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12:00 am

hahahaha!

flip!

12:00 am

flip

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flop!

okay, which of you sick minkeys bet on THAT number?

12:00 am

th 8

12:00 am

TR7

LOLOL monkeys that is

12:01 am

what number?

ta6

12:01 am

69 today, mlf

hi!

12:02 am

dc how are you liking the snow?

12:02 am

hi melon

12:03 am

eh. rather tired of it. i only excavated 1 car today. I'll bother with the other tomorrow. or after Monday's snow

12:03 am

a 5 minute exercise for grem!

re6

12:03 am

my the th8 was easy

12:03 am

how much did you get today dc?

12:04 am

i like the photos by the way dc:)

12:04 am

another 10 inches out here by me

12:04 am

thanks, Tom actually took most of those

phantom: acrimont

acrimony!

12:05 am

we didnt get any snow here today but re expecting something about the same time you are

hi and nbt

12:05 am

i forget, you're in NC, mlf?

Clues are up

12:05 am

yes i am dc

12:05 am

they are up!

12:06 am

thanks, lickety

wow josh

12:06 am

i know the southern part of va got hit with snow as did the areas below that in NC

finally found the th8, nice one

12:06 am

YAY for Lickety!!!

12:06 am

how odd that it went around you, mlf

mlf - i am also in nc - where in nc are you

we got some snow today, nothing to scream about tho (detroit)

12:07 am

dc its strange where we live we have gotten snow or rain etc BUT the areas AROUND us get worse

bottom row grey :D

12:07 am

it has indeed ben a weird winter

mine too just now

12:07 am

its kind of disappointing we sure did have a lot wind today though!

12:07 am

dc people have been without power here for days

mlf - did you have crazy wind last night and this morn?

12:08 am

it's still windy here.

nevermind, i see you just mentioned it

12:08 am

been a week w/no power for some around here

right side done woot

12:08 am

winds are supposed to die down tomorrow

12:08 am

here

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i sure hope so. the snow stings blown around like that

i forget where your home base is

12:09 am

bottom row greyed here too

phantom ratatat

NBT

12:10 am

dc yeah not fun my hubby said thta it was really cold out there tonight with the wind the weather men said it woudl feel about 30 or so degrees colder with the wind then the actual temp

12:10 am

missed flip!

12:10 am

josh how bad si the snow where you are since its not that far from me?

12:11 am

hi, flosey

haven't seen a flake since a couple of weeks ago the last big storm

I'm going to bed - had a bug all week & shouldn't be up. nite all {pouf}

12:11 am

hi flosey :)

12:11 am

rest well, and feel better, melon

12:11 am

night melon -- get better!

plenty of fluids, jujube!!

12:11 am

really josh? how did your area get that lucky?lol

dunno - i'm not complaining. snow here turns drivers into hippopotamuses

12:12 am

1 bt -- the R on the right

jilli - all of them start with the same 4 letters, if you added an e to the beginning it would be a verb for putting up a building

12:13 am

lol josh.. yeah people start to freak out. we were lucky here and even with the winds being as high as they were wwe only lost power for a short time

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a's on left are blank for me -- hate a's

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I'm stopping at 40 words & 347 points.Hasta manana!

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ty josh

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cyber for some reason when i am looking at a grid for words the A words elude me for the longest time

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NBT

down to 27 left, gonna stop there. nighty nights all POINK

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bye min!

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night gwen!

gwen - i think that is because 80% of a words are really strange

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very attractive icon jilli

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Nighty-night min!

sorry i mean mlfan17

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thanks, flosey -- I almost used yours!

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25 to go

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josh that could be

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9 left here

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okay i got 11 words i am out poof

13 left here - but i don't have a 7 yet

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fireworks

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flosey -- yours is a "detail from the Aberdeen Bestiary", according to Wikipedia.

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YAY gremlinn!!!

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ah, thanks jilli, just took the first one I came across

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nbt

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wtg nan!

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nbt

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You most indisputably rock, grem!

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wtg jellen!

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phant mirza

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hi douglas

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12 to go -- time to list

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had help today, Douglas!

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Lickety help, grem?

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yep

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is Lickety up?

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Hello jilli

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Hello jilli!

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it is up

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yes, flosey

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thanks jilli

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This is a great Babblet grid

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over halfway

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it's funny. i've one guy i know who ping me now and again for dating advice. Maybe i should introduce him to some of my female friends.

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hi, douglas

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*!* ta da *!*

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congrats, nan

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YAY nan!!!

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that was short and sweet

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congrats :0

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:)

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*Bows to nan's most excellent awesomeness*

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see you tomorrow everyone -- have a great day :)

12:29 am

g'night nan

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Hello dc...You should, you should

4 left, and i got my 7's

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night nan!

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wtg josh

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nbt

wow, when in doubt add a letter to a word you already have, on this grid

12:31 am

hmm the ao5 is stumping me

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(heart)

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wtg flosey

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The ao5 only appears in crossword puzzles about three times a week

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oh lol

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that was a perfect clue

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the ac 5/16 is throwing me

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hahaha

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how did i miss that?

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you don't want an aneurysm in your ao5

ding, grid is done

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ruru, ac + what you speak into when you want your voice to be louder

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YAY josh

ac5 sounds like an adjective, ruru

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thanks..

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ty rows

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just need the ta7/28 now

add a letter to a word you already have, ruru :)

just add it in the middle somewhere

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bingo!!!!!!!!

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thanks

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YAY ruru!!!

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To do with your heart rows

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Good for you, ruru!

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oh, good for me -- got the th8 all seffins

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i got it already, thanks anike

good job, jilli - not an easy one to suss out

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To do with your heart rows

somebody reboot anike

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josh, I had a friend whose name was the first 5 letters

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ci5?

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so confused about this one

latin

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...

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Computer going very slowly - have just refreshed so hope for some improvement

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hi anike

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ca 1915 is the ci5

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uh

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not understanding that clue

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ci5 -- about...

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Missed opportunity for a great clue using "somewhere around" for ci5

it's a latin word. i don't want to give too much away

12:42 am

ah, got it jilli

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thanks

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hooray, rows!

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i'd been looking at the wrong c

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i'm too tired. so, 32 for the morrow

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good night / day and happy babbling, yall!

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night dc, hope the snow melts quickly

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{poof}

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The horta, that silicon thingy from the Star Trek TOS episode, Devil in the Dark, is in the grid

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14 to go...

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NBT - woohoo!

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argh now the first ha4 is stumping me

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seems like i've tried all combos

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wtg doug!

12:47 am

rows, since I've been reading Rebus books, set in Scotland, I know that ha4 word is a sort of mist

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ha4 contains a dbl vowel

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well i haven't been reading those books, unfortunately

12:47 am

but jilli, that helped :)

12:48 am

i have to wonder sometimes how some of these things are considered English words

12:48 am

good!

12:48 am

some of them don't even pretend to be English.

12:49 am

We need a version of Babble where the dictionary is more flexible

12:49 am

it's kind of silly, really

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i speak Spanish and it would be nice if at least the Spanish words i happen to find at times would work

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I get the impression this grid sucks?

12:51 am

I find lots of French words that don't work -- but then some do. No consistency whatsoever

12:51 am

need a nudge on TA7 please ? last word & want to go to bed......

12:51 am

no, gadget, it's really quite nice.

12:51 am

i don't know it either

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haven't got ta7 yet

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crap hate to pack it in with only 1 left. poop!

12:53 am

ooh i just got it

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um

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not sure how to describe it

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ta + consonant + Irish girls' name?

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t + picnic pest + opera song - a vowel

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t + picnic pest + trains run on ***cks

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Morning/ evening all

12:54 am

Myfanwy?

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lol

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thanks ru

12:54 am

ruru that was the ta6

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t + picnic pest + vowell + ***cks

12:55 am

ty ruru

12:55 am

tyes that the 6

12:55 am

HI FM

12:55 am

fireworks

12:55 am

I heard a cute superbowl joke.

12:55 am

Hi ruru, we think along the same lines :)

12:55 am

Congrats flosey!

12:55 am

so much easier with Lickety

12:55 am

aha, go the 7 -- think Gilbert and Sullivan

12:56 am

WOW flosey!!!

12:56 am

yahoo flosey!!!

12:56 am

Hi FM :)

12:57 am

HAve done the grid and soduku and topped up the bird feeders, deiced the bird bath, done email and written my to do list and shopping list - amazing what you can get done when you wake up at 4.30 :(

12:57 am

Congrats flosey!

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so now off to bed, goodnight all

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Evening jilli

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now go back to bed for an hour or two, FM!

12:57 am

tyty everyone

12:57 am

Morning Ata :)

12:57 am

ugh, FM! If I were to wake up at 4:30 I'd go back to bed.

12:58 am

10 left...

12:58 am

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him. "No," he says, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it." He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?" The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral." A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him. "No," he says, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it." He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?" The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral." A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him. "No," he says, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it." He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?" The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral." A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him. "No," he says, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it." He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?" The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral."

12:58 am

oh crap.. I did it three times. sorry

12:58 am

Ba-dump-psst!

12:58 am

Oh ruru! Can't help laughing at that!

12:59 am

LOL

12:59 am

I think I heard something similar about a golfer some time ago

12:59 am

still not getting that stupid Ta 7

12:59 am

yes, me too jilli

12:59 am

Pugs:

12:59 am

ta7 - sun ta* + estate in gone with the wind

1:00 am

with his hat over his heart as the funeral procession passes the golf course

1:00 am

tyvm Ata

1:00 am

oh that is a good clue Ata

1:00 am

T + picnic pest + vowell + a train runs on its ***cks

1:00 am

pug -- what you get from the sun + Scarlett O'Haras's house

1:00 am

nice ez clue for the brain dead

1:00 am

great minds, ata

1:00 am

I was going to say that earlier, but figured you all could manage by yourselves. Obviously not :P

1:00 am

8 left

1:01 am

all done and off to bed

1:01 am

Happy Babbling all

1:01 am

wtg pugs

1:01 am

Bye pug

1:03 am

YAY pugs and g'night!!!

1:03 am

meant to be going to kent wildlife trust today. not sure how sensible an idea it is with weather from hell

1:03 am

fireworks! :)

1:04 am

YAY rows!!!

1:04 am

:D

1:04 am

Yay Rows!

1:04 am

okay i'm off to watch tv with the bf

1:04 am

Don't then Ata, no point in risking it if not really necessary.

1:04 am

goodnight all!

1:04 am

Handing bananas to monkeys for finding an4

1:04 am

but the main roads are completely clear, it's just windy and rainy now

1:04 am

and I *want* to go LOL

1:05 am

bye rows

1:05 am

bye for now..night all

1:05 am

Oh in which case just wrap up warm and waterproof and enjoy :)

1:05 am

bye ruru

1:05 am

Bye ruru and Rows

1:06 am

AND husband is still ill here :P

1:06 am

and still dying?

1:06 am

even more so. he's officially ill now. dr gave him antibiotics

1:07 am

oh dear.

1:07 am

even though he has no temperature or anything, and she didn't even tell him what was infected. stupid woman

1:08 am

fireworks

1:08 am

YAY anike!!!

1:08 am

Congrats anike!

1:08 am

yay anike!

1:09 am

Time for breakfast I think, back in a while.

1:10 am

Ty all - computer keeps freezing so will log out foe today

1:11 am

too bad, anike, but at least it let you finish :)

1:11 am

hi everyone

1:12 am

hi andree

1:12 am

* * fireworks * *

1:13 am

hi andree

1:13 am

yay jilli

1:13 am

yay jilli

1:15 am

has this baby got teeth?

1:16 am

a few baby ones

1:26 am

I'm here off and on for a bit if you need clues

1:29 am

at7 jilli if you are still about

1:31 am

andree, at 7 think magnet

1:32 am

thor

1:32 am

haha not a word

1:33 am

sorry -- had gone to FB -- at + religious pamphlet

1:33 am

thx diz

1:33 am

thx jilli

1:34 am

yw, although unnecessary, methinks

1:35 am

diz, stretch that thor

1:49 am

thx jilli

1:49 am

good morning all.....any list anywhere ?

Lickety is up!

1:53 am

ok ty

1:55 am

Time for bed here -- happy babbling all!

1:58 am

and *poof*

2:11 am

nite jilli

2:39 am

geez did I put everyone off?

2:40 am

They're all sleeping, I guess.

2:41 am

Hi Christine, only 7:40 pm here on Oz

2:41 am

on = in

2:41 am

i'm still here

2:42 am

12:41am in Los Angeles.

2:42 am

4 left for me

2:42 am

22 left here

2:43 am

Just started, about 20 mins. and have only 30 words ... not yet halfway.

2:53 am

woo hooo firewords!!!!!

2:53 am

yay diz

2:53 am

Yay for you !!!

2:54 am

must be one of the quickest I've done...

2:54 am

I still need 32

2:55 am

arant

2:55 am

od rats.

3:07 am

Still need 26, so I think I need a cuppa, to nudge the old braincells.

3:33 am

tiny grid, smallest one I've seen in my 2 months experience (still a tyro!) Good morning everybody

3:34 am

hello ruby - i am done so will get on with day

3:34 am

Morning ruby, it is small but nice reckon you should be able to finish it.

3:35 am

you are finished? how long did it take you?

3:35 am

GM FM, if yes, it will be a first!

3:35 am

oh on and off about 2 hours

3:36 am

Lots of people have already finished which means the chat might be quiet but there are some good clues if you need them back in the chat ruby. Hi ursh

3:38 am

Im just getting ready to go out so will wish you good luck ruby. Bye for now.

3:39 am

Bye FM. Hello everyone

3:39 am

after I go through it once on my own, I'll go through the chat for clues. Then, unfortunately, I have to cook. Trying to make a borscht today. I've made it well in the past but the last time it was so awful (after hours of work), that I had to dump the whole thing!

3:42 am

ruby, is borscht, beetroot soup?

3:43 am

yes, with beef ribs, a little bit of cabbage, onions and tomato paste. Wonderful for cold weather if well made but mine will be ify!\

3:44 am

dh on phone -- from upstairs!!!! annoying

3:45 am

this grid is very hard!!!

3:45 am

sounds delis

3:46 am

need any clue and I'll try to help

3:46 am

when other people make it, it is. I'll let you know with mine. Winter is back with a vengeance! VERY cold today

3:47 am

very HOT today.....big difference

3:47 am

have you ever had snow?

3:48 am

Rubyfoo, there's a good recipe for borscht on thyme2.typepad.com, February 1. It's listed in the right-hand column.

3:48 am

nah. seen it a few times but not in my airier

3:48 am

area....derrr

3:48 am

I don't go out of the house much, so don't mind the snow. But DH keeps the house too hot and it's very annoying and oppressive.

3:49 am

Your airier what?

3:49 am

airier sounds good! maybe from Boston!

3:49 am

or a kind of dog?

3:49 am

portmanteau word for terrier and airedale?

3:50 am

Big ol' scar under my eyebrow from an Airdale, but I do still love 'em.

3:51 am

oof, how old were you?

3:51 am

0ooo,

3:51 am

0ooo,

3:51 am

pork Chop Hill" is on the television.

3:52 am

don't know that movie

3:53 am

I was about seven, and it was my own fault, in a way. We were always taught to ask the dog's "Mum" before we touched it, and I didn't. I just bent over to stroke him, as his owner moved, and the dog snapped - his owner said the dog thought I was attacking her.

3:54 am

Pork Cop Hill pretty sure its Clint Eastwood

3:54 am

likely story! I've only known two airedales and they were sweet but dumb and one of them ultimately drowned in the family pool!

3:54 am

cop=cHop

3:55 am

we've had 5 chow chows over the years, and even with their terrible reputations, none of them has ever bitten anybody!

3:55 am

During the Korean War, the hill was considered worthless, but "they" insisted on the American troops taking and holding it. Gregory Peck is in the film. I used to work with his son - a brat if ever there was one.

3:55 am

cop chop shop - where corrupt police sell impounded vehicles

3:56 am

grteat at jeux de mots, poop at babble! lol

3:56 am

The dog was really a sweetie - I'd petted him before (and after) so perhaps he was spooked.

3:57 am

We had a toy poodle who savaged a hulking great German Shepherd (his head was larger than our little one), because she was defending my daughter.

3:58 am

that is a nice story. I think my female would kill anybody who laid a hand on me, but, hopefully, I'll never know....

4:01 am

hah, half!!

4:01 am

yay

4:01 am

DD wasabout 3 1/2, and we were walking. Girl Puppy (her love name) sat on DD's feet, and backed up to get her away from the biiiiig dog, and the idiot wit the other dog thought that was funn - and said sic, or somesuch to his dog, who lunged at DD and the puppy.

4:03 am

Our poodle/giant killer hung on to the other dog's throat, growling what she'd do to him when she let go, while the youth was almost in tears that his dog was being hurt.

4:04 am

I hope the shepherd was badly injured! With our old chow, Rufus (now deceased), who was a real gentleman, a shepherd, off leash, attacked him (on leash). The shepherd outweighed him by a good 20 lbs and Rufus had him down by the throat in a heatbeat, stook there looking at my husband for permission to kill the other dog. After that, the shepherd would pass our house on his belly, slithering like a furry snake

4:04 am

I guess the throat is the vulnerable part!

4:05 am

They know they must defend their family. My parent

4:05 am

I call Max Puppy Boy and Ruby Puppy Girl and they weigh more than 70 lbs!

4:06 am

My parent's had a pitbull who thought he was a lapdog - until someone looked twice at his family, then he became very still, and could-be-scary, if you didn't know him for the softie he really was.

HEllo

4:07 am

hello lady!

4:07 am

I think pitbulls have beautiful heads but I've never known one. Not popular here, like chows, the French think they're dangerous

4:08 am

this is a funny grid, hard, but it slowly seems to reveal itself

4:09 am

Then-husband pointed out our gir's pedigree was longer and more impressive than ours, but she was Girl Puppy and her litter-brother was Boy Puppy. In my friend's divorce, each took one of the pups, and she kept the Mother. Later, after another house move, she couldn't keep both dogs, so she gabe the puppy to DD. We had her until she was 13, and breast cancer took her from us. Thirty three years later, she's still in our memories, and part of many conversations.

I have the best good dog story. My friend owns 3 very large dogs. She ordered a pizza and the dumb arse pizza guy tried to open the screen door and her dogs, two who are trained in security, one is a Douge and the other is a Belgium Shephard stalked to the door then did the HI. My friend says she swears the dogs would have pinned the guy to the ground then barked. Mr Pizza guy would have had to changed his shorts

4:10 am

dogs enter your hearts and when they leave us, that part is still theirs!

4:11 am

Some owners of pitbulls are dangerous. My G.Grandfather bred pitbulls and Staffordshire pits. Dangerous only if trained by bad guys.

4:11 am

I completely agree with that, Christine, it's the owners who ruin the dogs. I've seen people here kick their dogs!

4:12 am

lady, I'm surprised they didn't eat the pizza!

My friend has been abused for starving her dog when its the dog breed

4:12 am

Max has mange but certainly hasn't been neglected!!!

No Ruby they are very well trained in not touching the human food.

4:13 am

I have to go and cook, will work on this some more after lunch

Loves Ruby. Hi Christine

4:13 am

My first chow was an inveterate food-snithc

4:13 am

snitch

4:13 am

ciao, chow chow

4:14 am

hi, all - my hubby used to have a pit bull that would quietly let intruders break into the house, but then wouldn't let them back out, lol! Caught a thief that way once.

4:15 am

Herinfernallady - looked up Douge - urban definition is marijuana.

4:16 am

But there was an entry for Dogue de Bordeaus - a mastiff type. Ain't typos great?

4:17 am

Bordeaux - silly gremlins.

Yes and we call him a dDouge

Yes he is a mastiff. He is fantastic

4:21 am

A pub near my parent's house had two mastiff that were supposed to be guard dogs, but during opening hours, they roamed the garden, and kids would pet them. My Dad tried to explain to the owners you were supposed to keep them away during the day, so that they'd know the pub was the workplace at night. But the owners said they felt mean keeping the dogs and kids apart.

Hi Rbud

Christine My friends mastiff is a big sook. Her other dog is meant to be vicious but she is my lap dog

The mastiff is awesome

4:25 am

I figure that's why God invented locks and alarm systems, to keep out the bad guys -- and we could continue to keep our dogs as pets.

Well her 3 dogs are trained as security. More so the Belgium and the Douge the Rotti is too inbred to be smart

4:26 am

I remember one of the pub's dogs leaning against me, and almost upending me.

All 3 are rescues.

4:28 am

One of my nieces had a Rottweiler and a Pitbull. We have a lovely photo ofthe baby lying with his head on one forepaw, while the other was over the baby's chest. The baby was fast asleep.

4:28 am

One of the bad things about living in an apartment - no petas.

4:29 am

Not even a pet!

Wow. My next door neighbour paid a dog bond to have their dog

4:35 am

DD thinks I should get a dog so that I'll walkj each day (I'm very lazy), and if I got a letter from my doctor stating I needed the dog for health reasons, the owner would have to allow it. One neighbor has one for this reason, but another, who just brought in a dog and started breeding it, had to get rid of it. The thought of sending an animal to the pound sends shivers.

4:36 am

Bloody gremlins are having a field day, screwing with my spelling.

we had flash floding today

4:38 am

Was it near last year's burn sites?

I am damn irritated that my teacher wouldn't let me out

Not sure Christine

4:42 am

This year's fires are one of the reasons for our floods. The fires leave a greasy surface to the ground, the rain can't penetrate, and just slides off. There was a shot of a cachebasin that was so full of mud, the drain pipe, which stands 8.5* was buried in the center of the basin. Fortunately, we've had a few dry days, and the mud dried enough that the frontloaders could scoop it. Now they need to find a place to dispose of it.

We have had sod all rain

4:46 am

We're at about 50% over 'normal' rainfall for this year, but after so many years of drought, there's still not enough in store for the coming years. And no-one remembers when was the last 'normal' year.

4:47 am

hink we're the only two still awake.

4:47 am

I even THINK so.

Yes

1996 decent winter

4:49 am

Was that good for rain?

Yep

Yes. That is why I remember

4:53 am

Redhat should be accepted - that's a big women's organization.

I like that idea

I am going to go Christine Take care ok

5:14 am

Oh blow! Why is it only a small one when I am snowed in and have lots of time on my hands!!

5:24 am

Hi Christine, hopefully it willl be bright and sunny from mid March as we are coming to Ranch Mirage for a month of golf

5:25 am

Back again - goodbye Herinfernallady, and hello Deeha and roncook.

5:27 am

Hi Christine - you probably guesss that us Brits complain about more than1 cm of snow and everything grinds to a halt but we did get about 8 inches last night

5:27 am

Good morning Babblers. 18 F here and fresh snow, but not the amount that Washington, DC and surrounding areas received.

5:28 am

One of our complaints is always 'if Anmerica gets it - it comes over here' so its all your faults!!

5:29 am

I'm a Londoner, and I tell people the reason I left home is that I saw a travel poster of sun and sand in So.Cal - and now we have this boomin' rain. We know we need it, just not all at once.

5:30 am

Well, then, Deeha, there's a blizzard coming over.

5:30 am

lol - what am I saying lol??!!

5:30 am

Londoners should be used to rain!

5:32 am

But IU've been here for 49 years, so I'm probably more Angeleno than Londoner. My heart's still a Londoner - aaaaaw.

5:32 am

Dont fret about it - 'fings aint wot they used to be'!

5:32 am

IU've -- what kinda word is that?

5:33 am

Love that song - reminds me of Tommy Steel. Did he sing it?

5:33 am

Its an old London expression - I understood it!!

Hey all!!! Scrabbs are you still here?

5:33 am

Hi Deeha, i`m back of walmer station,sydney road watching the birds in my garden searching for food i have left out

5:33 am

Hi Red

5:34 am

I have a horrible feeling it was Max Bygraves - but I sdaw the original show at Stratford (with Barbara Windsor would you believe)and his version was considerably cleaned up!

Scrabbs, how are you? I am in great distress!

5:34 am

Oh, no, Red, please tell me!

my houseguest...decided in an experiement in not overplanning a trip... to come to the US with no ability to drive a car

5:35 am

Hi Roncook how amazing I am in Reading Close-juat off Station Road.

without making firm plans on where to stay for several of the weeks.

SO now...he has not cash for a hotel...and is seemingly stuck with him, and I find him rather demanding and annoying.

5:35 am

Obviously with you Red!!

I;m got a small one bedroom apartment, and so far he has not cleaned anything, cooked anything and he even let the dog have an accident on the floor rather than walking him when I was not here!!!

5:37 am

How rude of him! Give him a deadline by telling him that you will have another guest coming.

5:37 am

That is the house guest from hell

5:37 am

So he is not really a friend, as you have now learned.

I just don't know what to do, I just sort of stared at him, and said, yo uknow, I had not planned on this, I can not believe you did this.

5:37 am

And you will have to change the lock/key?

Part of the trouble is that he is foreign, and I am know its hard for him, but this was very stupid.

5:38 am

Good for you. Now give him 2-3 days to make plans to depart.

5:39 am

What a boor. Print out a list of hotels about 30 miles away, and send him on his way. Not a friend, even by the most lax definition.

I am taking him to Jacksonville on Friday...And he will at least be gone for one week, but if he intends to just come back here for 2-3 more weeks I am going to scream. I don't get it.

thank you all for listening to me, He is of course a friend on Facebook, so very hard to express myself there.

5:40 am

No Red just be out when he calls back!!

And now, I must depart to take the man to the Kennedy Space Center for the 4th freaking time.

I hate hate the space center after this.

5:41 am

Rant away, honey - no way I'm gonna finish this bloomin' grid.

Deeha I just can not do that to him, he is very far from home.

5:41 am

You and me both Christine!!

do you have the co funny guy? I just found it

5:42 am

Good luck, Red!

Ok I am leaving now, happy babbling all, My day will be spent looking at flipping airplanes and rockets.... all things do pass!!!

5:42 am

No I hadnt Red thanks for that it was a long time since I added a word!!

5:43 am

Bye Red.

5:43 am

BBL, going to check e-mail.

6:15 am

Good morning everyone, I have sneaked in whilst at work again Lol hope everyone is ok:)

6:15 am

hi jean just getting here

6:16 am

trying to decide if I should start or get coffee first

6:16 am

Coffee will always help lol

6:18 am

Oh bother that was short lived have to dash, Happy Babbling everyone will BBL work gets in the way lol :)

6:19 am

bye jean going to take your advice and get that coffee

6:19 am

good choice lol I might grab one too lol

6:21 am

good morning everyone;)

6:46 am

morning crossy - how you be?

6:47 am

coirt

7:06 am

phantom: lucubration

7:09 am

good morning, and isn't it funny how words pop up - believe it or not, BR, that word came up in a workshop on Monday - (I was the only one who knew it - are you surprised?)

7:09 am

Hi everyone!

7:10 am

hi Brookie

7:10 am

Delaware's in a state of emergency, I'm stuck at home, and only 69 words in the grid...

7:10 am

hi JBV!

7:10 am

hello everyone

7:10 am

hi west!

7:10 am

hi brookie sometimes these small ones take me all day

7:11 am

I see there is a list though

7:11 am

here too - nothing's moving - I'm waiting for my "snow man" to come plow my driveway today

7:11 am

That's true, west. Oooh, a list! Yeah!

7:11 am

we didn't get as much as they thought we would it just looks all pretty

7:11 am

whereabouts do you live, jbv?

7:12 am

we lost about 12 big branches from the pine trees in the backyard - so far, that's the only damage I can see, thank goodness

7:12 am

central NJ

7:12 am

we got more than a foot

7:12 am

today is my second SNOW DAY - Fri. and Mon. were scheduled as holidays - so I have a very long stretch of quiet time ahead

7:12 am

o

7:13 am

oops

7:13 am

JBV I'm glad none of those big branches hit anything

7:13 am

you'll have a nice opportunity to catch up on other things

7:14 am

And how many words do we have this morning?

7:14 am

69 words

7:15 am

That's what it felt like to me, too.

7:15 am

They are not jumping out at me as they usually do.

7:15 am

JBV, glad you're doing OK -- have been watching the news and so much damage to homes, trees, etc.

7:16 am

the main thing is we have not lost power - so that's good

7:16 am

thanks Une

7:16 am

(and hello to all!)

7:17 am

really wanted redhat to be a word!

7:17 am

not enough vowels in the right places ... good morning Une, JBV, Brookie

7:17 am

me too une

7:17 am

:-D

7:18 am

west, is this awful weather hitting you as well?

7:18 am

there's no one out and about, I find it a little strange, too - don't kids go out and play in the snow anymore - it's a little early now, but even yesterday, while the snow was falling, nobody was out

7:18 am

I remember spending hours outside getting blue, building snow forts, etc. -

7:18 am

can't believe my relatives in Louisiana are gonna get 3-4 inches of snow!

7:18 am

une we didn't get hit as hard as others I guess our time is coming

7:19 am

they are all indoors tweeting and playing wii

7:19 am

maybe parents are afraid they'll get lost in the giant drifts!

7:19 am

BJ LOL!!

7:19 am

I guess so brandyjack

7:19 am

we used to come in, hang up our soaking wet mittens and pants, change into dry clothes and march right out again

7:20 am

I remember those days JBV

7:20 am

and my mom would have hot chocolate and snow 'ice cream' for us!

7:20 am

we used to run our hands under the cold water to warm them

7:21 am

not to mention that they used to put us to work to shovel out the driveway, etc....

7:21 am

or facebooking or some other internet facility designed to let the whole world know exactly what they are doing. Like any of us care. Of course, we won't let them go out and kill themselves with snowball fights or dig snow tunnels in the drifts....

7:24 am

nbt

7:27 am

15 left but I have to take a break - see you later and good luck with the grid, everyone

7:27 am

see you later, jbv

7:28 am

bye JBV don't get your mittens too wet

7:32 am

may I have the stats for the 8 please?

7:33 am

th8/55

7:34 am

thanks gram

7:34 am

got it !!

7:35 am

gotta run -- happy babbling, everyone! *poof*

7:35 am

bye une

7:49 am

I need help with the right hand R please. I can't get it going....

7:50 am

one is latin plural of colon end

7:51 am

Got 'em all! TY!

7:51 am

yay !!

7:51 am

Off to work now! BBL!

7:52 am

drive safely

7:55 am

gm everyone

7:56 am

gm sea

7:58 am

hello everyone

7:59 am

hello annie

7:59 am

hi westford

7:59 am

Hi Annie

7:59 am

hi Sea

7:59 am

hi all

8:00 am

hi sue

8:02 am

hi sue

8:02 am

Hi sue

snowed in and this teeny tiny puzzle...

8:05 am

Hi Owl, no work for you today?

8:06 am

hi TO always the way

not till tuesday!

8:06 am

Owl, a pleasant respite

i am heading to nj later or tomorrow

actually annie, with the advent of pc and cell they expect work from home

8:09 am

Owl, please drive carefully (of course you will)

8:09 am

my husband works from home

8:09 am

goes to the office about once a week

snow looked lovely in central park

8:10 am

it just got pretty here we didn't get much at all

8:10 am

r on the right side?

8:10 am

It looked beautiful out my window..live on the 23rd floor and had a great view of the city and all the trees edged in white from above

8:11 am

think church or colon sue

it was terrible to shovel though - very sodden and heavy

8:15 am

don't envy you TO is this the end of it for awhile?

well they are watching something for Monday night

8:16 am

fireworks

8:17 am

yay annie !!

yay annie!

are both d words de?

nm

8:18 am

yes

hmm i don't think this grid is gong to be easy to complete. kudos to you!

just sat there is an 8

8:19 am

Owl, it wasnt that hard once you get the rhythm of it

saw

8:19 am

th8--think lungs

8:20 am

good clue annie

ty annie

have one othe ic word so far

8:22 am

there are only 2 words ending in those 2 letters so you have them

8:22 am

there are 3

ty. down to 13. have you seen any o our riends fro across the pond today?

8:23 am

yes, west, sorry

8:23 am

I had to check lol

8:23 am

not a soul from across the pond

i mean ic as ending. sorry for the confusion

8:23 am

yes, as west said, there are 3

annie how are you doing?

8:24 am

knew that 's what you meant TO

8:24 am

haven't seen any of them so far TO

hmm then i must find another

ac and th so far

8:25 am

I'm okay and hope you are the same. I see the Philly Flowes Show is opening soon or did it open?

8:25 am

co5---funny person

8:25 am

*Flower

no it think it opens feb 28

lol sorry i DO have that one. can't count today!

8:26 am

phone

8:27 am

Hi TO, why are you coming to NJ?

ti celebrate my father's and my bdays

8:28 am

Well, happy b'day. where in NJ

ne bergen county

8:29 am

I grew up in Bergen. Live at the shore now.

8:30 am

The raods are good. Should be okay.

get much snow?

8:30 am

Uh roads

8:30 am

LOTS of snow.

hmm besides the swear word stillseeking top o

8:31 am

Just started. ty for the clue.

8:32 am

TO, alternate spelling for the playful water mammal

don't try oratorio. it doesn't work.

ty pab, and i had the essence, too! doh!

8:32 am

ty pab. Cute bunny.

8:33 am

yw TO and hego

8:33 am

I have a snow day, and there are only 69 words??? durn

actually it is alternate to the essence!

8:33 am

hi kje snow?

hey kje, my sentiments also.

8:34 am

yes... over an inch so far - LOLOL

wait SNOW day?

8:34 am

really, I had wondered, thanks TO

8:34 am

:-P

or you are kidding and you are off?!

8:34 am

everything will come to a standstill

8:35 am

son is flying to D/FW on Monday hope it's gone by then

8:35 am

I am sick... so I am staying home... no "real" snow day, but in fact, yes it is snowing... here, I'll give you a pic - BBIAM

ooh kje, hoped you would be better by now

8:41 am

phantom acrimony

and acne and oratorios and attic and arctic...

8:42 am

Look at all the good words we could have had. LOL

down to 9 and out of ideas at the moment. perhaps time for rench toast?

8:43 am

OH, I'm jealous.

why? now i will hang to get those last few.

8:44 am

down to 4 here back later to dig them out

or is it the breakfast you want?!

8:44 am

OK, there ya go... that is it now, and it is suppose to snow all day... maybe we'll reach 3 inches!!!! whoa!

8:44 am

Of the French toast.

lol west nice hoice of words

8:44 am

TO - was feeling better, did too much, now wiped out... doctors make lousy patients

8:44 am

oops lol

kje i have an extra shovel...can one buy snow shovels where you are?

8:45 am

Yes Drs do make lousy Pts.

8:45 am

acyually, the snow is just enough to be pretty but not really closing roads... beats shoveling 2 feet as I did in MD

8:45 am

pretty picture kje

8:45 am

However, nurses make good ones.

8:45 am

no, nurses make lousy ones too - LOLOL

8:46 am

they get neurotic... know too much

8:46 am

No, No. I've taken care of nurses. They were all great.

8:46 am

get better kje really going now *poof*

8:46 am

worse patient - a pregnant pediatrician... too much too worry about

8:47 am

LOL

8:47 am

actually - it all depends... I have had good and bad in all.. they are no different than the rest of the population

8:47 am

We nurses at least pretend to follow orders. :-)

my dr's pa urged me to come in right away monday to see another doctor only to hear i should keep doing what i am doing and sinus infections go away in three- four weeks .

8:48 am

we are just less tolerant of the foibles in professionals sometimes

8:48 am

Except, as you said know too much.

apparently they don't treat them routinely any more. or she doesn't.

8:49 am

hmmm... tell that to my research nurse who, despite being told not to, drove herself to the ED while having chest pain... then ended up admitted for stent placement... we almost killed her when we found out

8:49 am

Taht's true TO

8:49 am

Sounds tYpical.

8:49 am

they sent you to a specialist for a sinus infection????

well was not the last time i had one. and i told the pa what i had and what i was doing. he urged me to come in instead of waiting for reg doc later in week

8:50 am

Don't want to make a fuss, you know.

8:51 am

yes hego...that is her... no fuss... but if one of her patients did that she would of course have told them how foolish it was... we are all blind to our own stubborness

so it cost me $ to hear i will get well eventually and i am doing everything right. although i don't generally take sudafed and taking it for a couple of weeks just sounds wrong.

8:51 am

Sounds familiar.

8:51 am

sudafed is safe for awhile TO, no worries

8:52 am

heck, I am major dioped right now... have taken 2 zyrtec, a claritin and a sudafed (no comments from you hego)

kje i had a cousin who took OTC cold meds for a while and developed liver issues. doc was mad at him.

8:52 am

doped, not dioped

8:53 am

maybe he was taking multiple meds with acetominophen and didn't realize he was overdosing

8:53 am

;-)

ty very much kje ofr the "consult" - i in sinuses hopefully not very contagious? dad has breathing issues and don't want to expose him. ty for clariying.

8:54 am

on the other hand, I do know the upper limits of these meds so am careful... and notice, I am not driving... but my nose has stopped dripping!

8:57 am

apparently no one is as excited about my nose as I am - LOL

8:58 am

kje...be happy you are in texas...in MD we are under almost 4 feet of snow

8:59 am

so I have seen, seaspray... I use to live in b-more, so have been through some of those

*jumps up and does happy dance for kje* yay!

8:59 am

only thing you can do is determine to enjoy it

8:59 am

LOL TO

my issue is pnd. i guess i need the claritin or that more than sudaed?

9:00 am

this was the worst ever, blizzard on Saturday and another one yesterday, buildings falling down, fire company is presently on fire, son hasn't been home for days

9:00 am

Congratulations on the end of drip kje.

9:00 am

Worst I've seen in a long time Sea

9:01 am

so sorry sea.. stay safe

9:01 am

yes, daughters fiance was out for 5 days, he is a state trooper

9:02 am

yes, TO, most effective for PND is an antihistamine... claritin or zyrtec are your non to low sedating ones

9:03 am

sea - I have a friend who went to st petersburg this week, she will be there for 6 months... they haul snow out of the city in dump trucks every day

9:04 am

she said she has never seen so much snow in her life, and she lived in denmark for 6 years

9:04 am

As ever I am stuck on the last word. Help please?? Re6.21

omg anyone who is on B check out deain's link to storm time lapse.

9:05 am

My sister in law was in Finland and St Petersburg recently and was so disappointed she didnt see any snow at all!!

9:05 am

Mean widdle grid.

9:05 am

will look dee

9:05 am

re6 - preacher

9:05 am

his office is often called the 6y

9:06 am

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH I see it many thanks kje

9:06 am

re6y i mean... see i am doped

9:06 am

yw

9:06 am

too bad, dee... now they are buried

9:06 am

take another antihistamine, why not?

9:07 am

wettest in years, even for them

9:07 am

We had about 6 inches of snow overnight and - as usual South East England has ground to a halt - schools closed no buses no trains!!

9:07 am

*gives hego a dirty look and ignores her*

9:07 am

sorry phone, kje they will definitely be hauling snow for awhile here

9:08 am

:-P

9:08 am

And of course we dont expect snow in the winter so there are no snow ploughs or gritters

9:08 am

it all depends on how much the city can handle... down here, it is about 2-3 inches then full shut down... in B-more, it was a foot, then they ground to a halt... when we had 2 feet one year, the snow plow buried my car

sea i feel for you

9:09 am

NYC is lucky... manhattan just pushes it into the east river! that cracked me up

9:10 am

did you get a lot of snow TO?

they are dumping into thepotomac i heard but Phila has said they will not river dump. Salt and chemicals ans stuff can't be good.

9:11 am

TO- where is the link to the time lapse storm? My husband did one and just curious?

9:11 am

just talked to DIL, son will be home in 3 or 4 hours to rest and go back out tonight

hmm 18-22"

on something called SnoMG

was his set to Fleet Foxes' Winter Hymnal?

9:12 am

bbiab... only 30 words so far, I think I need to sleep

later kje. get some rest.

9:12 am

20 left and pretty much stuck

9:12 am

hello all

9:13 am

Hi

hi peri. sea does babanon have a list?

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

a little nudge need for the ta7 pls

9:13 am

lickety is up today

9:13 am

okay, okay

9:13 am

hmmm, dunno TO

9:13 am

soory, impatience is my only flaw :-)

9:14 am

oh, lickety is up, great!

9:14 am

don't have a ta7

lid the one i saw is of dc

9:15 am

LOL peri thats more than a nudge! ta7 = 1st 3 letters are what you get when you sunbathe + Gone with the Wind estate name.

hi fm! have you chekced out all our snowtagraphs on fb?

ty fmitch

9:16 am

Hey TO!!! Am not on FB but have ssen a lot on the BBC news and in some babblers flickr pics - incredible!

9:16 am

ty Mitch

9:16 am

ty FM

ok i will change into my yard brb

9:17 am

yr welcome

9:17 am

More shoveling today, Peri?

refresh...got about 5 inces after this was taken. i can take photos but can only phone them to someone else to upload so no final one

9:19 am

geez TO all I can say is roll on spring!!

9:20 am

need those daffs

it is beginning to drip away not as pretty now but blue sky with not a cloud today!

9:21 am

:) Hego I am trying to be the eternal optimist!

ok now getting too late for breakfast

9:22 am

Have brunch instead.

saw some awully cold birds huddling in tree across the street yesterday tweeting away.

9:22 am

and succeeding Mitch

9:23 am

to work for awhile. bbl

later, hego.

9:23 am

TTFN hego

should go out for brunch. bacon eggs and blueberry pancakes would be great.

9:24 am

good moring

9:24 am

morning

9:24 am

whoo hoo annie!

hi harp

9:25 am

hi all

hi je

9:25 am

I have had such fun putting up feeders and so forth since I moved here and get a large number of birds visiting all the time in these low temps. Hi jmc and harp

9:25 am

clue for the at7 please?

9:25 am

I got served a healthy PC breakfast

fm you are out of the city now?

9:26 am

nm got it

honey can at7 flies

9:26 am

ty geek

I need a clue for the ra 5/10 please

9:26 am

I was in a town before TO but am now in a very rural and lovely village

9:27 am

sorry don't have it geek

like the change?

9:27 am

ra5/10 = a type of cane I think) used in furniture making.

9:27 am

Utterly love it TO

so je what is healthy pc ? and are you drivin ghome today?

9:28 am

drop a letter from the cane ra6

9:28 am

oatmeal and fruit

9:28 am

meetings start today driving home on Saturday

9:29 am

*grin* jmc was just about to the the reverse of that clue

oh ok. boston?

9:29 am

huh fm?

9:30 am

hello...is there a list today?

9:30 am

I was going to say that to get the ra6/18 add a duplicate cons in the midde of the ra5/10

9:31 am

apparently phae

9:31 am

yes phae lickety is up and running

9:31 am

ty

ty for the ra 5 clue

dryer needs my attention, be back anon.

9:31 am

ah well there you go FM it is backwards day

what about the lovely th 8?

9:32 am

the ra5 is ra 6 (the stuff you weave chairs and baskets out of) less one letter

9:32 am

ack phone, brb

got the th 8! - the th8 cavity in the body

9:34 am

*mulls over body cavities* so few of those are spoken of in polite company science

chest cavity Je! LOL

I have one only and it is the last ta 5 - help me

9:36 am

i just started science and i am running to catch up

Got it done!

9:37 am

whoo hoo science!

Okay, now I shall play my move in Lex

Later gators

9:38 am

okie doke bye

9:38 am

hi all - 15 left

9:38 am

go jm go

9:40 am

the chog was weird yesterday. hope all is okay now.

9:40 am

how so jmb?

9:41 am

hi, all...does anyone know if I can download a new copy of Babble Expert anywhere?

9:41 am

you didn't save your email?

9:41 am

seemed a little charged up!

9:42 am

how many total words are there for this one

9:42 am

sometimes the mix of people creates chemical reactions

9:42 am

69 brucie

9:43 am

you will have to email and ask for it again angel

9:44 am

i see. i stayed out of it. have sick kid and her sick mama at home. busy enough.

9:44 am

69? oh man, where are they , i have like 9

9:44 am

i just laugh most of the time -- no one really means to be as harsh as they sound

9:44 am

Angel I can email you a copy

9:45 am

I have 18 myself brucie

9:45 am

do you have lickety's list brucie?

9:45 am

at work i always try to read my e-mail from the receiver's perspective before sending it off.

9:45 am

no

9:46 am

are you new?

9:46 am

how does one get Babble Expert?

9:46 am

if you look below the tiles stats you will see a link for lickety's babble clues -- right click and open in another window and that will help

9:47 am

I think you have to email lickety for babble expert aeb -- is that right?

9:47 am

Send an email to lickety aeb, his email addy is in the standard lickety clues at the bottom of this page.

9:47 am

baking bacon

9:48 am

expecting crossy?

9:48 am

no, it is all mine... bacon brushed with a honey/cayene/coriander mixture.... starve a fever feed a cold

9:49 am

the heck with the fever then you be feeding th** cold!

9:49 am

HAve to head off to the Post Office so TTFN

9:49 am

bye fm - hagd

9:50 am

see you FM

9:50 am

and feel better soon kje.

9:50 am

ty fm

9:50 am

i have a feeling i am going to be listing sooner rather th** later

9:51 am

i am down to 17 listless... caffeeine helps

9:51 am

12 left

9:51 am

hmm the caffeine hasn't helped me enough

9:52 am

have another

9:52 am

50 left

9:52 am

and if that doesn't work, try vodka

9:52 am

not today kje i am at quaker meetings all day

9:52 am

just takng a break before the finance committee meeting

9:53 am

no to the caffeine or the vodka? are they a no caffeine group too?

9:53 am

no i have a cup of coffee next to me -- just no drinking booze here

9:55 am

I tried vodka. Enable won't accept it

9:55 am

clue for ci?

9:55 am

really? or do you mean on this grid BR?

9:55 am

and hi BR

9:55 am

i see brucie found lickety

9:56 am

ci5 - around a time... ie ci5 1924

9:56 am

ci - pertains to time ,,, not an exact time

9:56 am

ty ty

9:56 am

yw

9:57 am

how many words in here today

9:57 am

223

9:57 am

i must admit co4/11 seems pretty bogus

9:57 am

69

9:57 am

69 nan

9:57 am

bad kje

9:57 am

lol

9:58 am

bud if you believe there are 223. the first 69 would be a breeze!

9:58 am

How are your subjects doing, kje?

9:58 am

lol

9:58 am

i have no subjects, i am at home

9:59 am

unless you are referring to the upstairs neighbor... but i suspect he thinks i am his subject

10:01 am

any cr?

10:01 am

no

10:01 am

k

10:01 am

down to 13 and slowing considerably

10:01 am

stand up co

10:02 am

ty BR

10:03 am

co + daddy pla*** bass, momma sang tenot

10:03 am

tenor

10:04 am

o goody i got two from th** one

10:04 am

ty

10:04 am

c + french night: n***

10:05 am

night is Nuit... n*** is black

10:05 am

C conquered!

10:06 am

fortunately my french is bad enough th** i got the clue! lol

10:06 am

what a perfectly obnoxious picture, ru, what is the occasion?

10:06 am

hi ru

10:06 am

wow, this one sucks today!

10:06 am

just my mood..lately

10:06 am

i am enjoying it, actually

10:06 am

but it could be the drugs

10:06 am

hi krys

10:07 am

drugs?

10:07 am

heroin

10:07 am

hey jmcnrick. kje, if it's drugs, share!

10:07 am

huh?

10:08 am

kje you are in a rare mood today! lol

10:08 am

*puts on flak jacket and foil cap just in case*

10:08 am

eww...ok, don't share! lol

10:08 am

you having Keith RIchards over for lunch or something

10:08 am

LOL jmc... they took away my gun license... no worries

10:08 am

want a foil cap krys?

10:08 am

i am down to 11

10:09 am

like having a license means anything

10:09 am

go kje go

10:09 am

32 left

10:09 am

lol

10:09 am

woohoo jmc! that is progress

10:09 am

help with the i please

10:09 am

holy crap! there's 32 words in this puzzle! I'm defeated already!

10:09 am

seriously? it is a fish

10:10 am

10 left

10:10 am

here in texas, we like our tea ic4

10:10 am

there are 69 words krys

10:10 am

arg!

back lovely videos of folks skiing and sledding down art museum steps. makes me want to , also!

10:10 am

i tried everthing except the d apparently

10:10 am

but since you have gotten all the c's - what is the left c other than wagon?

10:10 am

nm, just saw it

10:10 am

wow. I'm not sure whether I should thank you or throttle you jmc! I'll stick to the thanks tho!

10:10 am

damn

omg that nut just went down in a laundry basket!

10:11 am

think diamonds kje

10:11 am

ca + rodent

10:11 am

TO - don't do anything stupid! (as I tell my 90 year olds)

10:11 am

howdy everyone;)

10:11 am

throttle me?

10:11 am

apparently, i need to do more jewelry shopping

10:11 am

kidding! never!

10:12 am

hey crossy

10:12 am

hi

they make it look so nice but the getitng there is imppossible unless you live there and walk

10:12 am

this grid is driving me nuts

10:12 am

yes, i bet that area is gorgeous right now

10:12 am

help with the right hand R?

10:12 am

*fireworks*

10:12 am

how long a drive is that kirsten?

hi crossy! *whispers to kje* do you thinkhe smelled it?

10:13 am

all start re*reation center

10:13 am

congrats, jmb

10:13 am

crossy sniff the wind...

10:13 am

hahaha TO.. maybe.. like a moth to a candle flame

yay dobie!

10:14 am

re6 - preacher

10:14 am

it's a very short drive these days

10:14 am

rea*** latin for right i think

10:14 am

re*** ( meant)

10:14 am

re5 - front leaf of a book

10:15 am

other re5 - more than one ass

10:15 am

tarot

10:15 am

shoot!!!

10:16 am

re**** in charge of a church

10:16 am

more than one ass??

10:16 am

well, down to 9 now - LOL

10:16 am

ty,nice clue kje;))

10:16 am

anytime cross... need more?

10:16 am

thses re,s are eluding me;((

10:16 am

8

10:17 am

all were just clued cross

10:17 am

color of skin in summer ta* + gone with the wind mansion

10:17 am

ty br

10:17 am

grayed it

10:18 am

Hey, ru .. what is night in french again?

10:18 am

nuit

10:19 am

thanks

10:19 am

I did not nuit

10:20 am

lol

down to 4

tactic is taunting me...

10:21 am

and tartar

10:21 am

sorry got called away ty for the re clue (I got one out of all those clues! lol)

10:21 am

and tartar

10:21 am

I tried tactic too TO

hi judy!

10:21 am

damn...beat me ciocia!

10:21 am

Yo, TO

10:21 am

close krys -- drop one of those letters

10:21 am

hi cio

10:21 am

the two re5 are identical except change last vowel

10:21 am

on a break from getting the car out

10:21 am

Hi jmc

10:21 am

hahahaha krys

10:22 am

at 5 here

10:22 am

4 more to gray

10:22 am

WOW kje

10:22 am

30 left and i need to prepare for a meeting bbl

10:23 am

nah - i have been at it forever, judy

10:23 am

hi/bye cio

10:23 am

i am lounging in bed today, so have the luxury of popping in and out

cj let's do lunch! ;)

10:23 am

bye jmc

10:23 am

really - there are not many weird ones yet... these are real words

10:23 am

ok TO; I should be able to get down there oh, maybe the end of March! ROFL

10:24 am

what are the 7's? I've got ta 7/28 and tr 7/36. What am I missing?

I was thinking April. ;)

10:25 am

well, it starts with a r, h, or a... that i know

10:25 am

there we go,thats better,on the good computer:))

phantom: arachnid

10:25 am

the 3rd 7 starts with an a

10:26 am

hello everybody. Dinner is cooking and I have 15 minutes

10:26 am

there ya go

10:26 am

never mind -- got it -- is at 7/32

10:26 am

howdy ruby

hi rubyfoo

10:27 am

so what does the 8 start with

th

10:27 am

oooo 8 is easy - th8

think chest region

10:27 am

8 starts with th

10:27 am

describes your lung cavity

10:27 am

*embarrassed* thx

10:28 am

nah, it is tricky

10:29 am

I've been monkeying the tho with no success

10:30 am

in grand total we only got about a foot of fresh stuff from that storm yoy guys got down south,so nit bad at all.just a lil something to refresh the trails;)))

10:30 am

th8 - hammer god + 3/4 of a nonbase + consonant

10:31 am

if you still can't get it ruby, i will try again

10:31 am

ty ty, kje, beautiful clue!

10:31 am

yw

10:31 am

ill take another clue

10:32 am

nordic hammer god + **/DC rock band + most of froxzen H2O

10:33 am

froxzen is cold weather on drugs

10:33 am

sounds good to me but depends on the drugs....

10:34 am

OK, before I ask for a clue, is the a7 a word I know?

10:34 am

ty kje

10:34 am

we had a one-day glimpse o spring but it's back to grey grey and cold

10:34 am

absolutely kje

10:34 am

**gets a fish ready to toss kj's direction

10:34 am

beautiful snow here ruby

10:34 am

if you really like somebody, kje!

10:34 am

crap, judy... then I will be forced to think

10:35 am

fatal at****ion

10:35 am

it's beautiful here but I could use some flowers!

10:35 am

hi wildcat

10:35 am

sheesh

10:35 am

hi **lets the mackeral soar

10:35 am

i would say ty, but I am too annoyed ; )

10:35 am

at + religious text

hmm just looked at list and missing wordsa re no more obvious :/

10:36 am

i have been looking for that for about 30 minutes

just ound the bible

10:36 am

2 left - i will be back in a bit... stay warm all

10:36 am

hello TO!,, I'm trying to figure out how to put my owl (drawing) up as my icon. Ata keeps explaining it, as does pini, but I can't seem to do it

do you have it in a file and if so what type?

10:37 am

ruby if it's on your desktop, just click on my account, go to browse and find your picture, the click open, and then upload.

hi dawg

10:38 am

it's in facebook and in my images. but the format seems to be wrong and I don't know how to adjust

dwon to one

10:38 am

good point, TO. jpg and gif are the only too types, babble accepts

10:38 am

I'll try again right after dinner, which is cooking. I think you'll like the owl

10:38 am

go TO!

resave it as gif or jpeg

10:39 am

hi dawg

10:39 am

too---shoulda been two. Hi ruby

10:39 am

I think it's jpg already

10:39 am

I've been trying to get Max on here without success, but I think the owl would be fun

10:39 am

right click on your picture and save it to your desktop.

10:39 am

fireflies

if so go in and browse for it then open then click upload

10:40 am

whooooo hoooooo wild!

10:40 am

yay wild!

yay cat! for me, too!

10:40 am

:)

10:40 am

yay owl!

10:40 am

must get dinner on the table (and in the dog bowls) but then I'll be back and will try!

10:40 am

whooooo hoooooo TO!!!

10:50 am

Ohh back just in time to see babblers fireworks - congrats!!

10:52 am

or should that be babblers' - where is Haz when you punctuation hints?

Firewords!

Back later to follow chat (never can do it properly while filling i words) and offer clues (if brain is working). Good lucka all.

11:07 am

at+religous text, what is that clueing?

11:07 am

and are we talking about to5

11:07 am

Hi and happy snow day [not]. I'm ready for spring.

11:08 am

anyone have the ac 5?

11:08 am

not me

11:09 am

AC 5 -AC + minnie and ***key mouse

11:09 am

ty Soodle. How are you in Ireland?

11:10 am

do any of the words start with the re* color?

11:10 am

I'm very well, bichon. spring has sprung here - I saw 2 baby lambs the other day, and the daffodils are just about emerging!! Glory Be!

11:10 am

I would give anything to go back to Ireland. We hiked the Kerry Way

11:11 am

My Dad is a Kerryman & thats where I spent my holidays as a child. Wonderful part of the world.

11:11 am

Sue = no red words!

11:12 am

yahoooo

11:12 am

And we had the greatest Celtic speaking guide. Such wonderful memories

11:12 am

I am really pleased you came away with a good impression of the place. Some tourists don't!!

11:13 am

All of the people we met were so nice. I felt at home and of course everyone had a relative in the States

11:14 am

Lol! When were you here, Bichon?

11:14 am

Six orseven years ago. In July

11:14 am

Well, you should come back sometime!!

11:15 am

Beleive me, we would. But there are so many great places to visit in this world. Last summer we went hiking in Norway

11:16 am

We listen to Gaelic music here and our next door neighbors are Celtic musicians

11:16 am

hi

hi doren

11:18 am

hey owl. shoveled out yet?

11:21 am

can any1 help me please with th 8

11:21 am

think chest cavity

except or thre or so inches..unless township plowed me in

doren i asked again for book recommendations. though i doubt libray is open.

11:22 am

th8 - to rhyme with the film island where dinosaurs roamed (Ju******* Park)

11:23 am

Good morning/afternoon all.

11:23 am

you want me to recommend the ones i recommended before, or new ones?

11:23 am

hello haz

hello haz!

11:23 am

HI Haz, Dorens

11:23 am

Bichon, I am so sorry - my connection mysteriously broke.

doren i love your photo!

11:23 am

Got it! thanks Bic very much

11:23 am

Hello Dorens, TO, bichon.

11:24 am

Well done, Rhonda!

11:24 am

course you do, owl... not much different from yours, is it?

11:24 am

clue for the ta 7?

11:24 am

what happens from the sun + scarlett's home

the ones from before doren. i asked via email so i would remember. doren i see phoebe nto snow and i like that!

11:24 am

bichon, do you have the plaid ta6? If so, switch the syllables around and add a vowel at the end.

11:25 am

Bichon - a skin colour you get from the sun, and the old homestead in Gone With The Wind

11:25 am

people of the book, girl withthe dragon tattoo, shadow of the wind

11:25 am

ty Haz and Soodle

11:26 am

Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, one of my all time favorites

11:26 am

I read Shadow of the Wind, it starts off being fascinating but is so long that I had forgotten the beginning by the end. Does that make sense?

11:26 am

did you read girl who played with fire, bichon?

11:26 am

ta/7......... sound of a music instrument

i am coming to nj

11:26 am

yes it sort of does haz, but it was (to me, at least) a truly wonderful book

11:27 am

guess you're snowed out then, owl

11:27 am

we might be driving up to new hampshire... not enough snow here!

yes and itching to go. but i am debating trying recipe for honey pound cake.

11:28 am

Yes, Dorens, grabbed it up right away. I think the third book may be coming out in Britain soon.

or robert e lee ginger cookies

i refreshed...phoebe is gone.

11:29 am

I liked it, probably just as much as the first, but it was different. So sad that there will be no more than the three - owl, you really would like them

why can i eat 2 eggs sandwich and feel ull but two egg french toast and want more food?

11:29 am

that picture really was funny wasn't it? jeremy threw her so high up in the air, she really looked like she was flying

11:30 am

cause the french toast is sweet.... for some reason sweet breakfasts always make me ravenous in an hour or two

doren, folks were skiing and sledding down the art museum steps. streets dept had to pick up all sorts of broekn laundry baskets and flattened cardboard cartons.

11:33 am

heard philly broke snow records

11:34 am

one more book owl... Sea of Poppies by Amitav Gosht

about?

11:37 am

opium trade, india, 19th century. really such a good book, my son gave it to me and i recommended it to my library book group and everyone just loved it

ty

this is one is complitcated

11:52 am

which one? the grid?

11:54 am

The words in this grid don't exactly jump out at you.

11:55 am

no, but they're there, and not too many that you've never heard before (though there are certainly a couple)

12:00 pm

n'm[h.mvp.bv

12:00 pm

well. i'm out to shovel my walk (hopefully for the last time)

bye doren

12:01 pm

hello everybody

12:02 pm

dinner is finishefd, but I made my first GREAT borscht!

12:04 pm

can't beet a great borscht

12:04 pm

any clue for the lonely i at the bottom?

12:04 pm

lol, BR

12:04 pm

and here, you can buy cooked beets, so it's much easier

12:05 pm

ruby...a kind of donut?

12:05 pm

ic** tea

12:05 pm

ty rolin and BR, too easy to see!

12:05 pm

blushing

12:05 pm

this grid is one 'l' off a tricylce

12:06 pm

tricycle*

hi folks. I'm missng one C word from the right side, fourth row. Have co4, co5, co5. Any hints?

sorry, make that co4, co5, co4, co5, co5

12:09 pm

fuq: do you have the little ca's?

right side c, ruby. no ca over there

12:10 pm

duh, blushing again

12:10 pm

co 4/11

12:11 pm

bovine-like

have that one

12:11 pm

me too

12:11 pm

or welsh....

12:11 pm

Hi Gang

12:11 pm

Hi Ruby

12:11 pm

yay, hego is here!

12:12 pm

;-)

12:12 pm

Did the vet come?

12:12 pm

ci 5/14 -- - inexact date ci 1913

12:12 pm

do you have the ci5? about 1066 and all that

ah, that was it! thanks, BR!

12:13 pm

beat me to it BR hello

and Kallia!

12:13 pm

yes, Max got 3 shots: antibiotic, ivremectin (per ata), and cortisone (to stop the itching). He is much calmer as am I.

12:13 pm

just got ot myself

12:14 pm

You got three shots too, ruby?

12:14 pm

that's good Ruby

12:14 pm

thank you for asking. I am too obsessive about my dogs!

12:14 pm

no no, mangy Max

12:15 pm

No, that's hard when they're suffering.

12:15 pm

Poor Mangy Max.

12:15 pm

i WAS GOING CRAZY AND MY HUSBAND KEPT SAYING, FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG!

12:16 pm

BR's being bad again.

12:16 pm

tHE VET LOOKED AT HIS HEAD AND SAID HOW BEAUTIFUL HE WAS AND THEN HEADED SOUTH AND SAID omg!

12:16 pm

home home on the mange ... where the itch is such a pain

12:16 pm

sorry for the caps, I'm still a little crazy, need to take some xanax!

12:17 pm

Calm down Rube.

12:17 pm

sorry

12:18 pm

☻

12:18 pm

BR, that eyeball is a little disconcerting.

12:18 pm

I need some spring

12:18 pm

We all need some spring.

12:18 pm

There are piles of snow here 8 feet high. ugh

12:19 pm

it won't melt till June.

12:19 pm

you're kidding, sounds like northern NY state, Oswego

12:19 pm

Looks like it too.

12:21 pm

I think it was Oswego where they made tunnels on campus because of the piled-high snow

12:21 pm

probably

12:22 pm

NJ had a winter like here when I spent a year in Princeton, but one swallow does not make.......

12:23 pm

these puny, piddling, pathetic grids are so ultracrepidarian

12:23 pm

I live in an over 55 development and although I have woods in back, the houses are close together and the lawns small, so ther's not much room to pile the snow from the driveways.

12:24 pm

Yes, yes BR

12:24 pm

I, for one, small experience that I have, prefer the big ones, full of c's and w's!!!

12:24 pm

But it's all done for us. No shoveling. Great!

12:25 pm

that sounds OK, but do you have to show proof of age?

12:25 pm

To buy here, yes.

12:26 pm

One of the owners must be over 55.

12:26 pm

I loved Princeton, was a truly great year! Except for the marriage which was rapidly fading....

12:27 pm

It's nice. We have a lovely pool and clubhouse .

12:27 pm

do the pets have to be over 55 too?

12:27 pm

No BR, but any kids must be over 19.

12:27 pm

X 7 for dogs

12:27 pm

hello friends! taking a tiny break between readings.

12:27 pm

Princeton is nice Ruby.

12:28 pm

hi mama

12:28 pm

how's the grid today?

12:28 pm

Hi Stid

12:28 pm

I loved it there

12:28 pm

Hello, stid. You look so spiffy in that tux

12:28 pm

Small and silly

12:28 pm

silly is good. *twirls for BR* why thank you! LOL

12:29 pm

I'm leaving; I think 50 is all I'll find. Good night everybody

12:29 pm

and it is, of course, my elder son, BR. *points to his mustache and beard* my own mustache is not nearly so impressive, I fear.

12:29 pm

later ruby ((hugs))

12:29 pm

Good nite, Luv. Sleep well.

12:29 pm

be well, ruby

12:30 pm

thank you all!

12:30 pm

Nice lookin boy

12:30 pm

thanks hego. I guess he'll do... :-D

12:31 pm

:-)

12:32 pm

BR, stop staring at me!

12:33 pm

down to 47 and stalling fast.

12:33 pm

oooh. got a 6!

12:34 pm

and a 7~!

12:35 pm

right column grey.

12:36 pm

NBT. and halfway. *satisfied mama look* not as impressive as dusting the living room, but WAY more satisfying. Now to read another paper and then lunch.

12:36 pm

see you-all later! *poof*

12:37 pm

Whew, what a whirlwind!

12:40 pm

* Where does the catcher sit for dinner? * Behind the plate.

12:40 pm

bada bing!

12:43 pm

May I please have a clue for ta 7/28?

12:44 pm

Hi car

12:44 pm

Hello Hego!

12:44 pm

Hello my babble friends!

12:44 pm

ta7 what you get in the sun + name of mansion in Gone with the Wind

12:44 pm

let's see. What you get fromthe sun and Scarlett's house.

12:44 pm

Ty Peri!

12:45 pm

Peri too fast for me. :-)

12:45 pm

hi there hego

12:45 pm

hello all

12:45 pm

treid digging my car out but gave up, right wrist hurts from shovelling :(

12:45 pm

Hi Peri. Any shoveling for today.

12:46 pm

Way too fast for me. lol

12:46 pm

Then Babble away gently to keep the muscles warm and flexible!

12:46 pm

just a little shoveling in front of the car but it is still stuck in the snow

12:46 pm

Take a break, you deserve it.

12:46 pm

we oaud sineibe to snowplow out the drivewy

12:46 pm

I am eaeting guacamole and chips :)

12:47 pm

we paid someone :)

12:47 pm

I think you got some in your keyboard. lol

12:48 pm

OK...just need at 7/32 please?

12:48 pm

bees are at*****ed to honey

12:49 pm

Fish slap! thank you! Fireworks!

12:49 pm

Wholly Guacamolly is pretty good

12:49 pm

ty Peri

12:49 pm

yay for car

12:49 pm

YAAAYYY!!! Car.

12:49 pm

I finished earlier just stopped to say and to clue for a bit

12:50 pm

to say hi

12:50 pm

and I thank you for doing that Peri! :-)

12:50 pm

Nice Peri

12:50 pm

:-)

12:50 pm

OK...now off to finish the Valentine's with the boys for school tomorrow! Have a GREAT day all!

12:50 pm

glad I could help

12:50 pm

What's with the ri's?

12:50 pm

getting cabin fever here

12:51 pm

think chinese food and what usualy comes with it

12:51 pm

just 3 of them

12:51 pm

Me too

12:51 pm

I know, but the monkeys don't like them.

12:51 pm

did you get a lot of snow, hego?

12:52 pm

Oh, gosh

12:52 pm

Looking in the wrong direction again.

12:52 pm

Tons of snow Peri

12:52 pm

I do that alll the time

12:53 pm

Peri that is my biggest mistake in Babble.

12:54 pm

do you need any more clues, hego?

12:54 pm

No, ty Peri, i'm doing okay. thanks for asking.

12:55 pm

I will stay a little longer, just holler if you need help

12:55 pm

ty

12:56 pm

how many do you h ave left, hego?

12:56 pm

18

12:57 pm

working on the t's

12:57 pm

did you get the th8?

12:57 pm

69 words.... good number ;)

12:57 pm

how sticky is it?

12:57 pm

not too bad

12:58 pm

Yes, I have that. Used to be a respiratory nurse.lol

12:58 pm

Hi Jes

12:59 pm

what is yur icon.jess?

12:59 pm

looks like a kitty on fire

1:00 pm

it does

1:00 pm

devil kitty

1:00 pm

it's a kitty made of fire

1:01 pm

going snowshoeing later,who wants to come,we have hot chocolate or irish coffee,s afterwards;))

1:02 pm

hi crossy

1:02 pm

sure, crossy. you gonna come pick me up?

1:02 pm

Crossy, you're incognito.

1:02 pm

hwow are you?

1:02 pm

nope,just a profile change for a bit in honor of my litty

1:02 pm

kitty

1:03 pm

Did it die, then?

1:03 pm

yes

1:03 pm

Aah, so sorry, Crossy.

1:04 pm

sokaymjust read my profile if you wish

1:04 pm

bbl

1:04 pm

bye, peri

1:04 pm

Bye Peri

1:04 pm

I did read it Crossy. It's lovely.

1:06 pm

bloody insurance companies..just had to cough up 1200 dollars for car and apt insurance;((

1:07 pm

Spend a bundle on it, don't we?

1:07 pm

indeed

1:07 pm

though..400 less than last year

1:07 pm

And I've never cllected a dime. Phooey.

1:08 pm

i have,someone sideswiped me in a parking spot to the tune of 3500

1:08 pm

(((crossy))) I think you made the right decision but feel for you and Mrs Crossy. x

1:09 pm

yes, so sad. And hard.

1:09 pm

(((FM))) tyvm,we could of extended her life with heavy surgery,but it would of been for us and not for her

1:09 pm

You did the right thing.

1:09 pm

she would of been totally incontient afterwards and they would of had to spilt her pelvic bone to get to it

1:11 pm

You did what you had to do and that is good, grieve but be in no doubt that you did the right thing.

1:11 pm

she is in a better place

1:12 pm

in this photo you can just see serius black in the kitchen..he is a little bugger hehe

1:13 pm

Hugs all round have to go.

1:13 pm

bye Mitch

1:13 pm

bye, FMitch

1:16 pm

tc fm

1:19 pm

anybody have the ci5?

1:20 pm

hego, circa 5 = about a date

1:20 pm

It's the rosh tsadick! ty

1:21 pm

nada

1:21 pm

you put the whole word in! What a great clue!

1:22 pm

duh

1:22 pm

I guess I was out in the sun too long today

1:22 pm

:-D

1:25 pm

You have sun? I just have snow. And lots of it!

1:26 pm

there is snow around my house, but i, unfortunaqtely am in fl

1:27 pm

Well, done with this silly little thing. See all tomorrow.

1:27 pm

Must be nice in Fl.

1:27 pm

I'll take it

1:27 pm

Really, bye

1:28 pm

bye

1:42 pm

crossy I'm sorry for your loss

1:42 pm

It's still windy, but it's sunny with bright blue skies here today. And no more snow expected til Monday! :D

1:49 pm

minus 12c and glorious bright sun today,lol everyone is walking down the street with thier faces pointing up at the sun like a sunflower hehe

1:50 pm

ty katie

1:50 pm

she is in a better place

1:50 pm

here, miracle of miracles, the street seems mostly cleared to pavement.

1:50 pm

oh, crossy. so sorry about your kitty. sitting here crying; what a beautiful tribute in your profile. :(

1:51 pm

tyvm ciociajudy

1:51 pm

lost one of mine a few weeks ago. very tough.

1:52 pm

down to 7 and totally stuck

1:53 pm

Hi, all...my sympathies crosshair...

1:53 pm

that it is ciocia

1:53 pm

tyvm jellen

1:53 pm

ill dig out a better picture of her later

1:54 pm

And Judy...

1:55 pm

ahh here is a better one..1 sec....

1:55 pm

I have a 16 year old cat on my lap, and an equally aged dog in the yard...time is precious...

1:56 pm

hi Jellen

1:56 pm

very mush so jellen

1:57 pm

Fireworks, by the way...

1:57 pm

yaa for jellen

1:58 pm

ok,refresh eveyone and you can see a nicer picture of my monkey kitty

1:58 pm

I see your kitty...good pic...

1:58 pm

sooooo cute, crossy

1:58 pm

woohoo Jellen

2:03 pm

ahhhh,so nice to see the sun;))

2:04 pm

nothing worse that see ing nothing but overcast and snow clouds for 2 months

2:05 pm

phantom:rattan

2:05 pm

oops

2:05 pm

was not;(

2:05 pm

PB crossy but it is fully stocked so help yourself.

2:06 pm

crossy whistles and goes down the sunny path to the pb tea house whit its hot tub;)

2:06 pm

clue the at7?

2:07 pm

Opposites at7, think magnates norht/south etc.

2:08 pm

ty fm ;)

2:08 pm

yw Harry

2:08 pm

ty fm

2:09 pm

*rushes in to hug FM before she disappears* hey all - I am not "here" yet, have to read 6 more pages and then I will be back to play! *fades out*

2:09 pm

(((stiddy))) will be here on and off for a while but great to see you hun.

2:10 pm

FM!!! ((((Crossy))))

2:10 pm

(((ATA)))

2:10 pm

Hey Ata how was the day at the Wildlife Trust?

Hi babble friends...

2:10 pm

howdy beach

2:11 pm

Hi beach

2:11 pm

didn't go :( SNOW

2:12 pm

Ohhh what a shame!

2:12 pm

really cross

2:12 pm

Deeha was on much earlier and I saw she said she had 6" of snow.

2:13 pm

sounds about right, and horizontal snow nearly all day

2:14 pm

I feel wimpy mentioning a mere 6" compared with what the US is getting but everything is relative.

2:15 pm

yes!

2:16 pm

Im busy looking at star charts would you believe!

ata i witheld comment on your cursing your weather...

2:16 pm

TO Hi again!

2:17 pm

okay done. will write my response when I am done with the grid *hugs FM and TO and ATalante and cross and everyone*

2:18 pm

lol 6" for us is as much of a standstill as whatever you had. We suck at snow

was ighting a chest high 20" deep wall of plowed packed snow at end of erstwhile cleared driveway. the snow won.

2:19 pm

yuck, TO. another day of "vacation" then?

and since it will hard freeze tonight, i see no prospects for tomorrow.

2:19 pm

When I went into the garden this morning at 4.30 I swear I have never seen so many stars. Plus the ones I am used to looking at are not quite here. Change of lat/long I guess but am so intreagued.

no stid. it's beyond that. i don't know how to cope anymore.

there is no way for me to remove it.

2:20 pm

urf. now D wants attention. bbl when I can!

2:20 pm

Oh TO !!

2:20 pm

later atalante

2:21 pm

gee whiz TO. ((hugs))

2:21 pm

where are you FM? not at home?

i shoveled it allo out spent four hours yesterday

2:22 pm

down to 17

2:22 pm

Am feeling the ' not having a man' about to do things too TO . Having to employ a handyman everytime a job needs doing is such a pain.

2:22 pm

I think I'll list.

2:23 pm

stiddy - I moved house at the end of November

if you can ind one, fm, you are way ahead o the game.

2:23 pm

is the AT 7 fishy>?

2:23 pm

I remember you moved, FM, didn't realize you MOVED! new city and all... that's big.

2:24 pm

Well actually sold my place at the beginning of Nov, lived in a hotel for 3 weeks and then moved in to the new place! Did'nt want to lose the buyers.

yes stid. do you have the piece of land/religious pamphlet?

2:25 pm

I didn't, but I do now! thanks TO!

2:25 pm

down to 7

2:25 pm

sounds like a smart decision FM. So you're all settled in now? *imagines FM surrounded by favorite books and artwork*

2:26 pm

It is a wonderful and rural village stiddy and it turns out that jillibus and her Mother were living about half an hour away from where I am now.

2:27 pm

OK, awake again... back to try for the last 2

2:27 pm

oh how sweet, FM -- the village with the ancient tree? she told me about it last summer!

2:27 pm

hey kje -- what do you mean awake again? are you ailing?

2:28 pm

1

2:28 pm

I will go explore as soon as spring comes and will take some pics.

2:28 pm

yes, decided to stay home and sleep and see if I can finally kick this cold

2:28 pm

good for you kje! I stayed home to rest and try to catch up on the readings from this week -- almost done with that task.

2:28 pm

Hi kje be well soon!

2:29 pm

assume the TH 8 is fishy?

2:29 pm

excellent stid! sounds like your day was more productive than mine - LOL

2:29 pm

th8 - related to chest cavity

2:29 pm

yep. got the fishy TH8

2:29 pm

thanks kje

2:29 pm

so far not bad kje. feels good to be approaching normal.

2:30 pm

down to one.

2:30 pm

omg - done!!!!

2:30 pm

listless!

2:30 pm

YAY kje!

2:30 pm

what was your last word? *puzzling over a 7*

2:31 pm

how weird... last time i was on, sat for a long time trying to monkey those 2

2:31 pm

ra5

2:31 pm

Yay, kje!

2:31 pm

a7 - can be fatal ; )

2:31 pm

Congrats kje!!!!!

2:31 pm

well, if extended, can be fatal

2:31 pm

ty FM

2:31 pm

and jellen, and stid

2:31 pm

hey jellen

2:32 pm

Hey, stid!

2:33 pm

LOL true kje ---

2:33 pm

okay, help on the TA 7 please?

2:33 pm

ah good.. you got it, was about to give a less vague clue - LOl

2:33 pm

ta7= sun-browned + GWTW hous

2:33 pm

ta7 - sun coloring + start of a scary spider

2:34 pm

*House

2:34 pm

GWTW?

2:34 pm

thanks kje and jellen. isn't that a dance?

2:34 pm

oh duh

2:34 pm

Gone with the Wind

2:34 pm

firewords

2:34 pm

Yay, stid!!!!

2:34 pm

I thought so... was going to use the Pirates of Penzance cop song... remember that

2:35 pm

but i think they were syaing tarantara, tarantara, tarantara

2:35 pm

"a blast of a trumpet or horn" according to the online dictionary

2:35 pm

woohoo stid!!!

2:35 pm

when a felon's not engaged in his employment....

2:35 pm

thanks for the help and the chat all...

2:35 pm

hey dan2! yes!

2:36 pm

hey dan!

2:36 pm

a policeman's lot is not a happy one

2:36 pm

how's mrs2bit today?

2:36 pm

(poor wand'ring one...)

2:37 pm

that is my least fave of those songs, stid!

2:37 pm

goes on forever!

2:37 pm

or is that from pinafore? I forget which songs belong where.

2:37 pm

but in the movie version... kevin kline is hot

2:37 pm

Hi, dan

2:37 pm

no, you are correct, it is pirate's

2:37 pm

LOL I like the "tit-willow" from Mikado best of all I think.

2:38 pm

oh yes -- kevin kline so totally owned that role... *drool*

2:38 pm

well... I have to write up my thoughts on this reading and then go back and figure out the "stuff" from Tuesday's reading.

2:38 pm

when he dances ... man what muscles!

2:38 pm

hagd, stid

2:39 pm

Afternoon all (sneaking in a few minutes before is over)

2:39 pm

brb...must restart computer...

2:39 pm

maybe I'll put on some music while I work. (((hugs all))) *sigh* have a lovey rest of your day, everyone!

2:39 pm

Hi, Pini!

2:39 pm

pini! sneaking? lunchtime maybe?

2:39 pm

bye jellen

2:39 pm

Tata, stid!

2:39 pm

(of course stid)

2:39 pm

Bye stiddy and all, time for me to head to dreamland.

2:39 pm

hi jellen, stid, kje, et al

2:40 pm

((hugs)) on my out to pretend to be a grad student. see you later! *poof*

2:40 pm

hi FM

2:40 pm

gn, FM - sleep well

2:40 pm

hi pinikula pinikula pinikula.... we were just talking about P of P

2:41 pm

P of P?

2:41 pm

Finished!

2:41 pm

yay mudd!

2:41 pm

pirates of penzance

2:42 pm

clearly not a gilbert and sullivan fan ; )

2:42 pm

ty ... great to come back and finish it. February, short but sweet.

2:42 pm

Yay, Mudd!!!

2:43 pm

Thanks, see you in the morning, I hope.

2:43 pm

Ooooh, I saw a live performance of that once!

2:43 pm

I like G & S, but get them muddled in my brain...

2:43 pm

grr,pain in the caboose,had to go into the registry editor on this thing to get rid of stuck files.i hate it when a uninstalled program just wont go away

2:44 pm

I'll 2nd that motion, crossy!

2:44 pm

... and fireworks!

2:44 pm

ok, going in search of coup - later all... happy abbling

2:44 pm

Yay, Merk!!!

2:44 pm

tc kje

2:44 pm

wtg merk!

2:44 pm

cya kje! :)

2:45 pm

Bye, kje

2:45 pm

Thank you, and bye kje. bbl

2:47 pm

help with the lower 2 a's?

2:48 pm

* anyone? *

2:49 pm

ac + ***rophone

2:49 pm

thx jellen!

2:49 pm

ac + Brit short for thanks

2:50 pm

thx again!

2:50 pm

about about the 2nd column A?

2:50 pm

ty jellen

2:50 pm

er ... how about

2:51 pm

at + black paving material

2:51 pm

NBT!!!

2:51 pm

at7= Shouting will at***** attention!

2:52 pm

* fish me *

2:52 pm

thx jellen!

2:52 pm

an4= picnic pest + first vowel

2:52 pm

an5= picnic pest + Egyptian sun god

2:53 pm

thx yet again

2:53 pm

A's axed

2:53 pm

brb

2:53 pm

oh, and NBS!!!

2:56 pm

back...

2:56 pm

oh, wow, a super short one. hello everyone!

2:56 pm

howdy pippi..it has teeth

2:56 pm

super short, but not so easy (as usual)

2:57 pm

ooh, but a properly functional lickety today means i'm good

2:58 pm

yes,i may have to list very soon

2:58 pm

I just listed!

2:58 pm

and already got one of the 7s

2:58 pm

it's getting easier now! :)

2:58 pm

lol 25 and ive hit my first wall;(((

i've gone around and around on 2 of the tr4's and I just don't see another combination!

2:59 pm

Hi, all newcomers!

2:59 pm

I have tr x 3, but that's it so far...

2:59 pm

keep pushing, crossy

2:59 pm

tr4= group of three

Oh- I wasn't looking down there!

3:00 pm

tr4= pace faster than walking, but not running

3:00 pm

3 more tr's to go now ;)

I have them now- amazing when you look somewhere else, what you can find

does anyone have ta7, ta6?

3:02 pm

there are 2 ta6

3:03 pm

don't have the ta7

3:03 pm

i have a ta6/18

3:03 pm

ta7 = sun-browned + house in Gone with the Wind

3:03 pm

rip alexander mcqueen

the last ta6- not the one that is related to Buddhism

3:04 pm

the mcqueen ref was a clue

3:04 pm

think scottish

3:04 pm

ta6= Scottish plaid

3:04 pm

Kilt!

3:04 pm

<-- has a scottish plaid! (family tree)

3:05 pm

crossy loves kilts,free and easy breezy;))

to5/12 and the first ta5/10?

3:06 pm

cute, crossy! wear them often?

3:06 pm

twice

3:06 pm

ta5 = sounds like the Lone Ranger's sidekick

3:06 pm

to5/12 = add a consonant to the to4

3:06 pm

to5/12 is jewish holy book

3:06 pm

thx pip ;)

3:06 pm

That, too!

3:07 pm

11 to go and I need to go back to work :(

3:07 pm

Bye, Pini...they'll be here waiting for you!

I just have the lone ranger's sidekick one left...am monkeying

3:07 pm

Oh, I'm sure they will be...but I don't want to go!!!

3:08 pm

Kap, just change the first vowel to the a

3:08 pm

ta5= sun-browned + from me ** you

OK, fireworks. I love short grids- with Lickety

3:08 pm

Yay, Kaplan!!!

3:08 pm

wtg kappy!

3:08 pm

now off must go i...until later!!! ciao!

3:08 pm

yay kap!

3:08 pm

I know, Pini...don't want you to go, either...

Thank you for the last few. I was proud of getting the th8 on my own!

3:09 pm

I had to cheat on the th8, myself...

3:10 pm

yes as did i,you expected an s in there

3:10 pm

sweet, just found the th8!

3:10 pm

wtg, pipping!

3:10 pm

yaa for pipi

3:14 pm

How about a hint from all of you who have the th8!

3:14 pm

okay, nbt, nbs, and over halfway, will come back listy after rock climbing

3:14 pm

buffgirl, a kind of surgery - think chest

3:15 pm

thanks, pippin - I'll work on it. I was heading that way if there was an X...

3:17 pm

Hi everyone, back for my last 2 words. May I have clues for the at7/32 and the first ta6/18, please?

3:18 pm

at7= Fatal At*****ion, movie

3:18 pm

Thanks, Jellen!

3:18 pm

ta6= t + picnic pest + Egyptian sun god

3:20 pm

Yeah, got it! Fireworks! Thanks so much for the clues!

3:20 pm

Yay, Brookie!!!

3:21 pm

ty for popping in brookie,your easy on the eyes...ouch! my better half saw that but anyways way to go brookie!

3:21 pm

lol, crosshair

3:21 pm

crossy hold protective item over his head....

3:22 pm

(blushing). Actually, it's the only good photo of me in my 38 years of existence, so I'm posting it everywhere!

3:22 pm

cost of valentines just went up for me;((

3:22 pm

lol!!!!

3:23 pm

Well, I'm heading out, unless someone wants clues...

3:24 pm

Enjoy the rest of your day, Jellen!

3:24 pm

Thanks, Brookie, you too!

3:25 pm

ra5/10 and ra6/18 please.

3:25 pm

ra6 - rodent plus what happens when you're in the sun

3:26 pm

ra5 is like ra6, but take away one consonant

3:27 pm

Gotta go now. Have a great day everyone!

3:28 pm

bye, brookie

3:30 pm

is lickety not loading, or is it just my computer being cranky?

I've just opened lickety jes

3:33 pm

hmm. i've tried 4 times now and it keeps erroring

3:33 pm

oh sure. now it goes fine. heh

3:33 pm

you fixed it, chrissie!

5th time a dream :)

3:35 pm

woo hoo firewords

congratulations dan

3:36 pm

yay dan!

3:36 pm

darn cmputer is being glitchy today..fell like pounding it into a small cube and using it fro a doorstop..grr.i think human kind peaked with the tube radio;(

3:36 pm

yayay dan

3:37 pm

dan... nothing compared to you gys... but we are up to 6 inches and still falling... city has ground to a standstill

3:38 pm

for a city that doesn't even have salting trucks, this is not good... glad I am home and not stuck at the hospital

help with my last word please - ta7 ?

3:39 pm

ta7 - sun coloring + GWTW plantation

3:39 pm

horrble chog lag

what's GWTW kje? will it mean something to a Brit?

3:40 pm

oh wait, do you know gone with the wind? just noticed the flag

3:40 pm

ta7 - sun coloring + start of a scary spider

3:40 pm

c's crushed and h's hashed.

ty kje, finished

3:41 pm

o

3:41 pm

yayayay chrissie!!!

3:41 pm

o's obliterated

3:41 pm

r's razed

3:42 pm

where is your pic from, chris? it is great

3:42 pm

and now i need to go work.

3:43 pm

later jes, stay warm

3:46 pm

kje are you in Fort Worth area?

3:46 pm

a friend of mine is there with a touring show. She was not expecting snow cancellations!

Hello all!!!!

Dan are you still frozen solid?

hello all

Hi Temple Owl. I thought I killed chat.

how is your weather?

OMG, I did kill chat.

Sings "roll out the barrell"....

not a cloud in the sky

your photo is really neat! Do the Olympics really begin today?

4:00 pm

hi Babblers!

4:00 pm

Fireworks! my 4th win and earliest yet :)

Yaaay Bojazz!

4:01 pm

thx red

Well, my only news is that I saw a rocket launch today at the Space Center. I found it to be a bit anticlimactic.

4:01 pm

hi all

4:02 pm

oh too bad red I know you were looking forward to that

hello jmc!!!

4:02 pm

whooo hooo bo!

It's ok, I have been having some house guest issues so probably it being the 4th trip I was obliged to make did it to me.

4:03 pm

oh i thought the houseguest was going okay -- that has gone downhill?

4:03 pm

thx jmc

no the opening ceremonies are tomorrow.

4:03 pm

Clue for to5/12 please.

4:04 pm

???

4:04 pm

the jewish holy book gramma

4:04 pm

to5/12 - think Jewish bible

oddly jmc, the Houseguest informed me that he had emailed people he was to stay with in November and that they had never emailed him back

i am so sore from shoveling and would have had several more hours if not for neighbors. they plowed my dribe with a chest high mound of packed ice at one end.

4:05 pm

that is odd

4:05 pm

how nice of your neighbors

So he was planning on staying with me for the whole time, without asking ahead of time.

if you are speaking to me, not at all. this is a cul-de-sac and neighbor has car permanently parked so i received displacment

4:06 pm

why is he such a regular houseguest?

hm red he was goign to stay with you since nov?

4:06 pm

sorry TO I understood you to say your neighbors helped dig you out

they did. i thoight the how odd was directed at my township's plowing habits. cross posts

4:07 pm

Thank you jmcnrick for the clue for Jewish holy book.

4:07 pm

no the how odd was to red

4:07 pm

yw gramma

the neighbors were NOT those with the car.

I finally figured out he is just sort of an ass, my Psychiatrist friend thinks he may have Aspbergers.

so imagine the amt of snow displaced by a 1988 grand prix they were trying to put somewhere else

Who makes plans to come to a foreign country without actually having a place to stay first?

4:09 pm

my nephew has aspbergers and he is hard to deal with

oh my red, did not know he was from outside US. where?

4:09 pm

he lives in another country?

He is from South Africa.

4:10 pm

wave to the nice people wht ;-)

4:10 pm

wht and I are at the same meeting and we gossiped about babbleland

I ranted quite a bit about this this morning and to be honest if he is Aspberger's it is just that he processes things in a different way...and I need ot be nice.

how did you meet?

4:11 pm

well rant away and then you will be better able to be nice to him

4:11 pm

down to 3 left - all ta5,10 - help please

4:12 pm

ta 5, first= sun-browned + from me ** you

oh my je i am going to hell for the cursing i did at that other neighbor. seriously. out loud to a neighbor in the street in public.

4:12 pm

the only ta5/10 I have is like the sauce for fish minus one letter zealot

4:12 pm

hi jell

4:13 pm

Hello! Just popped in for a bit because I'm stalling...

4:13 pm

well we can be in hell together then TO -- you heard about the guy who parked in my parking spot that I left a ladder in

4:13 pm

what are you stalling about jell *sticks nose in*

4:13 pm

ty Jelien and jmc

4:14 pm

ta5 gypsy card reading.

4:14 pm

Oh, just getting ready to go out to a business dinner...

4:14 pm

yw

no. but i cdan imagine.

4:14 pm

Potential business dinner, th4 is...

4:14 pm

oh of course mix ty!

4:14 pm

ty all - Fireworks!

4:14 pm

I am a bit late coming to the chog But Hi all. {waves}

4:15 pm

Yay, zealot!!!

4:15 pm

I have dinner in 45 minutes and we get to clean up afterwords

4:15 pm

wtg zealot

4:15 pm

whooo hooo zealot

4:15 pm

7 left. haven't listed yet.

4:15 pm

Hi, wht

hi wht

4:15 pm

23 left and I just decided to list

4:15 pm

wtg mix

4:15 pm

but you've already finished the grid and I'm just starting.

are you two together?

4:16 pm

Oops. thought you were done jmc.

4:16 pm

we are in the same building but I am staked out in my room

4:16 pm

We are currently in the same building and I am in the living room.

4:16 pm

not me wht i am still flogging the last part

in boston?

4:17 pm

no outside of Albany at a quaker retreat center

TO sorry, he and I met on a project in Africa, he was only there for a few days and so with the structure there I had no idea that he could be so demanding.

sorry i should have remembered. i swear my memmory is going.

4:18 pm

well and people are different when they are staying with you

red i am sorry - ty for admiring my yard, it now has about 7 inches more snow.

4:19 pm

more zinc TO

4:19 pm

How long have you had the houseguest, red?

4:19 pm

too long! lol

4:19 pm

Ooh...and no sign of leaving?

no hope je. no hope. I am always very hesitant to be a houseguest.

4:20 pm

he's staying with her for about a month

4:20 pm

i am often stuck being a house guest since the people who invited me to speak or train don't have the $$$ for a hotel

4:20 pm

A long time in the best of circumstances...

Well, it is difficult to be a house guest as well, but...

4:21 pm

i wouldn't want my best friend to stay with me for a month

I am taking him to Jacksonville and he will spend a week there, and I think he is starting to see that I do not want him back for a while.

that must be interesting je.

4:22 pm

what? staying at people's houses?

yes.

4:22 pm

it has it's pluses and minuses but I prefer a hotel

4:22 pm

good evening everyone !

4:22 pm

hi mom

but you are not there for too long

4:22 pm

I'm being removed from the computer...sigh!

hi mom.

4:22 pm

when you stay at a house you get to know someone pretty well

4:22 pm

Hi and bye, Mom...

4:23 pm

bye jell (can't you fight back?)

4:23 pm

hi and bye Jellen

4:23 pm

Hi TO

4:23 pm

Hi JMC

4:23 pm

but at a hotel I don't have to worry about other's needs

I am always afraid I will be a pain to them

4:24 pm

TO you were a very considerate guest

*blushes* why ty!

4:25 pm

back again for those last few words

4:25 pm

hi jes

i can relate a funny giest story where a firend tried so hard to make me welcome she put fresh lowers i the room. but they had aphids that jumped on me all night.

and i did not know how to tell her!

4:26 pm

lol!

4:26 pm

hi jes

i mean we were all hippies then and there i was on my mattress on the floor with those damned bugs

4:27 pm

sorry -- I stayed at a house where they wanted me to feel at home and made me a special breakfast th** made me want to puke!

4:27 pm

*trying to imagine TO as a hippy*

but on the plus side i got to see the beautiful pacific ocean. i have the pic with hair down to there

4:27 pm

says silent prayer that I have not had to stay somewhere like TO and JMC

4:28 pm

hi all

4:28 pm

**waits for TO to dig out pic and put it as an icon

4:28 pm

HI Boo

LOL no mom it was all good, it was just one of those things. eventually i did and we got a big laugh.

4:28 pm

hi boo

4:28 pm

i want to see that pic

oh no, hard copy if i could find it

4:29 pm

i never told my hosts but arranged to have breakfast meetings the next two days

4:29 pm

scan it TO

very diplomatic je.

4:29 pm

*jumps up and down to force TO to scan the pic*

4:29 pm

that's me - miss diplomacy

no scanner. have been wanting to put family pic on fb and cannot.

now did I say THAT?

4:30 pm

what was worse was the clock inthe guest room made a different sound on the hour and woke me up all night long

4:30 pm

take photos to local photo store or Kinkos

or should i say very resourceful. ooh clock noise is the worst in a strange place.

4:31 pm

it sounded like a different bird each hour on the hour

4:31 pm

supper is in one hour. Mini meat loaves, baked potatoes and corn

i think i will go get dinner. i feel robbed that today's grid was so short.

4:31 pm

the first night I couldn't figure out why I woke every hour on the hour

4:31 pm

th8 clue please?

4:32 pm

yum mom

4:32 pm

I agree TO, it is hard enough to sleep somewhere strange but clocks or any kind of noise ...

OMG! @ bird clock! you have to be kdding!

4:32 pm

your chest cavity jes

4:32 pm

TH8 relates to the lungs (as clued this morning)

4:32 pm

the kind of surgeon that deals with the neck to the chest

4:32 pm

d'oh

4:32 pm

thanks

4:32 pm

i want to smash the clock!!

4:32 pm

hi babbz

mom is that the recipe in your proile?

4:32 pm

*wanted

4:33 pm

hi all - how is everyone this afternoon?

4:33 pm

yes TO, it is

4:33 pm

hi there jmc

4:33 pm

at7?

4:33 pm

I am fine Babbz how about you?

4:33 pm

i am fine -- finished my meetings for the day

4:33 pm

not bad, thanks

4:33 pm

tomorrow is a different story

4:33 pm

i keep wanting to make atomic but it doesn't work :(

sounds yummy. i should go to store to getr hamburger, sale ends today.

4:33 pm

the old saying Opposites at7

4:34 pm

you need to dress right to at7 the right attention

4:34 pm

nm. found it.

maybe i will, will be good to get out while i can still check for icy roads.

4:34 pm

ah, thanks, mom :) saw your clue right after the monkeys found the word.

4:34 pm

we like them very much. Inge had asked me a long time ago to post the recipe and I forgot to take it off.

4:34 pm

have a good afternoon all.

4:34 pm

you have until monday for the next storm TO

4:35 pm

Anyone have an idea of something fast to make for dinner tonight? I have to go to the store.

4:35 pm

bye Jes and you are welcome

not due to work till tues but due to dentist on monday

4:35 pm

u2 jes

4:35 pm

how hungry babbz?

4:35 pm

bye jes

4:35 pm

how about tacos

4:35 pm

medium hungry, not starving

4:35 pm

Monday is a federal holiday

omelets or frittata?

4:35 pm

tacos is a good idea

4:35 pm

quesdillas

4:36 pm

burgers

4:36 pm

omelet is too.

4:36 pm

steak and eggs

4:36 pm

good ideas...if i did omelets i wouldn't have to shop

baked mac and beef? Spaghetti?

4:36 pm

i always forget about having breakfast for dinner and the fam seems to like it

4:36 pm

if not order out

4:37 pm

pizza

4:37 pm

one of my fav suppers is pancakes

4:37 pm

lol like that idea even better, boobear!

i like potato and egg frittatta. i use ore ida potatoes o'brien to avoid peeling potatoes and onions.

4:37 pm

good idea TO

the pwestern omelets are good

4:37 pm

pancakes - TO that sounds good too. are those the frozen hash browns you're talking about?

yes, but you will need parmesan or romano cheese and a pinch of basil.

4:38 pm

yum, love hash browns

4:38 pm

i used to make pasta salad by boiling pasta and then throwing in frozen veggies for the last few, drain, dress and serve

the o'briens have onion and peppers

4:38 pm

i have both parmesan and fresh basil

you can always peel and cube potatoes and dice onions if you have them.

4:39 pm

the pasta salad is good idea too, but husband will be digging through the whole bowl looking for the meat, lol

I had pancakes last night, deee liciios!

LOL i know what you mean bab

jesdraggon, are you still here?

4:39 pm

you can do lots of things with parmesan and fresh basil

4:39 pm

gosh, i wouldn't have even thought about pancakes for dinner but good idea, and different.

4:40 pm

so throw in some sausage to the pasta salad

4:40 pm

Hi Red. Jes left just a bit ago

4:40 pm

and the parmesan and basil

4:40 pm

i have tomatoes, too - but no sausage, would need to shop

aunt just gave a good recipe from giada for carrots peas and bowties with cream cheese melted in and parmesan

4:40 pm

you guys have GREAT ideas!

4:41 pm

any cooked meat

4:41 pm

maybe even cut up some lunch meat and put in like ham or turkey.

sounds good

4:41 pm

oh good i don't have to go out.

oh rats, I keep missing her ahh well...

ok i would rather pay 2x the price for hamburger than get off my a$$ right now. pitiful.

4:43 pm

LOL TO. See the movie "Food, Inc." and you may not ever eat hamburger again in your life!

4:43 pm

lol TO you worked hard shoveling -- give yourself a break

4:44 pm

who did you miss red?

4:44 pm

lol TO, I am in the same boat as you

4:44 pm

not me babbz -- when i saw chicken run which was clearly to get me not to eat chicken i wanted a roast chicken for supper

4:45 pm

Was that the animated movie about chickens?

4:45 pm

yes

4:45 pm

9 left

4:46 pm

Go jmc

4:46 pm

I've got 22 left

4:46 pm

chicken run

4:46 pm

Never saw it...actually Food, Inc. was pretty interesting...but I didn't realize how much the fast food industry rules the roost on how food is delivered in the U.S., and it's an eye opener.

4:47 pm

18 left here

4:47 pm

one of the funniest things i ever heard was Ellen D. saying that since she was the voice for a fish in Finding Nemo she could never eat fish again

4:47 pm

go mom

4:47 pm

go wht!

4:48 pm

I gotta get to work on the grid...procrastinating again

4:48 pm

lol babbz

4:48 pm

And my nearly 80 year old mother is sending me dirty jokes on the internet. I never would have thought I would see that!

4:49 pm

*shocked look*

4:49 pm

No kidding!

well sorry the grid was so tiny, i think i will go nuke dinner. that is about the level of effort i have.

4:49 pm

my microwave just went out today, boo - may be time for a new one. how long are they supposed to last these days?

4:50 pm

i was shocked enough when i found my then 80 year old mother and my 10 year old son playing black jack at my mothers assisted living facility

4:50 pm

gotta scoot off here, sweetie is home. See you all in a bit. {{hugs}}

4:50 pm

bye TO and Mom

4:50 pm

LOL jmc

4:50 pm

by guys

4:51 pm

I guess I will save the last 8 for later

4:52 pm

bye JMC and TO

4:52 pm

bye Babb

5:19 pm

Lurking fireworks - happy babbling - POOF

5:24 pm

can any1 please help me with ra/6

5:26 pm

mouse + skin in the sun

5:30 pm

Oops.... thanks I made a mistake it is ra/5...10 I could help with

5:31 pm

that's the ra i still need

5:31 pm

got it....same as the ra 6 without the double letter

5:32 pm

I just got it.....would u like a clue?

5:33 pm

We both got it at the same time I see....thanks

5:36 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:36 pm

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

5:41 pm

hi, all. just got a new copy of Nabble Expert 12

5:41 pm

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

5:42 pm

th 8/55 please....

5:42 pm

Think I entered an empty chog. It is very quiet here

5:42 pm

Minver, I am fine. Getting used to my new computer, with Windows 7

5:45 pm

T's Toppled! 7 left

5:46 pm

ta 6/18 or th 8/55 left....clue please

5:47 pm

1st ta 6/18

5:47 pm

ta 6/18 is t plus an 5/10 word. th 8/55:a body cavity

5:48 pm

C's Completed! 5 left

5:49 pm

ty....I'll think about the cavity....got the 6/18 :)

5:50 pm

yw

5:50 pm

fireworks!

5:50 pm

ty

5:51 pm

Congratulations Jeff7 on your fireworks! Good for U!

5:51 pm

had to check out the last one tho on google lol

5:51 pm

research, not cheating!

5:52 pm

I put body cavity in reverse dictionary and I found it

5:53 pm

R's removed! 2 left

5:54 pm

fireworks!

5:55 pm

Congragtulations Angelsong on fireworks! Good for U

Good evening, I need a clue for ci14, please

Got it thanks

6:11 pm

hi all

6:11 pm

whoo hoo angel

6:12 pm

7 left

6:12 pm

Hi jmc. 2 left

6:12 pm

i forgot the an5/10 wht! :-(

6:13 pm

Like what you repeat when you meditate with a letter missing

6:13 pm

ty

6:14 pm

anyone else here?

6:14 pm

HI jmc. I just got here

6:14 pm

hi bugs

6:15 pm

i am trying to beat wht but he got ahead of me while I climbed the stairs

6:15 pm

;-)

6:15 pm

he is fast

6:15 pm

i have 11 word s

6:16 pm

5 left

6:16 pm

go bugs go!

OK now I need a clue for at7, please?

6:16 pm

opposites at7

perfect thanks

6:17 pm

yw

6:17 pm

hi all. i am down to one word listless.. it is a t6.. i alread have t + a5, and i have the plaid.. and the hypnotic tr6... anyone know what i need please?

6:18 pm

tr6/24 a three pt

6:18 pm

3 left but so not listless

6:19 pm

thanks jmc! that's it for me

6:19 pm

whoo hoo dorens!

6:20 pm

2

6:20 pm

1

6:20 pm

Fireworks

6:20 pm

whoo hoo wht!

6:20 pm

darn! lol

6:20 pm

and time for dinner.... do you need clues for the two that you're missing? (and yay! wht)

6:21 pm

Need a clue jmc?

6:21 pm

fireworks

6:21 pm

Oh jmc, you missed by THAT MUCH ! weel done wht

6:21 pm

yay! jmc! ad dagood night

6:21 pm

:-) it was close! lol

6:21 pm

bye dorens

6:21 pm

hm... and a good night

6:21 pm

sigh too bad it wasn't a bigger grid wht!

6:21 pm

wtg jmc

6:22 pm

hi folks

6:22 pm

i guess i better email the financial reports and read up for the meeting tomorrow :-(

6:22 pm

hi welki

6:23 pm

bugs did I ask you if aug 21 or 28 would work for you for the NW meetup?

6:23 pm

That sounds like so much fun. jmc.

6:23 pm

i figure i should travel while I can wht

6:24 pm

either one will work for me but I will need to check with jilli and flosey to see if they want to come and trust me to drive. Since they are both retired I would hope either date will work for them too.

6:24 pm

while you can?

6:25 pm

Anyone is welcome wht! We are hoping for Seattle or Olympia Washington in August. Make it a holiday

6:25 pm

well my job doesn't constrain me -- in fact i can always do work when i travel, i am young enough to go where i want and I no longer have to worry about my mother

6:26 pm

if i change jobs or hurt my back again. . . .who konws?

6:26 pm

ohh, i see. it sounded ominous :)

6:26 pm

no not at all welki

6:26 pm

welki is coming too wht

ta7/28, please?

6:27 pm

maybe

6:27 pm

you are under my power, i have entr***** you

6:27 pm

sun coloring + Gone with the Wind estate

Need th8 as well

6:27 pm

th8 is the chest cavity

6:28 pm

what you are equivocating?

Thanks jmcnrick but I don't get the chest cavity clue

6:29 pm

ac5 ?

6:29 pm

a surgeon who cuts chests is a th8 surgeon

6:29 pm

no, just like i said last night. company in august, staff shortage during holiday season, fishing season ... i'll try my best, but it's all about scheduling

Got it thanks

6:29 pm

sorry I forgot -- you did say th**

6:30 pm

ac+derogatory term for irish

6:30 pm

ty jmc

6:30 pm

ac5 ac+ ***rophone

6:30 pm

good clue jmc

6:30 pm

it is the influence of jacula

6:31 pm

got the sun coloring, got the estate name, they don't seem to make a word (7 letters?)

6:32 pm

try it again then welki because it worked for me.

6:33 pm

sun color=3+ estate=4 total 7

6:34 pm

May I please have a clue for ta5-10 the 2nd? Thanks

ta 5/10 ta + black sticky stuff put on roads

6:35 pm

prediction cards for fortune tellers

6:35 pm

clues for the re words, pls?

6:35 pm

ta5 fortune telling cards

6:36 pm

they all three start with the same 4 letters

6:36 pm

re6 = church worker

6:36 pm

Thanks, Luv. Fireworks. See y'all at the flip.

6:36 pm

whoo hoo peach

6:36 pm

ty, firebirds

6:37 pm

whoo hoo pyth!

6:37 pm

wtg pyth

6:37 pm

wtg peach, pythonx!

Well, I am finally half way.

6:40 pm

hi red

Hi Bugs how are you?

6:40 pm

go red go!

6:41 pm

I am good. I am very happy with a little grid that is not giving me too much trouble

Well, things keep popping out, I am finding it very relaxing!

6:41 pm

i am more or less here to help as needed

6:42 pm

the Ds are making me nuts tho

6:42 pm

unless wht tells me something exciting is happening down stairs

6:42 pm

are they dh words?

6:42 pm

de4 and 5

6:43 pm

feast or famine .. giant or tiny grids, huh?

6:43 pm

We are just sitting around chatting. jmc

6:43 pm

thanks jmc monkeys are rebelling

6:43 pm

true

feed more bananas

6:43 pm

need more of a clue bugs?

6:43 pm

you're at the same retreat?

what are your views on the situation in Iran lately wht? and jmc? (well and anyone else)

6:44 pm

let me know wht otherwise i will be reading the proposed manuals

6:44 pm

it should be so easy to find a de 4.....

6:44 pm

I think we were doing better when we were negotiating

Indeed.

6:44 pm

think of a style from the '20s

6:45 pm

finally found it!

6:45 pm

and now I see the clue...

6:45 pm

heavy sigh

i was suddenly looking for "Flapper" jmc!

6:45 pm

FCNL has some interesting things to say about it

6:45 pm

lol not with a de! red

6:45 pm

and now I have the other d too. Thanks for the support

I need to become more involved.

6:46 pm

sure bugs

I've been feeling tht for some time, I just can not fathom driving 2-3 hours each Sunday for Meeting.

6:47 pm

how can this be? 1 left already?

Bugs!!!!!! you can do it yes you can!

6:47 pm

red aer you a Quaker too?

6:47 pm

firesomething

I am, but I am a very lapsed attendee of meeting.

6:47 pm

YAY welki!

6:47 pm

well have you thought of starting your own worship group?

6:47 pm

When I was a kid we drove an hour each way to Meeting each Sunday.\

6:47 pm

whoo hooo welki

6:48 pm

and wht too?

6:48 pm

fgc hsa some nice ads from the outreach committee that you can place in a local paper: are you a quaker and don't know it

Actually jmc, I was thinking about calling the Orlando meeting and see if there wasn't something more local, sometimes people have things in thier homes...

wht, your parents were highly committed.

6:49 pm

I sucked wht into the grid during a quaker board meeting bugs!

6:50 pm

I went to a meeting in the GA sea islands red

6:50 pm

I thot you did not have a worship service but spent time in contemplation. I would not have the discipline to drive that kind of distance to pray. I just set time aside each day

6:51 pm

They claim they were driven to it when the preacher in the local church preached a sermon on the need to support the president during the Cuban Missle crisis.

6:51 pm

perhaps you didn't "suck him in" as much as "invited him to join". It sounds more churchy

Being in a group meeting is a little different than contemplation alone. It has a way of evolving into it's own being.

6:51 pm

lol no I think sucked him in was correct

6:52 pm

he started reading over my shoulder

6:52 pm

meeting for worship is different from praying alone bugs

6:52 pm

and now wht says there is a sermon so I think I should think I should try it. I know I share the belief system

Nice wht! My Father got his Bachelors degree at Earlham and found it more to his liking that Methodism.

depends on the meeting Bugs, if you want a Sermon, you need to look for a "Programmed" meeting.

6:53 pm

it is not th** we don't have a service it is more th** it is not planned out in advance

6:53 pm

and now to address doing Babble in the middle of a board meeting jmc... I take it you are not as dedicated as you would like to be?

6:53 pm

your dad is a quaker? how did th** not come up red?

6:53 pm

i am quite as dedicated as I want to be! lol

Well, jmc, I believe he would tell you he is an Agnostic or something. I believe he is a rather private man about religion, but if pushed, he would be a Quaker.

6:54 pm

ah I can understand th**

6:55 pm

itis just during some reports i babble rather th** nap ;-)

i think anyone who didn't already have the th** would have figured it out by now guys ;)

6:56 pm

but i don't want to go to the pb jacula drove the cabana boys away and locked up the liquor cabinet

you need to start using words i haven't already found!

6:56 pm

*lurk mode*

6:56 pm

always the co5/15 pinny! lol

6:56 pm

I lived with a Quaker family for a time when I was a teenager and I loved them to bits. My mother was bipolar but no-one knew then so it was quite weird growing up. I learned so much about gentle guidance and how effective it is from them. Wonderful people

6:57 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

6:57 pm

i started hanging with quakers ci5/14 1980

6:57 pm

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

6:57 pm

hi min

that's more like it, jmcnrick!

6:58 pm

what at7ed me to them was the social witness and lack of fluff

JMC, i have options for you: turkey Lasagne, pizza, and salmon with cajun seasoning....in the PB.

6:58 pm

social witness part worries me a tad.

always go for the pizza...

how so bugs?

6:59 pm

I can go and be quiet can't I?

6:59 pm

A's Almost Abolised! 1 left

6:59 pm

for example they have no re6/21 or other church staff to tell me what to believe

6:59 pm

did I do something to warrant the PB???

6:59 pm

go min go

6:59 pm

LOL Min

no but you said you were scared of it...

not by my reckoning

7:00 pm

too true red ty for restocking

Oh Bugs you can go and be quiet. the Social witness is not talking in meeting.

7:01 pm

you should check out CFSC Canadian Friends Service Committee bugs

7:01 pm

I am not as comfortable when people who profess their faith publicly. I am just happy being the only Bible some people read.

7:02 pm

well i would say we more live our faith publicly that profess it

7:02 pm

i will check it out jmc. I know there is a meeting in my community in someone's home. I just don't want to intrude on anything by showing up and being ignorant of protocol.

7:03 pm

well the protocol is to show up on time and wait and see what happens

7:03 pm

th** I can do!

7:03 pm

they probably would be happy if you called in advanced and talked about if it would make you feel more comfortable!

7:04 pm

thanks jmc. If that would be ok, I just might do that this weekend

7:04 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! at 732 was my last word

7:05 pm

whoo hooo min!

7:05 pm

I will be here off and on to give clues until I go to bed

7:05 pm

th** was fast!

7:05 pm

no paragraph for pinny?

7:06 pm

Maybe later. I have to get ready for work tomorrow.

7:06 pm

I did one late last night right before the flip at 12:30.

7:06 pm

Ihave 19 left and better list in case there are some really obvious ones

7:06 pm

i always enjoy your paragraphs

7:07 pm

go bugs go

29 left here and quite....slow going...

7:08 pm

go red go

17 left and need to list. who has it in their profile?

7:08 pm

Thanks jmcnrick! Always enjoy doing it. They are fun

7:08 pm

lickety is working today pinny

I am still relaxing, forcing my South African friend to watch the concert at the WHite house....He's having an eye opening.

7:09 pm

Lickety is up & running today PinnyPoppins. I used it

oh wow! and here i was slogging it in the normal mode

7:09 pm

what concert?

7:09 pm

its good practice pinny! lol

the Pres is having a concert of Civil Rights Music at the white house, its on PBS live. beautiful music.

haha - it has actually been good fun working the grid normally for the last couple of days

culd I have some clues for the R words on the right hand side of grid. I have the preacher guy.

errr could I please.

7:11 pm

re5=the first letters of the preacher

7:11 pm

the other re5=change the last vowel

7:12 pm

re 5/12: ***reational park plus half of british goodbye

7:12 pm

next re 5/12 is same word, ends with different vowel

thanks!

7:12 pm

hi gang

7:13 pm

Hi DR ! long time no see. How is your boy doing?

DR!!!!!!!

7:13 pm

hi DR

7:13 pm

HI Bugs, Red and JMC

7:13 pm

wow stuck at 13 words?????????amazing!

How is everything? You boy, your husband, and your Prius, is it on the recall list?

7:14 pm

hi everyone

7:14 pm

Jake is doing well Bugs- He brought home straight A's on his progress report yesterday ( PROUD MAMA)

7:14 pm

hi lbd

7:14 pm

whoooo hooooo for the jakester!

7:14 pm

hi Jmc

7:15 pm

wtg mkg

7:15 pm

Hubby has a cold- Prius is an older model so no problems

Awesome! Yaaay for Jake!

7:15 pm

wtg jake!

Soup for hubby and cheers for the prius. Mine is on a recall, I think.

7:15 pm

sounds like life is good, DR! :-)

7:15 pm

well, except for the sick hubby

7:15 pm

GO GO JAKE! we are all proud of him here.

7:15 pm

HI lbd

7:16 pm

hi bugs!

7:16 pm

Life is good for sure ... I have been babbling less though but it has paid off in Jake's grades so it is ok

7:16 pm

Hi Dawger :)

very excellent.

7:16 pm

hiya DR! we're proud of jake, and the sacrifices you have to make.

you get a gold medal for Mothering...

7:17 pm

are there clues anywhere? is lickety up? or babanon?

7:17 pm

thank you !This age is so critical

Bugs, do you expec many medals from the Canadians.

7:17 pm

oh thanks Red !

7:17 pm

nm i see licekty is there.

7:17 pm

lickety is up, mkg

7:17 pm

MKG- Lickety is up\

7:18 pm

You have done a good thing DR. Kids who don't feel like they fit and earn respect from other kids for doing so well.

phew - fireworks and bed - hard board today

7:18 pm

an 8??????????where???????????????

ty for all the help, explicit and not :)

7:18 pm

whooooo hooooo Pinny!

7:18 pm

wow pinny! great!

7:18 pm

He actually had another kid ask him to work on a project with him...

7:18 pm

that was HUGE!!!

7:18 pm

Congrats Pinny

7:18 pm

it is a tough age, and a tough time all around, you're a good mom, DR

7:19 pm

Congratulations PinnyPoppins on fireworks! Hooray!!

7:19 pm

I try- there is no instruction manual and I remind Jake of th4 every now and then

7:19 pm

according to the press, Canada should get a lot of medals red but sometimes the pressure is just so much to do well for national pride that the tension gets to them. I just enjoy seeing some of the sports done well.

7:19 pm

th8

7:19 pm

whooo hooo pinny

7:19 pm

help pls with ta 7/28

7:20 pm

ta7, color sun makes skin + Scarlett Ohara's home

7:20 pm

Jake has discovered what I meant DR. Good for him to keep trying different things until he found one that worked for him!

7:20 pm

th8 is part of your chest cavity

7:20 pm

That ta7/28 is sun skin color + Scarlett's home tizer.

7:20 pm

ooops, shutting up now and taking cake into the PB with me

7:20 pm

yes Bugs.. He is beginning to figure it out

7:21 pm

That th 8/55 word is a body cavity wht and hi there!

7:22 pm

ty for the th8

7:22 pm

ty Min. I was actually responding to mkg

7:24 pm

Time for me to go. Night all.

7:24 pm

night night, wht

7:24 pm

gnight Wht

7:24 pm

bye wht see you in the morning

7:25 pm

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

7:25 pm

are you and wht at the same retreat, jmc?

7:25 pm

yes we are lbd

7:25 pm

board meeting rather than retreat though

7:25 pm

at 7 clue please?

7:26 pm

opposites at7

7:26 pm

honey at*****s bugs

7:26 pm

got the 8 so ty.

7:27 pm

ty for at 7. got it.

7:27 pm

at7/32: food crumbs at***** unwanted mice in house.

7:27 pm

Fireworks finally. needed the ta 6 and the an that relates....

7:27 pm

yw

7:27 pm

whooo hooo bugs

7:27 pm

woohoo BUGS!

7:27 pm

Congratulations Bugsaw on fireworks!Hooray for you

7:27 pm

whoooooo hooooooo BUGS!!! (see tolja honey at7s bugs! LOL)

7:28 pm

I do have a sweet tooth LOL

7:28 pm

ac 5 clue please?

7:29 pm

ac + ***key mouse

7:29 pm

ac 5/16 is ac + plural of mouse minus last letter mkg.

7:29 pm

bbs- goign to make dinner for the boys...

7:30 pm

see ya later, DR

7:30 pm

ty got it.

7:30 pm

bye DR

7:30 pm

bye Dr. Please hug Jake for us

7:32 pm

bugs tell me about the new pm of canada

Helo

7:32 pm

hi herin

How are you all?

7:33 pm

chilly but surviving

7:33 pm

Hi herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to the grid

congrats Bugsaw!!

hi Minver, didnt see you arrive.

7:34 pm

Hello redturtlehead! I have been here off & on today.

HI Min thank you for your greetings

7:38 pm

Just changed my icon and am ready for tomorrow. Nite all!

7:38 pm

Does anyone need a ha 4/6 with clues?Here's a story of clues. So I had two snow days in a row.I thought I would be ic 4/6 in with the snowstorm,but I wasn't.I babbled all day & husband ra 4/4ed & raved as usual. He thinks that I should spend more time cleaning the house th 4/5 babbling, but I don't agree with th 4/5. I'm more at7/32ed to babbling th4/5 cleaning. I took a break earlier to eat some ri 4/5 for dinner.Now I'm going to tr4/4 to the fridge to get something else to eat. I will be back soon.

I just need more nap

7:39 pm

Goodbye Bugsaw! I will see you tomorrow in the chat

Later Bugs

7:41 pm

28 left. not so hard when licekty is up.

7:42 pm

Great clues Minver! So much fun to follow the trail of clues.

Poor Lickety and Mr P have been busy with a very ill kid

7:43 pm

night, bugs!

7:43 pm

hi stidgmere!

7:43 pm

mega t's and p's for Lickety's family.

7:44 pm

I dawger. I'm just getting started after a day of looking at art galleries. A little different from museums.

7:45 pm

Hello stidgmere! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:45 pm

oh, i bet that was a fun excursion, stidg

Hi Stig and LB

7:46 pm

hi herin

7:46 pm

It was, nice to see people being successful in the art world. We so enjoy the talent and hard work. Hi herinfernallady. Hope all is well in Aussieland

7:47 pm

fanthom drew!!!!!!!!!!driving me crazy

yep day off

7:47 pm

throat was my phantom

7:47 pm

holiday, Herin?

Regular day off classes which is great saves me killing idiots

7:48 pm

lol, herin

7:49 pm

ra 5 10 clue please?

evening babble buds. is there a list for this grid?

HI Adwd

7:50 pm

Oh, I'm still on the c words. Ra words are not in my near future.

ra5 bamboo?

7:50 pm

huh? bamboo? is that a clue?

No seriously LB I got told to shut up yesturday for asking questions and then mattered something rude when asked a question.

yeah

7:50 pm

what is bamboo other than bamboo??????not sure what to make of that clue. must think.

ra6/10 ra + sun=colored

ra5/10 sorry typo

MKG have you heard of the rods they use to smack people? or the furniture made of bamboo?

7:51 pm

At work? herinfern? Questions not allowed? really?

7:51 pm

ty got it. the furniture of bamboo was the tip i needed.

tx herin

that's why i said bamboo

Classes Stid

sry

They are young and stupid. Sorry ADHD seems we were typing the same clue at the same time

lol

7:53 pm

No questions in classes? Hope that policy changes. Are you taking or teaching?

7:53 pm

10 to go.

is there a list for this grid? i played/monkeyed only 27 words so far

7:53 pm

good clue adhd.

go mkg

Taking It was one of the students I have issues with. If i could get away with rearranging her face I would.

7:57 pm

I personally think it's up to the teacher to "fix" that problem of bad mouthing students. I have had several cases in which I had to ask the offenders to remove themselves from my class, as I would not tolerate their rudeness.

7:57 pm

back in an hour, bones is on. (hi Dodo!)

See girls say it at just auditable level that the teacher can't hear. I turned around and told her to shut up stop being such a bitch

7:59 pm

7

8:02 pm

need ta 6 18 clues for both of them please.

one of them is scottish plaid mkg

8:03 pm

2nd ta6/18 = Scottish plaid

8:03 pm

I need the 1st ta6

8:03 pm

th8 anyone?

hey lb (if u r still here)

8:04 pm

th8 - having to do with the throat

don't have it mk sry

8:04 pm

and HELLO

8:05 pm

or try th8 vertebrae

8:05 pm

TY for th8--actually refers to chest

8:05 pm

Hi Everyone. How are you all this evening?

i was just gonna say tha scrab

8:05 pm

sorry...guess I know why I'm not in the medical field! :)

hey nef

8:05 pm

dont know spelling. tried tartar............no go.

8:06 pm

Rather comatose here, with 25 to go

8:06 pm

change last consonant, mkg

8:06 pm

oh got it. wrong last letter. ty ty for the clue. what is other one?????

HI Scrabbler

8:06 pm

11 to go here...

8:06 pm

Hi ADHD

i've got 40 to go here... is there a list anywhere?

8:06 pm

*diving back in*

8:07 pm

lickety is up adhd.

8:07 pm

lickety's up to day

on your mark, get set.....

8:07 pm

* today

8:07 pm

Is it a tough grid?

HI Pini and NEf

8:07 pm

so i still need first ta 6 18 clue please. not the plaid, the other one.

8:07 pm

it's doable...

8:07 pm

not so tough nef, cuz lickety is up.

8:07 pm

i like the short grids. time for me to finish them.

8:08 pm

Hi herin, how are things going for you today?

8:08 pm

ta6 = sunkissed skin + Happy ***ils to you...

shitty and you

8:08 pm

uh oh...hi herin...sorry to hear you're having a crappy day...

8:09 pm

Wow. What's wrong, herin?

8:09 pm

ty ty pini. great clue. got it.

8:09 pm

and with tr** i am done!

Day off crap day yesterday still feeling crappy today.

8:09 pm

herin, whats wrong????????

8:09 pm

wtg mkg ;)

8:10 pm

ty pini. i had super clues from super cluers.

8:10 pm

oh-oh. I hope you didn't catch my cold!

any hoot enough about me. Hope you guys are not too terribly snowed under

8:10 pm

what's snow????

8:11 pm

where are you from pini? florida? calif? new mex? ariz?????????

8:12 pm

Oregoon

8:12 pm

- o

Why ok cold

8:12 pm

Pini, it's that white stuff that is making my driveway nearly impassible. I now have to throw the snow over 4-5 feet snow piles when shoveling

8:12 pm

(koda stepped on the keyboard)

8:12 pm

here we have snow above my waist.........i love it! as long as the power is on and we have heat and lights i am super. shoveled and loved every second. very envigorating indeed..........

8:12 pm

Wow! I suppose if you sent 1/2 out here, we'd all be even!

8:12 pm

i am in DC and the govt was shut for 4 days now. tomorrow they are open.

8:13 pm

today it melted a lot lot lot. nef good luck as you are in the coldest area............

8:13 pm

where are you pini?

8:13 pm

Oregon, mkg

8:13 pm

If we get any more snow, backing out of driveways will require flagmen!

Guess Obama got his snow wish

8:14 pm

oregon? on the coast? they dont get much snow but inland you do get snow, right? how far from portland are you? north, south east or west?

8:15 pm

I'm about 2 hours south of Portland in the valley...we don't get much snow if any...

8:15 pm

nef here too it is dangerous. the street is plowed enough for one car and it is a two way street. on tues, i moved to the right to let another car by and went into the snow on the side of the road, and damaged my car to 900 dollars worth..........darn! and to back out of my driveway is very dangerous cuz i cant see cars coming either way due to the snow banks

8:15 pm

I think it was Marion Berry who asked for all the white powder herin.. not obama

8:16 pm

nice area pini. i love oregon. i lived in seattle 2 yrs and never got over learing.

8:16 pm

kinda makes ya wanna stay home, eh, mkg?

8:16 pm

hi ru ;)

8:16 pm

hahahahaha ruru.. ..........hahahahah....... ..marion already has lots of white powder doesnt he??????

stepped away for a minute or two and what? mkg. sry for you... where r you? we were supposed to get a foot and lucky if we got 4 inches

8:17 pm

nope. want to get out. went to the gym and swam and worked out. good to go there. great weather to walk in. and the white is so pretty and so happy

HI RU

8:18 pm

also went thru stuff and have tons in the garage waiting for goodwill. felt so good! got rid of a lot of crap.

i love it too, which is why i was bummed we got nuthin

8:18 pm

The Cities have now announced Snow Emergency parking in effect til April 1. No parking on 1 side of the streets, and if it snows, we can't park on Snow Emergency routes until they are cleared curb to curb. It keeps the traffic moving (esp. if you can't find parking places!) ;-)

8:19 pm

you probably didn't understand the joke herin..being an aussie..

I just deleted 4000 emails man I am lazy

8:19 pm

you'd have to live in DC to laugh at that one

8:19 pm

4,000! wow!

Nef can people park on the foot path?

8:19 pm

did you read them first, herin?

OK I get the white powder thing but not the name

8:20 pm

what foot path? It's buried under the plowed snow

8:20 pm

ta7?

Nope Nef. They have been sitting there since feb. Some I have kept most binned

8:20 pm

he was the Mayor of Washington DC I think and he had a prostitute and cocaine problem that brought him down and embarassed the city

I don't know Nef. Just a guess. We get into huge problems parking on the naturestrip

Ok Ru thanks

8:21 pm

ta7 is like the ta6 following, add another vowel in 3rd position from end

8:21 pm

or sun brown + Gone with the Wind home

8:22 pm

Thank you Pinikula!

8:23 pm

yw

8:23 pm

The good thing about this last snow storm is that for some reason all of the ice ruts are now gone... they've been in the roads since the Christmas- New Years storms.

8:24 pm

phantom = micro

sigh

8:28 pm

(((herin))) It will be better soon

The kitty even gave me a hug last night it was very cute

8:32 pm

What are you ill with?

8:32 pm

phantom = andrew

8:32 pm

hi all

just tired with classes

and stupid people

Hi NR

8:33 pm

dug out two cars here in Lambertville, NJ today, and my injured shoulder is now reminding me that it is, in fact, an injured shoulder

8:33 pm

hi nrkii

8:33 pm

is your snow heavy?

8:33 pm

it got heavier as the day went on

8:33 pm

herin, how much longer til you graduate?

NR you really shouldn't do that Hire a kid to do it. Gess

8:34 pm

I dug out one car at 2, because I could see it was getting heavier, and the other at 6

8:34 pm

the kids were all gone sledding

8:34 pm

they don't need money any more -- that's what grandparents are for

8:34 pm

I shouldnt have dug out the 2nd car -- was a neighbor, but I felt bad for her -- she hasn't been able to get to her car in 2 days

Well make them do it

8:35 pm

oh, and the city guys dumped a TON of snow in the parking area behind my house... as in, on my property

Just started up this term one more year NEf

8:35 pm

so I won't be parking there till July

8:36 pm

I've been very lucky this winter. Our heavy snow came after I had surgery, and my neighbor came and plowed our driveway each time it snowed since then. He's been working overtime this past week, so hasn't been able to keep up as well now.

8:36 pm

I just did it as a surprise for her... she brought me dinner earlier in the week for no special reason... it's that kind of neighborhood

THat was nice of them. NR did they get permission to do this or is it one of those''it's an emergancy situtation shut up and put up''?

8:37 pm

Is that legal, nrkii? They can't do that here!

8:37 pm

apparently they got permission from my neighbors, so I'm not really mad about it... I hardly ever park back there, and I had told my neighbors I was going to park in a nearby lot

8:37 pm

I just had to laugh about it... at least 6 foot high wall of snow... it will take forever for that to melt

I would make an igloo out of it

8:38 pm

I parked in the lot because I thought they'd plow me out quicker there... WRONG... way too much snow for them to keep up

8:38 pm

igloo's a good idea, maybe I'll convince the neighbor kids to do that

8:38 pm

might as well enjoy it

Depends or not is the snow safe and cleanish to play with?

8:40 pm

I'm going to go build an igloo for my neighbor boy tomorrow if my coughing is gone. I've coughed so hard this week that my chest wall hurts (the cold aggravates the cough)

:( Don't go out NEf

8:41 pm

herin, DH has cabin fever now; so it's easier to build a snow fort than drive him here and there chasing down stuff he thinks he needs.

the best way to build an igloo is in a fence corner. pack and pack high, then pour water on top of the entire thing and leave till the next day to carve. my dad and his friend used to build them for us and ours was the only one left standing in the neighborhood

i miss playing in the snow

8:43 pm

what is snow (LOLOLOLOL)

8:43 pm

I feel for all of you!

8:43 pm

* the second one was honest!

i love it. DC got my snow!!

8:44 pm

all we ever get is rain

you must not be in southern california then. the song says "it never rains in southern ca"

8:45 pm

My little neighbor boy is going to be 3 next month. He calls me Gramma and loves having me play with him. Once last summer he came over and asked me to come out and play (he's slipped away from his parents in less than a minute!) So we put a yellow nylon rope out in the driveway and told him he couldn't cross the yellow line; and he didn't cross it for the rest of the summer (of course, "Gramma" door was on the *right* side of the line!

aw how sweet

8:45 pm

I love it NEf- great story

how old is dirt?

8:46 pm

Yes, ADHD - the song says it doesnt rain, it pours

my 5 yr granddaughter asked me if there were cars when i was a kid

8:46 pm

older than you! ;-)

8:47 pm

I had a 2 yr old ask me how old I was- I told her older th4 2.

Nef that is very cute.

8:49 pm

This little boys' parents are from Iran, his dad has been a citizen and lived here 22 years; his Mom has been here 4 years and she just passed her citizenship test! Both sets of grandparents are dead; so I really feel like his gramma. (I get to go watch her being sworn in as a US citizen in 2 weeks)

8:49 pm

Herin- How are you?

8:49 pm

Very Cool Nef!

average. Eating a chip sandwich

i was babysitting for a 4 year old who told me that his dad was really old "he's 41. you'll be that old someday"

8:50 pm

Cute ADHD!

awesome nef... nice to hear nice

Oh Nef that is so sweet

yeah, considering i'll be 60 next month!

8:52 pm

I have 2 of 3 O words... missing the one from the top O that is not the oa** of office

8:52 pm

ot5/10

8:53 pm

sounds like a sea animal

8:53 pm

I really enjoy playing with little kids. They really come out with some interesting observations

i only have the oa, working on the other two now

8:53 pm

got it, thank you

8:54 pm

yvw Nrkii

8:55 pm

7 left and I am stuck

re6?

8:55 pm

I have 2 left

ra6 i mean

8:56 pm

like Bamboo

got it

8:56 pm

ra6 is type of furniture, outdoor type

8:56 pm

Go, nrkii!! Go DR!! You guys can do it!

8:56 pm

how many AN words please?

8:57 pm

ooh, just discovered there is a list... yay

2 an words

9:00 pm

Firewords!

9:01 pm

fireworks!

9:01 pm

yay DR!!!

9:01 pm

ty NRKII !

9:01 pm

ust in time to watch Zburn Notice

WTG YOU GUYS! WOO HOOYOU DID IT!! YAY!! SPEECH SPEECH

9:01 pm

WTG Nrkii

9:02 pm

Yay nerky!

luv that show

9:02 pm

Fireworks for Dr and Nr good, good, good. Excellent and hooray!!

9:02 pm

Id like to thank those who helped me get to where I am today

9:02 pm

thanks so much

9:02 pm

Yay, you two!!!

9:02 pm

me too ADHD- C YA all Later!

9:02 pm

I'm off to call my mommy for our 10:00 nightly powwow

9:02 pm

night all!

9:03 pm

I am wandering around on the grid wondering what the re words could posssible be (along with 17 other assorted choices.)

Happy birthday Jellen

aw... i'm jealous nrk

it's your BD jell?

9:03 pm

Hi /Bye Stidgmere, Jellen

9:03 pm

Yay dr!

9:03 pm

ppy BdayJellen

9:03 pm

By Dr.

9:03 pm

Jellen's birthday?

9:03 pm

This computer is acting weird

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Jellen. Happy Birthday to you!

9:03 pm

ty all- *POOF*

9:03 pm

Happy Birthday jellen! Sorry I forgot cake, present and card, but I send good wishes

9:03 pm

and poof!

9:05 pm

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

9:06 pm

Happy Birthday Jellen!

9:08 pm

happy birthday, Jellen!

9:09 pm

and hello again, everyone

hiya lb

9:10 pm

hiya, Dodo

I just one 1.5 million at an Irish lottery. gee wizz how silly do these people think i am

you did? wellllll, i just got an email and some guy is sick and has no heirs so he wants to send me his millions, all i have to do is give him my bank acct number here in the states. can't wait

9:12 pm

is Mother still here?

9:12 pm

hi stiddy!

9:12 pm

hey all. *belatedly puts on party hat for jellen*

9:13 pm

I finished earlier. that was nice.

AD I also got one from Canada. If these were true I would retire early. Really should rush them my personal details right now (not

9:15 pm

yes, it was a nice, friendly, little grid.

i

9:16 pm

hey lady!

9:16 pm

Hi stidmama, yes I am still here but not winning any lottery that will put me on easy street.

i cannot believe how anyone could fall for these emails, but i know of 2 seniors who did... one lost money, only 800 dollars, but at 82 and on limited income. that's sad

9:16 pm

oh well, we'll just have to enjoy the simple life a while longer then. do you need any help, Mother?

well i just culled 4000 emails

they come from all over... some countries i've never heard of.

9:17 pm

gee you're popular lady! LOL

9:17 pm

Help, help? Yes. What about the re words (3) and the tas that are driving me nutty.

9:18 pm

I think they make the countries up. Why not it is consistent with the pack of lies.

9:18 pm

oh, the re 6 is like a vicar

9:18 pm

the two previous have same first four letters and end in vowels.

9:18 pm

Happy Birthday, Jellen!!

9:18 pm

most people wouldn't know if the country was real or not.

4000 emails from about September and that is only one account

i average about a fifteen hundred a month. time to change the address.... again

9:19 pm

the Ta were fun... she said ta**fully, beginning with the trumpet fanfare (ta7) ta* color and the home of Scarlett O'Hara...

9:20 pm

folllowed by a spanish word for "so much

I have this account for about 11 years

9:20 pm

and a word that looks like "OM" (ma****)

9:21 pm

let me know when you need more... LOL

One of my teachers asked how we did research and most of the kids said GOogle I said ''google what was that''

9:21 pm

bonsoir Une! comment ca va? did it snow a lot for you?

9:21 pm

tx for all the t's stiddy!!

are u serious?

9:21 pm

no snow here :-)

9:22 pm

actually we had sunshine for the first time in days :-)

9:22 pm

wow, the sun is still shining somewhere!

9:22 pm

nice! I think you and we are the only places in the U.S. without cold/snow!

9:23 pm

it's cold . . . but no white stuff!

9:25 pm

*wonders how Mother is doing*

9:25 pm

stidgmere?

Can you believe at further education after a year the kids didn't know how to research properly

UNEEEEEE

9:25 pm

HERIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:26 pm

I am stuck on the re's what vicar? and the tas but would rather wander off. I think google is a great way to research.

9:26 pm

nice icon, herin!

That is my kidlets

9:26 pm

for the vicar, add a consonant to the re5/12

9:27 pm

(means righthand side of the page)

9:27 pm

Bon soir, tout le monde.

i am up against a wall with the ta7. help?

9:27 pm

bonsoir, stidgmere! :-)

9:27 pm

Love to all. Stay happy.

Ok I just did a grownup thing. I jsut contacted my classmate about pairing with her to do a stupid assignment that I am dreading

9:28 pm

good night Mother, see you tomorrow.

9:29 pm

good for you lady.

9:29 pm

ta7 sunkissed skin tone + Scarlett's plantation

9:29 pm

ta 7: brownish-taupish color + the home of scarlett o'hara

9:29 pm

:-D

got it tx stid and une

9:30 pm

go, ADHD!

I hate those class presentations.

my head is packed with boogers and it's causing pressure on my brain. oh well, sounded like a good excuse for being stoopid

10 to go

9:32 pm

poor ADHD!

9:32 pm

TMI dodo! LOL

AD I suggest steam

9:33 pm

am i the only one who tried to get acrimony??

just another sinus infection and bronchitis... like the fourth time this winter already. germs love me

9:33 pm

no bojazz, it was my recurring nightmare today

9:33 pm

ditto here, bo! :-)

9:33 pm

i tried to find acrimony, bo. i just knew it had to be there.

9:33 pm

or cataract

i use moist sinus hotpack hubs got me (it's awesome)

9:34 pm

just knew i had found an 80 pt word!

9:34 pm

i just had the funniest email. my friend was telling me about her youngest niece saying she was in her "late 9's" (she'll be 9 in May!) lol

the best thing is really and old remedy... a few inches of water in the bottom of a spaghetti pot with 2 tablespoons of vinegar. boil to make steam, cover head w/towel and lean over the pot

lol lb kids say the darndest things

9:35 pm

my mom used to make me stand over steam with a towel :-)

i'm on my fourth book of kidisms... funny things my grands say

9:35 pm

OMG some of my classmates are going to a spa for the day in March. I cannot believe how expensive it is! I am totally not going to try to justify going.

9:35 pm

too cute, LBD

see? it works

9:35 pm

my mother did, too.

9:35 pm

actually, she'll be 10, my fingers are going wonky

my mom put a mustard plaster on my chest. she didn't know you weren't supposed to RUB it in vigorously, just lay it on... my chest burned like crazy. and anyone remember the camphor that you wore around the neck

9:36 pm

i loved my grandson's comments at christmas..."oooh, guys, I've always wanted this...what is it?"

9:37 pm

vicks vapo rub! on the chest and back!

Stid it does sound expensive.

Vicks on the feet too

9:37 pm

my mother used to use camphor in the humidifier. yuck.

9:37 pm

oh god, yes, vicks

9:37 pm

yep, vicks too.

remember that, but that was later. she put vics in the vaporizer

9:37 pm

on the feet??

9:37 pm

on your feet? did they make you run faster?

9:38 pm

ADHD, have you tried the saline nasal spray or the nose rinse pots?

apparently

i had to wear the camphor

9:38 pm

hey Nef

No idea LB

9:38 pm

lbd, bet you could really git 'r dun with vicks on your tootsies!!

it waas in a tiny fabric bag attached to a string

9:38 pm

you must ask your mum why she did that, herin.

Put on feet so little kids cant get it in their eyes

Put vicks on feet feet in socks and sleep

9:39 pm

hey stid. How are you feeling tonight?

9:39 pm

well, I am fading fast. I tried to get everything done today, but I am sure I forgot a few things. Going to go to school for the full day tomorrow. With luck, I will make it through!

9:39 pm

Good luck stid ..

9:39 pm

don't push yourself, stid. you don't need to relapse

Night Stid

9:39 pm

I am tired Nef, I stayed home to work, and it was a good decision. Just driving in the afternoon (ten minutes each way) to get the kiddo from school was a bit much.

good luck tomorrow stid

9:40 pm

good luck, stid

9:40 pm

sleep tight, stiddy -- FYI I'm leaving early early to pick up a rescue dog and drive her to the beginning of the next leg of her trip to Connecticut!

9:40 pm

otherwise, I felt happy to be able to read, and to think well enough to write a little.

9:40 pm

see you-all tomorrow or Saturday. (((hugs and choclits))) *poof*

9:40 pm

Speaking of funny things that children say,I had five year old student give me a Christmas present before vacation.When I saw him in school after vacation he said, "Did you like my Christmas present?" and I said, Yes, I loved it! Thank you so much!" and then he said Oh good!.Then he paused for about five seconds and then asked, "What did I give you?" I started laughing

9:40 pm

sweet sleep, stiddy

9:40 pm

bye stid!

9:41 pm

cute, min LOL!

9:41 pm

lol, min

At least he asked you and not the other way round

9:42 pm

LOL, so true, herin

9:42 pm

Well on that cute story, I am off to bed.Goodnight all

9:42 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:42 pm

good night Min

9:42 pm

night night, Min. sweet sleeps

9:43 pm

Niters Min ..

nite min

9:44 pm

i have a lobster question

claw away

9:44 pm

how much of a whole lobster is edible?

9:45 pm

all of it! (except the shell)

Good night Min.

everything but brain no?

Belly meat and claws

i was always told not to eat the brain

9:46 pm

why, ADHD?

9:46 pm

well, i can get a 12-14 oz lobster of 6.99 or just the tail for 4.99, and was wondering which was the bargain.

don't even know. i was told that the first time i ever had (at 17) at my parents friends picnic

9:47 pm

i think the brain is like the "mustard" of a crab, mostly non edible or not very tasty.

now i want to know lol

9:48 pm

ADHD, remember the cajun saying "i suck the heads" (crawfish)

You are better getting the meaty tail than pising about with the body unless you are up for disection. Are they live lobsters?

9:48 pm

lobster institute says, lobsters don't have brains

http://www.redlobster.com/press/media_ kit/crackalobster.asp

9:48 pm

no, herin. these are pre-cooked.

i knew that, but it's some wee little part in the head; and those fin-like things that look like lungs aren't edible?

OK I say go the Tail but that is because I hate pissing about with the lobsters. My b.f used to cook them for work. They used to stab them through the head then pot them

9:49 pm

this says not to eat the tiny brain and that the gills aren't edible either http://www.melobster.com/how-to-eat-lo bster.shtml

9:50 pm

I'd say go for the tail ..

9:50 pm

hello

9:50 pm

hey, harp :-)

9:50 pm

howdy, tor!

HI Harp and Torg

the tamolley is supposed to be a delicacy

9:51 pm

ok, all done -- nite, all! *poof*

9:51 pm

Heyas kids ..

9:51 pm

I guess I've never seen the "tiny black ball" that's the brain before

9:51 pm

WTG, Unea!!!

9:51 pm

hi tor

Night UNE

9:52 pm

night night, Unea!

The edible parts of the lobster are the tail, the legs and the claws. The roe and the green tomalley found in its body are also edible. The flesh of the lobster accounts for only 30% of its total weight.

i think the claws are the best! even better than the tail. i'm not big on rock lobster tho

9:53 pm

hey, harp! How are you? I'm going to be in MT around and over the 4th of July; want to do a get-together with lbd during that time?

9:53 pm

think i'll just get a couple tails and a nice steak for sunday.

9:53 pm

Hi harp!

9:54 pm

hey nef, where will you be? Montana is a pretty big place!

9:55 pm

did you freeze your tukus off, harp?

9:55 pm

My nephew is getting married in Polson, we'll be staying in Columbia Falls and visiting in Missoula

9:56 pm

right in between lbd and I. it just might work

Bottom O help please

9:56 pm

oy4/6

9:56 pm

oy4.6, herin. oy + st**eo

9:56 pm

yes I did! it was a lot of fun and we raised 37,000 for special Olympics-- $500 was from my pledges!

9:56 pm

sorry, herin. I don't have it yet either

oy4/6

yeah what nef said

thank you O fish me

9:57 pm

wonderful, Harp!

9:57 pm

thanks for the oy4 everybody

9:58 pm

i must be off to my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

night lb sweet dreams

9:59 pm

my dtr. did the polar bear plunge here on Saturday too. There were over 850 who took the plunge here; my dtr. raised $200, but she didn't tell us til the day before.

brrrrrrrrrave dtr

10:00 pm

nite nite, lbd

10:00 pm

Niters lbd

10:01 pm

is the 8 a compound word?

firewords finally

not harp

10:01 pm

I sat next to someone on the bus retrning from the lake who had raised over $1500; she and 30+ others from the Cargill company raised over $15,000; so I think that the Special Olympics did well here

10:02 pm

Yay adhd!

10:02 pm

YAY, ADHD! WTG!!!

th8 medical word for chest

tx

You are all batty Nef but congratulations

clues anyone?

10:02 pm

thanks

Beyond help here thanks

10:04 pm

ac5?

10:04 pm

when you live in the frozen tundra, you gotta find fun where ever possible! :-)

ac5 ac + speak into the ***rophone

10:05 pm

thanks never heard of it

o crap I missed an important email

10:06 pm

oh-oh

uh herin

10:06 pm

ac5 is the adjectival form of the Ac** Corporation that Wiley E Coyote and Roadrunner used.

10:07 pm

it wasn't one of the 4000 you just dumped, was it?

that ac5 is the adjective of a familiar noun... i like the word; gonna add it to my list

10:07 pm

The ac4 vowel form means peak of excellence of perfection.

Ok I read it not that important thank goodness. No Nef this was the other 1000 in the other account

HI Jac

10:08 pm

I popped in earlier and clicked on NRKII's bio. She had a recipe in there for chocolate chip pumpkin muffins. Somehow, I managed to read that as chocolate chipmunk muffins. :-/

also: the highest or most critical point or stage (as of growth or development) ... medical defi

10:09 pm

Hi Herin.

10:09 pm

ADHD - true.

Would not like to know what chipmunk muffins taste like

wasn't there some site for wording... you put in letters you want to include and exclude

10:11 pm

ha5?

eww

are they furry?

10:11 pm

They would be chocolatey at least ..

ha5 take a cha*** and try to figure it out. you can do it!

10:12 pm

and they'd probably make your cheeks puff out too

10:12 pm

thanks

10:12 pm

I should be tired out by now, but I'm not after having 'fasting' blood samples taken early yesterday morning. It was only about 30ml of blood in the 3 tubes, my daughter later informed me (well, that's 3 bloodless fingers at the very least!) Whatever, even after coming home, having tea and toast I felt so drained I went to bed and slept for 2 and a half hours. I'm only 5' 1" and a twiddle tall. 30ml is a lot to me. LOL

i'm allergic to chipmunks. can't eat anything with chipmunks in it

10:13 pm

Herin, if chipmunk muffins taste like chipmunks smell, they would not be nice.

Nutty flavoured?

10:14 pm

Jac, here in the US our "big" blood tubes hold between 5 and 7 mls; so they wouldn't take too much from you. I take it you don't ever donate blood? (That bag they take is about 500 ml)

what's a twiddle... I've been telling people for years I'm 5'1 1/2" tall. last year said, why bother measuring me, i've been 5-1.5 forever. the nurse said noooo. you've been coming here since 1983 and you've always been 5-1.

Jac I donate 400ml every 3 months you must be hard to take blood from

i have a cousin who's 4-10

next to her i feel tall

AD is that 4''10 short:D

10:16 pm

Nef - my Other Half is a Silver donor now. It's a pint at a time + about 20ml of test blood beforehand. He's 6' 2", big built and he's exhausted afterwards.

i'm in the midst of all kinds of testing and last month they took 14 vials. i was told the record is 19. only a few were the tiny ones. they kept me forever

been living at the lab for months...i think they're stashing and selling it to the nightdwellers

10:17 pm

Herin - I have naturally low blood pressure, which is one of the reasons I am not a blood donor, despite having a blood group only 8% of the population have. (A Positive)

10:17 pm

A Negative, I meant. LOL

10:18 pm

DH and I donate about 4-5 times/year. Sometimes he donates double bags. As a nurse, I gave tons of blood when I worked in ICU. (I wasn't allowed to donate then, too many blood exposure risks they said). We used to weigh each unit we gave

10:19 pm

DH is A neg; I'm A pos

yep 4'10" short. her nickname is "little"

10:19 pm

ADHD - 'a twiddle' in height measurement is, as far as I'm concerned, not enough to measure or worry about to make it to the next quarter or half inch of height.

then i guess i'm just a plain old 5-1

i come from a long line of munchkins... the tallest guy 5-7, tallest gal 5 feet. my dad's mom was under 5 feet, but i heard she was a powerful little thing. she was a court interpreter, spoke 7 languages and also sang opera. she died when my dad was 9

Dang Jac you really could be handy in that department if you didn't faint after giving blood

10:21 pm

Nef - when I was pregnant with my first child, the doc, realising my blood group, immediately asked my hubby to come in to have his blood tested. Amazingly, he was also A Neg, as was his mother.

boy if taking blood took off pounds i'd weigh about 3 pounds by now

10:22 pm

My new partner has the most useful blood of all. Can't remember what group it is but it can be given to everyone.

wow, talk about compatability

O positive

10:23 pm

Is that it, Herin? Thanks.

Think so that is what I am

10:23 pm

yep.

type O universal donor; AB universal recipient

Oneg and ABpos sry important part

late, brainful of boogers

brb... fire needs another log

10:25 pm

We may be small ADHD, but good things come in small packages. However, it's bloody annoying in the supermarket if you can't find either something to stand on, something long to bat the things off the back of the top shelf towards you, or a tall person to reach them for you.

10:26 pm

Something interesting that we noticed in our ICU is that a majority of the people who needed blood were A pos or O pos. When I commented about that to a doc, he said that out on the east coast where he was from (Delaware or Conneticutt, I thnk) the majority were B pos!

10:26 pm

(If you ever buy a pack of long dried spaghetti that's a bit broken, it's probably one I've used to reach things off top shelves.) *grins*

can someone bath me and do my house work OR at least push me in the direction of the shower

Jac my friend is 6'10 he is handy to go shopping with

10:33 pm

Nef - so blood groups are area-related then? Probably due to family groups sticking around? Or maybe even compatible blood group types being attracted to one and other? That last comment is not so daft as it sounds if you look at blood type research - food preferences, personality types etc.

10:33 pm

Herin - he sounds very handy to shop with. What dates is he available? LOL

Err not until March 20th

10:35 pm

But I need to go to the supermarket a few times before then! *sighs*

10:35 pm

Jac, I think the difference might be related to ethnicity too. A lot of Native Americans are type B; this area of the US is settled with a lot of Scandinavians while you don't find as many Scandinavians in Deleaware

interesting Nef... just got back, reading doc's comments.. i'm in CT

10:36 pm

What is the most common ethnic group out there, ADHD?

my first grand ... ABO incompatibility... it was so scary for a week, so close to blood exchange

So do I jac and I need his hugs

10:37 pm

So the mom was rh neg and baby was rh pos? Makes me wonder how they missed that

10:38 pm

Nef - that, too. Blood's fascinating but complicated. My Mum's A Positive, I think my Dad was O positive (he was a gold blood donor, I remember). I asked my GP wher I got my negative from, he said 'don't ask, it's complicated', I then questioned my Mum, who got most upset at the implications and so I stopped asking.

AHD I have my RH factor on my blood card. The hospital did that when type matching my blood

i'm short Jac, but i've never "felt" small. by the time i graduated high school i was topping 200 lbs. ten yrs later i lost 80lbs, size 6-8 in winter, 4-6 in summer, very heavily muscled and still feel like a porkchop. everyone says i'm small...

u have kids herin?

10:39 pm

I was surprised to learn that DH as an A neg and myself being A pos could actually have a child that is O (either + or_)!

10:40 pm

Me and my ex both have A Neg blood but on our green cards the + and - thingeys differ.

Nope Adhd they had to do a ''what type of blood is in you'' so they also checked teh RH factor which is important in females apparently

that'd drive me nuts jac... but i have to know everything

10:41 pm

ADHD - 'they' don't look at your width, since they only see you from above.

i almost woke hubs up laffing jac

10:42 pm

I remember we had a young man waiting for a heart transplant and he had had several heart surgeries in his short life. He had very unusual blood antibodies and there were 59 antibodies in his blood that weren't compatible with the blood units we could get. He never did get his transplant. :-(

when i was in school some mean kids called me a stump. it's actually funny sounding to me now

I was always a giant in school

that is sad Nef

10:43 pm

ADHD - I did go back to my GP and question him further. He apologised for his off the cuff comment and said he'd meant no harm - it's just that the blood heredity thing was one thing he'd never got to grips with at med school.

10:44 pm

I know. I'll never forget him. He had such great potential....

so sad nef. i've used autologous blood for surgeries cuz i'm a bleeder (platelet function problem)

does he have the God complex? he can't be wrong about anything or let it be known that he doesn't know EVERYthing?

back soon carpet and I are both kind of needing a clean

10:45 pm

ADHD, I hope you don't take aspirin or any of the NSAIDS (Ibuprofen -type products) then!

and then there was my hubs' childhood friend who got a transplant and drank himself to death

10:46 pm

Now that is sad!

10:47 pm

Herin - the giant remark sounds just like my stepdaughter. Thing is, she's not unnaturally tall around here, like she was in her home county. But she still seems to seek out tiny friends. One is so small that when she rang our doorbell one morning, I answered the door and thought no one was there for a moment, until I looked down. I'm not accustomed to speaking to people smaller than me, unless they somewhere from 2-9 years' old.

noooooo i got a stomach bleed from NSAIDS; haven't taken them in 13 years; no ASA. i've always been a bleeder hemmorhaged w/ cycle, deliveries, died in one 8 1/2hr back surgery from blood (first two transfusions)

that was scary... it was 1982 and AIDS was new and blood screening wasn't done yet

missed the giant remark

my sisters are all tall 5-2 and 3

how old is your stepdaughter jac?

10:50 pm

Hey! ADHD has just said I'm TALL!

10:50 pm

Aspirin and NSAIDS interfere with clotting (which is a platelet function). However you already know that, right

10:50 pm

She was 15 in December, ADHD,

yep...

even tho i was forced to give up nursing, i don't forget a thing! i'm like an elephant (but not as big as one... anymore)

dang i'm outa sudafed

10:52 pm

Don't like Sudofed - it makes me feel space out.

i just got a new rheumatologist and he told me Plaquenil can thin your blood!!! Now why was I never told... been on the stuff for almost four years and a slew of MDs never mentioned it. don't think they knew

10:52 pm

I suddenly remembered that from the other night

10:53 pm

ADHD - do you watch the series 'Nurse Jackie' on TV?

me either jac, but my sinuses are so packed

10:53 pm

I don't know how many times I've told people to read their med inserts! Docs don't know everything

funny you should ask. i'd never heard of nurse jackie till my dtr-in-law mentioned it last week. so home sick i watched the entire first season On Demand.

10:55 pm

hello all

10:55 pm

My eustachian tubes are still blocked and doc's given me a sinus spray rather than a rd term of antibiotics to sort it out. I haven't thought to mention to him about having a cat in the house. Our second full-time cat now, after having a dog. I haven't had a clear nose since our now deceased first cat moved it. I think I may have a cat allergy.

10:55 pm

Hi jilli.

i didn't want to read it nef so I could see how well or not so well the drug would/wouldn't work. but the pharmacist never said anything either. this doctor is brilliant tho.. the first visit i met an elderly guy in the waiting room who'd just finished his appt; he was praising this new MD. I asked who? the one I was to see. and the elderly guy is a retired prof of medicine from Yale and apparently well known

10:56 pm

hi jilli. How are you tonight?

could be jac

do you like nurse jackie?

10:56 pm

I've been reading back a bit -- just wanted to tell ADHD I'd been on plaquenil for 15 years but had to stop because it was affecting my eyes --a very rare occurrence called plaquenil toxicity.

10:57 pm

I do, ADHD. I don't like that she's cheating on hur husband and her kids, or her lover, but I think she's good at heart.

i know all about it jilli. but i guess once you stop taking it the eye problem resolves and can take up to 2 years to do so. true?

good heart, but a danger to patients... THAT is disturbing to me

10:58 pm

ADHD, I never noticed anything wrong but my ophthalmologist did.

we're discussing treatment now. maybe get some pain reliev

i go to the opthamologist every six months for testing

10:58 pm

It sounds like just another soap opera based in a hospital to me

10:59 pm

Hi nef -- I'm just fine -- feeling great, 18 lbs lighter than I was

yeah.... she should be fired.

what do you take Plaquenil for jilli?

11:00 pm

I can't get Nurse Jackie here but love Edie Falco's acting.

11:01 pm

Are you feeling better with that weight gone, jilli?

11:01 pm

ADHD - re Nurse Jackie, yes, she could be a danger to patients if her drug dependency takes over. (I'm only one series 1 here in UK). I guess she's a normal fragile human being doing her best to cope re life and death and problems with one of her daughters. I still don't see why she turns to the hospital pharmacist rather than her hubby for sexual comfort. Maybe that will become apparent in 2nd series?

11:01 pm

Could someone clue that at7 for me? I can't find it for anything tonight

11:02 pm

I DID take plaquenil for rheumatoid arthritis and it worked beautifully. I'm now on methotrexate and that's doing fine but it's a drag having to have a blood test every 4 weeks.

11:02 pm

jilli - I noticed someone else with the surname 'Falco' in the credits. Is it Edie's sister?

11:03 pm

Nef, as I said, I'm feeling great with that weight gone.

11:03 pm

hello all - Nef a magnet will at----- metal

11:03 pm

No idea, jac

she's not turning to the pharmacist for sex comfort... i think it's sex for drugs

11:03 pm

also, nef, BP is down to a comfortable level.

i don't know what treatment is next, but gotta do something. can't take much more pain.

11:04 pm

I'm glad to hear that jilli. I mis-read your previous comment, thinking that the first part wasn't related to the 2nd part.

have you been on remicade jilli

11:04 pm

Thnaks Ursh!

11:04 pm

ADHD - actually, thinking about it, you have a point about sex for drugs, But she does orgasm with him, unless she was acting just before her trainee walked in on them?

11:05 pm

no, ADHD -- I think I've been lucky in that I have a mild case which was nipped in the bud early by plaquenil

well, doesn't mean she won't enjoy it just cuz she's doing it for drugs.. ya think?

11:06 pm

Maybe, ADHD.

11:06 pm

have you been on remicade, ADHD? And do you have RA?

RA w/sjogrens.

11:06 pm

oh yuk, ADHD!

11:07 pm

Not a good combo, ADHD

never on remicade. last sept's scans: advanced and severe... my spinal fusions disintegrated and my spine collapsed in my neck and low back and have osteoporosis of spine. i know nef. it's destroyed my teeth, i have mouth moisture paste, nose spray, eye drops (a bottle a day).... sucks

11:09 pm

Well, obviously she WAS acting, since she's an actress and the show is fiction. LOL But you take my point? In my experience, sex with anyone other than one you love is not worth having. Having said that, the fictional character of Nurse Jackie didn't feel so high or sleepy and comfortable did she?

everything hit me at once. and i swear it's from a bad case of lyme disease

but, having worked with addicts (in a facility), they'll do anything for drugs. Jackie's behaviour is portrayed accurately

11:11 pm

I've been bitten by sheep tics many times in my past life on a Welsh farm. I guess I was lucky the ticks didn't carry Lyme's disease, or else I was immune to it.

she is high tho... subtle clues... things that you wouldn't know unless you've seen it for real

11:12 pm

ADHD - I can cofidently take your word for that as a writer.

lyme disease sucks. i had the giant bullseye rash on my back and didn't see it. my hubs noticed it one nite a week after i got it (i got it from lying on my back, naked, in the woods.... get my drift); and every symptom except bell's palsy

11:13 pm

Not many 'subtle clues' pass any writer by on TV or in print. Have to learn to button your lip during murder mysteries.

11:14 pm

ADHD - pity the passion ended with pain.

i'm not a writer, but i notice details and have good recall (a judge told me i'd make a great attorney lol)

11:15 pm

You probably would, ADHD.

too true jac. but others have had it much worse. i got it later in life... i met a 17 yr old so crippled... already 2 hip replacements

there's a fine line between passion and pain

11:16 pm

ADHD, didn't you get treated for the Lymes after you knew of the rash? My son came home from Boy Scout camp 2 summers in a row with the bulls eye rash. Both times he was put on month long antibiotic treatment and he never had a problem after

11:16 pm

You must be a hell of a pain to argue with! Remind me never to attempt it. It would be like trying to attempt total recall when your 20+ aged kids try to tell you what you said to them when they were 10 years younger.

lol... which is why I always win. my kids know not to test my memory. so funny to said that about the kids. i keep telling them that their kids will do the same to them!

11:19 pm

My Other Half's about to be summoned to wakefulness by the alarm clock soon. I'm about tired enough to go to bed now. We've got a stepdaughter (his daughter) free week from tomorrow night.

11:20 pm

I'm going to wander off now and try to get my pillow and my half of the duvet back whilst pinching his body heat before he gets out of bed.

11:20 pm

Happy Babbling all.x

i got the tick bite before much was known about lyme. i went to a walkin (cuz i didn't have a GP cuz i never got sick) a blood test was done and I was started on doxycycline (Friday) they said to call back on Tues (Mon. was memorial day) When I called: "the test was neg. stop the abx" so I did. then i ended up with a heart block, meningitis, encephalitis, the worst nystagmus ever, nuchal rigidity (from the meningitis), spinal headache... everything but the bell's palsy. by that time it was disseminated lyme and i was put on IV rocephin. at the time ins. co. only approved three weeks; the ID dr. got 7 1/2 weeks for me, but it wasn't enough. NOW you stay on it till you're assymtomatic.

my immunity sucks now, which is why i catch EVERYTHING that comes my way. my hands are raw from washing.

i lecture moms on lyme prevention... white socks pulled up to the knees, white sneaks. spray the shoes and socks with deet (not skin of course on kids) and do tick checks. it takes 72 hours to get infected, then after they've done their thing (suck your blood, mix it with their poison, then regurgitate it back into you) they leave you and move on to the next victim.

so here i sit with rheumatoid, osteo and lyme arthritis. oh joy. screw the golden years my aunt used to say.

11:28 pm

your ins co dictated your treatment? We don't have problems like that in Canada with our health care system, about which so many lies have been told.

11:29 pm

that's totally the pits. My son got Lyme disease when he was 11 and 12, so that was 18 years ago

oh yeah... and one of my doctors who is a patient advocate told me of a meeting with ins. co. ceos who said "we don't care about your patients, we care about our stockholders" pathetic that those who decide our treatment aren't even doctors

11:30 pm

MANY lies have been told about the Canandian health care system, jilli.

where do you live nef? i got it in 1994

11:31 pm

I know, Nef -- it's outrageous what's going on the USA

11:31 pm

MN. His Scout camp was in northern MN

what lies about canadian medicine?

11:32 pm

4 to finish!!! (Hi everyone!)

11:32 pm

That Canadians have to wait for treatment, etc.

11:32 pm

Hi Pini!

that's not true?

11:32 pm

(15 left)

11:33 pm

for one, that we can't choose our doctors. Nonsense. What have you heard that's negative? It's probably a lie.

11:34 pm

git'r dun, nef!

you can choose your doctors; if you need surgery, you have to wait even if it's important surgery, you have to wait your turn

11:34 pm

Some DO have to wait for hip replacements and such, unfortunately, but those in greatest need get them asap, and urgent surgeries are done quicly.

that people come to the states for surgery instead of waiting

11:35 pm

just have the T's left some from each. Gotta shut up to finish! ;-)

11:35 pm

I've had 2 cancer surgeries and didn't have to wait at all.

GO NEF GO

11:36 pm

Pini, You finish too!

11:36 pm

tryin'

my friend in england said you don't get the best of doctors. she had a breast lump and had to wait for a mammogram because she wasn't due for another one yet. she paid to get the test done and it was breast cancer.

11:37 pm

RARELY, someone wanting to hurry an elective surgery will go to the States, but it's very expensive.

GO PINI GO

11:37 pm

Your friend in England is wrong -- our doctors and our medical school are top rate.

i just heard that what is thought to be elective there is considered necessary here

11:38 pm

ra5/10?

if you need a hip done and you're in agony, pain doesn't make it urgent

11:38 pm

* fish * ?

ra5/10 ra + sun-colored

11:38 pm

take a T out of the middle of the furniture stuff

11:39 pm

I'd say that's a fish!

11:39 pm

thx ;)

11:39 pm

Not so, ADHD. My bridge partner had her hip replacement moved up because of her acute pain.

thwap

11:39 pm

now just 3 T's

11:39 pm

* giggle *

11:39 pm

GO Pini!

11:40 pm

2

11:40 pm

come on, Nef!

GO PINI & NEF GO! RAH RAH RAH *shakes pom poms* *high kick annnnnnnnd split* OOOOWWWW I'm too old for splits

11:41 pm

ANd by the way, each province has a different way of doing things as long as health care is universal. Here in BC we pay a monthly premium of $57, and that's it.

11:41 pm

* giggle *

11:41 pm

that's 57 Canadian dollars.

11:42 pm

FIREWORDS!

wow. if we had to pay the entire amt of our insurance, which includes vision and $1500 worth of dental.. it would cost us almost $2000/month US dollars

11:42 pm

YAY pini!!!

11:42 pm

YAY, Pini!!! WTG!!!!

WOO HOO PINI YOU DID IT YAY

11:42 pm

* curtsy *

11:43 pm

now I have to send one email and then I'll be right back...

11:43 pm

10

GO NEF GO

11:44 pm

ah -- our premium doesn't cover glasses or dental. Private insurance can be bought for those, or they can be covered by employers. So those greedy US insurance companies don't need to worry about going broke if you got universal single payer health care.

11:46 pm

6

the insurance is so ridiculously expensive. i don't know what i'd do if we didn't have it. i could never afford the doctors and medicines. every specialist costs $25 a visit (my part) and if a drug doesn't come in generic..whoa

11:48 pm

in BC we also pay something toward medications, but part of the cost is usually paid by Pharmacare, unless the meds are considered experimental.

11:48 pm

gogogo nef!

11:48 pm

hello everyone

he westie

11:48 pm

hi west -- nice phoenix!

where do you get the themes from these days?

11:49 pm

hi Ad and jilli

11:50 pm

thanks jilli yours is nice too

11:50 pm

sprite has the themes in her profile

11:51 pm

west, the text in your profile is Soooo beautiful!

11:51 pm

3

11:51 pm

I was so happy to find that and the author just blew me away

can babble be played offline?

11:52 pm

goooo nef

11:52 pm

sprite's profile: http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz

11:52 pm

don't know, never tried

11:52 pm

I wouldn't think so

11:53 pm

I doubt it

11:53 pm

the next profile is A Word from the Grid which will be a Clue. It the ame every Friday.

omg west... beautiful story

11:54 pm

2

11:54 pm

*same

11:54 pm

I thought he only wrote fairy tales

11:54 pm

so did I, west.

11:55 pm

it's nice to have lickety back

11:55 pm

Fireworks!

11:55 pm

where did you find it, west?

11:55 pm

yay nef !!

11:55 pm

YAY nef!!!

YAY NEF... with five minutes to spare WTG

11:55 pm

I googled 'stories about the Phoenix'

11:56 pm

WHew!

11:56 pm

thanks everybody

11:56 pm

good thinking, west!

11:56 pm

jilli I like the name of the school

11:57 pm

thought it was appropriate :)

11:57 pm

very

11:57 pm

ok...back...did I miss much? anyone finish while I was gone?

time for more wood... dern it brb

11:57 pm

Nef? did you finish?

nef did

11:57 pm

good evening, everyone :)

11:57 pm

Nef did, pini :)

11:57 pm

wooooo hooooooooooooooo!

11:58 pm

hello

11:58 pm

hello nan

11:58 pm

hi nan!

11:58 pm

I did it

11:58 pm

hi pini and grem

11:58 pm

howdy grem :)

11:58 pm

hi west and jilli

11:58 pm

nan and grem and nef -- read west's profile!

11:59 pm

will do, jilli

11:59 pm

I'll leave it up for awhile

11:59 pm

good, west

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