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12:00 am

flip - not too bad

12:00 am

flip and a nice size

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and here we go...

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flip

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flip

flip reserving judgement on the nice part

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flip

12:01 am

Oh crap, bollocks, nibbles, and poo, I was soooo close to breaking 100. It was a squeaker.

12:01 am

FLIP!!!!!

12:01 am

flop

12:01 am

I guess I can check tomorrow. F-L-I-P!

12:02 am

hello all! I just finished Walter Lord's 1955 book about the sinking of the Titanic

12:02 am

Flipper flopsey

12:02 am

oh, i read that decades ago, wonderful book

12:02 am

hi stid and all

how was it Stid

tu 7

12:02 am

You are so lying seain.

12:02 am

now, I am not saying, Jill, that you are even OLD enough to have been there (you weren't even a glimmer in your mother's eye)... but your parents were the right age. Do you remember any tales they might have told?

12:03 am

It was a good book, Dee -- based on interviews and first-hand accounts.

12:03 am

1955 yeah that's what I was going to ask if it was eye-witnesses and surviviors

12:03 am

Of course, we now have even more information, but what I noticed (after all the language changes) was that first-hand accounts were not consistent with the evidence found a few years ago.

very interesting hi dc

hi and nbt

12:04 am

We are doing a unit on research reading and writing with the 8ths graders I am doing the practicum with... and I GET TO TEACH on Thursday!!! *bounce bounce*

12:04 am

How does one get NBT in 3 mins?

12:04 am

stid, I never heard them discuss the Titanic.

awww wonderful stid

12:04 am

Or, I don't remember their doing so.

12:04 am

Fingers o'fire?

12:04 am

hi and wtg josh

12:05 am

That's cool stid - you're going to be the wonderfulest!

12:05 am

go stid.....teach those 8th grades a thing or two or several!

12:05 am

okay, thanks Jill... just thought I would ask.

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oh, cool stid

12:05 am

stid teaches all the time so it will be a piece of cake

12:05 am

hey mcurl! how did you like our snow the last couple days? rofl

12:06 am

hi josh wtg and all

12:06 am

thanks for your confidence in me, friends!

12:06 am

well we didn't get any in our area and I left town this morning and am currently in yakima for the state 2A basketball tournament....our girls team is playing

re 6

well deserved confidence stid

ri 6

12:07 am

woo-hoo mcurl! I hope those girls hit 3-pointers and nothin' but net! but mostly I hope they have fun...

ai 6

have fun and win lol

12:08 am

thansk for that one Dee (ai6)

12:09 am

wow, i'd forgotten how lovely sad Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang is.

12:09 am

could happen...one of our girls holds the current record for 3 pters in a single game and tourament....we play at 4pm

12:09 am

I will be thinking of them, mccurl, and of you. '

12:10 am

thanks; time for lights out and that means me....night all

12:10 am

sweet dreams mcurl!

12:10 am

seain why are you listening to Nancy Sinatra?

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sleep well, mccurl

12:10 am

friend did a nice 60s playlist on lala, for which he asking for additions

12:11 am

it's short on motown, and i plan to fix that. and no lesley gore!

12:11 am

I see

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but wasn't that Cher?

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oh yes lots of motown

12:12 am

nancy did it first

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I didn't realize that

12:12 am

like CCR did Proud Mary before Ike and Tina, but lots forget the CCR version.

12:12 am

I just remember Boots

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yeah, the one she's known for :)

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that's the best one CCR but I thought it was the other way around

12:13 am

ccr 69 ike and tina 71

12:13 am

i like CCR's too

12:13 am

so, Marthe Reeves, and who else?

12:14 am

I'm not doubting you just that I thought ike and tina did it first

12:14 am

theirs was a bigger hit, CCR mostly got C&W play, i think

12:14 am

Supremes, Marvin Gay,

brb

12:15 am

need that j for nbt

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Bad Moon Rising my all time favorite

12:15 am

so do I nan

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oh, yeah!

it's a 5, nan

12:15 am

josh knows

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see? lol

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took a time out, back now

you know me too well, west

12:16 am

j? 5/?

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wb, jilli

12:16 am

hi jilli again

12:16 am

hey again jill. (((hugs))) I am SO looking forward to seeing you in two weeks! *bounce bounce*

ju5/22

12:17 am

There is only one letter "o" right or have I gone so cross-eyed I can't see the other one?

12:17 am

only one O tile

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one O, correct

Clues are up

12:17 am

but two C tiles.

12:17 am

YAY LICKETY!!!! (((hugs)))

12:17 am

NM it just took 3 mins for it to come up after I entered the word,

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NBT

12:18 am

go,go west

12:18 am

ty, lickety

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thank you monkeys

12:18 am

just hearing about the guy in the Prius with a jammed accelerator phoning 911. He must have had a cell phone handy. Here using a cell phone while driving is illegal now.

12:18 am

Peak time apparently. Lickety is the luvliest. I could never do this without.

12:18 am

YAY Lickety!!!

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here as well Jill -- but not in emergencies.

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ty josh

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nbt

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wtg nan strange j word that

12:19 am

He he, yeah even if it wasn't I'm not sure dialing 911 while my car was out of control would be my first choice of action JIlli

12:19 am

but if I were in that pickle I'd have a hard time -- my cell is in my purse, turned off

12:19 am

I hope they made an exception jilli

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go nan go!

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WTG nan

12:19 am

I'm thinking oh, take the keys out, shift into neutral?

12:20 am

I'm sure they would, west -- it was in California, I think

12:20 am

Jeesh, people and their phones *picking up cell to check email*

some cars won't let you do that, tfgrrl

12:20 am

then one loses power steering, which is hard, as it resists when present. and prius is keyless

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yes, that's the thing to do, tfg

12:20 am

shift to neutral didn't work, tf... hitting the break didn't work either.

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oh

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mmmm, emergency brake? - Gosh seain no key????? I guess there was a good reason I bought a Hybrid, a Civic hybrid.

12:21 am

not a bad first half, but don't like the looks of the rest of it!

12:21 am

who was it whose dream car was a Ghia? There's one in the grid

12:22 am

I always thought there was something a bit off about the Prius.

12:22 am

it starts/stops with a push button, and the key is a proximity transponder

12:22 am

it starts/stops with a push button, and the key is a proximity transponer

12:22 am

I believe that Prius driver was told to use the emergency brake

12:22 am

I know I'm dense but was the Prius one that had been fixed?

12:22 am

That would totally suck to be in a car with accel stuck or no brakes, either way.

12:23 am

hi babblers! thought I would take a peek at the grid

i think i'm stuck

12:23 am

I'm sad for Toyota

12:23 am

hey robbie!

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howdy, robbie

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no, west, it had not been fixed as far as I know

12:23 am

hi robbie

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hi robbie

12:23 am

we're a Honda household. we're both anti-toyota, irrationally

12:23 am

I can just see it, "On-star how can we assist you?' "Operator I'm trapped in my car doing 75 on the 110"

12:23 am

where are you josh how many to go?

ooh, sa7

i'm at 117 now after that one

12:24 am

I love my Corolla and it's a 2004 -- safe, I'm told

12:24 am

hi west,hi jilli,hi dc

12:24 am

they'll be equipping cars with ejection seats soon

12:24 am

hi stid

12:24 am

oops. the cat was on the ottoman.

12:24 am

love our 2003 Camry

12:24 am

Operator "No problem sir, I'm sure we can assist u" CRASHHHH. "Sir? HAve you taken your foot off the accelerator?

NBT in 7 minutes with minimum # of words - in order. most time spent on the pesky J.

12:24 am

only problem has been squirrels

12:25 am

hi nan and tfgrrl

12:25 am

well done melon.

12:25 am

wtg melon!

12:25 am

I think there is a car with an ejection seat as an option, but I'm not the car girl here.

12:25 am

helped a friend buy a tacoma years ago -great truck

12:25 am

lol west

12:25 am

our daughter has a 2008 Toyota minivan..can't remember the name and hers wasn't recalled either

12:25 am

Hey robbie

12:26 am

Did you say squirrels? Like in your car or hitting them?

12:26 am

I've heard of rodents chewing the wiring in cars.

12:26 am

hi melon wtg on NBT

have either of the 8's or the 9 been called? and if not, can i place bets that at least 2 of them are re's?

12:26 am

no tf they got under the hood and built a nest and chewed up all the wiring

12:26 am

Rats, I have to go out and back in to get the list

12:27 am

ah, sinatra covered bang bang same year as cher released it.

12:27 am

sari

12:27 am

Gosh West I hope ur car didn't catch on fire.

12:27 am

no it just went really really slow

12:27 am

8 & 9 are CRs

tx and now to bed {poof}

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we had to have it towed

12:27 am

g'night melon

robbie, don't forget the alternate spelling of that

12:27 am

100 words done but tempted to look at the list now

12:27 am

hey liz!!!! ((((hugs))))

12:28 am

and anike! *happy mama smile*

12:28 am

oops...PB first time!

12:28 am

hi, liz :)

12:28 am

hi anike how was the trip?

12:28 am

hello, anike

12:28 am

still lagging here

12:28 am

ty joshua

12:29 am

alas, I need to go to sleep... so many things I need to attend to in the next few days.

12:29 am

just started..lol

12:29 am

really really slow, I'm tempted to laugh, but I'm sure at the time it wasn't funny. My friends found a dead mouse in their car once after several weeks of really bad smell

12:29 am

have you thought about cloning yourself stid?

duh, ty for cr8/9 lizmac

12:29 am

The trip was looong!! The nullabor just doesn't change and I'm over it. But the "good" news is that the next drive is to Darwin so a change of scenery.

12:29 am

I had that happen too, tfg -- it had made a nest in the air system -- phew!

12:30 am

past halfway, still two tiles untouched. back tomorrow for a sanity break. Or something. *hugs and choclit* see you-all again soon.

12:30 am

Hi people, at work so just sneaking a few. The aforesaid 8 & 9 are proper everyday words.

12:30 am

oh, dear!...I think the worst we found was an old rotten banana

12:30 am

g'night stid

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the little suckers were back again the other day dragging a long woody root up inside

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Night stid, happy dreams

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thanks liz

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bye stid

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night stid

12:31 am

how did your son do in the race anike?

12:31 am

lees

12:31 am

our granddaughter was in Darwin last summer

12:31 am

West, have you considered turning this into IDK a comic or something - ur war against the squirhells?

12:32 am

already had that one liz lol

12:32 am

no lol

12:32 am

oops, PB for me, better do some work while I'm there!

12:32 am

He's sitting 15 in the championship which isn/t bad considering his bike is still standard - engine out now to get some "go fast" bits done.

12:32 am

there are cookies in the PB..you can join me!..lol

12:32 am

So did I West lol

12:33 am

There was a problem awhile back in Columbus, OH where a squirrel was attacking random people

12:33 am

that's right, it's Girl Scout Cookie time

12:33 am

our squirrels are very daring..last summer we were having a party and had a bowl of nuts on the coffee and one of them was ripping at the screen to get it

right column greyed, 35 left

12:33 am

coffee table*

12:33 am

Darwin is nice - like a big country town ( last time I was there)

12:33 am

Ooh Girls scout cookies! Let's see which word should I say?

12:33 am

how squirrelly of them.

12:34 am

eh, just go to the PB - it's the party room

12:34 am

I heard some of the cookies were recalled because they smelled funny

12:34 am

lol dc

12:34 am

The other 8, tfgrrl ?!

12:34 am

where was taht west - from which bakery?

12:34 am

*cleaning coffee off of laptop* smelled funny????

12:35 am

yum cookies....Godiva chocolate now has chocolate covered oreo cookies

12:35 am

anike an Aussie friend sent pictures of horses made of metal that the locals put out during some racing days do you know about it?

au7/8

12:35 am

tf the chat is just whizzing by lol

12:36 am

Liz I think ur forgetting who ur talking about, I don't usually get to the 8s until tomorrow night around 8pm

12:36 am

that's sounds interesting, metal horses?

12:37 am

seain just saw your question..Brownie something I believe

12:37 am

west, I do recall seeing something like that but not sure if it was Darwin. We have driven quite extensively thru outback Australia.

12:37 am

TY Josh, don't bother tfgrrl. Today will be your 8s & 9 day. Gotta go.

12:37 am

I'll see if I can find the horse link

12:38 am

maybe it's up near Darwin?

12:38 am

crashing here -- see you tomorrow :)

12:38 am

ah, lemon cookies from Little Brownie Bakers, which is our local baker. Will have to spread the word

12:38 am

I luv all the animals everyone has. Fat deaf white cat, and Robbie ur dogs are adorable!

12:38 am

nite nan

12:38 am

stop with the cookie talk -- I'm still on a diet!

12:38 am

g'night nan

12:38 am

night nan

12:39 am

bye nan

12:39 am

ty tfgrrl

12:39 am

did someone mention Godiva?

12:39 am

yes..they now have chocolate covered oreo's...lol

12:40 am

It's called the Tin Horse Highway in Kulin

12:40 am

here's the link

12:40 am

I though Oreo had choc-covered Oreos. The Godiva ones must be fantasmigorical though, and really really expensive.

12:40 am

jilli, i need a diet..lol

12:41 am

i don't care for oreos.

12:41 am

it won't come through

12:42 am

chocolate chip cookies are my favorite

12:42 am

I like oreos once in awhile and I want some now

12:42 am

I don't generally either, but choc-covered???

12:42 am

I prefer Hydrox. sadly, they only sell them sometimes now.

12:42 am

mine is simple -- no added sugar, half portions of meals, no booze, just clear soda water at happy hour and with meals.

12:42 am

I would eat doorknobs if they were chocolate covered

12:43 am

that's sensible, jilli

12:43 am

lol west

12:43 am

Kulin is in WA

12:43 am

20 lbs gone since late November (I was sick for about 10 days then)

12:43 am

I looked at it. Sometimes I think I live in the wrong country. Bush races, gymkhanas? cool

12:44 am

anike it looked fairly close to Darwin on the map the person who sent it is in Perth

12:44 am

I bet u could probably find a place that makes those, but they might melt in ur hands and not ur mouth

back... do the cr 8 & 9 come from 2nd col c or last col c... blind to it

12:44 am

20 lbs gone is great! but..not the being sick part jilli

the top c dee, totally normal word

12:44 am

Anike is that ur son in your icon pic?

ty very much... must need sustenance lol

12:45 am

got 'em

12:45 am

Yes tfg - old photo tho

12:45 am

totally normal words who'd have thought it

12:45 am

And josh is that a person flying outta that car in urs?

got em ty

12:46 am

I'll look it up west

12:46 am

that's a great picture anike

that's affirmative, tfgrrl - no idea the context or the photog

12:46 am

robbie, being sick is what got me started -- had no appetite and 10 lbs disappeared so I thought I might as well continue

12:46 am

I just noticed you're in Perth too

12:47 am

jilli sounds like you're being sensible about it

12:47 am

getting started is the hardest part of going on a diet

12:47 am

Bike looks wicked sharp Anike.

12:48 am

Dude flying out of a car, eek!

12:49 am

west, it's really not too hard this way

12:49 am

I cheat a little every once in a while with a half glass of wine or something

12:49 am

when you say no added sugar do you mean you cut out all sweets or you just don't put any in your coffee or tea?

12:49 am

TY tfg - he has a new superbike now - same colors but different paint job

lickety aided fireworks for the last 30 or so

12:50 am

congrat,s joshua

wtg josh

nbt her lol

12:50 am

it's really amazing how much sugar is in wine and liquor

12:50 am

Kulin is in south west of WA - the tin horse are for the local annual bush races

12:51 am

I wish I could have posted the link there were some very clever ones

12:51 am

no sugar in coffee or tea, no candies (not that I care that much about them anyway), but I allow myself 2 mini gingersnaps with tea at lunchtime.

12:51 am

gj dee was your last one the j?

12:52 am

there are some very good sugarless cookies out there

12:52 am

I haven't had gingersnaps in ages I love them with tea

12:53 am

just past half way, off to bed, goodnight all

no, last was the u in the last column

12:53 am

I used to have a really good lamb curry recipe that used gingersnaps

12:53 am

I can't deprive myself of those gingersnaps. The only way to stick to a diet is not to feel deprived IMHO.

12:53 am

bye flosey

12:53 am

good night flosey sleep well

12:54 am

I put gingersnaps in my baked beans

12:54 am

very true jilli

12:54 am

may be back in the morning

12:54 am

night flosey -- have a great time the next few days

that sounds good robbie

12:54 am

ooh robbie that sounds delish

12:54 am

how many words are there?

12:54 am

165

12:54 am

165 dalia

12:54 am

ty, westford

12:55 am

is flosey going to visit William?

not sure I have ever seen hi 6/21 before

12:56 am

no -- she and Mr flosey and another couple are going to a small resort north of here just for a couple of days to unwind

12:56 am

oh how nice

12:57 am

dee I'm always seeing new words

12:57 am

how lovely, jilli

12:57 am

do they need anyone to carry their bags?

12:58 am

you need unwinding, ruru?

12:58 am

and you could recommend their wine

good to know I'm not the only one west; hi ru!

12:58 am

I need to really unwind

12:59 am

I could be their personal sommelier

12:59 am

flosey's taking her laptop

12:59 am

glad she's got her priorities straight lol

that would be great fun... having one's one sommelier on vacation wow

1:01 am

(I am rentable)

1:01 am

hmm, a rent boy

good to know ru... will have to remember that

1:02 am

I do pools too

my brother and hubby want to become cabana boys at OBX lol

anyone find the other 8?

1:02 am

lol ruru..i've got a pool;-)

1:03 am

I haven't found any large words

1:03 am

homophones from the opposing Ls

1:03 am

do you know what it begins with dee?

1:03 am

a trio of them

I am finding this one tougher than the larger one... bad concentration, too

not yet west

1:03 am

I wish I had a pool (and could lose 30 years as well as 30 lbs)

1:03 am

whats a homophone

Hello

1:04 am

relax, ruru

1:04 am

hi herin

1:04 am

hi OSGD

1:04 am

lol jilli

1:04 am

hi herin

1:05 am

words that sound alike, but are spelled differently, ruru

aren't they words that sound the same but are spelled differently... hmmm cannot remember ru

1:05 am

aka homonyms

HI OSGMA. Awww Ruru cute pup.

aww good guess yay me

1:06 am

I thought homonyms are where grits come from...

1:06 am

(lol)

lol

1:06 am

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same.

Hey back. Hello Robbie. and Volley and DC and Jill Have I missed anyone?

1:06 am

lol ruru..and cute puppy pic

1:07 am

me herin you missed me

howdy herin~

1:07 am

hi herin

1:07 am

desert

1:07 am

desert

1:07 am

howdy herin

1:07 am

i'd rather dessert

1:07 am

invalid invalid

1:07 am

that too

pair pear

Hi West and TF. Sorry I did miss you West.

1:08 am

I was hiding

1:08 am

I like west's invalid invalid - I'm going to use that in class.

1:08 am

I'd like extra credit please

well there you go. No hidding west

1:09 am

wish tf would clue one I don't have

definitely extra credit west

1:09 am

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms. Homophones that are spelled differently are also called heterographs. The term "homophone" may also apply to units longer or shorter than words, such as phrases, letters or groups of letters that are pronounced the same as another phrase, letter or group of letters.

1:09 am

i got a b+ in my arabic class in part for correctly conjugating a verb in the past tense.

1:09 am

*hugs west* ty

1:10 am

yikes jilli !! but thanks

interesting... still not sure I totally understand the differentiations

1:10 am

wow, dc -- well done!

1:10 am

ty jilli

wow dc impressive

1:10 am

gj seain !! what was the verb?

1:10 am

I think it should be gayphone.. homo is so 1970's

1:10 am

Got all that from wikipedia

1:10 am

dead

1:11 am

wow that's great dc

1:11 am

well, died

1:11 am

we had to give an oral presentation on our families, and my father died decades ago.

1:11 am

lol ruru

1:11 am

died?

I have only an hour then I have to go do homework :(

1:12 am

I'll be sure to let the Lit./Grammar book editors know when they do the reedit

1:12 am

oh, and worked, as i talked about what he did for a living.

1:12 am

well, at least you have an hour

1:12 am

There's lots more on the subject in wiki -- some fun stuff

1:12 am

is this for a class DC?

1:12 am

I once said something peaked my curiosity when I should have said it was piqued. Never forgot it.

Yes I do. Just spent the first 30min (I had 1.5 hours) crying for my friends friends family that lost their son on Friday

1:12 am

gayphone *eye roll* I can just see running that past 6th graders. Homophone is bad enough. If you say it fast they don't notice.

1:13 am

how sad herin

1:13 am

oh herin so very sorry

1:13 am

huh. Lala recommends Sigur Rós because i'm listening to Fleet Foxes. I wonder how they make that link - i do like both.

Ru when you say gayphone I have this image of this very fashionable and fab-u-lous phone

1:13 am

I said to a french friend of mine.. take a toke of this joint.. he said you mean "Toque?"

1:13 am

me too herin..

1:14 am

he smoked woolen hats?

1:14 am

tfg, would it help to say "homo" means "the same as"

It is very sad. Didn't know the kid but can imagine what the family is going through. They need to do more education on suicide in young people at schools

1:14 am

Before or after all the riotous laughter?

1:14 am

oooh, Bloom has 5lb potatoes for 1.50 this week.

1:14 am

(amen to that)

1:14 am

the whole world needs to herin

That is a lot of tatas DC

1:15 am

they've gone up so much here

1:15 am

yeah, I know, tfg

1:15 am

gosh herin, sorry to hear it.

1:15 am

eh, 5lbs is gone very quickly, as i use them in precious few ways, each of which uses lbs of them

1:15 am

one dish takes a kilo or so

1:16 am

just paid 4.95 for 5 lbs of normal every day potatoes

1:16 am

tatas? That doesn't mean taters where I grew up.

1:16 am

tatas has a notedly different meaning here.

The ALSO foundation (GLBT) organisation was trying to get a campaign in schools about young people, suicide and sexuality but the nutjob religious and ''family'' organisations said it was a program to ''recruit''

1:16 am

How big is ur family seain? That you cook by the lb?

1:16 am

those are only bodacious ones tfgrrl

1:16 am

some look like them tf

1:17 am

there are two of us. that dish is a comfort dish that gets eaten in quantity, and the ingredients are breakfast links, water, potato, onion, and parsley.

1:17 am

when kids get depressed too many people tell them to 'just get over it' and they can't

1:17 am

*looking down* um, look "like" them? Do you live near a nuclear power plant west?

West I know.

1:18 am

no, why?

1:18 am

that goes for all ages west

1:18 am

you mean because our potatoes are so expensive?

1:18 am

yes robbie it does

1:18 am

We have the same problems trying to start LGBT programs at schools here.

1:19 am

My HS founded a LGBT group the year after i graduated

1:19 am

my cousin shot himself a few months ago..it was very sad

DC you need to post the potato recipe

1:19 am

I'm so disgusted with Face Book and other venues that bully kids into committing suicide

1:19 am

yes I agree west

1:20 am

No, because if your tatas look like taters, I mean I'm no authority, but I'm not sure that's normal. What with eyes and all.

My best friend in high school broke peoples faces for being bullied. I did a round of YAH

1:20 am

that is sad robbie he must have been in a lot of pain

1:20 am

not mine !!! lol

FB needs a boot in the arse with the stuff they get away with.

1:21 am

I'm sure a site can bully someone into something unless there was a serious problem before that. What is really frustrating is the lack of services available for kids who need them.

1:21 am

(glad I don't do facebook)

1:21 am

Esp. in the area of mental health, and it's the first to be cut in the budget

1:22 am

I tried it a couple of times ruru so I could keep up with the kids and grandkids..found out things I didn't want to know

FB and social networking sites allow the extension of bullying outside school hours. When I was at school you were bullied. You went home that was it

1:22 am

I like FB..it is bullying that is bad

I want to and work in the Mental health area in law

1:22 am

how old was your friends' son herin?

1:22 am

I use the telephone

1:23 am

... call me old fashioned...

err. 16. It was my friend of a friend

1:23 am

I had a student a 3-4 years ago we knew was disturbed and were trying to get her mom to get her help. Day after, she tried to kill herself, ended up in state hospital for a month and a half

1:23 am

hi old fashioned..lol

1:23 am

that is doubly sad

1:24 am

I remember writing letters

1:24 am

nothing wrong with old-fashioned but FB is good to catch up with old friends

1:24 am

if only I could find my stamps

1:24 am

so young herin

1:24 am

Post office feels the same way West.

I still have letters from a friend of mine in high school.

1:25 am

I know they said they're going to have billions in losses in the next 10 years

1:25 am

I still write some letters

1:25 am

recipe in my profile. quite simple, and very tasty

TF i think the post just sends bills these days. I don't know who this bill is but he has my money.

1:25 am

thanks seain

1:25 am

ty dc!

1:25 am

mucho junk mail here

1:26 am

Mostly I'd say that the point made before about adults needing to really listen to kids is true.

1:26 am

and it goes right into the recycle bin

DC my mums friend had a red beatle.

1:26 am

I write to the elders who have not yet discovered (and probably won't) email.

1:26 am

and the Golden Rule still applies

1:27 am

Good 4 u west - very green

1:27 am

cool, herin. our neighbor had an orange one.

1:27 am

tf my mom is 93 and she emails me all the time

1:27 am

98% of the mail arriving in my name is junk mail.

dang it I just drifted off to sleep sitting up right. for the love of all things pink and shiny I slept for 10 hours last night

1:27 am

my retired parents just began to email

1:27 am

we can put a little sticker in our mailbox saying No Junk Mail. It works.

1:27 am

*yawn* oh my it is sooo past my bedtime. I'm going to turn into an apricot or something

1:28 am

I am that but the poor mail carrier breaks his back carrying all those catalogues and then the recycle guys do the same

1:28 am

g'night tf

1:28 am

oh jilli wouldn't that be nice

1:28 am

can someone provide the stats on the J?

NIght TF (?)

1:28 am

Canada is just the best. Free health care, no junk mail.

1:28 am

you'd better get to bed before you have to get up then

1:28 am

my mom is anti-computer. She was shocked when i renewed her license plates online.

1:29 am

bye tf..don't turn into an apricot!

1:29 am

nite nite all happy day tomorrow for everyone

1:29 am

well, if things are addressed to us personally (like catalogues) they don't classify as junk mail

1:29 am

ju 5/22 think superman's dad

1:29 am

fireworks

1:29 am

ty, west

1:29 am

*poof*

1:29 am

wtg anike!

1:29 am

congrats, anike

Yah Anike

1:29 am

yay anike !!

1:29 am

no wait I take that back - WTG anike!

arrr I should know that clues answer

1:30 am

TY. Vacuum cleaning awaits

1:30 am

now *poof*

1:30 am

well, tfg, the health care isn't exactly free. We do pay taxes, and here in BC we pay a monthly premium of $57.

1:30 am

YAY anike!!!

1:30 am

but jilli you have such a good system

1:31 am

I'm off - happy babbling everyone

1:31 am

are you listening Congress?

1:31 am

I didn't know that Jilli

1:31 am

Ontaria has no premium, but doesn't cover optical, much dental, and certain optional medical procedures, the latter i think they coer part.

1:31 am

no complaints here, west!

1:31 am

Hello all

1:31 am

bye anike nice seeing you here again

1:31 am

bye anike

1:31 am

hi lyn

THanks for the J and hi lynxx

1:32 am

hi, lyn

1:32 am

hi lyn

1:33 am

Hi Robbie - what a nice neighbourhood you are in

1:33 am

ours doesn't cover eyeglasses or dental and not much pharmacy

1:34 am

ty lyn

1:34 am

robbie, are you in Alexandria?

1:34 am

no..I'm in NY

1:34 am

ON covers most pharmacy, but there are copays for newer stuff.

1:34 am

Cn you buy additional private health cover for those sort of things Jilli? (like us)

1:35 am

Ach -- local TV news is showing an emaciated Golden Retriever recently rescued -- such a sweet boy -- all the fur shaved off his body because it was full of feces and urine.

1:35 am

ick, poor puppy.

1:35 am

poor puppy

1:35 am

But he was wagging his tail

1:35 am

grrrr

1:36 am

awww

1:36 am

damn people

fireworks

1:36 am

yay dee !!

1:36 am

goldens are sweet dogs

1:36 am

lynxxx, yes, we can buy private insurance for the extras and some companies supply it. I don't have any.

1:36 am

wtg dee

1:36 am

Yay Volley!

1:36 am

what was that other 8?

1:36 am

YAY dee!!!

ty

au 7/36 and its plural

1:37 am

thanks dee

1:37 am

our Chelsea was the sweetest golden of them all

yqw

need to go check email ... having ladies for coffee in afternoon

1:38 am

have a lovely time, dee

1:38 am

have fun dee

this grid had too many tough ones for me lol

1:38 am

bye Volley

ty robbie and jili; hugs all

*poofing*

1:38 am

g'night dee

gn dc

1:38 am

take care ((( dee )))

1:39 am

I'm chatting too much and watching TV too much still 2 bt and only 39 words

Can someone do my homework pleaseeeeee

1:39 am

lol jilli

1:39 am

not a chance, herin, lol!

Later Dee

1:39 am

nup

1:39 am

hah, have fun herin

1:39 am

do we have to study for a quiz herin?

aww but it is only Probate and COnveyancying and computers and HR

1:40 am

I'll take the HR ( what is that? )

Can someone help me in the direction of that loan U please

Human Resources

1:40 am

i know enough about the various propate laws here.

1:40 am

a homophone for unreal

1:40 am

is that the one that the know-it-all teaches?

At least I will get a good night sleep that stuff can be boring

1:41 am

I saw that ruru didn't believe it

Yep West.

1:41 am

believe it west

1:41 am

I'll skip that class then

You can got and paste West

1:42 am

the teacher or the lesson?

mmm what does it start with Ru please

1:43 am

well, if a fish snags a hool, doesn't the line un6?

1:43 am

getting too tired...must sleep. nite all!

Cheers thanks Jill

1:43 am

bye Robbie

1:43 am

ah, i'd missed the dance/tool. ty, jilli

1:43 am

it does jilli but I was just picturing a fisherman saying it lol

Cut and paste things into a book West.

doh thanks Jill

1:44 am

good night robbie beautiful dogs by the way

1:44 am

bye lyn

1:44 am

lordy, nearly 3. i ought sleep.

Bye Robbie

1:44 am

stay until the burp seain

1:44 am

good night and happy babbling, yall! {poof} Easy potato/sausage recipe in my profile.

1:44 am

50 left here.. off to bed for me and Dylan

1:44 am

yes, dc!

1:45 am

nite west..and thanks the dogs are Barkley and Chloe

1:45 am

Night Boys!

1:45 am

the burp?

1:45 am

great names

1:45 am

bye herin and dc

1:45 am

oh, at 2. yall enjoy the burp. {re-poof}

1:45 am

ty west *poof*

1:45 am

good night Ruru and Dylan..Hey I'll bet he can say your name

1:46 am

that's why I picked such an easy name for me

1:46 am

good night seain I can't wait to try your recipe

Night Ruru and cute puppies

1:46 am

night ruru and dylan :-)

1:47 am

If I ever meet ruru in person I don't care what his real name is, he'll be ruru

1:47 am

lol

1:48 am

Is it far way from your real name Ruru?

1:49 am

at last! NBT!

1:49 am

yep.. pretty far

1:49 am

I have a very common first name

1:50 am

are you going to tell us?

1:50 am

oh sure.. it's Paul

1:50 am

no - don't tell us - it would be too confusing

1:51 am

hello rurupaul

1:51 am

how did you dream up ruru?

1:52 am

My friend's dog was Rudy.. he was a wonderful dog. Her grandchild called him ruru..

1:53 am

Now I'll never forget that, my brother is Paull

1:53 am

awww, of course, a doggy name for a dog lover

awww

1:53 am

with a double LL?

1:53 am

yeah - just to be different Mum said

1:53 am

what an unbelievable dog he was too

1:54 am

I see if I can dig up a picture.

1:54 am

another retreiver?

1:54 am

was he a Golden?

1:57 am

yay me, monkey found the au7 & 8

1:57 am

good for you I can't find it

1:57 am

them I mean

1:58 am

they grow from the au5/14

1:59 am

thanks don't have that one yet either will look

1:59 am

maybe this worked

1:59 am

got the 5

2:01 am

still seeing dylan and what's all that white stuff?

2:01 am

the 7 is a homophone of the Delphic wise woman

2:01 am

aw, what a sweet grey face!

2:02 am

hiccup over

2:02 am

hi all

HI sprite

2:02 am

hi ms sprite

2:02 am

hi Sprite!

2:03 am

hi dear babble friends

2:03 am

hello sprite!

2:03 am

good morning everybody

2:03 am

how cold is it there, Sprite? It's freezing here; enough is enough!

HI ruby

2:03 am

hi rubyfoo

2:04 am

hello lynxxxx and lady

2:04 am

we're having a cold spell here now

2:04 am

yup freezing here again as well, yesterday brought new snow. We are so ready for spring.

2:04 am

hi ruby

2:04 am

you too, jilli?

2:04 am

everybody is walking around saying "C'est pa chaud!", definitely an understatement, but the tulips soldier away, looking invincible (I hope)

2:05 am

jilli, shouldn't it be spring there, too?\

2:05 am

tulips are hardy creatures

2:05 am

Spring is my favorite time here, but it has usually strated by now...

2:05 am

jumping in

Later everyone must study and stuff

2:06 am

bye lady

2:06 am

bye lady, see you lter

2:06 am

we had spring all during the Olympics -- now it's chilly but the daffs and crocuses and snowdrops and hellbores and forsythia are in bloom -- and flowering plum trees -- but it's still too early for tulips

2:07 am

bye herin, happy homeworking

2:07 am

primroses are usually first by now, but just have leaves, o flowers yet

2:07 am

cool icon, jilli!

2:07 am

ratty

2:08 am

btw, Paralympics start on the 12th -- lots sold out already

2:08 am

no it is not. lollllll

2:08 am

same to you, sprite!

2:08 am

sorry, pb for me. Still sleepy from late nite watching stupid movies on TV

2:08 am

hi Ruby

2:08 am

wow that is good

2:09 am

oh yes, mauve dbl primulas are out, and pieris is in flower

2:09 am

ty ruby

2:09 am

lovely, it must be so beautiful where you live

2:09 am

we only have wild primroses, pale yellow, and they grow next to the daffs. They're the only yellow in the garden

2:10 am

what are pieris?

2:13 am

I think our primroses were planted by God (not Dr. God) to make sense of our previously-planted daffs

2:14 am

good man, God

2:14 am

helps a lot with the garden

2:15 am

ruby if you google pieris japonica, you will see examples of them.

2:16 am

thank you, I will look it up

2:16 am

also pieris floribunda, and others

2:16 am

must get dressed, will be afk on and off

2:17 am

Pieris -- a genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba. Known commonly as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-leaved evergreen shrubs growing to 1-6 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, often appearing to be in whorls at the end of each shoot with bare stretches of shoot below; they are lanceolate-ovate, 2-10 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, leathery textured, and with an entire or serrated margin. The young leaves in spring are typically brightly coloured. The flowers are bell-shaped, 5-15 mm long, white or pink, and arranged in racemes 5-12 cm long. (from wikipedia) The new growth on some varieties is a brilliant red which gradually goes green as the season progresses. I love them!

2:17 am

see you later, sprite

2:17 am

jilli :D Informative as ever. I knew you were looking it up.

2:17 am

hello and I'm back

2:17 am

glad I didn't miss all of you sprite

2:17 am

hi west :)

2:18 am

thank you, jilli, now I'll find a picture!

2:18 am

hi west

2:18 am

hi sprite

2:18 am

glad to jumped in, sprite -- I posted that and it disappeared so I did it again!

2:18 am

hi ruby

2:18 am

hi again jilli

2:18 am

I got the 7 and 8 ty

2:18 am

uhoh the babble gremlin eating chat again.

2:19 am

*glad YOU jumped in... (time for bed, when the typos proliferate)

2:19 am

*hugs* jilli and sleep well

2:19 am

where were you, west?

2:19 am

I need to scroll down and see all the flower talk

2:19 am

I was doing my ablutions

2:20 am

they are so pretty and I see the floribunda will do well in the netherlands as well.

2:20 am

we have no flowers yet but have had some nice warming days

2:20 am

can I ask you guys to think of me today? We need to try and get a loan from the bank, financial crisis in the home...

2:21 am

we actually have a street called Japonica

2:21 am

good luck, sprite, I'll think of you while I'm doing the (dreaded) income tax!

2:21 am

japonica means from japan, I think

2:21 am

yes sprite good thoughts go with you

2:21 am

ouch yes that will be next

2:21 am

cree

2:21 am

oops, again, so sorry

2:22 am

not even a word, duh

2:22 am

BBL Stew has been bit down/off-colour the last few days so going to take him for a ride in the car! his most favorite thing

2:22 am

our daughter just got a reduction on her interest rate and they put her through paperwork hell

2:22 am

but now her mortgage is reduced and it was all worth it

2:22 am

aww lyn hope he feels better you are a good doggy mom

2:23 am

I was going to try it ruby lol

2:23 am

saved you the trouble, lol

2:23 am

add a letter, rubtyfoo

2:23 am

are you feeling better sprite I hope?

2:24 am

west, glad she made it through. we don't need much, so I hope the mortgage isn't coming into it at all except as monthly burden.

2:24 am

I did that, very dopey this AM, watched [endless] Indochine lat night - lovely clothes but too long

2:24 am

bye lyn, enjoy the ride and hug stew from me

2:25 am

a little, west, still on the antibiotica and feeling bad from them, lol. But last day today, and looking forward to tomorrow. Infection has been killed. All is well in the world...

2:25 am

so happy to hear it

2:26 am

ear infections are so painful

2:26 am

ruby are you vertically challenged?

2:27 am

i.e. are you short?

2:27 am

very, barely 5 feet!!

2:27 am

ear, all the hollow parts in the neighbourhood (don't know the name), jaw and left side of face. I looked a spectacle and it hurt no end.

2:27 am

fingers and toes crossed for you, sprite, and now I must head for bed -- early start (for me) tomorrow, and busy day

2:27 am

aww I"m taller than yoouuu

2:27 am

by the time I'm 80, the wind will carry me off!

2:27 am

I'm 5'2'' lol

2:27 am

giant?

2:27 am

thanks jilli, it will help. Have a grand day!

2:28 am

I used to be 5'1", but not lately

2:28 am

good night jilli have fun

2:28 am

hey, I'm 5'3½!

2:28 am

we'll have to put an anchor on you ruby

2:28 am

really tall!

2:28 am

and I haven't shrunk

2:28 am

wow jilli a titaness

2:28 am

my son's wife is taller than he is, about 6'

2:29 am

that's 'cause you're still young!

2:29 am

she must be statuesque

2:30 am

unfortunately, she doesn't stand up straight

2:30 am

well, I have shrunk in weight lately -- brag brag as I did earlier -- 20lbs less than in November (that's 9 kilos)

2:30 am

as I get shorter, my weight decreases, too. Not a good thing!

2:31 am

I had a cousin like that always tried to make herself look shorter but her mother had her take ballet and she was a different person

2:31 am

I look awful

2:31 am

I bet you don't, ruby

2:31 am

DIL could be gorgeous, but is such a strident feminist, that she doesn't try

2:31 am

take care of yourself, jilli!

2:31 am

jilli you must be svelte

2:32 am

no makeup, bad clothes, bad hair, etc.

2:32 am

oh, I do -- I'm still overweight, sprite

2:32 am

jilli is beautiful. I have a pic.

2:32 am

scrawny would be a better description!

2:32 am

earthy crunchy?

2:32 am

sprite's eyesight is defective ;-)

2:33 am

have you had your thyroid checked ruby?

2:33 am

not at all jilli

2:33 am

nope, my eyes are fine and you are beautiful, jilli. When I grow up, I wanna be like you.

2:33 am

no, but I don't have other hypothyroid symptoms, just metabolize fats very fast

2:34 am

I weighed 120 in college when I was dancing and doing sports

2:34 am

I wish I did. But can't have everything, right?

2:34 am

crossy hates insomnia;(

2:34 am

if only you could bottle it

2:34 am

*floating off to bed on a cloud of lovely words*

2:34 am

big hugs jilli

2:35 am

in my 40's I weighed about 96 but when I started to run, I gained about 6 lbs.

2:35 am

night all and *reluctant poof*

2:35 am

hi crossy, I bet. But we don't hate seeing you here, if that is any consolation

2:35 am

but isn't it nice to find friends to chat with crossy?

2:35 am

good night, sweet stay-up-lat jilli

2:35 am

it is indeed

2:35 am

hi crossy

2:35 am

so you put on muscle ruby

2:35 am

yup, which I've ow lost again

2:36 am

along with the n in now! lol

2:36 am

but you found it ruby lol

2:36 am

must say goodbye for now, off to therapist. Bye dears, have fun and behave in my absence.

2:36 am

how many words today??

2:36 am

we won't sprite lol

2:36 am

bye sprite, see you soon!

2:36 am

much luck at the bank

2:36 am

ps: love your icon, west

2:37 am

165, diann

2:37 am

Behave? When have we ever not behaved? Bye sprite, hello all.

2:37 am

165 diann

2:37 am

hello haz

2:37 am

hello haz

2:37 am

howdy haz,tc sprite

2:37 am

thanks sprite really need one of those

2:37 am

Hello! Another really cold, frosty night here, but the sun is shining now.

2:38 am

this will be the year without Spring

2:38 am

don't say that! I'll go crazy

2:38 am

France will have it the rest of us won't

2:39 am

It will happen eventually. It's bound to!

2:39 am

this is a good region for weather, better than the rest I think

2:39 am

hego promised!

2:39 am

that's what FMitch keeps promising

2:39 am

mild night here 3;39 am and its only -2c

2:39 am

well there you go that's 2 promises

2:39 am

yikes

2:40 am

crossy are you having daylight savings time this coming Sunday?

2:41 am

i think so:)) sure sigh of spring,or at least lower snow banks by the road;)

2:41 am

the sun will come out when it pleases

2:42 am

dst is one or two weeks different in Europe -- so stupid!

2:42 am

tomorrow, tomrrow

2:42 am

it's so early this year

2:42 am

it's more than a day away !!

2:42 am

3 weeks early westford

2:42 am

in NY state, where I used to live, we had black ice until April and virtually no spring

2:43 am

were you in upstate NY?

2:43 am

Binghamton, for many years

2:43 am

it's a lovely town but v bad weather

2:44 am

where are you?

2:44 am

what's that near? Syracuse? Rochester?

2:44 am

I'm in RI

2:44 am

between Syracuse and Scranton PA

2:45 am

I think your weather might be better because you're closer to the sea.....

2:45 am

I read once that Syracuse has more snow than any other place in the US

2:45 am

Rochester has more snow (farther west, "lake effect", but also more sunshine

2:45 am

yes it was Rochester

2:46 am

I don't like Syracuse much, except for the exteriour of its art museum

2:46 am

our daughter who hates the cold almost went to school in Rochester

2:46 am

the worst is evidently a small town, Oswego or Otsego, north of Syracuse which typically gets 10 feet!

2:46 am

she's basking in the CA sunshine now

2:46 am

my ex-husband taught there

2:47 am

there's a town up there somewhere called Mexico and they had so much snow

2:47 am

yes, funny idea for a town name (like Paris TX)

2:48 am

she graduated in 1989 would he have been there then?

2:48 am

no, he was already teaching at Rutgers by then with his second wife! lol

2:48 am

my friend's neighbor goes there every year to ice fish

2:49 am

I can't think of anything worse even though I love fishing!

2:49 am

you have to be a special kind of nut to ice fish I think

2:49 am

but they just love it

2:50 am

that was a fun 50+ words, mixed in with the chat, it felt easy

2:50 am

like welki from Canada! She loves it

2:50 am

bout this time of year im always tempted to hop in the car and just start driving south untill i can get rid of all the road salt,or the car falls apart,which ever occurs first

2:50 am

err..i ice fish westford....

2:51 am

you are a special kind of nut then lol

2:51 am

hahahah

2:51 am

do you have an ice shack?

2:51 am

well with the water frozen 8 or 9 months of the year,we have no choice lol

2:51 am

it must get so cold

2:51 am

we do westford,but sometimes we just fish off the back of the snowmobile

2:52 am

at least most winter sports keep you moving

2:52 am

I think welki has an rv out on the ice for occasional warmth

2:52 am

hehe,you do not stand still at -30 c

2:53 am

here's a question: do the fish bite?

2:53 am

but the ice huts are nice and comfy

2:53 am

I've never understood how the could build little fires on the ice without falling through

2:53 am

evidently!

2:53 am

they do..lol how else do we get the hook in thier mouth??

Brrr. All this talk of ice. Hi everyone.

2:53 am

we use camping stoves now ruby

2:53 am

hi sally

2:53 am

hi sally

2:54 am

we have ice on the fish pond/fountain again and it had all melted last week.....

2:54 am

don't they just go down deep where it's warm and stay there?

2:54 am

when i ice fish,it is in 80-110 feet of water westford

2:55 am

or do they come up to see all the silly people? lol

2:55 am

lol

2:55 am

oh you don't want to fall in then

2:55 am

definatly not!

2:55 am

before long we'll all be complaining about the heat

2:56 am

maybe they get hungry down there. Our goldfish don't eat all winter, just breed (!!!) and grow like crazy. Some sort of torporous state, I guess

2:56 am

the holes we drill are 2 feet around,id plug it like a cork;0

2:56 am

not me!

2:56 am

have to go now, it's been lovely chatting with you!!

2:57 am

tc ruby

Bye ruby, have a lovely day.

2:57 am

you, too, crossy

2:57 am

you too ruby as soon as you get Spring send some over here

2:57 am

if I can ever change my icon, I'll put flower photos in it

2:57 am

bye sally

2:57 am

bye westford!

2:58 am

that will be nice

2:59 am

crossy I copied your meatloaf recipe sounds really good

3:00 am

did you make it up?

3:00 am

it is westford,ive yet to have any leftover;0

3:00 am

recipie comes from mother in law

3:00 am

I like the idea of the stove top stuffing

3:01 am

yup,you can use the sage or cornbread kind

Yet again two nations divided by a common language "-) Crossy, I don't know the term stovetop stuffing here. We have dried sage and onion stuffing, the sort you would use for a chicken or turkey. Would that be the same do you think?

3:03 am

no no no sally, stovetop is much much nicer than our sage and onion paxo!!

3:03 am

yes it is sally,you may also have the paxxo brand stuffing over there

3:03 am

paxxo is stronger

We do have paxo, I don't buy it. OK, Ata, what would you use instead of stovetop then?

3:04 am

we use the paxo when we do saussge meat stuffing as it has a bite to it

Just found it via Google, and available in UK apparently.

3:05 am

I really don't know, stovetop is much lighter than our paxo, and it's more like bits of bread with seasoning than our texture

Crossy, I make my own sausagemeat stuffing, don't use a packet.

3:05 am

yes, you can get it in some random places. Budgens often stock it

3:06 am

mm sally,there is no true replacement for stovetop stuffing

It is called American Kraft turkey stove top stuffing: http://www.americansweets.co.uk/americ an-kraft-turkey-stove-top-stuffing-mix -304-p.asp

Your recipe sounds good, might try it.

3:07 am

we use it as a side dish

3:07 am

thats it sally!

3:07 am

just branded a little different

Interesting shop.

3:08 am

if you can get that one,yer good to go

3:10 am

it's sooooooo yummy

3:10 am

indeed

3:11 am

we often use it alone as a side instead of potatos or rice

3:11 am

ditto

3:12 am

and all the little chopping drudge work is done for you

That sounds totally different from our stuffing mixes in the UK! Will try this, crossy, so thanks for the recipe.

3:12 am

yup:)

3:13 am

let me know how it turns out for you:)

3:13 am

it's a completely differet thing sally

3:14 am

I'm thinking of getting a snack

3:14 am

im thinking of trying sleep again 4;14 now

3:14 am

stovetop I think after this convo!

3:15 am

lol ata

3:15 am

just don't go out and fish crossy

3:15 am

not at 4 am i wont lol

3:15 am

I have one last packet of the stuff I'm saving for desperate cravings

lol Ata. Well at least now you know where to buy it in the UK.

3:16 am

good to hear you don't sleep-fish

3:16 am

budgens, sally!

3:16 am

can you get it in a canister ata?

No Budgens up here. Not sure where the nearest is, will go and look.

3:16 am

gn ladies,im off to snore in the wifes ear again lol...poof

3:16 am

and my local farm shop stocks it. but best friend sends me over big tins of the stuff :)

3:17 am

it's great that way can make as much or as little as you want

3:17 am

no, we only seem to get the packets

3:17 am

yes, that's great westy, until you look in, consider, and just make the rest of the canister.

3:17 am

bye crossy!

3:18 am

that's true lol

3:18 am

if you can't get any for whatever reason, sally, let me know, I can always send you up some!

3:18 am

bye crossy sleep quietly

3:18 am

and I really could. that stuff is addictive

3:20 am

you're going to talk yourself into making some right now

Ok, found some stores about 30-40 miles away. Sadly not in places we visit, but I will consider a trip out! 30-40 miles doesn't sound much but our roads are very slow just here.

Ata, is that the brand you get, the Kraft brand?

3:21 am

phone any budgens before you go traipsing around the countryside, most seem to stock it, but some don't. like my local one. typical! and yep.

Oh I would phone, and thanks.

3:22 am

ata how is your sister's dog?

3:22 am

where is your local budgens then? trying to think 30-40 miles from you!

3:22 am

I just thought of the poor thing

Albrighton, Redditch, Newent.

3:23 am

running around like a mad thing! still with a heavy cast on though. so running at somewhat reduced amount. back to the vet on friday for a check-up / re-plaster

3:23 am

oh gosh. yes, not your normal days out!

3:24 am

that's good to hear his people must have been more traumatized than he was

We've been to Albrighton to the David Austen roses place but not likely to go again for some time. Redditch is not my idea of a day out!

What happened to your sister's dog Ata?

3:24 am

dogs (and cats) healing ability is amazing. I mean, she broke all the toes on 1 foot, and broke those leg bones too.

3:25 am

my gran used to loooove going to the David Austen place

Oh, lovely, just found an eight and subsequent nine all by myself.

3:25 am

vg sally

3:25 am

all this talk of animals lol

lol west, no it's because I was trying to make another word which wouldn't work and suddenly realised there was a longer alternative.

3:27 am

well good job just the same

3:31 am

bet ata's making stove top stuffing

Do you mak it like it sounds, just in a pan with some water?

3:31 am

nooooooo lol

3:31 am

yep. or you can microwave it, but it's not as nice

3:33 am

hi, I'm back for a bit

3:33 am

hello ata

WB, ruby. We're talking about food again as you can imagine.

3:33 am

hi again ruby I'm on my way out can't keep my eyes open

3:34 am

see you all soon

bye west

3:34 am

hi ruby!

3:35 am

husband and groceries arrived, all is put away and I can put off the paperwork a little bit more!

3:37 am

how did you get your name in there, ata,? Is it because you're famous?

3:37 am

name in where??

3:38 am

oh!

3:38 am

LOL

3:38 am

the grid

3:38 am

one day the full thing will be there

3:38 am

mine was in there once (no, not ruby)

3:38 am

I'm not very awake yet ....

3:38 am

how are ruby and max?

Mine was in there once, too.

3:39 am

ugh, my most detested veg ins in the grid too

3:39 am

I've been grooming Ruby a little every day as her coat is the most dense it's ever been this year, enough undercoat to knit a small dog.

3:39 am

Max is much better and sweet as ever

3:40 am

awwwwww

3:40 am

great veg clue, but that's a funny thing no to like

Mmm, haven't found any veg yet. *looking*

3:40 am

not*

3:40 am

slad-ish veg

3:40 am

disgusting stuff. most of my friends don't like it. they are sensible :D

3:41 am

we can't be talking about the same thing! What do you use for chicken soup, then?

3:41 am

salad-ish

Chicken?

3:42 am

chicken soup? chicken!

3:42 am

for chicken soup

3:43 am

btw, when is rhubarb (look-alike to dreaded veg) season?

Ah! Got the veg. Yummy veg.

3:43 am

foul stuff

Our rhubarb isn't ready yet, but we don't force it. Coming up nicely now though.

3:44 am

not if you remove the strings and eat the inner (pale) bits

About May-June I would think we would start pulling.

3:44 am

I want to plant some but have to find a place where the pups don't go.....

3:44 am

foul foul foul! I can't even be in the same room as the evil stuff! :P

3:44 am

my vegetable garden has been a perpetual disappointment.

3:45 am

plant mint. even I can grow that!

3:45 am

you are too funny, ata, come here and I will make you some great chicken soup. My son feels like that about dill and bananas

Can you fence it off with a little wire fence ruby?

3:45 am

we have mint, both regular and catmint

Dill and banana seems a funny combination.

3:46 am

not together, but he can't stand the smell of either, even cooked! Also won't eat raw tomatoes, only cooked. I guess we all have our food weirdnesses. The only thing I don't like is raw squid!

3:47 am

can't stand ce6. nor brussels sprouts, but I could eat those if I was starving. can't be near coffee, either, but that's a real allergy thing

3:47 am

and cooked salmon, except in cans

I have an allergy to kiwi fruit, which is usually easy to avoid except some restaurants try to decorate everything with it. Can't ever order a fresh fruit salad out, because even if they fish it out I react.

3:48 am

I've found a way of cooking brussels sprouts that even you might like: boil them to death, cut in half and carefully stripped of icky leaves, in salted water.

3:48 am

then drain and saute (also to death) in olive oil with a little butter and sliced garlic.

3:49 am

anything tastes good slathered in garlic! :D

Don't, don't, ever boil sprouts to death! They are lovely cooked al dente, tossed in a little butter.

3:49 am

Even my husband, who never ate one in his [long] previous life, likes them that way. It also works for cauliflower and brocolini (romanescu?)

You must have fresh, not tired brussels sprouts.

3:49 am

uhoh sprout wars

3:49 am

I'm afraid I like all my vegetable overcooked! bad nelly

3:50 am

who needs vitamins, anyway?

Stop making me laugh, ata. We like all our veg only just cooked, except potatoes. I do magic roast potatoes, crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside.

With sea salt on them.

Drool.

3:51 am

I'm sure Sally's food is better than mine! I used to be a good cook but have basically lost interest since we don't entertain so much now

Nah, we all cook and eat differently. I love eating other people's food. Come to think of it, I just love eating ...

3:52 am

Actually, if I don't cook it, everything tastes better to me

3:52 am

The foods I really love are unavailable here, e.g. sushi

3:52 am

T-bone steaks

3:52 am

Italian sausage

3:53 am

(that's NY Italian sausage)

Do you get back to the States sometimes, ruby, to stock up, or satisfy your cravings at least?

3:54 am

yes, when I go, I always put my little suitcase into a big, soft, empty one and stock up on American products, even things like aluminum foil

? Surely you can get foil in France?

3:55 am

and when visitors come, they always ask and bring OTC American drugs and the odd special thing, e.g. canned pumpkin

3:55 am

and when I visit my son in

3:55 am

TX, we pig out on Mexican food, sushi, barbeque and steaks

3:57 am

does anybody have either the j or the lonely u's?

I have the right hand U, un 6/21, t take something off a spool.

Two other Us from the left. One is the bear, and one relates to wee.

3:59 am

thank you sally, that was a big help

I have the J, thinking of a clue.

JU 5/22: JU + I know I can ***y on Ata for dog advice.

4:00 am

yay me!

Creep that I am.

4:01 am

ty ty

4:01 am

Good morning all.

4:01 am

and it's a fish. which I know about too

4:01 am

ata is the one who first diagnosed Max and knew exactly the meds the vet wd prescribe!

4:02 am

hi FM.

Hi FM

4:02 am

FM!!!! how are you today?

4:03 am

Just got back from the Doc's, don't think next Wed is going to work :( We may have to delay it at least another week :(

4:03 am

Do you all know that FM gave me my first fireworks the other day? She is my angel!

4:03 am

whenever, dear

4:04 am

awe ruby it was my pleasure.

4:04 am

he was manipulating my knee and now it is as sore as anything.

4:05 am

ouchie!

4:05 am

How was KWT Ata?

4:05 am

anybody puts a hand on my knee gets smacked!

4:06 am

fun, much tea was drunk

4:06 am

lol ruby

4:06 am

Whizzing in and out again - but wanted to say hello!

4:07 am

Good morning HAz, hows the decorating going?

4:07 am

hello! hello glittery one!

4:07 am

Kitchen wallpapering nearly completed, utility room will be started today. It's looking good!

4:08 am

Greased lightening is our Haz :)

4:08 am

But this morning I'm having a break and doing the business programme thing with a primary school.

visitor, brb

4:08 am

see you later after lunch

4:08 am

Bye ruby

4:08 am

I'm slow compared to the professionals, but it is satisfying to get it done.

4:09 am

Has F heard anything from the interviews yet Haz?

4:09 am

Not yet, she'll probably hear by the end of this week. She is more hopeful of the second one but still not convinced that she'd be good enough.

4:10 am

It's all so competitive, isn't it?

4:10 am

I'll let you know what transpires - meanwhile, I'd better get more civilised looking for the children. I've been doing housework in my jammies!

4:10 am

but you never get these things if you feel 110% confident

4:11 am

fingers crossed and do let us know! I would hate to have to interview,now, would be so incredibly nervous. Amm much moreused to being the one conducting the interview.

4:11 am

Very true Ata

4:12 am

I know, and she has a history of declaring that she's failed every exam she's ever sat, so we tend to wait to hear the result before we start worrying.

4:12 am

lol I always do that too

4:12 am

So, off I go, hopefully see you later. And get that knee better, FM!

4:12 am

I was very lucky once I had got established I was head hunted.

4:13 am

Byeee! *gone in a cloud of wallpaper paste*

4:13 am

Im working on it Haz, see you later.

4:13 am

Bye!

4:14 am

Ata have you started the grid yet and if so what is it like?

4:15 am

started it, but only pootling with it really. its ok so far ...

4:15 am

am trying to start writing my estuary essay, but of course today I seem to be having a post-flu day

4:16 am

Might give it a go later but have things to do this morning. Awe, you take care of yourself and keep warm and sunggled up.

4:18 am

Talking of things to do I had better get going. (((Ata)))

4:18 am

s

4:18 am

*hugs fm*

Back.

5:23 am

Good morning/day to all.

5:25 am

No one has been here for an hour!

5:25 am

Come out peoples!

Oh Hi scrabs, have just come back (again)

5:26 am

Hi Sally

5:26 am

This appears to be a tough grid. Words are not jumping out at me.

Hello Sally and Scrabbler

5:27 am

morning Scrabs

How are all the bunnies today.

and bojazz

5:27 am

hi Sally * guernsey

Love the green bunny

5:27 am

Hi Bo + GG

5:28 am

ah, GG - much easier

5:28 am

Tucker seems much better this morning. There were many poops in his litter box, he is full of energy and was eager for his morning salad. I am SO relieved!

I like GG. makes me feel like a horse

5:28 am

The other 3 bunnies are doing well. They are my cute kids.

So pleased scrabbler

5:29 am

or Gigi, from the movies

5:29 am

As any devoted pet owner, I get frantic when one of my bunnies is ill. I have been tense since Thursday.

If only i had Lesley Caron's looks.

What sort of animal is your icon, BJ?

5:31 am

before or after the worms visited?

5:32 am

Hi BR. Warming up yet in ND?

5:32 am

don't know, it's from a movie and i forget which one

5:32 am

hi BR

5:33 am

bad BR, bad

5:33 am

Yes. Snow is melting and some ground has appeared.

oh, is that the time - i have to get ready for my art class. Bye all.

5:35 am

Same here, BR. But there is a huge snow base on the XC + downhill trails so skiing continues. I will XC ski this afternoon.

bye, gigi

5:35 am

Bye GG

5:36 am

bye GG

Be back later to finish: 30 left to find, see you all later.

good morning everyone. Hopw all is well.

6:07 am

hi red - how're you?

I am good, just got up....working on grid, have coffee...whats not to like!

6:09 am

the day off?

6:09 am

Hi Red

yes...i only work 3 days a week. hi scrabbs how us tucker?

6:10 am

Good morning!

err is tucker?

6:10 am

hi Mudd

6:11 am

Tucker is better! He is very active, was excited for his morning salad, and there were 2 dozen or so poops in his litter box which made me so happy. It looks like his GI tract is recovering. I am so relieved!

6:11 am

Hi Mudd

goo d news.

hi mudd

6:11 am

Hi all...any chance of a clue for ce6/27 please?

6:12 am

I go nuts when one of my bunnies is sick.

6:12 am

Hi Flask

6:12 am

hi Lfask

6:12 am

Hi Scrabb

6:12 am

*Flask

6:12 am

...and bojazz

hi flask.

6:14 am

Hi Red.....anyone have a wee clue for me please?

6:14 am

How's today's grid?

6:14 am

harder than yesterdays!

just started...

6:15 am

Any longish words to turn me gray?

6:15 am

Tough, Mudd! I am up to 50 but see nothing else. Now I have to get ready for work. Bye kids.

6:15 am

if it's harder than yesterday, i don't stand a chance - lol

6:15 am

bye Scrabs

i have ce 6, 27, a food you put in a soup or salad and some like to put peanut butter on it

6:16 am

I'm not to 50 and already feel as if I'm struggling oh well ... that's why I'm here, to learn.

6:17 am

thx angel

ty angelina.

6:18 am

I'd hoped to use the cl and cr more. Searching out the tr words now.

yw

hello

6:19 am

thanx!

6:20 am

Hi herin!

yw

6:20 am

hi herin

hi herin

How goes it?

6:21 am

good here

6:21 am

how's downunder?

cold

6:23 am

sorry - starting to warm here. may be 78 Satu

nie

my cat is seriously demented he was playing with scissors

6:25 am

just "cutting up" a bit?

He is a black cat so maybe he had an emo moment

and now he is after my Pims biscut

6:35 am

I'm stumbling on the ch 6 words and can't pick myself up.

6:36 am

Finally ... man, I don't know why that took so long ... no coffee yet, I'm guessing.

6:37 am

Mudd, raise your glass and say ch****

what is it with boys seriously

6:37 am

Do that enough times and you'll be in a ch**** mood.

6:38 am

Clue for the J would be welcome here.

6:40 am

I did. I'll bbl, I need coffee before going on.

gramma - it's ju 5/22, some kind of fish

HI Lady

good morning herin

How you

rather be home than at work, but at least there's no one here!!

Ok. I would like my brain to work but itunes is failing

it's very late/early there isn't it?

IT is nearly midnight. I can't remember how to use itunes

sorry, can't help, never used them.

B.f isnt here and he is helpful

i use my son for all that technical stuff!!

I haven't changed my music on my ipod for ever so I have totally forgoten

lol

lol

i think i have a lag on my puter!!

6:53 am

hello again everybody

6:53 am

ladycece, ty.

yw

HI Ruby and Gramma

6:53 am

bo, are you still here?

6:54 am

hi again lady

well gotta run, people here now!

6:54 am

this is an interesting grid, but I can't even get to half

I just found my old laptops photos backed up squeel

7:05 am

Hello all - is lickety up today?

no idea sorry

7:06 am

hello urshy

7:07 am

any clue for the 9?

7:07 am

any clue for the 9?

7:07 am

then I have to go

no idea sorry

7:08 am

I've been being really nice but DH is acting up again -- what to do, what to do!

Tell him stfu and be quiet?

7:09 am

no, he's physically threatening

7:09 am

doesn't do anything, but threatens to

Leave

7:09 am

and I'm much smaller and not strong

7:10 am

etas

7:10 am

whoops

leave

7:12 am

the 9 is aplural of the ********** from the black lagoon

7:12 am

or James Herriot's All ********* Great and Small

7:12 am

ty lideola, I never saw that

7:12 am

kept looking for create

Sorry Ruby but I put up with that for far to long

7:20 am

this is a mean grid

7:23 am

it is ursh

7:23 am

hello all

7:23 am

need help with E on bottom and the J pls

7:24 am

NM got the e on the bootm

Hi Peri

7:28 am

good morning everyone - just getting on for the day - mean grid? oh oh!

7:29 am

Morning friends

7:30 am

hi Babblers!

7:30 am

Hiya Aloy!

7:32 am

good morning all

7:32 am

your icon has inspired me to go buy some flowers to plant, hego (-:

7:32 am

Happy spring, Aloy.

7:33 am

Hi Boo

7:33 am

yay for Spring!

7:33 am

you betcha

night all

7:33 am

I will join in on that!!!

7:34 am

AND GREETINGS ALL

7:34 am

nite lady

7:34 am

HI FM

7:34 am

oops soory didn;t mean to shout

7:34 am

Wonderful Wednesday to you, FM!

7:34 am

Night herin

7:34 am

sweet dreams, herin

7:34 am

just very enthusiastic greetings FM

7:34 am

lol, well and wacky wednesday to you Aloy :)

7:34 am

Happy Wednesday, world word wranglers.

7:35 am

lol, my lips are all puckered up

7:35 am

Hi Judi

7:35 am

Mornin" Judi

7:36 am

Hope spring is showing itself at some level with all of you, it has been a long winter.

7:37 am

great in NJ right now FM

7:37 am

We have crocuses and snow drops here. And right next to them are the remnants of three feet of snow.

7:38 am

snow yech, sun and blue skies yay!

7:39 am

the citrus trees are full of buds.. looking forward to the aroma of orange blossoms (-:

7:39 am

I know it is still very early in the year but I just get so excited when the mornings start getting lighter and things start growing.

7:39 am

*goes and sits down quietly in the corner*

7:40 am

almost makes winter worthwhile

7:40 am

so much nicer to wake up and want to get up instead of snuggling in for warmth!

7:41 am

oh don't I woke up at 4am this morning, am feeling v tired now :(

7:41 am

And the birds are getting active. And singing.

7:41 am

Have a coffee FM

7:41 am

nap time for FM.. 4am? wow

7:42 am

tried to get back to sleep but at 4.30 got up. Was having a nightmare :((

7:42 am

aw, sorry FM.. not a restful night.. :-(

7:42 am

Poor FM!

7:42 am

Did you Babble?

it's warm and rainy in chicago. great day for a nap

7:43 am

Hi GE

morning :)

7:43 am

lol hego, I did have babble up but had already finished the grid just watched the chat, drank tea and did some paperwork.

7:44 am

Sounds like it's time for a power nap!

7:44 am

belated congrats on your finish, FM!

7:44 am

Aloy that was yesterdays grid, haven't even started today!

7:45 am

oh, lol.. well, very belated congrats then!

7:45 am

yesterday was a looonnng one.

7:45 am

*grin*

hey FM what time is the flip for you?

7:45 am

6am which works well.

7:46 am

It's 1 AM my time. I'll never see it. lol

7:46 am

urff heavens no, I wouldn't either at that time of the night.

silly me. i hadn't even thought about it being different in other time zones

sometimes i'm in my own little world

7:47 am

phone brb

7:48 am

I babbled last night and was sleepy, I typed words in under the grid.. now I am pleasantly surprised to find words not listed as a c

7:48 am

lol, I got used to time zones whe I worked for a US co and had to phone the States every evening and the far east every morning.

7:48 am

"check" in Lickety's.... sorry, typo slip

7:48 am

good morning everyone!

7:49 am

Morning Mom

7:49 am

Hi, Mom!

7:49 am

{{FMitch}}, {{Judi}} hello

morning mom

7:49 am

{Good Enough} hello

7:50 am

How are you, Mom?

7:51 am

mornin babblers!

7:51 am

mornin, Eva

hi eva

7:51 am

{{Aloy}} hello. I am doing just fine. and you?

7:51 am

Hi Eva

7:52 am

Hi EvaN!

7:52 am

just dandy today, Mom.. but someone drank my coffee.. brb

oh time to get ready for the day. it's my day off and i'm having breakfast with my mommy friends! bbl

7:53 am

I would blame EvaN as she has just arrived :)

7:53 am

Bye GE

7:53 am

sounds delightful Good Enough, have a great time

7:55 am

so, i think i have managed to find a wedding dress that far outshines the wedding dress we have loved to poke fun at all this time...

7:56 am

so tell Eva

7:56 am

Oh wow wtg EvaN, when can we see a pic, dowe have to wait for the big day?

7:56 am

do*

7:56 am

behold, my fellow babblers: http://tinyurl.com/dfn98y

7:57 am

everyone is copying and pasting all at one time ...:)

7:57 am

Oh, shucks. I can't see tiny url's while I'm at work. Make it your icon, woman!

7:57 am

gosh, Eva

7:57 am

no worries, judy. i can share the real URL: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip edia/commons/a/aa/New_York_Wedding_dre ss.png

7:58 am

oh yea right the dress that show more than we need to see. are yo ubridesmaids going to be in green and orange net too??

7:58 am

LOL

7:59 am

you should have seen what Haz wrote when I sent her that pic a while ago!

7:59 am

Dress? What dress! Egad. I suppose that could work with a very long and very thick veil.

7:59 am

ahh, youve seen this one, FM?

8:00 am

oh yes

8:00 am

I sure she had plenty to say, FMitch

8:00 am

well, dang. i thought i was working with uncharted territory here...

8:00 am

I'm sure her eyes are still burning.

8:00 am

It's not a dress Judi, it more a big skirt with a couple of discerning points shall we say.

8:00 am

I had not seen it Eva

8:01 am

What was she thinking and what would the 2 sets of parents thought??? the mind just boggles.

8:01 am

I would hope that that's a photoshop goof and that some bride did not actually have such bad taste.

8:02 am

After some of the outfits I have seen on TV recently related to weddings I am willing to believe that it is a real pic.

8:03 am

maybe she just wanted to show off her wedding present from her hubby. I wouldn't raise my arms to high if I were her

8:03 am

OMG.. well, I guess she had to show off her enhancements that cost mega $$

8:03 am

lol Mom

8:03 am

Stacey and Clinton should have been there to throw a burlap sack over her and stuff her into a van.

8:03 am

who is Stacey and Clinton, Judi?

8:04 am

stacey + clinton are the hosts of What Not To Wear

8:04 am

Back again. Saw the dress. Yikes!

8:04 am

oh, I have not seen that show.

8:04 am

HGTV show, Mom.

8:04 am

Hi Hego

8:05 am

Have seen it before. Think it is real.

8:05 am

Hi Mom

8:05 am

the gown police should have arrested her

8:06 am

You gotta wonder what man would even appear in public with that.

8:06 am

Can you imagine the poor clergy person who had to stand between 'those' while he read vows???

8:06 am

lol Judi

8:07 am

The mind boggles it really does!

8:07 am

:) Judi

8:07 am

this just in, actor Corey Haim found dead...

8:07 am

It wasn't a church, I can tell you that for sure.

8:07 am

who, Eva?

8:07 am

Ah, well. That explains a lot, Hego.

8:07 am

My dad would have thrown a fit, not that I would wear something like that.

8:08 am

as would my mom and my sweetie

8:08 am

who knows that girl might be the next star in the movie in Judi's icon

8:08 am

Corey Haim -- one of "the coreys" from all the 80s movies i grew up on...

8:08 am

the name strikes a bell, but can't place Corey Haim..

8:09 am

LOL Mom!

8:09 am

Haim's picture is up on MSN, along with the news release.

8:09 am

Mom, it looks just like her!

8:10 am

OK am going to give in and have a nap, TTFN all and Happy Babbling.

8:10 am

have a good night, free of nightmares, FMitch

8:10 am

Good nap FM. Later.

8:10 am

hope you have a wonderful nap, FM... sending a sprinkle of sweet dreams dust to hover over you..

8:11 am

maybe her name is "Debbie"

8:11 am

Pulp fiction title: "She Makes Marriage a Sin".

8:12 am

this grid is diabolical. Not that i've been paying that much attention to it.

8:13 am

I agree, Hego. I am having a hard time with it

8:13 am

and being distracted by EvaN's dress didn't help.

8:13 am

Maybe if we focus. Hmmm....

8:14 am

EvaN, what would your fiance say if you wanted to wear a dress like that?

8:15 am

Good morning eyeryone

8:15 am

Hi Bob

8:15 am

hi MrB

8:15 am

Good morning Mr. Bob

8:18 am

anybody got the j?

8:18 am

not me, Hego but will help you look

8:18 am

ju + cousins are your ***atives

8:18 am

Yes, hego. It's a ju5.

8:19 am

thank you Aloy and Judi

8:19 am

wasn't that Superman's Krypton name or something?

8:19 am

Hey, is that Superman's dad? No I guess not.

8:20 am

lol Aloy.

8:20 am

maybe, hego

8:20 am

i think it was Kal-el

8:20 am

ty Aloy

8:20 am

Dad was Jor-el

8:20 am

when I saw it, I thought of Superman.. ah, ok..

8:21 am

Ha! I was going to give the Superman's father clue, but I thought I would just get blank stares.

8:21 am

not from this oldster, Judi.. lol

8:21 am

Babbler's all know weird stuff.

8:21 am

i often want to give what i think are perfect clues, until i realize they are inside jokes with dear fiance or our friends...heh

8:22 am

we are proud to be weird word nerds

8:22 am

yup!

8:24 am

Hey my real name is in here!

8:24 am

*beaming* I'm so proud of our nerdiness!

8:24 am

Like the lady of Troy

8:24 am

hints for the right-hand U or the bottom-row E?

8:25 am

right hand u= un6 eva

8:25 am

the E is scary

8:25 am

Un6: when the film tumbles out of the projector.

8:25 am

Hi Movieman

8:25 am

TY for the E. i always forget to spell it that way too! looking for the U now...

8:25 am

thanks Judi

8:25 am

hiya everyone

8:26 am

...back, short interruption

8:26 am

Hi MM

8:26 am

got the U. TY mm

8:26 am

yvw eva

8:26 am

hi movieman

8:27 am

60 down (Hego, guess it did help to concentrate). Need to go and get ready to go to my parents. {{Hugs}} to all of you

8:27 am

Bye Mom. hagd. :-)

8:28 am

bye Hego, you too!

8:28 am

Have a great visit, Mom..

8:28 am

thanks Aloy, I enjoy them so much.

8:29 am

peanut butter + crackers. breakfast of champions...

8:30 am

Yah!

8:30 am

Seeya, Mom!

8:31 am

good brain food

8:32 am

Nuffin wrong with PB and crackers.

8:32 am

healthy, actually

8:32 am

i brought in a box of Honey Nut cheerios to have in the mornings, but (1) my bowl is dirty and (2) i hafta buy some milk. and i was too lazy to take care of either of those issues. pb and crackers were at the desk, ready to go...

8:35 am

Hey, look, I got nbt and nbs!

8:35 am

ive got NBT, but i still need an 8 and 9 for NBS...

8:35 am

what a surprise.

8:36 am

eva it's the cr8 from the black lagoon and pl

8:36 am

TY, thats both NBT and NBS for me too!

8:36 am

YAY! us

8:37 am

Definitely smack me with a fish from the black lagoon.

8:37 am

:-D

8:38 am

looking down when I should have been looking up, finally found the sc6 of the eyeballs

8:38 am

*backs away, so as to not get sprayed with black lagoon fish stuff*

8:38 am

It's really not easy to see.

8:38 am

ty aloy

8:39 am

Indeed. Pond scum is not easy to wash out.

8:39 am

yw, hego

8:41 am

need a break. need to get stuff done. hagd all.

8:42 am

you too, hego!

8:43 am

.. and fireworks here

8:44 am

off to buy some shrubbery to replace the ones we lost to Old Man Winter.. any clues needed before I go?

8:45 am

ok.. Happy Babbling !

8:45 am

gday aloy!

8:46 am

whoo hoo aloy!

8:55 am

i lack the left u and the j for nbt :-(

left u = ur** major or minor in the solar system

8:56 am

morning all!

8:56 am

hi - what is nbt and nbs

8:56 am

hi jmb pinny and mom

8:56 am

Hmm. 23 left. I grow weary of this grid.

or ut** (that actress everyone always clues)

hi jmc et all

8:56 am

nbt means all the titles in tile stats have at least one word found

8:57 am

nbs is the same for the word stats tiles

8:57 am

ty pinny now all i need is the J

8:57 am

got it - thank you

me too...

8:58 am

just one of the many possible milestones so you can feel like you got somewhere! ;-)

8:59 am

guess I need the bottom E and the J to get to NBT

8:59 am

the bottom e is a scary word mom

9:00 am

got it thanks

9:02 am

okay got the J

9:02 am

ju5/22

got it! ty jmc

brings me to 88/77

9:04 am

wtg pinny

9:04 am

how about you mom?

9:05 am

12 people make a ju*y and a spanish hero is ** cid

9:05 am

okay I am off to work! bbl

hagd jmc

9:19 am

Need clue for the sc6/21 and the ty4/6 and ty5/16.

ty4/6 is what you have on your car

sc6/21 is the white of your eyes

9:22 am

Got that one Pinny. Need the first ones.

9:22 am

work interruptus here - down to 65 left

oh sorry judi - haven't listed yet so didn't know the order

oh - you want ty** (the one who does up the laces on your shoes) and plural

9:25 am

I can finally say I am at NBT - yeah with 64 left

well done momsy

and i just hit 100/65

9:28 am

Ty for the clues! Fireworks!!

9:28 am

congrats judi

9:30 am

is lickety up today - i still see yesterday's clues?

9:30 am

and hello all

9:31 am

good morning ursh

9:32 am

my lickety is working - its me that is stumbling

9:35 am

tx mom will clear cache and reboot - see if that helps

9:52 am

did chat go down - no one is talking - hello out there

9:52 am

hello

9:53 am

hi all

9:53 am

anyone got a clue for the lower U?

9:53 am

oh good - I feeling all alone out here in babble land

9:53 am

un6 - don't dance with the Scotsman.

9:54 am

thanks :)

9:54 am

un6=the film is out of the projector

9:54 am

You're welcome!

9:54 am

hi haz

9:54 am

Hello! I'm kind of in silent observation mode at the minute.

9:54 am

i have cr8 and 9, what's the other 8 ?

9:55 am

au8 - being a plural.

9:55 am

au but dont have it - help on the cr

9:55 am

woohoo, thanks haz, now only one more 7, too!

9:55 am

all cr9 of our God and king

9:55 am

cr8 and cr9 - as written about by James Herriot.

9:56 am

cr9 great and small

9:56 am

dont know who that is

9:56 am

so the 7's are au, nu, tu x 2, and ?

9:56 am

cr8 from the black lagoon

9:57 am

He wrote books about veterinary matters in 1930s England. He took the title from the first line of a hymn.

9:57 am

hi everyone!, clue for the j? plz?

9:57 am

not seeing the au 8

9:57 am

*gasp* everyone should know James Herriot

9:58 am

rhymes with superman's father lbd

9:58 am

sorry

9:58 am

au8 - sounds like but is not spelled the same as the all knowing ones from Delphi.

9:58 am

superman had a father?

9:58 am

of course superman had a father... a biological one AND an adoptive one!

9:58 am

yes on Krypton

9:58 am

great clue on the au's - thanks

9:58 am

on his home planet -- not be confused with Mr. Kent

9:59 am

Let nobody say that babble is not educational.

9:59 am

so the 7's are au, nu, tu x 2, and ?

9:59 am

hi ata

9:59 am

It's Lois Lane who had Father issues

10:00 am

lets now forget poor Jimmy

10:00 am

I meant not - see this is my problem - typos

10:00 am

I thought the first line of that hymn was all things bright and beautiful

10:00 am

(thinks Jimmy and Superman had a side relationship)

10:00 am

alllll cr9 great and small .....

10:00 am

*wink wink*

10:01 am

no i think you were tight we should forget jimmy olsen now

10:01 am

Okay, second line, unless it was a really wide hymnal which accomodated more than one line at once.

10:01 am

okie dokie. got superman's father. didn't know it was spelled with a U...tx

10:01 am

all things wise and wonderful

10:01 am

it wasn't it was spelled with an o

10:01 am

it wasn't spelled with a U but the clue works

10:02 am

ahhh, that's why i couldn't see it. (not really, but that's my story and i'm sticking with it! lol)

10:02 am

SO, the 7's are au, nu, tu x 2, and ?

10:02 am

We're getting very fussy about clues. If you'd been around in the days of hoops and snakes and chairs, you'd have known real pain.

10:02 am

ROFL

10:02 am

snakes?

10:02 am

Still looking for the other 7..

10:02 am

*stands on chair and looks around*

10:03 am

ahhh yes, i remember describing letters! that was a pain.

10:03 am

Exactly, jmc. Snakes. (s)

10:03 am

no-one has said hi *sulks*

10:03 am

oooh! *gets off the h*

10:03 am

It was a way of spelling out a word without spelling out a word. Hockey sticks for j that kind of thing.

10:04 am

how about the lone e? bottom of 2nd column?

10:04 am

they still get used some

10:04 am

that is not true, ata, i saw at least one person say hi to you

10:04 am

Hello Ata! (please say hello to Ata, she's not a pleasant sulker)

10:04 am

HELLO ATA :)

10:04 am

Hey ATA!!!! HI!!!

10:04 am

hook letter and chair letter doo

10:04 am

ee4, spooky

10:04 am

and Afternoon all.

10:04 am

very scary word lb

10:04 am

Hello FM!

10:04 am

did you, smurshy? I didn't!!! Well I apologise to whoever that was :P

10:04 am

guten tag ata

10:04 am

hi FM!

10:04 am

i said hi -- i guess i am not good enough

10:04 am

hi fm

10:05 am

Hello jmc

10:05 am

*sulks that at is sulking*

10:05 am

(a therapist would be handy now)

10:05 am

thank you. i think i need another cuppa coffee.

10:05 am

hi mom

10:05 am

concentrating too hard on this grid - feeling stupid with 49 left

10:05 am

sorry jmc! I totally didn't see that! :D

10:05 am

*back to sulking*

10:05 am

oh okay then I sang with you and everything!

10:05 am

Therapy? WIth balanced minds like ours?

10:05 am

i said hi to everyone! phlibbbbbttttt

10:06 am

my mind is gone when I cant think of supemans fathers name

10:06 am

*puts flower in foil hat and dances barefoot around chog*

10:06 am

(haz isn't thinking hard enough)

10:06 am

that's why God made google mom

10:06 am

ruru, saw yr chat this moring re how you took yr name for babble and yr icon pic, lovely story :)

10:06 am

it will come to me at some unexplained time during the day

10:07 am

that would make it too easy jmc

10:07 am

I knew I loved jmc really :)

10:07 am

lol nothing makes it too easy

10:07 am

*beams*

10:07 am

the S's are toooooo hard

10:08 am

cute isn't it FM?

10:08 am

i have two Ss

10:08 am

I hoped for senryu but it's not there.

10:08 am

it is a sweet photo and story ru

10:08 am

i thought it was going to be dylan romping in his first snow though

10:08 am

nor select

10:09 am

nor hirsute

10:09 am

or even plain old hairy

10:10 am

back for a few more;)

10:10 am

Hairy McClairy from Donaldson's Dairy....

10:10 am

or chairs

10:10 am

hi crossy

Muffin Mclay like a bundle of hay

10:10 am

yay Hairy McClary!

10:10 am

or stature

10:10 am

harry mcclairy and zachary quack!

10:10 am

((crossy))

10:10 am

nor Scarface Claw

10:10 am

howdy jmc

10:10 am

okay must go pretend i work around here

10:10 am

Bottomly Potts all covered with spots...

10:10 am

(((FM)))

10:11 am

I like Slinky Malinki

10:11 am

I have always worried about you Ata :)

10:11 am

sa7 is the other 7 - extend the sa5.

10:11 am

hi crossy, hi fm

10:12 am

but then again I think Haz\ is a liability too

10:12 am

howdy ibd

10:12 am

Hey lbd, loving the latest icon :)

10:12 am

i have four sa5s... none of them look appealingly extendable...

10:12 am

Yes, I just drag you all down, don't I?

10:12 am

Had a wonderful time with granddaughter yesterday. She is about 32 months old.She said 'I'm going to call you your proper name' I said OK? She said I am going to call you Mum!! Because that is what my daughter calls me so she thought that was my proper name!!!

10:12 am

she's a bad influence

10:12 am

*Beaming*

10:13 am

awe Deeha

10:13 am

it is treason to speak such ill of the Queen of the World

10:13 am

*strolls by chog, sees Ata dare to call someone else a bad influence and trips over her own feet, choking...*

10:13 am

ROFL EvaN

10:13 am

That's told her, EvaN!

10:14 am

but she's striving to become a bad influence! I complimented her!

10:14 am

guess it takes one to know one...

10:14 am

Did you get that other sa7, hurshy? You might have missed it due to the shock of seeing me declared a bad influence and a liability all on the one day.

10:15 am

absolutely!

10:15 am

i saw that you clued it but i cannot figure out which of my 5's to extend and how... perhaps it is a 5 i don't have yet

10:15 am

sa5/14

10:15 am

i have two of those...

10:15 am

use the 2nd one hursh

10:15 am

it's ok, though, i had got 90%, so i got the list, so i'll figure it out when i get to S

10:16 am

showoff

10:16 am

The woodland deity.

10:16 am

*giggle*

10:16 am

aha

10:17 am

ATA is calling ME a showoff? i guess this is her pot-kettle day

10:17 am

Show off? This coming from one who knows long scientific words?

10:17 am

I can be smug (I rented 50ps worth from Ata) I have finished.

10:17 am

When did her smug go on sale?

10:18 am

I was wondering that

10:18 am

LOL Hursh It didn't I took a bit and put some moeny in the honesty box.

10:18 am

I think I charge more than that

10:18 am

Confessions of a smug renter.

10:19 am

Confessions of a smug, underpaying renter.

10:19 am

oo-er. big military heli just flew past at roof level

10:19 am

*grin*

10:19 am

ooooo what whas it?

10:19 am

I think it's lost

10:19 am

Chinook?

10:20 am

I've had a couple of ordinary military copers this week but no Chinnoks :(

10:20 am

Run out quickly, Ata, and put stones to point Canterbury -----------> that way.

10:20 am

BRB

10:20 am

last night i was watching some top gear, and then as i slept, i had a dream that hammond was driving me to a dinner party at jeremy's house, and when we arrived and got out of the car, he wasn't just short, he was a midget - like 3 feet tall.

10:20 am

nope. PUma, I think

10:20 am

Military copers? The strong, silent, dependable types?

10:21 am

FM is clearly getting stones ready for any wayward Chinook.

10:22 am

the nearest airfield is *miles* away from here, civilian or military

10:22 am

or 6?

10:22 am

that thar is an or6 hog

10:22 am

or6 - American for stubborn

10:22 am

thank you.. (hangs head)

10:23 am

You're welcome.

10:23 am

I figured that one out - Im from US - hmmmm

10:24 am

sc6?

10:25 am

Good question, hurshy. I'm looking for it.

10:25 am

sc6/21? that one?

10:25 am

thinks of your eye for sc6

10:25 am

yes, that's the only one, ata

10:25 am

that was my first word *smug*

10:26 am

See what I mean?

10:26 am

my typing is getting bad - must take a break

10:26 am

*drowns undr Atas sugness*

10:26 am

Oddly enough, it was my first word too. *double smugness*

10:26 am

*and my inept typing skills*

10:26 am

yay Jac!

10:26 am

Hey Jacs!

10:27 am

I could role play and ask for a clue, but I won't. I've got it now.

10:27 am

ok, well, i'm finished now, so, pllllt on smug ata

10:27 am

i have the cr8, clue for the other 8 plz

10:27 am

Hello!:-)

10:27 am

Hello, Jac!

10:27 am

oh do HAz do :)

10:27 am

curly letter .... stick letter ......

10:27 am

And they say that I'm a bad influence....

10:27 am

pl o fthe au7/36 mm

10:28 am

I don't understand. Curly? Sticks? Hmmmmmmm?????????

10:28 am

but They apparently mean it as a compliment, haz

10:28 am

Guten MOrgen. Are there any lickety errors in today

10:28 am

ty mitch

10:28 am

... letter shaped like an e ... hook letter ... and no idea about what the last letter looks like!

10:28 am

hoops and charis too, don't forget them!

10:28 am

yes, loads of letter looking like charis

10:29 am

No inge, all is well in babble land :)

10:29 am

FIREWORKS!

10:29 am

Well done!

10:29 am

Thank you.

10:29 am

Congrats Jacs!!

10:29 am

Have I missed the clue?

10:30 am

Do I have to spell it out to you again HAz?

10:30 am

Thanks. Can I get a clue for cr 8 and 9 please

10:30 am

animals, inge

10:30 am

Got to go; cooking to do. Happy Babbling.

10:30 am

the thins in Jac's and Haz's pics

10:30 am

Bye Jacs

10:31 am

Have you got it yet or should I try again before you ask?

10:32 am

I'll spare you from more!

10:32 am

*phew* thanks

10:33 am

I'm rubbish at role-playing.

10:34 am

yes you are.

10:34 am

By rights I should have given you a list of demands.

10:35 am

thanks, moviieman.

10:35 am

I know but I wouldn't chane you for the world :)

10:35 am

I didn't get it! CLUE PLS!

10:35 am

Ata is better, she shows no mercy.

10:35 am

Oh shush Ata

10:36 am

that was wrong though. I didn't get it! Anotehr clue!

10:36 am

last clue I need is for sc 6. Is the third etter a H or R?

10:37 am

nope

10:37 am

Tough titties, go find it yrself Ata

10:38 am

Neither, inge, it's l.

10:38 am

Oops. Thanks Haz, will keep trying

10:39 am

ack, phone bbl

10:39 am

Think of MS and what the S stands for, but end with a different vowel.

10:39 am

milestone?

10:40 am

sado-masichism?

10:40 am

Hello, Dachef!

10:41 am

do, de done.

10:42 am

hello! Love saying 'sado-masichism in the chat and watching it go quiet.

10:42 am

but it waould have to be mado-sasichism

10:42 am

We've all hit that panic button that gets us through to the police.

10:42 am

bugger. bye.

10:43 am

He's trying to con us into thinking he's an author. We know better.

10:44 am

We'll keep him talking to give the police a chance to track him down.

10:46 am

see? This is what happens when usay 'sado-masichism' in the chog. Straight away people try to get rid of you. Sigh.

10:46 am

I think he's vanished ...

10:46 am

need to take a break from babble and get some more work done. bbl

10:46 am

Bye jmb.

10:46 am

So, Dachef, how are you?

10:47 am

fine - enjoying the sunshine. I assume its raining back home?

10:48 am

*puts on Leather chaps.. so what's the big deal about s & m?*

10:48 am

OMG - I have a student who cannot tell time - in high school!

10:48 am

I don't know about Wales, but it's been sunshine all the way for a few days here. But minus temperatures at nights means heavy frost.

10:48 am

I have two pair of leather chaps, ruru - can lend one to you

10:49 am

ruru - dont say it. I did and I got ostracized by the babble ladies - not a pleasant sight. A bit like being chased by a group of angry nuns.

10:49 am

updated photo of my niece & nephew!

10:50 am

Wesley is really growing up!

10:50 am

they tend to do that, somehow, don't they?

10:51 am

co8uld someone think of an easier to understand clue for the au 7?

10:51 am

collared shirts always make little boys look older anyway.

10:51 am

I know! But he's not a baby any more, he's a real little boy.

10:52 am

au7 - ends like the icy thing that hangs down (last four letters)

10:52 am

this is true.

10:52 am

ty haz

10:52 am

that was it.. thank you haz

10:52 am

You're welcome.

10:53 am

morning

10:53 am

Hello, hootowl.

10:54 am

it's so confusing the way so many letter groupings are on both sides of the grid

10:54 am

Okay, time I was getting back to my kitchen duties. Have a nice day and enjoy the grid (it's a bit of a stinker towards the end) Bye!

10:55 am

bye dear!

10:55 am

bye haz- and yes, down to 9 and it is a stinker!

10:55 am

Hi all. How many words are there? My 2-week trial is up...

10:56 am

165

10:57 am

Oh, I guess I'm done! Thanks hootowl!

10:57 am

Anyone need a clue before I get to work?

10:57 am

good morning/afternoon, everyone :)

10:58 am

cr 8?

10:58 am

yw

10:58 am

hi nan

10:58 am

animals...

10:58 am

cr features

10:58 am

All ********* great and small

10:59 am

cr8 comforts

10:59 am

dalia you are a wese guy - congrats on finishing

10:59 am

ty everyone

10:59 am

wise

10:59 am

ty!

11:00 am

:D

11:00 am

Did I mention that we spent a day in Heriot country last fall ?-- beautiful countryside.

11:00 am

Isn't everything outside of London beautiful?

11:01 am

Haven't been to too many parts of England -- but our week in Yorkshire was wonderful -- fell in love with the place

11:02 am

*now if we could only get them to drive on the right side of the road, it would be perfect!

11:02 am

but they are on the right side

11:03 am

no -- they drive on the left side

11:04 am

I guess that's why we spend more time in other parts of Europe -- driving is more comfortable

11:04 am

well it's right for them :D

11:04 am

England is the only place they do that?

11:04 am

Yes -- well they still drive stick shifts too

11:05 am

having driven in both countries, I can honestly say that the British way is safer. For one, there is no conflicting green/red lights for pedestrians when you turn left in the UK, and secondly, in the US EVERY single driver is completely nuts.

11:05 am

that's cos we actually have to have lessons before driving :P

11:06 am

as far as lights go, I don't think it makes any difference -- everything is just the opposite

11:06 am

I beg to differ with that! I am not nuts! But Memphis is well-known for crazy drivers!

11:06 am

It certainly requires a lot more concentration for us

11:06 am

the traffic light system is pretty different in the US compared to the UK

11:07 am

I don't know that they understand the word "lessons"

11:07 am

It just amuses me that the Brits seem to have to buck the world

11:07 am

err no, you lot bucked our lead :P

11:07 am

cyber - I think you'll find that we were, erm, sort of, first? An

11:08 am

yeah - that's probably it. But were they driving carts on the left even then?

11:08 am

agreed ata and dachef -- but you are still in the minority

11:08 am

absolutely

11:08 am

and proud of ittoo!

11:08 am

doesn't mean it's wrong!

11:09 am

nope

11:09 am

however it is a moot point as I don't think anyone is going to change over -- was just commenting on the fact that as a North American, I feel more comfortable driving in France, Italy or Germany than I do in England and Scotland

11:10 am

I love driving in the US

11:10 am

Out of the cities and interstates it is great!

11:11 am

Except for the little towns whose only income is traffic fines.

11:11 am

me too - its like a roller coaster. Go to the shops to get some milk and theres a 50/50 chance you'll get back in one piece.

11:11 am

it's so much quieter than driving in the UK. Give me LA over London any day

11:11 am

I must say our most hair raising experience was driving through Place d'Etoile at rush hour.

11:11 am

but to be fair, I suppose I've only really driven in LA. THe interstate is a lottery here.

11:11 am

lol the first time I ever drove in the US was on the I5 in Seattle. That was amusing.

11:12 am

I cn't believe LA traffic is that good. It has quite a rep here. Did you go thru at midnight?

11:12 am

I15 is a piece of cake compared to LA

11:12 am

driving in boston is an experience

11:12 am

THe first time I went on the interstate, I had to change my trousers. Twice.

11:13 am

driven in LA at all random hours of the day. It's still less busy than London!

11:13 am

This is not getting me my last 3 words! Anyone have the sa7,6 & 5.

11:13 am

I find that very hard to believe Ata

11:14 am

ata - you're right, its not as busy. Much faster and much scarier tho.

11:14 am

well, I can only tell you what I've experienced

11:15 am

yes, scarier - too many lanes and turn-offs! But I'd still prefer to drive there everyday than London

11:15 am

wish I could help hoot but dont have them either

11:15 am

ok - well BF went for boxes so we can pack for moving on the 26th. BBl - have fun

11:15 am

really? wow! Personally, give me London traffic any day!!!

11:15 am

tx mom

11:16 am

And timing when you drive is important too

Fireworks!

I have to drive 30 miles before i even get a stoplight.

It's probably drivers like me, on the interstates that you guys hate....

Need clues?

11:21 am

clue for nu7

11:21 am

I love your interstates, sooo easy to drive on. I get to drive in Canterbury with roundabouts, 1 way systems, traffic lights, 3 lanes merging into 1 at random intervals, speed limits of 60mph down tiny country lanes etc etc!

where the baby sleeps, mom

11:23 am

thanks - thought I tried that - must have typo'd - thats the way my day is going

np

stats for J word?

11:24 am

ju5/22

thanks, ata, will look

11:25 am

Down to last two - sa 7/40 and sc 6/21 any clues please

11:25 am

I can sympathise with that, ata --- our parking space in York was through a narrow little carriage way into a private parking area behind some shops and the car the rental agency substituded for the one we had ordered was, I am sure, the larges model of Volvo made over there. The result was we had to keep driving around the block so we could make a right hand turn into the area -- the car wouldn't fit through on one go for a left turn!

11:26 am

sc6/21 - the white of your eyes

11:26 am

Hello, all.

11:26 am

VI!!!!11111!!!

11:27 am

Hey, Ataaaaaa! how are you?

11:27 am

LOL sounds familiar, Cnan. Imagine that kind of stuff every day just to get around Canterbury!

11:28 am

after that for years, suddenly your roads become just so wide and huge and nice!

11:29 am

Thanks for that Vicuna - now any clues for my last one sa 7/40

11:31 am

I wish we had made it to Canterbury -- another area I would love to see. Maybe on another trip if I can get the old boy moving in that direction ;)

11:31 am

sa7/70 - describes a faun-like deity

11:32 am

Canterbury is utterly gorgeous. I love it immensely and love love love living here. It's like seeing thousands of years of history as you wander around

11:32 am

We have nice roads, but not a lot of nice visible history.

11:35 am

nice roads are good! canterbury roads thead in and out of roman city walls lol

11:35 am

*thread

11:35 am

My town celebrates its tricentennial next year, and we're all pleased with ourselves. =D

11:36 am

now I want to go visit the British Isles. Hubby wanted to hike in the Cotswolds this summer but I said it'd be too expensive

11:36 am

You're both right, bichon.

11:37 am

Cotswolds are *great*. I woudl say that though. That's where I come from

11:37 am

sa 6/21?

11:38 am

Thanks Vicuna and finished!

11:38 am

Yay for gran!

11:38 am

I hope to see them before I'm too old to apreciate them

11:38 am

the pound is at it's lowest price in years, bichon

11:38 am

sa6/21 - rhymes with a wreath for a Roman victor

11:38 am

the Cotswolds are gorgeous. I'd give you free tours!

11:38 am

and so is the euro

11:39 am

ty vic

11:41 am

You're welcome.

11:43 am

Now I'm sorry I said no to hubby

11:44 am

Maybe it's not too late.

11:44 am

summer is expensive. august / september is just as lovely, and less busy

11:45 am

http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/Cotswol d/

11:45 am

We have committments in later summer. We'd have to go in July, high season

11:45 am

the Cotswolds is full of Americans in July :P

11:46 am

asci

11:46 am

slaps one's hand

11:47 am

We have so many things to do in June, Aug & Sept. Hubby's on academic calendar and I go out to visit grandkids in CA in June and August. Last July we hiked in Noreay. Very few Americans there

11:48 am

jan and feb is strangely nice too in the cotswolds, as long as it's crisp and wintery

11:50 am

Hi Ata, bichon, vicuna, cybernan. Anyone got clue for the sc6,21 please?

11:50 am

actually the whole year is nice lol, apart from maybe oct - nov - dec

11:50 am

sc6/21 - the white of your eyes

11:50 am

hi hydra!

11:50 am

Hello, hydra.

11:51 am

October is a great time for hiking around here [in New England]

11:51 am

I think that's a word I don't know, Vicuna. I'm off to Google...

11:51 am

sc***otic ring + indef article (biology clue LOL)

11:52 am

Got it! Many thanks. I hadn't seen that 'a'.

11:52 am

multiple ****osis + first vowel

11:53 am

ce 6/27

11:53 am

If only soldiers were warned "Don't shoot til you see their sc6."

11:54 am

ce6/27 - veggie often paired with carrot sticks

11:56 am

ew ew ew ew ew

12:00 pm

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

12:00 pm

Yay for cybernan!

12:00 pm

whoo hoo cyber

12:01 pm

Hello, jmc.

12:01 pm

hi jmc

12:01 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

12:02 pm

None for me, thanks.

12:03 pm

see you tomorrow :)

12:03 pm

i am just dabbling between tasks as work so no ty

12:04 pm

what were you ewing about ata?

12:05 pm

hello everybody

12:05 pm

ata hates the c vegetable

12:06 pm

Hello, rubyfoo.

12:06 pm

hello vicuna

12:06 pm

but I'll bet she would like my chicken soup!

12:06 pm

Mmmm... chicken soup...

12:06 pm

as long as I can't taste the ce stuff!

12:07 pm

I'd be very careful to make it invisible!

12:07 pm

hi ruby

12:07 pm

hi jmc

12:07 pm

*seriously wants to know why the cafeteria cuts the "handle" off of their bananas* how am i supposed to open it??

12:07 pm

that seems a sorta excessive reaction to a word ata

12:07 pm

how do you feel about turnips, ata?

12:08 pm

Poor EvaN. Life is so difficult sometimes!

12:08 pm

they think they are opening it for you eva

12:08 pm

mmmmmm turnips

12:08 pm

I like turnips!

12:08 pm

the hardier i try, the mushier my nana gets!

12:08 pm

I've taught my husband to eat all the vegetables that he hated before

12:09 pm

rutabaga?

12:09 pm

I love root veggies of all sorts.

12:09 pm

i heart me some parsnips

12:09 pm

I also put parsnips in the soup, but they are hard to find here

12:09 pm

we don't have rutabaga here LOL

12:10 pm

Hi All

12:10 pm

Roasted, mashed, in soup... it's all good.

12:10 pm

in some parts of the US they call them Swedes!

12:10 pm

Hello, hego.

12:10 pm

hello hego

12:10 pm

we're talking about vegetables

12:10 pm

Into root veggies today, I see.

12:11 pm

Are you okay, Ruby?

12:11 pm

mmmm..... banana with peanut butter...

12:11 pm

Have you breached the bananas defenses yet?

12:11 pm

eating pb & j as we speak.

12:11 pm

I think we've reached a detente and if it holds, everything will be much better.

12:12 pm

exactly. we have swede. *prim*

12:12 pm

do you make your own jam eva?

12:13 pm

suck it out the end eva

12:13 pm

ew!

12:14 pm

Sigh. It's nice to see all the new arrivals, but lunch is finished, tea's gone luke, the words are coming slowly, and I'd better get back to work soon.

12:14 pm

what? it's just mash banana then

12:14 pm

when i still ate sugar i made my own jam

12:14 pm

I like bananas fried in butter, dowsed in orange juice, sugar and grand marnier and set on fire!

12:14 pm

now i just make pickles and freeze stuff

12:15 pm

what kind of pickles?

12:15 pm

I like making chutney.

12:15 pm

one very nice thing here is pre-cooked beets. Then I just slice them with a little bit of turnip and garlic and add a sweet brine

12:16 pm

and wait a month

12:16 pm

phone call, back now.

12:16 pm

and onions (sorry)

12:16 pm

kosher, bread/n/butter, and i want to make bread'n'butter jalapenos but just haven't had time, jalapenos and energy all at the same time

12:17 pm

oh boy, jmc!

12:17 pm

haven't made chutney since my hubby died (17 years)

12:17 pm

pb & j all over my mouse lol

12:17 pm

we made a huge batch of peach chutney

12:17 pm

*hands hego a wetnap*

12:17 pm

I've never had peach chutney, just mango

12:18 pm

how do you use it jmc

12:18 pm

Mmmm... I made apricot chutney this year.

12:18 pm

or a new mouse

12:18 pm

ty

12:18 pm

ooh

12:18 pm

we went to a pick your own peach place and then cooked away

12:19 pm

how do you use what hego? the wetnap? like a samp cloth

12:19 pm

when I had more energy, I used to do really elaborate indian cooking, but now it's just too many hours in the kitchen. Even used to make fresh cheese and my own puris

12:19 pm

how do you use chutney?

12:19 pm

on cold meats like pork or lamb

12:19 pm

oooh? it is a sweet spicy relish so with meat is good

12:19 pm

sounds yum

12:20 pm

do you know how to make paneer? I would love to konw that

12:20 pm

and of course on the side with curries and birianis

12:20 pm

You can use it as a side dish, especially with Indian food, or with meats, you can mix it with cottage cheese for a snack, you can use it as a spread with crackers or bread...

12:20 pm

is that fresh cheese?

12:20 pm

i sometimes add chutney to my leftover thanksgiving turkey sandwich

12:20 pm

Yup, excellent in sandwiches...

12:20 pm

it is the indian cheese in Saag (or Palaak) Paneer

12:21 pm

I wonder if paneer is like the fresh cheese they sell here called faiselle

12:21 pm

i think my sister and I will have to make cutney this summer

12:21 pm

my Indian friends told me to substitute tofu . . . .but it is not the same

12:22 pm

I need to borrow somebody's children to pick stuff in June and again in August!

12:22 pm

I think it's near enough, ruby

12:22 pm

Last year I did green tomato and mint chutney. It was a little weird, but my dad *loved* it and ate most of it single-mouthedly.

12:22 pm

faiselle is like paneer?

12:22 pm

I think a better substitute is whole-milk yoghurt hung up in cheesecloth for a day or two

12:22 pm

used to make a chutney with friends.. recipe from "the store" cookbook and it had mangos, melon, peaches, pears, walnuts...the kitchen sink and it was sublime

12:23 pm

to get rid of the whey

12:23 pm

one year I had so many green cherry tomatoes at the end of the season i made bushels of green tomato relish

12:23 pm

Hello, Doren.

12:23 pm

Dorens: happy to see you. Now on the 3rd JSF book, Eating Animals

12:23 pm

took hours but i could bear throwing them out and i had to pick them because a hard frost was coming

12:23 pm

I used to make tomato chutney and one year did the same with green tomatoes

12:24 pm

mmmmm eating animals

12:24 pm

hi doren

12:24 pm

Yep, that's exactly why I did mine. Early frost predicted.

12:24 pm

Yum animals

12:24 pm

by the time I finish the book, I may give them up....

12:24 pm

that would just make greek yogurt ruby

12:25 pm

one of his characters, who is also a vegetarian, describes his being sad (he's a little boy) as having heavy boots.

12:25 pm

yum Greek yogurt.

12:25 pm

Hmm... with all this talk of food, maybe lunch shouldn't be finished quite yet.

12:26 pm

do you make tzatzki [sp?] with Greek yoghurt. Also wonderful with cold lamb

12:26 pm

i have killed and dressed enough animals i am unlikely to change my willingness to eat them

12:26 pm

good to hear that ruby. i saw him on tv discussing the book, but haven't read it yet

12:26 pm

Ruby you're so internaional!

12:26 pm

what was he like on television?

12:26 pm

Hi Dorens

12:27 pm

not sure what tzatzki is

12:27 pm

that's just because I used to be a faculty wife in a previous life and learned to cook by making exotic entire menus

12:27 pm

hi j, hego, vi and all. He was very interesting and amiable... just a short interview on The Daily Show

12:27 pm

tzaziki - yoghurt and cucumber and garlic

12:27 pm

evening all

12:27 pm

it's greek yoghurt with grated cucumber, onion, gaarlic, parsley and salt and a little cumin

12:27 pm

i just finished looking that up -- think of that as raita

12:27 pm

hiya Sprite!

12:27 pm

hi sprite... how've you been?

12:27 pm

hi sprite

12:27 pm

hello sprite

12:28 pm

and then there is indian raita, similar ingredients, and it is in the grid ALL the time

12:28 pm

quite ill but recovering now. How bout you?

12:28 pm

you're right, I had forgotten raita and have just transposed it into more elaborate tzatziki *blushing*

12:28 pm

oh, haha, jmc mentioned the raita also. gm, gm

12:28 pm

Hello, sprite. Recovering is good.

12:28 pm

glad you're recovering sprite... i've been fine

12:29 pm

brain is getting old!

12:29 pm

glad yu are recovering, sprite, spring will help and hego prob=mised that it will come.....

12:30 pm

but raita is not accepted by enable grrr

12:30 pm

typing is deteriorating, another bad sign

12:30 pm

am confident about spring

12:30 pm

you're kidding

12:30 pm

enable is very partial. But raita isn't in today's grid either.

12:30 pm

neither is ancho, but nacho is... go figure

12:30 pm

*gives sprite a soft knitted comforter to wrap around her in the chog*

12:30 pm

Almost here, Ruby!

12:30 pm

enable's food choices are very odd - doesn't accept shiso or ramen

12:31 pm

oh jmc that is so sweet and cuddly. Thanks!

12:31 pm

taco but not ramen

12:31 pm

oh my, the foods that i know about and see in the grid but are not accepted by enable would fill a huge dining room table

12:31 pm

but yesterday accepted puissant!!!

12:31 pm

I hope you like teh pale yellow color sprite

12:31 pm

yup

12:31 pm

i sure do, jmc

12:31 pm

sounds like a plan - we could do a babble pot luck with dishes from around the world!

12:32 pm

aha! a green stalky vegetable IS here today

12:32 pm

and a cleared butter

12:32 pm

but then it accepts french salts

12:32 pm

a babble pot luck would be delicious.. many of us appear to be adventerous and good cooks

12:32 pm

Oooo ty Dorens!

12:33 pm

and plural

12:33 pm

shhh dorens ata freaks out every time that veggie is mentioned!

12:33 pm

it's a really fun idea

12:33 pm

ty sprite for the butter

12:33 pm

yvw

12:34 pm

first we have to have a babble meet up!

12:34 pm

I am doing my part as I am going to Oregon and Wash state in August

12:34 pm

I missed the butter, ty

12:34 pm

And South Africa in July

12:34 pm

why not come to north jersey? it's closer

12:34 pm

sigh i really must go do some work

12:35 pm

we could do an european meet up near the Canal.

12:35 pm

I may be going to London at the end of May if I can get away from here

12:35 pm

i'm going to be in napa in august.. will meet ruru and anyone else who can be around

12:35 pm

I could do that too dorens! I love to travel

12:35 pm

gotta go bbl

12:35 pm

I would love to do a european meet up... london, paris, amsterdam... love them all

12:35 pm

bye jmc

12:35 pm

Apparently the ju5 is a "food fish."

12:36 pm

good I love fish in the grid. It is tradition.

12:36 pm

from which ocean? lol

12:36 pm

...while we're on the food topic.

12:36 pm

thanks vic.. don't have that yet but i'm on its trail

12:36 pm

if you get to Paris, I'm only 4 hrs away by train

12:36 pm

bye jmc

12:36 pm

Found in warm seas, sez the question mark'd definition.

12:36 pm

sounds a little like superman's father

12:37 pm

all the things we learn from babble!

12:37 pm

but ju

12:37 pm

I'll go anywhere at anytime. Just for the record.

12:37 pm

won't be this year ruby.. i already have three weeks of vacation planned. but will one of these days

12:37 pm

excellent, dorens!

12:37 pm

ty vic and ruby. that clue did it

12:38 pm

sprite, when I've gone to the Netherlands, my favorite thing to eat, besides the herring, is rijstafel!

12:38 pm

must leave you all, very early bedtime for me. Have fun!

12:38 pm

Dorens, look out, I can be at your house un an hour. lol

12:38 pm

gd nite, sprite

12:38 pm

rijsttafel? Lol that is chinese food. Lovely!

12:38 pm

Nite, Sprite.

12:38 pm

I'd better mosey along, too. Farewell, all.

12:38 pm

bye Vic

12:38 pm

indonesian! when it was occupied by the Dutch, they brought it home!

12:39 pm

bye vicuna

12:39 pm

hego, we may have another meeting at my house... nrk, scrabbler, owl, jbv were there last time... next time scrabbler is around i'll do it again, you will be invited

12:39 pm

ty so much Dorens, be glad to go.

12:42 pm

yummy ice cream.. dulce de le**e.. it isn't "enabled" but the four letter is

12:42 pm

yup

12:43 pm

and the Indian butter

12:45 pm

whoops... kids actually want to talk to me... see you later

12:46 pm

bye

12:50 pm

i cant get ur4 6 Help!

12:50 pm

How the hell can there be so many A's!?

ur + mag**

that's a mag** wand!

12:52 pm

Gracias

12:52 pm

I agree Gadget. lol

Afternoon evening everyone! Niceish grid so far!

1:17 pm

hi Red. Glad you like it. Me, not so much. lol

well, down to 58 left. dont know why but this one seems to have clicked ok with me...

plus I am about to finally have lunch, so all looks good.

1:19 pm

You're in the groove.

1:19 pm

I have 55, but taking my time.

1:19 pm

have a nice lunch, then.

1:20 pm

back on for a 10 minute break from numbers at work.

1:20 pm

hi jmb

hi jmb

can someone please clue the ur 4/6?

a type of acid science.

1:26 pm

ur + mag** wand

ty a fish a BIG FISH

1:27 pm

I didn't have it either if it helps sciencegeek

1:27 pm

A whale! lol

1:34 pm

clue for ur5/12 please......

1:34 pm

Hi everyone....

Hi FLask. the ur 5 is

U plus and r word meaning to R*** cain!

1:37 pm

not getting it Red....

there is an ra 4,4 word, stick a U on the front of it.

1:39 pm

Hello people. Anyone have a clue for the OR6, please?

I dont have it liz, but I am looking now that I know it exists!

clue for the sa 621 pleasre

1:41 pm

gd night everybody, see yu tomorrow

please

1:41 pm

or 6 means a person who is rebellious, difficult

1:41 pm

g'nite Ruby

TY Hego

1:41 pm

thanx Red....got it!

1:42 pm

yw

1:42 pm

bye Ruby

Yaaay Flask. I am not a very good cluer.

1:42 pm

anyone have the sy?

sa 6/21 please pretty pleas

sy is like a vixen or the thing that an ambulance uses to warn they are coming

1:43 pm

TY Hego, tend to forget that one as it's not really used in UK. Fireworks thanks to Hego

1:43 pm

sa6 rymes with the wreath the Romans put on their heads.

and I cannot tell you what that is! Laurel leaves

oops that was it! TY Hego!

1:44 pm

Yaaayyy! lizmac. Glad to help.

1:44 pm

SG!

1:44 pm

lol

now I need the sa 5/146

5/16

Well, does that mean I have to go to the PB?

got it

1:46 pm

Oh, who cares. sa5 starts with the same 4 letters

1:46 pm

Oops too late.

1:47 pm

ty for the sy.

1:51 pm

Need a break. bbl.

2:01 pm

is gwen in here today/

hey crossy!

I have not seen her - but I am on and off

2:01 pm

howdy science

2:03 pm

well here is something you all might like...

2:03 pm

http://www.writtenword.com/turn-old-mu sty-books-to-art-and-other-cool-things /

2:04 pm

evening all...it looks quiet :)

clue for the ru 516

2:04 pm

howdy nb

our art teacher does that crossy it is pretty cool

2:05 pm

how are you, Crossy?

nm found it

2:11 pm

hello, crossy, science, and NB

2:12 pm

howdy dc

2:12 pm

Crossy

2:12 pm

not bad at all nb,still waiting on the lottery but doiung fine

2:12 pm

Made the meatloaf!

2:13 pm

It was great! Who'd a thunk it. lol

2:13 pm

my grandma's meatloaf was made wrapped in bacon, with hard-cooked eggs set into the top so each slice had a bit of egg.

2:14 pm

CROSSY?

2:14 pm

*wakes up* hi Seain! I was daydreaming.

2:14 pm

Think the cat's asleep on my back

2:14 pm

Hi seain, this was Crossy's recipe.

2:14 pm

all good :) i'm eating fried rice i just made.

2:14 pm

i bet it was delicious, hego

2:15 pm

Lol NB

2:15 pm

Yes, made with Stovetop Stuffing!

2:15 pm

yes, cats are wont to do that

2:16 pm

Have to go. bbl

2:16 pm

hasta, hego

done - finally!

2:17 pm

OW no she is not asleep. Or if she is, she's dreaming about clawing things.

2:17 pm

congrats, science

2:17 pm

well done, Science!

2:17 pm

bummer, NB

dc any news on the job front?

2:18 pm

oh hego, did you do my meatloaf?

she did your loaf crossy and it was good

2:18 pm

she did, crossy and liked it

2:18 pm

alas, not as yet, science

NB is the weather any better?

sorry dc!

2:19 pm

thanks :)

2:21 pm

not as such, Science...and our heating leaves much to be desired so I'm wearing roughly half of Leo's winter wardrobe right now ;)

2:21 pm

it's warm enough the windows are open here today. nice change from all the cold and snow.

2:23 pm

sounds nice, Seain! I'll continue to hang around for the standard british summer...all seven days of it...

2:24 pm

Summer here runs may-late Sep most years, temp-wise.

2:26 pm

I can't understand how you get anything done in the USA. I'd be lounging around all the time!

2:26 pm

summer here goes from aug 29th to sept 3rd lol

2:27 pm

here around DC, it happens slowly due to the humidity and heat through a chunk of the year.

Back again hopefully to finish off my last 45, watching Phineas and Ferb enjoy themselves...

2:28 pm

tbh sept can be the best month of the whole year in this area

2:28 pm

in New England, Summer is July at best. It rarely gets warm there by my standards. And what they call Spring, we down here call Winter.

2:28 pm

April and October are the nicest months here.

78 here right now....

2:28 pm

lol we would be in the pool with 78

I was indeed in the pool earlier. and running and strolling with doggie...

2:29 pm

and panting like old hound dogs if it got over 85

2:29 pm

Well here in OLD England, summer only happens if you're stuck in a classroom at school. Now that I'm out of school, the sun might never shine again.

it is the best day in forever...

and the L's and liquified.

2:30 pm

i think i'll head out to the Blue Ridge for some hiking next week.

2:30 pm

Morning all. You sound sooo contented Red

2:31 pm

morning, lyn

I feel much much better than I have in a long time. I really really hate that chill we had.

Hi Lynnxx!

2:32 pm

yes, the chill that tripled the price of tomatos

strawberries too, and oddly....blueberries which I thought were made up north.

2:33 pm

blueberries here come from NJ or ME. I didn't know that they grew them in FL. Strawberries come from TX, Honduras, or Mexico, sometimes CA usually.

Plant City Fl grows lots of Strawberries. I dont think we do blueberries, but...they have gone up a dollar.

they are ripe now, the strawbs

2:34 pm

huh. i'll have to check when i go to the store.

We are at least getting them.

which area do you go hiking in Seain?

2:36 pm

last several weeks, blueberries have been about $2/half pint around here.

today they were 3.98....too much for me. I will skip the antipxidants for a while.

2:37 pm

I usually hit Sky Meadows State Park in Delaplane, near Paris, VA, take the North Ridge to the Ambassador-Whitehouse traile, to the Appalachian trail, head south, then back north, then the South Ridge back down to the parking lot.

2:37 pm

wow, that's expensive!

2:37 pm

are farmers subsidized by govt. in the States?

Yes, I was not so pleased.

2:37 pm

for corn (maize) and sugar they are, cotton some. Wheat in some years.

Lynxx, there are several subsidy programs in the US. Some years people are paid by the government not to grow...

2:38 pm

gov't will subsidize crops where there have been weather disasters impacting them.

2:38 pm

yeah, paid not to grow to keep prices up for some commidities

2:39 pm

a local turnip farm recently became McMansions near here.

I didnt know they subsidized sugar. the State of Florida recenlty bought thousands of acres from "US sugar" and turned it back to the everglades.

2:41 pm

yes, part of the Everglades restoration undoing what the Corps of Engineers did in the 30s to restore the flow

2:41 pm

so they're buying back some settled land and removing most of the dams

I'm surprised and proud of Florida, I dont think the state has a good environmental record.

2:44 pm

overall no, but studies found that the everglades were dying where the flow was disrupted, flooding rates were higher near disrupted flow, and groundwater was getting poisoned near disrupted flow. So, they're doing the right thing FL and the Army Corps of Engineers.

2:44 pm

(i've been following this rather closely)

2:45 pm

sounds quite close to your heart, Seain

I have been a bit obsessed with the glades since I did a report on them in 7th grade.

It was the first National Park to be set aside simply for the wildlife and not the scenery...

2:46 pm

when you 'settled' do you mean houses as well DC or is it all under crop

2:46 pm

i'd like to visit the glades someday. I want to visit Great Dismal Swamp, too.

2:46 pm

houses and cropsland both, lyn - not all of it, but a lot of it.

Yes and Cypress preserve. I need to take a weekend and go down.

thats one reason I love Merritt Island Preserve, it all works so well with the space center, for once nature and technology working together.

2:47 pm

Great Dismal Swamp is only 4h from here, but i've not gone yet.

I have driven through parts of it dc, but never actually explored it.

2:48 pm

infuriatingly, we're the opposite here. it's an infuriating government that refuses to build a tidal power station because it would disturb some birds. not having a planet to live on might disturb them even more, methinks.

2:50 pm

wow, that bus just went by very, very fast.

oh no, perhaps manufactured by toyota.

2:51 pm

i'm betting just late on the route.

2:51 pm

nancy, any advantage to tidal vs wind in your opinion?

2:52 pm

NB, much of that is issues with EU designations

2:52 pm

hi Ata!

2:53 pm

and hi :)

hi Atalante. finished?

2:53 pm

nope :)

2:53 pm

Wind power all the way. Can't stand all the uptight NIMBY monkeys who think wind farms are eyesores. Personally, I think they're beautiful.

2:54 pm

Hi Ata :) gorgeous sunset! or rise...

we neither

2:54 pm

trying to write some interesting and informative blurb about estuary management

2:54 pm

sunrise!

2:54 pm

Everyone here seems to object to the noise of the wind towers. I love the look of them though

2:55 pm

the windfarms i've visited in Pennsylvania have not been noisy.

2:55 pm

I love wind farms. Though they aren't that useful, really

2:55 pm

they're on the W side of the Appalachian Ridge near the PA Turnpike.

2:55 pm

in terms of replacing significant amounts of fossil fuel power

not that useful yet...

I think they are still perfecting the technology.

2:56 pm

the tech isn't the issue ...

COuld I get a clue or two for some of the H's???

2:56 pm

we have too much fossil fuel !

2:56 pm

well, not all the issue

I have the obvious employment ones.

2:57 pm

Archilles

oh and that one too....actually now tha ti have pluralled a bit I have only one missing thanks!

liking the grid

2:58 pm

hi + pq**t + spanish article

2:58 pm

I just can't understand why nobody is prepared to make any significant, binding legislation/invest more money in alternative energy sources. Even if Climate Change is a figment of one's imagination (doubtful), the oil WILL run out.

2:59 pm

ty, some how i get it from that clue, ata

2:59 pm

TY Ata!

2:59 pm

NB, that will change as my parent's generation dies and gets out of power.

thanks!!!! Ata, what an odd word.

3:00 pm

I think more investment would be made if there were better alt energy sources - better in terms of % replacement of fossil fuels. and also if nuclear power wasn't so vote-losing

3:01 pm

i live between two nuclear plants, including the oldest in the US. Dominion, my power company, is applying to build more nuclear plants.

I live between two of them as well, and I lived through the three mile island debacle...

3:02 pm

it's all just money. nobody is prepared to spend it even though I can't think what could possibly be more important

3:02 pm

we will need more nuclear plants to really get a good swap over, with our current technology. Sucks, but there it is

3:05 pm

one guy i know, his family had to move due to three mile island - the went to Centralia, PA, then had to move again due to the coal fire there. The went to NY state, where his family has stayed since.

3:05 pm

indeed, ata

wow, centralia is one of those bizarre things. I did not know they relocated people after TMI

My parents were plenty nervous during the event

3:09 pm

they lived 3 blocks from TMI

it is a nice area, I think they have turned it into a place now called "Cty Island" some of a permanent thing with a ferris wheel etc.

3:11 pm

huh. interesting

But I could be wrong about the exact area, City Island is very very close to the closed reactor.

3:11 pm

Lake Anna, VA - part of which is cooling pond for the Lake Anna Nuclear Plant - is warm enough to swim in in the Winter

blue spring state park is also warmed by a reactor in Florida. a lot of the Manatees hang out there.

3:13 pm

how nice for the manatees :)

3:13 pm

city island is up river from TMI

3:13 pm

i didn't get that hi clue ata

3:14 pm

hi, jmc

hi jmc!

3:14 pm

hi + alphabet: mnopq**tuvw + spanish article

3:14 pm

the middle bit was the alphabet jmc. Hi

35 left, I might hit the lsit...

3:15 pm

oh I kept trying to make a word out of pq**t!

3:15 pm

help please with the ta 6/18 and the 5/10 bfore it

3:15 pm

oh, is that what it was. I got it from the hi and the spanish article

3:15 pm

i did too, jmc,

3:15 pm

*smacks head on key board* djert6yuo

3:16 pm

TA 5 sounds like a mayonaise sauce that goes with fish and chips; plural for the ta6

3:16 pm

sounds jewish

it took me about 3 -4 minutes but I actually got it...

3:16 pm

steak ta5, an plural

3:17 pm

and there was I thinking I was being far too obvious!! :P

3:17 pm

*sneaks in and stealth hugs everyone*

hi stid

3:18 pm

{{{{stid!}}}

3:18 pm

{{{{stid!}}}

3:18 pm

hello all, hit halfway last night, now looking for NBT before the workshop starts in 8 minutes...

3:18 pm

(((((car!))))) that twice in a week, dear, are you feeling well? LOL

3:18 pm

hello Stid

3:19 pm

how fishy is the j word?

3:19 pm

I had to look on the list to get it.

3:20 pm

that's pretty fishy. second letter pleas?

3:20 pm

or please...

3:20 pm

JU

3:20 pm

thanks. *thinking*

3:20 pm

It kind of sounds like Superman's father's name....

3:21 pm

got it. *fast than a speeding slug... more powerful than a fingernail...*

3:21 pm

NBT, thanks to car!

3:21 pm

ohhh, don't you just LOVE finding a CD on your shelf that you know you'd love but have never listened to? Awesome.

3:21 pm

now I can list.

3:21 pm

NANCY BOY!!!! *faints dead away*

3:23 pm

still don t get the ta 6/18

3:23 pm

ta6 is plural

3:23 pm

listening to some zydeco, blame that for not finding any words, too foot tapping good

3:23 pm

Half of British good=bye + ta* & feather....

3:23 pm

firewords * *

3:23 pm

that is a happy NB

3:23 pm

if i had the ta 5 i could get the ta 6

3:23 pm

hi, stid and eeyore

3:24 pm

Even better, Stid, Nancy Boy with a copy of REM's "Accelerate" that I've NEVER heard :D

3:24 pm

Hooray Jilli!

3:24 pm

congrats, jilli, and hello

3:24 pm

and I know it's a great album, because it has Supernatural Superserious. What a great day!

3:24 pm

oh, that is a nice one, NB

3:24 pm

congrats Jilli

3:24 pm

YAY Jill?

3:25 pm

got it. thanks

3:25 pm

hi all -- had to do a hurry-up job with morewords cuz in about 6 minutes the local techie will be here to mess about with this machine

3:25 pm

okay, logging off. back tonight to finish...

3:25 pm

*poof*

3:25 pm

I'm being karmically rewarded for my horrible day a few days ago :)

3:26 pm

hasta, stid

3:26 pm

bye stid! (is she running away from me?)

3:26 pm

so I can clue for a few

3:26 pm

hi Babbalonians :)

3:27 pm

quite a few words I hadn't seen before

3:27 pm

hi bo

3:27 pm

hi Bojazz

3:27 pm

i missed stiddie?

3:27 pm

hope it's a good day for all!

3:27 pm

just missed her, jmc

3:28 pm

whoo hoo jill btw

3:28 pm

howdy, bo

3:28 pm

hi bo and whomever else came in while i *gasp* worked

3:29 pm

brb

3:29 pm

Clue for sc 5/10 please?

3:30 pm

JC says hello - i'm Iming with him

3:30 pm

hi bo... i love Babble & all things "Babylon 5" so does that make me a Babbalonian squared?

3:30 pm

Hi

3:31 pm

Hey Car- I'm calling you. Please pick up the phone. Thanks

3:31 pm

Yay Bab 5 :D

hi car sc 5, 10 or sc 5, 12? I hve a 5, 12

3:31 pm

i changed my icon to my late hubby -- its his birthday today and some how the theme made me think of it

3:31 pm

go figure

3:31 pm

It's not ringing...

3:31 pm

why isn't he babbling, Seain?

Oh jmc, did he always have a beard?

3:32 pm

yes because he had no chin *giggle*

3:32 pm

sc 6/21...sorry

Ha!

I dated a guy like that.

3:32 pm

he shaved it once and I looked at him and said -- don't ever do that again

3:32 pm

he's been busy with touring, and has been home for a couple days before heading out again - barely knows which end is up, been so busy

I dont have that one car

3:33 pm

and hopefully because he has the grace to stay away after being such an idiot!

3:33 pm

*puts on foil cap because ata read her mind*

3:33 pm

that's a shame, I used to enjoy chatting with him when he was online :) tell him I say hi!

3:33 pm

GMTA jmc :)

3:34 pm

:-)

3:34 pm

sc 6/21 the whites of your eyes

3:35 pm

ce 6/27?

3:35 pm

cover your eyes ata

3:35 pm

ce6 is a green veggie usually eaten raw

3:36 pm

sometimes in stew

3:36 pm

*whimper*

3:36 pm

i hate raw ce6 - much prefer it cooked

3:36 pm

there there it's over now

3:36 pm

ty jmc, one of my daily staples

3:36 pm

I LOVE raw ce6. Any raw veg really. Crunch crunch crunch.

3:36 pm

raw, that is. like crunchy

3:38 pm

jilli?

3:41 pm

jill, JC wanted you to know he's available on chat at the moment.

3:41 pm

i don't like cauliflower raw either.

3:41 pm

NB - you still here?

3:42 pm

love raw broccoli and raw peas

3:42 pm

just about, Bojazz!

3:42 pm

me too, bichon, and carrots

3:43 pm

you ID'd my icon as being from a movie - what was it?

3:43 pm

people are starting to ask & i forgot :(

3:46 pm

your icon? no, it's from pokemon!

3:46 pm

it's a, er...Flareon ;)

3:47 pm

ah! way off base - thx. now i can answer and appear to know a little more than i actually know :)

3:47 pm

my father worked part-time in a family produce store and he always brought a bag full of raw produce home with him. My imaginary childhood friends were celery, carrot and lettuce

3:48 pm

Help! Am desparate fot the ce5 & 6 combo

3:48 pm

hego - i'm simply desparate :)

3:49 pm

ce + a female spanish river

3:49 pm

hi Bo

3:49 pm

no problem bojazz ;) sorry it took so long to answer. I got up to make a cuppa!

3:49 pm

ty ty kiss kiss Bichon

3:49 pm

a kiss, oh boy!

3:49 pm

hi hego

3:51 pm

bichon to the PB!

3:52 pm

NB knows his Evies ...

3:52 pm

BBL

3:52 pm

Ata, Ata, ATA! It's EEVIES. Lol. What can I say, I was brought up in the pokemon generation ;)

3:53 pm

that's cool, bichon

3:53 pm

ooops yes! I love Eevies. *sad* :D

3:54 pm

be back later when I can spell properly!

3:54 pm

yes, I'll go to the PB, but I'm taking my crunchies with me

3:55 pm

my favourite was vaporeon. *sighs* I always wanted a REAL one.

3:57 pm

I have a vague notice about pokeman as it was my son's generation a bit

3:57 pm

47 left - i'll finish later at home. bye to you all

3:58 pm

ahh Jmc, did you have to put up with buying the cards?

4:02 pm

no i was way too cheap NB

4:03 pm

he bought a few but since it was his money that didn't last long

4:03 pm

bye jmb

4:03 pm

he got way more into pogs which may be too old for you NB

4:04 pm

I used to have hundreds of the things. They were so expensive though! £2.50 for 11 cards, as I recall.

4:05 pm

they are one of the few things I remember from school. Apart from essay manipulation; that is planted firmly inside my mind. Iiiinching the margins in, .5 pts added to font size, sliiiightly increased line spacing, headers and footers...bam, three pages right there ;)

4:05 pm

ah, yes, skills useful for resumes/CVs, if in the other direction, NB

4:08 pm

LOL Seain. So school really is useful.

4:08 pm

it does have its uses, yes :)

4:09 pm

if not always as the schools intended

4:11 pm

well, I must admit I've been lucky with the way it's all turned out for me, being that I'm always been quite lucky getting a job, and I have a definite place to stay until Leo finds someone better looking ;)

4:11 pm

LOL re leo

4:12 pm

yeah yeah yeah. must be nice to be employed. ;-)

4:12 pm

you're still looking too, kc?

4:13 pm

Oh man. Yeah. I look, there's just not much to look AT!

4:13 pm

i feel your pain, kc, deeply

4:14 pm

Mmmm yeah Kc. I come home covered in beer and bar sweat. But yes, I know how lucky I am :/ but I suppose alcohol-related industries don't suffer so much in a recession. if anything people drink more.

4:14 pm

but sorry...I typed before thinking. I've been very, very lucky so far...

4:14 pm

yeah. Believe me, I know how it goes. Mr went out to CA a week or so ago to interview some folks, called me and apologized for not being as sensitive to it as he should. Guess a couple of the guys all but broke down, as they were losing thier jobs and he was their only hope

4:15 pm

LOL NB I was just giving you a hard time! :-) I will say one good thing about it though... It means I have TOTALLY been able to enjoy the last 3 great days

4:17 pm

we are in dire need of more bar staff though. the place I work is so packed all the time. waiting time at the bar is probably around 30 minutes with all of us working at once!

4:17 pm

NB, JC wonders if you'd be so kind as to shoot him an email, as he has not a current one for you?

4:18 pm

alas, wrong side of the pond, ND

4:18 pm

May I please have a clue for cr8-50? Thanks.

Hi guys

4:18 pm

hi peach & Lind

4:18 pm

Hi there, Lindrickway.

4:18 pm

cr 8 animal and pl

gapeach, long time!

Oh DC will you give JC my email address please so I can keep in touch?

4:19 pm

I'd love to, Seain, but I have no address for him :)

4:20 pm

firstname.lastname inbox com

hey NB I am moving nearish to you very soon!

4:20 pm

do i have one for you lindrick?

4:20 pm

gotcha. thanks!

4:20 pm

Ohh awesome, Lindrick! Whereabouts are you settling?

linda.launchbury@hotmail.com

Orpington!

4:21 pm

I've only been here for a short while, but already I'm a proper londoner. My very proper accent is being to lapse just a little.

lol NB!

4:22 pm

Thanks, dizgrannie, can you expand on that cr just a tad? Please....thanks

you are on my facebook DC too

4:22 pm

a monster or an alien are cr8's

gapeach - all cr***** great and small

4:22 pm

sounds strange because I have a little american in my accent too, being brought up in a house where english is generally the second language. My dad learned american english, so he speaks with an american accent. I come out sounding like Brian Molko.

4:22 pm

oh, right :) silly me

(0:

4:23 pm

Thanks, Lindrickway.

yvw peach! (0:

4:24 pm

oooh goodie though, Leo's home, which means...I'm off ;) nighta ll!

4:24 pm

I speak English with a foreign accent, Brooklyn

night NB

LOL bichon

thanks DC

4:29 pm

hi again.

4:29 pm

Done! finally!

4:29 pm

hi hego

4:29 pm

any clues for anyone?

4:30 pm

congrats, hego.

4:30 pm

ty seain

4:30 pm

hego, do you have a clue for the re 5/6?

4:31 pm

it was a gritty grid.lol

4:31 pm

g'night, NB

4:31 pm

He dropped us for Leo

4:32 pm

which re Bich?

4:32 pm

the first two re 5 & 6

4:32 pm

Oh, yes.

4:33 pm

It's re + ***lante who plays babble

4:33 pm

and plural

4:33 pm

ty ata

4:33 pm

doh! ty hego

4:34 pm

uh oh. lol

4:34 pm

it's not a word. lol

4:35 pm

Be on my way now. g'nite All

4:35 pm

nite

4:39 pm

nite hego

4:40 pm

g'night hego

4:41 pm

back for a few more;)

4:41 pm

wb, crossy

4:41 pm

4:42 pm

ty dc

4:42 pm

hi crossy

4:42 pm

howdy bojazz

4:45 pm

finally - NBT & cut it to 69 - may whip this grid yet! time for food - bbl

4:48 pm

the census sent a letter saying the census form will arrive in about a week, and to fill it out and send it back. seems rather a waste of money

4:49 pm

mess with them a bit,tell them you have 44 people in the house

4:50 pm

10 years ago i listed my ethnicity as American, which was not a choice.

4:50 pm

i said i was a druid

4:51 pm

:)

4:51 pm

and my choice of religeon is rooster worship

4:51 pm

if they don't have an online option, file out the form

4:53 pm

i meant them sendng a notice saying the form will arrive was a waste of money, rather than the form itself.

4:53 pm

oh -- i think they are trying to assure that it doesn't get tossed with the junk mail

4:54 pm

i once got a rebate cheque back from the govt for 64 cents,now thats a waste

4:54 pm

the giant US CENSUS BUREAU UNITED STATES CENSUS 2010 should be a clue, but yes, likely o

4:55 pm

indeed so, crossy

4:55 pm

yet but if they hadn't sent it someone would complain they are stealin!

4:55 pm

crossy this is quite old so you have probably seen it before but the played the audio on the radio going to work the other day and I thought of you.

4:55 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8vesMi lyAU

4:55 pm

lookin.......

4:57 pm

thats cute katie

4:58 pm

it did make me laugh, a theme tune you could adopt lol

5:00 pm

Right I'm off to bed, see you tomorrow

5:00 pm

bye katie

5:00 pm

g'night katie

hello babblers

5:01 pm

hi, fuquay

5:02 pm

hi fuq

how's it going? nearly done?

5:03 pm

May I please have a clue for un6-21? Thanks.

5:03 pm

what happens to the line when a fish grabs on

ty, dc, I needed that too

i need help with re 5, 12 please.

5:04 pm

Gottcha, thanks, dcseain.

5:05 pm

played again as on tv

oh duh, thansk

5:07 pm

99 left fuq

first part went fast, now slogging with 44 to go

5:10 pm

i pretty much start slogging

I've started going for NBT first thing -- gives me a big sense of accomplishment early on

That way if I don't finish, I still have achieved something <grin>

5:11 pm

lol yes I try to do that before I leave for work in the morning

5:11 pm

accomplishing something every day!

5:12 pm

we are such hard working girls

5:12 pm

*hums 9 to 5*

right, and if the rest of the day is worthless, oh well, at least i got NBT...

anyone know if there is more than one "not in" word from bottom right corner?

5:14 pm

didn't know there was one lol

5:14 pm

no 'not in' words

5:15 pm

oh, the one, sorry

only the one.

Does anyone have the SC 6? I am struggling with that one.

thanks, I'll quit looking, then

5:15 pm

white of the eye, red

5:15 pm

it is the white of your eye red

fish me... darn it all.... all easy ones I am missing.

5:16 pm

found the not in word :-D

5:16 pm

ty fuq

that wasn't so easy, red. even after someone said it was there, and I typed it in, I couldn't see where it was for awhile

well, its just a word I use more often than not.

5:18 pm

don't see the problem with the word hics

5:20 pm

I agree, jmc -- sometimes I haves the hics and sometimes I haves the ups :)

5:20 pm

the computer hics

5:20 pm

hi ch1212 haven't seen you in a while

5:21 pm

hi, ch1212

5:21 pm

Hi -- I confess, I've been hooked on Scramble and Monkwerks the past couple weeks. But now I've regained my senses :)

5:21 pm

hows the book business ch? ri4 yet?

5:21 pm

Hello...

hi jellen

5:21 pm

Monkwerks? *slips out of chog to peek*

5:22 pm

Hello.

monkwerks> gotta know what that is. and Hi Mongle.

5:22 pm

LOL jmc! Ri* is not part of a writer's vocabulary. oh, Monkwerks is 'down' at the moment, I think, but it's hilarious to play with the sound turned on.

5:22 pm

hi, jellen and mongie

5:23 pm

I have scary news...

5:23 pm

I was determined to finish this grid without help from you all ... but, alas, I am totally stuck on ta5 and ta6 ... any help?

5:23 pm

oh dear, jellen -- what is it?

5:23 pm

oh i never have my sound on

and fireworks...

5:23 pm

whats up jell?

thanks for the clues!

5:23 pm

what's up, jellen?

5:23 pm

whoo hoo red

Oh no, jellen, tell news.

5:23 pm

hurah for red!

5:23 pm

It's the second ta5, btw. Thanks for any help!

5:23 pm

congrats, red

5:23 pm

The owners of the building accepted our offer...looks like we're really going into the antique business!

5:24 pm

serve your fish with ta5 sauce

thats good news Jellen!

5:24 pm

whoo hoo jell!

5:24 pm

Oh, whew ... and congratulations!

5:24 pm

oh, cool, jellen!

yay, jellen!

5:25 pm

Jim! Thank you! I can't believe I fussed so long over something so simple! lol ... fireworks here! :)

5:25 pm

Congrats mongie!

5:25 pm

I forgot how overwhelming starting a business is...

5:25 pm

Yay, mongie!!!

5:25 pm

Thx, ch

5:25 pm

whooo hooo mongie!

5:26 pm

I've been mulling over this grid for the last hour just for 8 more words! Have to go start dinner. Thanks, all!

5:26 pm

Our family just started one online -- taking 4 generations of "stuff" and telling the story that goes with each item. Kind of a vintage/antique store. Your business sounds MUCH more daunting! Kudos to you, and please keep us all informed!

5:27 pm

Does your store have a name yet?

5:27 pm

The Oddities Shop

5:28 pm

bye mongie

5:28 pm

Love it! Sounds like a fun place to browse. Will you have your own inventory or be part-consignment for other antique owners?

5:29 pm

Mostly our own stuff, but will probably take consignments, too...

5:30 pm

Well, if you decide to have an online presence for your store, let us know. Meantime, we'll be rooting for you.

5:30 pm

Thanks, we'll need it!

5:32 pm

Good luck to you, Jellen!!!

5:32 pm

hello all

5:34 pm

Hello peri

5:34 pm

Hi and thanks, Peri!

5:34 pm

Good luck Jellen, let's hear all about it

5:36 pm

Nothing much to tell yet, bichon...we've been collecting and selling for about a year now in flea markets...

5:37 pm

We have so much excess inventory, we'd been talking to another antique store owner about opening up, or even buying them out...

5:37 pm

Then this building came available, and things just started falling into place!

5:38 pm

NBT for me!

5:38 pm

That is so exciting! (both the building and the NBT)

5:40 pm

Hi, back

5:40 pm

Hi, lynxxx!

5:40 pm

Wow Jellen, how exciting - another new start!

5:45 pm

I think I'm excited...

5:48 pm

Go for it Jellen - if you two can make it work in these tough times then you will know you have what it takes. Who dares wins!

5:48 pm

tuesdays with sa5 :D

5:48 pm

thanks, dc - I needed that! :D

5:50 pm

If you are on Facebook, you can look us up...we'll be posting updates under Oddities Shop...become a fan!

5:51 pm

I'm not however will check out your site s it develops

5:52 pm

Will do, jellen! That's a good idea for our family's online store -- to establish a Facebook presence. Right now we're just listed for search engines, and on the main directory of the site that hosts stores. I hope you will consider putting some of your items in an online store too --- it's completely free at ecrater.com

5:53 pm

We also have a web page in development... www.odditiesshop.com...don't have much on there yet...

5:53 pm

oh, then nevermind. You'll have your own site!

5:53 pm

I'll have to check ecrater out...we've sold some on Bonanzle.com...

5:55 pm

Take a look at our store if you do, jellen -- we know nothing about antiques, but I do the research on the vintage item pricing, and I think it's okay... hard to tell, we're new at this. The stories are all true, though! :) www.familyattic.ecrater.com

5:56 pm

I've pulled it up to look, ch1212!

5:57 pm

If you think I've priced things way too high or too low, feel free to enlighten! :)

5:59 pm

Tim's taking a look now...

5:59 pm

There are only 81 items on it as of this morning, because we just started posting things a couple weeks ago.

6:00 pm

going home

6:00 pm

bbl

6:00 pm

bye jmc

6:13 pm

Wow, you've done lots of work, ch1212! One site that might be helpful in pricing books is www.bookfinder.com...

6:15 pm

I will bookmark that site, jellen, thanks. I discovered abesbooks and alibris, but I welcome another source. I just checked your website -- I like it so far! Wow, a theatre building! What amazing history you will have to share with customers.

6:16 pm

May I please have a clue for ri5-10? Thanks

6:17 pm

ri + British Babbler

6:17 pm

Spanish lasso, gapeach ... I think :)

6:18 pm

also same as re5.10

6:19 pm

It's not actually a theater building...it was their headquarters and practice space...

6:19 pm

Thanks, lynxxx and ch1212.

6:21 pm

Still ... it sounds like a terrific location. You are so brave, jellen! I admire your courage in this venture. Your Babble family will be eagerly waiting to visit the store -- at least through cyberspace.

6:24 pm

gee - went to list but words stilll aren't falling out - going to take break

6:25 pm

I'm with you, lynxxx - I have 17 left and struggling. Time for tea. bbl

6:27 pm

taking a break as well...

6:39 pm

May I please have a clue for se5-10? Thanks.

se 5/10 se + it's ***ning cats and dogs

6:44 pm

Oh, thanks, Luv......my mistake.....should have said se5-10 the 1st. Thanks anyway.

mister in spanish

6:46 pm

Thanks so much, Luv.

yw gapeach

definition for the 9?

6:49 pm

an animate being, person or animal

6:50 pm

that is the 6 pl for the 9

6:50 pm

meant that is the 8

6:50 pm

Thanks, peri!

6:50 pm

yvw

any clues needed before I leave?

what does it start with?

6:52 pm

cr8 / 9

ty muchly

7:02 pm

help with sa7 pls

7:02 pm

adj of teh sa5

7:02 pm

sa7 adds 2/3 frozen water to the sa5

7:03 pm

ty, was looking in the wrong direction

7:06 pm

Hello everyone - I got a half hour before I need to pick up my daughter at dance - need to find the last 39 words - how is everyone doing

7:07 pm

Hi, Momneeds...10 left here, but need to take a break...

7:08 pm

Hi Jellen - I think its time for me to look at the list

7:14 pm

hola

hello all. I wonder how many will be in tomorrow grid....

7:15 pm

hi everyone!

7:15 pm

hey red, enjoy your lazy day?

7:16 pm

lbd! (i pronounce that as one word... wish you could here it)

7:16 pm

May I please have a clue for sa5-14 the 2nd? Thanks

7:16 pm

OMG... maxine is so me today!!! a nasty nasty habit

7:16 pm

lol, kje

7:17 pm

half goat half man, randy little blighters

7:17 pm

oops, that was a clue for you peach

7:18 pm

i have a friend that spells it out. elbeedy! lol

7:19 pm

Yep, thanks, lbdawger.

7:19 pm

this sounds more like what a fish might say - elbduh

7:19 pm

lol, kje. that's the texas accent!

7:20 pm

just so ya know... no one has ever, in my life, said i talk with a texas accent... when i lived up north they were shocked to hear i grew up mostly down here

I have a cold. I hate how I never realize I am getting sick until I am actually really sick....

7:21 pm

You don't have a Texas accent ..

7:21 pm

see... tor knows

7:21 pm

*send virtual chicken soup to Red.*

7:22 pm

Hi all. And I don't hear a Texas accent kje.

this morning I was wondering how I could be tired and have joint pain....duh.

7:22 pm

you mean she sounds like a yankee?

she sounds neutral, like a Midwestern accent.

lol

7:22 pm

thanks

7:23 pm

Yeah, midwestern ..

7:23 pm

yes, i am likely that midwesatern thing... dad was indianna, mom was DC

toddling off to bed now, wanted to say Hi, good night all and good luck!

7:23 pm

do you add an R to the word Wash? like warsh your hands?

7:23 pm

feel better red!

7:23 pm

Feel better red ..

7:23 pm

no

7:23 pm

hope you feel better in the morning, red

7:23 pm

but texans do not do that

7:24 pm

no, but some midwesterners do.

7:25 pm

when i visited colorado, i did not think they talked with an accent, so I presume that means i sound like them - LOL

7:25 pm

i catch Hubz saying warsh on occassions, especially when he's tired. he grew up in Missouri

7:25 pm

i grew up in colorado!

7:26 pm

well, then i likely sound like you!

7:26 pm

:-)

7:26 pm

Hello again...

7:26 pm

hi Jellen

7:27 pm

hi jellen - love the big J!

7:27 pm

Thanks, kje!

7:28 pm

Heya J

7:28 pm

Tor!

7:29 pm

hi tor, hi wht. didn't mean to not say hi earlier.

7:29 pm

help for the AR6/18

7:29 pm

Have news...we've agreed to buy a building for our antique/collectible shop!

7:29 pm

oh wow! cool

7:29 pm

'sokay lbd .. I don't stand on convention ..

7:30 pm

Yay!

7:30 pm

Like a former late-night talk show host with a letter missing from his first name.

7:30 pm

ar4.4 + Not yes

7:30 pm

kewl beans, Jellen!

7:31 pm

Hi lbd. Not a problem. I lurk most of the time anyway.

7:32 pm

awesome - thanks ibdawger. Thats great Jellen - where is your shop

hello all.

hello

7:32 pm

hi

7:33 pm

hi 67 hi TO

7:33 pm

j?

7:33 pm

ar 4 4 + not yes= the answer not there?

7:34 pm

Superman's father, misspelled

7:35 pm

argh, brain and fingers aren't coordinating tonight...ju5, superman's father.

7:35 pm

lynn, ar4.4, the one that means back end, behind, butt...

7:35 pm

uh oh

7:36 pm

got it, ty

7:36 pm

i had no idea who superman's father is

7:36 pm

thats beautiful lb

7:36 pm

i had to google it, kje

7:37 pm

be back - got to get my daugher

7:37 pm

???what's beautiful?

7:37 pm

i thought supermans father's name began with a J'

7:37 pm

your clue for ar4/4

it does hi dawg ty perfect clue

7:38 pm

mom, it does. JO***, but the grid is JU***

7:38 pm

got to run NOW

7:38 pm

later, mom

7:39 pm

ya5?

7:39 pm

nm

7:39 pm

oops

7:39 pm

evening gang. how's the grid?

7:39 pm

hi feather! you'll have it done in a heartbeat or two.

7:39 pm

not too horrid so far, i have 78 left

cr 8/50 pls

7:40 pm

its Jay-EL i think and its her son right now

7:40 pm

k, diving in.

7:40 pm

don't listen to Dawg Feather, she's fibbing

7:40 pm

Hi Lynxxx

7:40 pm

aww, c'mon, tatas isn't a word? booo!

want to finish so i can hit the sack. i am sick of being sick and have no idea what is wrong with me

7:41 pm

67 ct8/9 James Herriot, All Cr9 great and small

7:41 pm

weed has great tatas! (sounds right to me - LOLOLOLOL)

7:41 pm

LMAO!!!! why thank you kje!

7:41 pm

lol kje

7:42 pm

mind you, i have never seen them, so take that with a grain of salt - LOL

tyvm Ibd

7:42 pm

exhaustion TOwl? you still doing the SAP implementation?

7:42 pm

we could ask her hubz and the boys! i bet they'd agree with your statement, kje

7:42 pm

you've just heard me brag all about my rack in scrabble so many times!

7:43 pm

yes, she often says she has an awesome rack... that is true

no. began with a head cold over a month ago.

7:44 pm

ok...now how the heck did we get to discussing my "rack" on a public chat log??? the things i never thought would happen!

7:44 pm

blame it on fm

7:44 pm

maybe you should see a medic TOwl

7:44 pm

sounds like you are run down, and need to get lots of rest, TO.

now my right eye has been traing for three days and i am sneezing and taking two allergy meds to no avail

7:45 pm

((((((((TO)))))))))

i must get beter to go to st pat's party on friday

7:46 pm

i think lynxxx has the right of it, get thee to a medic! get some proper meds and get better

7:46 pm

not sure why your eye is in training but go to a sympathetic MD

lol TEARING

7:47 pm

OK. My monkeys aren't working tonight and I cannot figure out the re5,12 for fireworks.

7:47 pm

i was guessing draining - LOL

7:47 pm

just teasing - see you can't even type straight

7:47 pm

race again, wht

7:48 pm

Thank you lbd. I am not getting enough fish in my diet anyway.

and how is that different than my typing any other day? :P

7:49 pm

Hey, is jmc around tonight?

7:49 pm

And fireworks.

7:49 pm

congrats wht!

7:49 pm

yay wht!

7:49 pm

whoooooo hoooooooo wht!!! (btw, i haven't seen jmc this evening)

7:50 pm

au7?

7:50 pm

I think she left while go to go home (jmc)

7:50 pm

sa6?

7:50 pm

If you see her, let her know I am looking for her. I lent her my monkeys the other night but I need them back soon. :^)

7:52 pm

au7. It rhymes with the part of the heart that is not the ventricle

7:52 pm

au7 continue au5 with french the

7:52 pm

s6 like La**** and Hardy

are there 2 au5?

7:53 pm

ahh, lynxxx beat me to the L and H clue!

7:53 pm

thx lynxx

7:53 pm

ty lynxx!

7:53 pm

au5.12 and au5.14, TO

7:53 pm

and thx wht

7:53 pm

yes - au5.12 & u5.14 - the 2nd leads to the 7/8

guessing then the clue used the au5/24

7:54 pm

weed?

5/14 which i need a clue for

7:54 pm

to if you have the au7, drop the last two letters for the 5.14

7:54 pm

back in a bit

i don't have either dawg

7:55 pm

doug was chatting with me, i'm back

7:55 pm

au & ***hard Nixon

7:56 pm

I'm back...

ty lyn. i don't think i can finish tonight

7:56 pm

au + ***e and beans

7:56 pm

were you getting a second opinion?

7:56 pm

LOL, NO! he was talking about work.

7:57 pm

about her racks?

7:57 pm

; )

7:57 pm

or6?

7:57 pm

i have 13 words. too distracted!

7:57 pm

or6 hard to get on with, like mule

7:58 pm

ty

airch

7:59 pm

clearly not a word o would know

7:59 pm

May I please have a clue for tr5-10 the 2nd? Thanks.

that was the weirdest dinner yet. i ate much better when i was away

8:00 pm

tr + 1

8:01 pm

im back!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:01 pm

Thanks so much, kje.

8:01 pm

yw

8:01 pm

hi6?

8:01 pm

hi6 people who employ

8:02 pm

hi6, the second?

8:02 pm

a county in scotland, earl of home= hi6.21

8:02 pm

the 2nd, yes, sorry

8:02 pm

hi & fish hhve do**** fins (I think)

8:03 pm

Good clue lynxxx. I was trying to figure out how to clue that.

8:03 pm

ty, got it (but fin is spelled al)

8:03 pm

Thanks, wht and lyn and lbd!

8:04 pm

sa 5/16?

8:04 pm

Ooops, nm...

8:05 pm

10

8:05 pm

quitting at 36, my new age! decided i don't want to finish after all, or even bother approaching halfway

8:05 pm

tu 7/40?

8:06 pm

ahh, c'mon, feather!

8:06 pm

ahh, c'mon, feather

8:06 pm

aaaahhh, weed... you have gotten so wimpy

8:06 pm

lol, nah, just too distracted, and being honest with myself

8:06 pm

tu6.21 + sometimes vowel, Jellen

8:07 pm

tu 7,40 is where the tu7,32's work

8:07 pm

Oh! Thanks!

arenthere 2 tu6/21?

8:07 pm

happy birthday, feather!

8:07 pm

I think tu7 is made up!

8:07 pm

yes, to, the clue is for the 2nd one.

8:08 pm

ya 5/14?

8:08 pm

Yes, there are two tu6's. One works with pianos, the other with lathes.

8:08 pm

add the one who does ending to the 4, Jellen

8:08 pm

a ya5.14 is the person who ya4.6s

ty whit

8:09 pm

Thanks, all...that's fireworks!

righ thand u clue pls?

8:10 pm

whooooo hoooooo JELLEN!!

8:10 pm

Hooray for Jellen!

8:10 pm

fireworks!

8:10 pm

un 6= un + rod and ****, parts of a fishing pole

8:10 pm

May I please have a clue for sa6-21? Thanks.

8:10 pm

Yay, kje!!!

8:10 pm

yay kje!

8:10 pm

now go see my bingo!

8:10 pm

ty

8:10 pm

whooooo hoooooo KJE!

8:11 pm

sa6.21, La**** and Hardy

8:11 pm

sa rhymes with hardy's comedy pal

wtg finishers

8:11 pm

sa6= s + la**** and Hardy, comedians

8:11 pm

crap

8:11 pm

sa6,21 rhymes with the wreath Ollympic victors win.

8:11 pm

Must go do stuff, bye all

8:11 pm

snicker snicker

8:11 pm

afraid to look

8:11 pm

bye, lynxxx

bye lyn!

8:12 pm

Must go do stuff, too...

8:12 pm

Thanks much, Jellen and wht.

8:12 pm

bye lynxxx

8:12 pm

hi all

8:12 pm

bye jell

8:12 pm

i still can't catch up. had too many vowels earlier and crappy points.

8:12 pm

Hey, jmc, I was just looking for you.

8:12 pm

hi jmc! wht wants his monkeys back

8:12 pm

night, Jellen

i have never known so words to be so hard to find

8:13 pm

it's cuz you're tired and not feeling well, TO.

8:13 pm

You have to train your eyes, TO.

8:13 pm

well, many great cluers here, so i will leave... go beat weed at scrabble, then call it a night

8:13 pm

bye!

8:13 pm

:P

packing it in. night all

8:14 pm

Night kje.

8:14 pm

night, Kje

8:14 pm

Night TO.

8:14 pm

night, TO. hope you feel better soon

8:14 pm

feel better TO! sleep is your friend

8:14 pm

where were you looking wht?

8:14 pm

bye TO feel better

8:15 pm

I was looking right here. I lent you my monkeys a while ago and I need them back.

8:15 pm

don't go kje i just got here and don't even have on my flak jacket

8:15 pm

ooo so sorry I thought they took themselves home

8:15 pm

*rummages in box*

8:15 pm

were there two or three of them?

8:16 pm

can't trust monkeys on their own. they get into all sorts of mischief

8:16 pm

There were two or three of them.

8:16 pm

(I am sure they are in here somewhere)

8:16 pm

*pulls out three brown monkeys*

8:16 pm

these them?

8:16 pm

Tell them that when they get here I will let them play Bananagrams

8:17 pm

Yep, those look like the ones.

8:17 pm

so sorry I will know next time to ship them by UPS

8:18 pm

I don't need them until tomorrow since I already have fireworks today. I couldn't figure out why I was having so much trouble finishing grids lately.

8:18 pm

*shame faced*

8:19 pm

Not a problem, jmc.

8:19 pm

ty for being understanding

8:19 pm

After all, it took me this long to notice they were missing.

8:19 pm

lol true true

8:19 pm

hey babblers; just one i can't get; clue for the sc6 pls?

8:20 pm

It is part of the eye.

8:20 pm

the white of your eye gort

8:21 pm

brilliant; thanks u2, fireworks

8:21 pm

whoo hooo gort!

8:21 pm

wtg Gort

8:22 pm

thanks, couldn't have done it without ya

8:22 pm

whooooo hoooooo GORT!!

8:23 pm

May I please have a clue for sa5-16? Thanks.

8:23 pm

thanks lbd, you're too kind

8:23 pm

a mythical beast peach

8:23 pm

dino**** + sometimes vowel

8:25 pm

Thanks, y'all.

8:25 pm

rhymes with "sorry" i gave you the wrong clue

8:29 pm

'sok, jmcnrick.

8:29 pm

:-)

8:29 pm

Did I mention my feelings for this grid?????

8:30 pm

hmmm guessing this is not good peach

8:30 pm

You got it, girl.

8:31 pm

help with the ar 4/4 before british bottom please

8:32 pm

Who ar* you + pl..

8:32 pm

ty

8:32 pm

wy, jm.

8:33 pm

yw...that is.

8:33 pm

ah I was wondering if yoda you had become

8:34 pm

hey jm remember me

8:34 pm

hi ken how did your tax test go

8:36 pm

good i think we didnt get the results yet but i hope i passed i dont want to get held back

8:37 pm

some times that is a good thing

8:39 pm

ce4-5 the 2nd please.....thanks\

8:39 pm

yea what takes u soo long to type

8:39 pm

i dont have it either peach

8:39 pm

muiltitasking ken

8:40 pm

Thanks anyway, jm. I have 6 lousy words left and am about ready to give it up for this one.

8:40 pm

Irish or Scot.

8:40 pm

ty wht!

8:41 pm

and me a Mc!

8:41 pm

It is hard to find when you are looking at the wrong c

8:42 pm

well there is that wht

8:42 pm

Bless you, wht.

8:43 pm

yvw

8:43 pm

hello from the Outer Banks!

8:44 pm

hi MP are you drowning out there?

8:44 pm

oh hahaha im taking the reading simulatin test on friday and i dont think im gonna finnish becuse im goin to Austin texas

8:44 pm

Hello, MPittore.

8:44 pm

before or after the test?

8:44 pm

Not yet...tomorrow we may be...rescued a baby seal on the beach today though!

8:44 pm

how very cool!

8:45 pm

ok well gotta spend time wit family so by jm i love u

8:45 pm

yes..he was darling...my friend took a great picture and she is trying to send it to me..

8:46 pm

bye ken

8:46 pm

i love u

8:46 pm

Please share the picture with us.

8:46 pm

i love u jm

8:46 pm

i only say that to my blood kin ken

8:47 pm

so i love u

8:47 pm

but ty for the sentiment

8:47 pm

I LOVE U SAY U LOVE ME NOW

8:47 pm

see 8:46 ken

8:48 pm

i dont care plz

8:48 pm

Will do gap hopefully soon...we have senior lack of electronic abilities...LOL

8:48 pm

how about you bring a smile to my face

8:48 pm

hi6-21 the 2nd please.....thanks

8:49 pm

thinking peach

8:49 pm

My daughter likes to do things ******f but with the first vowel changed.

8:49 pm

good job wht

8:50 pm

bbl

8:50 pm

Got it....thanks again wht.

8:52 pm

Night jmc

8:53 pm

18 left...it is so quiet my husband and the other two couples are asleep...gotta babble

8:53 pm

sorry -- back

8:53 pm

18 people left? sounds like it was crowded

8:54 pm

We should have gone in the hottub today...tomorrow doesn't look good...plan to peruse the thrift stores for jade!!!

8:54 pm

jmc, you are sorry to be back?

8:54 pm

find me some lapis

8:54 pm

no sorry i felt driven away

8:55 pm

That was a little weird ..

8:55 pm

jmc no 18 words left...only three couples...long time friends...now spread between MD, VA, FL and GA

8:55 pm

how neat to spend time with them!

8:56 pm

i seem to have developed a mascot

8:56 pm

yep...it feels like no time at all has lapsed when we get together like this...

8:57 pm

Difficult to know whether it is innocent or not, eh, jm?

8:57 pm

there is a chinese saying that with a true friend even though you have been apart for 100 years it feel like yesterday when you are together again

8:57 pm

claims to be 10 peach

8:58 pm

They're always 10 ..

8:58 pm

Tons of shells on the beach...mostly scallop and oyster shells, some razor clams, slipper shells, welks, sheeps eyes, etc.

8:58 pm

and it is prolly my own fault since i like to tease trolls

8:58 pm

sounds wonderful MP

8:59 pm

I'm trying to remember if I was ever 10.

8:59 pm

wow someone has begun to snore very loudly...LOL

8:59 pm

what grade is that? 5th?

8:59 pm

*hands MP ear plugs*

9:00 pm

rotten year for me

9:00 pm

5th grade I mean

9:00 pm

goes to pb looking for Jack

9:00 pm

*putting in virtual ear plugs*

9:00 pm

crossy tired..crossy go to sleep and dream bacon dreams...goodnight eveyone and happy babbling.....poof!

9:01 pm

bye crossy

9:01 pm

re5-14 please.....thanks.

9:01 pm

Night Crossy

9:01 pm

night crossy!

9:01 pm

Night, crossy.

9:01 pm

tell me that again peach

9:01 pm

To tell again

9:02 pm

oh oh...now I hear symphonic snoring, I think it's in the key of "C"...

9:03 pm

hello friends, taking a small break from working on an idea for the lesson tomorrow... NBT and halfway earlier!

9:03 pm

it's all gravy now...

9:03 pm

That's not me. I tend more towards the jet engine.

9:03 pm

Hi stid

9:03 pm

*blows sweet dreams kisses to cross*

9:03 pm

hi stiddie

9:03 pm

Mmmm .. gravy ..

9:04 pm

try to transcribe it MP you could make a fortune

9:04 pm

Finally....thanks, y'all. only 2 left.

9:04 pm

hey tor!!!

9:04 pm

hey jmc!

9:04 pm

go peach go!

9:05 pm

go peach!

9:05 pm

ce 4/5 after garden vegetable?

9:06 pm

Irish or Scot

9:06 pm

yesterday we saw a great horned owl in the tree in the backyard....so cool...and either an otter or a nutria paddling along the banks mny times among canadian geese, mallard ducks, and tundra swans...just breathtaking nature at this time of year

9:07 pm

It is in the upper right corner.

9:07 pm

what's wrong with bodacious tatas?

9:07 pm

thanks wht!

9:07 pm

am i misspelling it?

9:07 pm

very neat, MPitt!

9:07 pm

does it not come in singular form?

9:07 pm

nutria??? thems are BAD critters... invasive non-native... *grumble grumble* at least they are here.

9:08 pm

LOL jmc!

you can eat them

9:08 pm

Jmc, are you questioning the ineffable wisdom of Enable?

9:08 pm

tatas? not I! [blush]

9:08 pm

constantly wht constantly

9:08 pm

Good Evening everyone

9:09 pm

hi mom

I meant eat the nutrias not the tatas

9:09 pm

oooh. got the biggie word!

9:09 pm

Hi Mom.

9:09 pm

oh good esprit!

9:09 pm

lol

9:09 pm

LOL and hello Esprit!

hya

9:10 pm

no tatas in this puzzle

9:10 pm

if you can eat nutrias i would guess you could eat rats

9:10 pm

there is tata though

they do in India

and guinea pigs in south america

9:10 pm

still trying to figure out supermans father's name

9:10 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

kal el

9:10 pm

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

9:10 pm

they do many things in India i would never consider doing

9:11 pm

we have been seeing large flocks of cedar waxwngs, bluejays, and several cardinals, a vaiety of woodpeckers, starlings...several water birds herons, pelicans, terns, etc.

9:11 pm

you know wordsplay would accept that word but not this board

9:11 pm

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

9:11 pm

starts with a J mom

9:11 pm

hi min

wasn't father superman Kal El?

9:11 pm

did lbd leave?

9:11 pm

thats what I thought but the clues given today were for the CR9 word

9:12 pm

J'Ol I thought

Jor El

9:12 pm

down to 50, and all the words through Ls are grey! (((hugs all))) back to the grind stone...

9:12 pm

cr9 is cr8s from the black lagoon

9:12 pm

*poof*

9:12 pm

I need clues for CR8 and 9

9:13 pm

yes that is it esprit

9:13 pm

now misspell that esprit and you have the J

9:13 pm

bye stiddie

jor el, I just googled it

9:13 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:13 pm

dont know the black lagoon so I am in a world of hurt here

9:13 pm

All ********* Large and Small.

oh ty jmc

9:14 pm

hmmm all cr9 great and small

9:14 pm

yw esprot

9:14 pm

C's Completed! 7 left

all animals and humans are God's cr*******

9:14 pm

you are awesome wht

it's the 8 and 9

9:14 pm

*esprit

9:14 pm

yes the nutrias are destroying the ecosystem in Marylands Blackwater Nature Preserve...may put bounties on them to get rid of as many as possible...the watermen that cruise the chesapeake bay are plenty dsgusted with them...we have another non native invader the snakehead fish...and then there's the boa constrictors in Florida that they have bounties on...

we have zebra mussels and asian carp in Illinois

9:15 pm

Ty Mom. My secret is to lurk around all day and remember the good clues.

stinkin' up lake Michigan

9:15 pm

me too

9:16 pm

!

9:16 pm

Except that sometimes I forget to remember.

9:16 pm

I love lurkers - I check in from time to time too

9:16 pm

yes we have the zebra mussels too not sure if we have those carp

9:18 pm

we have that darned Kudzu creeping all over our tr**s and shrubs along our roads

9:19 pm

well 15 left better go find those...nose to the grid

9:21 pm

ra5-14 the 1st please.....last one for today...thanks.

9:21 pm

What you shave with but misspelled

9:21 pm

ra 5/14:ra + double consonants plus sometimes vowel

9:22 pm

Sorry, wrong one. Like a large rodent.

9:23 pm

Thanks y'all. I'm going to watch TV for a while. Sweet dreams everyone>

9:23 pm

i have cr 8. what is other please? and a clue?

9:23 pm

Bye gapeach1066!I will see you tomorrow in the chat

9:24 pm

Night ga.

9:24 pm

I need the first ra5/14 pls

9:24 pm

ra 5/14:ra + double consonants plus sometimes vowel

9:24 pm

Just clued it.

9:24 pm

bye peach

9:25 pm

The othe 8 is au8

9:25 pm

ty got it

9:26 pm

hmmm pass out from exhaustion or have a Jack

9:26 pm

decisions decisions

9:26 pm

ty. any clues wht?

9:26 pm

au8 - ever seen the movie the matrix - what was the women he was going to see

9:28 pm

jmc, those choices are not mutually exclusive.

9:28 pm

I hope non-finishers are tu 4/5 into the chog.Here is another clue story.So I was in a ch6/30 mood as I tu 4/5ed in to watch the ri 4/6 & famous at the Oscars I am glad they hi4/5ed Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to be hosts.They were the on4/4 who would make or break the show&they definitely made it! It was such a tr 5/10 to see their banter. I hope the hi 5/12 for the show next ye 4/6 gives them another tu 4/5 to host again. I ch 5/14ed so loud as the winners were announced.I liked the award show this year. None of it was ch5/14.Nobody acted like an ar 4/4 on stage. The Oscar predictions were easy to make this year. It was cl 5/12 who the winners would be before they were announced. However, I could not believe my ea 4/4 when "The Hurty Locker" won for best picture. I thought it would've been Avatar. Jeff Bridges looked a little ra 5/14,but he deserved to win. I was hoping they would re 5/12 the show on tv because I missed parts of the show. Now it is time for me to tu 4/5 in for the night. Goodnight to my fellow babblers! Bye!

9:28 pm

You could have a Jack and then pass out.

9:28 pm

try this - au + a grain less the e +le - plural

9:29 pm

mmmm good plan wht -- you are so smart!

9:30 pm

Jeff Bridges looked what?

9:30 pm

It is a part of the heart. Not a ventricle.

9:30 pm

jack might give you the incentive to keep playing

9:30 pm

A's Abolished! 5 left

9:30 pm

i thought he looked fine

9:30 pm

jack is calling brb

9:30 pm

jeff bridges was hot

9:30 pm

i still have 24 (head hanging)

9:31 pm

It is time for me to be going. Happy Babbling. No need to be ashamed Mom. Not everyone finishes every time.

9:31 pm

bye wht

9:31 pm

go mom go

9:32 pm

i still have 40!

9:32 pm

didnt expect too but ohhhh wouldnt it be nice

9:32 pm

mom, i have 56 (!) words left

9:32 pm

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

9:32 pm

hi vicl

9:32 pm

we can help each other JMCNICK

9:32 pm

lol sure mom

9:32 pm

hi, jmcnrick

9:32 pm

you too VLCL - love you best - sorry JMC

9:33 pm

no problem mom

9:33 pm

don't know me well enough to love me! ;-)

9:33 pm

got to work the list now

9:33 pm

might need a smoke first

9:33 pm

Awwwwwww

9:33 pm

help with the ur5 pelase

9:33 pm

only known you a few days - need a few more

9:34 pm

That ur 5/12 word is u plus the ra 4/4 word jmcnrick

9:34 pm

dont have that one yet - got the 6 and 2 4's

9:34 pm

new one for me ty min

9:35 pm

u + tear down a building

9:35 pm

I got it - thanks min

9:35 pm

yw

9:38 pm

clue for first se5/10 pls

9:39 pm

That se 5/10 word is the se4/4 plus a vowel MPittore

9:40 pm

that confuses me min

9:40 pm

that clue is for the second se 5/10 min

9:40 pm

it's spanish for sir

9:40 pm

min that is the second one I need the first

9:41 pm

ty shirl

9:41 pm

1st se 5/10 is mister in spanish jmcnrick & MPittore.

9:41 pm

hi shirl

9:41 pm

S's Stomped! 1 left

9:41 pm

ty shirl...it was right there gosh

9:41 pm

Hi Shirlockc! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:41 pm

go min go!

9:41 pm

i only just got it myself

9:41 pm

stared and stared ...

9:41 pm

those s's are a killer today

9:42 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! hi5/12 was my last word

9:42 pm

congrats min

9:42 pm

whoo hooo min!

9:42 pm

ned the last tr 5/10

9:43 pm

not going to torture myself anymore, bye all

9:43 pm

That tr5/10 word is tr plus the first number MPittore

9:43 pm

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

9:43 pm

bye vicl

9:43 pm

night vlcl - i can help you with some

9:43 pm

ty min

9:44 pm

ty min 8 left

9:44 pm

25 left

9:44 pm

i still got 21

9:44 pm

thanks mom, need to take dog out, etc

9:44 pm

go mom go!

9:44 pm

go MP go!

9:45 pm

go jmc go rah, rah!

9:45 pm

help with the sy please

9:46 pm

it alt spelling of the thing that police use to make sound

9:46 pm

ty shirl

9:47 pm

sy - what you hear when an ambulance goes by - but spelled different

9:47 pm

oops too late

9:47 pm

ty mom

9:47 pm

sy 5/14 sounds like noise ambulance makes jmcnrick.

9:48 pm

ty min

9:48 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:48 pm

sc6 anyone?

9:48 pm

whites of your eyes shirl

9:48 pm

bye min!

9:48 pm

That sc 6/21 is the white part of your eye Shirlockc.

9:49 pm

night Min - thanks for your hellp

9:49 pm

yikes, thx for the sc6

9:49 pm

night min

9:49 pm

dont know the term for the whites.

9:49 pm

yw

9:50 pm

google eye parts mkg

9:52 pm

sa7?

9:52 pm

at 5 please?

9:53 pm

like an early video game at**i but double the second letter and drop the i

9:55 pm

sa7 = adjective form of sa5, the goat man

9:55 pm

ty shirl

9:55 pm

can i get a clue for the first ty4/6 please

9:56 pm

rubber things on wheels shorty

9:56 pm

pl for the 5

9:56 pm

what you do with your sneakers

9:56 pm

ty! got at.

9:57 pm

wtg mkg

9:57 pm

need au 5 14 please.

9:57 pm

try this - a person that does funky things with t'shirts in the 60's by rolling them and putting them in dyes

9:58 pm

do you have the au 7 and 8 mkg?

9:58 pm

its time for me to go to bed - can you all tell - one too many glasses of wine and still have 19 to go

9:58 pm

dont have the 7 or 8.

9:58 pm

the 5 7 and 8 are linked

9:59 pm

have you seen the matric mkg

9:59 pm

just two left

9:59 pm

i got that one for wheels i need the 1st one please unless it rymes with it

9:59 pm

rhymes*

9:59 pm

it rhymes switch the last two letters

9:59 pm

go MP go

10:00 pm

hehe thank u!!!!

10:00 pm

mkg they all relate to hearing

10:00 pm

yw

10:01 pm

ty.

10:01 pm

uric c

10:01 pm

did you get them mkg?

10:01 pm

night all - its the witching hour - my flag is waving

10:01 pm

opps, so sorry

10:01 pm

well not getting them relatiing to hearing. will keep trying.

10:01 pm

didn't mean to blurt out like that

10:01 pm

hi phand

10:02 pm

how are you this evening?

10:02 pm

I kept the pb heat on since it is getting chilly

10:02 pm

bye mom!

10:02 pm

oh, thanks so much

10:02 pm

i am okay if tired

10:02 pm

still looking for au?

10:02 pm

ok need more clues for au words. sorry. cant get them.

10:03 pm

could I have a U clue or 2 pls? I have UR 4/6

10:03 pm

au+white grain minus last letter+ **s Paul the band leader

10:03 pm

so we saw phand! lol

10:03 pm

au + a small white grain ( best steamed) drop the last vowel + le - then go plural for the 0

10:03 pm

lol, I guess I did give that away...

10:03 pm

un6= what happens to the string on your fishing rod

10:04 pm

meant the 9 at the end

10:04 pm

ut4/5 is an actress i never heard of

10:04 pm

ur5=u+tear a building down

10:04 pm

FIREWORKS

10:04 pm

ur4=bear

10:05 pm

whoo hooo MP!

10:05 pm

got the au words. ty.

10:05 pm

congrats MPittore - night all

10:05 pm

ur tear down a building... hmmm?

10:06 pm

bye mom c u tomorrow

10:06 pm

need ce 6 27 please.

10:06 pm

there is a r4/4 word in there phand

10:06 pm

cool vegetable that people put peanut butter in

10:06 pm

a green crunchy veggie mkg

10:06 pm

I figured that, but not coming up with it. Looking and looking...

10:06 pm

giggle mom can't stay away

10:07 pm

ra**

10:07 pm

I NEED TO LEAVE NOW

10:07 pm

lol shoves mom to door

10:07 pm

need ur 5 please.

10:07 pm

got it! Thanks

10:07 pm

ty for ce. got it.

10:07 pm

do you have ra4/4 mkg?

10:08 pm

ru5/16?

10:08 pm

no sorry. have ra 5 14 first one. thats all so far.

10:09 pm

ru + double consonant + sometimes vowel

10:09 pm

ah I was looking at the wrong ru!

10:10 pm

to wipe out or era**=ra4/4

10:10 pm

thing you use to do it era***=ra5/10

10:10 pm

ur=u+ra4/4

10:12 pm

need second ch 6 30 please.

10:12 pm

ole rah sis boom bah

10:12 pm

ole ole ole ole ole

10:12 pm

go team go

10:13 pm

oh sorry wrong word

10:13 pm

cr 5 plcease? have others.

10:13 pm

something that is either tacky or covered with cheddar

10:13 pm

cr5 is what whales eat with baleen

10:14 pm

second or4/4 please

10:15 pm

dont know word. sorry.

10:15 pm

oh got it on a guess. i guess it was somewhere in the brain.

10:16 pm

lol guesses are good mkg!

10:16 pm

ou 5 please? and j 5???????

10:17 pm

if something is not in fashion it is ou5

10:17 pm

16 left

10:18 pm

hmmm dodnt know if i know it.

10:18 pm

got ou. ty.

10:18 pm

not inner and swapped the last two letters

10:22 pm

10

10:22 pm

need to go to bed...early day tomorrow...looking for jade and lapis for jmc!

10:23 pm

bye MP have fun tomorrow

10:23 pm

look for ear plugs too

10:23 pm

niters jmc...sweet dreams to all! *poofy*

10:23 pm

did anyone clue ch 6 30 second one???????i cant get it.

10:24 pm

covered with cheddar mkg

10:24 pm

8

10:25 pm

ty! how did i miss it.

10:25 pm

yw

10:26 pm

hi 6 21 second one?

10:27 pm

my sister likes to do things he***f then change the first vowel

10:27 pm

re 4/5?

10:28 pm

ty. got it.

10:28 pm

can you clue re4/5 please

RE + half circle + pl

and hello!

10:29 pm

hi smooth

10:29 pm

never got ju word. please a clue?

I can't stay for long, I've got to be to bed soon... just thought I'd pop in and see if I could offer a clue or two

10:30 pm

hmmm your clue looks like re5 smooth

JU + something that matters is ***evant

10:31 pm

please clue ju for mkg

10:31 pm

ty. got it.

10:31 pm

duh! just got your clue smooth ty

10:31 pm

5 left

RE 4: RE*reation (+pl)

;)

10:32 pm

second or4/4?

10:32 pm

PAPPA!!

10:32 pm

hi lbd i thought you left!

10:32 pm

i was on skype with my sister

sorry, that was the first re4 (4/5) did you need the 4/4?

dawg!! Hi!!

:D

10:33 pm

no no that was what i needed smooth

10:33 pm

long time, smooth!

10:33 pm

i need the second or!

ermm... thin kabout 2 years. :)

10:33 pm

how's it going? you behaving yourself?

second or 4?

10:34 pm

2nd or think french airport

it's going well! and behaving myself? not at all! would you expect different? :P

10:34 pm

glad to hear it, smooth!

OR + **t's dance!

10:34 pm

stumped on 4s. darn.

10:35 pm

or 6 needed.

10:35 pm

ty smooth

10:35 pm

welp, it's way past my bedtime. see you all tomorrow! will have to catch up later, smooth

10:35 pm

3 left

and dawg, can I just say? my new girlfreind just spent $120 on my birthday dinner tonight... what a night! a four course meal paired with 4 beers from a local microbrew, with talks by the chef and brewmaster during each course!!! what a treat!!!

10:35 pm

stubborn mkg

10:35 pm

that or6 mule!

OR6: a synonym for vranky

my southern relatives use the term a lot

*cranky

10:36 pm

wow what a nice present

10:36 pm

happy birthday Smooth! oooh lala, and what are you doing playing babble with a lovely lady like that?

10:36 pm

maybe there is more microbrew in the pb ;-)

yeah... I was pretty speechless when she took me in there.

10:37 pm

sometimes actions speak louder than words smooth

10:37 pm

well, i know you're pretty special, glad she feels the same way!

lol... well, we are both a little sick, dawg, and decdided that we both need a good night of rest more than a night spent together

10:37 pm

ok le 4 5 please ???????

10:38 pm

a dirty old man mkg

10:38 pm

need on 5 as well please.

10:38 pm

2

10:38 pm

rest well, smooth. try some cold eze with zinc. good stuff.

LE+ if you go to the interview, you migbht get *i*ed for the job

10:38 pm

ty

10:39 pm

ty. got it.

10:39 pm

leaving now. i hear my pillows calling! good luck with the grid!

10:39 pm

1

10:39 pm

bye lbd

yea, I'm loading up on vitamins, pain relievers and antihistamines... it's a bad version of the cold... nothing too serious

10:39 pm

early whooooo hooooooo JMC

10:39 pm

ty lbd

Good to see you Lbd!

10:39 pm

*poof*

10:39 pm

need last le 4 6 please.

10:39 pm

fireworks

10:39 pm

nm got it.

well done!

10:40 pm

on 5 plz?

10:40 pm

ty ty

LE + I vote *e* not no

mkg: simialr to the or 6, just missing a vowel

10:40 pm

like the or6 just drop a letter at the begining mkg

I'm sorry, a consonant

10:41 pm

got it ty.

yeesh! I should NOT clue after a four course ber menu. :P

10:41 pm

re 5 10 plz?

10:42 pm

giggle

RE+ *merican *rans *irline

and pl for the 6

10:43 pm

ty got it.

10:43 pm

re+***lante is a babbler

10:43 pm

how many left mkg?

10:43 pm

need re 5 14 last one plz.

10:43 pm

12 left.

jmc, I've got to get on to bed... care to finish cluing? good luck MKG

10:44 pm

ty papap

10:44 pm

sure smooth

bon soir!

10:44 pm

others will show up soon anyway

*poof*

10:44 pm

go mkg go!

10:45 pm

well, I made it 1/2 way and little beyond. It's nearly midnight and I have a busy day and an early day tomorrow, so, good night. happy babbling. and I am sure, you will finish very soon, MKG

10:45 pm

need sc 6 please.

10:45 pm

bye phand

10:45 pm

cu tomorrow

10:46 pm

still whites of eye -- did you google eye parts?

10:46 pm

Hey, jm, I tried to look at your profile but this thing won't open any profiles.....I just wanted to see if you had listed your email address.....I need to ask you something but I can't ask here because of people know that I'm on this most every day. If there is a way.....may I please contact you? Thanks

10:46 pm

never did eye parts.

10:46 pm

need ri 5 10 plz.

10:47 pm

got eye whites

10:47 pm

9 left.

10:47 pm

wtg mkg

10:48 pm

still need ri 5 10 plz.

10:48 pm

ri+***lante is a babbler

10:48 pm

my email is my babbler name at yahoo.com peach

10:48 pm

make sure you let me know it is you peach

10:49 pm

ty got it.

10:49 pm

Thasnks.

10:49 pm

sa 5 12 first one.

10:49 pm

+Make that "Thanks".

10:49 pm

alternate spelling of indian woman's dress

10:49 pm

yw peach

10:50 pm

need sa 7 too and the six after.

10:51 pm

sa7 is an adj made from the sa5 faun god

10:51 pm

want to finish so need se 5 10 second one.

10:51 pm

the sa6 rhymes with la**** wreaths that romans wore when victorious

10:52 pm

trying but cant get that sa 7.

10:52 pm

se+***se a child or a roof or a barn

10:52 pm

dont know the weaths. sorry

10:52 pm

you have teh sa5/14 that is the faun yes?

10:53 pm

got se word. ty.

10:53 pm

wtg mkg

10:53 pm

you have the sa 5/14?

10:53 pm

got sa 6.

10:54 pm

add two letters that make adjectives

10:54 pm

4

10:54 pm

go mkg go!

10:54 pm

first sa 5 please? all left are sa words.

10:54 pm

sa+frozen water

10:55 pm

sa5 indian dress

10:55 pm

got sa 7.

10:55 pm

sa4 indian dress

10:55 pm

sa5=thai dish on a stick

10:55 pm

got indian dress. that is sa 4. isnt it?

10:55 pm

sa5 faun

10:55 pm

sa7 faun like

10:56 pm

indian dress is also sa5 before it

10:56 pm

ty.

10:56 pm

sa6 rhymes with la**** wreath

10:56 pm

just need first two sa 5s please.

10:56 pm

sa5 rhymes with sorry

10:56 pm

first sa5=sa+frozen water

10:57 pm

ty. got first one.

10:57 pm

second sa5=alternate spelling of indian dress

10:57 pm

got the rhymes with sorry one. had that before.

10:57 pm

ty got it. firewks.

10:57 pm

ty all.

10:58 pm

whooo hooo mkg

10:58 pm

and so to bed

10:58 pm

see you tomorrow

10:58 pm

*poof*

11:09 pm

Hello -- is there anyone here?

11:09 pm

good evening all...

11:09 pm

Just arriving, jilli...how are you?

11:10 pm

ready to relax, pini -- and you?

11:10 pm

same here...relaxing until I fall asleep...

11:10 pm

doing well, are you?

11:10 pm

well, here it's only 9:10 pm

11:11 pm

same here, jilli...

11:11 pm

I was up until midnight last night doing some paperwork for a friend...and then a full day at the office...I'm burnt to a crisp ;)

11:12 pm

of course --I forgot - it's been a busy day with a computer techie here tidying up my machine

11:12 pm

is it working better now?

11:12 pm

I think so

11:13 pm

that's good!

11:13 pm

It was just being sluggish and there were some things popping up at boot-time which I didn't want and he got rid of them, among other things

11:14 pm

also hopes to get a way to open some Publisher files which were made on an older version and won't open now

11:15 pm

full of good advice too -- very nice guy

11:15 pm

I can relate to that kinda of thing on some days...

11:15 pm

that's good to have a great tech

11:16 pm

I was showing him Babble and he seemed quite taken with it ;)

11:16 pm

I think anyone who sees it is "smitten" with it...

11:17 pm

btw -- do you have any trouble with refreshing BabbleExpert? Or don't you use it?

11:17 pm

it's the only the only thing I use...

11:17 pm

Depending on what's it's doing will determine whether I simply Refresh or back out and reenter...

11:17 pm

I've told all sorts of people about Babble andthey're not interested -- say they're too busy.

11:18 pm

they must have lives! :) LOL

11:19 pm

changing an icon -- used to work with refresh but now doesn't -- have to back out and reenter. Guru thinks it's Lickety's problem, possibly caused by Windows updates.

11:19 pm

very possible....

11:20 pm

Looks as if YOU have a life, as do all the other fully emplyed babblers. I guess they don't need much sleep!

11:20 pm

Oh, not really...just been helping a friend these past 2 weeks...but that's slowing down now...(to my relief)

11:21 pm

well, look at all our doctors and nurses and teachers and so on!

11:22 pm

true, very true...

11:24 pm

(sorry...phone call)

11:24 pm

you're allowed!

11:28 pm

Hello...

11:32 pm

Hmmm...guess I shall return later...

11:34 pm

oh, I just made a side trip to FB

11:37 pm

going to do kitchen cleanup now

11:38 pm

Bleh ..

11:46 pm

Hi torg

11:46 pm

diswhasher loaded ;)

11:47 pm

was that what the bleh was about?

11:48 pm

Hi all!! can anyone clue the au 7/8 plz

11:49 pm

nm got em

11:54 pm

hi diz

11:54 pm

hey lilli!!

11:55 pm

hi all, won't finish. Had a rather weird evening. Feeling panicky about getting everything done again...

11:55 pm

oopsie Jilli

11:55 pm

hi Stid...slow down and take a breathe

11:55 pm

OR 6 please?

11:57 pm

put an r in the on 5/14

11:57 pm

thanks grannie.

11:57 pm

how about the first RE 5/14?

11:57 pm

yw

11:57 pm

Hi, I'm back

11:57 pm

hello everyone :)

11:58 pm

hey nan

11:58 pm

re 5/14

11:58 pm

re 5/14

11:58 pm

re 5/14: speak again

11:58 pm

there's only one re5/14 -- to speak again

11:58 pm

hi nan

11:58 pm

oopsie

11:58 pm

hi jill

11:59 pm

sorry, meant RA 5/14, did I mistype?

11:59 pm

ra 5/14: like a rodent? or chewed by one

11:59 pm

ra5/14 -- fullof rodents

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