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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

flip!

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

better size tonight :)

12:01 am

sure is a lot of snow bound people were saying the last grid was a gyp

12:02 am

hello

12:02 am

flosey -- read west's profile!

12:02 am

166 mlf

12:02 am

ty jill

12:03 am

I just read it jilli. What a nice story, west. Where did you get that?

12:03 am

I just googled 'stories about the Phoenix'

12:03 am

q's done

12:04 am

lots of phantoms here

12:04 am

I love poetry so it was perfect

12:04 am

hi ruru

12:04 am

it really is. :-)

Clues are up

12:04 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:05 am

thx lickety

12:05 am

Thanks Lickety. How's your dtr doing?

12:05 am

I dont have the new list again

12:05 am

I have yesterdays clues....anyone have todays? Thanks

12:06 am

gapeach i dont have todas list either

12:06 am

i treid 3 times

12:06 am

Well, perhaps it will be up in a while.

12:07 am

nbt

12:07 am

NBT!

12:07 am

oh groan, not again!

12:07 am

usually once you refresh the new one should come up as Lckety did post it and that is uusally how it gets corrected with a refresh:)

12:07 am

wtg west and pini!

12:07 am

* snap * west! :)

12:08 am

I refreshed and went out and back in -- still the old clues <weep!>

12:08 am

jill you mean the list?

back and brb (again) lol

12:09 am

yes, mlf

12:10 am

jill i tried to refresh too no luck

12:10 am

Mo 6

12:10 am

gl7

12:10 am

RE 6

phantom: interiorise

12:12 am

ea6

12:13 am

nbt

12:13 am

IR 6

12:15 am

I've emailed Lickety but doubt if he will see it

12:16 am

ge 6

12:18 am

si7

12:18 am

off to bed for moi...ciao all...cya tmw ;)

12:18 am

He won't see it because my email just froz, grrr

12:18 am

night pini

12:19 am

bye pini

12:19 am

lipism sounds like a totally reasonable word to me

12:19 am

too tired tonight, off to bed, goodnight all

12:19 am

flosey -- did you read west

nite... time to at least try for sleep

12:20 am

flosey -- did you read west's profile?

12:20 am

l

12:20 am

night ADHD

how many words today?

12:22 am

166

howdy all; hugs jili

k, thx

12:22 am

hi dee hi

12:23 am

hello dee

hi west!

12:24 am

Hi All!!! NBT

12:25 am

hi diz wtg !!

12:25 am

half way and stuck

12:25 am

hi diz -- wtg

12:29 am

an8

hi ru; ty for the an 8..looking

12:30 am

bless you if you find it dee..lol

hi and nbt

fingers crossed

12:30 am

Lickety DID get my email -- this was his reply:

12:31 am

I don't know why this is happening - I think I must be getting an older version of babble Can't fix for a few hours sorry

12:31 am

hi josh wtg

12:31 am

hi ruru and ty

12:31 am

hi josh

12:31 am

glad you got a reply jilli

so no lickety jili?

12:32 am

gremlin will be done in 55 seconds so we can get a list from him...lol

12:32 am

jilli - i have been having same problem for some weeks now - lots of coming in and out and on and off and eventually new clues come up

12:32 am

I'm grateful we have grem

aww yes that will be very good

12:33 am

no Lickety for a while, dee

an 8/40 ru?

12:33 am

yes

found it

12:34 am

I got it right away great clue ruru

12:34 am

anyone have the 10?

12:34 am

there was a clue for the an 8?

12:35 am

I got it too, ruru ;)

12:35 am

oh -- I see - got it

12:35 am

ruru said he's bless dee if she got it or something like that

12:35 am

yes, nan

12:36 am

it's a word you might hear in church

12:36 am

nan -- at 12:30

12:37 am

I need the O for nbt

nbt

or 4/4

12:37 am

nm, got it -- NBT

12:37 am

or4

12:37 am

ep 10

12:37 am

wtg dee

and or 5/10

12:37 am

or 5 babblet

12:37 am

gj grem

wtg grem

12:38 am

thx grem...looking

12:39 am

well, until I find a clue-worthy word, I'm posting an Olympic icon -- brb

good god that ep10 is a mouthful to even say, much less spell and much less monkey

12:40 am

lorsque is a word. French, perhaps?

howdy dc

12:40 am

you got it josh?

lorsque is a french word

yeah, i got it - through monkeys and there's really only so many ways a word can travel through that lower right corner

12:41 am

hi :)

cannot believe you found that grem..

12:41 am

hi, y'all! :)

12:41 am

woo, the 10 did go the way i hoped

i cannot sleep. any 7s or 8x here

12:42 am

I used morewords, tried E as a starting letter first

12:42 am

got lucky in that respect I guess

12:42 am

te7

12:42 am

gj grem and josh !!

12:42 am

you too seain

ty dc looking

lo 7

tx

12:43 am

hi volley all late flip

12:43 am

hi, dart!

12:44 am

hi rbud

hi dart!

12:44 am

only one 8 found so far?

12:44 am

we'll, i'm a bit shy of halfway, but must sleep

12:44 am

hi dart how is Sasha doing?

12:44 am

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

12:44 am

icon clue posted

q's are qu 4, 5, 5

i think so

My icon is a clue

12:45 am

hi west...she has been racing all over the house...wish i had half her energy :)

12:45 am

feeling right at home now

12:46 am

good one westie

thx nan

12:46 am

yep....she loves the freedom and has to check everything out 50 times

12:47 am

she sounds so cute

12:47 am

ep 10

mo 6 x 2

mo 6 x 3

my icon is a clue too. an easy word, but i just loved the picture

12:49 am

hmm, I just have 2, better go back to mo.

i've got x4

ty mitch

te 7 x 2

12:50 am

nbt

wtg

12:51 am

wtg dart

12:51 am

I got the 10

i'm just too tired to play and i keep seeing "moron" so i think that's my clue to quit!

12:51 am

Hi...nbt here

12:51 am

there are four mo6?

yea

12:52 am

things will look brighter after you get some sleep AD

12:52 am

hi jellen and wtg

12:53 am

ack, I was missing a plural of a 5

12:53 am

2 more mo 6's to find *groan*

night all. i'm leaving the laptop on and open to babble so i'll be ready later. nite for now

12:53 am

53 to go but off to do the shopping - will return later

12:53 am

just got back -- what's the second letter of the e 10?

12:53 am

night ADHD

12:54 am

ep 10

12:54 am

and epicures is not it

12:54 am

ty nan

12:54 am

nor epsilon

12:55 am

had your clue, nan, lol -- and ADHD's ;)

12:55 am

I have all the 7s now

12:55 am

still only one 8

se 6/27

how many 7's grem?

12:57 am

8

12:57 am

thanks -- nice to know about the layer of water above the thermocline

k, thx

12:57 am

sloat looks like a word

missing 1

12:58 am

a lazy goat?

12:58 am

sort of...

1:00 am

in 8

1:00 am

9 left, 9 different starting tiles

were all 3 8's called or are we still missing one

1:01 am

still missing one, I guess

ty

1:03 am

Monet and Miro are here, but...

1:03 am

phant interior/s

phant interim

1:04 am

hi all.

1:04 am

hello mkg

missing 6 here

tx for the in

can't believe you found that in 8

1:06 am

100 down. not seeing any of the 7's, 8's or the 10 so I'm calling a halt for tonight. Cheers! everyone :)

1:06 am

bye nan I'll be joining you soon

1:07 am

other than the in 8..what other 8's have been found?

1:07 am

doh. got home too late to finish yesterday's now my rankings are toast! but great night totally worth it. hello to all, hope you are having a good grid!

here are the i's: in 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8 ir 4, 4, 5, 6 is 4, 5

hi geek

an 8

ep 10

1:08 am

k got that one

en 7/28

1:08 am

hi pip about to call it quits

1:09 am

yeouch. this one looks toothy. don't think i'll try till after work tomorrow, i have to be there in 5 hours and ought to get a little sleep!

1:09 am

hi west and dee

1:10 am

hi pip -- you sound wise

1:10 am

that's probably a smart thing to do

1:10 am

well i don't know about wise, just riding the crush high, but very tired

Hello

1:10 am

was en 7 called?

1:11 am

hi herin

Hi OSGMA

yep

1:11 am

hi herin

1:12 am

i dont see that 10 at all........must wait for clue times.

Hi West

1:13 am

I have 100 words and the 10 that's enough

1:13 am

OSGD -- that kitty email took a long time to reach you -- or do you not check email regularly?

1:14 am

phant aileron

1:14 am

well i have 61 but must sleep.

1:14 am

good night all

1:15 am

nite west

1:15 am

g'night west and mkg

good one dart

1:16 am

being in air traffic...i better see that one lol :)

lol

1:18 am

Hello everyone. phantom: equerries

I really shouldn't have eaten so much chilli bean nacho's

w's are : wa 4, 4, 6, 4 wr 5

1:18 am

phant epistle sepia aisle ammonia

1:18 am

ooh, that sounds good, herin, i'm starving

hi lyn

1:18 am

peanut butter sarnies for me

1:19 am

hi lyn -- nice one

1:20 am

Hello everyone...

1:20 am

hi Douglas

1:20 am

apple and Norwegian Gjestost cheese

1:21 am

hi green douglas

l's are: li 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, lo 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 7

HI Doug

1:22 am

Hello lynxxx, jilli...that cheese looks hard to get my mouth around

thx dee

yqw

Geek yuo know your Southwest Seasoning packets?

1:23 am

Hello herin

1:24 am

eg 8

wtg grem!

1:24 am

TY Grem

hi back everyone

1:24 am

thx grem

1:25 am

jilli, i love gjeyost!

1:25 am

good with a nice crisp apple, pip

Geek you have heard of those satchels of South West Seasoning?

1:25 am

phant rorquals

1:25 am

we always called it peanut butter cheese when i was growing up

1:26 am

herin, i'm not amiliar w/ your option

1:26 am

familiar, that is

1:26 am

I can see why, pip -- I was only recently introduced to it

it is a USA product

I am 2 short on 7's; I have en, gl, lo, si, te x 2 others?

1:26 am

sorry, sammich taking one of my hands

1:27 am

an7

i've got an an6/7 missing the other

1:27 am

el 7

tu

ty

tx

this would be a good french grid

1:28 am

does this mean we are lickety free?

1:29 am

an 7

Pip you should know the stuff I mean. Any way I mixed a pack of that with a can of tomato soup, 1/4 cup of tomato paste, can of tomatoes and 2 cans of beans mixed into mince meat

you are correct geek; hi arb

1:31 am

Shalom Dee , one and all

1:32 am

sounds good herin, if i were allowed to use the kitchen after betime i'd be all over that

1:32 am

bedtime

1:33 am

heck, if i'd thought to stop for takeaway on my way home even i'd be set

1:34 am

but crush excitement and drinks tend to make a girl forget such trivialities as an empty stomach

1:34 am

fireworks

1:34 am

nj grem

1:34 am

Congrats Grem!

1:34 am

wtg grem!

wow congrats grem

Pip you are not a gremlin you can eat after midnight

1:36 am

YAY gremlinn!!!

2 short on e's: I have ea 5, 5, 6, eg 8 el 5, 7, 4 en 4, 5, 5, 5, 7 ep 10; er 4, 4....

1:37 am

Clues are up.

ty so much grem

1:37 am

The amateur te5 whose vocal villainies All desire to shirk, Shall during off hours, exhibit his powers To Madame Toussaud's wax works

1:38 am

en 6

1:38 am

ty doug

1:39 am

herin i know i'm allowed to eat, but using the kitche is altogether different. waking parents is bad! but the peanut butter sammich was a good call.

1:39 am

ty grem

ty dip

1:39 am

thanks again grem :)

1:39 am

hi ARB

1:39 am

no problem

1:39 am

and ty doug for the te5

1:40 am

yw jilli

1:42 am

Kind of weird to get a 10 letter word, with no other words in the grid even sharing the first two letters.

Geek should you be in bed:D

Peanut butter is good enouht though

finished

1:43 am

There's some food in the bottom of the grid...

Yah Mitch

1:43 am

wtg maniac

wtg mitch

1:44 am

mitch, you rock, dude!

1:44 am

phant aequorin

1:48 am

And what, pray, is an aequorin, grem?

1:51 am

I looked it up, Douglas. It's defined as "thing not within the grid"

Have I missed a list? Licketys is yesterday

1:52 am

fireworks

iron

ironer

sorry, send me to the dunce chair

well done dart...

stumbling over my last 12....

1:55 am

I just started, but don't find this one friendly. glad to see folks are finishing, thoug

1:55 am

Hard to argue with that, just

unfriendly to my eyes

1:56 am

hi everyone

hi andree

1:58 am

How many words today please

1:58 am

it's a shame squirrels don't spoonerise

1:58 am

166

166

1:58 am

herin, i've been in bed since i logged on! :) and now, sleepytime. tomorrow, everyone!

1:59 am

Thanks

list anyone?

1:59 am

gremlin's profile has one

Night Pip and sorry I missed anyone

2:02 am

bye pip

2:02 am

night all

2:02 am

On a completely unrelated note, I've been told that the night of the 12th is Maha Shivaratra, a big day for devotees of Shiva

2:03 am

one of these days herin we shall talk about melbourbe and my good friend there

2:03 am

cause you know, all aussies must know one another ;)

2:04 am

I enjoy watching Australian rules on TV

2:05 am

lol douglas

good grief I live in AFL territory and I loath it

fireworks

thx again grem for the list

2:08 am

yay dee

got to get going... coffee here tomorrow ty andree!!

sleep well all; have a great day / eve til the flip *poof*

2:09 am

YAY dee!!!

hugs jili ty *poofing*

yah Dee

2:09 am

phant -- orgasm

2:11 am

night dee

2:13 am

my phantom is mirror

2:18 am

hi everybody, back again

2:19 am

hi flosey

2:19 am

hi Andree

2:22 am

brb, making tea

2:23 am

Hi everybody.

2:24 am

hi, I'm back with a clue icon

2:24 am

hi soodle

2:25 am

hi soodle and andree and flosey again (coouldn't sleep?)

2:25 am

ho soodle

2:26 am

hi jilli, pretty icon, but don't get it

2:26 am

Whew. I'm glad I'm not the only one, Flosey!

2:27 am

right jilli, makes me so mad when I go to bed because I;m tired but brain just wont shut down

2:27 am

lo yet for mevely jilli but no eg

2:28 am

i swear i did not type that rubbish

2:28 am

jilli, your phantom word is a little ri6

2:28 am

e + ***ry be! + skinflint minus last letter

2:28 am

lovely icon but no eg for me yet

2:28 am

Once again, Whew! I thought I was going mad there.

2:28 am

so, silly old brain, if you want to work, get at it, eh!

2:29 am

or, e + ***ria Swanson (old movie star) + skinflint minus last letter

2:30 am

yhx jilli

2:30 am

thx doug ;)

2:30 am

Thats more like it. Clues I can understand!

2:31 am

taking dog for a quick walk back soon

2:33 am

thanks jilli, finally got the eg8

2:34 am

And what, pray, is an eg8?

2:35 am

doug, click on my icon clue

2:37 am

looks like a very elaborate crokinole board jilli

2:37 am

I see what you mean -- there are some interesting ones in Google images

2:38 am

very pretty though, jilli

2:39 am

thx

2:48 am

Any clues about the dratted 10 letter word?

2:49 am

new icon

2:50 am

gremlinn said there were no other words with the same first two letters as the 10

2:51 am

Well GL 6/24 Be. I found it!

2:51 am

very pretty, flosey!

2:51 am

wrg soodle

2:52 am

Well she comes around here...just about midnight...

2:52 am

**wtg

2:52 am

ep 10/84

2:53 am

is it a familiar word jilli

2:53 am

too many really weird words here -- not a friendly grid imho

2:53 am

Flosey - It doesn't trip off the tongue & I have never ever heard of it before.

2:53 am

not at all familiar, flosey -- I'll try to clue it

2:54 am

thanks, go to work monkeys

2:54 am

Running out of gas...good night all

2:54 am

night doug

2:54 am

good night Douglas

2:54 am

Good night Douglas

2:56 am

ep + eye + "to represent in drawing or painting" + charged particle

2:56 am

Hi Ho, hi ho, its off to work I go ( or my version I owe, I owe, so its off to work I go) Bye all - have a good day.

2:57 am

bye soodle -- cute jingle :)

2:58 am

bye soodle, have a good day

2:58 am

did anyone get the ep 10 clue I gave?

2:59 am

not yet, still struggling jilli

3:01 am

the "represent" part is li4/5 (we're not supposed to clue that way, but...)

3:02 am

but I'm feeling very sloooooow tonight

3:02 am

I got it from morewords, as did several others

3:03 am

good morning everybody. It is sooooo cold, this AM, -10C!

3:03 am

hi ruby -- about +10C here during the day

3:03 am

chat ave me the eg8 clue, nice way to start, thank you

3:04 am

yw ;)

3:04 am

no wonder they're having to airlife snow to Vancoouver....

3:04 am

now to begin the slog!

3:05 am

well, thank you Morewords, have the 10 now

3:06 am

thanks jilli

3:06 am

Wistler has lots of snow but today they had to cut the training short because of fog. It's raining too. Next week is supposed to be clear though.

3:06 am

see what I mean about hard to clue, flosey?

3:06 am

sure was jilli

3:07 am

and I don't believe I'll be using it in the near future

3:07 am

I'm lookin forward to this Oliympics, especially since now I "know" several people from BC!

3:09 am

flosey, now you must have the li4/5 word that isn't a car which is hiding in the ep10

3:09 am

ruby, how is Mr Itchy doing?

3:10 am

Mr. Itchy seems better and the cortisone has given him a huge appetite, makes his mom happy. But now Ruby is scratching non-stop! I just take xanax and sleep through part of the night anyway......

3:10 am

yes jilli, now I do

3:11 am

well, at least you know what to do for Ruby, right?

3:12 am

I have to talk to the vet today so maybe she'll give Ruby a shot, too, that is if I can catch that scamp!!

3:12 am

not the vet, lol

3:14 am

found an8

3:18 am

back from our walk, hi everyone, a daily walk no longer suffices hugo, he is so full of energy

Clues are up

3:19 am

Ruby remembered the vet from 1 1/2 yrs ago and wouldn't come in the house, just stood outside growling, taunting and dancing about

3:19 am

thx lickety, how is maddie tonight

3:20 am

thanks so much, Lickety!

3:20 am

Lickety, looks like yesterday's clues??

3:20 am

I just got the 10 alll by myself *smug*

3:20 am

smart ata!!! and hello

3:20 am

and hi :)

3:20 am

still yesterday's, Lickety!

3:20 am

and hi and hugs to maddie

3:20 am

wtg ata

3:20 am

hugo loves the vet but nay change his mind as he is being desexed on monday

3:21 am

your smuggery is well deserved this time, ata

3:21 am

definitely helped being a marine biologist!

3:22 am

aha, so it's a word you might use Ata?

3:22 am

actually, yes! or at least one I'm familiar with

3:22 am

hi ata

3:22 am

I just shut down Babble and reopened it, and the clues are the right ones

3:22 am

oh, Thanks Jilli

3:22 am

more for people who work with lakes than the sea really

3:23 am

the def says "(in certain lakes) the layer of water above the thermocline"

3:24 am

i just refreshed and have the right clues

3:24 am

yep - the li** bit denotes lakes

3:24 am

li**ology etc

3:26 am

we wore li5/10 stockings at boarding school in England, 1939-40 :-[

3:28 am

my mother would NOT buy me black stockings that were required to wear with tunic and bloomers - nor would she buy the bloomers, I wore those stockings and navy cotton panties

3:29 am

such a silly way to make a kid stand out!

3:30 am

maybe I won't be smug today, maybe I'll gl5 instead!

3:30 am

what, not wearing bloomers make you stand out?

3:30 am

we had to wear black stockings in winter and i remember so ofter having to ink parts of my leg so holes would not show

3:31 am

too late, ata, you've already smugged

3:31 am

oh my, andree!

3:31 am

when all the other kids wore them, I wanted them and the black stockings

3:31 am

and bloomers were obligatory with sports uniform

3:31 am

well ata, you can gl5 in your smugness?

3:32 am

yes, kids want to be different from their parents but just like everyone else their age

3:32 am

maybe I can :D

3:32 am

we wore bloomers too but tucked them up so they looked more like panties.

3:33 am

I had a blue tartan school uniform. Iimagine that. Not nice navy blue, either. Bright light blue, with bits of black adn yellow in the tartan

3:33 am

well, I'm all in favour of school uniforms

3:34 am

I like the idea too

3:34 am

me too

3:34 am

we had really nice ones at Malvern

3:35 am

still pretty much obligatory here in private schools at least. but NOT uniforms that make kids look ridiculous

3:35 am

I particularly liked the oatmeal worsted single pleat skirt and matching overcoat for spring -- wore it long after leaving school

3:36 am

all schools here have uniforms

3:36 am

on phone, excuse me

3:36 am

hardly any schools here have uniforms -- just private ones

3:37 am

soooo many nearly words in this grid

3:37 am

All this talk of tartan school uniforms is enchanting. Nothing like that in the US except for church schools. As a former teacher, I think uniforms are a great idea -- they remove much competition and class differences.

3:37 am

yes, ata

3:37 am

Morning/evening all

3:37 am

hello FM

3:37 am

Good evening jilli

3:38 am

hi fm

3:38 am

in theory ruby, though uniforms are very easy to alter just slightly, enough to make differences ...

3:38 am

hi FM!

3:38 am

Ah school uniforms, mine was just like the St Trinians school films but in bottle green. Hi Andree and ruby and Ata

3:39 am

when I was at university, bohemian me used to buy nuns' stockings , black with seams, and wear them with high heels and a cape. OMG, what taste!

3:40 am

hello FM

3:40 am

and many a panama hat ended up on the train tracks thanks to the local comprehensive that would attack us at the end of the day.

3:40 am

I hate that norse is not allowed -- I know, proper noun

3:40 am

lol ruby

3:40 am

I've tried that word every time it appears

3:41 am

I thought it could be a lower-case adjuective, but I guess not.....

3:41 am

same as dane, which of course I always try

3:41 am

me too flosey

3:41 am

where do yu buy nuns' stockings from?

3:41 am

what about anse?

3:41 am

did you finish yesterday grid ruby?

3:41 am

I used to buy them at Lord and Taylor in NY. As they lasted (could be mended), they were cheaper in the long run (pardon the pun).

3:42 am

no, I never finish the grids, but it's OK

3:42 am

LOVED Lord and Taylor 5th Ave!

3:42 am

np just wondered, the fun is in the playing and the chat.

3:43 am

Actually these days I chat more than I do the grids.

3:43 am

My cousin and I worked at the College Shop at Arnold Constable's one summer

3:43 am

and the Christmas windows!!!~ I grew up in NY and L&T was always a treat. The chat in here is very appealing, supportive and very interesting

3:44 am

I do both, FM

3:44 am

best Xmas windows ever at L&T

3:44 am

:)

3:44 am

where in NY, ruby, or have we had this talk before?

3:44 am

not all this mechanized stuff

3:45 am

What is the grid like today?

3:46 am

the 10 letter word is great ;)

3:46 am

not very nice, FM

3:46 am

no, we haven't. I grew up in Queens, in a working class Irish/Italian neighborhood where my father had a candy store. Went to Queens College as an undergraduate and then, much later, went to Syracuse and Marywood (in Scranton) for my MA in fine arts. Lived in Bingamton for years and years

3:46 am

a 10! wow hadn't looked at the stats.

3:46 am

ata is gl5ing smugly

3:46 am

I can feel the smugness from here :)

3:47 am

ruby, I lived in Forest Hills and almost went to Queens but long before your time

3:47 am

*smug smug smug*

3:48 am

lol you silly dear!

3:48 am

when we lived in K L and my kids went to the american school they had the best uniforms ever, they had white or navy shorts and tops in white and navy with or without sleeves, lots of choice and they could mix and match but still be in uniform

3:49 am

That was a good compromise Andree

3:49 am

K L?

3:49 am

which schoool did you go to FM with a nice bottle green uniform?

3:50 am

Kuala Lumpur

3:50 am

jilli: I was born out Kew Gardens Hospital (now demolished) in 1943 and my sister lives in Forest Hills.

3:50 am

St David's in Ashford Middx.

3:51 am

obviously, my yping courses weren't much!

3:51 am

I used to have a bottle green uniform in Cheltenham too. Was obviusly popular!

3:51 am

I went to Richmond Hill High and my best friend (I'm still in touch with her) lived in Kew Gardens

3:51 am

your yping courses LOL

3:52 am

this is a very interesting (and nice) group. The vet just called and both Ruby and Max need to take medrol and she'll be here to check Ruby next week.

3:52 am

did you go to Cheltenham, ata? I did when I was 8-9 but didn't stay -- went back to Shanghai

3:52 am

oh and come the summer we wore hideous summer dresses white with small blue rosebud print but still with the green blazer!!!

3:53 am

too funny. Richmond hill is totally black now as is Queens Village, where I lived. And Forest Hills is Chinese and Russian/Bukharian, except for my sister. She lives near the old tennis stadium.

3:53 am

jilli you have reminded me again of what an interesting book you life would make!

3:53 am

at Malvern we had nice summer dresses in a fine check with white Peter Pan collars and cuffs

3:53 am

for *thinks* 3 years, yep Jilli

3:54 am

we had dress codes in high school and college. Girls couldn't wear slacks or jeans (unhear of!) except in the art department at Queens

3:54 am

unheard*

3:54 am

*sigh* we had the peter pan collars but puff sleeves.

3:54 am

now I had better get dressed or dreaded husband will shoot me!

3:55 am

and make his lunch.

3:55 am

BTW, my home-made borscht of yesterday was a great success!

3:55 am

We lived not far from the tennis stadium. At first my mother and I stayed with my aunt at 18 Park End Place, later we got an apartment on 70-something street, can't remember which one.

3:55 am

Bye then ruby.

3:55 am

see you after

3:55 am

this is too coincidental!

3:55 am

yay re the borscht

3:56 am

bye ruby

3:56 am

bye ruby -- say hi to your sister!

3:56 am

Dean Close was a nice maroon, Charlton Park was bright yellow and navy (hmmm), Cheltenhem Ladies was green, Northampton was the barfy bright blue tartan from hell

3:56 am

yes, will do. And Paul Simon went to queens with me, I dated him because I was the only short-enough girl!!!

3:56 am

HAve a hair appt tomorrow, am a bit aprehensive as it is the first time with a new hairdresser. I am now too far away from my old one of 20 years to be able to go there.

3:57 am

wow that is quite a parting statement ruby!

3:58 am

she might be even better than your old one!

3:58 am

hope it goes well fm, who will get the blame if it doesn't?

3:58 am

When I was at Cheltenham Ladies we had navy (I think) tunics with a v-neck. I have a picture of me wearing a hat and I think the ribbon was a lightish green

3:58 am

lol Andree I guess that would be me!

3:59 am

did you have the cool CLC cape, jilli?

3:59 am

I like yr positive thinking Ata - will stick with that thought.

3:59 am

Good morning all, just got 5 minutes before I have to go out

3:59 am

cait!!!! Hello :)

3:59 am

no point panicking about it before the deed :D

3:59 am

cait!!

3:59 am

hi cait

4:00 am

I know esp as I have to get passport pics done next week as need to renew my passport and driving licence.

4:00 am

no, ata -- it was 1936 and I was in the yougsters' house, called Downside. I hated it -- was teased all the time, having come from China. Beastly little girls.

4:00 am

oh. Downside. Yeah. Hmmm.

4:00 am

Everyone seems bright and breezy today

4:00 am

Hello Cait!

4:00 am

most CLC girls are fairly horrendous

4:01 am

Its a happy chog cait.

4:01 am

HOw is the weather with you cait?

4:01 am

ok, I've got to go and walk the mutt. back later. is a strange mix of snow, fog and blue sky out tehre ...

4:02 am

Overcast but dry thankfully, what about you?

4:02 am

bye ata

4:02 am

gerant German

4:02 am

Bya Ata see you later

4:03 am

What Ata said re the weather applies for me too.

4:03 am

TTFN Ata

4:03 am

Did you have much snow yesterday?

4:03 am

well I think I'll sleep now, good night agaom

4:03 am

I thought Downside didn't exist any more. There's a CLC Old Girl living here, my age, but wasn't there when I was, and she didn't know it.

4:03 am

Where is Haz, she is late on parade today!

4:04 am

Good night flosey sleep well

4:04 am

No thank goodness, but the wind was so chill.

4:04 am

Bye flosey sleep well.

4:05 am

It is strange that Haz hasnt appeared yet,Im sure she wont be long

4:05 am

Goodnight flosey, and I'll be off too -- it's 2:05 am here. I hate to leave you, but there it is.

4:05 am

Nighty night jilli, good to have seen you.

4:06 am

Good night jilli go and get some sleep!!

4:06 am

33degrees C here today, it was a shocker, now 't get enough last weekendthere is a cool change and rain prdicted for the weekend, as if we didn

4:06 am

OK ;-D *poof*

4:06 am

bye flosey and jilli

4:07 am

what is wrong with this keyboard!!!

4:07 am

33 degrees! gosh

4:07 am

lol I blame my keyboard all the time but it just keeps fighting back.

4:08 am

LOL Andree is it the keyboard or have you had a sundowner?

4:08 am

and still which is unusual usualy that high a temp we get breezes where i live

4:09 am

and keyboard can't spell either

4:10 am

I had a brilliant keyboard for about 10 years but it finally gave up the ghost and the new modern ones are just not the same typing feel.

4:10 am

i will soon be using another computer, daughters boyfriend turned up last night with a "family" present

4:10 am

And now sadly I must go, I will be back later this afternoon bye for now

4:10 am

Lovely to see you cait have a good day.

4:11 am

ooohh Andree, how great!

4:11 am

the most awesome looking apple mac

4:12 am

I have to admit I have never used a mac.

4:13 am

Phone,bbs

4:13 am

my older grandchildren have one as that is what schools use and even the 10 year old can make it whisle dixie

4:13 am

lol

4:16 am

Hello everyone

4:17 am

hi lynxxx

4:17 am

Look at all those grandkids! how lovely Andree

4:17 am

i like them!!!

4:18 am

No Expert anymore though Andree

4:20 am

i don't use expert

4:21 am

i just line up the clues beside the grid and play and when there are no clues i just do the best i can

4:21 am

Well you'll love it then. I started off on Macs/Apple but haven't used one for about 20 years. Daughter and husband swear by them

4:23 am

have you heard how Maddie is Andree? I was horrified when I saw it in the chat

4:23 am

jules has been going out with this fellow for over 2 years he is obviosly not going to commit in any hurry so i wasn't very nice about the very expensive gift and said he should be spending his money on a ring or buzz off!!!

4:25 am

she is home and will be off school for about 2 weeks otherwise i have no news, i just get sms messages from mrp

4:27 am

That seems like good news, pls pass on my regards of you spk to them.

4:27 am

i will lynxxx

4:35 am

i just read my post at 4.23, he wasn't there when i made my nasty comments, it reads as though i said that to him, although i would like to

4:36 am

lol, I thought as much. You are far too nice to say that to someone's face - even if you will be the MIL

4:41 am

not even morewords will cough up the in8 for me

4:42 am

Please in***duce me to your friend & my kingdom for a ho***

4:44 am

thx lynxxx

4:44 am

yw - that hasn't been in here for ages

4:46 am

Hello kids. Once again I woke up an hour before my alrm was set for--5 instead of 6, so here I am.

4:47 am

hi scrabbler

4:47 am

It is still dark out.

4:47 am

hi Scrabs - a relaxed start to the day

4:48 am

Yep, I get a head start on my word games.

4:49 am

How many do you play each day Scrabs?

4:49 am

I never finished the grid last night, with 25 to go. I was tired and chat was making me crazy.

4:50 am

I play Lexulous, Scrabble, this + Quote Puzzler games (10 daily). <--my latest addiction + obsession, thanks to nrkii.

4:52 am

i used to play quote puzzler

4:52 am

I tried Quote Puzzler a few years ago but was too small and fiddly for me. It cost a bit too didn't it? (which is probably why I didn't continue after trial)

4:53 am

There are now 10 daily puzzles on QP, each a different challenge for the brain.

4:53 am

i found the total setup was for american players

4:54 am

especially the spelling

4:54 am

Really? Hm, they seem like typical word puzzles to me. Maybe things have evolved.

4:54 am

and the quotes

4:54 am

Aside from this , I only play Wordsplay (was WeBoggle) occasionally - and of course I still have 2 of DC's games going!

4:55 am

Ah, Funny Farm and the colors? I started the one with colors a few wks ago and have not been back. TY for the reminder.

4:56 am

i should go back to mine too, not sure i saved it, it was driving me mental which does not take much

4:56 am

The Word one and the Food one . Colors? no, don't want to know!

4:56 am

I pulled out a dictionary and looked up black ____, red___, etc and that helped a lot.

4:56 am

i was doing the farm one

4:56 am

I just pick at them now and then

4:56 am

A food one?

4:57 am

They are fun as they are a different sort of word association.

4:57 am

http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/foo d

4:58 am

i gave up the farm when i got to the poker players

4:58 am

TY, Lynxxx. I for sure won't be bored.

4:58 am

Poker players?

4:58 am

try it and see

4:59 am

112 to go. Off to QP for a while. BBL

4:59 am

lynxxx , what are the links to the other 2

4:59 am

Was the farm one the one with 9 squares? I didn't like that one at all, not enough words and too American for me. Trashed it

5:00 am

http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/lin x

5:00 am

yes that was it

5:01 am

address for the food one below, or just change the end " linx" to "food"

5:07 am

will try them tomorrow, thx

5:10 am

hello all! any one got a clue for the eg8/55 please?

5:10 am

hi ConXshun

5:12 am

hay Lynxxx!

5:13 am

eg & cons & make a pr***** that you cannot keep

5:13 am

hi con

5:13 am

holy cow! ty!

5:14 am

wayhay! thank you Lynxxx, Brilliant clue :) Hello Andree

5:14 am

yw. Hi

5:16 am

hello

5:20 am

hi kje

5:22 am

this is uphill going, so many unusual words

5:22 am

and so many almost words,lol

5:25 am

At least Lickety is up today! ;) It's a cold but beautiful day here.... I'm gonna find a sunny spot in the house and have lunch. see you later all!

5:28 am

BBL, having connection problems

5:33 am

hi evry1. I'm having connection problems too. The connection brtween my brain and this grid.

5:35 am

hi gramma, me too

5:43 am

i am off to bed, happy babbling all

5:47 am

g'nite

clue for the no4/4 after "zip"

5:52 am

no + actor **p Torn

5:53 am

and plural

5:55 am

ok . .. BBL . . . off to run my leg of a dog rescue -- happy babbling! *poof*

6:24 am

anyone here?

6:24 am

me

6:24 am

and hello everyone

6:25 am

hi annie it looked empty

6:25 am

Us two and the jolly lurkers

6:25 am

:-D

6:26 am

this grid seems hard already :-(

6:26 am

There are two teenagers digging out cars for $10. so I had them dig me out. Well worth it. How are you doing with the snow situation down in DC?

6:26 am

$10!! what a bargain!

6:27 am

I thought so too!

6:27 am

I hope for their sakes it is $10 each

6:27 am

I escaped DC and am in Old Chatham outside Albany

6:27 am

No for the two. I even asked them and they said they are happy with the $10 for both

6:28 am

I dashed out Tuesday night barely getting ahead of the storm

6:28 am

Good for you.

6:28 am

well i would have jumped at that offer

6:29 am

I did. And very nice kids too. After they dug me out they had a snowball fight. What energy!

6:29 am

lol younger teens?

6:29 am

I think so. About 14-15.

6:30 am

ah the energy of youth

6:31 am

do you know what the 10 starts with. I dont want to open the list yet..too tempting

6:31 am

no sorry but i am willing to dive into the archive and see

6:32 am

brb

urgh - this board is HARD

6:33 am

I agree.

6:33 am

ep 10/84

makes me want to go ahead and cheat

6:33 am

thanks

6:33 am

ep10

6:33 am

thanks jmc

6:33 am

pinny there is no cheating! lol

6:34 am

hi mills and pinny

cheat myself (by running straight to the lickety list)

6:34 am

hi jmc

It is hard. there are even a couple of 4's I can't find

6:34 am

ah! well that is the real issue insn't pinny

6:34 am

hi rumple

i always cheat myself :(

6:35 am

oh pinny don't be so hard on yourself

6:35 am

Hello again Babblers.

6:35 am

if that is cheating then we all "cheat" .

6:35 am

my theory is that if i am not having fun i should quit

6:35 am

Hi Scrabbs. How are you this fine morning?

6:35 am

hi scrabs

6:35 am

JM, are you still in Albany or back in DC?

6:36 am

in the Albany area until Saturday

6:36 am

I am hungry--been up since 5 and only have had coffee.

6:37 am

Je, my cousin lives in Clifton Park.

6:37 am

wish I didn't have my tent project to worry about or I would wander up and find you scrabs

6:37 am

*heats up the grill to make pancakes*

6:37 am

pancakes? *sits at table and waits patiently*

6:38 am

blueberry or plain?

6:38 am

blueberry

6:38 am

Blueberry please.

6:38 am

*pours out batter with little ears and throws blueberries in*

Down to 50, must get pills and OJ

6:38 am

I see that scrabbs is at the table too. How nice.

6:39 am

*running to kitchen to find food*

6:39 am

later, rump

6:39 am

anyone bring maple syrup?

6:39 am

me.

6:39 am

bye rump

6:39 am

darn. phone.

6:39 am

it is nice to have an outlet for all the make believe that i never gave up from being a child

6:40 am

Nicely put jmc!

6:40 am

*flips pancakes*

6:41 am

good morning everyone.

6:41 am

some for you FM?

6:41 am

hi FM and eva

6:41 am

Hello Eva!!

6:41 am

Oh yes please jmc

6:42 am

you want to butter the stack for me?

6:42 am

sure, will do

6:43 am

of flipping heck there goes the phone again, don't they know we have some serious virtual cooking going on!

6:43 am

someone needs to move an E next to a T *sigh*

6:43 am

A question for the birders out there. About an hour ago there was a pair of birds in the trees...they were backlit, the sun wasn't up completely, so I couldn't make out detail-but the shape was very much like a pigeon, mourning doves, but they seemed quite a bit larger. And they were way up in the tree, eating berries or something off of the tree. Any guesses? Usually when I see doves here they are ground feeding. Do grouse ever go up that high?

6:43 am

lol

6:43 am

Back with yogurt + microwaved thawed blueberries/blackberries/raspberries + almonds---->stirred up.

6:44 am

Maybe they are doves, Eva. I have seen doves sit in my flat feeder at times.

6:45 am

maybe they were. They may have just looked a lot bigger because they were backlit.

6:45 am

did you bring the maple syrup scrabs?

6:45 am

I have some, Je

6:45 am

i don't think grouse go in trees very high if at all

6:45 am

I've been trying to get a little extra sleep because i woke up very early, but it's hard to snooze with a 15 pound cat sitting on your shoulder.

6:46 am

Did someone clue the ep10?

6:46 am

well help yourselves to the pancakes then my dears!

6:46 am

You'd think I hadn't fed him in years.....

6:46 am

when I was looking for the stats the clue i saw was something you might hear in a church

i'm late to the pancake party, but can i have mine with bacon?

6:46 am

*Creating stack of pancakes, applying butter, drizzling on syrup*

6:47 am

I will have to check to see if crossy left any in the PB!

6:47 am

I assume that is pure NY maple syrup scrabs

6:47 am

Nope, Vermont

ah yes - crossy is the bacon bandit

6:48 am

I think it is funny that all the really northern states promote their local maple syrup but they all do it in the same brown plastic bottle!

6:48 am

mea culpa -- vermont!

6:48 am

people already have the sugaring lines up here....seems a bit premature, but the weather has been so weird who knows.

6:48 am

*fries bacon* sorry it wont take me a minute pinny

6:49 am

There is a maple syrup farm nearby---acres of trees connected by tubing.

6:49 am

you guys are making me want to go out for breakfast.

denny's grand slam!

6:49 am

i admit i found the sugaring off stories facinating

6:50 am

Or IHOP

6:50 am

of course when i read them i had never seen snow

6:50 am

someone else said that the ep10 had something to do with marine biology. Whatever it is, I'm uttterly stumped

6:50 am

pancakes are easy enough to make for myself

hmm... don't think i ever had an IHOP brekkie

6:50 am

marine biology vs church hymn--quite different clues

6:50 am

i keep looking for epistle

6:51 am

ihop is great at 4 a.m.

6:51 am

We have a local diner with fantastic homefries. I can live without pancakes, but good homefreis are worth traveling for.

6:51 am

there is a local 24 hour diner near my house -- a great place after a really really late night

6:52 am

all the greasy food you could want

6:53 am

i don't know enough about marine biology so i am looking for a church word! ;-)

6:53 am

hey jm-you're having a Vermont winter and we're having a Washington one

6:53 am

lol so true eva

i'm going to give the 10 a go: ep + vowel + li4/5 meaning to describe + charged particle

6:54 am

I'm wondering whether the church clue is a homonym for sermon as part of it?

6:54 am

I looked up ep10 from Lickety's resource list. I don't know what it means or how to clue it.

6:54 am

i think when the snow hits on Monday no matter how little we will have had the most snow inthe US this year

6:54 am

we are already number 2

6:54 am

well that is discouraging scrabs

6:55 am

morning everyone

6:55 am

ty lady now if i only had that li4/5!

6:55 am

hi sea and lady

6:56 am

thanks lady, I got it!

6:56 am

ep + pelvic bone ***u* + last 4 letters of negatively charged particle a**** (<---an5)

6:56 am

li and 2 consonants

weird word!

6:56 am

ep10 def is: the layer of water above the thermocline.

6:56 am

I hope I did that right

6:56 am

Weel, we all knew that, FM

6:56 am

Still on phone bbl

6:57 am

HI FM! Arent we in Ata's territory with the ep10?

6:57 am

lady i got it from your clue!

6:57 am

Haha---I haven't thought about thermoclines in at least a few days

6:57 am

yes and she was v smug this a.m :)_

6:57 am

I bet she was FM

6:57 am

did she get it first?

6:58 am

She was smug enough to post her find on FB

6:58 am

Her Smugness!

6:58 am

okay I need to get dressed and go down to my meetings

6:58 am

lol I think that is wonderful!

6:58 am

Alright, kiddoes, I must get ready for tennis. I shall return later today. Enjoy the day!

6:58 am

did she put the word only that she found the ep10?

6:58 am

have fun, jmc and you too scrabbs

6:58 am

bye scrabs?

6:59 am

bye all!

6:59 am

Thanks FM!!!!

7:00 am

it has an l4 word for drawing in the middle

7:00 am

and then the particle at the end

7:01 am

Merp!!! and Eva!!! Hi Merp!!

7:01 am

that's strange, my girlfirend and i were discussing the theroclines last night - very enlightening!

7:01 am

hi woldcat!!!

7:02 am

sorry-wild that is

is there a definition for the ep10?

7:04 am

We've had a string of cat tragedies in the area recently. Four of my friends have lost theirs. Two to old age, but the other two completely unexpected. One yesterday, a one year old, who snuck into the crafts room, swallowed thread with a needle on it and damaged his esophagus so badly that he had to be put down. I feel so awful for my friend. She feels guilty, but there's no way to avoid all of the accidents that can happen however careful one is.

7:04 am

oh my

7:05 am

yes esprit-the layer of water above the thermoncline

7:05 am

Im sure that clears it up, Jean

ah! should have realized immediately

7:05 am

thermocline that is

am sure it will become clearer with more coffee

7:05 am

I know-how could you be so dense?(-:

genetics

7:07 am

You would think, given how precious kitty lives are, that I would be a good mommy and jump out of bed right now to feed Merp, but here I am once again getting my priorities sadly wrong.

7:07 am

lol

7:07 am

Is Merp glaring at you?

7:08 am

yes, and mumping, and stalking, and doing the cat on death bed from starvation routine

7:08 am

poor Merp

7:08 am

I know that routine. Works every time.

7:08 am

I mean look at that photo-does he look malnourished to you?

7:09 am

absolutely (by cat standards)

7:09 am

sooner or later (sooner) he will bite me...

7:09 am

wildcat looks quite svelte

7:10 am

does she work out?

7:10 am

Merp is beautiful

7:10 am

if you count jumping down from the table and back up again as a work out ...

7:10 am

excuse me, HE

7:10 am

thank you. Now he's doing the eating dead leaves and throwing up tactic. I think I'm going to have to go for a while

7:11 am

well give him a cuddle for me

7:11 am

I will

hah got the ep!

7:14 am

wtg

man I love Google!

7:15 am

me 2

7:15 am

Google is the 8th wonder of the modern world

how did we ever live without it?

7:16 am

I sometimes wonder about that. I was much dumber.

if I had to choose between Google and pizza . . .

7:18 am

Impossible choice. Eating pizza while googling, Heaven

exactly

7:24 am

hello everybody. I'm going to take another run at this interesting grid!

7:24 am

good morning everyone;)

7:25 am

I'm having mouse trouble, would one of you pls lend me a cat!

7:25 am

the secret annie is to pre cut the pizza into bite size chunks so you can use a fork and google one handed;0

7:26 am

hi crossy, and miss the fun of the oil running down my arm and the cheese dropping in my lap?

7:27 am

ever try to use a space bar full of cogealed mozz? lol

7:27 am

UGH! LOL!

7:27 am

jmc was serving pancakes with bacon earlier, where were you?

7:28 am

then before you know it,you slip on a greasy caps lock and yer on the floor with a pepperoni in yer eye!

7:28 am

i was at the store getting 2 more pounds of maple and hickory smoked goodness

7:30 am

I think I will have a BLT for lunch

7:30 am

i shall prepare the bacon weave to go with it for you

7:30 am

do the stores have artery clogging specials?

7:30 am

good morning {{Annie}} that sounds delicious for lunch

7:31 am

Certainly. and ice cream for dessert should do it.

7:31 am

indeed,stray out of the veggie asile and the world is your oyster br

7:31 am

ohh, ice cream

7:31 am

Hi {{{Mom}}}. Crossy had given me the yen for bacon today.

bacon ice cream

7:32 am

ive had it esprit,it is delish

7:33 am

everybody, look, the sun is shining

7:33 am

what a wonderful sight

7:33 am

Little bacon and vegemite will patch any tire

7:33 am

saw bacon jellybeans the other day

7:33 am

it's a bit too much the "bacon is meat candy" thing

7:34 am

Hi BR and jbp!

7:34 am

howdy/

7:34 am

i dont worry about it anyways br,im alreay on my 4th birthday of my second life,so food is fine again...till the doctor cuts me off

7:34 am

good morning BR and JBP

7:34 am

i have a tin of bacon bubble gum jbp

7:35 am

of course you do. Crossu

7:35 am

y

7:35 am

oh Crossy, that doesn't even sound good

7:35 am

my mouse is driving me crazy!!!

7:36 am

well, I"m off like a prom dress. have a good day, all!

7:36 am

:) JBP. Enjoy your day

7:37 am

hint, pls, for the eastern i

7:37 am

ruby, is4 --small bit of land

7:38 am

or ir4---flower

7:38 am

that was it, the flower, ty annie

7:38 am

thanks Annie

7:39 am

phone again

7:39 am

clues for the 8s and the 10 plz

7:40 am

hi movie man

7:40 am

good morning Movieman. Sorry I can't help, just starting

blue for the first ir4/4 please

7:43 am

morning Rumplestiltskin

7:43 am

spring flower, rumple

7:43 am

can even be blue

7:43 am

Rumple, it is a flower

TY, can't believe I couldn't see that. One of my favorite flowers.

7:44 am

mine as well, Rumple and you are welcome

I have one more 4, li4/4 , right after those two things you kiss with.

7:44 am

It is always easier to find the words you have already found

7:45 am

rump, your deerhound is magnificent!

7:45 am

don't have that one and thanks for the li 4/4

TY, he is imported from Derbyshire, UK

7:46 am

and our dogs are imported from Canada!

Love doggy people.

7:47 am

If people would find the words they cannot find first they would not have to struggle to find them later.

7:47 am

so true BR

7:47 am

two things i kiss with..wife and girlfriend? lol...ouch! everyone ssay goodmorning to my better half...;/

7:47 am

can't refute that logic, BR!

7:48 am

or kith with

7:48 am

good morning Better Half

7:48 am

Good morning better half

7:49 am

hello FM

7:49 am

but stil hugs for crossy too :)

7:49 am

good morning FMitch

7:49 am

Hi again ruby.

7:49 am

and hello all

7:49 am

good day all

7:49 am

this is a hard but interesting grid

7:49 am

sorry game name is elegant,and she may soon be known as the surviving partner...;/....mmm..my valentines just got more expensive

7:49 am

hi sue

7:49 am

Is the better half the right half or the left half?

7:50 am

I have the ir** to press clothing with

7:50 am

Its the sum of all the best bits BR and they add up to make the half.

7:50 am

ty sue, I didn't see that

7:51 am

Hi kiddies

7:51 am

howdy hego

Good Morning all!

7:51 am

hello hello hego

7:51 am

I dont like vowel words

7:51 am

Hi hego and red

7:51 am

hiya redt

7:51 am

hi hego and red

7:51 am

Hi Hego Hi Red

7:51 am

good morning all....the snow forecast for Gulf Coast didn't happen.

7:52 am

are you snowed in with your houseguest?

7:52 am

good morning JMitch

7:52 am

hi jm

7:52 am

what does the 10 & 8 start with

Thank goodness ruby, I live in Florida. My Houseguest has become a disaster on wheels. But I am taking him to meet his other friend and he shall be leaving me for at least 2 weeks.

7:53 am

ep10 and eg8

7:53 am

consider yourself v v lucky!

7:53 am

Oh,no, vowel words. arrrghhhh

7:53 am

did the map and keys work?

7:53 am

oh Red, I am so sorry it has turned out to be such a mess

7:53 am

Poor Red

No ruby the map and keys did not work. he is just a bad houseguest. but I am glad he will be gone until the first week of March and then he has a conference to attend each and every day, soo.

And I did get to see a rocket fly off into orbit.

7:55 am

poor red

it has helped me immensly to get your feedback, as I did not want to seem uncharitable!

7:55 am

I once had a houseguest who went around photographing everything: inside the fridge, closets, toilets, etc. and he would say "Hit me again" when he wanted another coffee.

7:55 am

shhhh! don't tell anyone but I am in a meeting

7:55 am

good morning JMC

7:55 am

lol

ruby! they must be related! Photoing the fridge!!!!

7:56 am

don't talk loud anyone.

Ok, I must go!

7:56 am

If he hadn't been bigger and husband's friend, I would have.....

I am taking him to the fort and then....

7:56 am

LA LA LA LA......

7:56 am

bye for now Red

7:56 am

and I am not the neatest housekeeper in the world

7:56 am

Bad Sue!

thanks all, have a good babbling day!

7:56 am

wht is looking over my shoulder

7:56 am

Bye Red

7:57 am

by redt!

7:57 am

good morning WHT

7:57 am

bye red

7:57 am

If he asks for coffee, I would ask if he has a piano tied to his posterior

7:57 am

red wday before the houseguest is due to return,lock up the house and go on vacation for 2 weeks;)))

7:57 am

wht says hi back

7:57 am

hego, did you picture snoopy doing the LA LA LA dance

7:57 am

mm my comouter has the hiccups

7:58 am

gotta go, going to see my parents this morning. {{Hugs}}

7:58 am

good idea, crossy, or just have bacon in fridge, nothing else

7:58 am

mm,spelling is also stellar,maybe i should just mash the keyboard

7:58 am

Not exactly Sue.

7:58 am

so crossy did i see that you ahem are in the dog house with elegant?

7:58 am

I thought you were ratting out jmc.

7:59 am

bye mom

7:59 am

that too

7:59 am

who ratted me out?

7:59 am

lol

7:59 am

somebody is stomping around upstairs; I'm loading my gun.....

7:59 am

Sue

8:00 am

found the 10 and the eg8

8:00 am

now really doing the dance

8:00 am

LA LA LA

8:00 am

She LALALA'd loudly

8:00 am

well,jmc,i better behave for the next 10 minutes at least

8:00 am

the doges have the run of the house and crossy and elegant are in the dog house ... quite a novel approach

8:00 am

brb

8:00 am

Ruby, don't do it!

8:01 am

this doge wants his cocktail! I said this was the Venice of the north and the doge lives here!

8:01 am

BR, where are you getting the gorgeous pictures lately?

8:01 am

Blueberry Frosted mini wheats are the bomb

8:02 am

Put a hole in his gondola. ;-)

8:02 am

clue for the eg8 plz

8:02 am

good idea

8:02 am

Stewie!

8:03 am

Cool icon eh, hego?

8:03 am

Yeah, love Stewie, the little rotter.

8:03 am

eg+lo** (heart)+ you need to compro**** to be married

8:05 am

ty sue

8:05 am

WOW! What a word. ty Sue

8:05 am

or eg**o made out of ice and snow+compro**** to be married

8:05 am

oh good, you got it

8:05 am

I clue so badly

8:05 am

just read your profile movieman, very interesting!!!!!

8:06 am

ty ruby

8:06 am

how about a bad sue clue for the 10?

8:06 am

think skin

8:06 am

have you seen the Temple Grandin movie yet?

8:06 am

Yeah, give us another lousy clue. ;-)

i don't get the middle of the eg clues

8:07 am

it says (in certain lakes) the layer of water above the thermocline. for the definition

8:07 am

Kap it should be **ve

8:07 am

love those bad clues! do you need help with the i's, hego, it's all I can offer....

OK- weird

8:07 am

they built one on Al Gores front lawn and asked about global warming

8:08 am

No, ty, I'm Just starting, Ruby

8:08 am

eskimos live in them

8:08 am

now the 10 the long way

8:08 am

oh yea

8:08 am

LOL Sue

8:10 am

does anyone else have the ep10

8:10 am

I have no idea how to clue it

8:10 am

not me.

8:10 am

nor me

8:10 am

sue: how many points?

8:10 am

would take many monkeys.....

8:10 am

84

8:11 am

it stays mostly on the right side going up and uses both stick vowels

8:11 am

on the bottom

ep*sode+li4 meaning to draw+charged particle

8:11 am

I love you faq

8:12 am

didnt know the drawing one

cool word. thanks for the definition clue -- I googled it

8:12 am

lemons and li*e + not out, but i*

8:12 am

gorgeous clue, thank you sue

8:13 am

wow. off to dictionary!

Nice!

8:13 am

(in certain lakes) the layer of water above the thermocline.

8:13 am

oh, it was fuq's clue, I love you anyway, sue, bad sue clues and all

8:13 am

what do the other 8's start with

8:13 am

ty sue and fuquay

8:13 am

nope...can't see using that in normal conversation

8:13 am

lol

8:13 am

t/y!

8:14 am

depends on your social circle....

8:14 am

ty for the li4, too

8:14 am

just curious, how do you define eg8...it is not in my webster or the online dict.?

8:14 am

guess what I found out today

8:15 am

What?

8:15 am

what?

button, it's apparently an art form, really a french word. google it

8:15 am

(knock knock)

8:15 am

I am going to upgrade from 654KB internet speed to 6MGs for one penny a month increase

8:15 am

There's snow on the ground/

8:15 am

but I had to call to change it

8:15 am

From Wikipedia:

8:15 am

a process where the backside of the glass is gilded with gold or metal leaf.

8:16 am

The definition of the eg8

8:16 am

oh and throughout my chateau!

8:16 am

ty movie

8:16 am

OH,brother

8:16 am

LOL Ruby

8:16 am

yw sue

8:16 am

movie is quicker than me to wiki/google.

8:17 am

dh on phone; he doesn't dare walk into the studio

8:17 am

must have heard me release the safety.....

8:17 am

:-X

8:18 am

what does the other 8's start with

8:18 am

bad ruby

8:19 am

ag

8:20 am

It's called venting Ruby.

8:21 am

just lost my connection, must be punishment lol?

8:21 am

uh oh

8:21 am

does everybody have the slow animal?

8:21 am

it's my fave!

8:22 am

Are you talking about him again?

8:22 am

hahah

8:22 am

I must stop whining and complaining!

8:22 am

Nah, it's okay.

8:23 am

Gosh, this is hard today.

8:23 am

half, yay!

8:23 am

Terrific, Ruby

8:24 am

but with help on the two long words!

8:25 am

Still very good. Everybody asks for help.

8:27 am

wow, I just found a bunth of mo's!

8:27 am

Go Ruby!

8:30 am

Hi babblers can anyone clue the eg please ;-)

8:30 am

Oh, Lord

eg+not high but **+keep your pro****

8:31 am

what time was the clue, maybe start at 8AM in the chat, norma

8:32 am

Norma, it's eg+ I **ve you + you have to compro****.

8:32 am

Hope that helps

8:32 am

Thanks very much ... great clues all

8:33 am

fuq is so good.

8:34 am

hi, all. the 10 is giving me a headache. any clues are welcome

8:35 am

FUQ HELP!

8:35 am

ep + vowel + li4 (draw) + charged particle

8:35 am

t's eg+ I **ve you + you have to compro****.

8:35 am

how's that?

8:36 am

very nice Ruby

good job, ruby!

8:36 am

thanks, Ruby!

8:36 am

now if I could just get the other 75 words lol

8:36 am

ty

8:37 am

OK, putting on my bartending apron, hanging a tea towel over my arm, etc. see you all later

8:38 am

Bye Ruby, happy bartending.

anyone have all the Ws? I'm missing one. Have four wa4 and one wa6

8:45 am

don't have them fuq. sorry

nm, got it. wr5

8:45 am

good

can someone pls help with final wa4/ have wagon, plank, desire

hi all

8:48 am

Hi TO, don't have them.

8:48 am

don't have that one either an hello all

8:48 am

Hi bichon

wa 6/30 wa + take the first letter off the thing that makes you cry when you cut it up

8:49 am

hi hego

ty luv, uq said she had 4 wa 4 and i have all w words except i have the below listed wa4

8:50 am

ty for the 6 luv

yw hego

do you have the wr 5/18 TO

8:51 am

TO i have 3 4's a5, and the six.

i do, wg.. i there are 4 wa4 i only have three of them. thereore missing one wa 4 i that is so

8:51 am

no only 3, I have it greyed.

ok then bad info

there are 4 wa's and 1 wr

8:52 am

there are 5, as listed below.

bye all

8:53 am

Bye, have to go too. bbl

8:55 am

there are 3 wa`s ...1 wa6....1 wr5

8:55 am

oops wa4

sorry I mixed you up. there are only 3 wa4, as mills pointed out

clue on the ep10 please

8:58 am

eg+ I **ve you + you have to compro****.

ep + vowel + li4 (draw) + charged particle

8:59 am

rumple that Scottish Deerhound in huge!

8:59 am

sorry wrong one

TY TY, Yes he is very large. Imported from Derbyshire, UK

9:01 am

I guess he doesn't sleep with mommy and daddy

No, since I also have Mum and 4 big pups. Afraid there wouldn't be room in the bed for us.

9:03 am

Biscuit sleeps on a pillow between us. He wouldn't have it any other way

Still need the li4/4 after what you kiss with.

He is adorable.

9:03 am

a different way to talk rumple

9:03 am

Just come in - wow is that my kind of dog!!

li + with this **ng I thee wed

No I have that one. I think it is between those 2

9:04 am

what luv says

TY TY that was it. 2 left.

there's a li 5/10 after that or a li 4/5 after the li 5

9:05 am

This is actually not a picture o my Biscuit. Biscuit looks like he's been rolling around in the dirt a bit

9:06 am

I say I wont have another dog but if any one offered me a hairy lurcher................

Now I can't find the eg8/55

clued at 8:58

9:07 am

eg+I **ve you+you should keep your pro****

9:09 am

clue for the bottom a for NBT please?

9:09 am

tee****

ag + allow

9:10 am

ag + not own a house , but *** it

TY 1 left

9:10 am

teen****

9:10 am

ty luv and bichon

9:10 am

yvw

Fireworks, thanks to my friends.

9:11 am

ty ty

9:11 am

whoo hooo rumple

9:11 am

wtg rumple

9:11 am

yeah rumple

9:22 am

hello does anyone have an icon clue for me?

9:23 am

arrg! this grid..poor crossy,s brain is melting...melting...oh the humanity....

9:23 am

oh well crossy it was nice knowing ya

9:24 am

brb

9:26 am

who do you think is going to light the torch?

9:26 am

who do you think is going to light the torch?

9:26 am

i think the wife will light a candle for a day or 2 after im gone,but that will be about it...no torch lol

9:29 am

A day or two wow Crossy she must be really going to miss you!!

9:29 am

okay i have an icon clue

9:29 am

hehe

9:31 am

I'm beginning to hope we have lickety today--after only 25 words....

9:31 am

I'm beginning to hope we have lickety today--after only 25 words....

9:32 am

I'm beginning to hope we have lickety today--after only 25 words....

9:32 am

i believe we do

9:32 am

did you get my icon clue?

9:32 am

Im with Crossy my mind is turning to mush think I'll have a quick break bbl

9:33 am

good clue jmc i just got it!

9:34 am

wht helped

9:34 am

we are hearing about Friends in Kenya

9:34 am

how many letters in the lone i?

four, harp

9:36 am

and the second letter is.....?

R. blue flower...

9:36 am

ir=a flower

9:36 am

thanks

9:36 am

ty ty

9:38 am

what do the 8s begin with

9:40 am

in8

9:41 am

harp, a hint for it?

9:41 am

and eg 8

9:41 am

an 8

9:41 am

don't come to me for a hint, i was just looking at lickety! lol

9:42 am

eg+ not high+ to live happily i must compro**** with the mrs..or else lol

9:43 am

ty crossy for the eg8!

9:43 am

np;))

9:43 am

in 8 beginning prefix + ride a ho***

9:44 am

ty bichon

9:44 am

yvw

9:44 am

ty bichon

9:48 am

it's hard to find a good word for an icon clue today

9:48 am

no kidding harp

9:48 am

ty bichon for the in8

9:49 am

clue for the last 8 i need an8 please..my monkey just died from overwork

9:49 am

hi Everybody.

9:49 am

howdy nef

9:49 am

*lights a candle for crossy's monkey*

9:49 am

hi crossy. Sorry about your monkey

9:50 am

morning! super busy this AM but what is an addict supposed to do? babble during work breaks OR work during babble breaks?

9:50 am

my babble monkey i meant.. good lord,glad the wife did not see that faux pas

9:50 am

the latter jmb

9:51 am

ok here's a really lame clue

i'm with you jmb

9:53 am

what i meant, a while ago, crossy, is who do you think is going to light the Olympic torch tonight?

9:53 am

supposedly all the Canadians are wondering....

9:53 am

an8 is a person who blesses others

9:53 am

SNOW here in central Mississippi! Really beautiful and quiet w/no school.

9:53 am

oh,sorry life has been crazy,i have not been following the events ;(

9:54 am

ty nef

9:54 am

so much for the "all the Canadians" theory....

any ideas jane?

9:55 am

hey cherry, how much snow up there?

9:55 am

super clue nef ty

9:55 am

none down here on the coast yet :(

9:55 am

not really, think of an inspirational Canadian....Alex Trebec?

9:56 am

clue for the sp words?

9:56 am

3 or 4 inches and still snowing lightly

9:56 am

ooh! nice mushrooms in the grid!

9:56 am

where are you jmitch

9:56 am

i can hardly wait until spring and i can look for them

9:56 am

how far are you from the coast....8 y/o grandchild has never seen snow.

9:57 am

quels

9:57 am

P-goula

9:57 am

three hours

9:57 am

so far they only have rain

9:57 am

sp5/12 is a tightly twisted piece of paper or atalk regularly given

9:58 am

sorry, but it isn't a word

9:58 am

thanks

9:58 am

brb

9:58 am

6 hour roadtrip is a bit far for a bit of white.....hopefully we will get some soon

9:59 am

lol cannot remember the last time we watched a cable program,we watch movies on dvd,the odd episode of house,we stopped watching the news a year ago and get the sunday newspaper to catch up on world events.99% of the new t.v programs are crap imho;/

9:59 am

Just talked to Keesler Fam Campground and they say "maybe" snow!!

10:00 am

I'm 20 miles east of Keesler. Grew up north, so I'm "ho-hum" over a few inches of snow. My wife and her family are all southerners....they are eagerly awaiting ANY snow

10:01 am

originally from UPSTATE NY-near Canadian border, but been down here a long time

10:02 am

bout 5 years ago we caught this wolf blitzer guy on the american fox news...was funny watching him work himself in a lather

10:02 am

I came south in 1981. Miss SEEING snow. Don't miss driving, working, shoveling or dealing with snow!

10:03 am

Amen

10:03 am

lol want me to send you some snow jmitch??

10:04 am

we have lots to spare...

10:04 am

thanks cross, but no. Boss just came in all worked up...."it's snowing just west of the office, everyone go home"!

10:04 am

good lord...

10:04 am

our granddaughter is all worked up...8 yrs old and NEVER seen snow.

10:05 am

are you kidding jmitch? Wow.

10:05 am

when you have to use the tops of the telephone poles to make sure your still on the road,thats when you go home hehe

10:05 am

according to her mom, she has spent most of the day w/ her face in the window.

10:05 am

done that before, crossy!

10:05 am

lol,cute indeed,tell her if she catches a flake on her tongue she can make a wish

10:06 am

oh how delightful for your granddaughter mitch. hope she gets to see some!

10:06 am

my daughter was 5 or 6 before she saw her 1st snow

10:06 am

No way to deal w/snow in MS so panic sets in ;))

10:06 am

it's wonderful to see the reactions of the little ones.

10:07 am

My dog has been looking out the window all morning with a painful look on her face!

10:07 am

true Cherry...there is not 1 snow-shovel within 300 miles of my house! :D

10:07 am

I've actually HAD drives where we used the telephone poles for markers!

10:07 am

sm5?

10:08 am

never had to use phone poles......fence posts, but not phone.

10:08 am

i know from family experience that we are lost without the changes of the seasons,my brother tried texas for two years and said it is surreal having dec 25 when its 102f out

10:08 am

snow fence line

10:08 am

I lived on a hill in NW MN; sometime in the late 60's there was so much snow we ended up rolling down the hill and following the train tracks to get to the store for some milk and bread. When we got back we couldn't get back up the hill!

10:08 am

same here harjane

10:08 am

I'm with you crossy, and I enjoy the variety

10:09 am

whiteouts so bad,you run with just the parking lights and stick your head out the window to look for the tops of the poles

10:09 am

Talk to me about snow in August!

10:09 am

The changing sunlight is something I rely on too. I don't think I"d like the tropics where there's always twelve hours of daylight...year round

10:10 am

though my brother loves living in cosat rica

10:10 am

costa

10:10 am

There's nothing like an eight hour ski...and then you have to spend another hour chaining up the car and digging it out!

10:10 am

sm5= s+shed skin or feathers

10:10 am

well anyone would prefer costa rica to texas....

10:10 am

indeed harp,snow,its a love hate thing

10:10 am

thanks good

10:11 am

well if we didn't have snow in Montana, those Californians would NEVER move away!

10:11 am

lol

10:11 am

scariest storm I've ever been in was from Whitefish, to Missoula MT. in a wet winter storm where I had to stop every few miles and knock the ice off the headlights, window and wiper blades. The antanna on the car would start vibrating and humming so loud it sounded ghostly.

10:13 am

*packs up snow to ship to jmitch*

10:13 am

Then the trees were covered with this snow too and they looked like people or ghosts( it was after midnight; and I was trying to get to my brothers' house since they'd been in a car accident

10:13 am

nasty

10:13 am

I am glad i wasn't with you nef that sounds terrible

10:14 am

yup the area around flathead lake can be deadly. I was trying to drive home from Kalispell in OCTOBER once and had to stop in Polson for the night.

10:14 am

the worst snow storm i drove in was across Mt. Doom where there is a power plant and steam rises from the water

10:14 am

Where in Polson is the wedding, nef?

10:14 am

yeah but it is those same Montanians that come to San Francisco in July with shorts on that run home

10:14 am

I was alone; had taken the train out since the weather was bad all the way out. No planes flying at that time

10:15 am

the snow was so dry and cold it blew across the road and the fog from the lake I felt like i was in a cloud and couldn't find the road

10:15 am

KwaTaqNuk, harp

10:16 am

All right enough with the scary stories! lol

10:16 am

lol in this corner we have montana,big sky country and home of the people who sli with thier cowboy boots in..and in this corner we have california ,sun screen cap of the world and has the highest lever of sillicome per suare mile of any state;))...

10:16 am

hehe just jk,my friends

10:16 am

damn typos

10:17 am

jmc, that is the type of blizzard I'm used to. The dry stuff that disorients you

10:17 am

ooh, nice place. we have a cabin about 8 miles from there so maybe we could meet there. i have a wedding in Corvallis sometime that weekend tho

10:17 am

i prefer the wet heavy over the dry blowing stuff,darn whiteouts can come up in seconds

10:17 am

Sends Arnold to Montana. (you can have him)

10:18 am

for a poor southerner it was really scary

10:18 am

ack i have to give a report brb

10:19 am

Don't let us fool you jmc. It's always scary. But it's fun to talk about AFTERWARDS!

10:19 am

harp, my nephew is getting married Sat. at 3:30P. When is your wedding?

10:21 am

I don't know. I'd better find out!

10:22 am

(And where is Corvalis? I've been there, but can't remember where it is.)

10:22 am

I see nineiron is in the grid.. I think that is the club that Mrs. Woods used on TIger...

10:22 am

near salem oregon nef

10:23 am

Harry and the Muppets: http://tinyurl.com/ygbklb9

10:24 am

no ruru, it's in Montana near Hamilton

10:24 am

oh.. there is a corvalis Montana?

10:25 am

mmm, thers a whole meal in the grid. steak with a flavorful topping and veggies!

10:26 am

now if i could fine a nice glass of wine we'd be set

10:27 am

Actually it's spelled Corvallis.

10:29 am

theres one in oregon too, of course. And the wedding is July 10 so I'm wide open on the 4th--so far!

10:30 am

WooHoo! Maybe we'll get to meet each other and LBD too!

10:32 am

I was trying to figure out why I've been to the big town of Corvallis. I have a brother who lived in Darby once; so that's why I've been there

10:36 am

need help with the eg 8

10:37 am

eg + not high + keep your pro****

10:37 am

ty Nef!

10:38 am

thanks nef! that was on the tip of my tongue

10:39 am

it's another word not found in the dictionary that the little question marked box sends us to.

10:40 am

well i guess i feel better

10:42 am

LOL, you ought to! It's not the most common word around

10:43 am

keep your ?

10:43 am

if i click on the ? IT SAYS IT IS NOT IN THE DICTIONARY.

10:44 am

From Mirriam Webster: Eglomise: Function: adjective Etymology: French, past participle of églomiser to decorate a glass panel by painting on its back

10:44 am

sorry for shouting

10:44 am

ty nef

10:45 am

it's frustrating when it says that and then Enable won't accept real words

10:46 am

Afternoon all :) Nef, what won't it accept?

10:46 am

i agree.

Nice clue Nef :-) And hi everyone

10:47 am

medical words such as meds or cath, NB. How are you today?

10:47 am

Sally, someone el** clued it earlier; I just repeated it

hello all

10:48 am

Nef, is one required to go to the PB if the word exists but isn't in the dictionary one is referred to?

I was laughing because you put the actual word in your definition :-)

10:49 am

LOL, Good. I think if it's in the grid, if you put it in chat, off to the PB you go! ;-)

Finding the grid really hard today.

10:50 am

back to work for a bit. bbl

10:50 am

Oh, MY!!! Thank you Sally! Off I go! :-O

LOl You really didn't realise?!

10:51 am

I caught that too, Sally ;) not often I get the chance to start the grid off with an 8! LOL

10:52 am

<from PB, with mouth full of chocolates> Nope. What's worse is I had to type the WORD IN!

Chocolates, huh! Now what word shall I accidentally-on-purpose type in the chog?

10:53 am

I think I will just wait for more definitions from nef and get the rest of the words that way

lol ruru

10:54 am

ruru: :-P

10:54 am

(california 1 montana 0)

10:55 am

these grids could be a tad more challenging is the words were harder to find

10:55 am

ahhh more BR wisdom! please continue...

10:56 am

I live in MN, ruru. I have family in MT that I visit on occasion

10:56 am

* What does Santa say when he goes fox hunting? * Tally hohoho!

:-) BR

10:57 am

Good one BR (and I like your poem too

11:02 am

anyone have the ep10 is it a common word?

Yes and no ruru :-)

11:03 am

an ole

11:04 am

ep+vowel+li4/5+charged particle

I really don't know how to clue it.

11:04 am

it is the microclimate above the water surface

11:05 am

hellllooooo

11:05 am

ata was giddy with delight

11:05 am

speak of the devil ;-)

11:05 am

oooh look at the big brain on jmc! :)

11:05 am

totally got it from atalante

11:05 am

I've *used* the ep10 in a sentence!!

I bet that stopped the conversation Ata

11:06 am

*basking in the glow of ata's greatness*

11:06 am

lol not when you're discussing lake things :P

11:06 am

*allow jmc some smugness*

11:07 am

I always knew li**ology lectures would be use ONE day!

brb

11:08 am

only reflected glory ata

11:10 am

it's allowed on a Friday :)

11:21 am

Hello, all.

11:21 am

Vi!!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:21 am

hi vic

11:22 am

Any excitement in Babbletopia today?

11:22 am

not a sausage

hi all, just got to No Blank Tiles moment, weee

11:23 am

*considers starting a sausage fight... gives up and slumps down to find words*

11:23 am

Yay for Book Doc.

ooh yum sausage fight

11:24 am

Delicious, and good exercise!

11:25 am

*lobs a chipolata*

11:25 am

*loads pea-shooter with those nasty little Vienna sausage things*

11:25 am

help with the mi 6 please

11:27 am

vienna sausages??!!

11:27 am

Well, I'll have to find it first.

11:27 am

In the US that's what they call sort of mini hot dogs.

11:27 am

mi6, to consume wrong

11:28 am

ohhhhh those

11:28 am

Thanks, lbd. Consuming a Vienna Sausage would definitley be to mi6.

11:28 am

ty

11:29 am

I'm sure Vienna would repudiate them.

11:29 am

I'm sure

11:31 am

why would the Austrians repudiate them?

11:33 am

Because no Austrian would ever make such an insipid pablum and call it sausage?

11:33 am

LOL

11:34 am

gag, vienna sausages...wouldn't feed it to my worst enemy's dog! now the worst enemy...that's another thought! lol

11:34 am

they would have fire and panache!

gotta run, bussies, bye bye POINK

11:37 am

Are we bussies? What's a bussy?

11:38 am

Bye, Book Doc! *wondering if i should be offended*

11:38 am

people who don't like Vienna sausage?

11:38 am

Well, no offense taken in that case!

11:38 am

i think gwen was throwing us kisses. a buss is a kiss

11:39 am

Oh, that's a reasonable interpretation.

11:39 am

how does that work when bussing children from one school to another?

11:40 am

a bussy is a big hussy

11:40 am

hmmm, giving them the kiss of death?

11:40 am

hey ru! how's dylan?

11:41 am

he's great LB..

11:41 am

maybe just a big love-in amongst our children?

11:41 am

Alas, in the US we are now forced by the the tyrany of the makers of spell check to use the spelling "busing." *gag*

11:41 am

He is doing really well

11:41 am

yay Dylan!

11:41 am

any new pics?

11:41 am

any new stories?

11:41 am

It could be a hussy or a fussy or a pussy or a tussy-mussy...

11:41 am

soon

11:42 am

or fussy

11:42 am

wow Vi

11:42 am

Wow?

11:42 am

all the "ussy" words

11:43 am

Ah, yes. It's an intrinsically amusing rhyme.

11:43 am

don't forget about non-plussy

11:43 am

Or maybe she thought we were all gussied up.

11:43 am

so how come most of those are uh sounds and one is a ouh sound?

11:44 am

picky-picky

11:44 am

so why is a pussy a - lol lb got there first

11:44 am

unless it puhssy like oozing infection

11:44 am

Okay, spelling, not rhyming. I was originally assuming Book Doc had mistyped something, in which case the pronunciation was irrelevant.

11:44 am

eewwwww

11:45 am

Anyway, now you *are* being fussies! ;)

11:45 am

an author & book lady - ganging up on us

11:45 am

rofl

11:47 am

Just be glad Book Doc didn't trussy you up.

11:47 am

And pelt you with Vienna sausages.

11:49 am

(It is weird, though, that puss is the only word with that pronunciation.)

11:49 am

how about marshmellows? i can take pelting with marshmellows - i'm a wuss(y)

11:50 am

Ah, good one, bojazz.

11:50 am

peeps go on sale here soon, we can pelt you with peeps and then smother you in vienna sausages

11:50 am

Though my assumption is that that word was constructed out of pussy, as opposed to developing the pronunciation independently...

11:51 am

ok - work calls, so i leave now. we are expecting snow today. maybe 4" - what a storm!!

11:51 am

Bye, bojazz! Drive safely!

11:51 am

be safe, bo

11:51 am

i'm from Vermont - i know how to drive in the stuff - it's the other folks what don't

11:52 am

Right... so drive doubly-safely! =D

hi

11:52 am

Hello, TO.

did somebody mention peeps?

11:53 am

mmmm peeps!

please do not throw them. unless i am here to catch them. i actually eat them.

11:54 am

I like pink ones

11:54 am

Oh no, it's already time for the annual peep-wars?

just walking through on the way out.

there is only one color peep. yellow.

11:56 am

TO's a purist, I see. The peep faction is schism-ing already!

11:56 am

you can have all the peeps, TO. i don't like marshmallows and peeps are just yuck

yes, i prefer realism in eating.

they are currently taunting us with valentine peeps

11:56 am

What in goodness' name are peeps?

uh oh....

11:57 am

What have peeps got to do with realism? You do realize, don't you, that they aren't actually edible? Peeps are no more food than spray-foam insulation is food.

11:57 am

soodle, they are a marshmallow confection shaped into chicks

11:58 am

better than vienna sausages :P

11:58 am

No.

egg whites are edible. sugar is edbile. thereore peeps are edible

11:58 am

.........ok........ and you Americans throw them at each other?.........

11:58 am

Better than strychnine, maybe.

11:59 am

then eat them

11:59 am

http://tinyurl.com/2de3bt <--peeps

no but some make things out of them

11:59 am

Peeps are made with technology and chemicals stolen from the aliens captures at Area 51. They are not food. They are decor.

they are at free

12:00 pm

Strychnine is fat free.

12:00 pm

if you put them in your microwave, they grow and then...

12:00 pm

BOOM!

12:00 pm

well ....

12:00 pm

Thanks Dawg.....

12:00 pm

*giggle*

12:00 pm

evening everyone

12:00 pm

Ata, is there anything comparable this side of the Atlantic?

12:00 pm

yes!

12:00 pm

Hello, KatieMcG!

12:01 pm

i must go make lunch for hubby. bbl.

12:01 pm

And they're called???

12:01 pm

Bye, lbd.

12:01 pm

have you seen the Haribo marshmallows? They are normal marshmallows but with a layer of crystally sugar on them

12:01 pm

soodle, hagaas comes to mind.

12:02 pm

Right. Now I know what your all talking about.

12:02 pm

a layer of crystally sugar... and flourescent spray paint!

12:02 pm

vic how do you feel about circus peanuts?

12:02 pm

hello everybody

Peep ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, preservatives, yellow dye and carnauba wax

12:02 pm

what are circus peanuts? never worked out that one!

12:02 pm

hi ruby

12:02 pm

did somebody mention strychnine? speaking of which how is Mr. Ata's man flu?

12:02 pm

*runs screaming in horror from the circus peanuts!*

12:03 pm

hi katie

12:03 pm

lol

i don't like circus peanuts. i don't even like marshmallows in cocoa.

12:03 pm

I eat Haribo strawberry-flavored sweeties at the movies. They put sugar on popcorn here

12:03 pm

he's dying. I mean, gone off to Ashford for some random reason. It's about 1/2 hour away. Reaallllly ill.

12:04 pm

what are circus peanuts? what are circus peanuts?

12:04 pm

mr. nasty is acting up, perhaps a tranquilizer dart would work

12:04 pm

someone put circus peanuts on all the guests plates at my wedding reception...and then everyone threw them at us

12:04 pm

Actually, i had completely forgotten about the very existence of circus peanuts until you had to go and mention them, Good Enough. Thanks a lot! =P

12:04 pm

lol

12:04 pm

They're big orange peanut-shaped marshmallow things.

12:05 pm

ewwww!

12:05 pm

see I though you got REAL peanuts at the circus

12:05 pm

are lots of ppl allergic to them>

12:05 pm

was worried about good enough being pelted about read peanuts

12:05 pm

Throwing them sounds lovely - just not eating them! lol

please check this out. http://www.ingredientsinc.net/tag/peep s/

12:07 pm

Ah, now *real* peanuts I love.

i had choco covered peeps last easter. i was quite skeptical but they are yummy

12:07 pm

What a tragic waste of gourmet chocolate! lol

i would love to the gift pictured

12:08 pm

I feel so deprived. We only get real peanuts, 'peep' is something you do when you want a quick look, and nobody ever ever threw a marshmallow at me. Sulks

12:10 pm

*joins in with soodle and the sulk*

12:10 pm

WHen my daughter was about 4 she had built this dreadful "gingerbread" house glued together with rock-hard sugar icing. Then she ate it. I was grimacing about how nasty it was, and she said, "Mama, you shouldn't yuck someone's yum." So I guess I should stop vituperating about the peeps! =)

12:10 pm

*PELTS SOODLE WITH MARSHMALLOWS, PEEPS, AND CIRCUS PEANUTS*

*falls as she tries to save those peeps"

12:11 pm

I really wouldn't sulk, katie and soodle!

12:11 pm

stick with our yummy pink and white marshmallows!

12:11 pm

Ta Good Enough. Now I feel whole!!

12:11 pm

lol TO

OMG what fun - founbd a peeps cookbook! see, soodle they are also a source of great amusement.

i think i will email sprite to have a peeps theme towards easter

12:12 pm

vic you have a wise daughter!

12:12 pm

what is it easter already?

12:12 pm

thought this might amuse ......... wanted to put up gorgeous pix (by kids) in my classrom and ran out of space. Asked caretaker if I could borrow ladder. He refused - as I haven't been on a ladder course........

12:13 pm

*giggle*

12:13 pm

lol, Dippnall! It's probably in the poor fellow's rules that he isn't allowed lest you sue him.

12:14 pm

you never know what you might miss when you leave the chog for a while jmc!

12:14 pm

had the last word ........ waited til he went home, pinched the ladder and did the deed ....... 'elf and safety.... huh!

12:15 pm

That's the spirit, Dippnall!

no je. some oen mentioned peeps today though

12:15 pm

It wasn't the Corporate Ladder, was it Dipp?

12:15 pm

That someone was YOU, TO!

12:16 pm

no longer...I've liberated it!

12:17 pm

(Oh, no it wasn't. It was lbd.)

oh no it was NOT!

12:17 pm

had to go eat lunch over a different meeting

soodle this will give you an idea of the madness.http://www.topoimagery.com/pee ps/basic.html

12:19 pm

currently learning about the toxic chemicals that are used to make sheep skin diplomas from wht

12:19 pm

jmc does that mean you are not making lunch? i heard you served breakfast to the chog this morning!

12:19 pm

nope you are on your own for lunch

12:19 pm

I didn't know anyone still used parchment for diplomas.

12:19 pm

ohmygod, they just announced that Obama is the commencement speaker for U Mich on May 1 -- i'll be there with my daughter who's getting her master's!!!!!!!!!

12:20 pm

you snooze you lose

12:20 pm

Cool, Une!

12:20 pm

cool une!!

12:20 pm

Rofl, TO. That is unbelievable

i received a paper diploma. who gives sheepskin?

12:20 pm

Will her masters diploma be on a toxic sheepskin?

12:20 pm

so thrilling!!

12:20 pm

mine was sheepskin for high school and college

12:21 pm

Wow, jmc. I obviously went to the wrong schools! (Or maybe not, if you're now poisoned and I'm not.)

soodle: i you are here or easter you will see. folsk build dioramas. there is a contest.

12:21 pm

*checks blood for heavy metals*

crap i paid enough tuition i want sheepskin toxic or not!

12:22 pm

It'd be ironic if the diplomas kill brain cells.

he he he

12:23 pm

Now - Theres a conspiracy theory!!

ok i am dawdling here. catch you all later. une, exciting news.

12:23 pm

Une, you'd better tell your daughter to line her mortarboard with tin foil!

12:24 pm

:-D

they probably won't be allowed to wear them. you have no idea what the security is like

12:25 pm

Hmm... could be. (What's TO still doing here, anyway?)

:P

12:26 pm

=D

12:26 pm

cool pic TO -- check out mine!

ok i'm going vi - please don't sing! :P

12:26 pm

i didn't say anything about mortar boards

12:27 pm

she should get teflon gloves

12:27 pm

howdy, jmc -- whatcha think about Dallas having a foot of snow??

12:27 pm

You can never be too cautious, jmc.

*grabs onto door jamb* really?

12:27 pm

Bye, TO. Singing commences in 3 minutes whether you'e gone or not.

12:27 pm

back for a few more;)

12:28 pm

i think it brings me great joy une

12:28 pm

hey, crossy!

12:28 pm

:-D

12:28 pm

Dallas is having a foot of snow?

12:28 pm

howdy une:)

12:28 pm

Hello, crosshair.

12:28 pm

my friend in Shreveport says they got 3 inches and the whole city's shut down! LOL

*woosh*

12:28 pm

and Bichon.

12:28 pm

hello all

12:28 pm

bichon, it's THERE already!

12:28 pm

A whole 3" gasp

12:28 pm

getting cabin fever here. the highlight of my day was walking to the mailbox

12:28 pm

1 inch in shreveport would shut them down

12:29 pm

Dallas must be paralyzed.

12:29 pm

true :-)

12:29 pm

bichon, apparently it's the most in a 24 hr period in Dallas EVER

12:29 pm

Wow.

12:30 pm

i am sure

12:30 pm

lol@3 inches of snow..cat brings that much inside after morning walk hehe

12:30 pm

our serius black kitty is halter trained and loves walkies

12:31 pm

Electricity provider Oncor said Friday a record-breaking snow storm over the past 24 hours left more than 180,000 homes and businesses without power in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

12:31 pm

Well, I guess I'd best be off for a bit. Ta ta!

12:31 pm

tata vicuna!

12:33 pm

bye vic! *tosses one more peep*

So sorry to read about Monkey Melbourne, Crossey - lovely obituary.

12:33 pm

but i should not tease poor dallas,when the temp gets over 80f i need medical assistance lol

12:34 pm

ty helen

12:34 pm

she is free from pain now

12:35 pm

I remember chaning planes in Dallas this August and it was 97 degrees at 5 PM

12:35 pm

we are getting her creamated and ive made arrangements for a nice memory box etc for the mrs to have

12:35 pm

97!! gasp!

12:35 pm

oh, crossy, i didn't know about Monkey -- so very sorry

12:36 pm

ty une..it came on sudden over the last two weeks or so

12:37 pm

mountains of virtual hugs . . . so very hard . . .

12:38 pm

she gave us 15 years of love,we are happy of her time with us

12:39 pm

crossy, your cat?

12:40 pm

yes ..well she was the mrs. cat but we all belonged to monkey

12:40 pm

Sorry to hear that. My Biscuit will be 16 [I hope] in the spring and I'm holding my breath that he makes it.

12:41 pm

may biscuit have many more years with you.while we were in there we saw one lady who was in to get her cats nails trimmed,cat is 27!!

12:42 pm

Well, Bisky has a loud heart murmur and golmulonephritis, but we're taking great care of him.

12:43 pm

i know it is expensive,but get the vet wet food with easy to digest formula and low ph and no ash

12:44 pm

We have Hills Science Diet K/D and are giving him enalapril [works for heart and kidneys]

12:44 pm

Could I have a clue for the wa 6/30 please?

12:44 pm

good stuff;)

12:44 pm

wa + o**** make me cry when I cut them

12:45 pm

crossy, are you excited for the Olympics? Who's your guess to light the torch?

12:45 pm

Thanks Bich - Just got it!

12:45 pm

yw

12:45 pm

And thats fireworks!!

12:45 pm

Wahoooo! Soodle

12:45 pm

sorry,bichon,ive not been following the olympics as life has been crazy past two week;/

12:45 pm

yaa for soodles!!

12:46 pm

Crossy - may I add my sincere condolences to you & Mrs Crossy. It must be a very difficult time for you both. ((()))

12:46 pm

So many Babblers here have beloved pets

12:47 pm

tyvm soodles..but we will have a memory box,and we have lots of picture and we have 2 cats in the house still,so we shall be fine;0

12:47 pm

congrats soodle and i give you a basket of circus peanuts to celebrate with

12:47 pm

the remedy for losing one cat is to make sure you have another;)

12:48 pm

Actually, we are not going to have another pet, so I am giving Bisky the best I can

12:48 pm

never say never,pets have their ways,one day another one will choose you and thats it,may as well surrender

12:49 pm

I've broached the subject with Mr. bichon, and it's always no. Of course he said that before we got our first Bichon.

12:50 pm

yuppers,i was same

12:51 pm

I managed to sneak the first one in 16 years ago when he was away in CA while appearing on "Jeopardy". He won a game and a trip to Hawaii so he was ammenable

12:52 pm

my cats have always found me.

12:53 pm

i fought tooth and nail against getting a second cat,wife dragged me into shelter(they are free range in the house,no cages) were about 100 cats in there,and all of a sudden this black shorthair walked up to me,prceeded to climb up my jeans,up my shirt and he parked his head just under my beard,looked up at me and said with his eyes'well bud,how about it"

12:53 pm

If we got another dog, it would have to be a Bichon, and you have to find those

12:54 pm

was all done in 2 minutes lol

12:54 pm

my first car knocked on my door and said "hi i am your long lost cat"

12:54 pm

lol

12:54 pm

hi everyone

12:55 pm

howdy westford

12:55 pm

her name was anastasia

12:55 pm

hi west

12:55 pm

crossy was just reading the chog is that how Monkey got her name?

12:55 pm

no,no,monkey was our first cat,serius black is our seond and still with us

12:56 pm

hi crossy and jmc

12:56 pm

he sounds like a monkey too lol

12:56 pm

good icon clue west

12:57 pm

seruis black is a 2 year old wild man hehe

12:57 pm

thanks which one are you seeing?

12:57 pm

mo6

12:57 pm

good I'm still seeing Phoenix have to refresh

12:57 pm

and our other is a butterscotch tabby but a big girl about 15 pounds

12:58 pm

I love watching those guys

12:58 pm

4 years old

12:58 pm

who rules the roost crossy?

12:59 pm

well with monkey so recently gone,it is still up in the air,but if i had to guess ill say it will end up being the 4 year old butterscotch tabby

12:59 pm

girls rule !!

1:00 pm

when she has had enough playtime and serius keeps at her she just runs at him and bowls him over..serius is 7 pounds soaking wet

1:01 pm

lol sounds like our house Ruby is about 4, KC (male) is 2 and Jenny will be 20 in May

1:01 pm

the 4 year old is named aberacadabera btw(abby for short)

1:01 pm

love it

1:02 pm

our granddaughter is Abby I just might start calling her that she'll be 4 next Sunday

1:02 pm

mr

1:02 pm

bo jangles?

1:02 pm

all of our Bichons have been named for baked goods, Muffin, Biscuit, Cupcake [lives with daughter]. If we got another bichon, what baked good should we use?

1:02 pm

i love watching the vet write her name on a file...lol good idea westford

1:02 pm

bichon those are perfect names

1:02 pm

mmm thinking....biscotti!!!

1:03 pm

too close to Biscuit

1:03 pm

should be a French pastry I think

1:03 pm

How about Croissant?

1:03 pm

cream puff?

1:03 pm

or Scone?

1:03 pm

hi.-- scone? croissant?

1:03 pm

or Eclair?

1:03 pm

Bichons aren't French dogs, just the name is

1:04 pm

eclair works

1:04 pm

I didn't know that always assumed they were French

1:04 pm

our friend has Oliver..Ollie for short

1:04 pm

i always wanted to get a russian blue kitty and name it 'smirnoff"

1:04 pm

his wife passed away 5 years ago and Ollie saved him

1:04 pm

Bichon Frisee means curly lap dog, but their origins are more Meditteraneanish

1:05 pm

oh, i see bichon already had same ideas as me. but crossy couldn't have a croissant, could he?

1:05 pm

lol

1:06 pm

Crumpet!

1:06 pm

I'm surprised you don't have a pet named Bacon crossy

1:06 pm

good morning everyone -- I'm not sure that you will see it without refreshing but my icon today is of the olympic flame -- "coming home"

1:07 pm

hi all, clue please for ge6/24??

1:07 pm

hi ata I saw you and Hobbit walk by my house today

1:07 pm

lol westford

1:07 pm

cool, nan!

1:07 pm

Nan, who will light the torch?

1:07 pm

that's awesome nan

1:07 pm

sorry, don't have the ge 6

1:08 pm

ok Bichon

1:08 pm

???? - the best guarded secret, bichon -- nobody other than the olympic committee knows.

1:08 pm

ge + what you pay each month for your apt

1:08 pm

ge + lease

1:09 pm

ty Une

1:09 pm

thanx Unea....

1:09 pm

flask your grandson is precious and what a proud name

1:09 pm

yw :-)

1:09 pm

thanks from me too une

1:09 pm

my pleasure!

1:10 pm

back in a bit ladies....semi poof

1:10 pm

Flask, name sounds right Scottish

1:11 pm

oh dear, daughter doesn't have enough tickets to commencement for all family to go . . . hmmm

1:12 pm

you get first dibs une

1:12 pm

i think so, too! :-)

1:13 pm

same here une... David is finally graduating (at age 31), but tickets are very very limited. of course you and I do have rights!

1:13 pm

good for David !!

1:13 pm

i think her dad's family should choose someone to bite the bullet!

1:14 pm

you did, westford??? :D

1:14 pm

our granddaughter's graduation will be held in the stadium she'll look like an ant

1:14 pm

and we can throw big parties afterwards for the others who can't come to the actual graduation. it is so big that you can't really see anyway. (oh and I agree with you on that one too... dad's family is definitely second in line here)

1:14 pm

dorens, did you see that Obama's the commencement speaker??

1:14 pm

where? at harvard????

1:14 pm

I did ata you were all bundled up but it was definitely Hobbit

1:14 pm

there will be 40,000 in attendance!

1:15 pm

U Mich

1:15 pm

oh my goodness... traffic is difficult enough as it is on those days. (this will be my third(

1:15 pm

Is this Michigan Une

1:15 pm

yup

1:15 pm

Hello All

1:15 pm

oh. Michigan. good, you can have him. I mean, I love him, but honestly the traffic in Cambridge would be impossible

1:15 pm

hello hego

1:15 pm

awwww :D she likes travelling!

1:15 pm

Ata, did you see my icon??

1:16 pm

howdy, hego :-)

1:16 pm

well, you enjoy it Une.and give us a report afterwards

1:16 pm

oh! Une! You are an angel!

1:16 pm

will do!!!

1:16 pm

At least there won't be an Obama controversy as there was at Notre Dame last spring. He spoke at the 08 graduation at Wesleyan [where we work]. He was a last minute sub for Teddy Kennedy

1:16 pm

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid= 3523037&id=791769231 <- Hobbit today :D

1:17 pm

nice, une (icon, story, etc)

1:17 pm

noil

1:17 pm

ata, she was so sweet!

1:17 pm

she looks it

1:17 pm

love being part of the canine underground railroad! LOL

1:17 pm

I saw a Dogs Trust dog on the beach yesterday and had to physically restrain myself from taking him home

1:17 pm

Good for you Une

1:17 pm

back again. Unea, what kind of dog is that?

1:18 pm

none

1:18 pm

nef, she's the classic "terrier/pointer mix" -- like half the dogs in all the shelters around the world :-)

1:18 pm

I'm not on FB any more ata are the pictures in your profile?

1:18 pm

what's wrong with me today [sob] Off I go, you don't have to tell me

1:18 pm

Hi Nef

1:19 pm

ata, what's Dogs Trust?

1:19 pm

*pats bichon on back* there there

1:19 pm

I have an online nurse friend who does German shepard rescues and used to ask our private nursing board if anyone lived along the route

1:19 pm

it's a big national rehoming charity

1:19 pm

ty jmc

1:19 pm

it works really well -- most legs of the route are under 2 hours

1:19 pm

Don't cry bichon. we all get the wring box now and then.

1:19 pm

ooohh, ok, tx

1:19 pm

let me put pic in profile :)

1:19 pm

we rescued one (terrier/pointer mix) and she really was the sweetest dog (and ugliest) around -- blind in one eye, limped, all that. but what a honey! sad day when her seizures got to the point where we had to put her to sleep

1:20 pm

there is a horse rescue farm across from where i amstaying

1:20 pm

uh, wrong box

1:20 pm

cool, jmc!

1:20 pm

Okay, cheered up already

1:21 pm

ooohhh, and guess what, Whole Foods gave me 15 pumpkin pies today for our soup kitchen!

1:21 pm

good work bichon

1:21 pm

our friends got their Brittany from Ohio and he was transported the same way..they had one and now they have 3

1:21 pm

hi dorens -- I checked lexulous -- you can initiate a game with me by entering my facebook email.

1:21 pm

love Brittanies!!

1:21 pm

nice of Whole Foods do they donate often?

1:22 pm

nan you are assuming a lot. i have no memory, and in school now... can't get to it... my facebook is doren greene... can you start one with me?

1:22 pm

west, I pick up from their bakery twice a week -- always lots of bread but an extra bonus when they add pies, muffins, cookies, etc.!

1:22 pm

Unea, that's terrific! Was it day-old bakery stuff?

1:22 pm

there. refresh!

1:23 pm

the pies had been stored in a big freezer -- just needed to be thawed -- the bread is day old, yes

1:23 pm

thanks ata part mountain goat isn't she?

1:23 pm

pb Une

1:23 pm

great pic, ata!!

1:23 pm

is hobbit climbing a hill or am i listing?

1:23 pm

ooooppppss! LOL

1:24 pm

lol

1:24 pm

got to go... happy babbles everyone

1:24 pm

I would need the e-mail address you use on facebook, dorens -- but no rush -- whenever you have time

1:24 pm

bye Dorens

1:24 pm

bye dorens

1:24 pm

climbing the sea wall!

1:24 pm

bye, dorens

1:25 pm

she *loves* climbing. she'll go straight up any cliff that isn't vertical

1:25 pm

hobbit's quite the seafaring wench!

1:25 pm

Unea, you live in Nashville? I have a nearly blind on-line nurse friend there who *really* needs a dog (she loves Rotties) but her hubby doesn't want to get her one.

1:25 pm

yes, Nashville -- wow, there are soooo many dogs that need to be adopted . . .

1:26 pm

she's in water like a shot - won't swim though, just wade

1:26 pm

are you saying she needs a service dog? I have a friend who's worked with service dogs for many years . . .

1:26 pm

If a nice dog would "wander" into her yard.... ;-)

1:26 pm

(here in Nashville)

1:26 pm

aaahhh, a bit difficult to arrange :-)

1:27 pm

Hmmm. I don't think she's ever thought of a service dog! Maybe that would be the way for her to get a dog!

1:29 pm

I wish Hobbit was an official mental health service dog, then I could take her on planes!

1:29 pm

There were some drug dealers down the street from her she told me. She's alone all day with her grandchild; and there have been a few times she's been afraid

1:29 pm

nef, here's an old video that includes my friend Sally McCanner: http://tinyurl.com/yz5yo53

1:30 pm

orlon isn't in the dictionary?

1:31 pm

proper name, no?

1:31 pm

proper name, no?

1:31 pm

si 6, please?

1:31 pm

Hello, all!

1:31 pm

Hi Jellen

1:31 pm

hi jellen

1:31 pm

don't have it nan

1:32 pm

hey, jellen! how was the birthday??

1:32 pm

sorry -- si 7?

1:32 pm

It's been good so far...

1:32 pm

orlon requires 2 o's

1:32 pm

*there is no si 6

1:32 pm

yes, Ata, but it's not in the dictionary

1:32 pm

oh, duh, sorry!

si7=steak

1:33 pm

tx Good!!

1:34 pm

ty good

1:34 pm

hi jellen and ty good for the steak

1:34 pm

Unea, I couldn't hear all of that video (DH has the TV cranked up loud); but I have a question: who pays for service dogs?

1:35 pm

charities mainly (at least here)

1:35 pm

same here, I think . . . lemme check

would you like mushrooms and veggies (legumes) with your steak? they are in the grid

1:37 pm

Im back to finish, I hope

1:38 pm

Good morning everyone

1:38 pm

Hi Annie

1:38 pm

This nurse friend has many health problems, she was sent home to die of kidney failure several years ago (and fooled them all!); has severe anemia, is nearly blind, etc. But she's one of my dearest on-line friends and she lives on a little hil and doesn't dare leave her small yard for fear she'd fall.

1:38 pm

hi there hego

1:38 pm

Hi, Annie and lynxxx!

1:38 pm

nef, i see that service dogs are free for vets . . . will keep looking

1:38 pm

hey annie!

1:38 pm

Hi Annie.

1:38 pm

GM Lyn

1:39 pm

clue please for li4/4....the one just before the li5/10 please??

1:39 pm

hi Jellen, lynxxxie,Nef, Une and everyone else

1:39 pm

une read what you wrote and thought vets? then realized you didn't mean veterinarians lol

1:40 pm

Service and Assistance Dog contact info by state: http://www.inch.com/~dogs/service.html

1:40 pm

li4 l & most of the blue or yellow flower or eye part

1:40 pm

ooops, din-dins. bbl!

1:40 pm

no, not medical professionals, west! LOL

1:40 pm

yeah, I get it now

1:41 pm

thanx lynxxx!

1:41 pm

most of them probably see with their hands anyway

1:41 pm

hi lyn didn't see you come in

1:42 pm

hey, lynxxx!

1:42 pm

thanks, Unea. I appreciate that

1:42 pm

What?

1:42 pm

Nef I wonder why your friend's husband doesn't want a dog

1:42 pm

yw ;-)

1:43 pm

see with their hands West?

1:43 pm

gotta go -- BBL *Poof)

1:44 pm

veterinarians lyn scroll down

1:46 pm

I'm stuck on the secon qu 5?

1:46 pm

I was following the conversations but didn't understand the 'vets see with their hands' comment

1:46 pm

first te 7, please?

1:47 pm

qu & most of the sea bird

1:47 pm

I just meant when they examine animals

1:47 pm

te + veggie that makes you cry less first vowel

1:47 pm

qu and sea bird bich

1:47 pm

Poor West

1:47 pm

ty west, I was looking down, not up

1:48 pm

well I knew what I meant lol

1:48 pm

yw bich

1:48 pm

;-)

1:48 pm

West, I get it now

1:49 pm

te7 sea bird & charged particle

1:49 pm

lyn have you heard from Brookie? isn't her

1:49 pm

Aussie about due?

1:50 pm

? -- that only adds up to 6 letters, bichon?

1:50 pm

ty lynxxx

1:50 pm

phantom: nebulochaotic

1:50 pm

Haven't see her in last few days - Yes, was due to arrive now

1:51 pm

star burst ?

1:51 pm

hi BabRab

1:51 pm

right bus ***minal + o****

1:51 pm

There he is!

1:51 pm

doubt she'll be babbling much then

1:51 pm

and what is a person from Melbourne called?

1:52 pm

a Melbournite

1:52 pm

Hello, lyn ╬

1:52 pm

thank you Melbournian didn't seem right

1:52 pm

ta 5/10?

1:53 pm

say hello to me too bab please

1:53 pm

Hello, BabbleRabble!

1:53 pm

ta5.10 to change the essence of something, usually in a bad way

1:53 pm

Hello, westford ≡

1:54 pm

thanks bab I like my sign

1:54 pm

looks like a playlist

1:54 pm

ty lynxxx

1:54 pm

don't know how I missed that one

1:54 pm

Hi BR! I would love to have a sign.

1:55 pm

sign?

1:55 pm

Hello, Annie ε

1:55 pm

What westford thanked BR for.

1:55 pm

Thanks BR!

1:55 pm

back for the last 22 after lunch :)

1:55 pm

Oh, sign

1:56 pm

bye Nan

1:56 pm

bye C'nan

1:56 pm

bye nan enjoy !

1:56 pm

Hey Babble Rabble please give me a sign...start of a new song

1:57 pm

Nan, what is Seraterranova?

1:57 pm

my daughter, bichon

1:57 pm

She doesn't have time to play anymore

1:57 pm

╪

1:58 pm

you are amazing how are you doing that?

1:58 pm

to be new land

1:58 pm

Oh, thought it was like girl scouts

1:58 pm

He steals

1:59 pm

love the Olympics & your icon cybernan!

2:00 pm

Hi Bo

2:01 pm

hi hego (doesn't rhyme with leggo)

BR it is data entry day at work (BORING) i could use a good joke...

2:04 pm

* What do you get when you cross a caterpillar and a parrot? * A walkie-talkie.

2:04 pm

does rhyme with eggo

2:04 pm

yes

2:04 pm

BR she said GOOD joke.

2:04 pm

good afternoon all

:) thanks BR! i knew i could count on you.

2:05 pm

yes

2:05 pm

hi Boo

2:06 pm

hi Boo, bojazz, BR and all.

2:06 pm

did you hear about the blonde who couldn't send email?? she was out of stamps

2:07 pm

lol

2:07 pm

"now *that* was a bad joke, bojazz!"

2:07 pm

definitely

2:07 pm

yes

2:09 pm

si7?

2:10 pm

si7 cut of steak

2:10 pm

it's a steak, kje, theres other food in the grid too. (also some birds)

2:10 pm

steak kje

2:10 pm

darn it... a fish

2:10 pm

ty

2:11 pm

hi kje

2:11 pm

hi kje no, beef

2:11 pm

hello

2:11 pm

2 left

2:11 pm

did you really get a foot of snow?

2:11 pm

ok, a sea cow then ; )

2:11 pm

Kje i went to the ent today and he told me oral antihisamines won't help pnd.

2:12 pm

is that the offical? could be... def at least over 8 inches at my house

2:12 pm

Westford, I just saw your icon. great clue!

2:12 pm

He says you need the spray ones.

2:13 pm

thanks nef my grands had a video of nursery rhymes and they were in it

2:13 pm

some like them at least

2:13 pm

do you mean antihistamines? decongestants? or steroids? the nasal sprays are either decongestants or steroids... and antihistamines are first line Rx for PND, so there was some miscommunication somewhere

2:13 pm

for chroinc PND, he prob wants you on a nasal steroid

2:13 pm

He said either. the steroids or antihistamines.

2:14 pm

what's the one the Spanish bee advertises?

2:14 pm

he sounds like Antonio Banderas

2:14 pm

nasonex

2:14 pm

No miscommunication. That's what he said. The topicals are much better.

2:14 pm

that's it

2:15 pm

Yes lideola.

2:15 pm

then do what he told you

2:15 pm

that's prescription only isn't it?

2:15 pm

or nasocrt or any of those.

2:15 pm

Yes you need a scrip.

2:16 pm

nasonex is a steroid

2:16 pm

He gave me some nasocort samples.

2:16 pm

sigh I have been causing problems at the meeting

2:16 pm

all of those are steroids... only spray antihistamine is astelin - relatively new, and no more or less efective than oral

2:17 pm

well quit it jmc lol

2:17 pm

nasocort is a steroid

2:17 pm

Patanase and Astelin

2:17 pm

Has the snow eliminated the mosquitoes kje?

2:17 pm

where are you jmc?

2:17 pm

topical steroids are def the way to go for chronis symptoms, but must be used everyday, symptoms or not, they are a preventive measure

2:17 pm

Maybe he has stock in the company. LOL

2:18 pm

at a quaker organization board meeting

2:18 pm

I mean geographically

2:18 pm

I am objecting to starting new work without being able to pay for what we are already doing

2:18 pm

are you back in DC?

2:18 pm

do what he says... that is why you just went and paid him a lot of money

2:19 pm

right

2:19 pm

no I go back on Sat.

2:19 pm

how were the roads?

2:20 pm

any clue for the eg?

2:20 pm

eg + not high + mi4

2:21 pm

thanks kje...got it

2:21 pm

eg8 is a gilding of glass. a french artifice veneer eg8

2:21 pm

Thanks, kje

2:21 pm

hi Dawg!

2:22 pm

yw

2:22 pm

and I am done

2:22 pm

Hi dawg

2:22 pm

yay kje !!

2:22 pm

congrats, kje

2:22 pm

YAAAYYY!!! kje

2:22 pm

congrats, kje

2:22 pm

Congrats kje!

2:22 pm

now I must go see how they are doing moving the tree out of my driveway... wait, I'll post you a pic

2:23 pm

Yay, kje!!

2:23 pm

Bye kje

2:23 pm

oh no kje that's not good

2:23 pm

Yay, kje!!! WTG!!!

2:24 pm

whoooo hoooooo kje!!

2:24 pm

Happy Valentines Weekend to all of you

2:24 pm

sorry, wandered off, hi hego, lynxxx, and everyone!

2:25 pm

Hi, lbd!

2:25 pm

Hi dawg!

2:25 pm

hi Jellen! how'd you celebrate your birthday?

2:25 pm

hi annie!

2:26 pm

Happy Birthday to you, Jellen!!!!!

2:26 pm

there ya go... the tree out front cracked in half and this is the half that fell across my driveway blocking exodus... thankfully care was in garage

2:26 pm

hi again, lbd. The MT Babble get together just might happen! Harp said that (so far) she's free and is interested

2:26 pm

wow, that's a lot of tree, kje

2:27 pm

wonderful Nef!

2:27 pm

Lucky you, kje

2:27 pm

Ruby has a broken mouse and can't play. She misses us.

2:27 pm

Happy Belated Birthday Jellen! I hope you were spoiled!

2:27 pm

and official snowfall was 11 inches... previous record for snowfall in one day was 7.8 inches, so we kind of blew that one away

2:27 pm

say hello to ruby for me, hego

2:27 pm

poor ruby, she needs to get a spare mouse!

2:27 pm

Happy Birthday Jellen!!! hope this next year is great

2:28 pm

I will Annie

2:28 pm

blizzard, kje?

2:28 pm

I'll tell her Dawg.

2:28 pm

well, not the worse I have been in, but pretty impressive for dallas... snow fog all day yesterday

2:29 pm

today is gorgeous though... sunny and mid 30s

2:29 pm

i have three extra mice and two extra keyboards. just in case...never know when things will go wonky.

2:29 pm

stuff is melting already

2:29 pm

that really is amazing for Dallas.

2:29 pm

must have been quite windy to blow the tree down

2:29 pm

dawg, but do you have enough cheese?

2:30 pm

Dawg is prepared!

2:30 pm

LOL Annie

2:30 pm

for some reason, kje, I can only see that itty-bitty icon picture on each post. When I go to look at your profile pic, I see stairs, not a tree. :-( I've tried refreshing and it still doen't work for me.

2:30 pm

they are cedars.. kind of weak trees... I think the weight of the snow is what broke them... I have 20 large limbs or more down all over the place

2:30 pm

cheese! oh dear, you mean i have to feed them?

2:31 pm

it wasn't really windy

2:31 pm

just the weight of the snow on them then?

2:31 pm

cedars aren't very strong limbed trees.

2:31 pm

nef - those stairs were yesterday morning... about 2 inches of snow at that point

2:32 pm

mmm, make something out of it!

2:32 pm

yep, that is what the tree guy said... cedars are weak limbed and known for doing this... they just break from the weight

2:32 pm

are those YOUR stairs? You don't need a stair-climber machine then, do you?

2:32 pm

neighbor's stairs

2:35 pm

is that all of them? (They look like the size of a hill I grew up on, except the bottom of those looks steeper. Our stairs were concrete and brick

2:35 pm

thankfully the tree broke that direction - split trunk half still standing, other half laying in the driveway... if the other half had been the one to fall, it would have demolished the front porch and living room windows

2:36 pm

hi folks, glad to hear your car is OK, kje - we've had a terrible accident here in my neighborhood - someone was killed by a falling tree branch

2:36 pm

Hi jbv

2:36 pm

OMG JBV!!! that is horrible! but I can see how... it is dangerous out there

2:36 pm

we lost 12 big pine tree branches, but thankfully nothing broken and no one hurt

2:36 pm

wow. awful

2:36 pm

oh, no JBV! How terrible!

2:36 pm

hi JBV. How awful

2:37 pm

this morning when I was surveying the tree damage, an avalanche of snow fell off the roof onto me... that is when I realized it isn't really safe out there until some of this stuff falls

2:37 pm

i'm sorry to hear that, jbv.

2:37 pm

you are lucky JBV - no house damage

2:37 pm

was the guy who dies outside? or did it crush his house?

2:37 pm

kje- your snow in dallas interrupted my sister-in-law's mission to haiti - i'm sure you're wondering how....

2:38 pm

she lives in Santa Fe, was connecting thru Dallas to Miama, etc... but her flight was cancelled so she's still home waiting for rescheduling

2:38 pm

no, not at all wondering - airport closed

2:38 pm

Were you hurt, kje?

2:38 pm

DFW is major layover spot... that is what I would guess ; )

Hello all! kje, you had a tree fall? did it loose the racooon?

2:39 pm

the guy was using the snowblower in his driveway when the branch fell on him, he probably didn't hear it crack and never knew what hit him

2:39 pm

no, just got snow down my clothes... woke me right up

2:39 pm

Do you know about IMC? international medical corps? that's the group she's going with - she

2:39 pm

she's a nurse

2:39 pm

LOL red - it was noisy with limbs coming down last night, several on roof, I am hoping it freaked him out and he has moved on... time will tell

2:39 pm

cool, JBV, never heard of them, will google

2:40 pm

ep 10? -- have come to the conclusion that there is no way I'll find it on my own!

Announcement of the week: My Houseguest is GONE!

2:40 pm

lol red

2:40 pm

ep* (prefix for ouetr) + li4/5 + charged particle

2:40 pm

yay red

2:40 pm

bye, house guest! lol

2:40 pm

who moved on kje?

2:41 pm

whoo hooo red!

2:41 pm

hopefully the raccoon

2:41 pm

Hooray for Red - How did you do it?!

I am feeling much better, washing everything he touched.

2:41 pm

Yay for Red. freedom.

2:41 pm

red, are you glad to have him gone? Was he a decent house guest?

2:41 pm

did he have cooties, red?

2:41 pm

maybe the snow will encourage his departure

Lynnxx, he had a place to go for this week, so I drove 2 hours to drop his lazy behind off..

2:41 pm

nan start with the pen used for allergic reactions add li 4/5 and end with charged atom?

2:41 pm

yuck red... was he that bad? who is he and why did you let him in to start with

2:42 pm

*dirty look at lbd* please don't use that word

2:42 pm

kje just got back that is one mess you have there

Last night he booked a ticket to see a cousin in Phoenix, and thus it came out that he really wasn't as poor a student as he had insisted.

2:42 pm

yep

2:42 pm

uh oh. sorry, jmc

2:42 pm

JBV how sad for the man killed clearing his driveway

2:42 pm

is he coming back red?

2:42 pm

this is when it is good to rent... one phonecall and it becomes someone else's problem

2:43 pm

thanks

kje, he was the worst houseguest I have had. But I think frankly, that he has undiagnosed Aspbergers and that may be why he was so difficult to interact with.

2:43 pm

what a liar!

I sincerely hope not.

2:43 pm

wow, that's not so good, red

2:43 pm

ty west

jmc, I dont know, he said he;d let me know what his plans were...

2:43 pm

hey red did you get to see the launch?

2:43 pm

yvw nan

2:43 pm

well do you have caller id?

2:43 pm

very sad, west, I didn't know him, but everybody's saying how great he was - he had cleared neighbors' driveways, and then this!

2:43 pm

interesting, red... hopefully he will get help

Unfortunately, I saw it in the traditional way, over my house...I had to work. I did get to see a Delta V rocket which is now my icon photo.

2:43 pm

now you know why the other people didn't respond to his email ;-)

2:44 pm

now I seem to be missing an i and an m that are not on lickety's list

2:44 pm

red, when he calls to return, tell him something came up and you've had to change your plans

2:44 pm

he died doing a good deed that should count for something

I really do think it is Aspbergers, and my friend who is a Psychiatrist agrees....so...

it isnt entirely his fault. but it was very surprising.

2:44 pm

in 8 I guess

2:44 pm

everything was on lickety's

2:45 pm

I have an in 8/40

2:45 pm

Spring is not that far away ...

2:45 pm

well you are a saint for not just booting him out

2:45 pm

Can you clue the in8?

2:45 pm

in5.10 + love flower minus the O

true BR, how are you holding up in the cold north.

2:45 pm

sort of like the lead stallion nan

2:46 pm

I'm guessing poor hygiene? Or what, red?

2:46 pm

that means absolutely nothing to me, west - lol -- have never even been up close to a horse

2:46 pm

OK, must run and see what is going on - see you all later... stay warm or cool as needed ; )

2:46 pm

they run together

2:46 pm

The weather here is spring-like .... above zero ... some sun ... piece of cake

2:46 pm

going back red, what do you mean he wasn't as poor a student as he insisted?

2:46 pm

bye kje

2:46 pm

bye, kje. watch out for falling objects

Oh no his hygiene was fine. He misreads cues from people.

2:46 pm

bye kje

2:47 pm

short for beginning nan ( first 5 letters) and last 3 of mare

2:47 pm

just heard that a Russian athlete was killed on the luge run this morning -- missed a turn at over 150mph and left the track.

2:47 pm

bye kje

JBV, he has travel money. Initially he told me he had to stay to make his trip possible....but then he suddenly booked a ticket all the way to Phoenix...

Oh no Cyber, what Horrible horrible news!

2:47 pm

oh that is terrible cyber

i was reading that in yahoo 5 min. ago. so sad

2:47 pm

i always fear for the athletes

2:47 pm

that is very sad

2:47 pm

man, and the olympics hasn't even started yet!

2:48 pm

terrible start for the olympics

yes it is not a good start. just puts a damper on the celebrations.

Hi ADHDword.

2:48 pm

ominous

2:48 pm

i also read they are flying in SNOW to Vancouver!!

2:48 pm

Firewords!

2:48 pm

still better than a hijacking, hostage and mass murder

2:48 pm

the officials are talking about slowing the track down

2:48 pm

unbelievable - we have much more than we need right here

congrats and Happy Birthday Jellen!

hey babble buds. WTG JELLEN

2:49 pm

Congrats Jellen!

2:49 pm

whoo hoo jell

2:49 pm

WTG, Jellen!! And Happy B'day too!!!!

2:49 pm

happy birthday jell!

2:49 pm

Hi and thanks!

2:49 pm

YAAAYYY!!! Jellen

2:49 pm

congrats, Jellen and happy birthday

2:49 pm

whooooo hoooooo JELLEN!!!

how's this grid? just back from a 3 hour dentist appt.. now i've got an excuse to be stupid... drugs

2:50 pm

yes -- we have had an unusually mild winter. They are dumping snow on the cypress ski hill that is being picked up in helocopter buckets from higher elevations.

2:50 pm

*packs up snow to send to cyber*

2:50 pm

*something like a helicopter!

2:50 pm

hi AD the grid's doable

2:51 pm

See you all tomorrow...

2:51 pm

that was terrible grammar!!!!

2:51 pm

bye jell

2:51 pm

there are a few doozies though

2:51 pm

the parking lots here have snow piled up about two stories high - we'll have those mounds until June!

2:51 pm

don't go jellen I need to say yay and happy birthday

I understood it cyber!

2:51 pm

the mid-atlantic states sure could transport their snow to BC. they have so much they don't know where to put it all

is there a list?

2:51 pm

I don't know, cyber; I liked the idea of a H"helo"copter

2:51 pm

red did you see the launch?

i thought we did happy bd jellen yesterday.. or?

2:52 pm

Happy birthday, Jellen

2:52 pm

yes AD there is and it works !!

2:52 pm

finally found the in 8 -- ty

2:52 pm

yes, Dodo, there is a list

am i THAT out of it?

2:52 pm

no you're not someone just wished her a happy birthday so I wanted to as well

2:53 pm

it's okay that my wishes are late I hope

2:53 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

2:53 pm

yay nan !!

i do NOT like feeling loopy... brain fog; i could never be a happy drug addict

2:53 pm

whooooo hoooooo NAN!!!

2:54 pm

whoo hooo cyber

WTG NAN!! CONGRATS TO U! WOOOO HOOOO!

2:54 pm

you are definitely our best cheer leader AD

2:54 pm

WTG, Cyber!!!!

2:54 pm

have to watch the list adhd -- the alphanumerics are correct, but the letters filled in are not always the right ones

2:55 pm

ty everyone --- feel like I should make a speech!

i'll hit the list in a bit; tx nan

2:55 pm

westford, she's just a little ADHD, you know? ;-) (both of my kids are ADHD too)

2:55 pm

speech, speech

TAKE A BOW NAN... SPEECH SPEECH

2:56 pm

whoo hooo cyber!

2:56 pm

Nef that was meant as a compliment

2:56 pm

I would like to thank my friends, my husband, my children, my catl..... *deep curtsey*

2:56 pm

lol nan

2:57 pm

and my remark was too, West.

2:57 pm

*trying to imagine what a catl looks like*

just a little... tho when i joined 3 yrs ago i was dubbed the babble (or babbly) cheerleader

2:57 pm

oh okay

2:57 pm

you know jmc they have long horns

2:58 pm

meant cat, not cattle -- just in case you were wondering

wanted to be one in high school...was too fat at the time, so now i'm not fat, but old crips can't make the squad!

2:58 pm

a horned cat?

2:58 pm

well you make it here AD

2:58 pm

you guys are nuts --- anyone need clues before I leave?

2:58 pm

aww, fred morrison has died.

2:59 pm

I like your style

oh boy!

2:59 pm

I know that name but can't remember who he is

2:59 pm

I do believe you were called the Babbly Cheerleader back then.

2:59 pm

thanks nan can I call you if I need help later?

3:00 pm

you can call -- can't promise I will hear

3:00 pm

creator of the frisbee, west

3:00 pm

I'm pretty loud lol

3:00 pm

oh my, I thought he died years ago

i thought the frisbee came from the pie people!

3:01 pm

he made a lot of people and dogs happy

3:01 pm

bye everyone :)

3:01 pm

that's true the first were pie pans

well it did, actually. my old neighbor was granddaughter frisbee

3:02 pm

bye nan take care and put that statuette in a safe place

3:02 pm

one of my aunts married Max Frisbee

3:02 pm

but he lived in Alabama

3:02 pm

i think it was the plastic frisbees, not the pie pans. :-)

u r right lb.

3:03 pm

the first one was a popcorn bucket lid

the idea came from the pie people... some entrepreneur ran with the idea many years later

3:03 pm

I just picked up my coffee cup expecting a nice swig and it's empty

3:03 pm

okay, and you minnesota folks...manure hearts? lol

3:03 pm

:-( how sad west

3:04 pm

I know. I'll have to get some now. The butler has the day off

3:04 pm

silly butler

3:04 pm

are those valentines dawg?

*pours west some fresh-brewed coffee*

3:05 pm

oh thank you !! you are so nice

3:05 pm

yes, valentine heart, made out of manure...

3:05 pm

it's the thought that counts

3:06 pm

1/2 mile wide outline of a valentine made of manure, the farmer made it for his wife of 37 years.

I LOVE THAT LBD!! I LOVE IT! (i've a really sick sense of humor at times)

3:07 pm

*wonders what thought is involved in giving a loved one sh*t*

3:07 pm

what a guy !!

what's the difference bet. a donkey, a mule and an ass?

3:07 pm

the wife loves the sentiment and the idea of using what they've got!

3:07 pm

I rode on a manure spreader once

this was the discussion at the dentist while watching Mule Loggers

3:08 pm

i lived with one west :-D

3:08 pm

mules don't reproduce, and an ass...everyone has one

3:08 pm

lol jmc

you lived with a manure spreader? interesting... little inanimate object love affair?

3:09 pm

a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

watched a program last week about that very thing... the person in love with the Eiffel tower

3:09 pm

my husband the criminal trial lawyer and story teller

i'll let the office know next week jmc, tx

3:10 pm

bbl, going to go make some tiramisu

3:10 pm

an ass is another name for donkey

3:10 pm

yummy bring some back

3:11 pm

Hey Dawg, How's nurse Tom?

3:11 pm

Oh, gosh he left.

3:11 pm

who's nurse tom?

3:11 pm

i think you're thinking of DC, hego.

3:11 pm

that's dcseain hego

3:11 pm

Sorry, I confused you with Seain.

3:12 pm

Senility I think. lol

3:12 pm

okay, i'll bring some tiramisu back later.

3:12 pm

alright, i'm not doing too bad, but i don't have the 10 or the 8's. guidance?

3:12 pm

ooo tiramisu. Hurry back.

3:12 pm

the 10 is ep10/84

3:12 pm

eg8/55

3:13 pm

in 8/40

3:13 pm

an8/?

3:13 pm

how rapid fire of you

3:13 pm

in a meeting rather than work

3:14 pm

he layer of water above the thermocline.

3:14 pm

that's the 10

bbl i've got to lay down and ice my face

3:14 pm

ouch AD

3:15 pm

explains why ata would find it on her own...

3:15 pm

yep she was quite please with herself

3:16 pm

back. (had wandered off to make some breathe easy tea) Take care of yourself, ADHD, hope you feel better soon

3:16 pm

begins with pen used for allergic reactions middle is li4/5 and ends with charged particle

3:16 pm

wb

3:16 pm

what does the tea have in it nef?

3:19 pm

the mi6 is a strange word I didn't mean to ingest that?

3:19 pm

licorice root, Eucalyptus leaf, bitter fennel, peppermint leaf, calendula flower, Pleurisy root and ginger rhizome, westford

3:20 pm

I thought it might have eucalyptus

3:20 pm

that sounds very good

3:20 pm

was that an8 right? even with morewords, i can't find anything that will work

3:21 pm

one who blesses you hursh

3:21 pm

that is what i saw was an8 but i haven't found it

3:21 pm

I have some tea with slippery elm in it that really helps sore throats. I'm kind of alternating the two

3:21 pm

yes an8

3:21 pm

clue for in8?

3:21 pm

sheesh, thanks - i had convinced myself that wasn't there

3:21 pm

an8 is someone who blesses other people

3:22 pm

poor nef

3:22 pm

in 8 is short for beginning and end with last 3 letters of an animal you ride

3:22 pm

in8=beginning to a speech+a h**** is a h**** of course of course

3:23 pm

ty

3:23 pm

heck, let's toss around our 7's too while we're at it

3:24 pm

don't got any

3:24 pm

it's just a cold. Normally it should only last 3-4 days with the zinc lozenges, vit. C and honey lemon in herb teas; but I overdid last week so I have a cold that's lasting longer than usual for me.

3:24 pm

i have: an, gl, lo, te x2

3:24 pm

do you have the 10 and 8's ?

3:24 pm

yes, for you have just clued them all

3:25 pm

nuh uh just the 10 and 1 8 lol

3:25 pm

not the 7s and I still need the an8 myself

3:25 pm

hurh, I have only 1 7, the si (steak)

3:25 pm

ty for in8

3:25 pm

(that was Hursh, not hurh)

3:25 pm

oh, well someone clued them. i guess not the eg - eg + not hi on the stove + scrooge was a ****r

3:26 pm

thank you for the si, nef!

3:26 pm

jmc the priest does this to the forehead

3:26 pm

with oil

3:27 pm

ty

3:27 pm

so he is the an8/40

3:27 pm

brb have to read a report

3:27 pm

Just realized I'd found the an 8 but missed the an6 that the 8 comes from! Geezz!

3:28 pm

everyone get the babblets pe4/7 and 5/16

3:29 pm

Hello, all. Thanks, hursh, I had forgotten about those.

3:29 pm

heya vi - anything to add to my list of sevens?

3:30 pm

Checking...

3:30 pm

No.

3:30 pm

=P

3:31 pm

phantoms: primrose, promise, eterne, elsinor (i know that's proper and wouldn't count anyway...)

3:32 pm

just found en7

3:32 pm

weird or normal?

3:33 pm

weirdish - go in + opp of off

3:33 pm

i thought it tried that! i guess i only did opp of out.

3:34 pm

thanks for the babblets, hurshy.

3:35 pm

do we have any non- prefix words today? all i can think of is nonart, and that's not there.

3:36 pm

i mean i tried others, but they didn't take

3:37 pm

aha, there are NOT, as i have just finished the n's.

3:37 pm

I've only found the no4/4 hurshy

3:38 pm

(Sorry, just had 4 7-8 year old boys tromping around the house in slushy boots negotiating what sports they were willing to play next. Man I'm glad i was never a boy!

3:38 pm

i thought you had daughters?

3:38 pm

1 daughter, 1 son

3:39 pm

i need GLIMPSER P

3:39 pm

ah, silly me

3:39 pm

You're a good mom not to be yelling at them for tramping slush all over

3:40 pm

would love a clue for the 10 please...i know it is ep but then what?

3:40 pm

ep + you and * + li4 + charged particle

3:41 pm

Actually, I think a good mother *would* have yelled at them. But they kept being just on the verge of going, so I kept thinking I wouldn't need to bother...

3:42 pm

i agree. they need to learn not to track slush all over the house... or in general not to make messes and expect other people to clean them up for them.

3:43 pm

i hjave many li 4s. any clues?

3:43 pm

But I will be lecturing mine when he gets home as he didn't make sure that the last one out shut the door!

3:43 pm

funny new babblet (at least, i don't remember it): pi4/5

3:43 pm

the one that ends with two letters that come in order in the alphabet

3:44 pm

If it's the same little pi I have, don't forget to pl.

3:45 pm

hurshy i am having trouble............wow. cant get it.

3:45 pm

i didn't, and now as a result i just need GLIMERS, which isn't as nice

3:45 pm

none of my li 4sa end like that. m doesnt come before o, p not before s etc. hmmm

3:46 pm

then you need another li4

3:46 pm

:)

3:46 pm

how many li 4s are there please?

3:46 pm

6

3:47 pm

Maybe instead of GLIMERS you should look for MERGILS. lol

3:47 pm

got it and the li word too. ty.

3:47 pm

are MERGILS something?

3:47 pm

No.

3:47 pm

would love a clue for an 8 please.

3:47 pm

if i could get the G, i could have SLIMER

3:48 pm

FIne, how about ME GIRLS.

3:48 pm

what a weird word that ep is..............gosh.

3:49 pm

Isn't it magnificent, mkg?

3:49 pm

didn't banks mislo4 a whole lot of mortgages?

3:49 pm

well i wouldnt use magnificent.............i wish for a grid where i knew all the words. it would be nice.

3:50 pm

Sounds plausible to me, hursh.

3:50 pm

would love a clue for the other o word. i have or 4.

3:50 pm

Hiyas, Kids! Anyone have a clue for the ge6?

3:50 pm

or5.

3:51 pm

or5 - root used in perfumery, I think

3:51 pm

aha, i'm missing a GE6! then i will have SLIMER!

3:51 pm

ge + monthly apt fee

3:51 pm

thanks judi

3:51 pm

is lickety ok? i see for an 6 a ca and for an 7 a ci... for ea a co.

3:51 pm

Me too!!! Yay!

3:51 pm

Ty, Hurshy. UHG!!

3:51 pm

oh gee they are all messed up. any one know what the story is?

3:52 pm

i'm going to guess lickety didn't put up a list today. shot in the dark, but best i can do.

3:52 pm

Fabulous icon, Judi! hee hee

3:52 pm

Sounds plausible to me, hursh.

3:53 pm

just call me ms. plausible

3:53 pm

lickety is up & running

3:53 pm

Thanks, Vic. Pulp is cheap.

3:54 pm

then i will change my guess to mkg is having an individual problem.

3:54 pm

Sounds plausible to me, hursh. ;)

3:55 pm

you wouldn't happen to be done with the middle R, woudja vi?

3:55 pm

Not I.

3:55 pm

missing 1

3:56 pm

me too - all ri4s and one 5

3:56 pm

snow is falling here & grocery stores are packed with people buying eveything & anything in fear we will be trapped for days! any snow that accumulates will be gone by this time tomorrow

3:56 pm

Same here. (re: r's)

3:57 pm

ri6 :P

3:57 pm

what about the lower left E? i need one there too

3:57 pm

oh thank you ata dear!

3:57 pm

Ditto.

3:58 pm

Oh, thanks, Ata.

3:58 pm

pas de problem!

3:58 pm

might that have been a clue? maybe!

3:59 pm

Intriguing!

3:59 pm

a clue for the ri6 or for the E you think i'm missing?

4:00 pm

le ri6!

4:00 pm

tu as le eg8?

4:00 pm

oui

4:00 pm

el 7 clue?

4:00 pm

AHA, an EL7!

4:00 pm

Aha!

4:01 pm

Show your stocking top and be a bit ri6/27

4:01 pm

Evening all

4:01 pm

*groan*

4:01 pm

Oh gosh, thanks, FM!

4:01 pm

thanks fm

4:01 pm

exactement, ma cherie!

4:01 pm

Was totally blind to that tile!

4:02 pm

:)

4:02 pm

el7 more el5/10

4:02 pm

JJust passing by but couldn't help saying hello

4:02 pm

Hello hello hello!

4:02 pm

fmitch!

4:03 pm

well that doesn't make me feel fishy! thanks une!

4:03 pm

Une!!! hello how are you?

4:03 pm

now i just need SLIM

4:04 pm

is there an L6? if so may i have a clue for it if it is weird?

4:04 pm

fmitch, check out my icon!

4:04 pm

lo6 - pl birds

4:04 pm

li6/18 trucks

4:04 pm

oops, dunno what I was thinking LOL

4:05 pm

wow i dont know the lo or li clues.............i am dull today for sure.

4:05 pm

little parrots, to be specific

4:05 pm

Oh Une, she is such a sweetie, well done!

4:05 pm

lo6 is almost like Brit trucks

4:05 pm

look at my pic too, FM!!

4:05 pm

the combination of your two clues worked out well for me.

4:05 pm

:-D

4:05 pm

IS that li6/18 truck clue for real, or a fasle alarm?

4:05 pm

false alarm.

4:06 pm

it was a stoopid alarm!

4:06 pm

Thanks.

4:06 pm

the trucks are lo7, which is much akin to lo6

4:06 pm

Hobbit climbing mountains?

4:06 pm

Yeah, I have them, thanks.

4:06 pm

oohhh, hursh, didn't see that the real deal was in the grid! LOL

4:07 pm

climbing the sea wall :D

4:07 pm

Didn't know that Kent had mountains!

4:07 pm

i have one S6, second in a series... are there any others?

4:08 pm

sa? se?

4:08 pm

si?

4:08 pm

se

4:08 pm

aahhh, got it

4:08 pm

There is only 1 se6

4:08 pm

we have a hill or two ...

4:09 pm

but are there any other kinds of S6?

4:09 pm

infact there is only 1 s6

4:09 pm

thank you. is there also only one i6, or are there two?

4:10 pm

ir6 and in6

4:10 pm

yay, thanks une, i must locate the in6!

4:10 pm

and i did!

4:11 pm

what is the point total today?

4:11 pm

Une is on the ball today, typying much faster than me.

4:11 pm

go, hursh!

4:11 pm

i'm a fast typer but a slow thinker!

4:11 pm

1938

4:12 pm

17 points... so an odd 4... 4/7 5/10 or 4/5 5/12... M can't be 5/10...

4:13 pm

what letter hursh?

an 6/18 plz

4:13 pm

one M and one S

4:14 pm

thou an6est my head with oil, my cup overflows

4:14 pm

tx hursh -- never see that one . . .

4:14 pm

aHA! found s5/12, so that leaves M4/5

4:14 pm

Whew! Fireworks. With a big nod to Lickety.

4:15 pm

congrats, judi!

4:15 pm

Congrats Judi

4:15 pm

good afternoon everyone

4:15 pm

back for last 22

ty Hurshy

4:16 pm

hey flosey!

4:16 pm

there.

4:16 pm

done, hursh??

4:16 pm

Must go primp for dinner out. See you tomorrow! *POOF*

4:16 pm

bye, judi!

4:16 pm

yes.

4:17 pm

congrats!!

4:17 pm

thanks. thanks for the help all.

4:17 pm

my marty is so handsome.

4:17 pm

Congrats hurshy!!!! Good afternoon flosey and bye Judi.

4:17 pm

Finally Fireworks.

4:17 pm

yay, hego!!!

4:18 pm

wtg hurshy and hego

4:18 pm

ty nice people.

4:18 pm

Hi Flosey

4:18 pm

Time for me to head for bed. Happy Babbling and see you tomorrow.

4:18 pm

bye mitch

4:19 pm

I need a clue for sp5, please

4:19 pm

there are 2

4:20 pm

there are 2, they are the same except last letter, one sounds like a long sales pitch

4:20 pm

ok, need both,

4:20 pm

start with the same 4 letters

4:20 pm

tytyty, hurshy and hego

4:21 pm

yw Flo

4:21 pm

Bye for now gang.

4:22 pm

bye hego

hello

4:23 pm

hello TO

nice icon! i miss that we have gotten away from clue friday

4:24 pm

would someone clue me the an 8 please? i dont have the six either.............but have the first 5.

eg 8/55 plz

4:26 pm

an6= bless with oil

4:26 pm

an8= one who does it

4:27 pm

eg + not high + one who hates to spend money is a ****r

4:27 pm

hi all. well clued jellen

thx Jellen

4:28 pm

Hi, Dorens!

4:30 pm

haha.. just spent forever trying to find the last mo6/21... and it's the name of my county

hi dren

4:32 pm

fireworks

doren

4:32 pm

Yay, flosey!!!

4:32 pm

hi owl. yay flosey!

doren even

yay flosey!

4:33 pm

tyty, now must get something together for a potluck supper

4:33 pm

i knew who you meant owl, don't worry about spelling with me... i type so fast i'm always making typos

it's [retty dark in here, must adjust timer for lights

4:34 pm

be back for flip

4:34 pm

bye flosey

looking at olympic pins. have old la ones with unworn hat i should put on ebay now

while interest is high.

4:36 pm

have you ever sold anything on ebay before?

no.

4:37 pm

i buy a lot, but have never sold.

would prefer to let someone i know and trust do so for a fee

i mean i get rid of clutter and someone else is happy.

4:37 pm

Tim and I have sold some things, Tim more than me...

4:38 pm

understood. it is the 21st century garage sale.

i have no paypal account and want to establish one.

but ofr olympic stuff now is the time

4:38 pm

someday i may get around to it. I do have paypal... makes things very easy, owl

doren i was to enervated to drive up today.

4:39 pm

enervated, now there's a word one doesn't get to use everyday. I myself am enervated in the dog days of august

4:39 pm

Hi again. TO getting a paypal account is easy. Just set it up to a separate bank account than your usual one (so no one can wipe it out if you goof).

4:40 pm

what enervated you owl?

i am taking advantage of free checking account at ew credit union to do so

inactivity i think along with shoveling

4:41 pm

hi nef.. I didn't do that, but maybe I should? how can we goof and let people wipe us out?

4:41 pm

We've bought and sold stuff on eBay and have never had a problem. The biggest obstacle is the packing and shipping; but there are now so many places that can help with that

4:41 pm

i went to an exercise class last night that just killed whatever abdominal muscles i did have! painful, but not enervating

well i did not get the chance to go to the gym at all this week. do you still do a saturday AM class?

4:43 pm

Dorens, a hacker can actually go into your bank account and electronically transfer all of your funds out of there. I've never had it done; but my son and some other computer nerds have warned me about it; so I'm careful about using a pay pal account only for online transactions

4:43 pm

yes i will. i am determined as all hell to lose ten pounds, and it has been difficult.. down six, then back up one

what class?

4:44 pm

saturday? yogalaties.. combo of yoga and pilates, but depending on which instructor we have, it can be 85 % pilates, which I like

4:45 pm

nef, i probably should do that, I am sometimes too trusting

do they allow drop ins?

4:45 pm

(trusting=dumb)

4:45 pm

i don't think so... are you a member of a YMCA anywhere else? (also, the class is at 8:45!)

no. need a reason to get driving early and longing to do a class

4:46 pm

i do the same thing on monday evening at 5:15, if you are still around then. I think I heard next week is a membership drive where they are allowing drop ins.. will check and see if it begins tomorrow

mudt go to dentist monday AM :(

have done nothing all day. i at least wanted to bake or the guys across the street who dug me out

4:48 pm

Dorens, we've always had very good luck with all of the stuff we've bought on eBay over the years (except for the car engine that my son bought -- it was warped!) and have never had a problem. I just know that my son had a bunch of nerdy friends in HS and from then on and *some* of these guys have hacked into things they shouldn't have (but claim they never did anything illegal or steal anything)

4:48 pm

too bad... just checked and the free adult openhouse week begins 2/20

s'ok. are you doing anything special this weekend?

4:49 pm

that's next week, not this week

4:49 pm

i've bought lots of stuff and it's always been good. i know about those hackers, but i have hitherto stuck my head in the sand.

4:50 pm

owl, if you want to come tomorrow morning, 8:45 class probably you can come for a fee. will check

no don't go to any trouble. you can ask when you go what the ee is and in future i may join you if you like.

4:51 pm

ok.. i'm allowed three guests a y ear for $10 per guest. if you can be here.. my house.. by 8:30, it's a go. My friend and I go down to the gym after to do weights/ machines for 15 minutes after

4:51 pm

(i just love the internet... never really saw the website for the y before now)

just remembered i promised to bring my dad a pizza, he likes my shop here. and they make a homestyle with thim crust and not cheese laden

i hate all that cheese on american style pizza

4:52 pm

1 of my son's friends started teaching adult ed computer classes when he was 8 yrs old. They are 30 now; he was just diagnosed with Aspergers' but this guy teaches computer science at a U here and he can tell so many stories about what hackers can and can't do

TO you like peeps but you don't like cheese! what are we gonna do with you?!

4:53 pm

there's a brooklyn style place in hackensack that has great reviews... do you know it?

wellpeeps are not dairy! :)

that for sure!!!

the one near the cemetary?

4:54 pm

it's on river st... pretty far down towards route 4

yes, went there years back with my mother.

4:55 pm

we went once and i thought it was good, but it was mother's day, very crowded and the service was slowwwwww, which made my mother cranky and I have bad associations with it (she gets rude sometimes). think the pizza was great though

i now favor either tomato pie with a bit of added cheese or fresh mozzarella margarita. when we went there the pizza was very dark on the bottom.

Hey all how goes it... Sadly I only have 43 words!

4:57 pm

the margherita is my absolute favorite.. in fact we are going for some tonight after the movie (am going to spend 40 minutes on the bike right now to burn off calories sufficient to allow me to cheat onmy diet)

4:58 pm

hi red, how are you?

have you ever tried kashi roasted veggie? I really like it

hi red!

I am much better today thanks.

I like Kashi stuff, its got great texture!

4:59 pm

Hi, red!

the pizza crust is very thin but i liek the taste, generaaly eat the whole 750 calorie pie though

4:59 pm

no, but i will some day owl. i like some of their things... ever have the lime cilantro shrimp? love, love, love it

Hello again Jellen!

no have never tried the dinners.

5:00 pm

ok. fireworks and time to hit the bike. see you tomorrow buds

bye doren! uh oh snow for monday!

congrats Dorens!

5:01 pm

Bye, Dorens

5:01 pm

i am not paying attention to snow. no snow, no snow, no snow!/ happy babbles all

in 6/18 plz

add consonant to word above

5:02 pm

Dinner time! Goodbye...

ty TO I think thats the 5/10 I am missing

bye

bye jellen

tage

oh sorry.

you better be that's not a word

I'll try harder next time!!!

i just heard my cousin is being operated on for lung cancer. non smoker

her husband smoked now quit, i suppose folks will blame him.

TO that is very unusual and I hope all turns out well.

Well, I think it may be the cause, but blame is a strong word.

this is the only disease where we blame the victim.

Not the only one at all TO.

well we have begun to blame those with heart disease i their liestyle is unhealthy

damn would you believe i got a new keyboard within the last month?

People with AIDS, people who suffer from Chronic Pancreatitis...

Many mental Illnesses...

oh yes aids definitely!

5:08 pm

no, it isn't the only disease like that. There are many types of lung cancer, TO. most are related to toxic substances (ie: smoking or 2nd hand smoke, etc) but not all

how can you blame someone for mental illness?

5:09 pm

How many words today please?

166 mudd

5:09 pm

Shucks ... I'm missing one.

5:10 pm

lots of people do, TO. They should have "confessed their sins" or they a possessed for ex

people often say about people with severe depression, "If she would just pull herself together..." when in fact its not possible for a person to just do that. with depression.

Mudd do you have the ten, I imagine its been clued a lot.

um in which third world country would this occur? or are we talking fundamentalist christianity?

5:11 pm

Finished!

yay!

Congatulations Nef...

5:11 pm

both TO

5:11 pm

if you don't mind me butting in Red,we that live with chronic pain & illness that isn't "visibly obvious " get a very similar attitude

Oops Congratulations MUDD!

it is time for dinner, ty all and see you later

5:12 pm

ty, it was the sa 5 I missed. See you later.

Indeed. its difficult to treat chronic pain...

5:13 pm

Or my DH who has MS. He's been accused of being drunk at times when his balance suddenly went off

my Cousin has MS. SHe really suffers. I worry alot about her, her vision is terrible as well as her balance...

sorry for bringing up sad family news *poof*

5:14 pm

mine is due to chronic medical conditions one degenerative & one genetic not much to be done for them but not something anyone can readily see from the outside

5:15 pm

seen a friend with MS get accused of drunkness too It's pathetic

5:15 pm

folks are so quick to judge when they don't have a clue

5:16 pm

I had a client the other day who told me she got picked up for drunkeness when she was having a hypoglycemia attack (insulin dependent diabetic)

5:17 pm

oh, i used to work with a lady who had the same experience -- not picked up, but people gossiped about her "drinking problem"

5:17 pm

OMG I saw that happen when I was a corrections officer !

5:18 pm

Sometimes when we park in a handicapped spot you can just feel some people staring at you to see if you *have* a handicap. At least my DH's is visible

5:18 pm

Indeed it happens all the time

5:19 pm

some folks can't concieve not everyone with medical problems is a senior

5:19 pm

Well; I need to go do laundry and get ready to go out. DH and I are going to a musical at our church tonight. Happy Babbling all!

5:20 pm

enjoy, nef!

5:20 pm

bye nef enjoy!

5:20 pm

Well, were are seniors, I'm just told that I don't look like one all the time! ;-)

5:20 pm

bye now!

I am leaving myself for a bit of a break, I am putting my bed back together after houseguest...

5:26 pm

red, is he gone?

5:26 pm

houseguest out of your hair???

5:26 pm

bye red happy house keeping

He is gone. I have blogged and laundered and feel cleansed.

5:27 pm

wonderful!!!

5:27 pm

fantastic

he may try to come back but, I think I shall prevent it somehow.

5:28 pm

why put yourself through all this again?

5:28 pm

not to stir things up but how did he end up at Casa Red in the first place?

5:28 pm

Phantom: phantasmagoria‏

5:29 pm

hey, BR!

I invited him. I had only met him one time and at that time things were very structured, so I was unaware of how he would do without structure. So sort of my fault.

hi BR.

5:29 pm

oohhh, lovely icon, BR!

5:29 pm

Hello, Une.

Olympics start tongith!

5:30 pm

indeed!

5:31 pm

I have to start dinner. Bye dear babblers/

5:31 pm

enjoy your dinner, annie!

5:32 pm

thanks. poof.

5:39 pm

i am going to miss the opening

5:39 pm

Hi All. How's it going?

5:39 pm

:-(

5:41 pm

hi babbz

5:41 pm

hey jmc

5:41 pm

hey babbz! :-)

5:41 pm

hi une

5:41 pm

howdy uneaixoise

5:41 pm

howdy :-)

5:42 pm

Glad I tuned in - forgot about the Olympics

5:42 pm

listening to Jane Goodall on NPR -- what an amazing woman . . .

5:42 pm

she is

5:43 pm

Who was the woman who worked with apes that was killed, une? Obviously not Goodall...but Gorillas in the Mist was about her

5:43 pm

my brain is mush

5:43 pm

ohmygod, that movie was devastating

5:44 pm

I know

5:44 pm

diane fossey

5:44 pm

dian Fossey

5:44 pm

Thank you - that would have driven me crazy all night

5:44 pm

hi all

5:44 pm

(googled it! LOL)

5:44 pm

i have qu4 and 5 what am i missing?

5:44 pm

hey diem :-)

5:44 pm

lol

5:44 pm

hi diem

5:44 pm

hi diem

5:45 pm

two qu5's

5:45 pm

another qu5

5:45 pm

ty une

5:45 pm

somewhat and the other one!

5:45 pm

te7? not the one that's like the crying veggie

5:47 pm

sorry

5:47 pm

Anyone clue the eg word?

5:47 pm

eg+i **ve you+ I keep my pro****s

5:47 pm

e + gl4/7 + The Sun Also R***s

5:48 pm

thanks and good clues, guys -

5:49 pm

:-D

5:49 pm

yw

5:49 pm

my phantom is terror

5:49 pm

now . . . back to that te7 please?

5:50 pm

towel fabrics

5:50 pm

a towel is often make of this kind of cloth, then pluralize it

5:50 pm

thanks!!

5:50 pm

ty pug and babbz

5:50 pm

ywc

5:51 pm

de nada

5:51 pm

notice pug can give a clue in 2 words and i take 50, lol

5:51 pm

just a different style

5:51 pm

usually I'm quite verbose ....

5:52 pm

whatever works! :-)

5:52 pm

long-winded...I can't seem to shut up whether it's online or in person, lol.

5:53 pm

gloms

5:53 pm

... and Fireworks!

5:53 pm

crap sorry

5:53 pm

ok, down to 2 words and one is that ep10 . . .

5:53 pm

whooo hooo merk!

5:53 pm

congrats, merk!!

5:53 pm

yqahoo merk

5:53 pm

do you want a clue une?

5:53 pm

WTG Merk

5:54 pm

ty, bbl

5:54 pm

oohhh, got it!

5:54 pm

it is a marine science word

5:54 pm

cool word!

5:54 pm

wooo hooo une!!!

5:55 pm

please give me help with the i above the P so i can get nbt and go back to the silly meeting

5:55 pm

lol nm

5:55 pm

think I need a nap...Happy Babbling all ! poof

5:55 pm

bye pug

5:55 pm

did you do the flower, jmc?

5:55 pm

nm my nm

5:55 pm

the flower is off the singleton

5:55 pm

nevermind i think that's the other i

5:55 pm

sleep well, pug!

5:56 pm

bye pug

5:56 pm

how about a little island

5:56 pm

ok, all done and heading to the TV to get ready for Olympicorama!

5:56 pm

that's it!

5:56 pm

ty nbt and bbl

5:56 pm

have fun une

5:56 pm

see you at the flip! *poof*

5:57 pm

is that like "snowpalooza" in DC? ;-)

5:59 pm

I must go, too - I actually grocery shopped today and need to use up some of the 24 bags of produce I got carried away buying today. I guess it's better than potato chips, but I'll probably be pitching half of it before I use it. Just can't seem to resist a bargain....

produce bargains in chicago???

5:59 pm

Food is so cheap here it's beyond belief

where do you shop?

6:00 pm

We have about 35 grocery stores within a 8 mile radius...but the ones that offer the great deals on produce are the smaller ones. I like Garden Fresh - are you from the Chicago area, Esprit?

yes nw suburbs

6:01 pm

you have a garden fresh in Wheeling i think

6:01 pm

which burb?

Yes I go there sometimes

prices are better than the big chains, but I never think they are "cheap"

I live in Wheeling

6:02 pm

I'm not sure how your Garden Fresh is, however ours has unbelieveable deals on produce and it looks fabulous.

6:03 pm

My son lives in Wyoming and daughter lives in Miami, and compared to those areas, if you shop the sales, food is very cheap.

I guess it's all relative :-}

6:03 pm

My sister lives up near LaCrosse, Wisconsin and she has about 3 places to shop, period.

6:04 pm

And you're right, it is relative. But I'm a bargain hunter with groceries and you can find great deals.

my friend in california is always astounded at our produce prices compared to their (ours are much higher)

6:04 pm

Where do you shop?

big family?

6:05 pm

California has cheap food, you are right

most often Jewel, but I do sometimes go to Fresh Farms or Garden Fresh or Suro Fresh

Euro

hi all. ge 6b clue pls?

6:05 pm

No, but my 18 y.o. daughter, a senior in h.s., brings home 9 of her friends to eat at least a couple times a week. So I look for bargains and fill them up with veggies.

6:06 pm

Not familiar with those stores. Don't have that one TO, sorry!

6:07 pm

Good chatting, all - thanks and must go.

bye bab

I need help with the eg8 please...

6:11 pm

Hi everyone,

6:13 pm

I'm back after a long absence and I forgot the name of the website I used to use that listed the letters and points. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

6:13 pm

lickety's babble clues at the bottome of the page Kimm?

6:14 pm

That's it! Thank you SeaSpray, I'm back in business.

6:15 pm

yw

re6/18 pls?

6:17 pm

don't have itTO

ty sea

6:20 pm

I find this grid very challenging

6:20 pm

can anyone please help me with the last word I need - it is the el 7/28

one who does the el5 above it dal

me too sea spray. How are you all handling all that snow.

fireworks

6:24 pm

well red, went out today for awhile, the back roads are still quite bad, you can see where there were 10 to 15 foot drifts, my son was out pushing during the storms and he was telling us some tales this evening, unbelievable stuff! Now we are supposed to get another storm possibly Monday.

my mom sent photos of the drifts in Pennsyvania, close to the MD border, and I was so surprosed, looked like the sahara

CONGRATULATIONS TO

6:25 pm

wow TO congrats!

6:26 pm

where does your mom live red?

ty. maybe 4 inches overnight monday. maybe 6

they live close to Shippensburg PA>

6:32 pm

oh, ok

6:32 pm

Pfui. I thought the Winter Lolympics start tonight. Is that 7:30 Vancouver time? Then I will be sound asleep.

6:33 pm

it is on now inge

6:33 pm

Hi babble Land

6:33 pm

not here it isnt

no it shoul dbe on now, ski jumping ty for the reminder

6:34 pm

What channel SeapSpray?

terrible about the luger

6:34 pm

nbc?

yes

6:34 pm

yes TO- how awful

6:34 pm

very tragic

6:35 pm

thanks, we found it.

6:35 pm

yw

soem of them are sure they will go over 100 mph these games

6:35 pm

I have to wait 3 hours : (

yes too nad, dr. trying to figure it out, is there a delay?

6:36 pm

yes- They start at 730 out here too

interviews now but i think it will be jumping

gosh i love the winter games, there are no other games or me.

6:38 pm

I love the winter game too! So exciting

6:38 pm

and I love the ice skating as well

going now, may be back later. happy babbling to all

6:39 pm

Bye TO Enjoy

refresh!

6:40 pm

cool TO !

6:44 pm

Is eg8 in the dictionary?

6:46 pm

I guess what I'm asking for is a clue to eg8 if anyone has it.

to decorate a glass panel by painting on its back

6:46 pm

I do not have ot

6:46 pm

* it

I need help with eg8 please..

6:49 pm

Thank you TO. Got it.

i dont have it either, i could also use help

6:50 pm

eg8 -- e + ***ria Swanson (old movie star) + skinflint minus last letter

Thank you. Got it!

6:50 pm

hi all!

6:51 pm

my icon is a clue for eg8

6:54 pm

jilli... can you change your clue to the in8

thanks Jilli, my icon is the delta 5 rocket.

6:56 pm

in8 -- preliminary talk + ride a ho***

thanks Jilli!

6:57 pm

omg.. how did you find that?

6:57 pm

thank yo

Jilli, is you home close to Vancouver?

Ru I assume Dylan remains wonderful?

hello ru

6:59 pm

yup.. he is just about the most perfect dog

6:59 pm

yes, red, but not close enough -- long ferry ride, etc etc so I'll be waving my red mitts at the TV ;)

6:59 pm

HI TO...

sounds good Jilli! too cold outside anyway!

6:59 pm

ruru, I find things like that in morewords -- I'm no masochist

i eel as i i should be baking or somjething now that i have finished

ahh I wish I coudl say the same for Teulu, but I find Teulu is perfect for me.

TO! Make red wine biscuits!

7:01 pm

I still have 50 to go -- working on the Ms now

no red wine; are they sweet or savory?

they are an odd mix of savory and sweet, they are a little less sweet than a graham cracker, and really just perfect with wine or coffee...

do you have the mushrooms Jilli?

7:03 pm

Hello kids

would prefer italian wine cake

Scrabbs! congrats on your grouting!

7:03 pm

oh yes, thanks, red -- Ms mashed now

7:03 pm

Red, have you reclaimed your apartment?

hello scrabbler!

7:04 pm

Caulking, Red. It is a stall shower that my nephew uses. He is away for 6 days visiting his GF so I decided to re-caulk.

7:05 pm

Owl, is the shoveling done?

thanks to neighbors, yes, i i had to dig out that mess the township left me i would be digging until monday

but i am tired and quite listless. alarmingly so.

taken care of Scrabbs, for the moment, you can see earlier chog for details if need be....

7:07 pm

I am happy that a solution was found so promptly, Red.

oh red he is gone?

He went to see a family friend for a week and then decided to go see a cousin in Phoenix. And I hope he will come back and rent a hotel room...

I am feeling calmer, and the dog is acting a bit less nervy.

7:09 pm

hi again, everyone!

TO, I am sorry you are feeling so tired, snow, gray cold weather and heavy shovelign can take it out of a body!

good that will give you a nice break. how long was he your guest?

about 8 days.

hi dawg

7:09 pm

Anybody watching the Olympics? Here in Buffalo we also can watch the Toronto TV stations. The Canadians actually show more competition and less chit-chat etc

7:10 pm

hiyas, red

7:10 pm

Hi lbd

ty red. lots of stuf going on now.

I am watching, but here in Fl we cant watch the toronto stations, too bad!

7:10 pm

hi scrabs! i figured the opening ceremonies wouldn't be for another half hour, due to time zone

7:11 pm

I'm watching on CTV, scrabs ;)

7:11 pm

Anybody have the long an- words?

so sad about the luge situation.

7:11 pm

an8, one who does the an6.18

7:11 pm

Yay, Jill! I grew up watching CTV and CBC.

ok i am going (again) have fun all

7:12 pm

an 6 & 8 are religious oil-dabbings

i can't find my lexulous games on fb

7:12 pm

Bye Owl

My parents oddly, in Southern PA get the CBC on their satellite...

7:12 pm

scrb, my mother's family spent many years in Buffalo

7:12 pm

Yes, red, very tragic. Accident was horrific.

7:13 pm

night, TO

did they show it?

7:13 pm

yes, TO, on CTV. It was ghastly.

they did. It was not a dramatic accident, but I am not sure I think it was appropriate...to show it. what do you all think?

7:14 pm

Where, Jill?

oh my. why?

7:14 pm

Yes, Owl, I saw the video on the national news

well red anything goes now. anything. i gather he hit his head on the pole?

7:15 pm

I don't remember, Scrab. My aunt taught at a private school, I believe.

I dont know, he was wearing a helmet.

7:15 pm

His body slammed against some steel girders. I suspect a broken neck killed him instantly.

Yes, I suppose it would have been on Utube anyway.

ri 6/27 plz

the lugers say they think they will hit speeds of over 100 mph on this track.

I have liked the luge and the skelton...

7:17 pm

they have done over 150 kph

7:17 pm

There have been multiple accidents on the luge run and overseers are investigating

7:17 pm

67 ri6.27 is sleezy, or on the side of sleezy

7:17 pm

It's known to be a very dangerous luge run and very fast

it seems it does not have to be so open, but...hindsight is 20/20

7:18 pm

sleazy (in case the word is in the grid again)

tyvm Ibdawger

7:18 pm

*still thinking about religious painting for an6 and 8, and now sleezy*

during interviews the interviewee claimed the top 20 can handle that but he worried about those up and coming

7:19 pm

an6 is to be blessed

7:19 pm

not religious painting, scrabs -- applying oil to someone's forehead

the an I have is defined as this: state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.

7:19 pm

red, the blessing is the other an

7:20 pm

that's the an6.21

thanks Jilli, I just got it. I was looking for religious paintings as well...

the ice dancer agosto is my coworker's nephew

7:20 pm

the second an6 & 7 is an + buddhist word + that is.

neat TO!

7:21 pm

TY. I jumped from religious oil-dabbing to painting for some reason

Scrabbs, I did the same thing...

7:22 pm

I love ice dancing -- did some elementary stuff when I was young

interesting story about the japanaese american sisters all skating for other countries!

7:22 pm

Buddhist word, huh?

7:23 pm

c**e on, scrabs, you can find it!

7:23 pm

an + v**it or regurgitate, + two vowels

7:23 pm

ugh, lbd, lol!

7:23 pm

TY, dawg

7:24 pm

figured, scrabs would get the regurgitate! lol

neat Jilli.

I learned to skate in college, it was really fun, doubt I could do it now...

si 7/28 plz

by skate, I mean, go forward and backward thats all....

7:25 pm

cut of beef, 67. si7 steak

7:26 pm

I got as far as the paso doble if the instructor held on (he was a dreamboat)

7:26 pm

I use the word multiple times at the office. We always ask parents of infants if the babies regurgitate much. We try to normalize puking/spitting as parents get frantic about it

tyvm Ibd

7:26 pm

yeah, that's about all i did too, Red. figured skated on my behind otherwise

7:26 pm

yvw, 67

7:26 pm

We ice skated a lot as kids

I ws thrilled when I figured out how to go backwards....

7:27 pm

eg8 clue please

7:28 pm

eg + not hi + pro**** the moon

jillis icon is a clue.

7:29 pm

what about the moon?

7:29 pm

scrabbler, don't break a pro****

i learned to spin and tiny jumps but have not skated for years

7:30 pm

if you give your word, that's a pro****

7:30 pm

pronoun, protein...

7:30 pm

Sorry, I am brain dead and should give up

7:30 pm

Pro**** her anything

hi monkey!

7:31 pm

hi lil

7:31 pm

Got it now, ty

7:31 pm

evening all...

7:31 pm

I am high on wine and valentine candy (that i bought for myself since i am such a loser)

7:31 pm

I'll share with you lil*

7:32 pm

i got chocolate for myself too -- how else would you get the right chocolate?

7:32 pm

...taint no one buying me anything this year either ;)

stop that monkey. you are not.

7:32 pm

well that's one way of looking at it, shirlock

7:32 pm

i've had more anti-valentines day in my life than valentines

I sort of forgot the holiday, valentines.

7:32 pm

hey all....some tough words here....

7:33 pm

We had Secret Valentines in our office and I got yummy dark chocolate covered nuts. Heavenly!

stupid made up holiday

7:33 pm

Maybe that's why I buy myself my own chocolate all year long!

7:33 pm

hi jeff

stop now i want chocolate

7:33 pm

hi pini, hi jeff

7:33 pm

i'm celebrating chinese new year instead :) food's better (except for the chocolate of course)

7:34 pm

when do the olyumpic open ceremonies start?

7:34 pm

chocolate triffle in the pb. was a confused tiramisu recipe that i used.

7:34 pm

Apolo Ohno is so cute

7:34 pm

i have the right channel on, but they are just interviewing people... and YES apolo is adorable

7:34 pm

Tonight, monkey. NBC

ageed scrabbs, but do not let George hear you!

7:34 pm

yes scrabs, but what time

7:34 pm

I'll board the Ono train!

7:35 pm

George teased me and gave me a red rose yesterday. It is blooming in a vase here.

7:35 pm

i think he's a cutie too, scrabs

soon monkey, the guys on tv say soon.

7:35 pm

i'll take apolo ono on a train, with some of that triamasu triffle that lbd made

7:35 pm

30 min, monkey

monkey you had your portrait done? fab!

I only like the parade of nations all that other stuff, sort of annoys me

7:35 pm

lil 7:30 eastern

7:35 pm

what portrait

on fb?

7:35 pm

i just posted a camera pic, owl

7:35 pm

not really a portrait

it is nice. i want pix like nrk's

7:36 pm

you're going to make me go look now! :)

7:36 pm

ty owlie

7:36 pm

it was taken at work by my NCOIC, i have on a birthday tiara

ncoic?

it is your bday?

7:37 pm

non-commissioned officer in charge, it's an Army thing

7:37 pm

I just passed halfway so I am done here. Bye kids. See you tomorrow.

7:37 pm

no, this was in December, owl. I just now figured out how to email the pic from my phone to my email addy

doh! did you see my new NYE photo?

good night scrabbler.

7:38 pm

fun pick...I didn't know you were a princess tho! :)

7:38 pm

night scrab

7:38 pm

no haven't seen that... oh who is that girl on TV right now that looks like a blonde raggedy ann

7:39 pm

olympics are not on here yet

a think a snowboarder

7:39 pm

i do not see the opening ceremony, just blah blah interviews

wed at 10:10 my firend patti was tagged in a photo i am in

7:40 pm

they may be delayed due to the luge accident

7:40 pm

night night, scrabs

7:40 pm

i 'm not liking this grid!

they are to start per the talking heads

7:41 pm

whatcha need, lil

7:41 pm

oh, that was moving -- airmen flew the olympic rings over Kandahar

7:41 pm

does the list make the grid any easier?

7:41 pm

i'm going back to Lexulous... have fun everyone!

7:41 pm

yes, pini

7:41 pm

bye monkey

7:41 pm

bye, lil

7:41 pm

will consider it in 16 mo4 words

7:42 pm

will see you in a moment, lil* (after you take your turn) :)

7:42 pm

holler if you need clues, pini

bye monk and all.

7:42 pm

...sliding into the S words

7:42 pm

out 96 of 'em, lbd!

7:43 pm

I'm not picky!

I need 50 clues...and am also not picky...

7:45 pm

any clues available for se6/27?

7:45 pm

nm, got it

7:45 pm

there have been a few se*** to the first Star Wars movies

it would be a movie that follows the first movie jilli

7:46 pm

thx anyway, joey, and how are you doing?

7:47 pm

physically gettng better every day. Mentally the pits. my mom is in the hospital and the doctor today told me she is probably never coming home

7:47 pm

oh, joey, I'm sorry to hear that...

7:47 pm

thanks. this has been tough

7:48 pm

...about your mom, but pleased to hear you're getting better

7:48 pm

(((JOEY)))

7:49 pm

hi lbdawger. thanks for the hugs. i need a lot

7:49 pm

ea6.24, baby national bird

7:49 pm

en7, egress + not off

7:50 pm

the opening ceremonies start in 10 minutes -- I guess I'll be taking a break!

7:51 pm

thx for the en7 ;)

7:51 pm

ge6.24 ge + what you pay the landlord

7:51 pm

you're on a roll, lbd...keep it up!

7:51 pm

(still not picky here)

7:52 pm

gl6.24 gl**** in excelsis deo

7:52 pm

and it's pl ;)

7:52 pm

in8, prefix for begin + love flower without the O

7:52 pm

I need help with the mo 6/21 the last one

7:53 pm

Phillip Mo**** tobacco company

7:53 pm

thank you (takes a smoke)

7:53 pm

hey, ru...how's Little D?

7:54 pm

mi6, consume wrong

7:55 pm

he's fine.. pini.. the perfect child.. (not!)

7:55 pm

ne + ***l out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun

7:55 pm

* giggle * that's a puppy for ya!

7:55 pm

I can list, I can list!

7:56 pm

sq5.20 squ + **gs for breakfast

7:57 pm

you just keep throwin' those out, lbd!

7:58 pm

is the sm 5 a normal word?

7:59 pm

sorta

7:59 pm

sounds like a slang for ashes almost out

7:59 pm

or add an S to what lizards do with their skin

8:00 pm

jeezus save me

8:00 pm

sm5 has been in the grid

8:00 pm

* blink * huh?

8:00 pm

what'd I do?

8:00 pm

slow in responding here. sorry

8:00 pm

oh crap...there is no 10 letter word starting with EP!

8:01 pm

thank you pini..

8:02 pm

I have just about HAD it with this grid.

8:02 pm

...and now koda needs my undivided attention (or dinner)

8:02 pm

brb

8:03 pm

uh huh, pini, ep10 e + 3.14 + put the ***e in the coconut + weeping herb, o****.

8:04 pm

back in abit.

8:05 pm

I have the te plural 7/28 what is the other?

8:05 pm

thx lbd!!!!!!

8:08 pm

te + hook + crying vegetable (o****)

8:08 pm

got it.. thank you..

8:08 pm

:)

8:08 pm

just need the wa6/30 to finish

8:09 pm

don't have it yet, but will get my monkey on it right away!

8:10 pm

*likes Pini's monkey*

8:10 pm

;)

8:11 pm

wa plus ending to the crying veg

8:11 pm

thx, joey...that was my next one...

8:11 pm

thank you joey...

8:11 pm

(I was going to try)

8:11 pm

this is the slowest o canada i've ever heard

8:11 pm

thank you too pini...

8:11 pm

glad to help

8:16 pm

geez. ot

8:16 pm

geez, the olympics still hasn't started here. zzzzz

8:16 pm

no sign of them here yet, lbd :(

8:17 pm

opening ceremonies just started, natives and aborigines dancing in

8:17 pm

* sigh *

8:18 pm

see anything yet, pini?

8:18 pm

nuttin' honey

8:18 pm

time delay on the opening ceremony is stoopid.

8:18 pm

the networks here must be waiting for everyone to get home from work first :(

8:19 pm

where are you guys? EST is showing it now

8:19 pm

eastern standard time

8:19 pm

PST here

8:20 pm

i'm on mountain time, pini's on the west coast

8:20 pm

o

8:20 pm

EST here

8:20 pm

* sniffle * I'm behind everyone (along with my fellow WCBabblers)

8:20 pm

opening ceremonies are awesome so far

8:20 pm

dc...is that YOUR car???

8:20 pm

glad to hear, boo

8:20 pm

seriously? it's happening in your time zone and you're not seeing it?

8:21 pm

that's Tom's Acura CL

8:21 pm

that's right, shirl!

8:21 pm

well, we have at least an hour to babble then pini

8:21 pm

wow, dc...impressive blanket!!! ;)

8:21 pm

that we do, lbd!

8:22 pm

taht was last weekend's snowfall - 27 inches

8:22 pm

hello! have you heard we are to get 4-8 more inches of snow on Monday?

8:23 pm

hi phan ;)

8:23 pm

i have phan :/ and more yet on fri/sat

8:23 pm

tomorrow? or next weekend?

8:23 pm

I guess I'll have to live vicariously through your pics, dc...not a snowflake in sight over here this season!

8:23 pm

next weekend

8:23 pm

eq?

8:23 pm

Next weekend right? I heard that too

8:23 pm

I can't take it anymore

8:23 pm

did you have power/warmth through it all, phan?

8:24 pm

come on over to the dry side, phan!

8:24 pm

The kids wont be able to go to school until march at this rate

8:24 pm

Yes, we haven't lost power. We have underground lines here!

8:24 pm

how about you, DC?

8:24 pm

no school til tuesday here, best case

8:25 pm

same here!

8:25 pm

our power flickered once, but never went out. again, thanks to underground lines. Our complex conects directly to the substation at the bottom of the hill.

8:25 pm

Fauquier County cancelled the holiday and will open on Monday

8:25 pm

Frederick county felt it was too short notice to do that

8:25 pm

stupid!

8:26 pm

Good you didn't loose power. My mom had after the 1st storm!

8:26 pm

not sure if she lost it again

8:26 pm

she is Silver spring

8:26 pm

she came through alright?

8:26 pm

yeah, Silver Spring always dark when there's weather

8:26 pm

yes I didn't hear of it til after the fact

8:27 pm

are you in frederick cou. phan?

8:27 pm

yes. New Market, MD to be exact

8:27 pm

ah, westminster here

8:27 pm

how did you fair?

8:28 pm

we got about 46 inches or so with both storms, only lost power for about 10 minutes

8:28 pm

glad that you mostly had power, seaspray

8:29 pm

Good thing is wasn't worse!

8:29 pm

yes dc, many were without but not in our county

8:29 pm

I don't think we got that much snow, I think we were closer to 30 inches here

8:29 pm

we got 27 the 1st time and 8 the 2nd time. I'm in Reston.

8:30 pm

that's still a lot of snow in less than a week!

8:30 pm

indeed it is!

8:30 pm

dawg, we get 4 days - 2 past now - before next snow.

8:30 pm

shoot, we don't get that much snow here in my little valley.

8:30 pm

we got at least 10 the 2nd time, but with the wind hard to know exactly

8:30 pm

and southern Alabama got 5 inches today!

8:30 pm

those two storms are close to usual full inter of snow around her.

8:31 pm

yeah, the wind was FIERCE

8:31 pm

i heard, that DC. hope you get stocked up on the necessities. TP, and stuff.

8:31 pm

i had to dig out my car so Tom could got to work. The blowing snow stung like sand.

8:31 pm

we definitely got nailed, my son is a was running a huge loader to rescue stranded motorists and open roads, he said he went through some 15 foot drifts

8:31 pm

dallas, tx got over 10 inches! now that's weird!

8:31 pm

we did that prior to 1st storm. we were good for food to start. We got more canned stuff, in case power went out, as all elctric here.

8:32 pm

wow, dawg. that's a lot for there.

8:32 pm

SeaSpray, that's a mitvah on his part. May he be safe.

8:32 pm

amen to what DC said, sea

8:33 pm

er, a mitzvah :)

8:33 pm

ty dc, he has worked many, many long hours, he was out one time for 30 straight hours and is working as we type

8:34 pm

DC Metro was a mess today, you can read about it here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yl55aey

8:36 pm

I hope some of this melts before we get too much more, I can barely see up or down the road at the end of my driveway

8:37 pm

no, you can't see to make any turns at all!

8:37 pm

it's crazy!

8:37 pm

I don't know how places that get this all the time manage.

8:37 pm

yeah, the intersection are horrible for visibility. Tomorrow, i plan to finish digging out the fire hydrant next to my building. It's partly dug out now, but needs better access.

8:37 pm

and people do not slow down, very aggrevating.

8:37 pm

no people don't care!

8:38 pm

oh thats a good idea dc

8:38 pm

or don't think. One of the 2

8:38 pm

I lived through a winter like this in Boston. We had 1 snow day - the day we got 3 feet overnight.

8:38 pm

<-- used to live in Alaska...

8:38 pm

wake up and shovel the snow, come home and shovel the snow, shovel the snow and go to bed is the rhythm of life :)

8:38 pm

Maine doesn't plow mostly, they tamp and sand.

8:38 pm

it sucks!

8:38 pm

how was that, PINI

8:38 pm

I guess if its an every day thing you learn to adapt

8:39 pm

but my dog and cat are still confused lol

8:39 pm

just dandy, dc...used to build snow tunnels and caves!

8:39 pm

i can imagine, sea :)

8:40 pm

my dog adores the weather!

8:40 pm

which part of AK?

8:40 pm

yup, pretty much, get up shovel the snow, get ready for work, shovel the snow, get home shovel the snow.

8:40 pm

Fairbanks

8:40 pm

ah, UA?

8:41 pm

UA?

8:41 pm

University of Alaska?

8:41 pm

i'm confused

8:41 pm

no...Immaculate Conception Elementary

8:41 pm

lol, pini

8:42 pm

ah, spent your early years there, or were teacher?

8:42 pm

there for ages 5, 6, 7

8:42 pm

that must've been rather fun at that age

8:44 pm

'twas :)

8:46 pm

hey, the old gut is making noises, best go forage for some viddles...back soon

8:46 pm

njoy :)

8:47 pm

my computer just made an obscene noise! can computers fart?

8:48 pm

yes, LBD. usually that means you hit an invalid keyboard command accidentally, or entered too much data at once via keyboard

8:48 pm

it can mean in internal OS error, assuming it's Windoze

8:49 pm

it's windoze...but i didn't hit any keys.

8:49 pm

that usually means that you're low on virtual memory, regular memory, disk space, or some other internal error then.

8:50 pm

or your cat strolled across the keyboard :)

8:50 pm

no cat, so how do i check on the memory?

8:51 pm

ctrl+alt+delete then choose .... trying to recall term....

8:52 pm

system monitor!

8:52 pm

DC, i think you just need to move next door to me, so you can fix my computer. i'll trade you for snow shoveling!

8:52 pm

center bottom button, if i recall

8:52 pm

heh :)

8:52 pm

button in the pop-up that is

8:53 pm

he gave us the whole sp5, but we still didn't buy any.

8:53 pm

no system monitor button

8:54 pm

what's the bottom center button? Been a while since i've been in Windows

8:54 pm

only button on the bottom says end process

8:55 pm

ah, click on upper right tab

8:55 pm

that should show processor and memory charts

8:55 pm

tabs on top read: application, processes, prfromance, networking and users

8:55 pm

performance :)

8:56 pm

no buttons.

8:56 pm

right, but should be charts?

8:56 pm

one per processor at top, and memory data to lower left, if i recall

8:56 pm

yes, charts

8:57 pm

cpu usage, and pf usage

8:57 pm

nothing with a straight line near top?

8:57 pm

hi all

8:57 pm

hi,jmc

8:57 pm

jmc, check this out about metro this AM: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yl55aey

8:57 pm

I am on a Friends' apple because I want to suck here into babbleland

8:58 pm

LOL jmc

8:58 pm

page file usage has line about 2/3- 3/4 of the way to the top. cpu is at the top

8:58 pm

hi again, jmc

8:58 pm

that's the problem, then. Next, pleas click on applications and make sure nothing is 'not responding', pls

8:58 pm

hello 103 to go

8:58 pm

how do you copy on an apple

8:59 pm

who's going to light the torch? i wonder!

8:59 pm

Hi jmc

8:59 pm

command C - that's the bottun with the apple on it

8:59 pm

Hi Carol

8:59 pm

i hear rumour is Gretzky

8:59 pm

babble is running and definition is running

8:59 pm

evening, wht

8:59 pm

i think that's too obvious

8:59 pm

hi, babblers! greetings from pine lake!

9:00 pm

hi whit, hi harp

9:00 pm

hi welki

9:00 pm

next then, click on process and sort by CPU usage (click again if low-to high to get high-to-low) what's using most CPU?

9:00 pm

hi, welki

9:00 pm

you're probably right, jane

9:02 pm

what is mrt.exe?

9:02 pm

Microsofet Malicious Sofware Removal Tool

9:03 pm

svchost.exe

9:03 pm

mrt.exe - highlight by clicking and click End Process, and say yes when it asks if you're sure, pls

9:03 pm

svchost needed for internet

9:05 pm

120 left to go. I doubt that I will finish

9:05 pm

eg8?

9:05 pm

i just listed with 58 to go.

9:06 pm

mrt.exe is gone now.

9:06 pm

go ahead and close that window, and you should be good to go, then, i think.

9:06 pm

xxooxx, DC

9:06 pm

my pleasure :)

9:07 pm

eg + no hi + pro**** her anything

9:07 pm

okay, appears that we are now getting to watch the opening ceremonies. back in a bit.

9:07 pm

njoy

9:08 pm

chee would never have gotten that, thx lbd

9:12 pm

in8?

9:13 pm

in8 means Facing or turned inwards or towards an axis

9:13 pm

ty lbd

9:14 pm

it's my icon

9:14 pm

way cool, harp :)

9:15 pm

well except it's sort of cheating cuz it actually spells it out

9:15 pm

night all, must get up early tomorrow

9:15 pm

did anyone notice the harp in the opening ceremonies?

9:19 pm

no TV, so i've not seen it, jane

9:19 pm

i would like to know who lights torch, though, pls :)

9:22 pm

not getting that in8 clue ...

9:23 pm

in5duction, then like mo5 code at end

9:23 pm

thx dc

9:25 pm

g'night seaspray

9:25 pm

good night gracy i am going to get on my own coputer

9:26 pm

ir6?

9:29 pm

hasta, jmc

9:30 pm

looking, shirlock

9:31 pm

one who ir4s their clothes

9:32 pm

from bottom I

9:34 pm

i can't believe i missed that! thx again dc

9:34 pm

yvw :)

9:35 pm

en7?

9:36 pm

looking, harp...

9:36 pm

extend en5

9:37 pm

back...

9:37 pm

wb, pini

9:38 pm

have I missed much?

9:38 pm

nope, just some cluing :)

9:39 pm

Oh, the O started here about 8 mins ago! :) (finally)

9:39 pm

hi again

9:39 pm

wb, jmc

9:39 pm

hi jmc!

9:39 pm

yep. i've no TV, so would like to hear who lights torch.

9:40 pm

will see what I can do, dc!

9:40 pm

alas i did not capture another Friends' fancy with babble

9:40 pm

:-(

9:41 pm

huh?

9:41 pm

oh?

9:41 pm

wht and I are at a meeting together and we speculated who we could entice into the grid

9:41 pm

oh, how fun!

9:42 pm

but enable frustrated her so no go

9:42 pm

oh, neat

9:42 pm

yeah, that scares a number away

9:42 pm

on the other hand we will be starting a game of lexulous soon

9:42 pm

there ya go!

9:42 pm

she kept typing real words and they were not accepted

9:42 pm

jmc...do we still have any games going?

9:43 pm

yes i think we have two going

9:43 pm

i have been tied up in meetings pretty much all day so i would have to look to see where we are

9:43 pm

ok...just checking! :)

9:44 pm

don't worry about it now...we have a grid to do!

9:45 pm

omg i just found out that my husband's boston bramham family made its money in the opium trade!!!

9:45 pm

oh my, jmc! (score!)

9:46 pm

no more looking down their boston noses at me! lol

9:46 pm

way cool, jmc!

9:46 pm

how many pini?

9:46 pm

ROFL

9:46 pm

48 to go

9:47 pm

hi everyone

9:47 pm

hi DR!

9:47 pm

my MIL annotated make way for ducklings because it took place where she grew up in Boston next door to the upstart kennedys

9:47 pm

hi DR

9:47 pm

Hi Pini@ and JMC

9:47 pm

87 to go :-(

9:47 pm

silly meetings

9:48 pm

we can do it!!!

9:48 pm

109 to go UGH

9:48 pm

probably not for me tonight since I need to get up early

9:48 pm

we can still do it!!!

9:48 pm

but it's saturday!!!

9:49 pm

i have meetings tomorrow (and must strip and make the bed at the retreat center) and then drive back to DC

9:50 pm

this is part of why i feel no guilt at babbling during work

9:50 pm

safe travels, JMC. 4-8 inches forecast for Monday here, FYI

9:50 pm

oy

9:50 pm

I know and that is the day I was picking up tents for Haiti

9:51 pm

8 hours drive, jm?

9:51 pm

may the snow start lightly, and moderately late, that you may pick them up

9:51 pm

about that welki

9:51 pm

and not be so bad I can't ship them the next day!

9:51 pm

may it be so, jmc

9:52 pm

ah heck i am listing

9:52 pm

list is working for me!!!

9:52 pm

(if Koda would be a good boy)

9:52 pm

te7 help please

9:53 pm

I do try to wait until 1/2 way

9:53 pm

pl towel cloth

9:53 pm

ty

9:53 pm

the other is te + hook + crying onion - first o

9:54 pm

oh, crap...meant to say crying vegetable!

9:54 pm

lol- ty

9:54 pm

well i got it anyway pini!

9:54 pm

;)

9:56 pm

clue please for the in 8/40.

9:56 pm

sm5, pls?

9:57 pm

in5 + flower - o

9:57 pm

s + what a lizard does with its skin

9:57 pm

in8=begining +ride a cock h****

9:57 pm

danke

9:57 pm

bitte

9:58 pm

i got 3 from that, thx again

9:58 pm

ty

9:58 pm

;)

9:59 pm

an 5/10?

9:59 pm

thanks jm

9:59 pm

crying vegetable ending after the a

9:59 pm

yw

9:59 pm

an + spanish cheer

10:00 pm

an6 after my an5 clue, just add a cross

10:00 pm

it's very cold tonight again. water on roads was refreeing only 2h after sun went down.

10:00 pm

ty dc

10:01 pm

getting 2nd's...and then releasing koda...brb

10:02 pm

an6?

10:02 pm

sort of like enemy, jmc

10:04 pm

ty dc

10:06 pm

yvw

10:07 pm

el7?

10:07 pm

no t.v. here .. has the olympic cauldron been lit? by whom, please

10:07 pm

no fire yet

10:08 pm

one who el5

10:08 pm

not in PST yet welki

10:08 pm

ty bo

10:08 pm

not on my tv.

10:08 pm

we have live broadcast. even here in the East, pini :)

10:08 pm

1st in5, please *getting fish ready*

10:08 pm

Neon is an in5 gas

10:09 pm

in*** object

10:09 pm

oh fer pete's sakes *slaps herself*

10:10 pm

has jacula been online? i wonder if she's doing well, she had some tests to take at the lab

10:11 pm

hi welki

10:11 pm

i've not seen her in a couple of days

10:11 pm

I haven't seen her yet tonight, welki

10:11 pm

el7??

10:11 pm

don't have it yet, jmc :(

10:11 pm

one who EL5

10:12 pm

don't have the el5 yet :(

10:12 pm

i had just thought of that dc ty

10:12 pm

hi again, jm

10:13 pm

gl5/14?

10:14 pm

(can you tell I am tired?)

10:14 pm

don't gl5 when you win

10:14 pm

one who brags? (not plural)

10:14 pm

ty ty

10:15 pm

*lights grill for the fish*

10:15 pm

* looks for tarter sauce * (I didn't have it either)

10:15 pm

mo6 dancing

10:15 pm

tartar sauce

10:16 pm

mosh dancing?

10:16 pm

mo6 (the cat) dancing is a type of English folk dance

10:16 pm

mosh is only 4 letters

10:16 pm

*stomps her clogs and jingles her bellls*

10:16 pm

<-- has no clue

10:17 pm

mosh dancing is the pits

10:17 pm

i gave a double clue there.... meow meow meow meow

10:17 pm

ok, time to release the beast...un momento por favor...

10:17 pm

claro que sí

10:17 pm

phillip mo6 sells cigarrettes

10:18 pm

ty DC

10:18 pm

moine

10:18 pm

oops

10:18 pm

oh, have that one...sorry!

10:18 pm

happily, i typoed it

10:18 pm

but it doesn't work :-(

10:18 pm

phillip mo6 was once the largest employer in Virginia.

10:19 pm

how many, jmc?

10:19 pm

JMC, you heard that Meyer Emco is closing, starting at 50% off?

10:19 pm

didn't know that but can't say i am surprised

10:19 pm

no really?

10:19 pm

what do I need. . . . *dreams*

10:20 pm

really. http://www.myer-emco.com/

10:20 pm

i've 17 left

10:20 pm

we can do it!!!!

10:21 pm

go dc go

10:21 pm

60 left

10:21 pm

73

10:21 pm

24 here

10:22 pm

go DR go

10:22 pm

go pini go

10:23 pm

eg8 help?

10:24 pm

eg+I **ve you + keep your pro****s

10:24 pm

g'night folks .. gotta go change the line on my fishing rod for tomorrow

10:24 pm

eg8: A type of reverse painting on glass.

10:24 pm

g'night welki.

10:24 pm

bye welki

10:24 pm

ty JMC and DC- got it

10:25 pm

yw

10:28 pm

firewords

10:29 pm

whooo hooo dc!

10:29 pm

wtg DC 1

10:30 pm

thanks, yall

10:30 pm

May I please have a clue for wa6-30? Thanks

10:31 pm

wa+ crying veggie

10:31 pm

back

10:31 pm

wtg dc!

10:31 pm

ty and that leaves 50 and I leave you all!

10:31 pm

Thanks, DR1965.

10:32 pm

yvw

10:32 pm

sorry pini but i am beat tonight

10:32 pm

g'night jmc! well done!

10:32 pm

*poof*

10:34 pm

for the slow of mind and slow of thought - what the h*** is a "crying veggie" (or onion, for that matter)?

10:35 pm

it a little ball that comes in at least three colors (red, white, and yellow) that makes you cry when you cut it ;)

10:35 pm

er...it is a ...

10:35 pm

phantom: Elmo!

10:36 pm

yeah - i got the onion part - must be well past my bedtime...

10:36 pm

* giggle *

10:36 pm

the last 4 letters of it seem to be common in this grid ;)

10:36 pm

wanoin

10:37 pm

that would be one of them!

10:37 pm

nice job Bo!

10:37 pm

i does what i can with what i got (not much) :)

10:38 pm

nice job, Popeye!

10:40 pm

you still here dc??

10:40 pm

hello dear all! taking it easy tonight, took a nap, watched some TV... ate a lovely soup Tom put together. I love Friday evenings...

10:41 pm

YAY popeye?

10:41 pm

hiya stid...feeling better?

10:41 pm

Hi Stid! How are you feeling?

10:41 pm

really slow connection !

10:41 pm

I am very much improved today DR, thanks. The head hardly hurts at all and the allergic reaction is nearly gone, too.

10:41 pm

how are you? how's Jake?

10:41 pm

good to hear, stid! :)

10:42 pm

si7? fish?

10:42 pm

hi stid, pini, DR, bo and everyone

10:42 pm

hi west ;)

10:42 pm

we are good thanks- found out they got 2nd place at the bowling tournament last week

10:43 pm

Hi Westie!

10:43 pm

not a fish pini a nice piece of meat

10:43 pm

woo hoo Jake! that was his first tournament, right?

10:43 pm

thanks for that one west!

10:43 pm

DR we never seem to be on at the same time any more

10:43 pm

* pulling out grill *

10:43 pm

yes- he and his Dad

10:43 pm

yw stid and pini

10:44 pm

congrats to the boys, DR

10:44 pm

I know Westie- I have been on less

10:44 pm

I'm watching the opening ceremonies what a great show

10:44 pm

ty Pini!

10:44 pm

they haven't started here yet :(

10:44 pm

did you nearly get washed away with all that rain?

10:45 pm

soon, I think pini

10:45 pm

you'll like it pini

10:45 pm

no- We were ok here... but it was pretty crazy

10:45 pm

if they ever start, west!

10:45 pm

They have been showing interviews and stuff but no opening ceremony yet

10:45 pm

I think at 9 Pini

10:45 pm

* sits next to DR and stid to watch *

10:46 pm

I think so, too, DR

10:46 pm

ri6?

10:46 pm

sexy Pini

10:46 pm

nm... got it

10:46 pm

glad that you're doing better, stid

10:46 pm

it's ooh la la pini

10:46 pm

and a little cheap

10:46 pm

lol

10:46 pm

dc...can I get a clue for that elusive el5?

10:46 pm

a ri6 outfit

10:47 pm

thx gang

10:47 pm

Hi again everybody. We went to a musical at church and it was very enjoyable; now I still have 60 words to find (if I don't fall asleep before midnight

10:47 pm

hi seain didn't see you

10:47 pm

thanks seain, me too. I hope to get everything necessary done this weekend... and read ahead just a little.

10:47 pm

hey Nef!

10:47 pm

hi, nef :)

10:47 pm

I am down to 112. not sure why I started...

10:47 pm

Hi Nef

10:47 pm

i just came back from answering a poll about English usage

10:48 pm

because you're a glutton for punishment, stid! :)

10:48 pm

you'll do it stid there is a valid list

10:48 pm

tha's prolbly it, pini. and my braincells r ded!

10:48 pm

seain I read too quickly and thought you typed sausage

10:49 pm

LOL

10:49 pm

Lickety got me to the end

10:50 pm

congrats Seain and everyone else wo've finished

10:50 pm

hi nef and ty

10:51 pm

* ame enjoying the new version of We Are The World *

10:51 pm

we watched the strangest movie tonight Surrogates

10:51 pm

this song still gets to me Pini

10:52 pm

remember the first one pini? that was so amazing

10:52 pm

definitely, DR!

10:52 pm

was it good, west?

10:52 pm

I asked them to turn the sound down. It's annoying, loud, repetitive and percussive. From the other room.

10:52 pm

Pini and west, I'm not sure which of those sounds odder! :-)

10:52 pm

or5?

10:52 pm

I liked it when it first came out, but it's so overused.

10:52 pm

May I please have a clue for ep10-84? Thanks.

10:52 pm

it wasn't bad had Bruce Willis as a human and Bruce Willis with a blonde wig as his 'unit'

10:52 pm

or 5 is the root that is used in perfume, pini

10:53 pm

oh my, west!

10:53 pm

um- ok Westie

10:53 pm

filmed mostly in Boston so we liked that

10:53 pm

ep 10??? *faint*

10:53 pm

my husband picked it out

10:53 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:53 pm

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

10:53 pm

sigh. Tom brought home some oyster mushrooms yesterday, which i planned to cook tomorrow, but they're already mouldy

10:54 pm

hi, minver

10:54 pm

hey min! welcome to the grid!

10:54 pm

fine here min how are you?

10:54 pm

don't you just hate that

10:54 pm

ep* pen + tart green fruit (less last vowel) + last of crying vegetable

10:54 pm

hi min ;)

10:54 pm

ick, how disappointing, seain. I love oyster mushrooms!

10:54 pm

hi Min

10:54 pm

(can you dummy down the or5, stid?)

10:55 pm

thanks pini! :-D

10:55 pm

plaster of or5 ;)

10:55 pm

danke ;)

10:55 pm

if you look at my icon clue and leave off the first letter pini you'll have it

10:55 pm

I needed all the help I could get with that one myself, stid!

10:56 pm

thx west ;)

10:56 pm

dc, did I miss the clue for the el5?

10:56 pm

Asking myself the same question stidmama is,why did I start this? Only stidmama has a good excuse, she is a whiz at babbling and I am not!Oh well.I have 22 left

10:56 pm

4 mins until the opening starts!

10:56 pm

am8?

10:56 pm

you can do it, min!!!

10:56 pm

I have 44 left

10:56 pm

I still have 10 and am going to be distracted here momentarily! :(

10:56 pm

an8?

10:56 pm

and I'm watching the lighting of the cauldron

10:57 pm

the person who drops oil on someone's forehead

10:57 pm

I am only going to halfway today min and then going to sleep.

10:57 pm

an8 - one who puts oil on your forehead

10:57 pm

oh, so not fair, west!

10:57 pm

* snap * dc ;)

10:57 pm

wow. The League of Washington Theatres is offering some great discounts on shows due to the snow.

hi guys. anyone need clues?

10:57 pm

I won't tell

10:57 pm

harp, an 8 is the person who blesses others. Don't forget the an6 which is the blessing

10:57 pm

(as in Washington, DC)

10:57 pm

thanks for the AN

10:58 pm

hey Do Do! how's you today?

10:58 pm

hi adhd

10:58 pm

I need one more tile for NBT...

10:58 pm

hi, adhd

10:58 pm

en5/12, /10?

10:58 pm

there. NBT

10:58 pm

which one, stid?

10:58 pm

nm, you got it ;)

spent hours in the dentist chair, swollen hurting face. first sunny day and that's how i spent it poo

10:59 pm

gj stid !!

10:59 pm

did your ice pack help?

10:59 pm

sorry, adhd! hope you feel better soon!

10:59 pm

oooh

still loopy from the drugs, but it feels better.still using ice

10:59 pm

wow ADHD! ((gentle hugs))

got a ti nkerbell booboo icepack

and a nemo one too lol

11:00 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the eg 8/55 word please

11:00 pm

oh my...I didn't know how bad the luge accident was :(

11:00 pm

not the ubiquitous bag of frozen peas?

11:00 pm

eg + no hi + alt spelling of small rodent (not rat)

11:00 pm

they had a moment of silence for the Russian it was very moving

eg + opp of hi + scrooge minus last letter

11:01 pm

yes, it's very sad pini. I am not going to watch these games anyway...

11:01 pm

it is terrible Pini! They were showing the video and I had to turn it off

11:01 pm

he wasn't russian, west. He was Georgian. very different.

11:01 pm

let the ceremonies begin!

11:01 pm

teh US team is wearing black armbands due to the accident.

11:01 pm

Thank you for the eg8/55 clue.I just found the word.

they showed the video??? i was asleep thru it

11:01 pm

I remember Vancoouver from Going there for EXPO

11:01 pm

(with a moment of silence as it should!)

recorded... i'll watch it tomorrow

11:02 pm

I went to EXPO in Vancouver!!!!

11:02 pm

I know stid but I thought if I said Georgian...

11:02 pm

seriously??!??

i've never been to vancouver... on our trip to port angeles we didn't have time

11:02 pm

seriously who, DR?

11:02 pm

you!

11:03 pm

I want to visit vancouver

11:03 pm

I know westford... if it helps, the proper word for the country transliterates as sakartvelo.

11:03 pm

I told my parents to leave me there

11:03 pm

you go to pt angeles????

11:03 pm

I thought it was beautiful

11:03 pm

YES, DR! I was really there!

11:03 pm

*thinking about meetups*

11:03 pm

(that was back in the day - 80's)

11:03 pm

yes- High school

11:04 pm

yeah, stid...we all need to figure out just WHERE we're going to do this meet up...I need to start saving!

11:04 pm

we didn't go to expo... didn't have enough money.

11:04 pm

that's right, you're younger than I am !

11:04 pm

We stayed at a Hari Krishna type place that had a time share

11:04 pm

saving??? why?

my hubs was in the coast guard and stationed in pt angeles and kodiak alaska. my son married a girl from WA, had sm wedding there. we took a few extra days so hubs could show me where he lived, etc.

11:04 pm

thanks for that stid I tend to lump places together

11:04 pm

Does anybody still want a clue for the ep10/84 word?

11:05 pm

very cool! I like Pt Angeles. It's still so much a working town, but also pretty.

and they're still doing the my olympus bike race there

11:05 pm

well, it's not a day trip for me, stid...

11:05 pm

Yes, please.

my hubs and few friends started that event in the early 80s and now i guess it's a big deal

11:05 pm

((west)) it's easy to do. personally, if it's in "Africa" I stop listening... which I know isn't right, but my brain just can't hold all the names straight at all.

11:05 pm

oooh, love that lady's suit!

11:05 pm

so? you stay with us! *pout*

11:05 pm

ep10/84 is ep + vowel + li4/5 word + charged particle

11:06 pm

Yes, Min, please.

11:06 pm

DR our son-in-law is riding in the 80 for Haiti bike ride

11:06 pm

well, stid, I wasn't assuming anything...

11:06 pm

OR, we just stay up all night talking in Denny's. I don't care...

11:06 pm

...and there is the factor of gas, too

11:06 pm

WOW- Good for Him Westie! someone at work is doing it too

11:06 pm

it's going to be crowded, but you-all are ALWAYS welcome. we'll figure it out.

11:07 pm

I could bring a tent!

11:07 pm

that is cool west. what a great thing to be able to do.

11:07 pm

all the entrance fees are going to the Mercy corps

11:07 pm

wish him well for me, west! (I used to tour cycle)

11:07 pm

We actually have a tent! not entirely sure where at the moment... LOL

11:07 pm

And yes, gapeach1066, it is a real word according to enable: the layer of water above the thermocline (in certain lakes).

11:07 pm

but there's time!

hubs rode his bike across the US when he got out of the coast guard. from pt angeles to houlton maine; took him 2 months

11:07 pm

I'll pass your good wishes along

what's enable?

11:07 pm

My big tent will hold up to 8!

11:08 pm

just in case we need the extra room!

11:08 pm

gee, he must have been pretty "buff" ADHD!

11:08 pm

Enable: official dictionary for Babble ADHDWordlover

11:08 pm

en5/12?

11:08 pm

AD what a fun thing to do did you know him then?

actually he WAS before his trip. afterwards he was bone skinny and hasn't been able to gain weight since.

i met him less that a year after he got back. he stayed w/his sisters in maine, then came to ct

11:09 pm

nm, got it!

11:09 pm

oh, no! too much exercise, not enough carbs and protein?

my son (8 at the time) fixed me up w/my hubs

11:09 pm

en 5/12: I am glad this is not an en***ous grid Pinikula

11:10 pm

this young girl has a beautiful voice

11:10 pm

wow, that's a slow O Canada!

11:10 pm

don't forget plurals pini

11:10 pm

I was thinking that Pini

11:10 pm

good voice, but sooooo slow!

11:10 pm

:-D good for your son!

he packed energy bars, etc, but the pace he kept was too much

11:10 pm

I am glad it's slow, it sounds nice.

11:10 pm

tr 6/18...?

what is enable?

11:10 pm

middle en5/10?

11:10 pm

enable = babble "dictionary"

11:11 pm

Enable: official dictionary for Babble ADHDWordlover

11:11 pm

tr 6 I just got is a music group that ends with two consonants

someone said, sounds like fun, but he said thru the desert was long and lonely; the second time he did it he took the train thru desert and extra long stretches of nothingness

11:11 pm

en 5/10: what you do when you first go to a college.

11:11 pm

en5 in school - canadian/brit spelling

11:11 pm

sammy plural of the tr 5/10 which is a group of three with a consonant

11:11 pm

danke!

11:12 pm

en 5/10: what you do when accepted into a college.

11:12 pm

it looks like a plural word, sammysmom -- maybe someone else can clarify my confuszzling clue

11:12 pm

oh. west already did! LOL

11:12 pm

an6/21?

11:12 pm

guess that's my signal. I just realized I am well past halfway.

11:12 pm

probably time to turn in.

11:12 pm

I didn't realize you had clued it

11:12 pm

li5/10?

but if you click on a ? you're sent to dictionary.com

11:13 pm

oh, stid...you whiz you...well done...sleep well!

11:13 pm

stid before you go I need to run something by you for your opinion

11:13 pm

that's enable for ya, adhd

li + babblers never get enough **eep

11:13 pm

I want to pre-invite folks who will be close to Tacoma or Olympia to get in touch if you want to have coffee together or something.

11:13 pm

That li 5/10 word is l plus that is 4/4 word Pinikula.

11:13 pm

okay west. I can hold on

11:14 pm

thx (would never have gotten that one on my own)

11:14 pm

the high school in the next town which is one square mile has had a terrible graduation rate..apparently only 50% of the students graduate

11:14 pm

that was a good clue ADHD

11:14 pm

oh gee. not a good rate!

11:14 pm

oh my, west!

11:14 pm

the new superintendent is planning to fire all 70 teachers

11:14 pm

and how many drop out before they even get to high school?

i'd love to take a trip to WA in warmer weather; we were there april 3 (10 yrs ago)... couldn't get up the mountain, it was blocked with snow

11:14 pm

how can that help the students to succeed?

11:15 pm

oh wow! all of 'em?

11:15 pm

ouch. is he sure it's a teacher- problem? and not a lack of room/support staff/interventions for housing, food, abuse...

11:15 pm

yes pini they are all getting pink slips on Feb. 23rd

11:15 pm

she

11:15 pm

Snohomish!!! I used to live near Snohomish!!! woot woot!

that's horrible

11:15 pm

wow

11:16 pm

(oh, sorry...slightly distracted with the opening)

11:16 pm

it seems the worst of the current trend is "blaming" rather than looking for systemic interactions that could be altered.

11:16 pm

the city now has a very large immigrant population so the life at home for a lot of these kids is probably not ideal

aw... eight below is on

11:16 pm

My heart says that she is desperate and (like many) feeling the pressure from non-educators to make drastic changes.

11:17 pm

I would look at curriculum, at the expectations for work (if students need to work for money outside of school, heavy homework loads are not reasonable)...

sounds like the medical field... nonmedical execs making decisions that should be made by medical pros

11:18 pm

however, the cynical side of me is thinking it might be a ploy to rehire teachers with less expensive compensation packages.

11:18 pm

the teachers' union is objecting of course but here's the clincher the teachers are not willing ( or able ) to be there before and after school for extra help and do not want to help with extra cir. activites

sry... i've only got half of the conversation; are schools closing? or just teacher cutback so kids education is compromised

11:18 pm

anyway, from a first-thought basis, that is how I "feel"

11:19 pm

did I mss the an6 clue?

11:19 pm

teachers should not HAVE to do that, west. The school should be able to hire para-educators or supplemental teachers. To be honest, a full-time teaching position takes plenty of time anyway, adding additional duties is not for everyone.

11:20 pm

(side note: loving the native dress/costumes of these first dancers)

11:20 pm

I think it is a question of money stid

11:20 pm

does that help, west?

we just had a big cut in our one and only school... paraprofessionals were cut, but... there's only 83 kids in the school!

11:20 pm

well, if it's a question of money... then the district needs to look at every option of course.

11:20 pm

I can remember all my teachers being there before and after school

agree stid... our system kept the paras for the classrooms w/more kids and for the kids who need extra help

11:21 pm

however no married woman were ever hired

how old r u west? things change and not always for the better

11:21 pm

however, making class sizes larger NEVER helps; and removing programs like art, shop and drama can drain all the joy out of school for kids who are academically marginal

11:21 pm

Thanks, Min. It took a while...the ep.

11:21 pm

we had one teacher in our high school Mrs. Hogan and she was a 'permanent' substitute

11:21 pm

That an6/18 word means to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to DR1965.

11:21 pm

yw gapeach1066

11:22 pm

a local district to me is having some trouble with both student retention and meeting the silly "

11:22 pm

it's really such a sad situation all around

11:22 pm

li4/5?

11:22 pm

"annual yearly progress" (AYP) that the gov't imposed.

11:22 pm

ty Min

11:22 pm

they are having to look at many options, too. but if they are required to have "fully qualified teachers" they need to be prepared to treat them like the professionals they are. imho...

first li4/5 the fruit w/a consonant last ltr instead of vowel

11:23 pm

LOL and so you have found one of my "hot button" issues!

11:23 pm

yw

11:23 pm

thx ;)

yw pini

11:23 pm

Geez, I just realized I'm reading chat more than finding words. And napping in between! I think it's time to go to bed.

11:23 pm

so it's rough, staying within budget and meeting the many needs of a diverse student population.

i keep wanting to call you Pinki

11:23 pm

hey again Nef! *hands teddy bear and warm milk*

11:24 pm

hi/bye Nef!

11:24 pm

(5 to go)

nitey nite nef

11:24 pm

sweet dreams Nef.

11:24 pm

so many teachers say they don't teach now just feed the students information

go pini go

11:25 pm

lo7?

forgive me for not doing any jumping cheers tonite

11:25 pm

that's the other concern, of course, the "teacher-proofing" of curricula - totally scripted lessons that teachers are required to follow. For that, you don't need professionals, you need trained monkeys!

double the middle consonant of the lo6/18

11:25 pm

plural of british trucks pini

11:26 pm

I'll add my 2 cents to your conversation on teachers: I was raised by one (well actually when I was young, she was County Supt. of Schools); but I have a lot of respect for the amount of hours they put in each day.

11:26 pm

thx adhd

11:26 pm

An lo7/28 is lo6/18 with an extra hook letter Pinikula

11:26 pm

and west

11:26 pm

thanks for the LO words!

11:26 pm

nef this isn't against teachers by any means

11:27 pm

they are unsung heros

11:27 pm

As far as the supt. firing all of the teachers; I wonder if they get to rebid on their jobs? A lot of hospitals have doe that to nurses with restructuring, etc.

11:27 pm

en6 before come in?

11:27 pm

I don't think that's the case but it may be

11:27 pm

plural of join

11:27 pm

The en6/18 word is plural of the en5/10 word DR1965

en6 to sign up for classes minus last ltr

11:28 pm

mo5/12?

sry plural

11:28 pm

For nurses, the rebid means changes in rules and patient ratios. More work; less pay.

11:28 pm

ty - got it

11:28 pm

May I please have a clue for te5-10 the 1st? Thannks

mo5/12 french for "me" + do ** mi

11:29 pm

well, my eyeballs are now as tired as my brain. heading to the land of fantasies about perfect classrooms, sunny days, and patient parents...

11:29 pm

thx ADHD!

11:29 pm

mo 5:actress mo**a Kelly, change a to different vowel

11:29 pm

And with that; I'm off to bed. Good night and good luck all

11:29 pm

night nef!!!

11:29 pm

((((hugs and choclit for all)))) see you tomoorrow. *poof*

11:29 pm

(3 to go)

11:29 pm

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

11:29 pm

night stid!

11:29 pm

dreams are nice stid and thanks very much for your input

11:29 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

11:29 pm

THREE??? *sits and waits for pini by the exit door*

11:30 pm

Go Pinikula go!

11:30 pm

oh, sorry, stid!

te5/10 te + don't strain, you could get a her***

11:30 pm

re5/10 (1st)

11:30 pm

don't be sorry, be fast! *yawn*

11:30 pm

did someone clue the tr 6/18? if so i missed it help please

11:30 pm

watching local news all 74 teachers and 20 staffers are getting pink slips

11:30 pm

trying, stid!

yea sammy plural the tr5/10

11:31 pm

tr6/18 = pl tr5

11:31 pm

group of 3 with a consonant at the end

11:31 pm

i need the 5/10 also

11:31 pm

tr6.18 is plural

tr6 three + 60s/70s drug **d

11:31 pm

re5/10 is re plus first 3 letters of ni4/4 word Pinikula

11:31 pm

"tr6.18" and tribulations ;)

11:31 pm

Hello sammysmom! How are you? Welcome to the grid

11:32 pm

I's Isolated! 7 left

11:32 pm

go min go!

11:32 pm

thx min ;)

go min go

11:32 pm

2

whoa go pini go

11:32 pm

getting pom poms out

11:32 pm

thanks dc

11:32 pm

shoot, the elusive EL's ... ugh

11:32 pm

*pulls blankie and pillow closer* go... pini... *yawn*

11:32 pm

hi all... could someone tell me first 2 letters of the 10 please?

11:33 pm

ep10

11:33 pm

ty

11:33 pm

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

11:33 pm

FIREWORDS!!!

11:33 pm

te5-10 the 1st please...thanks

11:33 pm

(g'night stid!) * tucking blanket * sleep well!

11:33 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks! Good for you!

11:33 pm

WT go Pini

11:33 pm

Yay pini !!!

11:34 pm

I am 19 behind you

11:34 pm

yay Pini...just popped in before the flip! now off to do something for 1/2 hour...

11:34 pm

YAY pini~ *falls over in the excitement, curls up and snores*

which one? te5/10

11:34 pm

te 5/10 is te + first 3 letters of lo 4/4 word gapeach.

11:34 pm

*poof for real*

11:34 pm

thx for all of the help and encouragement!

11:34 pm

put a vowel at the end of the sea bird

11:34 pm

The first. Please.

11:34 pm

would anyone have a clue for the eg 8 ?

11:34 pm

whispers nite nite to stid

11:34 pm

Hello PAV3!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

11:35 pm

te and most of what you gird

te5/10 not alto or soprano

11:35 pm

eg + opp of hi + de**** (downfall)

11:35 pm

Just clued the 1st te 5/10 word for you gapeach1066

te5/10 like a ligament, minus middle consonant

11:35 pm

Thanks, Min.

11:36 pm

yw

te5/10 te + straining could give you a her***

11:36 pm

I thought mine was the first te

11:37 pm

ok, officially distracted now...back on commercial

11:37 pm

thank you so much Pini

11:38 pm

Hi Locks99! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:38 pm

in8 please

11:38 pm

oh my people are paying $1100 each to see the opening ceremonies

11:38 pm

(yvw)

u r right.. sry

i clued the other first te lol

11:38 pm

The in 8/40 is in 5/10 plus go h****back riding DR1965

11:39 pm

there are quite a few te's

in8 sex in*e*c*u***

11:40 pm

ty Got it

11:40 pm

yw

11:40 pm

May I please have a clue for re6-18? Thanks

11:40 pm

E's Executed! 5 left

11:40 pm

Does somebody have a huge picture for an icon? The chat is jerky and sluggish

11:41 pm

That re6/18 word is re plus lo 4/4 word gapeach1066

what do you mean jilli?

11:41 pm

what the bank will do again if you need money

go min go

11:41 pm

Ah yes -- it's Locks. Please scroll down my profile to get a link for resizing ;)

11:41 pm

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

11:41 pm

and charge exorbitant interest

good clue west

11:41 pm

Thanks much Min.

so true

11:42 pm

I have had no problems with my chat today jillibus.

11:42 pm

yw

11:42 pm

thanks AD

11:42 pm

Hi min and all -- I'm back from watching the Olympic opening ceremonies live.

11:42 pm

no5 after zero?

11:43 pm

group of nine DR

11:43 pm

add a cross to the end of that no4

add a cross consonant dr

11:43 pm

Min, try scrolling the chat -- you'll see.

11:43 pm

hello jilli

11:43 pm

G's Gone! 4 left

11:43 pm

ty - down to 8

11:43 pm

you were there, jilli?

11:43 pm

Go DR1965 go!

go min go r words r minutes go go go

11:43 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the sp5 words? I can't see them.

do dr go

11:43 pm

git'r dun, DR!, git'r dun, Min!

11:44 pm

I am desperately trying to finish the grid now jillibus.

11:44 pm

No, pini -- watched CTV.

11:44 pm

I am too, min -- 21 left

11:44 pm

sp5 = long winded talk (sp + "eye" + most of sick (**l))

first sp sp + electric sea snake; change vowel

11:45 pm

watching the incoming parade of athletes here, jilli...we're delayed

11:45 pm

I know, pini, I have NBC on now

second sp pointed stick

11:45 pm

change last letter to hook for the next one

11:45 pm

R's Removed! 3 left

11:45 pm

ty pini and ADHD

alt spelling of pointed stick... sry

11:46 pm

S's Stomped! 2 left

brb... face is throbbing... going for drugs

11:46 pm

go min

11:46 pm

wow...that's some neon limen!

11:47 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!an7/32 was my last word

11:47 pm

wtg min! :)

11:47 pm

Yay Min !!

11:48 pm

woohoo MIN

11:48 pm

I will be here to clue until flip. Jillibus,what's the icon theme for tomorrow? Might want to change my icon.

11:48 pm

it's ducks min

11:49 pm

Thanks westford.

11:50 pm

I know you asked Jilli but I think she might be gridlocked

11:51 pm

I checked Sprite's profile

11:52 pm

sm5 please?

11:52 pm

Grid is done, icon is updated & now ready for the flip

11:53 pm

like a small fish but change the vowel

11:53 pm

That sm 5/12 word is s plus the mo 4/5 word DR1965.

11:54 pm

ty Min!

11:54 pm

yw

11:55 pm

going to change my icon

11:57 pm

going for jammies

11:57 pm

made it! whew!!!

11:57 pm

YAY min!!!

11:58 pm

Thanks jillibus!

11:59 pm

please let it be big

11:59 pm

Hello everybody

11:59 pm

finito

11:59 pm

Hello MLFAN17! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

11:59 pm

My guess is 114 words

11:59 pm

phew

11:59 pm

wtg jilli

11:59 pm

Congratulations DR1965 onn fireworks! Good for you

11:59 pm

I'll go with 138.

12:00 am

204

12:00 am

199

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