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259 total words

12:00 am

flip1!!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

ack. 259.

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

and 116 of them are four-letter words.

12:00 am

Another big one. Yea!

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:01 am

woo hoo

12:01 am

hello

12:02 am

Hello, MLFAN

Clues are up

12:02 am

Hi, mlf

12:02 am

CA 6

12:02 am

Thanks Lickety

12:02 am

everyone be careful of that CA 6 o r you will end up in PB

12:02 am

Hi Jellen

12:02 am

hello zooz

12:03 am

GA6

12:03 am

hi all

12:03 am

Hello, Daykat

12:03 am

Hi, daykat

12:03 am

hi, late flip

12:03 am

SE 6

12:03 am

Hello, Flosey

12:04 am

un8

12:04 am

hi zooz

12:04 am

zooz how you doing?

12:04 am

hoot would that be UN 6/8?

12:04 am

nbt

12:04 am

Hi, flosey

12:04 am

Hi Jellen:) howw YOU doing?

12:04 am

hi Jellen

12:05 am

Not bad thanks Kat.

12:05 am

yep

12:05 am

thanks i got them too

12:05 am

I'm a little blue at the moment, but okay...

12:05 am

got both, thanks Hoot & FAN

12:05 am

UN 8 x 2

12:06 am

yw zooz

12:06 am

good to hear zooz - isnt it the small wee hours where you are

12:06 am

ST 7

12:06 am

jellen {{{}}}

12:06 am

yw

12:06 am

yes..have not been to bed yet...to humid

12:07 am

Hey .. Old Town Wichita is a jumping place .. If you're TWENTY ..

12:07 am

well, time for bed, niters and happy babbling!

12:08 am

SU 7

12:08 am

Bye Jilly

12:08 am

Think I'll curl up with a cat for a bit...Happy Babbling, all...

12:08 am

Hello Tor

12:08 am

G'night, Jilly

12:08 am

Bye Jellen, take care

12:08 am

zooz...did you get my email?

12:08 am

Heya zooz!

12:08 am

nite Jilly,

12:08 am

cats arre always soothing Jellen

12:09 am

sweet dreams jilly

12:09 am

another un8

12:09 am

i did, will send you one later today :-)

12:09 am

YAY Lickety...

12:09 am

ga7/8

12:09 am

x3 hoot?

12:09 am

Okay...*poof*

12:09 am

yep - just got 3rd

12:10 am

and I am going to head to bed. *yawn* those babbler-types plum wear me out! LOL

12:10 am

Niters Jell

12:10 am

SN 7

12:10 am

or SN 5/7

12:10 am

yoke

12:10 am

nuts!

12:11 am

thanks for the GA 7/8

12:11 am

thanks hoot

12:11 am

yw

12:11 am

and dont forget the plural

12:11 am

found a CL8

12:12 am

(((hugs all))) *poof*

12:12 am

Bye Stid

12:12 am

CL6

12:13 am

i almost went into the , PB

12:13 am

okay i got GE 7/8

12:14 am

got SN7

12:15 am

7/32 zooz?

12:15 am

i found one earlier

12:15 am

yep

12:15 am

oh..sorry

12:16 am

zooz no problem zooz just checkingto see if its x 2 or not lol

12:17 am

can someone give me the stats for the N on the 2ND column please?

12:17 am

ne5/14

12:18 am

hello grem and thanks

12:19 am

ty grem

12:19 am

YE 6

12:19 am

hello flosey

12:20 am

got LA 7

12:21 am

LA 6

12:21 am

hi mlf

12:21 am

le7

12:22 am

thanks Babs1 :-)

12:23 am

babs is it something we should know?

12:24 am

Is it too early for clues? I just need the top row N for nbt.

12:24 am

LA 6

12:25 am

i cant find that either still

12:25 am

if you mean the word MLFAN then yes

12:25 am

PB FOR ME OOOPS

12:25 am

thanks zooz

12:25 am

le7 is quite common

12:27 am

ne 5/14 is a nickname for a girl named Helen or what you might say to a horse with whoa ne***

12:27 am

GI6

12:27 am

and hello everyone been deep in the grid

12:27 am

thank you

12:27 am

Thanks west. My friend just named her baby that name. Reminds me of Little House on the Prairie. lol

12:27 am

hello west

12:28 am

oh how cute hope she doesn't grow up to be like that one lol

12:28 am

Hello, West

12:28 am

have the word, west, but have never known it to be used that way

12:28 am

hi ML

12:28 am

Me too!

12:28 am

te

12:28 am

hi flosey which the name or the horse?

12:28 am

sorry

12:28 am

helen

12:28 am

it is very old fashioned

12:28 am

NBT. Off to my book and bed.

12:29 am

bye hpb happy reading

12:29 am

hi zooz how are you doing?

12:29 am

it was my Grandmother's name but that' s the only way I ever heard her called

12:29 am

okay 173 left i am out poof

12:29 am

according to the dictionary its an Aussie slang word for cheap wine! certainly never heard that:)

12:30 am

I drink a lot of aussie wine

12:30 am

Bye hpb & MLFAN

12:30 am

bye ML good job

12:30 am

me too westford:)

12:31 am

it's good, isn't it day?

12:31 am

tough grid today

12:31 am

oh oh if grem thinks it's tough...

12:31 am

THE best is the South west MArgaret River wine - grows not far from where I am - have you ever tried that? (Good to know Aussie wine is drunk in the US)

12:31 am

hola mi amigas

12:32 am

and -gos

12:32 am

hola kje

12:32 am

hi kj

12:32 am

haven't tried that yet but I will

12:32 am

Hello, Kje

12:32 am

we like Yellow Tail

12:33 am

fireworks

12:33 am

Marg River white is V good westford

12:33 am

wtg grem, - so much for it being tough!!

12:33 am

Yay grem !! not that hard lol

12:33 am

speaking of trying things, I made the cook's illustrated tiramisu for a dinner party tonight - HUGE hit

12:33 am

WTG Gremlinn

12:33 am

that is soo fast.

12:34 am

very nice kje

12:34 am

love that stuff

12:34 am

here is the link if interested

12:34 am

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipe s/detail.asp?docid=11472

12:34 am

the Cs and the Gs were tough

12:34 am

oh west, I love that

12:35 am

never seen anyone do the grid so fast..amazing

12:35 am

thanks kj, will check it out later

12:36 am

thanks kje just bookmarked it looks beautiful

12:37 am

did you host the dinner party?

12:37 am

oh look, koolllaid is in the grid

12:37 am

later everyone, happy babbling

12:37 am

Bye Daykat..happy voting :-)

12:38 am

bye kat will def try that wine if we can get it here

12:57 am

ok 156 more to find..taking a break..will be back later..happy babbling all.

12:58 am

see you later zooz

1:00 am

kje is up late

hi all

1:02 am

hi dee

hi ru!

1:02 am

stilt

1:02 am

crap

lol ty ru... didn't have that...

1:09 am

well done ru

1:22 am

* tripping into room *

1:22 am

Hi all...

hi pini!

1:23 am

tripping?

1:23 am

how 60's pini

1:23 am

oh yeah...well...

1:24 am

Not sure, ru...I was a little young or out of it back then ;)

1:24 am

I was out of it back then too..

1:25 am

hi Pini

hi flosey!

1:25 am

hi Dee

1:26 am

I was barely born, ru!

1:26 am

hiya flosey! (missin' ya!)

1:26 am

ah, sure would love to have been with the gang

1:26 am

everyone is barely born

1:26 am

there's still time! :)

1:27 am

I meant "back then" ru! :)

1:28 am

not this time Pini

1:31 am

back again hello all newcome-ins

hi west!

1:32 am

hi dee !!

1:33 am

help please with the e above the k

1:33 am

halfway finally

fast ru wtg!

1:35 am

I know, flosey...but you're still missed!!!

1:35 am

thanks Pini, thinking of you all

1:36 am

en + aunt in spanish westie

1:36 am

en5/22 & en5/10

1:36 am

ty ruru and jess I got it just as I asked

1:36 am

thanks ru

1:36 am

oh and nbt

1:37 am

I hope ruby gets here both her names are in the grid..more or less

wtg

1:38 am

ok, 60 to go, but I'm off to bed, goodnight all

1:38 am

be back in the morning

1:38 am

night flosey! :)

1:38 am

outstanding flosey !!

1:39 am

tyty poof

1:39 am

ruru our oldest granddaughter is in your neck of the woods

1:39 am

flew out to SF on Wed

1:39 am

really ..? where

1:40 am

not sure she's going to visit friends she went to school with

1:41 am

sonoma?

1:42 am

ex roomie lives in Marin County

1:42 am

that's pretty close to me

1:42 am

do you know the Russian River Brewery?

1:43 am

just got sil a bike jersey from there

1:43 am

Dorens is out here too.. today

1:43 am

I saw that she was heading that way

1:44 am

I set her up for lunch reservations she couldn't get

anyone have the 1st ca 8?

1:45 am

ca + leafy area in wood + second vowel

1:45 am

that's great ru are you going to join her?

1:46 am

hi rose !!

1:46 am

yes.. we are having lunch on friday

1:46 am

hey westy, dee, ruru

1:46 am

HI granny.. how are you?

1:47 am

oops, that was ca7, plural for the ca8

ty granny ... howdy granny

found it, nonetheless... :~)

1:47 am

more good days than bad, ruru. actually feeling COLD.

1:48 am

winter is there now?

1:49 am

yes, ruru...was alluding to the fact that i am not runnung a fever most days now.

1:49 am

oh.. that's good.

1:49 am

oh rose have you been ill?

1:51 am

westy, have an infection in the bones in my facial sinuses. only found out that was the reason for my fever about 3 weeks ago.

1:51 am

that's terrible glad you found out what was causing it

1:51 am

was hot, hot, hot for about 12 weeks before the Dr found out.

1:52 am

that must be so painful

1:53 am

kept getting funny lo5 whenever i went out, as i was wearing summer clothes and all around me were wearing snow-gear

1:53 am

oh.. fell asleep at the desk. goodnight all..

1:53 am

night ru

1:53 am

sweet dreams ruru

1:53 am

nite ruru, sleep well

1:54 am

sorry to hear about your illness, granny; glad to hear you know what it's from and are taking care of it.

1:54 am

hey pini

1:54 am

hiya west

1:55 am

that's a very nice cake

1:55 am

pini, it's nice to be me again. and hello from dfown under

1:56 am

;) hello from our PNW babble meet

1:56 am

rose is your foot all better now?

1:57 am

yes, westy, back at 10 hour shifts, and loving it

1:58 am

that's good don't let anything else get you

1:59 am

21

2:02 am

* testing *

2:02 am

good job jmc !!

2:03 am

lol i am not really paying attention

2:03 am

hi west

2:03 am

hey jmc

2:04 am

hi granny

2:04 am

are you away? it's late for DC

2:04 am

i am in washington state with pini jillibus bugsaw and stiddie

2:04 am

well stiddie went home and threst of us are in a hotel

2:04 am

oh you lucky duck

2:04 am

it is the washington to washington meet up

2:05 am

but we be havin' fun!!!!

2:05 am

west come down to the phillie meet up

2:06 am

I can't but thanks for asking

2:06 am

we should get one going in this area

2:06 am

when is philly?

2:10 am

fireworks

2:10 am

some time in oct i think -- it should be on DCsean's profile

2:10 am

whoo hoo anike

2:10 am

Yay anike !!

2:11 am

set up a new england meet up and I will come!

2:11 am

Can I help anyone before I go?

2:11 am

that's a thought trif would be the one to set it up she's so organized

2:12 am

Grannyrose - do you go to the Island for Historic nationals?

2:12 am

thanks anike too many still to find

gotta get going... falling asleep here...

have a great day / eve!

*poof*

2:12 am

happy dreams dee

2:13 am

jmc is your son happy in his new place?

2:14 am

Well, I had better get going. Happy babbling everone.

2:14 am

hi and bye everyone -- bedtime here with the four of us in one room, hoho

2:14 am

bye anike

2:15 am

hi jilli you keep those rascals quiet

2:17 am

We're going to be berry berry quiet...cuz we're goin' to sleep@@@

2:18 am

shhh and nitey nite

2:18 am

@ = !

2:18 am

nighty night....cy'all tmw!!!! :)

good morning all how many words today please

3:02 am

259 and hi sandra

thanks. have a long way to go

3:03 am

hello sandra and sandy I thought I was the last person on earth

3:04 am

So many words and not an r in sight!

3:04 am

lol west, I have been working at this, when I start chatting , I never do anything

3:04 am

hi mitch

3:04 am

we've had 3 biggies in a row

3:04 am

hi FM

3:05 am

mitch, what is that animal

3:05 am

Hi sandy and westie and sandra.

3:05 am

It is a babble word - the Tenrec from Madagascar

3:06 am

amazing looking creature

why is gilet not in the dictionary???? it is a piece of clothing!!!!

3:07 am

where do you wear it?

3:07 am

the tenrec looks like an unkempt anteater

it is another name for a sleeveless jerkin

3:07 am

here gillete is a brand of razor

3:07 am

here too

3:07 am

LOL westie, it is a punk hedgehog.

same here in England

3:08 am

much better description FM lol

3:09 am

we must learn to accept the foibles of Enable.

3:09 am

Gilet is a French word - it's a bit random as to what French words are deemed to have been assimilated into English. Gite isn't accepted either, and yet it's much used in England. And good morning/evening all.

3:09 am

hi Haz

3:09 am

Good morning Haz!

3:10 am

hello haz just heard today about your misfortune hope you are mending well

3:10 am

Hello! Nice sunny day here.

3:10 am

ugh..day #4 for this cold..morning all;)

not here in essex

3:10 am

Hello westford, I'm feeling well.

where are you?

3:11 am

happy to hear that haz

3:11 am

Hmmpfh, it is raining here and the forecast is for more tomorrow which is a shame as there is an Italian food market in the village.

3:11 am

What misfortune Haz, (gallbladder?)

3:11 am

sorry about your cold crossy is it keeping you up?

3:11 am

Yes, sandy, gone and not missed.

3:11 am

I thought I was alone here

3:11 am

it is indeed westford...sniffle....

3:12 am

Morning ((crossy)), passes tissues and a mug of tea.

3:12 am

You will only feel much better in the long run

3:12 am

stay away from milk products

3:13 am

evening Crossy, passes wine

3:13 am

lol sandy..it is 4:15 am here

3:14 am

that means it's still night time and wine o'clock (passes more wine)

3:14 am

i think i shall have some of fms fine tea instead;

3:15 am

LOL Mulled wine may suit you better

3:15 am

Nothing like steamy hot mulled wine for a cold

3:15 am

morning everyone

3:15 am

hi Katie

3:15 am

never was a wine fan..give me something in a tall shot glass and 240 proof;)

3:15 am

hi katie

3:16 am

Good morning, Katie.

3:16 am

Put some in a thermos flask and leave it in the PB sandy, crossy can have some later :) Morning Katie.

3:16 am

howdy katie

3:17 am

I always think mulled wine tastes vaguely medicinal at the best of times.

3:17 am

i love it, we used to have it before a hunt, it was gorgeous with

3:17 am

I love mulled wine in the winter and have just discovered sangria for the summer, although it does have strong competition from pimms

3:18 am

the hounds and the horns in the morning la

3:18 am

l alalaal

3:18 am

su7=an old way of telling time

3:18 am

thanks for that crossy

3:19 am

LOL me'thinks sandy is in her cups :)

3:19 am

we have a su7 in the garden but have just moved it and the weather has been so rubbish we haven't been able to set the time on it yet

3:19 am

no I keep pressing the wrong key

3:20 am

I didn't know they had to be set

3:20 am

*grin*

3:20 am

I feel strangely irresponsible as I have just dropped husband off at the airport

3:20 am

yep but you need a key element to do it which is sadly lacking in the midlands at the moment

3:21 am

I have never seen a real sundial

3:21 am

you just left him there or is he going somewhere?

3:21 am

off to the pb sandy

3:21 am

he has gone away for a while to work

3:21 am

ahhhhhhh and i was trying to be so careful not to say it!!

3:21 am

whoops, now to get that flask of wine

3:22 am

oh sorry sandy but you'll have time to brush up on your goodwife duties

3:22 am

sorry, I told you I was feeling irresponsible

3:22 am

Of course West, I am reading the manual now

3:22 am

lol, so the party is at sandy's house then!

3:22 am

we can quiz you if you like

3:23 am

kk,ill bring some newfie screech

3:23 am

that would be good west, I'm thinking I need all the help I can get

3:23 am

Everyone on the plane!! Babble get together here!

3:24 am

wouldn't that be super?

3:24 am

I would love that! Someone better come and stay as soon as our house is built

3:25 am

we have people coming for the weekend and are going on holiday on thurday (with nothing packed yet because of the visitors) and with everything to do I am sitting playing babble, I really need to read the manual lol

3:25 am

mmm,a 16 hour plane trip....i would need a surgeon when i got off the pplane..nm,i would need a surgeon to get off the plane lol

3:25 am

sandy plane better leave 1/2 hour earlier than planned - southern tip of Africa is a long drive

3:26 am

katie where are you going?

3:26 am

Have you got a canoe Ursh? you could always row

3:26 am

Stalis in Crete

3:26 am

Hi ursh.

3:26 am

Katie you wouldn't be you if you weren't on a knife edge lol

3:26 am

Hi Ursh

3:26 am

oh how nice !! don't pack buy stuff when you get there

3:27 am

hello all

3:27 am

hi ursh

clue for the top O please

3:27 am

Lol Norma too true. I'm also coming down with a cold so may kill Bry before we board the plane! How is your Bry doing?

3:28 am

jivingjenny ol4/4

3:28 am

I have a spanish pot

3:28 am

He is fine thanks, I think he realises it is a kindness she has had no quality of life for a couple of years now

3:28 am

well give him our love

3:29 am

Will do ... thanks

Thanks Ursh, any chance of a clue for the e in the 2nd or 3rd column for nbt, please

3:30 am

good morning

3:30 am

morning ruby

3:30 am

hi ruby

any clue for th ol 4/4 please

3:30 am

el5/12 - e plus what sailors shout when they see a coastline **** ahoy!

3:30 am

have you found yourself twice in the grid?

3:30 am

eg4.7 english for "I say!"

3:30 am

bonjour Rubles

3:30 am

3rd col e is what the newspaper boss does and pl

3:31 am

Hello everyone

3:31 am

hi lynxx

3:31 am

en + the firmament

3:31 am

Hello, peeples

3:31 am

thanks lynxxx great clue

3:31 am

Hello lynxxx, ruby, BabbleRabble.

3:31 am

hi lyn and bab

3:31 am

hi ruby and brabble

3:31 am

Hi BabRab!

3:32 am

thanks all for the clues

3:32 am

and hi lynxx

3:32 am

Hi lynxxx, ruby and BR!

3:32 am

thanks Haz that is the name of the office building CLG are based in in London

3:32 am

morning FM

3:32 am

ol4/4 - o plus the beginning of the description of Pisa's tower.

3:32 am

leaving your husband at the airport sounds like a great idea!!!

thanks haz

3:32 am

good morning ruby

3:32 am

or he can leave me there and I'll catch the next plane to the aussie meet-up!

3:32 am

And it's a animal, as well, Katie, a big antelope type.

3:33 am

crossy, what are you doing on here at this hour?

3:33 am

You're welcome, sandrafrances.

3:33 am

cold woke me up

3:33 am

how do i play dis

3:33 am

PC is playing up so will reboot and go do errands in the village. Back in a little while.

3:33 am

cold inside or cold outside

3:33 am

en + old television show: *** king and penny flying around in the firmament

3:33 am

hi and bye fm!

Thanks everyone. A lot of you seem to be going on holiday, so have a wonderful time. It is a miserable morning here (Oxfordshire) with heavy rain forecast - not holday weather!

3:34 am

That's your punishment for creating chaos in babble yesterday, crossy. (The cold, I mean) Do you have Kleenex Balsam tissues in Canada?

3:34 am

that means you have to go on holiday jenny!

3:34 am

If so, buy them!

3:34 am

slidiva - start by ready help - will give you good idea

3:35 am

I used to love that show it was on Friday night and I was allowed to eat my fish and chips in front of the tv

3:35 am

there cant possibly be 25 c words

3:35 am

hello ursh

3:35 am

hello west

any clue for the british on the en show please

3:35 am

hello haz

3:35 am

so decadent West

3:35 am

hello sandy

3:36 am

how is that flask coming along?

3:36 am

lynxx, didn't see you, hi

3:36 am

it was lyn lol

3:36 am

it's the same here jenny (staffordshire) the BBQ has been cancelled and I am cooking a winter menu of chicken wings (sweet chilli, regge regge and peri peri) chilli, baked potatoes, garlic bread and salad, banoffee pie, birthday cake and cheese board. No work there then¬!

I wish I could Ruby, but have already been away twice this year and will probably go away again in October when it will be really wet and cold but as I am doing family history I shan't mind the weather!!

3:36 am

en plus Patrick Moore's programme, the *** at night.

3:36 am

i the "perfect wife" contest still on with Sandy's husband away?

3:37 am

The contest is continual assessment.

3:37 am

The aussies have it in the bag, ruby

3:37 am

I think Katie just won Perfect Wife for the Day

3:37 am

crossy gets ready to fly over to katies for dins

3:37 am

see see Jenny goes on holiday as much as me!!!!!!

3:37 am

hi Sandy

3:37 am

hmmmm maybe she did

3:37 am

Guilty conscience, Katie, guilty conscience.

3:37 am

wow, katie! I wish I had half your ambition (or energy)!

3:37 am

still on here rather than making the garlic bread!

3:38 am

No-one holidays as much as Katie

3:38 am

have you voted Lynxx? and who do you think will win? I think it is anyone's guess

3:38 am

if i came home to a meal like that,i would want to know what was up lol

3:38 am

ruby - sometimes the ambition outstrips the energy

I know just what you mean Katie, we plan a big bbq on Sept 5th with about 20 people & I know it will rain, but we do have two living rooms and a covered outside area so will still cook outside.

3:38 am

lmao crossy.

3:38 am

Polls closed over here now Sandy, seems like a close one

3:39 am

Daughter Nicky does not want to vote , cant get her to go

3:39 am

we only have 3 people coming so there will be 5 of us in total I have bought wayyyy to much food but will be freezing down so when we get back from holiday it will be a defrost and nuke option

3:39 am

katie is the bbq turned winter meal for a special occasion?

3:40 am

I think katie said "birthday cake@

3:41 am

today is our son's birthday he's 39

I must confess I buy the frozen gateaux and husband does the actual cooking, but everyone will disappear when it gets to clearing up time!!

3:41 am

it's a friends birthday. They have two children under 4 and have arranged for them to stay with the Gparents (I think for the first time) so we want it to be special for her.

3:41 am

Happy birthday Son of West

3:41 am

he is the same age as my eldest

3:41 am

"Happy birthday to West's son"

3:41 am

Oh hope he has a good birthday West

3:41 am

Happy Birthday to Katie's friend!

3:41 am

thanks I will pass on your good wishes

3:41 am

Okay, I'll have to disappear to get ready to go shopping. Husband is coming to push the trolley and lug the shopping around for me. See you later!

3:42 am

his wife got him the new iphone

3:42 am

Bye Haz

3:42 am

He's going to love that! Bye Haz

3:42 am

Bye!

3:42 am

happy groceries haz

3:42 am

Haz, I hope he will have irrational bursts of trolley rage as well otherwise it's not a proper shopping trip

3:42 am

what a great present west

3:42 am

lynxx, first I thought you were talking about "perfect wife etc", then I remembered that it's an important (and close) election in Australia

3:43 am

bye haz

3:43 am

he's really excited about it we got him a gift card for apps

Must go now and wash kitchen floor while everyone is out and it can dry without footmarks.

3:44 am

even better west! I love mine, one of the best presents I've every had

3:44 am

Boys and their toys. Happy birthday to your boy West

3:44 am

we do not have trolly rage here,we have checkout line rage as we watch the cashiers fingers blur over the keypad and to contents of the wallet vanuish is the speed of light

3:44 am

vanish

3:44 am

don't work so hard jenny

3:44 am

*gasp* jenny makes a clear dash to the top of the perfect wife list by mopping a kitchen floor

3:44 am

lol crossy

3:45 am

I'm soaking the stove drip pans does that count?

3:45 am

teal

3:45 am

I had so much stuff yesterday that I could hardly get it back in the trolley it came to £168 I was lucky to remain upright when she said it

3:46 am

Oh yes west that most certainly counts

3:46 am

have that one ruby,another please lol

3:46 am

sorry! what's in the PB? more coffee, I hope

3:46 am

I actually didn't have it lol

3:47 am

ruby did you see what I said when you came in? both your names are in the grid (sort of )

3:47 am

omg katie,thats like$250.00 of food here

3:47 am

Nicky is being incredibly grumpy and has gone to vote-

3:47 am

I saw the nickname and tried it with a secondl

3:48 am

good for her ( the voting not the grumping)

3:48 am

alt spelling rub

3:48 am

there was three weeks of catfood for 4 cats, three crates of beer and six bottles of wine and well as a mossie killer for holdiay but yes it was very very expensive

3:48 am

ruby*

3:48 am

wonder what the fine is nowadays Sandy?

3:48 am

oh yes, saw the second one too! Didn't see you when I first came in, West, nice

3:49 am

She will get fined $80 if she doesn't vote, its compulsory here and guess who will have to pay the fine?

3:49 am

well I've done my civic duty and voted

3:49 am

voting is a must.remember,only by voting do you have a right to bitch about who is currently holding office

3:49 am

I dislike children at the moment

3:49 am

wow that is reverse democracy

3:49 am

Nicky! - not you!

3:50 am

any ideas for something weird and disgusting?: one of the window boxes has, for two days in a row, been filled, inside and out, on impatiens leaves etc, with 100's of flies. Then they go away in the afternoon. I looked for a dead anything, and couldn't find it. They are absolutely still and it's like something out fo a horror movie

3:50 am

but a good method

3:50 am

iw ould agree to a voting law here.i mean as it stands we can barely get over 65%

3:50 am

hi sandy, lynxxx westford, crossy

3:50 am

anyone else I've missed

3:50 am

we keep having discussions over here about making it compulsory, however I think it's sad they need to make it so. We were always taught that people had died to get us the right to vote and felt it was our moral duty, I was really annoyed that I couldn't vote in the last elections

3:50 am

hi day

3:50 am

hello daykat

3:51 am

Hi day

3:51 am

hi Daykat

3:51 am

Sounds like a variation of the 'The Birds" Ruby

3:51 am

it is creepy

3:51 am

it's really creepy

3:51 am

Hi Day

3:51 am

Ruby - I would spray with a Surface Insect spray - over the leaves too

3:51 am

Hitchkock comes to rural France....

3:51 am

yech ruby

3:52 am

and I love impatiens

3:52 am

Oh X Factor starts tonight yeahhhhhhhh

3:52 am

better get your spiders on the job

3:53 am

the other window box, with the same impatients and same dirt, is magnificent -- covered with flowers, no flies....

3:53 am

The Fly - Jeff Goldlum (sigh)

3:53 am

Ther is a movie called The Fly

3:53 am

I'll never open that window again!

3:54 am

Dont conduct scientific experiments on your husband at the moment Ruby

3:54 am

"This is the story of a scientist who gradually turns into six-foot fly. Well, Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist, wants to impress his love interest, Veronica Quaife, a journalist. Brundle, who has finished inventing a teleport machine, tries the machine for the first time. When he turns it on, a fly flies in. The result is horribly amazing. He finds that he has certain characteristics of the fly. Later on, he realizes that he is about to be a fly"

3:54 am

Ruby perhaps you have a whole gaggle of suitors on your window box!

3:55 am

I was always afraid to watch that movie, kat, now I'm itching from head to toe and have goose bumps

3:55 am

tiny little suitors lol

3:55 am

I havent seen it either - I still cant see two crows sitting on a fence without going all cold and clammy!!

3:56 am

won't the french eat them?

3:56 am

the best time, then you have use a fly swatter! lol

3:56 am

thank you Alfred; I feel that way when I take a shower!

3:56 am

I could use one of those machines then I'd visit everyone

3:56 am

the alarms upstairs are about to go off. If I was a perfect wife I would go and turn them off and wake him up gently, however I'm not so will just snigger down here as he scrabbles around trying to turn them off

3:56 am

LOL

3:56 am

meant the best size!!

3:57 am

Ruby DO NOT watch it until your issue with the window box has cleared u

3:57 am

Watch it Ruby!

3:57 am

does it have a happy ending?

3:58 am

Sadly it does not Ruby

3:58 am

I have issues with corn fields after readiing The Stand by Steven King when I was 15 lol

3:58 am

He turns into a fly and gets caught in a spider web

3:58 am

hahah

3:58 am

I need a big spider -- very big

3:59 am

one of the characters was from Ogunquit where we are now

3:59 am

doesn't he eat his own arm at one point? (back on the Fly now)

3:59 am

that's funny, katie

3:59 am

Cant remember it clearly Katie

3:59 am

eeew

3:59 am

It was very realistic, based on a true story

3:59 am

lol

4:00 am

uh oh! stomping around upstairs and it's not the flies! See you later {{everybody}}

4:00 am

bye ruby happy swatting

4:00 am

At least I feel cheered up after dealing with grumpy Nicky

4:00 am

right I'm off to get the food sorted. The alarms have started going off lol - see you all later

4:01 am

have a wonderful time katie the food sounds delicious

4:01 am

Eldest daughter is on her way over to stay the night, at least she is not grumpy

4:01 am

maybe her sister will cheer her up

4:02 am

bye Katie

4:02 am

I have just made the yummiest chicken soup

4:02 am

I still can't make it taste like my mother's

4:02 am

yay, husband is watering the flies FROM THE OUTSIDE!

4:02 am

but won't that make them grow?

4:02 am

I love chicken soup and make it just like my beloved mother used to

4:03 am

obviously is not impressed with all the suitors ruby!!

4:03 am

I think they'd be less disgusting if they were bigger

4:03 am

this choicken soup has chook and leeks and garlic and carrot and celery and herbs and ...and...

4:03 am

u

4:03 am

don't want the suitors to grow!

4:03 am

hello marigold

4:04 am

They have excellent eyes Ruby, and can observe from many directions

4:04 am

it sounds scrumptious day

4:04 am

"Honey I unshrunk the suitors"

4:04 am

I can never cook things to taste as good as my mothers

4:04 am

I have no trouble - my mother, bless her, was a dreadful cook

4:05 am

Be afraid Ruby, be very afraid

4:05 am

let's talk about soup! I still have the willies!

4:05 am

you are cruel, sandy!!!

4:05 am

I make a really yummy pumpkin soup too Rubes

4:05 am

*sending sandy some flies via fedex*

4:05 am

waiter, what's that fly doing in my soup? the backstroke

4:06 am

sh, sir, if the other diners hear you they will want one

4:06 am

My mum is still a great cook and has a sit down xmas meal with all the trimmings for a bout 20 people every year (she is 83) we try to help but she is very stubborn

4:06 am

I used to make pumpkin soup, but could only do it with frozen pumpkin. Fresh pumpkin came out all watery

4:06 am

that's lovely about your mum, sandy. I won't send her any flied!!

4:06 am

I love to cook a cauliflower and stilton soup, it is delicious

4:07 am

flies*

4:07 am

cauliflower and stilton - sounds DEEVINE!!

4:07 am

it does

4:08 am

I make a pretty mean onion soup

4:08 am

do you cook the onions for hours?

4:08 am

Minestrone - full of goodies - beans and pasta and 101 veges

4:08 am

it has no recipe just have to taste it as you go along until it is perfect (easy for perfect wives)

4:08 am

I just had some cauliflower and leek soup I made yesterday, not bad, served with sour cream

4:08 am

not hours just until they go limp

4:09 am

this is wonderful; you are making me hungry (sort of) which is a good thing because I am usually not

4:09 am

That sounds good Lynxx

4:09 am

do they caramelize?

4:09 am

they do

4:09 am

I had a French boyfriend (years ago) who made onion soup and made a huge deal out of caramelizing the onions -- very slowly...

4:09 am

Perfect Wives can whip up a three course gourmet meal when the fridge is empty - thats really where the story of the loaves and fishes came from

4:10 am

you australians!!!!!

4:10 am

who me? *innocent look*

4:10 am

Seats Won ALP 46 L/NP 46 - can't get much closer!

4:11 am

ooh lynxxx WA ppolls havent even closed yet

4:11 am

now 47/47

4:11 am

is it on TV already?

4:11 am

you guys! you are just behind the time/s

4:12 am

I'm watching ABC

4:12 am

is it usually so even?

4:13 am

not for 30 years apparently West

4:13 am

who do you have for ties then?

4:13 am

omgoodness - how close is this

4:13 am

if it isn't a clear win, will they have to form a coalition government?

4:14 am

the conservatives are already a coalition

4:14 am

sorry West, not sure what that expression means

4:14 am

if there is a hung parliament it may well go to the couple of independents

4:15 am

in the US Senate the vice president is the tie breaker if there is one

4:15 am

here our Prime Minister is the head of the winning party - we don't vote for the PM per se, not like a presidential election

4:16 am

but if it's even steven?

4:16 am

another election?

4:17 am

unlikely westford

4:17 am

preferences from minor parties would decide if that close

4:18 am

it is more likely to be eg 50 Liberal/National Coalition -50 Labour , maybe 1 Green and 3 Independents

4:18 am

and the votes from WA have yet to be counted

4:18 am

We were just waiting on Nic!

4:18 am

we have a system of preferential voting which is quite hard for me to fully understand

4:19 am

thats right - we wont start counting until after 6pm our time

4:19 am

ah nicky will be the deciding vote

4:21 am

wow, 100 painless words! amazing for me

4:21 am

grem said it was a hard grid and then finished in half an hour

4:23 am

I have 153 left, but daughter Rebecca has arrived and daughter Diana has just rung from broome so I have to go , will be back later

4:23 am

bye Sandy

4:23 am

{{sandy}}

4:23 am

bye sandy enjoy your girls

4:26 am

3 daughters, how good is that? jealous!!

4:27 am

we have 3 daughters too

4:27 am

I just have one son -- he is wonderful, but I've always wanted a daughter, too!

4:27 am

and lots of grandchildren, lovely

4:28 am

a" a daughter is your daughter, all of her life; a son is your son, until he takes a wife!"

4:28 am

that's true

4:28 am

that is very true I think

4:29 am

I love our daughter in law but it's not the same

4:29 am

and son's wife doesn't want children!

4:29 am

that is a shame

4:29 am

and how sad for you

4:30 am

so many kids are making that choice nowadays

4:30 am

I'd probably be a grumpy old grannie anyway lol

4:30 am

back again, and I have no grandchildren either , but I live in hope

4:30 am

I dont think so Ruby

4:30 am

*poof*

4:30 am

campari time in Dixie!

4:30 am

Nicky is back and still grumpy, so I acted like a fool and now she is smiling LOL

4:31 am

Lynxx, it looks very close

4:32 am

Just looked up ALP 59 L/NP 48

4:32 am

Well that sounds encouraging for the ALP

4:35 am

62/49

4:36 am

the figures they are giving here are a lot closer'

4:36 am

it is too scary - cant stand the idea of the Budgie Smuggler representing us overseas

4:36 am

43/38

4:36 am

LOL

4:37 am

I dont like any of them

4:37 am

are you watching ABC Sandy?

4:38 am

ssstill too early to tell really

4:38 am

still too early to tell really

4:38 am

still too early to tell really

4:38 am

still too early to tell really

4:38 am

still too early to tell really

4:38 am

oops - how does that happen??

4:38 am

no 7, they are saying alp lost two seats and libs gained two - I predict ALP will just get in

4:39 am

I'd love to see a Green or two in the lower house

4:40 am

ABC says ALP 63 L/NP 49 Other 3 Undecided 35

4:41 am

apparently swings in Qld

4:41 am

Julia will be chewing her fingernails just now

4:42 am

later all, going to stir the soup

4:42 am

bye Daykat

4:43 am

I often vote independent

4:43 am

bye day and I'm off too the sun is coming up

4:43 am

bye day

4:43 am

bye West, I hope you have had some sleep!

4:50 am

BBL

5:33 am

oh lord..the labour pundit is leaning on postal votes... thats not good

5:34 am

hi rolin, its a cliffhanger

5:35 am

Hi Rolin

5:35 am

but a good bit is that there is now a Green in the House of Reps in Melbourne

5:36 am

lynxxx the ABC are still saying its too close to call.

5:36 am

big swing against LAbour in Qld

5:36 am

swing to Labour in Tas

5:36 am

hey lyn

5:36 am

swing to Labour in Vic

5:37 am

hey rolin, good to see you

5:37 am

good old coorangamite holds for labour

5:37 am

looks like a hung parliament for you too

5:37 am

coorangamite is too close to call rolin

5:38 am

hey demi...

5:38 am

hey rolin.. how are you?

Hi peeps all over the world

5:38 am

hi Demi

5:38 am

im ok..ish.. tired...but fascinated watching the election

5:39 am

hey lynxx

5:39 am

hi Espritd

5:39 am

surely rolin you have better things to do than watch the ox election

hey lyn

5:40 am

Coorangamite - your old stomping ground Rolin? (aside from a sandwich spread)

5:41 am

a bit further along lynxx... were were western district conservative ridden..*sigh*

5:41 am

demi...i am actually sitting here enjoying it...lol

5:46 am

a 20 yo has been elected, pretty good

5:46 am

chilli and garlic bread made, chicken wings marinading, only the salad to go, time for a babble :-)

5:47 am

wow, that sure is something, our local council member is very young, I think that is a good thing

5:47 am

Katie, that chili and garlic bread sounds fantastic

5:48 am

it does smell good :-) all as low fat as it can be as well but falls to pieces on the cheese board, banoffee pie and cake lol

5:49 am

a green has won melbourne...1st in the reps

5:49 am

that happened here

5:50 am

Speaking on ABC now, looks about 30, very personable

5:50 am

my only problem with him is that his name can be parodied to 'adam ant'...lol

5:51 am

better than Mister Rabbit. The way Julia says Tony's anme 4 times out of 5

5:51 am

I've very excited that I have a revolving board which I can use for the first time for the cheese. These are the little things that keep me happy

5:52 am

lol..grammatically wrong...but perhaps not personality...

5:53 am

a lazy Susan, I keep meaning to buy one too Katie

5:53 am

katie how do you make that chile and garlic bread, is it just garlic butter with chilli chopped in it

5:53 am

I just love chilli

6:00 am

come you lot over in the West!

6:01 am

their saying 72/71 i green and 4 ind...omg

6:01 am

oh sorry it is Chilli as a main dish and normal garlic bread. I'd never thought of doing chilli garlic bread but I would just chop it up extremely small and put it in the garlic butter before spreading it. I would try it but my chillies from the plant in the garden are really strong so I would blow the head of the guests

6:02 am

omg is right

6:02 am

omg enough to make me use the wrong they're..lol

6:02 am

lynxxx I have a lazy susan for the dips & olives with dishes on. this one is more like a chopping board :-)

6:04 am

Katie, I also love chilli and later at some stage (my email is on my profile)could you send me your chilli recipe- I know you wont have time now- but I would love it

6:05 am

will do sandy but likely to be tomorrow

6:05 am

I will send you some recipes in return

6:06 am

whenever it suits you

6:06 am

that would be great thanks

6:07 am

there is some suggestion that Wilson Tuckey's seat is in doubt - now there's a turn up!

6:08 am

possibly the result of redoing the boundaries

6:08 am

how long does your count take day?

6:09 am

the first trickles are coming in now.

6:09 am

Isn't it good to see no sh** stuck to Peter Garret, the man is untouchable

6:09 am

Great news about the Greens MP in Melbourne!

6:09 am

Very good

6:10 am

I love election night it's so exciting, we missed it this year :-(

6:10 am

mind you it was still going on when we got back lol

6:11 am

Hello, All...back to find the last 142 words

6:12 am

Hi Zooz, how you doing?

6:12 am

Not bad thanks..just had a snooze..was up for the flip..lol

6:12 am

How are you Katie?

6:13 am

hi Zooz - now that's a funny icon

6:13 am

I'm good thanks and I certainly wasn't up for the flip lol

6:13 am

Hi lynxxx..how is the voting going?

6:13 am

very very very close

6:14 am

they are saying labour might just scrape through.

6:14 am

they as in bbcnews 24

6:14 am

hey zooz, big hugs to you, lovely , so lovely to see you here

6:14 am

yeah they said that on radio five live

6:15 am

Hello, Sandy :-)

6:15 am

I know - its all Nics fault!

6:15 am

Once again, I love your icon

6:16 am

Nic did vote thank goodness lynxx and now she is not so grumpy, sister has had the desired effect

6:16 am

69-68-5-8 undecided !

6:17 am

could be a hung parliment still

6:17 am

and we know how much fun they can be

6:17 am

lol..true

6:19 am

you get extended fun as you never know what will happen next. At the moment we are playing are they going to abolish us on a daily basis

6:20 am

Do you remember the double dissolution when Fraser and Whitlam were in power, I was listening to parliament on the radio the day it happened , wow what a moment!

6:21 am

Yes

6:21 am

What fun we had at dinner parties in those days!! that was when the public started to pay attention at last

6:22 am

Everyone was so passionate in those days

6:24 am

Fraser has been great on Gruen Transfer, have you been watching that?

6:27 am

Whitlam was and still is such a charismatic man - incontrast the current mob are a bunch of colurless wooses

6:29 am

Wasn't he though! and a great partner in Margaret

6:29 am

Lynxx, I have never heard of that , but I would be interested

6:30 am

ABC show, usually about advertising industry but last 4/5 have focused on election.

6:30 am

Margaret is one of my heros

6:31 am

Day, The polllies with the most charisma have always been labour pollies, I was in a restaurant once and Bob Hawke came in, you could almost cut the air with a knife , he had such charisma ( and not even a favourite of mine) I always loved Paul Keating for his wonderful oratorial prowess

6:31 am

and Hawkie was /is such a colourful bloke

6:32 am

yes indeed

6:32 am

remember when Keating got into trouble cos he 'manhandled' the Queen

6:32 am

Hawke was a clever bastard. I liked Keating as well

6:34 am

I do, I saw Obama lay his hand on her as well but nothing was said. Keating must have broken the ice for him

6:34 am

Queenie might have actually enjoyed being treated like a normal human being!

6:35 am

68-70 (oh no!) -5-7 undecided . I can hardly bear to look

6:35 am

you beat me to it Daykat..i was just about to write that..lol

6:36 am

what is the definitive number lynxxx?

6:37 am

64-70-5-7 doubtful....the numbers are swinging everywhere, don't think this is going to be decided tonight

6:38 am

I went to a bookshop which was underground once and suddenly the morning light that was streaming through the door was blocked , I looked up and silouhetted with the light shining past him , was Kim Beazley- I chuckled to myself, he looked like the second coming

6:38 am

now dont get misled , I am not neccessarily a labour fan, I just think they have the most colourful pollies

6:39 am

then you said..get out of the bloody light man.

6:39 am

He seemed like a straight up guy

6:39 am

LOL zooz, I know I am talking ozzie talk here

6:39 am

I love Kim , he is a straight shooter

6:43 am

Kim got a raw deal -= he is one of the most articulate men

6:45 am

BBL dinner is here, although these results are giving me indigestion

6:56 am

Bob Brown from the Greens has just spoken - a very happy man - Greens look as if they will hold the balance of power all over. 12% of the primary vote which is great

6:58 am

A little scary tho daykat, I prefer the winning party to be able to govern with a majority , meaning the majority of the public did not vote green but green will hold balance if that is the case

6:58 am

if ever i move back to aus...ill be proud to vote green...

6:59 am

good for you rolin

6:59 am

lets face it green means the ALP

7:02 am

Greens policies are not the same as the ALP really, and I think they have policies which are catching the younger voter - they were almost a laugh several years ago but now they have a real impact

7:03 am

Grass roots politics appeals to me.

7:04 am

Ihave to eat my dinner now will be back interesting dialogue

7:04 am

I was just thinking how the Greens have replaced the Democrats for a conscientious right thinking party

7:05 am

"keep the b******* honest" remember that? The democrats have just died

7:06 am

I do

7:07 am

Greens have a much more (to my mind) rational approach to asylum seekers etc - AND they support same gender relationship rights, which is important to me

7:08 am

and national broadband

7:08 am

yep

7:09 am

I really hated Abbotts "stop the boats' push, cringge making

7:10 am

Greens - 9 senatorss!! one in every state

7:10 am

Appalling especially for a 'religious' man

7:10 am

and fireworks for me.

7:11 am

Congrats Zooz!!

7:11 am

What are you u to this weekend Zooz?

7:11 am

u = up

7:11 am

good for you zooz - while we are doing boring politics you are getting on with the job!

7:12 am

Thanks Lynxxx & Daykat

7:13 am

what did happen to the democrats... see i leave the country and it all goes to pot..lol

7:13 am

Lynxx..have to go to my parents house ..having a meal & seeing family members.

7:14 am

actually I dont really know rolin - they just faded away

7:15 am

ok will be going now..hope you get the party you voted for :-)...............happy babbling All.

7:16 am

have a good weekend with your family zoom, stay well:)

7:16 am

unless anyone would like any clues?

7:17 am

thanks zooz but I have kinda lost interest in the grid at the moment

7:17 am

sorry, was seeing red messages for a bit

7:17 am

I understand Daykat..lol

7:18 am

Not for me thanks Zooz, have a good weekend!

7:18 am

Crossy was getting those yesterday too...dr_God had to sort it out...although did not effect alot of us....ok take care then...*poof*

7:19 am

I think it is usually the local server

7:26 am

hello all

7:26 am

may I have stats for the top n pls

7:27 am

morning Peri

ne5/14

7:27 am

ne5.14

whoa ne***

7:27 am

ty will keep looking

7:28 am

ty, got it

7:28 am

or 'not on your ne**"

7:28 am

nbt

7:28 am

never heard that phrase lyn

7:28 am

need to go for a walk and errands, bbs

7:29 am

Back again after a yummy dinner- daughter made an unbelievable mushroom pie

7:30 am

sounds good

7:31 am

Ok the democrats have gone- it is hard for minority parties to stay alive in our political system for sure- greens have longevity I think because we are all concerned with their issues

7:32 am

I agree with same sex marriages because I have some gay friends and the law does not apply to their relationships which I feel is very unjust and needs to be addressed-

7:33 am

Good morning all - very late flip.

7:33 am

hi Christine.

7:33 am

Hi chris, australia is in the middle of election results which we aussies have been discussing

7:34 am

I think the law now does happily address all the relationship issues (same as defactos/marriage) - however I do not have a problem with marriage either

7:35 am

I saw that an alligator had 'predicted' the woman candidate would win .. is that good?

7:35 am

I think the alligator may be wrong. Sure it wasn't a crocodile?

7:36 am

sandy, I have been with my partner for 30 years and we certainly feel the law does protect us now - it didn't until the last few years

7:36 am

Cou;d be - my relationship with either is negligible.

7:37 am

that is very good to hear day as I always felt that it was an issue that was desparately needed to be addressed

7:37 am

Which candidate is your choice?

7:37 am

Crocs are native here - no alligators (although the latter would be preferable)

7:37 am

Chris, we do not vote for our prime minister as you do your president. we vote for the party who elects the prime minister

7:38 am

we still are not treated as equal to a 'proper' marriage - we are not counted as each other's next of kin for example which could prove to be critical if one of us was ill

7:39 am

Well there you go Day, you should be counted as next of kin - that is ridiculous and where are your legal rights in that case? !!!

7:40 am

I have seen relatives come in (who have never had anything to do) and claim rights! It makes me so mad. Long standing relationships should have the legal equality of a marriage

7:40 am

well there arent any - so just for example if one of us was on life support, the other couldn't legally say 'turn it off please' - for me they'd have to ask my son or daughter who are technically my NOK

7:41 am

You can give each other power of Attorney to cover that unfortunate instance?

7:41 am

I worked for a gay doctor and was very good friends with his

7:41 am

pressed the wrong thing again!

7:42 am

yes you can but it is limited. Changes are afoot though. For the first time in the last year Centrelink actually recognises same sex relationships

7:42 am

When our doc died , his horrible relations came in and tried to get his millions - he had a water tight will thank goodness, but what nerve!! No morals there

7:43 am

the least protest from next of kin can turn power of attorney into a legal nightmare.

7:43 am

Daykat, my daughter's friend encountered just that - after almost ten years of denial, including when they were notified their son was dying, they turned up about a week later demanding the furniture, car, table linens - everything except the garbage pail.

7:43 am

a lot easier now than it was - in the ealy years if my childrens' father had wished to challenge custody, I wouldnt have had a chance to keep them - very differnet now thankfully

7:43 am

Death and wills brings out the worst in people in any relationship - doesn't have to be gay

7:43 am

power of attourney only exists while the person is alive

7:44 am

case in california took a dying man's wishes, tossed them, declared him a ward of the state and promptly sold off his and his life partner's home and belongings to pay for institutionalizing him

7:44 am

lynxxx - totally agree

7:44 am

Hi all, is this grid hard or is it just me??

7:45 am

appalling Bonkler

7:45 am

hi Ren!

7:45 am

New laws are needed for sure!! I have seen these injustices first hand and am horrified by it

7:45 am

Death and the lack of a will is even messier. If you haven't made one PLEASE do!

7:45 am

i've got 101 words(:

7:46 am

hi FM

7:46 am

have wills FMitch, hopefully watertight

7:46 am

Wills are the answer and made up by a lawyer to be watertight

7:46 am

Many years ago, a friend of mine married a gay man, then lived with him and his partner. This was in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and when he died, she (of course) signed over everything to his partner. Bloody awful that people had to resort to such subterfuge.

7:46 am

Hi Lynxxx

7:46 am

a lot of sef righteous religious bigots will make it hard for those changes to come around but it is a battle well worth fighting. queer suffrage!

7:47 am

Hello all, was just passing but had to put my penneth worth in there.

7:47 am

Pollies are afraid to commit , because of such bigots

7:47 am

*always faancied chaining myself to a railing*

7:48 am

what a good soul Christine

7:50 am

even here in canada where the majority of the people support marriage reform and gays and lesbians can legally marry there is a constant fight against the evils of religion trying to strip them of their rights.

7:51 am

I dont see either of our parties committing either way. We dont have such a strong 'bible belt' here that america does, I cant see it happening in america real soon

7:51 am

If it wasnt so tragic it would amuse me that 2 old tarts like me and my girl could so threaten the sanctity of Marriage!

7:51 am

Remember, the point of marriage is procreation -- and if you can't or like my kid, don't want babies, or you're past bearing-age??? Will 'they' let you marry?

7:52 am

Marriage is just a word - I dont neccessarily believe in marriage for gays persay (dont really care) but some sort of legal committment to give them the same rights as a married couple

7:53 am

as i understand it, the issue is at a state level and several states have recognized equal marriage. most are heading the other way it seems. the american xtian right wing is happily charging toward a taliban type of anti-gay, anti-woman stance with a sprinkling of xenophobia on top

7:53 am

if it's "just a word' what's to believe in either way?

7:53 am

The gay people I know are such decent caring people that I cannot understand what the problem is. better than sending people off to fight wars

7:54 am

Neil Patrick Harris is doing OK for the procreation bit, not sure if he is married

7:54 am

doogie isn't married

7:54 am

They need legal equality for long term relationships.

7:55 am

at least not legally that i know of in california

7:55 am

sandy, the issue is that some couples would really like to celebrate their relationship in the same way as other couples do with a 'marriage' - celebrate publicly etc, and have their relationship respected and protected just like everyone else

7:56 am

Well day, I certainly have the respect for people that are not harming others and care for eachother

7:56 am

illeal

7:57 am

sorry! perils of lurking

7:57 am

And I say "some' because not all do, but then neither do hetero couples

7:57 am

thanks for 2 words Jake

7:57 am

marriage is an institution that has legal ramifications that are well established and stable. a civil union, the term often thrown about, is subject to change at the whim of an unfriendly administration and can be redefined in a manner that marriage can't be.

7:57 am

exactly, and that is the whole point -

7:58 am

most welcome, lynxx! i just can't find that last il6

7:59 am

well said Bonkler

7:59 am

the sickest?

7:59 am

ok , I am getting off my soap box and back to the puzzle

7:59 am

thank you, lynxxx

8:00 am

thanks lynxxx

8:00 am

been a good conversation:)

8:01 am

cheers daykat!

8:01 am

it has, but I am not seeing the election results because kids are watching House, how is it going

8:01 am

anyone with that last il?

8:01 am

70-73-5-2 doubtful

8:02 am

it's not the sickest Jayk? (I'm not listing)

8:02 am

J.....most ill.

8:02 am

Duh!! Thanks! FW!!

8:02 am

Lynxx, do they say that absentee votes and postal votes will come into it?

8:02 am

hi Liz

8:03 am

Congrats Jayk!

8:03 am

Hi, doing a mini lurk, no way I'll finish today.

8:03 am

they vare talking about postal votes having some bearing now

Cool su7 word I just found!

8:06 am

ok , Ihave to ask for a clue ga7 and ga8 the last ones please?

8:09 am

****bladder + pea*** and plural

8:09 am

TY Kateq

8:09 am

yw

8:10 am

looking....

8:11 am

got them , thanks, what sort of words are they!!

8:11 am

What an odd word - tho' it makes sense, I guess

8:11 am

thanks

8:12 am

yes, thanks for the clue

8:12 am

probably something you don't want on your fruit trees

8:12 am

lol , lynxx

8:12 am

and Haz has got rid of hers

8:13 am

It is related to the ga**s you get on trees from wasps

8:14 am

Julia is jsut about to say something.. scuse me brb

8:14 am

darn, I want to see this

8:15 am

nothing exciting

hello all

8:18 am

hi TOwl

8:18 am

Hi TO

8:18 am

Hi TO haven't seen you for a while

Hello all! Another biggen, I see.

8:20 am

Hi Nonnie

8:21 am

hi nonnie

8:21 am

Morning everyone

8:21 am

it seems bigger than ben hur at the moment 105 left here

hello bob

8:22 am

Hi Bob

8:22 am

hi bob

hi re hi sandyloo hi bob

8:22 am

hi Bob

8:26 am

Wow - the youngest, the first green and the first indigenous - even if we don'[t know whether our first woman PM will get through yet

8:27 am

Indigenous?

A lot of "firsts" lynxxx!

8:28 am

Yeah - now we just need to know who will win - looks like it will be a few days though

8:28 am

Interesting and glad to see an indigenous

8:28 am

Chris that means an aboriginal

8:29 am

it means native to that area

8:29 am

That's what I thought - realised as soon as I hit send

8:29 am

I think that is fantastic

8:30 am

We may see some sparks flying in our future parliament

8:30 am

that is cool, sandy

Good sparks? :o)

8:30 am

its raining here and that IS cool

8:31 am

it is only 82 here right now, and THAT is cool ; )

8:31 am

Back soon - time for a cuppa.

8:31 am

though it will get to 102 this afternoon : (

8:31 am

hi kje

8:32 am

high triple x

8:32 am

we are in the middle of winter Kj and we have only had about 6 days where it has rained since november

hello kje!

8:32 am

oops, hi - LOL

8:32 am

wow, is that normal in winter there?

8:32 am

hi TO!

8:32 am

I hate our hot weather, so I sympathise

8:33 am

me too sandy, honestly would rather have snow than temps greater than 100

8:33 am

not normal, we have had cloudless sunny skies it seems forever. more rain over east tho which is great

8:34 am

will do the rain dance for ya then, sandy...\

8:34 am

Even so our paddocks are really green due to those days being very heavy rain, today is gentle rain and it is lovely

8:34 am

hello...help with the ga7/40? please

8:34 am

will it work to black eyed peas?

8:35 am

phantom galleon

8:36 am

ok ga7 is : first half is ga**bladder and second half is pea***

8:36 am

and plural

8:36 am

good morning all. first look at grid

8:36 am

ty sandy

8:36 am

hi m9

8:36 am

ty sandy

pes***?

pea***?

8:38 am

goober Owl

8:38 am

think george washington carver, TO

ty.

8:40 am

TO it could be wal*** or hazel***

8:41 am

or banana ***

8:41 am

or you are a ***

8:41 am

LOL

8:42 am

I am eating banana *** bundt with my coffee this morning. My mothers recipe from a 1920s cookbook.... the best

8:43 am

so recipe on your profile then - no teasing

8:43 am

damn

8:43 am

that would require typing

sounds lovely. kje, i madethe rootbeer cake formy firends in one of the performance centers at the festival

8:43 am

and moving from my bed to get the recipe

8:43 am

did they like it, TO?

8:44 am

You have a couple of days then (but I won't let you forget)

they did BUT so did Suzy Bogguss.

8:44 am

I will get it next time I get up for a refill, lynxx (yes, I AM that lazy today)

8:44 am

who is suzy boguss?

8:44 am

who is Suzy B?

she took some back to her hotel, she liked it so much. it was the only thing she ate. she is a country singer

8:45 am

oh fun, TO... then she should not forget you!

8:45 am

It is the best choc cake I have eaten (TY kje)

8:46 am

sounds delicious!

8:46 am

see THAT recipe was easy, I could cut and paste from the web - LOL

8:46 am

root beer cake? banana *** buntd ---- kje you will be typing for a while I fear!

well - i was working elsewhere. i came back after the show. she had given cds to the backstage folks but none for me :(

8:46 am

lynxxx.... if you like tiramisu, I found a killer ecipe that I made last night - amazing stuff

8:47 am

and that one i can give you the link for, so fits perfectly into my lazy morning

that recipe is too easy for words. but i think i found it on another site, it is on several but the one i was using was kind of fouled up

8:47 am

http://gastronomyblog.com/2009/02/09/r oot-beer-bundt-cake/

8:47 am

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipe s/detail.asp?docid=11472

http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/0 5/root-beer-float-cake/

8:48 am

I do like Tiramisu - a LOT - preferably with chunks of chocolate. I'll take a look, thanks

8:48 am

I saw your posts from the festival, TO - looks like you had a fantastic time

8:48 am

help for my last bt?

8:48 am

it's the lowest e

the gastronomy one had pan sizes switched up

8:49 am

you should be able to adjust cooking time for pan size, i would think

i did, kje. it is a really big thing. when folks come for the first time they are amazed.

no more like they would say to use a small pan to heat the root beer mixture but it can't fit into one.

8:50 am

this banana cake I am eating is actually a banana cake recipe that is super moist, originally made in cake pans and iced, but my mom has always used it for banana bread in loaf pans (much better than dense banana bread recipes)... and I often make it in bundt

8:50 am

ah, I see, TO

i have a banana layer cake recipe i was wanting to try. love banana flavor

8:51 am

b/c I am lazy... and bundt mean only one pan to grease and flour and wash as opposed to 2 loafs - LOL

i use a large pan then i can just mix un the dry. it is such a forgiving cake.

8:51 am

there is a theme developing here I fear

8:51 am

I love the dense banana bread that the fanny farmer cookbook recipe makes.

lol we have the same line of thought i see! :)

8:52 am

does noone have the lowest e?

bbs, must get soemthing to eat. my calcium is weighing heavy on my stomach

8:52 am

I may have to try it, m9, but of all the banana bread that I have ever had (and that is a lot), none beats my mom's

8:52 am

en5.22 en & blue *** overhead

8:52 am

i do not m9

8:52 am

there's no oil in it.

8:52 am

now i do, ty lynxxx

8:53 am

thy!

8:53 am

oops.

8:53 am

ty lun!

8:53 am

oops!!!!!!

8:53 am

ty lynn!!!!!

8:53 am

oh I give up.

8:54 am

nm - I answer to most things

8:54 am

lol

8:55 am

ty so much for the link for root beer cake! :)

8:55 am

well, this recipe, being from the 20s, uses shortening... I use Spectrum which is non-hydrogenated from whole foods....

8:55 am

en5.10 is the other en & *** Maria - a liquer hat has been around for a long long time

8:55 am

it is the boob!

8:55 am

lol, poor Feather

hi feather!

8:56 am

lol

kje, whole foods has healthy solid shortening?!

8:56 am

TO, i love your icon!

8:56 am

4 minutes. i can play for 4 minutes, then MUST get up and make use of the daniel free house!

he he he ty feather

8:56 am

cl5/12 clue please?

kje i and i minimize cl5 up when baking

8:57 am

good morning everyone

8:58 am

hi flos!

8:58 am

You, Australia's best housewife don't know how to cl5.12!

8:58 am

hi Flosey

8:58 am

i just had to put my phone on top of the fridge to keep it away from nick. he just found the other hiding place.

8:58 am

you have created a monster Feather

8:59 am

yes, TO.... Spectrum

8:59 am

LOL what a fish!! of course I saw that all along....

8:59 am

i know

ty. how did they do that? i thought solid - automatically mean shydrogenated

9:01 am

poop. time's up. bbl.

9:02 am

coconut oil is good.

9:02 am

finished top y!

9:03 am

oh.. and nbt back there.LOL

9:04 am

at last top line is greyed

9:06 am

wtg sand!

well ty, kje - i use it to make itlaian cookies at christmastime, and have not been able to translate the recipes to use butter. the texture is wrong.

9:09 am

Goodnight all

good night, lyn

9:09 am

night lynxxx sweet dreams

9:10 am

night!

9:11 am

108... and not finding much now...

9:12 am

nite lynxx

9:12 am

109... 1/2 way is so FAR away....

9:13 am

71 left

9:13 am

good going sandy!!

9:13 am

its taking a long long time m9

9:14 am

I am tired and want to go to bed

9:14 am

are you listing?

9:15 am

lol of course and stil its slow

9:15 am

i would never never finish without the list

9:15 am

too much chat , too much election things

9:16 am

I just don't see how there can still be 3 more y words that I don't have!

9:16 am

y not?

9:16 am

I have all the y s

9:17 am

hardy har har...

9:17 am

I just got one more..

9:17 am

rur is a comedian

9:17 am

hi ru

9:17 am

hi ru

9:17 am

gm e

9:18 am

I am one y from happiness

9:18 am

hi all

9:18 am

hi jm

9:18 am

so here is the question

9:19 am

so you are only happ?

9:19 am

hapless in st helena

9:19 am

now that I believe

9:20 am

should i turn on the coffee and risk waking up bugs jill and pini who are all snoring happily away

9:20 am

you are in st helena?

9:20 am

ah..let'em sleep

9:20 am

yup

9:20 am

make coffee!

9:20 am

waking to the smell of coffee is not a bad way to wake

9:20 am

*drinking coffee*

9:21 am

beats the blow dryer or a door

9:21 am

why would coffee wake them up?

9:21 am

I am drinking Peets

9:21 am

gez m9 it is 10 o clock my time

9:21 am

i think it might be loud

9:21 am

<---- peets drinker

your icon, je?

9:21 am

as it is i am babbling in the dark

9:22 am

many of us are too jm..lol

9:22 am

like KJE for example

9:22 am

my icon is the cake pini, stiddie , bugs and jilly made

9:22 am

yeah..but it's 7:22 here.

9:22 am

all of us are in the grid as well as 149 words

9:22 am

I am always in the dark... I have no come back for that

9:22 am

that is way cool jmc

ah, nice! are you staying at stid's?

9:23 am

wow, they made that a cake! that had to be work

9:23 am

nice!

9:23 am

the silly sink area doesn't have a door

9:23 am

*smug lo4*

9:23 am

no the 4 of us are staying at a casino

9:23 am

Good morning, Babble buddies. kje, I just tried "lantus".

9:23 am

and i managed to avoid fighting with stids dad until the very last moment

9:23 am

can't get my last y word.

9:24 am

oooo - thanks for that lo4, ru

9:24 am

wow.. we're so proud.

9:24 am

about what?!?

9:24 am

that must be dice... I mean nice.. jm

9:24 am

all start with same 3 letters m9

hello scrabs!

9:24 am

I need 6 more Ys

9:25 am

hi scrabster

9:25 am

yeah.. that's what I figger.

9:25 am

oops, that was all yos

9:25 am

well i basically allowed that i was a tax lawyer (true) and didn't mention the anti-war work

9:25 am

Yawnnnnn...morning!

9:25 am

hi car

9:25 am

Hi Car

9:25 am

ignored all the anti-DC remarks and anti-lawyer remarks

9:26 am

playing babble has been good for my diplomatic skills

9:26 am

ah, but no lo4y lou

hello car

9:26 am

lookie lou

9:27 am

CAR!!!! good morning dear sister! I am off to the Scituate Library sale at 11 - wanna?

9:27 am

hmm that seems dangerously close to pb ru *shooves ru towards the pb*

9:27 am

Hi Trif

9:27 am

well, that was too easy - PB, ru

9:27 am

<--- knows too many lawyer jokes and has spared JMC from all of them

hi trif

9:27 am

hello scrabbler

9:27 am

oooh library sale!

9:27 am

<===heard every lawyer joke made and tired of them

9:28 am

take your hands off of me.... I don't see lookie in the grid

9:28 am

I KNOW, jmc, and this one is the mother of the all - the entire bottom floor of the library, books organized by dewey decimal, etc. Last year I bought FOUR brown shopping bags full of books, movies, and dvds for a whopping FOUR dollars!

9:28 am

i didn't shove you in! just next to it

9:29 am

must run, bbl, hagd all

9:29 am

smacks JMC with water ballon

9:29 am

Morning Trif!

9:29 am

sounds like harassment

9:29 am

Oh, man, I am such a bibliope with you there, Trif.hile! I would love to b

9:29 am

but you had to use a word to type that word

9:29 am

No, I have a full day of work and then work today.

9:29 am

what is it about jmc that makes us all want to throw things at her and shoot her - LOL

9:29 am

phtttt so what I just got out the shower

9:29 am

Geez, how do I fix a wandering cursor? It is so annoying.

9:29 am

get your helmut, jmc!

9:29 am

I'm here too West

9:30 am

bummer car....

9:30 am

bang the mouse

9:30 am

*puts on flack jacket*

9:30 am

helmet

9:30 am

poof

9:30 am

sign a prenup, scrabbler!

9:30 am

duct tape scrabs.. that will shut him up

9:30 am

When typing the cursor randomly moves.

9:30 am

your just jealous because i am a saint

9:30 am

and it's not true! at least one y from the bottom starts with ye

9:30 am

great, now I have "bang a gong" stuck in my head....

9:30 am

Trif I heard about your heroism

9:31 am

*puts on helmet quickly*

9:31 am

do te** trif. . .

9:31 am

sigh....apparently everyone did, sandy, and it was supposed to be anonymous. but thanks, I am touched

9:31 am

thanks trif... now so do I!

9:31 am

And my desire to work is VERY low....

9:31 am

I didn't hear ... someone better tell me quick

9:32 am

What heroic deed do you do, Trif?

9:32 am

i didn't someone te** me

9:32 am

well, I am full of admiration for what you did, it made zooz feel that someone really cared which we all do of course

9:32 am

pb wild!

9:32 am

hmmmm. nothing better for clearing the head than a trip to a library sale, car!

9:32 am

I'll be in the pb whenever you're ready ...

9:32 am

have you considered saying you can[t come in because you are sick

9:32 am

Oh, that. I reviewed the chat log when I heard about it Thursday.

9:32 am

I'll tell it quick if no one else wants to

9:32 am

I got the last y btw ...

9:33 am

wtg wild

9:33 am

tell m9

9:33 am

you did?? good going!

9:33 am

2 ye4 from bottom

9:33 am

TY, but no dear.

9:33 am

oh was it you that got aholdof the police?

9:33 am

looks like everyone gets it now

9:33 am

yes.

9:33 am

How did you determine the home address?

9:34 am

but seriously, something like 3 others babblers contacted them as well, so I was hardly alone, and I am not a hero. I am just someone who cannot sit by. And it is not always a good thing to be

9:34 am

what happened????????

9:34 am

i was just about to turn off my computer to catch the plane when the police came on and the chog stop for over 7 minutes while everyone tried to figure out how to respond to police in babbleland

9:35 am

the police came on the chat and appealed for zooz to ring them and he did

9:35 am

good for you trif

9:35 am

oh my what happened to zooz?

9:35 am

Oh, I missed that part.

9:35 am

zooz was apparently suicidal and babblers worried

9:35 am

someone PLEEZ te4 the story from the beginning?

9:35 am

ok. done with y's

9:35 am

despair + wanted to die

9:35 am

yay m9

9:36 am

he was feeling very sad ....very sad the police went to his house

9:36 am

wtg m9

9:36 am

He's waiting to get into the hospital

9:36 am

oh poor zooz

9:36 am

they must have helped , he hadn't eaten for ages and they shared some cake with him

9:36 am

police really came into babble?

9:36 am

well first the trif called isle of wight from states. police couldn't find him... so they came on to babble here and he was on and they said to call them, and he did! So proud of him

9:37 am

zooz came on yesterday talking about how terrible his life was and how he hadn;t told his doctor

9:37 am

yes and you could have heard a pin drop when the police (with profile name police) announced themselves

9:37 am

the best thing was that he was on babble again the next day! that was the best

9:37 am

Whose account did the police use?

9:37 am

it's so difficult if the meds aren't right. I remember when my brother was on the wrong combo.

9:37 am

I wasn't on at that time

9:38 am

you're kidding ... profile name police??!!

9:38 am

He just hid out in his room.. gained a lot of water weight...

i was spooky, i just arrived to read their posts

9:38 am

they came on as 'police'

9:38 am

they made an account

9:38 am

they signed up lol!

9:38 am

I was on.

9:38 am

Sorry to interrupt...may I have a clue for the top N?

IT. IT was spooky

9:38 am

explain that to your supervisor ... uh why are you playing babble while manning the 911 line?

9:38 am

whoa ne5!!!

9:38 am

it was a little disturbing to see police and a grey profile!

9:39 am

I haven't been on all week ... missed a lot apparently

9:39 am

ty m9

9:39 am

how fitting

9:39 am

LOL wild

9:39 am

horse's name as in whoa there

9:39 am

I think it is the girls name Ne***

9:39 am

glad they were able to help zooz

9:39 am

yesterday was buzy buzy

9:39 am

TY

9:39 am

yw

9:39 am

and now please the lowest E....

9:39 am

I still am upset by the whole thing....

9:40 am

en the wild blue yonder

9:40 am

It was a goodthing youd did Trif

9:40 am

please don't be ... you helped a lot

9:40 am

oh trif!

9:40 am

It was upsetting but also uplifting

9:40 am

you shouldn't ever be faulted for good intentions

9:40 am

don't be upset!

9:40 am

oh trif it turned out okay and zooz is in contact with jell (which is bound to be good for both of them)

9:40 am

the pave the road to hell, wildcat

9:40 am

I don't think anyone thinks badly about it!

9:41 am

as I said, the best thing Trif was that he was on the next day

9:41 am

if that was hell trif then that is where i want to be

9:41 am

TY M9...would not have gotten that one!

9:41 am

not about the police part, more about poor zooz....and I am so glad he is on the road to recovery....but it was scary

9:41 am

sometimes ... but most of the time it ends up working out

9:41 am

did the police use lickety too?

won't be easy until he is taken care of though

9:41 am

Question: I have all the Y's, but my tile isn't gray. What's up with that?

9:41 am

a place where virtual stranger/friends can flyacross the country to meet and call police in other countries to help

9:41 am

hello everybody

9:41 am

lol ru

9:41 am

LOLOL wildcat

9:41 am

20 mins until I have to cook

9:41 am

refresh champ and see if it greys out

9:42 am

It's showing I only have 4, when clearly I have 6

9:42 am

Hi Ruby

9:42 am

hi ruby

9:42 am

hi ruby

9:42 am

well... having seen my brother's road to wellness, I know it can work out just great.

9:42 am

Ruby, you will win the perfect wife trophy

9:42 am

okay, I need to go the sale now. I feel like i should bring my phone and speed dial/conference you all to buy stuff you all want too!

9:42 am

champ there are two Y tiles

9:42 am

uh oh.. sometimes I lose words.

9:42 am

there are two y's champ....

9:42 am

snap jmc!

9:42 am

please do trif .. have a great time

9:42 am

i sooo wish i could come trif

9:42 am

CRAP!!!!!!!!! Glanced and thought there was one. Thanks!

9:43 am

LOL!!!!!

9:43 am

poor champ!

9:43 am

sometimes ru loses his mind it is all good champ

9:43 am

Bye Trif. Have fun! Love you!

9:43 am

last time I went, the ladies remember me from the year before, and when they saw me coming they said "hold on dear, we will get you a cart" totally MMD!

9:43 am

I know! Dingdong...

9:43 am

I love you too, car, forever and ever. I WISH we could have had a sleepover last night!

9:43 am

cool trif!

9:43 am

lol have a good time trif

9:43 am

me.. never lost my mind ...

9:43 am

so you're a biblioholic?

9:43 am

my keys however...

9:44 am

trifioso, you are wonderful! you did such a good thing this week!!!!

9:44 am

kje ru is fibbing again

9:44 am

oh, hey -- proud momma moment before I really poof. Local county fair is on again this week, and the results are in -- a second place ribbon in photography for tertiare, and three blues, one red and one yellow for Primo for his art. Yay!

9:44 am

Bye Everyone!

9:44 am

top 2 lines greyed

9:44 am

yes, but we allow him his dilusions.

9:44 am

wow sandy!

9:44 am

hi and bye are!

9:44 am

well done trif!

9:44 am

<--- is not feeling the love here

9:44 am

I've grayed 5 tiles.. but they're all over the place

9:45 am

:)

9:45 am

ruby foo loves ruru!!

9:45 am

*beaming love to ru*

9:45 am

<3 <3 <3 {{{{{ruru!}}}}} <3 <3 <3

9:45 am

I am sooo tired , time for bed i think

9:45 am

hello m9

9:45 am

and pini woke up long enough to wave

9:45 am

hi ruby!

9:45 am

hi ruby jmc

9:46 am

sweet dreams, sandy!

9:46 am

hi bichon

hello

9:46 am

bye sandy

9:46 am

will finish tomorrow, see you all later. and Trif you deserve a medal for sure

9:46 am

hi good

9:46 am

hi bichon and ne5 is one of my nicknames (but ie at the end)

9:46 am

how fun you guys are together

9:46 am

I'm drafting a medal!!

9:47 am

but separately. . . ?

9:47 am

i'd love to hang out with Jilli

9:47 am

bichon is my long-lost-twin-separated at birth! lol

9:47 am

she is delightful

9:47 am

yes ruby. How's hubby?

9:47 am

so I do have a question jm

9:48 am

hi good

9:48 am

What? I thought i was ruby

9:48 am

yes ru?

9:48 am

clue for ge5/14 please

9:48 am

hi ren

9:48 am

did you let stid's dad have it?

9:48 am

you are me and we are all -- together da-dee-dum-dum

9:48 am

hi jmc

9:48 am

i was polite but did not concede his premise that everyone shoud have to jointhe mliitary

9:48 am

is that the plural ge4?

9:48 am

it's a plural ren

9:48 am

don't have it ren

9:49 am

thanks ruru, dont know how I missed that

9:49 am

husband was very sweet today, my back was hurting so he made me have a gin; that's why I'm singing Beatles!

9:49 am

we never raised our voices but you could see the worrie dlooks all around

9:49 am

then we shook hands when we left

9:49 am

lots of neutered horses

9:50 am

he loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

9:50 am

so he says!

9:50 am

see dh can be nice!

9:50 am

and I felt so awful that it made him be sweet!

9:51 am

you will have to ask stidgmere if i acquitted myself well

9:51 am

what would be a nice present for mrs ru.. our 25th is coming up?

9:51 am

I don't drink gin very often but it has marvelous medicinal effects!

9:51 am

isn[t that silver?

9:51 am

i love gin

9:51 am

and bourbon

9:51 am

Don't drink any alcohol, but I like good food

9:51 am

LOL... Aiden just told me that the Dugger's got chicken pox. and since the littlest was premie, mom decided it would be best to take her elsewhere.. so Dad is at home with 18 kids, 12 of whom have pox!!LOL she says "now THAT'S a dad!"

9:51 am

and vodka

9:51 am

complete Beatles!!!

9:51 am

yep

9:51 am

(or complete Rolling Stones)

9:52 am

hove about a nice peice of jewelry?

9:52 am

Elina has been listening to the Rutles cd my sister gave the kids

9:52 am

been there/ done that

9:52 am

or boxed set of her favorite film director's movies

9:52 am

25th? Italian lights aren't enough?

special trip like a cruise?

9:52 am

Silver ring with an inscription?

9:53 am

so you think there is a limit on jewelry?

9:53 am

I don't ...she does

hell no je

9:53 am

it's the silver annivesary. so something silver

9:53 am

if my hubby were alive he would give me a silver vase with three roses

9:53 am

Silver car? ;)

9:53 am

when you get to be my age AND live in the country, jewelry gets to be embarrassing

9:54 am

my parents 25th coincided with my grandparts' 50th. It was a lovely party!

9:54 am

when we got married an elderly woman told us a story about her husband and three roses becoming the symbol of their love because he was too shy to say it

9:54 am

aww, that's sweet jmc! story behind it?

9:54 am

so we would alway give three roses when ever something big would happen

9:54 am

grandparents* that's the gin's spelling

9:54 am

sweet

9:54 am

Awesome idea!

9:55 am

now when firend marry i give three roses and a nice vase and the story

9:55 am

a silber tabby

9:55 am

nice story, jmc!

9:55 am

silver certificates

9:55 am

silber tabby sounds good to me!

9:55 am

silver. doh!

9:55 am

if i am not realy close i give a cheap vase and three roses and the story lol!

9:55 am

hahah

9:55 am

mean nel!

9:55 am

no gin here...what's my excuse?

9:56 am

my neice married when I was in kenya and i sent her a crystal vase

9:56 am

no commment

9:56 am

bad ruby/nel

9:56 am

yeah.. remember we LOVE each other!

9:56 am

at this speed, I'll never even reach half!

9:56 am

what are you not commenting about ru?

9:56 am

I like the silver certificates idea.

9:56 am

right...I did

9:56 am

inquiinr minds want to konw

9:57 am

? say what?

9:57 am

opps typing in the dark has its down side

9:57 am

U R such an instigator jmc!

9:57 am

inquiring minds

9:57 am

I was going to say (a la mean nel) inquiring mind wants to learn to spell. Forgive me {{jmc}}

9:57 am

me! what on earth did i do!

9:58 am

but please, PLEASE don't get her a silver platter...

9:58 am

i told a romantic story

9:58 am

lol ruby

9:58 am

a fake silver fox wrap?

9:58 am

maybe I"ll paint myself silver

9:58 am

we love you jmc and you are so lucky to be in the NW with your babble cohorts!

9:58 am

now you are talking ru

9:58 am

Oh Baby!

9:59 am

uh oh

9:59 am

i just wish a critical mass would wake up so i got turn on the light

9:59 am

*giggle*

9:59 am

<<----would lo4 good in silver

10:00 am

just remember not to do your spine...

10:00 am

does anybody, of you American friends, watch Flashforward? Or is it already passe? I am addicted

10:00 am

don't know what it is ruby

10:00 am

huh

10:00 am

not my cup of tea ruby

10:01 am

good morning everyone:)

10:01 am

It's an American series, somehow showing up, subtitled, on French television. It's wonderful

10:01 am

i think she is refering to the myth that the goldfinger girl really died of paint poissoning

10:01 am

hi crossy

10:01 am

I'm perseverating on idea of anniversary gifts...

10:01 am

we get a very spotty selection

10:01 am

good call jmc!

10:01 am

hello crossy

10:01 am

perseverating?

10:02 am

suffocation...I think

10:02 am

is that an urban legend (if LA is urban, that is)

10:02 am

or something...

10:02 am

it is an urban myth

10:02 am

love urban myths!!!

10:02 am

my life is a suburban myth!

10:03 am

oh do you konw snopes then?

10:03 am

I didn't know about the myth. I'm just thinking of how the bond girl character supposedly died.

10:03 am

snopes?

10:03 am

*gasp* Resurfacing, past halfway, and ready to go to the farmers' market in tow. BBL.n

10:04 am

in the Wizard of Oz movie, the horse of a different color was covered with different flavors of jello for its changes

10:04 am

not the actress! the CHARACTER!! so I wasn't thinking poisening.. I was thinking asphyxiation....

10:04 am

when ever some one sends an email about how some corporation is doing something good/bad go to snopes and check it out as to whether it is true

10:04 am

maybe the actress, too.....

10:04 am

my son use jello to turn his hair blue for the prom

10:04 am

my grandfather from Germany (well Czech), used to mess up sayings. He'd say "now THAT'S a different horse!"

10:05 am

hahah

10:05 am

Can anyone clue the il6/18 please ;o)

10:05 am

I always snopes and then send the info back up the stupidity chain....

10:05 am

did he see the wizard of oz movie?

10:05 am

brb making coffee

10:05 am

hello norma

10:05 am

good for you m9

10:05 am

probably.... maybe? He died before I was born

10:05 am

Hi ruby how are you keeping ??

10:06 am

good question, norma, I'm not sure at the moment. Husband fed me "medicinal" gin

10:06 am

Have one for me lol

10:07 am

already did! hahah

10:07 am

mmm,medicinal distilates,,,,

10:07 am

And if I think it was REALLY stupid (as in negligent to send on without checking the facts) I suggest that the sender send out a retraction to all the recipients!LOL I don't get many stupid forwards anymore...

10:07 am

they make painkillers kicka**

10:07 am

I think I might try that

10:08 am

what did you get, m9?

10:08 am

heading out for a bit.. I am not seeing much..

10:08 am

careful mixing the gin and painkillers ruby,or you will end up howling at the moon

10:08 am

{{ruru}}

10:08 am

what did I get? huh??

10:09 am

yes, but right now, Mars and the Moon will be equally visible if your skies are clear enough for the next 10 days or so

10:09 am

bye {{{ruru}}}} whom we love...

10:09 am

m9, what you said about the sender etc.......

10:09 am

the chog is so all over the place I can't follow....

10:10 am

we were talking about snopes

10:10 am

unfortunately, there is too much ambient light here to see much of the heavens

10:10 am

and pini is lurking

10:10 am

oh.. i haven't gotten one in so long I don't remember! But i'm pretty sure it was a virus alarm.

10:10 am

No, I'm not...I'm waiting for my chog to catch up!!!

10:10 am

those REALLY tick me off. and the "beware of so and so" ones...

10:10 am

uh oh, watch out for that lurking pini!!!!

10:10 am

uh oh i hear pini typing furiously

10:11 am

* giggle *

10:11 am

Not sure I can be all that quiet with this thing!

10:11 am

(apparently NOT!)

10:11 am

I've never gotten one of those, probably beware of rubyfoo.....

10:11 am

that's what they all say when they get caught!

10:11 am

pini... it said 'painkillers'!!

10:11 am

wow... even the icons are the same

10:11 am

did someone want the il 6? It's the most sick

10:12 am

huh? who said painkillers? did I? did I misread something?

10:12 am

thx bichon

10:12 am

secret club.. grumble, grumble..

10:12 am

ty bichon

i'll take it ty

10:12 am

ruby is on painkillers and her hubby gave her gin

10:12 am

what secret club m9?

10:12 am

* blush * congrats ruby!

10:12 am

LOL... just didn't want you furiously typing because someone said 'pinikillers'... everyone is misreading or mistyping this morning!! ROFL

10:12 am

no no. What is lovely is that everybody is so open in here!

10:12 am

Thanks bichon great clue

10:12 am

yvw all

10:13 am

did I do that?

10:13 am

the secret cake club!!LOL

10:13 am

Glad to know I'm useful!! PINIkiller...nice!!! I'll use that when I kill the chog!

10:13 am

(don't lo** now but I think ruby is felling no pain)lol

10:13 am

I'll work on something for you, m9...

10:13 am

wow.. there's a clue in here somewhere????

10:14 am

thx for that 4-ltr fish, jmc...

10:14 am

nothing secret about the cake

10:14 am

take 2 pinilillers and call me in the morn

10:14 am

ty Dr. Crossy!

10:14 am

no, nothing at all secret...

10:14 am

god,i even misspelt that...lol

10:14 am

see what I mean pini? "felling no pain"??

10:14 am

* giggle * (cute crossy)

10:14 am

arg!

10:14 am

y'all are too funny!

10:14 am

pinilillers!! ha!

10:15 am

pb crossy

10:15 am

sounds like interesting women's foundation garment or something...

10:15 am

think i need a gin

10:15 am

pinilillers sound like flowers

10:15 am

still not at half! duh

10:15 am

don't get your pinilillers in a twist!

10:15 am

M9!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:15 am

i wonder what color they are

10:15 am

lots of gin here, crossy

10:15 am

(CAMO BLUE, of course)

10:15 am

shoves crossy in pb* get your gin there

10:16 am

lol pini

10:16 am

Oh, wait, I'm not supposed to join in!!!

10:16 am

pink! of course!

10:16 am

this chog moves very fast -- passing by in a gin blurrrrrrr

10:16 am

NO, NOT PINK!!!!

10:16 am

clearly there is lots of gin at ruby's!

10:16 am

why not pini?

10:16 am

oh yes!

10:16 am

and you are all welcome to share!!!!!

10:17 am

*ponders Pini, prettily posing in her pink pinilillers*

10:17 am

I can't handle that much of that "girlie" color....I'm a cobalt blue girl!

10:17 am

ruby's place, sounds like a speakeasy (but you are all to young to know what that is!)

10:17 am

kind of perfumy for me gin is ,but what the heck..crossy tosses back an iced gin...

10:17 am

maybe some one should put some pillows on the floor around ruby before she passes out

bye all

10:17 am

Dr. Seuss has nothin' on me!@

10:17 am

* wonders who's modeling for m9, cuz it sure ain't me! *

10:18 am

how about purple camo pinillers

10:18 am

sorry pinilillers

10:18 am

Speakeasy...a club where people could go and dance and actually 'speak easy' cuz the music wasn't deafening like today's clubs?

10:18 am

peach-colored silk was what I liked (but I was younger then)

10:19 am

you are just unhappy about the bar we went to last night

10:19 am

I might have to change my name to Pinikiller...instead of Pinikula...almost all the same leter...

10:19 am

hi everyone

10:19 am

hi mom

10:19 am

pinikiller sounds like a triumphant feminist!

10:19 am

glad you made the trip Pini and jmc, love the cake

10:19 am

Hi jmc

10:19 am

{{mom}}

Me too, ruby, but don't we date ourselves with memories of peach silk?

10:20 am

we didn't even go inside...and standing outside the door we still had to try and talk over the music....that was just overkill!

10:20 am

{{Ruby}}

10:20 am

pinikiller,i like it,has a nice ring to it

10:20 am

hi mom...thx ;)

10:20 am

Hi Helensgirld

10:20 am

hi helen ;)

10:20 am

Hi Crossy

10:20 am

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10:20 am

what time is the meet up?

10:20 am

hi helen

10:20 am

probably, helensgirlkid. Like Ashes of Roses in the Thornbirds!

10:21 am

jmc, what did you just do?

10:21 am

i think we are suppose to be at some crafts market at 11 or noon'

10:21 am

noboby te**s me anything

10:21 am

Good Morning Fellow Babblers. You must all be very talkative because I couldn't get in this site for the longest time!

10:21 am

please te** everyone hello for me

10:22 am

jmc..i think that is a week in pb

10:22 am

oh no! I have no Idea how i did that!

10:22 am

I'd like to thank JMC for giving me about 10 more words!!! LOL

10:22 am

what a shame there were no clues attached to all that :)

10:22 am

at least a week!

10:22 am

(and she didn't even have to talk across the room at me!)

10:22 am

me too {{jmc}}

10:23 am

oh yes there were ...... thanks

10:23 am

that was a very nice thing, jmc!!!

10:23 am

Crossy, I think you're right...that's probably about a week's worth * giggle *

10:23 am

*gets book, pound of coffee and goes*

10:23 am

ROFL

10:23 am

there were words in it

10:23 am

there sure were

10:23 am

hello nef, this is a rather rowdy group led by a slightly in-her-cups rubyfoo

10:24 am

LOADS of words!

10:24 am

say hi to everyone at the get together jmc and pini!

10:24 am

hi nef no i f*&^ed up and crowded the chog

10:24 am

Oh, yes...I think we all scored on that one!!!

10:24 am

that got me 9 words. thanks

10:24 am

hi nef ;)

10:24 am

hi Nef!

10:24 am

if they ever wake up nef

10:25 am

jmc and I are the only 2 up here...the other 2 are still sleeping...so, shhhh, we're typing in the dark!

10:25 am

oh.. just looking at it makes me feel kind of.....dirty.....

10:25 am

that was good for about ten words for me;)

10:25 am

how are you, nef, to change the subject.....

10:25 am

that is still not as bad as the time i had my foot on my key board and hogged the chog for 15 minutes

10:25 am

jmc, I've been trying on and off for about an hoour to get in here; so it isn't all because of your very interesting goof there

10:25 am

glad to be of help *waves from pb*

10:25 am

but I couldn't resist. got 3 out of it..

10:25 am

why was the keyboard on the floor?????

10:25 am

^5 crossy...I grabbed about that many!

10:26 am

ug, dinner time.....

10:26 am

it was a laptop i took off my lap to watch a tv show and i didn't realize i had let my foot set down on it

10:26 am

i just need one more for 1/2way!

10:26 am

NBT!!!!

10:26 am

argh no fair pini!

10:27 am

and why not fair???

10:27 am

wtg pini!

10:27 am

I need two e's for nbt, 2nd and 3rd columns

10:27 am

hey, yall :) on the new computer

10:27 am

cause jmc has been chugging along while you were snoring...LOL

10:27 am

fair fair!

10:27 am

ed4 for both

10:27 am

because i don[t have it since i have been typing in the dark

10:27 am

sweet seain!!!

10:27 am

en + the blue *** up above

10:27 am

hi dc

10:27 am

ooops...make that ed4 and el4

10:27 am

hello seain, watch out for this rowdy group

10:27 am

Riuby en + the blue *** above with the white clouds

10:28 am

hi dc ;)

10:28 am

pfft, ruby, i've been round here for years, i know what i'm getting into :)

10:28 am

or perhaps the problem is she's been chogging along!

10:28 am

Hi Dcseain

10:28 am

(nice one m9)

10:28 am

ty for the en

10:28 am

Hi Hurshy

10:28 am

is there a theme for today btw?

10:28 am

what? catch me being nice to you again m9

10:29 am

chog chog chog.....

10:29 am

cake

10:29 am

* giggle *

10:29 am

someone sober up ruby

10:29 am

again?

10:29 am

i think the theme today is hard words

10:29 am

hello hurshy!

10:29 am

today we're going to meet, let's se...

10:29 am

cake! sounds good to me!

10:29 am

...mcurl, vash, rie...

10:30 am

rie?

10:30 am

...and we're 'eatin cake'...so, yeah, cake sounds good!

10:30 am

riemann

10:30 am

let them eat cake!

10:30 am

woot woot

10:31 am

g

10:31 am

hello inge!

10:31 am

guten morgen, inge ;)

10:31 am

the cake is a lie

10:31 am

actually accord to sprites profile it is herbs

10:31 am

hallo, Inge

10:32 am

how so dwr?

10:32 am

Hi Inge and dwroehl

10:32 am

no cake is a lie!

10:32 am

herbs...

10:32 am

ok

10:32 am

hi inge and dwr

10:32 am

:) dw

10:32 am

the cake is a lie, dwr is correct.

10:32 am

I just got a cake stand at the second hand store. I was SO happy!

10:32 am

cake is yummy for your tummy!

10:32 am

*poof* dinner

10:32 am

why are you saying cake is a lie?

10:33 am

i think maybe they mean cake isn't the theme, herbs is.

10:33 am

congrats, m9!

10:33 am

enjoy, ruby!

10:33 am

aaahhhh...fading

10:33 am

hi hursh!

10:33 am

jmc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(v ideo_game)

10:33 am

oh okay they yes herbs is the theme

10:34 am

or dc has another more subtle meaning...

10:34 am

I'll have to ask stidg if our cake is an herb cake!

10:34 am

ok...I"m herbified.

10:34 am

i just provided a link to the source of 'the cake is a lie' :)

10:35 am

dc and dwr were refering to a video game

10:35 am

ohhh "herb" cake... right...gotchya....

10:35 am

very interesting dc

10:35 am

most of those lo** like spices rather than herbs

10:36 am

clue for cl5/14 please

10:36 am

chinese medicinal herbs

10:36 am

so it counts!

10:37 am

also herbified

10:37 am

sorry, ren, don't have it yet

10:37 am

that doesn't say anything about cake being a lie..?

Finally rememberd to change icon! Thanks, people.

10:37 am

a herb is a leaf and the rest of such things are spices

10:37 am

ca8 lily + bathroom in UK

10:38 am

comfrey! nice

10:38 am

oooh, nice clue, hursh!

10:38 am

yes it does if you read futher down the link there is a discussion about how in teh game there is grafitt that says "the cake is a lie"

10:38 am

i thought that was a loo hursh

10:38 am

cl5/14 add vowel to prev 4 (dressed in)

10:38 am

it is...

10:38 am

the game is a ton of fun, and the closing credits are wonderful, and available online

10:38 am

cl 5/14 = add a vowel to the cl4/6

10:38 am

ah. link didn't take me to main page..

10:39 am

and it has all sorts of hidden messages and secrets

10:39 am

ty for ca8 :)

10:39 am

nice to see of you. JMC and Pini, enjoy the meet up {{Hugs to all}}

10:39 am

thanks Nef

10:39 am

be well, Mom

10:39 am

hurshy, you are too fast for me1(But I did find the word!) :-)

10:40 am

you as well Seain

10:40 am

now I get it

10:40 am

bye mom

10:40 am

oh jilly just waved!

10:40 am

bye jmc

10:41 am

yeah! one more and I can use the blow dryer...

10:41 am

i wasn't very fast - that was 2 whole mins after the clue request!

10:41 am

ack! I can't keep up with all the comings and goings. So bye all who are leaving. Hello all who just got here!

10:41 am

morning all

10:41 am

finally got it hursh i can be so dense

10:41 am

hey, mcurl!!!!

10:42 am

crossy has his nurses hat on,taking care of the mrs as she has a fever,cold drinks,ginger ale,ice chips for very sore throat,adjusting blankies,tylenol for fever...

10:42 am

sounds really intersting dwr and dc i may have to lo** into it

10:42 am

one of the ca6's is my friend's son's name!

10:42 am

oh.. poor mrs crossy!

10:42 am

all dressed and waiting for the someplace to go!

10:42 am

and good crossy husband!

10:42 am

get dressed mccurl almost all of us are awake

10:42 am

oh, i do hope she feels better soon, crossy

10:42 am

ooh, yes, poor mrscrossy

10:42 am

hi, mccurl

10:43 am

come on down, mcurl!

10:43 am

come on to the casino mccurl

10:43 am

all ready dressed jmc; hello there dc

10:43 am

you guys are already at the casino???

10:43 am

mrs crossy needs chicken soup

10:43 am

give her lots of honey lemon tea and chicken soup, crossy1

10:43 am

i'm thinking of going downstairs to sit in a comfy chair with the lights on and babble!

10:43 am

it is where we are staying mcurl

10:43 am

we sure are, mcurl

10:44 am

I think stid had something to do with this grid! she's hosting gettogether AND she's on the grid?? hmmmm.....

10:44 am

jmc...will ya miss me if I go?? * snicker *

10:44 am

di7: call a phone number, double the last letter, add chicago train

10:44 am

i think we can turn on the lights now since jill is up

10:44 am

soup is already on:)

10:44 am

yes! hot honey lemon is the best!

10:44 am

PINI, YOU WANT TO BABBLE IN THE LIGHT?

10:44 am

but Bugs is still sleepin!

10:45 am

well, it's more of a COMFY CHAIR, Nef...the floor is not being nice to my butt...

10:45 am

Ooops; soorr

10:45 am

its nearly 9!

10:45 am

Drat!

10:45 am

my butt is numb

10:45 am

good clue hurshey,i only know of the els cause i read of them once

10:45 am

it IS nearly nine. jump on bugs.

10:45 am

bbs, gonna go seek some food.

10:45 am

Hi! Are you going to have breakfast soon?

10:45 am

I feel your pain, jmc!!!!!!!! LOL

10:45 am

they are kind loud and fun crossy

10:45 am

STIDG! mornin'!

10:45 am

hey stidg!

10:46 am

How about getting dressed and coming over. My husband is on best behavior--you know what that means.

10:46 am

I may see if I can go find some hot chocolate while the girls are gettin' dolled up...

10:46 am

i dont eat breakfast

10:46 am

congrats, stidg!

10:46 am

this is as dolled as i get unless i go to court

10:46 am

!!! bad jmc!!

10:46 am

(me either)

10:46 am

Would you like to have eggs and bacon with lemon muffins? Tea? Cofee?

10:46 am

breakfast is the best meal of the day

10:47 am

they are getting all dolled up? crumb I'm coming as just plain old me

10:47 am

No breakfast--the most mportant meal of the day--I agree crossy.

10:47 am

what does that mean? i don't have to argue about the military? ;-)

10:47 am

your husband is still asleep?

10:47 am

* zips lips *

10:47 am

ga7: bitter substance + pecan, almond (and pl for 8)

10:47 am

dolled up???

10:47 am

i grew up in the south where breakfast was a religion and i never ate it

10:48 am

ty again hurshy

10:48 am

Nice airplane mcurls. Why? Right. he is willing to drop his harangue. Oh Lord, when he gets going, I gets going too.

10:48 am

ty hursh

10:48 am

hurshy, ty, you're being a big help today :)

10:48 am

that ga7 reminds me of "the african queen"

10:48 am

ok...since people are moving...I'm going to go find a cuppa HC and a comfy chair...(I'll take my lap top so I can keep chatting...)

10:48 am

i thought we were both reasonably well behaved last night

10:48 am

bbs

10:49 am

breakfast is also a religion here as well:)

10:49 am

oh yeah, g + bogey!

10:49 am

stidg it's the plane my son flies on in the air force. i do it to honor his service to our country

10:49 am

ge7: like the noble ga7

10:49 am

very cool mcurl

10:50 am

I had no problem with your behavior jmc, but oh my he was sooooo out of line.

10:50 am

my mom used to cover her eyes and say "have they come to the leeches yet??"

10:50 am

who was out of line?

10:50 am

i found him amusing and enjoyed our discussion

10:51 am

leeches????

10:51 am

if i can't hold my own in a discussion like that i would have to give up my shingle

10:51 am

sounds like I missed a good time!

10:51 am

in "the african queen" hursh

10:51 am

leeches?

10:51 am

i don't remember leeches in the african queen

10:51 am

Anyway, I don't know how your morning is going to unfold. Jmc we don't have a dog and if you want to hang out here we would welcome you. If you want a ride to see some sights, we could do that. I understand you are very capable and your reasoning sound.

10:51 am

mosquitos, i think i remember

10:52 am

i remember now

10:52 am

have to get out and pull the boat

10:52 am

when do they leeches come in?

10:52 am

ohh! it sounds like you guys had an interesting time last night!

10:52 am

Lusty, understated love, African Queen style. Is there a word on the grid from that?

10:52 am

we did and no one deck anyone

10:52 am

Leeches come in jars.

10:53 am

leeches come in creeks, they do

10:53 am

no, when do they come in in the MOVIE

10:53 am

all i can remember is all or poor mr orners booze ending up in the river...;9

10:53 am

i would be happy to join you stidgmere but i will wait for bugsy to arise from her beauty rest

10:53 am

Pini are you with your hot chocolate?

10:53 am

that was sad crossy

10:53 am

pini is in transit to hot chocolate

10:54 am

Ok, whenever you are ready, we will be, too.

10:54 am

do we have your phone #

10:54 am

mine is 2022567441

10:54 am

As long as Bugsy doesn't read before 8 o'clock this morning--oh not possible now. unless she goes to Hawaii.

10:55 am

867-5309

10:55 am

i couldn't find it on youtube..LOL

10:55 am

360 866 8260.

10:55 am

lol stidg we kep her safe

10:55 am

and katherines voice cycling jaggedly up and down as she berates him for his evil ways

10:55 am

but what is the area code hursh

10:55 am

lol

10:56 am

LOL hursh

10:56 am

sing it, jmc.

10:56 am

http://tinyurl.com/2cjad4a

10:57 am

it's how the director got bogey's shirt off!!!

10:57 am

LOL

10:57 am

ty for 3 jmc

10:57 am

3??

10:58 am

i am confusled

10:58 am

nu6, baby pecan, almond

10:58 am

please could I have a clue for that upper N for NBT? I can't find a single word for it!

10:58 am

(your little indiscretion jmc)

10:58 am

clue for la6 & la7 please

10:58 am

3? I don't even know why that is on the chog. I did it but my mind was temporarily out of commision.

10:58 am

whoa, ne5!

10:59 am

oh from earlier -- i thought that had been driven out of the chog by now

10:59 am

THANK YOU HURSH!

10:59 am

la6 - soup scoopers

10:59 am

and by gmere's comment perhaps that wasnt' it

10:59 am

la6 - past tense of la4 before it

10:59 am

la7: most tall and thin

10:59 am

good clue hursh...

11:00 am

that's a weird la7, never heard nor seen the wordy without an i before the suffix, ty hurshy

11:01 am

yeah! bugs is awake and there is light

11:02 am

some people are cute

11:02 am

never heard a more true nonsequitar

11:03 am

some people are cats

11:03 am

there is a lot of overlap between these groups

11:03 am

I need the other la6/21 please

11:03 am

few people are cats

11:03 am

my cat thinks the computer is a competitor

11:03 am

i did both... second was past tense of la4

11:03 am

pni? are you there yet?

11:04 am

millions of people are cats!

11:04 am

some people are cats, they're just born that way, they cannot help it.

11:04 am

sorry hurshy did not see the clue will have a look

11:04 am

a fully-la5 balrog

11:04 am

hi, ren, long time, all's well?

11:05 am

*moves a few feet away from hursh*

11:05 am

it's past tense of the la4 that has 3 of the same letter, to be more specific

11:05 am

balrog?

11:05 am

I'm here...found some hot chocolate!!!

11:05 am

jmc doesn't think that cats are people too :(

11:05 am

and dogs

11:05 am

hi dcs, yes all well thanks, hope you are too

11:05 am

bugs is awake and stidgmere has invited us over for breakfast

11:06 am

my cat is a very nice roommate but until she can use the can opener i will reserve judgment

11:06 am

and NEVER dogs

11:06 am

:-P

11:06 am

i am, ty :)

11:06 am

steven hawking can't use a can opener

11:07 am

and stidgmere apparently read stidgpere the riot act

11:07 am

I can barely use a canopener.

11:07 am

touche hursh

11:07 am

balrogs live in middle earth, and one battled Gandalf

11:07 am

oh another d*& Tokien refernce

11:07 am

they are beings of fire and shadow...

11:08 am

so pini did you find hc?

11:08 am

and they're NOT very nice

11:09 am

shall we descend on the stidgmere/pere abode?

11:09 am

If you would like muffins, eggs, bacon, coffee, assorted fruit, and/or oatmeal, we can do it. Welcome over!

11:09 am

thanks everyone I have found the la6 and la7

11:10 am

GOOD MORROW ALL!

11:10 am

We also have hot chocolate mix. Tea.

11:10 am

*turns off caps lock* hey there!

11:10 am

Good morrning Stidmama.

11:10 am

morninr stid

11:10 am

hi stid!

11:10 am

hi stiddie

11:10 am

hello, stid. you match jmc today, i see :{

11:10 am

I thought you were shouting.

11:10 am

:) rather

11:10 am

my spellers are off today!

11:10 am

good morning mcurl!

11:10 am

hey m!

11:10 am

people having same icon so confusing

11:11 am

so. you invite everyone else for b'fast but not us?

11:11 am

it's a secret club hurshy!! LOL

11:11 am

hi stid

11:11 am

You weren't here on the chog.

11:11 am

of course, the boys are still asleep... *wonders if sneaking out for b'fast would cause them any concern*

11:11 am

Probably not even awaken them.

11:11 am

leave a note

11:11 am

at their age, likely not, and they can always call if so, stid

11:12 am

probably not... *waffles*

11:12 am

common over stid mama,i have crispy apple wood smoked bacon and big crunchy jumbo bagels with veggie cream cheese or apple jelly and a pan of fluffy scrambled eggs

11:12 am

the boys would prpbably love sleeping in for a day, stid

11:12 am

pini what say you

11:12 am

oh! it's your bacon day! congrats, cross!! *happy mama smile*

11:12 am

Are you saying we should to the Babble Jet to Ontario crossy?

11:12 am

notes do wonders

11:13 am

the boys are okay waking up alone, but I think Tom will stay anyway.

11:13 am

He deserves a quiet morning, too.

11:13 am

but of course

11:13 am

how about mcurl?

11:13 am

apple jelly! sounds heavenly crossy!

11:13 am

still here!

11:13 am

ill throw in some peameal bacon and cheddar as well then

11:13 am

I'll make a list of things that need doing in the garden...

11:14 am

ah, riemann is awake and on his way south, methinks (he is talking to Tom on the phone)

11:14 am

jilly is lurking

11:14 am

Okay with the bacon--never heard of peameal bacon crossy.

11:14 am

peameal bacon?

11:14 am

good morning!

11:14 am

he'll come to our house and hang out with the fellas... Mother is that offer for b'fast still open? Do I need to bring any more of my milk?

11:15 am

good morning, jilli

11:15 am

Hi jilly. Good morning.

11:15 am

good morning, Jill!

11:15 am

pigs fed with peameal?

11:15 am

hi jilli

11:15 am

No, we have plent of soy milk.

11:15 am

mmmm bacon

11:15 am

peameal bacon is a lean non-streaky type of bacon sold in a small log form and is cured and rolled in peameal

11:15 am

hi, nef

11:15 am

PINI!!!!

11:15 am

back bacon rolled in cornmeal = peameal bacon

11:15 am

hi jilli!

11:15 am

We also have your cereal, mama.

11:15 am

i notice this machine is not as hot as Tom's. i wonder if he has a dead fan.

11:15 am

but the streaks are the goodness

11:15 am

yes, I remember the cereal... I'll be over in a little bit. should I park next door again?

11:16 am

Ah, yes, park next door mama.

11:16 am

hi seain; how's everything?

11:16 am

call pini stiddie she is ignoring me :-(

11:16 am

ignoring you? where is she?

11:16 am

ty jilli,i must remember to call it back bacon for them

11:16 am

ah! it's more like canadian bacon than what we call bacon

11:17 am

back bacon i understand

11:17 am

right, m9

11:17 am

see, I told you I was bilingual

11:17 am

things are alright, nef, ty

11:17 am

she is downstairs drinknig hot chocolate

11:18 am

pini isn't answering...

11:18 am

d^&( are you calling her? I think she may have left her phone her

11:18 am

*here

11:19 am

if we can find pini we will come on over

11:19 am

LOL yes, I did try -- didn't leave a message though.

11:19 am

We thought pini would stay on the chog while drinking her chocolate. Well, I'm going to say good by for now. I have folks coming for breakfast. See you when you get here. We'll call it brunch.

11:19 am

i heard the phone ring :-(

11:19 am

she said she would :-(

11:19 am

bbs; DH informed me I should get dressed soon (someone coming over)

11:19 am

mcurl, are you coming at 12:30... or thereabout.

11:19 am

bye nef

11:20 am

it's us, Nef. we've been invited to b'fast... LOL

11:20 am

yes mama I am; possibly earlier than that as I have some things to do before

11:21 am

i need 3 words to finish please help - un6/21, un8/50 x 2

11:21 am

okay, I'll be there. If you get bored or don't see me, give me a holler. Will have my cell phone.

11:21 am

egss are in da pan....

11:21 am

okie dokie

11:21 am

un8 the package/box

11:21 am

found the 2 un8 words

11:21 am

we un8 the lopsided ladder

11:21 am

*hearing lovely pops and sizzles from cross's kitchen* may I contribute some jam or jelly?

11:21 am

un6.21 a box

11:22 am

unpack? unused? unfold?

11:22 am

I need the other one please dcs

11:22 am

and/or un-take-money-in-exchange-for-goods

11:22 am

go ren go!

11:22 am

i have apple jelly and veggie cream cheese,but ill take something else if you have home made...

11:22 am

un6 a house after it's sold, renegging?

11:22 am

stid, think wax on an envelope

11:23 am

unlick? ewww

11:23 am

AHA! thanks hurshy!

11:23 am

I have raspberry jam...

11:23 am

I have zero words,lol 1

11:23 am

go jill go!

11:24 am

go jilly go!

11:24 am

oh! I am up to 49!

11:24 am

PINI!!!!

11:24 am

yeah, i don't get that one, dc, isn't it like how you can't unring a bell, wouldn't you think?

11:24 am

and I can't type

11:24 am

*threatens to drive up and kidnap pini from her cocoa*

11:24 am

agreed, hurshy :)

11:25 am

good morning jilli - up early!!

11:25 am

oh! I found a ~ in the grid!

11:25 am

ooooh open an letter

11:25 am

i gets it!

11:25 am

good morning dear flo

11:25 am

flosey!!!

11:25 am

a dash? a hyphen?

11:26 am

ironically though, unring should really be a word just on account of the popularity of that saying.

11:26 am

hi flosey -- for once I didn't stay up babbling

11:26 am

morning, flosey

11:26 am

hubby is spoiling me this morning - scrambled eggs, mushrooms, etc, (whatever)

11:26 am

aha, lights out ?

11:26 am

mmmm. he's a good mr. flo...

11:26 am

I can see this last one being the death of me, suppose to be getting ready to go out for 1hrs time thats not going to happen

11:26 am

yes stid, not only grows it, also cooks it

11:26 am

I'm stuck at 33

11:27 am

us5?

11:27 am

we tired her out yesterday flo! LOL talking, babbling, talking, eating...

11:27 am

us + tidy - t

11:27 am

that us 5 is a babblet

11:27 am

us5 is a babblet, add scots 'no'

11:27 am

us + National Education Association

11:27 am

thanks dc

11:27 am

and stid

11:28 am

nae, dc!

11:28 am

I like hurshy's clue too, it gave me another word!

clues for top n ?

11:28 am

yes, i realized after the fact :">

11:28 am

whoa, ne5

11:28 am

hey cosmo

hi

nelle

11:29 am

close!LOL

11:29 am

:) dc

11:29 am

almost, cosmo :)

:) wrong box

11:30 am

pini arrived and we are on the way

11:30 am

i'm gonna restart, bbs

11:30 am

sorry can I have another clue for un6/21 not the opening of the box one please

11:30 am

okay! I will get going too. see you-all soon!!! *unplugs computer and packs it up and....*

11:31 am

un + break open a letter

11:31 am

ok i'm here for real this time

11:31 am

take that + out of there

11:31 am

hi GE

11:31 am

hi good! for real!

11:33 am

good morning, bad morning

11:33 am

oh no! what's up good?

11:34 am

went and got my hair cut and styled this morning -happy!!

11:34 am

REN: un + take-money-in-exchange-for-goods

11:34 am

that's good!

11:34 am

*pokes nose in to hug good*

11:34 am

had to go sit out in the humidity for a hour long soccer meeting - hair is now unhappy :(

11:34 am

bye all -- we're off to stidgmere's!

11:34 am

<<----cuts own hair.. and styled?? what's that?

11:35 am

*blow-dries hair and re-poofs the style*

11:35 am

ah! you are a curly!?

11:35 am

oops! will be late! LOL *poof for real*

11:35 am

I'm sorry GE.

11:35 am

no, longish and layered

11:35 am

not sorry if you're a curly. just sorry that you're hair is unhappy

11:35 am

it lasted such a short time ...sigh

11:36 am

but WANTS to be curly??

11:36 am

I like humidity hair. Or is that humility hair?

11:36 am

will have to leave that last 1 un6 as I must get ready to go out thanks for all your help x

11:36 am

it hasn't actually frizzed, it just sorta went limp

11:37 am

back

11:37 am

ah! bummer!

11:37 am

my hair loves humidity

11:37 am

su7 - any clues please?

11:37 am

I don't use shampoo anymore.

11:38 am

an ancient way of telling time using the s**

su - time

11:38 am

i don't get my hair done often but a friend of my works at a local shop and cleans it up for me periodicly. we have a party tonight so she said i could stop in later for a fluff.

11:38 am

wait, that sounds bad

11:38 am

ty, cosmo

11:38 am

ty mcurl and cosmo

11:39 am

yw

11:39 am

sunlet

11:39 am

NM,

11:39 am

how nice of her!

11:39 am

we were going to get one of those for the rose garden, lol haven't yet!!

11:39 am

but take that s off Nef!

11:40 am

what do you use M? i only shampoo every other day and condition every day.

11:41 am

when i want to do scalp, i mix a little baking soda and conditioner, massage scalp, rinse with very, very diluted ac vinegar and then condition.

11:42 am

Sometimes I use a little coconut oil

11:42 am

what does the vinegar do?

11:42 am

I found online where someone has made up home recipes to replicate the divachon stuff.. going to try that.

11:44 am

closes the cuticles.

11:44 am

since quitting shampoo, my head never gets oily

11:45 am

yes, shampoo is one of those things the more you use it the more you need it.

11:46 am

I have the book "curly girl" because my 14yo has VERY curly hair. and curly hair is drier.. used to not know what to do with her hair.

11:47 am

And one of the first things said in the book REALLY made sense to me. hair is a natural fiber.. you wouldn't wash your woolens in SOAP every day!

11:47 am

ahh true!

11:48 am

m9, good point about curly hair. Til i learned to moisturize mine, i hated it.

11:48 am

(or even every other day)

11:49 am

I JUST found this: http://www.longlocks.com/hair-care-rec ipes-cookbook.htm

11:49 am

very cool looking site!

11:49 am

let me know if you need tinyurl

11:50 am

have you seen my daughter's hair?

11:51 am

i've not, m9

11:51 am

that website looks great. i'll have to check it out more closely later

11:52 am

and you're my fb friend too seain!!!! shame on you!LOL

11:53 am

http://tinyurl.com/24y9vmt

11:53 am

oh, wait, ty for context, yes i have seen, but had plumb forgot

11:53 am

that kind of shows her hair

11:53 am

LOL.

11:53 am

i know. YOu've even commented on it before.LOL

11:54 am

yes, i really like that picture

11:54 am

lale

11:54 am

it really needs a trim.. sigh.

11:54 am

nope seain

11:55 am

but good effort!

11:55 am

i was going to get mine cut yesterday, but stylist was sick, so next Tuesday instead

11:55 am

I've only really seen your eye...

11:55 am

oh that is curly!

11:55 am

no wait. I"m thinking of george

11:56 am

S*goes to look at 68 photos of seain*

11:56 am

http://tinyurl.com/3af47m9 is me and lil*monkey

11:57 am

Hi Flosey. Just looking for words and thinking about our friends coming for breakfast. Not too warm a day with a light overcast. Good for walking.

11:57 am

you have very nice hair. it's way darker than your beard.... hmmm.....

11:57 am

yes, stidg, would love to be coming for breakfast too

11:57 am

that's funny.. your link ended with m9!

11:58 am

yes, my beard has turned white just a bit before my hair :)

11:58 am

Next time Flosey. After the harvest is a good time to get away also.

11:58 am

i got mocked at HS reunion last year -- whitest beard

11:59 am

I'll be tied up most of Fall with cataract surgery stid - Oct. and Nov. last appt. Dec.16

11:59 am

I think it's cool!

12:00 pm

I'd say our hair is almost exactly the same color

12:00 pm

We have next year to look forward to and you will be seeing so much more clearly! I finally got a new prescription for my glasses. I also bought sun glasses which I hadn't had for years. I am enjoying the polarized feature.

12:00 pm

mine's a dark brown toward auburn, which never shows well in photos

12:00 pm

much lighter than either of my parents, and my sister's a blonde

12:01 pm

hey seain, do you know a Clark and Mike out there? Clark is my ummmmm half uncle.

12:02 pm

yes stidg - and I have quite a list of books I'll be looking forward to doing more reading

12:02 pm

i always call him my cousin bc half uncle is weird

12:02 pm

gd evening everybody

12:02 pm

hi there ruby

12:02 pm

i don't think so, GE

12:02 pm

ah then it's my sister's color. her's is a little lighter than mine

12:02 pm

wb, ruby

12:02 pm

we'd like to get back to dc and visit and see the townhouse they renovated

12:03 pm

Hello ruby. Bonjour or bonjoy whichever suits.

12:03 pm

i always suggest visiting here in April or October -- better weather

12:04 pm

I'm going now because I'm very nicely being asked to go play the heroes humans game (in other words.. he's batman and I'm robin)

12:04 pm

have fun, m9

cant find nu6 .. help pls..

12:04 pm

wouldn't be anytime soon. any vacation is on hold for a bit.

12:04 pm

a small almond, cosmo

12:04 pm

or a small cashew

12:05 pm

nu 6: diminutive ending to fruit of an oak tree, etc

tx.. got it..

12:06 pm

how is everybody? It's surprisingly hot here and I thought summer was over as it was so cold last week

12:06 pm

hello everyone -- been lurking -- 25 to go

12:06 pm

hi ruby

12:06 pm

i'm happy it's below 90F today

12:06 pm

Hi cybernan. We will be thinking of you today as we gather for lunch.

12:06 pm

howdy, nan

12:07 pm

hello nan et bon soir, stidgmere!

12:07 pm

hello goode

12:07 pm

hello seain

12:08 pm

al6.18 - a variant of a gene

12:09 pm

hmm, seain, putting the monkeys to work on that

12:10 pm

yay, finally reached half!!! It took a long time....

12:11 pm

middle e for NBT, pls

12:11 pm

crossy is still clawing his way to half way point

12:12 pm

fingernaials wearing ouot, crossy?

12:12 pm

monkey is going into a coma,if he does not pick it up soon,i may have to eat him

12:13 pm

plenty of marinade, crossy

12:13 pm

wonder if it tastes like bananas?

ad6?

12:14 pm

no... chicken

12:14 pm

hello cosmo, I wish!

12:14 pm

hahah jmb

12:15 pm

154 left but i need a break bbl

12:15 pm

this is my break!

12:16 pm

hi everyone -

12:16 pm

bbl, gonna take a break, and maybe a nap. long live siesta!

12:16 pm

don't have it Cosmo, sorry

12:16 pm

hi jbv

12:16 pm

yay for siestas!!!

12:16 pm

hello flosey

12:16 pm

how's hubby, ruby

12:17 pm

hi ruby - how are things on your side of the Alps?

12:17 pm

he's much better, thank you, walking again and not afraid. Dog is still in dog jail

12:17 pm

finally through the list and 7 left -- bbl

12:17 pm

It is hot and beautiful with lots of flowers, blackberries and tomatoes!

12:17 pm

good news, ruby

12:18 pm

good to hear, ruby

12:18 pm

very nice - I think of you when I hear from my cousins on the other side - they've been vacationing in Val D'Aosta and what they call "Il Monte Bianco"

12:18 pm

val d'Aosta is less than 2 hrs from here, just on the other side of the Mont Blanc tunnel

12:18 pm

a6: ending for a summer drink, like lemon-- lime-- + abbr. for big East Coast city + first letter of biggest city on West Coast

12:19 pm

err...

12:20 pm

fireworks, at long last!!

12:20 pm

yaa for flosey!!\

12:20 pm

oooh very nice erda. thanks

12:20 pm

yay for flosey!!!

12:20 pm

yay flosey!

12:20 pm

monkeys just fainted dead away!

tx Erda.. got it..

12:20 pm

hello aloy

12:20 pm

You're welcome -- that word shouldn't exist...

12:20 pm

crossy is roasting his monkey....

12:21 pm

hi all, just logged on to finish up.. stayed up after the flip and did most of the grid (yawn)

12:21 pm

save me a leg, crossy!

12:22 pm

must run now, playing bridge this afternoon

12:22 pm

bye flosey!

12:22 pm

hagd, flosey!

12:22 pm

be back in time for flip!

12:22 pm

and you Aloy, ruby, everyone

12:23 pm

{{flosey}}

Anyone have the US... word?

12:23 pm

hello grey

12:23 pm

us + sleep ap***

never mind - Monkied it

Thanks anyway Alo !

12:24 pm

yw, your monkey was faster than my clue, lol

12:25 pm

aloy do you have a clue for the middle e? pls.....

12:26 pm

yes, the national bird but eliminate the second vowel

12:26 pm

el4 is a certain joie de vivrie, add a consonant for an animal

12:26 pm

e + slang for girl

12:27 pm

eg4 french word for equal

12:27 pm

oops, scratch first clue, sorry

12:27 pm

too funny! ty

12:27 pm

NBT!

12:27 pm

yay

12:27 pm

*vivre

12:27 pm

go, ruby!

12:27 pm

bon soir, une

12:27 pm

salut!

12:28 pm

and then there is eg4, a mild expletive

12:28 pm

ty aloy

12:28 pm

milde and olde LOL

12:29 pm

yvw.. am finding a bunch of "newbies" in this grid

12:29 pm

new babblets?

12:29 pm

no, not babblets.. just weirdos (-:

12:30 pm

at least, I don't remember seeing them before

12:30 pm

80 to go and must hit the road to pick up rescue dog Sylvia, chocolate lab -- later, boys and girls! *poof*

12:31 pm

ooh.. you are a foster parent? good for you, Une!

12:31 pm

nope, picking her up and bringing her to the person driving the next leg -- destination is Knoxville where a foster will be keeping her while she's treated for heartworms

12:32 pm

when she has a clean bill of health she'll be listed on petfinder :-)

12:32 pm

oh, I see.. good luck to the choc lab.. and hurray for your help!

12:32 pm

aloy, when i foster dogs I end up adopting them -- 3 is my limit! LOL

12:32 pm

wow! that will definitely get you into heaven, une!

12:33 pm

i love helping with dog transport, ruby :-)

12:33 pm

kind heart, Une.. I understand..

12:33 pm

Sylvia is a lovely dog name

12:33 pm

if you want to watch a heartwarming show about it, watch Animal Planet's "Last Chance Highway"

12:34 pm

sigh, we don't get cable

12:34 pm

it's on tonite at 7:00 Central -- ok, i'm off! byeeee *poof*

12:34 pm

{{une}}

12:36 pm

(last comment!! here's the website: http://animal.discovery.com/tv/last-ch ance-highway)

12:37 pm

ty, Une.. hagd

12:40 pm

di 7, please?

12:41 pm

to di**a phone +

12:41 pm

lol ( with diff vowel)

12:42 pm

start with di4, what you used to do with a telephone, then add **g of lamb, finish with another letter that follows k.. tough to clue

12:42 pm

oops! sorry

12:42 pm

v strange word but thanks, aloy

12:42 pm

ty aloy

12:43 pm

one of those "newbie" words I referred to earlier.. new to me, yvw, glad to help

12:44 pm

ca 8?

12:44 pm

how are you doing, nef?

12:44 pm

is it hot there?

12:45 pm

sorry -- first ca 8 -- one that starts with a lily?

12:45 pm

ca lily + brit slang for bathroom

12:45 pm

doing slow, ruby; but still going forward! ;-) It's been a terribly hot and humid summer here

12:46 pm

start with the lily and with Water*** was not Napolean's victory

12:46 pm

just back to change icon for tonight

12:46 pm

isn't that a Caribbean stew?

12:46 pm

ty flosey -- strange word!

12:46 pm

you deserve huge credit, nef, for your courage!!!!

12:47 pm

yes it is, someone clued it earlier

12:47 pm

no, ruby; I'm just stubborn! ;-)

12:47 pm

nu6?

12:47 pm

stubborn is good, I think!

12:48 pm

nu 6: diminutive ending to fruit of an oak tree, etc.

12:48 pm

nu6 - to rent a nut.

12:48 pm

al 6, please?

12:49 pm

it can also be stupid, ruby. But we're doing better now and (hopefully) things are improving each day. How's things with you these days?

12:49 pm

thx for the nu

12:49 pm

al = variation of ge**, the trait you inherit

12:50 pm

husband is doing really well, back to walking on his old route (brave man!)

12:50 pm

algene

12:50 pm

indeed, ruby, that would take courage - the memory would be hard to relive

12:50 pm

sorry, wrong box (and nort a word)

12:51 pm

he is very stubborn, like a chow chow!

12:51 pm

that IS brave! And the dog? Has it been put down or what?

12:51 pm

joining flosey in fireworks land.. took a while to find the last un6

12:52 pm

wtg aloy

12:52 pm

ad6 was my last word

12:52 pm

YAY, Aloy!!! WTG!!!

12:52 pm

it is still in dog jail and it is up to the mayor to decide. Meanwhile, the owners are trying to get a petition together to save the dog

12:52 pm

al 6/18 cannot contain a g and therein lies my problem!

12:52 pm

now must run be back tonight at flip

12:52 pm

bye flosey

12:53 pm

and congrats to you too, flosey. I guess I missed your FW

12:53 pm

have to scoot too.. see you all next grid!

12:53 pm

please need another clue for that al 6 -- not getting anywhere with the last one

12:53 pm

ruby, are many people signing the petition? Have others been bitten or harassed by the dog?

12:55 pm

al6 - every scrambled eel.

12:55 pm

ty dachef

12:55 pm

I don't think they're signing the petition. One of the neighbors came to tell me; she has 3 grandchildren and doesn't want that dog in our village.

12:56 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

12:56 pm

I will go to see the mayor(esse!!!) tomorrow to discuss

great clue Dachef.. :)

12:58 pm

oh no -- still have one more a! -- the ad 6

12:58 pm

YAY, cyber!!! WTG!!

12:58 pm

is it fishy?

1:00 pm

ad6 - to refute the existence of the twelfth letter of the alphabet.

1:00 pm

Good luck, ruby. I hate the idea of putting down an animal; but if it attacks people it may be better in the long run.

again good.. Dachef

1:01 pm

well, dachef, I counted to 12 on my fingers, singing "the alphabet song", and still didn't find it!

1:01 pm

it has to be put down as it ate what it bit off!

1:02 pm

ty dachef -- good cryptic clue

1:02 pm

now I have fireworks!

1:02 pm

I think a dog like that can never be trusted and it shouldn't be "exported" to another village. Then it's on the mayor if it attacks someone else

1:02 pm

Oh, ruby! THAT is bad! I missed that part!]

1:02 pm

why was such a beautiful dog abandonned in the first place?

1:03 pm

last ga7?

1:03 pm

Yes, then it should be put down

1:03 pm

it must have a (unknown or undisclosed) history

1:03 pm

ga 7: bile + oak tree fruit - then plural

1:04 pm

we both love dogs, but this one is scary and, I think, very dangerous. My husband is pretty strong although not very big and it took him right down

1:04 pm

thx cyber

1:05 pm

any other clues wanted before I leave?

1:05 pm

DH is reminding me we have to go to his Aunt Jean's (the 85 y/o who broke both wrists last year and helped me play when she stayed with us). I have to do some work for her today. So, bye for now; BBL

1:05 pm

{{big hugs, nef}}

1:06 pm

*ppof*

1:06 pm

taking your hubby down is really bad. Imagine if it had been a child!

1:06 pm

bye ruby

1:06 pm

t's what I keep telling him

1:06 pm

bye nan

1:06 pm

and *poof* for me too

1:07 pm

on my way -- bye everyone :)

1:07 pm

he is a terrible pessimistic and I keep trying to get him to see the bright side. And I think it has brought the community together

1:07 pm

*real poof*

cant find that pesky LE 6/24. It must build off the LE4 before it ?

1:16 pm

ad a phonetic untruth to the le4 before it.

Thanks!

1:18 pm

hmmm, not getting that le clue ...

1:19 pm

le6 - le + friend??

1:19 pm

aha! i was adding one too many letters, thax dachef

1:21 pm

last un8?

1:22 pm

not got that far yet! Hold on.....

1:23 pm

un8 - not on a slant.

1:23 pm

un8 - if you said it about the tower of Pisa, you'd be wrong.

thansk haz!

1:24 pm

No problem, hello everyone, by the way.

1:28 pm

lo

1:29 pm

thx haz

1:29 pm

You're welcome, Shirlock.

1:33 pm

hi Haz, hi everyone

1:33 pm

Hello, JBV.

1:34 pm

one of my favorite words is here today - ag5- check my Mother's Day story for the reason why

1:35 pm

Well done for knowing a word like that at such a tender age!

1:35 pm

ty jbv..well i must head off to work,tc all and happy babbling

1:35 pm

Bye, crossy.

1:36 pm

poof!..cough..poof!

2nd ca8 pls..

1:42 pm

If you have the ca5/12 preceding, add a British toilet.

1:43 pm

Or to the phone ca4/5 add the ending of a noisy encounter - hullab****.

1:45 pm

ad 6/27 please?\

1:46 pm

ad6/27 - ad, a vowel then the first letters of a synthetic yarn (think stockings)

txHaz

1:47 pm

Or a plus the lion's home, backward adverbial ending.

1:47 pm

You're welcome, Cosmo.

1:49 pm

thank you haz

1:49 pm

You're welcome, ruru.

1:54 pm

ty haz!

1:54 pm

Hello...

1:55 pm

Thanks for the clues, Haz...how are you feeling?

1:55 pm

You're welcome, lbd Hello, Jellen.

1:55 pm

and hello everyone! hi jellen

1:55 pm

Jellen, I'm feeling really well, thanks. No pain-killers needed since yesterday.

1:56 pm

That's great!

1:56 pm

I know - I'm delighted and very glad to be so well so quickly.

1:57 pm

How's your day going so far?

1:59 pm

I've slept in yet again, so the day has barely begun. I was feeling a bit lonely, so I came here for company...

1:59 pm

A good place to come.

2:00 pm

Are you going to bed late and therefore sleeping in or just catching up on sleep?

2:00 pm

Heyas kids ..

2:00 pm

Heya tor...

2:00 pm

Hello. torgone, nice to see you.

2:01 pm

Coming to you from beautiful Wichita, Kansas today ..

2:01 pm

hi all

2:01 pm

Hi, tnana

2:01 pm

Hello, trents.

2:03 pm

Both my middle and last names are in the grid today...Is that an omen?

2:03 pm

de 5/16, anyone?

2:03 pm

jellen, i haven't had a chance to say how sorry i am for your loss... *hug*

2:03 pm

that's funny, jell

and almost jellen too.

2:03 pm

I don't know, Jellen. It's not an easy grid, that's all I know.

2:04 pm

Thank you hurshy...

2:04 pm

and I need the de 4/5 just before the de5/16

2:04 pm

de5/16 - to rhyme with Grace, the Monaco princess.

de4/5 --> shop where you get food

2:05 pm

The preceding de4/5 drops the sometimes vowel.

2:05 pm

anyone have the cl 7./32?

de4/5 - name of a computer company

2:05 pm

back

add a vowel tothe cl6 before

2:06 pm

Hi, jmc

2:06 pm

welcome cosmo -- how you have changed!

2:06 pm

*jealous*

2:06 pm

Hello, jmc.

2:07 pm

oh duh.. thanks cosmo..

2:07 pm

*beams* i sold a bunch of the jackets I brought from the HIV widows of Kenya

2:07 pm

Good for you, jmc...do you have pics of them anywhere?

2:08 pm

Well done, jmc.

2:08 pm

brb i will get a pic of me in one

2:09 pm

Could I have the stats for the top row N, please?

2:10 pm

Lawyer, world traveller, fashion distributor, model. That woman is amazing.

2:10 pm

Yes, she is!

2:10 pm

ne5 - The Melba Dame

2:11 pm

Thanks, Haz...thinking...

2:11 pm

And babbler, I forgot to add Babbler to her list of accomplishments.

2:11 pm

does she have toast all the tme?

2:11 pm

It also rhymes with Grace, the Monaco princess.

2:12 pm

clue for the il6?

2:12 pm

Only when she's fed up with peach Melba.

2:12 pm

il - most in need of a doctor

2:12 pm

ty, that's a silly word

2:13 pm

I don't know, I imagine it's well used in the World Hypochondriac Contest.

2:13 pm

lol, haz

2:13 pm

Wouldn't you hate to be in THAT audience?

2:14 pm

i'd need a shrink for sure!

2:16 pm

Hmmm...I need a remedial clue for ne5. I googled dame melba and came up with Nellie...

2:16 pm

Replace those two vowels at the end with a letter that sounds like them.

2:17 pm

Hello Babble buddies.

sounds like that..Jelln

2:17 pm

Hello, Scrabbler.

2:17 pm

Ah, thanks! Didn't see the path there...

2:17 pm

Hello, Scrabbler!

2:18 pm

No problem.

2:18 pm

I was trying to get some clues from below.

SK5 pls .. 2nd one..

2:19 pm

s plus the first letters of an Australian animal.

2:19 pm

And then past tense for sk7.

2:20 pm

TY for sk7. I had sk5

tx Haz.. 4 more left..

2:20 pm

Go Cosmo!

2:20 pm

You're welcome - nearly there, Cosmo!

2:20 pm

I have a young patient named Cosmo. A twin.

2:20 pm

hi scrabs, go cosmo!

2:21 pm

Hi Dawger

2:21 pm

ga 8/55??

2:21 pm

121 to go for me, and not seeing much anymore.

2:21 pm

Stats for 2nd column E, please?

2:22 pm

ga8/55 - add what a squirrel is supposed to enjoy eating to the end of the ga4/6 at the beginning of the sequence.

2:22 pm

en + There is not a blue *** above today due to clouds.

2:22 pm

en5 - en plus what's above your head if you're outside.

2:23 pm

Thank you, Haz

2:23 pm

ty!

2:23 pm

and Scrabbler

2:23 pm

You're welcome.

2:23 pm

I've accomplished nbt...

2:24 pm

ga7 + 8 are not fun words for you, Haz, having just had your g*** bladder removed.

2:24 pm

I'm quite happy to wave goodbye to it, Scrabbler. Everything has gone well since the op.

2:24 pm

the phoenix is ashes! whew!

2:25 pm

The female hummer is 3 feet away, sucking nectar from flowers. There are a pair of hummers in the backyard that entertain me with their antics.

2:25 pm

Well done, Jellen. It's not the easiest grid in the world.

2:25 pm

Does that call for congratulations, lbd?

2:26 pm

Haz, I had my GB removed, via a 6 inch slice, 20 yrs ago, before keyhole surgery became the norm. Post-op pain was horrendous.

2:26 pm

this was a tedious grid. and thanks for all the great clues, especially HAZ

2:26 pm

Hooray for lbd!!!

2:26 pm

Congrats Dawger. Tough grid.

2:26 pm

You're very welcome, lbd.

2:26 pm

ty, ty, ty.

2:27 pm

okay here refresh and see me in kenyan garb and my son and a park service guy with a gun to shoot crocodiles

2:27 pm

whoo hoo lbd

2:27 pm

Poor Scrabbler - I remember my mother having the same op and being in hospital for 2 weeks (1966). I was out the next day, and feeling fine. Hooray for keyhole surgery!

2:27 pm

Hazel, I am reading a book by an Irish author, Tana French. It is her 3rd and I lover her writing.

2:27 pm

I'm going to celebrate my small victory with a bite to eat.

2:28 pm

When was that trip, JM?

2:28 pm

this was the entire month of july

2:28 pm

I haven't read any Tana French, Scrabbler, but I think I remember you talking about her before.

2:28 pm

jmc, do you have any jackets left in XL?

2:28 pm

Hi JMC, where are all the babbler meeting today? or is it all over?

2:29 pm

yes i do jell and you can order them on line

2:29 pm

Her 1st book = In the Woods--great! The 3 books share some characters.

2:29 pm

we are meeting in the farmers market in a few minutes

2:29 pm

Say hello to all!

2:29 pm

oh i so envy you all!

2:29 pm

Yes, I like books where you can follow characters grow. Does it give you the urge to travel to this side of the Atlantic?

2:30 pm

Great! I'll contact you on FB...

2:30 pm

http://quakereastafrica.blogspot.com/2 008/02/hiv-widows-at-work.html

2:30 pm

I have always wanted to visit the UK, esp Scotland + Ireland. And now Sark too, since I know about it.

2:30 pm

you could do a babbler meet up scrabs

2:31 pm

You must plan a grand tour, Scrabbler. You've travelled to Europe before?

2:31 pm

In western NY/Buffalo-Niagara region.

2:31 pm

Never, Haz. I have led a sheltered life.

2:31 pm

jill and i are talking about going to down under

2:31 pm

Oh, Babbler mtg in the UK--would be cool.

2:32 pm

We'll have to get you over to this side. We're reasonably civilised.

2:32 pm

I've been to the UK twice and loved both trips...

2:32 pm

More tham most Americans, I would guess. The increasing rudeness here makes me want to escape.

2:32 pm

don't believe that scrab... they are all a bunch of rabble-rousers

2:33 pm

Hi, kje!

2:33 pm

hi jellen!

2:33 pm

What, sitting in pubs sucking down ale?

2:33 pm

We're genteel to a fault.

2:33 pm

*puts on flack jacket and helmet*

2:33 pm

brb

2:34 pm

UK babblers drink tea wearing twin-sets, pearls and tiaras if it's after 6.

2:34 pm

actually, I loved my last trip to london - hit a couple shows, did lots of walking... and it was unusually sunny the entire week

2:34 pm

hi kje

2:34 pm

I got a box of Kashi cereal out to munch on for lunch and ate half of the box.

2:34 pm

hello all

2:34 pm

hi kje

2:34 pm

Hello, kje.

2:35 pm

Oh, my, Haz, I would have to buy stuff just to fit in with you.

2:35 pm

I def do NOT believe the twin-set... I suspect nude with pearls

2:35 pm

You don't have a tiara?

2:35 pm

I sold it at a yard sale, Haz....not.

2:36 pm

What did I miss???

2:36 pm

neat picture, jmc

2:36 pm

l

2:36 pm

nothing

2:36 pm

I knew the mention of 'nude' would bring Torgone back.

2:36 pm

hello all

2:36 pm

A tea party in No Ireland with Haz. We are all dressed up, Tor.

2:36 pm

Hello, peri.

2:36 pm

Hi Peri

2:36 pm

lol haz

2:37 pm

who is babbling in the nude?

2:37 pm

hi peri ty it is the boy, a park ranger and me

2:37 pm

Don't look at me.

2:37 pm

nor me, Haz

2:37 pm

Not much to look at in an airport ..

2:38 pm

I am typing the most ridiculous words and all have been rejected.

2:38 pm

People watching is the only good thing about airports.

2:38 pm

i am not since stidgmere, jilly and stigpere are all here

2:38 pm

try not ridiculous words, scrab

gu6 - clues pls.. the one after the weapons..

2:39 pm

To the weapons add Spanish 'the'

got it.. tx..

2:39 pm

Or, if gu6 started with ha, it would be Gretel's partner.

2:40 pm

Or if gu6 began with ti, it would be used decoratively at Christmas.

2:40 pm

Willmer in the Maltese Falcon

2:40 pm

Well done, Cosmo!

2:41 pm

*encouraging monkey to type actual grid words*

tx all.. done.. fireworks..

2:42 pm

yay for Cosmo

2:42 pm

Hooray! Well done, Cosmo!

2:42 pm

Yay Cos!

2:42 pm

hi again, folks, I'm popping in and out today

2:42 pm

hey there tor!!

2:42 pm

yay cosmo

2:42 pm

Hello again, JBV.

2:43 pm

has nayone heard from NB?

2:43 pm

Time to head to Dallas AGAIN .. Then home

2:43 pm

Hooray for Cosmo!!!

2:43 pm

Heya peri

2:43 pm

anyone even, guess he is still on his way to Korea

2:43 pm

Torgone narrowly avoided being send to PB for the place name - one vowel different to da6/21.

2:43 pm

don't come here, tor - it is HOT

2:44 pm

ty haz

2:44 pm

ty haz

2:44 pm

ty for the da6

2:44 pm

You're welcome.

2:44 pm

It's HOT everywhere I've been this week! Fortunately I can stay in the airport at DFW ..

2:45 pm

Buon giorno, JBV! Come stai?

2:46 pm

benissima, scrabbler!

2:46 pm

I added an update to my profile, scrabs, for the latest on the family project

2:47 pm

you won't WANT to leave DFW, tor... the doors will slide open and it will be like an oven and you'd just turn right back around

2:48 pm

My mother's father grew up in Gualtieri Sicamina in Sicily, JBV.

2:50 pm

I looked it up on a map once, Scrab - sounds like the same kind of small town as Mezzojuso

2:51 pm

My GF came to the US in 1912.

2:54 pm

c's done!!! my monkeys deserve some bananas

2:54 pm

yay, kje!

2:55 pm

Yes, kje!

2:55 pm

cuz there are lots of nonword c's... LOTS

2:56 pm

please tell me they all begin with either ca or cl

2:56 pm

OK, it's time for the list.

2:56 pm

yes

2:56 pm

there are no cg

2:56 pm

but one can never be sure

2:57 pm

*will stop typing words starting with cg*

2:57 pm

indeed

2:57 pm

ad6 please?

2:58 pm

Yep, top of the list.

2:58 pm

lemonad* + do you remember ***on stockings?

2:58 pm

ad plus a vowel, followed by the first letters of a synthetic yarn much used in stockings.

2:59 pm

i hear a nap calling me. bbl

2:59 pm

ok, 80 left and need a break - bbl

2:59 pm

Have a nice one, lbd...

2:59 pm

me too lbd... eyes heavy....zzzzzzzzzzzzz

2:59 pm

They're fading fast.

3:00 pm

You too, kje...

3:00 pm

I usually hear chocolate calling me.

3:00 pm

Synthetic yarn, huh?

3:01 pm

So, did anyone sent a date for the American Babbler invasion of the UK?

3:01 pm

2012

3:01 pm

As pioneered in two cities an ocean apart, Scrabbler.

3:02 pm

The initials of the Big Apple and the first letters of England's capital were used to name the new invention.

3:02 pm

Sounds good to me, Scrabbler!

3:03 pm

2012 and you can watch the Olympics.

3:03 pm

Got it, TY

3:03 pm

You're welcome - well done!

3:04 pm

It's a biochemistry word.

3:05 pm

ai5 please? (109 to go)

3:06 pm

ai5 - past tense of a word meaning to be sick.

ai5 - tired, not well

3:07 pm

Well, wasn't o.that easy? TY. Apparently I need a nap to

3:07 pm

Grr, bloody moving cursor! It randomly moves!

afternoon evening morning all...

3:08 pm

I know I need to empty the dishwasher. And then I'll settle down to help the detectives solve crimes.

3:08 pm

Hello, red.

3:08 pm

Hi, red!

3:09 pm

You must get paid well as a consultant, Haz.

3:09 pm

Hi red. I was just reading about your race.

3:09 pm

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

3:09 pm

Haz, Is the Inspector Lynley series still on?

3:10 pm

No, it hasn't been on for a while, although they do tend to repeat things eventually.

it was a nice event. just the timing problem, but, it isn't a big deal. I was not in the running for anything even if they had timed it correctly.

3:10 pm

I recently discovered it on Netflix...quite enjoyed it...

3:10 pm

Just saw ivory elephant item

3:11 pm

Is your sister still with you, Jellen?

3:11 pm

Yes, slightly different to the standard detective series, isn't it?

3:11 pm

No, she left Thursday

3:13 pm

Yes, it is different...

3:13 pm

hi all

3:13 pm

Y's are finally done.

3:13 pm

I think this is one of the most difficult periods, Jellen, trying to make sense of what life is going to be like. Be kind to yourself.

Excelletn Scrabbs.

3:13 pm

Hi, Boo

3:14 pm

Hi Boobear

3:14 pm

phone, brb

3:15 pm

Okay, that dishwasher is not going to empty itself (James Dyson, are you listening and do you want to invent something useful?) so I'd better do it. Enjoy the grid as best you can. Bye for now!

3:15 pm

Bye, Haz, and TY for clues, as always.

3:16 pm

You're welcome, Scrabbler. Byee!

3:16 pm

Hi Scrabbler

3:17 pm

clue for ad 6 please

3:18 pm

hello

3:18 pm

hi dc

3:18 pm

ad + vowel + Big apple abbrev + fashion guy *ves St *aurent

hi seain and Boo bear. I do not have the ad6. I only have 53 words...

3:18 pm

Hi Seain. I am so sad about Bunbun.

3:18 pm

hi, boo, red, scrabbs

3:19 pm

ty, scrabbs. It was shocking, though as i said on FB, not entirely unexpected

3:19 pm

I smooch my Netherland dwarf whenever possible and tell him to live forever.

3:19 pm

At least quick, likely painless, and no prolonged ailment or decision about euthanasia.

3:20 pm

indeed, scrabbs :) He looked like he literally fell over at a full run, so he was hopefully having fun

3:21 pm

That's the way to go--quick + peaceful.

3:21 pm

ut5 anyone?

3:22 pm

NM, easy word.

3:22 pm

fut5 to try to clue it

3:22 pm

hmm nit getting the ad 6

3:23 pm

Got called away by the phone...It was Tim's mom...

3:23 pm

ad6 is a radical of the hormone that causes stress/flight (or fight)

3:23 pm

Hi, Jellen. That must have been hard.

3:24 pm

Lemon*** + Manhattan is part of ** City + Jellen's name has two of these

3:24 pm

BTW, i've found that Google Chrome on the Mac is a MUCH better browser than Chrome on Windows

3:24 pm

Does she live nearby, Jellen?

3:25 pm

She's about 6 hours away...

3:25 pm

I tried Google Chrome on my PC--so SLOW. Back to using Firefox on netbook + PC.

3:25 pm

They're planning a memorial gathering for Tim on September 11th...

3:25 pm

that was my experience with Chrome on PC, too. But on Mac, it's the bomb

3:26 pm

He was a m, Jellen?ilitary man, right

3:26 pm

Strange, I use Chrome on my laptop with no problems...

3:26 pm

Boobear, any success with ad6 yet?

3:27 pm

may be very sensitive to configuration, then. Glad it's working for you, jellen :)

scrabbler I am not getting it either I know you are trying to clue NY, but N and y are not next to each other.

3:29 pm

scenes from an auto wreck on 5 Jan 1921 in Washington, DC: http://tinyurl.com/2fag6d8 not gorey, and includes a picture of same intersection today.

3:29 pm

Sort of, Scrabbler...he served in the Navy 4 or 6 years...

3:29 pm

Upper left corner, Red.

3:30 pm

hola

ahhhh!

3:30 pm

bienvenida, feather

3:30 pm

Hola, mia amiga

3:30 pm

i am feather of all trades this week! finished my railing.

found it thanks Scrabbler.

3:30 pm

i am also a slightly spray painted feather.

3:30 pm

Hi, feather!

3:31 pm

jellen, do you use paypal?

3:31 pm

Yes, feather

3:32 pm

Haven't in a long time, though...

3:32 pm

awesome. we've got some leftover funds, so i'm going to split them between you and a donation to melanoma.org. that's the correct one, right?

3:32 pm

That's it!

3:32 pm

cool. i'll try to do that this weekend

3:33 pm

Sounds good

3:34 pm

FIREWORKS!!

3:34 pm

congrats, trentsnana

3:34 pm

Yahoo tn!

3:35 pm

Congrats trentsnana

3:35 pm

Hooray for tnana!!!

3:35 pm

yay nana!

3:35 pm

Jellen, one of my med school classmates, when doing his Dermatology residency, diagnosed himself with melanoma. He died within a year.

3:36 pm

It's a cruel disease!

3:37 pm

wow scrabs, that's rough

3:37 pm

nick's beside me, heating up my arm. poor boy has a fever on his mommy and me day.

3:38 pm

It's an aggressive and sneaky cancer.

3:39 pm

*sending healing vibes to Nick*

3:39 pm

((nick))

3:40 pm

oh, hope nick feels better soon

3:41 pm

It's time for me to get ready for the rest of my day...Going to the library, then to a church dinner with a friend...

3:42 pm

enjoy, jellen :)

3:42 pm

tc jellen hope you have a good time

3:42 pm

88 to go. My eyes + brain = fried. Time to give bunnies their salads and go for a bike ride to/in the park before rain hits.

3:42 pm

((hugs)) to all...*poof*

3:42 pm

sound like fun, scrabbs

3:42 pm

scrabs, help me reassure my mom, a fever of 102 isn't too bad as long as i keep fluids in them and it comes down with tylenol, right?

3:43 pm

in him

3:44 pm

Even if you told me 104 I would not be worried. Higher temp does not = more serious illness.

3:44 pm

thank you! going to quote you to her, lol

3:44 pm

clue for al 6 please

3:44 pm

Fever = our friend that helps the army fight the bad guys. Keep him hydrated + comfortable.

3:45 pm

al6 is a variant gene, or a variation of a gene

3:45 pm

*fighting

3:45 pm

Any other symptoms, FB?

3:46 pm

Oh, I typed it right the first time

3:47 pm

not really, just tired acting. clear runny nose. i'm not too worried myself, but i was talking to mom and she said "oh, no! isn't that terribly high?" i said, well, i have my pediatrician friend right here, i'll double check! LOL

3:48 pm

he was a little warm this morning, and was laying down a bit more than normal. it wasn't till i took him out of his nap that i noticed he felt very warm. gave him some tylenol, will make him grilled cheese in a few. frankly, as long as he's not throwing up, i'm happy! making sure he drinks.

3:49 pm

anyway, thanks for helping me to reassure mom!

3:49 pm

hope NIck feels better FB

3:49 pm

hello folks

3:49 pm

As long as he will respond OK. If he is very lethargic to point of no eye contact, then I would be concerned.

3:49 pm

hiya peri

3:49 pm

OK, off I go. BBL.

3:50 pm

oh, no, he's chattering to me about the game he's playing right now. tired, but normal.

3:51 pm

bye! thanks.

3:51 pm

en5/22 pls

3:51 pm

hmm I am stuck on al 5

3:52 pm

which al5?

3:52 pm

which al5?

3:52 pm

al5/14

3:52 pm

narrow path behind a house?

3:52 pm

narrow path behind a house?

3:52 pm

sorry, can't help, haven't started yet.

3:53 pm

get crackin then FB :)

3:53 pm

get crackin then FB :)

3:53 pm

lol! been so busy today.

3:54 pm

actually, going to go make that grilled cheese for nick. bbl.

3:54 pm

still 106 left :(

3:55 pm

bbs

4:01 pm

hi babblers

4:02 pm

eek, must change icon

4:08 pm

thanks for caring

4:11 pm

Hello everybody. Hey, Shdy - everybody must be deep in the grid :-)

4:14 pm

DC, if you are still on, I was sorry to hear about Bunbun's passing.

4:22 pm

Shdybr8... Are you there?

4:24 pm

Oh my! I feel like somebody who has been left alone in another person's house. I hope nobody catches me rifling through the drawers ............

4:28 pm

i'm vaguely here as i finish up...if that makes you feel better

4:28 pm

Ooooh... I wasn't looking at personal bank statements, they just fell into my hand....

4:29 pm

haha

4:29 pm

Nice to see you Brid. I was getting very lonely. :-)

4:29 pm

hiya

4:29 pm

i'm stubbornly working through the grid. We're not quite getting along today, but i'll all turn out. eventually.

4:30 pm

Actually, I am after getting quite a few. Its amazing how many words you can get when your not distacted by the chog!

4:31 pm

lol!

4:33 pm

hi Soodle and brid

4:33 pm

And then there were three!! Hi Boo :-)

4:34 pm

haha, hey boo

4:35 pm

brid,have you been playing babble long

4:35 pm

years

4:35 pm

and with this board, it totally feels like it

4:35 pm

yes

4:35 pm

LOL

4:36 pm

i'm mostly quiet.

4:36 pm

I lured her out of her quietness, Boo.....

4:37 pm

good

4:37 pm

I haven't played in a long time.I am so busy with other things. I could hardly remeber how and it came back

4:38 pm

Its like riding a bike, Boo.

4:39 pm

its addicting

4:39 pm

super addictive

4:39 pm

Where in the States are you guys?

4:40 pm

I am in New York

4:40 pm

maryland.

4:40 pm

hi, i'm back. And i'm in Northern Virginia

4:40 pm

yay ny lol

4:40 pm

and you Soodle

4:41 pm

brid, do you know of the babble meet-up in PHilly on the 11th of Sep?

4:41 pm

I have been to New York, but never Maryland. Nice to see you DC, and my condolences on the passing of Bunbun.

4:41 pm

hi, soodle, how goes?

4:41 pm

thank you, soodle :)

4:41 pm

you might as well think of me as DC

4:42 pm

Boo, I am about 30 miles outside of Dublin, a place called County Meath.

4:42 pm

for transcontinental purposes

4:42 pm

Bun-bun passed, and i now have a new computer white as the bunny was.

4:42 pm

oh

4:42 pm

yeah, i'm DC too for all purposes.

4:42 pm

must be a mac?

4:43 pm

indeed it is, kje

4:43 pm

Oooh. I love getting a new computer. I got a new net-book 3 short months ago, and dropped it last week. It will cost me about €200 to get it fixed, and I only paid €250 for it. I am very very annoyed.

4:43 pm

dc, so sorry to hear about BunBun

4:44 pm

thank you, peri

4:44 pm

Hello Peri. :-)

4:44 pm

this is the 1st computer i've purchased.

4:44 pm

I do not like C words

4:44 pm

so, the only new one i've had for home use.

4:44 pm

hi all...good morning from Korea

4:44 pm

Good morning all. Sorry about your little loss DC

4:44 pm

hi, NB :)

4:45 pm

hello, lyn, and thank you

4:45 pm

i'm sorry for you loss. and congrats on your purchase. all in one.

4:45 pm

{{{{{Nancy}}}}}. You are alive!!!

4:45 pm

hi ther NB was asking for you eaerlier. how was the trip?

4:45 pm

thanks, brid

4:45 pm

hi NB - How is it going? you are not in fatigues I hope

4:45 pm

and i'm through. and heading out. unless anyone wants a clue before i go?

4:45 pm

So, NB, how did the reunion go?

4:46 pm

Congrats Brid!

4:46 pm

Yay for Brid!!!!

4:46 pm

Brid, thanks for saving me from talking to myself, btw!

4:46 pm

thx

4:47 pm

and i see i'm leaving you with tons of chatty people. so you're in good hands.

4:47 pm

hi all!! Oh Soodle, the reunion will be later on today - I only arrived yesterday. A bit confused about days and times, since I've had two days with no night!

4:47 pm

bye guys! gl with the grid

4:47 pm

bye Brid

4:47 pm

{{{{{NB!}}}}}}} what great timing - glad to see you!

4:48 pm

Nancy, you will be grand. I am delighted you arrived safely.

4:48 pm

be well, brid

4:48 pm

i hope they're as gracious in receiving you as i know you will be on meeting them again, NB

4:49 pm

will be thinking of you later today, NB

4:49 pm

hello, JBV!! Lovely to see you too - it's nearly 7AM here, but I woke up at 5 and couldn't get back to sleep. So nice to find some friendly faces here...:)

4:49 pm

will be thinking of you later today, NB

4:49 pm

aw, thank you Seain!

4:49 pm

en5 pls

4:50 pm

you have your "network" behind you, NB - the invisible force

4:50 pm

So, whats the plan, NB. Do you just arrive on their doorstep, or is there an event planned?

4:50 pm

peri, add what's overhead out of doors

4:50 pm

en & *** Maria - a liqueur

4:51 pm

May the Force be with Nancy Boy...

4:51 pm

ty dc

4:51 pm

ty lyn

4:51 pm

thank you, JBV :) I feel that!

4:51 pm

ga 5/14 anyone?

4:51 pm

yes, please do check back later or tomorrow so we know how it went, NB

4:51 pm

Oh, arriving straight out of the blue, Soodle! I don't think they'll believe I'm alive unless they see me.

4:52 pm

plural of the horse walk, ruru

4:52 pm

Ruru, plural of the ga 4/6

4:52 pm

have you been out and about at all? or just straight from the airport to wherever you are

4:52 pm

no the second one?

4:53 pm

brave, NB, and gives you the element of surprise to leverage their hospitality :) so a tad sneaky. i approve

4:53 pm

got it

4:53 pm

tough grid, imho

4:54 pm

You couldn't organise a spy-cam, hidden in your button, or something, could you, Nancy. I would SO love to witness the whole thing. I just know it is going to be very very positive!

4:54 pm

oooh, that would be fun, soodle

4:55 pm

ohhh, not really JBV - I arrived at about 4PM yesterday and spent a lot of time getting lost on my way from Incheon airport to Seoul ;) Had a nice chat with a friend over msn, which was good because I keep feeling very overwhelmed and lonely. *taking out violin*

4:56 pm

ga 7 / 40?

4:56 pm

well traveling alone is a bit lonely in general so that's not unusual, NB, glad you have your computer to be connected

4:56 pm

returning there after all this time must have been completely overwhelming

4:56 pm

Nancy Boy!! You Are Not Alone. The Force Is With You.

4:56 pm

ga7.40 -- same root, but sometimes you feel like ***, sometimes you don't

4:56 pm

ga7.40 ga**stone & wal*** or pea***

4:56 pm

haha, Soodle! No, no spycams...don't think anyone wants a close-up of my great aunt leaning in to pinch the blood from my cheeks ;)

4:56 pm

yes, we're all pulling for you, NB

4:57 pm

and you need some transition time - for the time lag, culture sshock, - what about the language NB?

4:57 pm

ty dc, new words for me. lots of new words today

4:57 pm

thank you lynxxx

4:58 pm

wow, level-billing of 101/mo for electric.

4:58 pm

the hot, hot Summer after the cold, cold Winter takes its toll!

4:58 pm

hi everyone, can anyone help with the "n" in the top row?

4:59 pm

whoa, ne5!

4:59 pm

whoa ne5

4:59 pm

thank you, all :) I appreciate it...everyone's been very nice

4:59 pm

duh!

5:00 pm

back soon

5:01 pm

Where are you staying Nancy, an hotel, hostel, what?

5:01 pm

ge 7?

5:01 pm

nu6?

5:01 pm

like a previous ge6/7 but double the middle consonant

5:01 pm

ge7.36 like ga7.36

5:02 pm

thanks you two

5:02 pm

oh, my experiences here have taught me that hostels have no air con, Soodle, so it's a hotel for me! The coolest it gets at night is about 25C, and it's so humid - I can't survive here without air con!

5:02 pm

these g's are killers

5:03 pm

nu6 a small nu*

5:03 pm

oh, it's warm there like it is here, then. Good to know. Never visit Korea in the Summer, noted.

5:03 pm

well shoot, i can't get the ne5, whoa!

5:03 pm

And, (as Stiddie would say) Stern Mama look ' Are you eating'?

5:04 pm

nu6 perhaps they go with bananas to make a nice cake?

5:04 pm

ne5 is also an old-fashioned girl's name

5:04 pm

like a horse call jenmo

5:04 pm

what you would say to a female horse that was going a zillion miles an hour to stop her

5:04 pm

Jen, think Ms Olsen, from The Little House on the Prairie...

5:04 pm

Laura Ingalls arch enemy perhaps?

5:05 pm

Ha Meliae - great minds, eh?

5:05 pm

Hello everyone

5:05 pm

ty

5:05 pm

oh yes Seain...summers here are just disgusting!

5:05 pm

and lynxxx... it is still in the other room ; )

5:05 pm

lol

5:05 pm

that can wait until later, Soodle ;) been too nervous to be hungry so far. Just feel like I need a lot more sleep, but that's not happening any time soon ;)

5:05 pm

are you still in bed!

5:05 pm

got it, thanks!

5:06 pm

well... back on the bed anyhow

5:06 pm

Oh for heavens sake, NancyBoy. Will you eat something... You don't want to be fainting on the relatives doorstep, do you?

5:06 pm

di7?

5:06 pm

NB, never visit Washington, DC from May to Sep, then :) if you don't like that weather

5:07 pm

extend the telephone di4

5:07 pm

studied, ate mexican for lunch, put me into a food coma, woke up and remembered i needed to finish babble

5:07 pm

sounds like a good day, kje

5:07 pm

I have been trying that as well Dc and cant monkey it, the DI 7 that is

5:07 pm

Use the telephone, and allow, RuRu

5:08 pm

Hi Kje.

hello all again, I apologize for my complete drop off chat, I fell asleep.

5:08 pm

Ugh, sounds like your summers are as long as those here, too, Seain! We need a thunderstorm to clear the air...

5:08 pm

clear the air and raise the humidity, NB - - i know the pattern well :)

5:09 pm

wb, red :)

5:09 pm

(as a bonus - it's monsoon season here!)

5:09 pm

20 left - this is a challenging grid

5:10 pm

di7.32 di & roads that run the same way are par*****

5:10 pm

this grid is taking me longer than the 300+ one the other day

5:10 pm

happily, we lack monsoons here, and we've gone 2 years w/out a tropical storm, and 8 w/out a hurricane

5:10 pm

same here, mel

5:11 pm

thanks lynxxx.. I got it wwith a2z wordfinder

5:11 pm

Red, You did NOT fall asleep. You had a Power Nap! (sounds much better!)

5:11 pm

glad i didn't start it then

5:12 pm

the boob is in the house!

5:13 pm

oh dear, just had to restrain myself from typing something embarrassing that i would have regretted!

nb ho are things going?

5:13 pm

go for it, weed... what is life without regrets!

5:13 pm

you can say it, we don't mind a laugh

5:13 pm

oh I don't know Seain, rain the heavy is kind of fun!

5:14 pm

lol, naaah, it involved shimmying and such. things going wanga wanga. too many male eyes in here for all that!

5:14 pm

hahahahah Feather

5:14 pm

hey Red! Alright so far, but I only got here late yesterday afternoon - it's now 7am and I'm going to see my family today

you must update us!

5:14 pm

wanga wanga? we have a town called Wagga Wagga - is it the same thing?

5:15 pm

wanga wanga?

5:15 pm

In the words of an old Kris Kristoffersen song 'I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something than I never did'.... (Soodle intends to have this on her gravestone..)

5:15 pm

doubt it!

5:16 pm

wanga wanga, awwoooooga!

5:16 pm

us?

5:16 pm

Without the typos, of course...

5:16 pm

this must be some kind of code word between doug and weed

5:17 pm

lol, nah, not really

5:17 pm

yay!! nancy's in korea!!

5:17 pm

will do, Red :)

5:17 pm

just me being goofy.

hi wild.

5:17 pm

Feather to Doug.. do you want to wanga wanga?

5:17 pm

nm

5:17 pm

hi

5:17 pm

hey, Wild! that I am :)

5:18 pm

LOL, now THERE'S a come on...

5:18 pm

nervous?

5:18 pm

I learned of rain when i lived in Boston; it can be nice

5:19 pm

on a scale of one to ten of nervousness, Wild, I'm at roughly a million...;)

5:20 pm

gotta go do bathtime. me and the girls are outta here.

5:20 pm

understandably, NB

5:20 pm

uno

5:20 pm

Is Nick any better, Feather?

5:20 pm

bye Feather

5:21 pm

you're going to be fine. just be yourself no matter what

5:21 pm

fever's going down. he's perking up.

5:21 pm

Yay! Good for Nick. Hope he is right as rain tomorrow.

5:21 pm

le 6/24?

5:21 pm

that is my last, ru

5:22 pm

poof

5:22 pm

i am looking

5:22 pm

Mmm, thank you both :) I think I'm gonna go back to bed for one or two hours though - haven't managed to sleep very much, and want to try and get a little more shut-eye...

5:22 pm

Take care Nancy. Keep us posted, ok? and, EAT!!

5:23 pm

ru - make the le4 and adverb?

5:23 pm

sleep well, NB

5:23 pm

hasta, feather

5:23 pm

le 6/24 is the word before + adverbial ending

5:23 pm

Hey all from Olympia! We are babbling nonstop and about to eat.

5:23 pm

le6.24 le & did he re**** say that?

5:24 pm

ty, bichon

5:24 pm

thanks lynxx and kje

5:24 pm

hi Stid

5:24 pm

yvw

5:24 pm

cool, stid :)

5:24 pm

(((NB))). We love you and are thinking of you.

5:24 pm

Hey Stid. Greetings to all....

5:25 pm

hi, Stid! Sorry to just see you on my way back to bed :) sleep is desperately required though...

5:26 pm

I need the ad 6/27 too if anyone has it

5:26 pm

It's okay. Sweet dreams, kiddo.

5:26 pm

thanks for all the support, everyone :) wish me luck for later on today! erk...

5:26 pm

Hey ruru, any puns for us?

5:26 pm

best wishes for the reunion, NB

5:26 pm

Best of luck, NancyBoy. Thinking bout ya!

5:27 pm

*protective bubble around NB*

5:27 pm

a + lions lair + pain reliever t**lenol

5:27 pm

We all love you and are holding you in our hearts.

5:27 pm

oops t&&enol

5:27 pm

t**enol

5:27 pm

whatev

5:27 pm

thanks

5:28 pm

So. who is there, Stiddie? Go on, make us jealous....

5:29 pm

Jmc, riemann, bugsaw, jillibus, pini, Mother, mcurl was here but had to jet, my tom, elder stidkid, my pater

5:29 pm

al 6 .21???

5:29 pm

how many left, ru?

5:29 pm

Wish you were all here!

5:29 pm

Hi Everybody {{{{}}}}}} Hope you are all having a lovely time...

5:30 pm

too many

5:30 pm

there is no al6/21

5:30 pm

al6/18 - everything + chicago train + vowel

5:30 pm

al 6./18 sorry

5:31 pm

hi all

5:31 pm

Btw, two chardonnay drinkers here...

5:32 pm

thanks kje

5:32 pm

Hey nrk!

5:32 pm

hint towards the nu 6?

5:32 pm

hi nrkii

5:32 pm

Hi Nrkii. Your icon persona is in the grid today - we used her as a clue earlier!

5:32 pm

hi nrkle

5:32 pm

Oops, sorry. One is a pinot grigio.

5:32 pm

nu6 - pecan + rent

5:33 pm

or allow

5:33 pm

oh... a little evanout

5:33 pm

*waits impatiently for ruru to take the bait*

5:34 pm

what bait?

5:34 pm

Stid, will you tell them that the 'token Paddy' is there in spirit? And you should all have an Irish coffee after dinner...

5:34 pm

About the wine....

5:34 pm

Will do soodles!

5:34 pm

I just found my icon person before I joined chat... happy I did or I would have been quite embarrassed asking for and getting that clue

5:35 pm

pinot grigio? my latest drink

5:35 pm

Loll Nrkii!

5:35 pm

47 to go here, first time babbling in weeks

5:35 pm

tougher grid than I hoped

5:36 pm

it is nrk - hard

5:36 pm

I like CHardonnay and pinot grigio both stid

5:36 pm

I am off of wine until October

5:36 pm

????

5:36 pm

Okay, back to in person babbling. ((((Hugs and choclits for all)))). Thanks ruru.

hello all

5:36 pm

October?

5:36 pm

why?

say it aint so rury?

errr ruru...

5:36 pm

bye stid

5:37 pm

Hi all, just popping in while I wait for a friend...

5:37 pm

*doubletake* rurur

5:37 pm

hi to

5:37 pm

hi TO!

5:37 pm

bye stid

5:37 pm

Enjoy, Stid. Wish I was there!

5:37 pm

? Why?

5:37 pm

hi Jellen

5:37 pm

on a diet

5:37 pm

hi Jellen !

5:37 pm

Jellen! *sending love to jellen*

5:37 pm

Hi Temple Owl.

hi nrk!

5:37 pm

a glass of wine isn't that high ru... that is insane

5:38 pm

I have dieted with wine.... can't give up all the pleasures

5:38 pm

brb... gotta go find menu to order dinner... craving chicken parmesan tonight

5:38 pm

i am going out for sushi later

so was i lol

5:39 pm

ugh

5:39 pm

should proba go shave my legs

mmm, sushi. I just had stew beef beans etc.

5:39 pm

oh! chocolate in the grid!

5:39 pm

for sushi you shave your legs?

5:39 pm

ah... I see. Okay, well, we'll toast you then, and you can join us in Oct.

5:39 pm

wasbi with that?

5:39 pm

((More hugs to all)). *poof*

settling for baked pork chop - maybe i will make it parmegiana

5:40 pm

that was a non sequitur... tangential typing

5:40 pm

and it is wasAbi ru

chocolate?

5:41 pm

ne6.18, also means to cuddle up to

5:41 pm

need help pls the 2nd un6/21, have the open one

5:41 pm

that was a cute pun kje..

ah, ty. there is a toast - in there also

5:41 pm

un6.21 un & to buy and ****

5:41 pm

un8's, please?

5:42 pm

un ti6 (like untouched fields)

oh my, i did not have the bird homes!:/

5:42 pm

unti6 (not askew)

5:42 pm

ty lynxx the un8 is past tense

5:42 pm

un8.50 standing up straight or not leaning

5:43 pm

OK, must run - hagn all

5:43 pm

bye kje.. have a nice night..

5:43 pm

bye kje, I'll just be here waiting patiently

enjoy your legs and the sushi kje.

bye kje

5:43 pm

and ru - drink wine... learn moderation, not feast or famine

5:43 pm

*breaks out bandaids for kje*

5:43 pm

; )

5:43 pm

Thanks, kje, lynxx

5:44 pm

And Mary!

5:44 pm

a clue for un not closed

5:44 pm

<--- one month off of wine won't kill me

5:45 pm

bichon, a love letter might be ****ed with a kiss

5:45 pm

un & marine animals that balance balls on their noses

5:45 pm

Going downstairs to wait for my friend...see y'all later!

I stopped drinking to help me with weight loss and I just never started again.

5:45 pm

ty lynxxx

5:45 pm

see you Jellen

5:45 pm

bye Jellen

5:45 pm

My lips touch no alcohol. Good for diabetics

but I am still chunky!

has anyone used - us as an ending?

5:46 pm

only one so far to

5:47 pm

Yes, an has that end

oh yes , besides that

5:48 pm

no others that actually worked... at least not yet

hmm i am not having success with my oven baked pork chop :(

5:49 pm

me neither - have one that starts with it though

5:50 pm

cheese and pork don't work TO

?

5:52 pm

The parmigiano

i make pporl cutlet parmigiana often, i never use more than a sprinle oif cheese ever

hate lots of cheese

5:54 pm

.. hmm.. maybe that would work.. hasn't ever worked for me cheese and pork

better than chicken, more humane than veal

5:55 pm

I don't eat veal

i do rarely. too hard to get good veal anymore

does anyone else keep seeing "dilletante"?

5:56 pm

yes..

5:56 pm

I'm not seeing much of anything now

5:56 pm

except words I've already gotten

5:56 pm

42 to go...

5:57 pm

need a nap.. see you all later

well all of a sudden my chops are not browning in the niddle. perhaps warped pan. will be forced to finish in broiler of fry pan

5:57 pm

see you ruru

nrk, marc cohn is oct 8

5:58 pm

would like to go... definitely

5:58 pm

that was the concert I had in mind when I decided to skip the red bank date

theatre is 20 min from my home - is that too far?

5:58 pm

did you hear what happened at Swell Season concert the other night?

5:58 pm

not too far at all

good bars and restaurants too

no!

5:59 pm

up in Saratoga... there was an old building right behind the stage (outdoor concert, I guess)

5:59 pm

and some guy climbed up to the roof and jumped off and killed himself

5:59 pm

landed on the stage next to Glen Hansard

6:00 pm

in middle of concert

OMG

6:01 pm

oh geez! was it an accident though, surely he didn't jump

6:01 pm

I'm pretty sure it was suicide

6:02 pm

that's what all the news reports were saying yesterday

boy that le4s itself to some bad jokes

6:02 pm

the guy got up from his seat in the middle of the concert, went to the roof, jumped/fell

bizarre

6:02 pm

very nasty, usually people in that frame of mind don't want an audience

6:02 pm

well, I think Glen Hansard thought it was a joke at first

6:03 pm

maybe drugs played a part

6:03 pm

it's always possible the guy was very high or drunk, and lost his footing, but all the reports kept saying suicide

geeze thank god for books and babble, nothing on tv tonight

oops oven is calling out - later

6:04 pm

see ya

6:04 pm

bye TOwl

i had no books now i am backed up with three and another i want after hearing author on fresh air today

6:07 pm

hi everyone

6:07 pm

Hi Mom!

6:07 pm

hi Mom

6:07 pm

Hi Nrkii, haven't seen you in ages. How are you?

6:07 pm

{{Lynxxx}} good morning

*peeks in* hi mom!

6:08 pm

{{TO}} hello

6:08 pm

I'm good Mom... been crazy busy, then just crazy

6:08 pm

last week was a bit of a challenge

mom, america's test kitchen made cincinnatichili today, i am craving it now

6:09 pm

actually, I guess now that it's Saturday, the week before last was the real challenge

6:09 pm

oh really TO, I have never heard of that show.

road trip!

6:09 pm

Oh I am sorry Nrkii, hopefully this week will be better

6:09 pm

come on down, TO

can pick up nut on the way

6:09 pm

Nrkii, did you read Confessions of a Prairie Bitch?

6:10 pm

not yet Mom... it's on my list of "to buy" books

6:10 pm

it is an absolute hoot

6:10 pm

good to know!

6:10 pm

oh good, TO, the more the merrier

6:11 pm

the first part was sad, but after that, some parts were laugh out loud funny

here is the one i now want:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef zuOu4UIOU

the author made a trailer like for a film! Gary Shteyngart , have you heard of him? Sounds a bit like harry crewes

6:14 pm

hey, mom! The dog treats were a huge hit with Sylvia, rescue dog I transported today! :-)

6:14 pm

my dogs like 'em too!

6:14 pm

watching it now TO

6:14 pm

cl 7/32?

6:15 pm

{{Une}} hello, I am so glad they liked them. It was just a small thank you for your big heart.

6:15 pm

add a vowel Bichon

6:15 pm

no TO, I have not heard of him

6:16 pm

how silly o my, ty

6:16 pm

thanks Lynxxx

6:17 pm

oops, time to go... down to 36, but going to call this one as done as it will get...

6:17 pm

have a great night! happy babbling!

nigh nrk!

6:18 pm

bye Nrkii

6:18 pm

bye bye Nrkii nice to see you again

trailer is wacky.

6:19 pm

it is was interesting.

hey all, I am watchign hairspray for the first time. it's so nice!!!

6:19 pm

Hi Red

book sounds great, if you can get the NPR program fresh air, he was on today

6:20 pm

**sigh** I just want to get halfway so I can this one a wrap.

6:21 pm

I know we get NPR, don't know about that show though

No kidding Mom, its a long one. I started too alte, have 141 left.

6:22 pm

I Listed at 50 but I should have listed earlier, took a while to finish even with the List and Morewords

6:22 pm

I have 135 left but only 6 more to go to half

i need 57

6:22 pm

oh TO, you will have them in no time

i plan to listen to the radio, babble then read tonight. feeling a bit sorry for myself home alone on sat night

6:24 pm

oh TO, I'm sorry you are home by yourself

6:24 pm

Hi, all!

6:24 pm

HI Pam

6:24 pm

TO, indulge me--don't want to load all chog--which book?

lol mom! i am ALWAYS homje by myself

6:24 pm

hi Pam

Sorry TO, I am also home along but that never seems to bother me...I am just anti-social!

super sad true love story

6:25 pm

oh, i picked that up last week

pam!!!!

6:25 pm

oh Red, you are not! just shy

6:25 pm

but I am reading the new Gail Caldwell

6:25 pm

red!!!

author made a trailer for it and i posted the youtube url

6:25 pm

Let's take the long walk home--a memoir of her friendship with the late Caroline Knapp. I love htem both

6:25 pm

I have seen the trailer

I am actually a little social Phobic, it's alright, does not bother me too much!

i am reading the color of water; library just got me the second larssen book and also orange is the new black

6:26 pm

NPR's reportage got me to get the book and google it

6:26 pm

well Red, there is nothing wrong with that

some one here recommende bellwether

let me know if you liek the book

6:27 pm

I can't wait to read orange is the new black

6:27 pm

ok, will do, TO

6:27 pm

Who wrote color of water?

6:27 pm

Beautiful morning here, going out to enjoy. Bye all

mc bride. have you read any other stheygart?

6:27 pm

I am also reading The Possessed, the Elif Batuman book.

6:28 pm

hy, lynn!

6:28 pm

bye bye Lynxxx

6:28 pm

No, no other shteyngart

sounds absurd, like harry crewes

6:28 pm

I picked up that book, color of water, then put it down as i wan't in the right state of mind

bye lyn!

6:29 pm

that is halfway for me. Good night everyone {{Hugs}} to all of you

good night, mom. hagn

6:30 pm

ciao, mom

6:30 pm

night TO, pleasant dreams

6:30 pm

bye bye Pam

pam the author was on fresh air today,, saying he made the trailer because nodoby reads anymore and he needed to bring his book to the fore

6:31 pm

Interesting...

he teaches writing and lament sthat everyone wants tobecome a writer, but no one want to read. but watching the trailer, i don't tink you can believe a word he says!

6:35 pm

*lurk*

6:37 pm

I know--i think he's a performance artist!

6:37 pm

*hi, lurker*

hi welk, lurk no more!

6:38 pm

checking out how this works on an ipad ... a bit different than on a pc

hey lurker!

he also said people come up to him and say- "oh- you're that author who can't read!" LOL

6:43 pm

(can't scroll through chat log - and can't play flash games like word challenge or letterbox) - no one tells you these VERY important things! LOL

do you have ad6 by any chance?

6:45 pm

lol, TO

6:45 pm

a + refute a charge + consonent

uh oh. ty

6:47 pm

yw

is the refure a charg its own word?

6:50 pm

yes, de4/7

ty

6:52 pm

hey to, dying to have someone care that i exist

6:53 pm

Y'know, I was just thinking: Thank God shdybr8 is in my life!!

6:53 pm

wow, guess not

hey sh8d

6:54 pm

how're things going, out in shdy-land?

6:54 pm

shdy!!

6:55 pm

hi again, everyone!

some sh6dy goings on

geeze i hope the new babble has last correct word added feature

6:56 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

6:56 pm

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

6:56 pm

hi Min

6:57 pm

please tell all to take care of my dogs

hi min! well folks i am tired of this, may be back later

6:58 pm

Goodbye 72 Temple Owl. Maybe I will see you later on.

can some one clue da6 before i go pls?

7:00 pm

like the city in Texas Owl with a different last vowel

7:00 pm

shsybr8 - is something wrong with your dogs?

7:00 pm

hi all

7:01 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:01 pm

hi, periwinkle

7:02 pm

hi peri

7:03 pm

hey lbd, need a friend today

7:03 pm

i'm always your friend, shdy. what's up?

7:03 pm

bad, bad week, life sucks

7:04 pm

(((SHDY)))

ye second 5/14 pretty please

7:04 pm

calling constable to be there when supposed love of mu life gets his things

7:05 pm

sorry that you are having a bad week shdy

7:05 pm

sorry that you are having a bad week shdy

7:05 pm

ye5.14, jewish gossip, usually with a different vowel at the end

7:05 pm

no big deal, i guess, hoh

7:05 pm

ah shdy, that's too bad things couldn't have turned out differently.

7:06 pm

nonetheless, it still hurts.

shdy8: i lost my childhoos sweetheart after 25 years to a younger woman.

7:06 pm

i can't leave my house, so darn irritated

it hurts plenty

7:07 pm

why can't you leave your house?

7:07 pm

i have to call cops to have my supposed "best freiend" get his things

7:08 pm

he knows how to break in

7:08 pm

he's not stalking you is he? and having the cops there is for both of your protection

7:08 pm

have you changed the locks and added other security?

7:09 pm

i will have the police for my safety, he threatened me and called me the c word

7:10 pm

i changed locks, i stop back door

7:10 pm

he was supposed to be my best friend

7:10 pm

oh dear. I'm so sad for you. i hope he gets the help he needs to get his life back in order

7:11 pm

under what circumstances do you call your best friend the c word

7:12 pm

i'm sorry to say, he apparently needs help in understanding what a best friend is.

7:13 pm

just not having a good week\

7:13 pm

take a deep breathe, wrap your arms around yourself and give a strong squeeze...that's from me to you.

7:14 pm

i went to the bank today, cancelled our joint account

7:14 pm

changed my automatic deposit to my account

7:14 pm

that's a good id4. you need to separate yourself from his circle. I know it is painful, but you have to protect yourself.

7:15 pm

i own this house, he does not, today i fixed the bank

7:15 pm

i don't need an idiot in my life

7:15 pm

you need to put a restraining order on him too.

7:17 pm

i will, i called the people who come over when he uffcomes to get his stuff, (constables), plammed it out

7:17 pm

yes, what dawg said, shdy

coming in alte, I'm sorry for your situation shdy

7:17 pm

hi dc.

7:17 pm

hello

7:18 pm

hi tnc

7:18 pm

they will come and have guns and stuff without me getting in trouble

7:18 pm

do let us know if there's anything we can do shdy

7:18 pm

love you dc, big hug, how goes it?

hi lbd

7:19 pm

oh sure, DC gets the hugs! lol

7:20 pm

honestly, was considering shooting dogs, then me, because nobody listened (not here, my family)

7:21 pm

hey babblers and babblettes!

7:21 pm

shydy please be careful

hi stiddles

please take care of your self shdy

7:21 pm

*gentle hugs for shady*

7:21 pm

i'm alright, ty. I hope things look up soon, shdy

7:21 pm

why

7:21 pm

wb, stid

7:22 pm

hi all.

stiddles - did you get your package?

7:22 pm

hi, m9

7:22 pm

I had this idea that I would go lay down, Gage would join me, he'd fall asleep and I could play babble unharassed.

7:22 pm

he came, put me to sleep and left me there..

nice try, m9

7:23 pm

I don't know -- didn't get to the mailbox the last couple days. Will check on Monday when it is open.

jellen got hers

7:23 pm

there. NBT finally.

7:23 pm

LOL m! good for Gage!

7:23 pm

down to 168...

7:24 pm

oooh. got TWO 8s!

7:24 pm

shdy, how recent are all these events?

7:25 pm

shdy, cuz we love you!

7:25 pm

hi stiddy! still have babbler meeting over there?

7:25 pm

thursday

7:26 pm

no, we are going to reconvene in an hour to have the lovely cake... and then slowly begin dispersing to the various parts of the globe again.

7:26 pm

i want to die

7:26 pm

ah, not too long ago then. have you called and talked to anyone?

7:26 pm

{{{shady}}}

7:26 pm

give everyone a hug from me!

7:26 pm

no

7:27 pm

things will look up again, shdy, if not as quick as one likes

7:27 pm

shdy, don't die. i'd miss you something awful!

7:27 pm

shdy, we believe you.

7:27 pm

it sounds like you're doing all the right things as far as taking care of practical matters, but you also need to do the right things to take care of emotional matters. find someone to talk to, or talk to us.

7:28 pm

i have not spoken to anothe person in about 5 days, that's why i come here

7:28 pm

sounds like some pretty disfunctional stuff going on. But it also sounds like you are the kind of person that can rise above this!

7:28 pm

shdy! you have my email, you can always contact me!

7:28 pm

i am seriously considering shooting the dogs, then me

7:29 pm

and I'll give you mine if you want!! we mathies gotta stick together!

7:29 pm

don't you dare!

7:29 pm

is there anyone you can sit with and talk with? i mean, we're here for you, but it's different to be one on one

7:29 pm

i won't leave them alone

7:29 pm

they need you as much as you need them.

7:30 pm

that's why i'll take us both out

7:30 pm

let them pull you through it, rather than cutting their wonderful lives short. (not to mention yours, but i think appealing to your heart about your dogs is more important right now)

7:30 pm

NO!!!

7:30 pm

no feather, there is no one

7:31 pm

would you call a hotline suicide number?

7:31 pm

they have pulled me through the last 16 years

7:31 pm

Shdy there is no one in this world worth taking your life over

7:32 pm

there is also no one worth living for

7:32 pm

and let them pull you a little further, shdy.

7:32 pm

*agrees with SeaSpray* YOU are worth living for.

7:32 pm

brb

7:32 pm

*agrees with stid and dawg and seaspray*

7:32 pm

i tried to call friends, they didn't answer

7:33 pm

call them again

7:33 pm

BULL! you are worth a lot! and you know it! stop this nonsence talk. Shdy, we all love you and you need to get some help thru this crisis.

7:33 pm

why bother

7:34 pm

because, you aren't done here.

7:34 pm

you can call 1-800-SUICIDE or 1-800-273-TALK to talk to someone

7:34 pm

i can shoot the dogs, then me, no big deal

7:34 pm

not fair to the dogs or to you or friends or family. or us

7:34 pm

bother, if only because WE care.

7:34 pm

agrees with everyone and holds out a hand to shdy, I don't know you but I feel that you are in pain, but please reach out for help

7:34 pm

because you can't let this guy have that much power. that's why.

7:34 pm

because there are people who care about you!

7:35 pm

i wont leave the dogs, they are all i care about

7:35 pm

shdy, it really bothers me that you would say that. not only that you would say you would shoot you, but to imagine that you're in a place where you'd shoot your dogs, which i know you love. you're in a very deep place right now. it seems like there's no way out. you need to talk to someone that can help you find a way out.

7:35 pm

then pour your love and energy into them. let them help you heal

7:36 pm

have you been out of the house in the last 5 days?

7:36 pm

Then you shouldn't want to hurt them either, shdy. Please think about this.

7:36 pm

it's a huge deal. picture their faces when you shoot them. the first one might not realize, but imagine the second one's confusion and mental pain.

7:37 pm

yes, m9, i left the house today to regain my bank account and get the jerk off of it

7:38 pm

then keep going, shady. KEEP doing things to keep that person from being in control. YOU are in control, and as long as you hang on, you remain in control.

7:38 pm

life is always full of ups and downs. nothing ever stays the same. nothing ever stays perfect for long. you're in the middle of a gigantic down right now. the worst in your life, it sounds like. it WILL get better. not today, not tomorrow, but at some point. that's the natural ebb and flow of life.

7:38 pm

get you paybacks to him, by living and finding more to live for. He is out of your life, now you can take control of it again.

7:38 pm

i walked about 3 miles and argued for what i wanted

7:38 pm

good for you!!

7:39 pm

i never let anyone take advantage of me

7:39 pm

but you are now.

7:39 pm

you're letting your reaction to what he did take control of your decision making.

7:39 pm

is there a minister/church you can go to and talk with a clergy?

7:39 pm

i have lived with severe depression since i was about 10, i am used to it

7:40 pm

you are taking logical steps to stay in control of your life, to do what you need to do.

7:40 pm

yes, stid, i know what i need to do

7:40 pm

Then you need to get on with your life and show the jerk that you are in control and he is NOT!

7:40 pm

there's someone out there who needs that kind of fighting done for them. You could really help someone else. Don't just take all that away while you're in a funk.

7:40 pm

shdy, the key work in your last comment is LIVED. It's the most important one!!

7:41 pm

then you know this is a cycle, and as low as you're feeling, it will cycle thru. You also know you need to get some counseling, and talk this out with someone

7:41 pm

I have also dealt with depression. It will get better again. Are you eating anything, shady? when I am in trouble I tend to not eat well and that makes things harder.

7:41 pm

shdybr8, are you on medication for the depression?

7:41 pm

also, are you getting sleep?

7:42 pm

you are right, lbd, but i'm considering my time with you to cover my "necessary" counseling

7:42 pm

Hi, all...((shdy))

7:42 pm

no, i don't eat, i don't sleep, i don't take medication

7:43 pm

hi miss jellen, <<Big hug>> I love you

7:43 pm

eating and sleeping are important

7:44 pm

shdy, you need to call a hotline. it's free. they won't judge you. they'll help you see a way out, other than the one you're thinking of.

7:44 pm

yes what stid said. I've struggled with depression since I was about 5, eating makes a huge difference

7:45 pm

i think i've lost about 20 pounds in the last few weeks, damn, I'm hot

7:45 pm

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/depres sd.htm Start by looking here.

7:46 pm

Shdy, if we were having a session right now, i'd be feeding you pasta, and taking your pulse. as well as discussing how you were dealing with all this

7:46 pm

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

7:47 pm

go read the 7:36 link.

7:47 pm

well, best thing is the crazy number of hummingbirds right now

7:47 pm

shoot, 7:46

7:48 pm

I am concerned that your physical health is impacting you, shady -- if you are not taking care of your body, then you have a much more difficult time with everything. At least, I do.

7:48 pm

hummingbirds are good karma! always busy, keeping in time to the rhythms of souls

7:48 pm

I love hummingbirds! What kind do you have down there?

7:48 pm

we have them here as well shdy, I taught my 2 year old granddaughter to say hummingbird last week

7:48 pm

we have mostly rufous hummingbirds, some are year-round residents.

7:49 pm

that's gotta be cute sea!

7:49 pm

stid, i spent the last 6 weeks trying to get fixed, so no, not happy physically

7:49 pm

hello all

7:49 pm

hi Jilli!

7:49 pm

Hi jilli

7:49 pm

Hi, jilli

7:49 pm

shdy. go read my link. please. http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

7:49 pm

fixed... is that slang for drunk?

7:49 pm

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

7:50 pm

the year-round hummers are Anna's Hummingbirds, in the Victoria BC area anyway.

7:50 pm

we have little green ones, and red throated ones, and basically they are going crazy in my yard, i love it

7:50 pm

stid, lovely scarves!

7:50 pm

I just learned that the spanish for rufous hummingbird is "Zumbador rufo" -- I like that better!

7:50 pm

thanks LBD

7:50 pm

oohh shdy, do you have a camera?

7:51 pm

Zumbador -- lovely word!

7:51 pm

hey jill

7:51 pm

hi jilli!

7:51 pm

*more gentle hugs for shady*

7:51 pm

shdy, do you have anything healthy to eat in the house?

7:51 pm

m9, was thinking of putting a camera right by the feeders

7:52 pm

shdy, I'm glad you love hummingbirds.

7:52 pm

that would be so cool shdy! I'd love to see them!

7:52 pm

that is a great idea! I bet you could get some excellent pics that way.

7:52 pm

shdy. read my link. please. at least go take a quick peek at it, you don't have to read the whole thing. just look. http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

7:52 pm

when i get a chance i will, and yes, i do eat healthy food

7:52 pm

one time, years ago, I managed to get an amazing picture of a hawk that was by my goldfish puddle... I think it was a sharp-shinned hawk. Not sure where the pic is now.

7:52 pm

Iknow there's zumbadors around here.. but I never see them

7:53 pm

but are you eating healthy food LATELY?

7:53 pm

i bet the little green ones are calliopes

7:53 pm

our colorful birds are the stellar's jays.

7:53 pm

i'm not looking feather, just because i'm grumpy

7:54 pm

oh, I haven't seen a calliope in years! they are so sweet...

7:54 pm

will you at least copy and save the link? please?

7:54 pm

We have those jays too, m9

7:54 pm

OH! shady -- on Thursday, I saw TWO pileated woodpeckers in my backyard! They are HUGE...

7:54 pm

that is a good website, feather.

7:54 pm

we get calliope's in june, and then they migrate to parts unknown

7:55 pm

yes, dammit, stid, i have one callipe, he is dark green as hell, i also have a ruby throat

7:55 pm

A calliope is something other than a musical device?

7:55 pm

what's a calliope?

7:55 pm

I'll have to google calliopes...

7:55 pm

shdy. i care. very much. please let me know you'll either copy and save my link, and look at it later, or that you'll call a hotline. please.

7:55 pm

for god's sake, come here, there are 10 or so running around

7:55 pm

i have pliated woodies, downy woodies, mourning doves, stellar jays, osprey, eagles, american robins, chickadees, and a billion other birds up here. even a ring necked pheasant!

7:56 pm

Oh, the calliopes are georgeous

7:56 pm

calliope's are hummingbirds

7:56 pm

We have all of those except for an eagle

7:56 pm

jellen, i sent you an email if you're sto;; jere

7:56 pm

i just googled, they don't live where i do, and i grew up with tons of hummingbirds

7:56 pm

ah, I see the calliope is another type of hummer

7:56 pm

still

7:57 pm

brb

7:57 pm

the photos of them are pretty, though

7:57 pm

I am, Luwanda

7:57 pm

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ in case it went too far down the chog.

7:57 pm

no stellar jays here on the east coast

7:57 pm

gee LBD, you have me beat!

7:57 pm

Hummingbirds like my buddleia bushes

7:57 pm

We have goldfinches though

7:58 pm

I know you are all talking about birds but I has a hummingbird moth in my butterfly garden!!!

7:58 pm

evening everyone

7:58 pm

shady, I would LOVE to visit you, and see the birds -- and hang out with you!

7:58 pm

we had a pheasant here which had escaped from a farm and wandered al over the place. We called him Phred. He kept calling for a mate but there weren

7:58 pm

and evening grosbeaks too

7:58 pm

Hi, Magyk

7:58 pm

really, Luwanda? That's something I have never yet seen.

7:58 pm

weren't any around

7:58 pm

I have those also Luwanda

7:58 pm

hey Magyk

7:58 pm

aren't you in texas, stid?

7:59 pm

hi magyk

7:59 pm

stid is up here in the Pacific Northwest, shdy

7:59 pm

I found 16 Monarch caterpillars tonight!!!

8:00 pm

I am not doing very well with this grid, long day and am just not with it

8:00 pm

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

8:00 pm

are you near texas shdy? I have a friend in Louisiana but about an hour from texas

8:00 pm

My grandson and I were beside ourselves!

8:00 pm

oh, silly me hugs, jellens

8:00 pm

Hello everybody, lil*monkey in da house

8:00 pm

hello from sonoma

8:00 pm

I bet I have fewer words than any of you -- all of 17!

8:01 pm

baton rouge, m9

8:01 pm

that IS a good website! I also talk about my "coping mechanisms".

8:01 pm

you win jilli lol

8:01 pm

hey Doren (((hugs))) how's wine country?

8:01 pm

go go jilli! whoo hoo!

8:01 pm

I have never been to baton rouge. I like the sound of the name, though.

8:01 pm

LOL!

8:01 pm

Hi, Dorens

8:01 pm

looks pretty darned beautiful.... just waiting for phoebe and her family to arrive

8:01 pm

hi jell

8:02 pm

MONKEY!!!! *tosses bananas* I wish you could see the adorable fabric bugsaw got for her daughter in law... one with sock monkeys all over it, the other with bananas!

8:02 pm

Is anyone watching the football game?

8:02 pm

go jill go!

8:02 pm

shdy. i know you're hoping i'll stop pestering you and go away. the only thing i want from you is that you'll at least save that link for when you think you might want to look at it. i'm going to keep posting it till you either tell me off or tell me you've got the link copied. http://www.metanoia.org/suici de/

8:02 pm

well, please give the prince and princess kisses from me...

8:02 pm

that sounds er interesting, stiddles!

8:02 pm

Hi, lil*monkey

8:02 pm

jellen!

8:02 pm

good to see you jellen :) xoxoxoxox

8:03 pm

Hi lil*monkey!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:03 pm

not watching football -- just listening to the snorus chorus here in the htole room, lol!

8:03 pm

and I just posted a few pics from yesterday and today on the picasa thingy online. I'll put a link in my profile. Hold on...

8:03 pm

No football here!

8:03 pm

thanks, feather, i have not spoken to a human in 3 days

8:03 pm

oy! perhaps I should have stayed away?

8:03 pm

would you like to skype?

8:03 pm

lol jilli...you on vacation?

8:03 pm

Hi, PAV

8:03 pm

hi minver and everbody

8:04 pm

we are human shdy - even if we seem purely cyber... we're a bunch of nice humans

8:04 pm

no, i would like to drop dead

8:04 pm

hi lil'monkey - haven't seen you in forever!

8:04 pm

Hello PAV3!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:04 pm

i know. but in the meantime, would you like to call and talk with me?

8:04 pm

hey PAV

8:04 pm

seapray, a group of us babblers are gathered at stid's hometown for a couple of days of fun

8:04 pm

WHAT SHDYBR8?????????

8:04 pm

seriously?

8:05 pm

seriously.

8:05 pm

seriously.

8:05 pm

Oh, how wonderful! I hope you are having a wonderful time!

8:05 pm

seriously, shady.

8:05 pm

oops. sorry.

8:05 pm

shdy, you can make it through this

8:05 pm

and seriously, do talk with feather.

8:05 pm

how

8:05 pm

well, first, are we friends on facebook?

8:05 pm

would be a good move

8:06 pm

no

8:06 pm

one day at a time

8:06 pm

Hi Babble buddies on holiday! I wish I was there.

8:06 pm

what did i miss? what is wrong with shdy?

8:06 pm

I know...sometimes it's easy to think.. "things would be just SO much easier if I just didn't exist." but there really is happiness to be had in the future. there isn't any to be found in not existing.

8:06 pm

Yes shdy, please call feather

8:06 pm

Hi, saanichcat

8:06 pm

SAANICH!!! ((((hugs and hugs and hugs))))) how are you feeling? I totally wish you were here.

8:06 pm

Hey shdybr8. Missed your entrance but what's going on w/you?You don't seriously want to do that do you?

8:06 pm

i'm heather mac. i'm friends with many babblers, see if you can find me that way? or tell me how to find you. then i'll tell you my top secret agent skype name, lol

8:06 pm

Hi jesdragggon! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

8:06 pm

Hi saan! we wish you were here too!

8:07 pm

shady, we ALL care about you.

8:07 pm

hey jes

8:07 pm

don't know how, just gonna go

8:07 pm

evening all

8:07 pm

Hello saanichat! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

8:07 pm

hey dan.

8:07 pm

waaaaiiiiit!

8:07 pm

No, don't go!

8:07 pm

Hi, dan

8:07 pm

shady no man is worth killing yourself over

8:07 pm

what is wrong, shdybr8?

8:07 pm

would you post your real name in your profile for a second, long enough for me to find you?

8:07 pm

shady, what peri says is true.

8:08 pm

Stid, Ill email you. In the meantime fun (as you any of you need any urging! Off now for a while but gack later.

8:08 pm

Hello dan2bit!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:08 pm

shdybr8, please stay in the chog, don't go

8:08 pm

thanks saanich. see you later.

8:08 pm

shady even though you don't see it, there really is always hope... you need a little help right now, that's no big deal... but get help, don't isolate

8:09 pm

dawg, are you friends with shdy on facebook/

8:09 pm

shdy, please try to call your friends and family again

8:09 pm

e-mail would probably make finding her easier. there's too many duplicates when it comes to finding someone by name.

8:09 pm

lealed

8:10 pm

sorry about that. Gone now for real!

8:10 pm

is ANYONE friends with shdy on facebook? so i can find her?

8:10 pm

Do U think we need to do for shdybr8 what someone did for zoozzoom the other day?Is this really serious?

8:10 pm

i can't figure it out, minver...

8:11 pm

zooz had a problem?

8:11 pm

does anyone know shady's name?

8:11 pm

Shdy, it's important that you listen to featherbee.

8:12 pm

I do not want to overstep boundaries,but also do not want something really awful to happen either.

8:12 pm

shdy, another babbler was feeling suicidal not too long ago on here. he hadn't eaten or drank for 4 days. someone from babble ended up alerting the authorities where he lived, and they went to check on him. now, unless you want us to start considering that, go the easy route and let me find you on facebook!

8:12 pm

i googled her babble name...she is also on community at king.com if that helps..

8:12 pm

Found her on facebook

8:13 pm

yay jellen!

8:13 pm

and on yahoo games with that handle

8:13 pm

This all started at about 6:52 in the chog

8:13 pm

missing the bottomest E for NBT

8:13 pm

team babble!

8:13 pm

good going Jellen

8:13 pm

jellen, send me the info?

8:13 pm

k

8:13 pm

go jellen! go feather!

8:13 pm

en5 * 2 -- a bottle-nosed dolphin and for other add what's overhead outside

8:14 pm

wait, not bottle-nosed dolphin, rather add spanish aunt

8:15 pm

ty dc

8:15 pm

shdy, you still here?

8:15 pm

thks DC got one anywhooo...NBT...again a hero comes to my rescue...

8:15 pm

You still here Shdy?

8:16 pm

yes, jellen

8:16 pm

shdy, i sent you a friend request on facebook

8:16 pm

(((shady)))

8:16 pm

you found me?

8:16 pm

Want to get on FB? We can chat there...

8:16 pm

Want to get on FB? We can chat there...

8:17 pm

jellen is master detective

8:17 pm

no, i don't use it

8:17 pm

please. we desperately want to help.

8:17 pm

king.com, who's the game dork?

8:17 pm

Today may be a good day to make an exception. Just for today. that's all.

8:17 pm

Shdy=luv, you cannot escape us ... we're family and we care. God bless.

8:17 pm

shdy, please let people help you!

8:17 pm

How about msn or yahoo?

8:18 pm

aol instant messenger?

8:18 pm

smoke signals?

8:18 pm

fine, i already asked, i'm here, i' beggingt

8:18 pm

winows live?

8:19 pm

god, i don't chat, id ont know

8:19 pm

(blast, bad typing)

8:19 pm

we don't have to actually talk. type chat is fine. it's just so hard here in the chog, things move so fast.

8:20 pm

i quit

8:20 pm

ha! found you in my email too! you can't hide from us Shdy!

8:20 pm

shdy is this the same guy who was living with you before

8:20 pm

shdy. you asked for help. we're trying to help you.

8:21 pm

shdy, guess this shows how many friends you really do have! granted we're all cyberfriends, but friends all the same. we're a pretty tight community here.

8:22 pm

Shdy, I don;t want to overstep any boundaries, but if you can phone featherbee or someone, I'd gladly pay whatever the call costs - you're very important to us.

8:22 pm

fine, love you lbd, ruru, feather, yes, same dick i don't play around

8:22 pm

a fallow field is usually un8 for the season

8:22 pm

shdy, it sounds like you're pretty angry. And I can understand that. You may have to hang onto that to get yourself through whatever you have to get through with this guy. But it really is ok to let Heather in.

8:22 pm

Shady, I sent you a quick note through facebook.

8:22 pm

christine, skype is free, if she uses it.

8:22 pm

well it is good you got rid of him finally .. that's my thinking

8:23 pm

And think of this - why give that bugger the satisfaction of thinking he caused this much paiun --- stand up to hi, we've got your back.

8:23 pm

look, goddammit, i have been dealing with being called a c word

8:23 pm

i'm NOT a person who likes to talk on the phone. i don't even like to call to ask what time a store closes! so for me to have offered to have you call and talk to me says something. you can tell me all the crap that's been happening. i'll listen.

8:24 pm

fine, feather, whats the number

8:24 pm

That shows you how classless he is

8:24 pm

I've never used skype, but I figureI can give up a few magazines ina good cause.

8:25 pm

do you use skype? i'll put my name in my profile for you, one second.

8:25 pm

i use a phone

8:25 pm

I need to leave, but I know that you are in good hands, shady.

8:25 pm

a c word is so limited, he certainly doesn't have much of a vocabulary, he could have called you an exponent or a prime number! *wink*

8:25 pm

hang on, i'll put my phone number in there then.

8:26 pm

later, stiddy. don't forget to give everyone a hug from me!

8:26 pm

he called me something i wouldnt call an enemy

8:26 pm

ok, go see.

8:26 pm

I will, LBD.

8:27 pm

Shady, we love you.

8:27 pm

*poof*

8:28 pm

can anybody clue the ca7 and the 2 x ca8?

8:28 pm

i know shdy, it isn't a nice word and it still shows his limitation in expressing himself. you aren't what he called you!

8:28 pm

add a british toilet to the ca5 lilly for one ca8

8:28 pm

Shdy, I put my number in my profile, too...let me know after you get it...

8:29 pm

tx dcs

8:29 pm

ah lbd, heading the crudade for folks to use more imaginative cussing.LOL

8:29 pm

ca7 like the ca4.6 + french feminine ending like a southern b****

8:29 pm

mental floss, lots of fun quizzes

8:29 pm

call either one of us. i won't be hurt if you call jellen instead of me, and i'm sure vice versa.

8:29 pm

I like mental floss!

8:30 pm

got 'em lbd tx

8:30 pm

thanks for that one lbd!

8:30 pm

ty, dawg

8:30 pm

don't forget the plural m9

8:30 pm

oohhh, thanks again!

8:33 pm

and we all collapse!

8:34 pm

in relief

8:35 pm

ag5!!!! so cool to see that word!

8:36 pm

shdy, did you get our numbers? can we take them down?

8:36 pm

the shoelace thingie?

8:36 pm

yes. there's a whole phinneas and ferb thing about it

8:38 pm

i almost missed that shoelace word!

8:39 pm

ditto, ty m9

8:40 pm

callme jellen cant find the darn phone 2257722052

8:42 pm

poooof

8:43 pm

jellen, let me know if you got that, if not, i'll call

8:43 pm

got it

8:44 pm

awesome, thanks.

8:44 pm

on the

8:44 pm

phone

8:44 pm

:D yay!

8:45 pm

good

8:45 pm

love ya, shdy!

8:45 pm

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

8:45 pm

hi jmc

8:46 pm

breathing easier now, can focus on other things again.

8:46 pm

I love ya shdybr8 & loves Jellen&featherbee for their support for shdybr8. I hope Jellen has successful talk.

8:46 pm

babblers to the rescue! you done good, feather!

8:47 pm

whew has this been a bumpy week

8:47 pm

no kidding

8:47 pm

can I talk about how depressed I am that our professional football team out here is really awful?

8:48 pm

but ru you don't support the redskins

8:48 pm

i'm now reading stuff on funnyordie.com, and listening to a song called 99 words for boobs. it's all kje's fault.

8:48 pm

<3 <3 <3 are with Shdy and Jellen! And Feather!

8:48 pm

I ran screaming from the store when the clerk gave me 49 cents in change

8:48 pm

can I get an ad6 clue? and seconded, jmc :-(

8:49 pm

a + not let someone have some thing + a consonant

8:49 pm

i just finished the ad's!LOL I think one is a mine opening.

8:49 pm

and the pl of that.

8:50 pm

but the 6 sounds like aspirin for things in your throat near your tonsils..

8:50 pm

nice clue ruru thanks

8:50 pm

:)

8:50 pm

lol m9

8:50 pm

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

8:50 pm

lol ru

8:50 pm

or ruru could just spell it out for you....

8:50 pm

LOL

8:51 pm

HI minver

8:52 pm

Let them eat cake!!

8:52 pm

need the di7 to finish

8:52 pm

*checks jmc's temperature*

8:52 pm

nah... we found out cake is a lie

8:53 pm

now listening to george carlin swear up a storm. i've gone for the very base forms of entertainment tonight!

8:53 pm

hah m9 beat me to it

8:53 pm

di+everybody+chicago's train

8:53 pm

sometimes that's what it takes feather!

8:53 pm

<---- loves Louis Black

8:53 pm

yay! tx jmc and all cluers - firewords

8:54 pm

wtg dan!!!!

8:54 pm

good going dan2

8:54 pm

whooooo hoooooo DAN!!

8:54 pm

baby2bit in bedtime denial

8:54 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on fireworks!Hooray for you

8:54 pm

where's mommy two bit

8:55 pm

i am fine ru why do you fret?

8:55 pm

what's with the cake?

8:55 pm

ahh baby2bit wants to play babble!

8:56 pm

hi all

8:56 pm

its the babble cake that stiddie etc made and we are going over to eat it

8:56 pm

how's the grid?

8:56 pm

ardilla!

8:56 pm

you are banished forthwith from the kingdom of Rohan!

8:56 pm

sorry. Tim is watching LOTR

8:56 pm

it's a tedious grid, ardilla

8:57 pm

why am i banished?

8:57 pm

and some emoting you hafta repeat...

8:57 pm

hi ardilla!

8:57 pm

we need an r and we could have you on the grid!

8:57 pm

not you ard!

8:58 pm

Eomer was banished.

8:58 pm

very true! :)

8:58 pm

lol feathers,you want base entertainment,you should of heard red fox go at it in his later years,made carlin look like a kindergarten kid lol

8:58 pm

or moms mably

8:58 pm

*mabbly

8:58 pm

mabely?

8:59 pm

Ok.. still 92 to go.. but I promised HeWho he could have puter back. When gage took the one I was on, I asked if i could have this one. crisis over, I should hand it back.

9:00 pm

bye m9

9:00 pm

*poof*

9:00 pm

jmc! are you babbling in the car AGAIN???

9:00 pm

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

9:00 pm

no everyone is changing clothes

9:00 pm

hi minver

9:01 pm

onto carol burnett now!

9:01 pm

take the last ferry from crofton you can meet me at the station. . .

9:01 pm

tired, should be sleeping...working nights for next few days

9:01 pm

now carol burnett is GOOD:))

9:01 pm

LOVE carol burnett fellow texan

9:02 pm

probably will come back after the flip

9:02 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yhkrelk carol burnett outakes

9:02 pm

(((ardilla))) see you soon I hope.

9:02 pm

hey again feather and cross!

9:02 pm

bye ardilla

9:02 pm

we had bacon on your (crossy's) honor this morning...

9:02 pm

nite nite all...happy babbling

9:03 pm

it lo**ed good too

9:03 pm

i've been here, just not doing the grid. kind of flipping back and forth between chog and other stuff.

9:03 pm

now we are discussing ferries

9:03 pm

feather i am gl** you were here

9:03 pm

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

9:05 pm

i'm stubborn, i am.

9:05 pm

Feather, you might want to call shdy, too...she's in a bad way...

9:05 pm

night night, ardilla

9:05 pm

did you hang up wiht her?

9:06 pm

No, still on...

hi all, can I get the il6?

9:07 pm

the most sick gramma

9:07 pm

Oh so sorry to hear that! It's too bad you couldn't do a three-way conference call or something like that.

9:07 pm

i don't know that i can do much more than you are. i'm not a counselor or anything at all, just someone who can listen, which is what you're doing right now.

9:07 pm

Hello grammaterri1!How are you?Welcome to the grid

thanx I'm well Min thanx for asking

9:07 pm

okay i am not trained for suicide but have done some with the hotline

9:08 pm

the trick is to listen, reframe negative thoughts

9:08 pm

and offer only THREE choices at most.

9:08 pm

Does shdybr8 see a therapist Jellen. That might help her. I know not everyone is into that, but you never know until you try it.I'm even thinking about it myself

9:09 pm

one or two is better... but having a choice when all seems helpless is important.

9:09 pm

i really really wanted her to look at that site i found

9:09 pm

one more time for good measure. http://www.metanoia.org/suic ide/

9:11 pm

okay stiddie we may be movig out the door nowe

9:11 pm

*poof*

9:11 pm

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

9:13 pm

(((feather))) gotta go again. (((shady))) (((all))) see you later! *poof*

9:13 pm

Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention - 24 Hour Crisis Line (225) 924-3900 or (800) 437-0303

9:13 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I hope you are enjoying the meet

9:14 pm

found those numbers online - thought they might help

9:16 pm

i hope shdy now realizes how much we all care, and that she's not alone in this crisis, at least not spiritually. I wish I could transport myself over to her.

9:18 pm

Whew!

9:18 pm

Thanks, jessmom...

9:19 pm

I gave her the crisis line number...she promised she would call

9:20 pm

no problem!

9:21 pm

I need a soda...brb

9:27 pm

Back...

9:28 pm

Thank you Jellen for talking to shdybr8.Hope it helped

9:29 pm

I hope so too, Min

9:37 pm

seems it is a tough time of year for many of our babble friends;(

9:38 pm

Yes, it does, crossy

9:38 pm

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

9:38 pm

howdy min ((jellen))

9:39 pm

Hello again, Babble friends. How is shdy?

9:39 pm

scwabby:)

9:40 pm

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

9:40 pm

She was still pretty upset, and drunk, I think...

9:41 pm

She promised me she'd call a local crisis hotline, though...and I will call to check on her tomorrow...

9:41 pm

Does she have any family or a friend to visit her?

9:42 pm

She said she didn't...

9:42 pm

TY for speaking with her, Jellen.

9:42 pm

Maybe she will see things differently once the alcohol wears off. I think drinking is the worst thing you can do in bad situations.It just makes things seem worse than they really are. I hope she gets help she needs.

9:43 pm

She's hurt, rejected, angry, sad, lonely....and needs to know that things will get better.

9:43 pm

So what started all this. Problems in her relationship?

9:44 pm

Yes, Min...very volatile and irresponsible man in her life...

9:45 pm

She will see, I hope soon, that she is better off without him.

9:45 pm

Oh no! I hope he does not hit her. That is the worst!

9:45 pm

I hope she is rid of him...this has been going on a while...

9:46 pm

I thought that shdybr8 was a man because she had a man as her icon pic & I thought that was shdybr8. Is that the man in her life that is irresponsible & volatile

9:46 pm

thank you for calling her jellen. did she sound like she was going to bed?

9:47 pm

FB, how is Nick?

9:47 pm

the fever started going down, was at about 100 before bed, and he was perking up too

9:47 pm

Yes, Min

9:47 pm

i hope not as well,my elegant came from an abusive relationship,it took her 6 months to stop flinching and i taught the fella a few things before i left with her...crossy does not tolerate men like that..sorry..bugs me

9:47 pm

No, she was going to call the crisis hotline, feather

9:48 pm

better plan. excellent.

9:48 pm

brb, weird noise

9:49 pm

And I will call her tomorrow afternoon...

9:49 pm

minver, the man in shady's profile is the man in question, yes.

9:49 pm

ok back..had eaten din..and now ready to tackle more

9:50 pm

Hello PAV3! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

9:51 pm

hi, pav

9:51 pm

Hi again, PAV

9:51 pm

hi Sir Seain! and Min and Jellen and fbee

9:53 pm

no clue what the noise was

9:53 pm

gl4 you were able to talk to shdy, Jellen. I think she needed to hear a friendly loving voice to help her through this rough patch

9:53 pm

what kind of noise, feather?

9:53 pm

like a light bulb popping out on the deck.

9:53 pm

Nick or Daniel falling out of bed?

9:54 pm

might have been something falling off the table in the wind. then i heard beeps from the a/c, but daniel was sound asleep.

9:54 pm

a bulb in the vent hood or fridge, maybe?

9:54 pm

or a fuse blew?

9:54 pm

or a critter?

9:55 pm

if you have fuses, rather than circuit breakers, that is.

9:55 pm

nope, all lights seem accounted for. critter is very possible, cat came in a few minutes ago. could have been her.

9:55 pm

Dryer running? My friend had a dryer fire tonite.

9:55 pm

cats are good at weird noises

9:55 pm

it's pretty windy out there for night time. either was the cat knocking something off, or the wind.

9:56 pm

i vote for the wind

9:56 pm

my cats are particulary good at weird noises when they've caught mice

9:56 pm

me too

9:57 pm

lmao, that looks like i'm responding to dorens. i was responding to seain.

9:57 pm

Hi Doren

9:57 pm

haha

9:57 pm

How is California, Doren?

9:57 pm

hi doren :D

9:57 pm

hi all... am in sonoma in a lovely house wtching the sun begin to set behind the hills from the porch. life is good

9:58 pm

sounds lovely

9:58 pm

oh, nice

9:58 pm

aside from the fact that we are all getting too tired to hit the grocery store and there is NO coffee in the house, it is!

9:58 pm

Almost 8 there. I watched the sun set behind the big hill at about 7:30

9:58 pm

going to go do my scrabble turns then go to bed

9:59 pm

G'night feather...

9:59 pm

night feather, Hi dorens

9:59 pm

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

9:59 pm

hi scrabs!

10:00 pm

night feather and hi dawg

10:00 pm

summer must be coming to a close, it's 9pm and it's dark outside!

10:01 pm

yahooo for reemployment, dorens!

10:01 pm

Sleep well, Feather

10:01 pm

time for a Tylenol...

10:01 pm

thanks dawg.. was just remembering. summer coming to a close was beginning to get scary... now it's not so bad!

10:02 pm

i'm sure the relief is welcomed, dorens. i'm very happy for you! :)

10:02 pm

and now it's time for me to go find my pillows. busy day tomorrow. Mt washmore has gotten bigger! night night everyone!

10:03 pm

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

10:03 pm

Question: do you think I ought to call shdy back and make sure she called the crisis line, or call tomorrow like I said I would?

10:03 pm

I am ready for bed too. My grid does not have those 84 words that I am supposedly missing.

10:03 pm

G'night, lbd

10:04 pm

I would call again, Jellen. It shows you care, and to check on her is good.

10:04 pm

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

10:04 pm

Jellen, did you give her your #?

10:04 pm

I am finding one more word...that will be halfway...

10:04 pm

I will be here tomorrow--will be a day of rain + thunderstorms.

10:04 pm

She was on a cell, so she has my number...

10:07 pm

You are sweet, Jellen, to reach out to someone in the midst of your grief.

10:07 pm

Alright, off to bed.

10:08 pm

Found my word...going to call shdy now...It's the least I can do, after all the love and support given to me...

10:08 pm

G'night all!

10:08 pm

g'night scrabbs and jellen and dawg

10:09 pm

Goodbye Jellen!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

10:20 pm

passed the 1/2 way mark!

10:20 pm

go go pav!

10:20 pm

hi folks

10:21 pm

evening, welki

10:22 pm

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

10:27 pm

my brain is mush.

10:28 pm

that can be fun, welki, are you enjoying it?

10:28 pm

allege, galena, caliente ... mush will be more fun after this gimlet :)

10:29 pm

ooooh, gimlet, there's an id4

10:29 pm

Hi again. I was here early this afternoon; now it's 10:30 PM and I still have 170 words left to find. What are my chances? I'm hopeful! ;-)

10:29 pm

pity i started in on the cider

10:29 pm

with list, you'll make it nef

10:29 pm

strongbow?

10:30 pm

that was the last bottle of strongbow, moving on to the Magners

10:30 pm

thanks seain, I love the encouragement! :-)

10:30 pm

<-- is too mushy tonight to even bother with the list :)

10:31 pm

i have 46 to go, from A-G LOL

10:31 pm

74 here for me

10:31 pm

and i've been playing off and on since 2 Eastern

10:31 pm

i went to list with 86 to go

10:33 pm

I think I'll list now if I want to get even half way (but I hope to do a lot better than that). I'll probably lurk instead of chat too

10:33 pm

sounds like a plan, have fun, nef :)

10:34 pm

thanks

10:34 pm

I made somewhat of a de 4/5 in this grid today&then it drove me nu 4/5 so I gave up. Now I'll le 4/5 a hand with a story.So Mel Gibson's ag5/14 has dropped him. Gee,I wonder why?I don't think he will be getting any ai 4/5 from anybody or can le 4/4 on anyone. He has not been acting like a ge 6/24man. I do not think he has an al4/6 left.Everybody is an4/4-Gibson & thinks he is an an 4/5.Some think he should be ca 5/18 up in a ca4/7. I have heard people ca4/5 him a pig. He has also been ca 6/24 a racist.He certainly isn't ga 7/36. He'll be gl4/7 when this blows over, but I do not think the press will let this go ge6/30.People will st5/10 be talking about this un5/12 another big famous person messes up. He will have to de4/5 with negative press for a long time. Mel has de 5/12 with it before, so he should be used to it. Mel also has some le 5/14 issues to de4/5 with. He can't de4/7 the nasty messages of him ye4/6ing at his girlfriend. I do not believe any of the messages were ed 4/5ed. Now Gibson is singing a different tu 4/5. Mel te 4/4s Oksana he's sorry. Too late for that.If I were him,I would not walk down any dark al 5/14 for fear of getting beat up. He should di 4/5 a number for a shrink. I would also remain id 4/5 and not do anything. Myabe he should go off to some foreign la 4/5 and stay there forever. It lo 5/18 like his career is su 4/9. I never liked his movies anyway. They all st5/10! Now I am going to get off this de 4/5 laptop and go cl 5/12 up the kitchen. Hubby & I have a de4/5.I cl5/12 the kitchen everyday and he cl6/21 the bathrooms. After I cl5/12 the kitchen I am going to go ne6/18 with my dog and get into my sn4/7 bed.

10:34 pm

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

10:36 pm

how weird, the planes are taking off to the NE

10:36 pm

thanks for the story of clues, Min. I'm fine; how are you doing tonight?

10:41 pm

I am well, but worried about shdybr8.I hope she gets help. She going through a very rough time right now.

10:41 pm

hi everyone, i need help with the first cl 5/14 please? thanks

10:42 pm

cl + summertime drink ending

10:43 pm

thanks, uneaixoise. I could have sworn I tried that.

10:43 pm

Hello joey! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

10:43 pm

yw :-)

10:43 pm

cl 5/14 is cl + I drink lemon*** in the summertime joey

10:43 pm

Hello Uneaixoise!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:44 pm

hey, min

10:44 pm

hi minveryork. Iwant to tell you how much I admire what you do to do the clues stories. they are great. I had a great, special night tonight and am trying hard to finish this grid

10:44 pm

evening, une and joey

10:44 pm

hey, seain :-)

10:45 pm

oh, wonderful you had a good evening, joey

10:45 pm

Thank you joey. I'm glad you had a great evening too.

10:46 pm

yes, I went to a Susan G Komen night at the local independent baseball team game here in Fort Worth and got to go on the field. Then I found out that one of the guys from the 93 Phillies was the manager of the other team and I went over and talked to him and got an autograph. I am quite psyched.

10:47 pm

cool, joey :)

10:47 pm

need a word

10:48 pm

That's wonderful joey!Don't let grid ruin your evening

10:48 pm

At long last fireworks and minver, I enjoyed your clue story very much, very clever

10:48 pm

gimme a word

10:48 pm

or im gonna get green and mean

10:48 pm

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

10:48 pm

hulk smash

10:48 pm

ok off to do the dishes

10:48 pm

orange

10:49 pm

congrats, sandyloo

10:49 pm

Congratulations sandyloo on your fireworks! Hooray!

10:49 pm

green

10:49 pm

hagd, sandy

10:49 pm

dlsafjs

10:49 pm

10:49 pm

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

10:49 pm

ok

10:49 pm

do u hav a crush on sandyloo or something

10:50 pm

someone gimme a word

10:51 pm

red

10:51 pm

er......

10:51 pm

indeedy, peach

10:53 pm

f***

10:53 pm

fire

10:53 pm

im gonna get long and schlong just tell me a word

10:54 pm

dr g has been....

10:54 pm

tx dorens

10:54 pm

Thanks, Dorens.

10:55 pm

dorens has little patience for that :-)

10:55 pm

ditto

10:55 pm

emailed

10:55 pm

go us :)

10:56 pm

i cnt bleeve u reported us

10:56 pm

:-D

10:56 pm

bleeve, buddy, bleeve

10:56 pm

hahaha

10:57 pm

u guys r hiarious

10:57 pm

pity ru's not around

10:57 pm

next one I need help with, please. Il 6/18. thanks

10:57 pm

May the fleas of ten thousand camels invade your armpits.

10:57 pm

gimme a word

10:58 pm

il6 most sick

10:58 pm

y dont u just shut ur face

10:58 pm

peach LOL!

10:58 pm

omg, thanks

10:58 pm

why, what would ru do?

10:59 pm

shlong angry...must get bigger

10:59 pm

be funny, if in a groaning way :)

10:59 pm

just shut ur face

11:00 pm

jealous of dorens in sonoma ;-)

11:00 pm

he is awfully funny... my daughter and I are having lunch with him next week... really looking forward to it

11:00 pm

oh, how cool!!

11:00 pm

oh, do enjoy, doren :)

11:00 pm

at his restaurant?

11:00 pm

thank u im looking foward to lucnh wit u

11:01 pm

une it is heavenly here...wish i could share it with you all...there are extra bedrooms and more bathrooms than we can possibly use

11:01 pm

he doesn't actually have a restaurant (as I understand it), but he is wine distributor for many fine ones here... he got us reservations at bouchon for wednesday (which mere mortals like us can't do)

11:01 pm

i can imagine -- was in sonoma 20 years ago and loved it :-)

11:01 pm

oh, you'll love bouchon

11:02 pm

i certainly expect to ! you've been there seain?

11:02 pm

oh, ok, good to know . . . i'll be waiting for a report on your gustatory pleasures!

11:02 pm

of course ive been there uneaxoise

11:03 pm

i've not, but a number of my friends have :) it's on my list for places to get to, though

11:03 pm

i've not yet visited CA

11:04 pm

we've got the grandkids with us, so Phoebe will get the most expensive plate of macaroni and cheese she's ever had... hope she enjoys. TOnight she loved the truffled goat cheese, so she does have good taste

11:04 pm

dorens, that's hilarious! LOL

11:05 pm

LOL Doren

11:05 pm

truffled goat cheese is lovely

11:06 pm

it was everybody's favorite... we were close to fighting each other over it. sublime.

11:06 pm

aw, it doesn't take dalek

11:06 pm

adore goat cheese

11:06 pm

ah, not there :) that does it

11:07 pm

made a goat cheese and onion quiche yesterday

11:07 pm

done seain?

11:07 pm

mmm, jealous of that une

11:07 pm

21 to go

11:08 pm

yummy, une

11:08 pm

much as i love goat cheese, never have put it in a quiche--easy recipe?

11:08 pm

just heard 1st crickets of the year, and few cicadas. Summer's end draws nigh

11:09 pm

i've had crickets around my yard for a while now, seain... and i just love the sound

11:10 pm

like any quiche, dorens -- crumble in deepdish pie shell, add layer of chopped onions (or peppers or mushrooms), pour over that 4 eggs and 1 c. milk or half and half, salt and pepper to taste

11:11 pm

just using goat cheese instead of the usual ? must try that, thanks

11:11 pm

actually, this time I mixed 3 different cheeses -- goat cheese, mozarella, and jarlsberg

11:12 pm

nice mix, une

11:12 pm

terrific.. will do one of these days, thanks

11:12 pm

(needed to finish up bits and pieces in the fridge)

11:12 pm

ricotta, mozzarella, asiago, and goat is another nice combo

11:12 pm

let's face it, seain -- cheese is just plain yummy! LOL

11:13 pm

i don't care for ag4 limburger, though the fresh variety is nice

11:13 pm

agreed... anything except american

11:13 pm

indeed, dorens!

11:13 pm

non-wrapped slice american is a real cheese with real flavor

11:13 pm

won't eat a cheeseburger or grilled cheese sandwich if it's with that crap

11:14 pm

kraft and the like is orange plastic

11:14 pm

:-D

11:14 pm

sorry seain, i've tried that.. used to buy it when my kids were little for their grilled cheese sandwiches, cause they preferred it to my extra sharp vermont cheddar (guess they had it at friends' houses ).. but i couldn't stand the taste of it

11:15 pm

:) fair enough. it's not a preferred one of mine, either

11:15 pm

seems like dr. g helped us out, eh?

11:15 pm

jennifer used to take goat cheese sandwiches to school in her lunchbox LOL

11:16 pm

looks that way, dorens :-)

11:16 pm

clue for le 5/14 please? and i bet it made plenty of friends for her???

11:16 pm

Hi everyone. Hope you are having a great Saturday night. It is after midnight and I have just one more. I looked for them all day at a soccer tournament today and would appreciate some help. It is an i6. I have the one that is unbusy. Wracking my brain and monkeying has not helped! Thanks for any clues!

11:17 pm

she was a picky eater -- also took pate :-)

11:17 pm

il6 most sick

11:17 pm

most sickly

11:17 pm

le5/14 on the up and up

11:17 pm

or most id4

11:17 pm

ty une

11:18 pm

Thanks so much! Not sure how I missed that one. Fireworks for me so off to bed so I can get up at the crack of dawn for another tournament day tomorrow!

11:18 pm

congrats, cbr

11:18 pm

good job cbr

11:18 pm

congrats, cbr

11:19 pm

last cl7, pls?

11:20 pm

what i need to do to my face efore sleep

11:20 pm

oh, add one letter :">

11:20 pm

i was looking for longer form of that heh

11:23 pm

firewords, thanks for all the help

11:23 pm

congrats, joey

11:23 pm

yay, joey!

11:23 pm

yay joey!

11:25 pm

YAY, joey!! WTG!!!

11:25 pm

need help with first un8/50 please

11:26 pm

is that the fallow field that is un8 this season?

11:26 pm

the envelope was un8 -- open, not glued

11:26 pm

Congratulations joey on your fireworks! Good for you

11:26 pm

no, have that o ne thanks

11:26 pm

or that straightened shelf or ladder that has been un8?

11:27 pm

no... this is right after taking back an item that has been sold

11:28 pm

past of the un5 then

11:28 pm

la6/21 please -- second one

11:29 pm

that isn't working seain.. i think there is one before that

11:29 pm

past of la4, une

11:29 pm

nope

11:29 pm

past tense of word before

11:29 pm

he un8 the envelope

11:29 pm

the field lays un8

11:30 pm

or the straightened item was un8

11:30 pm

ok, what's the stoopid la4 before?

11:30 pm

the envelope.. thanks

11:30 pm

Aack .. 114 left ..

11:30 pm

that's what i clued, dorens! LOL

la4 - l + everything

11:31 pm

la4 is l+everything

11:31 pm

tx kramer!!!!

11:31 pm

oh man, i didn't see your clue une... am very tired, eyes are barely working .. 2 left

11:31 pm

firewords for moi!

11:31 pm

:-D

11:31 pm

Yay Une!

11:31 pm

nite, all *poof*

11:31 pm

(and hi, tor)

11:32 pm

Congratulations Uneaixoise on fireworks! Good for U!

11:32 pm

congrats, une

11:32 pm

yay une! and hi tor.. and nite une

11:32 pm

hi tor and cosmo

11:32 pm

Goodbye Uneaixoise!I will see you tomorrow in the log

11:32 pm

Hi/bye Une ..

11:32 pm

hi cosmo

11:32 pm

Heyas all ..

11:33 pm

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

11:34 pm

A bit tired .. long day ..

11:34 pm

limping to finish.. firworks and too sleepy to enjoy. night all

11:34 pm

firewords

11:35 pm

Congratulations Dorens on your fireworks!Way to go

11:35 pm

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

11:35 pm

Congratulations dcseain on fireworks!Hooray for you

11:35 pm

g'night doren and congrats

11:35 pm

ty, minver

11:47 pm

hmmm 13 minutes and 92 words to go...

11:47 pm

yay seain!!!

11:48 pm

help with other un8 at end of un's?

11:49 pm

oh!~ got it!

un8 - not slanted

11:49 pm

hi m9. I have 116 to go. the un8 is un tipped

11:50 pm

thanks you two!

11:53 pm

good evening, everyone :)

11:54 pm

hi nan!

11:54 pm

Hello cybernan! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

11:54 pm

hi cyber and Cosmo.

hi all

11:55 pm

Hello Cosmo Kramer!How are you?Welcome to the grid

11:55 pm

Congrats on going pro right away Cosmo! Good for U!

11:55 pm

Any guesses for the next grid size? I guess 148 words

11:56 pm

5 minutes left, 110 words left. I don't think I'll make it now.

11:56 pm

less than 200, Min

11:56 pm

135

next grid - 169

11:57 pm

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

11:57 pm

So far everybody's guesses are less than 200 Nef.

11:59 pm

Mine's a wish, Min! :-)

11:59 pm

188

11:59 pm

i'm at 76

11:59 pm

66

12:06 am

hi all. cant get that un 8 that is to do somehting to straightened items. very confused. have the rest.

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