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12:00 am

'twas good while it lasted...11 left...close...but.....FLIP!!!!

12:00 am

FLIP

12:00 am

flip

flip

12:02 am

...and we're off...again! :)

Clues are up

12:02 am

flip

12:02 am

wow...thx lickety!!!!!!!

12:03 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:03 am

hi flosey :)

12:03 am

hi jilli

12:03 am

wow, 3 ys

thanks lickety

12:03 am

ty lickety

12:04 am

good evening babble people

Thank you lickety.

12:05 am

hi sammysmom

12:05 am

hi sam'smom

12:05 am

hi Joseph

Hello flosey.

12:06 am

hey flosey ;)

12:07 am

hi Pini

12:07 am

flosey -- 3 Ys, but none start words ;)

12:08 am

thankfully, jilli!

12:08 am

lol, guess they all end the words

12:09 am

or something...

12:10 am

ooo, ag7

well off to bed got 26 so far..nite all

12:10 am

thx flosey!

12:10 am

night barb! :)

Good night.

12:10 am

ty flosey -- got it

12:10 am

vi 7

12:10 am

wtg Barb, hope you have a good sleep

12:10 am

night barb -- good for you

12:12 am

nbt

12:12 am

wtg jilli

12:13 am

well done, jilli!

hi and nbt

12:14 am

hi and wtg josh

12:14 am

ah, thanks Miz, got your vi7

12:15 am

ag7 ;)

12:15 am

hi josh

12:15 am

I hope somebody reads about the inia (kinda fun toward the end of the writeup)

Funny. I was just reading it.

12:16 am

fireworks

12:16 am

oh, wasn't looking for icon theme being Friday, sorry jilli

12:16 am

thanks, greedy ;)

12:16 am

wtg mpd

12:16 am

mpd, wtg

12:17 am

It's not Friday yet, flosey, lol!

12:18 am

does it mean something that the first word i saw was agony?

12:18 am

great story jilli

12:18 am

oh shoot! meant to put ag5... sorry

12:18 am

figures

12:18 am

means you're in for a good ride, kje?

12:19 am

me too, kje :D

12:19 am

hi kj

12:19 am

...as you head toward the PB! :)

12:19 am

ty flosey

12:19 am

hey! it's late here! I am only awake due to coughing... but did sleep for almost an hour this time, maybe I am getting better ; )

12:19 am

phant: nylon

12:20 am

i always enjoy you write ups jil and always learn something

12:20 am

in that case, kje, you're probably forgGI5

12:20 am

sorry, kje, didn't know you were sick!

my phant so far is antagonist

12:20 am

oo, good one, josh

12:20 am

i am heavily medicated, pini... so forgive many more blunders as time goes on here

12:20 am

nice one, josh

12:21 am

nice josh

12:21 am

sorry to hear kj, but feel free to make the same blunder

12:21 am

but not the same word

12:21 am

as long as you don't use the gi4 word too often :) * hope you feel better soon *

12:21 am

* giggle, flosey *

12:21 am

well darn it

12:22 am

need 1 more for nbt

12:22 am

er, make that 2

my friend's family name is a phantom - ogilvy

12:23 am

Ogilvy's -- formerly a great department store in Montreal

12:23 am

hmmm, I need 8 more

12:23 am

for nbt that is!

12:24 am

but I passed 1/2-way! :)

12:24 am

jk

12:24 am

wtg pini!

That is amazing.

12:25 am

wow, wtg Pini, I'm really dragging tonight

12:25 am

* smile *

12:29 am

now, sadly, I gotta hit the hay; will work toward NBT tmw...night all...have a good one!

Adios.

12:30 am

goodnight Pini

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g'night! * poof *

12:30 am

night pini

12:31 am

gn pini!

12:32 am

halfway :)

12:32 am

me too

12:32 am

70 left, need bottom middle O for nbt..hmmmmm

12:32 am

me too

12:32 am

wow jilli, and kj, wtg

o5/10

12:33 am

of course, ty

Goodbye all.

12:34 am

hmm, 116 - is it an easy run or a tough one?

12:34 am

thought you should get it, kje ;)

phant insolvent

12:34 am

Goodnight, greedy!

12:35 am

I quite like it so far, pip

12:35 am

yes, jilli, it is humiliating to miss those - LOL

12:37 am

well, you didn't miss it ;)

12:37 am

sive

12:38 am

no, doesn't work, s'mom ;)

12:40 am

darn- thinking in the wrong box again.. but i filed my taxes today and voted in the primary by mail so i feel virtuous

12:40 am

jilli...is there such a thing as a phant PB like when s'mom gave a word that didn't work she would go to the phant PB? LOL

12:40 am

or at least be tarred and feathered

12:40 am

i LIVE in the phant pb...lol

12:40 am

virtuous you are s'mom..throws a glistening crown to s'mom

12:41 am

MP, if there is it would only have phant goodies in it so phooey

12:41 am

thanks mpittore

12:42 am

but jilli...we would only gain phant pounds and go on phant diets...LOL

12:43 am

in my phant pb, i get to slather my self with orchid body butter... a gift from no 3 daughter great stuff!!

12:43 am

hmm, sounds slippery

12:43 am

er...that's phant slippery LOL

12:44 am

LOL!

12:44 am

68 left and nbt...feeling dancing feet...

12:44 am

actually it is not and it isn t sticky either. just softens and smells good and i DO need softening..

12:45 am

mmm, nice!

12:45 am

just phantabulous!

12:46 am

she gave me 8 tubs of it- one for every room in the house so i don t have to remember to tote the stuff around. thoughtful kid that one

12:46 am

wow!

12:46 am

so how doped up am I? I have just been sitting here contemplating how weird and skinny my elbow feels

12:47 am

everyone feel their elbow... it is an odd thing, elbows

12:47 am

i wanna be that doped up!

12:47 am

I think it's the only skinny part of me kj

12:47 am

so in today's headlines then you are "soft and great + eight" LOL

12:47 am

what shall i take?

12:47 am

yes, and it has a funny bone

12:47 am

s'mom passes the body butter to the gang

12:48 am

lol jilli

12:48 am

we'll all have a slathering good time

12:48 am

yup

12:48 am

this is swigs of cough syrup with codeine... plus antihistamines

12:48 am

trade ya

12:49 am

well, you're the doc, kje!

12:49 am

hrm. think i'll just sleep, maybe some ambien if that doesn't work..

12:49 am

ewww it's all knobby and pointy and weird...ooops was feeling my head...go to elbow...hey it's weird tooo!

12:49 am

HOLY ROBISTUSSEN

12:49 am

ha pitt! see?

12:49 am

ruru.............

12:49 am

hi ru

12:49 am

hi ru

12:49 am

hi ruru

12:50 am

hi all. (poor kje) ... sniffles

12:51 am

hey ruru...we were feeling our elbows so maybe it should be holy rubbatussen..LOL

12:51 am

OK, I just typed in signet 3 times... I think maybe i can sleep again... see ya, hopefully in the morning and not in an hour

12:52 am

goodnight kj, sweet sleep

12:52 am

sorry you don't feel well kje..

12:52 am

niters kje...feel better tomorrow...

12:53 am

I am just a lousy patient, ruru... I am sure I will live

12:53 am

I believe that!

12:53 am

Lurking tag-team fireworks for MetFan & moi !

12:54 am

take care, kje!

12:54 am

mmm, i am sleepytime, see you kids later

12:54 am

whoa.....I hope it was consensual

12:54 am

nite pip... feel well

12:54 am

wtg pug/met!!!

12:55 am

night pip

12:55 am

off to bed with jim q and the lemon body butter... lol

12:56 am

whoa

12:56 am

r-rated chat tonight!

12:56 am

night sams

12:56 am

hope he finds you a-peeling sammy..lol

12:57 am

why r-rated?

12:57 am

nah ruru- jim is a character in a book i m reading and the lemon bb is the one in my room- carnation in the bathroom and lilac in the living room

12:58 am

nite all- poof

12:58 am

ah, I see -- ruru's mind at work

12:58 am

welll it wasn't that far a stretch jilli

12:59 am

did you use that icon on porpoise jilli?

1:00 am

groan

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*giggle*

1:00 am

blow it out yer hairy nose, ru

1:02 am

inia and outia

1:02 am

ruru, you might enjoy the writeup if you persist

1:04 am

speaking of R -rated!

1:04 am

:)

1:07 am

wouldn't the girls smell tuna on his breath?

1:08 am

shape-shifter? A likely story...

1:09 am

Rush Limbaugh is the only shape-shifter I know

1:10 am

ugh

1:10 am

his name ends with my opinion

1:11 am

does anyone have a clue for the vi7?

1:11 am

wow.. ground to a halt with 40 left

1:12 am

I have 19 left

1:12 am

wtg jilli

1:13 am

vi7 relates to the year in wine jilli

1:13 am

of course -- I was looking in the wrong direction -- ty ru

1:14 am

may I have a clue for lo6 please, monkeys are getting tired

1:14 am

you maybe lo6 it flosey..

1:14 am

flosey, are you lo6 your mind?

1:14 am

or not finding it

1:15 am

indeed I am ru

1:15 am

thanks

1:15 am

(has mackerel ready)

1:15 am

yuk!

1:15 am

ducking

1:16 am

eide better not then flosey

1:16 am

lol

1:18 am

Something fishy is going on here...I'm at nbt before even saying hello...oh, hello everyone

1:18 am

Hi there Douglas

1:18 am

an oppor-tuna time for you to arrive doug

1:19 am

thought something smelt here

1:19 am

Indeed, something about flosey getting fish-slapped?

1:20 am

or were you just letting us know that you had NBT for the halibut

1:20 am

but I ducked Douglas and it hit the window

1:21 am

I normally struggle to get to nbt...this was unusually easy for me

1:28 am

Didn't expect to5 to be a word

1:28 am

* * firewords * *

1:28 am

wtg jilli

1:29 am

3 sts to go here and they're not popping up

1:30 am

Yay jilli!

1:31 am

1 to go

1:31 am

fireworks

1:31 am

gogogo flo!

1:31 am

YAY flosey!!!

1:32 am

st6/18 last word

1:32 am

I'm ashamed to say my last word was the first vi4/7

1:33 am

Congrats to the finishers

1:33 am

hi BR, haven't seen you in a long time

1:34 am

Well! Where have you been, babrab?

1:35 am

I'm off to bed, goodnight all

1:35 am

be back tomorrow night

1:35 am

Hello, flosey ... enjoying spring's entrance?

1:35 am

yes, it's been great here BR

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sorry

1:36 am

oops!

1:36 am

Hello, all!

1:36 am

hi jellen

1:36 am

Hi Jellen :)

1:36 am

and now poof!

1:36 am

Howdy jellen

1:36 am

BR if you sing the stuttering goes away LOL

1:37 am

Night flosey :)

1:37 am

I see I don't rate a hello from BR

1:37 am

If I vocalize, EVERYTHING goes away

1:37 am

Hi jellen...thanks for sending parure to sprite...what email did you use..I tried to send a bunch of suggestions for icons and it didn't work...

1:38 am

Was in lurk mode, but noticed some of my favorite people are here now...

1:38 am

I used the email address in her profile...

1:38 am

45 left for me...

1:38 am

Would anyone like clues or is it too soon?

1:39 am

so did I but something went wrong...my blondeness at work again I suppose

1:39 am

(still lurking)

1:39 am

I'm not even going to start tonight...thanks though, jilli...

1:40 am

Hi, ruru!

1:40 am

hello jellen..

1:40 am

just do one word..lol

1:40 am

Well, if no clues are needed, I'll love you and leave you -- goodnight all.

1:40 am

listening to oldies: http://superstaroldies.net/

1:41 am

I'm tired...played poker for over 6 hours tonight...

1:41 am

night jilli.. congrats and sleep well

1:41 am

whoa jellen...

1:41 am

not yet for me jilli...need to go beddy bye..it's 2:43 am...hubby will be up soon seeking coffee....

1:41 am

Came out ahead, though!

1:41 am

is this becoming an obsession with you?

1:41 am

niters jilli

1:41 am

(didja win?)

1:42 am

happy babbling, all, and *poof*

1:42 am

hugs jilli

1:42 am

I'm much better than I was, ruru...

1:42 am

G'night, jilli!

1:42 am

be well, jilli

1:43 am

...quicky joke....how do you make lady gaga mad???? ...................................... ................you poker in the face...LOL

1:43 am

you must be really good at poker to play it as much as you do

1:44 am

(groan MP)

1:44 am

oops I should have said you poker face...so blonde am I

1:44 am

I'm not bad...not great...

1:44 am

what is the big deal with lady gaga anyway

1:45 am

ELton John sang better than she did in the duet and he is like 100 years old

1:45 am

Don't know, ruru...

1:45 am

Monkey gets a banana for ne4/7

1:46 am

she is so bizarre....but her music can be catchy and people glum on to her performances to see her weirdness...that ice skater johnny weir skated to her song Poker face...was nice

1:47 am

I'd best be going...things to do tomorrow...bye, all!

1:47 am

night jellen.. thanks for popping in

1:47 am

niters everyone....see ya tomorrow! Sweet dreams and poofy!

1:48 am

nite MP

1:49 am

Pleasantly surprised to be past halfway with nbt...should I use the list and get them all?

1:53 am

You are way too nice...you are all thinking something like "Use your own best judgement, Douglas"

1:54 am

Nobody even thinks "If you don't get every last word, Douglas, you are the wuss of the world!" Well, except me, that is...

1:55 am

morning all

1:56 am

Hi sprite...

1:57 am

(I think that Douglas).. mostly for me

1:57 am

hey ruru, how are you?

1:57 am

I am well..thanks

1:58 am

glad to hear that.

1:58 am

*Taking a deep, cleansing breath* thanks ruru

1:59 am

On an unrelated topic, do any of you read any of the Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher?

1:59 am

hm no I don't think so

1:59 am

i love them

1:59 am

the TV show was great - too bad it was cancelled

2:01 am

Instapundit has been enjoying them, and I notice that they get a lot of shelf space at my local Barnes and Noble

2:02 am

what are they about?

2:04 am

Dresden helps troubled souls with the help of the supernatural

2:04 am

sounds like my kind of books. Thanks for the idea!

2:04 am

I'm wondering who came first, Harry Dresden or Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas?

2:05 am

Dean Koontz of course :) Just because.

2:05 am

But Dresden is also a private investigator of some sort, isn't he?

2:06 am

yes

2:06 am

I've actually read one of the Odd Thomas books, the one with the lady who stops the wolves in their tracks

2:07 am

I have read most of Koontz's books. I like them very much.

2:09 am

I appreciate that Odd Thomas isn't a stuck-up sticky beak about his gifts, and tries to help people

2:11 am

I see the first Dresden was published in 2000 and the first Odd Thomas in 2003

2:12 am

so I was wrong

2:13 am

Well, given that the books are doing so well, it wouldn't be a big shock to see a Harry Dresden movie. Who should play him, joey?

2:14 am

gosh, i don't know - the first name that comes to mind is Colin Farrell. but the TV show was cancelled fast

2:15 am

I do seem to recall that TV show...what network was it on?

2:16 am

it was an off channel i think. maybe a Sci fi original. but I am not sure. it is out on DVD

2:16 am

Is Robert Downey Jr. too old? I was told he was most entertaining in the contrarian Sherlock Holmes

2:17 am

it was Sci Fi. started in 2007. i loved him as Sherlock. he would work

2:21 am

Currently looking at the Amazon page for the latest Dresden book, Changes

2:23 am

One of the reviewers wrote "This should be a season finale!"

2:24 am

nite all good luck. ttyl

2:24 am

night joey

2:25 am

pleasant dreams joey

2:26 am

Hello everyone

2:26 am

hi lyn, it is your grid today :)

2:26 am

Yay for me!!

2:27 am

yayyyy!

2:27 am

Must be why this grid seems so 'simple'

2:28 am

I bet. Assembled to suit you perfectly

2:30 am

good morning everybody

2:30 am

ehllo sprite and lynxx and douglas

2:30 am

morning rubyfoo

2:31 am

hi Ruby

2:31 am

It's a beautiful dream to contemplate a grid made for someone

2:31 am

glad you like the idea

2:32 am

Lickety made a grid for MRP - something like 800 words - how sweet was that!

2:32 am

g

2:33 am

I think they try to put the names of the regular players in from time to time, just to make us feel good

2:33 am

totally. I have seen it.

2:33 am

oohh, you have it Sprite? did you play it?

2:33 am

My husband would construct a grid of all x except for DONE in the middle. He'd think that would set me free to do all sorts of other things.

2:34 am

gm haz

2:34 am

what a silly sausage he is. Hi Haz

2:34 am

Good morning/evening all.

2:34 am

lyn: partly, it could only be played on paper. That does not really work for me. I'd love to see it in a babble form!

2:34 am

morning Haz

2:34 am

I know. He's admirable in so many ways, just doesn't understand the fascination of finding words.

2:34 am

helllooooo! hello haz the great portakabin buyer! hi glitteratina!

2:35 am

Bonjour Ata!

2:35 am

Hello Ata!

2:35 am

done node oned endo...

2:35 am

hi Ata

2:35 am

oxen ...

2:35 am

Spangly one is Attending To The Paws.

2:35 am

exnode

2:36 am

ahhh, very important duty

2:36 am

phone...

2:36 am

nope, phone cannot be made from those letters

2:37 am

And back.

2:37 am

you should like my writeup today, Ata. I even included species and subspecies.

2:37 am

wb Haz

2:38 am

Stew has just awoken from 3 hour afternoon nap and is now laying on his side killing his polar bear and Easter rabbit (you can't overexert yourself when you just wake up)

2:38 am

aw cute!

2:39 am

ooo fab! yay inias!

2:39 am

hope they will survive... are classified as vulnerable now.

2:40 am

Ruby excaped this orning as husband didn't see her lurking behind the gate and I had to go out in the street in bathrobe and slippers to help him re-capture her! It's only the millionth time he's done that!

2:40 am

I think husband and ruby like seeing you out like that

2:40 am

awwww stew!

2:41 am

lol Sprite, do you think it's a game they have made up

2:41 am

poor neighbors!

2:41 am

I think so :)

2:43 am

Ata, another brilliant pic of Sily

2:43 am

ty! shes sitting right in front of my keyboard atm making it amost impossible to type

2:44 am

she wants to get her own words in of course

2:44 am

I'm also admiring Hobbit's new collar. From the Jordan range?

2:44 am

i think so. its very pink! her purple one was all faded and icky

2:46 am

You can't have a dog in an icky collar. That wouldn't do.

2:46 am

and it was pink or camouflage. and whats thepoint of a new collar if its camoflaged!

2:47 am

No point at all. (a) you'd never find her (b) people would think that she's a military sniffer.

2:48 am

I met another ruby cavalier yesterday. Same age as Terra. They had it trimmed, the poor thing looked so weird. And it was fat. It was almost painful to see Terra jumping and wagging around it, so healthy and glossy and beautiful.

2:48 am

so true Haz

2:48 am

Did you feel smug, just for a second or two, sprite? That's how Ata feels all the time.

2:49 am

exactly. so pink it was!

2:49 am

yeah, I believe I did. Wow, I had an Ata moment!

2:50 am

If they could capture that feeling and sell it....

2:50 am

they'd make big bucks

2:50 am

i hop;e you told them their dog was podgy!!!

2:52 am

Back shortly, need to put a message through to the surgery.

2:52 am

not in those words exactly, but yes, I must admit I did. Hate to see fat dogs. The lady said she had her fixed and afterwards she couldn't make her lose weight. She runs with her, on the bike. I carefully suggested halving the meals and NO sweets or human food at all.

2:52 am

I hope so too. I always warn people with small pudgy dogs of what befell my previous dog due to FATNESS

2:53 am

good for you!

2:53 am

yes, I told her also that for cavaliers the knees are a weak spot. Keeping them slim and fit is important.

2:53 am

*extra important

2:53 am

what happened, lyn?

2:54 am

diabetes and both back knees cru***(something) ligaments operations ($$$$$$$s)

2:55 am

cruciate

2:55 am

cruciates

2:55 am

So, the moral of the story is......GRUEL.

2:55 am

Fed once a week on gruel, your dog will not get fat.

2:55 am

awful, lyn :( Must have been painful.

2:56 am

Haz, I admire your sternness.

2:56 am

painful on my wallet - certainly!

2:56 am

yep I was just thinking: painful in more ways than one!

2:57 am

It can't be nice for huge, podgy dogs not being able to move around easily.

2:57 am

having the coat of a cavalier trimmed isn't advisable either. The poor thing looked definitely odd. Like something washed too hot.

2:58 am

It was huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf, Haz, and it looked like one of the little piggies.

2:58 am

Is the cavalier coat not reasonably easy to keep smooth? It looks to be quite silky.

2:59 am

it is, very. Just a daily brush to keep the tangles out and keep it from matting (is that the word?).

2:59 am

Yes, matting.

3:00 am

thanks. And their coat is really forgiving when it comes to skipping a day as well.

3:00 am

*are

3:00 am

glad hobbit's coat is forgiving for skipping a week or two lol

3:01 am

How often does Terra need a bath Sprite?

3:01 am

I try to comb Ruby every day, but it is an uphill battle. She has an extremely dense, oily coat. It's very beautiful, but tremendous work

3:01 am

And the groomers here won't take chows; they've never known nice ones

3:02 am

as often as he gets really stinky and black, grin. When he rubs into dead fish for instance. I wash his feet with water only, after muddy walks.

3:02 am

they would muzzle her and I won't have that

3:02 am

that is a shame, rubyfoo. Bad reputation for a sweet dog.

3:03 am

You can get soft rubber muzzles now Ruby - have you seen those?

3:03 am

In miami, with our previous dog, Rufus, they used to pick him up with a van everyother week, put him in a seatbelt next to the driver, and he looked fabulous

3:03 am

*smug* - the groomer says Spangle 'stands like a lady' for getting done.

3:04 am

here it is more expensive, I have to help, and they don't really know how

3:04 am

ditto Hobbit *smug*

3:04 am

smugness becomes you, Haz

3:04 am

*extra smug*

3:04 am

the last time rruby went to a groomer, they cut her tail instead of combing it out. It took more than a year to grow back!

3:05 am

so frustrating

3:05 am

How is Max's coat going Ruby?

3:05 am

we have a special "dog shower" in the driveway, but it's still too cold

3:05 am

Back in a minute or two.

3:06 am

he is still biting himself, but his coat is long and shiny, not fluffy like Ruby's

3:06 am

she's gone off to be smug

3:06 am

when it rains, she doesn't get wet through, no matter what

3:07 am

nice grid, but I had better be off to start my day. See you later

3:07 am

bye Ruby

3:07 am

I take him inside when it is cold, ruby, on the kitchen sink. So I won't have to bend over. Otherwise, I just put a plastic bowl with water on the floor in the garden, sit down on a stool and do it like that. Towel handy, instant rub-dry, done.

3:07 am

bye rubyfoo

3:07 am

bye lynxx, tks for asking about Max!

3:07 am

bye sprite

3:08 am

ruby weighs about 75 lbs and there is no way I could ever lift her.

3:08 am

lol you need a dog hoist!

3:08 am

would need a crane!

3:08 am

hahah

3:08 am

lol no, who would! Terra is 8 kg

3:08 am

but she lets me comb her for hours

3:09 am

last night I filled a waste basket with her fur; it I could knit, I could make another dog!

3:09 am

you'd need to spin it first. That would be interesting!

3:10 am

can't wait to see my chow friend tomorrow. she's so beautiful

3:10 am

it would be very soft but wouldn't smell so food in the rain.....

3:10 am

ask around aRuby, you may find someone who can spin it for you

3:10 am

I have a book about knitting with dog hair

3:10 am

would you take a picture and send it to me?

3:10 am

lol, lynxx

3:10 am

I was just kidding; do people really do that?

3:11 am

yes, some do. I wouldn't, I don't like the smell of wet dog hair.

3:11 am

My mother had a keeshund, spun its wool and knitted it

3:11 am

me, too

3:11 am

that is amazing!

3:11 am

wow must have been special. What did she knit from it? Sweaters?

3:12 am

see you later

3:12 am

(admittedly mixed the keeshund hair with some normal sheeps wool that she had dyed grey)

3:12 am

Yes Sprite

3:12 am

hehehe smart lady, your mother

3:13 am

She got into the traditional craft things when she retired - built new friendships in a new community with all the crafts

3:14 am

I just went to look for the book to see if they used chow fur. Will find it and see!

3:14 am

that is wonderful! I love traditional crafts. I used to spin wool when I was still whole.

3:15 am

it should work fine, Ata, it is oily by nature.

3:16 am

but a great idea from lyn's mum to add some sheep's wool. Pure chow hair might be hard to spin.

3:17 am

you could at least probably sell it to knitting enthusiasts!

3:17 am

good idea for rubyfoo

3:18 am

http://askville.amazon.com/Chow-hair-c ollect-sheds-make-sweater/AnswerViewer .do?requestId=8515560

3:18 am

fireflies! Must be off, thanks for the chat and the fun. Have a grand day, all.

3:19 am

Bye, sprite.

3:19 am

Congrats Sprite.

3:20 am

whenever I get a lot of Hobbit fur I put it out in the garden for birds to use in their nests

3:21 am

phantom: noggin

3:23 am

fireworks

3:23 am

Well done, Douglas.

3:23 am

Congrats Douglas!

3:24 am

So, have you heard about the ash, Ata?

3:24 am

Not too many Babblets in this grid...I was actually following the chat in an offhand sort of way

3:25 am

I just saw! Goodness!

3:25 am

ash! did a volcano erupt near you?

3:25 am

and yay douglas!

3:26 am

I'm dragging words from the deeper recesses of my brain.

3:26 am

Volcanic ash from Iceland has formed into an ash cloud. All flights from Scotland cancelled, Belfast airports shut down, flights cancelled or interrupted in England.

3:27 am

I don't know how long the whole thing will last -does volcanic ash disperse quickly?

3:27 am

Apparently it's very dangerous for plane engines, so it's all in the interests of safety.

3:27 am

!! wow I hadn't heard

3:28 am

It's probably pandemonium in the airports. All those cancelled flights, all that luggage.

3:28 am

it should die down fairly quickly once the eruptions are over

3:28 am

I bet Ata is finding us a link.

3:29 am

its on the beeb news website!

3:29 am

Iceland is getting very careless. First it lets itself go bankrupt, now it can't even keep its volcanos under control.

3:29 am

ata has too many browser windows open

3:29 am

TY

3:29 am

sloppy sloppy

3:29 am

it really is. too much icelandic vodka

3:30 am

Will the US intervene, do you think?

3:30 am

I was thinking something similar to Haz, but not quite as clever

3:30 am

Exactly what is the US supposed to do, exactly?

3:31 am

you mean BBC don't you? (aka beeb)

3:31 am

Yes, BBC.

3:31 am

I don't know, Douglas. Bring order. Sort things out.

3:32 am

because there is actually a Bebbe news - from Arkansas (I'm not too quick you understand)

3:32 am

Goodness, you used to have Red Adair for putting out oil fires, is there no volcano expert?

3:32 am

Ata will be too young to remember Red Adair.

3:33 am

I rememberRed Adair! Just :)

3:34 am

Obama is too busy bowing to the Chinese, disarming for the Russians, inflicting NHS on America. And to add insult to injury, he wore a Chicago White Sox cap when he threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals home opener (threw like a girl, too)

3:34 am

Ah! I underestimate you, Ata.

3:34 am

was always interested in oil related stuff

3:34 am

So, you're an Obama fan, Douglas? I can feel the love oozing from your post.

3:36 am

I understand that David Cameron is taking some pages from the Obama playbook

3:37 am

in that hes going to win? hopefully!

3:37 am

:P

3:38 am

The thing is, Gordon Brown could study Obama till the cows come home, he still wouldn't be able to emulate his oratory etc. Cameron is a more gifted communicator, but it's the policies that should count. Who's for a chorus of 'Yes we can'?

3:38 am

Can we clear that volcanic ash in time to get the plances flying? 'Yes we can!'

3:39 am

Planes. Not plances.

3:39 am

LOL. arent we taking over iceland's duties there?

3:39 am

We're just offering moral support because we can't afford to give them any other sort.

3:40 am

are't we lovely!

3:41 am

It's my understanding that Obama's grandfather was not very nicely treated by colonial administrators during Kenya's emergence into independence

3:41 am

We are. Especially considering the cod wars way back when.

3:42 am

I'm doing some work looking at the Philippines and Indonesian fisheries at the moment, and there, elections really do matter, because who gets into power in local communities can really make the difference between an acceptable life and near starvation / complete nightmare

3:43 am

I think we have so many tiers of administration here that you don't really have any concept of a vote making a lot of difference, certainly at local level.

3:43 am

That's one of the reasons Obama has been so calculatedly jerkish to the UK. He's got the whole passive-agressive, covert hostility thing down

3:43 am

not half as bad as in America, though

3:44 am

Yes, but which is worse. Obama being a bit off or Bush greeting the Prime Minister with 'Yo, Blair'?

3:44 am

that was just cringe-worthy

3:45 am

And, to be honest, he was very nice to the Queen and she seemed to like him, so it's fine.

3:45 am

even if michelle obama did hug her

3:45 am

Maybe he had just forgotten that his name was To4/6.

3:46 am

Is this where I tell my Michelle Obama breakfast story?

3:46 am

I won't, honestly!

3:46 am

I think so

3:46 am

shall I tell it for you? Oh, you mean, we've heard it before? A few times?

3:47 am

You can tell a story once too often....

3:47 am

and don't we wish some babblers would realise that

3:47 am

You know it's been told when people finish your sentences or remind you about a bit you've missed out.

3:47 am

lol yes

Wanders into chog. Cough. Don't think I've heard it yet Haz.

3:48 am

haz and michelle obama are best friends. story shortened :)

Is that it?

3:49 am

I'm just going to get coffee so feel free Haz (just ignore Ata)

3:49 am

Okay, short version. Trip to Kenya 2006. Stayed in Nairobi hotel, breakfasted with tall, black American woman and children. Saw her later with tall, black American man planting tree in Nairobi park. Passer-by informed us is was somebody called Barack Obama. A new name to us..

*Waiting patiently

And did you like her?

3:50 am

And don't get me started on how the Obamas have meddled in Kenyan politics...oops, too late

3:50 am

And then, suddenly, we started to hear his name more often. i'm told they often reminisce about the people they met in that hotel.

3:51 am

She seemed quite normal, not particularly chatty or anything. He had a definite presence.

lol, Haz! So when is your invitation to the White House?

3:51 am

Oh, national security, Sally. I couldn't possibly give details.

oh, oh, oh, you won't believe what I just typed but changed just in time. I had started White House with the letter S.

3:52 am

lmao sally

3:52 am

You will be forever glad that you caught that typo in time.

Freudian slip.

3:52 am

Otherwise you might have found yourself in leg irons being sent to explain yourself in Washington.

I don't know, it would have been funner ...

Should I worry about the black helicopter overhead?

3:53 am

Not that you'd have been able to get a flight, thanks to this ash from Iceland.

3:53 am

does it have big gun turrets? if so, yes :P

Actually, it is freezing cold outside, wonder if it is because of this volcanic cloud.

3:54 am

They say that the ash will track over Europe during the rest of the day. The Germans won't be pleased, nor the Swiss, it'll muck up their timetables badly.

3:54 am

Time to sleep, but I'm delighted to have heard Haz's Michelle Obama story. Good day/night all

3:54 am

omg sally I had a chocolate brownie the other day by a company called Made In Ludlow? Hand Made in Ludlow? I couldn't see any other name. butomg nicest choc brownie ever

Should I answer the door? Lots of men in balaclavas and camouflage kit running over the garden.

3:55 am

Goodnight, Douglas, sleep well. Watch out for that ash.

3:55 am

Keep the door shut, Sally. Deny everything.

Lots of hand-made foodie shops in Ludlow, Ata. There's a chocolate gourmet shop, several delis, good butchers, two real greengrocers, local food markets...

Getting difficult to type with the thumb screws on, Haz.

3:57 am

And does the local WeightWatchers do good business?

3:58 am

yes! these people! Handmade in Ludlow Delicious handmade cakes and biscuits. A small family business based in Ludlow specialising in fruitcake, shortbread and flapjacks using the finest local ingredients and suppliers wherever possible.

Well apart from the Chocolate Gourmet, that's all good stuff, Haz.

Does it say exactly where, Ata?

3:59 am

Handmade In Ludlow Handmade fruit cakes, Christmas cakes, Christmas puddings, flapjacks and shortbreads. Handmade In Ludlow, Woodlands, Angel Lane, Ludlow

3:59 am

I guess they supply other shops. Anyway, their cakes and biscuits are *delicious*

4:00 am

Handmade in Ludlow by a Handmaid in Ludlow?

Angel Lane is really near me. About 2 miles away?

4:00 am

I think so, Haz!

4:00 am

they supply a local up-market garden centre. was really impressed

I make pretty good chocolate brownies, myself, if ever babblers are up this way.

4:01 am

have you been visiting garden centres as well as FM?

4:02 am

not really, there's just a lovely garden centre that's more food hall / pet store / foofy expensive things store in Burford and I like looking round it!

4:03 am

Oh, foofy expensive things are the best. Even if you don't buy them, the fact that they're there and that somebody might part with cash is enough to fascinate.

4:03 am

absolutely! I love looking round it. So many things you didn't even know existed

So many things you didn't know you wanted :-)

4:05 am

And things you couldn't imagine anybody taking the time to think up and make and sell.

4:05 am

like THIS for example!! http://goo.gl/tU2Q

4:06 am

Can you get it in different types of fur?

£20!!! What's wrong with a tea towel wrapped round the pot?

4:06 am

Zebra print, or leopard spots.

4:06 am

I'd want it in mink

4:07 am

yeah, but it does double duty as a hat

4:07 am

For your safari themed dining room, the one with the colonial fan overhead.

4:07 am

If you set your mind to it, you could have nice faux fur egg cosies as well.

4:07 am

they probably do ....

4:08 am

I'd be disappointed if they didn't.

4:08 am

that was just the first tasteless and expensive thing I came across!

4:09 am

They have nice decorative boxes for keeping the things that you should really throw out but which you can justify keeping because you've got a nice box to put them in.

4:09 am

Oh look. A gardening belt! For all your tools!

4:09 am

oh yes. they *do* have a lot of beautiful things. just a lot of useless and expensive things too!

4:09 am

must have one of those

4:09 am

Who wants to clank around with a trowel and fork sticking into you?

But it's funky!

4:10 am

is it a Cath Kidston print?

4:10 am

It's clunky!

4:11 am

back. I just staked all of my peonies. I usually wait until it's too late but Dh bought me more hoops this AM with a lovely orange Kalinchoe for the breakfast table

4:11 am

There's an outdoor clock for £42 for when you just can't be bothered to look at your watch.

4:12 am

how about an antique sundial? I would love on of those

4:12 am

one*

We have a sun dial for when we're in the garden. Keeps falling off my wrist though.

4:12 am

its for when you are sunbathing, cos then you wouldn't want your watch on or else you'd get tan lines. or something.

4:12 am

£28 for linen gloves. For the garden!

4:12 am

I kinda sorta got trapped on an auction site today - frst it was the cheap ties, then the perfume which was a bargain, then a watch (not that I would probably wear it) and then a gorgeous cheap Morrocan leather bag. Couldn't stop myself looking

4:12 am

they also have £200 plant pots

It's cheaper to use a nail brush after gardening.

4:13 am

I wouldn't know how to orient it, but it would be lovely if it was westhered enough. BTW, my moss planting was not a success. Evidently the birds like to disrupt it while looking for insects.

4:13 am

Tin of twine. £6. When a ball of string just won't do.

4:13 am

Did you buy lots of stuff, lynxxx?

4:13 am

Don't use raffia. I did one year but it fell apart when it rained tho t]pretty while it lasted!

ruby, one thing I have learnt about gardening is to go with your conditions, not against them. If you try to plant moss where it is dry it won't work.

4:14 am

Just hoping I get outbid Haz. Though Ken does have 2 new ties, on their way

4:14 am

too funny, lynxx!

4:14 am

I think snails and "slugs' like moss so maybe its a good thing Ruby

4:14 am

Sorry, Ata, that site can't spell stationery. They think it's stationary. Honestly, they can sell you stuff at inflated prices but they can't spell.

4:14 am

cancel the bids and say it was your 4 year old granddaughter playing

4:15 am

Or blame FM!

4:15 am

really???? oooo I'll tell them!

4:15 am

Say FM hacked into your account. They'll know it's kosher, she's internationally known as being to blame.

4:15 am

we have little brown, spotted slugs but very few snails this year.

4:16 am

they are eating the tulip leaves, however, but I don't mind sharing.....

4:16 am

Page 1 of gifts for men - Red quill pen and stationARY (ugh) set.

Well if you don't write the pen I suppose it would be stationary.

4:17 am

lol

write /with/ the pen

4:17 am

ultimate lager glass for £15? what makes it ultimate?

4:17 am

No excuses, Sally, we should have a storm of outrage over this.

4:17 am

no more storms, please

4:18 am

I wondered about the ultimate bit as well. Is it self-refilling?

So shall we all write and point it out?

We have a branch of that company near here, in Burford near Tenbury Wells. Fun to take visitors but I'd never shop there :-)

4:19 am

I think we should. We'll threaten to boycott them.

4:19 am

I'd just like to let you know that "stationery" is misspelled on the page below: http://www.burford.co.uk/shop/ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=8_170 Red Quill Pen & Stationary Set: you have it as Stationary. It should be Stationery. I'm sure that you care enough about the quality of your web site to get it changed as soon as possible.

4:19 am

*grin*

4:20 am

very nice, ata!

4:20 am

And tell them that an easy way to remember is that cAR is stationARy, whereas papER is stationERy.

4:20 am

Haz, they also have £103 dog beds. Tell Mr Haz!

Good for you, Ata.

4:21 am

£103! He'd faint.

4:21 am

let's see if they reply :)

4:21 am

we bought a beautiful wicker dog bed for our first chow, Rosie. She dismantled it, piece by piece, a work which Rufus continued. These two dogs would have loved it; they each sleep on a stupid towel

4:21 am

Maybe they'll offer you a free ultimate lager glass as compensation for mental distress.

4:22 am

ooo maybe!!

4:22 am

Hobbit has a lovely dog bed. She sleeps at my feet or on the sofa

4:23 am

at least she didn't take it apart

4:23 am

it's slightly ripped in 1 place, but no ...

4:24 am

Spangle has three beds. One in the unheated, dank, cold kennel, one on the kitchen, one in the living room. She spends a lot of time lying at right angles to the stairs, looking as though she's holding them up.

4:24 am

dogs! *facepalm*

4:25 am

I don't spoil Stew, he only has 3. Well he has to have a summer one - to spread out on - and a winter one - to curl up in - and a nice one for the lounge. Course when he can, he is on the couch or our bed

4:25 am

all of our chows have stayed between us and the doorways, their way of guarding us

4:25 am

Bella does exactly the same, ruby

4:25 am

which worked except when a burglar came and Rufus stoof at the top of the stairs and made one tiny "woof"

4:26 am

Good chows

4:26 am

we were sleeping and the burglar only took one thing, an oil painting which he stripped from the frame without disturbing anything else.

4:27 am

I didn't like the painting anyway

How scary, ruby. Was that in France?

4:28 am

yes, but it was my fault. We had a lot of contractors in and out when we were re-doing the house and I would always assure them that the dogs didn't bite AND we didn't lock the doors. Now I say that they do and we lock the doors

4:29 am

and the locals all blame the gypsies but I think it was one of the unsuccessful contractors who gave a high bid and scoped out the house

brb

4:29 am

was it a Picasso?

4:29 am

lunch break for me, see you later

4:30 am

no, is was an ugly 18th C landscape that had belonged to my husband's mother. Really ugly and in a very ornate frame.

4:30 am

bye Ruby

4:30 am

at least the thief left the frame

4:30 am

The burglar left the frame which was ugly, as well

4:31 am

now we have a huge Japanese tapestry of a peacock in its place, much better!

4:31 am

hope you flogged it

4:31 am

ooooo FAB!

4:31 am

anybody want a large, gold frame? lol

4:32 am

no! LOL

4:32 am

the tapestry is very old and subtly-colored, all browns taupes and beiges, perfect in the living room which is all browns and off-whites and taupes

4:32 am

Feeling faint at the thought of all that sewing in a huge tapestry.

4:32 am

I'll have the peacock though :P

4:33 am

the peacock is amazing; you almost can't see it as the embroidery is so intricate. It's about 6 ft high and about 4 ft wide

4:33 am

how gorgeous!

4:34 am

husband got it years ago in Hong Kong, long before he knew me.....

4:34 am

he had lovely antiques but lost many of them in his previous divorce (he had 3!!! -- bluebeard)

4:35 am

I haven't found a word for ages.

4:35 am

now he's whining for his lunch

4:35 am

make sure you get the peacock ;)

4:35 am

he's to old to change wives again! and I'm to old to have the energy to get rid of him!

4:36 am

nor me. am chatting and learning about socio-economic impacts of Philippines fishing. what grid??

4:36 am

see you after

4:36 am

grid?

4:36 am

Bye, ruby.

4:38 am

I'm going to take a break in order to learn about dust accumulations in an average British house.

4:38 am

have fun!! LOL bye dear

4:38 am

And I need to practise putting my loo rolls into points. Apparently it's the sign of a well maintained house.

4:39 am

Toodle-oo!

4:39 am

bye Haz

4:39 am

it certainly is

4:39 am

*gone*

Back. Everyone else gone?

4:43 am

am here!

Oh good, it gets lonely talking to yourself.

4:44 am

I'm just going too...bye Ata & Sally

bye lynxxx

4:46 am

bye lyn! bye stew!

hey all quick pop in, this grid seems faster than the last few, probably the S.

4:48 am

it's not bad so far

I have 40 left, which is good for a morning pass through.

and all the meager 7's.

4:50 am

go go red!

the last two days were struggles, this one is niceer.. I like the plurals. so lazy am I!

4:52 am

red? random question! how long should a dog bite take to heal?

depends of course on how deep....

it heals from the outside in, and I'd say maybe 2 weeks.

you were up to date on tetanus?

4:53 am

she sank her fang in pretty deeply, no idea exactly though

4:53 am

yep

nefs

oops

dog bites are easier to heal than cat bites which tend to get badly infected, but if signs of infection, head to physician.

4:55 am

it just seems to be taking forever to heal, though of course it just looks like a tiny hole when the damage is underneath. I'm just impatient!

and now I must go to work. 32 left for tonight. Everyone please have a nice nice and safer day!!!

4:56 am

we'll all try!

bye for now red

5:01 am

your icon, sally - is that one of your cats?

yes, ata, that's Daisy. Must put another one up sometime of Sparky so she doesn't feel left out :-)

5:03 am

you should! we don't see enough of your cats :D

I think her ears look like the character in Star Wars. Yoda?

Tony wouldn't let me call her that, though :-)

5:03 am

yes, Yoda :)

Sometimes she likes behind a bush or something, stalking, and has no idea her ears are sticking up above it. Very easy to spot!

sheesh, likes sb lies

5:05 am

looooool! that's funny :D my ginger cat used to do that - he'd stick his head behind a bush and leave his great big body and tail hanging outside and wonder how I found him

lol, like children aren't they.

5:06 am

silly ones, at that

phone, brb

Back. Wonder why words are so often repeated from previous day/s?

5:27 am

strange, isn;t it

5:31 am

gah =s53verc3aw! Silverclaw!! She wants to sit in front of my laptop

5:31 am

or on my papers

5:32 am

not so strange really: ité,s extremely hard to obtain through randomization in programming: dr God probably randomizes once a day and if the combinations of letters provide a decent number of possible words, he lets it go at that; it would probably be better to randomize 2 or threee times, starting from yesterday's selection to get today's selection - words would'nt then repeat themselves from day to day :)

5:32 am

true* randomization...

5:33 am

true true

I find it quite helpful :-) Means if I find a new word, it might stick.

5:33 am

hi babble friends

Hi Canada and Australia :-)

sad panda is sad and needs a hug

5:35 am

brb...cat's miaowing...

5:35 am

gah! bloody cat! why won't she sit on my lap? why does she have to sit on my laptop?

It's warm.

5:37 am

so is my lap!

5:37 am

Sily has *never* sat on a lap

But probably your lap doesn't give out that nice comforting hum.

5:38 am

why do I have the only cat in the world who hates laps?

Put catnip on your lap?

5:39 am

she doesnt like that either!

5:39 am

back but must go - 1st pass 89/27 - fairly easy grid - BBL - enjoy the day all "POOF"

5:40 am

bye Luc!

Bye Luc

bye!

5:41 am

bye (Ata) (herin) and (Sally) - "REAL POOF"

Is this grid sucky?

No, it's a nice grid herin

5:43 am

not too bad

Ata you like all things in the Ocean?

5:45 am

apart from moray eels!

http://tinyurl.com/y6bkryd

5:46 am

Good morning Babble buddies. My sister's visit is coming to an end. She will drive back to New Jersey soon and I work all day.

5:46 am

ooo I love hammmerheads!

5:46 am

hi scrabs!

5:47 am

How are you, Ata?

5:47 am

busy! but happy :)

Ata that was an accidental catch too. It wasn't like they could let it go. It would freaking eat you

5:48 am

Happiness matters.

5:50 am

nins

5:51 am

ins

Ata you just had to cross post that didn't you

5:51 am

hello again, lunch is over. I discovered the moss-eating culprit, my beautiful-voiced merle a plastron!

5:51 am

good morning

5:51 am

he is the least pretty bird but with a beautiful voice and large repertoire

5:52 am

hello seain and herin and scrabgler

Hi Ruby. Hi Dc am i invisible?

5:52 am

hi, scrabbs, herin, ruby, ata et al

5:52 am

but can you sing?

5:53 am

i si4, though not like a bird usually.

5:53 am

oooh, sorry pb for me.....

5:53 am

absolutely had to! :D

5:54 am

I love hammerheads

5:55 am

Hi Seain + Ruby

5:55 am

in Miami, I used to fish sitting on the sea wall where we lived and nurse sharks would come over and hang around me

5:55 am

and hi duvald

5:55 am

awww! lovely!

5:55 am

For some reason, the cardinals look extra red to me this year.

5:56 am

and when I walked Rosie at night, the dolphins would swim along side the sea wall and make noises

5:56 am

I agree, Seain.

5:56 am

it was very interesting; I guess they could hear her snorting breath

5:56 am

awwwwwwwwww

5:56 am

no cardinals in France

:( sad now

5:57 am

just the churchly ones, but maybe they're redder this year!

5:57 am

It being Spring, cardinals sitting in dogwoods abound - a sight that year-round adorns many a road sign here in Virginia.

5:57 am

blushing....

5:58 am

LOL ruby

5:58 am

oh, lovely!

5:58 am

*changed icon* look at what I have to deal with today! hard work babbling!

5:58 am

no dogwoods here, either, which is strange because the climate is like Connecticut

seriously about to loss my sht if the rumours are true that one of my fav band members has died

5:59 am

they're an american understory tree

6:00 am

not JT Wright, by chance?

no USA band

6:01 am

he played with my son in Austin and died this past weekend, only 26 yrs old

6:01 am

what's an understory tree, seain

6:02 am

a tree that grows in the shade of other trees, usually under them, often at the edge of forests

6:02 am

a tree that doesn't grow too tall, lives in the area where bigger trees trunks are

just a band that got me through some pretty hefty time

6:02 am

here, there is a tree that grows like that and flowers now, but it's flowers are small and it is n't very pretty

6:03 am

can't believe all UK airspace is closed!

6:03 am

why?

6:03 am

why?

6:04 am

ash plume from Icelandic volcano

Volcan ash cloud from Iceland, ruby

6:04 am

wow!

wonder if that is going to do what happened in the 1200s with France

6:05 am

oh, i heard about that eruption yesterday. i bet Scandinavia will be impacted, too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407. stm

6:05 am

what happened then, herin?

Anyway, been lovely chatting with you all, but must be off.

6:07 am

be well, sally.

huh?

6:07 am

bye sally

6:07 am

you mentioned 13th C France, herin

6:07 am

ruby, there's a map at the link sally posted, showing probable ash distribution

6:08 am

ok, going to try to find it, see you later

Ruby Volcano went boom then the seasons went spaz

6:10 am

herin, ash distribution doesn't seem to impact France, Belgium or Netherlands much.

there was this huge explosion in Greenland and yer bad. Sorry my brain is rather funted

6:12 am

I put sunflower seeds out - birds are feeding, and the cat is "hunting" at the sliding glass door :)

6:14 am

awwwwwww! chitter chitter!

6:14 am

and the squirrels have arrived, so now i've put out peanuts

6:15 am

this is a fun part of watching my nephews :)

6:15 am

hello everyone!

6:15 am

morning, annie

6:16 am

morning, dc, taking care of our little creatures, I see.

6:16 am

hi annie!

6:16 am

hi Ata!

6:17 am

just the right size grid today

6:17 am

yes, perfect!

brillant

6:18 am

hi herin

Hi. I can't believe my AIM chat is still working after 10 years

6:19 am

the squirrel that is eating looks like she's nursing.

6:19 am

I've had my AIM account since 96

6:21 am

good morning everyone

6:22 am

morning, crossy

6:22 am

hi crossy

6:22 am

tosin

6:23 am

that's what happens when you are still half asleep

6:27 am

mmm quite the coverage for that ash cloud http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8621 581.stm

6:29 am

Blue jay :)

6:29 am

loon,,i win;)

6:30 am

indeed, crossy :)

6:30 am

giant albatross!

6:30 am

well,its not actually at a feeder,i hear it and am looking at it through binoculars

6:31 am

vista

6:31 am

oops

6:31 am

dammit

6:31 am

this house is a wee bit too far inland for most sea/water birds

6:31 am

the ae5 of Athena

6:32 am

*puts bacon in the PB for crossy*

6:32 am

ty dc

6:34 am

Crossy has a enough of a classic Greek background :) That clue is missed by many.

6:35 am

The thrill of victory and the ag5 of defeat :D

6:35 am

I love that ae5 word

6:36 am

just read a ton of books is all i know a ton of information across a wide ranges of subjects that are of absolutly no importance at all;))

6:37 am

cool, crossy :) i approve, fwiw

6:37 am

means i know everything about nothing

6:39 am

or nothing about everything..can never remember....

6:40 am

lol :D

6:41 am

hi all......clue please vi7 please??

ok I barely remember my name yet I remember my password and user name from 10 years ago

6:41 am

welcome to my world

6:41 am

go, herin!

6:41 am

wine age flask

6:42 am

flask, vi 7 is old

6:42 am

ty, annie and sandr

6:42 am

tinge

6:42 am

ooopps sorry

6:42 am

I have that one, sand

6:43 am

i like sandr,s clues best;)

6:43 am

thanx for clues!

6:44 am

yw, flask..how's the little guy?

6:44 am

yw time for me to go bye all

6:44 am

Oh he's wonderful, hanks for asking Annie!

DC I am still trying to work out how to drive it though:D

6:48 am

drive it - AIM?

6:49 am

my handle on AIM is same as here, and i'm signed in

yep it has been an age

6:53 am

heat wave!! 21 c and sun today!!:)

6:54 am

we'll be near 30C tomorrow

6:59 am

mmm learn something new every day,i did not know there was a latin spelling of roman party wear

6:59 am

makes sense though, no?

7:00 am

but of course..pass the wine and the cheese fondue!

7:01 am

first one to lose his bread in the fondue,loses his head!!

7:02 am

hehe,i used to love asterix the gaul as a youngster;0

7:03 am

hooray for cheese fondue and Asterix et Obelix!

7:03 am

:))

7:03 am

dont know how those books ever made it here,but i read a ton of them;)

7:04 am

bbs, gonna make breakfast

7:04 am

mmm..brekkies

7:07 am

fireworks

7:08 am

wtg annie

well I just stepped into don't go there territory

7:08 am

hi bichon, thanks

7:10 am

morning all..Herin, what did you do?! :P

Told my friend the truth and besides I don't care. Do you know the band Type O negative?

7:12 am

Morning All - small grid today I see - how is everyone

7:12 am

hi momneeds, NB

7:12 am

Don't believe I've heard of them, Herin

7:12 am

hi Mom, and Annie :)

oks

7:12 am

do I see you made fireworks already annie - congrats

7:13 am

Hi Nancy

7:13 am

thanks, momneeds...friendly grid today

7:13 am

vino

7:13 am

a friendly grid suits me - wanna get it done quickly, since Leo's home this afternoon. FINALLY.

7:13 am

oops - to the PB for me

7:14 am

is he really dead, herin?

7:14 am

you must be excited Nancy - been a while

7:15 am

good morning friends!

7:15 am

I am Mom! This week has dragged on forever. I'm not used to living alone; that's probably why. How pathetic ;)

7:15 am

yaa for annie!

7:15 am

morning, nancy, momneedls. I'm bak

7:15 am

Hi Trif!

7:15 am

made eggs and strawberries - two separate things - for the nephew

7:15 am

good morning trif and dc

7:15 am

enough for us dc

7:15 am

hi, trif, good morning

7:16 am

Hi Seain and Trif :)

7:16 am

seain, how old is your nephew?

7:16 am

indeed! plenty

7:16 am

morning. my cardinal friend is back, singing away. hope does spring eternal....lol!

7:16 am

scrambled eggs with half-and-half, cooked in butter.

7:16 am

"yum yum yum* delightful fluffy eggs

7:17 am

my favorite way of making scrambled eggs

7:17 am

yesss! kid is out the door and off to school!!

7:18 am

LOL crossy!

7:18 am

my elder nephew will be out the door in 10 min - can hardly wait

7:18 am

you missed breakfast crossy

7:18 am

brb..throwing the deadbolts just in case...

awww Nancy where is he?

7:19 am

you should know me by now mom,i never miss brekkies,i have two delightful soft boiled eggs here and a stack of toast soldiers and a fresh glass of ice cold oj

7:20 am

oh, crossy, you don't fool me! come this afternoon you will be listening for one footfall more than any other...

7:21 am

remember,eat breakfast like a king,lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper and you will do fine

7:21 am

lunch is my biggest meal of the day, usually

Hi Trifs

7:22 am

got a half hour before I eat my breakfast - you all are making me hungry

7:22 am

hey there herin my love! how are you?

7:23 am

think i shall add a nice bowl of diced fruit in light syrup to this...

7:23 am

alright, nephew's turn on the computer, bbl

7:24 am

tc dc

7:24 am

or better yet, skip the juice and fruit in syrup and eat something fresh... it is spring!

7:24 am

*drooling*

7:24 am

bye for now dc

7:25 am

not here it is not...even though it is warm,the land is still brown and desolate lol

7:25 am

if we want anything 'fresh" it will soend 2 weeks on a truck from california lol

7:25 am

spend

7:26 am

hey! just found the perfect word for my state of being today - ag5! i cannot believe how much this back injury hurts! that will teach me to shovel loads that are too heavy for me! ouch

7:26 am

poor trif;((

7:26 am

((((Trif))))

7:26 am

last "fresh" thing i had was an apple last october lol

7:27 am

YOu need to find a good chiropractor

7:27 am

wow trif... bad mistake

7:27 am

not so bad last night tho -- found some almighty painkillers under the bathroom sink! can't take them during the day, however, as that would not do at all at work! LOL

7:27 am

hope you dinna herniate some disks triff...

Trifs can you FB me?

7:28 am

morning all

7:28 am

no, pulled the muscle that goes from my left hip up to the middle of my back. I think I pulled it all the way OUT of my hip! I totally bow (though gently) to those who live with back pain. I have never had a back injury before, and I had NO IDEA how interrupting they are.

7:28 am

Hi Trif. Sorry you hurt yourself.

HI Peri

7:29 am

hi peri

7:29 am

ice, and massage trif... your best friends

7:29 am

hey car! how's the little star actor today???

7:29 am

it is rough indeed trif,i have 3 herniated disks in my neck and when they pinch the nerve bundle you feel this awful pulling sensation down your neck and arms....horrible stuff

7:29 am

what kje said

7:30 am

I am just getting ready for his second performance this morning!!!!!

7:30 am

wow. and yes, I am loving the ice packs.

7:30 am

I am jealous that you get to see that little rocking robin again. he ruled!

7:31 am

Trif...very important...listen to what everyone is telling you...you HAVE to rest it

7:31 am

just started and nbt!!

7:31 am

I know.

7:31 am

way to go peri!!!!

7:31 am

:-)

7:32 am

well done!

7:32 am

and grayed the right column too!

7:32 am

hotdog, I am on a roll :)

7:33 am

at least 3 days rest on a badly pulled muscle maybe more

7:33 am

LOL re the right column. I must admit, I was proud of myself for doing that too - all 3 words!

7:33 am

I can't do 3 days of full rest, but I can go easy for a while today, and then tomorrow too

7:34 am

hye, an accomplishment is an accomplishment,

7:34 am

cute Peri, haven't heard that one before. Hello all

7:34 am

hello lynxxx

7:34 am

NBT!

7:35 am

actually, full rest is seldom ever recommended for back pain anymore... you are doing the right thing by taking it easy trif, ice, pain meds... massage is you can afford it

7:35 am

how can nylon not be in the grid....?

7:35 am

hi Lynx, oooh, and Peri :)

7:35 am

morning lynxxx

7:35 am

hooray CarE

7:35 am

Trif...anything you need...just call. I can do all your pick ups and taxi the kids around for you.

7:35 am

if not is

7:37 am

FW

7:37 am

Car, that's so sweet of you

7:37 am

She is my sister and the other half of my brain...I would do anything for her!!!!

7:39 am

yep, and I'd do anything for my darling little sis ;) - she's the only family I have left now!

awww

7:39 am

However...right now I am off to see my 7 year old do his thing in his spring play! See you all later!

7:39 am

two girls....one brain....one half wit left

7:39 am

it's nice that you live close and can help out

7:39 am

see you, enjoy!

7:40 am

enjoy car

7:40 am

bye Car

7:40 am

mornin babblers!

7:40 am

honestly, you guys, car has GOT to put up a video of the little play her son was in yesterday. they did a variety of songs about spring, and during "rockin robin" this one little boy was GOING TO TOWN. He had the whole place in hysterics.

7:41 am

that will change nb,as time goes on stubborn people realize that time with family should not be wasted in anger as the time is limited

7:41 am

Eva! :D

7:41 am

NB! my dearest! :)

7:42 am

hi Eva

7:42 am

Hmmm...I won't hold my breath, Crossy ;)

7:42 am

good morning everyone!

7:42 am

are you having a better day today, dahling? Well...so far, anyway!

7:42 am

my sister spent 20 years angry at my father and for what? now he would not know her name if god himself were shouting it in his ear..20 years wasted

7:42 am

hi eva and mom

7:43 am

hi Mom!

7:43 am

anyways enough of that sad crap! lets babble!

7:43 am

indeed Crossy! thanks though - that's so sad!

7:43 am

ouch, crossy, don't make me laugh!

7:43 am

Good morning, Earth dwellers. What's cookin?

7:43 am

{{Crossy}}, sadly that is not necessarily true, we have tried to mend a broken relationship for 21 years and it tears my sweetie up

Ok my ex b.fs mum treated him like dirt sometimes you just need to say stuff you if you can't accept me for who I am foff

7:44 am

oooh, judi, your icon today is FABOOOOO

7:44 am

((MOM))

7:44 am

Hi Momneedshelp, Lynxxx, Judi, NancyBoy, Tri, Herin and Crossy

7:44 am

and anyone I missed

7:44 am

Hi, Mom!

7:44 am

Thanks, Trif. I've had this icon for about a month. I'm rather fond of it myself.

7:44 am

mom!!!

7:44 am

checing judis icon...

MOOOOOOOOOOOM

7:45 am

I like it too Judi

7:45 am

I bought a book of postcards of old movie posters like that once, and framed a bunch of them on my studio wall. they always make me laugh. "girls gone bad!" sort of theme

7:45 am

works for me also judi;)

7:46 am

what is the saying,we want a man with a future and a woman with a past;))

7:47 am

im happy to announce that i remembered to bring my purse to work with me today -- complete with allergy meds! :)

7:47 am

:) Crossy

7:47 am

i like the sci-fi book cover girls of the 50,s ;))

7:47 am

woohoo eva

7:47 am

wtg evanadine!

7:47 am

Eva, that is a good thing after suffering so yesterday

7:47 am

yaa for eva

7:48 am

may I please have a clue for either the os or the og, if anyone has them?

7:48 am

woohoo, Eva! one small step for man...

Watching gossip girl and they just mentioned the fish candy :D

7:48 am

the os is an os5

7:48 am

what is fish candy, Herin?

7:48 am

os & *** Maria, very sweet wine

7:48 am

however, i did NOT remember to bring a stamp to mail out the water bills thats already overdue. :/ heres hoping the wonderful coworkers can save me again!

7:49 am

and the og is like the little green fruity thing with the red center -- think martinis

7:49 am

thank you Trif and Lynxxx

7:49 am

ty trif

7:50 am

you are very welcome! it's the rare day I give a clue that works!!!

7:50 am

ty lynx

7:50 am

to thank me, you can all come shovel the rest of my compost whilst I rest up

7:50 am

whoops, well, Leo should be home soon so I'm off to wait at the station. :D later all!

7:51 am

bye bye Nancy Boy

7:51 am

tc nb

7:51 am

bye NB

7:51 am

have fun nancy boy! we would all love to see that reunion

7:51 am

thanks Trif, but no thanks, I would rather shovel snow :)

7:51 am

love from us to Leo, NB! (((huge)))

7:51 am

it's such a pisser too, because I was having SUCH a good day yesterday!

7:51 am

hugs*

7:52 am

Oy vey is in the grid!

7:52 am

nice kid,parents are losing out,wish i could adopt him lol

7:52 am

oh it is!!! lol judi

7:52 am

i agree crossy. their loss in entirety

7:53 am

bye NB - enjoy

7:53 am

It is such a shame.

7:54 am

yikes. the sun is blinding me in my present position, but the thought of having to move is ag5

7:55 am

well,time to go hose down and soap this mass of muscle..lol..biab..semi-poof

I need a nap

7:55 am

bye bye Crossy

7:55 am

bye crossy

7:55 am

go lay down Herin, set the timer for 20 minutes

7:56 am

Hi All

It is bed time here and watching gossip girl

7:56 am

thanks for that visual, crossy!

7:56 am

good morning Hego

7:56 am

Good old Crossy. lol

7:57 am

ah, I forgot about the time difference

7:57 am

hi hego

7:59 am

9:00 on the nose, time to get busy I suppose.

7:59 am

How's the grid?

7:59 am

I wish everyone a good day. {{hugs}} to all of you

7:59 am

a nice grid Hego

8:00 am

bye mom!

8:00 am

grid is friendly today

8:00 am

bye Mom

8:00 am

Bye Mom.

8:00 am

bye bye Momneedshelp and Hego

8:00 am

and bye bye Trif

8:00 am

tyMNH

8:02 am

methinks grid has offered up all its going to at this viewing. off to **gently** move about. cheers all!

8:03 am

hope you feel better trif

8:03 am

Bye Triffy.

8:03 am

got to go myself for a bit - happy babbling

8:03 am

Bye MNH

8:05 am

Hello everybody

8:05 am

Hi Bob

hi anyone I missed

8:08 am

Hiya Herin

8:15 am

back. World of Goo is challenging

8:15 am

hi

8:15 am

feel better soon, trif

8:15 am

hiya Seain

8:15 am

hola

8:16 am

Hi Boomer

8:16 am

hi, hego, and boomer

how you?

8:16 am

and jhregh

how you al?

8:18 am

hola, jhregh

8:18 am

I'm good. How goes the other side of the world?

average

8:19 am

I"M NOT SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:19 am

:-D

8:19 am

okay jh,no problem.

(very close to losing it at the moment)

8:20 am

you Herin or jh?

8:20 am

have you ever wondered why pineapples don't wear shorts

8:20 am

Actually, no

8:20 am

ok

8:20 am

i heart tacoz

8:20 am

shut up

8:20 am

what's wrong?

8:21 am

nothin you boob

8:21 am

not you dummy, Herin.

8:21 am

hammer time,

8:21 am

dunnah

8:21 am

bbl, little one wantls more computer time, and my thumbs are pricking. Yall enjoy!

8:22 am

bye seain

8:22 am

i know damn well you did not just call me a dummy

8:23 am

hi

8:23 am

hi

8:23 am

hi

8:23 am

Children - take it elsewhere.

clue for vi/7?

8:23 am

Hi Steve, don't have it.

8:23 am

Hi Judy.

8:23 am

given

8:23 am

tacos

8:23 am

are

8:23 am

good

JOY fing trolls. HI Judy

8:24 am

i ilek them

8:24 am

vi7.......of an earlier era, or to do with type of wine

8:24 am

i need a beer

8:24 am

ty Kalea

8:25 am

TACOS I NEED TACOS

8:25 am

should have known that one lol.

8:25 am

lol......most welcome

8:25 am

i have a utube

8:25 am

no one cares

8:25 am

So go get a taco, already. Sheesh!

8:25 am

youtube.com/jhregh

I need to smack a few people upside the head but that is not going to happen

8:26 am

okay

8:26 am

*slaps boomer through computer*

8:26 am

f u

8:26 am

n

8:27 am

I know the feeling Herin.

8:27 am

chicken

8:27 am

orange or red?

8:27 am

thats what she said hego

8:27 am

rorange

Pink

8:28 am

not sure Ata, you decide

8:28 am

perverted mouth breathers

8:28 am

i needs words with i

8:28 am

hmmmmmmm

I resemble that remark

8:29 am

ignoring

O and also if you are going to make lame arse quotes don't need to quote the Transformers

8:29 am

ooh, look at this. hi! on here on my mobile whilst I wait for Leo's train

8:29 am

i'm not wearing underpants...

8:29 am

or pants

8:30 am

Cool NB

8:30 am

TACOSAFJDHKLQF\

8:30 am

you lying prick

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

AWWW NB

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

Who cares, jh

8:30 am

cover your ears NB - its a little rough here

8:30 am

fffff

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

I think that's decided it!

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

RED,

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

f

8:30 am

u

8:30 am

LOL Mom. Herin - I'm excited!

8:30 am

hey wassup alex and evan

Nancy were is he?

8:30 am

thats what she said

8:31 am

wazup

8:31 am

gonna email dr god brb

8:31 am

done, dc

8:31 am

GOOD

8:31 am

just coming back from visiting his sister and new baby niece, Herin :)

8:31 am

rrrrrr

8:31 am

ty, ata

8:31 am

?

8:31 am

*puts on rubber boots and waits for lightning bolts*

8:32 am

LOL Judi!

8:32 am

*commits suecide)

8:32 am

lol Judi

8:32 am

hi, judi

8:32 am

*dead*

8:32 am

tell me more

How long has he been gone?

8:32 am

thats what she said

what is the other 7 letter besides 7vi

8:32 am

Ag7.

8:33 am

Hi GG

8:33 am

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff fffffffffffffffff

8:33 am

only a week, Herin...but I've never lived on my own before, so it's been really quiet and weird! glad he'll be back :)

8:33 am

i like pie

8:33 am

me2

thank you judi!

8:33 am

ty Judi

8:33 am

Hi everyone. Boy, the trolls come in packs now!

8:34 am

balls

8:34 am

stop goin fruty up in here

8:34 am

how long before his train gets in NB

awwww Nancy in the 7 years I have been with the b.f I have only been away from him not that many days then he went away for a fortnight for work and I pined and lived on Coco Pops and kit kats

8:34 am

TROLLIN

8:34 am

Awwwww

8:34 am

on the river

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

o boy I seemed to have eaten too many easter eggs

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

spam

8:34 am

lol Seain

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

granfield group bring it on

8:35 am

c'mon DrG!

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

spam

8:35 am

LOL, Herin! coco pops and kit cats :) Mom...shouldn't be long now! the arrival board says it's on time - a plain old lie ;)

It is on time according to PT time

8:35 am

*kit kats...not normal cats!

8:35 am

bring it on grand field group

8:35 am

PT?

Nancy how many hours is he away from you (no need to give exacts just hours)

8:36 am

TAAACOZ ARE GOOD'/

8:36 am

shut up

8:36 am

FALCON PWNCH

8:36 am

on time can mean different things to different people. When I am alone I tend to veer towards popcorn. Good for breakfast. lunch and dinner. Will add real butter for the dinner variety

8:36 am

All I can say, NB, is when the train comes in, I hope the trolls are under it.

8:37 am

Extra nutrition. lol

8:37 am

Oh yeah, Judi

8:37 am

His family are abouuut...two hours away? About that. Two hours too many!

8:37 am

nephew has a drawbridge in his HO trainset, kinda cool :)

8:37 am

LOL Judi!

awww

8:37 am

Poor NB

8:37 am

two hours isn't tooooo far

8:37 am

hmmm. *guesses which station NB is at* Paddington? Vic? Euston?

8:38 am

Hego ;) I'm just glad the flat is still intact. Turns out I CAN be trusted, LOL

8:38 am

2 hours is perfect! they have to call before they just pop in.

8:38 am

and think of the reunion.....

8:38 am

is the cat still alive?

8:38 am

See that.

8:38 am

Good Morning, All. Goodness! I wonder how bored the trolls are this AM?

8:38 am

the cat's doing better than I am, Ata ;) she has assumed his usual spot on the sofa...guess she's over it!

8:39 am

seemingly rather so, Nef

8:39 am

hi nef

8:39 am

bbl

8:39 am

Hmm. Virtually troll free for about a minute now. Methinks Dr. G has done some smoting.

8:39 am

hasta, hego

8:40 am

Hi, Nef! looks like they're gone..

8:40 am

yay DrG!

8:40 am

NB, how long has Leo been gone? twq hours away here isn't far at all; it's not even a day trip to me.

8:41 am

wow - my first experience with trolls - phew

8:41 am

2 hours is half way across the country here ;)

8:41 am

about a week, Nef - a week in which I've been double-locking doors like crazy! I don't know who I think is going to creep in and ravish me ;)

Thank you DR G flushie

tks for the VI clue

8:42 am

Thank you, Dr_God :)

8:42 am

it took me 2.5 hours to go the 30 miles from my Sister's house to mine last night.

8:42 am

*bowing to DrG*

8:42 am

If you've never been alone before, that is a long time.

8:43 am

Thank you Dr_God

8:43 am

I'm the same way when my hubby goes away, NB. Every llittle noise makes me jump. The cats just get annoyed.

my kitty wants to play

8:44 am

we work opposite shifts - i'm days, he's nights, so several days a week, we're mostly home alone. Used to be every other weekend we didn't see each other at all, even though we were both home.

8:45 am

yeah, I'm the same, Judi! A bird flew into the window and I all but had a stroke ;)

8:45 am

I used to like it when DH would go on business trips and the kids were little. We'd go on field trips and didn't worry so much about picking messes up before starting a new project.

8:45 am

birds flying into windows is a scary noise

8:45 am

Lol! Call 9-1-1-!

8:45 am

that makes sense, nef :)

8:46 am

NB, im sure you know exactly who might creep in + ravish you. ;)

8:46 am

what a pain, Seain! I work nights a lot, but apparently I'm too small and cute to fight off the baddies on the way home ;) so leo picks me up. Gent!

8:46 am

seain, *that* describes a large part of the first 5 years of our marriage (before kids)

awww

8:46 am

LOL Eva...you did cross my mind!

8:47 am

LOL Eva and NB.

Hi Nef

8:47 am

hi herin! How are you?

8:48 am

nah, id just sneak in + curl up with you and snuggle. :)

8:49 am

my peeping tom neighbours would be baffled, Eva, but of course you're always welcome ;) just make Leo budge up!

8:50 am

got to keep those peeps on their toes

8:50 am

morning, Eva

8:50 am

Huzzah! Fireworks!

8:51 am

congrats, judi

8:51 am

morning dc. :)

8:51 am

hi all. What's the icon for today?

8:51 am

the lone O on the bottom has me at it's mercy

8:51 am

LOL Mom. Can't have them getting complacent!

8:51 am

wtg judi

8:51 am

Os5, jmitch.

8:51 am

middle lone O...sorry

8:52 am

os + a drink, *** maria

8:52 am

horray for judi

8:52 am

Three y and not a word that starts with one of them. That ihas to be unusual.

8:52 am

nice one, Judi!

8:52 am

NB, should i hop in the middle or nudge you over? hehe

bah

8:53 am

... and Fireworks!

8:53 am

congrats, merk

8:53 am

That's not unusual, Merk. That's a blessing!

8:53 am

yay Merk

8:53 am

In the middle of the night? anything you nudge me with, you might lose ;)

8:53 am

t/y NB.....

8:54 am

Time to bounce. Real work to do. *POOF*

8:54 am

no problem, Jmitch :)

8:54 am

be well, judi

8:54 am

ty and yes, I think you are right about the y. Have a great day everyone. I have to hit the road. See you tomorrow, I hope ... always a big 'if' when I'm traveling.

8:54 am

poof here, too

8:54 am

lol, ill just hop right into the middle then, NB. more cuddles for me! yay!

8:55 am

hasta, merk

8:55 am

TRAIN! Train is in :D ta ta, all!

8:56 am

njoy, NB

8:56 am

Bye, NB! Take care!

8:56 am

woohoo - hugs to you both

8:56 am

send our love to Leo! *smooches*

smoochies

8:59 am

Ah! young love. sigh...

8:59 am

are the trolls gone?

8:59 am

yes, the good Dr took care of them

9:00 am

cleaned out now, hego

9:00 am

trols..When did they come?

9:00 am

Bless him.

9:00 am

I missed them

9:00 am

Hi Boo. about 1/2 hour ago.

9:00 am

oh

9:01 am

Nsf you are in the grid today.

9:01 am

bbl

9:01 am

they were wicked, scary things

heheh. My kitty is so silly

9:01 am

uh, Nef, that is

9:01 am

ferny werny berny boo

9:01 am

yes. Dr God is a hero for getting rid of them

9:02 am

Pest control.

9:02 am

did i miss a joyful troll?

9:02 am

Hi evan

9:02 am

a mob of them!

9:02 am

Several

9:02 am

hello hego

9:02 am

LOL, hego, I was looking for someone with those initials! (I'm not very sharp today)

NUTTY you did

9:03 am

son of a tough grid, but that would have been FUN

9:03 am

Obviously neither am I. :o)

9:03 am

I got one word left - and I refuse to ask for a clue yet - first time ever I have not had to ask

9:03 am

brb

9:04 am

How many words today?

9:04 am

116

9:04 am

oy vey is in the grid

9:04 am

Thanks.

9:04 am

yw

9:04 am

yes it is Evan

man this grid bites i need a hug

9:05 am

(((herin)))

ta. My kitty is so silly. He took the toy off me

9:05 am

such fun to watch

9:06 am

bbl

9:08 am

Hugs all around for Herin

9:08 am

sorry, DH was asking me about bills and taxes so I wandered off there....

9:09 am

Herin, are you okay?

9:10 am

back.

not really

9:11 am

what's up?

not much

9:12 am

just out of sorts today; or more than that?

you on FB?

9:13 am

Soodle de-lurks to give Herin a huge hug {{{{{{{HERIN}}}}}}}

9:13 am

Give me a minute and I'll open it

Hi Soodle. thanks

9:15 am

clue for ea 6 pls

9:15 am

Dining, Boo....

man this is a bitey frid

9:16 am

ty

9:16 am

Fireworks!!

9:16 am

hello all

9:17 am

Yahoo Soodle

9:17 am

Hi Peri

Yah Soodle

9:22 am

boo - what you do with food with a gerund

9:22 am

Fireworks for me

9:23 am

congrats soodle

Yah Momn

9:23 am

thanks

wow 97 left

9:40 am

Back again

9:41 am

congrats MNH

9:41 am

fast grid for me today - anyone need help - Im keeping the chog on while working

9:41 am

thanks hego

I have a fury little foot warmer

9:42 am

your kitties are adorable

They are except when they yell at me for food

hi all.

9:44 am

hi guernsey

9:44 am

Hi GG

HI Guernsey. Or Momn when they flip out and I lose my foot warner

9:45 am

good morning

so we've got a cloud of volcanic ash coming our way and all flights have been cancelled.

9:45 am

Harpy!

9:45 am

how many letters in the middle col O? please?

9:45 am

how many letters in the middle col O? please?

9:45 am

heard that this morning - what is up with all the disasters lately - scary

9:45 am

WOW! GG. Where from?

9:45 am

singe

9:45 am

fint

9:45 am

we had total CHAOS in Montana after Mt. St. Helen's, guernsey. Hope you are up for an adventure!

from Iceland

9:46 am

oops! sorry!!!

9:46 am

uh oh

9:46 am

ty Kermit.

9:46 am

lol i was about to thank you kermit

not planning to fly anywhere myself, but should we be getting dust masks?

9:46 am

said all air travel for england is cancelled because of the ash

9:47 am

how close is iceland?

9:47 am

no, GG. the problem is at 20,000 ft, not here!

9:47 am

It's like the disaster of the day.

9:47 am

news said it isnt really coming down but too dangerous for planes at the high altitudes

I must vanish have a great night

at some point, i suppose it may settle

9:48 am

Feel better Herin

9:48 am

have a good day herin - or night

9:48 am

I lived 500 miles from MSHelens and all non-essential businesses were closed for 4 days. The rest of the summer I kept bus fare out of town in my sock drawer because I didn't want to go through THAT ever again.

Yep. I will do.

9:49 am

Closer to the eruption highways were closed, 500 people had to spend the night at a truck stop....

9:49 am

But, 30 miles from the eruption in the OTHER direction the skies were clear and sunny!

9:49 am

Mt St Helens was huge!

9:50 am

My advice would be to get a couple of face masks and garden hoses, then make sure you have all your windows tightly shut.

9:50 am

harp, it's fine here. no need for ground-based angst

well, we'll see how it goes.

9:50 am

i lived in Billings when St Helens blew. and we had ash over there too. closed down the city for a few days

9:51 am

Well then enjoy the fact that nobody can fly to visit you, atalante!

don't know what it's like in Iceland at present.

9:51 am

ldb, my sister lived in Billings and we made fun of her because Missoula was so much worse.....

9:52 am

The tri cities and Spokane REALLY got it.....

friend's daughter gets married on Saturday and family supposed to be flying in from Canada - may not get here

9:52 am

middle column o?

9:52 am

it was bizarre to come in from riding horses to find the city all grey and no traffic! just eerie

5, i think harp

9:53 am

os5/10

9:53 am

do you need a clue

9:53 am

By the 3rd day people were going out to eat because restaurants were considered essential

9:53 am

I remember thinking it was funny to see a few people come in without masks on....

9:53 am

lol harp

9:53 am

got it mom, thanks!

can anyone clue ve5/20 please

9:55 am

I have a small jar of MSH ash from MSLA, harp

9:55 am

so do I, Nef :)

9:55 am

reve**** of the nerds, guernsey

how long ago was that? i remember reading about it at the time

9:56 am

1980, gg.

9:56 am

1981 i think

tylb

tylb

9:56 am

near enough!

9:56 am

I have several small jars of volcanic ash from various volcanos through they years. Mt St. Helens' is the only one I can remember off the top of my head, however

did you go and collect the ash yourself?

9:57 am

my little thing of ash was brought back from MSH for me by my headmistress at the time - I was in infants school. Any time she went on holiday, she used to bring me back cool little things to stimulate my interest in the world

9:57 am

must go for now. bbl. hagd everyone!

9:58 am

no. My various cousins have saved them for me. (I'm very nerdy, and they all knew I wanted it)

great teacher

9:58 am

she was an *amazing* teacher

9:59 am

interestingly, all of the different volcanic ashes are different colors and textures (but that may be due to the distance from the volcanoes etc

9:59 am

interestingly, all of the different volcanic ashes are different colors and textures (but that may be due to the distance from the volcanoes etc

9:59 am

I got a little vial of ash off my windshield. A few years ago I gave it to a science teacher from Michigan and he was THRILLED!

9:59 am

I tried to open BBC news to see the map of where they expect the ash to spread, but couldn't open the site. Is the qsh coming to France? Our regular weather comes from the UK

10:00 am

maybe different ash compositions

10:00 am

Hi Ruby

10:00 am

its going Scandi-wards I tink

10:00 am

hello hego!

not sure ruby. it was north of Scotland the last time i looked

10:01 am

when Chernobyl blew up, the radioactive fallout came here and has evidently stayed in the soil

10:01 am

the AM news here stated that ALL of northern European airports were closing

10:01 am

sometimes we get bright yellow dust from Africa if the wind blows a certain way

sheep in wales glowed after Chernobyl

10:01 am

Ruby do you have atomic tomatos growing in your yard?

10:02 am

From the sirocco?

fireworks!

10:02 am

actually have no luck growing tomatoes but I was told to be careful about eating wild mushrooms, not more than once a week. You are so right Hego! Smart

10:02 am

YAYYY!!! GG

10:02 am

yay, girl!

10:03 am

WTG, Guernsey girl! YAY!!!

10:03 am

my moss project was a flop because there is a big bird digging it all up, turning it over and eating the insects living in it

10:04 am

That's a shame Ruby

10:04 am

yay for guernsey

ty all

10:04 am

I don't really mind because it's very interesting watching the bird....

10:05 am

what kind of bird is it, ruby? I don't think I've ever seen a bird dig up moss (or ground) before

10:05 am

and there is a beautiful little bird, chardaronnet elegans, that now follows my husband around when he is putting out sunflower seeds. All the other "boarders" take off, but this little guy (I call him Sparky), hangs around

10:06 am

smart bird

10:06 am

it is a merle, very drab but with a beautiful voice, larger than a robin

10:06 am

he is black with a yellow beak (the merle, not my husband)

10:07 am

drab or haggard?

10:07 am

:-D

10:07 am

lucky for you ruby

10:07 am

husband = haggard; merle = drab; sparky = gorgeous

10:07 am

lol

isn't merle just another name for a blackbird?

10:08 am

maybe, except American blackbirds have beautiful bright bands on their wings, so I am reluctant to call him that

10:08 am

maybe that's what they're called in the UK

i think so. i've a pair nesting in my hedge and they do a lot of digging on the lawn -= which is mainly moss

10:09 am

we have lovely birds, all of them, except sparrows, different from in the US, but Hego and I talked about this before.

10:09 am

we have to call them african-american birds here in politically correctville.

10:09 am

ahah!

10:09 am

not all blackbirsds here are red banded. The ones near my house aren't, but a mile away they are

10:09 am

raofl

10:10 am

lol Ruru

10:10 am

I keep a bird book by the window in front of the feeder and can identify them that way

10:10 am

blackbirds are only red-banded in mating season FYI

10:10 am

our garden is very user-friendly

10:10 am

no kidding!

10:10 am

Really?

10:11 am

and what do they do with their stripes ruru

10:11 am

really ruru, didn't know that. Babble, always a fount of information

10:11 am

Hang them in the closet

10:11 am

molt them out

10:11 am

I've noticed that our verdier which are like chartreuse finches (if such a bird existed), get very bright bands of yellow on their wings once they are past winter

just had to open the window and yell at a large squirrel on the bird feeder

10:12 am

are chartreuse finches the same as our goldfinches?

10:12 am

ruru, our red winged blackbirds have red bands all year long. We also have yellow headed blackbirds up here that stay that way all year

10:12 am

we have no squirrels here, I think the French ate them all

10:12 am

probably, Ruby

i'll happily give you some of ours

10:12 am

the blackbirds here only have red in the spring

10:12 am

no, goldfinches are yellow and black, no, and have a special flight, unmistakable. I used to see them in the US. These are definitely as green as parakeets

10:13 am

ruby, I send you a mating pair of squirrels from my yeard

10:13 am

what would that cuisine be called .. squirrel that is

10:13 am

in 11 years here, I've seen two black squirrels and I actually think it was the same little bedraggled one

10:13 am

I shudder to think of it!

ruby, those might be greenfinches?

10:13 am

we bought every squirrel proof gadget we could find - strung our feeder up well away from trees, put roller tubes on the lines, put the big hood over the feeder, greased everything and those little buggers would still be chomping away on the feeder

10:14 am

do you have those? I couldn't find them on line

10:14 am

There isn't such a thing

i don't have them in my garden, but other people nearby do

10:14 am

You need a hood under the feeder.

10:14 am

my sister in NY says that the squirrels bite off her tulips and are a real nusance, not here

10:14 am

seemed like they would even smile at me too

10:15 am

like an Elizabethan collar but for a tree

10:15 am

Did they give you the finger. ;-)

10:15 am

ata would know about that..

10:15 am

I was going to attach pictures, but DH needs help. I need to go now. BBL. Happy Babbling, All!

10:15 am

Miss Ruby got out this AM and stood there taunting my husband and smiling until I got her back.

10:15 am

and those flying red ones......dont get me started

10:16 am

bye nef!

10:16 am

bye nef

10:16 am

Bye Nef

10:16 am

greenfinches are pretty

10:16 am

I've seen women here in fur coats with an incredible number of tiny skins -- maybe that's what happened to the squirrels

10:17 am

ata: are they sleek and small?

10:17 am

I suppose that is one good use for them

10:17 am

does that give you an idea, mom?

10:17 am

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgu ide/name/g/greenfinch/index.aspx

10:17 am

those rascals are tough to catch

10:18 am

I saw a coyote yesterday. It was departing a field where two wild male turkeys fanning their tail feathers

squirrels that were imported from America have nearly wiped out our native red squirrels

10:19 am

why would anyone import a squirrel

10:19 am

that is amazing, bichon! They have started rescuing coyotes in Manhattan

10:19 am

The Americans never forget the colonization by the British <ggg>

10:19 am

why did the Americans (I think it was Ben Franklin) import startlings?

to put in a zoo, as pets? can't imagine

10:19 am

I was happy Biscuit wasn't with me on my walk.

10:19 am

starlings*

10:19 am

Good question Ruby

10:19 am

ugh

10:20 am

I went to pick up my daughter from school this week and almost hit a female turkey running across the road - she was moving pretty fast for a turkey - saw big tom in the field she was coming from

10:21 am

there was something in the NYTimes about what to do if you encountered a coyote: pick up your child, open your coat so you look bigger, don't make eye contact!

10:21 am

hi all.......clue please for st6/18 please?

10:21 am

The Hawaiins imported mongeese to kill the rats. But the mongeese are diurnal and the rats nocturnal

10:21 am

I'd do the same thing if big tom was after me

sounds like somkething taken without permission

10:21 am

wild turkeys can be very fierce

10:22 am

but perhaps he was just being amorous

10:22 am

thanx guerns......

10:22 am

if your property was taken from you - change last vowel

10:22 am

thanx Mom....

10:22 am

have you read about the Burmese pythons in the Everglades which are wiping out native species? They can eat alligators!

must go now, bye all

10:23 am

Yes, but a lot of them died out this winter due to the severe cold. It killed a majority of them

10:23 am

bye guernsey

10:24 am

snakes ***shutters***

10:24 am

I didn't know that

10:24 am

bye girl!

10:24 am

bye guernsey

10:24 am

hi boo

10:24 am

hi ruby and bichon

10:24 am

Boo has been very quiet today

10:24 am

hi Boo

10:24 am

must go and do dinner, see you later. Fun chat!

10:25 am

bye ruby

10:25 am

Bye Ruby

10:25 am

yes I have. I have been in the grid

10:25 am

bye hego, bye mom, so I'll cancel your serpent order then!

10:26 am

serpent..what serpent

10:27 am

unless it is the animated kind

10:30 am

clue for go5/14

10:32 am

pl of go4/6?

10:35 am

Bye all bbl

10:35 am

go + beautiful waterfall on us/can border ***gra

10:36 am

ty Mom

10:38 am

yw

10:39 am

Hard puzzle, but I am DONE!!!

10:39 am

yay for jaeleigh

10:40 am

congrats

10:40 am

ty! anyone need clues???

10:41 am

It is pretty sad when the tough words are all 4's and 5's...

10:43 am

I actually found this one easier than most but know what you mean

10:43 am

yes it seems easier but you're right

10:44 am

I guess what I mean was that when I got near to being done, I was looking for 4 letter words....Duh....

10:45 am

yes that happens

10:45 am

totally understand

10:46 am

I mean, v+ vowel+ abb. for georgia??? Who thought that word up?

10:48 am

not at the v's yet

10:48 am

well there is your first clue boo

10:49 am

tx

10:49 am

Then there is v+ not out+ sometimes vowel...I thought that word had an "e" in it...

10:51 am

This one is great: v+ a type of winding plant????

10:52 am

Sorry- t+ type of winding plant- I guess I am stuck on those v's...LOL!

10:53 am

you are too funny jae

10:53 am

I am in a s*** over this puzzle...

10:58 am

clue for ne 4/7

10:59 am

nm found it

11:00 am

no4/4 sounds like go**

11:01 am

no5 is plural

11:01 am

how would you plead on a ticket and plural

11:08 am

sometimes when Ido these I look at the wrong letter and then I realize there is another of the same letter

11:09 am

me, too, Boobear-sometimes I do it for 2 letters together

11:09 am

I was looking at the wrong "O" but found the word

11:10 am

good monkeys

11:10 am

I know what you mean - I forget to change direction sometimes with that letter

11:10 am

yes

11:10 am

i'll be heading to lunch soon - anyone need help before I go

11:11 am

no but ty for asking

11:11 am

no thanks-have a good lunch

11:12 am

hmm lunch. That makes me hungry

11:12 am

having chinese today - should be here anytime

11:12 am

hmmm good

11:13 am

I love fried rice

11:13 am

what's your favorite, Mom

11:14 am

I am having pork fried rice, pork egg foo young and chicken fingers

11:14 am

well enjoy it

11:14 am

poor little fingerless chickens

11:18 am

thanks boo - see you later

11:18 am

bye

11:24 am

mm now i know what is for dinner tonight....sweet and sour chicken balls,vegetable fried rich,beef and greens with almonds and spring rolls;)))

11:24 am

rice

your making me hungrey you guys...Hi all

11:25 am

soft eggs again for me lol

11:25 am

howdy barb

what a lovely sunny day..have to go out soon to get some sticks so I can plant some peas in the garden box

11:27 am

MMMMM..fresh garden peas...

i know can't wait

11:28 am

used to steal the pea pods from my mums garden as a child,have not had a good plate of peas since

might do just a few ears of corn too

yes we use to do that too...hoping my son will steal a few and get to like them that way

11:29 am

nevermind cooking them either,just fill the plate with pods

11:30 am

I love pods I used to steal them from my Papa Walker's garden

yes I would let him do that if he would just eat them...just to get him to eat them is a fight. Only going to do one tomato plant this year though...only my mom and I eat fresh ones..mind you I guess I could turn them into sauce

11:30 am

still buy them and eat a pile raw

i have a silly cocketiel..he is trying to wear his bell as a hat

does anyone have the ag7/36...I am not seeing it for some reason

11:32 am

impossible to find katie,all you see are those shrivled oriental ones

11:32 am

someone who is a ag5/18

thank you Joanne

11:33 am

hi all

11:33 am

ty joanne

11:33 am

just lurking

11:33 am

yvw

hi Joanne

11:33 am

eats

Hi scrabbler

11:34 am

really scrabs

11:34 am

scwabby comes out of lurk mode!!!

11:34 am

Great entry! I just checked in on lunch break.

11:34 am

Nope, I just got here.

11:36 am

then you just in time for a cuppa as my kettle has just come to a boil

11:36 am

I am hungry so entering that word was appropriate.

11:36 am

fist

I'm having chai tea right now...great minds you know...lol

11:37 am

hello...only need 4 more...help with the ga6, please?

11:37 am

oh babes you are having a bad lunch lol

sorry phaeton don't have it myself... and Hi

11:37 am

phaeton, add a cons. to the one before :)

11:38 am

ty ch1212

hello ch1212

11:38 am

ty ch

11:38 am

help with both st6's, please

11:38 am

don't hold it aga,,,, me

11:38 am

yw and hi all back

11:38 am

hi ch

11:39 am

add a vowel to the one before for st6/24

11:40 am

ty..thot i had tried that combo

11:40 am

st6/18 sounds like something the robber had done

clue for ef4/7 I am sure I have done every combo...

11:40 am

ef + ** Eliot

11:41 am

An ef* = newt/salamander

11:41 am

ty ch1212

11:41 am

ty for the sts

11:41 am

last one...ti5/14 the first one

11:42 am

working on that right now, phae :)

11:42 am

nm...got it ...DONE

11:42 am

congrats phae

11:42 am

congrats phaeton!

good job phaeton

11:43 am

yaa for phae!

11:43 am

ty...any clues needed?

11:43 am

I need 75....too early to beg.

11:44 am

gotta hunt down some vacuum parts...happy babbling everyone

still not getting that ef one..man my brain is not working at all

go scrab...you can do it

11:44 am

ef...cons, cons

bye phae

11:45 am

clue for the 3rd st 5/14 pls

11:45 am

'foop'

11:45 am

ef and u are not that lo..4/4

11:45 am

switch them

11:45 am

boobear, english singer formerly of Police

finally...think i will go get my sticks now...bye all thanks for the help. have a great day

11:46 am

byeee barb

11:46 am

Back to finish. (fingers crossed)

hi bye hego

11:46 am

hi hego

11:46 am

Bye Barb

11:46 am

Hi Hego

11:47 am

Hi Scrabs

11:47 am

hello everyone

11:48 am

Hiya Dorens

11:48 am

hi dorens

11:48 am

Hi Doren! How have you been? Andy changes with job position?

11:48 am

fine

11:48 am

Yikes. I am at work and do not have benefit of Babble Expert.

11:49 am

unfortunately, the budget that is being voted on does not have any guidance positions... i'm eliminated. If extra money somehow comes back into the district, I may be hired... we shall see

11:49 am

uh oh

11:50 am

School budgets are tight everywhere.

11:50 am

hego, write to your state assembly and senators... tell them that christie's budget is unfair to the schools! and yes, scrabs they are, but some of these cuts are just insane

11:51 am

Yes, some cuts are broad + deep, and will hurt kids + families.

11:51 am

and if only he weren't repealing the extra tax on people who make more than $400,000, the money would be there. ridiculous

11:56 am

sorry, maybe political rantings are unwelcome. i apologize

11:57 am

Not ranting, just stating surce of problem

11:57 am

gd evening everybody and I, for one, think you are absolutely right, dorens. I used to be an art teacher, and I think that most art programs are gone now. Music ed, too

11:58 am

so unusual to read the news these days, hear how the recession is over and the economy is better... and I know so many teachers who are joining the ranks of the unemployed on July 1st.

11:59 am

hi ruby. Our district is keeping art and music (but eliminated instrumental years ago), but cutting back on library and eliminating guidance counselors

11:59 am

I still have 34 left, but for nbt I need a bottom t and a middle n

11:59 am

I agree, Doren--so many struggling people.

12:00 pm

it is really depressing; I'm glad I'm retired

12:00 pm

to4.. kids play with to*s plus vowel

12:00 pm

toye

12:00 pm

ty dorens

12:00 pm

lol swabby

12:00 pm

Sorry again.

12:00 pm

ne4/7 - birthmark wrong vowel, scrabbs!

12:00 pm

toye

12:01 pm

hahah

12:01 pm

clue for second ta 5/10 pls

12:01 pm

oooh company in the PB

12:01 pm

ty, now I have NBT!

12:01 pm

the results of the test were ta***ed, ruined

12:01 pm

hello all - back from lunch - just checking the chog - anyone need help

12:02 pm

i have to leave soon--I have a 1:00 pm--possible appendicitis

12:02 pm

firewoks!

12:02 pm

yes, either 7!

12:02 pm

yay hego!!!

12:02 pm

yay hego

12:02 pm

Stir-fry, Hego?

12:02 pm

Yahoo Hego!

12:02 pm

Gosh Scrabs. Poor little kid.

12:03 pm

vi7/48 think wine + years old

12:03 pm

I'll have some stir fry ty.

12:03 pm

hooray for hego

12:03 pm

lovely vi! ty mom

12:03 pm

:-D

12:03 pm

off to get chips to suck on bbl x

12:03 pm

ag7/36 one who is in alot of pain

12:04 pm

oh, send some chips over here, pls

12:04 pm

oh no scrab

12:04 pm

TY, mnh

12:04 pm

got it, ty again, mom

12:04 pm

Yum chips :-9

12:04 pm

only 30 left, but it might as well be 300! lol

12:04 pm

43 to go for me

12:05 pm

Come on Ruby! You can do it.

12:05 pm

I don't think so.....

12:05 pm

ta510 add a cons to the ta4/4

12:05 pm

have those

12:05 pm

Look at Mom go!

12:05 pm

You can - what do you need

12:07 pm

I only have 3 6's: ea6, lo6, st6 - what am I missing?

12:07 pm

Have to go, Gang. hagd

12:07 pm

Bye Hego

12:07 pm

Hi Everyone :) -- just saw our friends on their way, so diving in for the first time in 4 days *splash*

12:07 pm

Bye

12:07 pm

that was for boo from earlier - didnt look like anyone answered unless I missed it

12:07 pm

bye hego {{hugs}}

12:07 pm

hi Nan

12:07 pm

bye hego

12:07 pm

hi nan, what self-control!!!

12:07 pm

welcome back cybernan

12:09 pm

well i have fewer left to find than are found so thats a rare plus for me lately;)

12:09 pm

any clues for all those 6's mom?

12:09 pm

hi crossy

12:09 pm

missing a couple G's

12:10 pm

howdy ruby

12:10 pm

Bottom O's?

12:10 pm

I only have 3 6's and only 12 g's.....

12:10 pm

ve + cons + not outs but ***

12:10 pm

roys song o*** the lonely

12:10 pm

ta6/18 is the plural for the ta5/10

12:10 pm

we had that the other day; I shd have remembered

12:11 pm

TY, Cross--I titally missed that.

12:11 pm

f

12:11 pm

st6/18 sounds like property taken without permission - change last vowel

12:11 pm

Hahaha, and I TOTally mised that too.

12:12 pm

ty mom

12:12 pm

st6/24 - a bee st*** hurts + vowel

12:12 pm

why isn't tagine acceptable?

12:13 pm

old mcdonald had a bee and st**** was his name-o lol

12:13 pm

lo6/24 - I lo** my ring - take off last cons and add gerund

12:13 pm

had that and the st

12:14 pm

love that crossy

12:14 pm

36 left for tonight. Off to see kids for 4 hrs.

12:14 pm

go + not yes but *o + ***, ands or buts

12:14 pm

lol,its the meds you understand

12:14 pm

bye scrabbler

12:14 pm

bye scrabbler

12:15 pm

go6/33 same as last clue but change last vowel

12:15 pm

nice go's, mom, ty

12:15 pm

ga6/24 the ga4/6 plus two consonents

12:16 pm

and they don't accept tagine?????

12:16 pm

ty mom

12:17 pm

your welcome

12:19 pm

down to 19! whoo, heart is starting to pound

12:19 pm

cat just tried to sit in my tea cup;/

12:19 pm

go ruby go

12:20 pm

he will have a hot bottom

12:20 pm

and you will have furry tea

12:20 pm

crossy does not want sphincter tea

12:20 pm

ewwwwwwww

12:21 pm

double eeew

12:21 pm

great clues, mom -- ty

12:22 pm

thanks - clueing is not my specialty but I try

12:22 pm

yes mom,excellent clues

12:22 pm

I only have one ta4 but I think it's the wrong one....

12:23 pm

ta + opp of out

12:23 pm

I have that; is there another?

12:23 pm

clue for the last to 4/6

12:24 pm

thats it

12:24 pm

all ta words work off of that

12:25 pm

i have 5 to4,s

12:25 pm

oh my..fireworks and I didn't realize I was that close, I was just lurking and nose to the grid....off to do some work...thanks to all, may this find you well and with a smile on your face...poofy..later all!

12:25 pm

yaa for MP!!

12:25 pm

yay mp

12:26 pm

hi crossy...hope you got rid of your sniffles...

12:26 pm

ty rubyfoo!

12:26 pm

just lingering cough MP,all is well

12:26 pm

to4/6 - a child plays with a to* + matching vowel

12:26 pm

woohoo MPittore

12:26 pm

brand of tyre also

12:26 pm

ty

12:27 pm

the cough is always a nuisance and a hanger-onner isn't it!

12:27 pm

indeed

12:27 pm

or would that be tire

12:27 pm

i think ive reached the stage of permanant puffer use regardless

12:27 pm

both work mom

12:27 pm

or brand of vehicle ****ta

12:27 pm

ty Momneeds anyone need a clue before I fade into my garden?

12:27 pm

tyre is britt

12:28 pm

i toss it out every now and then lol

12:28 pm

see another learning experience

12:28 pm

are your tulips up MP?

12:29 pm

it looks like some pink ones I planted in November are going to be white! How could they do that?

12:29 pm

like gaol for jail works in the grid when the chance occurs

12:30 pm

you have alittle fooling around in your beds ruby

12:30 pm

flower beds that is

12:30 pm

moi??? lol

12:31 pm

it must be the phantom squirrels -- or the serpents

12:31 pm

the squirels ate every one of my tulip bulbs years ago...heard we have to plant them in little wire cages so I gave up but funny you asked because a friend gave me several bulbs I have hanging over a bucket that I'm about to toss in the backyard garden somewhere and give it another whirl since I provide the squirels with so many other nice things to munch these days...*smile*

12:31 pm

oh no not those dreaded serpents again

12:31 pm

my sister hates the squirrels in NYC but here in the country, we haven't any

12:31 pm

ssssss

12:31 pm

you know squirrel drumsticks are quite tasty mp.....

12:32 pm

taste like chicken.....

12:32 pm

15 of em and you have a meal...

12:32 pm

I live in the woods and we have tons of squirrels

12:32 pm

esp. when you wrap them in bacon!!!! yum-o!

12:32 pm

when Ruby was a puppy, she used to dig up tulip bulbs but not any more

12:32 pm

this is why I do not eat at the local restaurant

12:33 pm

75 and you have a coat!

12:33 pm

we have beautiful red and grey ones as well as the standard black

12:33 pm

im working towards that coat

12:33 pm

25 more for fuzzy slippers

12:33 pm

my mom had a white one...very rare but neat to see!

12:33 pm

you can leave the tails on

12:33 pm

to match

12:34 pm

quite fashionable

12:34 pm

I've never seen one but I thought that black ones were rare. Only places I've had black ones were Princeton and one scraggly one here

12:34 pm

shhhhhhhhhhh....don't let PETA hear us

12:34 pm

lol,every dog within miles would be hunting you down

12:34 pm

now add a few chipmunks for the collar........

12:34 pm

black is common here

12:34 pm

never seen a white one. Did it have pink eyes?

12:34 pm

and is beautiful

12:35 pm

the red are scarce

12:35 pm

we have a ton of red flying creature

12:35 pm

they are the ones that hang upside down from my bird feeder waving the bird

12:36 pm

hahah

12:36 pm

they had an outbreak of mange a few years ago,was sad to see these things running around with big furry head and tail and all skin on the body

12:36 pm

ruby black ones are just the same as gray ones just a diff color....white ones are VERY VERY rare...I believe the red ones are actually a diff variety

12:36 pm

sounds like my poor Max

12:36 pm

I thought you chased them south to us crossy

12:37 pm

in Princeton, all the squirrels were black. Where I lived in NY state they were all grey. I've never seen a red one

12:37 pm

lol mom,no way we still have too many,but they are no grief to me since i do not play bird feeder wars with them

12:37 pm

no pink eyes that would be an albino...it is some sort of mutant gene...it actually had some small gray spots on it nut predominately white

12:38 pm

sounds very pretty

12:38 pm

I would like to see the bears play bird feeder wars with the squirrels. Id bet on the squirrels.

12:39 pm

we don't even have wild rabbits here and we are really in the country. Again, I think the locals have eaten all of them!

12:39 pm

We had a Droll Yankee bird feeder and used to get a big kick watching the squirel antics..they would grab onto the bottom ring and hang on as it would rotate and fling them off...and back they came for another try....

12:39 pm

and today I heard a cuckoo!

12:40 pm

oh and the perfect bird feeder..take your standard feeder and at the top where you run the wire to hang from feeder,place 3 large rubber gaskets and replace eye hook.hang as nornal..now take power line from garage and run 240 volts to the line supporting the feeder and you are done!!

12:40 pm

bad crossy!

12:40 pm

taking notes

12:41 pm

;)

12:41 pm

remember not to touch the wife when adding more seed,but the feeder is insulated

12:41 pm

lol

12:41 pm

Finally we have a true squirel proof bird feeder that is touch sensitive and closes when they step on it they have never figured it our in many many years...we don't charge up the Droll Yankee feeder anymore...

12:41 pm

first ti 5, please?

12:41 pm

last time my husband when hunting a shot a rabbit, he heard it squeal - will never shoot another one again. He couldnt even eat it. Dogs had it.

12:41 pm

I give up with 17 left but it's been fun. Thank you for all the clues, mom

12:42 pm

Ti + opp of stop + cons

12:42 pm

ti + you cant get up until your supper is all ***e

12:43 pm

I used to have a cat who hunter and she brought home a screaming baby rabbit once. She didn't hurt it, was just bringing me a present and I took it out to the rabbit patch. Not here, though. Here my life is dogs!

12:43 pm

poor hubby,when we were up north we used to have to walk a snare line...im glad to say that is no longer practiced

12:43 pm

ti5 = I've got a ti*er by the tail + not off but **

12:43 pm

ty mp

12:43 pm

my dogs bring me chipmunks -

12:43 pm

yw

12:44 pm

my cats bring me spiders...

12:44 pm

hunted*

12:44 pm

ty mp

12:44 pm

can hear them crunching them from across the room

12:44 pm

ty mp

12:44 pm

better than bats

12:45 pm

I feed my spiders the years they get big enough, but only the outdoor argiopes

12:45 pm

*stumbles into chog, suffering from food coma...*

12:45 pm

Last year I saw on two occasions hawks swoop down right before our kitchen window and snatch a chipmunk up in it's talons....scared the britches off me!

12:45 pm

we have beautiful tiny black bats that look like butterflies in the sunsets

12:45 pm

we get those on the mountain at dusk ruby

12:46 pm

that's amazing to see, MP, I would love that

12:46 pm

same as here, crossy

12:46 pm

lol destroyed yerself eva?

12:46 pm

if I stand on the deck, they come very close, seeming to respond to my presence

12:46 pm

they sense your body heat ruby

12:46 pm

man, I really want to spell hyena with an o

12:47 pm

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

12:47 pm

feed spiders?????

12:47 pm

yaa for cybernan!

12:47 pm

congrats cybernan

12:47 pm

i did mean nan

12:48 pm

when there is a very big argiope OUTSIDE the house, I catch flies, alive, and feed them to her.

12:48 pm

what really freaked me out is this huge red-tailed or red-shouldered hawk jumped up into the dogwood for a while probably snugging up it's grip and this was about 4 feet from the window...geez so close...

12:48 pm

i had a friend who used to have a pet tarantula..we used to let the thing walk on our faces

12:48 pm

they are beautiful, multi-colored, stripes and spots

12:48 pm

congrats nan...

12:48 pm

I've never seen a hawk that close, MP

12:49 pm

no thanks - had a wood spider in the kitchen once that trapped me in a corner.....

12:49 pm

I would draw the line there, crossy

12:49 pm

I think I enjoyed the sphincter tea discussion more...spiders eeewwwww

12:49 pm

freaked the women out so bad,we were able to watch the ball game in peace

12:49 pm

we get big black ugly ones in the house; I use a phone book on them!

12:49 pm

we have a hawk that circles our house quite regularly - used to have bunnies and always made sure to keep them enclosed so it couldnt get them

12:49 pm

fireworks

12:50 pm

yup,bunnies are a tasty snack for them

12:50 pm

yaa for boo!

12:50 pm

my brother lived in san diego and used to catch tarantulas on his way up the mountain and throw them under his deck to eat the scorpions...

12:50 pm

yay Boo

12:50 pm

mom, since you know rabbits, do you think the dog would kill one or love it?

12:51 pm

I love living her in the northeast - no taratulas, no scorpions, no big snakes

12:51 pm

mm i think your brother can have that part of the world lol

12:51 pm

our shepards used to kill the wild ones

12:51 pm

the only bad things here are vipers, but I've never seen one.

12:52 pm

my dogs didnt bother the bunnies. they would be nose to nose with them and friendly. I have labs though. Not a breed that hunts animals - only birds.

12:52 pm

they evidently land in people rain barrels. But I like snakes

12:52 pm

I just think Ruby would love a bunny but everybody tells me that she would kill it

12:52 pm

only bad thing we have,other than getting on the wrong side of a bear or moose would be the massasaga rattler,it is rare and protected

12:53 pm

me either ruby...I was shocked that he got so close but he must have been so hungry and so tempted that he risked his plunge that close...of course I was in the house sitting at the table that touches the window...super neat!

12:53 pm

yes crossy -- we have rattlers around here too -- although I haven't seen any since the last house on our street was built (backhoe dug up a nest).

12:53 pm

we watch for bear and moose as well - they just stroll across our yard as if its theirs. It probably is.

12:53 pm

lol,it is mom

12:54 pm

local lore says they had a bear here as recently as 1896! lol

12:54 pm

The deer do own our yard -- have given up on roses and a vegie garden -- just provided the main course and dessert for them

12:54 pm

omg..we had a bear last week lol

12:54 pm

two ways to repel deer, nan, human hair or urine!

12:55 pm

we used to use liquid wolf scent ruby

12:55 pm

deer eat my hostas and the buds off the azalea, otherwise leave veggie garden alone

12:55 pm

the other two things are easier to come by!

12:55 pm

only destroyed myself a *little* bit , crossy. ;)

12:55 pm

well I must get to work it's going to be too hot tomorrow to plant oh and momsneedhelp...the northeast has the biggest rattlesnake of them all the Timber Rattler....

12:55 pm

lol eva

12:56 pm

good night everybody, really *poof*

12:56 pm

never seen one MP and hope never will.

12:56 pm

ruby: when my wife catches me "sprinkling" the yard, I tell her I'm keeping the deers away.....she says "we don't have deer"......"I know, it works great" says I...:D

12:56 pm

got any ideas for repelling wasps?

12:56 pm

raofl, jmitch

12:57 pm

good day MP

12:57 pm

bye ruby

12:57 pm

a bowl of sugar water nearby, they drink it and drown

12:57 pm

cyber; i saw something on FB yesterday about those toilet cleanser things you hang in the toilet repels wasps.

12:57 pm

bye mom

12:57 pm

heard the other day I should try pennies in a baggie taped to the wall -- willing to try anything, they are such a pest. We have a great yard with a view and a beautiful new patio, but can't eat outside for the wasps.

12:57 pm

we do have a wasp, hornet, ground bee, yellow jacket issue

12:58 pm

we used to have a wood pile under the deck but when we used up the wood, the wasp problem was mitigated

12:58 pm

hmmm - will try that sugar water - easy enough

12:58 pm

they love living in our stone walls

12:59 pm

will try the pennies and the cleanser. We have mud wasps constantly building nests on the stucco wall, and more building nests under the shakes on the roof.

12:59 pm

yes momsneedhelp...I have been seeing a bunch of bee-like things crawling up a tube on our windows...bet I should open up the attic and find where the little devils are going....don't want a wall of honey...

12:59 pm

so wil be gardening and they come out at us from behind the stones

1:00 pm

my husband is alergic so we need to keep an epee pen handy

1:00 pm

poofy all....enjoyed it all!

1:01 pm

on my way too -- bye everyone -- back at the flip :)

1:01 pm

bye both of you

1:10 pm

can anyi help me with en4/4 please

1:10 pm

if they nest in the walls it is a disaster

1:11 pm

en + **d macdonald had a farm

1:11 pm

we once had to tear all the inners walls out of a livingroom in a place we had once

1:11 pm

hi all!

1:12 pm

howdy beth

1:12 pm

hi beth

1:12 pm

thats nasty crossy

1:13 pm

just spent 4 hours with the office accountant. Wish I drank :/

1:13 pm

hi crosshair how are you hope u will recall me as preethis mom

1:13 pm

yup,seal it off from the rest of the house,punch random holes in all walls with sledgehammper and get the smoker going

1:13 pm

then gut the place

1:13 pm

thank you ...I was only looking at en going up the other way

1:13 pm

howdy anuchn

1:14 pm

oh my crossy, what a miserable ordeal !

1:14 pm

yvw

1:15 pm

sounded like time for alittle renovation - whether you wanted to or not

1:15 pm

i m fine how r u

1:18 pm

anyone need clues before the laundry takes over my life?

1:19 pm

Im done with the puzzle myself - just watching the chog as I work and helping when I can. Happy laundry beth!

1:20 pm

see you all later poof

1:31 pm

It must be nap time

1:32 pm

u still there crossy?

2:01 pm

the V seems to be vexing me

2:01 pm

I fell like this is a babble blackout

2:01 pm

which one do you need jm

2:02 pm

dunno....i've got 2 ve and 5 vi

2:02 pm

ve5/20 re***** of the nerds

2:03 pm

Got that one and the A/C & heat ve4

2:03 pm

ve + oh *o + opp of out then plural

2:04 pm

vi + abbrev for Georgia

2:05 pm

vi + **ke me home

2:05 pm

down to 1 V left.

2:05 pm

same one as last but add another vowel

2:05 pm

do you have the 7

2:05 pm

got it! t/y Mom!

2:05 pm

yw

hi all

2:06 pm

hi science

2:07 pm

need water - brb

2:13 pm

down to 18 to go....time to regenerate brain w/ nap.

2:14 pm

bye jm

2:14 pm

hello all

2:14 pm

help with v words pls

2:15 pm

read down alittle bit - i clued a few for jmitch

2:15 pm

if you need any others let me know

2:15 pm

I just did, ty

need a clue for the ea 5

2:17 pm

done, the vi7 was my last word

oops mean the ea 6

2:17 pm

thre is no ea5

2:17 pm

ea6 gerund of what you do ata mealtime

ea 6

ty

fishy

2:18 pm

happy babbling all

2:18 pm

bye peri - congrats on finishing

2:22 pm

vi5: view or prospect

2:22 pm

vi7: cool used clothing is sold in a vi***** shop

2:22 pm

we got them all Une

2:23 pm

Peri is gone

2:23 pm

how are you today - everyone here seems to be napping

2:24 pm

oh, ok -- just got here :-)

hi all back

2:24 pm

and she jumps in with clues - what a gal!

2:24 pm

:-D

2:24 pm

just got back from lunch with a friend on her lovely deck

2:24 pm

HI Barb

clue for the lo 6?

2:25 pm

Im at work (actually working) with the chog open. Very slow chog this afternoon. I can help anyone.

2:25 pm

delicious goat cheese, fresh fruit, cold steamed spinach with toasted pine nuts, artichoke heart, etc.!

lo6?

2:25 pm

lo6 gerund -- not winning

2:26 pm

I feel Like I have been LO*****my mind

sounds yummy une

missing the gerunds today! ty

2:26 pm

it was DELISH!

2:26 pm

not many to miss

trying to figure out the last two e words...working my way through the list. en4/4 and en4/9 usually I can get the 4 letter ones...think think think

one down

2:28 pm

eg4/6, en4/4, en+4/9 jealous with en**

2:29 pm

en + **d mcdonald had a far

thanks mom...right on to the f's :)

2:29 pm

farm

possible clue for the ga6/24 please?

2:40 pm

ga4/6 + abbrev for street

2:40 pm

add another vowel to the ga5/14

2:41 pm

cons not vowel sorry

2:43 pm

did you get it Barb

thank you mom

just did

2:43 pm

I thnk my fingers typed in advance of my brain

that happens to me all the time think that is why I have such a problem finding words at times

in 5???

nm got it

2:46 pm

ok

okay

2:47 pm

Hi Everybody :)

2:47 pm

hi soodle

hi soodle

2:49 pm

its been a very quiet afternoon on the chog - I think everyone is exhausted after this mornings troll attach

i missed a troll attack??? I don't get to have any fun

2:50 pm

Id never seen anything like that - nasty buggers!

(((pats mom on the back))) sorry you were there for it

2:51 pm

my eyes were probably bulging in my disbelief of what I was reading

2:51 pm

entertaining at the same time

2:52 pm

but went on for way too long. the good Dr needed to be called to wipe out that infection

they do it for reaction I am sure...

boy I am finding the go's hard...only have three and there are 8 going to take me a bit I think

2:55 pm

I got 3 minutes before I need to leave - if you need help holler

2:55 pm

I can't find ef 4,7

thanks mom I will struggle for a bit..might go have a rest too before I have to pick up my son and go to the doctors too

2:56 pm

then two cons (its a plural)

2:57 pm

could be abbrev for banking

2:57 pm

tyvm

2:57 pm

yw

2:58 pm

got to run now - bye all and happy babbling

bye mom...I am going too. maybe see you later

2:59 pm

depends on whether kids give me any computer time - now gone

3:07 pm

WHOOO HOOOO!

3:14 pm

FIREWORKS!!! yaaaayyyyy

3:14 pm

whoo hoo bo

3:28 pm

help with the O at the bottome

3:31 pm

*clicks taps on shoes in empty chog*

3:32 pm

os+ *** maria Jmc...a drink :)

3:35 pm

ty NB

3:36 pm

unless you wanted the other one. In which case...on4: if your parents have just one child, then you are an on4 child

3:36 pm

no had that one

3:36 pm

my computer is being very very slow in responding

3:37 pm

no problem :) well I only poked my head round the door briefly! going out soon...got to leave the bedroom at some point ;)

3:39 pm

I am stuck on my last two. Any help for ag7 and st6,18? Thanks

3:46 pm

:-)

3:46 pm

sorry kipas i don't have them yet

3:47 pm

st 6/18 sound like what a robber does funny spelling do not have ag7

3:48 pm

ag7 one who is in a lot of pain

3:53 pm

Got the ag, but the st is still stumping me. :(

3:55 pm

st - plus s*** plus cons

3:56 pm

Got it thank you all

4:00 pm

help with right hand E please

lo4 backward

don't en** my clue giving, you are much better

4:03 pm

ty good i got both of them

yw

4:15 pm

can't "oy vey" be one word???? darn....

4:17 pm

nbt

4:19 pm

hello friends

4:20 pm

hi trif

4:20 pm

hi, Trif!

4:20 pm

hey there dear one - how are things?

4:20 pm

nancy!!! How is it, having leo back? Was it all tears and cheers at the station?

4:22 pm

hello all, just dropping by to give you a slice of birthday cake, or for those watching the calories there is smo fruit salad

4:22 pm

yummy mummy!

4:22 pm

Oh yes Trif, a very girly display of emotion ;) and we were going to go out this evening, but he's fallen asleep, bless him! A relief to have him back though, thank you :)

4:23 pm

I am so happy for you nancy! Was he away on business? if so, did it go well?

4:23 pm

happy birthday mummy

4:24 pm

thanks, trif & jmc

4:24 pm

another year closer to retirement!

4:25 pm

Hi everybody ((Trif))

4:25 pm

how many dread ae words are there today, please?

4:25 pm

Hi there ((soodle))

4:25 pm

*hides*

4:25 pm

Not on business, Trif, just visiting his family because of his lovely new niece :) the place was soooo quiet though! I had to wander around singing :D

4:25 pm

hi sodle, have some cake

4:26 pm

hi soodle i was hiding from retirement and not you

4:26 pm

Not seen you in a while,Trif..Hows things for you?

4:26 pm

soodle, I regret to inform you that mr. hate is coming your way for a visit the first week of May. Beware your thumbs pricking....

4:26 pm

JMC - Great to see you!!

4:27 pm

:-D

4:27 pm

I am laid up at the moment, soodle, due to doing myself a mischief in the garden yesterday. Typical - one second of distraction, a week of regret...but really, things are at stasis. The spring is here, and most welcome. Flowers abloom everywhere, and LOTS of good news on the kiddos front, so I am happy

4:27 pm

how are things over your way?

4:28 pm

Trif - too bad your on the sick list! Mr Hate better not darken my door.... (Grrrrr)

4:28 pm

oh no, Trif! either put ice or hot water on it. I forget. One is sure to be correct though :P

4:29 pm

not sick, just sore. found some LOVELY pain meds in the back of the cabinet, so not so bad now, but LOOPY

4:29 pm

the poor student I had to work with today! I think she left our session shaking her head...and that was BEFORE I took the pill! LOL

4:30 pm

Trif - the daffodils are out and dancing in the beautiful April breezes! The sky is blue (apart from the Icelandic Volcanic Ash) and alll (or most) is well with the world :)

4:30 pm

okay i am off to the Herb Block awards

4:30 pm

soodle, what is up with that? I have some friends that were supposed to fly to Ireland today, but their flight was delayed due to the ash. We have hardly heard a word about it....

4:31 pm

LOL Trif! there is nobody quite so agreeable and charming than a person semi-stoned on pain meds ;)

4:31 pm

three years ago I first heard Obama speak at them

4:31 pm

are you getting an award jmc? certainly you deserve one!

4:31 pm

NB - I am amazed to see your here.... I would have thought with Leo home you would be otherwise engaged....

4:31 pm

no this is an award for political cartooning

4:32 pm

sooooodle!

4:32 pm

bbl maybe

4:32 pm

oh, I see jmc. (I had to type your initials 3 times to get them right)

4:33 pm

lol

4:33 pm

*poof*

4:34 pm

Trif.... Apparently, a volcano exploded, or erupted, or whatever volcanoes do, in Iceland last night. It seems to be spewing gunk and ash and plane=stopping stuff all day now. Every single airport in the UK and Ireland ( and most of northern Europe is closed)>

4:34 pm

{{{TRIF}}}

4:35 pm

soodle, my poor m-i-l fell down last week, and broke her arm and ended up having surgery, I dont' know where, exactly, but somewhere near Carraig MX. She is doing better now, and my relations over there were praising the hospital to the skies, and how well they dealt with Jean and her alzheimer's...

4:35 pm

Trif - How are you, my friend?

4:35 pm

wow. poor icelandic people! Did the eruption do a lot of damage?

4:36 pm

I miss being married, still, but I am learning to do all sorts of new stuff, like budget and such. I am still sad a lot, but it IS getting better. I really resent how poor we are now, and the fact that the judge okay'ed this unbelievably unfair distribution of finances, but I don't want to dwell too long in anger, as it will ruin me, but not damage him, so why bother?

4:37 pm

*wakes up* Soodle! In answer to your question, yes :D but he's just drifted off to sleep, bless him!

4:38 pm

Trif - small things like sorting out insurance.. all vital steps in becoming 'Your own woman!'

4:38 pm

yes. I agree. I am not going to have health insurance (thanks, honey!) so that will be the biggest hurdle.

4:39 pm

(tired out ;))

4:39 pm

Oh My, NancyBoy... I am sorry if I woke you......................

4:39 pm

oh no, I just started daydreaming and realised I'd been rudely ignoring you! :)

4:39 pm

I am sort of mulling over whether or not to call my b-i-l, who is most sympathetic to my situation, and ask him to try to convince Mr. Hate to pay me some spousal support, but dont' know if that is really appropriate or not

4:39 pm

Trif, fpo

4:40 pm

whats fpo?

4:40 pm

Sorrry, computer malfunctio..

4:41 pm

yes, you can't type and do what nancy was doing at the same time....lol!

4:41 pm

it's alright, at least we closed the curtains this time, so no complaints ;)

4:41 pm

ha ha ha ha ha

4:42 pm

in other news, came home from work today to find the porch door and screen wiiiiide open. hmm. luckily, we live way back in the woods, so chances are one of the kids left it that way. All night, actually. Even more luck - no racoons or deer in the kitchen!

4:43 pm

Lol, Trif! Deer in the kitchen..that's crazy. If we're lucky we'll get a diseased-looking pigeon crashing into the window, but that's about the extent of the local wildlife...

4:43 pm

Trif. I hope your still there... I need your advice.

4:43 pm

Trif. I hope your still there... I need your advice.

4:44 pm

what's up butter cup?

4:44 pm

oh, nancy dear I live in the Discovery Channel

4:44 pm

Very lonely woman (me) comes across an old flame on Facebook).

4:45 pm

uh oh. and....? is flame married?

4:45 pm

Immediate connection - his sense of humour just tallies with mine

4:46 pm

Nope. Was married. Marriage broke down because @ they were friends, not lovers'

4:46 pm

okay. is he nearby?

4:46 pm

About 30 miles ..

4:47 pm

so far this sounds sort of nice. Let's look back, first though - why is he an old flame, if you don't mind me asking?

4:52 pm

whoops. i guess she minded me asking!

4:53 pm

I don't think she would mind, she asked your advice. I am waiting with baited breath, it sounds wonderful...

4:53 pm

or she's doing as I did and lapsing into daydreams ;) I think it all sounds lovely...like a movie!

4:54 pm

and of course, the best relationships don't always just fall into one's lap...sometimes you do have to fight for them ;)

4:54 pm

Hello. Just coming on to the grid. Very spring like here in the NW. I got my hair cut today--life is very exciting. Also went to the fish market. Very nice people who own it. No frogs changing into princes here.

4:54 pm

I met a very nice man a couple of months ago, we went on two dates and made tons of plans and then I never heard from him again. Very strange.

4:55 pm

People are strange but I know I do not cultivate friendships sufficiently. Sort of like flowers, one must tend them.

4:57 pm

Good thought. I get burned out dealing with people at work and am too much of a hermit once I get home.

4:57 pm

stid, I have learned that lesson but good since Mr. Hate left us. The real friends stuck by me, and the other ones? I was sad at first to see them fade away, but now I know who to tend, anyway.

4:57 pm

here's a question...if you think of the best relationship of your life, where did you meet that significant other? I like hearing stories like this ;)

4:57 pm

In the delivery room, nancy!

4:58 pm

were you attending a birth, Trif, or was he just a very fast mover? ;)

4:58 pm

the minute Primo's eyes met mine I actually gasped out loud and thought "oh, it's you!" And I cannot tell you why I said that, or "who" I thought it was, but I knew him, instantly, at a soul level.

4:58 pm

New England Border Collie Rescue - when I met my dog, Quid.

4:59 pm

Oh bless, Trif, that's lovely!

4:59 pm

he's my kid, nancy

4:59 pm

I love my girls too, don't think me partial, but there was something about that moment that stood alone and apart from their arrivals

5:00 pm

We met in an elementary school where we were both student teaching. He didn't fit the mold the way the other teachers did. Still doesn't. I guess I like a bit of a rebel.

5:00 pm

ah, the old "bad boy" syndrome! Way to go, stid!!!

5:00 pm

no, I know what you mean Trif...not in terms of children, obviously, but there is almost...when I first saw Leo, I just felt this huge bolt of recognition. It wasn't, of course, but I wonder if it's similar..

5:01 pm

I have to think it is, nancy. Somehow you just know a friend when you first meet them. A soul knows a kindred soul, I think

5:01 pm

Popping in cause i love this questions - I actually cannot recall meeting her (we are only 20 months apart)... but the best relationship of my life is for certain, my sister.

5:02 pm

The line from "South Pacific" once you have seen her never let her go. Some enchanted evening.

5:02 pm

I've lived so long that I now recognize people I never met.

5:02 pm

ugh. just got smacked with a fish.

5:03 pm

I saw my other half across a crowded dance floor - for me it was love at first sight (44 years on...)

5:03 pm

was it from the bottom row T? If so - care to share?

5:03 pm

I have lived several places that are hundreds of miles apart, and have been struck at how people really do have dopplegangers. uncanny, sometimes

5:03 pm

Yes, Trif! it's like a psychic flash. When I first met Leo, he was standing on the platform of Farringdon Station with (ahem) his girlfriend.

5:03 pm

no, cad, sorry, the top row t

5:03 pm

WOW nancy, you really were a book of revelation for leo then, eh?

5:04 pm

but you are right, that bottom row t is a b*tch. I have one to4 from it, and that's it all day

5:04 pm

;)

5:04 pm

Yep - that's all I have from there too. ;)

5:05 pm

is it a 4/4 cad?

5:05 pm

Yes 4/4

5:05 pm

sigh.

5:06 pm

ohh and now a 4/6

5:06 pm

to4.6 too

5:06 pm

the funny thing is, I wouldn't even have been at that station if I hadn't got hopelessly lo4. Quite, quite bizarre. I wonder how many other first encounters happen on such flimsy chance!

5:07 pm

I am not sure I believe in accidents, nancy. not any more

5:07 pm

I have to chime in here, if you are ready for a longish story....

5:07 pm

gits

5:07 pm

My husband and I met in the parking lot after a baseball game.... 24 years ago the 26th of this month

5:07 pm

*settles down* I'm ready for a longish story!

5:07 pm

pulling up chair...

5:07 pm

sorry!!

5:07 pm

WELL! If you are going to insult us! lol

5:07 pm

I live in a world of blind dates, ok?

5:08 pm

LOL Trif, that's what I thought!¬

5:08 pm

I had gone out with someone who sounded good 'on paper' but was SO not for me, but I had already agreed to a 2nd date....

5:09 pm

When someone called to suggest guy #2 (following?). I went out with guy #2, because he didn't SOUND right, but I figured, what the heck....

5:09 pm

He asked me out again but I had to finish off with #1, so I suggested he go away to a special place in the mountains to celebrate the upcoming holiday...

5:10 pm

The next night was date night with #1. I got on the right bus but going in the wrong direction!

5:11 pm

I still didn't know Jerusalem so well yet and was going to a new neighborhood, so by the time I realized I was hopelessly late and almost at the end of the line.

5:11 pm

was this before cell phones?

5:11 pm

(Remember this is 23 yrs ago - no phones).

5:11 pm

snap!

5:12 pm

I got off the bus at the end of the line, because that bus wasn't turning around - and who was at that bus stop just casually standing there????

5:12 pm

OMG! :D

5:12 pm

NO WAY!!!

5:12 pm

Guy #2!!! He acted like it was the most normal thing in the world that I just got off that bus all dressed up.

5:12 pm

to5.14 add a coNs to the to4.6

5:12 pm

Very COOL!

5:13 pm

We rode back to town together, found a payphone, cancelled the date with #1 and hung out for a while.

5:13 pm

oh, bless you lynxxx!

5:13 pm

23 years is a while, I'd say!

5:13 pm

At that point I figured that even if I didn't fall in love with him we'd get married since Gd was sending me a sign.

5:13 pm

August will be our 23rd anniversary!!

5:14 pm

(I almost hate to ask...) but you do love him, right?

5:14 pm

Wow

5:14 pm

what a great story, Mich!

5:14 pm

Sure, Trif. We've had our rocky times - but I really love him - and our 7 kids!!

5:14 pm

seven kids!!??

5:15 pm

That's right oldest is 21, youngest is almost 11.

5:16 pm

how many boys/girls? (or innies and outies, as we say)

5:16 pm

lol Trif!

5:16 pm

4 boys, 3 girls: boy, girl,girl,girl,boy,boy,boy

5:16 pm

2 sets of go5.20/6.33 - a yiddish thief or rascal

5:16 pm

YAY Blacked out that bottom row T Thanks lynxxx

5:17 pm

Thanks lynxx

5:17 pm

tertiare needs the computer, so I am off for a bit. take care all!

5:17 pm

bye Trif

5:17 pm

that makes me tired just hearing about it.

5:17 pm

bye trif. Why tired, hursh?

5:17 pm

Mich, that all sounds so movie-perfect and romantic!

5:18 pm

7 kids!

5:18 pm

nits

5:18 pm

yep with 7 kids you would probably get lots of ni**

5:18 pm

<oops - off to PB> I know Nanc, I have to write it as part of my memoires

5:18 pm

Such lovely stories I missed. Need to get tea for young Stidgrandson. Bye for now.

5:19 pm

definitely ;) mine was sufficiently less poetic, LOL

5:19 pm

You are so right, lynxx, not now but when they were all little, I had a lice comb in every room.

5:19 pm

tuning in and catching up on chat - mich that is a great story!

5:20 pm

Thanks, JBV!

5:20 pm

i got married without being in love because i thought i had a sign... now i'd give anything to be out of the marriage. so i guess it can go either way.

5:20 pm

I am so sorry hursh. In my case it was a lot of work, the real love grew as we went along, but you're right it doesn't always work out like that.

5:21 pm

well, i guess part of me doesn't want out. i do love him, i've just never been attracted to him, so we have no sex life.

5:22 pm

How long are you married?

5:22 pm

part of me would really like a second chance to find a more complete relationship, but part of me thinks i probably wouldn't find that anyway, so, oh well. 10 years.

5:22 pm

gosh, I did it entirely the other way around - fell for him and then tortured myself about it because I thought he was straight

5:22 pm

But Nancy, how did you actually meet?

5:22 pm

Oh no Hurshy, there's always a chance!

5:22 pm

another great story, Nancy Boy - if these were in a movie, nobody would believe them, they'd say, "No Way!"

5:23 pm

yes but why throw away companionship and mutual help and so forth for a chance that might or might not materialize

5:23 pm

Hursh, I don't want to go to deeply into this here, so if you want to chat, you can email me, okay?

5:24 pm

Mine wasn't a great story, JBV ;) bit of an awkward beginning! Sort a strangled route up to where we are now :P

5:24 pm

thanks michnick, but... there's really no good solution and it will just get me all worked up if i talk about it. i appreciate the offer though.

5:25 pm

OK, I am sure you have already looked into different avenues.

hey you all - you have a but mor than half an hour to get your free maggie moos ice cream pizza in honor of tax day! lots of good frrebies and deal today. cinnabon, too

5:28 pm

Today is also free coffee day at Starbucks if you bring your own mug. I'm way too far away but I love the idea.

yes, google tax day frrebies. i may do the cinnabon

5:29 pm

Won't you need a cup of coffee to go with it, Temple?

5:30 pm

I got my free coffee this morning!!!!

i don't drink coffee.

5:30 pm

Maggiemoos sounds wonderful but it's 45 minutes away

5:30 pm

neither do I, Temple...can't stand the stuff! Tea all the way

5:31 pm

Oh. I am a good coffee addict.

5:32 pm

I really like coffee. I started drinking it in the wilderness when camping in the Wind River Mtns. when I was 21 and have been an addict and a coffee snob since

5:32 pm

I ground my own before it was cool

5:32 pm

LOL Luwanda!

5:33 pm

My dad and brother have always ground their own.

oh my, this ash cloud is very serious

5:33 pm

I like to thing I'm a trend setter!!!! It just took the rest of the world 30 years to follow! lol!!!

5:34 pm

think

5:35 pm

I was so into telling my story that I missed all the clues for the t on the bottom row & now I'm stuck

5:36 pm

to4.6 sounds like the start of a japanese car - add a cons for the 5

5:37 pm

thanks lynxx

5:37 pm

I just need the o now to have that whole row gray

5:38 pm

and done - took me a long time to find the retro vi7

5:38 pm

too bad oyvey doesn't work!! (LOL)

5:38 pm

os5.10

5:38 pm

Bye everyone

5:39 pm

later, Lynx!

5:39 pm

os + ***ra or crown

5:40 pm

thanks luw!!

my bane is the bottom right o

5:40 pm

you are my one and on**

5:40 pm

it's the on** word from that tile

sheesh! ty!

5:55 pm

Hello. Anybody still here?

i am!

me and my peeps :D

5:56 pm

Hi Owl. How are you?

fine as soon s i file these taxes. and you?

5:57 pm

I'm here

i am jealous of your ourdoor adventures. no one here likes to do that sort of thing it seems. they aretoo urban.

5:57 pm

I mailed stuff out this morning. I had a CPA get things done but I didn't want to mail $ to the government until the last possible day.

5:57 pm

Hi wildcat

5:58 pm

hi hi can't say I blame you on that scrabs

they owe ME

5:58 pm

I love doing things within nature---the woods, lakes, rivers etc

hmm are there vy words?

5:58 pm

mine are long done, filed, and refunded

5:58 pm

no vy

well hell's bells

6:00 pm

NHL playoffs begin NOW for our Buffalo Sabres. People are nuts in this city.

6:01 pm

ve5/20 anyone please?

6:02 pm

taking re***** on someone

beats me

o need three v words still

6:03 pm

Beats me too. Another clue, wildcat?

6:03 pm

Re***** of the Nerds

6:03 pm

TY, Une.

6:03 pm

yw ;-)

hello une.

6:04 pm

hey, TO :-)

6:05 pm

first ti5 please?

hi again all

6:05 pm

Hi BH

6:06 pm

first part of striped cat + not off

6:07 pm

TY, and I regularly miss that word in Babble grids.

is that the first ti word?

6:07 pm

9 left

6:07 pm

Yes, Owl

*sigh*think i will change my icon to the bleu cheese tonight

tired of octopeeps

cute owl

6:13 pm

All done. TY for clues. Anybody need clues before I go?

6:13 pm

hi everyone. avoiding school work ag***.

6:13 pm

hooray scrabs!

hi luwan

6:13 pm

Hi Lu

6:13 pm

Hi LA

good job scrabbler

6:14 pm

woohoo scrabs

6:14 pm

only come out of lurking for you scrabs :)

6:14 pm

thinking about hunting mushrooms

6:15 pm

Ah, TY, LA. My sister Leslie returned to NJ this morning.

6:15 pm

Leslie of the L brigade

6:15 pm

OK, I must find something for dinner. See you tomorrow. Yes, L.

bye scrabs

clue for os 5/10 if anyone has it please

6:24 pm

os + *** Maria, the coffee flavored liqueur

ty welki

6:25 pm

os + ***ra (or crown)

thanks luwan got it

35 words to go

18 here

help with si 4/7 and si5/14 please?

6:35 pm

si4/7 what you do to flour

6:35 pm

si5/14 to burn slightly

got the si 5...but the flour one isnt' working...oh crap cancel that spelled it wrong again...geesh

6:36 pm

:-S

6:37 pm

:-D

ty une

6:40 pm

Hi everyone!

hi brook

6:40 pm

hey, brookie :-)

6:41 pm

Hi barb, une!

6:41 pm

Can anyone help with ta6'18?

6:41 pm

plural of ta5/10

6:42 pm

thanks - didn't even see the ta

6:42 pm

and that's firewords for me! see you at the flip! *poof*

6:42 pm

Hah! Duh... thanks Uneaixoise!

6:43 pm

yw :-)

bye une...lucky you

6:46 pm

I need an o5 or 6

6:46 pm

sorry, i just have 2 o4's

missing two v's...a ve5/16 and a vi5/16 the last one I believe

the o 5/20?

6:47 pm

yes

6:47 pm

vi5,16 is a latin plural of the word before it

k og g*** and take

6:47 pm

got it ty

great don't know latin...lol

6:48 pm

a resume is a "c.v." - it's the "v" in that

latin plurals generally you add a vowel. usualy one particular vowel. sometimes a diff vowel

got it thanks

thanks gwen and helllo

hiya barb and your horses

do you have a lot of horses?

:)

2

the two in the picture...brown and white is Hawk and black and white is Jake

phantom: olefin

fireworks.

congrats salmoc

oh, your icon is so small i can't even tell it's horses. clicking on it now . . .

oooh, and a pond, nice . . .

wtg salmo !!! ~~~ !!!

they are starting to play tug a war

the horses??

yes in the picture...they don't have that ball anymore as the coyotes stole it

s what little blue thing is, a ball?

they use to do it all the time...and every so often the Hawk would cheat by hitting Jake with the ball lol

yes a blue ball on a rope

naughty coyotes!

i guess if you leave the coyotes out of the game they might resent it LOL

yes I would buy another one but with the coyotes you can't leave them around for the horses to play...they take them all and at 50 bux a pop it gets expensive

6:58 pm

couldn't you just buy dog toys for cheaper? or are those too small?

actually those are dog toys but even those don't last

6:59 pm

ah

never been faced with how to deploy a horse toy that a coyote can't steal. trying to keep squirrels out of a birdfeeder, yes

the horse ones are even bigger

yes those squirrals can be a challenge

excuse me...my dog wants food....brb

back

welll down to 21 now...I might just make it you never know

you go girl!

i'm a trying and with the help people have give so far it has been great

you're ahead o' me, 28 to go here

still stuck on that ve5/16 one..I will get it I just know it

7:05 pm

want a clue or no?

hmmm, i don't have that one either. hunting . . .

sure if you are kind enough to thanks

7:06 pm

ve + ***e before ten

7:06 pm

that's got a plural too

aaaaaah, TY leslie

just need 23 more . . . LOL

I had the plural...silly me thank you Leslie

7:06 pm

yw

just have t's g's and s's to go

7:07 pm

i'm a bit stuck on the righthand column n? (not listing yet)

7:07 pm

done!

7:07 pm

hooray harry!

the n? hang on I will look want a clue...congrats Harry

7:08 pm

ty :)

no4, rhymes with "western" men's tie

no and not high....and then the plural

7:09 pm

ah ty

welcome

I better start dinner and my son wants the computer for a bit...back in a while and thanks everyone for the help

7:10 pm

bye barb

laters barb

7:11 pm

Hello babblers

7:11 pm

clue for st6/24 pls

7:11 pm

just checking in to chat and see if anyone needs help

7:11 pm

hey momNH

hiya mom needs help

7:12 pm

i could use either 7 if you're feeling generous!

st6, take the st5 before it (what an angry bee does) and add a vowel to the end

7:12 pm

a bee st*** + a circle vowel

st 6/24 add a vowel to the st 5/14 (what a bee does)

vi7, that bottle is 1972, a very good vi*****

7:13 pm

vi7 - find a cool old dress in a vi***** shop

7:13 pm

Dr G is too fast for me

7:13 pm

well she is a doctor.

otehr one is ag7, take the word for a sharp pain, change the ending and turn it into and "expert"

7:13 pm

* What skeleton was a famous detective? * Sherlock Bones.

oh that's BAAAAAAAAD!!! LOL

7:14 pm

ah thanks

7:14 pm

*belly laughing*

7:14 pm

for sick books???

i'm only a book doctor, not a real doctor . . . 8-D

7:14 pm

I have read alot of sick books

7:14 pm

BR, my rescue group does a dog show every year and one of the contests is Sherlock Bones - they have to figure out where a treat is under a bunch of cups

book doctor is a kind of editor. although i can also do some simple book repair

7:15 pm

thanks for 7s

7:15 pm

bet you my baby lab could find that

7:15 pm

so here sitting in the dark

7:15 pm

Quite the coincidence

7:15 pm

ty LUV

bet you i could find it too ha ha ha

7:15 pm

it's timed from release to treat-in-mouth

7:15 pm

my landlord let ConEd into turn off an apartment's electrical

7:15 pm

dark?

7:16 pm

and they turned mine off

how are you on the net without electricity?

7:16 pm

now have to wait for them to come back...

7:16 pm

but you have computer?? must be battery power by candlelight?

7:16 pm

just the light of the babble screen

oh of course, cell phone app!

sending you some virtual candles and matches . . .

7:18 pm

it's been that kind of week

7:18 pm

((((hugs)))) to shirlockc

well, my brain is getting mushy, gonna stop fer now . . . BBL

7:18 pm

I can help doc

7:19 pm

laptop has some juice, stealing someone else's wifi

7:19 pm

that works - probably easy to do in the city

7:19 pm

dont have that out here in the NH woods

7:20 pm

buzzer on dryer - brb

7:22 pm

phantom: haussmannize

7:22 pm

never heard of that word BR

7:23 pm

Haussmannize – eponym: to open out, widen, and straighten streets, and generally rebuild, after the fashion in which Haussmann rebuilt Paris

7:24 pm

wow - as deep as your profile

7:25 pm

trauma is a rather intense subject

7:25 pm

I agree

7:27 pm

But I have seen some overcome.

7:29 pm

There is so much hurt in the world. ... good to hear some persevere and prevail

7:30 pm

there is always a positive side - you just need to find it. Very hard for some sad to say.

7:32 pm

This article is about an ongoing tragedy where the hurt never ever really goes away: http://tinyurl.com/y7h3th5

7:32 pm

some very close to me have persevered

7:34 pm

Very lovely icon flower, Mom

7:35 pm

Please help with to5/14

7:36 pm

thank you BR - from our garden - we grow a large variety of day lillies - its hard to tell but this one is peach

7:36 pm

lovely light in the pic, too!

7:36 pm

to5/14 - you can make one of these with a sheet + vowel

7:36 pm

there are several, debr - which one?

7:37 pm

to5/14 - use a set of these to pick up steak on the barbie + vowel

7:38 pm

also a child's to* + not off

7:38 pm

to5/14 - broadway awards but add a vowel before the almost vowel

7:38 pm

thanks leslie

7:39 pm

I think we covered those leslie

7:40 pm

and I do love our babies in your pic

7:40 pm

vi7/48 please

7:40 pm

the pup turns 3 tomorrow :)

7:40 pm

Mom, do you know why they are called day lilies? Do the hide at night

7:40 pm

find a cool old dress at the vi***** shop

7:40 pm

because the flowers die after one day

7:41 pm

ty mom

7:41 pm

but have so many flower bulbs, the plant stays in bloom quite some time

7:41 pm

A lot of work for one dayh

7:41 pm

yw

7:41 pm

the plants get quite large so have many flower buds

7:42 pm

well, its day is one of beauty

7:42 pm

we have all colors and some with stripes - very cool plants - one we have is called stawberry shortcake - pink with white stripes

7:43 pm

yes it is BR

7:44 pm

my husband loves to garden so we have many flower gardens - will have to start a flicker account so I can show off his hard work

7:44 pm

yes do - it's free!

7:44 pm

and to show off my babies too

7:45 pm

ga6?

7:47 pm

add a consonant to the preceding ga 5

7:48 pm

oh huh. thanks br

7:48 pm

just l6 and i'm done

7:49 pm

got it - fireworks!

7:50 pm

go leslie go

7:50 pm

that was fast girlfriend

7:50 pm

congrats, Leslie

7:50 pm

Yay, LA!!!

7:50 pm

hooray for leslie

7:51 pm

Hullo, all...

7:51 pm

hi jellen

7:51 pm

I seem to never have time to finish a puzzle. Now all I have is time, broke my foot

7:52 pm

oh no bekki - what happened

7:52 pm

Sorry about that, bekki

7:52 pm

Ouch, bekki!

7:54 pm

was visiting a friend in the hospital and fell in the parking lot. don't no why I fell

7:55 pm

you poor thing (((hugs)))

7:55 pm

I hate relying on some one to help me

7:56 pm

enjoy it for a while

7:57 pm

my daughter is already busy and now she has me to take care of

7:57 pm

wow - changed my icon to another garden and it is taking forever to change on the profile - have already refreshed 5 times

7:58 pm

let her enjoy it for a while too - just a little while

7:59 pm

stop worrying bekki - we daughters like taking care of moms now and then - did for mine when she had heart surgery - first time every getting mom dressed and so on....

7:59 pm

I have always been the one to watch her kids , now she had to find help

7:59 pm

wish my daughter would take of me now and then - haha

8:00 pm

I have always been the one to take care of everyone

8:00 pm

she can handle it - mom needs a break now and then

8:01 pm

I guess so but my break hurts so bad. I rather take a trip

8:02 pm

I find out tomarrow if I will need sugury

8:02 pm

I understand - I am the same - its just someone else's turn while you recover. Hope you have some good pain meds - if so, it will be a different kind of trip

8:02 pm

oh - this is a brand new break - ouch

8:02 pm

good luck bekki

8:03 pm

either way, you will be fine

8:03 pm

I love your kittie on the computer - filling in for you for sure...

8:04 pm

I know but I hate to be tied down.

8:04 pm

wont be forever

8:04 pm

how many grandkids and how old?

8:04 pm

almost done. need the first vi5/16 pls

8:04 pm

a beautiful view

8:05 pm

2 girls age 4 and almost 2

8:05 pm

vi + see you at the railroad ***tion

8:05 pm

ty Mom, i must be tired. one more

8:06 pm

little ones - congrats on the wee ones

8:06 pm

anytime vlcl

8:06 pm

aegit

8:06 pm

darn!

8:06 pm

change the last cons

8:06 pm

Hi Vlcl have family in your area

8:06 pm

to the PB with you

8:07 pm

where bekki

8:07 pm

Dayton and Piqua

8:08 pm

I have no one there but have driven though once (the state that is) on way to Indiana

8:08 pm

Yeah, people drive thru Ohio a lot!

8:09 pm

what happened to BR - you still there?

8:09 pm

Ohio is pretty

8:09 pm

Will have to stop and check it out if there is a next time

8:09 pm

Not so pretty as California!

8:10 pm

Never been there but would like to

8:10 pm

depends on what part of california

8:10 pm

Everyone should see the Redwoods.

8:10 pm

someday.....

Hello everyone again, here we are. I am back for 31 after the oddest day ever.

8:11 pm

Hello, red!

8:11 pm

hi red

8:11 pm

odd???

8:11 pm

Hi red. I just got here too. Tell us about your day!

8:11 pm

hi bugs

8:12 pm

Hi, Bugsaw

8:12 pm

Hi Mom

8:12 pm

yes they are pretty

8:12 pm

and Jellen too!

We had a number of patients who were psychotic, a prgnant woman who had a stroke and I started out the day having to deal with child protective services...

8:12 pm

all in one day - wow

8:12 pm

sounds like a sad day. I am so sorry

8:13 pm

is this the new job or old

Well, I think in the long run all will be fine. but it was sort of long.

honestly Mom, it could have been either one, for the past 10 years...it pretty much describes many of my days.

8:14 pm

Done! I never get fireworks anymore. Just a Congratulations. sorry about your sad day turtle

BUGS! I love love love the icon. I missed emyd day.

8:14 pm

I am glad that you were there to help with child protection. I was a foster parent and know how hard it can be to prove that the kids need help.

8:14 pm

you are in the er?

8:14 pm

vici, I thot everyone got fireworks

congrats Vci!!!!

8:14 pm

Yay, vic!

I am Mom. I am not really qualified to work anywhere else any more.

8:14 pm

hooray for vlcl

8:15 pm

ty jellen and mom and turtle

8:16 pm

that is such a challenging job - always something new - I dont know how you do that **bows to red***

8:16 pm

everyone but me, bugsaw :(

8:16 pm

good job vlcl

8:16 pm

ty bekki

8:16 pm

she fibs - I'm gonna tell vlcl

8:17 pm

but she beats me every time on wordsplay so even....

8:17 pm

who's fibbing?

8:17 pm

ven

8:17 pm

sorry

8:18 pm

guess I'll go to wordsplay. bye all

8:18 pm

night vlcl

nah Mom, it's actually fairly routieine, just a different routeine.

8:18 pm

they ignore me over there

8:18 pm

I bow as well red. Yesterday our school took the Grade 10s to the hospital for a kind of scared straight day. They heard from the police, the paramedics on the ambulance etc but the one that disturbed them the most was going to the ER were one their classmates was gooied up with fake wounds and barf etc. Many of them had reactions just entering the doors.

8:19 pm

you dont fool me red - its always something different

nope, I pretty much see the same things over and over and over. once in a while something different.

Bugs, I am so surprised half of the grade tens werent taken there with their Mom's for a sore throat.

8:20 pm

certain positions in the hospital are really hard and that is one of them - are you a trauma hospital

8:20 pm

the ER staff who addressed the kids were very passionate about loving their jobs.

Nah, I used to work at a level one, but now I am old and lazy and work at a community hospital, we fly trauma away away!

8:21 pm

We can't go to the ER for that in Canada. We have clinics or just go to the doctor.

8:21 pm

OK so it is fairly routine - still a tough job with cranky sick people

8:22 pm

you can go to the hospital for anything here if you want to pay the price or insurance co/pay. Much cheaper to go to the doctor.

8:23 pm

The ones that were upset were one who remembered finding out that her little sister had leukemia and another whose father had suffered a severe burn. I think the place, coupled with the intense fear at the time hit them when they were not expecting it.

8:23 pm

deep stuff for kids that age

8:23 pm

I guess they wouldn't turn us away Mom but we are programmed to equate ER with Emergency, not just sick

we have a law that allows anyone to decide they have an emergency....even if they just want a pregnancy test..

8:24 pm

a health care system will probably change that. I dont know either way - just worried it will cost me more in the long run

8:25 pm

$10 at the drug store or hundreds at the emergency room - hmmmm?

8:25 pm

it is a free country - sure!!!

mom, they dont pay, we already pay for that.

8:26 pm

I know red - you and I pay - they arent working

even if they were working they do not pay, been like that for years and years.

ok diving in the grid.

8:28 pm

I am getting very frustrated - working so hard for years - paying high taxes - pay my own insurance - see too many people that can but wont - and it is just going to get worse

8:28 pm

if you need help , ask - brb - need water

8:34 pm

Help with st6/24 please?

8:35 pm

add another vowel to the end of the st5 in front of it tessa

8:35 pm

sounds like a Beatle

odd word...

8:36 pm

I monkeyed it. No idea what it means

8:36 pm

Many thanks!

8:37 pm

back - anyone need help

8:39 pm

my monkeys played hard today but were successful

8:39 pm

are the ve 5 and 6 words related to theone above them Mom?

8:39 pm

no

evening people

8:39 pm

ok, thanks

8:40 pm

Hi Good Enough

feeling blue, hoping the grid and the chog will help

8:40 pm

ve + oh *o = opp of out

8:40 pm

I was feeling that way myself but everyone here got me out of it and didnt even know it

Hi GooD! good to see you. Hope we can cheer you!

8:40 pm

Hi, Good...

8:41 pm

got them!

8:41 pm

I am sure the grid and the chat will help you cheer up Good Enough

awww, still blue but i'm at least smiling now

8:41 pm

both are "good enough" tonight

8:42 pm

((((hugs)))) to good enough

thanks i really need that!

offers Penalty box ice cream...

8:43 pm

i have found that babbler friends are the "best"

maybe i need to change my icon. greyed rainbow might be a bad omen

8:43 pm

even when you are a newbie like me

8:44 pm

we need to do virual drinks GE - you are too far to meet up on Fri night

thanks red, i already tried medicating with cookie dough. ice cream might put me over the edge

8:44 pm

i couldn't tell what your icon was GoodE. DCSeain likes to use colours in his icon to reflect his moods.

mmm drinks, thats a fine idea

8:45 pm

getting ready.....*cheers*

8:46 pm

right, going of to find a glass of wine..... :)

8:46 pm

Back working on the grid. Hi Bugsaw and all. Trying to do some on my own before asking for help. Perhaps a nice lemonade would be something that would perk me up.

8:46 pm

we will do it again tomorrow night

my icon is a lovely painting by Jackson Pollock - just not good for today

8:47 pm

already had that bugs - now back to water before bed

cheers, *drinks in virtual vodka lemonade since it is warm tonight*

8:47 pm

Hard to tell good in a small icon

i'll be ready for more tomorrow mom, don't worry

8:48 pm

I am on the west coast so a glass of wine at 7:00 is still good.

a glass of wine is always good

8:48 pm

I think tomorrow we'll go to the tulip fields which are in bloom. A day without any value except beauty and pleasure.

8:48 pm

good - yes wine at 7 is the best - working on 10 pm here and almost bed time so now onto water

oh stidmere that sounds lovely

8:49 pm

wine sounds lovely right now.

8:49 pm

I am envious stidgmere. The fields in Washington are HUGE and I love tulips. They are so crisp and have such happy colours

8:49 pm

tulip fields? you are lucky - we dont have those here - we do however have daffodil areas in certain towns

8:50 pm

well go get some ruru

8:50 pm

Hi ruru and stidgmere...

pretty!

8:50 pm

Well, I penciled in our August gala today. We are thinking of some nice venues for our chats with nice views and pleasant refreshments.

8:50 pm

Hi ruru

8:50 pm

august gala?

8:51 pm

Hi Jellen, and ruru. We are all in the mood for a little pick me up and fun.

8:51 pm

Yes, Momma, we are going to meet in the NW for two or three days toward the end of August. We have some friendships that cross the international borders and relish the chance to get together.

8:52 pm

Do you want to come? You are absolutely invited.

8:52 pm

that is wonderful - thank you but too far for me this year with little vacation time left

8:53 pm

How good of you and stid to play host to us all. I am looking forward to it. I sent my passport application off last week

8:53 pm

where's it at?

8:54 pm

I am so jealous

8:54 pm

We think it is an honor to have such informal meetings. Ruru, it is in the state of Washington.

8:54 pm

Olympia. You are invited too ruru. Everyone is. jmc is coming from back east!!

Ooooh Washington is gorgeous, you will all enjoy so so much!

8:56 pm

should be warm then.

8:56 pm

The only thing redturtle, we are all used to, accustomed to the large evergreens and mountains with snow. The scenery is wasted on us.

8:56 pm

I used up my funds and vacation time this year visiting a sick friend in Florida in Feb. Now saving time for my family. Oh so wish I could. Maybe next year.

8:56 pm

red, some of us are coming from BC and others from Oregon.

8:56 pm

They always seem to be happening Mom

I lived in Oregon for 2 years. Loved it.

but not as much as Florida...oddly.

8:57 pm

If there is something in the northeast, I can probably do that - keep your ears open for me

8:57 pm

I lived there for 5 years

good grapes from Oregon.

8:58 pm

When I was young and had a chance to visit Idaho from southern California, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

8:58 pm

parts of Idaho are gorgeous

8:58 pm

But now the best thing will be the people.

8:59 pm

yes the people here are great

8:59 pm

this group is the best

9:00 pm

Fireworks!

congrats jellen!

COngratulations Jellen!!!!

9:00 pm

hooray for jellen

9:01 pm

Fireworks!!! How can that be? Good for you Jellen!!

yaaay stidgmere

9:01 pm

YAY Jellen

9:01 pm

I need to get to bed - my witching hour - have a good night babble friends

night mom, see you tomorrow

thanks for your kind words

9:02 pm

Goodnight momneedsrest.

9:02 pm

I'll be here - anytime good - we all need a pick me up now and then

9:03 pm

g'night Mom

9:03 pm

Nite Mom

9:03 pm

st6/18 st + does anyb*dy have some c*ues f*r the "ye" o* the right

9:04 pm

taking of your things without permission - change last vowel

9:04 pm

OK - *gone*

the last st 6 please?

9:06 pm

back for a few more;)

9:06 pm

that was it red = see my last

9:07 pm

hi and bye crossy

ty.

9:08 pm

Hi, crossy

9:08 pm

hello friends.

9:09 pm

howdy jellen ,trif and all the rest on gilligans island

9:09 pm

hi everyone! hi crossy!

9:09 pm

24 to go...this grid is NOT so friendly as when first encountered!

9:09 pm

it's better than the last two grids we've had. trif

i'm right with you trif, 23 here

9:10 pm

The last st is st + c***** which is part of the intestines.

9:10 pm

go trif, go GE!

9:10 pm

mmm,still 43 to go for me;((

9:10 pm

git 'r dun, crossy!

9:11 pm

babbling with one eye on the tv - project runway is on....

6 left, I found this grid much better than the most recent

9:11 pm

lol,like jeff foxworthy better,that get ,r dun guy is like nails on a blackboard lol

oh just listed. had no idea there were so many GO words

9:11 pm

who, tim gunn? LOVE me some tim!

9:12 pm

me too, GO, how funny!

9:12 pm

Well that was disappointing. Finally got all 116 words but not fireworks. My trial period just expired, I guess that's why.

9:13 pm

huzzah anyway, andee!

9:13 pm

its all those **s, and or buts or different vowels to make same for those GO's - --- really am leaving now

9:13 pm

Thanks so much Trif

*boom explosion pow*

9:13 pm

I need the last two tas and the first ti. Anyone working on ts?

9:13 pm

Listing is such a bummer, sometimes -- suddenly I see all these words pop out from the same grid I have been staring at all day, but not seeing. makes me feel like an idiot

9:14 pm

they all work off each other ta + opp of out

oh stidmere, that sounds obsene

9:15 pm

ti+ ***e with the wind

9:15 pm

bingo for the first ti! thank you mom.

9:15 pm

im trying not to list till the final 10

9:16 pm

yw stid

9:16 pm

hard pledge to keep

9:16 pm

crossy, dont be such a man!

9:16 pm

cant help it,just oozing with testoserone;)

ahhh, I am now done. Cross, I listed at 25 left.

9:17 pm

stepped right into that one

now I am going to take a bath and sleep and wake up and do the same thing again tomorrow..

9:17 pm

yaa for red!

9:17 pm

ty for the tas finally got the other endings. How dense can one person be?

ty cross, have a great day! everyone!

9:17 pm

whoooo hoooooo RED!!!

night red, see you tomorrow

9:18 pm

sweet dreams, red

9:18 pm

night red - i am going now too - scouts honor - yes I really was one - night all

9:18 pm

Redturtle. Its the same for you but for your patients it is once in a lifetime and means the world. Without you. . . kind of a bleak place to be. We're with you.

9:18 pm

night MNH!, sweet dreams

9:20 pm

these go words are killing me. but maybe it's my drug addled brain...can't tell anymore

9:22 pm

4 of them are the Yiddish thief/s ..

i skipped to the t's trif, the go's were a no go

9:23 pm

Heyas Trifs and other kids ..

9:24 pm

which I can't remember....and hey there tor!

9:24 pm

googled it...

9:25 pm

someone has good drugs?? gimmie trif!

9:25 pm

Fireworked for me! First time in a looooong time.

9:25 pm

yaa for stid!

9:25 pm

shall upload crossy - mind you, I will also upload this screaming injury too....

congrats stidmere!

9:26 pm

Yay stidge!

9:26 pm

huzzah for stidg!

9:26 pm

Thank you crossy. Well. Anyone for a clue or two?

9:26 pm

clue me the two nastiest before you go

9:27 pm

tong

9:27 pm

whooooo hooooooo STIDG!!!

9:27 pm

no dear, your name is TORG

9:27 pm

PB, torg!

9:27 pm

Heh heh .. PB ..

9:27 pm

The first in word was difficult for me. It means a bar of pure metal.

9:28 pm

Isn't it easy to put the words where they don't belong?

9:28 pm

g's gambled. geesh!

gees, finally cleared the 4s

9:29 pm

here to clue if needed

9:29 pm

Lots of words in the grid that don't have any meaning for me. Oh well. Nice to know there's more to learn. All for now. Poof.

9:29 pm

night night, Stidg

9:30 pm

the spanish club from our high school was supposed to be leaving for spain today for the april break, but they are grounded up a the airport, due to the volcano. ick

9:31 pm

alternate plans for them? not going to be any flights to spain for a while.

9:31 pm

I am not sure what they are doing. have seen a LOT of angry FB posts today though!

9:32 pm

here is my new credo,im tired of keeping up with the jones and running the rat race http://mnmlist.com/less/

oh yay, thanks for yiddish clue

9:33 pm

it's not like the airlines are at fault, Ma nature had a belly ache and had to belch!

9:33 pm

I quote lily tomlin -- the problem with the rat race is, even if you win, you are still a rat

9:33 pm

May I please have a clue for go5-20 the 12st? Thanks

9:33 pm

lol,i do enjoy lilly

oh thats good trif

9:34 pm

she is in your face without trying to make it a power play every time

9:34 pm

go5.20 go + babbler nurse from Minnesota

9:34 pm

or. go4.6 + another consonant

9:35 pm

damn net hiccuped

9:35 pm

Thanks much, lbdawger.

pretty fireworks

9:36 pm

huzzah for good enough!

9:36 pm

whoooooo hooooooo GE!!!

9:37 pm

Yay GE!

one does not the grid alone ( at least this one doesn't ) thanks for all the help

9:40 pm

indeed GE we all work together im harmony

9:41 pm

lol,the tings you do not see,i just got the horned critter that is fabled to eat tin cans lol

9:42 pm

WHOO HOOO!

9:42 pm

hi Jmc!

9:42 pm

yaa for jmc!

yeah that one didn't jump out at me either

9:42 pm

who got firewrods???

9:43 pm

hey all!

9:43 pm

baaaaaa

9:43 pm

stidgmere, for one, stidmama!

9:43 pm

i am celebrating the end of tax season

9:43 pm

is the grid worth considering?

9:43 pm

YAY jmc!!! Love the end of taxes...

9:43 pm

how was the award ceremony, jmc?

9:43 pm

got it all finished jmc?

9:43 pm

it is stidmama

whoooo drinks on the house jmc!!!

9:44 pm

it was great the winner was the cartoonist for politico

9:44 pm

hi ya Stiddy!

9:44 pm

*pulls out end of tax season Jack*

*hands jmc a tumbler of jack*

9:44 pm

oh, jack snap!

9:44 pm

everyone is either finished or extended

9:45 pm

*giggle* it is good to be known *swigs the tumbler to make room for more*

9:46 pm

gads, I wonder what would happen if I drank a tumbler full of jack at this point? prob not a good idea....

on top of the drugs trif, that could be ugly

9:46 pm

after the meds? heavens no!

9:47 pm

meds? *worried mama look*

9:47 pm

LOL I am not going to do it, just thinking how jacqueline susanne I could go

9:47 pm

lol

9:48 pm

pulled a muscle out of my left hip, stid - the one that connects my lower back to my hip, I guess

i'm closing the chapter on this less than stellar day. thanks for the uplifting chat. see you for virtual drinks tomorrow night (per momneedshelp)

9:50 pm

sorry you had a less than stellar day

9:50 pm

owie owie. you want to borrow my crutches? my cane? my warm comfy pillow I use for just that purpose?

9:50 pm

c u manana

9:50 pm

good night good enough. tomorrow is a fresh slate

9:50 pm

sweet dreams Good, hope tomorrow is BETTER

9:50 pm

warm comfy pillow sounds soooo good

smiling now :) g'night

9:51 pm

*hands over the comfy pillow and a box of choclits*

9:51 pm

crossy give trif his famouse hot water bottle and a container of icy heat rub

9:51 pm

Trif - Oy! No taking the pee out of people called Jacqueline, especially if their initials are JS!. Yes, I'm back from Devon heaven, no internet yet.

9:51 pm

manana manana te amo manana soy es un neuva dia

9:51 pm

night night, GE

9:51 pm

CROSS!!! we had a LOVELY wilted spinach salad (two days in a row) made with bacon... thought of you!

9:52 pm

Hi all :)

9:52 pm

mmmm

9:52 pm

Hi jilli.

9:52 pm

LBD, I am looking at my options in case this master's program doesn't work out... feeling very very unhappy about the way things are being thrown at us. I am putting in more than 70 hours a week so far this quarter and still getting behinder by the day.

9:52 pm

I thought of you today too, crossy -- had a potato-leek-bacon chowder for lunch

9:52 pm

im braking out some more applewood smoked bacon with sea salt for tomorrow

9:53 pm

hey Jac. Hi Jill! (Jac and Jill went up the hill...???? oh oh....)

9:53 pm

breaking

9:53 pm

yummy cross, what time should we show up? LOL

9:53 pm

all the ladies think of ole bacon addled crossy:))

9:53 pm

I've been up enoough hills lately! LOL

9:53 pm

hello jac and stid.

9:53 pm

crossy, I saw a bacon tuxedo today. guess who I thought of?

9:53 pm

'bacon addled' - LOL

9:53 pm

lol

9:54 pm

hi jac, hi jilli

9:54 pm

bacon-added value?

9:55 pm

oooh. NBT! down to 65

9:55 pm

stid -- sorry things are not going well. Have looked back and want to say that d-i-l did a diploma in teaching from McGill, got a good job, did her Masters at Western Washington a few years later.

9:55 pm

Stiddy, don't give up hope yet. the program is designed to weed out the faint of heart.

9:55 pm

Weather was sunny and quite warm for April in UK for most of our few days away, except for the day after the volcano in Iceland erupted.

9:56 pm

it's not about weeding out, it's about hypocrisy, hazing and (trying to think of an H word that describes lack of planning and coordination, which is supposedly the hallmark of TESC).

9:56 pm

'm glad it didn't do that when I was standing on it 13 years ago and our tour guide told us it was overdue to erupt!

9:56 pm

are you being impacted by ash, Jac?

9:56 pm

that volcano has really messed up flying all over the place!

9:56 pm

but thanks... I have written to my faculty advisor to describe my proposal for what tasks I will focus on... will have to hope that it's "enough" to get me through.

9:57 pm

Not supposed to be yet down South, where I was at the time, lbd, but a stream reached us.

9:57 pm

that volcano is truly inconvenient. I worry about the people who have had to be relocated, I think I remember there were quite a few

9:57 pm

(((STID))) definitely talk to your advisor and your committee.

9:57 pm

Hi everyone. Stid, I am glad you have come up with a solution that works for you. I found when I went back to school that every prof seemed to think the only class you were taking was his, therefore, the work load was not too much.

9:58 pm

hi bugs

9:58 pm

hi bugs!

9:58 pm

hey bugs. this is a coordinated program, and supposedly NOT a collection of classes. But this quarter that is exactly what they seem to be doing. Duplicating assignments on top of *sigh* I am so demoralized.

9:59 pm

wowza. the judges on project runway just told a designer to style her models "more young and modern" -- and she styled them after her own look. OUCH

9:59 pm

lo6-24 please......thanks

9:59 pm

My ex wrote one paper that he just renamed to change the focus for each class he handed into.

9:59 pm

Duplicate the answers to those assignments, Stid. let them know you're on to them!

9:59 pm

LOL bugs! that seems like a good solution!

10:00 pm

sometimes the grids feel like a lo6 battle, Peach

10:00 pm

What worries me is that our planet has been fairly active lately, I do hope the mega magma chamber in Yellowstone Park doesn't blow! There was I thinking it was just my overactive imagination worrying about that when I went into Bideford (down in Devon) yesterday morning and the newsagent said the same to me, as had his previous customers. so he told me. Then I got home to the Midlands, went into my local shop and had the same conversation again. Oh heck!

10:00 pm

thanks for that one LBD

10:00 pm

eek, it's bed time already! night night everyone! keep me informed on how things are going for you Stid. night night!

10:01 pm

actually, I bet I can get out of at least a couple of these assignments if a large quake hits... *puts brain to moving tectonic plate off the coast*

10:01 pm

sweet dreams LBD, thanks for your support!

10:01 pm

actually, bugs, some gals I knew at school did that, only the other way around - Karen didn't have time to write a paper for the class she and Deb were taking, so Karen told her not to worry, she would write both of them, just change "debs" up a bit and hand them in. Deb got an A. Karen got a C-

10:01 pm

NIte lbd, jmc and jilli. I was here earlier but had to take a video back

10:01 pm

Thanks, lbdawger. And yes, I agree.

10:02 pm

ooooh. not good! but rather funny...

10:03 pm

maybe that is where " no good deed goes unpunished" comes from, trif

10:03 pm

wait, I got that all confused. Karen wrote both papers, bec Deb didn't have time....damn painkillers!

10:04 pm

Fireworks. Thanks for the help. See y'all at the flip.

10:04 pm

YAY peach!!!

10:04 pm

firewords for me too!

10:04 pm

YAY peach

10:04 pm

YAY bugs!!!!

10:04 pm

whoo hoo peach

10:04 pm

Stid - the interior of the island that is Iceland, is uninhabitable; just volcanic tundra. The population, such as it it, lives on the outer rim of the island. However, when Eyjafjallajokull (which has been described as a keyboard error rather than a place, blew for the second time in a few weeks, it melted a small glacier and caused flooding.

10:04 pm

whoo hoo bugs

10:05 pm

jacula, you get full marks for typing that name out!

10:05 pm

down to 49 here. I need to be sure everything due tomorrow is printed off. Back later if I have the energy. Otherwise, down to 49 and NBT.

10:06 pm

that was it -- the flooding. thanks Jac -- my brain is flooded at the moment I think. I hope I get to see you again soon! *leaves choclits for everyone* *Poof*

10:06 pm

Jacula I was not wondering about Yellowstone as much as I am thinking about The Big One that is overdue here. People call it The Big One like He Who Shall Not Be Named or whatever the V guy in Harry Potter is called

10:06 pm

Trif - it's not so hard to do once you get a handle on the language.

10:07 pm

anyone want a clue before I focus on something else for a while?

10:08 pm

BTW, it means 'island mountain glacier'.

10:08 pm

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

10:08 pm

Not me, bug. But thanks anyway.

10:08 pm

Well done, Trif.

10:09 pm

Bugsaw - I'd tell you his name is Volderm**t, but I dare not say his name! LOL

10:09 pm

whoo hoo trif

10:10 pm

I am bagging it

10:10 pm

okay, off to sleepyville. good night dear friends

10:10 pm

okay, off to sleepyville. good night dear friends

10:10 pm

I knew his real name but how do they refer to him Jac. Memory has failed me

10:10 pm

my key board and I are having issues

10:10 pm

jmc, are you guessing epee will be in the next grid when ithe icon is a clue?

10:11 pm

lol it is left over from last week (this week being tax return after tax return) so maybe I will get lucky

10:11 pm

'Night Trif. I've just tucked my other half up under my leopard blanket on the sofa and switched the TV off like he asked me to do if he fell asleep in front of it.

10:12 pm

night all

10:12 pm

Nite everyone. poofing too

10:13 pm

g'night trif and bugs and anyone else who's running away, lol!

10:13 pm

and jmc

10:18 pm

evening all ;)

10:18 pm

Bug, 'He who should not be named' as far as I recall. My old neighbour over the road has a irst born son she refers to something like that. (His name is John, but she won't greet anyone called John as 'John' these days; she finds some other name to greet them by. As far as I can tell, from what she's told me over the years, it wasn't really a major falling out, just him disagreeing with his Dad and her siding with her husband. But she's never spoken to him (the son) since, not even after being widowed. She's lost out on seeing 2 grandchildren, too.

10:20 pm

I couldn't make her see sense when she was compos mentis, and neither could her younger son and his wife and 3 kids. Now she's losing her marbles and we all wish she'd acknoledge her first born again.

hi all lets see if I can find the last 20 words..

10:21 pm

hi jac, barb, et al...

10:21 pm

I know that some things cannot be forgiven, but her first-born didn't commit any awful sin. Life's so short.

10:21 pm

Hi Barb.

10:22 pm

Hi Pink.

10:22 pm

I can relate to the son, jac...it's a sad situation...

10:24 pm

Pini - I don't think things will be resolved now, especially not since she's losing her grip on reality.

10:24 pm

Sad though.

10:25 pm

I'm sorry to hear that, jac; wish someone would knock some sense into my parents...

10:26 pm

Pini - I've tried both the gentle of the brutal reality approach with my neighbour, as has her daighter-in-law (still acknolwedged 2nd son's wife).

10:27 pm

it's sad when parents disown their own children...and for reasons that are incredibly ludicrous...I mean, who does that??? I could never disown my children no matter what they do (even to me)...

hi all, may i have a clue for ea 6 pls? ty

10:28 pm

We try to look after her between us, but we are resigned now that she will probably never acknowledge her first-born again.

10:28 pm

hi TO

10:28 pm

HI TO.

10:28 pm

don't have it yet, TO

10:28 pm

ea6 is scoffing food, TO.

even if they took up with a person who sexually abused their girls and turned a blind eye to it?

ty jacs

10:29 pm

thx jac

10:30 pm

* blink * is that his situation???

10:30 pm

Barb's = that's another matter entirely and has nothing to do with my neighbour's situation. Has a lot to do with my stepdaughter's situation, as you know.

10:30 pm

oh, gosh, thought I missed something...

sorry guess I shouldn't have commented on a situation I know anything about sorry about that

10:31 pm

I guess I should clarify my statment somewhat...I would disown my children if they did what my parents and siblings did...

10:31 pm

er, WOULDN"T

10:32 pm

ogear, such a heavy conversation for such a taxing day...sorry just had to get that in

i really shouldn't have commented...the situation I spoke of is a stituation in my own family and how one person is"disowned" to apoint and longed for at the same time

10:32 pm

good point, pav! :)

10:33 pm

My stepdaughter hasfinally, after a year of pining for her mother's love, which seemed to be intermittent with mostly foggy patches at the best of times, started to question her mother's decision which led her here to live with me and her Dad.

st6/18 pls?

10:33 pm

Sorry to hear, Barb...I guess a number of us seem to have "touches" of family disfuntion that no family should ever experience...

10:34 pm

has her behavior improved, jac?

10:34 pm

is she "figuring" it out a bit more now?

10:34 pm

that's why we're family pini, barb, jac...we all have commonalities that will not exclude

yes it is very true pini..and we always seem to think others have it so perfect

10:34 pm

TO - it's a botany or zoology word but it sounds like a thief has taken your stuff.

10:34 pm

that's for sure...

ty

thanks for that clue it helped me

10:36 pm

I'm thankful friends "listen" here and actually "hear" each other...it's an important distinction...

10:37 pm

aside frm the very large number of a's, t's , s's, g's and v's, I might do something with the grid if I chose to start now...

ty a;; and see you tomorrow

10:37 pm

night TO

bye owl

10:37 pm

ya think, pav! :)

10:38 pm

Behaviour has improved but I expect it to go downhill for a while. After all, it's not nice to realise that your mother, after buggering off for 10 days after you tell her her boyfriend has sexually abused you, finally comes back when you didn't know if she was alive or dead, given her past suicidal tendencies, and tells you her time away has made her realise how much she loves..... THE BOYFRIEND. So, she chucks you, her daughter, out and hopes someone will take car of you.

these go's are getting to me still three to go

10:38 pm

What kind of mother does that?

10:39 pm

one that shouldn't be a mother, jac

10:39 pm

Step knows I have real 'issues' with her mother. I think she's beginning to understand the enormity of what her mother did now, just like my daughter told me she would.

10:40 pm

Pini - I've said she shouldn't have been allowed to breed on more than one occasion.

10:41 pm

there are too many males and fems that shouldn't be procreating, even alone, and then there are tons of others who show the best qualities children should aspire to have and mimic...if they haven;t said it, Thanks Jac!

10:41 pm

Well, as I think I've said before, I do hope that step comes around to the point where she can actually appreciate what's being done for her and she's finally comfortable enough to demonstration her thanks!

10:41 pm

My daughter, who was in a clinic for 3 years with anorexia, saw far more in that place at her tender age than she should have done about what adults do to kids. However, it makes her wiser than me about how kids react to certain terrible situations.

10:42 pm

(so much for my typing skills tonight)

10:43 pm

I found a go!!!

okay I have to ask for yet another clue...go5/14, 5/20 and 6/33 the last set I think I have ones you herd (plr), one that has left, and ones I am not sure how i even managed to get

10:43 pm

ti5/14 and the first three ve's left. clues?

10:43 pm

hi all

10:44 pm

5/14 = be***** (flower?)

10:44 pm

hi sue ;)

10:44 pm

I'm mentally finding words for my fake-NBT...is the bottom centre O an of4 or an os5

stuck with 17 to go

10:45 pm

don't know, pav...apparently don't have either one :(

10:45 pm

go5/14 go*e fishing + no **s and or buts

10:45 pm

that is the 5/20

10:45 pm

oooh, thx sue!

10:46 pm

same start but the last two letters are vowels

I have those ones sue thanks it some others

10:46 pm

they almost all start the same way

10:46 pm

os5 - bone word.

10:46 pm

I need the middle go5/20 and 6/33

10:46 pm

as in Patag05?

10:46 pm

oooh, thx jac!

10:46 pm

just clued pini

10:47 pm

NBT!!!!!

10:47 pm

go4.6 but not Forgotten. Note the capital letter.

10:47 pm

Pini is braver than I...to commit words to list...

10:47 pm

sue...those were the last 2 go's...there's another set before those after the little farm animals

10:48 pm

end with an F

10:48 pm

what can I say, Pav...I'm a glutton for punishment...

10:48 pm

oooooooh, now I get it sue!!!

10:48 pm

pini can you clue the ti5 again

10:48 pm

and the first three v's

I have the farm animals...the not forgotton one and the go s***f the flowers

10:48 pm

and I'm wimpish today...and on4 today...I think,,,perhaps, maybe...

10:49 pm

Litttle farm animals, Pini. They're bigger than sheep and they're pests. They climb up everything and eat everything!

10:49 pm

ve's

10:49 pm

which one, sue?

10:49 pm

yet another good point, jac!

10:49 pm

perhaps I could have said "tin can eaters"

10:49 pm

first ti5

10:50 pm

ve5/20 - yuough might take 're' this word if someone upsets you!

10:50 pm

ti + ***e with the wind

10:50 pm

ty for the ti

10:50 pm

working on the ve

10:51 pm

ve5.16 = the number before 10 with a v - anagram. ve6 is the plural.

10:51 pm

that was it....Fireworks

10:52 pm

wtg sue!

congrats sue

10:52 pm

anyone need a clue before I shut down?

10:52 pm

ty

10:52 pm

For the first ve5, you might also be the caped av.5r, i.e. Batman.

10:52 pm

thx jac

10:53 pm

Well done, Sue.

10:53 pm

you might rabbit, you might

10:53 pm

ty, and good night all

night sue

10:53 pm

'Night sue.

clue for the first to4/4 please?

10:56 pm

foot digit + vowel

10:56 pm

I'm going to wander off to our nice, comfy mattress now, even though Beloved is snoring on the sofa at present. Both are more comfy than the mattress on offer in the chalet we stayed in on holiday. The springs were so hard they made our limbs 'go to sleep' (pins and needles) even as we could not sleep.

bye Jacula

10:57 pm

oh my jac...wishing you a good sleep!

thanks pini

10:57 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ZONK. Happy Babbling stragglers. xxx

10:57 pm

yvw barb

how about the first to 5/14?

10:58 pm

add a vowel to the white sheet

thank you again

10:59 pm

yvw again ;)

10:59 pm

hi all. Just popped in - 11:56 of tax day, all returns are FILED, tho I am only 40 words into this grid. Hope everyone is having a great day

seems I don't have any of the other 5/14's either..better work on those

11:00 pm

hi circe...

11:00 pm

...nothing like waiting for the last moment, eh?

hi circe

11:00 pm

hi barb and pini. are you finishing up or just waiting on flip?

11:01 pm

have 8 to go

struggling to try and finish...15 to go

go pini

11:01 pm

we can doooooooooo it!

11:01 pm

Honest...my parents didn't give me their info until this evening....I couldnt finish them sooner! :) ah well..they owe nothing, they get nothing...alls well

11:01 pm

* giggle *

11:02 pm

thankfully, I got a nice refund...

11:02 pm

hi everybody. I just efiled our taxes! YAY!

11:02 pm

hi nef!

hi nef

11:02 pm

lol, welcome to the club Nef! :)

11:02 pm

wtg Nef!

11:03 pm

vi7

my husband still has to get everything to his accountant...mind you his year ends in June

11:03 pm

DH has been "working" onthe taxes for the past 2 months. Unfortunately, he's befuddled lately and I didn't realize how bad it was til 2 days ago

11:03 pm

business account, barb?

something is very old it might be vi.....

11:04 pm

egads, better to have found out 2 days ago than today!

yes our personal stuff gets done at the same time so is always late...he makes an install ment hoping it covers most of it

11:04 pm

glad you were able to get thru it Nef

pini did you get the clue?

11:05 pm

* perk * clue??? * scrolling back *

11:05 pm

it was a mess

11:05 pm

yes, barb...THX!!

something old may be vi****** not antique

good

11:05 pm

bummer. That always makes the process stressful.

11:06 pm

2nd st5/14? (fish?)

hey I helped for a change yeah me

11:06 pm

yes, definitely, barb!!!

think of a bee ouch

11:06 pm

yeah barb!

11:07 pm

BUT it's done (and we had to pay in. Gotta change my witholdings I guess) :-(

think i am missing some though

11:08 pm

have that one, barb...need the one before that after what actors perform on

sorry missing that one

11:08 pm

Hello -- I can clue :)

11:08 pm

hi jilli ;)

hi jill

11:08 pm

hi jill!

yes yes help pini please

11:09 pm

hi jilli. I have 60 left to find (and am loving all the clues!)

11:10 pm

don't forget the male deer, nef!

11:10 pm

half way! I can list!

11:10 pm

2nd st5/14 -- hmmm -- st + vowel + don't **nore good advice

i need the last t of the second column..have 2/3

11:11 pm

to4/6 and to5/14

11:11 pm

and to4/4

11:11 pm

barb -- that T is plaything + not off

11:11 pm

jilli...2nd st5/14?

thanks jill

11:12 pm

or to4/4 = cooked bread - a

11:12 pm

pini, I just clued st5/14 -- 5th down from when you asked

11:12 pm

Thanks for all the clues; keep 'em coming! :-)

11:12 pm

oh, sorry, jilli....* scrolling back again *

11:12 pm

st 5/14 = use previois 14 , remove last vowel and stick another one in the middle

11:13 pm

got it! You're awesome, jilli!

11:13 pm

(sorry to have missed it)

11:13 pm

thx hoot ;)

11:13 pm

yw

11:13 pm

hoot just clued it too, pini!

11:13 pm

i dont have any 6s!!!!!!!!!!!!!wow.

11:13 pm

clues ofr the n last column please.

hi hoot

11:14 pm

no + not high

11:14 pm

(and pl)

11:14 pm

ty got htem both

11:14 pm

hi peoples - and I don't have to do taxes but BF cheated and put in for an extension. He packed all his tax stuff for our move!:(

11:14 pm

Koda needs a moment...brb (yard break)

11:15 pm

and his checkbook, and his badge,,,

11:15 pm

hi hoot

11:15 pm

clue for o word bottom line o plz.

11:15 pm

hi jilli - long time - how are you?

11:15 pm

he's REALLY moving,isn't he!

11:16 pm

I'm fine, thanks, hoot -- where have you been?

11:16 pm

yeah - add and sometimes it really shows

11:16 pm

The o is the on** word from there

I think I am stopping with 13 left to go..did pretty good with everyone's help thanks

11:17 pm

Been around but not doing too much chatting cause of move. Still haven't found all my pots & pans

11:17 pm

oh, go on, barb -- only 13 left!

11:17 pm

cumon Barb - plenty of time!

11:17 pm

sorry hoot, i meant the middle o. i have that o word. apologies.

11:17 pm

Oh, moving is the pits.

11:18 pm

os - bone

well I have two more s's to go..

pretty sure they are st's...

11:18 pm

We are hoping we are here long enough to get rid of stuff. Too much overlap on our stuff

11:18 pm

ty got it.

11:19 pm

night all have 45 left and am too tire.

11:19 pm

tired i mean.

11:19 pm

there are 8 st

11:19 pm

ty for clues.

11:19 pm

night mkg

I have st4/6 5/14 5/14 5/14 5/10 6/18

11:19 pm

barb, why not use Lickety's list?

11:20 pm

then you'd know what you were missing

I have been doing that...but still stuck

11:20 pm

ok - another 14, then add a vowel, 5/10 and 6 not related - part of a plant

so I think the first 5/10

11:21 pm

the 14 is what a bee will do

11:21 pm

you're missing st6/24

and the 6/24

i have the bee

11:21 pm

firat 10 is what happens when you spill something on a tablecloth

11:21 pm

Lickety's list would show you the gaps!

11:21 pm

add a vowel to the bee

11:22 pm

add nothing to the bee

11:22 pm

then we all do a st*** on this puzzle

11:22 pm

then the plant part

got the spill one

just the st6/24 to go...scrolling back

11:23 pm

add vowel to the bee

oh my got it...thanks so much...getting tired I think

11:25 pm

I thought it was kinda silly myself

11:26 pm

I believe the bee + vowel is the name of a drink

I have go 4/6, 5/14 4/6 5/20 6/33 short a go5/14 5/20 6/33

11:26 pm

wouldn't that be a proper name then?

11:27 pm

the ? says : Chiefly British Slang . strong beer.

11:28 pm

go + hiber***

11:28 pm

ok - but still very enable

11:28 pm

yes, hoot, lol!

11:29 pm

barb, the last go5 and 6 are the same as the previous ones but with a changed vowel

11:29 pm

hi everyone

11:30 pm

hi flosey

not seeing the go + hiber one

11:30 pm

patago***?

11:31 pm

go + ***cin (vitamin)

11:31 pm

good jilli

11:31 pm

hi flosey :)

k got the patago...now change the vowel?

11:32 pm

change the vowel in the previous go5/6 combo

11:32 pm

change the last letter to the 6th letter of the alphabet

11:32 pm

last vowel to hi consonant

11:32 pm

then plural it

11:33 pm

not in the patago***

11:33 pm

Hello everyone - arrived home at 5am this morning - 2 weeks without babble

11:33 pm

hi anike -- talk about hardship!

11:34 pm

It has been hard but have been busy all the time

11:34 pm

that helps, I guess ;)

11:35 pm

hi gremlinn -- missed you the last few days!

11:35 pm

My husband will walk in soon and say - "you at that already!"

11:35 pm

I've been doing it by myself with the Lickety clues coming right away

11:35 pm

no need for me

it appears I am missing the first go5/20 and 6/33

11:36 pm

hi all

hi gremlin

11:36 pm

barb -- have you got those go5/20 and 6/33 words? Same as the other ones, but with a diff vowel

11:36 pm

hi Barb and pippin

11:36 pm

just popping in to say hello before sleep happens

hi pippin...I am trying Jill really I am

11:37 pm

35 left! Sorry I can't chat; hoping to finish the grid!

11:37 pm

Go nef!

11:37 pm

big day tomorrow, driving to georgia for a week's holiday

11:37 pm

PB for me?

11:37 pm

ok...back (he's all better now)

drive safe pippin and have a blast

11:38 pm

ok, barb, concentrate on the last go5/20 -- go + cons + **s and and buts (and pl). Use a diff vowel for the first set.

11:38 pm

**fs, ands and buts

11:38 pm

not quite, gremlin; but close! :-D

(((bowing )))))to jill for getting me through the go's

11:39 pm

have fun, pip!

right 8 to go...

11:39 pm

barb, take the space out of what gremlin said to me!

t's

11:39 pm

hooray, barb!!!

11:39 pm

git'r dun, barb!!!

11:39 pm

1 to go here ;)

11:39 pm

gogogo barb!!!

11:40 pm

gogogo pini!

11:40 pm

gogo gadget copter!

11:40 pm

Go pini! Go, Barbs!

11:41 pm

fyrwurx ;)

only have 4 ti's....ti5/14 4/4 5/10 4/6

11:41 pm

gadget copter?

(((looking for inspector gadget)))

11:42 pm

good luck to everyone!

it was a cartoon

11:42 pm

ti5/14 = ti + ***e with the Wind

thxs

11:42 pm

ti5/14 (2nd) = add vowel to ti4 before

11:42 pm

congrats Pini

got that one pini

11:42 pm

ti 4/6 -- remove the beginning of the bee word

11:43 pm

2nd ti4/4 -- another word for cans

11:43 pm

ti4 5 4: ti4 = slight color

11:43 pm

ti5 = pl slight color

k got that now jill

11:43 pm

ti4 = wee

got the colours

11:43 pm

3rd ti4/4 -- hue

11:43 pm

and pl

got the wee

11:43 pm

"ti4/4 -- another word for cans" - tits isn't in the grid

11:44 pm

ti4/9 -- t + climbing plant

got the can

11:44 pm

* rolling eyes at grem *

11:44 pm

heheh

got the plant now

11:44 pm

ti4/4 (1st) = ti** test (medical)

lol at grim

11:45 pm

<-- doesn't like ti4 tests

not getting the medical

11:46 pm

by that reasoning grem - it should be derrier

11:46 pm

ti4 = like a clock tells ti4, but change the cons

11:46 pm

or reasonable facsimile

11:46 pm

I'd clue the first ti4/4 as a fork prong

okay got the clock

11:46 pm

oh, even better, jilli!

11:46 pm

derriere

or the fork got that now

4 left to go

11:46 pm

git'r dun, barb!!

have 8 ti's now...one more...

11:47 pm

ty jilli

11:47 pm

ask away, barb! Just give us what you're missing, not what you have (saves time)

11:47 pm

do you know which one, barb?

11:47 pm

(I mean in the order of the list?)

k

ummm

11:47 pm

how about t+ poison***

11:48 pm

the first ti5/14 is the hybrid wild feline

one of the 5/14's

got the one that rhymes with pigon

11:48 pm

sec is the bit of color

11:49 pm

ti5 (1st) = ti + ***e with the wind ti5 (2nd) = t + german female name (or one of our own babblers)

11:49 pm

Pigon: a regular figure having 3.14159... equal sides.

11:49 pm

ti5/14 adds a vowel to the decapitated bee word

there's a decapitated bee running around LOLLLLLLL

11:51 pm

what else are you missing, barb?

11:51 pm

bzzzzzzzzzzz

got the first...***e with the wind...its the second another easier clue???

(((poking pini)))

11:52 pm

t + B***O was his name-o + vowel

11:52 pm

bees poke people with their s*****rs

got the to's...just the t's in the middle column at the top...6/9 I have...looking to see what's missing

11:53 pm

barb, I thought you said you had the hybrid animal -- ti*er, ti*ger burning bright + the Li** of Judah

11:53 pm

I have a ti*** of envy for those who have finished

11:53 pm

do you have to4 = foot digit + vowel?

k it is the to's in the middle

11:54 pm

uh-oh, PB, Nef

yes pini

11:54 pm

which ones?

11:54 pm

to4 = Animal House's To** party

11:54 pm

to5 = To** party + vowel

missing a to 5/14 second one I thinkg

11:54 pm

to4 = sound?

11:55 pm

to5 = add sometimes vowel to sound

11:55 pm

Darn ! You're right gremlin. Sorry (hoping there's choclit in there!)

11:55 pm

non-standard plural of that to4

11:55 pm

add the sometime vowel to the sound

11:55 pm

to4 = pick up food with to**s

11:55 pm

to5 = add a vowel to the food picker-uppers

11:55 pm

hoping for at least 350

11:55 pm

to4 = boy's name

11:55 pm

add a vowel to the food picker-upper

got the pickers pini

11:56 pm

to4 = to + road abbrev

k did that one more...

11:56 pm

nonono BR, no time for 350! I'd like a small one - busy all day tomorrow

11:56 pm

I think there's been one over 350 this year - it's a rare sight

11:56 pm

to4 = to + ** dude!

11:56 pm

BR!!!!!!

11:56 pm

I guess barb's only lookingat pini's clues

11:57 pm

I hope not!

no I am trying to look at them all

11:57 pm

(sorry)

11:57 pm

How is Cole, Pini

11:57 pm

doing great, BR! Growing like a weed!

jill

11:57 pm

He's in the 95-100 percentile...

11:57 pm

fireworks

i used yours jill for the food picker

11:58 pm

after the boy's name, take the a out of browned bread

11:58 pm

wtg anike!

one to go ...yikes

11:58 pm

hello everyone :)

11:58 pm

YAY anike!!!

11:58 pm

what is your last word, barb?

11:58 pm

hi nan

11:58 pm

hi nan :)

its the second to 5/14 if I figured it out right

11:59 pm

TY

11:59 pm

to5 = sound + sometimes vowel

11:59 pm

add a vowel to the food picker-upper

11:59 pm

to 5/14 - boys name with extra vowel

did that one...must be the one before it then

12:00 am

or plaything + not off for the last 5/14

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