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12:00 am

fliparooni!

12:00 am

flip

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flip

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flip

12:00 am

FLIP!

12:00 am

flip - nice size

12:00 am

vent

12:00 am

tent

12:00 am

oh it is 10 here!

12:00 am

flip flip flip

12:00 am

hello again :)

12:01 am

luscious looking strawberries kimm

12:01 am

lol sorry!

12:01 am

*rubs eyes and looks hopefully at boarding announcements*

12:01 am

Oh! Flosey, you changed your flower! Why?

12:01 am

hi kimm

howdy all yipppeee I made the flip

12:01 am

tent vent

12:01 am

boarding announcements?

12:01 am

strawberries always mean spring

12:01 am

flop

12:01 am

Hi Pini!

12:02 am

ev 8

12:02 am

catching a red eye home

12:02 am

thanks diz just got i

12:02 am

thx diz

12:02 am

it

12:02 am

kimm, as a kid we had a huge hillside where they grew, picked almost every day while they were in season

12:02 am

where are you, jmc?

12:02 am

jmc oh boy! lol

12:03 am

sorry -- something weird going on with the Lickety Add box

12:03 am

lax on the way back from San Fran

Clues are up

12:03 am

eviction

ty diz

12:03 am

two margaritas in the airport so i think i will sleep

12:03 am

ty, lickety

12:03 am

y lickety

12:03 am

thanks nef too bad i already have it

12:03 am

thx lickety

12:03 am

Thanks, Lickety!

ty lickety

12:03 am

*ty

still think hottie should be okay

12:03 am

OR7 if not called

12:04 am

DRATTTTT!! Sorry all, Bedtime for me

12:04 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:04 am

g'ngiht nef

12:04 am

Nice, Flossey! Love childhood memories like that.

12:04 am

dee i tried it too

12:04 am

thanks pug

ra 6

pa 6 x 2

12:05 am

Ev8 if not called

12:05 am

ty nef

12:05 am

oi 6

12:05 am

nef called it pug *giggle*

12:05 am

thanks pug!

12:05 am

th pug

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er thx

12:06 am

or7

ty vash for that oi

12:06 am

okay calling the flight now bbl

12:06 am

*poof*

12:07 am

I've found at least 3 phantoms from the Q :(

12:07 am

Bye jmc

ra 6 x 2

12:07 am

pa 6 x 3

12:07 am

ventician isn't a word, is it? It's in the grid...Hello everyone!

me too jili

qu 6/27

12:08 am

hi doug

12:08 am

fl 7

12:08 am

doug its a PHANTOM not a word in the grid i tried it oto

12:08 am

hi dee hi ;)

12:09 am

I'm holding my breath until I find a word ending in "tician" ...or not

12:09 am

vash is that a word we should know?

12:09 am

not a phantom, not in dictionary, and seemingly non-extant

12:09 am

Hello jilli...that helps

12:09 am

and is it fL or fI?

12:10 am

FL 7

hugs jili

12:10 am

thanks Vash

12:10 am

Beautiful tulips, dc, and a beautiful reason

12:10 am

so, is there any point in me trying when, i know u guys r gonna kick my rear? i mean, whats the point of me trying? do i get points or something?

qu 6 x 2

12:11 am

ty, jilli. i first saw them in the Tulip Garden near the Tidal Bason in DC

12:11 am

oh duhh should have seen that got that FL 7

12:11 am

of course, zesty!!!!

12:11 am

er, Tidal Basin

12:11 am

hmm -- vetican -- home of Catholic animal doctors?

12:11 am

we all have the same 24 hours to fine 'em...some are just faster than others ;)

vi 6

12:11 am

cute jilli

12:11 am

ZeSt...you do get points, but that's not the point

12:11 am

prickling thumbs

12:12 am

jill thats vatican

12:12 am

does it matter who gets words first?

12:12 am

and veterinarian

12:12 am

each plays individually, so no

12:12 am

not at all, zesty!

12:12 am

his zesty -- this isn't a competitive game -- we take our own time

12:12 am

k, so i have no edge at all lol grrr

12:13 am

PA6

12:13 am

thanks

12:13 am

mlf, I was playing with those words

12:13 am

oh sorry

12:13 am

Not really...furthermore, different people have different standards of success with Babble

12:14 am

PHATOM entice

12:14 am

was RO 6 called?

12:14 am

take care e1 gn, thanks pini, thank nef for me also

lo 6 no 6

12:15 am

cya soon, zesty!!!

12:15 am

in8

12:15 am

will do!

12:15 am

=)~ gla

12:15 am

bye zesty

la 6

12:16 am

ty for the in 8

12:16 am

NO6

12:17 am

nbt

12:17 am

well done flosey

12:17 am

vite

12:17 am

wtg flosey!

wtg flosey

nbt

12:19 am

wtg dee

12:19 am

LO 6

12:19 am

in 8 x 2

12:19 am

Will I be driving a Toyota Altion one day? It so sounds like a car name to me...

12:19 am

there are 2 IN8's

12:20 am

nbt

ty pug looking

12:20 am

wtg nan

wtg nan

12:20 am

wtg nan

12:22 am

dee me too

12:22 am

wtg nan

12:22 am

I have the in 8/55 what are the stats on the other

12:22 am

in8/60

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8/60

12:22 am

in 8/60

12:22 am

8/60

12:23 am

which is the one I have, don't have yours ru

12:23 am

I have the 8/60, but not the 8/55

12:23 am

Are the IN 8s words we should know?

12:23 am

8/60 is mlf

12:23 am

thanks flosey

12:24 am

yw mlf

12:24 am

I don't have either, as usual

12:24 am

nor do i, jilli

12:24 am

well, jilli, I don't think you are ever in8/60

ac 6 x 2

12:25 am

i am completely stumped on thsoe In words

en 7/36

12:25 am

oh, I see -- ty flosey

12:26 am

i just got the IN 8/55

en 6/21

12:26 am

yw jilli, agree?

12:26 am

I sure don't see the in 8/60

12:27 am

me either ruru

12:27 am

don't see the 8/55

12:27 am

me either

12:27 am

i have the 8/60, but not the other

12:27 am

lol ru, nor do I see the other one

12:27 am

it includes the ac 6/30

12:27 am

ty for in8.60, flosey

12:27 am

yw dc

12:27 am

If you remain in8/60, you probably won't find it

12:28 am

wel, flosey, depends on whether or not you think sitting in front of a computer is ac6 or not

12:28 am

danke ;)

12:28 am

yeah.. I got it

12:28 am

lol jilli, I think we all fit that category

12:29 am

as much as I want to find the 8/55, my eyes are really drooping and will have to wait until tomorrow

12:29 am

nbt, btw

12:29 am

goodnight all!

12:29 am

well done, jilli

12:29 am

night miz

12:29 am

in8 55 relates to filling car tires

12:29 am

goodnight Miz, see you tomorrow

12:29 am

oh, nbt for me too

12:30 am

hello all. Is this worth starting?

12:30 am

100 down

12:30 am

In plus that doesnt work for me. er the computer clue

12:30 am

for you, stid...probably

12:30 am

thanks ru, tried that with a couple other endings that didn't work

12:30 am

hey ruru.

12:30 am

so much thanks ruru!!

12:30 am

hi stid -- sure, piece of cake for you!

12:30 am

I can sleep a little easier now

12:31 am

:) mis hoffle

12:31 am

It could also mean the value of currency degrading due to foolish government financial policies

12:31 am

oh my, ruru!

12:31 am

hey douglas! *offers choclits*

12:31 am

I am better than nyquil some nights/

12:31 am

oh my?

12:31 am

ty doug ;)

12:31 am

oh my, you have 100 words already!

12:32 am

i am not even close to that

12:32 am

mostly 4'a .. relax jilli

12:32 am

64/100 here and fading...fast

12:33 am

oh, I'm relaxed all right.

12:34 am

half way -- good night, everyone :)

12:34 am

sweet dreams nan

12:34 am

g'night nan

12:34 am

I am down to 140 already...

12:34 am

well done, nan -- g'night

HI.

12:35 am

hi herin

12:35 am

hey lady

hello. THis is the safest way to talk to any one sniff

12:36 am

g'night nan

12:36 am

hi stid and herin

12:36 am

hello OSGD

12:36 am

I'm outta here...night all ;) * poof *

12:36 am

sniff, herin?

12:36 am

g'nite Pini

12:36 am

night pini

12:36 am

g'night pini

lo 6/27; lo 6/18

12:38 am

i have 119 left i am out poof

I has a cold. Hi OSGMA> I just gave my very kind neighbour $20 to mow the lawn. It is jungleriffic out there. I really should scrounge together a lot more money and get them to help me with the garden of evil

has anyone seen the movie "The Young Victoria"? I saw it this weekend and really enjoyed it

12:38 am

sorry about the cold lady

12:39 am

thanks Dee, nice to know, I'd like to see it

12:39 am

thanks for the lo 6/27 dee

well worth watching.. and good special features

12:39 am

colds are biserable

so sorry to hear herin... my hubby is also sick ... yw ru

12:40 am

I missed it, dee, when it was here -- darnit!

I went out sat night and it was so much fun. No to the movie volley

12:40 am

oh darn, I don't watch what's coming, ditto darn

12:41 am

for the 2nd time in under 6 months my roomate has "shared" her f_ing bronchitis with me...

I saw it on netflix... girl who played assistant in Devil Wears Prada played Victoria, and she was perfect

12:41 am

maybe it'll be on when I'm in Toronto

12:41 am

hey flosey -- how did mr flosey like his trip to the nurseries?

12:41 am

oh no pugmama! that's not good!

12:41 am

flosey, it was here quite a while ago.

ditto that pug... hoping against hope I can avoid it this time

12:42 am

I think before Avatar

12:42 am

calling Doc for antibiotics tomorrow

12:42 am

he and Paul always have a good time stid

12:42 am

ev 8

12:42 am

at least he didn't buy any more trees

12:42 am

help on the i tile please? going for NBT, probably won't be able to play tomorrow.

12:43 am

LOL I need more trees, have three (minimum) that need replacing in the next couple years. *sigh*

12:43 am

thanks ru, gave me 3 words

12:43 am

thanks for the EV 8!

sigh I feel like i am pissing of fthe other half

12:43 am

stid -- the I tile is in8 x 2

12:44 am

You should search diligently, stid, those who are in8 don't get to nbt

12:44 am

thanks douglas and jill *thinking*

12:45 am

got it!!!!

12:45 am

fireworks

12:45 am

iYAY mpd!

12:46 am

the other in 8 is someone who blows things up ;)

12:46 am

wtg mpd!

wtg mp

12:46 am

and that is me with 115 to go and NBT.

12:46 am

amazing, mpd!

12:46 am

wtg stid!

wtg stid

12:47 am

well past half & have had all the 8's for a long time so think I shall bid you all a good night & hit the Nyquil

12:47 am

112 now and really must sleep so I can get quality reading and studying done tomorrow.

12:47 am

night pug, and I hope you can get over this fast!

12:48 am

well done pugmama, hope you feel considerably better in the morning.

12:48 am

me too & thanks

12:48 am

sweet dreams and happy days all! *poof*

12:48 am

you too are amazing, stid!

ar 6/24

12:48 am

(dislikes pugs. snotty roomate now)

yah I got an easter egg and coffee

12:48 am

s words complete

12:49 am

me too ruru will look for new abode when my dads estate is settled

12:49 am

fireworks unaided

12:49 am

wtg flosey!

12:49 am

wtg grem

12:49 am

I'm still wrestling with the As ;(

wtg grem

12:49 am

congrats grem 7 happy babbling all

12:49 am

YAY gremlinn!!!

12:50 am

and mpd also, very well done

I have one word

12:50 am

ar 6/24

12:50 am

vn grem

12:50 am

when I had 13 left, they were all 4s and 5s

ev 7,44

12:52 am

not evzones - that would be worth more, I think

12:52 am

"I will *****. In the meantime farewell! And all alone Rejoice in your dungeon cell!"

yah no more outside jungle

12:53 am

night douglas

12:53 am

good news, herin

fi 7,56

12:53 am

I'm not leaving, ruru, I'm cluing!

12:53 am

dee, Lickety is up

12:53 am

phant inflictive

12:53 am

oooh. I didn't log off fast enough and found halfway... thanks for being here all! thanks for the clues, too! LOL *real poof*

I did pay him but at least no more jungle

12:55 am

gj, stid!

12:55 am

what does that relate to dee the fi 7

fi ... ending like ac 6/30...

12:56 am

ha -- got the fi7 :)

wtg

12:56 am

(before the clue)

12:56 am

thanks dee

yqw

12:57 am

that fi7 is strange

it was new to me, too ...

hi and nbt

12:58 am

I got a lot of words, but looked up and noticed I had all of 50

12:58 am

wtg josh

hi josh wtg

12:59 am

"Quick, Henry, the fl4/7!"

12:59 am

(maybe nobody's old enough to remember that)

1:01 am

ah. I don't think I am jilli

1:02 am

a

1:02 am

Actually, it should be Fl 4/7

1:02 am

la 6

1:04 am

Sorry, jilli, before my time. I remember listening to a W. C. Fields sketch, where he mentioned having a glass of fl4/7 before retiring

1:04 am

It was an ad, showing a lady and a mosquito, with a gadget like a bicyle pump with a can at the end, full of killer stuff

1:04 am

f words done

1:05 am

I don't think WC Fields would even drink Fl 4/7 (the last one)

fireworks

1:05 am

wtg Dee

1:05 am

YAY dee!!!

ty

is there just one Fi word please

5 fi words

fi 7, 4, 5, 4, and 4

cheers

yqw

wd dee

ty this one was easier for me than yesterday's...

1:08 am

f's are done...yippeeeeeeee I O KY yay

I didn't finish yesterdays too busy snoozing

best thing for your cold herin

yes but I also had to study

1:09 am

I didn't like yesterday's - too many obscurities

wtg ru... well off to check email and check on hubby... hope he gets well soon... he is a bear

1:09 am

(sees that Sarah Palin is in the grid)

agree jili

1:09 am

I agree jilli

1:09 am

this one is no prize either, imvho

1:10 am

throw him a raw salmon dee

have a great day /eve... poofing with hugs!

raw meat would be more like it...

1:10 am

tell her to go away, ruru

1:10 am

How do you know it's Sarah, ruru? Could be any of the Palin family

thanks volley

yw herin... ta ta

Um I don't see the word stupid in the grid though Ru

1:11 am

well there is a sar next to it

1:12 am

oi 6

1:12 am

yew betcha herin

1:13 am

thanks ru

1:13 am

(has anyone told the tea party people that they look really stupid with the tea bags hanging off of their hats yet?

1:13 am

flosey' rolling tonight!

huh Ru?

1:13 am

Nickname of Dennis Boyd, pitcher for the Red Sox (the oi6 you mentioned, ruru)

1:14 am

not really jilli, just a bit over half way

1:14 am

just being more vocal??

awww just got a new nick name for Lucius kitty

1:15 am

I have 69 words and am finding this hard

1:15 am

can't get that ur6

1:15 am

what, herin?

1:16 am

ur + vowell + nervous twitch flosey

1:16 am

tyty ru

1:16 am

ty ruru

1:17 am

There are quite a few amusing words in this grid

1:17 am

is the other u a ur or up?

up4

1:17 am

up4/6

1:17 am

thanks

1:18 am

hi, everyone. Jilli, sorry to slip in and out of messenger - decided I was just too sleepy for it!

1:18 am

ni there NB

1:18 am

that's ok, NB -- I'm half asleep too

1:19 am

I'm at nbt, with a little help from the chat log, and morewords

1:19 am

night all .. i just fell asleep on my desk

1:20 am

I haven't gone to morewords yet -- have to get through the list before I do that ;)

1:20 am

hnt[FDJA9POSTHJQ0WUTJ[A HSY=YJKA

1:20 am

wtg, doug

ruru's cat says hello

1:20 am

goodnight, ruru!!!

1:20 am

(head on keyboard)

1:20 am

hi josh

1:20 am

don't think I want to hear that interpreted ru

1:20 am

I had nothing on either of the u's

hi jilli

1:21 am

yawn...

1:21 am

I had the up 4 babblet quite early

Dont yawn now you got me doing it

1:22 am

*big yawn* It's only twenty past seven. Oh screw it, I'm going back to bed! Nothing is worth this

NANCY. what the heck u doing up my dear

The only time one is awake at this hour is awesome breakfast

1:22 am

bye NB -- see you later!

1:23 am

Oh dear, I think NB's big yawn's are spreading through the internet

1:24 am

*yawns*

yawn and snort

1:25 am

that's better, doug ;)

1:26 am

phant usurpation

Doug that is funny i just typed in usurp

1:28 am

Well, you know, great minds, yada yada yada

I just got told that I was weird in the head. The only response to that was no just snotty

1:30 am

phant -- niacin

1:30 am

Well, that's why there's Babble...people understand that sort of thing here

I am going now have a fantastic day.

Night OSGMA and Doug and everyone that is not here and lurking

1:33 am

bye OSGD -- get well!

1:34 am

rotas

1:34 am

rotas

1:35 am

Penalty Box for helenary - I hear there are some delectable snacks in there

1:35 am

hi there, helenary

1:35 am

oopsy

1:35 am

hi jilli

1:36 am

over halfway at last!

1:38 am

good morning

1:38 am

hello ruby

1:38 am

Your being a little more ac6/30 than I am, jilli, I'm at a grand total of 68

1:38 am

hi rugy

1:38 am

ruby too

1:39 am

actually I feel pretty ruby this morning. Ruby is limping to the point where her head is practically hitting the floor. Appt with the vet at 12

1:39 am

I'm just stubborn, doug, going to get through the list if it kills me, and it might

1:39 am

pretty rugy*

1:40 am

*You're*

1:40 am

no, jilli, we need you!

1:40 am

poor ruby! Any idea why?

fireworks

1:41 am

no, I've checked paw, ankle, elbow, shoulder, all the way to the spine and she never flinches. I can't imagine what it is but I'm sick about it

1:41 am

YAY josh!!!

fun grid - any clues?

1:41 am

wtg josh

1:41 am

Hooray josh!

1:42 am

Well, the vet will know, I imagine.

1:46 am

I don't think it's a fun grid at all

1:48 am

but maybe I'm just tired.

1:51 am

me too jilli but if I don't finish tonight, don't think I'll get a chance

1:52 am

Me too, flosey, but I have to get up "early" (for me) so if I don't finish tomorrow, that's what this grid deserves

1:53 am

And I'm sure you're much closer to finishing than I am ;)

1:53 am

pool exercise tomorrow, then Geo has a bridge lesson here at 12:30 - 2:30

1:54 am

aha, can use laptop downstairs, didn't occur to me before!

1:54 am

so I can work very quietly down in family room

1:54 am

just waht I was going to suggest!

1:55 am

lol, funny, I don't think of using it here

1:56 am

but I do appreciate having this one freed up - geo can watch baseball on laptop

1:56 am

he watches St.Louis - has been a fan since he was a kid

1:57 am

those games aren't televised here

2:01 am

can't make words register!

2:02 am

must have hit the hiccup

2:02 am

that's it, ruby!

2:03 am

Ah, more uses for computers! TV to order!

2:04 am

Well, that's it for me - 56 left and the pillow calls -- goodnight all!

2:04 am

bye jilli

2:04 am

goodnight Jilli - see you tomorrow night?

2:05 am

patte

2:05 am

That's the plan, flosey :)

2:05 am

ok, sweet sleep

2:05 am

sorry, that's French

2:05 am

and *poof*

2:06 am

but add another cons, ruby

2:07 am

I added anolther vowel!

2:07 am

lol

2:07 am

patten

2:08 am

lol, I do believe you have it

2:08 am

sorry, I am so upset that I don't know if I'm coming or going.

2:08 am

vet can't see Ruby til 12

2:08 am

and what time is is now?

2:09 am

9

2:09 am

it didn't just start, but husband refused to acknowledge that she was limpling all week!

2:09 am

ah, is vet far away?

2:09 am

heavy denial

2:09 am

1/2 hr

2:10 am

morning all, good luck at the vets Ruby

2:10 am

well I do hope the vet can find the problem - and offer a cure

2:10 am

hi Katie

2:10 am

ty katie and gd morning

2:19 am

morning all, how many words today please??

2:19 am

164 diann

2:20 am

wtg Katie

2:20 am

hello kiann

2:20 am

wty?

2:20 am

164 words today

2:20 am

*wtg?

2:20 am

oops, sorry **Diann

2:21 am

that does it, I'm too tired to type properly - time to say goodnight

2:21 am

bye flosey

2:24 am

morning all

good morning diann

2:24 am

good morning sandrafrances. Hope all is well.

2:24 am

morning sandra & sprite

2:25 am

hi Katie

alls well here. how are you this bright and sunny morn

2:26 am

I am fine, just tryingto find all the words. It is not easy

no it isn't. i have 53 without looking at any lists. how many have you got

2:27 am

oh my just got an 8 all on my own yeahhh

2:27 am

I am up to 47

2:27 am

wtg Katie!

you are catching me up. have you got the 8? i have!!!!

2:28 am

yes

2:29 am

there are 3 8s

2:31 am

I am up to 52 and now going to have breakfast.

enjoy. see you later Jimmy!!!

2:32 am

how are you today, Katie? Weather up here is lovely and if my fever is down, I intend to get some sun on my skin later today!

2:32 am

55 - and definitely going

58 and enjoy

3:25 am

fireworks

3:40 am

I have one ci 5, 18- the animal. What is the other?

3:41 am

change the last cons to a vowel

3:41 am

drop last consonant and insert a vowel

3:42 am

Thanks!

3:42 am

yw

3:46 am

fireflies. Bye all.

3:48 am

I do not have the two qu6's. Can you clue me?

3:51 am

i have one q6 which is a plural of the q5

3:55 am

qu & the end of my country. Hi

3:57 am

Firewords and bed for me!

3:57 am

Hi, all

3:58 am

congrats Jae

3:58 am

TY!

5:04 am

Hi, is the chog working?

5:05 am

Seems to be. Hi

5:05 am

Yes, you've just proved it.

5:06 am

There was nothing between 3:58 and 5:04

5:06 am

It's that kind of grid, it needs concentration.

5:06 am

morning Haz, another tuff one

5:07 am

Hello lynxxx and bichon - it's certainly giving me something to chew over.

5:16 am

I'm going to take a break from this. I'll be back later,armed with either a sledgehammer or tweezers.

5:16 am

Or perhaps both.

5:16 am

Bye Haz, have a good day

5:17 am

Bye!

5:20 am

Good morning/day to all.

5:21 am

Hi Scrabbs. Afraid I'm off too. Tough grid - be warned!

5:22 am

I already discovered that with a review of the letters + layout.

5:27 am

So am I all alone here?

I'm lurking but at work so it's sporadic...

5:28 am

Hi MG.

Hello!

No Scrabbler, I am here but not really chatting. Only have 62 words so far and finding it very hard today :-(

5:28 am

Any new Walter stories?

5:28 am

hello

I'm TOTALLY stuck at 58 words.

5:29 am

ilar

5:29 am

ilsa

5:29 am

Hi Sally. Yes, it is a toughie. I have 46 words.

5:29 am

infar

5:29 am

inlat

5:29 am

oh pooh

Not today... but last night was not entirely appreciated, I tell you. Folks, he stuffed styrofoam up his nose. Why? Because he's 5.

5:29 am

Come on, lbd, don't tease us with non-words!

lol mg

5:30 am

I commented on that on FB, MG

5:30 am

argh, can't go to bed for another 3 hours...

5:30 am

WHy, dawg?

Yes, I saw, thanks. Been waiting for this one... they all do it at some point I think.

5:31 am

have to take hubz to work. then i can go to bed. I got off work early so...

5:31 am

I once had a kid tell me that a quarter ($ 0.25) was flying through te sky and jumped into his mouth, right down his throat.

Hee hee! Yes, as you'll recall Walter initiall said the styrofoam walked up him and jumped into his nose.

5:34 am

That is a common explanation--to blame the foreign body. Or another kid.

He was alone in the living room... kind of surprised he didn't blamd his robot panda though.

5:36 am

Or Saskia

Good point!

5:36 am

Does it look like you will be able to travel here next week?

So far it does look like it, yes. Thank goodness.

5:42 am

60! Woo hoo. BBS.

Tot straks!

6:07 am

Hello again. Anyone here?

6:08 am

still here, scrabs

6:08 am

How are you doing with this grid?

6:09 am

50 left.

6:09 am

Wow, good for you.

6:09 am

fresh cuppa coffee is helping

6:10 am

but i think i'm ready to list.

6:13 am

Morning all! What fresh hell is THIS?

6:14 am

68/96 and I must get ready to leave for work. On Mondays I work at the Indian Reservation Health Ctr and I have a longer drive.

6:14 am

Hi Jay. Another tough grid, but, so far, not as bad as pesterday.

6:14 am

pesterday is right

6:15 am

hi jay. it's a tough grid. but doable.

6:15 am

lol...i like pesterday!

6:15 am

Yesterday's word list had about 50% weird, new words for me.

6:15 am

Good morning everyone. How come the male version is okay, but latina is no acceptable. Is one a proper noun and the other not?

6:15 am

i think this requires more coffee than the half cup i've had.

6:15 am

Bye lbd + Jay!

6:15 am

lots of strange words yesterday.

6:15 am

have a good day scrabbler

6:16 am

bye scrabs, have a safe drive

6:22 am

this grid desperately needs an e on the east side

6:23 am

i agree, jay. would make a lot of easier words!

6:30 am

Hi all, I just got here and I am discouraged. This grid is either for players waaayyy smarter than I, or gluttons for punishment.

6:31 am

i'll go for glutton for punishment

6:32 am

hello again again everybody. Got to 60 words this AM but doubt that I'll find any more

6:33 am

I am waiting for another big grid. I love the ones with the words you can build, not these nasty little single-word ones

6:33 am

my goal is to get to 100--seems very unlikely

6:33 am

jayk -- 100!

6:34 am

GOAL, Ruby, goal!

6:35 am

my goals are much more limited and this feels more like gaol!

6:35 am

rotflmao

6:36 am

does anybody else pick a "favorite word" each grid?

6:37 am

so far, mine is l06, the fruit

6:37 am

that;s lo6

6:37 am

i love lo6. lovely fruit

6:37 am

my favorite word is the last one!

6:37 am

lol, jay!

6:37 am

I've never tasted one, but like the way the word looks.....

6:38 am

it took 3 months 'til I knew what everybody meant by fireworks

6:38 am

thanks Ruby!

6:39 am

not sure how to describe them. they look like an apricot and kind of taste like them, but the texture is firmer

6:40 am

we have an exotic fruit and vegetable market where they probably have them, but since DH does the shopping, I'll never know

6:41 am

vittles is my phantom so far

6:42 am

vetch is my phantom or even kvetch (which I'm doing)

6:42 am

phantom "notice"

6:43 am

hi crossy

6:43 am

hody ruby et al:)

6:43 am

howdy*

6:43 am

hody ho to you!

6:43 am

phantom "horntail"

6:43 am

afternoon eveeryone

6:43 am

hi crossy

6:44 am

hi again katie!

6:44 am

there are more phantoms than words

6:44 am

how about honey?

6:44 am

phanton "victuals"...i know im in for a rough one when i see this many phantoms

6:44 am

it must be halloween

6:44 am

penicillin

6:47 am

phantom "flint"

6:49 am

how did you get on at the vets Ruby?

6:50 am

naturally, once we got there, Ruby limped less but he examined her EXACTLY as I had and then did two x-rays. She has a little arthritis in her shoulder, not grave, and he gave her a shot and some pills. I'm very relieved as I was fearing something terrible Thank you for asking, Katie!

6:51 am

I'm assuming that "arthrose" is arthritis, but dealing with illnesses in French is a little bit tricky for me

6:53 am

I'm glad it wasn't anything more serious Ruby x

6:53 am

it's horrible that I fall apart when one of the dogs get sick!

6:54 am

thank you.

6:54 am

this is my favorite of all the dogs I've had (only 5)

6:56 am

firebirds!

6:56 am

congrats ibd!

6:57 am

thanks, now to go scrounge up some food and more coffee! bbl

7:04 am

only 73 words and falling asleep and it's only 2PM! See you later

7:05 am

there is no shame in falling apart a bit when one of our pets is ill.when a being is ill who loves us without judgement , listens to every word we say,cares not if we are fat or thin,does not laugh at the clothes we wear,runs to great us at the door and sleeps with us at night,who knows when we are sick or down and stays with us till the storm is past who would not show sudden care and concern when a magial creature like that is unwell?...hoo boy crossy needs meds and a tea...brb

7:13 am

Amen crossy

7:17 am

ta 5,16 clue please

7:18 am

oh, duh, nm ... didn't see that third letter there

7:19 am

hello everyone

7:19 am

Hi, Annie, kind of quiet here the last few minutes.

7:20 am

Hi Merk, I think everyone is deep into this nasty grid.

7:20 am

a very good morning to all

7:20 am

I found 80 words and now it is tough going

7:20 am

Hi (((Mom)))

7:21 am

Yes, I can relate to that, Annie.

7:21 am

{{{Annie}}}

7:21 am

I wonder if the ev8 is a compound word

7:22 am

Hi, Annie

7:22 am

morning all

7:22 am

No Annie, just found it, builds off the 5,18

7:22 am

I found the ev8--it is not a compound word---the act of removing someone from their apartment

7:22 am

No, it's easy. Several words have ended like that one.

7:22 am

need help with Q and U, pls for nbt

7:22 am

hi peri

7:23 am

When you are given a notice to get out of the house.

7:23 am

ty Annie and Merk

7:23 am

yes, merk I found it just as I was asking

7:23 am

thank you Merk and good morning

7:23 am

good morning Peri

7:23 am

qu 5, and 6 pl ... when only a certain number will be allowed in.

7:24 am

sheesh, ty Merk

7:24 am

thanks Merk

7:24 am

thanks again Merk

7:25 am

you are welcome

7:25 am

... and Fireworks!

7:25 am

yay for Merk

7:25 am

are the u words, up?

7:25 am

congratulations Merk!

7:25 am

And I've gotta go ... no time to chat this a.m. On my way to Ohio yet.

7:26 am

ty

7:26 am

ta ta

7:26 am

YAY for Merk!!!

7:26 am

have a safe drive today Merk

7:26 am

Have a safe trip, Merk

7:26 am

Off to work...bbl

7:26 am

bye bye SeaSpray

7:26 am

bye Sea

7:27 am

the one I have is Peri up + ** the world turns

7:28 am

that you Mom, nbt

7:28 am

Last one - in 8/55 any clues please

7:28 am

you're welcome

7:29 am

Hi Gran, just getting started here but will help you look

7:29 am

good morning friends! nbs, nbt, so now I can chat!!!

7:29 am

Hi Trif

morning babblers

7:31 am

Hi Trif

7:31 am

hello

7:31 am

and hi GE

7:31 am

good morning GoodEnough

is the grid more agreeable today?

7:32 am

no

7:32 am

I dont think so

hi, everyone

7:32 am

hi gg

7:32 am

Hi Guernseygirl

Hi GG how was your birthday party?

7:33 am

Happy belated birthday to you, guernseygirl!!!

it was great, ty. we had good weather and could use the garden and everyone got on really well with everyone else. but now i'm exhausted. - and also 60!

7:34 am

oh Guernseygirl, happy birthday.

ty, Annie

ty Mom

7:34 am

oh yes, happy birthday from me too, guernsey girl!

feel more like 80, today. lots of washing up

thanks Trif

7:35 am

happy birthday, gg, welcome to the 60's :-)

and clearing up to do.

well i'm so happy it worked out so well

7:35 am

Gran, have you had any luck with the in word?

now you have an excuse to put your feet up and babble all day (as if we need an excuse!)

7:36 am

I opened the list...there are 2 in 8's.

thanks, peri. theyre all right so far. get my first pension c heque in a fortnight.

7:36 am

ty Annie, will look some more

7:36 am

Yes just found it

7:36 am

clue please, gran

7:36 am

ohhh, would you care to share?

7:37 am

An unemployed balloon modeller = in8/60 in8/55. or a lung that doesn't work.

7:37 am

Hello Hazel! Your clues will help..going to dive in

7:37 am

To expand with gas or air

7:38 am

Hello! Do I get a prize for using both in8 in a sentence?

7:38 am

good afternoon Haz

got one of those ty, haz

7:38 am

The in8/60 in8/55's failure to pay his rent led to his ev8.

7:39 am

got the 8/55 thanks Haz and Gran

7:39 am

Gran congrats on fireworks

7:39 am

got the in8/55 going for the other one

7:39 am

Lunch time here so I'd better go - back later. Hungry husband to feed!

7:39 am

not finding the in8/60 but got the other, ty Haz

7:40 am

Oh Haz! Very nice on the three great clues.

7:40 am

bye bye Haz

not finding 8/60 either, but have found some other words along the way.

7:42 am

I am still in search of the 8/60 as well

just found the in8/60 if you want an alternative clue?

yes please

7:43 am

please Pinny, and good afternoon

7:43 am

in + not doing anything

it means lazy/not busy (extension of the ac6/30)

and hello all

ty, pinny, got it now

7:44 am

got it, thanks BR, and good morning. Thanks Pinny

7:45 am

My clue was bogus but glad you got it

and now i must tackle some more of the post-party clearing up. bbl

7:45 am

tyty for the in8

7:45 am

bl

7:46 am

bye bye Guernseygirl

7:46 am

bye bye Peri

7:47 am

hello {{Herin}}

7:48 am

Hi All

How you mom

7:48 am

Hi Hego

7:48 am

How's the grid today?

7:49 am

I am just fine Herin, and you?

7:49 am

it is another stinker

Hi Hego

7:49 am

is that you Hego in the picture?

7:49 am

uh oh

7:50 am

that is a wedding picture, but it's too big so I have to change it.

7:50 am

what is the matter?

7:50 am

you said stinker

7:51 am

what a lovely bride you made and quite a dashing groom

7:51 am

it is that, for sure

7:51 am

thanks Mom

7:51 am

We're old, but willing. lol

7:52 am

age is just a number. I think it is how you feel in your heart and mind that tells you your age (except when the bones creak) :)

7:53 am

Yup :o)

Hego - you're so glam!

7:53 am

LOVE! your cartoon.

7:53 am

7:53 am

7:53 am

7:54 am

Hi Pinny!

7:54 am

tyPinny

Hi Hego

7:54 am

thanks, each week I put up an ad from the 1930's

7:54 am

Is that you Pinny?

It is me! Taken last year when I was still living in Abu Dhabi

7:55 am

You're beautiful!

Oh thank you!

7:55 am

Are you feeling any better Pinny?

From the cold or the panic attacks?

7:56 am

either. both

7:57 am

Good morning all

not sure

7:57 am

Hi Bob

7:57 am

Hi herin

Cold has morphed into chest infection, but on antibiotics, so just general aches and pains. Panic is getting better (I think), but possibly due more to the fact that I've restricted a lot of activities to only o stuff I feel ok doing (which poses problems when I do get another job interview/offer)

7:59 am

Yes, I see

7:59 am

hego...hate to be mean, but you are messing up the chog and the add word...please change your icon.

8:00 am

I did Phae

8:00 am

good morning Phae, you are such a beast. lol :)

8:01 am

ok, i'll refresh and see if that helps

8:01 am

chog looks okay to me , though

Pinny come to my house and we can be crappy together

8:03 am

that would be quite a commute herin

I wish! I'd do anything to be able to run away from this

8:03 am

Awwwww

Alas, my ex boyfriend lives in Melbourne, so I avoid at all costs (which sucks, cos my best friend also lives there)

8:04 am

It is after 9:00 here and I need to get busy. {{Hugs}} to all of you. Herin and Pinny, I hope you two feel better soon

Well we both feel craptactula and I could always put a size 10 boot in his butt for you :D

8:04 am

Bye Mom

8:05 am

Great word Herin

Thanks Mom (and thanks Herin, but it's me you'd have to kick up the butt)

Why are you feeling poo, Herin?

i have a cold sniff

Bummer. Hate having a cold

8:06 am

Poor Herin

I have canned 2 days of class so I don't sniff cough and hack on others

8:07 am

Pinny, what kind of work do you do?

I work in Internal Communications, but I lost my job last May and haven't been able to get a new one. I think the toll of losing my job, two court cases in the space of a year, leaving the UK to live abroad, having to come home in fear of my life and then having two dozen highly-stressful interviews with no offers have all culminated in the explosion of a lot of repressed anxiety

8:08 am

yep...that worked :)

8:09 am

good Phaeton

8:09 am

Panic attacks can be mitigated.

8:09 am

Pinny, gosh. No wonder.

what do you mean?

8:09 am

hi all

8:09 am

Hi BR

8:09 am

Hi Boo

hi boo

8:10 am

tell us more BR

8:11 am

Take a look at my profile and copy the tips .... takes practice but has helped me a lot.

Pinny You need to talk to someone. 3 events like that is enough to turn a sane persons head inside out.

8:13 am

Good tips BR

I know I do, and I've looked around for someone to see, but unfortunately private care costs too much for someone with no job, and I have to wait about 9 months to get help on the NHS

8:14 am

Did you try Ata's guy?

I'm quite the panic/anxiety expert now, but unfortunately for me, my solution (get a job, get a normal routine back, integrate back into society, haven enough money to afford specialist treatment) is all tied up in the problem (panic attacks are triggered by job interviews, the fear of not being good enough as a consequence of losing my job last year)

I didn't - he's too expensive

I don't know about your area and what it is called and all that but there is crises workers available at um Employement services like were you get the pension (sorry I can't think of the name for you guys)

8:15 am

Ah, too bad.

I know what you're referring to Herin

None of that assistance (job-seekers allowance or job centres) is available to me

8:16 am

Mayo Clinic panic attacks: http://tinyurl.com/2bdodan

what I mean isn't there a social worker there at the place that you can talk to?

8:17 am

problem #1. panic attacks.

8:17 am

Good Morning Fellow Babblers. How are you all today? And how is the grid this AM?

8:17 am

First deal with that.

8:17 am

Hi nef.

8:18 am

We're trying to help Pinny

8:18 am

clue for ac 6

I can't 'sign on' for job seekers allowance or assistance at all Herin

8:18 am

Take it one step at a time, or you'll feel overwhelmed.

my other thought is to contact your local council and say HEY I need to speak to a social worker persony thingy

8:19 am

Don't have it Boo

But no, there's none of that kind of help either way, and the government is trying to cut back on monies spent on 'soft' treatments (such as any talking therapies)

8:19 am

Self_esteem: http://tinyurl.com/2f3eyl8

ac6 = busy

http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/ I don't know if this helps or not

8:19 am

ty Pinny

8:20 am

ac6...movement

Pinny we haven't even got Mental health care in our next budget. it is all about families and babies which i think is bullcrap

8:20 am

and Phae

8:20 am

yw

It is a bit rich that I have to pay over 40% tax when I'm working, but when I have these problems, it's going to take at least 9 months to get seen by a specialist on the health service

8:21 am

Pinny, there are some free self-help groups for all sorts of problems here on the internet. Have you tried this one? http://www.anxieties.com/panic.php

8:21 am

cognitive distortions: http://tinyurl.com/yglkhtr

8:22 am

Great idea Nef.

I've already read that site Nef, but thank you

this has been going on for about 7 weeks now

I believe there is always crisis help if needed. Call me naive

8:23 am

The good news, then, Pinny is that it isn't severely set in yet.

i used to have them 5 years ago

this is just a recurrance

8:24 am

The links I posted for self-esteem and cognitive distortions are good exercises to work through.

thanks BR - i'll check them out

anyway, let's stop talking about me and my miserable panic!

8:25 am

BR's sites are excellent, Pinny.

8:26 am

Very good site for support and information in a safe environment: http://forums.psychcentral.com/

8:26 am

clue for an I word, please

8:27 am

in 8 Phae

8:27 am

ty hego

8:27 am

opposite of ac6

8:28 am

in 8 - what an air compressor is to a tire

8:28 am

got it...ty

I must love you and leave you I am very tired and sleepy and hope I don't snore and splutter all night

8:29 am

Ooo good one BR. ty

8:29 am

Nite Herin. Sleep well.

O and Pinny go to I haz cheeze burger or Daily Squeel to make you feel better

8:30 am

Sleep well, Herin. Who cares if you snore tonight!

Night Herin - feel better

I think what would make me feel better are 1. A new, extremely well-paid job, and 2. A nice, extremely well-paid boyfriend!

thanks all. Me I care himself has to work in the AM and I snored and sniffed and then the cat acted all mental all night

8:31 am

pinny: I just came into this very late, but I know about panic attacks from personal experience. For me, the simplest medication was Xanax. It worked and had no side effects. How much do you weigh -- no -- don't answer that. I weigh less than 100 lbs and take 2 x 50mg doses

8:32 am

it enables me to sleep through the night, crucial. 50mg, would probably be a good starting point

I asked my doctors for Xanax based on some other comments from Babblers, but they don't prescribe it in my surgery and said it's not used iwdely here anymore

8:32 am

Hi Ruby. I hope you mean 0.50 mgs

8:32 am

and it's really inexpensive; my regular MD prescribes it on my own say-so

8:33 am

yes, sorry. that would calm an elephant!

8:33 am

hello hego

8:33 am

I agree with you Ruby.

8:33 am

I think it's a wonderful anti anxiety med

8:33 am

that seems crazy to me as it's one of the most widely-prescribed drugs in the world!

not here :(

8:34 am

most other drugs have unpleasant side-effects.

8:34 am

and inexpensive in the generic

they said it's really addictive, and then put me back on seroxat, which is one of the most addictive ssri's on the market (and also has a side-effect of making people suicidal...)

8:34 am

Afriend of mine with fear of flying had great results with it.

8:35 am

the real stuff is made by Pfizer and the generic by Biogaran in Hungary. My pharmacist is pushing me to use the generic, but it is more bitter and harder for me to take

8:35 am

Oh terrific, Pinny

it took me a year to withdraw from seroxat when i finally stopped taking it last time

and that was only in october

8:36 am

We take the generic for sleep. Only 0.25 mgs

8:36 am

I do not find it addictive and it has really helped me. Years and years ago, I had terrible panic attacks when I was teaching, and Librium was prescribed which also worked well, but I don't think it's made any more

librium's still around, but more for bi-polar i think

8:37 am

my husband takes .25, too. No, I think that's lithium!

they're such bastards in the uk - they just pump us full of medication because it's more expensive to actually address the root of the problem through therapy

8:37 am

I am a really bad sleeper otherwise, and with three snorers nearby, I would be in big trouble otherwise

8:38 am

lithium is the bi-polar drug, I believe. Librium sort of disappeared when it went off patent; it was too inexpensive

8:38 am

It's still around Ruby

8:38 am

pinny, if I could loan you my Ruby, she would calm your panic attacks

8:39 am

no kidding, hego, but not in France

oh - gotta run - sister's about to come and take me to the store for some fruit shopping

thanks everyone for the (always useful) advice. be back later x

8:40 am

how are you, hego? I just fed all the roses and did a little weeding and more staking of peonies. Unfortunately, I get really tired.

8:40 am

good luck, pinny. I'll be thinking of you.....

p.s. ruby - i might just jump on a boat and come stay with you in france if that's a picture of your pup!

8:40 am

I'm good Ruby.

8:40 am

Bye Pinny. Feel better

8:41 am

yes it is and that would be lovely, just not in May because I have a houseful!!!!

8:41 am

I may just keep my little garden patch with perrenials this year.

8:42 am

It looks so neat and tidy right now.

8:42 am

she gave us a big scare with a terrible limp that started a week ago but, once I got my husband out of denial {what lim as her chin hit the floor], the vet said it was just a little arthritis in her shoulder and gave her a shot and she's much better. Why do things like that always come to crises on the weekend?

8:42 am

what limp?*

8:43 am

Always, Rube

8:43 am

many of my perennials have let me down. I had magnificent double hollyhocks for a couple of years and they just disappeared, for example

8:44 am

are they from bulbs?

8:44 am

we used to have a wonderful but too fancy gardener to help, but it got to be too expensive. Now I have a handyman who comes and does whatever I tell him and I'm no expert.....

8:45 am

still good, though.

8:45 am

I don't even know, the old gardener planted them for me and I haven't been able to find any new ones in the three years I've been looking

good morning everyone.

8:45 am

hello red

8:45 am

Hiya Red

8:45 am

ciao

8:45 am

Hi Red

8:46 am

PB for me

8:46 am

ciao jmb

8:46 am

Hi again. Back with some coffee so I can see now. Ruby, Hollyhocks are biennials so they only come up for 2 years

8:46 am

aha!

8:46 am

Hello, HT

8:46 am

most of the flowers are shades of pink, red, salmon, purple and blue, but I have one peony that has dinner-plate size white flowers that are incrdible

8:47 am

i really need to look at the grid before i type!

Hi Br. And glad you are seeing well, Nef...

8:47 am

that is funny because wild ones come up in the cracks in the road! They are pallid little things, not like the ones I had

8:47 am

and they are seeds; so they often self-seed. But you can't always count on them doing that if some wild little critters like their seeds

8:48 am

The reliable plants are the roses, peonies and hardy geraniums [pellargoniums??]

8:48 am

and I fell right in with you.

Nef! a font of flower information!!!

8:48 am

I need all the help I can get; this is my first garden

8:49 am

perhaps we can get a rose named after you or a nenuphar for my husband's pond!

I do large round planters, but, I admit ruby I only pick the easy stuff, so I am not any help.

8:49 am

Not really, red. I had to find that out myself --the hard way. Ruby, the little ones in the road are probably the first year flowers; they really bloom best the 2nd year

could I beg for a clue for an i for no blank tiles...

8:50 am

2 in8's

8:50 am

mine were very dark red, double or tripls, and were about my height (5ft)

8:50 am

when on patrol, had to good at garden

8:50 am

One you use to blow up a tire.

8:50 am

someone who blows up balloons or tires, red : in8

Ooooh, going to look carefully....

aaaah, excellent! thanks

8:51 am

the other is opposite of ac6

8:51 am

ty nef, got that one

8:51 am

now for the other???

8:51 am

yup

8:51 am

inertia has a lot in common with the second in 8

8:51 am

sounds like me, most afternoons

8:52 am

thank you, friends

THanks BR. I've been struggling with inertia for a month now.

8:52 am

now I have all the 8's and no 7's at all!

8:53 am

Fl 7 to squash

8:53 am

I have 7 mins until mr. nasty gets his martini!

8:53 am

all of the 7s have seven letters

8:54 am

ty hego, and that gave me the 6!

Oh my, more love people more love.

8:54 am

yuk yuk!

8:54 am

ar6?

8:54 am

I love my dogs! and my friends!

8:55 am

yw

BR, I think the tips you list on anxiety and panic, especially are very helpful.

8:55 am

He's a jewel

8:56 am

Have helped me a lot

8:56 am

sorry, phae, haven't found the ar 6 yet

I wish we could put them on the discharge papers of people we send home after panic attacks, so many of them are angry and will not get more assistance.

I do not suffer from panic, but apparently am internally anxious...

8:57 am

a "handling anxiety handbook"

8:57 am

ty nef

8:57 am

isn't everybody?

8:58 am

a + *** rogers and dale evans + a fender bender often leaves a de**

Apparently not hego.

thanks BR!

8:59 am

ty BR. A lot

8:59 am

thanks BR, nice clue for an impossible word!

Oh...May I point out proudly that i have a new photo of Teulu. If is a bit smooshed.

8:59 am

thanks,

8:59 am

R

8:59 am

he looks fl 7. lol

8:59 am

martini time, see you later

9:00 am

bye Rube enjoy

yes, he had just realized that I was not spending the day at home, but testing the cameras....not a happy moment.

have a godo time ruby, good job on the gardens.

9:00 am

did you fl 7,40 him yourself?

9:01 am

my husband just took out all of the old, mature, pond plants and bought all new ones. Is that insane or what?

9:01 am

I had better not have a martini or I'll fl7 him!!

9:01 am

take a xanax Ruby

9:02 am

lol who will clue it next i wonder?

well, he lays like that a lot, but when I look like I am leaving, but when I put the image in an an icon....it got fl**

9:03 am

pancake pup

I am a little too much in love with this....

9:04 am

so does anyone still need fl 7,40 ?

9:04 am

lol. I doubt it.

9:05 am

okay... i guess i'll put the fish away until later lol

9:06 am

:o)

9:06 am

any clue for the U in the bottom U for nbt's here?

9:06 am

up 4

9:07 am

up4/6

9:07 am

mee too nef.

9:07 am

thanks, Hego

9:07 am

yw

9:07 am

ty hego

9:08 am

NBT' now!

9:08 am

yw too

9:09 am

time to put on my left pa**** and my right pa**** and go for a walk around the 2nd floor.

9:09 am

YAY!

9:10 am

ty jmb

9:11 am

its kind of fun but maybe i should stop before i start writing stories like 'you know who'

9:12 am

I like stories.

9:12 am

Good morning/afternoon again.

9:13 am

Hi Haz!

9:13 am

Hi hego, Haz and everyone else

9:13 am

Hi Bichon

9:13 am

114 left... i need to get back to work so i can finish my QU*** for the day. bbl

9:13 am

I do too. I think it takes some work and an imagination to put the clues into a story like that

9:13 am

Hi Haz

9:14 am

Hello! I'm back with my sledgehammer, tweezers and all resources possible to get this finished.

9:14 am

Hi Haz and bichon

9:14 am

Bye jmb

9:16 am

Glad Spangle is on the mend. Biscuit is doing well for a 16 y.o. with end stage renal disease

9:16 am

Attention wandering . Better leave for a while. Bbl.

9:17 am

I'm relieved that we've got a diagnosis and that I've not been imagining things, bichon.

9:17 am

Bye, hego.

Oh no, I am just coming back from email. Spangle, the gorgeous lady is not well?

9:18 am

Biscuit was peeing uncontrollably in the house. That's why I brought him to the vet. I didn't expect the kidney diagnosis

9:18 am

No, she's got an underactive thyroid. I've put something about it in my profile, red.

9:18 am

oh, no, bichon! I'm sorry to hear that

9:19 am

thyroid issues are easily dealt with haz.. it isn't a serious problem

9:19 am

Hopefully Biscuit can be kept under control - specialist diet prescribed, I suppose?

9:19 am

Well, he is 16. Bichons can live a long time.

9:19 am

I know, ruru, she'll just have to get used to taking tablets, but she's usually a compliant patient.

9:20 am

We tried the diet and that didn't make any difference. He was already on Enalapril for his heart murmer. I just put him back on the food he really likes and he's doing reasonably well

9:20 am

we always sneak them in a small piece of banana or a dollop of turkey/chicken baby food.. they gobble them up

9:20 am

I put peanut butter on his pills and no problem

9:21 am

But, Biscuit has been pretty active which is a good sign

Teulu does well with pills. do dogs like bananas?

9:21 am

yup.. most do

9:21 am

goldens' love bananas

I am allergic to them, but I may get one or two to see how teulu likes it. He Loves apples.

9:23 am

(wraps up the q's...pats self on back)

9:24 am

clue for et5 please

9:24 am

I had my older dog on Thyroid medicine for many years haz with great results in vigor, coat, and appetitie

9:24 am

dogs also love carrots, apples, and oranges too. But don't give them grapes (which are supposed to be poisonous to them, although my old Tootsie used to go out and eat them right off the vine!)

9:25 am

they are poisonous to dogs as are raisins and chocolate

9:25 am

That's good to hear, ruru. I'll be glad to get the normal Spangle back again.

9:25 am

MIne loves broccolli stalks

9:26 am

did your husband diagnose the condition?

9:26 am

Spangle is such an interesting name, Haz. How did you name her that?

9:26 am

Nef, my father had a dog that ate grapes off the vine also.

9:27 am

but only when my father was with him...he wouldn't eat by himself.

9:27 am

No! He kept trying to tell me it was just her getting older. I took her to the surgery, two of the younger vets examined her, took blood tests and diagnosed it from that. He needs to stick to cattle...

and i learned apparently onions also are bad for dogs.

9:27 am

yes, and garlic too

9:27 am

hmm... those are sure signs of thyroid issues

9:28 am

I had the name Spangle months before I actually had her! I knew I wanted a spaniel, it was a kind of play on words and also in reference to a type of sweet we used to have - called Spangles.

9:28 am

Tootsie would eat our grapes, cherry tomatoes and raspberries right off the vines. She was a 10 pound shiz-poo and smart as a whip. She died about 3 years ago and was around 15 years then

9:30 am

We have named all our Bichons after yummy bakery treats: Muffin, Biscuit and Cupcake. Muffin died when he was 12 and Cupcake lives with my daughter

9:30 am

Cute name, Haz. Our dogs have always been rescued from pounds or from being put down. I've never changed a pets' name

none of my pound dogs came with any names.

9:31 am

I had a client ringing in this morning to make an appointment for her dog. It was called Kitty. Why would you do that?

I met several cats named "Doggy" and Dog boy. Mostly cutsie named by a 2 yr old who was still learning the difference.

9:33 am

LOL! Someone was confused! :-) My sister's dog was named Lacey by her kids, though. They couldn't pronounce Lassy

9:33 am

All our dogs have been boys, with yummy names

9:34 am

a good friend of mine owns a Corgi and when his sister came over she exclaimed "that dog looks like a pot roast".. hence the name Roastie

roastie is a super name!

9:35 am

did someone want the et 5?

9:35 am

I'll take it..think boo needs it

9:36 am

just found it

9:36 am

Our current dog is now about 11 years old. A male Schiz-poo named CJ (after the previous owners' first 2 grandchildren) and he was terrible when we got him: barking all of the time, peeing and pooping in the house, etc. We got him while Tootsie was still alive. He peed on the floor once and that was it! Tootsie got after him and he hasn't done it since

9:36 am

look down the left side,ruru

9:37 am

e + *** will be done + consonant

9:38 am

thank you

9:38 am

Muffin and Biscuit used to pee in the house [a Bichon thing] until Muffin died and Biscuit stopped

9:39 am

happy to say Dylan potty trained in a week

9:39 am

what breed is Dylan. Bichons [male] are notriously difficult to house break

9:40 am

he's a golden

9:40 am

JC (which is what I meant to type the first time I wrote his name here; CJ is a family friend!) is a pretty decent dog now; but he's really DUMB! He gets by on his looks now

9:41 am

You wouldn't think it to look at a Bichon, but they are very dominating. He's been neutered since 6 months and when a Golden pup arrived next door he was humping him and had an erection that wouldn't go away

9:41 am

sounds like TIger Woods

9:42 am

LOL ruru! and morning/afternoon all.

9:42 am

Hello, FM!

9:42 am

very funny ruru :-)))

9:43 am

Greetings Haz!!!

9:43 am

fa 6?

9:43 am

hi, FM. ruru, that was funny

9:43 am

Have you tackled the grid, FM?

9:44 am

not diet is the fa 6

9:44 am

fa6 - to make plump

9:44 am

Foolishly yes, but am making some headway thanks to lickety.

9:44 am

ty Haz

9:45 am

You're welcome, bichon.

9:45 am

I know, use of all resources is quite to be recommended for this.

9:46 am

A pair of magpies ahve moved into the chuchyard and were creating payhem with the ring doves this morning but I don't think they were able to get to the nest.

9:46 am

umm mayhem even.

9:46 am

maybe they weren't married

9:46 am

Happy Monday to all.. (-:

9:46 am

payhem is when taxes are due

9:47 am

Hello, Aloy.

9:47 am

*grin* ruru. Hello Aloy!

9:48 am

tough grid, methinks.. haven't found 3/4 yet, but opened chat for inspiration.. interesting chat (-:

9:48 am

** throws in white hanky and heads for Lickety's list **

9:48 am

It is a hard one today.

9:49 am

It's a bit of a stinker, Aloy, even the normal words seem to be twisty or something.

9:49 am

does anyone have the second in 8? Is it related to the first in 8?

9:50 am

We seem to have had a run of toughies over the last few day.

why is there a male la6 but not the female?

9:50 am

And I thought the one for yesterday was tough! Do you suppose they've decided to make it harder these days (or am I lacking brain cells that I used to have?)

9:50 am

our cabana boys are hotties, so i don't know why enable won't recognize that word

9:51 am

They're not related, bichon. An underused lung might be said to be an in8/60 in8/55 (think blowing up balloons)

9:51 am

bichon - if you get a fl4 tyre on yr car you might use one of these to pump it up again.

9:51 am

found it! the in 8/55

9:51 am

ty FMitch

9:52 am

aloy...you used the word "hottie", but this puzzle does not recognize that word

9:52 am

exactly lawyer.. grumble grumble

9:52 am

Just be happy with the cabana boys instead :)

9:52 am

so, exactly what were those cabana boys?

9:53 am

The balloon animal artist was out of work and could not pay his rent. This led to the ev8/60 of the in8/60 in8/55.

9:53 am

they hang out in the PB

9:53 am

Nice one Haz.

9:53 am

lol, nice Haz

9:54 am

the PB is a fun place to hang out if you mess up too often. Check out FM's profile for the "G-rated" version

9:54 am

ar 6 anyone?

9:54 am

Do I get any extra points?

9:55 am

absolutely, Haz

9:55 am

ar6 - variant spelling of another ar6 that appears more often.

9:55 am

even with licketey, having lots of trouble . even with small words like al4/7

9:55 am

al + there are no **s ands or buts about it

Don't get the in 8/60??? got the other

9:55 am

ty Haz for ar^

9:56 am

ar6/24 - a plus Mr Rogers, take the vowel out of the mesh used to catch fish.

9:56 am

You're welcome,vici.

9:56 am

ty for that one, Haz

9:56 am

ty aloyisius - swear I tried that!

9:56 am

in8/60 - descriptive of one who is not doing anything. Or of a volcano that does not erupt.

9:56 am

thank you ...temporarily blinded by that one

sorry haz dont get it

9:57 am

so many phantoms today

9:58 am

am having fun.. vetican, a holy place for veterinarians

9:58 am

so many pls that I missed the first time through...

lol

9:58 am

LOL Aloy

9:59 am

in8/60 - use in as a prefix meaning opposite. Sedentary, indolent.

9:59 am

fatican.. a holy place for the obese

10:00 am

Everyone is on a roll this afternoon.

10:00 am

aloy can continue from the PB now

10:01 am

ooh.. looking back to see my booboo..

10:01 am

oh didn't spot that.

10:01 am

oops, sorry!

10:02 am

qu 5 and last 6 clues pls

10:02 am

shoulda said "sacred"

10:02 am

five more till I hit the list

10:02 am

a list of goals is the qu 5 science

10:03 am

or qu5 for the sales person

10:03 am

The second qu6 is a plural, the first qu6, qu plus the ending of the kangaroo continent.

10:03 am

ty

10:05 am

en7? please

10:06 am

en + I hug you tight :)

10:06 am

en7 - en plus a word that means to hug or keep hold of.

10:06 am

thank you again

10:06 am

Put him down, FM, you know the terms of your stalking order.

10:06 am

yay, ty FM and Haz

10:07 am

(i....can...breathe.. now)

10:07 am

FM and Haz...

10:07 am

I know I know, no closer than 2000 miles teehee

10:07 am

Poor man, Do you need the use of a temporary in8 to get those lungs working again?

10:08 am

You will be pleased to know that Victoria and mr. Beckam dined here in my town this last week

10:08 am

Did they really? Did the restaurant have to order in extra supplies for her?

10:08 am

pa 7????

10:08 am

so your town fa7 'ed them up

10:08 am

oops.. lol that was wrong

10:09 am

I can't count

10:09 am

they dined at Farmstead a new restaurant here

10:09 am

they didn't get hit by a truck in ruru's town

10:09 am

she has bumpers aloy

10:09 am

Hope she didn't go overboard have have a whole 4 lettice leaves.

10:09 am

that would have fl7

10:09 am

'ened them up

10:10 am

lol FM

10:10 am

bumpers ruru? lol

10:12 am

pa7 - a level golf score joined by a vowel to a nervous twitch

10:13 am

lovely, Haz.. needed that one, ty ]

10:13 am

Haz to the rescue again, was just staring at the word thinking how do I clue that.

10:13 am

Haz, has it stopped raining and cleared up over there?

10:13 am

You're welcome. Apparently it means 'near the ear'.

10:13 am

there is a pa7 gland

10:14 am

Yes, it's been dry for quite a while, so laundry merrily getting blown outside.

10:14 am

one of the salivary glands, I believe

10:14 am

It'll not be one of Victoria Beckham's most overworked glands, in that case.

10:15 am

(-: g one, Haz

10:17 am

10 left and need a 5 min break for the final push. BRB

10:19 am

Back shortly as well..

10:27 am

Back again, and found half a dozen silly 4 letter words. Fresh eyeys do help.

10:27 am

Yes, those eyeys are worth their weight in gold.

10:28 am

or if I had typed it worth their weight in glod :)

10:29 am

down to the last dozen.. think I'll try FM and Haz's fresh eye break.. brb

10:29 am

what is the value of glod these days?

10:29 am

Absolutely. The adverts would be appearing - sell your unwanted glod!'

10:30 am

glod it at an all time high allegedly but glod is priceless! Hi kje.

10:30 am

Hello, kje.

10:30 am

hello

10:30 am

Oh give me strenght, it is a miracle I find any words in the grid sometimes.

10:31 am

It's a miracle that we understand you, but we do. Every wod.

10:31 am

this is a slow one... not hard, just few that build off each other

10:31 am

done...yippee

10:32 am

yay ru

10:32 am

Well done, ruru!

10:32 am

Congrats ruru!!

10:32 am

!

10:33 am

YAY ruru! (took you long enough) *wink*

10:34 am

stiddy!! long time, are you still juggling a million balls?

10:36 am

Can I have a clue for the ar6/24 please.

10:36 am

like the ar 6 yesterday ..spelled differently

10:37 am

seriously ru? youi expect us to remember yesterday's grid? LOLOL

10:37 am

like juke joynt

hi all. rurocks, that clue only helps if you were here yesterday. i was celbrating my 60th birthday and just didn't have time to babble

10:38 am

back... aaach, the armadillos are tearing up my lawn

10:38 am

happy birthday, guernsey!

10:38 am

aw... Happy belated birthday. GG

10:38 am

Happy Birthday for yesterday gg.

ty rurocks

10:38 am

Happy Birthday to GG!

10:38 am

Now there is a phrase you don't here in the UK Aloy.

for a moment i started to look for armodillos in the grid

10:39 am

in England it is pecadillos that tear up the gardens

10:39 am

.. asked an expert what to do and he said, "well, I hear they are delicious"

10:39 am

so then I asked him.. "do you skin them or shell them"?

10:39 am

(they taste like chicken)

10:39 am

yes, I have heard of people eating them... but how do you kill the thing with all that armor? (except running over them, I mean)

10:39 am

ugh

10:39 am

you could break an ankle in the holes they leave

10:40 am

armadillo pizza anyone?

10:40 am

do not do that... not all it is cracked up to be

10:40 am

I read that coyotes are their #1 predator

10:40 am

.. and that they are VERY stinky!

rurocks, what do you recommend for the pecadillos?

10:41 am

coyotes or armadillos?

10:41 am

a year away from the british tabloids

10:41 am

armadillos have bad breath

10:41 am

now that you say that, I did hear about someone using coyote urine to keep yard pests at bay... apparently you can buy it, then sprinkle it around... the critters smell coyote and leave

10:41 am

armadillos.. so, if you transport them.. like trap and release, beware.. but you need a license to relocate them

10:41 am

makes one wonder whose job it is to collect coyote urine

10:41 am

and how do you know that ruru?

i believe tiger dung is good as well

10:42 am

kje, I read on the net that human urine works too

10:42 am

some women use coyote urine to keep other women away from their cabana boys

10:42 am

Well, the things you learn on Babble!

10:42 am

oh no... shaking mental image of aloy peeing all over her yard

10:42 am

lol ruru !

10:43 am

... kje, I am seriously considering alternatives..

10:43 am

micturate would be nicer tho

10:43 am

*passes aloy a gallon of water*... start drinking

10:44 am

ty kje

10:45 am

the q words are eluding me... are they weird or am I just dense today?

want any clues kje?

10:46 am

yes

10:46 am

sure... I have no pride

there is a goodly ration of them today. qu5 and 6

qu6/27 qu+a nom de plume

a nom de plume in the singular, i mean

i think my clues are probably as clear as mud.

10:48 am

ty, got it

10:48 am

qu +end of continent with kangaroos

that's better, lawyer

10:49 am

I liked yours GG, had to think a sec

10:49 am

i know....it helped me get the word when someone used that clue earlier

different clues work for different people, i guess. could anyone help me with the oi6, please

10:50 am

you need it to lubricate something, gg

10:51 am

think positively, yes I ***

10:51 am

twisty compound word, GG

10:51 am

yes, it twisted my eyeballs, or eyeyballs as FM would say

10:52 am

thanks for the reminder Aloy ;)

i'm so thick. i cant' think why i couldn't find it. i'd tried ***tar and ***fat, but not the obvious one.

10:52 am

yw FM (-:

ty kje

10:53 am

It is one of those grids today gg

10:53 am

yw

it's also one of those days today, FM

10:53 am

well, sl4 my cheek.. I missed that fish!

10:54 am

Day after the party the night before?

10:54 am

I needed the chat to sp4 me on

fraid

so

10:54 am

ah, ty, did not have that sp

10:55 am

well it is nearly 5pm, so breaks out a bottle of bubbly so we can toast your b'day and sore head!

i only had one glass of raspberry gin, but it's clearly finished me off. ty for the toast though

10:56 am

.. hiring an Italian te5 to sing for you too

nessun dorma? o sole mio?

10:57 am

it isn't noon here yet... so will have to pass on the bubbly

10:57 am

Ahh 'mothers ruin', that will teach you. hope you had a great time though.

10:57 am

unless you mix it with OJ and we'll call it breakfast! ; )

i'll keep some on ice for you later

10:57 am

Can do that kje :)

it was lovely. 23 friends, lots of food, and good company.

10:58 am

perfect.

10:58 am

oh boy, fireworks

10:59 am

Yay Congrats Aloy!!

no, we didn't have fireworks

10:59 am

wow, just grayed the c... usually those are the last to go

10:59 am

yayayay aloy!!

hoooooooray, aloy

11:00 am

Well done, Aloy!

11:00 am

I was just wondering where you had got to Haz, have you finished yet?

11:01 am

Yes.

11:01 am

tyvm.. tuffie grid for me today, but enjoyed it.. noon here and I must get some things in the mail.. so good luck all .. and congrats, Haz.. FM are you about done too?

11:01 am

Congrats to you too!

11:01 am

Fresh eyeys were the key.

11:01 am

Yes I am done too which is good timing as I have some work emails to attend to.

11:02 am

Good afternoon all.............

i've still got 30 to go, and at the present rate of progress i'll still be at it tomorrow

11:02 am

LOL Haz.. and congrats to FM!! yippee, wahoo..

hello caitlyn

11:02 am

Hello caitlyn - you're nearly in the grid!

11:02 am

hi caitlyn.. and bye for now.. see you all next grid!

11:02 am

Oh cait lovely to see you but am just about to *poof*

11:03 am

Congrats to the finishers,lol Haz I saw that

11:03 am

I know how to clear a room LOL

11:03 am

Bye Aloy!

11:04 am

There is some bubbly in the PB cait to make up for our departures.

11:04 am

hagd you guys

11:04 am

Oh thats thoughtful FM thank you

and i'm keeping some on ice for people who can't come till later

11:05 am

They will have to fight me for it first guernseygirl!!

i'll drink some with you now, caitlyn

11:07 am

cheers

your health

11:08 am

Now FM has gone I will get the olives out LOL

what's FM's problem with olives?

11:09 am

Nothing we always fight over the last ones

i've got a very good olive pate in the frig. got it from Sainsbury's last week. try it on some melba toast.

11:12 am

Oh that does sound good I will try that (but only a little melba toast as I am on a healthy living diet)

11:13 am

melba is healthy (back again after re-booting; trying to upload pics and cant find the device. :-(

11:13 am

Thats okay then Nef thanks, welcome back

would you prefer a crispbread?

please try some too, Nef

11:14 am

Yes I think a crispbread is better

and while we're munching, if anyone could help me with the sa6/18, i'd be very grateful

11:16 am

sa6/18 - looks almost like a description of a salty solution, but change the final vowel.

11:18 am

phone back in a mo

ty, haz. it's a bit like the girl's name as well

11:18 am

It is.

11:19 am

olive pate. I'm trying to imagine what it's made of (I'm not much of a cook)

11:20 am

tapenade is lovely

11:20 am

and very easy to make

:) it's for me to know and you to guess. nef

yes, i must try and make some myself now i've discovered how nice it is.

11:21 am

it's a tapenade? Okay, that I can understand. Pate always makes me think of liver...

11:22 am

The phone always rings when I am playing Babble!

i'm going to have to go and make some phonecalls myself now. i'lll be back later. bye all

11:23 am

Bye guernseygirl see you later

11:24 am

bye, guernsey.

11:24 am

Bye guernsey.

bye

11:27 am

Haz have you looked at google maps? My granddaughter put it on the other day and there was my hubby getting into the car.very odd looking at it.

11:28 am

I know! It's a bit eery, isn't it? My daughter's boyfriend and some of his friends are pictured crossing a road in Belfast.

11:29 am

Our house must have been done a couple of years ago at the end of a soggy summer.

11:29 am

It's a bit annoying as we've painted the house since then and it looks much better now.

11:30 am

And last year's garden looked better as well.

11:30 am

I saw the car back at the end of the summer last year, so perhaps these are new ones

11:31 am

They must be doing things by degrees. I don't know whether I approve of the idea or not.

11:32 am

I dont think I do but it didnt stop me looking at my friends houses around the country

11:33 am

I must admit that I used it to look at my daughter's flat in Edinburgh.

11:34 am

There weren't any unsavoury characters hanging around, so that was good.

11:34 am

We are nosy I suppose, I want to know why my friends in Carmarthen had scaffolding around their house LOL

11:35 am

It must be something more than just painting.

11:36 am

Thats what I thought, I will phone on the weekend

11:37 am

You must be really subtle. Ask them if they can recommend any good scaffolders, that sort of thing.

11:37 am

Has Ata been around?

11:37 am

LOL there son owns a scaffolding firm

11:37 am

She's actually on holiday in the Scillies. With husband and Hobbit, but minus the cat.

11:38 am

She probably won't have time to babble but she'll keep in touch via e-mail.

11:38 am

Oh Im pleased about that, she hasnt seemed too happy lately

11:39 am

No, she's not impressed with her home set up.

11:40 am

Fingers crossed that it will work out for her.

11:40 am

We'll see what develops.

11:41 am

What about you, caitlyn, still continuing to lose weight or have you reached your target?

11:41 am

I didnt set myself a target, I am just eating healthy

11:42 am

But I have lost 3stone 4 pounds!

11:43 am

That's mighty impressive, you must be delighted.

11:44 am

wow, caitlyn, what did you do?

11:45 am

Thanks Nef, I just grill meat, have tons of salads and boiled potatoes

11:45 am

Hi Caitlyn

11:45 am

no fresh fruits and other veggies?

11:46 am

Hi Boo

11:46 am

NM, I didn't see the word "salads" in the first reading...

11:46 am

Yes I should have said that Nef, Im not a big fruit eater but I eat fresh veggies

11:47 am

crossy needs to lose 3 stone;(

11:47 am

(I didn't have chatlog all the way open, I slide chat shut by narrowing the window when I'm concentrating on finding words)

11:48 am

Come and have your meals with me crossy hubby has lost 3 stone also

11:49 am

hello all... taking a mini-break... *wonders if cross has kidney trouble -- losing stones?)

11:49 am

hello caitlyn! ((hugs))

11:50 am

Hi stid!!

11:50 am

hi stid!

11:50 am

and crossy

11:50 am

hey Nef -- home for today?

11:50 am

lol stid

11:51 am

clue for the last fi 4/7

11:51 am

3 x 14 = crossy's stones

11:51 am

in pounds

11:51 am

hey science!

11:51 am

stone=a unit of british measure equal to aprox 6.35 kilo or about 14 ponds give or take

11:51 am

yep. And needing to relax for a change.

11:51 am

stones are HEAVY!

11:51 am

pounds*

11:52 am

Hi science

11:52 am

*sends nice tea, relaxing music and pretty pictures for Nef to relax by* do you need a cabana boy too?

11:52 am

I could lose 2 stones but I'm not motivated right now to do so

11:53 am

I feel more energetic being lighter

11:53 am

I wouldn't mind losing one stone, but I think two would make me too thin. That assumes that I gain muscle to replace the huge fat stones I currently carry! LOL

11:53 am

good for you caitlyn. that's the whole point, isn't it? feeling better and more enjoyment out of life as a result

11:54 am

no, stid. DH has had a relapse in his MS; so dealing with high dose steroid effects. Cabana boys won't help unless they could tie down DH and *make* him relax!

11:54 am

did the mathand im about 3.5 stoone over my optimum! not good

11:55 am

have you ever weighed that little as anadult, crossy?

11:55 am

oh no, Nef. *sends chamomile tea to Nef's DH* I have family members who occasionally get steriods and they react the same way. :-(

11:55 am

Thats what started us healthy eating crossy, It was no good for our general health

11:55 am

my wife gets all bloated and weight gain and twitchy among other things

11:55 am

Sorry you are having problems Nef (((hugs)))

11:56 am

((NEF)) give you a big ole crossy bear hug;)

11:56 am

On Thursday, DH was talking so loud and fast I couldn't understand him; I felt like my ears couldn't hear as fast as he was talking

11:56 am

I don't actually have a scale though, so I measure "fitness" by whether I fit my jeans with room to spare or not. I am almost ready to buy a couple pairs next size down and see if that helps me refocus on exercise.

11:57 am

*adds earmuffs for Nef*

11:58 am

LOL

11:58 am

now that I can walk, that is ... Nef did you know I haven't used my cane in about THREE weeks? *proud mama look* but I do rest an awful lot when I get home

11:58 am

thanks, guys. It's appreciated. But I'm so relieved that he is responding (symptom-wise) to the steroids that *this* is almost a piece of cake right now (other than holding him back and staying out of his way at other times

11:59 am

when i was 14 i weighed 170 pounds,when i was doing exercise fitness nut thing at 30 i was 164 so im giving my self a optimum weight goal of 180

11:59 am

YAY, stid! That's terrific! What's made the difference?

11:59 am

14 year olds weigh less than *cough cough* year old men... and they should.

11:59 am

how old are you now, crossy?

12:00 pm

48

12:00 pm

Middle age spread perhaps crossy

12:00 pm

gravity sucks lol

12:01 pm

I think time made the difference, Nef -- I was having some trouble with the hip a couple years ago, but what really damaged it was the CT scan (or MRI?) a year and a half ago... it made it really angry and inflamed. It just took this long for the inflammation to go away, I think. And then Tom is careful to set my hip at least every other day now, so it never rests out of the socket for too long.

12:01 pm

oh well... I am down to 73 (got halfway lastnight) so will grab the list

12:02 pm

i have had many ct,s and mri,s what did they do to damage things stid?

12:02 pm

Very painful stid ((((hugs)))))

12:03 pm

I really feel that I does us good to carry around about 5-10 pounds of extra weight as we age. I've seen so many people who lose weight with a devastating illness, and having just 5-10 pounds extra helps those pateints do better (this is my OWN experience and thinking; but there are also some researchers who agree

12:03 pm

i mean i get a mri weekly every time the cancer pops up again

12:03 pm

i agree nef,thats why i picked 180 or so

12:03 pm

I think, cross, though they refused to re-xray at the time that the fluid for the scan created a hydraulic situation, forcing the hip further out of the socket than ever and holding it there... I couldn't bend or straighten my leg for a couple weeks after the scan.

12:04 pm

OUCH!

12:04 pm

well then I am just about the right amount of "well paddedness" now Nef... LOL my mother's family the women all turn into Monty Python-style "pepperpots" as they age

12:04 pm

oh they gave you that injection that feels hot going in to enhance resolution

12:04 pm

yep. that's the one cross.

12:05 pm

i hate that stuff

12:05 pm

and the kicker is that gadolinium in and of itself increases inflammation. So it was a double whammy

12:05 pm

Good afternoon, Babblonians!

12:05 pm

hey Judi!

12:05 pm

crossy, with your particular history, I'd probably settle for 190 (due to the cancer). 180 might be cutting it close (IMHO, anyway)

12:05 pm

:(

12:05 pm

Hi Judi!!

12:06 pm

maybe nef,last cancer or the second..i went in at 240 and came out at 165

12:06 pm

happy lunchtime, all!

12:06 pm

stid, did they ever do any sort of steroid injections; or was that contraindicated?

12:06 pm

clue for in 8/55

12:06 pm

Hi Eva!!

12:06 pm

Hi Judi and EvaN!

12:06 pm

oh gee cross. golly golly golly. *worried mama look*

12:06 pm

hey boo

12:07 pm

you want the thing that blows up the tire -- air hose, boo

12:07 pm

in8,55 what you call someone who fills tires with air

12:07 pm

hey bubba! must be lunchtime somewhere...

12:07 pm

yep, crossy, that's why I said that. BUT the cancer better not come back! <thinking evil on cancer; blessings on Crossy>

12:07 pm

lol stid that is old news now no need for worried mama,i have beaten 3 cancers now and and fat and fluffy like one of those chubby mniature horses lol

12:08 pm

ty

12:08 pm

my last A word is hte AR 6

12:08 pm

its certainly lunchtime here -- hence my first chog visit today...

12:08 pm

ty nef

12:08 pm

Hi Stid, it is lunchtime here

12:09 pm

I had a steriod injection last summer -- didn't affect the pain, but did make the hip more stable for a couple months. But I am "off" orthopedists... my symptoms are not what they usually deal with so they resent me.

12:09 pm

ar6+ A + *** Rogers + it's *o* mine!

12:09 pm

thanks for the AR! As axed!

12:10 pm

crossy you are such an inspiration to many, my brother is having treatment for lung cancer at the moment and I have told him about you so thank you

12:10 pm

(denying ownership of something for the end of that clue, BTW)

12:10 pm

if i were there id carry you around to save wear on your hip stiddles

12:10 pm

It's only ten here. but with you-all coming in, now I am hungry! (so much for diets...)

12:11 pm

Go and get something to eat stid

12:11 pm

Crossy, you're so chivalrous. *drops lace hankie and bats eyelashes*

12:11 pm

cait,you tell your brother that his outlook and attitude through this is 70% of the battle and to fight it every day,take his meds when he is supposed to,get lots of fresh air and try and keep everything as normal as possible

12:11 pm

thanks cross, you're a sweetie. But it's okay now, and I even helped spread the minerals for the garden yesterday! not digging yet, but can get down (and up again) to weed! *happy mama look* the thing now is just to be careful about the mechanics as I use the leg again. It'll come. By August (you're all coming, right?) I'll be dancing and running, I bet!

12:12 pm

I will thank you crossy

12:12 pm

*sipping on tea* I ate an actual breakfast today caitlyn, can wait until I am actually hungry-hungry to eat!

12:13 pm

Tea sounds good; off to heat some water now

12:13 pm

if this is his first cancer and has any questions on day to day living diet chemo or radiation he can yak at me at chipdip33@hotmail.com just get him to put your name or babble in the header

12:13 pm

and i must leave you ladies,it is time for ole crossy to go soap down this mass of mucle and head out

12:14 pm

That is so kind crossy I will certainly pass that to him

12:14 pm

poof

12:14 pm

Cs complete! down to 54 and want to get a good 45 minutes work in on some writing before I return...

12:14 pm

see you again soon cross!

12:15 pm

and see you-all again soon I hope. ((caitlyn)) let your brother know I'll put him on my "list" and send him good thoughts.

12:15 pm

*poof*

12:15 pm

And its time for me to go also, great seeing you all ((((((stid ))))) thanks, and bye all

12:17 pm

Hello all . On lunch break here. Next patient is due in 15 minutes.

12:18 pm

15 whole minutes for a lunch break Scrabs? Or did you eat already?

12:19 pm

I have been on lunch break and just found the time to check in here.

12:19 pm

(It looks like everyone took off when I went and put the kettle on!

12:20 pm

ooh, Dr Scrabs, may i request some medical advice?

12:20 pm

I forgot that I disliked this grid when I was here thismorning. Yes, Eva.

12:21 pm

i have patches of itcky, dry skin/rash on the fronts of my ankles. it has been there on + off for a few years now, but it finally seems to be rather permanent. any ideas? our old roomie (also a doctor) suggested hydracortizone, which had worked at first, but it is no longer working.

12:21 pm

itchy*

12:22 pm

I would frequently apply a moisturizer through the day and the hydrocortisone 3 times daily. If not improving see a doc, Derm MD if possible

12:22 pm

Is it silvery, scaly? Anywhere else?

12:23 pm

May be psoriasis.

12:23 pm

not silver + scaly that i can tell. in the past, it has been further up my shins, but only ever on the front of my legs.

12:23 pm

on its own, it just seems like dry skin, but its so itchy that i now have red bumps + scratches from, well, scratching.

12:24 pm

Maybe related to footwear?

12:24 pm

You need to have a stronger steroid cream--Rx needed.

12:24 pm

active

12:24 pm

i dont think so... most of the footwear im wearing these days stops well below the affected area...

12:24 pm

are your ankles puffy, EvaN, when the itching is bad?

12:24 pm

Oops, sorry! I do not have Babble Expert here.

12:25 pm

i will look into a Drs Appt. i had a feeling i would need one, but i just wanted an opinion in case you had a quick-n-easy idea. :)

12:25 pm

Darn! At least that wasn't a word.

12:25 pm

clue for li 5/10

12:25 pm

don't worry, Scrabs, I had that word already. ;-)

12:25 pm

Yes it waaaaas.

12:26 pm

Oh, that last word didn't enter chat. Regardless, I get to sprint to the PB! *yippee*

12:27 pm

et 5/16 please

12:28 pm

Type of gas (petroleum), Miz.

12:28 pm

I have neither li5 nor et5...yet. *stuffing cheeks with goodies in PB*

12:28 pm

et5/16. think back to chem class .. and hi

12:29 pm

EvaN, DH had the same thign with his lower legs. We finally figured out that the itching was worse whenever he had some swelling in the area. Sometimes it was very subtle; but once he started using a stronger steroid cream and putting his feet up for 20 minutes a couple times of day, the itching went away

12:29 pm

it's nice to have a doctor friend to consult about stuff like that. one doesn't want to drain the medical system unnecessarily, when a quick question could suffice instead of an appointment.

12:29 pm

thanks dorens!!

12:29 pm

Hi Doren + Hurshy!!

12:29 pm

hiya

12:29 pm

And hi to you (all)!

12:30 pm

And, I like to help people navigate the medical world, avoiding unnecessary visits whenever possible.

12:30 pm

and this also reduces the spread of germs!

12:30 pm

hi Dorens, Hurshy and MizHoffle

12:30 pm

scrabbler, you are a one-woman marvel

12:31 pm

amen to that, hurshy

12:31 pm

Argh, new patient is here with a pile of medical records but no vaccine record.

12:31 pm

I just do my jon, Hurshy.

12:32 pm

*job

12:32 pm

you're babbling while seeing a patient??

12:32 pm

li5 = legal

12:32 pm

ooh, sorry for disappearing -- manager came over... anywho, thanks for the advice, scrabs!

hi all, and what is Sauron doing in the grid???? 8-O

12:33 pm

li 5/10 is when a light bulb is on it is *** + ** I was saying

12:33 pm

anyone else watch last week's Glee episode... twice... and have lots of madonna songs stuck in their head as a result?

12:33 pm

Nurse is getting kiddo weighed, measured, chart note ready. She handed me pile of records from previous doc---military health care records.

12:33 pm

trying to take it over, presumably, gwen!

12:33 pm

TY, bichon

12:33 pm

yvw

12:34 pm

nef -- i do sometimes get puffy ankles. never really noticed if the puffiness and itchiness coincide, but i will definitely make a mental note to keep an eye out!

12:36 pm

anyone? anyone? (glee/madonna). sigh. that would make me pathetic.

12:36 pm

it won't hurt to try it. DH was totally unaware of the connection until the MD told him that they were puffy (*I* hadn't noticed it either)

12:36 pm

Sorry, Hurshy. I don't sqee for Glee.

12:36 pm

Hi all - and I love glee but havent watched this weeks episode yet. Recorded it on DVR. Maybe tonight.

12:36 pm

sorry hurshy, i dont watch it. i only allow myself to be addicted to one show at a time, and LOST is it for me! (though i DO sometimes watch the glee stuff on youtube)

12:37 pm

funny you bring it up nef -- i had previously asked Dr Scrabs about my randomly swollen ankles. heh

12:37 pm

hurshy, several people I know watch glee and were talking about it the other day. Sorry, I'm not a fan of network shows

12:37 pm

well, sing with me and make me feel better

12:37 pm

Glee is one of the best shows on TV!

12:37 pm

open your heart to me, baby i'll hold the lock and you hold the key...

12:37 pm

I have all of the CDs

12:37 pm

what are we singing

12:37 pm

madonna songs

12:37 pm

OK, I must go. Tike is ready!

12:37 pm

And just downloaded the Madonna episode music

12:37 pm

gotcha

12:38 pm

HAGD, Scrabs!

12:38 pm

lo 5/10, first one? please

12:38 pm

hi and by scrabb

12:38 pm

Must go forage for some food. BBL.

12:38 pm

just started the puzzle so dont have much yet and no list yet, sorry bichon

12:38 pm

got, nm

12:39 pm

that's okay Mom

12:39 pm

i hear you call my name and it feels like.... home

12:40 pm

just get on and lost it already - kids taking over - see you later

12:40 pm

62 done and I'm stuck

12:41 pm

guess i'll go get ice cream

12:41 pm

where are all the singers

12:42 pm

I watch people sing, but you don't want to hear me sing

12:42 pm

it's type-singing, you don't have to have a good voice, just a lack of typos.

12:43 pm

:)

12:43 pm

Hi Momneedshelp

12:44 pm

does anyone have a bit of extra ambition today? I sure could use some to get moving....

12:44 pm

hi everybody who's come into chat in the past 15 minutes

12:44 pm

ambition is necessary to accomplishment.

12:45 pm

ambition is a good servant, but a bad master.

12:45 pm

I haven't done anything but Babble so far today and here it is; 12:45 PM!

12:46 pm

*sings* ambition.... ambition! ambition... ambition!

12:46 pm

(that's to the tune of 'tradition', if you didn't catch that)

12:47 pm

is one of those for me, hursh?

12:47 pm

Mercedes singing "And I'm telling you..."...she has a set of pipes on her

12:47 pm

they're all for you.

12:47 pm

(you sound "chipper as an old June bug" as a friend of DH's used to say!)

12:48 pm

i don't need any ambition, myself.

12:48 pm

LOL! Thanks! :-D

12:48 pm

i am chipper. ever since i started going to bed earlier and doing the wii fit in the mornings, i feel a lot better all the time.

12:49 pm

That sounds like a good plan. I could do that if I could hook up my wii soon!

12:50 pm

"i'd like to give a big shout-out to nintendo for radically improving my life..."

12:51 pm

the going to bed earlier is always a struggle for me, however (40 years of working off shifts; now 1 1/2 years of a day job and I still like my time at the end of the day!)

12:51 pm

hello again everybody

12:51 pm

i still have some time at the end of the day, i just make myself tivo the later shows and watch them another day

12:52 pm

nef, as long as I get 8 hrs, I don't care which 8!

12:52 pm

I'm just at half in this very difficult grid

12:52 pm

the thing is, there's no good tv on before 7, so if i tivo stuff, i can watch it the next day in the early evening. and i can do stepping on my wii while watching!

12:52 pm

listed at 70....it's too cloudy to get to halfway

12:52 pm

hi harry h!

12:53 pm

hihi

12:53 pm

how do you do the TV and the wii at the same time?

12:54 pm

hi Harry

12:54 pm

lo 6/27 please (Can Anybody Find Me Somebody To Love? - Glee)

12:54 pm

hinef

12:54 pm

there are certain wii fit programs that are "free" something. free step, free run. you start it going, and then you switch to the tv, and the wii keeps track of your exercise. the remote makes little noises so you can keep the pace if stepping, etc.

12:54 pm

i love the ella enchanted version of that song, miz

12:55 pm

Me too! I have that soundtrack also (I love soundtracks)

12:55 pm

lo6 Chinese fruit like a kum****

12:56 pm

Anne Hathaway has a beautiful voice (she was actually top singer in New Jersey in high school)

12:56 pm

Hi babblers!

12:56 pm

hi beach

12:57 pm

I don't know any Chinese fruits, ruby

12:57 pm

5 minutes more here; then off to do housework

12:57 pm

cool, i wondered if that was really her doing the song. i thought so, but then when i was younger i also thought michael j fox sang "johnny b goode" himself in back to the future, and that turned out not to be true.

12:57 pm

hi beach

12:57 pm

hi all *props eyelids with tooth picks*

12:57 pm

same ending

12:58 pm

hi jmc!

12:58 pm

hi jmc. What time did you get home last night?

12:58 pm

I guess I don't know the ending...the ending I am thinking of isn't in the grid

12:59 pm

**od er** demonstratum

12:59 pm

q***

12:59 pm

got it!

1:00 pm

A little slow here

1:00 pm

yay miz!

1:00 pm

ahem this morning

1:00 pm

in8/55?

1:00 pm

Okay. Time to get something done now. BBL

1:00 pm

somebody who fills tires

1:00 pm

What you do to tires

1:01 pm

jmc! What happened? I thought you were boarding the flight!?

1:01 pm

clue for ni 5 pls

1:01 pm

ty!

1:01 pm

Back again. Cute kid--12 mo old for routine visit + vaccines.

1:02 pm

hi scrabbler

1:02 pm

I need a 3rd Q word. I have qu5 and related qu6.

1:02 pm

We had a huge thunderstorm here today but it stopped now

1:02 pm

Bon jour, Ruby.

1:02 pm

Scrabs, what do you think about the number of vaccines we give little kids these days?

1:02 pm

bon jour to you!

1:02 pm

I LOVE thunderstorms IF I am safe.

1:02 pm

scrabs qu + ending to kangaroo continent

1:02 pm

They save lives, Nef!

1:03 pm

do you shut down your computer when there's lightning?

1:03 pm

FW!!!

1:03 pm

TY, wildcat. New word for me.

1:03 pm

I love them too, just not when you are watching them in a plane while in the air

1:03 pm

yw me 2

1:03 pm

hi wildcat!

1:03 pm

Yikes, Miz, that is scary!

1:03 pm

monkeys found it

1:03 pm

they do; but 26 in 24 months? Can't some of them be spread out a bit?

1:03 pm

yes

1:03 pm

hi ruby

1:03 pm

OK, must run, thanks for the clues... see ya!

1:03 pm

bye kje

1:04 pm

It was! And proceeded to spend too much time in the Chicago airport before getting the last flight out at a really late time

1:04 pm

No added risk, Nef. On a daily basis kids (all of us) get bombarded by tens of thousands of germs. Vaccines give just a small fraction of that.

1:04 pm

house re vaccines to skeptical parent: "you don't think they work?" parent: "i think some big pharmaceutical company wants me to Think that they work" house: "yeah... you know what else is a great money maker? teeny, tiny coffins."

1:04 pm

I saw that one, Hurshy.

1:05 pm

i LOVE that conversation.

1:05 pm

When I was a med student + resident, in the 80's, I regularly saw kids with bacterial infections, e.g. meningitis, that are now prevented by the Hib + pneumococcal vaccines.

1:06 pm

it just overwhelmed me when I saw that time table for US vaccines recently.

1:06 pm

almost as much as i love the one where he tells the woman she has a "parasite" growing inside her (ie baby) and confirms it is her husband's baby and she is so grateful that she wants him to deliver the baby

1:06 pm

THAT woman was so cute.

1:07 pm

I just had a similar conversation last week with a mother that said she was declining vaccines for her 4 mo old daughter. "I don't trust the vaccines. I don't believe in them." I said, "Well, you must accept responsibility if your child dies from a vaccine-preventable infection."

1:07 pm

hurshy, ive gotta point a finger at you now. im listening to a bunch of glee songs now. *dances in office chair*

1:07 pm

the teeny, tiny coffins line is much funnier. you should try that one.

1:07 pm

yay evanadine!!

1:08 pm

think of how many children die each year from measles!

1:08 pm

Nef, they are life-saving. The emotion + drama over the vaccines should be focused on the morbidity + mortality that vaccines prevent.

1:08 pm

something is just WRONG about listening to perky high school kids singing "Rehab" heh

1:08 pm

Do we have some Gleek converts?

1:08 pm

Hi Scrabbler and Eva

1:09 pm

Parents of non-vaccinated kids should be TERRIFIED that their kids will die from measles, meningitis, etc

1:09 pm

89 words and good night everybody

1:09 pm

Bye Ruby

1:09 pm

i never disliked it, i just cant make any more time in my viewing schedule until LOST is over. :)

1:09 pm

I agree, scrabbler!

1:09 pm

Ya know, you are all making it really hard to concentrate on this grid! Stop talking about things that are interesting!! :P

1:09 pm

very true, Scrabs. I agree; I'm just saying I was blown away by the timetable. I'm 100% FOR vaccinations; however my DIL is totally against them.

1:09 pm

You can catch Glee on Hulu or Fox

1:10 pm

Now that 24 is coming to an end my friend and I need to get hooked on another show to discuss. We might watch Lost from the start as neither of us has wtached that.

1:10 pm

do they have kids yetm nef?

1:10 pm

did anybody else like Deadwood?

1:10 pm

But I do agree with the Lost thing since they keep going 2 minutes over and American Idol goes long, so I can't extend Glee

1:10 pm

It was my altime-favorite show and they only showed 2 of 3 seasons here!

1:10 pm

So sad, Nef, that fear + anxiety overwhelm smart decision-making .

1:11 pm

Childhood vaccines were one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, along with antibiotics.

1:12 pm

when I was a kid, we couldn't go to the beach or to pools for fear of polio. And then the vaccine came and there was respite from the summer heat in NY

1:12 pm

back (counseling call)

1:12 pm

*gulps coffee*

1:12 pm

DIL is a whacko, Scrabs. (And mentally ill to boot). I'm just trying to make sure my grandson gets what is necessary in time

1:12 pm

scrabs -- wait another month until its over + i will let you know if LOST is worth investing your time into. ;)

1:13 pm

my DIL is shlepping my son to Turin to see the shroud! How crazy is that?

1:13 pm

I tell parents to walk through old cemeteries--parents had 10 or so kids, hoping a few would survive to adulthood. You can see clusters of their kids that died within days or weeks of one another--measles, meningitis, pneumonia...

1:14 pm

there is a baby cemetery in Tokyo that should be required visiting for all potential parents

1:14 pm

BRB

1:14 pm

okay, jmc. how come you didn't get home til this AM? (I'm hanging here til you tell me. I thought your flight was called and you were boarding around 10 PM last night

1:14 pm

ur 6/24 please

1:17 pm

it was 10 pm in California (1 pm DC) + minor 1/2 delay + 5 hour flight= 6:30 a.m.

1:17 pm

*1 A.M. DC

1:18 pm

WOW, jmc! No wonder! And you still had to work today?

1:18 pm

*rifles staffer desk drawers for Red Bull*

1:19 pm

I had a noon appointment, a 2 pm conference call and a 4 pm client meeting

1:19 pm

BLAH! You need some sleep, jmc!

1:19 pm

So you will be comatose soon, jm.

1:19 pm

I will get some sleep after the client meeting

1:20 pm

I slept some on the plane and took a 1/2 hour nap after I left my staffer off at his house\

1:21 pm

thank goodness I get the big salary to make it all worthwhile ;-D

1:21 pm

well, I need to get some housework done now. BBL everyone. Happy Babbling

1:22 pm

bye nef have fun cleaning!

1:23 pm

days like today i wish the grid took three letter words!

1:23 pm

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet caroliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!! !

1:23 pm

But then we would have a big list!

1:23 pm

Neil Diamond

1:24 pm

I have seen him twice and when 2 of his songs were on Glee, I was in heaven!

1:25 pm

He puts on one hell of a concert, 2 full hours plus encores

1:25 pm

Ooh, I passed halfway. Now at 86/78.

afternoon....this grid is tedious

1:26 pm

down to 18

1:26 pm

Hi SG. Yep, a toughie.

1:26 pm

How are you surviving, SG? 4 wks to go?

1:26 pm

Wow, Miz!

Yes - 8 teaching days, 2 review days, 4 days of finals, then a one week break before the ridiculous summer sessions begin

1:27 pm

But I have been plowing away for way too long...this grid is awful!

1:27 pm

Woo hoo, SG! Uh, oh, you teach all summer too?

they make me....i do not like

1:28 pm

whoo hooo science

1:28 pm

Did you find ur6, Miz?

hey jmc

1:28 pm

no

1:28 pm

do you have it?

1:29 pm

i have found 15 words so far

1:29 pm

Nope, searching + trying ridiculous non-words.

1:29 pm

but i did find an 8

1:29 pm

I have in8.

ur6: ur + vowel + nasty lil bloodsucker

1:29 pm

that is a feat in of itself

1:29 pm

ty ty beach

1:29 pm

I love you Beach!!

muhwah!

1:30 pm

TY, bb@

an 5 please the last one

1:30 pm

I have plural of blue dye

1:31 pm

sounds like the book of maps

have that one lets see need the other one

ty mix

oops MIZ

1:31 pm

TY, Miz

1:31 pm

yw

1:35 pm

first qu 6/27 please

1:36 pm

hello again - finally got NBT and at 82/82. Hate to do it but go to list.

1:36 pm

qu + last 4 letters of Oz

1:36 pm

I am at work--no lost.

1:36 pm

No lIst

1:37 pm

bak again, babblers. Comcast went down for several critical hours and my back's gone out. This sucker is just as wretched as I remembered.

1:37 pm

not getting the Oz clue

1:37 pm

Oz = Austr****

ur 6 clue pls

1:37 pm

Oh, Jay!

1:38 pm

Ah, and I was thinking ... 'z-a-r-d' ?? :D

1:38 pm

ur + top floor of a house minus a t

1:38 pm

thanks! Me too ch1212

1:38 pm

Silly ch

1:38 pm

Scrabs, would 6 year old Naproxen still have any effect?

medical term

ty

1:38 pm

It may be less potent. Can someone get new naproxen for you?

1:39 pm

probably not

1:39 pm

Newborn is getting checked in. I love them.

1:40 pm

my friend is a pharmacist and always tells me outdated medicine is OK but just weak - May have to take more to get full effect.

hope mom is older than 18!

1:40 pm

newbies are the best

1:40 pm

off to take some

I like newbie sounds

1:40 pm

Sadly that is too often not the case, SG. I have dozens of babies and older kids that I want to put into the Scrabbler Orphanage.

1:41 pm

fils

1:41 pm

TY, Jay. Please, more easy clues.

1:41 pm

oops

1:42 pm

Jay, I just noticed that you are female.

1:42 pm

i also love newborns...as long as they are someone elses and not mine;)

1:42 pm

it's the pain

1:42 pm

2!!

1:42 pm

My best friend is a NICU nurse and she has stories - kids having kids, druggies having kids, it just goes on, never mind the nice folks trying so hard and have a sick baby. Believe me I know what that is like.

1:42 pm

Yes, Crossy! Go Miz!

1:42 pm

newborns are boooooring

1:42 pm

go Miz go

1:42 pm

wesley is so much more interesting now that he is a toddler.

1:42 pm

They are fascinating to observe but high-maintenance.

I used to work with HIV positive newbies

1:43 pm

Hi Crossy - nice to see you

usually had crack addictions too and developmental delays....joy

1:43 pm

you want excitement hurshy?? ill send you my 16 year old boy.lol

1:43 pm

bonus: they dont talk back

1:43 pm

howdy mom,scrabbs,science and everyone elseA;)

1:43 pm

It is so sad that a pregnant mother's "wants" trump embryo's/fetus' needs.

crossy ! hating this grid 52 left

1:44 pm

oh - science that is very sad for those poor children and the crack babies - they didnt ask for what they have to go through

that is the way that type is scabs

scrabs

1:44 pm

And alcohol use during pregnancy is common yet the visible fetal alcohol spectrum is tough to diagnose.

1:45 pm

OK, off to see this newborn.

1:45 pm

I can imagine

1:45 pm

fireworks!!

1:45 pm

hooray for Miz

1:46 pm

Yahoo Miz

alcohol abuse and the native American....

1:49 pm

finally! FW. back to bed

1:49 pm

This seems like a tough grid today ... although I had a dream last night where we were all struggling with a grid that only had 7 words. But it was horribly hard, and the most anyone found was 3. (I know, I have strange dreams...)

1:49 pm

How's the grid today?

1:49 pm

well done Jay

1:49 pm

slightly easier than yesterday

1:50 pm

it bites gadget

1:50 pm

Yeah...it seems random

1:50 pm

glad I am not the only one to dream about word games

1:50 pm

or was it saturday? whatever the day was with the hard one.

1:50 pm

clue for pa 7 pls

1:50 pm

sorry boo dont have it

yesterday's was unappealing. Now I'm at work and anything but work is appealing.

1:51 pm

sounds like a reasonable dream to me ch1212

1:51 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

better than the ones i have!

i need dark chocolate NOW

1:52 pm

i once had a dream of a grid of a grid with four 17 letter words lol

Sexy babble dreams? Dreams with grids with dirty words?

1:52 pm

In the dream, I was struggling with the 7 word grid and feeling really stupid, then I read the chat log, and Haz was having a hard time too -- then I didn't feel so bad.

1:52 pm

*rummages in pb cabinet for dark chocolate for science*

Dark Chocolate- yes!

1:52 pm

mm i have a stutter today

1:52 pm

i had a very nice dream about casey, from american idol, the other night... sigh.

1:53 pm

Why, hurshy! Do tell!

1:53 pm

*tosses pieces of dark chocolate in various directions throughout the chog*

1:53 pm

remember this is a family site....

1:53 pm

Hi everybody. Could I get a clue for the LO 6/27, please?

oh...sigh

1:53 pm

he had a GORGEOUS piece of property with a river. we were in love and i was going to move there and live with him. i will skip the x-rated elements.

it is an asian fruit.......

1:53 pm

sorry soodle - dont have that one either

use the high tile

1:54 pm

sood, it uses the high tile

small little orange fruit......

lo plus dreaded gym exercise drop the curvy lette

letter

1:54 pm

Ah! Thanks so much Science, and CH

1:54 pm

Wow, hurshy ... gosh... you go, girl!

1:55 pm

ack, what's bimbo GOP lady doing in the grid, yuck yuck yuck

1:55 pm

oh, give my subconscious all the credit, ch1212. lol

1:56 pm

ack, what's bimbo GOP lady doing in the grid, yuck yuck yuck

Bimbo GOP lady gets herself everywhere.

1:56 pm

hey how did that happen??

But she is not a word.

1:56 pm

greetings all!

Among the other things she is not.

1:56 pm

yes, i wasn't avoiding saying her name bc of the pb, i was just avoiding saying it.

I know you weren't- I was just saying it is another thing she is not qualified to be.

1:58 pm

:)

Poor Sarah- can't even be a word!

1:58 pm

i wonder who i find more annoying, her or paris hilton?

1:58 pm

clue for the last pa 6/21

Do you folks out of the USA think we are completely crazy that this woman is even an issue?

1:59 pm

my last is hamburger pa6

1:59 pm

pa6 leather shoes

1:59 pm

(i'm not out of the USA)

1:59 pm

oops, ch1212 is right

1:59 pm

have some nice beer from Holland chilling in the fridge called "grolsch" whos comming lover for bbq beefs ribs?

1:59 pm

dc, that's not even in the grid

1:59 pm

over

But your flag?

2:00 pm

oh, right, that has a T at the end :)

2:00 pm

(see my profile)

2:00 pm

*shakes fist in mock anger at hurshy* because of you, im STILL dancing to glee songs!

Too much work.

2:00 pm

in the midnight hour, i can feel your pow'r

2:00 pm

I love Glee!!!!!!!!!

2:00 pm

well basically, i'm a wannabe brit.

Gotcha.

2:01 pm

hursh, did you see Young Victoria? wonderful!

2:01 pm

my politics are a few hundred years out of date - i'm a loyalist. think the american revolution was a big mistake.

Sometimes I wonder.

2:02 pm

ok ,crossy is gonna eat all these honey garlic coated bbq ribs all by his lonesome then.......

But that damn stamp act...

2:02 pm

the upside is that when your politics are completely irrelevant, you never get into arguments about them.

2:02 pm

une, i have not yet seen it. will keep an eye out.

Brilliant!

2:02 pm

it's out on DVD!!

2:03 pm

so are a zillion other things in my netflix queue! :)

2:03 pm

got it from Redbox for a dollar! :-)

2:04 pm

politics is something that people in sits talk about to get elected into to power and never deliver on,so i tend to ignore them

2:04 pm

Why isn't "alto" accepted!?

2:04 pm

Hurshy, you can stop worrying, Honey - we're planning to take back the colony ... the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. and the bridge at Lake Havasu ... we'r inching our way across the countryside.

2:04 pm

suits

2:04 pm

it is, gadget

Oh good lord, are the British coming again?

2:05 pm

WE'RE HERE!!!

2:05 pm

to the pb with ye gadget

Hello all, good evening afternoon, morning!

2:06 pm

hey, red :-)

2:06 pm

howdy red

2:06 pm

clue for pa 7 please

2:06 pm

Oops. My bad.

i needed it gadget, so thank you~

and I am finally at half way.

2:08 pm

but the british never HAD california!

2:08 pm

me too, red . . . barely! LOL

I also would like to announce to all who care that I have just gotten a most lovely job offer....I'm in shock.

2:08 pm

that was those dratted spaniards.

2:09 pm

wonderful, red!!!

2:09 pm

oh, man, i want a lovely job offer!!! what is it, red??

2:09 pm

congrats, on the job, red

2:09 pm

congrats red!!

yes, I think if I can stand it, it will be the one to bank for retirement.

2:10 pm

wowser!

2:10 pm

if there's a possibility it's almost can't-stand-able, that doesn't sound that lovely.

Its so odd. The same job, (Emergency) different hospital, but somehow almost 4.00 more an hour, and with the shift ifferentials, It will be almost 10.00 more an hour.

2:11 pm

nice. is it a no-divert facility or somesuch then?

2:11 pm

well that does sound niiiiiiice. what is the standing it question???

I work at a no divert facility now.

DIvert is rare in Florida.

2:12 pm

ah, okay :)

2:12 pm

Aw, the newborn was adorable.

2:12 pm

howdy, scrabs :-)

the other nice part of the job offer is that the hospital is only 2 miles from home, and I get a 50% dicount on my gym membership that I already have....

2:12 pm

*still waiting for the con shoe to drop*

2:12 pm

sounds terrific, red!

Scrabbs! Babies!!!

Well, it's a unknown facility. It could be that there are not nice people there, or somesuch, but...there are not many openings, so, that is usually a good sign.

2:13 pm

very nice, red :)

2:13 pm

hi' scrabbs

2:13 pm

Woo hoo, Red! i am so happy for you!

2:14 pm

it sounded worse than that cause you said "if i can stand it". you must just be a pessimist like me!

2:14 pm

There are always unknowns when taking a new job.

I am always nervous about going into a place unseen. Oh And they gave me a sign on Bonus as well.

Scrabbs who had a baby?

2:15 pm

en6>

DC, I need some advice about salt....Can I ask about cooking and salt?

2:15 pm

sure thing

2:15 pm

I am at the Indian Reservation Health Ctr on Mondays and I just saw a newborn. I love newborns wherever I see them.

2:15 pm

PA7/36 refers to 'near the ear' -

2:15 pm

sa4 = in grid

ooooh Scrabbs.

2:16 pm

You worked on a res in NM in the past, Red.

Well, Lately I have been cooking things and adding salt and it is Always seeming to be too much, even if I do the taste test. so is there something else I could use instead of salt that would not be so, well salty????

2:16 pm

Hurshy, I think Drake or ERaleigh sailed up the left coast, so it should be ours (Britain).

Not too fond of New Meixco, I admit.

2:17 pm

how early in the cooking process re you adding the sa4?

Well, if what CHristine says is true, there is always Florida.

2:17 pm

sea salt has a salty flavor without being as bad for you...

enters PB with EvaN.

2:17 pm

and how fin a grind of sa4 are you using?

2:18 pm

and iodized or non-iodizide?

For spaghetti, I put it in the water...ahead of time and then try to add to taste...

2:18 pm

heh, its ok, red. we can celebrate the job offer in there. ;)

2:18 pm

Go to Penzey.com, they have a substitute that might be right for you.

Iodized...and fairly regular size, I am not a salt aficionado.

Darn. Hands out champers to Eva! with strawberries...

2:18 pm

boiling pasta - add sa4 to water, if desired, and add no more to pasta, as cheese add sa4 too.

And SA**

2:19 pm

i have no time for pessimisim in my life any more,there is no tomorrow ,or yesterday just today to live to its fullest,i used to be a type a high tension,3 cappachino workaholic on his way to a nice 401k and a heart attack..life in last five years has made me a wiser person,my big chore today is to set my boy up with some roller blades and take a walkabout to find a pretty flower for my wifes hair;)

2:19 pm

ah, get a coarser grain, at least coarse kosher. easier to see and control

cheese, and Sa** of course...

2:19 pm

i use a nice coarse mediterranian sea salt;)

Dc that will help a lot, I never even thought about that...

2:20 pm

add it early - in the sautee part of cooking process, adding more as early as possible.

2:20 pm

Oh Crossy, how I wish I had one of you......

2:20 pm

;)

2:20 pm

96 left back to work ... bbl

hi and bye jmbdobie.

Wow, this is really very helpful DC, I am amazed at how difficult cooking is for me.

2:21 pm

2 left and the babies are waking

2:21 pm

if something is too sa4y, add spice, and vice-versa

2:21 pm

spice - not herb

2:21 pm

vi6 or en6?

2:22 pm

too acidic add pinch of sugar

2:22 pm

woohoo - A's are done

2:22 pm

depending on what you are brewing of course

2:22 pm

yaa for mnh!

harry sorry do not have either.

2:23 pm

me either harry

2:23 pm

vi6 is a winner

2:23 pm

nor i, though i found the en7

2:23 pm

vi 6 = military letter ident alpha,tango lima vi****

I made a vindaloo curry the other day, which I usually do well at, and the salt of it, well....was just overpowering. I should have added more spice...

hi wht.

thanks!

2:24 pm

:)

2:24 pm

it was from a south Indian i learned about the sa4/spice balance thing

2:24 pm

ty for vi6!

2:24 pm

;)

I'm not a foodie but I do like the things I cook to be edible. this will help a lot. I was so mad to mess up the curry as it isnt cheap....

2:25 pm

i know the feeling red,i did up a rigatoni ala vodka the other day,1 tsp of excess butter runied it;(

2:26 pm

Hi red. I'm not really here. I am working

2:26 pm

had to make a new batch

I ruined a potato casserole, a sinple dish with too much butter...

I am not at work, but still nice to see you wht.

2:27 pm

its amazing how excess butter can do a dish in

2:27 pm

oh the non-racist sexism!

2:28 pm

que pasa?

One would think more butter would always be better.

Hurshy?

2:28 pm

la6 counts but not the feminine form.

Ok, hurshy, I need a clue so I can be outraged also!

2:29 pm

I thought the same hurshy

2:29 pm

the female form was used by sonia sotomayor when she said something about a wise la_____ woman

2:29 pm

red, chow.com has great how-to videos and tips on a variety of topics, including sa4ing while coooking

2:30 pm

clue please for the in 8/60?

2:30 pm

in8 a couch potato is in8

2:31 pm

thanks- being a couch poitato, i giot it right away

2:32 pm

yay C's down - now enterring the dreaded E world

2:32 pm

I think i've tried all permutations for the en6

2:32 pm

I'm ready to call it a mistake and quit

2:32 pm

25 to go and I haven't found anything Q.

thanks DC. I think I will bookmark it. and rats. I was going to get a pizza tonight, but...I have made a crockpot easy chicken encased in ushroom soup...

me neither jmitch. Hello.

2:33 pm

jm,when you have a certain number of a product to deliver you have a qu***

2:33 pm

and pl

thats helpful thanks cross hair.

2:34 pm

np;)

2:34 pm

can anyone clue the other qu 6 pls

2:34 pm

t/y cross! what a "monday" puzzle!

hurshy I got the La word!!!

2:34 pm

this grid has big teeth

thank you thanks you, and yes, the fem. form should be there too!

2:35 pm

got it.

2:35 pm

DONE

2:35 pm

fangs actually

2:35 pm

you are right crossy

2:35 pm

it bites bad

2:35 pm

want the en6?

2:35 pm

fangs with venon

2:35 pm

venom

2:35 pm

congrats, harry

2:35 pm

yessss

2:35 pm

ty

2:35 pm

hooray for harry

en 6?

2:35 pm

think the pauly shore movie en6 man, but replace the final vowel

2:36 pm

yaa for harry!

2:36 pm

thought I had tried that - thanks harry

2:36 pm

Back. Finished last patient. I have to stay another 20 min.

2:36 pm

i.e. femenize it, to make up for the la6 sexism

2:36 pm

yeah, I thought I'd tried it too

2:36 pm

Crossy, help with that vi clue please?

after some google, I got it Harry, very many thanks.

2:37 pm

.v clues are mostly lost on me.with the garbage they show in the cable packages,i get my entertainment from movies off of tape and dvd

2:37 pm

yw

2:37 pm

ok scrabbs alpha,tango,bravo vi**** zulu

2:37 pm

a winner of a fight

2:38 pm

crossy this one was particularly garbagey

2:38 pm

what was garbagy?

2:38 pm

notas

2:39 pm

this pauly shore movie....sorry got my wires crossed'

2:39 pm

that was dumb

2:39 pm

Aha, Crossy. I was doing viat...following your alpha, tango...I am a moron.

2:39 pm

never seen the show lol

2:39 pm

63 to go. This is painful.

2:39 pm

lol,you just dont watch as many war movies as ole crossy :)

2:39 pm

Roger that, Crossy.

2:40 pm

bye bye! gonna go change the kiddos

2:40 pm

Bye HH

2:40 pm

common soldier,lets get this grid..you wanna live forever or what? lol

2:41 pm

We're in the trenches, Crossy, getting a barage of enemy fire here.

2:41 pm

lol

2:42 pm

You cover me while I go after the right side of the grid!

2:42 pm

remember courage is not a abcense of fear,it is just being able to hold of terror a little longer than the rest

2:43 pm

dont let that qu flank you scrabby

2:43 pm

clue for the first qu 6 pls

2:43 pm

I already creamed my pants--the fear got to me. LOL

2:43 pm

ahh sun tan lo****

2:43 pm

qu + last 4 letters of down under continent

2:43 pm

lol.poop washes off

2:44 pm

Or I could swap pants with another soldier

2:44 pm

now yer talkin

back again HATIN on this GRID homies!

2:45 pm

I know how to survive, Crossy.

2:45 pm

Me too, SG. 60 more to tease out of this grid.

why are you swapping pants???? LOL What happened in here while I was away?!

2:46 pm

ohhh..youn all should see these 3 racks of beef ribs marinating in da kitchen....sorry for all those grazers out there;0

taking a break as crossy and scrabber swap pants...

2:46 pm

We're soldiers here, SG, now cover me while I attack this grid. I'm going in.

2:46 pm

lol science

i'll eat them!

2:46 pm

SG, give me your pants.

Okay I need clues for the last two na's please someone smarter than me.....

2:47 pm

I have plural of hardware used with a hammer

2:47 pm

science I have na5 pl the na4 right before it and na5 innocent

2:47 pm

i boiled them for 2 hours,then sink them into a honey garlic/hickory sauce for 3 hours then let the flames of the bbq kiss them for 15 min....mmmmm

got one! Need the na 5/16 second one

yea! ty wild

2:48 pm

yw

boiled them!!! that's a sin

2:48 pm

you have to or tey take forev er science

2:49 pm

boil first ,marinate,then bbq

no - last two??

2:49 pm

no5 - idea

2:49 pm

no6 idea (sorry)

2:50 pm

no5 adj form of no4 before it

ty

I have been here way too long

2:50 pm

hidee ho neighbors

2:50 pm

yw

well, you aren't from around these parts, are you, crossy????

2:51 pm

nope

lol they would run you out of Texas talking about boiling a brisket

2:51 pm

He's a northerner, a Canuck.

I know! I was making a "funny"

2:51 pm

we bbq fast up here before the meat freezes to the bbq lol

a Loon

lol crossy!

2:53 pm

I cannot stand the suspense. Our Sabres are playing the Bruins tonight. Bruins are up 3-2 in series. Game is in Boston tonight.

2:53 pm

you have not lived till you have been out in minus 35 temp with the wind blowing and 2 of your buddies are holding up a tarp for a wind break so you can run the bbq lol

fi 7 anyone smarter than me, pls?

2:53 pm

That's determination, Crossy.

2:53 pm

indeed

2:54 pm

It's not fiction. I tried that.

i just did too

2:54 pm

same beginning different ending

HELP I hate this grid

2:54 pm

like superla****

yea ty wild

2:55 pm

TY, wildcat!

no more f's

2:55 pm

yw

2:55 pm

I need 4 f's.

on to the l's...i will not finish today

2:55 pm

And 4 e's

2:56 pm

Phantom = spatial

2:57 pm

i keep wanting to enter "splat"

2:57 pm

Hi lmj

2:58 pm

hey scrab

2:58 pm

At 112/52 it is time for me to be done at this office and head home. I will return here later.

3:00 pm

saaaaaid if you feel like givin me a lifetime of devotion if you've got the no6 i second that emotion

3:01 pm

hurshy is still stinging - gotta luv it!

i see a disco ball in the pb

3:03 pm

crossy - we cook our ribs first too - we simmer them in a small bath of water for 2 hours - covered (on the grill)

3:03 pm

same as boiling first

first ta 5 please pretty please

3:04 pm

i messed it up though

3:04 pm

it is easier if you cannot spend 3 hours in front of a slow going bbq..they would not find me till ice out in the spring lol

3:04 pm

oh well.

3:05 pm

they end up falling off the bone tender - oh now I cant wait for ribs - who started this anyway

3:05 pm

i did,i have 3 racks in a maranade bath

sounds delicious

3:05 pm

funny, we do that on the gas grill but do the finish cooking on charcoal

3:05 pm

charcoal is best

3:06 pm

no one noticed hurshy - shhh

i like to use some wood also for the flavor

3:06 pm

you got that right crossy -no better flavor than grilling on charcoal

3:06 pm

you light the charcoal and in 3 beers it is ready for the ribs;))

3:07 pm

your timing is perfecto!!!

3:07 pm

;))))

3:07 pm

now I have got to get serious here - back to the E's

3:07 pm

yes,the grid need my attention as well

3:08 pm

just shoot me *whispering - always hated E's*

3:08 pm

why couldnt the 7 be a plural of the 6 - hmmph

3:12 pm

because the world is just that cruel

3:12 pm

lol i had the fl 7/40 for ages now but it took me till now to get the fl4/7

3:13 pm

it's a fl4, fl4 world, it's a fl4 fl4 world i'm convinced it's fl4 as a welcoming mat...

3:13 pm

lol i think the earth is shaped like an egg

3:14 pm

that's part of a song from stan freeberg's history of the united states of america volume one

pa 7?????

3:15 pm

**thinking** may skip E's and go back later for a fresh look - OK on to F's

3:15 pm

kind ferdinand sings to columbus about how the earth is fl4 and he's crazy, and columbus sings back to him i'm convinced it's round and it's gonna be found when all the results are in it's a round world now and it's always been!

nm

3:15 pm

hello all

3:15 pm

help with ar6 pls

3:16 pm

hi peri

3:16 pm

hi peri

3:16 pm

and the crew sings yo ho ho and a dramamine we are loyal subjects of the king and queen but what kind of nut would you have to be to borrow a ship and put out to sea when you don't know what's on the other side!

3:17 pm

there's also a great line about how surprised columbus thinks ferdinand will be when the ship pulls in at miami

3:18 pm

This grid bites

3:18 pm

hurshy - I want what you are having right now

3:18 pm

yes it does, Gadget, I dislike it more than yesterdays

3:18 pm

J A W S

3:18 pm

i had a couple of shortbread cookies...

3:19 pm

now that we look at it,we should of left the whole thing to the indians in the south,the first nation people and the inuit up north,they might of not messed it up as much as we have;/

3:19 pm

ar & artist R** Lichte*s*ein

3:19 pm

MIGHT not??

3:19 pm

clue for sa 6 pls

3:19 pm

think it's practically guaranteed.

3:19 pm

would not

3:20 pm

some of my best friends a first nations people and every time i visit i feel like i should say sorry lol

3:21 pm

sa6 a solution made with salt but change vowel on end

3:21 pm

ty lynxx

3:21 pm

thanks lynxxx

3:21 pm

ty lynxxx

3:22 pm

when a landord tosses you out he ev***s you

3:23 pm

make that an 8 too Cross

et 5/16 pls? one of my last two

3:23 pm

ohh! ty lynxx

3:23 pm

I need the last ev7 please

nm

3:24 pm

et5.16 rhymes with Ms Merman

3:24 pm

no no no I need that one

need the in 8/60 for a finish!

3:24 pm

ev 7 one who does the deed

like gasoline

3:24 pm

got it thanks

3:24 pm

in 8: not very mobile

3:25 pm

american blended gas

3:25 pm

**slap**

3:26 pm

e's, f's h's done - yay

3:26 pm

i's done

3:27 pm

gooo mom!

3:28 pm

hello everyone -- just signed on with 70 to go

3:28 pm

hi Nan

3:28 pm

Hi Nan

3:31 pm

Hi Nan

3:31 pm

clue for su 5/16

3:32 pm

su 5/16: grumpy

3:32 pm

rebellion

3:33 pm

Hi Ormal

3:34 pm

Hi Mom. How are you?

3:34 pm

I'm Good - Had a vacation day today - nice not to have to go to work

3:35 pm

Awesome. Vacation days are great.

3:35 pm

Was up at our timeshare last night so took our time and came back today - kids went in the pool. Played some ping pong. Took a walk - very relaxing

3:36 pm

hi all Oh mom, how is it going?

3:36 pm

Going good - day 5 you know - making it

3:37 pm

hi Mom

3:37 pm

did you get the su 5 boobear?

3:37 pm

excellent Mom, I am so proud of you

3:37 pm

HI Lynxxx

3:37 pm

Have you tried to bite anyone's head off yet Mom?

3:37 pm

thanks - have those moments but hanging in

3:38 pm

OHHHH yeah - lucky husband is still alive after Friday night (day 2)

3:38 pm

I have to tell on mom --- last week she was referring to herself as the bride of Chucky.

3:39 pm

LOL! Mine quit at the same time as me. I thought we'd end up divorced for a while we were both so nasty to each other.

3:39 pm

that was day 2 at work - got much worse when I got home - Ormal I could use your name

3:39 pm

have you tried eating an orange every time you get a craving, mom?

3:39 pm

I think by far day 2 has been the worse for you to date

3:39 pm

Have at the name Momn. Satan's Mistress made me happy! :D

3:39 pm

mine doesnt understand why this is so hard after 38 years of smokiing - hmmm - I made sure he knew

3:40 pm

Hi Mom

3:40 pm

Hi Boobear

3:40 pm

Hi Boo

3:40 pm

probably in no uncertain terms Mom

3:40 pm

I need to get some nan - have been drinking daughters juice - V8 splash fruit medley

3:41 pm

I found eating oranges really helped

3:41 pm

oh Mom - very lucky kids werent around - they would have gotten a vocabulary lesson

3:41 pm

The best success rates are for those who go to support groups. If you're not attending, make sure to keep taking encouragement from those of us who have done it. I had smoked for 20 years when I quit.

3:42 pm

You can do it, and every day will be hell, but it's worth it, if for no other reason than keeping the doctor bills down.

3:42 pm

I stoped smoking after 17 because my 5 y.o. cried that he wanted me to stop

3:42 pm

I cant thank you all enough for your support. Have friends too that are great. Just my immediate family doesnt get it. Its all about me anyway - something I did on my own and will take care of on my own.

3:42 pm

Hi Bichon

3:42 pm

hi Mom

3:43 pm

I think your daughter and son get it Mom

3:43 pm

43 years for me

3:43 pm

Good strong mind and spirit Mom. I'm proud of you and I totally understand.

3:44 pm

Even with smoking so long - I have been very healthy. If my doctor only told me years ago that your lungs sound like crap, I would have quit sooner, but every year they say you everything sounds great .....

3:44 pm

I haven't had a cigarette for 33 years

3:44 pm

wow lynxxx and bichon

3:44 pm

I have to run out of here fast tho. It's later than I thought and I have to get dinner going. Take care!

3:44 pm

congratulations to all of you who have quit

3:44 pm

well I have an impressive 5 days - let me say that again - 5 days

3:45 pm

bye Ormal

3:45 pm

I need to do that too - bye ormal

3:45 pm

hello and congrats to Mom and bichon - 5 days, 5 years, it's all a great success!

3:45 pm

clue for the pa 8, please?

3:46 pm

I dont see an 8 nan

3:46 pm

there isn't one nan

3:46 pm

no pa8, there is a 7 apparently

3:46 pm

oh -- thought a pa 8 was called.

3:46 pm

have ev and in -- what am I missing?

3:47 pm

two in's

3:48 pm

another in, blows things up

3:48 pm

and they are not related

3:48 pm

bye Ormal

3:48 pm

bye Ormal Hi JBV

3:48 pm

bye Ormal

3:48 pm

we have a lazy IN and we have an overachiever IN - go figure!

3:48 pm

hi JBV

3:48 pm

ah -- ty lynxxx

3:48 pm

screwy computer today

3:49 pm

and an ev for those who don't pay their rent

3:49 pm

Hi JBV - sorry didnt mean to ignore you - I really need to get supper started anyway - bb in a bit

3:49 pm

ok, mom, have fun

3:51 pm

not getting the lazy in8

3:51 pm

hi all

3:52 pm

looks at your A's Jo, hi

3:52 pm

hi all.. joanne, first find an adjective that is the opposite

3:52 pm

in 8: not mobile

3:52 pm

firewords, anyone want a clue or two?

3:53 pm

Congrats Bichon!

3:53 pm

good job bichon.

3:53 pm

tytyty

3:53 pm

wtg bichon

3:53 pm

congrats Bichon

3:53 pm

HI DOrens

3:53 pm

good job bichon

3:53 pm

bye bye Momneedshelp

3:54 pm

hi mom. how is kentucky today... avoid the tornados?

3:54 pm

congrats, bichon -- have 2 more to find and then I will list

3:54 pm

Kentucky is gray and windy but thankfully no tornadoes

3:54 pm

(sorry i'm so out of it... don't really know where the tornados hit.. need to get back to at least reading the front page of the paper)

3:54 pm

wish I could find the other u, though

3:54 pm

we did have a tornado watch though

3:55 pm

I have a up 4/6 Nan

3:55 pm

i only have up4/6 nan. doubt you need that one

3:55 pm

me too, mom

3:55 pm

(((Doren))) how are you? hey all! *waves*

3:55 pm

i'm good stid... and you?

3:55 pm

Hi Stid

3:55 pm

taking a short break from thinking about curriculum... going to try to get close to 25 left before 2:15... (at 52 now)

3:55 pm

hi Stid

3:55 pm

Hi stid and hi doren -

3:55 pm

and nan

3:56 pm

hye JBV

3:56 pm

or hey... *sigh*

3:56 pm

hi jbv

3:56 pm

hi jbv

3:56 pm

doren, I got a chance to see a traumatic loss team in action today - what an amazing job they do! - have you done this?

3:57 pm

it's nice to see you-all I am so rarely on this time of day anymore.

3:57 pm

ok 101 and listing

3:57 pm

ur6.24 ends sounds like the room in the ceiling

3:57 pm

yes jbv... it is rare but effective when needed

3:58 pm

ty -- 50 to go and listing

3:58 pm

ty lyn

3:58 pm

thanks for the UR

3:58 pm

clue for ta 5/16

3:58 pm

go nan go!

3:58 pm

how did the kids hold up? i'm guessing her immediate students had some issues

3:58 pm

ty lyn

3:58 pm

ta 5 rhymes with the mob

3:59 pm

not only the students, it was the teachers that needed the most support - tough in the early morning, but by afternoon, it was better

3:59 pm

(keep the great clues coming!)

3:59 pm

they will be available again tomorrow and maybe Wednesday

3:59 pm

sure tough on the teachers.... hit much too close.

3:59 pm

gidday ladies! (and secret lurking gents)

3:59 pm

are you in the tornado place JBV?

3:59 pm

huh -- missed one of the singers

3:59 pm

well about time you showed up NancyBoy! *hugs*

3:59 pm

ty Dorens

4:00 pm

no, fortunately, no tornados here (NJ)

4:00 pm

maybe someone might ask for clues for the q's?

4:00 pm

hi Nancy Boy!

4:00 pm

hi NB

4:00 pm

heyyyy Stid! how've you been? :)

4:00 pm

en 6 please?

4:00 pm

hello all!!

4:00 pm

and is the EV 7 fishy if I have the 8?

4:00 pm

hey peri!

4:00 pm

did you decide on a car?

4:00 pm

nb. what a cutie!

4:00 pm

hi peri

4:01 pm

YES stid

4:01 pm

ev7 is the nasty person who did it

4:01 pm

ev7 - the one who performs the ev8

4:01 pm

en 6: different last vowel from the town in CA

have returned. Is it me or lately have all the grids been a bit wee bit more difficult?

4:01 pm

qu5 - permissable amount, qu6 - pl

4:01 pm

have fun everyone - taking a break for dinner - be back later

4:01 pm

not you Red, hi

4:01 pm

thanks vi! how's life going out your way?

4:01 pm

hey red!

4:01 pm

qu6 - ends like kangaroo continent

4:01 pm

Hello, all!

4:01 pm

they have been.... challenging. Hi vi. you're not doing Somerville openstudios this weekend are you?

4:01 pm

(((JBV))) be well.

hi red, I think so too, at least this one is a b5

4:01 pm

by joanne

4:02 pm

thanks for the Qu

ok good, I was starting to think I was regressing in ability!

4:02 pm

Hello, stidmama. On vacation last week, Open Studios this weekend, so busy busy busy. But well. How are you?

4:02 pm

still thinking about a car, possibly a Hyundai Accent. not sure used or new. Went to the AAA site, yes their prices are lower but do not include any additional dealer costs

4:02 pm

brb phone

4:02 pm

vi... somerville? going to be there sunday with phoebe and family

4:02 pm

Not Somerville. I'm doing Needham Open Studios! lol. Will you be in the neighborhood?

no more toyota, or honda Peri?

4:03 pm

but the end of the months seems to be the best time to buy a car.

4:03 pm

(oops, messages crossing.)

4:03 pm

out of my price range, red :(

4:03 pm

out of my price range, red :(

4:03 pm

I'd do SOmerville if it weren't the same weekend! =)

4:03 pm

ah! too bad.. !! :-)

I was unaware of that, this is good information Peri!

4:04 pm

I do not like this grid

4:04 pm

hey peri, toyotas have come WAY down in price lately

4:04 pm

Omg this chat is moving fast! Just caught your comment Dorens - thanks! Although why I was so surly I'll never know ;)

4:04 pm

why is that good information, red?

4:04 pm

join the club, peri

4:04 pm

cute can be surly, nb... not mutually exclusive

the end of the month thing peri, next time I buy a car I can plan better...

4:04 pm

I really have enjoyed my Toyota, not sure about another due to the news

4:05 pm

yes, they have to meet a certain quota

4:05 pm

en6 en & a small coctail hat is a fas****tor

4:05 pm

Hah, I'm sure NB can be cute - but I want no surly cuteness in this house! lol

4:05 pm

(Peri to the PB!)

well, only american made toyotas were recalled. Mine was made wholly in Japan and not recalled...

4:05 pm

Vi too!

4:05 pm

LOL Vic. In the years since that photo was taken, I've perked up a bit ;)

4:06 pm

he might not even be cute anymore, vic. I found the haircut most appealing, and he feels the need to critcize it

Peri, its ok in the PB there is champange, sparkling water and strawberries. to celebrate my job. And left over from when a few of us had a discussion on sa** in cooking.

4:06 pm

what did I say?

4:06 pm

oh, you think you look surly in the photo??? no, not at all.. just quietly suspicious (imho)

4:06 pm

what job, red?

4:06 pm

Ah yes, Doren. The hair. We know NB is very particular about his hair. =)

4:07 pm

go back and read your words peri

ooh, I missed the news, red! new job? did you get the infection control one?

4:07 pm

the q word Peri, and Vi the s word

I have a job offer that is remarkably much better than the one I am in now, financially. I am still sort of surprised.

4:07 pm

i cut my boys hair in the same style... beatles (circa rubber soul) my ideal hair cut

4:07 pm

oh nice news red

4:07 pm

LOL Dorens! Well come on...it was a bowl cut!!

4:07 pm

lol, true, Lynxxx. But Doren did it first!

Unfortunately Fuquay, I have not even been asked to interview for that, but the extra cash from this Emergency one will sweeten how I feel.

4:08 pm

Very nice news Red - Congrats

4:08 pm

Congrats, redturtle!

bummer, red, but very good news on the $

it is nice. I just hope there is not some odd surprise out there.

4:08 pm

before I go mad, does anyone have en7/36? Pls

different hospital, red?

4:09 pm

en7/36 - en + fasten a necklace

4:09 pm

en7 en & hold really close

4:09 pm

hi there hego!

yes, 2 mies from my house. ots of side benefits.

4:09 pm

Yikes! tyvm Lyn

oh, nice. I would love a short commute like that

4:10 pm

back. Mother had some suggestions for one of the lesson plans. :-D I am so lucky she knows this stuff!

4:10 pm

yw Hego, hi

I am very happy, but feeling a little dizzy about the whole offer, it seems too good to be true!!

And, most exciting today, I noted that my avacado pit, which I threw in a planter and forgot about seems to have sprouted....!!!!!

understandable. you must be thinking, what's the catch

4:11 pm

Li 6 the first please?

4:11 pm

that's great, red!

4:12 pm

li6 - rhymes with Mr Borge

4:12 pm

clue for vi 5 pls

how does one care for a fledgling avocado?

4:12 pm

sun, water... the usual stuff =)

nothing special?

4:13 pm

water when dry, turn towards the sun from time to time... they are relatively simple

4:13 pm

en 7, please?

4:13 pm

thanks Vi

4:13 pm

fireworks

4:13 pm

YAY boo!

4:13 pm

Yay for Boobear!

4:13 pm

good job boob

4:13 pm

congrats boo

en cyber and as Vi said, to hold something very very close, or the connector on a neclace.

yay, boo! what ws the vi5?

4:14 pm

Speaking of vi's - I'm a phantom today.

4:14 pm

*glad fuq asked*

cool! I have been using my old fishtank water and all my plants are going crazy with the added fertilizers.

4:14 pm

ty red

Congrats BOO!

4:14 pm

LO 6 the first please?

4:14 pm

fi7 pls

4:14 pm

But my proper phantom is victuals. Also viands and vittles. I'm sensing a theme...

4:14 pm

funny fruit stid

4:15 pm

lo6.27 Chinese fruit tree

4:15 pm

thanks for the LO

4:15 pm

*hides the choclits from vi until after supper*

4:15 pm

same here vi.. kept looking for them. still waiting for the five, yes?

4:15 pm

fi7 - not factual

4:15 pm

sounds like you're doing pretty well red, that's nice!

4:16 pm

name that proper noun! our least favorite vp candidate

4:16 pm

I saw her in there. She nearly put me off my victuals.

4:17 pm

Horatio?

4:17 pm

Fireworks

4:17 pm

And just in time.

4:17 pm

Yay for hego!

4:17 pm

Congrats Hego!

4:17 pm

she can have that effect, to be sure. yay hego!

4:17 pm

you can almost get Quale...

4:17 pm

ty Lyn

4:18 pm

sure, and he won't mind if we spell his name wrong, will he?

4:18 pm

Hi All

4:18 pm

ty Vi

4:18 pm

yay for hego

4:18 pm

there. down to 25 for later, and heading out for a while -- lesson plans, helping at the younger kid's school play, etc etc until I collapse into bed in a few hours. *waves good-bye and leaves choclits on the sideboard*

4:18 pm

haha, Dorens :)

4:18 pm

YAY hego!!!

4:18 pm

Was ugly today.

4:18 pm

bye Stid

4:18 pm

correction hego. IS ugly today

4:18 pm

Bye, stidmama! Hang in there!

4:18 pm

*poof*

4:18 pm

the grid, that is

4:18 pm

still 45 left :(, bbs

4:19 pm

lol Dorens

vi5?

4:19 pm

thanks and bye stidders

4:19 pm

Bye Stid

4:19 pm

down to 9 and forced to list

4:19 pm

had to answer the door, now must be off to fix supper. {{Hugs}} to all of you

4:19 pm

the one that gets the spoils, Fuq

4:20 pm

bye then ((mom))

4:20 pm

No, that's 6

4:20 pm

bye bye {{Dorens}}

4:20 pm

and the 5 is...................

4:20 pm

The 5 seems to be unusually clue-resistant.

4:21 pm

Oh! Sounds like La Dolce VI**. but extra cons

4:21 pm

Break time is over and I need to get back to work framing. Bye, all!

ty, hego!

4:21 pm

yw

4:21 pm

Hi Vic

4:22 pm

Or bye Vic

4:22 pm

ty hego, belatedly

4:22 pm

lo 6/27, please?

bye, vic!

4:22 pm

s'okay Dorens

4:22 pm

nm -- found it

4:23 pm

lo6 asian fruit

4:23 pm

good, Nan

help with 2nd row i?

4:24 pm

Need to go cook. great nite All.

4:24 pm

they're both 8's fuquay

4:25 pm

only 2 i's In8's

4:25 pm

nite hego. cook for me??

4:25 pm

One is used to blow up tires.

ty, hego

4:26 pm

the other is lazy and the opposite of ac6/30

4:26 pm

I would cook for you Dorens if I could lol.

NBT at last

4:26 pm

yw FuQ and really bye now

4:27 pm

Poof!

4:27 pm

i'm feeling very lazy myself right now. wish i had a wife

bye hego, happy cooing

cooking, that is

4:27 pm

but happy (just monkeyed the first q word, that was bugging me)

yay, dorens

4:29 pm

Clue for the elusive q word? The non-amount one?

the qu plsu last 4 letters of the contnent down under.

sorry abuot myspellings.

4:30 pm

i was afraid someone might ask.... ok.. sina *** non +i am not a ***r, i am telling the truth

4:30 pm

Thanks!

4:30 pm

and fireworks

yay dorens!!!

YW gadget.

4:30 pm

congrats Dorens

Shoots off Roman candles and lettering that spels D*O*R*E*N*S* yayay!

good evening all

4:32 pm

oh my. a royal celebration. thanks. any clues needed?

hi Guernsey, how have you been?

4:32 pm

hi Guernseygirl

4:32 pm

hi guernsey

I have ur6, what's the other U word?

its a up4,6 fuquay

4:33 pm

up4/6 babblet

very good thanks, red. i am now 60 years old, as of Saturday and it's been a great weekend

4:33 pm

welcome to the club guernsey... it's not so bad

aha, forgot that babblet, thanks dorens

well happy belated birthday!

it sort of crept up on me, but the first two days have been fine.

4:34 pm

Happy Birthday Guernesgirl!

ty lynxxx

4:35 pm

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

4:36 pm

Congrats Nan!

congratuations Cyber Nan! Drags out roman candle box to shoot off CYBER****NAN****

yay, nan!

4:36 pm

happy birthday guernsey :)

and i've got fireworks too. hooray for nan, and thanks for the birthday wishes

4:37 pm

repeat after me, " I may be 60 but I feel like 40"

4:37 pm

Congrats Guernsey!

4:37 pm

hurray guernsey

strangely enough, the tile stats say that i only have 13 out of 14 s words.

i may be 60 but i feel like 40

4:38 pm

if you got fireworks, refresh and your missing stat will disappear

congratulations....roman candles getting heavy shooting off G***G*** for guernsey

4:38 pm

yay nan, yay guernsey and I'm off...s ee you tomorrow

4:38 pm

I love my 60s, they are for me, unlike my 40s & 50s which were for everyone else

ty red, bye dorens

bye dorens

i'm hoping for the same, lynxx. 40's were awful for me

4:39 pm

heavens yes -- forgot that I had 2 teenagers at home in my 40's!

4:40 pm

can't really complain though -- life has been awfully good for me

4:40 pm

I'm not complaining either, just reveling in my 60s and retirement

4:41 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

4:41 pm

yes -- isn't retirement wonderful?

retirement i want that.

it's GOOD, red

could I get a clue for the O that is not greasy from the upper right hand corner?

4:41 pm

Not for me thanks, getting there slowly

i had to retire through ill health at 42. i wouldn't recommend that, but things got better eventually, and now i revel in it.

4:42 pm

what you put the oi 3 in

Oooh how twisty, thank you much CyberNan

4:43 pm

yw

i have a lot of anxiety about retirement. It seems I shall never have enough money.

4:43 pm

ah -- but how much is enough -- to do what?

everyone told me - and they were right - that you don't spend as much when you retire.

4:44 pm

http://www.choosetosave.com/

4:44 pm

start putting 10% of every paycheck in an rrsp, red

to live regularly, take a few trips here and there. not much. its jsut very hard to predict what shall happen.

jmc, hi and I am now bookmarking that.

4:45 pm

i would sort like nbt before i fall go home to fall asleep

I do that and I have some stocks that I may sell at retirement, but things change...

4:45 pm

if you have a good financial advisor -- he should be managing your portfolio to generate more income right now!

4:45 pm

*he or she

4:46 pm

actually most brokerage houses have similar calculators and i was surprised to realize that I am in fairly good shop inspite of all my efforts to bankrupt myself

4:46 pm

you should also look at annuities red especially since your folks seem pretty long-lived

4:46 pm

I was putting 15% of my wages in Superannuation for nearly 20 years, lost 33% of it with the GFC, but what the heck - as Guernesgirl said, you do not spend nearly as much when you are retired

4:47 pm

help with the A over the u plesae

4:47 pm

I'm reallly lucky in that that is what my husband did for a living -- managed large trust and pension plan portfolios.

4:47 pm

the people who didn't panic and sell everything in the depth of the financial crunch will eventually come back

4:47 pm

Room in the roof jmc

al4 a singing voice

4:48 pm

a + cowboy rogers + 2 consonants

got off a horse

4:48 pm

somedays i think i should just give up this game

4:48 pm

to7 please anyone

4:48 pm

oh but you cant jmc

4:48 pm

at 5: top of the house

4:48 pm

*bangs head against wall*

hard to clue, but give me time, mom

4:49 pm

*throws blanket over head to hide shame*

4:49 pm

to 7: sounds of the letters -- change the ph

4:49 pm

retirement is hard - I think this is a harder puzzle - do what I do - start from the bottom when ready to give up

to+**ver say die + facial spasm

I need a financial manager, but I am very leary of them. Luckily I do have stocks and such, and you are right JMC, my people are long lived. My Grandmother is still kicking at 93...

4:50 pm

yes - you go girl!!!

4:50 pm

read my sisters financial planning column as a start red

i have a lovely female financial adviser and so far she has delivered the best income i could hope for

4:51 pm

I'm married to mine

Ahhh, is that in the book mark, i just looked at it...

4:51 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2b3rhhj

4:51 pm

my financial advisers have sucked - capitalize that - need to find better people to work with - hard in the 401k word - no choice

wouldn't trust any of my relatives

4:52 pm

lucky you nan

4:52 pm

she writes for AARP on line after several years of writing the column for the Washington Post

My Mother and Dad have a great advisor, of course they did take a hit witht he downturn, but they have still remained retired for ages before the 65 year.

4:52 pm

yes, mom -- but don't know what I'd do if I ever lost him.

momneeds, you always have a choice in financial advisors, you can go to ameriprise etc...

4:53 pm

the thing about the downturn is that for most it is temporary and you just hold on for the ride

I have a 403 B but I also put money in a variety of other places. No need to rely on one place.

4:53 pm

and so you shouldn't red

4:53 pm

no so for me as it turned out to be the year i had to liquidate to pay for boy's college

4:53 pm

diversification is the best safeguard

4:53 pm

my folks retired in their late 50's - made money off of sale of home - put money in cd's only - wouldnt consider annuities/stocks/etc - mom still living at 82 and has enough to keep her going - sometimes I think there is something to be said for being conservative

4:54 pm

there are independent financial advisers too, who are not selling any product but you pay them a fee

conservative yes, but diversity is not a bad thing at all.

4:54 pm

but at age 82 your portfolio should lean heavily towards guaranteed bonds

Most do not require a fee jmc. My parents advisor is independent and they never pay him a fee.

4:55 pm

my daddy bought Exxon stock when he worked for them as a machinist and my mother lived very happily on that and her retirement payments

My Mom explained a long time ago how he makes his money, but I forgot...

4:55 pm

independent is not quite the same thing red

4:55 pm

no it is not a bad thing - I am kind of in the middle with my investments - took a big hit last year but if you are not cashing in - you havent lost anything yet

4:55 pm

A good mutual fund that has shown good performance over the last 20 years is always a safe bet

I have cloroxx stock, its a proven winner. they bought penny shares back in the 30's. Now its worth 64.00 a share.

4:55 pm

you you don't pay them a fee they are selling something because they have to earn money some how

4:56 pm

I just wish that I had bought google when it first went public

I am sure he probably represents some Fibelity, as my Mom usually tries to invest with them a bit.

4:56 pm

The Advisor is probably paid a % from the companies he directs your parents too - part of their management fee

No kidding cyber, or Apple, when it wasnt so expensive.

4:56 pm

wtg red that is like mother's exxon which was $5 in the 60s and now is at a low of $67

4:56 pm

me too nan

I think I will switch it from giving me dividends, to the reinvestment scheme, where they reinvest my dividends into more stock without me having to pay a fee...

4:57 pm

i am not saying that is bad -- I have followed my adviser from brokerage house to brokerage house -- but I have no illusion about how he makes his money

4:58 pm

that is a good plan red

4:58 pm

Everyone has to get paid somehow!

4:58 pm

another good basic thing to do is to invest in indexed funds

4:58 pm

what are indexed funds - havent heard that term

4:58 pm

the most important thing is to trust but verify!

4:59 pm

You are probably still realizing more from your investments than you would having the money sitting in a savings account

oh for certian he makes money off my parents some how, I just can not remember how she explained it, he luckily is very very scrupulous. Called my parents immediately after all the financial collapse went down and shifted things around really fast so they (and he) woud lose less..)

4:59 pm

On my way -- unless anyone wants clues?

My savings account is stuffed at present and earing a terrible interest rate. It does make me feel secure though having it liquid.....

5:00 pm

Vanguard has nothing but indexed funds

5:00 pm

thanks Nan - have a good night

5:00 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_fun d

thanks for the financial advice Nan, I learn alot each time I talk finances!

5:00 pm

wish I could say mine was stuffed

5:00 pm

Giving up with 90 to go...look forward to the next grid ;-)

5:00 pm

I hesitate to ask but the i in the second to last column please?

oh gadget....good job!

5:00 pm

wtg gadget!

5:01 pm

bye everyone --- enjoyed the chat .

5:01 pm

we bought some property 2 years ago and drained everything we had including a 401K - owed government oodles - now still trying to recoup - but do own a beautiful piece of property

5:01 pm

in 8 x2:

5:01 pm

oh red you could do better with almost any mutual fund and still be relatively liquid!

5:01 pm

in 8/60: not very mobile

5:02 pm

there are only 2 I's - both 8's

5:02 pm

I opened a savings account for my granddaughter the first of Jan. At the end of the quarter she earned 4 cents interest on $400. Can you believe that?

5:02 pm

in 8/55: one who blows things up

5:02 pm

ack no wonder i am not seeing them!

5:02 pm

Hidilly ho, neighbors.

yes sea spray, I can.

5:02 pm

I can seaspray - from my own kids accounts

5:02 pm

hi judi

5:03 pm

Those I's - and under and over achiever

5:03 pm

do you not have registered education savings plans down there, seaspray?

Jmc, I may ask which mutual fund you reccommend. My other optin in June a CD comes due and I may chunk a bunch more in, but that rate was still bad.

5:03 pm

H judi

5:03 pm

That's just criminal, SeaSpray. Might as well keep the cash in a shoe box.

We do Cyber nan, in NC and Florida at least?

5:04 pm

currently because i am lazy i am using ing's mutual fund *I am not a financial adviser. I just play on on t.v.*

5:04 pm

I know Judi, but this way I know where it is and no one can touch it but me

5:04 pm

i need the dummy clue for the in8!

5:05 pm

you could probably open a trust account and invest the funds -- you can set up the account so that only you have control until she reaches whatever age you name.

5:05 pm

but if your financial adviser is with Fidelity they have fine funds

5:05 pm

which one jmc?

5:05 pm

In8: one who blows up balloons.

5:05 pm

first IN - lazy - second IN is to blow up a baloon

5:06 pm

*hangs head in shame* I don't care I just want nbt tile and to go to bed

5:06 pm

ty judy!!!!!!

5:06 pm

ty mom

5:06 pm

in + not curved + either, **

5:06 pm

we love you anyway jmc

5:06 pm

taa daaa! nbt

5:07 pm

yay, jmc!

it is not bed time jmc. it is grid time!

5:07 pm

bye all *poof*

5:07 pm

awesome jmc

5:07 pm

good thing my ability in the game is not reflective of how good a lawyer or anything else i am! lol

5:07 pm

bye cyber

5:07 pm

got the blow up one, clue for the other one please?

5:08 pm

no no red I got home on a red-eye this morning at 6 am and then came to work

5:08 pm

i am pooped!!!

oh go to bed directly!

5:08 pm

I am ready to go home and babble myself to sleep at the keyboard

5:08 pm

lazy sort seaspray

5:09 pm

of course there is this 300 page transcript i need to read. .. .

5:09 pm

Ok you can go jmc - sweet dreams

5:09 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

think of blowing up bike tires that sort on in...

5:09 pm

Am I dumb? I can't get the IN8 - "one who blows things up?"

5:09 pm

forget.....look into my eyes......forget......

5:09 pm

jmc you will be exhausted!

5:09 pm

gadget think of the guy who blows up the balloons at the circus

5:10 pm

Gadget - you in***** a balloon, now make that the person or thingt that does that

5:10 pm

or the guy who causes the prices of things to go up! not recession but in****ion

5:10 pm

Yes. I am dumb. I was thinking of explosions. THANK YOU!

5:10 pm

thats a great clue

5:10 pm

woo hoo got both 8's now

good c.ue jmc.

5:10 pm

ok i am heading home *poof*

5:11 pm

bye jmc

5:11 pm

night jmc

5:12 pm

BBL

5:12 pm

Clue for Fi7, please?

hello

5:14 pm

HI TI

5:14 pm

yet me do that again HI TO

5:14 pm

Hiya, TO!

hey!

5:21 pm

fi + the bandleader decided to perform the piece one o***** higher

5:21 pm

No one has a clue for the Fi7??

5:21 pm

Y'all are fired!

5:22 pm

ty BR

5:22 pm

sorry didnt get here fast enough -good clue BR

5:24 pm

Ty, BR. Damn vowels. Damn them all to hell!

would be tough to do this without them, judi....

5:25 pm

True in most cases. Although today, they are making things very difficult.

5:27 pm

Hi everyone! Judi, will you be at the babbler's reunion in Baltimore?

5:27 pm

will be back - suppers ready = have fun

37 left, and I can't imagine what they could possibly be. maybe time to go get the list. bbs.

bye fuq

okay, back again. I always feel so dumb when I start looking at the list and see all the easy ones I missed....

then I feel even dumber when i can't find those 4 letter words, even with the list

ah, hit the century mark

yay! gotta celebrate what you can

sooo tired, can heardly keep eyes open

or, apparently, spell.

ar6 anyone?

5:47 pm

hello all

hi pippin

5:47 pm

ar + not a girl but a b** + a**s are insects that can ruin a picnic

5:48 pm

a + *** rogers + I will appoi** you as president

thanks, brookie and MNH!

hmm variant of babblet usually spelled with an o

5:48 pm

yvw

5:48 pm

we couldnt be any more different with our clues brookie - love it!

5:48 pm

thanks Momneedshelp

5:49 pm

yw

5:49 pm

you're right, mom!

5:49 pm

just waiting for rolls to be ready - then will run again for supper

yeah, we've had the other version just yesterday, i think

et5?

5:49 pm

type of fuel fuq

5:50 pm

et is the chemical word... thinking of another clue...

et 5 alcohol

ty, MNH. now just need ra6, the 2nd one

5:51 pm

sorry - dont have that one - still working th elist

fireworks!

5:51 pm

in fact, I am on r's right now

5:51 pm

hooray for fuq

5:51 pm

yeah fuquavarina!

rodent+ not cotton but ***en

5:53 pm

thanks fuq - timer is going off - bbl

ar6 means, "begone!", apparently -- good for trolls

I have returned post meal to try to address these last 51...boy, I would not mind an easier more padded grid for tuesday...Dr G. are you listening?

6:05 pm

Hi everyone. I'm back to finish (I hope)...have 60 lesft

6:05 pm

left....sorry.

hey red, waiting for the 320 word one that i predict will hit tomorrow

well, I thought today was to be 217, so I think my crystal ball is just off a bit.

How are you doing TO?

tiredd, and MAkING myself clean up before i even think about bed. cluttered with papers, i just don't know how to get organized

TO, you have some discipline!

47 now...I am making progressss.

6:14 pm

May I please have a clue for at5-10

6:14 pm

Thanks.

6:15 pm

NM...found it ...could use at5-14 though.

i think it's time to work on the mess some more.. it's trash day tomoroow. later. maybe.

really, i would LOVE to get some organizatio tips, especially hard to file special offers, flyers amd those mailer coupons are eveywhere

as well as newsapaper clippings, stories

6:21 pm

Wish I could help, TO...I'm terrible, myself...

and the worst are puchase reciepts and those buttons that come with clothes

*poof*

6:22 pm

hello all

6:22 pm

Jellen, how is your new business coming along

6:22 pm

at 5/14 a + T*** Orlando

6:22 pm

Hi, peri...moving along slowly...

6:22 pm

Thanks a bunch, Jellen.

6:23 pm

ok, just checking

hey peri! *procrastinating again*

6:23 pm

22 left in this nasty grid

6:23 pm

We're having to do a lot more to the building than I had planned...

6:23 pm

I am back to hopefully finish - got 20 left - feeling this is impossible

6:23 pm

hi ther Owl. I have boxes and files and containers and still have papers everywhere

have you bought a car? my friend was raving about her elantra

6:23 pm

Hi, Mom

6:24 pm

not yet, Owl, was thinking about the Accent, it is less epxensive thant the Elantra. did your friend buy it new?

yes, and she had not had a new car in ages.

6:25 pm

Owl, do you have AAA?

mcuh difference in cost?

no

which is very very bad

6:25 pm

at least1,000

peri: i knwo the elantra is a safe car. you can talk that thousand away. If it's your last car, you should not skimpif possible

6:27 pm

I have AAA and went to their website to check on car prices. they check and get the best price. well their price was more than $1,000less than a price quoted by a dealer. I called AAA and was told that that price did not include any dealer fees. which could be anywhere from $50 to $1,000, so not much cheaper. I was disappointed

6:27 pm

Not ti interrupt Peri, but I am on my 4th Hyundai product... 2 elantras, 1 sonata, and a santa fe. Love them all.

can you do the broker?

6:28 pm

anyone drive an Accent. It may be my last car, Owl. but you never know. not sure about a broker. is there one near me?

6:28 pm

I teest drove an Elantra and an Accent and liked the Accent a little more

orthrough credit union like trumark? or costco?

6:28 pm

48 to go. I hate this grid so much that I want to finish it. ar6 anyone

6:28 pm

I have no experience with hyundai but absolutely love my subaru. Have had toyotas and hondas in the past too - both were awesome. Only got subaru because it was more affordable.

broker = nazar, no financing, he is loaded with toyotas right now

6:29 pm

don't belong to a credit union

well if the accent is wha you like, then if it is rated safe you should get that

6:29 pm

I have a Subaru Forester and love it. But my next car will be from a dealer near my current office--Jeep or Ford.

peri: trumark credit union is open to all. I joined them

6:30 pm

I hate t his grid too but determined to finish

ar + *** orbison + take the vowel out of what you catch fish with

6:30 pm

end of the month is the best time to buy, so I am told, since they have to sell a certain amt of cars each month

they were former bell tell credit union

6:30 pm

Odd word! TY, Luv.

6:30 pm

I have a Forester too - it is the only car that has EVER made it up my driveway. Exercise is great but walking this sucker every storm is a bear.....

yes but sales are picking up - it's spring

6:31 pm

brb, will look into credit union

6:31 pm

pa7/36 please

6:31 pm

I live in the snowbelt of western NY state so I need AWD or 4 WD.

6:31 pm

pa + consonant + ot4

6:31 pm

thats me scrabbs - snowbelt of southern NH

the repeat from yesterday's grid - was looking for it! ok , poof #2

6:32 pm

thanks scrabb

6:33 pm

There is a steep hill heading into my development and my Dodge Caravan slipped all over trying to ascend that hill.

ok, back again, I am drifting in and out....

6:33 pm

Is en7 related to en6?

6:33 pm

my little subaru has made my driveway and my husband has to park at the bottom with his 4wd truck - haha

6:34 pm

Hi Red. I was thinking about your job offer earlier and am so happy for you.

Yes, I feel pretty good, still too good to be true, the pay part.

6:34 pm

I dont have 7 but I dont think so

6:34 pm

I have 117K miles in 4 yrs. Want to pass 200K.

6:34 pm

hi everyone!

not related. the en 7 is en plus to hold closely, or the "catch" on a necklace.

6:35 pm

{{Red}}, tell me about your job, please

6:35 pm

Hi Mom of Kentucky!

6:35 pm

Hi, Mom!

6:35 pm

Hey Mom

6:35 pm

Hi Jellen of OK!

it is the same job different hospital with an oddly higher pay rate, by several dollars an hour...difficult to calculate, but much much better.

6:35 pm

Hi Scrabbler, Jellen and Mom

hello jellen!

6:35 pm

Hi, Scrabbler!

6:36 pm

congratulations Red, wonderful news

6:36 pm

got it - thanks red

6:36 pm

close by where you live?

2 miles away!

6:36 pm

wow, that is great

6:37 pm

you could even walk if you took the notion

6:37 pm

Hi

6:37 pm

en7 = en + cl5

6:37 pm

Peri,

I could, but unlikely, given the times of day and the super big hills involved.

6:37 pm

Hi tivel

6:37 pm

Hi, tivel

6:37 pm

when do you start your new job?

6:37 pm

Hi Tivel

hello tivel!

6:37 pm

hi tivel

May 25.

6:38 pm

hope it is everything you want it to be

I am a bit nervous about it.

6:38 pm

We bought a Sonata last year when they were giving $3000. back. The car drives well. My complaint was it took a long time to get the $3000 at $500/month!

F's finished. soon I shal get the listy list.

6:39 pm

Change is always tough, esp if you don't have details.

6:39 pm

and probably more so as the time gets near but you will be fine

because I dont want to burn bridges, and things can always get both better or worse...

6:40 pm

you have given notice, I take it?

6:40 pm

Congratulations Red on your new job. I hope you are happy there as well as better paid.

6:40 pm

Hi Bugsaw

well the better paid is for certain. I can bank a lot more retirement money! thanks Bugs!

and hi how are you?

6:40 pm

Hi Bugsaw

6:41 pm

first li6 anyone?

6:41 pm

hi there tivel

6:41 pm

congrats on your new job, red

6:41 pm

Hi everyone. Hope you are all well

thanks peri.

6:42 pm

hey Peri,What happened to your picture?

ok 40 left, I declare it to be **** Likety Time!*****

6:43 pm

oi6 anyone pretty please

6:43 pm

I don't have it, mnh

6:43 pm

I dont have the li either

6:44 pm

nor do I

oi 6/21 what's leaking into the gulf of mexico + a tin *** is what food comes in

6:44 pm

heck just looked I don't have any O's

Mom needs, the oi6 is what you put the Oi3 In...

6:44 pm

TY, Luv. Wasn't that simple?!

6:44 pm

thanks Luv

6:44 pm

oilcan

6:44 pm

ooooooooops sos orry

6:45 pm

Yep, that's it, mkg!

6:45 pm

Hi MKG

once you get it, it is Scrabbler, but I usually have a hard time finding compound words

6:45 pm

off to sulk and rethink life now that i wrote the oi word..................

6:45 pm

OMG - ****slaps head****

6:45 pm

I change my picture back to the periwinkle. got tired of looking at my face :)

6:45 pm

but it is such a pretty face Peri

mkg, you can just go to the PB instead, there are champers and strawberries in there and sparkling water...

6:46 pm

aw, thanks Mom

6:46 pm

well i cant get third qu word. darn.

6:46 pm

:)

6:46 pm

what are champers?

6:46 pm

I need brownies, or brownie batter!

6:46 pm

which q word do you need

6:46 pm

I have some reese's peanut butter cups

6:47 pm

the third is a plural

6:47 pm

champers is champagne

6:47 pm

all of them peri, please

6:47 pm

Ahhh, I may just head into the PB for a bit then

6:47 pm

the first qu ends in the land where koalas live

I acutally have that scrabbs, but you must mix it.

6:47 pm

the next two are what car salesmen need to fulfull at the end of the month

6:47 pm

*thinking of doing wrong just to get into PB*

please give me a word then bugs!!!!

6:48 pm

OK with me, Red

6:49 pm

23 to go.

6:49 pm

there are 2 more qu words. Are they fish because the first one that was just clued sure wasn't familiar

6:49 pm

thanks peri. looking

6:49 pm

qu + last 4 letters of Down Under continent

6:49 pm

Got them!

6:49 pm

And pl of required minimum

6:49 pm

the others are what you need to make to keep your job

6:51 pm

go go go Scrabbler

6:51 pm

Struggling with pa's

6:52 pm

only have one pa* Boone + number after nine

I am just struggling, mostly oddly with 4 letters.

6:52 pm

pa4= buddies

6:52 pm

pa + consonant + ot4

6:52 pm

thanks

6:52 pm

pa5=back porch area

patio

sorry

6:52 pm

Hamburger pa6 (alternate spelling)

PB for me

6:53 pm

oh I love Luv's clues

6:53 pm

That's it, Luv. My clue was that good, huh?

can't be any more precise than that!

TY luve, help self to champange.

that's right just wanted the champagne

scrabbler, you are not struggling with the P's you are pummling them!!!

pa 6 pa + **** Fey who does a great Sarah Palin

6:54 pm

I am struggling with L's - anyone got the LI6/21

6:54 pm

not me Mom

6:54 pm

li6 like a baby cat

6:54 pm

thanks Luv

6:54 pm

I need that too.

sorry mom, not yet.

first pa 5/12 please?

6:55 pm

oops, that's 18 not 21, lookiing...

6:55 pm

li6.21 rhymes with to the vi6 goes the spoils

thanks lbd

6:55 pm

almost spelled like getting out of jail but watched

6:55 pm

TY, dawger + hi. We spoke this morning here.

6:55 pm

ty, dawg

6:55 pm

pa + ***l out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun

6:56 pm

Hi again scrabs. did you have a good day today?

thanks Momneeds

6:56 pm

A light day at the office, out by 4, and relaxing now while watching Sabres Vs Bruins. Go Sabres.

Goo Sabres!

6:57 pm

Did you sleep, dawger?

I was so upset Scrabbs, with the NFL draft, when Tebow did not go to Buffalo.

6:57 pm

slept and napped! lol

6:58 pm

Yes, the Bills' management = eternal screw-ups. We need a QB and Tim would have been great for our community. Super role model!

6:58 pm

thanks lb

6:59 pm

yw

He is, I personally think, I am not in total agreement with all his stands, but i like that during his college career, he had never been picked up for any il***** behaviors!

7:00 pm

Alright, li5/12 is pissing me off. Help please?

7:00 pm

li5 - legal

7:00 pm

lol Scrabbler

7:00 pm

red just gave a clue in her last post

scrabbler, I just clued it in my last entry!!!!

7:00 pm

NM, monkey pulled through! I threatened to send him to bed without a snack.

7:01 pm

I mean the 2nd li5/12.

7:01 pm

LOL Scrabbler so glad I am not the only blind one here today

I guess I do too!

7:01 pm

Clue---like the spring flower that comes in purple or white but change middle consonant.

7:01 pm

beautiful smelling spring flower but change middle cons

7:02 pm

One of my favorite flowers!

7:02 pm

li5.12 is like the flower bush, lavender flowers, but change middle letter to another consonant

7:02 pm

thanks, yall

7:02 pm

clue for lo6/27 please

7:02 pm

mine arent out quite yet

lo6/27 is a fruit think of kum****

7:03 pm

lo + Animals squ** to pee

7:03 pm

Hi Jean of Chicago!

7:03 pm

ty,, jean

7:03 pm

good clues thanks

7:03 pm

Hi Jean

hya dr scrabs ;-]

yw

7:03 pm

woo hoo - thanks esprit - lol scrabb

7:04 pm

Hey, I talk about pee & poop all day with mothers.

7:04 pm

excellent clues

7:04 pm

sometimes we need help with that too

7:05 pm

17 to go...fingers are bleeding from teasing out words.

7:05 pm

go go Scrabbler

7:05 pm

go scrabs!

7:05 pm

These words are covered with thorns!

goo scrabbs 23 here.

7:06 pm

go red!

7:06 pm

have very sharp teeth

7:06 pm

98 here, but will be happy just to get halfway

7:06 pm

***FIREWORKS****

7:06 pm

CANT BELIEVE IT

congrats Momneeds!

7:06 pm

congratulations Mom

7:06 pm

whoooooo hooooooo MNH!!!

congrats Mom* Needs* Help* Shoots off roman candles!!!

7:07 pm

Woo hoo MNH!!

7:07 pm

this was one of the hardes puzzles yet - thanks

7:07 pm

just what I needed - woohoo.....

7:07 pm

CONGRATS, Momneedshelp!!!

7:07 pm

YAY MNH

7:07 pm

Way to go Mom!

7:08 pm

how can I help you all

to 7/32 please?

7:08 pm

I have 4 fuzzy bunnies here, fb.

7:08 pm

Hi fuzzybunny - cute name

7:08 pm

to4.4 + nervous twitch, Luv

hello fuzzy

7:08 pm

Hi Fuzzybunny

thanks lbd

7:08 pm

to exercise you get well to**d + nasty biting insect

7:08 pm

Ouch. Bruins scored and they are up 2-0. Arrgh

7:09 pm

and welcome to Babble, nice to meet you

7:09 pm

TY, dawg

I'm watching B Ball playoffs. Magic in Charlotte, which I think the Magic will take. I hope so.

7:09 pm

I used to have two bunnies but they passed with age - gun to have them but not missing the work

7:09 pm

hi fuzzybunny. do you say that with your hands smooched against your cheeks? lol

Go B's! (sorry scrabbler ;-})

7:10 pm

They are poop machines but mine have always been litter box trained

7:10 pm

Hi Freeradical

7:10 pm

Uh, oh, free radical. Are you in Beantown?

ev 7/44 please?

Close enough.

7:10 pm

I mean that my bunnies are poop machines, not the Bruins. The Bruins are worse than that.

hello free radical, I am also a Sabres fan, so currently, scrabbs and I out number you, but I am not watching, sooo, maybe it evens out.

7:11 pm

the one who processes the ev 8/60

nm, found it

7:11 pm

One that tosses someone out of an apartment

7:11 pm

ev7, the one who does the ev8

7:11 pm

great compost for the flower gardens - we never had more flowers than when the bunnies were here

free, is that a pictorial radical in your icon. Initially i though it was a manatee!

7:11 pm

Hi all, I am glad to have found this site. Thanks for making me feel welcomed here.

We are a nice bunch Fuzzy.

7:12 pm

vi

7:12 pm

glad to have you fuzzy

7:12 pm

We love torturing ourselves by finding dozens or even hundreds of obscure words ona daily basis.

7:12 pm

fuzzybunny, the chat is always lively and the people here are top notch. I think you will like it here

7:12 pm

another addict is always welcome

hello susan!

7:12 pm

It is fun to meet new people. Addicts love company

7:12 pm

think susan just huccuped

7:13 pm

it's fun (reminds scrabbs) ... it's fun ...

7:13 pm

Hi Susan

7:13 pm

thanks!

7:13 pm

HI Susan

7:13 pm

Hi Wildcat

7:13 pm

vi - one is a winner and the I dont know - vi + doub cons + vowel

7:13 pm

hi susan, where in california are you?

7:13 pm

hi hi

7:13 pm

It is fun, welki....most of the time.

7:14 pm

thanks Mom

fi 7/56 please?

7:14 pm

hey wild

7:14 pm

i'm wildcat (thinks scrabbs is losing it?)

7:14 pm

Sort of an adjective for type of books that are not real

hello wild.

thanks Scrabbler and fireworks for me

7:14 pm

hi hi

7:15 pm

congrats Luv

7:15 pm

Ah, yes, wildcat. I got my w friends mixed up.

7:15 pm

fi + add*****, as in hooked on something like babble

7:15 pm

Woo hoo Luv!

7:15 pm

whooooo hoooooooo LUV!!!

7:15 pm

my favorite book is fi**ion + I am al***

e's emptied.

7:15 pm

hooray for Luv

7:16 pm

go red!

ty everyone

7:16 pm

2nd last ra6? It's making me quite cross.

7:16 pm

I am too slow this late at night

7:17 pm

Well done, Luv!

7:17 pm

a strict portion of something

ra 6/18 rodent + walk a straight ***e

7:17 pm

rodent + thin red ***e

7:17 pm

Right after that, wildcat

ty fuzzy

7:17 pm

ra + cons make ugly vermon + love the feel of ***en on my skin

7:17 pm

TY, Luv

7:17 pm

Sabres score!!!

Yaaaaay!

7:18 pm

We are down 1-2 now. Let's go boys!

7:18 pm

large mouse + number after nine

7:20 pm

7 to go. I need someone to deliver brownies + ice cream when I finish this.

7:20 pm

go get 'em Scrabbler

I have both, but not going to cold places.

7:21 pm

*brownies are baking*

7:21 pm

*aroma is overtaking senses*

7:21 pm

I have no bad food here except chocolate syrup.

7:21 pm

halfway for me and it is time for me to go. {{Hugs}} to all of you

7:21 pm

Bye Mom

7:21 pm

*timer going off*

bye Mom, good to see yoU!

i have had the brownie mix for 3 months...just sitting there.

7:22 pm

good night Mom - sweet dreams

7:22 pm

**sets out a dark chocolate bar for Scrabbler for when she finishes**

7:22 pm

I prefer my brownies undercooked--I like them mushy.

7:22 pm

oh no - brownies almost ready

7:22 pm

so good to see you too Red. Congrats on the job {{hugs}}

7:22 pm

and brownies and choc chip cookies should never have nuts in them.

7:22 pm

pleasant dreams {{Mom}} see you tomorrow

7:22 pm

* pulling from oven - very fudgy*

7:23 pm

bye bye Scrabbler

7:23 pm

*drooling + moaning*

7:23 pm

never ever Seain. :)

7:23 pm

I will be here ((MOM))

7:23 pm

look forward to it Mom

i likes nuts

mom how is the quitting thing going?

7:24 pm

*slicing - had to stop, overcome with the fragrance*

7:24 pm

I'm good red - day 5 - hanging in there

7:24 pm

thanks so much for asking - you guys are so great and supportive - I really need that

cheers Mom some more!!!!

7:25 pm

i like nuts, but i don't care for them in my brownies nor my choc chip cookies

7:25 pm

go mom go!

I care for them, sowe shall have to agree to disagree on the nuts.

7:25 pm

Good luck with whatever you are quitting. I am trying to quit overeating + eating bad foods.

7:25 pm

i have my moments of clenching but am able to get through it

7:25 pm

indeed, red :)

7:25 pm

DONE! Phew! What a marathon this grid is!

7:26 pm

dont wait too long scrabs - you want them when they are still warm

7:26 pm

cograts, scrabbs

7:26 pm

one addiction at a time....

7:26 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

7:26 pm

This grid must be buried and forgotten!

7:26 pm

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

7:26 pm

Hi Min.

7:26 pm

*sending warm fudgy brownies through the grid into Scrabs hands***

7:26 pm

whoooooo hoooooo SCRABS!!!

7:26 pm

evening, minver

7:26 pm

hi min

7:26 pm

hooray for scrabbs

7:26 pm

TY, mnh!

shoots off brownies in honor of scrabbler...watch them explode in air!

7:27 pm

Cyber-brownies are calorie-free.

7:27 pm

Good evening Minveryork

7:27 pm

Hi Min

hey, it;s raining pastries!

7:27 pm

I must offer to clue now. Helping someone finish is a good thing.

7:28 pm

Yes they are so partake as much as you would like

7:28 pm

HI TO

7:28 pm

please help finish ... E?

7:28 pm

Hi Owl. *opening my mouth so brownie bits can be caught*

and fireworks for me as well!!!!!!

7:28 pm

hi TO

on a head trip. watching "easy rider"

7:29 pm

Hooray Red

7:29 pm

Woo hoo red!

clues? need clues, I got free clues here.

7:29 pm

which one wildcat

7:29 pm

cograts, red

7:29 pm

YAY Scrabbler and red. well done

7:29 pm

woohoooooo red - nice going

7:29 pm

whoooooo hoooooo RED!!!

7:29 pm

I will be very good and have Kashi cereal soon.

7:29 pm

2 and i'm not sure

7:29 pm

Congratulations redturtlehead on fireworks! Hooray!

7:29 pm

sure you are too full from brownies

ysy red

7:30 pm

Min that is a very pretty flower

7:30 pm

Last chance for clues.

7:30 pm

are the in words related?

7:31 pm

no, bugs

7:31 pm

en6 - like the movie en**** man but change last vowel

7:31 pm

en7.36 + en + closure like a button usually made of metal

7:31 pm

nuts, I can't even find one of them.....

7:31 pm

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

7:31 pm

Nope. in8 #1 = sedentary in8 #2 = one that fills a tire with air

7:31 pm

in8 - couch potato is this

7:31 pm

ty lb

7:31 pm

in8 - one who blows things up with air

7:31 pm

Thank you Momneedshelp. I like flower icon Mondays.

7:32 pm

Hi Min

7:32 pm

in8's = one is lazy and one is an overachiever

7:32 pm

en6?

7:32 pm

An en 5/10 is en plus spanish word for Aunt wildcat17

7:32 pm

see my post one minute ago

7:33 pm

en 6/21 is en plus anagram of ca 4/5 word wildcat17.

7:33 pm

yes, the flowers are fun

7:33 pm

en + **ao (italian bye bye) + **tive american

i can only think of "indolent"

7:33 pm

ah ty got it

7:33 pm

help for P please

en 6 is like a city in california, but make it feminine.

7:34 pm

hamburger pa6

7:34 pm

your tulips are lovely dcs

someone TO who does not move is in plus one of the ac6 words.

7:34 pm

the volcano in iceland is very ac****, put the in in front for the in8

7:34 pm

pa6 leather shoe

oh I need to catch up on scramble. BRB

7:34 pm

sit out on the pa5

7:34 pm

lovely pa6 on the copper roof

7:35 pm

pa5 drops letter from pa6 on the copper roof

7:35 pm

thanks for the clarification red! I was looking for indolent too

7:35 pm

pa5 - got out of jail, mostly

7:35 pm

pa6 like drug na6 - the latter not in grid

7:35 pm

ooo got one ... one more

7:35 pm

knit and pu6

7:36 pm

me and my pa4 just hangin around

7:36 pm

that's all the Ps

ty

7:36 pm

the pu6 ...

7:36 pm

while doing some ra4% on the pa6/21

7:37 pm

onlya pu4/6 to knit and ****

7:37 pm

no pu6

7:38 pm

time for bed for me - night all - happy babbling

7:38 pm

pa7.36 - like drug na*c**** (tweeking DCs clue)

7:38 pm

I's Isolated! 2 left

7:38 pm

ty, momneeds :)

7:38 pm

k thx

7:38 pm

Goodbye Momneedshelp! I'll see you tomorrow maybe.

7:39 pm

I'll be here and again thanks for your help and support

7:39 pm

P's Pummeled! 1 left

7:40 pm

need an f and an L

pa 7 was in yesterday's grid

7:41 pm

top o' the mornin' to ya, babblers, embarrassed to ask, but could i please have a clue for my last: first ta4/5?

7:41 pm

powder gort

7:41 pm

no don't worry, just got it and am smiting forehead appropriately; thanks mom

7:41 pm

powder?

7:41 pm

ta 4/5 is ta**olm powder gormold and hi there to you!

7:42 pm

thanks min, can i clue anyone in return?

7:42 pm

evening all

7:43 pm

yw gortmold

7:43 pm

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

7:43 pm

Congratulations gortmold on your fireworks! Hooray!

7:45 pm

whoooo hooooo gort!

7:45 pm

hi Pini!

7:46 pm

i'll just chuck a few out there that stumped me: ci5/18 = ci +animal doctor abbrev., en7 = en + hug tight; et5 = misspelled old lady's name that's an alcohol thingy; fi7 = adjective of not-true literature; li6/21 rhymes with vi**** (flyers' call code); li6/18 rhymes with what the 3 little ki****s lost - their mi****s

7:46 pm

thank you all for your congratulations, happy babbling and toodle pip

7:47 pm

(thx gort...those helped! take care)

7:48 pm

bye gort!

7:48 pm

how's it going?

7:49 pm

doing well here, Pini. how about you?

7:49 pm

wishing today was friday

`to7/32 pls?

7:50 pm

what happens this weekend?

7:50 pm

to4.4 + nervous twitch, TO

7:50 pm

nothing exciting...but I have friday off, too...

7:50 pm

ahhh, long weekend. that's nice

7:50 pm

to7/32:heavy weight plus et 4/5 word 72 Temple Owl

7:50 pm

my program director is changing and she has short-timer's syndrome...

7:51 pm

she's beginning to drive me up the wall!

ty

7:51 pm

hmm. sounds like she needs to take off sooner than later.

7:51 pm

Hi all I'm back to add to my impressive 39 words already found.

7:51 pm

maybe...

7:51 pm

hi stidg!

7:52 pm

hi stidg

for en 7, is the root word a grid word? if so may i have the stats?

7:52 pm

Hello stidgmere! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:53 pm

Hi ib and pini and minver. Stidmama just walked in so I'm temporarily away.

7:53 pm

en7.36, TO

ty

7:53 pm

cl5

7:53 pm

Have reached the 50/50 point, 82 found, 82 to go....

but i mean if the word behind the en is a grid word i would like the stats for it

7:53 pm

go Fuzzy!

ty pini

7:53 pm

wtg fuzz

7:54 pm

cl5.14, TO

7:54 pm

hi babblers and babblettes

7:54 pm

hi welki

7:54 pm

hi welki

7:54 pm

hi welki

hi welk

7:55 pm

i figured you'd be out tossing flys or teaching worms to swim, welki

7:55 pm

May I please have a clue for vi5-16? Thanks

7:55 pm

to the vi5 go the spoils

7:56 pm

vi5min - double cons

7:56 pm

to the vi6 go the spoils, pini

7:56 pm

vi + double con + vowel, Peach. sounds like a word for life

7:56 pm

Hello welki!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

7:56 pm

most of the areas i fish are closed until may 20

7:56 pm

oops, sorry dc

7:57 pm

i've been in and out. howdy, welki and pini

7:57 pm

Thanks, y'all.

7:57 pm

back in a few , need some tea.

7:57 pm

i've done tons like that today, pini, all good :)

7:57 pm

Hello gapeach1066!How are you? Welcome to the grid

7:57 pm

hi dc

7:57 pm

hi, peach

7:58 pm

Finally Fireworks!! I thought yesterday's grid was bad, but this was long and bad. :D

7:58 pm

Hi there, Min and dcseain.

7:58 pm

wtg ormal

7:58 pm

congrats, ormal

7:58 pm

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

7:58 pm

wtg ormal

7:58 pm

CONGRATS, Ormal.

7:58 pm

Think this grid is slightly better than yesterdays grid

7:59 pm

so far, i agree, minver

7:59 pm

so far

8:00 pm

I'm good now that I'm done Min.

8:00 pm

firewords

8:00 pm

wtg wild

8:00 pm

ar6?

8:00 pm

WTG wildcat

8:00 pm

time for a break and help my son with his homework. Thanks for all the help, back later.

8:01 pm

pini: http://bit.ly/d2Ow2b

8:01 pm

njoy, fuzzy

8:01 pm

congrats, wild

8:01 pm

thanks

8:02 pm

a+Rob R**+ I wa** that

8:02 pm

ooooh, dc! showing me 'cuz of the colors??? :)

qu6 /27 pls? first one?

8:02 pm

yikes, thx ormal

8:02 pm

yes :) you can add or subtract the colors

8:03 pm

how fun, dc!!! Love the cobalt blues!!!

8:04 pm

qu + mr. gor + two vowels TO

8:04 pm

few years back, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival did The Silk Road as the theme. They had people making lapis beads on site that year

8:04 pm

whooooo hooooo WILD!!

8:04 pm

I can definitely play with that one, dc!

ty, down to one

8:05 pm

git'r dun, TO!

and 0

8:05 pm

wtg TO

8:06 pm

well done, TO

ty for the clues

8:06 pm

bbs

8:07 pm

whooooo hooooo TO!!

got to go. see you later all

8:08 pm

cya TO

8:10 pm

May I please have a clue for lo4-4 the 2nd? Thanks

8:10 pm

NM...found it.

8:14 pm

night TO

8:15 pm

hi again. 64 words left; don't know for sure if I want to finish

8:15 pm

hiya nef...I'm down to 55, so we're close ;)

8:16 pm

how is everyone tonight?

8:16 pm

Hi there, Nef.

8:16 pm

wishing the week was over already (the work part, that is)

8:17 pm

ditto, pini

8:18 pm

Heh. I only work 2 days this week (Tues. and Wed.) but they're both 12 hour days for me

8:18 pm

yikes, nef!

8:19 pm

bak. hi, nef

8:19 pm

hi dc

8:19 pm

that was quick, dc

8:19 pm

well, i did say BBS, not BBL ;)

8:19 pm

true

8:20 pm

still debating if i want some ice cream.

8:20 pm

did you rush off and eat fest or something, dc?

8:20 pm

I'm debating on if I want to make something for dinner or just nuke something

8:20 pm

nope. changed laundry around and unpacked the new charger for the new phone

8:21 pm

i made fiori in a spicy tomato-onion sauce for dinner.

8:21 pm

sounds nice, dc

8:22 pm

I made some soup in less than 20 minutes, Pini. Of course, I used a bunch of left-overs; so the real prep time was probably longer

8:22 pm

what's fiori?

8:22 pm

literally flowers - a shape of pasta

8:22 pm

yeah, what welki said!

8:23 pm

ahhh, i know that 'fiori' means flowers, had no idea about the pasta shape .. thanks!

8:23 pm

i also fixed a plumbing issue under the kitchen sink while cooking. There was water dripping from somewhere. That cabinet had a layer - the trap was loose. Emptied and cleaned the cabinet and tightened the connections. fun.

8:24 pm

these wer from Barilla

8:24 pm

the pasta that is

8:25 pm

we get barilla up here .. but not fiori. wagon wheels are as exotic as it gets

8:26 pm

i found different stores have different selections. Here, Wegmans and Harris Teeter have most of the line between them.

8:26 pm

that said, i've not looked for fiori, so maybe they are available in some of the italian specialty shops

8:26 pm

i covet your wegmans

8:27 pm

i like their gemelli shape too

8:27 pm

(which sounds a little dirty, but i still do *lol*)

8:28 pm

we have gemelli here (hallelujah, i do not live in a barren tundra!)

8:28 pm

i was thrilled when i heard wegmans was entering the market here. :) If you're ever near one, you must stop in.

8:28 pm

it amazes me how happy the rabbit is with a piece of paper or cardboard

8:29 pm

May I please have a clue for li5-10? Thanks

8:29 pm

hours of play and chew time

8:29 pm

Time to put together a gingered stirfry and salad for dinner. I got 80 words and call that a victory. Oh, maybe its the pb for me? is there a vi word?

8:29 pm

i make trips to wegmans when i visit the kids in jersey ... it's like a day trip for me! the kids, grandkids, ocean, wegmans ... that's all i need for a successful trip (and maybe a trip to buy perfume that i can't find up here)

8:30 pm

vi6 to whom the spoils go is a word today, yes, stidgmere. the stirfry sounds lovely

8:30 pm

yes, stidg...you just wrote it (-y)

8:30 pm

i'm off to fold laundry and put these tired dogies up for a bit ... g'night, folks

8:30 pm

g'night welki

8:30 pm

Nite, welki.

8:31 pm

li5 - how someone in Boston might say lighters

8:33 pm

Thanks much, dcseain.

8:34 pm

that oi6 hasn't ben a part of my vocabulary in almost two decades - that's when they switched to the much easier to use plastic bottles.

8:35 pm

fa6-27 please.....thanks

8:35 pm

night night welki

8:35 pm

fa6 the pig for slaughter

8:36 pm

fa6.27 to sacrifical lamb

8:36 pm

* pondering the oi6 *

8:36 pm

what the tin man needed

8:36 pm

used to add viscous liquid to cars, or to store the viscous liquid

8:36 pm

oy vey

8:37 pm

Thanks much lbdawger.

8:37 pm

* serves tartar sauce to self *

8:37 pm

oy ver ver schimmel, pini - i had to use morewords for it

8:38 pm

(that phrase was only bit of yiddish great-grandpa ever used regularly)

8:38 pm

what is ver schimmel ???????do tell as i dont recall from my yiddish

8:38 pm

i never got that oi 6. did anyone?

8:39 pm

what the Tin Man said

8:39 pm

oi6 henry's service shop

8:39 pm

That oi 6/21 word is grease plus tin *** mkg and hello.

8:39 pm

oops i did get it. yipes senility sets in.

8:40 pm

he said it means 'for shit' - he used that only when REALLY frustrated. but i don't really now, mkg. His first language was German, 2nd French, 3rd Hebrew, and i don't think he learned Yiddish at all. He was from Bremen.

8:40 pm

...don't really know...

8:41 pm

an5-10 the 2nd please...thanks

8:42 pm

an + *** Vegas

8:42 pm

That an 5/10 word is an plus *** Angeles gapeach1066

8:42 pm

Thanks so much Une and Min.

8:42 pm

wrong spelling, min :-)

8:42 pm

yw

8:42 pm

Oops, an 5/10 word is an plus *** Vegas gapeach1066

8:43 pm

Thanks, Min.

8:43 pm

Hello Uneaixoise!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

8:43 pm

need ac clue please for ac 5 12 first one and the sixes

8:43 pm

hey, min :-)

8:43 pm

I have 3 left but must get something to eat....back in a few.

8:43 pm

ac6 opp of sedentary

8:44 pm

ac6 cultures in yogurt

8:44 pm

ty.

8:44 pm

take ac6 on the issue

8:44 pm

That ac 5/12 word is ac plis Rin *** *** mkg.

8:44 pm

hey, seain, and thanks!

8:44 pm

ac5 - movie ac5 or ac plus cheap metal

8:45 pm

ty much. good clues.

8:45 pm

didnt get first ac 6. was that the yogurt stuff? i dont know it and dont eat yogurt.

8:46 pm

a couch potato is in8, which contains ac6

8:46 pm

The first ac 6/21 word is verbs are ac**** words mkg.

8:47 pm

min i have that as second ac 6. the 30.

8:47 pm

I'm hungry...going to forage...back shortly

8:48 pm

ooooooooooh just got the other ac 6. ty ty

8:48 pm

take ac6 on the issue is the 1st. or an AC6 adventure movie

8:48 pm

night night everyone. early shift tomorrow. good luck with the grid.

8:48 pm

ty all.

8:48 pm

g'night dawg

8:48 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

8:49 pm

ar clue please?

8:49 pm

a = r** Rogers, adam a**

8:50 pm

The ar6/24 word is ar + anagram of to4/6 word mkg.

8:50 pm

fl4 your bic

8:51 pm

got it. ty dc.

8:53 pm

cant get ci words. need the two 5s plz.

8:54 pm

ci5/18 is ci plus animal doctor.Other one is ci plus to compete for something mkg.

8:55 pm

ty got it.

8:56 pm

yw

8:57 pm

need en 6 please. have the 7 but cant get that 6

8:57 pm

The en6/21 word is en + anagram of ca4/5 word mkg

9:01 pm

:) firewords

9:02 pm

yeah dc!

9:02 pm

Congratulations dcseain on fireworks!Hooray for you

9:02 pm

ty.

9:02 pm

and i must do a few things then off to bed, as i need be up early

9:02 pm

ty min got it.

9:03 pm

so, happy babbling, yall! :)

9:03 pm

{poof}

9:03 pm

these are all spanish words. not fair!!!!!!!!!!!

9:03 pm

Goodbye dcseain! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

9:03 pm

by dc. wish you could stay and clue.......but min is doing fine.

9:03 pm

enoti

9:05 pm

et 5 plz?

9:06 pm

An et5/16 can be an old fashioned woman's name mkg

9:07 pm

hey isnt ethol a word??????

9:07 pm

am trying min.

9:08 pm

not getting it.

you're close with ethol, try a different "non vowel"

well, sometimes a vowel

9:09 pm

ty got it. ty for clues.

9:09 pm

tough grid.

9:09 pm

need fi 7 please.

9:10 pm

Hello Laurenh1982!How are you? Welcome to the grid

Thanks! I've been a lurker for awhile. I usually play when I get home from second shift and don't want to talk with anyone! lol

9:12 pm

inaction

9:12 pm

lots of nurses in babble land

9:12 pm

Hi jmcnrick! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:13 pm

well cant get so many. 53 left. ugh.

9:13 pm

i am thinking of going to sleep but got sucked in for a moment

9:13 pm

fi7/56 word means imaginary; ends like ac 6/30 word

9:13 pm

how are you min

9:15 pm

ty. got it but never heard it used.

9:15 pm

need in 8 please.

9:16 pm

not ac 6/30

9:16 pm

The in8/60 is in plus ac 6/30 word and in 8/55 is one who puts air into something mkg.

9:16 pm

and person who blows up ballons

9:17 pm

got it ty

9:17 pm

need la 6 18 first one please

9:17 pm

I am well jmcnrick.I have been stuck on my last word since 7:39. Been stubborn in not asking for clue and my monkeys have been stubborn in not finding it yet.

9:18 pm

The 1st la6/18 word describes a hispanic person mkg

9:19 pm

well there will probably be someone that can clue you when/if you are ready

9:20 pm

okay i found 50 words so i am heading out

9:20 pm

*poof*

9:21 pm

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:21 pm

need first qu 6 please.

9:21 pm

ty min. got it.

9:23 pm

li 6 21 first one please?

9:24 pm

qu6/27: The qu**ity of dollar store products isn't too good plus two more vowels mkg.

9:24 pm

li 6/21 rhymes with the vi 6/30 which is a name mkg.

9:24 pm

ty got it.

9:25 pm

dont know the vi name. gee.

9:25 pm

got the qu that is.

9:26 pm

ur clue please.

9:27 pm

vi 6/30: a name of an Olympic skater Vi**** Petrenko.

9:28 pm

ur6/24 us ur + top floor of house minus a cross letter

9:28 pm

wish i knew her.

9:29 pm

ty got ur word. still no vi words.

9:29 pm

Vi6/30 is a man's name. Also a character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless mkg.

9:29 pm

got vi word!!!!!!!!!ty.

9:29 pm

need last two ra 6 18s oplease

9:31 pm

ra 6/18 is big mouse plus actress ***da Hamilton mkg.

9:31 pm

The last ra 6/18 word rhymes with pa 6/21 word mkg

9:32 pm

ty got it.

9:32 pm

who is the actress?????????

9:34 pm

It is the actress ***da Hamilton from Terminator films

9:35 pm

sorry dont know her.

9:36 pm

must go to sleep now. sorry. 25 left and cant keep awake.

9:36 pm

ty for all clues

9:37 pm

Goodnight mkg! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log.

9:52 pm

Hello...

9:53 pm

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

9:53 pm

hi jel

9:54 pm

Trying to finish this one before I run out of steam, but I have a long way to go...

9:55 pm

at this time of nite I'm on break from looking for a job, hey jellen, how is business coming along?

9:55 pm

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

9:55 pm

hi Minv

9:56 pm

We keep going to auctions :-)...

9:56 pm

We can't do much on the building until we get bids from the contractors...

9:56 pm

r u learning about anything new? what about native american?

9:57 pm

We bought a nice Navaho piece last week...not an antique, though...

9:58 pm

nice, what is it? I have a real nice tribal horse bridal with tourquoise and silver

9:58 pm

This is a huge pottery vase

10:00 pm

brb...need to feed dog...

10:01 pm

Ok, I GIVE UP!I'm leaving the grid with one word left.

10:01 pm

* tripping in * evening all

10:02 pm

giving up, min???

10:03 pm

I have been stuck on my last word since 7:39. I have been stubborn in not asking for clues & the monkeys have been very stubborn in not finding the word yet.

10:04 pm

oh no, min!

10:07 pm

Hi Pini

10:07 pm

Don't want clue for or7 but does it have 2-letter tile

10:08 pm

no, it doesn't min

10:08 pm

hi jellen ;)

10:09 pm

Does an or7 include the sometimes vowel in the word

10:09 pm

no, min

10:09 pm

No, Min

10:09 pm

all the letters are 1 point each

10:11 pm

Does or7/28 word start with the or4/4 word Pinikula

10:11 pm

no

10:11 pm

(not the whole word, but most of it)

10:11 pm

3/4 of the or 4/4

10:11 pm

3/4 of it

10:11 pm

Wow! I just found it! Can't believe it took me so long!

hello

10:12 pm

yeah min!!!!

10:12 pm

hi herin

10:12 pm

Yay, Min!!!!

10:12 pm

Hi, herin

10:12 pm

congrats Min;;;}}}

how you all

10:12 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!or7/28 was my last word

10:13 pm

Thought it was going to be a non-word. Thanks guys!

10:13 pm

78 left and going to bed.... nite all!

10:13 pm

yvw ;)

Yah MIni

10:13 pm

night dobie! :)

10:13 pm

G'night, jmb

10:15 pm

Hate to finish and leave but I have to go to bed.I did help mkg w/alot of words b-4, so I did do my share of cluing. Goodnight to my fellow babblers! See ya later!

how you all

10:15 pm

no worries...congrats, min ;)

10:16 pm

Bye, Min...

10:16 pm

I'm good herin...watching basketball...

10:16 pm

59 left, though...

10:16 pm

down to 5 here and taking my time ;)

drinkg coffee here

10:22 pm

hrmph...need to refresh...brb

10:22 pm

May I please have a clue for ra5-10? Thanks

10:23 pm

ra5/10 is a math term

I am going to likely catch a cab to the store as the weather is so crappy

10:24 pm

Thanks, Pini.

10:24 pm

yw ;)

10:25 pm

it's crappy here today, too, herin

i hate wasting money

10:27 pm

I know what you mean, herin

As I have a really evil cough I really don't want to walk far

10:30 pm

Awww...that's not good!

10:30 pm

hope you get better

No it isn't I have taken today and tomorrow off classes. I have a kitty that is making sure I am ok

10:31 pm

Cats are good companions when you're not well...

10:35 pm

fyrwrx! (pa7 was my last)

10:36 pm

Yay, Pini!!!

10:37 pm

Fireworks, finally. Thanks to all of you. See you at the flip.

Yah GA

10:38 pm

wtg ga cya l8r

They are great company. I just had one do the happy poo leap

10:38 pm

Yay, Ga!!!

10:40 pm

My cats are both curled up against me right now...

What gives with the happy poo dance and cats

10:43 pm

I'm not sure I've ever seen mine do the happy poo dance...

It is when they use the dirt box then leap about the house

10:44 pm

Ah, the crazies!

10:44 pm

brb - koda's "calling"

yep the crazies

11:03 pm

Oooh, yawn!

11:04 pm

11 left...

11:04 pm

in 8, either?

11:05 pm

Got one of them!

11:05 pm

which one?

11:06 pm

The second...still need the first...

11:06 pm

1st is in*ac6

11:06 pm

in+ac

11:07 pm

Thanks, hootowl!

11:08 pm

yw - hi jellen

11:08 pm

How are you?

11:09 pm

tired! Moved on the 27th and still trying to find stuff and arrange it

11:10 pm

Moving is exhausting!

11:10 pm

now what else do you need?

11:10 pm

yup!!!!!!!!

11:10 pm

ta 6/18?

11:10 pm

and how's things with you?

11:11 pm

add not off to previous 4

11:11 pm

We're redoing a building to open an antique store...turned into a bigger project than planned...

11:11 pm

Thanks!

11:12 pm

3 left...

11:12 pm

yw - that sounds as bad as moving! never know what you'll find!

11:13 pm

Exactly! We found termites, for one...

11:14 pm

vi 5/16?

11:15 pm

double consonants and vowel at end

11:15 pm

(((hugs hoot))) hey all! *waves*

11:15 pm

I am down to 25, looking for a complete today!

11:15 pm

And hoping mightily that I am "done enough" for classes tomorrow...

11:15 pm

termites are bad. especially if they've been uncontrolled for a while!

11:15 pm

Thanks, hootowl!

11:15 pm

Hi, stid!

11:16 pm

hi stid! whatcha need?

11:16 pm

yw

11:16 pm

1 left...

11:16 pm

nothing yet hoot, listed at around 50

11:16 pm

how are you doing?

11:17 pm

ok - I'll be here.

11:17 pm

hah! check what I wrote at 11:09

11:18 pm

is the second RA 6 fishy?

11:18 pm

n0

11:19 pm

thanks hoot!

11:19 pm

evening

11:19 pm

think ropes on boats

11:19 pm

wb, Pini

11:19 pm

hi Pini

11:19 pm

we moved ten years ago and still unpacking *hangs non-housewifely head in shame*

11:19 pm

thx jellen...

11:19 pm

hye pini

11:20 pm

lo 6/27?

11:20 pm

I get my "move" itch out of my system just by rearranging the furniture nowadays

11:20 pm

hye stid ;)

11:20 pm

it wouldn't be so bad but we moved after only a year because the house was so bad! We haven't been in one place long enough to get rid of duplicates!

11:20 pm

lo + cum**** (fruit)

11:21 pm

Thanks, Pini! And that's fireworks!

11:21 pm

wtg jellen ;)

11:21 pm

ropes on boats... lines?

11:21 pm

and we are both packrats and readers!

11:21 pm

YAY Jellen!

11:22 pm

sheets? bends?

11:22 pm

oh goodo jellen!

11:22 pm

I don't ever plan on moving...

11:23 pm

ten left

11:23 pm

git'r dun, stid ;)

11:23 pm

ugly rodent + clothe**** without last vowel

11:23 pm

phone****

11:24 pm

thanks hoot! got it! 4

11:24 pm

straight ****

11:24 pm

Pack rats and readers surely is a better testament than a polecat and stinker.

11:24 pm

ok yw

11:24 pm

hey BR :)

11:24 pm

yeah well we both got rid of them! hi BR

11:24 pm

((((BR)))) I have missed seeing you!!!!

11:25 pm

Hi, BR

11:25 pm

V is for FIREWRODS!!!!!

11:25 pm

Hello, friends.

11:26 pm

goodo stid!

11:26 pm

congrats, stid

11:26 pm

Yay, stid!!!

11:26 pm

that is SUCH as sad poem, BR... *wonders if it would appeal to 8th graders*

11:27 pm

wtg stid ;)

11:27 pm

not likely stid - why so sad BR?

11:27 pm

Loneliness can be a killer

11:28 pm

yes, it can BR. But so many of the 8th graders I work with are pretty dismal in their speech patterns.

11:28 pm

so pini -- this life of a slacker isn't so terribly horrible, is it? rofl

11:29 pm

i guess so. But you can also use it. I was alone for almost 15 yrs and just considered it a chance to do and be what I wanted to do or be.

11:29 pm

* blink * slacker? where? you or me?

11:29 pm

Last week my teacher told me that I must have made a terrible admin assistant because I can't keep my opinions to myself... I wonder if that bodes well or ill for me as a teacher?

11:29 pm

me slacker! I finished the grid, which implies that I did NOT spend my whole day on schoolwork! LOL

11:29 pm

ROFL! nice one stid! :)

11:29 pm

well, it's about time you took a break!

11:30 pm

yep. and the behinder I get, the less I worry about it... I seem to be able to play catch-up (ketchup?) where it counts *wicked mama grin*

11:30 pm

that is GOOD stid! You must not let it take over your life!

11:31 pm

oh, yes, you are wicked...no doubts!

11:31 pm

aren't we all....

11:31 pm

anyway(s)... I should head out and get packed for tomorrow. I have an appointment of sorts with one of the faculty members, to discuss one of this quarter's projects.

11:31 pm

congrats, stid...enjoy!

11:32 pm

Bye, stid...

11:32 pm

nite stid

11:32 pm

I am so glad to have seen you all today! BR, I have missed you! hoot, I am happy you are in a new place -- I hope it's much better than the last. Jellen, I hope you are enjoying the Spring... and pini -- the closer August gets the more excited I am! *bounce bounce* see you-all again soon! *poof*

11:32 pm

back in a bit...

11:33 pm

* giggle *

11:36 pm

ooooh, tired...flip better get here soon

11:41 pm

hello everyone :)

11:41 pm

Think I'm going to skip flip...

11:41 pm

Hi, nan

11:41 pm

hi nan

11:41 pm

not sure I'm going to make it myself

11:41 pm

hi nan

11:41 pm

but tryin' to hold out

11:42 pm

G'night everyone...going to watch a few more minutes of basketball, then it's off to sleep...

11:43 pm

night jellen

11:43 pm

nite jellen

11:55 pm

guessing 227

171

11:58 pm

my wife;s cousin lives in raliegh

11:58 pm

I'll take anything that won't kill me!

raleigh is a nice little city

but it is little

11:59 pm

I hear it is.

11:59 pm

125

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