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207 total words

12:00 am

* flip *

12:00 am

boo. i like the small ones.

12:00 am

and just a wee bit larger...!

12:00 am

ai 7

12:00 am

good lord gremlin r u kidding - already??

12:01 am

i got it too thanks grem

12:01 am

thx grem ;)

12:01 am

flip

12:02 am

yeah, I get impatient to find the long ones

12:02 am

ta8

12:02 am

la 8

12:03 am

flip saintfranny, plese will you email me?

12:03 am

I can't usually see the long ones at first -- stange how it all works

12:04 am

ca8

12:05 am

al 9

12:05 am

phant calamity

12:05 am

thanks grem, got it

12:05 am

oops!

12:05 am

didn't know that was a word, granny

12:06 am

good thing I monkeyed around

12:06 am

hmmm i have an al 7

12:06 am

lol, grem, neither did i

12:06 am

phant catamite

12:06 am

I knew that one, heh

12:07 am

al 9 too

12:07 am

darn altoid is not a word lol

12:07 am

missing the j for NBT

12:07 am

and i see grem you had that one

12:07 am

lol mlf, sounds like those tiny yucky throat lozenges

12:07 am

CA 6

12:08 am

flosey mints

12:08 am

hmm, most of the long ones use similar endings

12:08 am

pav's dinner is in the grid ;)

12:08 am

li6

12:09 am

yay! a word I know!

12:09 am

* giggle *

12:09 am

me 7

12:09 am

phant medicaid

12:09 am

al 7 x 2

12:10 am

ta8 flop

12:10 am

all 8s and 9s called

12:11 am

al 7 x 3 now

12:12 am

La 6

12:14 am

and an 8 for that too mlf

12:14 am

joh duhh thanks pav

12:17 am

io 5

12:18 am

Io 6

12:18 am

I mean io6 as in igloo

12:18 am

not an L

12:19 am

ca8, if not already called

12:20 am

phantom: camel

12:20 am

ja 4

12:20 am

phant camelia

12:20 am

/ameliorate

12:21 am

ME 6

12:22 am

alrighty, peeps...off to la la land for me...cya tmw ;)

12:22 am

* poof *

12:23 am

DE 6

12:23 am

good night Pini

12:24 am

halfway

12:28 am

How many ME 7s?

12:28 am

la 6 x 2

12:28 am

btw Grem, thanks for your clues for last grid, I would never have finished without them

12:28 am

yw

12:29 am

I gave up on that last grid.

12:29 am

jill same here

12:29 am

But also thanks for the effort, grem.

12:30 am

flosey -- I think we have our own Canadian groundhog -- Wiarton Willie.

12:30 am

just one me 7, right?

12:30 am

hi jilli, good icon, interesting how much we learn from animals

12:30 am

only have one so far

12:30 am

yes Jilli, we do - I should have included him

12:30 am

all i found grem was just cheicking

12:31 am

phant idiocy, dioecy

12:34 am

is codene a proper name?

12:34 am

or codiene as in the drug?

12:34 am

no, just misspelled

12:34 am

codeine

12:34 am

codein, codeine

12:34 am

codeina too

12:35 am

and co6 from that, heh

12:35 am

ty

12:35 am

you are so not welcome grem lol

12:37 am

da 6

12:37 am

my usual 66 i am out poof

12:38 am

bye mlf

12:46 am

hiya all

12:46 am

hi Ormal

12:48 am

how are you doing today?

12:49 am

fine, you?

12:50 am

doing quite well today.

12:53 am

cotile

12:54 am

looked good to me

12:54 am

is that sex for tiles?

12:54 am

yup

12:55 am

grem, do you have all of the 7's?

12:55 am

no, 5/7

12:56 am

i'm just missing one

12:57 am

I have ca8 and la8 - what is the 3rd 8?

12:57 am

ta 8

12:57 am

ta8

12:57 am

7's I have are ai ; al x 3; me; oa

12:57 am

ta8

12:57 am

TY grem

12:58 am

ty for oa7

12:58 am

last 7 must start with: C,D,L,M,N, or T

12:58 am

missing the same 7, vash

12:59 am

I only have me 7

There is a cl7/36.... Morning all!

12:59 am

oh it a cl7

12:59 am

ty

1:00 am

ty lorrie

yvw :)

1:04 am

ty lorrie

1:06 am

tale

1:06 am

oops

1:08 am

from dan2bit, 5h ago: Melanie labored for about 12 hours today, like a champion. But our daughter needs more dilation, so we have epidural drugs on board, and hope relaxing mama will bring button to us soon soon.

1:09 am

ty dc, please send all best wishes to them

1:10 am

done, flosey :)

1:10 am

my best wishes too, dc :)

1:10 am

done also, jilli :)

1:11 am

*takes epidural drugs in support of melanie*

1:11 am

LOL ruru

1:13 am

oh, i'm being considered for a job. So far, i know the company and that the job is in Bethesda, Maryland, and nothing else.

1:13 am

i'm hoping at NIH, as it's easy to get to.

1:13 am

YEAHHH DC.. way to go

1:13 am

Oh, best wishes to you too, dc!!!

1:13 am

i know they're processing it, but i don't know anything else.

1:13 am

*crosses fingers*

1:13 am

good luck dc

1:14 am

ty. it helps that i'm friends with a SR Partner for the firm. I hope it continues apace, whatever it may be

1:14 am

sending warmest wishes eastward...

1:14 am

Consulting firm, not law firm :)

1:14 am

thanks, yall :)

1:14 am

fireworks, clues in my profile

1:15 am

sounds great, dc!

1:15 am

congrats, grem

1:15 am

you can demean someone.. why can't you demeal someone as well

1:15 am

thanks once again grem

1:15 am

am i the only one that keeps trying calamine

1:15 am

and clematis

1:15 am

and congrats too!

1:15 am

nope not just you dc..

1:15 am

I tried it too dc

1:15 am

How many words today

1:15 am

saw the phant climatic

1:15 am

I just did, dc, lol!

1:16 am

207, gran

1:16 am

Thanks

1:16 am

207, gran

1:16 am

(late as usual)

1:16 am

was a little tough today

1:16 am

lovely picture, jilli

1:17 am

thanks, dc! the cows?

1:17 am

the phants that are killing me are calamity, idiotic, idiocy...

1:17 am

yes, the cows :)

1:17 am

you sure they are laying down jilli and not that it isn't just really tall grass?

1:17 am

i never did get the hang of milking

1:18 am

very funny, ruru

1:18 am

yep, they's alaying - look at the shoulders

1:18 am

it's much easier if the cow is used to it and doesn't try to kick you every time you touch her dc

1:18 am

indeed, ormal. happily, they were used to it

1:19 am

yes and you have to teat her nicely

1:19 am

of course ormal, you did get the ca8 by changing the last vowEl

1:19 am

ruru, they're lying down. Cows don't lay eggs.

1:19 am

LOL

1:19 am

the one I had to milk kept kicking over the bucket! darn beef cows

1:19 am

ruru= breast man...

1:19 am

perhaps?

1:19 am

oh yeah I sure did pav

1:20 am

don't worry about it Ormal... she is probably a happy meal now

1:20 am

ah, my aunt had jerseys - very easy. my great grandparents kept guernseys

1:20 am

perhaps in my pasta sauce I made to6...all day...

1:20 am

nah, she's still on the ranch ruru

1:21 am

I was pretty good at milking on my first try.. it is a weird experience though

1:23 am

my cat would probably do better at milking than I first did, cuz he still nurses (on a teddy bear) at 5 years old!

1:23 am

i should off to bed, as i'm picking someone up in Baltimore at 11, meet-up in Bmore at 13, then birthday party after that, and Sunday to the arboretum at 10

1:23 am

taken before weaned, it sounds ormal

1:23 am

have fun tomorrow dc!

1:24 am

have a great day dc

1:24 am

is the cat from Vermont?

1:24 am

hagd tomorrow DC.. I hope you get that job

1:24 am

no, he's from a friend who adopted a pregnant stray in Texas.

1:24 am

oh...

1:25 am

he's just goofy for no good reason :D

1:25 am

I should head to bed too..thanks a lot gremlin for the list... I will use it tomorrow.

1:25 am

goofy cat?

1:25 am

thanks, yall. Happy Babbling! G'night/day :D {poof}

1:26 am

gn and good luck with the job dc

1:26 am

g'night ru

1:26 am

Night dc and ruru, and yes, thanks gremlin -- missed your finish, sorry.

1:26 am

gn ruru

1:27 am

*le Poof*

1:34 am

60 to go but it's getting hard now

2:09 am

morning all

2:10 am

morning sprite

2:10 am

hey Ormal

2:12 am

hi sprite

2:12 am

nice icon. I had to stop my dogs from eating one of those a few days ago. They are really cute, but move slowly.

2:12 am

:D Ideal dog toys then... glad you could stop it though.

2:13 am

sprite -- flosey picked the groundhog too!

2:13 am

I loved your ocean :)

2:14 am

Me too, it was a young one, obviously unsure what to do when dogs attack. It tried standing still and faked biting.

2:14 am

I saw it! Lovely icon of groundhogs she had. I like yours too... did you see the lying cows are 'explained' in my profile text as well?

2:15 am

Oh gosh, I hadn't scrolled that far -- must enjoy it all now -- brb!

2:15 am

ok, must be off, my kids are calling me down for Mother's Day. One day early because hubby must teach tomorrow.

2:17 am

Wow -- very interesting, sprite!

2:18 am

Bye for now!

2:18 am

take care sprite. your profile is a really cool read today

2:19 am

Ormal, your ison is beautiful!

2:19 am

*icon

2:19 am

sorry, I'm tired!

2:21 am

ty, it's near a place we go camping sometimes in the mountains of northern Georgia.

2:22 am

I love the cows lying down btw. The kids and I always talked about that particular rain indicator. I never thought it would be to have a dry place to lay though. :D

2:22 am

No, but it makes sense!

2:23 am

It does!

2:29 am

Darn, I'm too tired for this -- haven't even got nbt. Still need the J and the lower Y.

2:29 am

Oh, found the lower Y.

2:30 am

I haven't gotten the j yet either.

2:31 am

ja 4/9

2:32 am

ah, monkeyed it! nbt :)

2:32 am

hi diz!

2:32 am

hey jilli!!

2:34 am

well, that took me long enough, even knowing it was ja4/9 didn't help me much.

2:36 am

and it's an acronym, I see >-[

2:37 am

well, I'm heading for bed -- goodnight all.

2:37 am

*poof*

2:37 am

nitey nite Jilli

2:39 am

gn jilli

I've entered Altoid about 5 times now.....I guess not really a word. lol

2:41 am

Oh I tried it, but I guess it's only a brand name.

At least it's not as bad as when I try to enter "Jedi" every time it's on the board.

2:42 am

lol, that's funny. I probably would try to enter it if I saw it.

2:47 am

I'm too tired to do this anymore, letters are blurring. THink I'll leave the last 14 for later, after sleep.

2:50 am

back

2:51 am

imnsho Jedi should be a valid word. just because.

2:52 am

Hello everyone

2:52 am

hi lynxxx

2:52 am

hi lyn

2:54 am

what a lot of vowels - guess this will be hard

2:54 am

how was your day, lyn?

hi guys

2:55 am

hey nikki :)

2:55 am

very easy! how was your week Sprite

2:55 am

hi Niks

oops its not nikki , i accidently opened her page LOL

2:55 am

lol hi sandy then

2:56 am

hi Sandy

2:56 am

ok one again, hi guys

2:56 am

had a lovely week with a friend staying over here. Lazing about, getting better every day!

2:56 am

wb, hi sandy

2:57 am

that is good to hear, Sprite

2:57 am

very good indeed

2:57 am

lyn, who do you support in the AFL

2:59 am

Truthfully, no-one. Husband is for St Kilda. My family was for Richmond but I know 'nothing' about them

3:01 am

Aaah, I am in a footy tipping comp - after 4 years I have won it once(800dollars) and placed the other years , so I am always interested- but I support whoever I tip!

3:01 am

Wow! I am impressed

3:02 am

I am too, Lyn, I never was interested until I got into the comp! LOL I know nothing too

3:03 am

tssk no catmen?

3:04 am

What's catmen Sprite?

3:04 am

either a cross between men and cat... or men who love cats.

3:04 am

manimals :)

3:05 am

no Latoya (Jackson) either

3:05 am

it is not fair, lyn

3:12 am

WOW Sprite, I just read your whole icon blurb - how interesting! In Australia, when you see black cockatoos flying it means rain - This morning a flock of them flew over so we shall see.

3:12 am

thanks :)

3:13 am

as far as halfway all is well, lyn... now for the hard half ;)

3:14 am

I am having a little trouble with the icons, I can't seem to get them off the internet but I am working on it(brain has obviously fallen out)

3:14 am

Just reached halfway myself

3:14 am

I have 31 LOL but have just started

3:16 am

if you google images, sandy, and click until you get the picture only: either copy the link into the 'fetch icon' part of the babble profile or rightclick and save the image on your hard disk, then browse to your saved copy and hit 'upload icon'.

3:16 am

Yay - found my first 'guy' combo

3:18 am

the greasy ones?

3:18 am

I used to do that but this new computer is not so helpful, but I am confident that I will get there

3:18 am

of course you will! Your dogs are sweet.

3:19 am

no, da6 - but TY for that one

3:19 am

and thank you for the other one

3:19 am

they are mother and daughter (Sydney and Jaffa)

3:19 am

very sweet! And fun, I bet. They look kinda naughty.

Hello

3:21 am

They are amazingly well trained and do lots of tricks. Generally good but have their naughty ways - Jaffa is very jealous and bites the cat if it gets too much attention

3:21 am

hi herin

3:21 am

hi Infernal

how are you all?

3:22 am

I am tired today, we had our big bonfire party last nite which was lots of fun and ate lots of seafood and other yummy stuff

3:23 am

hi lady

3:23 am

sounds good

3:24 am

how are you Herin?

grumpy pants at your service

3:24 am

*hugs the lady*

3:24 am

oh I found a Zorro word

3:25 am

why are your pants grumpy?

3:25 am

helpful guys too, lyn

3:26 am

TY

because

3:27 am

you must be studying too hard!

not putting up with sht too much any way I think i may just shhs and go and do this grid

3:29 am

it is a good one, lady, lots of words to have a hissyfit over.

fantastic.

3:31 am

:)

3:33 am

BBL

3:33 am

bfn lyn

3:34 am

seeya soon

you should see some of these houses that are very aweseom

3:35 am

are you watching a television show?

3:37 am

I love Grand Designs - some of those houses are amazing

3:37 am

fireworks

no looking at a very odd website

3:37 am

well done anike

3:37 am

fireflies. Last 4 letter C took ages... will i ever learn to spot that greeting?

Yah SPrite and ANike

3:38 am

can't believe you Sprite - amazing

3:39 am

TY. Congrats Sprite

3:39 am

this was a tough one for me. Lots of unusual words! But fun. Must be off, have fun all and enjoy the grid. Gratz anike.

3:40 am

good morning everyone:)

3:40 am

It did take a bit of thinking Sprite. I had to bob in and out so kept losing train of thought as well.

3:40 am

hi jean

3:41 am

Hi Jean. Does anyone need any clues b4 I go?

3:42 am

I have 65 so I need clues for the other 142

3:42 am

I will struggle on but thanks anyway ani

3:42 am

morning all - clue for the 9 please anike

3:42 am

Not enough time Sandy - family taking me out for dinner tonite.

3:43 am

good morning everybody! yay, a big grid for a change!

3:43 am

hello sandyloo

3:43 am

and anike

hi and nbt

3:44 am

hi joshua

3:44 am

are Lynxx and Herrin still in the game?

3:44 am

al9 - *** Baba + someone who is mad is de******

3:44 am

hi Ruby

3:44 am

the chat is very very slow here today

3:45 am

idem

3:45 am

lovely clue for al9 (and 7!). Thank you

3:45 am

thks anike - got the 7 and forgot to put then ending on

3:46 am

yes , thanks for that I would never have got it

3:46 am

YW

you to love a phone call at the start of a movie so you have no idea what is happening

3:48 am

diot is a local sausage!

3:49 am

Annoying, I agree herin but I always get calls at the end of a show so that I don't know the outcome

3:49 am

is it only me but i am finding this grid particularly dificult this morning

3:50 am

first 25 words were easy, lol!

That shts me too.

3:50 am

just happy to be sitting down. Just spent 2 hours preparing lunch!

3:51 am

ive got 94 but have dried up so i shall go and do some chores and come back laer

hehee. MIL told us that we have to be there at 1ish for lunch tomorrow I told himself have fun with that''

Ruby hugs

3:51 am

It is a little tricky Kaz. I got to 150 ok but then struggled. When it all gets too hard - Gremlin has a list in his profile.

3:51 am

see you later, kazzer

3:51 am

what is for lunch?

3:51 am

thanks anike

3:51 am

lol herin! we have a houseguest but the other lunch-guest couple wound up in hospital, so we have this massive leg of lamb to eat.

don't know don't care not going other more important things to do than listen to how wonderful his sister is

O ruby not good

3:53 am

marinated, boned leg of lamb (halaal) cooked on a spit, flageolets, boiled potatoes, gravy, yoghurt sauce, and a plum tart for desert (made from last year's frozen plums that I carefully crealned and froze) -- no idea if that will work or not

3:53 am

cleaned*** duh

I would come to your house Ruby

3:53 am

I've eliminated the appetizer since it's just the 3 of us

3:54 am

there is certainly enough food herin and you would definitely be welcome! Even for leftovers!

3:54 am

Sounds good ruby

3:54 am

I'm off if I can't be of any help. Time to have a shower and get ready.

3:55 am

and all the prep is done, just have to help husband get lamb on the spit...

3:55 am

any clue for an 8?

3:56 am

8's are ca, la and ta

cheers clue for the 9

3:56 am

thank you, anike, I'll put the monkeys to work

3:58 am

The ca is a bit tricky - fossil plant

3:59 am

Bye for now - happy babbling

3:59 am

got the l's, still working on the others

3:59 am

nice grid, so far

3:59 am

with, of course, all this help from the chog~!!!!

4:02 am

ruby, that sounds great

4:02 am

I have to go feed and rug the horses now bbl

4:03 am

yes, surprisingly easy when I do enough in advance. It's the cleanup that is hard!

4:03 am

I think I'd like to rug (and hug) the horses!

4:04 am

I would also like to curry them, but would have to stand on a ladder as I am short

AL 9 clue please

4:07 am

al + al* baba * not women + cons, then past tense

4:07 am

not as good as original clue, but I hope you get it

cheers

4:07 am

if I doesn't work, I'll try again

4:08 am

and then there is al9 and 8 from the same word

thanks I got it

4:09 am

speaking of being short, did you find mi6/30?

not yet

4:12 am

stumbled across the ca8 - ca*****y Jane, except put a vowel where the y is

4:14 am

ty gortmold and good morning

4:15 am

also an annoying small insect

4:15 am

hey ruby

4:15 am

I don't know if they exist in Australia

4:15 am

ca8s? never heard of them

4:16 am

no no, I was refering back to the mi5 and 6 clues

4:17 am

I could find that ca although anike said it was a fossil -- too hard for me!

4:17 am

couldn't*

4:17 am

also can't type

4:18 am

ahhh, yes, we do have sorghum mi5s. I have a mate who did his phD in developing plants with natural resistance - very smart

4:18 am

good work, that!

4:19 am

i thought so too, ruby, as it was going to really help 3rd world countries grow pest-resistant crops...

4:20 am

the French are so stupid, they won't allow GM seeds but, naturally, killed off everything with their over-use of pesticides!

4:20 am

but he got so jaded with it all and the fact that all this fussy detailed work would end up lost in academia...

4:20 am

that he borrowed my husband's cannon (yes, we own a working cannon) and blew up his thesis papers with it

Ca8 clue as I seemed to have fallen asleep

4:21 am

ca*****y (replace y with e) Jane - the accident-prone cowgirl of some old western movie

4:21 am

ca****** but change the last letter

4:22 am

did they show the series Deadwood in Australia? It's my all-time favorite TV show and they only showed 2 out of 3 seasons in France

4:22 am

Jane was in it

4:22 am

don't think so ruby

Actually Gort Not true

4:23 am

what's not true?

. A popular belief is that she instead acquired it as a result of her warnings to men that to offend her was to "court calamity". She didn't take menfolk crap and to pee her off usually resulted being on the recieving end of a gun

4:24 am

ahh, i sit corrected, i know squat about her, other than her name and just assumed

4:24 am

I could take lessons!!

4:24 am

I tend to take crap until I don't.....

Well actually I take that back that indeed that was another theory but I prefer the idea of her being a hard ass

4:25 am

Deadwood was on cable here. Good series

4:25 am

me too! and on Deadwood, althoughshe loved Wil Bill, she was very much

4:25 am

all 3 seasons, Lynxx??

4:26 am

very butch*

4:26 am

Think so Ruby

She is one of my very fav Wild West Character.

Lynxx have all three seasons here

4:27 am

you are so lucky! My son said that the 3rd season was wonderful, too

4:27 am

is it a western?

4:27 am

the role was played by Robin Weigert {sp?]

4:28 am

yes, but not sanitized and very interesting. I don't normally like westerns

There was meant to be 4 but the cash flow stopped

4:29 am

people wore the same clothes episode in and out and got dirty, torn up, muddy, sick

4:29 am

Down and dirty Western Gort. Not santized at all, you have never heard such language

4:30 am

what's interesting was that there was a Wild Bill Hickok movie starring, I think, Jeff Bridges and the blonde who played opposite Al Pacino in Sea of Love

4:30 am

or seen such graphic scenes of medical and sexual procedures!

4:30 am

Good morning Lynxxx:)

4:30 am

hello Jean

4:30 am

Ellen Barkin! I love Ellen Barkin

4:30 am

can it be worse than what Sean Micallef gets away with on TAYG on Sun nights when he calmly (and hilariously) addresses his tv audience as mo-fos and gets away with it?

4:31 am

hi Jean!

4:31 am

you are kidding. The French idea of funny is to put a hairy guy with a moustache into a dress!

4:31 am

oh yes Gort

4:32 am

lol ruby

4:32 am

although moustaches are inherently funny

4:33 am

so what's the appeal of deadwood?

4:33 am

that's true but that kind of vulgarity is worse, to me, than the stuff on Deadwood or your comedian mo-fo ing the audience! Must go make aparitifs for husband and guest than will be back....

4:34 am

great sotry, interesting characters, beautiful written and acted. Ian Mcshane is the star

4:34 am

aperitifs* my typing is from sh**

4:34 am

story*

4:34 am

lol

4:34 am

i'll keep a blind eye out for it then and turn a deaf ear :)

4:35 am

it looked real

4:35 am

what looked real? the sh**?

4:35 am

no, you'lllove it, once you get past the language and their throwing bodies to the Chinaman's pigs, clthes and all!

4:35 am

clothes*

4:36 am

it sounds awesome ruby, once you've got a chinese oinker, you're onto a winnner :)

4:36 am

and I think there was a lot of truth to the way the old settlements worked - with Chinese and opium dens and prostiutes, confidence men, gambling, etc

4:37 am

so its like a docudrama?

4:37 am

I am so sick of westerns where all the shirts are clean and pressed and the unpaced streets are barely dusty!

4:38 am

no, just a VERY realistic drama

4:38 am

must away for now, hope to bbl, happy babbling everyone:)

4:38 am

unpaved* streets

4:38 am

bye Jean

opps once again distracted. http://www.missilebases.com/ I want

Hi everyone. Just come on. Biggish grid today!

4:53 am

hi Sally. biggish and hardish

4:54 am

ehlloo, I'm back. Made aperitifs for the boys, lamb is on the spit, tart is in the over, potatoes cooking and I can rest for another 1/2 hour!

Oh :-( Immediately see the phantom, calamity. Appropriate, then?

4:54 am

how are you, Sally?

4:54 am

but change the last letter and you'll have the ca8!

I'm fine. just wishing it was a bit warmer outside to make me enthusiastic about gardening.

4:55 am

it is cold here, too, but at least the rain stopped

Oh, so I do! ty ruby

4:56 am

for the like of me, I can't monkey the lonely j!

4:56 am

lfe* life* my hands are so cold, I can barely type!

It's ja 4/9

4:59 am

my monkeys just tried everything without success!!!!

ja + not from but **

5:00 am

aaaah, got it!!!! yay

5:00 am

now I'll use it in a sentence - lol

Well you could, when next at Geneva Airport!

5:01 am

morning all.....is there a list anywhere ?

ruby, I take it your visitor eventually turned up.

5:02 am

there's a list in my profile

5:02 am

I just looked it up, too funny

5:02 am

ty gremlinn

5:03 am

Yes, it was my fault; I misread his e-mail and saw the date of departure as the date of arrival. Mea culpa. He took a bus from Geneva.....

5:03 am

Hello everyone!

5:03 am

hi brookie!

5:03 am

Today's the Babbler's reunion in Baltimore... yeah!

5:03 am

Hi ruby, how are you?

5:03 am

TY Gremlinn - am sure I will need it tomorrow. Goodnight all. Hi/bye Brookie

Oh dear, were you in the dog house ruby?

Hi brookie

5:04 am

Hi and bye, lynxxx! Hi Sally! I hope you are well!

5:04 am

no, nobody got mad; the detente is holding for the moment....

5:04 am

bye gremlin

5:04 am

bye

That's good ruby. Better for everyone's blood pressure :-)

I'm fine brookie, just waiting for summer to start.

Babble is a good refuge from the election fall-out.

5:05 am

you think we'll have summer? it is so cold here!

5:05 am

feels like March, not May

5:05 am

What's the weather been like on your side of the pond?

At least we've had rain, everything is lovely and green.

5:06 am

Feels like late June here, not May.

There's such a cold wind brookie. Makes it not very enticing to be out.

5:06 am

Rain is good.

5:06 am

Wind is bad.

5:06 am

our friend is here from Florida and said it's really hot there after an extremely cold winter

Has he visited you in France before, and does he like it>

5:07 am

Didn't you also have an extremely cold winter where you are? I remember hearing something about that...

5:08 am

yes, he's been here 2 or 3 times before,; he's our old sailing buddy and built my husband's sailboat

Yes, very cold for UK, long periods of snow and ice when we (here in small village) just couldn't get out. Had to rig up night lights under the drinkers for the hens to keep the water from freezing :-)

5:09 am

The global warming has really done a number on our local weather conditions.

5:09 am

it's all topsy-turvy

5:13 am

I had better join them;as it is rude to sit down here talking with my friends and ignoring our guest (ane husband)! see you all later!

5:13 am

87 words so far!

bye for now ruby.

5:13 am

I'll troll the chog later, hoping for clues..... (hugs)

5:13 am

Talk with you later, ruby!

I only 47 so far, but only just started!

only *have*

5:14 am

I have 47 also. The ADD part of me will now check my email and return to Babble later. Have a great day!

5:14 am

it's a bit of a tough grid today

5:14 am

several strange words

But if you have the list, you presumably finished it without one?

5:15 am

I used morewords to get a few

bye brookie

5:15 am

Bye Sally!

5:16 am

(poof)

5:45 am

back for a couple of minutes and, hopefully, a couple of words@!

5:46 am

everything is cooking and I can't bear the conversation!

Why, is it all about boats?

5:49 am

yes, and the stock market and Obama and the sate of the world.... it's unbearable as I've heard it all before. It's like the joke: A couple has been married for 60 years and a reporter in interviewing them, ask, "To what do you attribute the longevity of your marriage". The man say that it's because he makes all the big decisions and his wife, the small ones. "Such as?" I decided whether or not we'll go to war, how we can deal with the energy crisis, what we can do about global warming, and she decides where we'll live, where the kids will go to school, what kind of car we'll drive. etc."

lol ruby!

5:49 am

Sorry, that was too long for the chog

not at all. Glad you are keeping yoiur sense of humour.

5:50 am

it's either that or blow your brains out!

5:50 am

And the sun is shining, even though it's still cold

5:52 am

ruby, in one ear and out of the other,just think soon your son will come and you will enjoy it alot

5:53 am

I hope so, yvo, but he, too, is a pedant just like his father and my current husband!

5:53 am

when the smart guys start expounding, I just disappear!

5:54 am

he and I only have fun (my son, that is) when we are alone together, usually when I go to \Austin and we go out for sushi and to the movies!

5:54 am

seems you just cant win ,keep your sense of humor ,that will keep you afloat till your mini trip

Does he get on with your husband?

5:54 am

yes, and, hopefully, sally and I can squeeze in a visit!!!

5:55 am

yes, even though they sort of talk past each other....

5:55 am

but Burt hates my DIL!

5:55 am

the good news is that, like a marmot, she sleeps most of the time

Hopefully, ruby.

5:56 am

I still don't know if my sister, the drama queen, is coming or if her son is meeting me for lunch....

5:57 am

he doesn't speak to her at all and should be in those "mumblecore" movies

Well, I'll try to fit in with your plans. If it doesn't work out, there will be another time.

5:58 am

yes, there certainly will be, especially when (if) things settle down here with B's health, especially

5:59 am

ruby you live in such beauty,ive been there mostly in Digne,itsjust awesome to get out of bed and enjoy beeing alive make the best and sit outside,and don listen to utter nonsense

6:00 am

you are so right, Yvo! Every day I'm alive in this place feels like a blessing!

ruby, did you look at the link I gave you the other day about public transport in London?

6:00 am

OK, lazy moi, back to the kitchen!

6:01 am

I'm a little bigt afraid of taking the Tube! More later! ((hugs))

6:01 am

take care ruby .whistle while you work .byeeee

brb

6:17 am

Good Morning

Hi Merk!

6:25 am

Do you happen to have a clue for the 9 please?

6:25 am

hi merk - past tense - gave food to

6:25 am

al 9

al 9/66, pt of the al 7/32, to do with food

6:26 am

hi Sally

6:26 am

That's a start ... thanks.

Hi JBV

6:30 am

Got it! Relief ... I always like that out of the way.

I always like to do the corners first - fewer choices of direction there. That gives me four black squares to encourage me!

6:34 am

great idea

6:34 am

does anyone have all the N's - i need one more have all 4s

sorry, jbf, only have two

!jbv, not jbf

6:36 am

ok :) - I usually get confused with our other babbler, jbp - when we're on together, it's funny

I have all the Ns now. There is a plural of the first one.

6:39 am

that was it! thanks, sally!

6:47 am

have to get going soon - Saturday is starting.... weight watchers meeting first (my support group), then my Chinese class, then a pre Mother's Day outing...

Sounds like a busy day. Have a good one.

6:49 am

thanks, Sally - good luck with the grid - i'll try to finish later

Findint it slow today. Still have 68 to find.

hi all

Hi TO

hi sally!

6:58 am

is there a list anywhere?

There is one in Gremlinn's profile. Don't think there is a lickety

6:58 am

I found my first 'ic' at the end. I hope there's more. I love those guys.

6:58 am

thank you

I have quite a few Merk.

6:59 am

You can tell it's challenging when there's not much chat, just lurking.

There's a lovely do 5/18 and do 6/33

7:00 am

How do I get to Gremlin's profile if they are offline

Go to the rankins, find the name and click on the profile, holly

7:01 am

And another one ... fun.

just what i was going to ask, Holly. i've been lurking hoping for clues

7:01 am

Thank you!

7:01 am

I haven't found those two yet.

lovely as in they use the ic?

Sorry, no, not using the ic. Just nice words.

7:03 am

Thankyou gremlin.I couldn`t have got to the last word without you.Please could someone clue me for to5,not the amphibian one.

ty.

7:03 am

to5 a cloth with a detailed design, often used in france

7:04 am

thanks hurshy.I`ll see what I can find.

ooh, just found a rash of tardy words!

morning Babblers :)

Macadam do you have to5 not yesterday or tomorrow?

ooh, I didn't have that one. ty

7:23 am

back -- kitchen is relatively clean and the fellows are taking naps

My fellow is just getting up :-)

7:25 am

hi all

hi jmc

7:26 am

I didn't drink any wine, so I'm not sleepy for a change

7:26 am

didn't know there were any n's, lol, will look for them now and the do6? hah

7:26 am

*poors ruby a glass of Virigina

7:27 am

ok, got2, I guess I didn't look before

7:27 am

Virginia's finest*

7:27 am

almost half!

7:28 am

wtg ruby

Just got my last 8. I must be very ta 8/45 :-)

7:31 am

for sure!

7:31 am

lol ty sally

:-)

7:33 am

ty-clues for the other 8's please

7:33 am

more coffee ne**ed brb

7:35 am

anyone have the stats for the J?

7:35 am

ca* ca****** but change the last letter

ca 8/50: another word for disaster but change the sometimes vowel to a real one

7:35 am

one j, ja + not from

7:36 am

ca8 jane

just trying to find the other 8.

7:37 am

how many wds today?

7:37 am

la8 the la6 past tense

7:37 am

like how ta* you are!

(it's buried in my list, and can't remember)

7:37 am

207 words

7:37 am

ty

oh, yes, that was it, thanks ruby.

Phantom idiot!

7:38 am

I need one more for half -- stuck!

7:38 am

who are you calling an idiot!!!!

7:38 am

mi6, maybe....lol

have 2 to find :-)

7:39 am

for firworks?

yup

7:40 am

la is like the ta, but fool around with the suffix

7:40 am

ty ruby

7:40 am

pls somebody give me a left-hand i or any o! Then I can take a nap

7:41 am

yw, jmc

7:41 am

I keep coming back to kaplans phantom

7:41 am

you should put at least an io4/4 of effort in ruby!

7:41 am

yay, I got an ot4!

7:41 am

tks for clues

7:41 am

;-)

7:41 am

got it, ty jmc

7:41 am

oi5 guys who deliver heating fuel

oa 7/32: you might eat for breakfast

7:42 am

oatmeal

7:42 am

sorry

An even better clue than mine :-)

7:42 am

no thanks lbetter I have eaten

7:42 am

ooh, thank you for all the clues, I'm at 107 yayay!!!

oc 4/5: whales

7:43 am

ty sally and lbetter

7:43 am

wtg ruby

My phantom idiot. I'm quite fond of it.

7:43 am

lol

7:43 am

I hope that includes me, kaplan!

sorry, ignore that clue. oc 4/5

od 4/6, like the ot

7:43 am

no, it works, just leave the r out of whale!

85 left...seems like a lot!

I am fond of all phantom idiots.

yes I know but it will confuse someone because actually it is a wood sorrel

7:44 am

I'm a phantom idion mi6!

7:44 am

can't even spell it :(

Did you ever ride on the do 6/33 as a child?

7:44 am

even small ones?

7:45 am

hmmm.....

7:46 am

the do6 must be English!!!

Donkeys??

Well if you get the do 5/18, meaning to avoid, just add another letter on.

Must be English- but duchess is du not do.

7:47 am

got it, ty sally

Do you have them in the USA under that name?

7:47 am

but shouldn't that have an apostrophe?

7:48 am

OMG, in the home stretch, only have 97 to go! hahahah fading out

84...

(Sigh)

7:48 am

Hello!

Not in English, that's the name. Can't give the other word that goes with them because too much of a clue.

7:48 am

Guten MOrgen, babblers. Anothr miserable day without lickety list. Does any one have the clues in their profile?\>

7:49 am

clue for the 9 plz

7:49 am

hello inge, this is a nice grid for the first 75 words!

Gremlinn does, Inge. And I have fireworks at last and must get on with my day.

7:49 am

is anyone's babble expert working?

7:49 am

Hello?

7:49 am

mine is

al 9/66 pt of al 7/32 to do with food

7:49 am

hi movieman al9, provided food for

7:50 am

sally is my babble expert!

rofl ruby. I wish!

hi, jeanniegee, and everone else.

Is ther ea lickety today?

7:51 am

another phantom: cala**** lotion

7:51 am

Hi, guernseygirl, and everyone else, too! ty!

7:51 am

hi girlie!

7:51 am

hi jeannie

Have just checked news. Still all talking, hee hee.

can anyone tell me what the babble-expert does?

Ruby, change one leter in the phantom you suggested

7:52 am

I have that, kaplan, that's why I starred it!

7:52 am

ruby - change the final consonant in that word

I don't use it gg because I have a Mac but it puts lickety and the grid on one page, and you can enter words into lickety and then transfer them into the grid

7:52 am

hello hootowl

7:52 am

morning (?) peoples

7:52 am

Hi, ruby!

7:52 am

almost 3PM here

7:53 am

no lickety - just gremlinn

9 AM. Time to get dressed.

7:53 am

time for a lie-down

7:53 am

good afternoon ruby :D

7:53 am

and the sun is out although it's still cold

7:54 am

I am not a gremlin...I am a word lover who likes puzzles who happens to be new...

ty, sally. i must get it. i'll never be a babble expert without all the help i can get

7:54 am

hello everyone

7:54 am

snow! go away.... :( hello

Must be off. thanks all for the chat. Any clues still needed?

7:54 am

hah! Yesterday 85, today we still haven't hit 65 at 7:35am

7:54 am

bye sally

jeannie, this is a dangerous game. you can become addicted very quticky

7:54 am

maybe if we all say it at once, it will warm up, phaeton

7:54 am

bye sally - hi new person jeannie

7:54 am

addicts? us?

7:55 am

too late! LOL!

quickly

7:55 am

i hope so...big fat flakes coming down...might accumulate :(

7:55 am

just because I do this game in storms does that make me an addict???

where are you, phaeton?

7:55 am

You should be here in the s. USA...very warm and muggy...and oily, too...

7:55 am

Northeast Michigan

7:55 am

I thought you were kidding phaeton, that's terrible!

7:56 am

jeannie where?

sunshine, rain, snow, hail - whatever the weather i can't resist it.

7:56 am

aaah, lake effect snow!

7:56 am

Mississipi- where Katrina hit

7:57 am

hello again everyone!

7:57 am

I put my tomatoes in too early, but aside from that, it is beautiful here

Katrina, then oil - you have been having a bad time

7:57 am

hi annie

7:57 am

have only put in flowers...they should survive

7:57 am

I'm in Memphis - where we got the refugees :D

7:57 am

oh, yeah...

very cold and wet here, but that's England in May for you

7:57 am

our friend from Florida is visiting; he grows clams in the Gulf

7:58 am

ruby, glad you finally found your friend

7:58 am

keeping his fingers crossed

7:58 am

Oooh ruby, you said a Word!!! Hi all.

7:58 am

it only took two days

7:58 am

I feel very bad for all the fishermen of the Gulf

7:58 am

and it was my fault for mis-reading his schedule

7:58 am

uh oh, is there a place to lie down in the pb?

7:58 am

Not good for them or us! Prices will skyrocket

7:59 am

*opens the futon for ruby*

7:59 am

ty annie

7:59 am

I'm sure there's a nice soft couch in there. With coffee, cookies, anything you want. Here's a bar of choc, too!

are you allowed to bring some chocolate with you when you come out ruby?

8:00 am

Skyrocket? Will there be any fishfood at all?

8:00 am

ty hydra, sounds better than home! and no husbands.....

8:00 am

Sheer bliss then.

8:00 am

I'd be reluctant to eat anything from the Gulf for a long time

8:00 am

hopefully, they can protect the bayous

8:01 am

I've never eaten a cl4/6 except tinned ones in a pasta sauce.

8:01 am

There will be fish just not from gulf.

8:01 am

if they replaced those 20,000 wells with 20,000 windmills, wouldn't things be better? And make the oil companies pay

8:01 am

oh lordy! Much, much better with fresh ones!

8:02 am

what about winkles, hydra?

8:02 am

LOL. Cockles, too! I've eaten them years ago at the seaside.

8:02 am

Windmills...hmmm...I wonder if anyone thought of that before...like the Dutch?

8:02 am

aren't winkles tiny?

8:02 am

I think the taste isn't so different, you just need more of them

8:02 am

Wish my wrinkles were!

8:03 am

my wrinkles just inked at your winkles!

8:03 am

winked, that is* duh

all i know about winkles is you eat them with a pin

8:03 am

ha ha!

8:03 am

mide

8:04 am

There are a lot of them in the Rockies but they have to be local I think. Most people object to them taking apart a mountain to put them up. Coast should be easier

8:04 am

put a vowel in front of that, Ouw

8:04 am

Or a balsa wood prong thingy. Like eating snails.

8:04 am

that's small

8:04 am

or bigorneaux [sp??]

8:04 am

ty annie

8:04 am

What are those, ruby?

8:05 am

phone

8:05 am

Just looked them up. French sea snails.

8:05 am

I almost understand that...

8:05 am

some kind of a land snail - tasty, but a little bit disgusting after a while....

8:06 am

I thought they were from the land, fat lot I know, just eat anything that holds still long enough

8:06 am

dam he moved the dictionary!

8:06 am

brb

8:06 am

Ooh! Just found a ta8,45 much to my surprise. And ruby, I was going by the photo on Google which showed a Frenchman standing by the sea with his hands full of them.

8:07 am

I once tried making snails from scratch -- big mistake! You have to purge them for a couple of days and they kept getting loose. I didn't eat snails for several years after

8:07 am

Maybe the pic was misleading and his snail farm was on the coast.

8:07 am

no no, I'm sure you're right, I just never asked

8:07 am

Halfway through. Off to do some work now. Byeeeeee *poof*

8:08 am

see you all later *poof* too

8:08 am

my mother used to make them, but being a lousy cook, they were always rubber! Used to just sop up sauce with Italian bread

8:08 am

hahah, hoot!

8:09 am

my dict is too old for new foods

8:09 am

clue please co 6 24 thanx

8:10 am

morning...is there a list?

8:10 am

don't have it sorry

8:10 am

gremlinn has one in his profile

8:10 am

thanks

8:11 am

Guess I'll keep searching. I'm not sure what I am not seeing. It's probably right in front of my face.

8:12 am

ok - I just put it in my profile. Easier to find me

8:12 am

hello...testing....

8:13 am

test what?

8:15 am

co6/24 = fish + 3 vowels

8:16 am

thanks Ouw

8:18 am

goodo - had to figure out which way to go! ty

8:20 am

hi all

8:20 am

hello boo

8:25 am

quiet group today

hello, called away by the doorbell, so had some lunch and back again now. can't work out the co6/24

8:26 am

GG - i JUST started - have exactly 5 words... can't help

8:26 am

co4/6 + author **n Fleming

8:26 am

but will look with you

oh yes, i've got it now, i was going in the wrong direction. thanks for responding kje

8:26 am

co6-----fish---Queen Victoria had a long r**gn---and a vowel

8:26 am

hello!

hi, une

8:26 am

Hi Une, How's things in Nashville?

8:27 am

hey, Annie -- cold front came thru last nite -- sunny and 50s -- gorgeous!

8:27 am

hey, GG :-)

8:28 am

neighbors having garage sale next door with really good stuff -- am NOT buying . . . don't need more stuff, don't need more stuff, don't need more stuff

8:28 am

nice une... comfy here currently

8:28 am

well, except for the durn fleas

8:28 am

knock on wood -- no fleas here yet . . .

8:29 am

hang tough une! look the other way!

fleas, kje?

8:30 am

:-D

8:30 am

yes, have seen fleas again... my upstairs "roommate" brings them in... he must go if I can figure out how to catch him

8:30 am

good morning all

can i ask what species your 'roommate' is?

8:31 am

Hi Une - finally got to 60 here. Now no excuse not to get rest of bushes cut and out!

8:31 am

rodent... racoon

morning, mr bob

8:31 am

hello mr bob

8:31 am

animal control should come get him kje

8:31 am

hey, mr bob

8:31 am

morning, hoot :-)

i would guess that racoons aren't welcome as house guests

8:32 am

I tried tolive peacably with him, but he insists in inviting friends and having wild parties... so he must go

8:32 am

LOL

8:32 am

tend to be clumsey and messy...like some relatives

what sort of music does he play

8:32 am

that's why a friend of mine stopped using her cat door -- raccoon guests in the night! LOL

8:32 am

some kind of chirping thing... I think it is the racoon versian of gregorian chants

lol

8:33 am

booorrrring

8:33 am

I have learned from him though... who knew that racoons chirp? this is not an animal noise they taught us in kindergarten

8:35 am

I believe that means it's female. Males are nasty

Hiya babblers!

8:35 am

they are all nasty... their cuteness hides a mean streak

maybe it's got lots of babies up there.

hi, beach

8:35 am

and they walk likel elephants... galump, galump, galump

8:36 am

no, they really do making a chirping noise... the adults... you can play recordings on the web, and that is what they sound like

what do they eat?

8:37 am

everything

so their only redeeming feature is that they're pretty

8:37 am

i have insane friends who feed their neighborhood raccoons dry dog food . . . and the raccoons wash it like all their food . . . jeez

8:38 am

and there are a lot of them in the woods behind the house... heard them going at each other one night several weeks ago, and looked out into the bacyyard, and there were 4-5 in the trees chasing each other... and doing other things

8:38 am

where is there a list

8:38 am

hahahah une... cute

gremlinn, boo

8:38 am

GG - I do not find them so pretty anymore... like a guy you think is cute until you getto know him, they have ruined our relationship

what a great description of the way you feel about them, kje

8:41 am

i've got it

8:41 am

got what?

what have you got?

8:41 am

I've got the list

8:41 am

LOL - OK

8:41 am

There is an interesting philosophy out there concerning Man vs. Nature. Nature, to man is nice as long as it does not intrude on Man's territory. Many people like wolf howling, 'cause it's cool, but as soon as wolves enter man's territory and start maiming and killing, they suddenly become the enemy. Remember, they were here first.

good for you Hootowl

8:42 am

me too, hoot! :-)

8:42 am

godthaab, that's what I keep telling people about the coyotes in Nashville

8:42 am

god - whatev

8:43 am

seemed easier than trying to find someone on the ranking list...

8:43 am

if there's no longer a natural habitat . . .

that's right, of course, godthaab, but it's easy to forget when things like fleas, rats and racoons impinge on us

8:43 am

must run -- BBL *poof*

8:43 am

you have coyotes? Or are you talking about the politicians? We've got those.

8:44 am

bye Une

8:45 am

Realy doesn't make any diff. Coons are opportunistic. If it's easier to steal dogfood why hunt?

8:45 am

garbage pails, gardens, bird feeders...

8:46 am

well, they are smart enough to know that my attic is warmer than the creek behind the house... they just see this as the warmest den they were lucky to find.... but the fact is that they carry diseases, as do their fleas, so they will have to build their own house

8:47 am

no argument - animal control

8:49 am

hahaha - just tried demale... bobbit style... doesn't work

8:51 am

think Dr De****o

8:51 am

the j is elding me - any clue?

8:51 am

ja---** and fro

8:51 am

have that one hoot... got that one fast, it is my field ; )

8:51 am

eluding

8:51 am

ok

8:52 am

ty annie!

8:52 am

youre welcome, kje...love your adventure with the neighbors upstairs

8:53 am

how are you annie? anything fun in NYC this weekend?

8:54 am

there is always something going on in NY but in my life it is quiet...going up to CT tomorrow to spend Mother's Day with Liz (daughter) and family.

8:54 am

aaawww, nice! training it?

8:55 am

training it???

8:55 am

Oh no, driving

8:55 am

driving or taking the train?

8:55 am

No, I am driving...got your query as I was typing my question. silly me.

8:56 am

no prob, not exactly proper english

8:56 am

but it was fun english

8:56 am

LOL

8:57 am

I just noticed....no RE to torture me

8:57 am

ok, I must be off... I need food, then must get over to the hospital to see my mom. She went to the OR yesterday, so she gets to spend mother's day in a hospital bed

8:57 am

but there is de-, annie... there is always a torturer ; )

8:57 am

bye - poof

8:58 am

Oh kje, sorry to hear that...what happened?

9:06 am

ok - 40 left and time to hit the stores. bbl and don't forget I've got a list in my profile. Have fun

9:22 am

do we know what happened to Lickety??

9:24 am

OR: does anyone know what's the matter with Lickety?

9:30 am

g'morning. I am taking that six minute silence as a "no" to Erda's question

9:31 am

good morning all -- just diving in :)

9:31 am

hi nan

9:31 am

(big grin) Yes, Dorens, so do I...

9:31 am

i fell asleep last night without finishing... stopped to do something else and forgot all about it.. so much easier with his list

9:32 am

Hi Erda and Nan

9:32 am

ok boobear. i'll say hi to you anyway

9:32 am

aide

9:32 am

oops soory

9:32 am

Yes, Dorens -- a big difference! Hi Boo

9:33 am

hi Dorens..

9:34 am

i find it much harder .. even with lists in babanon etc.. cause I can't line them up, so to check back and forth takes forever. when i have time it's okay, but when I don't, or it's a big monster grid, it;s another story

9:37 am

did hoot make a mistake in his list? I can't find the ca5/14

9:37 am

It's a plural of 4/6

9:37 am

plural

9:38 am

(hoot and I both copied gremlinn's list into our profiles)

9:38 am

morning une.... how is nashville?

9:38 am

Dorens -- I print the list. 5 columns (6 today) in MS Word...

9:38 am

and graduation? was fabuloso?

9:39 am

ty erda...my mistake

9:39 am

it was good, dorens -- but exhausting, and of course, while we were there, Nashville had the worst flood in history

9:39 am

oh. i have appleworks... not quite the same, but it would probably help to have it in print. thanks

9:40 am

ok, just dropped in for a sec . . . gone again *poof*

9:40 am

was your house okay? your mother? I can imagine it put a bit of a damper on the celebration, but still

9:41 am

looks horrible in Tenn and Kentucky

9:41 am

gm dorens and all

9:43 am

brb phone

9:43 am

hi Une and ruru and phaeton

9:43 am

gm boo

9:44 am

( ok. back in for another sec) all my family is fine but estimate of residential and commercial damage here is creeping toward $2 billion)

9:44 am

need coffee.. brb

9:45 am

I fear it will be much bigger than that..

9:45 am

ok . . . really poofing :-) *poof*

9:45 am

has Fema started to help yet?

9:46 am

bring a vat back with you, ruru

9:56 am

ugh.. nothing really?

9:56 am

why does it take them so long to respond

9:57 am

hej

9:57 am

hej?

9:57 am

... and Fireworks!

9:58 am

hello in danihs, i was tired of hola

9:58 am

yayayay merk

9:58 am

danish

9:58 am

danihs?

9:58 am

ha! beat you to it

9:58 am

hej is hello in Danish?

9:59 am

yes

9:59 am

unless my memroy is bad

9:59 am

but pretty sure that is how it is spelled, it is pronounced hi

10:00 am

heg and farewell, and thank you. See you in the morning perhaps, if there's time on Mother's Day and a houseful of people.

10:00 am

(goes with the bad memory)

10:00 am

I mean hej

10:00 am

Can anyone clue the ca8 please

10:01 am

my state + vowell + a small insect

10:01 am

Ca*****y Jane w/seconf vowel ending

10:02 am

seecnd...

10:02 am

second...whew

10:04 am

Thanks you everyone ... great clues ;o0

10:05 am

are these grids getting tougher? -- either that or my mental acuity is diminishing :(

10:05 am

some of the A's have me stumped

10:05 am

how many words today?

10:05 am

207

10:05 am

thanks

10:09 am

oldest person to ever live (in recorded documented history) is in the grid...

10:10 am

the y's have me stumped

10:10 am

they are fish nan.. babblets

10:10 am

ye4 - jewsih woman

10:10 am

got the top one

10:11 am

is everyones clues from Thursday or is there anywhere else to get them?

10:11 am

and yo4 + part of dentists initials

10:11 am

ye4 is the abom snowman

10:11 am

phantom idiot

10:11 am

oh wait, not a phantom - you are right, snowman

10:11 am

ty kje

I was the phantom idiot a couple of hours ago.

10:12 am

phantom condiment

10:12 am

yente is jewish.

10:12 am

yes... i was wrong... is that not enough ru! ; )

10:12 am

gives kje some Matzah

10:13 am

(no)

I hate it when there is no lickety. I have 75 left and slowing way down

10:14 am

from bottom a: ac x2, as x2 -- missing?

10:14 am

ok, must run again.. bbiab

10:14 am

or bbialb

10:14 am

Finished

10:14 am

wwsyl

10:15 am

congrats, muddd

10:15 am

lol

10:15 am

ty, see you in the grid tomorrow

10:16 am

from bottom a: ac x2, as x2 -- missing?

10:16 am

another as.. but I can't find it

10:17 am

as 5/14

10:17 am

anyone have the stats for the j?

10:18 am

ja 4 babblet

10:19 am

as + short cartoon detective Tracy

10:20 am

thank you nan

10:20 am

yw

10:21 am

100 down -- that was more of a struggle than usual

jaca

OOPS- looking for the babblet

Looking for love in all the wrong places!

10:22 am

count the points, kaplan

how many points does it have?

10:23 am

ja 4/9

thank you

there's a brand of milk for people who are lactose intolerant but alas it is not a word

10:25 am

I guess malaca has two c's?

10:26 am

i can't spell so i can't say

10:27 am

anyone know wha tthe 9 is?

10:27 am

kje love your icon ..so pleasing .. eye candy

which 9?

10:28 am

only that it does not build off the 8s

10:28 am

there is a 9 in the grid kaplan

10:28 am

Hi.Just popped back. the 9 is al9,66 and it's connected with food.past tense of the word before it.

10:28 am

only have 2 of the 8's: ca and la

10:28 am

al9/66

Al9- when someone is doing what they love, they are in their ele****, cange the vowels to v

first letter and add past tense

change the vowels to first letter, not v. That was a typo

10:29 am

Th third 8 is a ta8,45

Has to do with digesting

ta5/45 is what we all are.

I can be more specific if you like.

10:30 am

okay love you bye bye *waves*

10:31 am

ty -- still working on the ele clue

10:31 am

*throws a quick water balloon at kje and runs out of the chog*

10:31 am

*poof*

10:33 am

cyber, part of our digestive system is called the al-------y canal.

10:33 am

ty -- got the ta 6-8 combo

10:34 am

got it -- ty hydra

10:35 am

8's and 9's done

10:38 am

can i get a second clue for that al 9 please?

10:38 am

i have the al 7

10:39 am

al 9: boxer, Mohammed + old boys + Mr. Kennedy

10:39 am

past tense of al 7

10:39 am

ty;0

10:40 am

ty -- for the fb tip, crossy -- have taken myself out

10:41 am

your welcome cybernan,now do not click on any link or shortcut for it for 14 days,or it will burrow back in

10:41 am

after that you are fine

10:41 am

where is there a list

10:41 am

Hi all. Has anyone posted the stats for today?

10:41 am

yes -- took all the links off my desktop and will block sender if I get any mail passed along

10:42 am

probably gremmlin, Beth

10:42 am

more than likely lol

10:42 am

Thx Nan

10:43 am

for others who may be having issues with FB i have a link with a proper uninstall in my profile

10:44 am

haven't been able to convince the grandkids to remove it though --- they spend half their free time passing apps around between friends.

10:44 am

well they are kids,they can start their life again at 18 lol

10:45 am

though i forbid my kid fb and twitter

How old is yr kid?

10:46 am

16

10:47 am

he can get a tat a mowhawk haircut and fb when he is 19 and has his own place and computer lol

10:47 am

wtg crossy -- still have 88 here and thinking of seeing if gremm has posted a list

67 left- doesn't work for me without lickety tho.

Crossey - is that a coyote?

10:50 am

are there any as clues

acid

acids

10:51 am

no helen it is a wolf,but the original pic was large and when you thumbnail a large pic things can get squeezed

10:51 am

as 4/5 babblet

10:51 am

as 5/12: tie worn to the races?

10:52 am

as 5/14: as + comic strip detective Tracy

And such a light coat, too.

10:59 am

hello all, how many words are there today??

11:00 am

anyone have the do 6/33?

11:00 am

nm

11:01 am

good afternoon everyone

11:01 am

I should ask for the do 6/24 and find that one right away too

11:01 am

Diann 207 words

11:01 am

hiya mom

11:01 am

Hi ruru

11:05 am

ruru still looking for do 6/24?

11:05 am

yes...

11:05 am

trade you for the do 6/33

11:05 am

sure

11:05 am

yours is opposite of wild.

11:06 am

Jmitch, the do are those cars ride at Coney Island where you crash into one another

11:06 am

begins with the same three first letters as previous word and ends with a precious stone

11:06 am

clue for the al 6-7-7 (assuming it is a combo)?

11:06 am

oh jeez.. how did I miss that?

11:07 am

thanks jm

11:07 am

t/y both....grumbling off "can't believe THATS a word"

11:07 am

Hi Nan, sorry I don't have any of those

11:07 am

have no idea what the go cars at coney is. are called

11:08 am

me neither nan.. I can't find them

11:09 am

do ... American car do 5/18, or do*** ball

11:09 am

with a consonant on the end of it

11:09 am

do you have the al 6-7-7, ruru?

11:09 am

ty mom

11:09 am

no.. I don't ..

11:10 am

you're welcome Nan, glad you got it from that awful clue

11:10 am

that gives us the do 5, but the 6/33?

11:10 am

let you *onkey finish it for you :)

11:11 am

add a consonant nan

11:12 am

ty ruru

11:15 am

Hi Mom

11:15 am

Nan what are the point values for the al 6-7-7 that you are looking for?

11:15 am

Hi Boo

11:16 am

al 7/36

11:18 am

al + "very old" ending and plural for the al 6-7

11:18 am

ec5?

11:19 am

2nd al 7/36 begins the same as the plural but ends with a date in march

11:19 am

I am giving up for the time being. I am beating a dead horse here. Be back later. {{Hugs}}

11:19 am

very old?

11:20 am

yes as in older than God

11:20 am

think of the study of artifacts from ancient time -- ending sounds the same

11:21 am

not the study of -- the the adjective for (sorry)

11:21 am

I give up and am going to the casino...have fun everyone!

11:22 am

lost.. lost..

11:23 am

al + Moslem leader + second vowel

11:25 am

OR: you use t*** after a bath + first *** + second vowel

11:28 am

ty erda

11:28 am

but is that first or second?

11:28 am

I just don't get it.. I must be really slow

11:28 am

second -- and YW

11:29 am

It's as bad a word as I ever found here

11:29 am

got one now

11:29 am

can i have a fresh clue for this word,i just got back in the middle of it and my brain hurts

11:29 am

but it's recognisable! What's a horrant?

11:30 am

huh?

11:30 am

got the others.. thank you nan and erda

11:30 am

one of yesterdays words

11:30 am

now I get your clue nan

11:30 am

yw

11:30 am

the ancient artifact one?

11:31 am

still working on the other 2

11:31 am

what other 2 hoot?

11:31 am

i can see this grid is going to be a pain

11:32 am

al sounds like old and ancient

11:32 am

the 6 & other 7

11:32 am

that law was ar****

11:33 am

ty ruru

11:33 am

there is a 6-7 combo and an indepentdent 7

11:33 am

oh it's independant! ok

11:33 am

al + ar*h*** (very old)

11:34 am

and plural for the 7

11:34 am

gotem!

11:34 am

ty

11:34 am

tyh ruru for putting me out of my misery lol

11:36 am

I need a break.. bbl.

11:39 am

bye ruru

11:43 am

whew -- a's done :)

11:44 am

yaa for cybernan!

11:50 am

cl 7, please

11:51 am

don't have it - sorry. Pick something I can help with. :D

11:51 am

lol, hoot

11:51 am

the grid in lickety split is from 2 days ago--i can't figure out how to get today's--any suggestions?

11:51 am

gremlinn posted a list on his profile, angel

11:52 am

It was never posted, angel

11:52 am

i have in my profile

11:52 am

great-thx!!

cl7- if the weather is clement we can have a picnic

11:54 am

lol -- great clue kap -- will serve you a hot chocolate in the pb

11:54 am

Nan: ...dwelt a miner, fortyniner, and his daughter *******ine

11:54 am

good clue erda

11:54 am

the other is what a lawyer works with

Oh- PB for me- I got distracted and wrote the words out!

oFF TO THE PB

11:55 am

tsk tsk Kaplan

11:57 am

I just turned around & looked at TV and it asked "if I flip"

my neighbor distracted me.

the stats show that I have 96 out of 117 4 letter words. Can I come out of the PB now?

12:01 pm

0k - 9 left and time for BF to arrive. BBL to finish. Good luck everyone.

12:03 pm

co 6, please?

12:05 pm

nm -- monkeyed it

12:05 pm

c's done

12:29 pm

Today's stats are on BabAnon and in my profile for anyone who wants them.

12:32 pm

28 to go -- need a break - back after some gardening.

12:32 pm

ty jacula

12:43 pm

whew! fireworks

congrats flosey

Thanks much, Jacula, and to gremlinn, too, who got me started last night, when I went quite dry with only 76 words!

Kaplan, i left to get my supper ages ago and now i'm back and you're still in the pb. why has nobody let you out?

1:40 pm

are there an clues for the y

abominable snowman

1:42 pm

does yogi count

afraid not

1:43 pm

Oooh. People. I thought i was on my own. Hi GG and Boo, and Kap, if your still behind bars...

hi soodlebum, how are you feeling now?

1:43 pm

hi Soodle

1:44 pm

Still a bit numb, GG. I was cleaning up after dinner tonight, and put the scraps into his bowl. it will take time, I guess.

by the way, Boo. yo4/7 rhymes with 'odds'

when my cat died, the first thing i did was remove his bowl. it is such a sad reminder.

1:45 pm

ty

1:45 pm

I just cant bring myself to do that yet, GG. His bed and bowls are still in the Utility room. Maybe tomorrow.

yes, just see how you feel

1:47 pm

TY. :)

1:54 pm

still no lickety?

1:54 pm

hello all

1:54 pm

stats in babanon

1:54 pm

Hi Peri and Wildcat.

1:54 pm

ty

1:54 pm

hi hi

1:54 pm

hey Soodle, how are you doing today?

1:54 pm

sounds like you recently lost a friend soodle ... so sorry

1:56 pm

Hey - thanks guys. Yes Wildcat - My Rothweiller had to be put to sleep on Thursday. Its difficult, but, we will get there. Thanks again

1:56 pm

they're never really gone, even when they leave us. enjoy your memories soodle

1:57 pm

your sweet doggie is at Rainbow Bridge with all of our pets who are no longer with us. Rinbow Bridge is a lovely poem actually

1:57 pm

help with the 8's and 9 pls

where can i find that poem peri?

1:57 pm

Will do,Wildcat. He was more than a friend - he was a family member. But we have the happiest of memories of him. I will stop talking about him now - cant see the grid for tears.

1:58 pm

just google Rainbow Bridge it should come up

ty

1:58 pm

I understand. I've lost 3 "family members" over this past year

1:58 pm

The 9 is AL 9/66. To do with the digestive system, GG

1:59 pm

got the al9 ty

1:59 pm

oh dear, wildcat, that must have been tough

1:59 pm

very

2:00 pm

does anyone else have a list but gremlin

2:00 pm

babanon

2:00 pm

and jacula I think

2:00 pm

i do -- in my profile

2:00 pm

help with any of the 8's pls

2:00 pm

whoopeee -- so exicited! --- We just booked a Yangtze river cruise for this summer :)

2:00 pm

hey Une

2:01 pm

hey peri :-)

2:01 pm

how fabulous, nan!!

2:01 pm

la8 pt of la6/21

2:01 pm

nic, nan

2:01 pm

Une, who is that in your incon

2:01 pm

"bemoaned"

2:01 pm

nice, even

2:02 pm

my daughter who graduated last weekend

2:02 pm

second master's degree :-)

2:02 pm

nice picture, you must be very proud

2:02 pm

very!!!

2:02 pm

ca 8: type of lily + tiny little dust bug

2:02 pm

congratulations to the both of you une! what's her degree in?

2:02 pm

got the la8, ty

2:03 pm

Library Science and Information Systems

2:03 pm

Univ. of Michigan has hired her as "Librarian for French Studies"

2:03 pm

nice

2:03 pm

yep :-)

2:03 pm

good for her -- pass on our congrats, une

2:03 pm

wow, wonderful new, Une

2:03 pm

thanks, nan :-)

2:04 pm

and peri :-)

2:04 pm

got the ca8, ty nan

2:04 pm

help with top y pls

2:05 pm

abominable snowman

2:05 pm

and yo4 that rhymes with the co4 fish

2:06 pm

sheesh, ty, Une

2:06 pm

yw :-)

2:14 pm

last me 5/14?

2:16 pm

nm -- monkeyed it

2:16 pm

no lickety today?

2:21 pm

No Lickety, Pug. Tough going without it. : )

2:22 pm

last di 5, anyone? I've been at this for hours!

2:22 pm

Sorry JK, I only have 2 di 4's so far

don't know if it's the last one Jay, but one of them is soemthing to do with electricity

2:24 pm

yes!

2:25 pm

Thanks GG!

yw. it's one of the few i've managed to find for myself. i don't like this grid

2:27 pm

this is the grid from hell

2:28 pm

You said it GG. I am finding this very difficult.

2:30 pm

i'm 160 words into this and have not found any 8

2:30 pm

one is a ta

2:32 pm

that could expain it....i don't have any "ta" words.

2:32 pm

ta6 = skill, then pt it for the 8

2:33 pm

t/y shirl

2:33 pm

al6?

2:37 pm

the me/4 after the last me/6?

2:39 pm

Sorry Guys - I dont have either of them. But eagerly awaiting clues...

2:39 pm

good afternoon everyone!

2:40 pm

not using a list but possibly .... me + Mr. ** the talking horse

2:40 pm

?

2:40 pm

al6 i monkeyed

2:41 pm

al + 1st 2 letters of "the golden state" + 1st 2 letters of the "little picture next to my name" <----------

2:41 pm

thx, jm

2:42 pm

Yay. Thanks JM

2:42 pm

i'm impressed you understood that mess and really impressed that the little arrow worked!

2:43 pm

Excellent clue, JM.

2:44 pm

cl7?

2:45 pm

If the weather is bad, it could be called in*******

2:45 pm

thx sood, could have sworn i tried that

2:45 pm

Happens me all the time Shirl!

2:46 pm

clue for the third al 7

2:47 pm

same as previous al7 but change last two letters to alive or **ad

2:47 pm

AL + abb for the Golden State, and the date in March which terrifed Julius Ceasar

2:48 pm

al 7 = food (anagram of the ai 7)

2:48 pm

hi everyone

2:48 pm

Hi JBV

2:49 pm

just got back from our traditional Mother's Day Plant Fair - stocked up for the season, thanks to hubby and son, now they have to do the work of planting -

2:49 pm

while I sit here and Babble :)

2:49 pm

how sweet JBV

2:50 pm

I haven't bought any yet, still a chance of frost

2:50 pm

whoever thought Mother's Day should be one day a year was certainly not a mother

2:50 pm

2nd do6?

2:51 pm

My mom said to me ... I haven't got you a card (she is 74). I told her I didn't need a card, she treats me grand all year long

2:51 pm

is it a do 6/33 Shirlockc?

2:51 pm

Fairground attraction AKA Bumping cars. Dont know if you have them in the US.

2:52 pm

that's very nice- Mom. Happy Mother's Day to you, to her and to all moms here

2:52 pm

and to you, JBV

2:52 pm

yep, the do6/33

2:52 pm

and all the mom's out there

2:53 pm

Do*** City (as in the old wild west) plus a cons

2:53 pm

Shir, take the do 5/18 and let your *ind think of the last letter

2:53 pm

thx for the do clue -- should have been able to monkey that!

2:54 pm

:) glad you got it

2:56 pm

not getting the al 7 clue

2:58 pm

al + abbreviation for the golden gate state + the ****s of March

3:00 pm

Boo, get it?

3:01 pm

no not yet

3:02 pm

al + Govenor Arnold S. state abbreviation + I like to play h*** and seek

3:02 pm

al plus 'the **lm before the storm plus Br**** and Grooms

3:06 pm

Any luck Boo?

3:06 pm

I was wondering the same thing Soodle

3:07 pm

well ty here

3:07 pm

Hi Joanne

3:07 pm

hi mom

3:08 pm

Hey Joanne.

3:08 pm

Soodle, I want to tell you how sorry I am for your loss.

3:08 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help and to gremlinn for the list :)

3:08 pm

hi soodle, how are you to5??

3:08 pm

ec5?

3:09 pm

loss? soodle?

3:09 pm

thank you Mom. It has been a really difficult couple of days. Its still really hard to come to terms with, but, life goes on!

3:09 pm

ec + not early - last letter

3:09 pm

Nan, my darling Rothweiller of 12 years had to be put to sleep on Thursday.

3:10 pm

very sorry to hear that, soodle

3:10 pm

oh -- so sorry soodle -- hard decision to make

3:10 pm

ty cybernan

3:11 pm

oh very sorry to hear that soodle

3:11 pm

Not really, Nan. The vet said that there was no hope, and to leave him as he was would have been cruel. So, the decision wasn't hard - the saying good-bye was just terrible.

3:11 pm

5 letter words done.

3:12 pm

but you did the right thing soodle

3:12 pm

for the dog and not being selfish... it's a hard thing to do

3:12 pm

i commend u alot

3:13 pm

A no-brainer, Joanne, but when the time came, I just caved in. He was with us through thick and thin, and always, always, a faithful friend. He is sorely missed, and will be for quite a while.

3:13 pm

it's still sad for you.

3:13 pm

understandably

3:13 pm

well sounds like you gave him a wonderful life and companionship, soodle

3:13 pm

Shit. Cant see the grid for tears again. Be back in a while.

3:13 pm

aww sorry soodle

3:14 pm

that is easy to understand, soodle -- I still miss our cat and she disappeared 4 years ago.

3:14 pm

ok no more talk about it

3:16 pm

37 more and going backwards now

3:18 pm

I had to go answer the phone. I need to read back

3:19 pm

to pretty mom..poor soodle

3:19 pm

Oh, I didn't mean to make you cry Soodle {{{{{Hugs}}}}

3:19 pm

clue for al 7/32

3:20 pm

anagram of the ai7 boo

3:20 pm

ty mixi

3:20 pm

what does 9 start with please

3:21 pm

al Lbetterman

3:21 pm

al i think

3:21 pm

al 9/66

3:21 pm

tks

3:21 pm

al9 after the 7

3:21 pm

ahh past tense

3:21 pm

:-)

3:22 pm

al6,24?

3:23 pm

hello all

3:23 pm

sorry Mixi, I don't have it, but will help you look

3:23 pm

Hi Sadie

3:23 pm

hi mom

3:25 pm

al 6/24 - al + rhymes with synonym for ancient - ar***** (leave out the H)

3:26 pm

JBV, would you please dumb it down for me?

3:26 pm

me too

3:27 pm

al + abbreviation for Golden Gate state + first two letters of frozen water

3:27 pm

excellent JBV, thank you so much

3:28 pm

ty

3:28 pm

ty JBV

3:28 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

clue for the 9?

and if it involves an 8, I don't have any :-D

3:28 pm

ca6,24?

3:28 pm

oh Nan, I missed your finish. congratulations.

3:28 pm

ai7 anagram and past tense

3:29 pm

Yay Nan!! Woot woot woot

3:29 pm

wtg nans

3:29 pm

congrats

3:29 pm

whee, nan :.)

ty for the 9

3:29 pm

al 9: boxer mohammed + old boys + Mr. Kennedy

didn't know that was a verb

3:31 pm

may I have a clue for the J word please?

3:31 pm

ja 4/9 babblet -- use the points -- not too many options

ja4/9

3:31 pm

Ja4,9 Mom

rhymes with k*** Cailin of OJ Simpson fame

3:31 pm

thanks Nan, Jean and Mixi

3:32 pm

thanks all, got it

3:33 pm

ok -- off to research summer weather in China -- have no idea what to take clothing wise -- back at the flip :)

3:33 pm

clue for the other ci 4/5

3:33 pm

bye bye Nan thanks for the clues

3:33 pm

byee nans

3:33 pm

ci 4: italian good by or quote

3:34 pm

ci 4 everyone :)

3:34 pm

ty

3:35 pm

halfway for me. I am calling it quits.

3:35 pm

(at least until after supper)

3:35 pm

{{Hugs}} to all of you.

3:35 pm

bye Mom

3:36 pm

byee mom

3:36 pm

bye bye Boo

3:36 pm

Bye bye Mom

3:36 pm

bye bye Joanne

3:36 pm

hint for the ca 6/24 or the ai 6?

3:36 pm

{{{{{Soodle}}}}} bye bye

3:36 pm

help guys for the ai6

3:37 pm

one of ca6,24 is - i have a ca6,24 cat with three colors.

3:38 pm

ai 6 ai plus a group of males

3:38 pm

ai 6 is a group of opposite of women who give help

3:39 pm

174 and out for bit byeee

3:40 pm

ty all for the ai 6

3:41 pm

yw bichon

3:41 pm

I have ca8 & ta8 help pl with other one

3:43 pm

La 8/50, Betterman. To have mourned for something... PT of the 6/21

3:43 pm

la8 . . . past tense of la6/21 "bemoaned"

3:43 pm

tks

3:44 pm

got it

3:44 pm

yw . . . things dry your way, lbetterman?

3:45 pm

ca4/7

3:45 pm

many are flooded near river but I am fine. tks for asking

3:45 pm

glad you're ok . . . same here

3:47 pm

ta 8 please

3:48 pm

any hints for ja4/9 please?

3:48 pm

ca4/7 . . . ca + "*e* We Can!"

3:48 pm

a great singer is ta8

3:48 pm

ty ruru

3:49 pm

ja + "This IS Dedicated ** the One I love"

3:49 pm

tyvm!

3:49 pm

yw :-)

3:53 pm

to the oneeeeeeeee I Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

3:53 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2fyo5na

3:55 pm

Yay!! I love a sing-song. Go, Ruru, Go!

3:59 pm

http://tinyurl.com/d9lowl

4:02 pm

Hello BabbleRabble. Nice to see you again.

4:03 pm

You too, Soodlebum

4:07 pm

just had a look at the calendar. i joined Babble one year ago! Pretty smart move on my part, 365 days ago.

4:07 pm

helloooooo!

4:07 pm

Hiya Pippin

4:07 pm

ca 6/24 (the first one)

happy anniversary soodle, and hiya all

4:07 pm

Join Soodle's First Birthday Party!

4:07 pm

yay for soodle!

4:08 pm

is this a hard grid or a forgiving one?

4:08 pm

Tough, Pippin!

hard one -- getting stuck and not even halfway done! 8-(

4:08 pm

just came back from outlet shopping, scored a killer black viscose diane von furstenburg sheath dress for under $90

4:08 pm

There have been better - and no Lickety.

pippin, that sounds painful LOL

4:09 pm

anyone have teh ca 6/24?

4:09 pm

ouch, if it is lickety free i will keep away. very lickety dependent here

4:09 pm

Can someone clue the lower right hand e for nbt?

this is an interesting grid, but at this point -55 left--i would need Lickety.

i have an mi6, but no ca6

I'm with you pip.

ca6 is a past tense of a ca4

4:10 pm

Pippin - Try on The Dress again. That should take your mind off Babble.

4:10 pm

ca + deli meet: sa****

ed5, rhymes with designer dresses are very in st***

4:10 pm

meat

4:11 pm

thank you vm

4:11 pm

ty gwen

yw wht

4:12 pm

actually the dress will be amazing when i drop the 5# i got on my holiday with the fella - being taken out to eat every day is dangerous!

4:13 pm

Nothing like an incentive, Pippin....

I wish I could just drop 5 or 10- at this point in my life, it doesn't drop off, it holds on for dear life.

alsmot halfway, struggling to find one more word

(alsmot???)

which word, bdg?

4:14 pm

me7 to settle a dispute

4:15 pm

alsmot! a lovely word! let's add it to enable!

very funny kaplan

4:15 pm

ec5?

Huh? I was just asking which word. Did I miss something?

kaplan, yes LOL

ec 5 reminds me of a chocolate eclair, but it isn't'

OK what did I miss?

"almost halfway"

Too subtle for me.

Oh, OK. ANY word. This is not one of my smart days.

halfway point is 104 words, and i had 103 at the time, so almost halfway

4:18 pm

anyone have the ec 5?

My Smart Days are the first Tuesday and the third Wednesday of any month.

All the others are dumb days.

been hunting for ec5, no luck

4:19 pm

found it

ec + the rabbit in alice in wonderland I'm ***e, i'm ***e

4:19 pm

ec + see you ***er alligator

ec+ plus I leave early because I hate to be ***e for things.

Those were better clues.

oh goody, ty all, got the ec5

(adding to my collectino of silly words)

4:21 pm

and I... am....done..

You have fireworks or are just tired?

phantom: I D I O T

wtg ruru !!! %%% *** !!!

The Phantom Idiot has been remarked on all day- no getting rid of the phantom idiot. But I will leave later.

I might make Phantom Idiot my new name

and, phantom I D I O T I C

I am looking for 4-letter words I may have missed.

4:25 pm

Going to dinner now. 69 left ttfn

I only have 99 of them!

chow wht

i only have 83 four-letter words so far . . .

I just monkeyed a few.

I think that will be my goal- to get all the 4's.

Lowering my expectations.

ooh, just monkeyed an 8 (faints)

which 8?

ca8

There's no word for men who take LSD, but if it were it would be here.

That was an 8 I monkeyed too!

Or males who drink beer.

or guys who chase felines . . .

Or men who prefer long outer garments to short jackets. But we are being frivolous.

Keep doing it, we're bound do hit something.

hmmmmm

so, is there a list of clues on the babble anon site?

4:35 pm

got one in my profile

Without Lickety, I can't keep track- takes too much time.

just found the Bab anon one, thanks une

4:37 pm

no prob

Phantom catydid.

oooh found another woid

4:38 pm

Hi All - wow - big grid and just starting

4:38 pm

hey, mom :-)

Speaking of Woids, there was a "terlet" the other day, but Enable doesn't speak old Brooklynese.

4:38 pm

Hi Une - how are you - back home?

4:39 pm

too bad, i could use some lessons before i move!

4:39 pm

got home from Michigan Sunday . . . heading up to my mom's tomorrow -- yep, I be home :-)

4:39 pm

clue for the a in the lower left corner for nbt?

4:39 pm

hey pippin - how was the big weekend - last that is

4:40 pm

battery ac** and plural

if it's an as4 you are looking for, it's a computer term

4:40 pm

ty, kap

4:40 pm

hey, dawg :-)

4:41 pm

hiya Unea!!

I have 49 left but no list, and 16 4-letter words to go.

4:42 pm

you are GOOD Kap - can always find list on anonymous

4:42 pm

jacula is always there for us

4:42 pm

or in my profile

I like to line up the lickety list when I get to this point- but don't know how to do that with the other lists.

4:43 pm

kap, just click on my profile and grab the edges to adjust width . . . line 'er up

Word stats is a little bit helpful.

4:44 pm

its alot more work when you have to list yourself

Did I say I was lazy? I am.

4:44 pm

:-D

4:45 pm

no lazy just spoiled like I am with this game - lol

i copy the list and paste it into word processor. when i have all the words in one groups (say, all the AS-- words) i erase the whole group

4:46 pm

I just type them in - too much work I know

That's way too technical. but I can try it, I suppose.

4:46 pm

(i've done the same as gwen when only Babanon is available)

you can also just type them in when you find them, but the snag is that there might be a bunch of them (say, four different as5s) and you can't always be sure which one you found

4:48 pm

thanks - I will combine the approaches

that's the problem.

that's why i only erase a group after i have all the words in that group . . . sorta solves the snag

just "erased" all the AM-- words

4:50 pm

just got new computer with new word program - cant figure out how to delete - frustrating

Bah!

mom, you have Windows 7??

4:51 pm

mi5/18 please?

4:52 pm

nm!!

4:52 pm

if you highlite and right click, there is no delete choice - grrr

4:52 pm

firewords! gotta get ready for a friend's 75th bday party! byeee *poof*

wtg une !!! ~~~ !!!

4:52 pm

congrats une and have a great time

mom, try highlight, then hit the DELETE key on your keyboard

4:53 pm

dah - that worked - thanks gwen

woot!

I use Microsoft Excel to do the lists when Lickety isn't available. Put the list in one column, leave one blank and then the 3rd column I just type words as I find them. When I get all the words I can think of I use the alpahbetical sort feature then work on fitting them into the 2nd colum where they belong next to the list. When I get a group done I highlight it.

4:55 pm

wow luv - will think about that

that sounds like even more work than my system, luv 8-)

4:55 pm

lickety makes it OH so easy - we really are spoiled

lol I guess everyone has their own way

4:55 pm

why are there no clues for the past few days

yes lickety is a time and brain saver

ailament not a word? hmmmm

lickety split does the clues, he must be on vacation

4:56 pm

I dont know - maybe doctors appointments or more surgery - hope they are OK

4:56 pm

thank you

4:56 pm

nope - need to drop a vowel

i'll drop any vowel you say LOL

4:57 pm

always hated the u - but not in that word - shucks

4:58 pm

just picked my word of the day - its the en5 =- lolol

are we talking serious polyps??? LOL

well i have 65 to go, time to teak a broke BBL

5:03 pm

bye gwen - lucky you - I still have 85

hello all

5:11 pm

hi Temple Owl and all

hi lyn

5:12 pm

HI TO

hi mnh

5:14 pm

Hello, all!

5:14 pm

Did the list ever get posted?

5:14 pm

hi Jeannie, you are new - Welcome!

5:14 pm

no but you can get it on anonymous

5:15 pm

Thank you for the welcome!

5:15 pm

beautiful icon jean

5:15 pm

TY!

hello jean

5:16 pm

Hello TO

5:16 pm

as Min would say - welcome to the grid Jean

al 5-8-7- clue pls?

Most of those have to do with digestion

5:18 pm

wish I could help TO

first set before digestion word

5:20 pm

Thanks, Mom- had nose in grid

5:28 pm

I guess it's a reflection on me- I keep seeing "idiot" LOL

5:28 pm

howdy all!

5:28 pm

me too jean - tried that word many time - must be a psychological thing

5:28 pm

hi jmb

5:29 pm

hi jmb

5:29 pm

Doing better today Mom?

5:30 pm

I am still really struggling - but doing OK - keeping busy

5:31 pm

brb - checking supper

5:31 pm

hi everyone {{{Mom}}} I am sorry you are having such a struggle.

5:31 pm

Jeannie, welcome to Babble

5:31 pm

I think "catoid" (kitten) should be a word

5:32 pm

hi Mom!

5:32 pm

Hi Lynxxx

5:32 pm

uh oh two Moms .... Hi Mom & Momnd

5:33 pm

Hi Jmbdobie

5:33 pm

TY, Mom

hi mom

5:33 pm

Mom 1 and Mom 2 (like Dr. Suess, Thing 1 and Thing 2)

5:33 pm

Hi TO

5:33 pm

Mothers Day here so Happy Mothers Day to all Mums

5:34 pm

found al5- a+ not early

5:34 pm

Happy Mother's Day to you as well Lynxxx and thank you

5:34 pm

Hello Babblers! baby2bit came into the world today - I am spreading the joy around the internets.

5:34 pm

TO, did you get your estimate for your yard work?

5:34 pm

Hello Babblers! baby2bit came into the world today - I am spreading the joy around the internets.

5:34 pm

thanks all - ((hugs)) Mom - dont think the meds are working like they should - but my inner self is hanging in there - no cheating - that inner self is just pure stubbornness

5:34 pm

Hi Dan, congrats on Baby2bit. Boy or girl?

5:34 pm

Hi Dan - How wonderful - Congrats!!!!!

5:35 pm

Momn, what meds are you taking?

5:35 pm

Congrats, Dan- give us the stats

congrats, dan! we were tryin gto ge the news at the meetup today

5:35 pm

woohoo congrat to the Dan family and baby2bit

5:36 pm

congratulations dan!!!!!

5:36 pm

happy birthday to baby2bit

5:37 pm

taking Chantix - supposed to stop that nicotine crave - not working - still have strong craving but trying to change my schedule - not as many craving a day so I guess it is getting better - doing this for ME so will get through

5:38 pm

hang on mom ... you're doing a good thing for yourself

how is your slee[ with chantix?

5:38 pm

Girl - 7lbs 4oz born just before 8am eastern time in Arlington, VA after a very long labor. Sorry internet connection here at hospital is very flakey

5:38 pm

oh, just in time for dan's good news! Congratulations to you and Mrs. Dan and BABY!!!

woo hoo!

5:38 pm

Mom, I am quitting too- it gets better with time (I'll bet you are sick of hearing that) but at about two weeks the intense craving goes away

5:38 pm

hang on Momn, hopefully it will pass

5:39 pm

what hospital dan? My son was born in Arlington hospital (1984)

cl6 clue pls?

5:39 pm

cl6 customer

5:39 pm

cl6 nice weather

5:40 pm

oops- that's a 7

i have a cl 7 that mean mils, could apply to weather...

5:40 pm

TO, how was the meet today?

5:40 pm

TO , did you go to the babble meet up in Baltimore? who did I miss? (I was thinking of you)

i did. lil monkey , seain, cj, brookie, je/

5:41 pm

cl6 a customer of a lawyer

ty

5:42 pm

JBV - same hospital, now called Virginia Hospital Center

5:42 pm

only the best babies are born there, dan - you must be walking on air - love and hugs and kisses to all

5:43 pm

Yes, Dan, hugs to your new little girl!

ca 8 pls?

5:44 pm

ca 8 - looks like pink itch lotion, with a different consonant at the end

5:44 pm

extend the ca6 into a rock end

ty!

5:47 pm

got interrupted there - thanks for your support all - today is day 17 - the craving is just as strong but not as often so its winding down -

5:47 pm

happy 17th day Mom

5:47 pm

but the exciting news for the night is BABY 2bit

5:47 pm

and the family is still living. :-)

you can do it mom. do you tell yourself how awful it smells when you are around ir?

5:48 pm

yeah well - not much support there so lucky they are

5:48 pm

having trouble with the ca 6 +8 clues...help!

5:48 pm

That is the only thing TO that has come back - my sense of smell is acute - cant stand anything stinky

5:49 pm

your daughter and son will appreciate it

same here, that does NOT go away.

5:49 pm

Remember bad girl from the Westerns Ca****** Jane. Change the y to vowel

5:49 pm

had to put a strong yankee candle air freshener in my car

co5/14 pls?

5:50 pm

ty for 8- now 6?

5:50 pm

what Tony Randall and Jack Klugman did in the Odd Couple

5:50 pm

take the last two letters off Jeannie

is that clue for co5/14?

5:51 pm

yes, TO - sorry it's all I could come up with - also Romeo and Juliet, I suppose

ty

5:51 pm

has anyone heard whether dan2bit and his wife had the baby yet?

5:51 pm

TY Mom

5:52 pm

LIttlebit, Dan was just here, it is a girl

5:52 pm

yes, just heard, baby born this morning

5:52 pm

a girl!

5:52 pm

you're welcome Jeannie

5:52 pm

little girl...scroll down

scroll down 2bit!

5:52 pm

News under Littlebit

5:52 pm

thank you!!

5:53 pm

lil*monkey and the gang in baltimore will be happy to hear it!!

5:57 pm

How many words today, please?

5:57 pm

207

5:58 pm

ty

5:58 pm

207 Dalia, and hello

5:58 pm

207- anyone have clue for the y?

5:58 pm

Hi all

5:58 pm

nm

5:58 pm

Y + abbreviation for overdose + plural letter

6:00 pm

may I have a clue for either of the i words in the center, please?

6:01 pm

IL + to **ch their own

6:01 pm

id4.6

6:01 pm

thank you Car and Lynxxx

6:02 pm

I need clues for the upper corner Y and the J please?

6:02 pm

I second that ty!

6:02 pm

Y abominable snowman

6:02 pm

upper corner Y is the abdominable snowman

6:03 pm

ja4.9

6:03 pm

Fish slap for me! TY!

6:03 pm

j rhymes with the Green Hornets side kick

6:04 pm

TY!

6:04 pm

you're welcome Car.

6:05 pm

I am calling it quits. See everyone tomorrow. {{Hugs}} to all of you

6:06 pm

Bye Mom!

6:06 pm

bye Mom

6:06 pm

bye bye Car.

good night, mom!

6:06 pm

bye bye Lynxxx, enjoy your day

6:06 pm

pleasant dreams TO

something tells me these last wors will be liekpulling teeth

6:12 pm

missed my favorite word - Mah**** Ghandi - missing lots of words in fact

6:14 pm

anyone need a clue? I can stay for a while (I'm working on a document, but keep coming back to the chat)

6:14 pm

no thanks JBV, just gone to Grem's list

6:15 pm

yes, please-the al7/36-second one

6:17 pm

nm-just monkeyed it

do5/18 and do 6 pls?

6:18 pm

do 5/18 - a car or a game where you get hit with a ball,

6:18 pm

do 6 add a consonant to the end

6:18 pm

fireflies

6:18 pm

sorry about the al 7 scribe, couldn't think fast enough, glad you got it

6:18 pm

Congrats Wild!

6:19 pm

ty

ty, break time

6:20 pm

hello all, ai7 pls

6:20 pm

hello all, ai7 pls

Wouldn't tedia be a plural for tedium?

6:22 pm

I tried it

6:22 pm

ai 7 - illness

6:22 pm

hi peri

ai7 is a sickness peri

6:24 pm

ty Kap

ma 5/14 pls?

sorry, ma6

nm. bbl

ma6- ma +not early

I have 41 left but don't know what I'm missing because I'm without a list- however, I do know there are 10 more 4 letter words for me to find

use list in une's profile or babanon

They're hard for me to work from at this point.

Long discussion on this earlier- let's just say that at this point I would go into Lickety, which is clearer to lay out.

sometimes it's that way - bye !

6:31 pm

If you open a profile - Une or Grems - you can resize it and lay over chat - works for me quite well

6:31 pm

BBL

I'll try it- without enthusiasm

Too much work.

6:48 pm

yay my TV works, the cable was defective. my dear bro-in-law fixed it

6:48 pm

yay my TV works, the cable was defective. my dear bro-in-law fixed it

6:49 pm

Hooray for men who fix things!

6:49 pm

Hi everyone! Enjoyed the Babbler's reunion today in Baltimore!

6:50 pm

glad you had fun, Brookie

6:50 pm

hi Brookie

6:51 pm

Hi Peri, hi Lynxxx. Yes, the reunion was reinforcement that we Babblers are indeed real people, lest there be any doubt!

6:58 pm

mi5/14 pls?

6:59 pm

plural of the mi4.6 Mary

6:59 pm

Sorry, I don't have it, Mary.

6:59 pm

mi 5/14 is mi plus feline,but end with the snake letter

7:00 pm

Thanks for the clues, lynxxx and minver!

7:00 pm

yw

7:01 pm

ty Min

7:01 pm

yw

has anyone else noticed that the rankings page hasn't been updated in a few days?

7:04 pm

no

hi babble-loons

hi Jean

7:05 pm

hi Espritd

hya

any clues needed before I leave?

need defs for the 8s please

7:07 pm

la8.50 mourned

la 8/50 mourned for

erfect clue

7:07 pm

ta8.45 skilled

la 8/45 having an ability

7:08 pm

ca8 rock end on pink soothing lotion

7:09 pm

no la8/45

7:09 pm

Hoe many words are int his grid?

sorry, la 8/50

207 kipas

7:09 pm

thanks

7:11 pm

not liking this grid, 74 left, bbs

7:15 pm

Finished. Thankyou Gremlinn!!

7:15 pm

any clues wanted b4 I go?

7:16 pm

OK bye all

well, I didnt start it, so peri not liking it helps...

AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH THERE'S NO LICKETY'S LIST AAAAGGGHHHHH

7:28 pm

but there is a list in babanon and in gremlins profile and I think jacula

7:29 pm

jacula's profile also

7:29 pm

I have a list in my profile SamanthaJoy if you need it.

Thank you all. It helps lessen the pain. Are lickety and mrpresident all right? What's up with no updates since thursday?

7:38 pm

cllue for the 3rd me 6.27, plz?

me 6/27 plural of the me 5/16

7:42 pm

my me's are all screwed up. what i have in the list is not the same as what gremlin or jac have in their lists.

7:42 pm

lb you must be a genius and found extra words

me 5/16 is a para***** that works in an ambulance

7:45 pm

me's: me4.5, 5.14, 5.16, 6.27 x, 4.6, 5.14, 4.5, 5.14, 4.5 i know i'm missing an me.

me 6/21 add the last 2/3's of men's neck wear to the 1st me 4/5

7:48 pm

got it. and just found an me 7.36

7:59 pm

finito! finally! argh!

7:59 pm

hooray lb!

7:59 pm

Yay lbd!

7:59 pm

woo hoo lbd

8:00 pm

ty!

8:00 pm

need chocolate after all that fuss with the me's!

8:09 pm

finally past halway... to hades with the puzzle. i need to watcg tv reruns instead... more gratifying tonight

8:10 pm

grats to finishers and best luck to those still at it. 98 left for me and i can't type anymore (obviously)

8:11 pm

:) thanks dobie

help pls ec 5/12?

8:14 pm

ec 5/12: e + feline with a consonant after first letter

8:15 pm

ec + not early or on time, drop last letter

tyvm Min & Leslie thats Fireworks.

8:15 pm

huzzah sixty!

8:16 pm

Congratulations sixty7stang13 on fireworks! Hooray

Congrats to all who have finished & good luck to all still searching.

taking break from computer brain is mush... bbl.

8:18 pm

whooooo hooooo67!!!

8:32 pm

Hi all. I'm back.

8:33 pm

I am looking for a clue for one of the two al7/36. I have al + consonant+ assistant

8:33 pm

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:33 pm

I'm doing well. Got a good start then went to dinner. Back now.

8:36 pm

hello all! I took time this afternoon to take the younger stidkid shopping... now back and going to leisurely work on a couple lesson plans (after I babble a bit)

8:36 pm

al7.36, change the last to letters to Crime Scene

8:37 pm

hi wht, hi Stid!

8:37 pm

and Hi Min!

8:37 pm

ty lbd. Hi stid

8:39 pm

how are you-all today?

8:41 pm

oops. just found the PB word... *wander to PB, nibbling daintily on choclits*

8:43 pm

a's abolished. 51 to go.

8:43 pm

go wht go!

8:43 pm

down to 158 here

8:43 pm

is the J fishy?

8:44 pm

I don't think so.

8:44 pm

Hello lbdawger and stidmama.How are you guys doing

8:44 pm

Awesome wht!

8:44 pm

It is a ja4/9

8:45 pm

hey Min! ((hugs)) how are you?

8:45 pm

thanks wht *thinking*

8:45 pm

I am well, but allergies are kicking my butt right now.

8:45 pm

*kisses monkeys* got it!

8:46 pm

there. NBT and down to 139...

8:46 pm

The da4/5 is May 8, 2010. It is now ti4/5 for a story of clues. I de 4/6 it necessary to do a story of clues since there is no list.So if anyone ne5/12 clues, here they are. I was not too ta8/45 doing the grid today. I ai5/14 to finish puzzle with the ai 4/5 of my babble friends, but it just isn't going to happen. I only made a small de4/5 in the grid.I think that I suffer from an ai7/32 called "nobrainitis".I desperately ne4/5ed my monkeys help.But those monkeys tried to do5/18 my presence because they didn't want to help me. I had a me 4/5 down and started screaming at them. They li 4/5 & said that they couldn't find any words. Then they cl4/6 up because they had nothing to say.Then they high ta4/4ed it out of here.I wouldn't even pay a di4/5 to get monkeys back. I usally do 4/5 on them with bananas, but not today. They didn't give one io 4/4 about not getting bananas. Now I have ca 6/27 down.I don't give a do4/5 if I don't finish. It matters to me not one di 4/5! I believe I will remain ca4/6 by spending the rest of the night w/my ca6/24 cat and watching The Cl6/21.Wish that I could stay up la4/4 until the flip, but I am just too tired. ci 4/5 babblers!

8:46 pm

oh I am sorry about the allergies, Min -- you want to hear about my allergy this week?

8:47 pm

I think I am allergic to middle school kids... Every week when I walk into the junior high where I observe/help on Thursdays, I spend the first hour or two sniffling and coughing... and then I am fine! LOL I think I am allergic to half-awake adolescents.

8:47 pm

Sure, why not stidmama! Misery loves company and I am certainly MISERABLE!

8:48 pm

Min, you're an angel! thanks for the story-clues!

8:48 pm

Stiddy! yes, allergies to middle school kids is an occupational hazard!

8:48 pm

*grin* "nobrainitis indeed!*

8:48 pm

wonderful story Min!

8:49 pm

Thanks guys!

8:49 pm

something about mold and middle schools...high schools too!

8:51 pm

Is that what they mean when they say schools mold young minds?

8:51 pm

thanks for all those clues Min! down to 115 now~

8:51 pm

Great story Min.

8:51 pm

lol, wht. never thought of it that way!

8:51 pm

rofl,.. mold... *sigh* yes, it does seem to go with the gym socks.

8:56 pm

Thanks wht!

8:56 pm

c's conquered - 44 to go.

8:57 pm

go wht! go stid!

8:57 pm

not just the gym socks...there's just something moldy about middle schools. (not just the kids)

8:58 pm

min ty for all the c lues in the story. cant get the ta 8 though. any other clues?

8:58 pm

ta8 is pt ending on ta6

8:59 pm

ta6 to have a skill

8:59 pm

ty got it.

8:59 pm

thanks for that one!

9:00 pm

any clue for the 9?

9:02 pm

al9,66

9:02 pm

pt of al7,32

9:03 pm

thanks wht. *thinking*

9:03 pm

GOT IT!!!! :-D that AL 7 is anagram of the sickness word, btw mkg

9:03 pm

wtg stid

9:05 pm

Heyas kids ..

9:06 pm

hiyas torg

9:07 pm

hey tor!

9:07 pm

Hi torg

9:08 pm

I'm looking for the de6,24. Any clues?

9:08 pm

Clue for the lower y please?

9:08 pm

sorry wht, I need that one also

9:08 pm

nm ..got it ..

9:08 pm

yo4,7

9:09 pm

de****ia - loss of normal mental function

9:11 pm

ty torg

9:12 pm

That yo 4/7 word rhymes with that to 4/5 word wht.

9:12 pm

well, down to 79 and falling asleep. I think I will turn in for the day. Thanks for all the help, friends!

9:13 pm

Night stid.

9:13 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:13 pm

*poof*

9:14 pm

Niters stid ..

9:15 pm

Two phantom words for me today are idiot&ointment

9:15 pm

nightnight, stid

hey

9:18 pm

hi herin!

Hello.

9:19 pm

Hi Herin

HI. I should be studying but I have decided to give myself 30 min

9:20 pm

Hi herninfernallady!How are you?Welcome to the grid

Hi Min thank you for your welcome

9:21 pm

D's done

9:21 pm

go wht!

9:21 pm

Delightful wht!

9:23 pm

e's eliminated

I am meant to have gone to a mums day lunch. O well sniff

9:24 pm

Excellent wht!

9:26 pm

hej

9:26 pm

g'g gone i's idled

9:26 pm

hi all, been lingering in background, but am stuck on e in top row

9:26 pm

29 left

sigh

9:27 pm

Hi cherlyq63!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:27 pm

any clues would be helpful

9:27 pm

hi min, been doing school, almost ready to take finals

9:27 pm

ec 5/12 is e + feline with consonant after first letter

9:28 pm

needed some time away from studying

Can I have someone do my study fo rme please

9:29 pm

There is the et4,5 babblet

9:29 pm

Can I have someone finish this big grid for me please?

9:29 pm

ty, finally nbt with 92 left

9:29 pm

i think i have spooks in my computer. you all just disappeared and then reappeared.

9:30 pm

There is et6,18 which is e+to5,10

9:30 pm

Did you blink lbd?

9:30 pm

Hello kje! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:30 pm

i sneezed! but that shouldn't have done anything, i'm always sneezing

It was me LB. I think i sneaked into your pc or I gave you my cold

9:31 pm

It was me. Sorry.

9:32 pm

Hi gremlinn! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

9:32 pm

Hi Min; good; thanks.

Hi Grem

9:32 pm

no colds! just allergies. ahh i bet it was you, gremlinn

9:32 pm

Hi herin

9:33 pm

The creature known as the "gremlin" has been accused of mischief, yes.

9:33 pm

Mischief, a.k.a. the first lady of the tribe.

9:33 pm

yes, it's like that wretched goblin in the gears!

don't poke the pc

9:38 pm

my pc has issues, if I didnt need it for school I would toss it

Cherly can you get someone to look at it or is it just too fusy

9:41 pm

Looking for clues for the la5 and la6 after the la8

don't have it sorry

9:42 pm

la + Ms Farrow

9:43 pm

the 6 adds another vowel at the end

9:43 pm

ty lbd

9:43 pm

it is in my settings somewhere, when typing it just goes to different pages or helps

9:43 pm

ty lbd

9:43 pm

yw

I have a cute story can I tel it

9:43 pm

l's liquidated

9:44 pm

ty ibd

9:44 pm

do tell, herin

9:44 pm

yes sounds good herin

Last night I was unwell so I grabbed the kitty and went to bed. She decided to snuggle me all night under the covers. She is not a people person so it is special when she is snuggly. The other cat slept with himself

9:45 pm

ahh

The white cat is not a people person. She loves site by you or on the arm of the chair but not ever on you.

9:47 pm

cats know when you dont feel good and try to help

Yes that is true. Little black guy is not really my cat persay

Has anyone had the issue of words not being there when the have entered them into the grid?

9:51 pm

that happens often for me, herin. not sure if i just spelled them wrong or typed too fast.

9:51 pm

m's mashed

9:51 pm

because surely, it isn't that i would miss a word! *shock*

9:51 pm

go go, wht!

9:51 pm

yeah wht

For instance I put in RENT last night and it is not there today. I know I put the word in there I remember doing it but this morning I had to put RENT in there again (Rent is just the replacement for the word that went missing)

9:53 pm

Sometimes I find that I haven't typed the words I thought I did.

9:53 pm

I'm not sure that's happened, but I've had it not do the counts right, so I actually had found all the words but didn't get fireworks displayed until I refreshed the page.

9:54 pm

Every once in a while my typos turn into real words.

I am fairly sure I did put the word in I know that I am crazy but not that crazy

9:54 pm

herin: probably a similar glitch to what happened to me

Or as Wht said maybe I didn't

9:55 pm

I just finished by putting in = again = my final word. It happened at least a dozen times today and happens every grid. And I am very aware of it so I make sure I spell it right. I look for the green. I think we are short on space.

9:55 pm

back for a few more,but had too much to do,and not enough day to do it in and babble must suffer for it:((

9:56 pm

hi all

9:56 pm

Either way, I'm certain that glitches can and have occurred.

Hi Crossie

9:56 pm

well I am going to call it a night with 85 left, am tired and have a long day tommorrow

9:57 pm

A clue for sc6 for fireworks, please

9:57 pm

why does everyone find it so hard to belive it IS happening? I have heard many people mention it!

9:57 pm

by all, will try to get back on again in a couple of days

9:57 pm

what is happening??

9:57 pm

By cherly

9:57 pm

wht add 2 vowels

9:57 pm

I am sure it happens

9:58 pm

bye cherly

9:58 pm

we've been losing words entered crossy

9:58 pm

I have had it happen to me before, but like i said my puter is messed up so thought it just me

9:58 pm

nope - it is happening

9:58 pm

ty hoot.

9:58 pm

night all,

9:58 pm

Fireworks

9:58 pm

yw

9:58 pm

whoooooo hoooooo wht!!

9:59 pm

and on that note, i'm heading for my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:59 pm

This was not an easy grid. Thanks to Gremlinn for the list.

9:59 pm

congrats wht!

9:59 pm

nite lbd

9:59 pm

yeah, I thought it was fairly difficult too

9:59 pm

Does anyone want clues before I go?

9:59 pm

Night lbd

BA I hate download time limits

Hi Hoot

10:00 pm

that reminds me - gremlinn how come your list prints so big?

10:00 pm

hi herin - how goes it?

10:00 pm

not sure what you mean

Good but frustrated.

Gremlin. You have to wait 15 minutes between each download if you are a free user

10:01 pm

I usually copy Lickitys list to word and do the same with yours. Your print size is aways larger

10:01 pm

ah, herin - but I meant about my list printing big

10:02 pm

Oh, print size - does it do that for other profiles?

Um were is it posted?

10:02 pm

Good night all.

10:02 pm

I just have a list in my profile - it's just plain text.

Night WHT

10:03 pm

actually Jaculas used to print smaller and now is larger.

THat is fine

10:03 pm

hootowl: I will try copying my list to Word and see

Maybe it is a profile text change.

Gremlin I have marked your game site too

10:04 pm

cool, herin

10:04 pm

I know - I copied it to mine today. I'm not complaining just wondering why it happens. Thought maybe you had chaged something

Huge gaming nerds in this house

10:04 pm

ok

10:04 pm

ca6/24, not the cat?

10:04 pm

hootowl: I get a small font here - not sure why it's doing that for you

Right o my lovelies I must depart have a fantastic day

10:06 pm

gets more interesting - I just copied the list in my profile to word and it stayed small. Weird, weird, weird!

10:06 pm

ca + stop b****ng yourself for everything that goes wrong

10:07 pm

I guess we will just have to chalk it up to our cmps

10:07 pm

Thank you Gremlin!!

10:07 pm

sorry - nite herin

10:12 pm

well I guess next time I'l run it thru mine first. Strange, strange, strange. And thanks for doing it.

10:14 pm

you're welcome

10:24 pm

back again. any clues for the 9 letter word?

10:24 pm

is there a list?

10:25 pm

in my profile

10:25 pm

al9 - extend previous word

10:34 pm

Hello...

10:34 pm

dont have previous either gremlinn.

10:35 pm

oh just got it gremlinn. ty.

10:35 pm

ty for list. got it.

10:36 pm

gee i have 117 to go. ugh.

10:40 pm

i have 98 left... tried to quit but ... here i am again

10:45 pm

any clues for ac 5 first one?

10:45 pm

nm got it. ty.

10:47 pm

that a list is forever.

10:50 pm

36 words, yep

10:50 pm

well still have 85 lkeft

10:51 pm

da 6 clue?

10:54 pm

sorry ;{

10:55 pm

take your ***ly vitamins + grown-up males

10:55 pm

ty got it.

10:55 pm

oi clue please?

10:55 pm

same ending as da6

10:56 pm

ty. got it.

11:01 pm

sc 6/21, please?

11:01 pm

i have la 8 and ta 8. what is third one?

11:01 pm

ca 8

11:01 pm

ty got it now.

11:01 pm

Nova Sc****

11:02 pm

Thanks, gremlinn

11:03 pm

ca

11:03 pm

8

11:04 pm

for 50

11:05 pm

nite all

11:05 pm

G'night, jmb

11:06 pm

Clue for ca8, please?

11:06 pm

Don't have the previous 6, likely...

11:07 pm

ca8 = change the last letter of a word which means a great disaster

11:07 pm

disaster, or affliction

11:08 pm

Thanks, gremlinn!

11:08 pm

i cant finish those a words. that is my goal.

11:10 pm

need al clues please for al 5 first one.

11:10 pm

al + **roplane?

11:10 pm

a + not early

11:11 pm

a + not early

11:11 pm

Oops, sorry, misread...

11:11 pm

hehe, nan

11:11 pm

hi everyone :)

11:11 pm

alai not in dict. it says

11:11 pm

Hi, nan

11:11 pm

ty got it nan

11:11 pm

been over at weboggle -- not a very friendly bunch!

11:11 pm

ty gremlinn. got it.

11:11 pm

HI grem -- ty for today's list -- big help

11:11 pm

weboggle? what is that?

11:12 pm

al6 you probably need too: drunk on ***ohol + old, unused words become arch***

11:12 pm

how do i get to weboggle?

11:12 pm

online boggle game, mkg

11:12 pm

how so, nan?

11:12 pm

just google boggle online -- it's about 4th or 5th down the list

11:12 pm

ty did need it and got it from your clue. ty.

11:13 pm

do you mean the one that's WordSplay now, or weboggle.info or whatever it is

11:13 pm

I played for over an hour won several games and was mostly in the top 5 -- while I congratulated everyone else, no one said boo to me

11:13 pm

need first two al 7s too

11:13 pm

al7 #1: plural of al6

11:13 pm

well congrats nan. i will say it.

11:14 pm

first al 7/36 is a plural

11:14 pm

ty got it.

11:14 pm

got second one too. ty.

11:14 pm

2nd al 7/36: starts with same 3 letters + assistant

11:14 pm

al7 #2: ***ohol + young men seek fair m****ns to marry

11:14 pm

five a words left.

11:15 pm

nan: did you mean the site at weboggle.info?

11:15 pm

Thanks, gremlinn

11:15 pm

al5 10 second one please

11:15 pm

and nan!

11:15 pm

yes grem -- that's the one

11:15 pm

I played a couple games there, but the lag when entering words was unbearable - every other word I typed didn't go through

11:16 pm

I didn't have a problem that way -- there was a slight delay in tallying the score, but it came out all right in the end

11:16 pm

WordSplay is a better place to play, IMO

11:17 pm

there was another player named qwerty that I though might have been a babbler, seeing as how that is one of our babblets

11:17 pm

i do wordsplay. both 4 and 5.

11:17 pm

ec clue please?

11:17 pm

I will try that another time then

11:17 pm

Hmm, but lots of Scrabble players and computer tech people would know the word "qwerty" too.

11:18 pm

ec + ***e is not early

11:18 pm

ec + not early - e

11:18 pm

ty got it.

11:18 pm

back to a words.

11:19 pm

do you use the same name there grem?

11:19 pm

yes, "gremlinn" everywhere

11:19 pm

need as clues.

11:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen is currently at WordSplay - I see her chatting there.

11:20 pm

for as 5 words. have the four. sorry

11:20 pm

as 4/5 babblet

11:20 pm

a + person from northern part of the uk

11:20 pm

as + ***tionary

11:21 pm

as + short cartoon detective, Tracy

11:21 pm

ty got both.

11:21 pm

Thanks, all...I'm soaking up clues...got a late start and aiming for halfway...

11:23 pm

missing one a and cant find which one. darn.

11:24 pm

at 4/6, mkg?

11:24 pm

*sorry -- that's an at 4/5

11:24 pm

no an al. now must find which one.

11:24 pm

check against the list?

11:24 pm

al 5 second one. any cl;ues?

11:24 pm

al: 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 4, 5, 7, 9, 4, 4, 4, 4

11:24 pm

the singer, maybe?

11:25 pm

et was one mkg -- being from another planet

11:25 pm

sci-fi movie starting Sigourney Weaver

11:25 pm

ty. got it.

11:26 pm

night all. dont with a words. and with 55 left i give up.

11:26 pm

nite mkg

11:26 pm

G'night, mkg

11:27 pm

off to read for a little while

11:30 pm

second to 6/16??

11:31 pm

between yesterday and tomorrow

11:31 pm

thanks grem

11:31 pm

is wordsplay a free site?

11:31 pm

yeah

11:32 pm

ok have my 1000 + points...what does the 9 start with?

11:32 pm

al 9

11:33 pm

ty

11:33 pm

ok, so what are the four's?

11:33 pm

Hi, sammys and PAV

11:33 pm

all 117 of them? Might take a while to tell you

11:33 pm

hi jellen

11:34 pm

Hi Jellen...nah, grem, I'm just pleased with my point and I don't see an al word I don't already have and that's about 4

11:36 pm

Just hit halfway...

11:38 pm

One blank tile...the fourth column e...help please?

11:38 pm

nm...got it

11:38 pm

a clue for the j word?

11:39 pm

ja + from me ** you

11:40 pm

thanks Jellen...NBT! 91 left

11:40 pm

98 left here...

11:45 pm

found the 9..now I can stop...87 left,,,and tons of baking to do for tomorrow...

11:45 pm

G'night, PAV...happy baking!

11:46 pm

thks Jellen, good luck to you as well, and have agreat Mothers' Day tomorrow...

11:52 pm

ai 7, please?

11:52 pm

nm, got it...

11:55 pm

me 7, please?

11:55 pm

nm, got that, too!

11:57 pm

Sigh, 84 left...

11:57 pm

Well, I was hoping to get halfway but definitely won't make it only 86 found. Not much time today.

11:58 pm

Hi, jilli!

11:58 pm

Hello Jellen and all

hi all wishing everyone a happy mothers day tomorrow again

11:59 pm

419 words today

11:59 pm

Same to you Barb, and all the other mothers.

11:59 pm

Oh please, grem!

11:59 pm

Thanks, Barb's...not a mom, but I'll celebrate anyway!

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