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Total score 0 pts.
1 2,237
2 2,237
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60 2,237
61 2,237
62 2,237
63 2,237
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65 2,237
66 2,237
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68 2,237
69 2,237
70 2,237
71 2,237
72 2,237
73 2,237
74 2,237
75 2,237
76 2,237
77 2,237
78 2,237
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80 2,237
81 2,237
82 2,237
83 2,237
84 2,237
85 2,237
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88 2,237
89 2,237
90 2,237
91 2,237
92 2,237
93 2,237
94 2,237
95 2,237
96 2,237
97 2,237
98 2,237
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100 2,237
101 2,237
102 2,237
103 2,237
104 2,237
105 2,237
106 2,237
107 2,237
108 2,237
109 2,237
110 2,237
111 2,237
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113 2,237
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115 2,237
116 2,237
117 2,237
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119 2,237
120 2,237
121 2,237
122 2,237
123 2,237
124 2,237
125 2,237
126 2,237
127 2,237
128 2,237
129 2,237
130 2,237
131 2,237
132 2,237
133 2,237
134 2,237
135 2,237
136 2,237
137 2,237
138 2,237
139 2,237
140 2,237
141 2,237
142 2,237
143 2,237
144 2,237
145 2,237
146 2,237
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148 2,237
149 2,237
150 2,237
151 2,237
152 2,237
153 2,237
154 2,237
155 2,237
156 2,237
157 2,237
158 2,237
159 2,237
160 2,237
161 2,237
162 2,237
163 2,237
164 2,237
165 2,237
166 2,237
167 2,237
168 2,237
169 2,237
170 2,237
171 2,237
172 2,237
173 2,237
174 2,237
175 2,237
176 2,237
177 2,237
178 2,237
179 2,237
180 2,237
181 2,237
182 2,237
183 2,237
184 2,237
185 2,237
186 2,237
187 2,237
188 2,237
189 2,237
190 2,237
191 2,237
192 2,237
193 2,237
194 2,237
195 2,237
196 2,237
197 2,237
198 2,237
199 2,237
200 2,237
201 2,237
202 2,216
203 2,211
204 2,184
205 2,148
206 2,147
207 2,133
208 2,133
209 2,075
210 2,054
211 2,042
212 2,034
213 2,026
214 1,977
215 1,961
216 1,931
217 1,922
218 1,901
219 1,900
220 1,890
221 1,889
222 1,884
223 1,853
224 1,849
225 1,840
226 1,830
227 1,828
228 1,826
229 1,824
230 1,814
231 1,811
232 1,799
233 1,749
234 1,720
235 1,694
236 1,686
237 1,678
238 1,665
239 1,660
240 1,621
241 1,621
242 1,610
243 1,607
244 1,605
245 1,579
246 1,571
247 1,567
248 1,546
249 1,546
250 1,535
251 1,530
252 1,512
253 1,502
254 1,499
255 1,497
256 1,493
257 1,493
258 1,488
259 1,481
260 1,467
261 1,464
262 1,447
263 1,444
264 1,439
265 1,437
266 1,424
267 1,422
268 1,419
269 1,417
270 1,414
271 1,411
272 1,385
273 1,378
274 1,378
275 1,376
276 1,373
277 1,369
278 1,368
279 1,367
280 1,364
281 1,364
282 1,362
283 1,361
284 1,359
285 1,358
286 1,354
287 1,353
288 1,352
289 1,350
290 1,347
291 1,343
292 1,341
293 1,339
294 1,339
295 1,324
296 1,320
297 1,316
298 1,309
299 1,309
300 1,308
301 1,306
302 1,304
303 1,302
304 1,299
305 1,286
306 1,276
307 1,274
308 1,271
309 1,270
310 1,267
311 1,266
312 1,264
313 1,261
314 1,258
315 1,257
316 1,250
317 1,246
318 1,245
319 1,234
320 1,232
321 1,232
322 1,231
323 1,224
324 1,217
325 1,215
326 1,206
327 1,205
328 1,204
329 1,203
330 1,197
331 1,196
332 1,195
333 1,194
334 1,192
335 1,183
336 1,182
337 1,181
338 1,176
339 1,174
340 1,172
341 1,172
342 1,170
343 1,168
344 1,165
345 1,163
346 1,160
347 1,153
348 1,147
349 1,146
350 1,139
351 1,138
352 1,136
353 1,135
354 1,129
355 1,118
356 1,116
357 1,111
358 1,110
359 1,109
360 1,105
361 1,100
362 1,097
363 1,095
364 1,094
365 1,092
366 1,090
367 1,088
368 1,086
369 1,082
370 1,082
371 1,081
372 1,076
373 1,076
374 1,070
375 1,062
376 1,061
377 1,059
378 1,058
379 1,048
380 1,047
381 1,046
382 1,046
383 1,041
384 1,040
385 1,039
386 1,039
387 1,037
388 1,036
389 1,035
390 1,028
391 1,018
392 1,017
393 1,017
394 1,013
395 1,011
396 1,007
397 1,006
398 1,004
399 1,003
400 1,003
401 998
402 997
403 995
404 987
405 985
406 984
407 983
408 983
409 979
410 977
411 976
412 975
413 971
414 965
415 959
416 958
417 952
418 947
419 947
420 946
421 943
422 943
423 943
424 942
425 941
426 940
427 939
428 938
429 938
430 937
431 936
432 934
433 933
434 932
435 932
436 931
437 931
438 929
439 926
440 924
441 923
442 922
443 919
444 918
445 917
446 914
447 914
448 913
449 913
450 910
451 909
452 907
453 906
454 905
455 903
456 901
457 901
458 898
459 894
460 894
461 891
462 890
463 886
464 881
465 875
466 874
467 870
468 869
469 869
470 867
471 867
472 864
473 862
474 860
475 859
476 855
477 855
478 854
479 850
480 850
481 850
482 846
483 840
484 839
485 839
486 837
487 834
488 832
489 829
490 823
491 821
492 821
493 820
494 819
495 817
496 816
497 816
498 814
499 813
500 813
501 810
502 808
503 808
504 806
505 805
506 801
507 800
508 800
509 798
510 798
511 798
512 797
513 797
514 795
515 793
516 793
517 792
518 790
519 789
520 787
521 785
522 784
523 784
524 779
525 778
526 778
527 777
528 772
529 771
530 770
531 770
532 767
533 766
534 766
535 764
536 764
537 763
538 761
539 760
540 759
541 759
542 757
543 757
544 756
545 755
546 754
547 749
548 748
549 747
550 746
551 743
552 740
553 740
554 739
555 739
556 738
557 733
558 733
559 729
560 726
561 724
562 723
563 718
564 717
565 713
566 712
567 712
568 711
569 709
570 706
571 705
572 705
573 705
574 702
575 701
576 698
577 698
578 697
579 696
580 693
581 692
582 684
583 680
584 678
585 675
586 673
587 672
588 672
589 668
590 664
591 661
592 660
593 657
594 656
595 651
596 651
597 645
598 644
599 643
600 640
601 639
602 637
603 637
604 636
605 633
606 630
607 620
608 612
609 610
610 608
611 606
612 597
613 597
614 595
615 592
616 591
617 583
618 583
619 578
620 576
621 575
622 574
623 573
624 572
625 569
626 565
627 561
628 560
629 560
630 558
631 552
632 548
633 547
634 541
635 539
636 538
637 538
638 537
639 535
640 535
641 529
642 528
643 528
644 526
645 525
646 522
647 521
648 519
649 519
650 513
651 512
652 511
653 511
654 510
655 506
656 505
657 505
658 504
659 500
660 500
661 499
662 498
663 495
664 495
665 494
666 494
667 493
668 489
669 488
670 484
671 482
672 481
673 478
674 474
675 473
676 472
677 472
678 469
679 468
680 468
681 466
682 465
683 465
684 464
685 461
686 457
687 455
688 450
689 447
690 445
691 443
692 442
693 440
694 439
695 439
696 436
697 434
698 434
699 430
700 429
701 427
702 427
703 426
704 421
705 421
706 419
707 418
708 417
709 413
710 413
711 408
712 408
713 406
714 404
715 404
716 401
717 398
718 398
719 396
720 390
721 389
722 389
723 388
724 387
725 387
726 387
727 384
728 382
729 381
730 368
731 363
732 362
733 357
734 353
735 352
736 348
737 347
738 346
739 345
740 345
741 344
742 344
743 341
744 338
745 332
746 332
747 330
748 329
749 329
750 324
751 319
752 316
753 315
754 311
755 310
756 304
757 303
758 302
759 302
760 302
761 292
762 292
763 291
764 288
765 286
766 277
767 276
768 270
769 265
770 265
771 263
772 260
773 259
774 257
775 256
776 255
777 251
778 250
779 249
780 248
781 248
782 236
783 234
784 226
785 223
786 221
787 218
788 216
789 215
790 215
791 212
792 210
793 197
794 196
795 195
796 186
797 183
798 179
799 176
800 175
801 174
802 173
803 168
804 167
805 164
806 156
807 151
808 151
809 150
810 147
811 138
812 135
813 132
814 124
815 112
816 112
817 111
818 107
819 104
820 100
821 87
822 87
823 86
824 82
825 75
826 72
827 70
828 60
829 40
830 38
831 36
832 33
833 26
834 25
835 23
836 23
837 21
838 16
839 16
840 14
841 12
842 10
843 10
844 9

191 total words

12:00 am

FLIP!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

woo!

12:00 am

Flip. Hi all

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

flop

12:01 am

wtf y say flop?

12:01 am

New grid, \i got cut off mid sentence, but no one ever notices that anyway. Happy Babbling all.

12:01 am

this is a ez grid

12:02 am

hi Jac, was enjoying Dusty

12:02 am

huh?

12:02 am

they all start that way, dusty :)

12:03 am

yea

12:03 am

but still

12:03 am

its ez

hiya!

12:03 am

hi Melon

12:03 am

howdy, melon

12:04 am

hellop

12:04 am

hello

12:04 am

hy, mlf

12:04 am

harro

12:04 am

lynxx - she does seem to have made song pertient to Babble.

12:04 am

hi dc

12:05 am

hi, lyn

12:05 am

hello all even those who do not speak

12:06 am

hi DC, good Xmas

12:06 am

how many this time?

12:06 am

191 today

12:06 am

PE 6

12:06 am

ty lyn, and to you :)

Clues are up

12:07 am

ty dc

12:07 am

thanks, lickety :)

12:07 am

thx lickety

12:07 am

TY Lickety

12:07 am

ty lickety

12:07 am

Thank you, Lickety!

12:07 am

dr6

12:07 am

TY Lickety

12:08 am

RA 6

NBT - and in order, too :)

12:09 am

go, go melon :)

12:09 am

well done melon

12:09 am

i learned to day that Hoygan is to Spanish as LOLZ is to English.

12:09 am

Time I was gone, soloist that I am. Don't want clues at this stage of the game.

12:10 am

hasta, jac

12:10 am

seeya Jac

12:10 am

i wont use clues till only short amount is left(of time)

12:10 am

ne6

12:10 am

SA 6

12:11 am

DR6

12:11 am

dig thru the ditches and burn through the witches and slam in the back of my kackeylack

12:11 am

dusty...we try not to clue for the first hour (excepting throwing out the first two letters and their respective lengths)

12:11 am

robzombie owns!

da7 if not called

12:12 am

dusty we dont clue until 2am US EAST COAST TIME

12:12 am

i still got 1 hour lol

ooops my bad

or not! whaddo i know?

12:12 am

what did you do melon?

clued - but just the 2 letter variety

12:13 am

thanks melon i got it too 7/36 right?

12:13 am

ar

12:14 am

sorry, interruption!

12:14 am

ahoy, flosey :)

12:14 am

hi dc

yep mlf

12:15 am

ty

12:16 am

I keep seeing lardass in the grid

haha

12:17 am

k, i'm off to bed

12:17 am

g'night/day and happy babbling, yall!

12:17 am

night dc

12:17 am

nite DC, sweet dreams

12:17 am

ty ruru

phantom: oleander

12:18 am

wah I didn't get back in time to finish the 30 word grid!!

12:19 am

Thanks, yall {poof}

12:19 am

by dc

other phantom: adrenal

12:19 am

seriously, jmc?

12:20 am

seriously i just walked back in the door of the hotel

12:20 am

jm... that kinda sounds pathetic..

12:20 am

lol

12:20 am

sux

12:20 am

so pathetic

12:20 am

lol

12:20 am

i know and i was thinking I could do it all without a list or anything :-( sniff

12:21 am

you could have

12:23 am

hi all -- late start for me tonight

12:23 am

hi cyber

nite nan1

12:23 am

hi C'nan

12:24 am

I'm late, too, hi, all!

12:24 am

NBT and 4 more greyed so that's it for me. G'night all. See you on the morrow

12:24 am

Was SA 7 called?

12:24 am

gn autumn

12:24 am

hi bud and nan

12:24 am

bye AT

12:24 am

bye Autumn. Hi Rosebud

12:25 am

how many y'all got/

12:25 am

I need 1 more for NBT, but fading (71/120 so far)

12:26 am

how about you, dusty

12:26 am

Hi to all those I missed while my head was in the grid!

12:26 am

150 here

12:26 am

Pink which one you looking for?

12:26 am

i have 13 words found so far

12:26 am

roomies are all going to bed so so must i

12:26 am

the lone I

12:26 am

sigh i like traveling by myself better

12:26 am

(found 80) *turns off 'puter*

what you missing pinikula? I have NBT

12:26 am

so i got 117 pts

daydream, usually 5 letter, but this time 4

12:27 am

how many words, dusty

12:27 am

13 words found lol

12:27 am

im nit tring

12:27 am

melon is that for the I?

12:27 am

thx melon...looking

12:27 am

im zoned out 2 bob marely

75, but only one 7.

yes that was for the I

12:28 am

bye all *poof*

Siegfried's I___ by Wagner

12:28 am

SN 7 if not called

hi and nbt

12:28 am

night jmc!!!

12:28 am

(travel safe)

12:28 am

hi josh

12:28 am

NBT...and off to bed for me, too...

12:29 am

Night all...cya tmw ;)

12:29 am

bye pini

12:29 am

ciao dusty, et al - happy babbling!

tx MLF - had just got the sn6

12:31 am

np melon

12:31 am

Has anyone gotten the SE 8 yet?

12:32 am

BBL

just did - compound word

12:33 am

is the first part a three letter word melon?

12:33 am

or5/12 please

yes

12:33 am

yes mlf

12:33 am

too early for clues tij

12:33 am

ty kje

12:34 am

lol

12:34 am

tijani - metal + madison avenue output

12:35 am

anyone got the call on the i?

12:35 am

kje if no one minds cani get a clue for it please i cant seem to find it at all?

12:35 am

no idea nan

id4/7

12:36 am

no nan

12:36 am

ty josh

12:36 am

ty josh... and hey!

I got the I - it's a 4 letter version of a dreamy 5 letter word

12:36 am

mlf - a sailor

12:36 am

nbt

hi from snowy maine, kje

12:36 am

how fun! i miss winter

12:37 am

how much snow u got up north

12:37 am

skiing, josh?

12:37 am

geez kje i thought thats what it was adn tried it at least 3 times it wouldnt go in but it finally ddi thanks

my 300 mile drive tomorrow might not be so fun

nah, going to nova scotia for nye

12:37 am

yw mlf

12:38 am

sounds fun - stay safe josh

12:38 am

okay i have my usual 66 i am out poof

12:38 am

59 to go but struggling

12:38 am

peace

phantom prepare

and repeal, josh

12:39 am

my phantom was faraday

good one!

12:42 am

half way -- time for more tea

12:42 am

enable does not like dryndl

12:44 am

phantom paradise is driving me nuts

i tried drndyl too :(

12:44 am

yep josh - i though i was reeeeally clever with that

phantom of the paradise is a very strange movie

12:44 am

Love that flick

12:44 am

agreed

12:45 am

soooo campy it's grand!

halfway, but only 2 7s and one 8

12:50 am

half way with only 2 7's and no 8's

even w/lickety not see'n'm

ra7

12:55 am

haven't gone to lickety yet

12:57 am

DA7 if not called

12:57 am

I went to lickety when 50 to go

12:58 am

110 down -- enought for tonight. See you tomorrow :)

12:59 am

peace

1st column grey - well, it's something

nite nan

1:05 am

hi all -- late flip

1:06 am

hi jilli

hi all late flip; hugs jili

1:06 am

hi dee

howdy flosey!

1:07 am

hi dee hi -- glad you're really late too -- I'm not so lonesome ;)

me, too!!!

hope you had a nice day today

1:08 am

how was your game tonight jilli

1:08 am

Ups and downs, flosey, as usual

hi&bye jilli girl!

1:09 am

Hi jilli and flosey!

1:09 am

flosey, did Mr Flosey remember to bring you the book?

1:09 am

hi/bye melon kid!

1:09 am

hey guys...its clue time

1:09 am

yes jilli (had to ask him) thanks

1:10 am

oh good -- he looked empty-handed as he left

1:10 am

must have had the small bag with the groner

1:11 am

daldo

1:11 am

shit

1:11 am

tht wus 2 a freind sry...

1:12 am

groner?

1:12 am

the book of rules

1:12 am

oh -- didn't know its name

does any have the sa 7... cannot see it for the life of me

1:14 am

a small fishy

1:15 am

eids

1:15 am

sa7 - little oily fish

1:15 am

sorry jilli, the book was written by mr. (?) Groner

1:15 am

hi granny

1:15 am

ty joey

aww ty joey and anike duh me... fish slap LOL

1:15 am

yvw

1:16 am

thanks Anike

finally nbt

1:18 am

wtg dee -- ya beat me to it

I bet you aren't far behind :)

ma 6/24 x 2

1:19 am

oh yes I am!

the ap 4/5 was my last one.. copier.. monkey - er

1:21 am

ma6?

1:22 am

ma 6x2 - one is a curry

one ma 6 is a popular pattern of cloth in the 60s

1:24 am

uhm ok

1:24 am

im only 14 so idk tht 1 lol

1:24 am

hello, hello. just popping in t say hi

hi granny!

1:25 am

hi granny

1:25 am

hey dusty

1:25 am

hi granny :)

1:25 am

hi dee, i've been in lurking-mode

1:25 am

can sum 1 help me with 1 of the 8 letter words?

1:25 am

hellooooo jilli

I only have the se 8/55... compound word for sailor

1:26 am

nbt finally!

yay jili!

1:27 am

se8, first three letters another word for the ocean + not close by + **, um, i don't know

1:28 am

the other 8 is ar 8 - relates to spiders

1:28 am

ar8, ar + first vowel + **ver mind, don't worry + your ego

ty anike, didn't have that one

1:29 am

thanks granny

1:29 am

that's the ar7, plural for the ar8

1:29 am

Ty granny for the se 8 - Fireworks

great clues you, too... wtg anike

1:29 am

WTG ANIKE!!!

waaaay far behind you today

1:30 am

i only got 36 words:P

1:30 am

so im rele far

1:31 am

went to work today, there were no ops happening, so came home again after an hour, and for this they pay me, as they didn't ring and tell me not to come in.

1:31 am

The words just clicked today

nice little gift that... granny :)

1:32 am

I've spent half the day looking for a house on Phillip Island for World Supers at end of February - they jack the prices up for that time and its hard when on a budget

1:33 am

oh, yeah. and they will probably have to do the same tomorrow, there is only one case in the AM, and 2 in the PM

that is how I feel when we try to go to the Outer Banks in the states anike... frustrating, especially when it was no where near that expensive the first year we went

1:34 am

anike, try just off the island, instead of right on it.

granny are you a surgical nurse then?

1:34 am

does it need to be a house, or just some where to rest your weary head?

1:35 am

yes, dee. i work in the recovery room.

didn't realize that... great job!

1:36 am

We don't really have any choice but to hire a house near Cowes - we have to be able to park the trailer for 1st and last nights and the family like to be close to night life - all the riders tend to gather and socialise - and we have to be at track early each day

1:36 am

anike, try the caravan parks, there are usually some on-site vans which you can rent.

1:37 am

We have 4-7 people usually and need 2 bathrooms for quick exit in mornings - can't have the rider getting himself frustrated can we?

going to lickety with 48 left... totally stalled

1:38 am

the on-site vans are like small houses, and you could park the trailer there. there are usually multiple showers as well

1:38 am

I have 48 found, dee -- just the opposite of you, lol!

1:38 am

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

I am finding this one, tough, too jili.. took concentration to get this far

1:38 am

nite flosey

rest well flosey

1:39 am

night flosey -- little Santa William is so cute!

1:39 am

ty jilli, am really enjoying him

1:40 am

We have done the caravan park thing in the past but after driving across country its nice to be comfortable before we head back - we will exhaust all options but will probably end up back at the house we have used a few times - in Silverleaves

1:40 am

dee, I have the noews on TV and have popped in and out of the kitchen -- that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

1:40 am

flosey, your hubby said you weren't there at bridge because you were in love with a younger man.

1:40 am

wish i could help you more, anike

lol great excuse jili

1:41 am

Thanks anyway granny

1:41 am

lol jilli, I am indeed

1:41 am

and hubby doesn't mind at all

1:41 am

he didn't seem to, lol!

1:42 am

lol

1:42 am

The thing that irks me most is that the 1st nite we need is the last day of the high season and they want $400 for that one night so hubby and I will probably find a motel off the island for that night

1:42 am

so tired

1:42 am

poof

that is frustrating anike

1:43 am

off you go to bed, flosey :)

1:43 am

Anyway, enough of my moaning. I'm off to do somw laundry. Happy babbling everyone

1:45 am

bye anike

happy laundering

1:45 am

bye anike!

I don't think I have ever seen the di 6/24 before (sounds like the sp.... of wood on a staircase)

odd ea 6/21... compound word... body part you listen with + a ... back and forth in a pool when swimming

en 7/44 compound opp of beginning + an item that falls off a tree (one of them)

1:50 am

ty dee

yw... no wonder these didn't just pop out at me

1:51 am

ae 4

1:52 am

I see the di6 has no def -- but it's a cute word

sounds cute

1:53 am

wut is di6(hint plz)

hint at 1:46

1:56 am

k....tht makes no sesnse 2 me

2:02 am

di6, come and eat your ***ner + fourth letter + **t me in, said the wolf

2:09 am

ty

2:14 am

Morning everybody

hi fireworks

2:15 am

have to go, happy babbling all, see you at the flip

2:15 am

mornin

2:15 am

bye granny

2:15 am

WTG DEE!!!!!

see you later granny

have a great day and ty

I, too, need to poof

2:16 am

Woot Woot Volley. And, bye Granny

ty bum! have fun!

*poofing with hugs*

2:21 am

Is it just me, or is this a tough grid?

2:22 am

oh, I left and missed dee's fireworks! YAY dee (sent by esp)

2:22 am

its ez but when u get in the 100's its harder

2:22 am

hi soodle -- I think it's tough and dee said she had to concentrate

2:23 am

Yikes. I'm only at 62, and finding it tricky!

2:23 am

Hi Jilli!

2:25 am

jilli u done right?

2:26 am

no dusty -- not even halfway, but I took a break

have every 4 except the first na4/4

2:27 am

hi rumple

Hi jili, any clue?

2:28 am

o ok

2:28 am

A sort of Indian bread - double vowel

2:28 am

na4/4 is Indian bread, rumple

2:28 am

And a pallindrome!

2:29 am

morning all

2:30 am

Hi Diem

2:30 am

hi diem

2:30 am

m'nin

2:31 am

over halfway now

2:31 am

wtg

Well, I

Well, I've monkeyed around but still can't figure it out

2:32 am

ne 1 got ne hints 2 a 8-letter word?

2:33 am

Rumple - a pallindrome. Reads the same, backways and forwards. And if it has 4 letters, beginning with NA................

OK Soodlebum, slap me with the fish.

2:34 am

you might say upwards and downwards in this case

2:35 am

A bread-flavoured fish!! lol

Whew!!!

2:36 am

there's another palindrome in the grid

It's 2:30 and I'm down to 49, so going back to bed. See yo all in the morning.

2:37 am

Nite Rumple. Sweet dreams

2:37 am

night rumple

2:38 am

night rumple

Guess I need to change my icon. (LOL)

2:43 am

got the other palindrome tks jilli

test

2:44 am

yw diem

2:44 am

lovely rings, rumple!

2:49 am

Well, 60 left (tied with flosey) and I'm sleepy so off to bed I go -- night all!

2:50 am

night jilli

2:51 am

g'night guys got it done im out c y'all on flip*poof*

2:51 am

YAY dusty!!!

2:52 am

wtg dusty

2:52 am

and *poof*

2:53 am

clues for the last pr 5/12 please?

2:54 am

Jilli was the ferry ok for you?

3:01 am

1/2 way out of here night all happy babbling

3:28 am

gosh, quiet again

3:28 am

hi

3:29 am

hi lyn! hi stewart!

3:32 am

I'm mixing babble with colouring daleks

3:32 am

Hi - that should wake everyone up. Poor Hobbit, doesn't look happy about being a Xmas tree. Did you have a good day?

3:33 am

it was ok until idiot husband had a big temper tantrum. apart from that it was fun!

3:33 am

gd morning

3:33 am

What IS the Dalek job? You have to invent some or make them decorative?

3:33 am

hi Ruby

3:33 am

ata: I didn't know my husband was visiting you!

3:34 am

I think Xmas should be way up there on the list of most traumatic events. My husband and I had a few clenched teeth moments too

3:35 am

Good morning everyone.

3:35 am

I clench my teeth so much I need braces -- at my age! lol

3:35 am

hi Elder!

3:35 am

it's just a pic I feel like doing really. I like daleks LOL

3:36 am

Hello..:)

3:37 am

sounds familiar, ruby!

3:39 am

hi elder!

3:39 am

back in a sec..Stew's bouncing about something

3:39 am

Hello :)

3:40 am

I'll bet that no-one took a sillier phone call than I did on Christmas Day. We had the emergency line from the vets, at 10 pm I took a phone call from a young woman concerned that her dog was limping and could it be seen. 'How long has the dog been limping?' I asked. 'A week.'

3:41 am

omg. *rolls eyes*

3:42 am

Hello Haz. Stunning, how stupid some people can be .

3:42 am

So Mr Haz rushed out

3:42 am

I bet no-one's husband made a sillier complaint than mine though!

3:42 am

??

3:42 am

The other one, on Boxing Day morning, was a lady with a mastiff who wouldn't get out of bed and who was licking his lips. I almost asked her to check to see that all members of the household were still present and correct. It sounded to me like the mastiff had polished someone off.

3:42 am

at 10 pm too! hi Haz

3:42 am

with club ... to address the issue with the person.

3:42 am

Dad made him a fab cooked breakfast, and husband complained that it was more towards lunchtime than brekfast time, so the meal was inappropriate

3:43 am

licking his lips? turkey? christmas decorations?

3:43 am

'scalled brunch...

3:43 am

that's charming of him! let him make his own food!! at appropriate times!

3:43 am

Hello, lynxxx. People can be remarkably thoughtless. I told her that a dog limping for a week didn't constitute an emergency. She probably thought I was hard-hearted, but I mean...

3:44 am

Hello hurshy and ruby.

3:44 am

only a week, you should have send watch him for another week and call me THAT morning

3:44 am

Sometimes you should be able to disown husbands!

3:44 am

Hi all did your daughter get to you ok for x-mas Haz?

3:44 am

how are you elder?

3:44 am

Good morning, hurshy, elder, diem, ruby.

3:44 am

or put them on e-bay

3:44 am

g'mornin all

3:44 am

Yes, diem, thankfully all went well the next day and she got a flight home on Thursday. One very relieved mother, I can tell you.

3:45 am

hi Hursh

3:45 am

am except for a rotten cold. It arrive from nowhere so it needs to go back there.

3:46 am

I don't normally drop husband into the sh*t with my parents, but today I did with that one. I'm waiting for the explosions later

3:46 am

hot water, honey and whiskey! if it doesn't make the cold feel better, at least you will sleep

3:46 am

:) yes.

3:48 am

Haz, pleased to hear you daughter arrived safely home for Christmas.

3:48 am

*trying to picture what a paragon of stability haz's daughter must be*

3:48 am

Better if you forget the honey and water and add more whiskey

3:48 am

just imagine a younger Haz :)

3:49 am

is this the same haz who plays blitz?

3:49 am

what wouldn't i give to have haz for a mother!

3:50 am

elder, it was such a worry, and I'm not the worrying type. She was trying to get from Edinburgh, Easyjet washed their hands of it, the airport closed, seats booked with Flybe, but would the weather improve? Thankfully it was the younger one who was flying, she tends to take things more in her stride than the older who panics a bit.

3:50 am

No, ruby, babble is my major vice.

3:50 am

aaaah

3:50 am

so you could be a paragon of stability Hursh?

3:51 am

But hurshy, you might find me to be too much like Marilla.

3:51 am

yep

3:51 am

Yes, but I sometimes think stable is boring.

3:51 am

that's what i want in a mom, haz.

3:51 am

vice? this is a vice?

3:52 am

we all want Haz as a mom

3:52 am

An American visitor once told me 'You always look so calm' and I wondered if she meant that I was boring...

3:52 am

maybe its the horses

3:53 am

hahah haz

3:53 am

Oh Ata, if I were in charge, there'd be a lot better behaviour in supermarkets. There are days when I want to shake the parents, never mind the children.

3:53 am

Haz, how ever old and wise they become we learn very quickly the meaning of having children and the unconditional part.

3:53 am

agreed!

3:54 am

It's very funny seeing children realise that you're not completely stupid and that you just might be right occasionally.

3:54 am

um..

3:55 am

adults occasionally right? whatever next!

3:56 am

see you later, had better start my day!

3:56 am

bye Ruby

3:56 am

Bye ruby, enjoy the day.

3:57 am

I suppose I should make some comment about this being a more decent size of grid than yesterday's offering.

3:58 am

I was nearly speechless the other day.. A female, riding a horse walking along the road and texting on her mobile.

3:58 am

I was amused that mkg really liked the small grid and made a note to Dr-G to give us more of the same.

3:58 am

Bye Ruby.

3:58 am

did you ever hear back from the licking lips mastiff and the limping dog>

3:58 am

ugh, 30 words, tooooo small

3:58 am

lol really?

3:59 am

Licking lips mastiff was passed on to the next vet coming on duty, limping dog was also passed on to next day for a phone call and an appointment.

4:00 am

so glad the Christmas vet emergencies of Ballymena got sorted out eventually *sarcastic font*

4:00 am

Hi everyone

4:00 am

Other calls included an unwell JR puppy (admitted for a drip), sheep lambing, sheep prolapsing. Not too bad, considering.

4:01 am

lambing already? wow

4:01 am

Hello Andree.

4:01 am

Hello, Andree.

4:01 am

sheep! a great word.

4:01 am

poor little JRT

4:01 am

Yes, some pedigree breeds start lambing at Christmas and the rest come in stages. Final lambings won't happen until the end of April.

4:02 am

gah! not only am I missing a heap of letters on my keyboard, but now I can't click with my left mouse

4:02 am

didn't know that! which breeds lamb early? *tests Haz knowledge of sheep husbandry*

4:02 am

hi Andree

4:02 am

Haz did your daughter arrive?

4:03 am

Dorsets lamb twice a year and I think it's Suffolks who start in December.

4:03 am

Yes, Andree, thankfully all went smoothly on Thursday. I was so relieved, as you can imagine.

4:03 am

wow. no idea there was such variation. all our down here lamb in March or so. but they are just normal boring sheep

4:03 am

lots have seen my icon but lynxxx and haz you must look. it is quite bizzare

4:03 am

*disliking not being at home with ready supply of cheerios to quell insomnia hunger*

4:04 am

what are the special breeds used for? showing / eating?

4:04 am

I am glad to hear that ,I bet it didn

4:04 am

different qualities of wool i bet

4:04 am

did not matter what day you ended up having Christmas dinner

4:05 am

merinos have skin with deep wrinkles, making it harder to shear the wool, but it is of a finer quality than the ordinary cotswold variety

4:05 am

Good question, Ata. I think some of the farmers just like something that looks different. Is it Cheviots that are orange? They look more special than your normal blackface.

4:05 am

http://www.cheviotsheep.org/ - yep!

4:06 am

apparently cheviots are used for quality lamb

4:07 am

Lovely pic of Hugo and possum, Andree!

4:08 am

There you go, quality lamb. I knew there had to be a reason for having lambs at odd times of the year.

4:08 am

i have never heard of a possum and dog playing together

4:08 am

We don't have possums so even a picture of a possum alone is ra4/4 for us.

4:10 am

The small 'primitive' breeds generally do not become ready as lamb until their second year. The meat is dark, closely textured and lean and tastes like a cross between lamb and venison. Cook it slowly in a slightly cooler oven than the recipe states or marinate it first. All the breeds have slightly different eating qualities and you can try different breeds at different times of the year. Rare breeds are farmed non-intensively and you can buy named, pure-bred, rare breeds from speciality butchers, over the internet using specialist meat mail-order companies and from farmers' markets. Rare breed meat costs a little more than commercial lamb, but many chefs and gourmets agree that the difference will be noticeable in the extra flavour which is worth paying extra for.

4:10 am

so says the BBC

4:11 am

be thankful you don't have them haz, they eat my tomatoes and beans, real pests and ofcourse you can see how helpful hugo is in ridding me of these pests

4:11 am

One of Mr Haz's partners and his wife breed Dorset sheep. He's been a traitor to his father who always had Suffolks.

4:12 am

most self respecting dogs would not allow a possum in ther territory

4:12 am

Yes, Hugo seems to lack the killer instinct.

4:12 am

I wonder what Spangle and Hobbit would do?

4:12 am

he's a fierce predator alright!

4:12 am

Hobbit would chase it up th nearest tree

4:13 am

I am sure hobbit and spangle would do the right thing and chase them away

4:13 am

I think so.

4:14 am

the whole episode amazed me, Jules and I were outside cameras clicking madly

4:14 am

though if it was inside the house, Hobbti would befriend it probably

4:16 am

Name the actor who plays Father Ted's assistant (Dougal?)(name in the grid).

4:16 am

ardal o'hanlon!

4:16 am

Hooray! Ata wins the prize.

4:18 am

Dougal: I'm not surprised Ted. If I was a sheep. I'd be watching my back right now. Ted: Why? Dougal: Because of the beast. They say it's as big as four cats, and it's got a retractable leg so as it can leap up at you better and you know what Ted, it lights up at night, and it's got four ears. Two of them are for listening and the other two are kind of back-up ears, and it's claws are as big as cups and for some reason it's got a tremendous fear of stamps and Mrs. Doyle was tellin' me that it's got magnets on it's tail so's if you're made out of metal it can attach itself to you, and instead of a mouth it's got four arses.

4:19 am

That sounds like a fearsome beast indeed!

4:19 am

(it was a sheep with christmas lights on)

4:19 am

Worse than a possum again.

4:20 am

Just think, if you'd incorporated fairy lights into Hobbit's Christmas decor, rumours might have gone around the countryside of a light up hound.

4:21 am

it could have migrated to Ballymena

4:21 am

My daughter's name is in the grid as well!

4:21 am

hi jfb

4:22 am

back, having laptop issues. Amazing Andree, and that possum looks full grown too

4:22 am

hi JFB

4:23 am

I was so excited I forgot my manners! Hi everyone - greetings from ra5.14 Cornwall!

ri

4:23 am

2.30am time for bed again still havent got a 7 or 8 but dont want clues 80 left for later bye all

4:23 am

hi JFB!

um - that was meant to be 'hi'

4:24 am

Good morning, JFB and Pinny.

4:24 am

Bye diem, sleep well.

4:24 am

Can we have a clue for your daughter's name, JFB? Starting letter?

4:24 am

hi Pinny, bye Diem

4:24 am

sara?

4:24 am

Bye diem and hello Pinny and JFB.

4:24 am

diane

4:25 am

lydia

4:25 am

lydia?

4:25 am

Dani

4:25 am

lynda

4:25 am

dina

4:25 am

darla

4:25 am

lora

4:25 am

lyra

4:25 am

sandra poof

4:25 am

lara

4:26 am

diandra

4:26 am

sindy

4:26 am

Only mva would get it straight away -its ma6 and old cornish

4:26 am

Fara (although I can't see JFB being the non able to spell celebrity name type)

4:26 am

Sindy

4:26 am

and hi lynxxx, think it was an adolescent, keeping hugo busy while its parents fed in my veg garden

randy?

4:26 am

thanks pinny

4:26 am

lol Andree

4:27 am

We nearly have the letters for Madrigal. I can imagine eccentric musical parents calling a girl Madrigal.

4:27 am

i have trouble with left A and right E

4:27 am

We could have had Mae after Miss West.

4:28 am

Mawgan .. no ...

4:28 am

ar4.6 Hursh - dunno about that E though

4:29 am

i have ar4/6, and ap4/5, and ae4

4:29 am

Mafany?

4:29 am

Madern - can that be Madarn?

4:29 am

TY!

4:29 am

close atalante

4:29 am

Maenaf

4:30 am

Madran

4:30 am

Hi everyone!

4:30 am

1 letter out

4:30 am

this is like playing that old game of mastermind

4:30 am

hi Brookie

4:30 am

Madryn!

4:30 am

Hello, Brookie.

4:31 am

Hi Haz!

4:31 am

Hi lynxxx!

4:31 am

didn't see that y before

4:31 am

clue for the i ?

4:31 am

Thats it Ata - lovely name isn't it - means princess

4:32 am

hi brookie

4:32 am

it's a gorgeous name, I've seen it before in Cornish legends I think

4:32 am

Hi andree!

4:32 am

Been lurking the last week or so... sorry about that!

4:32 am

No i word here, as yet.

4:33 am

now is that prounounced Madrin or Madrun (like Welsh)

4:33 am

any idea what the 8's are?

4:33 am

No need to apologise, Brookie, sometimes silent observaton is to be recommended.

4:33 am

Yes, andree, they're somewhere in the 5x5 grid :-)

4:33 am

one is se8.55 compound

4:33 am

se8

4:34 am

the se8 is an old english poem as well

4:34 am

is there 2 se8's?

4:35 am

lol brook and thx ata , hushy and lynxxx

4:35 am

pronounced rin ata - that's because there is no i in Cornish

4:36 am

What do the Cornish have against the letter i?

4:36 am

the cornysh you mean

4:37 am

Yes, the Cornysh. Or the Cornwsh? Or even the Corn*sh.

4:37 am

Do they distrust any letter that needs a dot? Is the j also despised?

4:38 am

don't know haz - of course the word Cornish is english! Kernewek is the original

4:38 am

all these dots, waste of ink!

4:38 am

Sprite would not like being Cornish.

4:38 am

i would

4:39 am

talking about old english poems, i went to see "Bright Star" today

4:39 am

With lots of k and no i? You'd have kyttens.

4:39 am

or devonish (is that the term?)

4:39 am

and Myttens and Cynders

4:39 am

And was Bright Star good?

4:40 am

no s's!

4:40 am

Une will be pleased. Mr Tennis is in the grid, both names.

4:41 am

specially for her birthday

4:41 am

I should really say, her Mr Tennis. The real Mr Tennis is Roger.

4:41 am

id4 for the i.

4:41 am

An anagram of an lazy adverb.

4:42 am

it was an excellent movie

4:42 am

ah... did the poetry talk le4 you to it?

4:42 am

thanks haz!

4:42 am

ack! done with 4's already?

4:42 am

I'm not sure, my eyes just followed the d...

4:42 am

lotta 6's left :(

4:44 am

not even morewords is helping with the se8 mentioned

4:44 am

think i'm getting my sleepies back, will do last 10% later

4:44 am

bye hurshy

4:44 am

se8 one who braves a life on the ocean

4:44 am

bye!

4:44 am

se8 - someone who goes out onto the ocean

4:45 am

bye Hursh

4:45 am

Good night, hurshy, sleep well.

4:45 am

ths ata

4:45 am

got the se8... thanks!

4:46 am

tyvm ata - must away now bbl

4:47 am

there's a Welsh lake in the grid

4:48 am

That was a heartstopping moment. Morewords not helping! It makes the world a strange, unfamiliar place.

4:48 am

Right, I must take a quick break to regroup. Back shortly!

4:48 am

it was haz

4:49 am

You watching ABC Andree? what beautiful brave women

4:51 am

no i'm not watching tv

4:51 am

"Pieces of me" - you have probably already seen it

4:52 am

will go and look

4:55 am

darp

4:55 am

farp

4:55 am

narp

4:55 am

nard

4:55 am

eva!!

4:55 am

hi Eva

4:55 am

soooooo sorry!!!! A belated proper good moring to all

4:56 am

good morning!

4:58 am

good morning, eva!

4:58 am

does anyone have a clue for the ar7/8?

4:59 am

haven't done that one yet, eva, sorry!

4:59 am

I know I really don't deserve any hints after that shocking display of rampant monkeying.

4:59 am

TY Eva, didn't know what the other 8 was

5:02 am

"Shocking display of rampant monkeying." Ooooh. sounds delicious!!!

5:03 am

very embarassing to make one's entrance in such a gauche fashion

5:03 am

ar7 - ar plus the first letters of a contestant's answer in reply to the question 'What kind of duck is associated with quilt fillings?' and plural

5:03 am

But you totally redeemed yourself with your self-flagellation, Eva! lol

5:05 am

daffy? donald? I can't see the ei one?

5:06 am

At the end. First three letters of the one you mention.

5:06 am

so there's something between the ar and the duck?

5:07 am

There is indeed.

5:07 am

S**** Wrap + ***er down

5:07 am

morning! :-)

5:07 am

hi Une

5:08 am

Good morning, Une. Your Mr Tennis is in the grid, both names!

5:08 am

thanks haz and unea!

5:08 am

i know! pretty cool, eh? LOL

5:08 am

Happy Birthday Une!

5:08 am

hi une!

5:08 am

I saw him and thought of you.

5:08 am

thanks, ata :-)

5:08 am

And your birthday? Happy Birthday!

5:08 am

interesting-I kept phantoming arachnid, and this turns out to be related

5:09 am

and I'll get to seem him at the Australian Open in January (on Tennis Channel)!

5:09 am

I did mention that fact earlier on , Haz. You can't have been paying attention

5:09 am

Sorry. I'll vow to do better in future.

5:09 am

Happy Birthday Une. You share your birthday with my daughter. She turns 18 today!

5:09 am

:-D

5:10 am

so I should think :)

5:10 am

aw, happy birthday to your daughter, soodlebum!

5:10 am

happy birthday Unea! Yet another Sag. I turned 60 a couple of weeks ago. Yikes!

5:10 am

Happy 18th to the daughter. She's all grown-up and responsible, and now you can relax, Soodle.

5:10 am

Happy Birthday Une!! and Soodle's daughter

5:10 am

Capricorn, Eva!

5:10 am

tx and hey, lynxxx :-)

5:11 am

Oh, we've slipped over the line ....didn't realize. 18 and 60....what incredible poles of life

5:11 am

hows Merrrrrrp?

5:11 am

Yeah right, Haz! She is just going to keep doing what she has been doing for the past two years - only now shes doing it legally!!!

5:11 am

my daughter had to go back to Michigan yesterday but before she left she made me a delicious and beautiful cranberry tart!! :-)

5:12 am

better than a bday cake! :-)

5:12 am

Happy birthday Une and Soodles daughter . I must away for a while. bye for now.

5:12 am

I'm telling you, Soodle, any minute now she'll be telling you that you've been right all along about every aspect of life. It'll be very satisfying.

5:12 am

I keep getting flashbacks to this day 18 years ago - Ouch!

5:13 am

Bye, elder, nice to see you.

5:13 am

Am I overdue for telling my mother that?

5:13 am

Haz, You will be the first to know when she does that. Right after they revive me!!

5:13 am

tx elder!

5:13 am

Very overdue, Ata, I'd get it said verbally and backed up in writing.

5:13 am

Merp is is fabulous self. We are in Boston for the week, so we had the dreaded "get the cat in the carrier without causing massive PTSD to all concerned, but now that we're here he's happy. Sometimes, just for the fun of it, he feigns urinary stone emergencies on holidays just for the fun of having to pay a vet for a holiday visit, but he held off this year.

5:14 am

awwwww :) *waves to merp*

5:14 am

no limping or licking of lips?

5:14 am

gives the royal cat yawn back

5:15 am

lol Eva...but I am sure you exaggerate - or at least i hope so!\

5:15 am

The limping game seems to be more of a dog thing

5:15 am

No, that

5:15 am

and they do it well! LOL

5:16 am

That's how we spend our last New Year's Eve....in an ice storm. Barely made it back from the vet....several hundreds of dollars poorer and a totally healthy, shameless cat. Of course all cats are shameless. Hard to do shame without a frontal cortex

5:17 am

or a dictionary to look it up in

5:17 am

Vets don't mind proper emergencies, it's the daft ones that make the eyes roll. Why would anybody wait until a Sunday morning to report that their hamster had been scratching for three months? I had to get out of the shower to answer that one, so the memory sticks....

5:17 am

Silverclaw was particlarly shameless last night as she sidled under my duvet cover and proceeded to steal all my warmth

5:18 am

61 left and utterly stuck.

5:18 am

no, not me, I'm not laughing. Merp is utterly shameless - wretched creature

5:18 am

O.O! you haven't mentioned that one before!

5:18 am

Doesn't Silverclaw give off warmth?

5:18 am

Did I not? It was hard to remain civil while dripping.

5:19 am

Me too Eva - 61 left!

5:19 am

There are other cats who do that? thank God! I just spent $800 on a cat who clearly just wanted several trips in the car and a few overnights

5:19 am

vets are so so good with proper emergencies. I'll never forget the day Hobbit fell down the cliff, I just walked in with her and in literally a minute 3 vets and 2 vet nurses were at her side holding her paw and giving her painkilling injections

5:19 am

I hope you uttered some choice words down the phone!

5:19 am

no she doesn't, she too da4 small to give off much heat!

5:20 am

yes Jayk. To be fair, the other emergencies were real...but they ALWAYS, and I mean always, happen on holidays or weekend nights.

5:20 am

No, I was very polite and suggested that she make an appointment to have the hamster seen during normal surgery and that if she'd waited three months to do anything, another day wouldn't hurt.

5:20 am

Morning all.......

5:20 am

morning, jayk and flask :-)

5:20 am

that's just insane. people are quite mad

5:20 am

hi Flask

5:20 am

I've only ever got really cross once with a man who used to make fake emergency calls. I got to know his voice and finally lost patience with him.

5:21 am

Good morning, Flask.

5:21 am

Eva--how do they know? I LOVE 'hard to do shame without a frontal cortex'!

5:21 am

My brother is a GP & was on call the night of the millenium. He got a call from a woman whose husband was feeling unwell. When asked if he was a patient of my bro's practice, the reply was "Oh, no. But, we wouldn't dream of calling our own doctor on a night like this"....

5:21 am

stupid!

5:21 am

now *that* takes the biscuit!

5:22 am

A neighbouring practice uses an emergency service based in Belfast. If their patients don't want to drive to Belfast (30 miles away) they give them our number instead.

5:23 am

We have a major animal hospital a block away-not our usual vet,but available for utter emergencies. We once, when merp was a kitten we spent 4 hours in the emergency room because Merp was suddenly in extreme pain and writhing. We finally went home, because they had too many more urgent cases triaged, at which point Merp promptly threw up (on my bed of course) the entire insides of a catnip rat, which he has disemboweled and swallowed. He then felt just fine. Since then we have never left him unattended with toys.

5:24 am

is your slogan "the vets that never sleep"

5:24 am

Our practice slogan is something like 'The vets your pets would choose.'

5:24 am

Merp!!

5:25 am

"and that don't mind being woken up at 2am to be told a cat yowled differently to normal"

5:25 am

Seriously, they don't mind turning out to something that needs to be seen, it's when you're used as a convenience 'I'm working tomorrow morning so maybe you should see the dog at 10 tonight' that it gets annoying.

5:26 am

IN Vermont the vet is a 20 minute drive over very icy roads. But, knock on wood, he has not had a urinary emergency (a real one that is) for 4 years now. The switch to raw diet seems to have made a lot of difference. And he gets cranberry pills and renal support supplements every morning before he gets his burshing treat.

5:26 am

any chance of a clue for ar7/32 please?

5:26 am

Those sort of folk should be charged accordingly, Haz!

5:26 am

We had one awful night where a woman's bitch was whelping and she thought she needed to tell us every time a pup was born. All through the night. The funny thing was that husband ended every call with 'Thanks for letting us know' instead of 'Will you for goodness sake give us peace?!'

5:27 am

unea and haz gave good clues for the ar6/8 abotu 15 minutes ago

5:27 am

aw, haz, how sweet!

5:27 am

ar7/32 - a plus moved swiftly in the manner of Sebastian Coe, first three letters of the downy duck.

5:27 am

the man is a saint

5:27 am

he is!

5:27 am

thanx Haz!

5:27 am

how many pups were there in all?

5:28 am

Too many!

5:28 am

You're welcome, Flask.

5:28 am

it's the spider adjective without the c

5:28 am

araneid

5:28 am

that's the one

5:28 am

that's it flask(-:

5:28 am

At one point the woman declared that she was feeling a bit woozy and I thought we were going to have to attend to her as well.

5:28 am

And then plural for ar8.

5:28 am

I guess they're all derived from Ariadne

5:28 am

Haz...am soooooo sorry!

5:29 am

Don't worry, Flask, nobody noticed.

5:29 am

do you ever get people asking for plasters / get fingers stitched up etc etc when they bring their animals in?

5:29 am

and how often do you get bitten/scratched?

5:30 am

No, but the vets tend to stitch each other up if necessary.

5:30 am

not ariadne. Arachne.

5:30 am

I bet they do

5:30 am

Husband tends to get kicked by cattle, he can have nasty bruises sometimes.

5:31 am

I didn't realize that your husband was also a vet?

5:31 am

ouch!

5:31 am

He was once bitten on the finger by a hamster, guinea pig or something, while doing evening surgery. Instinct made him flick it off, the animal bounced off and promptly died. He was mortified.

5:32 am

oh NO!!

5:32 am

Looks like I came in at the wrong time. Omg!

5:32 am

what did he tell the owner?

5:32 am

Yes. And it was a family with children watching. Major mortification and apologies.

5:32 am

oh dear, how awful for him!

5:32 am

oops!!!

5:32 am

hi NB

5:32 am

oh no!!!!

5:33 am

time for the dead parrot routine....this hamster isn't dead-it's just pining.

5:33 am

I know. It must have been awful for everybody.

5:33 am

hey, NB! :-)

5:33 am

I don't think he charged them anything.

5:33 am

Eva!

5:33 am

Hi Lynx, and Une, and everyone :)

5:34 am

rofl

5:34 am

but Haz, that's awful for him..doing it in front of an audience, as much as anything..

5:34 am

hello eveybodyfom snowy noth east scotland

5:34 am

hi Nancy

5:34 am

I need to know...did they ever come back?

5:35 am

Oh I know. It wasn't in any textbooks, that's for sure.

5:35 am

hi Jacq!

5:35 am

hey, jacq!!

5:35 am

and jacq

5:35 am

oooh Jac, you lucky thing!

5:35 am

i seem to have lost my 's

5:35 am

I don't know, lynxxx, I hope they realised it was an accident.

5:35 am

we have 5 inches with moe foecast, and it wasn't even supposed to snow yesteday

5:36 am

rrrr

5:36 am

We still have snow lying from over a week ago.

5:37 am

ours was almost gone Haz till 3.30 yesteray afternoon we coul rive safely by 5 pm it took my son in law over 2 hours to rive 15 miles

5:37 am

I want it gone! It normally lasts about half a day.

5:37 am

we've just got a few patches of DEADLY ice left on the streets where we live. Watching us leave the building is like watching bambi learning to walk...

5:37 am

what's wrong with this keypad

5:37 am

lol NB

5:37 am

The roads in the country and the pavements round about are horribly icy as well.

5:38 am

snowing again, my mum is supposed to be driving from glasgow today

5:38 am

oooh I can imagine, Haz. Ours should go soon, though, since where we live we get about as much people-traffic as Mecca

5:39 am

so funny to listen to the UK posts about snow. In Vermont generally there is snow on the ground from a bit before Thanksgiving through April. And it generally is about 3 feet or more deep by March. Just checked the weather at home and there's a windchill of -25

Hellllllllllllo

5:39 am

eva, for some reason our councils can't eal with snow

5:39 am

Humour us, Eva, we are but small ;)

5:39 am

we get it so rarely now and normally it lies a couple of days max, and they are never prepared

5:39 am

I know, we're rubbish at dealing with snow. We can deal with coolness and damp, anything like sunshine or snow pushes us over the edge.

5:40 am

Hello, herin.

5:40 am

hi Infernal

5:40 am

sunshine?? what is this sunshine you speak of?

5:40 am

hey, herin! :-)

5:40 am

It bewilders me. When places like Texas get stymied bu snow that makes sense, because it's so unexpected, but you guys do realize that you live in a northern climate, right? Why isn't this just normal maintenance?

How are you all?

5:40 am

because it is a rare occurrance

5:40 am

like sunshine

5:41 am

i remember last summer it was a wednesday this year

Its going to be hot as on NYE

5:41 am

Oh, I guesss that the coastal influence keeps the nsnow amounts down?

5:41 am

LOL Jac!!

5:41 am

Now sunshine we have no idea what to do with. We all wander around blinking, like moles.

5:41 am

They probably don't want to put the money into equipment that they think will only be used rarely. The same sort of reasoning that doesn't put air conditioning into houses.

Nancy How are you?

5:42 am

Oh hi, Herin! I'm grand thanks, after a rocky few weeks, very good :) how're you?

5:42 am

we get one day of sun and everybody (including people who normally wear tents) wander around half naked and red

Good. How was your Christmas?

5:43 am

oh lovely thanks...feels like it was needed! best christmas in ages. and yours?

5:43 am

it's snowing again, my daughter and her whatever have taken their baby out on her sled, very cute is her wee ski suit

5:43 am

Jac...torn between laughter and revulsion!

5:43 am

lol

5:46 am

PHRRTTT

Good at the parents place as we speak

5:46 am

Hello everyone. 15 degrees F here and we got 10 inches of snow yesterday. My driveway needed to be plowed out twice yesterday.

5:47 am

oopseh

5:47 am

Hello, Scrabbler.

5:47 am

hi s

5:47 am

gtg c u laterss xx

5:47 am

Hi Sheimi--new here?

5:48 am

not really.. i joined up ages ago but i haven't used it for a while

5:48 am

i just came on to see what the grid was like - and of course say hello to my babble friends :)

5:49 am

Just read a wonderful new item that the first gay marriage in Latin America took place in Argentina yesterday! It is not legal, but the mayor of Tierra del Feugo made an exception and I guess their constitution doesnt prohibit it. Good for her!!

5:49 am

Come back more often

5:49 am

lol ty scrabbler, gtg now, will be back later :)

jg

oops

5:56 am

Hi Becca

hey

6:04 am

ah no, just grilled a crumpet to the grave

6:04 am

I'm back but tell me, are there actually any z words?

6:04 am

good moring babblers...

6:05 am

There are not Ruby :)

6:05 am

thank you, I thought I was missing something

6:07 am

not that I ever get close anyway....

6:07 am

Hello, bojazz.

6:07 am

hi again haz, so you're the dog expert!

6:08 am

my life is definitely dogs

6:08 am

I don't know whether I'd be classified as an expert!

6:08 am

lol

6:10 am

Hi bo, NB + Ruby

6:11 am

hello scrabbler

6:11 am

Hi, Scrabbler :)

6:14 am

hi everyone

6:14 am

Hello, Katie.

6:14 am

Hi Miss Kitt!

6:14 am

hi katie

6:14 am

did you all have a good Christmas?

6:15 am

I am glad it's over--crazy family.

6:15 am

Yes, thank you. It was enjoyable, but I'm glad for a day of rest.

6:15 am

lol, hubby & I didn't know what to do with ourselves yesterday as we never have 'nothing' to do

6:15 am

Good morning

6:15 am

Hi Gail

6:16 am

Good morning, Gail.

6:16 am

Relax + Babble, Kitt

6:16 am

moring Gail

6:16 am

only 30 words yesterday!

6:17 am

went to the shops this morning and now waiting for a delivery

6:17 am

Yes, that grid boosted my Babble Self-Esteem Score!

6:17 am

It was a bit of a shock to the system.

6:17 am

I'm still waiting for a monster grid.

6:18 am

I know, and we'll be out of practice.

6:18 am

monster grid will be on 4th January when I am back at work

6:19 am

If I have to have shoulder surgery, the dog will have to do the typing for me.

6:19 am

Haha, K

6:19 am

good morning everyone

6:19 am

What happened to your shoulder, G?

6:19 am

morning oddle

6:19 am

Hi Oodle!

6:19 am

:D

6:20 am

Well, I had foot surgery in August, and since I have lupus, my body decided to attack my right shoulder. Frozen shoulder, torn rotator cuff and torn deltoid and bicep.

6:20 am

Oh, no! You poor thing! Such suffering!

6:21 am

Oh no gail, I've only every heard of lupus on house

6:21 am

morning oodle

6:22 am

I'm through the worst of internal organ damage, but it still attacks my connective tissue and the foot surgery caused a big flare up. I'll get through it OK.

6:22 am

on get well soon x

6:22 am

Good luck, G. When is surgery?

6:23 am

I dunno, I see the surgeon tomorrow. We've been trying PT, but the muscles keep tearing.

6:24 am

but I have the Dr. Who Christmas special to watch later today!

6:24 am

It's time for me to get ready for work. Bye all.

6:25 am

I'm on vacation this week. No work!

6:25 am

bye Scrabs

6:25 am

when we get our blu-ray player I have 4 whole series of Greys Anatomy to watch as well as take that circus tour

6:26 am

bye scrabs

6:26 am

me too gail

6:26 am

Bye, Scrabbler.

6:26 am

love grey's anatomy but didn't know about it until the last season....

morning all, I'm sure its been said, but, how nice to have a grid in the triple digits... :)

6:27 am

morning red

6:28 am

and to have words that I have actually seen before, instead of all babblets.

6:28 am

neither did I ruby so hubby bought me series one to four for my christmas and I get the rest for my birthday

6:29 am

how many years were there?

6:29 am

we're in france and only some series get shown, usually years later

6:29 am

I watched series one of bones yesterday on sky and am currently watching series one of Life, i've seen both before but they are worth watching again

6:30 am

my favorite was Deadwood; they showed two seasons twice, and never showed the third one

6:30 am

I am watching season one of Pie in the Sky, a British detective series. It's so good.

6:30 am

what's awful is when they dub them into french

6:31 am

there are six series of Greys Anatomy

6:31 am

if I knew how to work the dvd player, I would buy it

6:32 am

you have TV broadcasting in the sky Katie???

6:32 am

I've only owned one box set before which was Soldier Soldier a fantastic series on over here late 80s early 90s

6:32 am

;-)

6:32 am

lol oodle

6:32 am

we have high definition sky over here ;-)

6:33 am

blu-ray player is here, would install it but hubby likes to feel needed lol He is at Mari's fixing her internet connection

6:34 am

we have lowering sky here....rain rain rain

6:34 am

I'm the one who gets to instal things here, mainly because I'm prepared to read the instructions.

today I have cold chilly sky.

6:34 am

men don't read instructions, maps or, when lost, ask for directions

repad

oops

6:35 am

lol Haz, I know where you are coming from. I usually confiscate the power cable until he has read them

6:35 am

lol

6:35 am

i thought it was snowing when I went out but it was pollen from pampus grass two doors up

6:35 am

my husband's trick is putting hot ashes into the trash, two fires so far

6:35 am

I do ruby, especially now with my mother if she is with me...but I don't drive because I don,t own a car only when she visits

6:36 am

Oodles !

6:36 am

clue for the ar 7/8 please.

6:37 am

i now stop and ask for directions after what happened to me when I was en route to calgary from spokane when I lived in spokane

6:37 am

Katie !

6:37 am

Merk !

6:37 am

I spent a summer in Pullman

6:37 am

Ruby !

6:37 am

that is careless ruby, one is understandable but two is not learing your lesson

6:37 am

Hi Aussie

6:37 am

hello aussieme!

6:37 am

Red !

6:37 am

Haz !

6:37 am

ar7 - a plus moved swiftly in the manner of an athlete (three), last three letters begin the name of a downy duck.

6:37 am

(who did I miss ?)

6:37 am

what happened oodle

6:37 am

any teaching suggestions?

6:38 am

I took the 92 instead of continuing on the 95 which took me 50 miles off and was going west instead of east

6:38 am

Hello, Aussie.

6:38 am

I been walking every day Oodle...

6:38 am

oh dear

6:38 am

i knew it cause the sun was on the wrong side of the car

6:38 am

kewel aussie how many miles do you have now

6:39 am

wait, I'll tell you....

6:39 am

k

6:40 am

and I am NOT directionally challenged so I was quite pissed when I realized that

6:40 am

78, 369 miles walked, team of 40 strong

6:40 am

I get lost all the time, no sense of direction at all

6:40 am

ty Haz

6:40 am

but it took me 50 minutes to realize it that is one hundred mile detour

6:41 am

Have just unlocked the Alaska Glacier Walk

6:41 am

wtg auddie

6:41 am

You're welcome, Merk.

6:41 am

:)

6:41 am

I am still in one site ... that started with 500,000,000 niles to get to the next one

6:41 am

I'm great at directions, terrible at babble coulnd't get haz' clue duh

6:42 am

i mean wtg assuie

6:42 am

me either ruby stuck on downy duck

6:42 am

i kant tipe today

6:42 am

eid?

6:42 am

lol oodle

6:42 am

I can type, just can't find any words

6:42 am

WOW Oodle, 5000, 000, 000 miles to next site unlock ? rofl oodle, kant tipe !

6:42 am

a plus past tense of what an athlete does in a race. The downy duck is the one that supplies down for quilts. Use the first three letters.

6:43 am

what was the clue ruby

6:43 am

the duck in other words -----***erdown

6:43 am

Hello everyone on this cold cold blustery day

6:43 am

yup that's what I said but I said something else actually

6:43 am

Hello, Annie.

6:43 am

{{Annie}} How are you ?

6:43 am

and thanks for the clue, Haz

6:43 am

Thank you got it now, didn't help that i was thinking about putting a shortened relay in there lol

6:43 am

Hi Annie

6:43 am

and it wasn't holy blisters batman

Hi Annie! How was your Holiday?

6:44 am

I bet it was f-f-f-f-f-fishes !

6:44 am

Hi Aussie, I'm fine. My grandkids might be here today.

6:44 am

Hi Hazel

6:44 am

hi anne of green gables

6:44 am

or I should say annie

6:45 am

Hi red, Christmas was very nice. Bobby and I spent the day with my sister in law and family out in New Jersey.

6:45 am

Oh oodles, anyway you want, it is nice to be greeted

great!

6:46 am

hi annie

6:46 am

I want ROLY to be accepted ! After all, it's counterpart is accepted....

6:46 am

Back shortly.

6:46 am

red, and how was your Christmas? Cold in Florida today.

6:46 am

hi ruby

6:46 am

me, too, aussie

6:47 am

Hello All

6:47 am

Hello hego

6:47 am

Hego !

6:47 am

I give up, see you later!

6:47 am

hi hego

my Christmas involved work. It wasn;t very much fun, but I did recieve some nice gifts from my family.

ahhh can not spell.

6:48 am

I always miss Haz by 10 seconds.

6:48 am

I must get up earlier.

6:48 am

she will be back!

6:49 am

red, that is always nice. How is Teulu?

he is doing well. he got lots of presents! he's lost his weight and looks great.

6:50 am

good dog, good owner

6:51 am

phantom : safari

6:52 am

Hi Aussie

i must go, wil bbl....

6:55 am

bye red, enjoy the day

6:55 am

Bye Red

6:56 am

Jeez, it's scary windy out there. I'm eginning to feel like Dororthy. The house begins to twitch.

6:56 am

Beginning

6:57 am

same here, hego

7:00 am

The wind began to switch - the house to pitch and suddenly the hinges started to unhitch. Just then the Witch - to satisfy an itch went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch. And oh, what happened then was rich. *The house began to pitch. The kitchen took a slitch.

7:00 am

Bravo!! Aussie

7:01 am

and on that note, I really need to be going..... I have work this afternoon..... Loves to you all **poofing**

7:01 am

Bye Aussie

7:01 am

aussie, I loved it....have a great day

7:02 am

It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch, Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch. ... Who began to twitch and was reduced to just a stitch of what was once the Wicked Witch.

7:02 am

**real poof**

7:03 am

LOL

7:04 am

Great exit!

7:04 am

LOL

7:05 am

going to find out the temps for today

7:05 am

My thermometer says 25

7:08 am

hego, is that 25 c, f, or k?

7:09 am

Spoken like a true lawyer. lol

7:09 am

25.3 F

7:10 am

That would have been my 1st guess for a scale.

7:10 am

brrr where do you live hego?

7:10 am

talking thermometers are cool ... especially at 25F

7:10 am

NJ

7:10 am

I'm in CA and cannot even imagine temps that cold!

7:10 am

Hi BR

7:10 am

23 degrees F in Brooklyn

7:11 am

Well, dalmatian, you mostly stay in.

7:12 am

In CA if we see a drop of rain we run in panic and do not know how to drive the freeways!

7:12 am

-2 °F (-19 °C) Wind Chill: -18 °F (-28 °C)

7:12 am

Hello BR.

7:12 am

Hello, Annie

7:12 am

Good Lord.

7:12 am

6F above zero in Vermont this morning.

7:12 am

I guess you never have water rationing where you are?

7:12 am

showing off again

7:13 am

We've had nothing but rain since June

7:13 am

clue please for da7/36 please?

7:13 am

like sweets but with d for the first letter

7:14 am

flask plural of the word after

7:14 am

☼

7:14 am

final pr 5, 12 clue please

7:14 am

How does he do that?

7:15 am

ALIENS!!!

7:15 am

pr5/12, a slur of getting out of jail...

7:15 am

pr + spanish cheer

7:16 am

sorry, am not getting the da7 clue....

7:16 am

LOL oodle

7:16 am

ty BR

7:17 am

Flask, it means men who like to dress up fancy.

7:17 am

thanx Hego...thats it now!

7:18 am

Are you done?

7:18 am

hell noooooooooooooooooooooo......lololol

7:19 am

Oh :-(

7:21 am

ok I need the da7 too please

7:21 am

oh DUH

7:21 am

see 7:17

7:21 am

I have it hee he ehe ehee hee

7:22 am

plural of da5

7:22 am

lol Oodle

7:22 am

rhymes with ra7

7:23 am

that's it!

7:24 am

what's it... who did it... where when who what how??!!

7:25 am

Uh, oh Oodle is losing it, Babble madness.

7:25 am

hego you said that's it

7:26 am

I am merely covering all the bases SO THERE

7:26 am

gee

7:26 am

I know. :-)

7:27 am

I am properly chastened.

7:27 am

I shall go stand in the corner for 15 minutes now.

7:28 am

no that's almost as bad as the pb to which I do not subscribe

7:29 am

Ah, a reprieve. Whew!

7:30 am

mornin babblers!

7:30 am

Hi Eva

7:31 am

how are we today?

7:32 am

Cold, Eva, we're cold here on the East coast.

7:32 am

yes we are. :)

7:32 am

And about to blow away!

7:33 am

cold? I'm hot... landlord keeps the heat up way to high cause he has control of the thermostat

7:33 am

That's just as bad Oodle.

7:34 am

yes, and silly me -- i wore my new boots today with a skirt and tights. havent broken in the boots + they definitely need some insoles. was so cold because of the skirt, and couldnt walk fast enough because of the boots!

7:34 am

Good morning everyone

7:34 am

Poor Eva! :-(

7:35 am

Hi Sea

7:35 am

no I open a window and when we run out of oil in the middle of the night I freeze ... hee hee heee but it is refill... but only when I tell him there is no more oil in the reservoir

7:35 am

my own fault. i ALWAYS wear comfy shoes for walking + bring my work shoes. i just didnt feel like carrying boots with me today.

7:36 am

... and fireworks!

7:36 am

YAAAYYY!!!! Merk

7:37 am

ty

7:39 am

bbl ... coffeetime

7:46 am

hints for the top N? or for the i?

7:47 am

Indian bread and spanish nothing Eva

7:47 am

I don't have i yet and only 1 n. Spanish for nothing

7:47 am

TY pab. fish me 4 times over for missing those!

7:47 am

ty ty pab

7:48 am

I thought there was only one vowel in indian bread

7:48 am

the "i" is when you are (not) doing the spanish nothing :) sort of

7:48 am

always been 2, so far as i know it.

7:48 am

diff spelling

7:49 am

That's Babble for you!

7:50 am

hrm. not quite getting that i...

7:51 am

the i is like perfect circumstances...

7:52 am

tx amelu

7:53 am

yw!

7:53 am

hrm... not ideal... *squeezes brain harder*

7:54 am

4 letters, Eva

7:54 am

you're getting warmer!

7:54 am

like American I*** but change the vowel

7:55 am

wow. finally. dont even fish me for that -- just smack me with a dictionary! *whew!*

hello babbler!

7:56 am

Good work Eva

7:56 am

PEEPS LADY!!!

7:56 am

Hi Owl

good morning all... hows the grid today?

8:05 am

gm ashly... not bad

8:08 am

clues for the 8s plz

8:09 am

you want the letter clues or meanings or the like

8:09 am

anything oodle

8:10 am

ar8 plural to ar7

8:10 am

I am still working on it

8:10 am

and the other... hold on

8:10 am

se8

8:11 am

ty oodle

8:12 am

yqw

which A for the ar7

8:15 am

the one in the 2nd column

thanks hego

8:16 am

ok thank you that breaks it down to only 7000 possiblities :D

8:16 am

yw

8:16 am

* does the NBT and NBS dance *

lol

8:16 am

wtg eva

8:17 am

*-8-* Eva's dance

found the 7 an 8 thanks

8:19 am

Good work

8:19 am

waaaaaaaaaaa

8:19 am

What's wrong Oodle?

8:19 am

brain freeze

8:20 am

I hope it's from ice cream

is there a definition for the ar7?

8:20 am

can't figure any of the 8's out...

Need clue for third pa/4. Any help?

8:20 am

<<<< goes in the stupid dumb butt corner and cries

8:21 am

don't cry, I can give you the ar

8:21 am

Eva I know what NBT is, what is NBS?

8:21 am

Not to the p's yet Kenny

8:22 am

uh is that a clue hego?

8:22 am

No Blank Stats

8:22 am

no blank spaces a word for every amount of letters. 4, 5, etc

8:23 am

new acronym to file away.

8:23 am

Oodle here's the clue. A + past tense of what track stars do and fist three letters of the down duck.

8:24 am

and plural for 8

8:24 am

KC, for the pa4. maybe - Ford gave Nixon an official pa**on...

hello, luc!

8:25 am

ok my brain hurts now

8:25 am

hi TO and all ! - tx hego for AR7/8 !!

8:26 am

yw

8:26 am

7's: ar, da, en, ra, sa, sn - can anyone tell me what the one i'm missing is?

gtg- happy babbling, all

8:26 am

i like to make sure i dont have any zeros on the grid or in the stats. then i feel fulfilled. :)

8:26 am

Ah, a fulfilled woman!

8:27 am

have a nice day TO !

8:27 am

um I have no idea what down duck is

ty you too, luc ! *poof*

8:28 am

A duck you get down from

8:28 am

you know it oodle - it's an ei5...

8:28 am

oh

8:29 am

just starting hursh, sorry can't help you :(

8:29 am

'sok, i monkeyed it while waiting. it's a pa.

8:30 am

ty ty hego

8:30 am

smarty pants

8:30 am

yw oodle

8:30 am

opry is not a word? there is a huge building in Nashville TN, a radio show, a TV show, Tv specials, a museum....

8:30 am

anyone know if there are more than 2 ry words?

8:30 am

pa7 hmmm, have a pa6 ... thinking...

8:31 am

ok with that I only have 213 more words to go!!! :D

8:31 am

just 2

8:31 am

i guess that all makes it a proper noun, jmitch

8:31 am

unrelated, monty. it rhymes with the sa7.

8:31 am

tried that too jm..."sigh"

8:31 am

thanks hego

8:32 am

yw

8:32 am

salut montreal

8:32 am

isnt "opry" just a southern-twang take on "opera" ?

8:32 am

bonjour oodle --- looking for sa7 hursh...tx...

8:32 am

Yup

8:33 am

yes eva I tried that too and it didn't accept it

8:34 am

opera isn't in the grid, you can't connect o-p-e

8:35 am

she is talking about opry not opera

8:36 am

well yes but it sounded like you were saying that you had tried both

8:36 am

hi, all. I think I've just had my Babble Anniversary yesterday...

8:37 am

happy anniversary Angel ! - how many years ?

8:38 am

not sure Montreal

8:38 am

I looked at my profile, but couldn't find the date

8:38 am

aww, i jus tmissed my babble-versary 2 months ago...

8:39 am

angel: Member since: December 29, 2005

8:39 am

montreal do you work for a hotel by chance?

8:39 am

i just did Angel - it says dec 29 2005

8:40 am

it's four years today!

8:40 am

no oodle, i don't - i'm actually retired, used to work in large computer installations - now work for NAPA...

8:40 am

argh, i cannot find any more R words!

8:40 am

just finished and dropping in to say HI

8:40 am

part-time that is...

8:40 am

auto parts montreal?

8:40 am

guten morgen inge !

8:40 am

Hi Inge

8:41 am

I in the last column clue please and hi to all

8:41 am

well if you hear of any hotels hiring which I know it would be slim chance now with it being slow season... but if you do ;-)

8:41 am

id4/7

8:41 am

yes oodle, i deliver them 2 days a week - love driving and not a lot of heavy lifting so it fits my current capabilities :)

8:41 am

Inge can you clue the se8 pls

8:42 am

I worked in the auto parts business for 32 years montreal, napa was a competitor

8:42 am

tx hursh for id4..

8:42 am

SE8 is one who travels the water...

8:42 am

part time retired drivers are the best!

8:42 am

clue for ist na5/12, anyone?

8:43 am

oh, tx Eva

8:43 am

yay seaspray ... and tx !

8:43 am

pl of spanish nothing

8:43 am

tx Eva for se8

8:44 am

And I joined Jan 1 2oo6. Took me a while to check it.

8:44 am

pass the fish

8:44 am

how about a flounder grant ?

8:44 am

thank you for the id and the se8

8:44 am

hard to believe it's been 4 years for me.

8:45 am

angel -- can you believe its been over 5 for me?! holy canoli!

8:45 am

NBT and NBS, yahooooooo weeee

8:46 am

Angel, did you stop doing your stats or did you change the address ?

8:46 am

was tgere kufe befire babble???

8:46 am

getting close to 2 and a half years myself...

8:47 am

my german is not THAT good inge...

8:47 am

Correction : was there life before babble?

8:47 am

montreal, I did stop. not enough interest or time

8:47 am

that's not german, that's right hand moved over one space to the left

8:47 am

ahhh... not sure inge, not sure...

8:48 am

just kidding hursh...

8:48 am

no. nothing. in the beginning there was nothing. then DrGod created babble. and it was good.

8:48 am

glad to see you Minty. So many MY FRiends friends have disappeared

8:49 am

thanks Eva, that explains all

8:49 am

YW inge. ;)

8:49 am

too bad Angel... i'm still doing mine but the lack of interest is slowly undermining my will to continue...re-sigh

8:50 am

nice seeing you too inge - do you see scarlet once in a while ?

8:50 am

I could easily pick it up again from babble archives if I had time

8:50 am

no, I dont

8:51 am

too bad : we had good times in the past ... - how about Uniquity and her mother ?

8:51 am

lost touch with them all

8:51 am

we did not eat dinner last night until nearly 11 PM. I had to work late, then we had the drive home.

8:52 am

musicmom pops up once in a wnile\

8:52 am

i saw uni and lorip were on just the other day

8:52 am

uni plays in the mornings sometimes. i think a lot of people arent online because of the holidays...

8:52 am

*Feels bad that she is babbling and reading chat, but not actually chatting. Lori babbles daily, but rarely chats. I babble rarely, but chat more often, heh.

8:53 am

*pokes uni*

8:53 am

speaking of the devil !!

8:53 am

During school I have to give up on babble almost entirely. I kept typing hoe pretty Eva's ring was, but didn't want to distract myself...

8:53 am

*how

8:53 am

and I don't have much time these days for either chat or babble :( Greetings all.

8:53 am

aww, thanky uni. :)

8:54 am

Hello lovely!!

8:54 am

Hi honey bun :)

8:54 am

You look particularly cheerful and welcoming this morning(ish). *hops on Mama Fms lap*

8:54 am

hi FM - we are blaming the entire holidays on you !

8:54 am

dear fiance + our mothers + i are checking out some reception venues tomorrow. ought to be an interesting day!

8:54 am

LO of course monty - good to see you.

8:55 am

Keep asking for people, Monty, who knows who will come out..

8:55 am

*gives Uni a big hug*

8:55 am

Ohh, venues. Just don't fall in love with the one you can't afford!

8:55 am

Whens the big day EvaN?

8:56 am

nice seeing you Uni - say hello to your mom for me - with 121/70 and NBT, must start my day - BBL - happy babblings all "POOF"

8:56 am

i have refused to even LOOK at ones i cant afford. which sadly, is MOST of them... FM -- we are hoping for october. but i guess that will be determined by our venue!

8:56 am

Bye monty!

8:56 am

Take care, Luc, and I shall give Lori your wishes.

8:56 am

and just keep in mind that in a few years, it won't matter to you at all what the venue was

8:57 am

by loves ! "REAL POOF"

8:57 am

wel I trust you will keep us updated EvaN so we can dust off our babble wedding hats come the day :)

8:57 am

Au revoir, Lucien

8:57 am

heh, but of course FM :)

8:57 am

I very much feel a backyard or field wedding in my wedding future. Maybe the hill between my grandparents and my cousin's hosue. :) I could rent it to you for the low price of 40 k!

8:58 am

Bye for now. bbl

8:58 am

auf wiedersehen inge "ACTUAL POOF"

8:58 am

I can' t stop now as am working but had to say Hi briefly. TTFN.

8:59 am

Gotta get off this chair to keep the blood lfowing. BBL

8:59 am

Oh, you rats. Everyone runs away.

8:59 am

Uni :):)

8:59 am

uni, tell me about it! im almost inclined to take the money + elope.

8:59 am

Sorry love but I have 3 weeks work to catch up on :( *poof*

8:59 am

*pokes ata and hides behind uni*

9:00 am

Hello Ata, bye FM! *makes a good shield for Eva and the ring*

9:00 am

I've always thoguht a big wedding would be nice, but I hae 'wasting' money and I can see me, 4 friends and maybe a couple family members doing a tiny service on a field. They can throw us a party instead! :D

9:01 am

big weddings are just stressful

9:03 am

I finally told my mum a bit about my marriage "issues" this morning, and she promptly took husband's side and told me to grow up!

9:03 am

Mine did the same Ata.

9:04 am

Oh dear. Does she like hubby too much? I still strongly advocate Lori as a Mum. She's on your side!

9:04 am

i dont know that i want a HUGE wedding, but i would like to have all of my family + friends together for my special day!

9:04 am

I tell you to be happy, and growing up doesn't need to be a part of that.

9:04 am

I even managed to tell her that he slagged off mum's husband, and she *still* thinks the sun shines out of his ass

9:05 am

Eva, get them to do a potluck or something! It's only the reception part I like anyway. I love the dancing and eating. Only the number of people you can reasonably talk to or see

9:05 am

Ata, I honestly think it is an "age" thing. They grew up in the era where you got married once and that was it. You had to stick it out. And women definitely had a different "role" and "view" of their place in the marriage.

9:06 am

ha! I just sent her back an email telling her I didn't need to grow up tyvm

9:06 am

mum is on her second husband!

9:06 am

My mom has been divorced, so her knee jerk reaction is "stay married at any cost" which is just not helpful!

9:06 am

My baptist grandmother not only let me go without being baptized, but didn't really mind my mother and father breaking up. If she can get over it, your Mum can!

9:07 am

you have mice??? *changing the subject*

9:08 am

Hang in there Ata. I have to buzz off and get some work done! :-)

9:08 am

I will I will :)

9:12 am

The beau got home last night after his Christmas vaca at his parents and woke up after having a dream we had BBs again (I am still talking myself down about that one - just a dream, I hope) and Emma was staring down a mouse...we've had the odd one before, but he found an entrance route behind the stove. He is going to call the landlord and ask him to get the holes filled.

9:14 am

The mice bother me less than the dream about having bedbugs, since he doesn't react to them, we have to wait until I have been home for a week and see if I get itches again. Freaking me out.

9:15 am

eeeeeep! hopefully just a courageous mouse

9:15 am

mighty mouse?

9:15 am

p

9:17 am

you need to train up one of the teeny shed cats to track down bedbugs

9:17 am

I can live with mice, but the BB itching is maddening! I am trying to forget about it, since I can do nothing but wait and then sleep once I get home, I am trying to forget about it.

9:17 am

and give it a few days, cos you're bound to feel itching now, psychosomatically

9:18 am

Tracking them down isn't hard, you just look at my poor body. Killing them is. took four poison sprays from the pros and a LOT of washing, etc last time.

9:18 am

I also have to wait a week of no itches, because they only feed once every few days. Emma actually goes nuts when she sees them, as she doess with all bugs, so she is a good watchcat.

9:19 am

awwwwww

9:19 am

she's a very good girl

9:20 am

She is a good girl. Slept with me all the nights she was home. My sweetie! I hate being afraid to go home though. One dream should not this paranoia induce!

9:20 am

no, it shouldn't. but after last time, of course you're anxious

9:20 am

Wasn't even my stinking dream. I hope it was just his brain waking him up to catch the mouse, and not some subconscious awareness of tiny biting insects.

9:21 am

Four months of itching and washing and sprays and changing clothes all the time and worrying about spreading them. Anyway! Need to move on, can only react if it happens.

9:22 am

tell him no to tell you these things in future, silly boy!

9:23 am

I shall. But that would break our recent "tell each other everything" rule.

9:24 am

good morning, we were talking about mighty mouse last night when I left....

9:24 am

Alright. 11:24 here and I need some food! Take care, all. Next time you say "Don't let the bedbugs bite" you should make sure to mean it! :D

9:25 am

hello all

9:25 am

just make an exception for bedbug dreams!

9:25 am

hi asl

9:27 am

how many letters in the upper A, please?

9:29 am

I think I have af4 for that one, jane

9:29 am

thanks that was one of them!

9:30 am

or as4

9:30 am

ty, now have both! :)

9:31 am

me too!

9:35 am

Me three ..

9:35 am

Me four!

9:36 am

me five!

9:38 am

Me six!

9:38 am

:-D

9:39 am

me 7 (lurking, but couldn't resist)

9:41 am

Good Tuesday Morning, one and all!

9:41 am

hey, judi :-)

9:41 am

Morning, Judi!

9:42 am

(i'm in fl on vacation with ken... it's bad enough that i take the time to babble, but chatting would be truly rude, right?)

9:43 am

oh, wow, enjoy, dorens!

9:43 am

I give up. May I have a clue for the Se8, please?

9:43 am

it's cold today, but still beautiful

9:43 am

lol dorens minus 22 here today;(

9:43 am

Better than NJ.... freezing here.

9:44 am

se8 one who rides the ocean waves

9:44 am

a sailor?

9:44 am

indeed, i heard it is 18 degrees back home.. it's in the 50's here

9:44 am

what is the other 8????

9:44 am

I have the se7

9:44 am

ocean + fa5/16

9:44 am

I mean se8.... oops.

9:44 am

ty mom

9:45 am

ar7/8

9:45 am

S**** + beginning of duck down

9:45 am

Ty for the Se8.

9:45 am

(ar7/32 and plural)

9:45 am

can someone clue the lone "i"???

9:45 am

oops, S**** Wrap

9:45 am

well, I don't have the ar7 either, LOL.

9:46 am

Hi crossy!

9:46 am

i + poet ***an Thomas

9:46 am

*giggle* Crossy is flying his bacon flag today.

9:46 am

or i + singer Bob ***an

9:46 am

all hail the republic of bacon:)

9:46 am

thanks Une.

9:46 am

OMG... did not notice that Crossy... very funny.

hi crossy

9:47 am

yw :-)

9:47 am

it's good to be king... ;p

9:47 am

Got it with the poet... thanks.

9:47 am

hello all

9:47 am

hey, peri :-)

hi peri

9:47 am

hi, peri!

9:47 am

howdy peri

9:48 am

Can someone clue the ar7?

9:48 am

crossy, the respublic of bacon, now i have seen everything!

9:48 am

okay, I can stop lurking now - nbt, and good morning friends!

9:48 am

just clued, mom

9:48 am

OMG... I am on my daughter's new laptop.... but I keep hitting some random button and signing myself out, making the screen smaller... I am just not technologically savvy...

9:48 am

hey, trif :-)

9:48 am

OK... Une, like I said I keep losing the chog.

9:49 am

Uni clued ar7 at 9:45, but check both 9:45 entries

9:49 am

Di6/24??

9:49 am

Got it... thanks.

9:49 am

S**** Wrap + beginning of duck down

9:49 am

well, guess that would be Une, Uni was just here...

9:49 am

:-D

9:49 am

Now the screen keeps getting bigger and smaller... seemingly random, but I am sure it is something I am doing, LOL.

9:50 am

what's in your coffee, mom???

9:50 am

:-D

9:50 am

LOL une, I thought you meant "duck down" as in get out of the way!!!

9:50 am

LOL... I wish!

Hallo, hallo, hallo, babble friends. *Wanders in trailing champagne bottles and hides birthday cake in the PB.

9:51 am

The funniest thing is that my daughter is so secretive... she could work for the CIA... and last night I was on and this boy kept trying to contact her... I could not figure out how to respond to him....but now I know that she kind of has a boyfriend, LOL.

9:52 am

hey, sally :-)

9:52 am

Hi, Sally!

*Dispenses party hats and balloons.

9:53 am

is it your birthday today sally??? many happy returns!

9:53 am

Is it your birthday?

9:53 am

(it's mine)

9:53 am

*bends balloon into shape of cat for Sally*

Gosh, however did yoiu guess Trif? :-)

9:53 am

Happy Birthday to YOU, Sally!!

9:53 am

congrats, sally!!!

9:53 am

Judi - di6 = dwi**** down to nothing - W (hard to clue, soesn't even have a definition!)

Your birthday too Uni?

9:53 am

yes, I am astute that way!

9:53 am

yep

9:54 am

Anyway, I figured out how to respond... I was glad because I did not want the poor boy to think my daughter was ignoring him, LOL.

9:54 am

happy birthdy une and sally.... mine is on saturday!

9:54 am

didn't realize we shared a bday -- wonderful!

9:54 am

*doesn't

9:54 am

a bevy of Capricorns!

9:54 am

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!, Une!!

So we both had thoughtless parents, then Uni!

9:54 am

thanks rbud.... that was my last d.

9:54 am

tx peri :-)

9:54 am

mamabear shares mine, too

9:54 am

Happy Birthday to both of you!

9:54 am

Happy birthday, Sally & Une!

9:54 am

tx mom :-)

9:55 am

merci, rbud!

my son will be 6 on the 4th

*Takes a bow and throws roses to the crowd

9:55 am

My mother's birthday is January 3rd... I think that is worse! I once dated a guy who was born on Christmas.

9:55 am

ok as long as we're doing that.. my son was yesterday

9:55 am

By the third of January I am just kind of done with celebrating,LOL.... so she always gets the short end of the stick.

I confess, my son was born on 24th December. You would think I would have known better!

9:55 am

my dad's was 12/26

9:56 am

sally LOL!

9:56 am

happy belated bday to your son, dorens!

9:56 am

Christmas eve would not be so bad, I wouldn't think. I have a friend who is New Year's Eve... that's kind of fun. The whole world celebrates with him, LOL.

9:56 am

my friend karen had her only daughter on christmas day, and they celebrate her birthday every year on June 25th, which I think is a fabulous idea

9:56 am

My Mom was born on Thanksgiving and my Dad was born on Mothers Day

9:56 am

My daughter was due on january first, but she held out until january third. I really wanted to get all those first baby of the year gifts they used to give out.

9:57 am

wow, peri!

9:57 am

My niece was born on Thanksgiving Day, as well.... but both of those days change throughout the years.

9:57 am

Oh, gosh, that reminds me, our dau's bday is 1/19, she was supposed to have been due nearer Christmas, dragged on for 3or 4 more weeks, was a big baby!

9:57 am

i did that for a few years with my son's dec 28th birthday.

When he was little, people were very thoughtless. You know, a combined birthday and Christmas card, or only one present.

9:57 am

hello all. long time!

9:57 am

hey, lynn!!

9:57 am

sounds to me like a whole lot of people had sex at the same time.

9:57 am

My friend's son is Christmas Day... I always make sure I send him a card, at least...

9:58 am

Hello Lynn

9:58 am

almost everyone in my family was born in september. we always joke that everyone had a merry christmas!

9:58 am

Valentine's Day babies.

9:58 am

lol!

One year, he asked why there weren't candles on the Christmas cake - because Christmas was Jesus' birthday!

9:58 am

hi lynn

9:58 am

hello

9:58 am

its the rum and eggs nog that does it:)

9:58 am

Our church has a birthday cake for Jesus... I swear.

9:58 am

Saw Avatar last night in 3D! Amazing!

9:58 am

sally, that reminds me, when I was a child we always had a bday cake for baby jesus at church

Too far, mom!

9:59 am

wow, phae, sounds great!

9:59 am

phaeton... I almost went last night myself...

9:59 am

speaking of egg nog, had some potent egg nog this year lol

9:59 am

We always had a cake for Jesus when the kids were little.

9:59 am

Too far???

9:59 am

It was. I had never seen a 3D movie before

9:59 am

Sometimes I find 3D annoying

10:00 am

#D movies were popular years ago

Sorry, meant that's going too far! (for a church I mean). But perhaps it's an American thing more? Have never seen that in UK.

10:00 am

3D even, had to wear special glasses

10:00 am

They are coming out with a 3D television in 2010

10:00 am

A lot of churches have them here Sally.

10:00 am

really??!! wow, hadn't heard about that

10:00 am

Still do peri...but they aren't red and blue anymore

10:01 am

oh, ok

10:01 am

has anyone seen "nine" yet?

10:01 am

We do a children's mass Christmas Eve... so it is really for them.

10:01 am

It's pretty common in churches here. Teaches the kids what Chirstmas if really about.

10:01 am

no, but I want to Trif

10:01 am

you wear 3D glasses to church?

10:01 am

ruru, is that your pup in costume??

10:01 am

you can if you want ruru

One of the things I love about Babble and the community is that you learn so many things about other nations and other customs.

10:01 am

No, I heard it was terrible. Saw a clip with Kate Hudson on Letterman last night... OMG that child is beautiful and talented, but cannot and should not ever sing again, LOL.

10:02 am

LOl ruru.

10:02 am

yes the breeder is subjecting him to abuse and ridicule already

lol ruru

10:02 am

And I do love a good birthday cake...

10:02 am

really wanted to see it until i started reading all the bad reviews . . .

10:02 am

I actually kind of like her number - secondo and I have seen in on youtube a lot

10:02 am

I will wait til it comes out in DVD which may be soon :)

10:02 am

I can't imagine how it could be a bad movie, given the cast!

10:03 am

The New York Times raved about Avatar, but the NY Post said it was terrible... so, my husband was like, "who should we believe???"....

10:03 am

my daughter accused me of exploitation 'cause I had Xmas "collars" on all the pups :-)

10:03 am

it does have a good cast

10:03 am

I don't think you can ever believe the NY Post, dear....

10:03 am

i like her number too, trif

10:03 am

OMG... I just thought she was terrible. And there are many bad movies with great casts, LOL.

10:03 am

and yes, the cast is amazing

10:03 am

I need to make breakfast for mrs ru (also a Capricorn)

10:04 am

bb l

10:04 am

still don't understand why they didn't cast Antonio Banderas in the lead

10:04 am

he was apparently surprised as well

10:04 am

later, ruru!

10:04 am

maybe because they could get daniel day lewis?

10:04 am

have not been to a movie theater since 2005, wathc movies on tv or get them from netflix

10:04 am

No Trif I don't... I don't even read it... I am the one who reads the NY Times and told him that Avatar got a rave review there (fairly rare)... and he was like, "Well, the Post panned it so I don't know if we should go"... I was like, "OMG!"

10:05 am

but he was the award winning lead on Broadway

10:05 am

I shamelessly pirate them, peri, so I will be burning in hell

10:05 am

I heard it was good on Broadway... I never did get there to see it, though.

10:05 am

....but I will save seats!

10:05 am

how do you do that, Trif

10:06 am

trif LOL!

brb

10:06 am

saw Avatar yesterday. It was good, see it in 3-d!

10:06 am

I am trying to find Kingdom, Season 2 somewhere on the net... very annoying.

10:06 am

I found a link to a site, peri.

10:06 am

aha, wil have to look into that

10:06 am

PBS stations here were showing it and then they stopped after I got hooked... same thing with Doc Martin, but at least that one I can kind of find on the net.

10:06 am

surfthechannel.com

10:06 am

You should ask MovieMan. He's our resident movie expert.

10:07 am

ty

10:07 am

are we FB friends, peri?

10:07 am

looking forward to "Passing Strange" on PBS in January

10:07 am

OK... gotta run... see you all later.

10:07 am

don't think so Trif

10:07 am

later, mom!

10:07 am

Never trust the movie critics

"Just saying hello- maybe I'll do the last 56 tonight?

10:08 am

hey, kaplan!

10:09 am

phae, i agree except re certain ones I tend to agree with, like Peter Travers

Later!

10:09 am

ive read the books for years,but for the first time yesterday i saw james herriots "all creatures great and small on t.v"...lol that bbc created flick almost made me want to take my eyes out with a spoon lol

10:09 am

oh, that reminds me --- my very very good friend mary alice just finished working on a PBS series called "This Emotional Life" which starts on January 4th. Check it out if you have time

10:09 am

cool, will do, trif!

10:09 am

I like the bbc series... it is funny

10:09 am

loved those books, crossy

10:09 am

lol,Crossy. I remember seeing that series years ago on PBS. Tristan was paticularly annoying.

10:10 am

67 left, bbs

10:10 am

the books are a treasure in a place of pride on my bookcase,but ill never try the movie again

10:11 am

tisnt a movie, it's a tv series

10:11 am

trif, here's the trailer: http://tinyurl.com/y9cya27

10:11 am

I enjoyed the "All Creatures" TV series. Wasn't as good as the books of course. Then again, how many times can you ask an actor to insert his arm into a cows arse?

10:11 am

whatever it was..15 minutes was enough

10:11 am

it is always that way if you really love a book... the film versions never measure up

10:11 am

oh, crossy, i remember really enjoying the TV series "back in the day"

10:11 am

lol@ cow butts

10:11 am

hey, kje!

10:11 am

I really like those books too, but not sure I read all of them....got the latest sophie kinsella book out of the library yesterday, and read it all in one gulp! the library teases me when I bring books back the next day....

10:11 am

happy birthday to you

10:11 am

happy birthday to you

10:11 am

tx :-)

10:12 am

happy birthday dear uneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

10:12 am

it was sooo wonderful, highlight of the weekend!

10:12 am

happy birthday to you!

10:12 am

LOVE Sophie Kinsella!

10:12 am

LOLOLOL! :-)

10:12 am

lol,tell them not to tease trif,i can remember when i was young returning 2 at once the next day

10:12 am

I don't think I know sophie... what has she written

10:12 am

thanks une!

10:12 am

Hi babble buddies! How is the grid, today?

10:13 am

good so far

10:13 am

shopaholic series is probably her most well know stuff

10:13 am

howdy beach..seems fine so far

10:13 am

hey, beach!

10:13 am

oh, ok

10:13 am

it's more than 30 words, beach, so it's a win!

10:14 am

i got the mrs the 4 book twilight series;)

10:14 am

how old une? spill the beans!

10:14 am

on kindle, crossy?

10:14 am

One of my fave patrons at my little library is a sweet little old dear with very thick glasses, she checks out 4 or 5 at a time and brings them back in only 3 or 4 days, her hubby assures me she reads them all, amazing!

10:14 am

yup,in e-book format

10:14 am

62, kje! a true geezer LOL

10:15 am

Rbud - my gram used to do the same thing. She was a reading machine. Crosswords too.

10:15 am

wow! would never have guessed that... your typing looks so young!

10:15 am

LOL!

10:15 am

big party tonight?

10:15 am

very, very happy birthday wishes, une!

10:16 am

hi everyone hi

10:16 am

hi oodle

10:16 am

howdy, oodle!

10:16 am

many thanks, trif :-) I was having a very weepy day but the chog has perked me right up! :-)

10:16 am

Hiya, Oodle!

10:16 am

hey, oodle!

10:17 am

oh my! why weepy? not birthday blues?

10:17 am

oh, I know those days well, une, so we are kindred spirits there! I am actually amazed at how well I have done over the past few days, not having my kids....

10:17 am

Bonne anniversaire, chere Une!

10:17 am

mine went back to Michigan yesterday :-(

10:17 am

merci, stid!!

10:17 am

Hey all

10:17 am

oh... sorry une

10:17 am

(((oodle)))

10:18 am

BON ANNIVERSAIRE UNE!!!

10:18 am

yes indeed trif,god bless e-book readers because regular printed books are almost useless to the mrs now

10:18 am

(((BEACH)))

10:18 am

but before she left, she baked me a wonderful bday cranberry tart!

10:18 am

merci, oodle!!!

10:18 am

grrrr, the P's are driving me nuts!

10:18 am

oh wow, that sounds wonderful!

10:18 am

oh, that is so sweet! she is a credit to you une

10:19 am

i'll put some in the PB -- it's yummy! :-)

10:19 am

unfortunately crosshair, the fourth twilight book is just about useless too. I was so disappointed in it!

10:19 am

this virtual food stuff sucks!!!! I want the real thing!

10:19 am

*deciding if weather is good enough to risk visit to Une's

10:19 am

LOL!

10:19 am

sunny but cold here in NashVegas, stid :-)

10:20 am

we can meet there stid - I can prob make it in about 4-5 hours

10:20 am

*avoiding the Twilight stuff, dau is addicted enough for both of us, lol!*

10:20 am

en7 anyone?

10:20 am

come on, ladies! LOL

10:20 am

nash vegas -- lol. we have a town here called marshfied which everyone refers to as marshvegas

10:20 am

hey, kate, I need that one too

10:20 am

yeah, I agree, kje... I am going to be making blackeyed peas (for luck) and greens (for prosperity) for New Year's dinner

10:21 am

can't seem to see it...

10:21 am

It will take me abot 20 hrs to drive, am boycotting flying for now.

10:21 am

oh, we used to always have blackeyed peas too!

10:21 am

don't blame you, stid

10:21 am

*stern mm

10:21 am

well,ive heard the ladies natter about it so much,i thought she would enjoy it

10:21 am

wow, didn't know they did that up there beach... are you a southern gal hiding in VA?

10:21 am

I admit to being a Twilight goof

10:21 am

love the books

10:22 am

ah, well if I have to drive... would be more like 10-12 or so

10:22 am

black eyed pea salad--scallions and bell peppers and herbs and vinaigrette

10:22 am

en7 = compound word, last page of a book

10:22 am

I am from Georgia

10:22 am

haven't read any of them, beach

10:22 am

*proudly hates twilight* :D

10:22 am

not a twighlight fan (hiding from the stones)

10:22 am

:)

10:22 am

Sorry my eyes are not awake enough to use the cellphone keyboard it seems.

10:22 am

was $39.99 for the 4 books

10:22 am

LOL - knew it beach

10:22 am

worth it, good deal, actually

10:22 am

If Twilight were a people I would embrace their genocide

10:22 am

yay ata!!!!

10:22 am

I shall be back later when I can see

10:23 am

ata, does poor hobbit know you continue to flaunt the cone?

10:23 am

lol y'all

10:23 am

lol, Nancy Boy.

10:23 am

hagd stid

10:23 am

that is a great deal, crossy -- well done you!

10:23 am

My dau made me read them,

10:23 am

Wait. Nany boy. You OK?

10:23 am

she still has the cone on, so ... :)

10:23 am

tx for the en7!

10:23 am

Stid! Hello :) I'm alright thanks, how are you?

10:23 am

Poor hobbit

10:23 am

yw

10:23 am

I don't like books about abusive relationships

10:24 am

ah, poor baby, the Cone of Shame

10:24 am

Just woke up, kiddo! Nice to sleep in.

10:24 am

and she made it worse by sticking garland on it!

10:24 am

one more day of the Cone of Shame!

Back. Hi Ata!

10:24 am

truly

Have several bottles of champagne. Want one?

10:24 am

it is the cone of shame; my Cosmo is soooo ashamed when he has to wear one

10:24 am

oh, hadn't seen that -- too funny, ata! LOL

10:24 am

ty for the en 7--I knew it would be something I should have seen

10:25 am

is that cosmo in your pic?

10:25 am

Okay back later. (((Hugs an choclit for all except dogs who get treats)))

10:25 am

later, stid!

10:25 am

reminds me,i have to pick up a couple bottles of bubbly;)

10:25 am

must get going as well -- wonderful to see everyone! *poof*

10:25 am

byeee Stid :)

10:26 am

Yes, champagne would be lovely! *looks for OJ to make a morning mimosa*

10:26 am

bye une - many happy days this new year for you!

Bye for now, enjoy the rest of our birthday, Une!

10:26 am

peeking in to test the waters! how is this one?

10:26 am

well im off to work for the rest of the day,tc all and happy babbling

10:26 am

bbye sally

*Hands out glasses of fizz

10:27 am

See ya, Crossy!

10:27 am

poof!

10:27 am

later, crossy! have a good day!

10:27 am

there is weed.... the grinch who removed christmas too soon

10:28 am

bahhhh, humbug

10:28 am

Sun is shining here, can see the upset birds at my empty feeders, will have to wade through the snow, sigh...

10:28 am

Hi featherbee

10:28 am

how fitting that green is today, grinch

10:28 am

what's funny is i thought daniel would have a fit. as soon as he saw the ornaments box, he begged to help, and i had to slow him down! when i told doug it was all down, he said what did we do, hoover the tree?

10:28 am

BBL. Work beckons.

10:29 am

woohooooooo only 258 more words to go yahooeeeeee

10:29 am

doug's out getting his new remote car starter installed, my big surprise for him.

10:29 am

go, oodle, go!!

10:29 am

258?! how?!

10:29 am

poor daniel, avoiding meals, getting rid of trees, sounds like a traumatic x-mas for him

10:29 am

oodle, you have a diff grid than me....

10:30 am

49 left here, may have to list soon

10:30 am

nope same grid ... the grid adds another word when I enter a wrong word

10:30 am

lmao

10:30 am

LOL

lol oodle

10:31 am

da gwid don't wike me

10:32 am

yeah, he's one traumatized kid. heh.

10:32 am

okay, need to go add value. see you later friends!

10:32 am

how is the grid, anyway? the kids are going to grandpa's house this afternoon, and i'm contemplating actually being lazy.

10:32 am

ok, list it is, I don't have all day to stare at this thing

10:32 am

it isn't bad... the first 150 went really fast

10:33 am

you said you had 50 left.

10:33 am

or 49.

10:33 am

what? you have a problem with my math?

10:34 am

um. nope. just figured it out. sheesh. my brain's on the fritz.

10:35 am

hi al....clue please for the FIRST na5/12 please?

10:35 am

it's OK, the math is bad... but took too long to type 142 instead

10:36 am

yeah, but it was a lot closer than what i was thinking. i thought you were off by 50 or so somehow.

10:36 am

no, not THAT bad... I do tend to exagerate, but that would just be plain silly

10:36 am

btw, your turn on hef.

Hi everyone, How goes it.

10:37 am

hi red!

10:37 am

my scrabble is wonky, but I will try

10:37 am

gm red

10:37 am

gonna go play some nintendo ds while i wait for nick to finish lunch. bbl.

10:38 am

na5/12 anyone??

I have it not.

10:38 am

boggle?

10:39 am

k - enjoy

10:39 am

ok Red, thanx!

10:39 am

Flask, na 5/12 is plural of word before or nothings in spanish

10:39 am

and back for a little bit

10:39 am

na5-12, plural of nothing, zip, ziltch, na**

TY Annie. Hello Bubba.

10:39 am

hi

10:40 am

beach???

10:40 am

huh

10:40 am

sorry, I was staring at the grid

10:40 am

your turn in boggle dear

10:40 am

oops

10:40 am

hee hee hee

10:40 am

ok thanx all!

10:40 am

lexulous I mean

10:40 am

uh lex, u mean?

10:41 am

k

10:41 am

duh

10:41 am

silly wabbit

10:42 am

is that cosmo in your pic, beach?

10:42 am

yes, Ata

10:43 am

now getting frustrated with this grid.

10:43 am

so cute!

10:43 am

he is my sweetie...

10:43 am

thank you!!

hi ru, its better than yesterdays...

10:44 am

the list helps ru

10:44 am

OMG, he is soooooo cute, ru!

10:44 am

haven't gotten to the list yet.. (pulling rabbits out of a hat)

10:44 am

do you have him yet?

10:44 am

no.. he has to grow up some more

Everyones dog icons today are adorable. I love terriers beach, but Ihave a Golden...

10:45 am

oh man... just makes you wantto cuddle!

10:45 am

the breeder is already dressing him up and subjecting him to ridicule

10:46 am

oh oh oh ruru i love rabbits...and beach called me a silly one

10:46 am

i hate dressing dogs up

I find most dogs don't tolerate clothing well. I have never tried it with Teulu.

10:46 am

(if the shoe fits ...oodle)

10:46 am

Goldens are awesome, red... I have just totally fallen for my little Cairn

10:46 am

morning all! any clues for the ar7/32 would be greatly appreciated!

Hi ddb....

10:47 am

hi!

10:47 am

no dog dressing!

10:47 am

must say, now that I am listing, these words are weird, I wasn't going to find most of these

10:47 am

loosing what little hair I have left!

a plus past tense of to move swiftly, and the begginging of a down pillow.

10:47 am

ugh ..you had to tell me that.

10:48 am

I am mostly all the time unless something or someone pisses me off then I am worse than a pitbull with rabies

I have 82 left. Not listing yet, its too early in the day.

10:48 am

Why isn't roly a word? Roly poly! Roly poly bird? Two common english uses right there.

10:48 am

I got to 150 last night quickly but have ground to a halt since

10:48 am

would you rather bang your head on the wall indefintely? cuz I have no problem watching that

I think Nancy it have 2 l's but I'm not sure.

10:48 am

PB Nancy!! the po4 is a word

10:48 am

exactly my predicament - listed with 49 to go

10:48 am

isn't it rolly polly

10:49 am

looks at lump on head

Hi phae.

10:49 am

Well Phaeton YOU'RE coming with me for a) giving me the word and b) drawing attention to it :D

Ruru, your puppy has gorgeous coloring.

10:49 am

*throws ru an ice pack*

10:49 am

red...how on earth do you find those! Thank you so much!

10:50 am

thanks red

10:50 am

thanks doc

10:50 am

I know the bird is roly p4...not sure about the somersault

I got the clue earlier from Haz, I would not have found it otherwise!!!

10:50 am

great teamwork! Thanks again!

YVW ddb,

10:51 am

good evening

Hi Sprite!!!!!

10:52 am

hi sprite

10:53 am

hey red :)

10:54 am

hi kje :)

10:54 am

** waves white hanky and heads to list **

10:55 am

OK, I am down to 25 and need a break - this is starting to hurt my head

the ice pack is getting to ru. with 78 left, I am still chugging at it.

sprite how is terra?

10:55 am

not a friendly grid then?

10:55 am

*bless you lickety.. wherever you are*

10:55 am

give it 20-25 more red... your wall is coming!

10:55 am

doing wonderful, red. Looking prettier every day and still as sweet tempered and funny as ever. Healthy and happy.

10:55 am

it is friendly for most of it, but the ;ast 40-50 or so get tricky

great to hear.

10:56 am

I don't think so!

Kje, I am already sittin on that wall!!!!!

10:56 am

hmmm ok slightly harder than average then. We'll see.

en 7 please

11:01 am

last page of a book, ash

11:03 am

thanks kje

11:03 am

any clues for ar7 plz? Can't seem to get it.

11:04 am

ar7 - member of teh spider order... very hard to clue

11:05 am

though I am sure someone more clever than I can pop one out

11:05 am

hmmm that helps I think!

11:06 am

holy cow, my monkeys are busy

11:06 am

ty kje...i found the ar7!

11:06 am

works fine for me, kje, thanks

11:06 am

yw! glad that worked

11:07 am

pa7/36?

11:09 am

Whoo hoo got the spider clue! thanks.

11:10 am

last p - pa7?

11:11 am

oops, not last p, just last one on that tile, sigh

omg took forever but got it thanks kje!!! i went blind for a few minutes lol

11:11 am

yw

11:14 am

dos

11:14 am

both 7s - sigh

11:15 am

go kje go go goooo

11:16 am

how intersting... same ending on both

11:16 am

sa7 - tinned small fish

11:16 am

pa7 - similar ending

11:16 am

thanks kje

11:17 am

yw - will hang and clue for a few if anyone needs any

11:17 am

can any1 help me with na/5

11:17 am

sorry kje, too ea5 for me. Thanks anyway.

well, I need errrr, 73 more.

11:17 am

I need another clue for the ar7...I know you said it's hard...

thanks kje found sa 7 and pa 7

11:18 am

araine

11:18 am

na5 is a plural of the previous 4 - nothing in spanish

11:18 am

ar7 ends in a part of Self, according to Freud.

11:19 am

the bad part of self

11:19 am

the part i like - LOL

11:19 am

jk

11:19 am

nah not bad.

11:19 am

well... mischevious then?

11:19 am

strong willed?

11:19 am

troublesome?

11:19 am

hehehe that for sure

11:19 am

socially unacceptable?

11:20 am

the immoral part?

11:20 am

immoral isn't bad?

11:21 am

not necessarily. When kept in check by the other parts, it is a very important part of self - it makes us want stuff.

11:21 am

I love your bird there, sprite - gorgeous!

11:22 am

thanks :) Golden rings on his neck.

11:22 am

en7 anyone pls

11:23 am

Oops got it tx

11:23 am

yes, I picked up on that - LOL

11:24 am

got a word (sar****) that won't go plural???

11:24 am

finally came up with the ar7...thanks all

11:24 am

there is no s to plural it

11:24 am

no because the S is in the wrong place

11:25 am

duh - thanx for the help - thought minds was totally gone

11:25 am

only reason we know is because we tried it too

11:26 am

feel better then... lol

11:26 am

:)

11:26 am

aryds

11:26 am

am off to dinner, back later

ra 7 plzz

Well, ten more down. Must drag myself to the cold pool today.

Fireworks!

11:32 am

congrats!!

Sorry not have been chatting - have been alternating babble and searching for Hungarian grocery stores in the Yellow pages - no luck! Greek or Italian might work - found them. Wish me luck.

11:33 am

good luck helens

Thanks all - see you later. Happy New Year if I miss any of you before then.

11:41 am

Could use that ra7 meself ..

11:43 am

ra7...pl a mans name

11:44 am

horny guys

11:45 am

Thanks! Thought I had tried that ..

11:45 am

go tor

12:00 pm

Gosh, I just realized with that clue hego gave ... people who name their kids Ra*** ... do they realize that word has another meaning? And if so, why name a guy that? Or a girl? (I know a woman with that name). Mmmm..

12:01 pm

lol ch

12:02 pm

The p's have driven me mad, so excuse my clue.

12:02 pm

no, it was an excellent clue, hego :)

12:03 pm

does anyone have a clue for the pr14 plz?

12:03 pm

It worked, right

12:04 pm

Still struggling down the p's

12:05 pm

anyone have the pr 5/14?

12:05 pm

no idea

12:05 pm

trying to find that myself rururocks.

12:06 pm

pr + selma *l*ba*a

12:06 pm

tx br

12:07 pm

don't get the clue BabbleRabble. Is that a famous American?

12:07 pm

thank you BR

12:07 pm

last ra5 please ?

12:07 pm

must be an Indian word

12:08 pm

Sandie it sounds like a baby carriage with an extra vowel.

12:08 pm

who is selma?

12:08 pm

forget Selma

12:09 pm

ty hego for the pr :-)

12:09 pm

(puzzling over baby carriage) ... bassinet? Stroller? Crib? Creche?

12:09 pm

yw

12:09 pm

sandle think silver cross carriage

12:09 pm

pr + defunct airline: P*n **erican

12:09 pm

Oh wow! Thanks for that!

12:09 pm

no, with a pr!

12:10 pm

Selma is a city, not a name, if that helps anyone.

12:10 pm

YAY!!!!

12:10 pm

evening again

12:10 pm

ah... thanks br (and hego)

12:10 pm

yw

12:10 pm

Sprrrrite! {glad hugs all around}

12:10 pm

hi Sprite

12:11 pm

Hello, sprite

12:11 pm

hi ch, and hego and BabbleRabble. Glad to see you.

12:11 pm

Br is just like big brother. He's out there watching. LOL

12:11 pm

I wish I had a brother like BabbleRabble

12:12 pm

I'm sure he'd be willing to adopt you, Sprite. Any of us would :)

12:12 pm

one that quotes Douglas Adams, even :D

12:12 pm

nah, not any, ch! But you give me hope.

12:13 pm

like your icon, hego

12:13 pm

Looking wistfully for spring. REAL wistfully!

12:13 pm

What kind of bird beautiful bird is that, sprite?

12:14 pm

*puts spring flowers in PB for hego*

12:14 pm

it is a golden pheasant, BabbleRabble, one of the ring-necked species.

12:15 pm

Hi all. Got a good start on the grid today. Any clues on the i for nbt?

12:15 pm

hi wht

12:15 pm

id4/7

12:15 pm

pr 5,12 pls

12:15 pm

id 4/7

12:16 pm

kind of perfect, wht

12:16 pm

What a nice place. ty.

12:16 pm

hi all

12:16 pm

Hi dusty

12:16 pm

hail and pr*i** the Lord

12:16 pm

pr 5 - sort of a variant for to laud

12:16 pm

hi dusty

12:17 pm

tx Sprite

12:17 pm

P + the part an actor plays

12:18 pm

babble can u help me with 1 of 8 letter words?

12:18 pm

da7 please?

12:19 pm

DA7/36 is plural of the DA5/18 -- fine + DA5

12:19 pm

SE8/55 is one who travels the water

12:19 pm

ar + Lois L*** +a Freud term; pl

12:20 pm

great clues br and eva - thanks!

12:20 pm

(superman's lady interest)

12:20 pm

thats a great clue BRabble. :)

12:20 pm

da5?

12:20 pm

brilliantly clued

12:21 pm

DA5/18 -- fine + DA5

12:21 pm

a guy who dresses rather snobbish, dusty, or another word for fine, ok

12:21 pm

k

12:21 pm

ty

12:22 pm

ty Rabble

12:22 pm

new pic wht?

12:23 pm

No same old one.

12:23 pm

o

12:23 pm

I haven't gotten into changing my icon daily

12:23 pm

Or even monthly

12:23 pm

100 words down. brain is tired...

12:24 pm

take a rest then eva

12:24 pm

u still got 11 hours

12:25 pm

yup, take it easy and stay sa4

sorry lost connection ra 7 please

12:27 pm

sprite werent u on last night?>

12:27 pm

sprite werent u on last night?>

12:27 pm

I was, shortly, dusty. Why?

12:28 pm

spritey! terra!

12:29 pm

hey Ata. How's Hobbit's tail healing up?

12:29 pm

cuz i member u givin hints and crap

12:29 pm

almsot completely better :)

12:29 pm

I might have given hints, but I never give crap

12:30 pm

ah good Ata! Cuddle the Hobster from me

12:30 pm

lol just about to say that!

12:30 pm

:)

12:30 pm

hey sprite, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law are moving to amsterdam

12:30 pm

brain dead here, finally got the da7 ty eva

12:30 pm

ra7 is like the da7

12:30 pm

they've got to find a place to live

12:31 pm

ooo luckjy them!

12:31 pm

moving! So does that mean I get to see you sometimes?

12:31 pm

Clue for di 6/24?

12:31 pm

oh, possibly, though i'm not sure about the question money-wise

12:32 pm

di7 something disappears slowly, it dw*****s away

12:32 pm

was wondering if you knew anybody good in the realty line who could help them locate a suitable abode

12:32 pm

Ty Sprite!

12:32 pm

that was di6, not 7

12:32 pm

well tht wus a good hint ty

12:33 pm

not me, but I will ask my husband if he knows someone.

thanks sprite;)

12:33 pm

well, they'll figure it out one way or anothr

dandie

shoot sorry

12:33 pm

fireflies for me. Am going to update icon theme.

12:33 pm

Yes! Fireworks! And what a tricky, mean grid it was!

12:33 pm

other spelling will work though, Ashley

12:34 pm

gratz hego

12:34 pm

tx Sprite

12:34 pm

didn't find it that bad, actually, only a few nasty words for me. Especially the ea compound.

12:35 pm

Not bad, tricky.

12:36 pm

lol and mean isn't bad? Just a challenge?

12:36 pm

Yup.

12:36 pm

I've only been at this for 3 mos.

12:36 pm

I'm a Babble baby1 lol

12:37 pm

:) nah, you are a pro. And finishing grids. No baby anymore.

12:37 pm

Oh good. I'm a toddler now.

12:38 pm

sprite's an old age pensioner :P

12:38 pm

god don't I feel like one sometimes. But you beat me, Ata.

12:38 pm

true :D

12:39 pm

Ata's a Momma Babbler

12:39 pm

not by far though

12:39 pm

3 months or something like that, I believe.

12:39 pm

lol hego

12:39 pm

and I ahve a few grey hairs to show for my time spent in babble land :)

12:40 pm

heyyyy FM *HUG* Nice to see you!

12:40 pm

you're still a young un compared to me and Sprite!

12:40 pm

Ata is AAAAaaaaaaancient.

12:40 pm

spritey sprite ((()))! LOL I know Ata 4 years count's for nithing.

12:40 pm

almost a year younger, FM... Adolescent at best ;)

12:41 pm

I guess I'll return to real life now. Have a good one, All!

12:41 pm

yech, who would want to be an adolecent again?

12:41 pm

*touches up her Babble-Roots, so as to appear younger*

12:41 pm

Bye hego.

12:41 pm

you too, hego

12:41 pm

not for all the gold in the world, FM

12:42 pm

lol EvaN and Hi again :)

12:42 pm

you are much slimmer than I, EvaN... so you have more wrinkles :P

12:43 pm

oh FM! the cone of shame is Off!

12:44 pm

yay finished todays grid, that plus yesterdays completion makes 2 in about 6 weeks!

12:44 pm

time for Babble-Botox!

12:44 pm

wow FM, a record! Wtg sincerely though.

12:44 pm

Is Hobbit frolicking happily now that the CoS os off?

12:45 pm

lol @ Babble Botox

12:45 pm

she's nibbling her tail *facepalm*

12:45 pm

Just haven't had time sprite. Cone back on then Ata

Back again to finish. Sort of good news about Hobbit, Ata

12:46 pm

EvaN - I'll get the cabana boys trained up so they can botox whilst you relax :)

12:46 pm

but the skin is nice and unbroken, so we'll let her keep it off for a while and see what happens

12:46 pm

FM, dear, just teasing you a bit, no explanations needed. Am only happy to see you, whenever.

Could you paint something nasty-tasking on the tail, Ata?

12:46 pm

silly Holly

12:47 pm

Bite-X maybe... my kids hate it profoundly.

Sorry, nasty-tasking sb nasty-tasting.

Like nasty-tasking thoiugh - like hoovering and laundry!

12:47 pm

oh that reminds me of the stuff you used to be able to get to paint on your nails to stop you biting them - horrid *shudder*

12:48 pm

gentian violet!

You can get a purple spray for chickens to stop them feather pecking

12:48 pm

lovely, FM. could use a mani-pedi while im at it, but that have to be very careful not to tickle the feet!

Imagines Hobbit with purple tail.

12:48 pm

nasty-tasking is just brilliant. We should keep it.

Agree, Sprite.

12:49 pm

that's the stuff I meant, FM. Called Bite-X here.

12:49 pm

Ah couldn't remember the name.

Mind yoiu, Hobbit would probably relish the taste!

12:50 pm

could be very different at your side of the ocean... brand names can be so weird

My typing gets worse, sigh...

12:50 pm

it must get pretty bad before babblers won't be able to make out the meaning, Sally. Don't worry.

12:50 pm

Yes Sally - given that she eats or sniffs various dead sealife etc.

TY for your kindness and understanding, Sprite :-) Passes glass.

12:51 pm

Sally - don't worry I have trained a lot of babblers as my spelling is usually dire and they can still understand it (thank goodness)!

12:52 pm

*giggles* Bottoms up, Sally!

I am excused today :-)

That was a hint ...

12:53 pm

oh my... finding fun facts over the icon themes can be so rewarding. Did any of you know that at some point geese were considered a FRUIT and not an animal, hence meat?

12:53 pm

HAve spent the last 2 hours sorting filing cabinet and refiling documents - am all done now and know where everythign is again.

12:53 pm

wonderful, FM. Can I borrow your filing cabinet now then? Got about 3 years of filing to catch up with.

How on earth could geese be considered a fruit?

12:54 pm

Tell you what sprite - I'll come over and sort your filing for you :)

*Tries to imagine a goose tree.

12:54 pm

It was something to do with the Church wasn't it re the geese?

12:54 pm

oh PLEASE do, FM. I will keep you fed, in drinks, in hugs and all other things you might desire.

12:55 pm

let me type it out, and I will explain

But FM, sprite's files are probably in Dutch. How well do you speak Dutch?

12:55 pm

I think it harks back to Tudor times when you could only eat fish on Fridays etc and the goose was designated a fruit so that the rich could it it .. or something like that.

12:56 pm

no need to understand, I 'd be happy to have it sorted on big name on top :D

12:56 pm

hold on

12:56 pm

hello all

lol sprite

Hi peri

12:56 pm

Ata, glad to hear that the cone of shame has been removed

12:56 pm

Ummm good point Sally , she and I could try French perhaps or she could supervise?

12:56 pm

peri!!!!

12:57 pm

hello, back for my last 107

12:57 pm

67 left here

12:57 pm

and Hey dc!

12:57 pm

not liking this grid much

12:57 pm

hi, FM, peri. sally, sprite

Hi dc!

12:58 pm

Like yr take on the 5 gold rings dc :)

76 left here but was out having huge lunch.

12:59 pm

i'm working on cooking lunch now. waiting for the broth to reduce

1:00 pm

Shoot, forgot I have something cooking - back in a bit.

1:00 pm

help with da7 pls

1:00 pm

Medieval se8s had a strange tale on the origin of the goose. It seems that on the hull of their ships grew this long, goose-shaped barnacle. coincidentally, there was also an Artic goose that migrated around England. Since this goose and the barnacle looked a lot alike, the sailors said that the goose originated from the barnacle, and in some tales from a seaside tree. And as you can guess, because the goose came from a tree it was suddenly perfectly alright to eat on Fridays, for instance, since it was then considered a 'fruit' and not the 'flesh of animals'. By the 18th century, the goose was the customary Christmas dinner. The boar had been hunted to extinction, so it was no longer served. But many homes still served a string of sausages around the goose as a reminder of the boar in days past.

1:00 pm

yankee doodle da7

1:00 pm

hey seain, good icon! Hi periwinkle

1:01 pm

NM

Interesting sprite. TY

1:01 pm

periwinkle is doing a periwinkle again, lol

1:01 pm

i feel highly edumacated. :)

1:01 pm

:) I went traditional 1st four days, thought i'd change it up a bit

1:01 pm

I am at least consistent :-)

1:01 pm

yvw Sally. I try to have a story like that every day with the 12 days of Xmas. It has been fun so far.

1:02 pm

true periwinkle :)

1:02 pm

hehehe EvaN, see, I knew I was good for something at least.

1:04 pm

yay, lunch is done :)

1:04 pm

most around here do ham for Xmas dinner

I've never eaten goose.

1:05 pm

seain, my stories tell about the time of the 12 days of Xmas celebrations, not about now.

1:05 pm

oh, duh, of course, sprite :)

1:06 pm

what's for lunch, dc?

1:06 pm

stuffing with corn and scallions and spinach and mushrooms

1:07 pm

and i reduction of Vinho Verde

1:07 pm

Ok, I will right over, dc :-)

1:07 pm

sounds lovely! I really hope some of you are reading my daily icon contributions these days, because they are interesting and sometimes funny. So many things I never knew.

1:08 pm

bbs

1:08 pm

how yummy, dc!

1:08 pm

am truly glad jilli came up with this idea for the icon themes in this period

1:08 pm

ar7/32 pleasae

1:08 pm

The wind is blowing wicked here in New England today

1:09 pm

same here in the Mid-Atlantic, bichon

1:09 pm

Tomorrow is going to be very warm, 32

1:10 pm

that is toasty for up there this time of year :)

1:11 pm

It was a great suggestion from jilli spite and am hoping that I can join in now that I am back up and running on the main PC.

1:11 pm

no, it's normal. I've never experienced such a pre-Jan cold like this one

1:11 pm

I hope so too, FM :) Gratz on getting the main one running at last, must be so pleasant for lots of things.

1:12 pm

well, when i lived up there, it was much colder and wetter than what i knew from living around DC :)

1:12 pm

The 12' of snow we had before the holiday all melted from the heavy rain we got.

1:12 pm

does anyone know anything about steamers?

1:12 pm

most of our 24 inches here id the same.

1:13 pm

raining here, too, all the snowebirds are "desole"

I have one, Ata.

1:13 pm

It means that instead of trying to work from one end of the dining table I now have my proper office back up and running :)

1:13 pm

steamed clams?

1:13 pm

some, ata, what specifically?

1:13 pm

how wonderful, FM

1:13 pm

trying to work out the advantages of getting an expensive one over a very simple cheap one

1:14 pm

lovely, FM. Am happy for you!

1:14 pm

en7 please

1:14 pm

steamers... as in boat or as in removing wallpaper?

1:14 pm

Just get a steamer basket that fits inside a normal pan Ata

1:14 pm

as in steaming vegetables!

1:14 pm

or for cooking?

1:14 pm

but these have 2 layers ..

1:15 pm

get 2 baskets then, doh!

1:15 pm

ata, i think you should get the best you can afford sized to your needs

1:15 pm

ok, then I second FM. It is the steam that does the work, so if you can close the pan with the basket(s) in it, it will work perfectly.

I agree with FM. We have two that fit on normal saucepan, and a separate one. Hardly ever use the normal one (but it does have two layers!)

1:16 pm

No point in throwing money away on something that takes up counter space.

Sorry, hardly ever use the separate one.

1:16 pm

i use a folding one that fits in most of my pots, myself. very inexpensive, and i've had it for years.

the favorite steamer I ever had is like what dc describes

1:16 pm

en7 = last page of a book ..

1:16 pm

hmmmm. how would I use one in a saucepan? *cooking cluelesss!*

Also you don't always want to steam two things together cos one can take on flavour of the other.

It sits on top

the folding ones fit inside a saucepan

1:17 pm

the sides fold so they're perpendicular to the saucepan.

1:17 pm

beach it is your turn...

1:17 pm

you put water in the bottom of the pan and the 'steamer sits on legs above the simmering water with the lid on the pan - easy peasy!

you add water to the pan, just under the steamer; veg goes in basket

1:17 pm

The best steamer is the bamboo one you just put over a pot of boiling water .. you can stack several ..

1:18 pm

hi dc¸

1:18 pm

Ata - come over and I will show you.

1:18 pm

i sometimes cook my rice under the steamer, with my tamales atop the steamer. easy, one-pot dish

kay ooodle

1:18 pm

ty

Our steamers actually fit on top of pan rather than on legs, but same priciple.

1:18 pm

i use those with my wok, torg

1:18 pm

hi, oodle

1:18 pm

You just can't let all the water boil away

1:18 pm

*whispers* what's tamales?

1:18 pm

can sum 1 gimme a hint 2 the i word?

1:18 pm

that's my problem. I like things I can just set up and leave

1:18 pm

awe Ata ((()))

1:19 pm

1st fa5/16 please

But steamed veg take hardly any time, Ata.

1:19 pm

You need to learn to cook girl!

1:19 pm

id4 rather perfect

1:19 pm

Plural fa4.7

1:20 pm

plural of fa4 7?

1:20 pm

but I put things on the cooker and then go off and draw ;)

1:20 pm

ditto to what wildcat said :-)

1:20 pm

Buy a timer so it reminds you *sigh*

1:20 pm

and as we all know, drawing takes precedence. As it should.

1:21 pm

first one comes before the 4/7

Sprite, I think of id4 as a kind of poem, not as rather perfect.

1:21 pm

but you can't time how long water takes to boil away :P

1:22 pm

well talking of food my roasted bacon joint is resting after cooking so I must away to prep the rest of the meal. Happy babbling all and lovely chatting.

1:22 pm

yum!!! *hugs fm ma5*

1:22 pm

njoy, FM :)

1:22 pm

fa + not out

1:22 pm

no I want the fa5/16 before that

ooh, ty Ata for the ma5

1:23 pm

enjoy, FM, and *hugs*

1:23 pm

fa5 - starts like mythical little people, ends with a no variant.

1:24 pm

ty dc

1:24 pm

ooh, and it plurals :)

1:24 pm

so what are tamales, dc?

1:24 pm

yes it does

1:25 pm

filled cornflour things wrapped in dried corn husks and steamed.

1:25 pm

ooooooo

1:25 pm

like a borrito only corn husks

1:25 pm

i fill mine with cheese and spice peppers. unwrap to eat, topped with a spicy pepper sauce or salsa or pico de gallo

1:25 pm

don't confuse them with cojones

1:25 pm

2nd ma6.24 please

1:26 pm

if there's a mexican part of your town, or nearby, you can got them easily.

1:26 pm

sounds yummy

1:26 pm

still trying to find Israeli couscous!

1:27 pm

dc, I got the first part of the fa5 clue, but not the latter half

1:27 pm

lots of recipes on line. I'm sure you can find maize flour, but the dried corn husks could be hard.

1:27 pm

Ata, have some in my cabinet, don't like it

1:28 pm

kosher/jewish stores have the large cous cous typical of Israel. I prefer the smaller stuff, myself.

1:28 pm

I love it, it's just impossible to find here

1:28 pm

I do too dc, I buy whole wheat at the health sotre [in bulk]

1:29 pm

yes, that's what i buy too, bichon :)

1:29 pm

this grid is making be go cross eyed

1:29 pm

dc, did you see my ? about the fa 5/16?

1:30 pm

ah, yes, teenaged negation syllable

1:30 pm

n + first vowel

1:30 pm

**, i don wanna

1:31 pm

i thought it was fa + 3rd vowel

1:31 pm

at start, yes, bichon

1:31 pm

then consonant vowel

1:32 pm

okay, the dense one got it

1:32 pm

ty

1:32 pm

yvw :)

1:32 pm

2nd ma6/24 please

1:32 pm

i onl have the ma6 plaid

1:33 pm

ma + and now the **d is near.... + what you put in the papers to sell or buy something

1:34 pm

ty sprite

1:34 pm

can i get a clue for the na4/4 please

1:34 pm

yummy indian bread

1:34 pm

ok, icon updated and so are the themes. Managed to find geese growing on tres!

1:35 pm

on trees even*

1:35 pm

enjoy, all, and see you tomorrow. *hugs* for those who want them.

1:36 pm

na4/4 is a palindrome...

1:36 pm

{{{sprite}}} sweet dreams

1:37 pm

there 2 palindromes

1:38 pm

tyvm

1:38 pm

i thought i tried that

1:39 pm

firewords thanks for all the help e`

1:39 pm

e1

1:39 pm

congrats, wild

1:39 pm

ty

1:40 pm

hiya all

1:40 pm

hi

1:41 pm

da 4?

Good night, sprite.

There are 8 da4, dusty.

1:43 pm

HI, MM

1:43 pm

ik...

1:51 pm

ik?

lol, think that's an expression of horror and not a clue Ata

1:52 pm

Ik is Dutch for I, is it not?

1:53 pm

i have the SE8, stats for other 8, pls?

ar 8/45

1:54 pm

thank you

2:01 pm

is the ar 8 the pl for the 7?

yes it is bichon

2:03 pm

ty Sally

np

2:08 pm

en 7?

2:09 pm

help with the da 7/36?

Last page of a book

2:09 pm

hi folks, back to find my last 55

2:09 pm

mm, waht movies have you seen recently and what do you recommend

2:09 pm

what*

2:11 pm

ty again Sally

Not finding this grid easy :-(

2:16 pm

i think it is possessed

2:17 pm

mei either, Sally :(

2:17 pm

*me*

2:17 pm

en 7/44?

2:17 pm

pa 7/36??

en 7/44: last page of book

2:18 pm

en- 7/44= last page of a book

2:18 pm

en7 last and part of a tree (compound word)

pa 7/36: rhymes with little fish in cans

2:19 pm

ty sally

2:19 pm

43 left

6 left here: all starting with R :-(

2:20 pm

ty sally

Hey all, I am back hopeing to find my last 63...

2:20 pm

thanks for the en!

di 6,24 plz

2:22 pm

di 6/24 rhymes with the brand name of the new electronic books sold by Amazon

2:23 pm

allo! here for a bit...just need the I for NBT

id 4/7

2:24 pm

nm...23 for 23 NBT!

hi Pav! I dont have the i either but maybe with Sallys clue I can get it.

OK, must go, good luck to al.

thanks sally.

The letter count should give it to you pav

2:26 pm

id 4/7 id + the fox moved sl**y

Any other clues needed?

I dont have the list yet, I have 57 more words!

Poof! then. See you tomorrow.

bye Sally Have a good day.

ok down to 53 time for a break. I'm doing 10 at a time...today.

2:48 pm

hi, babblers, hi and bye red!

2:48 pm

i've just come in from the supermarket, my toes are frozen!

2:49 pm

grocery bags neatly lined up in the kitchen but I need to warm up with Babble before I can start the next phase of the job

2:49 pm

very quiet in here jbv

2:50 pm

hi nrkii!

hi all

2:50 pm

hi Owl!

2:50 pm

<<<<gives JBV some nice fuzzy warmed up slippers for her to wear

2:50 pm

thanks, oodle! just what I need!

2:50 pm

HI PEEPS LADY!!!

oodle no cocoaat wegmans

2:51 pm

hi owl!

2:51 pm

yqw

2:52 pm

owl, you didn't answer my fb note to you and CJ, but CJ said Sunday sounds good

2:52 pm

I am shtuck and am getting a brain freeze

nrk, public networksin nj not reliable. am home now. sunday is good

2:53 pm

okey doke, just answer us both on FB when you get the chance, so we can figure out the WHERE and Time

2:53 pm

46 left here

2:54 pm

clue for the AR 7/8 combo?

ok howdo you get there?

2:54 pm

where, quakertown?

yes

2:55 pm

I thought Quakertown because it's a straight shot up 476, or whatever that route is

2:55 pm

I've never actually been to Quakertown

2:55 pm

I just mentally mapped where you, CJ and I live, and figured it was a good point to meet

2:55 pm

probably easiest for you

need one n - have cana4/5 and plurala s weel ass the adverb meaning not any.

sorry, that was adjective not adverb

2:57 pm

plural "not any"

2:57 pm

oh wait

2:57 pm

spanish "not any" and plural

ty who kne wyou coul dplural that?

2:58 pm

oh, was that Cana4/5?

2:58 pm

en7 please

i do have cana4/5. wsa missing nothings south of the border

gee it is good to be home although i must poke around in basement then put out traps

2:59 pm

en7 = the last page in a book... compound word including a thing at the end of a branch on a tree

2:59 pm

ar7/8???

3:00 pm

ty

sounds like a spider without its c. has an extra vowel instead

coach parseghian + homonym for must have

3:01 pm

it is kind a like spider word nrkii

3:01 pm

thanks!

3:02 pm

oh you got it?? kewel

ty for en7

3:04 pm

ok later I am getting a head ache

3:04 pm

bbl

3:06 pm

see ya oodle

bye oods. gee just ate a ham sandwich which i thought i was craving but it would seem not. i can't eat, must be ill

3:07 pm

uh oh

3:07 pm

ginger ale?

no just no appetite/

woo hoo found sa6/21! and it's cold in here, in the nick of time!

3:17 pm

gotta run... bbl

ok will reply via fb

Hi again--Baby, it's cold outside!

3:51 pm

yeah it is today! quite frigid. I think i'll get out the woolen cloak for going out tonight.

3:57 pm

hi all....clue please for se6/24 please?

3:58 pm

se + **** to be found

3:59 pm

**** a soul to be found rather

nice poetic clue dc, and quite appropriate for the chat log at the moment

4:01 pm

sorry dc am not getting it at all.....

4:02 pm

dee, maybe you can give a less obscure clue. i'm at a loss

4:02 pm

someone else loves "Phanthom of the Paradise!" Still my beating heart . . .

4:02 pm

flask, it means scarcely or hardly

4:02 pm

A sede*t*** person is one who doesn't move around a lot or do anything. Wait, is that a real word?

if you look at a beautiful view you are looking at the sce***** (take out the c)

4:03 pm

i'd never heard of Phantom of the Paradise. i shall have to check it out.

4:03 pm

thankyou all....got it!!

don't know uni, got a bottle of Jack Daniels for Christmas and am trying it out so brain not too focused

4:04 pm

it's good with coca cola, dee :)

4:04 pm

I googled. I'm not crazy, it is a word and that is a way to use it. Well, I might still be crazy :)

yes, and ice

didn't like the first taste but it's growing on me, lol

4:05 pm

Oh, it's like bad wine then...get through the first glass and then you're set!

perseverence is a virtue

4:07 pm

i can't figure out the tile stats. where can i find the key?

can I get a clue for fa5/18 please

4:08 pm

yum. I love this time of year, as it's the one time of year they sell Tim Tams here

have you read the help (button above this chat log) hadley

4:09 pm

hadley, the grid below mirrors the grid above, and shows [how many words you've found]/[how many words start from that tile}

4:09 pm

the help link above explains much, as does angelsong's babble page, link below

4:09 pm

i read help, but couldn't find anything about tile stats

4:10 pm

fa5 - one who fa4

4:10 pm

Hadley, the tile stats are pretty simple, really. The boxes under the grid represent the letters in the grid and tell you how many words begin from each time. They turn grey when you have found all the words. The word stats underneath your word list represent the number of 4,5,6,7 words (and so on). They also tell you how many you have found so far and turn grey when you have them.

open lickety's babble clues link in friends of babble too

4:11 pm

Beyond this, we often ask for clues and talk about words as sa4,4 and things like this. The first two letters refer to the first two letters of the word we are looking for. The first number represents the number of letters in this word (in this case, 4) and the second number represents the points that the word is worth (again, 4 in this case).

4:11 pm

i notice, though, there are two "n's" listed. do they stand for different length words?

4:12 pm

uniiiiiiii

4:12 pm

no, just two Ns in the grid, hadley

ty dc, think that is a 5/16 but have it now

4:12 pm

**begin from each tile. Sorry for the error. There are two Ns in this tile and each one begins a certain number of words. Words count as 'coming from' the first possible tiles, with each tile in the word needing to touch the next, unlike boggle.

4:12 pm

OH! thanks, dcseain

4:13 pm

how do folks know the score of a word they haven't found yet?

4:13 pm

Ata! How are you feeling now? Mother gone away from the mind again? :)

4:13 pm

1st fa5.16 - starts like mythical little people, ends with 'no' variant.

4:13 pm

yes, back to husband being an idiot!

4:13 pm

lickety's babble clues give a listing of the words by first two letters, number of letters/total points

4:14 pm

link for that is under Friends of Babble

4:14 pm

that's what husbands do, ata

4:14 pm

thanks, all. very helpful!

4:14 pm

We know the score for the words usually from the babble clues, found on Licketys, sometimes babanon and occasonally in the chat, a lot of clues are spread throughout the day.

4:14 pm

I think I'm officially adopting Lori as my mom. Please inform her :)

4:14 pm

Oh Ata, poo on hubby and poo on your Mum too. Leave them both behind ;)

4:15 pm

Mum says she'll take you...

4:15 pm

and dc as my big brother :)

4:15 pm

ty lorikins!

4:15 pm

oh, cool, another little sister :)

4:15 pm

She doesn't send care packages, unfortunately, but she is otherwise an all around decent Mum.

4:16 pm

she'll do :)

4:16 pm

I missed so many simple words on my initial pass through. Made myself go halfway before looking at expert.

4:17 pm

I have to say *moment of happiness* I love how Babble is a family

4:17 pm

we certainly can bicker like one :)

4:17 pm

LOL ohhh yes!

4:18 pm

Ata pulled my hair! I'm telling! MOOOOOOOOOOM!

4:18 pm

did not! You put a frog in my haiiiiiiiir!

4:18 pm

Hello, all!

4:18 pm

Ah, family bickering.

4:18 pm

hello, vi :)

4:18 pm

I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you...

play nicely children

4:19 pm

*sternly* Uni, be nice to frogs!

4:19 pm

Hi Vic! Watch out when you sit, Ata's been putting tacks on the chairs. She's naughty.

4:19 pm

I *love* frogs. I used to rescue them from driveways at school

4:19 pm

*gasp*

4:19 pm

I love frogs too. Uni doesn't. She turns them into frog soup

4:20 pm

ar clues?

4:20 pm

i like to watch the tree frogs

4:20 pm

You're so mean. I am not sharing my mom with you anymore. *storms off to room*

4:20 pm

fine! I take back my Christmas card! even if it hasn't even gotten to you yet LOL

4:21 pm

*sigh*

4:21 pm

*Offers Ata a peace candy cane.

4:21 pm

ar7 means " pertaining to spiders"

4:21 pm

Vi is so grown-up

4:21 pm

*offers Chocolate Tim Tams for peace*

4:21 pm

ar8 is plural

4:22 pm

ooooooooooo timtams!

don't give them chocolate dc, they are hyper enough!!

4:22 pm

Vi is an excellent mother.

4:22 pm

she has ToG

4:22 pm

more sugar than chocolate in them, figure they'll crash ere long

4:22 pm

I don't even know what a timtam is. I'

4:22 pm

I'll stick to my wine, thanks.

4:23 pm

Vi hears enough squabbling in the real world to make virtual squabbling unappealing! lol

4:23 pm

reds and chocolate can be quite nice, really

4:23 pm

ooo you dont? I'll send you some

4:23 pm

LOL vi

4:23 pm

I love Uni really <3

4:23 pm

I've never heard of Tim Tams either.

4:23 pm

they are really so so good

4:23 pm

tim tams are yummy

4:23 pm

Pepperidge Farm sells them this time of year. Safeway and Wegmans have them around here. They're Australian.

4:23 pm

Ata's my favourite. That's why she gets peace candy canes. Hopefully she's not allergic...we can have cyber tea together.

4:23 pm

very tasty, too

4:24 pm

you can get normal ones and dark chocolate ones and caramel ones

4:24 pm

they really are quite delicious

4:24 pm

here, only regular chocolate and caramel available this year.

4:25 pm

i had a couple of those when i found we were out of coke, so no turkey and coke for seain

4:25 pm

awww. the dark choc ones are lovely

hello all!

4:25 pm

hi TO! welcome to the family bickering

4:25 pm

wb, TO. Hope your tummy is doing better

4:26 pm

Hello TO!

4:27 pm

Hello all. Don't know what I stumbled into this evening. I am just back from my next door neighbor's daughter's wedding.

4:27 pm

just the normal babble chaos :)

4:27 pm

oh, how wonderful, michnick! good evening

4:27 pm

Hello, TO.

4:27 pm

Hello, Michnick.

4:28 pm

Oh, a wedding. I trust a good time was had by all

hiya vi! i too saw tim tam this year but did not buy. do not feel like eating

4:29 pm

It was a beautiful wedding. My own daughter is like a sister to the bride so she was really decked out also.

uni that is cruel . did you at least give emma some hors d'oevres with her drinky?

4:30 pm

(Sorry, distracted from chat by need to do emergency medical work on a fairy.)

4:31 pm

huh. El Salvador has a Consulate in my home town.

4:31 pm

hello all, back to find 35 words

4:32 pm

awwwwwww

4:32 pm

It wasn't cruel, trying to stop her was the hard part! She learned her lesson though, she doesn't keep stealing drinks when we tell her to stop.

4:34 pm

looool/ hobbit inhaled too many sloes that had been used for sloe gin last year

4:34 pm

heee! silly hobbit

4:34 pm

56 words left. Back for a few before dinner.

4:34 pm

it was rather amusing

4:34 pm

evening, wht

hi y'all

4:35 pm

Hello, wht and autumn moon.

4:36 pm

hi, autumn

4:36 pm

how are you enjoying Torchwood,Uni? or haven't you started/

4:37 pm

does anyone have a clue for the en7?

4:37 pm

I haven't had an opportunity to start yet, I don't think i will be able to until I am home with the beau on Sunday. At least the first season is only wwelve episodes! What season are they on?

4:38 pm

en7/44 - compound word for last page of a book

4:38 pm

about to start filming season 4/ but season 3 was only 5 episodes

4:38 pm

the last page in a book, wht

4:38 pm

I so so so hope you'll like it

Back again, with 49 left, I may soon get to go to the list!

Just popped in to see where I had left it last night. Will be back in a while to do some serious thinking

4:39 pm

I love it and Fi loves it and Ayla loves it

4:39 pm

Why was season three so short?? That's odd. I think I will love it, if I am ever home.

4:39 pm

I have 102 left and am seriously thinking of giving up and crawling into bed.

4:40 pm

OMG The Weekly World News is now archived in Google Books! :D http://tinyurl.com/y8h35eq

It isn't such a bad grid. but I've had all day to whittle away at it.

4:40 pm

it was a one episode per night week long special

4:40 pm

any more than 5 episodes and everyone would have been traumatised beyond any repair. It was definitely - emotionally tired

i have heard season three is fab and one can watch ieven if one has not seen the prior shows

4:40 pm

*tiring

4:41 pm

British tv seasons make no sense to me. They seem a bit arbitrary sometimes. And short. I like 24 episode seasons :)

4:41 pm

yes, but the more one knows about Jack, the more amazing season 3 is

4:41 pm

I remember your facebook updates during season three...

4:41 pm

Torchwood 1 and 2 are 12 episodes. TW 3 is 5

4:41 pm

"ea6" sack LOL

4:41 pm

and don't let the beau catch you drooling over John Barrowman :D

DC that clue was helpful, if odd, thanks!

4:42 pm

ty dcs. It took a little hunting but I found it.

4:42 pm

I missed that completely dcs, another try?

4:42 pm

The beau is already annoyed with my lusts over Supernatural...Oh my!

4:43 pm

lmao. ohhhhh JDM <3

4:43 pm

bu**** is a material for sacks or bags. make it ea**** instead

4:44 pm

Thank you.

4:44 pm

(i really like cluing with malapropisims)

4:44 pm

ok, I can't deal with any more tonight. I'm going to leave with the happy thoughts of John Barrowman and JDM :) Night all! *hugs uni ma5*

4:45 pm

Goodnight, Ata. SLeep well.

4:45 pm

1st pr5 pls

4:45 pm

G'night lovely lady! I'll be thinking of you when I eventually get to Torchwood :)

night, ata

4:46 pm

g'night ata

4:46 pm

Imagine, Prada in the grid!

4:46 pm

nm

4:47 pm

If it's not the devil's grid, at least it has the devil's shoes.

4:47 pm

It must be hard to get shoes that fit cloven hoofs.

how goes it uni! emma looks too cute the little lush

4:48 pm

hm. i wonder if he chews cud.

4:48 pm

On the other hand, your average fashionable shoe for women is clearly designed to be an instrument of torment.

4:48 pm

Actually I think it is the Devil's Grid and I say - Let him Have His Shoes!

4:48 pm

prap

4:49 pm

Life is good, TO. A bit high stress and high stakes from time to time but I have come to the realization that 2009 was all about teaching me coping mechanisms. Yourself?

What's the icon for today. I need to change my 5 golden rings.

4:50 pm

Must be six geese a-laying, if the pattern continues.

4:50 pm

after 5 rings comes 6 geese alaying

not sure but it might be the 6 maids a milking?

4:50 pm

Well. Vic, That is one thing I noticed at this wedding. During the dancing there was a huge pile of ridiculous shoes and lots of lovely young ladies dancing in their stocking feet.

I have 27 left- but I'm freezing to death. The heat can hardly keep up.

oh no, i have my song wrong.

4:50 pm

I only know the first five days. All a blur after that.

It should be 6 gees a-laying, but I don't see any icons for that.

4:51 pm

I confess I don't know why women tolerate them int he first place, but at least they had the sense to kick them off when it mattered! lol

Then 7 swans a-swimming.

4:51 pm

Taking off shoes to dance is heavenly...even when they are comfortable. I've always been a big fan of bare feet.

4:52 pm

I'm one chickadee a-chicking, I guess. =D

Shouldn't endlap be a word- you know, the final part of a race? or endr***- to wrap in cloth? Where is the logic?

4:52 pm

There were still a fwe totterers in the circle but most had gotten smart. My friend (the bride's mom) was brilliant, she had the cutest black suede crocs to match her gown!!

it has been very very interesting. and 2010 will be devoted to finding a mate. it's time.

4:52 pm

Yeah, but dancing in bare feet when others are still wearing the stilettos is very very dangerous!

8 maids a-milking, 9 ladies dancing, 10 lords a-leaping, 11 pipers piping, 12 drummers drumming

4:53 pm

They should have had a circle of with and a circle of withouts.

4:53 pm

Sounds exciting, TO! I must confess I suck at the finding, and got lucky five and a half years ago when I met mine.

4:53 pm

That would be really funny, Michnick.

4:53 pm

kaplan, there is no logice in ENABLE

4:54 pm

Good luck with that, TO, but don't fall into the trap of thinking that anyone is better than no one.

4:55 pm

I cannot talk since I am married already 22 years, but those who know say that when you throw yourself into what really interests you, you meet people you like with similar interests.

i won't,vi. but you have to get out there they do not come to your door. at least they have not cone to mine.

4:56 pm

We could send some to your door...I bet FM has some leftover builders and such.

4:56 pm

Quite right, TO. Be brave, be strong, and be yourself!

4:57 pm

sarai n

4:57 pm

Whoops, apologies.

4:57 pm

Evening, all! Down to 13 but apparently I am called upon to produce a meal in the very near future. Desperate for a clue for the last--I think--pa6/21 and the middle sa 5/12 and close to the end sa 4/5. Any help out there?

test

hi rumple....we see you.

4:58 pm

as in like sa5 through an hourglass, so are the days of our lives?

4:58 pm

A+, Rumplestiltskin.

4:58 pm

middle sa5/12 is a plural, a multimplicity of sa** (beach stuff) if you will.

4:58 pm

Last sa4/5 is singular of final sa 5/12, the beginning of the sa7, a small fishy sa*****

4:58 pm

I have the multiplicity of beach stuff

2 pa6/21's - 1 is a convict gets a par*** The other is a room used mostly in the older days. Have tea in the par***.

5:00 pm

sa5/12s are as follows, then. First: plural of the 4, he sa**, she sa**. Second is beach stuff, third is plural of the beginning of the fish, the sa*****.

has anyone here made wine biscuits??

Anyone else need clues. I finished at 12:30 this morning.

5:01 pm

Uniquity--Thx! I'm an idiot! Never saw those

ty rumple, i needed the prison one...

5:02 pm

rumple--thanks to you too. DOUBLE idiot

5:02 pm

I am stuck on the first sa5,16. Is it fishy

5:02 pm

?

5:02 pm

beat you, rumple. I lfinished at 8:38 am. Guten Abend, everyone

congrats inge! i a,m still working on it, i think i'll get lickety up soon.

2nd fa 5,18 please

Nuh Huh Inge. I finished 30 minutes after flip

5:03 pm

I need the di 5/16 and the last di 5/12

5:03 pm

fa5/18 plural of fa4/8

5:03 pm

Congrats, Inge

ohh duh thanks

5:04 pm

di5/16 is a personal journal

5:04 pm

oops, my miscalculation!!! But I never stay uup for the flip. Go to bed a 10 Eastern standard time

oh my, ty une i have been dyslexically trying the milk word all day.

5:05 pm

Une--bless you. Babble blind

last di5/16 is the plural of the 4/5

5:05 pm

yw :-)

5:06 pm

di 6/24? i'm shameless now

5:06 pm

hi everyone... man I have 38 left and it ... is ... going ... slow

41 oodle. I am still debating using Lickety, but if I can get to 30, I will

5:07 pm

hello again, oodle :-)

5:07 pm

di 6: the Austrian women dress, wihthout the R

5:07 pm

wb, oodle

5:07 pm

and I already started

di6/24 di + you spin with a spi*****

5:08 pm

hi une ty dc

5:08 pm

ty, rumble

I get really confused if there are too many balnks on Lickety, som people hold off because they are super smart, but I just get confused!

5:08 pm

di 6/24 HUH?

5:09 pm

you spin thread with a drop sp*****

5:09 pm

or an orange dog with black stripes is br*****

5:10 pm

or the Amazon K*****

5:10 pm

never knew that DC

5:10 pm

(i'm surprised i came up with 3 words with that ending)

5:10 pm

, I was referring to the dog not the Amazon gadget

5:11 pm

yes, Inge, that is the name for that color coat on a dog, in full or in part.

5:11 pm

thanks dc--people really need to speak to me as though i were a child of ten

5:11 pm

i've seen applied to horses like that, too

We have some Scottish Highlands that are br******.

5:12 pm

my grandad had a br***** dog, which is why know that word. Yes, that's one of the breeds known for it, rumple

5:12 pm

did that plethora of clue help Jayk?

I have my 7 swans a swimming icon ready for tomorrow.

5:13 pm

fa5.18, pls?

5:14 pm

found it

26- I need too many to ask for help. But it's monkey time. I AM SO FREAKING COLD! My office was freezing, my studio is freezing, I am full of complaints. Spring is a loooong way off- it's not even January!

you and minver are doing the twelve days rump

5:15 pm

so are jilli, sprite, flosey, and i

its definitely a deep freeze winter Kaplan.

Someone from the Bible Belt asked me if the 8 days of Chanukah have anything to do with the 12 days of Christmas. I said, no, dear...

I should do some swans.... As a matter of fact, I have a Swan photo I took... BRB.

5:16 pm

LOL kaplan

seain i do not see that in your icon

5:16 pm

i must away to meet friends for dinner. BBL {poof}

5:16 pm

Bye, dcseain!

5:16 pm

bbye dc

They live a very sheltered life in Oklahoma. She had never met a Jew or a Democrat.

If the US was not United, we'd be a whole bunch of crazy states at war with each other.

hard to believe.

Can you imagine Texas doing an airstrike on Massachusetts?

5:18 pm

Just don't hit Canada! :P

they would all bomb ny first.

We LOVE Canada.

5:19 pm

:D

Well, I changed my icon but the image I chose is not so good...it is a swan.

5:22 pm

fa5/6

Ok 39 left, Its int he 30's I am going to the list.

5:22 pm

please

5:23 pm

fa + L*** Horne

1st sa 6,21 please

5:24 pm

ty ty tor

I'm a little stuck so I'll hang out here and pick up some clues if I can

what you wear on your feet at the beach

5:24 pm

1st di5.12 please

Sorry, first 6/21 sa

Thanks TOrg, very helpful. torg are you all adjusted to the US again?

5:25 pm

Mostly ..

I think it's Italian money Di***

5:25 pm

like a flip flop rumple

Sudanese Money. but I think it may also be Italian

5:27 pm

Lira is Italian

Oh crud, now I am trying "Lira"

I know Kronor is Swedish

5:29 pm

Heh ..

5:29 pm

I checked first ..

I didnt know about the kroner...

Is anyone other than me interested in the Olympics coming in February?

Is there a reason why parlor isn't a word? Is it onlky spelled parlour?

5:32 pm

yes red, but only the figure skating

5:32 pm

can anyone help me with my en

Oh it is a word- it's just not on the grid!

Oh, yes it is!

it is a word.

I have been watching the figure skating that is televised all year....some of the Japanese girls are looking very good.

yaaay Kaplan!

I don't have en7. And sorry about the pa****- I screwed up.

Smacks self on the head.

It's Ok. I do it usually one time a day.

sometimes though i do it like 20 times in a row!

Babblebrains. It's because I switched from Soupy to Maynard.

5:35 pm

The Japanese women are very, very good. In fact they just had their National Championships and their #4 skater was so good it was a shame she was left offthe team. The most likely winner of the OGM is a Korean woman Yun-ah Kim

Yes, Euna is pretty good. I had a teacher of statistics with the same name!

5:36 pm

I fetched 7 swans, did they get into my icon?

I dont think she skated though.

5:36 pm

Yun-ah is probably one of the best of all time, close to Michelle Kwan

5:37 pm

She won the Grand Prix Final

I always wondered what happened to Tara Lipinsky, she just seems to have quit after her Olympic victory.

5:37 pm

hi all

Inge, there are some very beautiful swans in your icon!

5:38 pm

Tara Lipinski just announced on Twitter the other day that she is engaged to be married. Not sure what she's doing these days...

5:38 pm

Tara quit after '98 O's and skated professionally for a while. She had a very bad hip, needed surgery and hasn't done much since

I really liked her, and I kind of liked that she did ehr thing and then exited the scene a bit...though I dont like her having a bad hip.

5:40 pm

She developed a bad hip from overpracticing. She was not well liked by the skating world. Really nasty skating mother

Ah not that is unfortunate for her.

5:41 pm

laters

5:41 pm

i am missing en 7

I don't know why but I sometimes wish for there to be newish blood in each Olympics. but then again, I do have some of my favorites...

Well, F's finished.

5:43 pm

Speaking of bad skating moms, who remembers Marjorie Chin? Pretty much destroyed Tiffany's career...

Now, I am thinking of Nancy Kerrigan....and Tanya Harding, but I think thier mothers were not involved....

5:46 pm

i just finished my ns

5:46 pm

Nancy has a nice Mom, Tonya's mother beat her with a hairbrush when she didn't skate well and Marjorie Chin was enough to drive any skater crazy

Yaaay April.

5:47 pm

i like your piicture red

TY April.

Wow, I am learning alot abotu the skating world....

I liked Elvis Stoiko from Canada

5:48 pm

do you by any chance know the en 7 word

It is the last page of a book april, a combination word, the en* and a part of a tree.

5:50 pm

The last page of a book

5:50 pm

red, go to frogsonice.com/skate web

en7 is not the beginning, but the en* + trees have L****, take off the s

My dreamboat skater was Phillipe Candoloro What has happened to him?

5:51 pm

ty red

5:51 pm

Phillipe is a professional in Europe, or at least he was

I remember the name. I like the current champ, evan Lysachek or however you spell the last name...

5:52 pm

Michelle Kwan is in grad school and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the US

5:52 pm

Evan has a good chance for an Olympic medal this year

He is good, but Phillipe would strip out there.

5:53 pm

anyone wants any skating info I'm at muffinbiscuit@gmail.com

I'm going to go look.

One time in the ER, I treated a lady who was in her 90's, about 19 years ago, she had been an Olympic skater for I think, Canada back in the Ear** years.

It was interesting to hear her talk.

oh my i meant 9 years ago....not 19...

and sorry i killed chat.

6:05 pm

se8?

6:05 pm

HI everyone. Red, was the lady Barbara Anne Scott? My father talked about her like he loved her.

6:06 pm

se8 - compound word for sailor

I don't recall her name, she was very sweet.

6:08 pm

thx for the se8

6:08 pm

thanx wht!

6:10 pm

yw

TY wht.

4 left. !

Bugsaw how are you?

6:18 pm

SOrry red, I went for some food. Didn't mean to ignore you!

6:18 pm

I am fine. I am truly enjoying this week of holiday

Do you have family visiting?

6:20 pm

Most of my boys live about 3 hours drive away so they all celebrate there. I went down there to see them and the grandkids before the big day. Then I came home to have a quiet time with my husband of 3 years and my sister and her husband who had no kids home for the first time. It was fun.

6:21 pm

I only have a small house so when a family of 5 shows up to stay, it is pretty chaotic.

6:21 pm

How was your holiday, in your new house if I recall...

My parents have a similar problem when we all show up...I think the quiet holiday is nice...

I worked...but I got updates on the telephone!

6:23 pm

I am sorry you had to work but I am so incredibly grateful that health care workers are so dedicated.

LOL, we have no choice. but,it wasn't too bad, and its oer!

6:24 pm

It must be fun in maternity

I imagine it is.... they usually put the new babies in stockings and stuff.

6:25 pm

Oh what fun for the new Mums!

CLue for the sa 6, 21? Begging here...

that en7 is an odd one, isn't it

6:27 pm

My first son was born just when there was a shift change going on and they asked if some extra people could come in to welcome a new life before starting or ending a tough shift. I will never forget how hard your line of work can be and how special a baby is.

6:27 pm

sa6 ... birkenstock, flip-flop

6:27 pm

Sorry I can't clue, just got here myself. Hello everybody; how are you doing?

6:27 pm

don't have the sa 6, just the 7 so far

need a different one Bugs... hi Nef!

sa + ra4/5

6:28 pm

had that one welki, thanks.

6:28 pm

Hi red! you worked but had a good holiday shift? that's great!

(the bad ra4/5)

fireworks! anyone need a clue before i go to bed?

6:30 pm

wow .. and i looked at that and said, naaaah, it'd never be spelled that way *lol*

6:30 pm

wtg pinny :)

6:31 pm

WTG, Pinny!!! YAY!!

6:31 pm

Thanks Pini. I would have looked for ever for that one.

6:31 pm

Well done pinny!!

no worries - not sure how i stumbled on it!

to be honest, I really hated that shift, but I a not dwelling on it. We were all in a bit of a bad mood and the patients were, errr, crazy.

i need desperatley an Sa 6, after the french word for without....

6:33 pm

that is the one pinny just clued for me red

6:33 pm

I was a patient overnight in ICU on the 23rd myself; but I was *such a GOOD patient* that I got discharge Christmas eve! :-D

Oh My Nef, I am glad you are better!!! wow.

Thanks I finally got it! I cant believe I missed it.

one left.

Nef, are you still ill?

6:34 pm

da7 anyone?

6:34 pm

Go go go red

6:34 pm

GO, Red! You can do it!

6:34 pm

a plural of the da 5 just behind it

Fireworks!

6:35 pm

plural of da5,18

I just love days off!

6:35 pm

Oh, and hi everyone!

hi brookie.

6:35 pm

yay red!

6:35 pm

yeah red!

6:35 pm

I don't have da 5/18 either

6:35 pm

ruru did you put that coat on your baby? It is cute but not what I imagined you would do...

6:36 pm

I do too, red. I have 10 days off (due to surgery) and right now I'm wondering why I want to work!

6:36 pm

I do too, red. I have 10 days off (due to surgery) and right now I'm wondering why I want to work!

6:36 pm

it goes with FInd and da***

6:36 pm

and rhymes w/ candy!

6:36 pm

not me.. my abusive breeder is abusing the puppy with santa clothes

6:36 pm

no it doesn't ----- everything is fine and dan***

I admit, I rather enjoy the paychecks.

6:37 pm

Why wouldn't you imagine me doing it by the way?

6:37 pm

thanks you guys for the da's..

6:37 pm

right in front of my nose.

I hope you are feeling great now Nef.

6:38 pm

paychecks! Ah, yes, I believe that's the reason I work too! (gotta earn enough $$$ to pay for health insurance)

6:38 pm

maybe the way you called the breeder "abusive" was a clue? I am sure you never buy from an irresponsible person.

6:39 pm

no.. I am just kidding..

No kidding. I am oddly attached to the checks.

6:39 pm

I have a great, great breeder

6:40 pm

I know, ruru . You always take me so seriously. I wish I could get inflection in the chog instead of the lame lol

6:41 pm

I had a complete thyroidectomy, red. My goiter had my airway down to 40% normal size, and my esophagus totally occluded for 2 inches. It did't *look* bad from the outside; but my "asthma" has gone into complete remission since surgery! :-)

6:41 pm

I AM getting pretty excited about having a new dog though

6:41 pm

omg nef.. wow..

6:41 pm

When do you get your new pupster, ruru?

6:41 pm

Do you name him or does the breeder?

6:41 pm

glad you are breathing easier, nef.

6:42 pm

I have only had mixed breeds, Can you tell?

6:42 pm

fireworks

6:42 pm

well done wht!

6:42 pm

Jan 22nd

6:42 pm

Does anyone need clues before I poof?

6:42 pm

I LOVE breathing! :-) No wheezing, no SOB (short of breath for you non-medical people)

6:43 pm

I name him.. the breeder has a litter theme however

6:43 pm

WTG, wht!!!! YAY!!!!

se 6,24 please

6:43 pm

Nef was Babbling just a couple of days after the surgery

6:43 pm

Breathing is pretty important nef

6:44 pm

I've been babbling since shortly after I was born.

6:44 pm

don't have the se6, sorry!

6:44 pm

hi eveyrone

6:44 pm

hi oodles!

6:44 pm

good point wht!

6:45 pm

hi brookie

6:45 pm

Yep! I can do stuff sitting still, but if I overdo too much I have incisional swelling; so Grocery shopping is out! (YAY! I don't like it on a good day!)

6:45 pm

se6,24 and se6,21

6:45 pm

se + the back half of the yellow bird that sings in cages

6:45 pm

se6,21 is like the footwear

6:46 pm

en7 would be very helpful why

6:46 pm

wht

6:46 pm

ty ruru

6:46 pm

Yes, you called ruru?

6:47 pm

en7?

6:47 pm

Back page of a book

6:47 pm

Oh, now I get it. My chog reading skills need work

6:47 pm

en7 The last page of a book

6:47 pm

you'll get better the more you chog, wht :-)

6:48 pm

No start + what falls from trees in autumn

6:48 pm

last fa 5.16 please

6:48 pm

oodle, add a vowel to the fa4 just before.

6:49 pm

thank you..

6:49 pm

got two from that clue

6:49 pm

ty

6:49 pm

yvw

6:50 pm

closing in on the finish now

6:51 pm

go go ru ru

6:52 pm

last fa4.7 please

6:53 pm

the fa4 cooking grain

6:53 pm

mexican I think

6:53 pm

fa + **w your boat

6:54 pm

ty wht

6:55 pm

testing. Is my new icon visible?

What is it Inge?

6:55 pm

yes inge..

6:55 pm

yeah, I showed up. All seven swans

No, you have an orange

6:56 pm

seven sweetly swimming swans

6:56 pm

some of you will need to refresh to see swans insead of my name

6:59 pm

ma6 24 please

hi bud-buddies

6:59 pm

6,24x2

7:00 pm

Maggie Ma* = privates are go***s

7:00 pm

That is ma6,24x2

7:00 pm

both

7:00 pm

One is the Indian plaid

7:00 pm

I meant to put + not = Lol

7:01 pm

Did that clue make sense oodle? for the second ma 6

7:02 pm

actuallly don't get either or=f them

7:02 pm

sorry am slow when it comes to understand clues

7:02 pm

ok... think of the Rod Stewart song, Maggie Ma* for the first part of the word.

7:02 pm

ma + vowell + last half of testicles

7:03 pm

much better clue ruru!

7:03 pm

crazy + ***putin the Russian monk

7:03 pm

HEE HEE HEE ROFLMAO

7:03 pm

I will leave the cluing to the champs and keep looking for the few ones that are hiding

7:04 pm

I think oodle has gone NUTS

7:04 pm

Well, I need to go now. Happy babbling all.

7:05 pm

ty anyway wht hage

testing my new icon

7:05 pm

you *think* ruru? I'm pretty sure oodle HAS lost it! ;-)

clues for the 8's?

7:08 pm

Bye, wht. Hi Esprit

hi nef

7:08 pm

(Sorry, I can't help with the 8's yet)

7:10 pm

ruru I don't get it

one of the 8's is an Island off Scotland or Ireland + a couple of vowels + 5th consonant

4th consonant, sorry

what does it start with?

7:10 pm

se 7 a guy and the sea

hebrides???? hmmmm

national geo just had a feature on the hebrides

7:11 pm

the clue that worked earlier is s***** wrap + the beginning of duck down

second 8 is se/8/55 a sailor

7:12 pm

hebrides is a male marriage isn't it?

ty got it

ah, got the se8 at least 8-) ty rump

lol ruru

7:12 pm

rump?

Yes?

pump?

7:13 pm

ooooo

dump?

7:13 pm

Gwen--could you re-clue the se 8?

7:13 pm

jump?

7:13 pm

stump?

grump?

thanks for the clue, forgot to before

se8 compound word. ocean + one who travels or says ****-thee-well

se8/55 - a sailor, se* + rhymes with county fair

plump 8-D

I need a different clue for that other 8

OK guys, I'm laughing now!

7:15 pm

Excellent! what about the se 6/21?

i'm in the Ds, okay folks?? lol

7:16 pm

omg 191 in 4 hours. how does one do such a thing.

AR 8/45 Ar** Isle, known for sweaters. + 2nd and 3rd vowels + consonant and plural

we all get up at the crack of dawn to start the grid fletch

7:17 pm

fletch--only with a lot of help from one's friends

7:17 pm

lollerskates

I finished mine 30 minutes after flip.

se 6/21 sounds like a type of shoe worn in the summer but change the 1st vowel

7:18 pm

lump

7:18 pm

bump

7:18 pm

hump

7:18 pm

thump

7:19 pm

Thx Luv!!!

some of us use the "cheat sheet" and the website a2zwordfinder.com because we are addicts!

7:19 pm

chump

7:19 pm

Pssst..gwen????

some of us trade sexual favors for clues

7:19 pm

ROFL

7:20 pm

6 left. Now begging. Need the last di 5/12 and the last pa 6/21

7:20 pm

* tripping into room over EJs comment * Hi all...looks like I'm just in time for the party!

7:20 pm

di 5/12 middleeastern currency

I got busy doing other things and missed all the cool clues- I think I will bag this one and come back tomorrow. Happy babbling!

hi pinik

di 5/12 plural of di 4/5

Hi Luv and Pini

7:22 pm

thx Luv and ruru

7:22 pm

espirit has babble confused with bonkle

pa 6/21 a prisoner is on pa**** after he leaves prison

hi rumple

7:22 pm

can anyone please help with ra/7

7:22 pm

Need the first da 5/14

7:23 pm

more than one randofph

7:23 pm

randolph

Ra5/12 The Stealth can fly under the ra***

7:23 pm

not mamas jayk

7:24 pm

da5/14 is pl of the da4/6 kind of like baby's father

7:24 pm

(in Madonna's case no one knows who that is however)

7:24 pm

thx mary and ruru--

ra5/12 - ra + can**** (something sweet you eat)

Sorry ra7/32

7:26 pm

ma 6/24?

da5, one who takes risks or chances

7:26 pm

there are two jayk which one

7:26 pm

da5 - multiple fathers

7:26 pm

da5 multiple fathers

7:26 pm

the last one

ma6, one of those schools in the middle east that Americans are always dissing. (or is it some kind of sloth??)

ma6/24 a kind of cloth used in India for clothing

sloth = cloth. OOPS

7:27 pm

ma + vowell+ the last half of testicle

7:29 pm

dinada so too should be a word

7:29 pm

thanks guys! dying for bed but 3 left. gotten a bit confused by thing i need the first ra 6/21, the last ra 5/10 an the last ra/4/

7:30 pm

night jayk ;) job well done!

7:30 pm

Pini--I'm not DONE!!!!

ra4, to burn down, or to remove pencil lines e****

7:30 pm

but you got soooo far!!!!

7:31 pm

how about ra/5 ...the last one

7:31 pm

i have that e**** thing

7:31 pm

sorry * taking kudos back *

ra 5/10 more uncommon

7:31 pm

(until you finish)

7:32 pm

more uncommon?

more of the 2nd to last ra 4/4

i sell used and **** books

some are more **** (uncommon) than others

7:34 pm

oh hell! 3 left and i gotta quit.

7:35 pm

oh hell! 89 left and i may as well quit...

7:36 pm

make that 2--just saw baby Da***

7:36 pm

don't give up, bo...I still need 78!

ma5 anyone?

7:37 pm

i'm working lickkity & not making any progress!!!!???

7:37 pm

ma5 = angry with ext ending

7:37 pm

I just opened lickety myself...

ma 5/18 to be ma*** in love

7:37 pm

both r's:first ra 6/21 and danmed if i know whether i'm missing the last ra 5/10 or ra 4/4. I'm bleeding here, folks!

OOOOOHHHHHHH fish me! BONK

(ty Luv)

yw Gwen

7:38 pm

working on the ra6/21...will clue if I find it

7:39 pm

C'mon Pini!!

7:39 pm

last ra5/10 = r + *** you going to Scarborough Fair + repeat first letter

have the 1st ra 6/21 if you need it but not the 2nd

7:39 pm

I need both, Luv

i need an -ing or something LOL

7:40 pm

Pini--how did i not see that??

7:40 pm

don't we all!

7:40 pm

not sure, jayk, but glad I could help

1st ra 6/21 ayn ra**+ 2/3 of a picnic pest

7:41 pm

bojazz, I'm sort of slow tonight, but use lickety's list and angelSong's Babble Page to find clues. It may help you

7:41 pm

thx luv ;)

yw Pini, please clue if you get the 2nd ra 6/21

7:42 pm

ONE more. I am SO tired. Woke up at 3:15 this morning and that was it for me. Mind started working--hate that when it happens. It's one of the last 2 ras I think. Can somone save me from myself?

7:42 pm

will do, luv...

7:42 pm

* looking now *

7:42 pm

which one, jayk?

ra6, that uncommon ra4 + adverb ending?

7:43 pm

Pini--one of the last 2 ra's I think. kinda lost count.

7:43 pm

what length, jayk?

7:44 pm

2nd ra6 = pl the ra5 before it

7:44 pm

well, might be a ra 6/21 or might be ra 5/10 or might be ra/4

7:45 pm

the last ra4 = r + "ocean"

pini, check your word stats and see which box is not filled in, 4s? 5s?

7:45 pm

(anagram)

ack, i meant jayk, not pini

7:45 pm

ah! it's the 6 letter one

7:45 pm

both?

check my clue from 7:43

7:46 pm

I ra6 clue words right ( =] )

7:46 pm

pini--to obscure

7:47 pm

r + *** you going to SF + repeat first letter + stick + sometimes vowel

ra4 (scarce) + adverb ending

ra 6/21 = went faster than a walk + drivers licenses are a type of **entification*

7:47 pm

Jayk, do you use Lickety? It would really help us clue if you would use it at this point

7:47 pm

or what Gwen said!!!!

gandhi ra**** ever punched anyone. LOL

7:48 pm

nice one, gwen! :)

7:49 pm

RA's DONE!! :)

Pini, did you get my ra 6/21 clue?

1st ra 6,21 plz

7:49 pm

I did...I thought I clued that one for you?

7:49 pm

ra6/21 = walked fast + ***iel Boone

oh, never saw it

ra6 = i stole a pia and r** down the street + man's name that rhymes with first syllable

7:50 pm

no worries...your's was better!

your clue is better than mine Pini lol

7:51 pm

sa7, pls?

it's a fish dc-literally

7:51 pm

hi dc :)

7:51 pm

I rather doubt that, Luv

7:51 pm

hi pini

7:52 pm

thx luv...it literally was!!! LOL

7:52 pm

hi dusty! back for more, eh?

7:52 pm

ya

7:52 pm

lol u prepared i only got 44 words lol

7:53 pm

I'm not done yet either, dusty!

7:53 pm

lol

7:53 pm

still have 64 more to go...

7:53 pm

i have found 44...

7:53 pm

Dusty...do you use Lickety's List?

7:53 pm

I'm new to the chat - I've enjoyed your dialog for a few weeks now...hope you don't mind my jumping in! I'm down to 6...need help w/ fa4=7

7:53 pm

Dusty...do you use Lickety's List? '

7:53 pm

no

7:54 pm

OMG! Thanks everyone!! FW!!

7:54 pm

welcome aboard, April!

7:54 pm

wtg jayk!!!!

yeah Jayk!

7:54 pm

I don't have all of the fa4/7's yet...so I may not be of much help.

i have a bunch of 4a7s. how about one that rhymes with sn5, kind of like growl

welcome april, do you know which fa 4/7 you need?

wtg jayk !!! ~~~ !!!

7:55 pm

Dusty...right mouse over Licket's Babble Clues under Friends of Babble below the grid, open it in a separate window...you'll see a list of the first 2 ltrs of all of the words in the grid

7:55 pm

all fa4's llol

7:55 pm

Pini, i'll build some spreadsheets and make a presentation containing DB overview, if that would be helpful

7:55 pm

OMG I SO aspire to someday be at the flip, but SO unlikely given my need to be asleep by 9 EST US. But that would be SO grown-up!

1st fa 4/7 rhymes with what falls from the sky

7:56 pm

I think it's the last one! I'm not exactly sure how to tell!

7:56 pm

* giggle * good one, jayk!

last fa 4/7 a long distance away + 4th vowel

chickens?

7:56 pm

april...follow the instructions for Lickety's List I just mentioned to dusty...it's a great tool!

7:56 pm

but i dont get how it works tho..

7:56 pm

got that one :-)

7:56 pm

the last fa4/7 = fa + **w your boat

7:57 pm

SA7, pls?

doe, a deer, a female deer?

7:57 pm

sa7 = very FISHY, dc...literally

7:57 pm

ea6,21....plz

7:57 pm

re, a drop of golden sun

7:57 pm

oh, that WAS in there

7:58 pm

Thanks again, guys. Didn't think I could pull this one out. See you tomorrow

7:58 pm

YEAH! TY

sa7, a fish, a smell-ee fish . . .

ea 6/21 what you hear with + what you have that goes away when you stand up

7:58 pm

dc, the "example" would be great, but don't go to great lengths any single one

7:58 pm

g'night jayk!

7:58 pm

who's doing the actual DB construction?

7:58 pm

thx luv!

7:58 pm

me

7:58 pm

Night Pini. Thanks again

7:59 pm

the other 3 don't know how to turn a computer on!

8:00 pm

prada is in the grid!

se 6/24 please?

8:00 pm

se + **** a soul to be seen

thanks dc that gave me two words

8:01 pm

yvw, luv

8:01 pm

not smart enuf to get dc's clue

sa5/16, the first one, help!

8:02 pm

sa5, the building collapsed

8:02 pm

sa5 = not happy (adverb)

8:02 pm

pini, add word meany scarcely or barely

se 6/24 se*d a letter in the mail + you write your secrets in a di***

8:03 pm

that's a word?

8:03 pm

it is

pini, that was it. FISH ME!!! whap

8:04 pm

;)

8:05 pm

down to 58 now ;)

8:06 pm

can ne 1 help me with teh 8 letter words?

8:07 pm

se8 = sailor (old term)

se 8/55 is one who travels the ocean

8:07 pm

uh

only have one 8 so far . . .

8:07 pm

im 14 member pini

8:07 pm

I don't have the other one

8:08 pm

ar8 is plural of ar7 - it means relating to spiders

8:08 pm

I know...lemme think ;)

8:08 pm

I don't have the 7 yet, dc

finally found the ar7 and 8! OY

ar 7/32 = a + went faster than a walk + old macdonald had a farm ** ** o + 4th letter and then plural for the 8

ar + crazy people are ins*** + freud invented the ego, super ego, and **

8:09 pm

se8 = 3 ltr word for ocean + train, bus, taxi cost (4 ltr word rhyming with hair) + make it a person by adding *mergency *oom

8:10 pm

thx for the ar!!! got 'em both! :)

yawning with 14 left. oy oy oy

8:11 pm

ty

8:11 pm

we can do it!!!!

just finished, need any clues Gwen?

8:11 pm

wut bout other 8?

8:12 pm

both were just clued...

8:12 pm

ar8 and se8

8:12 pm

id ar7...

8:12 pm

idk*

8:13 pm

look at clues below by Luv and Gwen

8:13 pm

k

8:14 pm

'evening, folks!

8:14 pm

hi welki ;)

8:15 pm

i still got no clue

8:15 pm

a + walked fast + 2nd vowel + **entification card

8:16 pm

c tht i get

8:16 pm

:)

8:16 pm

ty 4 those 2 words

8:17 pm

if the others who may still be around don't mind, I'll tell you how to use Lickety's List

8:18 pm

k

8:18 pm

got FW!! Only my third time - i'm afriad i'm becoming addicted to this game!

8:18 pm

do you know how to minimize your window?

8:18 pm

wtg April!!!!!

8:18 pm

ye

8:18 pm

congrat, april

8:19 pm

welcome to our little family of babble addicts, april! LOL

8:19 pm

dusty, pc or mac?

8:19 pm

*thinking it was only yesterday that someone had the nerve to call pini "useless"* LOL

8:19 pm

me is a addicct lo

8:19 pm

* giggle *

8:19 pm

Thanks - glad to join you!

8:19 pm

pc

8:20 pm

ok...do you see Lickety's List below the grid?

8:20 pm

ye

8:21 pm

ok...resize your browser so it uses about 3/4 of the screen

8:21 pm

i am addicted

8:21 pm

mouse down to Lickety's List and right click...open in new window

8:21 pm

k

8:21 pm

resize it to fill in the remaining 1/4 of your screen

8:21 pm

put the windows side-by-side

8:22 pm

(I usually put Lickety on the left)

8:23 pm

when i do tht it opens up in the same tab....

8:23 pm

nd takes me 2 a dif website so yea

8:23 pm

right click on Lickety and "open in a new window"

8:23 pm

lol k got it

8:24 pm

right-click, dusty. Have 2 windows open

8:24 pm

(are fletch and april paying attention - if interested?) :)

8:24 pm

are the windows side-by-side now, dusty?

8:24 pm

hiya Nef :)

8:24 pm

<--- puts Lickety on the right

8:24 pm

yes

8:24 pm

Hi Pini.

8:25 pm

<-- really uses Expert :)

8:25 pm

*I* put lickety on the left! ;-) (being a lefty....)

8:25 pm

<--- uses Expert when on a PC, usually on MAC, so stuck with Lickety on the right :)

8:25 pm

ok...now, copy the words in your list (My Word List) (highlight and press Ctrl-C)

8:25 pm

Expert doesn't work for macs. :-(

8:26 pm

huh

8:26 pm

not yet, nef...maybe someday! :)

8:27 pm

k highlighted

8:27 pm

dusty...next, place your mouse in the large empty box at the bottom of Lickety's List

8:28 pm

press CTRL-V (to paste your list in the box)

8:28 pm

then press "Bulk Add"

8:28 pm

k

8:29 pm

when you do that, the list above will fill in all the words you've found

8:29 pm

...and you'll know which ones to ask for clues for :)

8:29 pm

(sorry to have taken over the chog - hope y'all didn't mind too much)

8:29 pm

o ty

8:29 pm

lo4?

8:30 pm

remember to do the copy/paste periodically to keep updating your list

8:30 pm

nvm

8:30 pm

It's okay, Pini. Don't forget to remind them that for a one time fee they can play and see fireworks forever too! :-D

8:30 pm

le5?

8:30 pm

of course, nef!!!!!

8:31 pm

did you just le5 something, Dusty?

8:31 pm

dusty...remember to say which one...there are 2 le5s (the first or the second?)

8:31 pm

thx Nef...I needed that one, too!

8:31 pm

(and its plural)

8:31 pm

theres only 1 le5...

8:32 pm

le5/10 and le5/14

8:32 pm

look again ;)

8:32 pm

the first pr 5/12 for fireworks, please

8:32 pm

fletch...still out there?

8:32 pm

*preparing fish ... a big fish*

8:32 pm

don't have it yet, welki :(

8:32 pm

o ic..

8:32 pm

I tried PRADA...it didn't work!

8:33 pm

now i need ;e5/14

8:33 pm

le5/14*

8:33 pm

expensive taste

8:33 pm

Prada is a museum or a shoe brand

8:33 pm

l + sound organ on the side of your head + sometimes vowel

8:34 pm

ty pini

8:34 pm

thanks for the list help pini

8:34 pm

good point on the prada issue...it's out of my price range too

8:34 pm

got it .. fireworks :)

8:34 pm

wtg welki!!! now clue me home!

8:34 pm

had you not used it, fletch?

8:34 pm

id4/7?

8:35 pm

that pr 5 = pr*** sounds like Pr**** the Lord!

8:35 pm

dusty - perfect, dream-like

8:35 pm

often ends with -ic

8:35 pm

hi seain

8:35 pm

what else, pini? sitting here with fingers a-ready!

8:35 pm

ty, welki

8:35 pm

dc...dusty's a youngin' (very youngin')

8:35 pm

lol

8:36 pm

pr5/14 (had the 5/12)

8:36 pm

14y/o

8:36 pm

yw .. for what?

8:36 pm

pr 5/14 = a baby carriage with an extra first vowel tossed in

8:36 pm

pr word

8:37 pm

seain, did you ever look up that classmate of mine, leonard lopatin?

8:37 pm

indeed, fascinating work. became a fan on FB and we friended one another. very outgoing he is

8:37 pm

I'm stumped on the baby carriage cause I can't get the adjoining r anywhere close to the other side of the grid!

8:38 pm

wonderful! i love when things connect like that!

8:38 pm

gr5/16?

8:38 pm

pr + * is for apple, + sam I **

8:38 pm

british term for baby carriage, pini

8:38 pm

Pini, try the OTHER PR

8:38 pm

that's the word I'm thinking of...

8:38 pm

what other pr?

8:39 pm

oh THAT other PR!!! Oy vey!

8:39 pm

the one at bottom

gr 5/16 gr***s of wrath

8:39 pm

dusty, try a fruit

8:39 pm

gr 5/16 ... wine is made from it .. or gr*** jelly

8:39 pm

i had tht-.- lickety didnt put it in...

8:40 pm

remember, you have to refresh your Lickety List by cut/pasting periodically!

8:40 pm

Lickety won't add it automatically...

8:40 pm

i type in both each time

8:40 pm

le4/7?

8:40 pm

unless you have BabbleExpert

8:40 pm

hi all

8:41 pm

dusty, there are some quirks that I haven't figured out because sometimes 1 or 2 words just won't be entered on Lickety the first time for some reason

8:41 pm

like a LE4 on the wind

8:41 pm

bookwyrmish? i see in your profile that your eldest does some work on RPGs ... my son in law is a graphic artist in that field .. please check out his website (and share with your son); http://www.ryanbargerportfolio.com/

8:41 pm

hi jilli! How are you?

8:41 pm

evening, jilli

8:41 pm

hi jilli ;)

8:41 pm

py?

8:41 pm

BabbleExpert adds words automatically to both Lickety's list and the Word List

8:41 pm

ty dc

8:42 pm

hi, jilli :)

8:42 pm

py4 tree

8:42 pm

oops

8:42 pm

le4/5(1st)

8:42 pm

py + trotted faster

8:42 pm

py + fast walked

8:42 pm

Don't Dr_G and Lickety prefer that the user go Pro before requesting?

8:42 pm

dusty, Pb from periodic table

8:42 pm

thx! :)

8:42 pm

or a pencil le4

8:43 pm

indeed, pini

8:43 pm

yes indeed, pini

8:43 pm

dusty will need to save his/her allowance to save up for Pro! :)

8:43 pm

wat?

8:44 pm

$50 childsupport evry month

8:44 pm

don't worry, dusty...we're just talking about you! :)

8:44 pm

I believe it costs all of $15? to go Pro. That's the 1 time fee for joining

8:44 pm

le4/5(2nd)

welki, I'll pass along the link. Eldest has worked on non-Wizards stuff. The Battlestar Galactica, Serenity, and Demon Hunters RPGs.

8:45 pm

dusty...PRO status = $14.95 for a lifetime membership to Babble! :)

8:45 pm

Thanks for the help got to get my daughter to bed ,I might come on later *POOF*

8:45 pm

which means you'll always get the stat tables below the grid and word list and firewords when you find all the words!

8:45 pm

hb april!!

8:46 pm

When I joined back in 2005, it cost less than $12 back then

by april

8:46 pm

that danged inflation :)

8:46 pm

think of how much it cost me with the exchange rate! *lol*

8:46 pm

ilrdy get tht shiz

8:46 pm

I joined in 2008

dusty, le4/5 look before you..

8:47 pm

dusty...it goes away after you've been here 2 weeks

8:47 pm

Well, wouldn't this be a great time to join then for Cannucks?

8:47 pm

(and no swearing in the chog) :)

8:47 pm

doesn't feel like it, but i'm a newbie *blushing*

8:47 pm

dusty, it might help if you didn't write txtese

8:47 pm

ty

8:47 pm

i gifted a subscription to someone for the holidays .. doing my bit to support Dr. God's economy

8:48 pm

yes, many hear don't understand txtspeak

8:48 pm

su ji;;i

8:48 pm

jilli*

8:48 pm

and what does su mean?

8:48 pm

wtg welki ;)

8:49 pm

same as stfu juss nicer

8:49 pm

Very generous of you welki.

8:49 pm

I have a feeling you wouldn't say that to your grandmother

8:50 pm

i do...

8:50 pm

nd i have

8:50 pm

not nice, dusty ... uncalled for.

8:50 pm

yes, please, we play nice here ;)

8:50 pm

please spell out the words so that we all know what you mean

8:50 pm

su = shut up. sftu = shut the f*** up

8:50 pm

Dusty, please don't be rude. jilli is a great friend and cluer, and she's probably the oldest player her

8:51 pm

here

8:51 pm

tgtfomc...

8:51 pm

I see. I had a feeling you were that kind of a kid.

8:51 pm

cif u can decipher tht

8:51 pm

If you click on the icons, you can find out info about those of us who have gone pro

8:51 pm

I do not feed trolls.

8:51 pm

tgtfomc = then go to front of my class

8:52 pm

*ignore*

8:52 pm

ha no

8:52 pm

dusty...we've been really helpful here, so please honor our requests to play a good, fun, clean game...

8:52 pm

Be careful, dusty ..

8:52 pm

then get the f outta my crib ... is what it would mean to the kids i work with

8:53 pm

thn if im disrespectful then ignore my requests...

8:53 pm

I prefer my cipher, welki :)

8:53 pm

and, on that note, gtfomc

8:53 pm

simple as tht

8:53 pm

hi all -- back for the last 80

8:53 pm

nd no its not welki

hi cybernan

8:53 pm

hi nan

8:53 pm

hi, cybernan

8:54 pm

nd welki i wus neva on yer case...

8:54 pm

ok...let's all get back to the grid...

8:54 pm

dusty, we can have you blocked from the site. We've tried to be helpful; why are you being rude now?

8:54 pm

I'm in need of the en7

8:54 pm

I'm going to make a chocolate covered cherry cocktail, shall i make enough to share?

8:54 pm

cuz i b PO'ed at alotta ppl..

Oh, dc, I'd love some!

8:54 pm

reading the log -- I gather that the rates for membership have gone up? $10 USD when I joined

8:54 pm

recipe, please

8:55 pm

$14.95 USD now, nan ;)

I need the en7 too

8:55 pm

(well, when I signed up that is)

8:55 pm

one sec, welki...

8:55 pm

hi everybody!!

8:55 pm

ill juss bottle it up w/e ill try nd b nice guys

8:55 pm

en7 = the last page

Hi Kimm

8:56 pm

deaf

8:56 pm

thx dusty...appreciated...we're all good friends here and enjoy the fun times we have...you're welcome to be a part of it, too, as long as we all mutually respect each other ;)

8:56 pm

en7= the last page in a book. Not start but en* + what falls off a tree in the fall

8:56 pm

OMG! I already got myself in the PB!

8:56 pm

not really, kimmm...it's not a good word

8:57 pm

thx for the en7!

Tx nef

8:57 pm

I need to go find some dinner...back in a few minutes...

8:57 pm

what's in the PB tonight? Any cholits?

8:57 pm

any re repeat words?

8:57 pm

that's true, but I just started! I need to upgrade cause I don't know how many words or anything!

8:57 pm

Icon changed temporarily. It should have been applied long ago.

8:57 pm

1 oz Chocolate Vodka 1 oz Cherry Whiskey/Vodka 1 oz White Creme de Cacao Shake with ice and pour

8:58 pm

cut and past time!

8:58 pm

sounds good seain -- are you pouring now?

8:58 pm

ooh! dc- make me one!

8:58 pm

yvw, Pini and wyrmish

8:58 pm

seain, did you ever try the recipe i'd posted for my concoction, mochatini's?

8:59 pm

what is the name of that drink dc??

8:59 pm

sounds delish!

9:00 pm

just looked at jill's icon change -- we have a tr 5/10 on board?

9:00 pm

1 1/2 parts white creme de cacao, 1 part chocolate vodka, 1 part espresso vodka, 1 part vanilla vodka ... you already have half the ingredients!

9:01 pm

nan, someone who insults babblers with foul language and lies about having finished and pesters for clues for obvious words qualifies in my book.

9:02 pm

i subbed cherry syrup this time

9:03 pm

chambord would be nice, too

9:03 pm

hi all. could i have clues for the 8s plz?

9:03 pm

chocolate covered cherry

9:03 pm

a chocolate covered raspberry :)

9:03 pm

good point, i forgot that i have chambord on hand

9:03 pm

hi jill -- know what a troll is -- didn't realize we had one on board

se8 person who goes on a long s** voyage

9:03 pm

i have a feeling we could get into all kinds of trouble, seain! LOL

don't have the other 8

9:04 pm

the cat is lying in the rabbit's cage.

9:04 pm

i wonder where the rabbit is

ra 5,12 3rd one plzz

9:04 pm

me neither book -- thinking I'll have to list soon

9:04 pm

ty for se 8. got it.

9:04 pm

ah, here he is.

yw mkg

9:05 pm

dc -- that's a most attractive icon :)

9:05 pm

a + walked faster + per**** meteor showers (+ plural)

9:05 pm

thank you, jilli :)

9:05 pm

i count the days from sunset, so i change at around then my time.

9:06 pm

welki what showers? dont get it.

9:06 pm

actually, it should be pers***

thanks got them

9:07 pm

mkg - a + walked faster + ***der-down pillows

9:07 pm

sheesh, i'm a welki. ***er down

9:07 pm

hmmm i know goose down pillows but not sure what this is.

what are yo u mixing, seain?

9:07 pm

google time

9:08 pm

no lights going on for me.

tx welki, the correction helped

9:08 pm

ty welki

9:08 pm

thx got the ar

9:08 pm

dc, if you ever do a get together not on fri nite or sat let me know. i would love to meet you and others from the grid. but i keep sabbath.

9:08 pm

an ***er is a kind of duck we find in Babble quite often, mkg.

9:09 pm

gee welki i cant get it. so funny......

9:09 pm

if you do a search for per meteor showers, you'll find it

9:09 pm

mkg, will do :) and we will make sure to schedule one in the coming year that is not on shabbas

9:10 pm

ty. would be interesting for me. never met people like this before.

hi babblers!... back for my last 53

9:10 pm

beach! nice to 'see' you!

9:10 pm

I guess I'd better go and get supper -- back later to clue if needed (I finished this afternoon)

9:10 pm

hi, beach

9:10 pm

Hi beach :)

9:11 pm

did any of you see the beautiful obituary for Tim Hart of Steeleye Span in the Guardian today? http://tinyurl.com/yfanl8s

9:11 pm

Congrats a bit late, jilli

9:11 pm

njoy, jilli :) and congrats on completing

9:11 pm

Nef, how you feeling?

9:11 pm

no prob, nef, did it lurkingly ;)

9:12 pm

ohhh, i have searched high and low for a steeleye span song for years now

afternoon all :) babble expert not working for me :(

9:12 pm

i give up.cant find those down feathers or the duck or the meteor. sorry all.

9:12 pm

hi, mrp, good afternoon

9:12 pm

hi mrp -- what a bummer -- why???

9:12 pm

im out til flip

9:12 pm

hasta, dusty, be well

9:13 pm

mrp, have you cleared cookies and restarted browser?

9:13 pm

just tired, sean. I've been playing with my incisional swelling: I have a "wattle" that wiggles and tremors when I've overdone. It's kind of weird

9:13 pm

seain, a song called something like, Harvest of the Moon .. have you heard of it?

my computer just loves to hate me

9:14 pm

yes i have, welki

9:14 pm

nef -- did you have surgery? Sorry, I must be out of the loop.

9:14 pm

i can find the music, but not a recording of it

9:14 pm

hi mrp. How's your weather? (it's below zero (F) here

hello, mr p!!!

9:14 pm

lala.com has it according to google, welki

clue pls for da7?

9:15 pm

almost half way now. then to lickety

9:15 pm

more than one yankee doodle da5

9:16 pm

*looking for it*

ty

9:16 pm

jilli, I had a total thyroidectomy last Wed. for a goiter that was choking me; I'm doing great! I was on a ventilator overnight and was discharged from ICU to home on Christmas Eve

9:16 pm

da7 -- more than one da5/18 (male fashion-plate)

9:16 pm

steeleye span harvest of the moon is the stirng i googled

wow Nef, hope you are feeling better

9:16 pm

found it. i've never used that site ... you can buy the music?

9:17 pm

Yikes, nef! I was away then. Little pills, here you come!

9:17 pm

i don't know, i've not used it, merely know it exists

9:17 pm

from ICU to home, wow Nef

9:17 pm

lol .. okay then, i'm off to listen, will let you know how it works .. .g'night everyone

9:17 pm

bye welki!

9:17 pm

g'night welki

9:17 pm

I can breathe, mrp. It's a wonderful feeling to discover that my severe "asthma" is mostly totally gone

9:18 pm

that is terribly exciting, Nef!

9:18 pm

rats. "music for international users will be available soon."

9:18 pm

jilli, "little pills" are lots cheaper than lost of inhalers! :-)

9:18 pm

hm.

9:19 pm

and ... congratulations on your successful surgery and recovery, nef!

9:19 pm

di 6, please?

9:19 pm

napster.co.uk has it, welki, so there may be a source for Canada

9:19 pm

di6 - you spin thread with a drop sp*****

9:19 pm

or maybe last.fm

9:20 pm

indeed, welki

9:20 pm

I bet, nef, and quite a relief. I didn't know goiters had to be removed surgically -- thought iodine helped. Pls enlighten me.

9:20 pm

ty seain

9:20 pm

seain, I was a *Really GOOD* patient! :-) they used a special breathing tube on me that had extra electrodes so the surgeon could track my laryngeal nerve; I wrote notes to the nurses on how the tube and wires worked! :-)

excellent news nef! must be a new lease on life for you!

9:20 pm

how cool is that, nef!

9:21 pm

when tom was in ICU, he was wanting them to increase pressure support, but had no way to tell them, as he was writhing in pain and could not write. The extubated him 3h out of surgery as a result due to his overbreathing.

9:21 pm

(I also wrote a note -while drugged- asking "how soon til choclit?")

9:21 pm

wow, nef -- you're a wizard!

9:22 pm

good to know you had your priorities in line, nef

9:22 pm

HEYYYYYYY MR. P.. you are back?

9:22 pm

LOL Jilli.. the best Icon ever!

hey ruuster!!

9:22 pm

hi ruru! (All my best pals are here and pouring in and I have to get supper, waaah!)

9:22 pm

I have always had normal thyroid studies, jilli. Strong family hx of thyroid and goiters; was mis-diagnosed as a child as hypothyroid, so have always had it tested.

9:23 pm

have you been okay or just busy with the holidays?

don't go jilli!

9:23 pm

last PA6 is a town outside of Annapolis, Maryland. There used to be a prison there, which is how it got its name.

9:23 pm

lol jilli.. you need nourishment for the next grid

9:23 pm

howdy, ruur

9:23 pm

hey there mr D

9:24 pm

Oh yes, ru -- and mrp, I'll be baaaack

I have been busy with the millions of kids that wander into the house to visit my kids!

see you soon jilli!! I am going to be babbling for a while

9:25 pm

oh...

9:25 pm

we have all missed you ...

9:25 pm

how wonderful that you have a house they will converge on :)

and blabbering too

9:25 pm

back ...

9:26 pm

wb, pini

9:26 pm

I have a sick joke to tell you some time.

9:26 pm

we do miss you mrp. I haven't seen you for a while

9:26 pm

hi to those who've arrived since I left

oh come on ruuster! don't make me wait

9:26 pm

Nef -- thx for the family hx -- any idea why? We used to be taught that it was a lack of iodine in the water supply for certain areas, hence iodized salt. Is there a genetic factor that's been discovered?

9:26 pm

first fa 5?

been missing you guys heaps nef! nice to be here on a quiet afternoon in the mrp house

9:26 pm

and it is great that the kids converge at your place.

9:27 pm

first fa5/16?

9:27 pm

fa5 and fauna

I managed to get Lickety and Maddie off to the North Coast for a few days, then 4 kids show up and set up camp~!

9:28 pm

* blink * huh?

9:28 pm

hi all

9:28 pm

thought flora went with fauna

9:28 pm

LOL mrp

9:28 pm

jilli, there is a genetic factor; kind of like heart disease and hypertension. My family is from NW MN, but we've always used iodized salt (no oceans around there)

9:28 pm

hi, jmc

9:28 pm

me too

I have locked them in my room with the TV on some moronic show so that I can have some peace

hallo jmc

9:28 pm

fa5/16 -- fa + L*** Horne, great singer.

9:28 pm

fa + vowell + sha -** - ** the retro group

9:28 pm

thx ;)

hi pini :)

9:29 pm

how about the first fa5/18?

9:29 pm

ty jill

9:29 pm

Thx, nef. I'll update my memory bank ;)

9:29 pm

hi mrp :)

9:29 pm

are they watching Larry King Live mr. P?

9:29 pm

ty ru

9:29 pm

MR P!!!

and there is jmc too *waves*

9:30 pm

fa 5/18 + not near + not subtract

haha ruuster! we don't get that shite down here!

9:30 pm

fa5/18 -- distant commercial

9:30 pm

happy to see your yellow little head!

9:30 pm

hi jmc!

9:30 pm

(green head)

9:30 pm

thx jilli ;)

9:30 pm

ty jill

9:30 pm

hey jmc ;)

9:30 pm

hi nef

hello ru

9:30 pm

glad you got it, pini :)

9:30 pm

very good jilli.. great clue

yellow or green, keen to be seen!

9:30 pm

hi, TO

9:30 pm

HEY TO.. wow everyone is here

9:30 pm

yellow green -chartreuse

9:31 pm

hi TO

hi owl!!

9:31 pm

Melon head

9:31 pm

is stiddie here?

9:31 pm

brb

9:31 pm

fa 5/18?

9:31 pm

haven't seen her, yet

9:31 pm

just clued nan

9:31 pm

hi TO

9:31 pm

jilli just clued, nan ;)

where is lil monkey?

9:31 pm

fa + the ***ius of a circle

9:31 pm

nm -- found it

9:31 pm

she hasn't been around in a long time

she is the birthday girl today I believe! (today in my part of the world)

9:32 pm

she was on the other day, but has been mostly quiet of late. She got home from visiting her folks day before yesterday.

9:32 pm

wow..

9:32 pm

(that would shut me up too)

9:33 pm

a birthday?

9:33 pm

you are correct, mrp

9:33 pm

i played with a toy dachshund today

9:34 pm

* stocking PB with cake and ice cream *

9:34 pm

there is such a thing as a TOY Daschund?

9:34 pm

planning to spend some time in the pb pini?

I get to throw the first slice of cake!

9:34 pm

those are a fun breed, jmc

9:34 pm

miniature pinschers are nice, too

9:34 pm

hi all, have a real one thats in trouble jmc

9:34 pm

Standard and Miniature Dachshunds

9:34 pm

wouldn't you just call them lil weiners?

9:35 pm

came home and she ate all tp in the house

9:35 pm

yes it is so tiny and so cute that even an inveterate dog ahem non-fancier as me liked it

9:35 pm

hi cherly

9:35 pm

well tore it up any way

9:35 pm

MinPins can be MeanPins

anyone clue the ma 6/24?

9:35 pm

hi, cherly

'deck the halls with thrown up holly'.... ah gotta love dogs

9:35 pm

one what?

9:36 pm

ma + printer's measure + commercial

9:36 pm

better than my cat mr p she always had tinsel haning from her a**hole!

9:36 pm

I have to go stock our guest cottage.. friends are staying there.. bbl.. love ya mr. P.. glad you are back

lol jmc!

9:36 pm

bye ru

see ya ruuster! luvs ya too!

9:37 pm

sounds like a great guest cottage, ruru

9:37 pm

njoy, ruru

i am here to beg unashamed for my last four

9:37 pm

a standard dachound or how ever you spell it

tx jilli

se6/24?

Go, Temple!

9:37 pm

dachshund

unashameably indeed owl! go!

9:38 pm

yw bookwyrm

9:38 pm

stocked with wine, fresh baked scones, cheeses, fruits, fresh flowers, coffee, tea, nuts, crackers, and yogurts.

9:38 pm

se + **** a soul to be seen

9:38 pm

she is black and brown and about 4 or 5 months old they say

9:38 pm

oh well i am austin tonight but back home in DC tomorrw cherly

9:38 pm

someone else i know is in Austin right now too.

9:38 pm

wow, ru, lucky guests!

ruuster, don't spoil them too much

9:38 pm

:)

ty ar4/6?

9:39 pm

rats, I am in san angelo, about 250 miles from there

9:39 pm

gotta go -- supper warmed up -- back soonest

9:39 pm

how many, jmc?

see ya jilli

9:39 pm

is she sick, cherly?

9:39 pm

I made apple cinnamon scones today.. they are just delicious.

9:39 pm

like diamond-pattern socks w/out the g

9:39 pm

sounds delish, ruru

9:39 pm

163 pini I just got here after a long day divying up my mother's thises adn thats

ty da/36?

nm sorry

9:40 pm

mrs. ru calls me Martha Stewart from Hell...

9:40 pm

oh, sorry, jmc...but, GIT'R DUN!!! :)

9:40 pm

more than one yankee doodle da5

9:40 pm

(((jmc))) how are you doing?

da 36 is a plural of da 5/18

9:40 pm

firewords :)

9:40 pm

i love scones -- my sister makes rosemary ones

brb, gotta make afternoon snacks for 4 very hungry 11 year old boys... all they do is eat!

9:40 pm

ma 6 -- 2nd one?

9:40 pm

YAYYAYAY DC

9:40 pm

i am fine but it was a long long day

congrats finishers!

pr5/14 and pr 6 afyer it?

9:40 pm

my mother never threw away anything

9:41 pm

YAY, seain!!! WTG!!!!

yay seain

9:41 pm

brb, gonna make a raspberry chocolate cocktail

9:41 pm

but some of it is cool like the sugar ration

9:41 pm

ooooooooooooooooo bye for now

9:41 pm

like a stroller from britain, but spelled with double vowel, and plural

9:41 pm

and my daddy's love letters

9:41 pm

ma + **velope + commercial abbrev

9:41 pm

congrats, seain

9:41 pm

bye bye ru

9:41 pm

WWII sugar ration cards? Neat!

9:41 pm

ty pini

9:42 pm

ty pini

9:42 pm

yw :)

9:42 pm

at least the ones I'm struggling with aren't fishy!

ty so much! am exhausted after drive home,good to sleep in my own bed

9:42 pm

yes and mother's first voter registration

9:42 pm

pr is like the baby carriage but with extra vowel

9:42 pm

wow!

night all

9:42 pm

did you finish, TO?

9:42 pm

night TO :)

9:43 pm

and an afghan my grandmother was chrocheting when SHE did in 1967

9:43 pm

bye TO

9:43 pm

WOW!

9:43 pm

*died not did

9:43 pm

jmc, those things are so nice to have. I have my Mother's dog tags (she was in the Marines)

9:44 pm

but then there was jewelry that students gave Mother that she hated and never wore (like one of those little angels with a verse) but she still didn't throw away

9:44 pm

how much is left to finish of the afgan?

9:45 pm

Happy New Year to all my BabbleBuds (those who are here preseently)

9:45 pm

maybe she was holding out hope that her "feelings" would come around?

9:45 pm

I sent all the squares to my house and i will count them and see nef

9:45 pm

ditto Just ;)

9:46 pm

this time it's creme de cacao, amarretto, and chambord. yummy!

9:46 pm

thx pini :)

9:46 pm

hello, and back atcha, just

9:46 pm

thx dc :)

9:46 pm

I am not as good at chrochet as my grandmother but not bad so will finish any squares needed and sew it together

9:46 pm

yum dc

9:46 pm

sweet dreams, TO

9:47 pm

hi just

9:47 pm

hi jmc hny!

9:47 pm

no pini my mother never came around it is just that pure scottish blood mixed with growing up in the depression

9:47 pm

is it made of granny squares, jmc?

9:47 pm

bye TO

9:48 pm

I was tryin', jmc :)

9:48 pm

no it is a more complicated square

9:48 pm

you are a sweetie pini!

9:49 pm

darn. I've been told that just about anybody could do granny squares (but I haven't tried it yet myself)

9:49 pm

(((jmc))) that is a difficult task -- have done it once for a grandmother, and advised Mother on what should be saved when they put Granny in a nursing home

9:49 pm

hey pini

9:49 pm

it is a very pretty cream in a moderately fine cotton yarn

9:49 pm

hey all

9:49 pm

should I start this one?

9:49 pm

granny sqaures are a snap nef

9:49 pm

stiddie!!!!!

9:49 pm

hi stid!

9:50 pm

I learned to do granny squares in elementary school

9:50 pm

jmc, I just have to sit still and behave so I can le*** to do them! :-)

9:50 pm

yo stid!

9:50 pm

I'm down to 26 and, if you start, I'm sure you'll still be able to pass me! :)

9:51 pm

lol nef I will teach you

9:51 pm

I had a nice day today... had lunch with my boys and my brother and his partner. It was so good to see them! I have pictures, if I ever get them off the camera...

9:51 pm

go pini go

9:51 pm

go pini go! *straps on seven-league babble boots*

9:51 pm

I am looking at maybe nbt

9:51 pm

go stiddie go

9:51 pm

* giggle *

9:52 pm

or5?

9:52 pm

I le***ed from my grandmother whose teaching style was to grad it from you to "show" you how to do it right

9:52 pm

jmc, the I was my last tile for NBTs. It's an id4

9:53 pm

I have the I but thanks nef

9:53 pm

well, that's one way to do it, jmc! LOL

9:53 pm

she was a great seamstress but a terrible terrible teacher

9:54 pm

ironically both of her daughters, my mother for 43 years and my aunt for 52 years, were wonderful teachers

9:54 pm

I'm a Lefty (as stated previously) and didn't have anyone able to teach me when I was young. But I bought a book and taught myself to knit, so I think I could le*** to crochet IF I put my mind to it

9:54 pm

I could use the right hand E

9:54 pm

prada should be a word!

9:54 pm

they learned "how not to do it" jmc... that can work too.

9:55 pm

the nice thing about crochet is that it doesn't matter which hand

9:55 pm

I said that earlier, too, nan!

9:55 pm

my grandmothers were both lefties, but I (ambidextrous but favoring the right) learned a lot from them anyway.

9:55 pm

maybe so stiddie

9:55 pm

go nan go!

9:55 pm

right hand E??? *looks around hopefully*

9:56 pm

stuck on those first 3 pr's

9:56 pm

to the en4 of the earth

9:56 pm

jmc, it isn't the starts, it's the en** that matter

9:56 pm

en7 = last book page

9:56 pm

*smack*

9:57 pm

nan...baby buggy (dbl the vowel)

9:57 pm

then plural

9:57 pm

ty nef and pini

9:57 pm

did I miss the OR5 clue?

9:57 pm

yvw dear ;)

9:57 pm

ok -- monkeyed the first 2

9:58 pm

sorry, Pini, I don't have it

9:58 pm

no worries...I'll come back to it! :)

9:58 pm

opry is a word -- the grand ole opry!

9:58 pm

OR 5 is O + what you do with a book

9:59 pm

thx stid!

9:59 pm

brb

9:59 pm

first pr 5/12, please?

9:59 pm

I thought so, too, jmc

9:59 pm

thanks, stid

10:00 pm

any time, nef

10:00 pm

p + anagram of brit butt

10:00 pm

ty pini

10:00 pm

yvw ;)

10:01 pm

I need to take a break. Kind of tired right now

10:01 pm

later nef

10:01 pm

back

10:01 pm

take it easy, nef!!!

10:02 pm

bye nef

10:02 pm

(((hugs))) hope you are feeling better soon.

10:02 pm

phant panda

10:02 pm

Catch you later; but I'm probably heading for bed.

10:02 pm

Thanks, stid.

10:03 pm

i am probably hitting the hay soon too

10:03 pm

help with the two A for nbt

10:03 pm

af4

10:03 pm

(not close)

10:05 pm

first pa5?

10:06 pm

I don't know if it's first or not pini...

10:06 pm

I have a person who peels something

10:07 pm

hi pini- pa 5 - up the creek without the middle consonant

10:07 pm

I'll let you know!

10:07 pm

help on the lone i on the far right for NBT?

10:07 pm

no, that's the 5th one, stid ;)

10:07 pm

thx jbv...and hi ;)

10:07 pm

pa 5: what you need to move a canoe -- no double consonant

10:07 pm

hi everyone - just stopping in for a quick hi - hope that clue helped, I could try again

10:07 pm

id4/7

10:07 pm

hey JBV

10:07 pm

sorry pini, I am down to 107

10:07 pm

it did, jbv ;)

10:08 pm

thanks for the i word!

10:08 pm

hi stid - enjoying your vacation? no homework I hope

10:08 pm

thanks for the pa!

10:08 pm

yw - was trying to figure out how to clue it...was failing!

10:09 pm

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

10:09 pm

id4/7 is a wonderful place an id***

10:10 pm

wtg nan!!!

10:10 pm

YAY nan!!!!

10:10 pm

hi jbv I am leaving tomorrow

10:10 pm

nbt

10:10 pm

leaving? where to jmc

10:10 pm

go cherly go!

10:10 pm

wtg cherly

10:10 pm

woo hoo cyber

10:10 pm

home

10:10 pm

home to DC? where are you now?

10:10 pm

am in austin tonight

10:11 pm

all i need is the lower right a for nbt

10:11 pm

oh, well I wish you a very safe and uneventful flight

10:11 pm

I am SO enjoying my vacation, JBV! even felt up to starting to read the materials for the new quarter!

can I get a clue for the ar7 & 8 please

10:12 pm

an 4/5 -- pluses

10:12 pm

do you have an 4/4 - a flavoring

10:12 pm

an + w**h upon a star

10:12 pm

You got felt up?

10:12 pm

that's great, stid - I'm enjoying my time off, too - catching up on all the odds and ends

10:12 pm

a + moved fast + beginning of duck

10:12 pm

ty jbv that is nbt!

10:13 pm

yay, jmc!

10:13 pm

torg!

10:13 pm

tor! *VERY STERN MAMA LOOK*

thanks nan

10:13 pm

* ducking out of the way of glare *

10:13 pm

okay going to beddie bye --- bye all!\

10:14 pm

night jmc...safe travels tmw!

10:14 pm

good night jmc -- have a good flight tomorrow

10:14 pm

sweet dreams jmc (((hugs)))

10:15 pm

I had an extension on Christmas shopping, since I'm not seeing my family til Jan.2, so I went out today and guess what I bought? one present and 4 things for myself! can't believe I did that... now I just have to go out again tomorrow

10:15 pm

off to refill the teacup -- brb

10:15 pm

sa6 after the lack of serifs?

10:15 pm

sa 6 - mexican poncho - alt. spelling

10:15 pm

* giggle * jbv...typical for a lady's shopping trip, eh?

10:16 pm

muchos gracias!

10:16 pm

i couldn't resist pini - got some great bargains on beautiful sweaters

10:16 pm

down to 87 pini... how are you doing?

10:16 pm

3 to go!!!!!!

10:17 pm

never a bad thing, jbv...and always better after xmas (sale-wise)!

10:17 pm

go pini go!!!!

10:17 pm

BINGO - FIREWORDS!!!

10:18 pm

wtg pini

10:18 pm

* curtsy *

10:18 pm

thx! :)

10:18 pm

YAY pini!!!!!!

10:18 pm

(now to get some things done around here...will lurk while moving about)

10:18 pm

wow. I think you're speeding up, dear! well played! still 84 here

10:19 pm

(haven't finished before stid in awhile...nice feeling!!!) LOL

10:19 pm

yay Pini!

10:19 pm

my last were the 3 sn's I hadn't even touched yet!

10:20 pm

excuse me while I kennel Koda so I can run the vacuum ;)

10:20 pm

back shortly

10:20 pm

thanks for the SN words!

10:21 pm

hm. pini can't "do" shortly -- unless she walks on her knees...

10:21 pm

hello 144 to go

10:21 pm

go harp go!!!

10:21 pm

hi harp

10:23 pm

anyone need a clue before I go?

10:23 pm

probably JBV, but wouldn't know what to ask for!!! LOL

10:24 pm

I'll be on my way as well unless anyone wants a clue?

10:24 pm

do you want me to throw out a few odd ones?

10:25 pm

bye for now -- back at the flip :)

10:25 pm

that would be nice, JBV -- how about the N? I have indian bread and the "nothing" words

10:25 pm

later nan

10:26 pm

na 4/5 and plural - ointment

10:27 pm

na 4/6 - archaic for not any

10:27 pm

those are from the lower N, sorry I meant the upper N

10:27 pm

oops, sorry

10:28 pm

those are great clues, though!!

10:28 pm

stid, indian bread and plural

10:28 pm

do you have the plural indian bread?

10:28 pm

spanish nothing and plural

10:28 pm

have those, thanks

10:28 pm

having trouble with la5,16--any hints?

10:28 pm

(i've been in and out)

10:28 pm

oh gee. just found it. how can you plural "nothing?" LOL

10:29 pm

add sometimes vowel to la4, hadley

10:29 pm

la 5/16 is an adjective, add a high point letter to the 4

10:29 pm

da7?

10:30 pm

da 7/36 - fine and da*** - plural

10:30 pm

thanks

10:30 pm

down to 59 now!

10:31 pm

harp, that's a really strange picture in your icon....

10:31 pm

um thanks, jbv, it's a tribute to Christmas Angst

10:31 pm

126 here

10:32 pm

go harp go!!!!

10:32 pm

113, 13 till i go to bed, love to stay up but have work tommorrow

10:33 pm

go cherly go!

10:33 pm

ok, folks, it's time for me to say good night - good luck with the grid and see you tomorrow!

10:34 pm

by jbvv

10:34 pm

oops, typed to many v's

10:35 pm

sweet dreams JBV thanks for the help!

10:36 pm

down to 53 now

10:36 pm

ne 1 kno how mny words on next grid?

10:37 pm

never dusty -- not until the new grid show up in an hour and a half.

10:37 pm

dang..

10:38 pm

the grid is generated spontaneously by a random number algorithm of some sort I think...

10:41 pm

ic

10:42 pm

hi gabi(if yer at comp)

10:42 pm

lol hey!

10:43 pm

im so cunfused...

10:44 pm

why

10:44 pm

y mi rents want me in bed by midnight

10:44 pm

oh that sucks lol

10:45 pm

hello all

10:45 pm

but im not goin @ midnight lol

10:45 pm

hi jilli

10:45 pm

hey jill! how was christmas? how is your week going? how are you?

gabi how many words do you have

10:46 pm

ugh 40

10:46 pm

stid, Christmas was lovely except for the return trip when I got on the wrong ferry and went to Duke Point (near Nanaimo) instead of Swartz Bay!

10:46 pm

i just aimed you

10:46 pm

lol

10:47 pm

u did?

10:47 pm

ooh not me

10:47 pm

sry..

10:47 pm

oh dear! how did you get home Jill? Nanaimo's a LONG way from home!

10:47 pm

I was a foot passenger

10:47 pm

lol itscool

10:48 pm

k

10:48 pm

are you recovered now jill

10:49 pm

went back to Tsawwassen, then to Swartz, then to Fulford where my pal met me with my car. I should have been home by 4 pm, but made it by about 10:15

10:49 pm

Oh yes, recovered now, thanks, stiddie

10:50 pm

(((jill))) what an adventure! and people don't understand why I don't like to travel...

10:50 pm

Mayday, every day, my day Could've had a heart attack, my heart We don't know anything, my heart We all want something fair, my heart

10:50 pm

I'm sorry for people who plan to fly anywhere these days

10:51 pm

I hope I can change my icon to the proper one now.

10:51 pm

I won't fly again jill. I decided it definitely this past week.

10:52 pm

Stid/Jilli...do either of you have a clue for the PR 5/14 & PR 6/24?

10:52 pm

hello car

10:52 pm

baby buggy, double vowel car

10:52 pm

and plural of course

10:52 pm

Hello Stid! Hello Jilli!

10:53 pm

This is a sickening victory for the terrorists, even if there was no explosion, because we feel that way.

10:53 pm

TY!

10:53 pm

down to 44 still. very stalled out

10:53 pm

4 to go here...can I help with anything?

10:53 pm

I can clue, stid -- finished this afternoon

10:54 pm

I don't feel this way because of the terrorists, jill -- I feel this way because of the stupid, infantile, inept way the government is focusing on things that inconvenience average travelers and do nothing to stave off a serious attempt.

10:54 pm

go car go!

10:54 pm

Yes, stid, but this ineptitude was caused by the terrorists

10:54 pm

How about the second MA 6/24 please?

10:55 pm

ma + printer's measure + commercial

10:55 pm

Good grief! TY!

10:56 pm

yes, weird, eh?

10:57 pm

99 left, night all, got to hit the sack as they say

10:57 pm

no jill -- the ineptitude is caused by STUPID people who think closing the barn door late does anything at all -- and who don't understand that a truly sophisticated, determined terrorist would choose different vectors that are more damaging and freedom reducing on their own (without the government deciding to spy on citizens and restrict movement and... *shrug* I think they would do well to take a deep breath, a bottle of xanax and think carefully before they make absurb, global decisions that don't really have an effect.

10:57 pm

sweet dreams cherly!

10:58 pm

thanks for the MA word!

10:58 pm

sorry, that was a rant. *upset mama look*

10:59 pm

Nite Cherly

10:59 pm

No worries Stid! You can vent to me anytime!

10:59 pm

Are there any fae words?

11:00 pm

stid, I agree -- my point is that the terrorists started this whole idiocy -- I should send you a cartoon from today's paper plus a commenting article

11:01 pm

personally, I think this particular episode was a copycat, for whom the real terrorists are happy to claim responsibility... I suspect he is a sad, mentally ill individual with no real training or affiliation.

11:01 pm

stifle the media and the problem goes away. no 15 minutes of fame, no point, no problem. nice theory anyway......

11:01 pm

yes, car -- fa5/16 and its pl

11:01 pm

the media is only too happy to publish "how to" manuals as they describe various events, which are easy enough for susceptible people to use a templates for copycat cries for help

11:02 pm

well BJ, I would stifle the media... with less reason! *wicked mama grin* ***Hugs for BJ*** how are you?

11:02 pm

Hi BJ!

11:02 pm

oh! and BJ! I found the BEST recipe book -- vegan AND gluten-free. I can eat everything in it. and we have made lovely things already.

11:02 pm

so would i, but some people believe in freedom of the press.

11:03 pm

thanks for the FA words!

11:03 pm

haha! I think everyone could benefit from taking a little Xanax every now and then!!

11:03 pm

Finally just got 'em! TY for pointing me in the right direction! Just 1 more to go...and it is eluding me!

11:03 pm

they can be free as they like, BJ... in the box I would put them in. LOL kimm!

11:04 pm

omg -- no gluten either, stid???

11:05 pm

actually jill -- it's trying to avoid wheat... gluten doesn't seem to be a significant issue. But since wheat has specific qualities, I am finding it hard to bake without it.

11:05 pm

oooh. down to 39!

11:05 pm

Hey, stid, I am gluten-free too!

11:06 pm

I just can't get this last word and my eyes are all blurry....may I please have a clue for the en 7?

11:07 pm

en7 = last page in the book

11:07 pm

thanks kimm! it is nice to not be the only one in the world. I live now with an epipen pack on my belt from the animal product allergies... one of my teachers is gluten free-or-die so there are some points where people understand. And then there are the people like my father who keep saying how much of a bother it is to make accomodations and how weird my diet is.

11:07 pm

go car go!!!!

11:07 pm

Here's a letter to the editor of the Victoria Times-Colonist today with sounds good to me:

11:08 pm

thanks jill! *waits for link*

11:08 pm

Fireworks! TY! It took me a minute to understand the clue!

11:08 pm

wtg sistah!

11:08 pm

YAY car!!! *still trying to understand clue*

11:08 pm

Well, a lot of help I was with the clues! Sorry! But thank you all very much!

11:08 pm

128 left... i dont think its going to happen today

11:08 pm

>.<

11:08 pm

The primary aim of terrorists is not to kill as many of their enemy as possible. (Of course, they have no compunction against murder.) Their aim is to disrupt the lives of people by spreading fear and to destroy the economy. The incident on Dec. 25 by the terrorist trying to blow up an airplane has been judged to be unsuccessful, because not one person, other than the terrorist, was seriously hurt. In fact, this attack was successful: The U.S. immediately imposed draconian regulations on airlines flying from foreign countries. These regulations disrupt people’s lives and most likely will cause detrimental economic effects. For fear of being accused of racial profiling, these new regulations will apply to everyone, not just those who are most likely to be terrorists. A more sensible approach would be to require passengers to submit their names and passport information two days before their flight so that the U.S. authorities could determine if they should be allowed to fly into their country. Kenneth Mintz Victoria The primary aim of terrorists is not to kill as many of their enemy as possible. (Of course, they have no compunction against murder.) Their aim is to disrupt the lives of people by spreading fear and to destroy the economy. The incident on Dec. 25 by the terrorist trying to blow up an airplane has been judged to be unsuccessful, because not one person, other than the terrorist, was seriously hurt. In fact, this attack was successful: The U.S. immediately imposed draconian regulations on airlines flying from foreign countries. These regulations disrupt people’s lives and most likely will cause detrimental economic effects. For fear of being accused of racial profiling, these new regulations will apply to everyone, not just those who are most likely to be terrorists. A more sensible approach would be to require passengers to submit their names and passport information two days before their flight so that the U.S. authorities could determine if they should be allowed to fly into their country. Kenneth Mintz Victoria

11:08 pm

Hello My Dear Pini! Happy New Year to you!

11:09 pm

likewise, sistah! :)

11:09 pm

im thinkin bout sayin it on here gabi lol!

11:09 pm

My husband thinks its all in my head! Really?? Then why does it make my stomach hurt?

11:09 pm

I have got's to get me some sleep now! Good night all my friends! See you tomorrow!

11:09 pm

hiya MissO; wb dusty

11:09 pm

night sistah! :)

11:10 pm

Sorry-- that got in here twice -- no idea why

11:10 pm

yep. that's my point, jill -- and when the economic effects of the government's hasty actions are felt (or predicted) by the airlines, they will lobby for change. That will mean that they will have to beat a retreat, and they end up looking even more like the fools they are.

11:10 pm

hey pini

11:10 pm

it's ok, jilli...I stopped reading when it repeated...and it makes sense!

11:10 pm

oh kimm, I am so sorry --

11:10 pm

sweet dreams car! see you again soon!

11:11 pm

I have not had a single full-fledged migraine since I completely cut wheat from my diet in October!

11:11 pm

now I'll change my icon back to the proper one (I hope)

11:11 pm

hello miss!

11:11 pm

I'm hungry...does that mean I should find some dessert?

11:12 pm

hey mama!

11:12 pm

okay, pini, put the chocolate down and step away from the whipping cream....

11:13 pm

oh! is tomorrow the day you get together with the grands again?

11:13 pm

but I don't have any whipping cream!!!

11:13 pm

then get some so you can step away from it! LOL

11:13 pm

what about buckwheat stid? it's not wheat at all (rhubarb family)?

11:13 pm

yes, stid...excellent memory...but just the older one this time ;)

11:14 pm

yes! I actually bought a couple pounds of buckwheat flour today, BJ. Mother had just a little bit in her pantry, so I got more. Hope to try to make something with it tomorrow.

11:14 pm

I think we're going to make some Fantasy Fudge, have lunch with PiniKidB, then perhaps take in a movie :)

11:14 pm

guess what? chatting is NOT getting me the last 39 words!

11:14 pm

I LOVE buckwheat waffles!

11:14 pm

mmmmmmm. fudge. movie! fun!!!!!

11:15 pm

125 here mama >.<

11:15 pm

* sending focus beams to stid *

11:15 pm

go miss go!

11:15 pm

hi y'all. Finally finished my homework and realised I still have 100 words to find.... clue for the ar7/8?

11:15 pm

lol year right lol

11:15 pm

hello autumn!

11:16 pm

a + walked fast + 2nd vowel + **dentification card

11:16 pm

i've more or less given up on baking. none of the mixes seem to perform. I can still make the most awesome brownies using BoB's Red Mill Brownie Mix, but they get to be too much after a few....

11:16 pm

homework? NOW????

11:16 pm

then pl for the ar8

11:16 pm

TY

11:16 pm

yvw ;)

11:17 pm

I took a little vacation from my correspondence course and realised that I have to write my exam mid Feb - so I have 3 assignments to complete before I can register for the exam and cut off is Jan 15

fireworks

11:17 pm

I know that feeling, BJ. there are some nice mixes from another source. hold on I will look in my pantry.

11:18 pm

I know how that feels, autumn!

11:18 pm

oh dear...nothing like waiting until almost the last minute! :)

11:18 pm

wtg Ashley! :)

11:18 pm

(waiting for the last minute - homework and the grid)

11:19 pm

Brandy - I didn't know you were in Trenton or I would have stopped in during the summer.

11:20 pm

omg my dick is so fucking hard who wants 2 come suck it

11:20 pm

Oh, stid...forgot to tell you...had to go to the office for a few minutes today. Checked our incoming mail and found it to be a heck of lot less than what I was anticipating I'd be returning to! * major sigh of relief *

11:20 pm

* putting treats away *

11:21 pm

that is excellent news pini!

11:21 pm

I will email dr g brb

11:21 pm

thx stid (on both accounts)

11:21 pm

hi all :)

11:21 pm

hi mrp! :)

11:22 pm

good to see you again, is the house empty yet?

11:22 pm

Hi MrP

11:22 pm

anyone else need clues to finish?

11:22 pm

okay, message sent

11:22 pm

hey mrp

11:22 pm

thx stid :)

11:22 pm

i have 133 words left lol

11:23 pm

110 of them pini :P

11:23 pm

hi pini, moon, stid et al

11:23 pm

DrG notified

11:23 pm

is it possible to block certain people??

11:23 pm

BJ, there are two companies I use the products sometimes (they are expensive so just for special occasions): cherrybrook kitchen "Gluten Free Dreams" has some nice cake and cookie mixes.

11:23 pm

"Gluten Free Pantry" has the same.

11:24 pm

I see we have skipped straight to red

11:24 pm

thanks jill, he's getting it in stereo then! LOL

11:24 pm

I love "Gluten Free Pantry"!

11:24 pm

when it happens, mrp, we don't get a warning light! LOL

11:24 pm

and a new mix I found at the gluten free store (went first time a week ago) "Dutch Country Soft Pretzels" I miss pretzels SO MUCH

11:25 pm

how are you and the lickety clan doing mrp? have you had a nice vacation?

11:25 pm

I want to try the pretzel mix this week.

11:25 pm

not quite, mrp -- there were plenty of signs before.

11:25 pm

((((hugs mrp))))

11:25 pm

omg my dick is so fucking hard who wants 2 come suck it?!?!?!?!

11:25 pm

the clan is holding together nicely... lickety's dad is falling apart though, he is up seeing him for the next couple of days

11:26 pm

0_0

11:26 pm

well, that one is a bright red!

11:26 pm

oh mrp, I am so sorry. I was hoping things were maybe improving.

11:26 pm

oh dear, mrp -- a recurrence for Lickety's dad?

11:26 pm

the last 2 have been so, mrp...seems to be *blinking* now!

11:26 pm

a dimwit red

11:26 pm

jilli, he had to have a pacemaker put in a couple of days before xmas... he is just shutting down

11:27 pm

sorry to hear, mrp :(

11:27 pm

the pacemaker will help, mrp

11:27 pm

is so strange to watch a perfectly healthy man just start to... come apart!

11:28 pm

very sorry to hear mrp. my best to you both. the ICD will help though

11:28 pm

and to top it all off... my father!! (slaps forehead)!!!

11:28 pm

tht happens alot mrp.

11:28 pm

Grape

11:28 pm

isend my reguards 2 him

11:28 pm

have you guys/girls heard about our 'situation' with floods in the country?

11:28 pm

go kimm go! LOL

11:29 pm

oh well!

11:29 pm

oh, no, mrp!

11:29 pm

tks kimm....

11:29 pm

um, kimm -- how close are you to tri cities? my inlaws live there (technically, they spend a lot of time elsewhere though)

11:30 pm

yes, I have been reading alternately about floods, fires and kangaroo infestation, mrp

11:30 pm

well, my dad is in the middle of it... he is surrounded by water... and he is working in the shed on the farm and a big piece of metal is lodged in his leg.

11:30 pm

He can't get off the property to get it operated on.

11:30 pm

oh no mrp! no helicopter? I assume it's not in danger of severing a major blood vessel?

11:31 pm

He is now into the 3rd day of no pain relief and no medical help in sight... and I don't want him losing his leg on account of the floods

11:31 pm

Stid- I am about an hour and a half north. In Spokane area.

11:31 pm

is there anyone else around who can handle the farmwork while he rests? *very very worried mama look* I am putting him ON TOP of my list, right next to ren and joey.

11:31 pm

oh, terrible, mrp!

11:31 pm

kimm...you went pro!

11:32 pm

I used to live in Walla2... SO glad to be back on the other side of the cascades! LOL

11:32 pm

...and I'm slow...belated congrats!

11:32 pm

OMG MrP. Can a helicopter not go in?

11:32 pm

stid, that is why I worry, cause he won't rest. He is a subborn old fool like his daughter!

11:32 pm

yes, Pini. I had to!! lol

11:33 pm

if you want mrp, I will fly over, swim out to the farm and carry him back.

11:33 pm

there is a runway on the property, but it is under water...

11:33 pm

oh, THAT's where you get it! *giggle*

11:33 pm

Horray for Kimm!! Now to get your flag etc -- just go to your My Account and check that little box, upper right where it says Show Profile :)

11:33 pm

resistance was futile, eh, kimm? LOL

11:33 pm

I will call him now... check on him... brb

11:33 pm

oh, mrp, how awful. I'm surprised they don't medivac him out.

11:33 pm

*Hooray

11:34 pm

I'll show you how to change your flag kimm... since I won't finish the grid anyway... brb

11:34 pm

stid, I just did show kimm

11:35 pm

okay, there we go. See, already I am in Australia, ready to help mrp

11:35 pm

stid, you're a goof, but a nice one!

11:36 pm

it's when you choose your "country" kimm... and if you don't want to have a colored purson, just don't pick male/female.

11:36 pm

LOL jill!! *hugs*

11:37 pm

I can't figure it out.

11:38 pm

should we all go south to help out

11:38 pm

you did great, kimm...worked like a charm! :)

11:38 pm

I think that is a lovely idea pini

11:38 pm

you got it kimm!

11:38 pm

I'm South of yall, if a bit far to the east.

11:38 pm

fireworks, whew!

11:39 pm

congrats, rose

11:39 pm

in "spirit" (and flag), dc ;)

11:39 pm

wtg rbud! :)

11:39 pm

YAY rbud~!

11:39 pm

ah! context is good

11:39 pm

okay. good. my picture is all distorted though. I don't like it.

11:39 pm

you need to crop pics to a square before you load them, kimm.

11:39 pm

that's because you need a square pic

11:40 pm

ah, snap, stiddy! :)

11:40 pm

context? you want context? I bet you also want plot and well-developed characters seain! gee. some people! *indignant author look*

11:40 pm

ah ha!

11:40 pm

* ROFL *

11:40 pm

sorry, dc...thought you were following the "plot"

11:40 pm

hello again. I am up way too late - again, and have to find 70 words in 20 minutes. Yeah. that'll happen!

11:41 pm

hi trif ;)

11:41 pm

hey pini

11:41 pm

65 left and I know I won't finish. Hi Trif!

11:41 pm

106 for me trif :(

11:41 pm

ask away Trifle ;)

11:41 pm

ask away "ladies"!

11:41 pm

go tri go!

11:41 pm

hi autumn, stid, missO...etc....

11:42 pm

pr's? I have the 4

11:42 pm

p + part in a play

11:42 pm

pr5 that is

11:42 pm

baby buggy with double vowel autumn; plural

11:42 pm

38 here

11:42 pm

(what kind of word is that????)

11:42 pm

37 now

11:43 pm

hey stid, you in my neck of the woods!

11:43 pm

* think * autumn...its enable!

11:43 pm

a babble wurd, autumn! LOL

11:43 pm

hello,hello. a lovely 39deg here.

11:43 pm

thx - and the middle PR5?

11:43 pm

yep mrp, in heart anyway. wish I could really be there

11:43 pm

hey grannyrose!

11:43 pm

/melts i think thats the temp of melbourne

11:44 pm

curse you fireball in the sky!

11:44 pm

36? wow. it's hovering around 0 here, and was earnestly trying to snow earlier~!

11:44 pm

pr5 = p + brit butt anagram

11:44 pm

(((((( mrp )))))))) how are you, hun?

11:44 pm

rose!!!!! long time no see baby!!

11:44 pm

hi stiddy, and omni, i AM in melbourne

11:44 pm

I am good thanks! Will be visiting Andree next week for a swim with the kids

11:45 pm

why have you so much heat down there?? nasty weather

11:45 pm

and hugh, of course

11:45 pm

oh, I am so jealous, mr p!

11:45 pm

TY, TY... on to the PA's now...

11:45 pm

it's a very dry heat, so not so bad.

11:46 pm

I am missing an eight - have the se8, what is the other, please?

11:46 pm

i have to tell you all about the latest " deacon " thing.

11:47 pm

tri, an8, spider related

11:47 pm

there's an SE 8? bless you trifioso!

11:47 pm

ar7 and 8

11:47 pm

you're very welcome stid, and feel free to ask for a clue if you so desire

11:47 pm

se 8 is ez

11:47 pm

go for it rose

11:47 pm

brb... calling Dubbo Base

11:47 pm

clues avilable here too :)

11:48 pm

was having an arvo tea with my kids and deacon, of course.i had served sausage rolls and cocktail franks, and a jug of tomato sauce.

11:48 pm

hang on - is it an ar 8 or an an8 please?

11:48 pm

ar 7 and 8

11:48 pm

is the SE 8 compound, jill? if not, please clue!

11:48 pm

ar8

11:49 pm

yes, it is a compound stid

11:49 pm

okay, thanks *thinking*

11:49 pm

deacon dropped his frank into the jug, and before we could stop him, his WHOLE hand disappeared into the jug, to retrieve his sausage.

11:49 pm

rofl grannyrose!

11:49 pm

oh no, granny...but too funny!!! * giggle *

11:49 pm

se8 isn't really a compound -- a normal word for a traveller in ships

11:49 pm

as i did, stiddy,

11:50 pm

oh, that is gross, granny!!!

11:50 pm

stowaway, jill??

11:50 pm

100

11:50 pm

wow, go miss, go!!!

11:50 pm

LOL got it! now I have an 8 and down to 36!

11:50 pm

tri, deacon is only 18 months old

11:50 pm

nice try, stid ;) NOT! ;)

11:50 pm

no, stid -- starts with what laps on your mother's shores

11:50 pm

git'r dun, MissO

11:51 pm

lolpini...

11:51 pm

git'r dun, stid!

11:51 pm

ar 8... *thinking and thinking*

11:51 pm

ar8 is pl of ar7

11:51 pm

ar 7 is something spidery?

11:52 pm

ar8 -- a + walked fast + ***erdown duvet

11:52 pm

I believe so, yes, Trif

11:52 pm

sorry -- that's ar7 -- pl for the 8

11:52 pm

nice clue jilli

11:52 pm

YES! down t o33 thanks jill and pini and tri!

11:52 pm

oh for christ's sake, I had the 7, and didn't plural it....thanks jili!

11:53 pm

not exactly original, granny ;)

11:53 pm

sorry, didn't mean to get profane there....just so disgusted with myself!

11:53 pm

gogogo stid!!!

11:55 pm

95 :'(

11:55 pm

would like to get my last O; have margarine, mouth, o + book task, and homophone of the mouth... need?

11:55 pm

go miss go!

11:56 pm

o + peruse a book

11:56 pm

have that one jill. o 4,4,5,4

11:56 pm

o + meadow

11:56 pm

or + commercial

11:56 pm

need the commercial one!

11:57 pm

okay, to get the upper right corner please, I need a DA

11:57 pm

da 4 -- papa

11:57 pm

plural of baby word, father

11:57 pm

3 father words

11:57 pm

da4, a curse

11:57 pm

da 4 speakers platform

11:57 pm

da 4 valley

11:58 pm

da 4 - swear word

11:58 pm

94... aint happen lol

11:58 pm

the valley doesn't come from the upper right

11:58 pm

da 4: river barriers

11:58 pm

have father-like word and plural, a throne, a meadow, water-retention system, fancy boys, one who accepts a challenge, sock fix, and plural,

11:58 pm

plural water reservoirs

11:58 pm

needed the swear word! LOL thanks nan!

11:59 pm

down to 28 now. a successful nonlist game!

11:59 pm

oh stid is so pure! ;)

11:59 pm

yea stid

11:59 pm

flip?

11:59 pm

wtg stid!

11:59 pm

jill! not even! LOL

11:59 pm

good stid!

11:59 pm

sooon

11:59 pm

quick - I need the ma 5, 18 and the 2nd 6, 24 please please please!

11:59 pm

JB!!! you're up late! are you ill again *worried mama look*

12:00 am

I'm here for the flip!

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