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12:00 am

* flip *

12:00 am

flip -- didn't realise the time

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

flip.. got down to 10 left!

12:01 am

Why depressed jilli?

12:01 am

well done, m9

12:01 am

flip and qu8!

12:01 am

wtg, m9!

12:01 am

thanks for your helP!

hi and nbt

12:02 am

wow nonnie!

12:02 am

nonnie you mean QU 6/8 i think

12:02 am

ty mp and wtg josh!

12:02 am

FA 5 7

jesus, josh

12:02 am

oh that josh!

12:02 am

no mlf...qu8 :o)

it is a qu 6 & 8 combo

12:03 am

volcano alert

12:03 am

EN 6

12:03 am

oh...yes, mlf! You're right.

12:03 am

lol Nonnie

12:03 am

v/7

12:04 am

UN6

12:04 am

hawaiian honker diz :o)

12:04 am

thanx nonnie

Clues are up

12:04 am

fa7

12:04 am

FA 6

12:04 am

thanks lickety!

12:04 am

Thasnk you very much, Lickety!!!

12:04 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:04 am

thx lickety

12:05 am

*Thank, that is...

12:05 am

late flip QU8 if not called

12:05 am

hiya pugmama

12:06 am

How annoying to find an endless chutney.

12:06 am

RA 6

12:06 am

f/7

12:06 am

pug its a QU 6/8 I think

12:07 am

yes it is

12:08 am

ra6X2

12:09 am

WA 6

12:12 am

lol jilli - i just got on here and chutney was the first word I "saw"

ooh, a couple of vr words

12:13 am

Some Dutch goodies for sprite

12:13 am

TU6

12:14 am

that

12:14 am

a good one MLF

12:14 am

thanks m9

12:14 am

afro is not a word, not only that, afro has never been a word, and the chances are good that afro won't be a word tomorrow, or the day after that, or in the year 2525

12:14 am

oh saint! there's a variant. thanks!

yet, douglas, we still try it

12:15 am

but Doug... we'll Keep on keepin' on@!

12:15 am

NBT

12:16 am

wtg m9

12:16 am

thanks jilli!

12:16 am

12 q words.. hmmm

12:17 am

did anyone get the CH 7 words/

12:18 am

I got one

12:18 am

si it something we should know m9?

12:19 am

Yes, got the CH 7

12:19 am

it's just a variable spelling of the phant that saint saw at 12:12

12:19 am

ok thanks

12:20 am

i got that one never would have guessed lol

12:21 am

need 4th col A for nbt

12:21 am

CH 7 X 2

12:21 am

I got the other too

12:21 am

make a promise pini

12:21 am

4/4 i think pinik

12:21 am

thx, m9...NBT

12:22 am

yw

12:22 am

thx mlf

12:22 am

saint saw? I saw at 21:06 :-(

12:23 am

*12:06. Don't mind me.

12:23 am

Ah.. saint was responding to you I see.

12:23 am

flip ish

12:23 am

*bows down before jilli*

12:23 am

hi harp!

12:23 am

RE6

12:23 am

i have 1/2 the q's...

12:23 am

hi harp -- nice to see somebody else doing the theme.

12:26 am

visit my farmville farm today if you're on facebook, I'm trying to make a flag out of the crops.....

12:26 am

i forgot to put my maple leaf up yesterday tho.....

12:27 am

going for new icon...back shortly

12:27 am

how'd you do an animated icon jilli?

12:27 am

Getting late.. will be back for the last 50 tomorrow.

12:28 am

nite jan

12:28 am

okay guys stalled at 54 i am out poof

12:28 am

If it's a .gif it may be animated, m9 -- I just hunt google images.

12:28 am

night jan

12:29 am

bye mlf

12:30 am

I did that.. and it wasn't taking it. hmm...

12:30 am

updated

12:30 am

Night all...*ppof*

12:30 am

some .gifs just don't work here -- no idea why not

12:31 am

nice one, pini!

12:31 am

thx jilli...I like your's, too...it moves in your profile! :)

12:32 am

i'm liking that vi7 (called or not)

12:32 am

There...I feel like I am dressed appropriately now! :o)

12:32 am

ty pini :)

12:33 am

me too, freep

12:33 am

vi7, eh? looking

vi7 is a reasonably normal word

12:35 am

thx, still looking

I like vi 7's, too!

12:36 am

...and still looking...am I blind???

12:36 am

phant -- the needlecase :(

12:36 am

If you are I am...I can't find it either.

francis ford coppola and dan ackroyd are two

thnk grapes

think that is

wayne gretzky too

so is fess parker

12:37 am

several on this island

12:37 am

it's something canuck.....

12:37 am

phantom: vintage

12:37 am

but I'm not getting it.

close! pini

not necessarily canuck

jesus was a vi7, sort of

12:38 am

I tried so many variants of that!lol...

yes, josh ;)

12:38 am

good one josh!

12:38 am

* sigh * still looking...

12:38 am

nbt, and would you believe it took me this long to find the volcano for it?

12:39 am

well done, jilli!

12:39 am

wtg jilli

12:39 am

pini... are your feet stained from stomping around looking for it?

oooh, just got nbt, too!

good job jilli!

12:39 am

very much so, m9!

12:39 am

ah...I got it!

12:39 am

well done, TNC

12:39 am

vi7 is not commonly canuck!

12:40 am

wtg tnc!

12:40 am

vinenut doesn't work either :(

12:40 am

another phantom: vinier

12:40 am

ugh! I'm feeling a bit sllllooooooowwwww!

12:41 am

pini... that was a clue about staining your feet...

still don't have it pini? the vi can be found in northern california

12:41 am

and josh's one about Jesus was good..

sheesh

12:41 am

yes.. in the napa valley...

last word was one i was just about to name as a phantom before i actually tried it

12:41 am

lots of vi7s in France

12:42 am

that happens to me all the time josh!

12:42 am

lol...it was, m9. I thought both were good.

12:42 am

and here in the Columbia Gorge!

an7, that is

12:42 am

Heading to bed. Goodnight all and hope to see you late.

12:43 am

nite nonnie

12:43 am

night nonnie

12:43 am

later even.

12:43 am

night nonnie -- hope you meant "later"

12:43 am

is the root vi4???

12:43 am

ah, yes, you did.

12:43 am

fa7

sort of

12:43 am

kind of pini

12:43 am

not quite, pini

12:44 am

the reverse of dynomite is in the middle.

12:44 am

dynamite

12:44 am

I am *** I am dy no mite!

12:44 am

but reverse that.

12:44 am

poor guy couldn't spell

12:45 am

or inverse?

swap the letters around

cause it is the same forwards and backwards

12:45 am

our icons look good together jilli!

12:45 am

ooohhh... that sounds like a bad pick-up line!

it does!

12:46 am

oh, nice, m9! You found a mover!

did you find it pini?

12:47 am

gads, I can't believe I'm still stumped!!!

12:47 am

* banging head on keyboard in shame *

12:47 am

pini pini pini....

12:47 am

there there

12:47 am

* sniffle * Yes?

12:48 am

you're on the right track.

12:48 am

I know I'm probably going to kick myself when I get it...

napa valley, stomping around, jesus was one, of sorts? those don't help?

12:48 am

yup

12:48 am

vinyards are in napa valley

12:48 am

and the middle is the inverse of *** dy no mite?

12:48 am

Jesus was not a vinenut (that word didn't work either)

12:49 am

keep the first three of that pini

martini and rossi, gallo,

12:49 am

FOUND a VI7

hee hee hee

12:49 am

is there more than 1???

12:49 am

WHOO HOO!!! PINI!!!!!

nope !

12:49 am

I hope not...

12:50 am

Just one, pini -- hooray for you!

12:50 am

have to admit I'm not kicking myself...never heard of that one before

12:51 am

not a wine buff, pini?

12:51 am

sorry...no...and I live near some wineries!

12:51 am

I'm not either.

12:51 am

so do i

I can sleep well, knowing that pini got vi 7. night all!

12:51 am

I'm not too far from King Estates ;)

12:52 am

thx TNC!!!! LOL

12:52 am

what stae, pini?

12:52 am

I'm near Maryhill

12:52 am

*state

12:52 am

Oregon, Jilli

12:52 am

that wo 4 is gonna send a lot of folks to the pb...

12:53 am

which is in WA even though I'm in Oregon..

12:53 am

ah -- thanks -- sounds like a sensible state from what I hear about it.

12:53 am

Vanna White, letter turner extraordinaire, is in the grid

12:53 am

well it HAs to be .. pini and I are both here!

12:53 am

and more...

12:54 am

gorgeous state IMHO

12:54 am

so is Narnia

12:54 am

I mean Narnia is in the grid -- maybe it's gorgeous too

12:55 am

;)

12:57 am

this grid is a stumper...

12:57 am

75/64 here and slowing down...fast

12:57 am

(more like at a stand-still)

12:57 am

I'm at 68/71

12:58 am

at least you've made it halfway!

12:58 am

you're close, m9!!

12:59 am

69/70...one more..

1:00 am

git'r dun, m9!

1:00 am

as usual, I'm distracted by TV

1:00 am

what's on, jilli?

1:02 am

just CNN -- Steve Martin playing the banjo just a bit ago

1:02 am

ahhh, the simple things...

1:02 am

t

1:02 am

hi ormal

1:03 am

hello ormal

1:03 am

I best be gettin' along...off to bed that is...

1:03 am

the sheep put me over!! halfway!

1:03 am

will see everyone tomorrow! :)

1:03 am

* poof *

1:03 am

nite pini

1:04 am

sheep?

1:04 am

night pini

1:05 am

ch7

1:05 am

ov ...

1:05 am

hey ruru

1:05 am

hell o ruru

1:06 am

hi m9 and HI jilli

1:07 am

qu8

1:07 am

which one, ruru?

1:07 am

rebt'

1:07 am

an7

1:08 am

oh crap.. there are two?

1:08 am

yep

1:08 am

LOL. yup

1:08 am

I have the qu8 cute little house one

1:08 am

what's the other?

1:09 am

dunno yet

1:09 am

but it's 8/70

1:10 am

got it

1:10 am

I didn't :(

1:10 am

wow.. how do I clue i

1:11 am

clue it?

1:11 am

is it a common wo4?

1:12 am

not at all

1:12 am

qu article and SHOOT!!!!

1:12 am

sounds like a vietnamese city

1:12 am

I wish my brain was working

1:12 am

qu + **d now for something completely different and texan for damn

1:13 am

kje would appreciate that clue

1:13 am

I'm in such a qu**dry, da4/7 me!

1:13 am

ah, ty ru, got it

1:14 am

I did want quandary, but...

1:15 am

there's a gn word

1:16 am

yes, ru

1:17 am

over halfway

1:18 am

speedster!!!!!!

1:18 am

oohhh.. shooting down planes now...

1:18 am

oh come on, I started at fliptime!

isnt worf a word? thought it had to do with looms....

1:20 am

no that's warf... worf is a klingon

1:20 am

It was to do with Star Trek, lol

1:20 am

*has

1:20 am

no it's warp

1:21 am

warp and weft

1:21 am

isn't a worf where boats take off

1:21 am

thats wharf

1:21 am

sigh

1:21 am

boats with dogs

1:22 am

it gets worse

1:22 am

wharf! wharf!!

1:22 am

down boy!

ahhh....warp...oh well

...and i DO KNOW that Worf is a Klingon...my stepdad-in-law speaks Klingon....

1:23 am

wow, mark!

yeh, its kinda scary how big nerds we are...

1:24 am

My son knows how to say "where do you keep the chocolate" in klingon

1:24 am

you need one of those static removers like bounce then mark

?static removers??

1:25 am

for klingons

1:25 am

sure if things are klingon

lol

1:26 am

like the joke from when I was kid.. how is the Enterprise like toilet paper??

<shakes head>

1:26 am

M9 has game tonight

how?

1:26 am

they both kill klingons around uranus

1:27 am

mark...don't walk into these things!

LOLZ

1:27 am

hey, I got a vr wo4!

1:27 am

groin!!!!!!!!!!

1:28 am

vr what 4/5/6?

1:28 am

4

1:28 am

vr4/11

1:29 am

there's a dw wo

1:30 am

I think the dw is the only one in existence

1:30 am

dw what?

1:30 am

dw wo**

1:30 am

dw 5/26

1:30 am

dw 4.5.6?

1:30 am

snow white's peeps

well, goodnight all

1:31 am

you mean vertically challenged individuals

1:31 am

yep

1:32 am

oui

1:32 am

night mark

1:32 am

hey! I'm vc

1:32 am

50 left after once through Lickety

1:33 am

vc?

1:33 am

when are the finals une? today./? who won?

1:33 am

ah, got the other vr (vr5/26)

1:33 am

Serena won Saturday -- Rafa wins today :-)

1:34 am

vertically challenged

1:34 am

8:00am CT on NBC

1:34 am

oh, oof course (tired and stupefied)

1:34 am

puts on Randy Newman album

1:35 am

Hey! I got plenty of reason!

1:35 am

who is Randy Newman?

1:36 am

a song-writer jilli

1:36 am

Ruru made a funny, jilli :-)

1:36 am

composer of "Short People" :-)

1:36 am

Ah

1:37 am

at least une got my joke...

1:37 am

:-D

1:37 am

I'm too old

1:37 am

<<< what's the point of trying to be funny when no one laughs

1:38 am

I did too! didn't you see my response at 1:35??

1:38 am

like... RIGHT after you said it?!!??!?

1:38 am

ruru, am sure there's much hilarity in LurkLand LOL

1:38 am

oh,.. I missed that m9.. glad you got it

1:38 am

I guess you just couldn't SEE me... my being all short and all....

1:39 am

**looks down*.. oh.. there you are

1:39 am

*While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, let us all be grateful for a land that's free. Let us all be grateful for a land so fair

1:39 am

:-)

1:39 am

<-- taking kitchen cleanup break

1:39 am

as we raise our voices...

1:39 am

hello :)

1:40 am

hey, seain!

1:40 am

just home from hours of singing and soup eating

1:40 am

hi dc

1:40 am

hi, jilli et une

1:40 am

is that a cult kind of thing DC?

1:41 am

the Campbell's Choir?

1:41 am

we did singing and pancake eating this am

1:41 am

no, just a Soup and Song :)

1:41 am

nice, m9

1:41 am

and ruru's on a roll!

1:41 am

he's like buttah!

1:41 am

i made a Spanish gazpacho, my friend made a fruit and rhubarb soup.

1:41 am

we gathered, we sang, we ate soup, sang some more...

1:41 am

you into singing?

1:41 am

M9 waffled on the words to the song however

1:42 am

oh NUMMY!!!

1:42 am

aarrrgghh! LOL

1:42 am

but my voice was like honey..or syrup..

1:42 am

i sing, play some instruments...

1:42 am

tonight, i was the baritone

1:42 am

You have such a bisquick wit!

1:42 am

A tribute from my father when he was imprisoned during WW2 in Hong Kong, April, 1944:

1:43 am

oh yes.. saw you with violin at fb

1:43 am

oh crepe

1:43 am

you're a crepe?

1:43 am

aaacckkk!!

1:43 am

yes, jilli?

1:43 am

lol

1:44 am

well then stay away from me, you crepe!

1:44 am

okay I will tereen away

1:44 am

you're so ladle headed

1:44 am

America, I Thee salutle, Who gave so gen'rously A haven from War's rough dispute To those most dear to me! My thanks to Thee I now renew In humblest gratitude, And for those friends who proved so true I crave beatitude.

1:45 am

nice that you have taken stock of the situations m9

1:45 am

ruru crepes in this petty pace from day to day

1:45 am

*salute

1:45 am

beautiful, jilli! thank you for sharing :)

1:45 am

that's very nice Jilli! My grandfather wrote poetry for stars and stripes magazine after being stuck behind enemy lines in France.

1:46 am

soup and singing.. what the heck is next

1:46 am

I roux starting this.....

1:46 am

Well, my father was a Brit, thanking the USA.

1:46 am

:-D

1:46 am

I learned of Soup and Song when i joined the Mirth Brigade :) First gathering were winter vege soups and sea chanties

1:47 am

and the words fit America the Beautiful :)

1:47 am

sounds like a blast, seain :-)

1:47 am

they sure do!

1:47 am

cool

1:47 am

(sounds weird to me

1:47 am

hmm.. the closest we get to sea chanties around here is when my son listens to Alestorm...

1:47 am

back in a bit...

1:48 am

dc.. one thing though...

1:48 am

wenches and mead....

1:48 am

yes, ruru? :)

1:48 am

bidding you all good night *poof*

1:48 am

uh oh..

1:48 am

oh seain...

1:48 am

did you bowl them over?

1:48 am

don't encourage him..

1:49 am

we were singing, not bowling :D (neither columbine nor dollars were involved)

1:49 am

excrutonatin'

1:49 am

oops. excroutonatin'

1:50 am

no bisques?

1:50 am

stop.. I bagette you!

1:51 am

I'm in pain! (get it? french for bread???)

1:51 am

that's kind of a saltine type of comment

1:51 am

nor biscuits :) (well aside from the biscuits a buerre )

1:51 am

Ruru's got a buerre in his bonnet!

1:51 am

well the Ws were easy

1:52 am

w's?? oh .. there's a grid!

1:54 am

yes m9 by a wide margarine

1:54 am

ri 7 clue please

1:54 am

have no idea Mudd

1:55 am

you're spreadin' it kind of thin

1:55 am

nm, I was starting from the incorrect r... all of a sudden it popped out.

2:01 am

Hell everyone

2:02 am

hello too

2:02 am

wish I had a singing voice..I can't carry a tu4

2:02 am

Ruru, you are in the grid!

2:02 am

I am?

2:02 am

everyone has a singing voice.

2:03 am

vi7

2:03 am

oh.. but I am not a vi7

2:03 am

I am a middleman

2:03 am

ooh, ty lyn - i'm so used to that being a phantom that i'd not tried it.

2:04 am

i do not agree, m9 - not everyone has a singing voice, or at least there are many who know not how to use theirs

2:04 am

ah... know not how to use... but everyone's got one...

2:05 am

even if you're mute.. I think you have a singing voice inside somewhere.

2:05 am

<<< sounds like david crosby on prozac

2:05 am

Nice that you're a baritone.. or at least can sing it..

2:05 am

now that I'd like to hear Ruru!

2:06 am

suite judy red eyes

2:07 am

I'm going to go to bed -- 48 left and mentally paralysed.

2:07 am

ROFL jilli

2:07 am

Goonight all -- *poof*

2:07 am

goodnight Jilli

2:07 am

nite jili

2:07 am

paralyzed

2:07 am

have 43 to go

2:07 am

Brit spelling -- paralysed

2:08 am

don't like zeds much.

2:08 am

the brits aren't paralyzed they are just stiff

2:08 am

we aren't stiff and we spell it properly too

2:09 am

Time for me to leave!

2:09 am

tell that to the queen

2:09 am

Let's have a little respect, please.

2:10 am

how much middlemanning have you been doing?

2:10 am

and *poof* again...

2:11 am

what does the monarchy really do except spend lots of money

2:12 am

they are very good for tourism

2:12 am

I'm all ears.. oops that's Charles

2:12 am

they have charities....

2:12 am

LOL

2:22 am

fireworks, unaided

2:22 am

nice grem!

2:22 am

(started 50 minutes ago)

2:23 am

Congrats Grem!

2:23 am

did people find it tricky? Lots of uncommon words

2:24 am

phant: fandango

2:24 am

I have 28 to go. had to list at halfway

2:24 am

haven't got too the tricky bit yet it seems. Is it as bad as yesterdays?

2:24 am

gd morning. first 30 ar eeasy but I have to go and water the garden and put in some wash before it gets too hot

2:25 am

I don't think so - yesterday's took me hours and I gave in to Lickety for my last two words finally this morning

2:26 am

i'm finding it difficult

2:27 am

there's a few foreign words in there (I think one's Arabic and a couple are Dutch)

2:27 am

and one's probably Chinese or something

2:27 am

how do you get those weird ones that sound chinese unaided???

2:28 am

I have more interest in memorizing the ones that sound weird, so oddly it works out in my favor sometimes if there are rare but short words

2:29 am

ooh, phant "retiarii" which I mentioned the other day

2:30 am

the one that I think might be Chinese shares 6 letters with one of the phantoms I mentioned below

2:30 am

6 straight letters, even

2:30 am

I think I need fresh eyes for tomorrow

2:32 am

good idearuru

2:33 am

night all. have fun.

2:33 am

night Ruru

2:34 am

my phantoms: forwarn, forward

2:35 am

how long have you been a babbler grem?

2:35 am

warden

2:35 am

garden

2:35 am

etc

2:35 am

5 months or so

2:36 am

phantom froward too

2:37 am

but you've been memorizing wo**s a lot longer I suppose.

2:38 am

yeah, I've been playing Boggle games online since 1998

2:38 am

I knew most of the weird ones I know now, before Babble even existed

2:39 am

I'm really stuck with the ra's

2:40 am

they're about split between the two "ra" spots on the grid

2:40 am

I have 7 of them..

2:40 am

ra*** dressing

2:41 am

fall in a ra**** (a chasm)

2:41 am

8

2:41 am

my telephone ra**, startling me

2:41 am

ra4/5 extended by **

2:41 am

ah! the dressing!

2:41 am

the chasm, minus last letter

2:42 am

ra** falls from the sky

2:42 am

ra**, an anagram of that one

2:42 am

ra***, sounds the same as that one

2:43 am

ra**, to yell angrily about a sore subject

2:43 am

ra****, someone who does the aforementioned

2:44 am

ra Sth African currency

2:44 am

got em all! thanks.. I needed the other spelling of indian princess

2:45 am

rend

2:45 am

the ra**/ra*** mean that?

2:45 am

hi dofith!LOL

2:45 am

yup

2:45 am

for the telephone ra** clue, look for extension words *ra** and **ra** also

2:46 am

ooooops! First into the pb, whatever that is. Any goodies there yet?

2:46 am

already had first one

2:47 am

oh. already had second one too

2:47 am

cool

2:47 am

I'll make you some pudding

2:48 am

Yum! Don't get the discussion below about extension of ra and re**/ra**/

2:49 am

orange hairy monkeys - 2 alt spellings dofith

2:50 am

lovely, lynxx ty

2:50 am

Ahh! Smart!

2:51 am

half, yay! now I can get dressed

2:51 am

lol ruby

2:51 am

Hi to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

2:51 am

not more naked babbling

2:51 am

hey min

2:51 am

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

2:52 am

morning Min

2:53 am

I have insomnia. I jumped on at 3:00 to see how far I could get. I have 116 words so far and 23 words left.

2:53 am

I have 18 left

2:53 am

Think I will save my last 23 wo 4/9s for later on today

2:54 am

So you are in New York. Where is it in the States that it is 3am (babble time)

2:54 am

Now it's back to restless sleep.See you later on today

2:55 am

hi all

2:55 am

morning jmc

2:55 am

hi jmc

2:55 am

jambo!

2:55 am

eastern coast

2:55 am

oh wait..

2:55 am

o...

2:56 am

it's 4 there.

2:56 am

babble time is central

2:56 am

middle of US?

2:57 am

sorta the middle lynxxx --- chicago anyway

2:57 am

yes

2:57 am

Jambo, jmc. How are you enjoying the African experience?

2:57 am

sort of western middle

2:57 am

morning Haz

2:57 am

Since i am currently at a 4 **** hotel all things are good

2:58 am

Good evening, lynxx, good morning all!

2:58 am

day after tomorrow i go to a 1/2 star center

2:58 am

oh Africa! I thought it was a new set of marmalade jmc was trying out

2:58 am

lol lynxx I am not that clever!

2:58 am

Whereabouts are you, jmc?

2:59 am

Mombasa Kenya -- a resort on the southern end of Kenya

2:59 am

tomorrow I go to Kimusu where the Quakers hang out

2:59 am

I remembered the greeting! I visited Kenya in 2006 and Tanzania in 2008 and really enjoyed both trips.

3:00 am

Suggestions for Tanzania? My host returned to the US on an emergency and I am left on my own

3:01 am

Goodness! Tanzanian roads are better than Kenyan, so it may be more comfortable to do more road travelling. We stayed for a period in Moshi, near Kilimanjaro, and did safari to NgoroNgoro.

3:02 am

I'd probably try to get onto some kind of organised trip but that's just me being cowardly. We travelled over to Zanzibar, but the boat trip over to Dar is not for the fainthearted.

3:02 am

My friend told me to fly to Zanzibar

3:03 am

Yes, we flew across from Moshi and got the boat to Dar.

3:03 am

The other thing - are you flying back from Dar to the States?

3:03 am

maybe i will look at going to kilimanjaro seems a shame to come so far and not go see it

3:04 am

Do be aware that Kilimanjaro is pretty well covered in cloud - we managed a five minute look out of days there!

3:04 am

must go -- good to see you all and hope to jump on again some time

3:05 am

thanks for the thoughts haz!

3:05 am

Glad to know you've arrived safely, jmc. Enjoy!

3:05 am

bye jmc

3:06 am

Would you go there again Haz?

3:07 am

I'd definitely visit either country again, although I also have Botswana on my 'want to go' list.

3:08 am

They were just such memorable holidays and I feel foolish now for being scared of the whole idea of safari.

3:08 am

hi all playing on my new laptop :)

3:09 am

hi Yogo

3:09 am

Hello, yogo.

3:09 am

hi yogo! cool!!

3:10 am

hi lynxxx, haz, everyone :)

3:10 am

thanx m9

3:13 am

It is a different 'world' so being 'scared' no surprise. I have not been and I am sure it has changed but I had a girlfriend who travelled around with her young boyfriend doing it rough some years ago...some of the areas they were in sounded more than a bit scary. She was no shrinking violet but she said she would not go back

3:15 am

I can understand if she was roughing it! We were probably spoilt in Kenya, using a package that had us in lovely hotels and very good camping facilities. Our time in Tanzania was less luxurious and you did see more of the poverty and the way people live but never felt threatened. I'd encourage her to go back but with more security built in.

3:17 am

Certainly, for us,the focus of the first trip was for safari, for husband to see the animals after years of drooling at the thought. I was less keen at the thought, but ended up being entranced.

3:19 am

Did he get any 'hands-on' experience? wouldn't it be wonderful if he could do a job swap or something for a few months

3:20 am

No hands on experience! The second time - in Tanzania, he did spot a vet's surgery in the town and wandered in to say hello and to see what drugs they carried.

3:20 am

He would only be able to survive in the African winter. Land him there during the summer and there'd just be a puddle of sweat.

3:21 am

lol

3:21 am

and that's fireworks

3:21 am

congrats m9

3:21 am

Congratulations, m9.

3:22 am

rats m9

3:22 am

congrats

3:22 am

:) oops :)

3:24 am

thank you all

3:24 am

Sorry to get a little serious here, but am I the only one who gets a little annoyed about what words are and are not in the dictionary used here? Just tried quina - stuff from bark giving quinine - no luck, tho - frustrating!!!

3:24 am

it's 1:24 am here. I better make sure my honey has a uniform for tomorrow!

3:24 am

you get past it dofith

3:25 am

Morning/Evening All. How was the wedding Haz and was the day dry?

3:25 am

morning FM

3:25 am

You're not the only one, but it's probably a waste of time to get annoyed. Think of it as an arbitrary thing.

3:25 am

Evening Lynxxx

3:26 am

Hello, FM - wedding was lovely, weather stayed dry (mostly) and the meal etc was really enjoyable.

3:26 am

Glad to hear that, it ollked like such a lovely setting for the reception.

3:27 am

you must have the same keyboard I have FM

3:28 am

We did take photographs, not uploaded them yet. But yes, a lovely setting and all very civilised. We had a harpist to entertain while we had scones, shortbread and chocolate dipped strawberries.

3:28 am

yes lynxxx everynight the elves come in and change the keys around.

3:28 am

Shall look forward to seeing them as and when Haz.

3:29 am

thats how it happens, they seem to have given me extra f keys lately

3:29 am

:)

3:29 am

Just have to find the instruction leaflet - it's daughter no 1's old camera.

3:30 am

ok.. gnight all!

3:30 am

yum i have always wanted to try chocolate dipped strawberries...shotbread is very yummy...your lucky :( i am cooking scone over the bonfire tomorrow night...sounds like you had fun :)

3:30 am

Goodnight, m9.

3:30 am

is that your dog Haz?

3:30 am

Bye m9

3:30 am

night m9

3:30 am

springer?

3:31 am

were the strawberries yummy???

3:31 am

Yes, <-------- this is Spangle, now 9 year old Welsh springer spaniel.

3:31 am

what a cutie! I have a border collie/springer

3:31 am

I didn't have any, yogo, but I'm sure they were. I had the strawberry jam and cream covered scones...

3:31 am

yogo you should try making them.. pretty easy!

3:32 am

yum...

3:32 am

i will...my dad is a chef so that should be easy :)

3:33 am

The flowers were pretty spectacular, all dusky roses and lilies etc. Bride's mother admitted that she had just ordered what she wanted and hadn't asked the price. I hope she's sitting down when the bill arrives.

3:33 am

<<<<would love a chef daddy!

3:33 am

ouch!

3:33 am

yikes! on the flowers!!

3:34 am

I know!

3:34 am

http://tinyurl.com/2as764r had to share my doggie before I leave!

3:34 am

we ordered bulbs and are going to force them for Aiden's wedding. Or they may just bloom at the right time....

3:34 am

But they WERE beautiful.

3:35 am

Oh what a lovely face, who could resist those eyes!

3:35 am

oh! You have to check out Google's ..whatever it's called.. today!

3:35 am

my uncle and auntie are getting married next month...mum is buying me a long black dress and black high heels to wear :)

3:36 am

Anyway, time for me to shake a leg and head off. I'll be back later- toodle-oo for now!

3:36 am

oohhh. fancy yogo!

3:36 am

bye Haz

3:36 am

Bye Haz, I shall get back to the search for wo4s

3:36 am

bye haz

Hi all, just on briefly. yogo, I had assumed you were a boy so your outfit made me laugh a lot!

3:37 am

thanks...gotta go watching merlin...i love merlin it is such a good show...see you guys in about 30mins :)

3:37 am

night all! and this *poof*

3:38 am

lol sally.....btw i am a girl

quire

oooh, shucks. Sorry all. Slinks off to PB.

3:38 am

hi Sally, did a double take too

3:38 am

thanks:).....lol

3:39 am

bye guys see you soon

3:39 am

bye Yogo

3:39 am

*poof*

3:42 am

Morning babblers... can anyone clue the in5/16 ;o)

3:43 am

hi norm sorry dont have that one..

3:44 am

Thanks anyway will have to keep looking lol

morning Norma. in + ***iety is the spice of life

3:44 am

Thanks Sally ... I am not convinced that is a word lol

3:45 am

Great clue by the way

3:48 am

see you guys tomorrow...off to bed..night *poof*

It's one we've had on Babble before, Norma. It's an iron and nickel alloy apparently.

3:49 am

gd morning sally et al!

3:49 am

Thanks Sally ... morning ruby

hi ruby

3:50 am

hi norma

3:56 am

best word for me: fr5 old Fr money

hadn't spotted that one, thanks ruby

3:57 am

it made me happy, even thoughit's short

longest one I have so far is qu 8/55. That made me happy!

3:58 am

I had that one but am still missing 3 q's, you'd think I'd know them from scrabble!

I only have 8 Q's so far.

3:59 am

There are two Qu8's

ty norma. will look.

Have it!

4:04 am

can't find the other 8!

4:04 am

....but have 11 of 12!

4:04 am

me too! as I should, its an Australian fruit

Have 10 :-)

4:05 am

nelliekelley??? hahah

4:09 am

now have the 12 - Mary Qu*** was my last

4:09 am

what is the fruit?

I'm on 11 now, but got distracted by the bottom O

The fruit is 8/70

4:11 am

qu & ***elina Jolie

4:12 am

I'm putting the monkeys to work

4:14 am

aaarghhh!

Ah! Q's done.

4:17 am

can't get the second 8!

4:18 am

qu???ang????

4:18 am

spell out &

Ends in US exclamation, not used in UK I think.

4:19 am

duh!

4:19 am

yayayay!!

4:19 am

thank you

qu + indefinite article (two letters) plus beginning of what you might see if there is a hazard ahead.

4:19 am

yw - gave your monkeys a work out anyway

Sorry, long-winded clue but difficult one to clue.

4:19 am

you are both patient and nice, ty ty!!

4:20 am

they need a piece of that fruit, whatever it is!

4:21 am

usually spelled with an o instead of the last a. small red 'bush' food here, very high in Vit C

4:21 am

monkeys would live it

4:22 am

love*

4:24 am

does everybody have the va5 orchid?

4:24 am

small offering

no ruby. will look

4:24 am

TY I didn't

do you have the vi 7 man who deals in wine?

4:25 am

va5/18

4:25 am

yup, but thanks

4:25 am

is somebody who makes chutney a chutnier?

4:26 am

uh oh, stomping person wants his apero!

careful ruby, nearly in the pb there

4:26 am

uh oh again, I'd better go {{{hugs everybody}} and thanks for the help

4:27 am

bye Ruby

bye for now

4:27 am

and the ga6/24 bird? XX

have that one, but ty :-)

And the goose is on the mountain today :-)

4:32 am

t ire

Must go and do something useful. Be back later.

4:36 am

bye Sally. Giving it away for the night too, bye all

5:11 am

Can't get last qu6/27 - can anyone help, please?

5:14 am

put a vowel on the end of the 5 before it dofith

5:16 am

Karys, thank you - I thought I'd tried all of them but apparently not!

5:17 am

gand

5:17 am

Just ignore me - thinking "out loud", but to no avail, as you see!

5:23 am

Can sommeone tell me what is going on with the ranking? How xome they don't get updated?

5:26 am

Sorry Buslady. I stopped looking at the rankings ages ago. Far too depressing. I have no idea when or by whom they are updated.

karys!

5:31 am

they get updated every week I think or every few days

5:33 am

HAPPY FOURTH to my southern neighbours

ty carlee

5:34 am

Ticker-tape floats down on all US Babblers, wishing you a very happy Independence Day!!!!

5:42 am

there are some fun words int his grid today

Actually, the rankings are up dated daily. Dr G is right on top of them. I have been known to keep him honest!

guess everyone is off checking the rankings!

6:37 am

hello everybody

6:51 am

good day to you all, may freedom be yours in a way that respects the freedom of others as well.

6:52 am

heya sprite

6:52 am

hey jacq :)

6:55 am

hi sprite & jacq

6:55 am

hi jmb

6:55 am

hi jmb

6:56 am

fun grid to start but stuck at 63 left now

6:56 am

yeah it is fun!

6:57 am

i have 53 left and am stuck fast

6:57 am

but i did somehow get an 8

6:57 am

qu8?

6:58 am

yes that one, cute in an olde worlde way

6:58 am

more weird

6:59 am

time to go

6:59 am

have fun

6:59 am

drat... thought we might trade lol

6:59 am

bye jacq, have a good day

6:59 am

bye jacq

7:06 am

awww the dutch word for someone selling antiques isn't valid in english. Da4!

7:07 am

60 left ... off to find food for my sluggish brain

7:07 am

ok, hurry back :)

7:20 am

hello all hellp with g words pls

hey all. peri I have a reddish gem stone

7:20 am

found a g word :)

7:21 am

ty red

and to gain something...

7:21 am

lone e word anyone?

7:21 am

ty again red

its either the volcano or the sea eagle.

7:22 am

sheesh, it was the volcano, feeling very stupid, ty

YW, I oftne miss it.

7:22 am

tired, going back to bed, bbs

goose is here too.

7:24 am

hi red, hi and bye periwinkle

sprite how are you?

7:24 am

am good! And you?

I am well, the weather is extremely cool, 77 degrees....24 C. and it feels so good

7:25 am

greetings! the upcoming changes to Babble look very exciting!

7:26 am

entire

7:26 am

sorry

I have not seen much about the changes....I shoudl join the babble group on FB.

7:27 am

oh that is so nice! It is HOT here, but today is slightly better.

7:29 am

my daughter is gone all day... swimming in the local ditches with the rest of the neighbourhood kids, it is that hot. It is eerily qu5/16 here :)

Hope she has fun Sprite, that does not sound very sanitary... but then again...

7:30 am

hi Angelsong, I hope it will be good. Very unpleasant that it isn't compatible with Lickety's browser.

7:30 am

oh no, not sanitary at all. But she is hardened, lol. I am the kind of mum that lets her kids play in the sandbox.

good morning Babblers :)

Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans!

7:31 am

hey Nanette =)

kids will be kids, I did similar things.

7:32 am

darn, i keep coming to see the new look, and keep being disappointed!

Well, Feather, I have fireworks as an icon themee, its new...

7:32 am

Merry 4th of July Greetings from the USA! It's been a very long time since I have been last on, so I decided to take the opportunity to let people know that I am doing alright

7:33 am

they are almost never ill *knocks wood*. I think being too sanitary with kids makes them susceptible (sp?) to germs and stuff.

hi Grey!

7:33 am

oooo, very pretty red

7:33 am

Greywoulf!!! so good to see you!!

7:33 am

{{{{{{{{{{{{Woulf}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Sooo good to see you.

7:33 am

hi woulfie!

Hi Gray, good to see you and glad to hear you are ok.

7:33 am

oh beautiful fireworks, red

7:33 am

hi featherbee

what a nice grid!

7:34 am

hi Kaplan

hi kap!

7:34 am

today's Google homepage fireworks are fun as well!

Good morning folks!

7:34 am

hey Une :)

7:35 am

{{**NonoNanette, sprite, featherbee, Une, red**}} Good to know I am still missed 8-)

7:35 am

hey, sprite :-)

7:35 am

you are terribly missed, Woulf. Your input and the atmosphere you create in chat is something I still miss daily.

Morning Kaplan

7:37 am

oh sprite! If only I had the hours in the day to devote to my online life that I used to... I have missed the chat log and its myriad odd and entertaining topics of conversation

7:38 am

real life comes first, dear Woulf :) How is your wife, and how are your kids? How are you doing yourself and how is work?

hmmm having trouble getting my icon to change

7:39 am

Unfortunately, I have two things which interfere with my ability to Babble... 1st - my job responsibilities are in the process of evolving, so I end up working 6-10 extra hours every week which means that much less time with the family

7:39 am

I can see it in your profile, Nanette. Very beautiful fireworks!

i thought so too Sprite, I wish I could get it to show in chat log

7:40 am

and if you force-refresh this page?

7:40 am

good morning, babblers, Happy Independence Day to all who are celebrating

7:40 am

2nd, and definitely the most insidious.... My friends here in Philadelphia decided to get me a World of Warcraft subscription.... I have resisted so long, but they have turned me into a WowHead

cant see red's in chog either

good morning JBV and happy 4th to you as well

7:41 am

ohhhhh Woulf ... yeah that will eat time. Too bad we cannot lure you back here. But I fully understand the fun to game with your friends.

7:42 am

I force-refreshed and I see both your icons in chat

7:42 am

So when I don't have the mental energy to work on a grid, I fire up WoW and go kill some kobolds P-D -- and the worst there, is that usually my friends aren't on at the same time I am

7:42 am

hi JBV! I think we should all celebrate. Make it a mondial thing.

have refreshed several times sprite and still the same.... oh well at least others see it

7:43 am

yes, sprite, wonderful idea!

7:43 am

Good Morning All! Happy 4th to those celebrating!

7:43 am

Nanette, did you refresh (F5) or force-refresh (control + F5).

7:43 am

hi car.ee

7:43 am

but, I have missed the grid as well, so I am working to get back into a proper balance with Babble, WoW, and the family --- just no promises about how often I will be around (esp since I haven't kept any of my previous ones :-\)

Hi Car Happy 4th to you as well

7:44 am

hehehe don't promise, Woulf. Just come over whenever it is possible and you feel like it. You are always very very welcome here.

7:44 am

happy 4th, car & JBV

thanks Sprite the force refresh worked

7:45 am

yayyy Nanette! Fireworks all over the chat, I love it.

7:47 am

Now for the short (I promise) family update for those interested.. Kristianna just finished 1st grade and was brought into an accelerated education program due to her advanced reading and comprehension -- school finish was delayed by 10 days due to a teachers strike

7:47 am

WTG Kristianna!

7:48 am

Seb is a precocious 4 1/2 year old who I am hoping to get into preschool this fall, provided I can come up with the money

7:48 am

Mom is doing well and looking forward to both kids being in school so she can go back to work. Then we can work on putting money together to stop renting an apartment and get a place of our own

7:48 am

precocious is great. Will keep my fingers crossed for financial smoothness

7:49 am

she will love being at work again, I think. Being home with kids is an isolated life for a smart lady.

7:51 am

sorry to interrupt...I need a clue for the single E in the second column from the right please?

the volcano

7:52 am

And as I stated, my job is evolving at work -- I am working with my district supervisor to create a new area position within the company that would cover the entire northeastern US from Pennsylvania to Maine -- this weekend I am helping to come up with numbers to justify the need -- I wish I could tell more about it now, but will definitely keep it updated in my profile once it is more advanced

7:52 am

Duh! TY!

yw

7:52 am

gant

7:52 am

may I take this occasion (the volcano) to fill you in on my news - I've told the story a few times, so some of you may know it but I put it in my profile, too...

7:54 am

wonderful JBV! How cool to reconnect!

7:55 am

yes, car - it's really an adventure right now

7:55 am

I love stories like that! Connections all around the world!

thats great JBV!

7:56 am

Wonderful to hear, JBV... especially on such positive circumstances Typically lost connections like that get restored through someone passing away

7:57 am

What's interesting also, is that it was my sister-in-law, who's Irish and very well connected with her family in Ireland, who insisted on this trip - my brother really had no interest, but was dragged along - she said the children had to know both sides of the family (I love her!)

hurray for your sister-in-law. She is a wise woman

hello babblers!

Hi TO Happy 4th!

8:00 am

hi, TO, happy 4th!

8:01 am

Hi TO! {{**hug**}}

*fa5s dead away*

8:03 am

* gently catches TO and lowers her to the couch *

i am now a fa7

hello jbv, nono and woulfie. just back from a nature walk. saw one doe.

8:05 am

c

8:05 am

sounds nice, TO

so woulf, nice to see you.

morning Inge

8:07 am

read back in the log a few minutes, TO, and you will get the short version of my recent history :-)

8:07 am

sorry, was afk for a while, wonderful news JBV! Hi Towl. And fireflies for me... bye all! *hugs to you* And {{{{{{{{{{{{Woulf}}}}}}}}}} wonderful to get an update on your life. Wind under your wings!

8:07 am

btw -- I will be a bit slow to respond now -- Seb has climbed into my lap to help me play and wants to type in the words

wtg sprite! have a great day

8:08 am

{{**sprite**}}

8:08 am

Glad to be able get you caught up -- will watch for you in the future, sprite

bye spritey

8:08 am

good morning

morning m9 Happy 4th!

glad to hear all is well with you, woulf.

8:12 am

I need to go back to bed.. but wanted to say happy 4th!

8:12 am

thanks TO -- what I find most interesting about things is that I never thought I would be one of the crew from when we all joined up that would get too busy to play consistently :-D

8:13 am

I hope things are going well for you

i 'm not in chat often myself these days

8:14 am

good morning/day/evening my dear babble friends

8:14 am

and did I see a CAR here??? :)

Good Morning Trif, Happy 4th!

yes she was here earlier

8:15 am

gm nono, and happy 4th to you too!

ty

am celebrating the 4th this year with a brand new car!

hello trif

8:16 am

hello TO

8:16 am

good morning:)) first word for the day is a ch 7/40,might be a nice grid for a change;))

morning Crossy!

8:17 am

hmmm. I still don't get why enable won't take "afro"

8:17 am

good morning to you trif;)) happy 4th;)

8:17 am

howdy nono

i have two of the three ch words at present

8:17 am

morning from me and the kids, Trif and Cross

8:17 am

morning woulf, crossy....

i am enjoying this summer home, since i spent last summer wokring away from home, woulf

8:18 am

howdy greywoulf

hmmm, watching sunday morning... at least three presidents died on july 4

8:20 am

yes and didn't jefferson and adams die on exactly the same day?

within hours of each other.

8:21 am

amazing

up since 6 and feel need of a nap already!

8:22 am

fireworks here

8:22 am

I feel the same way, TO, but I have only been up since 8!

grats jbv.

8:22 am

me, too, TO, have not eased into my new schedule yet -

congrats JBV!

8:23 am

i'm off to do some Italian homework :)

jbv i long to be where you are. i am hoping these days off help to renew me a bit

8:24 am

hasn't sunk in yet, TO, it's just like a long weekend so far - but the stress is gone!

well i think it's time to find a mate. seems to be the only way i will be able to afford to retire.

8:26 am

oh, big decision, TO - any prospects?

8:26 am

Happy independence day, all you Americans :)

8:26 am

hi, NB!

none

8:27 am

Hi Nancy Boy!

hi NB!

8:27 am

hi, JBV :) pleased to see you're enjoying retirement! and hello, GreyWoulf! Don't think we've met before on here, so pleased to 'meet' you ;)

8:28 am

and hi, Nono! you all look very festive ;)

8:28 am

good morning and Happy Independence Day

8:28 am

thanks NB - have to run now, i'll stop in later to chat gain

8:28 am

Happy 4th everyone!!

8:28 am

*again

Morning Mom, Happy 4th to you as well and Blue also!

8:28 am

bye bye JBV

hello joiners

bye JBV

8:29 am

morning Blueheron, and the same to you

8:29 am

Actually, NB -- we met a long while back -- I just haven't been on since -- at that time you were making the decision to move in with your partner

8:29 am

{{Nono}} & {{TO}} so nice to see you both

8:30 am

Really? Wow, my memory. That wasn't even so long ago! My apologies :)

8:30 am

NB, I didn't realize you have been a babble for 3 years.

8:31 am

NB -- no need for apologies -- I haven't been here, and you have been going through some serious life changes... I hope things are going well for you despite the family concerns expressed at the time

8:33 am

Oh yeah, Mom - I was sort of away for a long time in the middle, to do my AS and A levels. And thanks, Woulf :) turned out, I did get totally disowned. It's alright though - so much has changed in six months!

8:34 am

ah I see. I thought I was going nuts not having remembered you

8:34 am

and nice to see you again GreyWoulf

8:35 am

But you've been here a lot longer than me...we must have spent quite a few years only just missing each other ;)

8:35 am

nancy, I didn't realize you had been a babbler that long either! wow....

8:35 am

Thanks, Mom -- its good to be back -- feels like old times, the new faces and the old still click together as a single whole... it is the main reason why I always recommend babble to people

8:35 am

probably so

8:36 am

I know...what a keeno ;)

8:36 am

It is a great bunch of people. I love it here. I thank my sweetie everyday for showing me this site

i've noticed a lot o folks in chog over the last few days - some new but others old who have never chatted before or rarely

8:37 am

And now, I must be going -- Seb is expressing a desire for waffles for breakfast -- I will check in later to chat some more and finish {{**HUGS**}} to all

8:37 am

ummm - "keeno" translation for the american idiot here?

8:37 am

{{Hugs}} to you as well GreyWoulf

I totally agree Mom! I am so glad I clicked on the link in Sudoku and found my way here

bye woulf.

8:38 am

Nice to see you again, Woulf :) take care!

bye woulf see you later perhaps

8:38 am

I didn't chat the first year I played. I didn't want to butt into the conversations. :)

8:39 am

lol Trif - you can't say that - today is a day of American pride ;) a keeno is just someone who is overly keen, but it's generally used pretty sarcastically. It evolved in school. "You've done your homework? ...Keeno."

8:39 am

my sweetie found it for me from an article in USA Today

8:39 am

oh, okay. thanks. and really, it was more of a Green Day reference....:)

8:40 am

I remember that song Trif

8:41 am

I thought as much - your boy lurves them, right? couple of friends of mine went to see them recently!

8:42 am

yop. I would LOVE to grab Primo and run away some weekend to NYC and see the Broadway production, but that would take money, and I have none at present.

8:43 am

brb

8:43 am

Join the club! English money is so pretty, with all the different colours, but sadly I have none of it.

8:43 am

LOL nancy....

did you lose your job, nb?

8:46 am

oh nah, I'm far too popular there ;) service with a smile and all that. But, this flat is bigger, so rent is more, and I'd already put down my share of the rent on Leo's flat before the incident. So, I'm not the scary side of skint ;)

8:47 am

Happy Independence Day Americans and good morning all.

8:48 am

good morning Mr. Bob

Happy 4th Mr Bob!

8:55 am

hello all - back for 22

9:02 am

afternoon all, happy independence day to all from the USA

9:02 am

well, I need to get my act together for the fete today....have a lovely day all my peeps!

9:03 am

morning all - happy birthday to these united states

9:03 am

my lickety add button isn't working is there something I should know?

Hello all again.

9:04 am

is there a clue for the lone N?

9:04 am

oh it's back on :-)

na 4 5. thinking of a clue.

9:05 am

that did it, red - ty

9:05 am

hi again, back with OJ and peanute butter toast

it is definited as a an aromatic hymalyan plant?

Hi Mom!

9:05 am

Hi Dan, Katie, Red, and any one who came in while I was fixing breakfast

9:06 am

peanut*

wow with 57 left the grid suddenly abruptly got difficult!

I think you ought to be able to "untend" something -- "No! No! That wasn't what I meant to do/say at all!"

9:09 am

Hi Samantha

Hi Samantha. thanks for the te 4!

9:09 am

ooohh yes, thank you

9:11 am

Hi, Samantha :)

Hell y'all

Er, hellO ya'll

9:16 am

Ugh, this is sad. I have my first day of no work in a long time, and I have no idea what to do with it!

Go see The Last Airbender. I hear it's a fabulous movie!

9:18 am

I've heard the exact opposite ;) we brits can't do fantasy; we don't have the imagination. besides, I'd feel weird going alone..

It was sarcasm anyway. I've actually heard that it's the worst movie released in a major theatre since . . . uh, well, maybe just the worst.

9:19 am

LOL! Sorry, I'm a little slow today.

9:21 am

i heard it was only slightly better than cleraring out a plugged toilet lol

Yes but unclogging a toilet is free

9:21 am

Hi crossy

9:22 am

I might just head over to the heath and go for a run. What an exciting life I do lead ;)

9:22 am

lol good poibnt samantha

9:22 am

howdy mom

Hey my husband wants the computer and my dogs want affection. I'm outta here so

so as to supply all their needs

y'all later

9:23 am

bye Samantha

9:24 am

Morning, Crossy :) and bye, Samantha!

9:25 am

my brother took us out for a movie on his dime and he chose the A-team,suprisingly enough my mrs really enjoyed it,but you have to be old enough to remember the original a-team show to get into it properly

9:25 am

howdy nb

9:27 am

finally .... halfway ... see you all later. {{hugs}} and happy 4th

congrats mom.

9:28 am

lol,im sorry my american friends,earlier i was under the impression its was someones 4th anniversary and had totaly forgot it was the 4th of july;/

hi Cross and NB.

9:28 am

howdy red

9:28 am

thanks Red. I hope you enjoy your day

9:29 am

there is a nice vi7 today,a wine master would be called this

9:35 am

ri7 pls

9:35 am

hello everyone, Happy 4th!

9:35 am

howdy annie

9:36 am

and happy 4th to you

9:36 am

hi crossy, 2 more days to your baconfest

9:36 am

indeed;) and i have 2 kinds of bacon in the freezer just waiting for the blessed event;)

9:37 am

peameal bacon and the other??

9:37 am

and a new recipie book with 75 new bacon recipies

9:37 am

;))

9:37 am

yup pealmeal and the normal sliced bacon

9:37 am

what's the blessed event?

9:38 am

food freedom day!!!

9:38 am

tundra

9:38 am

oops, sorry all

9:39 am

off you go>>>>>I put chocolate in the PB this morning

9:39 am

i have eaten nothing but rabbit food and stuff that is full of fiber for 29 days,i am growing a cotton tail and farting dust lol

9:39 am

how's the diet going then croosy?

9:40 am

I've been using hotcal.com to track -- it's pretty good with a decent database of foods and exercise expenditures

9:41 am

first month i lost 8 pounds..i only weigh myself on the 6th of each month ,so we shall see then

9:42 am

that's great crossy, congrats

9:43 am

Isn't it awesome? I keep thinking about it in terms of bags of sugar.

9:44 am

i heard that the soda companies won and there will be no tax on soda

9:45 am

rather sad as soda is one of those items that you don't need in your diet

9:47 am

here it seems the new tax hit everything but baby food and booze

9:50 am

never mind cross,in Ontario they are talking about tolling all the highways! What a crock of doodoo

9:54 am

Well Crossy, baby food is very nutritious ;)

9:55 am

prolly high cal tho

9:56 am

Isn't it meant to be good for diets? I'm sure there's a baby-food diet...but that's probably to do with the tiny portion size, rather than calorie content.

9:58 am

yeah, prolly the small portions, low cal would not work for growing babes

10:00 am

Doesn't baby food always sound really yummy, though? Just like normal food only you don't have to bother chewing. Excellent.

10:03 am

shhhh, hi! sneaking in for a few minutes while daniel's outside with doug

10:11 am

if you can have dw***, why not dw*****, the adjective?

10:12 am

can I get a clue for an 7/32? please

10:13 am

it's a musical term, italian i think to slow down

10:13 am

thanks, shirl

10:15 am

good morning

10:16 am

not seeing the an 7

10:16 am

the word for + then add pony up for poker

10:16 am

Hello...

10:17 am

Great clue, Shilock!

10:17 am

Er, Shirlock!

10:18 am

clue for the in 5/16 please

10:19 am

hi jellen

10:19 am

in + ***iety is the spice of life!

10:19 am

Hi, Annie

10:20 am

finally got it.. thank you shirl

10:21 am

Ta Jellen, thought i had typed that and was red lined.

10:23 am

un 6/21, please

10:24 am

no housing payment

10:24 am

to not let an appartment annnie

10:24 am

thank you, ron and ru

10:24 am

or homeless

10:25 am

or on UK benefits

10:26 am

or be royalty

10:26 am

LOL

10:27 am

royalty pays from their goverment benefits but no taxes

10:27 am

un and paint with charcoal or pencil

10:28 am

sorry, wrong one

10:28 am

2nd q8?

10:29 am

Hello all. Rafa just won Wimbledon!

10:29 am

Hi, Scrabbs!

10:29 am

sounds like a city in vietnam shir ends with darn or damn in texan

10:29 am

Hooray for Rafa!

10:29 am

Une is going to be impossible now..

10:29 am

Jellen, how is Tim doing?

10:30 am

qu + & sign + ***elina jole (lynxx's clue)

10:30 am

yes i am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:30 am

WAAHHOOO!!!!!!!!!!

10:30 am

Une must be celebrating already!

10:30 am

And there she is!

10:30 am

Just updated profile...he's in a lot of pain for no known reason...

10:30 am

Une is flying high!!!

10:30 am

Where is his pain, Jellen?

10:30 am

Does Une like Nadal or something?

10:30 am

got the q8, thx

10:31 am

In his lower back...

10:31 am

so sorry, Jellen :-(

10:31 am

Like? LIke? une Like? no. a little more than that

10:31 am

Une is secretly married to Rafa--not publically known.

10:31 am

I thought she was his mistress in the US

10:32 am

Jellen, he could have disease in a vertebra.

10:32 am

Yes, I know...

10:32 am

he could have disc issues with spending time in a hospital bed too

10:33 am

fireworks

10:33 am

ya know, he even had his girlfriend sitting with his family today :-)

10:33 am

Yahoo Annie!

10:33 am

congrats, annie!!

10:33 am

sorry to hear that, jellen

10:33 am

Wahoo, Annie!!!

10:33 am

But, Une, we know that is a ply to maintain your privacy.

10:33 am

:-D

10:34 am

ok, off to watch the presentation ceremony!

10:34 am

*ploy

10:34 am

une would like to string his racquet

10:34 am

later, Une

10:35 am

Grrrr, paged again.

10:35 am

Happy 4th to all in the US..bye dear babblers

10:37 am

morning all...up way too late last nite for this old lady, but had a great night with family How is everyone?

10:39 am

name that proper noun! ms. white of wheel-of-fortune

10:39 am

Vanna!

10:39 am

ding ding ding!

10:41 am

ri7?

10:41 am

and Inferno poet!

10:41 am

name that proper noun! old time actress gilda

10:41 am

dante

10:41 am

Radner . . . old time?? LOL

10:41 am

ding ding ding!

10:41 am

ri7 french body of water

10:42 am

perish that old part...

10:42 am

well it was black & white movies, wasn't it?

10:42 am

WHAT? LOL

10:42 am

OK, finished phone call with ER doc. Odd rash in a little girl.

10:42 am

Saturday Night Live people!

10:42 am

i don't think i've ever seen anything with her in it, so apologies if i thought she acted longer ago than she did!

10:42 am

Hi all, friendlier grid today

10:43 am

:-D

10:43 am

Hi Aloy

10:43 am

hey, aloy!

10:43 am

oh my, not at all who i thought, then

10:43 am

hmmmm, not getting the french body of water clue

10:43 am

Rosanne Rosannadanna

10:43 am

and i even know some french

10:43 am

Emily Litella

10:43 am

Lisa Loopner

10:43 am

almost same as southern french coast

10:44 am

Cannes, Nice

10:44 am

i thought she was one of those movie actresses from early movies. i must be getting the name mixed up with someone else.

10:45 am

she was born in 1946

10:47 am

Hello again...had to give Tim some privacy...

10:47 am

hi again, jellen :-)

10:47 am

How are you, hurshy?

10:47 am

rita hayworth was in a movie called gilda in 1946. perhaps that is the source of both her name and my confusion!

10:47 am

i was wonderin' . . .

10:48 am

hi

10:48 am

Hi, Kerry

10:48 am

where she sang Put the Blame on Mame :-)

10:48 am

hello, Kerry

10:48 am

happy 4th everyone

10:49 am

same to you.. have you been Babbling long? nice to meet you

10:49 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzg_1Xw zG08

10:50 am

not long, this is only my third time trying this

10:50 am

welcome to Babbleland, Kerry!

10:50 am

Hi Kerry. May the Babble Force be with you and suck you in to be an addict as we are.

10:51 am

i see you are a teacher Aloyisius. I work in education too, i'm a private math tutor

10:51 am

hi scrabbler

10:51 am

am happily retired now, Kerry.. (-:

10:52 am

very good :-D

10:52 am

i have a long way to go, i'm 40

10:52 am

math teachers really count in this world

10:52 am

.. more time to Babble! (not that I'm addicted, noooooo)

10:52 am

happy 4th to y`all over the pond

10:52 am

hi roncook!

10:53 am

cute

10:54 am

thanks ron!

10:54 am

TY, roncook

10:54 am

i'm not good at this game yet

10:54 am

Thanks, roncook

10:54 am

Doctors are whippersnappers in ironed white coats, who spy up your rectum and look down your throats, and press you and poke you with sterilized tools, and stab at solutions that pacify fools. I used to revere them and do what they said till I learned what they learned on was already dead. By Gilda Radner: It just goes to show ya, it's always something!

10:54 am

Me either, Kerry!

10:55 am

well...off to the 4th of July parade...see you all tonight...Jellen you and Time continue to be in my prayers..

10:55 am

it's fun though :)

10:55 am

TY for sharing, BR. OK, off to finally shower now that the tennis match is done. BBL

10:55 am

lol, hi there BabbleRabble (-:

10:56 am

Hello, BabbleRabble!

10:56 am

update from Dr. G! Babble Overlord Babble Community: The letter tiles are now clickable, the word list is working, and the stats panel is hooked up. Time to hook up the chat log...

10:56 am

Hello, folks

10:57 am

ty for the update featherbee.. and hi

10:58 am

Profile updated for today, btw...

10:58 am

have you hung your hammock yet, BR?

10:58 am

hi. going to be in and out today.

10:58 am

ri7 clue, just not getting the french body of water

10:58 am

Hi, feather

10:58 am

No, i have a bad case of mal de mer

10:59 am

ooh, so sorry.. have you tried the behind-the-ear patch?

11:00 am

No, just tried not getting on my hammock

11:00 am

that will do it! lol

11:00 am

ri7 is a flowing body of water with an additional i in the middle and e at the end

11:00 am

shirlockc, what's a word for the Mediterranean coast?

11:00 am

the mississippi ri**r + poetic before

11:01 am

hey, BR :-)

11:01 am

not that is wrong, ignore

11:01 am

now i get the french body of water clue! thx BR

11:01 am

:-D

11:02 am

fa 5/18 if anyone has it?

11:02 am

Hello une.

11:02 am

keep the fa5 ; you will finish this grid

11:03 am

Pax, Aloy

11:03 am

or the three big f's... fa5, family and friends

11:03 am

missed church today too..

11:03 am

thanks aloy.

11:03 am

yvw ruru

11:03 am

*smacks head with salmon*

11:03 am

Have to practice your aim

11:04 am

don't smack too hard.. the last letter is kinda tucked near the corner

11:04 am

ra6/21?

11:05 am

went fast afoot and ackroyd

11:05 am

he ra* the race dedicated to *** Quayle

11:06 am

omg, didn't see the r in the lower right corner

11:07 am

fa6/36?

11:08 am

We are preparing to watch the Nathan's hot dog eating contest...

11:08 am

fa + in answer to your in****y, I must think of a clue

11:08 am

hi all.

11:09 am

Hi, m9!

11:09 am

happy 4th

11:09 am

thx aloy!

11:10 am

hi m9, same to you! yw, Shirlock, glad you found it

11:10 am

aaack, missed the pl of the womb again..

11:11 am

Changed icon for occasion...

11:11 am

wow this game makes me feel stupid haha

11:12 am

hang in there, Kerry.. soon you will be learning all kinds of weirdo words (-:

11:13 am

:)

11:13 am

hi all cannot stay need to please dh by cleaning the kitchen!

11:13 am

i only found 26 words so far lol

11:13 am

Hi, sg!

11:13 am

hi sgeek.. now that's a fun thing to do on the fourth!

11:14 am

well is he testy and i am tired of it

11:14 am

ahem, does he ever feel the inclination to clean the kitchen?

11:14 am

maybe he should work out his frustrations by helping you clean it

11:15 am

lol right since i am unemployed he is very testy

11:16 am

ah so.. and I am behind the times .. good luck with your new job hunt, how is it going?

11:16 am

there are no openings for teachers at the time in the year so not well getting the unemployment checks tho

11:17 am

I don't understand this country.. why don't we take care of our teachers and doctors first

11:17 am

have to run for now, ttyl everyone :)

11:17 am

friend of mine lost her job at a private school - she doesn't have a public school cert. so she may not go back into teaching

11:18 am

hagd, Kerry.. see you again, I hope

11:18 am

that is my state - tho i am certified

11:18 am

who has the an 7???? I am trying to rush

11:19 am

the first one

11:19 am

see you later! Aloyisius, thanks!

11:19 am

more doors will be open to you then, sgeek.. she is a great science teacher but also has a background in landscaping etc.

11:19 am

Happy 4th of July all you USers!!! LOL :)

11:19 am

an7 cantabile, musical term geek

11:20 am

i was considering tutoring in the fall/spring and also looking into taking the master gardner classes - sounds like i would like your friend

11:20 am

you a.. me and poker stake science

11:20 am

ty, aloy and cathyar :)

11:20 am

an7 dont know musical terms well

11:20 am

means kinda slow in music

11:20 am

an + author of The Cameron?

11:21 am

means at a slow walking pace

11:21 am

um, the poet.. rings of hell stuff

11:21 am

an7 cantabile means at a slow walking pace that is :)

11:21 am

yes, a slow passage..

11:21 am

singable walking, really :)

11:22 am

dont get it!

11:22 am

(that's always been one of my more favorite musical terms, can you tell)

11:22 am

nice pace

11:22 am

science see my clueeee

11:22 am

an7's inferno

11:22 am

went on a hike with some people yesterday that didn't know that term, lol

11:22 am

ty got it with the poet in hell!

11:22 am

ty

11:22 am

11:20

11:22 am

yay, hell helped

11:23 am

well, I must run .. fireworks going off, things to be done.. see you all - have a safe and fun holiday!

11:23 am

be well, aloy, and happy 4th

11:25 am

hey all

11:25 am

hey, peri

11:25 am

an5/10 pls hope it is not fishworthy

11:26 am

Hi, peri, dc, and Joanne...wandered off...

11:26 am

an and camping canvas minus the first t

11:27 am

hi. jellen

11:27 am

ty Joane, never see that word

11:27 am

ty, joanne

11:27 am

hi jellen and HAPPY 4TH to u all!!! enjoy

11:27 am

yvw

11:27 am

it's been here before, that's the only way i knew it lol

11:31 am

dw5 small person

11:32 am

yes, frank zapper sang about breeding the dw's

11:33 am

someone else did about short people and they banded the song or was that Frank??

11:33 am

short people - randy newman

11:33 am

randy newman

11:33 am

they banned it too

11:33 am

zappa

11:33 am

not zapper

11:33 am

ahhh yes that's right

11:34 am

science, you celebrating today??

11:35 am

perhaps later - riding the harley with testy husband then some fireworks

11:36 am

lol, is it hot there, it is here. A ride might be nice.

11:37 am

va 5/18?

11:37 am

Hubby gave me a cold last week and it won't get off me. Spent most of the weekend indoors but for a car ride last night

11:38 am

like the white and black chinese bear

11:38 am

ty joanne - bll need to make nice before dh comes home

11:38 am

ok byeee have fun

11:40 am

Bye, sg

11:49 am

Oops...killed chat yet again...

11:51 am

what do the 8's start with?

11:52 am

qu, both of them

11:53 am

One is a fairly common word...the other is weird, IMHO...

hello there!

11:56 am

Hi, TNC!

I have 52 left

11:56 am

50 left here...

11:57 am

Go Jellen! Go Tea! *sits at finish line with checkered flag*

11:57 am

hey all...

11:57 am

Hey, stid!

11:58 am

afternoon everyone

11:58 am

hey Mom

11:58 am

{{Stid}} hello

11:58 am

Mom! *hugs*

hi stiddles

and mom

11:58 am

{{Jellen}} hello

11:59 am

hi fa 5/22 and 6 last ones?????anyone?

11:59 am

hey science.

11:59 am

just checked facebook, Dr. God has a new entry. The letter tiles are now clickable and he is hooking up the chat log

12:00 pm

fa 5 = sg, could you do me a fa***?

12:00 pm

Science, do me fa*** and ask for a different clue

12:00 pm

nm just need the last fa 6

12:00 pm

Then Brit. spelling

12:00 pm

nm dont need that either lol

12:00 pm

awesome! ((Hugs DrG)) thanks for the news, Mom!

12:00 pm

ty jellen

12:01 pm

this is like waiting for Santa

12:02 pm

fr 5?

12:02 pm

I know! If it takes much longer, I will have eaten all the cookies and milk!

12:03 pm

fr5 french money

monetary unit, science

12:03 pm

{{Une}} hello

12:04 pm

ahh yes ty old unit

12:04 pm

bonjour, Une! Nadal WON! (of course)

12:04 pm

hey, mom :-)

12:04 pm

maybe in time for flip tonight. Which means I hope to wake up to use the potty around 1 a.m.

12:04 pm

rofl Mom!

12:04 pm

i know, stid -- watched it this morning -- sooo proud of him!!

12:04 pm

thanks Une and Tea for the clue

12:05 pm

yw :-)

you are welcome!

12:05 pm

must take pups out to pee -- back in a mo :-)

12:05 pm

need to scoot off here and dry my hair, just wanted to share the news. {{Hugs}} to all of you

I read that as pops to pee - hmmmm!

12:06 pm

lol Tea

12:06 pm

later <om

12:06 pm

or later Mom *sigh* my figners are in the wrong places today

12:07 pm

Later, Mom

how are you doing, jellen? 35 to go for me

12:07 pm

hi again

12:07 pm

hey feather.

12:08 pm

I'm tired of being in a hospital room!

12:08 pm

I am catching up Tea, down to 83...

I'm sorry!

12:08 pm

Oh, you mean how many...40 left

go stiddy go

my dad has put on 2 pounds over the weekend from the nutritional supplements! yay!

12:09 pm

i'm having a hard time getting motivated to unpack

12:09 pm

Good for your dad, TNC!

12:09 pm

last two ra's

12:09 pm

very good Tea, and STILL in the hospital, Jellen?

12:09 pm

I know what you mean, feather!

the second qu 8?

12:10 pm

Yes, stid...update in profile, but basically, they're trying to control pain and figure out why he hurts...

12:10 pm

*tells self, "I'll just do a few words first"*

12:10 pm

qu plus vowel and cons then add mild sewar word da

12:11 pm

help on the solo E in the second row down for NBT?

12:11 pm

volcano

12:12 pm

please last two ra's?????

12:12 pm

don't feel bad stid, i didn't have it either!

12:12 pm

I'm in a qu***ary + mild swear word

12:12 pm

gee whiz, Jellen *gentle hugs*

thank you!

12:12 pm

thanks science, I knew it was going to be a fish

12:12 pm

NBT and down to 75 now

yay, stid

12:12 pm

One ra6 is like a canyon...

12:13 pm

ty jellen

12:13 pm

i am rishing before the king comes home

12:13 pm

Take away the last letter for the ra5

12:14 pm

brb

12:15 pm

shoot. can't de-pluralize innards.

12:15 pm

done yay!

12:15 pm

yay science!

12:15 pm

thanks for the QU8s... halfway!

12:15 pm

YAY science!

12:16 pm

clues quick........need to go so he wont know i wasted one hour here

12:16 pm

innards??? *Thinking*

12:16 pm

medical words for innards

yay science

12:16 pm

in other wo4s, innard doesn't work

12:16 pm

like the witches would read the en***** of the dead

12:17 pm

en 6 = all of it

12:17 pm

hello all

12:17 pm

in = what kje is dealing with this week at the hospital

12:17 pm

hi m9

12:17 pm

hey m! happy today!

12:17 pm

okay bye for now have a great day!

12:17 pm

got it, innards off list. LOL

12:17 pm

later science! thanks!

12:18 pm

hiya hiya

12:18 pm

hi nutty!

hi, m, hi, nut

12:18 pm

NUTLY!!!! (((many hugs)))

12:18 pm

lol, thought you typed "manly" hugs stid

12:18 pm

howdy doody herbeee stiddeee teezy

12:19 pm

Hey, nutty!

12:19 pm

hiya jellster!

12:19 pm

where are these manly hugs?

12:19 pm

Read my profile, if you have a minute...Tim's in the hospital...

12:19 pm

ok jell

12:19 pm

Oh, and I've started reading the Stephanie Plum books...

12:20 pm

3 left

12:20 pm

Manly ((((hugs))))) all around ..

12:20 pm

go dobie go!

12:20 pm

Go, jmb!

12:20 pm

listing at 63. *determined mama look*

12:20 pm

Heyas, tor!

hi tor

and everyone else

14 left

12:21 pm

AN 6 for the last A?

12:21 pm

go tea go!

kids are calling, brb

12:21 pm

so where are you sleeping jellen?

12:21 pm

hey tor!! (((UN-manly hugs)))

12:22 pm

help with fa5/22 pls

12:22 pm

In a hospital cot next to him...

12:22 pm

They're going to need to put me in traction soon!

12:22 pm

help with fa5/22 pls

12:22 pm

stuff pillows betweens the springs and the mattress to soften it up a bit

12:23 pm

i listed at 59 i think *too tired to check chog*

12:23 pm

Do me a fa***, please Peri!

12:23 pm

64 left, falling asleep as i sit. better get up and do something useful.

peri, I'll do you a fa*** by giving you a clue.

12:24 pm

Thinking of buying a camp mattress or egg crate...

12:24 pm

Hi, julie

12:24 pm

i did the air mattress after a while, it worked pretty nice,...bouncy and squeaky though

hi

12:25 pm

hey julie

12:25 pm

i'm glad they have a good internet connection for you

12:25 pm

bbl for last 3. good hunting

12:25 pm

This puppy groans and shrieks every time I move!

12:25 pm

lol...you got a good one...still, better than sleeping on the floor. i don't recognize any of the drugs in your profile.

12:25 pm

Yes...it was out this morning, and I thought about panicking...

12:26 pm

ty Jellen

12:26 pm

no one talked about immunotherapy at all?

12:26 pm

down to an even 50. Going to go lie down and rest a bit and then tackle some of the readings. (((Jellen))) (((Nut))) (((everyone))) see you again soon. *poof*

12:27 pm

Yes, that's an option after this clinical trial...

my mother took avastin...works to disable tumor's blood supply.

12:27 pm

its a bitch...but it works really well in some people

worked. for her. until she decided to discontinue it

12:28 pm

i meant immunotherapy actually...i don't know avastin. but i like the name.

12:29 pm

Aye, matey!

12:29 pm

it has a certain upbeat quality to it.

like avast,, matey!

12:29 pm

lol...avast avast

12:30 pm

so jellen, you're getting out of the room right? walking..eating..drinking?

12:30 pm

The specialist in St. Louis was very positive about the cocktail in the study...

a as in not, vas as in blood vessel

12:31 pm

talking to people

12:31 pm

Daily trips to Target...sharing Tim's food and eating better than at home!

12:31 pm

Talking to people, mostly online...

12:31 pm

giving yourself little treats? stop at a coffee shop.

12:31 pm

Playing poker online...

12:32 pm

There's a Starbucks in the Target...

12:32 pm

we have a gambler!!!

12:32 pm

you're being a good girl then

12:32 pm

i rarely left the room, was dumb of me

12:32 pm

Aw, shucks! I try...

un6/36 pls?

12:33 pm

gd evening everybody

12:33 pm

Tim's mom's been here for a couple of days...leaving this afternoon...

12:33 pm

i really got to buy some food already, i can chips or crackers for lunch

12:33 pm

Hi, ruby!

12:34 pm

that's good, she can give you a rest...not on the cot

i am starving. i am down to 11 lbs

12:34 pm

11 lbs!

LOLOLOL 111

12:35 pm

wow...that's something

12:35 pm

un + create art with a pencil

12:35 pm

a little better i would say

i really want to dine out for a treat but not alone. tired of that

ty jellen

12:36 pm

i could grab dinner with some halfway normal looking guy from online, but i really don't want to

12:36 pm

oh my, jellen. When I tried to get into your profile yesterday, my computer totally locked up. Reading over the chog, I see what's going on.. Poor you and poor Tim!! Avastin was part of my "cancer cocktail" but it was a different type.

12:37 pm

20 years ago in November!

well send him here. if he doesn't mind dining with his grandmother :D

12:37 pm

you might like, i think he's a drummer

12:37 pm

If you enjoy wine, there are sometimes wine tasting dinners where the seating is at long tables. A great way to dine "not alone."

12:38 pm

qu8/70?

12:38 pm

when I used to travel for biz and had to eat alone, I started eating sushi. It solved the problem!

12:38 pm

I used to have a weakness for drummers (in high school/college)

12:38 pm

i do enjoy wine...can't wait to open my rhed butterl

12:39 pm

qu8- australian fruit

12:39 pm

I'm in a qu***ary + mild swear wo 4/9

12:39 pm

qu + indefinite article + old-fashioned curse word

i would love to make some summer sangria

12:40 pm

pb for ruby!

12:40 pm

oh no! I hope there is something sweet in there!

12:41 pm

Sangria is a great use for some of that cheap Aussie red that is too sweet to drink on its own. Yellow Tail and such like...

12:41 pm

thanks

12:41 pm

TO: great trick for sangria: cut up the fruit and cover with sugar then cover with cheap brandy and leave out overnight

12:41 pm

lol, just got the un 5/12...been scrutinizing grid for ages!

instead of wine?

12:42 pm

That's a plural I always miss...

12:42 pm

it is wonderful that you have the internet connection, jellen

in5/16?

12:42 pm

then, the next day, you add cheap red wine (like Gallo burgundy) and ice cubes

12:42 pm

I'd say, start with ruby's trick, then add the wine and sparkling ice the next day.

12:42 pm

in + ***iety is the spice of life!

12:43 pm

the brandy keeps it from becoming insipid when you add the ice

12:43 pm

and we'll all be over to share it TO!

12:43 pm

Bet the fruit, sugar, and brandy is good on its own, too.

12:43 pm

that's only for the cook!

ty

12:44 pm

By the way, I always make ice for sangria with sparkling water--gives it that little bit of spritz.

sandra lee made watermelon martinis today. how about I whip some up for the pb?

12:44 pm

with the brandy/fruit/sugar mixture, you'll be fizzy even without it!

12:44 pm

If you do, we'll all be racing to put words in the chat!

12:45 pm

I'm already there!

fa6/36? ia am blind to these last few

12:45 pm

Sounds yummy!! word! word! word!

12:45 pm

and so are you, jan lol

12:45 pm

Watermelon juice is one of the great refreshing drinks you get in China. And I think it is often used with Mexican agua fresca

back for more, Jellen - did you finish without me?

12:46 pm

fa + I'm starting an in****y into the question of the watermelon martinis

12:46 pm

do you just add gin to it, jan?

12:46 pm

Oh no, TNC...21 left

i am even stumped by an an 4 :/

ok, I have 8 left

12:48 pm

could you mash up your own watermelon? Or maybe inject the gin?

12:48 pm

quashed the qu's!

un 6/21?

12:48 pm

I'm obsessing on the martini!

12:48 pm

Ms. Paquin? an 4/4?

12:49 pm

un + let an apartment

one stinkin an 4 left!

12:49 pm

put up your $$ in poker?

12:49 pm

against?

duh, thank you!

and ty! exceptionally nice display in honor of the holiday

12:49 pm

ty for un, jellen

yay, TO

12:49 pm

I didn't see the martini recipe, but I would guess you would strain the watermelon juice well to make the consistency right, then probably add vodka, perhaps a bit of fresh lemon or lime, and maybe a splash of simple syrup or Roses's lime juice. Just a guess though.

12:50 pm

oh, a vodka martini! hmm, I was thinking of gin, but the other wd be better!

12:50 pm

Yay, TO! Hooray for you!!!

12:51 pm

I thought you were looking out your window, TO! duh!

12:52 pm

hi all

12:52 pm

I am stuck with nothing for the bottom A

12:52 pm

jmc, hello!

and done!

12:52 pm

hi jmc! Are you having a great time?

12:52 pm

yay tea!

12:53 pm

Yay for TNC!!!

12:53 pm

yay TNC!

12:54 pm

a + v** (promise)

12:54 pm

any hints for the bottom a, pls???

12:54 pm

ty jellen! nbt at last!

bye all

12:56 pm

Fireworks--and a few hours before the real things, too!

12:56 pm

Bye TO--enjoy the day.

12:56 pm

Hooray for jan!!!

12:56 pm

wahoo jan!

12:56 pm

Bye, TO

12:56 pm

yay Jan!

12:57 pm

bye TO

12:57 pm

An/7--Italianate musical term meaning 'slwo'

12:57 pm

slow, that is...

12:57 pm

And that's without any watermelon martinis at all...

12:58 pm

great clue, thank you jan!

12:58 pm

2nd ch 7/40 please

12:58 pm

Alternate spelling of Indian relish

12:58 pm

I only have one, c + person who kills animals

12:58 pm

thanks jan!

12:59 pm

ty jan

12:59 pm

YW...the usual spelling was one of my early phantoms

Watermelon martinis:

/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup water 4 cups cubed seedless watermelon 2 tablespoons lemon juice Ice 1 bottle sparkling water 4 ounces citrus vodka, optional Directions In a small saucepan combine the sugar with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then remove from the heat and let cool. In a blender add the watermelon, 2 tablespoons of the sugar syrup and the lemon juice and puree until smooth. Strain through fine mesh sieve into a bowl and discard the pulp. Fill a pitcher with ice, add the watermelon mixture and stir until chilled. Pour into chilled martini glasses and top with seltzer. Add vodka, if desired.

1:00 pm

Oh! 2 left!

1:01 pm

hi all

1:01 pm

jambo

1:01 pm

Pretty close to my guess, then. Though it wold be quicker to substitute Rose's lime juice for the simple syrup. Unless you happen to have simple syrup on hand.

jambo, je!

1:02 pm

great recipe TO!! thank you

1:02 pm

no drinking allowed at the Kenya Quaker conference :-(

1:02 pm

What time should I be over, TO?

1:02 pm

Jambo, jmc!

1:03 pm

we'll liquify the PB for when you get back

1:03 pm

try to sneak in some cane liquor!

I don't know about the sparkling water. Seems thatwould be used if one does not use vodka. as if.

1:04 pm

Over and out. I'm off to my nephew and niece's new house for a housewarming. Tea and cake, no watermelon martinis, sadly.

1:04 pm

hahah TO!

1:04 pm

bye jan, ty for the help

1:04 pm

did i say something to need to go to the PB? haven't really had a chance to babble

1:04 pm

bye jan

well bring your flask jan. je brought her bottle of jack didn't you? :D

1:04 pm

I think I's skip the sparkling water in favor of more watermelon juice. It's pretty watery itself. If you use the sparkiling water, it's more of a collins than a martini.

1:05 pm

just slip me some vodka

1:05 pm

no i am on the wagon here

oh well. folks i can buy a blender and watermelon, but in this state no liquor sales on sunday

1:07 pm

oh no!

1:07 pm

I saw an interesting item on the 'shaken not stirred' debate that explained that it really does make a differnce if the vodka is potato based rather than grain based. Potato based vodka has a slight oiliness, and shaking creates an emulsion that makes the drink taste smoother. No impact on grain vodka though.

well je, i tried to win a bottle at our church carnival last night. no dice.

1:08 pm

I don't like the taste of potato vodka, plain old smirnoff (red) and Evian (no ice) with a Tuscan pepper

1:08 pm

I can't drink until I get to Tanzania and no one knows me!

1:08 pm

that's a Nessie

1:08 pm

too bad TO

i have not tasted potato vodka. is there a certain brand?

1:09 pm

I thought it was nasty! It was Polish

1:09 pm

and expensive!

1:09 pm

maybe the problem was it was polish

1:09 pm

Actually I don't know. I probably use our hard alcohol stash more for cooking than for drinking.

1:10 pm

I like a drink while I'm cooking, not wine

1:10 pm

I did have an interesting Polish vodka once--flavored with bison grass!

1:10 pm

bison grass??? *confused look*

1:11 pm

I hope it was washed first!

1:11 pm

I know there are bison in Poland

1:11 pm

I hope they sterilized it first!

1:11 pm

I had bison for lunch

1:11 pm

eeew

1:11 pm

Yup. I'd never heard of it either, but it's a traditional Polish speciality. It gets served a lot half and half with apple juice.

1:12 pm

I give up with 37 words left. Good night everybody!

1:13 pm

Bison grass is a kind of grass, not grass where bison have been hanging out.

1:13 pm

Bye ruby!

night ruby. and bye all

1:14 pm

Now i'm really gone...

1:14 pm

ooh, got 2 more!

1:14 pm

Bye, ruby and jan

1:14 pm

*poof*

1:14 pm

ty for the information jan I must go myself I am having a flash of $$$$$ going past my eyes

1:14 pm

go ruby go!

1:14 pm

ruby gone...

1:15 pm

{{jmc}}

1:15 pm

okay i am gone too (thought she meant she had two w***s left!)

1:15 pm

hugs to you too ruby

1:15 pm

!!Fireworks!!

1:15 pm

*poof*

1:15 pm

Bye, jmc!

1:16 pm

yay jellen!

1:16 pm

Thanks, MizH!

1:17 pm

yvw!

1:17 pm

Spent forever looking for my last one: ra 5/14...*resolves to study alphabet more*

1:26 pm

vr 5/26 please

1:28 pm

vr + ** and about + high-point letter

1:28 pm

sorry **t and about (two vowels)

1:28 pm

thanks leslie!

1:29 pm

yw

1:31 pm

ty Leslie. And Hi all.

1:32 pm

can anyone please help me with qu5?

1:33 pm

sorry.......... wrong question

1:33 pm

which one?

1:33 pm

Hi, LA, wht, and Rhondabe!

1:33 pm

hello all

1:34 pm

Got an ecard from my aunt celebrating the day...

1:35 pm

Hi to you all!! Can anyone clue me please for ga5

1:36 pm

First four letters of previous word + personal pronoun

1:37 pm

Thank you soooooooo much!

1:37 pm

OR My entree was served with a parley ga***sh...

1:38 pm

OR ga + *egistered *urse + 3rd vowel

1:38 pm

fireworks!

1:38 pm

lol, You are quite welcome!

1:39 pm

yayyy miz!

1:39 pm

Wahoo, MizH!!!

1:39 pm

thanks!

1:40 pm

hello

1:40 pm

Hi, harp!

1:42 pm

this is a 49 star flag btw

1:42 pm

you got something against hawaii? :)

1:43 pm

lol

1:44 pm

an7, not the musical one?

1:44 pm

Mine isn't accurate for any time period...:-(

1:44 pm

against + what we breathe

1:45 pm

thanks

1:47 pm

brb

1:48 pm

ri7?

1:54 pm

I believe it's French for waterway

1:55 pm

Very similar to the French Ri****a, coastal region

1:56 pm

" A necklace of precious stones, generally set in one strand."

1:56 pm

Boy, was I wrong!

1:56 pm

Howdy, Tor!

1:57 pm

I actually got it from your clue though ..

2:00 pm

hi babblers

2:01 pm

love the icons ... Hello everyone

2:02 pm

shdybr8! long time no see!

2:02 pm

hi une,how are you?

2:03 pm

i'm ok . . . are you anywhere near the gulf?

2:03 pm

yes, baton rouge, and i work for la wildlife and fisheries, so this whole thing is a nightmare

2:04 pm

ohmygosh, so sorry -- so it's really hit home for you :-(

2:04 pm

not affecting me financially yet, but a topic every day

2:05 pm

i can imagine . . .

2:05 pm

shdy!!! been thinking of you lots!!!

2:05 pm

hi everyone!

2:05 pm

it's nothing for me compared to the fishermen and the critters

2:05 pm

lbd! <hugs>

2:06 pm

hey, dawg :-)

2:06 pm

Hello, everyone...wander away and a crowd arrives!

2:06 pm

hi unea!

2:06 pm

hi Jellen!

2:06 pm

hiya jellen

2:07 pm

hello again, jellen :-)

2:09 pm

How has your holiday been?

2:09 pm

how have you been, lbd?

2:10 pm

doing well, shdy. nothing exciting to report.

2:10 pm

well, i suppose nothing exciting is better than the alternative, huh?

2:12 pm

personally, i'm just watching for dark, trying to prep the dogs for the noise and stuff

2:12 pm

shdy, know what you mean -- of my 3, only one is terrified of loud noises -- she has no idea what's coming LOL

2:13 pm

going over to the neighbors for burgers and socializing later, but best i get to see my buddy the rotweiler.

2:13 pm

i finally got a mild sedative for her, since she was losing her mind so badly when we had thunderstorms . . .

2:13 pm

hold her tight, une! mine all freak out for thunder, no hope

2:13 pm

I dislike firecrackers...like non-noisy fireworks!

2:14 pm

Awww...Hugs for Une's dog

2:14 pm

sounds fun, lbd, give the big dog a hug from me

2:14 pm

i'm with you, Jellen. don't like firecrackers, fireworks, loud noises. I figure by the time everyone will be setting things off I'll be in bed.

2:14 pm

had fun lovin' on my brother's dogs yesterday -- a weimaraner and a labradoodle :-)

2:15 pm

My brother's family has a labradoodle...what a friendly dog!

2:15 pm

the neighbors also have a bernaise mountain dog, but he's not as loving as the rottie.

2:15 pm

i'll be in bed with 3 trembling critters, makes for a good night

2:16 pm

the tiny girl is about 50 pounds, the boys are closer to 90

2:17 pm

wowser!

2:17 pm

My cats are home alone...thank goodness we have different neighbors than last year!

2:17 pm

oh, and my name, the tiny girl is Shady Lady, the old man is Bear. Nico came along too late to get in my name

2:17 pm

my dogs and i would hide in the basement and i'd play classical music through the night. now, i just go to bed and hope nobody sets the house on fire.

2:17 pm

Those are big critters, shdy!

2:18 pm

aw, sweet, shdy! :-)

2:18 pm

90 lbs chickens! lol

2:18 pm

my munchkins, I love them

2:19 pm

Like your icon as usual, lbd

2:20 pm

My Molly was about 50 lbs. I think I'll try for someone smaller next time...

2:21 pm

it's not about size, jellen (loaded statement) it's about love!

2:22 pm

I know...and you never know who I'll end up with, but I would love a dog who is easier to lift when needed...

2:23 pm

sorry to not be much fun, the guy in my icon just left me Thursday, hurting

2:23 pm

Oh, (((shdy)))!

2:24 pm

that's why i'm gonna focus on the puppies for this holiday

2:25 pm

Been through that with my ex-husband...it was a total surprise...

shdy - do you ride?

2:26 pm

sorry to hear that shdy. pooh on him for hurting you. love the pupsters all the more

2:26 pm

Animals are reliable when it comes to love...

2:26 pm

Hi, sg

Oh, I should not have asked......

2:26 pm

not such a surprise, jellen, i actually feel more relieved than anything else

Shdy - did you get heavy rains this week from Alex?

2:27 pm

It took me a while, then I felt relief!

am in Houston and we got torrential rain

2:27 pm

do i ride? huh?

Motorcycles - was looking at the icon

2:27 pm

we got a fair amount early in the week

we finally cleared up today now it is too hot to handle

2:28 pm

can anyone help me ou6 please

ou 6 is an alternative spelling for a large primate

2:28 pm

no, geek, not me in the pic, too sad to bother with changing it

i am sorry

2:29 pm

ou + what the phone did

2:29 pm

thank you

okay, home alone for the rest of the day......dh is working on a fireworks show...i dont want to go....so on to jewelry designs

2:30 pm

Woohoo! Future MIL left to go home! Is that bad??

yes! I hear that Jellen!

2:31 pm

sg...You make jewelry? So do I, or rather, I have!

you will have to learn to deal with her

2:31 pm

god, he just called, wants to come "home"

2:32 pm

She's not that bad...but she does love to talk, and I don't much...

2:32 pm

Oh, no, shdy!

Jellen, sorry about Tim! I just read your profile....

Yes, I make jewelry.....full time now

Shdy - what do you think about him?

2:32 pm

i apologize for talking about this, but i have nowhere else to go

2:33 pm

Thanks sg...he's doing much better pain-wise...Actually, he's a tad loopy, lol

we understand

I will send prayers your way Jellen

2:33 pm

No need to apologize, shdy...we're here for you...

many of us "talk" here

2:34 pm

thursday i called the police because he was tearing the house apart and called me a dumb fing cword, loudly enough that the neighbors were worried

oh no...was he drunk?

2:34 pm

yes, at 7 am

maybe some couples counseling is in order? will he go?

oops that is a problem....

maybe AA

dont let him in unless he will agree to some counseling...sounds to risky...you have to be safe

2:35 pm

i thought about that, but when we talked, all he cared about was that he has "stuff" in my house. He didn't care about the so-called relationship

put his stuff in the driveway and tell him to come and get it.

2:36 pm

i was going to suggest that he sign a 6 month lease, and we see how we are after that

2:36 pm

Afternoon, lads and lassies! Happy 4th of July to my fellow Yanks!

2:37 pm

I'd would think some time and space is in order...

2:37 pm

Judi!

Judi! Hola ladybug!

2:37 pm

that's what the cops said, geek!, but i'm not that person, i won't disrespect someone that way

2:37 pm

You've have problems before, haven't you, shdy?

Okay ladies and lurkers....I am outta here...maybe back later.

YOu need to RESPECT yourself FIRST shdy!

2:38 pm

hello babblers

2:38 pm

Would love to talk jewelry sometime, sg!

2:38 pm

yes, jellen, i'm just too stupid to let it go

2:38 pm

Hi, onyx

abuse is abuse

2:38 pm

Reading back in the chat... sorry to hear of your dilema shdybr8. Perhaps it's best not to sign any papers with this person. Alcoholics are very unreliable.

Jellen - find me on facebook - creative habits artisan jewelry - or email me creativehabits@embarqmail.com -- we are neighbors

2:38 pm

Stupid is not the right word! Maybe too optimistic...

2:39 pm

i went on friday and opened a new bank account, took myself off of our shared one

2:39 pm

Maybe he should just come and get all of his "stuff". They you can talk later at a neutral location - hopefully where he wont throw things around and curse at you.

Shdy - take care of you first. I lived with somone who beat me...

Yes, Judi!

2:40 pm

clue for the lone e?

lived with him until he broke my ribs and gave me a concussion and a collapsed lung...

2:40 pm

That, and pee in the gas tank of his motorcycle. Oh wait - not mature.

lone e - volcano

2:40 pm

geek, he hasn't hit me yet, but my first husband did, so I know what to look for

fishy

well, this idiot i lived with did not start out hitting me....it took a couple of years

2:41 pm

Will look you up now, sg!

Judi - lol - better to put some diesel fuel in the tank

2:41 pm

that's why he's homeless and i'm just sad and scared

narcissistic personality disorder

2:41 pm

Wisdome consists of not making the same mistake twice, shdy. It's okay to love him, just don't live with him.

Dont feel sorry for him he is a grown man

okay bbl

2:42 pm

i'm not, and i thank all of you for listening and caring

2:42 pm

AND, if he's talking about coming to get his stuff, he must have an alternative place to put it. So, don't buy any homeless boo-hooing.

2:43 pm

i already called the local constable, so he won't be here without help

2:43 pm

stoopid volcano!

2:44 pm

brb

2:44 pm

That's good, shdy. And the correct spelling is "wisdom". Duh.

2:45 pm

ok, wanna hear something funny? he actually told the police that he was ripping the house apart because I took his teeth and hid them from him. Seriously? Even the cops couldn't help but laugh.

2:46 pm

lol. That is funny! Sad, but funny.

2:46 pm

bad, shdy, taking his teef! rofl

2:46 pm

i think the word is pathetic

2:47 pm

Oh Shdy, I hope he didn't have them in his mouth when he was telling the story. I am sorry for the heartache. {{Hugs}}

2:47 pm

look out dawg, I'l steal your teeth next, apparently I'm that kind of woman!

2:48 pm

Oh, hell. Now I'm curious. Did he ever find his teeth??

2:48 pm

Say "teeth thief" three times really fast!

2:48 pm

and I forgot my manners, hello

2:49 pm

particularly with no teeth!

2:49 pm

Hello again, Mom!

2:49 pm

Hi Mom

2:49 pm

{{Jellen}} hello

2:49 pm

Hi Shdy

2:50 pm

watching Andy Griffith, love seeing the grocery market window to see what things cost back then.

2:50 pm

I found them yesterday, I have a plastic cup in the bathroom I use for taking allergy pills and vitamins. I picked it up, and it rattled (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere)

2:51 pm

Is it the grid or Lickety's list that's off today. I have all but one q ticked off in Lickety's list, but the grid says I still have 5 to find.

2:51 pm

Judi, my Lickety has 12 and the grid has 12

2:52 pm

and I have 10 of the 12

2:52 pm

on both spots

2:53 pm

maybe you need to refresh

2:53 pm

good night my friends, thanks for listening

2:53 pm

Ah. Refreshing did the trick.

2:53 pm

Hello everybody, and a very happy Fourth to all you Yanks. Shdy, sorry your going thru a tough time.

2:53 pm

oh Shdy, you are in my thoughts. Take care of yourself. {{Hugs}}

2:53 pm

Hiya, Soodle.

2:54 pm

Thank you Soodle and hello {{hugs}}

2:54 pm

Bye shdy...Hope all goes well...

2:54 pm

Hullo, Soodle!

2:54 pm

Good night, shdy! Good luck!

2:55 pm

This time 10 years ago, I was in Florida. You lot over there really know how to throw a party. I wish I was back there right now....

2:55 pm

how the hell are there c words in this grid?

2:55 pm

sorry

2:55 pm

i've only figured out one, onyx - ch5s and ladders

2:55 pm

Ch, onyx.

2:55 pm

All CH's onyx.....

2:55 pm

Hi Onyx. I only have one C wo** it is a parach***

2:55 pm

ok just found 2 of them

2:56 pm

cheet

2:56 pm

ch7 is an alt spelling for an Indian relish

2:56 pm

opps..

2:57 pm

Think of an accompanyment to Indian cuisine, spelled differently....

2:57 pm

got that one , boy every one is really helpfull today thank

2:57 pm

ch7 (first) is c + wild game h*****

2:58 pm

and the other one is what Elmer Fudd is, with a C in front......

2:58 pm

thanks all, the C is now grayed

2:58 pm

love Elmer Fudd

2:58 pm

Clue for the second qu8 please

2:59 pm

Wascally wabbit!

2:59 pm

yeah got the c's a small victory

Hello again babblers, back from too many hot dogs, and such. happy 4th to the americanos.

2:59 pm

If anybody needs an 'R' clue, I will give one, with an Elmer Fudd accent.....

2:59 pm

Hi Red, happy 4th to you as well

2:59 pm

I'm in a qu***ary + mild swear wo**

2:59 pm

Hey, Red! You can't have too many hot-dogs!!

I would like this grid to finish itself.

2:59 pm

qu + I know this **swer + swear kids use instead of damn

3:00 pm

Hello red!

3:00 pm

and the 2 that gave me a hard time are real words

3:00 pm

Hi All

3:00 pm

{{River}} hello and happy 4th

3:00 pm

Hi, River!

3:00 pm

Hello {{{River}}}

3:00 pm

just got back from the movies - took kids to see The Last Airbender

3:00 pm

in 3D

3:00 pm

hey riverdance, and thanks for the q 8 clue

3:01 pm

any more I think the kids are more apt to say damn and us older folks will say dang

was it nice River? I want to see Despicable me.

3:01 pm

ty rd and jellen

3:01 pm

That was a mind bender

3:01 pm

Was at Shrek last night, and saw a trailer of it. Is it good, River?

3:01 pm

they are talking about that this am. NB and some one else, forget who. and they both heard it was possible the worse movie ever made

3:01 pm

We just had the strangest lady in Tim's room...she drew an angel on one of the white boards...

3:01 pm

possibly*

3:01 pm

I enjoyed it - some good action with the 3D - took a picture of us in our matching 3D glasses - kind of funny

3:02 pm

oohhh thats sweet

3:02 pm

could be the reviewer just didn't like the movie

3:02 pm

what a nice thought to do that Jellen

3:02 pm

She kinda floated in, and floated out...

3:03 pm

I'm not so critical - good entertainment for kids - I think that older teen young adult wouldnt get the moral thing

3:03 pm

Oh my Jellen....... that sounds a bit weird.

entertainment is important. I am unsure if we need moral lessons all the time.

3:04 pm

a nice outing for you all just the same

I have 44 left, I think I may go to the list. it is starting to get on my nerves.

3:05 pm

I agree Red but some age groups would be voting for the fight where I am looking for the comradship

3:05 pm

Ha! For moral lessons, go see Shrek the third. Absolutely hilarious, and with a few nice morals....

3:05 pm

too hot to stay here at this happy day all

3:06 pm

Bye Onyx. See you again, soon.

3:06 pm

I have 3 left and cant find them anyway

3:06 pm

Bye, onyx

3:06 pm

bye bye Onyx, nice to see you

3:06 pm

bye onyx

3:06 pm

River - what are you missing?

cool down onyx.

3:06 pm

I have 77 of them River, can I be of help?

3:06 pm

Here to help, River

3:06 pm

that is as long as you don't need any of the 62 I don't have :)

3:06 pm

havent given up yet

3:07 pm

monkeys had a rest while I was gone

3:07 pm

Lol Mom.

3:07 pm

expecting much out of them now

3:07 pm

Ty for Q8 clue.

3:07 pm

I think it's time for a little strawberry ice cream! BBL.

3:07 pm

bye bye Judi

3:08 pm

I could use a clue for the qu5 after the qu 8 that was just clued

3:08 pm

Later, Judi

3:08 pm

qu + picnic pest

3:08 pm

British fashion guru Mary Qu___

3:08 pm

and a fish to go with that. Thank you River and Soddle

help for the an 7 please?

3:10 pm

River, if you go to facebook, Dr. God has a new posting .... you can tap the letters to enter words

3:10 pm

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

3:10 pm

an and the chap who wrote The Inferno....

3:10 pm

interesting, I will have to check that out

its ok Mom, eventually I shall find ti.

3:10 pm

an7, first, musical term for slow...

3:11 pm

an 7 slow down in italian

3:11 pm

an + loved the movie about the volcano ****'s Peak

3:11 pm

an7, second, against + what we breathe

thank you jellen, that was easy!

3:11 pm

How about the an5 after that.

3:11 pm

with Pierce Brosnan - hmmhmm

3:11 pm

an + ***ertainment Tonight

3:11 pm

an + canvas structure without the first cons

3:11 pm

an and the last half of camping equipment

3:11 pm

an and abandon hope all ye who ***er here...

3:12 pm

ty ruru

hello Ru, how is Dylan? and you?

3:12 pm

{Keeping with the theme}

3:12 pm

Hey, ruru

3:12 pm

Hi Wht and Ruru

3:12 pm

Brain is going south as the southern air moves north.

3:12 pm

Hi Wht, Ruru

wht, I suspect you are hotter than me.

3:12 pm

are you at the hospital jellen

3:13 pm

thanks for all the AN clues

3:13 pm

Yes ruru, for at least one more night...

temperature wise I mean...

3:13 pm

clue for the vr4?

3:13 pm

lol Red

3:13 pm

Maybe only one night...

3:14 pm

vr + **! That hurt!

3:14 pm

I have a vr 5 but no 4, and hello LBD,

3:14 pm

vr + last part of what you say at a wedding.

3:14 pm

v + *** your boat

3:14 pm

urgh, monkeys didn't want to see that. thanks jellen

3:14 pm

thanks Jellen, Wht and River

anyone do anything especially fun for the 4th??

3:18 pm

not here, Red. Tomorrow the kids are coming over. How about you?

3:18 pm

**FIREWORKS**

3:18 pm

an6?

3:18 pm

huzzah river!

3:18 pm

Yay, River!!!

3:19 pm

we're heading out to a picnic soon red

3:19 pm

whooo hoooo river

3:19 pm

congratulations River!!!!!!

3:19 pm

an7/28 - i

3:19 pm

AGAINST stuff you breath

I went to a picnic briefly and ran 4 miles, but the 4 would have been done no matter what so I guess it isnt especially special!

3:19 pm

all the activities in the city were yesterday

3:19 pm

we went to fireworks last night - they were great

3:20 pm

I'm going to Target to look at camp mattresses...

3:20 pm

in 5.16?

3:20 pm

in + ***iety is the spice of life!

3:20 pm

got to go - neighbor just called - ready to un*** the tiedye

3:20 pm

thanks again, jellen

3:21 pm

whoohoo - cant wait to see our creations from yesterday

3:21 pm

Fun, River!

3:21 pm

have fun River, see you soon {{hugs}}

3:21 pm

thanks

3:21 pm

An in5/16 word is in plus ***sity football lbdawger & hello

3:21 pm

bye all - happy 4th and as always happy babbling ((HUGS)) to all

3:21 pm

MIN!!! Hello, and happy 4th

3:21 pm

Hi, Min

3:22 pm

Bye (((River)))

3:22 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone? Happy 4th!

3:22 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Hooray!

3:23 pm

well off I go, will need to start supper soon. {{Hugs}} to all of you

3:23 pm

Does anyone have any clues for the ch 7/40 word please

3:23 pm

Bye, Mom...

3:23 pm

{{{Mom}}}. See you soon. Enjoy the rest of the Fourth.

3:23 pm

ch7 is an Indian condiment

3:23 pm

bye {{Jellen}} and {{Soodle}}

3:24 pm

c + someone in the woods with a rifle, min

3:24 pm

Alternative spelling

3:24 pm

Min, I clued it earlier as c + Elmer Fudd's job - tracking widdle wabbits...

3:24 pm

oh yes, there are two ch 7/40s

3:24 pm

first ra6, please

3:25 pm

ra* (sped on foot) + ***2bit

3:26 pm

ty jellen. Great clue

3:27 pm

Oops,I need the 2nd ch 7/40 word. Already have the 1st

3:28 pm

hey all, i really need a friend right now.

3:29 pm

Still here, shdy...

3:29 pm

Both clued, Min

3:29 pm

Hello shdybr8! How are you? It sounds like not too good.

3:29 pm

i don't know what to do, jellen

3:30 pm

Take care of yourself first, shdy...

3:30 pm

i am trying to,

3:30 pm

If you can figure out how...that's the rub, isn't it?

3:32 pm

i went and started a new bank account, and removed myself from the one we shared, and he still overspent

3:32 pm

My current Big Picture philosophy is: Decide what kind of relationship you want and decide if he can have that with you...

3:33 pm

jellen, I am just trying to extricate myself from Hell

3:35 pm

couples fight about money more than almost anything else, I'm told

3:35 pm

good philos jellen

3:36 pm

My analytical side says let him take responsibility for the mess he's made...

3:36 pm

oh oh oh! we never did harpie! we fought about stupid stuff i can't eve n remember what.

3:36 pm

well, evan, i put him on my account, i trusted him,. and he has spent the last month spending my money\

3:37 pm

You're not on the account anymore, so it's his problem...

3:37 pm

actually jellen, i stilla m

3:37 pm

Ouch, shdy!

3:37 pm

oh boy, now that's not acceptable.

3:38 pm

all of my income goes to a different accont now, but my tax refund is still headed there

3:39 pm

reminds me of a Meryn Cadell piece "I was still nursing a tender broken heart when my Visa bill rolled in...."

3:39 pm

i think i would slap down rules, my money/your money. tell him he's to give you x amount of money per pay, you will handle the bills and he can spend the rest as he likes. close the account. then the tax refund can't go there, it will limbo until you set up a new location.

3:39 pm

Hmmm...talk to your bank, and see if you can do anything (talk to a supervisor)...or your accountant...

3:40 pm

get set up with online banking or phone banking, check it daily, and zap it out the minute it hits if you don't want to close the account.

3:41 pm

*If you can do anything at this point about redirecting the money to your new account, that is...

3:41 pm

vi5?

3:41 pm

jellen, i actually let him in to my bank, because i trusted him

3:41 pm

Good thought, nutty!

3:41 pm

or, if you're friendly enough with one of the tellers, leave them with the signed papers to move the money and ask them to track it too. if they notice it going in, they can move it for you. (former teller talking here)

3:41 pm

I know, but he's not being very trustworthy right now...

3:42 pm

vi5 = vi + conjuction

3:42 pm

thanks

3:42 pm

you can trust someone, without trusting them with money anymore. it may be that he's not capable of handing financial responsibility.

3:42 pm

*conjunction

3:43 pm

i went to the bank on friday, i witherew all money from checking, i started a new account

3:44 pm

friday and saturday, he spent about $350

3:44 pm

Does he have any income?

3:45 pm

don't mean to butt in, but you can close the account, yes?

3:45 pm

Hey, Dorens

3:45 pm

yes, he actually makes more than i do

3:45 pm

she did already. but her tax refund is going there

3:45 pm

(lurking but keeping up)

3:46 pm

And he has his own account, too?

3:46 pm

hm... don't know how to tell IRS to switch... but my friend (and accountant) is coming this evening, i could ask him

3:47 pm

*thinking bad thoughts about this guy...

3:47 pm

of course he does, he just wants me to take care of things

3:49 pm

i am a nice person, and i have been spending my life with unkind people

3:50 pm

realizing that is a huge step, shdy

3:52 pm

brb, going to see if I can reach my brother to ask him...

3:53 pm

Hi everyone, I see a lot of the familiar names are still doing the grid daily

3:56 pm

well hello ren

3:57 pm

Hi Leslie

4:00 pm

Okay, my brother, who the chairman of the board of a bank said this: Go to the bank and have them contact the IRS while you are there about changing the account the refund will be sent to...

4:00 pm

Hi, ren

4:01 pm

Shdy, they may give you directions on how to do this yourself, but they should help you with the paperwork you need to complete...

4:02 pm

*hoping shdy's still here*

4:02 pm

Hi Jellen, sorry to read that your fiancee is not very well. My thoughts are with you.

4:02 pm

Hi there..is LBD around???

4:03 pm

Oh, thank you, ren...

4:03 pm

Hi, shooshoo...she was...

4:03 pm

hmm wanted to talk to her. Oh well thanks

4:05 pm

Doesn't appear she's online...

4:06 pm

just tu6 ftw...

4:07 pm

oh got it! fireworks!

4:08 pm

Yay, LA!!!

4:08 pm

brb

4:09 pm

well done Leslie, not far off myself now

4:10 pm

anything in particular you need, ren?

4:12 pm

no not really ,thanks anyway, just working my way through Licketys list. Bit rusty at the moment but hope that will change soon.

4:12 pm

it's like riding a bike, ren!

4:13 pm

lets hope so! Been on here a few days now before I started on the chat again so improving already

4:18 pm

BBL Tim's going for a test, so I'm going to run an errand or two...Have fun, ren!

4:19 pm

Thanks Jellen, take care

4:20 pm

actually can I have a clue for the in5,16 please Leslie

4:21 pm

in5 is most of the in6 - means between/among

4:21 pm

in6 extends to in7, also

4:22 pm

college in7

4:22 pm

and ty for those, ren :)

4:24 pm

in5/16 = in + ***sity sports in school

4:25 pm

glad to be of help dcseain, even if I still have not found it

4:27 pm

Or in + ***iety is the spice of life ..

4:28 pm

finally I have found it, thanks guys

4:28 pm

good evening, all

4:29 pm

hi, torg and python and ren

4:29 pm

hi dc

4:29 pm

un6 the drapes - let some light in

4:30 pm

(hm wonder what Amelia Bedelia would do with that instruction)

hello all again i have 34 left

4:31 pm

howdy, red

4:31 pm

hi red

how is all?

4:31 pm

Hi python and red

4:31 pm

i'm good, but my cat is sick

4:31 pm

i've been tired today and sleeping on and off, even after a 6h night of sleep

4:32 pm

oh, sorry to hear, python! hopefully nothing serious

Oh no Python, hopefully kitty is improving?

4:32 pm

it is serious, she is almost 16 yrs old

DC, if I got only 6 hrs, I'd be napping all day long.

4:32 pm

:/

4:32 pm

i think it is her time

Oh Python. My Mom lost 2 cats this year, one 19 and one 21. it was terrible.

4:32 pm

well, napping i think due to the 3 nights of >5h leading to the 6h one :)

is kitty in pain?

4:33 pm

peace be with you both, python; that's hard

4:33 pm

it is nearing bedtime here in England and I still have 17 to find so I better press on so please dont think I am being rude for not chatting

4:33 pm

no she's not in pain, had her to vet today, gave her meds and said come back in a few days,

its k ren, no thought of rudeness.

glad she is not physically hurting.

4:34 pm

she is lethargic and off her food, but is still drinking water

4:34 pm

let us know if you need a hint, ren :)

clue fpr fr5, 18?

4:34 pm

oh, that's how my Jasper was at the end. I'm so sorry, python :(

4:35 pm

i'm going to miss her when she goes, but she has had a great life, not sick one day in her life

4:35 pm

til now

4:35 pm

fr5,18 the old money in France Red

did you get her as a wee kitty?

4:35 pm

french or suisse fr5 (money)

4:36 pm

<------- got her when she was 8 weeks

ty ren!

and dc.

oh phython, she is a calico, I have a weakness for them, fearless hunters...

4:37 pm

she is a princess, red, and would never stoop to hunting!

lol...

DC how goes the job situation?

4:39 pm

is DC unemployed too?

I think he left...hmm. DC?

4:41 pm

Back again.

4:42 pm

Nice and clean, after along

4:42 pm

Nice and clean, after along

4:42 pm

hic long soak in the tub....

4:43 pm

Hi Soodlebum

4:43 pm

hi soodle

4:43 pm

Hello Ren. Is it windy where you are?

4:43 pm

Hi Pyython.

Hi soodle, I am planning the same. I went to the Mall, and got this awesome eucalyptus and lavender bubbles.

4:44 pm

Yes it has been today but very warm but it seems to have died down now.

4:45 pm

OOh.Nice, Red. A nice bath can work wonders...

I am looking forward to it, my work schedule is off again so my running shcedule is crammed= sore knees.

4:46 pm

I love a shower in the morning, but you cant beat a bath just before bed.

4:47 pm

soodle, a clean body in clean sheets is indeed a joy :)

I feel like I am wasting water...but...I am.

4:47 pm

*hoses Soodle down*

4:49 pm

I am really struggling with my last 3 words, an7,32 an7,28 and fa6,36. Please help

4:50 pm

andante tempo indicated on sheet music :-)

4:50 pm

une to the PB please

4:50 pm

an7 cantabile

4:51 pm

fa + 4/5 of qu5/16

4:51 pm

ty une.

4:51 pm

LOL!!! ohmygod, you can tell I need sleep!

4:51 pm

nadal wins and she loses her composure

4:51 pm

:-D

4:51 pm

or would that be composer

4:51 pm

may i have more clues like that please, une? ;)

4:52 pm

groan

4:52 pm

LOL!!

4:52 pm

Une gives the best clues...

4:52 pm

all RIGHT . . . enough! :-)

4:52 pm

hee hee. gotta run anywya.

4:53 pm

hi and bye, feather :-)

4:53 pm

hi/bye feather

4:53 pm

an7.38 - against breathing gas

4:54 pm

an7.28 rather

4:54 pm

thanks -- i never see that one

4:54 pm

that is the dumbest word ever

4:54 pm

qu8,70 ?

4:55 pm

i agree ruru

4:55 pm

*sees protesters in the street with signs " no air !" no air

4:55 pm

it's from an7craft

4:55 pm

the un + lease is pretty stoopid too . . .

4:55 pm

more qu6 - were it any qu8, i'd gag

4:56 pm

it means untorn, une, from the past of rend

4:56 pm

*sends martha stewart to smack DC*

4:56 pm

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

4:56 pm

i've got that one DC, need the other

4:57 pm

"of one piece" -- got it

4:58 pm

believe it or not, that's firewords for moi -- later, all :-) *poof*

4:58 pm

congrats, une, be well

4:58 pm

looking, python...

4:59 pm

finally found the FA word, now for the final two an7's

5:00 pm

qu8 - most of an amount, and a mild 4-letter invective

5:00 pm

an + *****'s inferno

5:00 pm

Ugh. Friday night is my delight, So is Saturday Morning But Sunday night breaks my heart To think of Monday Morning!

5:01 pm

monday is a holiday here this week.

5:01 pm

qu8 - most of an amount, and a mild 4-letter invective (not da**, that's the end, but over that way in similar manner)

5:02 pm

ty, DC, got it

5:02 pm

A normal (working) Monday morning is rapidly approaching, I will say good night, and once again, a very happy Independence Day to all my transatlantic friends. XX

5:02 pm

sweet dreams, soodle :)

5:02 pm

nite soodle

5:02 pm

Night soodle

5:02 pm

'Poof'

5:04 pm

well those 2 last an7's have finally given me a headache. Night all and thanks for your help.

5:04 pm

g'night ren an7craft gun

5:04 pm

ren8 did you see my clue?

5:06 pm

yeah I did python thanks but my brain is now frazzled and its late here so probably never going to find them

5:06 pm

nite then

5:06 pm

hee! there's a rube goldberg google doodle today, at least in US

5:07 pm

Hello again...

5:08 pm

wb, jellen :)

5:17 pm

crossy is back;)

5:20 pm

howdy, crossy

5:22 pm

howdy dc

5:23 pm

wb, crossy :-)

5:24 pm

ty jellen

5:26 pm

Bought a mattress topper to try to help the cot I'm sleeping on...should have purchased five or so!

5:27 pm

might they bring you some more pillows, jellen?

5:29 pm

I might be able to obtain a second mattress...bwaa-ha-ha!

5:29 pm

even better!

5:31 pm

i am glad you have the update in your profile jellen.i am sorry tim is having a rough go of it.tell them crossy says to git-r-dun..or i am coming down there;)

5:31 pm

hi all. back to get my last 3

5:32 pm

howdy jm

5:32 pm

He's doing much better at the moment...a little loopy and very sleeeepy...

5:32 pm

hi, jmb

5:32 pm

Hi, jmb

5:33 pm

Hi all...may I beg a clue for the first ga6/24 please?

5:33 pm

ga6 a bird

5:33 pm

is that ga6 wages, or something else (that's my only G)

5:33 pm

ga + double consonant + phone home alien

5:33 pm

Rhymes with Ms. Reno (former DA)

5:34 pm

ah, the media company. ty, jellen

5:34 pm

and ruru

5:34 pm

Thanks Jellen! :)

5:34 pm

and all cluers! :)

5:36 pm

been so long since i've been here...i forget some of the more obscure words! Can't wait for the new game page now though! :)

5:37 pm

yes, it's been exciting seeing the progress!

5:37 pm

(i'm still not liking the background colour though)

5:37 pm

howdy cathy,glad to see you again:)

5:37 pm

did u tell Dr. G Seain?

5:38 pm

thanks crosshair!!! :D

5:38 pm

Jellen - Tim is very lucky to have your support. I was lucky enough to beat ovarian cancer. My partner hated being at the hospital with me and she took every opportunity to leave.

5:38 pm

i did, as did several others :)

5:39 pm

My prayers are with you and Tim, Jellen.

5:39 pm

my wife was the rock i leaned on during my three cancers;)

5:40 pm

it was the support of my friends that did it for me.

5:40 pm

I spent lots of time in hospitals with my parents...It's a matter of adapting to the environment, I think...

5:41 pm

I'm lucky to be able to drop everything and be here...

5:42 pm

brb...going to order Tim's dinner...they have room service! Hamburger, fries, raw veg plate, and a chocolate shake, I think...

5:42 pm

like i said... tim is very lucky!

5:43 pm

good lord,im wish our hosp served that!

5:43 pm

our hospital seems to boil everything;(

Good evening I am stuck on an7/28 need help, please?

5:44 pm

an7craft guns

thanks got it

5:45 pm

Hi, Marc

5:47 pm

fireworks finally for my independence day celebration

5:47 pm

Think I'm going to play in a poker tournament...I'll poke my head in between hands in case clues are needed...

5:47 pm

Hooray for jmb!!!

5:48 pm

Happy 4th you all!

5:48 pm

another day, another grid tomorrow all!

5:50 pm

Bye, jmb

5:50 pm

Thanks, Cath!

5:57 pm

ra6/21 and ra5/10 have me stumped!!! :S

5:57 pm

ra6 = sped on foot + *** Quayle

5:58 pm

lol...wow...thanks Jellen! :)

5:58 pm

ra5= sped on foot + double vowel

6:00 pm

ty jellen

6:00 pm

hmmm....there seems to be only one option for the double vowel..

6:00 pm

ahhh

6:00 pm

was starting with the wrong r....thanks Jellen again! :)

6:11 pm

hmmm...the second re5/10? baffled again. lol

6:21 pm

re+ Spanish aunt

6:22 pm

ok...i thought that was the first one...no wonder i'm messed up. lol

6:23 pm

i guess its the 1st i'm looking for then :S

6:24 pm

got it! :)

6:39 pm

Good!

6:40 pm

Sorry, I slipped downstairs to grab a bite to eat...

6:42 pm

hi, all

6:42 pm

Hi, pam!

6:43 pm

lol... down to 9 words... Hi Pam! :)

6:43 pm

Hi, Jellen and Cathyar!

6:48 pm

pam, you know the fluff mystery series I started reading (Stephanie Plum)? I opened the Target sales ad today and they are all on sale, 2 for $10! I bought 2 today, but may go back for more!

6:49 pm

That's great, Jellen! I think you need it!

6:49 pm

They will keep me from spending so much time on the computer...

6:50 pm

and offer you a chance to relax and unwind...

6:52 pm

Need to dig out my booklight if I'm going to spend much more time in hospitals...

6:53 pm

Indyanna where are you?!?!?!?!

6:53 pm

I hope that that isn't the case! That you can both go home soon

6:53 pm

heheh

6:53 pm

Jellen, any idea when Tim can go home?

6:53 pm

stuck 57 words

6:54 pm

brb

6:54 pm

Good evening, all. Yes, Jellen, what's the update on Tim?

6:54 pm

Maybe tomorrow, if they get his meds balanced and tests go okay...

6:55 pm

that would be great

6:55 pm

poor guy....and poor you....sounds like you are there pretty much 24/7

6:56 pm

Yup, since Thursday...

6:56 pm

Prayers still going....I'd cross stuff, too, but that makes it hard to type and see...prayers work better! And you are in them, too.

6:57 pm

Thank you java2

6:57 pm

hi Pam...

6:58 pm

You're welcome. It's something I CAN do for you

7:00 pm

Hi, ru!

7:00 pm

did you buy any of those bordeaux?

7:01 pm

You know, I was going to--I walked by the store--but it's so hot, i didn't feel like carrying them! So i am drinking riesling

7:01 pm

But I shall buy!

7:02 pm

yes don't buy and tote wine in hot weather.

7:02 pm

Hi Everyone - dont know how long I can stay - anyone need any clues

7:03 pm

it is 33c here today with a humidex of 47c and a air quality advisory..we are not happy campers;/

7:03 pm

Hi Crossy

7:03 pm

howdy riverdance

7:04 pm

Its 8:04 pm and still 84 degrees - yikes

7:04 pm

hot all over it seems

7:04 pm

same expected for tomorrow

7:05 pm

Going to take a reading break...hi/bye River!

7:05 pm

think i shall take the mrs for a picnic on the mtn then,it is generally about 5 degrees cooler on top

7:06 pm

How sweet crossy - enjoy

7:06 pm

Well, it is summer in the northern hemisphere. I guess we should expect hot weather...

7:06 pm

and lots of shade

7:06 pm

for tomorrow that is

7:06 pm

help with fa6/36 pls

7:06 pm

we just got in not long ago from the in-laws and we are cooked;/

7:07 pm

2 V words left....5/18 and 5/26. may i ask for a clue please?

7:07 pm

vi5/18 and 5/26 i mean. :S

7:07 pm

fa+4/5 of qu5/16

7:07 pm

fa + not ***t midnight yet for fireworks + the growl letter

7:08 pm

sorry, wandered... yes, ru. It's too hot to be toting wine

7:08 pm

I took the kids to the movies this afternoon - air conditioning was welcome

7:10 pm

thank you thank you

7:10 pm

vi+plus

7:10 pm

thanks java2

7:10 pm

ty java

7:10 pm

yw

I am in and out still thinking about finishing this one off...29

7:11 pm

a old term for a table of food i believe

7:11 pm

Hi Red - just got back - can I help you

7:11 pm

yup

I dont know of anything in particular that I need.

but I have foudn both 8's now.

7:13 pm

I need a cocktail

7:13 pm

do you have the other qu8 - qu + how to **swer this question + childs swear word

I have water. Bubbly and regualr, sorry ru it isnt exciting. some gatorade too.

I do river.

7:13 pm

fireworks!!! thanks for the help you all...its 4th of july on my screen! :-)

congrats Cathyar!

7:15 pm

ty, riverdance, I nneded that one!

7:15 pm

way to go Cathyar

7:15 pm

there is NO way I could finish one of these without help...so any I can offer in return before I go?

help on the un 6??

7:16 pm

un + to lease something

thanks Cathy, but the other un 6...

7:17 pm

also...un6/36 = to return a gun to its holster

7:18 pm

un5 - is to undo a knot

ahh thats the one, thanks!

7:18 pm

ty Cathyar - that's a weird one

7:18 pm

un + lease an apartment

7:19 pm

:)

7:21 pm

thanks to all the wonderful cluers the last 10 minutes;))

7:21 pm

anyone need more?

there are some lovely cluers here. cross.

7:23 pm

if not, i'm off to fold some laundry! please give me a reason to procrastinate? ;) lol...though that usually isn't hard for me.

7:23 pm

how about the e in the second column from the left, second row from the top?

7:23 pm

just got a cell phone that I couldnt hear and was very strange - I hate when they break up like that - I think it was a wrong number though

7:23 pm

Aggghhhh- second column from the RIGHT!

I have finished the F's whoo.

7:24 pm

dont know which one

7:24 pm

I need that too, java

7:24 pm

en5/10 = to go into a room

7:24 pm

maybe en + beginning of a diamond crown

7:24 pm

It's for nbt

7:24 pm

or volcano

7:24 pm

en + spanish aunt (jellen gave me that clue)

7:24 pm

oh its probablly the volcano

most likely the volcano, people have missed it all da long.

7:25 pm

en6/18 - en + a wheel on a car

7:25 pm

yup, it's the volcano...but I greyed both "e"s so thanks

7:25 pm

yw

7:25 pm

etna

7:25 pm

hey lynxxx

7:25 pm

i guess the 6/18 could come from either "e"

7:25 pm

just once id like to see kilimanjaro lol

7:25 pm

hi River and all

7:26 pm

we are on the same though process

7:26 pm

Yay!! Thank you! It was the volc`ano for nbt

7:26 pm

howdy lynxx

7:26 pm

my response time is several seconds delayed - ugh!

hello Lynnxxx and stewie!!!!

7:27 pm

there's a lot of the world I haven't seen - I'd like to see it all!

7:27 pm

who is stewie

7:27 pm

me too java

7:27 pm

<-------me

and now done with Q

7:28 pm

ah - guess I never knew that lynxxx

7:28 pm

ra 5/14 pl

7:28 pm

quire

7:28 pm

a cattle ra***

7:29 pm

ooks,caught me trolling

7:29 pm

Oooh - Greatest American Hero is on Syfy...I loved that show

7:29 pm

you may have one with cattle or horses big red

7:29 pm

shame shame crossy ...

thanks river, I needed the cattle thing.

7:29 pm

thank you

7:30 pm

yw

7:30 pm

Come and join me in the pb, crossy - I did it with the volcano

7:30 pm

Not too many goodies here, tho

7:30 pm

kk,ill make us bacon weave sammiches;))

7:30 pm

an6?

7:31 pm

we have a toyota in the grid tonight - I love that big truck -wish I could afford one

7:31 pm

Hi again ..... not for 2 more days Crossy!!!!

7:31 pm

btw, what does pb actually stand for?

7:31 pm

an+the start of a princess' crown

7:31 pm

penalty box

7:31 pm

hi Mom!

7:32 pm

Hiya ((mom))

7:32 pm

{{Lynxxx}} hello

7:32 pm

mom:))

7:32 pm

{{River}} good to see you

7:32 pm

Thank you!

7:32 pm

{{Crossy}}

7:32 pm

an + diamond crown less last letter

7:32 pm

Ah!That's where I belong, that's for sure!

7:32 pm

ty riverdance

but cross thats the wrong volcano! its always covered in cloud anyway.

7:33 pm

I hope you guys all had (or are still having) a great Ind. Day - do you get a holiday today?(Monday)

7:33 pm

i have the bacon thawing as we speak mom:)

7:34 pm

yes, a holiday tomorrow as well Dofith and hello

7:34 pm

hello all.

7:34 pm

stiddles;))

7:34 pm

I am sitting here, eating home-made tamales!!!!

7:34 pm

i see a momzoid!!!

depends on your job, the holiday thing. Most groceries were open today...

7:34 pm

G'Day Mom - so a 4-day weekend, or 3?

7:34 pm

hi Stid

7:34 pm

{{Stid}} hello. We are going to have to set out more cookies and milk. I have just about eaten all the cookies

7:34 pm

3 days, Dofith

7:35 pm

{{Nutty}} hello

7:35 pm

hello Nut too

7:35 pm

(((NUTLY))) twice in one day... this is wonderful!

7:35 pm

Hi Stid! I'm about to sit down to homemade fajitas.

7:35 pm

:( I missed Nutty earlier

7:35 pm

i know, this is actually my third time in...its and air quality warning day here

7:36 pm

I am missing a ga6/24 - I have the gather and the stone.

7:36 pm

where is that dofith -enjoying the ga6/24 on your finger while waiting for the vi7 to pour something special while the maids fullfill your every fa5/22

7:36 pm

oh dear, best you stay inside and babble. It is good for your health :)

help with the last ra 5, 16? please?

7:36 pm

hello riemann! was thinking about you the other day, too! When are you coming to visit again?

7:36 pm

where is that Nut?

7:36 pm

same here evanonut..air is thick as pea soup today

7:36 pm

I have three more weeks of class this summer, and then I am FREE!!! (for a couple of weeks)

7:36 pm

hello river!

7:36 pm

hate when i can see the air

7:36 pm

Hi Riemann

7:36 pm

okay, listing and going to finish today or bust.

7:36 pm

ra5.16 like the ra6 chasm, less the last vwl

7:36 pm

re5 = to lease an apartment with an extra vowel

Oh duh, thanks.

7:37 pm

how are things with you Nutty?

7:37 pm

i don't think i'll even start the grid, mom, okay i spose

7:37 pm

yw

7:37 pm

gee nut, how come your air is bad? I thought it was just in big cities that happens?

7:37 pm

something about high pressure and fronts and clouds and i don't know what

7:38 pm

but i'm doing my fair share of coughing, so i'm going to say they're probably right

7:38 pm

the city is sharing their air with us today

7:38 pm

*hands nut gas mask and box of choclits*

7:39 pm

last AN 6 please?

7:39 pm

and we are 2.5 hours by car north of the city:((

7:39 pm

it is very humid here today

7:39 pm

an6 against what you all were talking about

7:39 pm

and hot, don't forget hot

7:39 pm

only 89 today

7:39 pm

hi stidmama! an + a crown without the last letter

7:40 pm

oops - drop last i from the an7

7:40 pm

we have pleasant weather today, a bit breezy, so not too hot, but a bit of sun this afternoon.

7:40 pm

thanks Lynxxx

7:40 pm

thanks lynxxx *thinking*

7:40 pm

got it!

7:40 pm

I spent my day with the kids at the movies - much cooler there with the air conditioning

7:41 pm

sun all day today here and all week, as well. Will get into the 90's this week

7:41 pm

how about ch 7? either or both...

7:41 pm

River, this weather is unusual for you all isn't it?

7:41 pm

Cathyar - your pup is perfect, he looks like a toy that is never played with

7:41 pm

c + one who goes after fowl in the woods

7:41 pm

ch7/40 - a spice just spelled a bit different than I've seen

7:42 pm

ty river and cathy

7:42 pm

thanx lynxx....he's in dire need of a grooming at the moment! LOL

7:42 pm

and Lynxxx

he is cute, and I have to say Cathy, I have a fondness for Nova Scotia.

7:42 pm

we dont get too many 90 degree days but a few each year - we dont have air con at home. While husband split some wood - kids and I went to movies - hehe

7:42 pm

CATHY!!!!! ((((((hugs)))))

7:43 pm

LOL stid....you didn't see me clue you earlier!!! {{{HUGS BACK!}}}

7:43 pm

smart thinking River - and a lot cheaper!

7:43 pm

I didn't see your first clue -- wasn't expecting you, I guess! LOL

I remember working in NH, I was absoloutly upset by having some 50 degree weather in July!

but its been very cold here in Florida for the last few days...

7:43 pm

I'm proud to say I've finally finished a grid before you!!! LOL haven't been here in awhile. anticipating DR. G's upgrade though! :D

7:44 pm

got them both now, Cs complete!

7:44 pm

yeah right - $10 Us a ticket plus popcorn at $8 - we smuggled in our own candy and waters

7:44 pm

I'd better get going - bye everyone!

hi friends

7:44 pm

well done, Cathy! I have missed seeing you. Hope you are well and your son enjoying summer?

7:44 pm

later lynxxx! thanks for the help!

7:44 pm

hey mcurl!

7:44 pm

see you lynxxx....will give buster a pat for you ;)

7:44 pm

It is quite amusing to read all your chat about the heat - I've not been up very long so heater hasn't managed to raise our temp much above friggin' freezing here!

7:44 pm

bye lynxxx

7:45 pm

summer is awesome here stidmama...i'm on vacation...starting week 2 of 2 tonight

7:45 pm

bye bye Lynxxx have a good day

7:45 pm

though its full of house work...painting to be precise

7:45 pm

River, did you husband good to work up a sweat!

7:46 pm

good for you Cathy! I am in summer session, but will have some time off at the end of this month to do the rest of the house and yard upkeep.

7:46 pm

I didnt get close enough to find out Mom

7:46 pm

Still looking for ga6/24 - not the gem and not the gather word.

7:47 pm

even with household things to be done...the time off work is always a rest anyway...nice to do things on our OWN time. I hope you have a great end of month stidmama! :)

7:47 pm

ga + double cons + beginning of volcano

7:47 pm

that's a kind of seabird... thanks river!

7:48 pm

lol, I meant splitting wood and sweating will work out any frustrations and aggravations and might make life a bit easier

ri 7 please?

7:48 pm

the first ga6/24 ....yes...what river and stid said...you all are sooo quick! LOL

7:48 pm

Stupid woman I am - I even know that word! Thanks.

7:48 pm

:-D thanks Cathy!

7:48 pm

a french flowing body of water

7:48 pm

rofl Mom

7:48 pm

not stupid, dofith... just seeing SO many possibilities!

7:48 pm

err..the water clue was for the ri7 request

7:49 pm

ri7 - like the nice coastal area in France but different vowl on end

7:49 pm

FA 6 before the 5/22 "help" word?

thanks!

7:49 pm

thanks for the ri word

7:50 pm

fa6 - to do a fa**** for someone is nice - this one has an extra vowel after the circle vowel

7:50 pm

fa = in****ing minds want to know

7:50 pm

sound like swearing!

7:50 pm

thanks CAthy

7:50 pm

ty dofith and Riverdance

7:50 pm

welcome :-D

7:50 pm

ooops - clued the wrong one

Oh no neighbours are setting off fireworks and I am afriad they may set something on fire...

lots of smoke

7:51 pm

well...i have to run...been procrastinating after painting today, but laundry awaits. bye for now! :D

7:51 pm

quite possible red, the smart peeps are smart enough to leave fireworks alone.

very few of my neighbours qualify as smart...especially these....

7:52 pm

later Cathy, thanks for the help, and have a wonderful vacation!!!!

have a nice rest Cathy!

7:53 pm

thanks stid and red...i'll be popping by here more often...waiting for the new grid page!!! :)

7:54 pm

Oh Cathyar, I am too. Was telling Stid earlier it is like waiting for Santa

7:55 pm

oh Red, I hope not.

I hope not too, surprisingly the dog is just sitting her watching with utter fascination....

7:55 pm

middle GA 6 please?

7:55 pm

the city had their big blast last night but the neighbors are starting now

7:56 pm

have the bird and the gem...

7:56 pm

you're just short of being a gem, Stid.

I am very very glad my car is parked in the other lot...away from this.

7:56 pm

those are the only 2 I have also, sorry Stid

7:56 pm

I'll try to ga6 some help for you stid.

7:57 pm

thanks Mixi and hello

7:57 pm

vi7?

7:57 pm

thanks mixi (not sure about riemann...)

7:57 pm

Like the gem but change last cons.

7:57 pm

down to 36!

7:57 pm

thanks also dofith

the ga you want is to gain something or to aquire it...

7:57 pm

one who makes the wine

7:57 pm

i think i'm going to go and watch the world get dark from the hammock

7:57 pm

vi7 - makes wine

7:57 pm

Hi, Mom.

7:58 pm

take care Nutty {{hugs}}

7:58 pm

enjoy, nut (((hugs)) hope the air clears soon. See you again soon!

7:58 pm

thanks for the wine maker!

7:58 pm

dofith. I will try to spell it agina. .... :)

7:58 pm

bye evanonut

7:59 pm

ou?

7:59 pm

I have seen that clue all day and can't get it, all the words I try the dictionary doesn't like them

8:00 pm

ou + a florida fruit without the first and last letters

8:00 pm

Mom, think of the age of wine, its vi**age; and the star of star trek william shat***

and fireworks, thanks for the many clues!!!!!

8:01 pm

thank you Stid

8:01 pm

thanks river!

8:01 pm

YAY red!!!!

8:01 pm

whoohooo red

8:01 pm

congrats, red

8:01 pm

thanks River

8:01 pm

congrats Red

8:01 pm

hi, mom, stid, river, et al

8:01 pm

(fireworks on the 4th... who saw that coming????) *wicked mama look*

8:01 pm

congrats red! I still need a couple of an7's.

8:01 pm

Hi Seain

8:01 pm

Happy 4th of July dcs

8:02 pm

thank you, river, and a happy 4th to you and all yall too!

8:02 pm

an + thriller movie ****'s peak - volcano movie

8:02 pm

fireworks will start in 15-20 here. I'm starting on cooking dinner now.

8:02 pm

ut 5 please

8:02 pm

and to you as well, Seain

8:03 pm

N7 = againt the stuff you breath

8:03 pm

*an7

8:03 pm

Hi Jeff

8:03 pm

hi mom

8:04 pm

howdy, jeff

8:04 pm

hey jeff

8:04 pm

hey all....keeping my doggies calm against the fireworks here (trying to anyway)

8:05 pm

ut5 - more than one of where fetuses grow

8:05 pm

ut + got to run some **rands + dotted vowel

8:05 pm

ty both

8:05 pm

thanks for that one seain

8:05 pm

and river

8:05 pm

how about the first RA 6?

8:05 pm

may I have a clue (and a fish probably) for the av please

8:06 pm

a + take your ***s when getting married

8:06 pm

only ra6 i have is one who ra4

8:06 pm

fireworks

8:07 pm

YAY mixi!

8:07 pm

conrgats, mixi

8:07 pm

and some tu** fish with those vows

8:07 pm

congrats Mixi

8:07 pm

thanks seain, I have that one...

8:07 pm

thanks for the fishy fish mom! didn't have that yet!

8:07 pm

no wonder I couldn't get it, was looking at the ar point total while trying to get the av wo** **sigh**

8:08 pm

glad to help Stid

8:08 pm

past tense of run + *** Quayle

8:08 pm

oooh. monkeyed the one I needed...

8:08 pm

ra + do you really *ee* a clue + **swer this question

8:09 pm

seain, RA 6/21 looks like the central plains Native American tribes who built round houses mostly in the ground. ma**** (male person + ***2bit)

8:09 pm

I can't take any more of this. Good night to all of you. {{hugs and pleasant dreams}}

8:09 pm

or what river clued!

8:09 pm

River, might we see you tomorrow?

8:09 pm

got it from mom :) ty, stid

8:10 pm

oh no Mom = dont go

8:10 pm

lol River, why not?

8:10 pm

k, off to cook some food. g'night mom! i'll bbl

8:10 pm

see you later seain

8:10 pm

bye bye Seain, have a good evening

8:11 pm

help with both ch 7/40s please....can't get them!

8:11 pm

c + deer killer

8:12 pm

Ruru's in the house!

8:12 pm

the other is a condiment for indian food

8:12 pm

ty ruru

8:12 pm

Yo! mama!

8:12 pm

:-) Hi

8:12 pm

I will try - DH has a full day planned of (hmmm) so Keith can have a good time - driving to VT to go to Ben&Jerrys (OH YEAH ice cream) and on an on from there

8:12 pm

never saw the food spelled that way

8:12 pm

ri 7/10 pls

8:12 pm

ooh. I just tried a new Ben and Jerry's and loved it

8:13 pm

key lime Pie ice cream.. yummo

8:13 pm

how far is VT from you?

8:13 pm

go ruru go!

8:13 pm

ri + sort of like that french vacation placer but change last vowel

8:13 pm

never eaten Ben & Jerry's ice cream

8:13 pm

a long way.. I used to go there for meetings though

8:13 pm

not at Ben and Jerry's

8:13 pm

to get to B & J is short of 3 hours

8:14 pm

wow, that is a drive. does the car have a/c?

8:14 pm

yes thank goodness

8:14 pm

silly question, all cars do now days.

8:14 pm

I think my husband want to wear out Keith so he doesnt thing about it

8:15 pm

*think

8:15 pm

that is probably a good idea. But I am sure it will be in the back of his mind. How is your husband and daughter handling this?

8:16 pm

it will be early to bed as we need to leave by 4:30 am

8:16 pm

River, I think you and Keith have been real troopers with all of this and I would hope that if I were in the same situation I would be like you. So strong

8:16 pm

DH is not speaking to me so dont know - daughter is OK but hides alot - she has 2 friends coming over on Tues so will be OK

8:17 pm

firweeds!!!

8:17 pm

oh sigh, one of those DH's

8:17 pm

congrats Stid

8:17 pm

lol - whooohooo on the weeds

8:18 pm

I am so sorry that it is like that RIver

8:18 pm

:-D I decided to have qu5 reward today..

8:18 pm

yeah me too

8:18 pm

river, that is rough. ((hugs)) I wish I could be useful to you.

8:19 pm

you guys are great - I so appreciate my babble friends - unfortunately my home friends think I am nuts - thinks my DH put them up to that

8:20 pm

finally got the ri 7. thanks Riveerdance

8:20 pm

oops sorry for the bad blue big red

8:21 pm

my DH told me along time ago that the best revenge is living well. Nuts, as in cuckoo or nuts as in funny

8:21 pm

there were some tough words on this grid

8:21 pm

I do the best I can for myself - never used to but do now - thats probably why so many problems now

8:22 pm

i just didn't know know how to spell the french place. thanks for your help

8:23 pm

so how many words do you have left Mom

8:23 pm

oh no River, don't blame yourself for this

8:23 pm

river, in stressful times every person has their own way of coping. Just do what is right for you and don't worry about the opinions of people who are not in your shoes.

8:23 pm

me? I have 16 but I am not looking for any more words, I threw in the towel back when I said I was leaving. Only stayed caused you asked me not to

8:24 pm

asked me not to leave

8:24 pm

(((Mom))) and (((stid)))

8:25 pm

{{River}}

8:25 pm

group hug

8:25 pm

what is important is that you are available for your children (#1), and your DH (#2) and yourself (not necessarily or always in that order).

8:25 pm

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

8:26 pm

Looking for fr5/18

8:26 pm

and what determination and discipline as to have stayed smoke free all this time

8:27 pm

thanks dofith - french money

8:27 pm

an old French coin Dofith

8:27 pm

that is one thing I have to be very proud of

8:28 pm

one of many

8:28 pm

I think you should be proud, river -- had no idea you were still smoke free *lights extra firecrackers for smoke-free river*

8:28 pm

yes 10 1/2 weeks

8:28 pm

11 weeks now?

8:28 pm

close

8:29 pm

Oh, duh!! Thanks

8:29 pm

that might stick in your DH crawl, that you licked the habit and he hasn't been able to.

8:29 pm

yes wednesday will make 11 - my son is very proud of me - how could I go back and smoke - especially with his cardiac issue

8:29 pm

yeah that is one thing

8:30 pm

have you always worked River?

8:31 pm

should have been Kicked not licked

8:31 pm

wow, River, you have saved $525 by not smoking!

8:32 pm

I have always worked and have a great job - maybe being the bread winner has been an issue too - yet DH has a good job too

8:32 pm

He doesnt have the drive as I do at work

8:32 pm

that's a HUGE amount of money, river! *visions of a mom spa day...*

8:33 pm

it might be if you make more than he does. Some guys, for what ever reason don't like that. I say go for it, it all goes in the same pot.

8:33 pm

I totally intend to take a spa day but havent found any free time yet - once Keith is free and clear, I can do for me

8:33 pm

How about fa5/18

8:33 pm

cciggies are ridiculously expensive

8:33 pm

I knew a couple whose husband made his wife quit work because she was going to make more than he did and she had to quit. no if's ands or but's

8:34 pm

sorry Dofith I don't have it

8:34 pm

fa 5/18 is religious belief

8:34 pm

dofith - your religious fa***

8:34 pm

ya gotta have fa 5

8:34 pm

I have it now, even though I threw in the towel

8:34 pm

(george michael)

8:34 pm

Oh, for heaven's sake!

8:35 pm

great clue ruru

8:35 pm

*picks up towell anc grumbles at mom*

8:35 pm

but don't dwell on what happens with other couples, river... focus on what is important to you both: your children, and the life you are building together.

8:35 pm

ah ah ah no grumbling at mom

8:35 pm

LOL ruru!

8:36 pm

Tidy ruru...

8:36 pm

stid -like your new pic

8:36 pm

hey Jellen!

8:36 pm

take care of yourself first and foremost River, then you will be able to take care of Keith and your family

8:36 pm

Hi Jellen

8:36 pm

Hello!

8:36 pm

freakin' messy babblers always leaving a mess for me to clean up...

8:36 pm

Hi Jellen how are you doing

8:37 pm

my new icon shows the tamales I made...

8:37 pm

now now now Ruru, when I threw in the towel it landed in the hamper

8:37 pm

leave it to ruru to clean up after us women

8:37 pm

Just woke up from a wee nap...was trying to read but slept instead...

8:37 pm

thanks river, btw

8:37 pm

*grumbles*

8:37 pm

*** taps foot waits for apology***

8:37 pm

are you still in the hospital jellen

8:37 pm

I did that earlier too Jellen, but I think I want to sleep because I don't want to study... *disengaged student look*

8:38 pm

Yes, River...until tomorrow at least...

8:38 pm

Jellen, did the mattress help?

8:38 pm

I just hope Tim can get the pain under control. Pain makes everything so much harder to cope with.

8:38 pm

..uh mom.. you missed the hamper by a mile..

8:39 pm

I was on Tim's bed with him *blushes*

8:39 pm

well if you were expecting it to land in California, I suppose I did miss it but more than a mile

8:39 pm

good for you Jellen!!!

8:39 pm

I think that is sweet Jellen

8:40 pm

ugh -thinking good thoughts for you -hope you got it ..... maybe we can send out hospital vibes if you are still there on Tues

8:40 pm

Pain is under control, but all he's done today is sleep, and he's kinda loopy...

8:40 pm

He fell asleep holding his cheeseburger tonight, lol...

8:40 pm

lol

8:41 pm

I hope this round of chemo helps him

8:41 pm

oh my! LOL you know he's tired if he doesn't finish the burger!

8:42 pm

and your hand I'm sure - all the best that this new protocol is successful - good night all

8:42 pm

<<< would NEVER fall asleep eating a burger

8:42 pm

He normally hates sleeping...thinks it's a waste of time...

8:42 pm

sweet dreams river ((hugs))

8:42 pm

G'night, River

8:42 pm

night river...

8:43 pm

{{River}} pleasant dreams. Will be praying for Keith.

8:43 pm

will try to get on tomorrow if I can

8:43 pm

and off I go, good night everyone {{hugs}}

8:43 pm

((babble friends))

8:43 pm

and if you can't get on tomorrow, river, we will be thinking of you and your family.

8:43 pm

look forward to it River

8:43 pm

G'night, Mom

8:43 pm

sweet dreams Mom ((hugs))

8:44 pm

pleasant dreams, {{jellen}} and {{Stid}}

8:44 pm

River's daughter is going to email Rubyfoo so she can tell us how the surgery went

8:45 pm

not off to bed.

8:45 pm

holds towell for mom

8:45 pm

Heyas kids ..

8:45 pm

good night Ruru, thank you. What a gentleman

8:46 pm

hi and bye Tor

8:46 pm

now*

8:46 pm

Hello again, tor

8:46 pm

help with un6/36 pls

8:47 pm

un + make art with a pencil

8:47 pm

un + make a picture

8:47 pm

thank you

8:48 pm

hey tor!

8:50 pm

wow stid. I click on your picture and you are a tamale

8:50 pm

so here today and gone tamale?

8:54 pm

lol, she's one hot tamale!

8:55 pm

Hi, feather!

8:55 pm

'spose i should finish this grid

8:56 pm

nah.. why bother feather..there will always be another one

8:56 pm

hmm. s'pose, really. misplaced apostrophe.

8:56 pm

that was a very satisfying meal. Much to my surprise, the Lake Fairfax fireworks are still booming.

9:00 pm

killed the chat?

9:00 pm

hi, feather

9:00 pm

Oh, pooh...missed fireworks on TV!

9:00 pm

there's thundar in them thar hills... silly non-word

9:00 pm

fireworks on TV????

9:00 pm

agreed, feather

9:01 pm

yes, the fireworks are televised here, too

9:01 pm

havent logged off yet - just checking email and stuff

9:01 pm

jellen, pbs is running the capitol fourth again. if you're up later you can catch them.

9:01 pm

find a pbs station around 10:30 and you'll see them.

9:01 pm

us back country folk dont have such a thin'

9:02 pm

Just found it, feather, thanks!

9:02 pm

PBS/WETA simulcasts it here.

9:02 pm

:) welcome! it's a good program.

9:03 pm

i miss living on Capitol Hill - the whole neighborhood walks down to the Capitol to watch.

9:03 pm

very cool seain!

9:04 pm

i'm recording it to show daniel tomorrow

9:04 pm

My sister and nieces are on a sailboat in Boston watching fireworks...

9:04 pm

it is. And it's a chance to meet some neighbors

9:04 pm

ohhh, neat jellen

9:04 pm

nice, jellen!

9:05 pm

when i lived in Boston, i used to watch from the middle of the Mass Ave (aka Smoot) Bridge. Boat much better!

9:05 pm

ENABLE doesn't like fairie

9:05 pm

went many years sitting on the Esplanade

9:05 pm

think it's faerie

9:06 pm

faerie, fairie, fairy, whataer ;)

9:08 pm

give up on the fairie - its not there or it friends

9:08 pm

:D

9:08 pm

you have the fa5 - feeling woozy

9:08 pm

and continue that to make it more

9:08 pm

yes, fa4/5/7

9:08 pm

fa 4/6/5/7 actually

9:08 pm

we have a fa4 carnival

9:09 pm

and have some fa*** in your whatever

9:11 pm

now this was a tough one fa + my kids like to s*****t each other with water when hot

9:11 pm

then we all like to do some thing for each other fa***

9:11 pm

i have that - it's very similar to the name of a nearby county, so i tried variants on the county name

9:11 pm

and the variation adding another vowel

9:12 pm

you are too smart for me dcs...

9:12 pm

those two were my first words. it always pleases me with both NA and BE variants appear :)

9:12 pm

i have 2 fo words. are there more than that?

9:13 pm

3 fo's

9:13 pm

fo 4/7, 4/8, 4/8

9:13 pm

yup

9:14 pm

ah, missed the number. ty

9:14 pm

2 FR words?

9:15 pm

Three

9:15 pm

wait, i have 3 FRs. so are there 4?

9:15 pm

Just three

9:15 pm

no just 3

9:16 pm

i guess i'll pull up a list for my last 29 :)

9:17 pm

Forgot how much I like Stars and Stripes Forever...

9:18 pm

i learned yesterday that the Dr Who theme is The Washington Post march.

9:18 pm

Stars and Stripes forever is lovely, agreed :)

9:18 pm

My other sister just sent me a text...she and her family are waiting for fireworks to start at the arch in St. Louis :-)

9:19 pm

nice!

9:19 pm

I learned that Observatory Park near here does fireworks; next year i may go there.

9:26 pm

an 7/32 pls

9:26 pm

an7 = musical term for slow

9:27 pm

an + author of the Inferno

9:28 pm

thank you Jellen

ooooh, I am having insomnia. this never happens to me!!! hello again babblers.

9:35 pm

Hi, red

hello. I want to sleeep.

9:37 pm

I couldn't sleep last night...too much sugar and caffeine, then Tim's pain kicked in...

9:37 pm

I find it hard to sleep while playing babble, red.

I am done, just now got up so as not to roll bout in the bed any more.

9:38 pm

Hi, gwenski

9:38 pm

hi red. i got distracted by bright shinies on the internet. back to finish.

9:39 pm

Hi Jellen (and all)

9:40 pm

fireworks for me. thanks for all the help. fireworks outside too. happy 4th

9:40 pm

Yahoo, big red!!!

9:40 pm

Congrats, big red.

9:41 pm

Fireworks on TV!

9:41 pm

i need help with the in5/16, please. thanks

9:42 pm

in + ***iety is the spice of life!

9:42 pm

thanks bunches

9:45 pm

bahhh, forget it. i keep wandering, and not gridding!

9:45 pm

1812 Overture...who is it by?

9:46 pm

Tchaikovsky

9:46 pm

Tchaikovsky

9:46 pm

btw - great clue - jellen

9:47 pm

Ahh...Tchaikovsky, thanks!

9:47 pm

buy me a coke, dofith :D

9:47 pm

How is that a clue?

9:47 pm

And who here can remember the cereal commercial that featured the 1812 overture?

9:47 pm

It's not, lol...I'm watching a concert on TV

9:47 pm

Yeah - snap, dcseain!

9:48 pm

Not me! (Here in oz!)

9:49 pm

Which cereal is it?

9:49 pm

"The cereal that's shot from guns' commercial. Featured cereal being shot out of cannons. It was either for Puffed Rice or Puffed Wheat.

9:49 pm

No idea! What word are we clueing, btw?)

9:50 pm

Nothing, dofith... :-)

9:51 pm

Need a vi4/7, but don't know which one - they're all in a row.

9:51 pm

(I'm not clueing, just chatting about the 1812 Overture!) Just googled it: it's from 1960's.

9:51 pm

I should take a long break more often - laundry leads to fireworks - anybody need a clue?

9:51 pm

Yes - 9 to go.

9:52 pm

Hooray, java!!!

9:52 pm

vi + *mergency *oom

9:52 pm

vi+ make an **ror

9:53 pm

vi + My **me is Jellen

9:53 pm

vi - climbing thing

9:53 pm

oops just playing on fb - NEVER done that before - must get to bed - sweet dreams all

9:53 pm

G'night, River

9:53 pm

and thanks Jellen

9:54 pm

good night jellen - try and get some sleep to keep up your energy level

9:54 pm

Thanks, Jellen. Now need 2 va's - last 2

9:54 pm

Will do!

9:55 pm

vi + the addition short form

9:55 pm

va4 = v + what we breathe

9:55 pm

Got one - just need last va

9:55 pm

va5 = v + conjunction + first vowel

9:55 pm

va - rhymes with a chinese bear

9:55 pm

Oh! Weather va**?

9:56 pm

va5 - like the wheel of fortune but change one cons

9:56 pm

jellen is hot with the clues - good night *poof*

9:56 pm

the last va rhymes with the first va

9:56 pm

Got mva5 - need last va4

9:57 pm

evening all

9:57 pm

Oh, stupid me - and I'm a geography teacher??

9:57 pm

Jellen clued it at 9:55

9:57 pm

Thanks java!

9:58 pm

yw

9:58 pm

Hi, magyk

9:58 pm

Thanks, Jellen - missed that, sorry.

9:58 pm

6 to go...

9:59 pm

you can do it

9:59 pm

evening all - the first ch7?

10:00 pm

Need an re6/18

10:00 pm

dofith, part of the eye

10:00 pm

re6/18 - in your eye

10:00 pm

Like what an old steam train did, but ch instead of sh -

10:00 pm

c + h*****, one who stalks prey

10:00 pm

Got that re thanks, need other

10:01 pm

ty jellen, didn

10:01 pm

ra6 - a a low place in nature

10:01 pm

re6/21: fix the piano

10:01 pm

That's abetter clue for the ch word, jellen!

10:01 pm

seain, where were the boston fireworks shot off from, do you know?

10:02 pm

this year, i don't know. When i lived there, from barges between the Tobin and Mass Ave bridges

10:02 pm

ahh, cool. i thought perhaps a barge somewhere.

10:02 pm

Oh, how stupid - I need a re5/10, not 6/18

10:03 pm

someone on FB thought from the Esplanade

10:03 pm

re5/10: lease with an extra vowel

10:03 pm

ri5 - ho, ho ho... green ri5

10:03 pm

lol, yeah just saw that

10:03 pm

Got that, need other one

10:04 pm

re5/10: re6/18 but remove the final consonant

10:05 pm

Yeay! Thanks, java!

10:06 pm

a fish called va5 :D

10:06 pm

yw

10:06 pm

LOL dcseain

10:07 pm

great movie

10:09 pm

DON

10:10 pm

DON'T CALL ME STUPID

10:10 pm

qn

10:10 pm

hello, 43 to go

10:11 pm

hard day, dan?

10:11 pm

hi, jane and shooshoo

10:11 pm

no, just quoting Otto from va5

10:12 pm

anyone else want a glass of gazpacho? There's a chilled pot in the PB, cilantro in a bowl to the side if you want some in yours

10:12 pm

ah! silly me :)

10:12 pm

Now need ra5/10

10:12 pm

ra* (sped on foot) + double vowel

10:12 pm

variant spelling of queen of India

10:13 pm

i would love to have some, dcsein. thanks for putting it there

10:13 pm

ranee

10:13 pm

Hi, harp

10:13 pm

Oh no, not again!!!

10:13 pm

you got it dofith

10:13 pm

the un which isn't unillustrate or unknot?

10:13 pm

Nice clue ..

10:13 pm

(Hoping dofith will continue asking for clues. They are helping me!)

10:14 pm

dan - untorn

10:14 pm

enjoy the gazpacho

10:14 pm

You'll all be booting me off this thing soon. I do that all the time. Just get so excited!

10:14 pm

i have firewords. thanks for all the help

10:14 pm

congrats, joey

10:14 pm

Yay!

10:14 pm

dofith, do you have babble expert from lickety? It makes it much harder to do that

10:14 pm

ri7?

10:15 pm

i am also pretty wasted. mom loved to watch the boston pops concert. hard to watch it without her.

10:15 pm

variant of the French beach on the Mediteranean

10:15 pm

ok, I'll try that - thanks

10:15 pm

ri7 french coast, but different end vowel

10:15 pm

ty, java and dan

10:16 pm

ri7 is much like the French Ri****a, except ends with 2nd vowel

10:16 pm

Sorry joey - those things are always difficult

10:16 pm

((joey))

10:16 pm

hi gang

10:17 pm

Hi, jilli!

10:17 pm

thanks, jellen

10:17 pm

hi, jilli

10:17 pm

thanks

10:17 pm

you won't have to worry about the PB when DrG launches his new version.

10:18 pm

new version?

10:18 pm

but, where will we have coffee, tea and choklits?

10:18 pm

You'll be mousing the letters for words and typing the chat.

10:18 pm

no! mousing is a giant PIA

10:19 pm

and slow

10:19 pm

I agree dcseain

10:19 pm

look at his sample in FB, dc!

10:19 pm

I much prefer typing to mousing...

10:19 pm

i'll look again...

10:19 pm

Maybe there'll be a choice?

10:19 pm

Mousing? RATS!

10:20 pm

type box is still below. whew!

10:20 pm

mousing seems optional

10:20 pm

haha java!

10:20 pm

oh, well then I hope he has an add box like the one in Expert.

10:20 pm

Where are you seeing this in FB?

10:21 pm

maybe you have to join babble community

10:21 pm

I yearn for the good old days, when all games required typing, no graphics, no mouse, no video.

10:21 pm

Like Castle Quest, I think it was

10:22 pm

kill bear with bare hands!

10:22 pm

Yes, I think you need to join the group Babble Community...

10:22 pm

Anybody up for paper and pencil - hangman? Anyway, it's past my bedtime. Hope to type at y'all tomorrow.

10:22 pm

lol, that's right dc! Now THOSE games were for the truly nerdy!

10:23 pm

King's Quest came with our first Win 3.1 computer -- fun, but lots of mousing and gra[hics.

10:23 pm

G'night, java

10:23 pm

I have 40 to find -- going to dive in now -- bfn!

10:23 pm

There was a Hitchhiker's Guide game that I was totally addicted to..... all text

10:23 pm

night jellen - prayers are with you

10:24 pm

Happy Hu4/6ing, jilli!

10:24 pm

You typed "put fish in ear" for example, if you needed a translation

10:24 pm

g'night java

10:24 pm

night dcseain

10:25 pm

bye java

10:25 pm

night jilli and all - poof!

10:27 pm

Woohoo - fireworks at last!!!

10:27 pm

one of the guests last night said that my gazpacho was like what V8 should be. I guess i balanced the veggies.

10:27 pm

congrats, dofith

10:27 pm

Ooof! I ate one too many chocolate chip cookies this evening...

10:27 pm

Yay for dofith!!!

10:28 pm

no such thing, jellen! (Try some ginger or mint to soothe the belly)

10:28 pm

Any help needed before I go and face this chilly morning ( nearly afternoon!)?

10:28 pm

hello everyone! Not babbling just popping in to say hi before beddybie time.

10:28 pm

chilly. sigh. the AC has been running for 5h to maintain the temp.

10:28 pm

I have some Altoids in my bag! brb

10:28 pm

Happy 4th of July to everyone who celebrates.

10:29 pm

g'night minski

10:29 pm

Hi, Minski!

10:29 pm

Since I'm the only Aussie here, I guess it's goodnight to ya'll, and have a lovely day off tomorrow, and enjoy your sunshine - freezing our **** off here!

10:30 pm

Good night to everyone! I hope you finish before the flip. an hour and a half to go. later taters.

10:31 pm

have a great day, dofith :)

10:31 pm

Bye, dofith!

10:31 pm

and for those that have seen the preview of the new site - does the background colour hurt anyone else's eyes?

10:33 pm

hmm, hadn't thought about it, but now that you mention it, it is a bit bright

10:33 pm

there was a thread of dislike on the wall, and i think we should bring it up again as he's finalizing.

10:36 pm

Colours are far too bright, as I told him on FB.

10:36 pm

Hi, bte.

10:36 pm

yes, many of us feel that way. good morning, jac

10:37 pm

he might not be checking all the comments on each photo. you might want to start a new thread on the wall. i'll chime in if you do.

10:37 pm

Hi all. Just got here and don't know how to get to the Babble site on Facebook. What is it called please?

10:37 pm

k

10:38 pm

Bugsaw, join the group 'Babble Community'

10:38 pm

There's more than one Babble group bugs, Do a search for "babble overlord" to find Dr. God

10:38 pm

ty I will try that.

10:39 pm

Ditto what Feather just siad, dcs.

10:39 pm

hi jac, long time since I've seen you here!

10:40 pm

bbl...cruising the halls with Tim...

10:42 pm

started a thread on the wall, as per your suggestion, Feather

10:42 pm

njoy, jellen

10:43 pm

Babble Community is where the development is being shown on FB

10:46 pm

commented

10:46 pm

and i just shared the group on my profile

10:47 pm

ooh, good point, feather. I'm one of those, and that hadn't even occurred to me

10:48 pm

hehe, i wanted to say "migraineurs" instead of migraine sensitive, but wasn't sure of correct grammar.

10:49 pm

:)

10:49 pm

ov5 is to sheep as bov5 is to cows. neat!

10:50 pm

Too late for me to stay and finish. (16-left. Blah) But glad I learned about the FB group! Bye.

10:51 pm

evening all ;)

10:51 pm

g'night gwenski

10:51 pm

hi, pini

10:51 pm

hi pini

10:51 pm

g'night gwenski; hi seain, weed, et al

10:52 pm

...has anyone said this grid is on the more annoying side?

10:52 pm

so far, no, pini

10:52 pm

though it has taken a while

10:52 pm

i dunno. i got majorly distracted and quit after i passed halfway.

10:52 pm

Well, I've said it then! LOL

10:52 pm

I've got 30 to go

10:53 pm

either an7?

10:53 pm

an7craft guns

10:53 pm

apparently my monkeys took the day off

10:53 pm

an7 cantabile

10:53 pm

speaka da englis, seain?

10:53 pm

an + author of Inferno is alt clue for 2nd one i clued

10:54 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:54 pm

hi min

10:54 pm

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

10:55 pm

dumby 'em down fer me, dc? I think I'm brain dead!

10:56 pm

an 7/32 word is an plus the movie *****'s Peak Pinikula

10:56 pm

an 7/28 word is an 4/4 plus what we breathe Pinikula

10:57 pm

thx ;)

10:57 pm

yw

10:58 pm

an6?

10:58 pm

Hi all. I just got back from the fireworks. I only have 8 more words for my own fireworks.

10:59 pm

An an6/18 is an 7/28 minus one of the vowels Pinikula

10:59 pm

an6 is against + what pirates say

10:59 pm

coll, wht, welcome

10:59 pm

danke ;)

10:59 pm

Hello wht!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log

10:59 pm

Go wht go!

10:59 pm

Hi Min. Doing well. Got most of the grid this afternoon. Went in to Boston for the fireworks. Back to finish now.

11:00 pm

huh. never seen that spelling of 2nd ch7. (mango ch7)

11:01 pm

ty seain

11:01 pm

I got back from Connecticut at 10:00 but I could not get here until now. I had to be with my dog who was so freaked out with all the FWs going on around here

11:01 pm

fa6/36?

11:02 pm

dog has recovered, i hope

11:02 pm

I'm keeping Koda company (from the FW outdoors)...he hasn't left my lap!

11:02 pm

...and they haven't even started yet!

11:02 pm

fa + high letter + tow more tiles

11:02 pm

danke ;)

11:03 pm

firewords!

11:03 pm

wtg dcs

11:03 pm

wtg seain!

11:03 pm

Congratulations dcseain on fireworks!Hooray for you

11:04 pm

Clue for the first re5,10, please

11:04 pm

YAY seain

11:05 pm

The first re5/10 word is re4/4 word plus a vowel wht

11:05 pm

add a vowel to the re4, wht

11:05 pm

thanks, yall!

11:06 pm

ah, so Potomac Hospital was eaten by the evil healthcare provider empire from Tidewater. Interesting.

11:06 pm

(that's the hospital near my mom)

11:06 pm

ah, the stairs neighbours ar home, stomping away

11:06 pm

I thought I had tried that a couple of times.

11:06 pm

ty dcs.

11:07 pm

sounds like a video game "insert local health care provider chip in ear of emperor"

11:07 pm

Qu's Quarantined! 10 left

11:08 pm

Late congrats to dc!

11:10 pm

Hello Jellen! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:10 pm

29 to go

11:10 pm

ty, jellen

11:10 pm

I'm fine, Min...and you?

11:10 pm

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

11:11 pm

I"m pretty good min, trying to multi task and doing poorly!

11:11 pm

I am well Jellen!I am almost finished with the grid.Did you complete the puzzle yet? Oh & Happy 4th of July!

11:12 pm

1st ga6?

11:12 pm

LOL 11:07 pmharpjane @ sounds like a video game "insert local health care provider chip in ear of emperor"

11:12 pm

ga6 - publisher of USA Today

11:12 pm

Apparently it's a bird

11:12 pm

ga6/24 word is a kind of bird or name of a newspaper

11:13 pm

R's Removed! 8 left

11:13 pm

fa6 36 and 6 39?

11:13 pm

even our clues are not helping me tonigt. I should never have begun...

11:14 pm

39 = brit spelling of fa5 before it

11:14 pm

Your clues, sorry

11:14 pm

fa6.36 - - add high-point letter, then two more tiles

11:14 pm

ri7 please

11:14 pm

fa6.39 - brit version of fa5

11:14 pm

french ri7 - different last vowel

11:14 pm

ri7 - a flowing water (en francais)

11:14 pm

thanks

11:15 pm

Yes, I've finished, Min...

11:15 pm

fa6:fa + 2-letter tile+smallest state abbrev. reversed

11:15 pm

hi all...here to help clue for a bit

11:15 pm

fa 6/39 is a british or canadian spelling of an fa 5/22.

11:16 pm

thanks

11:16 pm

ri 7/40: French Ri****a, replace a with another vowel

11:16 pm

ty dcsean

11:16 pm

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

11:16 pm

Do any of you live in neighborhoods where EVERYONE lights off fireworks?

11:16 pm

or is that unique to small towns in the west?

11:16 pm

Thanks Min! Long time no see!!! :)

11:17 pm

fa6,36 is an Indian snake charmer.

11:17 pm

Congratulations Jellen on finishing early!Good for you

11:17 pm

i grew up in one of those, but we all gathered at one house to do it together

11:17 pm

un6,21 please

11:18 pm

un6- untorn

11:18 pm

still not getting the first ga6 :(

11:18 pm

un + let an apartment

11:18 pm

That un 6/21 word is un plus that re 4/4 word wht.

11:18 pm

U's Uplifted! 7 left

11:18 pm

used to go to a cottage where all the neighbour chipped in and bought fireworks...was pretty awesome

11:18 pm

ga + double consonant + phone home alien

11:18 pm

all the neighbours i mean...oops

11:18 pm

thx! :)

11:19 pm

that's the best clue jellen

11:19 pm

ga6:ga + double consonants + alien who phoned home

11:19 pm

gooo MIN

11:19 pm

ty Min. My second fireworks display of the day.

11:19 pm

YAY wht!!! :)

11:19 pm

WooHoo, wht!!!

11:19 pm

wtg wht

11:19 pm

ou6?

11:20 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

11:20 pm

ou + what the phone did

11:20 pm

ou + the sound of a phone

11:20 pm

lol

11:20 pm

y'all's clues are great! much appreciated!

11:20 pm

Alternate spelling of the or5,14 before it. A large ape

11:20 pm

only 17 more to go!

11:21 pm

18

11:21 pm

Gooo Pinikula and harp!

11:21 pm

You can do it Pini and harp

11:21 pm

by the way this is a unique flag, it was only used in 1961 i think

11:21 pm

O's Ousted! 5 lleft

11:21 pm

git'r dun, min!

11:22 pm

we kin due it, harp!`

11:22 pm

oh, the 49-star one, jane?

11:22 pm

yup

11:23 pm

need water...brb to clue more if needed...u all are so quick!

11:25 pm

ra5/14?

11:26 pm

Home on the range, Pini

11:26 pm

ra5 dressing

11:26 pm

oy vey!

11:26 pm

can be a cattle one or a horse one pini

11:26 pm

OR a type of salad dressing

11:26 pm

That ra 5/14 wo 4/9 might be a dude ra*** Pinikula.

11:27 pm

could be a single-storey house

11:28 pm

which is what I live in

11:28 pm

I's Isolated! 3 left

11:28 pm

Meanwhile, back at the ra5

11:28 pm

git'r dun, min

11:28 pm

8 more to go here...

11:28 pm

wtg Pini, Min

11:29 pm

Go Pinikula go!

11:29 pm

12

11:29 pm

Go harp.

11:30 pm

Anyone need clues before I go?

11:30 pm

down to the wire for Min, Pin and Harp!!! You all will get there...still half an hour to go! :D

11:30 pm

43 left for me, so maybe not everyone Cathyar

11:30 pm

E's Eliminated! 2 left

11:31 pm

you can still make it Bugsaw...what do you need?

11:31 pm

te5/12?

11:31 pm

wht I cannot understand any clues for the last fa 6, 39 please

11:31 pm

te + ***ependence Day!

11:31 pm

The fa6,36 is a snake charmer from India.

11:32 pm

bugs, do you have the fa5? if so, add an UnUsUal vowel before the last consonant

11:32 pm

thx jellen

11:32 pm

the last one is how the canadians spell the fa5 before it

11:32 pm

fa6/39 is fa 5/22 with a vowel before the hook letter

11:32 pm

do me a fa****...same as the fa5/22 before it but spelled a but different...an extra vowel

11:32 pm

vr5?

11:33 pm

vr + **t (not in) + *e Are the Champions

11:33 pm

fa + 4/5 of the qu5/16

11:33 pm

Thankyou both! I am Canadian. I spell it that way but didn't have the US way either!

11:33 pm

vr 5/26 is vr4/11 with extra vowel near the end of it

11:33 pm

thx for the vr...would NEVER have gotten that one alone!

11:33 pm

Wr5 is what cowboys do, I guess

11:33 pm

F's Finished! 1 left

11:34 pm

w + what you did to the bell

11:34 pm

wtg Min

11:34 pm

ut?

11:34 pm

gooooooo minver

11:34 pm

ut = plural of womb

11:35 pm

thx jellen...was leaning that way, but spelling it wrong

11:35 pm

Sorry Min, misread your request.

11:35 pm

4 to go

11:35 pm

That ut 5/12 word is the plural of the womb Pinikula.

11:36 pm

ut + the start of a girl's name, minus the last consonant.

11:36 pm

fireworks -- and I've been watching them all over the place! (on TV)

11:36 pm

I am interested to see if Pinikula's last wo 4/9 will be what I'm stuck now for my last wo4/9.I'll wait for Pini

11:36 pm

YAY jilli!!!! :D

11:36 pm

Congratulations jillibus on your fireworks! Good for U

11:36 pm

Hooray for jilli!!!

11:36 pm

wtg jilli

11:36 pm

wtg, Jilli

11:36 pm

Min...I need the last ga and 3 qu!

11:36 pm

wo 4/9....what we look for in the grid Min!!!

11:37 pm

Oh no, then you already have the wo 4/9 that I need

11:37 pm

ga is a gemstone Pini

11:37 pm

The last ga is bouquet ga5, a collection of spices used in soups

11:37 pm

and the name of a ghost town in Montana

11:37 pm

ga5= same first four letters + personal pronoun

11:38 pm

3

11:38 pm

oops...sorry...i clued the wrong ga :(

11:38 pm

(thx)

11:38 pm

Which qu's do you need

11:38 pm

no worries!

11:39 pm

2

11:39 pm

Go Pinikula go!

11:39 pm

Min -- do you really need wo4/8?

11:39 pm

1st qu5/16?

11:40 pm

No I have it. But I am stuck on my last wo 4/9 jillibus.

11:40 pm

qu5/16 , last, a large ****tity

11:40 pm

qu5,14 - short for an amount of something

11:40 pm

done, thanks for the help!

11:40 pm

that's the only wo4/9

11:40 pm

qu + picnic pest

11:40 pm

The qu 5/16 is qu 6/27 wo 4/9 minus a vowel Pinikula

11:40 pm

and your last wo4/9 is what, min?

11:40 pm

wth harp

11:40 pm

just one MORE!

11:40 pm

Or wtg, harp

11:40 pm

YAY Harp! :)

11:40 pm

Yay, harp!!!

11:40 pm

Go Pini!!!

11:41 pm

* sparklers *

11:41 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! My last word was vi7/40

11:41 pm

LOL....YAY Pinikula!!! :D

11:41 pm

Yay Pini

11:41 pm

wtg min!

11:41 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks! Good for you!

11:41 pm

Hooray for Pini!!!

11:41 pm

Bug? Are you still here looking?

11:41 pm

Yay, Min!!!

11:41 pm

YAY Minveryork!!!

11:41 pm

Update on Koda...I don't think he can further into the corner if he tried any harder!

11:42 pm

The MinPin team get their fireworks together on the 4th of July! How appropriate! I'll stay to clue for a bit

11:42 pm

YAY Minveryork!!! Good for you!!!

11:42 pm

Aww...poor Koda!

11:42 pm

(I think the NY Macy's fireworks are better than the DC ones)

11:42 pm

^5 Min!!! :)

11:42 pm

Congratulations to the finishers. Going to bed now. Good luck on the flip.

11:42 pm

brb...

11:42 pm

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

11:42 pm

thanks wht....sleep well!!! :D

11:42 pm

I think he'll be ok, jellen...at least he's not shaking or anything like that, just trying to "get his distance"

11:43 pm

thx wht...sleep well!

11:43 pm

night wht!

11:43 pm

Can I be on the team with Min and Pin?

11:44 pm

Sure, why not! We could be the MinLinPin team! LOL!

11:44 pm

* giggle * how will you incorporate your name into ours, grem? "MinPin"!

11:44 pm

Pini, there was a little Minpin outside the grocery store here, leashed to a bench, shaking and gazing anxiously into the store for his person.

11:44 pm

ROFL!

11:44 pm

Thanks Min

11:44 pm

MinPinLinn! LOL

11:44 pm

poor thing, jilli!!!!!

11:44 pm

That's what I thought too, pini!

11:45 pm

or MinPin the Gremlinn! lol ;)

11:45 pm

1173 words today

11:46 pm

don't push it, grem!

11:46 pm

or 173, take your pick

11:46 pm

MinPinGrim?

11:46 pm

We could be the LinMinPin team (keep it alpabetical).

11:46 pm

I'm not grim; I'm happy and cheerful.

11:46 pm

has a rather nice ring...

11:47 pm

Poetic licence, grem ;)

11:47 pm

That license seems to be expired.

11:47 pm

predicting 1173 wo4/9 is grim, grem

11:48 pm

Or maybe poetry in general retired.

11:48 pm

But that many words would mean a great grid.

11:48 pm

would mean a much bigger grid!

11:49 pm

I'd never finish that many...I have a bedroom to paint tomorrow. lol

11:49 pm

more like 8x8 or 10x10

11:49 pm

And then everyone who wanted to type 150 words or so could stop sooner.

11:49 pm

It would set me to ch7ing

11:50 pm

(the first ch7)

11:50 pm

too cute, jilli

11:51 pm

I love that word.

11:51 pm

R S C L S D E I A E G N T R P I A E S O L M I D C has 3120 words

11:51 pm

hello all! I wonder what the next grid will be like...

11:51 pm

how'd you figure that, grem?

11:51 pm

so a mere 1173 is not too much to ask.

11:51 pm

hi stid

11:51 pm

I hate the 4th of July, btw. I hate it I hate it I hate it.

11:51 pm

me too stidmama

11:52 pm

Found it on a web page - google search for "dense boggle board"

11:52 pm

http://ai.stanford.edu/~chuongdo/boggl e/index.html

11:52 pm

gremlinn, that's just cruel...

11:52 pm

hope we never see it, grem (no offense)

11:52 pm

Haha!

11:52 pm

Maybe on April 1st?

11:53 pm

so, stid, those are your tamales! I thought they were finnan haddies!

11:53 pm

...and the fireworks are going off here...Koda is sitting on my legs...and looking around to find them...

11:53 pm

yes. Tom fixed my mouse.

11:53 pm

...not being sure just where to look.

11:53 pm

what are finnan haddies???

11:53 pm

smoked cod

11:53 pm

we have M80s and something a LOT bigger going off pretty constantly now that it's dark.

11:54 pm

oh. I like smoked fishies.

11:54 pm

actually I suppose they're smoked haddock.

11:55 pm

five minutes.... *waiting waiting*

11:55 pm

what's the difference between cod and haddock? *runs to look it up*

11:56 pm

I think cod is bonier stid...

11:56 pm

Finnan Haddie is smoked haddock. Its origin is Findon (or Finnan) near Aberdeen, Scotland (from Wikipedia)

11:56 pm

any clues for fr 5 please

11:56 pm

<-- descendent of Scots born in Aberdeen!

11:56 pm

Any guesses for the next puzzle size! My guess is 114

11:57 pm

350?

11:57 pm

fr5 = Parisian coin

11:57 pm

think money bugsaw

11:57 pm

173

11:57 pm

fr5 is French money, bugs -- hi!

11:57 pm

oh. haddock is now partially endangered, it seems

11:57 pm

fr 5:different spelling of Sly Stallone's brother Bugsaw

11:57 pm

I have very distant ancestors from Firth, apparently.

11:58 pm

we have LOTS of haddock in NS

11:58 pm

so is Atlantic cod

11:58 pm

My paternal grandparents were from Aberdeen

11:58 pm

If I took Koda out on leash to see what the noises are stemming from...would it help him any?

11:59 pm

maybe it's just some stocks of haddock that are in trouble

11:59 pm

hi cath!

11:59 pm

My maternal greatgrandparents were from Aberdeen

11:59 pm

if you ever cook salt cod, make sure to soak it in water 5 or 6 times...its verrrry salty!

11:59 pm

Hi Jilli!!! How are you?

11:59 pm

well, hello cousin pini! (?)

11:59 pm

* giggle *

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