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flip!

12:00 am

flip, Happy New Year to all

12:00 am

hi all, flip!

12:00 am

wheee!

12:00 am

never here for the flip - how exciting!

12:01 am

di 7/8

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

flip and happy new year crpw

12:01 am

yay, go ru go!

12:01 am

se6/7

12:01 am

ruru if its the one i have its a Di 7/8

12:01 am

re7

12:02 am

ox7 / 8

ox7/8

12:02 am

re 8/45

12:02 am

2 x ox8

12:02 am

RE 6/7

great minds, mrp!

12:03 am

indeed melon!

12:03 am

re 8

12:03 am

hi mr p!

12:03 am

hi melon

in fact ox 7/8 X 2!

12:03 am

(((mrp)))

hi jmc

12:03 am

OX 7/8

12:03 am

hi jmc, and crossy! (hugs)

12:04 am

id 6/7/7

12:05 am

Di 6

Clues are up

12:05 am

ty lickety

12:05 am

Thanks lickety!!

12:05 am

Thanks lickety!!

12:06 am

ty lickety

tx lkty

12:06 am

TE 6 x2

12:07 am

io6 /7/7

nteresting board 3 Os, 3 Rs, 4 Is, 3 Ds, 2 Ss, I count only 11 different letters out of a possible 25

id6/7

12:08 am

ox8 x 3

wow - X3, I got 2 so far tx mrp!

12:09 am

RE 6

and got the 3rd! XXXOOO

12:09 am

re 8

or rather OXOXOX ;)

12:10 am

cute melon! :)

12:10 am

100 down

12:10 am

id6/7/7, melon

12:10 am

go ruru go

12:11 am

gj ruru i am not at my usual 66 yet

se7

12:11 am

good grief ruru:/

howdy all!

tx rbud

12:11 am

howdy volly

12:11 am

SE 6

id 6/7/7 (correction)

12:12 am

melon, do you have the same combo in IO ?

6/7/7 mrp

12:12 am

hi volley happy new year

12:12 am

just wanna say a big THANX to torgone for a very nice belated chrissis pressie. don't get me wrong, but I thought it was a hoax....I am now upgraded to pro, hopefully one of you luverly babblers can send me a laymans term on how to put up an icon....cos this puter illiterate grannie does not comprehend....LOL

12:12 am

yep, that's it

it's a regular periodic table ;)

12:13 am

it is wrong that 'utes' isn't a word

12:13 am

yoda

12:13 am

yaa for dizgrannie!

12:13 am

yay diz

12:14 am

welcome to pro diz :) thanks to torg too

it's wrong that cuted isn't a word, to get all cuted up.

12:14 am

thx guys/gals

hugs all and happy new year to you, too

12:14 am

HNY Mr. Pres, and here's hoping 2010 is much better for you and the Mr.

12:14 am

thanks PAV! best of 2010 to you and yours too! :))

12:15 am

better late than never ... hi gang

12:15 am

hi pini

12:15 am

hi all -- I suppose re 8 has been called

12:15 am

hi pini

12:15 am

howdy pini

12:15 am

Hell everyone. You look so pretty DizGrannie

12:15 am

congrats diz...(if you send me an email, I can send you the same instructions I sent to ruby) :)

12:15 am

Pini! and Nan! and Dee! and Lynxxx!

12:15 am

hi lynxxx

12:15 am

RE 6/8

12:16 am

hiya pav ;)

12:16 am

hi jmc ;)

12:16 am

RE 6

12:16 am

I need the u for NBT! 20 for 20 so far...

12:16 am

hi mrp ;)

12:16 am

crossy, lynxxx, mlf, et al...

12:16 am

ut4 is a babblet

12:17 am

think mormon state pav

12:17 am

HI Pinik

12:17 am

I was afraid of that Pini...now to find it...

12:17 am

I need the right hand i for nbt

12:17 am

jmc... flower

12:17 am

ir4

12:18 am

i go tit

12:18 am

got it

12:18 am

and on that fishy note i will go to bed ty pav and pini

12:18 am

bye all

and ir 6/21

12:18 am

night jmc...cya tmw ;)

12:18 am

browsing thrru you pics mrp pic #0498..you are too cute:) http://www.flickr.com/photos/9202641@N 05/3970355550/in/photostream/

I have 3 6/7/7s so far

12:19 am

I need the corner R for nbt...

12:19 am

ltns cross?

12:19 am

oh *blush* crossy!

12:19 am

re6 18

12:20 am

hi MRP...you didn't go away and get stuck in those floods did you?

12:20 am

no way lynxx! knew it was coming so stayed home :)

12:20 am

DI 7& 8 if not called

12:21 am

howdy all1 hugs mrp.

12:21 am

te5/20 is unusual

12:21 am

hey , it's pugmama! long time no see! a HNY to you!

12:21 am

Oh good. PS you've got a bit of competition there with Maddie - lickety is going to need a big stck to beat the boys off

12:21 am

and 21 for 21 NBT thanks to Pini!

12:21 am

as is the te7 that comes off it

12:21 am

hi Chic & Pugmama!

12:21 am

pini, email sent....gotta go heaps of thunder/lightening....

12:22 am

Happy New Year, Ms. Pug!!!

12:22 am

hi chic!! long time no see!! HNY!

12:22 am

hi Metfan & Pav!

12:22 am

indeed lynxx, boys are around here all the bloody time!

12:22 am

rain and thunder..sigh..we currently have yet another snow storm blasting its way through;(

12:22 am

ad 6 and 7 if not called

12:23 am

To you too love

12:23 am

Hi Lynxx - Happy new Year.

12:23 am

Yappy New Jear to you, mrp.

12:23 am

i imagine there are..let then down easy eh mrp;))

12:23 am

Hows ya bee, love?

12:23 am

lol

12:23 am

eh still above ground

12:23 am

nbt

12:24 am

I hate snow

12:24 am

You and me both

12:24 am

i have not been out at all today,im going to have to put in some serious shovel time tommorow to clear the car out

12:24 am

cleared my steps & car 4 times in 24 hrs

12:24 am

now that that's out of the way (NBT!) i can watch a movie....The International with Clive Owen...have a great day /night/eve and will check back in tomorrow...

12:25 am

That's rough.....

12:25 am

back again, just messaging with a friend

12:25 am

bye Pav , enjoy

12:25 am

blows goats

NBT - in no particular order today - too much fun finding the 7s and 8s

hi pug mama - i just looked at chat and see "blows goats" ???

12:26 am

I know Tim's b-day is coming up - if you want to take him to a movie, see "Avatar" - it'll blow you both away.

12:26 am

that's a funny way to put it pugs

12:27 am

dont know if I can can swing the $

12:27 am

ex 6 if not called

12:27 am

had to restock the boys on interceptor & queen fruit loop bounced a check on me

12:28 am

Well, if you can - it was just an idea.

12:28 am

se6/ 7/7

12:28 am

Oh, THAT figures......

12:28 am

yeah right?

12:30 am

so now she owes me 43$ instead of the original 25

12:31 am

She'd better get her act together about that - what was her excuse?

12:31 am

some non specific crap about her bank

12:32 am

really dont care my old bank f***ed me too just want my $

12:32 am

So is your bank gonna hit you with a fee for HER bounced check? She owes you for THAT, too.

12:32 am

of course she had just told me a week b4 she only occassionaly bother to balance her check book

12:33 am

a bounced cheque here is $35.00 now;(

12:33 am

thats why its now 43 instead of the original 25

12:34 am

I never balance mine, but thru telephone banking, and careful monitoring of my ATM receipts, I haven't bounced a check in years!!!!

12:34 am

I told her only cash or $ orders from now on

12:34 am

It just takes a minimum of effort.

12:34 am

i use atm slips as well metfan

12:35 am

Well that's good - now don't hold your breath for your money.

12:35 am

she had also said at that time the week b4 "I buy $ orders because when I use checks I tend to overdraw my acct."

12:36 am

she's turning 31 this month ! GROW UP!

12:36 am

133 down and stalled. Don't know If I'll be back tomorrow -- younger son and wife arriving from Vancouver in the afternoon. :)

12:36 am

I hope you can move soon after it becomes Spring-like, dear.......

12:37 am

have to keep checking with HUD to see when voucher program reopens

12:37 am

135 down -- just spotted the sick ones

12:37 am

good night all -- if anyone can see me!

ad 5/6/7/6 if not called

12:38 am

by nan

12:38 am

night nan..

12:38 am

seeya Nan

12:38 am

enjoy the visit

howdy ru!

12:38 am

hi dee

12:38 am

RO 7 if not called

12:38 am

well its 01:38 in the morn here,gonna try for some more sleep..gnight babble buddies

how are you ru?

12:38 am

night Cross

12:39 am

Night Crossy

12:39 am

night crossie.

12:39 am

I am okay.. happy to be out of 2009 dee

12:39 am

RE 8 also

12:39 am

poof

12:40 am

how was new years for you dee?

12:40 am

(feels bad for pugs too)

I'm stuck on the re 6 & 7 after the 8 - I have the re5 after that!!!! not sein' it!

quiet, but amazing; guests loved the beef bourguignon

12:41 am

good.. did you use good wine in the sauce.. it makes a difference

12:41 am

Melon - try to grow plants again?

12:41 am

Finally, I can use that joke from "The Nanny" about the Beef Borgnine!!!

se7 npt part of the se 6/7/7

I have that one

yes, told hubby it had to taste great before going in the dish :)

I am finding thou I have to be reallly careful with wines now... developing an allergy to some sulfites

it's the re 6/21 7/32 before that, right after the 8

12:43 am

if you can take benedryl before drinking dee that will help fight the sulfites

that is exactly what I did :)

we used to be able to get sulfite free wines from Lynnfred Winery in Chicao, but now they all seem to have them

12:44 am

But beware if you're allergic to citric acid - it's in Benadryl as a preservative

aww good to know met

12:44 am

I was taking something for allergy which was contributing to my allergy!!!

top r last column... help for nbt please?

definitely not good met

12:45 am

Thank God I no longer have that particular allergy!!!

grass anew

not from that r :(

come up again

sorry - trotted again perhaps

12:46 am

re6.18 got up again

12:46 am

But Citric Acid is used in EVERYTHING these days. I had to learn to read labels carefully.

12:46 am

re + flower dee

12:46 am

are you allergic to citric acid?

aww gracias ru nbt

up again - sorry I'm passing on my mistakes!

12:46 am

(and lynxx)

ty lyn and melon

12:47 am

Not anymore, ruru - my body chemistry changed - but I was for about 15 years.

have that issue with msg now

12:47 am

how interesting

got the re6/7 after the 8 - it's mignonette(s)

12:47 am

I am highly allergic to msg

sometimes it pays to just start typing. . .

12:48 am

Ms. Pug saw me at my worst - couldn't sleep at nite during a visit because everything ITCHED!!!!

have gotten so, too ru

12:48 am

Wow, ruru - do you ever eat Chinese food?

12:48 am

it sucked you couldnt even eat Italian

12:49 am

no can do met..unless I cook it myself

12:49 am

Praise the Lord that part of my life is over!!!!

12:49 am

That bites, ruru

now campbells is taking it out of their soups again; had to buy expensive organic ones for a long time

12:51 am

It's a good thing that big corps are going more "natural and healthy", but I don't quite trust them anyway

more people are allergic to msg than any other ingredient, but grocers wanted extended shelflife; fortunately folks not buying some products has helped

12:51 am

I agree

agree with that

12:52 am

hi -- late flip

12:52 am

Yes, but no MSG means more salt in some cases - fortunately, there's sea salt

12:52 am

(from a guy who used to make twinkies for a living)..lol

12:52 am

Hi jilli@@

12:52 am

salt is salt is salt -- NaCl

12:52 am

hi Jilli

ditto jili; what my allergist says, too

ex 6/36 new word for me

12:53 am

I don't agree jilli

12:53 am

Sea salt supposedly has less sodium in it, or so "they" say....

12:53 am

hi Jilli

12:53 am

first word found, yi4 insult :(

135 down and NBT - I need cu7 & ae7 to have all the biggies and go to bed. Should i know these two words?

12:54 am

nonsense, metfan

12:54 am

it seems to give more taste with a lot less

12:55 am

it may contain other taste-enhancing ingredients

12:55 am

Just much better to use more pepper and other spices for flavor.

I'll pipe in - if you cut back salt gradually, you're less apt to miss the taste. The old standby lemon juice works if you can use it (I haven't been following the caht).

12:56 am

right, melon :)

one more time anyone have the ae7 & cu7?

not yet melon... looking

12:56 am

I rarely use the salt shaker, just use more pepper or Mrs. Dash

12:57 am

not me, melon, I just got here ;)

12:57 am

Sorry, melon

got the cu!

it's too precious by half.

12:57 am

garlic is my best friend in the kitchen

12:57 am

oops, I'm getting days mixed up, sorry Jilli, a day ahead with my icon!!

12:58 am

I'm addicted to V8 at lunchtime -- switched to the les sodium variety and at fist thought ugh, but now love it.

ginger is my new garlic. Corainder seed is my latest spice "regular" too.

12:58 am

Yes, flosey, but it's a cutie!

12:58 am

sexides should be a word...

12:58 am

tks jilli, might as well stay with it now!

love cayenne and cumin here...

12:58 am

or sexoids... androids built for sex

12:59 am

sure, flosey!

ty mel... found the cu

12:59 am

Garlic, garlic, and more garlic!!!!

12:59 am

*whimpers* cant find the cu7

12:59 am

scuse my probable typos -- just back from winey dinner and movie of Julie and Julia with neighbours :)

12:59 am

daughter just introduced me to cardamom (used in carrot soup

1:00 am

it is great on tuna too flosey

1:00 am

with cumin

start with description for a cu... little child ru

1:00 am

ah, thanks ru

cardamom is wonderful! a smidge in espresso or hot chocolate is divine. I'll have to try in carrot soup.

1:00 am

ty melon, I'll try that

1:01 am

oo, I guess I just avoided the PB with my comment to flosey

ae 7... air prefix + past tense of putting butt in a chair

sounds yummy I'll have to try that with tuna

just found it VMD. > halfway, NBT and all 7s and 8s. I'll give clues before I dash, should anyone wish. . .

1:02 am

did you enjoy the movie as much the second time Jilli - I could watch it again, loved it

1:02 am

Got it Mom Dee - Thanks!

1:02 am

TY Volley

yqw

1:03 am

Yes, I did, flosey, and had read the book too

how many re 7's?

1:03 am

O

1:03 am

not finding the cu or the ae..am I blind?

1:03 am

Ruru - melon's comment of too precious by half for the cu7 was a clue!

1:04 am

I'll look for that after I've read this one I have of your's

I loved that movie, too flosey

1:04 am

found the ae

melon, how many re 7's do you have?

1:04 am

now thank you dee

yqw

1:05 am

I have one re7

1:05 am

I knew it was a clue but still didnt find it

cu 7/36... description of a precious little child + 1st 3 letters of name of a brown crayon

1:05 am

i'm not getting that cu clue either!

missing 2 7's hmmm

just 2, and an re8. One of the re7s is not re as prefix, it is the Latin name for a fragrant if unassuming flower.

1:05 am

I got it

ty melon looking

1:06 am

just got it!

1:06 am

the first part is obvious but its the end thats a bugger ---brown crayon?

1:06 am

Hi all

1:07 am

hi Diem

1:07 am

ok got it just tooobeat

1:07 am

it is folksy pugs.. she is a cu7

wtg pug

1:07 am

The end of the CU - Treasure of ***rra Madre

I'm all in - Happy New Year all & niey nite {poof} zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z

1:07 am

had actually tried that with another S at the end earlier

1:08 am

right ru, am surprised it's accepted

1:08 am

sleep well Melon

now looking for the te 7...

1:08 am

Night, melon

1:08 am

it didnt take the plural so figured was no good

1:09 am

that's what I thought pugs

1:09 am

No its an adj

1:09 am

hi everyone

1:09 am

hi Andree

1:09 am

Hi Andree, haven't seen you in a while

1:10 am

i have been around flosey but not much

1:10 am

is diz still around?

1:10 am

Your new little boy, Ruru - what cu**ness!!!

1:11 am

thank you met.. i am going to see him again on Sunday

1:11 am

she signed off I think Pini...storms around

1:11 am

lol metfan, you might say he's a real cu7

1:11 am

Jilli, please not, I have an icon - no greyhead, thanks to you.

1:11 am

oh...wanted to let her know I sent the email instructions! :)

1:11 am

Why not, flosey?

anyone have the te 7?

1:12 am

so cute ruru, what breed?

1:12 am

Sorry, momdee

1:12 am

golden retriever andree

1:13 am

me neither dee.. I have been looking

yipes found it... ridiculous word... te 5/20 huuuuge state in U.S. and a plural of it... have never seen that before either

1:13 am

Andree 2mins pb

1:13 am

he is divine and sooo cute

1:14 am

fireworks

1:14 am

I was just monkeying for something like that - TY momDee

1:14 am

he is going to be one nice looking dog

1:14 am

4 mins

1:14 am

ugh, thanks volley -- dumb word tho

extremely

1:14 am

yay anike

1:14 am

congrats Anike

1:15 am

since Bush lives there wouldn't end in asses?

1:15 am

clue for that upper right R...didn't get Pav's...

1:15 am

oh my, those huge state words are inded ridiculous but thanks for the lcue!

1:15 am

lmao ruru

yw

1:15 am

re6 - re + flower

1:15 am

toldja I'd do typos

1:16 am

thx ... NBT! :)

1:16 am

this is a much nicer grid than the last

1:16 am

settled on a name yet Ruru

1:16 am

that re6 is pretty silly too

1:16 am

yes.. I will call him Dylan

1:16 am

good name ruru

cool name... fits...

1:17 am

his akc name has to have a pig or pink pig in the name

1:17 am

wooo hooooo Little D!!! (looking forward to new pics!)

1:17 am

when will you bring him home?

1:17 am

so it will be "no swine before its time"

1:17 am

I'm off for a swim - happy babbling

1:17 am

end of January.. he is four weeks old

1:17 am

ROFL!

1:17 am

lol!

1:17 am

night anike

1:18 am

Ruru, he could be Peppermint Pig - we used to get them at Christmastime, when I was a kid.

1:18 am

how divine, anike -- here they do "Polar Bear swims" into icy water.

1:18 am

that does sound cu** Chris

1:19 am

("they" are nuts jilli)

I am confused... why a pig?

1:19 am

why is the porcine reference needed RU?

1:19 am

"Smooth Operator" alert!!!!

1:19 am

kennel name?

1:19 am

The Sire of the litter had a favorite toy ... a pink pig

1:20 am

Saffron Andree

lol cute

1:20 am

and you can't name Dylan after his dad...you have to name him after his toy???

pb pb pb crap

1:21 am

how funny, hugo's favourite is a pink pig he pinched from my grandaughter, he loves that toy

1:21 am

There is a theme to the litter and I have to abide by the breeders request pini

ty for explanation... didn't realize that

1:21 am

gotcha ... not sure the breeder could have made it any harder!!! ;)

1:21 am

The father would shove his head in the toy box and throws toys out of it until he found it

1:22 am

ruru, can you choose the reg name or does the breeder claim that?

1:22 am

my boys had a laundry basket of toys & bones & would climb in to excavate for the desired thing

1:22 am

does it have to start with P?

1:22 am

I can choose the regular name.. dylan is what I have decided on

1:22 am

no

1:23 am

I meant the registered name -- I know about Dylan ;)

1:23 am

no it doesn't jilli.. has to relate to pink or pig

1:23 am

Chino's favorite is his little blue cow

1:24 am

and pink isn't very masculine for a dog

1:24 am

Any clues/hints for the u would be soooooo appreciated.

1:24 am

"Rosey Sows Little D"

1:24 am

Chino is a great name

1:24 am

ut4

1:24 am

he was VERY fond of the purple monkey for ages

1:24 am

sounds like the state chris without the h

ut 4/5... looks like state minus last consonant + plural

1:24 am

He'd greet me in the morning with either one....

1:25 am

(giggles )

great minds...

1:25 am

(speak for yourself dee.. lol)

1:25 am

ruru -- Safrron's Lovehog?

1:26 am

Pink is too masculine - there's a men's group called strong (brave?) enough to wear pink - they support breast cancer causes.

1:26 am

oh that's good jilli

1:26 am

I love when theres no toy handy to greet with so he settles for a slipper or sneaker

1:26 am

who's saffron?

1:26 am

I mean Saffron's

1:27 am

kennel name of ruru's pup, pini

1:27 am

gotcha ;)

1:27 am

Saffrons' Supreme Scrapple!

1:28 am

thought it might be appropriate, ruru :)

1:28 am

or bacon

1:30 am

I have os 4 and or 4 from the middle o in the top row..does anyone have teh third?

grrr phant etude... have entered it 90 times

1:30 am

or reverse that Saffron's Scrapple Supreme!

1:30 am

me too, dee and hi dee hi

1:30 am

not me

1:30 am

have the same 2 ru

hugs jli

1:31 am

or 4 x 2

1:31 am

thank you broll

1:31 am

just got it

not exactly sure which came from where... have od 4, 4, 4, 5 or 4, 4 os 4...

1:32 am

yw

1:32 am

always miss that one

so sorry bad lag here

1:32 am

still don't get it :(

1:32 am

nm...got it

1:34 am

Thanks to the babbler who cluef the ut4 - I'd tried to enter the American Indians, with no success.

phew finally got the c's

1:35 am

I am missing one c

do you have 4 co's at the end starting with same 1st 3 letters co 4, 5, 5, 5...

1:36 am

yes

1:36 am

as5 please

1:37 am

did Lickety announce his list? I see it's up.

1:37 am

I have ci 4,5 co 4,5,4,5,5,5 cu 4,4, 4,4,5,7

ty jili

1:37 am

a + to the left or right andree

1:37 am

yes jilli, he did, quite early

another ci 5

1:37 am

as5 a & not front or back but s***

1:38 am

thanks lyn, was missing that one

1:38 am

jnp[qwethq[0we th[q (head on keyboard)

1:38 am

thx ruru and lynxxx, i knew it would be a fish

1:38 am

thanks dee

lol ru yw

1:39 am

17 to go

think I need lickety stalled with 24 left...

1:39 am

your a machine RURU

1:39 am

100 left for to-morrow night all happy babbling

1:40 am

17 to go? sheesh you guys are quick!

really stumped on the i's

1:40 am

nite Diem

1:40 am

well done, diem

1:40 am

goodnight Diem

1:41 am

phant -- exact

1:41 am

hi and bye diem

one of mine, too jili

1:41 am

still missing 3 I's here too

oooh, cute movie The Accidental Husband... Colin Firth, (Denny from Grey's Anatomy)...

1:42 am

io + a movie and dinner

1:42 am

ir4.5 & 5.12 - always think it is an abbreviation and should have escent on the end

1:42 am

thx for 3 from that one, ru :)

1:42 am

ty ruru

1:42 am

One BT here (remember I just arrived, lol!)

have all 3 of those ru; and those 2 lyn ty

any ix words?

1:43 am

ty ruru

1:43 am

the i's are no more

go, jili, gooooooo

1:43 am

no ix volley

1:43 am

I can't believe the te/5/20 counts as a word. (Let alone its past participle...)

k, now missing one i from the last column

1:43 am

and i'm done. hello all. welcome to 2010 .

agreed jan

ty pug

1:44 am

Way to go, granny...

1:44 am

Congrats Rose!

aaa ir 6/21 was my missing one ty lyn

1:44 am

hi granny, well done!

1:44 am

yahoo gran

wtg granny!!!

1:44 am

YAY granny!!!

1:44 am

yay rose

1:45 am

have had a lovely day. went to an irish pub for lunch, then saw Avatar, with dessert and coffee served dring the film.

1:45 am

wtg granny!

1:45 am

no, TY Volley - always forget that it is an eye thing as well

1:45 am

I broke 100...and am off to bed now...cya tmw!! :)

1:45 am

nite pini

actually ended up with 6 ir's

1:47 am

TY - 1 more to find then

did you like it granny?

yw

1:48 am

loved it, dee. was fascinated, several stories rolled into one.

interesting and good to know

wish we had a theatre like that

1:48 am

i + horse trips dee

1:48 am

My 25 yo has seen it twice so far, very impressed

that is the one I found last ru

1:49 am

plural of the flower?

the horse trips

de 5/22 always makes me laugh

1:52 am

lets see.. pocohontas and john smith was one part, dances with wolves another, and saving the rainforests from logging. as i sa4, very interesting

cool

1:53 am

plus the animation was incredible

1:53 am

pini, thx for your email. had a couple of drinkies with dinner so will try on the morrow....

I am anxious to see it

1:54 am

If you have the chance, momDee, see it in 3D

1:54 am

yes, we have come a long way from mickey mouse and donald duck!!!

that could make you sicker than a dog with that much animation...

1:55 am

sounds good rose, i was not planning to see it , but then i wasn't planning on the harry potter movies either

1:55 am

and now am a huge fan of books and movies

1:56 am

there are two ex 6/36 any one found the second one

1:56 am

My friend and I saw it on Christmas Day - didn't pay the extra $ for the 3D, but the whole time we were watching, I was thinking "This must be AWESOME in 3D".

1:56 am

andree also saw some trailers for forecoming flicks, " nine ", " Invictus " and The Wolfman "..........all look really good.

1:57 am

I can't wait for "The Wolf Man"

1:57 am

I can't wait for "The Wolf Man"

invictus really looks interesting to me

1:57 am

ex + **d, strange + it's your ch**ce, to do or not

looking now ru... missing that one, too

1:58 am

my one BT is the E in the middle column -- is that an ex word?

1:58 am

ex6/36: to leave - ****us + sound a pig makes **nk

LOL... I was missing the word used in combination with ex locations for tropical vacations

1:59 am

yes, jilli, also et x 3,

1:59 am

wow, I see it was -- what a strange word granny clued! And thanks -- NBT.

might be ea 4, 5, 5, 6 words or the ed 5/16

1:59 am

TY Buff

1:59 am

i saw bright star this week , excellent movie

1:59 am

thanks buff girl

2:01 am

hmmm, do you think himself would like it, andree?

2:01 am

YW - very odd word...

2:01 am

YW - very odd word...

2:01 am

YW - very odd word...

what is bright star about

2:01 am

Sorry for the triple posting - wonder how I did that???

2:02 am

buff, it was the 1:59 hiccup, happens every night

2:02 am

Aha - a new phenomenon - thanks for the info, Granny!

2:02 am

story of john keats [poet] and his love the girl next door, he died at 25

2:02 am

Well, halfway, must leave some for later AM - night all, happy babbling

aww inspired by a true story then...

2:03 am

if you write a post at that time, it just sits there after you have hit enter.so, hit enter once and wait about 60secs, then it goes through

2:03 am

night love I'm fried too

2:03 am

night all & happy babbling

2:03 am

nite metfan

2:04 am

Night sweetie, gotta talk, maybe Sunday??

2:04 am

nite pugmama

2:04 am

Night grannyrose

2:04 am

sure jingle me love

2:04 am

Will do love, POOF

2:04 am

Poofters!

2:05 am

rose, it may not appeal to a male unless he likes poetry but is an aussie movie, something we don't make enough of

fireworks

2:08 am

WTG DEE!!!

2:08 am

yay dee

2:08 am

Hooray for Volley!!

ty ... great clues on the tough ones ty all

some words I have never seen before

2:09 am

YAY dee!!!

ty jili

Accidental Husband is a lovely romantic comedy... brainless, but cute

2:11 am

fireworks

well all need to get going... busy day tomorrow WTG ru!!

2:11 am

saw the shorts of a new meryl streep movie, can't remember the name, looked good as do all her movies

2:11 am

WTG RURU!!!!

2:11 am

Congrats Ruru!!

2:11 am

yay ruru

2:11 am

wtg Ru

It's Complicated maybe?

Steve Martin in it Andree?

helllllo

2:12 am

night all.. thank you for the clues

2:12 am

think that was it

2:12 am

hi herin

howdy herin

ty, too, ru... poofing here, too...

2:12 am

night Ruru. Hi Infernal

2:12 am

yes steve martin

sounded good to me, too andree... nutso

2:12 am

this grid seems a lot friendlier than the last one

2:12 am

bye ruru and dee

*poofing with hugs*

2:12 am

39 to go - better save them for morning, goodnight all

2:13 am

it certainly is jilli

2:13 am

night flosey -- I have a mere 143 to go, lol!

2:13 am

but you came in late jilli

2:13 am

bye flosey, 95 left here

2:14 am

yes I did, flosey and full of wine ;)

2:14 am

yes, this grid's been interesting, as well as the chat

HI OSGMA

2:14 am

need top right r for nbt - clue please

2:14 am

hi osgd -- long time!

2:15 am

urshy, got up again

2:15 am

ursh -- crazy word -- flower again

2:15 am

re6.18 got up again Ursh

2:15 am

or what granny sa4

2:15 am

hi herin

2:16 am

tx guys got it

2:16 am

and lynxxx

2:16 am

getting chilly here: -28 °F (-33 °C)

hi ROSE.

2:16 am

OO, babrab!

2:16 am

you got to get out of that hammock BR

2:16 am

acckkk, BR, that's too cold even for me.

2:19 am

a nice round 50 left for the morning, night all

2:19 am

bye lynxxx

2:19 am

* giggle * maybe i should send my mother to BR, she'll soon heat things up, she just has to breathe.

2:19 am

night lynxxx

2:19 am

nite lyn

2:22 am

i need to take a break and organise some dinner, back later

must get dinner later

2:27 am

I'd like to get halfway -- 107/112 now...

2:30 am

ah, 116/103...

go jilli go

2:32 am

working through the Os

2:33 am

(skipping lots of ox words, lol!)

only got 9 o's so far but I'm still in random mode

2:36 am

as

hello again

2:51 am

hi again herin

Hello Jil. Is there a lot of OX words?

2:52 am

fraid so -- 10 of them

o that doesn't sound too bad

2:53 am

I have 8 of them

2:54 am

want clues?

2:54 am

I only have 5 of them but I'm half alseep

2:54 am

that would be nice, rbud -- how about ox4/10 for starters?

2:57 am

ox + the id4 of March is a good start, then drop the last 2 letters for the one you want

2:57 am

and pl

2:57 am

(I now have 6 of them but not that one)

2:58 am

I have them all now, whew!

2:58 am

ty rbudoxids

2:58 am

sorry about that!

2:59 am

that's it, shhhh, I won't tell! ;)

Thanks

3:00 am

gottem all now -- thanks for that starter, rbud!

3:00 am

well, 175/44 now and I can go to bed :)

3:00 am

yw - quite the bunch of ox4/9!

3:01 am

me, too, still have 78, but was gone for a while.

3:01 am

mostly related, though

3:02 am

I've been going through Lickety's list -- nice to have Expert make that easy to do.

3:02 am

good night, jilli, & anyone else still here. I'm heading for bed.

Night ROse

3:03 am

night herin and as rbud sa4, anyone else still here. And happy 2010!

3:04 am

*poof*

Night Jillie

3:30 am

I made Rbud's pumpkin pie today, is very yummy, quests liked it, served it with ice cream

3:33 am

Hello everyone!

3:34 am

gd morning everybody

3:34 am

evening Brookie

3:34 am

Hi ruby, hi arisha!

Hello again

3:47 am

hi herin!

How are you?

3:49 am

Loving life, seriously. I feel like I'm finally in a happy place. How are you doing?

good for you brookie. Freezing here and have a headache

3:50 am

Sorry to hear that. How cold is it there? I thought you're in the middle of summer!

It is summer but the wind has picked up here in the hills

3:52 am

Ugh, I hate the wind. Thank goodness for indoor climate control.

3:52 am

It's 4:52 in the morning, and I'm eating leftover caesar salad. Yum.

3:53 am

same time here, brookie. i got home about 10 min ago. I just at a Reese's PB Tree

3:53 am

hi lady and brookie

HI DC

3:54 am

hi dc! i could go for a reese's, but my 7 year old told me yesterday that i've gained a lot of weight, so i'm trying to stay away from the sweets.

No aircon here and just a wood heater

3:55 am

LOL brookie about the child commenting

3:55 am

just close your eyes, herin, and imagine yourself in the desert

3:55 am

but, yes, avoiding sweets this time of year is a challenge

and its too warm for the wood to get started

3:56 am

my problem has been lack of exercise. i used to go for 3-4 mile walks all the time, but the weather hasn't cooperated. i guess i could take my walks at the mall...

3:57 am

you could. the mall is rather boring for that, though.

3:57 am

no, the people-watching is quite a hoot

3:57 am

oh, good point

3:58 am

doorbell, dog barking, too late! all the snowbirds keep dropping in. Sounds like a long haiku!!!

3:58 am

so, how was your new years?

3:58 am

LOL ruby

3:59 am

lovely impromptu haiku, ruby

3:59 am

quiet here except for the fireworks and firecrackers which make the dogs crazy

3:59 am

i played the tradational New Year's Mah Jongg game :)

Quiet I ran away to the hills

3:59 am

always a good idea that, herin :)

Yep. middle of no where it was great

4:00 am

children fell asleep very early, so i celebrated by finally getting some sleep of my own

4:00 am

i'm proud of myself for finding 3 of the 8s in my first 81 words :)

4:00 am

there's a treat, brookie, if ever!

4:01 am

i'm glad that fireworks/firecrackers are not part of new year around here.

4:01 am

just got 1 of the 8s in my first 103 words. and apparently i'm fat :-)

DC if yuou look at my FB pics that table of food is what we had NYE

4:01 am

when I lived in Miami, people would shoot guns straight up into the air at midnight!

4:01 am

every year some bystanders were shot!

4:02 am

omg, ruby!

4:02 am

my goodness, ruby.

4:03 am

herein, i'll check them out

4:04 am

if any of you would like to "friend" me on fb, search for me on my email address... bsgrubb at aol dot com

4:04 am

wow. found the rest of the 8s. :)

4:05 am

i'm very impressed, dc

4:05 am

will do, brookie, this is a very friendly game! I've been playing lexulous blitz which is VERY competitive!!!

I am just trying to find info on my Grand pop.

Brookie i will add you

4:06 am

just send me a note on fb too, so i know it's you!

4:07 am

trying to find your grandpop on fb, or somewhere else?

Brookie my Grand Pop Has a very long and interesting history with the military. Sadly he passed when I was a baby.

And I have FB added you

4:08 am

i noted my babble identity in my request

4:08 am

thanks everyone!

4:09 am

herin, sorry you couldn't really meet your grandpop. how are you gathering information about him? from your other relatives? online?

4:10 am

will be back in a minute... going to check facebook.

I am curious

4:11 am

i just tried to "friend" brookie and got a weird message. I'll try again before lunch

4:12 am

it worked, ruby... just accepted your friend request (along with herin's and dc's). how cool, thanks again!

4:12 am

babble is the reason i have a FB account. I've coincidentally reconnected with a bunch of people from long ago in the process.

4:13 am

I thought it didn't but I'm pleased. I've only been on for 2 wks but find this very open and nice. Thank you all for being so accepting of my iuneptitude!!! lol

It's really interesting but my nan is no longer here too

4:14 am

ruby, i'm inept every single day, so occasional departures from perfection from everyone else are totally accepted in my book!

4:15 am

lol

4:15 am

not if I could just get the picture sorted out, I'd be happy, then everybody could see the "real" Ruby!

4:16 am

i got a fb account to connect with former classmates before my hs reunion.

4:16 am

you're right, dc, it's amazing who you can reconnect with... i recently found my best friend from elementary school!

4:16 am

we organized our reunion through FB this time. Last time, we did it through our yahoo group.

4:17 am

was fb in use 5 years ago? 10 years ago? (whenever your second-to-last reunion was?)

4:18 am

FB did not exist 5 years ago when we did the last one

Sadly all the ''story'' tellers are gone in my family

4:18 am

sorry to hear that herin

4:18 am

although I've found some old (old) friends on fb, I find that I have more in common with my new friends from games and that we quickly run out of things to talk about

4:19 am

you'll cary on the stories in your time, too, herin

well no one talks about stuff which should be recorded

well no one talks about stuff which should be recorded

4:20 am

before she died, I had my grandmother tell me about all the people in the old family photographs; it is a wonderful trove of info

Just now I found out my Grandfather was in the Scots Royal Guard and that my Great Grandfather was one of the few that survived the landings at Gallipoli

4:21 am

how did you uncover this information, herin?

4:21 am

that's really wonderful, herin :)

4:21 am

that's great stuff, herin

4:21 am

20-20-20-24 hours to go-o-o-o, i want to be se7.36

4:22 am

thanks for the clue, dc!

And then the tough bugger marched from Wales to England in the Coal miners strike

4:23 am

LOL, glad it was helpful

4:23 am

one of my great-great-great-grandmothers left Wales to get away from the mines.

4:24 am

oops great-great-grandmother rather

4:24 am

got carried away ther

4:24 am

It was probably to get away from Tom Jones' great grandfather singing, but that's another story.

DC my Nana did tell me some wonderful stories

4:24 am

hello haz

4:25 am

ROFL haz

4:25 am

Good morning/evening all.

4:25 am

good morning, haz

4:25 am

I've been doing family history research and there's an amazing amount of info on the internet.

4:26 am

there is indeed

4:26 am

Hello seain, ruby, herin.

Haz there is but it doesn't help when Pop was in the Secret Services in England

4:27 am

During what period?

WW2

Royal Scots Guard also and he worked for the Home Office (hope that is right)

4:28 am

lunch break, apero time, see you later

4:28 am

njoy, ruby

later Ruby

4:28 am

Bye ruby.

Haz does that make sense? I think we have to wait until the files are opened

4:30 am

Secret stuff usually stays secret. The files may never be opened. If you're using nationalarchives.gov.uk and if you have his service numbers, you should be able to get as much as they're prepared to give you.

4:30 am

That generation took the 'Secret' part very seriously.

4:31 am

very muchso, even here, haz.

4:31 am

Good morning all.....

4:32 am

good morning, flask

I just have his name and thank you for that

4:32 am

We only discovered that a friend's great aunt had probably served in Bletchley Park during the war when she became demented and started to look back. No-one had any clue, we knew she had been in WRAF but that was as far as it went.

4:33 am

It'll be easier, herin, if you can get his service number - WW1 medals had service numbers on them, not sure about WW2.

4:33 am

Good morning, Flask.

Thank you Haz. We don't have any of his meddles

Was Bletchley Park the decoders?

4:34 am

The other way of making contact, might be to write to his regiment to see what they might have on him.

4:34 am

Yes, as featured in Enigma. She wouldn't have been decoding, but she would have been working in the background supporting the whole enterprise.

4:35 am

and the support workers do more than they ever get credit for in many an effort, not least in time of war

4:36 am

Absolutely, it's a team effort.

I just would love to see photos of him. My Aunt has a pic of the ship that my GGrandfather was on

4:37 am

Then the regiment might be the best bet, they may well have records and photographs.

4:37 am

I often think it must have been hard for these women after the war to just give it all up and get married and have families.

That is what I am trying to find out Haz. THank you for the website. Hi Mom

4:38 am

All the best for the search, herin.

4:38 am

Hi all... sorry, just jumped into the chog.

4:40 am

Hello, mom. I imagine that feelings were mixed. The war would have been a hard slog, certainly after the war in Britain, it was no picnic either with rationing continuing etc.

4:40 am

hello, mom. It was likely harder for some than others. some number were likely relieved to be able to get back to the pre-war routine, insofar as postbellum resumble antebellum

I do also have a very rare book of the Bombing of London published in the time of WW2

4:41 am

Of course.. but I would imagine that having had opportunity and responsibility and then... *poof* "here's your hat"... it happened here with the factory jobs.

4:42 am

excellent point, mom

4:42 am

But don't forget that a lot of war work was heavy, dirty and mundane, not necessarily exciting. Plus many women had to keep house as well, maybe it was nice to have one less struggle?

Haz i think i will have to just admit that finding anything on him is a lost cause.

My b.fs Grandma was a gun loader in London and she is tiny

4:43 am

True Haz... I'm sure there were some women who were happy to get back to their prewar lives, others maybe not so much.

4:43 am

herin, I think you'll be able to find at least the bare bones, and if nothing else, you'll be able to corroborate dates etc. Try all the resources before giving up but don't expect too much, if that makes sense.

4:44 am

I agree, mom, I think people will have had different reactions.

Yes it makes sense

4:45 am

herein of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) have a temple in your vicinity, most have a genealogy center attached that provide remarkable resources for free

4:46 am

And time for me to go - shopping to do. I don't want to go, but people will keep eating! Bye for now.

4:46 am

oh, my. it's nearly 6! I should try to sleep, i suppose. Be well, haz

Thank you DC

4:46 am

In some industries it did not matter... my grandmother was a nurse. She trained nurses going off to war and continued training nurses throughout her life, but nursing, back then, was a predominantly "female" field. So, for her, she got an opportunity to teach and was able to continue doing it. Not the same story for most female workers during the war.

Bye and Thank you haz. BRB I have to go somewhere for a min

4:46 am

Bye! (www.familysearch.org for the Mormon records online) *gone*

4:47 am

OMG dc... you are going off to bed and I am going off to work, LOL.

4:52 am

well, i went out about 17 and got home about 4

4:53 am

when then you need some sleep.

brrr

4:57 am

Have a great day, mom. Good evening, herin. Happy Babbling, yall!

4:57 am

good morning. is 0356 too early to wake up?

4:58 am

Never, jane. Good morning {poof}

Hi Harp

5:06 am

is the lone r to do something again?

Yes Harp

How are you HArp?

5:11 am

hi herin, i'm fighting insomnia but otherwise ok

Insomnia sucks

I am on holidays and its just gotten freeing

freezing

5:14 am

freezing, freeing, it's all the same to a skier! :)

Hehe. I did ask for great weather on my holiday and poopy weather when I don't need to be outside

6:15 am

gm e1

6:29 am

anyone HERE?

6:29 am

I'm here lurking oodle.

6:30 am

oh hi Frances sorry to have bothered you... lurk away

6:31 am

No problem oodle. Just that the chog seemed very very quiet. Was beginning to think that I was the only one here.

6:32 am

I doubt though you are the only one 'lurking' but others have the chog off too

6:32 am

I'm sure. Nice grid though.

6:33 am

hello frances and oodle!! and happy new year, incase I didn't see you yesterday

6:33 am

ya think? I hope I can at least finish this one... the only one I finished was the 30 word... not very impressive eh

6:34 am

salut ruby

6:34 am

Thank you. You too ruby.

6:34 am

to you the same ruby

6:35 am

I was thinking this was good because I have whizzed to 143.

6:35 am

WTG

6:36 am

Quite good for me.

6:41 am

OK I have 139/50. Will be back later to finish - hopefully.

6:41 am

bbye frances hagd

6:42 am

I've whizzed to 85, lol!

6:43 am

Sorry that should have read 169/50.

6:43 am

ok wtg

6:44 am

I've got cold hands and I think the cold has numbed my brain too.

6:52 am

bbl

clue for yi/4/7 please

7:07 am

like yo4/7

7:08 am

derogatory, ugly, term for Jews

7:09 am

good morning Babblers - how many shopping days left til Christmas??

TY all, 165/54 to go.

7:09 am

hey, bo! :-)

7:10 am

good morning everyone;)

7:10 am

37 to go . . . BBL to finish . . . byeeee *poof*

morning afternoon all....

oh golly, I killed chat. I really did.

7:35 am

:) hi, red, quiet in here today

7:36 am

I'm trying to finish early, have a big day ahead, my brother, sister and their families are getting together here for a belated Christmas

ahhh hi JBV, i guess I didnt kill it totally.

sounds like fun. and busy...

7:37 am

that's my brother from Santa Fe - he's in NYC for a wedding, so we postponed Christmas to be with him

I for some reason started early, I have 93 left...

7:37 am

great! i have 124 to go

well, it's slowed considerably of course.

7:40 am

red, I love your bird photos! beautiful!

TY JBV. I am a littl proud of them....

Overly actually...

7:41 am

i'm not familiar with where you are - is it wetlands, lake? ??

Well, that area is a wildlife preserve near the East coast. I live in Lake county, we seem to have over 1000 lakes in this one county...lots of birds I'm so lucky.

7:43 am

luck and talent - that's what makes a great photo!

7:44 am

hi e1 wow came in here bit ago and no one was here save lurkers...

7:44 am

hi oodle

hi oodle, i don't know why, maybe ppl are having a lay in...

7:45 am

well it is SATURDAY and after the new years so.....

yes, i started the grid at 3 am, i have a bit of a cold, sleep is off.

7:48 am

back for a few more;)

my icon is a cue for ro 7!

quite by accident i assure you.

7:48 am

omg, I didn't even notice that! ty, red

7:48 am

hi cross

7:49 am

hi crossy

7:49 am

how you feelin red?

hi cross!!!

7:50 am

who wants to go find my car for me? it is one of those snow humps in the parking lot;((

fair;y bad kje, but i think eventually it will go away....

7:50 am

hello everyone!

how are you?

7:50 am

annie!:))

ooooh, kje i want to try to make red wine biscuits, any tips or help?????

7:50 am

hi, annie, hi kje

7:50 am

red, hope you feel better soon...drink lots of fluids

7:51 am

hi crossy, kje, jbv

hi annie thanks....just a miserable cold.

7:51 am

crossy makes a nice hot toddy for red

7:51 am

red wine biscuits? no idea

7:51 am

hope you feel better, red... rest

7:51 am

hi annie

my sister sent some and i love them, but very hard to find them

7:52 am

i cook with wine...sometimes i even put it in the food! lol

7:52 am

LOL

these are a tiny bit sweet, not too sweet, great with coffee....

7:53 am

have you googled?

7:53 am

http://www.easy-wine.net/wine-biscuits -recipes.php

oh i have a recipe, but i am not a good cook.

hard to find, seems only authentic ones have to be shipped from pawtucket....ri....

7:54 am

LOL - well, then how would my knowing a recipe help you????

7:54 am

here u go red.... http://www.recipezaar.com/Simple-Wine- Biscuits-201284

no no, tips! on making the recipe work, and not fail....

thanks cross.

7:55 am

this one seems to be straight forward red

oodle i mess up potato casserole!

7:55 am

here is a tip, red.... very valuable, best tip you'll ever get for cooking...

7:55 am

you can make them any shape you desire

7:55 am

FOLLOW THE RECIPE!

I'm going to try that kje.

7:56 am

ok then maybe cross' is more betterer

I am a little worried.

the home may catch on fire.

7:56 am

then save the wine

OK, I need to walk dog, My Parting thought, My Icon today is a clue for the RO7....

See you all laters. thanks.

7:56 am

well it seems to be easier than potato salad

7:57 am

for me anyway but I have been baking/cooking since I was 8

7:57 am

all cookie bases are essentially the same,just add whatever you want after that

7:57 am

exackatackally cross

7:58 am

she could make rum cookies

7:58 am

b0ourbon cookies

7:58 am

oh oh cross I finished the app for citizenship and am studying now from what they are going to test

7:58 am

yaaaa!

7:58 am

bye red... wrap up well, stay warm, and WALK the dog - stop overdoing it when your body is trying to heal

7:59 am

bbye red hagd gb

7:59 am

good morning everyone

7:59 am

dont you love that citizenship app oodles? give us 200 dollars and we will get back to you in year and a half lol

8:00 am

i will hound them until I get it

8:00 am

hi flos

8:00 am

hi kj

8:00 am

they say dont hound lol..then they put yours in the dead letter office

8:00 am

good luck, oodle - and bye for now, i hope to be back later to find 74 more!

8:00 am

if they have my money START PRCESSING

8:01 am

oh pffffffffft

8:01 am

hi flosey

8:01 am

ive delt with these retentive people before;(

8:01 am

>>>>>>>>>off you go, crosssy

8:01 am

morning Annie

8:01 am

they aren,t used to americans

8:01 am

said at 8:00

8:02 am

sure we are..just usually though high power rifle sights ..lol..just kidding..dont bomb us! lol..

8:02 am

or I should say united statesians cause canadians AND mexicans ARE americans

8:02 am

Oodle, just be thankful that you are not an American applying for OASDI in Canada

8:02 am

because we ALL live in north AMERICA

8:03 am

as you can see ive yet to have my morning meds

8:03 am

what is that

8:03 am

hold on

8:05 am

well I was told that canada will pay ... they take it from the states but I guess the process is long eh?

8:05 am

lol,if your doing alternate payment methods it can take long indeed

8:05 am

long? that's an understatement. I started the process in Feb.

8:06 am

last form i saw was year and a half...cash

8:06 am

what is OASDI?

8:06 am

Getting Canada Pension is easy, but OASDI is a PITA

8:06 am

asks the canadian - lol

8:07 am

yup

8:07 am

Is that disability insurance?

8:07 am

In Canada there are two government plans similar to US Social Security

8:07 am

looks almost like aid to disabled person form

8:07 am

well if it takes long for one government to do something that doesn't surprise me that it will take twice as long when two governments are involved PLUS a thuird when dealing with Québec

8:07 am

The one that pays the most is the easiest to get

8:07 am

yes, I thought so too crossy

8:08 am

quebec??? lol all bets are off,it could circulate for 2 years

8:08 am

Social Security can also be for either old age or disability

8:08 am

indeed lawyer,my wife collects disability

8:09 am

pfffft... and it took me a year longer to get my freaking perminant resident card but with all the waiting I became eligible for citizenship HA!

8:09 am

lol,there are up sides to it

8:09 am

10 mos. after I applied, they wroe giving me 60 days to supply them with a card that the government makes you hand in when you emigrate from Canada

8:10 am

OMG that is confuzzling

8:10 am

took us 10 years to finally get her disability papers approved though..damn doctors play tennis with the forms

8:10 am

so, now I must apply to the Consulate to get a copy of that card

8:10 am

so you are in canada lawyer?

8:10 am

omg

8:11 am

Good morning kids! 9 degrees F here, going all the way to 11 later, and I will be snowshoeing in the woods with my friend ANYWAY!

8:11 am

no, I left Canada in the 70's

8:11 am

lol lawyer,i once had to produce my ORIGINAL record of landing form..what a pain that was

8:11 am

hi scrab

8:11 am

good morning, scrabbs...

8:11 am

I am a US citizen

8:11 am

wow Scrabbs, enjoy, and keep warm

8:11 am

scwabby! we have a ton of snow up here,come over for hot rum toddy and skiing

8:11 am

you beat us scrabbler 23 here

8:11 am

I will have many layers on and cover my face.

8:11 am

THAT's the form, Crossy

8:12 am

19 here

8:12 am

dont know in imperial,but we are -19c atm

8:12 am

And TONS of fresh snow

8:12 am

I used my snowshoes for the first time yesterday and had a blast--only one faceplant---LOL

8:12 am

Well, I hate to eat and run, but I must go. ttfn

8:13 am

tc lawyer

8:13 am

Bye lawyer

8:13 am

ok hold on crossy? are you an imigrant or a born here

8:13 am

facplants are good for you scwabby,tightens the pores you know;))

8:13 am

bbye lawyer

8:13 am

i was born in the U.K oodles

8:13 am

ohhhhhhhh

8:13 am

raining here, but clearing later in the day

8:14 am

came over in 66 we did

8:14 am

Born in the UK--I love you even more, Crossy

8:14 am

lol scwabby

8:15 am

kje, my Dallas cousin was up here visiting for Xmas.

8:15 am

your my favorite also

8:15 am

hi almost fellow candian citizen, flosey

8:15 am

*blushing* TY, Crossy

8:15 am

I so want out of quebec HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPP

8:16 am

but i saw a pic of mrp yesterday ..whoooo!..i couldnt even think after that

8:16 am

at least montreal or gatineau

8:16 am

Where can you go, Oodle? You need a job!

8:16 am

hi oodle - I've never heard of anyone having such difficulty coming to Canada

8:16 am

She is a real beauty, that mrp!

8:16 am

you have a cousin in Dallas?

8:16 am

mrp is indeed quite beautiful

8:17 am

yes... and I don,t get a job here soon by summer's end I will go back to the states

8:17 am

Yes, I do, kje. Daughter is senior in HS, will go to UT Austin next yr to major in physics.

8:17 am

ouch!..everyone say good morning to my better half..;/

8:17 am

well, then, you have a reason to visit! come on down ; )

8:17 am

His wife is a New Orleans Cajun girl--sweetheart!

8:18 am

I have thought about it. His sister + I may do that!

8:18 am

Good morning Elegant, Honorable Wife of Sir Crosshair!

8:18 am

to quebec... or it's me... didn't speak frenchwell enough for one employer... he told me my french wasn't good enough

8:19 am

crossy scurries to make her a tea....

8:19 am

Hello Lady Elegant..so nice to meet you

8:19 am

IRONICALLY EVERYONE TELLS ME THAT MY FRENCH IS VERY GOOD AND NO PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING ME OR ME THEM... SHEESH

8:19 am

sorry for yell but it just gits me

8:19 am

good morning Elegant, nice to see you

8:19 am

mm..she is still in zombie mode,but says good morning to everyone

8:20 am

But you probably speak with an "English" accent so they know you are not a native, thus rejection

8:20 am

no

8:20 am

Where else can you move to, Oodle? You need a fresh start.

8:21 am

I speak with and accent is all and the accent that people tell me is a FRENCH accent not a quebecker accent

8:21 am

Geez, Oodle.

8:21 am

thinking of montreal or gatineau the latter is near ottawa

8:22 am

I forget your line of work

8:22 am

oodle, if you're thinking of relocating, why not another province?

8:22 am

well,this car is not going to shovel itself out biab,time to get the heart going...jobs are tight here oodles.we have people filling jobs and then kicking back 2 or 3 dollars an hours so they are below min wage,but it still looks normal on the books..jobs are that tight

8:22 am

room server is what I have experience in

8:23 am

Be careful, Crossy. No chest pain, hypothermia or frostbite please!

8:23 am

I will.. just right now is very difficult with it being winter but on the other hand I will get rid of all my stuff and then move

8:23 am

ill take care scrabbs..semi-poof

8:23 am

but timing is important

8:23 am

bbye cross

8:25 am

You move out of province and you will speak English with a French accent

8:25 am

HI BR!

8:25 am

Hello, scrabbler

8:25 am

nah I asked my mother if I spoke English with a french accent and she says no

8:25 am

Happy New Year to you, BR!

8:26 am

hi BR

8:26 am

Hello, Annie and oodle

8:26 am

What is temp there, BR?

8:26 am

hi BR

8:26 am

- 29 F

8:26 am

hi Miss Ann of Green Gables

8:26 am

Hello, flosey

8:27 am

We are experiencing a balmy 19 degrees here

8:27 am

So our 9 F is tropical compared to you. Are you out on your hammock, BR?

8:27 am

holy frost bit batman BR

8:27 am

Hi Sir Oodle

8:27 am

well said, Sir Oodle

8:28 am

Had to break down and put on a jacket

8:28 am

Stay warm, BR.

8:28 am

you are by fargo eh BR?

8:28 am

I cannot imagine cold THAT cold

8:28 am

Very little wind .. so all is good

8:29 am

yep, oodle

8:29 am

k

8:30 am

wow BR you are c-c-c-c-cold early but I guess just early for quebec we are only 23

8:32 am

Spring is right around the corner

8:32 am

got till april BR

8:33 am

*remembering that words can begin with vowels*

8:33 am

hey, my state is a word....

8:33 am

TY, kje!

8:34 am

and plural

8:34 am

And TY, BR!

8:34 am

yw scrab

8:34 am

kje, do you always try "Axid"?

8:35 am

nope

8:35 am

thanks, kje and BR

8:35 am

hello everybody! OOdle: I speak French with an American accent

8:35 am

but, i never write Rx's for it, so I guess it doesn't pop into mind so fast

8:35 am

and "crit"

8:35 am

thx kje - did not know that

8:35 am

i do always try desat though.... always

8:35 am

Me too, kje

8:35 am

and dexa too

8:35 am

Hi ruby + bo

8:36 am

yep, always do crit - LOL

8:36 am

We use Axid + Zantac for GERD in infants/kids

8:36 am

moring Scrabs

8:36 am

hi scrabbler and bo

8:36 am

ooops - morning!

8:36 am

co4 valgus is here

8:36 am

I looked the state up and it means a deckhouse, interesting

8:36 am

didn't know the big state was a word 'regular' word

8:36 am

hi Ruby

8:37 am

hi ruby and bo

8:37 am

Ruby, you live in France? How did you end up there?

8:37 am

hi annie

8:37 am

hi Annie

8:37 am

because I am a hospitalist, by JACHO rules, we cannot write trade names, it is all generic, so I am starting to not really think in trade names anymore

8:37 am

kje - what does texas mean?

8:37 am

retired here, always loved it and it was affordable

8:37 am

which sucks, since generic names are much longer and harder to spell - LOL

8:37 am

also really beautiful between the Alps and Lake Annecy, both visible

8:38 am

bo - click on the little box with a question mark by the word and it gives you a definition

8:38 am

duh! not awake yet...

8:38 am

Over the last several years I have made myself switch to drug names in both notes and with parents, and I teach students, residents, nurses to do the same. Also with imms--old records have TriHibit, TriPedia, etc and no one knows what those are.

8:38 am

it is a cabin for officers on a boat

8:39 am

Must be gorgeous, Ruby!

8:39 am

have heard of tripedia, but have never heard the word trihibit

8:39 am

But it is easier to use Pulmicort with parents than budesonide

8:40 am

interesting

8:40 am

wonderful here and very nice people in our little village

8:40 am

With the combo vaccines it is better to write down the components than the trade name

8:41 am

Ruby is making me long for retirement rather than using trade names of drugs

8:42 am

how about retirement with drugs? lol

8:42 am

good morning babb;ers

8:42 am

*babblers

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Hi Enomis

8:42 am

scrabbler ... where are you in the states?

8:42 am

grid is easy enough today and a nice ;ength

8:42 am

hi enomis

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That will be a given Ruby

8:42 am

Hello, Enomis

8:43 am

easy you say????

8:43 am

anybody has clues for the 8 words?

8:43 am

35 miles southeast of Buffalo. Horrible economy in New York State, so don't come here. Go to NC--Raleigh/Durham area is thriving

8:43 am

I am only starting ruby I am trying to be encouraged! :)

8:43 am

I have an re8

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I lived in Binghamton for about 20 years!

8:43 am

enomis...8 words are 8 letters long!!!

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;-)

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Beautiful area, Ruby

8:44 am

found it scrab, ty

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je sais j'suis cocquin

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ty oodle :)

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and I loved Buffalo, the Albright-Knox is one of my favorite museums

8:44 am

I must grab breakfast if I am going to snowshoe in an hour--BRB

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my daughter went to school in binghamton..beautiful region

8:45 am

bye scrab

8:45 am

enjoy, scrabbs, bye

8:45 am

but the city itself keeps shrinking; my son went through K-9 there and my ex taught at SUNY

8:45 am

anyone had the word for the lonely r at the right top

8:45 am

bye scrabbs

8:46 am

Eno...to get up again, past tense

8:46 am

rerose

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ops

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That's it!

hello everyone

8:46 am

sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ty!!!

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tks eno

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ty Enomis, was searching for that one

8:47 am

enomis blushig ¨¨

8:47 am

Owl!!!! What was the outcome with the locked do4?

8:47 am

also something you might do to your lawn

8:47 am

twice

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will not write this one in the cha ruby :)

8:48 am

ty

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*hugs peeps lady*

8:48 am

*chat

8:49 am

ox 7 8 7 8 8

8:50 am

what drugs are you on BR?

8:50 am

someone say drugs?

8:51 am

whatever br is taking, I need some

8:51 am

hee hee hee cross

8:51 am

You really want to know?

i got it open.

8:51 am

still only have 95 words

8:51 am

sorry I canNOT find that is THIS MESS

8:51 am

you guys need a laugh... here is a quote from my 5 year old friend...

8:52 am

Owl, Yourself? YAY..saved a ton of money.

8:52 am

at a friend's wedding last night....Michael said, ''dad when people get married why do they say awful wedded wife?'' his dad: ''its lawful wedded wife"

8:53 am

hee hee hee hee hee how cute

8:53 am

cute one kj

8:53 am

Good morning everyone. {{KJE}} Happy New Year. That is funny

8:53 am

Kids are wonderful

he he he

8:53 am

(((mom)))!!!! wow, long time!

8:53 am

good morning mom;)

8:53 am

((((Mom)))) Happy New Year

8:54 am

BR did you find all those already?

8:54 am

Good morning Crossy.

8:54 am

can you imagine? he is prob sitting there thinking "awful wedded wife" I never want one of those...

8:54 am

lol.. good chuckle to start my day, ty kje.. and hi Babblers

8:54 am

{{Annie}} Happy New Year to you as well

8:54 am

yep

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hi mom and aloy

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Hi Aloy

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Hi Flosey

8:54 am

ahoy aloy!

8:54 am

*cries in the corner*

8:54 am

my husband wd prob agree with that...ruefully

Ok, I have managed to finally calm the dog down. Back for the 82 left...and some rest.

hi mom

8:55 am

well,he can just find a woman he hates and buy her a house every five years or so,same difference...crossy ducks....

8:55 am

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

8:55 am

i seeeeeeeeeeeee

8:55 am

Hi Aloy!!!

8:55 am

Hi TO

8:55 am

Hi Red

8:55 am

lol cross

TO, how did you get the blasted door open?

Hi Mom, and ruby and cross and oodle again...and scrabbs if you are still there and annie again, and all the rest of you lurkers.

8:56 am

Back with toast--PB + strawberry jelly. Anybody want the same?

8:56 am

ok I foun 3 out of the 5 you mentioned now to find the other two

8:56 am

i found the car! was the third snow hump to the left;)

8:56 am

me! me scwabby!

8:57 am

Hi Scrabbler. No thanks, I am having peanut butter and crackers

i used pliers to turn the bare stem

8:57 am

*placing more oatmeal bread into toaster*

8:57 am

sounds good Scrabbs, have never made strawberry jelly

8:57 am

and tea, please

8:57 am

going to grab a bagel soon, Scrabbs, but thanks anyway

8:57 am

no PB&J here, but I am hungry... have a bunch of turkey... maybe a turkey and avocado omelet?

Coffee is brewing, btu sorry people, its decaf.

8:57 am

*making tea for Ruby Tuesday*

8:57 am

hee hee hcross

i am thinking western omelet

8:58 am

tomorrw I'll bring my homemade jelly!

Ooooh an egg sammich, sounds good.

with onion.

8:58 am

"good bye,ruby tuesday,who can hang a name on youuuuu" aroooo

8:58 am

and I will bring bagles and bialys

8:58 am

no western - i don't like bell peppers

8:58 am

I have to make + pack a lunch for our snowshoeing adventure

8:58 am

i have a pound of bacon that needs to be put to work...

8:58 am

oh, for a bagel!!!! no bagels around here, that's for sure

8:58 am

bialys!!!!! mmmmmmmmmmm

TO congrats on the Door, what a hassle, sounds like you really found a smart solution.

8:59 am

Shocking revelation, Cross

8:59 am

ooh, crossy can sing.. so early, too

8:59 am

PB red

8:59 am

lol screbbs

8:59 am

oh oh oh oh oh oh I am going to make blueberry sauce for my buckwheat crepe I am going to make for lunch OH OH OH yum

8:59 am

i was out of bacon...once

8:59 am

one of my faves!

8:59 am

seriously... now I am really hungry - bbiab

8:59 am

just realized i had frozen blueberries... and good antioxidant

8:59 am

for 10 minutes, cross?

oooooh no, heads into PB and hopes some of the food follows.

cross when ever folks told me to bait mousetraps with bacon i kept thinking crossy would cringe!

9:00 am

bacon scraps are best for mice and coons

9:00 am

racoons just adore raw bacon

9:01 am

*thought he shut down the infernal PB the other day*

9:01 am

*wondering if Crossy has raccoon DNA*

what did red say? i need all the help i can get today

9:01 am

cocktail time in dixie....

I was talking about your problem with the do.

9:01 am

I finished the ox**...thanks to BR

9:01 am

Os are finished, ty BR

how many ox pls?

9:02 am

10

9:02 am

i have ox 4, 7, 8, 8

lots and lots.

9:02 am

10 to

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and ox5, 6

9:03 am

ox4,9 ox4,10 ox7,52 ox8,70 ox7,52 ox8,75 ox8,70 ox5,22 ox6,36 ox5,22

gee an i was feeling smug because i had 7

Is likety not up?

9:03 am

Lickety is up

9:03 am

yes it is

9:04 am

TY, enomis

9:04 am

ih,picked up a better model of the george foreman grill and it is great! it is the round one about the same diameter as a dinner plate and has 3 removable cooking plates for grilling and a seperate plate for fry ups;))

9:04 am

Good Morning, fellow Babblers. I just hate it when the dictionary says my *word* isn't a WORD, or that it doesn't exist in the puzzle! One of us is ornery today, I think.

shhh all i need list to stay on screen! ;)

Ok, just wondering.

Hi nef.

9:04 am

ty, Enomis.. am missing one and now I know it is not an ox

9:04 am

My father has that one, Crossy--he bought it at a yard sale

9:04 am

Hi Nef

9:04 am

My sister gave me one for Xmas Cross, I love it too!

9:04 am

woohoooo I foudn them hee hee hee

9:04 am

Hi Nef

9:04 am

aha... it was ot4, of the eyes

9:05 am

Or even the ears, Aloy

9:05 am

oc5,14 oc6,24 od4,5 od4,5 od4,5 od5,12 or4,5 or4,4 os4,4 ot4,5

9:05 am

now I got almost all the 8's

9:05 am

lol... that's what I meant, Scrabbs.. ty

Ahhh, there is a NCIS marathon today, guess I won't be moving from the couch. I hope this helps me recover.

9:05 am

Hi Everybody

9:06 am

Hi Hego

9:06 am

hi hego

9:06 am

Hi Hego

hi Hego.

9:06 am

Hi hego!

9:06 am

ooh, sorry you are ill, red.. bad cold?

9:06 am

red, that and Law and Order and you are all set

thats all it is, but I am not feeling too well, I admit.

9:06 am

I like the Law & order marathons!

9:06 am

HNY Scrabs and Aloy and anyone else I may have missed.

9:07 am

hi all....clue please for ta5/22 please?

9:07 am

same to you, hego!

9:07 am

Red, what channel is the NCIS on?

9:07 am

happy ney york to you too hego

mom how are you?

9:07 am

What the IRS did to us last April

I used to love Law and Order, somehow I have gotten tired of it, probably because I saw them all!

USA hego.

9:07 am

LOL oodle

9:07 am

the IRS man did it, Flask

9:07 am

:D

Hego, I saw in your profile you've spent a lot fot ime in Italy, have you been to Murano?

9:08 am

USA, ty Red

9:08 am

just fine, TO. and you?

9:08 am

Yes Red, bought some glass there

9:08 am

thanks for that!

9:08 am

At 129/90 I must pack food and get on layers for the snowshoeing trek. Bye kids!

Did you see the glass blowers, I've wanted to see Murano, primarily because I think it would make some good photography.

i am fine ty

9:09 am

bye, Scrabbler.. have a great time!

9:09 am

have a good time, Scrabbler. bye for now

ALoy are you back in Florida?

9:09 am

glad to hear that, TO

9:09 am

bye scrabbs

bye scrabs.

Hey Babble friends

9:09 am

108 left, must go to Chapters to buy a recipe book for that wonderful grill - Croos I,ll send some recipes your way

9:10 am

Bye Scrabs good to see you

9:10 am

will be back!

9:10 am

hi beachboggle

Hi Beach.

9:10 am

bye bye Enomis

9:10 am

hi beach

9:10 am

TO, how are you today?

9:10 am

Hi Beachboggle

9:10 am

no, red.. still in AZ until Jan 6th

9:10 am

only 363 days until christmas

9:11 am

Red, are you interested in glass?

Well, it is freeezing here, so you are int her ight place.

9:11 am

rats... hope it warms up soon

9:11 am

Shut up BR!!

9:11 am

geez, Babble rabble, maybe I should just leave the tree up then

I think I am more interested in the photography, the colors and the process of the change...I don't collect. or anything.

low of 30 tonight.

Hi BR.

9:12 am

good idea, Mom

9:12 am

groan... I planted impatiens and won't be there to cover them

9:12 am

Hello, H

9:12 am

that would be a heat wave for us Red, high of 16 today

9:12 am

Lucky Aloy, She's returning with the wise men.

9:12 am

lol hego, hadn't realized that... yes, three kings day

Mom , I do not get how you guys can live in that cold.

9:13 am

it is all I know.

9:13 am

Something totally new happened here in CT today, it snowed :-(((

Aloy, the impatiens are probably gone, we have had 2 cold snaps, one over Xmas, and one last night, but...Impatiens are somewhat tougher than they look.

9:13 am

but it only last a couple of months

Yaay for snow Bichon!

9:13 am

it will be the end of next week before we get above freezing

9:13 am

morning, folks

its so pretty if you dont have to navigate in it.

9:14 am

good morning Bichon and Welki

9:14 am

HI Welki!

Welki, hello.

9:14 am

Mom, 16 would be a heat wave for us! It's -15 (F) today with highs of -5

9:14 am

We have so many really annoying snow events. I had to cancel my granddaughter plans today

9:14 am

ah well..

9:14 am

oh geez Nef, that is cold

9:15 am

egads, Nef!

9:15 am

I will take the 16

Well...you could call the neighbours aloy.

I will stick with the 38 that it is now....

9:15 am

It's 30 here

9:15 am

*I* don't plan to go anywhere. I bet it's colder than that for BR

9:16 am

Stay warm Nef.

i am fine hego and you? ty for asking

TO got her Do** open!

9:16 am

took a chance.. saved some cuttings for replanting. Have been propogating these impatiens for over 30 years..

9:17 am

I'm good TO

Oh no Aloy...thats sad.

9:17 am

stats on the single R please

and caught a critter

9:17 am

Smart move, Aloy! Have you had the same plant for 30 years? I'm impressed

9:17 am

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not to worry, red.. have some being tended up north, in pots

9:17 am

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9:18 am

WOW!!!!!

nef, speak up, I cant hear you!

9:18 am

yup.. it is a variegated impatiens, fuchsia flowers, "Sultana", a gift from long ago

9:18 am

nef, okay?

9:18 am

Nef, Get your head off the keyboard!

9:18 am

How'd you do that?

9:18 am

Nef, did your fingers freeze?

9:18 am

Sorry, something got weird!

9:18 am

What colors are the impatiens, Aloy

I love fuschia.

9:18 am

fuchsia, BR..

I used to grow african violets....

9:19 am

the flowers that is... the foliage is like a soft silver-green, very unusual

9:19 am

I love all the colors

9:19 am

lovely

9:19 am

and they bloom year round, so I love having them indoors in the winter

9:20 am

after a long absence, the needle case is back!!!

9:20 am

are there any other color than fuchsia or pink for impatiens???

9:20 am

ty inge!

9:20 am

hi inge

9:20 am

yes, salmon, pink, red

9:20 am

thanks Inge and good morning

9:20 am

red, white, lavendar

Hi Inge, and thanks for that.

9:20 am

when I saw the needlecase I immediately thought of JBV

9:20 am

have not seen yellow though

In return, My icon today is a clue for the RO 7....

9:21 am

stats on the single R please

9:21 am

how about lilac

9:21 am

Yes, I saw that red

9:21 am

zoe, to get up again

I think I keep announcing it....I should stop!

9:21 am

oh ok ... just never saw them probably new colors? I always remember pink

9:21 am

past tense

9:21 am

you can go online and see all the varieties.. yay for google and bing

9:22 am

rats, I forgot the needle case

9:22 am

very handsome flowers, Aloy

9:22 am

thanks Annie for the R clue

9:23 am

I should have left an hour ago...bye dear babblers

9:23 am

have kept them going for sentimental reasons, BR.. enjoy giving them away, just as my friend did

9:23 am

Bye Annie

9:23 am

bye bye Annie, have a good day

9:23 am

be well, Annie

9:23 am

bye, Annie.. enjoy your day!

bye annie, have a good day

y <other Aloy does this with Ir**** she has several odd colors collected.

Bye Annie, have a great day...

9:24 am

lol, ty red.. didn't have those flowers yet!

9:25 am

or were they eye parts?

9:25 am

me either ty

9:25 am

the single u?

9:26 am

Hmmmm....

9:26 am

ut + simile word

9:26 am

ty BR

9:27 am

ty BR

9:27 am

thanks for all the clues. Have to scoot off here and start the day. {{Hugs}} to all of you.

9:27 am

Bye mom

9:27 am

be well, Mom

9:28 am

bye mom, have a great day

9:28 am

bye, Mom.. see you next time!

9:28 am

bye bye Hego and Babble Rabble. I will do my best BR

9:28 am

bye bye Flosey and Aloy. enjoy your day

bye mom

9:29 am

bye bye TO, have a good day

9:35 am

How many words for today, please?

9:35 am

Can I have an 8 clue for NBS PLs?

9:35 am

219, Sheimi

9:35 am

219

e words are coming very slowly

for middle row e

9:36 am

everyone got up, then after the president came in, they were all re8

9:36 am

yup

9:37 am

ty Aloy, my hero.

9:37 am

yvw.. (-:

9:37 am

could I have a clue for di7 please?

9:38 am

great clue, Aloy. (have I been in the PB long enough? ;-)

9:38 am

DI 7, sickness

9:38 am

chicken pox, polio, smallpox,

9:38 am

di7 examples

fosey just think of illness

9:39 am

ty bernice, aloy, red

ty for di7/8

9:39 am

Thank-you.

9:40 am

was forgetting that d on lower level!

9:40 am

this is a fun grid today

9:40 am

yes, itis Nef, and good chat too

9:40 am

well, I must go.. not a happy occasion this morning, funeral for cousin who died right before Christmas.. hope to finish later.. bye for now, Babblers!

9:40 am

Bye Aloy, so good to see you!

sorry to hear, aloy.

9:40 am

Good morning&Happy New Year to my fellow babblers

9:41 am

bye, Aloy. Sorry for your loss. (((Aloy)))

9:41 am

bye Aloy, thanks for clues, sorry about your cousin

hi min! hny!

9:41 am

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

9:41 am

Bye, Aloyisius. Come back and play soon!

9:41 am

Morning Min

9:41 am

Hi Min

9:41 am

Hi Min, good to see you

9:43 am

Why do I keep seeing exit?

for first three od words have poems and smell. clue for the other pls?

DOH! nm ty

leaving with 28 left, fast grid today

9:44 am

lol

9:44 am

Bye Owl, have a good day.

9:44 am

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you later in the chat log

9:44 am

ae 7 please

9:46 am

Hello zoe_girl! How are you? Welcome to the chat log

9:46 am

ae4 + I *** down to the computer

9:47 am

hi min, im good just cold

9:47 am

thanks flosey

9:48 am

yw Zoe

9:48 am

I need a clue for ed please? my last word

9:49 am

Just started Flosey, sorry.

9:49 am

tks hego

9:49 am

like sherlock and holmes, flosey ... they ded*** the outcome from clues

9:49 am

e+ d*** tape, flosey

9:50 am

ty flosey

9:50 am

thanks welki and nef, for fireworks

9:51 am

yw oodle

9:51 am

WTG, flosey!!! YAY!!!!

9:51 am

YAAAYYY!!! Flosey

9:51 am

WTG FLOSEY!!!

9:51 am

wtg flosey! (and nef, your clue was great, much more to the point than mine)

9:51 am

Congratulations flosey on your fireworks! Good for U

9:51 am

Hello oodleberry! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:52 am

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

9:52 am

thanks everyone, will stick around for a bit if any clues needed

9:52 am

hi min :)

9:52 am

hi min don't wanna talk about it, ty

9:53 am

What's wrong Oodle?

9:53 am

um

9:54 am

Oh, that's right, you don't want to talk about it. Sorry

9:54 am

:)

9:54 am

This is a bad place to say you don't want to talk about something, oodle, because *someone* always asks.

9:54 am

But now I'm worrying.

9:54 am

clue for the single R, i have the re 8

9:55 am

to rise again

9:55 am

got up again

9:56 am

has anyone tried the yellow potato???

9:56 am

Oops! sorry. off to PB box for me again. :-( (I hope someone made coffee there now)

9:56 am

there's always good coffee in PB Nef - machine makes one cup at a time, so always fresh

9:56 am

Yukon Glods? I love them

9:57 am

how many letters please

9:57 am

yellow taters are good

9:57 am

kind of buttery

9:57 am

thanks flosey

9:57 am

no I shut it down... didn't you see the police tape around the PB???

9:57 am

re6 Zoe

9:57 am

re6 - re + beautiful flower

9:57 am

i've resisted buying them because i didn't know what to expect (and you have to buy a big bag of them here, can't buy singlets) ... so thanks :)

9:58 am

a clue for the re8? please

9:58 am

call me strange, but aren't (nearly) all potatoes yellow?

9:58 am

the food that was left on the table in the PB is now out in the open SO THERE

9:58 am

thanks

9:58 am

they seem to cook more quickly.

9:58 am

no Ata, many are white

9:58 am

no they are white ata

9:58 am

never seen a white potato

9:59 am

you mean the skin or the flesh

9:59 am

clues please for di7..and di8 please?rfd

9:59 am

These are a particular kind Ata

9:59 am

the flesh

9:59 am

illness flask

9:59 am

di7 is an affliction

9:59 am

white on the inside? most of the potatoes here in north american are white on the inside (idaho, russets, etc) ... some are brown skinned, some red

9:59 am

oh probably from there then ata

9:59 am

*looks them up* wanna see!

9:59 am

re 8?

10:00 am

the yellow potato tastes like the white potato

10:00 am

thanx phae....and Happy new year to you..

10:00 am

plural to re semenate

10:00 am

lol the first link I see: "Yellow-fleshed potatoes are common in Europe and South America. In fact, yellow flesh potatoes are actually considered the norm in most countries outside North America, so naturally, immigrants to North America were accustomed to and preferred potatoes with yellow flesh."

10:00 am

sit down again bichon

10:00 am

yw flask..happy new year to you too, and everyone herer

10:00 am

Ata, here in the US, we have Idaho potaoes (for baking) and red potatoes (for boiling) and the gold potatoes are kind of in between. The Yukon golds can be baked and they almost have a buttery taste, I don't use much butter on them at all. Then there are purple potatoes, finger potatoes, etc

10:01 am

ty hego for the re 8

10:01 am

I think the Yukon Golds are almost like our Jersey Royals, a lot of our potatoes are yellow-y and yummy

10:01 am

but when I was in france I never saw a yellow potato ata

10:01 am

Potatos are native to the Western hemisphere

10:01 am

hey! i loved baked reds, nef! and fries, too!

10:02 am

In Italy, they're white fleshed

10:02 am

in Italy, they have all sorts

10:02 am

only good thing here in quebec city is the food... it is the only thing I do well... and that is eat...

10:03 am

Great talent Oodle.

10:03 am

definitely

10:03 am

so do I welki. However, when you eat out you only get russets or idaho potaoes when you order baked. There's a big difference in the starch content of the different varieties

10:03 am

but but but hego didn't you know that the italian potatoes are from which they get pasta you silly girl :D

10:03 am

I love baked Idahos

10:03 am

ohhh, here, it's common to be served a rough mash of red potatoes with herbs

10:04 am

I love baked Estimas

10:04 am

i jumped the gun .. yep, whites for baked if eating out)

10:04 am

that's a new name to me Ata

10:04 am

but I do live in the middle of a potato growing region, so I can get about 20 vareties in the local farm shops!

10:04 am

I've been to cooking tours in Italy and I swear the potatos we used were white to make the gnocchi.

10:05 am

Estimas are local Kent potatoes, the best best for baking cos they don't need even a smidgen of butter

10:05 am

i find idaho potatoes very dry to the taste

10:05 am

well yes, but they don't just have gnocchi :P if you have had the little fried potato balls etc, those can be made from anything

10:05 am

they are called pasta potatoes... that's where all pasta is from in Italy.... *giggles*

10:05 am

wow Ata, would love to try them! I smother my baked potatoes with butter and sour cream!

10:05 am

I usually buy Yukon Golds these days, I like the flavor better than the russets. If there aren't any Gold potaotes, then I get the red potatoes. I love baby red potatoes in a white sauce.

10:06 am

now I really want gnocchi!

10:06 am

I didn't know that potatos could bring up so much chat

10:06 am

I am diabetic and don't eat them much [sadly]

10:06 am

<-- is not a potato afficianado, will eat any potato, so watch yer spuds!

10:06 am

Stop it Oodle, most pasta is made from wheat.

10:06 am

hubby grows the reds

10:06 am

you'd love them, Flosey! It was an absolute eye-opener for me. I'd never managed baked potatoes without lashings of butter before, these just taste like they have butter already in them. Utterly wonderful

10:06 am

(but will put yukon golds on the shopping list once i'm done with the reds i have)

10:07 am

bichon, you can have them, just watch your carbs when you do

10:07 am

nu uh

10:07 am

I'll make you some, Ata

10:07 am

just means you can pile more cheese on top and get your calories that way :D

10:07 am

Uh huh

10:07 am

nu uh

10:07 am

I make fresh pasta all the timeOodle you bad boy.

10:08 am

Nef, potatoes are really high in carbs. I eat for whole carbs than a potato has

10:08 am

hego??? check to see if your leg is still attached, dear

10:08 am

fresh pasta is the *best*

10:08 am

*whole grains

10:08 am

you should try the fingerlings too. And the purple ones (but purple mashed potatoes can be strange -- and expensive!)

10:09 am

well I cannot because I am allergic to wheat SO THERE

10:09 am

What? how did my leg get dettatched

10:09 am

but maybe i will try making my own pasta... I think it is easy enough eh?

10:09 am

wiki says that, under italian law, dry pasta can only be made from durham wheat flour

10:09 am

CAUSE I AM PULLING ON IT YOU SILLY GIRL

10:09 am

it's surprisingly easy

10:09 am

You have Celiac di***** Oodle?

10:10 am

Any clues for first DE5/22, please?

10:10 am

well, I'm off to start my day, getting light out now

10:10 am

It is easy Ata.

10:10 am

no thankfully just wheat and it's relatives,,, kamut and spelt

10:10 am

Bye Flosey.

10:10 am

bbye flosey hagd

10:10 am

dont see why you couldn't make pasta from potato flour, though .. 'specially if you can't tolerate gluten

10:11 am

NM got it

10:11 am

Rice flour is best for gluten free pasta.

10:11 am

rice barley oat buckwheat(not wheat) corn rye can all be used to make pasta

10:12 am

oh and quinoa too...

10:12 am

de 5- castrate

10:12 am

Oodle You might try glute-free.com. They have a wide variety of gluten free foods.

10:12 am

mmm I know. I love making pasta

10:12 am

some italian pastas require buckwheat flour .. so you're ahead of the game :)

10:12 am

yes hego rice and quinoa

10:12 am

My deceased husband had celiac and I became quite good at gluten free cooking. It's hard.

10:12 am

but they use some wheat flour in it welki

10:12 am

But I don't know any recipes for fresh wheat free pasta

10:13 am

OOps. Gluten-Free.com

10:13 am

Beth it's very difficult to make, but there are great ones for sale now.

10:13 am

kewel hugo so you know my culinary frustrations which I have learnt from trial and error... I make a mean crustless cheese cake

10:14 am

de 5/22 X2 = 2 things I'm not interested in!

10:14 am

New York style no less

10:14 am

considering the time some of us spend here, sitting in front of our computers, we will never be glute-free ... or even glute-challenged :)

10:14 am

And flourless choclit cake Oodle. The best

10:14 am

why welki

10:15 am

problem is, is I munch while am at computer

10:15 am

glute, not gluten, oodle. as in gluteus maximus

10:15 am

She said glute free Oodle.

10:15 am

oh yes chocolate torte YUM

10:16 am

WELL FINE CONFUZZLE ME WHY DON,T YOU

10:16 am

loops

10:16 am

i have to go as I'm doing nothing here. hagd all!

10:16 am

bye, hego

10:16 am

awww bbye hego

10:17 am

bye hego

10:18 am

yep, will finish my coffee and get moving here too (relatively speaking ... that ankle of mine is still aching and swollen .. and so many pretty colors today!}

10:18 am

is the middle top O or words??

10:19 am

od, oodle

10:19 am

sorry welki... I have had many in the past and feel for you

10:19 am

never can figure out how to tell when there are other same letters in row

10:19 am

ty nef

10:20 am

actually, the top Os are odoand or. Not sure wheich is wheich

10:21 am

hi all

10:21 am

shall I try again in a real language? Not sure where all those extra vowels came form.

10:21 am

hey jmc .. have a good time at your 'do' last night?

10:21 am

lol

10:21 am

hi jmc

10:21 am

it was better than i hoped

10:22 am

it's a group of old lefty lawyers and they tend to talk about conspiracies and other things that bore me to extinction

10:22 am

but they are old friends

10:22 am

don't you love it when that happens? that's the v8 moment, when you bonk yourself on the head for trying to figure out a way to avoid going :)

10:23 am

but the host had been clearing out her mother's estate and we got to look at tatting and crochet and old vases

10:23 am

did they tone it down last night or discuss other topics?

10:23 am

all folks would find here is dust bunnies

10:23 am

well one of them went off about how climate change was a right wing conspiracy

10:24 am

i told him that sarah palin would be proud of him

10:24 am

ohhh, you walked the tightrope! LOL

10:24 am

LOL!!!

10:25 am

We saw "Avatar" yesterday and loved it.

10:25 am

well you know old old friends we all started practicing law at about the same time

10:25 am

but the fabric was wonderful

10:25 am

poke the tiger, poke the tiger :)

10:25 am

sounds like fun, jmc.

10:26 am

we are all pretty toothless around each other

10:26 am

most of us have either work in the same office or represented each other in matters or were co-counsel

10:26 am

it was fun -- i got home much later than usual

10:26 am

well, i'm glad you had a good time and some good laughs :)

10:27 am

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

10:27 am

my phantom is desire

10:27 am

Good morning, everyone!

10:27 am

hi min how are you

10:27 am

hi judi

10:27 am

hi judi :)

10:27 am

hi Judi

10:27 am

mine too, jmc. I've tried adding it several times

10:28 am

morning Judi

10:28 am

i'm stuck ... so will go finish my coffee, pretend to do something around here and be back later. bye for now

10:29 am

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

10:29 am

coffee I knew i was missing something!

10:29 am

bye welkie

10:29 am

I am well jmcnrick. I woke up to even more snow this morning.Procrastinating about shoveling all the snow

10:30 am

Very windy and cold here today. New Year blowing in like a lion.

10:30 am

you can only put off shoveling snow for so long or it is likely to get worse before it gets better

10:30 am

really windy here too -- they have a wind advisory going

10:31 am

although i must admit being advised that there is lots of wind seems kinda silly

10:31 am

sheesh ... throwing this into chat for a decision. i need to cook today, i need some real food and haven't been able to do much of anything for the last few days (sprained ankle). lamb chops or scallops?

10:32 am

so true, jmc. We had a bad storm over Christmas, and my dtr. hasn't shovelled out her convertible yet. Then it rained and snowed and froze even more. She'd going to have a hard time digging it out this next week. (she's been using my car while I recuperate)

10:32 am

because heaven forbid someone makes a decision around here! LOL

10:32 am

scallops cook faster but with pork chops you can sit down inbetween

10:32 am

Hmmm. Lamb chops might be less fussy, Welki.

10:32 am

sorry lamp chops

10:32 am

Order pizza.

10:32 am

Lamb Chops would be easiest

10:32 am

sorry your ankle was hurt so badly

10:32 am

gail :)

10:32 am

pizza!!!!

10:33 am

hi gail sorry to have been so dense in FB

10:33 am

Brilliant, Gail!

10:33 am

ok, lamb chops it is (can't get real pizza here in calgary ... real pizza = real food, not this stuff they pass off as pizza here)

10:33 am

thanks, kids!

10:33 am

Take it from somebody who's been in a cast/boot since August. Order takeout. How about Chinese?

10:33 am

yw welki

10:34 am

How'd you sprain your ankle, welki?

10:34 am

if I weren't allergic to wheat I would choose pizza

10:34 am

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

10:34 am

I am doing great. Getting a late start today.

10:34 am

goodness gail! hope it comes off soon

10:34 am

brb I need a new icon and to brew some coffee

10:34 am

what is the difference tween real and fake pizza?

10:34 am

A couple more months should do it.

10:35 am

I see in your profile that you are from Vermont. Had Christmas up in Vermont. I was there for four days.

10:35 am

as for fake pizza many parts are edible

10:35 am

Oh, good. We have a little snow to make it white.

10:35 am

Min...who are you talking to?

10:36 am

Mi!

10:36 am

Gail

10:36 am

Or Me.

10:36 am

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

10:36 am

Hey, oodle. I found a realy good gluten free pizza crust. It's called "Against the Grain". In the frozen section.

10:37 am

Happy New Year Minver and Gail!

10:37 am

and it doesn,t cook up like a cracker that you can't bite into?

10:37 am

mmm, christmas in vermont! if only one could just have christmas wherever one liked...

10:37 am

No. It's delicious. Nice and chewy.

10:38 am

Thanks phaeton. Happy New Year to you too. I hope 2020 brings you a year of much happiness & success.

10:38 am

I have also found frozen gluten free pizza... unfortunately... not the same and I am in canada... but I will look for the brand nam... 'Against the grain' you say?

10:38 am

me too Min, but we have to get thru 2010 first :)

10:38 am

have a good year, phae, you just have to wait 10 bad ones first... sounds almost biblical

10:39 am

actually if it doesn't have any thing on it that is in french I doubt it would be in stores here

10:39 am

3 phantom words for me are dioxide,exit and studies

10:39 am

LOL!! I agree with hurshy!

10:39 am

etude

10:39 am

Yes. The three cheese is the best. Ingredients are: Tapioca starch, milk, eggs, canola oil, cheddar cheese, mozzarella and parmesan. That's it!

10:40 am

and why isn't doody a word?

10:40 am

Made in Brattleboro Vermont by Against the Grain Gourmet.

10:40 am

kewel

10:40 am

Against the Grain products are very good.

10:40 am

i looked it up and it just might be here cause it is from england

10:41 am

I suppose all the fattening cheese is what really makes it good.

10:41 am

There are Oods in the grid - all you Dr. Who fans...

10:41 am

noticed that first thing!

10:41 am

fat always makes me feel more contented and full. I usually have hot cereal in the AM with "Smart Balance" in it

10:42 am

Of course you did.

10:42 am

ok, the food talk needs to stop until i go to the grocery store. i'm in the back-from-travelling-yesterday empty-kitchen phase.

10:44 am

the ordering tone of that post was in jest, btw...

10:45 am

I saw the Oods too :)

10:45 am

Cranky. You should have something to eat, Hurshy. :-)

10:46 am

I don't know if it's the same type, but we get a gluten-free pizza base here that's seriously nicer than most gluten-full ones

10:46 am

that's what sucks being in quebec ... you can't find half the products that the rest of canada can easily find

10:46 am

Pizza crust made with rice flour alone just doesn't cut it.

10:47 am

next time I go shopping, I'll have a look for you Oodle

10:47 am

but inthe rest of canada they don't have cheese curds which is day old cheese

10:48 am

so Quebec is the whey to curds

10:48 am

hahahaha

10:49 am

There's always mail order, Oodle. They still have pony express and dog sled delivery in Quebec, eh?

10:49 am

ty ata that is nice of you

10:49 am

nope I think it is by foot

10:50 am

brb going to call mom

10:56 am

i wonder what made that notch in the tree?

10:56 am

it's clearly an axcut.

10:56 am

and what do you call a pretty ax?

10:57 am

axotic?

10:57 am

a cu4ax!

10:57 am

ahhh

10:57 am

but yours works too

10:58 am

as long as they don't institute a cu4 tax

10:59 am

I should hope not!

10:59 am

the Ood would have to pay

10:59 am

lol, no they wouldn't!

10:59 am

i love them DESPITE their looks!

11:00 am

they are great

11:00 am

But they're aliens.

11:00 am

so youre going to see part 2 today?

11:00 am

yep

11:00 am

they are indeed!

11:00 am

It says so in Google.

11:01 am

looooool

11:01 am

they sing

11:01 am

*detecting some xenophobia from haz's direction*

11:01 am

have tissues nearby. it's really quite heartrending

11:02 am

she's Irish, what do you expect?

11:02 am

No xenophobia at all. They're aliens in the most non-xenophobic sense of the word.

11:02 am

cu 7 please, and how is everyone today?

11:02 am

did you see a pic of the,?

11:02 am

them!

11:02 am

haz, your comment began with a "but". that sounded xenophobic to me .

11:03 am

cu7 - not a description to be attacned to the Ood - Shirley Temple, yes, Ood no.

11:03 am

But I start every sentence with but, so I do.

11:03 am

but they are!! LOL

11:04 am

i see 2 sentences at 11:02 that belie this claim.

11:04 am

I haven't the faintest idea what they look like but it said something about their brains being on display. That can't be a good look.

11:05 am

I think the Oods are cu4/6

11:05 am

thanks haz

11:05 am

You're welcome, zoe.

11:05 am

cu7 is an extenion of the cu5 above it; a sort of endearing term

11:06 am

But, sure, begorrah I'll need to see a picture of these Ood to know what they look like.

11:06 am

you're not gonna like it, haz

11:06 am

They're disgusting!

11:06 am

But you need to check out the BBC website.

11:07 am

I'd seen them on trailers but never known what they were called. Bring back Daleks.

11:07 am

<- refresh. Can you tell the difference between an Ood and David Tennant, Haz?

11:08 am

That's easy. He looks normal, though surprised.

11:08 am

mmm, i had the loveliest david tennant dream earlier this week...

11:08 am

Bring back the Cybermen. They really are scary! I love how funny they were in the really old episods. All tin foil and paper towel rolls.

11:08 am

yes, the Ood looks very pretty with a pink hula thingy

11:08 am

if my dream is any indication, he is a VERY good kisser.

11:09 am

I can't see the Ood's brain, but it looks like there's spaghetti hanging out his nose.

11:09 am

Lucky Hurshy. Oooh, I am jealous. All I seem to dream about is my ex. Ick.

11:09 am

the old monsters were just hilarious. and very scary

11:09 am

who is ood?

11:09 am

here we go again

11:10 am

The Oods are odd.

11:10 am

The Daleks were always running into the walls. On one episode they had to set one back upright and then just went on with the show.

11:10 am

I've been watching an anime series and one of the main charries in it is called Ruru

11:11 am

I have ruru copyrighted

11:11 am

better talk to Square Enix then! :P

11:11 am

it's a girl too

11:12 am

(groans)

11:12 am

and a werewolf

11:12 am

(groans more)

11:13 am

knew you'd be impressed

11:13 am

bk

11:13 am

hi ruru

11:14 am

morning oods

11:15 am

I thought they were talking about you with spaghetti hanging out your nose.. I didn't get it

11:15 am

Hahahahahaha.

11:16 am

haz: http://tinyurl.com/yb6gehp Hobbit in the Cone :)

11:16 am

oh nice image there ruru

11:16 am

Oc5 & 6, please?

11:16 am

I would have thought for sure that you were a capellini kind of guy..

11:17 am

Chemicals

11:17 am

group of 8 and pl

11:17 am

That's a BIG cone.

11:17 am

oc + muffies boyfriend

11:17 am

that's the XL cone that evil husband went and got her!!

11:17 am

Ooops, wrong o words. sorry. Need more coffee.

11:18 am

It would have used up too much tinsel ata

11:18 am

I thought Muffie's boyfriend was Biff.

11:18 am

Biff turned out to be gay and she switched to Tad

11:18 am

Go figure.

11:19 am

it's been banished to the garage now

11:19 am

(waiting for a larger dog I guess)

11:19 am

So, does anyone else have a coherent clue for the oc5 & 6?

11:19 am

so what sort of cocker did you have, Gail?

11:19 am

group of 8 and pl

11:20 am

add muffy's boyfriend (besides Biff) to oc

11:20 am

oc5 - oc plus the early stage of a frog. And plural.

11:20 am

would that be an octet?

11:20 am

Ty, Haz.

11:21 am

ata why the cone... did she have some surgery or something and don't want her licking ro scratching herself??

11:21 am

sometimes they end with et and sometimes they end with something else

11:21 am

she had an infected tail

11:21 am

You're welcome, Judi. I win the prize for coherent clue.

11:21 am

you need to get neo-predef for her

11:21 am

This dictionary allowes you some - what I consider - quite offensive words - like yi4/7 and yet it wouldnt allow me negro - which I find strange????

11:22 am

Negro is capitalised, Deeha.

11:22 am

neo-predef?

11:22 am

because black people kvetch more than jewish people

11:22 am

it never excludes based on offensiveness. whatever reasons things are excluded are either grammatical or un-figure-out-able

11:22 am

It is for hot spots and irritated skin.. it works like a charm.. you can buy it at dog shows or a vet

11:24 am

she's got generally very good skin. we think she just got her "tail" caught on something and no-one noticed until infection had set i properly

11:24 am

I thinjk perhaps rururocks is pretty close!! I suppose now I think about it Negro is capitalised -en masse tho' ????!!!¬

11:24 am

*random* "hot spots" is something I've never heard a non-american say about dogs

11:24 am

yeah.. ata... it could be almost anything.. haz's husband would know

11:24 am

Isn't "negro" spanish for black? There is a spanish farewell in today's grid.

11:25 am

Well, for instance, it would accept negroid if it occurred in the puzzle.

11:25 am

and it accepts ni6.

11:25 am

and it accepts some spanish and french words but obviously not all.

11:25 am

I tried sextoid but that didn't work

11:25 am

ours is not to reason why

11:26 am

Ours is but to grumble.

11:26 am

it also accepts negroni

11:27 am

How true - and how English Haz see I used a ca[ital!!

11:27 am

Black pasta??

11:27 am

yes there is judi

11:27 am

with squid ink

11:27 am

it's yummy

11:28 am

The Oods look as though they could bleed squid ink.

11:28 am

Babbo serves it in NYC.. really delicious

11:28 am

I like squid, but not the ink. Yeech.

11:29 am

they do rather

11:29 am

nice grid. one pass through and i only have 13 left.

11:29 am

Assuming you have the list I guess

11:30 am

nope

11:30 am

whoa

11:30 am

well done hurshy

11:30 am

anyone got a right-hand i word that has nothing to do with a part of your eye?

11:30 am

oh, nvm, they all do.

11:31 am

I + horse trip

11:31 am

right-hand A is ae4, ai4, and?

11:31 am

ae again

11:31 am

ai5

11:31 am

ae 7

11:32 am

NM, ae7

11:32 am

ae7... looking

11:33 am

found it!

11:33 am

do you need a hint?

11:33 am

that leaves only one more 7 to find, too. how nice.

11:33 am

YAY!

11:34 am

I need a hint for the ae7.

11:34 am

ae4 + I came back and ***down to play again

11:34 am

ae 7 - ae4 plus not to stand

11:34 am

if you are going out for the evening, and you don't want to leave your plane, you might find someone to stay with it. after which he/she could say that he/she had ae7.

11:34 am

hints for the ex's?

11:35 am

Ty.

11:35 am

ex6 beauties from foreign lands

11:36 am

beauties?

11:36 am

and if there's another one, then that's my last e :)

11:36 am

that's a phrase altogether, not a ex6 followed by definition

11:36 am

There are two ex6

11:37 am

ex6 is an adj

11:37 am

*bounces*

11:37 am

cu7 please

11:37 am

lose on those ex's

11:38 am

judi, what's the other one

11:38 am

ex6/36 - descriptive of foreign things, glamorous etc.

11:38 am

hi folks, hurshy do you have the ex 6/36 that looks like a plural of a mass migration?

11:38 am

the orchid is an ex6 flower

Cupie dolls are ever so cu***** - ends with two vowels

11:38 am

greek plural ending

11:38 am

duh! ty

11:38 am

that's one

11:39 am

Back shortly, things to do.

11:39 am

i can't get it to work

11:39 am

ahhhh

11:39 am

that's no plural

11:39 am

that's like a dative case or something

11:39 am

start with the Paul Newman film, then ** vey with a different vowel

11:40 am

is there more than one of any of the following: a7, c7, d7, or t7 ?

11:40 am

no it's a greek plural, like hoi polloi (the many)

TRying again - first four letters are cu** that means sharp or cuddly looking; last three are found in that horrid old phrase cu*****-woot***

11:41 am

two a 7's, ad, ae

11:41 am

the rest are all singles

11:42 am

yay, down to 8

Fireworks - good luck, all!

11:43 am

WTG, helens'girl YAY!!!

11:43 am

Got all the 8's and the vowels. I feel as though I've accomplished something.

hello all

11:48 am

TO!

11:49 am

is cu7 a continuation of cu5

hny judi! has anyone seen haz today?

11:49 am

hi ya peeps lady

11:49 am

yes, she was here being xenophobic not long ago

hi oods!

11:50 am

She was just here. She might still be lurking.

11:50 am

lmao poor Haz

hey ata

11:50 am

clue for do6 please? :) :)

11:50 am

is cu7 a continuation of cu5

11:51 am

yes oodle

11:51 am

do 6 - looks like an English county, different last vowel

11:51 am

ty

11:52 am

i tried that, it won't take it

11:52 am

ty got it

i only have one cu5, plural of the adjective. however that worked.

11:52 am

starts with same 4 letters of the do 5 before it, then comparative ending

11:53 am

ohhhh, different last consonant! thanks.

11:53 am

did i say last vowel? so sorry!

11:54 am

i won't hold it against ya :)

help please w/cu7?

11:54 am

i wouldn't buy that miniature poodle statuette, it's too cu7 for me

oh my word! ty!

11:55 am

i'm enjoying the last few minutes of peace and quiet before the doorbell rings and I have a houseful of guests - we're having "Christmas" today

11:56 am

Time for a break. BBL.

11:56 am

hi Owl!

well it is 12 days you know! hi jbv!

bye judi and bye all. just came on line to make hotel reservations for next weel

11:56 am

yes and we also celebrate on the 6th - small gifts, but it's a tradition

11:57 am

Hello, all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

11:57 am

where are you going TO?

11:57 am

hi Jellen! haven't seen you in a while

11:58 am

Hi, JBV...been out of town sans internet

11:58 am

Actually, I could have paid the $14.95 per day for access....

11:59 am

But I'm too cheap!

back to annapolis

12:00 pm

ok bbl break time

12:00 pm

Work, TO?

need 11 nights to get platinum status. only doing four and travel over.

if i had stayed over the weekends i would have it made

12:13 pm

wouldn't accept do5 but it accepted do6!!

12:13 pm

can't figure out the long cu word

12:13 pm

Hi, ruby

12:13 pm

hi jellen

12:14 pm

Pink ribbons are too cu***** for me to wear

12:14 pm

Builds on the 5/14

12:15 pm

I got the 4 and 5 but they say there's a 7!

12:15 pm

got it! ty

12:15 pm

Yw!

12:17 pm

I finally got 100 words, a big breakthrough for me, it only took 12 hours lol

12:17 pm

Yay for ruby!

12:21 pm

what the hell do u havew to do on here???!!

12:22 pm

It's like Boggle...you make up 4+ letter words from the grid

12:22 pm

first ex 6/36 clue

12:23 pm

Sorry, Matches, don't have either...

Moses led the Jews out of Egypt in the book of Ex**us. Change the last two letters to two vowels, greek plural

12:25 pm

ty fuqua

12:25 pm

Thanks, fuquay!

12:25 pm

Is the second similar?

welcome!

second one means foreign, strange

12:26 pm

Thanks again! Gotta run now...Happy Babbling to all!

bye jellen!

fireworks!

12:33 pm

WTG!!!! fuquay!!! YAY!!!

12:39 pm

Hi all...clue for the top right R

12:39 pm

to get up again

12:40 pm

i have that one nef, i need the r in the 4th column at the top

12:41 pm

oops meant 5th column

12:41 pm

re + got up again is the one in the top right

12:42 pm

got it ty brain dead here...too much cleaning this morning i guess

12:42 pm

Hi everyone. May it be allowed for a non-pro to ask how many words there are today?

12:43 pm

219 shero

12:43 pm

thank you very much bichon

12:43 pm

yvw

12:50 pm

how many words u have???

12:51 pm

i got 53

12:51 pm

hi guys!

12:52 pm

daise

12:52 pm

hi kim --

1:04 pm

there are 219 words today

1:07 pm

all of my words are gone from lickity's. and when I add them again, they don't show up. anybody know anything about this?

1:07 pm

morning....

1:08 pm

kimm...try 1) close/reopen, 2) clear your cache/cookies

1:08 pm

morning, pini!

1:09 pm

try restarting or rebooting your computer, kimm. I'm not having problems with that

1:09 pm

afternoon, Pini. (Just realized I should get dressed for the day now!)

1:09 pm

okay

1:10 pm

just popping in to say HI

1:10 pm

i just realized I should get something to eat before jumping in with both feet

1:10 pm

have not started the grid

1:10 pm

hi DR

1:10 pm

Hi Pini! How re you

1:10 pm

it's a fun, fairly easy grid today

1:10 pm

not too bad, yourself?

1:11 pm

yesterday's kicked my tush- I did not finish it

1:11 pm

I'm down to 37, maybe I should get dressed now

1:11 pm

I am good.. thanks

1:11 pm

I didn't finish it either...wasn't around long enough

1:11 pm

sorry about the DUcks Pini

1:12 pm

it's OK, I'll live...I'm curious to see what the "atmosphere" is on Monday

1:12 pm

(on campus)

1:12 pm

should be interesting

1:12 pm

hi pinikula!

1:12 pm

hiya ruby :)

1:12 pm

Nef- yesterday we did not get dressed until about 1

1:13 pm

Hi RUby

1:13 pm

ruby...did you get my email?

1:13 pm

is Ruby a friend Pini?

1:13 pm

or a babble friend?

1:13 pm

it's 1:15 here, DR; so I'm doing that today (we had NY dinner at a friend's at 1 yesterday)

Hi everyone! Have been popping in and out during the day and now here to finish my last 81

1:14 pm

yep, that worked! Thanks!

1:14 pm

yes, thank you, but haven't done it yet

1:14 pm

I sent instructions on how to upload icon pics to her, DR... ;)

1:14 pm

Hi Sally and Kimm

1:14 pm

both, dr, lol

1:14 pm

hi sally

1:14 pm

very nice of you!!!

1:14 pm

...and a Babble/FB friend :)

1:15 pm

* blush * thx DR :)

1:15 pm

yes Ruby- babble friend ARE indeed friends. I did not word that correctly

1:15 pm

Pini, do you work at the U of O?

1:15 pm

that's OK, I'm pretty new here, just 2 weeks and 2 days

Pini! How did yoiu manage to have a grey little person instead of a red or blue one?

1:15 pm

I'm glad that fixed the problem for you kimm. Last night I kept putting in words and they wouldn't stay. I tried restarting and they still didn't stay so I quit

1:15 pm

Pini, do you work at the U of O? Hi DR!

1:15 pm

Pini, do you work at the U of O? Hi DR!

1:15 pm

Pini, do you work at the U of O? Hi DR!

1:15 pm

yes, kimm

1:16 pm

thanks, pini! that worked

1:16 pm

oops- Kimm has the hiccups

1:16 pm

* wondering if I should answer 3 x * :)

1:16 pm

Sally...my "little guy" is purple for non-gender specific ;)

1:16 pm

why did that happen?

Ok, TY

1:17 pm

too funny, but what a good idea

1:17 pm

BRB, going to dress and get some tea.

1:17 pm

(cuz I'm not keen on pink and blue here is for male - last time I checked I not male, so purple it is)

1:17 pm

hit enter a few times probably Kimm

1:17 pm

my name, however, is pretty gender-specific!

lol pini

mine too ruby

1:18 pm

and...what MALE would be called Pinikula (a pink vampire bunny)??? LOL

1:18 pm

unless it's short for salvatore!

We've had one or two on here I think :-)

1:18 pm

lol for the vampire bunny

1:19 pm

just a word of advice to my babble buddies if you should happen to run into one of those penny auction web sites...DONT!..they are quote the scam indeed

1:19 pm

quite

1:19 pm

My husband got his MFA at the U of O!

1:19 pm

so what did you buy?

1:19 pm

good to know Crossy

1:19 pm

lol,nothing ruby..the scam is apperant in 5 minutes

1:19 pm

I've seen 'em, crossy...and am thankful I didn't get anything cuz there wasn't anything there for a penny!

1:20 pm

really, kimm...what field?

1:20 pm

ceramics

1:20 pm

from "Triple A" (Lawrence Hall)?

1:21 pm

we lived there for a couple of years. It's beautiful there!

1:21 pm

yes, I think so.

1:22 pm

sias

1:22 pm

cool! :)

1:23 pm

gd night everybody; at least I got half the words....see you tomorrow

1:23 pm

(grabbing something to eat...brb)

1:23 pm

how many words are there total?

1:23 pm

take care, ruby!

1:23 pm

bye

1:23 pm

219

1:23 pm

see ya ruby

Good night Ruby - hope to see you with a cute icon tomorrow :-)

1:26 pm

coudl someone dlue the ex6 words?

one is greek for "leaving" such as the Jews when they went into the desert - an ex-----

one means unusual or foreign

the second ex has to do with something being very foreign and inticing

i need a clue for the upper r please

the lone r

got up again

ty jean

yw

1:29 pm

thanks

1:33 pm

back. 35 left; diving in again....

need the de 5/22 at the end have one of the two

1:37 pm

Hi kids. I just finished snowshoeing x 90 min--quite a work-out!

1:37 pm

I guess that I need both, SG

1:38 pm

de5/22 = one is to neuter, the other is to "dry" out

Get rid of poisons, geek

ty a fish

A poisson? :-)

1:39 pm

*thinking about the neuter clue**

1:39 pm

alcohol, to be specific. a de*** center

If you don't want your rabbits to have young, you might get the vet to de*** them

1:40 pm

they start from different D's

1:41 pm

I finally got the neuter word!

last two di's please

1:43 pm

I have di + an***/cath*** ends of batteries

have that scrabs i need the last two di's a 7 and an 8

1:44 pm

di7= flu, measles, and di8 would be pl

1:44 pm

Then I need them too

1:44 pm

sick

1:44 pm

TY, Nef

1:44 pm

Hi Torgone

ty tor

1:49 pm

Chamomile tea anyone? Fresh, hot pot is ready.

1:49 pm

back...and listing!

1:49 pm

Hi Pini, 67 to go, no list yet, but I am almost ready

1:49 pm

* blink * maybe I should go back to doing something else...

1:50 pm

I have 103 more to go...

Not a trea drinker, Scrabbler, but I have a glass of wine here :-)

1:50 pm

ty scrabbler- - i am enjoying a cup of french vanilla- .. a new one for me.. it is quite good

Or even a tea drinker ... sigh

1:50 pm

Is that legal in the UK, to not drink tea?

1:50 pm

...and since you've gotten that far, scrabs, I'm refraining from listing until I get further :)

lol scrabbler. I drink real coffee too!

1:50 pm

We can do it, Pini!

1:51 pm

I just made myself a cup of herb tea when I got dressed, Scrabs. Thanks for the offer

first se 732 please

1:51 pm

* holds scrabs hand to be dragged through to the end * LOL

1:51 pm

732? ;)

732? That's a hell of a score for one word!

1:51 pm

next to the shore, = se7, compound word

1:51 pm

I only have 43 left pini ... if you want to drag on further

1:51 pm

thx scrabs ;)

1:51 pm

sg, down by the se* s 4/5

1:51 pm

Go wildcat go!

1:52 pm

42 thanks to that last clue ... ty

1:52 pm

I'm going to hold on for as long as you guys can drag me!!!!

???? i have down by the se4 and pl need the 7

oh i see it now!

1:52 pm

se7 = compound

Let's all sing: I do like to be beside the se7, I do like to be beside the s**!

1:54 pm

Sally sells seashells by the seashore...say that 10 times fast

1:55 pm

I can't say that, nor can I write it correctly, Scrabs.

missing two se's one 5/10 and a 6/21

2nd se 5/10 add on to the se 4/4 and then pt for the 6/21

1:57 pm

sorry, sg. I'm missing the same ones (down to 24)

did not work.........bummer

1:58 pm

thanks, Luv!

yw Nef

1:59 pm

I'm still missing a bunch of the se words, also some R's, E's and T's

i have the se 5 and it pl 5/10 there is another 5/10 and a 6/21 lower in the list

1:59 pm

I'm missing 96 words...too many letters to point out! LOL

do you still need the se 5/10 sg?

2:00 pm

these easy grids promote mediocrity

2:00 pm

I feel like there really can't be that many missing; I'm sure I tried every combo possible so far

yes I do Luv

I am missing three s's

2:01 pm

lol br

se 5/10 sounds like when you take something by force and then pt for the 6/21

Now I am missing only one! Got those TY!

2:01 pm

easy for you, BR! I was having fun at first; but now that I'm nearing the end, I feel like there aren't any words left that I haven't tried. I suppose it's time to go do something else for a while

2:01 pm

hi BR :)

yw, what one are you missing?

2:02 pm

HowDy, Pini

got it! It was the 4/4 that went with that grouping!

2:02 pm

I think I'm going to pick one tile and stick with it until it's gone (let's see, which of the 15 should I start with?)

one to the 4 r's!

2:03 pm

game was disappointing BR...

2:03 pm

Yes, but hard fought

2:03 pm

agreed...at least it wasn't a complete slaughter ;)

woot! done!

2:05 pm

congrats, sciencegeek

2:05 pm

woohoo science!!

2:05 pm

down to 29

Happy New Year, BR!

2:05 pm

wtg geek!

2:05 pm

thanks and to you also

2:05 pm

Yahoo SG!

2:06 pm

hi, folks

2:07 pm

hi welki

2:08 pm

Doing any ice fishing, welki?

2:08 pm

not this week, br. fell and sprained an ankle, so maybe next week

2:09 pm

have you done any?

2:09 pm

sorry about the fall

2:09 pm

on a good day, how much ice do you catch?

is the cu 7/36 a compound word?

2:09 pm

always enough to fill my glass

2:10 pm

then you be good at it!

BR - I truly like what you have put in your profile. Makes one stop and think.

2:10 pm

Thanks

2:11 pm

afternoon all! my phantom of the day is residue

Hi Welki

2:12 pm

g :)

2:12 pm

and sg, too :)

Hi dan!

2:12 pm

hi, dan

2:12 pm

pretty: cu** + hi ho **lv*r away

thanks BR

I was all around that word but never hit the target-lol

2:17 pm

Phantom: verbigeration

2:19 pm

Phantoms: dioxide,excite, execute, exit, and studies

2:20 pm

...and etudes

2:20 pm

Good afternoon to babblers here and Happy Saturday

2:22 pm

Heya Min ..

2:22 pm

Heya torgone!

2:23 pm

re-hi, Min... hi, Torgone

2:23 pm

hello everyone, back for my last 62

2:23 pm

Hello Anniebrook!How are you?Welcome to the puzzle

2:23 pm

Hi Minver, hope you are well

2:23 pm

I need 62 yet too Annie! Hello all!! Waiting for a birthday celebration to begin at my house. Great-niece was 2 yesterday.

2:24 pm

just finished .. was stuck on the first de 5/12 ... if you want to get de oxygen into your system, you need to breathe de***

2:24 pm

Hello CiociaJudy! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

2:24 pm

Hi Judy, Happy birthday to your great-niece!!

2:24 pm

hi, judy :)

2:24 pm

I always miss that one too welki

2:24 pm

Hiya Min. Happy New Year

2:24 pm

thx Annie

2:24 pm

Congratulations welki on your firework! Good for you

2:25 pm

my house is simply the locale; but so far no one is here with any food! LOL

2:25 pm

thanks :)

2:25 pm

YAY for welki!!

2:25 pm

woohoo welki!!

2:25 pm

Thanks CiociaJudy,Happy New Year to you and yours

2:25 pm

hey wildcat, nice to 'see' you!

2:25 pm

WOOHOO Welki

2:25 pm

you too how ya doing?

2:26 pm

pretty well, thanks ... wondering what the new year will bring

2:27 pm

can't really complain about last year, i made it through alive and (almost) kicking :)

2:27 pm

that's good

2:32 pm

we killed the chat, wildcat

2:32 pm

i'm here with two left

2:33 pm

Go Joanne123 go!

2:33 pm

and i don't want to finish waaaah

2:33 pm

hi all

2:33 pm

hi joanne .. uhm, where's your icon?!

when you've finished you can do mine, only 113 left here

2:34 pm

Save your last 2 words for later. I do that all the time

2:34 pm

i'm so trying to get something welk

2:34 pm

did you finally get your upgrade all sorted out?

2:34 pm

was checking yesterday and this morning and daughter was pissy today

2:34 pm

Hi ChrissieDee! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

2:35 pm

as se wants us to drive her around when she wants

Hi Min, Happy New Year to you

2:35 pm

ae she i meant

2:35 pm

if you want, write to dr. god and give him the email you want associated with your account ... make sure you include your username. just explain to him what happened

2:35 pm

Thank you ChrissieDee! Happy New Year to you also!

2:36 pm

Hi all

2:36 pm

hi, chrissy :)

2:36 pm

and wht :)

2:36 pm

let me try something

2:36 pm

hi chris and wht

Hi welki, and everyone else too

2:38 pm

firewords

2:38 pm

wtg wild

congratulations wildcat

2:38 pm

nice to 'see' you welk .. tc

2:38 pm

Congratulations wildcat17 on fireworks!Good for you

2:38 pm

tyty

2:39 pm

bye, wild

2:39 pm

congrats wildcat

2:39 pm

does anyone have a clue for the ae7?

looking for the U for nbt

2:39 pm

congrats, wildcat

2:40 pm

ut + wine or water gl**s

2:40 pm

u4/5 almost like the state-change last letter

2:40 pm

Hello everyone

2:41 pm

hi, lynxxx

thanks scrib

hi lynx

2:41 pm

Hi lynxxx

2:41 pm

ae7 ae**plane & what the cat did to the mat

2:41 pm

Hello lynxxx! How are you? Welcome to the chat log!

2:41 pm

ae**pee?

thanks welki

Joanne, just get something cool from the internet until you get the baby's photo

2:43 pm

ty lynxx

2:43 pm

thx scrib

2:43 pm

yw wht

2:43 pm

hello lynxxxie

2:43 pm

let's pick one for her, science ... how about http://tiny.cc/2kcyK

2:44 pm

hello AnnieB - HNY, hope its a good one for you!

2:45 pm

jo you here

2:45 pm

do what u have to really cause i can figure nothing out in my account

2:45 pm

nana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year lady!! how are you oing

2:45 pm

lynxxx, Hapy New Year to you too and health and happiness in the new year

2:45 pm

Can you open my Account Joanne?

2:45 pm

happy new year to you too

2:46 pm

lyn i don't knnow what i'm doing except getting fireworks

2:46 pm

and did you ever get my message congratulating you on that little baby

2:46 pm

not sure i did nans but ty

2:46 pm

did ya see him??

2:46 pm

he is adorable,,God Bless him

2:47 pm

aww ty

2:47 pm

Joanne, can you click on the little figure and words "My Account" in top right hand corner above this Chat

2:47 pm

got luck seeing you today lil yesterday and ang wow

2:48 pm

yes lyn that's what i have been doing to no avail

2:48 pm

but let's do it

2:49 pm

what next lyn

2:49 pm

The da 4/5 is January 3, 1010.Here's my second clue paragraph for the year. Spent Christmas in Vermont with my family. I never like the long ri 4/5 up there, but it is worth it in the end. Niece and nephew were so cu 4/6 with their exci4/5ment for Santa to come with his 8 reinde4/5. Now that the holidays are over I must go on a di 4/5. Pretty soon I won't be able to fit through the do4/5. As much as I ad 5/12 X-Mas, I am glad it is over. I did get a do 4/5 of reality today when hubby reminded me I have work in two days. It will be very hard for me to ri4/4 early in the morning and ea 4/4 back into the swing of things on Monday. I have an id 4/5 to call in sick on Monday.I would not give one io4/4 what my boss would think of that.But sometimes my id5/12 are not so good&I do the right thing instead. Well I have sa 4/5 all that I wanted to say at this time. I hope some of you got some cu 4/6.

2:50 pm

nice min

2:51 pm

Thanks

2:51 pm

It's palindrome day, if you use the US date format 01-02-2010

2:51 pm

Minver, Well done

2:51 pm

It opened up for you Joanne? if so you need to fill in bthe right hand side - remember to click the updae and display boxes top right and bottom left of that side when you are finished. The icon picture is the next step - just get the first bit done first

2:51 pm

lol....nice one Minver.....

2:51 pm

*2010 not 1010

2:51 pm

Wow, that's cool dan2bit!

nice work Minver

2:52 pm

Hello Flask1! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

2:52 pm

ok let me see

2:52 pm

Am well thanx...Happy New Year to you and yours!

2:53 pm

ty Min

2:53 pm

ok did that

2:53 pm

Hi flask

2:53 pm

it said it was upda5

2:53 pm

yw

2:54 pm

Good of you to say "upda5", but still need to goto PB.

2:55 pm

lol i almost sa4 it min almost

2:56 pm

i put some Kalhua chocolates in there,they were on sale and very yummy when i had them at christmas so bought them just for babblers

2:57 pm

I am going to take a break. I have 38 words left, but I probably won't be back to finish.Not into grid today

2:57 pm

Joanne, that is so nice! looking for a word to put in the chat

2:57 pm

Are you sure you entered the Country you are in Joanne, it should be showing your flag. Make sure you have checked Update Profile and Show profile boxes on the right hand side of that first page

2:57 pm

Bye Minver and enjoy the rest of the day

2:57 pm

i wonder if you have to put something in the profile field before it actually appears .. like, "I like pie"

2:57 pm

omg i have a flag!!! weeeee

2:57 pm

anyone have a clue for co5,24 and co5,22

2:57 pm

Enjoy the rest of the day all! I'll see ya when I see ya!

2:58 pm

minveryork - that is too cool! What a neat idea to help out with clues and have fun doing it too.

2:58 pm

ang hiding and checking to see who else here and low and behold i show a flag

2:58 pm

Bye Min

2:58 pm

byeee min

2:58 pm

welk it says fields are optional

2:58 pm

Thanks dalmatian5!Love doing those paragraph clues

2:59 pm

*POOF*

2:59 pm

you have to click "show profile" ... did you?

2:59 pm

ang u here

2:59 pm

yes she is nans

2:59 pm

jo is she hiding,,,

3:00 pm

i'm thinking that, if you don't choose at least one optional field, nothing will show

3:00 pm

lol

3:00 pm

co 5/24 uses high point tile&is past tense kirk10kirk

3:00 pm

co5/22 uses high point tile&present tense kirk10kirk

3:00 pm

co% - as pertains to sculling?

3:00 pm

*POOF* again (for real)

3:00 pm

co5 - sorry

3:01 pm

Yay - Joanne is a Girl and lives in Canada - Who knew!

3:01 pm

yessss

3:01 pm

There is also a co5 that is a latin plural that is built on the same root.

3:02 pm

now, enter one thing in one of the optional field things and we;ll be able to pull up your icon .. one thing, you can do it!

3:02 pm

Joanne I see you in pink and your flag, YAY

3:02 pm

coxeses

3:02 pm

It shows OK for me now Welki

3:02 pm

weeee

3:02 pm

it was the show profile thing

3:03 pm

yes but can you click on her icon? does it show anything? (i can't)

3:03 pm

lol lyn tyvm

3:03 pm

Hi Joanne, you are coming into view.

3:03 pm

Congratulations on going pro

3:03 pm

i'm gonna try that next welk

3:03 pm

Yes, shows OK Welki, maybe you need to refresh

3:04 pm

ahhh, if i click on the pink person, her icon box shows ...*breaks into Hallelujah Chorus*

3:04 pm

click on hte female icon

3:04 pm

ty with a hero here that gave me an extra pro inivte

3:04 pm

if you want an appropriate (funny) icon, take a look at this pic, joanne: http://tiny.cc/2kcyK

3:05 pm

ohh there was 2 heroes looking out for me and one is here right now

3:06 pm

they collaberated and came up with meeeeee

3:06 pm

can anyone help with the other ex 6/36 I have the first one been monkeying for 2nd forever

3:06 pm

i will check welk but that was one task for me to get thru for like 3 days

3:07 pm

Duh just found it thanks anyway

3:07 pm

second ex6 = rare, from a different place

3:08 pm

nans ,ang is gone

3:09 pm

Lurking fireworks - Happy New year, and Happy babbling, all. POOF !!

3:09 pm

wtg met

3:09 pm

hi all.....any clues please for the 1st two re6 words please??

3:10 pm

Congrats Metfan! byee

3:10 pm

re + got up again (or red flower)

3:11 pm

2nd re = repeated yourself

3:11 pm

wtg metfan!

3:11 pm

re6 - you might say it again; you might sit down, again

3:11 pm

Falsk, not listing but may be re sights again & put what plants grow from into the ground again

3:11 pm

re6 - you might replant your lawn - got that one?

3:12 pm

thanx for those....

3:12 pm

sorry, read as last not first, ignore me

3:14 pm

funny icon welk!!! i cracked up

3:15 pm

i did it weeee

3:15 pm

wow Joanne...you have done it!!

3:15 pm

omg i have color

3:15 pm

:)

3:15 pm

Like the icon Joanne

3:15 pm

ty that was as per conversation a bit ago and it is perfect

3:16 pm

ty lyn

3:16 pm

with ours and welks help i did tyty

3:17 pm

now tomorrow i will go for the babies picture and when i get that down next is my pooches

3:17 pm

hello all, help with di7 pls

3:17 pm

yay for Joanne123!

3:17 pm

ty peri

Hello all, Congrats on your icon-ness Joanne!

3:17 pm

you might have to re-size your photographs, joanne ... if they're too large, they'll be all mushy and huge

Illness Periwinkle.

3:17 pm

Hi Peri, an illness

3:18 pm

hi Red

3:18 pm

duh, thanks, lyn

3:18 pm

i think jilli has a site she uses to do that ... i know microsoft has a free plug-in to resize photos too

3:18 pm

ty, red

yes, mine is mushed today.

hi lynnxxx.

3:19 pm

i see a beautiful white bird with red markings, red

3:19 pm

ohh welk feeling inadequate again lol

3:19 pm

Yeah, mine is quite squashed in too

3:19 pm

like you are speaking chinese to me to do something like that

yes, he's just sort of squoshed.

3:20 pm

joanne, stop the fretting. if the pic is too big, someone will ask you to take it off the site (because it screws chat up in a big way). if it's fine, it's fine.

3:20 pm

lyn what kinda dog is that??

3:20 pm

(all my photos, regardless of size, have been distorted for the last month or two ... thought it was me)

3:20 pm

ok welk

3:20 pm

Stew is my greyhound

3:21 pm

i thought so ,how cu4

3:21 pm

Stew is adorable <3

usually most photos are fine. Mine are a little big because of my camera.

3:21 pm

he is, a lovely boy

3:22 pm

how old??

hi ata.

3:22 pm

It's an Uud! hi Ata. I love Uuds

3:22 pm

mine, too, red .. but even if i try to use photos taken with a camera that takes normal sized images, they've been showing up wonky

3:22 pm

Four and a bit Jo

3:22 pm

hi atal

3:23 pm

he looks very tall like a greatdane

Do you have Photoshop or Iphoto? You can easily resize them...

3:24 pm

we were trying to persuade Haz that they were cu4 earlier ;)

3:24 pm

i do .. and i have, but they still show up weird. hang on and i'll show you.

3:24 pm

That could be the squashed photo, he's actually the size of a female. 32 kgs

3:24 pm

She needs to hear them sing!

that is odd welki. Maybe everything is going wonky.

3:25 pm

neighbor had one, they look malnurished but people don't understand ,that's the type of dog they are, sleek and ready to run for the wabbit

3:26 pm

red, i resized this photo to almost thumbnail sized and look what happened! my sleek car has turned into a clownmobile! LOL

3:27 pm

Now that Stews dropped the training regime, he's beefed up a bit - went from 25-32 kgs. They say he is the right size for a retired one now

3:27 pm

nans do you need any help with any words??

It's hard to tell, welki, because I think it looks like a car, but I trust that you are right... my bird is swuased but no one knows.

3:28 pm

oh well

3:28 pm

32 kg ... thats a Hobbit and a half!

3:28 pm

that's ok welk i love it, need daughter to see this now

3:28 pm

You have to account for the fact you're going from rectangular to square ..

3:28 pm

lol, he is taller and longer - AND has a tail

3:29 pm

ae7?

3:29 pm

ae4 and pt of sit

3:29 pm

ae7 the normal ae4 & what the cat did to the mat

3:29 pm

hmmm ... maybe i can work this photo thing to my advantage. if i took a rectangular photo of myself and made it into an icon, it might stretch me out!

3:29 pm

If you crop a square section of your picture, then resize it, it will look right

3:30 pm

tx all

3:30 pm

lol welk

3:30 pm

will try that now :)

oooh thanks torg...

crop it square right?

3:31 pm

ok I am back... hi everyone ... re welki joanne dan tor lyn

3:32 pm

welk what is the temp out there today, cause it's dang cold here

3:32 pm

hi oodle wb

3:32 pm

hi Oodle

helo ooodle

3:32 pm

such language Joanne geee

3:32 pm

;-)

3:33 pm

lol

3:33 pm

Hobbit has a tail! Well ....

3:33 pm

well i talk like sailor at work so try to tone it down a bit

3:34 pm

stop your gosh darn cussing dagnabbit

3:34 pm

lmao

3:34 pm

a stump? is that too mean?

3:35 pm

feel free to replace those 'cuss' words with one of your choice

3:35 pm

it's definitely a stump LOL

3:35 pm

besides it would do too much damage if it was a proper tail - all that frantic wagging

3:35 pm

cold as hell here

3:35 pm

ok ... here we go...

3:35 pm

agh! it looks worse!

3:36 pm

omg wash your mouth out with soap

3:36 pm

I dread to think what she'd be like with a proper tail. I don't entirely approve of docking, but I'm very very glad she's docked!

3:36 pm

tis -5 here

3:36 pm

hehe

3:37 pm

(not as cold as it's been, joanne -- about -14c (7f) right now)

3:37 pm

welki, I don't see any change. How can it look worse?

3:37 pm

cold enough

3:37 pm

what is it there Joanne?

3:37 pm

evening everyone x

3:37 pm

i cropped it, but now it seems even taller than before

katie! ji!

3:37 pm

definitely not how it looks in photo (or real)

3:37 pm

ontario

3:38 pm

hi Katie

3:38 pm

hi katie

3:38 pm

Joanne is officially a pro! Woo hoo!

3:38 pm

kitty!!!!

3:38 pm

hi katie

3:38 pm

I HATE I words & O words...today is going to suck

3:38 pm

what kind of vehicle is it anyway?

3:38 pm

tyty scrabs!!

3:38 pm

welk and lyn helped me figure it out

3:38 pm

yay joanne

3:38 pm

back to the distorted martini (which is okay, since after a couple, they tend to look distorted anyway :)

3:38 pm

distorted is good when it comes to martinis

3:39 pm

hi all and ty oodle

Welki the Martini looks perfect.

3:39 pm

uh oh

3:39 pm

hi jmitch - vowel words are always horrid

3:39 pm

hi Scrabs

3:39 pm

it's just a saab 9/3 aero, but i love it :)

PB for welki!!

3:40 pm

well, br asked me if i ice fish .. when i said i did, he asked how much ice i usually catch in a day ... to which i replied, always enough to fill my glass :)

3:40 pm

welk!!!

3:40 pm

*sigh*

3:40 pm

joanne!

3:40 pm

Silly Welki!

3:40 pm

oh ... fine.

3:40 pm

you just want more of those kalhua chocolates in there

3:40 pm

very good answer!

3:40 pm

well, it certainly DOESN'T look like a saab! I'll have to agree, it looks like a clown mobile to me

3:40 pm

*trudges off to pb with her stinkin' martini*

3:40 pm

hee hee he welki

3:40 pm

can anybody clue the first ex6? I have the "foreign" one

3:41 pm

see nef? lol ... it did look funny!

3:41 pm

first 3 letters of the other fourth letter and vowels

3:41 pm

like that movie that begins with disturb** ... the first ex6 is like the second but with that two letter ending

3:43 pm

down to 3 left; all E's

3:43 pm

I cannot get either of thos eclues to work for me. :-(

3:44 pm

me neither, scrabs

3:44 pm

like the time of moses, but with greek ending

3:44 pm

think of a strip club it is an ex**** club

3:44 pm

ex6 ex & vwl & french for right *r**t

3:44 pm

tx dcs that did it

3:44 pm

what words are you looking for?

3:45 pm

lol got that one straight way oodle

3:45 pm

Dictionary helped. Movie was Disturbia

3:45 pm

hint: if you choose a low level reformat of your camera's memory card by accident and press "STOP" when you realize you've made a mistake, it's too late.

3:45 pm

ex6s, nef

3:45 pm

I had to look for it and then I realized

3:46 pm

need do6 clue

3:46 pm

dan, plural of the one before

3:46 pm

dan, wrong clue, sorry

3:46 pm

Je ne l'aime pas les D mote au jourd'hui

3:47 pm

*mots

3:47 pm

1 left

3:47 pm

Go Nef!!

3:47 pm

moi aussi, Atalante

3:47 pm

firewords!

3:47 pm

goooo nef

3:47 pm

Yahoo Nef!

3:47 pm

congrats, nef!

3:47 pm

congrats, Nef!

3:47 pm

wtg nef ;)

3:48 pm

ok that didn't work

3:48 pm

'ray for Nef!

3:48 pm

* passing through again *

3:48 pm

congrats nef

3:48 pm

(it's been a while, HAD to let you all know!) :-D

3:48 pm

congrats nef

3:48 pm

Annie I think I've tried all possible plurals of the do5

3:48 pm

thanks

3:48 pm

*grabs pini and ties her to a chair to make her stay*

3:48 pm

uh oh

3:49 pm

neener neener neener

3:49 pm

;)

3:49 pm

i'm chuffed!

3:50 pm

hi pini how are you

3:50 pm

wow, my last D word is a bit *ouch*!

3:50 pm

not too bad...trying to avoid working

3:50 pm

wtg ata ;)

3:51 pm

* hands bojazz and unchuffer *

3:51 pm

sorry dan, gave you the wrong clue (hangs head)

3:51 pm

i'll take another clue if there is one :-)

3:52 pm

oh annie better to give wrong clue then to suck at clueing

3:52 pm

lol ... husband says,'thank god it was you' ... as in who erased the camera's memory

3:52 pm

do + consonant+A waiter is a ***ver

3:52 pm

lol!

3:52 pm

Joanne, I always give wrong clues..makes me so mad

3:53 pm

welk i tried to change icon to see what would happen and omg what a mess

3:53 pm

then try to change back with no luck

3:53 pm

I never confess to wrong...I prefer "creative" :)

3:53 pm

(he's right ... because i know i've already saved all those images in two other places, whereas i know if he deleted memory, even my personal one would be erased)

3:53 pm

now chat is wonky

belated congrats on your FW! Nef!

3:53 pm

no no annie wrong clues are my job... man taking my job the only one I hazd... boohooo

3:54 pm

you can't break it, joanne .. hang on, take a breath and go to "my account,"

3:54 pm

*gives job back to oodle* there, there

3:54 pm

i think you may have created a monster welk

3:54 pm

*sniff* *sniff* ty

3:54 pm

click under your photo/icon where it says :EDIT:

3:55 pm

babble is very hard to break completely ;)

3:55 pm

hi all

3:55 pm

clear both fields at the bottom, update profile and just start fresh

3:55 pm

should I try just to see???

3:55 pm

So my 21 yr old nephew just returned from a trip into town to get food. It has been snowing for 2 days. I asked him how the roads are and his response = "Fun." Not what I want to hear.

hi jmc.

3:55 pm

although there was one hacker who did it!

3:56 pm

true!

3:56 pm

i forgot to change my icon

scrabbs, its NY! how is your nephew doing?

3:56 pm

scrabb, that's better than having a nephew who's a white-knuckled driver in snow

3:56 pm

hi jmc, Happy New Year

3:56 pm

Hi JM

3:56 pm

scrabs that is what you want to hear from a 21 year old nephew -- if he was freaked out I would have been trembling in my boots

3:56 pm

hi annie happy new year

3:57 pm

^5 jmc!

3:57 pm

oo do tell about the hacker lynxxx

3:57 pm

Scrabbs, Sounds like a fun kid.

3:57 pm

This nephew is doing ok--switching major so will graduate 3 semesters late now.

3:57 pm

^5 ???

3:57 pm

Think Stew and I might take a walk - plus I need to buy a coffee, my machine broke and can't get it fixed for 3 weeks (wah!) BBL

Well, 3 semesters is about average these days.

hacker story?

3:58 pm

ouch! have a lovely walk!

3:58 pm

he is going to meet friends at the ski resort across the valley for an evening of snowboarding

3:58 pm

so sorry lynn I won,t do it again

3:58 pm

there was a hacker. lol. end of story!

3:58 pm

^5 = on the same wavelength

3:58 pm

Bye, lynxxxxie, have a good walk and give Stew a couple of pats for me

3:59 pm

njoy your walk, lyn

3:59 pm

hi seain :)

now is lynxx could only walk my dog too, he is being a major pain.

3:59 pm

Hi dcseain, Happy New York to you and Tom

3:59 pm

Why, red?

3:59 pm

thanks, annie, and to you :)

4:00 pm

mine is fast asleep *smug*

4:00 pm

thanks

4:00 pm

i would rather be shot than figure out these confounded d words tyvm

4:00 pm

mine's outside ;)

4:00 pm

ty welki I like learning these emoticons

4:00 pm

mine are asleep at my feet

yes well....Teulu is and I quote the Vet, "an extraordinarily unusually active dog"

4:00 pm

*puts on flack jacket in case there is shooting*

he excells at action...

4:01 pm

ohhh ....

4:01 pm

what kind of dogs do you have welki

4:01 pm

what happened when the hacker hack the grid?

4:01 pm

I've just put the cutest pic of Hobbti up on FB

4:01 pm

Good plan, JM. *getting Kevlar vest on, Kevlar helmet.....running out of Babble Land altogether!*

4:01 pm

who was the hacker? how was the grid saved!

must go and llok at your dear.

4:02 pm

see oodle you scared scrabs

4:02 pm

the hacker was just a random hacker

4:02 pm

* wonders if I can list yet *

4:03 pm

i want to look at hobbit, too! but don't know how to find you :(

4:03 pm

46 to go here and I haven't found anything in 10 minutes at least

4:03 pm

????

4:03 pm

yes, yes you can

4:03 pm

how

4:03 pm

let's go to the list, Pini!

4:03 pm

are you on FB, welki?

4:03 pm

but I still have 84 to go!

4:03 pm

yes

4:03 pm

by talking about being shot!

4:03 pm

then friend Becky Hitchin :)

4:04 pm

and you too will see the Hobbit bounciness!

4:04 pm

yay!

4:05 pm

148

4:05 pm

i wish i was 148

4:05 pm

Is ae7 a compound word?

4:05 pm

and firbirds!

4:05 pm

great photo of hobbit ata!

4:06 pm

you think I have a 7? ha!

4:06 pm

Yippee Ata!

4:06 pm

friended you :)

4:06 pm

whoo hoo ata!!!

4:06 pm

yes, Scabs. ae4 plus pt of sit

4:06 pm

kind of ... ae4/4 + got tired of standing, so i *** down

4:06 pm

OMG, ata...a GREAT pic!!!

4:06 pm

she was *so* happy to have the cone off and be playing in the snow!

it is...

4:06 pm

TY, Nef--not one I would have tried

4:06 pm

and c'grats on your FW

teulu loves snow though he has only been in it once.

4:07 pm

hi nef

4:07 pm

congrats, Ata!

4:07 pm

LOL! love it! another bouncy dog!

4:07 pm

she was soooo bouncy today :) I love just taking silly photos that really show the *bounce* rather than focus perfectly or whatever

4:07 pm

hi jmc. I'm done and now just chatting. If anyone needs clues I can help

4:08 pm

Hi all, bouncy dogs, flack vests, and fireworks. Sounds like a logical progression of conversation to me.

4:08 pm

cu7 clue please

4:08 pm

Hi stidgmere

4:08 pm

wtg nef!

4:08 pm

lol hi stidg happy new year

4:08 pm

hiya stidg!

4:08 pm

lol hi stidgmere!

4:08 pm

kind of a term of endearment for babies? cu7, cu7 coo

4:08 pm

such a cu*****-pie ... what you might say to a baby

4:09 pm

Hi, Scrabs. Nice here today. Birds are happily feeding on the crabs in the seaweed.

4:09 pm

(we'd probably use a y ending)

4:09 pm

hi sidgmere

4:09 pm

Hi pini and atalante, jmc.

4:09 pm

welki?

4:09 pm

Fireworks

4:09 pm

yes oodle?

4:09 pm

whoo hoo anniebrook

4:09 pm

what kind of dogs do you have?<

4:10 pm

WTG, Annie!!!! YAY!!!

4:10 pm

good for Annie!!!

4:10 pm

a golden retriever and a smooth coated border collie

4:10 pm

wtg annie!

4:10 pm

(and a kitty, too)

4:10 pm

i was assuming cause you had two sleeping at your feet

4:10 pm

how lovely!

4:10 pm

Congrats Annie!

4:10 pm

ohh nice

4:11 pm

thanks. I dont want to leave but I must. Bye dear babblers

4:11 pm

* whispers to scrabs...I give, listing *

4:11 pm

bye, annie

4:11 pm

Miss Bea Bunny just threw her salad pan and is now staring at me. Message = give me my evening salad NOW, or else. So, time to make salads for the bunnies. BBS. Good for you, Pini--less pain now.

4:12 pm

I should go too.

4:12 pm

you know, it's one thing to have a number for the words you still need to find (i.e., 82 for me); however, it's another when you look at the list and see how many (i.e., a bazillion!)

4:12 pm

it's late and I'm tired and I just love your bunnies, scrab!

4:12 pm

I thought the grid was fun for the first 130-150; then I had to list. the last 40 or so were like pulling teeth since I'd *thought* I'd already entered them!

4:12 pm

i was thinking potatoes take so long in the micro wave then I just remembered telling my mother in 1974 to buy a microwave they only take five minutes as opposed to an hour DUH

4:12 pm

Bunnies have personalities, believe it or not

4:13 pm

they really do, and I would never have known that without you

4:13 pm

technology has pretty much made us a society of spoiled brats focused on instant gratification, oodle

4:14 pm

correction: we've made ourselves into a society..... blah blah blah

4:14 pm

i always have wanted instant gratification!

4:14 pm

oh my...

4:14 pm

welk i still can't get that pict gone lol, in between hubby whining about his stomach and i just made him sandwich 2 hours ago

4:14 pm

not necessarily a bad thing to aspire to, je, just a disappointment when we dont' get it

4:14 pm

and on that note, I really am going ;) *hugs all*

4:15 pm

spoiled is such a harsh word, welki....

4:15 pm

night ata! :)

4:15 pm

asked if he needed a every 2 hour feeding

4:15 pm

bye atal

4:15 pm

but so true eh

welki nice profile pic

4:15 pm

<-- going to retrieve koda...brb

4:15 pm

sg hi

Nef I just read you 4:12 post and I so agree!!

4:15 pm

maybe harsh, maybe just true :)

4:15 pm

bye ata!

4:15 pm

hb pini

4:15 pm

thanks, sg .. made myself one last night and slept like a baby for the first time in almost a week

4:16 pm

lol joanne

4:16 pm

hi good

4:16 pm

joanne, i still see the mom taxi pic

4:16 pm

i think my pict is wonking up the chat

4:16 pm

now I am getting mad cause it is taking more than 5 minutes hee hee hee hee

4:16 pm

omg i am in the twilight zone and i want out

4:16 pm

buy the instant ones oodle

4:16 pm

3-5 minutes

Hi jmc! Your're not waiting to the last minute today, are you??

4:17 pm

no it isn't bothering the chog joanne

4:18 pm

I have two in there and I get these cause I like the taste of the yellow potatoes more betterer and I put back the package of instant when I thought of it the other day... think just a tad but heathier

4:18 pm

no no -- it wasn't my fault yesterday -- too many obligations

4:18 pm

weird mine kinda chugs along

4:18 pm

i stayed up for the flip and got 54 words before i went to bed

4:18 pm

just go back into 'my account' and click on 'edit' under your pic ... and put the http://tiny.cc/2kcyK back in the 'fetch icon' space .. update profile and you should be good to go

well you were making ME feel stressed for you

Well, I am so exciting, i spent all night last night getting my books done for taxes

4:19 pm

hi Good Enough. Thanks. I'm sort of wandering in and out now; but if anyone wants clues; I can help!

Joanne i see your icon!

4:19 pm

i will try again

4:19 pm

ohh there i am

4:20 pm

i am sorry good i find it fun to race the clock or pini even when i lose

4:20 pm

i guess refreshing did it lol

4:20 pm

hi science!

4:20 pm

*rootin' through the locker for a really big fish*

hola jmc

4:20 pm

tyvm sg

4:21 pm

i took my turn science

4:21 pm

well, going to see if i can fit this monstrosity that used to be my foot into a shoe .. i need some air (and cream for coffee)

4:21 pm

jmc, I love your icon for today. That is very nice!

4:21 pm

I'm so far behind, jmc...not sure I'd be race worthy today ;(

4:21 pm

really I have had it for a few days and was thinking I should change it for the new year

4:22 pm

pini you are way ahead of me

4:22 pm

i have 145 left!

4:22 pm

I am???

4:22 pm

poor welki want some grease to help?

4:22 pm

hi all -- 77 to go, but expecting the kids to arrive any time now

4:22 pm

hi cyber

4:23 pm

hi cyber

4:23 pm

OK, I'm ahead...but going so painfully slow you have ample opportunity to catch up! :)

4:23 pm

where are you racing pini

4:23 pm

welki, if you don't have a shoe on by this time of day; you won't get one on now. Just borrow a man's shoe boot and wear that

4:23 pm

we will see pini

4:24 pm

jmc ;)

4:24 pm

awww welk tc

your move je

i have 49 left i may have to list. so much doggie activity tolday..

4:25 pm

I have 146 left

4:25 pm

ty science

4:25 pm

pini??? where are you racing please

Hi Dr. I imagine you didnt start at 3:30 this morning....

I did do dog activity and napping inbetween...

4:25 pm

where? no where..."racing" jmc to the babble finish line ;)

4:25 pm

no but I was awake at 3:30 am Red

4:26 pm

could not sleep

4:26 pm

your turn science -- and you were whining about how you couldn't play! lol

4:26 pm

ohhhhhhhhh

4:26 pm

hi DR

4:26 pm

ok i'm off if no one needs anything

4:26 pm

will bbl

4:26 pm

Hi Jmc and Oodle and Red and Pini and Joanne

4:26 pm

have a good one, joanne

4:26 pm

bbye joanne

4:26 pm

and Science

4:26 pm

oodle pini and i have a semi permanent friendly race

4:26 pm

hi DR! :)

4:26 pm

hi dr and bye for now

4:27 pm

okay bye joanne congratulations on your Pro!

4:27 pm

tyvm jmc angels in the sky it was

4:27 pm

first de 5/12, please?

4:28 pm

:-)

4:28 pm

ah ok ty

4:28 pm

hi DR. I'm done and just here for cluing

I did not know that the state was another word - learned sumthin new today

4:29 pm

pl of de4/5,

4:30 pm

I think that is a de 5/14, nef

4:30 pm

I've always thought that de4/5 was both singular AND pl, but not here!

4:30 pm

looking for first de 5/12

4:30 pm

that's what I'm cluing, cyber

4:30 pm

but that is not the first de 5/12

4:31 pm

OOOPS! taking the ai** out of a balloon

first de 5/12 - to remove a gas

see nef

4:31 pm

ty geek

4:31 pm

deflate

4:31 pm

<putting the trificals on straight now so I can read and clue properly>

4:31 pm

thx for those ;)

4:31 pm

thx Nef

4:31 pm

ty ty sience

4:31 pm

130 left pini

4:32 pm

ty for those 2 clues

4:32 pm

69 here

4:32 pm

trifocals, that is

4:32 pm

115 here

4:33 pm

130 here also

4:33 pm

hi bo

4:33 pm

happy new year

4:33 pm

and don't forget the pl of that deflating word either

4:33 pm

hi bo

4:34 pm

deairs

4:34 pm

ooopsie

4:34 pm

;)

4:34 pm

*goes to find jack in the pb*

4:34 pm

you got it, jmc! :-D

4:34 pm

do 6 following the fin?

4:35 pm

:-D

do 6 more fin

drop the vowel and replace with the more ending

4:36 pm

ty geek

4:37 pm

don't like that it gets dark here at 4:00

4:37 pm

give it a few weeks oodle

4:37 pm

hi cyber

I only have Rs and Ss left and Im having a hard time facing them

4:38 pm

cyber are you on FB?

4:38 pm

yes

4:38 pm

cause I play a game called yoville and there is a person there that has the nickname nan... is that you?

4:39 pm

use it only for family members, though

4:39 pm

oh then it is not you

4:39 pm

not me -- only one I play is lexulous

4:39 pm

ok

your turn je

4:39 pm

good Enough, I ended with 25 Rs, Ts Ss and Es.

4:39 pm

<-- plays lex, too ;)

me too (though not very well)

4:40 pm

<===plays lex too

4:40 pm

we haven't played in a while pini... were you getting tired of getting beat?

4:40 pm

science :-P

Like you said nef, they are all getting muddled in my brain

4:40 pm

no oodle...if you wanna play, start one up! :)

4:40 pm

(and any others who so desire)

4:41 pm

jmc...is it my turn yet?

4:41 pm

i could make it so pini

4:41 pm

and I think dorens the same way but she kicks my but 95 % of the time

4:41 pm

brb

4:41 pm

dorens kicks my butt, too!

4:41 pm

but the last three I have beaten her hee hee hee

4:42 pm

well then I am going to start one then

4:42 pm

kids just arrived -- 31 shy -- back in a few days :)

4:42 pm

enjoy, nan!

4:42 pm

I'm going to leave now for a while. Anyone need any clues?

4:43 pm

Bunnies are munching on their salads and me too, while water boils for pasta.

4:43 pm

Yes, nef--2nd se6/21

No thanks Nef. Check on us later?

4:44 pm

bye cyber have fun

4:44 pm

Scrabs, se 6/21, and the 2 7s following it are related to making someone sleep

4:45 pm

your turn pini in both games

4:45 pm

TY, Nef!

4:45 pm

putting a patient to sleep, scrabs

4:45 pm

ok - brb

4:45 pm

and hi all!

4:45 pm

Hi nerky!

4:46 pm

help with the second Y word I have yi4/7

4:46 pm

(I thought you'd know that one, Scrabs!) ;-)

4:46 pm

hi nrkii

4:46 pm

jmc, same but change vowel

yo

4:46 pm

I know the words but eyes didn't see them

yo nef 4/7

4:46 pm

replace the vowel with another one, jmc

4:46 pm

ty nrkii

4:46 pm

ty nef

4:46 pm

N, I SUCK at QP but am enjoying myself anyway

4:47 pm

Scrabs, you will get better, I know it

4:47 pm

what is QP?

4:47 pm

www.quote-puzzler.com

4:47 pm

I hate the last 2--Word Builder and HoneyComb

4:47 pm

sg, the yi and yo are identical except for the vowel

4:47 pm

10 different word puzzles every day

4:48 pm

anyone else need clues?

4:48 pm

yeah, those last 2 are not-timed for a reason!

4:48 pm

what kind of puzzles? crosswords?

4:49 pm

okay, bye for now! <poof!>

4:49 pm

bye nef

4:49 pm

bye Nef

4:49 pm

*I just heard myself do Curly (Stooge) sound when a word didn't work* LOL

4:49 pm

Not crosswords, they're all a takeoff on some other game... there's one that's like hangman, but harder; there's one that's like scrabble, but you can make backwards words too, there are a few that are quotes and you have to rearrange letters to find them... etc.

4:49 pm

lol scrabs

4:50 pm

sounds interesting nrkii

4:50 pm

I watched the Three Stooges marathon on New year's Eve--hilarious!

4:50 pm

there are a handful of babblers who also do the www.quote-puzzler.com puzzles every day

4:50 pm

it's a subscription site

4:51 pm

Stidmama, Ciocia Judy, Featherbee, FranMag, Muse, me, and now Scrabbler... plus I'm sure others I'm forgetting

4:51 pm

ah well too broke to make the jump this week -- maybe later

4:51 pm

and ... played ;)

4:51 pm

Today, N, I figured out the In & Out answer when I was on the out side and I clicked on letters that were IN...Dopey Scrabbler!

anyone heard of Dr. Kaboom?

Hello all

4:52 pm

Scrabbler, I do that too.

4:52 pm

hi kap

4:52 pm

brb

4:52 pm

i have 13 000 d words left woooohooooooooo yahooeeeee

4:52 pm

hi kaplan

4:52 pm

Key thing on In & Out is to type in the answer in the box below as soon as you get it

4:52 pm

Don't keep clicking on letters, because every click costs you points

4:52 pm

And the concept of creating palindromes is one I must focus on

4:52 pm

hi kaplan!

I have to do 52 more words, but only have a half hour- so it will be one of those no-fireworks days

4:53 pm

hi Kaplan

your turn je

4:53 pm

kaiak, shtik, and knar are my favorite palindromes on Word Builder and Honeycomb

What's new? Boston has a pretty snow, not too much car scraping

4:54 pm

alif is another favorite

how is knar a palindrome?

4:54 pm

no snow in Jersey, just a lot of WIND

I just got here, may be missing some crucial info

4:54 pm

click on letters where... here or at that other word pule site nrkii

4:55 pm

sorry, not a palindrome in the true sense of the word

4:55 pm

I must remember those, n

What other sense of palindrome is there?

4:55 pm

in the games Scrabbler and I are talking about, two allow you to make words that work both ways for double points

Ohhhh.

4:55 pm

someone at some point starting calling that the semordnilap mode, as a joke

I have to go check lickety

4:56 pm

oh ok ty

4:56 pm

oodle, on the other site, I meant

4:56 pm

yes I got that

4:56 pm

The games are maddening yet addictive. My BP must be in the danger zone when I am playing.

4:57 pm

oh no

4:57 pm

they are a lot of fun.. have to give credit to the puzzle-maker, who I think has been a babbler in the past too

4:57 pm

he was one of our Dougs at one point

4:57 pm

I think

crawling toward the finish. getting slower as it gets darker

4:58 pm

first + second re6/21's please

4:58 pm

does anyone like and/or make crêpes?

4:58 pm

love 'em...made 'em once ;)

4:58 pm

Go GE go!

4:59 pm

my first re6 21 = spoke again

4:59 pm

goooooo Good Enough!

4:59 pm

TY, n

5:00 pm

my second one is to plant again

5:00 pm

oh scrab I have a question but more of nutrition than anything else... it is about blueberries which are a good antioxidant. CAn this fact be deminished if you cook them??

5:00 pm

Yes, I make crepes.

5:00 pm

i make buckwheat crepes

5:01 pm

There are a re6/21 + re7/32 in between

5:01 pm

Probably, Oodle--cooking denatures proteins

5:01 pm

because I am allergic to wheat

5:01 pm

those would be the 2 re's I'm missing :)

5:01 pm

<-- would love a simple crepe recipe for 1 -- if anyone has one?

5:01 pm

and the antioxidant is in the proteins?

5:01 pm

<---would love to have a personal chef

5:02 pm

i do i do pini

5:02 pm

you can "replant" or sit down again...

5:02 pm

well, that, too, scrabs!

5:02 pm

i will send it to you on FB

5:02 pm

I suspect so, Oodle. Check out Dr Andrew Weil's site for reliable info

5:02 pm

orsa

5:03 pm

I have those, bo, but don't see a re6 in between

5:03 pm

or4/5 is one, Bo

I think oodle the antioxidant for blue berries is in the skin, but I am not entirely sure.

5:03 pm

ooh, re6 like a town in california

5:03 pm

say it again?

5:03 pm

Redondo Beach?

5:03 pm

re + not a coupe but a ****n

5:04 pm

TY, N, no wonder I couldn't see it--new for me

TY Nkrii and Hello.

5:04 pm

Hi again, Red

5:04 pm

hiya red

5:05 pm

17 left--going to check on boiling pasta

5:05 pm

18 left here... gonna surge ahead while Scrabs is away

well now down to 46, really should list, but I may list when I hit 30 or so...

5:06 pm

119 left

5:06 pm

Aha, nerky, I read that!

5:06 pm

(evil snicker)

5:06 pm

14 left

I still have 9 Rs...and you will probably finish first

droid is not a word?

5:06 pm

sent pini

5:07 pm

Yes, can you believe it, Red?

5:07 pm

Many many left. Time to refill head with something else. Coffee and truffles did it for awhile.

5:07 pm

See you all later.

5:07 pm

your turn pini and science

I guess I can.

5:07 pm

bbye stid

5:07 pm

bye stidg

5:07 pm

see ya stidgmere!

5:07 pm

hello 156 to go

5:07 pm

* sighing with relief that jmc didn't pummel me for my last play *

5:07 pm

Bye stidgmere

5:07 pm

Hi jane

HiHarp.

5:08 pm

and yet, red, cu7 is!

I started really early, couldn't sleep stll yuccky sick.

Yes, nrkii, the mysetery of enable.

5:08 pm

i cannot for the life of me figure out the last de4

5:08 pm

i thought about it but my nonviolent tendencies won out pini

5:09 pm

phonetic spelling of letter D + cross

5:09 pm

last de4 is chemical in bug spray

5:09 pm

lawn chemical = de4

5:09 pm

pini did you see my last message about it being sent

5:09 pm

* major sigh of relief then * :)

5:09 pm

no oodle, but i'll check on it while I'm checking on the lex games

5:09 pm

:-)

5:10 pm

My monkeys are really helping. I suggested that their New Year's resolution = improved performance here

5:10 pm

yes ma'am sorry ma'am won't happen again ma'am

5:10 pm

The de4/5 word is a te4/5 word reversed oodleberry

5:10 pm

hi Min

5:10 pm

brb got to turn up heat and get some jack

5:11 pm

Hello Scrabbler & all other babblers. Just checking in.

whoo hoo, down to 45.

5:11 pm

Uno for me

5:11 pm

go red!

5:11 pm

crimeny Ithought that was one of the first words I got now the one after that

5:11 pm

git'r dun, red!

5:11 pm

8 for me... how's that pasta scrabs?

5:12 pm

Go Scrabbler go!

5:12 pm

git'r dun, scrabs!

hi all and Go Scrabbler!

5:12 pm

git'r dun, nrkii!

your turn je

5:12 pm

I shall check on it, N, TY for the reminder. <---bonus points for use of re word

See!! I knew you guys would finish first...and you are chatting and clueing... ARG

5:13 pm

Hi Book Doctor Gwen!How are you? Happy New Year!

5:13 pm

some of us aren't done yet! :)

5:13 pm

3 to go

5:13 pm

Go nrkii go!

I am so not near done. I need to go get the dang list.

5:13 pm

Hello Good Enough!How are you? Welcome to the grid

5:13 pm

hello all

Hi Sprite. Whoo Hoo 44 left.

5:14 pm

hi sprite

5:14 pm

back

5:14 pm

hi sprite

5:14 pm

how many pini?

5:14 pm

happy newyear to those I haven't wished so earlier

5:14 pm

Done. Last word is made-up

5:14 pm

59

5:14 pm

Hello everyone

Hey Min! Im down to 7 but im having trouble focusing

5:14 pm

hi back, BR ;)

5:14 pm

1st de5 22 please

5:14 pm

yay scrabs!

5:14 pm

hi BR

5:14 pm

hi babblerabble

go je

5:15 pm

Hi sprite

5:15 pm

you are brightly colored today!

5:15 pm

okay, I need a nudge on the two EX words

5:15 pm

hey BabbleRabble, glad to see you. May this year bring you some balance and pleasure, and lots of love.

5:15 pm

Last word = di4/8

5:15 pm

hi br

5:15 pm

Hi again, BR

One is like Barbados, or tahiti, an Ex**** location.

THe other one has been clued a lot but I dont get it.

5:15 pm

ty red, got the first one

5:16 pm

fireworks scrab?

5:16 pm

ty red

5:16 pm

ex + not even: **d + anabolic ster**d

5:16 pm

Hello BabbleRabble!How are you? Welcome to the grid

5:16 pm

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

5:16 pm

thanks babblerabble!

5:16 pm

ex6/36 #1 = ex + vowel + ..oh, what BR just sa4!

5:16 pm

that does it for me

5:17 pm

yahoo nerky!

wtg nrkii !!1 ~~~ !!!

5:17 pm

ty BR

5:17 pm

*smiles at Minver* Your enthusiastic greetings are always heartwarming

ahhhh. thanks BR!

43 left...

5:17 pm

whoo hoo nrkii

5:17 pm

hi book

5:17 pm

wtg nrkii

5:17 pm

1st de5 22 please

5:17 pm

took me too long to open the stupid list, or I might have had a chance scrabs

5:17 pm

Congratulations Scrabbler on fireworks!Good for you

5:17 pm

:)

5:18 pm

wtg Scrabs

5:18 pm

whoo hoo scrabs

5:18 pm

Congratulations nrkii on your fireworks!Good for you

5:18 pm

first one is to remove gender, oodle

5:18 pm

de5/22 = remove gender

5:18 pm

or to remove fornication

5:18 pm

oh, snap, nrkii! ^5

oh, and wtg SCrabbler !!! ~~~ !!!

5:18 pm

ty ty

5:18 pm

ouch

5:18 pm

Thanks, sprite. May we all excel in the craft of life.

5:18 pm

I have to vote against that, nrkii

5:19 pm

if we don't, BabbleRabble, at least it is not for lack of trying.

5:19 pm

wooohooo i only have 275 more words to go yahooooeeeeee

5:19 pm

hey, I didn't put that word there!

5:19 pm

go oodle go

5:19 pm

I am with you sprite!

5:19 pm

ok bbye

5:19 pm

you're one I can always count on, jmc ;)

5:19 pm

Incremental improvements are welcome

5:19 pm

BabbleRabble, it's good to see you. I haven't seen you here in a while, but that is probably more due to my crazy schedule than anything

5:20 pm

i am predictable! :-)

5:20 pm

jmc dear why do you want me to leave??? hmmm????

5:20 pm

OK, pasta should be done. Off to have dinner, then turn into a zombie in front of the TV

i haven't seen br either, but i am glad to see him now.

5:20 pm

;-)

5:20 pm

*runnig after oodle with a fish*

5:20 pm

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the log

5:20 pm

enjoy, Scrabs.

5:20 pm

bye scrabs

5:20 pm

bye scrabs, have a great night

5:21 pm

ohhh kewel omega 3

5:22 pm

okay the heck with it i am listing even though I am not 1/2 way

5:22 pm

damn, I let my house get much too cold this afternoon, and with the wind howling around this old house, it's now FFFFFREEZING in here

jmc smart...

5:22 pm

good jmc, proof of a free spirit :)

5:22 pm

girls gotta do what a girls gotta do, jmc :)

5:22 pm

how so red??

5:22 pm

put on a hat

5:22 pm

nrkii, silly girl. Get out the blankets, thick socks and warm water bottles fast.

5:23 pm

thx for the recipe, oodle...looks easy enuf ;)

5:23 pm

that's what I do when there is no more oil to heat the apt house

5:23 pm

sprite, first, I turned up the heat :)

5:23 pm

very simple very easy... I put it all in a blender

5:23 pm

ye

well, i'm slogging away now with 39 left and i seem to not allow myself to list.. yet. listing would help...

5:23 pm

i turned up my heat and got some jack -- that will warm me up inthe mean time

5:24 pm

hehehe of course. But how fast is it back to humane temps?

5:24 pm

yw

5:24 pm

I'm actually quite happy, because this year I bought one of those "silly" Edenpure heaters, and it's saving me a ton of money on heat!!!

oodle is right about hats....very helpful...

5:24 pm

so list red -- it's suppose to be fun

5:24 pm

unfortunately, it's up in my bedroom right now...

5:25 pm

red, 39 left... you got 80% without listing... get the list already!

5:25 pm

whats an edenpure heater?

5:25 pm

as a good girl, nrkii, you let hot nights take precedence...

5:25 pm

oodle, how many does your recipe make? can I divide it in 1/2?

soon jmc and nkrii, soon.

5:25 pm

55 to go

5:25 pm

It's an electric heater that supposedly only uses the power of a coffee maker, and it's completely safe -- won't set stuff on fire and burn your house down, your pets can sleep on top of it, etc

5:26 pm

whenever it is cold inside, I stand outside, and feel warmer when I go back in ...

5:26 pm

hi harp

5:26 pm

HI all. 2 to go.

5:26 pm

wow sounds cool nrkii

5:26 pm

go mixi!!!

5:26 pm

go harp!!!

5:26 pm

Go mixi6 go!

5:26 pm

go mix go!

neat, mrkii. very nice that it doesn't set stuff on fire.

5:26 pm

it makes 8 pini

5:26 pm

how brutal on yourself, BabbleRabble

BR, that works for me....

5:26 pm

hi mixi

5:26 pm

jmc, so far, it's been worth the investment... it cost me $400 to buy it, and it's saved me that much in 2 months

35 left. Dinnertime!

jmc your turn

5:27 pm

hi Kaplan

5:27 pm

wow that is a big savings

5:27 pm

bye kap

5:27 pm

sounds like a nifty little device, nrkii ;)

5:27 pm

well, I'm also being better this year about shutting doors and closing off rooms, so some of the saving is just better habits

5:28 pm

but I used about 60% the gas this year that I did last year in December, and the temperature was basically the same

5:28 pm

bye Kaplan!

5:28 pm

I have a timer on my thermostat so that I wake up to and come home to a warm house but it is quite cold the rest of the time

5:28 pm

Maynard G ... been awhile since I last saw a pic of Bob

5:29 pm

Just make sure to leave do5/12 to the PB nrkii when you go into the PB. Other might have to follow suit.

I like it cold!

5:29 pm

Work!

5:29 pm

jmc, when I was working, I would just turn it down when I left, and turn it back up when I came home... the house gets warm quickly

5:29 pm

Yep

5:29 pm

science you are in texas it doesn't get cold

5:29 pm

no problem Min, LOL

5:29 pm

Just make sure to leave do 5/12 to the PB open nrkii when you go into the PB. Other might have to follow.

5:30 pm

Sorry,I made a mistake so I had to repost again nrkii

admitting that its supposed to get down to 30 tonight and I am not so thrilled about it.

5:31 pm

it takes about a 1/2 hour for my radiators to warm my house

5:31 pm

Anyway, the edenpure heater is good because I can heat my bedroom at night and let the rest of the house get cold. Only problem is how cold the hallway is when I step out in the morning.... probably gets down to 50.

5:31 pm

it is 21 already tonight here

5:31 pm

jmc, probably about the same here

5:32 pm

well my luxury i guess

5:32 pm

It was around 20 when I went to play tennis this morning (inside)

5:32 pm

do you call them Rad(rhymes with Brad)iators, or RAYdiators?

5:32 pm

Just took dog out for a walk&I can tell you it's COLD!

5:32 pm

ray

5:32 pm

me too! Silly New Jersey and Pennsylvania people rhyme the first syllable with Brad... so wrong

5:33 pm

okay, time to run, must scrounge up dinner... happy babbling all!

5:33 pm

hmmmm, I've done both. Maybe 'cus I grew up in Penna, and NJ, and now live in NC.

5:33 pm

for the first time in days, bowing out with 61 left. just too tired

5:34 pm

that's okay i stand out because i say aunt=ant

5:34 pm

they radiate heat... I'd say ray

5:34 pm

poor jay

5:34 pm

exactly sprite

5:34 pm

Goodbye nrkii! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

5:34 pm

so right sprite!

5:34 pm

night all!

5:34 pm

night nrkii!

5:34 pm

bye nrkii

5:34 pm

nite nrkii

5:34 pm

sad, isn't it? jmcnrick?

5:34 pm

That's okay Jayk.I gave up on grid with 38 words left

5:35 pm

I say, "them heat things"

5:35 pm

nite Jayk

5:35 pm

no i am sorry you are so tired

5:35 pm

HI everyone. Is there are way to clue the di 7 & 8 for me, please?

5:35 pm

Goodbye Jayk! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

5:35 pm

that would work for me as well, babbleRabble

5:35 pm

i hope you rest up and wake up bright and bushy tailed

5:35 pm

maybe tomorrow, huh?

5:35 pm

di7 you have di7 when you are sick.

5:35 pm

good job BR hi bugs

5:35 pm

sickness(es), Bugsaw

5:35 pm

an illness and one who is infected

5:35 pm

maybe tomorrow

5:36 pm

bye Jayk

5:36 pm

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

5:36 pm

bye sprite et al

5:36 pm

jamc are you leaving6

5:36 pm

cu7? help please?

5:36 pm

bye jayk

5:36 pm

disease

5:36 pm

good, Jayk

arg

5:36 pm

PB Jayk

5:36 pm

dirty doesn't work...

5:37 pm

no i am not leaving oodle

5:37 pm

Hi everyone. I am still confused by the di words. Maybe I should go for a walk instead.

5:37 pm

There's a bed for you&your tired body in the PB Jayk

5:37 pm

wtg jayk! lol

5:37 pm

DAMN! sorry. just illustrates my point--totally unreliable tonight.

5:37 pm

mixi: forced sweetly

5:37 pm

no Y jimra

5:37 pm

pretty: cu** + hi ho **lv*r awayyyyyyyyy

5:37 pm

Bugsaw, see Jayk's helpful post ;)

5:37 pm

OH OH I got it! Thank you

5:37 pm

cu7 - cu5 & 2 vowels like apple p**

5:37 pm

Okay, I am off once again. Might check back in later.

5:38 pm

I still can't see the word but it works! Thank you

5:38 pm

Hello again, all coffeed up and happy

5:38 pm

great, leaving as a laughing stock

5:38 pm

TY BR and Lynxxx

5:38 pm

bye min

5:38 pm

it goes all the way up, Bugsaw

5:38 pm

lol tomorrows another day jayk

5:38 pm

hi lyn! (((hugs)))

5:38 pm

what a cu7 word!

5:38 pm

hi lynxx

5:38 pm

I HOPE tomorrow's another day. this one has me fagged

5:39 pm

don't worry Jayk. It happens to all chatters.

5:39 pm

but you'd think i'd know by now

5:39 pm

ae7? I'm stuck.

5:39 pm

*hands jayk some lavender for her pillow*

5:39 pm

this is a game, Jayk .... no life and death here

5:40 pm

ae7 ae4.4 & the cat *** on the mat

5:40 pm

taking the lavender, and thanks jmc!

Yay! Finished! Off to scrape some dinner together

5:40 pm

ae4/4 + took a se4

5:40 pm

ae**plane + he *** on his chair.

5:40 pm

whoo hoo good!

5:40 pm

Congrats Good Enough!

5:40 pm

congrats, Good Enough

5:40 pm

well done GoodE

5:41 pm

i hate goodenough!

wtg good !!! ~~~ !!!

5:41 pm

*hands jay a valium*

Cngrats Good Enough....

I'll be checking on you later jmc. I'm into this completion thing

5:41 pm

oh my

Jayk, relax.

5:41 pm

aw ayk, it'll get better soon - go and have a break

5:41 pm

nah you don't, Jayk. You will get there. All is well.

I have officially listed with 38 left.... I wanted to get to 30 but alas, I couldnt bear it anymore.

5:42 pm

well i am the wrong horse to bet on good because i don't care

5:42 pm

go red go!

5:42 pm

* What do you call four matadors in quicksand? * Quatro sinko.

5:42 pm

it is good for good enough and bad enough for those who haven't finished

5:42 pm

roflolllll

5:42 pm

that is one of your best BR

5:42 pm

jmc--i think that valium might be what i need! Woke up at 1; woke up a 2; woke up at 4; finally got up at 6, exhausted. bill snores: how to kill him?

5:43 pm

red, who cares ;) As long as you are enjoying yourself

I'm impressed by those that can let go...

5:43 pm

lol oodle

5:43 pm

ty all, my friends. Fireworks.

5:43 pm

no no the valium is for you

yyyaaaaay Minx.

5:43 pm

actually try a benedryl

5:43 pm

earplugs, Jayk. No kidding. They saved many relations.

5:43 pm

whoo hoo mix

5:43 pm

Yay Mixi!!

5:43 pm

congrats, mixi

5:43 pm

good job mixi

turn him n his side...for the snoring , sometimes that helps. though you may have tried this.

ear plugs, two benedryl and go to bed before him!

5:44 pm

i just gave my hubby a shake and he would stop long enough for me to go to sleep

5:44 pm

Oh yeah,RTH, I turn him on his side all thetime--but it occupis HOURS of the night

5:44 pm

sometimes the side doesn't work for me

hello

5:44 pm

hi lady *hug*

JMC you gonna play your turn????

5:44 pm

hi your ladyship

hi infernal!!

Herro

5:44 pm

hi herin happy new year!

Sprite Hug. Hugs all round

I dont know Jayk. maybe the valium....

Happy New Year Fern!

5:45 pm

hang on science

5:45 pm

Try earplugs Jayk, lots here swear by them - special ones you can buy from chemists

5:45 pm

my husband uses a cpap, and now doesn't snore. Of course when the fan seized up and screeched I couldn't sleep. I use those nose strips.

okay hanging pending suspended dropping drooping

5:45 pm

see, lyn agrees :)

5:45 pm

Morning Infernal

Morning. Lynxx what is the temp like in melbourne?

Happy new years too.

5:46 pm

beautiful Infernal, cool! been lots of rain yesterday too

5:46 pm

maybe super glue his lips together?

5:47 pm

ok 305 more to go

Um is it cold though? like Jumper cold?

5:47 pm

I can snore through my nose too.

5:47 pm

go oodle

5:47 pm

that would be unfriendly, BabbleRabble.

5:47 pm

sweater cold but I am in T and enjoying it

5:47 pm

go

5:47 pm

i forgot about the nose strips -- hubby died before their invention -- they seem like worth trying

5:47 pm

i do snore through my nose

cheers I have to go home today.

5:48 pm

science your turn

5:48 pm

ok bbye mixi

5:48 pm

for the first time in my life, I slept with my mouth closed after starting nose strips.

sprite how are you?

5:48 pm

well I am out a here cause apparently mixi wants me to leave(go)

5:49 pm

oodle *smacks oodle with a fish*

5:49 pm

FIrewords finally. All credit goes to Jayk and your encouragement.

5:49 pm

no no no , you can do the puzzle.

My parents dog just got high as a kite on lavander

5:49 pm

whoo hoo bugs

5:49 pm

Congrats Bugs!

5:49 pm

jmc be nice

congrats Bugs....

Yah Bugs

5:50 pm

really herin? how interesting i never heard of that

5:50 pm

or I will cry

5:50 pm

ppppttttttthhhhhhh :-P

5:50 pm

been better, red, but have started on other meds and they seem to be doing their work. Will be a couple more weeks before we really know though. Side effects are bad, one is severe depression. But I guess I can handle a few weeks of depression without doing silly things ;)

Yep. Lavender is a relaxant.

5:50 pm

Anyone here need something clued (or tried to clue) before I head off to visit at the hospital?

5:50 pm

come on Oodle, pull it together

5:50 pm

well done Bugsaw

5:50 pm

becareful or I will hugs you jmc

5:51 pm

hug

well, maybe you won't get that side effect?

5:51 pm

aaaaarrrrggghhhh *runs and hides behind sprite*

5:51 pm

and I know how you feel about hugs pfffffffffffffffffffft

5:52 pm

already have it, alas. But on some days I do have some more feeling in my feet again, and that is hopeful.

hugs sprite

5:52 pm

*broadens shoulders even more and protects jmc*

5:52 pm

*hugs lady right back*

best sedative is watching tv. preferably a crappy tv movie. LOL

5:52 pm

come to babbleland and we will cheer you up sprite!

5:52 pm

*tickles sprite*

5:52 pm

sending more fun and hugs to everyone poof

5:53 pm

bye bugs

5:53 pm

oh yes, jmc, that is one depression killer I use almost daily :D You guys are great.

5:53 pm

first ad 5/12 please

ok je

sending invigorating foot rubs to sprite.

5:53 pm

*gives sprite and jmc a bear hugs and almost squeezes the life out of both*

5:53 pm

bye jmc

first ad 5/12 spanish goodbye

5:54 pm

awww red, that is wonderful. no tickling though!

5:54 pm

HA!!

5:54 pm

*cough cough*

ad*** and goodbye

5:54 pm

lotsa groping around here

5:54 pm

jmc, see you in spanish

gee i just realized i made it to 200 words without a list

5:54 pm

good job TOwl

5:54 pm

okay I don't tickle people who don't like it

*smacks ru's hands*

5:54 pm

way to go TO

5:54 pm

my daddy used to torture me with tickes

5:54 pm

not groping ru

5:55 pm

hi ru and TO

5:55 pm

hi kanga ruru *gropes ruru firmly around the waist*

5:55 pm

when i was struggling with everything with Mother babbleland would make me giggle

5:55 pm

wtg TO!

5:55 pm

ouch jmc, that isn't always funny. I can handle tickling quite well, but NOT under the foot soles....

5:55 pm

ty all for the clue *she sa4 belatedly*

5:55 pm

doesn't it, jmc! Works most days for me too.

jmc - morewords says poxy is not valid. strange that lex took it

5:56 pm

when my son was born i made the house rule that if anyone sa4 "stop" the tickling stopped immediately no arguements

5:56 pm

morewords is not the be all end all science

or should i smack your mind ru :D

i know

5:57 pm

what'd I do?

Ruru the puppy is very cute...what breed?

5:57 pm

golden retriever science

tickling can cause breathing to stop. it's not "just" fun even if the person is laughing, that's a reflex, not a ha ha laugh

RU sooooooooooooooo cute.

5:57 pm

I think that is a good rule. My ex partner once had me in a deadlock and kept tickling my feet and squeezing my aechilles heels... still don't like the memory. Nor does he.

5:57 pm

ru you promised a new puppy pic!

5:57 pm

okay.. coming up

5:58 pm

so true, Gwen

Puppy is very cute

ru: word rampage is broken :(

5:58 pm

my daddy was clueless because he was drunk but it still gives me bad feelings

brb

5:59 pm

I bet, jmc. And being drunk may mean he didn't know, but it doesn't mean he wasn't responsible.

5:59 pm

I mean, it still happened to you

5:59 pm

no he didn't realize -- he meant well when he was tickling

5:59 pm

awww ruru, sweet as sweet!

6:00 pm

* yawn * well that was an unexpected nap

i hate tickling.

6:00 pm

I know TO.. i have checked a couple of times.. there is no way to contact them?

6:00 pm

keyboard depressions in your cheek, Pinik?

6:00 pm

lol pini I still haven't caught up

6:00 pm

no, but woke to dog in lap! :)

6:00 pm

how many, jmc?

6:01 pm

104

6:01 pm

did i tell you i met a dog i actually liked?

6:01 pm

must be off, alas. Bye all, have lots of fun and thanks for making me smile again.

6:01 pm

can you see the new pic?

6:01 pm

bye sprite and come back anytime you need a giggle

6:01 pm

jmc...what were you doing while I napped???

6:01 pm

night sprite ;)

6:02 pm

if i was techie i would say skype me but i am not there yet

Jmc, you woudl liek Teulu, from a distance.

6:02 pm

pini, lemme know how they come out please... I have never done it with wheat flour

6:02 pm

will do, jmc, and yes ruru, he is adorable in that towel as well.

6:02 pm

refreshing

6:02 pm

bye Spritley

6:02 pm

oh, ru...he looks like a little bitty fuzzy wuzzy cuddly teddy bear! :)

6:02 pm

i can ru very sweet!

6:03 pm

this was a toy dachshund of my sisters and I actually got along with him

6:03 pm

will do, oodle! :)

6:03 pm

pini making crepes now

6:03 pm

hi all, its the witching hour here, i thought I would say hello n babble for a bit before resting my weary head. Hope all is well in babbleland

cute little guy

they are cute dogs. very long.

hi Dinok, have not seen you in a bit How are you?

6:04 pm

ty pini

6:04 pm

as5?

6:04 pm

brb have to run a quick errand

6:04 pm

a + to the left or right

6:04 pm

what kind ruru

6:05 pm

ty ru

6:05 pm

golden lab?

6:05 pm

pharmacy for mrs ru...

6:05 pm

hi dinok happy new year!

6:05 pm

ooo the dog.. a golden retriever oodle

6:05 pm

hi red, oodle, ruru, jmc, TO.

6:05 pm

hi dinok

6:05 pm

bb in a bit.....

6:06 pm

ok that's what I thought

6:08 pm

2nd to last do5/12 plz?

de5/22 nest to last pls?

6:09 pm

de5/22 = remove gender

ty pini

6:10 pm

yvw ;)

6:11 pm

oh hi pini n ty for de5

6:11 pm

Hi everyone...can you please tell me if the first ex6 is a fish, and can you please give me a clue? Thanks.

6:11 pm

hi dinok ;)

6:12 pm

I don't have it yet, jee :/

6:12 pm

one is and one isn't jee

ex #1pls?

6:12 pm

thanks pini

6:12 pm

I got the second ex, but I can't figure out the first one.

6:13 pm

same here

6:13 pm

trying to come up with a clue

6:13 pm

oooh, I found the "needlecase" babblet! :)

6:13 pm

TempleOwl is obviously in the same boat as we...:)

6:14 pm

ex6 is a "pural" of a mass migration

congrats Pini! I always feel smug when I find it without a clue. Unfortunately, I needed a clue today.

6:15 pm

like the book in the bible

6:15 pm

thx red...I think out of all the babblets I keep being told are babblets that's just 1 of the 3 or so I actually remember! :)

6:16 pm

hmmm...guessing that I don't know how to pluralize that word

6:16 pm

same here, jee

ty

6:16 pm

like alumnus and alumni

6:17 pm

second cu4/7?

6:17 pm

thanks jmc...finally found it.

6:17 pm

ty jmc

6:17 pm

wtg jee

6:18 pm

jmc, the second cu4/7 is what you did for me.

6:18 pm

cu4/7 = rhymes with brit "lined up"

6:18 pm

Heyas kids ..

oh how cool! New condo in rittenhouse square has car parking machine - stacks cars in spaces and retrieves them!

6:18 pm

hi torg!

6:18 pm

still working on that first ex6

hi again torg, I am still here...

6:18 pm

there was a garage in houston a long time ago that did that

6:18 pm

hi tor :)

hiya tor!

6:18 pm

parks 'em for ya?

6:18 pm

pini, it ends in 2 vowels

think of tahiti and other Ex**** places.

6:19 pm

you mean like electronic valet?

6:19 pm

that is the second one red

there are some places in DC, mostly Georgetown that do that too...

6:19 pm

kind of like first two letters of pigs noise

oooh sorry, I am bowing out of clueing the second one, its a mess.

i have never seen that

6:20 pm

or exactly like first two letters of pigs noise

6:20 pm

danke...got it! :)

I think it's neat for a residential place, not wasting any space!

6:20 pm

they are looking for the first one

6:20 pm

de5 after the not living?

6:21 pm

brb - going to warm up salad (pasta)

6:21 pm

Is that you JeeWhiz? you do look so happy!

6:21 pm

Plural of the not living...

6:21 pm

hey babblers, wonder ifyou could help me with my last 2 pls...

6:21 pm

hb pini

6:21 pm

first 4 letters of book of Bible + quoth the Tin Man: **l can, **l can!

maybe Gort would love to...

6:22 pm

lol une!

6:22 pm

hi Gort - HNY

6:22 pm

hi and happy new year

6:22 pm

:-D

6:22 pm

that's me lynxx....I am sure I was very happy. :)

6:22 pm

hi gort happy new year

6:22 pm

do6/21 and 1st re6/18 pls

6:22 pm

to you as well :-)

fireworks!

6:22 pm

and a jolly happy new year to you as well

6:23 pm

congrats, TO!

6:23 pm

do6.21 the person who signs for a cheque is an endo*****

6:23 pm

well done temp

congrats TO!

6:23 pm

Congrats Une!

6:23 pm

whooo hoooo TO!

6:23 pm

re6.18 got up again

6:23 pm

thanks lyn, you make it seem so easy :)

Congrats TO!

6:24 pm

Congrates une, TO

6:24 pm

Hi, back again for my last 49

6:24 pm

its always easy once you finish Gort

6:24 pm

hi wht

6:24 pm

and again, thanks lyn and fireworks

6:24 pm

*Congrats even

uh oh no good moveis tonight i may be forced to clean or something.

6:24 pm

hi Dinok!

6:24 pm

whoo hooo gort!

ooh, picasso show coming to art museum in february!

6:24 pm

Congrats Gort!

How ya doin jmc? No pressure - I remember, its just for fun!

6:24 pm

what? no, haven't finished . . .

6:25 pm

thanks jmc

6:25 pm

sign up for netflixs and then you can watch movies on your computer whenever you want TO

6:25 pm

congrats gort

6:25 pm

lol 95 left good

6:25 pm

dies irae is a phantom

Finally finished off the O's

good going Gort!

6:25 pm

thanks dinok, how's yr progress?

6:25 pm

pb oodle

6:25 pm

but I don,t think that is a regular word

6:26 pm

thanks red, tell me more about this netfix business jmc

6:26 pm

oh not much but I am only dippin in for few minutes and for the company

6:26 pm

I find I can chat or babble, but not both!

can someone tell me about the movies "9" and "All about Steve"?

6:27 pm

i know what u mean, din, the great advantage of being a woman is that you're supposed to be able to multitask, but i can't even duotask

6:27 pm

so the thing about netflix where they send you a movie whenever you send back the last one for a 10/month subscription also allows a certain number (I don't know how many as I have never maxed it out) to watch on line

6:28 pm

de5 after the not living one?

6:28 pm

I want to watch 9 --- all about steve is suppose to be a romatic romp

6:28 pm

so presumably they don't send to rural australia?

6:28 pm

pl shirl

6:28 pm

LOL gort, mere man here so no chance

6:28 pm

prbably not gort but maybe you can subscrib to the on line movies

6:28 pm

purty pls

6:28 pm

de5 take the 'oxygen' out of the tyre

6:29 pm

still, perhaps you can reverse park with ease, din?

6:29 pm

clued it shirl at 6:28

6:29 pm

o lord, another easy one, thx lynxxx

dease

opps

6:30 pm

that always reminds me about the joke 'why are women such bad drivers?'

6:30 pm

add another syllable herin

6:30 pm

cack

6:30 pm

er ... back

Sorry about that

6:30 pm

*cackles*

I can reverse park well. My friend taught me this technique and it seems to work. position the car correctly, with the passenger window by the back window of the car, then three turns to the right and three turns tothe left. pretty much always works.

6:31 pm

* giggle *

what is reverse park? parallel park?

6:32 pm

SO can my wife, but we have reverse parking sensors on our car, so guess that doesnt count

6:32 pm

no Temple Owl - head to tail

?

6:33 pm

parallel park from the front i think

yes, TO its paralell parking, what we in the states call paralell parking.

oh, maybe i can retn "Up"! that would be fun

6:34 pm

i want to see Up!

6:34 pm

okay taking a break

Man, with the list I am sad to admit I missed a lot of plurals.

6:34 pm

bbl

6:34 pm

I hate when that happens ..

6:34 pm

Wow, totally different here. Parrallel parking is parking at 90 degrees to road.

6:35 pm

i think we call it reverse parking in oz, cos at no point is anyone parallel to anything - being antipodean sends blood pounding to the brain and we don't know which way is up half the time

unless I am confused, its hard to describe. 90 degrees to the road/

6:35 pm

Hi tor, what happens?

6:35 pm

here, it's parking parallel to the curb

?

6:36 pm

whatever way you do it, of course, parallel parking is ALWAYS impossible :)

6:36 pm

What red did ..

But you know it seems we rarely have to paralell park.

6:36 pm

oh, dinok, what makes women bad drivers?

6:36 pm

hi NB

6:36 pm

Cos men keep telling them what six inches looks like

6:37 pm

I do it when I go to work (parallel slots are the best parking for my office) ;)

6:37 pm

teeheehee din

6:37 pm

too bad I'm usually later than the other employees who have figured that out!

6:38 pm

look, there's nothing wrong with driving an extra hour to a different county to avoid a reverse park situation

6:38 pm

I'm off - Bye all, have a good evening or day

6:38 pm

Parallel parking is one of those things that is a vital skill in a city.

6:38 pm

night lynxxx!

6:38 pm

toodle pip lyn, thanks again

6:38 pm

goo dnight lyn

6:38 pm

help w/the first 3 io words please

6:39 pm

Nothing at all, gortmold...parking at all is awful. The dreaded reverse park kept my driving license from me THREE times

6:39 pm

Maybe that's why people move to the suburbs. So they don't have to parallel park.

6:39 pm

bye lynx

NANNNNCY

6:39 pm

jeff, io6 = io + calendar reference

6:39 pm

parallel parking only type of parking allowed on public streets here in Virginia.

6:39 pm

HERINNNN :D finally caught you!

6:39 pm

Hey NB!!

6:39 pm

Hello, i think the internet is working again.

6:39 pm

yeah, when i rule the world, parking will be banned and we'll all get about on hovercraft

6:39 pm

then various endings for the next 2

6:40 pm

hi dc!

6:40 pm

hi, pini, gort, nancy, herin, dinok, wht, etal

Yep now you got me what you doing with me?

6:40 pm

hi all, am back to finish this one.. HNY to those who weren't on earlier

6:40 pm

ty

6:40 pm

heya siean who rhymes with wayne

6:41 pm

Hi Aloy

6:41 pm

hi, aloy

6:41 pm

hi dcs

6:41 pm

Hi, Seain :) been having problems myself - finally back after fixing my keyboard.

Oh Man, ALoy I am still here. 6 left. then maybe bed.

6:41 pm

I dunno Herin. Talk you to death? ;) how are you?

6:41 pm

evening, red

6:41 pm

wow, red.. yay for your persistence

Good how was your NYE?

6:42 pm

ok gotta go and do foul money/paper/tax things, cheerio

6:42 pm

have fun, gort

6:42 pm

Well, I must bid ye all goodnite. HNY to you all and may 2010 brings amazing grids to babbleland. *poof*

In between I had to attend to the darn dog. and nap. and go get more cold medicine.

6:43 pm

be well, dinok

6:43 pm

sorry the cold virus has attacked you, red.. hopefully you will be immune to that one from now on

6:43 pm

my sympathies, red -- have been battling it for over a week now . . . ugh

6:44 pm

stats for the U, pls?

6:44 pm

just got firewords...woohoot. hopefully my icon comes up as well...

6:44 pm

Yay diz!

I am getting a bit worried about not getting better....missed 1 and 1/3 days of work so far...

6:44 pm

yay, grannie!!!

Congrats Diz!!!

6:44 pm

ut4/5

6:44 pm

thanx Pini your help with the icon was great!!!

6:44 pm

congrats to diz, wtg!!!

6:44 pm

cangrats, dizgrannie

6:45 pm

ty all

6:45 pm

hiya diz!!! congrats on FW...and your icon is great!

6:45 pm

(you're welcome) ;)

6:45 pm

ut + ** the world turns

6:45 pm

hi une ;)

6:46 pm

hey, pini :-)

6:46 pm

UGH slow computer, sorry. My new years was GREAT thanks Herin :D am still finding the photos. Oh god, oh god...

6:46 pm

just got 'er dun :-)

6:46 pm

YAY diz! hello all -- just poking my nose in to see how Pini's week went?

6:46 pm

hi stidmama!

6:46 pm

hey, stiddy!

hi stid.

6:46 pm

very quiet, stid...except the boss keep emailing me! :(

6:46 pm

I have to go to the office tomorrow :(

6:47 pm

had a great day with gdau! :)

6:47 pm

that's a bummer, pini. it all piled up on you? lovely that you had a fun time. I was thinking about you!

6:48 pm

i accidentally made a sweet and sour tomato sauce with my pasta tonight.

6:48 pm

aw, how old is she, Pini? My gdau left today.. 27 mos old and constantly on the go

6:48 pm

the house is sooo quiet now

6:48 pm

oh oh, gotta go. stidkid needs his dress pants. we need to be at his friend's church in 45 minutes! *sigh* *poof*

6:48 pm

not piled up really, she just can't do things for herself...which means that for every day she sends an email and I respond, means one less day of vacation I'm going to claim! :)

6:48 pm

she's 9, Aloy :)

6:49 pm

hb stid ;)

6:49 pm

(and have fun)

6:49 pm

nice, Pini!

6:49 pm

is that a good or bad thing, dc?

6:49 pm

it' tured out fine, pini, it was just surprising

6:50 pm

we had lunch with my PiniKidB and then went to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks, the sqeakquel" :)

6:50 pm

accidental creations that can be recreated, dc, can be really good!

6:51 pm

* and I've apparently killed the chog *

6:51 pm

this one will have limited recreatability, as i made it with some of the magnum of sweet table red we have on hand. And i don't usually keep sweet reds around.

6:52 pm

still, dc...if you ever do, you have something new you can make with it :)

6:52 pm

that's true

hello seain

6:52 pm

chipmunk song now cycling in my head

6:53 pm

good evening, TO

has anone seen "The Hangover"? looking for a movie to rent

6:54 pm

i have not, TO

6:54 pm

aloy...we ended up with Beyonce's song, "All the Single Ladies" for a good portion of the day!

6:54 pm

not me, TO

6:54 pm

have vague memories of dancing to that on new years eve pini...!

Well Fireworks, and shock that Te 5 the name odf a large state, is a word?

i think 5 bucks is outrageious to rent on demand

6:55 pm

wtg red!

yay red!

6:55 pm

* giggle * NB!

6:55 pm

luckily we leave that mess in LAST year ;)

6:55 pm

congrats, red

Ok until tomorro. thanks all good night,

6:56 pm

night red! :)

6:56 pm

yay, red, congrats on fireworks!!!

6:57 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the second re6,21? I have say again and plant again.

6:57 pm

Night red

6:57 pm

be shown to place in theatre again

6:58 pm

I have that, dcs. I need the one after that.

6:58 pm

re6/21 = sounds like a town in California (re + 2/3 of 3-ltr ocean + **y v night)

ok folks see you all tomorrow and happy babbling

6:59 pm

by TO.

6:59 pm

night TO! :)

6:59 pm

ty Pini.

6:59 pm

yw wht ;)

7:00 pm

g'night TO

7:00 pm

anyone have the oc 5 and the oc6?

7:00 pm

bye, TO

7:00 pm

I don't :(

7:00 pm

something with eight sides?

7:01 pm

oc + baby frog ***pole

7:01 pm

oc + just a *** will do ya

7:01 pm

hi kje!

7:01 pm

danke ;)

7:01 pm

ooh, wht.. like your clue

7:01 pm

ahuy aloy!

7:01 pm

re 6,21 the first one please/

7:02 pm

back for my last 45... as I eat my turket sandwich and black-eyed pea salsa

7:02 pm

re + spoke

7:02 pm

ty... got it.... but just for the record... it is: "just a dab will do ya"... it was an old Brylcream advertisement, I think.

7:02 pm

yes, that sounds better mom2

7:02 pm

ae7?

7:03 pm

only if you dare

7:03 pm

TY Pini. 3 to go, and all are RE's ...killing me

7:03 pm

ae7 = ae4 + I *** at the table earlier

7:03 pm

(took a chair)

7:03 pm

How about re 6,18 the last one?

7:04 pm

ty pini

7:04 pm

uses the eyeballs again, elliott

7:05 pm

Or the yummy peanut butter and chocolate candy!

7:05 pm

Thanks!

7:05 pm

cu7?

7:06 pm

2 to go and I am not ashamed to just aks for clues now. Been at it all day.

7:06 pm

extend the cu5 before it

7:07 pm

cu7 often goes with the word "pie"

7:07 pm

(kje, add a 2-ltr Y)

7:07 pm

can a body get a clue for di8/50, please?

7:07 pm

I thought that was cuie pie

7:07 pm

cutie poie

7:07 pm

cutie pie - sheesh

7:07 pm

hello all

7:08 pm

hi aslindy

7:08 pm

but TY, yes, I got it, great clue

7:08 pm

ok, so maybe it is a variation, kje

7:08 pm

sickly, bojazz

7:08 pm

di8 means sick

7:09 pm

past tense of the di7/32... sickness

7:09 pm

thx dc

7:09 pm

should've seen that one - duh!

7:10 pm

re 5/12 the last re word? TY

7:10 pm

put grass down again

7:11 pm

lay down grass gaain, elliot

7:11 pm

thx Pinikula

7:12 pm

Fireworks! thankyou very much Dc and all. long puzzle for me today!

7:12 pm

bo, you're pro! where's your icon? ;)

7:12 pm

wtg elliott

7:12 pm

congrats elliott

7:12 pm

woohoo elliott!

7:12 pm

yahoo for elliott!!!

7:12 pm

haven't figured that out - how to do

7:12 pm

are you MAC or PC?

7:13 pm

thanks so much! See you all tomorrow.

7:13 pm

pc

7:13 pm

Yay elliott!

7:13 pm

I have some instructions if you want to email me (addy in profile)

7:13 pm

congrats and good night, elliott

7:13 pm

bbs, break time

7:14 pm

hb aloy

7:14 pm

ae7/28 please

7:14 pm

airs

7:14 pm

ae4 + took a chair

7:15 pm

thx pinkula

7:15 pm

yw ;)

7:16 pm

email on the way Pini

7:16 pm

ok, bo... ;)

7:16 pm

* checking email *

7:18 pm

email on it's way back, bo! :)

7:18 pm

let me know if you run into any problems :)

7:19 pm

Down to my last 6 t's

7:19 pm

git'r dun, wht! :)

7:21 pm

there may be problems - this modern machinery can whip my a** - easily- thax for effort

7:21 pm

ta5/22?

ae 7 = ae4/4 plus did not stand up

7:21 pm

no worries, bo...if you need it broken down even more, I'd be happy to do so ;)

7:21 pm

ta5 to death by the gov't trying to bleed turnips

ta 5/22 when you are too tired

7:22 pm

oy...thx dc ;)

7:22 pm

and geek

7:22 pm

first ex6?

7:22 pm

(mind that my clue does not reflect my actual opinion, but i thought it made the point)

7:23 pm

ex + 3/4 "smell" + "eye"

7:23 pm

who knew there was a plural for the 2'nd largest state in the USA?

7:23 pm

pl. of 2nd book in the bible ..

7:24 pm

(or pl a mass departure?)

7:24 pm

none of us did, wht!

7:24 pm

ty!

7:24 pm

2nd se6/21?

7:25 pm

thx dc - missed another one I should've seen...

KJE those blackeyed pea/beans look delicious! Made mine just before midnight!

7:25 pm

10

7:25 pm

i want to be se6, in the present, pini

7:25 pm

hi science - I ended up making black-eyed pea salsa instead

7:25 pm

that's the first, dc

7:26 pm

5

7:26 pm

git'r dun, kje :)

7:27 pm

ah, there's one between mine then :)

7:27 pm

3

7:27 pm

trying pinikula pinikula pinikula

7:27 pm

fireworks

7:27 pm

oooh, found it!

7:27 pm

congrats, wht

7:27 pm

wht - not many i would guess including me

7:27 pm

the se6/21 (2nd) = se + calendar reference

7:27 pm

congrats wht!!

7:27 pm

wtg wht! :)

7:27 pm

WTG wht!

7:28 pm

which is precisely what i clued then, pini :)

7:28 pm

it is, dc???

7:28 pm

I guess I used the wrong word to fill in the blank...(apparently they both work)

7:29 pm

uno

7:29 pm

you go, girl!

7:29 pm

thx Pinikula for the se6/21

7:29 pm

24 to go...gotta run a quick errand...brb

7:29 pm

yw bo

7:29 pm

and done............yay

7:30 pm

wtg kje

7:30 pm

congrats, kje

7:30 pm

Yay K!!

7:30 pm

ty ty ty for the help

7:30 pm

yahoo, wahoo, congrats to kje!!

7:30 pm

now I need a salsa refill - brb

7:30 pm

congrats kje

7:31 pm

only 96 left, but don't think i'll make it - my son wants to go put a dent in the beer supply

7:34 pm

sometimes I think beer is the only way to see the weird words in the grid. :^)

7:35 pm

congrats to you, wht.. (-:

7:35 pm

I am drinking a "between the sheets"

7:35 pm

sipping champagne here (-;

7:36 pm

can you explain "betwwen the sheets" for us less educated folks?

7:36 pm

new year's resolution.... to drink my way through the Williams-Sonoma Bar Guide

7:37 pm

um, what is "between the sheets"?

7:37 pm

brandy, rum, triple sec, lemon juice, simple syrup

7:37 pm

LOL - risque question there aloy

7:37 pm

sounds great! care to share???

7:38 pm

wowzer, kje!

7:39 pm

3 parts brandy to one of rum, triple sec, lemon juice, and 1.5 of simple syrup - easy and quite tasty - shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass

7:39 pm

there are more than 400 in here - so will need to just taste some

7:39 pm

OK! ty for the recipe!

7:39 pm

E njoy your libations. Catch you all later.

The Ramones- I wanna be se*****---I am not getting the second book of the bible and plural- I have the book, not the plural.

7:40 pm

Or enjoy

7:40 pm

ciao for now, wht..

7:40 pm

i decided to make resoultions this year that are fun to keep

7:40 pm

g'night, wht

7:40 pm

It is a Greek plural

7:40 pm

kaplan, time of moses with greek plural

7:40 pm

love that idea, kje!

monkeying the plural

7:41 pm

another is to finally plant my herb garden

7:41 pm

there's a guide to plurals in my profile

7:41 pm

BRRRRR

7:41 pm

cold, weed?

7:41 pm

or cold weed?

7:42 pm

tossing blanket to featherbee..

7:42 pm

it's very cold here

7:42 pm

congrats, weed! great bingo to end that game!

7:42 pm

poor doggie was fooling around a bit too long outside, came in shivering. we wrapped her in 2 blankets to help her.

7:42 pm

so it muste be frigid where feather is

You have schadenfreude pie in your profile!

7:42 pm

yes :) everyone should eat some

7:42 pm

oc 5/14 please

7:42 pm

thank you! i'm proud of it, it took some major shuffling and thinking.

7:43 pm

set of 8, tijani

oc and a baby frog is a ***pole

7:43 pm

The oc5/14 is oc plus a ***pole turns into a frog tijani

7:43 pm

well, sorry to make you think, but it paid off

7:43 pm

it's 8 degrees F out there, wind chill of -7

7:43 pm

hi minver!

7:43 pm

thx min

7:44 pm

Hello babblers! Checking in again for umpteenth time

7:44 pm

hah, warmer here! 14 - but chill is -7

7:44 pm

yw

Where are you featherbee? 'Cause I'm not going there!

7:44 pm

oops, i reversed it. 7 out, wind chill of -8.

7:44 pm

lol, i'm near binghamton ny

7:45 pm

bye, Babblers.. supper bell ringing here. See you next grid!

7:45 pm

dirty jobs marathon tonight, whee!

7:45 pm

bye aloy - bon appetit

7:45 pm

Goodbye Aloyisius!I will see you tomorrow in the chog

7:45 pm

left earlier with 106 left. time to get cracking.

7:45 pm

be well, aloy

Upstate NY has intense winters

7:45 pm

anyone see Up in the Air?

dc - just got the recipe yummy!

7:46 pm

nope

7:46 pm

:) hope you enjoy, geek

a pie worth making! how about with a chocolate crust????

7:46 pm

you know you're a babbler when your phantom word is "teiid"

lol feather

tis true

or teind

7:47 pm

I have heard mixed reviews about the movie so I am up in the air on whether or not I want to see it kje.

7:47 pm

indeed, feather

7:48 pm

i don't see why a chocolate crumb crust shouldn't be used

7:48 pm

I enjoyed it... interesting storyline

7:48 pm

as5/12 please

7:48 pm

different than what you may think... but def not a feel good movie

7:48 pm

set as5 for later

7:49 pm

OK, I need a famous person's name whose first and last name both start with M... anyone?

7:49 pm

ths dc

7:49 pm

marilyn monroe

7:49 pm

marilyn monroe

7:49 pm

Mary Tyler Moore

7:49 pm

cheater.

7:49 pm

LOL - yep

7:49 pm

mickey mantle

7:49 pm

marilyn manson

7:49 pm

oooooo - MTM! thanks

7:49 pm

mickey mouse

7:49 pm

That as 5/12 word is a plus that si 4/5 word tijani.

7:49 pm

I was going to use mickey mouse

7:50 pm

Michael Moore

7:50 pm

hmm, does that count? there's a T there

7:50 pm

snap weed! scary

7:50 pm

yes it counts, di7!

7:50 pm

Minnie Mous

7:50 pm

*mouse

7:50 pm

michael moorecock ( or is it morecock or somesuch)

7:50 pm

lol

7:50 pm

minnie moose - I like it

7:51 pm

back

7:51 pm

am I done yet?

7:51 pm

Mickey Mantle

7:51 pm

the first co 5/22 please

7:52 pm

ok, since she's cheating, i will too. any names that start with N for first and last names? i could think of a lot more M names than N!

7:52 pm

nm

7:52 pm

add vowel to co5 before it

7:52 pm

er co4 before it

7:53 pm

Naomi Novik

7:53 pm

nicolas nickerby

7:53 pm

nicholas nickleby

7:53 pm

hmm. not sure who either of those are.

7:54 pm

google is your friend

7:54 pm

"bing" is my friend ;)

7:54 pm

nick nolte

7:54 pm

cu7/36 please

7:54 pm

what the heck is bing. i truly have no clue.

7:54 pm

Isn't Nicholas Nickelby a character in a book kje?

7:54 pm

oh, nick nolte! good one.

7:55 pm

yesmin, but I can't remember the author

7:55 pm

cu7 = add 2 vowels to the cu5 before it

7:55 pm

hi folks (first/last name same letter?)

7:55 pm

yep welki. kje and i are naming our scrabble games that way.

7:55 pm

Charles Dickens wrote Nicholas Nickelby.I googled it.

7:56 pm

we have now been through the alphabet about 100 times i think ; )

7:56 pm

dang, i was going to ring out with Noel Neill :)

7:56 pm

purt near

7:56 pm

ty min

7:56 pm

yw

7:56 pm

purt near???? and where did you say you were from?????

7:57 pm

OK, my opening bingo is done, weed

7:57 pm

crap crap crap crap. brb.

7:57 pm

* giggle *

7:57 pm

hmmm .. that would be my "oh crap the cat's puking' refrain

7:57 pm

crap begins with a c, not an n

7:58 pm

that was just mean. she lied.

7:58 pm

LOL

7:58 pm

brat.

7:58 pm

did it get your heart beating a bit? LOLOL

7:58 pm

oh wait. that means she DIDN'T have a bingo though! so good. so there.

7:58 pm

no bingo?

7:58 pm

nope, but tested my patience resolve.

7:58 pm

i dont get the clue pinkula

7:58 pm

;)

7:58 pm

weed has resolved to be more patient.... I am helping her practice.... I am such a good friend

7:59 pm

* snicker * don't you hat it when that happens?

7:59 pm

*unspellable sound*

7:59 pm

LOLOL!!!

7:59 pm

I heard that

7:59 pm

I forgot what I clued, tij?

7:59 pm

ok, off to do dishes, catch yu all later

8:00 pm

later brat!

8:00 pm

cu 7/44 is cu 5/14 which is plural of cu4/6 + 2 vowels

8:00 pm

Goodbye kje!I will see you later in the chat log maybe

8:01 pm

at the end of the cu5/14

8:01 pm

hi min ;)

8:01 pm

Hi Pinikula! How are you? Congrats on finishing early!

8:01 pm

same ending as cut** p** (sweet**)

I have too many left- 28-

8:02 pm

finishing? not quite there yet, min ;)

8:02 pm

Yes tijani, cu7/44 word is cu5/14 plus 2 more vowels

8:02 pm

I have 21

8:02 pm

thx

8:02 pm

I thought I read you were done.I am not done either.

8:02 pm

yw

8:02 pm

ok, 100 left. seems as good a time to get the list as any.

8:03 pm

git'r dun, weed! :)

8:03 pm

I have 38 more words, but I gave up on grid at 10:50

8:03 pm

the cat has learned to throw the mousie by flicking her neck

8:03 pm

real or fake, dc?

8:03 pm

giving up so close to the end, min?

8:03 pm

I am doing what I did yesterday, cluing words I don't have on my list yet. Have no desire to finishi this one

8:04 pm

fake. today it's one of the pink ones

8:04 pm

* sigh of relief * dc... ;)

8:04 pm

gotcha, min...

8:04 pm

have a clue for the ro7? (flower)

8:04 pm

nm...got it

8:04 pm

ro 7/28 word is ro 4/4 plus past tense of eat Pinikula

8:05 pm

;)

8:07 pm

cu7 please?

8:08 pm

cu 7/44 is cu 5/14 plus two more vowels featherbee.

8:08 pm

add cut** p** (sweet**) to the cu5 before it

8:08 pm

extend the cu5

8:08 pm

both de 5/22 please

8:08 pm

ah, ty

8:08 pm

de5 = remove gender

8:08 pm

de5 = remove drugs

8:09 pm

de 5/22 is de plus gender and other is d alcoholics go to de*** tijani.

8:09 pm

de 5/22 is de + gender and other one is alcoholics go to de*** tijani.

8:09 pm

got the drugs one

The ir6 that doesn't have to do with the flower or an eye??

8:10 pm

a boardwalk is often found by the se7

8:10 pm

extend ir4

8:10 pm

The other de 5/22 word is de plus fornification tijani

8:10 pm

ir + **dentification

8:11 pm

got it

8:11 pm

well, shoot...try IR + **entification (ir4)

ro5 in the middle- not the flower>

8:12 pm

(then 2 various pl endings)

8:12 pm

PINI_ Are you still here???

8:12 pm

Did you fireworks?

8:12 pm

ro4, 5 = rhymes with "not polite"

8:13 pm

I was gone and came back, dr!

8:13 pm

not yet...7 to finish

8:13 pm

ro5.12 = church screens. (They sound impolite.)

8:13 pm

good for you!

8:13 pm

Hello all.

This is exactly where I have gotten the last few nights - down to 20 or even 10 and I say screw it- I'm going to bed!

8:13 pm

hi, jac. that's the same icon i chose for 8th day

8:13 pm

oh, kappy...you can do it!!!

8:14 pm

hi jac ;)

8:14 pm

2nd di 5,14 please

8:14 pm

di + long poem

8:14 pm

a healthy di4 maintains weight

8:14 pm

2nd to last do5/12 plz/thx?

Oh yeah, I had the singular ro. I know I can do it--theoretically.

8:14 pm

do'h 5, not a 4 :)

8:15 pm

nm...got it ;)

8:15 pm

Pini - do5/12 = measures of medicine.

8:16 pm

yep...feeling a little dumb now, jac...that I didn't see it before ;)

8:16 pm

Go Pinikula go!

8:16 pm

the grid would go faster for me if i didn't keep stopping to watch tv

8:16 pm

ae7--- does it come from the ae4?

8:16 pm

yes, dr

8:17 pm

ok thanks DC

8:17 pm

Pini - I often pick up silly plurals and verb forms towards the end of the grid. Happens to us all.

8:17 pm

ae4 + took a chair

8:17 pm

ae7 = ae4 + didn't stand.

8:17 pm

phantom: idiot

8:17 pm

(how appropriate for me at this point)

8:17 pm

ty Pini- I was close.. tried to make it an 8 with a chair

8:17 pm

hi everyone!

8:17 pm

hi lbd

8:17 pm

Hi lbd.

8:17 pm

Hi Dawger!

8:18 pm

yw DR

8:18 pm

Hello lbdawger! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

8:18 pm

thanks found it

8:18 pm

ea

8:18 pm

6

8:18 pm

hi Pini, Jac, DR, Min! how's everyone tonight?

My bad is calling me- I'm bailing, guys. I liked this grid today.

8:18 pm

well thanks, dawg, and you?

8:18 pm

g'night kappy!

8:18 pm

be well, kaplan

8:18 pm

night, Kap

8:18 pm

Freezing my arse off lbdawger, other than that good

I mean my bed is calling me. To sleep.

8:19 pm

gnight Kaplan

See you all on the morrow!

8:19 pm

i gotta cold in my nose! Hi DC! how's Tom doing?

8:19 pm

Adios Kaplan the Magne! I'll see you tomorrow maybe.

8:19 pm

very well, dawg. he's back to full duty at work as of yesterday. he's due into work at 23

8:20 pm

di7 help please?

8:20 pm

I'm a little drained, havng been on MSN with a friend who has the son from Hell, and he's being Hellish again tonight. Think of all the awful things a teenaged boy can do and he's doing/done them. Tonight, in freezing temperatures and with no place to shelter, he is holding his younger brother 'hostage'.

8:20 pm

alcoholism is a di7

8:20 pm

sickly, feather

8:20 pm

di7, nasty bugs or habits that make you sick,

8:20 pm

ty

8:20 pm

The da 4/5 is January 3, 2010.Here's my second clue paragraph for the year. Spent Christmas in Vermont with my family. I never like the long ri 4/5 up there, but it is worth it in the end. Niece and nephew were so cu 4/6 with their exci4/5ment for Santa to come with his 8 reinde4/5. Now that the holidays are over I must go on a di 4/5. Pretty soon I won't be able to fit through the do4/5. As much as I ad 5/12 X-Mas, I am glad it is over. I did get a do 4/5 of reality today when hubby reminded me I have work in two days. It will be very hard for me to ri4/4 early in the morning and ea 4/4 back into the swing of things on Monday. I have an id 4/5 to call in sick on Monday.I would not give one io4/4 what my boss would think of that.But sometimes my id5/12 are not so good&I do the right thing instead. Well I have sa 4/5 all that I wanted to say at this time. I hope some of you got some cu 4/6.

8:20 pm

di8 is the past tense, feather.

8:21 pm

not good, jac...

8:21 pm

No, Pini. She's gone off line now. I hope she's calling the police.

8:21 pm

Well done again Min!

8:22 pm

yikes...I hope all works out!

8:22 pm

good one, min ;)

8:22 pm

oh, dear, jac, yes, police is the best thing it would seem at that point.

8:22 pm

Lovely paragraph of clues, Min! I'm sorry to hear that, jac. I hope she's calling the police too

8:22 pm

Min - I love reading paragraph clues. I haven't done any of those for ages.

8:22 pm

ty Min!

8:22 pm

Hello car.eeyore! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

8:22 pm

Pii - so do I!

8:24 pm

de5/12 and 6/21 first ones plz

8:24 pm

Hello car.eeyore.

8:24 pm

hi, eeyore

8:24 pm

de + oxygen

8:24 pm

de+ what we breathe and plural, tijani

8:24 pm

tij - to remove the oxygen from and verb form for the 6.

8:24 pm

and pl

8:25 pm

de5/12 is de plus what we breathe tijani and plural it

8:25 pm

I need a clue for the ea 5/10 please?

8:25 pm

thx pinikula

8:25 pm

plural car

8:25 pm

plural

8:26 pm

ea5/10 word is ea 4/4 plus a snake letter car.eeyore

8:26 pm

Smack! TY!

8:26 pm

yw

8:26 pm

HI Car

8:26 pm

good evening all!

8:26 pm

did I miss the ed5 clue?

8:26 pm

hi car

8:26 pm

e + silver tape

8:27 pm

first 5 letters of what we are suppose to get in school

8:27 pm

danke ;)

8:27 pm

silver tape, silver tape! It's repair time in the city

8:27 pm

and it's too bad i can't spell! lol

8:27 pm

An ed 5/16:d***** means to minus or subtract Pinikula

8:27 pm

* giggle *

8:27 pm

OK, so then the ea 6....totally different word then?

8:27 pm

Strictly speaking ai* is composed of mostly carbon dioxide, then oxygen, nitrogen, argon, a minor percentage of other gases plus water vapour.

8:28 pm

all of the ea are related ;)

8:28 pm

i'm stuck on the do6/21

8:28 pm

the big ea5, plural

8:28 pm

New Orleans is also called the Big ea4, make it plural

8:28 pm

more of the do5 Feather

8:28 pm

add *mergency *oom to the do4 before it

8:28 pm

tyvm!

8:29 pm

Thx Dawg! Couldn't see it to make it work!

8:29 pm

ea6 adds vowel near the end of ea5 word car.eeyore

8:30 pm

FIREWORDS! :)

8:30 pm

Well done, pini.

8:30 pm

congrats, pini

8:30 pm

woohoo Pini !!!

8:30 pm

whooooo hoooooo PINI!!!

8:30 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks! Good for you!

8:30 pm

Yeah Pini!

8:30 pm

* throws confetti in the air

8:30 pm

yay pini!

8:30 pm

thx all! :)

8:30 pm

WTG PINI

8:31 pm

I am off once again. I might be back later on tonight.

8:31 pm

Bye Min! Have a great night!

8:31 pm

ea6/18 is perhaps a decription of simple flipped fried eggs?

8:31 pm

bye Min- take care

8:31 pm

bbye min

8:31 pm

later, Min

8:31 pm

'Bye Min.

8:31 pm

*description, I meant.

8:31 pm

haven't played this in over a year and am totally stuck on the te7

8:32 pm

pl the state (te5) before it

8:32 pm

whodda thunk?

8:32 pm

pippin - welcome back! te7 is a plural US state.

8:32 pm

more than one Lone star state, Pip

8:32 pm

i would never have thought of that as a word!

8:32 pm

thx

8:32 pm

actually, it means a very large state room on a steamboat. had to look it up.

8:33 pm

TY!

8:33 pm

I was about to type that lbd. LOL I had to look it up, too.

8:34 pm

er 5/12?

8:35 pm

er5 = wear away

8:35 pm

great icon, eeyore :)

8:35 pm

Ugh! Again! Must be tired!

8:35 pm

water will er5 rock

8:35 pm

TY DC! We lovingly call this the Holiday Family Portrait!

8:36 pm

LOL Wonderful! :D

8:36 pm

I wish the local foxes would just eat the left over turkey leg we've put out for the past 2 nights, rather than just keep moving it around and taking the odd bit off it. We have to take it in by day so the cat doesn't eat it. We have visions of the foxes with cell phones going from garden to garden reporting on what is on offer... 'Turkey here, mate'. 'Turkey here as well.' 'Sick of bl**dy turkey! Don't these humans eat anything else?'

8:37 pm

we had afox in our backyard when I was growing up

8:37 pm

er5/12 is to wear away.

8:37 pm

it had 2 pups but they left when the skunks came

8:37 pm

dinner time- bbl for my last 53 words

8:37 pm

DR - baby foxes are cubs.

8:38 pm

baby foxes are kits

8:38 pm

oh- ok sorry and thanks for that- I did not know

8:38 pm

We've got 4 cubs this year, but they're sick of eating turkey. LOL.

8:38 pm

ours ate dog food

8:38 pm

we called the mom Fantasia

8:39 pm

lbd - kits is another term but not one we use here in UK.

8:39 pm

firewords

8:39 pm

DR - they do like dog food, yes.

8:39 pm

wtg dc ;)

8:39 pm

Well done, dcs!

8:39 pm

Yeah!

8:39 pm

whooooo hoooooooo DC!!!

8:39 pm

WTG DC- I off to eat dinner now... steak adn lobster

8:39 pm

thanks, yall :)

8:40 pm

i just realized DC and jac have the same icon. i thought i was just seeing double! lol

8:40 pm

Excellente dc! At least I can see someone getting fireworks.

8:40 pm

entertainingly, my last word was 1st ad5

8:40 pm

Steak & lobster? What an odd combination.

8:40 pm

ok DR I will be over in a bit

8:40 pm

ooooh, i''ll take DR's left overs!

8:40 pm

LOL, dcs. Spanish goodbye to you, too.x

8:40 pm

very popular in the states jacula

8:40 pm

refresh for new pic

8:41 pm

(camo boy's first haircut)

8:41 pm

Hi oodle. Is it?

8:41 pm

they have steak and shrimp, steak and prawns and even steak and eggs

8:41 pm

he's just too precious, Pini!

8:41 pm

You learn something new every day here in Babbleland.

8:42 pm

* proud Nonna smile *

8:42 pm

yes, jac. We love to combine our beef with lots of other goodies

8:42 pm

Steak and eggs I understand, but not steak and seafood.

8:43 pm

why not

8:44 pm

we mostly eat our steaks for an evening meal, so add seafood to it, and it's double delish

8:44 pm

or shrimp cocktails as an appetizer?

8:45 pm

Because most seafood other than tuna or shark has a delicate flavour that should only be enhanced by lemon, vinegar, dill or a beer foam sauce with fried potatoes and salad. Steak deserves respect all on it's own for its flavour.

8:45 pm

good evening stidgmere

8:46 pm

Pini - seafood starter is fine, to clear the palate for the meat.

8:46 pm

:)

8:46 pm

Hi dc. Trying to pin down 84 words and thinking about steak and lobster that has come up in the chat.

8:46 pm

Jac, you'll just have to try it sometime. it really is a delish combo

8:46 pm

Hi Stidgmere!

8:46 pm

I was only questioning steak and seafood all on the same plate.

8:47 pm

i don't care for either steak or lobster, but i can see where it would be distracting for most.

8:47 pm

stidg...camo boy (5 mos) had his first haircut today (see icon) ;)

8:47 pm

Unfortunately, Jac, most people in the U.S. aren't that in tune to the flavors of their food.

8:47 pm

the surf and turf is rarely straight fish, it's almost always shrimp or lobster

8:47 pm

Surf & Turf is not uncommon here, jacula

8:47 pm

I think it's a bit much together, too, jac and dc

8:47 pm

Such a sweetie pie Pini!

8:47 pm

Rather, having steak and lobster used to be something of a status symbol -- affording both in the same meal.

8:48 pm

in Spain, they are served in separate courses

8:48 pm

* grin *

8:48 pm

Lobster is not on my food menu as I think it is very cruel, even if you hypnotise them first, to boil lobsters alive. I don't eat veal for ethical reasons, also.

8:49 pm

to be honest, i usually eat the lobster and save the steak. i can have steak anytime. but lobster is the treat!

8:49 pm

dcs- separate courses are the best way, as I said, each one clears the palate for the next.

8:50 pm

Fireworks!

8:50 pm

oy. 40 left and now it's getting hard!

8:50 pm

whoooooo hoooooo CAR!!!

8:50 pm

go pip!

8:50 pm

TY all for the great clues tonight! Now I shall hit my sheets! Good night all!

8:50 pm

My Other Half, like his Dad, won't have fruit sauces with meat, saying that fruit belongs under a crust in a pie with custard on top. I try to explain how each sauce, whether herb or fruit, works with each meat or fish dish, but if falls on deaf ears.

8:50 pm

congrats car!

8:51 pm

'Nigh Car. Sleep well.

8:51 pm

nightnight, car

8:51 pm

what does the other 8 word start with? I have di ox ox re

8:52 pm

3 ox8's

8:52 pm

ox, geegee

8:52 pm

there are 3 ox8s, i've only gotten the last 2

8:52 pm

ty

8:52 pm

help with the final er5/10 please?

8:53 pm

er+ open ***ame or ***ame street

8:54 pm

aha! thank you muchly, that was driving me nuts.

8:54 pm

feather - Gaelic languages, should be, or an actor reh... sounds likes end but not same spelling.

8:56 pm

1st ox8 is the plural form of thr ox7/52 before it. Hair bleach.

8:57 pm

ox8/75 = the past tense of the ox7 before it. ox8 = ox + 'ego' + 'not very modern'.

8:58 pm

3rd ox8 = the verb form of the ox before it. (Or think plural, if it helps you.)

9:02 pm

it's tht ox7/52 that i will never get, apparently

9:03 pm

(the first one, not the second one)

9:04 pm

she says and then immediately gets the word. i am lame tonight

9:04 pm

lol

9:04 pm

greetings ... any clue for the ae7?

9:05 pm

ox7 (1st) = ox + personal pronou + what you might be in if you were hit on the head - a d*z*. Change 3rd letter.

9:05 pm

ae4 + took a chair

9:05 pm

never fails, geek ;)

9:05 pm

Hello paperfolder. Clue is ae4 + didn't stand.

9:06 pm

hi ori

9:06 pm

ty Jacula!

9:06 pm

hi lbd ... ya'll having a good new year?

9:07 pm

too early to tell, ori. got a cold. but got my xmas stuff mostly packed up.

9:12 pm

Hope you feel better lbd ..

9:13 pm

thanks, torg. i'm sure it will be gone in a few days. just have to go with the flow.

9:13 pm

I'd say I finished packing up my xmas stuff...but that would be lying since I never unpacked it! :)

9:14 pm

(and I, too, hope you feel better soon, lbd)

9:14 pm

lol, Pini. I didn't unpack all my stuff. just the tree and lights, garland and a few ornaments. had to pull out the xmas towels, too.

9:15 pm

no sign of it in my house this year...

9:15 pm

all i took out this year were lights ... and they are still up. i've been stiffening fabric and folding origami boxes with the fabric as new years' gifts

9:15 pm

...it was everywhere else...so I didn't worry about it too much

9:15 pm

not that anyone noticed the decorations.

9:15 pm

how fun, ori!

9:15 pm

you need to show us your work, ori

9:16 pm

hope you feel better soon lbd

9:16 pm

oh, that'd be fun, lbd, if she did! :)

9:16 pm

i'll take some pictures and post when they're done

9:16 pm

oh, kewl, ori!

9:17 pm

i admire those with artistic talent.

9:18 pm

i just follow directions well :-) if i draw a tree i have to label it

9:18 pm

lol, i don't believe you ori.

9:18 pm

* giggle *

9:18 pm

i'll post a tree drawing also :-)

9:19 pm

Xmas stuff should not all be packed up until 6th Jan (Twelfth Night). However, I've noticed that all thosee eager beavers who lit their houses up on 30th November aren't putting the Christmas light on now.

9:19 pm

my artist friends say i'm a "primative" artist...read that as pre-stick man!

9:20 pm

primitve art has its place alongside all other forms of art, lbd.

9:20 pm

hi all, love your latest Maxine, lbd!

9:21 pm

Hirbud.

9:21 pm

Hi rbud! it's a repeat of last year's january 1. didn't have a new one for this year yet.

9:22 pm

don't think I've ever seen a Maxine cartoon I couldn't relate to, lol!

9:22 pm

i've been in and out, buried in the grid and tv. all business here...help with the first ex please?

9:22 pm

yeah, i know what you mean. she really does tell it like it is.

9:22 pm

pl mass departure (or 2nd book of bible)

9:23 pm

lbd - how about, 'New Year? What new year? Each one's as bad as the next!' (That's a short form of what Other Half said on NYE.)

9:24 pm

SS, DY, then? ;p

9:25 pm

He's a mainly cheerful soul most of the time, except since he hit his 40th birthday (last January), this NYE and his 41st birthday 'looming' on 19th Jan. I'll be 53 in April and I'm wondering what the hell HE'S got to be gloomy about! LOL

9:26 pm

oh cr*p, i forgot to get birthday cards for my uncles! thanks for the reminder, jac

9:27 pm

ok pini. i'm being dense. could i have more of a nudge? my first thought, exodus, of course doesn't work.

9:27 pm

LOL, lbd, y/w

9:27 pm

I never have trouble with the 0 bdays, it's the 9's that get me, I find myself thinking, "I'll never be 40-anything again, wahhh!" at 29, 39, 49, etc.

9:27 pm

feather - the first 4 letters of the word you thought of plus 2 vowels.

9:27 pm

change the last two letters to Olive **l, feather

9:27 pm

use the first 4 of that word and add olive **l :)

9:28 pm

* snap * lbd <<adjusting foil hat>>

9:28 pm

thank you!

9:28 pm

apparently, I cried when I turned ten because I didn't "want to be a double digit"!

9:28 pm

rbud - I know just what you mean, though I did have a small blip about being 50.

9:28 pm

*grabs foil cap from shelf!*

9:28 pm

ooh, ty, would never have monkeyed that!

9:28 pm

lol, angel!

9:28 pm

lol angel!

9:29 pm

birthdays don't bother me. as long as i still have them, i know i'm still alive.

9:29 pm

does anyone play farmville and want a new neighbor? i just started playing and most of my friends don't play :-(

9:29 pm

Angel - I felt the same at 9 and birthday dawning, too.

9:30 pm

don't play it, ori. sorry

9:30 pm

sure, ori - add me as a friend, leslie vernon

9:30 pm

not me, either

9:31 pm

i'm listed on the babblers worldwide page too

9:31 pm

We're not alone, Jac...I read a poem a few years ago, "On Turning Ten", and it was all about the end of childhood. I felt vindicated for all the times my family got a chuckle from that story.

9:31 pm

back

9:31 pm

origami - since my daughter, her boyfriend and most of their friends still feverishly farm in case things die whilst they are visiting me, using my pc to do so, I have not succumbed to that particular Tamagotchi-like time-waster on Facebook.

9:31 pm

2nd te 6,18 plz

9:31 pm

Now, of course, I play it for laughs! ; )

9:32 pm

front, jmc

9:33 pm

zoe - verb form of te5/10 (to make fun of).

9:33 pm

the plural of the te5

9:33 pm

hello babble friends!~

9:33 pm

i'm always looking for time wasters ... farmville, origami, meditation, babble :-)

9:33 pm

yo trif ;)

9:33 pm

Hi Trif.

9:33 pm

hi Trif

9:34 pm

AArgh, pippin, it's the verb form not the bloody plural.

9:34 pm

lbd how you doing darlin?

9:34 pm

hi trif

9:34 pm

done pini?

9:34 pm

*tiny voice* i just joined FB & started playing it a couple of weeks ago, ori, I'm Rose Thompson (in pretty pink Santa hat at the moment) I'm in Friends of Babble on there - ooh, should also check out babblers worldwide, I guess, huh?

9:34 pm

thx

9:34 pm

i never have to look for time wasters they find me

9:34 pm

Sorry! It's the English teacher in me coming out. I apologise for my outburst.

9:34 pm

well sure but it's a faster way to say it

9:34 pm

i'm doin', jmc. can't breathe thru my nose, but i'll live. how are you doin'?

9:35 pm

they find me all the time, too

9:35 pm

my mother's a grammarian, i'm used to it

9:35 pm

it's okay jac we love yous anyway

9:35 pm

babblers worldwide: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi d=7142845212

9:35 pm

and it *can* be a plural if you consider the te5 to be a noun, often used pejoratively

9:36 pm

i am fine it is cold and windy here though 16 degrees with 30mph gusts

9:36 pm

Well, enough words to satisfy me tonight. No fireworks but that is okay. Pleasant dreams everyone.

9:36 pm

bye stidg!

9:36 pm

dorme bien stidge

9:36 pm

91 left

9:36 pm

night night, Stidgmere. sweet sleeps!

9:36 pm

git'r dun, girl! :)

9:36 pm

night stidg! :)

9:37 pm

it's a balmy 35°F here. we got up to 44 today! all the snow is melting! :-)

Rick I take it you live in the northern midwest somewhere?

9:37 pm

i am glad i bought a new storm do4 last year because otherwise i would be blowing around my living room

9:37 pm

i do bernie and hi nice to meet you

9:38 pm

good evening!

9:38 pm

most my babble friends call me jmc

9:38 pm

hi eno

9:38 pm

evening eno!

9:38 pm

hi enomis!

9:38 pm

is this your first day in babbleland bernie?

same to you....

9:38 pm

back for the last 102...

nope......my second day ha

9:39 pm

go eno go!

9:39 pm

lol well wb then bernie!

9:39 pm

welcome bernie!

9:39 pm

last du please?

thanks folks

what a warm welcome

9:39 pm

ty, Leslie, for the babble link

9:39 pm

yw

9:40 pm

it's a friendly crowd on the most part

9:40 pm

welcome aboard, assimilation is inevitable, resistance is futile

9:40 pm

hi leslie

9:40 pm

du 4/6 is du plus he, she, ** jmcnrick and hello there!

9:40 pm

origami - if you friend me, say who you are, so I'll know it's you!

9:40 pm

another one I should remember --

9:40 pm

ty min

9:40 pm

pippin, you have a point there, about the perjorative form.

9:41 pm

where are you from bernie?

Southwest Michigan

9:41 pm

o sorry hi pippin happy new year

9:42 pm

the night gang is pretty easy going. lots of laughs and silly talk

9:42 pm

*looks at left hand to firgure out where bernie is*

9:42 pm

Welcome bernie. Ha! 'My precious!' *rubs hands together in anticipation of a new victim.

9:42 pm

the early morning crowd of brits is fun too but more particular about cluing

9:42 pm

you have a map on your hand, Jmc?

9:42 pm

no that is what michganders do

9:43 pm

of michigan. i do too.

that they do indeed!!

9:43 pm

jac, but only after the fact - i was saying it as shorthand for the 3rd person verb form. just a lucky coincidence this one fit.

9:43 pm

i am trying to show how clever and worldly i am that I knw that! lol

9:43 pm

does it help?

9:43 pm

don't forget the skinny dipping, jacula! Lots and lots of skinny dipping!

9:43 pm

so what were you cluing pippin? i missed that part -- a te word?

9:44 pm

Baaaaaaabblers !! Nice to see you all !!

it does help because Michigan is shaped like a hand

9:44 pm

Are michiganers like people from Norfolk in UK? Unlike most other folks, they can count to 12 on their fingers? LOL

9:44 pm

ohh did someone turn on the hottub?

9:44 pm

aussie! happy new year

9:44 pm

AAAUUUSSSIIIEEE!!!

9:44 pm

someone asked about the 2nd te7 and i said it was a plural te5

9:44 pm

Happy New Year to you all !!

9:44 pm

Hi Aussie. We're all just slagging each other off here as normal right now.x

Hi guys... back to see if I can finish this thing tonight

9:45 pm

no no jac it is that the state of michigan sorta looks like your left hand lying flat if you look at the back of it

9:45 pm

Hi beach!

9:45 pm

HNY to you, too, Aussie.

9:45 pm

hi beach happy new year

9:45 pm

Ok Jacs.... I'm not going to join in the berating of each other..... i'm too tired.....

9:45 pm

i wasn't slagging any one *pulls foil cap on tight and pouts*

9:46 pm

jmc - not inbreds there then? LOL

HNY jmc

9:46 pm

ty pippin i will take that information and see if I can do anything with it

9:46 pm

more accurately it looks like a mitten. or an oven mitt.

9:46 pm

I've been doing something fun on Facebook.... It's called Walk For The Cure (Cancer)

9:46 pm

no no jac that was not the point lol

9:46 pm

Aussie - don't worry. You chat or do the grid, whatever suits you.

9:46 pm

**makes self extra strength foil cap**

Hi Aussie

9:46 pm

if you care about cancer i recommend folding at home

9:46 pm

I am not gridding tonight, too many words, and not enough time !

9:48 pm

I am walking on facebook jmc.... it donates milliseconds of research time for Cancer, the more teammates, the more miles you walk..... The more miles you walk, the more time is donated to researching...

9:48 pm

fortunately i need no foil cap, my head is hard enough!

9:49 pm

Coming into Babble and not gridding is a concept entirely foreign to me, unless I'm in Devon with no internet access other than by cell phone. I can say a quick 'Hello' from there, but doing the grid or chatting would cost a fortune.

9:49 pm

lol pippin !

9:49 pm

folding at home uses the unused bandwidth of your computer to find a cure for cancer as part of a supercomputer

9:49 pm

pip, are you saying i've got a soft head? lol ;-)

9:49 pm

I am too tired to see Jacs.... I'd not get past 10 words right now.....

9:50 pm

i grid whether i can finish or not since i care not in the least about the scores

9:50 pm

stop making me laugh you guys, I will never finish!!!

9:50 pm

*lifts lbs foil cap and checks* no its hard enough

9:50 pm

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

9:50 pm

rofl lbd ! well..... I am off, just wanted to pop my head in the door.... It's 10 to 4am here, ninite all, sweet dreams, where 'ere ye may be xoxox

9:51 pm

**poofs**

9:51 pm

oops so sorry trif i will behave *splash* *jumps in hot tib*

9:51 pm

Aussie - it's okay. *Here's a hot water bottle and a nice warm blanket.*xx NOT a sarcastic post, btw.

9:51 pm

lol, thanks jmc. thought that knockin' was my brain rattling around.

9:51 pm

howdy min. tired but happy - how are you dear?

9:51 pm

nah, i'm just extra sturdy. comes with having a crappy job where people are mean to you regularly

9:51 pm

bye and love and kisses aussie

9:51 pm

if you upgrade to pro do you get more information about the words?

ya know....the cures for cancer already exist but at this point it is such big business that people stand to lose big profits if they made everyone healthy

9:51 pm

sweet dreams, Aussie1

9:51 pm

**Aussie knows Jacs was not being sarcastic** **really poofs**

9:51 pm

yes, gee. you get the tile stats and fireworks

9:52 pm

I am tired also. I came back to change icon and then I'm off to bed. Been in and out of here all day Trifioso

9:52 pm

no gee gee the best way to get more information is using lickety's list -- link under teh grid

9:52 pm

ok guys gave it my best but really too tired, see you all tomorrow!!!

9:52 pm

cut off their roughage and they may not be mean regularly

9:52 pm

i think i may have to call it a night. i'm just monkeying at this point

9:52 pm

o i forgot after a few days use lose the tile stats

9:53 pm

Goodbye Enomis65! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:53 pm

89 left (my monkeys are having too much fun in the hottub)

9:53 pm

bye eno

9:53 pm

here's something fun - -- guess what secondo got for christmas today from my dad and his wife?

9:53 pm

Goodbye pippingeek! I'll see you tomorrow in the log.

9:53 pm

25 to go but my cat wants to eat the monkeys

9:53 pm

nightnight, enom, and Min

9:53 pm

what trif

9:53 pm

nom nom nom

9:53 pm

I'm tired now, and my friend who I was staying up for re the family crisis she had going on has now come back to me to let me know how it's panning out.

9:53 pm

and they are so busy running from her that i can't get any words found

9:54 pm

a special collector's set of Pez dispensers -- characters from the Wizard of Oz, in a special presentation box. it's so cool!!!

9:54 pm

bad cats! squirt them with a water hose!

9:54 pm

night night, Pip

9:54 pm

is it looking up, jac?

9:54 pm

but it's in a cat's nature to chase monkeys!

9:54 pm

kewl, trif!

9:54 pm

ooookay if you say so trif

9:54 pm

most of the cats i know would know a monkey if it bit them

9:54 pm

i'm heading for my pillows and softer tissues. see you all tomorrow!

9:55 pm

hahahaha

9:55 pm

I say so, jmc

9:55 pm

night lbd

9:55 pm

bye lbd *gives lbd some lavender for her pillow*

9:55 pm

well then it must be cool

9:55 pm

* places ibuprofen, glass of water, and kleenex on nightstand for lbd * feel better!

9:56 pm

ahhh, you all make me feel so pampered! *poof*

9:56 pm

such good service we get here in babble

9:56 pm

there cannot possibly be 7 er words

9:56 pm

My lords are ready to leap into the next grid. Bye all!

9:56 pm

It hasn't panned out quite as I think it should have done, i.e. her older son spending a night in a celll after holding his younger brother hostage, but, it's how it is, and her hubby might leave her when he wakes up and finds their eldest son is in the house again, but that's his fault for opting out of the drama earlier by getting drunk and going to bed. It's time he started being a man.

9:57 pm

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

9:57 pm

goodnight min dear, and sleep well

9:57 pm

oy vey....

9:57 pm

yikes that is a bad story all around jac

9:57 pm

good lord, jacula, what a mess!

9:57 pm

bye min sweet dreams

9:57 pm

they're not that bad, jmc - start with e + a flower

9:58 pm

I'm off to warm my cold bits on my nice warm partner, yet again.

9:58 pm

sounds like oldest son may well benefit from a night in jail

9:59 pm

well, THAT was a lot of information, jacula, lol!

9:59 pm

ty leslie

9:59 pm

TMI jac lol

9:59 pm

If he ci5/12 me in court for cruelty, you will all back me up, won't you? LOL

10:00 pm

1st se 6,21 please

10:00 pm

we will claim you warmed yourself in the hot tub first and he is just nuts!

10:00 pm

Not standing, zoe.

10:00 pm

pt of the se4/4 before it

10:00 pm

jmc - THANK YOU! Over and out. zzzzzz

10:01 pm

thanks fireworks

10:01 pm

lol sweet dreams jac

10:01 pm

whoo hoo zoe!!!

10:01 pm

yay zoe!

10:01 pm

huzzah for zoe!

10:02 pm

wtg zoe

10:03 pm

does the ae 7 build off the ae4 please?

10:03 pm

yes trif

10:04 pm

ahhh, so it does! whee

10:05 pm

wtg trif

10:05 pm

76 left

10:05 pm

75 here, thanks to you, dear one!

10:05 pm

thank you fellow farmville babble fans ... i think i successfully sent a friend invite

10:06 pm

add franmag too, she is a farmville maniac

10:06 pm

ori, I am more in need of a way to tell my FB NOT to invite me, as I don't farm - I must get 10 notifications a day, alll useless....sigh

10:06 pm

you can block notifications from certain games trif

10:07 pm

me too but if you hit the do not accept notifications from this application you wont get them

10:07 pm

oh, seriously? thank you!!! will check that out!

10:07 pm

you can select "block this application"

10:07 pm

and that's uncool on your friends part... you have an option to only send to friends that use the app

10:07 pm

second cu4/7 please

10:07 pm

what pini said

10:08 pm

also you can block it from your feed too, there's a "hide" link on the upper right on every post

10:08 pm

cu4/7 = rhymes with British "lined up"

10:08 pm

Had to sign back in after thinking over jmc's post to me of TMI (too much information) about warming my cold bits on warm other half. It's not an orgy, you know. Just one body cuddling up to another and probably making it flinch in its sleep. If you want TMI, you should read the stories I once used to write for female erotia mags.

10:09 pm

And those wouldn't have been TMI either, since they weren't personal.

10:09 pm

it was a mild te5 jac sorry if i sounded to harsh

10:09 pm

oh my, jac!

10:09 pm

actually, that was me, jacula

10:10 pm

well i guess it could be tmi depending on how wild of an imagination you have

10:10 pm

Okay jmc. Or Trif. I've made my point though.

10:10 pm

LeslieAnn - that was going yo ber my next point.

10:10 pm

okay, i can't leave yet, i have to know what the second ex6 is! it's killing me!

10:10 pm

I am somehow glad to hear that there is erotica just for females. do they make female oriented porn too? I Have always wondered that....

10:11 pm

2nx ex6 = foreign...

10:11 pm

some people think that NYC is ex6 but I think that Guatemala is

10:11 pm

they do make female oriented porn

10:11 pm

2nd

10:11 pm

yes they do trif both for hetero and homo

10:11 pm

oh man, that makes me feel stupid

10:11 pm

Female erotica mags died in the 90s.

10:11 pm

i should have seen that right away!

10:11 pm

Playboy for guys; Playgirl for girls

10:12 pm

meh, it's a twisty one, pip

10:12 pm

no worry pipping I always ask for the fish!

10:12 pm

okay, now that my brain has calmed down, i really am going to go to bed (i think)

10:12 pm

* I serve tartar sauce if requested *

10:12 pm

night geek!

10:12 pm

last de 5/22 please

10:13 pm

bye pippin

10:13 pm

except does anyone really think playgirl has a majority female audience anymore?

10:13 pm

Any mag now that claims to cater for females usually has a man behind the so-called female boss. They don't pay promptly either, so a friend who I recently directed to one tells me. She wrote theeir sex horoscopes for a year and didn't get paid for a year.

10:13 pm

haha i missed a few posts and pinik was all, i serve tartar sauce and i thought we were still talking about female porn

10:13 pm

is paygirl stil around?

10:13 pm

de5 = recover from drug/alcohol via de***ification center

10:13 pm

no clue...

10:14 pm

(on playgirl)

10:14 pm

ty pini

10:14 pm

bummer jac

10:14 pm

yes, levi johnston (sarah palin's daughter's baby daddy) just posed in it

10:14 pm

*gag*

10:14 pm

Playgirl died, so far as I know, some years ago. Scarlet magaxine is the newest one supposedly for females.

10:14 pm

no worries Trifoso ... i only sent invites to folks who eplied they played ... it is weird ... i get invites from people i have never heard of

10:15 pm

but it's widely viewed as catering to a gay audience these days

10:16 pm

Anyway, taking my writer's head off now and going back to what I was going to do before - warming my cold bits on a nice warm hairy (and probably snoring, but I can dig him in the ribs to solve that) man.

10:16 pm

night jac :)

10:16 pm

I am jealous, jacula....

10:17 pm

enjoy that, jac!

10:17 pm

enjoy jac

10:17 pm

i will go snuggle with my cat so i can be fresh for work in the morning

10:17 pm

night pipping

10:17 pm

goodnight pippin

10:17 pm

WILL SO! Especially if he brings me tea and biscuits in bed later.

10:17 pm

c's conquered!

10:17 pm

first 5,12 anyone??

10:18 pm

hi kari

10:18 pm

first 5/12 what?

10:18 pm

git'r dun trif!

10:18 pm

which letter kari?

10:18 pm

hello

10:18 pm

oh, haha, de

10:18 pm

de + what we breath

10:19 pm

let out a balloon

10:19 pm

and then pl

10:19 pm

got it! ty both!

10:19 pm

;)

10:19 pm

yw

10:22 pm

ea5/10

10:23 pm

pt or pl the 4

10:23 pm

ea's are all related

10:23 pm

brb - koda needs to go out

10:23 pm

thought i tried that one

10:23 pm

hb

10:24 pm

cu7?

10:24 pm

some baby clothes are very cu4 or cu7

10:26 pm

not finding the ea 6 :-(

10:28 pm

speakea****

10:28 pm

from prohibition

10:28 pm

hi there! in the homestretch jmc?

10:28 pm

ty lelsie i wasm issing it too!

10:28 pm

no sorry good i am not

10:29 pm

ah a pl ty leslie

10:29 pm

64 left

10:29 pm

oh well...are you enjoying the chog?

10:29 pm

i am mostly

10:29 pm

ugh - need nudge for de 5, 22 please?

10:29 pm

sorry - second to last one

10:29 pm

sorry - second to last one

10:30 pm

then that's good enough!

10:30 pm

no YOU'RE good enough

10:30 pm

lol

10:30 pm

take away gender and take away drug problem

10:30 pm

lol

10:30 pm

so tell me about the np you work for good

10:31 pm

first er?

10:31 pm

i work for a np home for the elderly - im not really with the residents. I do office stuff, payroll.

10:32 pm

i saw it was admin but as an exec dir i understand the value of that work!

10:32 pm

where at, GE? (i am in the burbs also)

10:32 pm

wash away dirt, jmc

10:32 pm

work in Palatine

10:32 pm

oh ok. i am in aurora

10:33 pm

ty leslie

10:33 pm

62

10:33 pm

cold enough for you leslie? our dog won't hardly go out.

10:34 pm

ha! yes mine looks like she is being punished

10:34 pm

how cold is it there? it is 16 here

10:34 pm

it is cold cold cold here!

10:34 pm

I think like 5 here

10:35 pm

now (checking weather.com)... -4, feels like -18

10:35 pm

- 20F

10:35 pm

oh BR wins!

10:35 pm

Brrrrr

10:35 pm

BR wins for sure!

10:36 pm

the wind here is what is so bad tonight -- 30 mph gusts

10:36 pm

se 6/7/7 combo? (i think combo)

10:36 pm

Leslie i have many relatives in Naperville so i get out your way every now and again

10:36 pm

oh cool! we are way east aurora so almost naperville (waubonsee schools)

10:36 pm

se + calendar reference (meet and greet between man/woman)

10:36 pm

put to sleep leslie ann

10:37 pm

and various endings

10:37 pm

anybody have a nudge for the second to last de 5, 22?

10:37 pm

ah than ks

10:37 pm

the first time i saw the put to sleep clue i thought some one was putting an animal down

10:38 pm

or me!

10:38 pm

take away gender trif

10:38 pm

oh pini. cute pic.... Levi was here today.. hair still too short to cut, but adorable and everything, but everything, went into the mouth

10:38 pm

end love life

10:38 pm

thank you jmc!

10:38 pm

oh thats bad jmc

10:38 pm

d's done!

10:38 pm

wtg trif

10:40 pm

di 7/8 please

10:40 pm

thx dorens...CB needed one bad...he was getting dreadlocks on the backside! :)

10:40 pm

di7 = sickness

10:40 pm

hi dorens

10:41 pm

blonde wispiness here... just like his sister and she was nearly three before her first hair cut

10:41 pm

hey d's done lady, how about do 6/21?

10:41 pm

hi j. and thanks pini; 6 left and fading fast

10:41 pm

CB could have had a ponytail in the back - it was almost 3" long!!!

10:41 pm

git'r dun, dorens! :)

10:42 pm

you can do it dorens

10:42 pm

more of the do5 before it

10:42 pm

47 left

10:42 pm

git'r dun, jmc! :)

10:42 pm

ah ok 4 left

10:43 pm

go leslie go

10:44 pm

am missing an re 6/7 combo... not the planting one

10:44 pm

slept a total of four hours last night... after huge surprise party (with band, dancing and all)... then this morning.. 8 people sleeping here.. one with broken arm (my daughter.. had to go to E R this AM to get a cast) another with flat tire (Phoebe's dad,.. who was supposed to cook lunch for15 or so people)... belated christmukah gifts with all my kids.. then drove my daughter home to Brooklyn and went to Ken's for another round of great food, great wine and presents with his grandikids.

10:45 pm

re6 = sounds like city in California (re + 2/3 of 3-ltr ocean + **ily planet

10:45 pm

then pl

10:45 pm

wereyou surprised at your surprise party that you guessed?

10:45 pm

holy cow, dorens!!!

10:45 pm

how did you dau break her arm?

10:45 pm

Wow Dorens! Quite a party!

10:45 pm

it never ends

10:46 pm

oh thanks pinik. at first i read your clue "3 liter ocean" and i had no idea what that was

10:46 pm

she was ice skating with friends.. fell and of course stuck her arm out to break the fall

10:46 pm

oh j, i was so surprised!

10:46 pm

ltr = letter ;)

10:46 pm

lol good job dorens!

10:47 pm

i need cu7 clued again :(

10:48 pm

add "for example" abbrev to the cu5 before it

10:48 pm

no i don't! fireworks!

10:48 pm

my grand daughter (age 3) is a real cu*****

10:48 pm

de wittle girl was so cu7-wootsy

10:48 pm

whoo hoo leslie!

10:48 pm

I swear, if my boss emails me one more time...I'm going to scream!!!!

10:48 pm

hi all :)

10:48 pm

wtg leslie!

10:48 pm

hi jilli

10:48 pm

hi jilli ;)

10:48 pm

just ignore him -- he can't tell if you see the email

10:48 pm

hi jilli.. feeling all better now? (and yay leslie!)

10:48 pm

hi jill

10:49 pm

any clues for di5/14 (2nd one, after what I should be on after the festivities)?

10:50 pm

an electrical part jill

10:50 pm

(her)...I know, jmc...I did say I'd check my email (if I could); however, she insists on emailing me via my personal email account. I think I'm going to have to have a talk with her tmw or monday to tell her to stop since I work for the state and if my personal account is used for business then it, too, becomes public...UGH!!!!

10:50 pm

jilibus - di plus a poem

10:50 pm

i's interred

10:50 pm

di + long poem

10:50 pm

Hi Miss Jilli! and a happy new year!

10:50 pm

oh my yes, pinik, NO personal emails

10:50 pm

go trif go

10:50 pm

hi pav ;)

10:50 pm

she may not be thinking of that pini

10:50 pm

hi pav

10:51 pm

I'm sure she isn't, jmc...thus the needed "talk"

10:51 pm

tyvm jmc and trif

10:51 pm

besides, I'm supposed to be on vacation!

10:51 pm

last ox?

10:52 pm

remove the last vowel from the ox before it

10:52 pm

plural of ox 4/10

10:52 pm

alas i do not have the ox before it

10:52 pm

why don't i get fireworks? is that just for the pro folks?

10:52 pm

ox + beware the **** of march

10:53 pm

yes pippin... go pro!!

10:53 pm

after you have been here a while you only get fireworks if you go pro

10:53 pm

we can give you fireworks

10:53 pm

fireworks make everything better

10:53 pm

fireworks and much needed sleep... happy babbles.. happy new year.. happy brithday, happy happy

10:53 pm

if you've been here longer than 2 wks then yes...

10:53 pm

wtg dorens! take care!

10:53 pm

****^^^****

10:53 pm

~*~*~*~*~*~*~FIREWORKS*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

10:53 pm

i'll have to consider spending the money then, that makes it nicer

10:53 pm

whoo hoo dorens and happy birthday

10:54 pm

nicely done leslie

10:54 pm

thanks leslieann!

10:54 pm

it is only a one time charge rather than a subscription

10:54 pm

I will have to practice making fireworks

10:54 pm

pippin it is worth it... dr. god deserves far more.. this is the best bang for your buck (if you're a wrod nerd like us). ty j.. and good night all

10:55 pm

not going to wait and see the next puzzle, then i'd be up for hours!

10:55 pm

Yay, Leslie!!!

10:55 pm

maybe i'll have a flag next time i'm here

10:55 pm

lol that is the problem being around for the flip

10:55 pm

i'll be waiting for it pippin!

10:56 pm

back in the day that is all we had for fireworks!

10:56 pm

ok...jmc...question for you...

10:56 pm

you ol'timers!

10:56 pm

yes pini?

10:57 pm

yes i had to walk uphill to babble both ways

10:57 pm

if I'm contacted on my vacation to "work", I shouldn't claim them as time off, should I???

10:57 pm

lol leslie

10:57 pm

don't forget through the snow, leslie!

10:58 pm

indeed. 3 feet.

10:58 pm

well the question is probably answered based on whether you are an hourly employee or not pini

10:58 pm

salary + OT

10:59 pm

okay, just checking

10:59 pm

more specifically, (yeah I'm lurking) exempt or non exempt...

10:59 pm

(and I took the vacation so as to spend down some of my vacation time because I didn't want it to cap out and end up loosing any new accrual)

10:59 pm

then you would have to look at your contract -- you might quaify for some kind of comp time at best

10:59 pm

hi circe

10:59 pm

non-exempt

10:59 pm

happy new year

10:59 pm

hi....everyone (still struggling with my last 38)

10:59 pm

go circe go

11:00 pm

so you should get paid for that time.

11:00 pm

last call for clues before sleepy time

11:00 pm

well if she is salary and not hourly that may not be true even if she is nonexempt

11:00 pm

last two re words leslie

11:01 pm

but in order to spend down my vacation time I'm not supposed to be working...

11:01 pm

o's ousted

11:01 pm

re5 = lay grass down again

11:01 pm

is it use it or lose it?

11:01 pm

to use your eyes again (plural)

11:01 pm

yes, jmc...

11:02 pm

ty leslie

11:02 pm

you can be salary and get OT, sounds like non-exempt...in which case if take 8 hours of vacation (a day off) and end up working 10 hours the next day, for a total of 34 hours the rest of the week, then you get overtime ...

11:02 pm

when is the de4line to use it

11:02 pm

if you spend more than 15 mins doing work on your own time, you should be able to request pay, wether they chooseto provide Comp time or extra pay. It won't be time + 1/2 until or unless you actually work +40 hours...vacation time is the pits for answering work related calls...

11:02 pm

circe sounds like this is something you know in your sleep

11:03 pm

If you are non exempt, they can't legally give you comp time, unless it is in the same week

11:03 pm

sorry, accoutant in me.... LOL

11:03 pm

but since she works for the state of washington there may be some quirks

11:03 pm

33 left

11:03 pm

r's routed

11:04 pm

well, I earn a certain number of hours each month toward vacation; there is a cap that can be earned; anything beyond the cap would be "you snooze, you loose"; so, in order to retain the vacation benefits I've earned, I take vacation days...

11:04 pm

hello 25 to go

11:04 pm

there may be, but in generaly exempt vs non is a federal thing and they can get in deep crap for not following the rule. If you are non exempt and are asked to stay late and don't get paid for the OT you are talking huge fines. Company I know got slammed...big time.

11:04 pm

hi harp

11:04 pm

Good night Leslie. Night jmc. I thinkyou might finish in spite of it all

11:04 pm

...but if I'm expected to work during my vacation then what was the point of taking time off? if I'm working, then I can't spend it down :(

11:05 pm

hello harp!

11:05 pm

I'm a state gov't employee, exempt so I don't get OT, comp time or any extra pay. AZ allows comp time to be earned in lieu of payment, and depending on the agency comp time must be used the next pay period or accrued until the employee chooses to use it

11:05 pm

maybe good -- good night

11:05 pm

so If you took a week of vacation, and worked too, then you have technically earned OT during that time. They don't want to pay it then they can make you exempt.

11:05 pm

wow, good point, circe!

11:05 pm

ro5/12?

11:06 pm

yep Pav, there's the difference. Exempt vs non. Can suck both ways, depending on how you look at it.

11:06 pm

with this little circus of clowns, I'd have to argue the OT during vacation, so figured I'd just reduce the vacation time taken and try to take some more vacation later...

11:07 pm

help with the se7's please?

11:07 pm

or ro7 -- i'm easy

11:08 pm

put to sleep harp

11:08 pm

gads, will I NEVER remember to put an s on the end of words? I swear, half of the time my lickety list is words I forgot to pluralize...sigh

11:08 pm

ro7 = flower + consumed

11:08 pm

you can try that Pini, but be aware, it may be a catch 22 if you are non exempt. They can't legally comp you time for another week if you are a non exempt. You might want to at least take it to HR and let them make the call so you aren't stuck with nothing (if they try to say that they can't give it to you later. blah blah)

11:08 pm

ty pini

11:08 pm

harp, add endings to the se6 before it

11:08 pm

how about the first ro 5/12?

11:08 pm

imo, anyway! :)

11:09 pm

s's stomped - 10 words to go!!!

11:09 pm

5 now....

11:09 pm

oh, they can give it to me later...I'm a single-person office and they're required to be "reasonable" in allowing me time...I don't think "reasonable" is defined as making me work during my authorized time off...otherwise, what's the point?

11:09 pm

we have all our non-exempt staff select in advance which to receive OT, comp time, or either...if either the agency gets to choose for them, and we usually pay out comp time when earned....we also have a cap on accrued vacation time...240 hours for non-exempt and 320 for exempt...I took my vacation late this year (thanks mom!) so I wouldn't lose any time, but I still ended going in for a few hours on Thursday...so I won't take that day as vacation at all...that's a benefit...we can claim a full day's pay after working just an hour...

11:09 pm

guess I don't have the preceding words either

11:10 pm

ro5/12 = pl of the ro4 (ro + *ver *ose)

11:10 pm

before an operation you are often se7

11:10 pm

hiya, PAV! good to see you!

11:11 pm

sounds similar to me, pav...

11:11 pm

thanks]

11:11 pm

last year, right rbud! tee hee!

11:11 pm

we cap at 260

11:11 pm

yep, so true, PAV, lol!

11:12 pm

glad that you are in a flexible enviornment Pini! (and Pav) -- at least you aren't working for free during vacation. :)

11:12 pm

3 to go . . .

11:12 pm

go jill go

11:12 pm

well, here's wishing you (and all my Babble friends) the bestest and happiestest of New Years!

11:12 pm

so, pav, as a state empl...if you take the 3 days off before xmas and the 3 days off before ny; but work on the 20-21 (SM) and again on 30,31,1,2,3 (WTFSS)...what would you claim, if any, as vacation???

11:13 pm

happy new year to you too pav

11:13 pm

thanks, PAV, same to you! (((hug)))

11:13 pm

2 here!

11:13 pm

git'r dun, trif!

11:13 pm

er6/18?

11:14 pm

e + flowerS

11:14 pm

our work period starts on Saturdays...so I worked M T off W Th holiday Fr,

11:14 pm

thanks

11:14 pm

our work period is M-F (weekends excluded)

11:15 pm

okay boy is here an taking what little attention I have

11:15 pm

see you all tomorrow

11:15 pm

take care, jmc!!!

11:15 pm

28 left

11:16 pm

*poof*

11:16 pm

okay, now that i did the work, let's see if all my goodies show up!

11:16 pm

well, picture yes, flag no

11:16 pm

great pic, pippin!

11:16 pm

ooohhh pippin how wonderful!

welcome to pro pipping

11:17 pm

go to your profile and say what country

11:17 pm

whoo hoo

11:17 pm

to show your little person icon and flag, mark "show profile" under My Account ;)

11:17 pm

hi sixty

11:17 pm

gorgeous

11:17 pm

bye again

11:17 pm

*poof*

hello jmc and all

11:17 pm

welcome, pro pippin!!!

11:17 pm

hi 67

11:17 pm

hah, now i'm all the way official

11:18 pm

**dunnit**

11:18 pm

there ya go!!! welcome aboard the Babble train!!!

11:18 pm

but in your case you prob worked M off Tu We Th holiday Fr, worked M off Tu We Th holiday Fr..you say you worked Sun Mon x hours, plus vaca t-th for another 24 hours and holiday fr for 8, you'll need to document at least 8 hours on Sun or Sat of either week to get time+ 1/2 otherwise any time you claim will be paid at straight time....if you reduce your vacation hours to match what was worked, and can used them later, why not?

11:18 pm

did Miss Jilli finish? and hip hip hooray for Pippin!

11:18 pm

welcome, pippin!

11:19 pm

that's what I figured, pav...will adjust my scheduled vacation time off by the days worked...

11:19 pm

yes, I finished, Pav :)

11:20 pm

so, if I was scheduled to have MTW of both weeks off (TF of both were "holidays") and worked on the 20, 21, 30, 31, 1, 2, 3 (6 days), then basically I took NO VACATION!!! right?

11:20 pm

yay for Miss Jilli!...I haven't been playing much since the summer and lately had too much to do at home and work, so now the family is back where they were I can live again...

11:20 pm

would that be fair?

11:21 pm

congrats, jilli!

11:21 pm

well, welcome back to the grid, pav! :)

11:22 pm

what do you divide a six letter word by to get the points again?

11:22 pm

divide by 3

11:22 pm

3, I think, trif

11:22 pm

thank you!

11:23 pm

4 x 1, 5 x 2, 6 x 3, 7 x 4, etc

11:23 pm

you'll have to check with your HR/payroll office, If you actually worked on designated holidays, you may also be entitled to Holiday pay, which might mean time + 1/2 or just straight time, plus another day or period of hours to use as "holiday" when you are able to do so...that is how we do it in AZ, but of course we're different...

11:23 pm

thanks to pini also - i always forget!

11:23 pm

1 last word to find.....

11:23 pm

I'll do that, pav...thanks!

11:24 pm

clues available here now

11:25 pm

I have 183 left? it's way beyond asking...once I resigned myself to just having fun when I could, the game became much less stressful...

11:25 pm

none needed? I'll change my icon then.

11:25 pm

hurry Trif!

11:26 pm

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot - wow, two days in a row! yay me!

11:26 pm

wtg trif!

11:26 pm

oh, and interesting icon...shoepants!

11:27 pm

or would they be "tennipants"?

11:27 pm

yes, Miss Jilli..you provide the most interesting of tidbits for us to enjoy! thanks for that lesson...

11:28 pm

aren't they great, pini??? I Need to figure out how to make a pair for Primo....

11:29 pm

* giggle *

11:29 pm

good luck with that one!

11:29 pm

Hi, all....49 left...don't think I'm gonna make it...

11:29 pm

yeah, you can do it! lot's of help here!

11:30 pm

(believes that Jellen will make it)

11:31 pm

what do you need jellen?

11:31 pm

fireworks! (c'mon, Jellen, you can do it, I just did 65 in 45 minutes - with Lickety's of course...)

11:31 pm

whooo - just in time, too! nyquil is kicking in....la la la la lala laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

11:31 pm

huzzah for rbud!

11:32 pm

wtg rbud!

11:32 pm

whee, Trif! lol!

11:32 pm

* giggle at Trif *

11:32 pm

*er ... with

11:32 pm

congrats ruru on you new little one..does he have a name yet?

11:32 pm

Yay rbud!!

11:32 pm

yes.. pav.. going to call him Dylan

11:33 pm

after Bob?

11:33 pm

he's adorable, ru!

11:33 pm

how utterly adorable...

11:33 pm

I guess... or maybe Dylan Thomas

11:34 pm

This is a photo of his very first bath.. he wasn't tooo impressed

11:34 pm

the interesting thing about the visit from Mom and sis was that Precious took to my sis right away and Joey was jealous the entire time! that was a switch from the norm..

11:34 pm

34 left...

11:34 pm

awww, ruru!

11:35 pm

(now really believes that Jellen will do it)

11:35 pm

ah the more you do it the more they like it (tolerate)

11:35 pm

HIYA Jilli.. what is the theme today?

11:35 pm

Shamelessly asking for clues now...

11:35 pm

ten lords a leapin ruru

11:35 pm

ae7, please?

11:36 pm

ae4 + took a chair

11:36 pm

ten lords a-leaping for the next day, ruru -- still on the 12 days of Christmas

11:36 pm

air + and past tense of sit

11:36 pm

ask away, jellen!

11:36 pm

Thanks, Pini!

11:36 pm

and ruru, too!

11:36 pm

I didn't know lords leaped?

11:37 pm

harp -- love your lords!

11:37 pm

well, if they were good decent fellows, they'd leap to their damsel's defence or honor

11:37 pm

ruru, check out my bio

11:38 pm

but what do I know...

11:38 pm

it's all explained there

11:38 pm

ruru, wouldn't you leap if you had to wear those hose and pants?

11:38 pm

hello all

11:38 pm

hi granny

11:38 pm

lol granny very likely...

11:39 pm

Hi, rose!

11:39 pm

brb

11:39 pm

hey jellen, jilli, ruru, pav ( long time no see ), harp

11:39 pm

(never tried wearing hose though)

11:40 pm

I think my legs are too hairy.. for hose..

11:40 pm

de 5/12, the first?

11:40 pm

what!!! not even fishnets?

11:40 pm

de5 = remove gender

11:40 pm

OLLLLLLOLOLOL

11:40 pm

jellen, de + stuff we breathe

11:41 pm

Thanks, rose!

11:41 pm

oops...guess I can't read...clued the first de5/22

11:41 pm

Thanks, Pini, had that...

11:41 pm

to neuter, jellen

11:41 pm

you mean like castrate pini?.. whew it is getting a bit rough in this chat for me

11:42 pm

* snicker * spay or neuter?

11:42 pm

dunno, ruru, could be a picture that's worth a thousand words! what do you think girls? ruru in fishnet stockings and footy boots....

11:42 pm

don't forget the SPEEDO!

11:42 pm

(thinks granny is due for a spanking)

11:42 pm

did you get it jellen?

11:43 pm

ooooohhh, budgie smugglers. i like the way you think, pini

11:43 pm

Yes, thanks, harp!

11:43 pm

come and catch....;P

11:43 pm

* hiding *

11:44 pm

di 6/21?

11:44 pm

hoping the new grid is a little one.. I have a lot to do

11:44 pm

me, too, ru...have to go to the office tmw :(

11:44 pm

like churches (catholic) jellen

11:45 pm

Thanks, ruru!

11:45 pm

di + plural curvy letter

11:45 pm

I have to go visit my puppy

11:46 pm

emphasis on HAVE TO...

11:46 pm

ru, I thought he was far away?

11:46 pm

he is closer now..

11:46 pm

aaawww, that's too cute.how long now, ruru?

11:46 pm

ohwoooo, ruru!

11:46 pm

did he move?

11:47 pm

really? closer? howcum?

11:47 pm

now that they are weaning them.. they moved them closer to the breeders house from her friends who is a vet tech and better and the first couple of weeks in care

11:47 pm

16 left...

11:47 pm

gotcha

11:47 pm

see jellen ... just a few minutes ago..

11:48 pm

git'r dun jellen!

11:48 pm

so how far away now, ruru?

11:48 pm

about an hour jilli.. hour and 10 at the most

11:48 pm

oh, that's much better!

11:48 pm

(better than 2 & `1/2 hours

11:48 pm

so PapaRu could conceivably visit Little D everyday! :)

11:49 pm

Papa ru is going to visit almost everyday

11:49 pm

woot woot!! you go, paparu!

11:49 pm

Awwww

11:49 pm

I offered to cook them dinner every day..

11:49 pm

Little D and sibs or the breeder?? * wink *

11:50 pm

5 left...

11:50 pm

wow! did they take you up on it? you stay overnight?

11:50 pm

ea 6/18?

11:50 pm

I blew away my wife's friends with a special New Years meal.. they couldn't believe it..

11:50 pm

ea's are all related; just change endings

11:50 pm

brb phone

11:50 pm

thinking bars during prohibition...speak ea6

11:51 pm

the ea6/18 is a pl noun form

11:51 pm

good clue, pav

11:51 pm

Thanks, PAV and jilli!

11:51 pm

oooh, nice clue, pav...

11:51 pm

ty

11:52 pm

re 6/18, the first?

11:52 pm

re + flower

11:53 pm

Always miss that one, thanks, Pini!

11:53 pm

np

11:53 pm

3 left...

11:53 pm

oh, paparu...is mamaru as excited???

11:54 pm

se 6/32, the second?

11:54 pm

ru's on the phone, pini

11:54 pm

oh, that's right...sorry! :(

11:55 pm

se 7/32 is another version of the 6

11:55 pm

Oops, need se 6/21, the second...

11:56 pm

se + calendar reference

11:56 pm

or se6 = put to sleep

11:56 pm

se6/21, dignified

11:56 pm

then add letters for the 7's

11:56 pm

then pt, then pl

11:57 pm

Fireworks! Thanks to my Babble buddies!

11:57 pm

actually, it's not really plural is it, pini?

11:57 pm

wtg jellen! :)

11:57 pm

yay jellen!

11:57 pm

YAY jellen!!!

11:57 pm

WTG JELLEN!!!

11:57 pm

I think so...the se6 7 7?

11:57 pm

not pl, present tense

11:57 pm

wtg Jellen...! and I reached my goal of 100!

11:58 pm

well is it a noun or a verb?

11:58 pm

the 6 is present, the 7 is pt, the other 7 is pl

11:58 pm

wtg pav!

11:58 pm

Yay, PAV!

11:58 pm

nah, it's a different form of the verb....

11:59 pm

not a plural

11:59 pm

I believe it's in medical reference? to "calm" someone or put them to sleep (to calm)?

11:59 pm

Free to clue for the next minute...

11:59 pm

im sticking to that!

11:59 pm

the second 7 is present tense of the verb "to se6/21"

11:59 pm

#105 was the yellow cab

11:59 pm

git'r dun, pav!

11:59 pm

* giggle *

11:59 pm

maybe not ;)

12:00 am

If the se6/21 is "dignified" it's an adjective and there is no pl for an adjective

12:00 am

well see how this next one is...to git 'er dun..

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