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12:00 am

lol flip

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flip

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from riches to rags

from the sublime to the ridiculous!! lol

12:00 am

de 7

12:00 am

ohhh, itty bitty

12:00 am

pfft i knew it was going to be small

12:00 am

sublime to ridiculous

12:00 am

whoa!! it's a hobbit sized puzzle

12:00 am

agreed jill

12:01 am

mcurl so happy for you which # will this be?

12:01 am

this will be #3

12:01 am

hi grem, done yet?

12:01 am

forget about the theme dont know where sprites listof them are anyway. I am not doing this grd forget it

12:01 am

almost halfway

12:01 am

ML I put her in my friends so I just go to that

12:02 am

lol I knew it !!

12:02 am

mlf, before you go, you can find sprite in the Rankings

12:02 am

and I have her in My Friends too

Zs are done LOL

12:03 am

but today's theme is in my profile, and if you google narrowboat art you might find it interesting

12:03 am

phant epizooties

12:03 am

oh phooey, enable never heard of zoot suits

zoot is capitalized, usually

12:05 am

so are many of enable's ok words, lol!

12:06 am

4 left, still not NBT

12:07 am

good heavens, grem!

12:07 am

I have 2 words, lol!

12:07 am

3

12:07 am

I'm missing hte upper right E for NBT..28 to go otherwise

17 to go, heh

12:08 am

stuck on third column E

12:08 am

I chat too much and watch TV too much at the same time

ooh, finally got one from the top E!

lol grem

12:10 am

em 5

12:10 am

had that, thanks vash

12:10 am

fireworks

12:11 am

yay grem !!

(faints in astonishment)

12:11 am

WOW grem!!!

12:11 am

wow grem -- only 3/4 here

12:12 am

hi nan -- quite a medal day, eh?

12:12 am

clues in my profile

12:13 am

evening all ;)

12:13 am

(passing thru on the way to bed)

12:13 am

hi pini!

12:13 am

44 words? crud...I might have to work at this...oh, my, and I see from the chog that grem is already done...again! oh my oh my

12:13 am

(wtg grem)

12:13 am

hi pini not staying for this itsy bitsy one?

12:14 am

thanks grem!

12:14 am

hi pini

12:14 am

I don't have nbt yet

12:14 am

I'll come back, west...but it's bedtime for bonzo here! :)

12:14 am

hi legend

12:14 am

<-- doesn't have one word yet!

12:14 am

i take that back...1 down

12:15 am

missing the u here

12:15 am

how's everyone?

12:15 am

I have a code

just got the U, oyoyoy

Clues are up

12:16 am

hi jili

un5, to let the sheep out

12:16 am

happy about Wonderful Women's Wednesday at the Olympics

12:16 am

lucky gwen

12:16 am

thx lickety (hope all is well in your neck of the woods)

12:16 am

I can't get it

12:16 am

thanks, Lickety!

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ooh thanks

12:17 am

great day for the Canadian ladies

12:17 am

wrong clues again!!!

12:17 am

thanks gwen and lickety

12:17 am

uh oh

12:17 am

no, clues are yesterday's again, even after going out and coming back

12:17 am

clues in my profile

10 to go, too sleepy to continue. nights all, chow, tra, and fiddly-winkins POINK

12:18 am

you're a godsend, grem :)

12:18 am

grem? stats for the e in the third column?

12:18 am

ep 4/6 and ep5/16

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ok 12 left...still the upper E missing

12:18 am

good night gwen sleep well

12:18 am

fix your socks pav

12:18 am

west, somewhat greek to me

12:18 am

thank you grem

quite a change of pace from yesterday's.

12:19 am

stats posted.

12:20 am

nbt

12:21 am

if you have a hole in your sock what do you do pav

12:21 am

thanks, BJ, and hi!

12:21 am

wtg west!

12:21 am

fix my socks? holes in socks = Joey being bad,,I lose the socks

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I'd throw it out (ideally) or shove it in the back of a drawer and forget about it

12:21 am

throw the socks out?

12:22 am

yankee thrift says you me** them

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or that...

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emend

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what I do, west, if I like the sock, is darn it ;)

12:23 am

yeah pav lol

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oopsies!

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10 to go...

12:23 am

You could also repair the sock.

12:23 am

I darn about everything, like this darn grid or the darn ones I didn't finish! :)

12:23 am

darn would be the correct word jilli I bet you still have one of those wooden things in your sewing box too

12:23 am

lol, pini

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lol pini

12:24 am

i usually buy six pairs of socks at a time.. all the same.. no problem

12:24 am

I have a darning egg, and I actually enjoy doing it

12:24 am

that's it couldn't think of the name

12:24 am

i used to darn socks-- last time was 40 years ago- lol

12:24 am

actually, If the dogs get a hold of any one sock, I give them the other...who needs one sock? and they like chewing on socks

12:25 am

I could send you a bag of single socks my washer eats them

12:25 am

or maybe it's the dryer they always blame each other

12:26 am

old sock are great for dusting-

12:26 am

Our last male Dane liked chewing on socks too. One of our other Danes liked chewing on ballpoint pens and ruined a rug that way (indelible stains)

12:26 am

sammy I'm like jilli I only darn the ones I like

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late!

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wow, one extreme to the other

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I can't find any Bonnie Doons for myself

12:26 am

hi flosey -- lovely icon!

12:26 am

thanks jilli, yours too

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get right in here flosey you'll be lucky if you finish this gigantic grid before tomorrow night

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i did darn walter's 30 year old sweater last year- .. i made it for him and he can t bear to let it go.. even if i make him another-lol

12:27 am

really west, nasty is it?

12:27 am

jilli and flosey you both have lovely icons and write ups

2nd column grey - fwiw

12:28 am

it's not too bad took grem 11 minutes

12:28 am

phant canzone and canzoni

12:28 am

I was just being facetious

12:28 am

it's worth everything, melon...I'm still not 1/2-way

12:28 am

grem's already finished, flosey, and has posted a list. BJ has also posted a list. Lickety tried, but came up with yesterday's again.

12:28 am

did I spell that correctly?

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*!* ta da *!* -- even in this small grid there is the usual complement of nonwords!

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yay nan !! very nice

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de7...and congrats Nan!

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pretty small percentage are common in this one

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wtg nan

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YAY nan!!! Small grids always seem to have mostly nonwords

12:29 am

brb...

12:30 am

thanks jilli - hubby just came home - interruption, he's making me a cup of tea now

hey, if pf4 is a word, the why isnt ptooi?

12:30 am

I could not believe yesterdays puzzle and how many words they added LIKE to. Most of them I would never have thought were one word!

12:30 am

meti

12:30 am

no logic to enable, melon

12:30 am

I'm bummed...I posted a new icon and I can't see it! :(

12:31 am

had to use grem's list for the last 4 -- never would have thought of them!

12:31 am

try again, pini

12:31 am

well, let me ask you this...do you see a monkey or a baby?

hmph - epoetin is a word!

12:32 am

a baby

12:32 am

Pini, your grandson is so cute

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your assistant appears when I click on your profile, pini -- just not in the chat

12:32 am

* sigh of relief *...I still see my monkey...changed it to my GS

12:32 am

thx flosey!

12:33 am

maybe it'll fix itself after I go to bed

12:33 am

I guess I'll have to go out and back in, pini -- my refresh doesn't seem to work these days

12:33 am

off to read my mail, then shut the machine down for the night -- see you tomorrow :)

12:33 am

night nan!

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mine either, jilli

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night nan ;)

12:34 am

bye nan take care

12:34 am

pini what a happy little guy how old is he now?

12:34 am

refresh doesn't change anything for me either -- poor lickety -- there seems to be a list of things that don't work.

halfway, 5 short of NBT, and I don't have the 7.

12:34 am

7 months on Mar 2

12:35 am

he must be such a joy

12:35 am

I don't think the refreshing has anything to do with Lickety

12:35 am

he is very much so! :)

12:36 am

I still see pini's other icon in the chat but when I click on it I see the baby

12:36 am

that's what happens to me, too, west...

12:36 am

I'm guessing it will resolve itself after awhile...oh well...both are rather cute! :)

12:37 am

4 left all 6's

12:37 am

why can't I find BJ's list in BabAnon? It still shows stid's Feb 23 one.

12:37 am

good thing I can get grem's

12:38 am

gotta luv safety nets!

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git'r dun, diz!

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just missing the de7 to finish

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23/21, 2 BT, 1 six, no seven...cya tmw! :)

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ni ni

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night Pini!

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(git'r dun, pav)

12:40 am

de 4/6 + heavy weight

12:40 am

ah, found BJ's list -- had to click on General -- but I have grem's anyway

12:40 am

ty diz

12:40 am

yw

got the de7 - total guess!

where's "general" to click on?

12:43 am

"FIREWORKS"

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"FIREWORKS"

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"FIREWORKS"

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yay yay yay

12:43 am

thanx again for the list Gremlin

12:43 am

yw

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oopsie...LOL ovre

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wow DIZ, good for you

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over excited

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ok done! now to do something else...

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YAY diz!!!

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YAY pav!!!

12:45 am

this is worse than yesterday's

12:45 am

See -- I'm dragging this out for the joy of your company ;)

12:45 am

yesterday's was fun

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done

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lol jilli, yes, I enjoyed yesterday's, even as big as it was

12:46 am

YAY ruru!!!

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WTG Ru

12:46 am

hmmmm, you really did find 44 words in this mess?

12:47 am

yesterday's is gone...today's is here...let's focus on the here and now and let tomorrow be yet another day!...ok where's my drink!

12:47 am

flosey...not all of them are real *wink wink, nod nod*

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thanks Pav, will just keep monkeying

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that's how I "found" the ep4 and 5

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*brings leftover monkeys to flosey*

12:48 am

and the me6

12:49 am

ruru's visiting/cavorting with flosey! gossip...do tell!

12:49 am

much appreciated RU

12:49 am

they were all real words for me

12:50 am

(just monkeying around pav)

12:50 am

pe4 6 is real?

12:50 am

sure, grem, you use them all in everyday conversation, right?

12:50 am

good one ru

meddle column grey - or gray

is the u a un word?

I need that and 4th column N for NBT

12:51 am

If I don't use a word, it's not real?

12:51 am

Grem, you must have a fabulous vocabulary!

12:51 am

un + not pencil

12:51 am

see, ruru, "takes on tone of Miss Jilli" when you use "bring" it connotes a personal action of you carrying something with you to another location...if you sent or took something to another location it 's be more correct...lessons over...next drink....

12:51 am

I'm puzzling with a un word melon

12:51 am

(more like a fabulous brain flosey)

12:51 am

thanks ru

12:52 am

yes ru, think you're right

12:52 am

it's = it'd

tx ruru - thought I had tried that, but apparently not. I did try unpet, which is when patting an animal has a bad outcome and you try to undo it by changing direction.

12:52 am

ty for the un, ru

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:)

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our 2-dollar coin is here

12:54 am

grem...not using a word makes it "unreal"?...if you yell when no ones's around, would it be heard? or something like that...another drink, please!

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(toonie)

12:54 am

darn, not accepted though jilli

12:54 am

very ze3 (not a word), PAV

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I'm not surprised, flosey

12:55 am

I think it's the Pinot Grigio speaking

12:55 am

o...lord stuck in Santa Margherita-ville again

12:56 am

nope...although it is some Italianate variety

hint for second row N please - then I wil have NBT - "with a little help from my friends"

12:57 am

ok, will someone please put te4/10 in a sentence

12:57 am

if "heil" is allowed (and it has been), why isn't "nein"

12:57 am

I'm celebrating my ten-year anniversary of working continuously for the State of Arizona...a total of 17 years altoghether

12:57 am

I haven't used it enough, I guess.

12:57 am

agree jilli - always try

12:58 am

congrats, pav

12:58 am

Yay Pav

te4/10 is a staple grain in Ethiopia, so, "I'll have the teff hold the casava"

oops I said it sorry!!!!

12:58 am

tytyty melon, good for you

12:59 am

te4 7...if we were cows in northern africa we'd be munching on te4 7, a variety of grass found there

12:59 am

ty melon -- I'm glad :)

of course it is the only mathematically possible te4/10 so how bad should I feel. Now, N hint please! (second row 4th column)

12:59 am

now we have to give you a teff time

12:59 am

*waiting for the N clue too

1:00 am

actually, tepz and tezp are also possible!

1:00 am

and tezu, missed that one

1:00 am

the ne4 babblet...cousin to rafe?

1:00 am

think sign lights

1:00 am

ne + ** wishes were horses

thank you iam going to bed {poof}

1:01 am

or my fav ne5...combo ending in the Big T** tent

1:01 am

oh dear, I don't even know my R from my L tonight!

1:02 am

A palindromist would even call it a potent ne5.

1:02 am

it's the other one flosey!

1:02 am

thanks Pav

1:03 am

the one I don't use to write!

1:04 am

ok calling it a day! we'll see y'all mananana

1:04 am

goodnight Pav

1:08 am

me too.. night all.. hagn.

1:11 am

goodnight ru

Clues are up

1:15 am

tyty lickety

1:15 am

44 words? I think this has to be the smallest one yet

1:16 am

I see I missed a huge one yesterday =(, ty Lickety

1:16 am

but it was a fun one meliae

1:17 am

back from a time out to watch MSNBC and got drawn in by Keith Olbermann talking about his very ill father

1:18 am

lickety's clues are up jilli

1:19 am

and thanks again, Lickety! (Funny, though, the 2 letters in the boxes are still yesterday's)

1:20 am

they've been that way a bit lately

1:20 am

something must be askew

1:31 am

nbt at last! (that N was hiding)

1:33 am

oh, I have nbt too, didn't realize, so busy trying to find groups of letters that they accept as words

1:35 am

hiya. though I finished that 7 letter one was kicking my behind for a while

1:36 am

can you give a clue for the 7 please Ormal?

1:36 am

de+what you call yourself+2000 pounds

1:37 am

tyty, great clue Ormal

1:37 am

hi ormal

1:37 am

yw, glad I could help

1:37 am

hi jilly how are ya?

1:39 am

fast puzzle today with some really odd words

1:39 am

fine, thanks -- slow here because I'm watching TV too -- Rachel Maddow now

1:41 am

glad you found it fast Ormal, I'm really struggling with it

1:42 am

have you finished, ormal?

1:42 am

Sorry Flosey. Yes jilli

1:42 am

had to do some typing for hubby, that's why I was late coming in, and he wasn't here to help me figure out his scrawl !

1:43 am

lol, i understand!

1:43 am

Congrats, ormal!

1:43 am

but needs it tomorrow (of course)

1:43 am

If you decide you need help let me know and I'll try to clue you in.

1:44 am

this is not the kind of grid I like

1:44 am

thanks Ormal, may take you up on your kind offer

1:45 am

how about the pe5s?

1:45 am

one is a pasta jilli

1:45 am

two different endings to a pasta

1:46 am

I can't get the first one

1:46 am

thankyou Ormal

1:46 am

ty (I think I'm going crosseyed)

1:47 am

and my head's numb

1:48 am

finally ps are done

1:49 am

I made Atalante's spinach balls tonight & my whole family loved them.

1:49 am

It's always nice to be done with p's.

1:49 am

glad to hear that Ormal, I'm anxious to try them

1:49 am

(not here, they were Peri's spinach balls really!!)

1:50 am

they were still great! :D big hit and I have 3 kids

1:52 am

(good!!! they are sooo good *poofs*)

1:55 am

fireworks, and I have to admit, the last word I struggled with is so very common

1:56 am

te4/5 - monkeyed everywhere else but up

1:57 am

fireworks here too :)

1:58 am

wtg jilli

1:58 am

now I'm off to bed, be back tomorrow at flip

1:58 am

took a kitchen break and that helped

1:58 am

going to take a sleep break now

1:59 am

YAY flosey -- and YAY for your record-breaking bridge win on Monday!

1:59 am

great write-up jilli

1:59 am

ty, I didn't realize we were doing so well at the time

2:01 am

although, there were 2 tables we took all 4 boards - but you don't know that until the end

2:01 am

thanks, and thanks to ata for the good icon suggestion -- very interesting

2:01 am

yes, it was especially interesting today

2:03 am

2 tables? I thought there were 3½

2:03 am

yes, but what I meant was we took all 4 boards from

2:03 am

from 2 tables

2:04 am

my head is numb jilli, I get my my thoughts out a bit jumbled

2:05 am

maybe should have said from 2 other pairs

2:07 am

I see (my head is numb too)

2:08 am

and maybe Irene would rather play with Joanne than me in future -- they do well!

2:08 am

phant peptide...Hello everyone

2:09 am

Whereas Irene and I have been bottom feeders lately :(

2:09 am

they did very well, Joanne is a good player

2:09 am

hi douglas

2:09 am

hello Douglas

2:09 am

perhaps time for a change jilli

2:10 am

but who would I play with?

2:10 am

Hello jilli, flosey

2:10 am

I know who I'd like, but she's taken

2:11 am

and doing fine

2:11 am

who's that?

2:11 am

Hello jilli, flosey

2:11 am

Gisela

2:12 am

D'oh! I didn't see that my last chat had registered...is it that kind of night?

2:12 am

yes, she's such a great laldy - good player, pleasant

2:13 am

wait until you look at the grid Douglas

2:13 am

we've had fun at AH

2:13 am

some found it easy, I didn't

2:13 am

but did finish

2:13 am

glad to hear that jilli

2:13 am

I didn't either -- depends on your vocabulary of unwords, I think

2:13 am

and you're playing the PP game with her too

2:14 am

The 7 isn't peptide, and it isn't protein, either, is it?

2:14 am

yes, but...

2:14 am

no, doug

2:14 am

it's de7 douglas

2:14 am

it's de7/46

2:15 am

an insecticide

2:15 am

ah, is that what it is? thanks jilli

2:16 am

just checked the ?, flosey

2:16 am

ah, was glad no one clued it that way

2:17 am

me too!

2:17 am

want a clue, doug?

2:18 am

one de4 I always get is the name of a friend

2:18 am

Uh, sure, it's new to me, thanks

2:19 am

which one -- de4/6 or 4/5?

2:19 am

4/5 is my friend

2:19 am

de + what you call yourself + 2000 lbs

2:19 am

if you say so...thanks

2:19 am

unusual name, flosey

2:20 am

yw -- that's the clue that got it for me

2:20 am

I thought so too, spells it differently than others

2:20 am

he's an artist

2:20 am

morning jilli, Douglas, flosey and the rest.

2:20 am

has a studio in N.Van, teaches there

2:20 am

hi sprite!

2:20 am

morning Sprite

2:21 am

Hello sprite

2:21 am

interesting icon, sprite :)

2:22 am

yours and flosey's too!

2:22 am

but I'm glad yours shows a boat, sprite -- or part of one, anyway!

2:22 am

thanks sprite, I found this one particularly interesting

2:22 am

kitty is trying to help me type

2:23 am

took me a little while to find a good one, I wanted a boat on it but this pic was protected. So I used my snap prog :)

2:23 am

did you get the "happy dog..." email I sent?

2:24 am

I stayed up a little too late, but I did get half of this rather odd grid...good night all...

2:24 am

snap prog?

2:24 am

aw sweet kitty jilli: let me check, haven't checked mail for a couple of days.

2:24 am

night doug

2:24 am

good night Douglas

2:24 am

jilli: it is like a little camera. You can 'snap' everything that is on a webpage, in the size you want it.

2:24 am

sleep well, Douglas

2:25 am

It was just entitled "Dog and cat" I think

2:25 am

let me get you the link, I think you would like this prog

2:25 am

sounds good, sprite!

2:26 am

http://www.soft25.com/review.asp?id=83 903 is a download link. It is freeware, and it is clean, small and incredibly effective.

2:26 am

ty sprite

2:27 am

will be back in about 10 minutes, kids are being picked up by mother of friend of Tim's for a day at a museum.

2:28 am

how nice for the kids

2:28 am

well, I'm really off to bed now, goodnight again

2:31 am

night flosey

2:35 am

back. Night flosey

2:40 am

sprite, I went to that link but can't seem to download it!

2:40 am

did you find the prog, jilli?

2:40 am

darn. Let me find you another.

2:41 am

this is the website of the person who made the prog. http://www.mirekw.com/winfreewar e/index.html

2:41 am

it says "Download Now" but when I clidk on it it just takes me to another page which says to download, and round and round...

2:42 am

thanks -- I'll try that

2:42 am

I will check. It might be about picking a mirror. Hold on.

2:43 am

ok, Mirek's site should work. Just click on MWSnap, then under the bold Download, click on Site 1

2:46 am

hi lady

How you?

2:46 am

Got it, sprite, nice little camera on my desktop now

2:46 am

hi herin

2:46 am

not a bad day for me so far. And kids are away for the day, so quiet. Nice. And you?

2:47 am

thanks, sprite

2:47 am

now I must take my sleepy head to bed -- night all!

2:48 am

great jilli. When you want to grab a picture, just hit the camera and then hit Any rect. area. You will get a + in stead of a cursor and you can drag it over the pic in just the size you want it. Click when it is perfect and it will be 'captured'. You can then either save it (with File), or copy it (with edit).

2:48 am

sleep well, dear friend.

Night OSGMA

Great. Really crappy day but turned out good. B.f bought em concert tickets

2:50 am

aw he's the best, lady. Glad your day turned out for the better.

2:51 am

ok, this is crazy. We can have lieu and all sorts of -ette words from french, but not enfin???

2:52 am

night OSGD too -- and *poof*

No idea.

2:54 am

enfin in french, means as much as ah well, whatever... it is a very popular word, lol.

Very irritated that I waited 2 weeks for a corset and the person made a goof on her ordering

2:56 am

indeed

The person that sold it to me says no refunds. But she made a 3inch error that is not my fault. I want it at the size she says. None of my friends are that small. I mean heck even the b.f isn't that small

3:00 am

if it is her mistake, she must make it right.

Yes well She says on another product small to medium at the same amount. I hate peole that think I don't know what I am doing. I am a 32 inch corset with a crap load of room

Just irritates me half to death that you trust people and I never ever buy on formums

I also know about consumer protection stuff

3:09 am

ok at last. Stupid vowelless sound words.

myy brain hurts

3:10 am

down to 5 now, but that P word took me ages.

Sprite you would have been proud of me. I actually rang the police in another state taht is currently dealing with perverts on Facebook. THey actually listened and they are doing actions

3:11 am

hey lady, wtg!

Well there is no point bitching if you are not going to do anything about it. Besides stuff is still up despite pleas from people demanding it to be taken down included the Premier of the state

3:13 am

very true

some of the stuff I have read I can not even repeat it even to the boi

3:14 am

better not. I hope it will be taken down soon.

Well I mean if I of the warped mind find it disturbing it must be

3:16 am

lol

3:17 am

fireflies. Must be off, have a nice evening, lady, and *hugs*

Ok I have the te 4 to ??? the garden what the heck is the other one please

3:17 am

errrr it rhymes with Unic**

3:18 am

the humanitarian organisation I mean

O for goodness sack

3:19 am

*chuckles* Bye dear!

Bye love thanks

3:22 am

gd morning. I'll bet you're all finished with this tiny grid!

hi ruby! It's surprising easy for the most part despite being so tiny. Have 5 left to find now :-)

3:25 am

hello sally, how are you?

3:25 am

it doesn't look so easy to me, but I just got here and just have the z word. Now I'll jump in!

Not all bad. Have done fire, chickens, cats, brought in wood and now sitting down for me!

S/b Not at all bad!

3:26 am

my husband almost set another fire last night! That's 3 and he tried to blame me

Oh ruby, is he going a bit senile do you think? Not being rude, just enquiring.

3:27 am

I think so. He wrote two important checks in pencil

I know it's really hard - have seen this with my mother, but it's really important to remember that he can't help it. It's an illness like the measles, but unfortunately it won't get better.

3:29 am

but then, again, I have only 8 words

Luckily most squares only have a few words each - not like seeing that there are 45 P's or something!

Very satisfying to grey them out.

3:31 am

I like the 45 p's better, lol

3:31 am

I'll be lucky if I find a dozen words

phone

Back. Most of them are fairly normal words, one or two babblets, and one or two weird ones.

3:38 am

this is the hardest one for me so far in all of my 2 months, lol

If you need any hints, just ask.

3:43 am

I'm up to a jolly 18!, better than I expected

:-) Think the trouble with these short ones is that you can't just let it flow and find lots of words from the same beginning.

3:44 am

into

3:44 am

yes, (sorry for the slip), yesterday had a lot of build-on words, lovely

Had that one :-(

3:45 am

two hints, please: the lonely u and the 7

Did you finish yesterday's? Would have liked to, but was playing Mah Jong all afternoon, then out in the evening, and stopped when I had 60 left. I was tired and these days I make myself stop rather than think I have to finish.

Someone clued the 7 in the chog. de + plus what you call yourself + a weight.

3:47 am

I never finish, but I've vowed to stop looking at my rankings. Up 'til today, I think I've been doing better

Haven't got the U yet, one of my last three.

3:47 am

thank you for the 7

3:47 am

I'm at half!

the U is to let the animals loose

3:50 am

un5?

Ah! TY sarah. Was trying from the wrong third letter.

Yes ruby

np

3:50 am

I'm hopeless!

Go down ruby

3:51 am

un + the animal prefix doesn't work. I'm stumped

It's a 5/14 ruby. It isn't unzoo which I tried!!

3:52 am

I liked unzoo! lol

Go down and round in a circle.

No worse than some of the words we've had. (unzoo)

Have you got it yet ruby?

3:58 am

I give up!

3:58 am

I've monkeyed in circles of utter nonsense

OK. un + what you should write a cheque with instead of pencil!

un + a writing tool

Wait for the penny to drop, sarah!

3:59 am

thank you both for being so patient with dopey me!!!!

lol

I take it you have it now :-)

4:00 am

finally

*Lies down to recover.

4:00 am

on floor, out of breath

lol

4:01 am

I think I'll go make lunch, at least THAT I can do!

Well I have probably my fastest ever fireworks. Any more clues?

Visitor anyway Must go

4:01 am

I'm too embarrassed to ask

4:02 am

bye sally

4:02 am

bye sarah

i'm not going anywhere

4:02 am

how many words do you have?

32

you?

4:03 am

this grid makes me feel really stupid

4:03 am

23 and that's with your help!

4:03 am

must make lunch, see you later

it don't like them this small

bye

4:04 am

I like the big juicy ones!

but I never finish them

4:36 am

hi everyone

4:36 am

what a tiny grid

4:42 am

These wee grids are useless

4:44 am

they are babble and hi

5:23 am

just watching the excitement of winning a second gold medal... we have never won 2 gold in a winter olympics

5:40 am

Good morning Babblers

5:42 am

Nobody is here except me and the lurkers?

5:43 am

hi scrabbler, coming out of lurk mode for my last 8

5:43 am

thought this would be easy, but it's not

5:43 am

Hi JBV, how are you? Oh, yes, these small grids are always tough.

5:43 am

i've only found 7, i always find these little ones really hard!

5:44 am

Hi Mia. I have found 13 and am struggling.

5:44 am

waiting for the next storm to hit, but i'm not worried - our tickets are paid, car is rented, we're going to Puerto Rico next Wednesday!

5:45 am

You must be so looking forward to that, JBV. Our winter storm warning starts in 15 min and lasts til Saturday monring

5:46 am

yes, we haven't had a vacation (going with my son also) for about 3 years

5:47 am

You NEED vacations--to renew, recharge...

5:49 am

Is the U word normal?

5:50 am

normal for babble, to let the animals out

5:50 am

un5 to free an animal

5:50 am

TY, ladies!

5:51 am

20 left

5:51 am

hey, scrabs and jbv :-)

5:51 am

Hi everyone! Struggling with this grid too.

5:51 am

hi Une

5:51 am

and Brookie

5:51 am

morning, brookie :-)

5:51 am

Une, I am thinking about buying indoor grow lights to start seeds soon.

5:51 am

Hi Brooke

5:52 am

Good morning JBV, Une, Scrabbler!

5:52 am

scrabs, are you getting the latest big snow?

5:52 am

How old is your baby now, Brooke?

5:52 am

My littlest one just turned 2 on Tuesday. And my oldest one's 8th birthday is today. :-)

5:53 am

Yes, Une, winter storm warning officially starts in 8 minutes and goes through Saturday morning.

5:53 am

happy bday to your oldest!

5:53 am

Right now my baby is asking me to read to him... be back soon...

5:53 am

Happy Birthday to your kids, Brooke!

5:54 am

wow, both bdays in one week!

5:54 am

3rd column E clues please? For NBT.

5:55 am

ep 4 and 5

5:55 am

Thanks for the bday wishes!

5:55 am

TY--I see ep4 now

5:55 am

tx jbv!

5:55 am

5 has an extra consonant at the end

5:55 am

And monkey found ep5. NBT, 16 to go.

5:56 am

Thanks for the ep clues.

5:56 am

I need one more N from the second row - have ne 4/7

5:56 am

That is the one I have, JBV

5:56 am

me too :-)

5:57 am

ne** lights

5:57 am

got it - it's ne 5/12 - reminds me of the Bond girl - you'll know what I mean when you get it

5:57 am

Hello

5:57 am

Hi Lynxxx

5:57 am

hey, lynxxx!

5:57 am

Hi lynxxx!

5:58 am

ne5/12 huh?

5:59 am

NBT and 10 to go . . .

5:59 am

doesn't that one come from the 4th row?

6:00 am

Yes, 4th column, but I don't get it

6:00 am

Go Une go!

6:00 am

try the ne** lights

6:00 am

9

6:00 am

That is 2nd column

6:01 am

ne + opposite of bottom

6:01 am

two left - both Ts

6:01 am

sorry, getting my columns & rows confused! to late

6:01 am

think of the top of the middle of your leg

6:01 am

thanks jbv, and good clue jayk!

6:01 am

Aha, I have seen that word in grids before. TY

6:02 am

have te4 x 2 and to4 x 2 . . .

6:02 am

morning all. this was fun--only took 30 mins except for the pesky un, which i canNOT find

6:02 am

jayk, un5 -- let out the animals

6:03 am

hm......

6:03 am

un5 goes counterclockwise to make a circle in the grid :-)

6:03 am

me too, Une, need one more

6:03 am

hmmm

6:03 am

10 to go

6:03 am

go, scrabs!

6:04 am

the animals? i tried the obvious connections, but nada

6:04 am

de4 x 2, 3rd = ?

6:04 am

ti4.10

6:04 am

de7 de4/6 + 2000 lbs

6:05 am

ti 4/10 a spat

6:05 am

oooh, TY, une

6:05 am

oohhh, tx jayk!!

6:05 am

thanks, lynxxx, that did it for fireworks!

6:05 am

to let out of a cage

6:05 am

yay, jbv!!!!!!!!!!!

6:05 am

jayk, try un + ***cil and eraser

6:05 am

Yippee JBV!!

6:05 am

Congrats JBV!

6:05 am

JBV--need simple clue for un

6:06 am

jayk, how

6:06 am

top right e--I have em5

6:06 am

to let the animals out of their enclosure

6:06 am

jayk, hows my clue below... un + ***cil has an eraser at the end

6:06 am

have me4 x 2 . . .

6:06 am

have me4 x 2 . . .

6:06 am

em6 . . . ends in a metal

6:06 am

Me too, Une

6:06 am

sheesh! it worked--TY--but i still don't SEE it. how weird

6:07 am

counterclockwise, jayk

6:07 am

use N under the U, Jay

hello

6:07 am

hey, herin!

6:07 am

Hi herin!

6:07 am

Hi Lady

6:07 am

NOW i see it.

6:07 am

7

I have finished the grid but I wanted to say hi

6:08 am

belated congrats, herin!

6:08 am

ditto!

6:08 am

fe 5 4 4 4 . . . ?

6:09 am

or is it a second fi?

6:09 am

fi 5,4

6:09 am

tx dart and hello!

6:10 am

hi un!!

6:10 am

hi dart!

hope you are all well

6:10 am

hi brook herin

6:10 am

hi Infernal & Dart

6:10 am

aahh, got it -- evil one!

6:12 am

in6 in4 it4 and . . . ?

6:12 am

it 6

6:12 am

tx dart :-)

6:13 am

didn't know that could be pt!

6:13 am

I am back with oatmeal for breakfast

6:13 am

snow's falling here but schools are open, so I've got to get ready for work - it will be bad getting home

6:13 am

A 3rd M? I have me 4 x 2

6:13 am

Be careful JBV.

6:13 am

bye everyone, have a great day

I need to go to bed

6:14 am

drive slowly JBV, bye

6:14 am

I need to shower and get to work soon, but 5 to go '

Bye JBV

6:15 am

take care, jbv!!

6:15 am

4 to go and still missing that m as well, scrabs . . .

6:15 am

Une, did you finish when I stepped away?

6:16 am

still slogging along, scrabs :-)

6:16 am

3 to go

6:16 am

2 to go--I need an M6 and E6

6:17 am

em6 1st 3 letters of em5 + metal

6:17 am

me + to4= monkey's find

6:17 am

TY, Une, and I am done! Before work!

6:18 am

me + to4/5 whew

Yah Scrabler

6:18 am

congrats, scrabs!

6:18 am

still missing 2 p's

6:18 am

have po4 and po6 -- is there another po?

6:18 am

oohhh, just found it!!

6:18 am

pe + **pe Benedict

6:18 am

pe 5

Woot UNe

6:19 am

now just missing one stoopid p4

6:19 am

2 pe5s = pasta

6:19 am

have 2 pe5's -- are there more?

6:19 am

have pe5 5 4 4

6:19 am

po + preposition

6:19 am

and it rhymes with zo4]

6:19 am

pf 4

6:20 am

Oh, yes, that silly pf4

6:20 am

aahhh pf -- thanks dart!

6:20 am

and that's firewords for me -- thanks so much for all the help!

6:21 am

Congrats Une & Scrabs!

6:21 am

yw

6:21 am

off to take pups out to pee -- have a good day, all! *poof*

6:23 am

bye Une..and I must go too. Enjoy the day.

later every

6:25 am

I'm off too - bye all

6:46 am

good morning everyone:))

6:54 am

hi all, only here for a minute, pf? can I have the stats to monkey pls

6:55 am

and for the u?

6:55 am

un5 let out of the enclosure

6:55 am

pf4/11

6:56 am

ty for both

6:56 am

sure

6:57 am

awww, lookit the cute little grid!

6:58 am

like a tiny kitten,with razor sharp claws

6:58 am

oh goody, lol

6:59 am

I have 9 and feel like it is a hundred

6:59 am

gotta go play from school, see you all in a bit

7:01 am

got 19 on first pass, will bbl for more

7:01 am

I'll take a clue for any E

7:02 am

e

7:02 am

e+me4

7:02 am

aha duh

7:03 am

e+not you, but **+metal

7:03 am

that is all i have

7:03 am

ty for both

7:03 am

bye

7:03 am

off to work myself 13 left

7:21 am

m

7:33 am

I DO NOT like small puzzles.

7:33 am

and I HATE snow. There I feel a little better.

Good for you, no one seems to be around.

I am definitely getting tired of the snow

7:37 am

Mar, do you have the u word?

7:37 am

Marc, even

7:37 am

un5 peri

7:38 am

u ... to undo writing

7:38 am

ty, happydan, I tried unpot and unpet :)

7:38 am

left column gray :)

7:38 am

ty Harry

yes un5 un+what you write with

7:39 am

nife

7:39 am

i found it Marc

Sorry it took me so long what is the 7 don't need a clue just the first two letters and the value?

7:40 am

have no idea, Marc, just started

7:40 am

de7

7:40 am

hello everyone as the snow falls heavily

7:40 am

ty Annie and hi, is it snowing where you are?

7:41 am

it is snowing again here, arrrggghhhhh!!

7:41 am

big fat heavy flakes

7:41 am

they are predicting 8-12 inches between today and tomorrow

7:41 am

for once it looks like DC will escape the snowmaggedon

7:41 am

peri, here too

7:42 am

dan, you had your share for this year

It is cold here and the sky is blue and lots of snow on the ground. Annie sounds like you are getting the snow we had two days ago

7:43 am

I have two pe5 and 2 po4, what am I missing

7:43 am

Amen to that Anniebrook. First "real" winter weather in the new house - 2-car attached garage is awesome. 100+-foot driveway, not so much!

dan what do you do in DC

7:43 am

I work for a software company

7:43 am

po6 Snape's class at Hogwarts

7:44 am

There is a pe 4.

7:44 am

ah, thanks, dan

7:44 am

that looks like a Harry Potter clue and I don't get it, dan but ty

7:44 am

hi car.

7:44 am

but I found it anyway, ty

7:45 am

Good morning Annie!

7:45 am

Love Po**** # 9

7:45 am

got the pe4

7:45 am

got it Annie

7:45 am

peri you got the genre of the clue at least :-)

7:45 am

do i have the number right?

7:45 am

so I did

7:45 am

what's the non-pasta pe5?

7:46 am

I havent read Harry Potter either but the clue worked

7:46 am

very similar, dan, just change last vowel

7:46 am

ah! was looking at the wrong P

7:47 am

I bought the set for my grandkids but I have yet to read the Harry Potter series

Got the 7 if anyone needs a clue

7:48 am

yes pls, Marc

de+not you+2000lbs

7:49 am

TY!

7:49 am

ty, Marc, new word for me

7:49 am

hel pwith the N under the d pls

what are the first two letters and the values for the 2 'e's in the middle column

ne+not the bottom

7:50 am

ep4/6 and ep5/16 monkeys help me with them

7:50 am

ep 4/6, 5/16

7:50 am

ty Marc

7:50 am

snap Annie

7:51 am

ep, chuckle, then a longer chuckle

7:51 am

still missing 2 of the p words

I have in6 and in4 what am I missing?

7:52 am

and 13 other words

7:52 am

I just got a PE 4/6...

7:52 am

those are the ones I have Marc

7:53 am

I found a pf4/11

I guess I have to go to the list

7:53 am

but not the pe46

7:53 am

pe + **p goes the weasel

7:53 am

it4 & 6

7:54 am

ty car, 3 columns gray

7:54 am

ty kalea

Thanks got them both

7:54 am

fireworks

7:54 am

yay for you, Annie

7:54 am

stiil 10 left for me to find

7:54 am

I need help with the EP 5 please....

7:55 am

Well done Annie!

7:55 am

do you have the ep4, car?

7:55 am

ep and sound of a laugh

7:55 am

Yes

7:55 am

just add a consonant to the one you have

7:55 am

just clued it car.

7:55 am

the ep4 and ep5 sound the same

7:56 am

Morning All

7:56 am

TY!

7:56 am

Hello Hego!

7:56 am

morning, hego

7:56 am

Guess what. It's snowing. AAAGGGHHH...

7:56 am

hi there heo, it is snowing here :( and this is a stinky little grid

7:56 am

hego even

7:56 am

What are the stats for the U please?

7:57 am

need to take a break, bbs

7:57 am

Hi Peri, here we go again.

un5

fe5/16 and fi5/18, please?

7:58 am

fe 5/6 is a boxing move

got the fi thanks

7:58 am

fi 5/18 ---a monster

don't know the boxing move another clue please?

8:00 am

swoon, but change the first vowel

8:00 am

in Victorian times ladies swooned, change the first vowel

got it thanks Annie

8:01 am

youre welcome

8:01 am

Can I have a clue for the U please...I am just not getting it.

8:01 am

to let the animals out of the enclosure

8:02 am

un5 that is

8:02 am

UGH! Never quite made that twist! TY!

un+writing tool

Fireworks have to go thanks for all the clues. Have a great day.

8:04 am

Yeah Marc!

8:04 am

congrats

8:04 am

anyone like a clue before I leave?

8:05 am

em 5?

8:05 am

just getting start annie so i think i will pass

8:05 am

and hi all

8:05 am

Hi JMC!

8:05 am

NM Annie! Just found it!

8:06 am

hi jmc

8:07 am

okay then, I am off to see the Wizard, bye dear babblers

8:07 am

i keep forget that among all the vulgar words you find in the grid the very mild poot is not one of them

8:07 am

Bye Annie! TY for your help today!

8:07 am

bye annue

8:07 am

*annie

8:07 am

bye Annie and hi jmc

8:08 am

hi hego no snow here i am happy to report

8:08 am

lots here and more to come.

8:09 am

But I'm glad you folks got a pass this time.

8:09 am

sorry hope it is not as bad as we had but at least NJ is more prepared for it

8:09 am

OK...just need me 6 for the win....

8:09 am

go car go

8:09 am

Got it! Fireworks!

8:10 am

whoo hooo car!

8:10 am

YYYAAAYYY!!! Car

8:12 am

Any one need a clue before I go?

8:12 am

no ty Car

8:13 am

i have de 4/6 and de 4/5 what at the stats on the last one?

8:13 am

de 7

8:13 am

ah ty

8:13 am

de 4/6 + a heavy weight

8:13 am

ty car

8:14 am

I am sorry JMC...just realized you asked for stats and not a clue....sorry about that!

8:14 am

no problem

8:14 am

the clue was immediately scarfed up!

8:14 am

{sheepish grin}

8:15 am

gulp!

8:15 am

lol really I didn't mind!

8:15 am

OK...I think I am going back to sleep for a bit and then will hit the ground running!

8:15 am

go car go! lol

8:15 am

Have a wonderful day everyone!

8:15 am

Bye Car.

8:15 am

see hego enjoyed the clue too!

8:16 am

bye car

8:16 am

yup :-)

8:19 am

morning all...po6 clue anyone?

8:19 am

just looking for that one myself sea

8:19 am

Hi Sea, got snow?

8:20 am

ah it is a chemical concotion

8:20 am

just about an inch for now hego, hopefully only 5 or 6 by tomorrow but with strong winds? How is your weather?

8:20 am

the po 6 that is

8:20 am

ty jmc

8:20 am

yw

8:20 am

oo ty jmc

8:21 am

11 left

8:21 am

We're in for it again Sea. Ugh!

8:21 am

fast jmc

8:21 am

doubt i will get them as fast as car got her last 11!

8:21 am

how much hego? I feel your pain.

8:21 am

1 left here

8:22 am

*sends hego extra logs for her fire*

8:22 am

around 8 inches, could be more Double ugh!

8:22 am

go sea go!

8:22 am

yikes!

8:22 am

tx for the logs, jmc. lol

8:22 am

firewords!

8:23 am

*looks for left over salt* nope used it all

8:23 am

whoo hooo sea!

8:23 am

8 inches is a mere dusting hego lol

8:23 am

YAAAYYY!!! Seaspray!

8:23 am

certainly compared to what we had here this year but more than enough for me

8:24 am

I didn't even finish the grid yesterday, had 65 left and gave up.

8:24 am

This year right Sea.

8:24 am

i only got about 100 yesterday

8:24 am

i have been in a mumphy mood lately

8:24 am

Too long for me. I bore easily. I think I had 90 left.

8:25 am

Sorry to hear about the mumphiness jmc

8:25 am

and I knew before I signed on today that the puzzle would be measley. lol

8:25 am

Maybe spring would help.

8:25 am

oh well mumphiness is a part of life

8:26 am

how did you know that sea?

8:26 am

I guess

8:26 am

spring would help for sure!

8:26 am

help with the E in the corner please

8:26 am

just felt because yesterdays was so huge, today would be just the opposite

8:26 am

well that does sometimes happen

8:27 am

which corner?

8:27 am

top corner the other one has no words

8:28 am

sorry, i am still seeing fireworks...e + sew

8:28 am

in other words i have ep 4 & 5

8:28 am

ty

8:30 am

fireworks stay until you close the page

8:30 am

i watched them for some time once

8:30 am

any others before I go find something productive to do?

8:31 am

the upper N?

8:31 am

not that I really want to

8:31 am

ok, so the pf.... are there any vowels in that one?

8:31 am

and what is "productive"?

8:31 am

no vowels :-P

8:31 am

no vowels

8:31 am

(that was a clue)

8:31 am

haven't decided yet lol

8:32 am

Hi Crossy

8:32 am

hi crossy

8:32 am

pf=:-P

8:33 am

howdy hego,jmc

8:33 am

:-D

8:33 am

upper N?

8:33 am

oh I had read it as pf4/12, not 4/11. Thank you!

8:34 am

yw

8:34 am

N + ***fel tower

8:34 am

that is the only pf word i know lide

8:34 am

that used to be on my babblet list!

8:34 am

ty Sea

8:34 am

nbt and 7 left

8:35 am

yw

8:35 am

go jmc

8:35 am

have a good day everyone

8:35 am

bye sea!

8:35 am

Bye Sea and ty

8:36 am

i have me 4/6 and me 4/5 what are the stats of the missing one?

8:37 am

4/5

8:37 am

ty

8:37 am

6/24, sorry

8:37 am

oh well that makes a diff! lol

8:38 am

big diff

8:39 am

hiya folks

8:40 am

hi pippin

8:40 am

they should accept neti - i use my neti pot every day!

8:40 am

hi pip

8:41 am

what is a neti pot?

8:41 am

sinus irrigation method - keeps the sinuses clear

8:41 am

ah

8:42 am

my old boy friend just snort water

8:42 am

*snorted

8:43 am

lucky he didn't drown himself. lol

8:43 am

salt water is much nicer, and snorting is grosser and more intrusie

8:43 am

i seem stuck on the last 7 I will take a break and maybe even go to work and bbl

8:43 am

intrusive

8:43 am

but i guess when you're talking about snot it's all kinda gross

8:43 am

snorting water up your would drown you lol

8:43 am

YUK!

8:44 am

i don't remember what kind of water

8:44 am

i remember finding him standing on his head on top the toilet seat to see if that helped the process

8:44 am

wow what a mistyped sentence!

8:45 am

interesting boyfriend..

8:45 am

*snorting water up your nose would not drown you

8:45 am

actually a complete a**hole

8:45 am

sounds like an interesting man. heh heh

8:45 am

maybe that's where the water should have gone!

8:45 am

thought it would be cool to have a threesome with his friend

8:46 am

OH Lord!

8:46 am

those rarely end well

8:46 am

Why are men such jerks sometimes?

8:46 am

later got me stone one night so he could pack up in peace and leave me and left me standing in a grocery store completely disoriented

8:47 am

I would say why are some people such jerks hego

8:47 am

jeez

8:47 am

i am afraid men do not have a monopoly

8:47 am

oh, lovely. i poop on his head

8:47 am

You are very PC jmc

8:47 am

but not pip. lol

8:48 am

no i really believe this sh*t hego lol!

8:48 am

poop away pip!

8:48 am

okay really go to go got a meeting at work

8:48 am

I know you're sincere jmc. I do

8:48 am

bbl later even though you will undoubted be done and gone!

8:49 am

bye JMC. hagd

8:49 am

stay warm hego

8:49 am

*poof*

8:49 am

yup

8:49 am

mornin babblers!

8:49 am

hi Eva

8:51 am

small grid today, i see...

8:51 am

tiny

8:53 am

Good grief, the grid is 300 words shorter than yesterday ... that is some slide.

8:57 am

sad when less than 10 minutes in, and im already over halfway through...

8:58 am

All of these 'ne' and not a single Hawaiian goose, what a pity.

8:59 am

:-)

8:59 am

Bye folks. bbl

8:59 am

bye hego

9:01 am

back to find 10 words

9:01 am

help with right corner e pls. have em6/21

9:02 am

NM

9:03 am

em 5 = em + finish

9:05 am

missing an M. have me4 x2

9:05 am

me 6, 24

9:05 am

ty, will look

9:05 am

hi all

9:06 am

not seeing the me6, may I have a clue pls

9:06 am

me + drink to excess

9:08 am

either it is a word I do not know or I am dense

9:09 am

I don't see it either peri

9:09 am

the drinker is more of a British term.

9:09 am

that is the part I am not getting

9:09 am

the me 6 means a square

9:10 am

Architechtural term: any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze

9:10 am

Finished

9:11 am

See you all tomorrow, I hope.

9:12 am

found the me6 on morewords, new one for me

9:12 am

Boo me+ to4/5

9:12 am

me6 = me + not on bottom + vowel

9:12 am

bye Mudd

9:15 am

fireworks, bye for now, happy abbling

9:15 am

ty peri and jmitch

9:16 am

Morning all. Figures. The day I don't feel like working, there's a tiny grid.

9:17 am

Hi Judi

9:30 am

clue for the 7 please.

9:31 am

YAWN. Fireworks.

9:32 am

Me + uranium iso****.

9:32 am

yeah judi......

9:32 am

No excuse not to work now. See you kids tomorrow.

9:37 am

oh my goodness. a snow day, all this time on my hands and a 44 word grid! guess today is a day to get some things done around here

9:40 am

anyone got clue for the de7?

9:40 am

dont see the 7 from the clue judi. was that clue a 6 or 7?

9:40 am

no not yet,but will work on it now

9:40 am

judi's clue was the me6

9:41 am

clue for the un pls

9:41 am

any clues for the 7??

9:41 am

If you finish early and need a game fix.. go to wordsplay.com and try it out!

9:42 am

stuck at 26 words.

9:42 am

de+ I to **n*i** it but you have a booger

9:42 am

i love wordsplay. do it all the time.

9:42 am

ty tammy

9:42 am

de + ***e*rs fall to earth + consonant

9:42 am

oops de+ I hate to **n*i** it but you have a booger

9:42 am

jmc dont get the clue........is it L after the de????dont see in grid

9:42 am

hi mkg.. hi boor bear

9:42 am

i have no idea what that's about jmc!

9:43 am

oh got it!!!!!!!!! ty jmc

9:43 am

hi tammy

9:43 am

hi je -- well do you all know what falls to earth?

9:43 am

ah, wait

9:43 am

mkg what name do you play wordplays.. I am be my boggle buddy

9:43 am

i had tried one letter off that and quit! ty jmc

9:45 am

what falls to earth dorens?

9:45 am

not the best clue but at least funny

9:46 am

no, that was a clue i gave for the de7, and when they all said they didn't understand yours, i thought they might have understood mine... but i guess no one saw it

9:46 am

is that what it means?

9:47 am

(I thought you were about to tell a joke dorens)

9:47 am

9:42 am Dorens de + ***e*rs fall to earth + consonant

9:47 am

sorry i did not see your clue!

9:47 am

forget it, maybe i should just go back to bed!

9:47 am

*smack*

9:48 am

:) i figured that out... happens to me often as well

9:48 am

no no no dorens mea culpa!

9:48 am

can i go back to bed? i have a massive headache

9:48 am

no you aren't culpa... no one else saw it, including the people who asked for the clue

9:48 am

poor pip *makes some weak mint tea*

9:48 am

yes pippin, you may. (unless you're at work or something)

9:49 am

take the tea and curl up pip

9:49 am

I don't like this grid atall

9:49 am

well it's my day off but that means laundry and cleaning and cat at vet and want to get everything done so i can go rock climbing after

9:49 am

it has green tea too because caffeine helps the blood flow

9:50 am

oh i'm loading up on caffeine right now

9:50 am

and aspirin and nasal spray, that did it yesterday

9:50 am

well take some aspirin with the tea and you will be up and running (or climbing) in no time

9:50 am

poor pip

9:50 am

back in the old days my aunt used to drink massive amounts of strong coffee when she had migraines, and I think it was even before the medical profession figured out that it helps

9:50 am

sorry boo do you need clues?

9:51 am

I can't find any words

9:51 am

my mother did that an occasionally smoked a menthol cigarette

9:51 am

tiny grids like this are often deceptively difficult boo, but that is good.. we need some kind of challenge, don't we?

9:51 am

caffeine withdrawal gives me evil sinus headaches, so that is always my first instinct when the head hurts

9:51 am

not so much caffeine then pip so you don't get a rebound headache

9:52 am

any clues for the un?

9:52 am

i got the african grain all by myself but i am stuck with 5 left

9:53 am

nah, jmc, just trying to approach yesterday's levels

9:53 am

what are the stats boo?

9:53 am

un5/14

9:53 am

not sure

9:54 am

un5/14 - to let an animal out of its enclosure

9:54 am

let the pigs out of the sty, or the chickens out of the coop, or the rabbits out of the hutch

9:55 am

ty

9:55 am

(I've been lurking, sorry!)

9:55 am

no law against lurking

9:56 am

ty doren!

9:56 am

and duck!

9:56 am

hi babblers! small grid today!

9:58 am

3 more! (but now they are extra hard for me)

9:58 am

go pippin!

9:58 am

4 left here :)

9:59 am

2!

9:59 am

just got started..lol

10:00 am

sweet, got the in6, now just one left!

10:01 am

fireworks!

10:01 am

can you clue the in6 please

10:01 am

wtg duck!

10:01 am

i didn't mean to - did not in****

10:01 am

fireworks here to!

10:02 am

who knew it4 could go pt

10:02 am

wtg pippin!

10:02 am

ty

10:02 am

gratz pippin

10:03 am

ty pippin, down to 5 for me

10:03 am

sigh. now to work with me. bathroom cleaners are working their magic in the shower and toilet

10:04 am

that is not as much fun as babble pippin

10:04 am

trash is out, now to throw in first load of laundry

10:04 am

go feather

10:05 am

2 left, savoring the last two! lol

10:05 am

not even close to as fun, robbie! nor as satisfying, sadly

10:05 am

go feather go!

10:05 am

fireworks

10:05 am

wtg feather!

10:05 am

yay!

10:06 am

off to cook and clean for me. bye!

10:07 am

bye feather

Hi, everyone, i'm pretty new to this, both the chat and the wordfinding. Any clues of i words gratefully received.

10:29 am

Hi guern....

10:29 am

Welcome to the world of babble

10:29 am

Welcome to the world of babble

10:30 am

the chat is just what you see......feel free to jump in whenever......and the cluing gets easier to understand with time!

If you in6 (plan) to get in4 playing babble regularly, there are a few it4s on the list of things to learn. One is that the system accepts a lot of strange words, like it6, the past tense of the it4 that is part of a list.

Oh my goodness, its going to take me several minutes to work on your clue fuquay

10:32 am

hi fuqua....thanx for that word.....lol

have fun with it, guernsey!

I'm sure it's perfectly obvious, but could you clue the U word for me, flask?

great, thanks, got them all now

10:33 am

let the farm animals out fuq

ty, wild!

10:34 am

yw

10:34 am

let the animals out.....using the bottom P

10:34 am

oooh, my favourite grain is in the grid - te4. Hello, people. :)

10:34 am

Hi DC

10:36 am

a wee clue please DC?

emeti

sorry, typed that in the wrong box

one more letter, and you'll have a word

10:38 am

te4 - an Ethiopian grain used to make injera

hoped it might be a word. Oh, thanks fqu, it is now.

10:38 am

emetin

10:38 am

ty, guernsey

10:39 am

OMG!!!!!.......what a clown I am!!

10:39 am

sorry!!

10:39 am

could someone help me with ca5 please

10:40 am

no ca5 .. ca4

no ca5 in this grid, rhonda. old people sometimes walk with a ca4

10:40 am

for the newbies, this is an unusually hard grid! I've been playing for 2 months and this is the worst one

10:40 am

ca 4/5: walking assistance device

10:40 am

Hi All. Back for a few

10:41 am

hello flask

10:41 am

hi hego

10:41 am

as usual, dinner is cooking

10:41 am

OH you are so right.... I couldnt imagine!! thanks so much!

10:41 am

Yes ruby....it certainly....I been here for years.....and its one of the worst I have done!

10:41 am

hiya Ruby. The little ones are always nasty.

bye everyone, must stop now and start making tea

10:42 am

de7/36 clue please?

10:42 am

I love the huge ones, even though I don't finish, they are definitely chewy

10:42 am

bye guerns!

10:42 am

I have 10 left but got a lot of help this AM

10:42 am

bye girl

10:42 am

me too....yesterdays was a cracker!

10:43 am

de + not you + weighs a lot

10:43 am

de7. de + not you + heavy weight

10:43 am

that's for you, flask, somebody gave it to me this AM

10:43 am

i thought that used an i. ty, ruby and hego

10:44 am

thanx ruby and hego.....

10:44 am

no i

10:44 am

you knew that word dc???

10:44 am

yes, that prefix means half - in French, but usually with an i as second vowel

apparently the de7 is an insecticide, though it sounds like half a heavy weight

10:45 am

i spoke French when i was young, but haven't really used it in 20 years, living where i do

10:45 am

hahah

10:45 am

oh, neat, thank you, fuquay

10:45 am

I have to use it every day and my husband never fails to remind me of my bad accent

10:46 am

however, he can't communicate and I can! hahah to him

10:46 am

IMHO, accent less important that speakig clearly enough to be comprehended. I learned in Quebeck, so French people sneer :)

10:46 am

So there!

10:46 am

exactly

10:47 am

too bad for them, too

10:47 am

:-D

10:47 am

firewords

10:47 am

yay, wildcat!

10:47 am

Gratz cat!

10:47 am

congrats, wild :)

10:47 am

ty .. back to work for me

10:48 am

silly me what is IMHO? (blushing)

10:48 am

In My Humble Opinion

10:48 am

in my humble opinion

10:48 am

hi all

10:48 am

any clues for the pe5 words?

10:48 am

raofl

10:48 am

please?

10:48 am

hi, jmc

10:48 am

peten

10:48 am

think pasta flask

10:48 am

hello jmc

10:48 am

don't have Flask

10:48 am

hi dc

10:49 am

and alt last vowel for the other, ruby

10:49 am

thankyou!

10:49 am

hi again jmc

10:49 am

wb hego

10:49 am

4 left

10:49 am

i really should be writing an appeal letter

clues for fourth row E?

10:50 am

how appealing is that?

10:51 am

we lost power today (AGAIN)

10:51 am

and, as usual, my computer sounds like it has a hairball. Any ideas?

10:51 am

hello all - fuq, 4th row E??

10:52 am

hello bo

10:52 am

ah, row

10:52 am

hi ruby - need some batteries?

10:52 am

yes, bo

10:53 am

it is no joke, here

10:53 am

ep + **....(**-**= laughing)

10:53 am

*packages batteries to send to ruby*

10:53 am

hi bo

10:53 am

Its so hard to clue!!

10:53 am

ty bo

thanks, Flask! that was perfect

10:53 am

oh wow!!!!!

10:54 am

hahah, flask

10:55 am

you did it!

10:55 am

good one Flask

man, this thing is solid babblets!

10:55 am

I wracked my wee brain for that!!....lolol

10:55 am

btw, Max had his checkup today and it seems that he is fine, the sarcoptic mange (diagnosed in the chog) has gone away. Yay!

10:56 am

:)

yay for max! yay for chog-vets!

10:56 am

Brilliant news Ruby!!!

10:57 am

has anyone found pf 4/11?

10:57 am

ty everybody, it was scary

10:57 am

yes

10:57 am

you're kidding, tammy, no?

when you let the air out of a balloon, it goes pf4/11. No vowels

10:58 am

sound a cat might make in self defense

10:58 am

exchanging experience, that's what this is about, non?

10:58 am

Oh my lord.. I finally found it

10:58 am

clue.. no vowels

10:58 am

took me awhile also

10:58 am

wonderful news, ruby

10:58 am

that is so weird!

10:59 am

ty seain

anyone have an f6 or m6? missing one or the other?

10:59 am

he is such a sweet and strange boy, that Max

11:00 am

dinner now, see you later

11:00 am

that's what folks say about me ruby - minus the sweet part

11:00 am

are you a strange boy, bo? Sounds intertesting, be back later!

11:00 am

stranger than fiction!

11:00 am

clue for in6 please?

what do you in6 (plan) to do later today, flask?

11:01 am

you in**** to get this done!

11:01 am

cheers bojazz!!!

11:02 am

i'm going to take a nap, until later, peeps. :)

11:02 am

bye dc

anyone have fe6 or me6?

11:03 am

yep

11:03 am

hi bo

11:03 am

me6 - me + different spelling of reddich/brown color?

care to clue?

11:04 am

hi jmc

11:04 am

me+go ** bed+ it's almost time for the **eps sculptures

11:04 am

how's your weather? getting this new snow?

11:04 am

not a drop i am happy to report bo

11:05 am

got all the F's - no 6 there

11:05 am

there is no fe6

11:05 am

fe5 maybe?

thanks. I'm down to two and knew that one was a 6, so my missing F is a 4

11:05 am

so are you getting hit?

11:06 am

nothing down here 'cept cold & wind

11:06 am

2 of those F4

11:06 am

there is an fe5--to duck or fe**** a punch happens in boxing

11:06 am

back again. had a phone call.

11:06 am

hego says that nj is getting slammed

11:07 am

hi hego

11:07 am

yup

oh, it was fi4! fireworks!

11:07 am

hi hego

11:07 am

ne4 ... clue please?

11:07 am

YAY! Fuq

11:07 am

sorry - saw that on the internet

11:07 am

ne4= color light

11:07 am

O my, missing an O

11:07 am

whoo hoo fug!

ne+ ** at first you don't succeed....

11:07 am

yes I need ne 4/4 and pe 4/5

11:07 am

ne4= ne+ no **s ands or buts

11:07 am

congrats fuq

11:08 am

well done fuqua

11:08 am

pe4=peasant

ty, all. must go work. enjoy!

11:08 am

thanks gang. I knew they would be 2 easy ones.

11:09 am

bye fuq

11:09 am

bye

11:09 am

actualy ne4 is a peasant too

11:09 am

pe4??

11:09 am

fireworks for me.

11:09 am

and te4/10 please?

11:09 am

well done hego

11:09 am

pe4 is a peasant Flask

11:10 am

like other t4 - change vowel

11:10 am

I don't understand that clue hego

11:10 am

te4/10 has a double cons

11:10 am

a lowly worker.

11:11 am

rhymes with ne4

11:11 am

minor spat is a ti** - now change the vowel

11:11 am

te4=a grain used to make injera

11:12 am

to make what???

11:12 am

lol

11:12 am

ne5 please?

11:12 am

injera is an ethopian tortilla

11:12 am

how do you like your injera Bo?

11:12 am

also spelled enjera

11:13 am

Medium rare?

11:13 am

ok - the doc says i'll be fine in a few days :)

11:13 am

when i made an ethiopian supper all the cook books i read said: buy the enjera

11:13 am

flask ne + not bottom

11:13 am

seeds from the African plain

11:14 am

quinoa

11:14 am

ty hego 3 left

11:14 am

quinoa is different i believe

11:14 am

go jmc

11:14 am

Flask

11:14 am

thx hego - 1 to go!

11:15 am

yw

11:15 am

go bo go

11:15 am

I need....ne5/12...pe4/6...andpo4/5..... .

11:15 am

....gets the horns and confetti ready..

11:15 am

i'm now stuck on my last word. e5.

11:15 am

can't get them at all!!!

11:15 am

Flask I just clued you ne 5

11:16 am

ne 5/12: ne + not bottom

11:16 am

ne5 was just clued by hego

11:16 am

pe + **pcorn

11:16 am

I was looking for a 4...ok got that one now!

11:16 am

e5 - same as ep4 + a cons

11:16 am

po4=writer of other than prose

11:17 am

e5. e+ to sew

11:17 am

po= National Lampo**

11:17 am

start with E in top corner

11:18 am

am done...thanx all for the clues!!!

11:18 am

whoo hoo flask

11:18 am

wtg Flask

11:18 am

YAY! Flask!

11:19 am

hego did u find the E5?

11:19 am

yes, Flask, I'm done

11:20 am

fireworks! w/o using lickety!

11:20 am

2

11:20 am

can someone clue the pe5/12 - not the pasta

11:20 am

whoo hoo jmi!

11:20 am

ok......I guess we're all finished here....so I shall leave you all!!!!

11:20 am

YAAAYYY!!! Mitch.

11:20 am

Bye Flask

11:20 am

well done JMC....give yourself a pat on the back!!!

11:21 am

bye flask

11:21 am

bye all......<waving>....

11:21 am

Bo 1st pe5 is same as pasta different last vowel

11:22 am

thx hego - fireworks!

11:22 am

jmc are you done?

11:22 am

whoo hooo bo!

11:22 am

no i have 2 left

11:22 am

YAAAYYY!!! Bo

11:22 am

just puttering along

11:23 am

whoo hooo bo (i love saying that)

11:23 am

don't finish many - this one easier than I thought, with a little help from y friends! thx

11:23 am

*my

11:24 am

well it takes time and friends to finish!

11:24 am

I have to go but YAAAYYY!!! to jmc in advance. ;-)

11:24 am

jmc - want me to change name to "boo"

11:24 am

ty ty hego

11:24 am

i will finish eventually

11:24 am

Bye folks

11:24 am

i am in no particular rush today

11:24 am

yw jmc

11:24 am

bye hego

11:24 am

bye hego - good day to you, snow & all

11:25 am

poof

11:25 am

that is how i pronounce it already bo

11:25 am

so keep it just the way it is! lol

11:29 am

back to finish this little rascal off;))

11:30 am

go crossy go!

11:30 am

ooooohhh, i think the headache might have made its departure. then this will be a wonderful day

11:31 am

maybe one more cup of tea, just for insurance

11:36 am

go crossy go

11:36 am

wtg pip!

11:46 am

a golden oldie for you country lovers:)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hCuDL 8j2M

howdy babble buds! wow! I've never seen such a small grid. is it a difficult one?

12:02 pm

small grid,big teeth

lol crossie

12:03 pm

as a matter of fact,it has more teeth than words;((

it doesn't seem too scary at the moment

12:04 pm

It has more phantoms than words.

i just got a new monkey... nonunion

12:04 pm

and i refuse to list for a 44 word grid dammit!

don't blame ya on that one crossie

12:05 pm

any help with fe5/16?

just got here.. lemme work on it, unless someone else has it

12:06 pm

If someone takes a swing at you, you fe***

12:07 pm

(Hint: It also works as fa***) :-)

12:07 pm

to dodge

sounds like word that means to swoon

12:07 pm

thanks!

12:09 pm

hi all ... back to finish over lunch

Hello, I only have 2 to go. Can anyone clue de7 & em6?

12:11 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBWFJ85 n_w0 lol sorry my da is not well and im just thinking of him and some of his favorite songs:))

em6 e + myself + can

12:12 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yhvk8ma that may be better

12:13 pm

Crosshair, if you *really* want babblers to follow your links, you should stop using tinyurl and start going to socuteurl.com instead. :-)

brb

12:15 pm

lol always something different,i juct c+p myself

12:15 pm

http://www.socuteurl.com/stinkybunnypi p

12:15 pm

(((Crossy))) I hope yr da will be OK.

12:16 pm

ty (((FM)))

12:16 pm

nothing wrong with tinyurl, has worked well since I was introduced to in on babble.

12:16 pm

de 7 = de 4 + heavy weight.

12:17 pm

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. I said there was something cuter, and, hey, what's wrong with cuter?

12:17 pm

Nothing at all :) Can't stop just wanted to give crossy a hug re his da.

12:18 pm

It is a fine, fine thing you do.

12:18 pm

all i want is something short and sweet that anyone can link with;)

12:19 pm

And now you have options. Isn't life awesome?

12:19 pm

i do 300 character links with a deft c=p,but i know it may be hard for some EA links are the worst:)

Fireworks ~ Thanks for the clues!

12:20 pm

is there an M6?

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO FOR PLU! YOU DID IT! WTG! *and the band plays the victory march*

12:20 pm

indeed samantha

12:20 pm

yaa for plu

12:22 pm

i say, is there an M6? if not, may i have a clue for the P6 that isn't a po?

12:22 pm

*flop* I think I'm rather scared of the volume in thechat right now!

yes hursh

12:23 pm

thanks, that's me done!

me + adhesive scotch **** (change first vowel)

12:23 pm

well, ata, the grid's so small there isn't a lot of need to concentrate, y'know?

12:23 pm

sometimes i don't need an actual clue, just confidence :)

12:24 pm

confidence that a word is there, i mean.

12:24 pm

but I have a headache ....

oh sry ata.

12:25 pm

Oh dear. Ibuprofen and tea?

12:25 pm

I have both :D

herbal or decaf so you don't metabolize the motrin too fast; unless it's a migraine... then cafeine is good

12:26 pm

i take 2 tylenol 1,s have a tea and listen to meatloaf tunes;)

12:26 pm

6 left

i never got back to the grid yesterday.. only got 100 or so in, looking forward to today and this stinks... a few min. in and i'm almost done

12:27 pm

Ata!!!!

GO JMB GO! RAH RAH RAH *shakes pom poms* GO GO GO *does high kick*

12:27 pm

I really wish there was a way to do past grids, youknow? Like the option in sudoku

arent there archives?

12:27 pm

FM!!!!

12:27 pm

me too, sam

12:28 pm

don't hurt yourself ADHD

12:28 pm

Chech email for suggestion re tomorrow :)

lol

12:28 pm

ohhhh it,s cold and lonely in the deeeep dark night...i can see paradice by the dashboard ligggght...arrrrooooo

12:29 pm

ain't no doubt about it...

12:29 pm

thought you'd like D's idiocy!!

12:29 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK-FRac 7m58

12:30 pm

I'm short, but not so sweet !

12:30 pm

he is a twit

12:30 pm

I hope your da will be OK, crossy!

12:30 pm

Hi ruby

12:30 pm

hi FM

12:30 pm

tyvm ruby:)

12:31 pm

but Ata read yr email.

12:31 pm

((hugs)) crossy

how short are you ru? and who's a twit?

12:31 pm

no more emails!

12:31 pm

Back in 5

12:31 pm

don't know who's a twit but I'm 1.5 M

in feet/inches that is?

sry mitch said someone's a twit

12:33 pm

anyone have a hint for the p 6?

not there yet kc, sry

12:33 pm

witches brew magic ones

12:34 pm

Apologies i was following on a thread from Ata no one here is a twit.

12:34 pm

Oh SHEESH

we were just talking the other nite about when the US was considering going metric... learned it in school, but it's lost now

at the same time the US was considering having a six-day school week

12:34 pm

5 ft., on the money, but used to be 5 ft 1 "

oh i feel so tall... I'm 5-1

12:35 pm

def a giant!

12:36 pm

no choice, here, have to go back and forth with metric measurement

the only time i'm using metric is when i'm helping kids with homework

12:37 pm

send your kids over here for a crash course, lol

the only two math "things" are not fresh in mind are metric and the binary system

they're grandkids; my 8 yr old grandson called last nite to ask what a parallellogram is

12:38 pm

im 5ft 11 inches myself,but i recall being over 6 feet in my youth,crossy is shrinking it seems;((

actually it was my son who called and asked why I remember this stuff and he doesn't lol

12:39 pm

that's depressing, but I imagine my son might not know either

12:39 pm

Gaaaaaaah! I've been one away from finishing for manymany minutes now. It's an E and it has seven letters; can anyone help?

12:39 pm

Sorry, five letters

12:39 pm

crossy, I think that we all shrink as we age, but our ears and noses grow!!!

12:39 pm

only one i have is e+ to repair clothes

12:39 pm

ruby, ears, noses, feet, chins, waist, hips, thighs, yeah, things continue to grow

i haven't shrunk yet, even w/osteoporosis of spine, but i've got rods in my spine and i believe that's why

12:40 pm

where i want hair,there is none,and where i dont want,it is growing;(

12:40 pm

no, not me, I['m just shrinking, especially my hips! lol ruefully

12:40 pm

No, it's the E in the middle row. :-(

eeeeeuuuuuu nose and ear hair

12:41 pm

row or column

12:41 pm

aaarghhhh

12:42 pm

column. Apparently I can't find it because my brain has melted. sheeesh.

12:42 pm

lol wish it was that easy adhd..im from the auld country and i think i have some hobbit in me,toe hair is a pain

12:42 pm

toe hair???

12:42 pm

lol

12:42 pm

brain? what brain?

12:42 pm

toe/foot hair

12:42 pm

don't have it yet... working on it

12:42 pm

brain is probably shrinking, too

12:43 pm

now didnt you want to know that tidbit? lol

12:43 pm

ep5,16 ...... thinking

12:43 pm

i was just trying to get the same one, jmb

ep4 cold medicine ep*edr*

12:44 pm

Monkeyed it. Firewords.

12:44 pm

eph

wow. major lag

12:44 pm

just think of my toe hair and it will come to you jmb...lol

Samantha ep5/16 = ep4/6 + *ot

tx sixty

12:44 pm

congrats, samantha

12:44 pm

grat sam

yw

12:44 pm

thanks, all, especially those off y'all who helped me with that last bugger

12:45 pm

Now I'mout of here. Short grid means no excuse to put off housecleaning. *sigh*

Fireworks - must get back to work. Have fun all.

WOOOOO HOOOOO FOR SAM! YOU DID IT!! CONGRATS! SPEECH SPEECH!

YAY FOR SIXTY! YOU DID IT!! WTG 67! STAND AND TAKE A BOW!

12:46 pm

you are all too smart!!!!

12:46 pm

whoo hoo sixty

12:46 pm

I still have 15 to go and will never get them

12 to go

12:47 pm

go ruby go!

12:47 pm

ty jmc

12:47 pm

I think I need another martini !

sure you will ruby.. ask for clues. i'llhelp inb any way i can

12:48 pm

one here please!! just wave the vermouth bottle over the glass

12:48 pm

3 left ty sixty

12:48 pm

any n word, pls

12:48 pm

I make the best martinis, just a touch of noilly prat

12:48 pm

i still haven't gotten the de7

ne5 ne + high*** sneakers

ne4 lights

12:49 pm

actually just remove the vermouth label and show it to the rest of the drink

12:49 pm

de + not you + heavy weight

ne4 ne + not **s ands or buts

12:49 pm

thank you :)

12:49 pm

thank you adhd!

yw

12:50 pm

shaken not stirred

12:51 pm

4 babblers walked into a bar.....

12:51 pm

one has a monkey.....

12:51 pm

hahah

12:51 pm

but they all need monkeys

12:53 pm

and the monkey says "please remove this babbler from me before i bite!"

12:53 pm

did you hear about the orca?

12:53 pm

hehe

12:53 pm

speaking of biting

12:54 pm

uncle!

12:55 pm

*looking for my monkeys for the last 2 but someone has released them all!*

12:55 pm

gd nite everybody

12:56 pm

what are you looking for jmb?

they went union and left

12:56 pm

Night ruby sleep well.

12:56 pm

bye ruby

nite rubes

12:56 pm

ne5,12 un5,14

12:57 pm

un 5/15 - let the pigs out

12:57 pm

btw i never finished yesterday's- left about 30 some unfound

12:57 pm

5/14 that is

12:57 pm

nitr ruby

12:57 pm

Look for the union label when you are buying or wearing your clothes!

12:58 pm

Missing 4 - 1 E, 1 P , 2 T's

12:58 pm

ne + on *** of old smokey

12:58 pm

ep+laugh

12:58 pm

un 5,14.... ty - i was circling it the wrong way!

12:58 pm

netop

12:58 pm

ep+bigger laugh

12:59 pm

e+sew

12:59 pm

The e I'm missing is from the top right corner

12:59 pm

e+fix

12:59 pm

I have the sewing one

12:59 pm

e+not you but ** +a *** can

12:59 pm

Ata you still here?

12:59 pm

fine... i am going to pb but fireworks are exploding over head!

1:00 pm

i'm just having issues with the fi words

1:00 pm

and an em6 that is like what you take to make you throw up but with a different last letter

1:00 pm

whoo hooo jmb!

1:00 pm

fi5=monster

1:00 pm

Congrats jmb

1:00 pm

fi4=end

1:00 pm

Thanks, got the missing e

WOOOOO HOOOOO JMB! CONGRATS TO YOU! YOU DID IT! WTG!!

1:01 pm

adhd could you not yell please

1:01 pm

okay i must've been just brain farting on the fi4, but i'm not getting the monster clue

1:01 pm

you cad, you fi****!

1:01 pm

Mr Hyde was a fi5

1:01 pm

my monkey has gone on strike:(

1:01 pm

fi+not beginning

fi4 end

1:02 pm

argh, okay i got it

1:02 pm

i somehow wasn't looking up there

1:02 pm

*passes crossy several hands of bananas for his monkeys*

1:02 pm

thanks :)

1:02 pm

are there any oh's or are they all pe's or po's

1:02 pm

yw

i'm tellin' ya...monkeys these days! my last two got so demanding, wanting paid lunches, long breaks, shorter hours... the nerve

1:03 pm

3 O words

1:03 pm

greetings all, I need a clue for the U pls

don't gots it yet sry

1:03 pm

let the animals free hawkins

1:03 pm

Well time for me to go, busy day tomorrow Happy Babbling.

1:03 pm

tc fm

1:03 pm

thanks got it

1:03 pm

bye FM

brb guys

1:04 pm

phantom: echopraxia

1:05 pm

n. - habitual repetition of others' actions.

1:05 pm

phantom: echopraxia

1:05 pm

;-)

1:06 pm

yw hwk

1:06 pm

How are you doing, jmc?

1:06 pm

nice sculpture BR

1:06 pm

hello

1:06 pm

hi dorens

1:06 pm

Hello, Dorens

1:07 pm

i am okay. i spent a week feeling kinda mumphy but okay now.

1:07 pm

very nice babblerabble.. i like when your icons are pleasing to the eye

1:07 pm

how about yourself BR?

1:07 pm

re; that phantom br,o keep telling you to latin up that ending and you may get more lol

1:08 pm

I had some med adjustments ... still sorting those out but other than that I think life can be a discouraging word at times.

1:09 pm

now there's a wod for enable, je.. mumphy?

1:09 pm

i find life generally beats the alternative

1:09 pm

woRd. well babrab, let's see what we can do to encourage you.

1:09 pm

it is a family word dorens -- mumphy

1:09 pm

means about what it sounds like

1 left... i'm stumped on the U word

1:10 pm

let the dogs out adhd un***

1:10 pm

I had a very special, truly wonderful former student who passed away tuesday night. spent yesterday at the high school helping out her friends., very tightknit group.. good friends. they used to eat lunch with me twice a week. very very sad

1:10 pm

1 word left

1:10 pm

un +sty

1:10 pm

oh, go j!

1:11 pm

how sad dorens

1:11 pm

the secret of med adjustment br is to move the 4 primary pills around on the sechedule untill you se colour trails,then shift the blue pill to just before bed time

dang it all why an i not gittin it?

1:11 pm

im sorry for the loss of your student dorens:(

1:12 pm

Death can be so permanent

1:12 pm

un + a writing implement

1:12 pm

oh gosh my last word was a fish! in6

oh no i left for a min... what happened? a death?

1:12 pm

thought i cried it out yesterday... still teary today though. the funeral will be extremely rough. so embrace your life, bab, no matter how imperfect.. you still feel, and help others, and see beauty, don't you?

1:13 pm

congrats, jmc

fw tx guys

1:13 pm

pretty colors

1:13 pm

yay j

1:13 pm

*hands dorens a hanky*

1:13 pm

whoo hoo adhd

1:14 pm

congrats, ADHD

1:14 pm

ty, j, yay adhd!

1:14 pm

it is a hard thing to get over dorens

1:14 pm

I am okay, Dorens

just read back over chat... so sry dorens.

UPS here... brb

1:14 pm

im on the 4th year of my second life,so im going to wring every drop of fun and love i can out of this one..as a matter of fact when it is my time i aim to make a pass at a pretty girl before i go

1:14 pm

i think you are too, bab thanks adhd

1:16 pm

of all things, I get irritated at 44 word grids when I want much larger ones

1:16 pm

as a matter of fact i take the view of hunter adams with this ive made arrangement to have a slot machine installed at my grave site so the proceeds can keep my wife in reading material and chocolates

1:17 pm

funny thing is i think i'm finding this one more challenging than some of the 144 grids.

1:18 pm

i'm having a tough time with the first po4

1:19 pm

tennyson

1:19 pm

is that a clue?

back for a little bit for clues... need any?

1:20 pm

I could use some help with the Ds

1:20 pm

first po4?

po4/5 one who writes rhymes (not always rhyming i know)

1:21 pm

oh gosh i should've gotten that one

1:21 pm

*slaps self*

*hands towel to wipe off fish slime*

1:22 pm

and now i feel sheepish asking for help with the pf

so disappointed today... flooding rains, stuck home, looking forward to a big grid :(

pf = fart sound

1:23 pm

ah yes... i somehow thought of that but didn't see it in the grid

one of many sounds of flatus

1:25 pm

pf = :-P

1:26 pm

de4=de+not you but **

1:26 pm

de7 add a heavy weight

1:27 pm

de4 change the second consonant

1:27 pm

ty, got the two de4 but not the de7

1:28 pm

add a heavy weight to the first de4

1:28 pm

demeton

1:28 pm

oops

1:28 pm

wrong spot

1:28 pm

thats the one hawk

1:28 pm

now to the pb with you!

1:28 pm

sorry and thanks

oooooooooo oooooooo

1:28 pm

:-D

1:28 pm

:)

1:29 pm

6 left... i wanna finish before i leave for work

1:29 pm

I'm sorry about Daisy Mae, Hawkins. What a beauty!

what do you need rows?

what's today's icon theme?

1:29 pm

now 5 left

1:30 pm

Thanks, she was a great dog. My folks miss her a lot.

1:30 pm

go rows go

1:30 pm

in6, both it words, me4/5 and me6

1:30 pm

now 4

1:30 pm

I bet :(

1:30 pm

i got the me4

1:30 pm

Narrow Boat Art / Canal Art/ Barge Art

in6 what do you in**** to do with the word?

1:31 pm

hi ata!

1:31 pm

hi jmc!

1:31 pm

thanks adhd :)

1:31 pm

now 3 left

1:31 pm

when you put an it** on a list have you it**** it?

it4 and 6 it + myself spelled backwards; 6 is past tense

1:31 pm

2

1:32 pm

im sorry bout the loss of daisy mae hawkins

1:32 pm

ooh past tense helped

1:32 pm

crooked pic of hobbit climbing?

1:32 pm

just have the me6 left

me4/5 me + this is *h* best word game ever!

1:32 pm

I should put her pretty post-trim pic up ...

1:33 pm

thanks crosshair

1:33 pm

me+not bottom+vowel

1:33 pm

jmc, i got it :)

me6 I'm glad I me* everyone here + opposite of "yep" minus first letter

1:33 pm

fireworks!

1:33 pm

yaa for rows!!

1:33 pm

whoo hooo rows!

1:33 pm

there. LOL :D

1:34 pm

hehe

1:34 pm

thanks guys

WOOOOO HOOOOOO FOR ROWS!!! YOU DID IT!! WTG!!! *the band starts the victory song*

1:35 pm

i hope i finish this cause i love watching adhd lose her mind;))

what's today's icon theme?

rofl

1:36 pm

who decides the icon theme?

crossie, my mind was lost decades ago!

1:36 pm

we all do, ish

don't know hawk

1:36 pm

sprite is the final arbiter

1:37 pm

Narrow Boat Art / Canal Art/ Barge Art is the icon theme for today

isn't there one babbler who takes the ideas and posts them in a list?

1:37 pm

suggested by our very own ata!

1:37 pm

that would be sprite

1:37 pm

(take a bow ata!)

1:37 pm

cool

1:37 pm

im sorry ata,do you put up a list as well?

1:38 pm

no she just made the suggestion on the icon theme today

brb

1:39 pm

cool

1:40 pm

no no, I was just here when Sprite asked for suggestions!

1:40 pm

And narrow boat art seemed a cool idea!

1:42 pm

well, i changed my icon to reflect today's theme. It's a picture my sister took.

1:42 pm

my idea of a narrow boat is a nice cedar strip canoe, packing a lunch,a wine skin of beverage of a adult nature and 100 miles of un paddled river:)

1:43 pm

sounds like the boundary waters area, cross

1:43 pm

fine, but you shouldn't paddle alcoholised!!

1:43 pm

sokay,i always bring along a designated paddler;)

1:43 pm

thats ok then :P A perfect day!

1:44 pm

canal narrow boat life is a very strange culture here

1:45 pm

ata up in out area we have a wonderful course call the trent severn waterway,look it up it is amazing!! it is also a historical monument of sorts as most of the locks were installed at or near the turn of the century

omg crossie, you're my kinda guy!

1:46 pm

the trent severn?

1:46 pm

that's hilarious!

1:46 pm

we have the Severn Trent!

1:46 pm

lol

1:46 pm

2nd biggest river system in the UK

1:46 pm

wild

1:47 pm

tyvm adhd;)

1:47 pm

but you have the St Lawrence that stamps on anything in the UK!

1:47 pm

i prefer to canoe with mild alcohol accoutrement myself

love canoeing, but with my personality, i really took to ww rafting

1:48 pm

the good thing about our trent lift lock systen is you can do the entire course in a canoe or a 50 foot cabin cruiser

1:48 pm

the UK is too small to have a really long water way

sea kayaking is wonderful also

1:48 pm

i like both canoeing and ww rafting

i'm jealous crossie

1:48 pm

ww canoeing is fun too

1:49 pm

lol adhd,the way i handle a coane will remind you of ww rafting lol

1:49 pm

lol cross

1:49 pm

damn typos

rofl

nuts.... i really gotta go; see y'all at the flip (if I'm awake)

1:51 pm

I love canoeing too. We have the Thames! It's kinda big. LOL

1:53 pm

my favorite though is going into some little lake in algonquin park,one you have to fly onto woth the canoe strapped between the pontoons of the plane,you get dropped off just before dawn,and as you glide out into the lake and its tributarys the mist begins to move and break up on the surface,the only sound you hear is the water droplets raining off the paddle.suddenly as the first touch of sunlight warms your face,the mist rises up on the water and a loon calls...perfection....sorry corossy rambles..lol

1:54 pm

how wonderful! ramble away!

1:57 pm

for a short time as dawn breaks and the water fog holds,you seem not so much as paddling on the water as you are slowly floating above the earth on some river in the sky,your paddle vanishes into the fog and the water lets you borrow its strength to propel you along your way

1:58 pm

good lord must need my meds..brb lol

1:58 pm

loool

1:59 pm

sounds perfect though

2:00 pm

best medicine i know of ata:)

2:03 pm

mine is diving, but similar concept

2:04 pm

are there actually any words in this grid?

2:04 pm

i only see phantoms!

2:05 pm

tend

2:05 pm

crud - sorry - but at least i found a word!

2:07 pm

lol,off to the pb with you

2:07 pm

ok - maybe i'll find more words in the pb!

2:08 pm

Huh we go from staggeringly huge puzzle to 44 words? Maybe Babble maker wore itself out yesterday?

2:10 pm

his word organ grinder broke

2:10 pm

ptrooie is SO a word!

2:11 pm

*ptooie*

2:11 pm

ptooie is a word, agreed

2:13 pm

what are the stats for the U?

2:13 pm

crossy is in the midst of trying to perfect bacon tofu!!:)

2:13 pm

5/14

2:14 pm

how can you have bacon tofu???!!

2:14 pm

oooh I see, it goes round *that* way. ty!

2:14 pm

just let me work my magic

2:14 pm

soya bacon is available here, i rather like it, but not as well as the soya sausage. All products of Morningstar Farms

2:14 pm

crossy shudders@ soya bacon

2:15 pm

*groan* nicoise salad is on TV, and I can't eat it :(

2:15 pm

i tried that turkey bacon once and figured that the salt content would kill me faster than eating regular bacon

2:21 pm

you killed the chat log too :D

2:23 pm

yay! dead chog!

2:23 pm

sniff....

2:23 pm

oo lovely pic, dc

2:24 pm

ta, ata. i'd had enough of he snow. do use the link to see it full-size

2:25 pm

why is it that a 6 pound cat can jump on your lap accuratly stomp on your cojones with that tiny paw..every..single..time..arrg!

2:25 pm

just gorgeous, and yes, utterly sick of winter weather. Our snow has gone, but we've had constant constant rain for what seems like forever

2:25 pm

I finally got out to the beach for 2 hours yesterday in a moment of sunshine

2:25 pm

cats are clever!

2:27 pm

indeed they are ata,this one just learned how to fly this very second lol

2:29 pm

lol :D Sily's recently discovered that being under my duvet with me is the best place ever. I keep waking up with warm fluffballs by my knees or arms

2:32 pm

my wife used to wake up with warm fluff balls like that..then she made me trim my beard;)

2:33 pm

:P

2:34 pm

talk of the devil, hello, Silverclaw

2:36 pm

apparetly my shoulder is a good place to sit

2:37 pm

Are there really only 44 words, or did I do half the grid in my sleep earlier?

2:37 pm

really only 44, Nancy, hello

2:37 pm

howdy nb

2:38 pm

evening, all :) it's quiet, but then I'm usually on later. how is everyone?

2:38 pm

with invisible E words

2:41 pm

invisible ALL words. I'm out of practise these days...I only come here to talk

2:42 pm

me too really lol

2:42 pm

lol nb,there are 44 real words and 1,215 phantoms

2:42 pm

I have 2 left

2:42 pm

im sitting here with 13 left

2:42 pm

i refuse to list

2:43 pm

lol me too

2:43 pm

I want ennui, petition, and a long drink.

2:43 pm

Oooh, go Ata!

2:43 pm

crossy makes nb a ture home made long island iced tea..non of that pre made mix;))

2:44 pm

can I have one too?

2:44 pm

It's a brave soul who mixes a drink for the discerning bartender such as myself, Crossy ;)

2:45 pm

of course..lets see...1/2 oz each of gin,rum,vodka and tripple sec...3/4 fill the glass with pink lemonade..add a splash of coke and top with crused ice and garnish with a slice of lemon

2:45 pm

where are the best drinks in Soho now, NB?

2:45 pm

how did i do nb

2:46 pm

in my experience, it's not what you put in the glass, it's the panache with which you put it there ;)

2:46 pm

Of course, Ata, they're the ones that I make, but I don't think my place would really be your sort of scene ;)

2:47 pm

i use thos tall skinny frosted glasses

2:47 pm

are you saying I'm old or something? :P

2:47 pm

i think he's saying you're straight

2:47 pm

uh oh...

2:48 pm

your not old ata,your experienced :)

2:48 pm

hmmmmmmm lol

2:48 pm

me,im 18 with several decades of experience

2:49 pm

it was Seain's, Ata :) age is nothing. I need more of it.

2:49 pm

I think there's only a few gay bars I haven't been into in Soho and those are the ones where the bouncer people glare at you and refuse to let you in with boobs

2:50 pm

but you're right, my friends mostly hang around in Camden fetish clubs

2:50 pm

Oh, any place as uptight as that isn't worth it anyway.

2:50 pm

mm guess im out then lol

2:51 pm

exactly LOL

2:51 pm

not exactly to Crossy!!

2:51 pm

Oh, Camden's a great place. I love those sort of places around London! You get the feeling that anything goes.

2:52 pm

there's a fab alcohol shop in Soho, Crossy, you'd love it. It sells weird and wonderful *stuff*, and very very very good spirits

2:52 pm

and hundreds of cool miniatures

2:52 pm

i still say they are pecs,wife calls them man boobs or moobs..she is an evil woman..at least mine are not at my waist hehe lol....

2:53 pm

at least women can wear bras :D

2:53 pm

lol

2:54 pm

in fact, I think I need to go to the nice shop tomorrow. It's about the only place in London you can buy decent tequila

2:54 pm

i like the ones with the algave worm

2:55 pm

I like any one that actually tastes good and isn't some dodgy cheap tourist knock-off - which we normally get!

2:55 pm

I love Patron, but it's soooo expensive here

2:55 pm

when bartending i used to save the worms and make a shooter out of them..things sold at a premium too..people are funny

2:56 pm

Oh, I'm so embarrassed now. I had no idea I'd met my match, Crossy!

2:56 pm

it's about £50 for a bottle of Patron Silver here *faint*

2:56 pm

that's more than twice as expensive as here, ata

2:57 pm

im sorry nb,you dont know the worm shooter? i call mine the slitherer

2:57 pm

I *know*! It's such a blooming rip-off, I refuse to buy any

2:57 pm

it's about $45 a bottle here

2:57 pm

here we can get the good absinthe,but it is so expensive ive yet to buy any

2:57 pm

of course, it comes by truck from Mexico, and your gov't may have higher levies for mexican goods than we do.

2:58 pm

I'm sure they do! now, absinthe we *can* get!

2:58 pm

cost of Absinthe his plummeted around here of late, and more types are available now

2:58 pm

85 dollars for a bottle slightly smaller than a 26er!!

2:58 pm

just don't try the red absinthe. I can't think of a word to describe how it tastes but "hell" comes close. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

2:59 pm

I think it's between £20-30 a bottle here. For a 75cl ish decentish bottle

2:59 pm

red?? ugh..has to be the good stuff with the wormwood..the green fairy

2:59 pm

all absinthe is pretty much hell!

2:59 pm

last store we were in wanted $40 or so per pottle.

2:59 pm

Lupo did shooters of absinthe adn sour apple. That was quite good

3:00 pm

Yup. On holiday we drank some cheap 'n cheerful stuff in Amsterdam. Mind you, the drink wasn't really the point there.

3:00 pm

you have to pur absinthe through a ice cube into half a glass of branch water then fire the cube to caramelize it and drop it onto the drink

3:00 pm

sugar cube*

3:00 pm

into*

3:00 pm

omg, NB, did you have that disgusting old jenniver / gin stuff in Amsterdam? makes absinthe seem gorgeous

3:02 pm

Wish I could remember enough to tell you Ata :D though actually, it's kind of depressing to see all the english tourists stoned off their faces in amsterdam...all the locals must be so tolerant

3:03 pm

they say samuel clemmons enjoyed absinthe

3:03 pm

LOL. I only remember it clearly cos we brought some home and *then* tried it. OMG.

3:03 pm

LOL Ata

3:05 pm

Don't do what I do though, don't go in winter, it makes those canals about a thousand times more uncomfortable when you take a tumble into one

3:06 pm

*did, not do. Losing my tenses in a rush of joy over the memories.

3:06 pm

looool. I've been once in summer and once in winter. Don't remember that much about the winter one though

3:07 pm

If I call the babblers my new adopted "parents", Ata, you are the worst influence ;)

3:08 pm

oh well, that's good. Can Haz be a bad influence, too? She desperately wants to be a bad influence on someone LOL!

3:08 pm

whatever you do dont let me be an influence,i promised the police i would never do that again

3:09 pm

LOL Ata & Crossy. it's alright, nobody could be a worse influence than Leo. He bought those damn Amsterdam tickets...

3:09 pm

you're safely across the pond

44 words? I guess it's ok that I'm starting late!

3:11 pm

you would think so wouldnt you kaplan? ive been at 13 left for an hour now lol

3:11 pm

You say that Kaplan...I got sucked into the chat. I have nine whole words to call my own.

3:11 pm

and I cannot find my last 2

3:12 pm

once absinthe was mentioned,we got lost in the memories that we cannot recall;0

3:13 pm

people complain about the drinking and drug-taking of the youth of today...it's nice to know the generation before were just as naughty

3:13 pm

they were worse, NB!

3:13 pm

good afternoon everybody! happy babbler here - early dismissal from work (because of snow), probable snow day tomorrow, tickets to Puerto Rico bought and paid for!!!

3:14 pm

hey be nice now nb! i did give up the chemicals:)

Yeah, it's monkey time

3:14 pm

oh, wonderful, jbv!

3:14 pm

oh I don't know about that Ata ;)

3:14 pm

they certainly tried :D

3:15 pm

here in the US, my generation are the 1st since Prohibition to drink as much alcohol as pre-Prohibition.

3:15 pm

i knew it was time to give up the drugs..it was 1977 or so and i woke up to discover i had been looking at a greatfull dead poster for 3 days

3:15 pm

but do you regret that time?

3:15 pm

hopefully that was a good trip, crossy

3:16 pm

LOL Crossy!!

3:16 pm

I managed to make it through the 60s and 70s relatively chemical free - they were great times, tho

3:16 pm

dn,cannot recall it now..still have the poster..cannot read the damn thing

3:16 pm

LOL crossy

3:16 pm

cool, jbv

3:16 pm

I'd have loved to be alive in the 60s. I was born way too late

3:16 pm

its in all those big fat psycadellic letters they used to use

3:17 pm

my son says the same thing, Ata - he is now wearing tie dye and peace signs

3:17 pm

ill ask the doc for some prozac,maybe i can read it then;0

3:17 pm

the sixties can easily be created with a tent and a lava lamp

3:18 pm

and some acid

3:18 pm

the 60,s can be recreated with a 66 vw beetle,4 groupies,a bag of skunk weed and a case of slim jims

3:19 pm

my 1st car was a '74 super beetle

3:19 pm

yeah ... its the acid that's harder to recreate!

Yesterday I chatted too much- today I am chilling, watching the bad judges on TV after work- have had clients straight through till 3

3:19 pm

and there's me trying to keep the chat child friendly. I had a sixties day once. I stopped for five minutes on a path to let a hedgehog cross...turns out it was a pine cone.

3:19 pm

i haD one dc!! the one with the hydromatic tranny??

3:19 pm

LOL, NB :)

3:19 pm

it4 is the word i'm least likely to find in any grid

3:20 pm

I always get stuck on an anagram of it starting em

3:20 pm

the em4 i usually find, for some reason.

3:21 pm

mine was purple,it had no second grea so you have to red line the thing and slam it into 3rd;)

3:21 pm

strange, isn't it

3:21 pm

had no heat either now i think of it....

3:21 pm

mine was fully manual, but it would pop out of reverse so i had to lock my elbow to hold it in R when needed

3:22 pm

the passenger side heat exchange box in mine was dead.

3:22 pm

used to drive around with the window open and a scraper in my left hand

3:22 pm

mine was beige

3:22 pm

lol..those were great cas...

3:22 pm

cars

3:22 pm

the lack of AC had me stopping at the local hardware store to clear my lungs from the pollution halfway home.

3:22 pm

yes, i loved my bug.

3:23 pm

i didnt have to worry bout that as it was minus 444 inside and out

3:23 pm

44*

3:24 pm

i can still hear the sound of that 1600cc engine gearing up:))

3:25 pm

my last word was something I refused to try for about 2 hours cos it sounded silly

3:25 pm

yeah, me too :)

3:26 pm

finally done. the Es and Fs were a challenge

3:26 pm

ya for dc!!

3:26 pm

congrats ata and crossy

3:27 pm

oh im not done yet dc

3:27 pm

fi 5?

3:27 pm

oooh well done Ata, Seain!!

3:27 pm

ah, my ba d:)

3:27 pm

yaa for ata

3:27 pm

And hello out there from the swamped North East

3:27 pm

Vendetta's always making fi5s

3:27 pm

evil fi5

3:28 pm

hello bichon from the snowbound north

3:28 pm

ty DC, don't quite know why I needed a hint for that

3:28 pm

The rain may be vexing, but I don't have to shovel it

3:30 pm

i have not seen rain since the end of last october:(

3:30 pm

the clouds are coming, the wind is here, so who kows what we'll have by AM. h, the Elementary school mus just arrived.

3:31 pm

school bus, oy.

3:32 pm

my deamon spawn is due home shortly as well

3:33 pm

children? urgh

3:33 pm

i must away to nap again.

3:33 pm

urf, been called to go and editing duties

3:34 pm

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

3:35 pm

Later, Seain :)

3:46 pm

im sorry i refuse to believe there are any more words in here:((

3:51 pm

Hello.

3:51 pm

howdy jellen

3:52 pm

11 to go here...

3:52 pm

13 here...still

3:53 pm

hi everyone

3:53 pm

4 here

3:53 pm

Hi, Mom!

3:53 pm

howdy mom

3:53 pm

Hi Jellen

3:53 pm

Hi Crossy

3:56 pm

6 left...

3:56 pm

go go go Jellen

3:57 pm

grrrr....

3:57 pm

may I be of help to you, Crossy?

3:58 pm

well ,i refuse to list but i have de7,de 4/5 and am missing a 3rd

3:58 pm

de 4-/6

3:58 pm

it is before the de 7

3:59 pm

ty mom

3:59 pm

you're welcome Crossy

3:59 pm

lets see...

4:00 pm

i have fe 4/8,fe 5/16,fe 4/7,fe 5/18 and am missing2

4:00 pm

fe 4/8 x 2

I have 6 left- is there really a de7? How?

4:01 pm

builds off the de 4/6 Kaplan

4:01 pm

de + How I *** Your Mother + not off

i want pootie to be a word!

4:01 pm

Adds a lot of weight

4:01 pm

to the de4/6

4:01 pm

Hi, Kaplan and geek

4:01 pm

i want ptooie to be a word

Oh- I monkeyed it reandomly. There are only a certain ampout of ways to go

4:02 pm

fe 5/16, 4/8, 4/8, 4/7 Fi 5/18 and fi 4/7

4:02 pm

Hi Kaplan and Science

4:02 pm

I have typed pootie more times than I care to count

Hi. Monkey em6,,,

Good monkey

4:04 pm

Fireworks...

4:04 pm

so what exactly -is- a pootie, Mom? ;)

4:04 pm

I haven't a clue, Nancy but it ought to be a word

4:05 pm

congrats Jellen

4:05 pm

still 3 here

fe5, ne5 and un5...

4:06 pm

fe 5 .... let me ***roduce you to my friend

4:06 pm

don't have the other two, sorry

Oh, yeah

4:07 pm

un 5 : un + the *** tagon has five coverns

4:07 pm

Tim's neice calls him poothead, which a think is related to doodoohead...

4:07 pm

Hi, inge

4:07 pm

ne + not bottom

4:07 pm

not covers, kbut corners

4:07 pm

thank you and hello Inge

4:08 pm

thank you Jellen

4:08 pm

ah, I know doodoohead. :)

4:08 pm

niece, that is...

4:08 pm

Hi, babblers, just passing thrugh.

me6 is all...

4:08 pm

me + not bottom + vowel

4:09 pm

me + the summit + vowel

4:09 pm

I hate to ask, but may I have a clue for the po 6/21?

Fireworks. That was short

we know its not pootie!

4:10 pm

congrats Kaplan

4:10 pm

po6= magic po****

4:10 pm

yes, we do know that, Science

po6 is what the witches were brewing

4:10 pm

PO + mo**** pictue industry

4:11 pm

OK, I am leaving again. SEE you later

4:11 pm

oh oh oh, that was painful. How could I have missed that. Thank you Jellen, Kaplan and Inge

This was a pathetic grid

4:11 pm

and Fireworks for me.

4:11 pm

Yay, Mom!!!

4:11 pm

thank you Jellen

I had fireworks too!

4:11 pm

Crossy, how are you doing?

4:12 pm

Bye, inge...

4:12 pm

bye bye Inge

yay me?

4:12 pm

Yay you, Kaplan!!!

See you guys

4:13 pm

Sorry, I'm a bit out of it today...

4:13 pm

bye bye Kaplan, see you tomorrow

4:13 pm

Bye, Kaplan

4:16 pm

Crossy?????

4:16 pm

wonder where he is, the grid is to small to swallow him.

4:18 pm

May I help anyone before I go fix supper?

4:19 pm

I guess I will head out then. Good night everyone. {{Hugs}} to all of you

4:19 pm

Hugs to you, too, Mom...

bye!

4:20 pm

{{Jellen}} have a good evening

4:20 pm

bye bye Science

4:23 pm

can anyone clue any e's for me please? I only have e 5/14.

4:24 pm

em6 = e + pronoun + *** can

4:25 pm

got it! Thank you!

4:25 pm

ep 4/6 = e + I went to the p**rmacy today to get a prescription

clue for the fi 5 please

nevermind! I have it lol

4:25 pm

ep5 adds a consonant

4:26 pm

You fi5, you! lol

4:26 pm

thank you jellen

dont see the in 6

oops now i do - slow today

4:27 pm

wd, geek!

Ireally do need a clue for the ne 4/7 i dont see it

4:30 pm

ne** lights

4:30 pm

sorry wrong one!

4:30 pm

ne + ** wishes were horses...

ty

4:32 pm

down to 11,found 2 in the last 2 hours!

4:32 pm

Go, crossy!

4:32 pm

a little help with the o,s please?

te 4/10 please

4:33 pm

All the o's are common words...

oo - when a sore is infected it oo4

op to not close

4:34 pm

on 4/4 = prepostion

on 4 - I am on4 to you Crossy!

te 4/10 anyone? my last word

4:34 pm

te 4= t + J*** Foxworthy

4:35 pm

ty all for the o,s..fish me

thanks sne

done

4:35 pm

yaa for science!!

4:35 pm

<:))))))<

4:36 pm

Yay geek!!!

4:41 pm

it6/24?

4:42 pm

it 4/5 + past tense

4:44 pm

is that a real word?

4:45 pm

I've never used it...

4:49 pm

clues for anyone before I go?

4:49 pm

Finished? Yay, bogster!!!

4:49 pm

yes I am

Hi, is anyone there?

Guess not. goodnight.

5:26 pm

hello i am here

5:26 pm

small grid make for small chogs

5:27 pm

Hello...just got back...

5:27 pm

hey jell

5:27 pm

i wasn't fast enough for guernsy

5:29 pm

Hey, jmc...just kinda monitoring chat and playing poker and chatting with my niece...multi-slacking...

5:36 pm

wow! 377 yesterday then 44 today... babble has developed bipolar disorder

5:38 pm

lol, kje...

5:39 pm

thanks... was starting to feel very alone.....

5:39 pm

Still doing all of the below activities...

5:40 pm

i love the term multi-slacking... going to adopt it

5:40 pm

Torgone introduced it to me

5:40 pm

LOL - that sounds like torgone

5:42 pm

He's a clever word nerd...

5:43 pm

speaking of word nerds, did you see my post on FB today re: washington post word/dictionary contest... some clever people

5:43 pm

No...I'll check it out...

5:45 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:45 pm

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

5:45 pm

Hi, Min!

5:45 pm

hi minver

5:48 pm

any pt?

5:49 pm

no pt

5:49 pm

Hi, peri!

5:49 pm

ty

5:49 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

5:49 pm

it 6/24 is the past tense of it 4/5 word kje. Only one

5:50 pm

I am fine, had a headache all day, it is finally going away and we are not getting as much snow as anticipated

5:50 pm

there is a pf4/11 tho

5:51 pm

LOLOL min.... never even thought of interpreting that to mean past tense in this instance - too funny!

5:51 pm

2 phantom words for me today are defend and finite.

5:51 pm

ty peri

5:51 pm

yw

5:51 pm

any more clues needed

5:51 pm

mine too... and define and definite

5:52 pm

I didn't get much snow today, but I think it will come tomorrow. Today I just had freezing rain&little snow

5:52 pm

no, ty... doing well with 9 left

5:52 pm

Go kje go!

5:52 pm

going going

5:52 pm

ok, just stopped by to say hi, going to check out the olympics, bye for now

5:53 pm

bye

5:53 pm

Later, peri

5:53 pm

Goodbye periwinkle!I will see you tomorrow in the log

5:55 pm

brb...

how can something so small suck so hard?

5:58 pm

has been not bad so far for me... down to 7... having to think quite a bit now though

are there are lot of freak words?

5:59 pm

Hello EspritdJean!How are you doing?Welcome to grid

hya min

5:59 pm

hmmmm.... a few

5:59 pm

ep4 is weird

5:59 pm

So is ep5, lol

5:59 pm

de7, but i knew it

6:00 pm

then a few other weird ones, but they are common babblets

6:00 pm

but like i said, i still have 6 to go

definition?

6:00 pm

well, I do not have ep5 yet - LOL

I've got 17 words and now I see nothing

6:01 pm

def for de7 is hard... it is an insecticide

6:01 pm

de+ opp of you + 2000 lbs

good clue m'dear

6:02 pm

ah, got the ep5... just extend the 4

6:02 pm

ty

6:04 pm

Here is my story for today. I te 4/5 to be interested in Hollywood gossip, but won't get in 4/4 all the hype about Tiger Woods.I could never defe4/7 his actions I would not say he's a fi5/18, but he is a big jerk. He in 6/21 to me4/6 his reputation which is why he had that press conference. Media is always looking to op 4/5 a can of worms, but I believe they need to move on 4/4 more important news. I wish I had a magic po 6/21 that would make him go pf 4/11&I'd never have to see him on tv again. There is my story of clues for toni4/4.On that no4/4,I'm off to take a short break.

6:04 pm

ok, i think i will list now... 4 left

6:04 pm

oh wait, i will read min's story first!

6:04 pm

Go kje go!

6:05 pm

excellent story min... unfortunately i have all those. I do however notice that you did not try to work in those ep words - LOL

6:06 pm

Some words just do not fit no matter how you try kje

6:06 pm

yes, i imagine so

6:06 pm

i am down to 1 now

got the ep's they are stooooopid

6:07 pm

I think this grid wasn't too bad b/c it 3/4 of it is 4 letter words... I excel at 4 letter words

sure, if they are REAL words

6:08 pm

and done!!!!!

anybody ever lay chicktionary?

6:08 pm

Congratulations kje on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

6:08 pm

well... 4 letter words are easier to monkey.. I excel at making up 4 letter words - LOL

6:08 pm

last word was me6.... another weird one

6:09 pm

I have never laid anything, jeanius - LOL

hmm...gonna let that one go kje, sometimes ya gotta let the ripe ones drop

6:10 pm

me6 = me + imbibe to excess

o, I meant "play" chicktionary

6:10 pm

no, never heard of it

6:11 pm

imbibe is a good word... fun to say

it's funny, you get letters on eggs and the chickens are clucking the whole time you are playing, it's timed, and if you make a mistake they squawk and when it's over they make a big fart sound

it cracks me up every single time

6:12 pm

LOL EspritdJean! Where can I access this game?

go to bing games and look for chicktionary

or club bing games

the sound effects crack me up

it shows you how 3,4,5,6 letterwords you need and there's one 7 ltr

so you just type them in as fast as you see them

6:14 pm

How long does each game take to play EspritdJean?

I think it's a 2 min timer

6:14 pm

oh i have played that... different name.... but yes, it is hilarious!!!

it's the razzberry at the end that gets me

I am so easily amused

clue for the c word?

i feel cheated...

why TO? cuz of little grid

yes

snowing like crazy here

6:16 pm

That ca 4/5 word is ca** and abel EspritdJean.

ok I'm sick of this grid, going to play with the chickens

oh man, I didn't even see that!

6:17 pm

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

6:17 pm

I already can't get the first word on the chictionary.

hi minand all this one does not seem easy

6:18 pm

hi owl , min and jean. no it sure doesn't

sux

hi doren

6:18 pm

i'm down to four and i really really don't want to list, but....

6:18 pm

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

6:18 pm

Go Dorens go!

look up. that helps.

6:19 pm

you mean go to the grid?

i looked up and found three words. the tendency is to look down and across

6:20 pm

Do I have to be a member to play "chicktionary"?The screen I got doesn't do anything when I try to type.

6:22 pm

hi all

6:22 pm

finish quick today with help

6:22 pm

what letters are left dorens, bet i can clue your missing ones for you

6:22 pm

Hello Joanne123!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

6:23 pm

ok. my penultimate word was po6/21, don't know why it was so hard to find.. and now, believe it or not i am missing a four letter n word. i should be able to find that, wouldn't you think?

6:23 pm

hi min and ty

6:23 pm

Congratulations on finishing early Joanne123!HooraY

6:23 pm

got it!

6:23 pm

wicked witch brews this dorens

6:23 pm

ne + ** and or but?

6:23 pm

commas in there would have helped

6:24 pm

yup that was it kj.

6:24 pm

ty min

6:24 pm

yayayay... try me again!

6:24 pm

would if i could but i can't cause i'm done. thanks anyway

6:24 pm

pf4 always gets me.was my last word

6:24 pm

WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! DORENS

well i don't find the po 6 obvious. i think it's time to stop playingword games.

6:25 pm

WOOHOO JOANNE!!!

6:25 pm

congrats dorens

6:25 pm

ty kje

yay joanne!

6:25 pm

po6 - pan or kettle + charged particle

6:25 pm

oh no owl. and it isn't obvious, just a word i think i should have found earlier, before i started thinking i needed a list. kept looking for a word with that ending, but didn't see that one

6:25 pm

Now I'm playing the chicktionary game and I hear no sound effects.So what am I doing wrong EspritdJean?

6:26 pm

i have time on my hands...and crappy small one

6:26 pm

is the sound turned on on your computer min?

i think i am conceding out lex game

6:26 pm

ty to

6:26 pm

you really don't enjoy it owl?

6:26 pm

Yes, I even turned it up louder and still no sound kje.

6:27 pm

OK, I leave in search of food

6:27 pm

well, min... that's all i got for ya - LOL - sorry

i can't make a word to save my life. i can't say i enjoy that. more than jus tlosing i would hope

6:27 pm

byeee kje

6:27 pm

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

6:27 pm

enjoy your meal kj.

6:27 pm

ty poof

6:27 pm

There is often a toggle control for sound

6:28 pm

well owl, sometimes i need to forfeit a turn and switch some letters

6:28 pm

Bye, kje

6:28 pm

did i tell ya bout the twisted skunk we had the other nite

6:28 pm

Hi, TO

6:28 pm

hi jellen

6:28 pm

and hi to Joanne

hello jellen. time to check on dinner bbs

6:29 pm

just got the phone call.. no school tomorrow either

6:30 pm

hi jellen. do you need any clues before i go?

6:30 pm

hi dorens! nice timing - I am waiting for my call, but we do not have much snow here yet

6:31 pm

we had plenty today, and it was a very thick heavy lush snow... looks nice, but heavy shoveling

6:31 pm

No, thanks, finisher earlier...

6:31 pm

er, finished

6:32 pm

Hi, JBV

6:32 pm

whenever they say higher accumulations north and west of the city... well, that's where i work, so it's usually us!

6:32 pm

we had early dismissal, drove home in heavy snow, but not much accumulation

6:32 pm

hi Jellen!

6:33 pm

today was the last snow day worked into our schedule, so beginning tomorrow we are eating into our spring vacation

6:34 pm

oh is that how they do it? here we would have to add a day in June

6:34 pm

I am taking 5 personal vacation days (left over from last summer) and going to Puerto Rico next week!!

6:34 pm

we used to add in June, but these days we are going so late into June as it is

6:36 pm

Ooh, sounds nice, JBV!

6:36 pm

can't wait!

6:36 pm

oh how wonderful... where will you be staying?

6:39 pm

one night with my sister-in-law, then we have a friend's apartment in Luquillo - they're not home, they're in California

6:40 pm

traveling with my husband and son, we haven't had a vacation together in 3 years

6:40 pm

lucky. i love it there.. the food kiosks in Luquillo are so much fun, and el Verde. have a great time!

6:40 pm

Have fun everyone...gotta go...

6:40 pm

exactly right, dorens - not so easy to stay on the weight watchers program down there

6:41 pm

hello babble friends! oh, dear, did I miss jellen? booo!

6:41 pm

it is vacation joanne. just enjoy it and walk and run or whatever

6:41 pm

hi trif

6:41 pm

I think I'll change my icon back to my rain forest photo... get myself in the mood

6:42 pm

have 2 de 4's .....please, for the love of gawd, can I have the count for the one I am missing?

6:42 pm

oh absolutely. good thing it is next week and you weren't planning to fly today or tomorrow

6:42 pm

are you babbling from there?

6:42 pm

de7

6:42 pm

de7 Trif

6:43 pm

add 2000 lbs to the other de4

6:43 pm

do you want a clue? it isn't a common word

6:43 pm

ack. was afraid of that --- will comb puerto rican trees for monkeys....

6:43 pm

oh, well, guess you have your clue there

6:44 pm

ummmm - didn't actually want a clue, but dan2 kindly provided one. double ack. but thanks

6:44 pm

i need the clue

6:44 pm

it's there

6:44 pm

sorry sorry jumped the gun

6:44 pm

LOL dan, it's all good!

6:44 pm

but see dan, dixmak wanted it anyway

6:45 pm

checking to see if the new photo is there.....

6:45 pm

ty

6:45 pm

i don't see it - ill try refreshing

6:45 pm

oh it's there j, beautiful

6:46 pm

woof, these tiny grids can be so tough! makes me long for another big one, like yesterdays - all that word finding makes one feel quite smaaaaaht

6:46 pm

there's an observation tower in El Yunque, this photo was taken from there

6:46 pm

now i'm thinking i want to go to Puerto Rico during my april vacation... jeremy & family are going tp vieques inMarch and he asked if i could join them, but it we don't have the same time

6:47 pm

do you want me to talk you into it?

6:47 pm

lots of great seafood restaurants around fajardo

6:47 pm

el yunque... i said el verde, didn't I? but you knew what i meant. i love it there... once had a boyfriend from PR and we went often

6:48 pm

need a quick break - be back in a bit

6:48 pm

ken plays golf there with his buddies sometimes, and said he'd sneak me along on one of their jaunts, but i don't think they want to go during school vacations when the air fares are jacked up and everywhere is filled with kids

3 in snow here- all the schools jumped the gun and closed and there was no issue till after 6 pm

Hi. Very quickly Happy Birthday Dan and if you are there Trifs can I borrow your ear at FB please

rumor is that the gov will shoreten the school year so no make up

6:56 pm

de7/36 please

6:58 pm

de 7/36 is de 4/6 plus a heavy weight tijani and hello

6:59 pm

thx min

6:59 pm

yw

hint: looking up the last row gets you many words

7:01 pm

Hint: Look in my profile & you will see a story of clues

mm ate too much dinner, miscalculated portion

7:03 pm

May I please have a clue for me6-24? Thanks

7:04 pm

me 6/24 is me plus a to4/5 word gapeach1066 and hi!

7:04 pm

in 6/21 please

7:05 pm

That in 6/21 word is in plus that te 4/5 word tijani.

7:05 pm

Thanks much, Min.

7:05 pm

thx min for the mi

7:06 pm

thx i cant be;ieve that one got away from me

7:07 pm

yw

7:10 pm

Hello everyone. Was just grinning at TO's description of 'miscalculated portion'. My stomach usually tells me when I've eaten enough.

7:11 pm

tijani, I thought your icon was mt. rushmore for a minute, until I looked at it closely. lol!

7:11 pm

Happy Birthday to Dan. I'll just nip off to see what the theme for 26th Feb. (which it is here now) is. Erk! What terrible grammar. Sorry!

7:12 pm

May I please have a clue for ne5-12? Thanks.

7:12 pm

ne + not bottom

7:12 pm

Oh word fromthe grid day. Shame I missed Thirsday's theme of narrowboat art, 'cos I'm really in4 that.

7:13 pm

Thanks so much, tijani.

7:14 pm

Shame I just missed the home keys and typed to the right on some words. LOL

7:15 pm

Coming back to your pc after someone else has been using it is like getting into your car after same; you have to adjust the seat, the steering wheel/keyboard, the mirrors/monitor, speakers, everything.

7:15 pm

Mouse mat and mouse also need adjusting.

7:16 pm

So does your drinks coaster.

7:16 pm

bless you tijani - 4 left!

7:16 pm

last one....un5-14 please.....thanks

7:17 pm

Heyas kids ..

7:17 pm

gap - if you remove the implement someone is writing with, you may have un5/14ed them.

7:17 pm

Or, if you let animals out of confinement, you un5.14 them.

7:18 pm

Hi Torg.

7:18 pm

Thanks, Jacula. Thanks for your help everyone. See you at the flip.

7:18 pm

y/w Gapeach and well done.

7:19 pm

Yay peach!

7:22 pm

hey evey1

7:23 pm

2

7:23 pm

Heya chelseaa .. Go Trifs!

7:24 pm

hey,torgone

7:24 pm

1

7:25 pm

go trif go

7:25 pm

i dont av a cluee1

7:25 pm

go trifs!

7:26 pm

oh i gt 1

7:26 pm

FIREWORKS!!!! woot woot

7:26 pm

so dan, do you have a new kitty?

7:26 pm

yay trif!

7:26 pm

whoooo hooooooo TRIF!!

7:26 pm

Yay Trifs!

7:27 pm

lbd no - we've seen 2 kitties, neither really clicked

7:27 pm

I had a mild reaction to the second one

7:27 pm

if the universe doesn't bring us a cat, we may look again in a year or two

7:28 pm

uh oh. reactions are not good.

7:28 pm

yes, you're both going to be really really busy in a few months

7:29 pm

indeed - counting diapers and not sleeping :-)

7:29 pm

yup, worse than 8 puppies in your closet!

7:29 pm

hahahahaha

7:29 pm

can I get the points for the lower e that isn't ep4/6?

7:29 pm

Dan - don't go looking for your cat at a shelter. Your cat will come to you when the time is right.

7:30 pm

ep5.16, dan

7:30 pm

ep5.16

7:30 pm

aha tx

7:30 pm

Cats just 'know' when to arrive.

7:31 pm

dan2, do check carefully with your ob before adopting a cat - cat and preggers doesn't always mix. I was not allowed anywhere NEAR our cats, esp the litter box, when I was pregs

7:31 pm

yes we know the drill. Melanie's cat passed away early in her pregnancy

7:31 pm

You can look for a dog in a shelter, but cats, like I said, arrive when the time suits both parties. You can rely on them to do that.

7:33 pm

Oh, I am sorry to hear about that, dan, but it actually means Melanie was more likely to have already had whatever it is cats give you, I forget already. not pasturella, something else

7:33 pm

toxiplasmosis, maybe?

7:33 pm

toxoplasmosis

7:33 pm

Toxoplamosis.

7:34 pm

and she had no litter box duty since we started trying

7:34 pm

yes, that is the one -- forgive my spelling.

7:34 pm

haha I said "duty"

7:34 pm

Pregnant women should not clean out litter trays or pick up cats.

7:34 pm

oh, well done you! one of the best reasons to get pregnant, if you ask me!

7:35 pm

Too late to say that now, though. So sorry to hear of the tragedy, Dan.

7:35 pm

dan, now you need to prepare yourself for diaper dooty! lol

7:37 pm

if melanie goes past dates, you will be doing "booty duty"

do i see a birthday boy?

7:37 pm

lbd - Oh, that's such 'fun'! Oddly enough, it can be stomached when it's your own child. You still heave if called upon to change someone else's baby's nappy though.

7:38 pm

Trif - is that a coy way of mentioned one of the ways that are supposed to bring on the birth?

7:38 pm

yup.

7:38 pm

*mentioning, I meant.

7:38 pm

I could NOT believe it when the doctor suggested it! I think I sighed and said "oh, give me some pulley and a few ropes, I will see what I can do...."

tmi

7:39 pm

Trif - LOL. Know what you mean.

bbl

7:39 pm

TO - no it's not. It's a funny fact of life.

7:39 pm

and with that, I MUST climb mt. washmore. Niters!

7:39 pm

'Night Trif.

so are lots of things.

7:40 pm

Goodbye Trifioso! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

7:40 pm

Niters Trifs ..

7:40 pm

night, night, trif

7:40 pm

Yes, TO, Doesn't talking about them bring amusement and some levity to life at times?

7:41 pm

Hi Min. Welcome to the grid.

if you say so. night, i am listing and a to zing

7:42 pm

Hi Jacula! How are you? I've been here off&on today.

7:42 pm

*No graphic information was given and no 'rude' words said in the making of this conversation.*

7:42 pm

night, TO

7:42 pm

'Night, TO. Sleep well. See you again.

7:44 pm

Min - I'm fine, thanks. Looking forward to a theatre event this evening. Two cooks, who are very amusing, on a theatre run.

7:44 pm

How're things with you, Min?

7:45 pm

I took the day off from work today because I did not feel like driving to&from work in sleet&freezing rain.

7:46 pm

I can understand that, Min. Weather is more extreme on your side of 'The Pond'.

7:51 pm

Earlier, we watched the documentary 'Earth Without The Moon' that I'd SKYplussed from National Geographic channel. It would have been good if they'd cut out all the reiterating,'cos TV people think we are all morons with the attention spans of goldfish now, but in between all the crap and the graphics they just can't seem to help themselves from including now was some interesting information. Having said that, the only thing I learned from the programme was exactly how the tides work. I knew the sun was going to engulf us before the moon moved far enough away to cause problems. Maybe that's because I used to read Reader's Digest back in the 70s?

7:53 pm

Anyway, nothing for anyone here to worry about. It won't happen in our lifetimes or those of our grandchildren or great, great, great granchildren.

7:53 pm

Man will probably end life as we know it beore the solar system does.

7:57 pm

I realise that I'm talking, if anyone is listening, to a mostly USA audience now and that most of you will have no interest in what's been said in the EU talks. However, here's what the UKIP rep said to the new president (ex PM of Belgium) in the talks... http://tinyurl.com/ybw9mbn

7:58 pm

Hi Jacula, just watched the U.S./Canada women's hockey. 2 to 0 with Canada taking the gold. It means soooo much that they get the gold in hockey. Also listened to the U.S. president and others talking about health care what an impass. Also trying to find 8 more words.

8:00 pm

That film fell short of the Dutch version my son's g/f gave to me ealrier in the from Netherlands news. He then went on to say, 'The PM of Belgium, which is a non-country.'

8:00 pm

hello Mother! I just logged in between revisions... printed off what I hope is the penultimate version!!!

8:01 pm

oh my, this is a small grid. (((hugs Dr G))) maybe I can do this one between work sprints?

8:01 pm

Hi, hope your day went well. I had a nice visit with sons at lunch.

8:01 pm

Stidmere - Hello. If I can help just yell.

8:01 pm

hey all!!! *distributes slices of choclit cheezcake tom made me*

8:02 pm

I had a VERY good day! got to interview several people, and worked a little with the kids! and ... pretty much also had time to revise the paper in between.

8:02 pm

glad your luncheon was nice. Hope they are well.

8:02 pm

hi all

8:02 pm

Jacula, the second de 7, 36 is giving fits as is the ep 5, 16.

8:02 pm

hey jmc!

8:02 pm

Hi stid. I was glad to do this grid in just 10 mins in the UK morning because a fan in my computer was sticking and making an awful racket. I had to hit the back of the tower 4 times to shut it up. It's sorted for now though.

8:02 pm

ooooh chocklit cheesecake! came in just in time! Hi stiddy, hi stidgmere!

8:02 pm

We finished the puddings for our teatime.

8:03 pm

de+not you but **+ heavy weight

8:03 pm

mmmm. puddings!

8:03 pm

10 minutes! Jacula, what an amazing Babbler!

8:03 pm

hey LBD!

8:03 pm

wow, that's swift, jac. well done!

8:03 pm

took longer that 10 minutes that's for sure

8:03 pm

I am down to 40 words.

8:03 pm

ty for de jmc!

8:03 pm

hi lebd

8:03 pm

stidgmere - I was desperate. That lends speed!

8:04 pm

*lbd

8:04 pm

i saw how small the grid was and really tried to stretch it out...i was procrastinating doing mid-term evals

8:04 pm

Hi jmc!

8:04 pm

Desperate can just lead to stumbling fingers also!

8:04 pm

ep4 plus another letter

8:04 pm

you can do my END-term paper if you like LBD... ;-)

8:04 pm

Well, I have had a quiet day and some words came but others have been stubborn.

8:04 pm

would love to, stid! ;-)

8:05 pm

brb, need tea

8:05 pm

I asked for only a very few clues so as not to rush it so much

8:05 pm

ah, they must be 15-year old words... LOL *gasp choke giggle* SO glad it's taekwondo evening. I have a quiet house until close to 8

8:05 pm

stidgmere - not when you've just got up and have a huge shot of tea. Best time of the day, so long as no onw wants to natter at you at the same time.

8:06 pm

wow someone is feeling cranky with their kids

8:06 pm

hi all!

8:06 pm

ah, he has missed TKD for three weeks in a row, jmc, he was absouately climbing the walls.

8:06 pm

hi nrkii

8:06 pm

the ep 5, 16 is my next nemisis. I like mornings too Jacula. It is one time of day when anything seems possible as the light unfolds.

8:06 pm

hey nrk! you were sorta in the grid yesterday! (nerkie)

8:07 pm

I had to skip yesterday -- too much grid, too little time

8:07 pm

Heya nerky .

8:07 pm

sorry I missed me

8:07 pm

U help please?

8:07 pm

hey tor!

8:07 pm

TOR!! Come sailing!

8:08 pm

ep4 plus consonant

8:08 pm

I wasn't allowed tea before my ecg and treadmill tests earlier this week. I couldn't go without tea, and guessd correctly that they should have said that de-caff was fine. I got some and drank it but it lacked something - the caffeine, I guess.

8:08 pm

hi torg

8:08 pm

can someone clue the me6?

8:08 pm

YAY! The Canadian women did it again -- GOLD in Hockey :-D

8:08 pm

me+not bottom+vowelll

8:09 pm

me6 = me + a homonym for a beige color

8:09 pm

Stidge - I'm a night owl, but have at times been forced into being a lark, so I do see your point.

8:09 pm

wow wtg canada (but too bad for U.S.)

8:09 pm

the U please?

8:09 pm

thanks all, that's firewords

8:09 pm

let the animals out nrkii

8:09 pm

Well done, Dan.

8:09 pm

un5 - release the animals from the enclosure

8:09 pm

whoo hooo dan

8:09 pm

yay dan, and happy birthday!

8:09 pm

left column all grey!

8:09 pm

YAY dan!!!!

8:09 pm

sorry about that, jmc (but not very, lol!)

8:10 pm

thanks dan!

8:10 pm

that's the last grid of my 30's :-)

8:10 pm

no reason to be sorry jill!

8:10 pm

if the U.S. can't have the gold then I want Canada to have it

8:10 pm

okay, down to 25. back later to visit a bit more. (((hugs))) *poof in a flurry of paper, red pen marks and choclits*

8:10 pm

what is tomorrow your birthday dan?

8:11 pm

thanks, jmc, and it's mutual

8:11 pm

*ducking paper and pens and choclits*

8:12 pm

gosh it has gotten so windy here!

8:12 pm

I guess it's typically Canadian to apologise for winning, lol!

8:12 pm

"gusts at 65 mph"

8:12 pm

Anyone clue the ep 5?

8:12 pm

no need to apologize, eh.

8:13 pm

*giggle*

8:13 pm

our lovely weather is supposed to end tomorrow with wind and rain :(

8:13 pm

several time stidmere

8:13 pm

like the ep4 with a final consonant stidg

8:13 pm

Where are you jm? in the east whre it is so snowy? No apologies needed for a fine hockey game!! Go jilli

8:13 pm

EP4 + consonant

8:13 pm

ep + big laugh syllable

8:13 pm

snow missed us in DC (this time) but the wind is supergusty

8:13 pm

*jumps up and down and waves to get stigmere's attention*

8:13 pm

Hi Jilli.

8:13 pm

in DC

8:14 pm

so is tomorrow your birthday dan?

8:14 pm

Hi gmere -- Have another cons at the end of ep4, eH?

8:14 pm

What is a ep 5 16? I don't know what the ep 4 is either.

8:14 pm

whoooooo hooooooo DAN2!!!

8:14 pm

I see we both misread something on FB, both reading it in a medical way. That was funny.

8:14 pm

sorry is it eH rather than eh?

8:14 pm

ep + laugh syllable stidgmere

8:14 pm

piddle and quat! This is the closest I've ever come to finishing a grid yet (16 words left) and now I've gotta go home and walk the dog and grade papers. I wonder if the dog knows any words that start with pf. Hmmmm.

8:14 pm

gotcha, jac -- lol!

8:14 pm

so may i assume, Canada's women's hockey team took the game?

8:15 pm

2-0 Canucks

8:15 pm

go tfg go!

8:15 pm

whoa! gotta watch skating!

8:15 pm

[blush] language dan

8:15 pm

You have my attention jmc! ty for the clue The pf is a nice expression you might want to use when you are exasperated tfgrri.

8:15 pm

Am I the only one here who has not watched a minute of the Winter Olympics?

8:15 pm

pf=:-p

8:15 pm

dan2, not Canucks (an NHL men's team) -- WOMEN again!

8:16 pm

Jacula ... I haven't either

8:16 pm

i watched a couple of minutes at MIL hospital room

8:16 pm

the me 6 and the ne 5 are the next words on my hit list.

8:16 pm

probably, jac -- because of the horrible sour grapes in your rags over there?

8:16 pm

*zap* jill!

8:17 pm

I know the Canucks are a men's team, but isn't it also a generic term?

8:17 pm

what a pity, nrk

8:17 pm

I thought the opening ceremony for the Olympics was absolutely fantastic!!!

8:17 pm

ne5, ne + not bottom

8:17 pm

Jilli? Don't read the sports section of newspapers, so, no, not that.

8:17 pm

as Yankees for US folks?

8:17 pm

me6= me+not bottom+vowell

8:17 pm

not really jilli... started a new job and trying to keep up, so can't afford any TV right now

8:17 pm

Just not really interesting in sport of any kind.

8:17 pm

if this hadn't been such a small grid, there'd be no babble for me either

8:18 pm

*interested

8:18 pm

as a sixth generation (or there abouts) southerner i reject being called a yankee

8:18 pm

I kind of regret not seeing the skating

8:18 pm

how goes the new job, nrkii?

8:18 pm

but I'll get over it super-fast

8:18 pm

whoo hoo nrkii on the job!

8:19 pm

yeah, but I still have to survive it, jmc, and they are making that a challenge

8:19 pm

i've only watched the recaps of the events.

8:19 pm

ladies' skating finals are on now, probably repeated later on NBC

8:19 pm

speaking of which, gotta go back to work now... night all!

8:19 pm

*makes nrkii a cup of tea and pushes over an ottoman for her feet*

8:19 pm

jmc - fair enough. Though I notice that yankee seems to apply pretty broadly to "anyone who lives north of me"

8:19 pm

Yankees, Red Injuns, Canucks, Whining Poms... the insults go on, according to the Politically Correct brigade.

8:19 pm

ty jm and ib for those two pesky words. That leaves the po 6 as my last word.

8:19 pm

night, nrkii

8:20 pm

Love po7 Number 9

8:20 pm

bye nrkii *standing holding the tea*

8:20 pm

g'mere -- a witches' brew, perhaps?

8:20 pm

ty jmcnrick!! Fireworks for me for the first time a long time.

8:20 pm

sorry, was searching for bourbon to add to that tea... thanks jmc

8:20 pm

poof

8:21 pm

whooooooo hooooooo stidgmere!

8:21 pm

Netop is sooooo NOT a word! Who makes these things? It's not even in the the ? dictionary. Oh and stidg, exasperated like pfshi* this grid is hard?

8:21 pm

Now byebye -- skating's on for the last time...

8:21 pm

that's the problem with my being out of bourbon

8:21 pm

hang in there tfg

8:21 pm

Well, some obvious and not so. You are so lucky to have Canadian tv stations jilli. Ours won't show anything until 8 tonight!!

8:21 pm

bye bye, jilli.

8:21 pm

bye jill

8:22 pm

Dan - to us in UK you are all 'Yanks'. The ones who were 'over-sexed, over-paid and Over Here!' That's what our Tommies thought of you in WW2.

8:22 pm

Yeah Stidg! B-A-N-G! (That's an extra bottlerocket for u.)

8:22 pm

tfg, please don't put grid words in4 the chat.

8:22 pm

fireworks stidg?

8:23 pm

ibdawg ????? huh?

8:23 pm

Yanks I can handle -- Yankees not

8:23 pm

traditionally we do not use words in the grid in the chat

8:23 pm

Well, that bottlerocket is very special. to go along with the fireworks. Only because I called on my friends to give aide.

8:23 pm

so lbd used in4 instead of the word

8:23 pm

whooo hooo stidg!

hello all

8:24 pm

that's what we are here for

8:24 pm

hi barb

8:24 pm

hi barb

can anyone please share a clue for the po6,21 ??

8:24 pm

glad we could assist, stidg

8:24 pm

I must tell my tale (while commercials are on) about when I first arrived in NY from England and my uncle took me to Yankee Stadium. I was 13, and said "Do you really call it Yankee? I thought that was an insult!" My Southern US uncle chuckled.

8:24 pm

Love po6 Number 9

8:24 pm

lol you had it right jill!

8:25 pm

Oh, yeah sorry I did. Next time I'll write it as a clue, and say that it's not a real word. :-) I sincerely apologize.

ooo I am soooo close 3 to go...all i's

8:25 pm

You had nice uniforms that weren't all scratchy, you could provide nylon stockings, gum and chocolate, plus you had accents our women hadn't heard before and you did daring dances to jazz-swing Glenn Millar music.

8:25 pm

So bye now -- supper to make too...

8:25 pm

lol no problem tfg

8:25 pm

bye jill

8:25 pm

that's okay, tfg, you're new at this and it was just a warning.

8:25 pm

See you later, jilli. What's for supper?

8:25 pm

go barb go!

8:26 pm

go barb!

8:26 pm

Hello Barb. Well some of my ancestors really were Yankees as they were Dutch in New York. What a raw deal some of them had being colonists and having your country sell out to the British for some islands in the East Indies.

this will be my first completion...ooo so exciting...but have to stop for dinner back in a bit

8:27 pm

wonder how long dinner is

8:27 pm

leftover poached chicken, basmati rice, fresh Mexican asparagus, chicken gravy

8:27 pm

yum jill

8:27 pm

I'm an English teacher Ibd and my main reason for playing is to lean new words so, when a word doesn't exists it kind of defeats the point.

8:27 pm

Once in a while we put our cursor in the wrong box and type in the Babble grid word right in the chat. That is what the penalty box is for. We usually take our rich desserts and/or fantastic drinks into the box and mope about for about 30 seconds before we scramble back out onto the grid.

8:27 pm

i had left over pork chop with polenta, onion and spinach

8:28 pm

i can see that would be annoying tfg

8:28 pm

stidge - my son's Dutch girlfriend is staying with us this week and told me earlier that the hates The Netherlands because it is all reclaimed land and has now history. (She's 23, btw.) I told her the history of the reclamation and also gave her a history lesson re the Dutch. Blimey! Heck!

8:28 pm

Oh, don't let obscure words discourage you. My daughter, Stidmama, says she uses patterns to help find words.

8:28 pm

it is even MORE annoying when the grid doesn't recognize a real word like poot

8:29 pm

i can certainly understand your frustration, tfg. enable doesn't follow the rules of normal English. sometimes you have to google the word for a definition.

8:29 pm

strangely ignorant girl jac

8:29 pm

Yes, but it makes me happy to know there are lots of words still possible that haven't been used yet.

8:29 pm

* meant no history

8:30 pm

But I guess 'now' history would also describe her feelings about the country she was born in.

8:30 pm

Jacula, history is sometimes wasted on the young. My generation has certainly weirded up the world. I knew what you meant, Jacula, typos R us.

8:30 pm

I was hoping to use this with some of my ESL students, but most of the words are sort of ridiculously arcane. I'm totally with you JMC as well. Poot is a perfectly good word!

8:31 pm

this is probably NOT a good choice for ESL lol

8:31 pm

lots of foreign words for one thing

8:32 pm

This is way to difficult for ESL students. I think Advanced Placement or International Baccalaurate students might do okay. The level is maturity is a factor in Babble, too.

8:32 pm

it doesn't accept mosh either

8:32 pm

*turns on loud music and starts to dance*

8:32 pm

Like mosh pit? Well, that is just Rong.

8:33 pm

you are absolutely wright stidg! ;-)

8:33 pm

how are you doing tfg?

8:33 pm

The Netherlands have been inhabited by mankind since the last Ice Age.

8:33 pm

Better go heat up left over Irish stew (actually made with lamb, not Irish) and raviolis (made with pumpkin, hazelnuts, and carmelized onions). Tomorrow I will need to cook. And I was at one time in my early days, Wright.

8:34 pm

AH ha ha ha well I am enjoying it. Really who knows when I'll have a chance to work "ephah" into a conversation? Someone tomorrow might have a bushel of grain they want measured.

8:34 pm

Sounds like a a good meal anywa. stidge.

8:34 pm

okay penalty box for you tfg!

8:35 pm

Well, tgrrl, and all enjoy the evening. Be well, and you did it again tfgrrl jmcnrick, what are we gong to do?

8:35 pm

clearly you are still wright! bye stidg

8:35 pm

14 Left I can't talk and think at the same time. Be back later. Oh bloody hell, I did it again!! O.K. where is this box thingy?

8:35 pm

The box thingy is in your head. Otherwise we would all be boxed in much of the time.

8:36 pm

It's in the corner of the chat room -- over there with the ice box and sauna

8:36 pm

If people keep posting grid words in the chog I WILL have to put them into the solitary confinement room of the PB wing. That's the one that only has stale bread and a little water on offer, to go with the bed with no mattress.

8:36 pm

if you had your way jac that would be the entire pb!

8:36 pm

Is this it over here? *standing sorrowfully in tiny box with stale bread, feeling very contrite*

8:37 pm

jmc - indeed it would!

8:37 pm

I KNOW contrite isn't a word because there is no R! So there.

ooo 2 to go this is so exciting

8:37 pm

(psst, tfg over here where the ice box is)

8:37 pm

go barb go!

8:37 pm

yeh! dinner is over!

8:38 pm

Is that like a fridge jmc?

need in 6 and it 6

8:38 pm

yes it is a word for a fridge

8:38 pm

Posting a word accidentally is one thing, posting it deliberately is quite another.

8:39 pm

do you in6 to look all night for a clue barb?

8:39 pm

well she didn't know the rules yet jac

8:39 pm

O.K. the lights just went out, I think that's a sign. My doggy is probably crossing her legs. I'll be back, and I promise to be good. {-)

nope thanks jmcnrick

8:39 pm

poor doggie

eee one to go now

8:39 pm

it6=it4 pt

8:40 pm

(not mention clever doggie for turning off the lights)

8:40 pm

okay, another short break. (((barb))) when are you going pro? *curious mama look*

8:40 pm

The ethic here is to do the puzzle as much as you can on your own, ask for not too spelling it out clues, go to morewords to find what you can't find.

8:40 pm

thanks for the it words!

as soon as I have the extra little bit of cash I need to do so

8:40 pm

yw

8:41 pm

okie dokie. I know cash is crucial!

8:41 pm

But that's the ethic of the group of us who've been here since the start. I do appreciate that new starting groups' ethics may differ, which is why I give spell it out clues at times.

8:41 pm

done barb?

OO oooo fireworks...ooo ooo I did it...thanks for the help oh my this is so exciting....OkaY I know lame for me

8:42 pm

i sorta flop between the two styles myself

8:42 pm

*-8-**-8-**-8-**-8-**-8-*

8:42 pm

whooo hooo barb!

8:42 pm

stid - I wish we cot cash for finishing Babble grids and for time spend chatting and giving clues.

8:42 pm

YAY BARB!!! ....-----*****BOOM!*****----- ....

8:42 pm

Well done, Barb.

8:43 pm

I would be rich! Rich I tell you!

that was fun today...thanks I needed the little lift too

8:43 pm

is the Z a zu, a ze or a zo?

8:43 pm

(at least for chatting)

8:43 pm

rich? nah, you'd blow it all on some charity somewhere, jmc... ((hugs))

8:43 pm

zo

zo

8:43 pm

thanks jmc *thinking*

8:43 pm

and barb... thanks!

8:44 pm

*sigh* you'r probably right stiddie

8:44 pm

but i would travel first

8:44 pm

got it!

8:44 pm

some

congrats stid

8:44 pm

*looks at office's books*

8:44 pm

maybe

well at least I can finish a little one lol

8:45 pm

*sigh* but what a great way to fund a charity

8:45 pm

me too. I have given it much thought. if I ever win the lottery (which is unlikely since I don't play) I will pay off the mortgage, make sure the children have a starter nest egg, and then do something for the causes we support.

8:45 pm

got to start somewhere barb

8:45 pm

you go, barb!

put down some that I didn't think could possibly be there and they were

8:46 pm

exactly bard

8:46 pm

stid - that's pretty standard statement for all of us, should we win big time.

wont be around till next week. Having to do last min. running around before heading to Kamloops for a memorial dinner

8:46 pm

down to 20. more work waits. back soonish. *another poof*

8:47 pm

kamloops?

8:47 pm

you are in the Netherlands?

8:47 pm

kamloops, memorial? ((barb)) be safe.

Yes my uncle died last friday suddenly and we are going to the memorial dinner taking my mom as it was her brother

8:47 pm

oh so sorry barb

8:48 pm

*sad mama face* will hold you and your family in my heart

8:48 pm

jmc - maybe it's liek galumphs? (Gallops with big feet over everything.)

thanks ...we will drive very safe but not staying over as we have animals that need us to be here sunday morning

thank you Jacula

8:48 pm

seems to be in BC jac

8:49 pm

*confused*

8:49 pm

Stid - have you got back to your story yet, or at least approached a pulisher with 3 opening chapters?

Jac what time is it your time?

8:49 pm

how do you approach a publisher?

8:50 pm

Barb it is 2.50am here.

Oh sorry Jacula...it is in BC Canada..the interior part I am near Vancouver takes about 3 1/2 hours to 4 to get there from here

8:51 pm

i got the impression you were dutch but i probably misread something

My dad came from Wolverhampton area Bilston actually

Still have some distant family there

8:52 pm

*sitting on the edge of the pb hottub with feet dangling in water*

8:52 pm

You approach a publisher with an agent these days. You approach either with a good and concise writing cv with published works they can 'click on'. Really, you have to sell yourself and your work in the first 2 sentences of your letter, because people really DO have the attention span od goldfish in a bowl now.

wish I could sit on the edge of the hot tub too....ooo that would be so nice

8:53 pm

come on *moves over to make room for barb*

well I am off to sit in the regular tub . Night all take care

8:53 pm

so if you haven't published you can't get published?

8:53 pm

bye barb

8:54 pm

I wrote a children's book for my son and often thought about getting it published

8:55 pm

except now that i think about it it was probably lost with my stolen computer

8:56 pm

thought i would try to wait for tfg but think i will go play lexulous and head to bed

8:56 pm

bye all

8:56 pm

The only exceptions are so-called celebrities who are being ghost-written to tell their life stories (they're probably only about 23), memners of the Royal Family, their hangers-on, or writers with something to say that grabs the post reader right away, oh, and let's not forget established writers with that particular publishing house or writers that publishing house would like to poach from another publishing house. Then there are the ones who just zoom in from 'nowhere'.

8:58 pm

well it is good for me to have a fantasy life jac

8:58 pm

see you tomorrow

8:58 pm

*poof*

8:59 pm

As it has always been, it's not easy to get published but if your story ticks someibe's boxem it willl happen. I was published from age of 7.

9:00 pm

I lost the urge, the muse and the botheration after my divorce. But I've never lost the urge to write. Once a writer, always a writer.

9:01 pm

The one thing thaqt has always brought an income trickling in is my writing.

9:02 pm

jmc - don't give up hope!

9:03 pm

yeah jmc

9:05 pm

I once wrote on off the cuff short poem about my ex. It was published, seen and then taken up by a Gay Mag. They'd seen my poem in a completely different way, as some kind of warning about contracting AIDS. They asked for permission to publish, I gave it freely, but they insisted on paying.

9:05 pm

You never know where your work may lead.

9:07 pm

Hello...

9:08 pm

Hello Jellen.

9:08 pm

How are you, Jac?

9:08 pm

I'm good Jellen, how are you?

9:09 pm

A tad bit grumpy, but otherwise fine...

9:09 pm

What's made you grumpy?

9:10 pm

I have an upper respiratory infection.

9:12 pm

Had.maybe still have that myself, Jellen, So, quite understand.

9:12 pm

Also, my dog is driving me crazy with her barking...

9:14 pm

I'll bet you didn't get asked to strip to the waist 3 times, for ECG tests and do treadmill tests though? I did, when I made the fatal error of following my Mum to the local doc after I had breathing problems at night just after hearing her angins diagnosis.

9:15 pm

Cure for dog - elastopast around the muzzle.

9:16 pm

Ah forgot about your test today...

9:17 pm

The Mummy's Curse! After she had bowel problems and I insisted she went or a colonsocopy, I got the camera up the bum too. After she got diagnosed with angina, ther I am also being tested.

9:20 pm

Test was Tuesay, but I was pronounced 'fit as a fiddle'. Told my son that and he said, 'Funny shaped fiddle!' I said,'Oh, okay, cello then!' I couldn't hit him at the time because he was driving.

9:20 pm

I'm being watched for my dad's heart problems

9:22 pm

Familial health problems, i.e genetic are oly just being realised now.

9:23 pm

Has the tape on the dog's muzzle worked?

9:23 pm

No, don't have the heart to muzzle her...she's old and going senile...

9:26 pm

can someone give me a clue for one of the Ems in the top corner?

9:26 pm

e + sew up a hole

9:26 pm

ty swear i already got that one

9:26 pm

e + not you + *** can

9:27 pm

e + make something frayed or btoken right again.

9:27 pm

u clue?

9:28 pm

Also another way of saying am5 - as in change something you said or wrote.

9:28 pm

un + writing utensil

9:28 pm

thx, thought i tried that

9:28 pm

Shirloc - if you let the animals out of confinement, you un5/14 thwm.

9:30 pm

ep5?

9:30 pm

I'm going to wander off now, Happy Babbling all.

9:30 pm

ep4 + consonant

9:31 pm

Bye, Jac

9:31 pm

duh, thx jellen

9:41 pm

THE PAPER IS DONE!!!!! relieved mama look* now I need to finish making the "game" for a lesson I am presenting tomorrow. But that is fun. SO FIRST... BABBLEEEEE!!!!!!! *showers of choclits and happy smiles*

9:42 pm

Whoop, stid!!!

9:42 pm

my last blank tile is the E in the center under the P... help?

9:42 pm

hooray stid!!

9:43 pm

ep plus a little laugh

9:43 pm

yep. I figured you-all would understand! :-D

9:43 pm

and then a bigger laugh for the ep5

9:43 pm

ep 4/6 and ep 5/16

9:43 pm

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

9:43 pm

thanks Jellen and pippin!

9:44 pm

ep4/6 is ep plus half a laugh and ep 5/16 adds a chair

9:44 pm

hello Min! I am relieved and happy and have drunk WAY too much real coffee, anticipating I would have to be up very late (and now I don't have to) SO.... *bounce bounce bounce* how are you?

9:44 pm

hi Everybody. Wow! Some grid!

9:44 pm

Hi, Nef!

9:45 pm

Hello Nef!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log\

9:45 pm

hey Nef! *even happier mama face* *looks around for pini*

9:45 pm

hi Jellen and Min.

9:45 pm

hey nef

9:45 pm

is there a PF today?

9:45 pm

yes

9:45 pm

what's a pf?

9:46 pm

oh, jeez, nm

9:46 pm

hi stid and pippin. I just got here for the first time today; I'm glad it's a short grid!

9:46 pm

pf 4/11

9:46 pm

There is a 4-letter pf word in the grid today pipping.

9:46 pm

thanks Jellen. thought so.

9:46 pm

got it!

9:46 pm

i finished this morning, just popping in post climbing to say hi and give free hugs

9:46 pm

thanks Min... why purple?

9:47 pm

ooooh! *lines up for hugs*

9:47 pm

Congratulations pippingeek on finishing early.Hooray

9:47 pm

(((stid)))

9:47 pm

(((pippin)))

9:47 pm

me too, me too?

9:47 pm

bottom row is grey!

9:47 pm

I did another story of clues today about Tiger Woods

9:47 pm

down to 12

9:48 pm

Go stidmama go!

9:48 pm

(((jellen)))

9:48 pm

(((pippin))) :-)

9:48 pm

you are so very clever, Min. I like the stories people make up from grid words!

9:49 pm

hugs are the best

9:49 pm

Hi Friends

9:49 pm

Hi, DR!

9:49 pm

Hi Jellen!

9:49 pm

Hello DR1965!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

9:49 pm

hey DR! *bounce bounce bounce* the paper is done! now just a few essays and a ton of reading and ... *scratches head* I know I am forgetting something...

9:50 pm

Hi Min- I am well

9:50 pm

The game?

9:50 pm

WOOHOO for finished paper!!!

9:50 pm

game? you mean BABBLE? NEVER forget babble, just sometimes have to hide from it so I don't get sucked in.

9:51 pm

YES! three left-most columns grey

9:51 pm

down to 9

9:51 pm

I only have 12 words

9:51 pm

go DR go!!!!

9:52 pm

trying!

9:52 pm

is there a DE 7? (not listing)

9:52 pm

Was saving my last word for later.I will wait to enter it until you get your last word stidmama. We can get fireworks together tonight stidmama.It would be my honor to get fireworks along side the Babble queen!

9:53 pm

yes to de7

9:53 pm

de 7/36

9:53 pm

okay... thanks Min *thinking VERY hard*

9:53 pm

I would love to cross the finish line with you Min!!! but I am not the queen (maybe a low-ranking princess, though!)

9:54 pm

GOT IT!!!! *bounce bounce bounce... bounce... BUMP*

9:54 pm

night kids. going off to find pillows and my book. good luck with the grid! it's not so bad for a little stinker.

9:54 pm

careful Stid

9:54 pm

okay, I really need to calm down. LOL

9:55 pm

sweet dreams LBD. ((((hugs)))) see you again soon!

9:55 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:55 pm

bye Dawger

9:55 pm

top row is GREY!

9:56 pm

Got a phone call @ 9:30. I have a snow day tomorrow

9:57 pm

golly gee, Min! *sends hot cocoa, cookies, extra blankies and carrots and coal for snowpeople*

9:57 pm

I have never had a snow day- lucky you Min

9:57 pm

So I hope tomorrow isn't a teeny tiny grid like today.

9:57 pm

hardly seems fair. You-all are going to be going to school through July with all the extra time off this year. *shakes head sadly* not fair at all.

9:57 pm

middle row is GREY.

9:58 pm

I hope that tomorrow is 513 words, Min. Just for you! (with an S, an ING and and ED)

9:58 pm

Tomorrow will be our third snow day of the year and they did not build any into school calendar this year.

9:58 pm

but no RE

9:59 pm

and of course a R or two!

9:59 pm

I am not THAT good. I'd hope for maybeb 200+ words.

9:59 pm

okay, Min *revises magic grid-affecting brainwaves*

10:00 pm

down to four.

10:00 pm

go Stid

10:01 pm

ONE!!!!! *bounce bounce*

10:01 pm

lbdawger are you still on??

10:02 pm

Tom and the boys should be home soon... the elder's evening class ended half an hour ago.

10:02 pm

sorry shoo, LBD went to bed just a few minutes ago

10:02 pm

hmm guess she went to beddy by

10:02 pm

Thanks. guess i will call her tomorrow. night everyone.

10:03 pm

there they are!!! my last word iw the ME 6 Don't clue if it's fishy... but the points on that would help.

10:03 pm

((shoo)) have a lovely evening.

10:03 pm

me6/24

10:04 pm

thanks pippin...

10:04 pm

kinda fishy btw

10:05 pm

yes, I figured, all one-point tiles. *thinking*

10:05 pm

if fishy means what i think it does

10:05 pm

how are you doing Min? is that your last word too?

10:05 pm

fishy means appallingly easy and I will feel silly for asking if you help me.

10:06 pm

I already my last word is,I am just waiting to enter it

10:06 pm

no, opposite of fishy then

hey all.. 14 left.

10:06 pm

okay Min. *trying to hurry*

10:06 pm

oh! in that case, a little clue please?

10:06 pm

Don't hurry on my account. I will be here until the flip

10:06 pm

"slow day, only three college things" says Tom about the stidkid's mail.

10:07 pm

more like its status as a real word is a little fishy

10:07 pm

hey red!

10:07 pm

That me 6/24 word is me plus to 4/5 word stidmama.

10:07 pm

an old geza x punk song, "iso**** soap"

I have had a horrible day! lost car keys!

10:07 pm

Hi, red!

10:07 pm

thanks Min and pippin....

10:07 pm

Hi redturtlehead! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

10:07 pm

Hi Red- Sorry to hear that

10:08 pm

ready to step over the finish line, Min?

it was a rather big hassle, but luckily someone loaned me their car so I could go get my spare.

10:08 pm

oh red.... that's rough.

10:08 pm

Sorry to hear about your car keys. Do you extra set?

10:08 pm

Yes stidmama, ready set GO!

14 left here I am hoping to use lickety

10:09 pm

GO!!!! *steps over finish line with Min*

10:09 pm

oooooh. pretty firewords!

10:09 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! fe5/16 was my last word

10:09 pm

WOOHOO FOR STID AND MIN

10:09 pm

YAY stid and Min!!!! WTG!!!!!

10:09 pm

Yay, stid and min!!!

10:09 pm

Congratulations stidmama on fireworks!Good for you

congrats Stid and Min!!!!!

10:10 pm

i was savng this boston creme donut to eat during project runway, but since it's a rerun, i will share it with the fireworks twins!

10:10 pm

okay, I MUST spend a few minutes with family tonight. And finish that game for class tomorrow. Back later to help clue, red... if you still need it (you won't). ((hugs)) *poof*

10:11 pm

Bye Stid

Oh so excited Rachel Flatt just skated an excellent excellent program. I hope she gets a medal...

10:11 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:11 pm

DONT TELL PLEASE RED

10:12 pm

Olympics just started here

10:12 pm

That was a beautiful routine that Rachel just did!

I have no idea I am just watching it live now!

OK DR no reveals.

10:12 pm

WE just saw the turkish girl///

can I have clue for the de 7

10:12 pm

de + not you + heavy weight

I missed it all, as I had to drive home, get home unlocked return car....drive home again...

10:13 pm

de 7/36 is de 4/6 plus a heavy weight redturtlehead.

10:13 pm

ty Jellen

10:13 pm

I will be here off & on until the flip for clues if needed

TY Minver!

10:14 pm

yw

10:15 pm

is the un5 a fish?

10:16 pm

Yes

10:16 pm

nm I got it

clue DR?

10:17 pm

un+ not pencil

10:17 pm

A un5/14 word is un plus a writing tool redturtlehead

oooh fishy fosh fish.

10:18 pm

I think I am in the PB

10:18 pm

sorry

10:18 pm

hi guys

10:19 pm

any clues on the fe5/16?

10:19 pm

Hello Readhead! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:19 pm

Hi Read

10:19 pm

thanks! it's itty bitty, and pretty tough

10:19 pm

hi all . i need clues.

10:19 pm

An fe5/16 sounds like what you do when you pass out

10:20 pm

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

10:20 pm

I got a story of clues in my profile mkg if you need it.

10:20 pm

need em 6 please.

10:20 pm

ahhh, well of course it does! thank you thank you, min

10:21 pm

An em 6/21 word is em plus Rin *** *** or em + *** can.

10:21 pm

yw

10:21 pm

a story of clues? going there now.

Oooh watching the skating on tenterhooks. No knowing why but I am very attached to rachel Flatt.

10:21 pm

e + not you + *** can

10:22 pm

ty,.

10:22 pm

yw

10:22 pm

how bout fi 5?

10:22 pm

That fi 5/18 word is an evil person like the devil mkg.

10:23 pm

fi + not the beginning

sorry really trying to complete here clue for the ME 6? please please.

10:24 pm

An me 6/24 word is me + a to4/5 word Redturtlehead

10:25 pm

i just read your clues. nice min. very nice.

10:25 pm

me+ not bottom + vowel

got it thanks again. 5 left. ope not to need any more assistance!

10:26 pm

1st pe 5/12 please

10:26 pm

peop

I have a pasta Jeff, but I dont know if it is first or not.

10:26 pm

like a pasta with a different last vowel

10:26 pm

cant get the ep words. please clue the 5 first.

10:26 pm

that's the 2nd one

10:26 pm

haha, great story, min!

10:27 pm

ep4= ep + short laugh

10:27 pm

ep5 adds a consonant

10:29 pm

finished

10:29 pm

ty go t hem.

10:29 pm

nice little grid

10:29 pm

5 to go

10:29 pm

Yay, DR!!!

10:29 pm

i like little grids like this.

10:29 pm

bravo dr!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:29 pm

ty Jellen

10:30 pm

thanks Mkg

10:30 pm

I am off to hang with the Jakester before he goes to bed...

10:30 pm

gnight all

bye DR!

10:30 pm

1st pe 5/12 please....last one!

10:30 pm

Nice, DR...hanging here and watching ice skating...

10:31 pm

got it :)

10:31 pm

diff last vowel than the pasta

10:31 pm

cant get last pe 4.

FW for me too good night all..

10:32 pm

first pe 5 is like pasta . both are same with diff. last vowel.

10:32 pm

Yay, red!!!

10:32 pm

pe + I'm a **et and didn't know it...

10:33 pm

ty. weird word..........

10:33 pm

ne 5 please?

10:33 pm

ne + not bottom

10:34 pm

ty.

10:34 pm

fireworks.

10:35 pm

anyone need a quick clue?

10:35 pm

Yay, mkg!!!

10:40 pm

how about the ne5/12, mkg?

10:41 pm

ne + not bottom

10:41 pm

awesome! thanks

10:41 pm

on4 am I missing something here because I think I've tried the possible combinations

10:42 pm

on + ** you from me

10:43 pm

I knew it was close enough to bite, TY Jellen

10:44 pm

yw, tfgrrl...nice to see you again...

10:44 pm

can you help me with the U word please?

10:45 pm

un + writing utensil

10:45 pm

lovely, thanks

10:45 pm

bottom o, not the 4

10:46 pm

i'm missing the pe5/12, that's not the pasta...

10:46 pm

change the last vowel

10:46 pm

thanks, sue!

10:47 pm

I have the fe4 4x fi5 what am I missing

10:49 pm

I think you're missing fe + your ***ernal organs

10:49 pm

that was one

10:50 pm

got the other fi4

10:51 pm

that is it for me!!!!! fireworks and good night

10:51 pm

well done

10:52 pm

yay, sue!!!

10:53 pm

Doea pf4 use the z? I'm gonna lose my mind trying to get these.

10:54 pm

no it's a kind of noise you'd make when you're fed up

10:54 pm

well, i say pf**

10:54 pm

pf + abbrev. for 12 inches...uses no vowels

10:55 pm

I need 6, humph

10:55 pm

is the 7 an obvious word?

10:55 pm

No, Van

10:56 pm

de 7/36

10:56 pm

not really, Van. It's de 7/36

10:56 pm

hmm

10:56 pm

de 4/6 + heavy weight

10:57 pm

aha! thanks very much

10:58 pm

hurray for fireworks! and now for bed. g'nite everyone, thanks for all the clues!

10:59 pm

Yay, Read!!!

11:01 pm

Oh so my problem is I can't do math! I was adding wrong.

11:02 pm

Gee I that was it, and I was sad with 9 left, but wrong time zone so still an hour. YES!

11:04 pm

final 2 now

11:04 pm

both T

11:07 pm

Done - phew

11:07 pm

night all

11:07 pm

Yay, Van!!! WTG!!!

11:07 pm

well done tfgrrl!

11:08 pm

That's the last time I wake up and think I'll have a look at Babble in the middle of the night

11:08 pm

At least it was a small grid, Van. You'd be up all night if it were larger

11:10 pm

yes, if it were larger I'd just never have tried, but with it being small it seemed a shame not to give it a go

11:11 pm

I rarely finish

11:11 pm

5.11am. Madness! Back to bed. Thanks for all help, good night everyone.

11:12 pm

I have periods where I really *have* to finish; but also periods when I will try not to finish just so I don't feel so addicted to winning

11:13 pm

Good night? Jeez, I get up at 5:30 each day!

11:23 pm

5 left Ahhhh, my epoon is in a teze!

11:25 pm

Hello all -- I can clue :)

11:26 pm

Hi, jilli!

11:26 pm

you finished, jellen?

11:27 pm

Yes, I finished this afternoon...

11:27 pm

Hey Jilli I'll take words that start with em for 6 please.

11:27 pm

little stinker, wasn't it!

11:28 pm

em5 = e + repair

11:28 pm

em6 = e + encountered + not out

11:30 pm

I'd swear I tried that 3 hours ago, I must have typoed. Anyway TY

11:31 pm

wtg jellen -- I did last night -- been watching Olympics, of course -- another gold for Canda in women's hockey, and a bronze for Ladies' free skate :)

11:31 pm

yw tfg :)

11:32 pm

Very impressive skating performances...

11:32 pm

and the skating gold for the fabulous Korean was a feather in Canadian Brian Orser's cap (her coach)

11:33 pm

wasn't she wonderful?

11:33 pm

Yes, she was!

11:34 pm

I'm sorry the skating is all over now :(

11:36 pm

Hello to all! I'm here to give last minute clue if needed

11:36 pm

hi min -- so am I!

11:37 pm

Well I have 3 left and I'm stuck. Te4 that's not to care for, it6, and me6

11:37 pm

te 4= t + J*** Foxworthy

11:37 pm

it 6/24 is past tense of the it 4/5 and the me 6/24 is me plus that to 4/5 word tfgrrl.

11:38 pm

A te 4/10 word rhymes with actor J*** Bridges tfgrrl.

11:39 pm

I think I'm going to start a new book...finished my latest waiting in the doctor's office today...

11:39 pm

me6 = me + ** and from + **as and carrots

11:39 pm

Got the te Ty

11:39 pm

how did the visit to the doc go?

11:40 pm

I have an upper respiratory infection...no surprise...

11:40 pm

bummer, jellen -- hope it goes away soon

11:41 pm

Me too! Most unpleasant and a little draining...

11:41 pm

I know what you mean

11:42 pm

Have a great night...I might peek in after the flip...

11:43 pm

Goodbye Jellen! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

11:43 pm

ttfn jellen :)

11:43 pm

ttfn!

11:43 pm

jillibus, you have a very beautiful icon today. I like it

11:43 pm

cute Tiger story, min! Why the gun icon?

11:44 pm

thanks, min -- narrowboat art is lovely -- flosey has a very nice one too

11:44 pm

Sometimes I'll pick an event in history to write about

11:45 pm

I know -- but why the gun -- unless you think it should be used on Tiger? (To bop him on the head with the butt, that is)

11:46 pm

LOL! I never thought of that.I didn't really want gun as icon which is why I picked a faded one in purple.

11:48 pm

Just have it6 left, sorry Min didn't understand clue. It4/5 is a noun so no tense?

11:48 pm

well, you could have googled narrowboat art to go with the flow, lol

11:48 pm

The it6/24 word is it 4/5 plus the talking horse tfgrrl

11:49 pm

fireworks. Was paying more attention to the Olympics than the grid

11:49 pm

Congratulations Nef on your fireworks! Hooray for U

11:49 pm

enable doesn't care much about grammtical rules, tfg

11:49 pm

YAY nef!!!

11:50 pm

Enable also doesn't care much if it's real word or not.

11:50 pm

Oooooh I c

11:50 pm

I'm enjoying the skating all over agin on NBC (saw it before on TSN here)

11:51 pm

thanks. I'd like to see it again; but it's bedtime for me

11:51 pm

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

11:51 pm

Jilli, What a brave young lady eh! And her very proud Dad there to see her

11:51 pm

going to stay for the flip, nef?

11:52 pm

I DID IT! With 10 mins to spare and a lot of help from my friends it's 4th of July and Guy Fawks all wrapped up in one

11:52 pm

I'm trying, jilli. :-)

11:52 pm

Yes, flosey -- so glad Joannie got a medal!

11:52 pm

Congratulations tfgrrl on finishing the puzzle.Hooray

11:52 pm

YAY tfgrrl!!!

11:52 pm

Hello flosey! How are you? Welcome back to the grid!

11:53 pm

WTG tfgrrl

11:53 pm

great thanks Min, and you?

11:53 pm

FIREWORKS is how you spell I'm done

11:54 pm

YAY!!!! tfgrrl!!!! WTG!!!!!

11:54 pm

I am well. I am able to stay up for flip because I have no work tomorrow. Can't wait to babble all day again

11:54 pm

min -- see flosey's lovely icon? Toldja so.

11:54 pm

well, I personally hope it's not too big

11:54 pm

Any guesses for the next grid size. I guess 445 words

11:55 pm

oh my, min!!!

11:55 pm

how about a nice 164

11:55 pm

Flosey, you have beautiful icon to go w/theme today

11:55 pm

I don't work tomorrow either; but my list of "ToDo" it4s is really long right now and I need to get through itASAP

11:55 pm

I'd like about 150

11:55 pm

ty Min, I found this theme to be particularly interesting

11:55 pm

I had not known where that art originated

11:55 pm

.....and in 7 mins the babble addiction begins all over again. Wonder if I can use the loo and eat in 6 mins.

11:56 pm

or what flosey said -- with real words, please

11:56 pm

if you're fast tf

11:56 pm

Hurry up tfgrr! Now it is only four minutes until flip.

11:56 pm

hope someone has already prepared supper for you

11:57 pm

oh, yes please, more real words

11:57 pm

I am expecting to lose my power so muay not be able to babble all day tomorrow as much I would like to.

11:58 pm

I am surprised that I have not lost my power tonight.

11:58 pm

why, Min?

11:58 pm

oh Min, storms there?

11:58 pm

why, min? Bad weather?

11:58 pm

We are getting blasted with a ginormous snowstorm!

11:59 pm

blast indeed - snow!!

11:59 pm

we're supposed to get wind and rain tomorrow (heavy snow at Whistler though)

11:59 pm

I would take a picture of my fireworks with my phone if I wasn't already on my phone. I haven't worked this hard since college.

11:59 pm

LOL tf -- did you get to the loo?

11:59 pm

oh, Man! more snow!

11:59 pm

Hi everyone. I am here for a middle sized grid.

11:59 pm

I'll make you some hot chocolate Min.

11:59 pm

hi bugs :)

12:00 am

Hi Bugs

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