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flip

12:00 am

fliperoo

12:00 am

to 7

flip and hi!

12:01 am

Ws are easy. Flop

12:01 am

phant flagstones, stenokies

12:01 am

Oh, sprite will hate this -- 13 Ks.

12:02 am

grem i was hoping flagstone would work and i tried it too

Clues are up

12:02 am

flip

hi dart; hugs jili

st 7

12:03 am

hi volley

12:04 am

"Hey baby, what's your sign?" "ne4"

12:04 am

TY Lickety and friend

12:04 am

LOL douglas

12:04 am

ty lickety, and congrats on the job

12:04 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:04 am

Hello everyone!

12:05 am

hello all

12:06 am

Oh! Lickety got a new job?

12:06 am

How about you, dc?

12:06 am

ea 9

12:06 am

i have interviews on the upcoming sunday and tuesday.

good luck dc

12:07 am

best of luck to you, dc xx

12:07 am

ty, dee. i'm really hoping to land the one on Tuesday, and anticipate a likely offer from the one on Sunday.

12:08 am

ty for EA8/9, grem

fantastic that you will have choices!!

12:09 am

well, tuesday is with the feds, so who knows how long that may take. though i applied only 5 weeks ago, and have an interview.

12:09 am

i just got the EA 8/9 as well

12:09 am

go, go mlf!

nbt

12:09 am

trying dc thanks:)

12:09 am

wtg, dee

ty

12:09 am

dc good luck with job interview

12:10 am

thanks, mlf

12:10 am

dc dont they do interviews as pre to other interviews and talk to people you know etc before deciding?

12:11 am

i just know that federal hiring takes MUCH longer than private sector hiring.

12:11 am

yes it does and i think the y do background checks and such as welll

12:12 am

not for this position, but yes, for many they do

12:12 am

oh good they dont dc for your position that makes it a little shorter at least lol

12:13 am

Can anyone give me the stats for the F on the first column please?

12:14 am

enemies, mlf

fo 4,7

12:14 am

Hi everyone, late flip

12:14 am

hi, flosey

12:14 am

oh duhh thanks

hi flosey

12:14 am

fireworks

12:14 am

GR6

on 7

12:16 am

wow Jilli - that's quite a frightening frown you have there

12:16 am

congrats, grem

12:17 am

Lol, flosey -- Beware of the Cat!

12:17 am

lol jilli

12:18 am

jill that is seriously creepy

12:18 am

I believe I've already thrown a Minnesota hissy over the absence of lefse, the Scandinavian potato tortilla, from the dictionary

hi, easiest NBT ever - in order in 21 words.

12:20 am

nbt...whoo-hoo!

12:20 am

wtg Douglas

12:22 am

this icon does not represent my present mood, by the way

12:22 am

g;ad of that, flosey ;)

12:22 am

a bit of a gloomy theme!

12:23 am

good news that, flosey

12:23 am

thanks jill and dc

good to hear flosey

12:23 am

lol, love that flower you have Dee

ty hubby took that photo at a chihuly exhibition in Pittsburgh at the phipps conservatory

12:24 am

sometimes I get an icon I'd prefer to keep! not much one wants to year about frowns!

12:24 am

Entering ta4 under protest...isn't there only one?

true

12:25 am

more than one

12:25 am

I kinda like my cross kitty.

12:26 am

Let's go to Reno, just to play ke4, let's get away from it all!

12:26 am

if you're thinking of the one i'm thinking of douglas...it can also mean a sailor

12:26 am

thanks Douglas

12:27 am

I have the sailor one, dart, the one I'm protesting is different

12:27 am

city in new mexico? lol

12:28 am

I need the lower right-hand E for nbt

12:28 am

el 4

12:28 am

ty for that fish, dart

12:28 am

It wouldn't be in the dictionary as the NM city, as it is a proper name

12:29 am

that ta4 is the singular form of greek temple

12:29 am

(waiting for flosey to ask for the ne 4 now)..lo

12:29 am

4 words based on the letter A - literally

12:30 am

thanks ru - lol, hey, since I've come in late, I appreciate every bit of help

12:31 am

LOL

12:31 am

and I'm tired and have to be up early - off to Victoria tomorrow

12:32 am

What for this time, flosey?

12:32 am

I have a dim memory of a TV commercial where a woman asks a man smoking a cigar in a car, "Is that an **** Romeo?" and he says "No, it's a Roi-Tan"

fireworks

12:33 am

hello all

12:33 am

YAY dee!!!

12:33 am

are the ea8/9 compound words?

12:33 am

*dee drinks instant coffee too*

12:33 am

congrats, dee

12:33 am

hi, peri, and yes

12:34 am

yay dee

12:34 am

Congrats dee!

ty... lol ... no starbucks bold tonight ru!

12:34 am

wow Dee, good for you

12:34 am

got them ty dc

ty actually knew many words this time lol

some grids look like a different language to me :~)

12:35 am

Yeah, Klingon.

12:37 am

a Klingon Babble grid? I want one!

12:37 am

goose alert

lol... can't begin to imagine ...

ty peri... love your flower! I know I have said that before... one of my favorite colors!

12:38 am

flip (better late than never)

12:38 am

hi pini

hi pini

12:39 am

hi nan, dee, et al

12:39 am

hi Pini, I was late coming in too

12:39 am

howdy, pini and nan

12:39 am

ty Dee, one of my favorite colors too

12:39 am

geez.. dee is done and I still don't have nbt

12:39 am

I was late too

12:39 am

There is a Klingon alphabet...a Klingon Babble grid would be the nerd honeypot of all time!

12:39 am

hi flosey, dc, peri, ru...

12:39 am

neither do I, ruru -- still need the lower E on the right.

I think I arrived here earlier than you, ru :~)

12:40 am

Hi pini

12:40 am

hi pini

el 4/4 jili?

12:40 am

I was here for the flip, but distracted by MSN chat.

tjat

that will do it lol

12:41 am

hi jilli (see icon just for you) :)

12:41 am

ty dee -- *looking and not seeing*

12:41 am

I saw that, pini -- very cute -- thanks!

12:42 am

* been keeping it until I saw you! *

12:42 am

phantom: gasoline

jili... phrase used with kids, "You will do this or el..."

12:45 am

stats for the top center E, for nbt, plz/thx

ek 4/8

12:46 am

¡déme más gasolina! LOL

en 4/8 and en 5/18

12:46 am

en4, en5, ek4

12:46 am

* blink * huh?

12:46 am

(that was for dc)

12:46 am

thx dee ... looking

lol jinx dc

12:47 am

song lyric from a few years back triggered by your mentioning gasoline. Literally "give me more gasoline"

12:47 am

nbt ;)

12:47 am

indeed, dee :)

12:47 am

ahhh ;)

12:48 am

With ar5, I've burned through half of the words

12:48 am

thx for that one, douglas ;)

12:48 am

*thinking sprite is going to have a fit with all these k's*

12:49 am

omg! 13 of 'em????

12:49 am

mayhap, though 9 are really easy

good one douglas

12:49 am

phantom: kerosene

at least no k above 5 letters and all normal words

12:50 am

both phantoms could cause douglas' burning sensation! :)

12:50 am

OK you dear people, I am going to go buy lottery tickets 'cause I have....nbt....I got the K's... and just over half the words in the grid which for my standards is like fireworks! This is going to be a good day!

12:51 am

See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Colder than the moon It's been so long And I've been putting out fire With gasoline

wtg mar!!

12:51 am

Oh, Hi everyone!

12:51 am

what a lovely start to the day, marmar!

12:51 am

well done, marmar ;)

12:51 am

It's a good day, mar!

12:51 am

Thank you, thank you (taking a bow)

12:51 am

nice one, douglas

12:52 am

and i think i want Tom to go for a sleep study. He's asleep on the couch, was snoring, and woke up choking.

12:52 am

oooh, 1/2 way!

12:52 am

That's a David Bowie song, which appeared in the movie "Cat People" (which I never saw)

12:52 am

did jilli leave?

12:52 am

uh oh, dc

12:52 am

*!* ta da *!* :)

12:52 am

never se4 it either, douglas

12:52 am

wtg nan ;)

12:52 am

congrats, nan!

congrats nan

12:54 am

see you tomorrow, everyone. Goodnight.

12:54 am

g'night nan

12:54 am

Help on fa7 please?

12:54 am

By Nan. My time is up too, I'm off to walk the dog. Bye all.

plural of heavy (weight) persons...

12:54 am

night nan :)

add more than just an s....

12:55 am

oooh, thx for those, dee :)

12:55 am

people attracted to weight watchers erda

yqw

12:55 am

Thank you all -- never woulda...

12:56 am

i wish people elsewhere understood that Virginia is large enough that commuting from Northern VA to Tidewater VA for a 23/h job is not worthwhile.

12:56 am

the opposite of skinnioes

12:56 am

It was a kinda sorta science fiction movie of the mid-80's

lol

12:56 am

i should respond to the recruiter that that needs 45 or so /hr

I am surprised the recruiter did not ask you what you needed...

12:59 am

nor apparently look at a map :)

12:59 am

fading fast, best get going...night all ;)

12:59 am

g'night pini

12:59 am

me too, nite all

Did the recruiter realize you would not relocate? Maybe that also needs to be addressed?

1:01 am

It didn't hurt that it had Natassialicious Kinski in it

1:02 am

g'night peri

1:03 am

don't know where he found my resume online, though i've indicated an unwillingness to relocate, and list only 4 area codes i'm willing to work in.

1:03 am

and the SE corner of VA is in none of them

apparently, he or she wasn't doing a very good job of matching a candidate to an open position... really frustrating when they do that

1:06 am

I've been waiting for my slow-as-Christmas internet connection to tell me that Cat People got a 64 rating at rottentomatoes.com, which is a pretty good rating from the critics

1:06 am

indeed. there's a few i've talked to - usually in California that try to explain that Gaithersburg, Maryland is 15miles from me. I usually ask if they saw a map, as it's 30-40 miles as the roads and ferries go

1:06 am

eh, small things in the end.

1:06 am

that is a decent rating on rottentomatoes, douglas

1:07 am

(my i'm chatty tonight)

isn't that what "chat" is for :~)

1:09 am

*stands back to let DC go on*

1:11 am

What's really impressive is dc juggling multiple threads

1:12 am

uh, what is rottentomatoes?

1:13 am

rottentomatoes.com is a site where the opinions of movie critics and lovers of movies are aggregated

1:13 am

thanks, doug!

1:14 am

I use rottentomatoes to help advise my children about movies they should and shouldn't ought see, not on the basis of content, but on the basis of quality

I'll have to check out that website

I have only used netflix.com and imdb.com before

1:16 am

nbt at last!

1:17 am

I sure was thick about that E!

1:17 am

wtg, jilli

wtg jili!

1:18 am

rottentomatoes.com is a good site

nice to hear of it

1:18 am

I was away from here for a bit -- that's my excuse ;)

1:19 am

Does anyone remember that film for cameras called Agfa?

1:19 am

i do, and tried entering it

1:19 am

imdb has ratings from the general public, but rottentomatoes is something to add to one's list of movie sites

1:20 am

I remember Agfa film

1:20 am

lol, dc!

I have never seen that

1:21 am

what, Agfa, dee? You're probably too young.

1:21 am

I remember seeing it in Europe. I spent a year in England in 1965-66, and traveled in Europe a good bit

1:21 am

Oh, was it not American?

What is it about?

1:23 am

they used to advertise in Nat'l Geo, and i remember it being available at local camera shops

1:23 am

dee, Agfa is/was a brand of camera film

1:23 am

I don't think it was American

1:24 am

doesn't sound american

1:24 am

agfa is a german company, i believe

1:24 am

funny, how we can remember brand names for so long

In Netflix it is called "Life According to Agfa", and it is in Hebrew

1:25 am

Agfa-Gevaert

1:25 am

just monkeyed to6 and 7, odd words!

1:25 am

hm, must be a Hebrew word too.

1:26 am

wtg flosey!

1:27 am

just changed my icon, perhaps on a white background it isn't as gloomy!

frownie is always gloomy :~)

1:28 am

it's cuter flosey

1:28 am

does my kitty look gloomy?

1:29 am

mine's a happy one

1:29 am

he certainly looks displeased :)

1:29 am

yes, it's cuter, but not a white background.

1:29 am

You're kitty looks like it thinks of murder all day long!

1:29 am

hmmm, that's strange

1:29 am

ah well

1:30 am

oh ruru -- I hadn't seen your wonderful birthday icon! Thanks so much! Ruru-dog is still showing here!

1:30 am

flosey, is it a .gif and not a .jpg?

tooo much sadness to do frownie.... one of my friend's hubby is in hospital now for blood clot in the lungs... they almost lost him Saturday... happened week after he buried an aunt and a cousin...

1:31 am

oh, I see what you mean, dee!

1:31 am

oh, how sad Dee

1:31 am

oh, my dee. best your friends

seems like so many of our friends have had major challenges lately

1:32 am

ah, didn't check that Jilli

now they think his cousin who just died had the same thing Bret did... Bret was diagnosed and treated properly, and his cousin wasn't...

cousin was only 56

1:33 am

ruru, I'm floating as high as that cake now that I've closed down and come back in and see it right here :)

1:33 am

oh, dee, that's awful!

apparently Bret is being saved for a purpose is all I can think.... his wife seems to be holding up pretty well so far...

1:35 am

too much tragedy in your life right now dee.. I am sorry

1:35 am

just monkeyed ag6 & 7

thanks ru.... happy though... going to see our daughter this weekend and I cannot wait!!!

wtg jili

1:36 am

wtg jilli

1:36 am

she coming to you?

1:37 am

lol, just got the fa7

1:37 am

good morning everybody. Are you still there Douglas? I lived in Europe 67-68, lol

1:38 am

hello ruby

1:38 am

hello flosey, hi ruru, hello volley mom and jilli

1:38 am

wb, ruby

1:38 am

It was only for a year, alas

we are visiting her this time (so I don't have to worry about doggy paws on the white carpeting)

hi ruby

her serious boyfriend just received a promotion ... and he has only been there a year YAY!

1:40 am

my son left yesterday and although it was a good visit, I am glad that he and wife are in Italy now. Maybe it will be warmer than here

1:40 am

that will be good for you dee..

1:41 am

do they live far away?

1:42 am

they live in Austin and I only see them every year or two

about 2 1/4 hours from her with rush hour... hopefully it won't be raining. She is on call for the weekend, but we'll eat, drink, and be merry nonetheless (she won't drink, but I might have a margarita)

1:42 am

but he brought me his CD (in my profile) an it's very good *proud mama*

1:42 am

sorry, I thought you were asking me.... :( stupid face....

1:42 am

<<<< dee is living large

lol for sure... interesting too ruby!

1:43 am

on 7 please?

1:43 am

that's what happens when you come in late...

1:44 am

all by on7

1:44 am

thanks dc

not themselves or herself, but .....

1:45 am

ty for 0n7, momdee

yqw

1:46 am

thank you DC ]\

1:47 am

morning all

1:47 am

morning, sprite

1:47 am

hello sprite and seain\

1:48 am

a K. 10 words down and only now I spot the K. Ks first!

1:48 am

hey seain! *hugs* hi rubyfoo, have you asked your son how I can order his CD?

all regular words though sprite, you will whiz through them

1:49 am

yes, the Ks today not too bad at all

1:49 am

thanks :)

1:49 am

40 to go and will hope to get home in time to finish up tomorrow, Goodnight all

1:49 am

so far, I've ordered from the US to the US, but will try to figure it out. The"buying" site is :

1:49 am

hi and bye flosey6

1:50 am

g'night flosey

1:50 am

well without the 6

gn flosey! Need to "poof" here, too... having tea here with a friend tomorrow..

1:50 am

Night flosey -- well done!

1:50 am

bye Dee

1:50 am

audiolife.com/store/jrmushroom, but we aren't sure if it ships to Europe. Will know later today when the dust settles

1:50 am

te 5 the last one?

1:50 am

Hi sprite! Adorable frown!

1:50 am

g'night dee

1:50 am

who is the happy face, sprite?

1:50 am

te5 coil

1:51 am

gd night dee

1:51 am

Night dee.

gn with hugs... hope your interviews go well dc and you find the perfect job fit!

*poofing with hugs*

1:51 am

nm

1:51 am

Hi ruby!

1:51 am

found it

1:52 am

was your birthday wonderful jilli?

1:52 am

rubyfoo, is it called The Adventures of JrMushroom?

1:52 am

It's been great for several days, ruby, thanks!

1:52 am

<<<< puts fans on high so that the force will blow sprite past the k's in a hurry

1:52 am

yes, from a cartoon his dad did when he was a little boy in Europe

1:52 am

wowww jilli quite the cat!

1:52 am

oh thank goodness someone said there was a frown theme...I seriously just thought everyone was really depressed.

1:52 am

the happy face was my daughter, rubyfoo

1:53 am

looks like a cat from the group KIss jilli

1:53 am

it's a great photo!

1:53 am

lol no it is just the theme. And frowns can be funny or beautiful too!

1:53 am

Ruby -- sprite's smile was yesterday's icon (her daughter as a little girl) -- I guess you have to refresh to see her frown icon (adorable)

1:53 am

my dogs only smile

1:53 am

heh, well yours is quite nice sprite :)

1:53 am

ok so it is the CD, then I will see what can be done

1:53 am

thanks! :)

1:53 am

I frown, but wd scare everyone away

1:54 am

ypi

1:54 am

sprite, you are so nice to try!

1:54 am

you're welcome that is :(

1:55 am

as usual, the first 50 words were easy. Happily, I'll have some time later

1:55 am

I've had no time while the visitors were still here

1:55 am

night all.. we should make this jilli's birthday month.. and really stretch it out

1:55 am

there, in theme now :)

1:55 am

I'm smelling the yummy smells of da4 coming from the PB

1:56 am

OK, I'll bake a cake this afternoon and then we can all make mistakes and share it!

1:56 am

yay for cake!

1:56 am

Oh, formidable, dc!

1:56 am

Duke, duke, duke

1:56 am

he calls that photo of him Mr Crankypants :D

1:57 am

ohhhh some frown! Impressive!

1:57 am

and firewords with two missed plurals

1:57 am

yay seain!

1:59 am

YAY dc!!!

1:59 am

thanks, yall :)

2:01 am

ok, ordered. You should tell your son though, rubyfoo, that even though he has an international shipment possibility, it is NOT possible to leave the state blank. And in the Netherlands we don't have states :)

2:01 am

and as it's now 3, i should off to bed. The joys of the unemployed schedule :)

2:02 am

I had to put "other" when I ordered the one for the States from here

2:02 am

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

2:02 am

lol seain! *hugs* to you, sleep a lovely sleep with naughty dreams, and good luck with your interviews.

2:02 am

you are terrific, sprite, John will be thrilled

2:02 am

I did the same, then I was asked to fill in which other, or I couldn't continue

2:03 am

gd night, seain!

2:03 am

ty, sprite :) {re-poof}

2:03 am

night dc -- and best of everything

2:03 am

just monkeyed the ea8 & 9 -- new to me!

2:03 am

I picked the slowest mail option, so it will take up to 21 days. But I don't want to pay more for shipping then for the CD itself, loll.

2:04 am

I feel the same way! in the US the options are ridiculous and to send to Canada, you pay incredible taxes to boot

2:05 am

Tell me about it, ruby!

2:05 am

when your kids are famous, I'll drive to Holland to see their performances!

2:05 am

Ridiculous protectionism.

2:05 am

*thAn for the CD... sheezzz that was a stupid one

2:06 am

roflol doubt my kids will become famous. But they are spectacular, already.

2:07 am

ok, where are my last 4 Ks then if they are so common?? *frown*

2:10 am

hiding in the kn section, ok. Thanks all, got the Ks.

2:17 am

..... where are you all? ...

2:22 am

back, putting laundry in!

2:22 am

awwww poor me, all left alone by my lonesome!

2:22 am

Who will be a traitor knave? Who will fill a coward's grave? And wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and ****!

2:23 am

erudition in the middle of the night, douglas, I'm very impressed!

2:24 am

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled ...

2:24 am

Do you know this song, ruby? It's the "unofficial" Scottish national anthem

2:24 am

(had it, though, Doug)

2:24 am

Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,

2:24 am

no, but it's excellent. Would like to hear it sung in a (lovely) scot's accent

2:25 am

(I don't have it....)

2:25 am

have you read Diana Gabaldon, rubyfoo? Outlander is the first book. Very nice accents!

2:26 am

(phantom: tanstaafl)

2:26 am

'By Oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free.

2:27 am

Ask and ye shall receive, ruby! http://tinyurl.com/2na6hp

2:28 am

you folks are amazing!

2:28 am

D'oh! The video I linked to has been removed! Waah!

2:28 am

oh no!

2:30 am

half, yay!

2:31 am

wtg ruby!

2:32 am

so... have you or have you not, rubyfoo?

2:32 am

and gratz on reaching halfway

2:32 am

is the h there just for a te***?

2:32 am

Try this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgskbCl WZ68

2:32 am

??sprite?

2:32 am

looks like it, yes.

2:33 am

see 2.25 am rubyfoo

2:33 am

no, but if Amazon has it, I'll buy it!

2:34 am

you won't be disappointed. Wonderful series. Good characters, amazing story, and it keeps on being great.

2:36 am

goose alert

2:37 am

but no plural allowed; why is that?

2:38 am

Would someone give me some ga4 for slapping, because I didn't see ga4?

2:38 am

if it is like in japanese, it may be because the plural is the same. Or, as far as I know hawaiian, the plural may be n***n***titiwiti or something like that.

2:38 am

I like the tititwiti lol

2:39 am

I have 5 ga4's, douglas, which ones or shd I write them all?

2:39 am

one of the best things of gabaldon is that she will not permit you to hate the bad guys. Just as you think you have them all pegged, she turns the plot and makes you think about them, see them as humans again.

2:40 am

ok, off to physical therapie. See you guys later, or tomorrow. Bye!

2:40 am

wind, +PL, not guys, pointy fishes,

2:40 am

exit closure

2:40 am

slang for weapons

2:41 am

do any of those help, douglas?

2:41 am

nothing beats that tiny Hawaiian fish, the umu-umu-nuku-nuku-apua'a

2:42 am

did you just make that up, jilli? It's hard to icture that as American!

2:42 am

No, I need to be slapped with some of the pointy fishes, for not seeing the pointy fishes

2:43 am

have you ever caught one, they're nasty

2:43 am

I'm too tired for fish-slapping, but I'm glad you got it!

2:44 am

no, ruby, I didn't make it up -- old-time babbler, franmag from Hawaii, told us about it.

2:45 am

too funny

2:45 am

99 words for now, but must go do kitchen stuff

2:45 am

((hugs)) everybody

2:45 am

bfn ruby!

2:47 am

doug, what does the pointy fish start with?

2:47 am

bye ruby!

2:47 am

The ga4, jilli

2:49 am

oh, so that's what that is. In Quebec it's short for a boy.

2:50 am

hi everyone

2:50 am

hi andree

2:53 am

I recall Tim the Enchanter when I see gr5/6

2:54 am

I haven't found any gr words :(

2:57 am

There are 5 of them, 2 of them are normal words, 1 is odd, 2 are not-really-English, more like Dutch

2:57 am

thanks, doug *thinking*

2:58 am

hi guys

2:58 am

ah, got the normal ones

2:59 am

hi sandy

2:59 am

thx for the dutch clue doug

2:59 am

not that i can speak dutch

3:00 am

I sure can't

3:00 am

got one of those too

3:00 am

and its pl

3:01 am

bbs

3:01 am

and now all the grs! Merci, doug!

3:02 am

"We're looking for, uh..." "A grrail?"

3:03 am

So -- once through the list and 48 left for tomorrow. Bedtime now!

3:03 am

So goodniht all, happy babbling, and *poof*

3:03 am

I'm down to 4 and fading fast....please se5-10 the 3rd......thanks

3:06 am

MORNING ALL.....hows todays grid looking?

3:08 am

Easy nbt, a few odd words as one progresses

3:09 am

nm....will finish later. Happy babbling.

3:47 am

you have got to love technology...

3:48 am

im sitting in an empty flat...waiting for a locksmith and a meter man...i have my note book on my lap...hooked up to my phone..and im on the internet

3:52 am

morning all...

3:52 am

tear

3:52 am

ooops

Hello

4:19 am

hello, I'm back for 15 mins

4:19 am

hello herin and rolin

4:20 am

hi again douglas

4:20 am

hello ishult. How is the weather? We could use some Israeli sun here! Last year, at this time, we had roses and peonies; this year not even close!

4:28 am

isn't inee a dart poison?

4:28 am

I try it often, but it never works!

4:30 am

aperitif time then out to lunch! see you after

4:32 am

hello babblers, back for the last bit

4:35 am

Hello Sprite

4:35 am

helllooooo

4:37 am

hello Ata, are you practising your yodelling?

4:37 am

hi lyn and Ata :) An other word for the big E words is otolith. I bet Ata knew that!

4:37 am

yeeeessssooooooo!

4:38 am

ty for that!

4:38 am

:)

4:38 am

TY Sprite. I knew the big ones would be compounds

4:39 am

I've counted too many age rings on those things!

4:39 am

dictionaries don't have it. It is usually written as two separate words, i think.

4:39 am

wonderful, Ata, the things your brain holds!

4:41 am

but taenia is a phantom.

4:41 am

so is nosegay

4:42 am

awww poor wormies

4:42 am

oh please tell me, what does nosegay mean?

4:43 am

a small posy of flowers - I think to smell

4:43 am

yes, you hold it up to your no4

4:43 am

probably to get rid of the smell of the great unwashed

4:44 am

I love that word. In dutch we have a saying that when you are really beaming and radiant, your no4 curls. This word makes me think of that.

4:45 am

that is cute, your wee girl looks as though she could do with a good no** curl

4:45 am

hehehe yes she does. She is adorable though.

4:52 am

I might go and sit outside for a bit and read. It's lovely and sunny!

4:53 am

wonderful, Ata. Try and enjoy! Anything I can do to lift your spirits while you must endure the brace?

4:53 am

Enjoy Ata, hope you can get comfy

4:54 am

awww ty Sprite. I don't think so, I'm just happy that it's sunny and that I have a good book to read!!

4:54 am

good books are very good friends in times like these :)

4:54 am

very!!!

sigh Hello

5:02 am

hi Infernal

How you?

5:02 am

hi lady, bad day?

Just need a version of MYOB 17 but can't find it. Any help from babblers would be great.

How you Sprite and Ata and Lynxx

5:03 am

what is MYOB 17?

5:04 am

I am good

5:04 am

Accounting Software written in and very very popular with Australian small businesses

5:05 am

ah ok, nothing I could help with then, I am afraid. Thanks lyn.

Sprite also known as a giant pain in the arse

5:05 am

me neither, sorry Infernal

O and news news news. My b.f is very very lucky to have his car today. his works warehouse caught alight

5:06 am

bad?

5:06 am

oh dear, is he alright? No people hurt?

5:07 am

ooh - is that the one on the news tonight, a container of ACs?

Yes

As he says ''stock take CHECK one pile of molten plastic mosh

5:08 am

At least it isn't high Summer I suppose. Insured?

Sure is. What channel was it on?

5:10 am

9 I think

O didn't see it and I was watching. i haven't moved

5:10 am

It was very brief

5:11 am

You must have blinked

Ok. O and Clive Peters is in voluntary administration

5:12 am

Didn't like that chain. Wonder what they did wrong

They didn't have multiple signatures on their admin

http://tinyurl.com/yb3hf4d sorry has embeded media

5:14 am

fireflies. Bye all!

LOVES Sprite

5:14 am

My Goodness!

5:15 am

Bye Spritely!!

This is why you need dual signatures on checks in businesses

5:17 am

$30m - that woman was just a bit greedy! Isn't amazing that people like that think they can get away with it forever

We were talking about this in class about why you need these checks and stops

5:18 am

I bet they needed 2 authorities to transfer wages on line, but the other signatory didn't bother checking.

5:18 am

hi everyone

5:19 am

Very little is paid by cheque nowadays, all online - easy to get lazy

5:19 am

hi Carlee

HI Carlee.

In MYOB or programs like it you need these sort of checks

we lost everything to tax fraud when I was a kid and mum stopped doing the books

5:20 am

hi herin..lynxxx

Hi Carlee

5:21 am

hi herin.... hi there lynxxx

5:21 am

wow...major lag in chog

It was

5:25 am

An interesting Ode Carlee, you clever girl. What has been happening with you over the last year?

5:26 am

oh wow..is that still up?..i wrote that about a year ago

5:28 am

last year...well...in last 3 months I lost a job i loved b/c was sold out from under me... 6 weeks later lost the second job ( of same kind) b/c previous owner sued to get it back to shut it down ( nasty divorce alimony crap)... my husband moved out ( not heartbroken)..and now i am working for a criminal defence lawyer...so have entered the realm of murderes, drug dealers and child pornographers

Carlee can i say bitching on the job.

5:29 am

throw in girl guides...camps...and general "kid stuffs"...oh and rugby with my son...life is busy

5:29 am

heheh...it is pretty cool

Don't know if I could deal with scumbags that have done the crime but hey you have my dream job

But then again I have seen how the OPP work and they can be just as bad

5:30 am

glad to see your life is running as smoothly as ever!! but most importantly you somehow seem float along on top of it all. Good on you!

5:30 am

well... the scumbags are still people... and they deserve a fair trial... and.. all is NOT as it seems when u hear the whole story as u hear about the lives that brought them to whatever point they are at

As I said that it depends on the case. I have seen both sides. I really am jealous of your job

5:32 am

well lynxxx.. u can either get bent all out of shape...or..u can just keep moving... and i really hate wasting time on feeling all sad and mopey and so forth...the job is interesting..and i really love my boss...she is so fiesty

I have seen the prosecution side say ''alleged heart attack'' like the guy was faking it when MICA (EMTs ) were working on him.

Carlee I am jealous. It is something I want to do

5:33 am

same would be said of you Carlee (hugs)

5:34 am

Did your (ex?) husband fully recover?

5:34 am

thanks lynxxx..and herin...( i haven't said much about the job on fb herin...my boss's ex husband's 2nd wife is on my friend list....i havent told her i am working for her husbands first wife)

5:35 am

no..he never will lynxxx

Well Carlee sometimes it is best not to post work stuff.

Carlee that is not good

5:36 am

exactly...boss on my fb too

I had to take to the Dean of my course something someone posted in public about me (name included) on FB

5:37 am

yeap..my town a small one

5:37 am

but is a border town with USA

I know the feeling. I dogged out my ex's kids mum at the laundry matt about what a bitch she was and it turns out that this woman actually knew here

5:39 am

hahaha... that was a woops

5:40 am

You know Melbourne is a small place Infernal - silly girl

Well yes but it was something I would say to her face.

Meh. Didn't like her couldn't really care

5:41 am

Never put it in writing - isn't that called libel

As I said if I cared

Good Morning Babblers :)

5:44 am

hi Nono

Herin, Lynx, Carlee, how are you all

Hi Nono

5:45 am

very well Nono, how is life treating you?

so, so lynx but life goes on now matter what happens

5:47 am

hi nono

5:48 am

here here nono....life just keeps marching forwards...

yes it does Carlee so we might just as well go with the floe

Ok my dears must get on with things

take care Herin

5:50 am

pretty much..one thing i have deffinitely learned is things happen for a reason... i have seen way too mch in the last 3 years

5:50 am

take care herin..sleep well

5:51 am

bye Infernal

5:59 am

Think I've done as much as I can tonight. Bye Carlee & Nono

6:00 am

nite nite lynxxx,... and later nono..i have to get ready for work

bye Lynx have a good one

bye Carlee good seeing you again

6:27 am

getting a 16 year old to make is own lunch...you would thing i was asking him to cut off one of his arms:(

for lunch?

6:28 am

you would think so

HELLo

give him one disgusting lunch that you've made and see how fast he makes his own

just a thought

Cross tell him to go nuts

6:32 am

hello again

hi ruby

6:32 am

go nuts...lol even the threat of cancelling his very first cell is not getting him moving..i have being the reving parent like this

Hello again ruby

He is 16 give him the crap what ever attitude

6:33 am

raving*

let him go to school without lunch then

Tell him starve

6:34 am

the code for the phone is in my name,once he is five minutes out the door ,i can make a call and turn the thing into a 100 dollar paper weight if needed

One of my favourites as a teen was rolls and potato cakes

GMTA Herein

6:34 am

hi jean, hello rossy

6:34 am

crossy* poopy typing, as usual

6:35 am

and dont you know,you cannot starve the little dears,all they have to say is "dad wont make food for me" and 10 cops and 3 child welfare cars are on your front lawn lol

6:35 am

howdy ruby..crossy is steaming....

nah

6:35 am

even at 16? That's terrible! Ho2w are you supposed to discipline your own kid?

it's not like you tazered him or anything

6:36 am

the govt interferes too much

crossy is zaggerating ruby

And my response at 16 is there is the fridge

6:37 am

I think that in France, parents can't spank their children any more, but grannies can! lol

6:37 am

i am not when he was 8,i gave him a tap on the butt for something and the teacher says"son,why are you sad?" my kid said "my dad hit me" i had a 3 hour meeting with cops and childrens aid that day

6:38 am

but herin is correct ,he is on the fringe

that is a little over the top

bah i have to deal with dragon lady tomorrow

6:40 am

dragon lady?

6:40 am

I just learned, on this visit, that my ex told our son that I used to give him alcohol to make him sleep. A blatant lie

6:40 am

he slept through the night at one week

6:40 am

good grief

6:41 am

as did my kid

My teacher

6:41 am

and, of course, my son believes him. His father is God!

O and I am still pissed about someone on FB giving away Criminal Intent ending too

6:41 am

and I'm a sl**

6:42 am

nothing worse than ex,es poisioning kids minds about mom or dad

6:43 am

leave the kids to be kids and poison each other instead

6:43 am

I've been so careful, all these years, not to do that.

My ex's kids mum did that too me

6:43 am

it was a bad marriage, period! over a long time ago

6:44 am

and you are defenseless against that; it's like "When did you stop beating your wife?" lol

6:45 am

sigh..my wife was in a abusive relationship before me,i took one look at her coming to work for me all covered in bruises and all gaunt,and i went over and explained a few thing to the boyfriend;))

6:46 am

you're a hero, crossy!!!!!

6:46 am

i a man correctin g an animal that day

6:47 am

he suddenly found a need to be in a different part of the country lol

6:47 am

hahah

6:48 am

crossy, are you available for hire? and good morning friends!

Good

6:48 am

wow, what a hero!

6:48 am

hello trif, how are you doing?

6:48 am

seems he was clumsy that day,he fell and got a black eye,i tried to help him up,but his feet got tangled and he landed on the ground so hard,the wind got knocked out of him..man seemed to have some dental issues as well,i told him i knew of a good dentist..400 miles away

6:49 am

I have to go, folks, see you later

6:49 am

I am fine, ruby, thanks. gearing up for a loooong day

6:49 am

love to start it off with a little babble and a chat

6:49 am

hi, NB, didn't mean to be rude

6:49 am

hi everyone

Trfifffes

Loves Ruby

6:49 am

the babble chat is very comforting

6:49 am

anyways enough of old news

HI NB

6:49 am

hi sandy!!!!

6:49 am

no problem Ruby ;)

6:49 am

morning sandy! or evening sandy!

HI Sandy

6:50 am

feel like working the same magic on Leo's boss, Crossy? They are selfishly keeping him up in the north of the country.

6:50 am

evening, and just finished cooking one of our roosters (LOL)

6:50 am

lol,alas that i cannot do

6:51 am

nbt

6:51 am

herin, do you watch masterchef?

6:51 am

herin, I was introduced to a faboo webiste today -- it's so great! www.shitmykidsruined.com --- it is HILARIOUS!

6:52 am

actually, any of you that have kids, or have kids in your lives may enjoy it....

6:52 am

I have written it down trif

6:53 am

wife and i are already doing up plans for the kids room lol

Trifs I have seen it and that site really pees me off at how stupid parents are too how little discipline the kids have.

6:53 am

I'm enjoying this...following my Coming of Age day, I'm now an adult just like everyone else. So I can join in complaining about kids ;)

6:53 am

it is really worth the visit, sandy, I promise! any time your kids get to you, plan a visit...

6:53 am

lol nb

6:54 am

Oh, herin, trust me on this one, five minutes alone in the bathroom is all it takes for mischief to occur. and EVERYONE, even the best moms, need a little bathroom time now and then....

6:54 am

hi kids - and Trif - that is priceless - I wish I had a camera when my three-year-old (23 years ago) was taking apart his high chair with a screwdriver - he was pretty handy, almost disassembled by the time I found him

6:54 am

and congrats, NB - welcome to the wacky world of adulthood

6:55 am

that is good jbv!!! quite the clever young man....I am thinking of sending in a photo of the front end of my pathfinder, which primo was kind enough to "restyle" for me

6:55 am

well ta, JBV :) of course I celebrated in the most mature and adult of fashions...

6:55 am

but... haven't y

6:55 am

cough -- hangover -- cough cough

6:56 am

you also ruined things yourself?

6:56 am

why pick on the kids?

6:56 am

my kid used to take furniture apart as well,but he did not need tools

Trifs I mean what kind of idiot leaves a bottle of nail varnish remover on a very expensive table

6:57 am

herin may have something there - I sometimes think these cutesie photos and videos were actually staged

6:57 am

leaving things around is easy when you are chasing kids all over the place

6:58 am

hurshy is also correct, I would not want someone trailing mes around with a video camera -

6:58 am

the same parent who mistakenly figures a ten year old girl who has been doing her own nails for over a year without incident could handle it one more time. I spilled a bottle of nail polish remover on a wooden table when I was sixteen!

The said kid was 9

6:58 am

Worse than a mere hangover. I woke up clutching a pipe...nobody I know owns a pipe...

6:58 am

when my kid was 2,he drank an entire bottle of windex

Nancy did you also have a traffic cone?

6:59 am

bet he shone for a week, crossy!

6:59 am

Omg, Crossy!! what did you do?!

6:59 am

yikes, crossy - what happened?

6:59 am

secondo drank pretty much an entire beer at a party when she was 18 months old. it was a lawn party, someone left it down, she downed it.

6:59 am

it was one of the scented kind without ammonia,so it was allowed to pass natuarlly

Good grief.

Trifs o dear

7:00 am

that was the only time i ever had to call the poison control centre

7:01 am

the worst thing I ever ingested as a kid was given to me by my parents! what a role reversal

My friends dog was walking about at a p[arty all wobbley and she was really worried so she watched him wobble back to his corner and found empty cans of booze

7:01 am

listen, stuff happens! I am happy that there are parents with enough of a sense of humor to take a photo, laugh about it, and then get on with the cleaning up. if the kid needs punishing, then punish them, or at least have them help you clean up, or teach them WHY that was a bad idea....

7:02 am

okay, on that note, I have to toddle off to work. have a great day all, and remember to put the markers out of reach!

7:04 am

lol nowadays i have to put my wallet and car keys out of reach

7:05 am

personally, i think being a parent or a boss or anything gives you an unfair advantage - you can be much more aware and critical of the mistakes of someone you are in charge of than of your own, and they can't do anything back. i don't have kids, but i'm just relieved not to BE one anymore, so that when i break something or whatever, there's no outside critic to make me feel worse than i already do

7:05 am

wish i could get such a situation at work ...

7:06 am

as a parent we are there to advise,cause we have done all that crap before and do not want your kids messing up in the same way

7:06 am

'sprobably why i hate my boss so passionately.

7:06 am

now with a boos it is different,its my shoppe my stuff,do it my way..when your name is at the bottom of the pay cheques,we can do it your way lol

7:07 am

boss*

7:07 am

um, except at a big company when it has policies which your boss constantly wants to violate, putting you in a very awkward position.

7:07 am

mm

7:08 am

i am a one man band,not board room,no union,no commities lol

7:08 am

i envy you!

7:08 am

one of Nicky's friends who visits us regularly, has a 7 year old who is autistic. He cannot read or write ( I love him) but he can start a car, work on a computor, ring on any telephone, take any camera and work it - he is amazing in his own right

7:09 am

that is often the way sandy,i bet he will be a great photographer

7:09 am

but dont leave the keys where he can get them

7:09 am

lol

7:10 am

he is always asking where the keys to the ride on mower are

Sorry about that. Hey Hurshy

Sandy has your friend taught him Auslan?

7:11 am

wow...I can't even work a microwave accurately.

7:11 am

Auslan?

Australian sign language. Used to teach kids that are deaf and there is another similar one for kids with disabilities

Sandyy: http://tinyurl.com/2buzfo4

7:15 am

he can speak quite well and he doesn't ever shut up - Autism comes in a lot of varying forms

7:16 am

it certainly does sandy...i work with autistic kids..its amazing how it manifests itself

What I mean sorry to seem rude. Is there is books as well that help

7:17 am

they say his brain synapses haven't connected (or something like that) he also has 'petit mal' ceasures

Hi Rolin

7:17 am

hey herin

7:17 am

his mum takes him to all sorts of therapy

My friend in High School was highly dependant.

7:17 am

hi rol

7:18 am

epilepsy is very common as well

opps that friend in HighSchool was her brother.

7:18 am

Nicky's friend keeps her horse here and I go riding with her or I look after Jeremy while she rides

Does he like the Horses?

7:20 am

sandy... see if your friend has read a book called..'a friend like henry'... i recommend it

7:20 am

He has never paid them any attention but he loves two of our dogs and our cat - the other dog "Sydney' hates him while Jaffa loves him- he is very good with the animals

7:20 am

Sydney has never liked kids

7:21 am

its a big city....

7:21 am

Rol I have written that down, what is it about?

I remember this other fantastic book as a kid called Adams Ark

7:22 am

its a book written by a woman whose son had autism..the struggles they had with 'the system' and the way a dog unlocked his autism and how he has progressed to near independence

7:23 am

has to be read with a box of tissues at times tho

7:24 am

omg , rol , I won't be able to read it (shallow tear ducts) but if it is inspriring I could get it for Karen

7:24 am

its is sooooo inspiring... and you should read it... everyone loves a good cry...lol

7:25 am

but for now..im going out to grab the sunshine while i can..

7:25 am

I am particularly hopeless and I would cry for a week! My oldest daughter and I cried for a whole week after watching Dead Poets Society

awww Sandy

Loves Rolin

7:28 am

bye Rol

7:29 am

I like films like Sister Act - lol easy to watch and uplifting - We love 'Glee' here

I would love to see the new NIghtmare on Elm Street but I am too scared

7:34 am

want a movie that will mess you up? it is a older one called 'lorenzo,s oil" with nick nolte.it is about a child with als and his dad who fights to create a cure when medicine has given up

7:34 am

See it herin.....it's fab!!!!!

7:34 am

So is Iron Man 2

No I wont see it those films scare my stupid. I was scared stupid with se7en

7:43 am

one more 4 letter word to get and 34 left

7:46 am

good morning all

7:46 am

Good morning everyone

7:46 am

Morning Boo

7:47 am

hi boo

7:47 am

Hi Sandy

MOOOOOOm

7:52 am

{{Herin}} hello

7:52 am

hello Herin

heheheeh. A guy just punked the journo on tv

HI Boo

7:54 am

poor journal

7:54 am

*shuffles in and plops down* Hi, all!

7:54 am

morning Judi

7:54 am

HI Judi

HI Judi.

7:55 am

hi judi

I mean Journalist. The Journal fell for the age old joke of ''You worried about going deaf?'' WHAT and she repeated it three times

7:59 am

ok can someone clue the first fa5, I am definitely stuck on it please

7:59 am

halfway and off to take my mom out. Bye for now {{Hugs}} to all

7:59 am

fa5 - not true

8:00 am

thanks got it- hmm am I blind?

8:00 am

apparently not... yu are typing OK

sandy touch types. Good morning peeps.

8:02 am

howdy red

8:02 am

yes I do red, and hi to you

8:02 am

hey red... nausea gone?

indeed, it was veyr temporary.

KJE Red and bye MOM

hi herin

8:02 am

i do not touch type... i use only 2 fingers on one hand and 3 on the other - LOL

8:03 am

hey herin! thanks for the links

8:03 am

Morning folks

8:03 am

howdy bob

kje that is amazing. My Mom made me take typing, it helped me to no end in college.

8:03 am

hi

hi bob

KJE sorry there is not much vego recipes we are a land of meat

8:04 am

i dropped out of typing - i hated it... decided right then that i would never be a secretary and must learn other skills...

8:04 am

Hi Bob

8:04 am

I learnt how to type out of my sisters typing book

8:04 am

joke is of course, that medicine is all typing now... so i can go rather fast with my few fingers - LOL

8:05 am

I taught myself

8:05 am

hi Kje

8:05 am

someone said meat..crossy craves beef! and bacon..this diet is evil!!

exactly! all the documentation...

I had to type 42 slides today

8:05 am

australia - land of meat - LOL

8:06 am

My father used to crack this joke: 75% of typists use the touch system. The rest of us are hunt-n-peckers.

crossy to be honest your diet sounds like many of my regular meals.

8:06 am

i can hunt and peck 65 wpm lol

8:07 am

lol red

8:07 am

Crossy - are you on a particular diet or just the no fat, no fun diet?

8:07 am

no fat-no fun diet,im not worrying about carbs,colesterol or salt atm

I worry about cholesterol. but not too much.

8:08 am

Well, that's bad enough.

8:08 am

i do not,they will have to pry my eggs from my cold dead hands

8:08 am

it's about balance... all the extremes are not healthy

8:08 am

I was a medical technologist not a typist , but I have had jobs where i typed , it was always a useful skill

Kje Honestly can't think of vegie dishes probably the English in me

I had an egg for breakfast this morning, scrambled with spinach and olive oil, and an english muffin with spread and jelly....

8:10 am

i have eliminated 90% of bread,all beef,all bacon,all hard booze and added a ton more veggies and fish

I love me some salmon.

8:11 am

sounds good red.... i had coffee, 2 mandarins, and steel cut oats

8:11 am

Way to go, Crossy. How much have you lost so far, if you don't mind my asking?

kje that is actually a muhc better breakfast.

8:12 am

lol,cut with steel vs a lawn mower?

I've been doing lunch smoothies, an orange, strawberries and blueberries with milk.

8:12 am

im onlu stepping on the scales once per month on the 6th judi.so we will have to wait till then

My gods you lot are embarrising me. I live on coffee and Oats in the Am and what ever is kicking about in the day

8:13 am

i like veggie scrambles, red... several times a week I'll have scrambled eggs with brocolli, mushrooms, and tomatoes.... or scrambled eggs with salmon, chives, capers, tomatoes... all good stuff

I need to step on a scale, but ever since I had to oreder a bigger swimsuit, I am avoiding it.

Normally I wouldnt eat so much, but I just had come from a run and felt actually hungry.

flesate isnt a word, how come?

8:14 am

that isn't a big breakfast red... I find that if I eat more at breakfast, i will eat less the rest of the day

8:14 am

i like nice ric/veggie dishes ill add some egg,and broccoli and garnish with some bean sprouts etc

CrossieGues what

8:14 am

rice

8:14 am

what?

I have not bought a pack of smokes since 1st may

herin that is good news. are you saving a lot of cash?

8:16 am

good girl:)) yaa for herin!!! crossy gives big ole bear hug to herin!!

8:16 am

woohoo herin!!!!!

8:16 am

take the smoke money each day and save it up to reward yourself

Yes. Ok. I still have one to 3 a day but that beats the 15 -20 a day. And the Am coffee and smoke is starting to be a tad not enjoyable

8:17 am

oh,so not done yet...

8:18 am

You must have quite a stash of cigs if you haven't bought a pack since last year. Throw them out!!!

No but good though for me

8:18 am

crossy withholds bear hug...;(((

:( I am trying

8:19 am

good for you herin!

8:19 am

keep it up herin.. you will get there!

Judi I don't have a stash. I pinch them off himself. It beats the idiocy that I was doing.

8:19 am

keep it up!! you can do it

8:19 am

keep trying!

Oh Herin, its going to be hard to quit completely if he still smokes.

8:20 am

gotta run - hagd all

Excatly. I got sick and then they raised the price and I went WTF am I doing. I don't like

8:20 am

crossy i could give up all bread bacon and beef but forget giving up bourbon!

8:20 am

Too bad he can't quit with you.

8:20 am

i got a touch of pnemonia 2 months ago herin.dr says i would of been in hospital if i was still a smoker

8:20 am

someone said bourbon....

He is trying. He used to smoke a pack of 20 a day

8:21 am

yes,it is better if the house is smoke free,if you quit totally herin,he will have to smoke outside

8:21 am

i was reading your diet below and said i could give it all up except the bourbon

8:21 am

acupuncture work for my husband

8:21 am

it also works for crack addition which tells you something about cigarettes

8:21 am

x-rays with lots of dark shadows worked for me;)))

Ok random fact Crack Pipes are banded here with massive penalties

8:22 am

unfortunately my husband didn't quit soon enough :-(

8:22 am

good random fact lol!

8:22 am

here believe it or not all that stuff is classified under paraphanellia and legal

8:23 am

That's good to know, Herin. However, crack heads can make a pipe out of just about anything.

8:23 am

they make me sell water pipes in my shoppe

8:23 am

it is illegal here unless you can come up with a good explanation of a nonillegal use

:( JM

I found this out when I was looking at banned products

8:24 am

today is my wedding anniversary!

8:24 am

I am celebrating by going to a baseball game tonight

8:24 am

yaa for jmc!!! how many years?

8:24 am

Looking for an alternative to cigarettes, herin?? ;-)

8:24 am

25th

8:25 am

of course he was only present for 10 of them

8:25 am

Happy Anniversary, jmc!

lol no Judi. Part of a something I found during research for class

8:25 am

i am sorry indeed jmc

8:25 am

ty judi it was a wonderful day and i am happy to remember it

8:26 am

unfortunately i still have all the inlaws!

8:26 am

my wife is lucky,she has never had to deal with the evil mother-in-law

8:27 am

i am not so lucky however lol

8:27 am

my mil is less evil (although she has had her moments) than ditsy -- i believe she patterned herself after katherine hepburn in bringing up babby

8:28 am

lol,all i can picture now is K.H warbling in african queen lol

8:29 am

she did lots of comic parts

8:29 am

Good Morning Folks

8:29 am

howdy mnh

8:29 am

bringing up baby is the one where she bought a leopard for her uncle

8:29 am

Hiya, Mom!

HI MOM

8:30 am

How is everyone doing this fine rainy day

8:30 am

cluem for fa 7 please

8:30 am

hi mom

8:30 am

hi boo

My not MIL thinks the sun shines out of her daughters butt and her son doesn't have one pic of him up

8:30 am

I dont have it - havent listed yet either

8:30 am

hi mom and jmc

8:31 am

ah my mother thought my brother walked on water and her daughters were okay

8:31 am

Hi Boo

8:32 am

I have one of those jmc - my brother does no wrong and I have always been the bad daughter

8:32 am

my husband could not stand my brother -- but then neither could i

8:32 am

well poor queeny thing died in the closet with aids so i should have more pity for him

8:33 am

i am working in it! lol

8:34 am

*note to self: quit talking about dead family members*

8:35 am

fa 7 is the plural of the fa 5 --- pejorative for someone overweight

It won't bite you in the butt JM

8:36 am

hi BR

8:36 am

no but it tends to leave others speechless herin

NOt really I was being lewd

8:37 am

Hi All! Just back from vacation and stopped in to say hello.

8:37 am

Hi Hego - did you have an awesome time

8:37 am

Hiya, Hego!

8:37 am

Who's being lewd?

8:37 am

hi hego! did you have a good time?

8:37 am

i totally missed that herin -- must have gotten lost in the translation!

8:38 am

Had a good time. Won some bucks at Churchill Downs with my bro

8:38 am

ty br

8:39 am

winning is good

8:39 am

How's all the Babble buddies?

8:39 am

Herin!

Ok I was looking at naughty pics

8:40 am

good for you!

8:40 am

It was tough without you, hego, but we muddled through.

8:40 am

lol!

8:40 am

missed you guys

not naughty naughty pics but NSFW pics

8:41 am

you were missed too hego

8:41 am

thanks jmc!

8:41 am

okay gotta go to work bbl

8:42 am

bye jmc. Save the World

8:42 am

bye jmc

8:43 am

mnh, how goes the ciggie situation?

Good. I need to go to bed.

JM go take over the world

8:47 am

Have a good day, all. Babble on!

8:47 am

28 days today - a short month done - bye hego

8:48 am

Golly gosh. Fireworks!

8:48 am

congrats judi

Yah Judi. Bye Hego

8:50 am

Off to do real work now. Bye! POOF

night and bye

9:00 am

congrats, Mom!

9:01 am

good night herin

9:01 am

thanks vlcl

9:22 am

morning all (passing through)

9:26 am

aw! I thought I had flagstone.

9:26 am

nice phantom, vlcl

9:29 am

Hi Pini

9:30 am

hi MNH

good morning again everyone. I have now vacuumed the floor, a large acocmplishment.

9:33 am

why isn't NEES a good word?

9:33 am

hi red ;)

9:33 am

go red

9:33 am

I tried that too pini

9:33 am

Hello, folks. How is the grid treating you?

9:33 am

morning BR!

9:33 am

Hi BR - grid is not too bad today

9:33 am

anyone ever make a mock apple pie with Ritz crackers?

9:34 am

YES, vlcl!!!!

9:34 am

My mom used to make that when I was younger! Loved it!

9:34 am

(haven't had it in years)

9:34 am

Ive got 4 free boxes of Ritz so I am going to try it

9:35 am

(I didn't know anyone knew about it; was beginning to think it was her own recipe)

9:35 am

it really tastes goodd??

It sounds a bit buttery and crunchy, not at all bad Vici...

9:35 am

sounds yum - never heard of that before

9:35 am

sure does ;)

9:35 am

can someone tell me what i did wrong,,i was copying my words from clues to grid,,and all of a sudden i lost all my clues,,,i hit refresh clues but nothing happens

9:35 am

I will save you a piece

9:35 am

Yes, blitzkrieged the grid ere now.

9:35 am

My Mom used to make it when I was young too - it is good

nana, I am confused that you lost what clue or the words.

9:36 am

thx vlcl!!!

9:36 am

not sure you can doe it from clues to grid...can do from grid to clues...

9:36 am

doe = do

9:36 am

all the clues i typed in

9:36 am

in the left

9:36 am

vlcl...please let me know how it turns out!

nana you are typing clues?

9:37 am

yes

why are you typing clues.

9:37 am

44 words left - gonna go walk dog and make pie

9:37 am

clues or words?

9:37 am

I think we are using different terminology here

81 for me, dog has been walked, I need to go swimming soon.

9:37 am

because i really never cut and paste before,,

9:37 am

are the words in the word list nana

9:38 am

can u tell me how i lost them all

9:38 am

57 for me and I need to get ready for work...

9:38 am

are you trying to move them to lickety

9:38 am

i must have hit something while typeing

9:38 am

yes

9:38 am

i have 20 left

firstly do not ever cut and paste, copy and paste only.

9:38 am

mine fall off lickety all the time. I just have to copy and paste them back

9:40 am

have the bulk add box open on lickety - highlight the list of words, then drag them into the big box, then hit add bulk

9:40 am

why would you put words in lickety instead of directly into the grid? Isn't that double work?

thats what I do as well. except I hit control copy fisrt then control p. I guess I dont drag.

9:41 am

when I am trying to figure out what I have left I have my the system add the words. I dont type them in manually

9:41 am

btw - hello all - just wasting a bit of time babbling before I have to pick up 5 year old at school.

9:42 am

I need to leave in 15 minutes for a legal seminar so trying to get some last minute words

9:42 am

I just type the word or guess into Add Words and click Add

9:42 am

me too - but dont you use lickety BR

9:42 am

actually I just hit enter on the keyboard. Its faster

9:43 am

no lickety -- never have used it

9:43 am

I pull up lickety in a different window so I can have both open at the same time. then I figure out what I need and add it directly into the grid.

BR is brilliant and needs no lickety.

9:43 am

how do you know what you are missing

I use Lickety at the bitter end when I have 30-40 words left. I am hopign to someday stop using lickety alltogether.

9:44 am

I have two windows open too but on the big puzzle I need already gotten words put in to see what I am missing

9:44 am

start at the bottom of both word lists and work my way up. compare what I have to what lickety has. then fill in the gaps.

9:44 am

ahhh - me stupid - need lickety

lickety makes things much faster, i pick and pick at grid all day without him.

9:45 am

you are not stupid mom. everyone does things differently.

9:45 am

I show clarify, I do not use Lickety pro

9:45 am

that takes too much time minski - especially when stopping and starting the game several times a day

and luckily I have all day ot pick at the grid on my not working days.

9:45 am

to be honest, I don't htink I use lickety's list to its full potential. I just compare the 2 and fill in the gaps on mine.

9:45 am

what is clarigy br?

Pro does not work on a mac so I have not the option for that.

9:46 am

Good morning kids.

9:46 am

I dont have Pro either

9:46 am

Hi Scrabbs

Scrabbler welcome to the grid!

9:46 am

How is the grid?

fairly nice...

nicer than our weather.

9:47 am

grid is not bad

9:47 am

I type in all the words I can find and then use every available expediency to complete the grid, including sacrificing candy wrappers to the enable gods.

9:47 am

We have a beautiful, sunny day here--high of 71 expected.

only the wrappers BR?

9:47 am

candy wrapper sacrifice. that's serious.

9:47 am

pouring rain and 54 here

9:48 am

thats why he is so smart red

Scrabbs its already 80 here. 71 was our low last night. I resorted to AC due to the fever with the head cold.

9:48 am

Hi BR + Ata

9:48 am

It is grey and drizzly here in MA and the same temp.

9:49 am

Hello, Scrabbler How is the leg doing, Ata?

9:49 am

As long as you aren't sacrificing the candy itself no intervention is needed.

9:49 am

you are not far away from me Minski

9:50 am

we probably live about an hour apart.

9:50 am

I live an hour from the Mass/NH border

9:51 am

I work in Concord NH that is a little closer - heading to Manchester in a few minutes for a seminar

9:51 am

ok, I hope! First physio session tomorrow!

9:51 am

I live about 45 minutes from the border. It takes us just under 2 hours to get to Waterville Valley from here.

9:52 am

Yay, Ata, although you will have pain.

9:52 am

not to bad - north of Boston is much easier to get around

9:52 am

But it is the start to recovery.

9:52 am

I need to run folks - enjoy babbling - maybe see you all this evening

9:53 am

good luck tomorrow Ata

9:53 am

Bye mnh

9:54 am

It is time for me to go pick up kid and go to library to pay fines and return overdue books. Back tonight. TTFN.

9:54 am

Bye Minski

10:00 am

clue for ke 4/11

10:00 am

I don't have it but will look

10:01 am

ty

10:01 am

ke + A for **fort

10:02 am

Got it...and there is BR's clue

10:02 am

ty

and time for me to debate drying the suit in the dryer, so I can wear it...or trying to put it on wet.

see you all.

10:03 am

Bye Red. BRB, must switch laundry to dryer.

10:04 am

be well, HT

10:04 am

bye red

10:10 am

hello

10:11 am

Hi Jane

10:12 am

how many letters in the middle row, lone E on the right please?

10:13 am

I have neither of those e's

10:14 am

I found el4/4. You better find it or el4!

10:14 am

At 98/86 I need a break.

10:15 am

thanks nbt

10:23 am

lone e on right el 4

10:23 am

16

10:25 am

ar 6 ?

10:26 am

ar6 is pl of ar5

10:27 am

well then I need that 5 also. I have only two ar ar5/10 and ar4/4

10:27 am

OK got them!

10:27 am

I was looking in the wrong direction

10:27 am

ar + strong wind-last letter

10:42 am

done

10:42 am

anyone want a clue?

10:43 am

fa7 please?

10:44 am

sorry, congrats sciencegeek

10:44 am

steas

10:45 am

sorry, think I'm losing it

10:51 am

fa7 - plural the 5

10:52 am

Thank you kje thats fireworks for me

10:53 am

yay holly

11:02 am

clues for the 8 and the 9 plz

11:08 am

ea8/9 - a sensory organ + Chelsea are going to sink like a ***** next year :P

11:08 am

clue for te 6/18

11:09 am

ty ata......in your dreams!!!!!!!!!!

11:10 am

well, gotta hope!! :P

11:12 am

and i thought kidney st5/10,s were bad lol

11:14 am

they are fishy bits :)

11:17 am

fireworks

11:19 am

yay boo!

11:19 am

yaa for boo!!

11:27 am

go chelsea..!!

11:29 am

booooooooooooo!

11:29 am

lol

11:37 am

but we can forgive a lapse of taste :P

11:39 am

oh it dates back to when aus football went national instead of being a state game..everone refused to support outsiders... so when obramavich came in..he got the same hoohah..so i went for chelsea just to stir people up ... then came jose...and he was good to look at..lol

hi and nbt

11:42 am

wd josh...i dont know where to start with that 'd'

think of suffix for town names

oak____, river____, glen____

11:44 am

oh fish me...ty

11:49 am

Speaking of fish, can I have a clue for the last te5,10?

11:50 am

nm. I found it.

11:50 am

oh yes, Jose was quite lovely

this grid is pretty straightforward so far. down to 36 left in about 15 minutes

11:55 am

lunch = BBQ chicken grilled flatbread, a pickle, a bag of doritos + mtn dew "distortion" its just that kinda day. :/

11:57 am

mmmm!

11:59 am

I wish we still could get Mtn Dew

12:03 pm

Ata, you cannot get Mtn Dew?? This is a crime of great proportions.

12:05 pm

oh no, did I miss Eva? :O

12:05 pm

no, we can't. We used to be able to, but they stopped it

12:06 pm

Perhaps that would be the only way I'd be able to quit my "habit" if totally unable to ge my hands on it. Addictive stuff, the Dew.

12:07 pm

hello everybody

12:07 pm

hi ruby!

12:07 pm

I vaguely remember that they banned (?) it cos it had too much caffeine in?

12:09 pm

It is loaded with caffeine, though now they have a caffeine free version.

12:09 pm

looks like I did miss Eva...:(

hi all

12:11 pm

what's the point of Mt Dew without caffeine!!

12:12 pm

hi bqarb

12:12 pm

kind of like coke zero..what is the point?

12:12 pm

exactly!

everything is so slow here today...anyone else notice?

12:14 pm

Last year they came out with Mt. Dew "Throwback" made with real sugar. Like when we were kids. Good stuff.

everything is so slow here today...anyone else notice?

12:14 pm

now all we need is coke with the cocaine and we are all set;))

12:15 pm

I am so old that they didn't have mountain dew when I ewas a kid: coke, pepsi, cotts's cream soda, hire's root beer

brb

12:15 pm

sounds good to me, ata

12:15 pm

lol Crossy...why ruin good coke...either one ;)

12:15 pm

what i miss ruby is real ginger beer:)

12:16 pm

we didn't have that either, just ginger ale, canada dry

12:16 pm

canada dry is king here

12:17 pm

we cqn get it here, too

12:17 pm

can

back

12:17 pm

here as well

12:18 pm

hmm...guess I'll be off then!

12:18 pm

by boy is currently in love with dr pepper

12:18 pm

bye NB

12:18 pm

tc nb

12:18 pm

can't you get the "real" Coke too? not the cocaine version, but the real sugar version?

didn't there use to be a pop called Mr. Pib...before Dr. Pepper

12:19 pm

when I was young, Dr. P was only in the South

12:19 pm

I wish we could get decent cream soda over here

12:19 pm

that was my fave when I was a kid, cream soda

12:19 pm

it is mostly crap here as well

12:20 pm

my father had a candy store (in NY), with a fountain, so I grew up with all the candy/soda/ice cream etc. I could want

12:20 pm

there's a gorgeous orange cream soda I can get in a sweet shop in Oregon. *bliss*

12:20 pm

until I was 12

the pink cream soda or the brown one Ruby? I like the pink myseld

12:20 pm

and the hawaiian goose says hello

12:21 pm

brown was ours

12:21 pm

we have a clear cream soda

12:21 pm

so do we

12:21 pm

hmm

12:21 pm

I've heqard that people mix Red Bull (which I've never tasted) with vodka, for a killer drink

that is made by jones no?...the pink one is made by Crush

12:22 pm

vodka red bull is great!

12:22 pm

all the kids up here mix vodka with red bull

12:22 pm

my heart would just explode lol

12:22 pm

I've only heard about that, but they advertise red bull on French TV

12:23 pm

I used to be able to drink pitchers of the stuff ...

12:23 pm

I'm impressed!

12:23 pm

A very very good cure for a hangover is vodka and lucozade. I know. I have tried it....

12:23 pm

note the *used*!

12:23 pm

end up with a bunch of hyped up wide awake drunks

12:24 pm

that's what I've heard; at least I had the decency, when drunk, to fall down and/or pass out

12:24 pm

what is lucozade and hello, soodle

12:24 pm

you move on to shots for that ...

12:24 pm

sounds like a fruit drink with extra sugar?

12:25 pm

how on earth do you describe lucozade!

12:25 pm

how about jello shots?

12:25 pm

it's sugar and extra full of glucose - it's used for sports people, and is the old fashioned gift for people in hospitals

12:25 pm

I don't even know if they have jello here....

12:25 pm

and it's bright orange

12:25 pm

Hi everybody. Lucozade is a glucose drink - bright orange in colour, and totally yummy. the glucose replaces the whatsits you lost last night, and the vodka, well, the vodka just does what vodka does!

you can still get lucozade? can't get that here anymore...use to drink that when I was a kid and sick with the stomach flu

12:25 pm

and tasted like nothing else

12:26 pm

sounds wonderful

12:26 pm

apple Lucozade is gorgeous

12:27 pm

we had coke syrup for stomach flu

12:28 pm

Lucozade, with or without vodka is a lovely drink. But very very fattening, and heaped with artificial colouring

12:29 pm

I'll look for it as a mixer

12:30 pm

sugar free Lucozade FTW!

12:30 pm

hahah

12:31 pm

you can get it now :)

12:31 pm

I have 126 words, but I think that's it for me.

12:34 pm

132!

12:34 pm

go go go!

111 here hi all.

12:36 pm

hello redt!!!!

12:36 pm

how are you

hi again...not having much luck...everything keeps freezing up on me

hi barb.

12:37 pm

Hello REd, and Barb

i'm good ruby, you?

hi soodle

12:38 pm

recovering from company

ohhhh that will take a while.

12:39 pm

for sure!

12:40 pm

and a heron ate all of my husband's fish this week, so he is sad and miserable

12:40 pm

there were more than 300 goldfish, some over a foot long!

12:40 pm

id be eating the heron for that lol

what a shame ruby

12:40 pm

poor goldfish

best not to put fish in a heron area, or put lots and lots of small natural ones.

12:41 pm

he wanted to kill it, but probably won't see it again since the fish are gone

i love herons.... and fish,

oh my...here some people buy a fake heron and then the real ones stay away

12:41 pm

Was it the same heron who was stalking your fish, Rubes?

12:41 pm

he started with only "feeders", 23 of them and over 8 or 9 yrs had a great pond going

barbs thats a good idea.

12:41 pm

yes, but it did all the damage within 4 days of my first sighting

12:42 pm

this isn't a heron area!!!!

12:42 pm

who knew?

the other thing is laying a net just on the waters surface so they can't get through it but you can still feed and enjoy the fish

12:43 pm

I've seen them, but only in cultivated fields, not close by, where they seem to eat mice and voles

12:43 pm

I suggested the net thing, but husband is a hard a**

i'd think ruby they would prefer fish.

12:44 pm

certainly that's true in Florida, but here there really arent's many fish (except in our pond :()

So it was like a sweet shop opened just for him or her.

12:45 pm

heron obviously couldn't resist the feast :(

12:45 pm

I feel bad for him, because the pond was beautiful, many kinds of plants and gorgeous fish

we have a heron in our area but he/she doesn't seem to bother my fish..but my neighbour put up a net over her pond an now it doesn't come around anymore

12:45 pm

yup

12:45 pm

in 11 years, I didn't see one until last weekend

our other problem is the racoons...they like to fish...but again with the net they can't be bothered

perhaps it was an anomoly.

it is terrible that is for sure Ruby...I hope you can start again and not loose anymore

12:46 pm

phantom: astragalus

12:46 pm

but he was beautiful and huge! mostly grey with blue, white and black on his shoulders, probably 4 ft. wingspan and I could see him from above because we're on a hillside and I ran him off

12:47 pm

my husband is heartbroken

12:47 pm

i bet :(

please tell him we are so sorry he lost his fish

12:48 pm

he's barely speaking to me now

12:48 pm

was not exactly a happy fellow before!

12:48 pm

ty barb

12:49 pm

we do not bother with koi ponds here,would be like putting out fish soup and ringing the bell,we would get coons,foxes,porkupines,cats,badgers,he rons,cormorants all in here hip deep

12:50 pm

these weren't even koi, just ordinary goldfish which interbred under the ice in the winter so that we had all variations of red, orange, yellow, white and black

12:50 pm

and some were so big we named them: Spot, Harry etc.

12:50 pm

bears,lynx,marmants,brush wolves

my neighbour has one that probably weighs about 5-6 lbs...gorgeous

12:51 pm

what colors, barb?

12:52 pm

you are realy in the wilds, crossy! lucky!

I have three shubunkins...they have a bit of blue to them and have various spots of orange, grey and black on them too

i love love cormorants, so interesting.

12:53 pm

oooh, sound lovely barb

12:53 pm

we hate cromorants,they are an invasive species for us

12:53 pm

they displace our loons

12:53 pm

we used to see cormorants and anhingas in the Everglades

i like anhingas also, but they are more common here.

i do not like loons creepy.

mine started out as feeders too ruby...just small little fingerlings...now by biggest one is about 12 inches long.

my parents "have" a pair....

12:55 pm

we are far enough from Lake Annecy so as not to get lake birds which is why we didn't expect the heron

12:55 pm

lol ruby,you are the only one i have ever know who does not like the haunting call of the loon

12:55 pm

of anhingas or loons, red?

brb

12:55 pm

red i mean

loons i dislikd them, my parents seem to have a pair...

12:56 pm

there is one breeding pair of swans just below our village and some years they walk the babies across the main road, quite a sight

12:56 pm

there is usually one mating pair on each small lake

its more than hauntong, it is so so creepy.

12:56 pm

till the cormorants come;(

12:57 pm

I've never heard one, we are too far from the lake. The only noteworthy bird call here is Mrs. Cuckoo

its ok ruby, its chilling, like a creepy laugh, very human sounding and sometimes more like a young person screaming...

not something you want to hear.

12:58 pm

eeeew

12:58 pm

the cuckoo sounds exactly like a clock, too funny

12:58 pm

here are the amazing loon sounds ruby http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/ images.html

my parents live waaay out rurally so the first time I heard it in summer, coming up over the mill race, I just about freaked out...

12:58 pm

I've only seen her once, but she has a nest nearby (I think)

loons are pretty birds though, they just need to be quiet.

12:59 pm

fireworks!!!

yaay vici!

1:00 pm

congrats vic!

1:00 pm

ty ruby

1:00 pm

and turtle

1:00 pm

gd night everybody, 138 words and my monkeys are lying on the floor, exhausted

1:01 pm

lol,red

back

nite ruby

good night ruby, i am only at 124

1:01 pm

gd night red and barb

1:01 pm

nite Ruby

1:01 pm

bye crossy

its odd cross, i love most birds...but loons heebie jeebies.

1:01 pm

bye vici!

1:02 pm

the cuckoo is a pretty bird

1:02 pm

she sings as she flies

1:02 pm

she sings of her false love and tells us no lies

1:02 pm

we had a coopers hawk nest above our deck and they pooped and dropped entrails on it all summer. It was fun to watch the babies tho

1:02 pm

how dated is that?

1:03 pm

I thought they ate the entrails.....

1:03 pm

the loon is kind of like our ambassador of the north,a symbol of freedom and nature and being one with the north,calling it just a noisy bird is like calling the american bald eagle nothing but a dump scavanger lol

1:03 pm

well, they dropped some of them

vici, i would love that but... i gotta say, entails and poo...

no no crossy, i called it a creepy bird.

1:04 pm

*poof*

the bald eagle may be a dump scavenger, i am unsure.

1:05 pm

am somewhat of a birdwatcher but have never heard a loon

1:06 pm

Hearing a loon makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up the first time. It's just haunting.

see, gail agrees that it is eerie, creepy.

1:06 pm

Eagles scream, too.

1:06 pm

would love to hear one.

true but not in the middle of the night.

1:07 pm

break

1:07 pm

i love the sound of the red tailed hawk. It is sort of primeval.

1:07 pm

We used to hear them in Northern Michigan during the night.

1:08 pm

i like the sound of a mocking bird at night

Hi jmc.

1:08 pm

it makes me feel . . . .at home

1:08 pm

dont hear many birds at night

1:08 pm

Or the whipoorwill

snadhill cranes do not make nice bird noises, they always sound like mechanical.

1:08 pm

hi all

1:09 pm

that is one of the nice thing about mocking birds is that you can get one that sings every night

1:09 pm

wow...to feel at home, I have to hear the roar of traffic and people shouting ;)

Hi Nancy. Thats the price of being a young jet setter in the city eh?

1:09 pm

we go to Indiana to see the sandhill cranes each year. there are thousands of them in the fields,

1:10 pm

NB!!!!!!!

there are supposed to be a lot at a place in Florida called Payne's prarie, but...I have never gotten there.

1:10 pm

LOL Red...wouldn't exactly call myself a jet setter! But personally, I like it. I can't sleep in the country. Too quiet!

1:10 pm

Paynes Prairie is a neat place.

1:10 pm

Eva, my dahling!!

I need to make some time to go up there Vici, Its on my list.

vlcl where in Indiana and when do you see the cranes?

1:11 pm

NB the country is not quiet. The cicadas would probably keep you awake more than city noises.

1:11 pm

i like the sound of traffic too nb Washington DC is the smallest city i have ever lived in

1:12 pm

have to look on may

1:12 pm

the country is WAY too noisy for me

1:13 pm

Maybe where you are vlc ;) the English countryside is somewhat lacking. Too cold for birds and insects! But where I live, it is particularly noisy...lots of drunk people in the streets at all hours of the night!

1:14 pm

i mean map

1:15 pm

I live in a smallish town in Vermont and the drunks and traffic keep me awake.

1:15 pm

i could use some huggles. glad youre here. :)

1:15 pm

Good Enough, we go in March I cant think of the name of the area

nothing but myself keeps me up...

1:16 pm

well I am definitely qualified for those, Eva :) what's up?

I just googled it. looks like northeastern area south of Michigan city

1:16 pm

eh. just stupid boy issues. :/

1:17 pm

that is not where we go but I saw that when I was trying look up where we go.

hello good, your lilac photo is really lovely.

Thanks red

1:18 pm

well I am more than qualified to deal with those, too, Eva...the soon-to-be mister, or a barrage of jealous suitors?

1:18 pm

soon-to-be was acting like a big fat doodyhead.

1:19 pm

must go for now

bye Vici, Have a great day and congrats on Fireworks!

1:20 pm

*sighs* I hate to sound hypocritical, but...men. Don't let it get to you - Leo was one of those more than a few times when we were friends. Though I countered it by accidentally on purpose making him gay, which I don't think would work for you..

okay that is weird...it says less than one min left

oooh refresh or finish fast.

1:22 pm

i know, i know. im just so utterly annoyed with im right now. and whenever im annoyed with him, he reacts as though i dont have the right to be, and then somehow, it seems like HE is mad at ME. *harumph*

1:23 pm

in the world of man, the best defense is an offense...what's he done, if it's okay to ask? :(

now were back to 10 hours..think there is a gliche somewhere

1:24 pm

that happens from time to time barb just ignore it

1:24 pm

either that or you've mastered time travel, Barb ;)

jmc, how is everything going with you and your special stalker friend.

well better eat and then have to get mom to the doctors this afternoon....I don't think so Nancy that would be too nice to do

1:25 pm

nothing big, thats the sad part! i ended up staying a half hour late at work yesterday, but then thanks to horrific metro delays and then some emergency situation at my home station, it took me 2 hours to get home last night. needless to say, i was exhausted. i asked him twice (once via text on the way home and again later in the car) if he would just pick a place for us to eat dinner because i was mentally wiped. instead of just picking a place, he starts listing places. i asked him again to just pick somewhere and he wouldnt, so i just got out of the car + went back inside. we didnt talk for the rest of the night, and apparently he slept on the couch.

1:25 pm

:/

eva, In a way, I think its probably going to be pretty easy to get over that one.

1:27 pm

i agree, red. it just really upsets me that he knew i was having a rough day, and quite easily could have made it a little easier, but just flat out wouldnt.

1:27 pm

it seemed like he was actually trying to upset me.

1:27 pm

its amazing the small things that can turn ito a tornado

bye for now have a good day or night everyone

1:28 pm

Maybe he had a bad day too

1:28 pm

some people believe that picking is imposing no matter what you say to them

1:28 pm

bye barb

1:28 pm

wife and i used to do that a lot,now we read each others minds and know what is going on

1:28 pm

the worst, juiciest rows always come from SO little. luckily for me, Leo's too tall to sleep on the sofa.

agreed with what jmc says and indeed if you had not liked the pick then he may have been worried that you would complain about it.

even if you definitely would not have.

1:29 pm

the main thing is to assume that he had the best of intentions and was doing his inept best to be good to you

well said jmc

jmc, you are too wise for your own good.

1:30 pm

my husband and I learned that the thing that the other person did that most annoyed us was usually an attempt to be helpful

1:30 pm

and think of all the things you'd miss out on if you never fought. you know what I mean :)

1:30 pm

for example when i was sick hubby would bring tea with lemon and honey and i HATE lemon and honey in my tea

1:31 pm

*polishes and straightens halo*

1:31 pm

*sigh* i know in my head that he wasnt trying to be mean or hurtful. its just so difficult when i was SO exhausted and i was telling him exactly what i needed from him, and he just refused. it felt like a slap in the face.

1:33 pm

my husband was bringing me tea and honey for all of our 11 years together even though i kept pointing out i hated it

1:33 pm

I know that feeling Eva ....

1:33 pm

im normally much better at rolling my eyes and accepting his quirks. i guess im just having one of those weeks. it seems like everyhing is *blah* this weel. :/

1:34 pm

the rain will do that to you

1:34 pm

its like opening a jar of pickles,ill never do that again!! she handed me a jar one day and i poped it open in 6 seonds and she say"yea,thats just like you!" and im thinking "what the hell did i do now???" then i realized,it is not about the jar,its how the first time she tried,she broke a nail,then she did not eat a lunch cause she really wanted pickles on her sammich,then its how she dropped the jar on her toe and now it is all swollen and she cannot wear the high heels tonight that she wanted to.she did not want the jar open!! she wanted to tell me all the agony it caused her for her day and i had the neverve to open the thing!!! klol

well jmc, clearly you always got better, so it was the right thing to do...

1:35 pm

I know that feeling Eva...in my case, because I'm home alone. Gets me down!

1:35 pm

damn typos

1:35 pm

LOL Crossy! I'm suddenly so, so, so glad I'm gay ;)

1:35 pm

lol nb

1:36 pm

oh well. we are on holiday next week. im hoping the weather will be nice there because its absolute crap here (thus contributing to my icky mood) we need to relaxation.

1:36 pm

it is a minefield nb hehe

are you going somewhere fun Eva?

1:37 pm

I don't think non male/female relationships are free of such things though ;)

1:37 pm

LOL...how do you manage, where you live?! if the cold doesn't get you, the missus will ;)

1:37 pm

to the beach. :)

1:37 pm

no it was something that made him feel comforted so he kept thinking it would make me feel comforted

1:37 pm

lol,both feel the same initally,one needs a heavy coat the other heavy bullet proof vest lol

I know JMC, but clearly it worked, I mean, he brought it and eventually you got better :)

1:37 pm

and my gay friends have the some problems nb so dream on!

beach is nice, Florida? You can come see me!

1:38 pm

lol true red

1:38 pm

i just took it as a nice gesture and stopped worrying about it

1:39 pm

well we have an interesting situation...he still has half a straight boy mentality. Helps him humour me, I think ;)

1:39 pm

in fact part of what we learned to do was each night tell each other something we appreciated about that person and something that we did as a gift for that person that day

1:39 pm

it is not really a war nb,think of it more as a series of small skirmishes,where there is give and take and concessions,where there is no real victor and all you are really hoping for of to outlive each other lol

1:39 pm

it made for interesting conversations and revelations

i bet jmc. thats very nice.

1:40 pm

some times the very thing i did to be helpful to him was what annoyed him the most!

1:40 pm

LOL! oh Crossy :D

1:40 pm

we will be in OBX. :) with my family -- which could be even more stressful than being at home...lol

1:40 pm

sigh it is as i said earlier today my wedding anniversary so i am a bit mumphy

1:40 pm

then when you are away from each other you cannot wait to get back lol

1:41 pm

crossy give jmc a big ole bear hug

Oooh....

Outer Banks is nice though Eva, I worked out that way once.

sprry jmc.

1:41 pm

oh yes. just got off the phone and now I miss him like crazy!

1:43 pm

oooh, and I killed chat. must be destined to be lonely this week ;)

i am thinking about napping. but I have 47 left, and I might be able todo without list...

1:45 pm

i have to get a lot of packing done tonight, as i will not be home much tomorrow evening + we have a party to go to friday night for a friend who is moving across the country!

I'm catching up on In Plain sight shows, but sadly I may fall asleep again mid day.

1:46 pm

oooh, that's so exciting, Eva!

1:47 pm

i think so too! shes very nervous because she is just picking up and going. no job lined up + only knows like 4 people out there. but she really needs a change, and i think this will be good for her.

1:47 pm

don't drink too much at the party...a hungover plane ride is a long, protracted and painful death ;)

1:48 pm

ohhh, she'll be fine - after all, I did the same, only knowing one person here ;) and I'm still more or less in one piece!

1:48 pm

no plane ride for us -- we are driving to OBX the next day. and for her, shes not moving until next week, so she can drink all she wants. ;)

I've done it many many times, though usually with a job lined up.

1:50 pm

in that case, a good knees up is in order ;)

1:50 pm

it's fun :)

nancy Boy, to the PB!!!!

( I heard there was some sort of ritz cracker apple pie thing in there.

1:51 pm

alright, Red, but only if the cabana boys are there.

sure they are. ready to serve.

1:57 pm

need a clue for the 3rd se5 (between saw before and me my***)

the french? river...

1:59 pm

oh bah - was looking among the center E's instead. ty red for the fish

YW dan. I am struggling with 39 left, and an overpowering desire to sleep.

2:00 pm

join the club, Red. Do I go out, or not? Decisions, decisions...

I think I may have overdone it today with the gym...

I still have a cold and all...

and now the chat dies a slow agoniing death.

hi, red, i'm still listening

its ok, GG I am actually trying to complete this grid, 37 left and catch up on In PLain sight. while not falling asleep

how are you?

i'm very tired as well - long day out yesterday.

fun?

2:09 pm

*yawn* 15 minutes to freedom. how is it only wednesday??

yeah, really nice. went to Cambridge for the day to see a cousin. haven't been there for about 20 years, but it's still a beautiful city.

only doing this because i haven't the energy to get up and do something else.

because Ihave to work the weekend Evan.

2:12 pm

right! decided. I'm gonna fight for my right to party ;) or...now what to wear?!

could someone clue the ag6/33 p;lease?

didnt know there was one...looking GG>

ty, red

ag plus a shotened version of a man's name, rafael...

2:14 pm

It is like the last st6 - just change the first letters

2:14 pm

go for skinnies and your best "its looks old and abused, but i planned all of that quite carefully" tee, NB. :)

hi wht.

2:16 pm

LOL Eva. I can't wear that out - I'm wearing that right now!

ty, all, got it, and the plural

2:16 pm

Hi red. Just popping in and out. Out know because work is calling.

2:16 pm

or out to the PB now.

2:17 pm

well, duh -- add a fedora. then its "out" gear. ;)

2:19 pm

LOL! actually I have a very old and kind of offensive t-shirt that was just made to go under a jazzed-up suit jacket. Maybe I can find a use for the pipe I woke up with after the last night out ;)

2:19 pm

but it behind your ear. ;)

2:20 pm

it's either that, or I'm filling that sucker up with fairy liquid and watching the bubbles go. ..

2:22 pm

oooh....BUBBLES!!!

I have 8 left...

I guess I'll chew on the ea9 and 10 for a while

any clues?

2:24 pm

LOL! Well, why not ;) though it's totally gay...even for me. right, just gotta replace my hair with normal hair and then I'm off to make some new friends for the evening ;)

2:25 pm

(((hugs))) im outta here as well. :)

2:25 pm

(((hugs))) take care Eva...and enjoy your holiday, if I don't see you!!

I'm in!

2:26 pm

ill be here tomorrow + friday. ;)

i'm here too, Kap

I have 6 left. Clues for the big ea's? 8&9?

I gg

2:26 pm

ea 9 = What you listen with + the rolling ******

Hi gg

2:27 pm

ea8 is the singular of it

Thank you.

4 left.

i'm quite near the end, but moving very slowly now.

2:27 pm

yw

2:27 pm

I might not be here tomorrow...computer screen might be that little bit too bright ;)

oh, to be young again and able to abuse my body like you, NB!

2:28 pm

aww... you should pop in + saw hello or drop me a message or something. anywho -- enjoy tonight and hugs to leo!

on7?

you, kaplan, or me

2:29 pm

LOL GG! yeah, a night out is like a good education; you really can't put a price on such things...;)

2:29 pm

will do, Eva ;) if I manage to get home! take care of yourself, gorgeous ;)

3 left...

2:32 pm

still need on7, k?

on7, the last te5 and one more

and the first st5/10

I got the st5

Just need on7 and the last te5 for fireworks

i only need that last te5

Do you have on7?

yes. i clued it earlier, but perhaps i was a bit obscure. its a compound word meaning you or me in person

Of course. Now that last te5!!

Monkeys should eventua;lly catch it.

te5 anyone please?????

It must be a weird one.

2:39 pm

is there only 1 te5?

i'm sure i've tried evry possible permutation

No but the other two are common words

3, ata

Me too- maybe it's a hoax or a te***.

2:40 pm

is it te5/10?

yes

there is more than one te5/10.

2:41 pm

ok, I'll try and find some to help!

I've tried EVERYTHING

except the right one.

2:41 pm

it's a unit of magnetics named after the physicist

lol

2:41 pm

*just* got that LOL

I don't know that stuff.

i only know the names of two physicisits - einstein and hawking and netither of them are helping.

and what;'s more i don't seem to be able to type properly an;ymore

Help fopr me and GG!

What unit of magnetics? Another clue!

2:43 pm

te*** coils!

your typings gone as wll, Kap!

2:43 pm

te + ***lom is a ski event

hooray. ty Atalante. you've savem me from a bad breakdown

FIREWORKS!

Thank you, Atalante.

FW too

Got it gg?

got it

YES!

2:45 pm

remember it!

Now I have to do something productive. Oh, shoot- the day's over.

yaaaaaaaaay!!1!!

dfjaks;ljs;flajsf;jf;ojkf;ladfjks;fjds reiu

whew

i'm going to go and watch Timothy Spall sail round Lands End on the box

watch him on the box - he's sailing a barge

2:47 pm

I need the third se5/10 please?

thugs can se*** you in the street

turn the tv se* ** so that you can watch.

going now, see you all tomorrow. bye

2:50 pm

I have that one. I need the one before that please. Thanks.

french river, Betty

2:51 pm

Thanks guernseygirl. Appreciate it.

yw. goodnight now

2:52 pm

Goodnight!

wow, I am down to 23 left.

No list yet .

2:55 pm

Impressive, HT

lots of clues used though.

2:57 pm

That is what clues are for.

yup.

well i am catching up on tv...

phantom flagrant

3:24 pm

flagrant phantom?

hi jmc.

3:31 pm

hi red

3:32 pm

weird day at the office

i am trying to nap, really tired, but cant sleep.

uh oh?

3:33 pm

too bad i have a little drinkypoo and then start to watch something really boring on tv and off i go to lala land

I'm watching television.... still have a cold so it feels as if I can not breathe which is not the case.

office?

3:33 pm

got a guy calling up with obscenities -- always glad for that since it means we are doing our job well but he says we sent our literature to his son who is fighting in iraq

and did you? My guess is he asked for it if you did.

3:34 pm

then a guy calling with info about an article in the nyt that i should respond to

all these men calling you jmc...

and all hot and bothered.

3:35 pm

then one of my staff got a call on his cell phone saying he won a vacation which he believed right up until they asked for his credit card #

3:35 pm

lol i wish red!

Hysterical, about yoru office staff, I guess some are a little young and gullible.

3:36 pm

meanwhile trying to file a brief in the 4th circuit

3:36 pm

most of my staff is young an gullible -- that's what i love about them

you lead an exciting life. All i did today was run, swim and collapse on couch, and buy dog food.

3:37 pm

i think that sounds like a lot -- i mainly collapse on the couch

any clues for the E up top, I have to "ek" out a iving.

3:38 pm

did they really name those elephants bonnie and clyde? ;_0

3:38 pm

sorry ;-)

Ha ha!

the dog i s glad I bought the food, he is unaware of it, but...

3:39 pm

I got nothing

3:40 pm

en - old word for enough andplural

Well, since I can not sleep I am catching up on the In plain sight episodes that are on so late at things.

is it a 4 kazzer?

fond it thanks!

3:42 pm

i didn't :-(

and hi kazzer

e plus "do it right ***!" stat.

3:42 pm

ty

yw.

3:53 pm

morning jmc red & kazz

lynxx, you are up early.

3:54 pm

nearly 7am so not too bad

my time changing skills are off again, I thought it was about 5.

3:55 pm

Daylight Saving throws you - there and here

4:08 pm

Hi everyone out there. I'm stumped on the on 7. Anyone with a clue?

4:10 pm

hi Bichon. I'll look too, thanks for the hint

4:11 pm

on7 when you are talking about 'me' (not me but you)

4:12 pm

look at your s4s

OK ging to go walk dog, It will take a monumental effort, but I expect it will be worth it though he too is rather sleepy.

4:14 pm

bye Red

But first, I am just soooo humiliated. The place I ordered my suit from sent me a thing asking if they needed to add an apartment number

4:14 pm

tyvm lynxxx

I wrote them back an email and instead of add I wrote ass. I just saw it.

they must think I am an idiot.

4:14 pm

I am sure they will laugh too

well I hope they add it. Oh man, how rude of me.

OK walkies.

4:30 pm

BBL

4:40 pm

they probably saw add red

4:42 pm

this is weird. I have all the words [as says tile stats] but it doesn't say fireworks. Anyone know what gives?

4:42 pm

that is weird .. did you leave the page right as the fw were coming?

4:43 pm

Hi all

4:43 pm

not it said I need more words, so I refreshed. I came back as completed, but no fireworks. Am I being cheated?

4:43 pm

hi fuzzy

4:44 pm

well, no biggie. TTFN

4:44 pm

I have been monkeying what I thought were the most absurd words and they are real!

4:44 pm

what a bummer to do all of that work and not get fireworks. I have never had that happen, but then I have only had fireworks 3 times.

4:44 pm

BTW, hello all..here to finish the last 64

4:45 pm

lol i am not sure that fw are the be all end all

4:45 pm

hi miz

4:45 pm

do you have 184 words?

4:45 pm

20 words left, hoping to finish before the flip

4:46 pm

you got 7 hours fuzzy!

4:46 pm

no problem!

4:46 pm

I do!

4:46 pm

jm, what flag is your icon?

4:47 pm

the colony in which I live DC

4:47 pm

Yes Miz, I have 184 and it says 0 left. Just puzzling

4:47 pm

I did not realize they had their own flag, but i guess it makes sense, states have their own flags.

4:48 pm

wondering wondering if you're wondering too

4:48 pm

I wonder a lot about everything. drives my husband and son nuts.

4:48 pm

we get a fl** but no vote and our laws vetoed by congress

4:49 pm

<===my congressional member went to congress but all I got was this crummy fl**

4:49 pm

p.s. fuzzy pb for you!

4:49 pm

huh, bichon...well, you should feel good finishing and we all know!

4:49 pm

I knew that, must be frustrating. But you do have the Smithsonian

4:49 pm

i believe that the smithsonian is available to all

4:50 pm

had to think for a minute why the PB, got it!

4:51 pm

Ah, but you can go there whenever you want. I have to travel a long distance and just get a day or two.

4:52 pm

i could live in md or va and get a vote AND ease in traveling

4:52 pm

true

4:52 pm

you can't sell me on the idea that my life is good with taxation without representation! lol

4:52 pm

I think we fought a war for that one!

4:53 pm

funny how many people have forgotten that when it comes to the District

4:53 pm

help with the bottom singleton E for nbt

4:54 pm

or ****!

4:54 pm

did that work?

4:54 pm

ty fuzzy!

4:55 pm

yw

4:55 pm

nbt in time to go drink margaritas and watch baseball

4:55 pm

my idea of heaven

4:55 pm

bbl

4:55 pm

I wish we had margaritas at middle school baseball games! Might get more parents to come...

4:55 pm

if the game isn't too long!

4:56 pm

it would work for me fuzzy -- maybe you could bring them in a thermos

4:56 pm

oh, they can be excrutiatingly long

4:56 pm

*poof*

4:57 pm

clue for to 7 please

4:58 pm

nm, found it

5:00 pm

I could still use that clue

5:01 pm

take to 5/10 the place you live and add the same two vowels for the 6 and plural for the 7

5:02 pm

hope that wasn't too confusing

5:02 pm

thanks fuzzy!

5:02 pm

yw

5:02 pm

that was perfect!

5:03 pm

gr 6/24, the first one

5:03 pm

gr + double vowel _ stick letter

5:03 pm

+

5:04 pm

the double vowel are the same

5:04 pm

I had to monkey that one

5:04 pm

and then the plurarl

5:06 pm

thanks Miz, son just came home had to leave for a minute

5:06 pm

I understand

5:07 pm

I didn't have the plural

5:08 pm

miz, do you have the sa 6/18?

5:09 pm

no yet

5:09 pm

okay!

5:09 pm

I haven't made it to the S's yet

5:09 pm

I do as much as I can and then go down the list on lickety

5:09 pm

I just go for it, never any particular order!

Ok, back from walkies. man its a warm day.

5:11 pm

nice and cool here. rained all day, predicting 80's next week. ugh!

They keep predicting rain, but it keeps going somewhere els.e

5:11 pm

evening. kids are fed, bathed, teeth brushed. just killing time till story time.

5:12 pm

Spring in Oregon means anything goes from minute to minute

5:12 pm

how many kids feather?

5:12 pm

2, nick's two and a half and daniel's five and a half

5:13 pm

You have your hands full!

5:13 pm

nick and the cat are currently sitting on the hback of the couch with me

5:13 pm

dan's in his room playing

5:13 pm

lol, you could say that. plus i teach kindergarten.

5:13 pm

AND, i found every K word! yay!

Go feather go...

5:13 pm

I teach in a high school life skills room

5:14 pm

oh, very cool

I found the K's but I am missing 18. debating the list.

5:14 pm

good job feather

fuzy that must be very interesting.

5:14 pm

I am a nanny/preschool teacher

5:14 pm

we all seem to be in the same boat

5:14 pm

:)

5:15 pm

i keep thinking that whenever i retire, i'd like to teach preschool

5:15 pm

guess that wouldn't be too much of a retirement though

5:15 pm

It has it's moments! We have one student who is happy all day, never a sad face. He is nonverbal. the rest are very challenging.

5:15 pm

it's quite exhausting, but fulfilling

5:16 pm

We have 5 students in the room with 5 teachers.

5:16 pm

i've got a project up at donorschoose.org, check my profile. if you know of anyone who'd like to donate, please help me spread the word! thanks

5:16 pm

pre-school is fun, not too much pressure as far as testing results go.

5:16 pm

it's awesome to have such a great ratio

5:17 pm

kindergarten is now what first grade used to be it seems

5:17 pm

I teach college math.

5:17 pm

We couldn't do it any other way, all are very high needs.

5:17 pm

I love math!

5:17 pm

oooh, math! i loves math.

5:17 pm

there is still testing with progress reports and dealing with parents that think their child is a genius or the ones that we need to talk to that never show up since conferences aren't required

5:18 pm

loved science, and english too. only thing i didn't enjoy in school was social studies/history

5:18 pm

Miz, that is true no matter what the grade!

5:18 pm

I am back to being a nanny after being let go

5:18 pm

true!

5:18 pm

budget cuts?

5:19 pm

Our school district just handed out pink slips due to declining enrollment and major financial woes.

5:20 pm

nope, just let me go. I was one of the highest paid staff and I think they wanted to get rid of those to make room for part-time or just lower paid people

5:20 pm

My husband was a high school teacher and he called that the "not my precious Johnny" syndrome. Parents never wanted to think their child did anything wrong.

5:20 pm

ouch

5:20 pm

that is awful

5:20 pm

oddly enough, my center was on the upswing with enrollment...

5:21 pm

yup, marjetta

5:21 pm

I like the name for that syndrome!

5:21 pm

Our college is too, but we still had people cut for the budget

5:21 pm

fe

5:21 pm

I wasn't part of the 'in crowd' there and I am sure that had a lot to do with it

5:21 pm

oops

5:21 pm

story time is coming up soon, better scoot. found 35 so far, amidst chatting! will bbl.

5:22 pm

and the ones that believed us didn't do anything at home

5:22 pm

enjoy your story, it was always my favorite part of the day

feather will you tell us a story?

5:22 pm

Yes my husband got out of teaching since the teachers at the High school level were not supported by administration.

5:23 pm

Admin makes a huge difference

5:23 pm

yes it does

5:23 pm

there was no consistency, one in particular was really violent and never got a call home or sent home...the director only cares about revenue

5:24 pm

I was actually happy to be let go...I feel just better knowing I don't have to put up with most of those people anymore

sorry, but are there any W words that arent 4 letters??

5:24 pm

I actually liked a few people there

5:24 pm

I am sorry you were let got Miz, there is always a need for good teachers.

5:25 pm

no red, they are all 4 letters

5:25 pm

thanks marjetta

thanks fuzzyb

5:25 pm

yw

5:26 pm

We will pay for all the cuts in education. The students will one day grow up and where will that leave us? **Stepping off my soapbox now **

5:26 pm

there is, but no one wants to pay for them

5:26 pm

looking for the first two st 5/10's

5:26 pm

very true

the first 5, 10 I have is a plural of a 4. st plus vowels.

the second one I have is a rock.

5:36 pm

have the rock

it appears I am missing an st 5 10 then...

5:37 pm

just figured out your first clue, ty

5:38 pm

it's the st + vowels + plural and latin plural

5:38 pm

take your st 4 and just make easy plural

5:38 pm

if that made sense..2 different words

thanks Mizhoffle

5:38 pm

made sense to me, but I have both

down to 16. If I keep snagging clues, I will be able to say that I did this without list. ha ha.

5:38 pm

you are welcome red!

5:39 pm

15 left, but i started at the flip....

I have been pecking away all day. been trying to nap, but for some reason I can not sleep.

5:40 pm

st 6/27 please

5:40 pm

I'll trade, can't keep my eyes open

its a military term, you fly over and st**** the enemy with bombs

5:41 pm

good clue red

5:41 pm

thanks!

5:44 pm

sa 6/18 please

5:44 pm

sa + 13-18 years old

a type of shiney material

5:44 pm

That sa 6/18 word is sa plus te 4/4 word fuzzybunny

5:45 pm

thanks red and min, took both for me to figure out!

5:45 pm

hey everyone. Is the grid gentle today?

5:45 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:46 pm

By the way, congratulations to al the finishers! YAY!

5:46 pm

on my last 2, so pretty good!

5:46 pm

Hi min, doing great!

5:46 pm

Bugsaw, I think you will have fun

5:46 pm

well done miz, fw any minute for you

5:47 pm

I don't think today's grid will make you frown Bugsaw

14 more now. I am moving slowly...

5:47 pm

fireworks!

5:47 pm

thanks fuzzybunny. May I ask why your icon isn't a fuzzybunny?

5:47 pm

Congrats Miz!!!!!

5:47 pm

thanks!

great job Mizhoffle!

5:47 pm

Congratulations Mizhoffle on fireworks! Good for you

5:48 pm

I was trying to follow the icon of the day and got stuck on a picture of my cat, lol.

5:48 pm

YAY Miz

5:48 pm

I get to read now!

5:48 pm

what are you reading?

5:48 pm

what are you reading Miz? SOMething we might enjhoy or a textbook?

5:49 pm

no more textbooks for me...it's called "Bloodsucking Fiends: A love story"

5:49 pm

Interesting....

5:49 pm

if you like vampires and a little satire, you will like it

5:49 pm

doesn't sound like I would like it much...

5:50 pm

Maybe a great beach read, will have to bookmark it

5:50 pm

F's Finished! 3 left

hi bugs.

5:50 pm

the author, Christopher Moore sets all of his books in San Francisco

I just finished Richard Prestons The Cobra event, which was distressting.

5:50 pm

definitely a no-thinking book...a fun read

5:50 pm

go min

5:51 pm

Hi red. Please tell my about your book.

ho min go

oops, go min min go.

5:51 pm

I am still haunted by Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I can't forget the images he painted.

5:52 pm

Red, you just changed min's profession!

The book by Preston is a narrative about a virus let loose in NYC, he also intersperses some history on bioweapons in there, very upsetting.

5:52 pm

Redturtlehead,was about to go to my shed to get my garden tool! LOL!

So so sorry min. No gardening, just gridding, no other professions!

BUgs how are you? I have not seen in a bit.

5:53 pm

Thanks red. What kind of images are in The Road please, bunny

5:53 pm

Hello all. Time to drop in to say hi whilst I take some words which pop off this grid. Also on phone to talk to Stidmama.

5:54 pm

Hello stidgmere. Please pass on our greetings!!

5:54 pm

Might have to consider that profession if I don't get a summer job. If I don't get a summer job this will be the first summer not working in 12 years;big bummer

5:54 pm

Hello stidgmere! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

I would like to have a summer off, but not sure I'd like to miss out on paychecks.

5:55 pm

I have been quiet and not Babbling regularly the last little while red. Lots of Hospice work that just ended and stress at work about next year. When I haven't got nice things to talk about, I stay quiet. Makes my Granny proud.

5:56 pm

E's Eliiminated! 1 left

5:56 pm

The Road is about what is left after many atomic bombs are detonated. It follows a father and his son as they try to survive on the roads trying to find food and other friendly souls.

oooh bugs. sorry about the Hospice work, in that it ended, though I am sure you made the ending much better.

5:57 pm

I think I will save my last word for later.Now I'll work on a story of clues. I will be here for clues if needed.

5:57 pm

We all know how it will end even when we begin a relationship but it is nice to know that the death was peaceful for everyone in the family, not just the client.

5:57 pm

Bugs, I know many families that have been comforted by hospice. You do noble work

5:57 pm

love your stories Min...

5:58 pm

Congrats Min! love your stories, they make me smile.

I would just like to know what my last 2 sevens are I have an ag 7, the on 7, and an st 7....

5:59 pm

ag 7 is the plural of ag 6

5:59 pm

I hope I help. This one was a very special lady and we had spent a long time together so now there is a big void in my life. Babble buddies fill it.

yup fuzzy those are the ones I have. I dont have a list so I dont know what the others are.

5:59 pm

on 7 = me

6:00 pm

ty for the on

thanks fuzzy, those are the ones I have,

6:00 pm

oops, I misread what you said!

6:00 pm

to7

It's ok, no clue ever goes unused!!!!

6:00 pm

there is a fa 7

now I'm looking thanks!

6:01 pm

and a to 7

6:01 pm

do you want clues?

6:02 pm

no 5/18?

no clues thanks, I am looking

plurl of a no 4, 8 which is I think an old fashioned way to say I have nothing I have NO***

6:05 pm

That no 5/18 is plural of the no 4/8 word fuzzybunny

ahhh, found the to 7. odd one.

6:06 pm

had to answer phone, now paying attention

6:08 pm

I don't have the no 4/8 that you are referring too, I was too embarrassed to ask for a clue for a 4 letter word!

6:09 pm

no 4/8 is present time plus a cross letter fuzzybunny

6:09 pm

I have monkeyed it for 20 minutes and no luck.

6:09 pm

it has a high scoring letter as its 3td letter bunny. Think Yorkshire accent

6:09 pm

Thank you so much, that one was driving me crazy!

sorry, minver gives a fairly clear cue.

I am down to 11

6:10 pm

down to 11 also

6:10 pm

Min's was much better

9! and no list! happy dance

6:10 pm

All of your clues were great, sometimes I get a block

6:11 pm

Go red, go!

Go FB Go!

6:11 pm

WOW red. No list is terrific!!!! well done

I am surprised myself, but I have used a lot of clues including asking for 7 first letters, so I could have realy gone to the list.

some day it will all just roll off the keyboard!

6:13 pm

I think you did an awesome job, list or no list!

5 left.

6:13 pm

even when I ask for clues I end up having too many blank ones but as soon as I see the second letter, my brain opens up

6:13 pm

Go redturtlehead go!

6:13 pm

I strive to meet your accomplishment Red

6:14 pm

oa 5/10 please

6:14 pm

oa 5/10 is oa plus the number after nine fuzzybunny.

6:15 pm

ty min, I had been working on that one for quite a while.

6:15 pm

10 left!

4 left!

forgot that New Mexican t 4 word.

6:15 pm

yw fuzzybunny

6:15 pm

Go fuzzybunny go!

6:15 pm

I had trouble with that one as well

6:16 pm

You are going to be finished before I finish my story.

3!!!

6:16 pm

no I won't, I am still stumped on a ne 4 word

6:16 pm

your'e getting there Red!

is it the hawaiian goose?

6:17 pm

have that one

guess not then...

the light at night in signs?

6:17 pm

I think it is what I have, the one that repeats itself?

6:17 pm

The ne 4/4 word is a bright sign or lights fuzzybunny

6:18 pm

have the sign

6:19 pm

ne 4/4:plural of a fishing *** to catch fish fuzzybunny

6:19 pm

ne 4/4 is not far & another is not messy fuzzybunny.

6:20 pm

The fish one got me there, I can't believe I didn't see it. thanks min for your help.

6:20 pm

yw

6:20 pm

Red, do you have fireworks yet?

6:21 pm

down to 8...

nope, still working on 3 a 4, a 5 and a 6....

2

sadly I am going to the list, I cant bear it any longer.

6:23 pm

we won't tell!

now one left. I was missing a secretarys St*** pad. :(

6:25 pm

that was the st I was missing, thanks!

6:25 pm

5 left

6:25 pm

thanks red. I needed that one too but I am sad you gave up so close to the end

and fireworks. I was missing a singular to 6.

Ahhh its ok, I am still done. I have had quite a finishing streak lately.

6:26 pm

YAY red.

6:26 pm

Hooray Red

6:26 pm

4 left

Go Fuzzy Go!

6:26 pm

go bunny

6:27 pm

lmao, that is one ticked of baby, bugsaw

6:28 pm

I thot it was pretty hilarious too featherbee. If you have to look at a frown, it should at least make you laff

6:28 pm

"You want to put that themometer where?"

6:29 pm

lol

hi youse

6:29 pm

Hi Jean

6:30 pm

ar 5/14 please

hey bug

6:31 pm

nm, monkey finally found it

6:31 pm

2 left

6:31 pm

my monkeys just found it too

I don't want clues for the 8 and 9, just spell them out I'm tired :-D

6:32 pm

sorry jean. I am so tired I haven't found them yet ;)

6:33 pm

listen with your *** and a Rolling *****, now add plural

ty fuzzy but What kind of stoopid word is that?

6:34 pm

I agree, it is odd, but it works!

6:34 pm

that is very stupid

6:34 pm

ty bunny

first you have to worry about gall ****** and Kidney ****** and now *********!?!

6:35 pm

that is exactly where my mind went Jean!! ROFL

6:38 pm

1 left

6:38 pm

go bunny. go bunny

6:38 pm

watching last night's glee

6:39 pm

Don't kn 4/12 about you, but I thought that the grid was easy. I woud ra 4/4 this grid one of the easiest grids I have se4/4 and on of the easiest on4/4 to do I'm ne4/4 to the end of grid. So what el 4/4 can I do? I could ne 4/4en house,but I think I will do a story of clues instead to help you se 4/8 your words. When I was a te4/4ager,I traveled af4/7. I had to leave the hotel I was at because of a fire. I coudn't believe my ea4/4 when I heard that it turned out it was ar5/10 I hope whoever did it had to at 5/10 for their sins. I hope someone kicked them in the groin with their kn 4/8.Now I have a fe4/7 of hotels. Hubby has tried to ea4/4 my fe 5/16, but I am still afraid.Hubby likes to te5/10 me on my hotel phobia. I get mad and tell him to to 4/4 down is hotel jokes. I am not too ke 4/8 on staying at hotels anymore. A red fl 4/9 goes up in my mind whenever I have to stay at hotels. Sometimes I wake up in the midde of the night with te 4/4 in my eyes and my stomach is tied up in kn5/18 and I want to fl 4/7 the hotel.Now I am going to watch My Name is Ea 4/4 and look for some good ea 4/4 for dinner. I al 4/4 have to take a shower to wash myse4/7. Who kn5/26, maybe I'll skip the tv show and just babble. I think it is pretty sa 4/7 to say that I won't be out of this se4/4 for long. I hope you have made a no4/4 of my clues and found some more words. I clued mostly easy words, not the hard on 4/4.Oh and by the way, this story is fa 5/16. I will be back a little bit later on

6:39 pm

whoa, big one min! nice

6:39 pm

wow Min

6:42 pm

HELLO ALL!!!!!

6:42 pm

min, why is your face so grumpy today????

6:42 pm

hi stid!

6:42 pm

I TAUGHT --- POETRY today

6:42 pm

thanks Min. I got quite a few from your story. Only 48 omore to go

6:43 pm

Loved your story Min. You are above and beyond in creativity. And it is noted and appreciated.

6:43 pm

whee, fun

6:43 pm

to 8th graders... *sigh* *rolls eyes for affect* *disdainful attitude* *reluctant work*

6:43 pm

hello Mother!

6:43 pm

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

6:43 pm

HEY stid. I just left Min's clue and saw you had arrived. The icon clue is frowns

6:43 pm

Oh, I don't need frownie lines.

6:43 pm

oh.... *frowny face applies*

6:44 pm

Poetry and grade 8s is very hard to get past the attitude but I'll bet you gound a way

6:44 pm

Theme is frowns stidmama, not how I feel right now.

6:45 pm

Actually, I am quite happy because hubby is not here to take away Babble or the computer from me tonite

6:46 pm

do you still have 1 wrod left Min?

6:46 pm

Oh, good mini.

6:46 pm

well, I was surprised at the end of the day to discover that more than a third of the students had actually written one poem for the class wall, and a lot more had completed the required part of the assignment!

6:46 pm

word. sorry I have wrods

6:46 pm

oh! all babble all the time, min?

6:47 pm

A sure sign of success then stid. You have made them comfortable about sharing their thots.

6:47 pm

Yes, I have one word left and I am saving it for later.

6:47 pm

I admire you for doing that Min. I am sure I would forget to do it. Must be the ocd part

6:47 pm

:-D I was pleased enough. I think they did well, considering. Tomorrow I will be even meaner, and introduce them to short (100 word) story writing! *cackle of glee*

6:48 pm

I wish I was in your class stid. I see too many burned out teachers who just hand out worksheets and then sit back

6:49 pm

great story min!

6:49 pm

Thanks fuzzybunny

6:49 pm

well, I am pretty tired now! LOL the worksheet option would be tempting on a day like today, but I am supposed to be trying to actually teach, and that is what I am determined to do!

6:50 pm

oh! NBT!

6:50 pm

You will find that most kids will work for a teacher who they think really cares about them and whether they understand it or not.

6:51 pm

thanks Bugs -- I am aware I won't reach all my students equally well every year, but my hope it to make a difference to most of them at least a little bit.

6:52 pm

great goals

6:54 pm

I just found my last word. Do I enter it and get FWs?

6:54 pm

how are you doing Bugs? I know you said you need a break of some sort, will you keep working next year?

6:54 pm

back, had a phone call

6:54 pm

I would!

6:54 pm

hey feather!

6:54 pm

yes Min! then I can head out because I just got halfway!!!

6:54 pm

*waits to celebrate with Min*

6:54 pm

I am monkeying like mad to find my last one

6:55 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!on7/40 was my last word

6:55 pm

YAY Min!!!! *admiring firewords*

6:55 pm

Yippee Minveryork!

6:56 pm

and I am heading out. 90 to get when I return. But need a quick nap before I take the stidkid to his lesson tonight.

6:56 pm

yay min!

6:56 pm

*hugs all* *poof*

6:56 pm

Thought maybe with such an easy grid,nobody would be around later to witness my fireworks.Thanks guys

6:56 pm

I will but I need a new student. I have been working 1-1 with a very difficult student who has done wonders for me, but his parents don't like the school system or anyone who works in it so I get undermined all the time. I am tired and need a new challenge. This boy has met every goal I set him. Now he needs a new worker who will take him to new places.

6:56 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

6:56 pm

I did it!

6:57 pm

Congratulations fuzzybunny on fireworks!Good for U

6:57 pm

YAY Min and bummy!

6:57 pm

I just went to the list

6:58 pm

BUNNY I am sorry about that typo!!!!

6:58 pm

Thank you all. I appreciated all of the clues.

6:58 pm

I have been called worse!

6:59 pm

*sneaks in and hugs bugs -- I hear you! repoof*

6:59 pm

Now I can go to bed at a reasonable hour!

7:00 pm

I always hope to goto bed at reasonable hour when I finish early, but then I'm addicted to giving clues too

7:01 pm

Are you usually up for the flip?

7:02 pm

sleep well stid. I thot you missed it

7:02 pm

Oh no, those days are OVER!I was up for the flip this past Saturday. First time in MONTHS! I miss flipping!

7:03 pm

I have been up for the flip the last couple of nights because I was down to two words and tried really hard, but didn't make it.

7:04 pm

I usually goto bed between 11 & 12,but I should goto bed between 10 and 11. I can never get enough sleep

7:05 pm

Oh I HATE it when that happens.I have been down to one word and didn't make it.Sorry to hear that fuzzy

7:05 pm

Same here. Time to go make dinner. Tomorrow.

7:05 pm

Goodbye fuzzybunny! I'll see you tomorrow in the log

7:08 pm

poof

7:11 pm

listing, 70 left

7:20 pm

ag6/33 please?

7:20 pm

don't have it yet, sorry

7:21 pm

np

ag6/33 = ag + I use a ***t to go dowm river + vowel

then plural for ag7

7:23 pm

thanks!

your welcome

7:24 pm

I have 5 words left and am asking for help.

7:25 pm

fa7, 40; le 5 10 and 6, 18. Anyone with clues.?

go ahead stidgmere will try to help

7:26 pm

fa 7,40 is plural of one before it

7:26 pm

le 5,10 is the country Sierra Le***

donot have le's yet sorry

7:26 pm

and plural

7:26 pm

Bingo for fa.

7:27 pm

or le + single

7:27 pm

le's licked!

7:27 pm

TY TY TY

ty Bugsaw

7:28 pm

ty for the ag 67

yw

7:29 pm

Last two unknowns are se 5, 10 after the one which means to use eyes; te 5, 10 the one after the wooden peg for golf.

7:30 pm

unknown for me too stidg. sorry

sorry stidg do not have yet

7:30 pm

se = river in france

7:31 pm

ty for se. Been there, too but no help to me today. Very clear clue.

7:31 pm

te = the guy who invented electricity

7:31 pm

ty shirloc

ty shirloc

7:32 pm

down to 9 now. thanks shirloc

7:32 pm

i'm still trying to decipher the ag6 clue myself

7:32 pm

Benjamin Franklin? Mr. Ohm? Mr. Watt? Mr. Oh my Gosh, that is Shocking?

7:33 pm

ag + burn victims get a skin ****t + vowel

7:33 pm

Huck Fin floated down river on a ***t

7:33 pm

thx!

7:34 pm

(I couldn't find boat either)

7:35 pm

te and electricity? I'm not seeing the te 5, 10 yet.

7:36 pm

ge + cole ***w

7:36 pm

oops, te + cole ***w

7:36 pm

his first name was Nikola Te***

7:36 pm

One of my favorite scientists! :D

7:37 pm

good clue feather

7:37 pm

he was fascinating wasn't he Dindrane?

7:38 pm

first gr5/14 please?

7:38 pm

monkeyed it, nvm

7:38 pm

He was! Have you seen the "Hark a Vagrant" comic stips about him? :)

7:38 pm

I don't want to paste the URL here as it might have his name in it...

7:39 pm

The Holy Gr*** - change one vow

7:39 pm

TY for the Nichola clue. Finally, with everyone's help I now have fireworks. Such an achievment thank you all!!!

7:39 pm

yay stidg!

7:39 pm

Grats, Stidgmere!

7:40 pm

on7?

7:40 pm

hola

7:40 pm

I have not seen those Dindrane. I will make a note to check them out. thnaks

7:41 pm

hola

7:41 pm

on7 - 1 + se4

7:41 pm

So, now time to float back to reality. Cool enough for a fire in the fireplace. Stormy weather. Can go on. Everything is here including fireworks.

7:41 pm

oh, it is my icon twin!

7:41 pm

stormy weather - great song.. think i will put it on

7:41 pm

hee hee, i wasn't fast enough to get it right above yours

7:42 pm

that is one weird 8 word

7:42 pm

got it, tty

7:42 pm

i am looking at a bruise on my upper arm... caused by my masseuse today

7:42 pm

umm, ouch? was it relaxing, or not so much?

7:43 pm

i must make her feel guilty about it next week

7:43 pm

ha

7:43 pm

very good - felt like a limp rag when she was done..... too bad i couldn't just lay there and take a nap

7:44 pm

but yes, it often hurts when she hits places she decides to work on for a bit

7:44 pm

20

7:44 pm

Hello to all who entered while I was taking my shower

7:44 pm

wanna race?

7:45 pm

wow, min... what an icon!

7:45 pm

not like you at all... you are usually cheery!

7:46 pm

Believe me kje,it is not how I feel. It is today's theme

7:46 pm

lemme guess, you're done

7:46 pm

so i see.... glad i wasn't here when the chog was full of people with theme icons - LOL

7:46 pm

I'm very cheery now because husband isn't here now.

7:46 pm

now why would you think that?

7:47 pm

ha, experience

7:47 pm

Actually,Bugsaw is the only other person with theme icon that I've seen, but hers is cute. Click on the pic

7:47 pm

i think i am frozen

7:48 pm

nope, there it is, my last post didn't post

7:48 pm

will go look min

7:48 pm

hwello

7:49 pm

LOL - yep - hers is kinda funny

7:49 pm

what's the theme? I'll change my icon

7:49 pm

hey harp

7:49 pm

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

7:49 pm

on7?

7:49 pm

no harp! don't do it!

7:49 pm

on7 - 1+se4

7:49 pm

That icon theme today is frowns suggested by Sprite

7:49 pm

okaaaay.....

7:50 pm

The on 7/40 word is number plus se 4/7 word Shirlock

7:50 pm

duh, thx kje and min

7:50 pm

yw

7:50 pm

yw

7:51 pm

think i will go look at the rest of the bod in the mirror and see if i have other bruises - brb

7:51 pm

Hello Babblers

7:52 pm

bruises kje - whats up

7:52 pm

Hi Momneedshelp! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:52 pm

masseuse abuse

7:52 pm

she had an enthusiastic masseuse

7:52 pm

thats acceptable

7:53 pm

I need one of those - got a reference

7:53 pm

Masseuse abuse, LOL!

7:53 pm

no other bruises... it doesn't hurt, unless you push on it... but she did work that spot pretty deep

7:53 pm

actually - masseuse abuse technically would be if i bruised her I guess - LOL

7:53 pm

ok new face

7:54 pm

I am not sure if that's a frown or a sad face harpjane

7:54 pm

ok, you guys are determined to depress me

7:54 pm

weed, take your turn when you get a sec

7:54 pm

hi all!

7:54 pm

Tomorrow's theme is teardrops suggested by Sprite.

7:55 pm

NO NO NO kje - not me anyone = I just got here and am jealous

7:55 pm

hey nrkii!!! congrats - you whooped me again

7:55 pm

do I need to back up on the chog?

7:55 pm

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

7:55 pm

is sprite OK?

7:55 pm

Hi Min - thanks for your daily greeting - I love it

7:55 pm

hi nrkii!

7:55 pm

I think she is ok. The theme the other day was smiles

7:55 pm

Heyas kids ..

7:55 pm

sorry, distracted, chatting with an angst ridden friend

7:56 pm

momneeds - i was talking about all the mad faces

7:56 pm

hey bgh

7:56 pm

hi Tor!!

7:56 pm

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

7:57 pm

momneeds - i would highly recommend her - one of the best i have had... but she is in dallas

7:57 pm

nrkii, your ususal staple is perfect for today's theme.

7:58 pm

ok, back to the grid, still at 20 left

7:58 pm

is it "frowns?"

7:58 pm

I'm at 20 left too

7:58 pm

should I list?

7:58 pm

no patience

7:58 pm

up to you, i am!

7:58 pm

I beieve I woud need a massage just for the hassle it would be just to get to Dallas and dealing with planes

7:58 pm

just a bit too far - I really need something right now - planning on calling the local spa - hmmm - no cigs - cost of spa - yeah!!!

7:59 pm

I want two more Ts

7:59 pm

YES

7:59 pm

Posted a story of clues which is now in profile earlier if anybody needs help finding some words in the grid.

7:59 pm

ooh, found 3 Ts

7:59 pm

17 to go

7:59 pm

listing

7:59 pm

i go to a place called massage envy - it is a national chain. The therapists are variable, but I have found 2 that are phenom so stick with them, and the price is fantastic

8:00 pm

I got 11 left

8:00 pm

cool. i got a gift certificate for a massage for mother's day. saving it for june, when i'm stressed!

8:00 pm

FW! less than an hour! even with lickety that's a record for me

8:00 pm

there is one awesome spa an hour from home = pricey but worth it

8:00 pm

yay shirl!

8:00 pm

Congratulations Shirlockc on fireworks! Good for you

8:01 pm

8

8:01 pm

Go featherbee go!

8:01 pm

yay shirlock!

8:01 pm

fireworks

8:02 pm

Grats

8:02 pm

yay feather!

8:02 pm

I just opened the list... struggling already with ag6/7

8:02 pm

8 in less tha a minute... you listed too early then

8:03 pm

congrats to all the finishers

8:03 pm

a + stefi tennis player kinda

8:03 pm

and plural

8:03 pm

ok I have two left and need to finish can anyone help with the last fa5 and the fa7 - I bet they are fish

8:03 pm

probably. but i think i need to go rip my fridge apart. it's making a weird noise.

8:03 pm

thansk!

8:03 pm

or ag + cute spanish player almost

8:04 pm

ks

8:04 pm

fa - not skinny kid

8:04 pm

and plural for the 7

8:04 pm

Hmm, any clues for the sa6,18?

8:04 pm

take your turn first weed!

8:04 pm

sa6 - type of shiny cotton sheet

8:05 pm

im trying thanks kj

8:05 pm

Arg, thanks KJE!

8:05 pm

namecalling kind of name sandy

8:05 pm

yw

8:05 pm

i will. quick promo: http://bit.ly/b6LUg8 i've got a project for my classroom, and need help...please consider donating to a worthy cause!

8:05 pm

shameless self promotion - tsk tsk tsk - LOL

8:06 pm

hooray fireworks at last - thanks for the clue I just couldn't get it

8:06 pm

yay sandy!

8:06 pm

thanks so much now have to rush off

8:07 pm

yay sandy!

8:07 pm

went, kje!

8:07 pm

hagn

8:07 pm

k

8:08 pm

went, guess this game is yours weed

8:08 pm

te5 - last one please?

8:09 pm

got it

8:09 pm

russian scientist, nrkii

8:09 pm

fireworks

8:09 pm

well, maybe not russian, i forget

8:09 pm

hi all.. my last te5 is the electricity guy nrk

8:09 pm

ah.. i'm too slow

8:09 pm

yayay nrkii!

8:09 pm

yay nrkii

8:09 pm

Yay nerky!

8:10 pm

phew... I'm off to FB to catch up on lexulous... happy babbling everyone!

8:10 pm

hagn

8:10 pm

Congratulations nrkii on your fireworks! Good for U!

8:10 pm

nite nrk

8:10 pm

Goodbye nrkii! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

8:10 pm

Later nerk

8:11 pm

Hello Dorens!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:11 pm

minver, somehow the frowny face just doesn't fit your chog personality, you know?

8:11 pm

The icon theme is frowns suggested by Sprite Dorens

8:11 pm

LOL - my EXACT thought dorens!

8:12 pm

when i saw the face, then red that it was min, i did a doubletake

8:12 pm

read

8:12 pm

ok min, so that is the reason, but stilll... it just doesn't fit

8:14 pm

and fireworks

8:14 pm

yayay dorens!

8:14 pm

Grats!

8:14 pm

congrats Dorens - working on my last one

8:15 pm

thanks dindrane, but that is penalty box material

8:16 pm

**FIREWORKS**

8:16 pm

hahahaha - was gonna say that, but decided i am usually too close for comfort to point fingers

8:17 pm

yayay momneed

8:17 pm

and Min - you always need something happy for your icon but that is you hon

8:18 pm

so next time find a happy frown - lol

8:20 pm

i must run - bbl

8:20 pm

Is Boobear here?

8:20 pm

good night kje

8:21 pm

Congratulations Dorens on your fireworks!Way to go

8:21 pm

I got to run too - kids want computer for a bit before bed - good night all - happy babbling dreams

8:21 pm

Congratulations Momneedshelp on fireworks! Hooray

8:22 pm

Goodbye kje! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

8:22 pm

yay mom needs help! bye kj. night all

8:23 pm

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

8:25 pm

Clues for the ag 6 & 7? Thanks!

8:27 pm

I always do that....I just jump in and do not say hi...sorry, that was rude....

ag 6/33 ag + he **n a good race + you wear shoes on your **et

8:34 pm

Thanks, Luv...I found it, though, but thank you so much!

8:35 pm

Luv -- thanks for the ag6 clues.

8:37 pm

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

8:37 pm

Hello LuvWordGames! How are you? Welcome to grid!

8:38 pm

Hello big red!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:39 pm

Hi, Minver!

hi Minveryork, sorry, stepped away for a second

hi big red

8:40 pm

need clue for al5/16 the 2nd...

al 5/16 is plural of the al 4/7, al + all's **ir in love and war

8:42 pm

got that one, need the 2nd 5/16

that is the 2nd one

8:42 pm

Both al5/16 words are plural of al4/7 words jaianniah

8:43 pm

I guess then I need the first...LOL!

8:43 pm

al 4/7:friendly tv alien with extra vowel & then plural

8:45 pm

Hello all. Why the frown, Minveryork?

8:45 pm

Min, those are the second set of 4, 5's

8:46 pm

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

al 4/7 a + the ***t hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

8:46 pm

Jaia - try al & l**t not right

8:46 pm

Help with ag6 + 7 combo please?

8:46 pm

Today's icon theme is frowns Scrabbler. Not the way I feel right now. Actually, I am quite happy right now

8:47 pm

It looks more angry than sad.

ag 6/33 ag + he **n a good race + you wear shoes on your **et

8:47 pm

thnx, Luv and lynxx

8:47 pm

ag 6/33 is ag plus anagram of fe 4/7 word Scrabbler.

8:47 pm

TY, no wonder I couldn't find those--new words for me

8:47 pm

ag+ nickname for raphael+ pl.

8:48 pm

yw

8:49 pm

Ar 6?

8:49 pm

ea8 + 9 combo help please

8:50 pm

ar6/24 is plural of the ar5/14 word.Do you have that

8:50 pm

ar6 ar & not guys

8:50 pm

No...

8:50 pm

ea 8/40 is hearing organ plus st 5/10 word Scrabbler

8:50 pm

have the other

8:50 pm

ar5 + ar + another name for a girl

8:50 pm

ea8/9 compound - hearing rocks?

8:51 pm

TY, Min--strange word

8:51 pm

ar5/14 word is ar plus women and then plural the ar5

8:51 pm

yw

8:51 pm

Ty

8:51 pm

yw

8:53 pm

I cannot monkey that last ar 4/4...

8:54 pm

ar4/4 and crafts

8:54 pm

duh...

8:55 pm

I already had the darn word...I think I need a break...

8:55 pm

Thanks for the ea words

8:55 pm

te 5/10 please the last one

8:56 pm

first gr5 please?

8:57 pm

gr+double vowel + con

8:57 pm

my last = to rib/joke with someone

8:57 pm

TY, Meliae

8:58 pm

TY Mel

8:58 pm

Sorry, meliae, I see now that my clue is not for the last te5

8:58 pm

not that one i need the one after golf peg

8:58 pm

Hello meliae! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:58 pm

you're welcome

8:58 pm

Hello min

8:59 pm

te 5/10:anagram of Christian Slater movie Clean *****

9:00 pm

or an anagram of Christian *****r even

9:00 pm

Aha, te5 = units of magnetic strength in MRI machines, named after Nikolas Te5

9:01 pm

at 4/4 the 2nd?

9:01 pm

Nikolai ..

9:01 pm

I was close, TorgonHaha

9:02 pm

at4.4.the 2nd - are you sure?

9:02 pm

hi Tor

9:02 pm

Close enough ..

9:02 pm

finally got it thank you

9:02 pm

At 140/44 I am done with this grid. See you tomorrow, kids.

9:02 pm

yup

9:02 pm

bye Scrabbs

9:03 pm

nini scrabs

9:03 pm

Nope. I'm wrong. It's Nikola ..

9:03 pm

Bye Scrabbs

9:03 pm

Niters Scrabs

9:03 pm

the only at4.4 I have is consumed pluralled and I have finished As

9:04 pm

lynxx, I had that one , too...I am definitely too tired..see you all...

9:05 pm

bye Jaia

9:08 pm

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:08 pm

min,whats with angry face?

9:09 pm

It's Frown icon day, and, sadly, Tears icon day next

9:10 pm

hi everyone!

9:11 pm

hiyas Lb!

9:11 pm

hi Dawg

9:11 pm

fa 5/16 please

9:11 pm

hi meliae! hi Lynxxx! how's it going?

9:11 pm

nm go tit

9:12 pm

not true

9:12 pm

fa5.16 not a nice name to call an overweight person

9:12 pm

got it* LOL

9:12 pm

oh I needed the first one but got it

9:13 pm

fe 5/16 please the 2nd one

9:13 pm

rhymes with pe*** porridge

9:13 pm

fe & don't forget to say pl****

9:13 pm

ty LB

9:16 pm

on 7 please 3 to go!

9:17 pm

on7 along the lines of me, my**** and I

9:17 pm

number + id and ego all rolled into one

9:17 pm

doh, thank you

9:19 pm

See you all later, the sun is out (not very hot however) so going to get into the garden. Byee

9:19 pm

hagd!, lynxxx

9:19 pm

ok lynxx see you later enjoy your day

9:20 pm

Does anyone have the fa5/16 & fa7/40 please?

9:20 pm

BTW - Greetings All. Back again.

9:21 pm

~ Firewords ~

9:21 pm

have two fa5/16 that are both plural

9:21 pm

mean name to call someone who is overweight and pl, Minski

9:21 pm

congrats, meliae@@

9:21 pm

whooooo hoooooo MELIAE!!!

9:21 pm

slang and mean word for overwieth people

9:21 pm

hi unea!

9:21 pm

hey, dawg! :-)

9:21 pm

thank you

9:22 pm

Thanks. got them.

9:22 pm

screaming stop_____. hello quick stop in -anyone need help

9:23 pm

hi mnh

9:23 pm

hey une and lbd

9:23 pm

hi meliae

9:23 pm

Hello, I am here back and forth to help clue

9:24 pm

thats me too - while watching recording of biggest loser from last night

9:24 pm

working on crocheting a tiny little afaghan for my master bedroom of the farmhouse I am working on

9:25 pm

SO EXCITED - my idol favorites are in the the top 2 - woooohoooo

9:25 pm

not on here yet shhhh please

9:25 pm

oooh, another miniature, mel?

9:26 pm

Oh sorry - good thing I didnt give names - so for all you know I am routing for ........

9:26 pm

yes, making an 1890's ish farmhouse it is so much fun

9:26 pm

I always wanted an old farmhouse remake

9:27 pm

mel - do you watch biggest loser

9:27 pm

i loved all three

9:27 pm

let me see if I can find a picture of it

9:27 pm

which is quite unusual by this stage of a season

9:27 pm

no I dont watch that show they are too mean to the people

9:27 pm

hmm..... -later

9:28 pm

yes they are but I am so addicted to this show and it is the semi final this week

9:28 pm

i still really feel like that lily girl and the lambert kid - alex? - are the big 'what ifs' of the season

9:29 pm

i would def have liked to see more of those two

9:29 pm

I cant believe what these people do - they are just incredible - I have stood on my feet and clapped my hands for them and hooted ... you get the picture

9:29 pm

Adam Lambert was my favorite from the beginning and still is between the two.

9:30 pm

no i don't mean adam lambert from last year

9:30 pm

Chris won but what have you heard from him - nothing!!!

9:30 pm

i mean alex lambert the shy southern kid from this year

9:30 pm

ADAM lambert is clearly the greatest singer of all the seasons

9:31 pm

Adam Lambert already has a record out. So what if his first single was a little out there - that was the video not the music. His second single is very good too. Just think back to the days of Ruben and Clay - look who made it - number 2 - woooohoooo.

9:31 pm

but ALEX lambert could have been an enjoyable contestant to have in the top twelve this year. though clearly it would have been confusing with the similar names!

9:32 pm

do you remember him, momneedshelp? he had a mullet.

9:34 pm

I cant remember who you are referring to - I remember the name because it was so close - BUT being such an Idol fan if I cant remember, her may not have been memorable enough.

9:35 pm

!!!!!FIREWORKS!!!!!

9:35 pm

he had a sweet, gentle style and soft twang

9:35 pm

yay, minski!!!

9:35 pm

hooray Monski

9:35 pm

sorry Minski

9:35 pm

how can you not remember a mullet in this day and age, though? :)

9:35 pm

there is a slight remembrance there

9:36 pm

sad to say the mullets are back again - boo boo hoo

9:36 pm

you MUST remember lily, with her practically white hair and her extremely funky style

9:36 pm

well shoot here is a picture but this one is done in nautical look, but it is the same kit, http://www.cptdave.com/houselit.html

9:36 pm

Oh Lily with that sweet voice and cool hair - I voted for Lily

9:37 pm

to the left a bit and below you can see links to see the interior of his

9:37 pm

she and alex lambert went home the same week, just missing the top 12

9:37 pm

and if you think about some of the dingleberries who DID make the top 12... sheesh.

9:38 pm

I know - I thought Lily should have made it over some that did

9:38 pm

sorry to say I dont remember names from the first 24

9:39 pm

my old brain can only handle so much - gives emptying mindless stuff but too much new stuff coming in - its a constant process

9:41 pm

but even the top 12, think who beat out lily... tim urban! paige miles! she was a DISASTER.

9:41 pm

today I went shopping with my daughter at a discount clothing store, we were looking at blouses, I said "this stuff looks like stuff and old lady would wear" Then I cracked up laughing at myself. I am 52 LOL

9:42 pm

only as old as you feel meliae!

9:42 pm

OK, SO, what do you think of our contestants - my favorite has always been Crystal, week after week after week. I Just love that gravely Janis type voice. But Lee is creeping up on me. What is a fan to do?????

9:42 pm

they should both do well in careers regardless of the results and i like them both plus casey and others

9:43 pm

if you want to see a pic of alex lambert to refresh your memory it's in this article http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainme nt/americanidol/2010/03/11/2010-03-11_ american_idol_season_9_top_12_alex_lam bert_lilly_scott_todrick_hall_and_kate lyn_.html

9:43 pm

oh you young ladies - I am right there with you.......I liked Tim Urban as a mother would - good voice for the back yard with friends - not hit show

9:44 pm

I don't like Casey at all. I haven't watched last night's or tonight's shows, but I keep hoping Casey gets voted off.

9:44 pm

well, for ... dating ... if that were an option... i would choose casey!

9:44 pm

Don't tell me. Both kids are sick. I should be able to watch tomorrow.

9:45 pm

I dont know if I would even do that - little shifty for me!

9:45 pm

I think Casey is icky and greasy. Give me Colin Firth or Hugh Jackman any day over him. They are real men.

9:46 pm

oh, i don't think he's shifty at all - didn't you see how he had bought his own little house (before being on the show) and was doing all the renovation himself? i think he's a good solid guy.

9:46 pm

you girls are making this hard - not your fault - time change and all....

9:47 pm

Minski - we are talking

9:47 pm

American Idol

9:47 pm

not real life

9:47 pm

nice smile, luscious locks, and handyman skills - what more can a girl ask for?

9:47 pm

like Hugh Jackman

9:47 pm

Oh 'he is hot - did you see Australia with his shirt off

9:48 pm

It's in my Netflix queue.

9:48 pm

make it a girls night movie Min

9:49 pm

I want Crystal to win most def!

9:49 pm

i think david cook is the strangest guy from idol in terms of attractiveness. when he's just standing there talking, he's just an average guy, nothing special, i don't find him attractive. but as soon as he starts to sing, he's unbelievably hot. then he stops and talks to ryan again and boom, it's gone.

9:49 pm

If I were a voter I would vote for Crystal.

9:50 pm

Mel -she has been my favorite ffrom the beginning

9:51 pm

there have been many idol zero's I have been a fan from season 1

9:51 pm

Mine too Mom, and to think she almost had to quit because of her diabetes

9:51 pm

have all cd's -

9:52 pm

she was real sick at the beginning and no one said why until just last week

9:52 pm

she has also been my favorite from the beginning. particularly because i have felt that she looks like she would be a good singer, but not capable of all the things she is actually capable of, so then when you get her going and all of a sudden she's hitting notes so effortlessly that you wouldn't have thought she could reach...

9:52 pm

yes so true Hurs

9:53 pm

We ladies KNOW....

9:53 pm

is the diabetes new? i thought once you got the hang of that disease it wasn't too hard to manage.

9:54 pm

and does anyone else find it weird that her boyfriend looks like a prep/jock? she has dredlocks, for crying out loud! how did those two get together?

9:55 pm

She needs a new hairstyle for sure.

9:56 pm

i don't object to her hair, i'm just mystified by the combination.

9:56 pm

this is only my opinion - but I think she just found out about the diabetes - she was very sick at beginning of show - and comments made about a medical issue - dreds have been there for a while - taking care of baby - boyfriend is new...

9:57 pm

i thought the boyfriend was not that new - heck she was singing one week about wanting him to marry her

9:58 pm

Goodnight all *poof*

9:59 pm

same guy? we will find out soon enough with any decision

9:59 pm

good night Min

10:00 pm

the diabetes is NOT new, i just found online article that says she was diagnosed in 2nd grade.

10:00 pm

yes, I knew about the diabetes long time ago

10:01 pm

atleast over a month ago

10:01 pm

I need to rewatch my recordings to see whats up - most times I speed through them - record because kids have games and speed through because kids have games - so I may very well be wrong - dont want to upset

10:02 pm

well yes but what i meant was, her difficulties early in the competition, it's not like she was just being diagnosed with the disease at that point. so i am wondering why she was having trouble managing it if she had had it for so long.

10:02 pm

a month ago is after the season started - that doesnt give much time to aclimate to show and disease

10:03 pm

the boyfriend IS relatively new, within a few months of her being on idol, and is named tony. her son's father is also named tony but is a different tony.

10:03 pm

mom - i think you missed where i said crystal was diagnosed with diabetes in second grade.

10:04 pm

I havent done any research so dont know the time line - I dont think the disease is that long in the knowing - even a couple months is not long for diabetes

10:04 pm

I dont know what the grades are

10:05 pm

to me any grade would be bad

10:05 pm

second grade, in school. as in, she was seven years old.

10:05 pm

***laughing while holding breath**

10:05 pm

*just spit**

10:06 pm

there aren't grades in diabetes. there are types I and II, but that's whether you get it as a kid (type I) or as an adult (type II). at least that was the distinction historically - now that the american diet is so terrible, more kids are being diagnosed with type II or "adult onset" diabetes.

10:06 pm

I thought you meant like stage 4 cancer - you know grade 2 diabetes

10:07 pm

see what I know......... nothing.....

10:08 pm

funny misunderstanding though!

10:08 pm

I need to link up with you more to expand my knowledge base hurshy

10:08 pm

anyway, yeah, crystal has type I and has known about it since she was a second grade student, is that better? :)

10:08 pm

differences between our countries maybe???

10:09 pm

nope, i'm american - just a wannabe brit.

10:09 pm

oh yes hurshy is so cosmopolitan

10:09 pm

Type I requires insulin and involves low as well as high blood sugar

10:09 pm

:)

10:09 pm

I dont know but maybe its getting worse - or maybe they are using it for the show! Either way, she has a good voice.

10:09 pm

and my knowledge of diabetes types stems originally from reading the babysitters' club books...

10:10 pm

haha poor stacey, hursh

10:10 pm

*smiles back at leslie*

10:10 pm

*and smiles at torgone*

10:10 pm

poor boy-crazy stacy

10:10 pm

I love you guys - ok time for bed

10:11 pm

yeah i have to go to bed also. night all!!

10:11 pm

good night

10:11 pm

Niters Ms. hurshy

10:11 pm

its after 11p and I need to get up at 5a so time for bed - sweet dreams everyone

10:11 pm

Niters Mom

10:12 pm

hurshy - we need to be sure to get together for the finale

10:23 pm

on7?

10:27 pm

a person does not need to be helped if they can do it for on7

10:29 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for se5-10 the 3rd? Thanks

10:30 pm

River in France ..

10:30 pm

that happens to be the only s i'm missing, sorry ga

10:30 pm

torgone saves the day again

10:30 pm

hello tor dear!

10:31 pm

Heya!

10:31 pm

Thanks torgone. That was the last one for fireworks. Thanks to all who helped.

10:31 pm

yay ga!

10:32 pm

huzzah for gapeach!!!

10:33 pm

Yay peach!

10:33 pm

can someone push me in the right direction on the last few ag words?

10:35 pm

A long-necked animal - a gi****f*

10:36 pm

thank you tor

10:38 pm

Anything else?

10:38 pm

i'd take the 2 previous ag words as well :)

10:39 pm

A type of stone

10:39 pm

ty 4 left

10:39 pm

hello all!!!! ((LA! long time!))

10:40 pm

hey stiddy

10:40 pm

I am down to 90 from earlier, and about to list.

10:40 pm

my wifi is tres poopy tonight....apologies. I am going to pop in and out, I fear....probably a sign from god that I should just go to sleep already

10:40 pm

it goes pretty quickly that way

10:40 pm

probably, triofioso *stern mama look* are you taking appropriate care of your health these days???

10:40 pm

not the sign from god, i meant the list

10:41 pm

LOL listing MAY be a sign from a deity at times...

howdy stiddy

10:41 pm

can I be snarky for just one minute? I cannot BELIEVE Kelly Preston is preggers again.... she is 47 years old, for heaven's sake!

10:41 pm

hey Tea! how are you?

doing goo, and you?

or good

10:42 pm

stidkid with the face infection is healing nicely. We all ALL goo at the moment! LOL

tri - has it been confirmed that she is pg?

10:42 pm

who is kelly preston?

10:42 pm

hi all

10:42 pm

hey jmc!

10:42 pm

john travolta's wife

hi jmc

10:42 pm

john travolta's wife.

10:42 pm

brb, gotta check the printer.

John Travolta's wife

10:42 pm

hey there jmc. you are up late too!

10:42 pm

well their son died didn't he?

10:43 pm

oh! hm. (what jmc said)

10:43 pm

the Nats won inspite of the stupidest play ever

10:43 pm

yes, but why not adopt another, already existing boy, if they are looking to complete their family?

10:43 pm

fa7?

10:44 pm

some people don't believe that their life is complete without flesh of their flesh

10:45 pm

they are nutty in that regard anyway --- alien spawn, or whatever they think they are

I was thinking the same tri

10:45 pm

help with the aa (feeling a little dumb tonight)

stick letter, jmc

10:45 pm

it's a plural, jmc

then crooked letter

10:46 pm

the aa is a babblet, it reminds me of the Lushootseed word for house, if that's any help

10:46 pm

down to 85, still haven't listed! LOL listing now...

10:46 pm

Key West has the Turtle Kr**** ..

10:47 pm

ty i finally got it

10:48 pm

i still need the on7, monkeys failing...

10:48 pm

hey tor! how was your vacation???

10:49 pm

I'm leaving Friday

wow, my monkeys are on overtime today

10:50 pm

oiooh. still anticipating! *wishing tor many cabanas with appropriate staffing levels*

10:50 pm

evening all

10:50 pm

There are some things one must do for on7

hi pink

10:50 pm

hi pini

10:50 pm

have fun torg

10:51 pm

oooh tor! great clue!

or pini

10:51 pm

Should be a nice trip.

10:51 pm

pini??? *rubs at eyes* oh! hey! *waves

10:51 pm

ea8/9?

10:52 pm

I think so tor, will you go to museums and gardens? or... plays and shows? or... I hear they have a fish market.

10:52 pm

compound word - body part + rock, wildcat

10:52 pm

AG 6/7 please?

10:52 pm

Rocks in hearing organs

10:52 pm

ty

10:52 pm

where are you going torg?

10:53 pm

San Fran

10:54 pm

st 5/18?

wave as you go by, torg

10:54 pm

cool i had fun there

10:54 pm

help with the ag6/33 please

10:55 pm

Long-necked animal a gi***f*

10:55 pm

rocks? for the AG? *confused mama look*

10:55 pm

Not going by Reno ..

10:55 pm

a + g*** post (on a fence)

10:55 pm

ty torg

10:55 pm

hi all

10:55 pm

that is the rock one

10:56 pm

ea8/9 is the rocks clue

10:56 pm

oh! got the rocks clue

10:56 pm

driving or taking a train?

10:56 pm

Driving

10:56 pm

the rocks is for the ea8/9 -- otolith(s)

10:56 pm

thx for the ea8 9

10:57 pm

I have the fence AG, need the next set of AG words

10:57 pm

hey jill

10:57 pm

did I miss the clue for the ag6 7?

10:57 pm

fa7?

10:57 pm

fa7 -- pl tubby ones

10:57 pm

last te5 please

10:57 pm

large people leslie

the long necked animal was the clue for the ag 6/7

10:57 pm

ag 6/7 - ag + sun god + iron symbol (and plural)

10:58 pm

thx TNC

10:58 pm

that is the 7 as well as the 5, wild?

10:58 pm

yes

10:58 pm

thanks tea and LA *thinking*

10:58 pm

I guess I'm invisible as are my clues

10:58 pm

iron symbol?

10:58 pm

last te5 - te + plural letter + my initials

10:58 pm

got it *learning curve is steep*

10:58 pm

no no jill

10:58 pm

thx les

poor jilli

I see you!

10:58 pm

are you okay jill?

10:58 pm

hi jilli!

10:58 pm

like in the periodic table

10:59 pm

duh tired ty and firecrackers

10:59 pm

or ** fi fo fum

10:59 pm

nitey nite to all

yay wild

10:59 pm

I'm fine, thx stid

10:59 pm

oooh, got it! :)

10:59 pm

:)

10:59 pm

wtg and night wildcat

10:59 pm

THANKS FOR THE CLUES JILLI

10:59 pm

YAY wild!!! sweet dreams!

10:59 pm

go pini go!

11:00 pm

Lol, LA!

11:00 pm

34 to go here...and cruisin' right along... (I think)

11:00 pm

good clue LA, and I am down to 42!

100 to go!

11:00 pm

40

11:00 pm

st 5/18?

11:00 pm

gogogo stid!

11:01 pm

st + what the lady said when she saw a mouse

great clue jilli

11:01 pm

thx jilli!

11:02 pm

ty TvC!

11:02 pm

le5?

11:02 pm

thx jilli

11:02 pm

le5 -- Sierra Le***

11:02 pm

sierra le***

11:03 pm

danke ;)

11:03 pm

great minds, LA ;)

11:03 pm

fireworks!

11:03 pm

whoo hoo leslie

11:03 pm

YAY LA!!!

11:03 pm

wtg LA

yay, LA

11:03 pm

YAY LA!

11:03 pm

on7?

11:04 pm

fading fast so get your clue requests in now!

11:04 pm

sweet dreams LA... I am almost done, then must also away. Another early day tomorrow.

11:05 pm

on7 -- all by on7, alone

11:05 pm

danke :)

11:05 pm

oa5?

11:05 pm

made of oa4 pini

11:05 pm

oa + one more than 9

11:06 pm

thx again!

11:06 pm

firewords!

11:06 pm

WOW stid!!!

11:06 pm

I like Jill's clue better.

yay stiddy

11:06 pm

whoo hoo stiddie

11:06 pm

So that is me, done with the "must do" babble finish... LOL (one a week is my goal)

11:06 pm

congrats stidmama!

11:06 pm

I like stid's clue better ;)

11:06 pm

wtg stid * fixing hairdo from the wind storm that just flew by *

11:07 pm

and some more items to print before I sleep. LOL Jill!

11:07 pm

LOL pini!

11:07 pm

stid is amazing

11:07 pm

19 more to go here

11:07 pm

that is super crazy stid

11:07 pm

sa6?

11:07 pm

76 left

11:07 pm

that was 40 words in 6 minutes

75 here

11:08 pm

oh yes, the amazing stid. see how she goes backward in getting work done for the master's program. (really -- went from being ahead on Monday to seriously behind already today...)

11:08 pm

sa + adolescent, pini

11:08 pm

I wish!

11:08 pm

what was 40 words in 6 minutes?

11:08 pm

you

11:08 pm

me??? no way!

11:08 pm

I was using the list. and watching for clues.

11:08 pm

yes, stid *evil eye*

11:08 pm

thx LA

still, stiddy I only got 20 in that time!

11:08 pm

well, I guess sometimes I get lucky. *wards from pini's evil eye*

11:08 pm

I'm doing the same thing and still fixing my hair!

11:09 pm

I can't do that even with clues, the list, and morewords

11:09 pm

first fa 5/16 please

11:09 pm

i can't do that with clues, the list, morewords, and multiple penalty box mistakes

11:09 pm

wow. 850 million axis deaths, 750 million soviet deaths in the battle for stalingrad... and that doesn't count the civilians.

jmc, fake

or not true

11:10 pm

we are watching a special on PBS. very interesting.

11:10 pm

ty tnc

11:10 pm

a lie, jmc...

I'm stuck on ga words

never mind - duh on my part

11:11 pm

I don't like watching war reruns.

11:11 pm

so. anyway... will try to babble tomorrow if I have energy. It is looking like a very long three days' teaching, mostly because everything seems so new and I keep finding things I am missing that really "ought" to be done. Luckily the real teacher is there to pick up the pieces! LOL

11:11 pm

the first couple GA words always look like something Bobby Burns would write.

11:11 pm

*hugs and choclits for all* *Poof*

11:12 pm

take care, stid! (you'll do great)

11:12 pm

Stid, is this the last year of this Master's deal?

11:12 pm

the first fa5?

not true, harp

the first gr 5

11:12 pm

thanks, and the fa7?

11:12 pm

first fa5 - true or fa***

please and thank you

11:12 pm

no jill, the first of two. but next year (if I continue, that's still to be decided) I will be mostly in schools teaching, and only a little bit playing "student" myself. *repoof*

11:13 pm

st 6 7?

11:13 pm

fa7 -- pl of tubby people

plural chubby people, harp

11:13 pm

thanks

11:13 pm

* believes stid will be continuing and teaching - cuz she's gonna be a great teacher *

11:14 pm

st7 7 -- rake with machine gun fire & present tense

11:14 pm

I second that, pini

11:14 pm

I meant st 6 7

11:15 pm

* thinking * (machine gun fire?)

good one jilli

might you have the GR 5 - the first one?

11:15 pm

oh, you weren't around for WW2

11:15 pm

its what a fighting plane does to ground targets pini

11:15 pm

gr + double vowel + stick letter

11:16 pm

HI Tea I've missed seeing you here

11:16 pm

* thinking *

thank you LA. Hi bekki

11:16 pm

ty leslie

I usually don't stay up past 8 but am tonight!

11:17 pm

gr5 -- gr + dbl vowel + cons (and pl) (like the first word in the list)

11:17 pm

ach, too slow

thanks, jilli

11:17 pm

at this ra** you may as well stay for the flip tnc

I just might - I will regret it tomorrow, but what the hay.

11:17 pm

good I lived in Reno for about 30 years. still miss it

11:18 pm

pini, did you get the st6 7 yet?

I've been here my whole life (almost 40 years now) :)

11:18 pm

not yet, jilli...

11:18 pm

I went to Sparks High

I went to McQueen

11:19 pm

st + do you want to buy a ***fle ticket + vowel

11:19 pm

st + r (?) + ?

11:20 pm

or do you want to buy a ***fl* ticket?

11:20 pm

oa5?

11:20 pm

got 'em, thx jilli (for your patience)

11:20 pm

oa + after nine

11:20 pm

my daughter was born in Renostrafe

11:20 pm

***fl* tickets let you win prizes

11:20 pm

*smack*

11:20 pm

sorry

11:20 pm

only I never win them

mine, too ;)

I was born in Seattle but my hubby is third generation NV

11:21 pm

hows the weather

11:21 pm

<-- 3rd gen USA

11:21 pm

ag6 & 7?

11:21 pm

me either, jilli

11:21 pm

first st5/10?

nice today but headed downhill for the weekend. maybe rain tomorrow night - typical spring, hate to put the warm clothes away

11:21 pm

(probably a fish)

11:22 pm

<== 6th or more generation USA

11:22 pm

ag + last part of machine gun fire

I'm second generation USA

on mom's side - lots and lots on dad's side

11:22 pm

nm,,,got the st5

11:22 pm

st5/10 -- a secretary used to be a st***grapher taking shorthand

11:22 pm

its getting pretty warm here. I hate our summers

11:23 pm

thx jilli (I should've know...I use those tablets all the time)

11:23 pm

tablets?

I can't stand about a week here in the summer. I want to live wher eit is 70 degrees every day

11:24 pm

* sparklers *

11:24 pm

whoo hooo pini

11:24 pm

50 left

yay, pini!

47 here

11:25 pm

tablet is about 5" x 7" with a spiral bound top

11:25 pm

YAY pini!!!

11:25 pm

st 6?

11:25 pm

(thx for all the clues)

11:25 pm

brb

11:25 pm

st6 = sticks and st****

11:25 pm

st6 = machine gun fire clue I couldn't get before :)

11:26 pm

(or refer to the ***fle ticket clue)

11:26 pm

eh nm i am heading to bed

11:26 pm

enjoy your flip tnc

11:26 pm

*poof*

thanks, jmc, enjoy your bed!

11:27 pm

night jmc!

11:28 pm

back again with new icon (theme is teardrops -- mine's a bit of a stretch)

11:28 pm

night jmc

11:28 pm

next time I come to Reno I'll let you know

thanks!

3rd se 5/10?

11:30 pm

se + heavy weight

11:30 pm

oh, sorry...3rd = river

thank you

11:31 pm

yvw...going for cooking and new icon...back momentarily

11:32 pm

er ... cookie

11:33 pm

I wondered what cooking would be momentarily over.

the way I cook!

11:35 pm

I suppose microwave warmups could be called cooking.

11:38 pm

brb -- kitchen cleanup pre-flip

2 left

11:40 pm

back ;)

1 left

11:40 pm

oh, on a side note...cooking of the cookie was not involved...gotta love cookie dough!

amen to that

11:41 pm

git'r dun, tnc ;)

11:41 pm

Costco sells a great product: Otis Spunkmeyer (sp) choco chip cookies!

te 6/18?

I love Otis!

11:41 pm

add a stick to the te5

woot woot

thank you!

11:42 pm

wtg TNC :)

not bad - taht took me an hour. had lots of clues though

11:44 pm

very well done ;)

11:45 pm

I think I need another "cookie" :)

11:46 pm

(one is never enough)

I should go to bed

11:46 pm

I'd share, TNC, but don't think it will go through the screen...

11:46 pm

flip is in 15 minutes ;)

too close to flip though, I will tough it out and flip

11:46 pm

(so I'll enjoy one in your honor)

11:46 pm

you can do it!

I could get off my bum and get cookies for myself, just don't wanna!

please do!

11:47 pm

ok, brb

my 6 yo just came in - "I think I am going to have a bad dream" She really wants to sleep with mama.

11:51 pm

uh oh

I sent her off to my room that cheered her right up

11:52 pm

that should do the trick ;)

dad works nights, so they think mama needs "help" sleeping - ha!

11:53 pm

* giggle *

oy - it's not so bad with one of them, but with both of them, it is like sleeping with a hyper active octopus

and, we have a cal king, but they both end up glued to either side of me

11:54 pm

too funny ;)

11:55 pm

I can remember when my kids were little...they did the same...what fun memories ;)

11:55 pm

hello

11:56 pm

hi mlf

I just keep reminding my self that they are only little once

hi mlf

11:56 pm

that's the way to think, TNC

11:56 pm

whats the theme this time

11:56 pm

Hi Teal

11:56 pm

Hi Pinik

11:56 pm

teardrops

11:57 pm

(I think that what it was...I should probably confirm...hold on)

plus, I hated sleeping when I was kid, my parents never let me sleep with them and that memory sticks with me to this day, so I don't want to do that to them

I think so pini

11:57 pm

yes, it's teardrops

11:57 pm

yep teardrops

11:57 pm

wb jilli ;)

is the kitchen all clean?

11:58 pm

mine doesn't look as if it's teardrops but it is...

11:58 pm

I actually enjoyed letting the kids sleep in my room with me (single parent)...

11:58 pm

dishwasher swishing away, tnc

11:59 pm

513 words today

11:59 pm

go jump in the lake, gremlin!

yay!

11:59 pm

cool write-up, jilli!

I don't mind, but would rather not on a school night, just because no one gets lots of sleep

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