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167 total words

12:00 am

flip -- same number of words!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

well done, Jill -- I've added another gold ring to mine :)

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

brb

12:00 am

pe 7

12:00 am

sp7*2 - flop

12:01 am

re 6 pe 6

12:01 am

le 6

12:01 am

cr 7

12:02 am

ri 6

12:02 am

gr 8 and pr 8

12:02 am

those Dbl Ts are coming in handy

hi and nbt

12:04 am

fr8

ir6

12:04 am

go6 called?

12:04 am

hi and wtg josh

12:04 am

why do people always say words at the start?

12:04 am

ang beat me to the pr8! just need the upper right I for NBT thoug.

12:04 am

fr8

12:05 am

cuz they want to ;)

12:05 am

that's how earthlings communicate Van!

12:05 am

same here pav

12:05 am

lol pav

12:05 am

it's bragging

12:05 am

I don't understand though

12:05 am

hello

12:06 am

me too pav

12:06 am

do people say the biggest word they can get ASAP?

Clues are up

12:06 am

some do

12:06 am

did it work?

12:06 am

you got it van

12:06 am

thank you

12:06 am

thanks a lot, Lickety!!!

12:06 am

ty, lickety

12:06 am

some folks like to find BIG words at first and tell others what they've found..the help button might explain more..

12:07 am

yes,muchas gracias ! Sr. Lickety

12:07 am

re 6/7 if not called

12:07 am

just need E 1st column for nbt

12:08 am

herp

12:08 am

oopsi

12:08 am

Lickety's clues are yesterday's

12:08 am

et 4,5

12:08 am

I'll trade diz! I for an E

12:09 am

shyte haven't got that one either

12:09 am

jill same here

12:09 am

ty angelina

12:09 am

BR 7 called?

12:10 am

yw

12:10 am

i have some of the peanut variety on hand, ty, mlf

12:10 am

lol dc

12:11 am

RO 6

12:12 am

PE 6

12:12 am

ty dc

12:12 am

x 2

12:13 am

gr8 x 2

12:13 am

CR7 probably called?

12:13 am

yep

12:14 am

Does anyone have yesterdays clues still up?

12:14 am

sp 6 X2

12:14 am

one retips billiard cues regularly

12:14 am

there's a list in the archive, above, peach

12:15 am

yes, peach, and I've emailed Lickety, not that it will help

12:15 am

jill andi do gapeach

12:15 am

I'm in the grid and so is Ms. Winkle..we both like blues...

12:15 am

would lickety be in FB?

12:15 am

GO 6

12:16 am

he is, mlf, though not much active there

12:16 am

nice icon, mlf!

gr8 called

12:16 am

thanks jill its one of my favorite pixar movies

12:16 am

re 7 been called?

12:16 am

ty heres

12:17 am

don't think so, nan

12:17 am

cyber i called a RE 7/32

12:17 am

i dont know how many are in the grid though

12:18 am

reice isn't in the dictionary -- tell it to the skaters!

cr7, fr8, gr8 x 2, ir6, pr8, re6,7

12:18 am

SP 7 if not called

12:18 am

re 7 x2

12:19 am

that would be zambonied jilli lol

sp7

12:19 am

anyone found that top right i yet?

12:19 am

yes, dart, lol!

12:20 am

sp7*2, adhd

tx dc

12:20 am

nbt

12:20 am

I guess josh has -- he announced nbt when he arrived, as usual

12:21 am

just found it jill

12:21 am

yay nan! a clue for the upper right I? perhaps

12:21 am

as6

12:21 am

cyber it doesnt look like any world would work there

pertaining to the eye mlf

12:21 am

nbt

12:22 am

ty, adhd

12:22 am

for real this time...NBT

12:22 am

wtg dart

12:22 am

wtg diz

12:22 am

ir 6 - ends in facial twitch

12:23 am

phant peripatetic

12:23 am

ty jilli

12:23 am

ty cyber

12:23 am

i must sleep. Happy babbling, yall! {poof}

o + facial twitch ( pertaining to the ear)

12:23 am

thanks Nan! you are the lifeguard today! NBT!

i just woke up (again)about half hour ago

12:24 am

night DC!

12:24 am

half way

12:24 am

ty nan for the I

12:24 am

RE 6 x 3

12:24 am

NBT

12:24 am

nbt

12:24 am

I have 4, MLF

12:24 am

wtg dal

12:25 am

U 2

12:25 am

PR 8 was called?

12:25 am

pe 7

12:25 am

yes mlf

12:25 am

hi grem

12:26 am

Hi jilli

12:26 am

agrem must be the same one i just got

12:26 am

phant peridot, pettifog

12:27 am

pe7 x 2

12:27 am

Ri 6

12:27 am

fr8

12:27 am

ri6 x 2

12:28 am

is that FR 8 x 2?

12:29 am

dalmatian your icon is one of my all time favorite movies

12:29 am

bu thats not pixar

12:30 am

br7

12:30 am

I need to learn to change the icon. I used to play years ago ad always changed. But, I have been away so long now I have forgotten how to make the change.

12:30 am

sp 7

12:30 am

BR 7 X 2?

12:31 am

it tells you how to do it dalm

12:31 am

is there br7 x2 or are you just wondering?

12:31 am

I am going to have to just spend some time and figure it out - thanks

12:31 am

thats what i wanted to know grem

12:32 am

I have x1, and missing only one B

12:32 am

dal, look on the left side of your My Account

12:33 am

thanks!

12:33 am

re7 x 2

12:33 am

i have 114 left i am out poof

12:34 am

bye mlf

12:36 am

*creeps in, hides in the back row*

12:37 am

hi rub -- why creep?

12:37 am

that's rbud

12:38 am

late for the lecture?

12:38 am

cause I been gone so much lately, feel kinda out of it

12:39 am

we haven't forgotten you, rbud

12:39 am

lickety's new list isn't coming up for me

12:40 am

morning all. I am drinking tea from Canada! Well, not literally grown in Canada, but packaged and sold from the Empress in Victoria

12:41 am

I think he saw 167 words and got mixed up -- same number as the last one

12:41 am

hi ata! Howcome?

12:41 am

hi rbud...and Ata!

12:42 am

and I'm > halfway...off to slumber

12:42 am

best friend was there recently, she got me a little packet :D

12:42 am

how nice! enjoy!

12:42 am

it's very nice!

12:42 am

hi and bye, PAV! :)

12:43 am

nbt...

12:43 am

*pats self on back*

12:43 am

night pav!

12:43 am

yay, ru! and hi!

12:43 am

what kind, ata?

12:43 am

*pats ruru on back too*

12:43 am

Red Rose, ata?

12:44 am

it just says it's a blend made for the Empress

12:44 am

our friend in the Netherlands is in the grid

12:44 am

yes -- they do have their house blend

12:45 am

oh, I guess it would

12:46 am

tis a very nice house blend, full of flavour without being overpowering

when does lickety come up?

12:46 am

Lickety came up but posted yesterday's clues, kitty :(

12:46 am

you mean for air?

why post yesterdays?

12:47 am

mistake, kitty -- same number of words

12:47 am

at least it doesn't lookas bad as yesterday's grid!

12:48 am

practicing for april fools day?

12:48 am

true, ata

12:48 am

need two more 8's have fr grx2 and pr...plz

12:48 am

mrp posted in FB that Luke has whooping cough, now that Maddie is getting over pneumonia

12:48 am

have same ones - will let you know if I find another

12:49 am

killed letters: LEBH

i need one of the gr8? i have the dirty one.

12:49 am

ty grem

12:49 am

change one vowel, here

12:49 am

poor Luke, that's horrid

12:50 am

so Lickety may be a bit distracted

ty

12:50 am

do their kids live in the elements or something?

12:51 am

think ev1 should remember....he doesn't get paid to do it....very hard to get here the same time everyday for 365 days a year

12:51 am

pe 8

12:51 am

he 4,4,6 -- missing?

12:52 am

he: 4, 4, 6, 7

i need help with the I, upper right corner.

12:52 am

he7 with in- prefix is more common

12:52 am

hello everyone

12:52 am

hi flosey -- how was bridge?

12:53 am

and flosey -- skating is on NBC now

12:53 am

ty grem

12:53 am

3 1/2 tables, and sssssllllllooooowwww

12:53 am

ap 5, as 6 -- missing?

12:54 am

ir + vowelL + facial twitch

12:54 am

I'm taped it earlier, think I'll go down and watch, maybe do this tomorrow

12:54 am

ag4, ai4

12:54 am

nm -- found it

ty!

12:54 am

do that, flosey -- the top skaters aren't one yet

12:55 am

aren't on

12:55 am

commercials now

12:56 am

night.. all... 50 left to go..

12:56 am

night, ru!

12:56 am

night ruru, night dylan

nite ru. i'm nodding off here. bbl

12:57 am

wtg ruru -- night and snuggles to dylan

12:57 am

missing an r from the right... ri x8, ro x6 -- missing?

12:58 am

nm -- found it -- ro7

12:58 am

grrr I so want pectoral

12:58 am

I have rix7, rox6 :)

12:59 am

ro x7

12:59 am

one more ri, ro for me

12:59 am

ri X 8

i need help with that rix8.

1:00 am

you guys are fibbing, there aren't that many R words -- at least, not for me

1:00 am

all rix8 are from fifth column? that would mean all of the third column Rs are re?

1:00 am

no, ri5 is from the third column, hmm

1:01 am

I agree, jilli

joczljlkejhkdaoe

thats a clue, to my frustration.

1:02 am

kitty on the keyboard, kitty?

nope. no kitty's here. it was me. i was speed typing.

1:03 am

perp is not a word

1:03 am

I just noticed morewords had it, though

1:03 am

cowboy actor tex ri 6?

1:04 am

yes, it's in my list, grem

1:05 am

ce x3, ci x3, cl x2, cr -- missing?

1:05 am

I have: cex2, cix3, clx2, cr

1:06 am

found the third ce, caught up at least

1:08 am

ce x4

1:08 am

phantom: perioditite

1:08 am

hello all - we have spag bol for supper often

1:09 am

you mean peridotite, right?

1:09 am

cr 8

1:09 am

c's slain

1:09 am

that's not how we spell it ...

1:10 am

in Quebec you changer letire -- but not here

1:11 am

found it, ty nan

1:12 am

le 6,4,4,4,6 -- missing?

1:13 am

le 5

1:13 am

6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6 - can you list ce for me?

1:13 am

nm, got it

1:13 am

figures it was a 4

1:14 am

hi arb

1:14 am

Shalom everyone

1:14 am

ty

1:15 am

and the missing ro was a 4

1:16 am

just realized I'm missing a couple of r's from the bottom r -- must be re's (have 8 ri's)

1:16 am

and the ri, sure enough

1:16 am

re: 6, 6, 7, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7 (missing one bottom R)

1:16 am

how many re's?

1:17 am

trigas is a very important thing for divers!

1:17 am

either 13 or 14

1:17 am

top right i for nbt - stats please

1:17 am

another re 7/32

1:17 am

ir 6/21

1:17 am

ir 6

1:17 am

ir6/21

1:17 am

ty gremlin

1:18 am

there are three re7s?

1:18 am

jilli! http://goo.gl/LoSJ

1:18 am

got it tx all

1:19 am

The r's: re 6,6,7,5,5,6,4,5,4,5,7,5,6,7

1:19 am

missing the last re 7

1:20 am

ah, I was missing the aiming thing

1:20 am

ri's : 4,4,5,4,6,4,4,6 ro's: 4,6,7,4,4,5,6

1:20 am

got it

1:20 am

Rs done

1:20 am

phantom: price

phantom: prefer

1:21 am

thx arb

1:21 am

missing a whole ton of p's -- don't even want to go there!

1:21 am

thanks ata! I've seen pictures of him before, but always sitting or lying down -- now I see why -- terrible rear end!

1:22 am

yw, dart.

1:22 am

he doesn't look very stable somehow

1:22 am

how can pitter not be a word?

if it was a redneck puzzle gitter would be a word too dalmation.

1:23 am

phantom gittin

1:23 am

well, I know in CA the rain goes pitter patter all the time

phant agorot

1:24 am

there's the pitter patter of tiny feet too

1:24 am

talking of dogs, apparently it is time for me to be walked by Hobbit. back shortly, it's raining a lot!

gitter done dal

1:24 am

be sure to hold a brolly over Hobbit, ata!

1:25 am

she can get as messy as she wants today, she's being trimmed this afternoon!

1:25 am

I keep trying French words -- never know when they'll work

1:25 am

26/27 Ps now

1:26 am

missing 1/16 on left

1:26 am

must be a PE

1:26 am

phant ptotic

1:26 am

130 down and 10 letters slain -- enough for tonight -- see you tomorrow, everyone :)

its prefer gremlin.

1:27 am

wd nan -- g'night

1:27 am

yep, ruled out all the PT and PH and PF already

1:27 am

goodnight nan

1:28 am

hi flosey -- the final lot is on now!

1:28 am

oh, thought everything was over

1:28 am

I did tape until 11:

1:29 am

will go down

1:29 am

Did you miss the Americans? The Canadians are up next

1:29 am

I'm missing one pe too. I have 4,4,4,6,4,8,4,5,5,6,6,5,7,6,5. What do you have, grem?

1:29 am

you are missing a 7 right before the 8

1:30 am

and I'm missing one of the consecutive 6s

1:30 am

ty grem

1:31 am

I was missing the animal stroker, duh

1:32 am

I have pa X 2,, pi X 2 and pr X 4. What's missing?

1:32 am

pi x3, pr x6

1:33 am

pi: 4, 5, 6; pr: 4, 4, 6, 8, 4, 5

1:34 am

F dead - remaining words are GGGSTTT (4455667)

1:35 am

of course - it's the 4 letter words I'm missing!

1:36 am

same for me on the Rs earlier

1:42 am

what are your g's, grem? Mine are ga 4,6,4,4 gi 4,4,4 go 6 gr 5,4,5,5,4,8,4,8

1:43 am

ga 4, 4; gi 4, 4, 4; go 4, 6, 6, 6; gr 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 4, 8

1:45 am

ty, you had the 3 I was missing

1:45 am

down to ST (45)

1:45 am

fireworks

1:46 am

congrats!

1:46 am

YAY dart!!!

1:46 am

YAY Dart

1:46 am

do you have tr 5,14 grem?

1:46 am

yeah

1:48 am

i have 8 t 5's and 7 s 5's

1:49 am

must be missing s5 and t4 then

1:49 am

any sa5?

1:49 am

strange sp 5 2nd in s list

1:50 am

I was missing one which was an anagram of another

1:50 am

7 sp 5's

1:51 am

tr 4,7?

1:51 am

ty, fireworks

1:51 am

wtg grem !

1:54 am

clues in my profile if anyone wants a look

1:56 am

YAY grem and thanks -- will certainly be using them!

1:57 am

How many words today

1:58 am

167 gran

1:58 am

167, same as yesterday

1:58 am

Thanks

2:00 am

tr 4/7 t + who calls a game

2:01 am

t 4/7 = t + one who calls a game

2:01 am

t 4/7 = t + one who calls a game

2:01 am

oops - a delay and I clicked again! sorry

2:02 am

the 2 o'clock server stutter

2:15 am

back again, ty grem for clues

2:17 am

wb flosey -- did you enjoy?

2:20 am

ah Jilli, that was thrilling

2:21 am

love your icon, jilli, very appropriate

2:21 am

:-)

2:22 am

how was bridge? Did Irene play?

2:22 am

yes, she played with Joanne

2:22 am

Good -- did they do well?

2:23 am

we didn't get home until 11: and there were only 3 1/2 tables, 4 boards, so figure, very slow

2:23 am

I don't know jilli, we'll hear in the morning

2:23 am

we had a good game

2:23 am

Hmm, lots watching Olympics, I guess

2:24 am

that's great!

2:24 am

must be

2:24 am

excuse me...but what else do you call a truck that spreads gr4 on the road???...

2:26 am

hi rolin

2:26 am

hey flosey...this is a silly word game sometimes

2:27 am

I agree, just monkey away and you come up with words you've never heard

2:27 am

but they're accepted

2:28 am

and then words you HAVE heard, like perp, are not accepted

2:28 am

hi rolin

2:28 am

hey jilli

2:29 am

like to4/4 - when you get around to it?

2:29 am

I read an article dated May 2009 that the English language was approaching one million "words", projected for a month after that point

2:30 am

depends on your definition of 'words' really doesnt it...lol

2:30 am

I think so

2:31 am

yeah, the compilers were including stuff like "defriend" from Facebook users - it had to have been used something like 25,000 times on social networks

2:31 am

well, yes -- perp being only part of a word, really, but then refs is ok, as are several others like that

2:33 am

'According to the Global Language Monitor, the English language this week crossed a threshold as the "one millionth word" entered the lexicon. That word? "Web 2.0." Global Language Monitor has a methodology by which it measures "new" words entering into English. Though "Web 2.0" has been around for years, GLM's method of counting requires "a minimum of 25,000 citations with the necessary breadth of geographic distribution and depth of citations." '

2:33 am

so, I wasn't quite right before, but I remembered the number at least

2:34 am

and apparently words can have spaces and numbers and decimals inside them now

2:34 am

So there must be some strange ones included, grem

2:34 am

rubbish

2:35 am

that was from June 2009

2:35 am

surely the definition of a 'word' is that it is a unit of letters to convey meaning

2:35 am

yes, rolin

2:35 am

like infiltr8 ?

2:35 am

good 1 flosey

2:35 am

lol, speeds things up I guess

2:35 am

Thanks for the edumacation!

2:36 am

I suppose that list contains all the txt wds 2

2:36 am

I'll bet they added "lol" as well.

2:37 am

tho i have to say... oneuse of the development of the text language is that there is now a comedy club in lindon called the 'roffle club'...i ,love it..

2:37 am

hey... I'm in the grid!

2:37 am

you are freep...congrats

2:37 am

hi fr5!!!

2:38 am

youre in the grid..but not the dictionary

2:38 am

hi fr4p

2:38 am

(although you don't count)

2:39 am

no...I'm not a word

2:39 am

I wonder if they have "frig" in their list

2:39 am

yup

2:39 am

oh, huh, works here too, whoops

2:45 am

good morning everybody

2:46 am

hi there ruby

2:47 am

ruby, did you see the figure skating dance competition tonight?

2:48 am

hi ruby

2:48 am

it will probably be on tonight here

2:49 am

can you shove your hubby out of the house so you can watch it, ruby?

2:49 am

oh, we're all excited about the Canadian pair receiving Gold

2:49 am

maybe out the window lol

2:50 am

he doesn't like skating

2:50 am

only likes downhill

2:50 am

their dance was SO beautiful

2:51 am

really, doesn't he have some friends he can go out with or something?

2:52 am

doesn't have any friends here AND doesn't go out

2:52 am

slip him some sleeping pills in his dinner

2:53 am

rohypnol lol

2:54 am

okey doke - it's goodnight time. A fast appearance, just to find my name :-)

2:54 am

g'night freep!

2:54 am

what did you have to do to get your name in there????

2:54 am

"FIREWORKS"...thanx for all the clues and Gremlin for the list

2:54 am

hi grannie

2:54 am

hey ruby

2:54 am

congrats, grannie

2:55 am

YAY diz!!!

2:55 am

ty

2:57 am

wtg diz

3:06 am

I think I'd better go to bed -- 50 left for tomorrow

3:06 am

gd night jill

3:07 am

that's what I should do jilli - I only have 62 words so far - and a busy day tomorrow

3:08 am

playing the Scrabble Fundraiser

3:08 am

ah, but will you, flosey?

3:08 am

Thatshouls be fun!

3:08 am

yes, I really must

3:08 am

will see if I can get up to 75 first

3:09 am

You should be a real whiz after all this practice!

3:09 am

I haven't played scrabble in over 25 years

3:09 am

they probably wont accept half of the words we see here

3:09 am

well, you now know so many weird words

3:10 am

guess we have to play by someone's rules, I didn't play last year

3:10 am

Oh they probably have a Scrabble dictionary full of them.

3:10 am

hhi jilli and flosey!

3:10 am

Hi Bianca

3:10 am

are you both canadian?

3:11 am

hi bianca!

3:11 am

yes, we are Bianca

3:11 am

yes -- what are you?

3:11 am

if so congratulations on your winners tonight

3:11 am

I think the scrabble dictionaries are very different. Even the American one and the UK ones differ

3:11 am

live on the same small island

3:11 am

american

3:11 am

hi bianca

3:11 am

thank you Bianca, it was very exciting

3:12 am

thank you very much, Bianca -- we're thrilled to bits :)

3:12 am

the skaters were beautiful

3:12 am

and where do you come from, bianca?

3:12 am

I've always loved the dance competition

3:12 am

the u.s.

3:12 am

which state

3:13 am

california

3:13 am

well, your guys were superb too, and it's so great that they're all good friends, which shone forth from the podium and backstage

3:13 am

yeah it's really nice to see that

3:14 am

the poor russians though. They got no hugs

3:14 am

I thought the Russians were a mess and the bronze should have gone to the other US team

3:14 am

but they have bad attitudes, I think

3:14 am

really?

3:14 am

I was surprised the russians got the bronze also

3:15 am

and they snipe at winners....Plushenko and the quads!

3:15 am

see you later, sports fans!! lol

3:15 am

bye ruby

3:16 am

bye for now ruby

3:16 am

well, I guess their costumes put me off, but their skating was uninspired too, I thought, and not so brilliant technically either, according to the commentators

3:16 am

me too jilli, they were ugly

3:17 am

bye ruby -- bear up, old girl!

3:17 am

I don't care to see frills and flimsy stuff on the men

3:17 am

the costumes weren't good. It made them seem naive.

3:18 am

it was the long greasy hair too, and the glum expression

3:18 am

I thought they looked disappointed

3:19 am

they probably thought they were entitled to the gold

3:19 am

I guess I liked that they got the bronze just for nostalgia's sake.

3:19 am

Since they've always won a metal since it started.

3:21 am

yikes cold war nostalgia

3:22 am

yikes, 16 pe words!

3:22 am

haven't got that far yet jilli

3:22 am

well, be warned!

3:24 am

Well, thanks for the kind words, bianca, and now I'm off to beddybye -- g'night all!

3:24 am

night Jilli, sleep well

3:24 am

gnie jills

3:24 am

and *poof*

3:31 am

ok, 75 down, 92 to go, be back in the morning, goodnight all

Hi all. Anybody here?

3:48 am

nope lol

3:49 am

hi sal

lol Ata

3:49 am

cleer

Doesn't work Bianca

3:50 am

*everyone tries cleer*

3:50 am

i know. i should be in bed any way

However, just tried nice Chaucerian word which was accepted.

3:51 am

I like avaunt

3:51 am

sorry. bit random. lol

3:52 am

shame griotte isn't allowed

Hadn't seen that one. Yes, strange since there are so many furrin words usually.

3:54 am

exactly

And I always try gire, because I think I have Lewis Carroll in mind (the correct spelling doesn't work, either!)

3:55 am

I also do too

3:56 am

no clues, nuh?

3:56 am

huh?

3:56 am

im ean no lickety clues

3:56 am

nope

3:57 am

i can usually get only about almost a third with no clues

3:58 am

nothing to be ashamed of, that!

3:58 am

pitter. pitter patter.

How long have you been Babbling for, Bianca? Don't remember your name in the chat before.

3:58 am

thanks atal

3:59 am

kind of new

Is that tiny feet hurshy, or are you in the wrong box? :-)

3:59 am

but not that new

3:59 am

we all agree smurshy

3:59 am

just might not have talked in chat too much

4:00 am

i'm not in the wrong box, the box is wrong.

4:00 am

it's the pictures that got small

Ah, see what you mean.

4:02 am

I like the fact that the cr7s we have in our profile pics are allowed though

4:03 am

and that author who writes about them, james... but without the double r

4:03 am

the mead hall!

Goes on cr7 hunt. Oh! TY Ata

4:04 am

are you saying he6 is in fact a mead hall?

4:04 am

tis inBeowulf

4:04 am

aha

4:04 am

hello sally??

4:05 am

hi ata

4:05 am

as you should well know! If you don't, you need to read it ;)

4:05 am

hi ruby

Hi ruby. Why the question marks? Am I not really here? :-)

4:06 am

i read it in school... wasn't a big fan...

4:06 am

gnite all

4:06 am

I only read part of beowulf and that was almost 50 yrs ago!! old is me!

Night Bianca. See you again.

4:06 am

no, I was just happy to see you and was afraid I was too late

Perhaps I should read it again (Beowulf). Like it says on the T-shirt - So many books, so little time.

4:07 am

it's an amazing book. read Seamus Heaney's translation, it's beautiful

Well, hi again ruby! Have not been on much for last few days because have had a house guest so Babble had to take a back seat :-(

4:08 am

I didn't know there was a translation; that's more like it

Fairly sure it's not on my book shelf. Will check.

4:08 am

lots of translations, Heaney's is the newest, and most poetic

4:08 am

as a kid, I found the middle English (?) too difficult

4:09 am

old English. oh yes, the original is unreadable unless you know Old English

4:10 am

old, sorry, didn't remembver which

We did Chaucer in the original for (I think) A Level, and now I can't bear it in modern English!

4:10 am

lol, sally

4:10 am

middle English is Chaucer etc

Yes I know Ata, sorry didn't mean to confuse.

4:11 am

I feel like I'm 100 yrs old, university was such a long time ago

4:12 am

sorry, that got a bit lagged, was meant to be after saying Beowulf was OE!

Now why on earth is "gritter" not allowed? They have been all around us in this snowy weather.

4:13 am

and why not iter?

However, it led me to a gr 8 :-)

4:15 am

ty sally

Actually, two ruby

4:16 am

yes, lol

4:18 am

is erotic a good phantom word?

4:18 am

as good as orgies

4:19 am

and put them together......

One follows the other presumably.

Getting coffeee. brb

Back. Pours coffee for all. I see you've been talking about me while I was gone!

4:25 am

milk, no sugar, please!

4:25 am

can I have tea instead?

Sure, Ata. What kind would you prefer?

4:27 am

whatever :D i'm just horribly allergic to coffee!

A tragedy. Mind you, I do try to restrict mine since I started to get palpitations from drinking so much. Went cold turkey and had withdrawal symptoms :-(. Now I just have a pot of good coffee in the morning and then no more.

4:29 am

I have one double expresso (thank you, George) in the AM, but that's all. That allergy would be a tragedy for me!

4:29 am

horrid stuff :D

4:29 am

it kick-starts my day. See you after lunch (out, TG)!

Bye for now ruby. Have a good lunch.

4:30 am

I just think thank goodness for tea :)

4:32 am

I loooovvve a good strong cappuccino, life isn't the same without it. Hello all

Hi lynxxx

4:32 am

hi lyn! hi stew!

4:33 am

You sound back to normal Ata, Hobbit will be happy

4:33 am

getting there. I'm continuing to realise how long this is going to take to get over 100%!

4:36 am

Hobbit won't know what hit her this afternoon, she's getting a big trim

4:37 am

Already? Are you sure that there is some hot weather coming?

4:37 am

noooooo but she looks like a BEAR!

4:38 am

Who's doing the trimming!!!??? and hello Ata and lynxxx

4:38 am

the groomers at the vet!

4:39 am

well thank goodness for that :)

4:39 am

Poor Hobbit, just make aure she has a coat to put on

4:39 am

Hi FM

4:39 am

Good morning all......how confusing was that!!

And hello fm!

4:39 am

167 words yesterday and today.....and still yesterdys clues???

4:40 am

Morning Sally and Flask

4:40 am

hi Flask

Someone said there aren't any clues yet Flask

4:41 am

Oh well.....should be interesting!

4:41 am

Gremlin has put a list in his profile.

phantom heretic

4:42 am

thanks FM.....but I do like to see how far I can go listless first!

4:42 am

hi Josh

4:43 am

Is it a good grid today?

4:43 am

and anyway I still can't access anyone's profiles!

4:43 am

it's not so bad so far

4:43 am

FM, do you know what Haz's fav flowers are?

hi lynxxx

4:44 am

Oh crumbs now you're asking *ponders*

4:44 am

LOL I was pondering too

4:44 am

rite

4:45 am

oh no...sorry!

4:45 am

I can't think butI I do I will let you know.

Flask, you can access profiles through the Rankings page.

4:45 am

(Debating whether to show my face or to pretend that I'm not here)

4:46 am

looooool

4:46 am

lol

4:46 am

what's teh answer then?

4:46 am

Morning Haz

4:46 am

Good morning Haz!

4:46 am

Good morning/evening all!

4:46 am

It's a toss up between roses and white freesia.

You could have pretended you hadn't read the chog and just happened to come on and say how you had seen a wonderful bunch of xxx!

4:46 am

Ata wasn't being very sublte was she?

4:47 am

oooo freesias!

4:47 am

I love freesias too

4:47 am

I know, I'd make a rubbish spy, wouldn't I? Anniebrook is so much more discreet.

4:47 am

not very good at subtlety ...

4:47 am

I love freesias, everything about them except that they don't last long enough.

4:48 am

my mum's fav flower too. except she's not picky about colour!

4:49 am

I think I love the white because they just look so pure and perfect. And the smell of any freesia is just lovely.

4:49 am

Whenever my Father bought my Mother flowers he would buy me freesias.

4:49 am

the smell is glorious

4:49 am

awwwwww

4:50 am

What a nice father!

4:50 am

Do they grow in gardens there?

4:50 am

Not in any gardens this far north, I don't think.

4:51 am

Oh I say a chinook helicopter has just flown over ever so low!

4:51 am

which is sad

4:51 am

oooo! love chinooks

4:51 am

That'll be Anniebrook on one of her less subtle days.

4:51 am

LOL

4:52 am

They are quite common here, once you have them they are there forever and they seem to naturalise and go back to creamy white

4:53 am

lucky you!

4:53 am

How lovely lynxxx

4:53 am

(not chinooks)

LOL, had looked away from the chog and thought you were talking about Chinooks, lynxxx!

4:53 am

Oh Sally I did too for a second

4:54 am

We don't have Chinooks - only Elvis's and I am happy to say that this Summer we haven't even needed those!

4:54 am

*imagines flock of naturalising chinooks flying around*

4:54 am

Sorry - Elvises!

4:55 am

or maybe that should be Elvii?

Elvises? (Visions of Elvis Presleys tearing around the sky)

4:55 am

yep!

4:55 am

You've restored my faith in you, lynxx, your adoption was beginning to look shaky.

4:56 am

I know - I am sooo embarassed

4:56 am

But that's good. If you'd been shamefaced about it, or worse, not known what you'd done - disaster.

4:57 am

The Elvis are v. large helicopter which are able to take up vast volumes of water and drop on bushfires

4:57 am

finally watching the travelling weddings prog. how do they move in those dresses!

4:58 am

The answer is before your eyes, Ata. They don't so much walk as shuffle painfully.

4:58 am

27 stone dressses!

4:59 am

Someday they'll incorporate a scooter underneath the dress. Or a motorised skateboard.

4:59 am

travelling weddings?

4:59 am

now there's a niche market needing to be filled

4:59 am

or one of those mobility scooters perhaps

5:00 am

Weddings of Irish travellers, except that they're static (the travellers)

5:00 am

OK

5:00 am

with 27 stone dresses

5:00 am

They like to have over the top wedding dresses. Not just extravagent, but extraordinary and not in a good way.

5:00 am

do they cut the dresses up to make all of the curtains / duvet covers / tea towels / everything for their house?

5:01 am

and 20' trains (on the dresses) not the railway kind.

5:01 am

That's a good point, Ata, I've no idea what they do once they get rid of the dress.

5:02 am

20 foot trains, not 20 trains, although you might give them ideas. 'Patty had 1 20 foot train, begorrah, I've have 20 on mine!'

5:02 am

If they had a little train track laid from the door of the church to the altar, and put the bride on a little train, would that help?

5:03 am

that's a scary thought

5:03 am

like in Wallace adn gromit!

5:03 am

Exactly!

5:03 am

It was an interesting programme I must say.

Perhaps they should employ train drivers as bridesmaids.

5:04 am

LOL Sally

5:04 am

Ata, you need to find pictorial evidence of said dresses so that lynxxx knows what we're talking about. Imagination is not enough, you couldn't come up with those designs.

5:05 am

Oh yes, the bridesmaids are another integral part of the wedding experience.

5:05 am

They don't wear as big dresses as the bride, but they go for dayglo colours.

5:05 am

!!!just ready up on the marriages - apparantly 200,000 pounds is a not uncommon price paid for a groom!. Travelling is a profitable occupation it seems

5:06 am

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my- big-fat-gypsy-wedding/pictures

5:06 am

http://tinyurl.com/6q8h8s

5:07 am

the link I posted isn't form the programme but is still on the theme.

5:07 am

Now that's confusing. They are referring to Irish Travellers but these are within the USA

5:07 am

And more http://tinyurl.com/munex8

5:08 am

Irish travellers do come originally from Ireland but have in many cases settled in England. However, they prefer to keep tightly knit within their own culture.

5:09 am

Morning all! I wonder if there's a list somewhere. Lickety's is yesterdays

5:09 am

Now I can see where Jordan gets it from - after seeing FMs clip

5:09 am

We have some who have been living here for over 30 years, but they retain a southern Irish accent.

5:09 am

Gremlin posted a list in his profile Jayk

5:09 am

thanks!

5:11 am

Now that's a Mother Of The Bride outfit !

5:12 am

Amazing, the outfits, aren't they?

5:12 am

BRB door bell

5:13 am

the blue / green ones are the most spectacular

5:13 am

Yes, the harlequin ones on the programme?

5:14 am

yes ...

5:14 am

Actually Ata, your ones were the most tasteful of them all

5:14 am

oh dear LOL

5:16 am

Did you look at Haz's Ata?

5:17 am

oh yes! lovely peach!

5:18 am

they do make jordan look somewhat restrained

5:19 am

When do you think we'll get Jordan's renewal of vows?

5:20 am

when she gets another child

5:20 am

I mean, a wedding's not a wedding without renewing the vows five minutes later. Not that they mean a word of it either time.

5:21 am

but they need a new baby to complete the photos

5:22 am

They'd get more money if they renewed vows, had the baby, had a christening, renewed vows one last time before the divorce.

5:22 am

Back again

5:22 am

good point

5:23 am

Not that Jordan is interested in money.

5:23 am

not at all

5:24 am

Never has been. Like Heather Mills.

5:24 am

*snort*

5:25 am

PHone...

5:25 am

hi everyone

5:25 am

hi andree

5:25 am

had a day off today and enjoyed a movie fest

5:25 am

I maynot get courriers coming anymore but the doorbell was the handyman from the lettings agent, he is coming back tomorrow a.m to do some odd jobs.

5:26 am

Hello, Andree.

5:26 am

Hi Andree, what did you see?

5:26 am

saw "shutter island" and "valentines day"

5:26 am

and your verdict on them is?

5:27 am

I was just reading a train of comments on the wedding pictures, some of who are the Irish Travellers - are they semi illiterate or just putting it on - and who are gorgie?

5:27 am

Hi Andree

5:27 am

valentines day was a light chick flick

5:28 am

lynxxx, I can only speak for the travellers here, the older generation are not literate at all, the younger generation do go to school but have difficulties because they don't have an older generation to help them with their reading etc. It probably stems from the times when they did move around and schooling was interrupted.

5:28 am

shutter island was a really excellent powerful film

5:29 am

quite a contrast between the films then Andree

5:30 am

very much so

5:31 am

valentines day was the sort that was fun but if you miss it at the movies you would still enjoy the dvd sometime

5:32 am

lol love that - this one girl has a fitted wedding dress - oh, such normality - but then a 20 foot train

5:32 am

Co-incidence, daughter just walked in the door from movies and had seen Shutter Island. Liked it except for Leonardo, thought someone else would have been better

5:33 am

how strange, i thought he was fantastic and i'm not a fan

5:34 am

the skating tonight is really beautiful

5:34 am

Just watching it - isn't this couple beautiful! The French were too

5:35 am

divine

5:35 am

aaawww

5:35 am

We have the highlights on this afternoon.

5:37 am

Watch out for the young couple from Canada - Virtue & Moir

5:37 am

they were the canadians, now leading

5:37 am

omg. train from hell. it looks like it's - crinkly stuff?

5:37 am

OMG and blue and white loo roll dolls!

5:37 am

They must be a couple surely

5:37 am

LOL Ata!

5:38 am

Is that the detachable one? I think it's frills. And if it's Joan, she looked SO much better before they started dolling her up.

5:38 am

yes, Joan. Am just horrified at the bridesmaids

5:39 am

think we used to say that about torville and dean lynxxx, i thought they were a couple

5:39 am

torvill and dean were fora bit, weren't they?

5:40 am

Only for about 10 minutes when they were very young.

5:40 am

ooo didnt know that

5:40 am

They're both happily married to others but they still skate and work together.

5:41 am

wish I could find a pic of these bmaid dresses for lynx

5:41 am

Good morning from a snowy Wales

5:41 am

They're within the pictures on the channel 4 website, I think, Ata.

5:42 am

cait!

5:42 am

Hello, caitlyn. Bad now!

5:42 am

Hello cait!!!! How nice to see you, more snow? :((

5:42 am

they don't look scary enough there ...

5:42 am

Right, must take a quick break to make a phone call. Back later.

5:42 am

bad now? bad then?

5:43 am

hi cait, bye haz

5:43 am

Hi Caitlyn!

5:43 am

I went down my mums but luckily I left early, we are so much higher here, its quite heavy and sticking now :(

5:43 am

N.I is due to get some tomorrow too if I remember from this morning forecast.

5:43 am

Bye Haz was it something I said LOL

Oh dear, and hi cait. On its way to us then :-(

5:44 am

I demand that spring comes soon !!

5:44 am

Oh I will join you in that thought cait.

Somewhere under the snow we have some wild welsh daffodils waiting to spring into life!

5:45 am

We will start a club then FM (and if it doesnt come soon we know who to blame)

5:46 am

my bulbs are up to about 4" now. Oh come on surely I can't be blamed for the seasons?? *grin*

5:46 am

course you can!

5:46 am

Ata have you finished the maps on TM I only have the gold ones left

5:47 am

*sigh* OK OK

5:48 am

noooo I have the fruity ones and the gold ones to go. finishing my last aztec one

5:49 am

Phone brb

5:50 am

If you finish all of the gold ones you can redo some of the others again and find different things, but there are so many gold maps!

5:51 am

ooo! didn't know that

5:51 am

I read it in the forum

5:51 am

I don't like the new wooden maze thing

5:52 am

No I agree its so slow

5:52 am

and boring

TM? Treasure Maps on FB?

5:54 am

yep!

5:54 am

Yes Sally Like I needed another addiction!!

I tend to avoid all these things in FB. Is it good?

5:55 am

yes LOL

5:55 am

74 left here, is there a list?

5:55 am

Yes I enjoy it, its the only thing I do on FB

5:56 am

Apparently on Gremlinn Andree

5:57 am

thx lynxxx

Found and bookmarked. Will look later. Too cold to be in the garden and I don't feel like doing enything energetic today :-)

5:58 am

it's a lot of fun!

Whoops. *anything

5:58 am

Join a team and you can ask for treasures that are missing from your collections

5:59 am

Ata is a great gifter

5:59 am

between me and cait, we can probably load you down!

I'll have a secret practice first!

6:01 am

I must go and put chicken in the oven and get some lunch, back soon

Hot lunch sounds nice :-)

6:04 am

it does!

Think I'll just go and light wood burner. Husband now downstairs. Back in a bit.

6:10 am

How many words today?

6:10 am

167

6:10 am

hi Mudd

6:11 am

hi mudd

6:11 am

clues say they are for today but don't fit

6:11 am

ty

6:12 am

Lickety hasn't done todays. See Gremlinns profile

6:12 am

And of all days! I am babysitting a sick grandson and I'll never finish without a list.

6:12 am

no clues today

6:12 am

I don't suppose anyone has one in their profile either.

6:12 am

gremlinn has

6:14 am

She's not online. How do I find her profile?

6:14 am

now the skating is over i will go to bed, interesting lynxxx the change of compare

6:15 am

Search on the Rankings Page - see above. And she is a he

6:15 am

morning all

6:15 am

oops... good afternoon already. Welladay, anyway

6:15 am

Hi Sp**** !!

6:15 am

lol am I in today? Thanks lyn, and *hug*

6:16 am

Welladay - I like it

6:17 am

medival, I believe, lyn

6:18 am

now I have the feeling I misspelled that... medeival? medieval?

6:18 am

yes, medieval

6:18 am

morning :-)

6:18 am

hi Une!

6:19 am

and thanks, will remember now.

6:19 am

:-D

6:20 am

hi Une

6:20 am

hey, lynxxx :-)

6:21 am

finding as many words as possible before making a soup kitchen run to Whole Foods for bread and produce! :-)

6:21 am

wow that's two for one

6:21 am

some of the things they have for me are crazy -- last week they 15 Mardi Gras king cakes left over!

Back from lighting fire, and Hi Sp****!

6:22 am

and the week before that, they had 40 jumbo strawberries dipped in chocolate :-)

6:22 am

hi Sally

6:22 am

hey, sally!

6:22 am

at least it is good stuff

6:22 am

*they had

6:22 am

oh yes, sprite!

Mmmm, strawberries in chocolate. And Hi une and anyone else.

6:23 am

Sorry, I must get to bed. My back is twinging after a day bending over in the garden. Bye all. xxx

6:23 am

but I've been working on developing a relationship with one of the produce guys and I'm anxious to see if he has some good stuff for me today

6:23 am

sleep well, lyn, and may your back be painfree when you awake

6:23 am

take care, lynxxx :-)

6:24 am

lurking, but just wanted to let you know I am babbling without my glasses on, and for a second there, thought sprite wanted Une's back to be "pantiefree" and I was all WHAT?

6:25 am

grid's full of french words today . . . agir, agite, agiter,

6:25 am

lol Trif, hi, and a crazy mind is a joy forever

6:25 am

yesterday's grid was too. And none of them valid

6:25 am

rire :)

6:25 am

bonjour

6:25 am

going sans glasses is a dangerous thing! LOL

6:25 am

hey, jbv!

6:26 am

yes, but all hebrew and islamic words are fine....the hell?

6:26 am

enable is partial. In all ways.

6:26 am

indeed

6:27 am

lieu is valid, and one I always miss

6:27 am

(not in today's grid, before I send someone on a nene chase)

6:27 am

:-D

6:28 am

am a little miffed I cannot be more of myself today.

6:28 am

what?

6:28 am

I am valid, but more of me isn't

6:29 am

sprite?

6:29 am

oh, i get it :)

6:29 am

ooohhhhh LOL

6:29 am

lollll yes

6:29 am

almost landed in the PB for that

6:29 am

and hi JBV :)

6:29 am

oh, wait, I AM in the PB - forget about me, i'm still waking up

6:30 am

there's jumbo strawberries dipped in chocolate in the PB. And Mardi Gras cakes.

6:30 am

never the PB for Babble names!

6:30 am

:-D

6:30 am

need a coffee break - see you later and good luck with the grid

6:30 am

ok, 100 down, 67 to go . . . must get goin' -- BBL -- happy babbling! *poof*

6:31 am

ah well, I lost 9 pounds, so I think it is fair

6:31 am

bye again JBV and Une!

6:32 am

cr 8 clue please

6:33 am

don't have it yet

You might decide something according to specific cr 8/45

6:34 am

got it ... standards

6:34 am

ty

6:34 am

good one Sally, thanks

Wayhay! Finished the G's!

6:34 am

and Mudd

6:34 am

wtg Sally

6:35 am

good clue Mudd

6:42 am

nice grid so far

The grid is the size I like. When they are too big I just don't have time even if they are very easy. Too small and they are either evil or too quick!

6:51 am

I like them all, but some are tastier than others :)

6:51 am

sounds like goldilocks

6:52 am

:D hi kje!

6:52 am

hi sprite... how is europe?

6:52 am

overcast but ok, as usual

6:53 am

insane as ever here

6:53 am

that is mundial, I believe. We are sans a government atm.

6:54 am

trying to decide whether that is good or bad - LOL

6:54 am

could go either way!

6:54 am

I haven't noticed any difference

6:54 am

LOL

6:54 am

wellllll I can live with almost everything. But please save me, us and the world for Geert Wilders as president.

6:55 am

from?

6:55 am

from, indeed

6:55 am

not for, but from

6:55 am

LOL - was gonna say....

6:55 am

stupid dutchism

6:56 am

that is how I feel when certain people hit the news... I get despoindant that americans really are so gullible and unknowledgeable... but then again, for the most part, stuff works out

6:56 am

despondant

6:57 am

for whom does it work out?

6:57 am

I guess they are the same as the dutch. Malcontent, eager for some kind of scape goat and happy when somebody gives it to them. Especially when it is somebody who 'has the guts' to say fascistical and racistical things.

6:57 am

hey lawyer, hi.

6:58 am

for the most part, the checks and balances work... i

6:58 am

hi, sprite

6:58 am

yes... that is disturbing isn't it, sprite? why do we always come back to that?

6:58 am

kje, it depends on the payees of the checks

6:59 am

maybe because most people are unwilling to accept change and difficulties and take responsibility for those themselves?

7:00 am

g'morning, is there a list somewhere?

7:00 am

hello kim, I don't know, sorry

7:01 am

my stomach is growling

7:01 am

I should probably attend to that

7:01 am

how lazy must one be to not even get up and get food? LOL

7:01 am

*hands kje some chocolate-dipped strawberries to tie her over

kim, there is a list in Gremlin's profile - available through the rankings page

7:01 am

tide over, sprite

7:02 am

only corrected it cuz I know you want to learn

7:02 am

to tide her over. Mannn am I hopeless today.

7:02 am

yes I do, and I thank you

7:02 am

you are NOT hopeless! your english is amazing!

7:02 am

i think "tie over" creates a better mental image

7:02 am

LOL lawyer

7:03 am

lol not today! But thanks to you all I am learning.

7:03 am

kinda kinky, no?

7:03 am

lol lawyer

7:03 am

leads to another kind of hunger

7:04 am

kinky? moi?

7:04 am

oh my, sprite

7:04 am

I think I need to go get food before you all corrupt my pure mind ; )

7:04 am

Guten Morgen, babbpers. NO lickety ? Has anyone posted a list?

7:04 am

hehehe where is pam when I need her...

7:04 am

hi inge

7:04 am

I miss Pam!!!

7:04 am

ok, bbiam

7:04 am

so do I!

7:05 am

wie gehts, inge?

7:05 am

they say gremlinn has one in his profile, inge

7:07 am

me too, I miss pam

7:07 am

hi sue, she is a cool babbler isn't she

7:09 am

I saw a pic of her in Las Vagas with my cousin Benjy

7:09 am

oh great! So you know her IRL?

Any clue for ir4?

7:11 am

Kenny, I think it is an Ir6 you are looking for

Thanks

7:12 am

yvw, let me know if you need more of a clue

7:12 am

I need help to find grmelins profile, since my eyesoght makes it impossible to deciper the names

7:13 am

hold on, inge, I will give you a link

Kenny, are you trying to use Lickety? I understand they are yesterday's clues.

7:13 am

http://www.playbabble.com/profile_mini .php?id=51181

7:15 am

ingle - have just copied them into my profile for you :)

7:15 am

hi FM

7:16 am

Hey spritey sprite hope yr day is going well.

7:16 am

well enough, FM, how about yours?

7:17 am

Its raining but seeing as its not snow can't complain. Am not really here but wanted to just pop in and help inge out.

7:17 am

*hugs FM*

7:17 am

ok fireflies for me, anything I can help with before I go?

7:17 am

yayayay sprite!

7:18 am

OH congrats spritey

7:18 am

back... with my breakfast beside me

7:18 am

and I am off again.

7:18 am

good job kje

You are so quick sprite!

And bye FM

7:18 am

bye FM, have a good day nonetheless!

What's for breakfast kje?

7:18 am

yes, oi think breakfast may make me less despondant - LOL

7:19 am

lots of practice, Sally. Some uglies today, but I left them to last, which told me their length. Monkeys were great too.

7:19 am

breakfast is two eggs scrambled with an ounce of low fat cream cheese mixed in, capers, chives, and smoked salmon

7:19 am

yummy, am coming over NOW.

Wow kje!

7:20 am

yes... I am on day 7 of a diet... lost 4 pounds so far - woohoo!

That's a diet?

7:20 am

wow kje! Good going! I am doing Lent, told myself I am not to snack at all for 40 days. So far so good and lost 9 pounds so far.

7:21 am

sure... is actually very good for you... heart healthy fats, protein, veggies (side of sliced tomaro)

7:21 am

I snack, but right now it is celery and laughing cow

7:21 am

sounds good. Balanced diets are so much more effective in the long run than strict ones.

7:22 am

lollll @ laughing cow, we call it the same in dutch, even though it is in French on the packages.

7:22 am

de lachende koe

7:22 am

laughing cow... my concession to dieting - I hate low fat cheese!!!

7:23 am

the low fat version of the cow is actually pretty tasty.

La Vache qui Rit :-) First had that in France and felt very French! I know better now.

7:23 am

cheese is the food of gods! and low fat cheese is a sacrilege

7:23 am

lol Sally, I know the feeling.

7:23 am

LOL sally

It was xxx years ago when I was young (!) and now of course it is available here in the supermarkets.

7:24 am

well if nobody is in need of my questionable talent for clueing, I am gonna be off. *hugs* to you and thanks for the excellent company and clues.

7:24 am

it is tasty, sprite... I refuse to eat tasteless food... just makes you want to binge

7:24 am

bye sprite... always a pleasure!

7:25 am

so true! Better to eat balanced and good food. Believe me, I have tried everything else, lol.

I love good strong mature cheese.

Uh, oh. It's snowing.

7:26 am

me too sally!!! we have a wonderful cheese shop here which reminds me very much of paris... nothing but cheese, you open the door and the odors overwhelm you... but unlike the french, they let you sample lots! of course, that may be b/c they have figured out I buy almost everything they give me

7:28 am

hey!!! our dutch babbler is in the grid! how could it take me so long to see that

lol kje. We also have a good cheese shop here in Ludlow, which is a real foodie town. Also some nice delis

Visitor, back in a mo

Good Morning babblers.

7:31 am

hey red!

7:32 am

after living in MD, i always try terps

Nah that was yesterdays grid kje.

7:32 am

i also always try retic... damn

7:33 am

yes, one i had to embarrassingly ask for a clue for

me too...

7:33 am

and crit

7:34 am

how many wds. today?

7:34 am

167

7:35 am

same as yesterday?

7:35 am

167

I thought yesterday had a bit more.

7:36 am

think i'm getting too dependent on lickety

do what I do, wait to go to lickety util you have 40 left or so...

7:37 am

my day usually doesn't have room for 150+ grids

7:38 am

ok, must get going... teaching at 9... poof

well, I guess this oen isn't for you then.

Bye KJE!

7:38 am

esp. without the lickety crutch

this grid actually seems to be all about the superlative endings.

Yes, red, I have 5 of the 8's so far, and four of them have that ending.

7:43 am

hints for the i in the corner or the E in the left column?

E is et 4/5, ending in nervous twitch.

7:45 am

TY

I have 3 8's but only 70 words so far...

I is ir 6/21, ending in same way.

7:46 am

TY again. thats NBT and NBS for me!

7:46 am

morning all, I am in the grid too :)

good going eva.

and hi Peri, thanks

I was in grid yesterday...or at least part of me...

Hi pe**, so is our Dutch babbler!

I loved finding that bit of you in yesterday's grid, red. Very satisfying one.

I was not a fan of yesterdays grid, for some reason I was unable to gt it and the words were not difficult. I used the list and finally finished.

but todays seems better I am already almost half way!

and half way!!!!

7:54 am

go red!!

7:55 am

good morning everyone:)

Hi Mr Hair!

Hi crossy

7:56 am

hey crossy

7:57 am

bbs

7:57 am

friendly grid today,or is it an evil time sucking black hole from which there is no escape? lol

7:59 am

Quite user friendly

8:01 am

those t,s are very handy:)

All done, and off for today. Happy Babbling all.

8:22 am

got to love the soundtracks and music spots in these old heat of the night episodes;))

8:29 am

lol,funny when you think about it,have to go back to a series 20 years old to find something worth watching even if you do have 250 channels:/

8:37 am

Morning Friends!

8:42 am

hello everybody

8:42 am

five minutes to spend.....

8:42 am

Hi Ruby!

8:42 am

hello car

8:43 am

this is a funny grid, 91 words so far, but with a lot of help fromt he chog

8:44 am

I guess it will be one of those with a lot of strange words!

8:44 am

lots of nice p words

8:45 am

Anyone else watching Dinosaur Train? I love this show! They have a crylophosaurus on right now singing like Elvis!

8:45 am

been reading all afternoon and can hardly see the screen. had better come back later

8:46 am

that sounds so cute but they don't run it in France!

8:46 am

Give your eyes a rest ruby!

8:46 am

bye

8:46 am

It is a GREAT show! Very entertaining and informative!

8:47 am

I object! The game refuses to accept 'pitter', even tho the word is listed by dictionary.com

8:47 am

No kidding! I'm with you!

8:52 am

Hello Babble buddies

8:53 am

Hi Scrabs! {{hug}}

8:53 am

May I please have a clue for the upper corner i?

8:53 am

The pitter-patter of bunnies hopping...

8:54 am

I just found it--adjective for inflammation of colored part of eye

8:55 am

ir--aching joints as in arth*****

8:55 am

Anybody want coffee? I have a fresh pot.

8:55 am

Hi Annie.

8:55 am

so that's what it means, hello everyone

8:56 am

TY! Again...I missed an eye word...I type ophthalmology reports for a living....just sad....

8:56 am

I just had two cups, my max for the day but thank you, scrabbs

8:56 am

Hi annie!

8:56 am

Hahaha, Car! Funny!

8:56 am

hi car.

8:56 am

I'm on my third....! Whee!

8:57 am

My hair frizzes after 2 cups

8:57 am

I just found pa** and I have a gyn appt at 1 pm for a pa* test

8:57 am

My hair is always frizzy....!

8:57 am

Oh no! Just scooch down a little...

Hi all. I have to go running, but I am procrastinating.

8:58 am

I have 2 glassfuls every morning--probably 3 actual cups total as I add a lot of milk.

8:58 am

Exercise your brain here with us!

8:58 am

Yes, Car! "Just a little more...relax now...."

8:58 am

Hi red

I wish it were the same car!!

8:59 am

I am sure it is Red! LOL!

8:59 am

Just a little pressure, Scrabs!

9:00 am

YOWSER, Car! I request the Barbie equipment because I have lived the life of a nun and am postmenopausal...perhaps TMI there

9:00 am

I have so many phantom words today! Peptic, brief, better, spar.

9:01 am

Yes...we probably should steer the conversation elsewhere!

9:01 am

But now I am getting anxious Car because you know the exact words that I will hear later

9:02 am

It will be fine! You will start thinking of this chog and just start giggling!

9:03 am

pretie is not in dictionary. what is this dictionary anyway????????????so frustrating.

9:03 am

I love my doc.

9:04 am

What is that word, mkg?

9:04 am

other phantoms: heretic, hectic

9:04 am

I see those now too, Car.

9:05 am

there are scarves that are pre tied and you just slip them on. they are pretied scarves. maybe it must be with the d. but i assumed that as a very you could pretie something.

9:05 am

Oh, I see now, mkg.

9:06 am

Take away the P for a word

9:06 am

phantom: period

9:06 am

so, why won't it accept pitter?

9:06 am

almost half way. darn. cant get to half way.

9:06 am

Alas, so many phantoms to mess with our eyes today.

9:06 am

Just to annoy you Lawyer! Tee hee!

9:07 am

isnt pitter a hyphenated word as in pitter-patter

9:07 am

C'mon MKG...Get 'er done!

9:07 am

i tried pitter too, maybe because there is no patter

9:07 am

i am surrounded with professionals to annoy me without having to deal with babble amateurs

9:07 am

lickety is messed up.........has aero as a word and not in grid.

9:07 am

That is from yesterday.

9:07 am

someone who pits cherries?

9:07 am

mkg, there is no list today

9:07 am

same word count!

9:08 am

It is yesterday's Lickety's list and yesterday's grid also had 167 words.

9:08 am

pitter is a machine for removing pits. check the dictionary

9:08 am

You are right, SS.

9:08 am

but it says 2.23

9:08 am

oh well.

9:08 am

Lawyer, one of my sister's is a lawyer so I hear stories.

9:08 am

Yes Lawyer! You are correct! Kadresa uses one when she makes cherry pies!

9:08 am

it's a conspiracy

9:08 am

would love clues for the 8s so i can get half way. i have fr and pr 8s. what are others?

9:09 am

mkg, Australia is 16 hrs ahead of Chicago time, so Lickety has a different date.

9:09 am

gr

9:09 am

cr8

9:09 am

oh. ok.

9:09 am

i'll trade my cr8 for your fr8

9:09 am

gr8

9:09 am

ty got cr.

9:10 am

gr8x2

9:10 am

my fr is from the fr 4 before it........

9:10 am

oops got a cr 7 from that clue but not the 8.

9:10 am

if you don't rinse off the sand, the mussels are gr****** than those that are washed

9:11 am

i'm still willing to trade

9:11 am

I need the CR 8 as well....

9:11 am

ty got gr.

9:11 am

TY, Une

9:11 am

Une, change a vowel for the other gr8

9:11 am

yw :-)

9:11 am

someone clued the cr8 earlier as standards

9:12 am

today was best day ever picking up for soup kitchen from Whole Foods--they loaded my car with a huge box of carrots and celery, 20 small boxes of raspberries, at least 10 pounds of green and red grapes, at least 20 bags of chopped and washed chard, escarole, and beet greens -- all that in addition to lots of bread from the bakery! Hooray for my new best friends, Tyrone and and Elvin!!

9:12 am

TY! Got it Sea!

9:12 am

tx, wht!!!!!!!!

9:12 am

cr8 - a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something

9:12 am

ty got cr 8.

9:12 am

Alright, at 62/105 I am done for now. Enjoy the day.

9:12 am

That's great Une!

9:12 am

Bye Scrabs!

9:13 am

i'm sooo excited, car! LOL

9:13 am

So, I dragged out the old Merriam-Webster and pitter is not in there. Enable is the dict. that Babble uses and Enable is ornery.

9:13 am

hmmm, am still missing one 8

9:13 am

How wonderful, Une! Good for you!

9:13 am

later, scrabs :-)

9:13 am

hey, annie :-)

9:13 am

dont have the gr 8 other than the clam can you clue other one?

9:13 am

mkg, just change first vowel

9:14 am

ok did. ty.

9:14 am

well now more than half way and time for work. bye.

9:14 am

:-D

9:14 am

Bye mkg!

9:14 am

later, mkg!

9:15 am

Hi Une...healthy haul

9:15 am

is there an sp8?

9:16 am

indeed!!

9:16 am

I have a sp 7 but no 8....that I know of!

9:16 am

have sp7 x 2 but no 8

9:17 am

i have cr8, fr8, gr8 x 2, pr8

9:18 am

taking a break for breakfast -- back later -- byeee *poof*

9:18 am

Bye Une!

9:18 am

Morning all...

9:18 am

enjoy, une

9:18 am

Are there any PH words?

9:18 am

hi jan

9:18 am

Hi jan!

9:18 am

Nice to see some old school definitional clues, lawyer-1

9:20 am

thank you for calling me old, but, I deserve it

9:20 am

Not old, "old school"==but I bet I'm older than you anyway. :-)

9:21 am

As I recall, you've been around in Babbleland since way bakc, no?

9:21 am

winner goes on life support?

9:21 am

way, wa-a-a-a--y back

9:21 am

I thought so...

9:22 am

hey - i went way back - just jmbdobie then.

9:22 am

back when there was no pro account

9:22 am

Yup...back before we even had tile stat boxes. And when we had to walk five miles in the snow just to play the puzzle.

9:23 am

brb

9:23 am

and 5 miles back home... uphill both ways.

9:23 am

Sing it, jmb!

9:23 am

or maybe that was my dad walking to school? hmmm

9:24 am

hello all, is lickety up?

9:24 am

So how come the name change?

9:24 am

No peri.

9:24 am

Hi peri, lickety is up but it's yesterday's puzzle

9:25 am

so I see, same number of words which confused me at first

9:25 am

any one have a list in their profile

9:25 am

is there anyone with a list for today?

9:25 am

May i have some help with the A...I have ap 5 and as 6. What am I missing?

9:25 am

different e-mail account. maybe i should ask God to fix it.

9:25 am

oxygen and consonant

9:26 am

i did not chat back then. (too shy). Now I'm too old to worry.

9:26 am

TY annie!

9:26 am

ag----money exchange

9:26 am

I don't chat much, but I do clue from time to time.

9:26 am

morning to all chatters and lurkers!

9:27 am

ai4

9:27 am

hello

9:27 am

need one more 8...think it is pe...any clues so I can go on with my day, please

9:27 am

can i have a clue for the ap5?

9:28 am

hi phae

9:28 am

more fitting Phaeton

9:28 am

I don't have pe 8...pr 8 though.

9:28 am

ap5 is abler

9:28 am

Annie, I have a pe8 That;s all I have

9:28 am

ty

9:28 am

it's a combo--add a pe/4 to an ot/4

9:28 am

I am not getting the ag 5...money exchange?

9:28 am

ag4

9:29 am

i thought it was cheese

9:29 am

got it! TY jan!

9:29 am

And it sounds like a word that means "occurs on a regular time interval"

9:29 am

ag4---ag and I will give you an **U for the money you loaned me

9:29 am

TY all! Got it!

9:29 am

jan, kisses your way...got the 8's...be back later, bye dear babblers

9:30 am

ty for the pe8

9:30 am

ty jan

9:30 am

not getting the pe8

9:30 am

What do the other 8's look like?

9:30 am

Bye Annie! Taking a break as well.! Bye!

9:30 am

YW all...

9:30 am

bye Annie

9:30 am

I'm surprised...for you most especially

9:30 am

bye Car

9:31 am

pe4...use your name and add the ot4

9:31 am

You ought to at least get the first four letters...

9:31 am

aha, thank youi, jan and phae

9:31 am

cr, gr x2

9:31 am

yw

9:31 am

ty, Annie

9:32 am

fr8

9:32 am

fr, pe, pr

9:32 am

have one of the gr8, more sandy, help with other pls

9:32 am

i didn't get lawyer's clue for the cr8...need a different one?

9:32 am

standards phaeton

9:32 am

peri, for the gr8 change first vowel

9:32 am

winkle...change first vowel for the gr8

9:33 am

phae- cr8- particular aspects of something

9:33 am

the cr is a plural of a word that ends in ion

9:33 am

ty Sea...that did it

9:33 am

8's done

9:33 am

can't take the credit but yw

gremlinn has a list up

9:35 am

I don't see the other cr8.Help,please?

9:35 am

gramma...only 1 cr8

9:35 am

there is only 1 cr8 gramma

9:36 am

ty for the gr8

9:36 am

where helen?

9:36 am

yw winkle

9:37 am

cr8--stndards

9:37 am

pls call me peri, no one goes to the PB when a bablers name is in the grid

9:37 am

Oh I thought there were 2. I'm missing an 8

9:38 am

I am missine one too, is thre a pr8, if so may I have a clue pls

9:38 am

pr8= more beautiful

9:38 am

my real name was in the grid once, I knew it wouldn't be a word but I tried it anyway lol

9:39 am

like me :) thanks mm

9:39 am

pr8 is looking more beautiful

9:39 am

yvw peri

9:39 am

mm, did you have a nice bd yesterday?

9:40 am

I am like fine wine, getting better with age, at least that is what I keep telling myself

9:40 am

Certainly did, ty peri, got a new laptop and an iPod Touch

In her profile - find it in Rankings

9:40 am

nice gifts, mm

9:40 am

ty

9:44 am

any clues for the 8's please.....

9:44 am

Sorry!...Good afternoon all....

9:45 am

hi flask

9:45 am

wow, nice bday mm!

9:46 am

cr8 standards; fr-8 more inclined to worry; gr 8 sandier; gr 8 nastier, pe 8 homynym for occurring on a regular basis, pr 8 more attracive

9:48 am

Hey Moviman....and thanx Jan....

9:49 am

hey, MM, didja have a fun bday??

9:49 am

Of course Une, and ty

9:49 am

ooohh, just scrolled down and saw your gifts -- wow!!!

9:53 am

clue for the lone I, top of fifth column, plz?

9:54 am

don't have it lb

9:55 am

hi everyone! hi dobie! happy belated birthday MM

9:55 am

thats what am lookin' for lbd...

9:55 am

i+ a movie reviewier c****** lbd

9:56 am

thx movie!

9:56 am

yvw flask

9:56 am

ty, MM

9:56 am

I have 10 of the 12 7's:

9:56 am

yvw lbd

9:57 am

Here they are--Br—inclined to shatter Cr—animal He—someone who takes in a will Pe—more small minded Re—someone who speaks aloud Re—to rename Ro—more like the underground parts of plants Sp—one who expectorates Sp—stuff expectorated Ti—male hawk

9:57 am

Is there a list somewhere?

9:57 am

So what am I missing?

10:02 am

can't help jan, but you sure helped me. thx

10:03 am

pr 8,45to look better

10:03 am

H me stumped. I'll keep looking. tyE and Ti have

10:04 am

Oh dear. It looks as if English is my 2nd language.

10:05 am

gr4emlin has a list in his profile

10:05 am

gremlin

10:05 am

gremlin

10:05 am

What I meant to say was He and Ti have me stumped. I'll keep looking.TY

10:05 am

ty jan

10:05 am

still missing 4 of the 7's

10:06 am

re7 small network of lines

10:06 am

wow, what a wonderful chog! I just got a whole bunch of my missing words. Thank you thank you

10:06 am

getting the ti7

10:07 am

not getting the ti7 is waht I meant\

10:07 am

the he 7 usuaually starts with an in

10:07 am

It's an alternate spelling --more usually spelled te-6. Which Toyota uses for a small car model

10:07 am

like a toyota model with an additional vowel peri

10:08 am

Ah...thanks beth. That one's been in Babbleland before.

10:08 am

yvw!

10:08 am

ty for the he

10:09 am

So now down to 1 more 7...But I'm still way behind on 6's. They're my betes noirs--too long to monkey type and too many to jump out at me in A 2 Z

10:09 am

finnally got the ti7 thanks

10:10 am

could someone elaborate on the he7

10:10 am

after somebody dies, you in + ***** + either (**)

10:11 am

If someone eaves you money you are an in*******

10:11 am

neater than mine, bethn! lol

10:11 am

ty beth

10:12 am

: )

10:13 am

bl

10:13 am

need help with the i word

10:14 am

ir + film cr****

10:14 am

ty!

10:15 am

yw

10:15 am

ty too ruby

10:15 am

yw sea

10:15 am

My last 8 is fr? Clues welcome here. Please?

10:15 am

I can't get the ti7!

10:16 am

i have the re7 speaker and the re7 rename, clue for the other re7 plz

10:16 am

worries more, gramma

10:16 am

more of the fr4

10:16 am

ruby, I didn't get it either. I thought the Toyota was a tercel. 6 letters and doesn't work.

10:17 am

me too

10:17 am

gramma, stick another vowel in the last syllable

10:17 am

SeaSpray, I thought I'd tried that. ty

10:17 am

not getting the rename clue mm

10:18 am

re instead of en, then name

10:18 am

The name of a book

10:18 am

nm got it

10:18 am

re+ book name seaspray

10:18 am

re7 re+ ** ( a drink with jam and bread) ***an your room or you're grounded

10:19 am

v cute, beth!

10:19 am

ty bethn

10:20 am

we sing a lot here, one of my son's friends said it was like being in a disney soundtrack : /

10:23 am

How can pitter not be a word ... pitter patter of tiny feet? can someone 'splain to me?

10:23 am

I agree jmb!

10:26 am

arggg am missing one 7

10:27 am

isn't a machine that depits cherries, a pitter?

10:28 am

thought so too bichon

10:28 am

hi, all

10:28 am

br 7 peanut br******

10:29 am

hi mongie

10:29 am

I am still giving this game a chance. Though, I don't fully understand the babble clues. Just getting a handle on the scoring. I also don't understand why "pitter" is not accepted! lol

10:29 am

'hi, rubyfoo

10:30 am

I have a friend here whose real name is mongi!

10:30 am

So why isn't petri allowed. I thought that was the dish they grow bacteria in.

10:31 am

lol, rubyfoo! It is the name my grandson called me when he was little. I thought it was so cute. So, I like to use it in cyberspace. :)

10:31 am

I try it about once an hour

10:31 am

I dont understand why pitter isnt acceptted what about pitter patter. The words that it will accept or not make no sense to me Mongie

10:31 am

wht ... me, too. Tried it, but wouldn't take.

10:32 am

dinner now, see you later

10:32 am

'maybe you have to have BOTH pitter and patter! lol

10:32 am

'bye, rubyfoo

10:32 am

bye ruby

Isn't pitter-patter hyphenated? and I think that's a petrie dish.

10:34 am

At last the voice of reason!!

But basically, if it isn't in Enable, it isn't a word as far as Dr. God is concerned. And the compiler(s) of Enable have,, shall we say, a few quirks.

10:34 am

helens ... I think you are right. Thx.

10:35 am

Anyway dont talk to me about pitter patter it has pitter pattered outside my window for WEEKS!! Fed up with grey cloud and rain

10:35 am

Petrie doesn't work either

10:35 am

would you rather have snow Dee?

10:35 am

It cracks me up to see all those obscure Hebrew and Jewish terms.

10:36 am

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! methinks i may have found a photographer for the wedding! *happy dance*

Maybe he thinks it's Petrie

I have no clue as to what is required for a name, like Tesla, to turn into tesla for Dr. Gdd's chosen dictionarist.

10:37 am

Eva when is the wedding?

Wonderful Eva - get a binding contract at once!

10:37 am

No not snow!! But I always think if ever I was to top myself it would be in February. Roll on Spring!!

10:37 am

wedding is in october, SeaSpray.

10:37 am

what date?

10:37 am

The clues page shows 167 words, but the clues are from yesterday?

10:37 am

daughter is getting married on the 2nd

Yes, Bichon, and he has such odd notions of how to transliterate Yiddish.

10:38 am

23rd here.

10:38 am

What about all the archaic Scots words I dont suppose even a Scotsman would use them nowadays!!

10:38 am

everything else lined up?

10:38 am

for instance, Deeha???

10:39 am

I'll stand up for the Scots words, we use lots regularly. Thole and Thrawn and Gulpins and Hallions.

10:39 am

nice one, Haz!!

Thanks to Dr. God, I got a clue in a mystery (requiring knowledge of "feu") way earlier than I could have done before babbling. So ther - it is useful!

10:39 am

definitely wanna get a contract signed soon. this is an acquaintance who i have actually worked with before, but i forgot she does the occasional wedding. turns out, shes trying to build up her portfolio + will be a FULL day for a mere $600! she doesnt do the prints, but gives you a release to print as many of whatever you want -- and she will retouch any + all of the digital images for you too!

10:39 am

Dont be so rude Haz!!!

10:39 am

And, the Scots words are always in crossword puzzles, handy to know

Gulpins?

10:39 am

And scunner. You can be a really fed up Scots when your're scunnered.

10:40 am

Gulpins and hallions are stupid/idiotic oafish men.

10:40 am

The Clues Page is not working?

10:40 am

And targes are cross women.

10:40 am

lovely word, that!

As when trying to get Dr. God to take patrie, Haz?

gremlinn has a list up bishon, in her profile.

10:40 am

Hello everybody. MovieMan, if your still here - belated happy birthday. Hope you had a good day.

10:40 am

wow that's a bargain, everyone has quoted my daughter $1800

10:41 am

I don't get all that het up over the words that are and aren't accepted, it's just an artibrary thing.

Sorry - misspelled Petrie

10:41 am

how do I find Gremlin's profile?

Must stop - fingers and brain obviously no longer well connected.

Look gremlinn up in Rankings

10:42 am

SeaSpray, from what ive found, even THAT is a bargain. i was floored when she said that, and even asked her if she accidentally left off a zero! turns out, she is only doing weddings for friends + people she knows...lucky me. :)

10:42 am

Go to rankings, do control F and type gremlinn (who is male, by the way), it will highlight his name, click on it and you get the profile.

10:43 am

ty Soodle, yes I'm still here

10:43 am

Eva, am glad you are getting a break! We are meeting with one who said she will work with her (whatever that might mean lol)

10:44 am

found Gremlin, thanks

10:44 am

Yay MM. Did you see all your birthday icons?

10:44 am

im glad too!

10:44 am

Yes Soodle, very cool

10:44 am

ok, must go, am feeling lousy today, may bbl, have fun all

10:45 am

Bye SeaSpray

10:45 am

my parents have a set amount of money to put toward the wedding, and most (if not all) of that will be put toward the caterer. fiance's family paid the venue rental fee, so not sure if they will put in any more. everything else is all on us! i want it nice, but not at the expense of being in debt + wedding-poor!

10:47 am

how many re7's are ther?

10:48 am

There are 3, Flask.

10:49 am

I have the name and the talker whats missing?

10:50 am

re7/32 - re , a consonant, plus the end part of what hangs down in frozen fashion from a roof or eaves of a house.

10:51 am

It's the same structure as the name one, only one letter different towards the end.

10:52 am

thx Haz & hi today!

10:52 am

ok...I have br7...cr7...he7...pe7...rex3...ro7...s px2...what am I still missing??

10:53 am

You're welcome, bojazz, hello to you!

10:53 am

got that one now Haz,, thanx!

10:53 am

I just need 2 more...

10:54 am

i know you found the "countryman" reference for England???

10:54 am

ti7 and one other which I haven't found yet.

10:55 am

ir 6/21??? any clues

10:55 am

clue for the pe7?

10:55 am

ir6 - relating to the flower like part of the eye. It ends in a nervous twitch.

10:56 am

pe7 - comparatively inclined to dwell on the small things in life.

10:57 am

Thanks Haz!

10:57 am

hmm, got that one, i need the one after the little bluish flower.

10:57 am

hi tammy - how's the weather up there?

10:57 am

Do you mean pe8?

10:58 am

Nice! Actually down here.. South Carolina!

10:58 am

right before the pe8.

10:58 am

Oh I forgot your in sumter..

10:58 am

pe7.36

10:58 am

no, i'm down here - in Sumter - you're up there "from me"

10:58 am

I'm not done yet, somebody else had better clue that one, lb.

10:59 am

Right. Pardon my memory lapse

10:59 am

thanks, haz.

10:59 am

'so OK - maybe i need a new icon - like a Gamecock?

11:00 am

for Gamecock City, that is

11:00 am

The "Real" USC

11:00 am

absolutely!

11:01 am

Haz can u clue the ti for me please?

11:01 am

I grew up in Columbia

11:01 am

pe7/36 - follow the flower with a suitable word (three letters)

11:01 am

Now I live 15 miles from Clemson so I am part tiger part gamecock

11:01 am

Flask, if you have the ti6 (same structure as Mr Brosnan, the actor) put a consonant on the end.

11:02 am

mothing wrong with that - my grandaughter plans to be a Tiger

11:02 am

oi!, thanks Haz! fireboards

11:02 am

Well done!

11:02 am

It's a really great school.. Beautiful campus Fun times!

11:02 am

congrats ibd

11:02 am

may i return the favour?

11:03 am

the campus is great

11:03 am

thanx Haz!

11:03 am

No, you're fine, I'll carry on, thanks, lb.

11:03 am

ty ty. those 7's had me seeing stars

11:03 am

You're welcome, flask.

11:04 am

JMC - are you lurking?

11:04 am

she would be the first in our family to attend Clemson - she told her uncle (a USC grad) maybe that would add some class to the family & she's only 11

11:04 am

Not too much nightlife in Clemson so that helps with studies! My son went to coastal carolina. Too many things get in the way in myrtle beach

11:04 am

Back in a couple of minutes.

11:05 am

any clues before I head off to try and be constructive?

11:05 am

Cute!

11:05 am

lbd....pe7 please?

11:05 am

have a good day lb

Hey All. how is everyone?

11:06 am

hi red

11:06 am

Hi red pretty good how are you?

11:06 am

Well.. better scoot off to do a few things. enjoy bojazz

11:06 am

which one, flask? the first one is the Babbler, pe**winkle + abbrev for where one might dwell

11:06 am

hi red

11:07 am

thanx lbd!!

11:07 am

yw. that's the one i had trouble with too.

11:08 am

hope to be back later. good luck with the puzzle.

bye lbd and hi

11:10 am

pe/7 more intimate

11:14 am

good morning everyone

hello Flosey

11:15 am

hi flosey - congrats to the Canadian ice dancers - awesome

I missed it but I was pleased to hear they won.

11:15 am

ty bojazz, we were all so very excited

11:16 am

ty red

11:16 am

sorry i missed it - hear the performance was over the top!

Canada is doing well in the Olympics. I know they say they are failing the "Own the podium" but, I think they have really done excellently.

11:17 am

i'm cheering for Canada - 'cept when they are against the US

11:17 am

don't know who made that quote red, everyone I know is so very, very proud of our athletes - first time on home soil for gold

11:17 am

totally acceptable bojazz - that's loyalty

11:18 am

adds excitement when the "home team" does well

11:18 am

sure does bo

I think there has been a push for the Canadians withthe "Own the Podium" campaign, and somehow they expected more medals, but frankly, I see so many doing so well.

11:19 am

as I said red, I have no idea who is being so possessive - that is just plain greed, and takes away from the ones who are winning

I agree.

SOmetimes I think people just need something to say.

11:20 am

except for some of the Russians, most seem to be team spirited for the games - they are quite the athletes

ANy clue for the I in the right hand upper corner...?

11:21 am

relating to the ir in the eye, red - ir6

thanks DC.

11:22 am

in the past, there have been some competitions that have not been judged with total honesty, I think that has been corrected and all are being won fair and square

11:22 am

ir6/21 - ir + theatre cr***

11:22 am

too slow :(

11:23 am

it's a crime when politics get involved in the judging

For me, it has been an enjoyable olympics.

11:24 am

think NBC could be much better in their job

NPR did a story on nbc saying that it has failed to keep up with the way we consume media...

11:24 am

good to hear red, thanks, I haven't been over but daughter has been doing a lot of mingling with the crowds and says it is like Mardi Gras and a wonderful time

I did enjoy the story on the snowboarder who crashed...how sad that was.

11:25 am

tragic - i'm sure we haven't heard the end of that

11:25 am

that was the luge, wasn't it red, a trial run before the games opened

No no Kevin Pearce, he crashed prior to Olympics and has had a terrible Brain injury.

the Luge situation was also not good.

11:26 am

oh, sorry, yes, you're right

I was really saddened to hear it, but I think he knew the risks of the half pipe..

11:28 am

was not aware of that incident

11:28 am

right red, there are some sports I just don't watch

11:29 am

what those young people do in the half pipe is AMAZING

11:30 am

and the injury factor is way up there

Bo, I dont think too many people were, as not too many follow half pipe. It was part of NBC's coverage, and I thought very nciely done. I really hope that he can learn to walk again.

it is really fun to watch.

11:31 am

indeed red, hope he is able to recover

11:31 am

Shawn White - is he from this planet? what a competitor

11:32 am

Shaun White

11:32 am

getting away from Olympics, like the bungee jumping thing, daughter called me AFTER she tried it - and said once was enough

11:32 am

oooops, sorry Shaun

yes, and the injured man, Kevin actually beat Shaun White twice....

Yes, Flosey your daughter is nuts!!!!

11:34 am

there are times I agree with you there red, she's a bit of a dare devil

11:34 am

this is fun, but work beckons, so must return - a great day wish for you all - bbl

11:35 am

have a good day bo

11:36 am

** have a great one, bo

I also have to go, I must go swimming.

11:38 am

sounds good red, enjoy

11:41 am

hello

11:43 am

what happened to likkety?

11:43 am

hi owly and bogster

11:43 am

Hi

11:43 am

I heard his son is ill

11:44 am

I have he4/4...he4/7...he7/32.....what am I missing?

11:44 am

ahh that is more important

11:44 am

bogster, where are you from?

11:44 am

new jersey

11:45 am

Flask, missing he6/21 just before the he7

11:46 am

thanx flosey!

11:46 am

yw

11:46 am

where in nj?

11:47 am

near philly

11:47 am

i am philly burbs

11:48 am

did you perhaps attend Temple

11:49 am

as a matter of fact, i did

11:49 am

help w/the he 6 & 7 please

11:50 am

the 7 is more usually used with prefix in

11:51 am

Haz - you still here?

11:51 am

he6 is like a cha**** of fire

11:52 am

I was just going to tell Haz that the famous Yorkshire Vet is in todays grid - he 6!

11:52 am

I need the other br8, I have the navy prison

11:53 am

ty dc

11:53 am

nm

11:53 am

Theres a BR *????

11:54 am

A br 8??

11:54 am

sorry Soodle

11:54 am

bogster: did you?

11:54 am

Bich - you put the heart cross ways in me there. Lol

11:54 am

No, Lycoming

11:55 am

was haz here?

11:55 am

I have 4 of the BR's so far, but only the prison one you mentioned for 8 points

11:57 am

br4,4,4,4,5,7

11:57 am

yes owly, haz was in earlier

11:57 am

ty for the he clues :)

11:57 am

oh then i missed her.

11:59 am

a whole other "fe7" of fish :D

11:59 am

bbl

12:00 pm

hello everybody

12:01 pm

hello ruby

12:01 pm

Hi Rubes.

12:01 pm

think you mean fe6 dc? I need the last fe6

12:01 pm

indeed flosey - miscounted

12:01 pm

np dc

12:01 pm

hello soodle

12:02 pm

That should be fe**** of Kish, Dc

12:02 pm

hi, flosey

12:02 pm

I missed the skating pairs last night because husband wouldn't watch the JO and I thought it was tonight. I am so annoyed

12:03 pm

ah, lickety broken today, i see

12:03 pm

is heretic a phantom?

12:03 pm

indeed it is, ruby

12:03 pm

bye

12:03 pm

I taped it ruby, wasn't able to watch

12:03 pm

and they won't accept petri!!!

12:03 pm

hasta, owly

12:04 pm

may I come over to your house flosey?

12:04 pm

hello

12:04 pm

why yes, ruby, would be lovely

12:04 pm

just hop into your private jet

12:05 pm

I'll bring the pastries!

12:05 pm

ooooooooh, yum

12:05 pm

anyone have a list?

12:05 pm

I have great coffee

12:06 pm

this sounds like an excellent plan!

12:06 pm

gremlin posted a list in his bio phaeton

12:06 pm

if i bring my chai tea + my leftover birthday goodies, can i come too??

12:06 pm

i can't find gremlin in the rankings

12:06 pm

let me check

12:07 pm

sounds good, eva

12:07 pm

phae-go to rankings then do contrl f & type the name in the box & it will take you to that name

12:08 pm

k

12:10 pm

got it..thank you scribe

12:11 pm

yve-Haz had given instructions earlier & I remembered!

12:11 pm

yvw*

12:18 pm

done at last

12:19 pm

congrats, Inge

12:19 pm

now sudoku, bye

I would love this grid if I had a Lickety along about now...

12:20 pm

lickety posted that clues are up, but date is right, but clues are yesterday's

Well, let's go wake up Lickety!

12:23 pm

he should be up in about 90-120 minutes, so he can get to work

12:27 pm

lickety trying to recycle clues again? lol

12:27 pm

indeed so, crossy :)

12:35 pm

Hiya Crossy :)

12:41 pm

i hope this evening finds you well, soodle

12:42 pm

any help with pe 7/36?

12:42 pm

I am very well, DC, thank you, just a bit miffed by Crossy's lack of 'Hiya Soodle'!! lol

12:43 pm

Tammy - If I am ugly, you are probably pr****** than me....

12:43 pm

tammy, i have the 7.32, looking for the 7.36...

12:44 pm

Flippit - that was the 8 I just clued :(

12:44 pm

pe7.36 - pe**winkle + abbrev for place you might live

12:44 pm

pe4 babbler and able

12:44 pm

pe 7/36 = pe 4/5 + prone to

12:44 pm

beautiful icon, phae!

12:45 pm

hi, jen and phae

12:45 pm

howdy :o)

12:45 pm

Thanks jen

12:45 pm

hi dc and ty

12:46 pm

stole it from my son

12:46 pm

computer lag :o(

12:47 pm

the chog lags sometimes for some of us, all good, jen :)

12:47 pm

Morning everyone. Hello Phaeton!

12:48 pm

has anyone got a list of 7/8,s please.

12:48 pm

morning, lyn

12:48 pm

hi lynxxx

12:48 pm

morning lyn

12:48 pm

oggy, see gremlinn's profile for a list

12:48 pm

jacula and jillibus usually post lists too

12:48 pm

ok thanks

12:53 pm

done...any clues needed?

12:54 pm

Congrats Phae!

12:56 pm

ty lynxxx

12:56 pm

guess i'll find something less productive to do :)

12:57 pm

happy babbling

12:57 pm

bye Phae, see you again soon

12:59 pm

cograts and be well, phae

1:08 pm

Ooooh - Our Dutch friend is here in the grid! I wonder did she see it?

1:09 pm

hi Soodle, yes she did

1:09 pm

hello lynxxx

1:10 pm

She must have been delighted! I am still waiting to see Soodlebum appearing....

1:10 pm

hi Ruby

1:16 pm

gd night everybody

1:16 pm

goodnight Ruby, sweet dreams

1:17 pm

Stats are in my profile for anyone who wants them.

1:17 pm

g'night ruby

1:17 pm

Oiche mhaith, Ruby. ( EEE-Ha Wha) (means good night in Irish

1:19 pm

Hi Jac, TY

1:19 pm

ty, jac, and hello. What on earth is your icon picture?

1:20 pm

Its eight fried eggs, of course, DC - Doh!!

1:21 pm

Hi DCS. It's giant fried egg sculptures in the main square in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. About to change it to today's theme.

1:22 pm

ah, so it was exactly what it looked like. huh. THanks :)

1:22 pm

Gotta go 'cos I'm not really here.:-) (Other Half called me in saying it looked like a Babble list was needed.) Time for dinner.

1:25 pm

njoy jac, thanks

1:27 pm

hmmm can I find my last 32??

1:28 pm

Hello early birds, or late birds depending. It is grey and drizzly here in the NW. I haven't checked the Olympics to see how their weather is today.

1:28 pm

hello, ata and stidgmere

1:29 pm

Hi dc and soodle and jac and ata et al!

1:29 pm

Hiya Stid!

1:30 pm

My ironing is done for the week and I feel liberated and ready to work my few remaining brain cells.

1:31 pm

i find ironing relaxig, though it is nice when it's done :)

1:31 pm

need clue for sp 6/27 please. Last one I need. for fireworks

1:31 pm

water sp6

1:31 pm

Yes, ironing is one of the activities that gives great relaxation.

1:32 pm

ty dcseain. Got fireworks

1:33 pm

Ironing? Relaxing? I'm clumsy by nature - no way am I relaxed by having something that hot so close to my skin!

1:33 pm

*snoggles NB* (thats a sliding, snogging, tackle, BTW)

1:33 pm

You are supposed to take the clothes off first, NB

1:34 pm

:)

1:34 pm

I so not find ironing relaxing. I find nothing about homemaking/cleaning, etc. relaxing. but I do like it when everything is neat and clean

1:34 pm

Oh, Nancy I thnk it is the years of doing it and the burns acquired that make it a task one grows to enjoy.

1:34 pm

Eva!!!!! (Leo's eyes just got pretty wide :D)

1:34 pm

I will never grow to enjoy ironing. thinking of shipping all my wrinkled clothes out to you, stidgmere :)

1:35 pm

LOL, Jess!

1:35 pm

It was stressful at first, then it clicks, and is very relaxing in its precision, Nancy

1:35 pm

Well, I agree housework is always there. I do not take in additional ironing but will not comment when you wear wrinkled clothes.

1:36 pm

well since you are closer dc, I may send my wrinkled clothes to you then:)

1:36 pm

have i said how much i dislike the neighbors in #202? I'm in my living room and can hear them - they're across the hall!

1:36 pm

Eva, Leo now sees you as his rival for my lurve

1:36 pm

ty stidgmere

1:36 pm

I'm just sending mine to haz

1:36 pm

Was there a fireworks for Matches!! Hooray and congrats.

1:36 pm

You can send 'em to me, if you suit big holes

1:37 pm

aww, im no competition. *slinks away slowly*

1:37 pm

some people enjoy/like household chores and there are those of us who don't. we all know which group were are in

1:37 pm

*launches surprise snoggle attack upon Eva* and the hunter becomes the hunted ;)

1:37 pm

One of the first gifts I got from my future MIL was an iron. I should have beaten her son with it. At least it would have been used...

1:38 pm

my botanical drawing/painting class starts tonight. I am looking forward to it

1:38 pm

*squeee!!*

1:38 pm

oooo what fun peri!

1:38 pm

I like tha water-based household chores - kitchens, baths, laundry. Would rather someone else vacuumed and dusted.

1:38 pm

oh, enjoy, peri!

1:38 pm

LOL jess

1:39 pm

Well, I think I'll take my 22 words and exit to play piano for a while. First grade children always prefered water-based also. Some coule have gone into the swamp-making business.

1:39 pm

I hate vacumming and dusting

1:39 pm

Jess! LOL

1:39 pm

55 left, bbs

1:39 pm

have fun, stidgmere, be well

1:39 pm

I am looking forward to seeing your paintings, peri. When do you have Spring Break?

1:41 pm

What can I say, I love bashing the ex. I just found his Myspace page, where he proudly lists himself as 39, single and FEMALE. I'm still laughing, a week later!

1:41 pm

LMAO!

1:41 pm

for the record, NB, we lurve leo too! we just dont actually, yknow...KNOW him yet. ;)

once when my eldest was little, i was ironing and she exclaimed "did you ask daddy if you could use the iron!?"

1:42 pm

Leo needs a babble account

ironing obviously not high on my priority list

1:42 pm

LOL good

1:43 pm

LOL Eva! He's a little shy. He also claims he doesn't like word games. He prefers to hang over my shoulder and be infuriating by pointing out all the words I've missed ;)

1:43 pm

Good Engough!! I really did laugh out loud.

1:43 pm

theres a word game here??

1:44 pm

It takes the eye of an outsider to find it ;)

1:44 pm

Also, Good Enough, sorry for gargling your name

no offense NB :)

1:46 pm

curling is the oddest oddest sport

1:47 pm

is curling the advanced mops 'n buckets on ice?

1:47 pm

it started on frozen rivers in Canada

1:47 pm

I think so!

1:48 pm

it just *looks* odd. brooms and brushing

1:49 pm

that's the one! I don't understand the aim of the game, really. I assume they're very skilled but they may all just be laughing at us.

1:50 pm

they all look very very serious about it

1:50 pm

i think they just shuffle along constantly thinking "must clean the ice, must clean the ice, must clean the ice..."

1:50 pm

it must be very scientific though

1:51 pm

well, the broomers determine the path of the stone, and to a limited extent, how far it travels

1:51 pm

LOL Eva. Maybe the babblers that find housework relaxing would enjoy this sport...

1:51 pm

so how much does the actual "throw" of the stone matter?

guess you can count me out

1:51 pm

it determines overall trajectory and approximate distance

1:52 pm

hmmmm

1:52 pm

the UK women's curling captain is *gorgeous*. random intellectual comment!

1:54 pm

LOL Ata. I find a lot of the winter olympics quite difficult to watch...the skiing makes me flinch back and I start to feel nauseous watching them! Ice skating too.

1:54 pm

lots of people have been falling down in the winter olympics... dunno if its like that every year, but i have noticed it a LOT this year...

1:55 pm

love watching skiing though I hate skiing itself

1:55 pm

hi all

1:55 pm

might relate to the artificial snow, EvaN

1:55 pm

hi, boo

1:56 pm

i like watching downhill, but have no desire to do it.

1:56 pm

loads of women fell on their downhill

1:56 pm

and why is some of the snow blue? Some weird Canadian or IOC requirement for artificial snow?

1:57 pm

course outline?

1:57 pm

I watched the ice dancing last nite. I thought that Tanith and Ben were cheated out of the medals. The Russians were terrible and they got the bronze

1:57 pm

you're right Eva, there have been some spectacular crashes

1:58 pm

ice dancing always generates controversy

hiyas, got 15 minutes free time, weeee

1:59 pm

that it does, nancy

1:59 pm

hi, Gwen

1:59 pm

hi gwe

1:59 pm

gwen!

gweeeeee LOL

2:04 pm

:D

2:05 pm

man. tee-red! dont have much down-time for the rest of this week. *yawn*

2:06 pm

i think i'm fighting off a cold, and i'm tired, too. i want spicy food, too.

2:06 pm

bbs, gonna go make som tom yum

2:06 pm

some tom yum :) bbs

2:06 pm

mmmmm!

my collection of ways people have misspelled my names is up here: http://bookdoctorgwen.blogspot.com/ (looks like i have to add one now)

2:08 pm

LOL. People can't spell my surname, even though it's really obvious. Apparently it's incomprehensible to spell

2:10 pm

I quite like Gweee :D

2:10 pm

hello babblers!

2:10 pm

good afternoon, all -- another squeaker for Canada over Scotland in curling this morning.

2:12 pm

do my eyes betray me or is lickety out of kilter with the grid....I don't see some of the combo's at all???

alante, do you have a weird surname? (mine is also misspelled a lot, and it's just FOSS)

lickety on vaca again!!

2:12 pm

no! It's Hitchin. But no-one can spell it. There's even a Hitchin town in England.

(ack, sees that she just misspelled atalante, oops!)

2:13 pm

ok this will be good for me LOL

hey, i know a hitchin 8-)

foff, fauce, fossette, foos, ross, moss, you name it!

2:13 pm

do you??? O.O! is pretty rare surname

yay i found an 8!

2:14 pm

I have a good name misspelling for you...On my parents wedding cake they misspelled my dad's name of Goff and put Goof...

good one, mpitt!

2:14 pm

I found an 8 too

saw on TV a cake where they put on it just what the customer wanted: "LEAVE BLANK"

2:15 pm

They loved to tell that story...my grandmother did an amazing job with a toothpick to save the day!!!

2:16 pm

Good One Gwen!

my name backwards sounds kind of amphibian-ish: Soff Newg. LOL

oh, gotta run, appointment time POINK

2:16 pm

looooool

2:17 pm

did you misspell your last name backwards...would it be Ssof?

2:18 pm

ok nose to the grid......later all

2:18 pm

gnuoy. that's me backwards. dear me, how ugly.

2:18 pm

very gnu-y

2:20 pm

Ata?

2:20 pm

oui?

2:20 pm

me . . . Tennob . . . but maiden name was worse: Bmal

2:20 pm

:-D

2:20 pm

Bmal sounds like a medical test

2:20 pm

eeewwww LOL

2:22 pm

ohhh, are we doing last names? I did my first. Best to end the whole sorry picture there.

2:22 pm

LOL!

2:22 pm

Ykceb Nihctih

2:23 pm

easy for YOU to say LOL

2:23 pm

this is reminding me of the dwarf in Twin Peaks!

2:23 pm

love love twin Peaks

2:24 pm

me too, Ata -- we even had a Twin Peaks party at work -- still have a pic of my best friend wrapped in plastic on the floor, holding a log!

2:25 pm

lol!!! it[s the most wonderful wonderful series

2:25 pm

sigh . . .

Hello everyone, I am having a fairly perfect day. So please no ruinging it!

2:27 pm

that my cue to leave, Red? ;)

2:27 pm

what an intro, red!

hardly NB, how are you?

I am just so happy, we have normal temps, the pool temp was perfect, I was able to run an entire mile without irritating my injury, got to photograph a snapping turtle...and and and

2:28 pm

oooo snapping turtle!

2:28 pm

you're injured?

2:28 pm

and Abbey Road Studios now declared a national historic landmark!

yes, did you know they can not retract their heads Ata?

2:28 pm

I'm great thanks Red :) glad you're having such a good day!

Mixi, I have not been running since November.

2:29 pm

really?!

glad you are good too NB!

that is what I read today when doing a little research....

2:29 pm

when we fished in the bayou with cane poles when I was a kid, snapping turtles would bite off the bait, hook and all!

2:29 pm

sounds very Tom Sawyerish, eh?

2:29 pm

pe 7, please?

2:30 pm

pe7 more pe5/12

I thought he was just being aggressive....the dog was going crazy, he started to foam at the mouth...

More small minded cyber

2:31 pm

sorry - should have been more specific -- looking for the other one, following the boys school

2:32 pm

* wrong list -- following our babbler friend

2:33 pm

I'll try again! - pe 7/36, following our babbler friend?

2:34 pm

our friend + appropriate

2:34 pm

ty une

2:35 pm

yw ;-)

appropriate?

2:36 pm

pe7: A charm worn as protection against mischief and disease; an amulet

well, it isnt a pendant.

got it thanks

2:37 pm

our friend + abbrev for rental unit

2:37 pm

I didn't get it, a hint?

2:37 pm

did you see the clue i just posted, bichon?

2:37 pm

who is our friend?

2:38 pm

oohhh, a longtime Babble regular -- pe4/5

2:38 pm

got it, ty

2:38 pm

cool!

is Lickety awake yet?

2:39 pm

p's slain

2:40 pm

clues are in my profile, kaplan

2:40 pm

go, nan!

2:42 pm

dogs begging for potty break -- BBL *poof*

congrats Nan on pummeling the P's

2:43 pm

he should be, or near to, kaplan. Business day starts at 17 EST

2:44 pm

How many words today?

167

2:47 pm

Hmm ... I finished Grem's list, but I only have 162. Big oops! bbl

2:48 pm

jacula has a complete list, as does uneaxoise

2:48 pm

so does gremlinn

Oh no, gremlinn must have omitted the objectionable words, or something!

I keep wanting to enter elicit today.

2:57 pm

yay, hot soup :)

2:57 pm

... Fireworks!

2:58 pm

congrats, merk

2:59 pm

ty and ty jacula, uneaxoise, and gremlinn!

2:59 pm

See you tomorrow!

2:59 pm

is the bull the last to 4?

2:59 pm

congrats merk

3:02 pm

I'm back and I found my missing words. I had typed them into my list, but not into Babble's list. Whew!

3:03 pm

last to 5/10, please?

3:04 pm

congrats, mudd

3:04 pm

Latin plural of the to 4,4

3:04 pm

reverse last letters of one above it, nan

3:04 pm

oops, wroing one :/

3:04 pm

Double the ending vowel.

3:05 pm

I hope to see you all later.

3:05 pm

ty mudd -- only one I didn't try!

3:06 pm

be well, mudd

3:09 pm

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

3:14 pm

anyone need clues before I leave?

3:14 pm

cr8/45 pls?

3:15 pm

cr 8: elemental facts

3:16 pm

ty

3:16 pm

congrats, nan

3:16 pm

ty seain

3:17 pm

yw ormal

3:17 pm

off for lunch and the olympics :)

3:50 pm

hey all, has anyone posted a list?

3:50 pm

Hi all, back again. Got some world-class R.E.M on the TV in the background so should be here for a while :)

3:50 pm

yay for REM, and WB, nancy

3:51 pm

Thanks Seain :) LOVE that band

3:51 pm

kim, yes, gremlin, jacula, and uneaxoise

3:51 pm

thanx

3:51 pm

i was shocked at one point to realize i own their whole discography - apparently i was a fan LOL

3:53 pm

¡ay, dios condénelo! i have a head cold

3:53 pm

LOL Seain! I've been working on getting their discography, but doing it backwards...the DVD I'm watching now is so old, Stipe still has a big, curly ponytail...

3:54 pm

LOL, i remember that.

3:55 pm

so, since you were so shocked (lol) to discover you were a fan, what other music are you into? :)

3:56 pm

after REM, i own a lot of Madredeus, Live, Pink Martini, Alabina, Aterciopelados, Grapner, Bach, and Wagner

3:56 pm

oh, and Mary Jane Lemond

3:59 pm

lots of artists I've never heard of - have I missed something big, or are you into the obscure?

4:00 pm

Grapner, Bach, and Wager are classiclal composers. Pink Martini is a wonderful 12-piece plus vocalist out of Seatle, which i discovered by accident. Live has several well-known hits, but not a huge following.

4:00 pm

mary jane lemond does scots music, out of Nova Scotia

4:00 pm

Alabina is a combo of Los Hijos do Sara and Ishtar

4:01 pm

lol im a lost cause im into,floyd,supertramp,boston,elo,dire straits,eric clapton,journey,steve perry(with or without journey lol) and on and on and on ;0

4:01 pm

Madredeus is a Fado group out of Lisbon

4:01 pm

Oh no, well, I knew of the composers of course :) But I'm always looking for new music, so if you're keen to recommend the bands, then I'll give them all a listen

4:01 pm

so, yes, obscure a lot of them :) Aterciopelados is punk out of Columbia

4:02 pm

Pink Martini is one i totally recommend, and think you'll like. On YouTube, you should check out The Real Tuesday Weld

4:02 pm

just turn that electric gi-tar up to 11 and pull the knobs off;)

4:02 pm

oh, those are all nice, too, crossy.

4:04 pm

if you like classical-style singing, Teresa Salgueiro is worth checking out - she's the female vocalist for Madredeus and has a very lovely, clean, crisp soprano voice.

4:04 pm

lol crossy pictures dc moving crossy records around with tweezers,like they are road kill lol

with 55 left, I am lacking any more gumption...

4:06 pm

Will do Seain, thanks ;) but these bands better have huge back catalogues....'cause if I like a band, I go ALL the way, lol

Ok make that with 54 left...

4:06 pm

of that lot, Madredeus has the largest, Pink Martini the smallest.

4:06 pm

hiya, red

4:06 pm

Live's is pretty large, too, come to think of it.

4:09 pm

awesome. I've added them to the Big List on my wall! Thanks :D

evening babble buds!

4:10 pm

evening ADHD!

hi word.

4:10 pm

GO6? I have the growth from lack of iodine in your diet and I have stickier. Help,please with the other 1.

I see DC and I see Nancy Boy and I see cybernan and I see Kim (I'm looking thru my Romper Room magic mirror)

4:11 pm

go6 - joint disease, switch last letters for the other

4:11 pm

welcome, adhd

4:12 pm

ty

4:12 pm

Don't wave any mirrors around, ADHD, I have a tendency to get glued to them

dc, I think you mean a swelling in the throat. not gout.

4:12 pm

oh my bad, yes, red, you're right

gout is due to uric acid

but I did get the clue!

4:13 pm

Hi everybody

hi Kris!

Hi Kris.

4:13 pm

How about Pi5?

4:14 pm

singular of polish potato-filled dumplings

wish I had it gramma.

only have 64 words and that's not one of then gramma.... yet

4:14 pm

one pi5 - more than one pi5i

hmmm. what is showing on my icon?

4:15 pm

gosh, just realized I have a weak little 24 words - too busy REM-ing and chattering away.

4:15 pm

dcseain, ty. Have you ever been to the Metro Club?

nancy! get cracking!

LOL

4:15 pm

ratatouille, adhd

4:16 pm

no, gramma, in which city is that?

the polish dumpling doesn't work perogi?

4:16 pm

it's a pi5, adhd, drop last letter

4:16 pm

It's in DC

nm... dummy me...i got it

4:17 pm

ah, the Metropolitan Club, no never been ther.

why isn't pitter a word? like pitter patter

4:18 pm

pitter-patter is a hyphenated compound, prescriptively

didn't know it was hyphed tx

4:19 pm

way too much info

4:19 pm

again, prescriptively

4:19 pm

howdy, bogster

well i'm gonna don my diving gear and get cracka-lackin

4:19 pm

dc, how was your dinner the other night?

4:19 pm

what about someone who takes the stones out of olives? a pitter surely?

4:19 pm

hi

yes yes yes graham!

4:19 pm

agreed, graham

4:20 pm

hich dinner was that Kris ?

4:20 pm

you were going to Something house for dinner - Saturday? Sunday?

4:20 pm

hello everyone crossy, still here?

4:21 pm

ah, The Tabard Inn, it was expensive, but very, very nice

4:21 pm

hi westford

4:21 pm

hi, west

4:21 pm

hello kris

4:21 pm

lickety still not up. darn.

4:21 pm

Sounded expensive -- what did you have? (enjoying vicariously)

4:21 pm

prettior

4:22 pm

mushroom quesadilla, guacamole, cheese plate, a buch of drinks, and we shared a grouping of desserts

4:22 pm

hi seain was looking at your music choices all I know besides the classical composers are REM and Live

4:22 pm

yum!

4:22 pm

the asian duck burgers got good reviews

4:22 pm

sorry dc. Grandbaby needed me. Yes, that's the name the Metropolitan. There's another 1 also called something like the Cosmo?

4:22 pm

yeah, not all well known.

4:23 pm

Cosmoplotian Club, yes

4:23 pm

I think I'll check out Pink Martini and Mary Jane Lemond ?

4:23 pm

we're moving back closer to the city later this year. i'm lookig forward to being back inside the beltaway.

4:23 pm

heel

4:24 pm

stay

is there a list today?

4:24 pm

My son has invited us. It looks quite fancy.

4:24 pm

crap wrong window -- iff to the pb

4:24 pm

west, i think those two you'll like a lot, the Mary Jane sings in Scots Gaelic, so you kow

oopsy kris

4:24 pm

it is, and will be a very lovely time, gramma :)

4:25 pm

our daughter's fil's family is from Nova Scotia and her mil is Mary Jane going to tell them about it

4:25 pm

I'm excited.

4:25 pm

cool, west

4:25 pm

and I love anything sung in Gaelic

4:25 pm

crossy love gaelic:))

4:26 pm

and what was the group that sings fado?

4:26 pm

3 left. They will have to wait until later. Little Miss Madeleine needs me.

4:26 pm

hi crossy I saved my icon for you

4:26 pm

enya does a very good english aproximation of the style

is there a list today?

love enya

4:26 pm

my husband is a big enya fan

4:26 pm

my son loves "may it be"

GO GRAM-MA! GO GRAM-MA! GO GO GO * shakes pom poms* RAH RAH RAH! YOU GO GIRL!

4:27 pm

never heard any Enya, either. I hear mixed reviews...can't tear myself away from the stuff I really really love, like Radiohead

4:27 pm

Enya's nice, but i'm not a huge fan.

4:27 pm

crossy he must have eclectic taste in music

4:27 pm

Radiohead rocks

4:27 pm

here nb,ill get you a enya song now...

4:28 pm

Dylan is my all time favorite

4:28 pm

Seain, they're my favourite band ever, ever, ever. Seen 'em live more times than I can honestly afford.

4:28 pm

and the Kingston Trio lol

in there a list today?

4:29 pm

I wonder why crossy is ignoring me and my special icon I made just for him

4:29 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5SWRH GYU4

4:29 pm

anybody got the i word?

4:29 pm

the two bands i've seen the most of live are Christine Lavin, They Might Be Giants, Black Flag, and Chumbawamba

4:29 pm

that for me? thanks crossy :)

4:29 pm

wait, that's more than two LOL

4:29 pm

lol,i listen to a wide range of music indeed westford

ir6 pertaining to the eye

4:30 pm

a rough copy,but you will get the idea

ir + me + facial twitch

4:30 pm

oh-ho! i didn't think you could do that without a D. thanks.

4:30 pm

ir 6 21 has 3 of same vowel.

is there a list today?

4:32 pm

gremlinn and jacula and une all posted

4:32 pm

I think that's right

4:33 pm

hello friends, I have about 5 minutes... feeling stressed out and no way out but through. Class this afternoon, then off to another town for a school board meeting, then home and maybe some time with the family before bed. I hope.

4:33 pm

hello stid

4:33 pm

Stid! Sorry to hear about the stress :) would offer a massage but nobody has arms long enough for that

4:34 pm

Yikes, Stidmama! Good luck!

4:34 pm

best with it, stid

hey stid.... take a deep breath in slowly through your nose, exhale slowly through your mouth. whisper 1-10 while exhaling. it works!

4:35 pm

need 2 more 8's have cr,gr,gr,pr stats for the last 2 please?

don't mean to be snarky, but i've asked 4 times... is there a list? did i miss an answer? i don't want to check yet... too early

4:36 pm

you did scroll down just a little bit

4:36 pm

aperantly there is,yesterdays list but dated today

4:36 pm

unless it has changed in the last 2 hours

4:36 pm

Sorry all, had lag for a bit. Nancy Boy, are you implying that I have a FAT BACK??? *cross eyes*

4:37 pm

hey ADHD. how's the grid without the list today?

4:37 pm

LOL Stid, nope, I'm implying that there is a FAT OCEAN between us :D

very good

4:37 pm

oh, right. AND a continent. ;-)

can't find the answer.. sry... IS there a list today?

4:38 pm

cross, how was the meatloaf? it sounded so delish!

4:38 pm

look at my last post adhd

4:38 pm

so no bab anon either..........any clues anywhere??????

4:38 pm

Tom made a lovely broccoli and white rice casserole for us last night... nothing left to share I am afraid.

4:38 pm

it was amazing!!

4:38 pm

gremlinn, jacula and une all posted

4:38 pm

adhd i am looking too. have 88 words and am stuck

4:38 pm

where westford?

4:39 pm

Une is still online, so her profile is availalble :)

4:39 pm

YAY! Another gold for Canada -- women's ski cross :-D

tx crossie...

4:39 pm

grem usually puts his list in his profile

4:39 pm

the others ? maybe in babanon?

4:39 pm

found on une.

4:39 pm

Jacula has a list in her Profile

4:39 pm

Hi Stidmama and all. Hooray for Canada jilli.

4:39 pm

hi jilli I saw the skaters last night beautiful

4:40 pm

i watched gremlinn go at once at the flip,was done in less than 2 hours

4:40 pm

he's a speed demon that one

4:40 pm

anyone have all the 8's? missing 2

4:41 pm

must go grocery shopping before the snow hits

4:41 pm

clue for ap 5?

4:41 pm

crossy refuses to list with lest than 505 done(stamps his foot)

4:41 pm

I just grabbed the list and posted it to babanon.

4:41 pm

50%*

4:41 pm

I am missing a go 6. I have the two thyroid ones. Any hnts?

4:41 pm

hello Mother! have you spoken with Tom today?

4:41 pm

crossy -- look at west's icon!

4:41 pm

looking...

4:41 pm

missing one 8. have gr x2, fr, cr, pr

4:42 pm

hi everyone

4:42 pm

lol jilli

tx guys... hi jilli and mkg

4:42 pm

okay I need the fr and one more

oh darn... hubs just walked in... i'll be back when he goes out to snowblow the driveway

4:42 pm

later ADHD

4:42 pm

Not yet today. Made chocolate pudding for stidkid.

4:42 pm

mmmm. he'll like that!

4:43 pm

mmm bacon!!! ty westford..sniff i missed bacon day;((waaaa!

4:43 pm

the stids are lucky to have you, stidgmere :)

4:43 pm

I know crossy that's why I left my icon up

4:43 pm

He thought that little magnetic board was cute. I stuck it to the outside of his door while he was asleep so he would see it on his way BACK to his room... LOL it worked!

4:43 pm

cross would like some bacon pudding...

4:43 pm

Thank you jilli, we are lucky to have you even if you are in the far north..

4:43 pm

the go 6 which isn't the thyroid one?

4:44 pm

mm that may be doing bacon a bit too far even for me

4:44 pm

Bacon pudding would be easy to do.

4:44 pm

our daughter's bf deep fries his bacon omg

4:44 pm

well, I need to try to call Tom. If stidkid doesn't show up when you expect him, please let Tom know. I think he remembered...

4:44 pm

deep fried bacon??? now thats a bit much

4:44 pm

bichon switch the last 2 letters

4:44 pm

oh. -- is gpere still there Mother?

4:44 pm

corrr Westford, cholesterol city!

4:45 pm

though i find the oven best for creating bacon weaves

4:45 pm

he's from the south, what can I say? lol

4:45 pm

I alsmost posted an icon showing bacon martinis but just couldn't bring myself to authorise such an abomination

4:45 pm

Gpere is still here. I don't think he is going south anytime soon.

4:45 pm

bacon martinis???? ewwww.

4:45 pm

I saw that one too jilli didn't they look awful?

4:45 pm

jilli,i often make bacon vodka;))

4:45 pm

oh well. okay, I'll give your house a miss today and call you tomorrow.

4:45 pm

absolute yuk, west!

4:46 pm

anyone have ap 5 clue????????

4:46 pm

(((Mother))) love you. see you soon.

4:46 pm

nm just got it.

4:46 pm

I'm sorry mkg I don't have it

4:46 pm

oy yoy, crossy!

4:46 pm

((hugs and choclits for all)) see you-all later! *Poof*

4:46 pm

clue then?

4:46 pm

Olives with bacon used to be a amuse bouche back in the 60s. By stidmama have a great afternoon.

4:46 pm

I hope to be able to do it as****.

4:46 pm

thanks stid take it easy

4:46 pm

ap5 -- more able

4:47 pm

go 6, please

4:47 pm

thx jillibus!

4:47 pm

or more suitable

4:47 pm

ty got it.

4:47 pm

says I already entered that is there another?

4:47 pm

bichon, do you have the stickier one?

4:47 pm

need be 5 please.

4:47 pm

I see it now

4:48 pm

Kris, no I don't

4:48 pm

ty Kris

4:48 pm

be 5 -- kind of South Pacific nut -- be + ***l the truth

4:48 pm

these b words are killing me. tough grid.

4:48 pm

yw - from an earlier cluer

4:49 pm

I have 44 to go so am diving into the grid *plop*

4:49 pm

be is a pepper plant

4:49 pm

ty got it.

4:49 pm

sounds like a bug or a rock star

4:50 pm

thanks westford!

4:50 pm

yw kris

4:50 pm

pe 8?

4:50 pm

i have 67 left. ugh.

4:51 pm

what is the elusive 8? have cr, fr, gr, gr, and pr

4:51 pm

how about the be 6???????

4:51 pm

pe 8?

4:51 pm

someone who puts money down to gamble?

4:51 pm

have you been to the track mkg?

4:51 pm

that is the one i am missing pe. sorry.

4:52 pm

thanks bichon I will look

4:52 pm

yes but i cant get that be word to take.

4:52 pm

rethink the ending, mkc

4:52 pm

good be**** best but change the last vowel

4:52 pm

mkg*

4:53 pm

not taking it.

4:53 pm

almost all the 8's end the same way

4:53 pm

did you double the second cons. mkg?

4:54 pm

yes and wont take

4:54 pm

got the pe 8, anyone want a hint

4:54 pm

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh that vowel!!!!!!!!!!! got it.

4:54 pm

ty.

4:54 pm

sure do

4:54 pm

yes want it please b9ichon

4:54 pm

wtg mgk

4:55 pm

ill take one bichon

4:55 pm

at the end of every sentence there is a pe***, but change the last letter so you have a word for a facial spasm

4:55 pm

ty bichon:)

4:56 pm

yvw

4:56 pm

Pizza time

4:56 pm

you're a doll bichon thank you !!

4:56 pm

pe* table of elements

4:56 pm

may we all come over for pizza?

4:56 pm

fish me right here(crossy points to his noggin)

4:56 pm

Oooh, I could go for some pizza...

Pizza? I gave it up for lent. :( missing it.

4:57 pm

I thought about giving up babble

4:57 pm

but only for a second

4:57 pm

crossy has a new acid reflux med and is eating pizza again!!!!

4:57 pm

I have no will power

4:57 pm

i'm eschewing dairy due to tring to make head cold go away quickly.

I thought about it too, and actually about giving up chat, but ..

4:58 pm

ive quit babble many.many times westford;0

good for you cross!

4:58 pm

having chicken soup seain?

4:58 pm

first one i ordered in 2 years had 3 kinds of cheese and 4 types of meat lol,was magnificent!!

4:59 pm

no, west. i did some tom yum, though

4:59 pm

ooh crossy I'll bet it was good !

4:59 pm

I'll never forget the year I was vegan...I eat all the cheese I can get now

I hope to never be vegan...

4:59 pm

tossed some green pepper on it to keep the scurvey down;)

4:59 pm

seain is that a type of soup?

5:00 pm

and bacon too crossy?

it was a 4 meat, must have had bacon

5:00 pm

bichon not getting it.

5:00 pm

yes, it's a type of Thai soup

5:00 pm

you have to ask westford? lol

5:00 pm

lol maybe I meant extra bacon

5:00 pm

ty bichon

5:01 pm

firewords

5:01 pm

seain it cleared out your sinuses?

congrats DCseain!

5:01 pm

i still need br 5 14 please?

5:01 pm

im going to ask pizza hit,when they stuff the crust can they add bacon to the cheese in there lol

5:01 pm

tom yum is yummy!

5:01 pm

woohoo dcseain!

5:01 pm

and i that not, i should nap. Happy babbling yall! West, temporarily - even when well my sinuses are not clear unless i'm on steroids. Thanks, yall! {poof}

5:02 pm

yaa for dc!!

5:03 pm

bye for now seain rest well

5:04 pm

mkg our English friends with a double last letter

5:05 pm

I think Sammy Davis Jr. was married to a Swedish actress with that last name too

Sammy D. was married to Brit Ekland

5:06 pm

okay then who was that?

oh... i'm back lol. while hubs is out snowblowing the drive

who was who? i missed the earlier chat

5:07 pm

I mean who was married to that actress

5:07 pm

clue for mkg

what actress? i just got back here and missed

5:08 pm

the one I thought Sammy Davis was married to

5:09 pm

you said it was Br** Ecklund I thought is was Mai Br***

name?

5:09 pm

mkg needed a clue for the br5/14

5:10 pm

I'm going to google it

5:10 pm

I was right maybe he was married to both of them?

u r right it was mae

5:11 pm

lol lots of discussion and where is mkg?

sry sleep deprive confusion.... again; am i really here? 2 hours sleep total, surprised i remember my own name

5:12 pm

just happy you're here

5:12 pm

why isn't pertier accepted, more pe4/5?

5:12 pm

hello

5:12 pm

hi peri

5:12 pm

a few minutes till I leave for my botanical drawing class

britt eckland was married to peter sellers

5:13 pm

sounds fascinating peri will you share with us

5:13 pm

raining here, predicting more snow this weekend. hope they are wrong

5:13 pm

will do when I return, west

5:13 pm

the class is at the local high school which is very close to me

5:13 pm

they said we'd get snow this morning and they were (yay) wrong

5:14 pm

I admire anyone with artistic talent

5:14 pm

happy babbling folks - gotta head out. *poof*

we got lots of snow... all day today; supposed to have yucky weather for four days...

ba-bye Kris

5:14 pm

not sure about the talent but I do like learning/trying new things and did a lot of sketching when I was younger

5:14 pm

it's been snowing here all day

5:14 pm

bye kris I'm going too keep warm and dry everyone

5:15 pm

you can keep it all wild

your kitty looks like one I had years ago Wild... Oreo; my dad called her YoYo

what's your favorite medium peri?

5:16 pm

oh it won't last ... but we're having fun while it's here

5:16 pm

I miss my kitty ad

I like charcoal and pastel

5:16 pm

whoa... you have snow wildcat?

5:16 pm

not sure, do, I have worked with polymer clay, regular clay, rubber stamps, silver jewlery, candles

me too... I lost my fave kitty last year days before her 18th birthday

5:16 pm

yup and it's piling up

5:17 pm

would like to try pastels at some point and oils or acrylics

5:17 pm

alternating between big wet flakes and little powdery stuff

5:17 pm

isn't that unusual for austin?

5:17 pm

awww ((hugs)) ad

5:17 pm

my kitty just turned 14

5:17 pm

very, and it's the 3rd time this winter!

never worked w/regular clay, but do a lot w/polymer, jewelry, candlles, took a country painting class years ago

ya know the country animals with distortedly porky bodies and little heads and legs?

5:19 pm

yes... and i see one in the grid

teacher it was a way of boasting about farmers' livestock... portray them bloated lol

teacher said...

5:20 pm

any help for ti 7/32?

sry... have a tendency to drop words when i'm tired

love to tammy, but not there yet. i'm gonna stop chatting and take advantage of finding words before i've got to fix supper

but i will gladly clue if i have it

5:21 pm

sorry tammy. far from it

5:21 pm

Thanks adha!

hey dorens

5:22 pm

bye for now

5:22 pm

hi adhd.

bye peri. have fun w/that class

5:34 pm

ok then. who wants to do 8's? i have... fr, gr, pe, pr

another gr, hursh

5:35 pm

thanks fuquay!

I still need one more, myself. Anyone?

5:36 pm

crossy is sad,was going over the softcover books in 3 of the bookcases and 75% of them are falling apart;( poor things read to tatters.many held together with elastic bands;((

5:37 pm

I have 2 gr/8 hurshy

5:37 pm

if there's a second g8, i need it - got the "rough" one

aw poor crossy

change the middle vowel, bo

5:37 pm

yes, thanks ormal, fuquay said that

just change the first vowel in that gr8

omg what a puter lag

5:38 pm

thx fuquay

5:38 pm

I'm missing the pe one

5:39 pm

also missing the pe8

5:39 pm

it's like the table of the elements with t instead of d

5:39 pm

nm - have that one

5:40 pm

ty for the gr8 adhd;))

5:40 pm

pe8/50 pe + out of control crowd + 2 letters frozen water

oh yw

need the other pe8

5:41 pm

there are two???

5:41 pm

only 1 pe8 - there is a pr8

oh i thought someone said there was sry

5:42 pm

don't be sorry, be happy :)

5:42 pm

no, we all seem to have fr, gr x2, pe, and pr, but none of us know what the sixth one is

5:42 pm

there's a cr 8 one too, but I don't have it

5:42 pm

there is a cr8/45

5:42 pm

aHA, a cr8!

i'm missing one 8. i've got fr, gr x2, pe, pr,

5:43 pm

*looking*

5:43 pm

want it clued?

5:43 pm

found it

5:43 pm

I just got that one

hint?

got it... easy one

5:44 pm

you need to have strict cr8 if you want to work in the harvard admissions office

must meet the cr******

thanks, hursh!

5:45 pm

good ADHD - couldn't think how to do it lol

5:45 pm

i have 2 he4 and 1 he6... what H do i need?

5:45 pm

he 7/32

does anyone have all the 7's? im missing 2

he7

5:45 pm

aHA!

can't help.... yet

5:46 pm

nope, even with that, i'm missing four more 7's.

5:46 pm

we can pool though to see if we have different ones

5:46 pm

sorry I'm still missing four of the 7's

the he7 is one im missing....any clues?

5:46 pm

evening all ... can anyone clue the top I please

i've only got 5 sevens so far

ive got the 8's if need clues

5:47 pm

i have: br, cr, he, pe, re x2, sp x2

5:47 pm

you leave money to someone in your will and they become your he7 when you die

ir6= the ir*s is the colored part of the eye + nervous spasm

5:48 pm

thank you fuquay. i always miss that word

tx hursh

5:49 pm

hey kitty -- love your name and the icon pic. i have taught my parrot to say here kitty kitty -- to my kitty!

two pe7, ro7, another re7, ti7

5:50 pm

wesley is getting all contrariwise. he has always enjoyed me calling him wesleybear, until today :(

5:50 pm

thanks FU!

clue br7?

5:50 pm

peanut candy

5:51 pm

br 7 - fragile

5:51 pm

peanut br*****

br7 fragile

arg, fish! thanks, all

now I want some of that candy, mmmm

5:51 pm

got the ro...

ok, ive got the he7..

5:52 pm

now why is pitter not a word? does it not go with patter??

i was told earlier it's pitter-patter

5:52 pm

we beens complainin bout that all day

right, or a cherry pitter!

5:53 pm

or a sitter pitter

5:53 pm

i protest!!

is there a pr7?

5:53 pm

not that enable cares

5:53 pm

think you would want to sit while pitting cherries

5:53 pm

fuquay says not

5:54 pm

not a pr7 i mean

5:54 pm

ce 6????????

correct, no pr7

5:54 pm

i could never be a pr7 pitter

5:54 pm

ce + ceremony

5:54 pm

sorry, pr8 pitter

5:55 pm

ty got it.

ce6 ce + last ****s before dying

5:55 pm

well, what's the pe7 besides more mean-spirited and small

is there a ro7?

5:55 pm

if you put puts in your mouth and then blew them out, you could be pitter spitter

5:56 pm

ooooooooopps!

blue flower babbler+ rental unit

5:56 pm

thanks, wouldn't have thought of THAT!

5:56 pm

mouth working before mind in gear!

5:56 pm

yes, ro

as Prudential

5:57 pm

some plants are more ... grounded... than others

Flo says: happens to me all the time

sry hit enter too quick by mistake

5:57 pm

now let's see, a third re7? that will be my last R then.

5:58 pm

third re7? I only have one

don't got it... fry

5:58 pm

i've got one who says something from memory and what they often did to agatha christie books when publishing them in the US (why, i have no idea...)

5:59 pm

re7 change the name of a book

there are 3 re7?

sry... difficult typing by hunt and peck method tonite

5:59 pm

there is an re7/32 - re + cons + frozen thing hanging from your roof

5:59 pm

fuquay told me i needed another one...

re+ an ion is a charged par*****

ahh. ive have them. still cant figure out what im missing. just one 7.

6:00 pm

aha. thanks.

6:00 pm

hi everyone, just back to finish up, hopefully

re7, to tell again.

tx fuq

6:00 pm

that just leaves the ti7. is that weird too, or not?

pretty weird. do you have ti6? If so, add a consonant on the end

i have ti7. its a toyota car, but add a vowel

6:01 pm

thanks!

6:01 pm

13 words to go now! 2-8-3! ha!

6:02 pm

L's Licked!

GO HUR-SHY! GO HUR-SHY! *shakes pom poms* GO GO GO

6:02 pm

there's a toyota car that starts with ti?

6:03 pm

hello, babblers

6:03 pm

no, the car starts with te. you have to add the i.

hiya welki

i have ti, sp, ro, rex3, pex2, he, cr, br. so what am i missing?

for the 7's..

6:04 pm

another sp

6:04 pm

got it, thanks

thanks, hursh.

6:05 pm

what is the pe 6/21, the first one? Right after Babbler's name

6:05 pm

marty has decided he MUST get into the closet. i don't know why. he's attacking the wrong side, so it isn't going to work.

6:06 pm

there isn't a pe6 right after a babbler's name. there's a 7 and then an 8 and then another 4.

6:06 pm

there is one right BEFORE her, though. one who throws things at someone else.

6:06 pm

okay, ty

do you mean pi6? one who feels sorry for someone?

6:08 pm

got all the pe's, ty

6:09 pm

how about A's? i have ag4, ai4, ap5

hursh thanks for the ti..

6:10 pm

as 6/21

6:10 pm

the normalest one of the bunch is what i miss... clearly means i have been babbling for too long!

6:11 pm

as 6 what you hope to become someday

6:11 pm

as 6 what you hope to become someday

I'm in the same boat, then, hurshy

6:11 pm

a commodore?

6:11 pm

lol

6:11 pm

always thought my voice would compliment lionel ritchie's :)

6:12 pm

or complement

6:12 pm

the thing at the top of a church

6:12 pm

B's Banished!

6:12 pm

and i could compliment him as well :)

6:12 pm

* * fireworks * *

6:13 pm

C's Conquered!

As abolished, Bs banished, Cs crumbled, Es exterminated, Fs flushed. on to the Gs

yay, jilli!

6:13 pm

wtg jilli!

6:13 pm

i'm not on to the G's, i still need an F

YAY FOR JILLI! CONGRATS TO YOU! WOOOOO HOOOO! WOWEE KAZOWEE! WTG!

6:14 pm

clues available here :)

6:14 pm

WTG Jilli

are u using a list hursh?

6:14 pm

lol a

6:14 pm

no

congrats jilli!!!!

6:14 pm

lol AD!

7fe; 6fr

6:14 pm

thx all :)

6:14 pm

if i had the list, i wouldn't need help :) i avoid the list in order to be sociable.

6:15 pm

tis an fe then

oh duh... puleez forgive me hursh (and all); i'm functionally brain dead, in a fog, majorly sleep deprived

6:15 pm

aha, the party!

6:16 pm

thanks

word, no nappy?

6:16 pm

NOW i can Go to the G's

6:16 pm

hehe, a stinky place, a fe***ia

6:17 pm

got a G... one more o' those...

fe4/7 x3, fe 5/16 x2, fe6/27 (plural a 5)

6:17 pm

with Expert and Lickety one can use the list AND be sociable

this is true Jilli, I am thinking that there is no lickety today.

6:17 pm

but if i use the list, i won't be sociable. i'll just do it by myself.

fe6/27 x2 sry

6:18 pm

it's just how i operate.

6:18 pm

I realise that, red

i usually use the list close to flip when i know i can't finish; or if i can't be around to finish

I usually go to it when I have 30-40 or so left. but none today, so I am at 44 left...

it's more fun to do what you can by yourself; cannot understand the use of morewords... i welcome the challenge

6:19 pm

3 go words or 4?

6:19 pm

soryy, but I use the list all the time. I'd get nowhere without it.

i do too jilli, but at the end

6:19 pm

4 go words hurshy

to each their own...

don't know hursh about the go

6:20 pm

there is a list, red, in gremlin's profile -- une's too, I believe, if you have them in your My Friends

6:20 pm

aHA! i need another go then

yeah... to each their own...u r right

I'm good thanks!

i'd rather use the list to find out what i'm missing when i'm going nutty trying to figure it out lol

my icon is still showing movieman's birthday... do you see that? or do you see Little Chef?

6:21 pm

chacun à son goût :)

6:21 pm

sometimes i'd ruther use the list to find out what i'm missing, and sometimes i'd ruther bug y'all to find out. but i kin always switch if it is bothersome.

6:22 pm

I see Little Chef, AD -- had to go out and comeback in to get it.

me too hurch

6:22 pm

however, this go is a stumper. i have a 4 and 2 6's...

i watched ratatoullie w/one of my grandsons last week and just loved it

lemme try it hursh... brb

I also liked the film ADHD, and I am not always a fan of pixar...

6:23 pm

there's another go6 -- do you have the stickier one?

6:23 pm

yes, stickier and neck lump

another spelling of neck lump

6:23 pm

brit sp of neck lump

6:24 pm

oh those tricksy britses!

it's the correcx spelling of the thyroid condition

6:24 pm

that leaves two P's and three T's

6:24 pm

2 pa words, or more?

aha... the english and brit way to spell it

maybe?

Jilli, congratulations to you and all fo Canada on the Ice dancing Gold!

6:25 pm

2 pa only

6:25 pm

and 2 pi?

6:25 pm

5 pr?

tx jilli... neck lump lol. i'm thinking lymph nodes, carbuncles, swollen hickies

6:26 pm

i know there's more of one of those!!

6:26 pm

thanks, red -- and we just got another gold in women's ski cross :)

6:26 pm

Hello Everyone :)

Ski cross is neat!

Hi Sadie!

6:26 pm

3 pi

6:26 pm

The Gold in Ice Dance was really sweet

6:26 pm

hi sadie

6:26 pm

unless there are some nasty pt words...

6:26 pm

What is ski cross

6:26 pm

Hiya Redhead

6:27 pm

no pt

6:27 pm

er red turtle even sheesh

6:27 pm

it's new to the olympics this year

6:27 pm

Hiya jillibus

6:27 pm

you slalom some and you jump some

Bichon, I bet you have your eye out for tonights skating!

ski cross is madness -- like motocross on skis

6:28 pm

ski cross is 4 skiers racing at the same time over big hill sort of things, like snowboard cross

6:28 pm

I always have my eye out for figure skating, which, so far has been great! I am keeping my fingers crossed for Kim Yuna

this course had 2 halfpipes, some of the smaller women had a hard time getting over them due to their light weight...

6:28 pm

I saw ski cross last night for the men. Looked like roller derby on skis

I like Rachel Flatt, I do not like how everyone keeps calling her un-glamorous, she is only 17 after all...

6:29 pm

got the pi! so i must need another pr...

6:29 pm

aka Yuna Kim -- and she trains in Canada with Canadian Brian Orser

6:29 pm

6 pr

6:29 pm

Rachel's a great skater, but she's not a media draw. She's rock solid though

gotta run... hubs is done snowblowing... i should feed him, no?

I think I actually just like her because she seems rather unaffected, and grounded.

6:29 pm

I wonder how Joannie Rochette is going to be able to stand up for the thousands of Canadian fans going gaga

BUt Kim Yuna....also seems quite sweet...

Oh I think that will just be awful for her (rochette that is)...

6:30 pm

I hope Joannie Rochette does well -- what courage she has in adversity!

6:30 pm

Mirai Nagasu is such an emotional skater

She has a floaty quality, Mirai does. I have tried to follow these things better this year.

6:31 pm

got it!

6:31 pm

Kim Yna was a brow-beaten Asian skater before she teamed up with Brian Orser. He's done wonders with her. I hope she getsthe gold and he does too.

6:31 pm

only 3 T's left now!!!!

6:31 pm

Any questions you have about figure skating, I probably know the answer

6:31 pm

gogogo hurshy!!!

6:32 pm

where can i get a video recording of lucinda ruh, bichon?

Yes, I gathered that she had been pressured quite a bit from the bit on NBC, that sort of said her mother pushed her quite a bit.

6:32 pm

have you done a lot of it, bichon?

6:32 pm

i bet you don't know that answer!

6:32 pm

NO, but my daughter was a competitive skater in her youth

Bichon is the hub of skating information!

6:32 pm

I've been a fan since Carol Heiss won gold at Squaw Valley in 1960

6:33 pm

I'm that old

LOL, I have not been alive that long.

6:33 pm

I've been a fan since Sonja Henie (sp?), lol!

I do hope the USA does well in the skating, I dont know why exactly.

6:34 pm

Okay Jilli, that make you older than my Mom

6:34 pm

watched Barbara Ann Scott on black & white TV

6:35 pm

when were torville & dean?

6:35 pm

how old is your Mom, bichon?

6:35 pm

The US did well to get a gold in the men and a silver in Dance. I'm content. American women used to be on top, but Asian skaters have seemed to have taken over

I watched everything on a black and white TV until I got a TV as an adult...

6:35 pm

My Mom was born in 1924

6:35 pm

T&D were in the 70s I think -- Google will tell us

80's?

6:35 pm

she's older than I am then, bichon, by 3 years.

6:35 pm

I remember watching the O's on TV and then there was no VCR and I couldn't watch it again

6:36 pm

T&D won in 1984

I think the torvill and dean were the 80's.

6:36 pm

Skating is starting on SportsNet here

6:36 pm

Jilli, you were born in 1927 and you're still Babbling. An inspiration to me

Oh I wish it were here.

6:37 pm

ok, i been a fan for about that long then. i mean, my grandfather ice dances, so theoretically i have been a fan longer, but that's my first memory of watching professionals.

6:37 pm

I only get the O's on NBC.

thats neat hurshy.

6:37 pm

what is the point total today?

there is some stuff on USA bichon.

6:37 pm

You're right, T&D's Bolero was at the 1984 Olympics

6:38 pm

my grandfather is in his 80

bichon, about the skating tonight, will the top girls be doing the same programmes essentially that they did at the nationals, etc?

6:38 pm

2271, hursh.

6:38 pm

in his 80's, has had quadruple bypass surgery, and still he skates

6:38 pm

2271 pts

6:38 pm

If I watch the skating on my DVR I don't have to watch those very stupid commercials

6:38 pm

Hello everyone.:-)

6:38 pm

thank you

6:38 pm

Sweet hurshy

6:38 pm

hi jac :)

6:39 pm

Hi jilli.

Helo Jacula.

6:39 pm

Hi red.

6:39 pm

i wish the skating commentators wouldn't tell us that people have already performed this routine at other competitions. it would be nicer if i could maintain the mental fiction that it's as new to everyone as it is to me.

bichon did you see my question>

I kind of forgot that and was surprised to see the ice dancers doing the same routienes from the nationals or worlds competitons...

anyone else seeing lettuce?

6:41 pm

even if i HAD seen them before, i wouldn't be able to tell, most likely. i mean unless it was REALLY unusual.

6:41 pm

Hello everyone

6:41 pm

i'm seeing lettice...

6:41 pm

oh ye, red, lol!

6:41 pm

Skaters generally get one program per year. It takes lots of time to learn a program and get a full grasp on the choreography

6:41 pm

hi bugs!

6:41 pm

bugsaw's pic looks like lettuce

6:41 pm

I'm pleased to report a virtually clean bill of health after my ECG tests and treadmill tests at the hospital earlier. These were ordered in the wake of my Mum being diagnosed with angina the other week. I was also relieved to have beat Mum's 6 minutes on the treadmill, since she's 75 and I'm 52!:-)

6:41 pm

good for you jac

6:42 pm

done at last!

6:42 pm

Good job Jac.

6:42 pm

bugsaw's pic is still Murano beads ;)

6:42 pm

a skater will switch a program if the new one isn't working, but that's usually not the case

good job jacula! that treadmill test is nice until they crank up the incline!

6:42 pm

hursh - a lettuce trapped in a sweetjar.

6:42 pm

YAY hurshy!!!

6:42 pm

Nice news Jacula

6:42 pm

Yay Hurshy

thats what I thought bichon. I am definitely going to enjoy it tonight.

6:43 pm

I told my son they pronounced me 'fit as a fiddle' and he looked me up and down and said, 'funny shaped fiddle'. 'Humph!' I said. 'Okay, fit as a cello.'

6:43 pm

Sorry jilli, but you are correct. I was away for the weekend and didn't play. Then last night I went to bed early without looking up what it was supposed to be today. I like your icon tho!

6:44 pm

Well done, hursh.

jacs its good news whatever string instrument you resemble!!!

congrats hursh!

6:44 pm

red - yes. I just need to cut down on the wine. My trigylerates were high.

6:45 pm

Well, bugs, unfortunately I've only seen one Pixar movie, and that was Finding Nemo, on TV. I rarely go to the movies -- spend too much time babbling and playing bridge.

well jac, I dont drink at all, I promise my life is still good...lolol.

Jilli, the gold medal is perfect. Its something to celebrate.

I'm proud of the silver winners too.

6:46 pm

*triglycerates

6:46 pm

triglycerides is what they're called here

6:47 pm

jilli - that's probably it. I was typing the word from memory.

6:47 pm

I didn't even know what pixars were and was too tired to find out!

6:47 pm

thanks, red -- I felt that way after aour drought!

bugs My icon is just a green heron photo I took. I should get with the program occasionally.

6:48 pm

Bug - I've looked at your icon again and it's 'definitely' a lettuce trapped in a sweet jar.:-)

6:48 pm

I just watched a poor man from the Netherlands, who has never lost this race since 2007, set a record and then be disqualified because his coach told him to go in the wrong lane. What heartbreak!

6:48 pm

Was it a fun weekend, bugs?

6:49 pm

Oh, poor man! My son's g/f from Netherlands, who is staying here at the moment, will not be pleased.

6:49 pm

I saw that, bugs -- terrible!

6:50 pm

I did like the icon Jac, but I won't pay that kind of money for one bead!

6:50 pm

It does seem rather expensive, Bug.

when these things happen it is so upsetting.... the DQing.

6:51 pm

I had a wonderful weekend in Victoria jilli. The weather was lovely and I enjoyed celebrating a 13th birthday, the expected birth of a baby, lots of grandkids and my friend's new home.

6:52 pm

How's everyone getting on with the grid? The stats are in my profile if needed. My Other Half called me in earlier to say that people needed a list and were looking to either myself or Jilli to provide it.

39 left for me, very slow going....but I dont usually use the list until now...

6:52 pm

Glad you have the list in your profile, jac -- mine is too cluttered with other stuff

6:53 pm

red - well, it's there if you need it.

Bugs, congrats on a new birth!!!

thanks jacs

6:54 pm

bugs, the weather has been wonderful indeed, but it seems it's back to wet normal now. Snowing madly on Cypress, though :)

6:55 pm

We've had snow again here today, but it's stopped snowing for the moment and has mostly melted. The Scottish Highlands are going to cop for most of it this week, which probably means my poor cousin will be trapped at home again. She's getting fed up with it now!

6:56 pm

jilli - I still keep reading your description of the compiler of Enable. I giggle every time.

6:58 pm

:-)

can I get help with the H words. I have the part of the foot and the plant...

7:00 pm

he6/21 - almost the surname of James, a famous Yorkshire vet 'All Creatures Great & Small'. Or try he + 4-letter word for public disorder.

7:00 pm

Think of the vet from All Creatures Great and Small

TY, is there another?

7:00 pm

he7/32 - a beneficiary of a will, more often seen with 'in' as a prefix?

oooh I always miss that one thanks jac! and thanks bichon and jac

7:01 pm

he7 usually starts with in -- one who gets property from the deceased

thanks Jilli. my H is gray! yaya!

7:01 pm

wtg red -- jac's clue was more succinct ;)

7:02 pm

Phew! I thought for a moment there that I'd typed 'pubic disorder'. That'd be one in need of waxing, I guess?:-D

I did that the other day...

7:02 pm

What, typed pubic instead of public or got waxed??

7:02 pm

back in a bit...

typed...

7:03 pm

See you soon, jilli.

I try not to share such details on the chat.

7:03 pm

LOL red, I thought it must be that or we'd have heard the screams.

7:05 pm

It's a common typing error, red, along with 'Dead Sir' instead of 'Dear Sir'.

7:05 pm

I'm back...had to go pick up my Toyota avalon got all the recalls fixed...then we went to 1/2 price pizza night...yummy! 86 left

dead sir is a bad way to address anyone.

hi MPitt.

My toyota has not been called in for fixing...but so far it has been fine fine.

7:05 pm

hi red...

7:06 pm

I'm thinking I might have to look at the clues...getting harder for me...

7:06 pm

red - indeed it is! Back in the times of typewriters without correcting ribbon, if you didn't have skill with a typewriter eraser you had to type the whole letter again - as the ladies who worked for me frequently found out.

7:07 pm

Hi MPit.

7:08 pm

Red...several models have been recalled for things...you can go online and check yours...we are taking my inlaes in for them tomorrow...they are in their eighties but have lots of health issues so we help them with most things...trying to keep them indipendant as long as possible...not easy...

7:08 pm

Hi Jac...

My car has been recalled, but I have to wait for a letter from the dealer for a time to come for repairs.

7:08 pm

oops *inlaws

7:08 pm

Luckily for them, if they hadn't ham-fistedly taken most of the surface off the paper trying to erase the 'd', I could usually sort it out for them. All they had to do then was align the paper properly again and type in the 'r'. I often found it best to do that, too. *sighs*

i have a 2009 Prius- I think.

7:09 pm

good grief another * independant...gotta get a new keyboard with letters on it....

It may be a 2008.

my Mom made me do typing in high school, I am now glad of it.

7:09 pm

red you crack me up...you're not sure? I think the Prius' have some recalls also...

7:09 pm

red - it's still a skill worth having.

7:10 pm

Oh, I see the fox has visited and eaten the 3 slices of out-of-date ham on offer tonight.

I bought it new, but I have no idea what year it is....i bought it under a lot of duress.

the prius has some gas pedal issue and apparently some cars from some years have a braking issue. but I have not had any issues.

7:11 pm

i cannot type

7:11 pm

hello all

7:11 pm

Hi kje.

7:11 pm

and yes, who knew! it is a needed skill in medicine

7:12 pm

red - best to get it checked out by a garage you know and trust, so they don't tell you things need doing when they don't.

hello all

7:12 pm

yes it is but I have to sit in a funny way because of this room so I don't sit right in front of the keyboard and it throws me off....oh my..oh dear...I want to move our office upstairs to a small bedroom and make this a guest bedroom/doll room/game room...but I have many boxes of that stuff packed and right behind me so that's what makes it difficult...I need to get motivated...the winter gives me the blahs sometimes...LOL

7:12 pm

hi 60

7:13 pm

clue for fe 5 16 first one please?

Oh my car is running great, I just need the toyota dealership to let me know when I can come for the "repair"

7:14 pm

oops i mean second one. sorry, i got confused.

the fe 5, 16 that I have is a weekday with no feasts to be celebrated. also the name of a hair dye

7:14 pm

sad that i knew that better from the hair dye

7:15 pm

2nd fe5/16 is a horrible smell. Or try fe + *** (a small hill)

7:15 pm

Yes Red we called the dealership here in Maryland and they were all prepped and so organized they gave us an appointment can you believe it just like a doctor we took it at 12:00 noon and had it back by 5:00 they are marvelous. Apparently all the dealers have the fixes now.

well, kje, just keep the other in mind, after all, you will dye hair on a day when no feats are being celebrated...you will have time.

7:16 pm

ty got the 5. but what is the six? help needed for second fe 6 27

I think I shall call my dealer on thursday then.

thanks MPitt. helpful. I need an oil change too.

7:17 pm

mkg - you'll be 'in fine fe6' (shape/condition) when you find it.

Only 35 left....

7:18 pm

(Rhymes with 'metal'.)

7:19 pm

Keep going, red... nearly there.

7:19 pm

i am just clueless with this one. rhymes with metal...fetal not in grid..............fetel not in dict...what am i doijng wrong?

7:20 pm

just got it. wow. ty for clues.

yo are spelling it wrongly mkg as you are looking for a 6 and you are typing in a 5.

7:20 pm

Try a double consonant in the middle, mkg and end the word like 'little'.

you're only using five letters, for a start ;)

7:20 pm

or "that's a *ine k***** of fish you have got me into"

7:21 pm

got it. ty pinny

nice clue lynxx.

I have completed the B words.

7:21 pm

Hello Pinny. Where in UK are you? (County not exact location.)

now moving to the left to do the S's

7:21 pm

Well done, red. What's next?

am in london

7:22 pm

to the left?

7:22 pm

Ah, the 's' words.

7:22 pm

dyslexia - left??

my other left.

7:22 pm

Pinny - the capital, eh? What do you do there?

Good thing I dont work in surgery.

7:23 pm

red - move away from the scalpel

7:23 pm

LOL red... yes... lots of law suits in your future for removing the wrong limb

right now i'm looking for a new job (work in internal communications), but am a born and bred londoner and have lived here for 31 of the past 32 years

7:23 pm

red - I'm very glad you don't work in surgery or cardiology if you can't tell your left from your right. However, you drive....

7:23 pm

i am eating arctic char for the first time... this is a great fish!

I do, and I am your Emergency Nurse on many days....

7:24 pm

need go clues. have one but dont know which one. it is thyroid tumor. need others.

7:24 pm

Pinny what exactly IS international communications?

7:24 pm

what hospital - don't want to wind up there :)

7:24 pm

red - not my emergency nurse; wrong continent. LOL.

7:25 pm

ah bo... I think red would be a good nurse... I'd take her

LOL. I have actually worked at some of our nations best hospitals, but for now I am in the backwater of Florida Hospital and finding it much less stressful...

7:25 pm

kje - not heard of that fish.

*internal* communications - is corporate communications with a focus on internal stakeholders - tends to deal more with employee engagement and retention than with PR

We tend to deal with limbs that are already injured, so its easy to tell the good one from the bad!!!

7:25 pm

also called red trout, jac

used to write tv shows and then moved into corporate writing a few years back

7:25 pm

Pinny - thanks for explaining. Sorry to sound so nosey.

7:25 pm

i think in europe it is mostly scandinavian fish

not a problem - i appreciate the blank user icon and vague details don't really fly on the chog

blame it on severe luddite-ism

We do like some colour pinny

7:27 pm

Ah, trout! I love trout. Brown river trout or rainbow trout caught in a lake, knocked on the head, gutted and then cooked in butter is one of the tastiest breakfasts I remember from childhood.

ha!

hello and would love a clue for the i word

7:27 pm

need clue for gr 5 16 plz

7:27 pm

ha! what? Have you found a word, caught one of us out on something or had a sudden lightbulb moment, red?

like an irritated eye part temple

7:28 pm

Hi TO.

I was laughing at pinnys luddite-ism. One of my favorite terms.

7:28 pm

this has red meat like a salmon.... it has been described as a cross between the two (not genetically)

uh...may i have the letter count?

7:29 pm

ir6

its an ir 6 sorry TO.

7:29 pm

ir + definite article + *** (jumping nerve, often around the eye).

7:29 pm

gr5.16 held tightly - odd way of spelling past tense

7:29 pm

ir6.21.

fishman gace nme a swai filet the other day, but i have never eaten swai. catfish family.

7:30 pm

TO - not keen on catfish, like shark they are a bit TOO fishy tasting.

7:30 pm

ty. got it.

7:30 pm

ty. got it.

7:30 pm

I like fried catfish... done soul food way

ty

going to get dinner out of micro

7:31 pm

hurry back to

7:31 pm

he 6 plz?

7:31 pm

Enjoy yur ping food, TO.

down to 29....slow going...

7:31 pm

he + **** (public disorder), mkg.

7:32 pm

red - down to 29? on the left or right?

7:32 pm

*singsong voice* helllllloooooooo there kje! and hello to everyone else too! how are you all?

7:32 pm

I must've been on a high when I got back from the hospital and signed in here, 'cos I whizzed through the grid with no trouble.

7:33 pm

ty!

7:33 pm

hate sing song voice... suspect she has walloped me with another bingo .... damn

Hi Featherbee!!!!!!!!!

7:33 pm

:D

7:33 pm

There are two Babblers in this grid. Both are kinds of fairies, one pe4 and the other a water nymph, sp6.

did you beat up KJE in fb games?????

7:33 pm

yep.... double damn

7:33 pm

heriote

oh my, ltns feather

7:33 pm

oooooops sorry

7:34 pm

i'm a-trying! payback for the last several games where she whupped my butt

7:34 pm

Hello feather. Has being a mother killed all your brain cells yet?

7:34 pm

lol jac, no, but being a human barometer seems to be!

Well, I have completed the 8's

7:35 pm

Feather - hang on to those brain cells; you'll need 'em when your two hit their teens.

7:35 pm

i actually lurk daily and peek in daily, so it never feels like i've been really gone long, even if you don't know i'm floating around!

7:35 pm

heaven help me!

7:35 pm

Human barometer?

lurker!

7:36 pm

need he 7 please.

7:36 pm

HUGE double whammy storm systems moving through the area. one tonight, won't be too bad for us, but one coming thursday/friday that i've seen described as a "snownado" and a hurricane like blizzard.

7:36 pm

my head responds accordingly.

a snownado!?!

7:36 pm

You'll probably need to fit dampers to their bedroom doors, too. (So they can't slam them after stomping upstairs when taking umbrage at something very slight.) *grins*

that sounds amazing!

80 degrees here today. lovely...lovely.

where is clermont?

just what we need

near Disney in Florida

7:38 pm

he7 is one who benefits from a will, usually prefixed 'in', mkg.

7:38 pm

ha, daniel already slams his!

7:38 pm

go to www.accuweather.com and read about the big nor'easter

crap are we getting it too?

7:39 pm

ty got it.

7:39 pm

i like her. (anyone else watching idol?)

anyone watching idol?

7:39 pm

most of NY, northeast PA, VT, parts of other NE states

snap

7:39 pm

feather - of 'course' he does, because you are 'horrible' when you won't let him do something he feels he just 'must' do.

7:39 pm

lol, snap

7:40 pm

olympic short program

7:40 pm

i'm just killing time till LOST is on

7:40 pm

hursh - I try NOT to watch 'reality' programmess.

7:40 pm

yes, i am quite the mean mommy, so i've been told! he gets over it.

7:40 pm

i like the unique ones... not the ones where i feel like i could replace one with the other and not know the difference.

7:41 pm

feather - they always do. One day, when they have kids of their own, they find themselves saying just the same things as you did. LOLOL

7:41 pm

pe 7 clue?

7:41 pm

why mean mommy now (I COMPLETELY believe it, btw)

7:41 pm

pe 7 clue?

SUCH A DIFFERENT IDOL VIBE

7:41 pm

oh, nothing specific kje, just recalling being told that at some point or another!

7:41 pm

first one i mean.

sorry

indeed TO.

;)

7:42 pm

i guess you felt very strongly about that, eh, TO? :)

7:42 pm

well, I can tell by the pics that they are sorely abused and starved for affection

7:42 pm

pe7 = an amulet. Or try pe** (Babbler of fairy) + *** (correct for the circumstances and at the time).

7:42 pm

i know, it's just awful isn't it? lol!

7:42 pm

TO's thrown the keyboard at the TV?

7:43 pm

not getting it.

i am babblibg, eating, and freezing sine i am just in from the gym

7:43 pm

no, jac, i'm pretty sure she liked that singer.

7:43 pm

hursh -she got over excited.

Oooh I hate the cold feeling TO. warm up!

7:44 pm

BBS.

i am a hopeless zumba wannabe

I used to be threatened to have to attend zumba if I didnt do the training plan....I just can not dance at alll

7:45 pm

i'm looking forward to potentially not having to go back to school till next monday. tomorrow, i'm out for some computer training classes, and depending on when it hits, thursday and friday don't sound too promising!

7:45 pm

that makes me very jealous, red

Well I am done with G.

7:45 pm

weed, i mean

well it would help if i were any kind of shape

yeah I was wondering there kje.

7:46 pm

i was wondering what secret zumba-longing you were harboring.

Oooh I ran one whole mile today without pain. It was a marvellous day for me.

7:46 pm

yes... that is me... a zumba luster

TO, as you do zumba I imagine you are getting into great shaoe, that a workout.

7:46 pm

well done red! just saw that bit of news

7:46 pm

yayay red!

Oh my kje, i am laughing for real...

7:47 pm

now don't go overdo it just cuz you had one good day

zumba lust.

i will but can't do it full out yet. only second week

7:47 pm

zumba-licious.

nope tomorrow I am not running at all.

TO is zumba licious.

7:47 pm

i still have 68 left... this feels slooooooow

is there a list?

7:48 pm

new lost tonight kje.....

7:48 pm

(i'm so mean to her!)

7:48 pm

kje without lickety it is slow!

21 here. Jilli I think has a list? and smeone else jacs maybe

class was small all girls tonight and not as much fun

7:48 pm

hi all, TO I'm using the list in gremlinn's profile

7:48 pm

yes WEED i KNOW!

7:49 pm

le 6 first one?

i am behind - taping lost

well zumba is like torture to me...

who has all the 8s?

7:49 pm

better catch up TO, it's soooo good!

7:49 pm

le6 Hannibal Le****

7:49 pm

i have the 8's

i have more coarse, more beautiful and more fussy

7:50 pm

ty. got it.

7:50 pm

change the vowel in more coarse

7:50 pm

also pe 8 - looks like the table of the elements with a different consonant in the middle

ty

ty again

7:52 pm

i am still missing go 6 24, two of the three. please please any clues out there? or did i miss them? i have the thyroid tumor word.

one more?

7:52 pm

cr 8 - standards (Latin plural)

7:52 pm

go 6 - two spellings, one British

ah , ty

have he4/5 he6/21 and he7/32. missing?

7:53 pm

go6.24 also more messy or oozy

7:54 pm

about 5 minutes, gonna go get a pre-show snack. have a good night everyone!

7:54 pm

he4.7 marjram, rosemary etc

7:54 pm

he 4/7 but I don't have it yet

7:54 pm

bye weeeeeeeeeedddddddd

7:54 pm

ty got all the go words now!!!!!!!!!!! super clues.

7:54 pm

go6.24 (2nd) is the thyroid swelling spelled the UK way.

7:54 pm

i'll check on scrabble during commercials kje

bye feather

7:54 pm

oh! I do have it!

7:55 pm

need the he 6

7:55 pm

clue for he7?

7:55 pm

le 5 12 please?

someone who gets things from dead stuff kje.

7:55 pm

he 4/7- 11 he** & spices in KFC

jbv cooking flavoring

7:55 pm

he6 is like the author of all creatures great and small (sorta)

7:55 pm

kje - he7 - one who benefits from the deceased.

7:56 pm

le 5 - person with a contagious skin disease

7:56 pm

thanks for the he 6 and 7

changes the shape of the nose.

7:56 pm

ty. got it.

7:56 pm

LOLOLOL

7:56 pm

clue for the ce6 please?

7:57 pm

oh man... you have no idea what I was thinking of with red's clue... it had NOTHING to do with wills

7:57 pm

le5/12 - sick person whose fingers and toes dropped off and who once had to ring a bell and shout, 'Unclean'' to warn the general public away.

jesus healed them

7:57 pm

ce6 ce & not left

7:57 pm

ce + ri4

oops

7:57 pm

ty all.

7:57 pm

need pi 5 please.

7:58 pm

pi5 cajun boat

7:58 pm

pi & ***er, over and out

7:58 pm

ty kje

7:58 pm

usually ends in "ue"

7:58 pm

got it ty

7:59 pm

pi5 is a Russian pie.

7:59 pm

red your clue means a ghoul and it is not here

8:00 pm

(A giant jam tart.)

huh?

8:00 pm

jac, thought that ended in "i" . . . ?

sorry!

8:00 pm

pe 7 first one please????

8:01 pm

Une - it may well do, but not for the purposes of this grid.

8:01 pm

pe7 amulet

8:01 pm

pe4.5 & ch***er and verse

8:01 pm

pendant????????so confused

8:01 pm

pe7 - more inclined to fuss over the small things.

8:01 pm

My clue was for 2nd pe7.

8:02 pm

have the fuss over small things one. need others.

8:02 pm

pe4.5 (the babbler) and a book is divided into parts or ch***ers

8:03 pm

and it means amulet :-)

8:03 pm

ty got it. good clues.

8:03 pm

lynxx's clue is a good one. 'To tell the whole story with perhaps more detail than is needed = ch***pter & verse.'

8:03 pm

last pe 6 please.

8:04 pm

last pe 5 pls

8:04 pm

mkg, rhymes with fe6/27

8:04 pm

pe6 p & Polly put the k***** on

8:04 pm

red, did you try perf?

indeed I did...

8:04 pm

i always try perf . . . sigh . . .

8:05 pm

ty.

8:05 pm

mkg - last pe6 is like your fe6 that rhymed with 'metal'.

8:05 pm

pe5 pe & dblr cons & vOwel

8:05 pm

esp having working in print production for years . . .

8:05 pm

need last pe 5 please.

8:05 pm

and perfed too

8:05 pm

*worked

did not try perfed no d in grid.

8:06 pm

Ormal - last pe5 = pe* (domestic animal) + Startrek '** to boldy go'.

8:06 pm

ah - interesting une - makes sense! I use it due to bowel perfs... oh damn! he perfed!

8:06 pm

Ah sh*t! Sorry about that.

8:06 pm

ooohhh, hadn't thought about that, kje! lOL

8:06 pm

no no no red... keep up... asked perf

P's done.

8:07 pm

go, red!!

8:07 pm

Keep going, red.

8:07 pm

i should go to a list... I am not accomplishing much here

red is tired, running, swimming dog walking battling with snapper....and now up past bedtime.

I am just struggling letter by letter.

8:07 pm

List's in my profile if you need it, kje.

8:07 pm

not getting last pe 5. got the animal clue but last two letters are not coming.

8:08 pm

ty jac... def need it

8:08 pm

y/w kje.

12 left, wanna race?

8:08 pm

mkg - try adding Temple Owl's initials to the end of the word you seek.

ok one R down, now R or t.

8:09 pm

ty got it.

8:10 pm

whew p words done...............ugh

8:10 pm

25 left this grid never ends.

8:10 pm

ap5?

8:10 pm

well okay never heard that word before ty :)

8:10 pm

re6/24 - often seen with 'ion' at the end in a place that receives visitors.

8:11 pm

ap5 = more suitable in the moment.

8:11 pm

ughers - TY

8:11 pm

re 7 32 please second one.

8:11 pm

y/w kje.

8:13 pm

mkg - it's a network of fine lines. Sounds a little like an old word for a lady's 'purse' or, as we call it in UK, 'handbag'.

8:13 pm

Ends like 'article'.

oh man the ri5....like Ri*** mortis. hwo did I miss it for so long...

8:14 pm

receptical??????not sure what you mean jac.

oooh my butt hurts! good zumba tonight!

8:15 pm

re+ British breakfast drink first letter, then end the word like a hanging spear of ice.

8:16 pm

I'm going to have to wander off now. It's been a long day. Happy Babbling all. xx

good night jacs and ty

8:16 pm

ty jac - excellent clues

8:16 pm

and thanks for the list also

ooh need be 6/24, anyone?

I just looked at the list with 8 left, jacs can you clue the sp6?

8:18 pm

be6.24 guy that puts the wager on, change the last vowel

ty lyn

8:18 pm

sp6 - what water comes out of

8:18 pm

like a faucet

8:18 pm

sp6 is a sort of tap (faucet)

thanks, and sorry. what a fish

8:19 pm

no prob

8:19 pm

hi jilli

8:19 pm

hi kje and all again

mirai is really laying down a good program in the skating!

hello jili

8:21 pm

why do the ladies all think they have to have barebacked costumes?

just the style I suppose for this year.

because bare is in fasion on the street is a good start

8:22 pm

hello all, back from from 1st class, botanical drawing/painting. learning all about shading. not sure if I like it. will just do the best I can. the instructor is nice

where are you taking it pe4?

8:22 pm

hi peri

8:23 pm

bah to following fads like sheep

8:23 pm

lower merion high school which is very close to me.

I have been there Peri, for Orchestra in high school....odd

8:24 pm

small wordl

8:24 pm

wow, some glasses on Isabel Fremont's coach!

8:24 pm

world even

I think they had auditions for state orchestra or something there....

8:25 pm

need to finish this grid so I can watch the Olympics

8:25 pm

sorry Piemon (didn't hear her name right)

peri the skate that Mirai did was just really rather special.

8:26 pm

sorry that I missed it, just got home

8:26 pm

I agree, red -- fabulous!

she looked really joyful, which is something I like, not the automaton look...

8:27 pm

peri, they may repeat it later tonaight

pe6/21 # 1 pls?

nm

8:28 pm

pe6/21 -- one who throws stuff

Oh man, I just discovered I had omitted ot put the tr** the wooden thing with leaves...in y grid.

and fireworks.

8:29 pm

YAY red!!!

8:29 pm

Congrats, HT

Now...I gotta say, NBC is showing TV I saw earlier today....one would htink they have enough stuff to show more skating.

TY BR, how are you?

8:29 pm

woohoo red!!!!!!

coverage sucks

yay red!

8:30 pm

doing well for the most part

8:30 pm

I think NBC likes to save skating for prime time -- they do here, starting at 9 pm

good to hear that, staying warm?

8:31 pm

hi babrab!

well it is after 9 here jilli.... :)

8:31 pm

always

8:31 pm

Hello, jilli

they show it way after, on east coast. sometimes ends nearly 1am

the problem I have is that they are literally repeating what was on from 3-6....

8:31 pm

great T-shirt, TO!

not that I do not like the Nordic Combined...but I saw it already!

8:32 pm

well, just sayin', red :)

well, I will probably need to toddle off to bed, work early in the am. Good night all, stay warm all and enjoy the skating!

8:33 pm

red, might it not be on ESPN or something?

8:33 pm

hi everyone (hi/bye, red)

bye red

8:33 pm

help with le6/21 pls

8:33 pm

hi welk

8:33 pm

bye red, hagn

8:33 pm

Good day, welki

8:34 pm

bye red! Good luck! Maybe they'll bring it on soonish.

8:34 pm

Be well, redT

8:34 pm

hi welki

8:35 pm

20 left

8:35 pm

I know why they have bare backs -- saves $$ on fancy fabrics ;)

8:36 pm

reminds me of a saying my grandmother used to use when she'd see a scantily clad woman, "I see she dug out her gownless evening strap"

final ri 5 cluepls?

8:37 pm

your grandmother must be about my age ;)

8:38 pm

nooooo, jilli. she would have been 103 this year

8:38 pm

sorry, 107

8:38 pm

ri + former vp al ***e

8:39 pm

pi5 please?

ri6/18 rather

8:39 pm

pi + king of the road miller: ***er

8:40 pm

10

8:40 pm

Tex TO

8:40 pm

to stop work at 65

8:40 pm

une Québécoise est arrivée -- Cynthia Phaneuf -- pour le Canada -- o darn, flubbed a jump

sea?

8:41 pm

yes TO?

8:41 pm

Pi + roy ***ers and dale evans

8:42 pm

ty BR

need a break bbl

hi every1.

8:43 pm

no, was a slip in the step sequence, ugh :(

8:44 pm

hello, 67

8:44 pm

hi 67

8:44 pm

hello 67

Just getting started. How is the grid?

8:45 pm

uno

8:45 pm

lots of unwords

8:45 pm

a little laborious, 67

8:45 pm

grid is quite user friendly

8:45 pm

depending on the user, lol

8:46 pm

pe7 pls

8:46 pm

and done

8:46 pm

Hi everyone. I've been stupid, started the grid this AM (got all of ONE word) and am now back to finish!

8:46 pm

starts out with a bang and a multitude of easy biggies

8:46 pm

congrats, kje

8:46 pm

hi nef

Well I am still not very good so it will probably be towards laborious. lol

8:46 pm

NM

8:47 pm

I have to go and attend to dinner

8:47 pm

yes, agree jilli... easy until you get to all the unwords and babblets

8:47 pm

howdy all babblers. thought i would check in while watching the olympics.

8:47 pm

oote

8:48 pm

i must go clean up the kitchen... that is the problem with cooking... oh well

8:48 pm

poof

8:48 pm

tom petty and the heartbreakers ... make tom's last a comparative

8:48 pm

be well, kje

8:48 pm

lol BR

8:48 pm

hi all...

8:49 pm

...does anyone know why my list shows the right number of words, but for a different grid?

8:49 pm

Hello, Pini

8:49 pm

...and is there a list somewhere?

8:49 pm

hi BR :)

8:49 pm

lickety is wrong

8:50 pm

I'm guessin that, dobie... :(

8:50 pm

Une has a list in her profile and I think Jacula has one too

8:50 pm

thx peri! :)

8:50 pm

here: http://www.playbabble.com/profile_mini .php?id=51181

8:51 pm

thx BR :)

8:51 pm

gremlinn has a list too (he was first up with it):

8:52 pm

dark finished uno

8:52 pm

hey pini just trying to help :( *slinks away*

8:52 pm

not at all, dobie....much appreciated!!!

8:52 pm

* no slinking allowed *

8:52 pm

dart, that is

8:54 pm

*shoulders higher now*

8:54 pm

gremlinn -- http:// www.playbabble.com/?id=51181

8:55 pm

finished earlier - just wanted to stop by and see if i can help

8:56 pm

and u dun gud, dobie! :)

8:57 pm

leaving again -- dinner nearly ready and skating back on -- gal from Georgia (not USA) was such fun

8:57 pm

yeah, I need 107 words....

8:57 pm

129 here, as!

8:57 pm

I think I'm not going to finish... lol

8:58 pm

hey all, not gridding today, just popping in to say hello

8:58 pm

I'm filling in the list now and going to work from it or I'll never have a chance!

8:58 pm

hi pip! :)

8:58 pm

advice to everyone -- put gremlinn in your My Friends -- he's a speed demon right after the flip and posts the list immediately

8:58 pm

good thinking, jilli! :)

8:59 pm

(when there's no Lickety)

8:59 pm

fine fine.... i leaving now. no one needs me here. (i needed the list too with 47 left)

8:59 pm

ttfn :)

8:59 pm

see ya tomorrow

9:00 pm

gads...I'll take whatever clues are out there! (129 in 3 hours could be challenging)

9:00 pm

re5 12 after the fishing rod thingie

re 7/28 clue pls?

9:01 pm

use morewords!

9:01 pm

k before i go...pe 8 50=pe***** table of elements,slightly misspelled hope that helps pini...gnite all..poof!

hello crossy

oh crap more snow!

9:02 pm

thx crossy!!!

night crossy

9:02 pm

gold for canada in women's ski cross! woot!

9:04 pm

congrats shirl ;)

9:04 pm

yep TO, more snow and wind

sheesh

9:07 pm

I'd take a day of your snow, dc!

dan do you by any chanc ehavethe re7/28?

9:08 pm

* holding breath for re7 clue *

9:09 pm

re 7/28 = name something again

breathe, pini. does not appear to be forthcoming

ty welk. appreciate it

did not have the name

9:10 pm

* letting out breath * thx welki - was wondering if I was going to pass out soon! LOL

9:10 pm

i just finished .. i can clue for a little while

9:10 pm

(But go slow and easy on me :)

9:10 pm

wtg welki!

9:11 pm

well, I need 120 more words...so you can shoot from hip and it'll probably be a word I don't have! * grin *

9:13 pm

ri5 welki?

9:13 pm

ri*** mortis

9:14 pm

ty

first ti6/21 pls?

nm

9:15 pm

ti + pi**** your ears, pi**** your nose, pi**** anything!

ty

2 ti left

9:16 pm

hehe, you already got it, but yw :)

9:16 pm

I didn't have it...so thx!!! :)

9:16 pm

add a consonant to that last one (sounds sort of like a toyota model of car)

9:17 pm

thx for that one, too!

9:17 pm

hello everyone -- just here to change my icon and write up -- anyone want clues before I leave again?

9:17 pm

hi nan

9:17 pm

just 113 more, nan...

ty, i have fireworks

9:18 pm

fireworks, now off to watch the olympics, nite all

9:18 pm

wtg peri!

9:18 pm

yay for Owl

9:18 pm

g'night folks

9:18 pm

ty byeee

ty welki and good night all

9:18 pm

night welki! thx for your help! :)

9:18 pm

wtg TO!!!

9:19 pm

night TO :)

9:19 pm

congrats, TO

9:20 pm

be5?

9:21 pm

hi, follks, need some help with the last re 7 - can I get a clue please?

9:21 pm

got it

9:21 pm

re + name

9:21 pm

although since I'm not done, not sure if that's the last one!

9:22 pm

that's the last re

9:22 pm

thanks, Pini

9:22 pm

well, shoot...my bad...still need that be5

9:22 pm

yes it is

9:22 pm

thx grem! (for the list, too)

9:22 pm

and thanks, gremlinn, I've been using your list!

9:22 pm

np

9:22 pm

It is Pini. I just got fireworks so I know

9:22 pm

be 5 - a type of nut

9:22 pm

wtg wht!

9:23 pm

Yes, thanks gremlinn. Couldn't have done it without your list.

9:23 pm

nut?

9:24 pm

or a tree, be*** palm

9:24 pm

Rhymes with another name for bug

9:26 pm

* sniffle * (feeling a bit slow now)

9:27 pm

got it!

9:29 pm

hello friends. just CAN NOT find the upper right i - nudge please?

9:30 pm

hi trif ;)

9:30 pm

hey there pini!

9:30 pm

ir6

9:30 pm

ir + "eye" + *** toc (clock)

9:31 pm

thanks pini!

9:31 pm

yvw ;)

9:31 pm

finally finding that is like the or6 phantom we have today!

9:32 pm

oroide? orgeat?

9:32 pm

don't confuse me now!

9:32 pm

although I keep trying "lectern"

9:32 pm

tee hee - nice try, gremlinn!

9:32 pm

fireworks! thanks for the clues and the list!

9:33 pm

wtg jbv ;)

9:33 pm

huzzah for jbv!

9:36 pm

4 left...

9:36 pm

git'r dun, MPitt!

9:38 pm

1 more...wiping brow...

9:38 pm

This is so hard I'm not sure what I don't have...I love Expert and miss it boo hooo!!!! But I appreciate Lickety soooo much we miss him when he's not here...hope his son is ok!

9:39 pm

phewww

9:39 pm

I thought his daughter was ill MP

9:39 pm

git'r dun, Sea!

9:39 pm

you can do it, MPitt...grem has a list in his prof

9:40 pm

(I think it's his dau)

9:40 pm

dun Pini

9:40 pm

wtg Sea!!!

9:40 pm

ty ty

9:41 pm

hi all. just came back from seeing avatar, and not in grid mood

9:41 pm

hi dorens...how was it?

9:41 pm

in a board mood?

9:41 pm

truly marvelous!

9:41 pm

yes pini I just checked his list I was using someone else's and I think I confused my blonde self LOL

9:42 pm

* giggle *

9:42 pm

glad to hear, dorens ;)

9:42 pm

no, so not board (bored) gremlinn... feel heightened, not of this world right now

9:42 pm

best and worst thing that can be said about avatar is that you can watch with sound off and it's still as gorgeous

9:42 pm

ok, am going to read, have a good day/night everyone

9:42 pm

best *and* worst? So everything you can say about is the same?

9:43 pm

night sea ;)

9:43 pm

visually gorgeous.. don't know what that has to do with the sound on or off, though

9:45 pm

phantom "herpetic" (remember that one from a while back?)

9:45 pm

i tried entering it this morning

9:46 pm

need re 7 32 second one.

9:46 pm

2 to go......

9:46 pm

re + what you do to someone's underarms to make them squirm - k

9:48 pm

retickle?

9:48 pm

tickle is not in the grid!

9:49 pm

- k

9:49 pm

oh got it. ty

9:49 pm

danke ;)

9:49 pm

re 7 28?

9:50 pm

change one letter from the last clued word

9:50 pm

ty got it.

9:51 pm

phant: receipt

9:51 pm

and receptor/reception

9:52 pm

still looking for another 87 that aren't phantoms! LOL

9:52 pm

(my favorite phant here is "peripatetic" - Ata had another good one with "peridotite")

9:53 pm

1 left it's a pe 6/21 I'm going to get it!

9:53 pm

nice ones!

9:56 pm

Woo Hoooo!!!!!!!!

back just in time WOO HOO FOR MP! YOU DID IT!! WTG! *band starts playin'*

9:57 pm

wtg MPitt!!

9:57 pm

yay mpitt

9:58 pm

Thank you dear gremlinn...I couldn't have done it without you *blows kisses* Gonna go find a real nice icon brb

9:58 pm

no problem

9:59 pm

By the way...I'm from California and I've seen your icon there *wink*

10:00 pm

It's something in the water!!!

10:00 pm

is it?

10:00 pm

Yep...or them thar' hills!!!

10:00 pm

the Loch Ness Chog, maybe

10:00 pm

ap 5 please?

can i get a clue for an re7 please? I've got the person who retells and fretwork ones

10:01 pm

more likely ruru

10:01 pm

ap5 = more suited

ap5 more prone to

10:01 pm

I'm certain you can see it in El Cajon...they have every strange thing there!!!!

10:02 pm

Okay, I'm new.What do the 2 letters and the number clue mean?

10:02 pm

do you have the re7 I clued at 9:46?

10:02 pm

thanks g man

10:02 pm

ru ap = not before but ap***

10:02 pm

first two letters, and the number is how many letters total

first 2 letters of a word and how many letters total and point total

10:02 pm

"babble" would be "ba6"

"cute" clue MP

10:03 pm

sp 5 16 please? last

10:03 pm

ty ADHD

10:03 pm

take one letter off the last sp6

yes grem, i've got that one... that's fretwork, crosshatching, (optics)

10:04 pm

oops, that is 5/12

10:04 pm

the last sp 6 is all the way on top of the list. i need the sp 5 16 at the bottom.

10:04 pm

adhd, stay to give me clues please.

10:04 pm

sp + left, not ***ht

10:04 pm

adhd, i am from danbury ct.

and i've the re7 ... the person who performs, says from memory, etc

of course i will

hey MKG, we're practically neighbors

that last re7 is escaping me

10:05 pm

i was born there but now live in maryland. so not now.

10:06 pm

where are you from adhd? bethel? new milford?

bridgewater

10:06 pm

then you must be missing the one which is seen through the scope of a rifle - crossbars

10:06 pm

a book has a ti***, what it is called. re 7 is to re this.

10:07 pm

she said she had that one I clued

tx mkg... how did i ... whoa... easy with that fish please!

10:07 pm

oh, I think I remembered wrong - I did clue that re7 but it was based off that one

no grem... i had the crosshatching, fretwork one

yep. one consonant is changed

10:08 pm

yeah, I remembered that I clued both and clued one with "change one letter from that other one" but forgot which one came first

41 left... i'm gonna go for some list help now

10:09 pm

11 to go. this grid is forever

10:10 pm

it is eterne, you might say

GO M-K! GO M-K! RAH RAH RAH *shakes the pom poms^ YOU CAN DOOOO IT!

10:11 pm

tioga is not a word. hmmmm

10:11 pm

so need clues............have 9 t words to go.

10:11 pm

I tried that one too - some dictionaries have it

10:13 pm

mkg you're gonna get me then, cuz I still have 12 left and am out of ideas

10:16 pm

need ti 6 21 please.

10:16 pm

if you changed the first letter to "p" it would mean to puncture something

10:16 pm

oops got it but need ti 6 32 after it please.

10:17 pm

tack on a consonant

10:18 pm

ty got it.

10:18 pm

I have the go 6 thyroid problem.. can someone help me with the others?

reverse the last 2 ltrs of the thyroid problem

10:18 pm

change the spelling of the thyroid disorder for one other

10:19 pm

go6 thyroid has an alternate spelling - other means stickier

10:20 pm

got one.. not seeing the sticky one

10:21 pm

the more you melt a gummi bear, the go**** it gets

10:21 pm

got it ;) thx for the clues ;)

10:21 pm

double vowel then more vowels

10:21 pm

oh jeez...

10:21 pm

I didn't think that was a word

10:21 pm

ru....that stuff to take yuck off shoes is called Go* gone and add the superlative ending

10:21 pm

pr6?

are u familiar with the cleaner called go*-gone?

10:22 pm

lots of words i don't think are words :)

we're on the same page MP

10:22 pm

must be great minds..LOL

10:22 pm

pr6 = before + past tense of tear = ***e

10:23 pm

need to 5 14 clue please.

10:24 pm

oops i keep making those mistaikes. i have that one. i need to 5 10. apologies.

10:24 pm

what julius ceasar wore

10:24 pm

pl of previous to

10:24 pm

oh duh me! thanks gremlin

10:24 pm

he 7?

10:25 pm

someone who get the property after death without the first two letters

10:25 pm

what is the ti*** of that book or you can get a ti*** test to see if you have lyme disease

10:25 pm

thanks shirl

10:26 pm

43 left and no lickety ... not going to finish ...

10:26 pm

have both of those. i need to 5, not ti 5.

10:27 pm

grem's got a list, shirl ;)

10:27 pm

we will clue you home shirl

10:27 pm

also distracted by olympics

10:27 pm

to 5 = add third vowel to to 4/4

grem has a list, and une and others too

10:29 pm

ty. weird word.

10:29 pm

Japanese origin

10:29 pm

need ti 4 4 and cant figure out which one. last word. have the 4 5 and then there are 3 4/4s and i am clueless which i have...ugh. no lickety

10:29 pm

got it! firewks!~

10:30 pm

wtg mkg ;)

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO MKG! YOU DID IT! CONGRATS TO YOU!! JOB WELL DONE! TAKE A BOW!

10:30 pm

good job mkg...I'm still out 8 more

10:30 pm

mkg go to rankings, hit control F, type gremlinn in Find: it will highlight his name and profile will come up and see his clues

10:31 pm

oops a little late with my bright idea

10:31 pm

last re 7?

10:31 pm

re + name

10:32 pm

re + what is the ti*** of that book

10:32 pm

thank you

10:33 pm

The tiger of the book is Tigger.

10:33 pm

LOL

10:37 pm

sp 6/27?

23 to go and i'm getting sleeeeepy *pries open lids and inserts toothpicks* don

't know if i can make it

10:38 pm

Grem my mom and I are going to California for two weeks the end of March into April...she has never been on a cruise so I am going to take her on one out of SD down to Cabo for 4 days...she is 82 and we are going to have a blast...I took her to Orlando Epcot in 2003 and she still talks about it and her eyes just light up...my vendors paid for everything and treated us royally...my dh knows we are going to Calif. but not about the cruise..he will be so jealous but he won't take her with us here on a cruise....he is not into family as much as me...

that's so sweet MP; you're so fortunate to have your mom.

10:39 pm

cool - I've only been on short cruises around SD Bay

10:39 pm

buff - a white soda without caffeine

in the first sp5 a combo w/the sp6?

10:40 pm

sorry that's actually the faucet one...

10:41 pm

Ormal - thanks - got it!! now just 3 t's to go.

10:41 pm

grem that is nice also...you can find very inexpensive ones for 3 days down to ensenada or catalina isle...we were in Newport Beach and they had one to Catalina Isle for the day around $60

10:41 pm

sp + you need b*** on your hook to catch the fish

tx ormal

10:41 pm

MPitt your mom is so fortunate to have you -- I'd love to go on a cruise to SD but my only child (son) is too busy

got that one grem

10:42 pm

buff - I'm still out by 5: the he6, re5x3, to5.

10:42 pm

*to SD and south

aw jilli, i'll go. I lost my mom to cancer right after her 64th birthday and my dad to cancer just recently. I'm orphaned.

10:43 pm

ce6 plz/thx

clue the 2 sp5/12s after the faucet please (i'm too tired to think anymore)

10:43 pm

AD, don't mind me -- this is the day my hubby died in 1996 so I'm a bit vulnerable

*thoughts and prayers for jilli* {{{hugs}}} I'm sorry.

10:45 pm

thing on top of a church and a bowsp*** is found on a boat

10:45 pm

also seeing Joannie Rochette skating her best just now for her mother who died 2 days ago got the tears flowing

10:45 pm

sp5 = point on top of a church

10:45 pm

We are all by your side on this day jilli.

10:45 pm

first sp5: if you add a- in front it means to have ambition for something

this is the anniversary of my mom's diagnosis.

10:45 pm

second one - change last letter from previous

her first surgery was onthis day.

10:46 pm

sad memories, AD -- we'll cheer up, though

10:46 pm

Oh jilli that is so sad...my mom is a great lady but so very very lonely after my dad died..she met a man and they were together for about 8-10 years but he got a wild hair for some silly reason and went off and married a previous wife of his...he stills calls me all the time and says what a mistake he made...I pray they could get back together but he doesn't want to hurt his wife so I understand...My husband doesn't understand about family because his is so fractured and weird...although my dad came from a stranger and mean family and he was the sweetest man I've ever known...

please clue with clue grem, i'm too tired

please clue with clue grem, i'm too tired

okay... time for a cheer... who's close to fireworks

10:47 pm

clue the sp5s again?

10:47 pm

I'm far from it, adhd...sorry

10:48 pm

what clue are you looking for, AD?

yes please grem..

10:48 pm

drop the "e" from the end of a white soda

got the sputum and sputumer

i've got that one ormal

i need the third and fourth sp

10:49 pm

sp5/12 -- quite a party

10:49 pm

Just one left, ADHD - and it's killing me. to 5/10 if anyone wants to give clue- I'd much rather focus on the Olympics and stop this madness...

10:49 pm

sp + heat a kettle with a f*** underneath

GO BUFF-GIRL! GO BUFF-GIRL! RAH RAH RAH *shakes pom poms* *does high kick* YOU GO GIRL!

10:50 pm

to5/10 -- dbl the vowel at the end of the previous word

10:50 pm

then just change the last letter to get the next sp5

tx grem

10:50 pm

ok.. I need help on my last 7

10:50 pm

ce 6/21?

10:51 pm

nm

10:51 pm

Gosh Jilli I wish you could come with us...you sound like such a nice person...I always enjoy you on the chat...and admire your intelligence...sounds like you have a very interesting life, so many people never experience that nor the love obviously you and your dh shared...that is so like my parents...

10:51 pm

willing to help ruru, if you post a pic of dylan, lol!

10:51 pm

I found it

10:51 pm

I didn't!

10:52 pm

thx MPitt <blush>

ce6/21 ce + lemon/lime soda sp****

10:52 pm

I got it! Hooray Fireworks. turns out my eyes saw the ii ending in More Words ii as il ! :o)

10:52 pm

be 6/24?

10:52 pm

thx adhd

10:52 pm

YAY buff!!!

10:52 pm

wtg buff

10:52 pm

what on earth is to5...I've seen it clued and cannot get it?

10:52 pm

better change the last vowel of the first word of this clue

10:52 pm

the last one

10:53 pm

be6/24 -- one who wagers (alt sp)

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO BUFFY! YOU DID IT!! YAY FOR BUFFY! CONGRATS TO YOU!! SPEECH SPEECH

10:53 pm

Ormal - it's the plural of to 4/6

GO OR=MAL! GO OR=MAL!

10:53 pm

the other one

10:53 pm

And/or add a personal pronoun to to 4/4 - that's the one I couldn't find forever.

10:53 pm

thanks

10:53 pm

We are flying first class along with my mom's little poodle "Sukoshi" we have a lady friend there that will take care of him the four days we cruise...she owns a dog grooming shop called "Clip 'n Dales"

10:54 pm

I did that 3 times before and it did not take - now it did???

10:54 pm

that means "a little" - is it a small poodle?

10:54 pm

thank you buff

10:54 pm

OK...since I've reduced myself to the pace of slug...I think I'll check email, etc., and come back for flip..

10:54 pm

lol pin

10:54 pm

Ormal -- didn't you see my clue which said to double the last vowel of the preceding word?

10:55 pm

YW - and good night all.

sp7 please? not the sputum one

10:55 pm

cul8r pini

10:55 pm

that's also where the word "skosh" in English comes from, too

10:55 pm

jilli, I did see it, and i did that three times, without it working, so I was confused

10:55 pm

pe 7 please?

10:56 pm

it finally went through though after I recycled the page

10:56 pm

first pe7 or second?

10:56 pm

the preceding word I was referring to is Ms Spelling

sp7 *got the sputum one

10:57 pm

ah -- ok, ormal!

got it

10:58 pm

I guess the second p3 7

10:58 pm

nope.. the first pe 7 I need

10:58 pm

pe7 -- previous word + suitable

10:58 pm

I have the second one

10:58 pm

pe 7/8 combo

10:58 pm

Yes...his name is japanese for little bit...his father went to japan to be bred and he came from a kennel called Saratoga Silvers so we wanted to name his something with an "S" and japanese he was hence his name he is about 10 lbs and trained by a woman in California that trains many of the movie animals as well as the sea world animals and MASH's character Radar's cockatoo...he saved my mom's life once

10:58 pm

jilli's clue, then

10:59 pm

interesting, MPitt

10:59 pm

suitable?

11:00 pm

ruru -- short for apartment

11:01 pm

thanks

11:01 pm

can't get fe 5/16...

11:01 pm

yw (nag -- dylan's picture)

11:01 pm

how is the 8 related?

11:02 pm

first fe5/16 = fe + backwards of what you breathe

11:02 pm

he6?

11:02 pm

got it!

11:02 pm

the 8 = same first four letters + a four letter O word in the grid

11:03 pm

ru it is the pe 4/5 and word related to eyes

11:03 pm

not much, ruru -- same first 4 letters, plus I don't think you're neur****

11:03 pm

thanks...

11:03 pm

good one jilli

11:03 pm

I feel neur**** after this grid..

11:03 pm

he + national anthems are said to be pat****ic

11:04 pm

he6 -- James He****, the vet who wrote "All Creatures..."

ooo nodded off with 18 to go. clue for the te4 please (and go easy on the fish)

11:04 pm

thanks a lot you guys for the clues.. not enough time for me this morning to wrap it up.

11:04 pm

ty

11:04 pm

t + catch a fish on your r***

11:05 pm

or t + an *** is a fish

11:05 pm

bbl.. need to make a late dinner.

11:05 pm

this morning, ruru? It's only9:05 pm here in the west

what a dummy

11:05 pm

lol, down to the re re re's

11:06 pm

ok going to make some travel plans....catch you all tomorrow *poofy*

11:06 pm

bfn MPitt

11:07 pm

I hate re words

11:07 pm

fr 8??

11:07 pm

frettee

11:07 pm

same ending as some of the other 8s

11:07 pm

frettoor

11:08 pm

fr8 -- more worried

11:08 pm

doh!

11:08 pm

lol jilly, I am stuck on the first two re5's and the 4th one. I want to shake the board until the words fall out at me

11:09 pm

first 2 re5's - think rear end and change endings

11:10 pm

I finally shook those two free, now for the last one...

11:10 pm

I have an idea for a game - take Tetris, with falling connected shapes, but you only remove squares by forming words in straight lines.

11:10 pm

4th re -- re + spanish aunt (*** Maria liqueur)

11:11 pm

you take Tetris, grem -- count me out

11:11 pm

yay thank you jilly! fireworks :D

11:11 pm

YAY ormal!!!

11:12 pm

dang grem trying to really put the pressure on with tetrisoggle?

11:12 pm

dang, wish I'd had the idea when I still worked for a game company, could have pitched it to them

11:12 pm

Ormal: or "Bogris" maybe

11:12 pm

I like bogris so much better. It made me laugh.

11:13 pm

grem, you'll be happy to know that years ago I bred my Dane bitch to a dog in Memphis whose nickname was Gremlin -- actually Am Ch Ashbun Acres Avalanche

11:14 pm

Very successful breeding, which I repeated -- several champion offspring

11:18 pm

wow, how to shut down the chat!

11:19 pm

lol jilli...just a little talk about successful breeding and a hush falls over the crowd

11:20 pm

just thought grmlin might like to know he was the namesake of a fine son of a bitch

11:20 pm

umm, gee, thanks

11:21 pm

yw, grem ;)

11:21 pm

OK, back to clue begging...can't seem to get he-6 and 7...

11:22 pm

oh too much, I nearly spit out my drink and did choke on it! lol

11:22 pm

he 6 is he then what happens when a crown goes wild

11:22 pm

he6 and 7 are not related -- I guess you didn't know the vet who wrote great books -- how about he + rumpus?

11:22 pm

crowd not crown

11:23 pm

OK, got 6

11:23 pm

he7 -- usually preceded by in -- the beneficiary of a will

11:24 pm

he 7: drop the in from the front of someone who gets everything when grandma dies

11:24 pm

Oh thank you--relief!

11:25 pm

going to change icon -- back soon

11:25 pm

hello all! we just sang happy birthday to the younger stidkid... now for cake and presents! it has been a long day for all of us...

tr4/7 please? 4 left and i can't stay awake

11:25 pm

is that the short math word, ADHD? like geometry only tr**onometry?

that's a tr4/6 and i've got that stid

11:26 pm

tr7 -- change the last letter of the leafy word to the next in the alphabet

11:26 pm

no, it's the tr that ends like a musical term: the bass or treble cl**

it's a tr4/7 before the math

11:26 pm

hi stid!

two words before the math

11:27 pm

I only have 167 words to go... ;-)

11:27 pm

rice

11:27 pm

use the "add word" box, lucky!

11:28 pm

the word you want ends in a 4 pt letter on the bottom row, ADHD

11:28 pm

unless you like to think outside the box

11:28 pm

hey gremlinn!

11:28 pm

stid, I have croci and snowdrops and hellebores and almost-open daffs but not one in full bloom

11:28 pm

Thinking outside the box is usually a good idea, unless you're a cat and the box in question has your litter.

11:28 pm

jill -- how are you doing? I almost never get to "See" you this time of the quarter

11:28 pm

hey stid!

11:29 pm

wonderful, jill! you have such a lovely little garden space. I wish I could pop up and see you for day.

11:29 pm

as I said, must get next icon -- theme is motorcycles

11:29 pm

LOL @ cat litter comment

11:29 pm

hi all...Grem thanx for the list last nite

tx stid

11:29 pm

wish you could too, stid -- maybe in spring break?

11:29 pm

no problem

11:29 pm

hey grannie! (hugs)

thought i'd tried that already

2

11:30 pm

might be able to jill -- I have two weeks pretty much, middle of next month. mid-week okay for you?

11:30 pm

go ADHD go~!

11:30 pm

yes, stid -- not tied to Wednseday at the library any more

11:30 pm

no? you resigned? *astonished mama look*

11:31 pm

hey stid {hugs} back....have 9yr old g/dtr here impatiently waiting fot the flip...lol

11:31 pm

*waves at granddaughter*

11:31 pm

ages ago, stid -- still doing other things on Sundays when it's closed

11:31 pm

stidkids are holding a debate on the merits of cheesecake and ice cream...

11:32 pm

okie dokie, jill. you were pretty busy...

11:32 pm

oh, shuddup, stidkids, I'm dieting

11:32 pm

I'll have to let you know later, when I find out what my schedule is. a friend might be having minor surgery, in which case I will be come her kids' taxi for a few days.

it looks like i need two R s a 4 and a 5

11:32 pm

stid, stop taking on extra duties!

11:33 pm

then we shan't tell you about the choclit cheezcake tom made me so I could have a special treat while they eat real cake...

11:33 pm

that's not extra, jill, that's what friends do.

ro 4/4 and 5/10

11:34 pm

okay, time for presents... brb

11:34 pm

but you do too much even now, stid * stern friendma look*

what i have: ro4 plant/under dirt; ro4 learn by repeating;

what ro4/4 and i missing?

think i'll finish without falling asleep? i've got square indentations on my forehead

11:38 pm

ADHD have you got the one that means roast

i got it now..

ormal. did you just join? i don't remember an icon before.

11:39 pm

:D yep, and added my giant kitty pic

11:40 pm

Welcome to pro-ship, ormal!

11:40 pm

And hwo is your giant kitty?

11:40 pm

lol this game will make me crazy so I may as well go pro.

WELCOME ORMAL!!! *opens arms to welcome you*

11:41 pm

The kitty is sprawled across the foot of my bed waiting for me.

one left.... does it go w/the roast?

11:41 pm

I have a kitty on my lap.

11:41 pm

this is a pretty kitty-friendly site

11:42 pm

I have a deceased kitty in my heart

i'm fading fast. ro5/10 is my last word. clue clue clue

i miss my kitties

11:43 pm

18 left, 18 minutes....aargh

i've got 1 left, but need a clue. too tired falling asleep

ro5/10 pretty please?

11:43 pm

ro6 to the core, minus last letter

11:43 pm

ro 5/10 -- subtract the last letter from the cad (ro6/18)

11:44 pm

music, same as the by memory but a double consonant in there

i have a deceased kitty in my yard

omg that sounds funny...

11:44 pm

Aww

11:44 pm

ORMAL! you went pro?!?

wonderful ormal. tx. firewords

11:44 pm

ok 79 left...I forgot about this

11:45 pm

my uncle bought my childhood home and I had to explain the bodies in the yard when he tried to garden...

i'll clue till i fall asleep

11:45 pm

YAY ADHD@!!!!

11:45 pm

how could you, pav???

lol ormal

11:45 pm

YAY AD!!!

11:45 pm

yes stidmama

11:45 pm

yes jill -- and we just had another HUGE project piled on top of us for these last two weeks of the quarter. I am not happy, and won't sleep much for a little bit. But on my break, it's okay for me to step away from my shell.

11:45 pm

congrats ormal

your kitty looks like the first kitty my hubs and i got together almost thirty yrs ago.. we named him Salem

11:46 pm

YAY ADHD!

11:46 pm

this guy came named Salem...

11:46 pm

LOL Tom is giving me a birthday present too! a cool laptop "desk" for me to use while I study! (it has a cupholder) hold on...

11:46 pm

when does this end, stid?

11:46 pm

and a light!!!!!

11:46 pm

That sounds like the first line of a limerick.

11:47 pm

a friend found his mama pregnant in her yard, took her tiny self in and I took this fellow off her hands when he was tiny.

11:47 pm

Minus a few syllables, of course.

11:47 pm

hey stid..w.as reading chatlog to catch up..cheesecake v. ice cream?...if it's strawberry Haagen Dazs, it's a no brainer...and since I make cheesecakes...and I don't eat them, I'm biased...

11:47 pm

it's a two- year program jill, but next year will be mostly actually in the classroom!

11:47 pm

sounds perfect, stid -- you could even use it in bed, lol!

my Gidget died last yr days before her 18th birthday and Mutsky ran off ino the woods to die sev. months back *also old

11:48 pm

I'm predicting a 208-word grid today.

11:48 pm

i like the "mutsky" name. sorry you are losing your wonderful companions, Do Do

11:48 pm

I need to find me some 8's

your cat is Salem Ormal?

11:48 pm

that's the point... I usually study in bed because I can stay warm... and then the boys can do their "thing" in the living space.

11:48 pm

oh AD -- that's sad. I had to let my Susie go when she was just short of 19

11:48 pm

Yep, he came already named and so we didn't change it.

11:48 pm

gremlinn, that's a big one.

11:48 pm

I have another cat and 3 dogs too.

11:49 pm

I changed my cat's name when I got her from the animal shelter.

11:49 pm

I would prefer a 90 word that I could justify as a reward mid-way through the final push on the paper...

gr8 gr** your teeth + wedding cake has several ****s

11:49 pm

I can't even recall right now what she originally was named.

11:49 pm

we changed our lucky'

11:49 pm

changed our lucky's name from "pharos" when we got him.

11:49 pm

Oh yeah, "Wendy".

11:49 pm

it was such a strange name.

11:50 pm

Around 150 would suit me -- not a lot of unwords, though, please

11:50 pm

have that one ADHS and of course the more beautiful one

then he's MINE! oh no, that's right, Salem went to kitty heaven 15 yrs ago.

11:50 pm

pharos: a lighthouse or beacon

11:50 pm

we gave him a choice of several names. I wanted to call him Michaelangelo because he's so pretty... but he preferred Lucky...

11:50 pm

ADHS? = ADHD...I used to work at ADHS...

pe8 table of elements (change last consonant)

11:50 pm

hey jill!! did you see the news about that huge Dane from Arizona? he's HORSE-sized!

11:51 pm

phares en français = headlights

11:51 pm

nice clue ADHD, didn't think of that

11:51 pm

phant = patriotic

11:51 pm

yes, saw that, stid -- some horses are smaller

we had 11 cats at one time

when i was a kid we had 26 at one time (all barn cats)

11:52 pm

I think my CAR is smaller... LOL

11:52 pm

yikes, AD!

11:52 pm

Did you call them the alphacats?

11:52 pm

har har

11:52 pm

I always wondered why engines have "horsepower"

11:52 pm

well, I am going to exeunt before flip. I want to go through the latest version of the paper with a red pen tonight so I can make final revisions and edits tomorrow.

11:52 pm

lol adhd, I had 20 at once (4 mama's and all had 4 babies)...many many years ago. Thought I was one of the only ones like that tho

11:53 pm

(((hugs everyone))) I hope you all have a lovely day tomorrow! *poof*

11:53 pm

night stid

11:53 pm

we didn't have a barn to justify it, lived in suburbia

11:53 pm

exeunt is "they leave"

we started with two males Fatty and STupid... one was fat cuz ate all the food, the other was stupid cuz he let his brother eat all that food. one white female i called snow white (she was a slut)

11:53 pm

PAV: engines have horsepower b/c it's the number of horses that would be required to attain the power in that engine

11:54 pm

great names, AD!

11:54 pm

Snow White, because she was pure as...never mind.

11:54 pm

I'm in hysterics here, snow white

first litter gave us Little Fatty, next Mini Fatty, Micro FAtty, Macro Fatty, and on and on

yeah, until she, well, she wasn't so pure... like i said, she was a slut... how do you think we ended up with 26 cats?

11:55 pm

but they must have a standard for the size horse needed as a comparison, yes? a SHetland vs a Clydesdale just isn't the same...

11:55 pm

Was there a Macro "Big Mac" McFatty?

11:55 pm

ti-7 please? (5 left!!)

11:56 pm

dalia add a cons to the ti6 just before

11:56 pm

ti6 + consonant

11:56 pm

*Replay of Joannie Rochette on now -- she left us in tears and held them back herself -- what a brave lady

11:56 pm

and hello all

11:56 pm

tx!!

11:56 pm

Type of a hawk, also spelled without the "i"

11:56 pm

I would assume that we're talking the type of horses that used to be used to pull carriages - those of middleish size?

they didn't have Big Macs when i was a kid.. just the regular McD burger for 15 cents

i think i was already in my teens

11:57 pm

miniature horses are about 32" at the shoulder -- our danes about 35" on average -- the giant one is 48"

nasty weather out there... we had snow all day, then rain for two hours, now i can hear the freezing something going on out there

i cannot ride anymore, i'd love to n

tohave a mini horse

11:58 pm

ok PAV - I had to look it up cuz I'm like that - Draft Horses

i've got to sleep before the flip or i'll force myself to stay awake for hours. see everyone tomorrow.

peace....OUT

11:59 pm

horsepower was originally used to compare steam engines to draft horses.

11:59 pm

g'night AD

11:59 pm

gn ADHD

11:59 pm

night

11:59 pm

good evening babblers

12:00 am

ok 72 left and 1220 points..not bad for a night's work

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