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216 total words

flip and hi all

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

hi volley

12:00 am

OU6

12:00 am

hi dee hi :)

12:00 am

flip

hi dart!

hugs jili

12:00 am

flip... hi all!

12:01 am

CO 8

12:01 am

RE 6

12:01 am

phant octuplet

Clues are up

12:02 am

volcano alert

12:03 am

YAY for Lickety!!!

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!!!

12:03 am

iota

12:03 am

doter

ooh, ooh, flippety do!!

12:04 am

nbt

12:04 am

phant epaulets

12:04 am

oh -- sorry sorry sorry sorry

12:04 am

thank you erda

12:05 am

CO6

12:05 am

NE6

12:05 am

wtg jess!!!

12:05 am

LOL MLfan

nbt

12:07 am

nice one, grem <weep>

12:08 am

CO6

12:08 am

wtg dee!!!

12:08 am

French waters alert

ty jili!

ou 6 x 2

NBT, though I don't see what's so important about that?

12:09 am

it's not

12:10 am

just a random accomplishment, geo

well, depending on the grid it might mean you don't have that many words, lol!

ya know?

12:10 am

hey, whatever works, right? :)

12:11 am

nothing important about it lol

12:11 am

but it is an accomplishment

12:12 am

we al have our little ways of playing the game, george

eh, dunno, just don't see it as one cos it doesn't matter which tiles the words come from, it's how many you have in whatever time frame really? NBT might not mean that many words??

yeah, course

12:12 am

na 7

12:12 am

I think Pav likes to get nbt with the fewest number of misses...

12:12 am

NA6

12:13 am

some like to collect big words at the beginning, some like to get nbt, some like just getting random words, all's well that enda well.

12:13 am

so, "goals" are rather random and personal

oh yeah

12:13 am

I just want to finish quickly so I can go to sleep

12:13 am

volcano alert

12:13 am

I like to gray out columns and rows... like bingo.

halo, m9!

12:13 am

I like to linger and chat

12:13 am

phant nauplii

12:13 am

its like me George i make my own goal if i have a big grid like this one and i find it a bit difficult and i can find 66 words sometimes i stop

12:14 am

already alerted, pini ;)

12:14 am

hi george!

12:14 am

got my first 7 ro7

12:14 am

EA6

12:15 am

"oreo-rules"

66 words? I try to go halfway before I give it a rest

yeah, have that 6 and 7, m9

had them a while

12:16 am

well george when i first started doing these grids i kept getting stalled by that number for some reason

12:16 am

I have one too.. just haven't used it yet!LOL

12:16 am

from back when I managed a Black and Decker Outlet store...

12:16 am

which RO?

a 6 and 7

ro6/21 and ro7/32

12:17 am

ty -- had the 6 but missed the 7

eh, I know them just from using computers and internet for too many years, lol!

7's just plural of the 6

12:18 am

just got them...and my internet is run through one!

12:18 am

should've known

12:18 am

my son is telling me to watch Twisted Sister's Oh Come All You Faithful... animated version...

12:18 am

sigh..

12:18 am

pu 6-7 as well -- missed all those plurals!

ooh, lovely! lol!

12:19 am

but I immediately think of wood working..

12:19 am

CO7

12:19 am

34 c s!!

12:19 am

ce6 yay

12:19 am

NBT! :)

12:19 am

which means I can go to bed! :)

12:20 am

distracted by Inspector Lewis still...

12:20 am

half way and stuck

12:20 am

yes I have it on as well -- distracting is right

12:20 am

Just hit 66 MLF

12:20 am

wtg pini -- don't snore ;)

12:20 am

you know you're an anagram of me!LOL

I am exactly halfway now!

who's an anagram of you?

12:21 am

only 33 words here :(

12:21 am

MLF is

12:21 am

i hace 63

12:21 am

cause I'm mfl

12:21 am

have

12:21 am

only if you leave off "AN"

yeah, well that's not a full anagram

<< bogey ogre

12:21 am

almost there mlf!!

12:21 am

oh picky picky grem

12:22 am

150 left i am out of here poof

12:22 am

If I were picky I'd care about the numbers too.

12:22 am

um.. we both have them!!

12:24 am

isn't there a word that's n and then three vowels??

12:24 am

yep, na4

12:24 am

it's in here

12:24 am

phantom epina4

12:24 am

ah! there it is!

12:25 am

LOL

12:27 am

lots of words ending in X in this grid

12:29 am

nbt, like it or not, george :P

12:29 am

hard board, or am I just tired?

12:30 am

stalled at 127 grem and finding it difficult

12:30 am

oh.. got an 8!

12:31 am

and the stats are?

12:31 am

YOU finding it hard, grem???

12:31 am

co8. quite french sounding

12:31 am

yeah

12:32 am

co8, can remove a vowel on that one too, or a co7

12:32 am

*for a co7

12:32 am

yes got the 7

anyone have the 2nd 8?

12:32 am

co8 x 2

12:33 am

have a co 7 but don't see how to extend it

12:33 am

first co8 is a regular plural, second is a French plural

thx

12:33 am

co7 x 7

I have co 8/80 what are stats on second one please

12:34 am

co8/45

12:34 am

got 100 words so far

thx, grem!

12:35 am

ok all...off to bed with me...cya tmw ;)

12:36 am

I thought you went ages ago, pini!

12:36 am

I tried...thought about it...didn't move fast enough; but going now!!! g'night *poof*

12:37 am

have a co 7/40 - don't see any of the others

12:38 am

night pini (again) lol!

no, Pini's busy watching and listening to some weird band performing a disco song!

12:38 am

in order, the points are: 32, 36, 32, 56, 40, 36, 40

12:38 am

ok Im off gl e

12:39 am

only the first co7 is really that common

12:39 am

phant corrupt.

french everywhere

12:39 am

bye sandy -- ?

12:39 am

yes, I noticed, josh

12:40 am

and the 7/40 grem - or one of them

12:41 am

got the yawns again....

12:41 am

haute co7?

too bad you can't ex5 in tandem with someone else

12:41 am

yes

or someone who is born without a part of their brain could be co6-le4

12:42 am

I was studying brain anatomy today

12:43 am

if "thalami" were in the grid I'd have totally seen it right away

12:44 am

fireworks

12:44 am

and for what reason were you doing that grem?

12:44 am

oh grem! wtg

12:44 am

I like learning science

well done grem

12:45 am

just happened to be at that chapter in the textbook

12:45 am

congrats grem

12:45 am

I think that painting your house again should be a word!!!!

and someone who didn't sleep this afternoon is na--oh wait, that is actually a word

12:45 am

cool

12:45 am

reading the names of various bones and muscles was a bit boring

12:45 am

glad to get to the nervous system

12:45 am

135 down and listing -- enough of this!

12:46 am

wtg grem -- I always liked that stuff too

12:46 am

phant cerulean

12:46 am

this grid is getting to my nervous system.

12:47 am

lol, m9!

12:48 am

I've been on a biology reading streak the past year or so - I think I want to learn some geology next.

12:48 am

at least part of the head was in there grem

12:48 am

Learning the meaning of words I know from Boggle is fun.

12:48 am

well two

12:48 am

Of course there's just looking them up in a dictionary, but it's better to do it in context, I think.

12:48 am

I thought geology was a total bore.

12:48 am

at least

12:49 am

Was that a pun?

12:49 am

Mining is a total bore!

12:49 am

yup

trepanation is a total bore

12:50 am

phant trepan, and teopan

12:50 am

the geology of this area is quite interesting.

12:51 am

Geology Rocks!!

12:51 am

that's where they drill a hole in the skull.. correct?

12:51 am

Hi all

12:51 am

I think so.

yes, with a saw iirc

12:51 am

they have a cool mural at the smithsonian of the history of human mutilation.

12:52 am

or at least they did when I was there the first time

12:52 am

Daykat, for about how long do chickens live? How many eggs from each chicken? and for how long do they lay?

12:52 am

Related word: "The procedure of drilling a hole through a fingernail or toenail is also known as trephination."

12:52 am

hi day, welcome to the torture chamber

12:53 am

jeez.. you want to see human mutilation.. just buy a coffee at an espresso place anywhere in berkeley

12:53 am

hi jill, grem, chris m9

12:53 am

Torture chamber special: half off on all trephinations!

12:53 am

hi daykat

12:53 am

Christine --- it all depends!!

12:53 am

yes. my common law brother in law did that to my sister's nail with his drill press when she had a bad blood blister under her nail.

12:53 am

Sorry, should first say hi, then ask questions.

12:53 am

hi Christine, ruru

12:54 am

'morning, all. G'day, daykat.

12:54 am

hi there jilli

12:54 am

chickens can live for years but they lay best in the first year or so

12:54 am

Hello, all.

12:54 am

I am so tired of being Tony Dinozzo...

12:55 am

as in NCIS?

12:55 am

You can have your name legally changed, I think.

12:55 am

we have a "Home for Bewildered Chickens" who were rescued from an intensive laying farm, they were past their best flush but have laid for us for several years

12:55 am

yup!

12:55 am

hi dofith

12:55 am

my son is Gibbs.. and I'm tony

12:55 am

aww, day!

12:55 am

they sometimes forget what they are supposed to so now:)

12:55 am

and when we find a dead body.. he calls duckey and I have to call mister palmer...

12:55 am

sigh...

12:55 am

is that where George Bush went? day kat?

not named after the beegees, i trust

12:55 am

One of the best shows on TV.

12:56 am

DOFITH!!!!

12:56 am

DOFITH!!!!

12:56 am

are you home or still in S africa?

12:56 am

he's naked with the dog leash wrapped around his waist for a belt...

12:56 am

Daykat - a friend's son is considering getting chickens, he wants only two eggs a day, so I guess he needs two chickens?

12:56 am

and telling me to call mister palmer quick!

12:57 am

m9? are you okay?

12:57 am

are bewildered chickens dumb clucks?

12:57 am

Tony DiNozo or your son?

12:57 am

they will lay one a day if they are fed really well, and are reasonably young

12:58 am

Bewildered chickens are confoosters.

12:58 am

ruru, just old boilers!!

12:58 am

`my son! who is Gibbs! Can't you keep this straight?!?!?!? ROFL!!!!

12:58 am

what is m9 talking about?

12:58 am

Thank you Daykat - I'll pass the word. Perhaps he should get a "Dummies for chickenfarmers" book.

12:58 am

I have no idea.

12:58 am

beats me jilli.. sometimes she just goes places..

something about television, i'd wager

12:59 am

or medication

12:59 am

Partly because I haven't watched this show, I think.

12:59 am

M9f91 - how old is your Gibbs?

12:59 am

6 seasons of NCIS on dvd.....

12:59 am

is a Gibbs a chicken?

12:59 am

lol

12:59 am

Does it run on Gibbs free energy?

1:00 am

now i'm typing with gloves.. cause I have to wear gloves at a crime scene...

1:01 am

.. in your world M9.. does the sun always shine?

1:01 am

phantom morceaux, keeping in the French theme

1:01 am

yup.. it shines through my bottles.

1:02 am

uh ok

1:02 am

i showed that this morning.

m9 is spoiling tomorrow's funny papers for us, apparently

1:03 am

ok.. 89 words but now I must enter the purple tent with a flashlight. see you all later!

1:03 am

the list didn't help much with those co's!

eh? what you up to, m9!?

1:04 am

oh Prince is over her house too apparently

oh yeah? she's getting a free concert, eh?

not fair, that -- love his music, send him over!

what the heck, m9? read back over everything and that's about all I can say!?

1:08 am

Sorry, daykat. Still there? Just had Olivia dumpedon me. We're still in SA - just fabulous

1:14 am

At a game park

1:31 am

good night, all :)

1:32 am

night nan

1:35 am

good morning everybody

1:35 am

hi ruby

1:37 am

hi jilli! "dumb cluck!" hahah

halo again, Jill

Morning all how many words today please

Thanks

1:39 am

hi george

1:40 am

hello all

1:40 am

gm ursh!

1:40 am

hello george

1:40 am

hi ursh

1:40 am

dote

1:40 am

Hello everyone

1:40 am

and hi lyn

1:41 am

hi klynxx, meet me in the pb for more (much-needed) coffee

1:41 am

here comes the rest of the world!

hello ruby

1:42 am

are you bringing croissants?

1:42 am

and home-made jam

1:42 am

YUM! so you soon

1:44 am

plum or blackberry?

1:44 am

mmm what sort of plum?

1:45 am

just red ones this year

1:45 am

my mirabelle didn't produce :(

1:45 am

Blackberry then I think, I like tartness

1:46 am

Do you have the thornless blackberries?

1:46 am

yes, and I put them through a mill to get rid of the seeds for the jam. It's not uite clear, but less lumpy

1:47 am

the best are currants, but I don't share that! selfish Ruby

1:47 am

I like lumpy jam

1:47 am

they are very big berries and really prolific this year, just a little less sweet than usual

1:48 am

red or back currants? My mother used to make black currant jelly(jam)

1:48 am

I have one jar of the lumpy one with your nam on it Sandy! GM!

1:48 am

afternoon Sandy

1:48 am

Ruby, you must have a produce shop , you seem to be always making stuff

1:49 am

hi guys, I am feeling very bad, have the tax stuff out to do and just cant make myself do it

1:49 am

that's because it is too hard to make a lot at one time, so I make one or two jars a day, trying to keep up

1:49 am

I obviously have an emotional unstablility where the tax is concerned

1:49 am

oh boy -- just stopped myself from entering "oreo" for the 100th time.

1:49 am

You have another 2 months don't you? or are you doing BAS

1:50 am

I am doing the bas and it is overdue

1:50 am

i'm going to try it anyway, jilli, maybe it will work for me!

1:50 am

rotsa ruck, ruby!

1:50 am

then I will get stuck into the years tax for the accountant - a new one who will do the bas for me

1:51 am

I have mulberry jam here Ruby

1:51 am

what about pluto?

1:51 am

when the mulberries get ripe I will make some more

1:51 am

I love mulberries but can't find a tree/shrub here. The French words for mulberries and blackberries are the same!

1:51 am

that is lumpy jam

1:51 am

do you make your own silk?

1:52 am

they can't be

1:52 am

lol no worms

1:52 am

the French have a dearth of nouns and too many verbs

1:53 am

have 98 words left

1:54 am

have 15 of the 34 c s with mostly 6 s and 7 s left

1:54 am

oh goody -- over halfway.

1:55 am

that is a lot of c s

1:55 am

more than 50! hahah

1:55 am

50 left to do?

1:56 am

surely you jest!

1:56 am

151 left now

1:58 am

very heavy shower of rain here last night - Nicky heard a scratching at her door and poor little Jaffa was outside soaking wet -nicky thought she was asleep under her blanket LOL

1:58 am

this is a good rain year, non?

1:58 am

hello everyone, had our new neighbours over for dinner, will take a look at this grid, maybe start

1:59 am

hi Flosey

1:59 am

hello flosey

1:59 am

hi flo - yes ruby, it is keeping the paddocks nice and green even tho we have had very little

1:59 am

hi flosey -- nice new nioghbours?

1:59 am

what did you cook?

1:59 am

we have had hardly any rain at all this year

1:59 am

slue

1:59 am

slues

1:59 am

lest

2:02 am

oh sorry sorry, slinking off to the pb.... :(

2:02 am

yes, jilli, and good to have another neighbour

2:02 am

yes, jilli, and good to have another neighbour

2:02 am

keep 'em coming, ruby!

2:02 am

oh sorry sorry, slinking off to the pb.... :(

2:02 am

sorry rubles , have that, try again

2:02 am

o h sorry sorry, slinking off to the pb.... :(

2:02 am

o h sorry sorry, slinking off to the pb.... :(

2:02 am

sorry rubles , have that, try again (glitch here)

2:02 am

thanks ruby - my first 3 words

2:02 am

that was awful - so embarrassed

2:02 am

are now is better, what did you cook flo?

2:03 am

LOL Ruby lives in the PB

2:03 am

especially in the morning!

2:03 am

I think I'll set up a caffeine IV!

2:03 am

we had chicken breast, and potatoes, green & yellow beans, crookneck squash, wine, strawberry pie with whip cream - all veg from our garden

2:04 am

even the potatoes?

2:04 am

very nice, have never had a strawberry pie

2:04 am

yes, fresh from the garden

2:04 am

people say that home-grown potatoes are much better than store-bought ones, but I've never had the pleasure

2:04 am

we have potatoes growing and they are so fresh compared to store bought

2:05 am

ah yes, they taste earthy

2:05 am

that's what everybody says

2:05 am

lol ruby, they sure are

2:05 am

the easiest things to grow

2:05 am

next year we'll have our own strawberries. I put in 12 tiny plants and they are very ambitious, sending out runner all over

2:06 am

runners*

2:06 am

ah, lucky you ruby, - our strawberries were from neighbour down the road

2:06 am

they had a lot of strawberries in FL, but they were big, beautiful, and had no tste

2:07 am

I think ours will be small and tasty

2:07 am

these were lovely, sweet

2:07 am

on the other hand, our second round of figs are withering on the branch; the first round fell off altogether

2:08 am

we are borderline for figs and it's been pretty cool this summer

2:08 am

luna

2:08 am

no more chat for me!!! *blushing*

2:08 am

you are in good form Ruby

2:09 am

but thanks again ruby

2:09 am

I get lovely small strawberries from a local farm (Kim, flosey) -- everbearing ones now -- juicy, tsty, red all the way through, not like the horrid cardboard ones from California in the stores.

2:09 am

hmmm, Ruby is putting her produce on the shelves of the pb

2:09 am

the CA ones sound like the Fl ones

2:09 am

we have a farm very near hear for strawberries , they taste like strawberries used to taste

2:10 am

here (I know the difference)lol

2:10 am

the CA strawberries that come up here before ours are ripe are white through - just red on the outside - and tasteless

2:10 am

probably, ruby -- I remember the FL ones from back east. Huge and white in the middle, no taste. Stupic.

2:11 am

yes

2:11 am

have to go bbl have fun and be good

2:11 am

if I stick with 3-letter words, I'm OK

2:11 am

*Stupid.

2:11 am

stupic: a dull croatian!

2:12 am

lol, good one ruby

2:12 am

Disappearing for a bit too

2:12 am

I'm half asleep and can't type

hello everyone :)

2:13 am

hi mrp -- how are you and yours?

2:13 am

hello mr.p

hi jilli and ruby!

2:13 am

see you later, lynxx

2:13 am

bye lyn

all going well here. cooking up a storm

everyone well?

2:15 am

fine here

2:15 am

I'd be fine if I could stay our of the PB! I went to bed so hungry that I dreamed about food all night!

2:15 am

had a great babbler gathering with stid -- link to pix in my bio, also in FB

that sucks ruby! LOL though, I know how you feel!

cool jilli, will go look!

2:18 am

I sleep better if I don't eat, but that the dreams!!!!

2:18 am

enjoy, mrp!

2:18 am

then*

2:22 am

for nbt, pls, bottomo, then I can get dressed!

2:24 am

nm, got it! see you later

2:24 am

{{big ones}}

2:24 am

that's good -- was messing up typing a clue

2:24 am

wtg ruby!!!

2:29 am

well, 130/86 and bedtime. Night all and *poof*

2:31 am

back again, hi pres

2:35 am

wtg jilli

3:04 am

too tired for this tonight, be back tomorrow

3:04 am

goodnight all

3:17 am

morning all

3:19 am

good morning sprite, all

3:20 am

hi Kallia!

SPRITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee

3:23 am

why is recoat not a word....I recoated the wall as the paint was smeary....

3:23 am

sounds perfectly valid to me

3:24 am

hiya lady :)

Hello. Sprite how was your break?

3:24 am

very hectic, but read my profile for good news :)

3:25 am

That is brilliant news Sprite, such a relief for you both :)

3:26 am

oh yes :) We are very very much relieved, it was scary. Makes one think.

3:26 am

So pleased to hear the good news sprite.

3:26 am

thank you :)

YAHHHHHHH SPRITE

3:29 am

wonderful, isn't it :)

Errr YES

3:31 am

Sprite (and Mr.Sprite) lovely news - so glad for both of you ... big hygs.

I did something very dafttoday

3:32 am

*hugs*

3:32 am

thank you :) We feel blessed and count ourselves very lucky.

3:32 am

yes, you got George's goat, you silly girl.

3:32 am

What did you do, hun?

3:33 am

well done there sprite, I am so happy for you both

3:34 am

hi sandy :) And thank you.

I decided that 800gms of red dry lentils = 800grms cooked. Seems we have lentils for a month now

3:36 am

oops! You must have a big pan!

3:36 am

Too much of a verrryyy good thing?

I do. I have a massive stock pot.

It is a tasty mistake

and I applied for a job.

3:38 am

calls for lentil soup, I would say... lovely lentil soup!

3:38 am

what kind of job?

3:40 am

I didn't know about that Sprite, What an enormous relief! Congrats to both of you.

3:40 am

thank you rubyfoo :)

Sprite in the same field I am studying

Hi Ruby

3:41 am

oh lady, that is so wonderful! Goooo you!

3:41 am

too funny about the lentils, lady Herin!!

3:42 am

I am trying to organize neighbors as I have found out that the mayor can't get the dog put down and he will probably be returned home this week!!!!

Ruby that is a disgrace why not?

3:43 am

I will probably have to get a lawyer, put a petition together, and have some of them accompany us to the trial, hopefully with their pitchforks!

3:46 am

that dog cannot come back to the village, are they out of their minds?

Ruby it was terrible that your husband got mauled heavens forbid if that was a child

3:47 am

the police told me he could only be walked during certain hours and with a muzzle, but who is going to enforce that?

3:47 am

a child would have been killed; that is why I'm going to try to organize the neighbors, several of whom have come forward

3:48 am

but brave husband is walking that same route again, for his health!

Why the hell isn't the owner of the dog going to put it down

3:49 am

sprite, to welcome you back Dr. G put your dog's name in, how nice!

3:49 am

she tried to circulate a petition to save it!

3:50 am

exactly , where is the responsibility of the owners are they balmy

3:50 am

yes they are balmy

3:50 am

but don't forget, after the attack, they didn't come forward until days after the police identified them by going door-to-door and even then, they denied it until the bloody footprints were found.....

3:51 am

lol @ my dog's name

3:52 am

this is making me sick and I'm nervous every time he goes out!

3:53 am

they are several sandwiches short of a picnic for sure

3:56 am

best word so far: to6/18 spanish

3:59 am

nice one

4:01 am

one more for half!

4:01 am

I want better words than I have with not in.

4:02 am

got it! today is the day for spanish words! pu5/14

4:03 am

why isn't icer a word?

4:05 am

Hello again. Welcome home Sprite! did you all have a good break?

4:07 am

hi lyn! The break was very hectic, with a lot of back-to-home's in between. But my love's lung was clean on the mri, so we are very happy.

4:08 am

such a relief, I know how you all felt exactly

4:09 am

I know you do. I have really felt the support of you all and it helped me be strong for my love.

4:10 am

..and now he can move forward with the sleep problem?

4:11 am

yes, those tests are now going on as planned, he will have his sleeping test later this week.

4:12 am

though how they expect him to sleep with all those gadgets and plugs and so on on his body, I don't know, lol

4:13 am

it does look pretty weird

4:13 am

well they must have experience doing this, so I guess it will be alright

Pardon my absence I had to rescue tea

HI lyxx

4:14 am

You know Crossy has gone through all that?

4:14 am

hi Infernal

Howdy

4:17 am

oh yes, I know. And other Babblers too. Only most didn't get the wonderful news we did, so we really realise how blessed we are we got it.

4:18 am

oh, I meant the sleeping problem Sprite

4:18 am

oh! Sorry, no I didn't know that! Did it work out for him?

4:19 am

Cross is now on a v strict diet and a CPAC machine

4:19 am

oh that is tough. I knew about the di4 but didn't know this was the reason

4:20 am

sorry, hadn't worked down to the Ds

4:21 am

lol np, it is a bad word ;)

brb again dinner ready

4:24 am

will ask crossy then, when I see him! Thanks for telling me, lyn.

4:26 am

husband has had sleep ap5 for a long time, but refused to have the test where he'd wear a monitor

4:27 am

I'm not his mother and can't insist!

4:28 am

right now he needs to focus on getting whole again, both body and spirit. I am impressed he is taking the same walk already!

4:29 am

yes, you are right, sprite, and he is being extra-nice to me all of a sudden!

4:29 am

that is great! He also needs to realise how lucky he is to have you, glad he seems to :D

4:30 am

it is very strange, however, I am afraid he sees the end in sight. And his 85th birthday is coming up in September ( I am, of course, MUCH younger, lol lol)

4:31 am

must go and fix his lunch. See you later *poof*

4:31 am

{{sprite}} so happy with your good news!

4:32 am

thank you rubyfoo :)

4:33 am

back again, am not very educated on sleep ap*** , but i think my husband suffers with it, can it be dangerous?

4:33 am

oh yes Sandy

4:33 am

yes it can, if it is bad.

4:34 am

more information please

4:34 am

if it is mild, it will make him very tired, because he doesn't really rest at night and he has oxygen shortage

4:34 am

how is it dangerous?

4:34 am

if it is bad, it can lead to all kind of diseases

Hi Sandy

4:34 am

Google will be your best friend again

4:34 am

hmm, I bet he will refuse to be tested Hi Herin

4:35 am

I will google it later for sure

4:35 am

that ap5 is also a 6

4:36 am

Ihave a piece of tape over how many words i have left. LOL so fireworks will be a surprise (small things....)

4:36 am

hi anemone, you are right, thanks

4:36 am

lol sandy! Silly girl :D

Thanks Anemone

4:37 am

np - i almost always forget the 2nd spelling

4:37 am

I need entertainment

4:37 am

ugh - another one I didn't even see was there, not very alert tonight. Thanks Anemone

Veggie dinner for the win

4:37 am

maybe a spot of cock fighting Sandy?

4:39 am

lol lynxx, I think I am succeeding in my 'pack leadership' I carry a garden rake with me now and the rooster seems to have lost interest when he sees it

4:40 am

"When good roosters go bad" my new novel

4:40 am

test it out then... leave the rake and see what happens! Instant entertainment.

4:40 am

Sprite , how was your holiday?

4:41 am

very hectic, sandy. We had to go back home in between several times

4:41 am

too funny Sandy - is it a red one?

4:43 am

but am not complaining :)

4:44 am

better the rake be red than me! and sprite, why did you have to go home?

4:44 am

am not getting this... we can ru4 an empire, but we cannot coru4, reru4 or outru4?

4:45 am

we had to go back for the mri, for learning the test results and for a 2-day course my daughter needed to take. Also for picking up the school books for son and daughter.

4:45 am

I hope it wasn't too far!

Sandy why isn't the rooster dinner yet?

4:46 am

about 2 hour's drive, 3 when it was hot because the dog needed to cool off.

4:46 am

Herin, I dont want to kill him , he is so handsome and I couldnt eat it either -

4:47 am

Sprite, your car has no airconditioning?

4:47 am

lol no... not many cars in this part of the world do.

4:47 am

Daycat suggested making stock out of roosters tho - Icould do that

4:47 am

psst she is talking about the rooster, not her husband

4:48 am

lolllllll lyn!

4:48 am

I didnt think they made cars without it

4:49 am

lynxx, husband is away so he is in my good books , he cant nag me about the bas (which i still haven't done)

4:49 am

where you live, they probably don't. And the expensive cars here do have it.

4:49 am

Sandy! just do it

4:49 am

my son's car cost $1000 and it has it even

4:50 am

nag me more everyday lynxx, it is playingon my mind, we will already be fined

4:50 am

there is no real need for it here, sandy. If we have 6 or 7 hot weeks in a year, it is a lot. Usually it is le4.

4:50 am

We really need it here, couldnt survive without it

4:50 am

then do it, sandy. You will feel so much better once you have done it.

The Rooster is more of a pet?

4:51 am

yes I must do it (i even dream of it at the moment) and its not hard

4:51 am

Just organise all the paperwork tonight Sandy, then sit down tomorrow morning and do it

4:51 am

its ready and added up lynxx, just need to fill it in and post it and write the cheque

4:52 am

silly woman!

4:52 am

I totally understand how it is, sandy. That feeling of having to do it and even wanting to do it, just not doing it. It is awful. Try and snap yourself out of it and make those last steps.

4:53 am

not really a pet herin, but I still dont want to kill him, he is so pretty I agree with you lynxx

4:53 am

Tomorrow without fail! I promise - no babble til it is done

4:53 am

wtg! And we will ask, so make sure :D

4:56 am

lol I will ... I will do it!

Fair Enough Sandy. My Aunt had a working farm. It wasn't an oddity to deal with an over aggressive dinner item

4:56 am

We have got rid of the others they were a lot worse

4:59 am

Sandyloo - each time you see him, mutter coq au vin -- he'll get the idea.

4:59 am

lolllll Christine!

Or name him Roast Dinner

4:59 am

lol chris and herin

4:59 am

no pluto, no tudor... frustrating grid!

5:00 am

A couple of weeks ago, a babbler named shady was having a bad time -- anyone heard if she's getting help?

5:01 am

*shdy*

Jellen has spoken to Shady. Not sure how recent

5:01 am

no, sorry. I know that zooz got help, but don't know about shady.

5:02 am

I hope she did call the suicide hotline -- I know she sounded as though she was all alone, and dealing with her ex.

5:02 am

I think shdy is a bit better

5:02 am

I saw her a day or so later Christine, she seemed to have new problems and not so frantic

5:02 am

argh, those things can be so horrible. Especially the all alone part.

5:03 am

I think you should never reward someone who dumps you by hurting yourself - makes them think they're more important/poweful than they are.

5:04 am

Thrive!!! that's the best revenge.

5:04 am

I quite agree, Christine. But I know the kind of emotional state in which ending it all seems the only way out. It is a horrible place to be.

5:05 am

easy for us who havent been through it, hard for us to understand, I love life and cling to it with a passion

5:05 am

lol yes, thrive and be radiant and as happy as can be.

5:06 am

I think it was a very long term relationship, and it ended so badly; but she took care of things like the bank account, etc, then fell apart, I guess. I feel so sory for her, because I've never felt that way about anyone who left me.

5:07 am

it would be very hard to cope with no doubt

5:07 am

rejection can hit very hard, especially when there is insecurity and self-doubt already.

5:08 am

Once, when I (and the world itself) was very young, I was broken-up about a boyfriend, and my sister said: all you've lost is him, but HE'S LOST YOU - to be said in capital letters and flashing lights.

5:09 am

ohhhhh I love that quote :D

5:09 am

That's my Judith all over. My sisters and I are our own cheering squad.

5:09 am

what a wise sister

5:10 am

a very precious squad :)

It took me a long time to get over what my ex did and I even burst into tears the other night (10 years later) because DH punched the fridge because it hurt him. I told him he ever does that again I would leave. I am not even afraid of him but that memory is still there

5:11 am

herin, you obviously did the right thing and life got better which it does , but hard to think that at the time

5:11 am

not surprising, lady. Going through things like you had to will leave a mark. But you did beat the trauma and made yourself rise above it, you really did.

But I do believe that people are not worth it to hurt yourself

5:13 am

sometimes, things can hurt so much on the inside, one hurts themselves on the outside just to feel another pain

Yes Sprite. Attempted it twice but realised I just wanted quiet

5:15 am

ok , here's a question, daughter's boyfriend cheated on her, she left him, he wants her back

5:16 am

he bought her tickets to the graduate ($150 each ticket) he has sent them to her and told her to take someone she cares about. What should she do?

5:16 am

He'll probably always cheat - if she is OK with that why not

5:16 am

mind, I am not saying it is a good thing. Just that I understand how people can hurt themselves. Being able to endure and overcome pain, especially inner pain, is a hard and tr4 lesson of life.

5:16 am

I think she should take you Sandy

5:17 am

What's that quote about prior behaviour being a clue to the future.

5:17 am

a cheater is a cheater. I would refuse the tickets, but I am a very proud person.

5:17 am

Nicky says she should give them back, he is trying to buy her back she is thinking she should take me lol it is a hard one

5:17 am

no she wont take him back but what about the tickets

5:18 am

she is also thinking she should give them back

5:18 am

gie them back - she doesn't need to feel obligated in any way

5:18 am

The best prediction of future behavior is past behavior?

5:18 am

she has rung about 3 times asking what I think - she will not take him back

I would give them back. Tell him that it was a very thoughful gift but can't be bribed

5:19 am

or in other words Sprite, a leopard doesn't change his spots

5:19 am

very nice one, lyn!

5:19 am

Yes, something on those lines.

5:19 am

I am leaning towards the return of the tickets - I repeat she will NOT take him back , no chance

5:19 am

we say: you will never teach a cuckoo's clock to say BIM BAM

5:20 am

or: a fox will lose its hairs, but not its tricks.

5:20 am

the tickets will act like a foot in the door

5:20 am

I think a clean cut-off is the best - let him know NO is the word.

5:21 am

as said, I am a proud person. I would never accept a gift from a partner that cheated on me. Let him put them where it is dark. No ties, no thank you's.

5:22 am

Without thinking about a nice night out (LOL) I think you are right Sprite, and Herin you are right for sure , it is like a bribe

5:23 am

She always said that she didn't really love him madly, she might have had vibes about him -this is eldest daughter we are talking about

See my comment is a back handed one. You hear the words It was really nice of you then the slap of can't be bribed sorry

5:25 am

tickets cannot buy trust.

5:25 am

Niceness is the best way of getting back at someone who has done the wrong thing - I think that is what I will tell her - give them back

5:26 am

so a nice letter thanking him but declining is good

5:27 am

why send a nice letter thanking him? thanking him for nothing. I would just send the tickets back. No letter. Clean cut.

5:28 am

hi Annie

5:28 am

hmmmm maybe you are right, it is a hard one

5:28 am

hi lynxxxie

5:29 am

It may sound harsh but her boyfriend did a harsh thing also. Am I being too hard? I wouldnt thank him.

5:29 am

It would be a 'tongue in cheek" thankyou Annie

Hi Annie

5:31 am

sandy, will the boyfriend get the "tongue in cheek" or better yet enjoy the tickets, have a nice dinner and never answer him. He doesnt deserve any better.

5:31 am

You can tell I do not abide cheaters.

Sandy the bitchy one in me says send him a letter of thanks how she and her very attractive new b.f will rather enjoy the show.

HI Annie

5:32 am

hi herin

5:33 am

so do you think she keep them Annie or give them back-? she left him about a month ago, she is not going back to him. Silly boy , she is very gorgeous

5:33 am

hi Annie :)

5:34 am

I think she should return them really - she is going to ask my mum what she thinks and I know what mum will say- Give them back!!

Or mail them back in tiny little pieces.

5:35 am

LOL herin

5:35 am

obviously he has found something he knew would be hard for her to resist. All the mo4 reason to send them back - show him she will not be manipulated.

5:35 am

sandy, sill boy he is. He will live to cheat on someone else. If you and Nicky want to see the show, by all means, go but I would not even answer him. If she will not enjoy the show then give them back.

Or mail them back and tell him to take his floozey

5:36 am

lol.... or sell them on the black market ;)

5:36 am

He is not with the floozy and it is amazing the lengths he is going to to get her back -she wont go back tho

5:37 am

Why is life so complex? hmmm otherwise it would be too boring - boring is what I love

I like Sprites thinking. Sell them on Ebay

5:37 am

I think just send them back, with no letter.

5:37 am

you don't love boring, silly Sandy. You want entertainment. Well here it is.

5:38 am

How pathetic thinking tickets can get you back. He doesnt deserve her. Just send the tickets back, no letter, no thank you. Thank you for cheating. He is a loser.

5:38 am

if he would have invested that amount of energy into their relationship in stead of cheating, they still might have a relationship. No show can balance that.

5:38 am

And she should find a guy that appreciates her, and treats her right !!! Tell him her Babble-aunties will get him.

5:38 am

Sprite, believe me I love boring- this is the kind of entertainment I can do without, but she is not broken hearted so that is a good thing

5:39 am

she is more disappointed than anything

5:39 am

yay for Annie and Christine. That is the ticket (forgive the pun)

May I just add quiet an appropriate play to give her tickets to

5:39 am

you may

5:39 am

hehehe Sandy... you'd go nuts when life became boring.

5:39 am

Of course she's not brokenhearted, because this is for the best - this way, she's not involved with the bad guy when the right gut comes along.

5:40 am

oops = s/b guy, preferably without the gut.

5:40 am

I really love your way of thinking, Christine

5:40 am

You know Sprite, I have never been bored

5:40 am

going back to a cheater is not healthy. you will never trust him again. what kind of relationship is that? always wondering.

5:41 am

Thank you - good family trained us.

5:41 am

She knows that and I agree, what use is he , certainly not for a future happiness

5:41 am

me neither, sandy.

5:41 am

I think if someone cheats or lies to you, just once, there's something off kilter for all time.

5:42 am

I agree, trust is a delicate issue

5:43 am

I am going to be off for a while, last minute school stuff shopping with my girl. Back later for the last 89. *hugs* to you.

5:43 am

bye sprite, I am going make coffee, be back soon

5:43 am

You know, my Mum taught us we were/are special, and we deserve only the best of relationships. You can enjoy life without the fancy trimmings, but a trust once broken would never last .

5:43 am

I am going to devote myself to the grid

5:43 am

bye Sprite

5:44 am

For the rest of your life? how noble.

5:44 am

My mum would say the same thing Chris Mum's are wise

5:44 am

bye Sprite.

5:44 am

that is beautiful, Christine, and a firm base for life. *poof*

Loves Sprite

5:44 am

FM! You would be proud of me!

5:44 am

Too funny Chris, but in some warped way it is true

5:44 am

bye sprite

5:45 am

we are all caught in the tangled and sticky web the grid creates

5:49 am

I'm still looking for the pu5/14 that's a Spanish word.

5:51 am

have it if you want a clue

5:51 am

yes, please

5:52 am

lol not sure which but think it is this one p + xmas time is Y***tide and add the plural letter

5:53 am

or p + **** her a child is born (very biblical stuff here)

5:54 am

Oh, I didn't know that's a Spanish word. In England we use it for whimpering, like a mewling baby.

5:55 am

And I'm sure I entered the second word at least three times. Thank you for that.

5:55 am

pu** was the first word I saw at the flip.

5:57 am

It'sw 4am, I should think about going to bed. Good night all, sleep well, and I'll see you tomorrow.

5:57 am

4am! nite Chris

5:57 am

nite christine

5:58 am

goodnight Christine

6:07 am

Goodnight everyone

6:07 am

nite, lynxxx, sweet dreams

NIght Lynxx

Night Chris

Had to reboot

7:16 am

Good Morning

7:17 am

e

7:17 am

hi everyone

7:17 am

Hi Annie - I think everyone else is sleeping

7:18 am

Hi Annie and Rd

7:18 am

Hi Norma

7:18 am

quiet here too morning

7:18 am

hi norma

7:18 am

and river

7:18 am

*this (Im stll asleep)

7:18 am

It has been quiet ever since I have been on .. I think they are all out taking advantage of the Bank Holiday lol

7:19 am

No holiday here - I'm at work

7:19 am

I am on one big holiday ... now retired... wonderful

good morning ladies

7:20 am

thats great Norma

7:20 am

Morning GE

7:20 am

Hello Good

7:20 am

morning, GE

7:21 am

Fireworks .... I didn't enjoy that grid much ... some silly words

7:21 am

wow congrats Norma

yay norma!

7:22 am

congrats, Norma

7:22 am

I'm almost half way - its got some teeth now

7:22 am

Bye everyone (poof)

7:23 am

bye Norma

7:41 am

good morning all

7:41 am

Good morning everyone!!

7:41 am

good morning WVteach

7:41 am

Hi ((Mom)) and teach

7:41 am

{{Annie}} good morning to you!

7:42 am

If I dont answer, it is beacause I keep get booted off

7:42 am

seems to be a lot of that going around Annie

7:44 am

and I keep getting the message that my word could not be added

7:44 am

mine was doing that yesterday, and it kept telling me that there was less than a minute left

7:45 am

maybe Dr_God is phasing us out...do you have any idea when we will have the new Babble

7:45 am

I keep looking at the Babble Community on Facebook and he has not updated it with anything new for quite some time

7:46 am

maybe he is on holiday

7:46 am

I am looking forward to the new Babble

7:47 am

hi all

7:47 am

Hi Boo

7:47 am

I am too. I can't blame him for wanting to update things to earn some money.

7:47 am

Hi Boobear

7:49 am

It is always good to update

7:49 am

and it is his playground to do with what he wants. I just hope that however it pans out that he doesn't get a lot of grief from people who may not like it

7:50 am

everyone will get used to the new babble in time

7:51 am

sure they will

7:51 am

I am sure that I will have questions

7:51 am

as we all will. but I think the premise will still be the same

7:52 am

I think we will have the first 2 letters of every word and the values..do you know about that?

7:52 am

I have noticed that the grids have so many different directions that the words can come from, it almost seems like he is getting that part set up so the grid will rotate

7:53 am

under the tile stats, you will be able to click on a letter and it will tell you the first two letters of each word in that group and if you click on one of the two letters it will give you a clue

7:54 am

thats interesting..

7:54 am

but you will have to click the letter. That way those who like to suffer can still do so

7:55 am

I finished a grid once w/o the list. I need the clues or I am sunk.

7:56 am

morning all

7:56 am

I don't try to even finish anymore, I am happy with half way and NBT, sometimes I can't even get that. :)

7:56 am

hi peri

7:56 am

{{Peri}} good morning. How are you and how is Zoey?

7:57 am

Hi Peri

7:57 am

we are both doing well, Mom, thanks for asking. Zoe does like to escape from the 2nd floor but she is easily redirected :)

7:58 am

I am glad to hear that you both are doing well.

7:58 am

brb

7:58 am

ty

7:58 am

peri, glad to hear you are both well. Zoe is not allowed downstairs?

7:59 am

the vet told me to keep her upstais and I am here most of the time when I am home. she was peeing and pooping on the carpet in the LR and DR and I don't want her to be tempted.

7:59 am

the vet told me to keep her upstais and I am here most of the time when I am home. she was peeing and pooping on the carpet in the LR and DR and I don't want her to be tempted.

7:59 am

her food and litterboxes are up here

8:00 am

peri, I completely understand.

8:00 am

I need to keep the door closed cause the other cat will come in and use her littler boxes and I don't want him to do that

8:01 am

as long as Zoe is doing better, whatever works is the best way

8:02 am

I agree, Annie

8:02 am

I agree, Annie

8:06 am

be back soon

8:07 am

clue for an 7 please

8:09 am

an7 ----an + vowel + annoying person

8:12 am

hi all

8:14 am

i had a chat with dr-god about 3 weeks ago and he said the new babble release will be delayed a tad because he is very busy with his regular job,but i am sure he will get back to us in due course

8:14 am

hi crossy

8:14 am

ty crossy and hi

8:15 am

hi carleekat

8:15 am

hi boo

8:15 am

howdy carlee and boo;)

8:15 am

nice and warm ur way crossy?

8:15 am

its lovely here

8:16 am

sp

8:16 am

lu

8:16 am

a beautiful 26 celcius carlee

8:16 am

headed to 91F hear today

8:17 am

hmm an 7 isn't working

8:17 am

ohhh,not here thank god

8:18 am

an7 - work off the a going up in bottom column

8:19 am

ok ty

8:30 am

good morning!

8:32 am

lu ce

8:33 am

hi, luce not a word, whew

8:33 am

well, it is a word, but not in the grid

8:38 am

Whee! NBT!

8:38 am

mornin babblers!

8:38 am

Morning Eva! Heading into the home stretch for the wedding now, yes?

8:39 am

hey there car!!! still in nh, stole g's laptop to babble - how shameful! tee hee

8:39 am

I'mmmmm back

8:39 am

getting there, yes. under 2 months now. :)

8:39 am

TRIF!!!!!!

8:39 am

Hi Eva

8:39 am

{{{{hugs}}}}

8:39 am

hey baby girl. how's that dog of mine?

8:39 am

Did you see my FB post about Brian? He finished the Ironman! 13 hours...but he finished!

8:40 am

welcome back mom

8:40 am

Wow Eva! I hope everything is falling into place for you! Enjoy this time!

8:40 am

thanks Annie, had to see my sweetie off to work

8:40 am

no, i didn't. so thanks for letting me know. I am so proud of him!

8:40 am

He is fine, but he has a cyst type of thingy on his ear that will need attention when you get home.

8:40 am

hi all

8:40 am

hi sprite

8:41 am

{{Sprite}} hello, how was your holiday? and how is your sweetie?

8:41 am

The other hermit crab FINALLY moved, so I guess it is not dead! LOL!

8:41 am

hi Sprite

8:41 am

Clue please for re 7/32

8:41 am

Hi Sprite! Happy Belated Birthday to you!

8:41 am

hey Annie, hi Mom :) See my profile for good news. Holiday was hectic, but we are happy.

8:41 am

hi Boo, hi car :)

8:41 am

Hi Gran

8:42 am

Hi

8:42 am

Great news Sprite!

8:43 am

lol thank you car, for the BD wishes

8:43 am

sprite, I just read your profile about your hubby and it is the best news ever!

8:43 am

wonderful news Sprite. Happy belated birthday

8:43 am

yes it is, isn't it :)

8:43 am

and happy belated birthday wishes to you!

8:43 am

gran...i have re + ro 5/12....to send traffic in a different direction....

8:44 am

thanks Car. that gave me 2

8:44 am

er 3

8:44 am

Just found it

8:44 am

my birthday is on July 8th though ;)

8:45 am

mom, you gave me ro 4/5 when you said that..thanks

8:45 am

LOL! And I do think I wished you a HBD then too Sprite!

8:45 am

oh geez, Sprite, happy way belated birthdy

8:45 am

hello everybody, slacker central reporting!

8:45 am

hi ruby!

8:45 am

thanks Annie, didn't have that one

8:45 am

{{{Ruby}}} hello!

8:45 am

*grins* Thanks anyway! It felt like much better than a birthday, when we heard the good news. I just wish everybody who has a scare like this, gets such good news.

8:45 am

I didn't know it was sprite's b-day; nobody said anything this AM, least of all Sprite!

8:46 am

hi rubyfoo, wb

8:46 am

{{big hugs to you !}}

8:46 am

{{{mom}}}

8:46 am

it isn't, ruby! Mine is July 8.

8:46 am

hello ANNIE!!!!

8:46 am

ROFL!

8:47 am

good morning everyone, and belated happy birthday Sprite

8:47 am

roflollll it is a conspiracy! Hi flosey :)

8:47 am

good morning Flosey!

8:47 am

I hereby declare EVERYDAY is Sprite's birthday!

8:47 am

Belated Happy Birthday sprire

8:47 am

Sprite, you should have it listed as icon of the day - as you do for others

8:47 am

oops sprite

8:48 am

but then she'd get older, might even catch up to the rest of us!!!

8:48 am

it is NOT my birthday! :)

8:48 am

hello car and trif and flosey (again)

8:48 am

given the good news of your love, we will make it a celebration, birthday or not!

8:48 am

Hi Ruby!

8:49 am

I fianlly got off my duff and made guacomole for a change. Usually my husband buy avocados, I wrap them in newspaper and then throw them away when they get moldy. Today I remembered

8:49 am

YUMMMMERS! One of my favorite things! GUAC!

8:49 am

it is so cold here that it feels like late October and I just can't get warm

8:50 am

sounds delicious

8:50 am

yup it is cold, here as well

8:51 am

Is the X used at all?

8:51 am

Mom, you are right! Let's celebrate. No greater gift than love and health.

8:51 am

and I picked a lot of fruit this morning, was surprised to find some mirabelles as I thought were not going to happen.

8:51 am

yes it is, car

8:51 am

uh oh, phone, neighbor is coming over with her pitchfork. See you later

8:51 am

bye Ruby

8:52 am

(passing armor to ruby) Bye!

8:52 am

bfn rubyfoo

8:53 am

holy crap, Batman .... look at all these CO words

8:53 am

so far I have 3 words that use the X

8:53 am

Uh oh! I better focus then, sprite!

8:54 am

(making more coffee) Anyone need a refill?

8:54 am

that is three more than i have :-)

8:54 am

LOL JMC!

8:54 am

lol, you'll be fine, car!

8:54 am

hi jmc :)

8:54 am

I now have two words with X in them

8:54 am

oh yes please, I could do with a coffee

8:54 am

Hi jmc

8:55 am

no thanks Car.

8:55 am

Cream? Milk? Sugar?

8:55 am

happy birthday sprite ;-) *giggle*

8:55 am

lol jmc... thanks!

8:56 am

black as my soul please, car

8:56 am

mmmmm black coffeee

8:57 am

wait your coffee would be hot water then sprite

8:57 am

Keurig is brewing now....

8:57 am

can i get a clue for ta 6 ? please

8:57 am

black as tar, jmc, and about the same consistency :)

8:57 am

(handing cup of perfectly brewed, black, deliciousness to Sprite)

8:58 am

so not tr**!

8:58 am

I've got 7 words that use the x and one of them is an 8 (the x appears at the end). and Hello all!

8:58 am

ta6 is the madagascar hedgehog, I believe

8:58 am

mmmmmmm lovely, car! Thank you!

8:58 am

hi FM :) You rock!

8:58 am

<===failure at finding x words

8:58 am

it is spritey sprite, an alt sp of the 1st te6/21

8:58 am

wtg FM

8:58 am

Thank You!!! alternate spelling of FM"s favorite word

8:59 am

Hi FMitch

8:59 am

which is also in today's grid :)

8:59 am

ah there is FM!

8:59 am

hi annie

8:59 am

Greetings friends :)

9:00 am

Still don't have a single word with X!!! Too busy making coffee!

9:00 am

hi jmc and FM

9:00 am

smore is a word :-(

9:00 am

So glad about your good news sprite.

9:00 am

news?

9:00 am

car. coffee takes precedence over exes

9:01 am

thank you, FM. It's in my profile, jmc, my love's lungs are clean on the mri, no cancer found.

9:01 am

Yes! But still...I am starting to feel a bit stoopid!

9:01 am

certainly over exes but maybe not Xs

9:01 am

whooo hooo sprite!

9:01 am

LOL

9:01 am

Got one!

9:01 am

we are so very grateful for the news.

9:01 am

yay car!

9:02 am

wtg car!

9:02 am

:-(

9:02 am

wtg car

9:02 am

i bet sprite!

9:02 am

oh Sprite, I had missed that news, wonderful!

9:03 am

ex 5/22 --to rejoice and plural

9:03 am

hi flosey

9:03 am

thank you flosey

9:03 am

hi flosey

9:03 am

ty annie for the fish i haven't finished first cup of coffee

9:03 am

oh I found one with the X at the end. Thanks FM

9:04 am

TY annie!

9:04 am

wow the coffee must be kicking in spritey :)

9:04 am

there are 2 with X at the end

9:04 am

it is car's coffee, no doubt

9:04 am

co 6/24 has an X at the end

9:05 am

that is the one I have

9:05 am

co 7/40 also X at the end

9:05 am

hi jmc, Annie, came in a while ago, think I'll head back to bed for a bit, not quite awake

9:05 am

oh oh i got that one too annie ty!

9:05 am

i bet flosey!

9:05 am

Good grief!

9:05 am

have a good rest, flosey

9:05 am

and I hve lu4

9:05 am

I was referring to the 8 letter one that ends in an x *grin*

9:06 am

I just got a co 6 with an X at the end!

9:06 am

that is my missing X. *hunting*

9:06 am

bye bye Flosey, pleasant dreams

9:06 am

and a CO 7 that has nothing to do with an X!

9:06 am

bbl

9:06 am

night flosey

9:06 am

bye flosey

9:07 am

I have to start my day, bye dear babblers

9:07 am

ah now car - just take another sip of coffee and add that x and you will be there

9:07 am

Bye Annie, have a great day.

9:07 am

bye bye Annie

9:07 am

{{Hugs}}

9:07 am

bye annie

9:07 am

add an x to the co 7/40?

9:08 am

bye Annie, have a good day

9:08 am

yup

9:08 am

oh I found it, thanks FM

9:08 am

Is there another co 7/40 by any chance?

9:09 am

**sigh** wish I have a co 7/40 :-) care to clue, please?

9:09 am

it has a french ending, car

9:09 am

ah just ralised there are 2 x co7/40's - it is the 1st one I am referring to.

9:09 am

Hah! It isn't me!

9:09 am

LOL

9:09 am

Mom...the one I have is a French fashion word...

9:09 am

think french water for the ending

9:10 am

thanks Car.

9:10 am

help with the bottom A please

9:10 am

OK...got a co 7/56 wtih that....

9:10 am

apologies, I just get carried away and all overexcited when clueing sometimes :)

9:10 am

the babblet buffalo is one of those A words

9:10 am

brb .... need to look up frence water

9:11 am

french*

9:11 am

Or au 5/14...having to do with sound

9:11 am

... and who hasn't spotted the volcano yet?

9:12 am

*raises hand* *sigh*

9:12 am

good one, car. Hah, got that one, FM ;)

9:12 am

So is there a CO 8 that ends with an X as well?

9:12 am

thank you Sprite, got it

9:12 am

yes car. Ends in plural French water.

9:12 am

ty car

9:13 am

I got a glimpse of a smoldering volcano on the news this morning! Anyone know which one it was?

9:13 am

there, there jmc I usually ahve to be reminded about it too.

9:13 am

Wheeeee! I got it!!!!!

9:13 am

seems to be in indonesia car

9:13 am

It is like Jacques with an X on the end!!!!

9:14 am

oh darn, it is the co 7/56 I got. Off to look for the 7/40 to add the X for the 8

9:14 am

Sinabung in Indonesia

9:14 am

Oh i saw that too car, aparently it hasn't errupted in 400 years, trying to remember where it was.

9:14 am

<==slow babble player; fast googler

9:14 am

thanks Car. got the 8

9:14 am

but today's grid volcano is very active too atm

9:15 am

Mother Nature seems to be too active in a lot of places at the moment :(

9:16 am

yeah i was noticing colombia also seemed to be having volcano issues

9:16 am

100 down, I need to go away for a bit, maybe fresh eyes will help. {{Hugs}} to all of you

9:16 am

bye mom

9:16 am

Bye Mom! Have a great day!

9:16 am

bye for now, Mom

9:16 am

bye jmc

9:16 am

bye bye Car. and Sprite

9:16 am

right hand E for nbt please

9:17 am

Bye Mom

9:17 am

alt spellings for the sleeping disorder, jmc

9:17 am

coin used in france, britain, etc

9:18 am

jeez i still don't think of that coin!

9:18 am

ty ty nbt

9:18 am

wtg!

9:18 am

HAte to correct you car but we do not use the e4 here in the UK!!

9:18 am

and now am off to an exciting visit to the bank to get my signature magellion guaranteed

9:18 am

Bye JMC! Have a good day!

9:18 am

good luck jmc!

9:19 am

bye all

9:19 am

WE accept it as currency but our money is still sterling . Bye jmc.

9:19 am

Oh I am sorry FM! I haven't been that way for so long....I haven't ever used them myself!

9:19 am

lol np but I felt the need to fly the flag there for a moment.

9:19 am

yeah, the pound sterling. 20 shillings to a pound, 12 pennies to a shilling?

9:20 am

Absolutely!

9:20 am

or something like that, lol

9:20 am

gosh now that is going back to pre decimalisation spritey

9:20 am

phantom: slept

9:21 am

so it is easier now?

9:21 am

four farthings to a pence ... ten shillings to a crown five to a half crown and twenty one to a guinea

9:21 am

:D doseffing, nice!

9:22 am

We went decimal back in the 70s sprite. LOL doesf, I remember having to learn that as a child.

9:23 am

not the farthing bit though - however I do remember thrupenny (sp) bits.

9:23 am

in the 70s? Ah good, that tells me something about the book I read, lol.

9:23 am

OK...I have hit a wall. Will be back later! Have a great day everyone!

9:24 am

bye car!

9:24 am

Bye car, you too. brb, time to put the kettle on.

9:24 am

I was in England during the decimalization and got a kick out of all the shops that had signs in their windows saying, "We accept L S D

9:25 am

LOL wht!

9:25 am

Learned it in the ancient days ... going to my dads office in the summer ... go back far enough and you get florins for four pence

9:25 am

thrupenny is correct

9:25 am

roflollll wht!

9:33 am

and that is fireflies. Thanks all, and see you tomorrow.

9:34 am

Byee spritey sprite

9:37 am

doesf, do you originally come from the UK then?

9:39 am

I remember decimalisation - 15 February 1971. We had jingles 'Use your old coppers in sixpenny lots'. Hello!

9:40 am

Hazarus, good afternoon!

9:40 am

Hello , FM!

9:41 am

Interesting grid today, had to give the monkeys extra bananas.

9:42 am

Lots of babblets, beloved and otherwise.

9:43 am

Good morning everyone - my monkeys aren't even interested in extra bananas :)

9:43 am

Funny I was thinking '73/4 for decimalisation. Did you remember or is google your friend?

9:43 am

Morning cnan.

9:43 am

I remembered because the date was my best friend's birthday and I was in second form at school at the time.

9:44 am

lol

9:44 am

Hello, cybernan.

9:44 am

I remember being very careful to have the correct money for the conductor on the bus.

9:45 am

is the an 7 "post" something?

9:45 am

No, change the vowel.

9:46 am

No cnan, do you want a clue?

9:46 am

Sorry, I meant change the vowel in the post.

9:46 am

please, mitch

9:47 am

an + vowel + annoying person

9:48 am

that clue was courtesy of a babbler earlier (but I can't remember who).

9:48 am

ty mitch

9:49 am

Haz, it hasn't rained for 24 hours - it is a miracle, especially as it is a bank holiday weekend!

9:50 am

Great! It's a nice day here, so appreciating the chance to get the laundry dried outside.

9:51 am

ap 6?

9:51 am

Mum and SD were treated to a free air display yesterday by the Red Arrows as they were displaying at a local airshow.

9:51 am

The British form of the sleep disorder, cybernan.

9:51 am

That would have been brilliant!

9:52 am

of course, ty haz

9:53 am

I remember a few years back when B & I were over there for Mums b'day they flew over and it really was something to see.

9:53 am

No problem.

9:53 am

Had forgotten that Dunsfold Airfield is the one that is used a lot by the Top Gear team.

9:54 am

Hi Haz, FMitch, cybernan. Anyone got a clue to the an7 word please?

9:54 am

I've seen the Spanish equivalent of the Red Arrows - they were truly death-defying.

9:54 am

Hello hydra, scroll back a little we just clued it.

9:55 am

Oh !!! you want to see the Italian ones - they are nuts!

9:55 am

Can't think of a word for an annoying person. Help!

9:55 am

I can imagine - all slicked back hair and gleaming eyes.

9:55 am

am

9:56 am

Anagram step

9:56 am

I was a volunteer years ago at RAF Fairfords show and the Italian diplay team were the only ones to fly on a practice day as the cloud base was so low.

9:56 am

OH! Thank v much.

9:56 am

and really tight jean haz

9:56 am

You're welcome.

9:57 am

Wouldn't they be in impossibly smart uniform, ruru?

9:57 am

Tight jumpsuits ruru :))

9:58 am

with their flight maps sticking out.

9:58 am

FM obviously took careful note.

9:58 am

*bugs in their teeth*

9:59 am

I bed your pardon, FMitch?!! Just popped back into chog!

9:59 am

LOL

9:59 am

No, teeth so smooth and shiny, the bugs just don't settle, they just skim right off.

9:59 am

s

9:59 am

well I was on main reception for all flight crew and military personnel

10:00 am

hydra - focus on the grid :)

10:01 am

I thought in planes they called them Go sticks?

10:01 am

Hard to do that with mind full of shiny teeth and tight trousers!

10:02 am

Sorry ruru, I have a filthy mind! Go sticks! (snarf, snarf)

10:02 am

lol ruru am trying not to follow your route.

10:05 am

Interesting 161 people on line and only 4 of us chatting. Have we scared them away?

10:05 am

lurking *waves* Hi all!

10:05 am

Hello, amelu!

10:05 am

Hi amelu!

10:05 am

yay 5 of us, Hi amelu

10:06 am

yes, you're all horrifying =O morning, all!

10:06 am

Count me in

10:06 am

I give up and admit defeat -- all those c's have me stumped -- even resorted to the dictionary and nothing there that fits either. :(

10:06 am

do you want some help cnan?

10:06 am

Think French, cybernan.

10:06 am

Hi msideb!

10:07 am

And underpinnings. ruru, keep your mind off French underpinnings....

10:07 am

I shall give up as soon as I've scored 1000; 984 at mo.

10:07 am

Mitch, I have 22 left and no ideas -- have 2 french ones

10:07 am

both are co 7/40's

10:08 am

You've done so well, cybernan. I have 104 left and am fading fast.

10:09 am

Maybe it's time to stop coming here. I mean: The larva of a sea urchin -- and the Latin plural yet -- not funny!!!

10:09 am

oh and found the 8/80

10:09 am

French fashion for one, French. For the other, take one vowel away from the French knives. (co6/24 is its singular)

10:09 am

lol ERda and Hi to all those that have emerged :)

10:10 am

The co4/5 can be extended to a 6 and a 7.

10:10 am

Erda, we must never stop the spread of knowledge. Thanks to babble I know all about anglo-saxon peasants of the lowest sort, a fact for which I daily give thanks.

10:10 am

french knives?

10:10 am

french ones I have only one regarding fashion

10:11 am

Oh HAz, what would we do without you?

10:11 am

co6/26 - combine an army bed with French water. co7/56 - plural it in French fashion

10:11 am

have the knives

10:11 am

co7/40 - a French knife

10:12 am

have the fashion ones

10:12 am

Yes, Haz, except that this kind of knowledge is useless!

10:12 am

and if you don't want to blow a trumpet you can always try the smaller co6/21

10:12 am

missing 7/36, 7/32 and 8/45

10:12 am

or if you are English you can have my cluebelow with ice cream in it.

10:13 am

Useless, Erda? Why, many the lively debate I have downtown about the iniquities of the anglo-saxon peasant system.

10:13 am

and the 6/24 and 7/56 following the french seaside

10:13 am

Not a la mode???

10:13 am

re

10:14 am

for the co6/24 add a vowel to the end of the 5/14

10:14 am

Back in a mo.

10:14 am

I'm missing the 6/24 that follows the co 4/5 d'Azur

10:14 am

Following the French seaside is the army bed and French water (co6/24) and its plural.

10:14 am

That a la mode wisecrack was in response to an ice cream "clue"

10:15 am

:))

10:16 am

ah -- I see -- had to drop a vowel from the ones following :) Ty haz

10:16 am

Glad you got it, cybernan.

10:16 am

now I'm missing the 778 between the 2 6's

10:18 am

Think underpinnings, garments designed to hold you in.

10:18 am

(the first 778 between 2 6's!)

10:19 am

tummy straight jackets?

10:20 am

Something like that! What women wear to cinch in their waist, but add an extra consonant.

10:20 am

and the 7/36 before the spandex?

10:21 am

co7/36 - the crop running into the last three letters of a stringed instrument (old fashioned) which appears on the grid.

10:22 am

ah -- thought the monkeys had tried that one -- thank you very much Haz and Mitch

10:22 am

yvw cnan

10:23 am

what an evil grid!

10:23 am

and I must away as there are pots that need watering and the kitchen needs a tidy up. Happy Babbling all.

10:23 am

Toodle-oo, FM.

10:26 am

omg..found the sea urchin larvae..this is nuts

10:27 am

Hello, crossy. The boundaries of knowledge are being pushed back.

10:28 am

i think my brain just cramped..

10:28 am

sea urchin larvae?

10:28 am

pl 6= mickey mouses dog,but latined up

10:29 am

It's the PL word, ruru

10:30 am

got it

10:31 am

That was fast, ruru

10:31 am

e tu ru ru:)

10:34 am

Okay, time I was getting a bit of fresh air. Bye for now!

10:35 am

latined up?

10:36 am

oh - finally monkeyed it

10:40 am

these C's are horrible

10:42 am

eu 6, please?

10:43 am

similar to the sleep disorder Nan

10:43 am

yes they are ruru

10:43 am

Hello Everyone

10:43 am

ty riverdance

10:44 am

thought you were new river, but just looked at your profile!

10:45 am

same old me with not quite a new name anymore

10:46 am

good idea -- there were too many moms!

10:46 am

It did get confusing

10:46 am

el 6 please?

10:47 am

el + vowel + small picnic pest

10:48 am

ty river

10:49 am

*FIREWORKS*

10:49 am

WOW those C's were brutal

10:50 am

Can't and can't get re7,32 -- help please??

10:51 am

re7 - another word for detour

10:51 am

re 7: plan a new way to go

10:52 am

congrats river - brutal isn't the word for it -- I would never have got them without a lot of help!

10:52 am

morewords was a huge help to me today

10:53 am

I need to get back to work - happy babbling and good luck

10:54 am

*!* ta da *!* -- tyvm for all the help :)

10:54 am

bye river -- ty

10:55 am

anyone need clues before I leave?

10:55 am

yes, please, cybernan-o in bottom right corner-for nbt

10:55 am

Got the re7 -- it had to be something simple!!!

10:56 am

on 4/4 -- two prepositions

10:56 am

Forgot to thank to both people who helped me with that damn RE word

10:57 am

fish me! could not see that--thanks!

10:57 am

lol, yw erda

11:00 am

did you get all the c's, ruru?

11:03 am

doesn't look like any of you need help, so I'll be on my way :)

11:04 am

you did help me, cybernan--thanks again

11:09 am

no

11:09 am

stuck on the co 6./36

11:13 am

ladies underwear ruru

11:13 am

sorry wrong one.

11:15 am

coma

11:15 am

It is often preceded by the word "cerebral" ruru

11:16 am

i give up. bye

11:17 am

...last letter is x ...

11:25 am

thank you Erda

11:32 am

howdy, folks :)

11:36 am

::ahhhhhh:: i love it when plans start coming together. :)

11:36 am

:) Wonderful, EvaN! Glad to hear it's going well

11:37 am

methinks we may have finally decided on our honeymoon. :)

11:37 am

wonderful! So?

11:37 am

where you likely headed?

11:38 am

i think for the week after the wedding, we will be heading to Disney World in florida + hopefully staying at their Animal Kingdom lodge.

11:39 am

Nce! :)

11:39 am

for me, i get to go to disney AND experience their helloween celebrations (halloween is my favorite!) and for dear fiance, he lives the idea of an african safari, and thats what the entire lodge is like -- and we could even book a room overlooking the preserve.

11:40 am

cool!

11:44 am

im just a big kid at heart. ;)

11:44 am

amusement parks are the best!

11:45 am

hello again everyone, was up too early and had to try to get more sleep, back to finish, hopefully

11:45 am

i spent my 25th bday at Disney with a friend, and i enjoyed everso more than i ever could have as a kid.

11:45 am

hi, flosey

11:46 am

taht makes sense, EvaN. I was lucky in that i met amusement parks when i was 12

11:46 am

hi dc and Eva - is the cog thinning out?

11:46 am

so old enough to enjoy everything

11:47 am

**chog

11:50 am

it's often thinner around this time and around 4 chog time, flosey

11:50 am

ah, thanks dc

11:52 am

does anyone have a clue for eu7? please?

11:53 am

lots of vowels, thinking how to clue

well I'll soon fatten it up, ha!

11:53 am

Overseas money?

11:54 am

eu7 means normal, relaxed breathing

11:54 am

hi, George and Champ

11:54 am

hi!

hello Seain!

how's you??

11:54 am

hello George and Champ

hello flosey!

and how's you??

11:55 am

add a vowel to the eu6/24 or if you don't have that take the sleep disorder (ap5/12) replace the 1st 2 letters to help you.

11:55 am

good thanks George, and you?

11:55 am

have the 6, will keep trying

glad to hear it, flosey -- yeah, not too bad, ta!

11:55 am

i'm alright, George, and you?

good, Seain -- yeah, other than tired from the manic weekend, doing fine thank you, ha!

now I just need a little holiday to recover!

11:57 am

finally got it, thanks FM

11:58 am

yvw flosey.

hi people!

12:00 pm

hi Pinny

hello Pinny!

hi flosey

hi george

haven't been on here much of late

12:01 pm

hi folks

12:02 pm

hi peri

hello periwinkle!

12:02 pm

Hi and good afternoon on this late summer day

12:03 pm

hi bichon

have all the UK babblers had a good long weekend?

12:05 pm

What was the UK holiday

it's a bank holiday, so today's also a vacation :D

12:05 pm

what exactly is a bank holiday?

12:05 pm

hi, pinny

Hi DC

12:06 pm

Ain't it great Pinny but it is the last one till Boxing day :(

it IS great, but i'll need another one before december!

this is a bank holiday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holi day

12:07 pm

don't you have a thanksgiving holiday?

we don't :(

12:07 pm

lol no flosey

we don't celebrate thanksgiving

12:09 pm

ah, guess it's just the colonials that have a big harvest thanksgiving feast!

12:09 pm

they were only too glad to get rid of the pilgrims so they don't celebrate the Indians saving them in Massachusetts ... and they beat the French so many times that they weren't particularly glad when Wolfe took Louisberg and got stuck with Canada ... they wanted Grenada (I think) so that they'd have a place to go in summer

12:09 pm

I find it interesting that supermarkets are closed on that Sunday, but not the Sat. or Mon. Supermarkets here don't even close on Xmas

12:11 pm

We do have Harvest Festival in September in the churches but it is not a public holiday.

12:12 pm

ah, thanks FM, interesting

12:15 pm

I can understand medical staff having to work on Christmas, but grocers!! seems strange that there'd be much business

not all of us celebrate christmas - i always feel totally abandoned over the holidays because everything's about family and celebrating together, and i'm stuck home alone watching 'The Birds' with nowhere to go!

that's why i like to volunteer in a homeless shelter over christmas

12:17 pm

one of my daughters use to volunteer serving Christmas dinner at various shelters

12:19 pm

While Xmas is an oficial holiday here, nothing having to do with Easter is [at least Nationally, Good Friday is an official state holiday in Connecticut]. We get President's day and Martin Luther King day as a holiday.

12:19 pm

also, when working as home care, she's take the holidays so other moms could be with their kids - but now she has hubby and son

12:20 pm

ah, they do seem to try to find a break for workers

12:21 pm

we get 8 bank holidays here - Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, late Spring Bank Holiday, August Bank holiday, Christmas Day Boxing Day and Ist Jan. In Scotland they get 2nd of Jan as well and take some of the others at different times

12:21 pm

Pin - I have to admitI am not too keen on Christmas either.

12:22 pm

they used to celebrate both Lincoln's birthday and Washington's birthday but they were so close together they made the 3rd Monday of Feb (which usually fell between the two) President's day...

good long weekend yeah, Pinny, was a manic one!

12:22 pm

we also get memorial day, independence day, labor day, columbus day and veteran's day...

i wouldn't mind it as much if things were open, but the entire holiday revolves around consuming - money, unneccesary gifts, food and drink - no mention of Jesus!

12:22 pm

hi all!

I was in Tel Aviv, Ibiza and Manchester all in one weekend, lol! now I'm tired -- putting it mildly!

what did you get up to, George?

no way! my brother lives in tel aviv! what were you doing there?

12:23 pm

Christmas to us is more family being together

12:23 pm

ah dinner is ready - TTFN.

home now, left my iPhone in the car I was dropped off in, waiting for that to come home now, ha!

12:24 pm

enjoy FM, see you later

working!!

mental. good times?

yeah, but hell, tiring!!

it sounds crazy!

mental was exactly the word I used in my updates about it, lol!

phantom word - erotic

12:26 pm

So now everyone is home from their galavanting? George is home. NB is home. Jilli is home.

(guess what i've got on the brain...)

12:26 pm

pinny, love that picture.

oh thanks you :) is my niece - taken on my phone

12:27 pm

Hi everybody :-)

12:27 pm

hi soodle

hi soodle

12:27 pm

hi soodle

12:27 pm

i am home as well - we went out to lunch as it is our friends' daughter's 18th birthday and we had a good lunch to celebrate and to get her her first official drink!

12:28 pm

have to be 21 here.

i was 11 - all went downhill from there :(

12:28 pm

oh pinny...wow. 11!

12:28 pm

Oh she's been drinking before - this is the first official one!

12:29 pm

Aha, the first official one is always great....

12:30 pm

any clues for the first am - an 7 please

i don't even remember my first 'official' one

12:30 pm

never did that official drink thing. but then I don't like alcohol

12:30 pm

oops first an

12:30 pm

i don't have kazz

12:30 pm

gd evening everybody

12:31 pm

{{soodle}}

12:31 pm

hi ryub

12:31 pm

hi ruby

12:31 pm

oops.. silly keyboard

12:31 pm

{{Rubes}}}

hi ruby!

12:31 pm

anyone have stats on the left o?

12:31 pm

an + one + a troublesome person or insect

12:32 pm

oa4/4

12:32 pm

thnx

12:32 pm

oh shoot. just got home from tutoring and little one was still asleep.. thought I'd get some words in.. but.. I just heard him calling for me. No rest for the wicked as my dad used to say!

12:33 pm

bbl... I hope!

12:33 pm

and boy do I feel silly on missing that oa!LOL thanks jessmom

12:33 pm

Bye M9.

12:33 pm

yw :)

12:33 pm

hi and bye m9

12:34 pm

hello mom and kazzer and doseff

12:34 pm

and pinny! how are you?

12:34 pm

hi ruby

i'm great thanks! how are you and the precious pups?

12:35 pm

fireworks!

12:35 pm

the pups kkeep me going!

12:35 pm

those ce words are strange

12:35 pm

Yay Flosey.

12:35 pm

congrats flosey!

12:36 pm

ce words? I only have one

12:37 pm

I think the ce5 and 6(pl) are old English??

12:37 pm

one and then two English serfs

12:38 pm

yes, that's it dosef

12:38 pm

the preposiition for the lower lefthand o4 of the grid will not work. Helps needed. Thanks.

12:38 pm

and hello dosef, don't believe we've met

12:38 pm

correction, I meant right hand corner

12:39 pm

yes it does check your typing

12:39 pm

clue for re7/32

12:40 pm

re7 traffic due to construction

12:40 pm

ok, off to have breakfast, 10:40 am

12:40 pm

ty not sure how I missed that one. Also gave me fireworks.

12:40 pm

be back at flip

god, don't look at my page m9, if your still here!

12:41 pm

wtg Matches

or you, Seain or Soodlebum! the Twitter tw*ts are at it again! shaking head!!

12:41 pm

dinner is over, kitchen is clean, dogs are fed and I'm drinking a plum smush!

12:41 pm

well, the o4 fits into the clue list, but the stats say I am still missing THAT on 4

12:42 pm

clue for the ce 5/6, please

12:42 pm

George, your safe.... My acount has just vanished off the face of the earth. I am bewildered.

12:42 pm

hello bichon!

12:42 pm

one and two English serfs

12:42 pm

hi ruby

eh, Soodlebum? can't happen, course it hasn't!!

12:43 pm

can't find the serfs!

12:43 pm

what is an English serf? any hint

12:44 pm

ce plus what goes with either (**) wrapped up with first letter of the feline king of the jungle.

12:44 pm

And then plural for ce6/21.

12:44 pm

old english .. maybe anglo saxoon word ... shows up here about once a week ...

12:44 pm

found it in my scrabble dictionary!

12:45 pm

ty Haz, we don't have serfs here.

12:45 pm

never saw it before

12:45 pm

hi haz

12:45 pm

Oh, you're missing out.

12:46 pm

It's been in babble before and will be again. Store it up as a babblet.

12:46 pm

I could use some serfs around here!

12:48 pm

my last word for fireworks is on4. I put it in the list and it accepted it. The stats list will not accept it. So I get no fireworks. Any suggestions. I will now refresh once more.

12:48 pm

I feel like a serf... :-(

12:49 pm

I just monkeyed a nice word: co7/36 sounds like a betrayed husband?

12:49 pm

or a musical instrument maybe?

12:49 pm

olde English?

12:50 pm

When you say you put it in the list, do you mean Lickety's? Have you tried just entering it in the Add Word bit?

12:51 pm

It took the words, but no fireworks.........which I can do without.

12:51 pm

and that's another co6/21 great monkeys

12:51 pm

As long as you have 216 words, you've finished. Well done, inge!

12:52 pm

let's give Inge some fireworks and razzmattazz!!!!!

12:53 pm

Thanks Haz. I think k my computer needs an overhaul.\

12:53 pm

and a plum smush?

12:54 pm

If it's more than five years old, I'm told it might as well have been built by cavemen. At least that's what the computer salesmen say!

12:56 pm

Okay, time to feed the family. Bye for now!

12:56 pm

When I was in college the Math majors were the first ever to be trainied by IBM on their computer, which took up a whole room.

12:56 pm

Hello, captives of the atmosphere! What's new and exciting?

12:56 pm

hello judi, we're all becoming olde English serfs!

12:57 pm

Bollocks that. I'm going to be a feudal lord.

I had that problem once, inge. The list hadn't taken the word right away, and the delay apparently convinced something somewhere that I had already had my fireworks!

12:58 pm

ROFL Judi!!! Me too!!

12:58 pm

you wish, judi!!!

12:58 pm

Auf Wiedersehn. Got to tend to sudoku.

12:59 pm

I'd rather be a lord than a lady.....

12:59 pm

Not really. Farming's not my thing. Y'all just go ahead and make hay while the sun shines.

1:00 pm

Hmm. I quite fancy being known as Lady Soodle of Bumdonia!

1:00 pm

how do you feel about making jam? I'm so sick of it but feel guilty when the fruit goes bad!

1:00 pm

saaalaaam, lady sood!!!

1:00 pm

Compost, ruby... compost.

1:01 pm

but then there are (eeewwww) worms!!!!! That's the only irrational thing I'm afraid of

1:02 pm

And this from a woman who feeds spiders in her house????

1:02 pm

I won't even pick out apples because we don't spray them and they probably have (eeewwww) worms

1:02 pm

Seriously? Worms? Pathetic.

1:02 pm

I don't mind spiders or snakes!!

1:03 pm

I know, it's really stupid but if I'm wearing gloves I can deal with them now since DH is no help!

1:03 pm

or strange men or even gendarmes!

1:03 pm

he's afraid of everything EXCEPT worms!

1:04 pm

When you are Lady/Lord Ruby of Fooland, you can appoint a royal Worm-catcher.

1:04 pm

yes!

1:07 pm

I give up with 127 words. Good night everybody

1:07 pm

{{Lady Soodle of Bum}}

1:07 pm

Nitey nite, LadyRubes{{{}}}

1:08 pm

*poof* {{bichon, if you're still here}}

Soodle?

1:08 pm

Yup George?

your account's still there of course, left you a message on it, Lol!

1:09 pm

George, my laptop is banjaxed! My username/password is stored on it, so till I get it back, I am accountless. (Hope to get it back tomorrow).

eh? you can't remember the username and password you chose??

1:13 pm

Strangely, I can remember the password - not the user name!

I'm gonna ring my sis shortly, shall I ask her to let you know your username if she knows it?

1:14 pm

Yay! Thank you George...:-)

yeah, np, I don't even know your email address but she does and will likely know that as well!?

1:15 pm

my email is medickinson@eircom.net

1:18 pm

BBL. Time for some caffeine.

1:24 pm

o

1:24 pm

Hi Soodle and George and Judi. Just starting at a half hour before noon. Skies have puffy cumulus ranging about like the white sheep Rossetti wrote about in her poem (Is that the right name? Charlotte R.) Any way time to look at grid also.

1:26 pm

this grid is anything but fluffy white sheep:(

1:27 pm

Hi crossy, no it is the skies that are white sheep white sheep on a steep hill.

1:29 pm

Lots of French words that don't get accepted.

sorry, Soodle, been battling f***wits on Twitter!

think I wore out the 'block' button on there, Lol!

hello, stidgmere!

never put your email address on here or in any public web page, Soodle, that's asking for spam bots to grab it!!

1:35 pm

Good advice George. How does one safely give and get emails? from people like on this chat log?

1:36 pm

just one hiding from me today...the re 7/32...could someone help, please!

well it's tricky, might have to put in in your bio page, but not all together with the @ symbol -- if it's typed normally the bots can grab that. That's why you'll see folk put username -- at -- domain.com!

1:37 pm

re7 re + planing your journey ona map

1:37 pm

Oh, yes I can see spelling it out would not trigger the botsifters.

1:37 pm

I was afraid it would be fishy! Thanks zoozzoom!

1:38 pm

lol..yw :-)

ha, Soodle?

got her on the phone, she's just looking, says it's your babble name with a 99 after it -- that's all you need, plus the password!

1:48 pm

back aGAIN - am stuck on ce 6/21 - 2nd one

1:50 pm

ce6 ce + go brown in the sun + letter

1:50 pm

Going to fold clothes and put more in washer. Must be Monday. Oh, yes it is!

1:51 pm

lol...chores Stid..lol

1:56 pm

ta muchly zooz - how are u today

1:56 pm

wahhhhhhh!!.. i'm hot and sticky and cant find co 7/56and my monkey is crosseyed. and chuckie is smirking

1:56 pm

Not too bad thanks, you?

1:57 pm

co4 + ***iliary

1:58 pm

Happy and in a great mood - only one more day of work and then off on the hols. We are going to Ludlow for 1 night then onto Betws y Coed for 2 nights and then to Bontnewydd for a week of walking and ust relaxing

2:00 pm

co4 + nz= new zealand, think of the two letters for the big coutry next to nz + * rated for adult films

2:00 pm

Sounds great Kazza....hope the weather will be kind to you while on hols :-)

2:02 pm

so are we - though this week will be good but looks like an autumn storm on the way next weekend - will keep an eye on it on work

2:03 pm

i think that is the 8/80 zoom

2:04 pm

almost the same Sammy take away the `U` :-)

2:05 pm

dont understand them clues

2:05 pm

got it. thanks

2:05 pm

yw :-)

2:09 pm

doh got it

2:10 pm

co7/56 starts with a small portable bed + french water + * ray machine to show skeletal parts

2:11 pm

co8 is similar but add another vowel in the small bed part of the word

2:11 pm

yeah - too much beer lunch time

2:13 pm

beer???

2:13 pm

Lunchtime 18th birthday party

2:13 pm

be back soon - off to feed fish

2:14 pm

afternoon all (lunch time)

2:14 pm

back to work for me - poof

ta for those great clues, zoozzoom and halo, Pini! xx

2:16 pm

yo Geo ;)

need another yo, or it won't go!

2:16 pm

yo geo yo

2:16 pm

?

one 'yo' is only half a 'yoyo', isn't it??

2:17 pm

yo yo geo?

2:17 pm

too funny

na, actually it's not funny enough--but what do ya want for a knackered mind after a manic weekend like I've just had? ha!

2:18 pm

* giggle *

2:18 pm

I came into work this morning and had over 110 emails to deal with...in fact, still dealing with them...

2:19 pm

(well, have read them all now...just 'doing' something about them as time allows)

oh yeah? that's about how many I get in an hour, ha!

2:19 pm

I'm not as popular!!!!! LOL

well not all in one account and not my personal account, many I don't even look at!!

thank your lucky stars, lol!

2:20 pm

* grin *

2:21 pm

Pink i get that many evy few hours - its a pain when you have to check them all

2:22 pm

In that case, I'll not "complain" again!! LOL

2:23 pm

my personal email sees about 5 -8 junk mails a day, a notice to pay a bill every so often, hmmm, yeah, that's about it....my family (other than my daughters) doesn't talk with me, so nothing from them

they don't talk with you? that's sad!

2:26 pm

their loss, not mine

yeah, I'll say it is!

2:27 pm

LOL, oh Pini...just read the two stories you have on your profile...excellent read.

2:28 pm

* giggle * glad you enjoyed zooz!! :)

yeah, the first is great, the second made me glad I'm not a girl, lol! ouch!!

2:29 pm

same here George...lol

2:29 pm

ROFL!!!

2:29 pm

i am completely mystified, even with morewords - help please... co7/40 and 8/80?

2:30 pm

i just loved the bit by bit account..i was wincing most of the time..which reached laughter point..lol

yeah, that's about it, zoom!

2:31 pm

i did give clues to it below Hurshy, but my clues are not good at all i`m afraid.

2:31 pm

oh iiiiiii see, they are alt sp of the 6/24 7/56 combo, but i couldn't see the difference, lol!

2:31 pm

Hell, *I* winced!!!!!

2:31 pm

LOL

2:31 pm

well i'm impressed by the attempt, anyway, zooz

2:31 pm

:-)

mine are worse, zoom, I'm sure of it!! Lol!

2:34 pm

i should put the eu6 (or 7) on a sign above my bed...

2:35 pm

Just take a deep breath Hurshy..lol

2:36 pm

well i don't want to be na7, after all.

2:36 pm

lol

2:37 pm

I tend to read a good book, in bed :-)

2:37 pm

i do too. and i fall right asleep. it was just a whimsical thought. :)

2:37 pm

(of course i also take a little magic pill...)

2:43 pm

darn, not much finding of words; but thx for enjoying the prof reads...back to work for me...cya 2nite...l8r g8rs! * poof *

2:43 pm

Take care Pini :-)

ha, Pini? check my bio, if the pic's not changed right click in the page and 'reload' it!

oh too late, nm!

2:47 pm

haha..just read it George

yeah, nice head eh?

2:47 pm

fade to grey..have not played that song for a long time.

just don't ask!

2:48 pm

i rather liked the `underpass` by john fox ..good tune.

one man on a lonely platform........one case, sitting by his side.......

yeah, that was a good one as well

2:49 pm

lol...def got that tune in my head now.

two eyes, staring cold and silent......show fear as he turns to hide......

ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh, we fade to grey (fade to grey) we fade to grey (fade to grey)........

2:49 pm

LOL

ha, sorry!!

2:50 pm

don`t be..they were good times for me too.

yeah, wonder if we're about the same age?

2:50 pm

help w/that eu 6 please

oh yeah, so we are

your 3 years younger, close enough

2:51 pm

Eu6 the word means to breathe more easily

2:53 pm

George..Steve Strange do a celbrity big brother once?....if not that would be a good one...a lot of fireworksi would imagine.

yeah he did, zoom

doing haircuts

oh sorry, that??

I thought at first glance you meant that, Lol!

2:56 pm

lol..thats ok

don't mind me zoom, it's been a very busy, tiring, manic weekend and I'm not recovered yet!!

changed the wording in the bio, think it's better?

3:01 pm

Sorry i did not read it all the first time, so not sure what you changed...but the only eating meat when it is attached & pleased to see you...took me a while to work it out...hahahahahaha

3:04 pm

And fireworks for me.

ha, ha!! yeah, I'm a naughty one!

3:10 pm

just woke up again and read it, George. Shocking, just shocking ;)

3:10 pm

I once said to a female friend of mine , who was a strict vegetarian, that if she does not eat meat, her boyfriend must be disappointed... she just said, why should he..i chew it, i just do not swallow....i did not know how to reply to that...so we both just burst out laughing....she was a good friend like that...sadly she moved away.

3:10 pm

Hello, NB :-)

3:11 pm

Hey, Zooz! :) Chew?! Ouch?!

3:11 pm

howdy, NB, zooz, and George

3:11 pm

i see you made it home safe, NB :)

3:12 pm

Hello, DC :-)

3:13 pm

Hey, Seain! Oh yeah, safe and sound...just a little disorientated. I fell asleep in the car on the way back from the airport, and woke up in bed - totally confused! Poor Frank must have carried me..

3:14 pm

NB, what happened to your photos on flickr?

3:15 pm

LOL NB hopefully you're well rested

3:15 pm

NB, your flickr link is broken

3:16 pm

Hello there! NB, how was the trip?

3:16 pm

Aw, Frank was embarrassed that his artwork was being made so public! So I took the link out of my profile. As for being well-rested...I'm still not sure if I'll be able to stay awake for much longer!

3:17 pm

He shouldn't be, he's amazing

3:17 pm

lol...get some sleep NB..you will feel a lot better tomorrow :-)...........Welcome back.

3:18 pm

hi, Feather - and thanks, on his behalf :) yeah, he is a pretty amazing person!

3:18 pm

Thank you, Zooz :) you have no idea how good it feels to be home!

3:19 pm

Hi zoo and drain and anyone else I can't ser

3:19 pm

Hello, Feather :-)

3:19 pm

See, that is. Using the phone to sneak some chog time.

3:20 pm

lol, clever.

3:20 pm

Lol, and drain should have Bern seain

3:20 pm

Crap, I give up! Stupid auto correct

3:21 pm

ok time for a relaxed game of `jig words` take care all :-)

3:21 pm

you take care too, Zooz :) and enjoy!

3:21 pm

Bye zooz

3:22 pm

oh I -hate- autocorrect...my phone turns all my f***s into ducks. Makes all my strongly-worded texts look harmless and adorable.

3:22 pm

Lmao!!!

3:24 pm

Nick's waking up, bbl

3:27 pm

Well dc... like the new icon and haircut...

3:30 pm

ty christa

3:30 pm

ce 6, 2nd one, please

3:30 pm

sorry, yall, i was distracted for a few :">

3:30 pm

hasta, zooz

3:31 pm

is that one who co4s the walls with paint?

3:31 pm

no dc, ce 6, but ty for the co

3:32 pm

i only have one CE6, the plural of the Old English serf

3:32 pm

sorry no clues from me just started.. only have 7 words

3:38 pm

hello alljust up from a nap

3:38 pm

hello alljust up from a nap

3:38 pm

hello alljust up from a nap

3:38 pm

hello again everyone;) back for a few more.howdy NB. frank should be proud of his work

3:38 pm

hi, Peri :) Sorry Bichon, I don't have it either!

3:39 pm

howdy peri

3:39 pm

NB glad you arrived home safely. How was the visit?

3:40 pm

i have a co 6 and a co 7,they are french and i have no idea how to clue them atm;(

3:40 pm

not lking the co words

3:40 pm

hey, Crossy :) yeah, tell me about it! he's so shy...

3:40 pm

they sound similar to french for listen but start with the c

3:40 pm

co7 -- sort of like Co*** Dracula, ends with French water

3:40 pm

co8 -- french plural of that co7

3:41 pm

thanks, Peri :) I am so glad to be home...trip didn't go well, don't really want to talk about it, if that's okay!

3:41 pm

cerebral co6

3:41 pm

eyes and the sun both have co6s, though the sun doesn't get glaucoma

3:41 pm

ty dc now i have a par of c 6,s and 7,s;)

3:42 pm

co 7/8 combo?

3:42 pm

that is ok, NB, I am proud of you for gaoing in the first place. glad you are back safe

3:42 pm

going, even

3:42 pm

clued at 3:40, bichon

3:42 pm

you are my hero of the dredded c,s dc

3:42 pm

ty dc

3:43 pm

omg! there are 34 of them!!..acck!

3:43 pm

there is another English-plural co8, but i've not found it yet

3:43 pm

first co 7/8 combo?

3:43 pm

well thanks, Peri :) that's so sweet!

3:45 pm

Good evening all

3:45 pm

oh, and a special THANK YOU to crosshair, my hero :)

3:46 pm

hi, kaytee

3:46 pm

:) you are quite welcome kayteejay..it was ment to be incognito,but i am glad and hope it will pring you many hours of fun and friendship

3:46 pm

bring

3:46 pm

cross> The email said who it was from, lol .. what made you choose me?

3:47 pm

dicer

3:48 pm

co 7/8 combo 1st one

3:48 pm

oh dear, not used to using the chat box *blush*

3:49 pm

that was dr_gods fault on the id on the e-mail and as for choosing you,who can say.i may have done it cause rand to dollar conversion is a killer,i may have done it because i sensed a good person who would enjoy the gift...i do not analyze myself too often.plus my recent history has taught me life is short and to pay it forward whenever possible;0

3:50 pm

crosshair> well, whatever the reason, many thanks. And I will pay it forward whenever possible.

3:50 pm

yes,that is what you can do kaytee,if you see a chance.pay it forward and the world becomes a tad better place;)

3:51 pm

awww, I can't stay awake anymore. gonna go sleep off some more stress 'n jet lag...

3:51 pm

nite NB

3:52 pm

just enjoy it kaytee and welcome to the club;))

3:52 pm

got the 1st co 7/8 if anyone wants a clue

3:52 pm

yes pls, bichon

3:52 pm

yes please

3:53 pm

same first 3 letters as word before + pl letter + allow someone to do something or to rent out an apartment

3:53 pm

pls, bichon

3:53 pm

co7/8 ladies old fashions under garmet

3:54 pm

ty, mixi and bichon

3:55 pm

tyty

3:55 pm

ty dc

3:55 pm

ty

3:57 pm

crossy is not liking this grid much:(

3:58 pm

I'm glad it's not just me!

4:00 pm

an7 pls

4:01 pm

an+ first vowel+ insects annoyance

4:02 pm

ty crossy, new word for me

4:03 pm

np;)

4:03 pm

34 left, bbs

4:05 pm

ce 6/21?

4:10 pm

instrument??

4:10 pm

oops wrong one sorry

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

4:11 pm

ce and different way of spelling to re.... a lawyer

thanks crosshairs

4:12 pm

;)

hi guys - back again - this is a tough one!

4:12 pm

tyvm Joanne

4:12 pm

Killer C's killed

4:13 pm

howdy pinny

4:13 pm

yvw

hi crossy! how are you?

4:14 pm

ty joanne

4:15 pm

not to bad at all pinny:)

4:18 pm

niece is teething. i'd forgotten how much 'fun' teething is

4:19 pm

yvw crossy

4:19 pm

Hello all

4:19 pm

we used to give our boy a frozen pickle to gnaw on,it was nice and cold and the vinegar and dill soothed

4:19 pm

howdy seaspray

4:20 pm

wow, you breed them tough in Canada

4:20 pm

morning all

4:20 pm

well,we were fresh out of polar bear steaks lol

4:21 pm

who woulda thought a frozen pickle could do all that

4:21 pm

it does really work,as he used to puncture those store bought teething rings

4:22 pm

does it work for puppies and kittens as well?

4:22 pm

but it must be supervised,lest he gnaw off a chunk

4:22 pm

no seaspray,they just destroy all you clothes and belongings

4:22 pm

so true crossy

4:23 pm

my boys weren't so tough. They got cold cucumbers

4:23 pm

when they get out of puppy hood you just shovel out what ever is left into a garbage bin and start over

4:23 pm

lol been there, done that

4:24 pm

anything you truly treasure you lock up in one of those blue metal steamer trunks

4:24 pm

or maybe lock them in the trunk

4:24 pm

lol

4:25 pm

just watching the weather, tropics are very active with storms

4:27 pm

here is a nice pic of the bay i live on.... http://tinyurl.com/2ee2hen

4:27 pm

bloody hot here today

4:27 pm

same here Joanne

4:28 pm

should be illegal to work in it

4:28 pm

bout 85f here atm

4:29 pm

dang make-up companies making a killing off me

4:29 pm

go natural joanne,or just a hint to highlight the beauty that is already there

4:30 pm

when we first started going out,i told my mrs that she does not need to do herself up like bo-bo the clown for me

4:30 pm

lol crossy baby st4s for me. Just dyed hair back to brown

4:30 pm

bobo lmao

4:30 pm

got a pic joanne,lets see you.pop one up in flickr;))

4:31 pm

not with hair dyed only one is on facebook

4:35 pm

darned needlecase again

4:35 pm

ty lynxx

4:35 pm

brb ,store run

more than halfway through and still not nbt - can i get a clue for the E in the right-hand column?

4:47 pm

el5.12 e & musical stringed instrument (old)

muchos gracias lynxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

4:48 pm

eu4.5 new money in Italy, France etc

4:49 pm

2 other eu 6&7 but don't know what they are yet

thank you lynxxx

4:49 pm

tough grid, haven 't gone so early to list for ages

4:50 pm

hi all!

4:51 pm

na 7/32

4:51 pm

hi m9

4:51 pm

I'm also 1/2 way but no nbt

4:51 pm

na7.32 without any na*

4:53 pm

ty lynxxx

4:53 pm

just got one of my tiles.. one more for nbt

4:53 pm

nbt!

4:53 pm

99 to go

4:54 pm

so what's mondays... pets? flowers??

4:55 pm

Look at Sprites profile m9

4:55 pm

I know... just didn't want to go to the trouble...LOL

4:57 pm

but grand slam... I know exactly what I'll use for THAT pic!!LOL

4:59 pm

my sweetie was a Denney'

5:00 pm

s manager for years...

5:00 pm

un4.6 2 toed sloth hasn't been in for ages

5:03 pm

Hello...

5:03 pm

hi Jellen!

5:04 pm

hi jellen! and bye all.. off again I am!

5:04 pm

t

5:05 pm

Bye, m9...

5:08 pm

hi jellen, shoo, lynxxx, all

5:09 pm

BBL beautiful morning here so will take a walk. Hi/bye Feather

5:09 pm

hi,feather. brb

5:09 pm

bye lynxxx

5:09 pm

hello, back to finish, 34 left

5:09 pm

eupnea

5:09 pm

hi peri

5:10 pm

drAT!

5:10 pm

hello all

5:10 pm

hi kallia

5:10 pm

Hi, Kallia

5:11 pm

this is hard today I think

5:11 pm

probably not going to finish

5:11 pm

ce

5:11 pm

Haven't started yet...

5:11 pm

i'm working on halfway right now while the boy is soaking

5:12 pm

I have 131 so 85 left

5:12 pm

but tired and it's getting towards bedtime

5:12 pm

I have three!

5:12 pm

feather, did you know that omg.pop is linked to facebook. I do not like that

5:13 pm

lol, goooooo jellen

5:13 pm

well I gave you an eu in the chog lol

5:13 pm

how so peri

5:13 pm

Hi, peri

5:13 pm

od

5:13 pm

mine isn't

5:14 pm

Thanks, Kallia, lol

5:14 pm

LOL means normal breathing

5:14 pm

when I go to the site, at the beginning, in the middle it says connecting to facebook. and at the bottom it shows pictures of my friends from facebook and suggests that I invite them to join. not liking it at all and altho I love ltetterblox am thinking of not playing

5:15 pm

weird. there must be a way to disconnect that. mine doesn't do it.

5:15 pm

brb...have a skype call...

5:15 pm

are you sure, check when you sign on again. I will have to look into it

5:15 pm

I never signed up for it, and they did not ask me

5:15 pm

so

5:16 pm

i'm checking it out

5:16 pm

c

5:16 pm

or

5:17 pm

I have never been on facebook

5:17 pm

no, mine isn't connected to facebook. did you ever do the "find friends" thing, and say to use facebook for it? maybe that's how?

5:18 pm

yes I did. that was my mistake,. how to I change that

5:18 pm

ok peri, do this: top right corner, click on your name. click on settings. click on login. i'm hoping that in there, you'll be able to disconnect.

5:18 pm

ok, brb

5:19 pm

e

5:22 pm

HELLO babblers! lil*monkey in da house

5:23 pm

gotta go do bedtimes, bbl

5:23 pm

pr

5:23 pm

oopsie

5:23 pm

is there a way to make that eu 6 plural?

5:23 pm

((monkey!!!))

5:23 pm

littlebit!

5:23 pm

how r u?

5:24 pm

and thank you for giving that great clue, Kallia

5:24 pm

tired...started back to full time this week and i have 23 little ones!!

5:24 pm

how are you?

5:24 pm

yikes!

5:24 pm

i'm supposed to go OBX this weekend, but it looks like Hurricane Earl is ruining my plans

5:25 pm

no fun :(

hey monk hey all

5:26 pm

got it

5:27 pm

what are you up to, littlebit?

5:28 pm

not much...just did some laundry and had supper.

5:28 pm

i just ate salad, now i have to start doing some laundry

5:28 pm

have 65 left to finish here!

5:29 pm

i just started so i have 170 left to find

5:29 pm

hehe funny

5:29 pm

true

5:29 pm

sorry!!

monkey, sppry tp hear that earl will brush the obx. i am thinking of going to octoberfest at obx

5:30 pm

i'm sure earl will be gone by october

did you ever go for that?

crap if you are eating dinner DON'T PUT ON THE NEWS

5:37 pm

back again...Hi everybody!

5:38 pm

((jellen)) and hello all!

5:39 pm

hi jelly and jilly

jello jell and jill te hee

5:39 pm

hugs all around!

5:40 pm

lol...too good to resist eh you two!!??

5:41 pm

Not a good sign that I'm strugglling with the an words is it??

hate a words

5:42 pm

Hi, Jilly!

5:42 pm

Had a particularly rough day at work, maybe I need more rest before I tackle this...

5:43 pm

((Jilly))

tough on a monday, jilly

5:44 pm

What can I say...Manic Mondays at hospitals are a regular occurrence!

5:45 pm

Feeling pretty fried, so think I'll take a coffee break and come back later...think this is one of those grids where I'll be happy to make 1/2!! bbl

5:45 pm

Thanks for the hugs and support too!

5:45 pm

co 7/.40 not the fashion word please

5:46 pm

<--- hates these C's

5:46 pm

monkey my daughter was supposed to be there this week...tonsilectomy ruined her plans lol

5:46 pm

Hi, ruru, Sea

5:46 pm

Hey Jellen...how are you?

5:46 pm

hello jellen

bye jilly

5:47 pm

I'm have a bleh day...

5:47 pm

Later, Jilly

5:47 pm

me too

5:48 pm

Not bad, just not good...

5:48 pm

Tomorrow will be better :)

5:48 pm

Yes, I think it will...

5:49 pm

I am finding this grid to be very unfriendly

5:50 pm

can anyone help me with some c's?

5:50 pm

i am trying that new hydra sense nasal spray...i think i just blew my brains out! a netti device has nothing on this aplicator...cough...

5:50 pm

stick with the neti pot crossy

5:50 pm

Hi, crossy...sorry about the brains...

5:51 pm

im sure they will turn up jellen;)

5:52 pm

the bottle should of warned me that it is set for 300 psi lol

wow crossy you are giving fodder for the comics in this chog! L)

5:52 pm

wow

5:52 pm

of that i am sure

5:53 pm

wish they would of had it in bacon aroma...

eek, i am not doind well here

5:53 pm

it's probably the vaccuum that did it crossie

5:54 pm

yes,ty ruru i know that nature abhorrs a vacuum

what is this instrument of torture for?

5:55 pm

to clean out and moisturise my nasal passages and sinuses that are getting destroyed by the cpap machine

oh my, can't win, huh?

5:56 pm

nope..on thing leads to another

5:57 pm

to get a feeling what a cpap machine is like,imagine a leaf blower with a hose attachment and a face mask on the end of it,blowing air down your nose and throat all night

5:57 pm

but,it lets me breathe snd stops the potential for stroke and heart issues,so it is a fair trade in that respect

5:58 pm

life is a matter of concessions :)

yes but with all you have been thru doesn't seem quite fair

6:01 pm

How does one determine one needs a cpap machine?

6:01 pm

lol,i have been given the gift of surviving my 3 cancers to help others .it is a privilage

6:02 pm

by how many times you choke/stop breathing in a night

6:03 pm

Ah...Tim told me I'm a snorer...didn't mention choking or stopping breathing...

why is re + co4/5 no accepted. with all the stupid a$$ again words that usually are*bajgs head vs desk*

6:03 pm

for this the doctor sets you up for a sleep study clinic

6:03 pm

this grid is killin me TO

well l4/4 ditch this thing and go for a cocktail ;)

cmon jell, you too!

6:04 pm

Tempting...

6:04 pm

booze!! that is the best idea i have heard all day TO

6:05 pm

sun is over the yard arm here and i could use a drop o the creature;)

6:05 pm

i can make you ladies my famous long island iced tea;)

honey it's five o'clok somewhere

6:06 pm

;)

i have 135 and no prospects.hurt my back and can't concentrate

6:07 pm

1/4 ounce each of gin,rum,vodka and triple sed,3/4 fill glass with pink lemonade,top with spash of coke add shaved ice and garnish with slic of lemon

you are a tease crossy

6:07 pm

splash

6:08 pm

Yum, crossy

6:08 pm

no pre-mix shall ever cross my bar....

6:10 pm

now be warned,3 of these and your legs go numb

that many?

6:10 pm

well...2

6:11 pm

actually i take all car keys before you even sit down

6:12 pm

i have a old portable cashiers safe with a time delay lock on it and i just set it for 8 am the next day

have used the x once; anyone use it mo4?

6:14 pm

a few times, to

ty and hi welk

6:14 pm

Hi, welki

6:15 pm

hi, folks (that 'iced tea' sounds just about perfect right now :)

I would call that Long Island lemonade, as there's no tea in it, ha!

6:18 pm

Hi, George

6:18 pm

there's no tea in any long island iced tea, george ... it just looks like iced tea

hi and bye, Jellen, hope your all right? not stopping, just checking my word list, off to watch a bit of telly then sleep -- won't finish this unless I wake up before flip in time to do it!

6:19 pm

I'm okay, thanks George...

oh yeah? don't drink it, don't drink anything alcoholic anymore, never was a big drinker -- but when I did drink, was usually Heinikens!

good to hear, Jellen -- have a good night! xx

6:22 pm

I'm off to read a bit...back soon...

bye jellen

6:22 pm

later, jellen

crossy, just found your ailment in the grid

6:25 pm

firewords (at last!)

6:25 pm

anyone have the eu 6 please?

6:26 pm

hi jilli .. congrats. slogging through the grid here

6:26 pm

congrats jilli this is a tough one

My old cat Spooky died today- I just found him, under a bush where he meowed at me this morning. I am not one of those crazy cat-people, but I feel bad I didn't stop to say goodbye, after 17 years of his companionship!

Sniff...

sorry kap

6:26 pm

Oh, sorry, Kap -- I know how sad that is!

6:26 pm

so sorry, kaplan .. try not to feel bad, how could you have known

6:27 pm

i am very sorry for the loss of your kitty kaplan

It was for the best. I knew he wasn't doing well- limping around and peeing all over, but I was in denial I guess.

6:27 pm

This is indeed a tough grid and I felt no guilt abut using morewords as well as what clues I could find in the chog. What a lot of useless words!

6:28 pm

we also lost our 16 year old this spring

6:28 pm

my cat is 13 (last one lived to 23), but she's not doing well .. vet says she's just aging, but not very well

He was a mild mannered old black cat given by one of my junkie clients when he was a few months old...

6:29 pm

this grid is a killer jilli

6:29 pm

Well, Kap, he spared you the agony of having to make the decision for him.

23 is really amazing.

6:29 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

6:29 pm

evening all

6:29 pm

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

6:29 pm

howdy min and welcome to the grid

6:30 pm

cerulean is my persistent phantom

6:30 pm

My girl was nearly 19 and I had to take her to the vet for her final sleep. That's hard.

6:30 pm

howdy dan

That is true. I don't think he was in horrible pain- I hope. He just took himself out to the garden to leave his mortal life.

6:30 pm

we picked her up off "death row" when she was about 11 (vet traced her tattoo) .. graceful ol' girl was with us for almost 13 years

Ah, cats...

hi min hi dan

6:30 pm

that is a fine old age for a kitty

6:31 pm

kitty is delicious

6:31 pm

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss Kaplan the Magne

6:31 pm

hi all who just arrived!

OMG- I saw him covered with flies outside- but my husband just brought him in and he's OK- just weak!!!

6:32 pm

a resurrection1

6:32 pm

!

6:32 pm

poor kitty!

6:32 pm

Oh my, kap!

my goodness!

6:33 pm

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

6:33 pm

could someone clue any of the te 6/21?

6:33 pm

ruru, are you still looking for eu6?

6:33 pm

yes that too

6:34 pm

good evening everyone

teacher's job security

6:34 pm

te6 -- more than 9 + don't w***k your car

6:34 pm

howdy mom

helo, mom! ((((mom))))

6:34 pm

hi mom!

6:35 pm

Hello {{{TO}}}, thanks

6:35 pm

Hi Crossy and Jillbus

6:35 pm

thanks you two

6:35 pm

thanks Jilli

6:35 pm

still missing one of them

6:35 pm

te + naked ladies in art are **d**

going now, need to do something about this back though not sure what. ice i think

6:35 pm

ty jilli

6:36 pm

take care {{TO}} nice seeing you

6:36 pm

yw

6:36 pm

thank you jilli

6:36 pm

thanks Jillibus

6:37 pm

tonight in the PB, first of the season .... caramel apples

6:37 pm

yw again ;)

nearly worth giving up a word.

6:37 pm

darn -- I've already finished so can't get to the PB!

6:38 pm

our best apple are ready to pick in late sept/oct

6:38 pm

Jillibus, for all your clues ... here you go

6:38 pm

and TO, just for being you ....here you go

6:38 pm

unless I post one of the most obscure ones... ;)

why can't i hide chat?

6:38 pm

sure you could, jilli *thinking of na7* wink wink

6:38 pm

it's the old, you can run, but you cannot hide thing, owl

no i mean i click hide chat but i still see it and i don't want to

6:39 pm

Hi Welki

6:39 pm

hi mom! (must go to the supermarket tomorrow for salad fixings!)

6:39 pm

regular babble to expert TO?

6:39 pm

enjoy, Welki

6:39 pm

you want a clue for na7, welki? Lacking 40 winks.

6:39 pm

(but i'd bet it'd be fantastic as a seasoning for bbq chicken!)

neither... the button in babble

ok going i don't want these clues bye

6:40 pm

thanks, jilli

6:40 pm

wait TO, take your apple with you .... and hurry back

6:41 pm

Hello Mom! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

6:41 pm

Hi Min. I am well, how are you?

6:42 pm

TO could open another window and shrink it to hide the chat, couldn't she?

6:42 pm

un 6?

6:42 pm

Or if using Expert, go to Resources and open something, then pull it over the chat.

6:42 pm

never walked on, ru

6:42 pm

I just hit the minimize button on my computer and it made it small enough to hide the chat

6:43 pm

Just click on "Who's Online" and the Chat disappears

6:43 pm

thanks welki

6:43 pm

eu 6 anyone?

6:44 pm

Well, I have to go anyway and get an early supper -- bridge night.

6:44 pm

Hi Rosalie, excellent idea

6:44 pm

<--- needs help to finish

6:44 pm

bye bye Jillibus, thanks for the clues

6:44 pm

eu + most of sleep disorder

6:44 pm

naoi

6:44 pm

bother!

6:44 pm

eu6 is the opp of ap5.

6:45 pm

and the 7 is the alt spelling

6:46 pm

thanks for the word Rosalie

6:46 pm

Hi LBD

6:47 pm

hi dawg!

6:47 pm

Hi and bye, lbd! Gotta go! See y'all well after the flip. Next icon theme is Pancho Barnes so I hafta look that one up on Google!

6:51 pm

welki, dumb down for me your "never walked on" clue .. please

6:53 pm

un + tr 4/5 (how's that?)

6:53 pm

hi MOM! Hi Welki

6:53 pm

:) that did it Welki

6:53 pm

hi bye, Jilli. have fun at bridge!

6:53 pm

thank you

6:54 pm

my pleasure :)

6:54 pm

well I think I will call it a night. 126 down 90 left. I hope to see all of you tomorrow. {{Hugs}}

6:54 pm

bye, mom

6:54 pm

night night, (((MOM)))

6:55 pm

good night Welki

6:55 pm

pleasant dreams {{{LBD}}}

6:59 pm

Goodbye Mom! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

6:59 pm

hello babbleonia

6:59 pm

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

6:59 pm

hi dorens

6:59 pm

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

6:59 pm

i am doing just dandy min, and you?

7:00 pm

(((Doren))) hello! *WAVES to ALL* HELLO!!!!

7:01 pm

hi stid... had a great week with the prince and princess... how was your get-together? saw the pix and was mildly jealous

7:01 pm

I am taking until 5:30 to sit and rest before I either paint the replacement scarf for the one I goofed up OR get the rest of the items I need ready to go for tomorrow... *shiver shake* No kids tomorrow, just a day to get my sea legs (school layout, classroom set-up, etc)

7:01 pm

no shivers stid, you will be great. you must know that

7:02 pm

oh, our get-together was ENTIRELY wonderful, it's too bad you had to hang out with family when such FABULOUS people were up here! *wicked mama grin*

7:02 pm

oh yes, Doren, I shall wow them all with my obvious prowess! rofl

7:02 pm

hahaha... wish i could have done both. Rachel and I did have an utterly fantastic lunch with ruru

7:02 pm

how's the grid today?

7:02 pm

hello again... just enjoyed viewing the pics on Jillibus's Facebook account of the babbler get-together!

7:03 pm

stid! so nice to see a pic of you!

7:03 pm

i'm down to 17... many of them are c's... think they will be the toughest ones. otherwise not bad

7:03 pm

ooooh. you met the elusive RURU??? *envious mama look* I would think that trumps our get-together!

7:03 pm

hi monkey

7:03 pm

hey monkey! ((hugs))

7:03 pm

he is a truly lovely man, stid

7:04 pm

what? ruru was in those pics?

7:04 pm

yep. that's my TEACHER jacket! *nods* post-its and pen in the first right pocket, notes, ruler and stickers in the second; glasses and magnifier in the left first pocket and eyedrops, kleenex, bandaids in the second.

7:05 pm

no, my daughter and i had lunch with him... sorry i took no pics. the only thing i can say is that he is NOT bald!!! full head of hair.

7:05 pm

pics? where???

7:05 pm

jilli's facebook, stid

7:05 pm

where was this Dorens???? Stid there are pics of your get-togeher on FB

7:05 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

7:05 pm

there are pics at picasa, links in my profile

7:06 pm

Hello lil*monkey! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:06 pm

hello Min! I am coping. Trying not to think about the 4:30/5:00 wake-up tomorrow...

7:06 pm

napa on friday. i was out there with all my kids, grandkids, etc. daughter and I escaped the madhouse when extra kids were shipped in and we had a great time with ruru

7:06 pm

Hi Min, Stid, Dorensm, and Lil!!

7:06 pm

I am well Dorens. Spent a nice hot day out in the pool.

7:07 pm

stid i think your commute will be the worst of it. that's nice min.. went kayaking and jumped in the lake and swam a mile back to the dock (the kayak beat me though)

7:07 pm

nice Dorens! glad you had fun.... thanks Minver! How are you?

7:07 pm

I am well lil*monkey, but not going to finish the puzzle

7:07 pm

hi monkey! long time no cross paths

7:08 pm

Hi dorens.

7:08 pm

also hi min & dorens & stid & lbd

7:08 pm

yes, the potential for two hours each way is daunting, but at least it will give me both wake-up and decompression time!

7:08 pm

hey lil MOnkey

7:08 pm

lol stiddles,i love the teaching jacket,want to get the kids going? refer to it as your version of hagrids pockets

7:08 pm

RURU!!!!! (((hugs))) you skipped us to hang out with DOREN???

7:08 pm

hi wuwu

7:08 pm

thanks cross! LOL oh that is a FINE idea!

7:08 pm

not really stid

7:08 pm

hi dan2bit

7:08 pm

Dorens came here..where the weather is great..

7:09 pm

dan2, how is Maggie?

7:09 pm

OUR weather was excellent, ruru... you missed our good weekend! LOL

7:09 pm

hey dan!

7:09 pm

she is currently passed out after a snack - doing great

7:10 pm

thanks for sharing so many cute pics of her, dan2

7:10 pm

getting ready to go to her Uncle Jimmy's wedding in Cleveland - first airplane ride!

7:10 pm

Hello to everyone here. Special school set up hugs for stidmama!

7:10 pm

hey bugs!! (((hugs for bugs)))

7:10 pm

what type of class will you be teaching stiddles? history,math? geography?

7:11 pm

um... Mother was wondering if she could have your address, bugs? She has something she would like to send you.

7:11 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!\

7:11 pm

Hello again!

7:11 pm

How nice! I will send it to you by email.

7:11 pm

7th grade language arts, ruru -- AND gardening!!!!

7:11 pm

jellen!

7:11 pm

hey jellen!! (((hugs)))

7:12 pm

thanks bugs.

7:12 pm

Hello Jellen! How are you doing? Welcome back to grid

7:12 pm

Hello Minveryork. One of the things I learned at the get-together was how you chose your name and now I can remember the syllables in the correct order

7:13 pm

oh dear, there's been a shooting in Seattle... seems there have been so very much violence lately

7:13 pm

language arts? that is not familliar to me. to learn new languages? dead languages?

7:13 pm

Hello Jellen. Hope today is a good one

hello all!

7:13 pm

"English" cross, but also elements of anything that can be used to communicate (speechifying, drama, visual literacies)

7:13 pm

un 6/24 please?

7:13 pm

Hi, GE!

7:13 pm

Hello Good Enough! How are you? Welcome to the grid

7:13 pm

hey Good!

7:13 pm

Today was bleh, but is getting better...

7:14 pm

deepest condolences, kaplan

7:14 pm

ahh ok,crossy used to love english and the books and book reports\

7:14 pm

My condolences as well, Kaplan...

7:14 pm

kaplan? where?

7:15 pm

((((hugs kaplan))))

7:15 pm

nm on the un 6 I have it

7:15 pm

I am still looking for it ruru... down to 161 already!

7:15 pm

I have 15 minutes left to play.

7:16 pm

hi Dan, Crossy, Jellen, DC, and ruru

7:16 pm

hey LBD!!! (((hugs)))

7:16 pm

I need help on the na 7?

7:16 pm

Hi, lbd!

7:16 pm

well good, cross! I hope to make it interesting and useful to the kids... but one never quite knows what will connect or be retained, eh?

7:17 pm

Hi all.

7:17 pm

without afternoon rest is the na7

7:17 pm

oh! got the UN 6 now...]

7:17 pm

hey wht

7:17 pm

Hi, wht

7:17 pm

thanks LBD, also refers to fabric that doesn't change "color" when brushed.

7:17 pm

lbd! I thot you left just as I arrived again.

7:17 pm

hi wht and bugs!

7:17 pm

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

7:17 pm

thank you LBD

7:18 pm

Is Dorens still here?

7:18 pm

i was a bit distracted is all, bugs.

7:18 pm

ty lbd

7:18 pm

:-) glad the clue helped

7:19 pm

I am a master at getting distracted.

7:19 pm

ce 6/21 # 2?

7:19 pm

So why doesn't it take naplet as a very short nap.

7:19 pm

Welcome to the evening session of Babblers Anonymous!

7:19 pm

hey scrabs!!!

7:19 pm

Hi scrabbler

7:19 pm

Hi, Scrabbler!

7:20 pm

*raising hand* My name is Scrabbler and I am a Babble addict.

7:20 pm

ce + me*h*** the gas

7:20 pm

hi scrabs!

7:20 pm

*waving to fellow addicts*

7:20 pm

thanks for that one LBD

7:20 pm

thank you..

7:20 pm

ce 6/21 is ce plus anagram of ne 4/4 word rururocks.

7:20 pm

welcome Scrabbler

7:20 pm

*waves back to Scrabs* welcome, scrabbler

7:20 pm

<--- been shooting up these c's for far too long scrabs

7:20 pm

Hello Scrabbler!How are you doing?Welcome to puzzle

7:20 pm

Hi Scrabs, welcome.

7:20 pm

apparently it's going to rain tomorrow, very wet. glad I cleared most of the gutters this last week.

7:21 pm

I had a busy day and this is my first chance to be here.

7:21 pm

Stid, could you clear my gutters too?

7:21 pm

hi sorry... phone took me away. Hi ruru, scrabbler, wht et al

7:22 pm

sure scrabs, will student teach for me?

7:22 pm

Hi Doren

7:22 pm

and by the way everybody, ruru really does rock

7:22 pm

40% chance for us, stiddy. so very likely to get splattered upon

7:22 pm

*that is just because I BOUGHT lunch.. lol*

7:22 pm

summer weather end of the week, clouds on the weekend. PERFECT. (really) the days I have to be at the school no kids will be rainy, but when the kids are there, sun. Which means they can get outside a little bit at lunchtime and during our gardening class.

7:23 pm

Yep, what should I teach? Critical thinking skills? The importance of respect + responsibility? How to text and not get busted by your teacher?

7:23 pm

lol, ru.

7:23 pm

absolutely, ru... otherwise i'd tell them you were an ogre!

7:23 pm

Ruru rocks!

7:23 pm

Next Babble meet is at ruru's place. He gets the bills!!!!

7:23 pm

ROFL

7:24 pm

7th grade... um personal hygiene for sure, how to NOT be upset when you are not part of the cool kids, and how to avoid doing homework without parentals figuring out you have work to do

7:24 pm

and still, one of my favorite all time bottles of wine! i need a case of that littorai

7:24 pm

oh.. wait till you get back to work it is pricey

7:24 pm

7th grade... classroom management skills of the utmost importance... stern mama!

7:24 pm

co 7/40 # 1 please is that the fashion one?

7:25 pm

yes, ru. I googled it... work starts on wednesday though

7:25 pm

So, doing the right thing...realizing that thoughts do not equal reality...follow the rules...become independent...

7:25 pm

No, not the fashion one...

7:25 pm

I found it !!!!!!!!!

7:25 pm

add an extra vowel to the one above in the first part of the word. ru

7:25 pm

yeah............

7:25 pm

Clue, please?

7:25 pm

like french hill with a u in the middle

7:26 pm

yes doren! THAT part I think I can handle. AND the kids' former middle school music teacher reminded me today that I CAN and SHOULD wait for the students to be quiet and paying attention before speaking or giving information.

7:26 pm

Jellen--3 wks today. (Jellen)

7:26 pm

french hill..... trying to clear away the cobwebs

7:26 pm

social skills, study skills, critical thinking, assertiveness, all things 7th graders need to know

7:26 pm

yep. actually, those skills would come in handy for grad school students too.

7:27 pm

oh absolutely stid. never try to talk over them... (a mistake i frequently made)/ starting off right in the beginning is key... once they see that they can run you, you can never get them back!

7:27 pm

Yes, Scrabbs...It's been on my mind...he's been on my mind...

7:27 pm

most derinitely, stiddy. but if you can teach them to the 7th graders, they wont be as lost as an adult

7:27 pm

Organization skills...that Mom & Dad finished 7th grade so they are not responsible for helping with homework + projects

7:27 pm

(((JELLEN)))

7:27 pm

of course jellen. it will certainly take time. give it time.

7:27 pm

*nods at Doren's wisdom*

7:28 pm

Forever, Jellen, forever.

7:28 pm

sometimes the parents are the hardest part tho stid

7:28 pm

Jellen, what did you do today to be kind to yourself?

7:28 pm

Absolutely correct stid. If you think they will stop talking because you are now, you are mistaken. They just ignore you because you have ignored them. It is much more effective to call individual kids gently by name and when they look at you to see if they are in trouble, just say, "Thankyou. We need to begin now"

7:28 pm

i am sorry jellen,life seems to march on and i have not asked how thing are going.are you doing well? taking care of yourself?

7:28 pm

*nods more at Bugs' wisdom*

7:28 pm

Anybody seen BabbleRabble recently?

7:29 pm

It was a technique I learned from a very gentle young teacher.

7:29 pm

I think I'm doing as well as can be expected...and I'm trying to take care of myself, as well as letting others help me out...

7:29 pm

No. I said Hi once to him when I arrived and he left

7:29 pm

get them into a routine. let them know that the first few minutes are for them to get settled in. YOu might list what the topic of the day is or have a daily exercise for them to start.

7:29 pm

yes, was talking with the boys' former science teacher, too -- a man I greatly esteem -- I said that what I hope is to remember how I, as a parent, want to have information conveyed to me; rather than just ploughing through the way that I tend to do

7:30 pm

yep. Bell work, right LBD?

7:30 pm

yup, bell work

7:31 pm

Jellen, I want to say something to you, which you might already know... but since I don't know when or whether I will be on again for a while...

7:32 pm

check out Skip Downings "on course". it's a great way to look at teaching any level of students. I atteneded one of his three day workshops and came away with a lot of great information.

7:32 pm

Jellen, did you have a look at my icon profile yet?

7:33 pm

Looking now, Bugs

7:33 pm

*plunges in* remember that grief is highly individual. three weeks isn't very long, and three months isn't that much longer. You will be processing this for a long time, and having sad days and moments when you struggle. BUT. It will get better, slowly, and in your own time you will feel okay again. Two things: don't let ANYONE tell you that it's "time" to stop grieving -- you will figure it out at the right moment. On the other hand, be careful to monitor your life, and if you find yourself isolating yourself from others, or struggling to do the routine things like paying bills and such, please seek help to work through how to keep going.

7:33 pm

I love this web site + tell kids + parents about it freq. http://www.studygs.net/

7:33 pm

thanks LBD

7:33 pm

he also has a self evaluation online that helps students recognize how they learn.

7:34 pm

Thank you Bugsaw and stid...

7:34 pm

oooh. thanks LBD and scrabs! I have both sites up right now.

7:35 pm

I look at the Study Guides site myself once in a while.

7:35 pm

Stid, he has a reading section in his workbook. it's really ne4 to get the students to read aloud, even if they aren't strong readers.

7:36 pm

ty for that post for jellen stidmama..you are wise

7:37 pm

wonderful! I will look at these again this evening. Right now, I want to go through the rest of the items I have been collecting to take to school.

7:37 pm

I am nervous, but doing a task like that helps me do that "one thing" that gets me moving.

7:37 pm

Have fun stid. Remember, if you are not having fun, you are off track

7:37 pm

Stid, you are a fabulous person, and I have faith you will do well...

7:37 pm

((cross)) thanks for that, sometimes I remember things at the right time.

7:38 pm

thanks Bugs! *puts on clown feet and red nose*

7:38 pm

Good evening folks. Back to finish with 34 left

7:38 pm

Go Bichon go!

7:38 pm

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

7:38 pm

thanks jellen. ((((Hugs))))

7:38 pm

hey bichon! *hugs on way out* *poof*

7:38 pm

Hi again, bichon

7:39 pm

I second what Jellen told you stid. You have a warm personality, a respect for all people and are excited about learning. How can you go wrong?

7:39 pm

hi I am back to finish too,m 21 left

7:39 pm

((((Jellen))))

7:39 pm

You CAN do it, stiddy. I have faith in you.

7:40 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yf5nkah For a good laugh.

7:40 pm

Bus, I love your icon

7:40 pm

Hi again peri

7:40 pm

Loves to all

7:40 pm

Bugs, even

7:40 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

7:41 pm

Thanks peri. There is a lovely poem attached.

7:41 pm

hi Min

7:41 pm

Go Peri go!

7:41 pm

bye, stid, hi bichon, and peri

7:41 pm

hi... back from another phone call... and jellen, i second what stid told you... I know you've heard it before, but do keep reminding yourself

7:41 pm

the poem is indeed lovely, Bugs

7:42 pm

see stiddles/ you were born to tech others:))

7:42 pm

*jumping* I used the X!

7:43 pm

co= cerebal co**** scrabbs

7:43 pm

That link was hilarious, Scrabbler!

7:44 pm

TY, Crossy. My grey matter is tired at this point.

7:44 pm

Yes it is, Jellen! From The Onion--always funny!

nt opening

7:46 pm

the onion rocks!

7:46 pm

rofl, scrabs that is hysterical!

7:46 pm

ta6 pls

:(

7:47 pm

That ta 6/21 word is like the te 6/21 word periwinkle

7:47 pm

I wish I could write for The Onion. On a daily basis I witness things that no one could make up.

7:48 pm

the one about sony is just as hysterical!

7:49 pm

that would be apeeling scrabs if you could

7:50 pm

don't have the te6

7:50 pm

The ta6/21 is beige plus ***reational vehicle perwinkle

7:50 pm

Minver, a clue for the te 6/21 of which you speak?

7:51 pm

number + the r in rv stands for (abbrv)

7:51 pm

That te 6/21 word is like the te 6/21 word periwinkle

7:51 pm

The Utertron, dawg? I just read it-so cleverly written.

7:51 pm

te6 Number + the room with the ping-pong table

7:51 pm

That te 6/21 word is like the ta 6/21 word periwinkle

7:51 pm

ty wht

7:52 pm

the "what the **** is the sh**** piece of cr** suppose to do, and why doesn't it work"

7:52 pm

ty got it

7:52 pm

11

7:52 pm

yw

hm dawg are you cluing? :D

7:52 pm

go peri!

7:53 pm

hi dawg and owl

7:53 pm

hi TO. that last bit was an expletive filled bit from the Onion.

7:53 pm

hi Dorens

7:53 pm

onion is SO clever

hi doren.

7:54 pm

is it on line?

i tried the link but did not work

7:55 pm

http://tinyurl.com/yf5nkah this is the url that Scrabs posted.

7:56 pm

I could spend 2 hrs reading The Onion everyday.

link is not wokring for me

7:56 pm

re7 pls

7:57 pm

Go to The Onion and search for a new drug called Despondex.

k

7:57 pm

To map a new itinerary

7:57 pm

there are a lot of things i could spend 2 hours doing every day if I didn't have to babble :-)

7:58 pm

ty wht

7:58 pm

...and if I didn't have to work or sleep...

7:58 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the un6?

7:58 pm

not walked on

7:59 pm

ty dorens

7:59 pm

yup scrabbler, work does take a big chunk out of the day. but i can't complain... going back on wednesday gratefully

7:59 pm

The re 7/32 word is re plus an ro 4/5 word periwinkle

7:59 pm

Yes, you are so fortunate, as are the kids + families that need you.

i just ofund out i have been eating lindt sea salt choco wrong. the portion size is 4 squares and i have only been eating two!!!

8:00 pm

I hate it when I don't eat enough chocolate!

8:01 pm

someone asked me today how come i haven't been in yet, since i need to set up two offices now. The old me would have been in all day today and tomorrow. the new me is still a bit "hurt".. they will get me on their time now, not mine. don't know how long that will last though

well i willl just have to eat six until i catch up

8:01 pm

sounds like a plan, TO

8:01 pm

lol, TO

8:02 pm

i eat two a day, owl.... figure it's the "dietetic chocolate plan"

8:02 pm

ahh, Dorens. it's a bitter pill either way. hang in there sweetling.

8:02 pm

so Dorens, you are now going to do the work of two people for the same pay?

8:02 pm

biab

8:02 pm

snow un6, stretching, white and unbroken, into the distance

8:02 pm

indeed i am peri... will be interesting

8:02 pm

fireworks here

8:02 pm

Hi, dc

8:02 pm

Yahoo Peri!

8:02 pm

congrats, peri

8:02 pm

hi, Jellen :)

8:03 pm

good luck to you, Dorens, hang in there as long as you can

8:03 pm

I am down to two. It is the co7/8 between what sounds like grain going into the office and the brain part which I am clearly missing.

well two used to satisfy me just fine but now that i have been educated...

8:03 pm

wtg peri

8:03 pm

Hooray for Peri!!!!

8:03 pm

tyt now off to check email, happy babbling

8:03 pm

thanks peri. i intend to take the advice of a wise friend who said i should always remember that i AM one person, not two, and just do my best

8:03 pm

small, old school women's undergarment, wht

8:04 pm

Goodbye periwinkle! I will see you tomorrow in the log

cor6/7 after the horn pls?

8:06 pm

ty dcs. I have always been a bit mystified of women's undergarments, but you got my monkeys going in the right direction and now I have fireworks.

8:06 pm

Wahoo for wht!!!

8:06 pm

YAY wht!

lol w ht !

8:06 pm

The co7 is the one that sounds like grain going to work.

hmmm

8:07 pm

Or co4,5 + an Indian tribe

that did it ty

8:08 pm

Replace the last two letters with a vowel for the co6

8:08 pm

hah! finally finished the c's... couldn't have done it without morewords

one can certainly co ru4/5 - but not here

8:09 pm

Finally passed halfway...taking a break...

bye jellen

8:11 pm

later jellen

8:11 pm

Does anyone else need clues?

8:11 pm

later, Jellen

8:11 pm

thanks wht. down to three and trying to find myself

8:11 pm

No, TY, wht, I am just shooting for halfway which is 16 more.

8:12 pm

are you lost, Dorens?

8:12 pm

lol, dawg.. it does seem that way from time to time

wow that is quite existential

8:13 pm

Maybe she got re7,32ed

8:13 pm

i think you may be right, wht

8:13 pm

actually, losing the job et cetera did make me take a good hard look at myself

8:13 pm

congrats, wht

8:14 pm

hi all.

8:14 pm

the cat had me distracted for bit with a mousie

8:14 pm

tough grid or easy?

8:14 pm

tough, mkg

8:14 pm

an interesting one mkg

8:14 pm

i know what you mean, Dorens. it makes you sit back and reassess your priorities

8:14 pm

ugh. have only 96 so far. wont finish.

8:15 pm

a real b**** of a grid

8:15 pm

i lost my book. was 80% thru michners alaska and loving it and searched entire house and cant find it. so bummed out.

not a real one i hope

8:16 pm

is na7/32 fishy?

8:16 pm

it will show up where you least expect it to be, mkg

8:16 pm

kinda, dorens.

8:16 pm

mkg, there is always the library or bookstore--you will be able to finish the book

8:16 pm

meanwhile, there is always a public library.. for now at least

8:16 pm

am i getting senile? i cant believe this. searched over a day already.

8:16 pm

ok. then will not ask for clue!!!

8:16 pm

<-- loves michener.

8:16 pm

Hello mkg! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:17 pm

It will likely turn up, mkg, after you have bought another copy

8:17 pm

hey welki!

8:17 pm

hi!

hi welk

8:18 pm

Hi welki.

8:18 pm

hi again welki

8:18 pm

ur5 acid

8:18 pm

hi, scabbs, TO, doren, dawg, minver, et al

8:18 pm

hi, welki

8:18 pm

Well, Happy Babbling all. I will catch in the AM.

8:19 pm

hi seain

8:19 pm

g'night wht

8:19 pm

and bye wht

8:19 pm

Bye wht

8:19 pm

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

hi seain bye wht

8:21 pm

night, wht

8:22 pm

ok dawg... i have no patience, I give up, clue the na 7 please?

8:22 pm

i'm having sunchips for dinner. i didn't feel like cooking

8:22 pm

I love Sunchips but they are addictive.

8:22 pm

I nuked trader Joe's meatless meatballs... that doesn't count ask cooking, does it?

oh heck you haev reawakened mmy salty crunchy craving

8:23 pm

That's it dc. It's very healthy cause it has all that Vitamin D from the sun

8:23 pm

i almost through some of their veggie meatballs in some sauce, but that was too much work

8:23 pm

without afternoon snooze, Dorens

8:23 pm

LOL bichon

8:23 pm

ahhh! definitelyy fishless.. thanks dawg.. fireworks

8:23 pm

I had a bowl of kashi cereal for dinner. It was 91 degrees and cereal was easy.

8:23 pm

i've gotten a lot of sun -- tan lines on my feet and all

8:23 pm

whoooo hoooooo DORENS!!!

8:23 pm

seain... i mixed some cilantro into greek yogurt and called that sauce

8:23 pm

Yippee Doren!

8:23 pm

ty, dawg

did you get sun yesterday? will make you tired

yay doren!

8:24 pm

anyone need a clue or two?

8:24 pm

i was kayaking, swam a mile in the lake today and going to sandy hook tomorrow.. as much sun as i can get before school!!!

8:24 pm

We had salmon with roasted potatos and a tossed salad

8:24 pm

And at 110/106 I have had enough. Time to read in bed and then enter the REM zone.

doren do you ever go to sea girt?

8:25 pm

Good for you, Doren

8:25 pm

no, where's that owl night, scrabbs

8:25 pm

hey dorens, ruru paid you a nice compliment yesterday (i think it was yesterday),

8:25 pm

i do stuff like that a lot, doren. Lazy cooking: carmelize a bunch of sliced onion, stir in equal parts rice and brown lentils, and a some parsley, add water, cook til done, serve with yougurt.

8:25 pm

I've always wondered what was in Sandy Hook

8:25 pm

that's real cooking though seain.

8:25 pm

love lentils

8:26 pm

he said your visit was wonderful and that you look younger than your photos depict

8:26 pm

did he welki? how nice... he is such a great guy!!

8:26 pm

yes, real cooking, but to me, that counts as effortless cooking.

shore area

8:26 pm

bichon, sandy hook is national sea shore. lots of nice beaches... bike paths, and old military post (from WW2)

lgiht house, too

8:27 pm

true, it is effortless cooking. but sometimes (like tonite) no effort is preferable. (I did sauté zucchini and onions, but that wasn't such a big deal)

8:27 pm

Fort Hunt Park along the Potomac here was an 1812 fort that got WWII bunkers. It's fun to explore the earthworks there.

8:27 pm

and the best part of sandy hook is one hour and ten minutes from here... where is sea girt owl and why do you ask?

lovely on linguini with seasoned diced tomatoes

doren: i am liking a singer who sings in the area.

8:28 pm

mhm. i didn't get to the farm today so have no tomatoes... maybe tomorrow

8:29 pm

sea girt to sandy hook isn't far, less than an hour apart

i suppose it is heresy but i loke del monte with basil and oregano keep on hand for just such quick meals

8:30 pm

oh, sorry owl. i really don't even know where it is. and now, I'm going to leave you folks.... see you tomorrow? (and yes, owl it is heresy in august!!)

8:30 pm

g'night doren

what do i know, i never cook anymore except for my father

and time for me to go

8:31 pm

we don't get del monte up here .. but i keep hunt's on hand, just like you

8:32 pm

that's sweet of you, TO. G'night

8:32 pm

mmmmmm ... jersey tomatoes. been a while

8:32 pm

boy do i need clues.............

contadina a good sub, with basil & tomato.

8:33 pm

would love clues for the 8s. no lickety yet as i am not half way.

8:33 pm

anta

8:33 pm

oops so sorry

8:33 pm

no contadina here either. we are a deprived people.

8:34 pm

i like Pomi tomatos a lot

so sorry, you will have to add the basil & oregano yourself but if you cook it sill change the flavor...

8:35 pm

to the pb with me................sulk sulk

for sauce i like tutorosso or san marzano

8:35 pm

yep, we adjust to what's available. one thing i miss is a good potato knish

would love pl 6 clue

8:36 pm

ah, knish with mustard -- yum!

8:36 pm

night, Dorens!

8:37 pm

welki where do you live that you miss a knish? i can get them.

8:37 pm

pl6 starts like the no longer planet, and ends with vowels

8:37 pm

anyone have clues for the 8s?

8:37 pm

canada, mkg .. doubt they'd make the trip, but thanks anyway :)

8:38 pm

co7/8 -- starts like go to Co*** for ticket, ends with french word for water; 8 is french plural of the word

8:38 pm

they must have them in toronto and montreal. both have large jewish communities. where in canada are you?

8:38 pm

1st co7/8 -- small old-fashioned women's undergarment

8:38 pm

go to co***>>>>>>>>>>>>hmmmm

8:39 pm

yes, starts with go to co*r* for a ticket

ty

8:39 pm

alberta. yes, there is a jewish neighborhood here, but a canadian knish would be just like a canadian pizza or a canadian bagel. just not the same

8:40 pm

welki i would see if there are any kosher groceries. some of the knishes are shipped from n.y.

8:40 pm

dc still very confused.

8:40 pm

yvw, TO

8:40 pm

knishen aren't hard to make, and they freeze well

mkg try a to z or morewords, it's your friend

8:41 pm

be easier for me to fly gabillah into calgary :)

8:41 pm

go to box office for a ticket. not sure what the co word is.

8:41 pm

sorry.

8:41 pm

while you're at it, throw together some pierogi, too

8:41 pm

hi all

8:41 pm

speeding ticket

8:41 pm

hi, ardilla

8:41 pm

those we can get .. but not like the ones from the ukranian place in greenwich village :)

hello ardilla!

8:42 pm

got a 7 and 8 co! ty dc.

8:42 pm

go, go mkg!

8:42 pm

there's a cat 3 typhoon heading this way

ooh, fm's fav animal is here in both spellings!

8:42 pm

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

8:42 pm

like womans girdle word and add a cons. in middle.

8:42 pm

so my flight got canx

8:43 pm

half way. whew.

8:43 pm

bummer, ardilla

8:43 pm

hello babble friends. and oh no ardilla!

were you flying to the sates?

8:43 pm

tomorrow's my birthday and i was supposed to be spending it in kyoto

8:43 pm

Boo!

8:44 pm

an7?

8:44 pm

I must admit, we have been watching the latest storm with developed interest, as it is my oldest daughter's real name. Have been dealing with THAT hurricane for YEARS

8:44 pm

BOO!!!

8:44 pm

I must admit, we have been watching the latest storm with developed interest, as it is my oldest daughter's real name. Have been dealing with THAT hurricane for YEARS

hello trif and car!

8:44 pm

BOO!!!

that is a bad break ard

8:44 pm

Hey TO!

8:44 pm

happy birthday a day early, ardilla dear one!!!!

8:45 pm

Well...that is all the time I have! Bye for now!

8:45 pm

hey car - I changed my FB profile photo to the one the hurricane girl took in NH

8:45 pm

hi and bye, eeyore

8:45 pm

I have already seen and commented on it!

8:45 pm

it's a great photo, trif

bye car

8:45 pm

thanks.

8:45 pm

your daughter's name is kompasu?

8:46 pm

LOL! Yes! Yes it is!

8:46 pm

an* karenina and a picnic ant is an7

8:46 pm

ty

8:46 pm

bye car

8:46 pm

ty trif

er6/21 pls?

8:47 pm

LOL ardilla -- no, the storm in this ocean!

gee i wondered if it is earl?

8:47 pm

the typhoon is supposed to hit okinawa directly this afternoon

8:47 pm

Fiona, already!!! LOL

8:48 pm

that's fmitch's name, too

8:48 pm

that's a pretty name, trif

8:48 pm

er6? you mean el6/21?

8:48 pm

seriously? I never knew that!

yes i do, see you know me better than i knowmyself! :)

8:48 pm

el6 -- ends with a musical instrument

8:49 pm

indeed so, Trif

8:49 pm

el + vowel + picnic insect

ty and good night all

8:49 pm

oh, and the other el is flowing

8:49 pm

ty for those, TO

8:49 pm

just waiting for the travel agency to open to see if they can move my trip back a day

8:49 pm

g'night TO

8:50 pm

oh, ardilla, I do hope you will get to go! it'

8:50 pm

gn TO

8:50 pm

it's your birthday and everything! make sure you tell them!

8:50 pm

i should hope they can, ardilla

8:51 pm

they know that it's my birthday; that's why i'm taking this trip with such short notice

8:51 pm

its such a bummer

8:51 pm

phew. fireworks.

8:51 pm

congrats, welki

8:52 pm

woot welki

8:52 pm

huzzah for welki!!!

8:52 pm

was a bit of a grunt

8:53 pm

whooo hoooo welki

8:53 pm

off to letterblox for a couple .. g'night folks

8:53 pm

huh. just learned that friend of mine uses vodka from freezer instead of ice water in his pie crust.

8:53 pm

njoy, welki

8:53 pm

amore isn't a word???

8:53 pm

hmmm .. stolypie

8:54 pm

bye welki

8:54 pm

only when discussing moons and pizza pies, apparently, ardilla

8:58 pm

hi all

8:58 pm

Hello m9f9l!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:59 pm

Congratulations welki on your fireworks!Good for you

8:59 pm

hello m9 and min

9:00 pm

Hello Trifioso! How are you?I missed your entrance b4

9:00 pm

i'm doing well min. and you?

9:00 pm

i am well min. just back from a great weekend in new hampshire, and trying to adjust and rest up for the work week starting tomorrow. how are you?

9:01 pm

I am well.Gave up on this grid at 184 words.Too tough

9:03 pm

yes.. I'm realling having to list it! and word find it!

9:03 pm

hm. it seems i'm going to have too much fun with Garage Band.

9:03 pm

evening all

9:03 pm

hi, pini and m9

9:03 pm

I have yet to find an 8, so I am sort of hunting and pecking for one

9:03 pm

is that an electronic game... or did you actually put together a band???

9:03 pm

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

9:04 pm

hi m9, dc, trif, min, et al

9:04 pm

i have the 8's

9:04 pm

it's a music processing application that came with my macbook

9:04 pm

hi pini

9:04 pm

there is a co8 that ends in X that i have no clue what it is

9:04 pm

I did not find any eight letter words today Pinikula.

9:04 pm

feldspar says miao and purrs at yall

9:05 pm

uh oh!

9:05 pm

the travel agency is calling the airline to negotiate moving my flight to to tommorow

9:05 pm

ladies undergarment?

9:05 pm

I have one 8-ltr word ;)

9:05 pm

small one, jmc

9:05 pm

pb seain!

9:05 pm

small what dc?

9:05 pm

hi jmc, ardilla..

9:05 pm

2nd co7/8 start like a co*** of law, ends with french water, then french plural

9:05 pm

welki, dawg and i are playing letterblox, if anyone wants to come

9:05 pm

phone brb

9:06 pm

co 8/40 word adds an X to the co 7/40 word Pinikula.

9:06 pm

1st co7/8 a small old-fashioned ladies' undergarment and plural

9:06 pm

hi weed, trif...

9:06 pm

Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/2cq9x_1 t5hp

9:06 pm

Hello featherbee!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

9:06 pm

one of the 8's is a pl... sounds like women's undergarment of the 1880's but extra letter in there

9:06 pm

oooh, thx for the 7, dc ;)

9:06 pm

:) hi all

9:07 pm

both 8's are co

9:07 pm

and both 8s are plural

9:07 pm

i'll play you feather it can't be any worse than this

9:07 pm

the other reminds me of a group the co7 twins

9:08 pm

lol je

9:12 pm

and we all go silent

9:12 pm

the what group???

9:12 pm

(feeling rather dense)

9:12 pm

they were called '"the co..... twins" and the co part sounds like the co 7/8 combo

9:13 pm

* sorry, I was trying' to think * (didn't you smell something burning?) :)

9:13 pm

for the first set of co7,8 m9?

9:14 pm

oooh, got both co8's!!!! :)

9:15 pm

yay!!!

9:16 pm

not sure how, but got 'em! :)

9:17 pm

do you have 4 co7's?

9:18 pm

3 of 7?

9:19 pm

yikes... there's 7.. i have 4

9:19 pm

co7 - like kitchen co8, sorta

9:19 pm

and here's what i was talking about: http://tinyurl.com/cp2j96

9:20 pm

have it dc ;)

9:20 pm

don't have the one following that one tho

9:20 pm

oooh, very close to the latter co8, m9 :)

9:20 pm

co7 -- starts like co*** of law, ends with french water

9:20 pm

then french plural for co8

9:21 pm

yes. and very dreamy.LOL

9:22 pm

very easy to listen to

9:22 pm

oooh, dinner's calling...brb

9:23 pm

waaaaa.. I can't find them in letterblox

9:23 pm

featherbee put link in the chog short while ago, ruru

9:23 pm

it doesn't work

9:24 pm

oh well

9:24 pm

:( that sucks

9:28 pm

think I will give Dylan a walk then instead

9:28 pm

bye for now

9:28 pm

back (mmmmm, lasagna)

9:28 pm

njoy, ruru

9:28 pm

hi/bye ru ;)

9:28 pm

bbs

9:28 pm

cya dc :)

9:29 pm

oohhh lasagna!

9:29 pm

what is cousin in spanish?

9:29 pm

if I only knew...

9:29 pm

primo/a

9:29 pm

depending on gender

9:30 pm

sorry ruru!!!

9:30 pm

bbs f'real now :) sobrino/a is the more generic term, though

9:30 pm

oho!! it's lodger!!

9:30 pm

alojado

9:35 pm

finished that batch

9:35 pm

I think you need to spend a te 4/5 in the PB dceeain.

9:36 pm

yup. off ye go!

9:38 pm

hey min you left after winning!

9:38 pm

go here ru http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/2cq9x_1 t5hp

9:38 pm

http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/2cq9x_1 t5hp

9:39 pm

okay i am hitting the hey got a big meet up with a bishop tomorrow

9:39 pm

i could never hold my own in that game with you babblers!

9:39 pm

Yes, I like to end on a good note. I am about to leave Babble as well. I have to get up early to babysit again

9:39 pm

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

9:39 pm

I'm with you, m9, I suck when i play with other babblers, too :(

9:39 pm

oh i die everytime m9

9:39 pm

bye all

9:39 pm

hi/night jmc ;)

9:40 pm

then I should play with you two!LOL

9:40 pm

I can hold my own with non-babblers. I usually cannot hold my own in that game with other babblers either.

9:40 pm

* giggle *

9:40 pm

they should give handicaps

9:40 pm

25

9:41 pm

99 here ;)

9:41 pm

If I do win,then I believe it is because others started round late. The game can be so stressful on the brain

9:41 pm

git'r dun, dose!

9:42 pm

Hello doseffing! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:42 pm

go dose!

9:42 pm

i have 80 to go

9:42 pm

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

9:43 pm

bak. 45 to go

9:43 pm

night min!

9:43 pm

night min ;)

9:44 pm

woo hoo.. go seain!

9:44 pm

git'r dun, dc ;)

9:45 pm

welki and feather, cleaned my clock at letterblox!

9:45 pm

hi lbd ;)

9:45 pm

letterblox and weed in the same sentence scare me!

9:46 pm

dawg, me too!!

9:46 pm

hi Pini! and Min did a good whomping too!

9:46 pm

that woman's fingers are greased lightning!

9:46 pm

but it's fun :-)

9:46 pm

17 ... thank you minervy ... gonna concentnrate on getting it done ... got left with one a couple of weeks ago ... never did find that word ...

9:46 pm

no kidding!

9:46 pm

yes it is, Unea. keeps me humble! lol

9:47 pm

I popped the number 4 off my laptop keyboard playing letterblox...typing a little too fast

9:47 pm

the husband of one of my HS classmates became a US Citizen today :)

9:47 pm

LOL jessmom

9:48 pm

how wonderful, seain :-)

9:48 pm

haven't played against any babblers though

9:48 pm

congrats to him, dc ;)

9:48 pm

he was sworn in in Denver. Originally from Spain. My classmate is originally from Nederland.

9:48 pm

congrats to your friend DC!

9:49 pm

jessmom, it's nervewracking to play with Babblers!!!

9:49 pm

Hi all. I just signed up for letterblox. anyone want to play? I'll probably lose...

9:49 pm

Jess, you need to play against, feather and welki! they are both amazing!

9:49 pm

I bet it is!

9:49 pm

i like playing letterblox with babblers, that way i'm not scaring off the other players

9:49 pm

i will tomorrow, hpb, but now i have to get ready for my pillows

9:49 pm

off to take pups out to pee -- back in a mo

9:50 pm

i think i signed up for letterblox...

9:50 pm

can you get kicked out for playing too well?

9:50 pm

I'd play hpb..

9:50 pm

I've been told a few times that I need to find a new match...

9:50 pm

I doubt it, jess

9:50 pm

where do you sign up for letterblox?

9:51 pm

I didn't know if the match creator could dismiss players, but it has happened a few times to me.

9:51 pm

go to omgpop

9:51 pm

I'll get the link for ya...

9:51 pm

not that I'm bragging or anything...

9:51 pm

it's at a few places??

9:51 pm

http://www.omgpop.com/?r=1taxt i play at omgpop.com. that there's an invite link for you to come play too.

9:52 pm

no, you just need to go to the games marked with a green check mark or the gold up arrow. those are the ones that will challenge you.

9:52 pm

ok

9:52 pm

it's loading.

9:52 pm

I'm sure I've been there before.. just don't remember if I signed up.. you have to sign up?

9:52 pm

noted, dawg

9:52 pm

75 left here..

9:53 pm

it's free, m9

9:53 pm

yes, have to sign up :)

9:54 pm

sometimes if you try to join a match, and the players aren't as good as you, you get told that

9:54 pm

okay

9:54 pm

they try to match you up evenly with players. that's only if you're joining stranger's matches though.

9:54 pm

i beat people level 20 in the general games regularly

9:54 pm

and i'm only about 12 in that game

9:55 pm

well, level just means how often you play

9:55 pm

i apparently have one friend there..(linked through fb)

9:55 pm

i think they look at the # of medals

9:55 pm

ah, interesting, that makes sense

9:56 pm

i was feeling finger and brain clumsy tonight, not in top form

9:56 pm

so play more often, dc!

9:56 pm

how do i find people there?

9:56 pm

she only lost a couple games...that tells you how good she is! or how bad i am!

9:56 pm

i'm dcseain on there -- quelle surprise

9:56 pm

I'm pinikula...go figure!

9:57 pm

i should say she only lost a couple gold medals...she left me in the dust!

9:57 pm

come join this game, we can friend each other that way

9:57 pm

Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/2cw0e_1 t5hp

9:57 pm

I'm jessmom

9:57 pm

and now i'm off to my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:57 pm

or you can use the search box to look for people, i forgot

9:57 pm

G'night, lbd

9:57 pm

night lbd ;)

9:57 pm

oooh, i wanna friend you all

9:57 pm

hi jellen ;)

9:58 pm

g'night dawg

9:58 pm

wb, jellen

9:58 pm

Hi, all...on a brief break from my poker tournament...

9:58 pm

oooh, poker tournament! fun ;)

9:59 pm

I've had a couple of very lucky hands...thought I was a goner twice...

9:59 pm

congrats, jellen ;)

10:00 pm

ok.. frustrating. I can't figure out how to find people who aren't in my fb or yahoo address book.

10:00 pm

know I'm friends with jellen on fb.. so why isn't she showing up?

10:00 pm

I'm just 34 out of 89 so far...

10:00 pm

I don't play letterblox...

10:00 pm

m9, you didn't show up on my invite list either :( ... will look again

10:00 pm

who is eberlins? anyone know??LOL

10:01 pm

no clue

10:01 pm

Back to the tourney...

10:02 pm

ok. I'm gonna try this letterblox thing.. brb

10:02 pm

found you, m9! :)

10:03 pm

@dcs no seats for tomorrow or thurs so i'm getting a partial refund

10:03 pm

sigh. at least you get some money back

10:04 pm

have to pay cancellation fee for the the train tix and one of the hotels

10:04 pm

good luck, jellen

10:04 pm

ok. I won

10:04 pm

and thanks for friending me pini!

10:04 pm

bummer, ardilla

10:04 pm

about $175

10:04 pm

hi all

10:04 pm

grrrr

10:04 pm

bbs

10:04 pm

that's not bad as such fees go

10:04 pm

missing one te4/5 and it's driving me nutso

10:04 pm

is lbd a moose?

10:05 pm

yvw m9 ;)

10:05 pm

it is one of the 2 after the 3 te621s

10:05 pm

I have the one that is a te4 paper

10:05 pm

add not ma, but **, minski

10:06 pm

got it. forgot aobut the other t

10:06 pm

idiot

10:06 pm

thanks dcseain

10:06 pm

that was my last T too, for the same reason :)

10:06 pm

now how about the ta6?

10:07 pm

ok. i won that one too.

10:07 pm

like te6

10:07 pm

1st te6 that is

10:07 pm

you'll win a lot for a good while, m9

10:07 pm

thanks got it. still probably won't finish but up to the s words now. 105 left to find in 1/2 hour.

10:08 pm

that's what i figgered. cuz i'm level one. right?

10:08 pm

i just wanna say that i am LOVING the touchpads on the new macbooks

10:08 pm

exactly, m9

10:12 pm

another 84 to go and it's like walking in quicksand :-/

10:13 pm

i know pini!!

10:13 pm

May I please have a clue for te6-21 the 1st? Thanks

10:13 pm

yes, slogging through the grid today

10:13 pm

peach, a number and a ***reation center

10:14 pm

I know this is another dur....but sl5/12 please?

10:14 pm

ta6 is like that too

10:14 pm

anyone have that first re7?

10:14 pm

Thanks, much, dcseain.

10:14 pm

plural of sl4.5, minski

10:14 pm

pl of one before

10:14 pm

constructon may cause traffic to be re7d

10:15 pm

thx dc ;)

10:15 pm

thanks seain!

10:15 pm

I think I'm playing a different grid than everyone else. Didn't see the 2nd t or the 2nd s. Definitely another DUR!!!!!

10:15 pm

we've had TONS of road closures, including most of the highway that leads to my house nightly from 21-5

10:16 pm

because they're building a metro line, widening a highway, and replacing all the bridges along the highway they're widening.

10:16 pm

and building bridges for the metro line

10:16 pm

such fun

10:17 pm

they closed the entire interchange of i-66 and i-495 for the whole weekend past, from friday night until monday morning

10:17 pm

yuck seain!

10:17 pm

took 'em about 3 wks to raise the bridge over the freeway near me all of 4"...

10:18 pm

...they did it one SIDE at a time v. one END at a time...so weird

10:18 pm

(it was open the whole time with restricted lanes)

10:18 pm

that was going on between portland and vancouver too

10:19 pm

two years ago, it took 6 months to shorten the South Capitol St Bridge by 4 blocks.

10:21 pm

brb, gonna get some ice cream, Southern Chocolate flavor (sort of like a frosty)

10:22 pm

aiden made another peach crisp.

10:23 pm

and a beef and beet stew

10:23 pm

hmmm, peach crisp ... i bought these big peaches and they're not quite ripe

10:23 pm

sounds yummy

10:23 pm

thought maybe i could puree and use for cupcakes

10:24 pm

or you could wait a day..

10:24 pm

peach cupcakes sound yummy!

10:25 pm

hmm.. I bet some sort of peach sourcream frosting would be good

10:25 pm

with a little fresh ginger.

10:25 pm

was going to do that but they were also a bit bruised so strange combo of non ripe and rotty -- what can i can they were dirt cheap

10:25 pm

LOL.. then yes.. cook them!

10:25 pm

bak

10:26 pm

i'm down to 65 left. like pulling teeth.

10:26 pm

I've made it to 73...and, yep, like pulling teeth

10:27 pm

walking in quicksand

10:27 pm

swimming in mud

10:27 pm

not going to finish, 59 left

10:27 pm

I've just got a couple of co's to find ... let me know if I can help ...

10:28 pm

thx dose

10:30 pm

May I please have a clue for to6-18? Thanks

10:30 pm

bullfighter in spanish, peach

10:31 pm

bullfighting is dying in Spain and Portugal. Two Spanish regions have outlawed it at this point, as have places in Portugal.

10:32 pm

reminds me of my dad singing "to......ra don't spit on the floora, use the cuspadora, whatya think it's fora"

10:32 pm

from Carmen

10:33 pm

pl6/24?

10:33 pm

pl6 starts like the used to be planet, and ends with vowels

10:33 pm

weird one min.

10:33 pm

start like mickey mouse's dog...

10:33 pm

.the clue I liked was Mickey's dog with a greek ending ...

10:34 pm

and end with two vowels

10:34 pm

ah! good one dose

10:34 pm

mickey's dog was named for the planet, in turn named for the CEO of the Greek Underworld.

10:34 pm

can't take credit ... it was from earlier this afternoon

10:35 pm

that was an odd one. thanks all.

10:36 pm

got the dog part; not getting the end

10:36 pm

monkeys are running out of vowel combos

10:36 pm

was the dog named for the planet or the planet for the dog ... must check that one ... they both date from aboujt the same time ...

10:37 pm

and it's not really a planet...?

10:37 pm

didn't they remove that planet from its status and reduce it to a star???

10:37 pm

planetoid is it's classification now

10:38 pm

okay ... what is it now? ... transneptunian body ... something like that ...

10:38 pm

due to objects in the Kuiper belt being larger than it and also having satellites

10:38 pm

which sucks...cuz it will always be a planet to me and has always been my favorite...not sure exactly why tho

10:38 pm

old macdonald had a farm.. * * * * o

10:38 pm

(other than it's the 9th and my b-day's on the 9th)

10:38 pm

that did it, m9!!! thx

10:38 pm

and I saw on QI that we have two moons.

10:38 pm

the only vowel combo I didn't try :-/

10:38 pm

yer welcome!

10:39 pm

we kept doing the wrong song here!.. we did bingo... and quack quack here...

10:39 pm

but then Elina came up with macdonald!LOL

10:39 pm

good night all. not done but calling it a night. ttfn.

10:39 pm

night min

10:39 pm

i've been invited to audition for a role in the Winter's Tale, but i'm not sure i want to spend my 40th birthday on stage

10:40 pm

how exciting, dc...too bad it's on your bday! :-/

10:40 pm

i guess it wouldn't hurt to go recite a couple monologues

10:40 pm

then worry about it if i get cast.

10:40 pm

I wanna be in a show!!! I've only ever been in one

10:40 pm

i've never performed in a non-musical

10:41 pm

<-- never been in a show; no desire to start now

10:41 pm

Thanks, dcseain and m9....am still looking.

10:41 pm

I'd rather work behind the scenes...

10:41 pm

and the troupe - The Rude Mechanicals, are great group to work with -- i've played violin in/for a number of their shows

10:41 pm

Back :-( Came in 11th...

10:41 pm

then you're probably a shoe-in, dc...they already know you ;)

10:41 pm

wb, jellen. how many players?

10:41 pm

might be fun for your bday... have a little cast partyl...

10:42 pm

so close, jellen! but well done for playing a tourney!

10:42 pm

I love musicals.

10:42 pm

well, they're based in MD, i live in Northern VA, so i don't really host :)

10:42 pm

185, I think

10:42 pm

most of the group lives nearer Baltimore or Annapolis.

10:42 pm

so, not bad at all

10:42 pm

wow... very good jellen!!!

10:43 pm

excellent job then, jellen! very impressed! :)

10:43 pm

apparently they're setting it in a hippy music and arts festival

10:43 pm

or you could not audition... and go see the show to celebrate...LOL

10:43 pm

true, m9 -- they throw GREAT parties :)

10:44 pm

well... and do you want to do the drive a bunch??

10:44 pm

ta 6 clue, please?

10:44 pm

now I really wanna be in a show...

10:44 pm

there's the question -- drive to Lanham or not?

10:44 pm

ta6 like 1st te6

10:45 pm

it would really cut into you babble time.... I"m just sayin.....

10:45 pm

Finally figured that out, thanks!

10:45 pm

i gotta remember those ta te party room words...

10:45 pm

yes, nd will eat months of my mon, wed, and thu nights

10:47 pm

hm. i should go out for a role in UU church's winter musical, inestead, it's closer.

10:47 pm

thank you for being a sounding board, yall :)

10:47 pm

koda needs to go out and I need to "do" my hair...too many to finish...so I'll go handle those now and work on being back for flip...ciao all :)

10:47 pm

Later, Pini

10:48 pm

hasta, pini

10:48 pm

I look forward to community Messiah.

10:49 pm

Thanks for all the help.....still need 68....going to rest now. Happy Babbling all.

10:49 pm

te 6/21, the second?

10:49 pm

Bye, peach

10:49 pm

I should start getting ready. it's kind of funny... three soprano solos that were done my first year in this town... by three diff women... the next year we kind of rotated so maybe this year we'll rotate again and then we'll each have done all three!LOL

10:50 pm

it's a plural w/out singular, conti****

10:50 pm

that's the way to do it, m9

10:50 pm

i was in a production where 3 actors rotated roles, fri, sat, sun through the whole production

10:51 pm

first year I did Come Unto Him, then last year I sang Rejoice! so if we rotated, I'd do I know that my redeemer liveth

10:51 pm

Thanks, dc

10:52 pm

:) fun, m9

10:52 pm

ok 56 left...

10:52 pm

i have 30, all E-A

10:52 pm

yeah..it's great when people tell you you made them cry.

10:53 pm

yeah it is! :D

10:54 pm

at rehearsals, the guys were saying... I don't have a way to practice... I'm like DUDe! youtube!

10:54 pm

LOL

10:54 pm

i by a CD of the version of any musical i'm in to rehearse with on my own

10:54 pm

that's what I did... I found someone who sang it closest to what I wanted and practiced with that.

10:54 pm

yeah.. well.. this is just little podunk

10:55 pm

i'm talking community theatre here, too :)

10:55 pm

kind of sad.. she died of cancer fairly young. she interpretted songs so well.

10:56 pm

we sing in this great old church that has been saved from destruction.

10:56 pm

nice! bet the acoustics are wonderful

10:57 pm

this is the version that I thought sounded most like the way I sing. Not that I'm as good as she is!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ponBgVY pvec

11:00 pm

that was SO much fun to sing.

11:01 pm

I think she's one of the best on youtube.

11:01 pm

Something's wrong with my youtube settings...I'm not getting any sound...

11:01 pm

uh oh.

11:02 pm

My sound is on for other programs...

11:02 pm

i'm hearing it, and enjoying reading the music along

11:02 pm

that was happening to me lately... and it turned out that i have a mixer.. can mute online

11:02 pm

without muting other programs. and can mute separate windows.

11:03 pm

isn't she great seain!?

11:03 pm

Oh, nm....fiddled with it, and it's working...

11:03 pm

she was a professor somewhere.

11:03 pm

yes, though she under pronounces her Fs

11:05 pm

do you mean in daughter oF zion?

11:06 pm

yes, strictly /v/, not /f/ phonetically

11:06 pm

I don't want to hear an uff there..LOL

11:07 pm

fair enough, but still not glottalized enough to be clear

11:07 pm

you're such a guy.

11:08 pm

I have determined I was not meant to finish this grid...

11:09 pm

It's yucky and I don't like it! :-P

11:09 pm

Would rather listen to you all talk music...

11:09 pm

yeah.. and she gets a little strident sounding on 'heathen" too.. but i forgive it all when she sings peace at 3:16

11:09 pm

yeah.. I'm not even looking jellen

11:10 pm

you don't glottal an f. glottal is in the throat...

11:11 pm

how many words on this grid?

11:12 pm

216 like pulling teeth, chugga

11:12 pm

or do you mean you want a glottal stop at the beginning of the o in of??? (which would be a no no)

11:12 pm

no, subbing glottal for /v/, as is typical in o' instead of of

11:13 pm

ty

11:13 pm

ewwww.

11:13 pm

that must be a chorus trick

11:13 pm

I'm trying to do it right now...

11:14 pm

i'm speaking from a linguistic standpoint, not choral

11:14 pm

I can only get a glottal at the beginning of a vowel.. I can't close off an o with one...

11:15 pm

I've never heard of it..and I'm finding it impossible to do.

11:15 pm

does your dialect sub glottal for T in words like bottle, button, and don't?

11:15 pm

11:16 pm

hi, mixi

11:16 pm

no!!

11:16 pm

k. my native dialect, and most Southern, and many British dialects do

11:17 pm

so that would explain our differing perceptions :)

11:17 pm

but even so. the glottal is happening more at the beginning of the next syllable.. if I say bo - le.. with a glottle in there.. the vocal fold stop is happening as i start to push the air of the uhl...

11:17 pm

hi dcseain

11:18 pm

you try singing of... with a glottle after the o! without some extra stutter in there..

11:18 pm

Hi, mixi

11:18 pm

Hi Jellen

11:18 pm

easy to put one at the START of "of"

11:18 pm

but that's very poor singing technique.

11:18 pm

I work hard to eliminate my glottals.

11:18 pm

ta6?

11:19 pm

ta6 like 1st te6

11:19 pm

ty dcseain. Fireworks.

11:19 pm

yes, my formal speech mostly lacks glottals for the most part

11:19 pm

ta* (sun-browned) + ***reation room

11:20 pm

Yay, mixi!!!

11:20 pm

WTG mixi!!!!

11:20 pm

congrats, mixi

11:21 pm

so why.. in a beautiful song like that.. would you nitpic on the pronunciation of "of".. (when she does it quite nicely??)LOL

11:22 pm

I suppose she could have hardened the f sound a little and made it stand out..but I don't think it would make that much diff

11:22 pm

because i was concentratin on it due to being able to read the lyrics, it was jarring

11:22 pm

if she'd pronunced it as a clean long o, it would've been clearer

11:22 pm

you're too cute.

11:22 pm

what??? a long o???

11:22 pm

i have trouble understanding song

11:23 pm

it's not Irish... patty O furniture... daughter O zion...LOL

11:23 pm

as in top o' the mornin' to ya! or o'clock

11:23 pm

again, i speak an appalachian dialect, which is scots derived natively.

11:24 pm

oh! I lived in TN for almost a year... I couldn't understand a WORD some folks said at first...

11:24 pm

which part of TN?

11:24 pm

well... when I sing that next.. I'll enunciate on my "f's and think o' you!

11:24 pm

Kingsport..

11:25 pm

so.. getting into the base of the appalachian's

11:25 pm

i have family there

11:25 pm

sweet!

11:25 pm

or should i say sweet tea!!! LOL

11:25 pm

i'd never heard of sweet tea before there

11:26 pm

that's not far off from my native dialect

11:26 pm

you know... the REAL work is separating those runs withOUT glottal stops!!

11:27 pm

wow.

11:27 pm

i can imagine, m9! difficult piece, that

11:28 pm

and she hit each note :) which is impressive

11:29 pm

wow, playing non-Babblers in Letterblox is very ego-boosting

11:29 pm

yeah it is, une :)

11:29 pm

playing Babblers is an ego-killer! LOL

11:30 pm

Hi, Une

11:31 pm

hey, jellen :-)

11:32 pm

I hit each note too!

11:33 pm

(wink wink)

11:33 pm

Yay, m9!

11:33 pm

my stomach almost hurts by the end of it.

11:34 pm

I croak like a frog by the time I get to the 3rd verse of a song...

11:36 pm

that's cause you're probably using your throat almost exclusively and not your diaphragm for support

11:36 pm

when I get skype figured out.. I'll help you fix that!LOL

11:38 pm

I used to know how to use my diaphragm for speech--I was in drama, speech, and debate...

11:39 pm

cool!

11:39 pm

Skype is a piece of cake, by the way...

11:39 pm

it takes some mental work.. but really helps save your throat.. an ounce of prevention ya know.

11:39 pm

yeah.. I got a little webcam.. but it doesn't work with windows 7

11:40 pm

so I need to get another..

11:41 pm

it's weird.. it willl record sound... but not record picture. but it will give me a live view of pic. and on skype it will show pic but not do sound... so all the elements are there... at different times...

11:41 pm

you'd think they'd just come up with a new driver for it that I could download...

11:41 pm

That is strange...

11:43 pm

yes. strange.. and frustrating.

11:44 pm

firewords

11:45 pm

Tim is watching old sporting plays on youtube..

11:45 pm

Hooray for dc!!!!

11:45 pm

YAYAYAY!!! wtg seain!

11:45 pm

thank you

11:45 pm

made me go watch steve l'argent..

11:45 pm

today was hard

11:45 pm

although i will say.. it was pretty cool

11:46 pm

very hard~

11:47 pm

i agree, m9

11:47 pm

ugh 15 left

11:48 pm

ugh indeed, chugga

11:48 pm

you can do it chugga!!!!

11:48 pm

we'll clue!!!

11:48 pm

Chugha

11:48 pm

that way i can finish vicariously

11:48 pm

LOL

11:48 pm

whattya need??

11:48 pm

i dont have the grid thingy below anymore

11:48 pm

( not that I'll have it.. but seain will!

11:48 pm

trial expired :(

11:49 pm

dont think i can do this

11:49 pm

oh...

11:49 pm

Want the tile stats?

11:49 pm

good idea grem!

Hi friends! If you would be so kind, I am in desparate need of some help with co7,40 and co 8,80? Thanks!

11:49 pm

no it wont help

11:49 pm

Or at least, how many of each starting letter.

11:50 pm

co 7/40 haute co7

11:50 pm

fashion

11:50 pm

co 8/80 just put another vowel after second letter.

11:51 pm

of teh co 7/56 before

11:51 pm

14

11:51 pm

I agree it was a hard grid - I think I said that during solving it, heh.

11:52 pm

i thought it was pretty easy

11:52 pm

yeah...so it took you 38 minutes instead of 15???

11:52 pm

are there any 9's?

11:52 pm

44, using Lickety even

11:52 pm

go go GO chugga!

11:52 pm

I was also pretty tired

11:52 pm

oh well then..I feel SO much better!LOL

11:52 pm

no 9's

11:52 pm

2 8's

11:52 pm

13 7's

11:53 pm

Lots of French words.

11:53 pm

got those

11:53 pm

got all 7s missing 1 8

11:54 pm

Both are plurals of 7s, but only one with an S

11:54 pm

both are co8

Thanks m9!

11:55 pm

hi dig!

11:55 pm

I'm trying to get at least one row or column grayed!

11:55 pm

I'd go for the top row.

11:55 pm

Hi, Chugga, grem, and Digby

11:55 pm

Hi Jellen.

11:56 pm

ge everyone

Hi m9! One more for fireworks---please? co6,36

11:56 pm

Hello ruru

11:56 pm

10 left

11:56 pm

ack cant do it

Hi Jellen :)

11:56 pm

hey ruru!!

11:56 pm

Cerebral co6 of the brain

11:56 pm

you should be proud chugga!!

11:56 pm

havei t

11:57 pm

i think i got all the 6's

11:57 pm

150 for tomorrow.

11:57 pm

hi all

11:57 pm

co 6./36 ususally precedeing bu cerebral (b rain part

11:58 pm

some new stuff: http://www.reverbnation.com/markbowers

11:58 pm

Hi, mark

11:58 pm

Or cerebellar co6

11:58 pm

rhymes with vortex

11:58 pm

gl

11:58 pm

or gortex

11:58 pm

hello everyone :)

11:58 pm

Hi nan.

Thanks Grem and Ruru, got it! Fireworks!

11:58 pm

not gonna even gray out a whole column or row...

11:58 pm

I hope the next grid is a little friendlier.

11:58 pm

ah 8l eft

11:59 pm

wow.. by the skin of your teeth dig!!

11:59 pm

7!!

11:59 pm

I guess 176

11:59 pm

There is no skin on the teeth.

11:59 pm

go chug!

11:59 pm

Yay, Digby!!!

Whoa, just in time!

11:59 pm

shhhh grem.... don't tell

11:59 pm

81 is my guess

11:59 pm

come on chuga

11:59 pm

Unless you bite someone!

12:00 am

119

12:00 am

Depends on what you've been chewing, grem...

12:00 am

LOL!!!

Yikes, that's callin' it close!

12:00 am

that's sick

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