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12:00 am

Parnelli Pini noses up to the line and....she's off!!!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

man, the flip ate my post!

12:00 am

would you settle for a weak, gristly grid?

12:00 am

I have been denied!

flip and it's a baby...

12:00 am

pini, I missed your story

hugs jili

12:00 am

my story?

12:01 am

hi dee hi ;)

12:01 am

anyway, long story short, i wait tables and my customers like me so much the guy is gonna try and set me up with a job in manhattan when i move to brooklyn in june

flip!

12:01 am

what happened at work, pini

12:01 am

ol 6 -- this is going to be a tough one

12:01 am

huh? confused?

12:01 am

hi melon

12:02 am

plus they tipped me $60 on a $220 bill, which is a happy happy thing

12:02 am

did I miss something, jilli?

12:02 am

nice tip, pip!

12:02 am

nbt

12:02 am

nm, pippin, you told about your job promise -- I guess that was it

12:02 am

well done, gremlinn

12:02 am

pa 7

12:02 am

sorry, pini, I meant pippin

12:02 am

wtg gremlin!

12:02 am

so not only did i get a great tip, but i might have gotten hooked up with a job before i even move. score!

12:03 am

* sigh of relief * thought I was losing my mind! :)

12:03 am

very nice, pip

12:03 am

Oooh! I got the lone 7! Whee!

12:03 am

great going, pippin!

12:03 am

de 6

12:03 am

okay, not even going to try this one. splitting sinus headache, 2 more days of double shifts to go, i'm popping some ambien and poofing.

Clues are up

12:04 am

night pip! congrats! (feel better)

12:04 am

aww, get some rest

phantom (everyone's i'm guessing) - poodle

12:04 am

Oh, thanks, Lickety!

12:04 am

Ty Lickety!

ty lickety

12:04 am

have a great grid, everyone! see you when my work schedule clears up a little

12:04 am

thx lickety ;)

12:04 am

ty lickety

12:05 am

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:05 am

phant oomph?

26 and I'm dnes. nite!

12:06 am

night melon

12:06 am

wow, small grid, anyone done yet

12:07 am

not that I've seen, but gremlinn already has NBT

12:07 am

16 left

12:07 am

geez, grem...even lightening mcqueen is afraid now!! LOL

12:07 am

can't see that upper u or c

12:08 am

Clues aren't coming in...someone please advise. Thanks

12:08 am

refresh peach...

cu 4/9

12:08 am

single + pea in a ***

12:08 am

thx dee

12:09 am

thx sistah

ty car

anyone have the e in the 4th column please?

12:09 am

peach, you may have to exit and re-enter

12:10 am

check with grmelinn

12:10 am

ei 4

12:10 am

*gremlinn

ty and hi dart

12:10 am

thx gremlinn

nbt

12:10 am

hi volley

12:11 am

anyone have the call for the upper u and c?

cu 4/9

12:11 am

Thanks, it came in.

un 6/27

12:11 am

volley just gace the c

12:11 am

cu4/9 and un6/27

12:11 am

hiya dart

12:11 am

gave

12:11 am

pf 4/9

12:11 am

hi pini

12:11 am

hi dart

12:12 am

hiya jilli

12:12 am

ty pini

12:12 am

oooh, thx diz

12:12 am

I certainly agree with the pf4/9

12:12 am

ty diz

12:12 am

yw

12:13 am

lower center e?

12:13 am

now that's a strange word - never seen it before

12:13 am

I'm more familiar with the other spelling of pf4

12:14 am

ed + not did

12:14 am

ed 4/6

12:14 am

hi ru!

12:14 am

un 6 NBT

hi ru

12:14 am

fireworks

12:14 am

wtg diz

12:15 am

nbt and 29 nonwords to go

12:15 am

NBT!

12:15 am

YAY gremlinn!!!

12:15 am

wtg gremlinn!

12:15 am

congrats gremlin

12:15 am

ty - but that pf word is weird, I think it must be newly added, don't remember it from my old edition Scrabble dic.

12:15 am

nj grem

12:15 am

gonna check the one I just bought

12:16 am

probably the new spelling of the old word :)

12:16 am

13 left but might need lickety now

12:16 am

Is the single A an AE word?

12:16 am

no

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no

12:16 am

it is an ap word

12:16 am

congrats Gremlin

ap 4/6

12:17 am

TY!

12:17 am

yeah, it is in this new one, I could have just totally forgotten it

12:18 am

I think it's a French version

12:18 am

ever evolving language

12:18 am

it says "more than 4,000 new words" included in the 100,000+, that's a pretty hefty percentage

12:18 am

that's a lot of evolving!

12:19 am

but still no "internet" - get on it, dictionary people!

12:19 am

you tell 'em, gremlinn!

12:19 am

btw. I've posted a list at the end of my profile of words in morewords not accepted here, and another of words accepted here NOT in morewords.

12:19 am

gonna be a long day tmw, so I'd better hit the hay...

12:20 am

you've been busy, jilli!

12:20 am

gremlin, it was pointed out to me a while ago that it's Internet, a proper noun.

12:20 am

happy babbling y'all! * poof *

12:20 am

pini, I've been collecting them for ages, and welcome any additions

12:20 am

well, it is for now, but proper nouns trickle down eventually

12:20 am

bye pini

12:20 am

and it works on wordsplay (larger dictionary)

12:21 am

well, our dear enable has its own ways

12:21 am

enable, I'm gonna have to call you disable

12:22 am

fireworks

12:22 am

nj dart

12:22 am

woohoo

12:22 am

congrats, dart

fireworks

congrats dart

12:23 am

yay volley

12:23 am

wow, wtg dart

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pe

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and Dee

ty

12:23 am

YAY dart and dee!!!

and I have to run... have some typing to do for a meeting.... glad this was a baby one and we had lickety

ty jili ty all

big hugs til the flip!!

12:24 am

ttfn dee

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brb

hugs jili!! *poof*

12:24 am

woohoo d

12:26 am

9 left.. well done dee

12:27 am

fireworks

12:27 am

And congrats Dee

12:28 am

*!* ta da *!* -- thank you lickety :)

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^5 dee and anike

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yay nan

12:29 am

and anike

12:29 am

haha, I'm looking through the recent Archives and you had one that was only 30 words

12:29 am

December 28, 2009

12:29 am

Well done to you too nan

12:29 am

good night everyone :)

12:29 am

Back to the laundry - bye for now

12:30 am

dart had first fireworks at 9 minutes in

12:30 am

Wow!!

12:32 am

hi all. tough grid?

12:33 am

super easy today

12:33 am

except one word maybe...

12:34 am

i have 47 and time to quit. not finding all of the words. the n and u on top row arent coming to me.

12:35 am

done

12:35 am

nj ruru

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wtg ru

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YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAY WOOHOOOOOOOOO ru

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LOL, I owed you one of those

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had trouble with one word and hit it by complete accident

12:36 am

lol kje

12:36 am

YAY ruru!!!

12:36 am

hello all, I get here late and everyone is done?!

12:37 am

yeah ruru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i wish i were done. still a way to go.

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yep.. we are all don cj.. just waiting for you now..lol

12:37 am

ok then...

12:38 am

your new pup is adorable

12:38 am

clues anyone for the n or u top line???????????

12:38 am

this one musta taken dart like about three minutes

12:38 am

un 6 (one foot or one leg)

12:38 am

sorry mkg, don't have those yet

12:39 am

ni 4 ni + not mom

12:39 am

one leg is still leg i snt it? must think this one.

12:39 am

ty got ni.

12:39 am

ty ri

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ru...

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a more scientific word for it

12:40 am

got it! ty!

12:40 am

still 21 to go.

12:40 am

no lickety yet.

12:41 am

yes, Lickety is up

12:41 am

I'm not nearly finished

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i mean i havent gone to it yet. will go now. have 21 left.

12:42 am

can't find that un6

12:44 am

un + personal pronoun + se4 *** (beans)

12:45 am

please tell me FE5 isn't a fish? last word...

12:46 am

not getting that bean ru

12:46 am

se4 *** (beans)????

12:46 am

like 2 peas in a ...

12:47 am

ty pugs

12:47 am

for fireworks

12:47 am

thanks, pugs

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yw

12:47 am

YAY flosey!!!

12:48 am

and thanks ru

12:48 am

clue for FE5 please so I can go to bed??

12:48 am

YAY flosey.. excellent

12:48 am

I've been goofing off, watching news and comment (MSNBC, CNN)

12:48 am

yahooo flosey!!

12:48 am

ty ri

12:48 am

fe + you + past tense

12:49 am

oops, now if I could find the right key! ty ru

12:49 am

ty ru

12:49 am

fireworks was too tired to see it!

12:49 am

firewords....

12:49 am

yahooo diz!!

12:49 am

ty for those..:)

12:49 am

YAY diz!!!

12:50 am

it wasn't too bad...congrats to all finishers

12:50 am

nighty night & happy babbling all! Le poof!

12:50 am

wtg diz

12:51 am

clue for the northern N, please -- I missed it before, I think

12:51 am

night pug

12:52 am

hi all! only 71 words.well, good I'll surely finish! Congrats to those who have already finished!

12:52 am

ni4

12:52 am

i cant get it: fe 5 is a bean or not????

12:53 am

ty flosey -- nbt, so now I can go to Lickety

12:53 am

no mkg, fe + vowel + lpt

12:53 am

i got the word but is it a bean? or what is it?

12:53 am

omit that l - that's a weak finger that is always falling !!

12:54 am

yw jilli

12:55 am

it has nothing to do with a bean, mkg -- click on the ? for the meaning

12:55 am

i hate it when grid takes it and dict. says no results.

12:55 am

the dict says no results.

12:55 am

so I see, mkg!

12:55 am

I can't find a definition for it anywhere mjg

12:56 am

**mkg

12:56 am

well, feu is French for fire...

12:57 am

I'm going to take these tired fingers to bed, they're hitting too many wrong keys, goodnight all, see you tomorrow night

12:58 am

clue for pe 5 12?

12:58 am

night flosey

12:58 am

oops clue for the second pe 5 12. there are many

12:59 am

g'night flosey

1:00 am

pe5 + I will ar*** and go to bed

1:01 am

and pt for the 6

1:01 am

ty flosey

1:01 am

yw jilli

1:01 am

ty ....still nose in grid here

1:01 am

nice icon, btw, flosey

1:02 am

there are 4 pe5/12s

1:02 am

thanks jilli

1:02 am

and yours, Jilli - a little more wearable I think!

1:03 am

but not by me!

1:03 am

certainly not by me!

1:05 am

any more clues before I go?

1:06 am

you just go to bed, flosey, and sleep well!

1:06 am

down to 15 but ty

1:07 am

ok, thanks jilli, and yw cj, poof

1:16 am

hello grammagum

hi and nbt

1:20 am

hello and wtg

1:23 am

fireworks!

grats cjmomma

1:23 am

hi ge gee

1:24 am

ty first time less than an hour..

phantom diode

1:27 am

night all ...happy babbleing to all!

1:32 am

un6 for nbt and fireworks? Help

1:34 am

un6 prefix for one & a pea ***

1:34 am

ty ty ty lynxxx

1:34 am

what does nbt mean?

1:34 am

Fireworks.

1:35 am

Congrats Mixi!

1:35 am

nbt - no blank tiles, or you get at last one word from each tile

1:40 am

* * Firewords * *

1:40 am

least;

1:41 am

YAY mixi and hi!

1:41 am

I was a bit late with that -- buried in the grid

1:42 am

hi geegee and lynxxx

1:42 am

and arisha

1:42 am

hello

1:43 am

geegee, if you want your flag etc, go to your My Account and click on the little square, upper right, which says Show Profile :)

1:43 am

1:43 am

i jilli

1:44 am

i really need a new keyboard :p

1:44 am

ty

1:44 am

they don't cost much, arisha!

1:45 am

Hooray for GeeGee, flag and all!

1:45 am

oh i know, just getting to shops while they are open has been the hard part

1:45 am

and one more word

1:45 am

though i must say i save money by them being shut

1:46 am

arisha -- where's YOUR flag?

1:46 am

some one stole it i think

1:46 am

LOL! Did you ever get yours?

1:47 am

fireworks

1:47 am

grammagum are you still there?

1:47 am

all better ?

1:47 am

YAY geegee!!!

1:48 am

Ah, yes, arisha!

1:48 am

grats geegee

1:48 am

i'm here

1:48 am

anyone need clues?

1:48 am

how far are you?

1:49 am

only 32 words

1:49 am

If not, I'll head for bed

1:49 am

jilli...the single c please

1:49 am

night jilli

1:50 am

cu4/9 -- cu + no **s, ands or buts

1:51 am

ty...would never have got that

1:51 am

it's an unword

1:52 am

such a nice pic of you, rolin!

1:53 am

ty...it was one of those taken in the middle of summer on a cruise ship...total relaxation helps..lol

1:54 am

gd morning everybody

1:54 am

hi ruby :)

1:55 am

morning ruby

1:55 am

hi jilli

1:56 am

any more clues needed?

1:56 am

loads...but you should go to bed..lol

1:57 am

well, I should. Several people found this grid pretty easy, but I didn't. i guess if you have a good babblet collection in helps.

1:58 am

*it helps

1:58 am

me, too, but I just started and it wouldn't be fair to keep you up with dumb questions!

1:58 am

does anyone have a babblet collection...?

1:59 am

figuratively speaking

1:59 am

what is a babblet collection?

1:59 am

yeah..but im just wondering if it wouldnt be a good idea...to start a page somewhere where ppl can contribute

2:01 am

babblets are rare words which often show up here and hardly anywhere else -- or in US crosswords

2:01 am

just jotting down odd words as they appear is helpful, I guess

2:01 am

and geegee, if you didn't already know, there's always a hiccup at this time

2:01 am

what's funny here is that many food words aren't accept while many are, I don't get the pattern.....

2:02 am

hiccup=time when you can't enter words or chat for a minute or so

2:03 am

there's no pattern to enable, ruby. E.g. some French words are ok, others aren't -- no rhyme or reason.

2:03 am

okay, thank you. Going to bed now. gnite grammagum

2:03 am

that just happened to me, jilli, lol

2:03 am

I'll hold my breath next time

2:04 am

nite gee gee

2:04 am

btw, I've posted a list at the end of my profile of words ok in morewords which are not accepted here, and another of words NOT in morewords which are ok here. Lots of babblets!

2:05 am

I saw that and you sound like a very interesting person. gnite

2:06 am

And now I AM going to bed! Happy babbling, all, and -- *poof* (thanks, geegee)

re5 - 5 - and 6 please

2:26 am

re6 where you 'live', lose the vwl on the end for the 5

2:28 am

no? OK try re & not front or back but ****

TY lynxxx

2:29 am

yw

re6/21 please

No, I've got that, I need the re5/10

2:42 am

sight again

Thanks again lynxxx - slap me

2 left, pa7/40 and n6/27

un6/27 sorry

2:45 am

un6 prefix for one and a pea ***

2:45 am

pa7 what they grow rice in

2:46 am

pa7 or an affectionate nickname for Irishmen

Got the rice one

2:48 am

got the pea ***? if s, just read from the un

Got fireworks. TY lynxx and all. Back to bed

2:48 am

Congrats Rumple, nite

3:25 am

71 easy words or 71 tricksy words?

3:27 am

Hello, Ata, it's debatable. (I've just started).

3:27 am

hi haz! la glitteratinella!

3:28 am

well, we will see

3:28 am

Salut!

3:29 am

It looks promising, but these things can be deceptive.

3:29 am

and usually are

3:29 am

We sound very wise and a trifle world-weary, don't we?

3:30 am

Morning Ladies

3:30 am

Good morning, FM. How are you?

3:31 am

tricksy words I suspect. Fine thanks although there is while stuff falling from the sky again *le sigh*

3:31 am

hi FM!

3:31 am

I saw the weather forecast and thought of you. It's not forecast to stay around for very long. Hold off the crampons for the wellies.

3:32 am

more snow than sleet but as it is +5 it won't settle she said optimistically.

3:33 am

*crosses fingers*

3:33 am

Just signed up to the RSPB Brid Watch at the end of the month.

3:33 am

Morning all - long time no see!

3:33 am

I've got a friend called Brid. I must warn her.

3:34 am

is that the Royal Society for the Pretection of Brids?

3:34 am

Good morning, spellit! How are you?

3:34 am

Hello spellit!

3:34 am

Very well thanks Hazel

3:34 am

hi spellit

3:34 am

lol sorry but you knowwhat I mean :)

3:34 am

Hi everyone!

3:34 am

That's good to hear. What news for us? How's young Millie?

3:35 am

Millie is wonderful of course and will be 4 years old on March 5th. Now a very assured little lady!

3:36 am

Goodness! She's growing up fast - school in September, I suppose?

3:36 am

4 years old already, how time flies!

3:38 am

Yes and it's only 200 yards away from their house. I am still with my friend Jane. Did I tell you about that?

3:38 am

We knew there was a romance. Any news?

3:38 am

No, do tell!

3:39 am

Millie still remembers Wendy even though she was only 2 when she passed away

3:39 am

That's lovely, spellit, I hope she retains the memory.

3:40 am

We exchanged emails for 3 months with no intention of meeting as neither were looking for romance. But after we got to one email a day we thought we should meet. The rest is history!

3:41 am

Oh how great is that, and how long have you been together now?

3:42 am

On a scale of 1 to 10, how nervous were you meeting Jane for the first time?

3:43 am

Nearly 18 months now. Jane's family were very welcoming, but naturally it has taken time for my four children. All OK now so we will move on this year

3:43 am

Get the big hat ready, FM!

3:43 am

It was very scary! We both promised that if we didn't hit it off, we would still remain email friends

3:44 am

Well, I'm very glad that it has worked out so well and that life can be good again for both of you.

3:45 am

Happy for you spellit. lol Haz - having just put the hat boxes up in the loft, am I going to have to get them down again?

3:45 am

Yes, at least you know where they are, that's half the battle, FM.

3:46 am

do you think husband would approve of me having to go out and buy an expensive new hat? :)

3:46 am

You can always hire, Ata.

3:46 am

I doubt it Ata

3:47 am

You could always borrow one of mine, I have several that have been paraded at Ladies Day at Ascot :)

3:47 am

Or you could write to the Queen and beg.

3:47 am

a second-hand hat?! *gasp*

3:48 am

Not second-hand. Previously loved.

3:48 am

Quelle horeur!

3:48 am

Do I have any say in these wedding preparations?!

3:48 am

No spellit *grin*

3:48 am

nope

3:48 am

None, spellit, just do as you're bid and all will be well.

3:49 am

not now Haz is in charge

3:49 am

LOL!

3:49 am

OK then - just let me know the date

3:49 am

I'm getting lists ready. First a list of the lists.

3:49 am

June the 14th

3:50 am

That's absolutely the right attitude, spellit. Submission to the inevitable.

3:50 am

A Monday wedding?

3:50 am

Jane is laughing!

3:50 am

Not so good from the point of view of the florists, but you'll probably get a hotel easily enough.

3:50 am

It's a Monday? darn that won't work.

3:51 am

*waves at Jane*

3:51 am

Jane also says I haven't asked her yet!

3:51 am

Maybe slightly later in the month, not too close to Wimbldeon, though.

3:51 am

well you'd bet get on with it!

3:51 am

Well, what's stopping you?

3:52 am

So what are you waiting for then .... our first babble propsal *holds breath*

3:52 am

(Is this a first? A babble proposal? Try to stay calm, ladies)

3:52 am

don't forget Eva!

3:52 am

(Waiting to see how FM's typing fares in all of this)

3:52 am

lol HAz, grat minds and all that.

3:52 am

Yes, but EvaN didn't get proposed to live on air, so to speak.

3:53 am

*still holding breath*

3:53 am

still a babble wedding though!

3:53 am

How about Friday 18th June? It has a nice ring to it.

3:53 am

it can double as my bday party

3:54 am

*turning blue*

3:54 am

Worried that FM will faint if she doesn't breathe soon...

3:54 am

Spellit's gone awfully quiet. Do you suppose there's canoodling happening?

3:54 am

someone resus FM quick.

3:54 am

No - Jane has gone to serve in her Post Office - saved by the bell!

3:55 am

Hello, mcadam!

3:55 am

*gasp* had to breathe Hi macadam

3:55 am

Have these Post Office people no consideration? Has Jane not heard of a closed sign?

3:55 am

Morning all.Sounds like happy news to start the day.

3:56 am

*puts hats back in the loft and wipes away a tear*

3:56 am

We're agog, mcadam. Spellit doesn't appear for ages and then springs all sorts of happiness on us.

3:57 am

Are you feeling better now FM.Deep breath in and out aaaaah.

3:57 am

And how are you? You've been quiet as well or have I just not been around at the right times?

3:57 am

Thanks macadam am better now :)

3:57 am

Good things happen on Babble.

3:58 am

Oh that would be a good strap line if Dr_G wanted to advertise.

4:00 am

You'd have to add 'good things happen, but not to everyone and not guaranteed', because people would complain otherwise.

4:00 am

I have to go now as I am supposed to be helping in the PO. I will keep you up to date...

4:00 am

loooool

4:00 am

They'd finish a dull chat session and file for a refund.

4:00 am

and only if you're nice to Haz and FM

4:00 am

We're depending on it, spellit!

4:00 am

Bye for now!

4:00 am

Spellit's always nice to us.

4:01 am

Bye, spellit and say bye to Jane for us.

4:01 am

Jane says Bye too!

4:01 am

Byee spellit!

4:02 am

I`m around most days ,popping in and out.Hubby is now retired and still not adjusted to the novelty of no set times for anything.

4:02 am

And have you adjusted to having hubby round all the time?

4:02 am

Bye spellit .Thankyou for the happy news .

4:03 am

phone brb

4:05 am

I`m sorry to say I`m married to someone who wants to go shopping at lunchtime or just after schools finish for the day.He can`t understand why the shops are so busy.He also has to go to the bank at lunchtime .I hope the light comes on in his head soon.

4:06 am

Mornings are useful?

4:08 am

Maybe it's taking him time to wind down, but he'll get to realising that there are better times than others for doing things. Mind you, things have changed for the better as far as the banks are concerned. Remember when they only opened for two hours, three days a week? (Okay, exaggerating, but you know what I mean)

4:09 am

they still do here lol

4:09 am

My bank opens on a Saturday morning. *smug*

4:09 am

AND stays open until 4 most days.

4:10 am

ooooooooo

4:10 am

The good thing is he`s great company and still fun to be with.Not bad after 43 years married.

4:10 am

Frankly, we're so advanced, it's amazing. One shop has escalators.

4:11 am

That's good going, macadam, if you can still laugh together, it's great.

4:11 am

my goodness!

4:12 am

We had lessons in how to use it. Farmers came from miles around to see it.

4:12 am

was it front page news?

4:12 am

did Liam Neeson open it?

4:12 am

Of course.

4:12 am

No, I think Liam was otherwise engaged, unfortunately.

4:13 am

what's the point of having a film star from your homw town if he won't open escalators!

4:14 am

That's a good question, Ata. Next time I bump into him, I'll ask him. 'What else was more important than opening the escalator in Cameron's?'

4:15 am

But if he says 'Filming Schindler's List.' what do I say? Valid excuse or not?

4:15 am

hmmmm. I'm sure he could have flown over and back again

4:16 am

Maybe his fee was too high and the shop couldn't afford him AND balloons.

4:17 am

he should have done it out of the goodness of his heart, giving back to his town

4:18 am

Yes, but he's a Ballymena man. They have a reputation for being a bit tightfisted.

4:18 am

Of course,we've not thought of the possibility that Liam might not like escalators.

4:19 am

he might be escalatorphobia

4:19 am

*phobic

4:19 am

He might be an old-fashioned kind of man who wants Ballymena to stay as it was with stairs to climb and those whizzy cash things flying round on overhead cables.

4:20 am

whizzy cash things??!!

4:21 am

I'll not be able to remember the proper name for it.

4:21 am

Basically, a system where the customer's money is put into a canister, it's whizzed on an overhead cable to a cashier's office, she puts in the change and sends it back.

4:22 am

There was a shop with that system up until just a few years ago.

4:22 am

oooo! they still do that in America!

4:22 am

It's great fun to watch!

4:22 am

It wasike that in NY when I was a kid. BTW, gd morning

4:22 am

I don't think it would work with plastic cards, that's the only thing.

4:23 am

Hello, ruby!

4:23 am

hello haz. How cold is it there?

4:23 am

We have a shoe shop where they have a variation on the system, it's kind of a closed vacuum system.

4:23 am

It's not too bad, it seems to be colder in England, or at least in FM's part of the country.

4:24 am

only have a few minutes now as it's almost apero time; that's what you do with a retired husband, ply him with alcohol

4:24 am

It's very dull and rainy.

4:24 am

We had the same device in co-ops all around Yorkshire years ago.Great fun to watch and amazingly speedy in use.

4:24 am

So, ply him with alcohol and keep him sedated?

4:24 am

here it's very sunny but in the 20's

4:24 am

What's the proper name for it, macadam?

4:25 am

I can't imagine someone going to the patent office to register 'A whizzy cash thing'

4:25 am

has a nice ring to it!

4:26 am

I can`t remember,and neither can hubby.Sorry about that.

4:26 am

PHone..

4:26 am

it was a pneumonic tube of some sort

4:27 am

pneumatic?

4:27 am

back again

4:27 am

hello fm

4:27 am

Hi ruby

4:27 am

And back again.

4:28 am

Cash railways apparently.

4:28 am

Heading out to the shops soon, have cooked up a storm these last few days, freezer is nearly full again but want to make some veggie soup.

4:29 am

Maybe you'll get the catering contract for Spelit's wedding, FM.

4:30 am

Glad to say it is now only raining. LOL Haz, can I employ you for the desserts please?

4:30 am

No problem.

4:31 am

excellent!

4:31 am

I hope they like things with cream. Non-dairy people will have to make do with fruit salad.

4:31 am

Okay, so that's the date settled, the catering organised, Ata can take the photographs. A good morning's work, I'd say.

4:32 am

*grin*

4:33 am

None of this hanging about, shilly-shallying gets nothing done.

4:33 am

and all of this before 10.30!

4:33 am

So what is next on the agenda?

4:33 am

I know!

4:34 am

Probably a venue.

4:34 am

perhaps we can sort out Enable?

4:34 am

Oh, I thought you meant on the wedding agenda - enable's a lost cause.

4:35 am

I think we should let Jane sort out the venue but only with our clearance

4:35 am

Yes, a venue and then I suppose at some stage we'll have to involve the bride and groom, but we'll keep them out of it for as long as possible.

4:35 am

as long as they turn up

4:35 am

LOL!

4:36 am

Oh, they'll turn up. We'll get Anniebrook on survelillance.

4:36 am

surveillance, even.

4:37 am

We'll let Jane choose the dress, provided she passes the taste test.

4:37 am

She'll be shown pictures of Lady's Day at Ascot and provided she shows due horror at the horrors, we'll let her have a say in the dress.

4:41 am

Okay, time for me to head off and get some work done around here. Enjoy the grid, it's mostly friendly. Bye for now!

4:42 am

bye dear!

4:45 am

Bye HAz, sorry my PC had to shut down and reboot :)

4:45 am

Bye HAz, sorry my PC had to shut down and reboot :)

4:47 am

Time for me to head out too I guess, lots to do today - can someone kick my ass into gear please.

4:48 am

*kick* :)

4:48 am

thanks Ata :) TTFN

hello

Hi herin. Just came and wondered where everybody was :-)

I had to just go here for a bit

5:28 am

morning Babblers

Hi bojazz

I had to go here before i said something bad to a friend

5:29 am

you can say it to me - get it off your chest

A Babble friend, herin?

can anyone help me with the un word?

Not long started, pinny. Didn't even know it was an un word :-)

sorry :(

Don't be :-)

How many letters?

5:31 am

hello everyone

6

it's my last word

Thinking.

5:31 am

hi Annie

5:31 am

morning, bojazz

Hi Ann

5:32 am

un -- start of college + where peas hang out in the garden

5:32 am

hi herin

TY BR, and hallo!

ooh - thanks babblerabble! now i can get on with my day

5:32 am

thanks, BR and hi

5:32 am

thx BR

5:32 am

Hello

5:32 am

congrats, Pinny

thanks annie

see y'all tomorrow

5:33 am

congrats Pinny

poo this hapens to be a short grid

5:34 am

but tricky

5:35 am

dain

5:36 am

oops

5:36 am

no da

ya since my brain doesn't want to work and I am in a grump

5:37 am

why a grump?

Because my friend got into his Law and Commerce uni course and I have to slog it out the hard way as i don't have the right qualifications to get into Uni as i never completed high school.

5:40 am

herin, that's easy...finish high school and then apply wherever you want. It will take a year or two and then you are done. If you dont do then in a year or two you are in the same situation you are in now. Like the Nike ad says, Do it!

not just that cash

5:41 am

do you need money to finish High School?

No I need a lot for Uni.

and all in all it really pisses me of. i don't have my parents to old my hand and he said he was going to aim for a 60% pass rate

5:46 am

Yes, Unis are very expensive.

sorry I had to get a disprin

5:51 am

I am sorry that you are upset.

that is ok hun thank you for your concern.

5:54 am

it'll always possible to get scholarships / bursaries

I also got pudding

5:55 am

Pudding is a lovely comfort food.

5:55 am

herin, you can do it, you have come so far already!

5:55 am

every uni department will have secret funds. You need to ask them

5:55 am

Hi Annie and Ata too

5:55 am

they'll never advertise them

Annie it would be if it wasn't weight watchers

Hi Ata and FM too

5:56 am

Hi FM and Ata!

5:56 am

Ata, is it a blizzard here now and is settling:(

5:57 am

oh nooooooo

Ata A lot of universities here operate on $$$. I am going back to classes soon. I just hope I don't get a cold which i feel brewing.

Just stopped snowing here, FM. At least it isn't freezing, and my livelihood isn't dependent on the weather :-)

5:57 am

universities everywhere operate on $$$!

5:57 am

*le sigh*

Yup

I think i know what i meant.

I thought England stopped being a winter tundra

5:58 am

vry good point Sally, I can work what ever the weather so will stop moaning.

Had postponed trip to see son and grandson in London from last Friday to this Friday, so fingers crossed.

No, I wasn't saying you were moaning. It's just that I had realised today that some people really have no income in this weather.

Husband had sent me some flowers, which they could not pick in the snow.

6:00 am

but herin, for example, the department I worked in had funds to pay for 2 PhD students and 1 undergraduate each year. Never advertised. You either had to know or had to ask

6:00 am

I know, was just giving myself a good reminder that really there is nothing to moan about :)

And now I have my go-faster boots :-)

6:01 am

awe how nice of Sallys Hubby!

Yeah, he's a sweety. He's had a bad health year which has put a lot on me, so I think it was just a bit of luvvin.

6:01 am

*grin* this is where we cam e in yesterday wasn't it and wil ardilla's clasic line too :)

6:02 am

BRB oven is now heated so time to put the gammon in.

6:02 am

that was SO funny

lol, yes FM.

Thank you fror that Ata

6:03 am

you get ex-professors setting up bursaries, all sorts of odd things. it's *always* worth any department about such things

6:04 am

may I ask....what is gammon?

I "so" want to enter doodle into the grid - or doddle.

thank you.

6:04 am

thought gammon was a game???

6:05 am

ham!

Kind of ham

6:05 am

ah, thank you

6:05 am

goes with green eggs?

Two countries divided by a common language :-)

Green eggs??

6:06 am

yes - green eggs & ham

Backgammon is the game, bojazz

6:06 am

dr suess

6:06 am

LOL - i know

6:07 am

thx Ata

6:07 am

figured somebody out there would connect

Ah, ty

6:11 am

got the cu4/9 - it is not listed in dictionary. does that happen often in babble?

6:12 am

yep lol

It is a real word in a dictionary Bo

6:13 am

ok - just not in our cyber dictionary

6:13 am

back, gammon is a cut of ham or pig, roasts well and tastes great.

6:13 am

unfortunately, a lto of dictionaries don't exactly match

6:13 am

tastes more than great :D

I can smell it from here :-)

6:14 am

smells good when it is cooking too :)

6:14 am

cue crossy!

Bo you can find it if you google it

6:16 am

I keep looking out the window and geting mesmerised by the falling snow ...

Snow is pretty.

6:16 am

so pretty!

6:17 am

sooooo pretttyyyyy .....

Wake up, FM!!

6:17 am

oh sorry! thanks Sally :)

6:19 am

but it is so pretty *slap* OK time to get on with the grid.

6:19 am

FM, check my icon

6:19 am

I did some gilding yesterday, for the first time I got a result I liked!

Double take. For a moment I read that as gliding.

6:20 am

Oh now that is interesting!

6:20 am

so does everyone!

6:21 am

what size are they?

6:21 am

only little

6:21 am

A4 sheet

6:21 am

what an inch or bigger?

6:21 am

and babble squished them

6:22 am

Love how they look anyway.

6:22 am

4" high? 5". something

6:22 am

sent you a decent copy on email

6:22 am

will look forward to seeing how they evolve.

6:22 am

I'd been experimenting. I was using a particular synthetic size that's meant to be the best thing ever, adn I could never get it right

6:23 am

then I saw elsewhere that you could just use PVA, so I thought I'd try. And it's so much easier. You don't get the exact smooth surface though. Swings and roundabous I guess

Yep i read that as gliding too

6:24 am

that's what I keep saying on FB lol. GILDING! GILDING!!

6:24 am

Did I bore youalready about how much it costs to join the Guidl of Embroiders? But have found alternative groups under the U3A umbrella.

6:24 am

vast amounts!

6:25 am

Gliding or parachute jumping - closely related but not to guilding!

It is ok.. I just need to readjust my glasses

6:25 am

wonder if there's a guild of gilders

O there is a thought speak to a member of SCA?

Or a guild of gliding gilders?

6:26 am

LOL

6:26 am

SCA is probably right

Just a thought. I have them every now and then

6:27 am

It's always been the cost that has put me off joining the embroiderers' guild.

6:28 am

So I didn't bore anyone then yay - £575 to join the guild. Can you believe!

6:28 am

maybe we'll work it out for your birthday present

Well in my case it's also the fact that I can't sew.

6:28 am

Oh ha ha HAz, as if!

6:28 am

OMG FM what do you get for THAT??

6:28 am

not £575 worth!

6:29 am

I know. £575! Otherwise I'd be there like a shot.

6:29 am

we know how disappointed you are

6:29 am

No idea Deeha, was so flummoxed with the cost, didn't pursue it further!

6:30 am

I am a Lioness our sub is £16.50 a year but to join the Lions it is £72. £72 for the honour of collecting money for charity?? I dont think so!

6:30 am

I take it that's a fee for life? Like babble only with more torture involved?

6:30 am

FM! that's life membership!

err that is a life fee instead of $20 pounds a year

6:31 am

Maybe Dr-G should put price comparisons to show what a bargain babble membership is.

6:31 am

Member and Friend of Embroidery 18+ £36.00 minimum Member and Life Friend of Embroidery 18-59 £575.00 minimum Member and Life Friend of Embroidery 60 and over £375.00 minimum

6:31 am

Oh now that is interesting as we have a Lions shop in the village and I hadn't heard of them nor Lionesses until recently.

6:31 am

So FM could be a Friend, just not for life?

6:32 am

That proves what we all say - the Lions Club is international and the biggest non-govermental fund raiser in the world - yet no one has heard of us!!

I've heard of the Lions, Deeha, but never the Lionesses before.

6:32 am

Fraid not HAz, due to my age I qualify for the high payment band.

6:32 am

she could be an annual member. only worth life membership for 16+ years

6:32 am

I believe Rotary International is the largest fund raiser in the world

6:33 am

Dont know Bojazz but that is what the Lions claim!!!

6:33 am

Charities war!

6:33 am

Hi bo

6:33 am

that's what Rotary claims

6:33 am

hi FM

6:34 am

i've got $5.00 US - anybody want to match that?

6:34 am

Do you watch Harry Hill?? All I can say is FIGHT!!!!!!

6:34 am

diei

6:34 am

Would either Rotary Club or Lions Club take pity on FM and sponsor her membership of Embroiderers' Guild?

6:34 am

Anyway, have found alternative possibilites through U3A so watch this space.

i think i have negative $$$

6:35 am

clue for the u, please?

6:35 am

U3A or USA? You're maybe going to end up calling stitches by strange names and weird spellings.

6:35 am

LOL Deeha

6:35 am

and by the way it is still snowing.

6:35 am

U3A

6:36 am

U - a single pea in it's enclosure

6:36 am

un6 - three letters at the start of a place of learning, three letters for a pea's place of growing.

6:36 am

OH Nooooooo don't tell me that FM-whereabouts are you??

6:37 am

yours is much better Haz

6:37 am

not in Kent :)

6:37 am

ty,haz and bojazz

6:37 am

W Sussex

6:37 am

We both had the same thought, bojazz.

6:37 am

No it is so mild here I have even had a session in the garden this morning - not before time I may add!!

6:37 am

I came down to Sandwich on Monday, Deeha, walked from Sandwich Bay estate up to the mouth of the Stour and back again. gorgeous dog walk

6:37 am

yours was clearer - mine sometimes come soaked in mud

6:38 am

don't worry bojazz, cryptic clues are fun

6:38 am

LOL

sorry clue for the U again I was too busy watching tv and the screen gone

6:38 am

I do miss my dog but not sure I miss it so much at walkie time!!

6:38 am

un plus a personal listening to music device.

Oh, clever one, Haz!

6:39 am

see Haz's clue at 6:36

6:39 am

one day I'll bring Hobbit up to Walmer. She's never been there before

6:39 am

Thank you, Sally.

6:40 am

very

6:40 am

There are lovely walks across the fields - let me know and I will join you! And make you coffee afterwards!!

6:40 am

wonderful! let's wait for some nicer weather and then I will!

THank you. Sorry Being Human is on tv again. mmmm.

6:41 am

Off to work - hope all have a great day (or evening)

6:41 am

I have been up since so early o'clock this morning I must go and have a nap. Hapy Babbling all.

6:41 am

Bye bojazz!

6:42 am

FM's strangely drawn to naps now that she has the bed of wonderment installed. Has anybody else noticed?

6:42 am

sleep well dear!

Later Bo

6:42 am

LOL Haz! *poof*

6:43 am

Bye FM!

Maybe Fm loves the bed.

6:43 am

Right, I must fling the vacuum round the floors. Back later.

6:43 am

*gone*

6:50 am

oh joy. fe scottish words

6:54 am

clue for pe 5 12 seconde one please?

pe + what snow turns to when it freezes with different consonant

And then pt

6:58 am

ty. got it.

I'm off to make sense of the day. Any more clues needed?

6:59 am

I'm ok, just 3 tricksy ones to find

I have kind of dropped into a sleep

TTFN then Ata.

*poof*

laters

7:48 am

mornin babblers!

7:49 am

I'm not really here but I dont want your entrance to be ignored ;)

7:50 am

well, if youre "really" over on FB, please help with my barn raising. i need 4 more people in the next day, or else i gotta start all over...

7:52 am

how do I do that then?

7:52 am

*haven't played on farmville for a bit*

7:53 am

hi all ~~ Farmville? There is a lady that is going to be on Dr. Phil today who is neglecting her family because of the hours she plays Farmville.

7:54 am

omg!

7:54 am

isn't that something

7:55 am

can't wait for 3:00 to roll around

7:55 am

wish I could see that

7:55 am

Ata, I can tape it for you and mail it to you

7:56 am

I'm sure it'll be online :) but if necessary ..

7:57 am

ata -- there should be a post *somewhere* on my profile about it...scroll through old messages if need be. would be muchly appreciated! :)

7:57 am

I will tape it and you can let me know if you want me to send it to you

7:57 am

Eva, that won't be you on Dr. Phil today, will it?

7:58 am

found it!

7:59 am

done :)

8:02 am

whoo hoo ata!

8:05 am

TY ata. no mom, that wont be me. i dont have any kids to neglect. its my WORK i neglect by playing farmville all day. :)

8:06 am

an addition i have avoided so far

8:08 am

lol Eva, must be addicting

8:10 am

goodness gracious this must be a grid of babblets -- i have struggled to 63 left

8:11 am

having said that i immediately found 10 perfectly normal words!

8:13 am

there's a pf4 :)

8:14 am

ah well there is a word i would be looking for ty

8:14 am

*would not*

8:14 am

got it ty ata

8:15 am

Hello All, here for a few.

8:15 am

that was my last word

8:15 am

hi hego a few is all there are

8:16 am

mmm i was thinking i could knock off nbt before i left for work but i have my doubts now

8:16 am

off to do the bed linens. Good luck to all of you. {{Hugs}}

8:16 am

;-)

8:16 am

bye mom

8:16 am

bye bye jmcnrick

8:19 am

mmmm oatmeal

8:20 am

:-) for supper?

8:20 am

late lunch :)

8:21 am

Ata, what is your icon?

8:21 am

ty for reminding me to make a sandwich to take to work

8:21 am

oh, something i wanted to show fm earlier

8:22 am

It's pretty.

8:22 am

some of your artwork?

8:23 am

well ... experiments :)

8:23 am

has a celtic look to it

8:23 am

been playing with gilding

8:23 am

stats for the n please

8:23 am

yes ... that tends to hppen whether I want it to or not lol

8:24 am

ni4,5

8:24 am

ty grant

8:24 am

yw

8:25 am

C - top right corner....

8:25 am

hi jm

8:26 am

gm jmc

8:26 am

cu+ no **s ands or buts

8:27 am

ty Grant

8:27 am

ty grant

8:27 am

weird word

8:27 am

arghh! I know I monkeyed that! T/Y! hate when my fingers and brain are running at 2 different speeds!

8:27 am

would someone move that L out of the corner please?

8:28 am

Let's put it in the middle somewhere.

8:29 am

i think it should exchange places with the lower left E

8:29 am

Okay

8:30 am

:-)

8:31 am

stats for the A please?

8:32 am

ap4/6

8:32 am

ty

8:32 am

got it ty -- thought i tried that but apparently not

8:33 am

nbt! imagine my surprise!

8:34 am

so off to make a sandwich and then to save the world!

8:34 am

bbl

8:34 am

YAY jmc!

8:34 am

yay jmc!

8:34 am

hello

8:35 am

Bye jmc and hello jane

8:39 am

could someone get me started on the o's?

8:39 am

odx2, olx2

8:45 am

Halfway. bbl

8:46 am

thanks

8:50 am

may I have a clue for the fe 5/20 please

8:50 am

three vowels in the midle

fe 5/20 a fight or duel but add another vowel before the last letter

8:52 am

thank you Ata and Luv. That is fireworks for me

wtg Mom

8:52 am

Thank you Luv

8:53 am

yay Mom!

8:53 am

thanks Ata

8:53 am

now what to do the rest of the day?

8:53 am

can I help anyone before I leave?

are teh pe 5/12 and pe 6/24 fishes?

8:56 am

pe5 think bank he robbery minus last letter add vowel

8:57 am

then past tense

hi and thanks Joanne, fireworks for me!

8:57 am

yvw luv and congrats!!!

ty

8:59 am

sorry Fed Ex showed up

9:00 am

i have some disturbing news to pass along: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/edu cation/8468351.stm

9:01 am

congrats on fireworks Luv

ty Mom

9:03 am

any one need any clues?

9:03 am

yeah, maybe for the C ?

cu 4/9 sounds like what's on the end of a sleeve but change the 3rd letter

9:05 am

thanks

yw, couldn't get your link to work

9:06 am

off I go. Have a good day everyone

9:06 am

well it says that kids who are texting a lot and using text speak... it's actually HELPING their spelling and other language skills!!

bye Mom have a good day

Wow I find that hard to believe

9:07 am

bye bye Luv

9:07 am

i just find it sad that it may take away our selfless-sounding reason for complaining about something that annoys us crotchety old folks.

and there's that too!

9:08 am

I am horrified when I see how 18 and 19 year olds fill out the paperwork at the doctor

9:09 am

where I work. I should add. They can't spell anything right.

9:10 am

well they said that doing things like "l8r" indicates you have an awareness of the actual word and are playing with it. but it seems to me that this would apply at first, but then when everyone's using it, they can be just as stupid as they were in the first place.

9:14 am

ok... missing 2 d's, 2 p's and one S - which one has a 7?

9:15 am

ooh it's the P!!

9:15 am

and i pulled a pe4! lol

9:16 am

is there a pu?

9:16 am

hi everyone... yes Biggest Lose = pupu

9:17 am

??

9:17 am

sorry just upset with Biggest loser... it is pooh pooh

9:17 am

ah. so, unrelated to babble. :)

9:18 am

There is no pu hursh.

9:18 am

ther is a pf4 however.

9:19 am

ahhhh thanks!

9:19 am

that leaves D4 and D6

9:19 am

got the 4

9:20 am

got the 6!

9:20 am

yay!

9:20 am

little grids can be fun. but then what to do the rest of the day??

9:21 am

don't know about you but I am goung to hav e anap.

9:21 am

TTFN

9:22 am

ah, napping at work is a de4 giveaway.

9:23 am

off to sudoku for starters... ttfn

9:39 am

hello, clue for the un6, plz?

9:40 am

one foot

9:41 am

ty, grant. finito!

9:41 am

wtg

9:43 am

anyone need clues before i go do other things?

9:44 am

that was just my last too ibdaw but ty

9:44 am

have a great day all

9:45 am

whoooo hooooo Joanne!

9:45 am

ty and back at ya !!!

9:45 am

bye joanne, later all! hagd!

9:45 am

byee

9:47 am

hi joanne hi lbd hi grant

9:51 am

oh well DUH that's what I get for not reading what was written in chat

9:52 am

hi oodle

9:54 am

eeiiieeeiiiooooooo

9:55 am

old macdonald

9:57 am

and on his farm he had an idiot eieio with a duh duh here and a duh duh there here a duh there a duh everywhere a DUH DUH

9:58 am

LOL

9:59 am

I think the grid should have just a weeeee bit more vowels!!

10:00 am

some consonants are never used

10:01 am

you have a clue for the central lone E?

10:03 am

ed + bride says I **

10:04 am

Good morning all, from not-so-sunny Southern California/

10:04 am

ty

10:04 am

yw

10:05 am

hi christine I hope you are safe and dry and not flooded... man from fires to floods and nothing in between...

10:06 am

poof

10:06 am

hagd grant

10:12 am

USDA predicts a 10% decline in the cranberry crop this year.

10:14 am

Imagine - tornadoes!! But I'm in Hollywood, far from the hillslides slipping and the monster waves. I'm retired and taking advantage of the fact that I don't need to leave the house. Rain watching is good enough, for me.

10:22 am

What's happening to the cranberries?

10:24 am

Good grief, 44% vowels.

10:25 am

and all misplaced.

10:35 am

It's sunny down here in SD but we're supposed to get rain later ..

10:36 am

if the ed bride word was good, why isn't edda??? Icelandic epic???

10:37 am

hello christine, I'm glad you're safe and just looking at the weather like me

10:37 am

some days I don't go outside at all

10:39 am

Hello, Rubyfoo and Torgone. This weather is too extreme.

10:40 am

every place but here, I think, here it's clement with just an occasional unseemly wind storm

10:48 am

back after din!

11:04 am

Hi Ruby, Hi All

11:05 am

Hi, hego

11:05 am

loes

11:06 am

oops

11:08 am

more than half done and just got nbt. ;-P

11:09 am

I dunno - I have only 40, and I doubt there really are 71 words.

11:10 am

:-)

11:10 am

NBT & 13 grayed tiles @ 45 and struggling

11:10 am

little grids are mean.

Good morning, I only need two clues one for pa7 and on for fe5, please?

Got the 7 thanks

11:16 am

pa7 - cow droppings

11:16 am

really?

11:17 am

Oh, yeah.

11:17 am

well, close

11:17 am

;-)

11:17 am

ty

11:18 am

maybe rice fields, Bo

fe5, please?

11:19 am

don't have yet

11:20 am

rice - better, not as smelly

11:20 am

:-D

11:22 am

fe + you + past tense

11:22 am

Ruru!

11:23 am

gm everyone

11:25 am

thx ruru

Got the fe5 thanks

11:29 am

It sure is stormy out here in CA. Never seen anything like it. Have been stuck inside with grandkids since Sunday.

11:32 am

Poor Bichon

11:32 am

The grandkid part is fine, they are getting restless.

11:33 am

sounds normal.

11:33 am

Bichon, are you in SoCal?

11:33 am

No, Bay Area. Couldn't get any worse

11:34 am

But then, a few weeks ago I was kvetching about the snow in CT

11:35 am

0ne of my neighbours is truly convinced that this is the end of days - the world is coming to an end.

hello all

11:35 am

Earthquakes, thunderstorms, sound appocalyptic

11:36 am

hi TO

11:37 am

Hi TO

11:37 am

erathquakes, thunderstorms, republiccan elected in Mass - yeah, something's afoot

i would be happy if the truck outside stopped bakcing up under my window.

ok folks - happy babbling. i can't take this awful racket, would rather return from lunch early.

11:46 am

Bye Bo

11:46 am

I Mean TO

11:46 am

good - i'm leaving too - good luck to all

11:47 am

ty bye

11:48 am

That's it Fireworks! Monkeys tired now.

11:49 am

Bye All. hagd!

12:03 pm

hello everybody

hi y'all

and wtg hego ~~~ !!! ~~~

2/3 done already. swift flies the grid

squeak!

12:35 pm

un6 please?

12:35 pm

betty : single cubicle, perhaps?

12:36 pm

Thanks sandbox

12:36 pm

un + mp3 player

12:36 pm

Thanks also pic.

fe 5/20 plz

12:43 pm

fe5/20 - fe + you + past tense

ty bojazz

12:48 pm

some of these words are very strange!

pa 7/40 plz

12:48 pm

rice plantings, sixty

12:48 pm

rice grows

ty harry & ruby

12:49 pm

looking for an eastern e word

12:51 pm

or an n word in the top middle

12:53 pm

ni+ ma's mate

12:55 pm

thank you pugmama; I'm a chowmama

12:55 pm

ei**r down comforter

12:55 pm

yw- any more clues needed?

12:56 pm

I'm pathetic, have 50 words but with a lot of help!

12:56 pm

are you using licketys list?

12:56 pm

it helps a lot

12:57 pm

that pug is adorable. Is the other dog a King Charles?

12:57 pm

ty & no a Japanese Chin

12:58 pm

very cute

12:58 pm

I don't know those

12:58 pm

don't see many outside dog shows

12:58 pm

most are black & white there are far fewer red & whites

12:59 pm

one of our chows is black, I think rare but for good reasons!

12:59 pm

chows are very pretty but lots of coat to groom

1:00 pm

yes, full-time job and stinky when it rains

1:00 pm

every breed has its draw backs,mine shed like demons year round

1:01 pm

I am just smitten by chows' faces and characters! however, I like French bulldogs which are a little like pugs but less pretty

1:02 pm

oh Frechies are precious! I agree!

1:02 pm

oops frenchies

1:03 pm

a lot of them here but virtually no chow chows

1:03 pm

there were quite a few chows where I used to live but not here, regional popularity i guess

1:04 pm

and, as you saqid, a lot of work

1:04 pm

Indeed!

1:04 pm

said*

1:04 pm

we've had 5 over the years, but this one in the icon is my favorite

1:05 pm

used to groom for a living in my youth but I'm all for low maintenance now

1:05 pm

my whole life is low-maintenance except for my dogs!!

1:05 pm

he/she is lovely

1:05 pm

she is my ruby and she owns my heart

1:06 pm

this puggy is #6

1:06 pm

name?

1:06 pm

Chino aka "Fatus Maximus"

1:07 pm

our other chow is Mi-Pao's Black Maximus!! lol

1:07 pm

Max

1:08 pm

never gave him a show name as I got him to love (it's just a nick name because he's a little tub) although he is from very good show stock

1:09 pm

we never thought of showing ours, but they came from a very fancy family, unlike me!

1:10 pm

our first two were both offspring of int'l champions

1:10 pm

Rosie and Rufus

1:10 pm

Those are the three red ones

1:10 pm

as much as I'm enjoying chatting with you dear(truly) I've been ill & suffering from debilitating fatigue.Must take a nap but will gladly give another clue or 2 first if needed...

1:11 pm

very nice talking with you, but I'm off to bed to watch TV; I'm embarrassed to ask for more clue!

1:11 pm

you sure?

1:12 pm

ok, A word!!!

1:12 pm

I feel like a big cheater!!

1:12 pm

a + like 2 peas in a p**

1:12 pm

fireworks

1:13 pm

omg, too easy lol

1:13 pm

yahoo sand!!!

1:13 pm

gd nite

1:13 pm

nice to meet you dear!

1:13 pm

ty

1:13 pm

happy babbling all! poof!

1:13 pm

you, too, a pleasure!

1:24 pm

Evening all

1:26 pm

fifi!!!

1:26 pm

Ata!!!!!!

1:26 pm

thought I might be alone here in babble land.

1:27 pm

not quite :)

1:27 pm

Sily is here too. With the wind up her tail. Zooooom! Mrooooow!

1:27 pm

had a npa this afternoon which turned into a 4 hour sleep 'sheesh'

1:27 pm

LOL can imagine.

1:27 pm

I didn't get a nap today. Tired.

1:28 pm

how's the snow?

1:29 pm

NOt sure I am happy with this napping thing but needs must. Snow clearing and not settling thank goodness.

1:30 pm

Glos has about 2" *sigh*

1:30 pm

oh no, really!

1:30 pm

yep! cotswolds are a nightmare for snow at the moment

1:31 pm

I just want spring to come along.

1:31 pm

omg me too

1:32 pm

Intersting grid today, mix of normal words and babblets.

1:33 pm

I got so stuck on the pf!

1:33 pm

sily: bounce! *explores bag* bounce!

1:33 pm

sily: wriggle wriggle mrrrrrooooow!

1:33 pm

LOL and (((())))

1:34 pm

she's so funny

1:34 pm

Oh James May is about to fly in a U2

1:34 pm

ooooooo

1:34 pm

BBC2

1:35 pm

we must set a date forme to come down and visit.

1:35 pm

so when are you coming to visit Silvercla?

1:36 pm

once the weather has setled down.

1:36 pm

lol :)

1:37 pm

How about next month?

1:37 pm

whenever! just let me know :)

1:37 pm

okey dokey :)

1:38 pm

sounds good to me!

1:39 pm

I think I'm pretty much here in February

1:40 pm

Good!

1:40 pm

*peaks in the chog*

1:40 pm

How is C doing btw?

1:41 pm

it'll be nice to have someone to talk to :) I'm feeling really lonely at the moment. Which is silly.

1:41 pm

omg. she wants me to go look after her for a week on Sunday

1:41 pm

awe, hun!

1:41 pm

{{{ata}}}

1:41 pm

D is going to be soooo happy about that lol

1:42 pm

I decided that this is the worst bit about marriage. You can be utterly lonely, but can't go out and relieve it elsewhere!

1:43 pm

but I have my black blob :)

1:44 pm

Hi jmc

1:45 pm

Ata do you want to get togethersoner if you are feeling down?

1:46 pm

well let's see what the weather does!!

1:46 pm

hullo

1:46 pm

you know you are welcome to come and stay for a while.

1:46 pm

anybody have the pa7,40?

1:46 pm

I know *hugs*

1:46 pm

plural rice fields

1:46 pm

Hi jess

1:47 pm

d'oh. thanks ata, that's firewords

1:47 pm

hi jess!

1:47 pm

yay jes!

1:47 pm

so long as you bring Hobbit of course *grin*

1:47 pm

how are all your fosterlings?

1:47 pm

well of course!!

1:47 pm

Congrats Jes.

1:48 pm

annoying, ata. dumb cat about got herself tossed out in the snow this morning

1:48 pm

she is NOT getting along with the cats in residence, and i am so very tired of listening to the growling

1:48 pm

especially at 5am

1:48 pm

urf! yes, that can get very wearisome ....

1:49 pm

whoo hoo jes

1:50 pm

know anybody that would like a little black cat and doesn't already have other cats or small childrens?

1:50 pm

do you have skyp ata?

1:50 pm

have you come across cannibalistic hamsters?

1:50 pm

*pulls on foil cap to protect from cannibalistic hamsters*

1:51 pm

noooo. but I'm ok really. just having a *gloom* today

1:51 pm

LOL

1:51 pm

does foil protect from cannibals?

1:51 pm

me? yeah. hamsters are evil.

1:51 pm

i've met... 3? nice hamsters. rest are all pure rodenty evilness

1:51 pm

Haz does get some of the best stories doesn't she!

1:51 pm

they look so cute

1:51 pm

okay I wont nag -- that makes me even more blue when people do that

1:51 pm

FOIL protects me from anything!

1:52 pm

lol you're not nagging dear :)

1:52 pm

what's that, jam?

1:52 pm

jes, haz came across a client whose hamster was scoffing her new borns. and got most concerned

1:52 pm

what's what?

1:52 pm

(just to explain the interest in hamsters!)

1:53 pm

what's "that" which makes you even more blue?

1:53 pm

a preggers client -- obviously fearful for her own new born to come

1:53 pm

Haz has suffered more than most but I guess that is part of being a vets wife.

1:53 pm

Great work on your icon, Ata

1:53 pm

yeah. usually when the moms eat the babies means either: overcrowded, underfed, or out of water. unfortunately, once they start, they pretty much don't stop, even if the husbandry is corrected for subsequent litters.

1:53 pm

oh for example if i mention to my sister i am blue she will then spend the next week asking me how i am feeling

1:54 pm

hi BR

1:54 pm

Oh James May has finally taken off in the U2!!

1:54 pm

ty BR! it's ongoing experimentation with gilding - which is ridiculously hard, I've discovered

1:54 pm

Hello

1:54 pm

heh. so we shouldn't ask how you are? hmmm...

1:54 pm

no no never mind jes! lol

1:54 pm

Hi BR

1:55 pm

it's always such an impossible line between making someone worse through continued questions, or through ignoring them :P

1:55 pm

we love you, jam! no being blue! :D

1:55 pm

like hugging I am not good with overly solicitousness

1:55 pm

BRB

1:55 pm

i can seldom stay blue in the chog -- am usually giggling too much

1:56 pm

i know ata it is a hard line from both si4s

1:56 pm

*tickles jam*

1:56 pm

me too, I think babble has saved many of us many a night!

1:56 pm

ack!!!

1:56 pm

Hello, FM -- how is life as a nouveau riche?

1:58 pm

she's too busy to stay inthe log for more than 5 sec s at a time :P

1:58 pm

oo FM has $$$$$$?

1:58 pm

millions!

1:59 pm

seriously? she win the lotto?

1:59 pm

how did that happen?

1:59 pm

lol no, not very seriously

1:59 pm

she sold her house though, so she's suddenly comfortable :)

2:00 pm

ah isn't buying a new one?

2:00 pm

I turn my backfor a moment and then see this!!

2:01 pm

only a palace or two

2:01 pm

I am happy and content but did not win the lotto!

2:01 pm

that was jellen :P

2:01 pm

but it so much easier to gossip about you if your back is turned!\

2:02 pm

Personally I blame HAz for multiple rumors.

2:02 pm

who blames you ,Im sure

2:02 pm

lol jmc, in which case I will go and put the kettle on so youcan all gossip away :)

2:03 pm

FM, do you want to hear what cool thing I discovered about Dr Who / Torchwood today? (sorry everyone :P)

2:03 pm

decisions decisions who to blame?

2:03 pm

see? told you she only stayed for 5 secs!

2:03 pm

Ata tell me in about 5 mins when I get back.

2:03 pm

right like we haven't had to sit through Dr Who Torchwood conversations before!

2:04 pm

k :)

2:04 pm

you have? goodness!

2:04 pm

and apparently Torchwood is being remade for an American audience ...

2:05 pm

why why why? that usually means dumming it down and adding an American hero

2:05 pm

I know. It's horrific. But! they are keeping the same writers, so theres hope

2:07 pm

well i probably won't watch it anyway so i don't know why i care

2:09 pm

if you ever decide to, watch the English Version!

2:10 pm

we have taste and style

2:10 pm

i will make a note of it

2:10 pm

*cough* Monty Python

2:11 pm

that had style ..........

2:11 pm

a style, anyway!

2:11 pm

Benny Hill

2:11 pm

Now there's class ..

2:12 pm

why would they remake it here when most have watched it here already?

2:12 pm

thats what I wonder

2:12 pm

you just like the bare naked ladies that Benny Hill chased

2:13 pm

Back. My garden backs onto a churchyard and they are doing bell ringing practice, wonderful sound but some of them do need to get better!

2:13 pm

even Benny Hill compared to Paris Hilton

2:13 pm

moneys, dc

2:14 pm

Hi dc

2:14 pm

thats why it's practice :)

2:14 pm

hi dc and torg

2:14 pm

hello, FM. They must have a nebie

2:14 pm

newbie

2:14 pm

hello, jmc, ata, torg

2:15 pm

hi everybody! Does anyone have a clue for the ri4, 7?

2:16 pm

So Ata what about Dr Who/Torchwood?

2:16 pm

no ri4/7

2:17 pm

sorry. re4, 7

2:17 pm

oh yes! well. this is very geeky but ... in Dr Who lore, there is a "race" called the Master Vampires - the Time Lords battled them in the time of Rassillon - they went round eating whole worlds. And then! on the Torchwood website, Owen "writes" that TW3 has the last remaining Master Vampire in their storage vaults. I do love these tiny tie-ins

2:17 pm

coral re**

2:17 pm

great barrier (re4/7)

2:18 pm

TY Hawk!

2:18 pm

YW

2:20 pm

and you didn''t now this already? Sheesh!

2:21 pm

*grin*

2:21 pm

I know I know :P

2:23 pm

Time for me to go so nighty night all and see you tomorrow.

2:23 pm

nigthy night!!

2:23 pm

(((Ata)))

2:25 pm

bye FM

2:34 pm

have you finished, jmc?

2:35 pm

no i have 15 left

2:36 pm

monkeying the second si 4/5 right now

2:36 pm

keep monkeying, it sounds like a word

2:37 pm

lol well there's a clue

2:38 pm

at least more than something like siea or siol

2:38 pm

one more and I can't find it does anyone have a clue for un6/27 Please.

2:38 pm

one footed, sue

2:41 pm

it's true many of the words don't sound like words

2:42 pm

got it

2:42 pm

don't get it.

2:42 pm

swear i typed that at least three time

2:43 pm

un*=one+ latin for foot

2:43 pm

Thank you sooooo much

2:43 pm

think of the tri*** that you place a camera on to keep it steady

2:44 pm

unipod

2:44 pm

sorry wrote it wrong place

2:44 pm

well its good to know you got it! lol

2:46 pm

so fireworks for you sue?

2:46 pm

grrrrr I've just been told off for not trying hard enough to unblock the sink *facepalm*

2:46 pm

can I help any one

2:46 pm

i'd fire that plumber then

2:46 pm

;-)

2:47 pm

how about the pe4/5 after urinates?

2:47 pm

all perfect husband is now fixing it *rolls eyes*

2:47 pm

pe + not out

2:48 pm

well i thought that is what a husband was for -- to fix the plumbing? *looks innocent*

2:48 pm

you dont pee on the outside you pee on the --side

2:48 pm

me too! next time I'll leave a stinky sink for him!

2:48 pm

well whoo hooo sue!

2:48 pm

ty sue

2:49 pm

Sue, How do you know where I pee?

2:49 pm

so sue are you new? i don't remember meeting you before?

2:49 pm

cute lawyer!

2:49 pm

yes 4 days old

2:49 pm

welcome to babbleland then

2:49 pm

Thank you, JM. I've been called that b4.

2:50 pm

lawyer is always cute :P

2:50 pm

because she assume you don't want to be disbarred --exposure may be a crime of moral turpitude

2:50 pm

Gee, I wish I could blush!

2:51 pm

Don't you use Turpitude to mix with paint?

2:51 pm

right lawyer if you got caught urinating outs4 i bet you could blush

2:51 pm

ask the bar association if that is what you do with turpitude ;-)

2:51 pm

name your stakes, JM

2:52 pm

besides, there is a difference between could blush and would blush

2:52 pm

jmcnrick - what is your icon?

2:52 pm

and should blush

2:52 pm

too true lawyer

2:53 pm

touche, Sue

2:53 pm

some weird colony she lives in :P

2:53 pm

lol sue!

2:53 pm

woulda, coulda, shoulda

2:53 pm

it is the colonial flag of the District of Columbia christine

2:53 pm

lol

2:53 pm

Ata, we are no longer referred to as colonies

2:53 pm

who you calling weird ata? :-P

2:54 pm

see! it's a colony!

2:54 pm

DC is still a colony

2:54 pm

I thought it was that or a quilt

2:54 pm

no my quilts are usually lone star quilts

2:54 pm

DC is a hunk of land stolen from Maryland

2:55 pm

I personally would be happy to be ceded back to Maryland if I get a voting congressional member and my local laws are not vetoed by Congress

2:55 pm

where do i sign?

2:56 pm

you'd rather have them messed up by the jerks serving in our legislature?

2:56 pm

Is that the whole flag, and is it sqare?

2:56 pm

with all you lovely clever americans here, could someone please explain in idiot's language what the big deal with the election thing last night is?

2:56 pm

hey even the maryland legislature doesn't veto bethesda's laws

2:56 pm

In case anyone is interested, a calamity befell Baltimore Yesterday

2:57 pm

fireworks!!! - second time :)

2:57 pm

ah well it is that the democrats no longer have a strangle hold on the senate (not that they really did before)

2:57 pm

whoo hooo bo!!!

2:57 pm

ohhhhhhhh

2:57 pm

yay bo!

2:57 pm

what was the Bal-more calamity

2:57 pm

re: election, it breaks the 60-40 lock that the dems had in the senate. it

2:57 pm

thought the calmaity was in Mass

2:58 pm

Bojazz - how did you rate a second set of firebirds?

2:58 pm

Yesterday was the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (I don't suppose any of you sent him a card)

2:58 pm

so that means either the health bill is screwed (screweder) or the Democrats have to get a back bone

2:58 pm

???

2:58 pm

news is so stupid. we had so much about the Mass election, but no-one bothered to explain the bigger picture like that!

2:58 pm

I wept a moment for him

2:58 pm

but how is that a calamity for Bal-more

2:58 pm

He came to my place & we had a pie full of four and twenty black birds

2:59 pm

Dear Edgar, Love you, miss you, want you,

2:59 pm

For the last 60 years, someone has mysteriously left a half-filled bottle and cognac on his grave

2:59 pm

*edges away from sajarn*

2:59 pm

they missed?

2:59 pm

and roses accompanied the cognac

2:59 pm

Having drunk the top half on the way to the grave?

3:00 pm

no doubt christine

3:00 pm

and this year came and went with no sign of even a cheap wine and weeds, let alone cognac and roses

3:00 pm

poor Poe!

3:00 pm

oh too bad!

3:01 pm

I think it's worse that none of you probably care

3:01 pm

when i first moved to DC someone place fresh flowers at Churchills statue next to the British embassy each week but they stopped about 5 years ago

3:01 pm

well blame the press -- they didn't report it

3:01 pm

He told me that as he is a recovering alchoholic, allergic to most greenery, he didn't mind.

3:02 pm

I'm thinking of starting a new tradition by replacing the cognac and roses with a dead raven and a bloody pendulum

3:02 pm

every time I go past Rossetti's grave, I leave flowers on it

3:02 pm

Poe that is, though I guess it could apply to Churchill.

3:02 pm

or, perhaps a telltale heart

3:02 pm

the only reason he recovered is he died

3:03 pm

at least a lot of new kids will have been exposed t oPoe this year through Warehouse 13 talking about him

3:03 pm

no then his grave will get covered with teddy bears and cupie dolls

3:04 pm

but the hearts would be ripped out of the bears and dolls

3:04 pm

I think Poe would kinda like that

3:04 pm

lol a wonderful image

3:04 pm

Bad, bad lawyer

3:04 pm

so lawyer you going to come to the Baltimore meetup in May?

3:05 pm

OK, now it's time for me to be nice. I must go to coach my high school mock trial team

3:05 pm

I think he would have done!

3:05 pm

what a saint!

3:05 pm

JM...depends on when and where

3:06 pm

keep an eye on DCSeian's profile

3:06 pm

usually a saturday late lunch

3:06 pm

depends on how late

3:06 pm

then we can see who wins the bet about blushing!

3:06 pm

and where

3:06 pm

we are open to suggestions in Baltimore

3:07 pm

odds are that you would blush first

3:07 pm

you do realize i am a lawyer too? did a bit of criminal law? now do military law?

3:07 pm

I think you're probably rigth there :P

3:08 pm

blush is not in repertoire

3:08 pm

Only a DC lawyer would challenge me as you did

3:08 pm

well you 2 can have a blushing competition :D

3:08 pm

lol

3:09 pm

I would suggest the Paper Moon Diner...It would fit this crowd

3:09 pm

nah that is pretty much any lawyer! lol

3:09 pm

or a peeing contest

3:09 pm

I will pass that on to DC then -- where is it?

3:09 pm

more likely a pissing contest

3:10 pm

wherever it is, it sounds nice!

3:10 pm

It's near Johns Hopkins Univ. and the Baltimore Museum of Art

3:10 pm

OK...time to run...or drive....bis morgen!

3:10 pm

okay that sounds doable

3:10 pm

byee!

3:10 pm

cioa lawyer

3:11 pm

okay i have to go do some filing --bbl to finish my 12 left

3:11 pm

I *like* having lawyer around. You know how you lot get people like me and Sprite as having been around *forever*? Well, he's my version of that :)

3:12 pm

bye dear!

3:12 pm

he's been around forever?

3:13 pm

Off lawyer topic: anyone have a clue for the A?

3:13 pm

yep!

3:13 pm

forever adn a day. before me!

3:13 pm

goodness!

3:13 pm

he is fun to spar with!

3:13 pm

a+foot

3:14 pm

he is, I like him

3:14 pm

okay really going now *poof*

3:14 pm

he's very very very good at babble too lol

3:14 pm

Well, thank you - I was sur I'd already tried that.

3:15 pm

always try things twice :P

3:15 pm

*sure, even.

3:15 pm

I keep losing words from my list, and sometimes I don't remember what I entered an hour earlier.

3:16 pm

thats soooo annoying

3:44 pm

*wanders in an innocently wonders if lawyers coach high school debate so they have someone to be smarter than...* *wicked mama look*

3:44 pm

hello all

3:45 pm

hi stiddy :)

3:45 pm

hey jes! long time no see. you okay?

3:45 pm

I'm new to this. I'm stuck, can anyone help?

3:45 pm

yup. sleepy.

3:46 pm

hi cath.

3:46 pm

have you read the "help" document in the top right cath?

3:46 pm

have you figured out the tile and word stats below the grid?

3:47 pm

will read it now, see if it helps, I'm 24 words short

3:47 pm

let us know what you need when you are done cath

3:48 pm

this is not an easy grid today.

3:49 pm

i've go u6, r6 and d6, can you give me pointers as to where the other 6s are??? tvm

3:49 pm

hi all

3:49 pm

sure. there's a pe6

3:49 pm

Ata, are you still around?

3:50 pm

and an ol 6

3:50 pm

thanks for the OL, my first 6!

3:50 pm

welcome :)

3:51 pm

cool, got the ol, now for the pe!

3:51 pm

go cath go!

3:53 pm

is the A fishy?

3:54 pm

no, but it's short. ap4

3:54 pm

thanks jes *thinking*

3:54 pm

gah. footless, eh?

3:55 pm

that gives me halfway and no blanks. I think I will finish my soup and go lie down. it's my "short" day for class. usually I would be studying, but today I am very tired. back later to finish, and thanks again.

3:56 pm

have a nice nap. :)

3:56 pm

oh -- and cath, there is a great resource at angelsong's pages (link below) that helped me a lot when I was fairly new.

3:56 pm

*Poof*

3:56 pm

i have jealousy...wish i could go nap

3:56 pm

Hello, peeples ... another tiny feel good grid.

3:56 pm

heya babs

3:56 pm

Howdy, jes

3:57 pm

oops. walk-in appt, gotta go

3:57 pm

si5, 10?

3:57 pm

thanks for the a4 too jes, still after pe6. Thanks stidmama for the tips

3:58 pm

look for the girl in the red si5

3:58 pm

yes si5!

3:59 pm

not that one, dsc.

4:00 pm

hm. looking...

4:00 pm

good evening all, is it small and sweet or tiny and terrible?

4:01 pm

There is only one si 5/10

4:01 pm

thx, BR

4:01 pm

hi, Sprite. So far, it's not too bad

4:01 pm

thanks seain :)

4:02 pm

Hello, sprite .... you will finish so quickly the keys will still be cold

4:02 pm

grin, thanks for the confidence, BabbleRabble.

Hi all! Clue for the lone E's

4:05 pm

hi sciencegeek

4:05 pm

hi, science. i've not found them yet

4:07 pm

it is not eeph. I tried.

4:07 pm

ei4 barak

4:07 pm

the "ed4' period in Japan

ty

4:10 pm

thanks seain, got them

Cannot see the fe 5

4:17 pm

yvw

4:18 pm

past tense

4:18 pm

of french fire

4:19 pm

i always forget that one, ty, sprite

4:19 pm

yvw seain

ty thought i had monkeyed it must have spelled it incorrectly

4:20 pm

yeah babble isn't forgiving when it comes to typos :)

4:22 pm

finally found a 6 :)

4:22 pm

good job :)

4:22 pm

hi eVeRy1

4:22 pm

I have one 7 one 6. It is a nice grid so far.

4:23 pm

howdy, oodles.

4:23 pm

yes, the 7 jumped out, didn't it

4:23 pm

how is DC

4:23 pm

i'm glad to be home.

4:23 pm

may I have a clue for the fe5 please

4:23 pm

yes it did

4:23 pm

oh where did you go

4:24 pm

and i'm glad that the weather cleared somewhere in Connecticut on the trip home :)

4:24 pm

see sprite at 4:18, oodles

4:24 pm

Cambridge, Mass with a friend for a convention

4:25 pm

tyvm dc and ty sprite for the clue

4:25 pm

yw

4:26 pm

fireworks!!!

4:26 pm

wtg happydan

4:26 pm

congrats, happydan

4:26 pm

wtg happy... *does the fireword boogie for happy*

4:26 pm

ah, there come the 6s. All normal words, almost

4:29 pm

why were you up in connecticut dc?

4:29 pm

oh duh... I just saw

4:29 pm

where do you get fireworks? in here, or in Lickity's?

4:30 pm

here, kimm

4:30 pm

WTG Dan!! I'm almost there for the 1st time ever! 4 words to go!!

4:30 pm

fireflies. (on the Babble site, kimmtoats, and hi ) Very nice and fast grid. With one of my favo babblets.

4:30 pm

go kimm goooo

4:31 pm

congrats, sprite

4:32 pm

Hi sprite, and thanks!

4:33 pm

it is my bedtime (well past it) so I am off. Have fun all, and thanks for the company.

4:34 pm

sweet dreams, sprite

dc - do you have the un?

4:35 pm

i'm seeking it now

4:36 pm

A one-legged thing

4:36 pm

thanks, torg

ty tor!

4:36 pm

un****what you might listen to music on.

4:38 pm

so dc you went for the elections in massechusettesettestteessettes

4:38 pm

indeed not, oodle

4:38 pm

i learned of the election only on Monday

4:39 pm

what convention

4:39 pm

Arisia - a sci-fi/fantasy convention

4:39 pm

oh kewel

4:39 pm

http://2010.arisiahosting.org/

hello all. can someone pls give stats for the c word? ty

4:43 pm

cu4.9

ty!

uh oh. snow again.

4:48 pm

se4 4 please

4:49 pm

a psychic who gets visions, Oodle :)

4:49 pm

Psychic

4:49 pm

ty

4:50 pm

cu4, 9

4:51 pm

A clue for the cu4/9 is that it has 9 points ..

4:51 pm

LOL Tor :)

4:52 pm

I need pe4, 5 & si5, 10 please

OMG here i am watching last nights american id4 recap and did not have the word...

4:53 pm

pe 4/5: assessed by a jury of your p****?

4:53 pm

si 5/10 Yes Si***! double vowel ending

4:54 pm

FE5/20? please.

4:54 pm

Oooh thanks Gramma. I would have been more likely to settle down, get married and have children than I would have been to get that

4:55 pm

Wow, that's really saying something.

4:55 pm

NB< if you do, may I be their Granma?

4:55 pm

such is the depth of my gratitude, Gramma ;)

4:56 pm

hello, folks, hope you're all well -

9 to go

4:56 pm

Rest assured Christine, it will never happen :D I'm too selfish for children.

4:56 pm

14 here, TO

4:56 pm

JBV! Good evening :)

4:56 pm

hi Nancy Boy - haven't talked to you since you were rushing to the emergency room - is everything OK?

4:57 pm

Oh well, I

What's up?

4:57 pm

I'll just keep looking

4:57 pm

pe5 12 2nd

4:57 pm

please

4:57 pm

i am close to finishing here - dinner's in the oven - plenty of salmon and roast potatoes for everybody

4:57 pm

i only need the 4th pe4,5 then fireworks

4:57 pm

and this is what I think of this grid - pf 4!

4:58 pm

ohhhh, all fine thank you JBV :) Leo has just about stopped milking it!

4:58 pm

Is it the hammer head?

Massachusetts...anyone here? Recovered?

4:58 pm

Did someone clue FE5? and I missed it?

un6 please

and, in a rare show of grammatical sense - enable won't accept its plural

I don't have that fe5 either

4:59 pm

2nd pe5 12 please

4:59 pm

fe 5 = family fe** with an extra vowel

4:59 pm

un 6 - one-footed creature

i do not see the hammer head, gramma. not accepted

4:59 pm

hello, TO sigh, silly chog and cat

4:59 pm

ty. i thought I'd tried that.

5:00 pm

hello, kaplan, gramma, jv

5:00 pm

TO it's a diff. spelling

5:00 pm

2nd pe5= multiple of pe4

pe5/12, pe6/24 and un6 please

gramma are you sure that is the def? because that word as far as i know ends in a n

5:01 pm

pe5=12 a misspell a woman's handbag

5:01 pm

that is the 1st one

No, the pe5 in the middle that is next to be6 please

5:01 pm

Oh dear,TO. I think we're talking about 2 diff. words

I mean pe6.

I got the pe5- need pe6 and un6 please

5:02 pm

pe 5/12 - pe + sunr***, sunset

5:02 pm

then past tense for 6

OK got it. Just need the un6 please

5:03 pm

was responding to april

5:03 pm

un 6 clued at 4:59

5:03 pm

does anyone have a clue for the fourth pe4, 5 it's my last word.

5:03 pm

ok lets start all over again

5:04 pm

pe 4/5 - blue color ****winkle

5:04 pm

he pe4 his pants all the time.

Something that you can have in the neck, only spelled diff, Kimm

5:04 pm

I need the 2nd pe5 12 that goes with the pe6

Oh- firworks

5:04 pm

pe6=24 pe+the last 4 letters of the word for when you really hate something

This was a fairly low-stress grid- needed that.

5:05 pm

nope, I have that one dsc, and that one too, Kaplan

5:05 pm

ty april

5:05 pm

2

5:06 pm

pead

I wish I could go back to yesterday's grid and finish up the ten our so I had left. Is there any way to store them?

5:06 pm

the 4th pe4 = to urinate

which pe do u need, Kimm?

5:07 pm

WTG, Kaplan! I just finished also.

5:07 pm

sorry, I need the fifth one

5:07 pm

i'm glad it was quick too - now i can go watch the Australian Open :-)

5:08 pm

peif

5:08 pm

Watch the Australian open? I'm going to go watch the Vodka Bottle open.

The one that's like something in the neck, or pe**odontist?

5:08 pm

sorry, i keep doing that.

5:08 pm

last pe4

5:08 pm

pe4 - pe+opposite of out

5:09 pm

I have that one April, ty

5:09 pm

have that

5:09 pm

well you can drink your vodka while you watch the open - much more fun that way :-)

4 left. may be list time

5:09 pm

Poof

Do you have pe**odontist? Are you flossing?

5:10 pm

oh ty kap

Flossing is very important.

How many people here floss regularly?

5:10 pm

*does the fireword boogie*

I got fireworks a while back but I'm just hanging out

Congrats oodle

5:11 pm

ty ty

5:11 pm

I floss every night -

Does no one floss?

There- that's one.

5:12 pm

watched the fireworks for a while

5:12 pm

congrats on the sparklers, oodle!

5:12 pm

yw

5:12 pm

WTG oodle!

I take it all the silent people don't floss?

5:12 pm

don,t metion it :D

5:12 pm

crap! I'm just not getting it!

5:13 pm

which

5:13 pm

got to go make dinner - AND floss!!

5:13 pm

I floss!

happy babbling folks (proudly displaying new b and h keys

5:13 pm

kimm what don,t you get

The last pe4- like the TV lawyer Pe*y Mason.

With a different ending

You can do this, Kim

Especially if you floss- you can do anything.

5:15 pm

I only need one more word. I have never seen fireworks. And cant see the last pe4,

5:15 pm

rah rah rah sis boom bah rahhhhhhhh kim!!

It's in the bottom right corner. Did you see my clue? Did you watch pe** mason on TV, or are you too young?

5:16 pm

YEAH!!!!I DID IT!!!

5:16 pm

wtg"!!!

5:16 pm

fireworks!!!

Hallelujah!

5:17 pm

ok um was jsut going to say bbl but um ... ok bbl hee he ehee

It's all that flossing. Works every time.

5:17 pm

hi everyone

5:17 pm

Thank you guys! Couldn't have done it without you.

Low stress grid.

5:17 pm

Yay kimm!

Don't mention it.

Congrats on the first time kimm!

5:19 pm

very stress free, just gone to list with 10 left

5:20 pm

now I need to get some house work done before everyone gets home and wonders what I've been doing all day! bye...

5:28 pm

bleh I give clue for the un please

one footed creature

5:32 pm

ty Good

yw

5:32 pm

Finally found the last D. Licketty's list accepted a word that Enable would not - said it's not in the dictionary -pooh.

5:34 pm

'bye all.

5:34 pm

Bye Christine

5:46 pm

oh my goodness Ijust spent 10 mins looking for a very fishy re 5/10

5:49 pm

good evening babble buddies;))

5:50 pm

hello, crossy. hello, everyone

5:50 pm

howdy welki

5:50 pm

pies

5:50 pm

oops

5:51 pm

on old rig sans babble expert;/.

5:51 pm

looks like it's only us here ... i'll keep your secret

5:51 pm

hey crossy

5:51 pm

hi welki

5:51 pm

hi, jess

5:51 pm

howdy jes

5:52 pm

stupid user question, crossy. i got a reader... and have no problem loading in sony formated books, but tried to add a word document, and it tells me it imported it, but doesn't display it in the library.

5:53 pm

now that is strange indeed

5:53 pm

try changing the word to a pdf perhaps

5:54 pm

there are many free programs out there to change your various doccuments around as needed

5:54 pm

i run almost totally in pdf or e-pub

5:54 pm

yeah... i wold think i shouldn't have to though, since it lists .doc and .docx and .txt as supported formats

5:55 pm

apoligize

5:55 pm

oops

5:55 pm

just din't know if it'd stick it somewhere else

5:55 pm

evening all

5:55 pm

hi dan

5:56 pm

hi dan

5:56 pm

usually not an issue with me,but as a habit i run in pdf..if it becomes a real problem,let me know and ill research this

5:56 pm

well, i'll play with it more tonight and see if i can find it

5:57 pm

kk, thanks :)

5:57 pm

hi. does anyone have a clue for the un 6/27?

5:57 pm

your trying to carry around nots and or work doccuments i assume

5:58 pm

notes*

6:00 pm

oh btw jes,i picked up a sd card for the wifes reader and it works amazing.i was able to take pictres from a camera,move them to the reader and then take them all to the in-laws places and then imput them into one of thse digital picture frames we got them for x-mass.very convienient indeed;)))

6:02 pm

and what we do now is because of the wifes vision,i dont want her searching through a big list of books in the reader lists,so what i do is keep all her books on the sd card,and and put one at a time on the internal storage so she dosent have to hunt for her current book;))

6:03 pm

got a 2 gig card on sale and i think there is about 150 books on there at this time;)

6:05 pm

and crossy kills the chat;(((

6:07 pm

nah, i was gridding. and now i'm grrrr-ing because it was so small and went too quickly

6:08 pm

hi all. i got half way and now it doesn't look that easy anymore

6:08 pm

when they are this small i just enjoy the chit chat and drag the grid out

6:08 pm

i had some extra time this afternoon, so when i got home from work, i made a one-pot supper, put it in the oven and sat down to the grid. and now it's done ... what to do, what to do ... laundry? no! cleaning? no!

6:08 pm

howdy dorens

6:08 pm

how are you crossy, welki?

6:08 pm

chit chat ... yes!

6:09 pm

doing well, dorens, thanks! and you?

6:09 pm

oh welki i wish i had your dilemma... i have a million old ny times magazines that i can't throw out till i read them, and books and all... and when do we have the time for them?

6:09 pm

usually when they're this small, i find less chat crossy

6:09 pm

not bad at all.dr finally gave me some pills for acid reflux and they are amazing!! i really dont know why they hold back on the good drugs for 5 years before they cough up,but now i have a tummy of a 25 year old;)))

6:09 pm

ohhh, i wish i had them .. i miss the puzzles. i get them up here, but it's just not the same if they're not in the magazine

6:10 pm

sorry...work happened. going back to read now..

6:10 pm

are they those little purple pills cross?

6:10 pm

hello all ((cross)) now you won't be so "cross"?

6:10 pm

bye jes...

6:10 pm

ooooooh, stid

6:10 pm

sec ill get the bottle

6:10 pm

a little losec goes a long way, crossy (or prilosec, depends on manufacturer)

6:10 pm

nexxium or something like that?

6:10 pm

hey all

6:10 pm

hi stid, rushie

6:10 pm

not nexium..it was not covered..1 sec

6:11 pm

ran-rabeprazole it is called,little oval pills

6:11 pm

hey doren!

6:11 pm

well glad it works... hi rushie

6:12 pm

down to 35 earlier, now playing for a few minutes and then will take a look at reading and such.

6:12 pm

hey rushie

6:12 pm

mine (losec) are Omeprazole .. similar, i suppose

6:12 pm

well, we're both at 35 stid, but no race please

6:12 pm

there's no slot for a memory card on my reader, crossy...I got the little one, is that something only the bigger one does?

6:12 pm

hi stid

6:12 pm

hahahaha, what a bunch of old farts, talking about acid reflux medicine ... pretty soon, we'll be chatting about depends *lol*

6:12 pm

apparently i lied yeserday

6:12 pm

well it was so bad,every time i rolled over in bed,i would stir it up and it would burn all the way up my throat..nasty

6:13 pm

shh welki

6:13 pm

hello all!

6:13 pm

hello pip

6:13 pm

yeah, it's awful .. and then the choking. did you get that?

6:13 pm

what model # did you get jes?

6:13 pm

hello pippin, glad to see you... no double shift?

6:13 pm

double shift got out early since it's chilly and i was working outside

6:13 pm

hello, pippin

6:13 pm

yes welki and choking on the liquid that backs up in your throat at night

6:14 pm

...and then you KNOW you're going to die because you can't get any breath in, even though you know there's nothing obstructing your airway. we are kindred souls

6:14 pm

i almost sleep sitting upright

6:15 pm

yes welki,i know THAT feeling,the air will only come in small sips and your gasping

6:15 pm

glad you are now home and warm, pippin. *offers warm cup of tea*

6:15 pm

the pills will help .. that, and try not to eat for a few hours before bed

6:15 pm

(hate it ... and then you're afraid to go back to sleep)

6:15 pm

indeed

6:16 pm

down to 21 now... and still listless. *hmph* and dog is making more methane than an entire herd of bovines. *sigh*

6:16 pm

even though i'm sorry you suffer with it, it's kind of nice to know i'm not the only one

6:17 pm

lol your lucky you have a dog...i have to blame it on the cats lol

6:17 pm

*thinking cross probably needs to borrow THIS dog. RIGHT NOW*

6:17 pm

(like mrs. crossy doesn't know who the real culprit is)

6:17 pm

indeed welki,and the acid can get so bad in the night,and you try to drink water and that makes it worse;/

6:18 pm

there are foam wedges you can buy that will raise you just a bit

6:19 pm

i have the matress raised AND 3 pillows under my head

6:19 pm

my stomachs way of saying"stop eating all that crap!" i suppose lol

6:20 pm

not fun if you want to sleep on your side or stomach ... because you know what happens when you sleep on your back. blech!!

6:20 pm

bred .. bacon reflux esophageal disease

6:20 pm

on the back?? forget it!!! if i didnt swallow my tongue,my snoring would set off car alarms!

6:20 pm

LOL .. we must be related

6:20 pm

*hangs cross up from the rafters to sleep*

6:21 pm

lol stid

6:21 pm

wanna compare scars now welki? hehe

6:21 pm

I keep typing "poodle" and it keeps not working.

6:22 pm

i think you'd win that rotten contest, crossy :(

6:22 pm

sorry, had a phone call

6:23 pm

lol,but i think i shall set up a shrine to this refux drug and light a candle hehe

6:24 pm

careful about the candle, crossy ... don't put it near the "CAT"

6:25 pm

hehe

6:26 pm

and that probiotic/acidophillous is great,wife is taking antibiotics and she can take 2 of theese a day to replace the good bacteria..amazing what they are doing now

6:26 pm

clearly not going to get nbt without the list, but i think at least i will get halfway done first

6:27 pm

well, maybe...

6:27 pm

well, guess i'd better do something around here .. clean the kitchen before supper, play with the dogs, pet the cat ... later folks!

6:28 pm

tc welki

6:28 pm

bye welki

6:30 pm

wow, i think i might be stuck. huh.

6:30 pm

sorry, stidkid needed a consult on homework (bye welki)

6:31 pm

pippin, I got halfway and NBT without the list, I think you can too. holler if you need help on a specific tile

6:32 pm

i'm at 34 and stalled, don't have the top u or n, or the right hand e (i am poor today)

I have trouble with the singletons

like the u and the n on the top row

6:33 pm

top u is a single-footed critter

6:33 pm

ah, ty!

6:33 pm

the top N is a babblet: ni 4 (not ma)

ty

6:33 pm

ty stid

6:33 pm

sure thing pippin. I needed help with the no-foot A LOL

6:33 pm

ty again, my generous mistress

I would have no trouble with this game if it used normal words

ty stid

6:34 pm

true that, esprit!!!!

6:34 pm

I am down to 17 and seriously stalled. trying to decide if I want to try to cook for dinner or play the sick card and ask tom if spaghetti is okay.

6:34 pm

is the right hand e a 4 letter word?

6:35 pm

spaghetti is always okay!

6:35 pm

yes pippin, babblet again

6:35 pm

do you have some cream cheese stid?

6:35 pm

no cross, have a soy-based substitute maybe

6:36 pm

why?

stid, what do you mean by babblet? (said the newbie lurker)

6:36 pm

bah. must help the other stidkid now.

6:36 pm

erica, hello! a babblet is a "word" that is fairly common in grids, but not in general use in English

6:36 pm

back again. discharging patients...

6:37 pm

they are usually fewer than 6 letters long.

6:37 pm

*mental view of large bore cannon being discharged as patients are sent away...*

gotcha. thanks for the clues.

6:37 pm

back soon

6:37 pm

what you do is take a nice flavoured cream cheese or a regular cream cheese put it in a pan,add about 5 tbs of water,and ir regular cream cheese,add you favorite herbs and spices...then on a low/med heat you melt it down into a cream sauce then add your cooked and strained pasta...it is amazing

6:38 pm

heheh. i've a few clients i'd like to discharge that way, stid ;)

6:38 pm

i like the herb and garlic or vegetable creamed cheese for this

6:39 pm

lol i missed her

6:41 pm

HI crossy. I just got here and saw your dinner suggestion. Sounds great!

6:41 pm

i use white sauces a lot because red tomato based sauces kill my stomach

6:41 pm

so i missed your answer about whether it's just my malfunction or if the memory cards are only an option for the bigger readers, crossy...sorry to make you repeat yourself

6:41 pm

ty bug..it is very tasty

6:42 pm

jes..what model reader did you get?

6:42 pm

I like that it is easy and fast too

6:42 pm

very easy,but they think you slaved for hours lol

6:42 pm

the little one, the sony ereader 300

6:43 pm

just add 4 tbs more water for creamier mixture

6:43 pm

ahh thats why jes,now only the 600 or the discontinued 700 have sd card slots

6:44 pm

ive not researched the new daily edition reader,but it has all the bells and whistles as well

6:44 pm

but the 300 will work fine for you as well jes,it is the multiple file formatt support that is the big seller for me

6:45 pm

ah; yeah, i went with the 300 cuz it's LOTS less spendy

6:45 pm

yes..the 700 cost me 550 dollars by the time all was said and done;/

6:45 pm

and figured the amount of memory it has is plenty for me. i tend not to keep most of the ebooks i read anyway.

6:46 pm

ouch. i'll probably get all the way up to 200 by the time i buy a book armor or similar to carry it in

6:46 pm

the closest they have to the 700 now is the 600,and it does not have a built in reading light and you have to buy the case and a external light seperate

6:46 pm

im glad you found a model that will suit you jess,they are nice dependable machines

6:46 pm

oh, that reminds me... good sources for free downloads? Project Gutenberg, Mobileread, Baen Free Library.... any others I should know of?

6:47 pm

you seem to have the main ones jes,i have one for audio books on the other computer that i will have to get to you later

6:47 pm

now what type of books do you enjoy jes?

6:49 pm

mostly fantasty/sci fi, but snagged the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus last night :)

6:49 pm

some dickens and poe once in a while

6:49 pm

no opposed to a little lovecraft

6:49 pm

ok my e-mail is chipdip33@hotmail.com go ahead and contact me and ill get you on my i.m list and ill send you a bunch of e-books

6:50 pm

hmm. not into romance chick-lit stuff, but i do like kid's lit :)

6:50 pm

dont forget the mark twains while your in gutenburg.com

6:51 pm

yeah, i should try more of his stuff. liked tom sawyer, but never could get through huck finn

6:52 pm

and dont forget if you like lovecraft that august dearlth is also on the free domain list

6:53 pm

not familiar with him

6:53 pm

but i can get you many sf titles because most of the best ones were written in the 30,s to 50,s

6:53 pm

excellent :)

6:54 pm

Baen has a bunch of free downloads, but pretty limited author selection in the free stuff

6:54 pm

i have the hobbit and the lord of the rings right now if you wish,as well as the twilight series

can i get a clue for the pe6 please?

6:55 pm

and about 50 stephen king novels

6:55 pm

*reading cross' instructions for "cream" sauce*

6:55 pm

that looks yummy, cross -- do I need to add bacon, or is that optional?

6:56 pm

it is so easy stid;) if using plain creamed cheese,add basil,oregeno,a dash of garlic,some pepper and away u go

6:56 pm

lol bacon is optional

6:56 pm

but preferred

6:56 pm

;0

6:57 pm

read twilight; much to chick-flicky for my taste, but thanks. stephen king is more my flavor

6:57 pm

id add the exra 4 tbs of water to start,cause it comes out a tad stiff otherwise

6:57 pm

much too, even. i can use English!

6:57 pm

i have many stephen kings jes,so be sure to e-mail me

6:58 pm

wont be till tommorow though,im on the other computer

6:58 pm

I like that id4, cross, will try it (if not tonight, then soon -- have to see whether what's in the fridge is still edible)

6:58 pm

already sent it, crossy

6:58 pm

if i don't do it right away, i forget

6:59 pm

lol jess,if your on tommorow,ill set you up proper

6:59 pm

excellent, thanks!

7:00 pm

assuming my computer does die overnight, i'll at least be around for email :)

7:00 pm

for now though, it's quittin' time!

7:00 pm

thats the great thing about the sony reader,because it is not a proprietary formatt,we can simply share books;))

7:00 pm

ok tc jes

7:00 pm

(((jes))) have a lovely evening.

7:01 pm

hugs to everybody! :)

7:01 pm

((jes))

7:03 pm

well, down to 15 and stuck I think I will list.

7:04 pm

and the first one I find is a fish *sigh*

any clues with un 6??\

7:05 pm

un 6: a one-footed critter

any other hints?

7:06 pm

un* (one) + like peas in a ***

THANK YOU! (it's been a LONG day!)

7:07 pm

yw kat

pe6 please

7:10 pm

don't have that yet sudoku

ok thanks

7:10 pm

it's a past tense, for the pe 5/12 that comes before

7:10 pm

and firewords

7:12 pm

did that work sudoku?

i don't have that one either but thanks

7:13 pm

it's a non-wurd, apparently

7:13 pm

or at least archaic... "v. t. To poise or weight. [Obs"

7:14 pm

Heyas kids ..

7:14 pm

hey tor

he tor

7:16 pm

do you want me to clue that pe 5 sudoku?

yes please

7:17 pm

pe + frozen water, mis-spelled.

7:18 pm

it's from the P with 9 words

7:18 pm

how is your week going tor?

thank you thought i had tried that

7:19 pm

yw, it's a tricky one.

7:19 pm

okay, off to put the noodles in the water for my menfolk...

see ya stidmama

re 5/10 plz

7:30 pm

look again

7:32 pm

sigh. anyone have a clue for the fe5/20?

7:33 pm

Like the game show - Family Fe** with an extra vowel thrown in ..

7:34 pm

thanks torgone!

7:36 pm

yqw

7:41 pm

hello everyone, I'm afraid I'm going to ask for 4 clues if you don't mind

7:43 pm

pretty good grid today only 6 left...

7:43 pm

I'm looking for Ol5/12, fe4/8, the second from last pe5/12 and the de6/21 if anyone could help please

7:44 pm

I hope they're not too obvious to leave me feeling silly

7:44 pm

ol5/12...it's an ol*** but a goodie!

7:45 pm

now you see, I must be stupid to get the plural but not the singular

7:45 pm

dear oh dear, thank you

7:46 pm

fe 4/8 = fe** the children or the other = fe + the **d couple

7:47 pm

oh sorry I should have said the second fe4/8

7:47 pm

pe = the eiffle tower is there but misspell it

7:49 pm

thank you very much MPittore, I'm down to my last word

7:49 pm

de 6/12 = "he'll give you anything you so de****"

7:50 pm

go go go Van!

7:50 pm

yay! thanks ever so much

7:50 pm

yw Van

7:51 pm

I still have six left...need last lo4/5

7:51 pm

let's see what I can do

7:52 pm

if you kept going round in circles, you could be said to be doings a lo**

7:53 pm

ty got it, need third pe 4/5, last pe 5/12 pls

7:54 pm

pe + not out but **

7:54 pm

and the other it like a ladies handbag but spelt wrong

7:55 pm

ty good clues

7:55 pm

I think I stole both of them, I looked through the chat log checking for clues so they were both given by other people earlier

7:56 pm

that's ok...coping is the most sincere form of flattery..*wink*

7:57 pm

I meant copying...excuse typo

7:57 pm

:)

7:57 pm

coping is the most sincere form of survival :)

7:57 pm

whew, last three...re 4/7, second re 4/4, re 5/12

7:58 pm

hi all! 4 left here

7:58 pm

giggle ;o} nrkii

7:58 pm

the great barrier re**

7:58 pm

hello, babblers

7:58 pm

hi welki

7:59 pm

hi welki

7:59 pm

anyone need a 'good news' story?

7:59 pm

all my remaining words are 4-letter words... you'd think I could noodle them out

7:59 pm

re4/4 it sounds like rice but spelt differently

7:59 pm

(there are some toughies in there)

8:00 pm

ty last one

8:00 pm

for the re5 take the vowel off the end of the re6

8:00 pm

F I R E W O R K S !!!!!! Thank you

8:01 pm

you're welcome, you helped me out!

8:01 pm

yay mPitt

8:01 pm

and yes on that goodnews story welki

8:01 pm

See what people can do together....it's just amazing!

8:02 pm

I love my babble friends! We are all so lucky to have this forum to share!

8:02 pm

2 left, both P4

8:02 pm

a cat started hanging around my daughter's home, a beautiful black and white cat. no tag, no tattoo, no collar. she looked for "lost' posters, called around .. no owner claimed him. he's the purrrrfect cat, she wanted to keep him so badly,

8:02 pm

yes the Ps were tricky

8:03 pm

nrkii...which ones?

8:03 pm

one from each, MPitt... no list, not sure more than that

8:03 pm

how many total points tonight?

8:03 pm

I have a lovely black and white cat

8:03 pm

601

8:04 pm

then she thought to look on craig's list ... my daughter lives in eatontown, new jersey ... there was an ad for the cat ... from an owner in pennsylvania!! "bruce" was missing for six weeks and somehow made the 40 mile trip to my daughter's doorstep ... reunion followed, and although my daughter wishes she could have kept him (and thinks that sometimes doing the right thing is pretty crappy), she's happy that he's back home. the end.

re 5/10 plz

8:04 pm

thanks!... that helps... 15 points to find

8:04 pm

welki, that's amazing!

8:04 pm

Great story, welki!!!

8:05 pm

re 5 10 = to view again

8:05 pm

wow, that's mad that it travelled so far

TY nekii and thats fireworks.

8:06 pm

Clue for the second pe 5/12 please?

meant nrkii

8:06 pm

Yippee sicty

8:06 pm

or even sixty

8:06 pm

yay sixty7!

8:06 pm

we had a stray cat living in our area and we took it to the vet who scanned it for a chip, and found its owners had been looking for it but they'd since moved and it had been lost for a year so they were also glad to get it back

8:06 pm

pe + r*** and shine

8:07 pm

TY! Fireworks for me too!

8:07 pm

Yahoo Car

8:07 pm

yay car!!!

8:07 pm

1 to go now... p4/6

8:08 pm

yipee to all the finishers! throws foil cap in the air...spins around...passes out goodies to all!

8:08 pm

I'm off to bed, thanks for your help

8:08 pm

bye all

8:08 pm

Bye Van

8:08 pm

bye van!

8:08 pm

sweet dreams Van thank you again!

8:09 pm

I am watching Monday's episodes of "24" and will go to bed very soon

8:09 pm

I have 2xPA and 3xPI and 1xPO... any PA, PI or PO missing?

8:09 pm

hi everyone

8:10 pm

hi lbd

8:10 pm

hi lbd

8:10 pm

Scrabbler... I'm on the verge of being employed!

8:10 pm

2 pa's, 11 pe's, pf, 3 pi's, 2 po's

8:10 pm

I have been praying for you, N! Yippee!

8:10 pm

hi nrkii, hi scrabs

8:11 pm

okay, so missing PO, thanks

8:11 pm

What is the position?

8:11 pm

fireworks!

8:11 pm

Yahoo N!

8:11 pm

ah, Scrabbler, if only it were that simple

8:11 pm

whoooo hooooo nrkii!!

8:12 pm

You won't have to move, will you?

8:12 pm

as of yesterday, I had one promise of a job offer, but no idea of title, salary or start date

8:12 pm

as of today, I have one job offer, and another promise of a job offer with no idea of title, salary or start date

8:12 pm

no, both are local... first is 12 miles from here, the other is 1 mile from here

8:13 pm

But you need more info to make a decision!

8:13 pm

maybe just a tiny bit more info, LOL

8:14 pm

But to have a local job is HUGE!

8:14 pm

do u at least know the names of the potential employers?

8:14 pm

yes. huge is right.

8:14 pm

ROFL, lawyer 1... THAT at least I know

8:14 pm

Maybe you can play them off one another

8:15 pm

How big is Lambertville?

8:15 pm

the offer I did get is decent, but not stunning

help please. stuck on the pe6/24,

8:15 pm

Lambertville is only 7,000 people

8:15 pm

pe6 24 is past tense of pe 5 12

8:15 pm

pe 5/12 is pe + r*** and shine

8:15 pm

salmo, pt of the one above it.

8:16 pm

of course, after almost a year out of work, a decent offer is kind of stunning in and of itself

thank you. fireworks. couldn't see it for looking.

8:16 pm

yay salmo!!!

8:17 pm

I would have lost my mind within a few wks--how have you survived financially?

8:17 pm

Yippee Salmo

8:17 pm

Heyas kids ..

8:18 pm

Hi tor

8:18 pm

I was extremely lucky. I refinanced my house a year earlier, and I had money sitting in my checking account for almost a year. I was indecisive about what to do with the money... new windows, central air, etc...

8:18 pm

Hi Tor!

8:18 pm

so my total lack of decision-making abilities (which is completely out of character for me) paid off -- I ended up living on unemployment + that money

8:19 pm

bruce's owner posted this: http://tiny.cc/75LnL

8:19 pm

which is now almost gone

8:19 pm

I just met with my financial planner today to review things--changes with my new job, etc. I hate money stuff, retirement planning, etc

8:19 pm

nrk, you're in market research?

8:19 pm

if someone had just told me that I'd be out of work for a year, I could have really enjoyed this past year

8:19 pm

yes welki

8:19 pm

i was out of work for one week after college and nearly went insane

8:20 pm

<-- already insane

8:20 pm

NODS HEAD

8:20 pm

I was out of work for 4 months a few years ago, but it didn't phase me because the economy was still okay and I had never had trouble finding work before... I pretty much took 3 of those months off intentionally, and found a job quickly once I started looking...

8:21 pm

this was quite different... it was a good lesson in learning to live with ambiguity

8:21 pm

ru! you a dog daddy?

8:21 pm

something I am pretty bad with

8:21 pm

Yahoo for Bruce + his loved ones.

8:21 pm

Sunday is dylan day

8:21 pm

:-( I thought it was last weekend

8:21 pm

Woo hoo, Ruru + Dylan!

8:22 pm

he's got bedroom eyes :)

8:22 pm

he does!!!

8:23 pm

he's a snuggler too..

8:23 pm

takes after daddy ru

8:23 pm

hahaha ... retirement planning!! me, i'm on the Freedom 95 plan!

8:23 pm

what's the freedom 95 plan?

8:24 pm

I tell pre-med kids that the advantage of being a MD is that you will never be unemployed. There are many disadvantages though.

8:24 pm

i'll bite "what's that welki?"

8:24 pm

i won't be able to retire until i'm 95 :)

8:24 pm

welki, does that mean you'll have to keep working till you're 95?

8:24 pm

same for being a lawyer -- i can always hang out my shingle

8:24 pm

*ding ding ding* nrk got it!

8:24 pm

LOL, that's me too

8:24 pm

I am retiring at 60...

8:24 pm

*flicks a termite off her shingle*

8:24 pm

or 62..

8:25 pm

last year ru?

8:25 pm

I was thinking about that today... interviewed a kid for college admission, and he wants to be pre-med

8:25 pm

OK, I finished watching my "24" tape and now I must get to bed.

8:25 pm

and I thought, if I had done that, or law, I wouldn't be in this mess

8:25 pm

'night scrabbs

8:25 pm

bye scrabbs

8:25 pm

night scrabbler, be well

8:25 pm

hahhahahah jm.. that was sooo funny I forgot to laugh

8:26 pm

Pros & cons, N.

8:26 pm

as with all choices in life

8:26 pm

*looks* no you laughed i saw you

8:26 pm

Night-night everyone!

8:26 pm

I never regret a choice I made in the past

8:26 pm

and I almost never second-guess

8:27 pm

every choice just leads you HERE, which is where you should be

8:27 pm

Heyas again .. My connection went kerflooey for a minute ..

8:27 pm

hi again tor

8:28 pm

okay, time to catch up on lexulous

8:28 pm

night all!

8:28 pm

hi torg

8:28 pm

And I agree nerky .. Here is where you are and where you start from if you want to be somewhere else ..

8:29 pm

yep, well said tor

8:29 pm

May I please have a clue for un6-7? Thanks

8:29 pm

byeeeeeeeee (poof!)

8:29 pm

one pea in a ***

8:29 pm

one foot peach!

8:29 pm

bye nrkii

8:29 pm

Niters nerky ..

8:32 pm

help with the second do 4/6 please

8:33 pm

Female deer ..plural.

8:34 pm

do**mine ... a drug sometimes given to folks with parkinson's disease

8:34 pm

hmm sure that isn't the 4/5?

8:35 pm

ty welki that was the one

8:35 pm

7 left

8:35 pm

6

8:36 pm

Gogo jmc!

8:42 pm

5

8:42 pm

go go gadget lawyer!

8:43 pm

wha?

8:43 pm

it's encouragement, jmc. didn't your son watch inspector gadget?

8:44 pm

no lol he didn't

8:44 pm

ty

8:44 pm

well by golly, he should have ... so you would have understood my post :)

8:45 pm

my mistake -- i think he was 12 when that show was on the air tho

8:46 pm

4

8:47 pm

ahhh, i thought he was younger. the show ran in the mid 80s (my kids watched it sometimes)

8:47 pm

3

8:47 pm

2

8:47 pm

*drum roll*

8:49 pm

you're going to get tired on those drums

8:49 pm

yeah, i feel like i'm playing the snare from bolero

8:51 pm

*Standing by on cymbals*

8:52 pm

i hear a timpani

8:52 pm

i am stuck on the two re 5 words :-(

8:52 pm

want help?

8:53 pm

got one!

8:53 pm

1

8:53 pm

re+ look! over there...*** the giant monkey hanging off the building?

8:53 pm

(i promise you i tried that word before)

8:53 pm

i believe you.

8:54 pm

grid has been having burps a lot today.

8:54 pm

that was crossy

8:54 pm

do get your clue lbd

8:54 pm

still need the re5/10

8:54 pm

view again

8:55 pm

*don't

8:55 pm

re + *** Ceasar, the comedian

8:55 pm

ack! and she leaps out with a fish

8:55 pm

fireworks

8:55 pm

>*))<<

8:55 pm

and imogene coca! yay!

8:56 pm

whooooo hooooooo JMC!!!

8:56 pm

nice fish!! >*))))<<

8:56 pm

love imogene cocoa

8:56 pm

finally can put those drumsticks down

8:56 pm

Yay jmc!

8:56 pm

there is a great clip of sid ceasar and imogene coco at teh air and space museum -- i still laugh every time

8:57 pm

****confetti**** and conrats!

8:57 pm

must be away now. have a good evening, everyone. see you tomorrow.

8:57 pm

it's about time, it's about space....

8:57 pm

bye, lbd

8:57 pm

bye lbd!

8:57 pm

i'm off, too ... g'night folks (going to look for that clip)

8:57 pm

it's about.... something and the human race.

8:57 pm

*gives welki ben gay for arms*

8:58 pm

poof

8:58 pm

*sweeps up the confetti* a neat chog is a happy chog!

8:59 pm

sneaking through the time barrier?

9:00 pm

how so welki?

9:01 pm

can't find it online ... will have to go back to the museum! (yippee!! i love the simulator! barrel rollllls!)

9:01 pm

that's what the video is called, je

9:01 pm

no it is about flying an experimental jet that breaks the sound barrier

9:03 pm

yessss, it's their spoof on "Breaking the Sound Barrier," called, "Sneaking Through the Sound Barrier"

9:03 pm

<-- needs an excuse to get back to d.c. anyway

9:04 pm

g'night again .. 'see' you tomorrow :)

9:06 pm

come on down

9:07 pm

and good night

9:11 pm

Niters jmc ..

9:22 pm

Apparently niters everybody ..

9:23 pm

i'm heretorgone

9:24 pm

Hya Jen ..

9:24 pm

streets are flooding here

9:24 pm

i got 34 left

9:24 pm

or Heya ..

9:25 pm

Yikes grem .. It's pretty quiet here in the South Bay right now ..

I'm stumped on the pa7

9:33 pm

The places where rice is grown ..

ah. thanks torgone. I was dancing around it, but didn't quite get there.

9:36 pm

You are quite welcome ..

9:44 pm

I am like a leaf on the wind ..

9:45 pm

Watch how I float ..

9:52 pm

yay, i <3 wash!

9:53 pm

i keep falling asleep, so good thing it was a short one

10:03 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:03 pm

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

10:10 pm

I can see that I entered an empty chog. *goes off to celebrate fireworks w/her dog* Goodnight everyone!

10:21 pm

can someone explain what "chog" means?

10:29 pm

chat + log = chog

10:29 pm

hi all...

10:30 pm

* knock knock * anyone home?

10:33 pm

I'm here pini

10:33 pm

just finished

10:34 pm

hi west ;)

10:34 pm

wtg!

10:34 pm

going going gone

10:34 pm

just in time lol

10:34 pm

just about to shut down

10:35 pm

* giggle *

10:35 pm

I'd rather chat than clean the kitchen

10:35 pm

have you finished too?

10:36 pm

not quite yet, but have plenty of time to find the last handful (16)

10:36 pm

my last word was the un

10:37 pm

I got fireworks and nbt at the same time

10:37 pm

* congrats! *

10:37 pm

(rather odd to do, but good!)

10:38 pm

victory was mine lol

10:38 pm

is Oregon getting that awful rain?

10:39 pm

not really...have some pretty good winds!

10:40 pm

it's awful glad you're not getting drenched

10:40 pm

I just wish the weather would make up its mind!

10:40 pm

it's nuts everywhere

10:41 pm

definitely happy about avoid torrential downpours!

10:41 pm

*avoiding

10:41 pm

fe5/20 please

10:41 pm

ides

10:41 pm

hi tijani...don't have it, but west probably does!

10:41 pm

hatfields and mccoys with another vowel thrown in

10:42 pm

thx west! :)

10:42 pm

thx

10:42 pm

glad you both got it

10:43 pm

my monkeys worked hard on that one

10:43 pm

* gives banana to west's monkeys *

10:43 pm

yummy!!

10:44 pm

these easy itsy bitsy grids are so useless

10:44 pm

hey BR!!!!

10:44 pm

how's the weather up there! :)

10:45 pm

they are

10:45 pm

hi bab

10:45 pm

hello, having a heat wave

10:45 pm

30?

10:45 pm

Hey, westford

10:45 pm

heat wave, eh?

10:46 pm

25 °F (-4 °C)

10:46 pm

yikes!!!

10:47 pm

buds on the trees?

10:48 pm

no buds ... last weekend some were there but they sobered up

10:48 pm

lol

10:50 pm

looks like you have a wonderful house, westford

10:50 pm

thanks we like it

10:51 pm

I wish I lived in Babble Land

10:52 pm

might be a bit warmer there!

10:52 pm

and you were all my neighbors

10:53 pm

wouldn't that be fun...oh, to be a babble neighbor! :)

10:53 pm

we could start our own country

10:54 pm

I miss Mr. Rogers

10:54 pm

Perhaps a "monkey" sillouette should don Babble Land's national flag!

10:55 pm

that would be good..a screaming, flying monkey

10:55 pm

* giggle *

10:55 pm

haven't seen Li'l Monkey for quite a while

10:56 pm

me either...but I know she's around somewhere...play lex w/her on FB

10:56 pm

oh that's good

10:57 pm

don't usually catch her online when I'm there, but we keep playing! :)

10:57 pm

you don't have to be online with the person you're playing? I didn't know that

10:58 pm

that's right...you just play when you it's your turn...are you on FB?

10:58 pm

I keep unjoining it takes up too much time

10:59 pm

ahhhh, gotcha ;)

10:59 pm

I wanted to keep track of the kids and grandkids but then I'd start reading everyone's walls and never did play whick is why I joined

10:59 pm

*which

11:00 pm

I hurt my little finger peeling stupid potatoes and typing is challenging

11:00 pm

well, dear...you can hide all of their posts and just play the games! :)

11:00 pm

oooh, sorry! hope it heals quickly!

11:01 pm

I bled like a stuck pig !!

11:01 pm

OUCH!

11:01 pm

new fangled peeler

11:01 pm

that's what I get for cooking lol

11:02 pm

I thought about making something for dinner, but I'm not really interested so may just resort to a bowl of cereal...

11:02 pm

no peeler involved! :)

11:02 pm

that's always good

11:03 pm

* grin *

11:03 pm

tmw the office is buying...I'll save some room for that!

11:03 pm

celebrating something?

11:04 pm

job candidate is coming for a site interview...

11:04 pm

hello :)

11:04 pm

hi jilli ;)

11:04 pm

hi jilli

11:05 pm

FIREWORDS!!!

11:05 pm

Yay pini !!

11:06 pm

YAY pini!!!

11:06 pm

* beaming * I didn't even ask for clues! :)

11:06 pm

* cursty *

11:06 pm

you did well !!

11:06 pm

I didn't either -- just used morewords, lol!

11:07 pm

some strange words in this one

11:07 pm

Yay jilli too !!

11:07 pm

that's for sure!!!

11:07 pm

my last few were pe's

11:08 pm

but while we're waiting for the flip, I'd better go get my "dinner"...will chat as I eat (if I can hold it and type at the same time)

11:08 pm

brb

11:08 pm

Oh, I finished last night.

11:08 pm

see you soon cereal girl

11:09 pm

jilli I got fireworks and nbt at the same time..couldn't get that un

11:10 pm

I'm trying to lose some more weight -- having half portions (as much as possible -- couldn't have half a lamb chop tonight) and cutting down on booze and sugar.

11:10 pm

need help....just the u to go....gotta get to work now???

11:10 pm

sounds like a good plan

11:10 pm

un and a popular Apple product

11:11 pm

Un + new little listening device

11:11 pm

we think alike jilli

11:11 pm

great minds, west

11:12 pm

hope we get a challenging one tonight

11:12 pm

or at least one that's a bit bigger

11:12 pm

I didn't find this one easy, grem -- my vocabulary is normal English unlike yours ;)

11:12 pm

yeah

11:13 pm

a bit bigger would be ok for me but I'll be playing bridge all afternoon

11:13 pm

got it thanks

11:13 pm

after a while, I started to find words based on how common the letters were, not how commonly they are used

11:13 pm

wtg ishult!

11:14 pm

yay ish !!

11:14 pm

* bowl down for a moment * Gremlinn, I answered your question about, "what is chog." It is CHAT + LOG = CHOG ;)

11:14 pm

* back to bowl *

11:14 pm

sorry I missed it and thanks

11:14 pm

*wondering what cereal is in the bowl*

11:14 pm

me too lol

11:14 pm

* frosted flakes *

11:15 pm

I guessed Honey Bunches of Oats

11:15 pm

are they grrreat?

11:15 pm

enjoy, pini :)

11:15 pm

* yes, Tony! *

11:15 pm

(too sugary for me)

11:16 pm

I just like oatmeal

11:16 pm

kids are grown and gone and I actually get to enjoy a bowl every now and then!

11:17 pm

don't mind oatmeal, but prefer malt-0-meal ;)

11:17 pm

that brings back memories

11:18 pm

oh it does haven't had maltOmeal in years

11:18 pm

btw, temp here was 57F (14C) today, partly sunny

11:19 pm

jilli that's wonderful !!

11:19 pm

for hot cereals I like Red River cereal best -- you probably don't know it

11:19 pm

never heard of it

11:20 pm

what is it most like?

11:20 pm

It's Canadian

11:21 pm

will have to google that one...

11:21 pm

it's unique -- I can't describe it and don't have a box handy to give the ingredients. Raw, it's little grains of beige to reddish-brownish

11:22 pm

oh yes, google probably knows.

11:22 pm

I just googled it and Amazon has it for $49 must be a misprint

11:23 pm

Red River Cereal is a porridge, or hot cereal, made of wheat, rye, and flax, produced in Canada, with some availability elsewhere. It was first created in 1924 in Manitoba. The cereal takes its name from the Red River of the North, more specifically the valley around Winnipeg. The brand name is currently owned by Robin Hood Multifoods, Inc. of Markham, Ontario, a division of Smucker Foods of Canada Co.

11:23 pm

sounds very healthy

11:23 pm

gotta love google (or bing.com in my case)

11:24 pm

yes, whatever did we do without them

11:24 pm

found a place where a 2-pack is $16.95 (8.48 ea)

11:25 pm

* grin *

11:25 pm

oh, but shipping is $12!

11:25 pm

we can get jilli to send us some

11:26 pm

or I could take a drive up the coast and visit! Jilli, do you serve it in the morning at your B&B??? ;)

11:26 pm

or at least put some in the PB

11:26 pm

I will if you come, pini!

11:26 pm

is that Breakfast and Babble?

11:27 pm

might have to pick up stid on the way!!!

11:27 pm

ROFL, good one, west!

11:27 pm

Great idea, west!

11:27 pm

stid can't have Red River -- she's allergic to wheat.

11:28 pm

but she can come along for the ride!!!

11:28 pm

Now you've got me all re-interested and I'll have to put some on my shopping list.

11:28 pm

gotta splurge periodically, jilli...

11:29 pm

oh yes -- she thought maybe at Spring Break she'd have time

11:29 pm

are you expecting guests for the Olympics jilli?

11:29 pm

It's not expensive here

11:30 pm

I could use a trip to Canada...might have to work on renewing my passport now to make it even possible.

11:30 pm

no, west -- they're not really near here and Vancouver will be a zoo. TV will do nicely.

11:30 pm

I tend to agree

11:30 pm

do that, pini!

11:31 pm

driver's license won't do anymore, right?

11:31 pm

Vancouver residents are somewhat ticked -- roads closed, parking reserved, etc etc

11:31 pm

that's always the way

11:32 pm

no, pini, not if you want to get back to the states from this dangerous terrorist-ridden copuntry

11:32 pm

in that case, maybe I'll just have to rent a spare room!

11:32 pm

with contraband cereal

11:32 pm

brb

11:33 pm

we made jilli hungry?

11:33 pm

at least carry-on baggage is ok again on planes

11:33 pm

* giggle * can you just see me now? Contraband Pini! cha right!! LOL

11:33 pm

apparently ;)

11:34 pm

we renewed our passports last year always go through Canada on our way to Michigan

11:35 pm

it's so much nicer

11:35 pm

west, you're kinda on my way up north, aren't you?

11:35 pm

no I'm in RI

11:35 pm

no -- wanted to change TV channels

11:35 pm

too much of a detour to join me and stid then...sorry!

11:36 pm

I know, rats!! always wanted to see BC

11:37 pm

Chris Matthews of Hardball on MSNBC annoys me -- constantly interrupting his guests with his own opinions

11:37 pm

hello and almost goodbye babblebuds...jilli, westie, pini evy1 here

11:37 pm

hi just ;)

11:37 pm

who is he interviewing?

11:37 pm

goodbye?

11:37 pm

hi justy -- when do you leave?

11:37 pm

you leaving?

11:37 pm

hi pini...going on vacation

11:37 pm

hi just!!

11:38 pm

(((westie))) leaving in less than 7 hours

11:38 pm

been thinking about you thought you might already be there

11:38 pm

where to?

11:38 pm

west, he waqs interrupting whatshisname -- the doctor former presidential hopeful who yelled

11:38 pm

that is so nice..have a wonderful time

11:38 pm

nope off tomorrow til feb 4th

11:39 pm

Acapulco, pinni

11:39 pm

Acapulco, isn't it, just?

11:39 pm

relax and refresh just

11:39 pm

yup jilli :)

11:39 pm

and NO Cliff diving

11:39 pm

will try westie...so nice to finally see you again

11:39 pm

oh my...can I sneak into your suitcase?

11:39 pm

<--- envious

11:39 pm

you too !!

11:40 pm

<--- turning green, too ;)

11:40 pm

lol don't even think I can walk to see them (but have seen them before)

11:40 pm

have you checked the weather there?

11:40 pm

I have happy memories of Acapulco in the 60s

11:40 pm

I pray it will be perfect

11:40 pm

sure pini as long as you weigh less than 20kilos or 44lbs

11:40 pm

we were there in 1975

11:41 pm

<-- taint never been to no Alcupolki

11:41 pm

yes I have westie ...nothing but sun for at least the next 5 days

11:41 pm

sadly, just, I don't think I'm quite there yet!

11:41 pm

lol I would hope not...not that I don't wanna take you

11:41 pm

so happy to hear that !!

11:42 pm

hrmph!

11:42 pm

will the kids be okay on their own? lol

11:42 pm

happy new year westie all the best to you and yours! (haven't seen you in ages :(

11:42 pm

going to change icon -- Madagascan Animals is the theme

11:42 pm

oy I think (hope) so west!

11:43 pm

same to you..just can't seem to get it together

11:43 pm

our tree is still up

11:43 pm

np west....I know we all have our "shtick"

11:43 pm

the Christmas police will be here soon

11:44 pm

I certainly have mine sigh....

11:44 pm

better the Christmas police than the tongue troopers (jilli will know what i mean)

11:45 pm

that sounds intrigue-ing

11:45 pm

wasn't sure how to spell that lol

11:45 pm

Don't sweat it Westie....take it and do it at your own speed and bedamned anyone who tells you otherwise

11:46 pm

that's what we figured..we never go in there ..I suggested leaving it up

11:46 pm

tongue troopers = language cops :(

11:46 pm

ah

11:47 pm

Haven't finished this grid (29 left) and don;t think I will, or can for that matter

11:48 pm

we can help if you need

11:48 pm

wee be here fer ya!

11:48 pm

what time do you have to be at the airport?

11:48 pm

you've got about 25 seconds per word, if you wanna give it a shot

11:48 pm

nah doesn't matter westie but thx anyways....

11:49 pm

just wanted to poke my nose in to say hello and a bientot

11:49 pm

I'm so glad you did !!

11:49 pm

the tongue troopers were (are?) super-vigilant for signs of the despised English language -- no apostrophes allowed, for instance, so Eaton's department store became just Eaton. But my d-i-l had a bar and they called it Grumpys with no apostrophe and it still exists although it's an English word

11:49 pm

well, don't do anything we wouldn't do!!! and have an incredible time!

11:50 pm

a bientot = see you soon!

11:50 pm

oh, and don't forget to bring back souveneirs!!!

11:50 pm

me too....missed you west...

11:50 pm

Bon voyage, justy, and be careful!

11:50 pm

sure pini whaddya want...sombrero? tequilia? huh? lol

11:51 pm

will be careful...been there often enough to know where to go and where not to go

11:51 pm

missed you too just..have the best time..bet they'll treat you like a queen

11:51 pm

this is gonna be a real laid back one...need to refresh my soul

11:51 pm

I want one of the lousy t-shirts!!!!

11:52 pm

Is that house of ill repute on the hillside still there? I've forgotten its name, but it had a Diners' Club sign outside which amused us.

11:52 pm

you know the ones that say, "My friend went to Acupolco and all I got was this t-shirt!"

11:52 pm

have no idea jilli!

11:52 pm

(so much for spelling)

11:52 pm

lousy t shirt? any t shirt?

11:53 pm

Ah, I remember -- Rebecca's.

11:53 pm

lol don't think we will buy anything cause whatever there was to buy we've bought! lol

11:53 pm

know the t-shirt now, just? * wicked grin *

11:53 pm

of Sunnybrook Farm?

11:54 pm

I hope you all enjoyed my previous icon of Christian Lacroix fashions. This one is rather different.

11:54 pm

and of course the weather outlook here is to be above normal values lol

11:54 pm

hardly of Sunnybrook Farm, west! They put on feelthy shows for tourists

11:54 pm

but it'll be a lot warmer there I'm sure

11:54 pm

I did. I couldn't decide which LaCroix she meant so I didn't choose

11:55 pm

we see your forecasts here just and it's too cold there

11:55 pm

I just guessed, seeing that the previous theme she chose was fashion mistakes.

11:56 pm

oh not now west....we're above normal temps for this time of year!

11:56 pm

my friend was engaged to Jay LaCroix but he wasn't in google lol

11:56 pm

hello everyone :)

11:57 pm

justie it's still cold

hi all

11:57 pm

hi nan :)

11:57 pm

hi nan

11:57 pm

hi dee too!!

11:57 pm

hi nan

hi west; nan; just; hugs jili

11:57 pm

hi nan and ((((dee))))

I made it for the flip yipppee

hi pini

hope it's bigger than 7

70

11:58 pm

hi dee hi!

a nice big easy grid

11:58 pm

so I guess the clothes won't get folded

11:59 pm

haven't seen anything more than about 270 since I started playing here

mine are still in the dryer

11:59 pm

There have been ones around 500, grem

11:59 pm

we had a 550+ once

I have seen in the 400's but it has been awhile

11:59 pm

I want to try one of those

11:59 pm

when are they going to invent a dryer that folds

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