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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

flüp

12:01 am

flop

12:01 am

fey

12:01 am

Wonderful picture and icon, flosey!

12:01 am

ty jilli

12:01 am

co 8

12:02 am

fi7

12:02 am

yours too jilli - will read the story later

12:03 am

yes, it's long -- didn't have time to edit it.

Clues are up

12:03 am

thanks, lickety

12:03 am

awwww Lickety!!!

12:03 am

not a problem jilli, looks well worth the time

12:03 am

thanks Lickety

12:03 am

phant enceintes

12:03 am

Great, Lickety!

12:06 am

Another grid with no A!

12:06 am

Ys Fs and Ws are easy

12:07 am

hello

12:07 am

glad you thinks so, dc!

12:07 am

evening, mlf

12:07 am

hi mlf

12:09 am

Have only been here a few minutes and already not liking this grid

12:09 am

i'm halfway

12:09 am

seriously dc?

12:09 am

good heavens, dc!

12:09 am

slowing down now, though

12:10 am

poor dc lol

12:10 am

i dont have any but have any 7s or 8s been called?

12:11 am

fi7

12:11 am

co8

12:12 am

thanks.. still looking

12:12 am

needlecase alert

12:12 am

PHANTOM continue

12:13 am

Hello Everyone

12:13 am

ty for the alert jilli

12:13 am

wb, west

12:13 am

thanks dc, for fi7 and co8, got them

12:13 am

thanks seain kitchen all cleaned and cats fed

12:13 am

hi west :)

12:13 am

yw. i got the co8 this time, too :)

12:14 am

I'm not seeing the long ones as usual. Last night was different.

12:14 am

last night was amazing

12:14 am

phant -- nicotine.

12:14 am

hi jilli I finished today and the 9's and 10's came like lightning

12:14 am

jilll same here even though i didint finish it i found a lot of long words too this one is much harder

12:14 am

the long ones yesterday just popped out

12:15 am

hi flosey and ML

12:15 am

agreed dc

12:15 am

well, I'm not going to worry about the long ones just now.

12:16 am

hi west

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hi west

12:17 am

jill i dont even have 20 words yet

12:17 am

turn

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oops

12:17 am

to everyone ... ... ... there is a PB

12:17 am

LOL

12:17 am

Neither do I -- but then I'm also chatting elsewhere.

12:18 am

rute

12:18 am

oops

12:18 am

I'm taking my Reston alligator in with me

12:18 am

jilli, let me guess

12:19 am

LOL west

12:19 am

You're right, flosey -- plus another

12:19 am

i am at 20 words now

12:19 am

17 here, lol!

12:19 am

fireworks unaided

12:19 am

if you can refute something.. why can't you futes something

12:20 am

Yikes, gremlin!!!

12:20 am

wow grem, very well done

12:20 am

congrats, grem

12:20 am

hi ruru

12:20 am

21 here and slowing

12:20 am

i wondered that too, ruru

12:20 am

ty

12:20 am

yay grem !! I have 6

12:20 am

how do you do it grem?

12:20 am

woo hoo! up to 29

12:20 am

practice

12:20 am

i'm at 59

12:21 am

howdy, locks

12:21 am

doing better then i am lock i only have 21

12:21 am

good job you

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PHANTOM intuition

12:21 am

I think I'll try for nbt and call it a night

12:21 am

then <> than (pet peeve of mine)

12:22 am

phantom fettucine

12:22 am

good one grem

12:22 am

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

12:22 am

i thought you were done grem?

12:23 am

to an extent, yes we do indeed, douglas

12:23 am

grem is fettucine. I don't know, but my mouth is watering

12:23 am

I am done

12:23 am

not me i just ate a sandwhich

12:23 am

*fettucine?*

12:24 am

Make it fettuccine, please

12:24 am

congrats grem -- 45 to go here -- will leave them for tomorrow. Good night, all :)

12:24 am

un7

12:24 am

g'night nan, sleep well

12:24 am

And the fact that I'm handing bananas to monkeys for finding the o isn't helping

12:24 am

hi and bye nan good job !!

12:24 am

UN 6

12:25 am

lickety's clue are not coming up on my babble expert

12:25 am

nbs

12:25 am

nbt

12:26 am

hmm might go off and on again

12:26 am

sandy, you may have to go out and come back in?

12:26 am

refresh clues. if no work, open IE, Tools>Internet Options>Delete>Delete Cookies, then refresh again

12:26 am

wtg flosey !!

12:26 am

go go flosey

12:27 am

i refreshed and no good, but now all is ok I went off and came back

12:27 am

76 left i am out poof

12:27 am

g'night mlf

12:27 am

fancy needing lickety when i only have 25...but I do

12:27 am

goodnight mlf

12:28 am

i'm feeling poorly today - i'm suffering a very bad case of laziness

12:28 am

howdy folks!

12:28 am

Night, mlf

12:28 am

gn ML take care

12:28 am

hi pav

12:28 am

you deserve that now and again, sandy

12:29 am

hi, pav

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hi pav

12:30 am

lol dc, but I do feel very guilty, I will have to force myself soon

12:30 am

*offer sandy a hot toddy and/or ice cream*

12:31 am

*takes the toddy and leaves the ice cream afor sandy*

12:31 am

laziness, must run rampant nowadays...already into third day of staycation and only half kitchen cleaned,,,is there a pill I should take?

12:31 am

hot toddy would be nice and then I would sleep for the rest of the day- I was reading your blurb dc, I wish I could come to a babble meetup-I will one day!

12:32 am

are there other babblers nearish Perth?

12:32 am

Pav, I think babble is responsible for a lot of laziness

12:33 am

there are- there is loredana and a couple of others. Next time they are on , maybe I will arrange something (good idea!)

12:33 am

*aghast*

12:33 am

rur, I think it is true

12:33 am

but babbling is good for peeps...makes bosses think we need more time off!

12:33 am

haven't seen loredana for a long time

12:33 am

*passes out*

12:34 am

i've seen lore on in the last 10ish daysi think

12:34 am

No! I wonder what's up with her.

12:34 am

that's why I gave it up for a few months there! But I must have the addictive gene

12:34 am

I miss moonwoof

12:34 am

I know some of you definitely do

12:35 am

better this than alcohol or cigarettes, IMNSHO

12:35 am

I'm not addicted...I'm just avoiding houseowrk..!

12:35 am

what? me? addicted? noooooooooooooo...

12:35 am

well.....hmmm....all of them can't be too bad in moderation

12:35 am

<------ doesn't have a life...

12:35 am

agreed, sandy

12:35 am

what's moderaton?

12:36 am

I would love to be addicted to housework and have an eating disorder

12:36 am

clearing out storage, i found a case of lovely vintage wines :) it was a French case, so got missorted in the move

12:36 am

ruru, how's Dylan doing? You haven't been talking about him lately.

12:37 am

sounds ok to me dc- I had a friend for lunch yesterday , she gave me a carton of wine from her winery (she can come again)

12:37 am

I just made up a word and it worked

12:37 am

he's fi4 jilli.. a nice boy.. he is really close to me all the time..often on my lap interfering with me putting in words

12:38 am

like when that happens jilli

12:38 am

wtg jilli

12:38 am

i guess i should start this...

12:38 am

LOL jilli, Im making up a lot of be5 words and none of them are working

12:38 am

that's apropos, sandy

12:39 am

DAMMMMMMMMM

12:39 am

hi, sammys

12:39 am

soooo many phantoms in this grid

12:40 am

confetti.. furniture...condition..etc

12:40 am

conifer

12:40 am

i was being subtle, not insulting. or at least that was my intention, sandys

12:40 am

chuckie sat his big black ass on my keyboard, leaned over and started drinking my iced tea.. with lemon yet!!

12:40 am

our deciduous conifers are in bloom now

12:40 am

chuckie is your husband?

12:40 am

LOL go chuckie!

12:41 am

no worries dc, actually it went over my head,LOL

12:41 am

subtle clue

12:41 am

for the be5

12:41 am

what can i expect from a cat who eats potato chips and sweet potatoes sith cinamon anyway>>>>>>>>>>>>>

12:42 am

ok, i'm working on it

12:42 am

no ruru- hubby has a little white ass..

12:42 am

aaah got it dc, very good!!

12:43 am

chuckie is the 15 lb boss of the roost

12:43 am

chuckie is your cabana boy?

12:43 am

i WISH !!!

12:43 am

ruru, we need pix of Dylan

12:43 am

hmm, i wouldn't mind a cabana boy- have to get a cabana first!

12:43 am

meeeoooowww

12:43 am

yup

12:44 am

ty, sandy :) glad you got it

12:45 am

This looks like a nasty grid...

12:45 am

i am stuck..

12:45 am

nastier for some than others gadget

12:46 am

hi Gadget, beautiful little girl you have there

12:46 am

I tink it's nasty.

12:46 am

so do I

12:46 am

I can't even get nbt

12:46 am

i'm 2/3 through it, though the Hs are resisting

12:46 am

second h in row 1

12:46 am

nor i, west, though nbt less important to me than to others

12:46 am

phantom---idiot...perhaps, maybe,

12:47 am

I can't go to the list until I get it

12:47 am

i tried idiot, but alas, no go

12:48 am

you would have to be an ass to miss the he's DC

12:48 am

he6 and 7 come from the lower H

12:48 am

lol ru

12:49 am

thanks flosey but I need the singleton

12:49 am

(kind of a cheeky comment)

12:49 am

there- i put the rest of my tea in his bowl and got myself another glass...... this is a cat who will NOT drink tapwater... we give him britta water that we drink .. but he WILL drink from a mud puddle.... go figure

12:49 am

same west, omit the plural letter

12:49 am

maybe I have a different grid ? lol

12:49 am

he7 then, west

12:49 am

ty, flosey

12:50 am

yw dc

12:50 am

westie plays babble in a parallel universe

12:50 am

I do

12:50 am

Thanks Flosey

12:50 am

yw gadget

12:51 am

hi, gadget

12:51 am

Hi!

12:52 am

just missing the bottom H for NBT

12:52 am

tushies pav

12:53 am

Pav, you're sitting on it

12:53 am

nbt

12:53 am

got it just before the clues

12:54 am

lol flo, I just got it after all that- not an aussie expression

12:54 am

wtg west

12:54 am

I would beg your pardon, but you're correct! NBT! thanks to all my babble friends....oh wrong award show....tyvm

12:54 am

well, I got the tush word but still don't see how it works!

12:54 am

not one heard very often here either, sandy

12:55 am

it's a pl word Miss Jilli

12:55 am

oh, I see it now.

12:55 am

I believe the singular is not a word

12:55 am

i was looking at that too jill

12:55 am

then phant = heinous...

12:55 am

you were looking at it ass backwards jilli

12:55 am

now i see it

12:56 am

of course, ruru

12:56 am

*giggle*

12:56 am

doug, the singular is a word imho.

12:57 am

just not spelt the same...

12:57 am

eeny meinie he6 ho

12:57 am

wtg west -- I'm nowhere near nbt

12:57 am

thanks jilli

12:57 am

the singular is totally a word

12:58 am

i have the o and the t and then nbt

12:59 am

od4

12:59 am

od4/6

12:59 am

got the o

1:00 am

which t are you missing sandy

1:00 am

now that bottom t and then nbt

1:00 am

the singular even works here

1:00 am

nbt

1:00 am

that's that silly, you'll find it when you get around ****

1:00 am

wtg sandy!

1:01 am

wtg sandy !!

1:01 am

wd sandy

1:02 am

what are the stats for the 8's please?

1:02 am

lol I only have 40 words and now Im going to try to overcome my condition (extreme laziness) and do something

1:02 am

I'm sure they were mentioned

1:02 am

co8/65

1:02 am

co8/65

1:02 am

only have the one

1:03 am

thanks sandy and flosey

1:03 am

yw west

1:03 am

two of them

1:03 am

glad I'm not the only one can't find the other

1:03 am

both are co8/65?

1:04 am

bbl

1:04 am

I sure can't see them either

1:04 am

oh, thanks sandy

1:05 am

co4 reminds me that i need to make a hair appt for tomorrow or fri. hoping for tomorrow

1:06 am

so i'll need to be up at a reasonable hour. coffee i had w/dessert is keeping me up though

1:06 am

coif

1:06 am

that's if pav

1:06 am

yes, just so :)

1:06 am

*it*

1:06 am

oopsies! wasn't looking...did I ever tell you I'm night blind?

1:07 am

my hair is to be done tomorrow...

1:08 am

I have one of the co 8's now

1:09 am

did it have something to do with seain's hair?

1:09 am

not the one i found

1:09 am

LOL ruru

1:10 am

just hoping

1:10 am

this one relates to untruths

1:10 am

well westie...

1:10 am

thank you doesn't help yet

1:10 am

some people read tea leaves.. you could read DC's Hari

1:10 am

hair

1:11 am

it being windblown on a humid day, yes, yes you could interpret the curls and waves

1:11 am

think of the famous chinese philosipher co*****ious

1:12 am

boy my typinng sucks tonight

1:12 am

I am going to bed. Matlock will have to wait. Good night all

1:12 am

the round-holed dessert is here...

1:12 am

g'night west

1:12 am

thanks ruru thats the one I couldnt find

1:13 am

ty ru, finally got it

1:14 am

well, 60 down NBT & brain as well fried as the DO5...

1:14 am

my ey4 are too glazed to see it Pavie

1:14 am

happy babbling all I'm packin' it in

1:15 am

just call me old fashioned.

1:15 am

poof

1:15 am

sweet dreams, pug

1:15 am

goodnight pugs, sweet dreams

1:15 am

bye pugs

1:15 am

Paula Abdul song...Straight UP...

1:15 am

still not getting the co6, 7

1:15 am

tuition is another phantom

1:17 am

guessed at the hy6, it worked!

1:19 am

ty, flosey

1:20 am

yw dc

1:21 am

the wind feels good.

1:21 am

88 and paralyzed

1:21 am

i opened the windows

1:23 am

furnify

1:24 am

LOL doug

1:24 am

is that like when cinderblocks and plywood make a bookcase?

1:24 am

I'll take your furnify and raise you one benifit

1:25 am

This grid has a lot of heartbreakers, almosts, doesn't it?

1:25 am

Well, extra conversation over, so now I can concentrate.

1:25 am

Sure does, doug.

1:25 am

well, i think i may finally be able to sleep. amazing what a cup of coffee with dessert can do.

1:25 am

so anyway, happy babbling and good night/day yall!

1:25 am

found a weird un 6

1:26 am

good night dc

1:26 am

night dc!

1:26 am

ty {poof}

1:26 am

night dc!

1:26 am

happy co4ing tomorrow DC

1:26 am

lol, thanks ru

1:27 am

oh, flosey, you're seeing the long ones like crazy!

1:27 am

ru's comment made me look for something odd, found one

1:28 am

actually, there are several odd words today

1:28 am

Thanks to whoever mentioned hy6, I think that put me over halfway, declaring moral victory, wishing you a happy breathdaylife. *poof*

1:28 am

night doug

1:29 am

good night douglas

1:29 am

night Doug!

1:30 am

but there's still one more un6

1:32 am

ok 40 left here...off to bed

1:32 am

g'nite Pav

1:32 am

co 7/32.. (went to the list for my last few(

1:33 am

nbt -- about time!

1:33 am

wtg jilli

1:33 am

finidhed, ruru?

1:34 am

I'm too sleepy to type right

1:34 am

could I have a clue for that co7 ru, please?

1:34 am

no.. 8 left

1:34 am

I don't have it .. flosey.. I was asking for a hint

1:34 am

oh, sorry

1:35 am

so, you're saying it isn't a plural? do you have the co6 before it?

1:36 am

is codine a word? Thanks

1:36 am

yes i have the plural before it

1:36 am

oh, thanks ru

1:36 am

I mean codeine

1:36 am

for the 7/32 you can take the 4/5 before it and end it with the number before ten without the n...does that make any sense at all?

1:37 am

it is a very strange word

1:39 am

haven't figured that out yet

1:40 am

that sure is a strange word

1:40 am

the fourth and fifth letters are the same vowel...

1:41 am

omg..

1:41 am

thanks a lot dd

1:41 am

never ever ever would have found that

1:41 am

I wish I knew what you're talking about

1:42 am

you are very welcome...I am an incurable lurker and appreciate all of the great clues from others!

1:42 am

co732 jilli - very strange word, but read dd's clue and follow it without trying to make sense

1:43 am

I don't have the 4/5 in front of it, flosey -- just too tired

1:44 am

oh, yes I do have that 4/5 . . .

1:44 am

sounds like an old amusement park in NY

1:44 am

the co4

1:44 am

firewurst

1:45 am

wtg ru

1:45 am

thank you ddb4.. you saved me

1:45 am

still have 19 to go here

1:46 am

ah, got the co7/32! Thanks muchly! Now what about the 6/21 before it?

1:46 am

many rabbits jilli

1:46 am

make that amusement park plural

1:46 am

YAY ruru!!!

1:47 am

a hare-raising experience

1:47 am

thanks, flosy!

1:47 am

ach, can't type

1:47 am

hey!!!!!

1:48 am

oh, yes, ruru, gotcha

1:48 am

:)

1:48 am

phant for ruru -- coitus

1:49 am

that's no phantom jilli that's my raison d'ete..lol

1:50 am

oh you roue, you!

1:50 am

that's a saucy statement

1:50 am

*groan*

1:51 am

no, roué. Roux is saucy ;)

1:52 am

May I please have a clue for co8-65 the 1st? Thanks

1:52 am

Hah, just went over halfway.

1:52 am

peach, to classify

1:53 am

<--- watching eagerly for co8 clues.

1:53 am

plural

1:53 am

co* (fish) + no if* ands or buts + there are *l**** in the kitchen

1:53 am

oops

1:54 am

not getting them, duh.

1:54 am

co* (fish) + no **s ands or buts+ semper ** + plural

1:54 am

well, got the co6/39, thanks ruru

1:55 am

plural it jilli

1:55 am

yes, thx, got it (present tense)

1:55 am

Thanks ruru.

1:56 am

Yeah Peach.. well done.. glad you got it

1:56 am

but I'm too tired to go on -- back aching and stuff.

1:56 am

puts on jillis glass slippers on her feet

1:57 am

awww, thanks, ru -- will you come and do the dishes too?

1:57 am

<--- drags self off to kitchen

1:58 am

(just put away mine.. not long ago)

1:58 am

Night jilli.. Iam heading to sleep.. night all.. have fun

1:58 am

may I have a clue for te5 please?

1:58 am

Night ruru

1:58 am

g'nite ru

1:59 am

And I'm off too -- back tomorrow, maybe even in the morning (late morning, that is)

1:59 am

Sweet dreams, ruru.

2:01 am

Sweet dreams to you too, jilli.

2:01 am

Oh, darn, it was one of those words we used as an icon!!

2:01 am

guess I'll be here tomorrow too

2:01 am

Sweet dreams to you too, jilli.

2:01 am

Sweet dreams to you too, jilli.

2:01 am

Sweet dreams to you too, jilli.

2:01 am

Sweet dreams to you too, jilli. Sweet dreams to you too, jilli.

2:01 am

te 5 is jilli's favorite word flosey

2:01 am

very hard to clue, flosey...there are three vowels in the middle...after the te there are two vowels that are the same then it ends in a consonant...bad clue, but see if it helps.

2:01 am

goodnight all, and thanks for the clues :) *poof*

2:02 am

thanks ru, just got it, was used as an icon theme recently

2:02 am

thanks dd

2:02 am

Oh -- one of my fave words -- little Edward has two eyes. *repoof*

2:03 am

yup

2:09 am

un6-33 the 1st please....thanks

2:09 am

that's the only un word I don't have yet peach, sorry

2:10 am

Thanks anyway, flosey.

2:11 am

down to 7 - now determined to finish tonight

2:11 am

un6 - not liking very much

2:11 am

morning all, how many words are there today??

2:12 am

101 words diann, and hello

2:12 am

thanks isodorus, looking

2:13 am

un 6/33 if you really like something you might say it is terr**** now say un****...see if that helps...

2:13 am

have that one dd, thanks, there's another 6/33 before it that I'm missing

2:14 am

add the un to the fo 4/8

2:15 am

ah, thank you very much dd

2:15 am

;)

2:16 am

Thanks Isodorus and ddb4nana.

2:17 am

missing the io5 after the chemical

2:18 am

molecular

2:19 am

ty isodorus

2:20 am

ha ..thats why that io is allowed...i only knew that word in terms of greek architecture...and doric is never allowed...so wondered why io5 was

2:20 am

good evening rolin

2:21 am

hey flosey...

2:22 am

ah, fireworks

2:22 am

super duper flosey!

2:22 am

and would you believe, last word was se4/4

2:22 am

Missing it too, flosey.

2:23 am

ready, ****, go

2:23 am

sett

2:23 am

double cons

2:23 am

lol, you got it

2:24 am

Sorry///I', rolling to the pb.

2:24 am

Congrats!!!!! flosey.

2:26 am

I think someone clued io5-12 the 2nd but I missed it, could I please have a clue. Thanks

2:27 am

good morning, reading over the clue gave me a little head start! thanks for the clues

2:27 am

that's funny about doric and io6. I never wd have thought of that

2:27 am

io plus ***k Nolte, the actor...does that help gapeach?

2:28 am

hi ruby, how are things

2:28 am

Good morning, rubyfoo.

2:28 am

much better thank you. I brokered a detente and it should be smooth sailing for a while!

2:28 am

Oh, thanks so much, ddbrnana

2:28 am

wonderful news ruby, very happy for you

2:29 am

I am still embarrassed about my implosion!

2:29 am

it would be like putting an unwanted dog by the side of the road!

2:29 am

no, no ruby, never, you are among friends here

2:30 am

thank you flosey, you are very kind (besides being very smart!)

2:30 am

lol, smart, I whsh

2:30 am

**wish

2:30 am

have co8 what does the other 8 start with please?

2:31 am

co8 also

2:31 am

ty

2:32 am

do you have the one that starts with a fish or the other?

2:32 am

they are both co8/65

2:40 am

ok, I'm off to bed, goodnight all, be back tomorrow night at flip

2:44 am

18 left...going to bed. Sweet dreams everyone.

2:45 am

by augusta peach! sleep well!

2:46 am

trying to get to half!

hi and nbt

good morning all. has anyone got a clue for the 2nd co 8-65 please

2:58 am

fireworks

2:59 am

co 8/65 if you use the word for addles but change the last consonant you should get it

thanks very much

3:02 am

yw

3:05 am

Can I help with anything else b4 I go?

di 5-14 please

3:06 am

di + baby's bed

thanks very much its the easy ones that are sometimes harder to find!!

3:08 am

Yes - you look past them. I used the list for the last few and the words I was missing were the shorter versions of words I already had!!

phant coition

3:09 am

Anyway - must go and viist my mother so will say g'nite for now. Happy babbling

good night

night anike congrats

3:21 am

morning sandrafrances. How are you??

good morning diann i am fine thanks and yourself

3:28 am

myself is fine. How many words have you got??

82

how many have you got

3:29 am

only a mere 40. Not too keen on the baord today.

now have 84 and coming to the end. off to have a bath

3:31 am

enjoy - see you later. Now got 41.

3:31 am

I have 40 it is hard today

3:37 am

afternoon everyone

3:37 am

hi katie, i always seem to be by myself at this time

3:38 am

it's 4.30pm here, what time for you

3:38 am

in the Maldives it is 2.30pm

3:43 am

are you on holiday in the maldives?

4:02 am

sorry internet went down,yes we are on holiday

4:06 am

hello everybody

4:06 am

I was on before and got 53 words but the first 50 are always doable and then I usually hit a wall

4:06 am

what a wonderful place for a holiday! Are you diving?

4:06 am

how are you sandyloo?

4:07 am

just snorkling ruby it's roasting so in the bar cooling down

4:07 am

I used to snorkel in the Keys when we lived in Miami and I loved it, even though I can't swim!

4:08 am

the bar sounds like a good place to cool down. They are predicting snow here today!

4:08 am

I'll be drinking hot toddies while you're drinking rum punch!

4:09 am

you picked a great time to go away; the UK must be cold, too

4:09 am

SNOW!!!!!

4:10 am

and of course miss smarty pants put tomatoes in 2 wks ago, against the advice of all my neighbords!

4:10 am

oh dear

4:11 am

we love snorkelling and husband and sister scuba dive- have been snorkelling on the outer barrier reef it was amazing

4:11 am

that must be the best place in the world for diving and snorkeling sandy!

4:12 am

I think it is, sharks swam by - huge fish and bright colours - it was wonderful

4:12 am

we were a long way out to sea, we couldn't see land

4:13 am

right i'm off to lie in the airconditioning lol

4:16 am

hooray, i have finished the four letter words'

4:17 am

have to feed the animals

hello

hi herin, animals are fed

Hello

Good morning anyone!

4:54 am

hi sally, it's lonely here at this time

4:55 am

good morning

You're never alone on babble, sandy.

4:55 am

true true how true

I have to get dinner (so can't be stuffed)

4:56 am

me too (in a minute) I am sick of it too

4:56 am

crumbed snapper and salad tonight

Sick of the grid? Or sick of getting dinner?

Dinner

It is right there I just can't be arsed moving

5:05 am

I love fresh fish - we have a great seafood store near us, it sells all west australian seafood - no asian stuff(loaded with heavy metals)

I love it too, sandy. We had some great fish when we visited Oz. Where we live is pretty far from the sea, but we have a good fish man that comes to the market every week.

5:08 am

Tomorrow night we are burning our big bonfire here at the farm. People coming over and I am doing a big platter of seafood- crayfish, prawns, smoked salmon, crabs, chilli muscles yum yum

Bothers me we have the best meat and seafood yet we get stuck with second grade crap as ours get exported

5:08 am

fresh ceduna oysters

Not keen on the oysters, sandy, but the rest ... *looks up instant flights to Oz*

mmmmm Sandy

5:09 am

these oysters are lovely, not the big yucky ones but little firm and fresh!

But you eat them raw, right?

fresh from the rocks

5:10 am

we do! with a lovely sauce that Nicky makes- I can hardly wait, I love fires!

5:12 am

Herin, have you been to the Sydney fish markets- I love it there!

I have sandy!!

Um no I am in melb

5:14 am

did you love it Sally, we always go there when we go to Sydney

5:15 am

Herin, my son is in Melbourne at the moment, I wish he would come home, I worry about him

why?

We adored it. A friend who was Australian suggested we visit. Got the bus out I think. We had just under a week in Sydney and bought one of those explorer tickets, so went everywhere on boat, bus, tram, and foot!

5:16 am

he is living in Fitzroy and doesn't like the guy he is living with and is going to move etc etc

5:17 am

Sydney is fantastic, but you need more time - jus tlike everywhere you go on holiday I guess!

Am finding today's grid quite hard. Is it just me?

5:18 am

No, it is a chore, I had to go to lists when I had only 25 words

5:19 am

The co's and i's are a bit of a challenge.

Yes, we only had about three weeks total holiday. Spent a week with relatives near Sofala, the other side of the Boue Mountains, then flew up and spent some time seeing rainforest and barrier reef, and one night up in Kuranda. A memorable holiday.

5:19 am

We always walk across the bridge and have lunch then walk back and look in art galleries there

Sorry not Boue but Blue!

5:20 am

We travel a lot in aus and I just love everywhere we go. I am so lucky to live in this country!

Fitzroy is ok

Were you born in Perth sandy/

As a Melbourneite it is my duty to say Sydney sucks.

Not been to Melbourne so can't compare :-) but we loved it, loved the light on the water everywhere.

5:23 am

I know where you are coming from Herin. and yes I was Sally. Our family are pioneers of this state. They owned sheep stations where we spent our school holidays- I just love Australia- and that means all of it!

5:23 am

There is a Sydney - Melbourne rivallry!

It is just a Melb v Syd thing. I love Sydney but apparently it has to be done

5:24 am

LOL Herin - One of the things I love best about Australia (and I have travelled a bit overseas) is the food and restaurants

Tony's cousin had a sheep station in Sofala (which we visited) but they have now retired to Gulgong. Would love to go back, and now we have the time, but the journey is not something we could do now - husband had an accident last year and couldn't do it.

5:25 am

good morning everyone - catching up on chat, thanks for the travelogue! one day maybe, I will see the other side of the world

I loved the open air thing. Everything is done outside, and we can very rarely plan to do that here.

O and the coffee

Sally that isn't good about hubby

5:26 am

no it's not Sally, is he ok?

aww I just got owned

No, herein, it's been a bad year but things are improving although he is still partially disabled.

Damn Sally.

5:27 am

My husband is a US cit and we have been to the states ....but I didn't like the food (sorry)

5:27 am

Can we ask what happened Sally?

I have visited the States just once, to California if that counts :-)

5:29 am

We drove from Florida to the Pochonos which was great. We also have been to LA

neverbeen outside of Aus

5:29 am

Sandy you came close to your "cousin" city - Perth Amboy, where I work.....

What happened? Well he had a heart bypass last April and was recovering well, but got up suddenly in the night and the tablets he was on made his blood pressure plummet so he blacked out and fell forward over the bath, hit his head and nearly broke his neck. I rushed in to a bath full of blood! He totally lost the use of his hands for quite a while (and I mean totally) but he is making progress. Many people worse off and all that. He can now drive which is good.

His legs are also affected, but just a bit wobbly really.

5:31 am

oh, my sally - glad to hear he is recovering -

5:31 am

OMG that does sound bad,I hope he will continue to improve - it must have been so hard for you and scary!

oh for the love of all things pink and fuzzy Sally that is terrible.

5:32 am

Where is 'Amboy' JB?

Good job our bathroom is big, I think there were 8 people in there at one time (ambulance, paramedics, etc)

5:33 am

Perth Amboy is a small city in New Jersey (population about 45,000) - nice waterfront (Raritan Bay, opens on the Atlantic) and interesting colonial history

5:33 am

You poor thing! I hate things like that! It is very stressful

5:34 am

We stayed in New York for a while but didn't get to visit New Jersy.

5:34 am

Jersey

He has been very courageous about it all, especially the weeks he spent absolutely flat on his back and unable even to feed himself. I would have gone spare.

5:34 am

next time, Sandy, I'll give you the 30-minute tour (you can see it all in that time)

5:34 am

Sally, how did you cope with all of this? Are you OK now?

5:35 am

How about you, Sally, do you have help? or are you the primary caretaker?

I'm fine, though I did get a bit stressed. We have help in the garden now once a week which is a great boon, and we have some amazing friends round here. And I have Babble!!!

5:36 am

yay for Babble! helped me through some similar stresses and challenges, Sally - good friends, good chat helps a lot

5:38 am

Sandy - if you have any friends or relations in the education business and if they are interested in a class exchange with a Perth Amboy group, let me know, I have teachers that would love to have email or real mail pen pals

5:39 am

I love that about Babble , there are times when I have really appreciated the support

5:39 am

JBV- how interesting! My daughter is a school teacher

5:40 am

She would be interested in that sort of thing I'm sure

5:40 am

I wonder if they know about the "Flat Stanley" project - it's a character in a children's book, they send him on air mail journeys around the world and he comes back with pictures and stories from children in other places, very cool

5:41 am

JB, My email address is on my profile - can you send me your contact - Diana is teaching in Broome at the moment but I would like to put you in touch with her

I love the sound of the Flat Stanley project.

5:42 am

so do I, and I know Diana would too!

5:42 am

you can contact me at jbv909@gmail.com

Just found a very strange co7

5:43 am

care to share the co7 - I'm going nowhere with this grid

5:43 am

ok, sandy - I will send you an email which you can forward to your daughter

co* = against plus double vowel plus abbreviation for North East

5:45 am

you know JB, I think I have heard of this. Thanks for that and I will do that.

OMG I still have Flat Stantly

5:45 am

hello hello!!!

5:45 am

that co 7 is the main ingredient in hemlock! new word for me

5:45 am

hi ruby

HI ruby.

5:46 am

hi ruby, bonjour! time for me to get ready for the work day- see you all later

I looked it up as well, JBV! and hallo ruby

5:46 am

what is your experience with Flat Stanley Herin

The Book? I read it cover to cover as a kid

5:47 am

Sandy, just checked your profile, don't see your email, tho

5:48 am

ok it is sandracarrick@hotmail.com

I believe Stanley got squished that is why he became flat

5:48 am

must have deleted it accidently

5:48 am

please email me JB (I think we must be about the same age)

5:49 am

I never heard of Flat Stanley, but what a wonderful idea for school kids!

5:49 am

hello sally!

5:50 am

it is isn't it>

Not busy with your visitors, ruby?

5:50 am

how cold is it there? They predicted snow here for today and naturally, ignoring local wisdom, I put my tomatoes in two weeks ago.

5:51 am

Fiasco yesterday. We thought our friend as arriving in Geneva via London yesterday, drove to the airport (45 min) in rain, waiting more than an hour after his plane landed, gave up, came home, called his wife and found out he was leaving Miami yesterday, arriving today.

5:51 am

LOL Ruby, I think it is freezing here (i know that wasn't directed at me, I'm just cashing in) it is about 6 degrees celcius here at night at the moment

OPPS Ruby

5:52 am

isn't that very cold for there, sandy?

Our outside thermometer shows 13 deg C at the moment, but there is a very cold wind. We had sleet briefly the other day, and are having some very cold nights, down to only just above freezing.

5:52 am

Poor Ruby, I hate airports

5:52 am

today, he can take a cab or a bus if he can find it.

5:52 am

hello hello from dial-up land!

Oh, no ruby!

ATA

5:53 am

very cold Ruby, we have just finished a summer with lots of 40 degrees and this is literally happened in one week- from airconditioning to heating

Cat on my foot

5:53 am

Hi Ata

5:53 am

since 9/11 I am very spooked about airports and Geneva is pretty scary as, although small, it is full of scary-looking people

Re tomatoes, I would believe your local wisdom :-) We are quite high up here (not mountains, but hills) and I wouldn't put certain things out yet.

5:53 am

yay for ATA! Everybody misses you and asks about you!

Ata! How's the leg? How are the Scillies?

5:54 am

Our cat has just been riding around the farm with me on our four wheeler motorbike - I took him on it as a kitten and now he loves it

5:54 am

if there is no frost, they should be OK.

5:54 am

got another 4 days in dial-up hell before normlaity resumes!

5:54 am

that is so cute, sandy!

5:54 am

leg is painful! scillies are cold and wet! :) but still my favourite place ever

5:55 am

is it chilly in the scillies as well?

5:55 am

he is gorgeous- a seal point siamese with lots of attitude

5:55 am

Hobbit's been learning to ride round on the back of a friend's golf buggy round the island

Lovely, sandy. One of our cats used to spend hours draped round my neck like a furry boa.

Don't give Hobbit ideas, Ata, he will expect that when he gets home.

5:55 am

if Ruby draped herself around my neck, I'd collapse in a heap!

5:56 am

Ata, you broke your leg - is that right? when you were on holiday?

my rat bag cat just jumped off the couch on my foot.

5:56 am

she has been SO spoilt here. Everyone loves her

5:56 am

no you pulled some tendons?

5:56 am

didnt break it - tore one of the ligaments, which is probably worse *rolls eyes*

5:57 am

are you still trapped on the island?

5:57 am

yes, at least once they set a bone, that's that!

5:57 am

yep, though got out for a boat trip yesterday which was *lovely*

Take that leg into the PB, Ata!

5:57 am

does that mean the next Olympics is out for you? And the Tour de France?

Ata what about SIlly ?

5:57 am

that leg doesn't move anywhere, even to the PB LOL :)

5:57 am

ooh I hope you don't miss the Tour!

5:58 am

Love that Tour! but they should show all of the races , not just a section

5:58 am

the more worrying thing is that it *might* just mean no Nepal trip with Liz next spring. We'll see ... hopefully not, but they don't know yet whether I've hurt it badly or very badly

Ata what did you do with Silly?

Fingers crossed for you, Ata. Spring is a long way ahead.

5:59 am

Hope it gets better - I guess it's important to rest now and let it heal properly

5:59 am

she's in her favourite cattery

5:59 am

here they show almost every minute, Sandy, and last year it went right below my house and through our little village in the individual time trial (which went around Lac d'Annecy)

5:59 am

it is, but I'm meant to be gettig fit this year, not sitting around in a plaster cast :P

Is this a Silly friendly place?

Hey Can I do Nepal from Aus?

6:00 am

we went to see the Tour when it was in England. Amazing to watch. All 10 seconds of the riders zooming past!

6:00 am

I put up signs and stuff on our lawn, but they went by so fast there was only a glimpse on the TV

6:00 am

sure you can, herin. I think, anyway!

6:00 am

No fair Ruby! They just show the last couple of hours here, I get so frustrated

6:00 am

I love those signs Ruby

6:01 am

we get the whole races too

6:01 am

the time trial is better to watch, because it's one rider at a time, starting with the worst ones and ending with the best.

interesting have to look into it.

6:01 am

It is but I like it when they fall off (I'm bad) and they generally don't do that on the time trials. LOL

6:01 am

one year I want to go and watch Alpe d'Huez

6:02 am

I made a huge bicycle and put up a huge "allez lance" sign on the hege with American flags and bunting

6:02 am

I love watching the scenery

6:02 am

about 7 years ago, it came very close, and I got a good look at Lance on his way down from the Col de la Forclaz, near where our housekeeper lives

6:02 am

How fantastic Ruby

6:03 am

I do admire Lance

6:03 am

it is my favorite thing - 3 weeks of 4 hrs a day

6:03 am

isn't the noise they make amazing as they ride past?

Ata I would love to have done the ride around Viet Nam for charity

6:03 am

I drive my family mad - i'm the only fan

6:03 am

plus, it's like a very long French lesson, and each year, I learn some more French and how to listen faster.

6:04 am

there's so many amazing charity events herin

6:04 am

I love it, but can't watch it in crowds -- not a crowd or noise person

6:04 am

I have to cook the dinner now - I'm getting hungry

6:04 am

I have to cook the dinner now - I'm getting hungry bbl

6:04 am

there is one commentator, Jean-Paul Olivier, who is quite old now but does the "color" and dewcribes all the chateaux and gives the history

6:04 am

I like it on tele - but I would love to go on a camping trip when it is on (that is camping along the way in France)

later Sandy

6:05 am

bye sandy! I'll look for my Tour photos and send them your way!

bye for now sandy

6:05 am

later, have fun and be good

6:05 am

26 left

6:07 am

as you drive into Canterbury, the road markings from the Tour are still just about visible in one section. I love it

6:07 am

as you drive into Canterbury, the road markings from the Tour are still just about visible in one section. I love it

laters ER on soon'

6:08 am

were they for Cavendish? He's a darling

6:08 am

and talented

6:10 am

nooo they just left the official stage start markings on the road. but on the day there were Cav signs and banners everywhere

6:27 am

What a grid! Yuck so far.

6:27 am

But a bright good morning to you all.

6:29 am

I would like to order a g next one of the n on the right side, please.

Hi Merk. the ic words are useful.

Add ic to everything and you'll be fine.

6:34 am

I've learned to always appreciate them teaming up.

6:35 am

I am stuck on the co 8. Do you have a clue please?

6:37 am

Oh, I just got it. Why didn't I see that one?

By the way, there are two co8s.

6:37 am

Perhaps if I had gone for the 6 first ... and had a cup of coffee.

(Just to depress yu)

Anyone need any clues? Just going to get myself an early lunch.

6:39 am

co 7 please

6:39 am

The first one.

co* = against, plus I have a ***on on my bed instead of blankets, plus a vowel (then plural)

6:40 am

I beg your pardon?

6:41 am

I think I'll make coffee and read that clue again. LOL

I got it

Good Jean. Not sure how else to clue it.

6:41 am

I didn't because I can't think of 'against'.

6:41 am

Oh, I see, that is a consonant.

Think pros and ***s

maybe a japanese type of folding bed for that second part

Oh, silly me, of course, was muddling with duvet. Do apologise.

6:42 am

Oh yeah.

Have you got it now Merk?

6:43 am

its the bedding part thats stumping me

not actually bedding but a type of bed

Think lightweight folding wooden slats

good for small apartments, use as couch then bed

Much loved by students, and desperately uncomfortable to sleep on :-)

6:44 am

got it ty

6:44 am

It's too early in the morning. My daughter had one in her dorm room in college and I cannot think of the word for the life of me.

6:45 am

ive not slept in one ,but i have slept on an old fold out,the kind with the bar in the middle of yer back

those are brutal

OK, try this. Chinese philosopher was co***cius. Change that last cius to two other letters.

6:46 am

better to sleep on those sideways and let your feet dangle on the floor

6:46 am

Well, I have it. ty so much. They are not comfortable to sleep on, I'll vouch for that. My daughter's bed was up on posts and the thing was under it instead of a sofa.

6:47 am

I hae not heard of either of those 7s before.

6:50 am

My c tile is filled in and I'm glad of it.

6:50 am

im sorry clue the second c7 again please

6:51 am

It is such an odd word. It has the same beginning as the co 4,5 but double the final consonant.

6:52 am

It's last five letters are like a number word that hiccups with an extra vowel in the middle.

The second one? co* = against (as before) followed by double vowel, followed by abbreviation of North East. Means poison from hemlock apparently.

6:52 am

ty sally

6:53 am

new one for me

Me too. Had to use morewords for that one.

BRB

6:54 am

a g would of been handy:(

6:57 am

Good Morning All - thanks Sally for the c clues

6:57 am

this board really stinks today

7:03 am

oh just found the delicious breakfast food

7:05 am

grrr...damn kid of mine is just laying there till the last possible bloody second...grrr

7:06 am

just a regular morning crossy

7:06 am

sigh...for just a second i had a urge to take the television set and beat him to death with it

7:07 am

ill just look at babble

7:08 am

i'm playing boggle while reading an underwriting analysis proposal to prepare for 10 am meeting - SIGH

7:09 am

lol

7:10 am

hi, mom, I just sent you a "serious" photo

7:12 am

Hi Ruby - it hasnt come through yet - its a long way

7:12 am

hi crossy =

7:12 am

howdy kate

7:13 am

=)

7:13 am

maymaybe

7:13 am

have you stumbled on any good bacon recipes lately?

7:13 am

maybe it's coming by freighter

7:14 am

my computer is giving me a hard time

7:14 am

lagging

7:14 am

mine does that too - sometimes mail sits in our server for a bit before it spits it out as OK

7:15 am

did your guest get in OK yesterday

7:15 am

French servers, bah humbus, or however you say that in French -zut alors?

7:17 am

I'm adding it to my catalogue of poisons, just in case......

7:18 am

no, we had the day wrong, theoretically, he should be arriving in Geneva just about now and will take a taxi or bus.....

7:18 am

well, you got to go for a nice ride on a cold rainy day

7:18 am

I'm still trying futon and duvet --- hmmmm

7:19 am

at least the snow hasn't happened and the fend guy is coming in an hour to secure the grille from ms. escape-artist

7:19 am

they dont work

7:19 am

you can't believe the thickness of the wire she bend with her stufforn head!

7:19 am

bent

7:19 am

she has been renamed I see

7:19 am

my stomach is hijacking my fingers. I've already got the B word, but I keep entering "bacon"

7:20 am

my typing is full of mistakes; I'm cold and nervous and husband is a wreck!

7:20 am

neft

7:20 am

he is worried that there isn't enough food in the house, that it's too cold, etc.

7:20 am

conies

7:21 am

ty matches

7:21 am

if the pb is heated, I'll join you there. About to make myself a hot toddy!

7:21 am

eveything will be just fine - if you run out of food, you go to the store

7:21 am

it hs never happened!!!

7:22 am

im sure it hasnt

7:22 am

it's not like we live in the high mountains!

7:22 am

I'm still looking for the breakfast food....

7:23 am

there are 2 - one healthy and one not

7:23 am

naturally I got the unhealthy one first!

7:23 am

is the other one curds and ****?

7:24 am

no - the other is not solely for breakfast but goes well in cereal

7:25 am

can't find honey, either, hahah I think I can't concentrate on this now, see you later!

7:26 am

and we should all have several servings of this each day

7:26 am

have a great day ruby - see you later

7:26 am

((hugs)) still chuckling - can't imagine what that is!

7:27 am

Eat your f**** and veg, ruby!

7:28 am

She will di 4 in style.

7:36 am

mornin babblers :)

7:37 am

good morning eva

7:37 am

hi all

7:38 am

hi jmc

7:39 am

beft go left

7:39 am

or so Dr Suess said

7:45 am

ugh - I am not having fun with the puzzle - need one more to list

7:49 am

aha I have my connection back

7:49 am

Hi Ata - welcome back

7:49 am

my connection vanishes when it rains LOL

7:53 am

hi all

7:53 am

Hi Boo

7:53 am

how's the grid today

7:53 am

hi boo

7:53 am

hi boo, hi ata , hello to all... especially the lurkerz =)

7:53 am

ok so far

7:53 am

I dont like it

7:58 am

lol well there you go :P the normal divided opinion!

7:58 am

its just not a lot of fun today

7:59 am

must admit I have 21 left and now am struggling

7:59 am

clue for co 8 pls

7:59 am

I have 33 left

7:59 am

Apart from the co's and the i's I found it fairly OK. Greetings all.

7:59 am

FM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:59 am

I only have 18 words and I don't see many more. But I had truoble yesterday as well.

7:59 am

And good morning lovelies!

7:59 am

UNI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:59 am

(((Ata))) how are you getting on?

8:00 am

BORED. lol

8:00 am

How can one be bored with a macro lens? Hm? :)

8:00 am

one can be bored with a macro lens cos one can't get into the countryside to take pics with it!!

8:01 am

awe, guess we should call you Hop -a-Long :) Uni!!! well for heavens sake, haven't seenyou in the log for eons.

8:01 am

co8 + slang for prisoner + first 3 letters of couch/bed combo + vowel plural

8:01 am

I've been babbling the past few days since I am not in classes and not yet employed. It's nice to have time!

8:02 am

Take cmacro pics inside!

8:02 am

Are classes all over now for good?

8:03 am

Indeed, they are! I get my diploma in two weeksish.

8:03 am

am utterly fed up of this now! can't wait to get home and hopefully get something better sorted

8:03 am

Oh wtg Uni!!!

8:04 am

When do you go home, Ata?

8:04 am

When do you head home Ata?

8:04 am

lol

8:04 am

Almost jinx!

8:05 am

love yr ic4 Uni

8:06 am

monday!!

8:06 am

Yay, bet you can't wait to get back onto broadband.

8:06 am

tell me about it

8:06 am

and to see my little Sily cat!

8:07 am

Thankee, FM. It's the moon as seen recently from my aunt's cabin. Lovely time.

8:07 am

Can't forget how mad Sily will be though!

8:07 am

*smug* Im going to meet Sily soon!

8:07 am

she's given up on that. she just flings herself at me now

8:09 am

Really?

8:09 am

emma is not so forgiving!

8:09 am

so am doing well only having 1 i to go?

8:09 am

And that's no fair. I want to meet Sily! And Hobbit!

8:09 am

Yup once Ata is settle back home am going to drive over and visit.

8:09 am

this grid is nasty

8:10 am

I can clue if you need it Ata. Hi Boo

8:10 am

HI fMitch

8:10 am

I think this grid is nasty as well. I'm 1/4 through now..

8:10 am

noo I want to find it. You could clue the 2 co8 though. Or at least the one I haven't got

8:11 am

you come too, Uni :)

8:11 am

MNH clued it

8:11 am

It's such a short trip for me, I could do it twice a day :)

8:12 am

oh. must have dropped off the screen :(

8:12 am

easily :)

8:12 am

8:01 amMomneedshelp co8 + slang for prisoner + first 3 letters of couch/bed combo + vowel plural

8:12 am

ha! got the i

8:13 am

I can't figure out the co8

8:13 am

what a strange word

8:13 am

The other co 8 is a pl of the co6/39

8:14 am

and what is the lower h? is it a 4 letter word?

8:15 am

and how is your mom, Uni? and the shed cats of glory?

8:15 am

I'm dim and still haven't got that co8. Clearly it works though.

8:15 am

no Ata is it is the pl of the h6/21

8:16 am

Lori and kitties all seem well. I think!

8:16 am

I really miss her in the chat :(

8:17 am

and I reall miss her full stop :((

8:17 am

co = co + *ew*ie (nice big fluffy dog close to Uni's home) + ***rus. something very important in bodily plumbing. plural

8:17 am

***I miss me too!***

8:17 am

Lori!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

8:17 am

(((((()))))))))

8:18 am

*grabs Lori and superglues her to the PB floor so she can't run off*

8:18 am

Look what I dragged in!

8:18 am

LORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

8:18 am

now STAY

8:18 am

lolol G'd morning Babblers! Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated, it was only my soul that died. :)

8:18 am

How grand to see you.

8:19 am

Hi Lori

8:19 am

has it been resurrected, if just a little?

8:19 am

FM, go grab Haz. SHe should see this!

8:19 am

***Lori observes that the PB ceiling could do with a good scrubbing*** FM! Ata! Everybody's alive!

8:19 am

Sitting here with inane grin on my face now so happy to see you.

8:19 am

Look who thinks she is Mark Twain!

8:20 am

Hm, is PB scrubbing Haz's responsibility as chief of pollice and cleaning madwoman, or FM's as PB tender? **ponders**

8:20 am

could be worse. could be Poe

8:20 am

Haz isn't online atm

8:20 am

You people are really interfering with my self pity. :p The force is strong in you people!

8:20 am

well text her!

8:20 am

Poe, gah! Hide the razor blades.

8:21 am

exactly. Twain is an improvement :P

8:21 am

Haz would be appalled at the condition of the ceiling. I say we solve the problem by covering it with posters.

8:21 am

just keep an eye out for ravens

8:21 am

Ata you know I can't text to save my life - it would take me about 10 mins and first I have to find the mobile.

8:22 am

*facepalm* LOL you're hopeless :) *hugs*

8:22 am

*sneaks in to watch her elders play*

8:22 am

Hi jmc

8:22 am

not me jmc i am a baby at 55

Clue for to4/8 please?

8:22 am

I like Poe! Also...texting? Come on now. I've got a strong hate for it at the mo, as people keep coming to visit me, then texting others and leaving to go see them instead! I'm very boring, it seems.

8:23 am

***In a moment of uncharcteristic non-violence, Lori launches a hug cannon at FM*** Kaboom!

8:23 am

how's the leg ata?

8:23 am

nice to see you lori

8:23 am

poor Uni!!

8:23 am

to4/8 - vegitarian white curd thing.

8:23 am

Kenny, a meat alternative.

8:23 am

hurting and I'm FED UP of this BLOOMING CAST!!

8:23 am

just how old do you think i am jmb?

8:23 am

Nice to be seen jmc, g'd morning to ya'.

8:23 am

(((Lori)))

8:24 am

Kenny-to4/8-th stuff that is a substitute for meat

8:24 am

A cast????? We better be talking about a play here Ata

8:24 am

*puts pillows all around ata

8:24 am

*lobs water balloons at Lori to make up for it*

8:24 am

according to your profile ....36?

8:24 am

see all the stuff you miss, Lori?

8:24 am

WEll I told you before, swinging from the chandelier will only end up in tears!

8:24 am

I'm a total square, I use my phone for calls. ***places a firm eye on mAta Hari for revenge launch***

8:24 am

I have a cast from my ankle to pretty much my backside!

Thanks FMitch

8:24 am

why do you keep calling poor Kenny a meat substitute? I think I should lend kenny my flak jacket

8:25 am

yw Kenny LOL jmc

8:26 am

*hands flak jacket and special foil hat to Kenny*

8:26 am

Ata can youtext HAz?

8:26 am

I think I will with the fight for youngest, if that's what is going on here. still?

8:26 am

Oh I see you have the new seasons tin foil hat jmc, ni4 style ;)

8:26 am

no, cos I have no phone reception here!!

8:27 am

ty ty I was wondering if anyone would notice *models*

8:27 am

excuses, exscuses!

8:27 am

so download skype you obviously have internet

8:27 am

mata Hari and the case of the mysterious non specificinjury supported by a huge cast. Girl, vacay is for wine women and song, not plaster of Paris. :(

8:28 am

We will just have to instist that Lori comes back to visit tomorrow so Haz can join in too - hows that for a ploy to keep her here :)

8:28 am

***hoards tinfoil for the pending end times***

8:28 am

tell me about it! Lori, I ripped one of the ligaments in my knee. It hurts.

8:28 am

ah good idea

8:28 am

How did you do it Ata?

8:28 am

Wait a minute, who stole my patent for tinfoil hats? I am owed royalties!

8:29 am

hey, keep your hands off my tinfoil caps!

8:29 am

um .... playing on rocks ... as usual LOL

8:29 am

i will see you in court uni!

8:29 am

:-P

8:29 am

Ooh, ligaments are major ouchies-ville. Not good.

8:30 am

Court? oooh ooh oooh, who shall be the jester?

8:30 am

You might just! (See me in court, that is:D)

8:30 am

tell me about it *sigh* and there is no x-ray machine down here in the ISles of Scilly so they put a great big cast on till I get home and can get it looked at properly

8:30 am

At least you won't get a sunburn, Ata.

8:30 am

ah this is the way to start a day!

8:30 am

it's very strange feeling your knee try to bend in odd directions

8:31 am

expensive sunscreen. Leave it to our mAta Hari.

8:31 am

One leg white and one leg brow another good look for this season *snort*

8:31 am

I did yesterday! well, a bit of a sun tan anyway, went on a little boat trip to go look at seals and birds. it was a gorgeous day

8:31 am

Mind you, you are presuming that the sun is shining here.

8:31 am

but alas i have an early (for me) meeting *dons cape and flies out of chog*

8:31 am

That gives new meaning to a Farmer's tan

8:31 am

Oh, poor Ata. just looking at seals and things!

8:31 am

you went on a boat trip with you leg in plaster!

8:32 am

Later jmc

8:32 am

uni, I put some pics up on my fb of them. sooo cute!

8:32 am

*lessens grip on Loris hand as her fingers are turning blue*

8:32 am

I coloured in a Sesame Street colouring book with crayons yesterday while you were out enjoying seals. Po babe! :D

8:32 am

Canoe come out to play ata? ***I know, lame-O***

8:32 am

so far I've been on 2 boat trips with leg in plaster. 2 more will have to be undertaken before getting back to the mainland!

8:32 am

Bye jmc

8:33 am

hello

8:33 am

FM, I found a letter I wrote you last July. I think I'll mail it some time soon ..... No rush, right? ;)

8:33 am

well well well, look who is here: LoriP, how have you been?

8:33 am

Bye JMC, Allo Peri

8:34 am

you are just trying to break my Christmas card in March longest-posting-date-ever record

8:34 am

clue for the first co 4/8

8:34 am

hi peri!!

8:34 am

and Ata Hari, how are you doing?

8:34 am

woo hoo... i have two boxes grayed already (oops - those are 0/0) seriously... this grid seems a little tough to me this AM. all other opinions welcome?

8:34 am

Manyana (sp) Lori *grin* Hi peri

8:34 am

It has its moments jmb

8:34 am

finally someone that agrees with me - thanks jmb

8:35 am

almost half way dobie and came to a screeching halt

8:35 am

anyone hear from Une in Tenn

8:35 am

Ata says it's easy peasey...I say she's a smug one.

8:35 am

Une was on yesterday and was driving off to see her mother, I think. Maybe I made the last bit up.

8:35 am

I got fireworks this morning

8:35 am

G'd Mornin' peri. I still don't clean stuff, so all in all i'm pretty good. :)

8:36 am

There are some great clues back in he log.

8:36 am

You can get fireworks in this game? :p

8:36 am

Oh Lori - I solved the cleaning issue, I have a cleaner now.

8:37 am

what did you say about the Hs, FM? he6 and 8?

8:37 am

i just started so i'm not looking for clues yet (maybe in 15 minutes or so) LOL

8:37 am

thre is a co8 but I don't have it

8:37 am

he6 and 7 Ata (you're sitting on it)

8:38 am

ok, peri, ty. looking forward to getting home now!

8:38 am

thre are two co8 and I don't have either one

8:39 am

You have a cleaner? ***pouts because I am my own cleaner. Well, I would be if I actually like, cleaned anything***

8:39 am

8:01 amMomneedshelp co8 + slang for prisoner + first 3 letters of couch/bed combo + vowel plural

8:39 am

ohhh ty

8:39 am

slang for prisoner?

8:40 am

my clue was better *smug*

8:40 am

** wonders if she is related to lori? **

8:40 am

may I have your clue, Ms. Smugness?

8:41 am

clue for co 6/39

8:41 am

are you all making fun of my clue

8:41 am

Morning gang

8:41 am

**Knows she is related to lori**

8:41 am

ermmm that means I have to remember it. co + *ew*oundland + first 3 letters of a feminine piece of anatomy

8:41 am

***One almost wonders if mAta Hari isn't related to some of the greatest minds of our time***

8:41 am

nope it has been very helpful Mom

8:42 am

it's not really better, is it? LOL

8:42 am

got it from your clue too Mom

8:42 am

G'd morning Mr bob, Momn, clue worked for me!

8:42 am

shye

8:43 am

that was co6 Ata and I had that one

8:43 am

NM, it was a co7 and I made it a pl. so got one of the co8, ty Ata

8:43 am

no, thats co7 and plural is co8

8:44 am

first coo8 pls

8:44 am

co8 even

8:44 am

You don't appear to be shy Mr Bob

8:44 am

oh that one ... co + makes into a god minus a vowel

8:45 am

ty Ata

8:45 am

co 6/39 is the process of compiling existing and new laws

8:46 am

leaving now, bbl. Lori will you be returning to Babble

8:46 am

Greetings BR

8:46 am

hi there BR, how are you?

8:46 am

Ata. hope your recovery is quick

8:46 am

Hi BR

8:46 am

Later peri, 'mornin' BR

8:46 am

Bye for now peri

8:46 am

people in this house keep throwing my stuff away :(

8:46 am

Hello, peeples

8:47 am

hi BR

8:47 am

throw away some of their stuff in return!

8:48 am

back to work for me... bbl

8:49 am

Lori can we hope for your company tomorrow?

8:51 am

I shall endeavor to be more life like, even though it goes against my wallowing tendencies!

8:51 am

Later jmb

8:51 am

not getting the co 6

8:52 am

co + make into a god: de***

8:54 am

just come and wallow with us Lori, more fun wallowing in a group

8:54 am

ty BR

8:54 am

: )

8:55 am

you are welcome, Boobear

8:55 am

I have to go :( Work things that must be done today and the clock is ticking. So happy *floats off and poofs*

8:55 am

bye dear!

8:55 am

***hugs FM*** later gator!

8:55 am

be well, FMitch

9:00 am

Got distracted...Take care FM!

9:00 am

16 left *sigh*

9:00 am

***dons slippers and walks quietly out waving like a crazed woman as she says good bye**** later gators.

9:01 am

*clings to Lori* please come back tomorrow! we looove you!

9:02 am

Will anyone make me brekkie? I want perogies, but my dough maker is at work!

9:02 am

I would if I knew how to ...

9:03 am

It's not hard, I just happen to be very bad at dough making!

9:03 am

you obviosuly need the practice then :P

9:04 am

Doug is foul. It sticks or it gets too dry and it's annoying!

9:04 am

gah go to go. husband wants the internet. back later!

9:04 am

Or dough. Sorry to all Dougs!

9:05 am

Oh, husband. I guess I better make food then. Take care, all!

Hola!

9:28 am

bon matin

small grid, but seems a bit difficult

9:29 am

morning all

9:30 am

difficult = stupid

why stupid?

9:31 am

words like co 7/32

i cannot see these co's!

9:32 am

hi jen =)

9:32 am

well, I have 35 to go...might take a long time

9:32 am

hi sg, BR are you still here?

9:32 am

:o)

agree with you Jen!! ;O)

9:35 am

have missed being on here, so i'll take the grid, no matter how icky . . .

fe 5 please

nm found it

9:38 am

fake movement, as with a sword

9:43 am

(((((DAWG))))!!!!

9:47 am

Hello, TK, you take a wrong turn?

9:48 am

i have taken many wrong turns these last months BR. :( how is antarctica ?

9:48 am

hi TK!

9:48 am

springish

BR - do you have the ni 7???

9:50 am

How are the roses doing, lbd?

9:50 am

ni 7 is a pl of something that is neato

danke!

9:51 am

bitte

9:52 am

hi everybody

9:52 am

roses are still dormant. too cold and too early for much garden progress. we had snow yesterday morning!

9:54 am

hi ibd

9:55 am

hi boo

9:57 am

cl

hello all. I do not think I like the grid, but it is the one we are given eh.

I do not like this grid either, red!

I want another large one. they have al most all without exception been rather dinky lately!

10:00 am

hi inge, hi red =)

oh lord, its alreay 11?

10:01 am

i have been too long away, am finding it particularly tiresome...

hi Kate and geek and inge and all. boo and lbd and and and lurkers!

10:03 am

lbd Your icon says it all!

10:04 am

tx, joansie. i do love Maxine! and i love my firewords too!

10:04 am

lol... just went to see what maxine had to say (^_^)

10:04 am

you have fireworked dawg?

10:05 am

now must go do laundry and run errands. bbl! Lawyer-1 was right, some of the co's are really a stretch! (he said stupid).

10:05 am

CONGRATULATIONS, and bye bye!

10:06 am

later TK~ good to see you back in the chog. don't stay away so long!

10:06 am

and I stand by my selection of "stupid"!

10:07 am

trying not to.... buying new computer soon (i hope) things MIGHT be looking up a bit for me after a ridiculously long struggle!

10:07 am

TKate. the guy never runs out of chocolates Cute!

10:07 am

i should be back more regularly soon... moving house.

10:08 am

TK, what part of Toronto do you live in?

10:08 am

yes... help yourself... they are put to the pb for all to enjoy (along with a really nice selection of red wines)

10:08 am

i'm west end - lakeshore

10:09 am

I need eggs and bacon - any in the PB?

10:09 am

are you in to?

10:09 am

I lived in North York and Forest Hill

10:09 am

but that was eons ago

10:10 am

i will have the cabana boys make some for you... over easy, bacon crispy, rye toast, and crunchy homefries with garlic and onion...

10:10 am

not yet -----

10:10 am

just hungry

10:10 am

bbl

10:10 am

where are you now lawyer?

10:11 am

Baltimore

10:11 am

are you home? or a long way from home?

10:11 am

there are a lot of babblers from that area

10:12 am

I was born and raised in Baltimore...worked in Toronto for about 5 years

10:12 am

f. hill and n. york are nice... miss it?

10:13 am

I miss the cleanliness and safety of the city along with the food and diversity of the population

10:13 am

never could get used to the paper money

10:14 am

we are that, lol...the money? even though you have some colour in yours now?

10:14 am

at least all the coins are the same...

10:14 am

I know, u were just ahead of us with the money

10:14 am

nope...we do not have loons

10:15 am

there's talk of getting some kind of polymer bills... true plastic cash!

10:16 am

My 2 oldest kids were born there

10:16 am

i forgot about the toonies and loonies...not really fond of those...hell for men with no purse to carry them in.

10:16 am

are you kids dual?

10:17 am

yes, but neither have returned to their birth city

10:18 am

well, it's nice they have the option. i'm half american, but never took up citizenship (my brother did) was landed for several years...

10:18 am

of course, I haven't been back since the early 80's

10:19 am

you should come up for holiday! let the kids visit...

10:19 am

but I do collect on my CPP

10:20 am

the kids r old enough to do as they wish....my son lives in Seattle and takes the occasional jaunt up to BC

10:20 am

well there you go! come spend some of that canuck cash!

10:20 am

he must have had culture shock moving there?

10:21 am

that money might pay for my wife and I to go out to dinner 1ce a month

10:21 am

Actually, he lived in Santa Barbara b4 moving to Seattle

10:22 am

.. i guess 5 years doesn't get you much.. but at least with the exchange up it gets you dessert too =)

10:23 am

haha... funion is not a word!

10:23 am

Kate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:23 am

I never expected to collect anything, so I can't complain...I have given up trying to collect OASDI

10:23 am

Phantom: nicotine

10:24 am

can 1 get addicted to phantom nicotine or would that be a phantom addiction?

10:25 am

is that like phantom pain?

10:25 am

That would be no-cotine.

10:25 am

oasdi? old age security disability...?

10:26 am

lol judi =)

10:26 am

yes, tk

10:26 am

what's the i for?

10:26 am

and u can take the phantom codeine for the phantom pain

10:27 am

insurance....i think

10:27 am

there are people that look into that for you aren't there? ombudsmen or something?

10:28 am

the amount of money i would get there wouldn't even buy me McD lunch

10:28 am

judi... do i know you outside of babble?

10:28 am

When I left CA, they took away my green card. Now I cannot get OASDI without that

10:29 am

i guess it's not worth the effort then... if it is such a pittance...

10:29 am

Hmmm. Don't think so, Kate. Is there life outside of Babble? I've heard rumors.

10:30 am

ya, you lose your landed status pretty quickly.

10:31 am

haha judi... i play a few other games with another judi...but i never quite nailed down all the game names with real ones... i get too confused!

10:31 am

but i think both of my kids still have their dual citizenship

10:31 am

This is pretty much my one and only game.

10:31 am

am I the other Judy, Kate?

10:32 am

yes you are one my dear judy... but we have a mutual friend (judi l.) in fv... thought that might be her...

10:33 am

you are THE Judy, girl!

10:33 am

Judy, what part of PA do u live in?

10:33 am

not many with that spelling...

10:33 am

hi seain!

10:33 am

I'm in Schuylkill County lawyer

10:33 am

thx DC

10:34 am

I'm missing the first un6/33. Grrrrrr.

10:34 am

I worke for a bit in Hanover

10:34 am

un6.33 - not much caring for

10:34 am

do u want a clue, judi?

10:35 am

Hanover is south of me, about 1-1/2 to 2 hours away

10:35 am

Ty, dc.

10:35 am

can't help you judi... not even half way here... sigh!

10:35 am

just got to halfway

10:35 am

25 left and really hating on the grid now.

10:36 am

I'm assuming you're an atty Lawyer?

10:36 am

lucky guess, Judy

10:36 am

i thought it looked nasty, but i started it anyway... first mistake!

10:36 am

worked in the legal field all my life since high school

10:37 am

and I've been a lawyer for 40+ years

10:37 am

TraderKate,I love your icon

10:37 am

always loved my work, lawyer

10:38 am

40 years for me this year

10:38 am

I don't do much work now

10:38 am

help yourself boo (^_^)

10:39 am

Better check my grapes, Kate. LOL

10:39 am

very cute.. I love chocolate

10:39 am

so soon? they are 24 hours... should be at least 7 hours to go...

10:40 am

hello everybody. Lovely chat but no clues! :(

10:40 am

oh! that's why you're the FV Queen!! LOL

10:40 am

Hiya Ruby!

10:40 am

hi judy and seain and boo and everybody

10:40 am

hi ruby

10:40 am

Hey Boo.

10:40 am

Hiya, ruby!

10:40 am

I have 63 words but probably won't get any more

10:41 am

hi ruby

10:41 am

Hi CiociaJudy

10:41 am

have faith ruby... sometimes all you need is a little break..

10:41 am

73% grown Kate!

10:42 am

my poor husband has just gone to the train station looking for his friend who was supposed to arrive from Miami yesterday but hopefully, will have taken an airport bus from Geneva, and will be there at 6PM.

10:42 am

my poor husband has just gone to the train station looking for his friend who was supposed to arrive from Miami yesterday but hopefully, will have taken an airport bus from Geneva, and will be there at 6PM.

10:42 am

so.. 6 and a bit hours to go... whatever will you do with your time?

10:42 am

why did that print twice -- sorry to be such bore!

10:42 am

hmmmm I wonder . . .

10:42 am

you're not a bore,ruby

10:42 am

optomistic me has dinner all ready for them but I don't know if they'll find each other.....

10:43 am

we your friends remember

10:43 am

sometimes our computers are out of our control Ruby

10:43 am

ruby - are you okay today?

10:43 am

his friend gave us his departure date as his arrival date, so we spent 3 hrs at Geneva airport yesterday.

10:43 am

my chog has been very strange today.. it does not like to take my input. and it lags a lot too

10:43 am

Oh no Ruby!

10:44 am

yes, geek, I negotiated a detente, and things are much better and will have to do. It would be like putting an unwanted dog on the side of the road!

10:44 am

i hope that the time differences have been taken into account. did he not give you a flight number or airline?

10:44 am

I've been having lag, too, I thought it was my bad French server!

10:45 am

yes, yesterday's BA flight and it was on time; he just wasn't on it!

10:45 am

I think his friend didn't realize that if you leave on the 5th from Miami, you arrive in Europe on the 6th.

10:45 am

4 left : one t and 3 co's!

10:45 am

ba may have re-scheduling info on him?

10:46 am

i once was a day early to pick up a friend from a flight from Buenos Aires that turned out to be a daily flight.

10:46 am

go geek go

10:46 am

I spoke to his wife in Florida and don't want to tie up the phone in case he calls from somewhere!

10:46 am

yay, geek, go go go

10:46 am

transatlantic travel can tax the brain trying to struggle with time and date changes..

10:47 am

i cannot find the words......

10:47 am

they predicted snow here for today, but it didn't happen YAY

10:47 am

go sg!

10:47 am

geek, if I could help you, I would, but I only found 63 words in this very distracted day

10:48 am

that's better than me Ruby. I'm at 59

10:48 am

*sticks tongue out* 12.

10:48 am

hahah, judy

10:48 am

I have this great dinner prepared, any takers?

10:48 am

i have a paltry 45 =(

10:49 am

yes please ruby... i'm starved

10:49 am

well it's lunchtime here, Ruby so I'm ready to eat!

10:49 am

Jai faim!

10:49 am

this guy is 60 or so, you'd think he'd telephone or something.....

10:49 am

maybe he is rude??

10:49 am

je pense que c'est delicieux [sp?] ici

10:50 am

yay!

10:50 am

no, just an old hippie, a little to much weed on the brain

10:50 am

but lovely guy

10:50 am

what did you make??

10:50 am

lol

10:50 am

He probably doesn't want to incur the long distance charges, ruby. Or impose them on you by calling collect.

10:50 am

judy... i have another judy friend in pa... have been trying to get her to come to babble as she does like the word games... she likes lexulous... i should introduce you!

10:50 am

clue for ni 7

10:50 am

seafood salad with hot pepper, tomato, onion on the side and porkchops with rice and peas and applesauce

10:50 am

where in PA Kate?

10:51 am

OMG Ruby. Now I'm REALLY hungry!!

10:51 am

trader kate, what is her lexulous name? I am an old addict!

10:51 am

Wow, Ruby. You really threw down! *holds out plate* (hold the onions and hot pepper, please).

10:52 am

when I was younger and much more energetic, I think I was a good cook. Now, not so much.

10:52 am

I'm a Lexulous addict too.

10:52 am

yummy

10:52 am

boo ni 7 is when something is cool/neat-o

10:52 am

plural

10:52 am

I don't eat any of the hot stuff. Husband has an asbestos tongue and even eats Scotch bonnets. Crazy person

10:52 am

hilda rumpole (alter ego) and judy ellmer hall

10:53 am

I want the onions and peppers

10:53 am

ty

10:53 am

what are scotch bonnets?

10:53 am

you got it, geek! Just show up and, hopefully, we can make a connection, not like this guy.....

10:53 am

One of the hottest peppers on the planet, sciencegeek.

10:54 am

lex. is why i mentioned it judy... i have a few games on the go with her.. i will have to go and see where exactly she is from.

10:54 am

they are one of the hottest of the hot peppers. I have to wear gloves to cut them up.

10:54 am

I thought the habenero was the hottest or the ghost pepper maybe they are related

10:54 am

i wear gloves to cut up any hot pepper -- learned the hard way

10:55 am

me too Geek!

10:55 am

traderkate: I am nelliekelley in lexulous and usually play in sowpods blitz at 7:30PM French time

10:55 am

Scotch bonnets are habaneros! hahah

10:55 am

lol!

10:55 am

me, too, as for the hard way

10:55 am

they look so cute and innocuous

10:56 am

Only 8 C's left...

10:56 am

i hate the c's

10:56 am

I am going for the list for these blasted last 4

10:56 am

when I buy them at the local market, the French ladies who have been to Africa, fan their bottoms about those peppers. They are very earthy here!

10:57 am

hilarious

10:57 am

this is such a funny place

10:57 am

okay clue me please for the first co 7/48!

10:58 am

we are not in Paris, after all, just a little countrey plad3e

10:58 am

Just out of my meeting - hey ruby - I still have not gotten that email - guess its coming by boat after all

10:58 am

judy.. where in pa are you? i am writing other judy to see if she wants more lex. mates...

Hi all, back for a chat. Finished the grid earlier <smug> so willing to give any clues if needed.

10:58 am

Schuylkill County

10:59 am

I need 19 of them sally

10:59 am

hi mom, it didn't go before, but I think it went now. It's not very interesting, but it's a serious photo

10:59 am

hello smug sally!

10:59 am

Hi Sally and Mom!

10:59 am

he CJ

11:01 am

clue for the ru 5/12

11:01 am

hi sally!

11:01 am

co 7/48???? *whines*

11:01 am

Fireworks! *collapses*

11:01 am

I tried to clue co7 but couldn't figure it out

11:01 am

hi Sally

11:01 am

woohoo Judi!!!!

11:02 am

Time to heat up some lunch. bbl

11:02 am

well done judi!

11:02 am

yay judi!

ru 5/12: if you've had a hard winter, the road might have a ru* + not out.

11:02 am

Co7/48: to prove wrong, to disaprove.

11:02 am

co7 against + re**** an argument means to disprove it

11:02 am

very nice judi

11:02 am

lost.....hopeless

11:03 am

Or: Co7/48: co + tubal wind instrument - an L.

11:03 am

ty Sally

11:03 am

*tubular*

11:03 am

tubal wind instrument???

11:03 am

there is no flute or clarinet here

co 7/48: co* = against + the Japanese sleep on a ***on plus final vowel

11:04 am

alt. parsing of co 7/8: slang for prisoner + first 3 letters of a bed/sofa convertible (popular with students and hippies) + vowel ...then plural for the 8

11:04 am

I'm going to have another drink; husbqand must be stumbling around the train station looking for his friend while I'm keeping the home fires burning!

11:04 am

Take the L out of one of those, sciencegeek, and you'll have it.

11:05 am

what is the drink of the day ruby

11:05 am

yay!!!!!!! Thanks for all the clues......

11:05 am

Thick as a brick here

11:05 am

co8 first one please

I suppose the friend doesn't expect you to be at Geneva airport again today?

11:06 am

have two judi... one for me =)

11:06 am

co 8 - plural of putting something into law

11:06 am

the 6 is the singluar

11:06 am

*singular*

11:07 am

Co7/48: Co + negative consonant + tubular wind instrument (not a clarinet). Long, silver, no reed.

11:07 am

I am missing a 5 lettered t word

11:07 am

Minus the L!

11:07 am

I have that instrument one - I need the first one

there's a babblet te 5/12

11:07 am

Mom - to enact into law - like the co4 of Hammarabi

11:08 am

that is the one I need Sally

11:08 am

evening all

11:08 am

so it means that I will not get it

11:08 am

Hiya, Sprite!

I saw a lovely clue for the te, science. Little Edward with two eyes

Hi sprite

11:09 am

brilliant clue for that babblet :)

11:09 am

what? little edward?

Nickname for Edward?

11:10 am

Co6/39: co (type of fish) + slangy term for not probably. Like: the odd are i*** that rubyfoo's husband will find their friend in the train station.

11:10 am

his name is Edward we call him Te*

11:10 am

i dont see it

Did you not have a little furry bear as a child?

11:11 am

*probable* Uhg. I'm probably making this worse with my clues.

11:11 am

yes,m it dont see the word in the grid

11:11 am

makes me *angry*

OK, take the three letters short for Edward, which might be the name for your little bear, and put a double vowel in the middle.

11:12 am

dont see a te* together - the * is at the bottom of the grid no where near the te

11:12 am

Te + double identical vowel + 4 letter of alphabet.

Second row T

11:12 am

back later

11:12 am

teiid

11:12 am

*4th* Uhg. I give up.

11:12 am

*Im going*

Yes, that is a good clue mom

11:12 am

whew ty done

11:13 am

THAT"S IT, MOM!!!!!

11:13 am

it is a real word

11:13 am

I needed that laugh - thanks

I think we all need a drink after that. Bye Sprite.

Yes, the te is a lizard

11:13 am

Sciencegeek, if you don't get it after being hit with that flying brick of a clue, there's no hope for you!

Also needlecase alert.

11:13 am

oh Mom you get lunch in the pb

11:13 am

hilarious just saw mom's "post"

11:14 am

Hi all! May I please have a clue for that H word?

11:14 am

Lunch in the PB with Ruby's cocktails!

11:14 am

Sorry...the single H word in the lower 1st collumn....

Thought you were going to ask for a clue for the te!

11:14 am

Which H word, caree? The Hy?

11:15 am

I have hy 6

11:15 am

He6 + plural: slang for tooshes.

Sounds like the laughing dog animal with hiccups

11:15 am

TY! Thought I had tried that one!

11:16 am

Fair warning, there's a Co7/32 word that uses that same double vowel in the middle. It's pure evil.

11:18 am

Okay. I'm outta here. My brain is full. See you kids tomorow! *POOF*

bye judi

11:18 am

bye judi

11:19 am

struggling with laughing dog... know the animal... can't see the hiccups though

11:19 am

first four letters the same, then first two letters of frozen water, kate

First four letters of laughing dog, then end with the last two letters of how you go when you have hiccups

11:20 am

(just passing through, really working...) *poof*

11:21 am

ty... got them now... out of practice here :(

11:21 am

sounds like another word for clean (minus the g)

Quite a few words in this grid end with same two letters, Kate

11:22 am

nasty... i saw someone comment there was a co word with double vision...

Yes, co plus a number before ten but with double vowel in the middle

11:23 am

scooped that clue right up, t sally

11:24 am

er... ty sally

It's apparently the poisonous ingredient of hemlock.

11:24 am

need a un6 - have the one with the cold ending - need the other please

11:25 am

that would be un6/33

Not liking some terribly much

someone

There are two un6/33s, that's the first

11:28 am

clue for un6/33

I just gave it, boo. Not liking someone much

11:29 am

I cant think anymore - taking a break - will look with fresh eyes later - thanks all

11:37 am

i think i will take mom's lead...i'll be back, still 46 to go

I have to go and do some things, too. Will probably pop back later.

11:38 am

clue for the second un 6/33

11:40 am

not there yet, boo

11:41 am

fireworks

11:41 am

un + last half of the name of a major ocean Pac****

11:41 am

Congrats and wtg! So how did you find it Boo?

11:41 am

wtg Boo

11:42 am

just kept l;ooking

11:42 am

it jumped out at me

11:43 am

Hopefully that will happen to me when I get there. I glanced at it for you, but could only find the un 5.

11:44 am

Oh, I just saw Ormal's clue ... thanks!

ty ormal, i've been looking for it for ages. and hi all

11:45 am

yw...I still don't see the other un6/33, but I figure I'll see it eventually.

can clue it if you want.

11:46 am

Not yet thanks. I saw one that said not nice, but I think I'm being dense today, so have moved to other words for the time being.

11:47 am

I will accept the un clue please.

i'm stuck on te5/12, if anyone can help

11:48 am

te + double vowel (same one) + a consonant

11:48 am

te + me + part of self according to Freud

11:48 am

vn sprite! I like that one

11:49 am

:)

ty, both of you. no wonder i needed a clue.

11:50 am

Our beloved rothweiller, King, who we have had for 10 years was put to sleep this afternoon by the vet. I am so so sad.

oh, soodlebum, you must feel awful - it's so dreadful losing a pet

11:51 am

{{{{{{{{Soodle}}}}}}}}}} May King be as happy in dog heaven as he was with you.

11:51 am

awwww soodle sorry

11:51 am

I cant see the grid for the tears in my eyes.

11:51 am

((((((((((Soodle))))))))))))))! I'm SO sorry!!!

11:51 am

BIG HUGGS(((()))

had he been ill for long, soodle?

11:55 am

So sorry to hear about King.

11:56 am

He was limping since last Friday, GG. Not in any distress, but quite lame. The vet said he had bone cancer and if left untreated, he would have had a horrible death. The kids and me are just bereft.

11:57 am

so very fast too... such a big shock. But you did the right thing for him, small consolation for yourself though. *hugs*

11:57 am

I think I will abandon today's puzzle. I just cant concentrate. Thank you all so much for your support. It means a lot. XX

11:58 am

take care soodle

look after yourself

11:59 am

am thinking of you

11:59 am

fireflies, am off again. Bye all.

12:00 pm

bye soodle and sprite...

12:00 pm

Bye sprite and soodle.

12:00 pm

bye and congrat

12:00 pm

ss

12:00 pm

... and Fireworks ... with thoughts of King interspersed

12:01 pm

congrats Merk

12:01 pm

bbs

12:02 pm

congrats merk

12:02 pm

ty ... see you in the new grid tomorrow

12:02 pm

byeee

12:02 pm

hi jo

12:03 pm

hi all....any clues please for co8 x 2 please?

congrats, merk. i got my fireworks just as soodle was telling us about her dog

12:04 pm

wtg guern

co+ makes into a god but without the efirst

first e

12:07 pm

don't understand guersney

12:08 pm

It is the plural of the co6 coming right after it. To co**** or to make into a system.

not surprised you don't understand my clue, flask, my fingers ran away with me

12:12 pm

{{{((( SOODLES)))}}}

the other one is the plural of the co7 before it, which is co+re**** a theory

12:14 pm

scrabby in here today?

12:15 pm

haven't seen her crossy

12:15 pm

still haven't found it!!

12:16 pm

co + homonym of refuses to obey commands.

12:17 pm

brb

12:21 pm

i am sorry for the loos of you beloved pet (((soodles)))

12:22 pm

i haven't seen scrabs

12:23 pm

Sorry to hear that Soodles, been there, done that know how you feel

12:23 pm

just wanted to tell her my sleep test resuslts came back and they diagnosed severe apnea(as if i didnt know lol) they are finally going to set me up with a cpap machine so i can sleep at night

So very sorry Soodles.

12:24 pm

crossy givse soodles big brother hugs

12:24 pm

i need some of that crossy lol

12:25 pm

lol joanne

That really helps, Crossey - my brother uses one, and it has made an unbelievable difference.

12:25 pm

i cannot wait helen

12:25 pm

govt picks up around 80% of the cost

12:26 pm

nice

12:26 pm

i pick up 2-3 hundred

12:26 pm

Bet your wife cannot wait either. When my grandfather got on one many years ago he quit snoring like a freight train.

I think I will just go and pet each of the cats. One of them is growing frail, and they are both old, so one day not that far away I will be in Soodles' shoes. Good luck all.

12:26 pm

i snore so bad that the cats leave the room

12:27 pm

how can you have a productive tax paying worker not sleep and pay his taxes to them,haha

12:27 pm

lol

12:27 pm

are your cats still under 9 years of age helen?

12:27 pm

and she didn't have to worry about him not breathing correctly so she could sleep too. :D Glad to hear you are getting your machine crossy.

12:28 pm

yes ormal wife was saying just now that she ends up standing vigil most nights to poke me to get me breathing

12:34 pm

sorry to be a pest, but are there any other clues for co8 x 2 please?

12:37 pm

Flask - co + you and I are ***ferent people + when it's raining, the sk*** are often cloudy.

12:37 pm

co* (a type of fish) + a 2 letter word that means perhaps or maybe + the sometimes vowel for co 6/39. Plural for the co8/65.

12:38 pm

Then, the criminal or co* man + for ***ur* reference, this is the second co7 (pluralize it for the 8)

12:38 pm

that clues helped me too uniquity

12:43 pm

just read back - hi all :) - what a relief Crossy! Glad to hear you're getting some help

12:45 pm

hi NB how are you?

12:45 pm

thanx to both of you!

12:45 pm

*runs in and snoggles NB half to death*

12:45 pm

hi, Ormal! I'm great thanks...just got back from work so the evening is mine now :D how about yoU?

12:46 pm

half to death Eva?! which half?! ;0

12:46 pm

ooh my typing is terrible today. *;)

12:46 pm

I'm wonderful. Kids are at school, and I have no chores or errands to do, so afternoon is mine for a little longer. :D

12:47 pm

ahhh, there is nothing more precious than free time...daydreaming is a luxury I miss :)

12:48 pm

why should you miss it?

12:48 pm

ive missed you this week, dearest. :)

12:48 pm

because usually there's a thousand and other more productive things to be doing!

12:49 pm

oh I know Eva. if only there was more of me to go around ;) no, thanks, that's so sweet! I've been busy this week - hanging off Leo since he has to go away for a week soon

12:50 pm

aww, wheres he off to?

12:50 pm

Babbling is as close to alone time I've had in well over a year.

12:51 pm

Up North - something to do with work. All the way to Leeds! The North, basically, is a different country..

12:52 pm

Ormal - really? I don't generally get babble time alone - Leo takes great pleasure in coming up behind me and smugly listing all the words I've missed ;)

12:52 pm

Hi All - help with the TO5 please - I have the soda

12:53 pm

LOL NB!

12:53 pm

gin and to***

12:53 pm

oops nm me

12:53 pm

i'd like to try a gin and to... right about now

12:53 pm

with a lime please

12:53 pm

we have some of our relatives from england heading over. they will be arriving monday, i think, and staying for a few weeks. (joining us at the beach too!) care to hitch a ride over with them? ;)

12:54 pm

wonders if a gin and ton*** would help me find tha last 5 words

12:54 pm

crocodile to...e

12:54 pm

the australian guy that is

12:55 pm

help on hy6,30 please?

12:55 pm

wow, what happened to my spelling there? eek, going to dive back into the grid

12:55 pm

dundee

12:55 pm

any mention of a beach and I'm there! plus I could meet your man, make sure he's good enough for my Eva ;)

12:55 pm

but spell it to...e

12:55 pm

like a laughing nasty animal

12:56 pm

Angel, I assume hy6 to mean like a laughing animal featured in The Lion King

12:56 pm

would love to have you + leo. it would be like the british invasion!

12:56 pm

I got it thanks

12:57 pm

ok-thx

12:57 pm

Fireworks finally...and away I go! Take care, all!

12:58 pm

the first un6/33 please

12:59 pm

un and pac.... ocean

12:59 pm

we will have to fold ourselves up into suitcases to get there though - I should be alright, but mister 6'5" might have a few issues ;)

12:59 pm

un and not liking

12:59 pm

i will tell the relatives to bring the big bags. ;)

1:00 pm

un and 5th word nancyboy just said too lol

1:00 pm

oops sorry close to it

1:00 pm

the hy 6 eludes me

1:01 pm

I have that one - guess it the second one then

1:01 pm

then it was my fist clue

1:01 pm

hy6 is like clean cross hyg****

1:01 pm

nasty aussie animal called the laughing Hy*** but change the last vowel to an ending that is common through this puzzle

1:02 pm

un and the pac.... ocean

1:02 pm

just one big bag Eva, I generally manage to slide into the overhead lockers ;)

1:02 pm

oh, i believe it, NB -- from those pictures ive seen, i think i need to feed you well if ever you come to visit! :P

1:04 pm

I think you can feed me what you like but I won't grow in the direction I want - UP! lol

1:04 pm

ty was the last letter that threw me

1:05 pm

if you head that far nb,come up here for a day and ill fill you with one of my famous canadian north woods breakfasts

1:06 pm

if thats the offer, i will be joining him!

1:06 pm

**FIREWORKS** wow, that was a workout

1:06 pm

lol

1:06 pm

ill order the applewood smoked bacon now then;0

1:07 pm

yaa for mnh!!

1:07 pm

LOL Eva! I would like to see what this breakfast business is all about. It's been a while since I've been up early enough to enjoy it ;)

1:07 pm

and you know NB - you will pass through my area on the way to Crossys so must stop in for a big Mom ((hug))

1:07 pm

nb,for shame,breakfast is THE meal of the day

1:08 pm

oh, im sure youre up at the right time -- you just think of it as the end of the night instead of the beginning of the day. ;)

hi all, and my phantom for the day is fruition

1:08 pm

Aww Mom! I would love to do that - go on a hugging tour of the states ;)

1:09 pm

thats right eva,he should be nice and perky at 06:00 EST :)

1:09 pm

LOL! Eva and Crossy...Eva's right; 6 is when I normally get in. Beginning of the day...huh. For the birds maybe.

1:10 pm

i think nb is 6 hours ahead so it will feel like a nice brunch for him

1:10 pm

<---- gets up at 6am for work

1:11 pm

now brunch I do ;) Eva...I have to run get a cup of tea, to steady myself from the shock of that

<----- gets up when wakes up

1:11 pm

i used to get up at 05:15 when i was running my own station

1:11 pm

:/

1:11 pm

see/ gwen has the right idea

1:11 pm

and by "gets up" i mean something more like "drags Eva-resembling corpse out of bed that doesnt actually awaken until about noon"

1:15 pm

oh my god Crossy...my eyes are watering. I'd have a lot of problems with that...

1:16 pm

was nasty

1:16 pm

i get up at 6 so that i can be at work by 7:30. then i leave work at 3:30 and am home by 4:30. thats time to take my fashion photos and cook dinner by the time dear Chris gets home (at about 5:30). then we have the whole evening to do anything we want. :)

1:17 pm

need a rug rat or 2 to fill those idle hours eva:))))

1:17 pm

wakes up every morning at 4:20 when hubby gets up, immediately rolls over and goes back to sleep, since I usually don't go to sleep until 2:00-4:00. Gets back up at 6:20 and starts the day ruefully.

1:17 pm

which I guess would be sleep, Eva! LOL

1:17 pm

not yet -- i still have chris. ;)

1:18 pm

i normally dont get to bed until 10 at the earliest... usually 11 or so.

1:18 pm

If I've been working one of the big night shifts, I generally get in about six, six thirty in the morning...go to sleep, get up at noon, go for an hour's run and then see what portion of the day I have left before going to work again ;)

1:19 pm

i dont run unless something is chasing me.

1:19 pm

lol eva

1:20 pm

lol,last time i ran i think bush senior was doing his thing or regan,can never remember..anyways ill run if someone is shooting at me but that is it

best thing i ever did, as far as lowering stress level, was to get rid of alarm clock

1:21 pm

finally fireworks...that di5/14 was eluding me for a long time

1:21 pm

I leave the house about 5:15 AM for our long walk and I am surprised at how many dog walkers/runners are out there. We have a whole community.

1:21 pm

living solely by the bodies natural internal clock is the best way indeed

1:21 pm

yaa for ormal

1:22 pm

i have been wanting to try out the C25K running program...

1:22 pm

lol running programme? last time i ran for exercise i just used my feet lol

1:23 pm

look down the road,run four miles,turn aroun,repeat

1:23 pm

C25K trains you to go from a non-runner to be able to successfully (and safely) run a 5K in a matter of weeks

1:23 pm

:)

1:23 pm

hahaha! well it's fun to run around london...plenty of stuff to see. I run with Leo, which is a great pace-setter...with his stupid long noodle legs, he makes sure I stay fast!

1:24 pm

i know im in the zone when im throwing up on my nikes

1:24 pm

hello everybody

1:25 pm

LOL Crossy! I tend to turn back before I hit that part...

1:25 pm

I loved to run and for many years ran like a racehorse. I blew out my knees, injured my back and now have foot problems (waiting to see podiatrist to see what the problem is). I miss running.

1:25 pm

even when i was NBs age + in the best shape of my life (performing a 22 minute dance routine outside in florida summer sun) i still couldnt run a single lap around the track.

1:26 pm

Hi Ruby. Our dog King was put to sleep this afternoon. I am so very very sad.

1:26 pm

Oh, soodle, I am so sad for you

1:26 pm

Prayers and hugs and sympathy, soodlebum.

1:26 pm

That is the saddest thing!

1:26 pm

oh Soodle, that's awful! (((hugs)))

1:26 pm

How old was he?

1:26 pm

eva, how could you manage to do that?

1:27 pm

((((soodles))))

1:27 pm

Its all a bit surreal at the moment. I just cant believe we will never see him again. He was 12 - a big lump of a Rothweiller, daft as a brush, but part of the family.

1:27 pm

There is a moment when you don't have a choice, I think

1:28 pm

i grew up as a dancer. i could do that with minimal effort. but running... the repetition, nothing to think but "oh god, im out of breath...sweaty...tired..." not do good there...

1:28 pm

Rufus was just 10, but his arthritis had made him lose his dignity, and he couldn't get his hind end off the floor. I held him in my lap and the vet came to the house. It makes me cry just to think about it.

1:29 pm

I see. That's why my daughter does cross country and is hating her season of track this year.

1:29 pm

I understand how attached we get to our dogs

1:30 pm

The kids are truly devastated. My daughter came home from college a day early when she heard. She just wont stop crying

1:30 pm

Eva, at 42 I became a runner and could run, after 2 years for an hour or more. My son made me a rock and roll tape and it was just like dancing.

1:30 pm

Running gives you time to think, though. Plus, I used to be on the football team (I'll give everyone a second to absorb that) so used to running around for no reason!

1:30 pm

Soodle, I am crying for your dog. I understand

1:31 pm

Soo, I'm so grateful that you came here to your Babble family. {{ gentle hugs }}

1:31 pm

I still miss running

1:31 pm

Thanks guys, for the support. Much appreciated.

1:31 pm

ruby -- im hoping to get into it! its a great workout, and you can do it anywhere!

1:31 pm

so very soory to hear that Soodle

1:31 pm

hello all

1:31 pm

sorry even

1:32 pm

NB -- i knew there was a reason i adored you -- chris is a goalie. soccer/football players seem to be what i love. ;)

1:32 pm

eva: I used to travel with my work and ran in about 25 different cities, all over the world. It was wonderful

Hello afternoon all, sooodle my condolences, very sorry about your pooch.

1:32 pm

do5 pls

1:32 pm

hello, rtd

1:33 pm

nm

the thing from the sweet shop peri?

1:33 pm

got it red, ty

1:33 pm

do5/bad breakfast

1:33 pm

bbs

1:33 pm

I loved it, Eva! Once the rest of the team adjusted to my presence I had such fun with them all...interrupted by the occasional match ;)

1:33 pm

gd night everybody

1:33 pm

how do you get past that feeling of being out of breath? thats always been my hurdle...

Eva you need to run slower, then you will not feel out of breath and will be able to run longer. thats a common running problem.

1:34 pm

chris loves english football -- it is almost ALWAYS on the tele at our house. his favorite team is *mutters under breath*Newcastle*mumbles*

1:34 pm

the feeling of being out of breath and the lungs being on fire can be overcome by training your breathing and pacing yourself

1:34 pm

red -- i feel out of breath walking up a flight of stairs...lol

couch to 5K is a good place to start then.

1:35 pm

lol

1:35 pm

thats the program ive been talking about. :)

I have just been able to restart training and it is very very unpleasant after being out for those 6 months.

1:35 pm

LOL Eva! Oh I differ from him there - I can't watch it on TV. I distracted by the players and end up just mocking their various hairstyles and moaning about their disgusting habit of spitting everywhere...

i know several people who have used it.

1:36 pm

NB -- i just make fun of all their names. i always mis-hear how the announcer pronounce them, and i entertain myself with it. :)

1:37 pm

Soodle, hugs and much sympathy to you -- such a hard thing to do :-(

1:38 pm

i feel so motivated to go running right now! alas, im at work and have a class tonight, so i wont be able to run until at least tomorrow...

1:38 pm

Une! Several were asking about you yesterday. Were you in the flood zone? My bro lives right outside Nashville.

1:38 pm

lol Eva! we should watch a football match together ;)

1:38 pm

red: what method did you use to time your run/walk intervals? i have downloaded a few podcasts, but nothing seems intuitive other than carrying a stopwatch! lol

1:38 pm

ah - you reminded me, Eva. Before anything else, I better go vote. bbl!

1:38 pm

hey, ch1212 -- yep, I'm in nashville but am very lucky -- no flooding at mi casa

1:39 pm

over a billion dollars in damage to the city tho

eva, I have not used the program. My Dad is a marathoner, so I grew up on a track, most people I knew used their ipod in one way or another.

1:39 pm

would love to NB! i have dubbed Viduca: "the duker" nicky butt = "icky butt" im sure there are more...heh

1:39 pm

Thank goodness. Nor at my brother's place.

yay for Une Avodinging flooding.

1:39 pm

hey, red :-)

But Eva in truth, I can not play any sport with a ball, I am terrified.

1:40 pm

good news re your brother, ch1212

1:40 pm

hi again

hi jmc

1:40 pm

hey, jmc

1:40 pm

sorry for your loss soodle

1:40 pm

Une, do you know if Vanderbilt Cancer Center was okay? My bro was supposed to go in for radiation on tuesday, but I haven't heard if he made it.

1:41 pm

you gwen.seems a 12 gutenberg bible has surfaced;)

1:42 pm

info re Vanderbilt here: www.vanderbilt.edu/flood/medical-cente r-schedule

1:42 pm

im the same, red. thats why i grew up a dancer! would love to find an easy way to time myself, if ever i get started on C25K...

1:42 pm

12th*

1:42 pm

oooh, thanks une! My brother is a typical guy -- doesn't communicate much :) I'll check it out. (zips out)

1:43 pm

anyways off to work tc all..poof!

well, if you are remotely social, some shoe stores offer groups with a pacer who does the timing for you, and you get to meet people.

1:44 pm

im social, and would love to meet people, but im also lazy and would rather just walk out the front door + get going. if i have to travel somewhere, it just wont happen.

1:44 pm

bye crossy

1:44 pm

ch1212, looks like oncology was shut down at least a few days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRmkNt6k_vA

1:45 pm

if i didn't have to drive my sister to the gym i would never go

1:45 pm

I just saw that, Une. Dang. I hope that doesn't impact his treatment regimen much ...

i thought they had podcasts that tell you when to run and wak..

1:46 pm

yeah . . . but at least they're keeping people informed . . .

1:46 pm

i have downloaded a few and only given them a cursory listen, but im not sure i heard anything obvious that let me know when to change pace. i may need to actually TRY it out...heh

1:46 pm

True, and I'm grateful for that. Well, prayers to everyone in the flood area who are struggling.

1:48 pm

thanks, ch, soooo many people are affected but at least the greater community is pitching in in a big way to help out

1:48 pm

must run -- back later for 61 more words . . . ugh

1:49 pm

bye, une.

Oh my, I thought they actually said like walk now, run now etc. I was wrong.

Oh reminder for Americans, this weekend, on the 8th the letter carriers will be picking up FOOD for local food banks.

rats, I murdered chat.

1:55 pm

I'm here...

sorry to kill off the entertainment gail.

1:57 pm

no no i am at work as usual and occasionally my silly staff thinks i should pay attention to them

1:57 pm

I'm working on actual work at the same time.

1:58 pm

I will leave something out for my letter carrier but I usually take food to meeting for the food bank

2:00 pm

I have to remember to do that, too. Quid loves our mailman and likes it if we walk along with him for a while and help deliver mail.

I went and got some baby food today, that always sort of warms my heart to know for sure I am feeding babies, who else would eat strained peas?

2:02 pm

sorry, i was foraging ebay for wedding stuff. ;)

Now, anyone else finding this grid difficult????

2:03 pm

i havent even made it halfway, but im fairly certain im finished!

2:04 pm

hi all, have we got a difficult one today?

yes, I have 55 left. I want a large large fluffy grid for friday!!!

2:05 pm

i'm needing an easy one, brain fuffled

2:05 pm

not been on for a while easing myself back in...........i hope

2:15 pm

not liking this grid, not good to get my brain back working

2:20 pm

almost time to head out for the day. such a lovely day outside!

2:24 pm

Hi All - just passing through- this was the worst grid for me in a long time

2:24 pm

just wasnt much fun

2:24 pm

hi mom, glad it's not just me then

2:24 pm

Hope you are safe and damage free, Une

2:28 pm

I can try and help with clues if you want

2:28 pm

i'm nowhere near yet thanks momneed

2:28 pm

thanks for trying tho

2:30 pm

hi BR Mom and frog

2:31 pm

hi jmc

2:31 pm

I understand from earlier posts that une has been damage free

2:31 pm

How are you doing, jmc?

2:32 pm

another day mom?

2:32 pm

Hi JMC - well tomorrow is the dreaded going away ceremony for my family that is being deployed

2:32 pm

i was all furfluffled yesterday and the day before but okay today BR

2:32 pm

oh mom you break my heart!

2:32 pm

you having trouble in us, haven't seen on news??

2:33 pm

you guys ok?

2:33 pm

reminds me of getting on the plane for vietnam

2:33 pm

they are just kids - niece is 25 - her husband 24 and brother 19. No trouble here but keep sending our kids to Iraq

2:33 pm

I have a stalker of sorts and I thought he had followed me into babbleland when I found he had started friending my minor nieces and nephews

2:34 pm

flooding and tornadoes in Tenn. frog

2:34 pm

oooh not seen it on english news yet, soz guys

2:34 pm

thats horrible jmc

2:34 pm

Is Une okay, jmc?

2:35 pm

yes une is okay BR

2:35 pm

I am so far removed from Tenn, I am sorry to say I forgot of their troubles. Une was fine yesterday, did not suffer any damages.

2:35 pm

well its better than being deployed or my house flooded out i guess

2:36 pm

that sounds scary jmc, was it a fase alarm about stalker?

2:36 pm

thats still scary

2:36 pm

i am happy to report that he does not appear to be in babbleland. But he is real enough in the real world

jmc, this is too much bad excitement.

2:37 pm

their unit is supposedly going over to train the iraq troups in security. It is a military police division.

2:37 pm

Do the authorities know about him, jmc

2:38 pm

I will say a prayer for them, Mom

2:38 pm

stalkers are usually taken seriously these days, it's so prevalent

2:38 pm

you would not have recognized me on Tuesday when I realized this SOB had tried to contact my nieces and nephews and my babble friends

2:38 pm

unfortunately he has not crossed a legal line yet BR so there is really nothing I can tell the police

jmc, can you get rid of stalker? in a legal way?

2:39 pm

but to facebooks credit they booted him

2:39 pm

jmc, if you report every small infringement, does it not build up?

2:39 pm

hi all, back from voting...Jmc, if you are feeling harrassed, it can help to get police involved early - for the sake of the record if nothing else

2:39 pm

my thought too, Frogface :)

2:39 pm

won't ask who you voted for nancyboy

Proud of NB for voting.

2:40 pm

well maybe i should consider that. it is just that I can't really say that he has done anything except consistently lie to people about me and tried to spy on my life

2:40 pm

yeah NB for voting! I approve!

hi all

2:40 pm

but should be reported anyway jmc

2:40 pm

police will keep a record

2:41 pm

i am sorta a public figure so I haven't minded but the trying to contact the kids in my family freaked me out

2:41 pm

there are laws against slander, defamation etc

They do keep records jmc, especially if you can start with a proper detective who can then keep tracks on the situation.

jmc, knows the law better than we do I imagine.

2:41 pm

unfortunately the cops usually dont want to involve themselves in that - they consider it a civil matter

2:41 pm

it all builds up to make a case surely

2:41 pm

yes but mom you have to show damage and so far few believe him over me

2:42 pm

well i will explore that and I thank you all for the support and advice

2:42 pm

i hope you sort it out jmc, not nice for yo

2:42 pm

the babbleland community is always there for me and I appreciate it

2:43 pm

and mom i will hold your family in the Light (Quaker for I will pray for them)

2:43 pm

I so agree this is a great community - the babble family

2:43 pm

I like that we don't even have to agree about stuff and we still care for each other

2:44 pm

sounds lovely

2:44 pm

thank you ladies ;) but Jmc has a point...it is so difficult to get the police involved with these things. Hitch-hiking a few years ago, I got into a sticky situation which I managed to rescue myself from, but when I went to the police there was nothing that could be done at all

2:44 pm

you are part of it too frogface!

2:44 pm

thanks jmc - will be lighting my candle tomorrow - here we go again - seems my niece just got back (4 years) and off she goes again. She already said she is not resigning.

2:44 pm

taught me to never hitch-hike though...particularly not at night!

2:45 pm

i came on regular last year, but i've had a few problems and brain freeze jmc

2:45 pm

I am starting to keep a file and my son and sister know

2:45 pm

good lesson nb

2:45 pm

i never let brain freeze interfere! lol the grid is secondary!

2:45 pm

I don't agree with anyone, ever since my favorite wall went off with the ceiling I have been quite cantankerous

2:45 pm

smart decision for such a cutie like you NB

2:45 pm

that must make it quite drafty BR!

2:45 pm

i mean good lesson hard learnt obviously nb sorry

2:46 pm

*hands BR an umbrella in case it rains*

2:46 pm

drafty? army talk again

2:46 pm

awww i'm sure you aren't br

2:46 pm

*and a blankie for when it gets cold*

2:46 pm

quite Frogface - I naively assumed that because I was a boy I'd be alright. Silly, silly. I got away safe but figure lightning does strike twice in the same place - if you're too stupid to move away!

2:46 pm

lol no draft in the U.S.

2:47 pm

so you moved away nb, clever lad lol

2:47 pm

nb clearly has his moments of brilliance

2:48 pm

I was number 115 forty years ago

2:48 pm

well i'm sure you aint cantankerous br, drafty you may be lol

or drafted..

he was.

2:49 pm

How are you doing HT?

2:49 pm

lol! yes ;) well I'd never put myself in that situation again - nobody would. If you're in a car with a stranger, and they punch the locks down and pull up in a dark area - something is clearly wrong!

I've been better, but have also been worse.

2:50 pm

you'd guess so nb, hope it turned out ok?

2:50 pm

Hope you get better ... sick?

2:51 pm

115 was a pretty low number in some states -- my brother was number 2 and got an ulcer just thinking about it

Just an ugly blue mood, but it is starting to lift a bit.

2:51 pm

hang around here and it is hard to maintain a good solid blue mood

Not entirely true jmc, but Babble helps.

2:52 pm

*pulls out pink paint to help change red's mood*

2:52 pm

oh yes, thank you Frog :) fought my way out. It was the feeling of "oh god, I'm ****ed" that I wouldn't repeat though!

2:53 pm

It certainly helped me through those first MISERABLE days of not smoking

2:53 pm

many not strong enuff to do that nb, glad u had the strength

2:53 pm

scary wots out ther

2:53 pm

did I ever tell you about the time i had a gun put to my head NB?

2:53 pm

e

2:53 pm

scary jmc!!!

2:54 pm

it was because of a similar dumb choice of mine!

2:54 pm

well thank you :) more to do with the element of surprise I think - I was so on edge that I reacted at the first move!

2:54 pm

Jmc - not in detail, no! Care to now? We can switch dumb-choice stories :)

2:54 pm

phone brb

2:55 pm

i'm a chicken who don't take risks, lucky or unlucky for me lol

2:55 pm

i look 7 times before i cross road lol

so then frog can yo tell us why the chicken crossed the road?

2:57 pm

I guess it's all down to luck, Frog ;) there are good and bad aspects to living either way! we all just do our best really

2:58 pm

to get to kfc templeowl llmao

:D

2:58 pm

i'd prefer to be happy medium i am too careful

2:58 pm

nobody perfect i'm sure

2:59 pm

I got to run babble friends - daughter has softball game - tis the season

2:59 pm

hope she wins

my ey4 are closing bbl

3:01 pm

sleep well

3:01 pm

thanks, me too. This will be her last year playing - then she will be too old - bye all - poof

3:07 pm

no TO! Don't go!

3:09 pm

I always think Noid should be a word.

3:10 pm

ok.nm. later skaters.

whay up red

whatup

3:24 pm

co 7/32? and hi all

3:25 pm

co and number before ten and slip double vowel in there

3:25 pm

ty Joanne, never would have gotten that

3:26 pm

yvw

3:26 pm

bizarre word, Joanne!

3:27 pm

i would have never gotten it but for the clues lol

3:32 pm

ok 6 left and neeedddd the list

3:40 pm

and done

3:40 pm

byeee

3:41 pm

hi all :)

3:43 pm

Congrats Joanne!

3:45 pm

still stuck on the co 7/32??? waH.....

3:46 pm

HEY FUZZYBUNNY- i have a sister in houlton and one in caribou

3:47 pm

Hi Sammy, I live in Jackman and Carrabassett Valley. We are about 4 hours from your sister.

3:49 pm

you may have heard of my sister and brother-in law- check out utube ed degenhardt- he got the maine restaraunter award this year.

3:49 pm

Sammysmom - the clue you are looking for was just given.

3:50 pm

That is quite an honor. I used to work in hospitality in VT. What is the name of their restaurant?

3:50 pm

Hello Fellow Babblers! How are you all today?

3:51 pm

Howdy Nef! I'm great!

3:51 pm

he owned several mcdonalds- they have 9 adopted kids- and have done lots of things

3:51 pm

the u tube peice is an interesting thing and touches on a few of the things they have done

3:51 pm

Sounds like your sister and brother-in-law have had a good life.

3:52 pm

Hi fuzzy and sammy.

3:52 pm

How are you Nef?

3:53 pm

leaving for a minute to check out the you tube video from sammy.....

3:54 pm

I'm doing okay. Waiting for a car to come (that we just bought). It's a used 2007 Toyota Rav4

3:57 pm

(I'm off doing the same)

4:01 pm

Sammy, it would be an honor to meet your sister and her husband. I was not able to get the video to play past 1:35 min, I really want to see the rest. Bookmarked it and will try again later. Sounds like that award was well deserved.

4:02 pm

Nef, I am sure you will enjoy your new car, hope you have great times in it.

4:02 pm

yup- they have worked very hard for a lot of years

4:03 pm

Wow! It sounds like they deserve that award, sammy!

4:04 pm

yes hef- and she is so pleased- she has recieved several major awards and gives him the vredit because he financed a lot of her projects and still is-

4:05 pm

you might want to check her website- dawn degengardt and see some of the things she has done

4:05 pm

thanks, fuzzy. My DH is really struggling trying to get in and out of our Hyundai Elantra, his legs are cement columns (he says) and aren't working well (he has MS)

4:06 pm

congrats on the new car nef- hope it works well for you and you dh

4:08 pm

There, got to see the rest of the video. I have eaten at their McDonald's in Millinocket!

4:08 pm

neat huh??

4:09 pm

Very

4:09 pm

tutes

4:09 pm

oops, PB for me!

4:09 pm

nope, it isn't a WORD, fuzzy

4:10 pm

phew!

4:10 pm

tews

4:10 pm

But mine is! Off to PB!

4:11 pm

no harm, I already have it! Short time in the PB

4:11 pm

s'ok neff- i stocked the pbwith carrot cake and spiced tea just in case i had to go there- help yourself

4:12 pm

thanks, sammy. <I'm digging around in there looking for choclits!>

4:13 pm

I'm guilty of, occasionally, wishing this PB was a real place. I hear there's cabana boys.

4:14 pm

I might have to visit it more often.

4:14 pm

Hi, NB! How are you these days?

Is there AC yet in the PB?

4:14 pm

i heard that too nb

4:15 pm

yes, there's both cabana boys AND AC, red

4:15 pm

ho haaaaaaa..... my tonk buddies are on the way!!! i love playing tonk!!

ok well tews then.

4:16 pm

what is tonk?

4:16 pm

what's tonk?

4:17 pm

Oooh! Company for me in PB! Welcome red!

4:17 pm

a card game- a type of poker... heard it was an old prison game but i m not sure... we only play for a quarter a hand so noone gets hurt and we have a lot of fun ... mostly ribbing each other-lol

4:17 pm

Hi, Nef! I'm good as ever these days, thank you :) sorry, got side-tracked watching the election coverage on TV. How are you?

4:18 pm

sounds like fun, sammy

4:18 pm

yup... us old folks need all the recreation we can get

4:19 pm

I played a game new to me with my sister-in-law in NC, it was called Bunko, played with dice and you had to ante 10 for the night. Had a lot of fun, renamed it drunko at the end of the night!

4:19 pm

I'm okay, NB. Last time I saw you you were waiting to be seen in whatever you Brits call the emergency room (you'd cut your hand at work). How did all that tu** out?

4:19 pm

lol fuzzy- soulds like fun!!

4:21 pm

Ahh yes, the A&E - it's the quickest I've ever been seen in there. But I got some stitches (ewww) and some TLC at home (ahhh) so didn't turn out too badly at all! Thank you :)

4:22 pm

so there weren't any injuries of any nerves or anything? Did you have to take sick days from work?

4:24 pm

oh no, thankfully; just a few bits of glass to be picked out (not my favourite sensation I'm sure) and a nice big cut to sew up. I didn't take any time off work...just struggled on and was kind of inept for a few days ;) I only really hurt my pride - the people I work with found it hilaaarious!

4:25 pm

Wow, that wasn't very kind of them!

4:26 pm

/me wanders back in

4:27 pm

it was my own stupid fault for sticking my hand where it didn't belong, Nef ;) that is, in the trajectory of a broken bottle!

4:27 pm

Have to relinquish computer to the younger set. Back after dinner. Poof

4:28 pm

how's everyone?

4:28 pm

bye fuzzy

4:28 pm

hi jes

4:29 pm

I still don't think well of your co-workers, NB. (Then again, I didn't see the beginning of the story I guess)

4:30 pm

Are you guiys all chatting cuz you're all done? I don't find this grid as easy as some...argh!

4:30 pm

no, gadget, i'm chatting because i'm grid-blind and can't find any more words, and 'cuz Nef and NB are fun to chat with :)

4:30 pm

Gadget, I chat because I chat! I'm not finding this one too easy either

4:31 pm

ah Nef, my clumsiness is famous ;)

4:31 pm

and Gadget...the chat is open but the grid is currently covered up with another webpage ;)

4:32 pm

NB, speaking of clumsy; Dh and I were laying in the road last night due to it!

4:34 pm

Lying in the road, Nef?! pray explain!

4:35 pm

DH has been struggling with his MS recently. He's had a relapse and is having lots of problems with his legs. So last evening we were leaving the community center and I told him he should hang on to me. He did; and he lost his balance and went down, tripping me on his way down. I was laying on top of him; he was upset (steriod withdrawal causes short tempers) and I'm laying on top LAUGHING my head off!

4:37 pm

oh Nef, what a shame! hope neither of you were seriously hurt!

4:37 pm

Also, I don't want to sound like an ignorant young 'un, but I have to ask: what does 'DH' stand for?

4:37 pm

HE'S trying to get up, I'm on top laughing hysterically and another (older) woman came to help. I told her we were okay, just I had to stop gigling and he needed to wait til I got off before he got up. Neither of us were hurt; but I'm sure we were quite the site!

4:37 pm

OK good - I feel better;-)

4:38 pm

DH is Dear hubby, NB

4:39 pm

(or dearest Husband, or Dumb Head, or whatever. Depends on the mood; but usually Dear Hubby)

4:40 pm

Lol Nef! Well I'm quite used to being a public spectacle myself, and I believe there's a lot to be said for it ;) 'Dear Hubby' is nice!

4:42 pm

I'm just glad it was in front of the community center and not a bar! :-D

4:43 pm

Gadget, how many words do you have left? Maybe we can clue each other (although I still have 65 words left)

4:45 pm

Hahaha! reminds me of this joke: a man gets absolutely slaughtered at a pub, and tries to go out for some fresh air to sober up. However, he keeps falling over and so, realizing he must be drunker than he previously thought, he drags himself home, still unable to stand. The next morning, his wife says to him, "you went out drinking again, didn't you?" the man asks how she found out and she says, "you left your wheelchair at the bar again."

4:45 pm

*groans*

4:46 pm

gah. that is a horrible joke, NB

4:47 pm

LOL! That IS terrible! (But I laughed!)

4:47 pm

hence the groan, Jes!

4:47 pm

are there REALLY more than 30 words in this grid?

4:48 pm

However, as DH and I agree, sometimes if you don't laugh you cry. Wed rather laugh any day

4:48 pm

jes, I have 36 that I've found

4:49 pm

hmm. you're 9 ahead of me then

I've got to 48 and am forcing myself to hit the halfway mark

Such a touch grid though :(

4:50 pm

GO Pinny! MUCH better than me! :-)

4:51 pm

quite, Nef! I am trying to make that my policy regarding my family but finding it a struggle at the moment :)

Up to 50 now - just one to go before I can give up!

Oh! Done it! 51/50

4:52 pm

yay pinny!

4:53 pm

NB, give them time. It may take a while, but just be yourself

4:53 pm

Pinny, don't quit! Use Licketys' list

4:54 pm

there's some! up to 32 now

4:54 pm

well that's the problem Nef - found out a few days ago that my dad's quite unwell. I figured he'd forgive me one day, but he needs time as you say..

4:55 pm

off for an appointment, back shortly

4:56 pm

what's the matter with him, NB?

4:56 pm

bye jes CU later

4:57 pm

some troubles with his heart, Nef. I'm going to go visit him in hospital, but I'm so scared it's ridiculous!

4:58 pm

NB, are you afraid he will get upset?

4:59 pm

thing is, I'm scared that my presence will agitate him and make things worse in some way

4:59 pm

yes Nef, that's exactly it

4:59 pm

Dress "normal, act like you always have; but be sure and let the doctors and nurses be awarte that there is stress between you and let them decide if it's okay

5:00 pm

They can help you decide if it would be wise for you to see him. OR, they may let you see him while he's asleep

5:00 pm

Ahh, I forgot you're a nurse! Looks like I came to the right person with this problem :)

5:00 pm

okay, I gie up, what is the tu 5?

5:01 pm

got it, nm

5:01 pm

When I worked CV-ICU, we often had situations that we had to make decisions about like this

5:03 pm

I can imagine, Nef..what did you usually decide was best? since I guess, I'd be seeing him for selfish reasons, since I know, really, that he won't want to see me. So is it really wise?

5:04 pm

They can let you see him while he's sleeping if he has a bad temper. You would feel better and he'd be no wiser

5:05 pm

Okay. Thanks, Nef! I feel slightly more at ease now :)

5:05 pm

However, there were times when a visitor would eave a card or small gift (flowers not allowed in the un**s), and when the patient woke and saw that the visitor had been there, it could break the ice

5:06 pm

I don't know about your Korean culture, though, so --I don't know

5:07 pm

Shoot! NB, I need to go pick up my daughter at the bus stop. I'd like to stay, but I have her car!

5:08 pm

I dunno, Nef. We're talking about the man who cuts me out of family photos, here. Thank you so much for your advice, though - very helpful :)

5:08 pm

I'll be back in an hour or so

5:08 pm

hey all

5:08 pm

no problem! thanks for all the help :)

5:08 pm

hi, Peri!

5:15 pm

back again. ah, NB, that's rough

5:16 pm

hi again, Jes :) yes, there are some decisions to be made

5:24 pm

first ni5/10 pls

5:25 pm

whoo! made it to 40!

5:26 pm

NB, do other family members still talk to you? they might be better able to say how your da would take it if you come visit.

5:27 pm

hi peri! the only one i have is the pl. of ni 4/4

5:29 pm

ni 4/4 "modern" spelling of the hours of darkness

5:29 pm

Hi all -- just got a little over half way last night

5:29 pm

good for you, Jes! And ummm, not really - just my little sister. I asked her when she told me, but she just wasn't sure. And of course, she was very upset, too...

5:30 pm

ah. hmm. i dunno then, other than to agree with Nef, maybe the nurses can tell you when he's sleeping and let you in then.

5:32 pm

I think that's as good as I'm going to get, Jes, especially since my little sister isn't supposed to be in contact with me. ugh, how complicated :(

5:40 pm

co 7-8 combo please?

5:40 pm

plodding along here, even with the list it is not a nice grid

5:40 pm

tu5/14 pls

5:41 pm

don't have it yet, peri

5:41 pm

nm - a long shirt or dress

5:42 pm

type of cap for winter

5:42 pm

ah -- ty peri

5:42 pm

yw

5:42 pm

ha shows you what i know

5:42 pm

anyone have the co 7-8 combo?

5:42 pm

and sorry bout your troubles nancyboy

5:43 pm

co vict and wood instrument minus the l and plural

5:43 pm

nan if you are puzzled about something you are con*****, change the last consonant and then make it plural

5:44 pm

ty peri

5:45 pm

glad you got it nan

5:45 pm

nancyboy you are chinese right??

5:45 pm

ohh korean

5:46 pm

fireworks here

5:46 pm

off to play scramble

5:46 pm

fathers of either are very traditional and that's hard to change

5:46 pm

*wakes up* thanks, Joanne :) yep, Korean originally - sort of a man without a country now though. I'm English as they come!

5:47 pm

yay, peri!

5:47 pm

congrats peri

5:48 pm

nancy i have a chinese guy working for me and son not wanting to be in canada so went back to china and now back in canada and father still not happy

5:48 pm

even tho his son got a job, but because he didn't get his schooling

5:49 pm

i have a son who lives in a cave in the basement but happy he's not in trouble or in jail...

5:50 pm

very different opinions on how our kids should be

5:50 pm

you're right there Joanne! But I wonder, if we kids had been any different, would you adults have loved us so much? ;)

hi all, I can not believe, i am still NOT half way!!!

5:51 pm

I mean not in my case, as obviously the answer is yes :P but other cases

5:51 pm

you are suppose to love your kids unconditionally

5:51 pm

lol red hi

5:52 pm

god that word don't look right?

Joanne, I see "kids" age 32 and beyond who still call thier Moms for a ride home after ending up in the ED being arrested for drunk & disorderly, and I am never really that surprised if the parents dont show up for that!

5:53 pm

red i was lucky there somewhat

5:53 pm

just dragged my daughter out of a hotel room partying with guys to old for her

I always wonder what happened to these adults that they didnt really transition into adulthood...

5:54 pm

her boyfriend still plays with his game on phone??

5:54 pm

he's 32

playing on the phone is one thing, making your parents take a lot of responsibility for you at over thirty is just bizarre.

I play a lot of on line games....like, errr babble.

5:56 pm

well not his parent but we gave them a home and the game thing...well if you work it's different

5:56 pm

tg he finally got a job

work, essential. I am glad he has a job as well.

5:57 pm

ni 7?

5:57 pm

nancyboy..you won't change your dad but just be happy

5:58 pm

craftiest

5:58 pm

ty joanne

5:59 pm

yvw

6:01 pm

nancy you still there??

6:01 pm

hello all! *mama hugs at Nancy Boy* (are you eating right?) *stern mama look at Leo*

6:01 pm

just about, Joanne :) just thinking everything over - recieving lots of good advice! I'm just scared though, really!

6:01 pm

hi stid

6:01 pm

hi stid

6:01 pm

hey jes.

6:02 pm

Stid!! 'course I'm eating right :)

6:02 pm

hmph. I think you are getting thin. Or it could be my old eyes.

6:03 pm

but thank you, Joanne, for the concern :) very sweet of you!

6:03 pm

you will be ok nancy

6:03 pm

and you are very welcome

I really hate the grid.

6:04 pm

Nancy Boy, I will offer some advice, though I am late into the conversation and don't know what has been said today. --> Stay proud of your ethnic heritage. Stay connected. Young people are looking up to you. And some of us old people are looking up to you, too.

6:04 pm

Hi gang

6:04 pm

hey DR! (((hugs)))

DR Hello!

6:05 pm

Hi Stid and Red ( Hugs)

6:05 pm

my dad is a little baby and i dissed him about 5 years ago, but life is short and i went to visit him... found out he was in hospital and now we talk

6:05 pm

in other words, us ol' folks have to be nice to you kids, since you'll be pickin' our nursing homes *lol* hi, everyone!

Hugs all round to everyone.

6:06 pm

hey welki! brb *tea water is ready*

6:06 pm

hi again welk

6:06 pm

Hi Welki

Wlki hello, still snowing?

6:06 pm

good advice, Stid :) and very sweet words! I needed those; bit of a rough time :)

6:06 pm

it was a little while ago .. sun is trying to make a brief appearance now

brave lady welki.

6:07 pm

brave?

Cold weather makes me rather afraid.

Announces that she has finally crossed halfway!

6:08 pm

i'd rather the cold than heat any day ... icy roads, now that's another story

6:08 pm

woohoo RED!!!

6:08 pm

so I gather, kiddo. (((more hugs))) keep on keepin' on, and know that many of us have been through similar times. It's not pleasant, but it does build character.

6:08 pm

go red go!

6:08 pm

co 7/32, please?

6:09 pm

STID!!!!

6:09 pm

hi gang!

6:09 pm

and we are great bunch of characters !!!

6:09 pm

codifies

6:09 pm

oh for petes sakes

6:09 pm

Hi Feather and Nan

6:09 pm

I really feel sorry for the Albertans who are getting all the snow today.

6:09 pm

good clue!

6:09 pm

co and number before ten and slip a double vowel in there

Welki, I think I love you!

6:09 pm

hey feather! ((((hugs)))) *thanks welki by putting german choclit cake in PB*

6:09 pm

i'm something else, eh? LOL

6:09 pm

Thanks Welkie

6:09 pm

*takes one look at welki's slip, and decides to not do grid*

6:09 pm

as long as you're at it, try the singular

6:10 pm

haha welk

6:10 pm

??? Alberta? snow? what is happening in Quebec? *worried daughter look* my folks are driving to TAdoussac tomorrow...

6:10 pm

ty joanne -- that's a new one

6:10 pm

joanne, still can't see the pics .. says you have 31, but i can only see 2

6:10 pm

how are you feather? how are the boys?

6:10 pm

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

6:10 pm

cold in toronto but no snow in site stid

Its so hard for me to understand that its still snowing, It was 91 today. bit uncomfortable.

6:11 pm

congrats cyb

6:11 pm

YAY Nan!!!!

6:11 pm

good Job Nan !

6:11 pm

thanks Joanne, then I shan't worry.

6:11 pm

i have a favor to ask. i created a project at donorschoose.org, a website for people to donate to classrooms. i'd appreciate it if anyone can help spread the word to any forums you belong to!

6:11 pm

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/pro posal.html?id=390984 that's my project

6:11 pm

kids are good. one is asleep, the other is hollering "mo' milt!" (more milk)

6:11 pm

looking at weather channel now

6:11 pm

I love the project feather! I wish I could be more useful than just spreading the word...

6:11 pm

don't know about quebec weather, stid -- but that's a long way from Alberta

6:12 pm

that's ok stid! no worries.

6:12 pm

I will have to phone my son, who thinks Calgary is God's country, and rub it in :)

6:12 pm

rofl... is that one getting ready to grow AGAIN?!?

6:12 pm

LOL nan!

6:12 pm

not again...STILL.

6:12 pm

red, we've had snow in july .. up in the foothills and mountains, it's not uncommon to see snow all year long (sort of neat, actually ... can be hot in the city and sunny and snowy less than an hour away)

6:13 pm

he's shooting up like a...dare i say it? weed.

6:13 pm

:-D only 15 more years (or so) of that, feather!

I really dont like snow. i went to the University of Rocehster in NY, and we had a lot then. I think I just prefer the palms

6:13 pm

it stops Stid?

6:13 pm

I am quite hopeful it will at least slow down

6:13 pm

and daniel's becoming such a big boy too. very independent and much more confident since he's started EK!

6:14 pm

um... for one it stopped years ago (shy of my height). for the other... still going, but slower!

6:14 pm

they do mature fast sometimes, don't they?

6:14 pm

I just hope summer arrives to the east of us before the end of the month when we have promised to drive over for our granddaughter's dance recital.

6:14 pm

good to hear though I believe that he will be taller than me

you are welcome to my summer..

6:15 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

6:15 pm

if anything stid ...rain

it really has gotten warm quickly. but....it is not so bad.

6:15 pm

they sure do

6:15 pm

I am short, he is not happy to have stopped early, but not much one can do with heritage. Many of our ancestors were hobbits...

6:15 pm

I think I will just keep my own summer- thanks Red

6:15 pm

no thanks, red -- too hot and muggy for me

6:15 pm

for NBT I need the O and the H above the B. any help?

6:16 pm

You re related to Gamdolf??!? How did I miss that

6:16 pm

Hi gang -- stid -- forecast for Tadoussac is sunny but chilly (9C, 48F) with the odd shower in the next few days

6:16 pm

od 4 -- like a poem

6:16 pm

I like NORMAL Washington summers... not the weird So. Cal-type we had last year, and not the artic thaw type we had about 8 years ago...

6:16 pm

jill coldd here holy

6:16 pm

hey jill!

true cyber, it is humid, like a facial treatment each time you go out.

6:16 pm

sunny will be nice. Mother is so looking forward to seeing your favorite beach, Jill!

6:17 pm

thanks for the OD!

last summer was very odd and I hope this one is "more better"...

6:17 pm

(I know it would be ODd... )

6:17 pm

tomatoes haven't been the same for years

6:17 pm

i miss good tomatoes

6:17 pm

doug's home, better scoot

6:17 pm

he 7 -- plural of the he 6 derogatory term for german soldier (wwII)

6:18 pm

me too welk

store tomatos never taste the same.

6:18 pm

*waves at Doug* bye feather!

or behinds

6:18 pm

ohh try the small vine ones

6:18 pm

about an inch around

6:18 pm

thanks for the H!

6:18 pm

I am now down to 66 and NBT.

6:18 pm

yeah, they're not bad, but a good beefsteak tomato sandwich

6:19 pm

omg welk yummmmmm

6:19 pm

stid, the water at the beach is far too cold for swimming -- we used the lake in recent years. Back in the 40s there was a heated pool on the beach which belonged to the hotel -- it was dismantled decades ago and now the pool is up in the hotel grounds.

6:19 pm

yay stid!

6:19 pm

acidy

6:19 pm

I don't think my parents swim any more, Jill. They just like to walk and watch the water.

6:20 pm

but that fresh eath

6:20 pm

but that fresh earthy taste

6:20 pm

btw, finished a little while ago but can't linger here -- gardener here so I must attend to that.

6:20 pm

enjoy Jill! tell her hello, and that I love how the garden is looking these days!

6:20 pm

We used to go swimming every May long weekend (the start of the season), but it is much colder here now. Our daughter was born May 21, 1966 -- we had already had 2 weeks of 80F+ weather by then.

6:20 pm

oh nice jill send him here next please

6:21 pm

I was lurking a bit earlier, and I wonder if NB is still here. I just admire him so much and know he is a very courageous young man, dealt a rotten hand in life.

6:21 pm

oh, that is way early for warm! but I forget you are further inland than we are, Nan

6:21 pm

Jilli, are you in Tadoussac? My DH and I went there last summer sans kid and had one of the best kayak paddles ever. We stayed up in Petite Saguanay (sp). You are in a very pretty area.

6:22 pm

he was jill

6:22 pm

joanne, my gardener is a she, from England, and really rather an artist with plants.

6:22 pm

wow jill i want a gardener too

6:23 pm

I would settle for a housekeeper!

6:23 pm

Nancy Boy will be okay. He is smart, creative, strong, and he has many friends. *stern mama look at the fates* he has a good future in store.

6:23 pm

enjoy

6:23 pm

wow, jill -- I could sure use a gardener like that -- come to think of it, I could use a gardener!

6:23 pm

I would settle for someone to wash the dishes once or twice a week...

6:23 pm

fuzzy, I'm not in Tadoussac -- it's my hubby's family's summer place, and now my son's. I'm on the other side of the continent, in BC (see my bio)

6:23 pm

lol

6:23 pm

un6- first one? please

I would like a dog groomer. Spent an hour trimming at the dogs toenails today, they have gotten very wonky and he got quite angry with me.

6:24 pm

BC is beautiful too!

6:24 pm

un 6: not enamoured with

6:24 pm

un not happy with someone

6:24 pm

ooooh! HALFWAY!!!

6:24 pm

ty Nan! and Joanne

6:24 pm

yvw

6:24 pm

thanks Nan!

thanks cyber and Joanne.

6:25 pm

yvw red

6:25 pm

Contrary to our son's opinion, all we BC types know that we live in God's country :)

6:27 pm

there are many lovely places on this planet. I shall never forget Puerto Rico, but I love my unkempt slice of the Puget Sound as well.

6:27 pm

I agree Nan, love the skiing there.

6:27 pm

must go and get something ready for supper -- haven't even decided what we are having yet! -- back at the flip

6:27 pm

in ontario..north is gods country

6:27 pm

later Nan!

6:27 pm

bye nans

6:28 pm

adios

6:28 pm

it's not so much the place as what you bring to it, i think ... me, i could be happy pretty much anywhere

6:28 pm

In Ontario, north is the frozen tundra

6:29 pm

ohh welk north ontario is so scenic..breath taking

6:29 pm

i'd love to fish northern ontario, joanne, up in the lake of the woods area ... or on the great lakes ... or ireland's trout streams ... or patagonia ... or the flats off sanibel island ... anyplace :)

6:29 pm

I am halfway thru

6:30 pm

lol fishing can be done off a dock

6:30 pm

i love jilli's area ... so peaceful

6:30 pm

go DR go!

6:30 pm

ty Stid!

6:30 pm

i love fishing but hate touching them

6:30 pm

oh Joanne, I thought you wrote fishing can be done off a DUCK! rofl

6:30 pm

finite

6:30 pm

lol

6:30 pm

go fuzzy go!!!!

6:31 pm

yep, off a dock, from a boat, from shore, a bellyboat, wading ... sounds like a dr seuss book .. i can fish off a pier, i can fish far and near. i can fish from a boat, i can fish with a float

6:31 pm

PB for me!

6:31 pm

not tried fishing off a duck

6:31 pm

my kids loved it

6:31 pm

yes fuzz

6:31 pm

ty Fuzz- did not have that

6:31 pm

Hi; I'

6:31 pm

m back!

6:31 pm

hey NEF! ((hugs))

6:31 pm

Hi NEF!!!

6:32 pm

welk that's call murder of the duck lol

6:32 pm

Hi Nef

6:32 pm

or dinner, depending on how you look at it

6:32 pm

Hi, stid! Is NB still around? I think it says he's still online

6:32 pm

never had duck

6:32 pm

yes

6:32 pm

nef

6:33 pm

ohhh, it's sooooo good. roasted with an amaretto and orange glaze

6:33 pm

and hi

6:33 pm

hi fuzzy again

6:33 pm

really??

6:33 pm

or with a blackberry brandy sauce

6:33 pm

nancy..are u ok??

6:34 pm

ok hungry now

6:34 pm

I have to head out and get a bit of reading and such done. Back later tonight to finish (if I can stay awake). (((Hugs and choclits for all))) *poof*

6:35 pm

i have chicken in the oven ... can you be hear in an hour?

6:35 pm

Bye Stid!

6:35 pm

allo allo!

6:36 pm

We are having our Cinco De Mayo Dinner tonight

hi all and allo to you to pav :)

6:36 pm

Hi PAV

6:36 pm

hi pav, dr, barbs

6:37 pm

Hi Welki- I greeted you earlier but you missed it- good to see you

another small one...I find these hard

hi welki

I DISLIEK THIS GRID, I SAY, I SAY!

hi red

6:37 pm

i probably should either chat or work the grid, dr ... apparently, i'm having a rough time trying both at the same time :)

6:37 pm

SOrry Red- are you stuck?

Oooops, shoutng was a bit over the top, especially with such an abvious typo.

37 left.

6:38 pm

you are a passionate person Red.

I also need to concentrate, and maybe find list.

6:38 pm

I have 33 but I listed

6:38 pm

hiya Barb, DR and Red...how goes it? 40 left here

i will soon...

41 left- but it's too late in the day for me to get into it

phantom idiot

6:39 pm

hi kap

6:39 pm

and it's Kap, like magic!

Like magic?

were you talking about me or something?

6:40 pm

I didn't see you come in...

I didn't say anything for a while

6:40 pm

you know, *poof* and here you are!

I am the phantom idiot

6:41 pm

and like magic you appear!

6:41 pm

nope, that title's already spoken for....

I can disappear too. Wanna see?

*poof*

And *poof*- now Im here again. This is fun!

"*poof*

*poof* This is kind of fun!

I didn't know I could appear and disappear like that.

6:43 pm

you learn something new everyday here in Babbleland!

6:43 pm

now you see her, now you don't ... amazing

It's making me dizzy tho.

6:44 pm

hi welki!

all this poofing. Hi welki.

6:44 pm

hi again pav

6:44 pm

and hi again kap

6:45 pm

sorry daughter phoned

6:45 pm

you're making me dizzy Kap!

6:45 pm

my head hurts...

6:46 pm

lol

6:46 pm

later, folks ... must straighten up this place before supper

by welki

6:47 pm

byeee welk

6:48 pm

35

6:48 pm

Bye welki

brb

6:51 pm

did I see Nef ask for me a while back?

6:51 pm

nef was here NB

6:51 pm

hi NB

6:52 pm

hi NB!

6:52 pm

I'm here, just had to fix a quick salad for supper

hi nef

6:53 pm

Sorry I had to run off like that before, NB, I had to pick up my daughter

6:54 pm

Hi again! sorry, I stopped watching the chat :) and no problem at all! I have the babbler JC on msn, if you know him, and he's been helping me out too :)

6:54 pm

hi Barb's, DR, PAV3, and everyone else

6:55 pm

sya hi to Sir JC for me..got his message about the old non-eater

6:55 pm

I know JC. Did he give you some good advice?

uh oh needlecase alert.

6:56 pm

will do, Pav! And yes Nef, very good - I'm always touched by how helpful people can be on here...considering I'm a complete stranger, especially!

hi nb

6:57 pm

well, you're not completely a stranger

6:57 pm

Hi again Nef

6:58 pm

well. half a stranger :) and hi, to everyone else

6:58 pm

NB, you haven't been a stranger here since the day before you joined! ;-)

6:59 pm

maybe just strange then ;)

6:59 pm

define "strange"?

6:59 pm

but what exactly is Strange and what is normal?

7:00 pm

I see sparkles!!!

7:00 pm

*sounds buzzer* nope try again...

7:00 pm

yay DR sees sparkles...! are you done?

7:01 pm

Yes Pav - just finished

congratulations DR1965!!!! greeat job!

7:01 pm

YAY DR! WTG!!! (I'm chatting in the wronng box again, sorry it's taking me so long to reply)\

7:01 pm

yay DR!

well done DR

7:01 pm

I think we are all strange here: our friends are all in our computers! ;-)

7:01 pm

Thanks all for the congrats... I am off to bbq Carne Asada for dinner

7:02 pm

I will be back tomorrow.... HUGS ALL

7:02 pm

din at DR's place...bringing tortillas

7:02 pm

Stop by anytime Pav

sounds yummy but I might be late

7:03 pm

...and Hatch green chili

7:04 pm

drat...that reminds me, I need to finish cleaning kitchen so that my messes tomrorow will be easier to see.....

7:04 pm

I will put the left overs in the PB

7:04 pm

* POOF *

7:06 pm

25

7:08 pm

Yeah, halfway, finally. I don't know why, but nothing is coming easy on this board.

7:08 pm

Hello, Sir PAV.

7:09 pm

hi fb...and my dear Sir JC!

7:09 pm

hey J.C.

7:10 pm

Awww, thank you PAV. :) Hello, Nef!

7:10 pm

soodle lost a doggie this day...sad....

7:10 pm

top row greyed!

7:11 pm

a moment of silence for soodle and doggie...

7:11 pm

yes pav...

7:12 pm

oh yes, isn't it sad? awful, but more humane than making the poor thing suffer on

7:13 pm

there u are nancy

oh no that is very sad...condolences out to soodle

7:13 pm

I don't know the details of soogle's dog

7:13 pm

Oh, that's very sad - sorry to hear it. :( I've been there myself and it's one of the hardest things we have to face in life.

yes I so agree

7:14 pm

As bad as losing any family member - they are such a part of our lives.

7:14 pm

I'm around, Joanne :)

7:14 pm

hugs to soodle. I can sympathize, we lost ours in Nov.

7:14 pm

I know it took me a year to get over my first one, and ten years before I could get another...

sorry to here that fuzzy it is hard no matter when they go or why

tofutti is in the grid, but of course not accepted.

7:16 pm

My husband pulled into the driveway and he ran under the truck, I still think of him everyday. My husband was very hard on himself.

7:16 pm

just the shortened version

7:17 pm

I like that word, fun to say.

7:17 pm

how heartbreaking fb!

unfortunately accidents do happen and there isn't much we can do to ease the pain

7:18 pm

mine was an extended illness, and he and I both knew it was time...

7:18 pm

That is so hard, the knowing part.

7:19 pm

16

I have suffered through the loss of many an animal family member I don't think it ever becomes an easy part of our life..takes such a toll on me I know

7:19 pm

Keep up the good work Pav!

67 for me working on the big words hoping they give me clues to the little ones this time

7:20 pm

sometimes it's really hard; but at the same time it's best to let them go instead of letting them suffer

7:20 pm

suppsedly there's an hy...word...I only know Hyphen

7:20 pm

well hiya all -

7:20 pm

think of the laughing animal, pav

ooo is that the time...I better get dinner cooking no wonder I am getting hungrey see you all later (((hugs))) to all

7:21 pm

<----can clue if needed. This is a Mean grid.

7:21 pm

night Barb!

yes nef it is hard to be responsible at times

7:21 pm

lol, Pav! think of hy + a glorious view, sc****

7:21 pm

Yes, Barb. I have lost a partner when I was only 34. Had to watch him slowly die. The loss of anyone we love takes a real toll on us. A sad inevitability.

7:22 pm

thanks lawyer...bet you 'd never hear those words together!

7:22 pm

ok got that hy...is it a real word?

yes so true J.C. okay dinner making time see you all later maybe 67 to go

7:22 pm

you'd be surprised - despiser of immigrants

7:22 pm

Does that word mean one who laughs like one? :P

*poof* --- borrowed from Kaplan :)

7:23 pm

can i get help with 1st to 5, pls?

7:24 pm

despiser of immigrants, eh? ;)

7:24 pm

not u, nb...no one here despises u

7:24 pm

No one could despise NB. Not possible!

7:25 pm

To5: it weighs a to* + another way to say two **

7:25 pm

who, moi? personally, this came up in our condo community - I'm on the board of directors, and we've been dealing with hispanic folk who don't follow our rules, and now that we called their bluffs, we're "racist", and I've been called a wetback myself...

7:25 pm

oh I don't know. Maybe my neighbours across the street? :P

7:26 pm

I think there's a famous beach in Aus...Bo*** Beach for surfers? to5 sounds like it...

7:27 pm

Naturally they'll try playing the 'racist' card, rather than take accountability for their actions. Easier!

7:27 pm

I know nothing about surfing other than it needs water

7:27 pm

And a surf board usually helps...

7:28 pm

and if you saw me, you'd know I'm not racist...perhaps a bit of a di** (not inthe grid) but then my name is Peter...

7:28 pm

I doubt they despise you, Jesse. Envy you, perhaps? ;)

7:28 pm

My middle name is Peter - it's my dad's first name.

7:28 pm

how about the stuff you put on cars to glue them back together...Bondo

7:29 pm

or is it Bond-O

7:30 pm

OK, ladies and gents, I am down to my last 4...any help would be appreciated. in 5/10; ni 5/10; ru 5/14 and to 5/12. Non surf-related clues preferred.

7:30 pm

ru5 is a cousin to the greek/Latin single piece shirt/dress tu5

7:30 pm

nanvyboy ..come work for me ..anytime!!!

7:31 pm

down to 3...thank u, pav

7:31 pm

And it's easy to tell you aren't racist, PAV3.

7:31 pm

in+ little positively charged particle pieces

7:32 pm

have one chinese 2 jaimaicans and an albanian

7:32 pm

did my car glue hint help? if you change the last vow-I-l

7:32 pm

merci, Ormal

7:32 pm

and i'm a red indian

7:32 pm

ni 5/10 ni + plural of the toni**

7:32 pm

well half breed

7:33 pm

to5/12: it weighs a to*+when we leave this world we **e. or to5: gin and to*** a mixed drink

whoo, fireworks, yuck- o grid.

7:33 pm

yay red!

7:33 pm

13 here

7:34 pm

the last 2 still evade me...even with clues

7:34 pm

wtg congrats red

7:34 pm

WTG red, which 2 lawyer?

7:35 pm

Hooray Red!

7:35 pm

ni 5/10 and to 5/12

7:35 pm

ni 5/10 plural of "this evening"

7:36 pm

okay which to5/12 do ya have then? and ni is an odd word: try ni+ un-dairy is ***dairy?

7:36 pm

do you have ni + french not yes

7:36 pm

ty, Dorens

7:37 pm

1st to5/12

7:37 pm

to5 could be the one where you change the second letter of tu5 which means a shirt

7:37 pm

gin and to*** or the cartoon character 9depends on your age here) do*** rhymes with to5/12

7:37 pm

ang...you there??

7:38 pm

ni7 anyone please?

7:38 pm

there was a male US swimmer? matt Biond*...

7:38 pm

craftiest

7:38 pm

rhymes withthe 60's

7:38 pm

who could forget the WWII waif! ty, Dorens

7:39 pm

thanks... i had seen that craftiest cllue before but it wasn't helping me... no t at the end

7:39 pm

¡sʞɹoʍǝɹıɟ

7:39 pm

yay lawyer!

7:39 pm

well done lawyer

7:39 pm

YAY lawyer!

7:39 pm

yay for lawyer (upside down or not)

7:40 pm

I could not have done it without my many babbling friends!

7:40 pm

fuzzybunny, do you go by the same name at wordsplay?

7:40 pm

Yes!

7:41 pm

hmm, do you play 4's or on the dark side?

7:41 pm

taking dogs out brb

7:41 pm

can I repay by offering any clues?

7:41 pm

Always 4's, but I haven't played much since I discovered babble.

7:41 pm

first co 6/21 please?

7:42 pm

co6 = against +arm***

7:42 pm

lol, I understand that feeling. I thought I really liked the 3 minute limit but found that this all day affair allows me time to do everything I need to do and still can finish the grid.

7:43 pm

ty lawyer, thought i had entered that one already

7:43 pm

I agree, although I do miss adrenalin rush of wordsplay, and the people there as well.

7:44 pm

1st co6/21: another name for hotdogs

hi all

7:44 pm

hey owl

7:44 pm

yw

7:45 pm

people on the 4 talk more than people on the 5's there. I still play it now and again, but it's not the same since my little o friend passed.

7:45 pm

I got that clue ormal, i was born in MI and know them by that name

7:45 pm

and i am done...

yay doren!

7:46 pm

Yippee Dorens!

7:46 pm

I play a couple of games a day, I don't talk too much because there isn't time like there is here.

7:47 pm

have to go finish up that application owl. i know my attitude stinks, but I just think that with so many people looking, they're not going to want to even interview someone with all the years I've got in... they could get people for nearly half my salary

did you get my email?

7:47 pm

Dorens' power of positive thinking

that will be a problem

7:49 pm

yup. will email you back. lawyer, i save my positive thinking stuff for people I counsel... when it comes to me.. it's kind of 50-50. and right now i'm losing

7:49 pm

lol, I learned the that name for hotdogs when I was stationed in Wisconsin

7:49 pm

hello friends

7:49 pm

new jersey school boards are particularly mindful of $$ right now with that idiot in the state house

7:50 pm

I was out of work for 3 years in the 80's but refused to give up

doren,what are you doing for mothers day?

hi trif

7:51 pm

my daughter and my mother...traditional, right?

7:51 pm

Ormal, I am pretty sure that you were the person at wordsplay that metioned babble and how I found out about it. Thanks!

7:51 pm

this will be the 1st mothers' day for me since my mother passed away

7:51 pm

well i'm not giving up, but i am still somewhat jaded about my prospects at this particular point in time hi tri

sorry, you are gong to your mother;s with you daighter?

7:51 pm

Hi Trifioso

7:52 pm

out for brunch with them both... then daughter and i are coming back here.. manicure/pedicure treat, etc. then to her boyfriend's mother's... quite a day. why, are you coming up this way?

7:52 pm

So sorry to hear that lawyer. I can't imagine how difficult it must be.

and can someon e pols clue co8?

no i think i am going to balto

7:53 pm

lawyer i'm sorry, i know that is hard -- still miss my father and may 3rd was the 8th time i celebrated his birthday since his death

7:53 pm

right on then fuzzybunny! glad to be of service. I absolutely love word games and love to share them and love to lose to other people.

7:53 pm

co 8 what a lawyer does with a will (I think)

7:53 pm

co8... when clues are hard, the co***s* me.... add plural

7:53 pm

sorry i cannot make it Sat., to ty, fb

7:54 pm

i make money with a will

7:54 pm

co8: a fish co*+ it's not a sure thing it's *** is co6....the co8 is the plural

lo l that;s the truth

7:55 pm

enjoy baltimore then owl.. i'll get down there someday i guess

7:55 pm

hiya, anyone want to play letterblox? Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/70j45_1 t5hp

7:55 pm

owl i'm going to fb and will reply to your email there... then i'm finishing up my application. with a Positive Attitude!

ok it's finally happened . i don't get any of the three clues. time to hang up my babbles shoes

7:55 pm

wow, great clue ormal!!! thanks!

hurry up because i am very clsoe to closong my fb account

7:56 pm

i took one look at this grid and ran today. more like, took one look at the annoyance in the chog!

and we can do ablto some time, unelss you mean you;ll get to a meet someday

7:57 pm

hubby says "see, they all know better" than to play me! lol

feather, just was watching lost

7:57 pm

glad to help tri

7:57 pm

oooooh, enjoying?

not really. can't concentrate. more like action adventure to me this week, probably most clues going over my head. as usual.

7:58 pm

lost and the grid do not mix well

cn't babble and watch.

7:59 pm

nope.

ty i would like the co4/8 after the co8

but it's just somuch Boom = Blam bam boom this week

8:00 pm

off to annoy strangers in the game then! they all keep quitting on me.

8:00 pm

later!

8:00 pm

beginning 4 letters of the other word for hotdog...

8:00 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:00 pm

is the co4 after the co8

8:00 pm

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

i have decided i must cut back, sotpping scramble

8:00 pm

co + happens ***en

8:00 pm

Hi Min!

the co4/8 is after the co8. i could use the co 7 after, too. i ahev about half the co words

ty

8:01 pm

good evening Min

8:02 pm

c+ it happens to me ***en (a lot) is co4/8

ty

;may i havw the remaining co7's please?

8:03 pm

evening all

hi pini

8:04 pm

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

8:04 pm

co7/32 is a prisoner co* + poor vision= two matching vowels + **xt up on the price is right....

8:05 pm

great clue ormal

8:05 pm

hi TO, min (doing well), ormal, fuzzy, et al

8:06 pm

Hi Pini. Are you prepared to battle the grid?

8:07 pm

battle, eh?

8:07 pm

I think that this is the toughest grid I have encountered so far.

feather still here?

8:08 pm

hi pini! good to see you... this is a wicked grid. Best of luck to you

8:08 pm

have 31 to go...and it's definitely getting harder ;)

does anyone have anythign that resembles a definition fot eht co 7s? my brian does not see details till i have the whole picture. i struggle mightily with fill i the blanks clues

8:09 pm

I've been at 37 for a while...

8:09 pm

I had to list at about 29...not that I'm particluarily good at this, but some of the words on \ this one were really hard for me.

8:09 pm

11 here and I'm stuck...clues are over me wee head...

8:10 pm

co7 = opp pro + instrument like a piccolo without the L

please, even if you click on the def and post it?

8:10 pm

the other co7 = opp pro + "eye" "eye" + half a Hawaiian goose

8:11 pm

co7 1st one: co**ucius says wise man saves money + german word for foot (sounds the same when said aloud) + 2nd vowel

8:11 pm

thanks pini

8:11 pm

C's Completed! 2 left

8:11 pm

grr, delete one ph sound from my previous clue...

8:12 pm

yes, thanks pini...9 more

8:12 pm

R's Removed! 1 left

ok i do appreciate it but i shall go mad . no finish for me tonight

8:12 pm

hold on, TO...getting defs for ya

8:12 pm

a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C8H17N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock

8:13 pm

co7 (1st) = to prove to be false, invalid, or defective

no s'ok pini, i've lost all enthusiasm

8:13 pm

pini has the first, mine was the second

8:13 pm

pav gave def for 2nd

8:13 pm

* snap * pav ;)

8:14 pm

2nd to alst co5 6 combo?

8:14 pm

er, last

8:15 pm

I'm working on em' pini

8:15 pm

co5/12 is actor Tom Co**i, change i to another vowel

8:15 pm

they both start with pro opp...just can't seem to monkey the ends

8:15 pm

co6/21 word is the plural of the co5/12 word Pinikula

8:16 pm

thx min...looking

8:16 pm

co 5/12 is against+do you drink **a or coffee & plural

8:16 pm

oh, min, those are the last set...how about the set before those

8:16 pm

omg lost myself there for a few...who is looking for what and can I help

8:16 pm

oooh, got 1

8:17 pm

co6 = co + one less than ten

8:17 pm

co5 = remove last vwel

8:17 pm

ormal, we're looking for the second to last set of co5 and 6, before the hot dogs

8:17 pm

er, vowel

8:17 pm

co 5/12 is co plus beginning of number before 10 and the co6/21 word is co5/12 word plus a vowel Pinikula

8:17 pm

get 'em pav?

8:17 pm

yay pini! 6 to go here!

8:17 pm

co5/12 the second one is like co*** the barbarian, but change the vowel to the 3rd vowel instead if the 1st vowel. then the plural

8:18 pm

ooh not plural, add onether vowel at the end

8:18 pm

4

8:18 pm

another even lol

8:18 pm

Go PAV3 go!

8:19 pm

3

8:19 pm

27 to go here ;)

8:19 pm

11 here

8:19 pm

go pav

8:19 pm

go pini

8:20 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!un6/33 was my last word

8:20 pm

git'r dun, dobie

8:20 pm

2

8:20 pm

wtg min ;)

8:20 pm

1

yay min

8:20 pm

hubby wants next dog to be a dobie, and I want something fuzzy... like a Keeshond...

8:20 pm

yay Min!

8:20 pm

YAY min

8:20 pm

way to go Min!!!!

8:21 pm

come on pav!

8:21 pm

32 left.....

8:21 pm

git'r dun, fuzzy

8:22 pm

my last is the first un6 33...

8:22 pm

wtg pav ;)

8:22 pm

un 6/33 word is not liking something very much PAV3

8:22 pm

un6/33 1st is un+fo4/8 that means liking....overall means not liking

8:23 pm

or un + not lost - u

8:24 pm

7

8:24 pm

thnaks gals! firwords!

8:24 pm

Go jmbdobie2 go!

8:24 pm

wtg pav

8:24 pm

Congratulations PAV3 on your fireworks! Good for U!

8:24 pm

he6?

8:24 pm

yeah pav

8:25 pm

once again words that very little usage in the common english languge...

8:25 pm

well deserved PAV!

8:25 pm

pini,,,you're sitting on it and pl...

8:26 pm

butt doesn't start with HE!

8:26 pm

un6/33 2nd??

8:26 pm

* giggle * got it tho! :)

8:27 pm

un+Pac**** ocean

8:27 pm

lol pini ty ormal

8:27 pm

WTG pAV

8:29 pm

brb, gotta tell the girls what's for dinner////

8:29 pm

trying to hear Ormal...))))))))))))

8:30 pm

ty all for your kind help! this was a toughie compared to last...

8:30 pm

* wondering if the girls deliver *

8:30 pm

;)

8:31 pm

Yes, PAV3 - glad someone else found it tough. :P

8:32 pm

4 left

8:32 pm

Hello J.C.How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log

8:32 pm

Hello, Mineryork. Very well thanks - and you?

8:32 pm

git er dun, Dobie!

8:33 pm

I am well J.C., but my allergies are kicking my he6/21

8:35 pm

starts drumroll for dobie2........................

8:36 pm

ru5/14?

8:36 pm

a cousin to the tu5

8:37 pm

ru 5/14 word rhymes with that tu 5/14 shirt Pinikula

8:37 pm

if I had that cousin ;)

8:37 pm

have 'em now ;)

8:37 pm

still drumming for dobie

8:38 pm

2.... monkeys are back on the job

8:38 pm

r + tu5 (-t)

8:38 pm

brb feeding dogs...

8:39 pm

feed them monkeys!

8:41 pm

hello JC. don't think I've officially met you before.

8:43 pm

Hey all! Good evening! Just trying to get my last 4 before I fall asleep. May I please have a clue for co 7/32?

8:43 pm

Hello car.eeyore! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

8:44 pm

co7/32 = pro opp + "eye" "eye" + 1/2 hawaiian goose

8:44 pm

Hi Min!

8:44 pm

(sorry, dozed off for a moment)

8:44 pm

co 7/21 is against prefix + double vowels + *orth*ast.

8:45 pm

TY!

8:45 pm

in 5/10?

8:45 pm

nice pini, very nice!

8:45 pm

in 5/10 word is like the crying vegetable car.eeyore.

8:45 pm

in+ little bitty positive bits of particles

8:46 pm

Ty Ormal!

8:46 pm

Ty Min!

8:46 pm

ni 7/40?

8:46 pm

rhymes with 50's

8:47 pm

lol min, i couldn't get your clue immediately then when it hit me it was one of those duh ones

8:47 pm

TY Sistah!

8:47 pm

It is after ni 4/4 and here is my story of clues. I was un 6/33 of the grid today as I sat on my he 6/21 and babbled. It made me want to drink gin and to 5/12. I was just not that in 4/4 this grid. It was di 5/18 for awhile if I was going to be able to finish the grid. My ey4/6 were just not seeing many of the "C" words.If I hadn't finished this puzzle I would not have given a do4/5. I was not going to let grid ru 4/5 my day. But I did finish the grid with the help of my ni 4/5 babble friends and now everything is fi 4/7 and dandy. That is the great thing about chog,we all un5/12 and help each other out. It is hubby's tu4/5 to use computer. I am off to change my ic 4/5 then I'm off to watch tv for the rest of the ni 4/4. Bye to my fellow babblers!

8:47 pm

;)

8:47 pm

brb - koda needs attention

8:47 pm

ARRGGHHHHHH i can't believe i can't find 2 words.... ni5,10 and un5,12

8:48 pm

Hi Koda!

8:48 pm

ni 5/10 is ni + heavy weight. un 5/12 is un plus men's neckwear jmbdobie2.

8:48 pm

un 5/12's...undo a shoelace....state of the UN5 address.....or to bring together?

8:49 pm

vn car!

8:49 pm

got those

8:49 pm

Those are the only 3 un 5/12's.

8:50 pm

ni+un-dairy+ ***dairy creamer?

8:50 pm

Do you need the UN 5/22?

8:50 pm

undairy=***dairy even

8:50 pm

The un5/22 ends with the sometimes vowe jmbdobie2

8:50 pm

Fireworks for me! TY all so very much!

8:50 pm

ty ormal for the n

8:51 pm

Congratulations car.eeyore on fireworks! Way to go

8:51 pm

1 left.... need to check list to see where i made a mistake

8:51 pm

Off to sleep

8:51 pm

Min, great story, just wish I could figure out all of the clues!

8:51 pm

Off to sleep! Have a great evening everyone!

8:51 pm

Yippee car.eeyore!!!!!

8:52 pm

wtg car

8:54 pm

singular un6,21....... cripes.... fireworks!

8:54 pm

grats eeyore

8:54 pm

ty all off to bed for me too,

8:55 pm

he 6/21? I am brainless, don't get the clues.

8:55 pm

yay jmbdobie

big behinds fuzzy....

8:56 pm

ah, ty red.

8:56 pm

fuzzy he 6 means clean minus the g (think dental hyg***st ish)

8:56 pm

wtg jmdobie!

8:56 pm

ooh ormal needs to go to bed, cluing wrong things...good night all

8:57 pm

good night ormal, thanks for the clues

9:04 pm

yay dobie...I missed

9:04 pm

An he6/21 word is another name for butt fuzzybunny

9:06 pm

I had it, but kept misspelling it! Help please with the io5's? I have the io6

9:08 pm

take the vowel off the 6

9:08 pm

hi everyone!

9:08 pm

Hi lbdawger, thanks for the help.

9:08 pm

take the last letter off the 5 and add another consonant

9:09 pm

the last io5 is tiny particle + 2/3rd's frozen water

9:09 pm

Hi lbdawger! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:09 pm

hellow Min! i'm doing well, and yourself?

9:10 pm

great clues lbdawger, ty.

9:11 pm

I'm well lbdawger, but allergies are kicking my he6/21

9:12 pm

i feel for you Min. allergies are running rampant here too.

9:16 pm

hi again. I'm tired of people "picking" on me. I wanna just be left alone so I can chill out, chat and Babble!

9:17 pm

hi (((NEF)))

9:18 pm

hi lbd. Thanks

9:19 pm

Anyone else ever feel like that?

9:19 pm

fites

9:19 pm

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:19 pm

sorry.

9:19 pm

muffins

9:20 pm

good lord - sorry. That was Secondo, isn't she amusing???

9:20 pm

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

9:20 pm

fino

9:20 pm

RATS!!!

9:20 pm

it's been a tough day, min, to be honest...happy to be in babble land.

9:21 pm

off to the PB for me i guess

9:21 pm

there are days that i feel like that, Nef.

9:21 pm

Had a tough day too, but only because of my allergies

9:21 pm

Cinnamon bunny died. The kids are so sad.

9:23 pm

moment of silence ended. thanks!

9:23 pm

Sorry to hear about that Trifioso. That's very tough!

9:24 pm

Sorry, Trifi.

9:24 pm

How old was the bunny?

9:24 pm

Sorry about your bunny Trifioso.

9:25 pm

not sure, really, we freecycled him several years ago, and the woman we got him from thought he was around 2, so maybe he was 8?

9:25 pm

sorry to hear that, Trif

9:25 pm

how long do rabbits live?

9:26 pm

I am guessing about 8 years?

9:26 pm

he was a good bunny. the kids will be fine.

9:26 pm

Indoor bunny?

9:27 pm

yup. indoor bunny

9:27 pm

what's that in human years>?

9:28 pm

8?

9:28 pm

night all. off to bed with 16 left.

9:28 pm

night night, fuzzy

9:29 pm

Goodbye fuzzybunny! I'll see you tomorrow in the log

9:29 pm

good night fuzzy

9:29 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:29 pm

good night min dear

9:30 pm

night night, Min. sweet dreams

9:31 pm

hey lbd.. got fireworks

9:32 pm

whoooooo hooooooo SHOO!!!

9:32 pm

did you watch bones??

9:32 pm

i found my paperwork. i'm taking the camera back tomorrow.

9:32 pm

those co ones wehe icky

9:32 pm

yes, watched bones.

9:32 pm

oh good

9:32 pm

i didnt look forit

9:33 pm

was it good orrrrr??

9:33 pm

well, see how you are?

9:33 pm

sorry

9:33 pm

bones was good, unexpected ending.

9:33 pm

lol, no problem. i knew it was here somewhere.

9:34 pm

hmmm well I'm in the mood for something intersting to watch. Want to cuddle up with the poopie and stay warm and watch the flick

9:35 pm

yes, poops will enjoy your snuggle time, and bones is a good thing to snuggle up for.

9:35 pm

what are you hours tomorrow??

9:35 pm

8-1

9:37 pm

Well dont stay up too late. I'm going to go make some tea and get ready for the show. Take care. Talk to you tomorrow or Sunday

9:37 pm

be good. night night

9:37 pm

okay, night night. enjoy bones.

9:38 pm

!!!!!!!!

9:40 pm

Heyas kids ..

9:41 pm

hello tor!!!

9:41 pm

hi tor. How's it going?

9:41 pm

hi torg

9:42 pm

Swell .. Fun day manning a trade show booth. ..

9:42 pm

did you get good freebies?

9:43 pm

do you LIKE trade shows, torg?

9:43 pm

Got a few pens, shopping bags, a fridge magnet didn't walk around much ..

9:43 pm

what sort of show was it?

9:44 pm

It's actually my first time manning a booth ..

9:44 pm

It's a scrap recycling show

9:45 pm

Our co. is not so much in the scrap metal biz but more in the recycling aspect ..

9:46 pm

sounds cool! but def not a show where you would get good swag....

9:46 pm

It's mostly boring ..

9:47 pm

Not much good swag unless you're a machine nerd .. Like me ..

9:48 pm

doesn't recycling take scrap metal?

9:48 pm

I shouldn't have started this grid .. I have like four words ..

9:49 pm

my daughter used to do trade shows (which she wasn't crazy about) but now does the occasional tourism-related show and she loves those.

9:49 pm

okay. I have to admit defeat and beg for help. does anyone have the lower lone h?

9:50 pm

Well scrap metal is essentially recycling, but we're not so much in the scrap metal end of the biz and more in the paper and container recycling part of the biz ..

9:50 pm

hy6.30 like being clean w/o the G

9:51 pm

ahhh, lots of paper products out there needing recycling! i've got bunches in my house that needs to be shredded and made into something useful!

9:51 pm

isn't it the pl of butts?

9:52 pm

oops, yes it is, Nef.

9:52 pm

yikes. thanks!

9:53 pm

so, there is no hy6 then?

9:53 pm

guess that's my sign to go to bed! night night everyone! see you tomorrow!

9:53 pm

yes, there is a hy6.30. i didn't make it up. lol

9:53 pm

Niters lbd ..

9:53 pm

there is a hy6/30,but it's from the upper H

9:54 pm

nite-nite lbd

9:54 pm

*poof*

9:54 pm

oh, yay, that new ad is on tv---the one about how stupid tampon ads are....It's SO FUNNY

9:55 pm

??? I haven't seen it, Trifi. What is it for?

9:57 pm

hang on ----you need to see this to believe how funny it is.

9:57 pm

here you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf35wC mzWw

10:00 pm

'k

10:00 pm

Ha!

10:03 pm

very -odd

10:03 pm

I do have to agree that tampon ads are stupid though

10:05 pm

May I please have a clue for fe5-16? Thanks

10:06 pm

sorry, ga. I don't have tany fe's yet

10:06 pm

evening all...

10:06 pm

hey, Pini

10:06 pm

fe5 = sounds like "pass out"

10:06 pm

Thanks anyway, Nef.

10:06 pm

I think it is HILARIOUS

10:06 pm

ni5/10 (1st)

10:07 pm

Thanks much, Pini.

10:07 pm

yvw

10:08 pm

hi all

10:08 pm

hey jmc

10:09 pm

Nationals won in the bottom of the ninth (I know you were all waiting to hear)

10:09 pm

hello jmc

10:09 pm

like the smelly veggie that makes you cry, Pini

10:09 pm

hi jmc

10:09 pm

hi nef

10:09 pm

Heya jmc

10:09 pm

who were they playing, jmc?

10:10 pm

the braves and i was there with my friend the coca cola heir

10:10 pm

hmmmm, still thinking

10:10 pm

recycling conference sounds interesting to me torg. . .

10:10 pm

collanwald?

10:11 pm

we are being welsh?

10:11 pm

ni5 is similar to an onion?

10:11 pm

*looks for a leek to pin to jacket*

10:11 pm

oy...so it is

10:11 pm

Lots of heavy equipment ..

10:11 pm

with a twist or two

10:12 pm

* sparklers *

10:12 pm

really front loader types or manufacturing type?

10:12 pm

just a bit of a twist, Pini

10:13 pm

my daddy was a machinist, my uncle an electrician and my grandfather a carpenter -- i love that kind of stuff!

10:13 pm

YAY, Pini! WTG!!!!!

10:13 pm

my grandfather was a master machinist and worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad ;)

10:14 pm

thx nef

10:14 pm

Little bit of everything .. Claws, magnets, shears, new separation technologies, shredders, etc.

10:14 pm

i am still not finding our allium friend

10:14 pm

yw

10:15 pm

my daddy started on the Southern Pacific because he wanted a way to visit a very cute girl in Houston from where he lived in DeQuincy LA

10:15 pm

jmc, try most of the number before ten and not off

10:15 pm

;)

10:15 pm

wow. there is a little boy at my work who would have a STROKE if he could attend a conf like that, tor dear

10:16 pm

and daddy was a master machinist too i just figured no one would know what i was talking about

10:16 pm

I'll bet Trifs .. Loads of big boy toys ..

10:16 pm

ty nef lookig for the allium would have never gotten me there

10:17 pm

i love big boy toys! *revs her ticket me red motor*

10:18 pm

is that the same shade as "pull me over" red?

10:18 pm

my boy never called a front loader a bulldozer!

10:18 pm

pretty much nef -- good thing i am an old lady or i would be in trouble all the time! lol

10:19 pm

I learned a few machinist skills, but I was always more interested in the controls and electrical aspects ..

10:19 pm

have to go run an errand here shortly...anyone need any clues?

10:20 pm

no i am just settling in -- 73 to go

10:20 pm

I still have 33 words left to find, Pini; but go run your chores as I can't seem to finish tonight

10:20 pm

I have exactly 20 words now .. JUST a bit early for clue-begging ..

10:21 pm

no worries...you can beg later! (I'll be back!) LOL

10:21 pm

i always like how equipment was named almost exactly what it meant -- no guessing a rotor rotated, a spark plug sparked and plugged a hole

Hello

10:24 pm

hi herin

how you all?

10:24 pm

i is okay

10:25 pm

hello friends! today I think I might make it to becoming a teacher after all... *watches the pendulum of emotion swinging wildly*

10:25 pm

down to 38 earlier, should I list now?

10:25 pm

*ducks the pendulum safely*

10:25 pm

hi herin and stid

10:25 pm

Hello stid. I have 38 left also!

10:25 pm

wtg stiddie

10:25 pm

hi herin honey!

10:25 pm

Listomania ..

Hi stiddy

10:26 pm

LOL thanks tor!

10:26 pm

Lisztomania ..

10:26 pm

May I please have a clue for ru5-12?

10:26 pm

thannks

10:26 pm

that was good advice. Look at all those CO words!

10:26 pm

yep. That too

10:26 pm

doing the happy dance --- just conquered the c's!

10:27 pm

i was just looking at the stiddie -- in dispair!

10:27 pm

go trifioso go!

10:27 pm

I'm UP to 21 now ..

10:27 pm

wtg trif!

10:27 pm

go torg go!

10:27 pm

GO TOR!!!

10:27 pm

do the co 7 and 8 start with the money?

10:28 pm

30 left

10:28 pm

go Nef!

10:28 pm

go nef go

I really should have got up earlier

10:29 pm

are you unwell, lady?

there is a CO 8 what is the other one please

10:29 pm

yes, well, I should have been asleep an hour ago, so we are even, I guess

10:30 pm

(sneaking in before I hit the door)

10:30 pm

the co7/8 doesn't start with the co4

10:30 pm

co8 x 2

10:30 pm

hey pini!

10:30 pm

there are two co8

10:30 pm

I should be asleep now also. Tomorrow is clinic day for me again.

10:30 pm

yo stid!

Cheers

I woke up at 1245pm

10:31 pm

hm. help on the CO 7/8n please?

10:32 pm

hmmm that is a tad late

10:32 pm

co7 = pro opp + piccolo-like instrument - l

10:32 pm

then pl

10:32 pm

<-- envious of herin...

10:32 pm

thanks pini!

10:32 pm

ty pini

10:32 pm

now just that last CO 7... help unless it's fishy?

10:33 pm

I keep doozing off now too. Guess it's time for mem to give up andgo to sleep/

10:33 pm

not a fish!

10:33 pm

HA! found the needlecase!

10:33 pm

co7 = pro opp + "eye" "eye" + 1/2 Hawaiian goose

10:33 pm

yes Nef, it is. *fluffs pillows and brings chamomile tea* time for beddy bye! *reaches for teddy bear*

10:33 pm

...and the errand time has arrived...back momentarily

Pini still trying not to be ill

10:34 pm

good night all. Happy

10:34 pm

WEIRD! thanks pini!

10:34 pm

sweet dreams Nef.

10:34 pm

wow my monkeys are not smart enough for that one ty pini

10:37 pm

What the Hell, Michigan kind of word is that?

10:38 pm

yeah at first i thought she was cluing ey4/6 and thought how weird!

10:38 pm

rofl Tor!

10:42 pm

May I please have a clue for to5-12 the1st? Thanks

10:42 pm

oh dear. firewords.

10:42 pm

whoo hoo stiddie!

help with the 8's please

10:43 pm

that first TO 5 looks like a ballet toe pointing thingy

10:43 pm

Congrats, stid!!!!!

10:43 pm

Dude ..

10:43 pm

2000 pounds + nickname of princess who was william and harry's mother

10:43 pm

dude???

woooh dude

10:45 pm

zup dude?

10:45 pm

Thanks much, stidmama.

10:46 pm

yw peach. another before I hit the hay?

10:46 pm

I need in4-7 to finish, stid....thanks

10:46 pm

go peach go!!!!

10:47 pm

go peach go

10:47 pm

you want details, data, knowledge... in**rmation abou that one? *wicked mama grin*

10:47 pm

49 left

10:47 pm

*stands at finish line with pompoms and confetti*

10:47 pm

go jmc go!

10:48 pm

Thanks so much, stidmama. That was the last one....see you at the flip.

10:48 pm

YAY peach!!!!

10:48 pm

whooo hooo peach!

10:49 pm

did some one clue the first co8?

10:49 pm

okay, I think I am falling asleep here.

10:49 pm

if not could they clue it now?

10:50 pm

first co 8 is the act of putting something into the law, a sort of "plural" looking word

10:50 pm

it's actually the sort of plural of hte 6 that comes after...

10:50 pm

ty stiddie

10:50 pm

good luck jmc. good luck all! *poof*

10:51 pm

bye stiddie

I am so confused. I would love a spare $300 right now and someone to help me with this grid

10:53 pm

*looks in purse* $300 american or australian?

10:54 pm

*month flies out of purse* nm

10:54 pm

HEY, who stole my "dude?"

10:55 pm

geez everyone thinks they have a lock on things! lol uni wanted to claim copyrights to foil caps!

10:55 pm

hi nrkii long time no see how are things?

10:55 pm

okay, Tor didn't steal "dude" from me, but he certainly let me inspire the thought

10:55 pm

good, thanks

10:56 pm

how are you jmc?

10:56 pm

jmc...uni was looking for a lawyer to sue over the foil hat situation...

10:56 pm

i had a rough week but things are on a more even kell now

10:56 pm

i told uni to see me in court trader!

10:57 pm

this grid is too ornery for me

JM Australian. ANd yes Moths fly out of my wallet too

10:57 pm

=)

10:57 pm

sorry I can't help herin

10:57 pm

can someone offer help on the lower H, so I can give up and go to bed?

I am watching Oprah about finding your lost loved ones and I never lost my crap as much as these people did

10:57 pm

she better find some one for free cus i am going pro se

10:58 pm

you know anyone doing pro bono? she'd probably throw in a hat...

10:58 pm

sorry nrkii

10:59 pm

uh. . .can't think why i would refer her to someone. . . .

10:59 pm

*shapes foil cap in form of barrister wig*

10:59 pm

i have 4 h's nrkii...

10:59 pm

two more than me :)

Foil hat would be cheaper than those horse hair wigs

11:01 pm

prettier too (and less itchy)

11:01 pm

okay... i'll try, i'm awfully tired...hope clues are okay... 2 stupid words..

11:01 pm

please model the foil wig for us jmc

The wigs are not too itchy

11:01 pm

*puts wig on and models*

11:01 pm

Hello all -- I got my last 26 this afternoon -- horrible grid. I can clue if needed (I think)

11:02 pm

hi jill what do you think of my foil barrister wig for when uni sues me?

11:02 pm

okay nrkii... bear with me... first word sounds like slang for bum... second is the plural. he 6 / 21, he 7 / 32

11:02 pm

back

11:03 pm

would love H clues... I have he4/8 (size) and he4/9 (colors?)

11:03 pm

ooh, thanks Kate

11:03 pm

Sounds impenetrable, jmc! What's this all about?

11:03 pm

he6 = butt

11:03 pm

he7 = pl butt

11:03 pm

he + (not out) + 2 vowels he + (not out) + 2 vowels > pl.

11:04 pm

uni claims i owe her royalties for the foil caps

11:04 pm

cool, stopping with 17 to go

11:04 pm

hy6 -- think sanitary and remove the middle consonant

11:04 pm

need bath and bed now

why are we being sued by Uni?

11:04 pm

night all!

and I just saw the price of wigs geepers

11:05 pm

bye nrkii

11:05 pm

foil barrister wigs? What has uni got to do with those?

11:06 pm

lovely foil wig jmc... she will be suitably impressed.

11:06 pm

i!

11:06 pm

lol no the foil caps i made the barrister wig to be ready if she sues me in babbleland for copyright infringement

HI osgma

lol JM

11:06 pm

I'm corn fused

11:06 pm

hi osgd

11:07 pm

Will I get in trouble for the foil suit I made???

11:07 pm

what foil caps? Sorry to be thick but I obviously missed something.

11:07 pm

foil caps for when we read each other's minds ;)

11:07 pm

*pulls out trunk full of foil caps* these

11:08 pm

I have BBC World on, election results. So different from such reports in the USA.

11:08 pm

seems like uni will be suing lots of babbleland citizens

You need to realise that foil caps enhance the brain waves

11:08 pm

now you tell us, herin! LOL

11:08 pm

the biggest difference is that it is over at the end of the vote count in the US and in Britain they are just starting to negotiate

11:08 pm

Ah. I must be wearing some kind of cap which has prevented me from reading your minds, lol!

11:09 pm

is it hung jill?

11:09 pm

it depends onthe design of the cap

I told you that ages ago

11:09 pm

I'm a little slow...

11:10 pm

i seem to recall a particularly protracted vote count in florida not too long ago....

11:10 pm

What strikes me is that it's all so low-key. We have the same sort of system here, but it's a bit more excited.

TK I just realised I haven't seen you here in an age

11:10 pm

true but that was unusual

I am looking at UK google news

11:10 pm

have come to lurk ocassionally

11:11 pm

So far they think it will be a hung parliament. It's about 5 am there and they're still reporting results.

oks

11:12 pm

But we're quite used to minority governments here and they seem alarmed.

I don't understand politics even though we are taught it in school

11:12 pm

me either, herin

11:12 pm

well it is midnite here and i am thinking that is late enough since i need to clean my house before work for the board member house guest

NIght JM

11:13 pm

bye all 36 left

11:13 pm

poor you, jmc!

11:13 pm

they haven't had a hung parliament in 40 years... they are very worried.

11:13 pm

take care, jmc...don't work too hard!

11:13 pm

it would have been okay but i was looking for a wedding photo for my niece and. . .well. . . . there are photos everywhere now!

11:13 pm

happy cleaning jmc... we'll keep your foil wig safe for you

11:13 pm

uh oh

11:14 pm

ty trader . . . don't let uni get her hands on it!

11:14 pm

*poof*

11:14 pm

Is there a picture somewhere of these famous foil caps?

11:14 pm

stock markets will be going for another ride tomorrow...

11:15 pm

today was a wild stock market one, I heard

brb

11:16 pm

i will guard it with my life!>>> marches it to the pb where she locks it away in a very heavy chest...gives spare key to cabana boy with strict instructions to give it only to jmc.... under penalty of death... or worse!

11:16 pm

* giggle *

11:17 pm

cabana booys like heavy chests, don't they?

11:17 pm

the dow dropped just short of 1000 points in a matter of minutes!... a lot of traders wished they had their pampers! lol

11:17 pm

* snicker *

11:17 pm

(that was for jilli)

11:18 pm

I hope some of my stocks survived...

11:18 pm

europe's going for a ride next... u.s. will too... it will be nasty!

11:18 pm

(thought so, pini)

11:18 pm

pini... if you have stocks.. don't pay any attention until wednesday at least!

11:19 pm

okey dokey :)

11:20 pm

... unless you want to go bargain hunting... then go for it... lol

11:20 pm

follow the bouncing ball of the stock market . . .

11:21 pm

I think I'll just keep my fingers crosses that something happens for the good!

11:21 pm

you goy it jill... the wild ride continues... i still don't understand why it has taken this long.

11:21 pm

(is anyone old enough to remember those bouncing ball songs at the movies, along with the newsreels and Comin Attractions?

11:22 pm

* raises hand *

11:22 pm

futures aren't bad pini... it's the end of the day that bears watching

11:22 pm

forgive the typos -- I'm tired!

11:22 pm

Oh good, pini :)

11:23 pm

i remember them in cartoons.... but i remember the anthem being played and 2 cartoons before the movie... they got rid of the news reels just before my time... left-overs from the war i think?

11:23 pm

you know, even having finished, I still don't like looking at this grid.

11:24 pm

glad to hear that, kate.

11:24 pm

well done jill! i did 60 and threw in the towel... just popped in for a quick lurk-cum-chat

11:25 pm

there was a lot of help post-flip last night.

11:25 pm

pini remembers too... she raised her hand...

11:25 pm

I saw that.

11:25 pm

I didn't think you were nearly old enough, Kate.

11:26 pm

i wasn't here at the flip. went to bed at a reasonable time..as i will do again tonight.

11:26 pm

clever you, kate.

11:27 pm

should i be coy and just giggle and say i have a good memory? lol i was born 1961

11:27 pm

I was right, kate -- you're not nearly old enough!

age is just a number

11:29 pm

they kept up the news reels in my little world for quite a bit longer... military bases were the last to get rid of them... they were still running in the 60's ; i just don't remember them

with 70 left I am going to lickety

11:29 pm

good luck, herin!

11:29 pm

go herin go... rofl...

11:30 pm

Oh, I forgot to show that the icon theme for today was Oceans. Tomorrow is A Word from the Grid.

be all right if my fingers worked

11:31 pm

brb... need to plant my crops

11:31 pm

So mine is the Arctic Ocean.

11:31 pm

hi everyone, mine is the Pacific

11:31 pm

Hi flosey -- rested now?

Hi Flosey

11:32 pm

yes thanks jilli, feeling much better

11:32 pm

watched Doc Martin

11:32 pm

hi herin

11:33 pm

Darnit -- I love Doc Martin and missed it.

sigh have to mothers day stuff sunday

11:34 pm

I see Sprite posted a lovely calm unnamed ocean picture, with the comment "Big. Salty. Deep. Everywhere."

does it make me a bad person if i contemplate faking being sick on Sunday

11:34 pm

will go to who's online and see

11:35 pm

I meant "my friends"

11:35 pm

hmmm.

11:36 pm

beautiful scene

11:36 pm

Do, flosey. I think you and Sprite and I are the only ones who followed the theme. What a pity.

:(

11:37 pm

wonder why?

11:37 pm

there are so many beautiful ocean pictures to be found online

11:38 pm

I think people are either too busy or don't know how or just don't want to.

I barely have time to play

11:38 pm

well, sometimes one can be too busy - and, those still working - or at school, could be

11:39 pm

I did see someone express the opinion that they didn't like it when people change icons because they don't know who the person is. For isntance, we all know the green rabbit is Scrabbler.

11:40 pm

yes, and MRP, and a few others, that's true

I personally love teh icon change and the stories. I just don't have time any more. I barely have time to play

11:40 pm

mrp does change sometimes.

11:40 pm

yes

11:40 pm

What I don't understand is people who suggest themes and then don't follow them, but do change icons to something else.

11:41 pm

I do appreciate that herin

11:41 pm

yes, that strikes me as odd

11:41 pm

Quite understandable, herin.

I should make time but some days it is in and out and then I feel if i do change is it going to be there for days confusing people

11:42 pm

Herin, I'm glad you enjoy the stories and changes. So it's not a total waste of time.

I miss my Grannies stories.

11:43 pm

Don't worry about it, herin!

11:43 pm

Flosey, did you ever get around to reading the long thing about the Arctic Ocean?

Right now I wish I had my drivers licence so I could drive to this Mothers day thing pretend I am drunk tell the b.fs sister what i really think then maybe his mother and then go home

11:43 pm

Jilli, one of my friends in Toronto, a painter, was booked for some special event, received a call from the east coast saying the ice was breaking up and she flew down to get pics, so that she could paint it

11:44 pm

yes I did jilli, very interesting

11:44 pm

scary as well, of course

11:45 pm

Interesting about your friend, flosey!

11:46 pm

herin, if you want to be "sick" and avoid a problem, that's your biz!

11:46 pm

I do have 2 of her paintings, she always holidayed on the east coast for that purpose

every time we go to this family things with his sister there we fight later

11:47 pm

I wish I'd noticed those paintings when I was in your house, flosey.

11:47 pm

ah, not your Mum, herin - that's different

11:47 pm

a matter I can fully appreciate

11:47 pm

they're downstairs in one of the spare bedrooms, jilli

It is his sister that annoys me the most. His mum is ok it is his little miss perfect sister that needs a smack

11:48 pm

Oh, no wonder I didn't see them, flosey!

11:49 pm

brb...

11:49 pm

lol, can fully understand, herin - My s-i-l and I sort of, reached a point where we agreed to disagree

11:50 pm

she is no longer with us, but since moving to the island here, she lived across the road

she is older than him so of course got a good deal in property made a bit of money and all that. So she thinks that she is wonderful. So does his mum. His mother has zero pics of him or us about the house.

and this grid is kicking myu butt

11:52 pm

that's sad, herin, but she's the loser, in my opinion

11:52 pm

want any clues?

hi all ... I actually made the flip!!

11:53 pm

hello Dee, glad you made it

Thanks Flosey. I just don't understand people sometimes. She has pics up of his siblings and grand kids and neices and nephews and other family none of us. I ahve been with him for 7 years so it is not like i am going somewhere.

HI Volley

11:55 pm

Hello Everyone !!

11:55 pm

hi there west

Hi west

11:55 pm

Just reading chat and herin I have the perfect Mother's Day gift for her

11:56 pm

A beautifully framed picture of you and the bf

hugs flosey, jili, westie, herin...

11:56 pm

great idea west

ditto that

West the answer is no on that one. SHe has pics of us she even gave us framed pics of us and teh siblings. ANd the last present we gave them has never seen teh light of day

11:56 pm

I love the one of you two at your friend's wedding

11:57 pm

ah, there you are, get it enlarged, framed, and what can she do but put it up

11:57 pm

hi dee hi and hello west :)

So do i

11:57 pm

oh well you just can't please some people..sounds like my husband's sister..she's the baby of the family and is miss perfect

11:58 pm

hi flosey and jilli and dee and herin

11:58 pm

hello everyone :)

Hi Cyber

11:58 pm

lol west, read back, herin made a similar comment

11:58 pm

hi nan

11:58 pm

hi nan

West I said the same thing

11:58 pm

this is a good group... let's just start

hi nan

except she is older. I think it has something to do with the fact we don't have kids and a mortgage and all that

11:59 pm

Oh lol, the results for BArking ar being announced and there's a character of a candidate --a little guy in a red coat and top hat and giant yellow rosette.

11:59 pm

co8?

11:59 pm

what's that saying? a play on Einstein's theory of relativity..time passes more slowly when you're with your relatives

11:59 pm

what a shame people act that way, such a waste of time

11:59 pm

codifies

11:59 pm

PB

11:59 pm

hello

12:00 am

which one, kje?

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