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flip

12:00 am

ad 7

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

hi grem..and that was fast...ty...lol

12:01 am

I have 32 words 209 points? are u at like 400 yet? lol

12:01 am

hi barb and flosey

hi and nbt

12:01 am

you're ahead of me by 1

12:01 am

lol

12:01 am

flip

hi robbie

ur5 woot

12:02 am

hello

and dart and josh as well

12:02 am

hi dart and music

12:02 am

SH6

12:02 am

hi robbie

12:02 am

except I stopped typing what I could see already

12:02 am

ab6

12:02 am

now have to slowly go through the rest

12:02 am

ab6 x 2

12:03 am

ra 7

Clues are up

12:03 am

what clues?

12:03 am

flip

lickety split!!!!!!!

12:04 am

ty lickety!

12:04 am

well I'll be -- it'll go quickly today

12:04 am

in8

12:04 am

WA 6

hi jill and licketysplit

12:04 am

ty lickety

12:04 am

wow Lickety -- thank you!!

12:04 am

hi jilli, BDG,Erda

12:05 am

gremlinn are you done already?

12:05 am

54 words

12:05 am

ra6

12:05 am

I'm still at 46

wow go grem

howdee robbie and anyone else i missed that came in

12:06 am

click on the "Lickety's Babble Clues" link at the bottom if you want to see clues

12:06 am

go grem!

12:06 am

if the ING was to the left we'd have a lot more words

12:06 am

yeah, I know

12:06 am

hi robbie

oooh found the in8, ty

yeah, the ing looks pretty useless down there

phant indulge

sh6

12:08 am

i can only find one of 5 words for R at the bottom left

12:08 am

ra6 and ra7 there

12:09 am

i got ra6

my city is a phantom in this grid as well

i have ra5 for that r

12:09 am

ra7 is a plural

12:10 am

ok, icon changed

12:10 am

hmm

12:10 am

grem which RA isd it?

12:10 am

my ra6 can not be plural lol

so is ra5 :)

12:10 am

bottom left

12:10 am

might be a different ra6 music

12:11 am

thanks grem

rhabdo! is not in the grid

12:11 am

I just found a second ra6 there

12:11 am

thanks grem

12:11 am

great icon jilli - will read the rest of it later.

so far for that r ra6 5 6 7

fragile -- not in the grid

12:11 am

i just found an RA 6

12:12 am

just found a second ra7 there

12:12 am

man i must be stupid I'm still not seeing it

12:12 am

ra 6 6 7 7 there for me

ty grem got it immediately. that r is greyed now

12:12 am

6 7 7 is one combo

12:12 am

me too josh

12:13 am

i've wasted 10 minutes on that R and still only have 1/5 lol

12:13 am

it's an uncommon word, I guess

12:14 am

fa5 annoying babblet

12:14 am

nbt

i'm off to wordsplay in a sec, bye till later y'all

12:14 am

i've tried any normal letter combo

12:14 am

I've been having a lot of trouble loading babble -- hope it's okay now

12:14 am

bye BDG

12:14 am

music it might be a word you dont know at all or might not be a word

12:15 am

do all of them start with RA?

12:16 am

from that corner, yeah

12:16 am

yeah I give up :(

any idea why rate isn't in the puzzle...I can see it

12:16 am

can't find anything longer than an ra 5

it's in there, barb

12:16 am

wtg flosey -- interesting writeup and lovely icon!

12:16 am

rate works...

12:16 am

try it again Barb

12:16 am

barb it is

12:16 am

in wordsplay, WATCH doesn't work lol

12:16 am

thanks Jilli - I found this one very interesting

i tried 3 times...will try again

12:17 am

phantom elaborate

finally wonder why it took 4 tries???

12:17 am

things are very sluggish here

12:18 am

interesting write up flosey

is that what it is???just slow..but it said not found...weird oh well on to the next word

12:18 am

hi Ata

12:18 am

jill this is faster the fb for me lol

12:18 am

um.. why isn't TEIL a word? it works on wordsplay

12:18 am

they don't use the same dictionaries - this one has a lot fewer words

12:18 am

music this is a different word game

very interesting flosey

12:19 am

man I feel really stupid I'm missing so many words :(

12:19 am

i am stalled at 39 at the moment

12:19 am

thanks Barb

12:19 am

my daughter went to costa rica,but all she talked about was the rain forest..lol

12:19 am

i only have 63 words :(

off to bed for me...will try again tomorrow night all (((((hugs))) to all

12:20 am

that's pretty impressive too though robbie

12:20 am

evening all...

12:20 am

Ah, at last, Expert fully loaded now. Don't know what's going on!

12:20 am

bye barb

12:20 am

hi pini

12:20 am

hi Pini

12:20 am

robbie how old is she?

12:21 am

hi flosey ;)

12:21 am

good night Barb, sweet sleep

12:21 am

hi robbie ;)

12:21 am

So I have NO words yet.

thank you ...hi and bye pinni

12:21 am

this grid needs an O

12:21 am

refresh, jilli?

12:21 am

gremlinn how many words u got?

12:21 am

Jilli, my Dad was in Italy in 1944, and tossed a small coin into the cooling lava - I have the souvenir: it's like a litte volcano, and you can see the coin about 1/2 inch down.

12:22 am

Hi everyone! And bye barb.

12:22 am

115

12:22 am

nbt

12:22 am

WOW

12:22 am

I have a whopping 35 words...can I shake the board?

12:22 am

wtg nan

12:22 am

Pini, refresh doesn't work -- all is well now except things are very slow

i'm one ahead of grem, i'm one ahead of grem

12:22 am

jillor empty out your cookies/ cache

12:22 am

MLF, very interesting icon, one has to look at it for a bit

nanana boo boo

12:22 am

that is awesome Christine

lol

lol

12:22 am

git'r dun, boys!

12:23 am

pini i have been here longer then ou have and i have whiopping 39 and am stalled

12:23 am

baldur is in there

12:23 am

glad I'm not alone in the boat, mlf!

12:23 am

the A near bottom left is giving me trouble too... 2/11

12:24 am

pini nogt at all but i am abandoning the ship i have gone brain dead ...poof all

12:24 am

goodnight MLF

12:24 am

night mlf! :)

12:24 am

I thinkthere's only 53 words, because I've seen nothing in the past five minutes.

12:24 am

night mlf

12:24 am

lol

12:24 am

bye mlf

12:25 am

lol christine

12:26 am

gremm has 115 and I"m stuck with 115 to go -- typical

12:27 am

138 now

12:27 am

I'm at 75...

12:27 am

hi Christine

12:27 am

'I spent all that time in the bottom left for nothing... so I'll just keep going

i'm licketying and at 145

12:28 am

damn you're god

12:28 am

good*

12:28 am

44 here...gads, I feel like a slug!

12:29 am

I have all of 15, but I have an excuse

12:29 am

Oh, "it" doesn't like Baldur the Bright and Beautiful.

12:30 am

well,I'm too tired to see anything..nite all! happy babbling!

12:30 am

Proper noun, Christine

12:30 am

night robbie ;)

12:30 am

night robbie!

12:30 am

HELGA should work lol

12:31 am

nite jilli and pini

12:31 am

what's your excuse, jill? -- mine is stupidity

12:31 am

Helga is a proper name

12:31 am

*poof*

12:31 am

But, the name, Jillibus - it's stayed with me all these years.

12:33 am

omg

12:33 am

My excuse is that I had lotsof trouble loading this and didn't get started until a little while ago.

12:33 am

all this time I thought the word had to START with the letter at the bottom

12:33 am

omg --- what??

12:33 am

you'll love it, jilli!

12:33 am

I've been at it for over 20 minutes and only have 70 so far -- finding this very tough

12:34 am

i know a helga- helga sandberg

12:34 am

love what, pini? This grid?

12:34 am

just to be sure.. the words with R at bottom left... do they all START with that R?

12:34 am

I'm up to 50 and still feel like a slug!

12:35 am

yes, musicious

12:35 am

I FOUND THE BUDDHA

12:35 am

the bottom left R = five words that start with R

12:35 am

yes, music

12:35 am

okay i still suck then lol

12:35 am

found one ra 6, but no way to extend it

12:35 am

I suck worse, I don't have any R's from that one!

12:36 am

good for you, gremlin!

12:36 am

I'm stuck at 95 words

12:36 am

you're way ahead of me!

12:37 am

so apparently not too stuck!

12:37 am

stuck at 75

12:37 am

but my average length is 4.29 lol

12:37 am

file

12:37 am

mine's worse!

12:37 am

phantom indult, indaba

12:37 am

need 4 more for NBT! :(

12:38 am

phantom: giraffe

12:38 am

phantom gilette

12:38 am

i had a good 8 letter phantom but i forgot lol

fireworks thanks to lickety for last 50 or so

12:38 am

nice going, music

12:38 am

nj josh

12:38 am

wtg josh!

12:38 am

got a word from that lower left R

12:38 am

boo

12:39 am

I think I'd better call it a night so I have something to in the morning when my dau's in surgery...

some weird a's, i have to say

12:39 am

hi pip ;)

that 2nd ab6 is flat out bizarre

12:39 am

big surgery, pini?

12:39 am

nah, just a scientific unit, lots of them have ab- in front like that

12:40 am

christ! 78 words & I FINALLY found a bloody 7!

12:40 am

"golf ladder"...not too bad

12:40 am

that ING in the bottom right is such a waste!

12:40 am

(at least that's what my neice called it)

i just mean the 2nd/3rd letter combo - you don't see those two letters juxtaposed very often

12:40 am

bwana

12:41 am

finished grem?

12:41 am

subwoofer

12:41 am

I have 13 left

12:41 am

mmm, spinach salad with blue cheese

12:41 am

gogogo grem

12:41 am

how many words u got?

12:42 am

ok...cya tmw! congrats to the finishers! good luck to the rest! * poof *

12:42 am

no blue cheese for me, thanks

12:42 am

164 now

12:42 am

nite pini

12:42 am

(oh, and welcome aboard, musicious, you, too, will be assimilated, resistance is futile)

12:43 am

* real poof *

12:43 am

i accidentally charged a table for my dinner toight, i feel like a jerk

12:43 am

ab and ad clues?

12:43 am

i dont think I'll get past 100... stuck at 97 :(

blue cheese sounds inedible

now, bleu cheese, on the other hand...

12:43 am

music: try Lickety's clues

12:43 am

fireworks

12:43 am

it tells you the first two letters of all words, listed in alpha-order

12:43 am

shouldn't fiddle be a word?

12:44 am

oh wait its not there lol

12:44 am

I must be slow today, hehe

12:44 am

where do u see the clues?

12:44 am

it's a word, it's judt not in the grid

12:44 am

does not connect

12:44 am

dang you, Lickety, for coming in immediately

everyone's allowed a day off, grem

12:44 am

yes, but it's a phantom -- can't skip over to that first D

12:44 am

one of the links at the bottom of the page

12:45 am

wow cool

12:45 am

isn't that cheating though? :P

12:45 am

open it in another window and put 'em side by side or something

12:45 am

well, we all kind of agree it's okay, I guess

12:45 am

just don't use a boggle solver program!

12:45 am

well I'm sure you don't need it grem :P

12:46 am

I can usually finish without it, but it would often take hours that way

yeah, as long as you're actually finding the words, i don't think too many people are going to quibble with your treasure map

12:46 am

and it's just not worth that much time

12:46 am

true

some days i go without any help, but some days i just don't have the time. and not finishing the grid if i start it just isn't an option anymore

12:46 am

is it bad to lick your to-go food container?

because i am hopelessly obsessive about finishing it when i start

12:47 am

have never heard of that ab 6 before

12:47 am

i feel the same way, joshuavorbis

12:47 am

pipping... that may be unhealthy

12:47 am

when you heat up those cartons in the microwave certain chemicals can leak into your food

12:47 am

i hate messing up my rankings when i'm fully capable!

12:47 am

it was a salad, never been heated

12:47 am

always put leftovers on a plate first

12:47 am

no pip it is not bad

12:48 am

phantom national poet in the grid

12:48 am

oh well then go ahead lol

12:48 am

no need to dirty a plate as far as i'm concerned

12:49 am

it is just another phase of the clean plate club

12:49 am

heel

12:50 am

why does 'glub' not work?

12:50 am

need more onomatopoeia

12:50 am

oops falling asleep here

12:50 am

what's glub?

12:50 am

the sound of someone drowning

12:51 am

wow

12:51 am

dura

12:51 am

did u get the 3 longest words?

12:51 am

so i've decided just to let go of the cash i had stolen last night, now that i'm past the rage. much healthier that way

12:51 am

I have all the 7s and the 8, yeah

12:52 am

sounds wise, pip. Not much you can do about it.

12:52 am

wrong box, sammysmom

12:52 am

i needed my time to vent and now i shall move on

12:53 am

um, how do u get 42 points with gl6?

12:53 am

i keep doing it- better go to bed- larry is waiting for me- good night all

12:53 am

there are multipliers based on word length - 6 letter words are x3

12:53 am

wait a second u dont just add up the points of each tile?

12:53 am

well that explains it

12:54 am

basically, length N means a multiplier of N-3

12:54 am

4 = x1, 5 = x2, 6 = x3, etc.

12:54 am

isn't baliff a word?

12:54 am

bailiff

12:54 am

ahh

12:55 am

bailiff

12:55 am

what words do u have left to find grem?

12:55 am

it is if it's spelled bailiff

12:55 am

(sluggish here)

12:56 am

A, D, D, G, G, H, S

12:56 am

can u give the first 2 letters and I'll try to find it for u?

12:56 am

I gave up on the rest lol

5 G words use the double F

12:56 am

nah, I'm fine

12:57 am

100 down -- 74 and the list tomorrow -- good night everyone :)

12:57 am

hmm, is that a messed-up spelling of glyph?

12:57 am

night nan -- well done

12:58 am

"a transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear."

12:58 am

oh the 2 gs u missed had ff and plural right

12:58 am

good heavens -- ty grem!

12:58 am

hi ata

12:59 am

m, day off tmorrow, i shall come back after sleep and sobriety

12:59 am

isn't DURATE a word?

1:00 am

obdurate is...

1:00 am

you'd think it might be, with obdurate

1:00 am

or duration

1:00 am

like duration

1:00 am

hugs and kisses to my darling babblers, see y'all in the morning

1:00 am

and the longest word here has it in there lol

1:00 am

fireworks

1:01 am

that is funny... you can IN in front lol

1:01 am

any hints for the ai 6,24 or the ar 5,10?

1:01 am

fireworks

1:01 am

does fireworks mean you finished?

1:01 am

yeah - when you finish it shows you some fireworks

1:02 am

damn i just got 100 words...

1:02 am

ai 6/24 - insert a letter in the previous word

1:02 am

this makes me appreciate wordsplay more lol

1:02 am

ar 5/10 is an anagram of an ra 5/10

1:03 am

ty grem for the ai

1:03 am

I was slow today - I'm usually first to finish, music

1:03 am

good game... i need some sleep

1:05 am

YAY dart and grem!!!

1:15 am

off to bed, 65 for tomorrow, goodnight all

1:27 am

too late to say goodnight to flosey? Oh well!

1:35 am

I hereby announce nbt to nobody

wtg jilli a clue for the r in the bottom left so i can get nbt please

no matter finally found it

1:38 am

more than one half a diameter, gladys -- and hi!

thanks jilli and hi to you too

1:38 am

sooy that was slow to arrive -- there's a big lag here

1:39 am

*sorry (I'm also tired!)

are you still having problems with your internet?

1:40 am

not really, gladys -- this seems to be babble itself -- or for some reason things are often slow at this time

for not being too small, i am finding this grid difficult.

1:42 am

me too -- and gremlin didn't race through it either

glad to know I'm not the only one

me too - i keep putting the same words in again and again!!

1:44 am

and I keep thinking I've found a word until it has no end

1:45 am

like budge and audit (no last letter)

and I keep wanting to add ed to the end of words

i keep wanting to use the ing

1:48 am

I saw that too -- but there's a word that starts with it

yes got that thanks jilli

1:53 am

no haddie? Finnan haddie is delicious!

it is indeed jilli love it poached in milk

bbs going to make breakfast

1:56 am

that's what I do -- so easy

1:57 am

I'll be going to bed soon -- just want to go once through Lickety

2:07 am

oh good --over halfway and nbt so off I go -- goodnight anyone

2:08 am

*poof*

night jilli sleep well

Hello

2:27 am

morning

Hey

2:29 am

day off and the sun is shining - life is good :-)

it is all finally official.

2:29 am

what's official herin?

My friends have finally told the world that their are having a baby. I have known for a week

2:30 am

oh that's lovely

I have known for a week so I have been avoiding another friend so I wouldn't spill the secret

2:33 am

it's really nice to be one of the first to be told

He was very upset that he couldn't contact me for a week and he was really worried that I would find out from a third person

2:36 am

i was the first person my brother and sister in law told about my nephew, it was really special that they thought of me first

2:37 am

is it just me or is this a pig of a grid?

2:37 am

good morning everybody

aww. I have been looking at baby stuff today. There is now 4 little ones 3 here and one on the way that I would like to buy for and since the seasons are turning it is a great time to buy

Ruby

2:38 am

morning ruby

Yep the ING is going to drive you mad

2:38 am

it already is lol

maybe we all need to string inginginging x a milllion to get out of our system

2:40 am

jumping in!

2:40 am

don't do it Ruby it's rough in there

2:40 am

and I can't swim!

bah I can't wait till monday when I have proper internet

2:44 am

Good Morning babblers and Mrs Mc ... why are you on babble Katie and not at work ??

Hey Norma. If I disappear I am about to go to another room.

2:45 am

Hi herin

2:49 am

Day off, going to spend the day with Karen to cheer her up. She has been off work for ages but is going back on Monday so I thought it would be nice to do some girlie stuff

good morning all. how many words today please

2:50 am

174 words

thanks. i have a long way to go!!

2:51 am

and the first 50 are easy --- then, aaarghhh

2:51 am

Have a nice day Katie and give my love to Karen hope she enjoys being back at work

2:53 am

I think she is only going back part time to begin with to see how she gets on, then obviously she is on holiday in a couple of weeks so she is hoping she can get through it without being sent home by the works doctor again!

2:53 am

What has been wrong with her? I didn't realise she was poorly ??

I hope this works. Stupid net

2:55 am

She has got Rheumatoid Arthritis and they just don't seem to be able to get her meds right, funnily enough she is also very down at the moment

2:56 am

she is on 14 tablets a day with Thurday being her favourite day when she gets to take 18

O hugs Katie

2:57 am

Oh I new about the Arthritis .. I didn't realise she was so poorly at the moment.. I only have arthritis in my knees and elbows and know the pain ... poor Karen it must be really painful.. give her a hug from me

3:00 am

will do, Wayne is being a star and we are hoping that the hot weather on holiday will help with the flare ups, she is being so brave about it so here's hoping. In the meantime i am going to take her out to whereever she wants to go today as she is getting quite a recluse at the moment

3:00 am

Have a really super day xx

3:01 am

ty I'm off now so see you all later x

3:01 am

bye katie

later Katie

3:01 am

See you later xx

I am going to

3:02 am

see you later herin have a good day

3:02 am

this is a crazy grid, nothing seems to build on anything.....

3:05 am

I think I have pea soup for a brain this morning .. think I might come back later see you all have a good day

3:09 am

hello all

Hi all.

3:15 am

Hello all. I reckon today would be a good day for extolling the virtues of Morewords.

Now why can't a small fig be a figlet?

Grid is that bad, eh, Haz?

3:16 am

Morning Sally & Haz

3:16 am

It requires either an extraordinarilyextensive vocabulary, extremely creative typing or access to morewords.

Morning lynxxx. Seem to be a lot of phantoms today :-(

3:17 am

It took gremlinn longer than 10 minutes, even with Lickety. I rest my case.

I thought gremlinn normally did the grid without lickety? Certainly he often posts his lists before lickety is up.

3:20 am

Depending on whether Lickety is available at the time, he does seem to use it to speed up.

Not sure how it must feel to do the grid so fast. What would you do for the rest of the day? :-)

I do like a mix of easy and thought-provoking, myself.

3:22 am

I don't think I'll ever know...about the speed, I mean.

3:22 am

hehe - Australian bird or what our would-be PM is infamous for wearing bu**** smugglers

lol Haz

ty for the bird lynxxx. Don't know about the expression though!

3:24 am

There's a stereotypical Australian woman's name as well - friend of Bruce. sh6.

Yes, have that one Haz, but ty

3:25 am

and Buddha too

3:33 am

And time for me to go. Enjoy the grid!

3:33 am

bye Haz - have a lovely day

bye for now Haz. Enjoy yoiur day

4:01 am

hello again; I stopped before at 75 but doubt that I'll even reach half.

4:02 am

isn't that Australian word a female kangaroo?

Hi ruby. Which particular Australian word? There are two I have so far associated with Oz.

Neither is a kangaroo :-)

4:04 am

shows what I don't know..... lol

One is a bird (not just in Oz, but wild in Oz I think) and one is slang for a woman.

4:05 am

got 'em, thanks

4:05 am

hi Ruby, think you have your wires crossed on that one

4:05 am

moi? crossed wires? raofl

Well that's appropriate because I have so far found two electrical words "-)

4:06 am

mmmm

4:06 am

I found my maiden name (was I ever a maiden???), like a norse explorer, sort of

4:06 am

monkeys are looking for second electrical word

A new one to me, found it with morewords ruby

4:07 am

there is a phantom butterfly bush, realy close

If I give you the first two letters, you will have it :-)

4:11 am

how about just the first letter, sally?

ab 6/36

Do you want a big hint?

4:13 am

hahah, monkeys and I are working hard, racking our little brains.....

4:14 am

that's a dumb word - TY Sally

I so agree lynxxx!

4:14 am

it may be dumb, but I'm dumber......

4:14 am

dumber* [can't even spell dumb]

Add it to the electical word you already have

4:15 am

silly but thanks

np

Would not have got that without morewords

4:16 am

why isn't gila a word?

4:16 am

what does that mean?

4:17 am

a lizard, gila monster

Perhaps you mistyped it - try transposing the middle two letters.

don't know the lizard

4:18 am

hahah but that's not the monster!

4:18 am

ty ty

4:18 am

perhaps it needs to have monster with it

4:19 am

you must have great lizards, lynxx!

4:19 am

Goanna's are 'big'

4:20 am

we have many tiny ones, very cute, but just brown and black stripes. In Florida, we had green ones and the brown ones had red throats

4:20 am

how big?

Remember seeing one of those in Oz, must have been about 6 feet long. Couldn't believe it.

4:20 am

up to 2 metres

4:20 am

oh my!

4:21 am

that's more like a dragon than a lizard!

Well it didn't breathe fire, ruby!

4:21 am

Happily they aren't down here. MRP has had one in her garden though - not great with her chooks!

4:22 am

is that what they eat? our little ones are eating my newly-planted moss, maybe because I used a yoghurt solution to help the moss along

The one we saw was in Queensland.

4:22 am

maybe it breathed fire when you weren't looking!

4:23 am

They eat smaller animals

4:23 am

ours eat insects and bask on the rocks

I love watching lizards basking in the heat.

4:25 am

me too. and they go from zero to whoosh in a second, dash into the spaces between, and come out eating insects or yoghurt sandwiches

4:27 am

almost half!

4:29 am

I need a u and a bottom right i for nbt and half!

the bottom right i is in 4/4, a babblet

the Us are both ur 5/12, related to wee

4:31 am

ur5.12 *2

4:31 am

got the in, ty

4:32 am

now I'm looking for the ur's

4:32 am

got one! half and thank you!! now I can make lunch for starving husband!

lol, well done yoiu. I don't think any of us will finish this one without lickety and/ore morewords, as Haz predicted.

4:34 am

got the other ur are by monkeying! smiling and thanks

Sheesh! Excuse bad typing.

4:34 am

great typing!

4:34 am

xx

4:39 am

morning all

4:39 am

hi Sprite!

hallo sprite!

4:40 am

hi lyn and sally!

4:40 am

good grid today?

4:40 am

a nice one

rofl, depends on your definition of good.

Quite a few words which are impossible to find without lickety and/or morewords (for me, anyway).

4:41 am

if they are new, they will be just as impossible to find without help for me. Otherwise, I might stand a slim chance.

4:42 am

oh for my a good grid is smooth at the start, has some great (real) words, and is hard enough to be a challenge at the last part.

4:42 am

Morning all........a clue for the second AB6 please, am absolutely stumped!

4:42 am

*for mE

4:42 am

morning Flask

4:43 am

Hi Sprite....good to see you, its been a while..

4:43 am

ab & the electrical word

4:43 am

haven't been online at all for a while. Hope you are well, and your lovely grandchild as well.

Add it to an electrical word, flask

4:43 am

hi Flask

4:44 am

(and thank Sally for that one)

4:44 am

lolol...well thanx Sally and Lynxxx.....what a word!!!!

4:44 am

oh cool one! Totally new for me.

4:45 am

sorry, somewhere in that last post I wanted to say thank you as well

4:45 am

Sprite, he's fab!...and getting fabber everyday!!

4:45 am

10 to the power of -7 of the electrical word. Well, of courrrrrrrse!

4:46 am

Hope all is well with you and yours!

New for me too. My lovely grandchild is lovely (of course) and was two last week.

4:46 am

I SO enjoy hearing you being a proud and happy grandmum, Flask! It is lovely. And he is as well. Such smile!

Oh Flask, you have a grandchild too!

4:46 am

Sally, how delightful! The terrible twos... only they aren't really terrible, they are amazing.

4:47 am

I do Sally he's 5 months old!

Two beaming grandmas on the chog at the moment then :-)

4:47 am

We seem to be on a continually bumpy ride here, but I can still count my many blessings. Most of the time, grin.

4:48 am

Yes....thats the pic I used to design his Christening Invitations!

4:48 am

Thats good Sprite.....always try to be positive....it works wonders!

4:49 am

one of my few strong points, Flask. I won't give up. And it is amazing how often that pays off. I love the picture. Those little hands too, I'd 'eat' them if I were his grandmum.

4:50 am

BBS

4:50 am

Don't think I haven't tried!!...;-)

4:50 am

hurry back lyn... but no pressure ;)

4:51 am

:D I bet!

My grandson here sprite: <http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid =18851&id=100000122638121&l=4190ee964f >

4:53 am

awww such a serious little face! He is adorable as well, Sally. Must bring you so much joy!

Yes (beaming from ear to ear atm - me, not him!)

Have some not-so-serious pics as well, just put those up quickly for rubyfoo the other day.

4:54 am

you two are beaming right across the Canal :)

Will add to them some time.

4:56 am

that gerund ending is totally frustrating!

Yes, especially after (yesterday's?) grid where you could add it to absolutely everything.

4:59 am

makes me wanna shake the grid

5:10 am

yay, over halfway. So far so good. But am doing deplorable in the biggie department.

I have 33 left, but struggling. Have the 7s but not the 8 yet.

5:11 am

wtg Sally!

5:11 am

clue for al6/24 please?

First three letters: al* baba is a pantomime, followed by word for your father

5:12 am

nice clue! Thanks Sally

5:13 am

thanx Sally!

5:20 am

75 left, still zero biggies, and off to lunch with my girl. Back later!

maybe see you later sprite. Have a nice lunch!

I have 14 left, must go and start bread so will pop in and out. See you all maybe.

hello?

6:31 am

hello

7:00 am

good morning babble friends! wow, toughie today!

7:04 am

Hi Trif, warm in Boston yesterday. Was 91 here

7:05 am

hello bichon! yes, it was strange to have such a warm day. I opened all the downstairs windows, and the air blowing in was like oven air!!!

7:06 am

I had my ceiling fans on

7:07 am

good idea! I love to exchange the stale air in a house for fresh spring air anyway, so it was a lovely thing. I am stuck inside the office all day today, so I will miss part of the big cool down, but I will try to get outside when I can today

7:08 am

dateline, Norwell: attending "Puberty Night" film and discussion series with Tertiare tonight...gawd help us all!

7:10 am

Trif, you are one brave woman. How old is he/she?

7:11 am

10, but the rest of the kids in her class are 11 already...have already attended once, with secondo, so this wraps it up for me, praise god

Hello all.

7:13 am

hello sixty7 - was behind a FINE looking red 'stang yesterday, and thought of you!

I drove past a local car show yesturday had numerous 'stangs and 'vetes about died of excitement. :)

7:23 am

good afternoon all

hello sprite

7:25 am

good morning, all. today the monkeys were fairly busy...

7:25 am

hello sprite. quiet group today - we are all trying to force words out of the grid I think!

7:25 am

going strong with the grid, sixty7?

7:25 am

hi Angelsong

Hi Angelsong

7:26 am

hiya Trif, indeed! Rather challenging grid!

Good Morning all!

7:26 am

hiya red :)

Hi red

7:28 am

has anyone found a use for the gerund ending today at all?

7:28 am

none at all and it is very frustrating!

7:28 am

it does seem unfortunate....

not I...its in the "wrong place!"

7:29 am

phantom: dahlia

7:29 am

in very deed, Trif.

7:29 am

also in the left upper corner, I keep trying 'person who' ending, which isn't even there. Close though.

7:29 am

lots of fun "name that proper nouns" though....

7:31 am

I already learned one totally new word today and I expect to learn more while wrestling towards the finish.

7:31 am

the monkeys threw the 8 at me, so I am happy enough with that

7:32 am

hand me that monkey NOW!

7:33 am

I have 65 left, no 8, no 7s and only 9 6s! And still having loads of fun.

7:33 am

i seriously moan at cluing, but will try to if you would so like....

7:33 am

*giggles* No worries, I am happily plodding along. I still hope for the moment of enlightening.

7:34 am

thanks though :)

7:34 am

do you want the first two letters?

7:34 am

no, not yet, thanks again though :)

7:34 am

yee ha, found a seven! nbt, nbs!!!

7:35 am

wooooot Trif!

7:35 am

hello all

7:35 am

horrible grid today, at least for me

7:35 am

help with i in lower right corner pls

7:35 am

hey peri!!!

hello peri.

7:36 am

hi periwinkle

7:36 am

that's the big one, peri

7:36 am

I bet that is that 7 Trif just found

7:36 am

ok, bet is off, lol.

7:36 am

oh, wait, no it's not - in4

7:37 am

ty, never see that babblet

7:37 am

the hairy-nosed dolphin. One of my favos.

7:38 am

oh, is that the dolphin? I often he4 people speak of it, but didn't know which babblet it was....

7:38 am

this is the one. He isn't pretty much, but I love the word itself. It has a lightness.

7:40 am

just looked up some images - yes, not the prettiest, but not too bad, either. also, not so hairy!

7:40 am

lol no it is only the nose that has some bristles.

7:41 am

okay, babble nation - I have to eat lunch in the car today, between students. what's a good lunch to eat on the run?

7:41 am

fruit and cheese

7:42 am

great idea! def trumps the PB and nutella I had planned....

7:42 am

I am hopeless when it comes to eating neatly in a car, I always get crumbs all over. Therefore: fruit and cheese :)

7:43 am

lol....I am the same - trying to think of relatively stain-free choices - bananas, white grapes. no strawberries in the car for me!

7:43 am

good morning Fellow Babblers. How are you all today? (I'm very sleepy)

7:44 am

Good morning Babble friends

7:44 am

morning Nef

7:44 am

hi DR

7:44 am

hi nef, and dr too!

hi nef

7:44 am

argh no, no strawberries.

hi dr

7:44 am

Good morning Sprite, Nef, Trif and Sixty

7:46 am

I set my alarm to get up at 4:45 AM, wanted to get in to my office to do some work without interruptions. I took a couple of tylenol, set a timer for 30 minutes and then forgot to turn it on! So woke up at 7 AM and will have to stay late tonight

7:46 am

and you will have to visit the PB too! oh dear!

7:46 am

bummer you have to stay late, Nef, but very nice you had a good sleep. Hope it did you good.

7:47 am

hi DR, sprite, sixty, and Trifi

7:47 am

sprite will keep you company though!

7:47 am

I hate that Nef

7:47 am

darn, you are right. Come on, Nef, let's dig in the PB goodies. Coffee? Tea?

7:48 am

LOL! Off to the PB box I go! (actually, off to work now)

7:48 am

hey ho hey ho. Drive safely!

7:49 am

I have a cup of coffee, prolly need another, though

7:49 am

Have a good day, everyone!

7:49 am

*hands Nef a coffee-on-the-go*

7:49 am

I have a cold and am planning on staying in bed drinking hot tea all day

bye nef

7:50 am

bye NEf- hope your day goes well

7:50 am

Guten Morgen. Who has today's list posted? Gremlin and jacula see to be a day lbehind

hi inge

7:50 am

morgen inge

7:50 am

Hi Inge

7:51 am

Good morning, dwellers of the Earth.

7:51 am

Good Morning Everyone - what no list today? Whats a Mom to do...

hi judi

7:51 am

hello Mom, Judi. As far as I can see the list works properly.

hi mom

7:52 am

Hi Mom and Judi

7:53 am

thank goodness - couldnt survive without my tea and list. Got a terrible headache today though - think it is from all the plants and flowers popping early. Will just relax here and see if it goes away

7:55 am

ugh - so many bigger words today

7:55 am

I am seriously tempted to go back to bed for a bit, but I am afraid I would oversleep, and miss half my work day. REALLY tired though!

7:56 am

sometimes we all need that extra time in bed

7:56 am

could you phone me in about 45 minutes mom? that would be a big help!

7:57 am

sure - no problem - need your number though

7:57 am

yes, tht is for today. Sorrry about any panic i caused/

7:57 am

LOL, it's fine - will set the alarm I guess. talk to you all later....

7:58 am

sleep tight tri

bye trif

7:58 am

I need to get some breakfast - bbl

bye mom

7:58 am

bye Mom

7:59 am

and sleep well Trif

hi folks. taking a break from housecleaning.

8:00 am

hi varina

hi varina

8:00 am

You stop that housecleaning right now, Fugua. It's bad for your Babble health.

it's a rare thing for me, judi, but my inlaws are coming to visit tomorrow, so it can't be helped

8:01 am

Double whammy. In-laws can be bad for your health as well.

8:01 am

hm... keeping up appearances ;)

lol. yes, well, being married has its price

8:02 am

found a 7! Yay me! First biggie with only 53 to go.

yay sprite!

8:03 am

I hope it is going to be a fun visit

I was very pleased with myself to have found one, also

8:04 am

anyone have clue for the 8?

8:04 am

it is really that kind of grid today. I am having a ball, but it is pretty hard!

hi mkg

8:04 am

hi

I'm not sure I'd go quite so far -- they are fine people, but my father in law can be incredibly boring

8:04 am

cant get any ing words..........are there any?

8:05 am

inga

8:05 am

oh darn. One of the biggest sins, being boring.

8:05 am

oops sorry

in8= in+ I must en***e this weekend + I *** too much for dinner last night

8:06 am

it's in8/50 and means to be stubborn

8:06 am

morning

sadly, my husband is taking after him as he gets older -- goes on and on and on about subjects that no one else cares about

8:07 am

morning hootowl! Thanks varina

8:07 am

dont get the en weekend clue.

8:07 am

got the word fuz. ty.

I've not found any words ending in -ing yet, mkg

must be off have fun everyone see you all later.

8:09 am

bye sixty7

8:10 am

I don't think there are any gerunds. It just cannot be used.

8:11 am

Yeah. We're ingless today.

8:13 am

it would have to be -aing, or -iing. Some verbs would work, but none of them are in this grid. We are meant to be frustrated today.

take a couple of letters off that funny word, judy

8:14 am

good one varina

8:14 am

Got that one, Fuqua. ;)

8:14 am

I didn't, so thanks :D

8:16 am

No happy fat buddah!

proper noun, I guess, judi

8:17 am

nor buddha

my phantom is dahlia

8:17 am

yeah, mine too, was the first word I saw.

8:17 am

Right. That's what I meant.

8:18 am

Hi gang

8:18 am

Hiya, Mr. Bob.

8:19 am

hi mr Bob

8:19 am

your cocktails are making me drool, Mr Bob

8:21 am

They are sitting on a table in Hawaii

8:21 am

Beam me over, Scotty!

8:22 am

Sigh. They do look refreshing, Mr. Bob.

OK, time for me to get back to it. happy babbling, everyone

8:23 am

bye varina, have a good day

8:25 am

They were good

8:26 am

I quite readily believe that. Yummy.

8:27 am

found the grass parakeet! Funny words today.

8:27 am

the great parakeet?

8:28 am

not sure how big they are

8:28 am

oh grass parakeet... sorry eyes not focused yet

8:29 am

hi jbp and no problem, I know the feeling

8:29 am

but it was a fab clue, sprite. ;-)

8:30 am

lol yvw!

8:30 am

sadly, I must off to work

8:30 am

hope to bbl. ;-)

8:30 am

have a good day at work, jbp

8:35 am

hello everyone

Hello

8:37 am

hey Annie!

8:37 am

hi lady

8:37 am

hl

8:37 am

Hi sprite, hope all is sunny with you and yours

Hey if i just vanish that is because my net is still really bad

8:37 am

Hi herin

hugs lots

8:38 am

sun is out, lovely day.

8:38 am

hi stan

8:38 am

*hugs lady right back* How are ya, hun?

8 please help needed can't use anything other than 1 page

8:38 am

hello stan

I am good

8:40 am

it means being stubborn, lady. in8: in + to sit through something bad = to en***e + I *** an apple today.

8:40 am

glad you're good, lady

I hope you are good

8:41 am

could be a lot better, but could be worse too. Things are going in the right direction so that is good.

How was your lunch?

8:42 am

am very very bad today, haven't had breakfast or lunch.

8:42 am

sorry, must be off, hubby comes home, must go talk to mentor etc on son's school. Back later for last 21.

I thought I read that you were eating out at lunch or was that yesturday?

Hugs Sprite

is anyone here?

8:53 am

no

awww :(

8:53 am

lol

8:53 am

how are you herin

good.

8:54 am

is thsi grid so easy people are done and gone?

piggy

8:55 am

piggy?

it is hard

8:55 am

ah

My internet sucks so sorry if i just vanish

8:56 am

np i am just trying for a "quick"nbt

I am watching Family GUy. It is a crack up

8:57 am

which one?

which episode?

8:57 am

yes

One were Stewart goes to England and Louis and um go on KISS tour

8:58 am

lol that is a good one

Not seen it. Talk about funny.

I was watching something earlier and I go "O that is Four Seasons'' tad nerdy

9:07 am

k

9:07 am

hi inge

Hi Inge. Can someone in the States tell me what is up with David Letterman and sounding like crap

9:08 am

no idea

I missed the start of Letterman and he sounds like crap.

9:09 am

i go to great lengths to avoid the show

Hi Crossie. I am not tired so watching it

9:10 am

probably pollen -- the pollen count is in the 5000 range in the NE US

eww. not good

9:11 am

no kidding people are sneezing constantly around here

9:11 am

i know that everyone i know up here has cold or allergies going,it got too warm too fast,we are a full month and a half ahead with our temeratures

Not a fan of spring

9:11 am

and my hot little red car looks orange for all the yellow pollen on it

9:12 am

we have been getting july temps in march and april

9:12 am

help with the corner R please

Crossie I saw this report on the Eskimos Inuits and how dangerous it is now to hunt for food as the ice is not doing the thing it is meant to do at the time it is meant to do and the animals are not there or there is animals that are not normally there for the season

9:13 am

a babys noisy toy but with the pair of d,s

9:13 am

it is way too warm for us herin

But there is no Global Warming

9:14 am

ty crossy

9:14 am

huh,we have never had 27 celcius in march..ever,we are breaking temperature records almost every day

9:15 am

and will for most of april i imagine

I believe I was being a smart arse and those that deny the issue is in the River of De Nile

9:16 am

;-)

9:16 am

no joke here,your ski season is a total disater,millions lost

9:16 am

our

My b.fs cousin relies on the snow for $$$

9:18 am

what no glub!?!?!

9:18 am

lol

9:19 am

right column A?

9:20 am

though we have made great gains on our water table,we are a full 5 feet above last year can actually almost bring the big cruise liners in to dock now

9:20 am

is that good for the tourism industry?

B.fs cousin is a snow boarder trainer snow follower

9:20 am

it was till we lost 25 feet of water table ten years ago

9:21 am

WOW

9:21 am

the dutch used to bring thier ocean liners in

9:21 am

in one year?

were does that water go?

9:21 am

in about 3 years it was lost

(you really can't just misplace that much water under the couch)

9:22 am

lol herin,it is a great debate over who is at fault

9:22 am

(they outsourced it to china)

No seriously were does that amount of water go? To farms irrigation, um evaporation where seriously does it go

9:22 am

even 3 years that is amazing

9:23 am

some blame dredging,some blame water flow redirections,other blame the weather,while other still blame leeching off water for sale outside the province

9:23 am

in the houston area some of that happened because they paved over the areas where the water seeped into the ground

o dredging. Yep hear about that here

9:24 am

all i know is we sit on the worlds largest collection of fresh water lakes,and we better not mess it up

I personal think we have pretty much f up this planet

9:25 am

still could use a clue for the right hand A :-)

9:26 am

here is a small bit of that herin...did you know that every single day,we toss 42,000 cell phones in the garbage?

9:26 am

sorry jmc,dont have it

9:26 am

shoe lace for the ag

Not me. I will use that damn thing till it stops working.

9:27 am

ty hoot

thanks hoot

9:27 am

i take mine to the recycling center

9:27 am

my cell is almost 9 years old,ill run it till it is no longer supported by the cell networks

I have only changed over phones when a) the die and b) the cat kills them

9:28 am

bad kitty

9:28 am

yw

I believe I have had about 5 mobiles since they came out when I was 21

9:29 am

good morning all

9:29 am

howdy harp

Hi Harp. And one of those the damn cat killed. O opps 6 (I went on a plan)

9:29 am

lol i have had 1 herin,trying to set a record lol

9:29 am

and here they send self-addressed envelopes to all the houses so you can send them old cell phones. Some were sent to GI's and some probably to welware mothers so they'd have a lifeline

9:30 am

now that is a good idea hoot

But I plead the cat ate one of them. One was a brick one the battery died, one the button broke thus not able to use, one was a temp, cat ate one

9:31 am

lol bad kitty

He did. He fried it. Today I got a letter from my phone company get an upgrade now. I am thinking err it is only a year old.

Hoot we did that here when there was the bush fire. Lots of people donated old mobiles and new sim cards

9:32 am

Better than the trash. I use a Trac-Pon. NO contracts and no reg phone co. Used mostly for Long distance and I buy a new batch of min once a year. $110. Much, much cheaper that phone cos!

9:32 am

phon

O a burn phone

9:34 am

lol my phone does not have a removable sim card...too old

Crossy they are not supported here any more :( I loved my brick

9:35 am

thats what i do with this hoot,i buy a single 100 dollar card and it is good for the year

9:35 am

hi harp

Good grief I spend that a month

9:36 am

top e?

9:36 am

exacatickly!

9:36 am

the only reason i still even bother with a land line,is the emerg people cannot track location on some cells yet and the wife talks non stop with her momma lol

9:36 am

i use my cell for everything now -- rarely use a land line

spell the letter f, jmc

9:36 am

and the min carry over.

9:37 am

ty fuq

9:37 am

my min do not,that is why i buy it in 100 dollar chunks

9:37 am

they can't track your cell phone because it is so old crossy

9:37 am

they only ofer a year on 100 dollar cards,for example 15 dollar cards are good for 35 days

9:38 am

nbt

9:38 am

i know that jmc,but it is a old friend

9:38 am

always works

9:38 am

the new card is usually for 400 min. I have 1548 right now. And the only time I got no reception was when we were going thru the Rockies. And that depended on if we were in a valley or not

9:39 am

i would rather the emergency people be able to find me if i am in a car crash

9:39 am

bbl going to try again to get my car light replaced

9:39 am

Do you travel a lot of desolate areas in DC?

9:40 am

no in desolate areas of Iowa

9:40 am

i once dropped it in a pool,i fished it out,rinsed it with fresh water then put it in a baggie with a bunch of uncooked rice for 3 days,rice sucked all the moisture out of it,i put the battery back in and away it went

9:40 am

Mine is 5 yrs old

9:40 am

*poof*

9:40 am

I think it is amazing - there are 32 A words and I only have 15. Where are they hiding???

9:41 am

morning babblers

9:41 am

jmc is right of course,i should get one that can be tracked by emergency services

9:41 am

aaah

9:41 am

you had to tell me there are 32 a words...sigh...

9:41 am

it's a pain I know - sorry

9:42 am

my wifes cell is a marvel,even has a gps

9:43 am

I started with this phone when I had AT&T in NY. They bought the co from a co that bought the original phone co. All 3 billing me for something I didn't ow. And certainly not to att!. They finally said they would cut me off if I didn't pay. I said goodbye and bought the phone.

9:43 am

omg

9:44 am

morning pippin & the rest of you...

9:44 am

i do like the look of those touch screen phones

9:44 am

morning bojazz!

9:44 am

NOW we have att here. Our landline went out so we used the cell to call them. $ PEOPLE HUNG UP ON US BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN AAT PHONE!

9:44 am

howdy bo

9:45 am

phantom: bailiff

9:45 am

4

9:45 am

lol!

9:45 am

my brother had that problem hoot! i told him to ask them if they had skype installed over there,then they could talk lol

9:45 am

crossy - have a friend who is a bacon freak - you two should get together :)

9:46 am

Now BF is considering their Uverse system and I'm cringing

9:46 am

she sent me a pic of a pile of bacon - from her phone

9:46 am

hehe,we are the silent masses bo

I talk non stop to my mum. My $100 is my land line, minimal usuage for the net News and Weather only. I get 2000 free minutes to the same carrier people and about 1000 free minutes to whom ever else

9:47 am

if all my friends had skype,i would toss my land line in a heart beat,but some of the people we know are computer illiterate

sorry net died in the butt

9:47 am

cause skype to skype is free,and you keep the cell for emergencies

9:48 am

but when your interweb goes out you're screwed

Hoot: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keatin g/triple-play/att-uverse-doomed.asp tell him to check this out and no I can't tiny one page at a time

9:48 am

i talk with my brother all the time in costa rica that way and the camera gives nice sharp real time pics

9:48 am

hence the cell pippi

9:49 am

I am not a fan of the new new anything.

Hoot that is a blog on Uverse. Sorry I can't tinyurl it

9:49 am

good morning, everyone :)

9:49 am

hi nan

9:49 am

howdy cyber

9:49 am

ok copied it and will try it. bbs

My teacher said to us I beat that if I personally gave you all an Apple Iphone you would be happy to keep it to which i said hell no hand me a 160 IPod and then I would be happy.

Hi Cyber and Bojazz

I am even sketchy on the IPAD thingy and would rather a kindle if AUs had the USA capacity for it

9:51 am

lol herin,id take the i-phone,can stream all the music i want and still make a call

not a huge fan on anything that makes you pay for anything other than phone calls. Gosh I sound like my mum.

I love the Kindal except that the prices for each book might be going up soon, which takes away a lot of the benefits

9:52 am

my brother got a nook reader 3 days ago,says he loves it

Nook is cool because you can "borrow" books (albeit only for 7 days, but better than nothin!)

Hi Phoenix Meet Crossy he is the king of all things Kindly

9:52 am

hi herein

9:52 am

the main problem with the kindle,and ive said this many,many times, is the proprietary file format

opps Kindely

9:52 am

howdy pheonix

Crossy and I have met before about dinner and work.

9:53 am

did you have bacon? :)

Well I did mean err interwebs and books.

9:53 am

back - sounds interesting herin and I saved it to fav for BF. I'd much rather Verizon if we get a package but no FIOS here. Knowing Memphis, they got a BIG payoff from ATT to let them come in and dig holes all over the place.

9:53 am

remember,all those lovely e-books that the libraries are going to be loaning out will be in e-pub format and only e-pub

Crossy--every time I see your picture I think it's a creepy clown with blue hair, I know that it isn't because I clicked on it, but when I see it all small it looks just right.

Speaking of which I have to go to a friends house to scam her internet as then net here is dead till Monday and I have a stack of work

9:54 am

lol pheonix

Hoot I do a stack of research before I commit myself. My phone took ages to find.

9:54 am

and ty for that nice introduction herin;))

Phoenix I see a Native American with a Wolf head dress every time.

9:55 am

me too cross! Like Pennywise in IT.

9:55 am

creepy clown

9:55 am

lol

Mention clowns and I swear I am notgoing to sleep any time soon

wow I am getting a whole 1KB a sec on my internet

9:56 am

poor herin,clowns are your friends

9:56 am

sorry her... many people feel the same!

(no they aren't)

O speaking of Creepy clowns you lot seen teh Walmart Ad with the creepy clown dad?

9:57 am

It def depends on the intro clown!

9:57 am

i can kill a black bear with a compound bow,face a 1100 pound bull moose,climb into the darkest hole you can fing..but,i cannot stand flreas or cockroaches,they drive me mental

I have to sleep with the wardrobe doors closed the window blinds pulled shut.

9:59 am

ewww.cockroaches....shudder....

9:59 am

I feel the way you do about clowns, herin! and crossy's face, small, looks scary. But once you get to know him, nobody could be nicer!

9:59 am

:)

9:59 am

ruby,something interesting......

Crossie don't do a me and watch Mimic. That damn movie was meant to be funny horror but it scared me silly

Hi Ruby

10:00 am

the only thing I'm afraid of is smal (fruit) worms, also maggots. Not earthworms, though, but then I'm outdoors.

10:00 am

good morning everyone

10:00 am

hello flossy

Hi Flossey

10:00 am

spiders, snakes, everything else is OK

10:00 am

what, crossy?

10:00 am

our family is fortunate in that we have been able to trace our family tree right back to its very beginning of the use of the surname,with full records,seems we came from your neck of the woods in 976 ad

10:01 am

escaping from what?

Not I Ruby I believe?

10:01 am

you are lucky to be able to trace so far back.

10:02 am

I have a very strong fear of snakes - we do not have venomous ones here, just a few different garters, but it is a deep seated fear, since childhood

10:02 am

yes,the original name in france was "mal bourne" and changed to melbourne when we went over to the U.K

10:02 am

Memphis was built on a swamp - water bugs! 1-3" and into everything!

10:02 am

cost us 1000 dollars and we had it traced professionaly

10:03 am

I think that is shared by most people, flosey, but, surprisingly, also monkeys. I'm (sensibly, I hope) afraid of things venomous, but otherwise think snakes are beautiful and have handled some back in the day!

If it wasn't for that pesky French revolution my b.fs family would still have vast amounts of land in Normanby and If it was not for the British Nobility and their fear of commoners his mother would have been very wealthy had her grandfather not been disinherited for marrying below his station.

10:03 am

our castle got sacked in 1366;((

10:03 am

my husband is afraid of snakes that way, can't even look at them on television.

10:03 am

I guess some scots words are not allowed!

10:04 am

too funny (but also interesting) herin

10:04 am

hello nan

Scots Crossy?

10:04 am

yup lol

10:04 am

wow crossy, that's pretty amazing, I have a (bit sketchy) record of family that goes back to 1492 when some Putnams came to US from England

10:04 am

we were right on the border it seems at it was a strtegic point

It is all true. If my b.fs grand father had been allowed to marry outside of nobility they would have been very well off.

10:05 am

hi ruby

10:05 am

our house is only about 20 some years old but one of the fireplaces has initials carved in and I re-did the 9interior to look old. So when people ask, I spoofingly say, oh yes, goes back to the 17thC

10:05 am

seems they have rebuilt it and it has reverted to the crown and is now a tourist attraction lol

My Granny used to tell me the best stories when she was alive.

10:05 am

alga

10:06 am

i love your clues hoot

I didn't ahve that

10:06 am

I do my best

10:06 am

I have a friend whose ancestors go back to John Alden. I'm surp[rsied she talks to me!

I love how my Gran lived in Africa and had a pet monkey named Corky.

10:07 am

one day i will have to make a trip to australlia and see the city that was named for my gradfathers grandfather lol,maybe i can score a free night at a nice hotel lol

and a pet tortoise.

What City Cross?

10:08 am

or they might stone me lol

10:08 am

where did she live in Africa? Was she part of some colonial settlement? I have friends who are retired here who worked for PanAm in Africa for years. Their stories would make your hair stand on end!

*bet you he was a bloody convict :D)

10:08 am

why melbourne of course herin

Ruby she lived for a time near Mogodishu (So sorry about spelling)

10:09 am

al 6/24, please?

Yes but what was his last name?

10:09 am

I had a friend from South Africa who, when he went to Australia for the first time, was asked by the immigration officer if he had a criminal record and he responded, "Is it still necessary?"

10:09 am

whos,last name?

Great Grandfather?

10:10 am

viscount melbourne,advisor to princess victoria

gradfathers grandfather gasp my net sucks

10:10 am

my roots are more simple and less interesting....

10:10 am

he was a dirty old bugger,he was 52,she was 19 at the time lol

10:10 am

however, I cook internationally, i.e., when I feel like it!

10:11 am

lol ruby

That was rather not proper

10:11 am

which, herin?

10:11 am

got so bad that the well to do,s started calling her lady mebourne behind her back

10:11 am

tonight it's chicken mole, Mexican chicken in a chocolate/chile sauce

10:12 am

or is it chili???

10:12 am

interesting indeed

10:12 am

that's better than Lady marmalade crossy

10:12 am

lol

(one does what one did when one was away for long stretches at least it wasn't some ghastly street girl Crossy)

RU RU.

10:12 am

voulez-vous cou******ez avec moi? one of my favorite dancing songs!

10:12 am

lol,he went where the money was

10:13 am

hi herin.

10:13 am

bonsoir ru ru

10:13 am

please? -- al 6/24 clue?

10:13 am

its all on the net,makes an interesting read

It wasn't proper to have a street girl but it was semi ok to have a mistress. Nor was it proper to show ones ankles but one could have a nice bust showing.

10:14 am

al * vowel +your pop

10:14 am

though im not sure what his thought were on having the town maned after him at that time in history lol

10:14 am

I admire your focus, nan, I am enjoying this silly (but interesting) chat!

Sorry Cyber

10:14 am

lol,i have no focus,i have a 10 second attention span

10:15 am

ty hoot

distracted by oooooo shinny

10:15 am

yw

10:15 am

lol

10:15 am

ty hoot, for the clue

10:15 am

what's ooooo shinny?

10:15 am

nope,my family is laid bare on the net for all to see lol

Crossy and his attention span.

10:16 am

ty hoot

10:16 am

what span?

10:16 am

my son has a website because he's a musician, but I don't think I existmuch outside of babble, lexulous and my village!

10:16 am

poor ruby

10:16 am

span?

10:16 am

ywywyw

I took a lot of information of FB because I got sick of t

10:17 am

no, happy Ruby, I have my dogs, my garden and my babble friends. How bad is that?

10:17 am

I am getting sick of FB, too

10:18 am

and lexulous on FB is horrible, full of animated ads!

10:18 am

simple pleasures are the best ruby

10:18 am

especially dogs

I had a point proven to me the other day that even after 15 years one of my high school class mates is still a bitch after all this time. SHe was rather rude to me. So I removed the event from my calendar, removed what school I went to and removed what information I have up.

10:19 am

I don't mind lexulous, but FB is becoming more and more oriented towards the pre-teen and teen group with all the stupid apps

Reminds me the more times I spend with the outside world and real people the more time I would rather spend inside with my cats

10:19 am

do you play lexulous nan? I'm nelliekelley on sowpod blitz mostly

10:20 am

herin, I'm old and feel like that (dogs, not cats) but you are young!!

10:20 am

sowpod blitz? -- where is that?

AMEN herin !!!

10:20 am

www.lexulous.com and it's free

10:20 am

i have books,babble,long walks with the mrs, walking on the beach near sunset,with our toes kicking up the water as we stroll ankle deep,i try to find a pretty flower and put it in her hair by her ear,cause she has lovely long hair,and after a while i cna smell the flower in her hair along with fresh air and sand and surf....:)

Serious. What the heck I asked a legitimate question on the Reunion page and I get ''seriously'' in that tone of ''how dumb are you''

10:21 am

crossy is a romantic; those days are finished for me

Oldh why do you have my cat?

10:21 am

I'll check it out, ruby

10:22 am

look for me, nan, I'm pretty good (not great, but better than at babble)

Old do you find your black kitty pulls the most idiotic vacant look at times?

10:22 am

A young lady who had just been dumped by her boyfriend seemed unusually cheerful. Someone asked her why, and she replied that, sooner or later, time wounds all heels.

hey all how is everyone?

Since all cats are superior to use lowly humans, they are able to make us believe that most of them are alike !!! Our confusion is their pleasure

10:23 am

I play in the evening at my time, 7:30, French time

Babble she may have also been happy to lose the 160pounds of dead weight

10:23 am

can't find that du 4/7 -- only one possibility that I can see and it doesn't work!

10:23 am

yay, BR, I agree

Herin - yes !!! both of mine take such silly pictures

10:23 am

oh -- just spotted the 2nd possibility!

10:23 am

hello all - ruby i love blitz - will look for you

My Black kitty has a habit of one thinking he is a dog and 2 being as daft as a brush

10:23 am

look for nellie kelley

10:24 am

I love crazy cats!!!

Hello too

10:24 am

hi red. just got rid (sold) of one piano.

10:24 am

du=more than one eg twin engines on a plane

10:24 am

hi red & ruby

10:24 am

like the passionfruit (but without the passion!)

10:24 am

will do - i play as ursh there also - but am not too good at it

I really do have Pinky and the Brain cats

10:24 am

hello bojaz, I almost didn't recognize you!

hello Bo, love the lone ranger!

10:25 am

and sword play is another

10:25 am

I play in sowpods blitz but would play you in a regular game, if you like

My little one thinks he is a dog when the mail is delivered. He growls. Otherwise he is my goof. My older female is the lady and must be pampered and not bothered with day-to-day routines

10:25 am

that's me - slipping back into childhood memories - Hi-yo, Silver. Away!

10:25 am

I have another friend in lexulous from SA, yorlilsquaw, and she is a gem!!!!

10:25 am

ok will watch out for you ruby

10:26 am

will do nellie!

10:26 am

deal!

10:26 am

I can't wait but now must put finishing touches on guacamole and chicken mole!

Old my madam white cat is the princess. She couldn't be bothered to climb on her pillow today and sort of fell off the table they get to sit on. I just couldn't laugh at her

10:26 am

different moles! lol

Later Ruby

10:27 am

{{hugs everyone}}

Of course not, the poor dear - besides SHE meant to do that to see if you were paying attention.

I think it was more like meh I really can't be arsed getting up here.

10:28 am

ruby,tonight im doing honey garlic farmer sausages,cut into dollars and fried crispy them i cover them with a sweet itallian saussage,pepper and onion tomato sauce and im going to spoon that over a bed of angel hair pasta

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tc ruby

Also insert Put me up here now human food monkey

O and Lucius is in trouble for not waking the human food monkey so he slept in this morning.

lol - I understand that. Time to get off to work, so that I can support their habits of the life of luxury !!

Enjoy Old

10:31 am

looks like im to work in the rain this afternoon:((

I hope your cat doesn't howl when you leave

night all

10:38 am

fireworks

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time for breakfast

10:39 am

I don't think the creator of enable can be more than 20 years old -- spells like my grandchildren

10:39 am

congrats, flosey

10:40 am

i agree cyber

10:49 am

5 a's to go -- think I need to grab some coffee first!

10:51 am

speaking of grandchildren -- my youngest just hailed me on googletalk -- bbl

10:52 am

i wish my m-i-l was computer savvy,so she could talk on skype with her grand kids,but she is afraid of computers

10:53 am

Mom won't allow her on FB or skype yet -- she's only 10.

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eww never on fb,but skype is pretty safe

10:55 am

My daughter teaches comp. sci. at the university and is all too aware of the trouble kids can get into on the internet!

10:57 am

good,good

11:01 am

ccan anyone help me please with ra7. I have the one that is "tonguelike"

11:01 am

phantom: bailiff

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ra7 - both are related to the tongue-like thing. One is Latin pl, one is adj ending

11:07 am

the tongue thing eludes me,must need more tea

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same here, minus the tea

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It's a mollusk thing; you wouldn't understand. ra+not sharp with the final letter changed for a vowel

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good afternoon all

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Hello, Boobear. Hello, all.

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ty vic,managed to monkey out the 7/36 with your help

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Did you get two, crosshair?

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not yet

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see 11:06

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yes i see the clue

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Just diff final letter.

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ty for your help vic;))

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ty vic

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You're welcome.

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those 2 were making me buggy lol

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ai 6/24 please

11:21 am

as usually, I know what needs to be in, but it just doesn't come together! Why must this puzzle vex me so?

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mis - ai8 comes off right hand A and makes me think of a baby porker

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ai6 sorry

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ai6 - just like ag5/14

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what a weird word! Thanks!!

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ty!

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Wandering off. Bye, all.

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hi all - back again :)

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ab 6, please?

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which one?

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ab + j**** roberts

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sorry - first one?

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ty mixi

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I need the second one.

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ab + inventor of the steam engine

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*or measure of electricty

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ty

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I need the first two au's, please

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thankee

11:41 am

me too, mixi

11:41 am

au + father

11:42 am

fireworks!

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yay mixi!

11:43 am

-- just found that one too -- now for the 6/24

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congrats, mixi

11:43 am

au + last 4 of alligator cousin

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got it

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au + prefix for two + the one in the midd**

hey all, MizH, that was a nice clue to see on entering the grid again!

11:44 am

au 6, sound related...

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af 6, please?

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a + ***** of flowers

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a + what football is played on

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darn -- a fish -- ty

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

congrats cyber nan!!!

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good morning babblers -

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hi jbv

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congrats nan

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that ag 5 makes me want to raise a toast to my dear old mom - a word lover from way back - you may have heard this story before, but I was the only first grader in my class to have a picture of that ag in my "A" scrapbook!

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any clues wanted before I leave?

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bye then :)

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bye nan

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clue for ab 6

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ab + chef J**** Child

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thanks for the clue, JBV

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ty and what about ab 6/36

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just a tidbit for all... "glurt" is not a word.

12:07 pm

ab + what a lighbulb is measured by

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ab + 50 **** light bulb

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ty aslindy

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ag 6?

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sorry, ai 6?

12:12 pm

gd evening everybody

12:12 pm

this is a hard grid but at least I passed half!

12:12 pm

a + baby p**** (oinker)

12:12 pm

hi ruby, BooBear, et al

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ty MizHoffle

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yw

12:13 pm

having desert: quatre quarts, the french version of pound cake plus creme anglaise and rum. How bad is that?

12:14 pm

sounds terrible... maybe I should eat it for you so you don't have to suffer

12:14 pm

Depends, Ruby, on what it's bad for. Your arteries, yes. Your sense of well-being, it's not so bad

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=)

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I think it's good for me!

12:15 pm

can you imagine, getting creme anglaise in the dairy case!!!

12:15 pm

You have to believe ruby.

12:15 pm

I used to have to make it myself

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ad7 pls

12:16 pm

What exactly is creme anglaise. Is it like creme fraise?

12:16 pm

I still don't have the ai!

12:16 pm

ai + pi**** (baby oinker)

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It's difficult to clue ruby

12:16 pm

no, it's like a simple custard, a little bit eggy and vanilla-flavored...and quatre quart is just like pound cake 1/4 this/ 1/4 that

12:17 pm

a + baby oinkers are called p*****, like the one in Winnie the Pooh

12:17 pm

got it, thank you

12:17 pm

ad 7?

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speaking of oink *moi*

12:18 pm

i only have two ad5's, sorry

12:18 pm

ad + vowel + not early

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I have one ad5/14

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did i hear someone say rum cake??:)))

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got it, ty miz

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yw

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ty again MixHoffle

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you could probably smell the rum all the way over there, crossy

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one is to bid farewell

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ad 5/14 that is

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I missed that, firefly, thank you

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yw

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al 6/24 please

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bu 6?

12:22 pm

bu + we**** (what happens when your underpants get pulled up)

12:22 pm

small bird like a parakeet, bichon

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:)

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ty ruby and Miz

12:23 pm

and ai6 is a baby VERY big bird

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yw

12:23 pm

al 6 al+ vowel + papa

12:24 pm

awesome bichon!

12:24 pm

I am making myself sick with this desert!

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glad to help Miz

12:24 pm

I am surprised that I don't weigh 300 lbs!

12:24 pm

switch to a tumbler of fine whiskey and fig newtons

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if you dip the fig newtons it enhances the flavour

12:25 pm

my fine whiskey is too good to dip anything!

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well dont go dipping single malt or anything!!

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that's what I drink

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but not tonight

12:26 pm

60 year old glenfidditch is not for dipping

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di 6? This grid is very difficult

12:27 pm

nm, got it

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di + not early

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ty miz

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ty miz, didn't see that!

12:28 pm

no prob!

12:28 pm

this is a hard grid,im to the point where im sitting here leeching clues

12:28 pm

that's what I usually do at this hour!

12:29 pm

it is

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and no building

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aside from the phantom, that is.....

12:30 pm

clue for the last ag 5

12:31 pm

a + pi**** ( tigger's friend

12:33 pm

ty miz

12:34 pm

yw, ruby

12:34 pm

that word is in here spelled two ways, how strange

12:35 pm

ur 5/12 please (I have the one that sounds like using the toilet)

12:35 pm

sorry, Miz don't have that one

12:35 pm

the first 3 letters are the same for both ur's but one has 3 vowels,

12:36 pm

that isn't a normal word!

12:36 pm

thanks ruby

12:36 pm

the other has vowel, consonant, vowel

12:36 pm

this grid is full of odd words

12:40 pm

ty ruby

12:50 pm

got to 109, see you tomorrow, gd night everybody

12:51 pm

back for the last part...

12:51 pm

good evening all

12:52 pm

Hello

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hi, gail, sprite, ruby, cross, miz, et al

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tough one today!

12:53 pm

hey there spritey

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hello all

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hi, peri

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hey all!

12:53 pm

I do not like this grid

12:53 pm

It's slow going, for sure.

12:53 pm

it really stinks!

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well I do :) Very interesting and challenging. Even learned some new words.

12:53 pm

how do you play

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I am down to 14, thankfully

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17 left here

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i've 114 left, started a short bit ago

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cheekypoo: see the help section

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in for a treat then

12:54 pm

Cheeky, just make words, like in Scrabble.

12:54 pm

84 left... have to come back tonight. bye all!

12:55 pm

bye jmb

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hasta, jmb

12:57 pm

bbs, need ta cook the asparagus, as the pasta water will be ready soon.

12:57 pm

help with ad7 pls

12:58 pm

just got my credit score and it is High!!!

12:58 pm

ad + vowel + not early

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ty Miz H

12:58 pm

no prob

12:59 pm

to show excessive admiration.

1:00 pm

Hi Gail, how are you doing?

1:00 pm

Good, thank you.

hi all

1:05 pm

done, last ones with the list. Bye.

1:05 pm

hi and bye Barb

bye sprite

1:12 pm

I am completely stuck on the last 2 - ha 6/39 and 5/14

1:14 pm

monkeyed the 6

1:14 pm

clue for the ha 5/14 please?

1:15 pm

nvm

sorry I am no help don't have those yet

1:15 pm

fireworks!

congrats miz

1:16 pm

any clues before I go?

no thanks have to go too

1:18 pm

bye and good luck!

1:21 pm

back.

1:25 pm

this grid is being mean to cwossy:(

1:25 pm

i feel your pain, crossy

1:25 pm

Greetings all, a bit of a toughie today!

1:26 pm

(((FM)))

1:26 pm

hello, fm :)

1:26 pm

((crossy))!!! and HI there dc!!!!

1:27 pm

Reveling in the end of a wonderful spring day.

1:28 pm

rain here today,but we have spring temps a month or so early

1:28 pm

it's not 90F today! only toward 80F HOORAY!

1:29 pm

and the bitty Spring asparagus is the best!

1:29 pm

80! good lord, I am happy with todays 60.

1:29 pm

lol dc,its 50 here today and we are in t-shirts

1:29 pm

even with the rain

1:30 pm

crossy and you and Mrs C any better yet?

1:30 pm

it's usually 60-70 this time of year. MUCH warmer than usual.

1:30 pm

just left with a residual cough and rattle fmm but much better

1:30 pm

glad to hear, crossy. the lingering cough is annoying.

1:31 pm

seems everyone is 20 degrees or so above normal

1:32 pm

we should still have snow on the ground and temps of -5 c at night

1:32 pm

Oh good cross. How is Tom dc?

1:32 pm

He's very well, FM, thanks. He's out to lunch with an old friend of his and her mother right now.

1:33 pm

Grand, great to hear that after everything you both have been through :)

1:33 pm

all is well with you, FM?

1:34 pm

clue for ar5 pls

1:34 pm

Im doing brill, moved house love the new place, settling nicely and all is well - touch wood :)

1:35 pm

glad t hear the new place is working out

1:35 pm

i don't hae it, boo

1:35 pm

got it

1:35 pm

just found it, too :)

1:35 pm

lol was just trying to work out a clue.

1:36 pm

dc, the new place is in a small village and surrounded by countryside and farms and is quintisentialy English *grin*

1:37 pm

OH how lovely! :)

1:38 pm

lol fm,glad you like the new place my mind eye picture james herriot and darroby of the 1930s

1:38 pm

It is and now I am only 20 mins drive away from elderly parents opposed to the hour and 15 it ws taking before. Needless to say they are delighted too.

1:39 pm

nice!

1:39 pm

Oh I say - Fireworks!!

1:39 pm

i'm an hour from my mother. I had to be at her house at half past 6 this AM to get her car to the garage for repairs so it would pass safety inspection.

1:39 pm

congrats, FM!

1:39 pm

little farm homes,with red tile on top,and not a day older that 150 years

1:40 pm

crossy - you are not so far off with some of the houses and landscape round here.

1:41 pm

urf that must have been an early start for you then dc! Hope the car passed after all of that.

1:42 pm

evening all :)

1:42 pm

Hi Everybody. I saw swallows this evening, and when I mentioned it, everybody said 'Doh!! they have been back for weeks now'.. but its MY first swallows, so Yippee!!

1:43 pm

I look out over a churchyard from my office whre I am sitting now and look at a 12th centuary church with 15th centuary add ons!

1:43 pm

NB!!!! and good evening Soodle!

1:43 pm

Hi FM, Nancy, Crossy, Seain etc etc...

1:43 pm

howdy NB and Soodle :)

1:44 pm

LOL soodle. I saw my 1st robin weeks after others, too.

1:44 pm

wtg re the swallows, how wonderful

1:44 pm

FMitch, your icon is looking ready for Spring! Now let's see how long this takes me with a hangover...

1:44 pm

it's a tough one today, NB

1:44 pm

little homes where when you enter you come right off the sidewalk and into the living room,outbuilding with green ivy all up the walls,dirt track for a driveway,old stone arch covered in wild flowers leading to a narrow but long back yard,and a old dog sleeping on the stoop lol

1:45 pm

howdy nb

1:45 pm

Oh I just love to see them.... God bless them, they make that dreadful journey, and then get dreadful weather after all that hassle!

1:45 pm

Spring is sproinging NB :) Hangover may or may not help you with todays grid. You been partying again?

1:45 pm

Hey, NB--I like the new look!!!

1:45 pm

hiya, Crossy :) Seain...bad news. Do I give up?! ;)

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eh, give it a go.

1:45 pm

hi, Judy. Will we still see you next month?

1:45 pm

lol crossy dear, now you are dreaming.

1:45 pm

OMG--Cat named Marvin did that

1:46 pm

Go, Marvin, go!

1:46 pm

Ohhhh just a little FMitch ;) Leo and I went out last night...and then today I read a certain comedian's autobiography, and discovered that he's a veteran of ALL the establishments I visited last night!

1:46 pm

bad marvin

1:46 pm

Yes, DC. I'm coming to B-More!!

1:46 pm

Thanks, Judy! *preens*

1:47 pm

Home today with some sort of flu bug. :( Fever last night.

1:47 pm

oh, bummer. Hope you're better soon.

1:47 pm

no surpise there, NB

1:47 pm

Hi Ciocia, hope you feel better soon.

1:47 pm

re the autobiography that is.

1:48 pm

poor ciocia,here i have lots of vics rub,tylenol,and chicken soup...

1:48 pm

oh nooo, Judy :( hope you feel better soon!

1:48 pm

NancyBoy - Remember when your head exploded??? Calm down!!

1:48 pm

thx all; crossy, love the care pkg, epecially the soup!

1:49 pm

It felt bizarre though, Seain! Like somebody had gone to the trouble of planning my route for me.

1:49 pm

wife and i are almost recovered but we laid in a supply of home made soup

1:49 pm

Just watch out if he offer to rub the vic in!

1:49 pm

lol

1:49 pm

ROFL FMitch!

1:49 pm

LOL Soodle - it's close to exploding anyway. Alcohol-induced pounding ;)

1:49 pm

clue for ba 6 pls

1:50 pm

Good Afternoon Everyone

1:50 pm

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate - and eat some salt and sugar, too. Sports drinks are your friend.

1:50 pm

It was not a pretty sight, NB!! LOL

1:50 pm

nb,beer with tomato juice,raw egg,3 drops of tobasco

1:50 pm

hi, momneeds

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Hi Mom

1:50 pm

Hi momneedshelp

1:50 pm

ba6 - diminutive of one who is not good

1:50 pm

Hi, Mom!

1:50 pm

and Fireworks!

1:50 pm

and the sports drinks lol

1:50 pm

yaa for merk!!

1:51 pm

HI Boo Hi Nancy boy

1:51 pm

Crossy...NOTHING is worth that ;)

1:51 pm

Yay Merk!

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YAY Merk!

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Yeah Merk

1:51 pm

Hi Mom!

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HI Ciocia

1:51 pm

Hello Crossy

1:51 pm

this grid is horrible :(

1:51 pm

howdy mom

1:51 pm

ty, sorry I spent my whole time lurking, but I'm traveling and have to make hay while the sun shines. Hopefully see you tomorrow ... please enjoy the rest of your day here and elsewhere!

1:51 pm

Random question for all Babblers (hungover or not..) What if you come across an EX on Facebook, and the the chemistry in the messages are reminiscent of the good old days.... Is that just memory lane playing tricks, or could it be magic??

1:51 pm

Yes Judi..it is hard

Hi all.

Soodle. its hard to know. I am friends with a lot of my Exes. Only one causes me great consternation.

1:52 pm

Wow Soodle--tough question.

1:52 pm

Ba6 opposite of good character

1:52 pm

Hi Red and Boo.

1:52 pm

How many words today please ...

1:52 pm

Interesting question, Soodle. I'm not the right person to ask, though - before I got my act together Leo and I were off and on like a tap!

1:53 pm

Ciocia - you have been babbling long enough to be able to cope with this grid, honest!

I think its sort of a regular grid. I have 71 left.

1:53 pm

174 Mudd

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Thx for the encouragement FM!!

1:53 pm

ty

1:53 pm

I find this grid tougher than most

1:53 pm

Maybe it's my hazy head (no side comments please LOL)

1:54 pm

but if you're getting that message from it, Soodle, it's likely there's something - these things don't happen by accident!

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I guess they want you to think

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Never get back with an ex cos if it had worked the rist time they wouldn't been an ex.

1:55 pm

Thats what I thought Nancy, but I am wondering if Rose Tinted Specs are influencing my judgement...

1:55 pm

I wouldn't say that, FMitch. Depends how it ended!

1:55 pm

in that case Soodle...find a trusted friend and get down to the word-by-word analysis ;) there is no other way!

I actually think doing the word by word analysis is a bit ridiculous. better to be frank and just find out, or...

1:56 pm

and how long ago it was - my ex and I got married way too young (18) - no surprise it didnt last when we finally grew up

if you have no other irons in the fire at the time, let it play out and see what happens.

1:56 pm

i need a short nap, bbl

1:57 pm

happy babbling! {poof}

1:57 pm

cu later DC

1:57 pm

By dc, good to see you.

1:57 pm

I'll agree when I'm no longer a teenager, Red ;)

1:57 pm

See you, Seain!

1:57 pm

We were both early (very early) 20's when it ended, and a hell of a lot of water has passed under a hell ofa lot of bridges since then, but, his messages really make me smile and give me the sort of tingle I haven't had for a long time....

its ok Nancy, you know I like you, and i disagree with you but I still like you!

1:58 pm

was the message aimed just at you Soodle?

Well, I say Enjoy the messages and see what comes!

1:59 pm

Hey red

1:59 pm

Not at all, Red! ;) I'm no person to give advice when it comes to striaght men, after all!

1:59 pm

I agree Soodle - who knows.... at the least you will have some fun messages

1:59 pm

The 2nd worst thing is, I still see him as early early 20's. The very worst thing is, I know he still sees me as the same........

1:59 pm

In that case, Soodle, just go with the flow and have fun ;) the important thing is to do what you want to, and not feel pressured to respond to how your ex has set the tone. Take charge! You know what you want :)

1:59 pm

A lot of water, a lot of bridges............

relationships are relationships Nancy....and you are in a relationship, so you are qualified to advice on relationships.

Soodle, FB is very odd. I this year got in touch with a lot of people from Kindergarten....

Oddly we are all about the same...but married to people not from kindergarten...with kids in kindergarten....its hard to know always what to think.

2:00 pm

Afternoon, all. Yikes! Relationship talk. Love is a many blundered thing.

2:00 pm

finally made it to halfway. time for a nap I think. Happy Babbling all!

2:01 pm

Ack, phone back in a bit.

2:01 pm

20 years is a long time - people change

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LOL Judi!

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ROFL, Judy!!

2:02 pm

It's also a many splendored thing ( like the song really says). My best advice is: stop face-booking and twittering and get back to reality.

2:02 pm

it was alot easier when my kids were in kindergarten - I got high school with college coming soon - yikes

2:02 pm

nancy, nice new pic!

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Thanks, Pippin! I'm fond of it myself...hence the smug expression ;)

2:03 pm

hello everybody

2:03 pm

there is no magic imho,but time does heal wounds and it is natural to remember the good and not the bad,but saying that i find no hard in reminising the good times as long as he does not have a new significant other scanning his computer.but if he is single and you are single as a male id be tempted to rekindle old flames..just my 2 cents worth.just remember he is an ex for a reason

2:03 pm

Dont you just want to pinch his cheeks ladies!

2:04 pm

hi all

2:04 pm

Soodle ... as an old cynic who has crossed a lot of bridges let me say ... you're remembering the fun ... there was something or somethings that caused you a lot of pain in the past with this ex ... In my experience most people really don't change all that much ... what makes you think that this person has changed those aspects of their life that troubled you ... or have you changed those things which troulbed the ex ... dinner can be fun ... if if you eat something you shouldn't or you eat too fast ... you'll still get indigestion ...

2:04 pm

or men!

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Yes. And I want to feed you Nancy boy. You're too thin.

2:04 pm

Hi babblers

2:04 pm

Ok Im going to get myself in trouble here - going to concentrate on the puzzle

2:04 pm

my two cents is sometimes someone is an ex because you were either or both too young to work at the relationship

2:05 pm

LOL Mom! I go from real life, wherein I have no parents at all, to babble, where -everyone- is my parent! and it's lovely

2:05 pm

i got contacted by an ex who wanted to rekindle. . . .

2:05 pm

but he is still the 20 year old which was fun at 20 but a bore at 60

2:05 pm

Have you been watching me, Judi? ;)

2:06 pm

*hands NB a lolly* and a well behaved child you are too NB ;-)

2:06 pm

I dont know about behaved- he is courting a hangover you know

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mom you are only in trouble if you pinch the wrong cheeks! ;-0

2:06 pm

LOL Jmc!

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Eesh. I shound like my grandmother. Her two favorite sentences were "Eat!" and "Have some more!"

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i want an extra day off just to sleep

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Oh! I just knew I would get good advice for mt

2:07 pm

i still court a hangover from time to time

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but after sunday i will have as many as i want!

hhhiiiiiiiii

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and you can drink at his age in GB i believe

2:07 pm

LOL Judi! I've had my share of that - back in high school my school nurse basically followed me around ;)

2:07 pm

hi bubbles

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but for now, off to the bank and then to climb, be back to finish much later

2:08 pm

Hic, my babbling buddies. But, just the thought of somebody showing interest is ....heartwarming...to say the least. Thank you everybody

2:08 pm

Well, that's good, NB. You have lots of guardian angels then.

2:08 pm

bye pippin

2:08 pm

oh quite. we're awful here in England. I'm nineteen. I can do EVERYTHING. If I was still living back home, I'd be having my coming-of-age day...this May, I think

2:09 pm

where is home Nancy

2:09 pm

anytime soodle,i may be right i may be wrong,but if you get any use out of it at all im happy:)

2:09 pm

I don't know Judi, I never much liked her. The school had me on the food equivalent of a suicide watch because I had a brush with anorexia during an unhappy time in my early teens. So she talked me out of veganism and put me on the road to destruction ;)

2:10 pm

Mom...Korea!

2:15 pm

...something I said?!

2:15 pm

Not at all Nancy - just got my W's done - working up the list now

2:16 pm

thought everyone's internet had just sort of mass-collapsed ;)

2:17 pm

Yeah! Soodlebum's love life has that effect on things...

2:17 pm

I have never been to Europe so cant imagine the differences other than what I heard in history class long time ago

2:17 pm

LOL, Soodle! just go with the flow ;)

2:18 pm

Valiently keeping my chin above water..........

2:19 pm

when did you break up with your ex, Soodle?

2:20 pm

Oooh, Nancy

2:20 pm

Oooh, Nancy

2:21 pm

Ohh NancyBoy, I went out with this guy when I was 22 24. Then we broke up, and I married a chap and we had 3 kids. He vamoossed about 3 years ago, so me and this Facebook guy go back over 20 years????>>>>***)))

2:22 pm

As I type, I can see the obvious difficulties :(

2:22 pm

wow, Soodle! that's some time gone by...the fact that he's still thinking about you is encouraging, though, surely?

2:23 pm

not butting in, but take it out of facebook into real life and see what happens, after all you can't find out if you don't try

2:23 pm

I can see a mid-life-crisis lady clinging onto the memories of times gone by.....

2:23 pm

You never know Soodle - my best friend from high school just married her old high school sweatheart. Hadnt seen each other in 30 plus years and it was love at first sight all over again

2:23 pm

quite right, Jac! Love ain't for the timid ;)

2:24 pm

nope and you only get one go at life so grab each and every opportunity and live

2:24 pm

well said jacq

2:25 pm

i wish i had lived a little

2:25 pm

and grabbed more

2:25 pm

Yikes!! I was really expecting to hear 'Cop On to yourself, Soodle' But, now, maybe I just might go for it........... Hey Babblers, Watch This Space!

2:26 pm

you got lots of time left jacq

2:26 pm

go for it soodle, at the very least you will rekindle a friendship

2:26 pm

yeahhhh Soodle! go for it, really. I had to make a pretty dramatic decision to get what I wanted, which, as we know, ended up in my parents disowning me. Wouldn't change it for the world though :)

2:27 pm

huggs NB

2:27 pm

so the scary things, usually, are worth it ;) (((Jac)))

2:27 pm

For what it is worth Soodle - I was married for 21 years, have been divorced for 20, my ex and I got back together 10 years ago and it was like we never separated.

2:28 pm

hugs from Mom NB - you got more parents than you want right here

2:28 pm

I dont know if that is good or bad peabody - hope its good

2:28 pm

I am the world's adopted son ;)

2:28 pm

i'm a crap parent but i can quote all the psych books lol

2:28 pm

and dont you forget it!!!

2:28 pm

Peabody...that's like a movie!

2:29 pm

NancyBoy, I read your profile a few days ago, and I was very impressed with the suport you got from Babblers. Thank you alll.... I will keep you informed........

2:29 pm

good luck soodle

2:30 pm

It's very good. We don't live together, we are best of friends, we have great times together, we miss each other when we aren't together and it is pins and needles when we see each other.

2:30 pm

Not as impressed as I was, Soodle! Quite overwhelming, really. good luck!

2:30 pm

And Jacq....ask your kids....I bet they don't think your a crap parent. I bet the love the bones of you!!

2:30 pm

lol both daughters are in my kitchen speaking about me right now, maybe i should ask them later

2:31 pm

OOOOh Peabody!!!! I am getting pins and needles thinking of ye!!

2:31 pm

hi gang! peeking in to grab a few words, when i should be neatening up the house for company later...

2:31 pm

I started this topic, so I should end it. Life ain't easy!!!

2:31 pm

thats awesome peobody

2:31 pm

that sounds very promising peabody, perhaps not living together changed things for the better, they say familiarity breeds contempt

2:31 pm

hi featherbee

2:32 pm

no fights over snoring either

2:32 pm

awww Peabody...I imagine there was a little ruffle all over the globe as all the babblers turned to shoot appreciative glances at their significant others ;)

2:32 pm

or not

2:32 pm

LOL Mom!

2:33 pm

rofl!!!

2:33 pm

Leo: "why are you looking at me strangely?" god love him ;)

2:34 pm

It really is cool. Whenever he is at my house, he fixes things - I've gotten more work out of him the last 10 years then the 21 we were married. Not seeing each other for 10 years was the hardest for me, and then he showed up on my doorstep and wanted to apologize for all the bad times. What could I do?

2:34 pm

Fireworks!

2:35 pm

Glad it worked out for you

2:35 pm

yeah Judi

2:35 pm

yay judi!

2:35 pm

well done, Judi!

2:36 pm

done with the u's and t's - tough grid today

2:37 pm

yeah, i'm not liking it at all so far!

2:38 pm

sigh, guess it's the grid's way of saying stop procrastinating! gotta go.

congrats Judi!

2:39 pm

you just got here feather - have a good one

2:39 pm

Peabody. You seem to have found the perfect relationship. You enjoy it!!!!

you know there are a lot of words I have learned from babble in this grid today.

2:40 pm

hey all

hi peri!

2:41 pm

hi peri

2:41 pm

hi, Peri!

2:42 pm

thinking of having some lemonade with a bit of gin in it :)

2:42 pm

hi Peri

2:42 pm

I have been on her for the last 2 hours , and I GOT 36 words. I think I might just go to bed. Nite all, and thanks so much for your imput. (((Hugs)))

2:42 pm

goodnite soodle

2:42 pm

Mmmm, sounds like a plan, Peri!

2:42 pm

Good night Soodle

2:42 pm

it is a lovely day here, sunny and warm. but in the house the AC is on and it is freezing :)

2:42 pm

Night night Soodle! x

2:42 pm

Here, not her...Oh god, talk about complicating things!!

2:42 pm

Bye Soodle - good luck.

2:42 pm

brb

2:43 pm

pops head in grid just to see if it really is as evil as I thought this morning

2:43 pm

i'd switch that to vodka.

2:43 pm

new summer drink - blueberry vodka with lemonade - dont forget to float the fresh blueberries

its not too bad katie, I just have been taking it in 10 words chunks...and now down to 67 left.

2:44 pm

Yes Katie, the grid angel has not made an appearance yet

2:44 pm

try a pink lady.. it is grapefruit juice and vodka and a dash of lemonline soda

soodle....I think you were distracted by chat.

there is a grid angel?

2:45 pm

not today!!

2:45 pm

anyone got the last sh6 please

2:45 pm

Hi Mrs Mc how was Karen?? where did you go ??

2:46 pm

not there yet Mom

2:47 pm

think sword & sh****

2:47 pm

last summer I was using regular vodka with flavored fruit2O /waters - then floating the same flavored vodka - light drink for summer

2:48 pm

**slaps head** thanks hoot

2:48 pm

yw

2:49 pm

Mmmm. brandy, though.

2:51 pm

never been a big fan of brandy - only when I have a bad cold

2:51 pm

generally, I'm a big fan of everything ;)

2:52 pm

back, the only vodka I have is root beer flavor, I liked it when I first tasted it but will stick to plain vodka.

2:52 pm

I love apricot flavored brandy, my niece gives it to me every Chanukah

2:53 pm

a little grey goose on the rocks perhaps

2:53 pm

must get some plain vodka, asap

2:53 pm

yeah!

2:53 pm

Smirnoof Black Vodka is very good

2:53 pm

hey there hootowl

2:53 pm

Smirnoff even

2:54 pm

altho Smirnoof sounds funny

2:54 pm

expensive taste Mom ;)

2:54 pm

Nancy - what do you recommend

2:54 pm

and I meant black label vodka

2:54 pm

yews, NB what do you recommend for vodka or gin?

2:54 pm

Dont drink much hard liquor but when I do, Its got to be the good stuff.

2:55 pm

geez, I only just started to drink the gin and lemonade

2:55 pm

Im a wine lover

2:55 pm

most wine gives me a headache and I do not like beer

2:55 pm

Gin...I'm definitely a Bombay Sapphire man, but would take Plymouth over Gordon's!

2:56 pm

allergic to gin & rye

2:57 pm

I dont particularly like beer either, unless it is very cold and only a few sips taste good

2:57 pm

never had rye, do not like Scotch, ewww

2:57 pm

Oh hoot - thats sad

2:57 pm

I drank beer with pizza when I was in grad school

2:57 pm

I'm not a beer fan, Peri! Don't drink a lot of vodka, though, so I wouldn't be the right person to recommend that! I tend to add malibu to a lot of stuff. Fruity!

2:57 pm

johhny red!

2:57 pm

Like bocks, stouts, porter. Brew when I can

2:58 pm

granddad

2:58 pm

stoly

2:59 pm

havent heard of malibu in a long time. When it first came out many many years ago, they were introducing it at this bar I was at. I actually won a neon light up malibu sign. Quite trendy at the time

2:59 pm

muy dad used to drink bourban and gingerale

3:00 pm

My husband is a beer lover and makes his own too. I make him do it outside so it doesnt stink up the house. It has a real bad smell when the hops is added.

3:01 pm

I got to run for now. Maybe catch you all again this evening - got 37 left.

3:01 pm

bbs

3:03 pm

hi, anyone have the in 8, perhaps?

in 8/50 in + not sharp but **ll + what you charge for something

3:07 pm

ty Luv, perfect clue

yw bichon, glad it helped

3:08 pm

how about la 6/24, the first one

3:08 pm

doh, got it

don't have it yet

3:15 pm

clue for ha 4/8

3:17 pm

weird word Boo ha + the **tler did it

3:18 pm

la 6/24 male version of a lass

3:19 pm

clue for the last in please? the 4

3:19 pm

got it a while back redshoes, but ty

3:19 pm

sorry.

thanks redshoes, I needed it

3:19 pm

in 4/4 like an asian country minus the d.

3:20 pm

I can't believe this redshoes! I KNOW the word; i've looked for it 50 times, and I never saw it! TY

3:21 pm

also for the stupid ra 5 that's between the 2 ra/6s?

3:22 pm

I'm a bit thin on ras sorry.

3:23 pm

ra 5 - plural of a bone in your arm

3:24 pm

oh. oops. I did actually have that one. Just not the 6s.

3:24 pm

ra 5 or plural for a geometric term

3:25 pm

SAME deal as the other one. I should be committed!!

3:26 pm

redshoes--the 6s are when you're confused, like me, only with an r in front and an Xray unit + vowel _ big california city

3:26 pm

hm, decided we're too lazy to go out so staying in and watching Fight Club!

3:30 pm

There are only three ru4/5s in Fight Club...

3:30 pm

ok. back to work.

3:31 pm

lata kids.

3:40 pm

this is wayy to hard ha

3:57 pm

i finished! too easy

4:05 pm

too easy? bah......

4:05 pm

I want to watch my recording of the biggest loser from Tuesday

I want to finish, i really want to finish. 53 left.

4:30 pm

me too red - 33 left

BUt, I may not. who knows... I am making flank steak again for dinner, sooo.

4:31 pm

we are just doing beans and franks - daughter has softball practice tonight - son just home from track - quick supper

sounds good though. I know it isnt cool, but sometimes I really like hot dogs.

4:34 pm

many nights we have too many sports and activities that there is no time for a good meal - sorry to say. My son burns more calories than we can keep in him, so we try and push the protein. Fats arent good but he needs those as well

good fats are good. Of course a balanced diet is really good but who has that these days.

I really try.

4:37 pm

we do ok with veggies and good stuff on nights we arent crazy running around. Tough to get kids to eat salad. My daughter is major fussy but my son will eat everything thank god. My husband is a hunter and fisherman, so we have lots of birds in the fall and fish in the spring/summer

4:38 pm

anyone help with the fi5/18 please

a fi*** of dreams?

4:38 pm

you'll kick yourself! Fi*** and Stream

4:38 pm

hi all...

thats the only one I have that a 5 18.

hi pinikula.

4:39 pm

hiya red ;) and Mom

4:39 pm

enjoyed my lemonade and gin, back to find my last 42 words

4:39 pm

how's everyone?

4:39 pm

hi peri ;)

4:39 pm

wouldnt that figure, I cant get the easy one - thanks both of you

hey peri... I have 47 left, between than and now had time to walk dog and try to put together a meal.

4:40 pm

Hi pini - doing well

4:40 pm

103 more to go here...so I'll happily bring up the rear! :)

4:40 pm

i hate this grid. help with the lower R please?

4:40 pm

Got to leave in a minute to bring daughter to softball practice - wine is chilling for when we get back

4:41 pm

hb mom ;)

4:41 pm

I got 30 but hitting the wall - maybe some are easy that I dont even know - havent gotten any of the 7's yet though

4:41 pm

not much help here, weed...I'm so far behind

4:41 pm

ha, i'm just trying for nbt right now. only found 58

4:42 pm

I dont know where they come from feather - I work the list - but am missing many ra's anyway

4:42 pm

I have nbt but not nbs (no 7's) *hanging head*

4:42 pm

bottom R's all start with ra*ical . Ra^ & 2 &'s fuinish with Hawiian dance h***, then latin plural or cons

4:43 pm

aha! thanks!

4:43 pm

another ra6 rhymes with how a duck walks

4:43 pm

thx lynxxx ;)

4:43 pm

and hey, i needed the duck walk too

4:43 pm

how about u words?

4:43 pm

ra5 plural of ra***us, circle thingo

4:44 pm

just 2, weed

4:44 pm

lol, yeah, i know there are two. i don't have either.

4:44 pm

ur5 = ur + consumed

4:45 pm

both ur5.12

4:45 pm

ur _ plus the first three old mcdonald vowels

4:45 pm

(sorry, weed...thought you were asking how many)

4:45 pm

ty ty ty

4:45 pm

thx for that one, mom!

4:45 pm

ur - just *** my supper

thanks for the U clue that old macdonald word had me! now I have errr, 6 gray boxes....including the ons that started out gray. :( ha!

4:46 pm

* happy dance * I broke 100!

dances with Pinik!

4:46 pm

you're one grey box ahead of me, red! :)

crazy Pinik! I only have 45 left.

4:47 pm

wow! I'm impressed, Red...I still have another 92!

4:47 pm

aren't grids weird???

Pini, I have been picking at this one ALL day long.

this grid is Filled with words I learned in babble.

4:48 pm

thanks lynxxx

4:48 pm

I broke out MW for this one...haven't done that in a loooooong time...

4:48 pm

109 left here!

4:49 pm

leaving for a bit - bbl

have a good practice time mom!

4:49 pm

I am using MW like crazy today, lots of new words for me

4:50 pm

ok, for NBT, the top row E please?

4:50 pm

bye mom

4:50 pm

Oh, I misread, weed...in that case, let's git'r dun!

4:50 pm

ef4

i think its the letter after the e. pluraled

4:50 pm

20 left

4:50 pm

go go go peri!

4:50 pm

ha, i'll be lucky to get halfway tonight. i have a friend coming over for games! will scrap the grid in a heartbeat.

I am going for the list soon, but would like to get to at least only 40 left.

4:50 pm

ab6 ?

4:50 pm

ab6 ?

4:50 pm

:)

4:50 pm

aha, ty

there is an ab 6?

4:51 pm

ab + *nder the bed + ***m Neisen (actor)

4:51 pm

ab + errr.....

4:51 pm

ab6 ab & recent Streep movie about a cook J****

TY Pini!

4:51 pm

ty pini. lol, had it, couldn't clue it.

4:51 pm

oooh, much better clue, lynxxx...

4:51 pm

li5/12 pls

thanks Pini and Lynnxxx!

4:52 pm

ty

4:52 pm

li5.12 li & speedy babbler ***t

4:52 pm

(PS...I have the same name as Ms. Child...should've been easier to clue!)

4:52 pm

peri, think of the "head of the group" but misspelled

4:52 pm

is the ab 7 related?

4:53 pm

not at all, ru

4:53 pm

ab + light bulb strength

that is a word? amazing...

4:53 pm

And hi everyone!

Oh 2 more and I can get list, will have 40 left.

hi brpookie

4:53 pm

ty for the li5

4:53 pm

hi Brookie

4:53 pm

ty

4:54 pm

morning Brookie

4:54 pm

Hi red, peri!

4:54 pm

yvw ;)

4:54 pm

And hi lynxxx!

4:54 pm

ok, giving up for now. bye!

4:54 pm

I have 87 words done... just want one more so I can say I completed more than half the puzzle.

4:54 pm

bye feather!

4:56 pm

ahhh, found one more word. gotta do some editing work now. Happy babbling, everyone! (poof!)

4:57 pm

13 left bbs to finish

gooo peri. I am also going to make some parts of dinner. I promised to make a real meal today.

4:58 pm

ugh 80 here..another tough grid..wassup with these toughies lately?

4:59 pm

not sure, ru, but this time I actually broke out MW! :(

4:59 pm

I probably shouldn't have...but...well...

5:02 pm

...and now fe4ing so guilty I closed it!

5:04 pm

well there's another 6 hours before it finished Pini so if you have the time......

5:04 pm

I think I opened it today because I was so frustrated this morning (well, maybe not bored, but trying to kill time and wasn't going anywhere)

5:05 pm

Dau had gall bladder surgery this morning and from the time they took her back to the time she was released, it was a long 4 hours!

5:05 pm

all went well?

5:06 pm

yes, ma'am...doc came out and said she was a piece of cake...nothing extraordinary was found!

5:06 pm

she's at home now "sleeping it off"

5:07 pm

lol, haven't heard a doctor use that expression before

5:07 pm

He was a pretty cool doc...and, with her on loopy meds, we were all very much at ease!

5:10 pm

any more clues wanted before I head off?

5:11 pm

al4/6?

5:11 pm

I can'at figure where to go

5:11 pm

al + 2 vowels

5:11 pm

(first 2 vowels)

like stuff that grows in fish tanks

5:11 pm

oh shoot...sorry...that's al4

but short.

5:12 pm

oh geez

5:12 pm

I can't even begin to tell you how muych time I spent on that one

5:14 pm

al 6/24? would help too

5:14 pm

ha6.39 ha & what Little Miss Mu**** sat on her tu****

5:14 pm

as long as me (since I didn't have it to clue)!

well, i have finished the b's there is a little green? bird in there.

5:14 pm

al6 Al* McGraw & not mum

5:15 pm

great clues, lynxxx ;)

5:15 pm

there is, red?

5:16 pm

thank you lynxxx

there us a bu 6.

5:16 pm

green yellow blue Australian bird - speedos are also known as bu6.36 smugglers

5:16 pm

ooooh, got it!

5:17 pm

thx red! :)

5:17 pm

and lynxxx

5:17 pm

wow, that's a term I've not heard of before, lynxxx...

they make popular bird pets, i think, but not up on birds

5:17 pm

*enters chat laughing her a%% off at lynxxx's bu6 smuggler*

aaaaah a parakeet.

5:19 pm

* giggle *

speedos like the suit????oh my!!!!!!

i am a bit slow today...

5:20 pm

hilarious imagery! LOLOL

5:20 pm

lol, a Pub here has just paid $3,400 for our Opposition leaders bu**** smuggler speedos

oh gosh!

5:21 pm

ewwwwwwww

and they say there is a recession?

5:22 pm

Good tourist attraction, he had made headlines here recently wearing them, lol

5:22 pm

...and for what reason, on this green earth, would someone want to buy a "used" pair of bu6 smugglers!?!?!?!

5:22 pm

I guess my question was answered! ROFL

oooh i am at 39 left list time!

5:23 pm

hmmm bu* smugglers don't seem as interesting as pelican smugglers or ostrich smugglers or eagle smugglers ... lol

5:23 pm

ba6?

5:24 pm

the ba6's wear the b lack cowboy hats

5:24 pm

* refraining from making a comment until I find the ba6 * :)

5:25 pm

the go***** wear the white hats

5:25 pm

...or the same as the boyish la6

5:25 pm

found it * I sometimes wear a black cowboy hat! *

5:25 pm

I must be a ba6!

5:26 pm

that - or kinky perhaps

5:26 pm

* gulp *

5:26 pm

uh, well...

5:26 pm

uh...

5:27 pm

* I plead the 5th! *

5:27 pm

lol

5:27 pm

...chaps too?

5:27 pm

before or after you drank it?

5:27 pm

No, I drew the line at the chaps!

5:27 pm

hi BR! :)

5:28 pm

hi BabRab!

5:28 pm

if you find four presbyterians, you'll find a fifth (hi, BR)

5:28 pm

Hello

Hi BR, how are you?

5:29 pm

long time no see, BR! how ya been?

5:29 pm

au6/24 anyone?

5:29 pm

doing just swell

5:29 pm

had the mumps

5:29 pm

the MUMPS???

Babble? How awful.

5:29 pm

au + ra4/4

5:30 pm

that's ar6/21, welki

5:30 pm

au & croco****

also an au with di 4.

5:30 pm

yeah, was a swell time

people really do need to vaccinate!

5:30 pm

that was it.. thank you

5:30 pm

I hope you are jesting with us BR

babble, Are you feeling OK now?

5:30 pm

better now, BR?

5:31 pm

great pun, BR! glad you're better

5:31 pm

I an quite well

I am glad to hear it.

5:31 pm

good to hear, BR...and definitely great to see you back!

5:31 pm

Hi PJ

5:32 pm

good afternoon!

5:32 pm

aren't you a wee bit old for the mumps?

5:32 pm

"walkies" time, bye all

5:33 pm

enjoy, lynxxx!

5:34 pm

hi everybody

5:34 pm

hi jes ;)

hi jes!

5:34 pm

di6? (fish?)

I'm late today- how's the grid?

5:35 pm

di + not early

Open those eyes WIIIIDE pinik

5:35 pm

hi kappy...it's, well, a grid... :)

5:35 pm

oy vey - thx gang!

5:35 pm

grid is puzzling

looks like a wasted "ing"

5:36 pm

I think I'm in gridlock!

I think the list is a great help. this grid is full of semi obscure babbling type words, like the metal or plastic tip at the end of a shoelace is in here.

5:38 pm

I didn't know that little piece had a name, red!!!!

ag 5. it is!

5:38 pm

Every time I found a word, I stopped looking for it. Saved a lot of time.

I don't know that word- I only know needle cases and Welsh hills. Why would anyone name the tip at the end of a shoelace, anyway?

5:38 pm

I'll try to remember that one...

5:39 pm

You're so smart, BR! LOL

Oh, I do know that word.

So that when something goes wrong with the production of that tip end people know what to call it.

I learned it from Phineas and Ferb the cartoon!

I would just call it the tip of the shoelace thingie.

5:40 pm

If you keep looking for the first word you find, why, you will never get to the second.

5:40 pm

how profound, bab

indeed BR.

Oh- depth.

5:41 pm

oh, BR, your wit was not lost during your illness! Thank goodness for small miracles! :)

Why is the 4th Hebrew letter not a word- isn't it usually?

5:43 pm

Neither is glatt, I can't figure out why not.

5:43 pm

The first Hebrew letter is in there though.

hi michnik, how are you have not seen you in ages!

yeah, I've tried that too.

5:44 pm

Both spellings? They are both in there and valid.

5:44 pm

el 6/21?

5:44 pm

He Red, I haven't been around much. Now that Passover is over I have more time.

5:45 pm

Has anyone ever accused Hebrew of being chauvinistic?

5:45 pm

Hmm, BR, why chauvinistic?

5:45 pm

HEbrew

???

5:47 pm

el + get your diploma: grad****

5:47 pm

Groan!! By the way, I had the Mumps about 2 mos ago. I was vaccinated way back when. There is a major outbreak going on. Oddly enough, it has mostly hit Orthodox Jewish communities. BR - are you holding out on us?

5:47 pm

*groan*

I heard about that mumps thing.

5:48 pm

My son had it about 6 wks after I did, too long to have caught it from me.

5:48 pm

I was ashamed cause I got such a big head

5:48 pm

how did you notice the difference?

Score!

5:49 pm

* ouch * LOL

I had to get my MMR vacciene redone a few years ago because they say it now does not work for forever as previously thought.

5:51 pm

Interesting, but most of the kids who got sick initially were around 16, so certainly they should have been covered. My son is only 14!

No ba**ie? A hairless guy?

5:52 pm

maybe it's Y instead of IE?

5:52 pm

I tried that too. I think this grid is a big tease!

I think they do not really know how long those vaccienes work and with so many deciding not to vaccinate kids now. though I did not think that was such an issue in places outside of the US.

It doesn't have that, but it has ba double consonant and diminutive ending

5:53 pm

My dr. told me that most of the cases he'd seen were ppl who'd been vaccinated; the ones that weren't had much more severe cases.

go figure.

ra 6/24 please do not have either

This gird is so wierd, it has so many words I have learned through babble....usually its just 1-4 that I remember from another grid, btu today.....every other word.

5:54 pm

ra 6 --- baby's toy with different middle consonants

5:55 pm

red bulb veggie: ra*ish + Hawaiian dance: h***

ty BR

TY BR. I need to eat more ra*ishes.

clue for the 8?

5:57 pm

Hello all.

hi scrabs

5:57 pm

in + a type of wheat: ***um + consumed food

ty BR

not out, but **, the length of time is the ***ation, and ra** my website please?

5:58 pm

Hello, Scrabbler

5:58 pm

TY, BR

5:58 pm

Thanks BR!!

scrabbs!

5:58 pm

Red, I was called stat to the ED a few hrs ago and wished you were there, but the RNs were great.

I gotta go= not much time tonight

goodness scrabbs, that not typical in your practice!

5:59 pm

Can someone clue the ad7?

5:59 pm

hiya scrabs ;)

5:59 pm

take care, kappy

5:59 pm

ad7 = most of not teen + consumed

5:59 pm

NM found it

what happened?

adore

6:00 pm

we like you, too

6:00 pm

very much

6:00 pm

thank you for the el 6 BR.. I found it

6:00 pm

It is a tiny community hospital--small ICU, CCU, one floor with maybe 30 beds, and a busy ED. Kid with SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) with impending resp failure from pneumonia.

6:01 pm

TY, Pini

did you have to intubate?

6:02 pm

gl5 6 ?

6:02 pm

SPO2 = 89-90% on 100% O2. RR 40s, retracting. Venous PCO2 = 40 so we waited til children's hospital transport team arrived, but I was sweating it out!

6:02 pm

more fishies?

6:02 pm

gl + no *** ands or buts

6:03 pm

thx ru ;)

ick. ick ick. can I say more Ick. those are the things that give me the heebie jeebies. Scrabbs.

6:03 pm

not knowing much, scrabbs, even that doesn't sound great to me!

gl 5/26 please

6:03 pm

just clued, 67

6:03 pm

*thankful that there are folks like Scrabbs, Red, Nef and the other medical Babblers to take care of us*

6:04 pm

The kid is all crooked--kyphoscoliosis--would have been challenging to intubate.

6:04 pm

Hello everyone

Ha 5, 14? please?

6:04 pm

I'm stuck on that one now, red

sorry was not paying attention will look at chog ty Pini

help pinik and I help!!! SOS!

6:04 pm

no kidding, welki!

6:04 pm

Hi welki, SS, Ruru, and anyone else I missed

hi sea!

6:04 pm

no worries, 67... ;)

and scrabbs, yes, that would be a challenge, especiall without a nice fibro-optic light for those things.

6:05 pm

ha + what is on a jar

6:05 pm

I just called the ICU at the children's hospital and the boy is holding his own.

Momneeds, you are a life saver, thanks.

6:05 pm

thx mom (how was practice?)

6:06 pm

she is still there - my husband just left to pick her up

6:06 pm

I am very happy today...went for a procedure and everything went well

Fireworks- have to go feed animals - see you all later. bye

6:06 pm

he had it easy - I got the pick up from drivers ed and the drop off to softball - he only has the pickup from softball tonight.

6:06 pm

gotcha

6:06 pm

Yahoo for you, SS!

Scrabbs, I've decided to apply to do a post bacc certificate in Public health.

6:06 pm

wtg 67!

6:06 pm

hence - I am here trying to finish up

6:06 pm

Congrats 67

Sea spray that is good news. Pinis daughter had a procedure today too, spring procedure time?

congratulations 67 stang!

6:07 pm

Very cool, Red! How long is program and where do you train?

6:07 pm

I need to schedule my procedure--the privilege one earns when turning 50.

It's at the University of Florida, but all on line, and its only 5 classes. If I decide to get the full MPH, all the classes transfer.

6:08 pm

Good for you Seaspray. What ICU what boy scrabbler?

6:08 pm

glad to hear it went well, sea!

6:08 pm

Colonoscopy and fissure repair....but fissure was healed and didn't have to have that done but, found I have diverticulitis...soooo all in all I made out well

very glad it went well.

6:08 pm

Sounds great, Red. But you will cont to work? Did you get the Inf Control job?

6:09 pm

I need one of those procedures too - past time as I am 52. THEY keep calling me.

6:09 pm

At our children's hospital, mnh.

6:09 pm

what "procedure"?

6:09 pm

ty red, I was dreading the pain

I have not heard anything about the job, but yes, I'll have to work.

6:09 pm

It was a breeze Mom

Pinik, didnt your daughter have her Gallbladder out today?

6:09 pm

colonoscopy--age 50

Oh no, have I gotten confused.

6:10 pm

out this morning, red...did great...at home "sleeping it off" now ;)

6:10 pm

Just looked at your profile - you are a Doc - excellent - my son was at Boston Childrens as an infant - I am familiar with the miracles these hospitals perform

6:10 pm

very good, pini

its like spring cleaning. everyone is going for procedures.

6:11 pm

lol red

6:11 pm

I especially admire the subspecialists in PICUs + NICUs---challenging work with very ill kids.

6:11 pm

we had fun messing with her once they gave her the first round of meds :)

man the ig 4 is like for someone texting about eskimo houses.

6:11 pm

chat going too fast for me - best wishes for a speeding recovery for your daughter pini

6:11 pm

Uh, oh, pager went off. BRB

6:11 pm

thx red!

6:12 pm

gr8 clue red, ty

6:12 pm

my best friend is a NICU nurse - very tough job - I envy their strength working with such sick small children

6:12 pm

Pini, wish your daughter well

6:12 pm

thx mom...she did well and we don't anticipate any problems :)

it is a difficult job, so many hopes and dreams....

6:12 pm

will pass your thoughts along to her...thx! :)

6:13 pm

Can someone help with the ai6?

6:13 pm

My daughter works in geriatrics and her room mate from college ( her best friend) works in peds

Is anyone watching "In Plain Sight" this season?

6:13 pm

same as the ag5 before it, mich

6:14 pm

just add the i

6:14 pm

AH! TY!

6:14 pm

AH! TY!

this grid is full of little house on the prarie.

Both the first name of the star and a bastardiazation of the last name are in it.

6:15 pm

thats excellent seaspray - both ends of the spectrum

6:15 pm

not me, red

6:15 pm

can anyone help me with the ab's

this season is so good...I think I have to advertise it a little!

6:16 pm

ab + Ms. J**** Child

6:16 pm

ab + light bulb strength

6:16 pm

Ms J?

6:17 pm

Chef!

6:17 pm

Oy, I need help with my abs - but the other kind.

6:17 pm

try stomache crunches mich.. they work

6:17 pm

On that note, I passed the halfway mark and finished my tea, so it is good night to all. I have to be up in 5 hours!!

6:17 pm

Ohhhh - why didnt you say so - guess you did - thanks much

sleep well Mich

6:17 pm

night mich! :)

6:17 pm

good night mich

6:18 pm

Goodnight Mich

6:18 pm

G'night all

6:18 pm

I could have said "my name" mom, but it probably wouldn't have helped at the time ;)

6:21 pm

Back. Phone call = a mother with kid with vomiting + diarrhea.

6:22 pm

that is scarey for the parent

6:22 pm

wow, scrabs...on-call??

6:23 pm

or on "break"

6:23 pm

/

The second ra 7 please?

6:23 pm

?

6:23 pm

yes it is scary - been there but can say I never once called an on call service - wise or not - I handled it

6:23 pm

Especially for first time parent. So we teach them what to do. It will happen again someday.

6:23 pm

Yes, on call.

6:23 pm

but if its an infant it is very worrisome

6:24 pm

ra + American Idols paula Ab*** plus first two vowels

We would prefer on call to be called, than for the kid to later end up in the ER.

6:24 pm

need the next ra7, mom ;)

6:24 pm

It would be nice for a parent to be resourceful--have books available, or web sites--but most call us readily+ frequently.

6:25 pm

same with cons ending, pini

6:25 pm

I called the ER 2x for my oldest dau before she was 24 months old...

6:25 pm

...thankfully or she wouldn't be here today.

6:25 pm

thx amelu

6:25 pm

What happened, Pini?

6:25 pm

good point, red

6:25 pm

I guess I was like Mom, I was resourceful and handled it

6:25 pm

It is good to teach - my husband and I got got infant CPR training - had fire dpt on call with oxygen in house - we were older so could handle it. Young kids having kids arent ready for the serious stuff - Not that we were much either

6:26 pm

at 20 months she contracted Menningiococcemia (sp)

6:26 pm

Much of our daily work = educating parents.

I think too, so many young kids these days cant ask their parents for help.

6:26 pm

oops sorry dont have the next ra

6:26 pm

*GASP* Pini--that is an infection that we DREAD!

6:26 pm

I dreaded it, too, scrabs! it was touch and go for a bit

it is not a good infection!

6:27 pm

her highest recorded temp that I was told of was 106.3

6:27 pm

I have seen kids die, or survive with loss of limbs.

6:27 pm

thats horrible pini - but all is well now right

6:27 pm

The high fever is ok, it's the bad germs in her brain.

6:27 pm

the ear infections and high temps concern me as I have nerve damage from a severe inner ear infection that misdiagnosed and now my granddaughter has had tubes and still gets them

6:28 pm

the only residual effect is a minor learning disorder

6:28 pm

The long term value of ear tubes is coming under question.

6:29 pm

but you'd never know it on the surface because we've worked a long time on how to overcome the shortcoming

6:29 pm

it seems they do drain better now

6:30 pm

She is lucky. Kids with meningitis are SO sick--lethargic, very irritable---they look and act sick.

6:30 pm

Its so hard with illnesses - hard to diagnose and then treat with such small children. They do make great very small hearing aids now - worth looking into if there is a recognizable loss

6:30 pm

to top it off...she got sick again 24 months later (almost to the day) with Guilliam-Barre Syndrome...

6:30 pm

Sabres just scored!

6:30 pm

what is that pini

6:30 pm

I think it's because we caught it fairly early, scrabs...

6:30 pm

Presumed viral trigger?

6:31 pm

not sure, scrabs...

6:31 pm

my goodness Pini, you have had enough!

6:31 pm

Those are 2 awful memories for you, Pini, yet with fortunate outcomes.

6:31 pm

mom, they told me that the GBS is something that shuts down the nervous system, ultimately shutting down the organs from the extremities in...

6:32 pm

Oh my - that child has gone through enough for a lifetime

6:32 pm

Weakness of muscles...can cause respiratory failure.

6:32 pm

...also told most commonly found in elderly persons over 60 or so (is that really true, scrabs?)

6:32 pm

Yeah, that's the one, scrabs

6:32 pm

i feel that way with my son too - he is a miracle with what he went through

6:32 pm

It can happen to anyone--virus, autoimmune.

6:33 pm

she has, but she'll be 27 in May and plans to wed in Sept :)

6:33 pm

awesome pini - congrats to your family

6:33 pm

and I have a beautiful 9 yo gdau by her

6:33 pm

Lucky young woman. Her illness remind me of kids from my residency days.

6:33 pm

Oh wonderful Pini, my daughter is getting married Oct 2

6:34 pm

see - miracles do happen

6:34 pm

that's what I thought, too, scrabs...as I can't imagine an illness being age-restrictive...

6:34 pm

two babbler weddings - wow - the guest list will go on forever - lol

6:34 pm

She still has her "moments", but all-in-all, she's (we've) done very well!

6:35 pm

* giggle *

6:35 pm

where's your wedding, seaspray?

6:35 pm

(your dau's)

6:35 pm

***taking notes****

6:35 pm

The meningococcal vaccine is now approved for use in kids age 2 yrs and older. But kids under 2 are at highest risk.

6:36 pm

It's an outdoor wedding at my parents farm

6:36 pm

get on with the wedding stuff

6:36 pm

Interesting, scrabs...I had never heard of it before then...

6:36 pm

Our's will be outdoors as well...in a really nice private "park"...

menactra.

i got it but i have now expired.

6:37 pm

oh, wait...that's for the younger dau...

6:37 pm

hey red - I want the scoop on the wedding - details ladies

6:37 pm

...the 27yo is marrying outdoors in "his" parent's yard (texas)

6:37 pm

red? you expired???

6:37 pm

what kind of notes, mom?

6:38 pm

sounds lovely, the spot she has picked is a beautiful green open field surrounded by trees whose leaves should be turning just is time

6:38 pm

I love summer/fall time for weddings...

6:39 pm

just kidding Pini - dont get nervous - I wont be crashing any weddings (unless they were in the northeast of course - lol)

my meningitis vacciene did...

6:39 pm

well, one is TX, the other OR...so I think you're safe...(as for attending, the more, the merrier)

6:39 pm

oh mom, I am in Maryland should I be looking for you?

6:40 pm

how old is your dau, mom?

6:40 pm

May I please have a clue for la6-24? Thanks

6:40 pm

Sounds like lovely weddings both of you

6:40 pm

think of that wonderful move collie but change the middle double cons

6:40 pm

movie collie

6:41 pm

thx mom...and Koda's needing my attention for a moment...best send him out the door...brb

6:41 pm

ok, I am going to eat as I have been starving for 2 days now...bbl

6:41 pm

Thanks much Mom.

6:42 pm

Lassie is not in the grid...

6:42 pm

My daughter is 17 - way too early for a wedding so not taking notes for that. Maryland is just a tad too long of a drive

6:43 pm

Boy....Scrabs.

scrabbs change the ss's to something else double.

6:43 pm

scrabs - did you change the middle cons

6:44 pm

got to go for a bit - daughter back home and need computer - bbl

6:44 pm

Hi all back again clue for the li5/12 pls?

6:44 pm

Irish boy, scrabs.

6:45 pm

li + ***th vador of star wars

6:45 pm

gone

6:46 pm

ty momneedshelp like your name

6:47 pm

Ok, I get la6 now--I am flatlining here

pulls out the paddles and gel for scrabbs.

ahhh fireworks. and time to bathe....

will maybe be back a bit later to offer assistance.

6:49 pm

No, red, my EEG is flatlining. Haha

6:49 pm

Yippee Red!

6:50 pm

back

6:52 pm

wtg red!

6:56 pm

May I please have a clue for sh6-21? Thanks

6:56 pm

girl's name, ga

6:56 pm

sh 6/21 is a girl's or woman's name gapeach1066 & hi

6:57 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

6:57 pm

hi min ;)

6:57 pm

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

6:58 pm

Thanks Min.

6:58 pm

yw

7:00 pm

HI all. back for the last 49 words. clue please for re7/36 - the second one

7:01 pm

ra7 = ra7 before it, but change last letter to cons

7:01 pm

TY for sh6

7:02 pm

BBS--must take turns in Scrabble games

7:02 pm

play for me, too, Scrabs!

7:02 pm

ty pinkula

7:03 pm

yvw ;)

hiya buddies

7:05 pm

hiya gwen ;)

hi all!

7:06 pm

hi TO ;)

7:06 pm

Hello vlcl! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

7:07 pm

Hi Book Doctor Gwen! How are you? Welcome to grid!

7:07 pm

Hi 73 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

hiya min, i'm still vertical, how are you?

7:08 pm

BDG, i love that answer.......... do you mind if i borrow it?

7:09 pm

I'm all over the place;backwards,diagonal horizantal, perpidicular,sideways,etc. Other than that I'm good

7:09 pm

'tis very cute! :)

hey dude go ahead

oops, i mean dudette 8-O

7:09 pm

2nd in5/14?

7:09 pm

not aproblem at all

7:09 pm

*perpendicular

i got a call the other day from telemarketer trying to sell med insurance. i said i was going to take the gubmint plan. she started to try to talk me out of it and i said i'm below the poverty level and will have to take the gubmint plan. she said okay bye!

7:11 pm

nm, got it

just can't wait to see a doctor again. it's been forever

7:12 pm

oh, to get rid of those pesky telemarketers...

i didn't even bring up that she is not allowed to call me anyway, because i'm on the nno-call list

how is everyone tonight?

7:13 pm

I wish every phone was a no-call-list phone!

we are vertical, TO!

lol no one babbing in bed?

7:15 pm

I'm sitting on my bed; does that count?

7:15 pm

i'm curled up in a chair and a half

7:15 pm

and wondering what the 8 starts with

7:15 pm

in8

oh dear do i have to start parsing my verticalness? LOLO

in8

7:15 pm

Hello hursy! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog

hello hursh ltns

7:16 pm

hello all... what's ltns?

L ong T ime N o S ee

7:17 pm

ltns = long time no see

does anyone else fe4 cheated by the position of the - ing?

7:17 pm

Hurshy, do you want a clue for the in 8/50 word yet?

7:17 pm

ohhhhh

7:17 pm

yes, very very cheated!!!

yes i do Owl

7:17 pm

nope, i have found the in8 word.

7:17 pm

very much so, TO

and by the cluster of i's. hardly any use, double and triple i's

7:18 pm

in + french "of the" + not early

7:18 pm

same clue goes for the a7

7:19 pm

au5/16?

7:19 pm

i have ad7 and then i have ra7 - can anyone tell me what the other 7 starts with?

7:19 pm

ra7

i don't know french, assuming word begins with d?

7:20 pm

ra7 x 2

7:20 pm

same word except for last letter

7:20 pm

yes, d

7:20 pm

oui, TO

7:20 pm

thank you pini

not working...must concentrate

yet i have the as7!

ad7 :/

7:21 pm

change the a to in

7:21 pm

remove the a and add the rest to the in

7:21 pm

au5/16 add your pop

7:21 pm

* snap * hursh ;)

7:21 pm

thx hurshy!

phantom lefsa, which this game doesn't take anyway

not working *sob*

7:22 pm

oh dear, so sorry

7:22 pm

fyrwurx ;)

7:22 pm

you have to change the L to R !

7:22 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the bu 6/36 word please

7:22 pm

in + bills are **e on the first + not early

is it not the word for wave but with i instead of u?

wtg pini !!! ~~~ !!!

7:23 pm

bu6 = little bird

7:23 pm

(or type of)

7:23 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks!Hooray for you

7:23 pm

congrats pini

7:23 pm

minveryork, an english bird

wait a minute -0 the clue said "not early"

7:23 pm

thx! here to clue as needed... ;)

7:23 pm

cause hurshy screwed it up!

7:23 pm

sorry sorry sorry

o.0

7:24 pm

;)

arrr, too many F words in the grid!

7:25 pm

ok, no swearing, gwen! :) (at least none of them are the F word) :)

ty, that gave me he5

7:25 pm

FUNGOO!

7:25 pm

hi everyone!

waaa? LOL

would that be accepted?

7:26 pm

Hi lbdawger! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

LOL MIN!!! dawg!

7:26 pm

oh my, Min! LOL hi Min, Hi TO

mih you forgot the l!

7:27 pm

fungoo, is that when feng shui goes bad?

something like that

7:27 pm

ROFL

fungoo was a toy in the 1970s, no? looked like a pile of green snot?

min: foregin swears don't count only if no ones knows them

7:29 pm

going to check that one out, gwen! ;)

7:29 pm

i think it may also have been used as a pseudo-swear word in "grease"

i had a friend who thought it was a great toy. i thought it was super gross

not pseudo, hursh. real.

7:30 pm

ah.

7:30 pm

Finally got that stupid bu 6/36 word. Thanks for clue

italian dialect pronunciation

i tried pepperidge farm strawberry milano cookies tongiht. disappointing.

7:32 pm

Fun Goo = glue, water, and borax soap ;)

7:32 pm

(don't mess with success, owl... *lol*)

hey i found the gross toy i just mentioned. It was called Slime. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_%28 toy%29 )

7:33 pm

I don't like the strawberry Milanos either. I like Mint and the Orange Milano cookies 72 Temple Owl.Yummy

i like the organe though

7:33 pm

now, THAT I remember gwen!

7:33 pm

mintmintmintmintmint

7:33 pm

hi all. I am back to finish

well how about i put them in the pb for you to decide?

7:34 pm

Hello Boobear! How are you? Welcome back to puzzle

7:34 pm

thanks Min.

pini, please don't tell me you played with Slime? Yuck! LOL

7:35 pm

Slime = Fun Goo! Just read ingredients for both (gads, I think I'm bored; no offense)

i don't have any words from the bottom left r, 82 words in.

7:35 pm

I didn't say I played with it; I just remember it! LOL

7:35 pm

I had brothers...enough said! :)

7:35 pm

ra7 x 2

7:35 pm

Pini, the in8-50 clue made sense but I can't get the computer to accept it.....what am I doing wrong? Thanks

yes, the person i know who loved Slime had a Y chromosome

7:36 pm

not sure, ga...try refreshing and then enter again?

7:36 pm

That in8/50 is in plus **st mites plus that ra 4/4 word

i keep seeing "lignin"

7:37 pm

* blink * wondering if I clued it wrong now, ga...check min's clue ;)

7:37 pm

clue for ha 4/8

7:38 pm

ha + **tt (arse)

7:38 pm

ha4/8 is ha plus,I want to finish **t, I have to go now

7:38 pm

Have it now, thanks Pini.

44 to go, have to take a break, bye bye for now

7:40 pm

ty min

7:40 pm

yw

7:40 pm

take care, gwen

later gwen hi boo

7:42 pm

going to check email...back shortly ;)

7:42 pm

I am off to eat dinner.I will be back later on to finish.

7:42 pm

hi Temple

i am frustrated i still have no words from 2 tiles . think i will begin my taxes.

make that THREE tiles! :/

7:45 pm

clue for ha 6 pls

7:46 pm

ha + little miss mu**** sat on a tu****

7:50 pm

ty welki. that was a hard one to put together

7:50 pm

there are a bunch of those tonight

7:51 pm

<-- likes Boo's icon :)

tis scottish

7:51 pm

ty welki

7:52 pm

looks supremely american to me *lol*

7:52 pm

I just googled the American flag and this came up along with many others

the WORD, silly!

7:52 pm

yes it is

7:53 pm

i found a beautiful american flag, but forgot to bookmark it ... will find it before july 4th! (hey, has anyone here gotten their nexus cards yet?)

7:54 pm

what is nexus?

7:54 pm

the retina scan so you don't have to wait in customs' lines between us and canada

which country is issuing?

7:55 pm

both

7:55 pm

I worked for NEXUS - it's a great program

7:55 pm

canpass is the canadian equivalent, but it's only good re-entering canada .. i guess there;s some point in that if you travel (really) overseas

i had not heard. only good for us /canada?

7:56 pm

for me, travelling back and forth to see the kids makes it worth the $50USD/year if i don't have to snake through those lines for hours

7:56 pm

FAST is US equivalent of CANPASS. NEXUS is only good for US/Canada, yes.

7:57 pm

NEXUS is for land, sea, or air crossings between the two countries - air only for flights from participating Canadian Airports, which is most of the major ones.

7:57 pm

*remembering the burning sciatica from the last trip*

i have retinal disease, get that lets me out.

7:58 pm

wow, dc .. so if i take my boat from vancouver island to washington state, i can use nexus?

7:59 pm

that is correct, welki

8:00 pm

gonna need a bigger boat :)

8:00 pm

if ALL on a personal sea vessel have NEXUS, you can radio or call in for customs clearance. If any ONE person does not have NEXUS, must enter at a standard port.

8:00 pm

all personnel - oy

8:00 pm

wow, i'm flaky in the brain today :D

so seain my scan may change so not doable for me?

meaning blind spots will appear and disappear

8:01 pm

personnel on a sea vessel is much different than folks on a personal vessel ... no matter, the yacht's on backorder *lol*

8:02 pm

if retina may change, air may not be doable. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trus ted_traveler/nexus_prog/ has info, and you can call a port - i'd suggest Montreal, to ask about the retinal scan stuff

8:03 pm

Ft Erie is another good port to call. NEXUS contact data is on that site too.

8:03 pm

from what i've heard, first i get the retinal photo taken (by canada customs) and then proceed to us customs for fingerprinting

8:03 pm

LOL welki

8:04 pm

flippin' blizzard like conditions here right now .. lights have been flickering for 2 hours

i have grown weary of this grid

8:04 pm

it VERY windy here, much cooler, and a bit rainy. We had lightning and thunder earlier.

8:04 pm

Tom found 30 words for me. This grid is tedious

ah, that must be what is coming our way

please give tom my regards.

8:05 pm

Very tedious dc

8:06 pm

i just finished and can help for a little while

8:06 pm

he says hi, TO :)

8:06 pm

are all the Ws WAs?

8:07 pm

clue for in 8 pls

can he say an r word from the bottom left? ;)

8:07 pm

Boo, in8 is lasting

i give up, off to scramble. night

8:07 pm

more than one r as in pi r squared

8:07 pm

ty

still also missing the ra7s

8:08 pm

yes, all w words are was

8:08 pm

not was .. all w words are WA

8:08 pm

ra6 like wa6

8:08 pm

ty welki

ty, i thought i saw that. wonder why i did not try it

no have wa6 :(

8:09 pm

ducks wa6, so do some obese people

8:09 pm

those ra7s (2) are related .. ra + sounds like a mid-wife word

seain, did you see the link i osted on fb for the guild?

8:10 pm

i've not watched it yet, but i will :)

welk, i don't know nothing ;bout birthing no babies :D

8:10 pm

LOL Owl!!!

perhaps we can ask the spanish granmother who is in the gird but NOT ACCEPTED!

8:12 pm

ra + **sty Springfield + **dy GaGa .. then add latin plural for one 7 .. for the other add the lette* *

ty welk. i do know that word. labor coach i believe

8:14 pm

so get this .. my daughter is participating in a march of dimes walk later this month .. i make a donation last night and find out when i tried to make another that the March of Dimes donation was considered a suspicious transaction .. so they put a stop on my card!

they are a well known subversive group, welk

8:15 pm

in case anyone is feeling generous, http://www.marchforbabies.org/anistad_ 43

8:15 pm

probably due to the 2nd transaction in a short time, welki

i am disposing of my bad purchase of cookies by eating them all in one sitting

8:16 pm

my daughter's baby was premature, but thankfully is healthy .. her friend lost twins, so it's a very personal cause for her

8:16 pm

nope, seain .. i called VISA and they said that they flagged my account after the 1st transaction. they also said that they left a message on my phone (but didn't), so who knows

8:17 pm

how weird

8:17 pm

good choice, TO

8:17 pm

no matter -- she's flying to chicago from jersey for the walk

i just bought new pants tonight though! it would be cheaper to buy more cookies and fit into the old!!!

8:18 pm

owl .. are they dipped in strawberry, too? or just filled w/strawberry and dipped in chocolate?

8:18 pm

that's why i eat ice cream, owl .. that way, i won't have to buy wrinkle creams, i just fill them out

filled with usual choco + strawberry creme

i don't like ice cream much

8:19 pm

we'd make fine room-mates. i'd rather have ice cream than cookies

ok clue for the u besides the pee word?

8:20 pm

i love both ice cream and cookies

8:20 pm

well, i'm off .. "see" you all tomorrow

well cookies like brown edged wafer with ice cream are ok...are they still being sold?

8:20 pm

(and i can't believe this ... 4" of snow on my deck!)

8:20 pm

g'night welki

night welk! sorry, but keep it please

8:21 pm

Tom says they're still sold, but a bit hard to find, TO

thank you tom.

they are delicious

cookies and cakes aremy downfall...all pastry

8:22 pm

ha5/14 Please!

8:23 pm

ha + what goes on the top of a jar

8:24 pm

tyvm seaspray

8:24 pm

yw

8:24 pm

yay cake!

8:26 pm

yellow cake with choc. peanut butter icing here, anyone care for some?

8:26 pm

i have lemon-white chocolate cheesecake made by my sister if anyone wants.

8:27 pm

yummmmmm dc

8:27 pm

SeaSpray, might we see you at the Baltimore meet-up on 8 May?

8:28 pm

Will have to check calendar dc, sounds like fun

8:29 pm

details in my profile, the FB group, and in BabAnon

8:29 pm

ty will take a look and check schedule

8:31 pm

I have easter cake if anyone wants some and you can even have ice cream with it

8:32 pm

I will take some seapray

8:33 pm

ok, Boo, ice cream here as well...i think ice cream is my new fiber

8:34 pm

at least thats what I am telling myself

8:35 pm

ok let's swap ice cream..I have vanilla and what kind do you have

8:35 pm

lol vanilla, but we can put hot fudge on it lol

8:35 pm

lol vanila it is

8:37 pm

fhig

8:37 pm

fhag

8:37 pm

whoa....sorrry

8:38 pm

at least they were duds

8:40 pm

those f's are tricky

8:40 pm

Good Evening Babblers - here to try and finish up = see some of the same still on tonight - tough grid

8:41 pm

been a long day, am hitting the hay, happy babbling all and good night

8:41 pm

Good night SeaSpray

8:41 pm

yes mom

8:42 pm

nite seaspray

8:42 pm

am hoping the anesthesia from today will help me sleep very well lol

8:42 pm

I am sure it will - you need a good rest

8:43 pm

enjoy the dreams

8:44 pm

sweet dreams, seaspray

8:45 pm

May I please have a clue for in5-12? Thanks.

8:45 pm

in5 record label

8:46 pm

May I please have a clue for in5-12? Thanks

8:47 pm

in5/12 in plus what you do when you expire

8:48 pm

Thanks, Boobear.

8:48 pm

Thanks, dcseain also.

8:48 pm

Thanks, dcseain also.

8:49 pm

Stuttering again...sorry

8:49 pm

yw gapeach

8:49 pm

te4.10 is my favorite grain

8:50 pm

can you clue it

8:50 pm

ends in double cons and is used to make injera - ethiopian flatbread

8:50 pm

te + double cons

8:52 pm

ty mom and fireworks

8:52 pm

awesome boo

8:52 pm

congrats, boo

8:52 pm

can you help me with the ad's - cant seem to find any of them

8:52 pm

ok

8:53 pm

ad5/14 how you say goodbye

8:53 pm

like I bid you ad***

8:53 pm

g'night boo

8:54 pm

got it thanks

8:54 pm

hello babble friends!

8:54 pm

Hi Trif

8:54 pm

goodnite .. i am helping mom

8:54 pm

hello mom

8:54 pm

evening, trif

8:54 pm

hey dc!

8:55 pm

hence my name....

8:55 pm

wow, I didn't get as far this morning as I thought....72 left. ugh

8:55 pm

147 ..

8:55 pm

I have hit the wall a couple of times today

8:56 pm

ugh torgone

8:56 pm

ad5/14 to become confused

8:57 pm

well. 11th HS in the count i grew up in has a name - Patriot HS. ugh.

8:58 pm

did that help any Mom

8:58 pm

got one Boo - better than I could do on my own - thanks

8:59 pm

yw

9:00 pm

whats that about dc

9:00 pm

tor, did you notice my new icon?

9:01 pm

Very conservative place. Patriot HS in the west county, Freedom HS in the east county. So glad i don't live there anymore.

9:02 pm

The kyoot widdle turtle ..

pounce

9:02 pm

HERIN!!!!

9:02 pm

yup, that's her tor!

Trifs is that the widdle turtle?

9:03 pm

every single person who saw her instantly had their voice go up three octaves.

If i just disappear it is because of my poo net

9:03 pm

poo net - heh

O my friends have finally announced their next addition. I can finally blab

9:04 pm

yay, good news herin!

We get new internet Tuesday and I get to sponge internet of a friend today so study can be done

My best friend thought I was mad at her because I hadn't spoken to her all week. I couldn't tell T the news as it wasn't official and I would have blabed

9:05 pm

hi, herin

9:05 pm

oh, good news, herin

HEllo DC and Torg

9:05 pm

howdy, torg

Tuesday is the day we get blistering fast interwebs

9:06 pm

Heya dc et al ..

9:06 pm

awesome herin

9:06 pm

yeah, hate to tell you, but internet speed does diddly for babble skill. sigh

9:07 pm

LOL trif

ALl week it seems the 3G internet has not been working. Triffs I don't care aslong as I can babble :D

9:07 pm

has anyone found a use for the gerund ending at all today, please?

9:08 pm

not at all, trif

9:08 pm

not yet - dont think there is one

Yes. It is there to give you the irriates

9:08 pm

Not I ..

9:09 pm

it's used not as a gerund. in5!

9:09 pm

feh

9:09 pm

plural that, trif. :-)

Wow there is a family on DR Phil that has been on there since she was 15. She is now 21.

It is like follow the train wreck

9:11 pm

This grid is eliciting many fe4/6 ..

9:11 pm

yes, well, where is the motivation to get better? If they were all tidied up and healthy, they would not be good tv.....

9:11 pm

oh, hey - thanks for the fe4!

9:11 pm

May I please have a clue for in5-14 the 1st? Thanks

I feel for them as it is like click fix it today and leave tomorrow

9:11 pm

May I please have a clue for in5-14 the 1st? Thanks

9:12 pm

I don't have it, sorry gapeach

don't look at me sorry

9:13 pm

In + your bills are ***

9:13 pm

Thanks anyway Trif.

9:13 pm

Thanks anyway Trif.

9:13 pm

Thanks, Mom.

9:13 pm

yw

9:14 pm

clue for the af6 please

see I have my priorities. Interweb is working doing babble

Far af thing that farmers plow

9:15 pm

thanks herin

no dramas glad to help for a change

9:17 pm

I need to get to bed so calling it quits tonight - thanks all - have a good night

night MOmns

9:18 pm

good night moms

9:18 pm

hi babblers

9:18 pm

hi pipping

Hi Pip

9:19 pm

hi, pippin

9:19 pm

g'night momneeds

9:20 pm

how's everyone doing?

9:20 pm

i'm well, and you pippin?

9:20 pm

good, exhausted, but good

Should be doing homework

9:21 pm

64 hours of work last week, 4 hours of climbing today, but only 3 more days of work left!

9:21 pm

honestly? I am knackered! we are down a clinician at work, so everyone has been doing extra hours. Whilst I appreciate the extra money, I now know, really know, what full-time working moms feel like at the end of the day, and I BOW to those women.

9:21 pm

that's a lot, trif

tehee I have never heard of a USA person say knackered in that context before

9:22 pm

hope you're back up to full staff soon, trif

9:22 pm

thanks dc. I am working this weekend, and some afternoons next week too, which are the hours I most hate, as I have the kids at home....

9:26 pm

in other news: Primo goes for his drivers license test tomorrow morning! take your children from the streets!

pffft this grid sucks

o dear gosh Trifs

9:26 pm

note to self - do not drive tomorrow

9:26 pm

I cannot wait! I need another driver around the place

9:27 pm

Hello all! I am back to hopefully finish this grid finally.

Trifs does he need more goth music to pee the neighbours off?

HI MINI

9:27 pm

hello min! welcome!!!

9:27 pm

May i please have a clue for di6-21? Thanks

9:27 pm

the neighbors can't he4 anything from our yard, herin, so no worries

9:27 pm

my his test go well, trif

9:28 pm

di6 the pupils

9:28 pm

gapeach -- a measure of opening (think cervix in labor)

9:28 pm

That di 6/21 word is di plus la 4/4 word gapeach1066

Well you know that the offer is there I can send tunage to you..

9:28 pm

thanks herin!

9:28 pm

Yay! Another driver helps a LOT ..

9:28 pm

Thanks, dcseain, Trif and Min.

9:29 pm

yw

As I said get him to FB message me via you if you like with what he likes. I can ''send'' a usb of music

9:32 pm

2 left al5/14 and al6/24. Could someone put me out of my misery? I need to go to sleep.

9:33 pm

I think it would be great if he would do so, and he could share some with you too.

cool. What I mean is of course go through you on FB otherwise tad creepy

9:33 pm

I suck at cluing, but I will try -- if *** baba and your mom's husband got married, you would have the al 6/24

9:34 pm

you live in australia, herin! of course he can FB you!!!

9:34 pm

al 5/14 is al plus *** & tonic/ al 6/24 is Muhammad Al* plus not mom gramma.

Well I didn't want to be creepy stalker older woman kind of thing. I just think off how I would like it if I had kids

9:35 pm

You don't suck. TY it worked

9:35 pm

he probably has 450 FB friends. I worried for about a month about it, and then, at some point, I have to trust his judgement

9:35 pm

judgment, een

9:36 pm

both spellings are valid, trif, without E more common here in NA

True that Trifs but I do like to create boundries

9:36 pm

Have to beg for my last six words, please bear w/me.

My friend is amazing. She has photoshopped her sonargram image with a whole bunch of attachments

9:38 pm

cool, herin

9:38 pm

Gosh it would really help if I knew what I needed. I was looking for the wrong al5. Your clue helped me see the error of my ways. Good night and tahnks again you guys.

9:38 pm

always, minver

9:38 pm

*thanks

9:39 pm

g'niht and congrats, gramma

9:39 pm

F's Finished! Finally 2

9:41 pm

D's Done! 1 left

I need to go scam photoshop off someone myself

9:42 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! ai6/24 was my last word

yah Mini

9:43 pm

congrats, min

9:43 pm

I regret I cannot stay to clue.Hubby needs computer

9:43 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:43 pm

g'night minver

9:45 pm

If I helped w/clues before,does that excuse me from finishing and then vanishing? I really hate doing that.

9:47 pm

You're always helpful Min .. Fret not ..

I have 2 R's what is the last 7 please

9:47 pm

I am falling asleep again, dammit

9:48 pm

ra 7/36 is same beginning + ***a Spencer host of The Insider herinfernallady. There I helped with one clue.

9:48 pm

You must've been sleeping when I got my fireworks.

9:49 pm

oh, huzzah for min!!! well done, especially today!

I have two r 7s

9:49 pm

My hubby is giving me dirty looks. I got to go *POOF*

I need the third one

9:50 pm

hiya everyone. How's the day/night going for you?

9:50 pm

hi, ormal. well, thx, and you?

anyone? Hi Ormal

9:51 pm

Hi dc. I'm doing fantastic. Thank you. hi herin

9:52 pm

change last letter of the 2nd one, herin

9:52 pm

oh, wait...

9:53 pm

ad7 - a verb

9:53 pm

I have 50 left, but no brain cells. good night my dear friends

9:54 pm

g'night trif, may you rest well

9:54 pm

ab 6 27 anyone???

9:54 pm

gn tri!

9:54 pm

ab6 is a loss of willpower

err verb mmmm

cheers looking

9:56 pm

hard as hell to clue that one.

I ahve it it is all good. unlike my spelling

9:58 pm

ab6 still don't get it...

9:58 pm

he monkey from the movie Alladin + princess ***h from Star Wars......

9:58 pm

the not he

a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition. Meaning google that

10:01 pm

lol, google to the rescue. I monkeyed that one, not knowing the meaning after 2 years of college phychology classes...

oooooo shiny. I got a letter from David Axelrod Senior Advisor to the President

10:02 pm

neat, herin

Ormal So it is a word used a lot :D

I wrote a letter to the President asking them to look into Hank Skinner case

10:03 pm

oh quite so herin!!!

10:06 pm

did you ever find that stupid word jaeleigh?

10:08 pm

firewords

woot DC

10:09 pm

ty.

10:10 pm

Yay, dc!!!

10:10 pm

hello - how is it?

10:10 pm

Hello, all...

10:10 pm

yayay dc!

10:10 pm

ty and greetings, jellen and kje

damn it I wish i had $100

Hi Jellen and KJE

10:11 pm

i wish i had a $1M

10:11 pm

which makes me sing, actually... uh oh, earworm

10:12 pm

yeah, she triggered that one for me, too kje

It is heading into winter here and there is a massive ski jacket sale. Considering they are %430 down to $100

huh lost me there?

10:13 pm

bare naked ladies, herin... if i had a million dollars

10:13 pm

I don't much like their new stuff, but their old stuff rocks

nope not ringing bells in my skull (but there isn't much in there

10:14 pm

i still listen to the old stuff when I am jogging... good tempo, and makes me laugh

10:14 pm

kje, I love your icon pic!

I rang my friend to ask her what was happening with scamming her internet and she said she had stripped the lounge to polish the floors. I asked her if she was having fun sliding about in her socks to which the reply was ''(pause guilty tone) yep" see even as adults nothing changes

10:15 pm

ty ormal - a local artist, daniel padillo

10:15 pm

herin... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0ByqN uwmw

10:16 pm

oops, that came out weird

10:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0ByqN uwmw

10:16 pm

I saw that. I used to live in Texas and will be moving back again in October. Saying you live in Texas is much like saying you live in Europe. LOL

can't sorry KJe net still poop

10:17 pm

well, at least spain, ormal...

10:17 pm

well, at least spain, ormal... or france

is there any AW words please

10:17 pm

where in tx ormal?

10:17 pm

no, herin

cheers

10:18 pm

fe 5 20???

10:18 pm

fe5 interest when bored to be polite

10:18 pm

no aw's

10:18 pm

I've lived in San Antonio, Fort Hood, and Copperas Cove, and will be going to Fort Bliss next.

10:19 pm

ty dc!

10:19 pm

ah... military?

10:19 pm

LOL dc! great clue

10:19 pm

yep, thought I'd get away from it, but married it instead. :)

ORmal what is that?

opps Ormal what is that life like?

10:20 pm

ok, I am off, I don't think I should start this late... otherwise i will fall asleep half way through

10:20 pm

hagn all

My dad was an army brat

10:20 pm

into the military herin.

10:20 pm

yeah, and this one is tough. g'night kje

10:21 pm

oh, well I guess it's all about perspective. We get to move often: that has it's ups and downs, but it's all I've ever really known.

Wow Ormal One of my friends is in one of the posts in TX

10:22 pm

I lived in one house for 10 years, and have moved 33 or 34 more times in the remaining 24 years.

wow. the person I know is in Fort Sam

10:24 pm

I LOVE Fort Sam. Smack downtown San Antonio. Beautiful. Filled with wonderful welcoming people...second favorite place I've lived.

She just moved there back from her OS posting

10:27 pm

Germany was so great. Wish I could have had more OS postings

Sorry distracted by my friends new baby

10:28 pm

babies are always distracting. :) gotta run tho, hopefully back for the flip. Take care and was good talking to you.

Take care

10:30 pm

Herin, I haven't chatted with you in ages...how are classes?

not a hope of finishing -

Insanely busy. HOw about you?

10:30 pm

Hi, TO...me either!

hi TO

10:31 pm

Hi -- finished earlier -- what a brute of a grid. Had to use morewords a lot -- loads of useless words.

10:31 pm

Excited...Tim and I are opening an antique/collectible store this summer...

hello herein and all

squellie and hand claps Jellen.

but for the sake of symmetry would like a clue for bottom right i

HI OSGMA

10:32 pm

Hi TO and everyone

10:32 pm

Hi, jilli!

hi jili

10:33 pm

TO -- ig4/7 -- alt sp for inuit dwelling

have that ty. but letter is still white

10:33 pm

oh no -- that's not it -- it's the hairy-nosed dolphin

well smack me with aan in 4

10:34 pm

ra 6 the first?

10:34 pm

how many letters in the top e please?

oh wait, that would be rather painful.. and i have had enough pain with this grid

10:34 pm

(hi)

10:34 pm

lol!

10:34 pm

how many letters in the top e please?

only 55 to go

10:34 pm

Hi, harp

10:35 pm

4, harp -- want stats?

10:35 pm

please

10:36 pm

ef4/10

10:37 pm

ra6 rhymes with what you use to propel a canoe

10:38 pm

harp, that's a crazy icon! :-D

10:38 pm

lol thanks jill

10:38 pm

Thanks, jilli...keep

10:38 pm

'em coming!

10:38 pm

brb

10:38 pm

keep asking, jellen!

10:40 pm

Too many...100 left...

u word besides ur5 pls?

is this grid a right bear?

10:42 pm

well, there's two ur5's to, does that help?

both pee words?

10:43 pm

Hi jilli. Can you clue the fe 5,20 please?

10:44 pm

i only have one

ty jane

to pretend

this still sucks

10:45 pm

both u words are ur 5 TO

10:45 pm

fe 5/20 is to pretend, as in to fe*** interest

10:45 pm

thanks jellen. I was sure I tried that

10:45 pm

ok, I'm back

10:45 pm

u + to sort by preference

10:46 pm

I think about a third of the words here are extremely unusual

10:46 pm

too true jilli! I am sorry I started

10:47 pm

good opportunity to practise using morewords ;)

10:47 pm

Other ur5= ur + 3 vowels

i hink i must go. making progres,w hich is bad because encourages me to stay though dog tired

ty for the clues and see you tomorrow

10:48 pm

bye TO -- let's hope for a kinder grid next time

10:48 pm

what does the 8 start with?

10:48 pm

in8, harp

10:48 pm

harp, Lickety posted his list this time

10:49 pm

i think i'm going to give up and open the list

I just realised how busy I am going to be with craft stuff

10:50 pm

thanks Jellen

10:50 pm

What craft stuff?

making a T-shirt of 2 and about 4 or 5 sets of letters

10:51 pm

Sounds fun...

Its not hard just a pain in the butt

10:52 pm

back in a few...

o and finish of a giant cross stitch by October

10:52 pm

I've been buying vintage jewelry for the store...hard to pass up the craft/junk lots!

I have a few vintage costume pieces

i have an unwell kitty :(

someone should not have guts his and the other kitties breakfast

is anyone here?

hello herin...how are you tonight...hi all

Hi Barb trying to get this done

you have a sick kitty?

i am afraid I wont be any help only have 30 words done

I think he is unwell because he was a total piglet and ate his breakfast then hers

11:09 pm

fe5/18? after the party?

my one cat has been sick too this week for some reason

11:10 pm

fe5/18 -- fe + top of a box

hi harp

11:10 pm

thanks i need the other one

thanks Jill I couldn't clue it

hi jill and thxs for the clue to us all

11:11 pm

oh sorry -- wrong one -- French fire + **med forces

does anyone have the in 8 word...if so a clue please

11:12 pm

thanks

11:13 pm

(thinking of an in8 clue)

I am saddened that I can't go to my 15 year high school reunion

I have yet to make any of my reunions...always find out too late

11:14 pm

ha6?

IN 8 - to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue

I found out last year they said no partners so I said not going

11:15 pm

in + feather **ster to clean the house + amount of payment

oh thank you jill

the more I deal with society the more i would prefer the company of my cats

11:16 pm

that made sense????

did they say why no partners?

it did...very much to me anyways

11:18 pm

whew!

too many people but I think that is bull

I am paying for the privalage of going. and I have been with this person longer than the time I was at school

I have noticed in my reunions when I see the pictures that there are people there that actually didn't even graduate ...not sure how the even ended up invited..but then I guess it really doesn't matter all that much

I think you should be able to bring your other half for sure

Well I said wasn't going

think i give up on this puzzle...just not with it tonight...just to blah

11:21 pm

barb, it's a horrible grid

it isn't that I am sure..just feeling down in the dumps today

11:22 pm

awwww

hugs

I finally got all my paperwork filled out to try and get cpp disability...but I hear it is very hard to get and they deny you several times before they give it to you.

thanks herin...I hope your cat is better soon

11:23 pm

anything in particular?

when life hands you lemons demand the vodka to go with it or toss it back and demand chocolate

11:23 pm

oh, I see

just the general dealing with the government...they don't like to make things easy at all..so many hoops to jump through

11:24 pm

great advice, herin!

Barb I found that those that genuinely need help get booted up teh butt by those orgs all the time

lemonade would be nice ...especially if it had a kick to it :)

11:25 pm

this BC gov't is heartless

yes it is the honest ones that always seemed to get it in the butt for sure...(keeping my butt tight as I can)

I have to say that too many people have ruined it for those that really could use the help..and at times I think ???? am I one of them??? but then I have lost so much of my life in the last 11/2 years now...

Of course yuo are not unwell you just want to sponge and do nothing wiht your existence because that is not at all demoralising and humiliating asking for help.

Drives me mad the way people are treated

you said a mouth full herin..there are times that my 86 year old mom is looking after me...and I should be helping to look after her IT just bites/sucks....sorry i really shouldn't complain there are many more worse off than me

thanks for letting me vent

11:29 pm

ha6?

Venting is good

interesting blurb Jill

sorry harp don't have that one

looking now

11:32 pm

ha + eat as much as you want at the bu****

Hi Gremlin and cheers

11:32 pm

hi herin

hi grem

11:33 pm

hey Barb

thanks for the clue grem...it helped me too

11:33 pm

so far i'm still stuck

i love the picture of your cats herin...what are their names?

on which one harp?

Black one is Lucius and the white one is Pandora. Both rescues. Much like Pinky and the Brain

11:35 pm

ha6

lol too funny

look at the ha in the top right corner

go north from the a then northwest all the way to the 6th letter...does that help better?

11:36 pm

THANKS!

welcome

we do love them so but at times could turn them into fur coats

all my animals...well except the current horses have been rescued in one way or another

awww.

two of mine sound like they are running racecourses in the house in the middle of the night...yup that is when you want to ring their necks for sure

11:39 pm

can't stop yawning -- already! It's only 9:39 pm

O my cats do that My neighbours thought that it was us

me too jill not even sure I will last till the flip

lol too funny herin

woohoo 8 left

11:40 pm

gogogo herin!!!

11:40 pm

17 left...

jill did you have strong winds today too?

go herin

hi jell

11:40 pm

yootoo jellen!!!

go jell too

I live in a half house and it is seperated by a door. They hear them running up and down the hall and they have asked if it was uss

11:41 pm

Yes, barb, but not as bad as last Friday

11:41 pm

du 5/14, please?

11:41 pm

there was a snow flurry this evening!

11:41 pm

The first...

we had it pretty bad...our garbage cans left again...had to lock them up in the garage to keep them from leaving...wow snow the mountains here got it last night

11:42 pm

Oops, nevermind...

11:42 pm

got it, Jellen?

That is nutso. I thought It was spring

11:43 pm

Yes, got it...

11:43 pm

We had spring in February for the Winter olympics. Now it's winter.

today it was very cold at the barn...the horses weren't sure they wanted out of their stalls..but the lure of hay was too much

hoping that the weather will be nice this weekend the horses need to be cleaned up again...alll covered in mud

Barb they sound like little kids that you want to turf out to get some fresh air when there is a break in the weather

11:44 pm

forecast is good, barb

one of mine goes out now...the other two I am thinking I will maybe let them explore a bit in the summer...they really like to sit on the front deck....it is safe there for them

well keep our fingers crossed that it holds

Do they have the horse coats on?

11:45 pm

hello all *splashes noisily into grid* up for air in a few

hi stid

Hi Stidy

they have rain blankets on them...plus their wooly fur/coat

11:46 pm

hi stid

11:46 pm

au 5/16?

cute

grandma bought them rain jackets a couple of years ago.

11:47 pm

horses like to sit on the front deck?

no my cats

11:47 pm

au + male parent

Be careful they don'[t eat your roses

mind you give my two half a chance they would figure out how to get up there I am sure

11:47 pm

Thanks, jilli!

11:48 pm

thank goodness, barb! I was having strange visions

11:48 pm

yw jellen

lol that would be the talk of the neighbourhood for sure

11:48 pm

thanks for the au word

11:48 pm

au 6/24?

11:48 pm

down to 15

11:48 pm

oops. 145... figners not working well.

I wish my horses were at my house that would be the ultimate for me...but alas no room here so they are a few blocks away

11:49 pm

stid, even grem found this grid tough

I have 139 left not going to get much more I think

11:50 pm

al6?

11:50 pm

go barb go!

11:50 pm

al* baba + male parent

11:51 pm

that male parent is getting a workout today!

11:51 pm

the last al5?

3 left no lickety

11:51 pm

au 6/24, pretty please?

ooo got one more LOL thanks for all the great clues all

11:52 pm

al + s*** on the dotted line

that is really good herin

11:52 pm

found the dolphin!

11:52 pm

found the eskimo house...

there's a dolphine and a house? cool

11:53 pm

au6 -- au + croco**** Dundee

wooooooot first time no lickety just morewords. yah

11:54 pm

having trouble with Es and the R in the corner and the A /11

11:54 pm

el6?

11:54 pm

jill, you're worth my weight in gold!!!!

11:54 pm

Thanks, jilli!

11:54 pm

got one E... thanks harpjane!

el not me but ? and food goes in mouth to ???

oh man...need airfreshener...my big dog has gas really bad...yikes (((holding nose))))

11:54 pm

el + not me (abbr) + consumed

11:55 pm

ewww, barb!

11:55 pm

thanks

its just aweful...yikes

11:55 pm

got the R in the corner, (scraping tooth bit for a mollusk)

11:55 pm

the first in5/14?

11:55 pm

thanks

11:55 pm

thanks for the other EL!

11:56 pm

got the letter after D....

11:56 pm

in + the bill is ***

11:56 pm

now just that pesky A for NBT... *thinking*

11:56 pm

which a?

11:56 pm

git'r dun, stid!

11:57 pm

got the A!!!! NBT!!! (((Hugs hoot happily))))

11:57 pm

Fireworks! and good night...

11:57 pm

in5/14 -- in + your library book is over*** so there's a fine

11:57 pm

hi all ;)

(((hugs stid)))

11:57 pm

hugs back!

11:57 pm

wtg stid!

11:57 pm

wtg jellen!

11:57 pm

hi pini!

hugs jell

hi pini

11:57 pm

hey pini. glad you got here in time for me to say that .... *drumroll* I took most of today off!!!!

11:57 pm

YAY jellen!!! Just in time!

hugs pini

11:57 pm

nite jell

11:57 pm

stid, the surgery went well ;)

11:57 pm

YAY Jellen!!!! (sweet dreams)

11:58 pm

hi barb, hoot, jilli, et al

you had surgery pini

11:58 pm

no, my dau did this morning (day surgery)

glad all is ok

11:58 pm

oh good, pini! What surgery was it, if I may be so bold?

11:58 pm

pini surgery??? *worried mama look*

11:58 pm

good evening, everyone :)

11:58 pm

hi all

11:58 pm

hi nan

11:58 pm

oh! how is she! *relieved look for pini, worried for daughter*

11:58 pm

totally unevenful and all is well ;)

11:58 pm

hey nan!

hi nan

hi hoot

11:59 pm

well, I must get things pulled together for tomorrow....

11:59 pm

hi hoot

11:59 pm

back occasionally this weekend, if I can.

11:59 pm

between surgery and pain killers, she's feeling "fine" * giggle * and a little "too happy" one might think :)

bye stid

11:59 pm

glad to hear daughter will be well, pini (((hugs))) see you soon!

11:59 pm

hope to see you, stid

11:59 pm

<<hugs>> don't work too hard!

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