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flip and hi all

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip flop

12:00 am

HU6

12:00 am

flip hi volley flos

12:00 am

ou7/40

12:00 am

en 10

hi dart flosey

12:00 am

BR7

12:01 am

hi dart

12:01 am

TO6

12:01 am

re7

12:01 am

RO6

12:01 am

sh 8

12:02 am

TO6

Clues are up

12:02 am

br7

12:02 am

SH7

12:02 am

to6

12:02 am

bo6

12:02 am

SH7

12:02 am

ga6

12:03 am

SH 7 X 2

12:03 am

Hi Lickety and thank you!!

12:03 am

ou 9

12:03 am

ag6

12:04 am

grem is that 9 an extension of a 5?

12:04 am

no, of a 6

12:04 am

ig7

12:04 am

ro7

12:05 am

gr8

12:05 am

thanks jac just found it

12:05 am

thanks grem

12:05 am

hello lickety

12:06 am

OU7

12:06 am

ha4 th4 ha4? Nae! We be not a habberdashery! LOL

12:06 am

and i found them in that order LOL

12:06 am

EA6

12:07 am

st 8

12:07 am

TE7

12:07 am

TO7

12:07 am

ST6

12:08 am

FO6

hello Seain, back for more, ha!

nbt

12:09 am

still awake, so why not :)

you might be, I slept for a while, woke up for a bit so thought I would stick my nose into it a little!

12:10 am

to 6

12:11 am

hi George

12:11 am

my sleep's all outta wack

hello flosey!

12:11 am

and i've a job interview Wed at 14.

12:11 am

at least i can sleep in for one at that hour

12:11 am

in8

yeah, mine's a bit, too may odd hours!!

yeah, that's good, good luck with that!!

12:12 am

ty

12:13 am

ne8

12:16 am

fo 7, ho 7

12:17 am

hello everyone

hello!

12:17 am

I'll find my cloud later

12:17 am

hello west

12:17 am

en 8

12:17 am

hi

12:17 am

George

12:17 am

hi jacq

west

ford

12:18 am

a nice juicy grid..my finger slipped lol

12:20 am

HA 7

12:20 am

hi ML

12:20 am

hi west

12:20 am

st8

12:20 am

ty for the HA

12:21 am

Si6

12:21 am

ah, found the 10

12:21 am

wtg flosey and hi

12:21 am

gj flosey i am still looking

12:22 am

hi west and mlf

12:22 am

are you going to tell us the letters?

12:22 am

en10/84

12:22 am

thanks

12:22 am

and with that you get 3 words

12:23 am

oh i have that one

12:23 am

wow

12:23 am

jilli told me about William walking at your house on Father's Day that was so adorable

ta for that, flosey -- just got it! xx

12:23 am

the fr 7 i just found should be a word but its not bumme

12:23 am

bummer

12:23 am

oh west, it was such a giggle

12:24 am

wtg George

12:24 am

I told jilli he must have been saving his big trick for you

yeah, ha! it should, if it's what I saw after you said that!! isn't it a word?

12:24 am

I think it was for Father and Grandfather

I'm probably seeing something else, that's my mind for ya, ha ha!

12:24 am

I see haggis

12:24 am

WOOHOOO EN 7 10 8

12:25 am

perfect present !!

12:25 am

good for you mlf

12:25 am

and with those, you get 3 more!!

12:25 am

good job ML !!

yeah, think it was deffo something else!

12:25 am

thanks flosey i thught ti wouldnt work lol

12:26 am

GA 7

12:26 am

hi guys

12:26 am

I got them too !!

12:26 am

GA 6

12:26 am

great

12:26 am

hi sandy

12:26 am

oops

12:27 am

I thought you were congratulating me flosey lol

12:27 am

flsoey go to pb

12:27 am

I was west

12:28 am

I'll back you up lol

12:28 am

yes, mlf, hope there's some good stuff in there tonight

12:28 am

flosey no idea

12:29 am

was gr8 called?

12:29 am

thanks west

12:29 am

don't remember west, but have it

12:30 am

might have been but i have it as well

12:31 am

fireworks

12:32 am

grem you're amazing

12:32 am

Yay !!

12:32 am

Should I feel good that the peanut butter I am snacking on with celery sticks is high in Omega-3s?

12:32 am

okay guys i have 186 left i keep typing in the same words over and over i am out poof

12:32 am

I'm sure it is doug

12:32 am

g'night mlf

12:32 am

take care ML

12:32 am

are those the fish fats?

12:32 am

Bowing to grem's unspeakable excellence

yeah, why not, Doug? tasty as well -- love that!!

12:33 am

does your peanut butter have fish oil in it?

12:33 am

wow grem!!!

12:33 am

124 left and time for another coffee

12:33 am

grem, you're kidding!! amazing

12:33 am

you must be a walking encyclopedia

12:34 am

good evening all

12:34 am

hi there

12:34 am

oh!, that sounds so good jacq, think I'll join you

it shouldn't, the omega's in perfect balance are found in some seed oils, pretty easy to get!

12:34 am

hi m9

12:34 am

did grem have fw already/

12:34 am

he did

12:34 am

I did

12:34 am

yes, at about 12:30 central time

12:34 am

congrats grem

12:35 am

about 9 words per minute.

12:36 am

I don't think I could type that fast anymore

over halfway, not too bad?

12:37 am

not bad at all

12:37 am

wtg George

12:38 am

this is a friendly little grid

thank you!!

12:38 am

so far

ooh, my favourite style of music's in this grid!!

12:39 am

hmmm, wonder what type of music that is

ha! well if I told you I'd be put away again--in the penalty box, anyhow!

12:40 am

what does it begin with?

12:40 am

lol, wouldn't want to do that to you George

12:40 am

oh I know

12:41 am

nope

12:41 am

phant reggae

it's the music of the islands! can't give you more of a clue than that!

12:42 am

found a fish

you said it, gremlinn -- what the Americans call it

12:42 am

me too yummy

12:42 am

still have three bts

12:42 am

vowels?

12:42 am

although it does not appear to be in this dictionary!

ag 8 if not called

actually it's not really the spelling I see most

12:43 am

hi dee and ty

no, it should have a double consonant really

hi west & yw

I've seen folk write it both ways though!

12:43 am

oh so I was right mon

hi and nbt

apparently i am in the pacific time zone now. was expecting flip to happen in 15 minutes

12:44 am

hi josh, good for you

12:44 am

lol josh

12:44 am

are you on travel josh?

12:44 am

15 minutes before the flip and already NBT - impressive!

12:44 am

and hello

12:44 am

my son is on the gri

12:45 am

d

12:45 am

I see him thanks

12:45 am

does he have a br7?

i am on summerlong travel, west. now i am in the west, apparently

12:45 am

are you having fun?

12:46 am

thanks grem

i am indeed. drove through monument valley today

I have four of those, gremlinn

12:46 am

I like travelling somewhat, but I couldn't bear to do it for a whole summer - one week's plenty

12:46 am

beautiful josh

12:46 am

why yes he does... but br7 is not on grid

traveling for longer than a couple of weeks is a state of mind as much as anything. i've gotten to where anything less than 2 weeks doesn't feel like a real trip

12:47 am

it is m9

12:48 am

did you drive out there or fly and rent a car?

i am in my now dirty subaru

12:49 am

plenty of time to wash it

sure, but why b6

it's just going to get dirty again tomorrow

12:50 am

I mean when trip is over

12:51 am

I hope you post some pictures josh

12:51 am

no..i meant the name of ga4/8's br7.lol

12:51 am

nothun uglier than a dirty subaru

12:51 am

oh no YPbPr1NoSignal

12:51 am

that's on my TV

i've got a white one, too, so it looks exactly as dirty as it is

12:52 am

storms a-comin'

12:55 am

how cool! fo7/44 hu6/24 in the lower corner!

12:57 am

thanks for the fo had the hu

12:58 am

yw

12:58 am

the gerund is giving me 7's and 8's.. i don't usually get those very easily

oh god didn't even see that yet

12:59 am

handy

12:59 am

sometimes it's worthless

1:02 am

found the re8

1:02 am

tr 8 that is

1:02 am

hi and ty ruru

1:02 am

Hello all

1:03 am

hi jilli

1:03 am

hi jilli!

1:03 am

Hi Jilli

1:03 am

how was you game tonight

1:04 am

It was dreary, flosey -- terrible cards. Irene played 4 hands, I played 2.

1:04 am

i think gish should be a word.

1:05 am

Geo didn't have a good night either

ahh, got the en10

1:05 am

We were N/S all night, all the fun was for E/W.

1:05 am

thanks josh

1:06 am

thanks josh!

1:11 am

* waking up * flip * nudge for either I for NBT?

1:11 am

just got an in8 but not the one I need

i have it5 and ig7 but no more as of right now

1:11 am

thx for the nudges ;) * working *

ty for in8 btw

1:12 am

is this biggie a toughie too?

1:12 am

ty josh and yw

1:12 am

not so bad jilli

1:12 am

is 6

1:13 am

ok, thx west

1:13 am

in7

1:13 am

just need one for nbt

phantom greasier

1:14 am

getting i clues from everyone and I am blind

1:14 am

haven't gotten any that have been clued yet (fell on the in7)

1:15 am

(west, the in7 has to do with "vision")

1:15 am

*picks pini up off the in 7*

1:16 am

watch out for those i

1:16 am

things like "in7" aren't really clues imho, when they're just what Lickety shows.

1:16 am

thx, ru, much appreciated! :)

1:16 am

i's they can poke you

1:16 am

oh for goodness sakes

1:16 am

good point, jilli (I haven't opened lickety yet), should have nudged a bit more...

1:17 am

guess what it's not the one I need but thanks

fireworks

1:17 am

wtg dee

1:17 am

wtg Dee

1:17 am

yay dee !!

ty pretty fun for this large

1:17 am

wow Dee! wtg!

ty may I help before I poof

1:18 am

gaige

1:18 am

yeah, m9, I tried that one, too - still doesn't work I see

1:18 am

nope.

1:18 am

YAY dee and hi dee hi!

ty jili & hugs!

1:19 am

flosey -- lovely cloud!

1:19 am

ah, got the in8 but can't get the 7

1:19 am

thanks jilli

1:19 am

in + vision

1:19 am

(one of the senses)

have a great day / eve all!! poofing with hugs!

1:19 am

night dee

1:20 am

your's is beautiful too jilli - and great comment

nite pini

1:20 am

thanks Pini

1:20 am

thanks, flosey

1:20 am

bye dee take care

1:20 am

yw ;)

1:21 am

NBT

1:21 am

well done, jilli

1:21 am

still need a nudge for the far right I

1:21 am

me too pini!

1:22 am

that's the one I need too

1:22 am

wtg jilli - I'm still missing the right column i

1:22 am

might find it on a grill...to start the fire

1:22 am

ig7 -- one who starts fires

1:22 am

thx dart/jilli ;)

1:22 am

NBT

1:22 am

thanks!

1:23 am

NBT

1:23 am

1 more for half-way and bedtime!

1:23 am

wtg m and pini won't work for me

1:23 am

wtg pini!

1:23 am

just keep heading west west.

1:24 am

right column I ig 7 and is 5

1:24 am

nbt

1:24 am

west, use either/** at the end

1:24 am

wtg m9!

1:24 am

wrong last vowel

1:24 am

wtg west

1:24 am

whew !! lol

is6, not is5

1:24 am

oopsie sorry

1:25 am

thanks all

1:25 am

well done, west ;)

1:25 am

thanks jilli, finally got it

1:26 am

going to get my icon and it's not a cloud

1:26 am

134/134 = bedtime for this ol' broad! Nytol! cya tmw ;)

1:26 am

that's what I was doing west

1:26 am

well done, pini!!!

1:27 am

well done Pini, sweet dreams

1:27 am

wow...i have FOUR grey tiles!!!LOL

1:28 am

I haveTHREE, good for ME!

1:28 am

whoo hoo!

1:34 am

halfway!!

1:35 am

hello again

1:35 am

wtg m9!

1:36 am

do you see flowers or caity?

1:36 am

lovely young lady, west!

1:36 am

she is jilli she's our 'silver lining'

1:36 am

let me refresh

1:36 am

I can't believe she's 21

1:37 am

I see Caity when I click on the icon because I have to go out and come back in to have it change. Refreshing no longer works.

1:37 am

what a lovely young lady west

1:37 am

I see what you mean about your silver lining.

1:37 am

now i see her. beautiful!

1:37 am

thanks too flosey they're all great

1:38 am

5 granddaughters

1:38 am

wow, lucky you

1:39 am

the youngest is 4 I hope she stays little lol

1:39 am

well I need to get some zzzz. Get to wake up to listing!

1:39 am

ah, west

1:39 am

goodnight m9, sweet dreams

1:39 am

good night m9 happy dreams

1:40 am

Night m9!

1:40 am

night all! *poof*

pawvasparasun

1:41 am

the exterminators are coming in the morning and I haven't heard a peep..must have heard us phoning them

1:41 am

what kind of peeps have you been hearing west

1:42 am

sounds like a manual typewriter in the living room wall of the cabin

1:42 am

oh my!

1:42 am

or else they're building a high rise

1:42 am

2 cats and they can't be bothered

1:43 am

we think they're getting in through the fireplace

1:43 am

your cant are probably too well fed

1:44 am

we had a 3 season porch built last year and the builder said the attic was full of their droppings

1:44 am

*cats, not cant (typo time)

1:44 am

you said it jilli they are the best fed cats in Maine lol

1:45 am

and they lie too I feed them and they look all forlorn and starving when hubby gets up

1:46 am

poor babies

1:46 am

are they Maine coons?

westfird

1:47 am

no one is calico the other is fuzzy tuxedo

1:47 am

hello pawvas

1:47 am

I have a little resin Maine coon but he doesn't eat

1:47 am

UTB?

1:48 am

seems so

hi all

1:48 am

hi melon

1:48 am

hi mel

1:49 am

exactly 1/2 way, I'm off to bed

1:49 am

goodnight all

1:49 am

good morning everybody

1:49 am

will be back tomorrow

1:49 am

hi and goodnight ruby

1:49 am

well done, flosey! Nighty-night.

1:50 am

hi ruby

missing middle row last column I for NBT

1:50 am

good night flosey and wtg !!

1:50 am

hi ruby

1:50 am

ig7, melon

1:50 am

person who lights the grill

1:51 am

that was my nemesis

tx jilli - i was just too lazy to look.

1:51 am

lazy is good at times

1:51 am

sweat dreams, flosey

My son has started his second of six weeks in Israel with a program called Nesiya. They post photos at their website, he looks to be having the time of his life.

1:52 am

nice, laid-back chog this AM

icon shopping

1:52 am

good for him, melon!

1:53 am

what an opportunity mel !

1:53 am

ruby it flows along well at the start

1:54 am

yes, the first 6 were a snap lol

1:54 am

I try to discipline myself with one scare at a time, but it's so tempting to jump around

1:55 am

there's a nice group in the upper right corner

1:55 am

I need a banana break...back soon

1:56 am

you are a siren, west!

and I'm back.

1:56 am

I am? I don't lure sailors. lol

good morning all how many words

Big puzzle, I think I'll try to see how many of the Ss I can get.

1:57 am

pretty one mel

1:57 am

268 sandra and good morning

1:57 am

hi sandra -- 268

1:57 am

hi sandra

ooooh i have a long way to go

1:59 am

grem finished this in half an hour

1:59 am

grem isn't human

1:59 am

right lol but he's a sweetheart

1:59 am

oh yes

1:59 am

that's amazing!

uh-0h

2:01 am

hi everyone

2:01 am

gd morning sandyloo!

2:02 am

hi sandy :)

2:02 am

jill that rose is gorgeous

2:03 am

looking forward to tonight ruby and seeing the country around you

2:03 am

thanks, sandy, but I now have a cloud -- guess you need to refresh!

2:03 am

I hope that Lance keeps riding and chatting with the other riders. I don't think he's a quitter.....

2:03 am

Cant believe my change of icon has appeared - miracles do happen

2:04 am

Ruby , he says he knows he won't win but will enjoy the rest of the tour and will help his team

2:06 am

have you noticed the difference between him and Contador where whichever rider is next to him, French or not, has an animated conversation? And Contador never talks to anybody except his buddy Novel

2:07 am

I don't want Contador to win , but he has such a good team and the only person Cadel seems to have is Frank Hencappe (can't spell it)

2:08 am

I felt very sorry for Lance though - he had such bad luck

2:08 am

I though Schleck looked good on Sunday, but there's something a little strange about the blankness of his eyes....

2:09 am

I love this grid!

2:09 am

LOL

and we're back! I got red 'Messages from hell" for a few minutes there.

2:12 am

hahah melon head

fireworks

2:13 am

good one josh -

that one felt bigger than it was

2:13 am

good morning and yay, joshua

2:13 am

I am meant to be doing the tax on the computer but I am doing this .........Babble is bad for me

well, I have 29 S words so far

who wants a clue or two

2:14 am

Do you all like my comment about you at the end of my icon blurb

2:14 am

first letters of 9 and 10, pls

2:15 am

that is a lovely sentiment, sandy!

sandyloo, I have to apologize in advance, but your handle reminds me of something my son told me about hiking in the desert - again, so sorry!

2:15 am

ou9

en10, ou9

your blurb is lovely sandy

2:16 am

LOL melon

2:16 am

I got the ou7, right away, putting monkeys to work for the others

whew!

I got the 10 a while ago

if you are familiar with the contest at nathan's in coney island you will get the ou6/9/7

2:18 am

too funny, joshua -- got it! I used to go to Nathan's when I was little, late on summer nights with my family, and eat little fried shrimp in paper cones!

2:19 am

phantom: haggis

not bad for a frenchie

my phantom is entourage

2:21 am

your phantom is better than my phantom!

2:22 am

I was just trying that one melon

2:23 am

gent

2:23 am

whoops, sorry

I always try suspected phantoms since I was once wrong and gave away a word

2:23 am

Never went to Coney Island -- went to Palisades, though.

josh that is one creepy icon!

2:23 am

PB for me, I hope there is coffee and a croissant!

2:24 am

Ruby I had that one , try again

2:24 am

why to the guys so often pick creepy icons?

2:25 am

they are not pure of heart like us jilli

2:26 am

hu4/7 isn't a real word, bah!

I'll take it anyway!

aegis

2:30 am

I have a little plaque we got in Pennsylvania Dutch country which says "Outen the lights", but enable says "outen" isn't a word, but hu4/7 is -- phooey.

PB for me! no jelly!

2:30 am

thanks, melon

2:31 am

that and ta5/14 were my favorite words

In Indiana they "hotten up the coffee" according to my late gramma Gert.

2:31 am

I can't imagine what the hu4 is.....

2:32 am

it's just a grunt

2:32 am

thank you, sounds like me standing up!

2:34 am

I haven't found it but I am grunting in many different ways

2:35 am

france via Coney Island!

halfway!

2:35 am

wtg melon!

2:35 am

i have 130 left

2:36 am

half is a long way off, but maybe doable!

2:36 am

I'm slow -- still 157 left

2:37 am

not a bad grid but some strange words in there

2:37 am

there always are some strange words

2:37 am

we are all slow compared to Gremlin, jill

off to bed for me 134, 18 7s, 7 8s, the 9 and th e 10. 30Ss. mediocre but valiant. 'nite all!

{poof}

2:38 am

night melon!

2:38 am

bye melon!

2:38 am

18 7's wow!

2:39 am

28 7s Ruby,

2:39 am

yes, but she GOT 18! I only have 10

2:39 am

i have 14

2:40 am

you better pedal faster ruby

2:40 am

legs are still tired from Sunday!

2:40 am

and then kicking that ball around.....

2:41 am

I am going to be exhausted tonight - its a big mountain stage I think?

2:41 am

and it is near you , right?

2:41 am

yes, but you can come here afterwards....very restful house!

2:43 am

We could have wine and dissect the tour. What fun!

2:43 am

what time is it there for you Ruby, 3.43pm here

2:43 am

what time will you watch it? so I don't comment and spoil your fun since I see it live

2:44 am

9:43AM

2:44 am

I think we see it live - it starts at 8pm

2:44 am

what time does it start there for you

2:44 am

so 6 hrs difference -- doing the math hahah It is over here at around 5:30PM, so 11:30 for you

2:45 am

we get live coverage from about 2PM until 5:30, some days a little more

2:46 am

so that means we do see it live too

2:46 am

usually starts when they have about 120 kms to go

2:46 am

that's nice! My son's wife (in Austin TX) tapes it and then watches during the next day

2:47 am

I do that too, as you know but last stage I stayed up

2:47 am

you commentary is in English, though, n'est-ce pas? So who does the countryside commentary?

2:48 am

I love the mountain stages and oui! il est en Englais

2:48 am

over halfway :)

2:48 am

Phill ligget is one and I love him and others - Matthew Keenan among them

2:49 am

it is a wonderful French lesson for me but one of the commentators is very sick with cancer. Last year he was having chemo and had no hair, but this year, he only does the interesting days and has hardly any voice. It is really sad, but nice that they keep him on and are so loyal.

2:49 am

Jill you must be bored with all this tour talk - do you like it?

2:49 am

sorry jill, we sports fans must be a pain!!

2:49 am

c'est terrible, Ruby

2:50 am

so you have French; I'm impressed!

2:50 am

don't mind it -- and I'm pretty much buried in the gird anyway -- carry on!

2:50 am

lol seulement un peu

2:50 am

*grid

2:51 am

I keep trying outen for your sake jilli. Maybe if we enter it enough, we'll convince enable!

2:51 am

lol, rugy!

2:51 am

or girded in the grid

2:51 am

are you talking abut the tour de Fance?

2:51 am

yes we are , we both enjoy it

2:51 am

and that was lol, ruby. Obviously bedtime.

2:52 am

yes, we are both fans with disinterested husbands. And here, women absolutely hate it!

2:52 am

de France, as you know I mean.

2:52 am

my French girlfriends think I am nuts!

2:53 am

There's a Canadian doing well in the tour -- big surprise. I think he's from BC.

2:53 am

I thought everyone in France loved it

2:53 am

hejesdal or something

2:53 am

I would love to see a canadian do well

2:53 am

no, they mostly think it's boring

2:53 am

you mean uninterested. You would prefer a disinterested judge to an uninterested one.

2:54 am

I have to check, but he may be on an American team, maybe HTC Columbia, but my tour book is 2 flights away!

2:54 am

*my command of English is slipping*

2:56 am

Yes, Ryder Hesjedal

2:56 am

lots of people say disinterested when they mean uninterested. Big difference!

2:57 am

appropriate first name!

2:57 am

I will root for him! but my favorite name is Wesley something or other from Flowery Gully, Australia

2:57 am

we had a butcher call Mr Butcher

2:57 am

one more for half.....

2:57 am

Yes! And he's a local boy, from Victoria (I'm just checking the sports section of the paper).

2:58 am

lots of English names like that, also

2:58 am

Woodman, Tinman, Sawyer, etc

2:59 am

yay, half! now I can get dressed

2:59 am

see you later

2:59 am

*poof*

2:59 am

bye ruby

3:00 am

And Evans from Australia (good surname)

3:03 am

sandy -- nice sentiment for your icon!

3:07 am

ok, 140/128 and I'm heading for bed -- goodnight anyone....*poof*

3:10 am

thanks jill, and bye for now

morning all.....163/105 and still listless. Time for coffee methinks

4:32 am

hi fish, I thought I was all alone

4:32 am

good effort

Oh hello, here for a few mins, entering anything I can see which is not much, ha!

4:33 am

hi george

halo, sandy!

4:33 am

i have 53 left but unlike fish, I am not listless

I have 93 left, so you are doing better than me!

right, got my big bloodshot baby blue on the grid!

4:35 am

me too , I want to finish

yeah, would be nice, as I normally don't the little I ever get to try this, lol!

4:39 am

I could never finish without a list - I am meant to be doing our tax at the moment- babble can be bad

4:42 am

Don't think I'll be finishing - just here whilst I'm waiting for my flatmate to get out the shower, 'cause he's worse than a girl...;)

Hello

oh yeah, I'm answering emails and tweets and DM's and whatnot--flipping heck, hello Jesse, ha! xx

4:42 am

hi NB - are you settled and happy in yournew place?

NB Happy birthday late as t iss

4:43 am

hi herin

4:43 am

I was surprised to see you here, George! Couldn't resist popping in, when I saw that!

4:43 am

NB it was my birthday on Friday

yeah, heard your all settled in another flat, how's that going m8, well I hope eh?

you got my happy birthday message, did ya??

Oh, then belated happy birthday to ya, sandy! xx

4:44 am

Thanks, and thanks Sandy - yes I am :) actually having lots of fun here...apart from my flatmate using up all the hot water. But, he's got two adorable kitties, and that makes up for it..

yeah I'm surprised and all, Jesse, never get time to do much like this lately, I come and go so much!!

gonna meet or bang into myself soon, ha!

4:45 am

thanks george

well, dunno about that, I love my hot water!!

4:45 am

Ooh, happy birthday, Sandy! And yes, thanks George!! It was nice getting online to see messages like that - I managed to sprain my ankle falling off a table (oops) so they all cheered me up no end ;)

you on the messy? I could sign on for a bit??

bloody hell, on your birthday??

4:46 am

were you dancing on the table -

yeah, with a lampshade on his head, ha!

4:46 am

I know, right! Best birthday present I ever got - a set of crutches and an ankle brace from A&E ;)

I hope you got something better than that?!?

4:47 am

that is not good, hope you are better

4:47 am

Sandy...no comment...maybe a little bit ;)

I've signed on, don't see ya though?

4:48 am

Yeah thanks ;) kind of a long story actually, but lots of my friends got together to get me a trip to South Korea - so I get to tell my relatives that I'm actually, y'know, alive. So I'm scared to death and totally excited!

we play this acro game, some of my m8's and I, where you take a word and expand it like it's an acronym

*NB on the grounds you may incriminate yourself?

and that reminds me of the best I came up with in our games of that, which was............

like Acrophobia?

used to play that non-stop when I first got online

LAMPSHADE: Lightcover, although maybe party style hat, after drunken excess!

4:49 am

I would George, but if I get on msn now I'll be there for hours, and really I'm just waiting for Frank to finish washing his hair ;)

yeah, that's it exactly, m8!! lots of fun!

we play it in messenger chats, have some laughs!

you know, you can converence, several people in one window on MSN and that.........

4:49 am

LOL! Well no lampshades for me...not this time, anyway...

4:50 am

I'm sure I'd humiliate myself terribly if I played any kind of wordgame with you and the others ;)

yeah, I see Jesse, don't see you on much! could be cos I've been here, there and everywhere else lately!!

that's a really nice photo of ya, Jesse

4:51 am

yeah, I'm not around much either! Working really antisocial hours recently, so usually when I get online there's nobody there...

4:52 am

Hey, thanks! Friend of ours edited for me, for some reason when it was taken it was bleached of all colour...I deserve technicolour ;)

oh yeah? I keep some odd hours somtimes, but if I sign on and see no one I want to chat with online, I sign off again, which probably doesn't help, ha!

4:52 am

Haha! Patience is a virtue you know :P

I stay invisible and just go off again, or else I'm bombarded with messages, should take some people off there!!

patience is fine, for those who have time for it!

4:54 am

Oh fiiiinally. Right, his lordship is now finished in the shower, which means I'd better get myself in there. It's no joke on crutches!! But lovely to see you here, and hopefully I'll see you around soon :) xx

yeah I bet not, what about the bandaging??

4:54 am

see ya later

yeah, oh well, laters then, Jesse, take care m8! xx

4:55 am

You too, be good ;) and see you, Sandy!

I always am, at least, ha!

5:30 am

Hi NB! So sorry to hear about your ankle. I've damaged a ligament in mine and am sitting with an ice pack on it. Hope you'll be better soon.

He's gone off, hydra, having a shower and whatnot!

5:32 am

Oh dear, I missed him!

Yeah, I'll pass it on to him though!

All right, Hydra, pasted your message to him on one of his pages, so likely he'll see it soon!

5:55 am

ig7? Help pls

5:55 am

think of what you use to light a fire

5:56 am

ig + not day + a rocky t**

5:57 am

that not day is a quick spelling not the correct one

5:58 am

Weird US spelling but thank you !

5:58 am

yw

Hello

6:05 am

hey guys, have there been any clues for the 9 & 10?

en10 ... begging

ou9 ... consuming more than another

6:07 am

cant beleive i didn't spot the ou9!!! ty

*worries for moment that 'another' might be in the grid*

6:07 am

en + begging

6:07 am

lol

yw ishult :)

6:08 am

and that will give you the en 7 and 8 as well

6:08 am

got the en0 also, thanks again

oops, I got the 7, but missed the plural 8 - thanks Sandy!

6:21 am

hmm firewords

6:21 am

well done sandy, way to go!

6:37 am

Hm, back and groomed to perfection now ;) but I guess I missed George, so I should probably head out.

hey NB how goes it with you?

Jesse?

hello, still here?? I've just been busy tweeting and answering DM's on there, sorry!

well, so much for that!?

anyone have the ne6,18?

7:02 am

ne =re4

ty macadam!

7:27 am

mornin babblers!

7:47 am

Hm, only an hour late - doubt you're still around, but sorry George! The cats totally distracted me; they're just too adorable...and then I had to master grocery shopping on crutches ;)

7:47 am

crutches? what's the report from London, NB? what happened?

7:48 am

and good morning, everyone

7:48 am

Hi, JBV :) oh, it's so embarrassing...I topped off my birthday celebrations by, errr, falling off a table and tearing a couple of ligaments in my ankle.

7:49 am

I thought I told you to be safe NB?

7:49 am

um, not sure what to say, hope it was worth it? so sorry about your ankle, tho

7:51 am

LOL Sea, I'm just an accident waiting to happen... and thanks, JBV :) it's alright, the kitties are scared of the crutches, though!

7:51 am

do you have to go to therapy?

7:54 am

Morning everyone! Yikes, NB! And when do you go to Korea?

7:54 am

therapy? nahh, just an ankle brace and some crutches, though I think they're just slowing me down, honestly ;)

7:55 am

Mornin', Jay :) end of August, I'm off. So, so excited/scared!

7:55 am

it's a HUGE trip for you. will you tell people you're coming or just appear?

7:56 am

and what LOVELY friends you have!

7:57 am

oh I know Jay, isn't it great of them?! I burst into tears. What a baby :P as for telling them I'm coming, as far as they know, I'm dead, so I guess I'll just have to show up - not sure if they'd believe me otherwise!

7:57 am

how long will you be there?

7:58 am

NB, i'm wishing you a wonderful trip - I'm sure it will be very emotional. It will be amazing no matter what.

7:58 am

*runs back into chog* NB!!!!!

7:58 am

hunh

7:59 am

sorry!

7:59 am

Just a week, Jay - if they accept me, then I can visit again; if they don't, I wouldn't want to be there any longer!

7:59 am

Eva!! I thought I'd missed you :)

8:00 am

oh, thank you, JBV :) yeah, whatever happens, there'll be tears for sure...mostly from me, I'll be honest ;)

8:01 am

NB, I'm crying over a family reunion and I wasn't even there ! My brother just reunited with family we haven't seen in YEARS ! - so many stories to catch up on

8:01 am

oh, how nerve-wracking and exciting all at the same time!

8:02 am

JBV, that's awesome! So happy your family has been reunited like that, what a great story!

8:02 am

Oh man Eva, depending on the hour, I'm both madly excited and completely terrifed.

8:02 am

NB, the story's in my profile, so I don't have to bore everyone, but I am so wrapped up in it, it's wonderful

8:03 am

you will have to scour korea for some lovely orange courts for me. ;)

8:04 am

JBV, that story is far from boring. That's so sweet and inspiring!! So happy for you :)

8:04 am

LOL Eva, I will do my best ;)

8:05 am

Good morning, all. Geesh. It's all about the shoes with you! ;-)

8:06 am

Morning, Judi :)

8:06 am

Maybe it's the right idea though...I may put updates in my profile instead, just so I don't clog the chog!

8:07 am

oh, how i wish i could curl up inside your luggage and go with you... ive never been to asia!

8:07 am

S'okay, NB. We probably have a plumber in the ranks. We have just about every profession represented in Babble land.

hello, you here now Jesse?

just tweetingi a bit again, and trying to finish this

8:13 am

Yes, I'm here now! :) just 'enjoying' some patchy connection..

8:14 am

You'd hate it, Eva...August there is like, the height of the rainy/humid season. You step off the plane and into what feels like a hot, wet flannel..

oh, yeah, your not om messy?

or on, rather, ha! can't type for toffee

8:15 am

Just trying to coax it into signing me in at the moment...technology tends to fall apart in my hands

8:16 am

NB, sounds like DC. ;) though, we finally got some rain here and the temps have gone down a bit. only 90 degrees today...heh

8:17 am

hello hello :)

8:18 am

hello Ata

8:19 am

george, your mango pineapple tart thing looks amazing

8:19 am

Hello, Ata!

8:20 am

DC, but with monsoon rain ;) ooh, I can check the weather there now..ahhh, a rainy 32C in Seoul right now...

8:20 am

does anyone know how to remove spirit dyes from skin?

8:21 am

does anyone know how to un-skrink a dress that shrank in last nights wash? :/

8:22 am

why the sarcastic remark?

8:22 am

buy a new one!

8:22 am

What are spirit dyes?

8:22 am

it IS a new one. :/

8:23 am

take it back if it wasn't your fault it shrunk

8:23 am

hmmm, Kallia. Has scrubbing and praying not worked? I think they should be soluble in meths, right, but you may not wanna put that on your skin...

8:23 am

they are wood dyes, which I'm using to dye metal, they are brightly coloured..and a bottle popped and went every where

8:24 am

im fairly certain i washed it on cold. cold is supposed to not shrink stuff, right?

8:24 am

Hmm. Lemon juice? Peroxide?

8:24 am

yep meths helps but really don't want much on my skin...guess it will have to wear off

8:24 am

Eva - did you put it in the dryer?

8:24 am

Oh Kallia, that is awful. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

8:24 am

Good morning everyone

8:25 am

Hiya, Mom!

8:25 am

well I frightened other half, it was bright red I was using

8:25 am

Hi Judi

8:25 am

bloodbath!

8:25 am

yes. :/ i put everything in the dryer + nothing else shrank. just that one.

8:25 am

white spirit? turps?

8:25 am

I can only imagine Kallia

8:25 am

Dryer is where stuff shrinks. Bummer.

8:26 am

lol, Kallia! Did that once with red paint in an art class...hours of fun.

8:26 am

meths is what you dilute it with, but I may try some neat turps later...at least on my hands

8:26 am

Eva, look at the tag and see if it might have to be line dried

8:26 am

but still, if it doesn't say "no tumble drying", I'd take it back

8:26 am

kallia -- do they have Goo Gone in your hardware stores over there? i have used that to get all sorts of stuff off of skin.

8:27 am

eva I'm sorry for my thoughtless remark, I trhought you were taking the p....

8:27 am

never heard of it...will go look thank you.

8:27 am

if it says you can put it in the dryer, I would take Ata's suggestion and return it

8:27 am

Goo Gone rocks! I love that stuff. And it doesn't have any nasty chems in it.

8:27 am

s'ok kallia. chog timing sometimes makes things seem other than what they are...

8:28 am

will have a look at the tag tonight. guess i should have read it before washing. :/

8:28 am

*facepalm* Eva!

8:28 am

ah Amazon UK has it.....I will go search see if it is sold at any of the hardware chains....

8:29 am

i never read tags unless the fabric seems like something special. this was a little cotton number from target...

8:29 am

well there's a lesson for you!!

8:30 am

*smug* Just found the 10.

8:31 am

i could still make it work with tights or leggins, but its now too short for work. if i cant exchange it, its now stuck as a weekend dress.

8:31 am

yay judi!

8:31 am

at least you can still wear it though!

8:33 am

hrm. the website says line dry. :/ im gonna guess the label does too...

8:34 am

thought it was cotton. website says rayon. stupid man-made fabrics.

8:35 am

gah!

8:36 am

seems to only be available on line.....I've ordered some, seems pretty useful stuff to have around, thanks Eva

8:36 am

YW kallia

8:37 am

so, maybe i could try washing it again and hanging it to dry.... maybe it will stretch out?? *wishful thinking*

8:37 am

Try wetting it thoroughly and line drying it Eva - it may unshrink

8:37 am

Hang it up dripping so that the weight of the water may stretch it

8:37 am

Take it to drycleaner's. Maybe they can stretch it. Some do offer that service.

8:42 am

*pokes NB to see if he is still conscious*

8:45 am

obviously not lol

8:45 am

sorry, Eva ;) chatting to George, navigating stairs...crutches make me twice as busy!

8:46 am

time for me to start my day. Good luck to all of you. {{Hugs}}

8:46 am

heh, no worries dear. you boys feel free to share any super-amazing raw recipes. :)

8:46 am

would love to start incorporating some into my meal-planning.

8:47 am

could you ask him to post up his recipe for that mango-pineapple tart?!

8:58 am

Stuck on three 8's : in 8/55, nr 8/60, un 8/45

8:59 am

Sorry, meant to ask for clues for those three

9:00 am

Sorry again it is ne 8/60

9:03 am

gran..ne8---someone who keeps saying "no"

9:03 am

gran..ne8---someone who keeps saying "no"

9:03 am

g hee

9:03 am

grrrrr

9:03 am

awful lag here

9:04 am

Got the in 8/55 and ne 8/60 - still not seeing un 8/45

9:07 am

dont have the un8, sorry

9:09 am

clue for in8 pls

9:09 am

hello

9:10 am

found the in8 :)

9:10 am

hello peri, dont have it

9:10 am

in and get together, Annie

9:10 am

or in +ga6/27

9:10 am

Found the un 8/45 and finished!

9:10 am

thanks peri.

9:11 am

congrats, gran!

9:11 am

clue for un8 pls

9:11 am

please clue the un8

9:13 am

Time to go spend City money. BBL.

9:13 am

un8 =un+ more simple

9:13 am

phone

9:14 am

TY!

9:14 am

yw

9:14 am

ty Kallia, that is a dumb word

9:15 am

true it is lol

9:15 am

I gues one can feel un8.....

9:15 am

I thought so too, but then I used it in a sentence...now I get it

9:15 am

yep thats what I just did Seaspray

9:16 am

off to finish of my metal canvas, all the bits are dry now

9:16 am

bbl

9:17 am

back for my last 92! later

9:17 am

bye kallia

9:17 am

and peri

9:19 am

May I please have a clue for the right column i?

9:21 am

don't have either one car, sorry

9:21 am

I have the in8 that was clued just a few minutes ago.

9:21 am

ig7.36 something that starts off the fire

9:21 am

think it is ig

9:22 am

TY!!!

9:24 am

also is6.18 ... i & shiny fabric

9:24 am

TY!

9:27 am

I think tuneage should be allowed.. *putting on some music*

9:28 am

perhaps you are missing the fish tu6.27 & 7 ?

9:30 am

I don't see that one

9:30 am

now i do

9:31 am

there is a tr 5 fish too

9:32 am

TY but I had managed to find that one

9:32 am

how about the massachusset striped cat.. did you find that?

9:33 am

are you pulling my leg?

9:33 am

nope.. ta 5

9:34 am

ta 5/14

9:34 am

ta5.14? I thought it was a forest

9:35 am

that's how they would say it in Boston lynxxx

9:38 am

good morning all! I've got my silver lining and am ready to search for words!

9:40 am

hi m9

9:41 am

hy lynx!

9:42 am

Sorry Ruru, just came back and worked out what you were on about! must be an odd accent. Anyway it must be late if you are up already and I should get to bed. Night all

9:42 am

yeah..and I'm up later than usual!

9:47 am

good night lynxxx

9:47 am

up late.. m9 it is the morning

Good Day Babblers... I need to go get a silver lining.

9:50 am

hey red

9:50 am

as in I woke up later than usual!

9:50 am

oh.. a's are greyed!

9:51 am

hey redster

9:52 am

red is off getting an icon

9:52 am

morning all. i woke up much later than usual too... trying to figure out why.. still fuzzy brained

9:52 am

hey Dorens. the weather broke here..

9:53 am

yes, it rained last night... still muggy, but not so hot

I have returned with icon in hand....:)

on or screen, I hope.

Glad you all are having better weather..

9:53 am

Almost halfway and slowing...darn

9:53 am

ooh! see it in profile!

9:53 am

oh - this cave cricket in my icon... yesterday i went into my bathroom and it was sitting on the toilet paper roll! gross

9:54 am

gadget I made it halfway..but that was a struggle.

9:54 am

cool pic Dor!

9:54 am

how charmin' dorens

9:54 am

It was pretty fun while it lasted

9:55 am

ruru, you are too clever!

I think crickets in house are considered good luck. My Mom and Grnadma always have a iron one as a door stopper...

9:55 am

soi went and got spray, and sprayed him, and he jumped.. right into the toilet... suicidal cave cricket (tried to swim, but i guess when wet he can't jump.. never madeit out of the toilet)

ah well, not such good luck for the cricket.

9:56 am

oh regular crickets might, but not cave crickets, red... several inches large... not good luck at all!

9:56 am

sounds like a good name for a band: suicidal cave cricket

9:57 am

I am bowled over... wow

9:57 am

it does indeed... my kids went to a concert a couple years ago... "death cab for cutie" or something like that... i couldn't quite figure that one out. probably came about the same way

9:57 am

flush up ruru!

Death Cab is a great Band, but it is a wierd name...

9:58 am

sorry I took the plunge

9:58 am

i can't 'handle' it

9:58 am

<< been to NYC.. has taken the Dath Cab

9:58 am

exactly.. when i finally heard them later on, i couldn't believe it was the band with that crazy name

9:58 am

oh tank you very much

9:58 am

that was death cab

9:59 am

*gives ruru a swirlie*

9:59 am

well m9 in loo of you coming up with another gag

9:59 am

you're gonna head out?

9:59 am

knew she would bidet at that one

10:00 am

yer not privvy to my thoughts!

10:00 am

lol

10:00 am

i really love the pun-offs

10:00 am

but you can always be my honey bucket.

10:00 am

*flushed with pride*

10:01 am

*two in that one*

ooooh my.....good ones!

10:01 am

<<<<already used flush... she shoots, she scores!

10:02 am

well m9 we should give the room a rest

10:02 am

oh... that was good

10:02 am

you tinkle so?

10:03 am

ROFL

10:04 am

<< she's starting to piss me off now

Groans!!!! Awesome.

10:05 am

ah, I'm a 10, but urinate in my books ruu!

10:05 am

gonna write this one in my diarrhea!

10:06 am

groan...

10:06 am

deficately a bad pun there

10:06 am

holy crap, what have I walked into?

10:07 am

uh oh. . if ruru is groaning..I'll stop. don't wanna be a klingon.

10:07 am

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:07 am

don't be such a pissoire harp

10:07 am

harps such a poopie head

10:07 am

hoping that M9 poops out

10:08 am

snap!

10:08 am

harp, just make sure nutty and the other poo-flingers aren't anywhere near here

10:08 am

SNAP

10:08 am

snap again!

10:08 am

in babble that would be resnap

10:08 am

oh okay.. I am done with potty humor

10:09 am

me toot!

10:09 am

LOL

10:09 am

you are a sick puppy m9

10:09 am

...well that was a good runs.. I guess

10:10 am

run...

10:10 am

I liked it better with the pl~!

10:11 am

*waves the white hanky*

10:11 am

*collapses*

10:12 am

stuck on br 6/27. have the sib

oh man, i have to go in for an insurance appointment, and my lunch is only half done....

10:12 am

(see how I'm all back to business?)

10:12 am

go red go!

10:13 am

or reschedule

i need ins, so i must run...

10:13 am

br6,27 pl of soup base

10:13 am

bye red

10:13 am

good luck ..hope it's quick!

10:13 am

or dark haired

10:13 am

got that one

10:14 am

br - hair colour

10:14 am

and good morning everyone

10:14 am

ah thanks!

10:15 am

down to 90 and ground to a halt

10:15 am

hi flosey!~

10:15 am

yw

10:15 am

ty flosey and kallia

10:16 am

got both ways of spelling ea5/14?

10:26 am

got common money across the pond?

10:29 am

good afternoon all

10:29 am

could please have some ou clues please

10:29 am

french for passe

hello flosey, hello all

10:29 am

and the ou*** limits

10:30 am

they are the only two I have M9 :-)

10:30 am

ah well.

10:31 am

same here

10:31 am

but thank you :0(

10:31 am

that should have been a :0)

10:31 am

tries again: good afternoon all!

10:31 am

ou9/72 - the purpose of an al fresco contest in food consumption

10:31 am

how bout compound ou7 for up on high horse!~

10:31 am

Hi Sprite

10:31 am

Hello, sprite.

10:31 am

hi sprite!!

10:32 am

hi Haz, hi Katie, hi m9 :)

10:32 am

ou7 - the emotion felt when one is beaten by a cheat in the ou9 contest.

10:33 am

ou6 when someone gets to the station before you can

10:33 am

i have the ou7..not getting the 9

10:34 am

ou9 - gerund ending for the picnic overconsumption.

10:34 am

wow.. that station one is a word!

10:34 am

*remembered it from previous grid*

10:34 am

I think it is just the station one I am missing now, ty for all the help

10:35 am

Greetings all

10:35 am

hey FM!

10:35 am

Salutations, FM.

10:35 am

argh! not getting it

10:36 am

Hiya spritey sprite and Haz and Kateie and ruru and all.

10:36 am

ou6 - to consume more food than someone else - ou9 - doing it.

10:36 am

not in + fart m9

10:37 am

ok..was over doing it. thank yoU!

10:38 am

that puts me at 4 to find... and it's 8:37 here.. better get ready for my volunteer stint at family history center!

10:38 am

beautiful clouds today!

10:38 am

I did that ou6 last night. My dd made california rolls and I made egg rolls...

10:39 am

I keep thinking of that song: look for the silver lining...

10:39 am

I always enjoy a gird with a gerund ending, adds lots of lovely bigger words.

10:39 am

hey fm

10:39 am

I meant 100 to find. why did I say 4?? wishful thinking?

10:40 am

Hi m9.

10:40 am

ah.. my next word to find was a 4!LOL

10:40 am

I'd better go and get my hair cut, see you all later :-)

10:40 am

TTFN Katie

10:41 am

Bye, Katie. Will we know you when you get back?

10:41 am

may as well get them all cut! have fun!

10:41 am

bye Katie

10:42 am

I hav a hair appt in the morning just a treat for a wash and blowdry, the prices are so much cheaper here than where I used to live.

10:43 am

folks were ag6/27 at the idea of a 55 cut, what were they where you lived before?

10:43 am

oh.. and what's the exchange rate now? about even?

10:44 am

wash and blow dry now is £12 rather than £20 and when cut is now £20 rather than £35.

10:44 am

Don't know re exchange you will have to google it.

10:45 am

wow that is better than he4.

10:46 am

Haz you public holiday today - is that part of the marching season? I am paying small village prices but have been v lucky to find a great hairdresser (thank goodness).

10:46 am

glad they aren't trying to scalp you FM

10:46 am

and that reminds me I was outta he4!!! bye all!

10:46 am

haha ruru and am not going to get into a pun game with you this afternoon.

10:46 am

bye m9

10:47 am

yeah FM, gotta snip that in the bud!

10:48 am

Go m9! :)

10:48 am

and...*pouffe*

10:50 am

FM, yes, part of the July holiday - means I have to work!

10:50 am

why is that, Haz? Do you step in when personel is off?

10:51 am

Yes, when surgery is closed, phone lines are put through to vet's house for emergency calls.

10:51 am

Work!! whatever next. The news coverage has been umm interesting as it is every m season but seems a tad more volatile this year. Or is that just the ange the media are giving it?

10:51 am

Phone...

10:52 am

A vets wife's life is never a dull one spritey.

10:52 am

no I bet. Busy, but interesting, I think.

10:53 am

Oh yay it is raining again! It rained last night for the first time in 5 weeks!!!

10:53 am

same here FM! Finally cooling down a bit. Am so grateful.

10:53 am

me too sprite, me too esp re the temps.

10:54 am

Re the news, they like to have annual training in rioting, I think.

10:54 am

sheesh

10:55 am

that is sad

10:55 am

Not much call for rioting when the weather was bad. If July happened in February, things would be a lot quieter.

10:56 am

lol like to see if they could riot whilst on ice, would be more like a keystone kops movie.

10:56 am

BRB

10:57 am

Haz, just curious: do you also get to screen the phone calls for real emergencies? And are you expected to help people verbally when possible?

10:58 am

Yes, sometimes it's just to make appointments, but you do get to give advice on what HAS to be seen and what can wait.

10:59 am

very interesting. You must know a lot about your husband's work to be able to do that.

10:59 am

I've learned over the years.

11:01 am

I remember when Terra couldn't walk at all all of a sudden and I panicked. And the vet said if it was that sudden, it was probably a virus and not something really bad. But I was glad I could come the same day anyway, even though she was right.

11:01 am

and have some great tales to tell - still waiting for you to write the book btw.

11:01 am

hello you eu**pean babblers

11:01 am

hiya Dorens

11:02 am

Yes, if people insist, they will be seen.

11:02 am

lovely grid today... toodling along nicely, particularly after finding the gerund

11:02 am

Hey Dorens! Was reading your cricket posts earlier!

11:03 am

ah! have you ever seen the beasts? they're truly grotesque. my cats don't particularly care for them, either

11:03 am

No never seen them thank goodness, they look evil.

11:03 am

actually this photo is rather mild... can't really see the size

11:03 am

looks like a cricket crossed with a spider *shudder*

11:04 am

she told me it would have to wait because they had no time, and then she called me that somebody wasn't coming and we could come. Anyway, Terra was pretty young then and couldn't hold any water or food, so I was glad they could help him fast.

11:04 am

the worst is when they jump at you! have read many internet sites... blogs etc. apparently people do call them sprickets because of that, fm

11:04 am

I know, it's reassuring.

11:04 am

Dorens, it is a bit creepy that size. And loads of them is a bit too much even to my taste, brrrrr.

11:05 am

eeew eeew

11:05 am

being a vet is not just about animals, I guess, but also a lot about the owners and their psychology.

11:05 am

yah... down in the garage, i saw six (r possibly more) huddled together on one wall. tomorrow, the garage is being cleaned out and "bombed"

11:06 am

I am sure you are right sprite.

11:06 am

the psychology of pet owners can be quite interesting, i'm sure. of course we all love our pets,but some people ....

11:06 am

is this a yearly occurance Dorens?

11:06 am

some people don't love them and some 'love' them too much.

11:07 am

i've always had a few down in the garage or laundry room... but the number this year is just outrageous

11:07 am

Morning all. Must say -have a new puppy I am totally gaga over... but follow, strictly, the vet's advise :)

11:07 am

hey CadFan :) I fell in love with Terra first thing too, hehehe.

11:07 am

they love the damp. and my house is a bilevel//don't know if that translates in europe... but my lower level includes my garage and is half underground (house on a hill)

11:07 am

Hi CadFan, is that the new pup in yr icon?

11:08 am

Saw Kahlua's picture on the internet and it was instant!

Hello again, have returned from the insurance sign up.

11:08 am

Yes, that's her

11:08 am

hiya red, did it go well?

11:08 am

she's adorable, cad

11:08 am

she is soo lovely. Hi red!

it was faster than expected.

11:08 am

I can imagine, Dorens. Always a bit damp underground.

YOur Puppy is too cute Cad. what did you finally decide on the name?

11:09 am

Cad she looks so sweet!

11:10 am

Just uploaded the picture that originally brought me to her - her name is Kahlua

11:10 am

Fineena would have been nice too. But I like Kahlua as well.

11:10 am

She is SO sweet!!!

11:10 am

i like kahlua too... used to enjoy it with cream (black russian?)

11:11 am

Fineena would be perfect - but no one else agreed with me...

11:11 am

lol Dorens

11:11 am

no, i think white russian, but why would kahlua be in a drink called white russian?

11:12 am

Fineena is an interesting name, where does that come from?

11:12 am

White Russian is actually kahlua, cream (or milk) and Vodka

11:12 am

Fineena is Gaelic (or Irish)

11:12 am

It means Beautiful Child

11:13 am

because of the vodca

11:13 am

ahah! i guess i forgot about the vodka.

11:15 am

I have to say that pup could have grown into that name.

11:17 am

a lot of numbers today

11:21 am

and very few re's given a grid this size.

11:21 am

yes indeed

11:21 am

also not many uns

11:21 am

but oh, those gerunds

11:22 am

*loves gerunds*

11:22 am

lol me too.

11:22 am

thank goodness for those gerunds - hello everyone

11:22 am

me three

11:23 am

hi River :)

11:23 am

Hi River.

11:23 am

hi river, how goes it?

11:23 am

you know - feet up on desk - goofing off - yeah sure....

11:24 am

just taking a few minute break from work

11:24 am

the most surprising gerund is actually the first (alphabetically, not the first i found)

11:25 am

I'm not far enough in grid yet to know what the first one is

11:25 am

fireflies! Yes, that was one of my final words. That and the japanese pleasure girl.

11:25 am

cant wait to find out

11:25 am

ooo - thanks for that one sprite

11:25 am

and congrats

11:26 am

thanks sprite... was puzzling over my missing g

11:26 am

Congrats spritey!!

11:26 am

yvw :) Bye all, have fun with this gr5 grid.

11:26 am

bye spritey and yay for you!

11:27 am

Need to do a few things so will be back in a while. TTFN.

11:31 am

whoohooo - left column grayed - time to get back to work - bbl

11:36 am

good afternoon friends! Just stopping by for a minute!

11:37 am

help with si8 pls

11:38 am

gerund peri

11:39 am

there was a shark Si8 off cape cod yesterday.

11:44 am

May I have a clue for the second N word from the top right corner? I have ni4.

11:45 am

both are ni4/4

11:46 am

Got it! TY Christine

11:49 am

Afternoon, all. Hey, River - how did you son do with the heart surgery? Is he back to playing soccer yet?

the facts that i just started and i see an 'er' and an 'ers' and an 'ing' and an 'ings', do i dare ask how many?? This looks enormous!!

12:05 pm

268

OK jess. that was bit anticlimactic. LOL! I expcted something in the 400's for some reason.

12:06 pm

lol

12:14 pm

River, how goes your son? We drove right near your house on our way home from Maine.

12:15 pm

Hi bichon- we just got the call today - need to be in Boston on Thursday for pre-op and Friday for surgery

12:15 pm

here we go again

12:15 pm

Surgery?

12:16 pm

same but different - we will find out more when we meet with the team on Thursday - they have all the records and results from the last one

12:17 pm

I've been away in Maine. What happened at the angiogram?

12:19 pm

it wasnt an angiogram. He was under anesthesia for 10 hours - full electrical study - they tried to find the extra pathways but ran into complications. He has a large aneurism on the backside of his heart in one off the branches of the coronary artery. Too dangerous to go any further without additional testing besides he was under for so long. Dartmouth couldnt get him in again soon and felt he needed this taken care of asap.

12:19 pm

Wow! I am so sorry to hear that he needs more surgery.

12:20 pm

us too bichon - its really tough on him

12:20 pm

What hospital in Boston?

12:20 pm

he is just getting back on his feet and we do this to him again - he will be going to Childrens Hospital

12:21 pm

That's the hospital which was feature on the show "Boston Med". It must be world class

12:22 pm

they are the leading cardiac hospital for kids

12:23 pm

You know that my thoughts are with you and your son.

12:23 pm

thanks bichon

12:24 pm

Bets wishes River...our thoughts will be with you and your family

12:24 pm

thanks seaspray

12:24 pm

hello

12:25 pm

{{river}} I'm glad I caught you!

12:25 pm

Hi Ruby

12:25 pm

where have you been - havent seen you in days

12:26 pm

in and out but here for part of everyday

12:26 pm

how are you holding up? Boston sounds like a great plan!

12:27 pm

its a great hospital - we are doing this again Thursday for pre-op and Friday for surgery

12:28 pm

will you stay at the hospital or in a hotel? Will your home e-mail be accessible?

12:28 pm

I'm a wreck - just trying to keep busy - I'm at work now

12:28 pm

you're amazing!

12:28 pm

have you been able to not smoke? I was wondering....

12:28 pm

bill collectors still want to get paid - DH is home with him

12:29 pm

not smoking - 12 weeks I think - lost count - since April 22

12:29 pm

how is your daughter doing? I can imagine that she is having a very hard time

12:29 pm

that is terrific! I was afraid that you'd revert

12:29 pm

How long will the surgery last river?

12:30 pm

hello seaspray, how are you feeling?

12:30 pm

she isnt saying much - volleyball camp is keeping her busy this week

hi all

12:30 pm

Great ruby and you?

12:30 pm

hello barb!

12:31 pm

it is very very hot here and, unlike Miami, the house is only air conditioned in the bedroom and there are no screens!

12:31 pm

people in France don't have either!

12:31 pm

We have had the heat also, 90's and 100's, that's good for being in the pool and thats about it!

12:32 pm

The Germans don't have AC or screens or water fountains!

12:32 pm

fortunately, for me there is the T*** de France, my favorite event, even though Lance can't win this year

cool here today only about 70..what happened to our summer?

12:32 pm

somehow it is always hottest here when the days are longest (like now) and the thunderstorms only cool the air briefly

12:33 pm

We were in northern Maine last week hiking hut to hut [Sugarloaf area]. It was wicked hot

12:33 pm

blackflies?

12:33 pm

still hot and humid, has been for about 3 weeks now, and no rain, we finally got a downpour last night of 2 inches...torrential but we needed it badly

12:35 pm

we need a slow, gentle rain. These T-storms don't last and as we're on a hillside, the garden is dry after one day. But I have one tomato turning red, so I am happy

12:36 pm

yay for the red tomato!!

12:36 pm

No black flies, too late in the season. There were horse flies and skeeters though.

12:36 pm

I am very poor at growing vegetables so this is exciting for me lol

12:37 pm

One year, all the tomatoes in this valley turned black, so I wasn't the only incompetent

12:37 pm

On one hike, we ran out of water and had to purify some lake water.

12:37 pm

Hi all can I please have a clue for the second br 6???

12:37 pm

that sounds very scout-ish!

12:38 pm

hello science

12:38 pm

I only have one and it's the plural of br5/16

12:38 pm

dark-haired man

12:38 pm

brogue

12:39 pm

br 6 a hair colour - te

12:39 pm

ty christine

12:39 pm

sorry all

12:39 pm

ty christine

12:41 pm

how does the 10 start?

12:42 pm

en10/84

12:42 pm

it has a gerund ending

12:43 pm

yay! I got it

12:43 pm

good job ruby

12:43 pm

thank you, river

12:44 pm

good afternoon / evening everyone!

12:44 pm

{{mom}}

12:44 pm

for once I got that biggie on my own

12:44 pm

and two other forms, besides

12:44 pm

Hi ((Mom))

12:44 pm

{{Ruby}} hello

12:44 pm

{{River}} I hadn't seen you for a few day, was going to write you and see if everything was okay. Good to see you.

12:45 pm

I've been here - just sort of lurking during the day and no time to get on computer at night

12:47 pm

any word from Boston?

12:47 pm

yes this thursday for pre-op and friday for surgery

12:47 pm

ooh a nine and ten letter word and 11 8 letters!!!

12:47 pm

will find out thursday what their plan is when we meet the doctor

12:48 pm

I wish you all well.

12:48 pm

Hi all

12:48 pm

Oh Onyx ... you seem tickled by that. Hello

12:48 pm

there are not that bad though onyx

12:48 pm

we all think about you, river, I'm sure I can speak for this whole crowd!!

12:48 pm

I'm missing an 8 -- I have en, gr, in, sh, si, trx2, and un. Any ideas?

12:48 pm

I managed the 9 and the 10 and 4 of the 8

12:48 pm

River, i'm so glad you are here. i've been thinking about you but haven't been on much.

12:48 pm

thanks Mom and Ruby

12:49 pm

Hi Good Enough

12:49 pm

Hi GE!

12:49 pm

ag8

12:49 pm

Hi mom and ruby!

12:49 pm

morning everyone! Yeah mom, i set a goal and just get the big words on some days or if i feel like it just the q words. seldom do the whole puzzzle anymore

12:50 pm

Hi Good Enough

12:50 pm

ne8

12:50 pm

It is good to have goals, Onyx. I try for halfway or 1,000 pts which ever takes longer. halfway winds today

12:50 pm

first ge 6 please

12:51 pm

Hi Jessmom

12:51 pm

wins*

12:51 pm

hi mom

12:51 pm

my goal is half, also

12:51 pm

Hi Science

12:51 pm

ne 8 - gerund ending to deny or invalidate something

12:51 pm

Hi Science

12:51 pm

hi jessmom

12:51 pm

hi ruby

12:51 pm

thanks Science

12:52 pm

first ge 6 pls

12:52 pm

Sorry Science, I don't have the ge 6

12:52 pm

just got a really stupid sh8/55

12:52 pm

fun japaneze girl perhaps

12:52 pm

any ge6?

12:53 pm

hahah

12:53 pm

Riverdance - thanks for the ag8 - I had the ag5, but can't believe I didn't try adding the ING, which I've done to everything.

12:53 pm

know what you are talking about Ruby, need to learn to spell it. :)

12:54 pm

ag8?

12:54 pm

got it, thanks Ruby

12:55 pm

Rubyfoo - see my post @ 12:53

12:56 pm

agisting

12:56 pm

Christine, the ag 5 I have putting the ing on the end isn't in the puzzle. Must be more than one

12:56 pm

Oooops

12:56 pm

whoops, sorry! heading for the pb, tail down

12:56 pm

thank you Ruby, and yes there was more than one lol

12:56 pm

see rubys clue

12:56 pm

first hu 4?

12:56 pm

do I feel dumb or what?

12:56 pm

nm it is stupid

12:57 pm

nah, not at all Ruby

12:57 pm

I was glad for the help

12:57 pm

hu4/6 search

12:57 pm

hu4 is the sound I make hoisting myself out of a chair

12:57 pm

ig 7????

12:58 pm

hu4/7

12:58 pm

sort of grunt

12:58 pm

got it - one who lights fires

1:00 pm

thanks Science

1:00 pm

I've been trying to monkey that since this morning and must be going the wrong way

1:01 pm

use the I in the last column ruby and work up and over

1:01 pm

then down to the bottom left

1:01 pm

I invented a new cocktail tonight: vodka cassis with black currants from my garden. You just have to drink it fast before it turns to jelly

lol ruby

1:01 pm

got it, thank you mom. I'll fix you a v-c for that!

1:02 pm

you're welcome Ruby and thank you

1:02 pm

I am going to go and lay down for a bit. Be back later. {{Hugs}} to all of you

1:03 pm

{{mom}}, very nice to see you!

bye mom

1:03 pm

{{Ruby}} bye bye, nice to see you too

1:03 pm

bye ((Mom))

1:03 pm

Bye bye GoodEnough

1:03 pm

my favorite word is ta5/14

1:03 pm

bye bye {{River}}

1:04 pm

*obviously low standards*

1:04 pm

(ta5)

1:05 pm

I dont even know what that word means Ruby - although it is a cute word

1:06 pm

subarctic evergreen forest (I knew it was northern, but not the exact meaning)

hello babblers

1:06 pm

like in northern Russia

1:07 pm

hello mcurl

1:07 pm

ahh! first word is gr 8/60,the grid gods may be kind to ole crossy today;)

1:07 pm

Rubyfoo - favourite of all-time, or in this grid?

1:08 pm

hello crossy, this is a lovely grid

1:08 pm

its a fun grid crossy

1:08 pm

hahah christine - just this grid!

hi crossy and mc

1:08 pm

Time for a cuppa

1:08 pm

don't you have a favorite word in each grid? I think river does.....

1:09 pm

and good afternoon to all;))

hope everyone is having a good day

1:09 pm

that gerrund ending is making a ton of nice words:))

1:09 pm

Th5 are quite a few food related words and their concequences in the grid :)

1:09 pm

I am going to go with fo7 - because I need a good one right now

1:10 pm

hello fm!

good choice river

1:10 pm

need food after all the sex yesterday - lol

1:10 pm

All the best River! Hi Ruby.

1:10 pm

raofl!

1:11 pm

someone said sex....

oh my! what did i miss??

1:11 pm

bye {{{river}}}

1:11 pm

in the grid...in the grid

1:11 pm

It is raining again!!!!! *does happy dance*

gee, you take one day off and see what happens?!

1:11 pm

lol crossy - I was going to say behave but as if you could :)

1:12 pm

lol,i was not the one to bring it up;)

1:12 pm

he started it yesterday

1:12 pm

I missed it, too, never saw any interesting words

1:12 pm

blame riverdance

folks around here are happy dancing because we FINALLY have some sun and warm temps

1:12 pm

howdy all

hi jes

1:12 pm

we are happy cause it is nice and temperate and not 100 degrees;0

1:12 pm

you must be in the only cool place; the rest of us have been suffering with heat

first sa 4/6 please

1:13 pm

hi jes

1:13 pm

we have been dealing with 90 degree weather for 2 weeks now with about an inch of rain

nm i am blind

1:13 pm

Weather round the globe is so topsy turvy mcurls. Hey jes!

sure, i'm around for the hens and chickens but not the sex. bummer

1:13 pm

today is a nice 24c and partly sunny

yes ruby--pacific northwest of US---fairly cool and wet

1:13 pm

Egads = no tea -- do I pay cabfare just to buy tea, wait for tomorrow when I must gou out, or drink green tea, cranberry cove or red zinger - I can't make that kind of decision without a cup of tea.

1:13 pm

egh. just in time. i say hi, and a client walks in.

1:13 pm

too funny, christine

1:13 pm

Today rain is the 1st in over 5 weeks for my local area.

1:14 pm

my brother is on the road now - left Sunday - is driving from NH to Billings Montana on his motorcycle

1:14 pm

start with the green tea and go from there

1:14 pm

cranberry cove Chirstine.

1:14 pm

that is too long, FM, we've been lucky, had a couple of rainstorms amidst the extreme heat

1:15 pm

pups are afraid of the thunder, but I love it!

1:15 pm

heat has also broken Ruby, now in the low 70s - am so happy.

1:15 pm

my black kitty cat hates loud noises,sneezes,thunder storms, etc

1:15 pm

hello all! I'm at the family history center and just had a great time helping someone find out about their ancestor from the 1600's! good times!

1:15 pm

I love sitting on our screen porch watching thunderstorm pass by

1:16 pm

it is fun indeed m9

I love visiting our son and doing the same thing river...we don't get them here

1:16 pm

May just order-in at lunch time, instead of dinner, and ask the gut at the restaurant to include a teabag.

1:16 pm

doesnt bother our dogs - they must think it sounds like gun shots so its exciting for them

1:16 pm

I would love that too River, love a good storm.

1:16 pm

where are you mcurl, I'm afraid to go into profiles because I always lose my connectrion

1:17 pm

the "gut" at the restaurant.LOL

washington state

1:17 pm

I spent one summer in Pullman, many years ago and it was over 100 every day with no rain

1:18 pm

m9,this may interest you since it is still in your mind after helping that guy but my brother set out to trace our entire family,and we were able to go back right to 966 in france area

1:18 pm

what kind of food does the gut deliver?

yeah it does that on the east side of the state; west is WET

1:19 pm

GH

1:19 pm

really gd night everybody *poof*

1:19 pm

ok now,my better half is coming on,so i best behave...:)

1:19 pm

Sorry, it all went wonky on me for a second or two.

1:20 pm

I hope he doesn't play babble, because he does have a litte - embonpoint.

cross--that's no excuse to behave; no fun either

g'night ruby

1:20 pm

nice, christine

1:20 pm

Mrs.Crossy plays?

1:20 pm

good night ruby

1:21 pm

she does indeed christine,her game name is 'elegant"

1:21 pm

Goodnight, rubyfoo.

1:21 pm

m9, was reading a bit of the log from yesterday re unschooling and wanted to ask a question?

1:21 pm

{{river (I think I already did that, but you need all the hugs in the world!{}}

1:21 pm

that is SO cool crossy!!

1:21 pm

gn Christine and FM!!

1:22 pm

((Ruby)))

1:22 pm

and she is elegant crossy and compliments you so well :)

1:22 pm

Night Ruby.

1:22 pm

yup it is m9 the original family name was Mal-bourn

1:22 pm

Hello Babble. Haven't been in for quite awhile.

1:22 pm

here she is,say howdy everyone to my better half

hi elegant *waves*

1:22 pm

and there is the elegant lady herself, greetings!

1:23 pm

what's that...a bad birth??LOL

1:23 pm

Hello Elegant

1:23 pm

~~~~~~~(waves)~~~~~~

1:24 pm

indeed,or a varriation of mis-born or badly created..not a proud start but it morphed into melbourne and we have a long history with that handle indeed

1:24 pm

question FM? (sorry, still at library)

1:24 pm

How long do you unschool the children for? Do they ever enter mainstream school and take exams? Am ingreagued especiall as all we see on TV over here is how much emphasis is put on 'permanent records and achievements'

1:24 pm

Hi Elegant!

1:24 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome.

1:25 pm

just asking out of interest as had not really heard of unschooling before.

1:25 pm

back again - called to wish brother happy birthday - have been on the phone for going on 2 hours!! - he's in Ontario

1:25 pm

What is unschooling?

1:25 pm

Gosh you must have avery hot ear after all that time flosey!

1:25 pm

We unschool forever.LOL my eldest is 22 and about to be married. hasn't stopped her from working.

1:26 pm

some unschoolers go on to college. Some choose other paths. Do quite well at college.

you know elegant that we are all very jealous. lucky you getting to spent all day with crossy, eating bacon recipes and having him amuse you with his stories :)

1:26 pm

lol, we've always been very close FM, I think the world of him - he just turned 80 and is now concerned about driver's test - a must when you reach 80

1:26 pm

Oh interesting, thanks m9, was curious to know.

1:26 pm

I'm going to jump off here and let the missionaries have the puter.. they only get 1/2 day to check emails and all

1:27 pm

is unschooling the same as home schooling?

1:27 pm

:)) i think i bore her with my stories

*gasp* not possible

1:27 pm

OH I wish we had that here too flosey as my Mom really shouldn't drive anymore but then if she couldn't she would wither.

1:27 pm

he is a joy and a blessing. I adore every moments spent with him and miss him dearly when we are apart.

1:28 pm

crossy blushes....

awwwww

1:28 pm

that happened to my mom FM, my sister and bil sat her down one day and told her that she had to give it up! was very hard on her

1:29 pm

I am going to have to do that soon flosey but am hanging on until this winter I think.

1:29 pm

oh my...be still my heart - does he give lessons

1:30 pm

hello all

1:30 pm

Elegant & crossy you are a lovely couple and have obviously found out the way to bring out the best in each of you :).

1:30 pm

my grandmother drove until she died at 99 1/2, 5 days after she was buried the DMV showed up at her house, someone had complained and they have come to take her license

1:30 pm

am taking my cat back to the vet for bladder ex-ray, blood work and what else he recommends. wish me luck

1:30 pm

ah, didn't realize Mrs. Crossy is with us, Hello Elegant, pleased to meet you

1:31 pm

appts is 4pm today

1:31 pm

good luck peri

1:31 pm

good luck peri

1:31 pm

flosey - unschooling is not teaching at all in any structured form but allowing the child to do what it wants and learn from that (I think).

1:31 pm

ty so much flosey, I am beside myself with worry

1:31 pm

Hi Peri - good luck with kittie

1:31 pm

Good Luck peri dear and kitty!

1:31 pm

ty River

1:31 pm

ty FM

1:32 pm

i wish you luck indeed peri..that was a 1200 dollar touch when we had our monkey cat examed here

1:32 pm

Hello Flosey.

1:32 pm

oh my, and yet they are able to attend U. they must be quite committed to learning on their own

1:32 pm

she has been peeing beside the sofa and my sis and bro in law have been very understanding

1:32 pm

ty crossy, and hello Elegant

oh my. we have so many people to add to the prayer list....

1:33 pm

not sure if they do attend U Flosey.

1:33 pm

does she have a UTI peri?

1:33 pm

I don't know enough about it.

1:33 pm

yes, Sea but do not know what else is wrong with her, she has had it for some time

1:33 pm

and will not take the meds

1:34 pm

Good, have you read The Help. very good, highly recommend it

1:34 pm

Hello Peri. Good luck with your kitty.

1:34 pm

I went through that with my cat and yes I have read The Help, loved it!

1:35 pm

ty Elegant

1:35 pm

I've read very good reviews of that book peri, it is on my list.

1:35 pm

Whats the latest book you downloaded Elegant?

1:36 pm

I am now reading: The Gastronomy of Marriage, a memoir of food and love. Written by an Italian American woman who married a Chinese American and how they blended their life and cooking styles. Very good

1:36 pm

sounds interesting peri

1:37 pm

i'm a very particular reader lol. right now I'm going through LOTR but plan on attempting Moby Dick.

1:37 pm

the author is Michelle Maisto.

1:37 pm

lol that sounds like a good menu nevermind a book.

reading The Help right now (in fact torn between reading and babbling)!!

1:37 pm

she also likes true crime stories so im trying to get some books by ann rule for her

1:37 pm

going to rest for a while, before the vet visit. bbl

i'll put that one on the list peri - thanks

1:38 pm

I'm reading the 9th Judgment by James Patterson after rereading the first 8 - now all sounds the same

1:38 pm

LOTR is one of my favs as is the Hobbit (of course) and has crossy ever mentioned a babbler called Atalante to you as she is the most wonderful Tolkein artist?

1:38 pm

yw Good, bye for now

1:38 pm

Bye for now peri.

1:39 pm

reminds me,does ata have anything online showing her work fm?

1:39 pm

wooo found the 10 all by myself :)

1:39 pm

hi all :)

1:39 pm

hats off to harry;)

1:39 pm

ha4 off :)

1:39 pm

Have you read The Man from Beijing, by Henning Mankell. He wrote the Kurt Wallender books, which I've not yet read.

1:39 pm

yes there is loads of stuff in her flickr prifile but she has about 4000 images up there of various stuff.

1:40 pm

I will ask her to sort out a few gems and let you know when she has done it.

1:40 pm

I loved the hobbit. Afer over 10 years of not being able to read I loved rediscovering the world of Bilbo. I don't think he has.

1:41 pm

www.marquista.com :)

1:41 pm

Ah talk of the talented one - thanks Ata!

1:42 pm

im deep into all that is clive cussler now,i love the way he writes,you can almost taste the spray of the ocean and the crushing depths as he dives on a wreck to save the planet he comes home reeking of booze,shot up,ribs taped and needing a shave and all the long slinky damsels in distress fall at his feet without a whimper lol

1:42 pm

ty fm, i would like that

1:43 pm

how's that for timing!

1:43 pm

Ata is invited every year to exhibit at the Tolkein event in Oxford every year, she is just so talented (not that I am biased or anything).

1:43 pm

there she is;)

1:43 pm

129 left...time to list

1:44 pm

dream on crossy re yr 1.42 post.

1:44 pm

howdy ata,those in the know say i must see some of your tolkein art work

1:45 pm

lol fm

i like your icon harry....'cept it's making me sleepy....

1:45 pm

hehe...I meant to upload a diff one today

1:45 pm

LOL I really need to update that site

1:48 pm

there is some much in your flickr,i am at a loss where to look;/

1:48 pm

so*

1:49 pm

that's why I just gave you my website link :P

1:49 pm

sorry i do not see it

1:49 pm

www.marquista.com

1:49 pm

Forget flickr and go for the www.marquista.com that Ata posted earlier.

1:50 pm

ty fm

1:50 pm

there we go.thats what im after;0

1:50 pm

Atalante - bookmarked the site, to spend some time there -- love the diabolic hamster.

1:51 pm

back for a few minutes

1:51 pm

I have some new silly hamster pics :P

1:51 pm

mm a very celtic feel to it

1:52 pm

there's fish in this grid! :)

1:52 pm

it could of been done yesterday or 100 years ago,very nice ata

1:53 pm

thank you :)

1:53 pm

Left leg has gone to sleep, need to go and walk about a bit. TTFN.

1:53 pm

you almost expect it to all be done in a old needlepoint picture

1:54 pm

some of them have been done in needlepoint afterwards!

1:55 pm

cool

1:55 pm

i like this one...

1:55 pm

http://www.marquista.com/spgm/gal/gal_ tolkien/c2_horse.jpg

1:56 pm

I have better ones than that now :) but yes, I like it too

1:57 pm

you must pop your recent work in there as well then

1:57 pm

I will, I just keep forgetting lol

1:58 pm

can you a a nice folsy interior shot a of a hobbit house showing all its little comforts?

1:58 pm

folksy

1:58 pm

lol, no that's for other people. Never drawn any Hobbity stuff

1:59 pm

never hurt to ask

2:00 pm

Tolkien was very good at hobbit holes, JOhn HOwe too

2:00 pm

one day I'll get to them!

2:02 pm

hey all. still have 45 minutes at FHC and noone's here!

2:03 pm

Also liked the link to the furniture maker - a morr

2:03 pm

Also liked the link to the furniture maker - a morr

2:03 pm

Back but only to bid you all a good night. See you on the morrow. Happy Babbling.

2:04 pm

Oops - a Morris chair like the one My Gran'ma had ... coveted that chair all my life, may need to save to buy a copy.

2:04 pm

Goodnight, FMitch.

2:04 pm

Toodles and *poof*

2:05 pm

they are wonderful furniture people

2:06 pm

ty for john howe tip ata..he has some amazing work:))

2:08 pm

just a bit LOL

2:08 pm

ahh, i love having downtime at work. it allows me to be productive with wedding stuff. :D

2:08 pm

the planning going well Eva? got shoes?

2:09 pm

still barefoot...heh

2:09 pm

but invitations have been mailed out and we are creating registries tonight!

2:09 pm

wow!

2:09 pm

getting close!

2:10 pm

my nephew registered online with a group that had many stores and portion of procedes went to charity of nephew and bride's choices.

2:10 pm

I thought it was pretty neat.

2:10 pm

yes, ive heard of that

2:17 pm

as a male,i have never really understood this registry thing..i mean invite who you like they bring a present or no,cash or no or whatever is my thoughts a a misguided male;0

2:18 pm

lol...we were just talking about this yesterday. a registry is SUCH a big help to those attending a wedding!

2:18 pm

any clue for the in7/40 ? last one I need

2:18 pm

i mean if you get 7 toasters give 9 away lol

2:19 pm

hmmm....maybe I can give you some in7/40 into the problem.

2:19 pm

the one who lights a fire or fuel

2:19 pm

that should be if you get 9,give 8 away

2:19 pm

exactly crossy!

2:19 pm

thanks, got it

2:19 pm

yw

2:19 pm

that was ig7 - sorry

2:20 pm

Obviously, Crossy, you didn't receive three toasters and four blenders, when you married. Also, nowadays so many coupples no longer live with family prior to marriage, and already have some stuff. With a registry, friends can contribute to something that's really needed.

2:20 pm

anyone need one before i leave?

2:20 pm

so,there is a list of needed things,is that it?"

2:21 pm

needed, wanted etc.

2:21 pm

ai6,24?

2:21 pm

money is always a good gift

2:21 pm

ok,..wanted 1(one) 300,000 dollar home lol

2:21 pm

and the registry tells if someone already got it for the couple.

2:21 pm

If it's somrthing you don't have, and can't sneak out of Mum's house, add it to the list.

2:21 pm

**FIREWORKS**

2:21 pm

and who keeps this list?

2:22 pm

ai, we re**** to inform you...

2:22 pm

yeah...I'm gonna have to keep an eye on Aiden!!!

2:22 pm

WTG river!!!!!

2:22 pm

It's online, or at the store of your choice.

2:22 pm

ty m9

2:22 pm

you should register at more than one store.

2:22 pm

yw mix

2:23 pm

just don't duplicate at them

2:23 pm

ok,if we get remarried,my registry will be at bmw canada lol!

2:23 pm

gives people more choices as to where to go.

2:23 pm

it's good to have dreams crossy!

2:23 pm

this idea could be fun lol

2:24 pm

Think Mrs.C will put you on her list?

2:24 pm

my nephew and his wife are very outdoorsy.. and are teachers, they registered at REI, Bed Bath and Beyond and Amazon I thin.

2:24 pm

think

2:24 pm

lol,she might trade me in for a pair of 25 year old hunks

2:25 pm

what?!?!? you can trade in? noone told me that!!!

2:25 pm

don't forget to have them register at Cabela's, m9! :)

2:25 pm

lol

2:25 pm

trade in? gads, I just want one that will stick around!

2:25 pm

oh, and HI all!

2:25 pm

oh they're married now..and have a beautiful little boy

2:26 pm

pini..great icon!

2:26 pm

thx ;)

2:26 pm

lol,with my friends,i would have to register at mcdonalds and wal-mart lol

2:26 pm

one you found online?

2:26 pm

LOL!

2:26 pm

my dau registered at Cabela's for the baby shower! some cute baby things there! :)

2:27 pm

Yes, m9...found it online ;)

2:27 pm

I'm trying to remember the name of the campground where I took mine..

2:28 pm

personal pictures are always better...but it's been rather cloudy or clear here lately

2:29 pm

luckily I have LOTS of photos to glean from! It's just finding the pic that's problematic!

2:29 pm

m9...are you coming to 'the gathering' in Aug?

2:29 pm

I might have more to choose from if I actually put them on my computer...guess I'm just lazy. :)

2:30 pm

I don't know. traveling.... I'm going up above Everett at the end of the month

2:30 pm

which may just tap me out!

2:30 pm

We'll have to get together sometime seeing as we're in the same state! :)

2:30 pm

Finally finished this grid, have been popping in and out all morning

2:31 pm

hi flosey! WTG!

2:31 pm

thanks Pini

2:31 pm

Whooo - I misread that, thought you said Everest.

2:31 pm

yes! it was great seeing Stid!

2:31 pm

great icon, flosey ;)

2:31 pm

Whoo Hoo Flosey!!!!

2:31 pm

thanks Pini, yours is beautiful

2:32 pm

congrats flosey - I must get back to work - bye all

2:32 pm

Hi and bye Pini

2:32 pm

ty River and bye for now

2:32 pm

hi/bye River!!! ;)

2:32 pm

going to change icon for tomorrow, be back at flip

2:32 pm

thx flosey ;)

2:32 pm

flosey you always find such great icons!

2:32 pm

did you finish Pini?

2:33 pm

ro 6/21 a power tool used to put decorative edging on trimwork

2:33 pm

finished last night, yes; not today's yet tho...on lunch now to knock a few out...

2:33 pm

ty m9, your's is lovely

2:34 pm

here's hubby, have to get lunch! bbl

2:34 pm

that was a bittersweet trip. nice to be camping with the fam...but we were there for a get-together with other family as memorial to my brother's wife that died.

2:35 pm

oh, sorry to hear about your fam's loss, m9...perhaps the photo op lifted some spirits...very serene.

2:36 pm

maybe. they were all gone then. my little brood were the only ones that stayed and camped.

2:36 pm

but they probably had good ferry rides!

2:36 pm

then they missed something incredibly beautiful...

2:37 pm

although, seeing the same while being on the water was probably just as serene

2:37 pm

yup. Pacific Northwest is very beautiful!

2:38 pm

Puget Sound

2:38 pm

I think so, too...that's why I've always been drawn back to it...

2:38 pm

you're south...right? Eugene? Corvallis???

2:39 pm

Speaking of Puget Sound...I had an English teacher in HS that tried to correct my pronunciation...she insisted it was pronounced PUGGET Sound...of all things!

2:39 pm

Eugene/Springfield, yes

2:39 pm

yeah...we'll have to get together! Silver Falls or something.

2:39 pm

nice! :)

2:40 pm

We could have done the festival... :-o

2:40 pm

which festival?

2:40 pm

Pugget?!?!? where was that?!?

2:40 pm

country fair.

2:40 pm

or whatever it's called

2:41 pm

There's no such thing as PUGGET Sound! She insisted that's the way we were supposed to say it; boy, was she put in her place!

2:41 pm

They're still cleaning up from the Country Fair we just had down here.

2:41 pm

No..I meant where did you go to HS!

2:41 pm

yes. I know many who attend

2:41 pm

Oh, DOD school in Utah

2:42 pm

DOD school?

2:43 pm

nyone else have this problem - I've entered all 11 8s, but the tile stats show 10/11 - aaah, why me, lord?

2:43 pm

I could see maybe arguing for pujay or something..

2:43 pm

Oh, sorry...DOD = Department of Defense (HS was on a military base)

2:43 pm

??Department of Defense - you're a spy?

2:43 pm

I THINK that happens to me all the time.. but then I realize I've missed something.

2:43 pm

try refreshing, christine...

2:44 pm

well that explains it!

2:44 pm

No, dear, my dad was an officer

2:44 pm

pini..our icons look good together.

2:44 pm

they do, m9

2:45 pm

...no, silly, christine, I'm not a spy...so you're safe!

2:45 pm

te

2:45 pm

Nope, still shows 1/11. Well, I'll know the truth.

2:45 pm

Spies would sleep at their desk/car, if the tracked me.

2:45 pm

guten tag, inge

2:46 pm

that interesting, christine?

2:47 pm

Christine, I have had to close completely and then reopen to solve stuff like that sometimes

2:48 pm

When I had my fingerprints taken for my visa (19650), I had bandaids on both hands, fror an accident while opening a glass jar - total of seven fingertips covered. Yet, they took my fingerprints. The only record until new card was needed about five years ago. I coulda been a spy, no record on file.

2:49 pm

ROFL, christine...too funny

2:49 pm

hey bugs

2:50 pm

hello Pini, m9 and Christine. Just hoping to be here for a short time so I tried to stay in lurk mode but I am too bossy apparently

2:50 pm

Although I'm not sure we've reached the year 19650 just yet! :)

2:50 pm

I love being on holiday when it is good weather

2:50 pm

well, welcome to daylight, bugs...always good to see you!

2:50 pm

good afternoon, everyone

2:50 pm

hi dc ;)

2:50 pm

too bossy! really!?!?

2:51 pm

very nice clouds seain!

2:51 pm

so you're in a creative mood?

2:51 pm

love the orcas, bugs...such beautiful whales!

2:52 pm

...and, on that note, back to work for me...toodles all...until later! "Guten a haben tag!"

2:52 pm

hasta, pini

2:52 pm

bye pini!

2:53 pm

Bye PIni. Have a good day

2:54 pm

more missionaries. gonna let one have this puter.

2:54 pm

bye!

2:54 pm

Is your job interview tomorrow Seain?

2:54 pm

ty, m9 -- credit to my friend Eduardo, whose foto it is. I asked him if i could use it for an icon -- i really like this shot and how he processed it

2:55 pm

i have one tomorrow at 14 Eastern

2:55 pm

I will be holding you in the light then. It has been a long time for you

2:56 pm

thank you, bugsaw :)

2:58 pm

Hello all

2:58 pm

Stid how are you?!

2:58 pm

*sending job thoughts to seain*&

2:58 pm

I love the pic!

2:58 pm

how's the grid?

2:59 pm

I am well Bugs, it's lunch time for the class, so I am lying on the floor to babble. Need a break from being a grown-up.

2:59 pm

like the orcas, bugs

2:59 pm

how are you?

3:00 pm

I am doing much better now after attending a wonderful workshop on creating my own medicine wheel. It got me unstuck

3:00 pm

hi, stid. i think this one's a bit tough

3:00 pm

why are you in classes again stid?

3:00 pm

I am taking the last two classes for the reading endorsement. Literacy is my real interest...

3:01 pm

cool, stid

3:01 pm

so these are good ones then. I am relieved

3:01 pm

oh well, I will just get as many as I can.

3:01 pm

yes but by the end of the year the profs and the system were getting you down a bit.

3:02 pm

yes, I love this teacher, and the classes (though compressed for time) are engaging.

3:02 pm

ae5 of athena

3:02 pm

I am still not sure I want to continue in the Master's program Bugs... but I also don't want to start all over from square one.

3:03 pm

ooh, found the 10 :)

3:03 pm

go seain go!

3:03 pm

PErhaps you will have more luck getting a job sooner without it because with it, they have to pay you more.

3:03 pm

YAY Seain. I am still looking for athena clue

3:03 pm

hi babblers

3:03 pm

hi, jbv

3:04 pm

classical greek reference, bugs

3:04 pm

lots of teachers get their masters at the same time as they teach so their lesson plans get double duty

3:04 pm

have it now dc, thanks

3:05 pm

are you still taking classes this summer, stid?

3:05 pm

yes, many here start teaching before the master of ed, and complete in a year or two as job condition.

3:05 pm

seain, that's a beautiful photo - where was it taken?

3:06 pm

hey JBV, just two classes

3:06 pm

Hi, hoping we finally get some rain here.

hang in there stid!

3:07 pm

hi iall.. bichon you probably will, it's been pouring here

3:07 pm

rain just passed through here this morning, bichon, not enough, but I guess it's on its way to you

3:07 pm

hi doren, we had just a shower

3:08 pm

hey jbv..that is funny. we've had at least an inch or so

3:08 pm

Valencia in June 2007 "Facade Against the Sky" it is entitled. Friend was there for Las Fallas

3:08 pm

It looks like scorched here in CT

hello again Seain, stuggling to finish, ha!

3:08 pm

thanks mcurl anad all

3:08 pm

wonderful, bichon -- we got some gentle rain yesterday finally, too

3:08 pm

back in a few.

3:08 pm

howdy, george. yes this one is tough

3:08 pm

oh, lovely, for very personal reasons, Valencia is my most FAVORITE city in Spain - beautiful!

3:09 pm

I'm fond of Barcelona, myself :)

3:09 pm

anyone have the ta7? i was wishing it wouldbe one who studies the russian forest, but no

well it wasn't too bad, till near the end of the list!!

3:09 pm

better than barcelona jbv?

3:09 pm

just because of particular memories, doren - Spain is fantastic all over

3:10 pm

think of a wine ta7

3:10 pm

when I was a young teacher and had all summer off, I traveled to Spain for the whole summer for six years in a row!

3:10 pm

yes... i enjoyed it more than i thought i would.. seville, madrid .. but barcelona was outrageous

3:10 pm

ah ta7 as the ha7. ty, minski

3:11 pm

for me Barcelona is the best of NYC and the best of DC, all in one

ooh, ta for that clue Seain, didn't even see that!

3:11 pm

thanks minski... should have known to look for a gerund.. there are great ones today

3:11 pm

(and even a little bit of paris, seain)

got everything else but, ha!

3:12 pm

if I had the chance I would love to go back and get reacquainted with the new modern Spain -

3:12 pm

that's the only ta word I currently have.

3:12 pm

a part of me considers moving there now and again, jbv

Spain's gorgeous, been lot's of times, got some lovely photos!!

3:13 pm

wow, big decision, seain

yeah I had a property for a while in Ibiza, Seain

3:13 pm

i do love it here around DC, though :)

3:14 pm

I've heard Ibiza is lovely; i've only been to Mallorca

oh yeah, I see, I work there from time to time, both are really nice though!!

3:15 pm

very dear friend retired to mijas... never got a chance to see it... he passed away too soon

3:16 pm

may he rest in peace, doren

3:16 pm

the cicadas are loud today

3:16 pm

ty dc... i miss him dreadfully

3:16 pm

must be Summer :)

3:16 pm

doren, you have my condolences re the cave crickets -- they're very common in the South and I had a TON of them in my crawl space till I started paying for someone to come spray quarterly!

3:16 pm

does anyone have the un8? I have the un7 but they don't seem related -- I think........

3:17 pm

less comfortable, minski

3:17 pm

i have no U words, minski

3:17 pm

un + harder

yeah, I need both of those as well, tough to see!?

3:17 pm

sorry to hear about your friend, doren

3:17 pm

cave crickets suck - they supplanted the crickets of my youth around here back in the 90s.

3:17 pm

yes... but to have one in your own personal bathroom.. sitting atop the toilet paper! that is the end

3:17 pm

oops, I meant un + not harder

3:18 pm

tomorrow we are bombi

3:18 pm

3:18 pm

dorens, they used to get in my house too -- GROSS!!

3:18 pm

tomorrow we are cleaning out the garage and "bombing" it

3:18 pm

hope your cave cricket nuking is a success!

3:19 pm

years ago I had a guy working under my house who was totally freaked out by them!

3:19 pm

i've had three lately who had the temerity to enter my bedroom/bathroom (above the garage) and when I went downstairs and investigated i found a huge infestation .. hope this will be their demise... don't like to kill creatures, but these deserve it! particularly when they jump at you. very freaky

3:20 pm

in know -- they don't bite but they're just CREEPY

3:20 pm

*I know

3:21 pm

Seain, is it any less steamy in DC?

3:22 pm

nope. temp's down a bit, but the humidity is still up there

3:22 pm

ooohhh, love your icon!

3:22 pm

back before AC in the schools, we used to get heat days -- temp of 85F or higher and humidity of 85% or higher, schools closed

3:23 pm

ty, une, edu does lovely work, you should check his flickr -- link in my profile

3:23 pm

my daughter in law is there now, studying at the folger... i pity her, since she's used to massachusetts weather

3:23 pm

i well remember sweating buckets wehn we went back to school in August . . .

3:23 pm

*when

3:24 pm

oh, but for studying at the Folger, SO worth it!

3:24 pm

tx seain, will check out Eduardo :-)

3:24 pm

finally got the un8. didn't have the ea6 so wasn't seeing it.

3:24 pm

yes, she

3:24 pm

she's actually really loving it.... lots of work, but she enjoys it all

3:25 pm

gotta go. almost time to pick up kid from camp bus stop. ttfn.

3:25 pm

hm. i'm obviously missing the correct ea6. looking...

3:25 pm

it should be ea**** than it is, apparently

3:25 pm

she living in DC, doren?

3:26 pm

yes, they put them up in dorms at local college

3:26 pm

oh, at GW?

3:26 pm

i was contemplating driving down sometime to visit her. but this heat has sort of put me off the idea

3:26 pm

i know they let out their dorms often in the summers

3:26 pm

take the train :)

3:27 pm

don't remember... thought she said american but I'm not sure... it's a NEH grant

3:27 pm

and there's a reason we do the museums in the Summer ;)

3:27 pm

doren, have you had any news about jobs being restore din your district?

3:27 pm

AU has a great campus, and Tenleytown, where it's located, is a nice neighborhood

3:28 pm

still waiting j... there was a very expensive person who retired, and supposedly that should be nearly enough to re-employ me... but still haven't heard anything.. which means I will accept unemployment insurance!

3:29 pm

ours posted a whole bunch of teaching jobs, including two librarian positions

3:29 pm

i shouldlook into it, seain... was hoping a friend would come down with me, but that doesn't seem happening

3:29 pm

keeping fingers crossed, dorens -- was thinking about you just his morning . . .

3:29 pm

*this

3:29 pm

ours posted several instructional assistants for special ed last week, which made me kind of nervous

3:29 pm

I hope everything works out for you doren

3:30 pm

wondering if they're going to pay for them out of what was supposed to be "my" money

3:31 pm

back again

3:31 pm

hey, stiddy :-)

3:31 pm

maybe you can collect for a while and in September you'll get the call to start work again - best of both worlds!

3:31 pm

hi stid! (and thanks une and j)

3:31 pm

beautiful family portrait

3:31 pm

i think i'd rather hear from them in august, actually

3:31 pm

cake cricket? nuking???

3:32 pm

thanks Une. my menfolk are handsome!

3:32 pm

caVe

3:32 pm

you're ALL handsome!

3:32 pm

back to the books for me, I'm doing Italian homework (check out my profile if you haven't heard my story)

3:32 pm

yes, very handsome stid!

3:32 pm

oh. cave cricket! LOL

3:32 pm

:-D

3:32 pm

yah, nice icon stid... check mine, you'll understand

3:33 pm

bye jbv

3:33 pm

che buono JBV! :-D

3:33 pm

bye JBV ((hugs))

3:33 pm

60 to go -- taking a break -- BBL *poof*

3:33 pm

*shivers at doren's pic*

3:33 pm

fireworks... bye une

3:33 pm

YAY Doren!

3:34 pm

well, I got up to 40words...

3:34 pm

44 words...

3:34 pm

going to attack a pile of old mail... never know what i'll find there... any clues needed before i go?

3:34 pm

47 words...

3:35 pm

oooh. a bR 7! (56)

3:35 pm

you have it or you want it, stid?

3:36 pm

each of your sons has one

3:36 pm

I got it! :-D

3:36 pm

64 now...

3:36 pm

you're flying

3:37 pm

not exactly...

3:37 pm

have to quit soon and be ready for the afternoon session.

3:38 pm

okay. bye stid, and bye to any lurkers

3:39 pm

*hugs and choclits and anti cave cricket spray* *poof*

Hello all again, I have 136 left...

3:47 pm

a clue for the 9? please

what the winner of the coney island hot dog contest is doing to the other competitors

3:54 pm

ty dicktrickle [that's an unusual name]

3:57 pm

clue for un 8/45

3:58 pm

in 8

yw....old nascar driver i liked when i was a kid...

3:59 pm

in8 - bring in

4:00 pm

ty dc

4:00 pm

don't have it yet, sorry Matches

4:01 pm

hello everybody back for my final 85

4:04 pm

welcome, jacq

4:04 pm

Matches are you still there?

4:04 pm

un8 - un + ea6/18

4:04 pm

heya seain

4:05 pm

ty candy.

4:05 pm

yw

4:14 pm

re 7/36, either or both?

4:14 pm

re7 - a chemical re7 causes a reaction

4:15 pm

ty again dc

4:15 pm

i don't have the ot5

4:18 pm

it's okay, I got the other re 7. Do you want a clue?

4:18 pm

re 6/24, the 2nd one I need

4:20 pm

i have the re6 for the king

4:20 pm

ty dc

4:20 pm

re6 for the underage king, that is

4:20 pm

the 2nd re 7 is the pl of the first re 6/24

4:21 pm

bichon... add the first vowel to re 6,24

4:27 pm

I have it jmb, ty

4:30 pm

phantom - entourage

stop watching me hurshy - I'd just typed that into the grid

need help with the i on the right hand column for nbt please

4:33 pm

ig 7, one who starts a fire

ty bichon

4:34 pm

i + soothing material

ty again ;)

4:34 pm

yvw Chrissie

4:38 pm

ty for the I words :)

4:41 pm

FCC profanity rules have been ruled unconstitutional

4:42 pm

well, the Indecency Rule has been declared unconstitutional by an appeals court, technicall

4:43 pm

i have so much less faith in the justice system than i used to... ever since i found out that there are justices who don't think that actual innocence is a grounds for being released from prison.

4:45 pm

why do you thing the lady justice statue is blind folded,beat her up,and roll her in the mud and you would be close to the current judicial system

4:45 pm

yes, the system has its problems, and foolish judges

4:46 pm

a fish! i found a fish! a fish fish, not a babble fish

4:46 pm

yes, i like that fish, and grew up fishing for them

4:46 pm

here..fishie..fishie

4:47 pm

BR 6/27?... I HAVE THE SIBLING

4:48 pm

plural the chicken br5

4:48 pm

why are you yelling? 6/27: clear soups

4:48 pm

lots of nice geurrund ending words;)

4:48 pm

damn typos

4:48 pm

sorry for yelling

4:48 pm

well i have a good chunk of the 7's and the 8's but no luck so far with 9 and 10.... un_____ing maybe? *think*

4:48 pm

i have the clear soups

4:49 pm

plural of that is the other 6.27

4:50 pm

plural of what?

4:50 pm

back from the vet, both of us are still in one piece

4:51 pm

wheee! crossy is having fun with words ending in ing:)

4:51 pm

what was the verdict peri?

4:51 pm

i have the clear soupos. still need a br 6/27

4:52 pm

not sure yet, crossy. they did a bladder e=x-ray that showed two small crystals. and her bladder lining appeared thick. they did a geriatric blood panel and a urinalysis and culture and senstivity

4:52 pm

crossy found the fishie!

4:52 pm

need to see if she still has an infection

4:53 pm

the cat hospital would have charged over $800, but the vet I took her back to only charge $450.

4:53 pm

ahh crystals in the urine..our cat had that...need to go to a high end,low ph wet food and almost no dry food"

4:53 pm

results will be back in a day or two

4:53 pm

have you got a cat drinking fountain?

4:53 pm

no hurshy

4:54 pm

cat drinking fountain is wonderful :)

br 6/27 sounds like a hair color, not blonde or black (ends in what you catch fish with)

4:54 pm

what brand do you recommend crossy?

4:54 pm

my cat and my rabbit both love it

4:54 pm

our cat was bleeding from the crystals before we fixed her diet

4:54 pm

that is a good way to encourage them to drink more and that helps their urinary system.

4:54 pm

no bleeding here thank goodness

4:54 pm

and not very expensive.

4:54 pm

the drinkwell one is far superior to the petsmart one.

4:54 pm

it is a vet brand,only available from the vet himself,it comes with a blue or brown label and is about 1.50 per tin

4:55 pm

how are your cats, hurshy?

4:55 pm

they are all great. :)

4:55 pm

i have the deluxe fresh flow fountain

4:55 pm

any vet supplied low ph will do peri

4:55 pm

by Petmate

4:55 pm

ok

4:56 pm

and reduce dry food to a treat only

4:56 pm

can i get help with the 9 and 10, please?

4:56 pm

en7-10-8, the act of encouraging/begging

4:57 pm

ah thanks, that finishes off that E, too

4:57 pm

ty dc

ou 9/72 consuming more than others

4:57 pm

ou9 - what conestants of a hot dog contest are doing

4:57 pm

will have to remove the dry food. I am currently giving her Friskies wet for cats with urinary issues

4:57 pm

nice clue

4:57 pm

thanks

4:57 pm

ty again dc

4:58 pm

those hot dog contests and other food ea**** contests are horrible to watch.

4:58 pm

ashy wet foods can cause bladder crystals, too

4:58 pm

i agree, peri

4:58 pm

hi, can I jump in with a computer question - with almost no understanding at all, i'm trying to understand something about SKype...

4:58 pm

this food has lower ash. I see that Paul Newman has wet food for sale at the supermakret

4:59 pm

low ph,low ash is the way to go now

4:59 pm

yes jbv?

4:59 pm

i use skype

4:59 pm

If someone wants to call me do we both have to have the same program on our computer?

4:59 pm

i think so, JBV.

5:00 pm

this is someone in Europe - I have no idea what we need to make this work

5:00 pm

but since it's free software, that's not such a problem

5:00 pm

evening every one - i am stuck on the first 4 res

5:00 pm

both need skype for free calls,BUT you can call from skype to land line or landline to skype..for a fee

5:01 pm

you also must both have microphones either built in or attached, and webcams if you want to see each other.

5:01 pm

if you both have skype you can call free like i do with my brother in costa rica

5:01 pm

we both have microphones and webcams, just trying to figure out how to get connected

5:01 pm

lol,yes you need mics

5:02 pm

you give you friend your skype adress and he puts it on his list

5:02 pm

so anyone anywhere can download Skype? - sorry this is so basic, but I'm a newbie

5:02 pm

i don't have all the R's and haven't listed yet.

5:02 pm

and you do the same with his skype addy

5:02 pm

yes, anyone can download skype

5:02 pm

it is basic indeed

5:02 pm

unless china has blocked it or something. but europe, yeah, no probs.

5:02 pm

anyone can talk skype to skype for free

5:02 pm

peri, i have a cat, 13 yrs old .. have recently changed her food to MediCal Dental .. pricey, but it's formulated for senior cats with "issues"

5:02 pm

ok, thank you - i'll keep at it...

5:03 pm

the frist re is a chemical word, re and spy perhaps?

5:03 pm

give me you skype addy peri and i will call you and set you up

5:03 pm

jbv*

5:03 pm

the second is re a vowel and an alcoholic drink made from juniper berries

5:03 pm

the third is a plural of the second

5:04 pm

and the fourth is the first minus the first vowel

5:04 pm

I have a friend in China -- so far, skype is allowed there

5:04 pm

is it the same as my email address? told you I have no clue

5:04 pm

it also means king

5:04 pm

bbs

5:05 pm

you can search for someone on skype based on their actual name, the email address they used to register, or the "handle" they picked for skype (like our babble names)

5:05 pm

i hope those help

5:05 pm

thanks, hurshy

5:06 pm

i didn't have the second or third, so they helped me jacq~

5:06 pm

thanks for the offer, crossy, i'll let you know if I need you

5:06 pm

i can't remember who needed them lol

5:09 pm

it was me - thanks to all

5:10 pm

Skype is so easy just goole it download it and set up your account takes 5 minutes as long as you have a mic and webcam y r all set.

5:10 pm

Hi all

5:10 pm

yes jbv,you can also add people via their e-mailaddy

5:11 pm

My daughter is studying in Spain for the summer and skype is great

5:11 pm

crossy love skype

5:11 pm

me too crossy

5:11 pm

if you have a web cam and a mic why not just use hotmail or another messenger and chat online, those all do voice and viceo

5:11 pm

video

5:12 pm

there is that 2 second lag,but it is not a big deal breaker

5:12 pm

Still working grid with 171 to go here popping back out

5:12 pm

skype has a cleaner picture jacq

5:12 pm

ok

5:13 pm

and if you wish,you can use skype as your primary home phone for around 30 dollars per year

5:13 pm

we are at the point where we are ready to dump our traditional land line in favor of smart phones and skype

5:14 pm

i understand the benefits now ty

5:15 pm

But there is a cavet,skype cannot do 911 ,so in my case i have to dial my police station direct and then they hook me to dispatch

5:15 pm

(which can cause problems if you're incapacitated and don't have the police station's number handy)

5:16 pm

and .. if you don't update your physical address with your online phone provider and get patched to a 911 dispatch, they won't have a current address for you

5:16 pm

our cop station is town number and 4321..so not a big issue in this case

5:17 pm

indeed,you have to be able to speak your address

5:18 pm

but with the smart phones in harmony with skype it is ok,i cannot live my life poised for a future disaster..not a way to live

5:19 pm

i can hot key emergency services to a single button with the i-phone anyways

5:20 pm

our plan is for a pair of those amazing i-phone 4,s;)

5:21 pm

and i am rambling again..sorry to hog the chog lol

5:25 pm

b routh

5:26 pm

who would your provider be, crossy? here in alberta, the plans are extremely expensive, especially if you want a data plan, too

5:29 pm

here i have 3 choices welki....

5:29 pm

rogers, shaw and bell?

5:29 pm

bell mobility...tellus and rogers...

5:29 pm

oops, telus, not shaw

5:30 pm

for a half decen voice and data plan i am going to have to pay around 80 per mont,per phone

5:30 pm

but i am saving 70 from the old land line and 20 each per month on the old pay as you go cells we have atm

5:30 pm

we're paying 107/month for an iPhone 3G ... includes 1G data

5:31 pm

oucH!! our 80 per mongh gives os 500 anytime mins,five mubers unlimited voice,mssg,dada and 2 gig of data

5:32 pm

damn typos

5:32 pm

those five unlimited numbers are the key to the package

i feel much better now that i types in "insignia"...

5:32 pm

we get 500 anytime minutes, an option of extra minutes or texting and the 1G of data .. that's it

5:33 pm

i'm moving to ontario!

5:33 pm

too expensive for that pack welki

5:33 pm

but i think this voice data pack at 80 dollars is ok

5:34 pm

and that's through who? telus?

5:34 pm

wife can add my number and her moms number to the unlimited 5 list and ill add her to mine and my sons phone

5:34 pm

tellus or rogers

5:34 pm

ours is through rogers

5:35 pm

bell only offers gig of data on the 80 plan

5:35 pm

Fireworks at last

5:35 pm

yaa for kazz

5:35 pm

i will be able to babble on my i-phone;))

5:36 pm

hahaha, have you tried it? it ain't easy

5:36 pm

katie tried that - she said it ws a bit askward but she managed

5:36 pm

no,the phones are not here just yet and those that were shipped are sold out,so i must wait for next pre-order

5:36 pm

im waiting for the new 4g

5:37 pm

now .. package the G4 iPhone with a 64G iPad .. with voice and data plan and i'd be sold

5:37 pm

lol you are not asking for much lol

5:38 pm

ipad is lovely

5:38 pm

:)

5:38 pm

i have already scoped out all our fav i=phone apps

5:38 pm

i heard that android is coming out with an iPad sort of device, one that you can toggle between applications .. a BIG plus

5:39 pm

android is the wolf at apples heels around here

5:39 pm

android (phone) already does that ... now THAT would be a helluva package ... if it was available here

5:40 pm

we have alreay save 50% of the cost of the new i-phones so it is good they are not shiiped yet as we are not quite ready

5:41 pm

droid phones are superior to iphones -- the support open standards

5:41 pm

it will be soooo good to dump this outdated overpriced land line

5:42 pm

i have waited 40 years to tell bell canada to go to hell

5:42 pm

who makes the android phone?

5:46 pm

hmmm ... just looked it up, google!

5:46 pm

android = operating system

5:47 pm

(and then different manufacturers use it in their phones .. HTC, Samsung, LG, etc)

5:48 pm

i see..

5:49 pm

here we go

5:49 pm

http://www.htc.com/ca/

5:49 pm

hehehe, sounds like such a good plan until you start looking at all the different models ... and then the different plans ... then it just gets to be a p.i.t.a.

5:49 pm

reviews at: http://www.androidmobilephone.com/

5:50 pm

indeed,i just ran into the same pita

5:50 pm

i think i sahll stay with my original plan,and blackberry lost by a nose also

5:51 pm

the blackberry is better if you travel,then you can swap simm cards as needed

5:51 pm

lucky for me, all my kids are techno-savvy and do all the research (and testing) before i make a purchase .. they tell me what they've purchased and then, like a sheep, i follow their lead :)

5:51 pm

if you generally stay in the same province or state then it is a non issue

5:51 pm

lol welki

5:52 pm

roaming is ridiculous no matter where you go or what you have ... best to buy a phone card and leave the phone home

5:52 pm

i do all the techno for this house,i researched for a year before i chose my wife reader

5:52 pm

not so bad if you buy your phone in the states (my kids call here free) ... but the reverse is never true

5:53 pm

it's pretty funny, crossy ... when we do make independent purchases, both the kids and we find we buy the same products

5:53 pm

well with the newer smart phones you ncan do a double whammy,you load skype into your cell and call the kids that way

5:54 pm

doesn't it use a lot of data?

5:55 pm

data is only used during page turns i believe,or ims etc..im still researching it all

5:55 pm

clue please for tge in 7/40

5:55 pm

i am going to be running my internet through my cabler line,that way my land phone line becomes totally redundant

5:56 pm

don't have it sammy .. sorry

5:57 pm

here's the answer, crossy: kype recommends an unlimited data usage plan for using Skype over a mobile data connection to avoid being charged by a wireless service provider for 3G, GPRS and EDGE mobile data usage.

5:57 pm

what is it you want sammy?

5:57 pm

ahh ok now we know

5:57 pm

in 7/40 please

5:58 pm

In + to visualize

5:58 pm

hi river (hoping things are starting to sort themselves out on your end)

5:58 pm

well sort of - next surgery scheduled for Friday

5:58 pm

and thanks for the clue

5:58 pm

thanks river

5:58 pm

yw

5:59 pm

this is the pacemaker surgery? or the aneurysm surgery?

5:59 pm

aneurysm and whatever else they think - we are meeting with the Docs in Boston on Thursday - will find out then what they plan to do

6:01 pm

you're blessed that you're in the states ... i'm thinking that things wouldn't move so quickly up here in canada. BUT ... i'd bet you're here for some "normal" time, so let's dance :)

6:01 pm

Hi Crossy - dont go away

6:02 pm

where's he going?

6:02 pm

I'm quite surprised it is this fast too - almost scary

6:02 pm

I dont know welki - but I tend to kill the chog lately when I make an appearance - I totally understand though - this is a happy place - thats why I come

6:04 pm

I have exciting news - my DH has been staying home with Keith as he cant be alone - special suppers made two night in a row - new recipes and everything - whoohooooooooo

6:04 pm

nah, i don't think you kill the chat. i think that chat is always iffy ... sometimes on, sometimes off, sometimes populated by lurkers. sure, some folks might be uncomfortable because they don't know what to say, but this community is pretty supportive

6:04 pm

DH = Dear Husband?

6:04 pm

it is extremely supportive

6:05 pm

supper ready when you get home? now, if there has to be a perk for all you've gone through, that's a great one!

sounds great river...we're having french toast tonite ala me.

6:05 pm

yes bichon but in my case not quite so dear but will use it anyway

6:05 pm

im still here riverdance

6:06 pm

<-- is on holidays and has been "trapped" in the trailer for three days during what appears to be a monsoon!

6:06 pm

you can vent and unload you are on me anytime riverdance

6:06 pm

homemade lasagna with a beef and smoked sausage filling along with fresh grated cheeses (I saw him doing it)

6:06 pm

your cares*

ohhhh, i think i might faint...

6:07 pm

crossy head snaps around as he see the lasagne

6:07 pm

beef...smoked saussage..cheese

6:07 pm

Welki - camping in a monsoon - been there, done that - we do it in a tent though - was in tent 2 years ago when tornado touched down a couple miles away - yikes

6:08 pm

Oh so sorry crossy - wasnt thinking straight

6:08 pm

its going to be yucky

6:08 pm

Fireworks! Anyone need clues

6:08 pm

weird you should mention that, river. 10 yrs ago, not 10 feet from where we park our trailer, a tornado ripped through .. 11 dead

6:08 pm

whooohoooo bichon

6:08 pm

(and i'm too old for tent camping .. been there, paid my dues many years ago :)

6:09 pm

my god..i want that lasagna!

6:09 pm

not 10 feet, but 100 feet

6:09 pm

we're having lasagna, too, but store bought

6:09 pm

we still tent camp (oh my aching back) because we have always pulled a boat for fishing - not taking 2 cars on vacation

6:10 pm

have a great self inflating foam pad from cabelas

6:10 pm

its so good we cant even roll it

6:10 pm

when we go on the road, we pull a boat behind the motor home ... but once, we took an extra vehicle so we wouldn't have to pack up every time we wanted to venture away from the camp site

6:11 pm

we have been doing some remote camping these last few years in Maine - you boat in your stuff or hike in a 1/2 mile from logging road - trust me, we boat in as much as we can

6:12 pm

ohhh, that sounds great, but like you said, 'ohhh, your aching back!

6:13 pm

i have to go for a while ... happy lasagna!

6:13 pm

you got that right - so cure from lugging is laying on the sandy beach with an icy cocktail

6:13 pm

bye welki = enjoy

6:14 pm

now about this lasagna...

6:14 pm

will let you know after I taste test it - if good - will post recipe

6:15 pm

ty riverdance

6:15 pm

we all need someting to look forward to......

6:15 pm

and all the best wishes for your son

6:15 pm

so you are doing well on your *clears throat* diet

6:16 pm

Hi babblers, have had a week's hiatus with travels, nice to be back with you all!!

6:16 pm

thanks crossy - will see you on tomorrow most likely - nice to see the lovely Mrs Crossy on today

6:16 pm

Hi Jilly

6:16 pm

8 pounds on month 1..2 ponds on moth 2.../

6:16 pm

month

6:16 pm

howdy jilly

6:17 pm

hi crossy and river!

6:17 pm

if you watch the biggest loser the 2nd weigh in is always the worst so congrats on the loss of 2 - whoohooo

6:17 pm

btw crossie...I'm finding all that poundage ur losing....lol

6:18 pm

oh no jilly - I found it first....

6:18 pm

poor jilly:(

6:19 pm

yah, not walking and blood pressure up a bit....can someone give me a quick kick in the behind!!??

6:19 pm

i have a food freedom day on the 6th of every month..may try the lasagna if riverdance gives it her seal of approval

6:20 pm

Hey Jilly - my brother left Sunday from NH and travelling to Billings on his motorcycle

6:20 pm

funny,i spend all my working days walking,funny how the body adapts

6:20 pm

Wow, that's quite a ride River...why Billings as a destination?

6:21 pm

I need to start something as my metabolism shut down completely when I quit smoking - no eating any more but putting on the poundage

6:21 pm

same here riverdance i slowly gained 50 pounds when i quit

6:21 pm

in 7 years

6:21 pm

bother

6:21 pm

there is a Blue Knights Convention there - he has been in law enforcement for a long time - Blue Knights is the law enforcement motorcycle organization

6:22 pm

whoops

6:22 pm

mea culpa

6:22 pm

ugh.....

6:22 pm

have lost 12 of it to date,but long way to go

6:22 pm

so he is taking a week to ride out - his wife is flying out to stay a week and then he is taking a week to ride home

6:23 pm

Cool River, if he has time, have him go over the Beartooth highway into Yellowstone, it's an unbelievable ride and view

6:23 pm

thats great crossy - they say if you do it slowly and the right way it will stay off versus the quick loss tricks you gain back plus - so GOOD JOB

6:25 pm

one tip i have found,replace buns and normal bread with whole wheat bagels..it makes a huge difference

6:25 pm

Thanks Jilly - I will - I need to call him anyway so perfect

6:26 pm

I only eat wheat anyway - have gained 10 in 12 weeks - just need some physical activity - but this 90 degree weather is killing me along with the mega deer flies

6:26 pm

i went from buying 4 loaves of bread for the house and 3 tubs of margerin ,to 1 loaf of bread,1 tub of margering and 8 bagels per week

6:26 pm

damn,damn typos

6:26 pm

and the kid uses the reg bread

6:27 pm

dont you know that babblelites read right through typos

6:27 pm

neat eh?

6:28 pm

but we do use real butter with our wheat- oops, so sorry

6:28 pm

thats what i like about babble any other site and the4y drone on and on about your typos.telling you ten ways to respell it,and how many time a day you mess up..but we just whisk right by it;))

6:28 pm

mm.butter...

6:29 pm

supper is ready - will let you all know how great this lasagna is

6:29 pm

ugh. Crossy. there should be an apostraphe in that first word of your comment. I don't know if I can continue reading the things you write....

6:29 pm

River, tell him to take Hwy 212 off Interstate 90 west of Billings. It'd be a day trip unless they wanted to see Yellowstone park; then more

6:29 pm

thats one place i do not scrimp with the diet..i get butter or 100% olive oil margerines..thise diet spreads are mostly water and you just end up with soggy bagels

6:29 pm

ciao

6:29 pm

lol m9

6:30 pm

going for dinner myself....back l8r babblers

6:30 pm

thanks Jilly

6:30 pm

mmmmm real butter. All the way! And olive oil. And Aiden has some fabulous blood orange infused olive oil.

6:31 pm

i get the cold pressed extra virgin olive oil for cold uses and virgin oil for stir frys as the second has a higher smoking point

6:32 pm

crossy loves rice and stir fry veggies

6:32 pm

m9 does too!

6:32 pm

although last night.. we really carbed out.

6:32 pm

hehe why are you speaking in the third person m9? crossy never does this

6:32 pm

Aiden grew bok choi this year.

6:33 pm

I stand corrected. He doesn't.

6:33 pm

crossy is happy now

6:36 pm

m9 is glad.

6:37 pm

i am glad all those people got that all sorted out;)

6:37 pm

so are we!

6:39 pm

hi all. how's the grid? i need to de-stress.

6:40 pm

it's a fun 1st half and then not too searchy second.

6:41 pm

cool. diving in.

6:43 pm

just fed the hub a lovely roasted pork tenderloin with a rosemary , basil , garlic crust . Along with steamed carrots broc cauli,in a mock cheese sauce , with whole grain brown rice and a beautiful reduction of the pan drippings for an au jus.. Just sharing : )

6:43 pm

nice dandelion

6:43 pm

niiice mamawa

6:43 pm

will leave the leftovers in pb

6:43 pm

it's a nod to my nickname, "weed"

6:43 pm

hey y'all

6:43 pm

hm. must be gonna rain, as it's a lot darker than should be for this time.

6:43 pm

nummy. but what is mock cheese sauce?

6:44 pm

hi, m9, feather, leeanne, mamawa, et al

6:44 pm

hmmm.. I think that calls for a different plant..

6:44 pm

a white ro** with lite cheese

6:44 pm

hi seain

6:44 pm

lol, i'm keeping it PG

6:44 pm

:) and there's the thunder, right on cue!

6:44 pm

ah. gotchya.

6:44 pm

we had ours earlier - rain and lightning and thunder

6:44 pm

and, no, i'm not weed for THAT kind of weed! just weeds in general.

6:45 pm

I had that here about 4hrs ago dc so right on cue!!

6:45 pm

we actually got some gentle showers yesterday.

6:45 pm

we need the rain -- crops are on the verge of failing

6:45 pm

kje started it. she called her sister, who was also named heather, weed, to annoy her.

6:45 pm

we had ungentle ones yesterday too

6:45 pm

ro** isn't on the grid. at least not the sauce. the lecher is here though.

6:45 pm

NC

6:46 pm

it backfired, i wasn't annoyed, i liked it for some odd reason.

6:46 pm

alt spelling of ro*x is here

6:46 pm

ro** all vowels

6:46 pm

but then it's not a sauce. it's a creep. a bad guy

6:48 pm

I didnt want to spell it in case I messed up but I knew it was in the puzzle LOL

6:49 pm

I actually know someone named Rue Kream. isn't that awesome!

6:49 pm

doesn't she sound like a fabulous new orleans dessert?

6:50 pm

and now you all know the secret of my famous sauces.... could be a bad man or a thickening mix LOL

6:50 pm

or sounds like a stripper m9 hahah

6:51 pm

Hi Babblers. Back to finish

6:51 pm

hi wht

6:51 pm

I ru* the day I fed that ru** my ro*x!

6:51 pm

nice. I won't tell you her FIL's name then.

6:51 pm

Hi wht!

6:51 pm

ha ha

6:52 pm

funny

6:53 pm

back to this giant grid happy babbling folks : )

6:53 pm

can someone clue me the he?

6:54 pm

he7-- gerund of he4.5, like in the Winter

6:55 pm

he6 - adv meaning at this time

6:55 pm

oops. this puter deletes words. that's the LAST he please.

hi all..what if i just ask for every last one of the words i need?!

6:56 pm

thanks... got it!

6:56 pm

Clue for the ag8 please

6:56 pm

i've done that, TO, so has Stid :)

6:56 pm

lol... how many TO?

6:56 pm

If it is less than 241 TO it would probably be OK.

lol is that a rule now?

6:57 pm

ag8 -- gerund of ag5 that seems to mean biased against age

may i begin with the un 7 & 8?

6:58 pm

Since when was anything I said a rule? It certainly wasn't the case with my kids. :^)

6:58 pm

un7 - unenthused

6:58 pm

un8 - more diffiuclt, or more discomfitted

6:58 pm

That ag is another strange word from the bowels of Enable.

6:59 pm

quite so, wht :)

6:59 pm

un7 and 8 end in E words

ty got the 8

and the 7

ga6/27 # 2 pls?

7:02 pm

To bring together TO

sorry i misspoke

wasted a clue request, too. ge6/27 pls?

7:05 pm

Japanese pleasure girls, Owl

ty peri

in8?

7:06 pm

evening babblers

7:06 pm

yw

7:06 pm

ge6/24 pls

7:07 pm

B's banished

g+ sea bird + cons

7:08 pm

TO in + the clue I just gave TO. See, it wasn't wasted.

7:08 pm

I am off to Bi-Mart with Tim. Going to see if they have pressure cooker ring for Aiden too.

ty

7:09 pm

in7,40 please

7:10 pm

intuitive, wht

in + vision

7:10 pm

hi everyone!

re6/24 #2?

dawg!

7:11 pm

TO!

7:11 pm

hey lbd

7:11 pm

re + ladies and ****lemen

7:11 pm

hi Peri!

7:12 pm

Not intuitive for me tonight.

7:12 pm

hi dawg

oha nd i got the catalyst, too! silly me!

7:12 pm

Now I get it.

ta7 pls?

7:12 pm

hi Jilly!

7:12 pm

I just had a flash of in7

good thing, too!

7:14 pm

have you ever been to a wine ta7 party?

7:14 pm

A wine ta7 TO

*crawls sloly towards finish line, extending a hand for water*

7:15 pm

tu5.16, pls?

7:16 pm

better a hand for water than gasping for air TO...lol

7:16 pm

tu5 - supercharger for engines

7:16 pm

then a fish and plural. ty

7:17 pm

Once you get that one, the next one is a fish

LOL wht! te6/21?

peri are you still here?

7:18 pm

Don't have that one yet, TO

7:18 pm

yes

7:19 pm

soste5 - music for sustained

7:19 pm

soste6 -- music/itialian for sustained

ty. *collapses*

is that date set in stone for meetup?

7:20 pm

pretty much, why do you ask?

7:20 pm

dunno - we're pretty open. Peri?

7:21 pm

te6.21 number + a***mobile

7:21 pm

what date would you prefer Owl?

7:21 pm

ty dcs

more like what i would not prefer. it is a date i stay close to home

7:22 pm

Owl?

7:23 pm

she'd rather not the 11th, but the 4th or 18th would work, i think she's saying :)

7:24 pm

the 4th is Labo Day weekend, what do you think dc?

7:24 pm

Labor even

7:24 pm

we don't usually travel that weekend, though many do.

7:24 pm

meaning, we're available

okfolks ,lighning. time to go

7:24 pm

would you be willing to travel, dc?

7:25 pm

be well, TO

i personally would not like to ask folks to travel on that holiday

7:25 pm

totally, peri -- saturday traffic that weekend is light :)

it is dangerous

*poof*

7:26 pm

I was happy with 9/11

7:26 pm

by TO.

7:26 pm

hasta, TO

7:26 pm

We're good with that day, too, peri

7:27 pm

there will always be ata least one person who is not happy with the date

7:27 pm

a Sunday DC meetup will happen in October, but not Columbus Day weekend.

7:27 pm

but it looks like if we keep it on 9/11 Owl will not come

7:28 pm

it'll be scheduled to coincide with the reopening of lil*monkey's mom's gallery

7:28 pm

what kind of gallery?

7:28 pm

and aug dates are not good?

7:28 pm

art gallery

7:29 pm

an artist co-op gallery - -mostly paintings and related visual arts

7:29 pm

Augs is the middle of the summer and lots of tourists in center city

7:29 pm

i've only been to Philly in the Fall or Spring :) but i can day trip, so not the same

7:29 pm

not sure how popular the restaurant is or how big it is. want to avoid tourists tho

7:30 pm

coolio :)

7:30 pm

wel since I am making the arrangements I should have the final say

7:30 pm

philly in october?

7:30 pm

well, DC in October, though i guess we could do 2 in one month. Philly and DC are close together

7:31 pm

i agree, peri :)

7:31 pm

i should be ready for a trip east right around then (october) ... hope i can arrange it :)

7:31 pm

so, the 11th it is then?

7:31 pm

will think about 9/18. that is my sister's birthday but she died in 2000 so technically I could say I do not want it on that day.

7:32 pm

i'll see if monkey has the date yet for DC

7:32 pm

at the moment yes, dc

7:32 pm

alright, sounds good :)

7:32 pm

64 left bbs

7:33 pm

Welk, where in the East?

7:34 pm

jersey, but i can always fly into philly

7:34 pm

tout

7:34 pm

ooops

7:35 pm

Stumped on the secon sa5,14

7:35 pm

the second

7:36 pm

sa +g*** bytes

7:36 pm

ty, dawg

7:36 pm

hi welki

7:37 pm

yw, dc

7:37 pm

ty lbd.

7:37 pm

My monkeys are not doing well tonight.

7:37 pm

hey dawg! (third day of straight, monsoon rains ... and here i am at the lake, "trapped" in the trailer)

7:37 pm

small, your maxine looks like a drawing by Maurice Sendak :)

7:38 pm

that bottom right A is annoying me right now. can i have a nudge for nbt? also need the right side i.

7:39 pm

ig7 - fire starter

7:39 pm

ag + laugh and plural

7:39 pm

is6 - a fabric by Apple ;)

7:39 pm

ae5 of athena

7:39 pm

secret ag5

7:40 pm

thank you!

7:40 pm

great clue for that is dc! clever!

7:40 pm

ag + laugh, plural for ag5, add cons to that for ag6

7:40 pm

ag4,7 the Ag** Khan

7:40 pm

ty, kje :)

7:41 pm

working on the apple clue still, lol. don't have the fabric yet.

7:41 pm

I am ag6,27.

7:41 pm

oh, duh.

7:42 pm

ag 6/24 is the one I can't find

7:42 pm

think iPhone, iPad .. then iFabric

7:42 pm

i kept thinking of that with an een ending.

7:42 pm

I am ag6 that you still haven't found it.

7:43 pm

lol

7:43 pm

ag6 - years old discrimination person

7:43 pm

extend that ag6 to ag8

7:43 pm

double Evan Williams Vintage Bourbon on the rocks anyone? it's the 1998.

7:44 pm

kje, isn'nt that the ag5?

7:44 pm

Actually it is the last ag5 that you extend for the ag8. It is an alternate spelling

7:44 pm

hell no dc... would be wasted on me

7:44 pm

yes, feather, our bad

7:44 pm

same word, additional letter, feather

7:44 pm

i like bourbon, but i'm afraid it would be wasted on me

7:44 pm

still extend it for the 8

7:44 pm

ahhhhh, ty

7:45 pm

wow, for some reason Stagger Lee popped into my brain

7:45 pm

how random

7:45 pm

ai 6?

7:45 pm

ohhh, stag-o-leeeeeeeeee

7:46 pm

Can I have a clue for the last te5,14 for fireworks

7:46 pm

ai?

7:46 pm

neath

7:46 pm

ai + I re**** starting this grid.

7:47 pm

so sorry

7:47 pm

thanks wht.. I never remember that one

7:47 pm

don't be sorry I didn' t have that one welki..lol

7:47 pm

Ooops welki, looks like you might get to try that bourbon in the PB

7:47 pm

ty

7:47 pm

OMG, Stagger Lee, I remember that

7:47 pm

Evening RuRu

7:47 pm

LOL peri

7:47 pm

64 left and tired fo this grid and just plain tired

7:47 pm

thinking n how to clue te5

7:47 pm

hi jj

7:48 pm

aren't you too young to remember Stagger Lee, d c?

7:48 pm

latin plural of a TE word meaning "is the dorsal portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. "

7:48 pm

crap.. I am only in the a's..I shouldn't have started this thing

7:48 pm

it was on the country station when i was young, peri

7:48 pm

ok

7:49 pm

this one is one of the tougher ones, ruru

7:49 pm

(i remember the song, sung by john lomax)

7:49 pm

that's the one, welki :)

7:49 pm

not happy with this one either... damn weed for sucking me in

7:49 pm

bo5/16 please?

7:50 pm

sorry, blame...err...i can't recall who sucked me in

7:50 pm

ya, I'm losing my motivation, think I'll sign off for night and focus on All-Star game. Have a nice evening all and to those staying for the flip...have fun

7:50 pm

night jilli

7:50 pm

oops, i mean jilly!

7:51 pm

bo + go to the ***d fo the class

7:51 pm

night night, Jilly. enjoy the game

7:51 pm

ty

7:51 pm

g'night jilly

7:51 pm

yeah, i have to think hard about that difference, too feather :)

7:51 pm

ty dcs. Had to go to One Look to get it from that. But I have fireworks.

7:51 pm

well, had another burst of words, so will hang on a bit longer...lol...quite the addiction isn't it?

7:51 pm

i just glanced, thought it was jillibus

7:51 pm

whooo hooooo WHT!!

7:52 pm

yay wht!

7:52 pm

indeed, jilly

7:52 pm

lol, jilly

7:52 pm

congrats, WHT

7:52 pm

wtg whit

7:52 pm

It is an anagram of gr5,14

7:52 pm

st5.12 before short and st5.12, pls?

7:52 pm

ah, so it is, wht :)

7:53 pm

so, when a weather report says, "wind west 60 kph," does it mean the wind is coming from or blowing towards the west?

7:53 pm

from the west

7:53 pm

coming out of the west, welki

7:53 pm

direction of flow, so coming from

7:54 pm

thank you (and this question from someone the u.s. air force thought would make a great meteorologist .. LOL)

7:54 pm

2nd br6?

7:55 pm

dcs sh5 is one who clothes the feet. ( in light of you valuable assistance, I will pretend to not notice the clue you embedded in your request.)

7:55 pm

a guy that was on our local minor league team back when i worked at that stadium is apparently with the Mets now

st 5/12 s + to sightsee is to t*** an area

7:55 pm

dark brown hair, kje

7:55 pm

brown hair kje

7:55 pm

not blond, not redhead...

7:55 pm

ah, in that order, ty, luv

7:55 pm

ty, welki, though that's a weird spelling of it

7:56 pm

ty

7:56 pm

ya, I thought it had 2 T's

7:56 pm

for those with very sh5 brown hair, they've clipped the word :)

7:56 pm

LOL welki

7:56 pm

bbl

7:56 pm

lol

7:57 pm

i'm a br5, toward auburn

7:57 pm

relative to male hair colour. female with more letters! lol

7:58 pm

fo7 please?

7:58 pm

make your fo7

7:58 pm

lots of money

7:58 pm

or win a fo7

7:58 pm

it would be your good fo7 if I gave you that clue

7:58 pm

what you get in a chinese cookie

7:58 pm

ty

7:58 pm

biab

7:58 pm

help for U please

7:59 pm

not keen and not comfortable, wildcat.

7:59 pm

un7 - unenthused

7:59 pm

un4 is a biblical word.

7:59 pm

un8 - discomfitted or less hard

8:00 pm

ty

8:00 pm

As in ' I say un4 thee' (think sermon on the mount.

8:01 pm

sh4! sh4 the nonbeliver, Charlie! Sh4.... SH4....

8:01 pm

So, when is the new Babble with bells and whistles due? dO WE TEST IN bETA FIRST OR IS THAT ALREADY BEING DONE?

8:01 pm

Sorry, caps lock on. Didn't mean to shout.

8:02 pm

ge 6/24?

8:03 pm

or ge 6/27?

8:03 pm

(while we're at it)

8:03 pm

ge6/27 is a young Japanese lady

8:03 pm

ty

8:04 pm

an asian pleasure babe

8:04 pm

ge6

8:04 pm

Japanese tea giver, is ge6.

8:05 pm

lol, kje, dig your head out of the grid for a sec and look down

8:05 pm

hey all~! *laces on racing shoes* readysetgo! (down to 189)

8:05 pm

hey stid

8:05 pm

the other ge6!

8:05 pm

not saying how many left here.

8:05 pm

kje - ge + what you pay for an apartment you don't own.

8:05 pm

hmph. hard to race when you can't see the competition...

8:06 pm

she has to first.

8:06 pm

thanks for the GE words, jac!

8:06 pm

ty ty ty

8:06 pm

Stid - \I was finished hours ago so you're not racing me.

8:06 pm

but much closer than you are stid, sorry!

8:07 pm

y/w stid (re the words).

8:07 pm

ty for the clues. I am off now.

8:07 pm

oh well... I will just be glad to reach halfway today to be honest

8:07 pm

'Bye wht.

8:07 pm

giving up at 169 to go

8:07 pm

I am finishing this B****

8:07 pm

'Bye lex, too.

8:08 pm

100 left and now am leaving, really, I mean it this time! *poof*

8:08 pm

(((lexlee))) see you some day soonish I hope!

8:08 pm

ruru - you are stubborn. LOL

8:08 pm

bye jac

8:08 pm

'Bye Jillyjill.

8:08 pm

I am here just getting tired of looking

8:08 pm

hey stid

8:08 pm

go ruru go!!!!

8:08 pm

in?

8:09 pm

bring together, kje

8:09 pm

in + make a bunch of something.

8:09 pm

I tripped on the steps coming into the house just now as I was bringing in my school stuff... so sitting here while my knee stops throbbing.

8:09 pm

k

8:09 pm

1st ag6 please

8:09 pm

in - seeing

8:09 pm

thanks for that one seain and jac

8:09 pm

ah excellent

8:09 pm

hi stiddy! hey ru

8:09 pm

in + what the seeing eyes have.

8:09 pm

NM

8:10 pm

ai6

8:10 pm

hey LBD

8:10 pm

ty jac

8:10 pm

thanks for the vision word -- I wasn't seeing it... *grin*

8:10 pm

OW, Stid. I know how that feels.

8:10 pm

ai + I re**** to inform you that i can't give that clue

8:10 pm

ou6/21?

8:10 pm

ty

8:10 pm

op of inner

8:11 pm

not in + consume

8:11 pm

think that's the 5

8:11 pm

whoops sorry wrong one

8:11 pm

ty

8:11 pm

Feather - ou6.21 is to consume more than someone else.

8:11 pm

That should lead you to 3 words.

8:11 pm

br6/27

8:12 pm

plural soups wild

8:12 pm

thanks for those, jacula :-)

8:12 pm

the other one

8:12 pm

male with brown hair

8:12 pm

ty

8:12 pm

br6/27 = a strange spelling for one who is not blonde.

8:12 pm

thanks for that one LBD

8:13 pm

y/w Wordsrock.

8:13 pm

back, only 35 left

8:13 pm

HA thanks jac

8:13 pm

ea6/18

8:13 pm

Hi peri.

8:13 pm

hey peri!

8:13 pm

go peri

8:13 pm

almost to halfway...

8:14 pm

wild - ea6.18 is not harder.

8:14 pm

ea - making simpler

8:14 pm

when you get the words it sure is ea6 to see fireworks

8:14 pm

gerund

8:14 pm

ty

8:15 pm

ou 6/27 please

8:15 pm

I do hope the new Babble site doesn't dull down the liveness of the present site. If you know what I mean.

8:15 pm

not in + methane

8:16 pm

I understand totally that Dr_God has to draw in more paying members, but I still wonder...

8:16 pm

holy bovine

8:16 pm

giggle

8:16 pm

sa6/24 please?

8:16 pm

why did br5 take me so long?

8:17 pm

However, we Babblers have proved over the years that we are made of strong stuff, which is why, I guess, he knows wwe can weather the changes.

8:17 pm

in8?

8:17 pm

oooh! past halfway! *lists*

8:17 pm

in + come together as a group

8:17 pm

and is6

8:17 pm

sa6/24 is satisfying.

8:17 pm

ty

8:18 pm

oops, top sa6 i mean

8:18 pm

more wise? sa6.24

8:18 pm

in8 is in + what you might to to get your flock together.

8:18 pm

howdy everyone. Hope you are finding ways to keep cool.

8:18 pm

hi shoo

8:19 pm

hey shoo!

8:19 pm

Hi all. Just starting and knowing there are great people on the chat. Hi mama and all.

8:19 pm

hi

8:19 pm

sa6 = more herb (sa4 also another word for wise) like.

8:19 pm

ty

8:19 pm

hello mother!

8:19 pm

yep... it's called AC, jac ; )

8:19 pm

other than the king I can't find any re's.. help please

8:19 pm

first AG 6 please?

8:19 pm

Hi Stidgemere.

8:19 pm

this puzzle was interen

8:19 pm

nice cool day here, got up to 65°F

8:19 pm

sopps

8:19 pm

Hi Jacula.

8:19 pm

hi stidgemere

8:19 pm

this puzzle was interesting

8:20 pm

evening all

8:20 pm

this grid is a toughie. you might want to run while yet you may...

8:20 pm

hey pini

8:20 pm

made it to NBT, 1/2-way, NBS...off to list!

8:20 pm

First ag6 is against age.

8:20 pm

odd spelling of one who discriminates against elders.

8:20 pm

hi pini

8:20 pm

have you finished shoo?

8:20 pm

hi pini

8:20 pm

go pini go!

8:21 pm

thanks for that AG 6

8:21 pm

hey stid, jac, lbd, weed, et al

8:21 pm

cool.....its 81 right now

8:21 pm

agast? how is that supposed to be spelled?

8:21 pm

je - I don't get the ac reference?

8:21 pm

yes I have completed the task

8:21 pm

add a "chair" after the G, lex

8:21 pm

how about the AG 8?

8:21 pm

whoooo hooooo SHOO!!!

8:21 pm

gerund for the ag5, stid

8:21 pm

ag5/14 + gerund, stid

8:22 pm

thanks

8:22 pm

re + ag5

8:22 pm

re + ag4 and plural

8:22 pm

ag6/27-wise, lexlee.

8:22 pm

thx kje ;)

8:22 pm

argh. thanks pini

8:22 pm

??

8:22 pm

re5 - what kings do for say... 20 years? and plural

8:23 pm

As A-liminated!

8:23 pm

ths again, kje!

8:24 pm

22

8:25 pm

first BO 5/6 please?

8:25 pm

go feather go!!!

8:25 pm

thanks kje.. just need the first re 7

8:26 pm

re7= re+secret a****

8:26 pm

stid - Chinese mountains where tea is grown. BO + first 3 letters of what your ears do.

8:26 pm

thank you movie and kje

8:26 pm

thanks jac

8:26 pm

bot them!

8:27 pm

stid - bo6 is the plural.

8:27 pm

hey movieman!

8:27 pm

yw ruru

8:27 pm

1st si5?

8:27 pm

lay si5 to the castle

8:27 pm

Under Si*** (steven segal movie)

8:27 pm

hey guys I may make it half way!

8:27 pm

1st time in QUITE a while

8:27 pm

git'r dun, lex!

8:28 pm

Es E-liminated!

8:28 pm

si6/27 is someone who huffs and puffs and looks defeasted a lot.

8:28 pm

defeasted?

8:28 pm

*defeated, I meant.

8:28 pm

ar6/24?

8:28 pm

damn, a fish... but thanks!

8:29 pm

silver feather

8:29 pm

yvw

8:29 pm

is defeasted anything like upchucking?

8:29 pm

need the first si 5/14 if anyone has it

8:29 pm

Darn! I asked DR_God for an edit/delete button on here, but it is not happening or forthcoming, it seems.

8:29 pm

is the FO 7 fishy?

8:29 pm

ty

8:29 pm

LOL, lex. Probbably. Pavement pizza. YUCK!

8:30 pm

no - but you may seek your fo

8:30 pm

ruru - lay si5 to a castle and starve the occupants out.

8:30 pm

thanks lexlee!

8:30 pm

down to 79.

8:31 pm

ne8?

8:31 pm

oh oh.... mosquitos coming in the house. *hollers for tom to close doors*

8:31 pm

feather - ne8 is making something null and void.

8:31 pm

ne8 = not positiving

8:31 pm

thanks for that one too pini

8:32 pm

ty

8:32 pm

stid - don't bee such a wimp! Close the doors yourself.

8:32 pm

thanks pini

8:32 pm

si8?

8:32 pm

Pink - si8 is seeing something.

8:32 pm

ta5?

8:33 pm

pini - those UFO si8 are rare but scary

8:33 pm

sa5/14 please?

8:33 pm

danke ;)

8:33 pm

feather - more wise.

8:33 pm

s + person who gets older

8:33 pm

thank you for the si.. *fish*

8:33 pm

more sa4/6

8:33 pm

how many more weed and kje?

8:34 pm

shoot. SECOND sa5/14please. my fault!

8:34 pm

ta5 sounds like the big Indian stripey cat.

8:34 pm

11

8:34 pm

12

8:34 pm

either re6/24 pls

8:34 pm

4

8:35 pm

gosh, 109 here

8:35 pm

146

8:35 pm

2nd sa5 is also like the big Indian cat but with different 1st letter.

8:35 pm

feel better Pini

8:35 pm

Gs gone!

8:35 pm

66 feather...

8:35 pm

109 to go

8:35 pm

*breathing down feather's neck as I race up from behind*

8:35 pm

2nd re6.24 is what the Queen does.

8:35 pm

lol stid

8:35 pm

just need 3rd re6 pls

8:35 pm

* still fixing hair from stid's passing *

8:36 pm

61 (not kidding)

8:36 pm

te6

8:36 pm

1st re6/24 is re + vowel + drink known as 'Mother's Ruin'.

8:36 pm

ick. IG please?

8:36 pm

mother's ruin?

8:37 pm

3rd re6 is what the queen or kind does.

8:37 pm

ig = someone who lights a fire

8:37 pm

Lex - think G&T.

8:38 pm

aha! thanks!

8:38 pm

ty Jac

8:38 pm

fireworks,

8:38 pm

tu6/27?

8:38 pm

now off to read for a while

8:38 pm

wtg peri ;)

8:38 pm

NE 7 please?

8:38 pm

Gi* like voddie has no smell on the breath, so mothers used to drink it back in the 1800s.

8:38 pm

shoot, daniel just came down the hall! stuck on 7

8:38 pm

tu6 - a fish

8:39 pm

add a consonant to the tu5

8:39 pm

fireworks here

8:39 pm

ty Pini *poof*

8:39 pm

gotta go back with him for a few minutes. concedes victory to kje.

8:39 pm

2 here weed

8:39 pm

don't blame your loss on poor daniel

8:39 pm

ne7 = one who makes nothing of something.

8:39 pm

thanks for that one, kje!

8:39 pm

congrats, teach

8:39 pm

YAY wvteach!

8:39 pm

Well done wvt.

8:40 pm

later feather... (51)

8:40 pm

ah. thanks jac!

8:40 pm

100!

8:40 pm

thanks all

8:40 pm

finito

8:40 pm

is the last NE 6 fishy?

8:40 pm

thank god

8:41 pm

congrats, kje

8:41 pm

way to go kje

8:41 pm

YEAH - for KJE

8:41 pm

thanks for all the help

8:41 pm

ne6 is babblet worm

8:41 pm

stid - it's a clam worm. Been in the grid before.

8:41 pm

YAY kje!!!!

8:41 pm

wtg kje

8:42 pm

ne + re4

8:42 pm

done

8:42 pm

first RE 6 please?

8:42 pm

Con grats kje.

8:42 pm

woohooooooooooo ruruuuuuuuuu!

8:42 pm

had to let kje finish first

8:42 pm

wtg ru ;)

8:42 pm

chemical re6 - catalyst

8:42 pm

it's only polite

8:42 pm

ty ru... always the gentleman

8:42 pm

oops, that's re7

8:42 pm

Re + proper man

8:42 pm

YAY ruru!!!

8:42 pm

*bows lowly*

8:43 pm

re + * *** and tonic

8:43 pm

stid - 1st re6 = re + vowel + mother's ruin drink.

8:43 pm

back. dang, you'd have beaten me anyway.

8:43 pm

*back went out*

8:43 pm

got it. thanks again kje

8:43 pm

he only bows lowly so he can peek under the ladies skirts... don't fall for that

8:44 pm

Is that a mirror I see in his hand, kje? Shocking!

8:44 pm

lovely family pic stid

8:44 pm

...no.. just powdering my nose

8:44 pm

thanks kje.

8:44 pm

ne7 please?

8:44 pm

are those victoria secrets you are wearing jac?

8:44 pm

ah, supper is served. down to 35, will be back later.

8:45 pm

I must run... yawning like a... too tired to come up with an example there

8:45 pm

one who is ne8

8:45 pm

hippo?

8:45 pm

ho7?

8:45 pm

later weed... and early woohoooo!!!

8:45 pm

we've had those huge cargo planes doing flyovers all day today, i think one of them woke daniel up. he rarely wakes up.

8:45 pm

ah, the ro5 french city is a type of duck!

8:45 pm

hippo is excellent, thansk

8:45 pm

ruru - are you looking at my pussy? That's who's in my icon pic at present.

8:45 pm

not colding is the ho7

8:45 pm

ahh, ty, and bye!

8:46 pm

MEeeoWwwwwwwwww

8:46 pm

LOL, ruru.

8:46 pm

ho7 synonym for he7?

8:46 pm

thanks! that's a new one to me...

8:46 pm

thx for the ho

8:46 pm

talk about tender vittles

8:47 pm

ho7 means motor vehicle theft, as in hot-wire. cool.

8:47 pm

nice pick of S&G, hpb

8:48 pm

dcs - thanks for that explanation.

8:48 pm

..like a bridge.. over troubled..water.. I will laaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy me dowwwwwwwwwwwwn

8:48 pm

i think i missed the clue for the second sa5/14, i'm sorry. mind giving it again?

8:48 pm

I thought it meant more menopausal heat for me!

8:49 pm

lol jac

8:49 pm

thought you might flash on that jax

8:49 pm

sa5 -- odd vowel in the norse sa4

8:49 pm

2nd sa5/14 sounds like an Indian Big cat, but chhange 1st letter etc.

8:50 pm

thanks!

8:50 pm

ae5 ?

8:50 pm

the ae5 of athena

8:50 pm

a+ eg 4

8:50 pm

hey - finally got ag6

8:51 pm

ae5 = the breastplate of Zeus.

8:51 pm

hmmm ...

8:51 pm

yeah, lex!

8:52 pm

Oh! I can hear the sound of disappointed fox cubs in the garden. Nop food for them tonight, since there were no leftovers and they shouldn't rely on us anyway.

8:52 pm

aww, neat jac

8:53 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:53 pm

We gave their Mum lots of food when she was expecting them and after she'd had them, but they need to learn how to find their own food.

8:53 pm

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

8:54 pm

Hi Min. How are you doing?

8:54 pm

cool, jac

8:54 pm

hi min ;)

8:55 pm

1 more to 1/2

8:55 pm

you can do it, lex ;)

8:56 pm

I's?

8:56 pm

I'm well. I am showing total self restraint in that I am not babbling! Too late to start. Just wanted to say hi

8:56 pm

te6/21 please?

8:56 pm

Hey Min

8:56 pm

ig7 - firestarter

8:57 pm

is6 -- a variety of fabric from Apple

8:57 pm

Min - glad to hear you are well. And, as dffor Babbling, that's up tp to you.xxx

8:57 pm

brb (dinner)

8:58 pm

Hi Min. Just signing off. I have over 100 words so am feeling somewhat redeemed.

8:58 pm

te6 = te + mad person on tree fruit + vowel.

8:58 pm

finally got the flame starter - super duh

8:58 pm

*or tree fruit

8:59 pm

say wha?

8:59 pm

Hello stidgmere! Good for you. That is over 100 more than what I have so far and what I'll ever have today

8:59 pm

oh, lol. on vs. or makes a difference!

8:59 pm

redeemed - that's a good word.

9:00 pm

got it.

9:00 pm

I must just pause to thank Homer Simpson for getting the word 'DUH' and plural into the Scrabble dictionary. It won me a game earlier.

9:01 pm

He aalso gor 'doh' into the dictionary.

9:02 pm

It's 3am here and I'm typing slightly wrongly. But you know what I meant to say.

9:05 pm

top to6/21 please?

9:05 pm

okay more than 1/2 better than any other day of late! Nytol!

9:07 pm

I'm off to bed now, still wondering why some niece of my cousin's ex-wife flamed me on Facebook at the weekend. All I can say is, since the ex-wife removed me from her friends list beofre I could do same to her but with an explanation, is that if that member of her family is representative of all, Irish tinker, methinks, then I see why my cousin got out.

9:07 pm

I am outta here now!Hopefully I can babble tomorrow

9:07 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:08 pm

night jac and min

9:08 pm

g'night jac and minve

9:08 pm

to6 = t + 'not you but ano.....

9:09 pm

mt olive brand pickled jalapenos tast like mt olive brand pickles.

9:10 pm

ty

9:13 pm

finally fireworks. took the last few slow, did other things in between, lol

9:13 pm

wtg weed ;)

9:15 pm

oh, and back (for at least a few)

9:18 pm

*

9:18 pm

Oh, I see my stepdaughter has the electric fan on in her rooom again. It cost £1.50 for 8 hours and she has it on all night for about 10 hours, and has done for past 3 weeks.

9:18 pm

hello friends. and huzzah for feather!!!!

9:18 pm

take it out of her allowance?

9:18 pm

hi trif

9:18 pm

hey tor

9:19 pm

If she left her window open when she got home from school and ddidn't draw down the blackout blind whilst watching TV and running her laptop, it migt not be so warm in her rooom when she comes to go to sleep. Also, I can hear the fan!

9:20 pm

take the fan away and give her the instructions just noted?

9:20 pm

I could use a nudge for the i in the right column - anyone, please?

9:20 pm

Pink - I may have to do that.

9:21 pm

i + shiny fabric

9:21 pm

thx une

9:21 pm

yw :-)

9:22 pm

ig7 -- firestarter

9:22 pm

she'll just have to learn money doesn't grow on trees, right, jac?

9:23 pm

thank you!!!! nbt at last!

9:23 pm

Pink - yes. Just a pity that her Daddy pays that particular bill.

9:23 pm

go, trif!!

9:23 pm

perhaps you should remind dad that it doesn't grow on trees either ?

9:23 pm

oh, DREAD -- tertiare just finished her shower...now I have to brush her hair. Screaming and teeth grinding to follow....argh!

9:24 pm

J&J no more tangles does wonders

9:24 pm

good luck, trif!

9:25 pm

Long hair, tangled, then? Can't be worse than my ddaughter's wait-length hair after we came back from a day in Iceland and shee'd swam in the Blue Lagoon.

9:25 pm

ne7, pls?

9:25 pm

oh my, jac!

9:25 pm

ne7 = not positiving

9:25 pm

just shave the head bald...told my girls that.. carry one when we do your hair? it gets cut so short it won't be an issue

9:26 pm

on*

9:26 pm

Salt-laden water, trying to wash it out after a flight to get back home. Now that wass legendary.

9:26 pm

that's ne8, pini

9:26 pm

now there's an idea, Kalyn!

9:26 pm

oh, sorry, dc

9:26 pm

oh, the one who is the 7, ty

9:26 pm

ne7 = the person that does the ne8

9:27 pm

I would NEVER shave the head, even if nits were present. A girl needs her hair.

9:27 pm

that's what wigs are for, jac!

9:27 pm

i threw together some soup, and stir-fried and braised the carrots to perfection :)

9:27 pm

it worked.. even when they had.. the little crawlies from school..never a complaint about doing their hair..they knew I meant it..and both had waist length hair

9:27 pm

Look how bereft Sinead O'Connor was...

9:28 pm

ok, perhaps bald is a little extreme, perhaps a boy-cut?

9:28 pm

http://tinyurl.com/37vdfhc

9:29 pm

now my niece.. kept her head shaved from age 9 to almost 12.. she liked it that way ..but yes.. I would do a pixie cut very short if needed..just told them i wouldn't stop til it was shaved :P

9:29 pm

Pink - wigs make you itch!

9:29 pm

a good-quality wig is indistinguishable from real hair

9:29 pm

hey, I'm tryin' here!!! :)

9:30 pm

Still makes you itch, though, dcs!

9:30 pm

Hello...

9:30 pm

Hi Jellen.

9:30 pm

hi jellen

9:30 pm

I need a hug...

9:30 pm

you put a do-rag over the scalp, voila... no itch

9:30 pm

(((jellen)))

9:31 pm

Tim's in the hospital again, we hope just for the night...

9:31 pm

oh, dear :(

9:31 pm

oh no, jellen! sorry to hear; hope he comes home quickly!

9:32 pm

wooo hoooo, my first big tile is grey! (F)

9:32 pm

brb (timer)

9:33 pm

oh, so sorry to hear that, jellen :-(

9:33 pm

other than stressed/upset, you doing okay -- are you eating?

9:33 pm

He's having one more MRI and having a port put in so they can start chemo ASAP...

9:33 pm

I eat when I'm stressed :-S

9:34 pm

okay then :) hydrated?

9:34 pm

Yup, hydrated...

9:35 pm

good. glad to hear you're taking care of you

9:35 pm

do try to get some rest, even if at hospital

9:35 pm

I'm at home...

9:36 pm

Will drive back tomorrow...

9:38 pm

ah, now that i know what a 1st gh5 is, ag6 makes a lot of sense. We have so many words for apparitions/specters

9:38 pm

is it far?

9:38 pm

90 miles

9:39 pm

that's no too bad. I hope he improves quickly

9:39 pm

back. didn't get it finished, due to hysterics from the "victim" -- honest to god, I don't know how much more of this I can take....it's always a MAJOR production, complete with howls of "child abuse!"

9:40 pm

get her a Dorothy Hamill cut

9:40 pm

Poor Trif!

9:40 pm

I am two seconds away, I promise!

9:41 pm

had a lovely day prior to this....work in the morning, and then off to the beach with the girls. primo was at an all-day rock fest, so he's a happy guy. it's all good.

9:41 pm

make her take of her own hair, trif; that'll teach her!

9:42 pm

we tried that pini-- she just doesn't do it, and then it gets all matted and impossible.

9:42 pm

how old is she, trif?

9:42 pm

dreadlocks are in nowadays!

9:42 pm

Oh, then snip, snip!

9:43 pm

for dreds, have to start short

9:43 pm

I'm sure matted and impossible might fast-track that, dc!

9:44 pm

11, but with some issues, welki. the ped told me to ignore it until some girl or boy at school tells her she is yucky, tells her hair is gross, etc, and then apparently she will fix it herself. But oh, the idea of letting it wait that long!

9:45 pm

does she care about her hair? i mean, does it matter to her what it looks like? (so long as she lets water pour over it in the shower, i'd vote with the ped ... even though i know it must be driving you nuts)

9:48 pm

no, she doesn't care. not at all.

9:48 pm

perhaps shortening it to a length she can manage on her own, but still long enough that she can ask to doll it up?

9:48 pm

evening all

9:49 pm

hi magy

9:49 pm

you know what? I am giving up on it for now. I just want to finish the grid. she can go pound tar, I have had enough of her dramz for one day.

9:49 pm

hi, magy

9:49 pm

hello magyk

9:49 pm

maybe she does care ... or she wouldn't have gotten so upset. **kids**

9:50 pm

give her the comb...make her do it; otherwise, consider following ped's orders?

9:51 pm

I am actually pretty sure this is another facet of her learning issues coming to the forefront. she really may be experiencing this as torture - she does not integrate stimuli correctly at all times, so it may actually be painful....

9:52 pm

oh, sorry, to hear, trif

9:52 pm

thanks. moving on....

9:52 pm

then maybe let it be ... water, bottles of 'no more tangles' and time

9:55 pm

gi5/20?

9:56 pm

gi + cons, cons vowel, looks rather scots/irish

9:57 pm

got it! thx dc

9:58 pm

last ge6, pls?

9:59 pm

no clue, yet, dc

9:59 pm

ge + monthly fee for apartment

9:59 pm

ty, welki

10:00 pm

thx .

10:01 pm

hi all

10:02 pm

thanks from me too!

10:02 pm

wb, minski

10:02 pm

hi minski

10:02 pm

I'm looking for the TE5/12 just below the thing you sleep in while camping.

10:02 pm

ordinal number, minski

10:02 pm

thx for the camp shelter! (didn't have it)

10:03 pm

sosTE6 -- music/italian term for sustained

10:03 pm

DUH!!! I couldn't see that one. Thanks.

10:07 pm

firewords

10:08 pm

this grid was trying

10:08 pm

wtg dc .. please, the last ou7

10:08 pm

Hooray for dc!!!

10:08 pm

ou7 - vile anger

10:08 pm

wtg dc ;)

10:08 pm

thanks, yall

10:09 pm

Don't know why I started this thing!

10:09 pm

distraction, jellen

10:09 pm

or, i am out7ed that you asked for a hint :)

10:10 pm

oh fer pete's sake .. thanks! fireworks here, too

10:10 pm

congrats, welki

10:10 pm

Yay, welki!!!

10:10 pm

thanks :)

10:11 pm

crap, another 51 still to go

10:11 pm

210 here :-P

10:11 pm

i listed at 58, only reason i finished

10:12 pm

oh, trust me, I'm listing!!!

10:12 pm

let's go, jellen!

10:13 pm

t

10:13 pm

oops, sorry

10:13 pm

Oh, bo6, need to do some laundry...go on without me, Pini!

10:14 pm

I'll stick it out for ya, jellen!

10:14 pm

Thanks, Pini...

10:14 pm

hi jell, how r things ur way?

10:14 pm

i've been doing laundry through the grid. even changed the sheets

10:15 pm

I hate laundry

10:15 pm

I don't mind laundry, but, I hate dishs

10:16 pm

but, I like to make lots of pans though

10:16 pm

cute, weiik ;)

10:16 pm

just wish I could make a living cooking ..

10:16 pm

i like washing dishes, not so fond of drying/putting away

10:17 pm

hey dc, don't you have a dish rack, and some counter space?

10:17 pm

that's what dishwashers are for (automatic or kid-variety)

10:17 pm

Just a quick word to say that I can't get into my Face book account because it's being hacked again.Whatever's going on there now, is not me.

10:17 pm

ta5/14?

10:17 pm

oh no, jac!!!!

10:19 pm

jac, any idea who it is?

10:19 pm

ta + independent grocers' association

10:19 pm

how awful, jac

10:20 pm

thx dc ;)

10:21 pm

youngins don't remember them stores, less they grew up in Appalachia

10:21 pm

* giggle *

10:21 pm

I did some auditing work for them some years back

10:21 pm

well, dc, I guess I'm one of those youngins, more help?

10:22 pm

add the acronym, weiik :)

10:22 pm

(hint: use the first letter of each of them thar words)

10:22 pm

duh......

10:22 pm

* wink *

10:23 pm

hangin' head

10:23 pm

no worries, weiik...it happens to the best of us, too

10:23 pm

we used to have them all around here. A few stores still have the signs up.

10:23 pm

can I get a reclue for the ae5?

10:24 pm

ae5 of athena (same as eg4.6)

10:24 pm

ae + ** Joe (soldier) + plural letter

10:25 pm

thx jellen!

10:25 pm

My brother's ** Joe used to date my Barbie when Ken wasn't looking...

10:26 pm

thxks jell, can't believe i missed that, I used to work on that project in the '80s for the navy

10:26 pm

too funny, jellen ;)

10:26 pm

i remember that project -- the gov't contractors ran ads about it all the time in the newspaper, the tv, and the radio

10:27 pm

yes, was a good contract for me, at least 6 yrs IT work ... boy do I miss those days .

10:28 pm

where you located, weiik?

10:29 pm

any ideas for the ai6?

10:29 pm

central Jersey, off of willingboro, where the ship is located in the field on 295

10:30 pm

now in Philly

10:30 pm

ai + ****a Garbo

10:30 pm

danke ;)

10:30 pm

r u in DC now?

10:30 pm

aigret

10:30 pm

sorry

10:30 pm

yeah, that's the one, weiik!!! :)

10:31 pm

at least if got the clue ???

10:31 pm

good point!

10:31 pm

so, just this once, we won't send you to the PB!

10:31 pm

LOL

10:31 pm

ty jell

10:31 pm

i live in Reston, NW of the city nowadays. plan to move to Arlington in the Fall

10:32 pm

thxks, I've eatten enough today already ...

10:32 pm

I had friends in reston back in '75 ... real rural then .. what's it like now?

10:32 pm

cool, weiik. we're planning a babble meet-up in Philly on Sep 11 or 18 -- see periwinkle's profile for details.

10:33 pm

thxks I will put on calendar .... who is in phily beside templeowl?

10:33 pm

110,000 people and 75k jobs in Reston today. Fully built-out, and they're redeveloping parts more densely now

10:33 pm

oh, lest we forget our manners...welcome to The Grid! you will be assimilated, resistance is futile

10:34 pm

aside from VA7 and the toll road, still mostly 2-lane roads connecting us to the world, though :) Baron Cameron is 4 lanes today.

10:34 pm

yes, what pini said :D

10:34 pm

* giggle *

10:34 pm

I used to see a girl out there with a '61 vette in the mid '70s ... think herndon area

10:35 pm

TempleOwl, Periwinkle, CiociaJudy is nearby, nrkii is in Lamberton... few others i'm not recalling

10:35 pm

does anyone have the 2nd sa5/14?

10:35 pm

Herndon is next door - i can walk there in about 10 minutes.

10:36 pm

not me

10:36 pm

sa5 -- add a vowel in the norse sa4

10:36 pm

HUH?

10:36 pm

huh?

10:36 pm

* snap * minski! :)

10:36 pm

boy do I miss those years ... I used to trowel dc at night with all the office people, life alot simpler then

10:37 pm

got it!

10:37 pm

a norse sa4 -- put a vowel into it for sa5.14

10:37 pm

add a vowel to the first sa4!

10:37 pm

yes it was weiik

10:37 pm

this region has changed TONS in my lifetime - i grew up here.

10:37 pm

1 in 10 people in Virginia today lives in Fairfax County

10:38 pm

1 in5 lives in Northern Virginia.

10:38 pm

DC and the MD burbs have grown a lot too.

10:39 pm

wow dc, one of the few, my daughter was born there, but, I understood that most are transients, myself on 9 yrs

10:39 pm

even the riot-damaged bits of DC are going upscale right now. The neighborhood i used to live in near 13th and H NE is MUCH nicer than was even 10 years ago.

10:40 pm

got it.

10:40 pm

down to 31...and huffin' and puffin'

10:40 pm

yeah, lots of transients. THere's a group of us that grew up where i did - Dale City. we're the ones that stayed put as DOD moved the neighbors through.

10:40 pm

do the streeet people in the city still have a flair about them???

10:40 pm

Down to 180...brb

10:40 pm

now I can go to bed. I still have 87 words left to find but it is 11:40pm and bedtime. Nighty-night all.

10:40 pm

can I get a nudge fo the ag6/24?

10:41 pm

well done, minski!

10:41 pm

hb jellen!

10:41 pm

not as much. after Reagan turned the people for St Elizabeth's on the streets, ver colorful street people. They're mostly dead now, and mental healthcare is more available.

10:41 pm

g'night minski, well done

10:41 pm

when I worked in china town at GAO, I used to park by 61 vette on the street and at the end of the day it was there when I came back for it ...

10:42 pm

impressive, weiik!!!

10:42 pm

in late 80s, it god bad enough that it was made illegal for street people to touch passers-by.

10:42 pm

one street guy I met actually fell to his death on the steps in georgetowne that were famous

10:43 pm

oh my

10:43 pm

yeah, a few died that way for the years, falling down the stairs toward the liquor store

10:43 pm

ouch!

10:43 pm

remember the exorcist? I walked those going to IBM school in arlington

10:43 pm

*ahem* ag6/24?

10:43 pm

er, through the years. Georgetown is much nicer than was- got all yuppified

10:44 pm

oh, cool, weiik

10:44 pm

the movie did not lie about those stairs . just the hosue

10:44 pm

ag6.24 - biased against the old or young

10:44 pm

i thought that was the last ag5!

10:44 pm

spell it out fully

10:44 pm

ar6?

10:45 pm

oh, I got it...just didn't pursue it cuz I thought it was the last

10:45 pm

that last ag5 means "in English law, to take cattle to graze, in exchange for payment. Agistment originally referred specifically to the proceeds of pasturage in the king's forests, but now means either (a) the contract for taking in and feeding horses or other cattle on pasture land, fo"

10:45 pm

well off to sleep .. .night all poof

10:45 pm

ag6 - silver

10:45 pm

Night, weiik

10:45 pm

thanks for visiting, weiik...come again soon!

10:45 pm

g'night weiik

10:45 pm

well, that was a mouthful, dc!

10:47 pm

oops, pb for me, thanks to the definition. i should learn to read them fully ;)

10:48 pm

ar6 -- silver

10:48 pm

I wasn't going to say something...

10:48 pm

silver?

10:48 pm

got it ;)

10:48 pm

A's abolished!!!!

10:49 pm

2nd br6/27?

10:50 pm

br6 -- brown-haired

10:51 pm

interesting spelling!

10:51 pm

B's busted!

10:52 pm

2nd ea?

10:52 pm

male form

10:52 pm

brit spelling of 1st ea

10:52 pm

oy

10:52 pm

thx dc...you're a gem!

10:53 pm

E's executed

10:53 pm

F's frosted

10:54 pm

koda's pawing me to go out...so will be back in a few minutes!!! (22 left to go)

10:54 pm

lurking and 53 left...

10:54 pm

hi, MP

10:55 pm

Hi, MP

10:55 pm

hi dc

10:55 pm

hi pini, jellen, etc

10:56 pm

NL won the all-star game

10:57 pm

MP, you've heard of upcoming meet-ups in Philly (sep) and DC (oct)?

10:59 pm

no dc...we've been at our motorhome at lake anna so much this year...no internet there :o( miss my babble time...any details on the dc one?

11:00 pm

It will be a sunday not on Columbus Day weekend, exact date TBD -- it'll be a lunch 12:30 or 1, with optional visit to lil*monkey's mother's art gallery co-op

11:00 pm

lake anna is lovely :)

11:01 pm

on the Louisa or the spotsylvania side?

11:01 pm

is6 please

11:02 pm

is6 - a fabric from Apple ;)

11:02 pm

a specific iFabric

11:02 pm

yes it is...we "camp" at Christopher Run campground...a seasonal site...have to store the rv somewhere...might as well be there...this weekend I stayed up to my neck in the lake but got a lil' sunburned anyway...

11:02 pm

ity

11:03 pm

very nice, MP :)

11:04 pm

last ne6 please

11:05 pm

ne6 is a worm babblet

11:05 pm

a marine flatworm

11:06 pm

ty

11:08 pm

that campground seems nice -- checked out their website

hello Sean, ha! woke up to use the loo, checked to see if there was any time to finish before going back to bed, think I might do it, 35 to go?!

11:15 pm

yeah, you can do it, George

dunno, stuck on the re's pretty badly!

11:15 pm

chemical re7- catalyst

first 3, no clue, 5th or 6th either?!?

11:16 pm

re6 - add vowel and *** and tonic, then plural for ag7

no idea?! too thick to understand that clue, sorry! thanks though

11:16 pm

the queen re6, singular for re5

11:16 pm

the queen re6 over the UK, Canada, etc...

yeah, got those 2, ta! xx

11:17 pm

re ? secret a**** man

oh bloody hell, how did I not see that?? ha!

11:17 pm

re, vowel, *** and tonic

11:17 pm

dc it is the best one there...one of the others has pigs and chickens running all over and the "real excitement" begins at 2am....the sheriffs get a workout at that one but CRC is so much nicer and they don't hesitate to kick out the rowdies...keep it family oriented

11:18 pm

good to know :)

11:18 pm

back

11:18 pm

ge6/27?

11:18 pm

Back, too...

11:18 pm

42 left

thank you, Seain, that's got all but the first re word now, the re7,36

11:18 pm

git'r dun, mpitt

11:19 pm

Ha! Didn't even notice I was gone, did you? :-)

11:19 pm

1st re7 - re plus secret a**** man

11:19 pm

wb, pini and jellen

11:19 pm

157 left...

11:19 pm

git'r dun, jellen!

ooh, yeah, thanks Seain!

11:20 pm

dc's given me an earworm...

11:21 pm

ge6/27?

11:21 pm

I'm stuck on that one, too

yeah, hearing that song as well now!

11:22 pm

ge6.27 - japanese servant woman

11:22 pm

aaahhh, thanks!

11:22 pm

oy vey!

11:22 pm

i had Stagger Lee as an earworm earlier

11:22 pm

thx dc; G's gnarled!

11:23 pm

H's harnessed

11:24 pm

I's I******...

11:25 pm

ne6/18? fish?

11:26 pm

ne6 -- marine flatworm; babblet

11:26 pm

hrmph ... thinking

11:27 pm

ends in a form of to be

11:28 pm

ne + **** and shine, anagrammed

11:28 pm

good one, jellen

11:29 pm

help with the first re 6/24, please?

11:29 pm

danke ;)

11:29 pm

N's nixed

11:29 pm

Hi, joey

11:29 pm

chemical re7 - catalyst

11:29 pm

O's ousted

11:29 pm

or, re plus secret a**** man

11:30 pm

hi everyone.

11:30 pm

hi joey

11:30 pm

those are the 7's, right? i need the re 6, or what am i missing?

11:31 pm

R's rested

11:32 pm

former pres Ronald Re (alt spelling?)

11:32 pm

21 to go

11:32 pm

13 here ;)

11:32 pm

Git 'er dun, Pini!

11:33 pm

imma goin' jellen!

11:33 pm

16 and that re has me stumped.

11:33 pm

lol

11:33 pm

At Pini, that is...

11:33 pm

in 7/40??

11:34 pm

re + play it ****, sam (slang?)

11:34 pm

in + vision

11:35 pm

is6 - a specific iFabric from Apple

11:35 pm

st5 before bee injury?

11:36 pm

st5 ends like man's nam cr***

11:36 pm

i am so foggy that i still do not understand the clue

11:36 pm

thx dc ;)

11:36 pm

st + cr***'s list

11:36 pm

in7 - firestarter

11:36 pm

S's stuffed

11:37 pm

i + s**** (slick, shiny fabric)

11:38 pm

WooHoo! Halfway!

11:39 pm

yeah, jellen!!!!

11:39 pm

got it . thanks

11:40 pm

te6/21?

11:40 pm

11 to go!

11:40 pm

to 6/21?

11:40 pm

oh, to6! said pooh

11:41 pm

to6 as bo6

22 2 go!

11:41 pm

One of my fave characters from literature!

11:41 pm

you can do it, george!

11:41 pm

thanks

11:41 pm

git'r dun, geo

11:42 pm

st4 -- like b** for apples

11:43 pm

9

11:43 pm

soste6 - music/italian means sustained

11:43 pm

* ahem * te6/21? anyone?

11:43 pm

hmmm, thinking

11:43 pm

just clued it, pini

11:44 pm

te + pea*** butter + vowel

11:44 pm

I think we were writing at the same time

11:44 pm

gratzi

11:46 pm

last te5 -- anagram of *** against the machine

11:46 pm

tr 8/50?

11:47 pm

add gerund to tr5

11:47 pm

i'm tr8 you to dinner! pt away ur wallet

11:47 pm

how about the 2nd one, dc?

11:47 pm

or the horse is tr8 off into the woods

11:48 pm

second tr 8/50 that is

11:48 pm

danke :)

11:49 pm

got it

11:49 pm

first tr5? another fish?

11:49 pm

1...ag8/60

11:49 pm

a tr5c end

11:49 pm

add gerund to ag5

11:49 pm

ag8 - gerund of ag5.14

11:50 pm

thx dc ;)

11:50 pm

T's trampled

11:50 pm

2

11:50 pm

* I think I can * I think I can *

11:50 pm

FIREWORKS

11:50 pm

wtg MPitt!

11:51 pm

Yay, MP!!

11:51 pm

(u's)

11:51 pm

ty dc....

11:52 pm

I work the grid backwards after I list...just me being me!

11:52 pm

YAY MPItt!!!

11:52 pm

un7 - unenthused

11:52 pm

I am down to 35

11:52 pm

un8 - more discomfitted

11:52 pm

need the first RE 6 please?

11:52 pm

spake un4 the Lord

11:52 pm

1

11:52 pm

un 7/40///

11:52 pm

go pini go!

11:53 pm

Hi, stid!

11:53 pm

un7 - unenthused - not enthusiastic

11:54 pm

* sparklers *

11:54 pm

re + ag4/6

11:54 pm

WooHoo, Pini!!!

11:54 pm

* whewwww * just in time!

11:54 pm

9,348 words today

11:54 pm

YAY pihi!!!!

11:54 pm

woot woot pini

11:54 pm

thanks. down to 21

11:54 pm

TA 7?

11:54 pm

grem, you're going to be the death of me yet!

11:55 pm

did not get the un clue

11:55 pm

grem you are such a prankster LOL

11:55 pm

I went to a wine ta******

11:55 pm

un + ***** beaver

11:55 pm

thanks for the TA how

11:55 pm

about the last TE 5?

11:56 pm

te + anagram of fabric scrap

11:56 pm

get your compu***s ready, guys and **ls!

11:56 pm

first TO 6?

11:57 pm

t + not an***** one!

11:57 pm

br 6/27. have the clear soups

11:57 pm

t + oh bo****, said Pooh

11:57 pm

ro 7,36 ?

11:57 pm

decaying

11:57 pm

thanks jellen dow

11:57 pm

n to 9

11:58 pm

why couldn't i see that ? TY!

11:58 pm

un 8/45?

11:58 pm

yw

11:58 pm

un8 - were i any un8, i'd be anxious

11:59 pm

what dc? can you try that again id ont understand that cluc please?

11:59 pm

firewords. wow.

11:59 pm

wtg stid!

11:59 pm

wow stid!!

11:59 pm

I didn't think I would do it today.

11:59 pm

un + ea6

11:59 pm

un8 more nervous

11:59 pm

19 left :-(

11:59 pm

Hooray for stid!!!

12:00 am

that is is the nick of time Stid!

12:00 am

thanks

12:00 am

still neeed 3

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