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12:00 am

*whine whine whine* anyone want to buy one of my teenagers again? ****JOKE****

floppity flop

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

oh, it's big... 189 words and the two biggest are both 8s

12:00 am

geez that was fast

12:00 am

tea, you make a great floppity bunny...

I was one word short on the last one

12:00 am

stid - definitely NOT me

12:00 am

sandy, how's your daughter doing?

darnit!

12:01 am

<<<LOVES teenagers!

12:01 am

She is ok, her shoulder has stayed in since the last op, but it is wriggling about at the moment and she wants to go to Broome to visit her sister and that worries me

12:01 am

I am glad someone does, m! (actually I really like the middle schoolers when I am teaching.... it's the parenting thing that gets tiresome)

12:02 am

hello all :)

12:02 am

oh, that's quite a drive, isn't it?

12:02 am

hey nan! do you like that restaurant choice? if not, there's still time for me to look further...

12:02 am

it gets worse and more expensive Stid

12:02 am

<<<LOVES parenting teenagers!!

Clues are up

12:02 am

it requires a plane Stid

12:02 am

but glad to hear that in general she is better. *puts fingers in ears about worse and expensive if it relates to teens*

12:02 am

thanks lickety

12:03 am

YAY lickety!!!!

12:03 am

rofl... yes then, that's a LONG trip!

12:03 am

pr7

12:03 am

it relates to anything over 15

12:03 am

my not teen anymore is home!!!!!!!

12:04 am

PA 8/45

12:04 am

or about 3 days driving

12:04 am

wow m!

12:04 am

oh...maybe not. there was pounding on the door..

12:04 am

m9 - do you have him or her locked in the cupboard

12:05 am

the FRONT door you goof.

12:05 am

good call mlf

12:06 am

thanks cyber it was a guess now trying to find the other one

12:06 am

LOl

12:06 am

I guess you are too young to remember the tv show

12:07 am

who me cyber?

12:07 am

yes -- you said it was a guess

got it - thanks you two

12:08 am

oh! I got the 8s! thanks!

12:08 am

isnt that supposed to be a D not a T for that show?

12:08 am

two 8s same two letters to start

12:08 am

PA 6/7

12:09 am

missed the call on the other 8 - what is it?

12:09 am

i dont have it but i think its a 8/40?

12:09 am

mmmm -- just have the tv one

12:10 am

PA 8/45

12:10 am

ah -- got it

12:10 am

8/50

12:10 am

sorry cyber

12:10 am

go nan go!

12:10 am

is it similar cyber?

12:11 am

could I switch the e and the bottom n, please?

12:11 am

*waves magic wand and grants nan's wish*

12:11 am

yes MLF, similar

12:12 am

its a PA 7/8

12:14 am

GL6

12:15 am

hi all (* flip *)

12:15 am

hey pini! where were YOU???

12:15 am

hi Pini

12:15 am

we had to flip all by ourselves... (it was SOOOO hard)

12:15 am

hey flosey!

12:16 am

dealing with houseguest, stid...didn't even get to finish the last grid :(

it was tough!

12:16 am

but I'm here now!!! :)

12:16 am

hi flosey ;)

12:16 am

houseguest just dont get it , Pini

12:16 am

yep. I am MUCH calmer because you showed up.

12:16 am

kind of packed in the middle with no vowels

12:16 am

still houseguest, pini???

12:16 am

never do, sandy

12:16 am

really, stid?

12:16 am

yes, houseguest still...

12:17 am

(temporary housing situation)

12:17 am

yes, actually. really. I need my "big sis" fix tonight. start summer class tomorrow. ALL day from 9 to 5, and same teacher different class, same schedule on Thursday. *sigh*

12:17 am

oh, I see. well, you're a saint and an angel and a gem.

12:18 am

I havd 2 Ni 4/5s from the N on the first column what am i missing?

12:18 am

I am puzzling over that E on the right. it's my last blank

12:18 am

ge 7

12:19 am

oh, stid...you'll do great!!!

12:19 am

hi pini,hope you get appreciated for your kindness--all the times I did the same was kicked in the teeth for my trouble & expense!

12:19 am

*thanks for the kudos, stid*

12:19 am

I'm hoping so, too!

12:19 am

hey pugmama! ((hugs))

12:20 am

hi stiddles !

12:20 am

thx to all for your patience while the houseguest is here!

12:20 am

thanks pini. the pep talk worked!

12:20 am

why doesn't an ostler ostle?

12:20 am

thanks cyber

12:20 am

good question, nan. I can help if you're interested

12:21 am

eq 5 stid

12:21 am

anytime, stid!!! <<hugs>>

12:21 am

ad 7

12:22 am

thanks broll *thinking*

12:22 am

I have low o as a bt

12:23 am

oh dear, that was fishy... LOL but worth it for NBT

12:23 am

bottom o and s are bt's here

12:24 am

st4/4 + 2 plurals

12:24 am

hey tor!

12:24 am

talapia is a real word, isn't it?

NBT here

12:24 am

oh, btw stid...

12:25 am

broill is the AD 7 something we should know?

12:25 am

tilapia, pini

12:25 am

similar to aquatic mammal

12:25 am

...I got a new box of cookies!!!

12:25 am

it's a fish.. but you can't use the a twice

12:25 am

thx stid (spelling)

12:25 am

ty tor

12:25 am

now for the o

12:25 am

(and a second one which I hid in the garage freezer!)

12:25 am

I need to get off of here... another day of cub scouts tomorrow!

12:25 am

There are words in my dictionary which the game is not allowing me. Must be using U.S. spelling. I should send in my good Aussie dictionary!

12:25 am

ooooh! COOKIES@!!!! *happy little sister look*

12:25 am

think music

12:26 am

it's possible from the 5th column T

12:26 am

dofith, the dictionary that babble uses is inscrutable no matter where a person learns their English

12:26 am

I think so pini -- one of the fishes we eat

12:26 am

broil did you say music?

but isn't it tilapia?

12:26 am

see you later m... will you email me later this week if you learn what part of the stadium your daughter will be in? That way we can sit closer to her group.

12:27 am

yes, mlf

12:27 am

my honey the marine biologist says it's ti

12:27 am

yes!

12:27 am

yes! -- I think it is tea

12:27 am

Ok.. and... *poof*

12:27 am

thanks broil

12:27 am

what are the stats for the bottom o, please?

12:27 am

ot 5 cyber

12:27 am

yw

12:28 am

It won't give me "quat"

12:28 am

ot 5/10 actually, babblet

NBTin order in 4 minutes. Some days it's easy.

12:29 am

ty broll

12:29 am

nbt

12:29 am

well done, melon!

ad7

12:29 am

yw

12:29 am

hey melon! well done!

I turn 40 tomorrow!

12:30 am

happy early b-day, tnc ;)

12:30 am

wait. tea? bday?!? *gets out happy party hats and emergency cupcake rations*

it's a big one!

12:30 am

* supplies sprinkles *

12:30 am

i turn 40 on july 2nd lol

12:31 am

happy early early b-day, mlf ;)

woot woot, mlf

12:31 am

I have some sparklers for the cake

12:31 am

YAY! 40! that was actually a decent year for me...

my best friend that I have known since Kindy turned 40 today

12:31 am

Teal ar eyou doing anything special?

12:31 am

I think I remember 40

12:31 am

crossy hates insomnia..:(

12:31 am

lol pinik

not really - hubby is out of town until Saturday

12:32 am

Teal me either my hubby works

plus we are having house and health issues, so maybe just dinne rout

12:32 am

oh cross.... *gives gentle hug and cup of warm milk*

12:32 am

happy birthday tea -- wish I could say I turned 40 this year!

we'll see

12:32 am

I turn X0 this year

thanks for the well wishes!

12:32 am

(and it ain't 4)

12:33 am

at least that's what my birth certificate indicates

12:33 am

i have my usual 66 words i am out poof

12:33 am

LOL pini! really? when? can we throw you a bday party in August?

12:33 am

that'd be a bit early, stid

12:33 am

Camo Boy turns ONE on 08/02! We can celebrate his! :)

12:33 am

night mlf

12:33 am

and that is halfway!!!

12:34 am

well done, stid

12:34 am

oh, that's RIGHT! we can have a camo party for the bday boy!

12:34 am

woot woot!

12:34 am

pr7, flop

12:34 am

I've been helping his mom (my dau) with his partying planning...

12:35 am

100 words

12:35 am

...it's "Going to the Races"...the invites look like VIP Race Track Tickets

12:35 am

well done, anike

bottom row grey - big whoop!

12:35 am

today is walter's 40th borthday... he was born on father's day. the forst day of summer.... and then i rested on my laurels

85 words - I'm going to bed!

12:35 am

go anike go!

night all! tahnks for the birthday wishes

12:35 am

very fun, pini!

12:36 am

and now my laurels are quite large

12:36 am

hbd to Walter!

12:36 am

sweet dreams tea! have a lovely bday! (((many hugs)))

12:36 am

too funny, sammy :)

12:36 am

wow sammy! rofl

12:36 am

thanks

12:36 am

night tnc!

12:37 am

"toadal" a complete amphibian?

12:37 am

and with that groaner, I shall bid you-all good night. See you tomorrow if I can. ((hugs))

12:37 am

*poof*

12:37 am

night stid!!!

12:39 am

I should be on my way, too...have a great evening all!

12:39 am

* poof *

12:40 am

goodnight pini and stid

Hi all

12:40 am

howdy again barb;)

12:40 am

Both 8's found

12:40 am

hi barb

12:40 am

galatine

12:41 am

oops

I made it back just too late for the end of the other one

12:41 am

have gun will travel

ooo support your local sherrif nan?????

12:42 am

no -- that was a clue for the other 8 -- think Richard Boone

12:46 am

ah, pa8 is D&D class :)

12:46 am

ty, nan

12:48 am

my oldest son & daughter would have known that (both dm's), but not me

12:48 am

i had to google richard boone. reading description of opening sequence of show, i've seen a few episodes

12:50 am

ad 7

12:51 am

110 down - time to call it a night

night nan

me too...shall look again tomorrow when I get a chance...((((waves))))) night all

1:17 am

hello gang :)

hi and nbt

1:17 am

hi jilli

1:17 am

Can't get 4 qu words - only 2.Any hints?

1:17 am

great telephone story jilli

1:18 am

qu4 x 2, qu5 x 2

1:19 am

Really? Ok - cool - thanks!

1:20 am

flosey -- I love your phone -- there are lots of great reproductions of the oldies but with all mod cons, it seems!

1:20 am

Nope - doesn't work - I fall for anything!

1:20 am

first qu5 is a plural

1:22 am

thanks jilli, I have a very vague recollection of seeing one similar to this as a child visiting, perhaps grandmother

1:22 am

I wouldn't be surpised!

1:22 am

first qu4 - four

1:22 am

second often ends in y

1:22 am

Yes, got that one.

1:23 am

that is plural for a 5

1:23 am

other 5 sounds like a bird that can fly but often runs around - have many chicks

1:25 am

I appreciate your qu clues, flosey, but my brain must be exhausted after bridge (horrible cards, hilarious run of mistakes!)

1:25 am

Got the 4, and the 5 that sounds like a bird.

1:25 am

ah, frustrating!

1:26 am

but if you have the second qu4, add pl. for 5

1:27 am

Geo came home and made me some tea

1:27 am

No, don't have 2nd 4

1:27 am

How nice, flos!

1:28 am

lady came to the door around 11: she had found a small dog on the road and he hopped right into her car, was looking for owner and saw lights here, have no idea, haven't seen one of that description around here

1:28 am

Got it! Thanks. Not in my dictionary.

1:29 am

good, glad you found it dofith

1:29 am

post it in the community website, flosey!

1:30 am

Some words in my dictionary aren't being allowed. Like quat. Annoying!

1:30 am

I asked to be taken off that list jilli - but the lady said she'd contact spca (or whatever is here) in the morning

1:31 am

there are lots like that, dofith :-/

1:31 am

change last letter dofith

1:35 am

why don't you like the list?

1:35 am

dofith, are you familiar with morewords.com? you can enter first 2 letters of a word and dashes for number of letters in the word

1:36 am

we were getting so many Jilli, sometimes 20 and more

1:36 am

in one day

1:38 am

I get them all in one email, just takes a minute to scan them.

1:38 am

once a day.

1:39 am

nbt :)

1:39 am

Now for a banana and milk :)

1:39 am

yes, we could have gone that way but seemed we were deleting all anyway!

1:39 am

good for you, jilli

1:39 am

fireworks

1:39 am

YAY anike!!!

1:39 am

wtg anike

1:40 am

I have a feeling this is a toughie.

1:41 am

I've been at it since 10: with 32 to go

1:41 am

TY. I did use lickety for the last 30 or so jill but when I did I realised that the words weren't that hard. My mind just wasn't playing the game today.

55 to go no list yet

1:42 am

Any clues needed before I go?

1:42 am

Well, I suspect that's my fate tonight -- mind gone blind, lol!

1:43 am

I'm seeing lots of phantoms though.

1:44 am

thanks anike but think I'll head off to bed, last 31 will do in the morning

1:44 am

You can do it, jill

1:44 am

oh, eventually, anike, if there's time!

1:45 am

Well, I had better go and do some work. Catch you all tomorrow. Happy babbling

1:45 am

bye anike

1:46 am

bye anike!

1:46 am

brb

1:47 am

aha, finally getting the pa words, down to 24

2:04 am

back again -- nice banana!

2:06 am

down to 6 and cant see them so I'm off to bed, will get them in the morning

2:06 am

well done, flosey -- have a good sleep! Missed you at bridge!

2:07 am

goodnight jilli, seems there are several players online, perhaps lurking

2:07 am

thanks jilli - don't want to come back until I know I can stay awake and at least halfway alert!

2:07 am

this is usually a quiet time

2:07 am

would rather see Geo enjoy a game with Paul

2:08 am

that's nice of you!

2:09 am

lol, keeps things happier here! he gets frustrated when I make glaring mistakes

2:09 am

but so do I!

2:09 am

goodnight now, may see you here tomorrow

2:10 am

don't we all! I made a stupin one tonight when we were playing against Prem and Jeff. Had the right plan but made a muddle of it.

2:11 am

oh, just have to tell you about William's quick visit for Father's day - they came over Saturday afternoon and left after breakfast Sunday - but

2:11 am

goodnight flosey!

phant parsnip

2:12 am

he had been taking a few steps at home but when he got here he just started walking all over, it was too funny for words

2:12 am

I saw that too, josh, lol!

2:13 am

yes, you said that -- and it totally exhausted everyone, right?

17 left, still no list

2:20 am

nice, josh

i can feel the list calling me, though

2:21 am

I can feel my bed calling me!

i'm not usually one to keep the bed waiting

but it's not very often that i actually get sleepy to the point of being forced to go to bed

2:26 am

phant -- latrine

2:29 am

over halfway -- now I can head for bed -- goodnight all!

night jillie

jilli

2:39 am

*poof*

Hello Night babblers, or should I call you babblers of the night? (for me anyway)

Or maybe I shoudl say hello stealth babblers?

2:44 am

Stealth babbling sounds better. Good morning, red.

2:44 am

hmmmm, am I a stealth babbler? it's only 3.44pm here

Hi Haz. I'm up earlier than normal so it does seem very night like here.

however, I think it is your mid morning or so?

sandy it is 3:44 am here!

2:45 am

It's just about 8.45 here.

2:45 am

what are you doing up at that hour?

So still regular morning.

I am going running in about an hour, I had to eat something. very hot here as soon as the sun comes up. already 23 C in the dark...

2:46 am

That's hot!

2:46 am

red, what temp in the heat of the day?

not as hot as it will be.

about 35 sandy, but its normal for us. I like it but not to run in .

Ok, I do not believe there are 7 g words from the G there on the right.

2:52 am

If you stare at it hard enough you'll get two that look like an approximation of staring hard.

THanks Haz, NOW, I believe there are 7 and I have 6!

2:52 am

I'm in the same boat.

Congratulations on the Cancer walk, BTW Haz, what a neat thing to have in the night!

2:54 am

Thanks, red, it made it quite pleasant to walk in, nice and cool.

2:55 am

We started at 10 pm and because it stays light here so long in the summer, it was almost 11 by the time it got dark.

Oh I am jealous of the light that long! we usually get dark around 8. thats wonderful.

2:56 am

We make up for it in the winter when it's dark by 4.30 pm!

true. plus, you get (shudder) snow.

2:58 am

But it really is nice in the summer, it feels like coming out of hibernation. We had much more snow this winter than usual - and perhaps as a consequence, flowers are later but spectacular in bloom.

Nice, but you may keep the snow. I am not good in cold weather, especially if it is slippery.

2:59 am

You're right, it's nice to look out, but it can be horrible to try and get around.

2:59 am

ah, had to run and put rugs on horses it is starting to rain here - red we have those temps here in summer and I wouldn't be running in that either- you are keen obviously

Sometimes I do miss the "Christmas scene" from my Childhood, but not too often.

Sandy, I am losing some weight, so very keen at the moment!

3:00 am

no snow here ever

3:00 am

good for you red!

3:00 am

We don't usually get a great deal of snow, unlike parts of the States and Canada, but this year was exceptional.

I remember it being very cold too, from FM.

3:01 am

have been in snow but never seen it falling - Idream of that one day

Nice that you have beautiful flowers to compensate!!!

3:01 am

Snow falls completely silently, it can take you by surprise.

3:02 am

and yes Haz, my daughter was in UK over xmas and drove to Edinborough in a blizzard - they saw lots of abandoned cars

3:02 am

I know, I don't understand the technicalities of it, but this year the blossom on everything is really heavy.

It is amazing how you can go to sleep and the world is one way and wake up and suddenly, voila, its all sparkly white and seems that a lot fo snow muffles sound too...

3:03 am

I love rain, cold , hail., wind etc and I hate the heat but we do have some gorgeous weather here and lots of it

3:03 am

Edinburgh is beautiful at any time, it looks spectacular in snow - but with cobbled streets, it can get dangerous.

3:03 am

Yes, snow does have a muffling effect, but the cotton wool squeak when you walk in it is very strange.

3:03 am

Red, that is what Diana said she was entranced with the beauty of it- even though she had already lived in England for a year and has been to Switzerland and France

3:04 am

Edinburgh is just lovely. I was a student there for 3 years, and I still take a deep breath every time I go back.

I like to look, but hate to try to move in it. it snowed once this year here, btu only for about 10 minutes. we are just too far into the tropical region, which is ok.

3:05 am

I am so organised this afternoon, horses feed is in the stables and they are now rugged , the fire is set to light and I have a yummy stew already in the pot

Sandy, that sounds so good. I am so unorganizsed today i fear not much will get done.

3:05 am

highly unusual for me

3:05 am

This would be a good time for the Australian Organised Woman of the Year judges to turn up.

Indeed, perhaps we can award her the prize, as she will beat out the Americans as well...

3:06 am

I admit, I haven't been devoted to the bookwork today

On that note, Happy Organisation. and I shall be off to attempt to lose one more pound!

3:06 am

the only downer was that one of the roosters decided it was the day to GET ME

Have a lovely snow free day everyone!

3:07 am

Organised babbler of the day? There's bound to be fierce competition for the annual award.

3:07 am

Bye red, enjoy your day, however disorganised or otherwise it may be.

3:07 am

have fun running red

3:08 am

I told Bruce to chop it's head off - Iam sick of looking over my shoulder for a charging rooster

3:08 am

Poultry for tea?

3:09 am

hmmm maybe tomorrow nite - it is so scary, the rooster is huge

3:09 am

Do you have to hang it for a period of time?

3:10 am

no we DON'T !! the roosters have chased away three of our egg laying hens - gang rape!! especially from the one called 'Roger"

3:10 am

Good evening all

3:11 am

hi Lynx

3:11 am

Hello, lynxxx.

3:11 am

Did Ata ever get to see her birthday icon?

3:11 am

hellloooo :)

3:11 am

I see you still have that pic of you looking very fit

3:11 am

There she is!

3:12 am

Happy UnBirthday Ata!

3:12 am

Good morning, Ata, and belated happy birthday!

3:12 am

happy belated birthday Ata

3:12 am

thank you thank you!!

3:12 am

thank you for your lovely card, Haz and La Glitteratina!!

3:13 am

You are very welcome. I knew you'd like it, especially since it featured a kennel.

3:13 am

yes :D

3:13 am

it didn't have very impressive wall coverings though

3:13 am

did it have a lovely dirty paw print on it too?

3:14 am

happy birthday Ata! on phone

3:14 am

nooo, it was a very clean kennel

3:15 am

Ah, but you couldn't see inside the kennel, I'm sure it was beautifully appointed.

3:15 am

I remember the words to that pa tv show from years ago pa pa where do you roam - pa pa far far from home, you're a fast gun for hire you're the calling wind - a soldier of fortune is the man called pa....

3:15 am

I would hope so :)

3:16 am

I will be very pleased if you check out my birthday icon for you Ata. I will be pleased to change it back - everyone thinks it is me!

3:16 am

LOL!! no, you've got to keep it!!! :P

3:17 am

it IS lynxx , she is too shy to admit it!

3:17 am

If that doesn't put you off JB, nothing will!

3:18 am

off to change back to Stew

3:18 am

I think she had been drinking that day- it's the look in her eye!

3:18 am

looooool. Stew is good too <3

3:18 am

too many black russians

3:19 am

and I don't mean that in the biblical sense

3:20 am

My non-word today is atlatl - where that came from in my brain is anyone's guess, but it isn't in the grid...

3:20 am

Sandy - It was John Barrowman, one of Ata's favs

3:21 am

I love that word

3:21 am

You wouldn't get Imran (another favourite) looking like that.

3:21 am

methinks the lady doth protest toooo much- we all have our foibles Lynx

3:23 am

Ata, what did your husband get your for your birthday that you didn't want?

3:23 am

oh! LOL!

3:24 am

I asked him for a new second-hand drysuit and he got me a hot air balloon flight. remember I get travel sick even looking at transport ...

3:24 am

Dear goodness.

3:25 am

(1) what is a drysuit? (2) that sounds like fun

3:25 am

it's for diving

3:25 am

Are you going to go on it...think of the photos!

3:26 am

no, cos I spend my time on balloons throwing up!

3:26 am

diving? we call it a wetsuit- and I have one!

3:26 am

drysuits are very different to wetsuits lol

3:26 am

drysuits keep you dry in the water

3:26 am

oh no Ata! I have never been in a hot air balloon

3:27 am

wetsuits keep you warm in the water, we love snorkling and have them for that

3:27 am

so do drysuits :) warm and dry!

3:28 am

I have never heard of a 'drysuit' I will have to google that one

3:28 am

So what is the vital difference?

3:28 am

I have *thinks* about 4 or 5 different length and thickness wetsuits. I really don't need any more!

3:29 am

Mind you, the chance of me ever needing either is about zero.

3:29 am

drysuits are a big waterproof thing you step into and zip up, you wear normal clothes / fleece and can just step out of them when you finish diving

3:29 am

notice hw I was quiet, I thought a dry suit was some kind of airing cabinet for drying clothes

3:29 am

I googled it - are they extra tight around the neck? and do they really keep you dry? and are they easier to put on?

3:29 am

lynxxx, you and I can just be interested observers.

3:30 am

yes they keep you 100% dry. they are quite tight round the neck, they have to be, though no worse than a decent wetsuit / semidry suit. Easier? Depends LOL

3:31 am

wow I must look at them next time i am in the dive shop

3:31 am

do they make you extra floaty or do you wear a weight belt?

3:31 am

not really for snorkelling though, only scuba.

3:32 am

you have less weight than wearing a full wetsuit, but you still have some

3:32 am

aah, i don't scuba but sister and husband do

3:32 am

I must say, we get a lot of large white pointers around our coast since the whaling station closed down many years ago

3:33 am

Dog pointers?

3:33 am

Or signs?

3:33 am

not really but they like dogs

3:33 am

sharks!!

3:33 am

sharks

3:34 am

Ah! Now I understand.

3:34 am

I had visions of large white dogs staring out at sea.

3:34 am

loooool

3:34 am

Sandy - what was that suburb where you lived/went to school.Apple?????

3:34 am

the white pointers would be hoping they would go for a swim

3:35 am

applecross

3:35 am

They would be trained to bark and point at anything untoward. I think it's an id4 to be thought about.

3:36 am

Speaking of balloons and dogs, I finally watched 'Up'.

3:36 am

the helicoptors have recorded some HUGE sharks swimming along our beautiful beaches in the last few years

3:36 am

similar to 'Jaws'

3:37 am

But not plastic?

3:37 am

My brother and are off to meet a distant sortof relative tonight who is over from the West. I say sortof as my father was a bastard who was given to a family who immigrated to there in the late 20s...therefore not really related

3:37 am

not plastic, unfortunately

3:37 am

very unplastic!

3:37 am

lynxx, how interesting

3:38 am

That was the saving grace of Jaws for me. I could tell that the shark was plastic so it wasn't so frightening.

3:38 am

Do you have many attacks over there Sandy?

3:38 am

when we went to America, we did the universal studio tour and I patted thatshark

3:39 am

morning all

3:39 am

Good morning, sprite.

3:39 am

We have had more in the last few years - One man was killed at one of our fav beaches in view of lots of people having breakfast at a cafe overlooking the beach

3:39 am

morning Sprite

3:39 am

hey Haz, how did you walk go?

3:40 am

hey Sprite!

3:40 am

hi sprite!

3:40 am

That would be horrific

3:40 am

Sprite, it went really well, thanks. 1500 of us did it, and it was fun. I've written a little bit about it in my profile (underneath the gloat about Graeme McDowell)

3:41 am

I believe it was, he was dragged from the water but it was too late - it bit his leg off and he bled out

3:41 am

hehehe, just read it. You are right to gloat. And am glad the walk went so well. You did it!

3:42 am

I know. Almost 19,000 steps, according to my pedometer.

3:42 am

argh sandy, so gruesome. Poor man and family.

3:42 am

wow Haz, very Tolkien. The road went on, endlessly...

3:42 am

it was he was well known and a father of one of my daughter's friends - devestating

3:51 am

Better get going, bye for now

3:51 am

seeya soon lyn

3:51 am

Bye lynxxx, hope you enjoy the get together.

3:51 am

bye lyn, have a good evening

3:53 am

too bad the dutch for peanut isn't valid. Pinda.

3:56 am

I shall have to take before and after pics of the pup today. Big trim this afternoon

3:56 am

hi Ata

3:57 am

I did say hi earlier on, spritey! :)

3:57 am

Big trim by professional?

3:57 am

yep!

3:57 am

Relief all round, then.

3:58 am

I didn't, I think, or I did not see you. Glad to see you though.

3:58 am

oh yes great relief!

3:59 am

hola!

3:59 am

Haz, have you read any of the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters?

3:59 am

Hello, kje!

4:00 am

No, I haven't, Ata.

4:00 am

my mom loves those amelia peabody books

4:01 am

am re-reading a lot of them, and it just occurred to me that I'm sure you'd enjoy them

4:02 am

they are very very tongue-in-cheek-ly funny

4:02 am

I like the name Amelia Peabody - she sounds interesting without knowing anything about her.

4:02 am

I must keep an eye out for them.

4:02 am

she's a Victorian egyptologist with a mad family. and lots of cats

4:03 am

So, she's quite ordinary, really...

4:03 am

back again. Giving succor to some of my depressed friends. How does it fgeel to be 21(lol), ATA?

4:03 am

you would definitely approve of Amelia. She comes out with all sorts of random pronouncements about tidy homes and all sorts of things. Very like you really :)

4:04 am

A tidy home is a happy home. She sounds like my kind of woman.

4:04 am

jumping in for a couple of minutes.

4:04 am

hi ruby!!

4:04 am

Hello, ruby.

4:04 am

hi rubyfoo

4:05 am

hello sprite and haz and ata! the wind has finally quit, now if it gets over 15C, I'll be very happy. DH is being a good boy.

4:05 am

hey kje!

4:06 am

hello kje

4:06 am

just read back - LOL ata and haz

4:07 am

hey sprite! how are you? i was just thinking about you this wekend

4:07 am

hi ruby!

4:07 am

have you read those books, kje? or just your mother?

4:07 am

do you know what "faire un la5"? It means standing somebody up for a date! hahah

4:07 am

and having red eyes is "la5 russe"

4:08 am

my mom - she thinks they are funny

4:08 am

Now, does me possibly having the same tastes as kje's mother make me discerning or just plain old?

4:09 am

my mom and older sis, both... they read loads of mysteries... they also have this series they read about cats and mysteries... and the whole alphabet ones

4:09 am

to me, haz, you're just a kid!

4:09 am

Think very carefully before you answer...

4:09 am

that is sweet :) Am ok, working on something very painful in therapy and taking my time about it, but still feeling we are going in the right direction. Knees almost healed too! And about to go to podo therapy... a professional foot fetish lady, I presume. For the loss of feeling in my feet. If she can help with that, I will be really going to be much better soon.

4:09 am

haz - I'll just start calling you mom... or is it mum over there?

4:09 am

like ata (uh oh, pb?)

4:09 am

professional foot fetish - LOL!

4:10 am

yay yay spritey!!

4:10 am

Probably mum, but remember that I'm just about always right.

4:10 am

I'd say, Haz, you will be you, now and forever. No other labels.

4:11 am

like most mums then... can be an annoying trait in a mum

4:11 am

yeah that is what my kids say too

4:11 am

Amelia is also very bad at cooking, is always right, and organises everyone in sight

4:11 am

But it's great, kje, the older your children get, the more they're prepared to admit that you might have a bit of sense about you.

4:12 am

moms everywhere are amzingly the same... it's like some kind of secret initiation where you all get the same rules

4:12 am

but then my mother gave me a huge compliment recently - she was telling me how much she'd learned from everything I'd done that she'd never dreamed she could. I was overcome!

4:13 am

aaaawww - that is great ata!

4:13 am

lovely, ata!

4:13 am

isn't it!!

4:13 am

That's lovely, Ata - let's face it, we all have to be prepared to keep learning.

4:14 am

such a thing had never even occurred to me!

4:15 am

I think you do feel a huge sense of responsibility for ensuring that your children end up as decent human beings and it's such a relief when they do end up being normal and admirable adults.

4:15 am

oh Ata that is so special

4:15 am

it is now 0414, i have been awake since 0236... this is going to be a long day

4:15 am

I'm not sure she'd admit I was normal ....!

4:15 am

very true, Haz

4:15 am

normal is so over-rated

4:15 am

normal doesn't exist

4:15 am

There's usually a tense period (teenage years!) when you fear that they'll never make it to adulthood and you might just see out your days in prison.

4:15 am

maybe at least not psychopathic :P

4:15 am

brb

4:16 am

I am in that period and have some days when I think exactly that... and then they surprise me by giving me a hug or saying something wise and then I know they will come out ok

4:16 am

I prefer normal to strange. Am I abnormal?

4:17 am

no just a bit strange

4:17 am

A bit like Amelia. That'll do me.

4:17 am

think I might like those books too. Will see if I can get them

4:18 am

kje, will you be able to get back to sleep or is it too late?

4:18 am

must be off now, bye all, have a good day. Kje, maybe a little nap in the afternoon to see you through the day?

4:18 am

i have a friends daughter who is going through that phase at 18... use to be so much fun to do things with her, but lately i kinda want to slug her

4:18 am

See you later, sprite.

4:18 am

well, haz... I am now drinking a cup of coffee... so suspect that has sealed it for me

4:18 am

bye sprite! hagd...

4:18 am

Oh dear. Stomach pump?

4:19 am

never

4:19 am

would be such a waste of delicious joe

4:19 am

That's true.

4:20 am

since i do not have to work today, i decided to just start the day early - am already on my 2nd load of laundry

4:21 am

That's not so bad if you don't have to be in work.

4:22 am

What woke you up? Was it the lure of a new grid?

4:22 am

my sis is up from mexico, so we will hang later... going to the kimball and lunch

4:22 am

kimball is an art museum in fort worth, tx

4:22 am

I'm glad you explained, I thought you were going to play some type of table football.

4:22 am

all the tea i drank just before bed woke me up... what goes in must come out...

4:23 am

See, your mother probably told you years ago about not drinking before bedtime.

4:23 am

If you'd only listened to her!

4:23 am

LOL - man, you are SUCH a mom

4:23 am

back :)

4:24 am

I know, I can't help it.

4:25 am

my mom also use to say to make sure you are wearing clean underwear cuz you might be in an accident

4:26 am

like... whoever thought THAT was why you should wear clean undies...

4:26 am

i think some virtues should speak for themselves

4:26 am

but will admit, when I fell and broke my ankle and had to call the ambo while lying in the driveway... I did regert not having undies on - LOL

4:27 am

stomping around upstairs, uh oh! see you later

4:27 am

bye ruby

4:28 am

My mother had a neighbour who had, let's say, less regard for cleaning and laundry than she did. She once confided in my mother that she had been having incontinence problems, had been having to change undies frequently. However, she had been to the doctor, had got tablets which had cured the problem. As proof, she was wearing undies for the third day and still no problems....

4:29 am

LOLOL - OMG!

4:29 am

How my mother managed not to be sick is a mystery.

4:30 am

Phone...

4:31 am

even when i was an intern and worked 36 hours straight, in the morning before finishing those last 12 hours, i had to change into clean undies and socks under my used scrubs... otherwise the day was not good

4:32 am

carried them with me in my book bag... such is the plight of an intern

4:32 am

same as on really long flights

4:33 am

yes... the long flight thing is tougher though.... no room in those tiny bathrooms to do anything as I hate touching anything in there

4:34 am

ick I know

4:35 am

And back.

4:36 am

how's La Glitterata today?

4:37 am

She's being very quiet. Just had to check location as there were no snores to give the clue.

4:37 am

in defense of moms - i did lay on the cot in the emergency room hoping they would not cut off my yoga pants... one really should not have to worry about such things when in dire pain...

4:37 am

no snores? no snuffling and paw arranging?

4:38 am

Not a thing. Silence. Paw Arranging has been done.

4:38 am

ahhhh. yes, that must be done on early on

4:39 am

She's possibly formulating her plan for the day.

4:39 am

this thing is slowing down

4:41 am

di5 - like limbaugh's di5 heads... why would anyone think it would be good to be called a di5 head

4:42 am

*sigh* I just wish I could get NBT. My day isn't right till then

4:43 am

i am blocked from nbt by that lower o

4:43 am

contemplating it now

4:44 am

me too

4:44 am

I have them.

4:44 am

found them!

4:45 am

mispelled playful mammal?

4:45 am

why can't ostlers ostle?

4:45 am

I think the infamous robotic ending had something to do with it.

4:45 am

very deep question, ata

4:46 am

They used to be able to ostle until it got to work.

4:46 am

ostloid ostlers

4:48 am

ata - our adventurous traveller - have you ever been to the galapagos?

4:48 am

noooo, I'd love to though

4:49 am

me too - have been looking into tours... they are not cheap

4:49 am

and no independent travel there allowed i guess

4:49 am

Going to take a break. Back shortly.

4:50 am

later haz

4:50 am

bye Haz!

4:50 am

I thinkyou can go there indepently, but probably as expensive with full-fare flights etc

4:51 am

mornin' all. just got woken up by a car alarm *grumble grumble*

4:52 am

hi nb

4:52 am

hi NB

4:53 am

What appealed to you about the Galapogos, Kje?

4:53 am

how are you NB I have been wondering

4:54 am

oh, very well, thank you, Sandy :) still cleaning up after the housewarming party - there are literally sequins -everywhere- ;)

4:54 am

lol, where are you staying?

4:55 am

and are you feeling happy?

4:56 am

well, a friend of mine was in need of a new flatmate, after his old one selfishly got married, so I moved in with him a few days ago. And yes...I am feeling happy, or at least a lot happier than I was. Thank you so much for your concern :)

4:56 am

Stay happy and stay safe!

4:57 am

my fingers are crossed for both of those ;)

5:04 am

and Leo? Is that over officially now? Any hope?

5:05 am

no way, Ata. I found myself trying to forgive him, and I thought - why am I doing this? If he's going to cheat six months after I give up my family and my university place to be with him, then he's not the type of person I want to be with

5:06 am

sadness :( but good for you! onwards and upwards!!

5:07 am

every hurdle in life serves to make us stronger

5:07 am

and get a copy of Floodlight - there are so so many day courses / evening courses that could fill the gap between now and getting to uni, if that's what you wish still

5:08 am

uni would be great

5:09 am

indeed it would, but it's mostly a matter of money. I can't afford to be smart ;) I can just about afford to live.

5:09 am

there are always a lot of free courses around / heavily subsidised. You just need to find them

5:10 am

in Aus we have a student loan thing and students can also get an allowance from the government while they are studying ( like welfare)

5:11 am

that's true, Ata, but it's balancing the cost of the course (even if free or subsidised) with the cost of living - I can't afford the time, either. Believe me, I've looked at this from every angle...just need to wait until I have a little (or quite a lot) more to my name

5:11 am

I'm sure. Just don't forget what you wanted to do, things are possible somehow

5:12 am

so that means that everyone has the opportunity to be educated - most students also have part time work to subsidise the allowance

5:12 am

it's not quite that nice over here, sandy

5:13 am

I don't know how it is in the States

5:14 am

I get the feeling a university education will set you back a lot in the US - I'm not sure about grants or loans

5:15 am

longer courses over there too

5:16 am

there are goct as well as private grants based on need or ability and student loans are fairly easy to get

5:17 am

Some people I know have looked for scholarships on the internet and found them and won them

5:17 am

I know that education in the States is very expensive

5:17 am

i grew up lower middle class i would say, and between grants, my work monies, and scholarships, i got my bachelor degree only having to take out $3000 in loans.. and those were mostly so that i could apply to med school and travel to interviews, so had to take time off work

5:18 am

how expensive itis completely depends on whether you are in a state or private school

5:18 am

well done there kje

5:18 am

my parents were not able to pay for any of mine, so i was on my own

5:19 am

*sigh* my family were pretty well off. I'm not enjoying this whole 'reality' deal ;)

5:19 am

My daughter is an architect and she has two uni degrees - she has a debt of about 40,000 and is interest free and the government takes a little bit of her wages each pay

5:19 am

and they will not help?

5:19 am

not enough to worry her

5:19 am

i owe more now, sandy - med school is not cheap

5:20 am

and too heavy of a schedule to work while going to med school

5:20 am

sadly that's part and parcel of the whole "dead to us" thing ;)

5:20 am

med school would be expensive- are you in private practice?

5:21 am

no, i stayed in academia... i will owe until i die.. then my life insurance can pay it off - lol

5:21 am

that is bad NB - I must say I will accept any choices from my kids as long as it makes them happy and that they are not serial killers

5:22 am

maybe they will be more accepting as time goes on

5:22 am

that sucks, nb... but you can still do it - it will just take creativity, sacrifice, and hard work... i went back at age 24, med school at 29... residency at 33... can be done at any age

5:23 am

it's just frustrating, Sandy. Well, it's sad. It's not like I chose to be gay...but it's a culture thing

5:24 am

er, that is, my parents' decision is a culture thing. Not being gay ;)

5:24 am

I have many gay friends and worked for a gay doctor for years so I don't have a problem with it. my kids know them all and realise that they are decent human beings

5:26 am

In fact, I wonder if there are any straight men left in Sydney! lol

5:26 am

lol, Sandy! If things just get too dire, I'll run away to Sydney then ;)

5:26 am

You will love it!

5:27 am

One of my friends did just that - he ran away to Sydney and he said it was the first time in his life he felt like he belonged somewhere

5:28 am

He had a beautiful house here in Perth with a dungeon! He showed it to me and said I was the only female to see it - it was amazing I must say - he was an architect and it was so well done

5:28 am

well I must admit, Sandy, I've done much the same - although I moved to Soho from a famously gay-friendly city, just being out from under my parents' shadow makes me realise how well I fit in here. Might as well be native!

5:29 am

oooo I want a dungeon!

5:29 am

LOL ata, it truly was amazing

5:29 am

a dungeon?! that's crazy..awesome! wouldn't go for it myself though - our punishment as kids was always getting sent down to the basement, which I hated. Until I fell down the steps and broke my leg - trips to the basement stopped after that ;)

5:30 am

LOL NB I do realise that dungeons are not the general thing

5:31 am

what does he use it for, Sandy?

5:33 am

*can imagine*

5:34 am

I'm gonna assume he does what I would do if I had a dungeon...dress up in a suit of armour and clank around, pretending to swordfight.

5:35 am

I'd never thought of that!

5:38 am

***I s'pose you could do that too***

5:38 am

LORIKINS!!!!

5:38 am

G'd Morning Babblers! ***Where's FM hiding at THIS time.....***

5:38 am

mAta Hari!

5:39 am

You hold her down while I get the sticky tape to keep her here.

5:40 am

I think FM is conspiring with the infamous robotic ending to have a terrible vengeance on all of s.

5:40 am

us, even. Look - they've attacked my ability to type!

5:40 am

I said to myself "self, I won't chat until I have SBT", and so I had instant permission. :) FM's become very shifty lately, she seems to sense when the weapons are armed.

5:41 am

desperate times, Haz

5:41 am

Hazaurus rarely makes typos. Clearly things are not good. ***DefCon 3?***

5:42 am

We'll know it's the end if I start losing my ability to use correct grammar.

5:43 am

*watches out for apostrophe misuse*

5:43 am

The end times are nigh.

5:43 am

And do tell, what are SBT and why should the reaching of that glorious state be the key to you chatting?

5:44 am

Some Blank Tiles. No lofty goals for me.

5:44 am

Sadly Blank Tiles

5:44 am

I prefer to be a successful failure.

5:45 am

ooooo! I should show you all my latest mystery

5:45 am

Some Blank Tiles? But that tells us nothing.

5:45 am

How are we to follow your progress with a vague estimate like that?

5:46 am

there. look at my icon and tell me what it is!!

5:46 am

How about SBTBWTPOFIMS?

5:46 am

Some blank tiles but with the possibility of filling in more soon. That's snappy and informative.

5:47 am

Yowsa! Lord 'tunderin' dyin' that's a BIG acronym. ***waits for dumbing down of said acronym***

5:47 am

That's one very ugly cat.

5:47 am

but what *is* it? I found it in a local spoil heap full of Victorian- 40s china / pottery

5:48 am

lolol, that practically rolls off the tongue. ***Grabs several sheets of paper to write it down***

5:48 am

I like to think that it covers most angles, Lori.

5:49 am

Good heavens. That Tom cat lost the fight. Poor kitty.

5:49 am

It's obviously been broken off from its body. Eye missing, ear missing. That cat's been in a fight.

5:49 am

it's *crying* why on earth made a crying pottery cat!

5:50 am

What size is it?

5:50 am

someone suggested a cane top

5:50 am

about 10cm

5:50 am

Take it to the Antique Road Show. The uglier it is, the more it's worth.

5:50 am

Too impractical for a cane top.

5:50 am

That would make sense. Being a cane top, I mean.

5:51 am

it is hollow

5:51 am

One would never use that material for a cane top.

5:51 am

You could cover it with your hand and not have to look at it.

5:51 am

If it's hollow, then you need the rest of it

5:51 am

it's very odd, isn't it!

5:52 am

(Wondering how Lori acquired an intimate and frightening knowledge of cane tops)

5:52 am

A quick Google suggests that cat lamps were in vogue during that time

5:53 am

***Declines to expand on the grounds that it may incriminate me***

5:53 am

cat lamps!

5:54 am

Merely a suggestion, but as a child I know I saw one at my Uncle's and I then Googled and it would seem they were a fashion.

5:55 am

even crying cat lampS??!!

5:55 am

fireworks

5:55 am

Yes mAta Hari.

5:55 am

Congratulations sandy!

5:55 am

yay sandy

5:56 am

***dungeons and crying cats, Babble never fails to be versatile***

5:56 am

thank you thank you (takes a bow)

5:56 am

Well done, sandy.

5:57 am

Encore, encore!

5:57 am

Crying cats in a dungeon must kick up a fair racket.

5:57 am

so what *does* he use the dungeon for??

5:57 am

Is that where they got the id4 for those wretched vuvuzelas?

5:57 am

maybe you could make the shed cats a dungeon extension

5:57 am

well ata , I could tell you but then I would have to kill you

5:58 am

***Googles vuvuzelas***

5:58 am

He had a great big wheel on the wall with manacles hmmmm

5:58 am

Oh those!!!! ***non soccer fan***

5:58 am

among many other things

5:58 am

ahhh .... so I was thinking about right then :P

5:59 am

luckily, I am much too innocent to even imagine

well hello, lporiP!

5:59 am

TO!!!! <------ Yes, I'm alive. :)

hey all! and I have to rush off to work; don't know what made me log on

6:00 am

hi TO!

6:00 am

We can quit Babble any time we want TO. It's non addictive

6:01 am

I can but I don'

hi haz ata sandy and all

6:01 am

I can but I don't believe you Lori

6:01 am

Hello TO!

6:01 am

hi Temple

6:01 am

Sorry for the delay. I was buying cardboard boxes. My life is that exciting.

6:02 am

Now I have finished I don't know what to do.... dishes I guess

6:02 am

Sandy's life is about as exciting as mine.

6:03 am

How do deal with that pace Haz? I thought I was on the cutting edge, but buying cardboard boxes? I can't keep up with that.

6:03 am

rofl

6:03 am

Dishes? ***ponders what that would be***

6:03 am

I have choices (can watch television)

6:04 am

dishes?

6:04 am

*randomly types in the missing ***you

6:04 am

There are companies who make boxes and sell them. I like to support them. You never know when you might need a box.

6:04 am

do you get commission from them too?

6:05 am

There are companies that make vacuums and sell them. I say "tough noogies".

we have a whole store devoted to them. the container store. storage of all kinds

rains rine

6:05 am

Well, let's see if I can get some. The website is called simplyboxes.co.uk and a nice man spoke to me when I made a mistake with the order.

6:05 am

James. Always ask to speak to James.

uh oh, it is after 7 and i like to be at my desk at 7.

6:05 am

Good morning to you too, Nono ;)

6:06 am

The desk can wait, TO. We're more interesting than a desk. We buy boxes.

6:06 am

Hello Nono.

you surely are. but it's time. happy babbling

6:06 am

Toodle-oo TO!

6:07 am

Buy boxes? I've never known anyone to buy them rather than thieving them from supermarkets.

6:07 am

Have a good one TO. Laters!

6:07 am

My younger daughter is moving home after being away for 5 years. Rumour has it that she's acquired some stuff that needs to be shifted.

of course i should try bringing laptop and sitting in car hoping for wi fi

6:07 am

ok , i have decided to eat dinner see you all tomorrow have fun and stay away from dungeons

6:07 am

G'd morning Nono........ :p

6:07 am

So, we're buying nice flat pack boxes with sticky tape and bubble wrap etc.

6:07 am

Bye sandyloo.

6:08 am

Happy dining sandy.

bye sandy and all

6:08 am

I doubt she's acquired MUCh Haz, perhaps 1 or 2 boxes worth.....

6:09 am

That's what you'd think, Lori, with her having spent 4 of those 5 years being an impoverished student.

6:09 am

3 boxes per year at least then!

6:09 am

You'd think she'd have had to sell every last thing in order to afford her last tin of baked beans, but no.

6:09 am

Clearly, we've been too generous.

6:10 am

Obviously. If she didn't have to pawn anything there was not enough Tough Love involved.

6:10 am

So, I've ordered 10 large boxes and we're getting them shipped home, because although I'm sure my little Clio would be willing, I can't see it holding 10 large boxes...

6:10 am

I'm seeing the error of my ways all the time, Lori.

6:10 am

As a child I bet you even allowed her to sleep inside the house, didn't you .....

6:11 am

how's Uniquickity?

6:11 am

That's where it all went wrong.

6:12 am

Uni is quite happy (so far) with the new job, liking the variety. The old soul has good karma.

6:12 am

yayyyyy

6:12 am

The kids keep mumbling something about the basement being dark. I just don't get it.

6:13 am

Have you had much chance to talk to her lately Ata? I know she enjoys it so.

6:13 am

Tell them that they clearly haven't been eating enough carrots.

6:13 am

not much :(:(

6:14 am

Exactly Hazaurus! Finally someone who understands.

6:14 am

Absolutely. I don't want you to make my mistakes in treating them with kid gloves.

6:14 am

:( Ata I know she hasn't inherited my "turtle until it goes away" genes, so it just must be that busy thing.

6:15 am

Gruel and carrots are all a child needs to face the world and see in the dark.

6:15 am

Haz is so horrid to her daughters that they insist on coming back home!

6:16 am

Define dark. There are many definitions. Those kids aren't fooling me!

6:16 am

I know! I thought I'd managed beautifully and then, wham, she comes back.

6:17 am

'Tis true. Something went terribly wrong.

6:20 am

Spangle is looking for a walk. Honestly, between buying boxes and walking dogs, when do I get some free time?

6:21 am

You're so overworked. You need help. A personal assistant to at least buy the boxes, if nothing else. Fatigue is the enemy.

6:21 am

FM claims to be my PA. Where is she?

6:22 am

hmmmm apparently my cat thinks it's her dinner time. how odd

6:22 am

She's so besotted with that garden and those birds, you can't get a decent day's work out of her any more.

6:22 am

Hiding as always. ***sigh***

6:22 am

outrageous behaviour

6:23 am

Good help is hard to find.

6:23 am

That should be one of the improvements to babble that Dr-G asked about. FM to be permanently on call.

6:23 am

I mean really, her and her needs. What about Haz?

6:23 am

***Not feeding the cat immediately can only go in one ugly direction....***

6:23 am

Absolutely. Those birds and those flowers can look after themselves.

6:24 am

she's now scratching the chair in protest

6:25 am

FM?

6:25 am

*** snicker ***

6:25 am

Silverclaw!

6:25 am

Ah! That makes more sense.

6:26 am

I know FM likes to eat, but that's a bit over the top for her.

6:28 am

Right, I'd better get Spangle moving. I'll finish this thing eventually. SBTSNBTBWCA.

6:28 am

bye dear! have fun!

6:29 am

What do you mean, you don't know what that means?

6:29 am

Enjoy 'yer walk. Laters Hazaurus.

6:29 am

Some Blank Tiles Some Not Blank Tiles But Who Cares Anyway.

6:29 am

Byeeeee!

6:38 am

I guess I should go too. HObbit is off for a trim!

6:40 am

Happy trimming! Later gator.

6:41 am

reading the chat, you all are too funny!

good morning Babblers

6:41 am

hello hello no no!

6:41 am

I just got back from lunch, out

6:43 am

bad lunch out is better than good lunch cooked by me!

6:45 am

G'd morning Nono, Ruby. I too am off. Was a good grid. Have a good one evrybody!

6:45 am

bye lorip, I'm writing down all your parenting tips!

bye Lori

6:49 am

how are you doing, no no?

doing ok Ruby thanks

6:52 am

good!

I think my monkies hit a brick wall! All of a sudden I can't find any more words

6:58 am

how many do you have? I have 87 and can't find much else

6:58 am

and neither 8

have 116 and not the 8's

only 2 7's

6:59 am

just monkeyed a cool 7, ad7 (plural, musical term)

i have that one

7:00 am

oh, I felt so chuffed!

as well you should. It wasn't the easiest word to monkey

7:01 am

hahah

7:02 am

Good morning, Babble buddies.

Morning Scrabbs!

7:03 am

gm scrabbler!

7:04 am

yay, passed half, my big accomplishment for the day!

good job Ruby!

7:05 am

Go Ruby go!

found another 7... ge7, private part

7:06 am

TY, Nanette.

7:06 am

super word, ty no no!

yw

7:09 am

Good Morning everyone

7:09 am

102 now (wqith thanks to no no) and see you later

7:09 am

hi and bye merk

Morning Merk

7:09 am

a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... in the grid, too, do you think?

bye Ruby

7:10 am

hi Merk

7:10 am

nice grid!

7:10 am

Oh no, Ruby, I've missed you ... bye!

7:10 am

bye scrabbler

7:10 am

bye Scrabbler

7:10 am

not much to miss lol

7:11 am

I wouldn't say that ... I've enjoyed the times you were here.

7:13 am

I am still here, but the Babble Expert Add Box is not working for me.

7:15 am

So what is your opinion on the grid today?

7:16 am

I am up to 56, but am wondering how to find 133 more.

quite easy at first Merk but with 120 words I'm not progressing very fast now

7:16 am

Then I feel good; I have 68 and it is becoming harder word by word.

7:17 am

Hi again all - just got back

7:17 am

Hi Nancy

7:17 am

Hi NB. How are you? Have you found a new home?

hi NB!

7:18 am

I am furiously drinking my coffee down, hoping for help.

coffee! I haven't even made any yet!

7:19 am

Affirmative Scrabbs, had the housewarming party two days ago ;) Life is definitely looking up at the moment - just got back from collecting my blood results and it looks like I need to throw another party

7:19 am

I just finished my first mug of tea and will go make more.

sounds good NB. I'm so glad things are coming around for you

7:20 am

thank you, Nono :) well, I'm so relieved...I think living here is going to be fun.

ok now my mind is on coffee...... better go make some bbs

7:21 am

I am proud of you, NB, doing these things for yourself!

7:21 am

Boom, boom, boom, I hear the nearing thunderstorm.

7:22 am

thank you, Scrabbs :) but a friend (on here, actually!) advised that I should go get checked out, so I can't take credit for that one. And oh, I love thunderstorms!

7:22 am

Testing is critical with any change of partners or suspected exposure.

7:24 am

So Nef said ;)

7:24 am

Stay safe in all ways.

7:24 am

..and at ALL times.

7:30 am

well, that shouldn't be hard, with so many people being good enough to look out for me :)

7:34 am

morning all, help with o on bottom pls

7:34 am

My youngest sister just called. She is coming here for a visit and will be here tonight.

back, Hi peri

a visit with your sister will be nice scrabbs

Peri ot5 and 6 combo an alternate spelling of a water animal

7:37 am

hello everybody from a beautifully sunny northern scotland

hi jacq

7:38 am

sunny scotland, Jac? Surely an oxymoron ;) It's lovely here in London, too!

7:38 am

heya NB, it's beautiful here am wearing the teenagers shorts and was in the garden, huge change from the haar this morning

7:39 am

are you all settled in now NB?

7:40 am

ty NoNo

yw

7:41 am

Miracles will never cease, Jac! Well I do hope you enjoy the weather while it stays - I definitely intend to here :) and yes, I'm all settled in, thanks - one day of dragging bags and boxes over the streets of London and I'm done!

7:41 am

i do wish you all the happiness in the world dear, bob alone knows you deserve it

7:42 am

NB, are you staying with friends?

7:43 am

(((snoggles NB)))

hi Eva

7:43 am

((Jac)) that's so sweet, thank you :) and Peri, it turned out that a friend of mine had been looking for a flatmate for some time - his old roomie selfishly got married. So, here I am!

7:43 am

Eva!! I haven't seen you around in a while :)

7:44 am

how lucky for you, NB. I wish you much happiness and peace there and of course good health!

7:44 am

back atcha, babe! sounds like things are looking upwards?

7:45 am

oh duh!! have been trying all sorts of qu combo's only to find i already have them all

7:45 am

Group hug with NB in the middle!! Let's do it now!

7:45 am

wooohooo group hugggggggs (((((((NB)))))))

((((NB)))))

7:46 am

(((((NB)))))))

7:46 am

((((((NB)))))))) *squoosh*

7:46 am

thank you, Peri!! and quite, Eva - I've been very lucky. Now I just need to figure out whether or not it's in bad taste to throw an 'even though my ex was cheating scum, I somehow avoided catching an STI off him' party ;)

7:46 am

(((((everyone))))) I feel so loved!

7:47 am

dear, theres NEVER a bad excuse for a party. ;)

7:47 am

ohhhh so not in bad taste but maybe shorten the name a little it won't fit on the invites lol

7:47 am

bbs

7:48 am

hb

7:48 am

go for the party, NB, but change the name to: Now I am Free and Available :)

7:48 am

but what kind of cake would that require, I wonder. *wicked grin*

7:48 am

LOL Peri. Oh man.

7:49 am

lol

7:49 am

ttfn

7:49 am

ttfn

7:49 am

al a

7:49 am

take care, Peri :)

by peri

hi Dorens

7:50 am

Hi Doren! Done with school?

7:50 am

make cupcakes in the shape of urinal cakes -- so you can tell him to piss off. ;)

7:51 am

nope. tomorrow is the last day. i just walked out of the end of the year breakfast... couldn't stop the tears

ohhhhhh good one Eva!

7:51 am

Aw, Doren, this is so tough.

7:51 am

dita

7:51 am

Oops, prancing off to the PB for breakfast.

7:51 am

Eva...omg. You are now officially hired as caterer.

7:52 am

yes, but Phoebe is coming tonight for a visit... and i'm bringing her here tomorrow (half day) so it should be easier

7:52 am

im full of brilliant ideas. ;)

7:52 am

And what a great age--almost 4. My favorite ages = 2.5-7---sweet + funny!

7:53 am

yup./ lots of fun. I've shopped and bought all favorite foods for her, and arranged stuffed animals all over her room and got new beach toys for her, so we're all set. hope for good weather... we'll be at the lake every day.

7:55 am

well, I'm off out to celebrate with a few friends - as we know, there's no better time to start drinking than the middle of the day ;) especially since I'm back to work tomorrow... take care, everyone!!

7:55 am

nice news nb, glad things are turning out so nicely foryou!

7:55 am

(((huggles NB))) that boy is like a ghost!

bye NB have a good time

7:56 am

Bye, NB. Be careful!

found another 7 but those 8's are still eluding me

7:58 am

pa8: buddy + vowel + ti4/4

7:58 am

just zooming thru on way to pick up food for soup kitchen -- BBL! *poof*

ty Une!

What do the numbers under the letters mean?

8:00 am

TY, Une! Adjective for tonsils.

the points that each letter is worth

Ah. Thanks.

8:01 am

Scroll up to the Help section, and then scroll below the Tile Stats and click on Lickety's Babble Clues.

8:02 am

BBS, going to play words in Scrabble.

later Scrabs

8:08 am

oh no, back for a few - realized I have no idea what to wear. This could take a while..

clothes would be good NB!

8:09 am

clothes. i recommend them.

8:10 am

;)

8:10 am

LOL Nono and Eva. But it's SO hot ;)

snap Eva!

then make it skimpy clothes

8:10 am

Great minds think alike. Obviously nobody wants me streaking through the chog today.

8:10 am

itll be even hotter if youre running around in your bday suit. ;)

8:12 am

Shield your eyes, ladies ;)

< hands across eyes (but fingers spread apart, I don't want to miss anything!)

8:13 am

*points* nekkid NB!!!

8:14 am

don't look, you'll be dazzled by my nipple ring catching the light!

8:14 am

sentences you thought you'd never say, eh..

HUGS> NB I am glad to see you here. (HELLO EVERYONE)

hi Herin

8:15 am

Back. NB, t-shirt + shorts + sandals.

8:15 am

Hi herin

8:17 am

nipple ring is no big deal. ;)

8:17 am

103 words, totally mired down

8:18 am

I am up to 83 and struggling.

8:18 am

Actually, I bought a really cute pair of board shorts the other day. I understand that on a man of average English height, they're supposed to be actual shorts, but on me they end just below the knee. Might be too casual though...

thats about where I hit the wall Merk but there are more there I promise

8:18 am

Why "too casual?" Isn't this a party?

Waves

8:19 am

NBT finally.

nothing is too casual for a party unles your going to the palace

8:19 am

It might be a little too close to being beachwear... We should go to the beach. We all have the day off! Oh sweet, we should go to the beach!

great idea NB!

8:20 am

its your party, you can beach-short if you want to. ;)

Ack Beach. Vampire in summer

8:22 am

Really, Herin?? I love the beach! Better ring round friends quickly. I know my flatmate is in; I proposed the idea and he yelped and went to dig out his "swimmies" (his word, not mine)..

8:22 am

Hi All - help please - last one 1st la5/10?

8:22 am

Going to list. 103 to go.

8:22 am

Hi Mari. I will help, if I can.

8:23 am

What forms when you sit and not out

Mari is it the one with double vowel maybe

Nancy. I am pale white I burn in under 5 min even with 30 plus sunscream (I nearly said Icecream)

8:23 am

thanks - it's driving me mad

8:23 am

A semi-precious stone

8:24 am

Like the stone but change the middle consonant

8:24 am

Bon journo!

8:24 am

Weighed down with a large cargo

hi Judi

8:24 am

Those are the la5's I have

8:24 am

Hi wht + Judi

8:25 am

it's before the heavy cargo one

8:26 am

morning all - I am in de6 about going back to work on Monday

its a unit of money, sort of sounds like a male name with double vowel

8:26 am

hello, Judi! Beach it is ;) but I will leave the white swimwear at home this time..

8:27 am

thanks a million Nono - got it

yw Mari

Dan I love that pic

8:28 am

Dan, it will be tough. All you will think about is the baby.

8:28 am

if i take a break to put my lunch in the fridge + go buy some milk, will NB have escaped before i return?

8:28 am

have a good day/evening all

8:28 am

Congrats Mari!!

8:29 am

bye

8:30 am

*pauses with one flip-flopped foot out the door* possibly, Eva ;)

8:30 am

yeah it will be, but maybe tougher on mrs2bit

8:30 am

heh, no worries dear. just wanted to be able to say bye-bye and have a good day and all that nonsense. :)

8:30 am

(((hugs))) and ***smooches***

8:30 am

aw, same to you, Eva :) do take care!!!

8:31 am

enjoy!

8:31 am

Is Mrs 2bit also returning to work?

Dan I am on those letters tommorrow. Ok I must go climb into bed

bye NB and have a great time at the beach!

nitey nite Herin, sleep well

8:32 am

mrs2bit plans to stay home until early September

8:32 am

definitely in heavy de6 about what will happen then :-)

Night and loves

8:33 am

gnight herin

8:33 am

Yes, having a baby makes one seriously think about who shall best care for your child.

8:35 am

128 words and still afloat, or is it asea?

8:35 am

And it changes one's priorities.

8:35 am

Both work, Merk.

8:35 am

NB - I've been too busy to chat lately. Have you and Leo parted ways?

8:35 am

right ...

8:36 am

definitely true, Scrabbs. We will figure it out, I'm sure

8:36 am

Yes, they did, Judi. NB found a new home.

8:37 am

Ah. Thanks. I'm so out of touch. In real life, you can miss a few episodes of the soap opera and not really miss anything. Not so in Babble land.

8:39 am

98/91 and I need breakfast. BBL.

8:40 am

hi all

8:40 am

Hey, Boo!

hi Boo

finally found the other 8!

8:42 am

I have the pa8 help with other 8 pls

pa7 is the lead character in a tv western from the late 50's early 60's.... Have Gun Will Travel The 8 is pl of that

8:43 am

the 8's are both pa?

yes they are Peri

8:43 am

well I do remember the 50's and 60's but not that show

google it Peri

8:44 am

a knight errant

8:44 am

but I found them anyway, ty, NONo

8:44 am

Ohh I went a saw Pa7 at a pantomine here in melbourne when I was a child! TY Nono

yw lynxxx

8:45 am

107/82 and stuck

FIREWORKS here!

8:46 am

yay NoNo

more coffee for me then do some laundry

happy babbling everyone

8:47 am

bye nono

8:47 am

Congrats Nono!

8:49 am

NonoNanette, thanks for the 8 clues - got them both now :) only 124 to go

8:51 am

good morning everyone

8:51 am

Hiya, Flosey!

8:52 am

hi flosey

8:52 am

does anyone have a clue for ar6, please?

8:54 am

ar + **** qua non

8:54 am

thanks Erda but no idea what qua non is

8:54 am

How about a clue in English?

8:55 am

sorry; that's a celebrated Latin saying

8:56 am

ar + wicked thing to do +e

8:56 am

ar6: sounds like it's similar to a type of poison

8:56 am

thanks daykat, got it

8:57 am

YW:)

8:57 am

sorry didnt mean to shout:)

8:57 am

hints for the right-hand E or the A directly beside it?

8:58 am

clue for the first al 5/10

8:58 am

lol, don't mind at all daykat

8:58 am

Eva, not a soprano but an al** and plural

8:58 am

good morning all

8:58 am

altos

8:58 am

*oopsie*

8:58 am

gm Mom

8:58 am

2 +2 eq***s 4

8:58 am

latin plural of al4 before it

8:58 am

Awesome, Eva.

8:58 am

right word, wrong box. but wrong A tile also...

8:58 am

good morning Boo

8:59 am

a + ***ry curly and Mo

8:59 am

El5: girl's name.

9:00 am

TY mom, thats the right A. :)

9:00 am

you're welcome Eva

9:00 am

thanks Judi

9:00 am

hi Mom. I was thinking of you before - you knit right?

9:00 am

TY judi! now i just need the O an S from the bottom for NBT...

9:00 am

Hi {{Lynxxx}} I am trying to

9:01 am

alternate spelling of the sea animal Eva for the o

9:01 am

ot5.10 a misspelled cute water animal

9:01 am

st + row the boat with an **r

9:01 am

I'm new at this - whats NBT stand for?

9:02 am

do you knit, Lynxxx

9:02 am

Hi Daykat, no blank tiles

9:02 am

thanks:)

9:02 am

sure

9:02 am

Mom, I am knitting a hat pattern off Ravelry and it has SSK as one of the stitches - do you have any id4.5 what that means?

9:03 am

TY -- thats NBT! now i just need to hunt down some 7s and 8s for NBS. :)

9:03 am

I don't Lynxxx, but I have a friend who is an experience knitter, I will ask her. Give me a minute and I will phone her

9:03 am

daykat - NBS means No Blank Size So Eva is trying to get at least one word of each length.

9:04 am

Thanks for that wht

9:04 am

Thanks Mom

9:04 am

sure thing Lynxxx

9:05 am

23 left

9:06 am

Lynxxx, slip slip knit ... slip knit wise 2 stitches and then knit them together

9:07 am

go Merk go

9:08 am

thankyou so much Mom, new one to me

9:08 am

will someone please clue the second pa8

9:09 am

you are so welcome Lynxxx.

9:09 am

it's the pa8/45

9:09 am

flo: it is related to the first pa8 but diff last letter

9:09 am

pa (buddy) + vowel + ti 4/4 (fork prong)

9:10 am

similar to pa7/36

9:10 am

thanks Mom,

9:10 am

and that's fireworks

9:10 am

you're welcome Flosey and congratulations

9:10 am

Congrats Flosey!

9:10 am

Lynxxx, I am on Ravelry as well, I am KLD1057

9:10 am

Great stuff Flosey

9:10 am

ty, can I offer any clues before I stop for breakfast

9:11 am

not for me Flosey, wouldn't know where to start. I appreciate the offer though

9:12 am

ok, enjoy the grid, and have a great day everyone

9:12 am

have a good day as well, see you tomorrow

9:12 am

going to change icon for tomorrow

9:12 am

I'll look out for you Mom though I am not up to chat yet - still blown away at the creations there

9:13 am

I don't chat either. Aren't they lovely

9:13 am

Roses is on Ravelry, she is the one I called.

9:14 am

she is also FIVE on babble

9:14 am

... and Fireworks!

9:14 am

YAY, MERK!!!!

9:14 am

congrats Merk

9:14 am

Congrats Merk!

9:15 am

YAAAWWWWNNNNNNN....morning friends!

9:15 am

morning Car.

9:15 am

*passes big gulp of coffee to car* Mornin, girl!

9:15 am

ahh, thats NBS for me!

9:16 am

hi Car

9:16 am

ty, my friends, glad to be finished ... it was a tad bit sticky today, but certainly not pulling teeth like some.

9:16 am

Thank you judi...I am out of cream and until I can get my kids to stop watching Star Wars I am without!

9:16 am

Have a good rest of the day and see you tomorrow ... back to babysitting my granddaughter.

9:16 am

toodle-loo

9:17 am

have a great day Merk, see you tomorrow

9:17 am

have fun Merk

9:17 am

Chain the little buggers to the furniture and run out, Car!

9:18 am

Lynxxx, are you Lynxxx on Ravelry?

9:18 am

First chat I read is chaining buggers to furniture ... interesting!

9:19 am

Judi...shamefully I admit that I thought about it...the coffee shack is right down the street...but they are only 5 and 7...it isn't right.

9:19 am

That makes one go back to read more.

9:19 am

Hi Mudd

9:19 am

Wtg, Merk, and good-bye.

9:19 am

lol, not very original am I Mom

9:19 am

That's nothing, Mudd. The other day, I came in on a discussion of how to kill one's husband.

9:19 am

I thought it was original. Beats the heck out of mine.

9:20 am

would you care if I "friend" you on Ravelry?

9:20 am

That would be an attention-getter, too.

9:20 am

Friday night was joke night

9:20 am

I'm always looking for good jokes.

9:20 am

I don't know what that means but please do

9:20 am

Bring them with - just throw them in the trunk.

9:21 am

I'm going to lurk for awhile. Not a lot of time to babble today.

9:21 am

Enough of chaining buggers and throwing them in the trunk.

9:21 am

if you look me up under "people" I will show up, click on my name and to the left there is a link to "add to my friends"

9:22 am

OK

9:22 am

KLD1057

9:23 am

dofirh - you still here?

9:24 am

But MUDD! There is coffee involved...the first coffee of the day...so hard to resist!

9:24 am

dofith i mean

9:24 am

I suppose I should get off my rear end and get some work done. {{Hugs}} to all of you

9:24 am

Bye Mom! Have a great day!

9:25 am

bye bye Car. hope you get your cream for the coffee

9:29 am

mmmmmm..... pretzel M&Ms.....

9:29 am

bye Mom

9:29 am

Movie just ended! I am off to the Coffee Shack!!!

9:30 am

el 6/24?

9:31 am

what is RAvelry?

9:32 am

a site for knitting fans, lot of resources and inspiration Peri

9:32 am

ok, not a knitter

9:32 am

my wife will go there

9:35 am

pretzel m&m's?

9:35 am

el6.24 el & r****s are where the river runs very fas over rocks

9:36 am

*fast

9:37 am

clue for de 6

9:37 am

thank you

9:37 am

is the el 7 related?

9:37 am

de 6 not agreement

9:38 am

ty

9:38 am

there is an el7! el6 was bad enough

9:40 am

I know the meaning of that el6. Can I be smug??

9:41 am

absolutely birthday girl

9:41 am

pppffft! only if its your birthday

9:41 am

I'm off to bed - have fun all

9:41 am

*grin*

9:42 am

I'm too tired for this. Night all

9:42 am

night dear!

9:43 am

hang on. Ata - please explain what a "cosmopolitan snake" is

9:44 am

only lives in a big city like NY or London or Tokyo perhaps?

9:44 am

cosmopolitan? ooo. I guess they mean well spread out, found everywhere

9:45 am

too funny. Off I go, byee

9:45 am

cosmopolitan: Botany, Zoology . widely distributed over the globe.

9:46 am

either that or they like cocktails

9:50 am

cosmopolitans=citiots in 1500 dollar suits , morning everyone

9:51 am

hi crossy!

9:51 am

ata;)))

9:52 am

here's a question for you - what is the green crying cat thing in my icon!!

9:54 am

well we know it is baked plaster or ceramic,with a heavy coat of paint and glaze,with one eye and ear missing....

9:54 am

I got it from an old spoil heap which is geenrally stuff from VIctorian- 1960s

9:54 am

and I have NO idea what it is!!

9:55 am

victorian era ran from the 1830,s to 1903,at which time she did us all a favor by finally kicking the bucket lool

9:56 am

eventually

9:56 am

if i had to hazard a rough guess it may be from one of the old porcelan dollies they used to make

9:57 am

I thought that too, well I can'tthink of any other use for it. But really, a snot green porcelain crying cat doll??!!!

9:57 am

the neck diameter looks correct and the glaze does not go to the bottom

9:58 am

yes ... the glaze bit struck me too. I'd have been scared to get that as a present as a kid!

9:58 am

just in to change icon for tomorrow

9:59 am

but it definatly belongs back in the spoil heap..you would be suprised what some of the early dolls were cast like

9:59 am

nooo I love it!!

9:59 am

pa 7.36 please

10:00 am

pa7,36 have gun will travel

10:00 am

there is one before that

10:00 am

the first one I need

10:01 am

that is the first one

10:01 am

pa8/50 is the first one, pa8/45 is the second one ru

10:01 am

then I don't get it

10:02 am

I have the pa 8/45

10:02 am

pa8/50 is plural of pa7/36

10:02 am

then lay that 8/45 on us:))

10:02 am

the pa8/50 change ending to prong of a fork

10:03 am

the name of the cowboy who is in the old cowboy tv show who had a card that read, have gun will travel

10:03 am

tyvm flosey

10:03 am

yw crossy

10:04 am

I need the first pa 7 flosey..

10:04 am

got it

10:04 am

thanks bubba

10:04 am

wtg ru

10:05 am

now off for breakfast, be back at flip

10:05 am

flos? could you clue the el 7?

10:16 am

e + note of the scale + coniferous tree ruru.. hi all

10:16 am

ty aloy

10:17 am

thank you aloy.

10:17 am

done

10:17 am

yw.. fireworks done? congrats to ruru!!!

10:19 am

everyone remember to check your e-mail,dr_god wants to vamp up babble a bit and is taking suggestions;)

10:19 am

ooh, will have to send dr_god my new address, ty crossie

10:21 am

i suggested that he do like in bookworm and make the grid tiles point and click for word imput,thus seperating chog imput from word imput so we have less grid words ending up in the chog;)

10:22 am

hey-crossie-i get some of my best 'clues' that way!

10:22 am

sounds like a great idea, cross.. did he mention a timeline for these changes?

10:23 am

lol scribed

10:23 am

the monkeys would be very sad about that...

10:23 am

no he did not,but he is feeling guilty for ignoring us,so now is the time:)

10:23 am

I'd really like to see "enable" updated or another dictionary used as a base

10:23 am

I want to type my words!

10:24 am

good idea aloy

10:25 am

im sure the point and click would be an add-on kind of coding beachbabble and the box would still be there if you still wished to type it out

10:26 am

Oh good... I know at Tangleword, you could mouse or type... both inputs worked

10:26 am

as i do not think he would tear the whole thing down just for that

10:27 am

You will be able to type and click (or touch for iPad users) on the letters on the new site. ;)

10:28 am

speak of the devil:))) howdy dr g

10:28 am

Cooooool.

10:28 am

hi Dr_God! nice to see you

10:28 am

hi dr god!

10:28 am

i didn't get an email :-(

10:28 am

oooh, I just got an ipod, maybe it will work better! (all hail dr. god!)

10:28 am

i thought i felt i was being watched..and that bacon incident was not my fault dr g lool

10:29 am

Hi Dr_God... Nice to meet you... :-)

10:29 am

*thought I heard choirs of angels*

10:29 am

but i vote for the new dictionary

10:29 am

there is a new site up now other than www.playbabble,com??

10:29 am

this is still the best game ever! although Tilt To Win is a kick on my ipad/pod/phone!

10:29 am

Not yet, crosshair. I'm workin' on it.

10:30 am

i cannot wait to play babble on my i-phone4;))

10:31 am

your a good man dr g,crossy sends you bacon blessings..

10:31 am

Thanks, Dr. G. We'll look forward to the "new and improved" Babble.

10:31 am

indeed

10:32 am

and please no more words from dead languages lol..darn sanscrit dictionary is a pain to find..out of print you know....

10:33 am

*giddy with delight and torn with need to actually work for a change*

10:33 am

ooh.. just had an idea.. the SOWPODS dictionary is used internationally for Scrabble.. if that were adopted, there would be many many more words possible, but on the other hand.. more obscurity too.. h'mmm

10:33 am

i have forgotten how to spell firewerks lol

10:33 am

more words = good

10:33 am

whoo hoo crossy?

10:34 am

howdy gremlinn!

10:34 am

Hi

10:34 am

nope not yet jmc

10:34 am

Be careful what you wish for, Aloy!

10:34 am

howdy gremlinn

10:34 am

agreement with Scrabble is also good, for people who play both and don't want to "mislearn" words

10:34 am

well, since we have Babblers from many lands..

10:34 am

then we end up with words like quaa

10:35 am

quaa?

10:35 am

yup, gremlinn... I initially joined Babble to increase my Scrabble skills

10:35 am

did it work Snuffy?

10:35 am

that scrabble dictionary has some doozies

10:35 am

I play Wordsplay a lot, and a couple times I've been challenged and lost in real-life Scrabble after playing words that only work there (like "noyau")

10:36 am

Hint for pa8, 45 please

10:36 am

holy cow, noyau?

10:36 am

have gun will travel reads the card of a man smaan

10:36 am

pl the Have Gun will travel guy

10:37 am

and the second state in the two state solution minus an s

10:37 am

i used to watch the rifleman instead;)

10:37 am

i watched both of them

10:37 am

<- 5 days in a row now, fireworks with no help :)

10:37 am

but richard boone was way cooler

10:37 am

Have the gun one which is pa50

10:37 am

yea yea..showoff;)

10:37 am

whoo hoo grem!

10:37 am

can hear the theme song now.. riding through the west

10:38 am

i felt so intellectual when I learned that pa7/36 was a knight

10:38 am

pa7/8 was familiar from Ultima games

10:38 am

good name for the show then

10:38 am

he wore all black

10:39 am

that will clue it for all the WOW freaks;))

10:39 am

WOW?

10:39 am

I have so far resisted getting into WOW or any other MMORPGs

10:39 am

world of warcraft and other rpg gamers

10:39 am

*still fretting about quaa*

10:39 am

World of Warcraft

10:39 am

so is the pa8, 45 also a cowboy one?

10:39 am

goodness, it's been forever since I played Ultima!

10:39 am

o i c

10:40 am

as have i gremlinn,though i do love oblivion

10:40 am

no that one the second state in the two state solution for the middle east minus an S

10:40 am

and i am being really retro this month and playing arx fatalis;)

10:41 am

okay i am off to actually *gasp* work!

10:41 am

later, jmc.. hagd

10:41 am

now why would ye be doing a daft thing like that?

10:42 am

(or for the purists "actually *gasp* to work"

10:42 am

leaving for my month long sojourn in Africa so got to set things up before i go

10:42 am

to *gasply* work what no one has worked before

10:42 am

jmcnrick - thank you - great clue!

10:42 am

bbl -- maybe

10:43 am

lol grem *poof*

10:44 am

i remember when i first joined babble,i spent an hour trying to click the letters on the grid for imput..too many hours at bookworm and bookworm adventures;0

10:44 am

finished now with the pt of the roman robe.. off I go too to do what needs to be done.. Happy Babbling all..

10:44 am

I finished with a measly al4

10:46 am

i generally do not have to worry about finishing with a pathetic fish word..or finishing for that matter lol

10:51 am

Can I get a clue for the first La5/10, please?

10:51 am

la + AZ = ***zona

10:52 am

a cave for a animal

10:52 am

Ty. Figured it had to a's. Fireworks!!

10:53 am

and ty gremlinn for the one really needed;/

10:53 am

yaa for judi!!

Good morning/afternoon all...

10:54 am

howdy red

Congrats to the Fireworkers!!!

10:54 am

mind your p,s and q,s red..dr_g is lurking :)) too bad,i have to tone myself down;)))

10:55 am

help for the right hand E, anybody?

Hmmm?

life is not fair Dan2bit, even if we expect it to be Eq___

waves as Dr G wonders whats goin on that he needs to lurk?

10:57 am

that one I have, red

its the only on i have so far Dan, sorry.

hello, all. dan, i have one that sounds like a girl's name, el***

10:59 am

aha tx guernsey

11:00 am

nothing red,we were just chatting on ways to make babble even better

yw

11:00 am

e + run ***s at the school athletic track + your driver's license is a form of **

Hmmm.

More bigger grids?

11:00 am

nope,lots of small ones with 15 letter words;))

11:00 am

el7 = same clue, replace ** at end by draw a straight l***

11:01 am

what could be better than this.... HI all

hi river!

11:01 am

I'd like more than one puzzle per day - the classic 5x5 and a giant grid where only 6+ letter words count

11:01 am

tx grem - that's all of em

ty gremlinn, odd to see you here.

i mean at this time!

11:02 am

howdy riverdance

11:02 am

I wasn't able to quite finish up at night like usual, so I finished in the morning

11:02 am

a 600 word grid of 6+ letter words???!

11:02 am

no, a physically larger grid, like 7x7 or 8x8 size

sounds good to me, but only on a day off work cross!!!

11:03 am

they were fun on Tangleword

11:03 am

i would need a week,a diaper and food in paste form...lol

11:03 am

lol crossy

oh no...

11:04 am

clue for el 7 pls

11:04 am

how about a monster grid that changes once per week in addition to this

11:04 am

now that i like

11:04 am

that sounds good

11:05 am

I thinks gremlinn just gave it Boo

11:05 am

e + run ***s at the school athletic track + draw a straight l***

i like that too, could work on it when we complete early, like that happens?

11:05 am

you can do the daily,then head off to the weekly..i like that

have you folk endless time to play? where am i going wrong? i need a little time to eat and wash!

gotta get up early guernsey!

11:06 am

catch that idea dr_g? thats a good one;))

11:06 am

and a monthly grid which is 15x15, and a yearly 25x25

11:06 am

getting used to living on 3 hours sleep a night....

11:06 am

lol,a bit too much gremlinn

bother. i'm useless in the mornings

yes, not ready for a yearly grid.

11:07 am

help with the first la 5 / 10 thought i had monkeyed everyting possible but can't get it

11:07 am

lol@ a yeaRly grid

11:07 am

la + ***zona

11:08 am

sorry, I havent listed yet

we could have the yearly one for Christmas

11:08 am

this years grid is a small one at 25,978 words...lol

11:08 am

a mere 26k? Pah!

crazy.

I just reached half way here anyway.

and I need to go to bed soon so i can go to work later.

11:09 am

the last big grid we had slowed my computer down in a big way

11:09 am

thanks gremlin

11:09 am

sounds like you need a new computer

11:09 am

I got 126 - trying to get to 50 left before listing but running out of steam

no list for me, I dont really have time today, my schedule this week is super bizarre and I am all off kilter!

11:11 am

a GRID bogs down your computer???!!

11:11 am

it did when I opened up the second window for the list

i'm going to leave it at half way today too. i have started a painting and i want to get on with it. bye all

11:11 am

how old is this computer?

11:12 am

it was my work computer at the time - I also had all my work programs running too - I think it went into overload

11:13 am

yes,if you have a ton of processes running in the background,that will do it

11:14 am

i se firefox tabbed browsing,so i do not have a ton of windows open

11:15 am

I like my grid and my list side by side when I finally list. Right now I have work and the chog side by side - see - multitasking at its best

11:15 am

does the latest version of any popular browser not include tabs now?

11:16 am

I wonder if there's a Firefox extension to view two tabs side-by-side in the same window

11:16 am

I think they all have tabs - problem is you cant see both at same time

11:16 am

I do use tabs on my second window with lickety so that I can look up morewords if needed.

11:17 am

you can indeed gremlinn

11:17 am

easy enough to open another window

11:17 am

you can have 2 windows,with multiple tabs

11:17 am

what would be the benefit to that than another window

11:17 am

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef ox/addon/71411/ maybe?

11:18 am

hola all!

11:18 am

I guess you would find it easier than having to drag things to the right size/position

11:19 am

bingo

11:19 am

Hi science - how are you

11:19 am

thanks for that gremlinn

11:19 am

plus, does having things in tabs as opposed to separate windows lower the overall memory use?

11:19 am

good HOT

11:19 am

indeed

11:19 am

adage

11:19 am

oops

11:20 am

PB for me.....what's in there today?

11:20 am

it probably does - I am not up on computers

11:20 am

thanks science - I was looking for that one

11:21 am

more windows open means a harder hit on its resources

11:21 am

snickerdoodles, sciencegeek

11:21 am

yes and the other two the 6 and 7 are musical terms same beginning

11:21 am

yum

11:22 am

i even go looking for earlier versions of software to ease the lode as many work perfectly fine without the bling of later releases www.oldversion.com

11:23 am

i go there for winzip,winrar,ad-aware and many other programs that have become freeware

11:23 am

I only needed that 5

11:24 am

it is always my first stop when setting up a new computer;)

11:24 am

yeah, if you only need to deal with legacy ZIPs, no need to get the modern versions of winzip

11:24 am

indeed gremlinn

11:24 am

its sad but I dont even know what that is

11:24 am

well,i do not go right back to 1.0,but about halfway back on any given list

11:25 am

but I will bet you my 17 years old daughter does

11:26 am

poor riverdance,i got a sub to a computer magazine and learned just enough so i never have to darken the door of some pc repair shop that just rips people off

11:26 am

i reccomend maximum pc magazine

11:27 am

thanks for the suggestion

11:27 am

np

11:27 am

al 5/10 please

11:27 am

nm got it

11:28 am

of course if you use a mac,all that info is null and void lol

11:30 am

those things are made for people who never want to look into a computers innards and just like to throw the thing away every 3 years for the newest model

11:31 am

though they are pretty things...lol

11:32 am

my rig looks like dr franenstein put it together in 1945 lol

11:32 am

thanks for the info (Oh good word in yesterdays puzzle) - time for lunch - see you all later

11:32 am

but it works so what more could you want

11:33 am

indeed

11:34 am

prine

11:34 am

oops

11:34 am

caught me fishing

11:37 am

ge 7?????

11:37 am

ge7 = don't expose yours in public!

11:37 am

nm got it

11:37 am

LOL

11:37 am

anyways,i should get in that kitchen and rattle some pans

11:42 am

aww,you take away all my fun gremlinn

11:44 am

so much for international air out our dingleberries day;(

11:45 am

hehe

11:46 am

ta 5/12= a sloth type creature found in jungles

11:57 am

or the short thing the guy from boston tells ya ta take a long walk offa

12:12 pm

I guess latin isn't a real word.

12:14 pm

the bottom o for nbt plz

12:14 pm

ot5

12:15 pm

ty grem

12:16 pm

ot& black stuff on roads

12:20 pm

any clue for the first la5/10 ?

12:20 pm

la + ***zona

12:21 pm

thanks...got it

12:28 pm

thanks. odd word.

12:35 pm

clues for the 8s plz

12:36 pm

pa = religious order

12:37 pm

starts out like roof of mouth

12:37 pm

religious order? is this a pa 8?

12:37 pm

Yes

12:38 pm

ty

12:38 pm

ty dofith

12:40 pm

well, the pl is the 8. pa7 and 8

12:40 pm

clue for the pa 8/45?

12:40 pm

nm i found it

12:40 pm

ooops or maybe not. ignore me lol

12:42 pm

done with the p's

12:43 pm

I've only got 14 p's!

12:47 pm

Perhaps you could plant more?

12:48 pm

Helllooooo Babblers

12:48 pm

BAFANA BAFANA!

12:48 pm

what fun!

12:48 pm

(((RUBY)))

12:48 pm

Hello, mom and ryby

12:49 pm

hye ruby!

12:49 pm

Is it just me, or were France seriously overrated at the World Cup?

12:49 pm

BR - how you be

12:49 pm

Howdy, Ms. sciencegeek

12:49 pm

I just finished my will.

12:49 pm

And England, although I am English!!!!!

12:50 pm

serious stuff

12:50 pm

How are you BR?

12:50 pm

tough decisions BR

12:50 pm

I am

12:51 pm

Not really, I mostly gave my debts to charity.

12:52 pm

Yes the giving too wasnt bad - it the guardianship stuff I struggled with

12:52 pm

debts or assets - lol

12:52 pm

not by me! I can't stand Domenech; he's been a bad coach for a long time and used his old players rather than developing new ones.

12:53 pm

France shouldn't have been in it after Henry's hand ball against Ireland!

12:53 pm

and the English! Oy veh, whatever that means. Green is awful!

12:53 pm

as you can see, I'm very worked up. And DH couldn't care less!

12:53 pm

tell us how you really feel Ruby

12:54 pm

and another thing....

12:54 pm

what about the bad call against the US v. Slovenia?

12:55 pm

the bad calls all blend into each other, as do all the bad sending offs!

12:55 pm

done

12:55 pm

cant say I have been watching the games - tried to on Sunday while cooking supper but the horns drive me crazy

12:56 pm

I do not follow soccer -- hate violence

12:56 pm

the horns are awful - same frequency as buzzing bees

12:56 pm

Congrats, sciencegeek

12:56 pm

see you all later....nap time...then work

12:56 pm

ty br

12:56 pm

that's what the announcers say, like abeilles!

12:56 pm

whoohooo for science

12:56 pm

congrats, sdcience

12:57 pm

be well, sg

12:57 pm

the vuvzelas really don't bother me, I don't even really notice them for some reason!

12:57 pm

I have 10 A's left - ugh

12:57 pm

me, too, I tune them out, struggling as I am to understand the announcers

12:58 pm

I have 16 a's left, dancer, so there!

12:58 pm

you always have to win ruby - lol

12:58 pm

hahah

12:59 pm

I don't watch soccer in between European championships and World Cups

12:59 pm

9

12:59 pm

who is more hated in France, ruby, Domenech or the players?

12:59 pm

there are just too many teams to follow

1:00 pm

Domenech first, but then they are outraged by the players' mutiny

1:00 pm

c'est une scandale!

1:00 pm

and what about Anelka? It was Anelka sent home wasn't it? Sympathy or dislike too?

1:01 pm

As a Chelsea supporter, I'm a bit ashamed of Anelka's actions

1:01 pm

he's played for about 5 teams and always gets fired! Although he's a huge talent, he's evidently a RPITA!

1:01 pm

a French friend wrote something very right on my fb, let me copy it in here

1:01 pm

my family in London are all rabid Chelsea supporters!

1:02 pm

"I'm not a football fan usually, but I think this team is a disgrace to our country and when you have the honour of carrying your country's colors in front of the world, you must respect that and act as it is a true privilege. What they did was way more serious to me than throwing a tantrum like spoiled children, to me, they acted like criminals and in other days, they would have been executed for high treason for publicly exposing and spitting on our flag. I'm not particularly nationalist but I'm proud of being french and to me, these players don't deserve to carry our colors anymore."

1:02 pm

please, I'm interested

1:02 pm

And what's their opinion, ruby?

1:03 pm

I absolutely agree with your friend, ata. It is a privilege to be on a national team

1:03 pm

we disagreed over England v. US, but they hate the French team!

1:03 pm

absolutely. I would have been tempted to fire the lot of them

1:03 pm

We did a lot of biz in SA and, although they didn't play well, I am thrilled that they are going into the next round!

1:04 pm

8

1:04 pm

I wonder what Ancellotti will have to say to Anelka after the tourny?

1:04 pm

I started out as an Italy fan but now I think Germany is wonderful and wouldn't mind if Argentina won it all!

1:04 pm

and Capello is a jerk!

1:05 pm

7

1:05 pm

aside from all that, the Tour starts on the 3rd!!!!

1:05 pm

England is just doing hilariously badly. Not as badly as the French, but that would take some doing

1:05 pm

6

1:05 pm

too true, ata!

1:06 pm

countdown for dancer!!!!

1:06 pm

I wish South AFrica would have gone through though. So so near.

1:07 pm

didn't this bring them through?

1:07 pm

I didn't hear what happened in the other game....

1:08 pm

nope. Mexico and Uruguay went through

1:08 pm

Mexico went through on goal difference

1:08 pm

:((((

1:08 pm

that's awful!

1:08 pm

but they *tried* so hard, and brought joy to everyone who watched the match today

1:09 pm

(my step-father's family are mostly S African, so I have a vested interest!)

1:09 pm

my fave is tshabala

1:09 pm

lala

1:09 pm

5

1:10 pm

he's definitely got the best name!

1:10 pm

4

1:10 pm

3

1:11 pm

go dancer go!!!!!

1:11 pm

evening everyone

1:11 pm

hi katie

1:12 pm

I guess I have done enough praying at the al5/10 to get FIREWORKS

1:12 pm

hi katie!

1:12 pm

yay dancer!!!!!

1:12 pm

Congrats River

1:12 pm

congrats dancer

1:13 pm

Hi Katie How are you feeling ??

1:13 pm

thank you, thank you - I never liked those A's

1:13 pm

and ty for the al's

1:13 pm

Please be careful on the footie comments as it is putting me off. I don't agree that Copello is a jerk. Best muted, like politics and religion. I'm not doing well on the grid either.

1:13 pm

sorry

1:14 pm

well tell us why

1:14 pm

but isn't it spelled with an a?

1:15 pm

much better thanks Norma I just completely forgot to balance my food in terms of dairy and then drank on top of it. It will take me a couple of days to settle down

1:15 pm

It's OK. I might agree another time.

1:15 pm

I think it's fun that we sometimes disagree in here!

1:15 pm

Babble's nice cos *usually* people can disagree civilly!

1:15 pm

often, actually....

1:16 pm

hi ruby

1:16 pm

Can't check the spelling as the cat is asleep on the newspaper. Is that an omen?

1:16 pm

just for the record I agree with you pat on Capello

1:16 pm

hi boo!

1:16 pm

what is it with cats and newspaper?

1:16 pm

yep there hopefully no grudges over anything said here

1:16 pm

I didn't understand his decision to keep wives and girlfriends away from the players

1:16 pm

ripping it up or sitting on it while you try to read?

1:17 pm

oh ruby if you could have seen the circus last world cup it was awful. I would have banned them as well!!

1:17 pm

Time for me to get back to work - have fun all and will see you tomorrow

1:17 pm

it could be worse, I had a dog who, while being paper trained, used to put her front paws on the paper and, well, you can imagine the rest.....

1:17 pm

I think it's very silly that a fortnight ago he was ENgland's saviour and now is getting so much flack. At least give him a chance

1:17 pm

bye dance see you tomorrow

1:17 pm

Here, my husband doesn't agree with me and war may break out soon. Fairly sure I'll win cos the cats are on my side and the dog knows who feeds him.

1:17 pm

((dancer))

1:18 pm

lol pat

1:18 pm

my husband isn't interested in sports!

1:18 pm

loool always have everything with claws on your side

1:18 pm

((ruby))

1:20 pm

You are coming apart at the seams Mrs Mc .... how is your groin ???

1:20 pm

mine managed to say the f word every 30 seconds during the second half on friday

1:20 pm

raofl, katie!

1:20 pm

It seems much better Norma, I'm off the tablets so here's hoping :-)

1:20 pm

from Capello to Katie's groin ...

1:20 pm

it's a strange world ata

1:20 pm

I keep thinking that soldiers go away for many months without seeing any friends and family because it is their job and football players want to take their whole family along. My family never came to work with me and I didn't fuss. A total ban is maybe a bid over the top but we do need them to concentrate on kicking the ball into the net.

1:21 pm

but even prisoners get conjugal visits!

1:21 pm

they aren't complelety banned, ruby, just before the matches

1:21 pm

And, quite a few of them are playing with OTHER players WAGS!!!

1:21 pm

they definitely get wives and whatnots the day after

1:22 pm

I thought they couldn't even stay in the hotels

1:22 pm

too funny!

1:22 pm

it is only for a month and they all went out with their families the other day. They aren't allowed to stay in the players hotel but can have accommodation nearby

1:22 pm

don't know ... but some of the commentators were talking about it the other day and that's what I heard!!

1:22 pm

and then the players go walkabout?

1:23 pm

Hand of God was 24 years ago today!

1:23 pm

If it is true that they are NOT completely banned then I now have less respect for the fuss they made. I have just broken my own rule about not discussing controversial items here. SORRY, will shut up x

1:23 pm

does everybody like Maradona?

1:23 pm

lolol Pat. it's not controversial, it's only football D:

1:23 pm

I hope that isn't controversial!

1:24 pm

let me look up the official line!

1:24 pm

don't worry pat it's normal chat

1:24 pm

I think he has redeemed himself and everybody seems to love him, especially the sportswriters

1:25 pm

and he and Messi are both short which endears them to me!

1:25 pm

pat, you should hear us on a bad day!

1:25 pm

Greece v Argentina is just starting on BBC 1

1:26 pm

good night everybody!

1:26 pm

I do read your comments but then I never finish a grid or I put the answers in the grid cos I'm an idiot.

1:26 pm

night ruby

1:26 pm

{{patxxx}}

1:26 pm

gn katie!

1:27 pm

see you tomorrow ata

1:28 pm

Got to find some munchies. Essential for a football match. My hubbie is playing cricket hahahahahahah!

1:29 pm

mine is BBQing, he is truely the love of my life :-)

1:29 pm

ok, apparently ....

1:30 pm

Capello originally banned them during the first stage of the World Cup. But then after the ALgeria match he gave them all a day off together, and pretty much all of the WAGS are out there now

1:30 pm

My hubbie is working at home for a spell and it is more difficult than I realised. I have worked at home for years and ruled my day roost. Now I keep thinking I've got an intruder.

1:31 pm

I hate that, Pat!

1:32 pm

Thanks Ata. It IS getting to be a problem but like the players, we'll have to compromise.

1:34 pm

clue for the first la 5/10

1:34 pm

Married for better or worse, but not for lunch!

1:35 pm

sorry boo don't have it

1:36 pm

that's ok

1:36 pm

want to hear husband's latest?

1:36 pm

spending £170 on "herbal supplements" to help his tinnitus

1:36 pm

I'm not sure I do but still, lets have it.......

1:36 pm

la5/10 is la plus jackie's husband mr onasiss

1:36 pm

£170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

1:37 pm

and then realising that the web site he bought them from was probably a scam *facepalm*

1:38 pm

shall we say I was unamused?

1:38 pm

My son has developed tinnitus and doesn't know what to do.

1:39 pm

don't buy expensive shit from dodgy websites!

1:40 pm

Ata, bring it up every time he rats on you. In jest of course.

1:41 pm

it also hadn't occurred to him to try and stop the payment *sigh*

1:42 pm

Come to think about it. An awful lot of folk may come back from SA with what sounds like tinnitus but it will prob be vuvuzelatus!

1:42 pm

Ata, hasn't he said it's your fault yet?

1:43 pm

not *yet*. bound to be though

1:43 pm

would be in my house - oops sorry for eavesdropping

1:44 pm

I suppose it's my fault deep down because I accused him of going deaf (cos he is). so I think he got angsty and decided he had tinnitus

1:45 pm

My hubbie is deaf on his left side but I'm sure that is convenient so he can ignore me. His sight is better than mine.

1:46 pm

IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT

1:46 pm

I have to say everything 5 times to husbnad. but that's my fault for talking quietly, apparently

1:46 pm

oh, river, I know, don't worry!!! That didn't come out quite right - I meant he thinks it's my fault because ....

1:46 pm

I am too but on my right side worst than left- my ear doctor made me some very nifty hearing aids - no one can tell

1:47 pm

Riverdance, I once accepted blame for a rail strike just to save me marriage.

1:47 pm

I know Ata - am right there with you

1:47 pm

of course you did - its much easier that way

1:47 pm

Ive gotten too old for that now - hence - trouble in wonder land

1:48 pm

I am superior enough to know that I AM ALWAYS RIGHT! My mantra.......

1:48 pm

I'm just saving it all up for the divorce court!

1:49 pm

Just had a family visit and the only munchies I can find are cream cheese and fruit corners. Recipe anyone?

1:49 pm

hi all

1:49 pm

help with ag words. only have the first one

1:50 pm

hi perikins!

1:50 pm

ag6 - plan book

1:50 pm

ag4 ag + two vowels

1:50 pm

then plural

1:50 pm

Ata. You have an awful lot of witnesses here ready to bat for you.

1:50 pm

doh, ty, RD

1:51 pm

agei

1:51 pm

Sorry. But Algeria have scored and I wrote that last comment in the word box first

1:51 pm

get rid of that e and add a different one on the end

1:52 pm

ta vm Riverdance

1:52 pm

yw

1:52 pm

he was also equally impressive on my birthday. I'd asked for some new diving kit, and he always takes what I want, ignores it, and gives me something I don't want. So he decides that dive kit actually equals a hot air balloon flight. I get travel sick even looking at anything that goes in the air ...

1:53 pm

hope that goes smoothly for you Ata whatever you decide

1:53 pm

Ata, please return the compliment. Maybe we lot can suggest a suitable pressie for him.

1:54 pm

I can think of quite a few too :D

1:57 pm

that was a rotten thing to do At!

1:57 pm

for your husband to do is what I meant

1:57 pm

it's utterly normal for him! Last year I asked for some new watercolours and he got me a squash racket!

1:58 pm

when I haven't played squash for *years*!

1:59 pm

and I dont want to sound ungrateful, but ... it's just the whole *somethingness* of him

1:59 pm

Well look on the bright side- at least you got something - so you take it back and pocket the cash and get what you want...

1:59 pm

ri 6/18 anyone? I have more Rs on the list than there R words?

2:00 pm

I wish! He'd divorce me for that ... oh wait ....

2:00 pm

ri + low singing voice

2:00 pm

have you begun that process already

2:01 pm

not officially, but plans are being made

2:01 pm

THANK YOU River - that gave the light show!

2:01 pm

do you have kids?

2:01 pm

congrats saanichcat

2:02 pm

no luckily, "only" a dog and cat

2:04 pm

that is lucky for you - one less complication not that this is easy at all

2:05 pm

the worst part of any breakup is deciding who gets to keep the friends.

2:05 pm

and the dog is Mine. he can have whatever else he wants (within reason!) but she is My Dog :D

2:05 pm

I have 5 years to decide if that is what I want to do - ugh

2:06 pm

that's easy for me. I don't like his friends and he doesn't like mine!!

2:06 pm

the friends shouldnt change NB - just different parties

2:06 pm

Ata. I wish you luck. It is not nice to go through and I feel for you.

2:06 pm

why 5 years?

2:06 pm

5 years?

2:07 pm

I shared the friends with my ex it worked out ok we just meant that they went out more and we didn't go out on the same night

2:07 pm

thats when my kids will be out of the house. Daughter in one year, son in 5

2:07 pm

ohhh

2:07 pm

He has since dropped all the friends but I think that was because he wasn't so keen that I had moved on

2:09 pm

I only say it because Frank, an old friend of Leo's and now my new flatmate, was the one to "escort" Leo off the premises when he attempted to crash the housewarming. Makes me feel bad, but also really vindictively good.

2:10 pm

that's normal NB, things will settle down in time

2:10 pm

go Frank!!

2:10 pm

he did that for both of you in the long run NB

2:11 pm

I'm sorry to hear that you're considering separating, though, River :( that must be a very difficult decision to make

2:12 pm

5 years is a long time to wait as well :-(

2:14 pm

a very long time!

2:14 pm

7 weeks nearly killed me

2:15 pm

nearly, Messi!

2:16 pm

its hasnt been good for a while now but I wont do it to my kids and besides, we really cannot support 2 households right now. Who knows, maybe some miracle will happen along the way - like the lottery haha

2:16 pm

mind you i did find a house to buy within 7 hours of him dumping me so I'm sure it wasn't easy for him either

2:18 pm

the hard thing for me will be trying to get husband to understand I mean it. He's such a - well, tales of him have abounded through the Babble chat for years - and then he writes me a birthday card telling me how much he adores me, and how he's my soul companion for life etc etc!

2:18 pm

good evening all

2:18 pm

my old house (the one he bought from me and then sold at a loss) is on the market. It still has some of my furniture in it and the curtains are the same, we moved in over 10 years ago and it is nearly 5 years since I left

2:18 pm

hi spritey!

2:18 pm

evening sprite :-)

2:18 pm

hi sprite

2:19 pm

hi, Sprite :)

2:19 pm

yikes - ata - at least we have mutual dislike

2:19 pm

*hugs around*

2:20 pm

Ata, I said it before and will say it again... he's nuts

2:20 pm

{{{hugs right back at you}}}

2:20 pm

clue for the first la 5/10

2:20 pm

if it was mutual dislike, I'd find it much easier!!

2:20 pm

I wish you all didn't have to go through this

2:20 pm

though, really, he's kidding himself. he loves the idea of a lovely wife, not the reality!

2:20 pm

la + ***zona state

2:21 pm

thats too bad - mine is just nasty and controlling and I am tired of it

2:21 pm

have you actually said that you don't love him ata

2:22 pm

did I read correctly, Nancy Boy, do you have your own place?

2:22 pm

why not try couples therapy, or something? (what would I know?!)

2:22 pm

yes! but it'll all be ok ... I don't mean it ....

2:23 pm

sure, Sprite, it's just that I share it with a flatmate ;) preferable for me - I couldn't stand to be entirely alone. Plus, he's great fun!

2:23 pm

maybe he will only believe you the day you leave

2:23 pm

I dont know about ata - we tried that years ago and the therapist we saw was a joke - of course chosen by my DH.

2:23 pm

so happy for you, Nancy Boy. Well done!

2:24 pm

It's good to have company as well NB it's only been a few days

2:24 pm

I'm glad to see you tonight i was worried!

2:24 pm

I'm sure ... he'll just lay such a guilt trip on me about destroying his life and that he loooooves me and he'll *cry*

2:25 pm

you might tell him that you will leave him the Phantom Phleas

2:25 pm

LMAO :D

2:25 pm

thank you, Sprite! I must admit, I'm relieved. When I said I didn't intend to get back together with him, he threw a fit and told me to be gone in seven days...well I manged it in five. And he spent those five days being such an enormous prick (ie, bringing bedmates back to the flat - mmm, lovely) that I've been too uppity to really be that unhappy.

2:26 pm

evening all - what do the 8s being with please

2:26 pm

so really you only miss the cat :P

2:26 pm

I am all for relation therapy and working things out together. But if it does not work, one should be able to say enough is enough.

2:26 pm

both pa's

2:26 pm

oh NB that is sooo disrespectful, thank goodness you found out what he was like before you had wasted too much of your precious life on him

2:26 pm

aw Nancy Boy, that is really cruel of him :(

2:27 pm

((((Ata))))

2:27 pm

who will miss what cat?

2:27 pm

NB missing Leo's cat :P

2:28 pm

time to get your own little kittie NB

2:28 pm

Ohhh, I miss the cat so much! She was my baby :( The good news, though, is that he drunk-dialled my voicemail begging me to come back and telling me that none of them could best me in bed. I may not have my pride, but I do get a smug sense of self-satisfaction.

2:28 pm

Frank has two adorable moggies River - both rescues and both 100% love!

2:29 pm

pooooooor Leo *snerk*

2:29 pm

oh I can always send photos if necessary we have 3 to share for an awful moment I thought you were leaving sily. i can recommed a hamster if you can't keep a cat where you are. Fuggles was my pet when I was recovering from a broken heart

2:29 pm

but that's probably TMI...

2:29 pm

hehehe too bad Leo, you missed this window of opportunity

2:29 pm

*recommend

2:29 pm

no no no no!!! Sily's my cat!!

2:29 pm

thanks for the pa clue - got em

2:29 pm

phew!

2:30 pm

though I only have half a dog at the moment ...

2:30 pm

how did she turn out, Ata?

2:30 pm

If we judge by your picture you've only got half a cat as well.

2:30 pm

beautiful :) she's just half the size!!

2:30 pm

lol

2:31 pm

oh, let me put a new pic of sily up, I just took it :)

2:31 pm

have been plucking terra myself and he is becoming so beautiful again

2:31 pm

*(*(*(smooshes NB with huggles)*)*)*

2:32 pm

Eva!! Good to have you back :)

2:32 pm

EvaN is a great hugger

2:33 pm

there :)

2:33 pm

i try, i try. :)

2:34 pm

funny picture - great smile I think

2:34 pm

huh, french rabbit is valid

2:35 pm

clue for pa8/45 please

2:35 pm

that is a good photo

2:35 pm

her normal curled up in her basket position :)

2:36 pm

aw so sweet Ata

2:36 pm

NB, are you settling into the new place well?

2:36 pm

afternoon all!

2:36 pm

hi Pinik

2:36 pm

hi Pini

2:37 pm

hi pini

2:37 pm

sorry boo don't have it

2:37 pm

hi pini!

2:37 pm

oh, wonderfully, thank you Eva :) I have to remember to keep my feet under the duvet when I go to sleep though, otherwise the cats wake me up playing with them ;)

Hi, Pini!

2:37 pm

sweet though, Nancy Boy :)

2:37 pm

how's everyone doing?

2:38 pm

{{NB}}

2:38 pm

rather well, and you?

2:38 pm

::sniffle:: i do miss my cats. i had to re-home them when i moved in with dear fiance...

2:38 pm

hi everyone

2:38 pm

not too bad...so far lunch at work has been uninterrupted!

2:38 pm

hi daykat

2:39 pm

pa + army bathroom without the r

2:39 pm

hi, Pini :) Oh Eva, why?? That's so sad :(

2:39 pm

is he allergic EvaN?

2:39 pm

hi daykat

2:40 pm

thx River!!! got it right away!

2:40 pm

yw - Boo did you get it

2:40 pm

well, for starters, he has lizards, and i know from personal experience, it can be difficult to keep the cats away from them. secondly, i knew we would be moving around a bit too often + thats not really fair to the cats. thirdly, most of my friends are allergic. fourthly, at the time, i was working 2 jobs and rarely home, and they deserved a person who would be around to play with them... many more reasons. it was tough, and i miss them dearly...

2:40 pm

no

2:41 pm

pa8/45 is similar to pa8/50 but with ti** (prongs of a fork) at the end

2:41 pm

very unselfish act of yours, EvaN. *hugs*

2:41 pm

ty got it

2:42 pm

yw

2:42 pm

ah found the river in Egypt

2:42 pm

i still have photos of them on my myspace (which i rarely ever check) they were gorgeous gals. :)

2:42 pm

working on the pa8/50 daykat referenced

2:43 pm

got it!

2:43 pm

pa8/50

2:43 pm

its the same one I gave pini

2:44 pm

I dont know what I gave - I give up - trying to work and watch chog

2:44 pm

Hello everybody :)

2:44 pm

*sniff* and not doing a good job of it

2:44 pm

hi soodle

2:44 pm

you're doing dandy, river!!! :((river))

2:44 pm

hiya Soodle :)

2:44 pm

p**(friend) + vowel + loud noise plural

2:45 pm

Hi Soodle

2:45 pm

Its been a long day...

2:45 pm

ok...gotta go...cya after work! HAGD!!!!

2:46 pm

bye Pinik

2:46 pm

bye Pini

2:46 pm

bye pini

2:46 pm

bye pinikula

2:46 pm

*toddles off to potty* BRB!

2:47 pm

hi, Soodle!

2:47 pm

hi soodle!

2:49 pm

fireflies! Must leave you all, have a nice evening or day and *hugs*

2:49 pm

congrats and bye sprite

2:49 pm

congrats sprite

2:50 pm

yay spritey!

2:52 pm

Bye Spritey X

2:57 pm

Feeling very sanctimonious. I've just been to the blood bank and donated my 39th pint of blood!

2:57 pm

wow that is great soodle

2:57 pm

wow, go you!

2:58 pm

Smug smirk. Actually, its one of the best ways of making yourself feel good, and virtually pain free.

2:58 pm

time for me to go for good - today anyway - have a good night all

2:59 pm

Good night River dear.

2:59 pm

back from the loo. half hour to kill before happy hour..

3:01 pm

Really, Soodle? I'd love to be able to give blood but I'm not allowed!

3:01 pm

And whats more, I dragged my daughter and 5 of her friends along!!

3:02 pm

ive also never given blood. couldnt for several years due to piercings + tattoos, but mainly because i am borderline anemic + would likely become very light-headed and fainty...

3:03 pm

I've never been allowed, because of the G word *rolls eyes*

3:06 pm

I can't either

3:07 pm

there are some odd words in this grid - anyone know what da5/12 actually means?

3:07 pm

I just wish that one time, they would ask me if I was over 9 stone (128 lbs) - the minimum weight requirement. However one look at me...... :(

3:07 pm

well luckily Soodle has donated enough for all of us ;) good for you, Soodle!

3:08 pm

Oh, there's a weight requirement of 9 stone? Huh. Guess I still couldn't even if I was straight, then!

3:08 pm

which da5/12? Did you click the ?

3:09 pm

heh, yes. i wish it was a problem of my being too thin. :P

3:09 pm

yes I did but said 'no dictionary result'

3:09 pm

gosh i'm being thick I can't get the la 5/12s after the rats homes

3:10 pm

nm just got them

3:10 pm

who put that pesky p there!!!

3:10 pm

More rodent-related, Katie

3:10 pm

at least you're not too gay, Eva ;)

3:11 pm

Nancy - You can't be too thin, too rich, or too gay. Its the law!

3:11 pm

could I have a clue for the first pa6/21 please

3:12 pm

im quite happy, thankyouverymuch. ;)

3:12 pm

preferably all 3. Like Ian McKellen

3:12 pm

LOL Soodle. Unfortunately you can be too gay to give blood ;) which makes no sense to me, at all..

3:12 pm

actually, you CAN be too thin to donate blood. if you dont meet the weight requirement, they will turn you away.

3:12 pm

French sounding word for a royal residence, Katie

3:13 pm

I'm too thin, too gay...I wish I was too rich.

3:13 pm

I cant give blood either - too full of drugs

3:13 pm

So that means that we are left with You can't be too rich. (6 numbers, thats all it would take......)

3:13 pm

hmmmmm thinking

3:14 pm

ar6 pls

3:14 pm

i dont understand that, NB. dont they screen all the blood for all kinds of diseases anyway? id take healthy blood from a gay man over tainted blood from anyone else, any day!

3:14 pm

you think the gay thing is silly ... want to know the reason people with bipolar can't donate blood? Not because of the drugs, cos those can be filtered out, but because it "might" affect one's mental health badly

3:14 pm

Affectionate word for a friend, two vowels and a silent curly letter

3:15 pm

Quite, Eva! God knows what they think we'd infect it with. Nice to have the NHS tell me that my blood is dirty - they should talk to my dad; would get along like a house on fire!

3:15 pm

was that a clue for me Soodle?

3:15 pm

in this country there is a list as long as your arm o contra-indications of who can and cant give blood - no gay people, no adventurous straight people no travellers to parts of Africa

3:16 pm

Sorry - that was the Pa 6/21

3:16 pm

same here in the US Kazz

3:16 pm

it goes on and on

3:16 pm

ok

3:16 pm

*sneaks in for hugs*

3:16 pm

Ata, I never knew that - that just doesnt make sense.

3:16 pm

hello all, on my lunch break, so babbling with my mouth full...

3:17 pm

I know! I'd be quite happy to sign a waiver and donate. But no.

3:17 pm

ar + **ns against God + I **ed some chocolate

3:17 pm

{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}

3:17 pm

Its a bit like that here too. My daughter, being a first time donor had to answer 65 questions. She was horrified at some of them.

3:18 pm

sorry peri I know that was a rubbish clue

3:18 pm

what atalante? they don't let marine biologists donate??? ***many hugs*** how's the leg?

3:18 pm

la 5/10 first one please

3:18 pm

does anyone know the reason they give that we nancy boys can't give blood, though? there must be something medical behind it, right?

3:18 pm

HIV/AIDs Nancy Boy... :-(

3:19 pm

over reaction to the 80s aids panic I would have thought NB

3:19 pm

getting there slowly ... *sigh*. 8 weeks with the brace now!

3:19 pm

like i said nb - even adventurous straight people cant - as

3:19 pm

great clue, Katie, ty

3:19 pm

well a brace is better than a cast, yes? hang in there, you'll make it

3:19 pm

but last time I checked, straight people could definitely get it too...

3:19 pm

oh yes, definitely better :D:D

3:20 pm

I guess it's anyone who is in a heightened risk category, gay or straight

3:20 pm

now now don't be bringing facts into it NB

3:20 pm

what, you didnt get the latest news? nope, we are totally immune. :X

3:20 pm

LOL Katie

3:20 pm

what a lovely pic of Lucky!!

3:21 pm

thanks atalante, that was my obstreporous boy yesterday when I was taking too long babbling!

3:21 pm

awwwwwww

3:21 pm

it's offensive though, because it's just propogating that gay men are more promiscuous than straight men. and if they're going to say that, why not slide back into saying we're not as moral as straight men? idiots.

3:22 pm

truly, truly, NB. (((hugs)))

3:22 pm

bbs

3:22 pm

no, it's not. it's saying that gay men, and straight people with somewhat more adventurous sexual habits are more at risk. Surely?

3:22 pm

Sadly, their happiness to relieve me of my blood is yet another indication of my lack of love life :(

3:23 pm

worried that you might be hiv without knowing it and passing it on

3:23 pm

I think the answer lies in recognizing that there are risk factors such as transmission of body fluids via blood or whatever... and the truth is that people can lie on the questionnaire.

3:23 pm

yes it is, Ata, or why else rule out all gays?

3:23 pm

maybe they think its catching Nancy:) What about Gay girls - can they donate?

3:23 pm

now sobbing quietly over the pa6/21

3:23 pm

apart from the tablets, i cant gie blood because of my diabetes

3:23 pm

oh got it - yeahhhhhhh

3:23 pm

I will be working with children full-time soon, and will need to get a hepatitis shot and other preventive type things... maybe they should exclude teachers from donating

3:24 pm

go katie go!

3:24 pm

I swear Daykat, I think so! I'm not sure about gay women - probably didn't get that far before throwing the questionnaire down in disgust!

3:24 pm

Thank goodness, Katie. I was running out of clues :)

3:24 pm

well I think it's something to do with what men can do together. Ditto the man and woman who have to tick whether they have had anal sex etc - and get banned on that basis. Unfortunately, I don't think any blood service has the time to work out whether any one person counteracts their "stereotype"

3:25 pm

but yes, in an ideal world, we'd all be able to get checked out adn then give blood regardless of whatever

3:25 pm

indeed

3:26 pm

only 8 left

3:26 pm

soodle I did get it from your french clue but goodness I made hard work from it

3:26 pm

go go go katie!!!

3:26 pm

go kazzer go!

3:27 pm

down to 85. should I list, or will it get easier again at some point?

3:27 pm

Atas post reminds me of when I went to my son's parent teacher meeting, when he was 13. A horrified Religeon teacher caught me, and told me that my son and heir stood up in class, and said, Miss, I know about gay men, but you know gay women? Could you explain what goes where...

3:27 pm

Fireworks

3:28 pm

YAY Katie!!!!

3:28 pm

cant work out pa6/21 katie. clue?

3:28 pm

lmao @ soodle's sone

3:28 pm

in RE? LMAO!

3:28 pm

*Son

3:28 pm

rofl soodles!

3:28 pm

well done katie!!

3:28 pm

I asked the teacher what her reply was, and she said that she replied 'Sit down, you disgusting little boy'.

3:28 pm

r

3:28 pm

ffs!

3:28 pm

congrats Katie

3:29 pm

oh dear, NOT a good response.

3:29 pm

first four letters of the word above and ends with the same two letters as the French Capital

3:30 pm

hello all. what a moment to enter the room, soodle!!! ROFL

3:30 pm

hello trifioso!

3:30 pm

thanks katie - got it!

3:30 pm

Hiya Trif :)

3:31 pm

hi trif!

3:31 pm

waves to all....

3:31 pm

so blessed to have the chog today -- got a filling replaced at 2, and I am still drooling, a bit....can type fine though!

3:32 pm

soodle thats so funny - both son's question and teachers response

3:32 pm

oh my! are you okay otherwise? I dislike fillings.

3:32 pm

I think the teacher didn't know....was it a man teacher?

3:32 pm

fine enough stid, yes, thanks for asking. My filling is the only thing around here that does seem to be in working order!

3:33 pm

oh! well, then I hope the rest of your life gets into shape soon *stern mama look at trifioso's life*

3:34 pm

It was a sour-faced ex-nun of a woman. I was totally mortified. Needless to say, I nearly choked Paul when I got home, and he eventually confessed he did it as a dare. Ho hum, the joys of motherhood...

3:34 pm

LOL. If only a stern look was all it would take! Honestly, I had no idea how many mechanical parts a home has! Every day it seems there is something that needs adjusted, bled, fixed, oiled, etc.

3:34 pm

okay, going to call the stidkids and make sure all is AOK in our lives, too. back in a few.

3:35 pm

I still think it's hilarious, soodle. And shame on the nun for striping him in front of the class like that! No child should be call disgusting in public!

3:38 pm

anyone need any clues before I go?

3:38 pm

I don't see what's wrong with the question, Soodle, to be honest!

3:39 pm

nancy! how is our favorite babble son today?

3:39 pm

only about 90 of them katie!

3:39 pm

no, Katie, go and jump more at your air freshener!

3:39 pm

Soodle I personally think it's a very reasonable question

3:40 pm

perfectly reasonable question, but maybe not in the middle of an RE lesson lol

3:41 pm

I think Miss Ex-nun was freaked by a class of 25 skittering, tittering 13 year-olds!

3:41 pm

How about a left column N hint?

3:41 pm

fireworks at last!

3:41 pm

I think you will find that the Nun had no idea as to the answer lol *poof*

3:41 pm

tittering. heh

3:41 pm

YAY Kazzer!

3:41 pm

huzzah for kazzer!

3:41 pm

quick pop back in to say congrats to Kazzer

3:41 pm

I am out of here. class starts up again soon.

3:41 pm

*hugs all* *Poof*

3:41 pm

bye mama

3:41 pm

hi all! long time no see

3:41 pm

Yay Kazzer.

3:42 pm

we got taught about stuff in RE - out teacher was very enlightened in that way - a good man

3:42 pm

think tennis player for the n

3:42 pm

whoo hoo I've got 101 - best score ever for me:)))

3:42 pm

go daykat

3:42 pm

real *poof*

3:43 pm

lucky you! we got more mad nuns :P

3:43 pm

ty Kazzer!

3:43 pm

must go poof as well - things to do - just waltched the footie - in a vain attempt to avoid the tennis

3:43 pm

friend of mine went to a Catholic school and had sex ed taught by nuns. why? they're hardly experts..

3:44 pm

I agree nancy - it's like getting marriage advice from priests....

3:44 pm

ditto NB. it's quite hilarious really

3:44 pm

I think you will find that it was a very diluted sex ed class, Nancy.

3:44 pm

you will find that many people think they are experts because they have read books about stuff but in fact know sweet fa

3:44 pm

like getting how to cook meat from a vegetarian

3:45 pm

Lots of stuff that began 'When a man really really loves a woman.....'

3:45 pm

NB - how're things going? Did you find another flat?

3:45 pm

our head mistress did the sex ed classes - it was weird because she was a miss and at the time we thought she was ancient

3:46 pm

funny that -- I went to a parenting lecture once, and the speaker was a renowned author, counselor, etc, and as she was starting her remarks she said something like "yes, I have done all that, but the only thing that will give me credence in this room is the fact that I am raising two children...." I liked that she acknowledged that. I thought it was really classy.

3:46 pm

Meanwhile, back in Babble-Land, can anybody clue me the TO 6/27 please?

3:46 pm

LOL Soodle! My school ran sex ed for boys separately from sex ed for girls. What an almighty mistake that was. I feel so sorry for the poor soul who had to teach a bunch of baying, whistling boys.

3:47 pm

wearing roman attire yesterday

3:47 pm

Oooh Thanks Kazzer :)

3:47 pm

nitey nite

3:47 pm

thanks Kazzer:)

3:47 pm

or anymore clues

3:49 pm

I cannot seem to budge that left column a past one ag4. any help please?

3:50 pm

Musical terms, Trif

3:50 pm

hello everybody. Couldn't go to sleep yet

3:50 pm

hi soodle

3:50 pm

ag6 - calendar for the day

3:50 pm

Fish me!

3:50 pm

ty kje, nice clue

3:50 pm

ag 4/5 music/dance?

3:51 pm

Hello Rubes. :) This is very late for you???

3:51 pm

Hello everyone. I am taking a break from housecleaning. The downstairs is done, laundry is going, must get upstair's bedroom ready for my visiting sister.

3:51 pm

agenda

3:51 pm

ag4 - ag + two vowels... then plural

3:51 pm

the musical term is the top a

3:51 pm

hello scrabbler! wow, should like you have been busy!

3:51 pm

yes, feeling restless!

3:51 pm

*ding, ding, ding* We have a winner. -sprinting to PB-

3:51 pm

ar6?

3:51 pm

husband is sleeping, dogs had their treats and I'm looking for a few more words, only have 118

3:52 pm

how about hot toddies in the pb, maybe it will make me sleepy

3:53 pm

I like when visitors come because it makes me clean my house.

LOLOL

3:53 pm

I was all excited because I thought SA would advance to the next rounds, having beaten the French, but they didn't because of points! Very disappointed!

3:53 pm

I heard that scrabbler! Moving is good too....

3:53 pm

ar + trig function

Hello all, I am moving along here in the grid as I can not sleep!

3:54 pm

ty

3:54 pm

Hi Red

3:54 pm

Lol Scrabs. Me too - Its the only time I do a proper clean. The rest of the time, its a lick and a promise!

3:54 pm

sounds like a poison

3:54 pm

hi red

3:54 pm

And Fireworks here.

3:55 pm

So true, Soodle.

3:55 pm

congrats, soodle!

3:55 pm

Yippee Soodle!

congratulations Soodle!

3:55 pm

buster is so pretty

3:55 pm

yay soodle!

3:55 pm

way to go soodle! Huzzah!!!!

3:56 pm

How is your bunny, Trif?

3:56 pm

woohoo soodle

3:57 pm

Thank you, Ruby. He has invaded our home and our hearts. A pure joy to have around. I will say goodnight all, unless anybody needs a clue or two?

3:57 pm

please, bottom s for nbt

3:58 pm

hello scrabbler! Blackie is doing okay, but not great, he is just not acclimating to all the noise and such here.

3:58 pm

Sleep well, Soodle!

3:58 pm

I had his owner come over and sit with him for a bit on Friday, and that helped some, but he is still spending all of his time in his cage, and not coming out to hop around at all.

goodnight soodle, sleep well. think of me...with no sleep. :(

3:58 pm

I would like to get a bunny for Ruby, but DH thinks she would kill it! Any opinions?

3:58 pm

st4 = Greek mall

3:59 pm

how old is ruby?

3:59 pm

Then plural, the Greek way. Maybe I am off on the definition and the Greek part.

3:59 pm

ty scrabs

3:59 pm

7 1/2

3:59 pm

and very good natured and gentle

4:00 pm

but BIG!

4:00 pm

do with this information what you like, but, I think, with appropriate supervision at first, she would be just fine with a bunny for a pet.

4:01 pm

wait, ruby is a child, right?

4:01 pm

that's what I think and it would be so cute in the garden

4:01 pm

I think you'd have to get a very chilled, very big bunny! And not one that will bounce around

4:01 pm

in a way, yes, but actually a chow chow

4:02 pm

oh,. gads, in that case NO - bunny+ dog = FIGHT.

4:02 pm

Max would probably be afraid of it....

4:02 pm

the bunny will probably go for the dog!!

4:02 pm

I have friends that have dog(s )+ cat(s) + rabbit(s) and they do get along well, but you just never know for sure until you work on the relationship.

4:02 pm

75 lb dog!

4:02 pm

Dog + bunny = dinner

4:03 pm

other way around, actually.....our cats can be in the same room as the bunny, no problem, but Diggity + bunny = cartoon of animals running around like cyclones

4:03 pm

bunny's can be nasty little buggers

4:03 pm

rofl

4:03 pm

I didn't know that

4:03 pm

theyre not all sweet and cuddly like the ads pretend they are

4:03 pm

oh, yes -- didn't you see monty python and the holy grail?

4:03 pm

that bunny was DEADLY!

4:04 pm

I think that a bunny might pep up these lazy dogs who sleep 26 hours a day

4:04 pm

I had a little girl bunny once who was ferocious

4:04 pm

blackie bites, which really sucks for the kids.

4:04 pm

I CAN'T PICTURE THAT BUT THE IDEA IS A RIOT

4:04 pm

I have a feisty bunny--almost 10 lbs.

4:05 pm

sorry for caps, typing in the dark

4:05 pm

bunny's name?

4:05 pm

Blackie just needs attention + love, esp while being given treats.

4:05 pm

the woman who brought blackie over here did make some "oh, wouldn't you like to keep him" noises, but I quickly hushed those. Have dedicated an entire room in the house just for Blackies' comfort and convenience, and that is not so convenient for us humans

4:05 pm

Tucker John is my biggest bunny. Tiniest = under 3 lbs = Sebastian.

4:07 pm

I'm starting to get sleepy at last. See you tomorrow and still69 words from finishing -- hopeless

4:07 pm

goodnight ruby! sleep well

4:08 pm

{{everybody}}

4:08 pm

night ruby!

4:09 pm

Sleep well, Ruby!

4:10 pm

I have qu 4/8, 5/16 and 5/16 - what am I missing, please?

4:10 pm

I have just 1 Q

4:11 pm

clue for second qu5/16 please?

4:11 pm

singular of a 5, trif

4:11 pm

sounds like the idiot VP we used to have

4:11 pm

merci bien, ata!

4:11 pm

Now I have qu4/8 + qu5/16 (rhymes with bird)

4:12 pm

je vous en prie :)

4:12 pm

on that note, I am off to make dinner....see you later all, hopefully!

4:20 pm

i'm off too cya all later

4:23 pm

82 left. Must clean another room.

42 left. Time to list?

4:27 pm

hi, folks - is there a very weird D word? I have 17, can't find the 18th...

4:27 pm

hi Kap - i have 44 left, just thinking the same thing

Or just not bother. Don't know.

4:28 pm

nothing very strange for enable!

4:29 pm

thanks, Ata -that's true -

4:30 pm

but really, there's no D we haven't commonly had before

4:31 pm

oh! just got it!

4:31 pm

it was the radio tuner... maybe not so common these days

4:31 pm

yay!

4:32 pm

ohhhh :)

4:43 pm

Hello everyone. May I iplease have a clue for pa7-36 the 1st? Thanks

Hi everyone!

Guess what?! I'm coming to America in July!

Where is everyone?? You're as elisive as those 8-letter words!

elusive even

4:49 pm

hi Pinny! stepped away for a sec

Hi JBV

4:49 pm

where will you be in the States?

Boston. My new job (exciting) is flying me out for a week because our HQ is there

4:50 pm

that's great, Pinny - a work/vacation?

It'll only be my second week in the job, so i'm coming out to meet everyone in the US office and get my induction

4:52 pm

what type of work, may I ask?

I work in internal communications and organizational development, but i've been out of work since i lost my last job in july 2009

start my new job on july 6th and then fly out to boston. hooray!

4:53 pm

sounds intriguing -

5:01 pm

May I please have a clue ror ri6-18? Thanks

5:01 pm

for....sorry

i have ri + ** gore + from here ** eternity

5:04 pm

Thanks so much, angelinaxox.

yw ga

hi fellow babblers

5:08 pm

hi beach

5:08 pm

and angelina

5:08 pm

hello all

5:08 pm

and gapeach

5:08 pm

hi aslindy

5:09 pm

Hi there JBV and beachboggle.

5:23 pm

May I please have a clue for pa7-36 the 1st? Thanks

clue from earlier today: From old tv show, card carrying gunslinger

"pa7/36 is my name"

5:31 pm

Thanks, beach, I thought of that but wound up with pa8-45 instead. I, obviously, don't remember.

5:31 pm

LOLOLOL!! http://img.moonbuggy.org/divert-your-c ourse/

5:34 pm

I looked at your profile....love the pics....but don't know your name. Thanks for helping.

5:36 pm

clue for the first la5 plz?

5:36 pm

la + mr. onassis

5:37 pm

ty, unea. just couldn't see it.

5:37 pm

yw :-)

5:37 pm

TY Une. Morning everyone

5:37 pm

morning, lynxxx

5:38 pm

Morning, lynxxx.

5:38 pm

hey, lynxxx, dawg, and peach

5:39 pm

Ms Maxine is very cheeky today

5:39 pm

Hey there, Uneai.

5:40 pm

is there anytime Maxine isn't cheeky? lol

5:48 pm

fireboards

5:48 pm

Congrats Dawg!

5:49 pm

ty. any clues before i disappear for a bit?

5:50 pm

you can tell me if I should list for this one?

5:52 pm

definitely use list. i listed about 30

5:52 pm

thanks

5:54 pm

hi all. clues for the 8?

5:56 pm

Richard Boone starred as gunfighter Pa8, wore all black

5:56 pm

actually pa7, plural for 8

5:57 pm

ty.

5:58 pm

the other 8 is similar but ends in a fork part

5:59 pm

congrats, lbdawger.

hi all

6:03 pm

hi Barb

6:10 pm

Hello babblers

6:10 pm

stopping in for a bit while waiting for supper to finish cooking

hi river

6:15 pm

very quiet group tonight - anyone need any clues before I move on

6:16 pm

OK - have a good night all

bye river

hello. i got pa 8 what is the other please? ty

6:28 pm

another pa8

6:29 pm

it is the plural of pa7/36, somebody said it's something to do witha cowboy film but i have never heard of it

me either jacq

6:30 pm

pa8 a friend plus ti4/4

the seriesis "have gun, will travel". the word means knight.

6:30 pm

hi all. back again. did anyone clue the other 8? i have pa 8/

6:31 pm

pa7 one of twelve knights at Charlemagne's court; also plural

both are pa8's mkg

6:31 pm

the other one is a friend and lots of noise/s

the other is a vcty in ohio ending in the end of a fork

LOL a city in ohio ending in a fork

6:32 pm

i have the knights one. not the others.

6:32 pm

ty got other one.

6:32 pm

now for the rest of the words.

6:33 pm

pa8/45 is aof the palate

6:33 pm

oops -of.

6:33 pm

got both now ty.

pa 8/45: city on ohio ending in a fork

6:34 pm

any other strange words out there you can clue will be much appreciated. especially 7s and 6s,.

6:34 pm

ad7 plural musical term

6:35 pm

qu5/16 = vp who can't spell potato

6:38 pm

gl5/14 is the white of an egg, and plural

6:42 pm

hello all

6:42 pm

Sorry Christine cant follow your clues?

6:42 pm

hi daykat welcome

hi daykat

and dan

6:43 pm

hi BH! Where is Maple Ridge in relation to Vancouver, if I may ask

it is just out side vancouver to the east

you actually go Vancouver/Burnaby/ Coquitlam/ Port Coquitlam/ Pitt Meadows/ Maple Ridge down the North side of the Fraser River

6:45 pm

hey Barb do you raise horses or just ride them

It is classed in the Vancouver Greater District

6:46 pm

Me neither, daykat!

I own two geldings...and they are boarded at a farm not far from us

6:46 pm

aha Christine - googled white of egg and got gl/14

6:47 pm

nice

so just ride occasionally boo

6:47 pm

hi dofith:)

hi dofith

6:47 pm

gl/14 = gl+ what you breath

6:47 pm

I have friends in Tennesee that raise and ride horses

6:47 pm

Hi daykat - help me with white of egg?

6:47 pm

gl 6/24 plural

6:48 pm

that's cool - I've been as a tourist to Vancouver city once - loved it

6:48 pm

Yay! Thanks.

6:48 pm

gl + what you breath

6:48 pm

109 words now - a personal best!!!

6:49 pm

heh daykat - time to celebrate by going pro!

6:49 pm

114 here - but been at it for ages!

6:49 pm

yes I plan to next payday!!

boo do you know if they are Tennesee Walkers?

6:50 pm

Whyat does going pro dom for mus apart from flag and pic?

6:50 pm

anybody can clue the ti6?

6:50 pm

fireworks

Mine are quarter horse Paint crosses

Yeah boo

6:50 pm

wtg Boo!

6:51 pm

ti 6 a fit you have when you get really mad

6:51 pm

no they aren't

6:52 pm

ti & poorly spelt attack on enemy

have to run now...see everyone later possibly bye ((((wave))))

6:52 pm

Boo, I thought that started with an "h"....anyway it does here in the south. HAHA

6:52 pm

bye

6:53 pm

Thanks, Boo, was just teasing.

6:53 pm

dofith huh?

6:53 pm

yw

6:53 pm

Thee ti word?

6:54 pm

yes

6:54 pm

Can't type today.

6:56 pm

ti & what the snakie did to the chook house mispelt

6:56 pm

snake!

6:56 pm

g***duate

6:57 pm

& e

6:57 pm

*thinking* feeling dumb

6:57 pm

I feel dumber - can't give good clues!

6:57 pm

GOTIT!!!

6:58 pm

Phew! Wipes brow.

6:58 pm

TY :)

6:58 pm

So - can someone tell us newbies what are the benefits of going pro?

6:58 pm

I've only got 20 of those p words.

6:59 pm

hey ya'll

6:59 pm

LONG time!

6:59 pm

Hey, dofith, don't worry about it at all. I seldom give clues simply because I can't give good ones....there are others here who are so much better than I.....so keep up the good work.

6:59 pm

You get to see fireworks everytime you finish puzzle

6:59 pm

Oh wow!

7:00 pm

You get to see the tile stats all the time,they do not go away after 2 weeks and you get to have your icon

7:00 pm

Thanks, peach.

7:00 pm

yw

7:00 pm

lexlee! also hi Minver

7:00 pm

Need to come up with icon. Hmm.

7:00 pm

and gapeach - long time

7:01 pm

Hey there, Min....how are you today? Things are VERY hot and HUMID here, so I'm staying inside.

7:02 pm

thinks it might be awhile before I get to see fireworks:(

7:02 pm

Hey there, dan, hope all is well with you and your family.

7:02 pm

Things are wet and cool here so also need to stay inside!

7:02 pm

we are doing well - baby2bit is 6.5 weeks, time already flying

7:02 pm

dofith - just an e3xcuse to Babble:)

7:03 pm

Take lots of pictures, dan.

7:03 pm

Indeed!

7:03 pm

no worries there :-)

7:04 pm

So lets hear some clues for p words

7:05 pm

pa5 = pa + metal alloy. Plural, also with extra vowel

7:05 pm

dofith, one pa5-12 is a beautiful city in France.

7:06 pm

Got that. Also past tense.

7:06 pm

ooh thanks peach didnt have that one

7:06 pm

And that, thanks.

I got a lot of nice ones on my own- am baling with 21 left. Have a good evening.

7:08 pm

gnight Kap

7:08 pm

ok dopith which ones do you need

7:09 pm

The ones I haven't got!

7:09 pm

dofith, there are icon themes everyday.Today's icon theme is phones.Not everyone follows the theme,but it gives you an idea for an icon if you do not want to come with one on your own. Every Friday the theme is take a word from the grid where your icon can be one of the words that is in the grid that day. It's fun

7:11 pm

Got pa4 -6,pa4-5,pa6-24,pa5-12,pa4-5,...

7:11 pm

Oops! I forgot to say hello when I entered so hello all!

7:11 pm

Thanks, Min

7:11 pm

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

7:11 pm

yw

7:11 pm

Hi minveryork. I've been focused n the grid totally today.

7:12 pm

Hi stidgmere! How many more words do you have left

7:12 pm

dofith if you go to the bottom left hand side of the page you'll see links - open link named Licketys Babble Clues and you'll get a list of all words with the first 2 letters and the score attached to it. Very useful. you can cut and paste the words you already have

7:13 pm

Another pa5-12,,pa7-36, the 2 8's,..Oh dear, can't do it this way

7:13 pm

I have 103 left. I am more Dabbler than a Babbler.

7:13 pm

hi stidgmere -- looking forward to meeting you!

7:13 pm

hello everyone :)

7:14 pm

Thanks, daykat - but that's cheating!

7:14 pm

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

7:14 pm

Hi cyber, yes we are looking forward to Friday evening. I have so enjoyed your comments on the chat over the years.

7:15 pm

Using resources is never cheating dofith. Never make life more difficult than it has to be.

7:15 pm

Must hunt for food.....back later.

7:15 pm

pa8/50 - pa*(friend) + vowel+lots of noise plural

7:15 pm

It isn't considered cheating here! We all use that list

7:16 pm

If you think that using the list is cheating, then so is asking for clues or using MoreWords or AtoZ website

7:16 pm

pa8/45 similar to pa8/50 but with a fork prong at the end

7:17 pm

I need to start dinner pretty soon but oh well. The weather is sunny and bright and we can eat in the sunshine until nine thirty or so tonight.

7:17 pm

No sunshine here stidgmere. I'm having a big T-Storm

7:17 pm

pa 8/50: richard boone in have gun wil travel

7:18 pm

This is the first day we have had sunshine in June, I think. I like our climate but it has been really overly gray for the past 9 months and my sense of humor is rapidly diminishing.

7:19 pm

Oh, I think I'm having a temper tantrum like the ti 6, 21.

7:19 pm

mmm -- don't have that one stidg

7:20 pm

Got those,kat

7:20 pm

ti ****. like cool **** only spelled differently.

7:21 pm

got it -- ty

7:21 pm

yw, cybernan.

7:21 pm

(sternly to self )- 10 minutes more then go!

7:29 pm

ok Gotta go. see you all later HAND!!:)

7:32 pm

As you say day kat. All for now. I have my even hundred and with that I'll poof off.

hello...ar 6 clue pls?

7:35 pm

ar 6/18 is ar plus si 4/4 word 72 Temple Owl and hello

7:36 pm

el 6, please?

ty min. does anyone have ra5/14-6/1?

7:37 pm

An el6/18 is plural of the el 5/10 girl's name cybernan

7:38 pm

el 6/24?

7:38 pm

ra 5/14: to move very fast or quickly 72 Temple Owl.

these nlast 4 will be the death of me

7:39 pm

el6.24 el & the end of the r5 word Min just clued

7:39 pm

ra 6/21 = ra + evergreen

7:39 pm

Phantom words for me are agist, elegant, and palate.

ty min lyn and hpb

7:39 pm

ty lynxxx

missing final ga5/14 and pa5/1 right after wan

7:41 pm

The ga5/14 is ga4/6 word plus a vowel 72 Temple Owl

7:41 pm

pa 5/12 word rhymes with a ga 5/14 word just clued.

ty. i just want to finish though i don't know why. very bad day at blackrock.

ty very much

7:42 pm

yw

7:42 pm

Hi all, how are the Babblers?

7:42 pm

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

7:43 pm

Hi Min. Actually I just got fireworks before I said Hi.

7:43 pm

Does the last el7 word extend the el6 word just clued

7:43 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Hooray for U

7:44 pm

The last el7 builds off the same root as the el6 before it.

7:44 pm

Never mind! I just found the el7/32 word. Thank you!

7:46 pm

pa5/14?

7:47 pm

That pa 5/14 word is plural of the pa 4/6 word dofith

7:47 pm

hi all

7:48 pm

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

7:48 pm

Hi jmc

7:48 pm

Haven't got that pa4/6

7:48 pm

thunderstorm interfering with baseball

7:48 pm

:-(

7:48 pm

What you take notes on + to be

7:49 pm

pa 4/6 is anagram of I just got pa** in Friday at work

7:49 pm

That is the pa5

7:49 pm

ages

7:49 pm

oops

7:49 pm

Careful jmc.

7:49 pm

firewords! evening all

7:50 pm

I had thunderstorms here in New York also jmcnrick.

7:50 pm

Hi Dan, and congratulations

7:50 pm

whoo hoo daddy dan

7:50 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on fireworks! Good for you!

7:50 pm

Great - thanks!

7:51 pm

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

7:51 pm

The first pa6/21?

7:51 pm

must go and get supper going :)

7:51 pm

another saturday nite and I aint got nobody; got the money cause I just got pa**!

7:51 pm

whoo hoo cyber

7:52 pm

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks!Hooray for U

7:52 pm

wtg cyber

7:52 pm

Goodbye cybernan! I will see you tomorrow in the log

7:52 pm

pa6, 21 A French castle?

7:53 pm

whoo hoo the ra** had stopped and the baseball game is back on bbl

7:53 pm

see you later jmc

7:54 pm

Oh, so obvious now!

7:55 pm

They often are, after the fact.

7:55 pm

3rd pa5/12?

7:56 pm

A pa 5/12 word rhymes with the ga 5/14 word dofith

7:59 pm

hi all

8:00 pm

Hi Dorens

8:00 pm

hi wht, was beginning to think no one was here

8:02 pm

hi again, everyone

8:02 pm

hi dawg

8:02 pm

Things were pretty chatty just a minute ago. jmc left because the rain delay in her baseball game was over. Don't know where everyone else went.

8:02 pm

need 9 more to go to lickety. darn.

8:02 pm

hi dorens, hi wht, hi mkg

8:03 pm

use that last word in your sentence, mkg

8:03 pm

My son just left from here to drive down to dc... hope he doesn't have thunderstorms the whole way down... we had a few here before he left

8:04 pm

haven't looked at a weather map lately, so i don't know what's going on outside

8:04 pm

evening gang!

8:04 pm

haha.. mkg in penalty box... at least she only needs 7 now though

8:04 pm

hi feather

8:04 pm

hi feather

8:04 pm

hee hee, cute maxine dawg

8:05 pm

thanks, feather.

8:05 pm

i won't go into my ti6 about cell phones.

8:06 pm

i just hate how people speak more loudly than they need to ... a woman in the hair salon had this long conversation, I was going crazy

8:06 pm

i hate it when they come up to the register and are talking on their phone. I really just want to ignore them til they hang up.

8:06 pm

hehe, and i'm reading an article about the iphone 4 right now and wishing i could get one

8:07 pm

i have a droid and it really is kind of fun

8:07 pm

i don't even own a cell phone!

8:08 pm

i'd never make it as a telemarketer...i hate phones!

8:09 pm

wow dawg... never even considered the possibility of life without it...

8:09 pm

Evening babblers...

8:09 pm

ring ring ring....hello

8:09 pm

I LOVE MY DROID!!

8:10 pm

Well, Night all. Happy Babbling.

8:10 pm

i hate the phone to a certain extent...i really dislike talking to strangers on it. and sometimes don't even feel socially competent talking to regular acquaintances on it. however, i love to talk to good friends and family on the phone. funny the degrees of comfort!

8:10 pm

bb wht ((sigh))

8:10 pm

ak! hi!

8:11 pm

night night, wht, hi ak!

8:11 pm

hi jilly

8:11 pm

please leave a message after the beep.......

8:12 pm

night wht. hi ak. and i love my droid but i find myself talking a whole lot less lately .. not all that talkative

8:12 pm

hi dawg! how's the grid, seems a bit overwhelming..

8:12 pm

the Q words are terrible

8:13 pm

hi all...7 left and it's ugly

8:13 pm

well tough grid. more than half way done but too difficult. will try a few mroe and stop.

8:13 pm

have only one so far...have lots to do tonight so may not even go for fw

8:14 pm

need first ad word, ad 5 16 please.

8:14 pm

fireworks-- how old are you mkg?

8:14 pm

ad5 a saying, proverb

8:14 pm

that is your ad***

8:14 pm

hi HH! whooo hoooooo Dorens

8:15 pm

Sweet dorens. wtg

8:16 pm

got it ty.

8:16 pm

sneaking off to bed. was the last day of school today, i've been up since 5:30 with stupid kid-like excitement, and i'm tired!

8:16 pm

how old am i ? 92. why?

8:16 pm

how old you are is your ***. ad*** is the word you had been looking for

8:17 pm

ok got that word already. ty.

8:17 pm

my last day is tomorrow feather, but i'm not excited about it. cause it probably really is my last day

8:17 pm

:(

8:17 pm

need ad 6 now. thought they would build from each other.

8:17 pm

mkg, are you 92 or 62? profile says 62!

8:18 pm

no, musicala turm

8:18 pm

ai 5, anyone?

8:18 pm

mkg, i know you're 62 --

8:18 pm

dofith, it is a plural

8:18 pm

ge5/16 wins in my book for silliest word of the day

8:18 pm

how do you konw that dorens?????????????

8:18 pm

huh?

8:19 pm

click on the your icon picture, mkg!

8:19 pm

i lie well. sometimes i say i was born in 1967 so i am actually 42.

8:19 pm

well well well so it says 62. sounds like a good age. so does it change when my birthday comes? i dont recall.

8:19 pm

lmao!

8:20 pm

this is like a choose your own adventure conversation. choose your own age!

8:20 pm

actually i am 62. but it is such fun to lie and say i am 42 or 52 or 72. and watch peoples faces. better in person.

8:20 pm

yes, it changes at the birthday. automatically. i'm off now.. see you tomorrow

8:20 pm

i say i am 82 and when they say wow, you look great, i say "thanks. but if i say i am 42 and they go "oh", i say "see what 6 kids did to me?"

8:21 pm

i'm a terrible liar, give myself away by giggling too much. otherwise i'd try it too!

8:21 pm

how bout a clue for ad 6 please?

8:21 pm

Dorens, can't see it.

8:21 pm

ad 6

8:21 pm

musical term

8:21 pm

I like to say I'm 25 with 27 years of experience....

8:21 pm

night dorens

8:22 pm

ad6 musical term

8:22 pm

add ag4/6

8:22 pm

clue si5/10?

8:22 pm

i always have to stop and add or subtract to figure my age. no longer know it off the top of my head. having a hubby who is one year and one week older will do that to you. i keep thinking i'm his age.

8:22 pm

I am 54 with the experience of a 60 year old

8:22 pm

ad + **e of aquarius + **n, small charged particle

8:23 pm

and the needs of 20 year old..lol

8:24 pm

lol ru

8:24 pm

Still can't get ai 5

8:25 pm

last word....si5

8:25 pm

help?

8:25 pm

ok, really off to bed this time. night!

8:25 pm

si+ Indian musical instrument, like a guitar

8:25 pm

ai5 - add three consonants. Really Not So difficult

8:25 pm

night night, Feather

8:25 pm

aaaah fish me

8:25 pm

ty lbd

8:25 pm

think si (ravi Shankar

8:26 pm

ai5 pl of the one above it.

8:26 pm

lemme guess the theme is flowers

8:27 pm

Got it, thanks

8:28 pm

ty for ad clues. got all of th em.

8:28 pm

still need ag 6 clue please.

8:28 pm

ag 6 what you propose for a meeting

8:29 pm

a program or a thought set. to follow the ag****, of the conference

8:29 pm

think meeting ag***a

8:29 pm

(GMTA)

8:29 pm

night

8:30 pm

nite harry..sleep well

8:30 pm

any relation to harry potter?

8:31 pm

hi ruru

8:31 pm

hey jj

8:32 pm

got it. ty ty

8:32 pm

need second al 5 plesae, the 5 10

8:32 pm

night night, HH

8:33 pm

you pray at the al***

8:33 pm

ty got it.

8:33 pm

ar 6?

8:34 pm

That ar 6/18 word is ar that plus si 4/4 word mkg.

8:34 pm

that depends on the church doesn't it LBD

8:35 pm

ar + trigonometry term

8:35 pm

i suppose it does, ru

8:35 pm

dont remember trig at all. sorry

8:35 pm

me either mkg...lol

8:36 pm

the trig term sounds like here's your **gn!

8:36 pm

ar plus si. hmmm

8:36 pm

got it!!!!!!!!!

8:36 pm

done with a words. whwew.

8:36 pm

Awesome mkg!

8:38 pm

ty min.

8:39 pm

need da 5 last one on list of d words please.

8:39 pm

yw

8:41 pm

hi all! can someone clue the first la5 please?

8:42 pm

la 5/10 is l+double vowels+smallest state abbreviated

8:42 pm

la + mr. onassis

8:42 pm

Hello. I'm back again.

8:42 pm

thanks min

8:42 pm

Hello mymuseisme! How are you? Welcome to the grid

8:42 pm

hi Muse! long time

8:42 pm

and dawg!

8:42 pm

Hello Minski! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:42 pm

hi minski

8:42 pm

Does anyone have the TI6/21?

8:43 pm

like a tantrum, minski

8:43 pm

I am trying to come back more often lbd :D

8:43 pm

That ti 6/21 word is t plus that ir 5/12 word Minski.

8:43 pm

but barely keeping eyes open lol

8:44 pm

hi, folks

8:44 pm

thanks min and lbd

8:44 pm

Hello welki! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

8:45 pm

could anyone clue da 5 12 please, the last one?

8:46 pm

da 5/12:da plus double cross letters plus a vowel mkg

8:46 pm

hi welki!

8:47 pm

ty! got it.

8:47 pm

dawg! big storm a-coming (if it hasn't already been there)

8:47 pm

de 6 please?

8:47 pm

at this rate, i won't have to do the puzzle at all!

8:48 pm

oops just got it.

8:48 pm

el 5 please?

8:49 pm

el + i have a p*** in my neck

8:50 pm

welki, keep your big storm! i'm tired of being soggy!

8:50 pm

Hi welki!! Don't blow away!

8:50 pm

I agree lbd

8:50 pm

i saw pics of the damage in billings .. just horrible

8:51 pm

ty got it.

8:51 pm

pretty weird having a tornado in Billings, but thankfully, no one was hurt!

8:51 pm

we've had some pretty bad flooding from medicine hat to the saskatchewan border ... the trans-canada highway's been closed for days and only today opened for local traffic only

8:51 pm

D's Done! 8 left

8:51 pm

Nice day today, how about you Jilly?

8:51 pm

Yes, but good news, the Antiques Roadshow will go on, the big damage was to the main arena and they will work around it.

8:51 pm

there were tornado watches just north of calgary today

8:52 pm

ge 6 please?\

8:52 pm

weird weather!

8:52 pm

Beautiful day today here, supposed to be nice thru the weekend :D

8:52 pm

oops got it. so so sorry.

8:52 pm

ge6, being friendly

8:52 pm

tornados? yipes. stay safe everyone.

8:52 pm

wow, that's just north of here

8:52 pm

we're probably going to get welki's weather by thursday. :-(

8:53 pm

i don't know where in montana you are, jilly

8:53 pm

Jilly's just south of me, Welki in Hamilton

8:53 pm

southwest corner, south of Missoula...the Bitterroot valley

8:54 pm

ahhh ... i had a friend who tried to make a go of it in missoula, a fresh fish store

8:54 pm

really pretty country, the bitterroot valley. good fishing too

8:54 pm

brb

8:54 pm

i give up. cant get the second ga 4 7. i hate asking for 4s................

8:54 pm

great flyfishing location

8:54 pm

yep, just hope no fires

8:54 pm

lol

8:55 pm

lbd, where are you?

8:56 pm

The ga 4/7 word is ga plus a talking horse's name mkg

8:57 pm

A's Abolished! 6 left

8:57 pm

ty min

8:57 pm

rofl...I'm old enough to get that one...was one of my favorite shows!!

8:57 pm

yw

8:58 pm

the famous mr. ** ... a horse is a horse, of course, of course :)

8:58 pm

onto l words. la 5 12 needed, the second one with those points.

8:58 pm

G's Gone! 5 left

8:58 pm

<. . >

8:59 pm

"and no one can talk to a horse of course..."

8:59 pm

l words gone.

8:59 pm

Lovely mkg!

8:59 pm

unless, of course, something something, is the horse, the famous mr. **

9:00 pm

unless of course that fabulous horse is the famous mr. **. i think.

9:01 pm

That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.

9:01 pm

ni 5 plesae.

9:02 pm

That ni 5/12 word rhymes with the ti 5/12 word mkg

9:03 pm

dont have t s yet.

9:03 pm

Well everyone, gotta quit and go pack, leaving tomorrow for youth ministry certification training. May be back l8r.

9:03 pm

bye, jilly

9:03 pm

'night jilly

9:04 pm

the ti5 has to do with the moon's pull on the ocean

9:04 pm

ti 5/12 wave is a huge wave in the sea. ni 5/12 word rhymes with that ti 5/12 word mkg.

9:05 pm

Goodbye Jillyjill! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:06 pm

ty got both words

9:07 pm

yw

9:11 pm

pa 6 21 clue please first one.

9:13 pm

That pa6/21 word is pa plus si4/4 word reversed mkg

9:13 pm

14 left.

9:14 pm

P's Pummeled! 4 left

9:14 pm

go go min!

9:14 pm

May I please have a clue for el6-24? Thanks

9:14 pm

go min, go mkg!

9:14 pm

pa 6/21 is a french government or municipal building.

9:14 pm

wty min!!!!!!!!

9:15 pm

dont know french min. sorry

9:15 pm

e;l + **h**, little white bugs that like to eat leaves

9:15 pm

el6:el+I type at r**** speed on keyboard gapeach1066

9:15 pm

hi LA

9:15 pm

hello!

9:15 pm

That pa6/21 word is pa plus si4/4 word reversed mkg

9:15 pm

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

9:16 pm

rattod

9:16 pm

May I please have a clue for el6-24? Thanks

9:17 pm

you got a few at 9:15, peach

9:17 pm

10 to go

9:17 pm

el6:el+I type at r**** speed on keyboard gapeach1066

9:17 pm

Go mkg go!

9:17 pm

ty got it.

9:17 pm

great clue min

9:17 pm

el6-24 please.....thanks

9:18 pm

el + vowel + ***ling amount

9:18 pm

yw

9:18 pm

egot is not accepted... tracy jordan would be mad

9:19 pm

*@!X%&# deer have been eating up my garden again -- roses, petunias and fuschia

9:19 pm

*stealth hugs everyone and heads out for supper*

9:19 pm

bfn stid

9:19 pm

hello all -- 63 left, but what the hay, it was a lovely day in the garden.

9:20 pm

you will finish easily jill

9:20 pm

hi jilli

9:20 pm

*shakes fist at nan's deer neighbors*

9:20 pm

Hello jillibus! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:20 pm

We get one lovely day, surrounded by several miserable ones.

9:20 pm

5 left

9:20 pm

at the rate the deer are going, there won't be a garden left by the time we get back from hols

9:21 pm

fence, nan, fence

9:21 pm

R's Removed! 2 left

9:21 pm

Hi Jilli! hi Nan

9:21 pm

Thanks everyone......computer wasn't showing anything.

9:21 pm

we would need one 8 feet high, jill -- and bye bye view

9:21 pm

fence and marigolds, Nan

9:21 pm

i hardly think she should result to swordplay, jilli

9:21 pm

go mkg, go min

9:22 pm

lol -- you have no idea how tempting that sounds les

9:22 pm

hahaha, leslie, but it's tempting!

9:22 pm

ra 6 18 the first one with that score

9:22 pm

they just ignore the marigolds and eat everything else.

9:22 pm

snap, nan!

9:22 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!to6/27 was my last word

9:22 pm

ra + fork part

9:22 pm

3

9:23 pm

Too late for me to do a story of clues.My mind is shot

9:23 pm

YAY minveryork!!!

9:23 pm

hoooray min!

9:23 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:23 pm

congrats, min

9:23 pm

ty got it.

9:23 pm

anyone else want clues before I go out on the deck for deer watch?

9:23 pm

My mind is shot too -- I celebrated the lovely day with tee many martoonies.

9:23 pm

need last st 5 please.

9:24 pm

i just started but wouldn't mind some 8s

9:24 pm

change last vowel of the previous one mkg

9:24 pm

st 5/10: like previous one, ends with different vowel.

9:24 pm

ty. thought i tried it but guess i didnt.

9:25 pm

1

9:25 pm

pa 8 x2: have gun will travel and the 2nd one ends with the fork part

9:25 pm

Can't get last 2 al'S - al5/10 and1l4/4

9:26 pm

ok i give up. one to go and cant ge tit.

9:26 pm

ra 4 4 clue for last ra 4

9:26 pm

pa 8/50 is plural of pa7/36 (p + disney movie about a genie).A pa 8/45 is friend plus vowel plus ti 4/4 word.

9:26 pm

si5-10 please.....thanks

9:27 pm

oh got it. geeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

9:27 pm

firewks. whew. done

9:27 pm

si5/10 rhymes w/a stringed instrument gapeach1066

9:27 pm

just checked your profile les -- realize you are too young for Have Gun will Travel s0... it is also a D&D level and if that doesn't ring a bell, google Richard Boone

9:27 pm

si: musical guitar from india played by ravi shankar

9:27 pm

hoooray mkg!

9:27 pm

Congratulations mkg on your fireworks! Hooray for U

9:27 pm

Thanks so much, Min and mkg.

9:28 pm

haha got it on the disney reference!

9:28 pm

Really couldn't leave w/out witnessing your FWs mkg.

9:28 pm

yw

9:28 pm

Oh dear, not up on Disney movies, sigh.

9:28 pm

congrats, mkg

9:28 pm

But jill -- you must remember have gun will travel -- wire pa 7

9:29 pm

I remember it, nan, but...?

9:29 pm

google Richard Boone then

9:30 pm

whoooo hoooooo MKG!!

9:30 pm

a pa7 is a knight

9:30 pm

pa7= friend + vowel + loud noise

9:31 pm

and a belated whooo hooooo MIN!!

9:31 pm

a type of horse, pa**mino + not supper but ***ner

9:33 pm

love maxine today!

9:33 pm

ah, finally got the pa7/8 -- thanks all!

9:34 pm

I'm not very bright tonight -- may just watch TV :-|

9:35 pm

any other clues wanted before I leave?

9:37 pm

fading fast here, going to call it a night. see you all tomorrow

9:37 pm

ar6-18 please...thanks

hi all

9:38 pm

ar & trig. word

9:39 pm

That's for ar6/18

9:39 pm

Thanks, dofith, but can't remember trig.

9:39 pm

Remember trogonometry?

9:39 pm

ok - a mis-spelt notice on a board

9:40 pm

ar + bad behaviour + vowel

9:40 pm

or when you write your name on a document - but wrong spelling

9:41 pm

Thanks dofith and Jilli.

9:41 pm

at4/5 anyone?

9:42 pm

at....sammy davis, jr. was a famous *** dancer

9:42 pm

Did you get it, dofith?

9:43 pm

Thanks, peach!

9:43 pm

yw

9:46 pm

there is no at 4/5

9:46 pm

Y'all, I have two left....just need al4-6 please....thanks

9:47 pm

singular of the al right after it.

9:47 pm

It's the only at...vici.

9:49 pm

I see it peach at + **parently I am blind

9:49 pm

S'ok...vici.

9:50 pm

can anyone help with the very last ti ti6/21

9:51 pm

a verbal tantrum is the ti 6

9:52 pm

ah , I got it . thanks

9:52 pm

:D

9:52 pm

yea! fireworks!

9:52 pm

good for you.

9:52 pm

Nice work

9:53 pm

bye all. enjoy

9:54 pm

al4-6 please....thanks

9:56 pm

al4/6 singular of pool greenery?

9:56 pm

Fireworks.....thanks for all the help.

9:57 pm

yay gap!

9:59 pm

congrats, gap

9:59 pm

evening all ;)

10:00 pm

went out and poured bleach over all the wood ties around the flower beds -- wonder if that will work?

10:00 pm

what are you trying to kill, nan?

10:01 pm

I'm trying to keep the deer away from my flowers

10:01 pm

gotcha ;)

10:02 pm

anyway ncis is on, so will return for the flip ... bfn

10:02 pm

enjoy!

10:03 pm

EL6&7?

10:04 pm

hi minski...

10:04 pm

I'm probably no help at this point (I only have 70 words), but will help look!

10:05 pm

for the 1st 3 years I lived in this house I planeted bulbs every fall and waited in vain for them to come up in the spring. I finally decided to stop wasting my money keeping the woodland creatures in winter snacks. Now I have no early spring flowers except for my forsithia bush.

10:05 pm

hi all

10:05 pm

hi Min

10:06 pm

oh, you poor thing minski!

10:06 pm

hi adubin

10:06 pm

Hi Pinikula

10:07 pm

got the el6 = el + vowel + ra*** (another word for fast)

10:08 pm

thx minski

10:08 pm

got the 7 too. add a vowel to the end.

10:08 pm

thank goodness for A2Z wordfinder. I couldn't play this game without it. And hints of course.

10:09 pm

have tried the vowels, but none work

10:09 pm

me too...

10:10 pm

opps I htink I messed up that hint....

10:10 pm

el7 = el + another word for downhill skiing minus the L

10:10 pm

or el + vowel + an evergreen tree pi4/5

10:11 pm

that did it! thx!

10:11 pm

21 left. As, Ds, one G

10:12 pm

116 left here!

10:12 pm

got the

10:12 pm

g

10:13 pm

oops. still adjusting to laptop.

10:14 pm

no harm done ;)

10:15 pm

17 left. All As.

10:15 pm

git'r dun, minski!

10:16 pm

<-- about to break 100

10:16 pm

huge lag in the chat log tonight.

10:16 pm

Go Pini!!!!

10:17 pm

99!!!!

10:20 pm

89!

10:22 pm

79!!!

10:24 pm

* shutting up now *

10:24 pm

!!!!!FIREWORKS!!!!!

10:24 pm

wtg minski!!!

10:24 pm

Go Pini! You are fast!

10:24 pm

woohoo min!

10:24 pm

<-- using Lickety now

10:25 pm

Does anyone need anything before i go?

10:26 pm

I need 68 more clues, minski...too many to ask for specifically...coming back in a bit? I should be more settled then! :)

10:26 pm

going to bed now. Good luck. sEe you tomorrow.

10:27 pm

sleep well, minski!

10:34 pm

how are you coming along, adubin?

10:37 pm

oh sorry - got 39 left... using lickety

10:38 pm

git'r dun!!! (lickety's sure is helping today)

10:38 pm

How are you doing?

10:38 pm

52 more

10:39 pm

ooooooooooooh! you're quick!

10:39 pm

thx to lickety!

10:45 pm

catchin' up! (down to 45)

10:46 pm

24 for us

10:46 pm

us?

10:47 pm

my wife and I - it's her ID I'm using... heh heh

10:47 pm

yep i say type away sir

10:47 pm

oh, a 2 for 1 deal!!!!!

10:47 pm

* giggle *

10:48 pm

ad6?

10:48 pm

don't have it yet, shirl

10:48 pm

<-- still working on the little words! :)

10:48 pm

oooh, got it!

10:49 pm

I have an ad6/27... slow tempo

10:49 pm

I think it's related to "music"?

10:49 pm

well, maybe not slow...

10:49 pm

that's the one, adubin

10:49 pm

(that I have)

10:51 pm

40 ;)

10:52 pm

thx adub, was going the wrong way with that ad

10:53 pm

np shirl

10:55 pm

yay finished the p's!

10:56 pm

well done, adubin!

10:58 pm

ad7?

10:59 pm

ge6?

10:59 pm

ge6 = cordial?

10:59 pm

pl of the ad6

11:00 pm

thx pini

11:00 pm

i think it's you and me to the bitter end

11:00 pm

thx...was going the wrong way

11:00 pm

8 left!

11:00 pm

git'r dun!!!!

11:00 pm

how many, shirl?

11:00 pm

last one, ge7?

11:01 pm

ha! got it!

11:01 pm

ge7 = "private" area

11:02 pm

that mean you're done, shirl???

11:02 pm

clues before i poof?

hi all

11:02 pm

oh, gosh...wtg!!!

11:02 pm

hi barb

11:03 pm

gj shirl

11:04 pm

? there is not gj

11:04 pm

1 to go

11:05 pm

got r dun!!! Thanks for your help pin!

11:05 pm

git'r dun!

11:05 pm

gj = good job

need a clue for the second pa7,36 please

11:06 pm

wtg, adubin!!!

11:06 pm

o, duh, thx

11:06 pm

ty ty

11:06 pm

I need either pa7/36

11:06 pm

one pa is a type of knight

11:07 pm

other one is pt of the previous pa6

one of the pa7,36 is similar to the pa8,50 minus the plural

11:08 pm

Ok, I don't seem to be able to typee anymore... to bed, to bed. Good night all!

11:08 pm

got the first...

night adubin

11:08 pm

don't have the pa6 needed for the other pa7

11:08 pm

pa + "fork part" ed

me either pini

thats pa8

11:09 pm

? it's also 6 and 7... one fewer letter in the middle

11:10 pm

are those for the pa6 and 7 at the bottom of the p's?

11:11 pm

Yes

11:11 pm

reviewing clues

11:11 pm

got 'em...thx

let me know if you get it pini

11:11 pm

hmm... 2 fewer letters. Let me try again. pa + "fork part" for 6. Past tense for 7. Oh good, you got it

11:12 pm

I did!

11:12 pm

ok, good night for real

hmmm i think I am confused

11:12 pm

pa + fork prong

11:12 pm

the pt it

okay got them now thanks...need one last 7 then have to work on the others

clue for ri 7?

11:14 pm

I need that one, too

will let you know if I find it

11:15 pm

likewise

11:15 pm

ande me

got it

11:16 pm

ri7 ri + not a tenor and its a plural

ri + lower section of a femail choir + plural

11:17 pm

danke!

female that is

did you get it dofith

11:18 pm

Yay! Great word. Thanks!

don't forget to take the plural off

11:19 pm

hello everybody

now for the other 139 left

hi jacq

and hi sandy too

11:19 pm

hi Barb

11:22 pm

20 to go

11:22 pm

10 5's and 10 6's ... sigh

11:22 pm

hi jacq

11:23 pm

i have 74 left have had 3 hours sleep thanks to the teenagers and the baby

11:23 pm

heya pini

go pini

11:23 pm

oh no! poor jacq!!!

11:24 pm

can i vent and get it off my chest please? no sympathy or advice just get it out safely

go for it jacq

vent away

11:24 pm

<-- will listen to anything (and zips lips as requested)

<--- zipping mine as well

quad

11:25 pm

i can't live with them anymore but they can't get a house and can't afford private rent i want to cry because i have no idea how they will cope if they ever do leave and if she yells at the baby once more i will cut his and her throats and bury them under the patio and raise the baby myself

oops sorry

heading for the pb

11:25 pm

* gulp *

11:25 pm

i didn't measn don't give advice, i just meant there was no point because nothing can change

there can always be change I think...it is just hard to see most of the time at least for me anyways

11:26 pm

4 am this morning i got up to stop them physically shoving each other while they fought about who was getting up with kait, then she announces she wishes she had never had the baby, i wanted to slap them both

11:27 pm

in the meantime kait is standing in their doorway watching this and crying

11:27 pm

oh my

11:27 pm

how old is kait?

11:27 pm

then i am the bad guy because i got up and told them to grow up

11:27 pm

2

((((( pulling out the tea ))))) for listening purposes

11:28 pm

I so feel for you, jacq, and for the little one, too

11:28 pm

if it was just them i would leave them to it, but kait is the light of my life

11:29 pm

i have never ever wanted to hit one of my own children but this morning i do, so badly

11:29 pm

because she's living in your home; can you not go to the courts to request temporary custody until the "parents" get their act together?

11:30 pm

it's a long process here, and daddy's mum is a social worker, it would never ever go in my favour

11:30 pm

i tried speaking to her about it, him punching holes in doors and walls etc but she just laughs it off

11:30 pm

* sigh *

11:31 pm

I can relate to that one sidedness...something similar happened to me

11:31 pm

catch 22, that's why the patio looks so attractive

11:31 pm

lol

a picture sometimes speaks a thousand words???

11:31 pm

nods

11:32 pm

thank you both for letting me get that off my chest, i feel a bit better and am less likely to cry now

11:32 pm

anytime, jacq!!!!!! {{HUGS}}

anytime jacq

11:32 pm

ty ty

11:33 pm

ra5/14?

sorry pini don't know that yet

11:33 pm

don't have that one pini, sorry

11:33 pm

firewords

11:33 pm

wtg jilli!

11:34 pm

np...

11:34 pm

wtg jilli

yes jilli...

11:34 pm

ra5/14 is fast

11:34 pm

thx jilli!

11:34 pm

ty jilli

11:34 pm

any time ;)

11:35 pm

ag6?

11:35 pm

back in a sec to clue...

see you soon

11:35 pm

some people have hidden ag****s

11:35 pm

danke!

11:35 pm

ag6 -- the order of bsuiness in a meeting

11:36 pm

pr 7/32? last one left!

thanks jacq

11:36 pm

*business

11:36 pm

p + baby toy that makes a sound?

11:36 pm

another word for talking constantle, has the baby toy in it

11:36 pm

ty pini! Fireworks

11:37 pm

wtg fuzzy

11:37 pm

wtg fuzzy

yeah fuzzy

11:37 pm

ty jacq too

11:37 pm

yw

11:37 pm

ty all, can stay for clues

11:37 pm

brb

11:37 pm

ar6?

11:38 pm

ar + co**** (trig term)

11:38 pm

A's done!

11:39 pm

go Pini

11:40 pm

last da5?

my goal is to get at least one word in each box...clue for an n in first column...i in the second column and the o in the second column if anyone can help thanks

11:41 pm

da = term used in woodworking joinery, rhymes with tatoo

11:41 pm

ni + not mom

11:42 pm

thx fuzzy!

11:42 pm

yw

11:42 pm

12 to go...and koda thinks it's time for his last outing!!!! ACK!!!!

thanks pini

11:43 pm

yw

11:43 pm

ni5 = sounds like ti*** wave

thanks again

11:43 pm

Barb and A word is four letters and it is a color blue (uses the chicken letter)

11:43 pm

di5?

need an " i " and and " o " in the second column

11:44 pm

di5 - repeat, repeat etc

11:44 pm

id4 (2nd column)...that's a brilliant id**!

11:44 pm

di 5 , just like da 5, only change the "a" t "i"

11:45 pm

ot5 = alt spelling of water animal

thanks pini and flosey

11:45 pm

yw

11:45 pm

OMG! fuzzy...I think I need to invest in keds of tartar sauce!!!

11:45 pm

yw Barb

thanks I reached my goal....any more words are extra now

11:45 pm

1st la5?

11:46 pm

Pini, keds of tartar sauce?

11:46 pm

* kegs

11:46 pm

double vowel la5

we have a whole bunch of fish to eat?

11:46 pm

sounds like a boy's name

11:46 pm

apparently I can't spell either!

11:47 pm

l + double vowel + abbr. for the smallest US state

11:47 pm

thx flosey!

11:47 pm

and fuzzy

11:47 pm

yw Pini

11:47 pm

yw Pini

11:47 pm

5 to go!!! I have hope left!

11:47 pm

you will make it Pini!

11:47 pm

go pini!!!!

11:47 pm

go Pini, you can do it

11:48 pm

4

pini you can do it...we have faith in you

11:49 pm

pa5 just before even scores in golf?

11:49 pm

capital of frnace

11:49 pm

capital of france

11:49 pm

city in France

11:49 pm

france

11:49 pm

oy vey!!!

11:50 pm

last pa5?

(((waiting ))))) for pini to make it

11:50 pm

I know, makes one feel silly!

11:51 pm

pa + a light metal

11:51 pm

skate in french

11:51 pm

I can't believe I'm going out on fishies!!!

11:51 pm

and plural it

11:51 pm

it's okay, it is late

11:52 pm

2

11:52 pm

go pini!!!!

11:52 pm

go, go, go....

<--- edging forward getting ready to whoop and hollare for pini

11:53 pm

I'm afraid to ask for clues!!! (2nd ra6/21 and 1st ra6/18)

ooo bad spelling

11:53 pm

* giggle *

11:53 pm

got the 2nd

11:53 pm

just the 21 now

11:53 pm

re + an evergreen tree

11:53 pm

* sparklers *

11:53 pm

ra that is

11:53 pm

woot woot...thx flosey!!!

11:54 pm

yw pini

****whoops and Hollering**** *****yeah pini******

11:54 pm

flosey, you took the words off my computer!

11:54 pm

wtg pini!!!!!

11:54 pm

Congrats Pini!!!

11:54 pm

WTG Pini,

rofl....to much fun

11:54 pm

I'd like to thank the Babble Academy for everything the did to help clue me across the line into the valley of victors!!!

11:54 pm

lol fuzzy!! happens often I thing

11:54 pm

think

LOL

11:54 pm

And just in the nick of time!!

11:54 pm

127

11:55 pm

I have 119 to go...LOL

11:55 pm

yeah...poor Koda's going to explode...will be right back!

11:55 pm

i still have 48 left

11:55 pm

lol

11:55 pm

Hi, I'm back (oh please, stop the cheering!)

11:55 pm

heya m9

11:55 pm

and hi!

11:55 pm

wb jilli

11:55 pm

hi jilli

hi grim and jilli

11:55 pm

congrats to pini!

11:55 pm

hi

11:55 pm

2 cubscout days down... 3 to go...

oh my that was fun....needed to laugh and smile

11:56 pm

so clue the 8's.. I'm curious

11:56 pm

Hi Gremlinn

11:56 pm

hi flosey -- do you agree with your monkey sign? (No wonder you're so good at Babble)

btw....my mom got a date for her procedure...July 27 which isn't tooo bad I guess...and on a cancelation list too

11:56 pm

pa8's pa8/45, friend and parts of a fork

11:56 pm

lol, just a bit of a stretch I believe jilli!

11:57 pm

pa8/50 friend and racket or noise pluralled

11:57 pm

glad to hear that, barb.

hi m9 sorry i missed you joining us

11:57 pm

i hope it goes well for her Barb

11:57 pm

hello

11:58 pm

hello mlf

11:58 pm

all the best to your Mom, Barb

11:58 pm

just got here barb!

i just hope now they find the reason why...there is a chance they may find nothing...which I think is worse as it leaves everyone guessing..but so long as it isn't cancer please

11:58 pm

hi mlf

11:58 pm

brb going to make coffee before the flip

11:58 pm

hi jilli flos all

11:58 pm

hurry jac

11:58 pm

hi Dart

hmmm getting my pj's brb

11:58 pm

hi flosey

11:58 pm

hi dart -- are you back from Nfld?

11:59 pm

back in steamy minnesota...yep

11:59 pm

cool.. got one of teh 8's before the flip!LOL

11:59 pm

gj mp

11:59 pm

m9 oops

12:00 am

barb, even if it is cancer, it would be early and easily removed -- I've been through that with no

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