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Total score 0 pts.
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139 3,740
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142 3,740
143 3,740
144 3,740
145 3,710
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152 3,479
153 3,466
154 3,424
155 3,367
156 3,277
157 3,223
158 3,209
159 3,197
160 3,174
161 3,157
162 3,117
163 3,087
164 3,087
165 3,080
166 3,074
167 3,020
168 3,007
169 2,988
170 2,967
171 2,949
172 2,893
173 2,868
174 2,867
175 2,822
176 2,813
177 2,809
178 2,802
179 2,786
180 2,780
181 2,774
182 2,774
183 2,767
184 2,760
185 2,751
186 2,750
187 2,746
188 2,725
189 2,720
190 2,685
191 2,658
192 2,652
193 2,649
194 2,632
195 2,630
196 2,625
197 2,615
198 2,611
199 2,595
200 2,595
201 2,576
202 2,573
203 2,560
204 2,554
205 2,543
206 2,540
207 2,531
208 2,519
209 2,517
210 2,497
211 2,496
212 2,493
213 2,486
214 2,483
215 2,476
216 2,472
217 2,461
218 2,453
219 2,441
220 2,413
221 2,412
222 2,394
223 2,367
224 2,348
225 2,343
226 2,330
227 2,325
228 2,307
229 2,305
230 2,296
231 2,255
232 2,247
233 2,245
234 2,242
235 2,239
236 2,238
237 2,231
238 2,215
239 2,206
240 2,194
241 2,189
242 2,167
243 2,164
244 2,159
245 2,156
246 2,150
247 2,149
248 2,143
249 2,132
250 2,132
251 2,122
252 2,104
253 2,104
254 2,091
255 2,090
256 2,077
257 2,062
258 2,056
259 2,050
260 2,047
261 2,046
262 2,037
263 2,029
264 2,026
265 2,017
266 2,004
267 1,998
268 1,997
269 1,987
270 1,982
271 1,980
272 1,974
273 1,966
274 1,964
275 1,960
276 1,950
277 1,926
278 1,926
279 1,925
280 1,924
281 1,909
282 1,904
283 1,898
284 1,895
285 1,889
286 1,888
287 1,883
288 1,880
289 1,873
290 1,867
291 1,863
292 1,863
293 1,860
294 1,851
295 1,848
296 1,842
297 1,837
298 1,834
299 1,809
300 1,803
301 1,802
302 1,794
303 1,791
304 1,786
305 1,782
306 1,778
307 1,777
308 1,767
309 1,756
310 1,756
311 1,749
312 1,748
313 1,743
314 1,738
315 1,735
316 1,734
317 1,732
318 1,731
319 1,725
320 1,717
321 1,706
322 1,699
323 1,693
324 1,687
325 1,685
326 1,681
327 1,678
328 1,672
329 1,670
330 1,654
331 1,654
332 1,654
333 1,653
334 1,646
335 1,645
336 1,610
337 1,602
338 1,600
339 1,599
340 1,598
341 1,575
342 1,572
343 1,555
344 1,548
345 1,540
346 1,540
347 1,539
348 1,537
349 1,533
350 1,514
351 1,511
352 1,507
353 1,506
354 1,504
355 1,501
356 1,493
357 1,481
358 1,477
359 1,465
360 1,462
361 1,444
362 1,442
363 1,435
364 1,428
365 1,427
366 1,418
367 1,416
368 1,411
369 1,406
370 1,401
371 1,400
372 1,400
373 1,399
374 1,398
375 1,396
376 1,391
377 1,388
378 1,374
379 1,367
380 1,359
381 1,357
382 1,353
383 1,349
384 1,347
385 1,346
386 1,343
387 1,342
388 1,339
389 1,338
390 1,336
391 1,326
392 1,325
393 1,324
394 1,313
395 1,308
396 1,306
397 1,306
398 1,302
399 1,302
400 1,298
401 1,290
402 1,288
403 1,285
404 1,284
405 1,281
406 1,277
407 1,277
408 1,267
409 1,265
410 1,252
411 1,247
412 1,244
413 1,243
414 1,240
415 1,232
416 1,227
417 1,213
418 1,203
419 1,201
420 1,184
421 1,175
422 1,165
423 1,164
424 1,153
425 1,153
426 1,153
427 1,147
428 1,141
429 1,136
430 1,119
431 1,116
432 1,115
433 1,107
434 1,093
435 1,091
436 1,087
437 1,085
438 1,079
439 1,074
440 1,067
441 1,061
442 1,054
443 1,047
444 1,046
445 1,033
446 1,033
447 1,030
448 1,028
449 1,025
450 1,015
451 1,013
452 1,013
453 1,008
454 1,005
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456 995
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459 988
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470 947
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472 945
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475 942
476 939
477 926
478 925
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480 916
481 893
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485 888
486 881
487 881
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497 842
498 838
499 838
500 828
501 821
502 817
503 807
504 804
505 797
506 794
507 791
508 784
509 781
510 777
511 777
512 776
513 776
514 765
515 756
516 756
517 754
518 749
519 736
520 731
521 731
522 723
523 719
524 716
525 714
526 713
527 708
528 705
529 703
530 702
531 698
532 697
533 695
534 694
535 692
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537 685
538 684
539 682
540 678
541 667
542 667
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545 649
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548 639
549 639
550 631
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556 614
557 601
558 600
559 595
560 594
561 593
562 582
563 576
564 563
565 562
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567 548
568 531
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570 524
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572 517
573 512
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575 502
576 502
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578 495
579 494
580 487
581 485
582 480
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584 477
585 475
586 475
587 452
588 450
589 449
590 448
591 435
592 421
593 420
594 416
595 413
596 411
597 409
598 405
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601 390
602 386
603 376
604 375
605 374
606 365
607 358
608 354
609 343
610 333
611 323
612 323
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614 322
615 321
616 318
617 316
618 312
619 289
620 288
621 287
622 282
623 280
624 262
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626 254
627 253
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630 239
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632 235
633 229
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635 220
636 220
637 218
638 218
639 217
640 214
641 192
642 191
643 188
644 187
645 184
646 183
647 182
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651 175
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656 159
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660 144
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663 138
664 134
665 131
666 110
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671 83
672 77
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674 70
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676 66
677 65
678 65
679 60
680 59
681 55
682 54
683 49
684 48
685 45
686 43
687 41
688 32
689 24
690 20
691 19
692 14
693 9
694 8
695 5
696 5
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246 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

blast -- too big

12:00 am

yikes!

12:00 am

flip - and I will not finish this one

12:00 am

we can do it, ladies!

12:00 am

Flip

12:00 am

flip...well I was pretty close

12:00 am

I was thinking under 200, but I was wrong ..

12:01 am

hello

12:01 am

Flip flip hooray!

Clues are up

12:02 am

thx lickety ;)

12:02 am

HA 6

12:02 am

Thans, Lickety:)

12:02 am

Thanks Lickety!

12:02 am

so 6

12:02 am

Si 6 x 2

12:02 am

Yay Lickety!!

12:02 am

ra7

12:03 am

tor RA 6/7 you mean right?

12:03 am

te7

12:04 am

SN 5 /7

12:04 am

Yes

12:04 am

NO6

12:04 am

TE 6

12:05 am

SO 4/6

12:05 am

SO 6 X2

12:05 am

sh7,8

12:06 am

and SO 7

12:06 am

which is a 6/7

12:06 am

sh8/9

12:08 am

well, 220 left and will save for tomorrow...see you all then! *poof*

12:08 am

Niters Jilly

12:09 am

night Jilly

12:09 am

TE 6/7

12:10 am

torg are the SH 7/8 or 8/9 related or are they words we should know?

12:11 am

Slaves might know ..

12:12 am

Or prisoners ..

12:12 am

nbt

12:12 am

thanks torg found them

12:12 am

ac 7

12:12 am

wtg flosey :)

12:13 am

nudges for the upper left E and lower right C?

12:13 am

with lickety's help

12:13 am

pinik am working on that E as well

12:13 am

no time to finish, so will use everything available

12:13 am

er5/12

12:15 am

thx flosey

12:15 am

yw Pini

12:16 am

jilli and flosey...are you guys getting excited for our upcoming get-together?

12:16 am

looking worward to it, pini!

12:16 am

had a wonderful conversation with Bugs earlier...she is, too! :)

12:17 am

yes Pini, hopefully getting together with Jill and Bugs

12:17 am

;)

12:18 am

sent an email off to stid a bit ago, too, regarding accommodation assistance...hope no one minds! :)

12:19 am

We need help making plans!

12:19 am

<-- we're on it, jilli! :)

12:19 am

I saw you were planning to use skype, pini -- I haven't done that yet.

12:19 am

phantom: chaos

12:20 am

let me know if you want to try it sometime, jilli - can provide help...

12:20 am

great icon jilli

12:21 am

I will, pini, but a bit overloaded just now. Might want to work in another trip before the Aug 21 one -- to back east!

12:21 am

Thanks, flosey.

12:21 am

oh, wow...busy!

12:22 am

yw jilli

12:22 am

168 words left i am out poof

hi and nbt

12:23 am

night mlf ;)

12:23 am

hi josh

12:23 am

still looking for a nudge from the lower right C (for NBT)

ci5/6/7 all related

12:24 am

thx josh...looking

12:24 am

do they use both C's?

y, they would have to

late flip; howdy all!

12:25 am

hi dee

hugs josh, pini, mlf, flosey, jili

12:25 am

well, I'll be darned, I guessed the ci5 and got it!

12:25 am

still working on 'em, josh

12:25 am

hi dee hi

12:26 am

got it!

12:26 am

NBT!

12:27 am

wtg Pini

12:27 am

wtg pini

12:27 am

...and bedtime! :) night all...cya tmw ;)

12:27 am

I'm distracted on messenger

12:27 am

night pini!

12:27 am

Hi Dee, sorry, I missed your entrance

:~)

certainly understand distractions!

help with c in the last column please

ci5/6/7 dee

ty josh looking!

12:35 am

it's hard to see now Dee, some of the words could come from either c

12:36 am

whooo = got a 7-8-9-7 set.

nbt

12:36 am

wtg Dee

12:37 am

wtg dee :)

ty and ty josh

wtg chris... what do they begin with?

12:38 am

sh

ty

oh was not even going that direction ty chris

12:40 am

and sh5/22, overlooked that one.

there go the rest of the long words

surprised it doesn't accept ed on the sh 5/22...

12:41 am

found them, thanks Chris

12:41 am

Also, ha4-6-6-7-8-7 similar to the sh words.

12:41 am

me too Dee

never can tell, can we, flosely?

flosey lol

12:41 am

as in living-in-sin, Volleymomdee ??

12:42 am

wel well well, nbt!

yes

12:42 am

wtg jilli

wtg

12:43 am

ty, but still 209 to go, lol!

12:44 am

I am stopping at 130 words and 1136 points.Bye to all

12:45 am

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

12:45 am

bye min!

12:45 am

This is going very quickly, no ??

so far ...

12:45 am

No, lol!

12:46 am

sone

12:46 am

(distractions)

12:46 am

treens

ne6/7 is new for me

12:46 am

thanks, christine

12:46 am

treens

12:47 am

hi josh

don't have that ty josh

hi jilli

12:47 am

thinking evil thoughts, about my gremlins, who didn't move the cursor !!!

from the lower n btw

ooo ty was looking in wrong spot

12:48 am

I hope the new site will have an equivalent to Expert's Lickety Add box.

new for me, too ty josh

I bet jili

12:49 am

I'm very worried about the new site.

12:49 am

I love Expert.

me, too

btw I have sh 8 x 2...

12:50 am

me too, I'd be lost without it

I'd be lost without lickety, tooo.....

missing one 8.. I have ha, and 2 sh... has other been named yet?

re8 and another ha8

ty josh

what are stats please on the re 8?

8/70 past tense

ty so much

1:01 am

Totted up, ore slang for supposed.

ty found it

1:03 am

totted?

army of reckless children unleashed on something, maybe

lol josh

to count, compute, or calculate... re 8/70

ct 7/36

1:06 am

Well, Lickety's list is part of Expert.

aww didn't know that

1:08 am

And so is a link to morewords wich you can pull over the chat and don't have to alt-tab.

fireworks

very nice... wtg josh!!!

babble expert sounds good, almost too good

last word ac7

wow surprised it wasn't the ct...

1:12 am

YAY josh!!! Amazing!

ct i spotted from lickety's list after getting nbt

well done

1:14 am

I think I knew the ct once but have forgotten it.

I agree

1:14 am

brb

1:16 am

it doesn't plural though

I noticed that

1:23 am

halfway!

wtg

1:24 am

106 left - I think that deserves a cuppa.

definitely

1:26 am

wtg ruru!

1:27 am

ooooh.. I am a few from a cuppa coffee too

the ct does plural iirc, to one of those ia plural endings

aaah

1:31 am

but not in this grid

1:31 am

but mostly it's used to describe something else, at least that's how I've used it. As in ct scales.

fireworks

1:32 am

is it something to do ewith rough-edged leaves? Off to google it.

1:32 am

wtg Dee

ty

1:33 am

I just know it's a type of fish scale :D

1:33 am

Yay !!

1:33 am

could I have a clue for re7 please?

1:34 am

with re8 abandon

re + en 5/12... to do again as in a play

1:34 am

Oh, sorry about that.

1:35 am

thanks Dee

1:35 am

Oh, sorry about that.

or re 7/32 the battles of the civil war

1:35 am

no Chris, had those

1:35 am

butthanks

1:39 am

reckless isn't in the grid.. I don't see the re 8

do you have re 6/33?

1:40 am

yes

re 4/9 + opp of off = re 6/33 past tense is re 8/70

1:40 am

oh jeez

1:40 am

Can anyone clue di 7/36?

1:40 am

thanks

did same thing at first

1:40 am

I should go to bed. ... I am not seeing things well

1:43 am

what are the stats of the e in the corner

1:44 am

er5/12

er 5/12... put up a building... er a shrine...

1:45 am

how funny next to the di word

1:45 am

Got it anyway. Fireworks

1:46 am

wtg anike

wtg anike!

1:47 am

Daughter on my back to cut out some things to sew so had better go./ Happy babbling

have a great time!

di7 is having to do with some catholic churches

and episcopal

1:51 am

thanks Josh, was just working on that one

1:55 am

the c in the corner////?

1:55 am

the c in the corner////?

1:57 am

the ci*** kid - like the di music one

1:58 am

thank you ursh

1:58 am

and hello to all

1:58 am

missing ca5 and 6, before vehicles

1:58 am

TY Ursh. Hello all

1:58 am

Form of water transport, flosey. Hello all.

1:59 am

thanks Haz

1:59 am

You're welcome.

1:59 am

like jet skis haz?...lol

1:59 am

have that one Has, there's another after those

well all need to poof til the morrow.... hi / bye haz; hugs jili, flosey...

1:59 am

**Haz

lol ru ... like up a crick without a paddle...

2:01 am

bye Volley

2:01 am

tin ca + you like it just **

*poofing with hugs*

2:01 am

tin ca + you like it just **

2:01 am

tin ca + you like it just **

2:01 am

goodnight Dee, sweet dreams

2:02 am

got it, thanks ru

2:03 am

<--- been up many creeks without a paddle

2:05 am

need ne6 and 7, are they related?

2:06 am

the ne6.36 I have is what you do with your fella

2:07 am

have that one thanks lyn, there's ne6/30, 7/44

2:07 am

wouldn't that be na 5 lynxxx? lol

2:08 am

lol ru

2:08 am

maybe but won't agree until I find it!

2:12 am

err lynnxxx .. like get naked?

2:13 am

Haz! I just found out that one of the electronic sounds used in the Dr Who theme music is called "Spangle" :D

2:15 am

so Haz 'is' an admirer then

2:16 am

night all.. crashing now... and tennis early in the morning..have fun

2:16 am

hi lyn! You have to play with this, it's brilliant - http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classi c/news/radiophonatron.shtml

2:16 am

Bye ruru.

2:16 am

bye Ru, go easy on your opponent

2:16 am

night ru

2:17 am

Hello, Ata! Was in the kitchen and just back. So Spangle plays a part?

2:17 am

she does! go to the link I just gave lyn :D

2:17 am

sorry, it's too early to figure out tinyurls lol

2:17 am

hi everyone, just taking hubby & BinL to the station then day to myself - shopping, babble and dvds of private practice the order of the day :-)

2:18 am

I'm sure you say BinLaden every time I see you write BinL!

2:19 am

honestly Alex is a really nice man!!

2:19 am

Hello Katie.

2:19 am

Hi Haz

2:20 am

Ata, I've bookmarked that. Thankyou. Its the end of the month and I've run out of broadband space,( too slow!) will listen/watch tomorrow

2:20 am

hi Katie

2:20 am

Hi lynxxx

2:20 am

awwww. it's great fun, you can hover over all the difefrent bits of the theme tune and play them in random orders and see what bits were used. great fun.

2:24 am

fireworks

2:24 am

Congratulations!

2:24 am

WOW flosey!

2:24 am

congrats flosey

2:24 am

(I just got back)

2:25 am

Hooray for Flosey!

2:25 am

with all the helps and clues

2:25 am

ne6 and 7, new to me, last words

2:26 am

It's a much nicer grid than some we've had lately.

2:26 am

yes Haz, sure is

2:27 am

right off now, see you later with new shoes lol

2:28 am

now must run and empty the dryer, iron tomorrow morning and off to Vancouver until Tuesday

2:28 am

Bye, Imelda.

2:28 am

Visiting William again, flosey?

2:28 am

bye Katie and Flosey

2:29 am

yes Jilli - also Alley's birthday Sunday

2:29 am

Have a great time!

2:29 am

thanks, will for sure

2:30 am

and hopefully, when I get back, we can meet with Anne

2:30 am

if you want to reach me, hubby will forward messages

2:32 am

morning all....having trouble with di7/36 help !

2:34 am

di7 related to the catholic church

2:34 am

hello mills - di7 a district under the care of a bishop

2:35 am

goodnight all

2:35 am

BBL

2:35 am

Goodnight, flosey.

2:36 am

G'night flosey and I'm off to bed too...*poof*

2:36 am

Sleep well, jillibus.

2:36 am

thank you

2:36 am

leer reel

2:37 am

Sounds like a description of a dancing Scot with evil intentions.

2:38 am

had to grab those fast before shutting down! Blush!

2:39 am

No worries!

2:39 am

Peter Mandelson dancing

2:39 am

*repoof (reproofed)

2:39 am

I see him tangoing in dark corners.

2:41 am

poor you!!

2:41 am

I know.

2:46 am

oooo JMC is in Brussels

2:46 am

half way home

2:46 am

Is she drinking Jack Daniels like there's no tomorrow?

2:47 am

decent coffee!

2:48 am

Yes, she seemed to find that a problem.

2:49 am

horrid stuff!

2:49 am

our local farm shop even has Kenyan coffee flavoured ice cream

2:50 am

Coffee ice-cream is pretty delicious - or can you not bear the flavour at all?

2:50 am

I could if it was artificial coffee lol, which kind of defeats the purpose somewhat

2:51 am

Have you tried Carte D'or rum and raisin ice cream? It's so strong, it's poisonous.

2:52 am

May I please have a clue for ha6-36? Thanks

2:52 am

JMC about JD: "lol not yet i figure i will get a quick drink before i board at noon"

2:52 am

ooo no. I do like good rum and raisin ice cream. I used to make my own using apple liqueur instead of rum

2:53 am

ha6/36 - to rhyme with sh7 - used to chain prisoners

2:54 am

I normally like rum and raisin, but this is incredibly strong.

2:55 am

that's not so much fun, you want to taste the ice cream as well as the rum

2:55 am

Thanks so much, Haz1558.

2:55 am

You're welcome, gapeach.

2:56 am

Back in five minutes...

3:03 am

Okay seven minutes but who's counting?

3:04 am

near enough

3:06 am

and now I should probably go, going up to LOndon today and tomorrow having fun with Tolkien people, much to D's disgust

3:06 am

Which is worse. You having fun or the meeting with Tolkien people?

3:07 am

oh the fun bit definitely. He's Very Ill at the moment so no-one can have fun

3:07 am

Ill again?

3:08 am

Very

3:08 am

he has a stomach ache, been off work since wednesday

3:08 am

Referred pain from the hangnail?

3:09 am

quite probably

3:09 am

He should offer to be a patient for medical students to practise on.

3:10 am

here for a hot minute before i go look for a jack and my gate

3:10 am

he wouldn't let students practice on him! far too important for that!

3:10 am

hello again :)

3:10 am

Hello, jmc. Find your gate first!

3:11 am

one jack wouldnt keep me from my appointed gate!

3:12 am

But you've been deprived, it might rush to your unaccustomed head.

3:12 am

safe journey! have a lovely Saturday, Haz dear. Have a good walk with La Spanglettinella! *runs off to pack for overnight trip*

3:12 am

Bye Ata!

3:12 am

you think my head would be that quick to forget its prime directive?

3:13 am

i am off too just peeking in to see who was here

3:13 am

Toodle-oo jmc.

3:13 am

besides babbling is hard enough with using a nonqwerty key board!

3:13 am

*poof*

3:35 am

I'm off as well, bye!

3:46 am

happy birthday jm

3:46 am

too late

Good morning sandyloo, and everyone

3:48 am

hi, all. it's going to be a great day. we're taking two children to the zoo.

3:48 am

hi sally

3:48 am

that will be fun

Sounds good angelsong.

3:52 am

back, hubby dropped off, two pairs of shoes, two tops and a chain bought, bring on the day!

Sounds like a busy morning already Katie.

3:54 am

I know sally I may be going back to bed in a bit!

good morning all how many words today please

3:56 am

246

246 today

thanks

3:56 am

246

It's a nice grid so far. Lovely to have that C and K together. Some very high scoring words!

3:58 am

morning sandrafrances - how are things??

all ok and quiet. for a change she is asleep

how are you this morning

tren

rens

3:59 am

did she have her breakfast??

oops

yes all up

noter

noters

oops again

4:00 am

perhaps you could bring her over when she wakes up

4:00 am

lol

of course. how are you this morning

i have to go out to buy a bottle. i cannot find it any where. dementia has set in early

4:01 am

ok thanks. How many words have you got??

99

how many have you got

4:03 am

93

now 104

4:07 am

171

145 :-)

4:11 am

184

159

4:13 am

tell me wordies, is it re-establish or reestablish?

I would put the hyphen in.

4:14 am

so would I

4:14 am

it looks better with hyphen but is it correct?

4:16 am

first run through and 40 left. Off to bed again for a bit!

ttfn katie

4:20 am

hello babblers

4:20 am

anyone have clues for the 3 cis before the lump?

ci 4/5: "hi!"

4:21 am

Italian football team ci5 Roma. (google it!!!)

4:23 am

then 2 versions of the plural.

4:24 am

great, thanks for that dach

Ah, those three. Not listed yet so didn't know which.

4:24 am

thanks sally also

4:25 am

bye for now bbl

4:52 am

one ci is an italian farewell and plural

4:53 am

correction: no plural for italian farewell

5:15 am

hello everybody

5:16 am

hi Ruby

5:16 am

hi diz grannie

5:17 am

got 58 left and ground to a halt

rubyfoo! How are things?

5:18 am

hello sally! I brought Burt home this AM and he is pretty shaky but lucid. There is a third bite, this one on his hand, that he thought happened from his fall.

5:19 am

I made him his Saturday breakfast for lunch and put him to bed and will just hope that he doesn't fall

Poor chap. I'm sure he will improve rapidly now he is home.

How is his heart.

5:19 am

seems to be OK and I'm really glad that they kept him overnight!

5:20 am

the nurse will start coming somorrow to change his dressings every day for 2 weeks

5:20 am

Hi everybody. (((Rubes))) I am glad to hear he is doing well.

Keeping him overnight was definitely the right thing to do. So you will have to do the grocery shopping by yourself for now!

5:21 am

hello {{soodle }}

5:21 am

and everything else! it was amazing doing all his chores this morning; I was out of breath for an hour!

You will have a new appreciation of each other :-)

5:23 am

that's certainly true!

5:23 am

for a moment, at the hospital, when he passed out, I thought he was dead!

If I appear not to be paying attention it's because one of the cats brought in a live field mouse which we are trying to catch. And I have bare feet :-(

Tuby.

5:24 am

how cute!

opps RUby

5:24 am

Yach, Sally. Will you try to keep the mouse away from your puter... I would hate it to jump out at me. Lol

5:24 am

hello herin!

5:25 am

close enough hahah

The cat is helping us look :-(

5:25 am

Hiya Herin

Hello. Ruby is hubby better?

We have already pulled out the freezer. I can't imagine where all that fluff came from - must be a bad housewife around here somewhere :-)

5:26 am

yes, thank you, he's home and much happier. He was miserable at the hospital and I think they were mean to him!

5:26 am

that's pollen, sally, and it accumulates anew each day, hahah, you could never be a bad housewife!

5:27 am

Fluff is good, Sally. No fluff means you are house-proud. Pride comes before a fall. Ergo, if you have a clean house, it will fall down. Fact!

5:27 am

absolutely!

Me? Not a bad housewife? hahahahahaha. You don't know me very well obviously. I like soodle's explanation though.

5:29 am

this is a lovely grid, at least for the first 50 words!

I hope you have noticed the C and K next to each other.

5:30 am

how nicely they nestle!

Soddle you know those long wrapping paper tubes?

5:32 am

Indeed I do, Herin.....

Ok you get one of those and tape it to the end of your vacuum tube then stick under the fridge, over other under places taht a solid tube wont fit

5:35 am

great idea, herin!

5:36 am

maybe I can get whatever died out from under/behind the fridge that way

5:36 am

What??? So that my house will fall down?????

Don't worry ruby. Eventually they dehydrate and don't smell.

5:37 am

actually, I've noticed that the smell has dimished greatly (after I totally tore apart the fridge!!!@)

There you are then. When we re-planned the office (where the cats sleep) we made sure that all the cupboards etc were on legs so that we could see under :-)

brb

5:40 am

100!!!!

5:41 am

that is a big number for me! lol

Yay for ruby!

hi, everyone

5:43 am

hello girlie!

ruby, don't miss the fact that when you get a word ending in ck, you can often past tense it, or change the ending to et and then plural it.

5:44 am

Hi GG

are you all ok?

Hi GG

5:45 am

I'm getting more thorough, sally, but still don't get fireworks (or list), What I get is what I get and if it's more than half, I'm very happy

5:45 am

Couldn't be better here, thanks,GG.

5:45 am

you need another holiday, soodle!

Ruby stinkies in the fridge can be prevented by using a bit of vanilla in the wiping of the inside and a small saucer of bi carb soda in a dish

Oh yes, I understand that, but just thought I'd throw a nice high-scoring hint your way :-)

Good. i haven't been playing recently - too busy.

5:46 am

Ruby, my ideal life is 2 weeks work, and 50 weeks holiday!

5:46 am

I thought it was in the fridge, cleaned out all the past-date things, the moldy veggies, etc., put in some bicarb, but then realized the smell wasn't from the fridge, it was behind or under it, and it's built into the cabinets!

5:47 am

fireworks, unaided

5:47 am

you should be french! Our handyman works 5 months of the year for the county and gets 5 weeks paid vacation!

hoooooooraaaaaay, gremlinn

It happens in the country, ruby. Have had lots of mice when staying in rural France.

5:47 am

Woo-hoo Gremlinn.

well done gremlinn

5:47 am

thanks

5:47 am

there is a mouse family living in the shrubbery near the bird feeder. They are brown, small and furry, very cute!

last bad smell i had turned out to be the outside drain. i had practically dismantled the fridge before i realised

5:48 am

yay, gremlin

5:48 am

I should be blooming rich, not French!

5:48 am

gremlin, since you help everybody with your lists, who can ever help you?

5:48 am

hahah soodle

Ruby something funky could have died in the walls :(

5:49 am

no trouble at all to make the lists

5:50 am

it's really not so bad now and I'm the only one who can smell it (dog nose).

Ruby you could have got a funky smell up your nose.

5:50 am

uh oh, pb for me..... slinking away

5:51 am

herin can join me!

I also find once things get tossed out of the fridge I keep a list of what is in there and what needs to be used and rebought. if it gets emptied then it gets put on the shopping list

I didn't ahve anything

5:52 am

no** hahah

5:52 am

you sounds very organized, herin!

And if It doesn't get used and goes funky it goes on the Do not buy for a month list

could you bring some cake from the pb when you come back. i'm kind of peckish

5:52 am

I nominate Herin as Babble Housewife of the Year, and hereby invite her to come to my house for a (?) holiday.

I have a blackboard where I write up what we've run out of/are running out of.

5:53 am

I could use some cake, too

We have to be organised we don't have teh spare money

5:53 am

that is after she comes here to organize our shopping!

chocolate, preferably

5:54 am

we are the original penny wise, pound foolish, family!

5:54 am

Hello all

5:54 am

Ditto, Ruby! And Hi Zooz :-)

hello zoozoo. like your icon

5:54 am

hello zoozoo

What I just bought $260 worth of groceries for the month. We will ahve to spend about $100 extra over the month for fresh foods and soy milk (that stuff is expensive)

Hi zoo zoo

5:55 am

Hello again. Hi Zooz - long time no see!

5:56 am

hello lynxxx!

5:56 am

If I shopped for the month - everything would be eaten by the end of the first weekend, and we would starve for the remainder. 3 teenagers!!

Hi Lynxx

Soddle there is just the two of us. It sucks that my soy milk costs about $4 a brick

5:56 am

I can't plan that far ahead

5:57 am

that is really expensive, herin!

5:57 am

Ouch, Herin.

It is but it tastes really good

I use about 3 a fortnight. Sometimes I buy the cheaper stuff but it doesn't taste good

6:00 am

Obviously no-one is sh5.22ed up in Babbleland (or maybe that is just an Australian expression?)

no, UK too

Lynxx did you see the Bushfire Commision Report

6:02 am

I thought it was American

we probably picked it up from Americans

6:02 am

I don't think anybody gets married any more

6:02 am

hahah

6:02 am

Parts of it on the radio Infernal. Seem like good recommendations

Not impressed with blaming the chefs

6:03 am

Chelsea Clinton is getting married today!

at enormous expense by the sound of it

6:04 am

any photos of the big dog (if you'll pardon the expression, lol)on line?

6:04 am

Me neither, I know the buck stops at the top but we aren't all perfect. Tough jobs

6:04 am

you're not perfect lynxx??? I thought you were!

I think it should be the actual government for not installing adequate services

brb going to go get fud

back in a minute with a cup of coffee. anyone else want one?

6:05 am

Is that Chefs or chiefs being blamed. (Visions of white-hatted nutters setting fire to the bush)

6:06 am

I like the image of white-hatted nutters!

oh, i thought you meant chefs as well. it thought they might have been barbequeing

6:06 am

135 words and I have to lie down for a while, see you later

6:06 am

Chiefs - Actually Police Commissioner and Fire Services.

6:06 am

{{everybody}}

6:07 am

Bye Rubes. See you later {{{}}}}

6:07 am

also better check on you-know-who!

6:07 am

Be well, rubyfoo

6:07 am

Hello BabbleRabble

6:07 am

Hiya BabRab!

6:07 am

thank you BR

6:08 am

Hello

back with a cup of coffee and an apple - no cake in the house. hello babble

6:12 am

Hello, guernseygirl

6:13 am

I better tear myself away to go and do the grocery shopping. I hate it. I spend loads of money, then I come home and pack it all away, then cook the wretched stuff, clean up afterwards, and go and do it all again next week. Yuck

6:13 am

Have a nice Saturday everybody - Poof.

lol soodle.

your icon is exctremely scary babrab. bye Soodle, its an endless round

6:13 am

Be safe, Soodlebum

6:13 am

bye Soodle

HI Br and Guernsey

hi, herin

6:14 am

Hello, herin

See this is what happens when one thinks of food andtypes

greetings peoples

hi, esprit

6:15 am

hi Espritd!

6:15 am

help

what do you need arpit?

6:16 am

Are you in acute distress, arpit?

6:17 am

naah!just usual. actually i dont know why i said that

i can offer half an apple, arpit

6:17 am

with a few words...that wud do

need to be a bit more specific eh

there are lots of past tenses at the bottom left, arpit

nais

I am watching The Golden Compass it is pretty violent.

6:19 am

hello everyone.

6:19 am

hi Annie

sorry

hello annie

gm annie

Hi Annie

6:19 am

no seriously...its my 1st few minutes here....if i am gettting this right...we just find words whole day n thats it!!

6:19 am

Hello, Annie

i liked the book so much better than the film, herin

yes, find words that touch at any corner in any direction

6:20 am

You got it Arpit

Yes, you type the words into the Add Words box until you have them all.

simplest game in the world!

*words where letters touch at any corner*

Not read the book. I would hate to have a small kidlet watch this. I am a bit freaked out

6:20 am

n whn we r done after about 15 minuts or so n cant find words anymore..the rest of the time we chat!

6:21 am

thats simple indeed ha ha

Some people don't chat at all, some people do a bit of both, and some people just chat "-)

6:21 am

well done if you can find 246 words in 15 minutes

i thogught the books were wonderful, but not meant for kidlets

once your eyes get accustomed to the grid you will find words, but chat is always an option

I've never found all the words possible in 15 minutes though :-(

singing and joke telling are fine too

I mean is the movie PG?

6:21 am

no i found 5 n cant find nemore :)

can't remember

6:22 am

especially singing

And eating. A lot of eating happens in the chat.

6:22 am

n wont find nemore:)

6:22 am

guitar playing is acceptable too

My Cat just found a catapillar he wouldn't let it be until we found it

6:22 am

or drums even

tra la la on my recorder

6:23 am

much coffee and tea drinking too and just plain drinking

6:23 am

this is the friendliest chat ever

6:23 am

and knitting - don't forget knitting!

6:23 am

u all ppl belong to zion

and if you put a word in the chog by mistake you have to go to the penalty box

6:24 am

whts chog?

where there's lots of chocolate

where you are right now. Chat Log

chat+log-chog

6:24 am

:)

6:25 am

Annie, you might find this of interest: http://tinyurl.com/2g3r5un

6:25 am

why does this chog recognises the word?

it doesn't but the other chatters do

6:26 am

BR, going to Firefox to open, brb

6:26 am

can the other chatters throw me out if i get kiddish typing all words

and are usually very quick to point it out

Yes

6:27 am

or anybody else wishes to show off

That too.

6:27 am

chat+log-chog = portmanteau

6:27 am

can i throw some ppl off ;)

o bubbles we have new bubble machine

soap bubbles?

6:28 am

arpit, are you here to play?

No, that isn't how it works. People who come on just to be a nuisance get thrown off.

how does that work, Sally? i/ve not seen anyone thrown off

6:29 am

we have a direct line to Dr God

Trade secret GG :-)

ah

6:30 am

and apparently even more direct in the new version

GUernsey we bought a kids bubble machine for the cats

oh what fun. do they like it?

Yes, and with the new group Dr-G has set up we have an even more instant line to him.

Looking forward to new version.

i see a lot has been happening during my time away

6:32 am

Looking forward to the rotate button, that all really want

6:32 am

(I really want)

I think we are being a bit cautious in our explanations at the moment, GG.

ok, sally

It might be easier to explain later ;-)

about those bubbles, herein.......

6:33 am

BBL dinner to organize

6:34 am

Be well, lyn

sally, my cat has just been diagnosed with rodent ulcers. do you know much about those?

bye lynx

Are you on Facebook, GG?

Guernsey they are not sure off it

No I don't. Will google.

6:36 am

BR, Whew! I was just thinking this morning that New York is turning into a semi-tropic zone. I was in the city last week and the heat was brutal. Luckily, I live 2 streets from the ocean so we usually have a breeze which we trade for harsh winds in the wintertime. If you go inland though it is quite hot. Today is not too bad tho. I saved the article to read again later.

i am in the process of setting up a page, but not finished yet.

Guernsey you really need to speak to the vet about it

i googled it. my vet says its quite common, but that the treatment is not without side effects.

Seems to be like the things people get on the side of their noses. Can the vet remove them?

she is on steroids and antibiotics. there is one on the roof of her mouth which they say they won't be able to remove, but as long as it gets not bigger, she should be all right. apparently they recur and if you keep treating them with steroids the cat can develop thyroid and diabetes probs.

How old is she?

6:39 am

oh dear, poor thing

they're not happy about surgery because they are all in the mouth area

only 5, but with a long history of health problems.

Oh, poor cat.

Have you looked at natropatic ways?

Is she the one in your lovely photo?

she's fine in herself at present. just wondered if anyone had experience of it in their cats.

yes, the little ginger one. i no longer have the other

No, though I have had cats for many years. Nearest was my favourite who developed breast cancer - not the same thing at all.

not yet, herein, we only had the diagnosis on Thursday

My friend resorted to natropathic ways for her dog that is sick but he is only 3

i guess not. i always thought rodent ulcers were a form of cancer, but apparently the theory is that they may be allergic reactions, in which case natural remedies might help

thanks for your interest, both of you

Certainly in humans they are very common and easily removed or treated. Hope you have a good vet. Saw a horrific Panorama on iPlayer recently about rogue vet group.

i heard about that programme - it sounded dreadful. i think my vet is fine - been goign to them for years

6:44 am

Hi herin! Well, huge thunderstorm woke me up..might as well babble!

This was a group, pretty well all in London I think, called something like MedVet or VetMed or something like that.

Jilly the last thunderstorm we had was like a bomb hit the horse and I slept through it

lol!! lovely typo herin.

i might see if its still available and watch. my vet's a group practice in Sutton Coldfield - mainly women, which somehow gives me more confidence

oh the poor horse herein!

6:46 am

lol, I sleep way to lightly..plus during the week I get up @ 5 AM so my body must be used to this!

Crap. Sorry my cat is having a spaz and it is very hard to concentrate with a cat squeeking and talking

Still giggling about herin's horse.

Are you saying that natrual stuff on animals is bad or that the ulcers are?

not crap, it was great entertainment

i think investigating natural remedies is a good idea and i shall look into it.

(hangs head). i should go and get my herb book to look up a natural thingy

the ulcers are quite bad

Does it cause her a problem eating? Did you just notice them or what?

but the one that was infected on her lip is looking better with the tratment.

If you go to :http://rememberdiesel.webs.com/ under what you can do then scroll down you can see what my friend uses with her rotti

the vet found the first one on the roof of her mouth but didn't really know what it was. that was about two years ago. then last week i noticed some on her top lip and that'w when the vet gave me the diagnosis. no problems eating at the moment but i have to watch out for that, and if becomes a problem they say that there may not be much they can do.

thanks herein, will do

Oily fish is great Guernsey.

6:51 am

Clue please for di 7/36

6:51 am

hi all

Oh, so very sorry GG.

What do you feed the kitty?

An ecclesiastic district, gran

she has been put onto a Hill's prescription diet. she has been on Hills dry food all her life.

6:52 am

Thanks and finished

Mine are on Hills too. Won't touch anything else.

If that is what the vet recomended then that is good

6:53 am

congrats, gran

The other thing is does the kitty have fleas?

Yah Gran

I buy mine online from Zooplus: much cheaper and saves lugging it home: http://www.zooplus.co.uk

hooooray for gran. Violet loves her food and thinks the new prescription one is great. she is regularly treated with frontline, herein, and i've been advised to do that a bit more frequently. i really think that probably all the advice i've been given by the vet is good, from what you are saying.

petremedies are good too for hills

6:55 am

Hey Herin, how is your dad?

Violet - lovely name for a cat.

My friend gives her cat a clove of garlic once a year to get rid of fleas

don't know petremedies - will go and look.

Jilly thank you for asking. Dad is doing fine and back to his cheeky self (apart from bemoaning the being a pin cushion)

don't fleas like garlic? how interesting. how does she get the cat to eat it?

likewise, zooplus

She just pops it in like a pill. Apparently Garlic is bad for cats some say and some say it is fine so I am confused

I buy largest quantity and pay no postage that way.

oh, maybe i'll hold off on the garlic then

Garlic is supposed to be good for chickens, but I haven't ever used it.

I guess what the vet says and frontline the cat is the best.

The other thing is people forget that animals and people are different and it is always best to speak to the vet.

the man who does my garden eats a whole clove of raw garlic every day. i can't bear to be within less than a yard of him.

ewwww Guernsey

G-girl that makes me want to hurl

it's truely horrible. i don't know how his wife can stand it.

Fireworks. Hint for everyone: You can add an O to quite a few of the words ending in ck, even though I don't think they are real words!

garlic breath is bad enough, but combined with the inevitable garlic gas, ewwwwwwwww

Yah Sally

I bet he doesn't have fleas though.

well done Sally. i don't know how you've managed that while talking about my cat. you must be a very good multitasker

7:02 am

yay for sally!

I think I'd done most before talking about your cat.

7:02 am

Nice job Sally, just got thru A's myself...and thanks for the tip!

that was a helpful -o- hint sally

still 76 to go, but the cko hint has helped

I think there are only 3, from a quick scroll through, but that's three I wouldn't have got without trying.

Guernsey it seems your kitty is in very good hands with a very loving vet

7:04 am

148 here

hi all... i only could add o to two ck words so far, are there moe?

yes, i think so too, herein, but it's helped me a lot to talk it through and come to that realisation. thanks both of you

7:05 am

I only had trouble with the words I could not find.

Violet's asleep on her back on my bed at present

awwww kitty

7:06 am

Hi Owl!

7:06 am

lol, morning babblerabble!!

I have 3, TO

Which one is violet the ginger skinny mini or the lump

hi annie!

Hi TO

inappropriately named ginger one. the other was Barnabas, put to sleep last year with kidney failure

7:07 am

my two are running around the family room chasing each other Sally

Do you have the sh 6/36?

7:07 am

morning TO!

O that is right I remember you mentioning Barnabas

what colour are yours jilly?

what colour are yours jilly?

In your icon pic Violet looks like a toy

that was when she was about 6 months old i think. she was the most adorable kitten, but they all are aren't they

7:09 am

I have a black and white (Phat Luey) and a Bombay (Benjamin), both adopted in February

don't think i've heard of Bombay cats

I have a white with a little black, Daisy (in my icon) and another (her sister we think) called Sparky, with a lot more black. We found them both in our log store, abandoned by mother at about 4 weeks. Not weaned.

Jilly we think ours is part Bombay. He has all the manerisms

They are now both nearly 8. Still kittens to me!

7:11 am

Neither had I until I posted pic of him and a friend noted that was what he was. They are all black right down to roots. Am now catsitting 3 more!!

7:12 am

Mine's certainly a lover AND a 'shoulder cat" my how he likes to perch!

what re they like then?

Think I must go and sort some stuff out. Any clues needed?

ac7 please, and then i must go and get lunch.

7:13 am

We once had an orange cat we bottle fed, what a wonderful bonding that was Sally

My Lucius is a rescue. i would love to get a genetic test to see what he is

7:13 am

thanks guernsey, I need that one too!

ac 7/32 - think nail varnish.

so many cat-lovers on babble

ty, sally. i'd tried the noun but hadn't thought of the adjective

Lucius thinks he is a dog

7:14 am

hmm, cat lovers and word game lovers...must be a genetic link somewhere there!!

Or - start with top scoring card in a pack, then add anagram of what's on the end of your feet.

right, i'm off to get food/ be back later, bye all

(and no, it isn't slippers!)

7:16 am

bye guernsey

Any more for any more?

Take care Sally

**gone** then. See you all tomorrow.

sigh

I am going to go do some game tests

7:33 am

well, have 54 done, off for more coffee...back l8tr

7:35 am

so who's seen the anthony weiner you tube video where he yells about the health care for people who were rescuers in 9/11 ? nice to see a little common sense and right feeling in congress for a change.

7:36 am

so...how is everyone?

7:36 am

medium.

7:39 am

is the list up yet?

7:39 am

yes

7:39 am

ty...bbs

7:56 am

woot...got the 9 and 2 8s!

7:56 am

wtg, ardilla

7:59 am

got another 8!

8:00 am

woot woot

8:00 am

sa8/9 person/people who put handcuffs on you

8:01 am

thanks

8:01 am

second sa8 handcuffs

8:01 am

sorry sh8/9

8:01 am

and second sh8

8:02 am

was looking for a sa8 in vain..thanks for correction

8:02 am

ha8 remove s from sh9

8:02 am

got all 3, thanks

8:02 am

np

8:02 am

glad i could be helpful :)

8:03 am

have the ha8

8:05 am

got the last 8 re8

8:05 am

i re8 i ain't finished yet

8:06 am

thanks ardilla, didnt use the pt

8:06 am

np

8:08 am

bbs

8:08 am

later, ardilla

8:35 am

ok..i cant get this hancuff clue

8:35 am

handcuff

8:36 am

re 8?

8:36 am

handcuffed, sh8 and chained

8:36 am

morning everyone

8:36 am

a prisoner might be in sh

8:36 am

re 8 could be hillbilly for realized

8:37 am

got it

8:37 am

Good morning Mom, everyone!

8:37 am

{{Seaspray}} hello

8:37 am

oh good Rolin

8:37 am

ty Mom

8:37 am

you're welcome Bichon

8:38 am

good morning all

8:38 am

morning wvteach

hello babblers!

8:40 am

Good morning {{Red}}

8:42 am

hello..hugs to all

8:42 am

{{Annie}} hello!

8:43 am

(((Mom))) How is everyone?

i have updated the icon!

8:43 am

everyone is (knock on wood) good!

8:44 am

red, your icon is beautiful

8:44 am

How is everyone up your way, Annie?

8:44 am

yes, very pretty Red

its for jmcs birthday and return from Kenya!

8:44 am

hello everybody. I only have a couple of minutes

hi ruby

8:45 am

hi ruby! is your husband home?

8:45 am

{{Ruby}} hello

Now I have 118 words and the going is getting tough.

8:47 am

only 83 here Red

I have had a few hours on you I think Mom.

8:48 am

maybe so. :)

8:49 am

Annie, I have been out of the loop here lately ... has something happened to Ruby's husband?

8:50 am

Rubys husband was bit by a dog, taken to the ER, fainted in the ER, kept overnight and I was asking if he is home but I guess Ruby is busy elsewhere

8:50 am

he was bitten by a beauceron dog very badly and it resulted in a minor heart attack

I think she said she only had a minute...

8:50 am

so she did

8:51 am

dog and owner disappeared

8:51 am

oh dear that is terrible

It is terrible, I never understand why people have such an issue with leashing their doggies.

8:52 am

i do not understand why people choose to own such dogs

8:52 am

She said one of the bites is very deep

8:53 am

I agree with you sandy

8:53 am

Hello everyone! My mother is talking on the phone + I am listening.

good morning Babblers :)

8:53 am

hi nan

8:53 am

Hi Naette

8:53 am

Hi Scrabbs and Nono

8:53 am

hi scrab

8:53 am

{{Scrabbler}} & {{Nono}} good morning

8:53 am

And even Nanette

8:54 am

***fixing Scrabbler tea and pancakes while she listens***

sorry to hear about Ruby's husband! Sure hope everything will be ok for him

8:54 am

I have tea, but blueberry pancakes would be delicious.

as if she hasn't had enough on her plate lately

mmmmmmm blueberry pancakes! can I have some too, please?

8:55 am

Any updated news on Ruby's husband?

8:55 am

absolutely Nono

8:55 am

**sets another place**

8:55 am

we just ate (disgusting!) bananas in hot caramel sauce with icecream - homemade I might add -most fattening thing on earth

thanks {{Mom}} your the best!

8:56 am

**blushes** thanks Nono

8:56 am

I succumbed to the call of ice cream last evening.

8:56 am

scrabbs, the last I "heard" ruby's husband was in the hospital

8:57 am

I will be in and out for a bit .... have to fry 8 pounds of chicken wings

8:57 am

Mom, Buffalo Wings?

8:57 am

yes Annie

8:57 am

Be careful, Mom

8:58 am

Mom, are you having a party?

8:58 am

oh I will Scrabbler, I will do it in batches

8:58 am

her handyman drove her to the hospital and bought husband home, nurse is coming every day for 2 weeks to change the dressings

8:58 am

Today is the engagement party for Shay and Whitney at Whitney's parents house

8:59 am

I will be careful Scrabbler

8:59 am

Is Shay one of your boys?

8:59 am

((Mom)) How wonderful ..

8:59 am

the bite is so deep it will require a skin graft to close it- she thinks the dog must have eaten a bit of him

8:59 am

Yes, he is our oldest

8:59 am

Oh how awful, sandy

8:59 am

oh Sandy, that is terrible

8:59 am

Congrats to all!

8:59 am

I thought we were all Mom's boys

8:59 am

Morning folks

8:59 am

thanks Scrabbler she is a lovely girl

8:59 am

it sure is, he must have been so shocked by it all

Morning Bob

9:00 am

and you are Ruru

9:00 am

Hi Mr Bob

9:00 am

sandy, It is shocking just reading it

hi Ruru!

9:00 am

Hello ruru and mr bob

9:00 am

Poor Ruby

9:01 am

Sandy, thanks for the update.

hi scrabbler.

9:01 am

morning everyone

hi Magy

9:02 am

hello magyk

9:02 am

ac 7 anyone?

9:02 am

Morning all!

9:02 am

Red, I like reading your work-out info on FB

Hi Jilly

9:02 am

Ruru, you are up early.

9:02 am

ruru, think nail polish

9:03 am

ru, ac 7 is also sour, vinegary

9:04 am

Is it compound? ac4 + ?

9:05 am

tennis today scrabs

9:05 am

Have fun, Ru.

no scrabes its not

9:05 am

ac7---high card + foot appendages (anagram)

think high card + whats on the end of your feet scrambled up

9:05 am

I hope I play better today

9:06 am

got the ac finally .. thanks

9:06 am

Aha, I haow. TYve it n

9:06 am

I'm having trouble seeing that ac also, not sure which root word

9:06 am

*I have it now*

9:06 am

ruru and scrabs...what am i not seeing?

Scrabs is typing in tongues LOL

9:07 am

Look at clues below

9:07 am

ac4 + foot digits mixed up

9:07 am

My cursor moved during typing.

9:08 am

the foot digits word rhymes with your smelling thing

9:08 am

got it!

9:08 am

tyvm

thanks Scrabbler, I need lots of encouragement, I am having a lot of trouble lately.

9:10 am

Do the best you can with the heat + humidity.

tomorrow I have a goal to get out there by 5:45 or so...hopefully I cna get the date done by a decent hour.

9:11 am

<---- got all the c's on his own..

9:12 am

mmmm MOm that fried chicken is smelling good

9:12 am

Yay Ruru!

congrats to Ru, who seems a bit sumggy!

wtg ruru

9:13 am

hello all andd yay ruru

9:13 am

Hi Doren

hi Doren

9:13 am

*smug look*

9:14 am

ruru, with your smug look, email me with the info you were going to send please. we need to start making plans.. kids are making some of their own.

9:14 am

okay.. sure.. later today after tennis

9:15 am

thanks. and have a good game

9:15 am

well, dust bunnies calling my name...bbl 69 down 177 to go!!

9:16 am

Good luck, Jill. I cleaned all day yesterday.

9:16 am

<--- got all the d's on his own.. even smugger than usual

9:16 am

i don't believe in dust bunnies! they're like tooth fairires

9:16 am

Ruru is sizzling!

oh no, ruru's head wont fit out the door for tennis...

9:17 am

*makes the door wider*

9:18 am

anyone have a clue for ne 6/30 ?

i only have ne 6 36...

a shortened version of your throat area plus a heavy weight, pl for a 7

9:19 am

thanks, red, have that one too

9:20 am

thanks Nono

yw

thanks non o and the definiteion is:

the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.

9:20 am

May I please have a clue for the C on the right?

9:20 am

Hi to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing today

9:20 am

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

9:21 am

the ci*** kid

9:21 am

Hi, Minver...how are you today?

9:21 am

or shortening used for pie crusts.. cr**** without the R

9:21 am

TY Dorens

hi Minver

may be time for a nap....I am such a napping fool latley.

9:22 am

red, the heat bothering you too?

9:22 am

My mother finally stopped talking at me. 45 minute phone call with her talking & me listening.

9:23 am

I am well. I'm avoiding my dust bunnies like the plague

9:23 am

Red, I don't know how you work night shift.

9:23 am

maybe you need some dust coyotes to keep the bunny populations down

9:23 am

well scrabbs at least you can continue babbling while on the phone with her, right?

9:24 am

Yep, I am up to 109.

9:24 am

i saw my mom yesterday. do all people begin telling you ridiculous details that are extraneous and boring when they're in they're 80's?

Good Job Scrabbler I am down to 118. the heat is Killing me.

9:24 am

My husband accuses me of talking at him & not to him

Plus I am trying to date this man and he is not really fitting into my life very well yet..

9:24 am

I have friends coming in 2 1/2 hrs, with their 2 young daughters, so I cleaned like crazy yesterday and have much more to do! I must get past halfway first.

9:25 am

Doren, my mother is 79 and has been stuck in details and tangentiality for a LONG time.

9:26 am

When I babble & am on the phone,I throw in a couple of Yeps and Uh-huh every so often while I am babbling

9:26 am

Red, is it something that you want to work out?

9:26 am

my mom has always done some, but oh my goodness. it has gotten to a really painful degree now

9:26 am

Scrabbs, I am your Mom's age. I must ask my daughter if I do the same.

9:26 am

My mother rambles about the obituaries.

Not sure Scrabbler. He is a perfectly nice man, for some reason right now I am not feeling it.

Annie, i think you do not!

9:26 am

Hi, all. Here for a few minutes :)

9:26 am

depends on who i'm talking to min, and annie, no not YOU!!

9:27 am

hi nb

9:27 am

It is difficult, as, if I ask her to "sum it up", she says, "Just let me tell you everything!"

9:27 am

Hi NB

hi nancy.

9:27 am

Whew!! *breathes a sigh of relief*

9:28 am

<--- hates the tangents

9:28 am

If I am on the phone & babbling at same time,I throw in a couple of yeps and uh-huhs to keep conve going.

9:28 am

Hello Nancy Boy! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

9:28 am

and hmmms are good too

9:28 am

Ruru, what about secants?

9:29 am

hello NB

9:29 am

mrs. ru goes off on tangents and drives me nuts

9:29 am

Sorry to repost the same message.I thought I lost IE.

9:30 am

Patience is a challenge for me. I tend to be a summarizer, and have a reductionist approach, avoiding details.

9:30 am

I love it when people say "to make a long story short" and then keep rambling on and tell the WHOLE story.

9:31 am

May I have a clue for the K? I have the lottery game ke 4. What is the other?

9:31 am

Hahahaha. That's a classic, Min

9:31 am

NM. Just found it...as usual!

9:31 am

Duke of Ke**

9:31 am

I'm the same way, Scrabbs. Details are vastly overrated...

9:31 am

man's name

9:31 am

City in Britain

9:31 am

My husband is patiently challenged. He hates to hear stories. He'll come right out and say get to the point.

9:32 am

I prefer to see the forest and not get stuck on the trees.

9:33 am

Oh I love that Scrabbler! Wonderful analogy. Have to remember that one!

9:33 am

and some people get stuck on each leaf of a tree

9:34 am

scrabbs, you just described a friend of mine

9:35 am

and my mother.. although she does eventually seethe forest too... her brain is very sharp and she's quite perceptive... (want any more details?)

9:35 am

And that is my mother.

9:36 am

My mother is very intelligent, read a lot, and shows no signs of dementia at age 79

9:36 am

yup, same here.. except mine is 82. her memory is so much better than mine

9:37 am

She needs someone to listen to her as my father does not. I don't blame him. He is a saint. 51 yrs of marriage and neither has killed the other

9:37 am

scrabbs, correction, not your Mom's age..only 76..at my age every year counts

9:37 am

You are much younger, Annie

9:37 am

off to tennis.. see you later.. Dorens I 'll email you this afternoon with everything

9:37 am

and you're a young 76 too... okay thanks ru

9:38 am

At 126/120, I must have breakfast then do speed-cleaning before my guests' arrival at 1:00.

9:38 am

have a great day scrabs

9:38 am

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:38 am

scrabbs, enjoy your guests and I must tackle the laundry...see you later

9:39 am

We will have fun. Oldest girl is 6, "baby" is 18 mo, and has Down Syndrome. She is adorable!

9:39 am

enjoy your laundry annie.. i will tackle my book (last steig larsson book... and I love it)

9:40 am

Dorens, I am reading the last larsson book too, it is his best

9:40 am

Goodbye Anniebrook! I'll see you later in the chat log!

9:41 am

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you later on in the chat log

9:41 am

that's exactly what i think annie... and i'm about 100 pages from the end and really don't want to do anything else but read it!!

9:41 am

Me too,Annie! I cannot put it down, except when I doze off and it falls on my face in bed. I am about 2/3 done.

9:41 am

I've read that he was working on a fourth, and it was 90 % complete... hoping that they figure out how to finish it so it can be published

9:42 am

All 3 of us! The details of the plots = amazing!

9:42 am

That is what I read too

9:42 am

Sad that Stieg died before seeing popularity of his writing.

9:42 am

not one wasted word... and the blomkvist character is really coming into his own in this one...

9:43 am

i mean, salander was always fascinating, but the way he is solving problems for her here... what a hero

9:43 am

Yes, there are no filllers in this book...ooh dont tell me!

9:43 am

i'm telling nothing!

9:44 am

Okay..now I will sneak away. Scrabbs, please give the little Down Syndrome child a hug and kiss from me.

9:45 am

me too. going to read out on the patio..

9:45 am

I will, Annie. She is SO darn cute!

9:45 am

Bye, friends!

9:47 am

bye dear babblers *poof*

9:47 am

bye

Bye everyone. I think I shall take a nap.

9:54 am

Goodbye redturtlehead! I will see you later in the log!

10:00 am

i'm back w/ 184 to go

10:01 am

Hello ardilla! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:02 am

i'm well...moving to spain in about 6 weeks

10:03 am

how are things with you?

10:03 am

Wow! That's a big move. Why are you moving to Spain

10:04 am

new assignment in the military; i move every 1-2 years

10:05 am

That must keep your life interesting;always on the go

10:06 am

that it does; i've been to 4 continents now :)

10:07 am

hello babble friends

10:07 am

i just hit 10 years in this june; celebrated by getting my 4th tattoo

10:07 am

Hello sprite! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:07 am

hello sprite

10:08 am

I am going to take a break. I will be back later today.

10:09 am

bye Minver, did not mean to chase you away ;)

10:12 am

just updated my profile

10:13 am

cbs minver

10:13 am

how are things, sprite?

10:14 am

pretty tattoo! Strong looking one.

10:14 am

tyvm

10:15 am

things are good, on the way up step by step. And you? Enjoying the new move?

10:17 am

yes, but there is so much to do in the next six weeks before i leave okinawa; i'll travel for about three weeks before getting set up in spain

10:17 am

i hope to visit my godson while in the states

10:20 am

ardilla! Hello love! We were just speaking of you the other day, and hoping you were well. You were missed!

10:21 am

a lot of things in short time for you. I hope you will be able to enjoy it anyway :)

10:21 am

hiya Trifster! *hugs*

10:22 am

hi trif! *hug

10:22 am

hello sprite! Big excitement with tertiare today -- she woke me up to say there was "some sort of animal" in the yard. Turns out it was a red fox, and it was a DELIGHT to watch it play in our backyard, take a drink from the pond, etc.

10:23 am

awwwww! So wonderful! They are beautiful and funny, aren't they. I have never seen one except in a zoo.

10:23 am

ooh...sounded exciting!

10:24 am

i've only se4 one on TV

10:24 am

oddly enough, it ran away when my little one decided to run out to offer him/her a slice of ham. tee hee

10:24 am

how odd

10:25 am

foxes always remind me of The Little Prince...

10:25 am

1/3 done

10:27 am

ardilla, I read back a bit. Am I to understand you are on the move?

10:28 am

yes, in 6 weeks, i leave okinawa on my way to spain

10:28 am

wow, big move! How long have you been in Japan? Was this a requested transfer, or just army life?

10:31 am

oh yes! You have to tame them... very slowly.

10:31 am

oh, i just got a 7/8/9 by myself!

10:31 am

never happens

10:32 am

it will be 2 years in sept, which is the end of my tour there. spain was on my list of desired assignments. since i'm single, the air force moves me every 1-2 years

10:32 am

woot GE!

10:32 am

this grid is funky - you can have the ca5/12, but not one who does it. You can sh55/22 up with someone, but when you are done, you can't talk about it in the past tense. Weird

10:32 am

Way to go GE!

10:33 am

oops, air force, not army, forgive me!!! Spain sounds like a wonderful place to get stationed! What part will you be in? Do you speak spanish? will your job duties change much?

10:35 am

it's okay :) my new location only has about 200 people total, and my new duties sounds wonderfully simple. I speak some spanish. i have never done the same job twice in 10 years

10:35 am

not to for get that nice sh 7 trif,when you restrain a person

10:35 am

howdy everyone;)

10:35 am

and do you know where in spain you will be?

10:35 am

crossy!!!

10:35 am

:)

10:35 am

and the 8 and 9 coming off of it

10:35 am

someone mentioned cabbage and bacon, and i thought about you :)

10:36 am

thanks crossy! I had forgotten! I now have all three

10:36 am

mmmm...bacon!!!

10:36 am

bacon?? where??!!

10:36 am

It was intended for me, Crossy ;) Soodle is trying to fatten me up. Wouldn't touch the stuff!

10:36 am

Nancy!!! Wow, the gang really is filing in!

10:37 am

i'll be about a hour from seville

10:37 am

lol,no,the best we can do with you is stuff you full of vegetable oils,breads and nut products

10:37 am

there are 2 8s coming off of it

10:37 am

spain is the first place I ever visited in europe ardilla, so I have very fond memories of it. you MUST go to the Alhambra. It is simply magical there

10:37 am

filing in, saluting, good morning, sirs

10:37 am

hey NB! *hug

10:38 am

it's on my list of places to visit

10:38 am

hi JBV

10:38 am

Hi again, Ardilla! :) and mornin', JBV! I'm not here for long though - was just stopping by to put my flickr back up in my profile. My flatmate is amazingly talented, and he's been drawing me off and on for the past three years - thought I'd put them up for the public to ooh and ahh over ;)

10:39 am

so is madrid, barcelona, toledo, the coast...there are some walled cities i want to visit too

10:39 am

I was hoping secoop might be babbling more frequently, but I haven't seen her on here in a dog's age. She has mono at the present, and is bored out of her head. What is a better cure for boredom that a nice long chog and babble?

10:39 am

don't miss Avila

10:40 am

nancy, how old is the artist? the drawings are stunning!

10:40 am

none that i know of...now that work has settled down a bit...new, more demanding job

10:40 am

morning all....

10:41 am

yes, that one too; i watched a tourist video that gave me some pointers

10:41 am

hi pini

10:41 am

NB...the drawings...OMG...they are spectacular!

ha

10:41 am

they're by my flatmate Frank - he's 23 and completely brilliant!

10:41 am

morning pini

10:42 am

hey, Pini! Oh I'm so envious of him - they just look like photographs.

10:42 am

NB, the drawings are fabulous!!1

10:42 am

wow, nancy, I cannot WAIT to show primo these! He is going to be in awe

10:42 am

hi gary

10:42 am

is he working as an artist?

10:43 am

a cat and my neighbor's dog are having a debate :)

10:43 am

...and you make a great model, NB! :)

10:43 am

on behalf of him, thanks ;) he's not working as an artist though - just keeps it as a really awesome hobby.

10:43 am

go dog!

10:43 am

I'm sure he could easily make a living at it!

10:44 am

beautiful, NB - you and the drawings!

10:44 am

okay, i think there are two cats now

10:44 am

LOL Pini, thank you ;) I'm sure I annoyed him though - I'm not very good at sitting still!

10:44 am

JBV, he was kind enough to edit out my flaws ;)

10:45 am

Perhaps he might consider doing pencil portraits from photographs...

10:45 am

You're too cute to have any flaws, NB!

10:45 am

those drawings are amazing,sad if he is not making a living with it and sharing with the world

10:45 am

yeah, what flaws :)

10:46 am

crossy, have you and your boy child started doing college visits yet?

10:46 am

Out of curiosity, how long did it take to do them?

10:46 am

impressive tat, ardilla ;)

10:46 am

brb...gotta check on my cakes

10:47 am

hello everyone -- just finished the first run through

10:48 am

hi nan

10:48 am

Varied, Pini - the coloured ones took longer. Generally about 8 hours or so, I'd guess...

10:48 am

edic e

10:48 am

phantom: cankles. ha ha ha

10:49 am

nbt

10:49 am

He shares it with us, his friends, Crossy :) I think that's enough for him! Too many compliments and he gets all shy.

10:49 am

still impressive, NB! :)

10:51 am

Like I said...perhaps drawing from a photo might be an idea...

10:51 am

is the top left e fishy?

10:51 am

slightly, trif

10:51 am

I'm completely jealous - can't imagine how someone can just sit down and create something like that! So, thought I'd share.

10:52 am

count, please pini?

10:52 am

er5/12

10:52 am

I draw as a hobby...but NOTHING like that!

10:52 am

thank you

10:52 am

got it. DUH

10:52 am

yvw ;)

10:53 am

I mainly draw anorexic nudes. AKA stick men.

10:53 am

figures I would miss that....it's been so long.....lol

10:53 am

ROFL NB...cute :)

10:53 am

(agreed, Trif)

Hi friends!

10:54 am

hi Nancy Boy... hi PinniP :)

10:54 am

hi Pinny ;)

10:54 am

hi Sprite ;)

Hi hi hi

I've lured a colleague into my Babble web

10:55 am

hi, Pinny :)

Hi NB!

Nice grid today!

10:56 am

welcome to Pinny's colleague

10:57 am

BTW: Love the name! PINNY (PINI) :)

10:57 am

well done, pinny! lure in four more and you get the free toaster

10:57 am

very good! Always room for new players. Welcome, collegue of PinniP. Does he or she have a game name already?

10:57 am

too funny, trif!

I don't know if she's here right now - I haven't asked her Babble moniker yet

10:58 am

well, tell her she'll be welcome with open arms! :)

i will

10:59 am

lol Trif :)

11:02 am

nbt

11:04 am

lol. tertiare just snuck up behind me and threw a blanket over my head and commanded "type NOW mommy!"

11:04 am

ac 7, please?

11:04 am

ROFL (WTG Tertiare!)

11:05 am

don't have it yet, nan :(

11:06 am

any clue for c on right for nbt?

11:06 am

ci5

11:06 am

(like the Ci*** Kid)

11:06 am

i'm back...tried making the cake with eggnog liquor

11:06 am

thank you

11:07 am

mmm..eggs nog....

11:07 am

okay, when the kid throws a blanket over my head, that has GOT to be a sign of neglect. Be back later, though it is with much regret that I take my leave...SO many fun folks in the chog today!

11:07 am

as 5?

11:07 am

cbs trif

11:08 am

I'll miss you, TriF!! :)

11:08 am

don't have that one either, nan...yet!

11:08 am

not sure all the alcohol cooked out of it

11:08 am

be back soon, Trif

11:08 am

hiya crossy

11:08 am

hi nan

11:09 am

hi nan

11:09 am

cute joke, NB

11:09 am

as 5 as+ date in March significant to a big Roman

11:09 am

as5 a + not front or back

11:10 am

ty daykat

11:10 am

or where my tattoo is

11:10 am

thx ardilla and daykat ;)

11:10 am

hi sprite and ardilla

11:10 am

yw

11:10 am

and hello everyone

11:11 am

NB LOVE the sketches on your profile

11:11 am

hi pinny magyk day

11:12 am

*puts some warm cake and cold milk in the PB

11:13 am

you have such a lovely face, Nancy Boy

11:13 am

anyone have any idea what the ct 7 is?

11:14 am

not a clue, nan :(

11:14 am

it means "comblike or pectinate; rough-edged" - zool term

11:14 am

c + number after nine + robot ending

11:15 am

no ma'am :(

11:15 am

and plural

11:15 am

it has the robot ending

11:15 am

thx jbv!

11:15 am

the grid wont take the plural

11:15 am

oops sorry, you're right

11:16 am

tyvm jbv

11:16 am

which, of course, JBV already said... but my connection is extremely slow.

11:16 am

ty jbv

11:17 am

YAAAA!! crossy just finished building the wifes computer:)))

11:17 am

robot ending?

11:17 am

woot woot woot

11:17 am

Magyk, a robot is human*** in form.

11:18 am

looks in awe at crossy who can build computers

11:18 am

wtg crossy

11:18 am

last three letters of what some people inject in their muscles to get bigger

11:18 am

thanks!

11:18 am

ster***

11:18 am

yvw :)

11:19 am

andr***

11:19 am

100 dwon!

11:19 am

*down

11:20 am

nice going ardilla

11:20 am

100 left!! lol

11:20 am

lol,building computers is not about creating daykat,it is nothing but swapping out parts,putting in newp parts,updating sound,video,device drivers .all it is is a big mechanno or erector set lol

11:21 am

yeah nothin' to it , right!

11:22 am

still most impressed

11:22 am

i could have you doing stabndard maintenence on yours and swapping memory and video cars in a week

11:22 am

now now crossy, keep it clean. Erector set no less.

11:23 am

lol sprite

11:24 am

yeah right crossy - bear of relatively little brain when it comes to computer bits

11:24 am

the tech guys like to keep a ir of mystery around computer repair just to keep the dollars rolling in lol

11:25 am

I have actually taken the cover of the PC tower once and was terrefied I was going to do lethal damage to the innards - but I didnt - the 'puter fairy was watching over me

11:26 am

when i went to a tach guy with my first computer,he messed it up so bad that i got a 2 year subscription to maximum pc magazine and learned enough to never darken a computer repair shops door ever agin

11:26 am

i scared my mom by doing that to her desktop

11:26 am

the air force taught me basic computer repair for my job

11:27 am

i was curious to see how her fan was operating

11:27 am

ne 6/30, please?

11:27 am

hmm - choices - subscribe to a magazine or join the airforce - ?? no competition really

11:27 am

rule# 1 always ground yourself when working with computer innards and unplug it

11:27 am

first time I had to put something into a slot I was terrified. I am hardware-phobic. Software no problem, but ooooo the mechanical stuff. Scary.

11:28 am

odd choice!

11:28 am

however, i refuse to fix my own computers, scared of breaking my $2200 laptop

11:29 am

i have a networking job in the military

11:29 am

plus almost everything is integrated into my motherboard

11:30 am

crossy, you would be impressed to see what I have learned to do recently - I am now using scanner, photo printer, publisher and paint - all things that were on my computer forever but I never needed them or wanted them, now I have a purpose, so I am learning it with no problem

11:30 am

ne6 = the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents. Ends in a weight.

11:30 am

hi all

11:30 am

my son is the resident tech so I don't have to much else, but I would like to be less dependent on him

11:31 am

yaa for my tech savvy babble ladies:))))

11:31 am

i still don't really like computers; i chose this job because it had a $5K sign-up bonus

11:31 am

ty sprite

11:31 am

i actually want to be a veterinarian...talk about an odd choice :)

11:31 am

impressed jbv - my daughter is a wiz with photoshop

11:32 am

hi carlee

11:32 am

yvw nan

11:32 am

all it is,is keeping the heat sinks clean and swapping out parts,keeping device drivers updated,and swapping out parts

11:32 am

lol ardilla! You are a woman of many talents, that is for sure

11:32 am

how u doing ardilla

11:33 am

I have cold sweat on my back already when I try to take the cover off, crossy.

11:34 am

good, carlee...moving again in 6 weeks

11:34 am

again???/

11:34 am

do you still have the purple crayon?

11:35 am

i move about every 1-2 years since i live overseas

11:35 am

and am single

11:36 am

majority of the overseas assignments for single people are 2 years long or less

11:36 am

ardilla!!! (((Hugs)))

11:36 am

hey all

11:36 am

carlee! *double backflip with a twist*

11:36 am

STID!!!

11:36 am

spritely... *faint*

11:36 am

what do you call a person who is using a native american boat? Babble won't take it?

11:36 am

stidddddddd! {{{{{{ultrahugs}}}}} How are you?

11:37 am

i just saw your email

11:37 am

I am awake... LOL slept in today! (felt so good)

11:37 am

*hugs

11:37 am

hmmm..it didnt change...will try again ardilla

11:37 am

doesn't it always? :)

11:37 am

you more than deserve it, stid

11:37 am

depends spritve (on the boat question) mostly we just say they

11:37 am

they're in a ca5

11:37 am

which is now my first word, thanks!

11:39 am

is it changed?

11:39 am

crap..its not changing

11:39 am

carlee, I see a purple crayon. what should I see?

11:39 am

LOL I see it carlee!! What a great reminder of other times :) Hey All!

11:40 am

yes, it changed...once i refreshed...TY *hugs!!!

11:40 am

ardilla - great to see you!

11:40 am

hehehe good crayon! use it on the K!

11:40 am

hey FM!

11:40 am

there,,,,now it is purple

11:40 am

there's fresh cake and cold milk in the PB

11:40 am

Hi stiddy and spritey sprite et al*does happy dance*

11:40 am

hey FM *hugs*

11:40 am

hi FM

11:41 am

welcome :)

11:41 am

mmmm. cake....

11:41 am

sheesh..if only it was that easy to make everyone happy all the time.....

11:41 am

do I have to get a penalty to go have milk & cake with the cool kids

11:41 am

you can, jbp, but only if you accidentily post a grid word ;)

11:41 am

i made the cake with eggnog liquor but i'm not sure all the alcohol cooked out of it

11:41 am

hey jbp! ((hugs))

11:42 am

diss **runs for PB**

11:42 am

mm sounds good ardilla

11:42 am

<sneaking stiddy some chocolit > <shhhhhh>

11:42 am

lol stiddie

11:42 am

ardilla, all the better!

11:42 am

Hi jbp

11:42 am

there is eggnog liquor?? um, i thought that was just rum///

11:42 am

howdy all

11:42 am

mmmm. choclit...

11:43 am

*hic*

11:43 am

RUM! (arrgh) *sets sail in HMS PB for the bahamas and all the cabana boys you could want*

11:43 am

mmmm...choco!

11:43 am

just updated my icon, but you can hardly see the hounds of doom....

11:43 am

hm, will have to play with tha

11:43 am

how are you doing jbp

11:43 am

t

11:43 am

whre are my cabana girls?

11:43 am

Stroh rum. Best there is... the smell alone is lovely.

11:44 am

hmmm..cholit covered cabana boys stiddy?

11:44 am

oh, they're cute, jbp!

11:44 am

i will stick with my cruzian rum

11:44 am

near the jacuzzi, I think, crossy.

11:44 am

we are all here crossy *giggle*

11:44 am

*sparkly mama look* great idea, carlee! *sprays cabana boys with choclit*

11:44 am

hey cross! *throws in a few cabana girls for cross*

11:44 am

:))))

11:44 am

yeap crossy u have a bunch of tech savvy <snort> cabana girls <SNORT SNORT> here

11:45 am

lol! i am lucky indeed

11:45 am

who else u know could claim the same crossy?

11:45 am

not many;)

11:46 am

I put a new fan and hard drive into a PC a few years ago. does that count?

11:46 am

there u go

11:46 am

oh...i haven't laughed this hard in a good while...how i missed you all :)

11:46 am

i bought a new laptop

11:46 am

we missed you too, ardilla!

11:46 am

well don't leave it so long next time ard!

11:46 am

much the better option carlee.

11:46 am

( what was wrong with the k????why r we purpling it out?)

11:47 am

does indeed fm:)

11:47 am

oh yes, FM, that counts! *goes back to cleaning up cute cabana boy*

11:47 am

spritely doesn't like K

11:47 am

rofl sprite!

11:47 am

gone to get some wine for pb

11:47 am

woot got all the 8's!!!!

11:47 am

car.ee! How can you ask. It is a K! Need I say more?

11:47 am

but it was only 2 words and they were easy beasy

11:47 am

woot

11:47 am

go daykat go!!!!

11:47 am

i hate r's

11:47 am

r's SUCK

11:47 am

*puts some sangria and moscato in the PB

11:48 am

re's specially

11:48 am

i hate re's

11:48 am

amerone...liebfraumilch and reisling in the pb

11:48 am

Oh I miss LoriP saying *re's suck*

11:48 am

finished the r's but stuck on the sc 5-12 combo following skin lesions

11:48 am

oh..and some frozen cosmopolitans

11:48 am

hmmm. "cleaning" off the cabana boys...

11:49 am

hey nan!

11:49 am

purpling out the r's

11:49 am

hi stid

11:49 am

hi cyber

11:49 am

i would love a clue for the right si++ C

11:49 am

*phones for limos to take babblers home when ready after they have been in the PB an while* *hic hic*

11:50 am

i'd rather just stay here in the pb (and j)

11:50 am

the ci*** kid?

11:50 am

the ailing one?

11:50 am

no prob jbp, we can have a sleep over.

11:50 am

oh...lets just have a big sleepover in the pb...screw going home

11:50 am

Ardilla rocks!!

11:50 am

oh! thanks for the ci!

11:50 am

woo hoo --sleepover!

11:51 am

actually, someone else clued that earlier so i can

11:51 am

t take credit

11:51 am

sc 5/12 - 3rd one, please?

11:51 am

ah, but you, Ardilla, answered. ;-)

11:52 am

*puts in BIG fluffy pillows for sleepover*

11:52 am

*grabs two of those pillows and throws them to FM and stiddie*

11:52 am

back again...

11:52 am

ooohhh...big fluffy pillows

11:52 am

wb pini

11:52 am

fills up bowl half way with tepid water....

11:52 am

hey pini!!! (((hugs)))

11:53 am

hey stid ;)

11:53 am

*bounces onto pillow and falls off*

11:53 am

replied to your email, stid ;)

11:53 am

ever watch battlestar galatica? the robot lady is a sc***

11:53 am

or sc + charged bit

11:53 am

thanks for that ardilla

11:54 am

yes, I saw that pini. now all I need is more information so I can help folks find places to sleep! LOL

11:54 am

i think she's a robot? didn't watch the whole series

11:54 am

sc 5/12 sc + chaaaarged atom

11:54 am

5 more mins and I have to go :(

11:54 am

yes! got an 8!

11:54 am

I should already head out.

11:54 am

ordering cheesecake... and eclairs..and oh hell a kegger for crossy

11:54 am

wtg stiddy

11:54 am

working on it, stid!!! Will keep you posted ;)

11:54 am

wtg stid!

11:55 am

nooooo...you can't go

11:55 am

well at the 1/2 way point now... be back for more cabana boys and pillow fights anon

11:55 am

*slips in a virtual bacon butty for crossy too*

11:55 am

wait...is the cake gone?

11:55 am

later jbp ((hugs)) good to see you!

11:55 am

mmmm...baccconnn

11:56 am

LOL another bacon lover!

11:56 am

hmmm...how about a big shrimp cocktail???? and aplatter of sushi?

11:56 am

I have 79 to go and I really must head off to bed -its almost 1am here. See you in the morning. Have fun in the pb!!

11:56 am

ardilla, crossy is on a very strict diet atm and only has bacon once a month but is doing so well.

11:56 am

later kat

11:56 am

I suspect I will be enjoying plenty of sushi later when I try to finish the grid!

11:56 am

who said bacon??

11:57 am

sweet dreams daykat -- see you tomorrow!

11:57 am

Bye dkat

11:57 am

(bacon bacon baconbaconbacon)

11:57 am

'night

11:57 am

we stocked the pb with virtual bacon and a keg for u crossy

11:57 am

Im leaving you some bacon sarnies in the PB crossy (no calories, no salt, no fat but all the taste).

11:58 am

mmmmmm

11:59 am

LOL and on that note I must away. Thanks for the chat and Happy Babbling.

11:59 am

later fm <hugs>

11:59 am

later FM! (((hugs)))

11:59 am

bye all leavers :)

12:00 pm

well. I passed halfway quite some time ago...

12:00 pm

4 toughies left -- after the market -- bfn

12:00 pm

well done, stid

12:00 pm

but I lack the E in the upper left corner... help please?

12:00 pm

er5

12:01 pm

hm. thanks pini

12:01 pm

oh. see, I TOLD you I was going to get plenty of sushi!!!!

12:01 pm

;)

12:02 pm

i passed the 1/5 mark a short while ago..does that count for anything?

12:02 pm

well done, car!

12:02 pm

go carlee go!!! *handstand to a walk-over*

12:02 pm

<happy dance>

12:02 pm

impressive, stid!

12:04 pm

ooohhh..am now 1/4 of way..whew....that calls for a slab of cheesecake and a glass of wine...

12:04 pm

maybe a soak in the hot tub????

12:04 pm

brb

12:04 pm

go carlee!!!

12:05 pm

only if you share, carlee!

12:05 pm

1 more and I'll hit 1/2-way!

12:05 pm

go pini go pini

12:06 pm

go pini go!

12:06 pm

afk for dinner, back later :)

12:06 pm

bingo...now the question is to list or not to list

12:07 pm

hb sprite ;)

12:07 pm

later sprite (((hugs))) have a lovely evening

12:07 pm

byebye sprite... <hugs>

12:08 pm

ac7?

12:08 pm

and I am down to 98, so will go get my own day started... *sigh* starting with allergy medicine. SOMETHING is blooming.

12:08 pm

something usually is this time of year stiddy

12:08 pm

*politely waits for Magyk to get ac 7*

12:09 pm

*politely waits next to stid*

12:10 pm

i'm back

12:10 pm

well, if you are all waiting, I may as well be at the end of the line too

12:10 pm

hey again ardilla

12:10 pm

sprite and ardilla and carlee, oh my! :D

12:10 pm

hi, everyone

12:10 pm

hey seain

12:10 pm

hi dc

12:10 pm

it has been a very nice morning in babbleland!

12:10 pm

hi dc ... enjoying the weather there?

12:11 pm

hi, stid weiik, pini, et al :)

12:11 pm

hey dc

12:11 pm

lots of people i've not seen here in ages

12:11 pm

hey weiik

12:11 pm

ok..i gotta run now..taking a sample of pool water to be tested...

12:11 pm

well, i'm on break from job hunt ... how abt you dc

12:11 pm

save some sushi and cheesecake for me..wont be long

12:11 pm

be well, carlee

12:11 pm

hi stid

12:12 pm

how many words in grid?

12:12 pm

i need to file another job app today, but decided to zone for a bit myself, weiik

12:12 pm

later carlee (((hugs and a double flip)))

12:12 pm

246 today

12:12 pm

246

12:12 pm

246 today weiik

12:12 pm

246 weiik

12:12 pm

anything from the interview yet, dc?

12:12 pm

DC, I got a good lead on a Richmond job, waiting for next step, thanks for word count dc/pini and pms

12:13 pm

alas, no, pini

12:13 pm

best w/it weiik

12:13 pm

dc, what position are you seeking?

12:13 pm

sorry, dc...fingers are still crossed for the one that's holding out for you!

12:13 pm

help desk/tech support

12:13 pm

well, I'll have to get the ac 7 later. (((Hugs and choclits for all))) back for the last 89 tonight! *poof*

12:14 pm

ciao stid ;)

12:14 pm

I guess that means IT? If so I can send you leads

12:14 pm

think of nail varnish

12:14 pm

hasta, stid

12:14 pm

for ac7

12:14 pm

acetone

12:14 pm

opps

12:14 pm

don't worry; that wasn't it

12:14 pm

well, at least it wasn't a word, need to remember where the cursor is

12:15 pm

ty, ardilla

12:16 pm

di 7/36??

12:16 pm

change the last consonant

12:16 pm

for ac7

12:16 pm

weiik

12:16 pm

ac7=highest card+what is on your feet...just mispelled

12:16 pm

ardi?

12:17 pm

got it .. thxks ardi

12:17 pm

those 3 posts were supposed to be one

12:17 pm

danke ;)

12:17 pm

kept pressing enter instead of space

12:18 pm

i see that the Occident has gone missing in this grid.

12:18 pm

i'm here - hi everybody

12:18 pm

???

12:18 pm

dc ?

12:19 pm

hello again jbv

12:19 pm

only one C in the grid :P

12:19 pm

well, only one consecutive C in the grid

12:19 pm

hi ardilla

12:19 pm

hi, jbv

12:20 pm

that's just an accident, seain

12:20 pm

:D jbv

12:20 pm

dc, are you looking for IT help desk or something else

12:21 pm

i've done that, i've done enterprise software support, support for software companies...

12:21 pm

i've pulled cable and run phone switches, built servers and maintaned desktops, among other things through the years

12:21 pm

have you tried the hill job site, someone sent me that, but, money not great

12:22 pm

which the hill job site? Do you mean the hill rag or something else?

12:22 pm

finally, halfway done

12:22 pm

ar5?

12:23 pm

illegal fire

12:23 pm

ar5 -- burning down the house

12:23 pm

then plural

12:23 pm

hill site, I saw some there, but, I know monster and dice have a few of those, I'm looking for prgr/anlyst stuff

12:23 pm

thank you

12:24 pm

tons of prog/analyst stuff at usajobs couple weeks back

12:25 pm

taking break...back in a bit

12:25 pm

hasta, magyk

12:25 pm

yeah, but, competition is tough now, too many people working a cheap, but, the richmond jobs is paying okay, i'm MF IT legacy, you might want to check union jobs, someone there suggested it to me

12:26 pm

legacy -- i have background in mainframe, mqseries, and EDI/EDIINT

12:27 pm

go to corp to corp, I see alot of that, also edi jobs right now with CSC

12:27 pm

i'll check that out

Hello all. DC weiik, magy

12:27 pm

hi, red :)

12:27 pm

hi reds

12:28 pm

RTH!!!

Ardilla! Hi!

How is everyone?

12:29 pm

i'm moving again in 6 weeks

where to?

12:29 pm

i'm tired -- i got home at 5 AM

12:29 pm

where to, ardilla?

12:29 pm

spain, a hour from seville

DC what were you doing? I was getting up at 4..

12:29 pm

very nice!

12:30 pm

I miss partying in DC ... the '70s was the best .. everything was safe in those days

spain will be nice!!!

12:30 pm

i went to games night, then a few of us hit the diner, and then a subset yet talked in the car park til half 4.

12:30 pm

i should go to bed soon since it's 0230

dc, you are amazing. I have a date tonight and I am trying how to figure out how to be home by ten.

12:31 pm

by 10am?

12:31 pm

i wanted to go home hours before that, but there was no polite way to extricate myself :/

by 10 pm. or 9 if I am lucky.

I believe I was meant to be single.

12:32 pm

hope the getting home part goes well for you, red

or wth a different person...perhaps.

12:32 pm

don't say that red ..... it is all a matter of trust ...

12:32 pm

by royal ed5

In this case, i trust him, I just dont really like him that much.

12:33 pm

don't waste your time than, just move on, or you may meet someone else while out ...

He is a brother of a friend. And he is driving 2 hours to take me out to the movies and dinner. I think I have to try to let him down easily, I would like to be his friend, but I do not want to marry him.

or to kiss him again, since he caught me rather by surprise on the first date.

12:35 pm

ahh, someone forward to break the ice ... at least he is persistent

persistent is one way to describe it.

12:37 pm

red, what kinda of restaurant you going to?

In truth though I think I like being single, for the most part.

I have no idea, its going to have to be vegetarian as he is a vegetarian.

12:38 pm

than you've been single too long .. I was that way after my divorce, but, took a few years to get over it

12:38 pm

at least he's healthy

eis actually overweight, which is one of my biggest issues and is sad that it is my issue.

12:40 pm

well, suggest a long walk after dinner, always a chance to talk, and get you out of the restaurant

I think I am going to suggest that we be friendly but not exclusive, so I can date some other people who are more interesting to me. I mean, I feel absoloutely no passion towards this man.

12:41 pm

can make passsion

12:41 pm

pheromones have to be there

12:41 pm

i've been having poor connection for online dating

12:41 pm

make sure you're honest with him, people will respect that even if they are turned down, but, a friend is always good to have

12:42 pm

my words when my friend told me a man was interested in me was "oh, NO!!".....we've been married 29 years...lol. Take your time, but give him a chance to "grow" on you....

12:42 pm

for some reason they all want to IM and "get" to know you before meeting

12:42 pm

shir, has online ever worked for you?

I don't do any online dating. I never understand the concept of it. I tent to do things and meet people while doing them...

12:42 pm

my contention is there is no way to "know" anyone thru IM so let's just meet, get it over with and see if there's any chemistry

12:43 pm

yes, face-to-face matters a lot. strictly on-line is hard

At least then when I meet people they already know me, and we generally have something in common.

12:43 pm

more then one have then IM-ed me to "chat" even when I explicitly sad no, and then get upset that I don't want to chat

12:43 pm

shir, most online now is too superfical, ilke being in a doctors office

I think he is just so persistent that I feel a little under pressure.

12:43 pm

and then they call me rude

I dont really get the online dating thing. but then again, maybe I should try it..

12:44 pm

if you're not comfortable then you're not -- trust your instincts

12:44 pm

I'd move on then, so I'm rude that way, tell them what you want, not what they want

12:44 pm

i've met nice peeps thru online, just not lately

12:45 pm

Hello...

12:45 pm

have you ever gone to the book stores and sat around looking at magazines, and then the browsers?

12:45 pm

I met Tim online...

12:45 pm

hi, jellen

12:45 pm

hi Jell, speaking of which, how are things going

12:46 pm

DC, thought you fell asleep

12:46 pm

Hi Jellen! :=)

12:46 pm

not yet :) am considering a nap, though

12:46 pm

Good, so far today...except his feet and legs are swelling now...

I have to admit, i am thinking of just cancelling for tonight, I am tired, I want to go to bed.

12:47 pm

how about elevation? Would that help?

12:47 pm

sleep is good :)

12:47 pm

red , don't back out .. make it a short night ...

12:47 pm

Elevation helps temporarily...

12:47 pm

sorry, i keep nodding off...meds kicking in...bbl

thanks DC, sleep is good, and so is less pressure. I think I may just have to do that...I wonder if there is a way to do it without being too too rude.

12:48 pm

what about support hose?

12:48 pm

sweet dreams, ardilla

Weiik, I would love to make it a short night, but I hate to make him drive 2 hours to then spend approx 3 hours with me.

12:48 pm

or compression/anti-embolism stockings?

12:48 pm

That might be what we need, weiik...

12:48 pm

and dc...

WIll he wear them though?

12:49 pm

That's a good question...

12:49 pm

red, call and tell him you can only last till 10pm, that way, it would be his call to make the trip

12:50 pm

hi again..50 lbs of baking soda later and HOPEFULLy my pool will be clear

12:50 pm

jell, has the doctor be apprised of the swelling? Could have a suggestion also

12:50 pm

car, at least baking soda is cheap

12:50 pm

may it be so, carlee

12:50 pm

Only the feet were swelling when we talked to the doc...

12:50 pm

well..and one other chem...toal of 72.00

12:51 pm

Hi, carlee

12:51 pm

but....will be clear....just openned pool last week

12:51 pm

hi jellen

12:51 pm

! only last week?

12:51 pm

if going up the leg, they may be interested in that, sounds like water retention

12:51 pm

Hi Jellen, is there lymph node involvement?

12:51 pm

No, Jilly

12:52 pm

car, has the weather just warmed up there to open now?

12:52 pm

Good, cause people can get lymphedema

12:52 pm

Yes, we're cautious about his arm, where he had lymph nodes removed...

12:53 pm

Jell, is salt an issue in the diet?

12:53 pm

I'd check all his meds to see if edema is side effect

12:53 pm

is his kidney function OK?

12:53 pm

No, I don't think salt is an issue...

12:54 pm

has the heart been checked ?

12:54 pm

Jill you sound pretty knowledgeable, are you in medicine?

12:55 pm

Kidney function might be an issue...heart? I don't know...

12:55 pm

Yes, I'm an RN

12:55 pm

I know just enough to decide whether to fix it myself or head to the ER

12:56 pm

common sense and gut are a nurse's best tools!!

12:56 pm

I thought if the heart is not pumping well enough it could cause fluid to build up in the lower extremity

12:57 pm

Jellen, is it his whole leg or just lower legs? Has he been sitting a lot?

12:57 pm

They know about the foot swelling, but the leg swelling is since yesterday...his whole leg

12:57 pm

both or just one?

12:58 pm

No pain?

12:58 pm

good question weiik!

12:58 pm

Both legs, no pain (of course, he's on a pain patch), no discoloration...

12:59 pm

cream the skin to keep moist, but, Jill do you thnik water? Jell is Tim on a water pill?

12:59 pm

He sits in a recliner, so legs aren't quite above heart level...

1:00 pm

jell , get them up

1:00 pm

have him flex foot up towards knee.. just want to make sure no clots...

1:00 pm

No water pill...trying to keep him hydrated, so diuretics were a good option...

1:01 pm

Flexed

1:01 pm

jill, how would the flexing help?

1:02 pm

pain with flex is classic clot symptom...Jellen, when you push your finger straight into edema does it "pit"?

1:02 pm

No pitting

1:03 pm

what is the edema? Skin?

1:03 pm

Hmmmm, that would indicate fluid retention. do you have an MD you can call?

1:04 pm

is he on a blood thinner by chance?

1:04 pm

No blood thinner

1:04 pm

back for a few more words:)

1:04 pm

But he did have chemo, could have low platelets again...

1:04 pm

are both feet warm to touch? any redness to leg

1:04 pm

very true

1:05 pm

HI crossy!

1:05 pm

Cool to touch, no redness

1:05 pm

Hi, crossy!

1:06 pm

howdy jilly ((jellen))

1:06 pm

I have a call in to a PA friend of mine...but will call doctor if I don't hear from her soon...

1:06 pm

does he feel that his feet feel colder to him?

1:07 pm

Yes

1:07 pm

for now, get his feet up on a few pillows so above heart as you await her call

1:08 pm

Okay...thanks!

1:08 pm

want to try one more test?

1:08 pm

Sure

1:09 pm

Do I get to poke him with a pin? :->

1:09 pm

pinch his big toe nails; they should blanch then return to pink.....NO PINS....lol

1:09 pm

back from dinner, hi all

1:09 pm

a sense of humor is good

1:09 pm

Hi, sprite!

1:09 pm

god,do i remember all this from my chemo days,white counts shot to hell,swelling in the hands and feet...freezing cold,puking non stop;((

1:09 pm

hey Jellen *hugggs* How are you today, and how is Tim?

1:10 pm

Done...they're fine

1:10 pm

jill, doesn't that show flow of blood?

1:10 pm

oh crossie, I've seen such suffering and just strong people and caregivers

1:10 pm

Yep

1:10 pm

I'm pretty good, sprite...

1:11 pm

i have nothing but love and respect for all the professionals who helped me and other cancer patients

1:11 pm

Someone suggested I massage the leg...is that okay?

1:12 pm

I have read back about Tim, Jellen, don't bother for my second question. *extra hug* for you.

1:12 pm

massage is always good to improve circulation

1:12 pm

Not if a clot could be the issue..you don't want to dislodge it

1:12 pm

mmmm

1:13 pm

i best leave it to the pros...

1:13 pm

you can have him do 'foot pumps' and twirl his ankles

1:14 pm

Will do...

1:14 pm

put a good tune on it and have him keep time with his feet!! Do you both good...i suggest a good irish jig like I'm listening to now!! (((hugss)))

1:15 pm

Thanks, Jilly! I'll stop hogging chat now...

1:15 pm

well, off to work after that call, best to you and tim jell, bye jill, dc if you're still awake

1:15 pm

you go 'hog' chat for as much as you need, Jellen.

1:15 pm

bye weiik

1:15 pm

Bye weiik

1:15 pm

bye sprite

1:15 pm

which isn't helping me find either en6/18 or en7/28!!! any clues?

1:16 pm

*i meant the irish jig...NOT the chog!! Jellen we are all here to give you support!!

1:16 pm

Hello, looked at chat, caught up with jellen and Tim. Jilly what a lifeline this chat sometimes is. Hello sprite, crossy weiik et al.

1:16 pm

hi stidg!!

1:17 pm

howdy stidmere;)

1:17 pm

Hi, stidgmere

1:17 pm

hey stidgmere

1:17 pm

Glad to see our Canadian is up and at

1:17 pm

All well in the Netherlands?

en 6/18, en 7/28 - first course in a meal

1:19 pm

well guys, gotta mop the floors... *smiles for all my babbler friends* you all rock! Hang in there Jellen

1:19 pm

thanks helens!!

1:19 pm

it is pretty wet atm but otherwise well.

Keep your spirits up with that jig, Jellen - too easy to get too tense. Hoping for the best.

1:20 pm

Hi, helen

1:20 pm

We are hoping for rain once August comes.

Just caught up with chat - been one of those sessions of here for two minutes, off to phone or door - got my fireworks by surprise. I'm going to keep on tracking this chat while I do my jump and run routine with the phone here!

1:21 pm

brb

1:21 pm

gratz on fireflies, helensgirl

thanks!

1:23 pm

Congrats, helensgirl!!

1:23 pm

Friedworks are always nice, helensgk.

1:24 pm

hello everybody

1:24 pm

Hi, ruby

1:24 pm

hi rubyfoo, how are you and how is the husband?

1:24 pm

Hi ruby!

1:25 pm

Hello Babbling cohorts

1:25 pm

hey bichon!

1:25 pm

husband is home since this morning and, now that I've fed him two good meals, is much better. I am really glad, though, that he stayed in the hospital last night because his big wound keeps bleeding off and on and hemmoraghed during the night

1:25 pm

Hi, bichon

1:25 pm

hello sprite and jellen and bichon and stidgmere

1:26 pm

is crossy still here?

1:26 pm

((ruby))

1:26 pm

is cohort the collective noun for a group of babblers?

1:26 pm

much better for you as well, rubyfoo. Glad he is doing well. Any opinion from doctors about his mental condition?

1:26 pm

{{jellen}} how are you doing?

1:27 pm

he's acting better than he has in months -- go figure!

1:27 pm

I'm fine...how are YOU?

1:27 pm

so, once more, rubyfoo: how are you doing?

1:27 pm

it took the chog to remind me to eat yesterday, lol!

nothing like a hospital to make someone be happy at home :)

1:28 pm

yes ruby, like a gaggle of geese

1:28 pm

I'm OK, just very tired. However, when people asked what they could do to help, I let them help me

Definitely a cohort!

1:28 pm

Hi, Good Enough

1:28 pm

hi GE

'lo

1:28 pm

hi good enough and helensetc

1:28 pm

very good, rubyfoo. Well done, I know that is not easy for you.

1:29 pm

a basket of babblers....

1:29 pm

ruby, is your hubby ill?

1:29 pm

the neighbors are wonderful!

1:29 pm

a bubble of babblers

1:29 pm

good neighbours are worth their weight in gold.

1:30 pm

he was attacked by a huge dog on his regular morning walk, same route as always, and wound up in hospital.

1:30 pm

a boodle of babblers

1:30 pm

when I was checking him out of the emergency room, he collapsed and had to be re-admitted, which was a very good thing in the end

1:30 pm

Really, were the bites serious. That's awful. As a dog owner I don't understand why people allow their dogs to roam

1:31 pm

I just saw something beautiful: there was a ray of sunlight streaming through the window when I was on the floor feeding max and it was filled with sparkling, spinning dust motes!

1:31 pm

That's awful, ruby!

1:32 pm

something to lift your spirit

1:32 pm

About the bites, I mean...

This is even worse, Bichon - the dog was on a leash, and it's owner let go when it ran at Ruby's husband.

1:32 pm

very serious bites and the dog took him down. One bite is a very deep puncture but the other is a huge, deep wounds where the dog evidently ate a chunk. The surgeon said he could only close it with a graft and husband said no.

1:33 pm

This is horrific. Was this recently?

1:33 pm

nasty business and the police are going door-to-door where it happened, looking for the guy and the dog

1:33 pm

yesterday morning

1:33 pm

I think it's a homeless person

1:34 pm

although it's odd for someone like that to be here

1:34 pm

when they find him I hope you take a chunk out of hime.

1:34 pm

I just hope they find the dog and put it down because if it had been a child, it would have killed it

1:35 pm

what kind of dog?

1:35 pm

Oh, ruby my heart goes out to you and your husband! Tell Max we all are inscensed (spelling?) and wish him the most rapid recovery possible.

1:35 pm

the police say I should save all the bills but I am sure that, even if they find the guy, he won't be insured

1:36 pm

husband is traumatised but I think he may have made eye contact with the dog, saying Hello or something. It was a "beauceron"

1:36 pm

We have some neighbors who just bought a house on our circle. The guy rides a motorcycle and he got an unneutered pit bull mix. He doesn't want to have it neutered [I guess it's a macho thing]. The other day it was running around loose with a chain link around its neck. Shudder

1:36 pm

husband isn't in pain, so it could be a lot worse and he didn't hit his head very hard when he hit the ground which was very lucky!

1:37 pm

that is awful, bichon. Did you call Animal Control?

1:37 pm

Looks like a fierce breed

1:37 pm

here, they have to muzzle pitbulls and rottweilers, but I don't think they enforce the laws about anything else so why would they bother about dogs

1:38 pm

I had a pit bull mix...sweetheart!

1:38 pm

Calling animal control around here is usually useless. Unless there is a serious incident they just go out and if they find the dog loose, they issue a ticket.

1:38 pm

husband has already had 3 rabies shots

1:38 pm

If their homeowners insurance finds out, they'll drop them as a client

1:38 pm

I think it depends how they are raised, but if this dog's owner was a crazy, it's no wonder that the dog attacked

1:39 pm

We live in a community that has a homeowners assn. I wish they'd make a rule about a situation like this.

1:39 pm

many people say chow chows are dangerous, but we've had 5 and not one of them has ever come even close to biting.....

1:39 pm

it is not the breed, it is the owner and the training. I really think if this dog has tasted human flesh, it will have to be put down.

1:39 pm

My best to your husband and may he heal quickly.

1:40 pm

that's what I think, sprite, it is just too scary

1:40 pm

thank you bichon

1:40 pm

from your lips to God's ear!

1:43 pm

I've run out of time, thank you all for your kind wishes and sympthetic ears!!!

1:43 pm

One of the reasons we got a Bichon is it's mild manner demeanor [and lack of shedding]. But, they need brushing, grooming and the males love to mark in the house [has been neutered since 6 months].

1:43 pm

am over halfway and still not a single 8 or 9, lol... this is a tricky grid. But fun.

1:43 pm

Goodbye Ruby

1:43 pm

the chows need endless grooming but the males don't need to be neutered. Neither of our two males was ever interested in girls or marking

1:44 pm

good evening all

1:44 pm

hiya Kazzer

1:44 pm

Hi, Kazzer

1:44 pm

are bichons curly-haired?

1:44 pm

hi kazzer

1:44 pm

That's funny ruby. My 16 y.o. Bichon likes to hump young male dogs

1:44 pm

our KCC isn't neutered yet, so far we have seen no reason to do so. He is endlessly sweet.

1:44 pm

maybe our male would like him!

1:45 pm

bichons are generally curly [like a poople] but some are wavy

1:45 pm

I comb Ruby every day, but just whatever part she offers. It is too much to cover all at once as she is big, heavy and very long-haired

1:46 pm

when the neighbors got their Golden pup 5 years ago, Biscuit was humping him, had an erection [yes I know that shouldn't be happening] and it wouldn't go away. Had to call the vet for instructions

1:46 pm

when the neighbors got their Golden pup 5 years ago, Biscuit was humping him, had an erection [yes I know that shouldn't be happening] and it wouldn't go away. Had to call the vet for instructions

1:46 pm

was he taking small blue pills?

1:46 pm

lol, ruby!

1:47 pm

He doesn't need the small blue pills. They look like a cream puff but those hormones just don't stop

1:47 pm

in Miami, when we just had Rosie and then Rufus, the groomer used to pick them up in his air-conditioned van every other week. They were fabulous. But here, nobody knows how to groom chows and they charge double

1:47 pm

sounds like DH, bichon!

1:48 pm

LOL ruby

1:49 pm

we took Ruby to a groomer here, once, and she cut off all the long hairs in her tail. It took 2 yrs to grow back -- never again!

1:49 pm

she has a gorgeous coat but is always in need of more combing

1:50 pm

I take Bisky every 8 weeks and he looks so handsome. He's 16 and 1/2 and is ill with kidney disease, but after grooming, he looks so pretty

1:50 pm

Max's coat, on the other hand, is long and silky and pretty thin, so he is much cleaner.

1:51 pm

do you clip their nails yourself. I can't do that

1:51 pm

that is a great age! we've had bad luck with our chows, Rufus lived the longest, but was only 10 when he died

1:51 pm

since Max is autistic (yes, really), the vet comes to the house to clip his nails.

1:52 pm

uh oh, stomping around, not dogs, so I had better go {{again, everyone}}

1:53 pm

I'm watching Cupcake this weekend [my daughter's Bichon]. He's diabetic and I need to give him insulin

1:53 pm

bye rubyfoo, all the best

1:53 pm

Bye, ruby

1:53 pm

I had a diabetic cat...never did get his sugar under control...

1:54 pm

bye bye Ruby syl

1:55 pm

Hello everybody. I just love coming onto babble and reading the chog...small blue pills for dogs....ROFL!!

1:56 pm

Hi, Soodle!

1:57 pm

Barkagra?

1:57 pm

di 7/36?

1:57 pm

catholic church bichon

1:57 pm

ty ruru

1:59 pm

LMAO......

1:59 pm

what?

1:59 pm

Hi Jell, RuRu, Bichon, et al.

2:00 pm

hiya Soodle :) You know that the Brits cannot swallow well at all?

2:00 pm

hi soodle..

2:00 pm

that is the reason for the stiff upper lip

2:01 pm

{{{{Spritey}}}} With all the little blue pill talk, I didn't see you!

2:01 pm

:D *hugs* to you, Soodle

2:01 pm

hiya ruru too

2:01 pm

Being Irish, I could make a smart comment, but I will restraing myself.....Angelic smirk.....

2:01 pm

why do you think they call them a bull maststiff?

2:02 pm

Hi Soodle

2:02 pm

lol

2:02 pm

<<---- not so angelic

2:03 pm

need to make lunch for some friends.. I should head out..

2:03 pm

Hey Bichon. RuRu.....If I can restrain myself, so can you....

2:03 pm

Enjoyed chatting with you all...bbl

2:04 pm

<---- absolutely zero self-control

2:04 pm

Bye Jell...... take care {{{}}}}

2:04 pm

bye jellen..see you later

2:05 pm

bye Jellen, am thinking of you both

2:06 pm

<------------ is in smart remark mode, and biting tongue to stop making remark about Ruru.......

2:06 pm

ruru, nice going with putting yourself down... but we all know it is not true =P

2:06 pm

go Soodle! Stop biting tongue.

2:07 pm

Sprite, don't get me started about men with no self control............Not a pretty sight!!!

2:14 pm

Soodle, I love smart remarks

2:18 pm

hi all -- back to struggle with the last 3

2:18 pm

tock isn't a word in Enable. Simply shocking

2:19 pm

only half a clock, bichon :(

2:24 pm

*!* ta da *!*

2:25 pm

nice to do a grid with mostly real words for a change!

2:27 pm

Hello Babblers - how is everyone doing today

2:32 pm

hello, I'm back again

2:32 pm

Hi Annie

2:34 pm

Hi River, How is Keith?

2:34 pm

I am really struggling tonight - still got 81 to go and i have been at it for ages

2:34 pm

hi Annie and River

2:34 pm

kazzer, it was not easy

2:35 pm

He is great - back out playing -slow to start but needs to build up his endurance - at his girlfriends house right now - young puppy love....

2:36 pm

I dont know who pointed it out but they said "notice the ck" and it helped at the end of words

2:36 pm

Oh River, that is wonderful

2:36 pm

Hi Kazzer - hang in there - some of this is challenging for sure

2:37 pm

Before I go, anyone want a clue?

2:37 pm

I have a huge number of ck words but we will get there - its a challenge to finish every grid at the moment

2:38 pm

ne 6/30 pls. hello all

2:39 pm

ne + 5 pointer + large weight and plural

2:39 pm

thanks annie

2:39 pm

all of that in a 6 - wow

2:40 pm

youre welcome

2:40 pm

any clues for the ca 5 and 6 before the ca things you drive please

2:41 pm

ca 5---Yes you ca*! and I told you **!!

2:41 pm

ca4/5 plus circle letter (pl)

2:41 pm

plural for the 6

2:41 pm

clue for the di7/36 please

2:42 pm

thx annie

2:42 pm

River, part of the catholic church

2:43 pm

river, part of a religious district for the di 7

2:44 pm

its on the tip of my tongue.....

2:45 pm

got it - thanks

Hello all, I have just been a bad woman and told a white lie to cancel my date.

2:45 pm

great

2:45 pm

we forgive you red

thanks river. I think he was a wee bit miffed. but..

2:46 pm

didnt want to hurt his feelings Im sure

2:46 pm

red, You are forgiven..you probably are tired and need to take care of yourself.

No I did not, and I may still want to see him again. Frankly, I just want him to be a little less needy. it was like I went on one date and he was planning the wedding.

2:47 pm

red, how do you feel about this guy?

2:48 pm

if it not fun at this stage - dont bother

I am ambivalent. he has a lot of nice qualities, but also...thereare some odd things. like his 7 yr old son sleeps in the bed with him, because he whines if made to sleep alone...

2:49 pm

uhoh

that is strange isn't it.

2:49 pm

that is not good

I mean, a 4 yr old, I get, but at some point, kids have to learn things.

2:50 pm

I agree. You seem to be pushing yourself to go out with him.

Well I kept things open. I found him just a little odd overall. he is my friends brother, so...

2:51 pm

when my kids were little, I let them come into bed if they had a bad nightmare but just for awhile - they always went back to their own bed each night - its not healthy for them to sleep with you all the time

I agree river, even though I have no kids.

2:53 pm

evening all - on break at work :)

2:54 pm

hello NB

2:54 pm

Hi NB!

Hi NB how is work?

2:54 pm

busy?

2:55 pm

Just reading back...Red, that thing with his kid is odd :S

yes, well, i've pretty much decided no on him.

2:55 pm

clue for th ed6 please

2:56 pm

fantastically busy - and getting busier ;) which means it goes faster, but it actually starts to stress me out a little! just SO many people

2:56 pm

river, its a plural of the word before it

2:56 pm

nm - got it

2:56 pm

needed to go the other way on the grid - thanks annie

2:58 pm

I thought as much, Red - good that you gave him a go though. Nobody finds Mr Right sitting at home ;)

3:01 pm

need to take care of some errands, bye dear babblers. Right you are, NB

3:02 pm

bye annie

we'll see.

bye Annie!

3:12 pm

sorry, back from sudden afk. hi all

3:13 pm

Hello again...

3:13 pm

hi Jellen, wb

3:13 pm

Ooh, I like your ic4, Jellen

3:14 pm

Thanks, NB

3:15 pm

Hi everybody. How are you all these days?

3:16 pm

Hi, Nef! We're okay...

3:16 pm

hi Nef

3:16 pm

Nef! How lovely to see you :)

3:20 pm

hello new arrivals - had to go fold laundry so missed the entrance

Hi everyone - i'm back

3:22 pm

Hi, Pinny

3:23 pm

welcome back, Pinny :)

Hi Jellen

Thanks NB

3:23 pm

friends here - got to go

3:23 pm

Bye, River

3:26 pm

clue for the ne 6/30 please??

3:28 pm

ne + plan**** [plants in the sea]

3:29 pm

Good clue, bichon!

3:29 pm

thnks bichon

3:30 pm

yvw

3:40 pm

Okay, I went to update my profile (about DH) and then grandson woke up and I don't know if anyone said hi or not; so "Hi Everybody!" (again)

3:40 pm

I said hi before and I'll say it again ;) lovely to see you, Nef, sounds busy there!

3:42 pm

re 6/21, second one, near the end

3:44 pm

oh oh, the gang is on the way and i want to finish.... lue please for di 7/36??

3:44 pm

think division of the Catholic Church

3:44 pm

(((Nef)))

3:45 pm

thanks bihon

3:45 pm

bichon\

3:46 pm

yvw re 6/21, 2nd one

3:47 pm

afternoon all. been busy accomplishing miracles today

3:47 pm

ct7?

3:49 pm

ct + vowel + robot ending

3:49 pm

c+ number + robot ending

3:49 pm

thx for the ct

3:49 pm

oooh, I forgot about the consonant in there. Time to go back to work, I think..

3:51 pm

can anyone clue the elusive (to me ) sn 6/18?

3:51 pm

Sorry, don't have the re 6/21, bichon

3:51 pm

don't have that Jay, but would sure like the re 6/21 [2nd one]

3:51 pm

s + crosby stills and ....

3:51 pm

R** room + not fro

3:52 pm

what surgeons do

3:52 pm

sorry, I need the one after that the last 6/21

3:53 pm

and I need the sn 6/18

3:53 pm

sn 618 is a plural

3:54 pm

God, I am BLIND!! Thx!

3:54 pm

*gives guide dog to Jayk

3:55 pm

so 5/20? And thanks for that dog!!

3:55 pm

re 6/21 last one

3:55 pm

rhymes with Jocko

3:55 pm

re + religious group

3:56 pm

got that one. Bichon: what surgeons do

3:56 pm

at last! tyvm ruru

3:57 pm

Oops! No I DID NOT have that one! Thx much

3:58 pm

hi all, sigh, sorry for popping off and on like this, it is a kinda hectic day. Back not for last part.

3:59 pm

yeah.. well I am disturbed by that sprite...

4:00 pm

you keep leaving the door open

4:00 pm

by my popping off and on, or by my being back?

4:00 pm

lol

4:00 pm

lol :) If children here do that, parents say: You were not born in church, close the door.

4:01 pm

*tiptoeing out to run some errands*

4:01 pm

*hey!*

4:01 pm

*hugs Jellen quickly on her sneaky way out*

4:01 pm

*hopes ruru will let her back in*

4:01 pm

ac7?

4:02 pm

*hugs sprite on the way out*

4:02 pm

first playing card + foot digits mixed up is ac 7

4:02 pm

thx ruru

4:02 pm

rhymes with the protruding thing in your face, Shirlock

4:02 pm

made caramel/chocolate fleur du sel tarts today

4:03 pm

Yum! did you save any for us?

4:03 pm

as5? not seeing it

4:03 pm

no..my guests ate them all

4:03 pm

lyn :) xx

4:03 pm

a + not the front

4:03 pm

not in the middle, Shirlock

4:03 pm

know who MY friends are!

4:04 pm

i'm blind! thx for the as

4:04 pm

lol

4:04 pm

not blind! That one was a sneaky word hiding in a corner!

4:08 pm

and once more I fail to spot the italian hi. Fish me please.

4:08 pm

not hi. Bye even.

4:09 pm

bye Spritely (hugs)

4:09 pm

lol nooo am not leaving. Italian bye. Not Italian hi. Sorry to confuse you with my muddling.

4:10 pm

sha 6/36?

4:10 pm

metal thing to bind you

4:11 pm

oh no, that is a 7... I think I better shut up now

4:11 pm

sh6.36 hut and vwl

4:12 pm

ty lynxxx

4:12 pm

odd word

4:12 pm

enorm enows

4:12 pm

hi all....again

4:13 pm

wb carlee

4:13 pm

hi there sprite

4:13 pm

that's an entrance - Hi Inge

4:13 pm

I guess I need to stay out of chat. Every time I say Hi I have to leave. I'm just apologizing for that

4:13 pm

hi Carlee!

4:13 pm

lol I had about the same thing, Nef. Glad to see you anyway, however short.

4:14 pm

hi Nef

4:14 pm

LYNXXX !!!

4:14 pm

hi....bye nef

4:16 pm

how is everyone doing?

4:16 pm

How are you Carlee? Did you get everything sorted - and get a new job as well?

4:16 pm

and how to call a very small di4/10.... not a di4let apparently.

4:17 pm

nope...and nope

4:17 pm

but i am ok lynxxx.... and u hun?

4:19 pm

I am sure it will turn out well for you. I am fine, not much happening which is always good. Though we were going to have an early Spring but looks like a wet chilly week coming up Yuk

Oh no Sprite, you know I had to try it...

4:20 pm

i guess that will likely mean an early fall for us...ughhhh

4:20 pm

clue for the di7's please?

nef, dont go!

4:20 pm

hehehe thank you red

I hope we have an early fall, this summer is starting to offend me greatly.

4:21 pm

In the not too di7.32 future, but change the last vwl

4:21 pm

i am JUST getting my pool open...

4:22 pm

ty lynxxx

4:22 pm

di7.36 the area a bishop or like is responsible for

4:22 pm

wow thakns lyn

4:22 pm

thanks* even

4:22 pm

i want a bit of summer

4:23 pm

ty again lynxxx

4:23 pm

carlee...I will send some summer up your way...we have been sweltering

you are welcome to all of my summer, it is disgusting here.

4:24 pm

oh...we have heat...i just had no "assistance" with geting the pool open....someone FINALLY made some time to bother with it...

4:24 pm

humidity Red?

4:24 pm

we had 10 straight days in the upper 90's and low 100's

4:25 pm

its been in the 90's,,,and i dont have ac either...

4:25 pm

and very humid

4:25 pm

so did we spray

its hot and humid, they actually issued a heat advisory for us in Florida. thats unheard of.

4:25 pm

yeap....sweat stained bras just sitting reading abook

4:25 pm

hi lynxxx, carlee, sprite and all. Dear toddler Ronald broke my keyboard and his daddy bought me a new one today.

4:26 pm

but now my pool is open..means fall will be here in a day or 2...and too bloody cold to swim

nef, so nice that daddy gave you a new keyboard.

How is your hubby?

4:26 pm

wtg daddy. Can Ronald break down the rest of the keyboard now.

4:26 pm

what a good daddy

4:27 pm

yay for good daddy's...

4:27 pm

( it would be my children's daddy who did not bother to help with the pool until this week...thus ensuring his kids were also sweltering )

4:27 pm

Well, lots left for later but time to see if the yard is warm enough to wander about it. Cloudy mornings and sunny afternoons (usually evening by sunny times.) Have a good weekend all.

4:28 pm

you too, stidgmere :)

4:28 pm

bye Stidgmere

4:29 pm

byebye stidgm

4:29 pm

bye stid

4:30 pm

I updated my profile red (about DH)

4:33 pm

jeezz Nef, am so sorry. You must be exhausted. Will be thinking of you and DH.

4:33 pm

Wow Nef, so much happening to him in such a short time. I hope they find the infection source. Must be very distressing to him as well as to you

4:33 pm

Nef, I am so sorry, sending many hugs your way.

4:35 pm

<hugs> nef... prays your way

4:35 pm

Nef - sending prayers, and love, and hugs to you and DH. God bless.

4:36 pm

Hi to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

4:36 pm

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

4:36 pm

hi Min

4:37 pm

hi minver..all si good dear..i hope all is well with u

4:40 pm

Thanks everybody. Hey, Joey! How aere you doing?

4:44 pm

NEF! I jsut read your icon and I am so sorry you are having to deal with all this. Your DH and you must be very frightened by all these changes coming so fast together. Hugs and prayers coming your way

4:44 pm

I turned the ceiling fan on high (it's 85 degrees (F) here and humid; since DH isn't here I've turned off the A/c and opened the windows. My grandson thinks it's a hoot that the ceiling fan is causing a breeze!

4:44 pm

hey all just back from a lovely day at the beach with my god daughter

4:44 pm

(((((nef and DH))))

4:44 pm

Hello Bugsaw!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

4:44 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

Oh Nef. I just read. How horrible to go through. I am so sorry.

4:45 pm

hi Bugs and Peri

Did your husband ever get the Tyrsabi infusion for his MS?

4:45 pm

i am bgining to crack it folks - only 20 left

4:46 pm

Hi Kazzer99!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

4:46 pm

Hello to everyone, especially those I have not seen a quite a long while!

good job Kazzer.

4:46 pm

clue for the di7.36, plz?

hi bugs

4:47 pm

poofing for a minute. I forgot it was welcome home jmc day...

4:47 pm

di7.36 the area a bishop or like is responsible for

4:47 pm

tense

4:47 pm

Thanks all. THis has really been a long hard time. I keep trying to be optimistic about things; but sometimes it's hard.

4:47 pm

oops sorry

4:47 pm

Nef, I just read your profile too. Sorry that you and your husband have to go through that. My thoughts are with you. Optimisim is the best thing sometimes.

Nef, I am sure it is exhausting. and I do hope things turn the corner soon.

4:48 pm

ty! and firbirds

4:48 pm

hi Kazz, hi periwinkle, hi Bugsaw

4:48 pm

Nef, of course it is hard. all you can do is all you can do. hang in there the best you can. will be thinking of you and DH

4:48 pm

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

4:48 pm

gratz lbdawger

4:48 pm

Congratulations lbdawger on fireworks! Good for you

4:48 pm

Hooray for Dawg!!

4:49 pm

my sit down uponer is sore!

4:49 pm

roflol

4:49 pm

ty, ty, ty, and all the cluers that i lurked clues from

4:50 pm

Nef - i hope that they find the cause to give you some peace of mind - thinking of you and all of our babble friends with on going health problems etc - love you all

4:50 pm

Red, he hasn't tried either the Tysabri or the other IV drug that can cause the brain infection; but he's definitely thinking he has to now

ok taking a break for home maintainence.

4:51 pm

bye for now, red *hug*

4:52 pm

(((NEF)))

4:53 pm

Hi everybody, my 'home maintenance' is done...clothes in washer...now it's time to get down with da' grid!!

4:54 pm

I am sorry you have come back just as you were leaving red.

4:54 pm

hi Jilly

4:54 pm

hi lbd (sorry I can't chat easily; my 15 month old grandson is helping me get in my "10,000 steps" today.

4:55 pm

Just read ur update (((hugs))

4:55 pm

beautiful ic4 for jmc, Bugsaw

4:56 pm

Taking a break for a while, nice rewarding grid

4:56 pm

Hello Jillyjill! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

4:57 pm

Goodbye lynxxx! I will see you later on in the chat log

4:57 pm

bye lyn, I agree! Almost done so till tomorrow.

4:57 pm

Hi Minv *blushes* but I've been on a couple of times during housekeeping breaks. How are you and Hi Sprite!!

4:58 pm

ty Sprite. I hope your health is good too

4:59 pm

still not great, but the little steps in the right direction are becoming truly visible now, I do have more energy. Thanks for asking :) How are you doing, Bugsaw?

5:00 pm

help with 8's and 9 pls

5:01 pm

I am finally felling well after having a bad tooth treated, successfully this time I hope. Our summer is lovely here

5:01 pm

sh 8 & 9 person who applies prison chains

5:02 pm

ty jmd

5:02 pm

jmb even

5:02 pm

so glad your tooth is better now! So now you can enjoy that summer without pain? Lovely.

5:02 pm

I'm glad to hear that things are starting to go in the right direction for you too, sprite.

5:03 pm

yw. peri... jm

5:03 pm

ha8/70 one who bothers a comedian, change the first vowel

5:03 pm

ty Jilly

5:03 pm

thanks Nef :) I only wish I could send you two a bit of my good fortune.

5:04 pm

acutally the ha7/8 is bird feathers. the one who bothers a comedian starts with he

5:04 pm

opps but I guess you knew that, Jilly, sorry

5:05 pm

lol

5:06 pm

I'm watching my grandson tease my dog. He has an animal cracker (which the dog thinks he can get) and Ronny is trying to kiss the dog! :-D

5:06 pm

awwww cute. And the dog is very aware of Ronny being a baby, I bet.

5:08 pm

The dog is all of 11 pounds and just loves babies! He has nipped at Ronny when he's been too rough; but Ronny has learned not to pull the dogs' hair now

5:09 pm

they nap together now ; where ever baby is, the dog is too,

5:09 pm

I love that age when a child realized that the tail, nose,ears and fur are attached to something!!

5:09 pm

we had a very active 4 yo here, a son of a friend of mine. I was amazed to see how much Terra accepted of him. Terra just knew the kid was a human puppy.

5:10 pm

so incredibly cute, Nef. And imagine the safe feeling they must have together now.

5:11 pm

hah, fireflies! This was a tricky and very rewarding grid.

5:11 pm

they are inseparable for now.

5:11 pm

YAY, sprite!!! WTG!!! .

5:11 pm

congrats, sprite!

5:12 pm

I'll be slow but I WILL get this one, it's been lots of fun!! No really, it has... ^-^

5:12 pm

heyyyy seain! *hugs* Man, haven't seen you in ages. Hope you are well.

5:12 pm

you will, Jilly!

5:14 pm

i'm alight -- things could be better, but could be much worse. :) {{sprite}} yes, been a while

5:14 pm

Congratulations sprite on your fireworks! Good for U

5:14 pm

evening, jilly, minver, and nef

5:14 pm

Hi DC, how are you?

5:15 pm

not bad, and you?

5:15 pm

Hello dcseain!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

5:15 pm

thanks all :) Glad you are alright and alight, seain, and I hope things will improve a bit more soon. Bye all, thanks for the fun and help.

5:15 pm

good, got lots accomplished today and now can babble w/o gullt

5:15 pm

oh, for those of you not on LJ/FB-- i have 907g/2lb of blueberries -- suggestions?

5:16 pm

cool, jilly :)

5:16 pm

thanks, sprite, sweet dreams :)

5:16 pm

G'nite sprite, nice to see you today..sweet dreams

5:18 pm

Goodbye sprite! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

5:19 pm

Hello again...

5:19 pm

wb, jellen

5:20 pm

oh..bye sprite

5:20 pm

blueberries...do not wash..and freeze in containers if not using them all

5:21 pm

if using.... muffins, pancakes, jam, cobbler, pie, 9 a really yum pie u take abaked pie shell...and slice up peaches...sprinkle with fresh blueberries then do a sweetened lemon juice glaze to keep peaches fromturning brown....

5:22 pm

such a lovely fresh summery light dessert

5:22 pm

sorry folks gotta go - too tired to finsh - see you tomorrow

5:22 pm

sorry folks gotta go - too tired to finsh - see you tomorrow

5:23 pm

nite kazzer

5:23 pm

G'night, Kazzer

5:23 pm

Freeze the berries in a single layer on a metal pan, then put into baggies. You'll be able to take as few or many as you need, without first thawing-out a block.

5:24 pm

that would be good for some, ty for that suggestion, Christine

5:24 pm

Hi Jellen, did your PA friend call you? *worried look*

5:25 pm

pie/tarts seems a must, too.

5:26 pm

Goodbye Kazzer99! I will see you tomorrow in the log

5:26 pm

the peach blueberry is a summer tradition in our family dc

5:26 pm

Yes, Jilly...she recommended elevation and calling the doc on Monday if it isn't improved...

5:26 pm

Hello Jellen! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

5:27 pm

it was our "creation" ( or we would like to think so...about 35 odd years ago..we call it go home bay pie...we cottaged in alittle area in the muskokas

5:27 pm

good, you guys do NOT need anymore trips to the hospital!!

5:28 pm

I would agree with that!

5:28 pm

i'm back

5:29 pm

Hi, ardilla

5:29 pm

hi ardilla

5:29 pm

Hello ardilla!How are you doing?Welcome back to grid

5:30 pm

feeling much more rested

5:30 pm

Tom's allergic to peaches, but it sounds lovely.

5:30 pm

hey everyone :)

5:30 pm

this is a pretty good grid dont ya think :)

5:30 pm

Hi, saralise

5:31 pm

hi sara

5:31 pm

its...ok sara

5:31 pm

well...bummer on the peaches dc...

5:31 pm

Hello saralise!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

5:32 pm

im good thanks you ?

5:32 pm

sigh. 13 left, uphill climb!

5:32 pm

Well hello again saralise...how are you enjoying this addiction?

5:33 pm

Hey NB...good for you, stick with it !

5:33 pm

clue for ci7 pls?

5:33 pm

hi ! its a fun before bed activity :)

5:33 pm

hack

5:34 pm

hi, Carleekat

5:34 pm

thank you Jilly :) As long as I get it done before midnight (about half an hour, here) I'm happy!

5:35 pm

Hello Nancy Boy! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

5:35 pm

Hello Emily Hill!How are you doing? Welcome to puzzle

5:35 pm

Hi, Emily

5:36 pm

hi emily

5:37 pm

OK..everyone... EMILY is a newbie...be nice... she is a ranger i met at my 10 day showerless camp..she is from wales...say hi!

5:37 pm

( ranger is the age group older then my daughter... )

5:37 pm

Here is another story of clues for you to take no4/4 of. When I en 5/10ed Babbleland today I changed my ic4/5 and then started grid. I pr5/14ed that I would finish the grid today, but I didn't. I did not finish the grid even with the ai 4/5 of my monkeys who were a pain in the ne 4/9 when I sent for them. They always give me to 4/4 of grief. They were so sn4/4ty! They hi4/5ed and sn 5/10ed and sa 4/5 they did not want to help. I sa4/5 in a nasty to 4/4 "put a so 4/9 in it!" Then monkeys tried to hi4/6.When they could not hi 4/6, they pretended to be si 4/9. Monkeys drove me insa4/4 so I offered to pay my monkeys some ca 4/6 for their help. I found all of the easy words. They sc 4/5ed the grid and found the hard on 4/4 I hadn't se 4/4 before.But I just was not into grid today so I let my monkeys go back outsi4/5 and play in the tr5/10 I quit grid after making a small de 4/5 in it and went on 4/4 other things instead. Hubby and I got our oa 4/4 and went on a ca 5/12 trip on a river. When we got back we washed both of our ca 4/5. Then I went shopping. I bought ince5/12, some new di4/6es,a ra 4/9 of ribs, a tennis ra 6/33 & a te 4/4. Then I went to doctor and got new le 5/10s for my glasses. When I got back, my cousin Di 4/10 kn 6/36 on my door so I visited with him for an hour. Now I am off to watch Travolta's di 5/14 movie Saturday Night Fever. I will ra4/5 back to computer when the movie is over.Ciao

5:39 pm

hi every one :)

5:39 pm

hi every one :)

5:39 pm

*pounding thick head against wall* can you reclue ci7 again sara?

5:39 pm

pardon ?

5:40 pm

i dont understand that notation...sorryy :S

5:40 pm

I don't understand your clue for ci7

5:40 pm

i dont think i clued anything

5:40 pm

i think i may have wrote something randomly accidentally again lol

5:40 pm

ci + crying at the d****teque + vowel and plural letter

5:41 pm

and stick an H in that d****theque..

5:41 pm

tyvm nb

5:42 pm

lol saralise, I was hoping I had not completely lost it!! Lord knows at 52 bedtime activities aren't what they used to be!!

5:42 pm

Darn! I spilled ci 4/5 word in my story of clues. I'll fix it in my profile then slink off to Penalty Box to watch the John Travolta movie. I will be back here later on.

5:44 pm

I did have a laugh at that one Minv...maybe my disease of typing things I shouldn;t on here is contagious!

5:44 pm

hi emily NB carlee

5:45 pm

tyvm for the help, minver

5:45 pm

hi

5:45 pm

not getting the ci7 clue :(

5:45 pm

hey Ardilla, nice tattoo - mine is in a similar place

5:45 pm

are u getting the hang of this emily?

5:46 pm

( and I am not getting the ci7 either nb )

5:46 pm

that story was great !! more of those please :P

5:46 pm

thx NB, what's yours of?

5:46 pm

Sorry, I am the world's dodgiest cluer.

5:47 pm

San Fran***** + 2 letter plural

5:47 pm

tyvm

5:48 pm

c's completed

5:48 pm

mine's a lion - no colour, all black. I'd love to put a picture of it up because it's quite dainty and pretty, but it's quite large and spans an area that could get me into a lot of trouble :P

5:49 pm

wow, sounds awesome!

5:50 pm

all of my tattoos are black tribal butterflies

5:50 pm

I got it for my first love ;) his name was Leo.

5:50 pm

i think im getting the hang of this now........well sort of :)

5:51 pm

aredilla, only missing ci5/14...can you clue...or someone?

5:51 pm

stick with it emily... it is fun

5:52 pm

take the last two letters off the ci7, Jilly :)

5:52 pm

Hi emily, it takes a little bit to learn the babblespeak, I'm relatively new also!

5:52 pm

ty nb, I kept trying combos, I figured it was something like that.

5:52 pm

it is really fun, but it takes a while to get into it :P

5:53 pm

how long have u been playing jilly?

5:53 pm

NB, I tried that earlier but must have misstyped!

5:53 pm

finally under 100 left

5:54 pm

hit and miss for 6 mos then pretty much every day for the last 6 mos

5:54 pm

ok... :)

5:54 pm

I know that feeling, Jilly ;)

5:55 pm

Over halfway...need a break! See you soon...

5:55 pm

culater jellen

5:58 pm

anyone have a clue for the last re6, please?

5:58 pm

clue for di7/36 pls?

5:58 pm

this has been fun, but im off to sleep, its gettin late(its nearly sunday! :O) thanks carleeket for letting me know about this. have fun every one! :) Emily x

6:00 pm

the re's are purpled out nb....i am ignoring their existence

6:00 pm

Welcome aboard emily..sweet dreams!

6:00 pm

night x

6:00 pm

nite e.h.

6:01 pm

boooo, it's my last one as well. slinking off to a2z...

6:03 pm

Good night NB, thanks for your help!!

6:04 pm

lol Jilly, I'm going NOWHERE until I get this one. re6. It's here somewhere..

6:04 pm

ardilla: di7/36 is the area a bishop oversees

6:04 pm

lok NB, I haven't even started the re's yet

6:05 pm

*lol

6:06 pm

although I am rockin the ra's!!

6:06 pm

haha, got it. that's fireworks for me, probably the biggest grid I've ever finished!

6:07 pm

wtg NB!!! if it's hard, you can clue me the re6....hint hint hint!! ;-)

6:07 pm

it wasn't hard in the end - it was an re + an s4. d'oh!

6:08 pm

YAY for nb ***pompom toss***

6:08 pm

ty, now off to beddy bye for you!! *mother wink*

6:09 pm

hello, how's the grid?

6:09 pm

hi jj

6:09 pm

thanks! :) and yes, bed for me. night all!

6:09 pm

hi harp

6:09 pm

oh but before I go, Harp, your picture is SO cute!

6:09 pm

thanks, nb

6:10 pm

it's kind of a comment on my life these days

6:10 pm

Hey harpjane!! Haven't seen you on for awhile!

6:11 pm

no, i've had crops to harvest.....

6:11 pm

and REAL berries to pick! stop by if you want some

6:11 pm

I'm catsitting for a friend of Faith and Bill's...all 3 are bombays and sooo cute!!

6:11 pm

You got raspberries?

6:12 pm

I have 7;30 Mass in am...maybe come over in forenoon

6:12 pm

k

6:14 pm

btw, AnnMarie had mentioned before about a bbq/potluck so I put it as an option in my email to all

6:15 pm

yup

6:15 pm

what does the 9 start with?

6:16 pm

sh

6:19 pm

95 left, time for a break brb

6:27 pm

HJane, you wouldn't still want to do 7:30 with me would you?

6:28 pm

sh9

6:28 pm

sh5-7-8-9-8 specifically

6:28 pm

i got 100 words !!!

6:28 pm

a person who puts chains on prisoners sh9

6:29 pm

good for you saralise!

6:29 pm

go, go saralise!

6:30 pm

thanks :)

6:30 pm

shacklers

6:34 pm

ac7 pls

6:35 pm

high poker card + the things on the end of your feet (reorder letters)

6:35 pm

top suit of cards + consonant + sugar ending

6:37 pm

ty Jilly and gremlinn

6:38 pm

yvw

6:39 pm

-+

6:41 pm

hi, all. we just got home a few minutes ago from taking two grandangels to the zoo

6:43 pm

hi angel

6:45 pm

sorry, didn't realize I did that

6:45 pm

ci7 pls

6:45 pm

ci7 pls

6:46 pm

add a vowel before the plural of the ci*** kid

6:47 pm

di5/14, change first letter to c, add vowel plus plural consonant

6:47 pm

last sh5 please?

6:47 pm

swap letters of plural of feces

6:48 pm

ty gremlinn

6:56 pm

ty for the ci7

6:57 pm

yw

6:58 pm

ha 5/12 pls

6:58 pm

drop last letter of Gretal's brother

6:59 pm

thanks jilly

7:00 pm

hiya everyone!

7:01 pm

working on nbt...i'm missing my top left E and the lower right C.

7:01 pm

lol, well, just found a C.

7:02 pm

er5

7:02 pm

e is staight up

7:02 pm

ty gremlinn

7:02 pm

help for the i please

7:02 pm

and bingo, just saw it!

7:02 pm

what one does for an injury wildcat

7:02 pm

or pictures on your desktop

7:02 pm

frozen water

7:02 pm

or building blocks of atoms

7:03 pm

ty one more

7:03 pm

atoms with positive or negative charge

7:03 pm

last te5 please

7:03 pm

e.g. Na+

7:03 pm

dunno, i'm short one, lol

7:03 pm

short the same one lol

7:03 pm

last te5 is short, brief

7:04 pm

ty gremlinn

7:04 pm

gremm? which i are we both missing?

7:04 pm

other i - stick a vowel before plural of desktop pictures

7:04 pm

thanks!

7:04 pm

75 left, listing!

7:05 pm

ty

7:05 pm

missing one on upper O too

7:05 pm

woo hoo sparklers!

7:05 pm

nj seaspray!

7:05 pm

one O is paddles, another is an anagram

7:06 pm

yay seaspray!

7:06 pm

ty

7:06 pm

ty wildcat

7:06 pm

any clues needed?

7:07 pm

not at the moment, i'm liking this grid so far

7:08 pm

oh, wait...ct word???

7:09 pm

ct + vowel + robot ending

7:10 pm

thank you

7:10 pm

yw I need one more of everything .. sigh

7:11 pm

newbee question....what is meant by robot ending?

7:11 pm

and fishy too btw

7:12 pm

and****, human***, etc. data from star trek was an and****

7:12 pm

robot like "android" I believe

7:12 pm

but there are very many other words with that ending that have nothing to do with robots

7:12 pm

the ending really means "in the form of" or "similar to"

7:12 pm

fishy, means the word was as easy as finding the word "tuna", a fish. i believe that's where it evolved from.

7:13 pm

tyvm

7:13 pm

help with the two di7s please?

7:13 pm

one di7 is a religious organization

7:13 pm

another is dis + camp dwelling

7:13 pm

got it

7:14 pm

thanks!

7:14 pm

ty gremlin, needed the second one

7:16 pm

must...stop...entering...entone

7:17 pm

lol

7:21 pm

holy crap, i just monkeyed the ne6/30

7:22 pm

haha!

7:22 pm

ne + consonant + heavy weight, for any wondering

7:23 pm

not seeing the first di7, is that the religious organization?

7:24 pm

yep. the catholic di7

7:24 pm

ren ock

7:25 pm

ty feather, got it

7:25 pm

yw

7:26 pm

got any other interesting 7s gremm?

7:27 pm

sc 5/12 pls the third one after disfigure

7:27 pm

not getting the heavy wgt clue

7:27 pm

these bricks weigh a ***

7:27 pm

ty

7:28 pm

ra6/33 after the tennis equipment?

7:30 pm

feather it rhymes with the sound that hens make

7:30 pm

lol, thanks

7:30 pm

rhymes with the ha6/36 also

7:30 pm

yvw

7:31 pm

feather do you ever play Scramble?

7:31 pm

on FB?

7:31 pm

i have, but not my favorite for some reason. you ever play letterblox?

7:32 pm

letterblox is on omgpop.com

7:32 pm

no but will look into it. thanks

7:32 pm

want to try a turn of it with me? anyone else who wants to can as well, you don't have to register to join my game.

7:33 pm

2 minute games

7:33 pm

sure

7:34 pm

Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/5r0o_1t 5hp

7:35 pm

ok

7:38 pm

that was me

7:39 pm

peri, you getting in? gremlinn just kicked my ass!

7:41 pm

hey boob

7:41 pm

hi kje, brb

7:42 pm

gotta beat gremlinn now

7:43 pm

no yet, feather, later tonight or tomorrow

7:43 pm

fun game

7:43 pm

k, check it out later then!

7:44 pm

lol, sure, you keep stomping me! serves me right though, i'm used to being on your side of it

7:45 pm

today was my last day on wards! (until november)

7:45 pm

need to finish this grid first and I have 40 left

7:45 pm

is that a good thing kje?

7:45 pm

absolutely

7:46 pm

great!

7:47 pm

yay kje!!!! *throws confetti*

7:47 pm

weed, I had my team fill out their own evaluations and then gave feedback on the month and reviewed where i would rate them...

7:48 pm

Yay K!

7:48 pm

how'd the intern do

7:48 pm

hey tor

7:48 pm

scale of 1-9... weak intern rated self all 7-9, strong intern rated self 5-7...

7:48 pm

he lacks insight, i would say ; )

7:49 pm

Heh

7:50 pm

wow

7:50 pm

and holy crap, gremlinn is stomping me.

7:50 pm

anyone else want to join?

7:50 pm

Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/5r0o_1t 5hp

7:50 pm

you're keeping close

7:52 pm

i'm going to win ONE, i swear

7:55 pm

2nd te5 pls

7:55 pm

re7?

7:56 pm

when people replay historic events

7:56 pm

ty

7:56 pm

ty jj

7:56 pm

nm

7:57 pm

last re6 please

7:57 pm

nm

8:01 pm

getting tired of this grid and 22 left

8:01 pm

tr6/18 please

8:01 pm

10 s left

8:01 pm

tr6/18 is pl of tr5 before it

8:01 pm

57 :'(

8:02 pm

126 - stop yer whinin'!

8:02 pm

ok, i'm back

8:02 pm

and 35 left here!

8:02 pm

def wish i hadn't started as i am falling asleep

8:02 pm

cool game, featherbee

8:02 pm

I think it counted abbreviations as words

8:02 pm

like "cpt"

8:03 pm

sheesh! well, i'll definitely want to play you again, just so i can beat you once!

8:03 pm

si5/20 pls

8:03 pm

hehe, okay

8:03 pm

ahhh, maybe I should take a break if I can't even see plurals!!

8:03 pm

si5/20 = perverted person

8:04 pm

extends si4/9

8:04 pm

ty, gremlinn, I was sure I had type that one in already

8:04 pm

1st sa5/6

8:06 pm

the last re6/21 please?

8:07 pm

re + people call an in**** a bug

8:07 pm

sc7?

8:08 pm

plural of sc6

8:08 pm

which is a type of vehicle, minus one of its double vowels

8:08 pm

ah, ty

8:08 pm

ty

8:08 pm

1st sa5/6?

8:09 pm

sa + frozen water

8:09 pm

ty

8:09 pm

filling in blanks. need the last di5/14 and di7/32 please

8:10 pm

missing one of the sc5/12-6/21 combos

8:10 pm

di5, plural of filled in circles

son of dr1965 has arrived after several months

8:10 pm

dis + camp dwelling

8:10 pm

brb

8:10 pm

oh, congrats!

8:11 pm

hi megadude! heard you did great at your audition today - what were you trying out for?

hi all, diving in, weee!

8:11 pm

ty all vm!

high B.D.G.

8:13 pm

Hi everyone!

8:13 pm

hi dawg!

8:14 pm

hey lbd!

8:14 pm

bottom on4/4 please

8:14 pm

last 5, all s words

im dr1965's son, book doctor gwen

wazap mega??

8:14 pm

Hi dawg, did you get the hailstorm today?

oh, cool

not much

8:14 pm

hi feather, kje, jilly, Gwen, and Megadude

8:15 pm

no hailstorm here, jilly. got a nice down pour this morning tho

8:15 pm

Megadude, are you enjoying your summer?

8:16 pm

boob, if i give you my sign in, will you finish for me?

8:16 pm

lol, NO

8:16 pm

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

8:16 pm

only if i get to go back to being weed!

8:17 pm

deal!

8:17 pm

aw crap

8:17 pm

sars

8:17 pm

said

8:17 pm

aids

8:17 pm

oops

8:17 pm

uhm, kje try the other box

8:17 pm

lol, nice

8:18 pm

wish I didn't already have those..see, your punishment for trying to cheat!

8:18 pm

pretty sure that was FM's fault

8:18 pm

lol

8:18 pm

i have a 5/10 word that is driving me batty!

8:19 pm

short drive

8:19 pm

which one, feather?

8:19 pm

pbththth

batty??

8:19 pm

taking a break from it for a minute dawg, moving to my other singular/plural pair that i have left

8:19 pm

Megadude!! Welcome back to the grid. How has your summer been?

8:20 pm

hi bugs!

8:20 pm

well, break for supper...mmmm subway bacon-turkey-avocado...hubby is so sweet

8:20 pm

shacked is not a word???? shacked up???

8:20 pm

not that i would know about shacking up of course

i agree, i want points for shacked too!

8:21 pm

Hi lbd and kje and BDG etc...

8:21 pm

you're shacking up with that wild animal, kje

hita bugsaw

8:21 pm

oh but the sh9 has the same meaning...lol

hita = hiya (OY)

8:21 pm

no, it is shacking up with me!

8:21 pm

Just finished weeding the veggie garden and have to find 93 words now.

8:21 pm

wait, it was here first i think... crap, I am shacking up with it

I may not be good but i'm ona roll today

8:22 pm

it is a new low for me

8:22 pm

ok, down to that last 5/10.

8:22 pm

are you having fun, megadude?

8:22 pm

good stuff Megadude. Sometimes the big ones are easier

8:23 pm

go feather!

Gs all done, woo hoo

8:23 pm

ac7?

8:24 pm

high card + anagram of foot digits

8:24 pm

ty

ty dawg!

8:24 pm

great clue

by on a roll, i mean 17 words

8:25 pm

pineapple sorbet helps! lol

8:25 pm

ok. i cave. first se5/10?

8:25 pm

got it

8:26 pm

good, cuz i wasn't sure on how to clue it.

8:26 pm

lol, stupid word.

8:26 pm

1st ce 5/12?

8:26 pm

oh and that's fireworks

8:27 pm

whoooooo hoooooo featherboob!

8:27 pm

k, gotta run for a bit, a friend wants to try a skype experiment with me, lol. kje, will bbs to do scrabble.

8:27 pm

woohoo for weed

8:27 pm

ince***** and peppermint...

wtg feather !!! ~~~ !!!

8:27 pm

ty

8:28 pm

yw

8:29 pm

i may have to quit with 75 left... just too tired... may take a nap and see if i wake up int time

8:30 pm

you have 3 hours left to do the grid, so make it a short nap!

8:30 pm

will try... but sleep is sleep...

8:30 pm

b bye

8:30 pm

later, kje

8:33 pm

lbd I talked to Pini on Skype last night. We both voted that you should move closer to the coast so you could make our Babble meet.

8:34 pm

I wish I had wings! I would love to come out there and be with all of you. Unfortunately, this is not the summer for such frivality.

8:36 pm

Too true. Some summers are good for travelling and others are not. I am trying to talk my husband into driving accross Canada next summer for a big holiday. I want to stop off and visit Babblers along the way but I haven't mentioned that part of the dream yet.

8:36 pm

finally fireflies

8:36 pm

Well done wildcat

8:36 pm

whoooooo hoooooo wildcat!!

8:36 pm

Congratulations wildcat17 on fireworks!Good for you

wtg wildcat !!! ~~~ !!!

8:37 pm

Hello Minveryork

8:37 pm

hmmm, your hubz sounds like mine, doesn't really believe in my "imaginary" computer friends.

8:37 pm

Hi Min! welcome to the evening edition of babble! how are you tonight?

8:37 pm

if only they knew how supportive and friendly Babble people are.

8:38 pm

Hello Bugsaw! I return from watching Saturday Night Fever as I promised I would.Did you finish puzzle yet?

8:39 pm

he's learning, but slowly, he's met a couple friends from another board, and says they are nice, but isn't sure how i could trust total strangers!

8:39 pm

Hello lbdawger! How are you? Thanks for the welcome

8:39 pm

Hello again, Babble buddies.

8:39 pm

not yet Min. I had company drop in for a visit and then had to weed the entire veggie garden. I still have 71 left

8:39 pm

hi WScrabbler

8:39 pm

hi scrabs! i saw a black bunny on the way to work this morning. I almost stopped to pick him up. he looked so confused crossing the road.

8:40 pm

I had company drop in today too.My cousin came for an unexpected visit.He stayed for about hour today.

8:40 pm

Black? Is that common in Montana or is the bunny a stray domestic?

8:41 pm

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

8:41 pm

I had friends visit with their young daughters today. We had fun--at the pool for 2 hrs, then here for dinner.

8:41 pm

i think it's someone's escaped pet. at least i hope it is

8:41 pm

Oh, someone needs to catch it.

8:42 pm

although, unfortunately a lot of the "easter" bunnies are now not little cute bunnies any more, and people let them out to fend for themselves.

8:42 pm

is it a busy road lbd? Any chance someone else might have picked it up?

8:43 pm

That's how our family got our first bunny back in 1983.

8:43 pm

it depends on if it stayed on the grassy side of the street. that's residential, but if it tried to cross the other street...

8:45 pm

i didn't see it on my way home, so i'm hoping one of the locals caught it and now has a new pet.

8:47 pm

It is hard to pick up a bunny though

8:48 pm

Yes. As prey animals they are cautious + skittish.

8:49 pm

I would have tried to scare back towards the houses and hoped its ownder came out

8:49 pm

i would have tried, except i was going to be late for work. fortunately not a lot of traffic at that time, so can only hope for the best

8:50 pm

work can be such a pain can't it ?

8:50 pm

yup

8:51 pm

It gets in the way of life, yet that paycheck is so necessary.

8:51 pm

some days the cheque is the only benefit.

8:51 pm

I love being on holiday right now

8:51 pm

snack

8:51 pm

oh had a customer today who let her kid tear open a box of legos. she tried to hand it off to me, saying "oops, he got into this..." she had no intention of paying for it!

8:52 pm

Sorry, I'm hungry.

8:52 pm

How did you handle that without loosing your temper?

8:52 pm

Lack of responsibility is rampant + then parents teach their kids.

8:52 pm

I wonder what kind of values she thinks she is teaching her kid?

8:53 pm

my comment was, "well, we sure can't sell that now." she said "but I don't want it." I handed her over to the manager. he let her off the hook the weenie

8:53 pm

Most parents do not consider what values they are teaching their kids.

8:53 pm

At least I hope he told he not to come back

8:54 pm

told her, rather

8:54 pm

naos

8:54 pm

Aw, not again.

8:54 pm

3 minutes too late to help me Scrabbler

8:54 pm

it's a major pet peeve with me, how parents let their kids run amok in the store, they destroy a lot of merchandice, and leave a mess in the wake. i hate working the kids section

8:55 pm

In my experience as a pediatrician of 22 yrs, I estimate that only about 25% of parents focus on raising respectful + responsible kids.

8:55 pm

Do you work in a big one like WallMart? After Adam Walsh I am suprised that any parent would let their kid go off by himself

8:55 pm

but the highest stolen merchandice other than cd's are bibles!

8:56 pm

Those 25% of parents sustain me.

8:56 pm

Really, lbd?

8:56 pm

i work at borders bookstore.

8:56 pm

yeah, bibles of all things!

8:57 pm

You could be right, Scrabbler. I work in the schools and definately the polite kids are in the minority.

8:58 pm

I wonder why people would steal a bible? My mother stole one from church the first time she went because she thought she had paid for it by putting money in the collection dish.

8:58 pm

The trend is so worrisome. Most parents are spineless and are their kids' friend instead of being a teacher + leader.

8:58 pm

i blame it on Rosanne (Barr). her show really set the stage for mouthing off and not caring about how they were received

8:58 pm

My Granny was mortified.

8:58 pm

Top left E please?

8:59 pm

to build something you er*** it

8:59 pm

Hi all.

8:59 pm

ty lbd

8:59 pm

Well, wasn't that easy? TY

8:59 pm

but I could understand your mom's reasoning.

8:59 pm

hi wht

8:59 pm

Hi wht

8:59 pm

hi wht

8:59 pm

I am stewing on Roseanne b

8:59 pm

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

9:00 pm

This grid at least starts easier than some.

9:00 pm

I have 112 left and nbt in less than half an hour.

9:00 pm

Then it gets tough, wht. After passing halfway it gets tough.

9:00 pm

i remember my nieces trying to be mouthy to me, I turned and told them, This isn't Roseanne's house, you will not talk to any adult like that! they never did it again

9:01 pm

Good for you, lbd, having a spine + self-respect.

9:02 pm

I couldn't imagine my sister letting either of them talk to her like that, so what made them think I would? but if they don't try and someone doesn't cut them off...

9:03 pm

I fear for the future, based on the kids I see in the office daily.

9:04 pm

Oh i bet, scrabs. You see them well before Bugs or I do. don't you wish you had a magic pill for the parents to take and become PARENTS?

9:04 pm

And at 148/98 I have had enough of this grid. See you all tomorrow.

9:04 pm

Okay, I'm going to interject here, I am the High School youth ministry coordinator and I just don't see the mouthing off

9:04 pm

I have one or two out of 40+ teens

9:05 pm

Jilly, you're so lucky. But I think you work with a very special group of youths. They are already trained to be kind and compassionate. they are the 25% minority

9:05 pm

night night, Scrabs. good chatting with you.

9:06 pm

What I do see and am VERY concerned is that these teens today have schedules that would rival any adults...we don't allow them to be kids anymore

9:07 pm

OK, while I have the floor...lol..I need the last no4/5..

9:07 pm

i hear you there, Jilly. too many activities and not enough family time or personal down time.

9:07 pm

a little bite of something is called a no**

9:07 pm

brb

9:08 pm

ahh tyvm, and to continue, I thinkg in all this business kids and parents don't spend emough down time together to where the teens don't really feel their parents focus

9:11 pm

Greetings all. howaya?

9:11 pm

interesting topic of conversation tonight.

9:11 pm

hi minsk

9:12 pm

I am attempting to teach my kids to use please and thank you all the time.

9:12 pm

Ello!

9:13 pm

Whenever she says "I want X." I always say "that's nice. I want a million dollars and a Porsche." Then she'll remember and say "May I please have X please Mama?"

9:13 pm

It's kind of funny but it works. She is starting to use it more often.

9:14 pm

good for you minsk, what are their ages

9:14 pm

?

9:15 pm

Found that the ci5,14 is a fish. I thought it was a company that made computer networking equipment.

9:15 pm

Paige is 5 1/2 and Sydney is 2. Syd doesn't talk to much yet but Paige needs to learn her manners now.

9:15 pm

I may be blind, but I simply do not see the last on4/4 pelase?

9:15 pm

Hello Minski! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:16 pm

Hello Iam Ei2901!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

9:16 pm

on 4/4: I'm going on4/4 a bigger and brighter career

9:16 pm

Jill, it's from the bottom O

9:17 pm

Jilly, you will catch on4 it soon.

9:17 pm

Well Minsk I applaud you!! My kids were raised that way

9:17 pm

Oh minv, I knew it was right under my no4/4!!

9:18 pm

gotta go, thunder overhead. see you all tomorrow

9:19 pm

the other thing kids miss out on today is regular meals with their families!!

9:19 pm

by dawg, nothing down here

9:19 pm

hello all

9:19 pm

We do a family dinner almost every night. It is a nice thing.

9:20 pm

back again? good to see you!

9:20 pm

Night lbd

9:21 pm

My sister's dh is away a lot so she feeds the kids and then eats later herself very often. Her kids have horrible table manners (not eating manners but how they act at the table) and you can't take them to a restaurant. They are horrible when you eat out.

9:21 pm

it is 4.20 am here... haven't slept yet, but wrote a letter to my father. A rather confrontational letter. Must wind down a bit before I can sleep, lol... it is getting light outside already!

9:21 pm

Keep it up minsk, let 'em be kids. Our di7/36 director feels parents should stand up to coaches etc and say "no that's not a good time for practice..it's our dinner hour"

9:21 pm

HUGS to you Sprite.

9:21 pm

oh what a shame :( It is so nice if you can take your kids everywhere and be proud of them.

9:22 pm

oh sprite, I'm sorry, parents can be tough. My mom puts me thru the ringer...and she's 90!!

9:22 pm

thanks Minski and Jilly :)

9:23 pm

clue for the ct7, please.

9:24 pm

I have complex PTSS because of my childhood. After 11 years of no contact at all my father wrote me a letter. We have been corresponding by letters now for about 18 months. It is... interesting.

9:24 pm

C + numeral + robot ending, wht

9:24 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I'll see you tomorrow in the chog!

9:24 pm

Hello sprite! How are you? Welcome back to the chog

9:24 pm

Enable pulls another word from the nether regions of it's bag of words.

9:25 pm

ty sprite

9:25 pm

thanks Minver :) Am a bit shaky and hyper, but very satisfied with the letter.

9:25 pm

lol wht, isn't it great to learn such words?

9:26 pm

Sounds like it wasn't a good letter, so good luck with the outcome. I hope you get what you need from him

9:26 pm

it means comblike or pectinate; rough-edged, or having rough-edged scales. Until Babble I did not even know words starting CT existed.

9:26 pm

I can't wait to use that in conversation.

Hello

9:26 pm

Hi herin

9:26 pm

hey lady :)

Lovessssssss Hi WHT and Min

9:27 pm

"Not sure what you have there on your back, the skin looks... strange, really strange... it looks ct7. You are fully human, aren't you?"

9:27 pm

Hello herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to grid!

9:28 pm

hello

Thank you for your welcome Min

9:28 pm

Minver, I love you. Your greetings and goodbyes are marvelous.

9:28 pm

hi herin, how is your dad?

Thank you for asking. He is very very bored. I got a laugh out of him when I said ''at least you don't have mum nagging'' and ''even the hospital staff don't want to be there all the time''

9:30 pm

hehehe good job, lady

9:31 pm

humor, the best medicine

9:31 pm

Now, why can i not find the re4/5?

I have to go pay bills when I would rather buy an ipod 160g

9:32 pm

haha

9:32 pm

it rhymes with short for several periods of 1/60 of a minute.

9:32 pm

Thanks sprite! I do like to be cheery & positive most of the time. However,husband would beg to differ on that.Hubby thinks I'm moody,but I think he is moody.

9:33 pm

maybe we call eachother moody when the other person is in another mood than we?

9:33 pm

re4/5 is like re 4/9 plus end with different letter Jilly

9:33 pm

again right under my no4/4

9:34 pm

yeah, hiding in full view. That is babble: not being able to see the words for the letters.

9:34 pm

Oh,that's a good way of looking at it. Never thought of it that way. I will have to tell my husband that one

9:34 pm

:D

9:34 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

9:35 pm

jmc! Welcome home, darling! Are you busted and close to dead?

9:35 pm

JMC! ;)

JM> Happy Birthday

9:35 pm

Sprite, don't forget you don't have to write to your father just because he wants to make contact. You are an adult and don't need to revisit places you don't want to. blessings

9:35 pm

hi all!

9:35 pm

JMC ! Happy birthday and welcome home!

9:35 pm

and Pini too !

9:36 pm

ty ty ty all i have gotten lots of birthday wishes today

9:36 pm

aw Bugsaw, thank you so much. That is true. I do want to write though, because it gives me the chance to say things I never dared to say. They are not the letters he wants to get. But apparently he prefers them over no letters at all. Which may be a good sign :)

9:36 pm

happy birthday too :)

9:36 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JMC!!!

9:37 pm

Hello jmcnrick! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

9:37 pm

Happy BD jmc, i have missed you on the grid!

9:37 pm

ty une!

9:37 pm

hiya Une :)

9:37 pm

Hi jmc. Welcome home and Happy Birthday.

9:37 pm

Then I applaud your courage sprite.

9:37 pm

Happy Birthday jmcnrick & welcome back to the U.S.

9:37 pm

Hello Pinikula!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

9:37 pm

hey, sprite :-)

9:37 pm

i have a beer with supper (steak and corn with shallots and tomatoe and a green saad

Hi Bug.

Hi Une

9:37 pm

thank you Bugsaw. xx

9:37 pm

hi min ;)

9:38 pm

well ywo beers

9:38 pm

howdy, herin ;-)

9:38 pm

jmc, Habari za safari?

9:38 pm

hi Pini!

They are talking about a fish that breaths through its butt. I say people I know talk through theirs why can't sea snakes

9:38 pm

Hello Uneaixoise!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

9:38 pm

sounds good to me, jmc. Eat, and then sleep?

9:38 pm

Hey herin

9:38 pm

lol lady

9:38 pm

hi, min :-)

Hi Pini have I missed anyone?

9:40 pm

jmc, I know that redturtlehead had a great ic4 for you too. And no doubt so have jillibus and flosey.

9:40 pm

jmcnrick,you came here just in time to see my ic4/5 for you. I was just about to change it for tomorrow.

9:43 pm

--test--

9:44 pm

ok, no frozen chat, just people into ic5 and profiles and grid. :D

9:44 pm

s

sigh I have to go and get these billls paid and I don't wanna

Hi Beth

9:44 pm

hi everyone!

9:44 pm

poor lady. Think of how relieved you will be when you have paid them.

9:44 pm

hi bethn :)

9:44 pm

hi bethn

Sprite it is getting silly

9:45 pm

go pay the silly billy

9:46 pm

sprite, you can put that energy to helping me find my last 41 words!

9:47 pm

oh speaking of which, I promised myself some books after writing the letter. Some book advice from babble land even.

9:47 pm

I have them all, Jilly, so call when you need me ;)

Books? Sprite?

9:49 pm

some of them are really dumb four letter ones...like mosquitoes they are driving me nuts

9:49 pm

okay, here goes

9:49 pm

last t04/5

9:50 pm

to + do not **oot the messenger

9:50 pm

Hello bethn! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

9:50 pm

sorry for the clumsy clue, brain is slowing down, lol

9:51 pm

yes lady, books. Reading is one of my favo things in the world.

9:51 pm

That to 4/5 word rhymes with the no 4/5 word Jillyjill

9:51 pm

perfect clue there sprite!! at least for me!

I meant you writting or reading?

9:51 pm

hi minver! just back from upstate ny for my mm's 80th birthday

9:52 pm

I am now checking for plurals b4 I request more...lol

9:52 pm

Where in upstate NY bethn?I sorta live in upstate NY

9:53 pm

oh reading right now, but also writing. Slowly getting back into the habit :)

9:53 pm

my mom lives in latham ny, suburb of albany

9:53 pm

gratz bethn

9:53 pm

I believe Albany is about two hours north of me bethn

9:54 pm

hehehe Jilly, always a good thing. Plurals. Singulars. Past tenses. Person(s) who. I do the same thing, checking my list to see what I missed.

9:54 pm

ty sprite, we lost my dad last summer, so it is a rough time for her

9:54 pm

where are you min, i live in morris co nj now

9:54 pm

Did you take the Taconic up to Albany or thruway.

9:55 pm

I live in Dutchess.I am 20 minutes from Poughkeepsie

9:55 pm

it must be a consolation for her to have you with her on her birthday. Days like that are even tougher than normal days.

9:56 pm

thruway, we get off on 787, and her house is 15 minutes from there. it takes us 2 1/2 - 3 hours

9:57 pm

my sister lives next door to her sprite, and her nieces and nephews and grandchildren were there today to celebrate with her. she is very frail

9:57 pm

Albany must be closer than 2 hours from me if it only takes you 2 1/2 hrs bethn. I never really goto Albany

Beth it is good that you got to visit and sorry to read about your dad

9:58 pm

thanks herin, it was a very bad year last year.

9:59 pm

albany co was a great place to grow up, 1 hr from lake george, 1/2 hr from saratoga enough shopping and culture to make it fun but not as crowded as nyc

9:59 pm

My Father grew up in Herkimer, NY and his family is from the Poughkeepsie area. I've been there. Nice but kind of a quiet area.

10:00 pm

herkimer is further west than albany, i doon't think i've ever been

10:00 pm

Minski, if you are ever in Poughkeepsie let me know. I would so LOVE to meet another babbler some day.

10:01 pm

Wouldn't that be great,two Mins meeting eachother?

10:01 pm

Min Min would be plus plus

10:01 pm

LOL sprite!

10:02 pm

Unfortunately both of my Grandparents have passed on so we are almost never in that area these days. Dad is not sentimental about his hometown. He got out as quickly as he possibly could and doesn't regret it one bit. Boston is his adopted hometown.

10:02 pm

i dont think dutchess is that far from me min, we should meet halfway some time

10:02 pm

I know I am going to kick myself, maybe I'm tired, but I can't see te4/4 (2nd one) and te5/10 help please

10:02 pm

it would be cool to meet up sometime though.

10:03 pm

a kind of shirt

10:03 pm

people who are very stressed out are TE5/10

10:03 pm

A te 4/4 is more than one number after nine. te5/10 adds a vowel to the te 4/4 word Jillyjill.

10:03 pm

got that one, the last one please

10:03 pm

te4/4 10 and 10

10:04 pm

oh lord, how did i miss that!

10:04 pm

business writing is very TE5/10. short and to the point.

10:04 pm

same but change last consonant

10:05 pm

te + **rse (animal with mane and tail)

10:05 pm

ty for those :)

10:05 pm

oops

10:05 pm

bethn, I'd LOVE to meet halfway sometime. So where do you think about halfway is?Don't know New Jersey

10:05 pm

I meant to type te + ho***

10:05 pm

tee hee

10:07 pm

lolllll I love that one

10:07 pm

good night all

10:07 pm

i am an hour from newburgh, about 45 min from suffern are either of them close to you

10:07 pm

hi seain :)

10:08 pm

falling asleep on keyboard.

10:08 pm

ttgn

10:08 pm

Babble blindness has struck me. Clure for the last ca5,12 please

10:08 pm

Or a clue would be nice as well.

10:08 pm

Goodbye Minski! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

10:08 pm

night min

10:09 pm

ca5 -- like Italian for song, but different last cons consonant

10:09 pm

g'night minski

10:09 pm

a tin + like this

10:09 pm

wht add a vowel to ca4/5

10:09 pm

That ca 5/20 word is a ca 4/5 word plus a vowel wht.

10:09 pm

ty dcs, Jilly and sprite

10:10 pm

yvw

10:10 pm

i'm glad i'm old enough to remember st5 pads

10:10 pm

yikes just fell asleep

10:10 pm

makes the grid a tad easier that knowledge

10:10 pm

my turn again: re8/70

10:11 pm

i dead-re8 the path, and we got there quickly

10:11 pm

Newburg is really close to me, maybe a half an hour?

10:11 pm

thank you all for all th ebirthday wishes

10:11 pm

or past of i re6 i'll fix it later.

10:11 pm

still a bit jet-lagged, eh, jmc?

10:11 pm

i think i i may be dc

10:12 pm

Suffern's a little further away from me;about an hour

10:12 pm

gotta run - i am beth nilan

10:12 pm

lol jmc, keyboard imprint in your cheek now?

10:12 pm

on facebook

10:12 pm

be well, bethn

10:12 pm

hi bethan nice to meet you

10:12 pm

Goodbye bethn! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

10:12 pm

what is closer than suffern for you?

10:12 pm

no sprite fortunately i was lyinf in bed

10:13 pm

re8: past tense, calculated, reasoned out

10:13 pm

which re6 dc?

10:13 pm

good, jmc :) Finish food and go to sleep, lol.

10:13 pm

think i may turn of the light and go to wleep

10:13 pm

bye bethn :)

10:13 pm

re 4.9, 6.26, 6.33, 8.70, in that order

10:13 pm

Newburg is a lot closer to me than Suffern is bethn.

10:13 pm

nite all

10:14 pm

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

Night beth.

I am going too loves

10:14 pm

night jmc!!!

10:14 pm

bye lady, *hugs*

10:14 pm

night herin

10:14 pm

bye all

10:14 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

10:14 pm

sleep well jmc! And enjoy your own bed. *hugs*

10:14 pm

Goodbye herinfernallady! I'll see you tomorrow in log!

10:15 pm

Clue for the 3'rd di5,14 please. The one after slang for a detective.

10:15 pm

Night jmc

10:15 pm

di + camp bed

10:15 pm

ty Pini

10:16 pm

yvw ;)

10:16 pm

16 left. At this rate it means I will ask for 16 more clues.

10:16 pm

I have another 56 to go...feel lucky!

10:17 pm

di + terra ***ta

10:18 pm

I am going to sign off too, but I leave you with story of clues in my profile if needed. Goodnight everybody

10:18 pm

night min ;)

10:18 pm

bye Minver, great story again :)

10:18 pm

Thanks sprite!

10:18 pm

ne6,30 please

10:19 pm

clue for di7/36 pls?

10:19 pm

the first sa4/5 please

10:19 pm

I've gotten all the big words, can't see the little ones

10:19 pm

di7/36 = church grouping

10:20 pm

sa4/5 (1st) = pl alt spelling of sa4/9

10:20 pm

don't have the ne6/30...yet

10:20 pm

baglike structures

10:21 pm

and ne6/30: the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents. Ends in a weight.

10:21 pm

ha5,12?

10:21 pm

1st sa5, pls?

10:21 pm

don't have it yet

10:21 pm

ha5l und Gretel

10:21 pm

brother of gretel, loose last letter

10:21 pm

thx dc

10:22 pm

ty dcs and sprite

10:22 pm

sa + frozen water

10:22 pm

thx sprite (ne6)

10:22 pm

re8/70?

10:22 pm

yvw

10:22 pm

hello cave dwellers

10:22 pm

ty, sprite

10:22 pm

re8: past tense, calculated, reasoned out

10:23 pm

hi Riverdance

10:23 pm

yo river ;)

10:23 pm

Hi RD

10:23 pm

ty for di7/36

10:23 pm

greetings, river

10:23 pm

just got home from picking up son at girlfriends - phew... now need to find my last 4 words

10:24 pm

young puppy love.....wow

10:24 pm

hmmm, thinking sprite

10:24 pm

oy vey...got it

10:24 pm

* thumping self in forehead *

10:24 pm

ty Sprite

10:24 pm

ain't it fun, river! :)

10:24 pm

clue for 1st en5

10:25 pm

yvw

10:25 pm

pini - use a redne** accent and say I think but use re****** then make it past tense

10:25 pm

en + play on stage

10:25 pm

en + role play

10:25 pm

that was the one, river! :)

10:25 pm

10 left

10:25 pm

47 more here...

10:25 pm

go wht, gooo

10:26 pm

yup, I was late as ususal - lol

10:26 pm

tyvm...was trying eno combos

10:27 pm

Heyas kids ..

10:27 pm

hiya torgone *hugs* that is a lonnnng time ago!

10:27 pm

hi, torgone

10:27 pm

you good, or you well?

10:27 pm

hi tor

10:27 pm

hello torgone

10:27 pm

hi tor

10:28 pm

di7/32 (last one)

10:28 pm

got it!

10:28 pm

di + consonant + canvas building

10:28 pm

d's done

10:28 pm

thx sprite ;)

10:29 pm

good job

10:29 pm

I made teriyaki chicken AND replaced the water pump in my car in the last couple hours .. I think I can relax now ..

10:29 pm

ed's?

10:29 pm

wow sprite you are up late

10:29 pm

di + cons + camping house?

10:29 pm

so you have been good, anyway. How about well?

10:29 pm

by royal ed5

10:29 pm

di= the word for disagreeing minus one s

10:29 pm

oh oops, add another consonant

10:29 pm

hi ruru, I know. Finally was ready to write my father another letter... couldn't sleep before or after. But am satisfied with result :)

10:30 pm

hi everyone

10:30 pm

what about sprite?

10:30 pm

hi, ruru

10:30 pm

hey there mr. DC

10:30 pm

hi ruru

10:30 pm

ths dc (ed's)

10:31 pm

hi river..

10:31 pm

mostly about confronting him with his responsibility for what happened in the past.

10:31 pm

ths?

10:31 pm

oh.. good to clear the decks about stuff like that sprite

10:31 pm

well done, sprite, hard as i know it was

10:31 pm

ooops... * thx

10:32 pm

yes :) Thank you ruru and seain.

10:32 pm

I did that with my dad too..

10:32 pm

3'rd sc5,12 please. Between the wound marks and the offspring

10:32 pm

It was very freeing

10:32 pm

wealthy people wht

10:33 pm

like a part of a movie but change the last vowel

10:33 pm

sc5: like the drugs sc***e but change last vowel.

10:33 pm

ru, would it work for multiple family members?

10:33 pm

yeah...I told off quite a few in my day

10:33 pm

hi ruru

10:34 pm

yes Pini. But it takes a lot out of you as well :)

10:34 pm

ty rd and sprite

10:34 pm

4 left now.

10:34 pm

hello ardilla... I read your story yesterday in your icon.. very alarming and sad

10:34 pm

I'd like to do that myself...but have to wait awhile (could put certain things in jeopardy)

10:34 pm

git'r dun, wht

10:34 pm

clue for ne6/30 please

10:34 pm

Pini, only do it when YOU feel you are ready for it. I think that is very important.

10:35 pm

you can do that when you have grandchildren pini.. too much to lose.

10:35 pm

sa5/10 the second one after mental stability?

10:35 pm

ne6 = ne + plan**** (sea related)

10:35 pm

ne6: the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents. Ends in a weight.

10:35 pm

I already have grandchildren, ru! :)

10:35 pm

that's what I mean pini

10:36 pm

sa5/10 x2, plural mental stability and more mental stability

10:36 pm

oh, Sprite, book rec: Anathem by Neal Stephenson.

10:36 pm

incase you wanted to tell your kids something

10:36 pm

thx sprite ;)

10:36 pm

*writing it down right away* Thanks seain

10:36 pm

ahh, wrong plural tried!

10:37 pm

I ordered the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo.. last week, should arrive soon. Can't wait to read it.

10:37 pm

sh6,36 for fireworks, please

10:37 pm

add vowel to the radio sh5

10:37 pm

that is the sh5/22 with a vowel

10:37 pm

69 to go

10:37 pm

Hello...

10:37 pm

add a vowell to the small run down house

10:38 pm

ruru, I read all three of them and they are very much worth it.

10:38 pm

hello jellen

10:38 pm

hey Jellen *hugs*. How is it now?

10:38 pm

ruru, my mom speaks very highly of those books

10:38 pm

ty ruru and dcs and all the cluers

10:38 pm

I read about them and they sound fascinating

10:38 pm

Fireworks

10:38 pm

I just bought Girl with a Dragon Tattoo as well...

10:38 pm

yayyy wht, gratz! Good job!

10:38 pm

Wahoo for wht!!!

10:38 pm

congrats, wht

10:39 pm

woot wht

10:40 pm

UVA Wahoos :)

10:40 pm

seain, I like your Scherenschnitte.

10:41 pm

thank you, sprite :)

10:41 pm

Hello friends!

10:41 pm

Sprite and ardilla on again?

10:41 pm

hi, stid

10:41 pm

looks like a very painful tattoo ardilla

10:41 pm

Hi, stid!

10:42 pm

you look like the brady bunch stid

10:42 pm

congrats wht

10:42 pm

hey stiddie

10:42 pm

Btw, on my phone, so not going to do words. *sigh*

10:42 pm

yep, trying to finish...60 left

10:42 pm

Waiting for tom to exit computer store.

10:42 pm

Go ardilla go!

10:42 pm

How are you doing tonight jellen?

10:43 pm

*fireworks*

10:43 pm

congrats, river

10:43 pm

wtg river ;)

10:43 pm

Yay for River!!!

10:43 pm

YEAH River and WHT

10:43 pm

Not sure if brady bunch is complementary... does it make me old that I understand the reference?

10:44 pm

thanks - time for bed - pumpkin hour - good night everyone

10:44 pm

Yay river!!!

10:44 pm

night river ;)

10:44 pm

not in my opinion, stid

10:44 pm

Sweet dreams river

10:44 pm

makes whipped cream for pumpkin pie

10:44 pm

Okay...just got back from buying clothes for Tim...water retention...

10:44 pm

Thanks seain, such a gentleman!

10:44 pm

May I please have a clue for se5-10 the 1st? Thanks

10:45 pm

sure it is stid.. all american family.. so wholesome looking

10:45 pm

se + 2000 lbs

10:45 pm

:-D thanks ruru!

10:45 pm

s

10:45 pm

se5 madonna... a song. Means without in italian

10:46 pm

thx ;)

10:46 pm

sleep well River

10:46 pm

Remedial clue for sh 6/36, please?

10:46 pm

add vowel to sh5

10:47 pm

add a vowel to the radio sh5

10:47 pm

sh5/22 + vowel

10:47 pm

Good clues... wish I could take advantage of them!

10:47 pm

2nd sn5/20?

10:47 pm

sn5/20 rhymes with a slap from a whip

10:47 pm

I've been trying to add a vowel...can't figure out how...

10:47 pm

how about sh8/70

10:48 pm

s + area below your chin pini

10:48 pm

the person who sh7s

10:48 pm

thx for the sn5

10:48 pm

Jilly, someone who puts you into prison irons

10:48 pm

one who applies 2nd sh8.70, which are to be thrown off to be free

10:48 pm

people into kinky sex toys jellen

10:48 pm

(like my answer the best)

10:49 pm

lol ruru

10:49 pm

re5.12 before the Virginia Re4?

10:49 pm

re + not pro

10:49 pm

I'm lost...

10:50 pm

most of upright + a vowell

10:50 pm

tyvm all

10:50 pm

ty, ruru

10:50 pm

lost? *gives jellen a map*

10:50 pm

bottom left corner, Jellen

10:51 pm

<<---- took a nap today and feeling feisty

10:51 pm

Oh...thanks, sprite! Ruru's comment really threw me!

10:51 pm

lol I can imagine ;)

10:52 pm

Spritely, how are you feeling these days?

10:52 pm

I FINALLY have some time to myself! 44 words down; 202 left. Grandson asleep; my own kids aren't around; somehow I still doubt if I'll finish tonight

10:52 pm

first ce5/12?

10:52 pm

enjoy the quiet tho, nef!

10:52 pm

stiddie, I will write you an email, ok? *hugs*

10:52 pm

Go nef go!

10:52 pm

dollars and ce5

10:53 pm

add a in to it and you have the stinky hippie stuff pini

10:53 pm

Okay sprite - use gmail, ok?

10:53 pm

stuff that you burn for a nice odour, ince***

10:53 pm

danke ;)

10:53 pm

inc**** burner

10:53 pm

will do, stiddie

10:53 pm

Stinky hippy stuff... not soap then.

10:54 pm

mdl co5/12?

10:54 pm

sometimes in the hippy time it was necessary because of lack of soap

10:54 pm

co + game, *** and match

10:54 pm

clue for ra5/12 after tennis equip pls?

10:55 pm

ra + not pro

10:55 pm

just curious...what is the general consensus here regarding patchouli oil??

10:55 pm

ugh

10:55 pm

i love patchouli, esp the taitian stuff

10:55 pm

the most awful smelling stuff there is

10:56 pm

:-\ where I live and go to school soap is still rare apparently

10:56 pm

er, tahitian stuff

10:56 pm

i like it a lot but my daughter agrees with ruru

10:56 pm

(agreed, ru)

10:56 pm

Patchouli is nice, but not over b.o.!

10:56 pm

i prefer sandlewood

10:56 pm

it depends very much on the quality and odour.

10:57 pm

one convention i was at, a team wearing surgical scrubs went around handing out bars of ivory soap wrapped with instructions in how to use it in the shower.

10:57 pm

I would think in small doses it MIGHT be ok...but I know someone who I think bathes in it and you can still smell the person hours after they leave...thus my distain

10:57 pm

sandlewood is nice, and amber

10:57 pm

40 left

10:57 pm

Bonsoir chere une! I found a livre about medievale cuisine for ma mere today!

10:57 pm

how cool, stid!

10:57 pm

nope not true pini

10:57 pm

nagchampa incense too

10:58 pm

I was trying, ru...(although I wasn't even swallowing the idea)

10:58 pm

Yes, and I can understand some of the recipes too! But will let her translate for me just in case.

10:58 pm

clue for last ra5 pls?

10:58 pm

:-D

10:58 pm

I like nag champa

10:58 pm

one and more than one greek temple today, i see

10:58 pm

O short of a masked bandit (animal)

10:58 pm

I think of my mom when I smell sandlewood :-)

10:58 pm

nm

10:58 pm

i like nag champa to

10:59 pm

or an indian garb is the other

10:59 pm

I think of nag when I think of my mom too

11:00 pm

so do I. Nag nag nag

11:00 pm

the commputer store closes in 2 mins.... *taps tired mama foot impatiently*

11:00 pm

Okay, again probably easy, both se5/10's and se6/18 please

11:01 pm

of course Tom never had to wait for you when you were shoppnig right stid?

11:01 pm

se + weight, and plural

11:01 pm

Phone about to give up on me. Back tomorrow, friends. (((Hugs))). *poof*

11:01 pm

and se5 madonna, a song. Means without in Italian.

11:01 pm

bye stiddie, *hugs* and I will email you.

11:01 pm

bye stid

11:01 pm

last ra5?

11:02 pm

night stid!

11:02 pm

ra + joint of your leg k***

11:02 pm

Indian queen

11:02 pm

g'night stid

11:02 pm

danke ;)

11:02 pm

i hate re's

11:03 pm

bitte :-)

11:03 pm

2nd ra6 (related to the previous?)

11:03 pm

you mean like depak Chopra une?

11:03 pm

very few again re's for a grid this size, ardilla

11:03 pm

plural

11:03 pm

har har har

11:03 pm

yes, plural of former

11:04 pm

evening all on the east coast

11:04 pm

* thinking *

11:04 pm

hi weiik, early dawn in the netherlands. Good evening to you!

11:04 pm

ty sprite

11:04 pm

greetings from the Southeast

11:04 pm

greetings from Grapeville

11:05 pm

hi sprit unea ruru

11:05 pm

sorry, 2nd ra6 is what you use for tennis to hit a ball with

11:05 pm

Greetings for the South Central US...

11:05 pm

hi jell, how is the swelling??

11:05 pm

Nat'l Capital Region reppin' here!

11:05 pm

yeah.. well not all the time sprite..

11:05 pm

sorry...wasn't specific enough...2nd ra6/33

11:05 pm

Swell, weiik! It goes on...

11:06 pm

hi dc ... going out on the town tonite?

11:06 pm

30 left

11:06 pm

ra 6 rhymes with front line football player next to guard

11:06 pm

good for him,

11:06 pm

nope, lounging in my robe, babbling and chatting on the phone

11:07 pm

hands DC a pipe

11:07 pm

ok, 2nd ra6/33 rhymes with when a dog puts its hair up and growls = puts his ha****s up.

11:07 pm

great, ru...do I look like a big football fan???

11:07 pm

ty, ruru

11:07 pm

pausing here between job search, just got home ... you can tell how much I want to start reading those long ads now

11:07 pm

thx sprite :)

11:07 pm

now I get it, ru!

11:07 pm

Pini, I hope you like dogs, lol

11:08 pm

*pini is a closet football fan*

11:08 pm

never played closet football

11:08 pm

I have one, sprite!

11:08 pm

hard to throw in there

11:08 pm

hehehe good, then the clue worked

11:08 pm

plus the hangers get in the way

11:09 pm

me either, sprite...I think ru's the real closet footballer ;)

11:09 pm

I know you, ruru... hands all the time!

11:09 pm

and the ra5 and 6 after that?

11:09 pm

sc 5/12, the third?

11:09 pm

ra + not pro, and plural

11:09 pm

rocky ra5

11:09 pm

lived in his room..

11:09 pm

thx sprite and ru

11:10 pm

like a part of a movie, sc**e, but change last vowel

11:10 pm

sc + ***ble is our dictionary

11:10 pm

okay REALLY stumped with all the run of si's having to to with illness?? have the base word, the movie, getting ill, but can't see si6/33 or si7/49??

11:10 pm

ooo good clue!

11:10 pm

Thanks, sprite and Pini

11:10 pm

i think I need to eat something...bye all.. HUGS jellen I wish it were easier for Tim.

11:11 pm

try to cut the hay on the land, Jilly

11:11 pm

firewords

11:11 pm

ahh got it and plural

11:11 pm

and now off to fold/hang laundry

11:11 pm

stuck on illness as you see

11:11 pm

YEAAAAA DC..well done

11:11 pm

woot dc

11:11 pm

wtg seain!

11:11 pm

sn7/52?

11:12 pm

bb dc thanks for all your help

11:12 pm

thanks and happy babbling, yall! {poof}

11:12 pm

yay, seain!

11:12 pm

can't the laundry just get time in prison dc?

11:12 pm

ate out of the fridge, Une

11:12 pm

bye Seain! *hugs*

11:12 pm

tx sprite!

11:12 pm

Late congrats for dc!!!

11:12 pm

yvw :)

11:12 pm

Jillyjill - scythe

11:12 pm

re5 and 6 before fishing rod?

11:13 pm

most of upright + a vowell pini

11:13 pm

bye

11:13 pm

standing up = standing ere** + vowel, and plural

11:13 pm

by ruru

11:13 pm

you leaving, ru?

11:14 pm

you leaving, ruru?

11:14 pm

thx ;)

11:14 pm

next to last si4/5?

11:14 pm

re7 further down?

11:14 pm

si4 = sounds like number after 5

11:14 pm

ill people, Jilly, but drop 4th letter

11:14 pm

ouch, I am tired!

11:15 pm

re7 = play out on the stage again

11:15 pm

re 7/32?

11:15 pm

thx sprite ;)

11:15 pm

en5/12 . . . again

11:15 pm

Thanks, sprite

11:15 pm

yvw

11:16 pm

last re 6 and 5

11:16 pm

got the 5

11:16 pm

not getting the clue for the first st5/10, can someone redo it?

11:17 pm

re5: what you do when your alarm clock has been without electricity

11:17 pm

secretary's pade

11:17 pm

* pad

11:17 pm

s + t*** what you go camping in

11:17 pm

st5: short writing for secretaries

11:18 pm

got that one, sprite...the re6 before it?

11:18 pm

re + bug = in****

11:18 pm

thx ;)

11:18 pm

12 to go

11:19 pm

ty sprite, (((hugs)) I am almost done, have never completed one this long.....thanks for all your patience

11:19 pm

am enjoying myself, no worries :)

11:19 pm

1 to go here and it's a FOUR! :(

11:19 pm

lol Pini, they can be the hardest to find, sometimes

11:20 pm

only a few more, but I can't see 'em first, 5/20

11:20 pm

* sparklers *

11:20 pm

yayyyy Pini, gratz

11:20 pm

oh pini i soooo know what you mean

11:20 pm

congrats!!

11:20 pm

yeah pini

11:20 pm

Jilly, 5/20 of what?

11:20 pm

which 5/20, Jilly?

11:20 pm

9...

11:21 pm

git'r dun, ardi

11:21 pm

7

11:21 pm

if it is so5/20, it is the foot wear + vowel

11:21 pm

go ardilla goooo

11:21 pm

di7/36?

11:21 pm

di7 = church grouping

11:22 pm

di7/36 is what a bisshop rules over

11:22 pm

SA5/20 oops

11:22 pm

or what sprite said

11:22 pm

thanks!!

11:23 pm

no sa5/20

11:23 pm

whoops again it was so5.20, there's only one

11:23 pm

lol Jilly, as I sa4: the foot wear + vowel

11:23 pm

there is no sa5/20

11:23 pm

di7/32? (yes, i'm very tired LOL)

11:23 pm

clue for sn5/10 pls

11:24 pm

sn5/10 = glare at someone

11:24 pm

menacing look, ardilla

11:24 pm

unpleasant smile or glare, ardilla

11:24 pm

ha 6/21, please

11:24 pm

di + consonant + canvas building, Une

11:24 pm

nm, found the di7

11:24 pm

gretel's partner

11:24 pm

but tx anyway sprite :-)

11:24 pm

*rubbing eyes* *screen blurring*....must go on....

11:24 pm

5

11:24 pm

brother of gretel, Jellen

11:25 pm

Thanks, Pini and sprite!

11:25 pm

lol Une

11:26 pm

2

11:26 pm

a 4 and a 5...grrr

11:27 pm

okay, need 3 sn words to fw: sn5/12, last sn5/20 and sn6/18

11:27 pm

so5/10 after so5/20?

11:27 pm

er 5/12?

11:27 pm

sn5/20 = change vowel of first sn5/20

11:27 pm

sn5/12 rhymes with a slap with a whip, L***

11:27 pm

1

11:27 pm

to build, jellen

11:27 pm

Go ardilla!

11:28 pm

sn5/12 = rhymes with car cr*** (accident)

11:28 pm

Thanks, Une!

11:28 pm

er5 = build?

11:28 pm

so10: sound location system for submarines

11:28 pm

er5 = straight up

11:28 pm

must have typed it wrong when I was trying, clues for others?

11:28 pm

tx sprite

11:28 pm

done

11:29 pm

er5 can be a verb or adjective

11:29 pm

wtg ardilla

11:29 pm

Thanks Pini and sprite

11:29 pm

congrats, ardilla!

11:29 pm

gratz ardilla!

11:29 pm

Yay ardilla!!!

11:29 pm

last word was re5/10...what the grid will do in 31 min

11:29 pm

thx...time for shower and food

11:30 pm

sn6/18 = 3rd person singl for word before, the unpleasant smile or glare

11:30 pm

the irony is not lost on me :)

11:30 pm

bye ardilla, enjoy!

11:30 pm

Bye, ardilla

11:31 pm

brb

11:31 pm

di 5/14?

11:31 pm

di + terra ***ta

11:32 pm

which one?

11:32 pm

Thanks, sprite...that's the one I needed!

11:32 pm

thought it might be :)

11:32 pm

3 left...

11:33 pm

I will wait for your fireworks!

11:33 pm

FW...I earned this one, biggest so far...but couldn't have done it w/o lots of help TY TY TY

11:34 pm

Yay, Jilly!!!!

11:34 pm

yayyyy Jilly, well done!

11:34 pm

ca 5/12, the last?

11:34 pm

i have so 5 sound system for subs but what is the so 10????? two words?

11:35 pm

ca5: tin + this way, like this

11:35 pm

Thanks, sprite

11:35 pm

there is no so 10, don't worry

11:36 pm

!!!Fireworks!!!

11:36 pm

yesssss wtg Jellen!

11:36 pm

ty

11:37 pm

yay, jellen!!

11:37 pm

sa6/21?

11:37 pm

nm!!

11:37 pm

dwindling fast here, haven't slept all night, think I am going to take Terra for a walk. Nap in the afternoon, early to bed tonight. :) Bye all, thanks for the wonderful company.

11:38 pm

bye, sprite, and tx for the help :-)

11:38 pm

*hugs*

11:38 pm

Bye sprite and thanks! (((hugs)))

11:39 pm

clue for the c on far right bottom of grid? 3 worrds and missing all. didndt do lickety yet.

11:39 pm

clue for the 9 p,lease? ty.

11:40 pm

ci 5/14 = San Franci***

11:40 pm

ty. got two from it.

11:40 pm

got all 3. ty jellen.

11:41 pm

did you get the 9?

11:41 pm

didnt get the 9 yet.

11:41 pm

Add a two-letter plural for a third, mkg

11:41 pm

whew, firewords at last! Tx for all the help and I'm off to take pups out for final pee before sleep *poof*

11:41 pm

person who puts chains on prisoners

11:41 pm

plural

11:41 pm

Wahoo for Une!!!

11:42 pm

wtg une, this was a fun puzzle in hindsight!

11:42 pm

jilly what does the 9 begin with? first two letters please.

11:42 pm

just wish I'd worked from the bottom up

11:42 pm

sh

11:42 pm

sh 9

11:43 pm

ty got it anhd the 8

11:43 pm

Going to curl up with a book now...Happy Babbling!

11:43 pm

well time for slleeep.

11:44 pm

ty all cluers. got 137 and that is more than half way.

11:44 pm

night jellen, mkg

11:56 pm

last two re's [lease?

11:56 pm

sn5/12?

11:58 pm

re+ se5 and what you do to a clock for DST

11:58 pm

sn + whatsleft after a fire

11:58 pm

thanks hoot

11:58 pm

four left

11:58 pm

yw

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