my house now have CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!

7:12 pm

(the three easiest, but still....)

I have 78 left but really haven't been applying myself

7:12 pm

hi harp!

7:13 pm

congrats on your xmas decorations!

7:19 pm

help with the last ta 6/18, please.

7:19 pm

I need 1 more E in the top row...have et5/14 and et4/5. What am I missing?

7:20 pm

NM, i got it.

7:20 pm

ta + consonant + *** your shoelaces

7:20 pm

you're missing an ei

7:21 pm

help with the er7 please

7:22 pm

TY Brookie...will keep monkeying! How many letters in the ei?

7:22 pm

6 letters. it's a common word

7:22 pm

Got it!

7:22 pm

hi again alls

7:22 pm

awesome!

7:22 pm

I don't have the ER 7 yet...but will let you know if I figure it out!

7:22 pm

hi jes

7:23 pm

thanks car

7:23 pm

how about the wr6,39?

7:23 pm

adjective on the wr 5/20

7:23 pm

I have the wr 6/33 not the 39.

7:24 pm

thanks harry, i'll work on it

7:24 pm

did you mean er 8? thais the lanet we ive on by more so

7:24 pm

That one I DO have! tee hee!

7:26 pm

drop teh i from the wr 6. amd tje mext 4 wprds are a cinch

7:26 pm

got the wr, thanks!

7:26 pm

got to wrap a present yet. Gute Nacht, Babblers.

7:27 pm

good night, inge!

7:27 pm

Bye inge!

7:28 pm

g'night inge

7:28 pm

i hope no one minds if i shamelessly ask for clues for my last 9 words...

7:29 pm

Go for it...but I don't know if I have any of them!

7:29 pm

starting with... qu7,44

7:30 pm

measure of milk + don't slip on the **e!

7:30 pm

thanks car, got it!

7:31 pm

ce7,32, please

7:32 pm

Oooh...only have the ce 7/36....

7:32 pm

np, car

7:32 pm

how about the ci6,21?

7:34 pm

New York &***y + throw away the watermelon ***d when you are done with it!

7:34 pm

yeah, thanks!

7:35 pm

ce 7/32 ce+price-e+type of can

7:35 pm

my 7-year-old likes your clue too. in fact, he was in NYC yesterday seeing the xmas show at radio city music hall, featuring the rockettes

7:35 pm

Ty Bookwomen!

7:35 pm

Cool Brookie!

7:35 pm

I have a 7 YO too!

7:36 pm

that's an awesome clue, book!

7:36 pm

in 2nd grade?

7:36 pm

1st

7:37 pm

yw. still slogging through my last 68. I miss lickety.

7:37 pm

I have a 7 year old too! (until next saturday)

7:37 pm

bday party coming up!

7:37 pm

OK...I need to go read to the boys! Will be back in a few!

7:37 pm

was today

7:38 pm

postponed by snow :)

7:38 pm

see ya, car

7:38 pm

my two sons are turning 8 and 2 next February, with bdays just 2 days apart. looks like we'll have one big event!

7:39 pm

ad5,16 please?

7:40 pm

ad+sometimes vowel+short british goodbye

7:40 pm

ad5/16 -- a + chnge the colour of a fabric minus the last letter + brit thanks

7:40 pm

Hi all

7:40 pm

hi jilli, thanks for the clue, never would have monkeyed it

7:41 pm

book's clue was better, but yw

7:42 pm

I have 66 left -- it's such a struggle!

7:42 pm

oops, sorry book, i didn't see your clue for some reason, yes it was a great clue!

7:42 pm

80 here

7:42 pm

not gonna finish tonight

7:43 pm

gonna check on laundry, take a shower, and go to sleep. have a good night everyone! *poof*

7:43 pm

night brookie!

7:43 pm

63 here and yes it is slow going. good night Brookie

7:45 pm

I finished my Christmas wrapping this afternoon so I figure I'm entitled to torture myself with this horrible grid, minus Lickety! Thanks, hurshy, for your BabAnon clues.

7:49 pm

only 132 left - piece of cake! lol

7:50 pm

hi folks .. 63 left here and i'm to the point where i'll just catch some clues in chat before i call it a night (again) Z*lol*

7:50 pm

any clues for the ad8?

7:51 pm

ad 8. this clue is probably not ad 8

7:51 pm

ad8 -- fine, so-so, just enough to make do

7:51 pm

ad8 - good enough, or passable.

7:52 pm

Thanks so much all!

7:52 pm

hello babblers!

7:57 pm

hello, kim

7:59 pm

i have 9 qua and 4 que- think i am missing a qua7 help??

8:00 pm

unit of measurement + don't slip on the **e!

8:00 pm

ad+equal to

8:01 pm

thats only 6 welki and i have that one

8:01 pm

it's qu 7/44

8:01 pm

No, that is a qu 7

8:03 pm

i have that one welkie and i think soneone said that there are 2 7 s

8:03 pm

not 2 7 s??

one qu 7

8:04 pm

i only have that one

three qu 6

8:05 pm

thanks- then it is a 6 tht i am missing

8:06 pm

done res. only 37 left. there are 3 qu 6s

8:06 pm

i have 2 qua 6's - is there another? or isit a que??

all qua

8:07 pm

3 qua 6

8:07 pm

ty

8:07 pm

hi everyone

8:07 pm

hi, lb :)

8:08 pm

hiya welki!

8:08 pm

Hey Dawg!

8:08 pm

hiya car

dhave ni7/28 baby louse + ri4/4 ceremony. clue pls for the other ni7? ty

8:13 pm

baby louse + religious ceremony

um th eother ppls?

8:13 pm

hello, back to findmy last 25 words

8:14 pm

oops sorry about that, TO ni5.10 + Pumpkin p**

ty. good ngiht.

8:15 pm

evenin babblers!

8:15 pm

night night, TO

8:15 pm

hi Peri

8:15 pm

hi eva

8:16 pm

no list again? is lickety and clan alright?

hello all.

8:16 pm

hi 67!

8:17 pm

hi kje. i hope all is alright with the family.

8:17 pm

maybe just a holiday break

8:18 pm

well, I won't start one this big, this late in the evening without that safety net, so toodle-loo

8:18 pm

that's what i'm hoping.

8:18 pm

there's a list in babanon

last re 7/29 pls

8:19 pm

re7.28 perchance? to slow down

??

8:20 pm

aaah science... love your icon - my fave christmas show!!!

8:20 pm

re + leo****, what dancers wear under their tutus

8:21 pm

your a mean one, mr grinch

8:21 pm

19 r words left to find

ty

that is what i am!

8:21 pm

You're as cuddly as a cactus, You're as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch

8:21 pm

i wore my grinch sweatshirt to work today. no one made a comment. harumph

8:21 pm

now I will be singing all night

that is the re 6 i need the 7

i need the 7 28 right aboe it

above

8:22 pm

Your brain is full of spiders, You've got garlic in your soul. hahahahaha

nm got it

8:22 pm

more so of the lease you have with your landlord

8:22 pm

Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable

8:22 pm

Share please!!!! I need it too!

8:23 pm

I need to remember that last line the next time i break up with a guy

to pay more in re 4

8:24 pm

TY

8:24 pm

ooo - and car has claymation.... guessing today's theme was christmas characters?

ri 6/21?

8:25 pm

use that ending on a lot of the 7's and you should get the word

8:25 pm

No, that is just my family portrait!

nm

8:25 pm

alternate spelling of to slow down.

8:25 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPBS7dV rE1U

8:25 pm

they guy who sang that song is also the voice of Tony the Tiger. =)

7 more t words

8:25 pm

LOL science

8:26 pm

really, aslindy? I never knew that

8:26 pm

yes, really... I heard it on the radio

8:26 pm

cool

8:27 pm

12 re words needed to finish

8:27 pm

Boris Karloff is Tony the Tiger?

8:28 pm

go peri!

8:28 pm

OK, see you babblers later... gonna go download grinch and watch it

8:28 pm

bye bye, kje

bye kje have fun.

8:28 pm

*humming on the way out*

8:28 pm

i think Karloff was the voice of the grinch, not the singer of the song?

8:28 pm

poof

8:29 pm

I thought the credits of the Grinch said that Karloff sang the song too? I may be wrong.

8:30 pm

OMG! I just realized I don't have NBT!

8:30 pm

I am looking for the info now, hang on

done

finally

8:31 pm

Well done!

8:31 pm

whoooo hoooooo SG

congrats SG

8:31 pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/fu llcredits

8:31 pm

Thurl Ravenscroft (uncredited) singer

8:32 pm

I need a clue for the second row i please.

This was not my best grid. I am better than I used to be however...

8:32 pm

let me reit**** what i tried to clue

8:33 pm

Thanks Dawg!

8:33 pm

And thank you dan!

8:33 pm

so I am too slow

8:33 pm

I don't know how anyone finishes one of these! I have a hard tome getting 100 words!

8:33 pm

Thurl Ravenscroft did a lot of songs and voices

8:34 pm

what a wonderfully romantic name...ravenscroft

8:35 pm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712391/bio

8:35 pm

first re5/16 pls

8:35 pm

8 more to go

8:35 pm

hints for the A beside the Q or the top-row E?

8:35 pm

are you re*** for the clue, peri?

8:35 pm

on your mark get set get re***

8:35 pm

oohed and aa5

8:35 pm

stupid but yes, thanks

8:36 pm

thanks lbd too

8:36 pm

a by the q is latin for water could also be spanish for water

8:37 pm

TY dan. got the top row E?

8:37 pm

morals and et5s

8:37 pm

drop one consonant for et4

8:37 pm

TY!

8:38 pm

thats NBT and NBS for me. :)

8:38 pm

how's momma doing, dan?

8:39 pm

pretty good - we

8:39 pm

we have a bit of cabin fever here with all the snow

8:40 pm

not used to it down south

8:40 pm

oh, i bet! that's a lot of snow for your part of the country

8:41 pm

we have our 20-week U/S scheduled for tomorrow, actually

8:42 pm

or Tuesday

8:42 pm

how exciting! hope you get some clear pictures!

8:42 pm

I can't get over 253 words and no S!!!!

8:43 pm

no s but two Y's

8:43 pm

need 4 re words to finish and can't find them

8:43 pm

need a break bbs

8:44 pm

Hey, does anyone know what happened to Brittany Murphy and how she died? I don't think I will last until the news comes on.

cardiac arrest

8:44 pm

i don't know who brittany murphy is or was

8:44 pm

internet say cardiac arrest

8:45 pm

says

8:45 pm

Good grief! Poor thing!

8:45 pm

possibly due to drug abuse

8:45 pm

possibly due to drug abuse

8:48 pm

hello friends.

8:48 pm

hi again, stiddy

8:48 pm

Stid!

8:48 pm

hi stid

8:49 pm

I didn't know who she was either LBD -- watch so few movies that anyone more recent than Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn rather confuses me!

8:50 pm

B Murhpy was in Girl, Interrupted.

8:50 pm

How many equ words are there?

8:50 pm

still, it's sad when someone so young dies unexpectedly

8:50 pm

so she was an actress? not a fluff and puff or something

just finishing up and am stuck on the first ni 7.

8:50 pm

Also in Clueless and 8 mile. Also a regular voice on King of the Hill

8:50 pm

2m car

8:51 pm

hello READ!

8:51 pm

rkb, ni5 + i like pecan p**

8:51 pm

And what was the name of that movie she did with Ashton Kutcher..they were newlyweds on their honeymoon?

Hi. And everyone always forgets Brittanys marvellous role in Girl Interrupted.

8:51 pm

hey lady!

8:52 pm

Hi Herin!

8:52 pm

hi Herin!

8:52 pm

I also thought she was good in Don't Say a Word with Michael Douglas.

Hi. Sorry had to put my 2cents in. I loved her work. It was really sad. I am also going to hell for saying damn wrong Britany

THX IBD...couldn't get that at all.

8:53 pm

is a best-selling[1] 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen. In the book, Kaysen relates her experiences as a patient in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The memoir's title is a reference to the Vermeer painting Girl Interrupted at her Music.[2] While writing the novel Far Afield, Kaysen began to recall her almost two years at McLean Hospital.[3] Once done with the book, she obtained her file from the hospital with the help of a lawyer and began to write Girl, Interrupted.[4] In 1999, the memoir was adapted into a film of the same name starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. It was directed by James Mangold. Can you believe that they allowed that video to be shown in the clinic for girls interrupted where my daughter was? I'd already watched the film privately and cried buckets over it, given the circumstances.

8:53 pm

Hi Herin! Haven't crossed paths with you for ages! How are you?

Jac It was a brilliant movie. I have yet to find the damn book :(. I am good. I am also procrastinating

8:54 pm

I've got the book, Herin, but I'm hanging on to it.

8:55 pm

Oh! I am done! Can't even see straight anymore! Good night my friends!

8:55 pm

night night Car

8:55 pm

YAY car! sweet dreams!

good nite Car

8:56 pm

'Night car says Jac after a busy day and a boozy night.

opoo. You just reminded me I was meant to pick up a book on Olive Schreiner

Night Carie

8:58 pm

hi

8:58 pm

Havin said, I've got the book, I'm not actually sure I still have now. I purged my shelves of many anorexia related books after my daughter, who now eats again (but isn't 100% well) got cross about seeing them there.

8:58 pm

hello, baby4

8:59 pm

I don't need books on my shelves to remindd me of the horror we went through.

8:59 pm

wasup

8:59 pm

Hi Becky!!

8:59 pm

what horror?

Jac I understand but I don't if that makes sense

9:00 pm

Baby, if you knew me, you'd know. It's an anorexia tale that began when my daughter was about to drop dead.

9:01 pm

Herin - erm... not sure there.

9:02 pm

okay, the kids and Tom and I are going to watch stidkid #1's bday movie -- the most recent star trek movie!

I read in the paper that Vic beckam was only going to eat 4 bites of the meals on Christmas day and that she restricts to 900 cals a day. Needless to say a lot of people wrote in and said why publish this

9:02 pm

(((hugs ))) *extra hugs and choclit for jac* see you-all tomorrow *poof*

Is it Stid Kids birthday?

9:02 pm

was last wednesday.

9:02 pm

*real poof*

Ok well happy late birthday

9:03 pm

'Night Stid. xxx

Jac. What i mean is I understand why you cleaned out the book selves and I can feel what you went through but I will never understand it as it didn't happen to me

9:05 pm

Oh well, all that I saw and experienced in the 3 years my daughter was in the clinic has certainly left me well able to deal with my screwed-up stepdaughter. (God or Gods move in mystreious ways, wot?)

May be the powers that be decided that you were a great person to handle what could be thrown at you next

back soon have to hang out laundry

9:08 pm

Herin - yes, I see what you are saying. I can understand, since I teetered on the very brink of it myself in my early 20s, and understand the 'high' of 'feeling empty' and the 'victory' you feel. However, food won over what it said on the scales, even if the sales did keep showing a pummeting weight for a few weeks after I upped my food intake.

Jac. I will be back in 10min someone has to hang this laundry out and the cats don't have thumbs.

9:09 pm

Hanging out laundry... that reminds me - my mad as a box of frogs neighbour had all her pyjamas hanging out on the rotarty airer in the garden in the snow yesterday.

well at least in the cold they would get starched for free

brb

9:21 pm

hey, Bec! 64 now. you?

9:22 pm

ad 5/16 ?

9:24 pm

hello first re5/10 pls

9:27 pm

NM

9:27 pm

hello 58 to go

9:27 pm

ad+ sometimes vowel + brit slang for bye

9:27 pm

hi harp

9:28 pm

thank you lbd

9:31 pm

2nd re6/21 pls

9:31 pm

not there yet peri

9:31 pm

sorry

9:32 pm

it is my last word and I am tired

9:32 pm

to put the day and time on again, peri.

9:33 pm

Or maybe to see a guy you liked again?

Hello again

9:33 pm

pt of backend, peri

9:33 pm

Hi again Herin.

Just got the first lot of laundry done. I am here for 6 more minutes then I have to clean up for 15 min

9:34 pm

Oops, I was clueing 3rd re6.

9:35 pm

3rd is past tense of backended, or sttod up in anger.

9:35 pm

night everyone.

9:35 pm

I'm off to bed now, Happy Babbling all. xx

Night Jac

Can someone come over here and do the crappy housework I don't want to do

9:36 pm

nite jac and lbd

9:36 pm

sorry it is the last re6/21 that I need

9:36 pm

de 7?

9:37 pm

er7?

9:38 pm

where a bear lives, and charles manson's murdered girlfriend

9:38 pm

(that was de7)

9:38 pm

Peri - colour + hearing organ.

any takers on this housework?

9:38 pm

I just had to log back in to post that, peri.

9:38 pm

herin - NO CHANCE!

9:39 pm

hello babble friends!

Hi Trifs

:( Jac

9:39 pm

HERIN!!!

9:40 pm

Hi and 'bye Trif, I'm off for the night now.

Hi Trifs. I have to disappear in 5 to clean up for 15min

9:40 pm

doing flylady again? :)

9:40 pm

flylady rocks!

9:41 pm

what time is it for you, infernal?

get back into it next year.But I am doing the principles. I have so much to do if i don't do small bits I will cry.

Harp its 1440 here

9:42 pm

amazing, and is it Monday?

9:42 pm

2042 Sunday here

It is Monday.

Does anyone mind if i fly into a rant at Perez Hilton saying that Brittany Murphys death was a drug over dose when the poor girl had a heart murmur

9:44 pm

brittany murphy died?

9:44 pm

who is that?

Yes Hurshy she did this morning of a heart attack

9:44 pm

man..am I going to need a lot of help with this one

9:44 pm

yes isn't that sad? And Perez Hilton should be ashamed of himself!

9:45 pm

she played tai in "clueless" and she's been in a lot of stuff since then

9:46 pm

ruru, I thought your icon was a photo of a can of heinz's beans, until I enlarged it. LOL!

9:46 pm

ruru, I thought your icon was a photo of a can of heinz's beans, until I enlarged it. LOL!

And now they are saying that her hubby was wandering about dishevelled and in his pj pants no shoes and he is seriously he is hiding something by not allowing an autopsy. They poor guys wife just died. I hate the paparazi. They shit me. They had a go at poor Elin Woods in front of the kids

Ru I love your icon

9:48 pm

i can't believe it, she was like 3 months younger than me

It is very sad. She did have a heart murmur. I loved her acting. I actually made the very bad comment this morning that it was the wrong Britany

9:49 pm

finally fireworks

9:49 pm

clue please for the re 5/12??

9:49 pm

huzzah for peri! a huge accomplishment today!

9:49 pm

huzzah for peri! a huge accomplishment today!

9:50 pm

sorry for the dubs posts - not sure what is up with that

Yah Peri

9:50 pm

ty and now off to bed

Trifs you got exited

excited opps

If you can have inert why cant i have nert

9:55 pm

de5/14?

9:56 pm

the only thing you can't escape besides taxes, hi harp

9:57 pm

thanks, i had it, i'm so confused...

9:57 pm

de + ballon filler

9:57 pm

Hi, all...

hi JBV

9:58 pm

No lickety?

9:58 pm

correct jellen

Hi Jellen. Volley posted heaps of stuff last night in the chog

9:59 pm

Sigh...I'm pretty lost without him...

9:59 pm

Herin how are you?

10:00 pm

I'm just waiting for a poker tournament to start...

tidying up. I have stopped babbling but choging

10:01 pm

in 8?

10:01 pm

I've been a bum today...

no comment still in my pjs here at 3pm

10:02 pm

me too, Jellen!

10:03 pm

Ahh...tourney's started...I'll pop in later...

10:06 pm

at 6 & 7?

10:08 pm

ta 7/48?

no idea sorry

10:10 pm

at 6 and 7.......... wearing something

10:10 pm

at 6 what you are wearing, and pt Hi all!

10:10 pm

I just broke 1000 pts, first time!!

10:11 pm

ni 7/28?

10:11 pm

# 1 the first one?

10:11 pm

ta7 tackier

10:11 pm

grats, this puzzle is rediculously hard. I fail. Bye

10:12 pm

i only have 19 but i might as well plod through

10:12 pm

I only have 24

10:13 pm

thanks sammy and congrats kimm

10:13 pm

I do NOT have the patience for this.

10:13 pm

ni7 is a chemical

10:14 pm

thanks jane! I LOVE your icon!

10:15 pm

ni 7 = NO 2

10:16 pm

I should be cleaning my bathroom right now!

10:18 pm

7 left, there'e hope

10:19 pm

kimm, we should ALL be cleaning our bathrooms right now, that's the beauty of babbl!

10:22 pm

1st re 6/18?

10:22 pm

I mean 1st ra 6.18

I am getting set up to that bathroom task next after I eat lunch

10:23 pm

add not loose, ruru

10:23 pm

if only my husband could agree!

10:23 pm

roden t, not loose?

10:23 pm

thank you

10:23 pm

quate

Kimm if he doesn't like it tell him to do it himself

10:24 pm

I know...off to the PB.

10:24 pm

I've tried that. it doesn't work

10:25 pm

in8?

Then tell him to have a whinge elsewhere

10:27 pm

We are browsing the in***net + neckwear ..

10:27 pm

thanks

My other half was all bored on the weekend I told him to go the vacuuming

10:29 pm

funny herin!

10:29 pm

thanks torgone! good clues!

10:29 pm

Man .. I learned that one way back when .. Don't ever complain of being bored around your wife ..

10:30 pm

LOL

GOod one TOrg. He needs lessons from you.

10:33 pm

hurshmeister put a stat list in the ba and it is wonderful but i am still stuck for 2 words

10:33 pm

did i miss a clue for the re 5/12??

10:34 pm

also stuck on the ta 7/26

10:35 pm

ta 7/48 please

10:35 pm

ta 7/48 that is

10:36 pm

i think they have all left us ru

10:36 pm

wahhhhh!!

10:37 pm

sorry, dont have either

no I am here I am just drinking a cherry coke and have no clue sorry

10:37 pm

me niether

Hehehe I am watching Rick Stien cooking on my tv and he said Ghee smells like rancid clarified butter. Which i have to agree

10:40 pm

what the heck is Ghee?

Ghee is Indian Clarified Butter

It smells fairly gross cooking

10:41 pm

ta7/48 = road goo + unwanted plant in garden ..

10:42 pm

thanks tor

10:42 pm

so then...what does it taste like?

10:42 pm

just one left that is the re 5/12 and my monkey went on strike from exhaustion

10:43 pm

ti 5/10?

no idea. Its used in curries and such

10:43 pm

sleepy ?

10:44 pm

that is the ti 5/12 beth

10:45 pm

boob + again prefx

10:45 pm

like the ni4

10:45 pm

Then reverse the last 2 ..

10:45 pm

sorry :(

10:46 pm

ti 5/10-.. t + louse egg- the n + to lease - the last 2 letters

10:46 pm

ni 5 i meant

10:46 pm

thank you

10:46 pm

ylurs was much better than mine beth

10:46 pm

wr 6/39?

10:47 pm

wr 6/39. in the manner of being angry

10:48 pm

thank you

10:48 pm

that is an awful word

10:51 pm

ci 8/50? I need help on a bunch

10:52 pm

pt of ci7/32

10:52 pm

past tense of ci 7/32

10:53 pm

I see.

10:53 pm

tor did you get fireworks yet?

10:53 pm

I had that and was missing others

10:54 pm

60 left here ..

10:54 pm

ci 7/36?

10:54 pm

me too tor

10:54 pm

think oranges, grapefruit etc

10:55 pm

sorryn wrong word tired going to bed

10:55 pm

nite betn

10:56 pm

ci 7/36 anyone?

10:57 pm

bye bethn

10:58 pm

hello everyone again, just dabbling now, down to 69 which is about 40 better than I expected

10:58 pm

in 8/40?

10:59 pm

ci + one, two , . . . . e, and a consonant

10:59 pm

stidkid notes that student + dying = stu-dying... *sigh*

10:59 pm

in***net + *** your shoes

10:59 pm

thank you

10:59 pm

thanks for that Jellen -- how are you and Tim getting along? did the snow get as far west as you?

11:00 pm

No snow...

11:00 pm

er 5/12

11:00 pm

that snowstorm sure has caused a lot of trouble -- glad it didn't bother you

11:00 pm

Getting ready for our Christmas trip to New Orleans!

11:01 pm

er 5/12 + wqalking upright

11:01 pm

good posture

11:01 pm

woo-hoo jellen! that sounds exciting!

11:01 pm

Should be fun...meeting my sister's family there...

11:02 pm

Then, we go to Tim's mom's for a late Christmas...

11:02 pm

THEN we go to Las Vegas again, because Tim won a trip!

11:02 pm

it just gets better and better! I hope you have a lovely time

11:03 pm

oops! time to pop out again...

11:03 pm

later jellen, love to tim

11:04 pm

hi stid- did you get fireworks??

11:04 pm

no sammysmom, down to only 63

11:04 pm

multi-tasking now, watching a movie with the family and catching up on the chog

11:06 pm

have to rest the eyes for a while

11:06 pm

how about you? still working on the grid?

11:08 pm

ed 8?

11:09 pm

sorry ruru

11:09 pm

er 5?

11:09 pm

got it. start with biblical first garden

11:09 pm

add little man ****

11:09 pm

it has something to do with toothiness

11:10 pm

little man?

11:10 pm

er 5/12 which is the only one I have is straight up and down, the er***or sets little kids like to play with

11:10 pm

or **** short for potato word

11:11 pm

that's a (T4) on the end of the e 8

11:12 pm

thank you

11:12 pm

er 5 anyone

11:12 pm

yes! down to 60!

11:15 pm

en 7/32?

11:17 pm

ugh I have 8 to go

11:19 pm

er5- in an upright position

11:19 pm

thank you

11:19 pm

er 7?

11:20 pm

er - moral

11:20 pm

er + moral

11:21 pm

thank you

11:21 pm

help me get outta these e's

11:21 pm

en 7/32?

11:22 pm

en 7/32- one who tries to get you to do something by making it attractive

11:22 pm

not getting that

11:24 pm

en + fleas and - - - s + vowel

11:25 pm

that wouyld be the en 6- ... the en 7 is one who does it

11:25 pm

thank you

11:26 pm

en 8/50 I need too please

11:26 pm

en 8: a plea en + an agreement between nations

11:26 pm

go ruru go

11:27 pm

in its en - - - - - -/ the whole thing

11:27 pm

that is the 28 stid

11:27 pm

thank you

11:28 pm

I need the last ci 7/32

11:28 pm

the first qu 6/27 and the ta 7 please

11:28 pm

did anybody ever find the re 5/12??

11:29 pm

like a recreation room + do re me fa so la ** do

11:29 pm

anyone help me on those three?

11:29 pm

7/32= NEW YORK - - - Y + A SEA BIRD

11:29 pm

sammy, e****, to build + third vowel

11:30 pm

ruru, ci7, ci+ cross letter + sea bird

11:30 pm

thank you

11:30 pm

ta 7 /48?

11:30 pm

THANKS RU GOT IT

11:31 pm

pavement + crab grass

11:31 pm

huh?

11:31 pm

TA 7/48- BLACK STUFF RAODS ARE MADE OF AND GARDEN PLANTS YOU DONT WANT

11:32 pm

okay, ta7, stuff for paving roads + unwanted plant

11:32 pm

thank you

11:32 pm

doe4s my shouting help? it walays works on walter

11:32 pm

just need the qu 6./27 the first one

11:32 pm

thanks one more please

11:33 pm

qu6, qu + anagram of *** you being served + second vowel

11:33 pm

qu + first vowel + before

11:34 pm

thank you.. made it

11:34 pm

got to run to the kitchen

11:34 pm

yw bring me back a beer

11:34 pm

now, i can say, hello, hello.

11:34 pm

hi grannyrose

11:35 pm

hi all.

11:35 pm

how are you tonight?

11:35 pm

hey sammysmom

11:35 pm

hi mkg

11:35 pm

doing better thanx, just the tail end of this viral thingy.

11:35 pm

dont get those qu clues. help?

11:35 pm

which sea bird???

11:35 pm

hey mkg

11:36 pm

qu + first vowel + h*** or there

11:36 pm

i dont listen to news either mk- haven t for 20 years- newspapers either- except the the comics coupons and crosswords- sincde i quit reading and listening- i have not been nearly as depressed

11:36 pm

kimm, te4

11:37 pm

hello all please clue the ta7/48

11:38 pm

ty. got that one granny rose.

11:38 pm

black stuff on roads + unwanted plant

11:38 pm

how bout other one?

11:38 pm

tx rosy

11:38 pm

what other one

11:38 pm

is lickety up?

11:38 pm

more ragged mkg

11:38 pm

which one, mkg?

11:38 pm

no he isn't

11:39 pm

the qu 6 27 i think. not sure. i have 11 of the 14 and need others.

11:40 pm

qu 6/27- liquid measure and a vowel

11:40 pm

have you got qu6, one fourth - hook letter

11:40 pm

i have one qu 6 27, 2 5/16s, 7/44. 5 16, 4/9, and then 3 5/16s , then a 4/9. would love clues for the other qu words

11:41 pm

ty got the qu 6 27 clued sammysmom

11:41 pm

missing two more qu words.

11:41 pm

mkg, the list is in babanon

11:41 pm

ok ty.

11:42 pm

Becky, are you still here??

11:43 pm

qu6, qu + see you ** the fair + i **cognize you, know your face

11:44 pm

I'm still here

11:44 pm

haha! I just came back.

11:45 pm

mkg, I think you're missing 2 qu4 words? 4/8 meaning 4, the other alternate spelling of first qu4/9

11:45 pm

did you get that sea bird clue?

11:45 pm

no help me

11:46 pm

I didn't get it either!

11:46 pm

seabird, in****, a new doctor at a hospital

11:48 pm

sounds like u-****, go about 180 degrees

11:48 pm

how you doing kimm and becky? got it yet?

11:49 pm

I got it now, but when I type it in it says that word isn't in the dictionary.

11:49 pm

you are much better at clueing than me grannyrose- i think i see things differently than most people- guess im warped-lol

11:49 pm

can i please havea clue of onof the eight letter words

11:49 pm

it's a ci 6 right?

11:50 pm

yes, ci + cross letter + seabird

11:50 pm

i'm nuts, it's a ci7

11:51 pm

ci6 before it, ci + cross letter + ***go starr, beatles drummer

11:52 pm

kim what does ci6 mean

11:52 pm

Yay, passed halfway point!

11:52 pm

becky,it means a 6 letter word beginning with ci

11:52 pm

yay jellen

11:52 pm

beckys- ci6 means that the word begins with ci and has 6 letters init

11:54 pm

ci8, ci + cross letter + x-*****, naughty film, kids should not watch

11:54 pm

11:55 pm

ad8, ad + second vowel + fluid measure minus the hook letter + second vowel, means enough

11:56 pm

finally got it!! TY granny!!

11:56 pm

ea8, means more like our planet

11:56 pm

did you get it mom?

11:56 pm

not yet

11:56 pm

please give me another clue

11:57 pm

ed8, ed+ Ear, Nose & Throat + past tense of to eat

11:57 pm

ea 8= start with the name of our planet and make it more so

11:57 pm

PHEW!!!! Finished!!!

11:57 pm

hi jil

11:58 pm

Yay, jilli!!!

11:58 pm

en8, means utterly, completely

11:59 pm

en8, en + pact between countries

11:59 pm

nj jilli hi

11:59 pm

he8, more like the he5

11:59 pm

hi dart and all

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